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Farmers hear about new crop lines

FARM SAFETY

B.C. farmers say rules promote safety culture

BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Alberta producers advised to brace themselves when farm safety regulations are enacted

Prairie farmers got a sneak preview last week at some of the country’s most promising new agricultural crops. They included new durum varieties with significantly higher yields, spring wheat lines with improved fusarium tolerance and new highyielding red lentils expected to outyield check varieties by as much as 10 percent. The new products, some of which have yet to be registered, were developed by plant breeders at Agriculture Canada and the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre (CDC). “Everything that’s been (highlighted) is definitely a step forward in that targeted market class,” said Agriculture Canada wheat breeder Richard Cuthbert. More than 25 new Agriculture Canada varieties were highlighted including 15 that were supported for registration last year and another 11 that will likely be supported this year. SEE NEW CROP LINES, PAGE 4

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David Janssens says he doesn’t begrudge workers compensation premiums he pays on his dairy farm near Surrey, B.C., because they protect his workers and his farm. | MARY MACARTHUR PHOTO BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

LANGLEY, B.C. — As manager of Nicola Ranch, Matt Williams takes safety seriously. Four times a year, workers complete a full safety inspection of the farm and ranch. Each month, they attend a formalized safety meeting to discuss safety topics, such as power saw or seat belt safety. Each day, they hold “tailgate” farm safety meetings to remind

workers to inspect equipment before hopping into a tractor or to ensure ice hasn’t built up in front of a garage door. His office on the southern British Columbia ranch contains 21 farm safety binders on how to run a ranch to be compliant with WorkSafe BC regulations. However, Williams and other B.C. ranchers have had more than 30 years to get used to the stringent provincial farm safety rules. He believes Alberta farmers

and ranchers are about to get a shock when the province starts to enforce the occupational health and safety rules contained in Bill 6, the controversial farm safety legislation Alberta passed just before Christmas. “It took a tremendous amount of work and it takes a lot of work to keep this going. If the Alberta government decides to follow the B.C. model, then the farm operators in Alberta will have a lot of work to do,” Williams said. WorkSafe BC is B.C.’s Workers’

Compensation Board program, and all 5,000 of the province’s farms and ranches with employees must carry WCB coverage. This year, WCB premiums increased for ranches and dairy and horse farms. They are based on a combination of industry and individual claims, and the claims involving large animals reflect continuing injuries in the industry. Every farm and ranch starts with its own industry average. SEE B.C. FARMERS, PAGE 3

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» SKY-HIGH PRICES: Lentil and pea prices are

too high to pass up, farmers are advised.

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PRODUCTION 66 posted 116 bu. per acre last year.

» PERENNIAL GRAIN: A U.S. researcher is

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» RING SUCCESS: Canadian producers excel

» GROUP HOUSING: A U.S. hog producer

Saskatchewan Pulse Growers members vote for a refundable checkoff. 5 NEONIC STUDY: A new neonic study that finds no threat to honeybees upsets Ontario beekeepers. 16

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» MALTING BARLEY: New »

malting barley varieties are gaining traction, but it’s a slow process. 62 DOCUMENTARY: Canola growers hope a new film will restore consumer confidence in farming. 63

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FARM SAFETY

Alberta launches survey; seeks input on Bill 6 BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

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B.C. FARMERS SAY RULES PROMOTE SAFETY CULTURE » CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 An individual farm can receive a 50 percent premium discount after three and a half years with no claims. On the flip side, a farm with a lot of claims can be charged a 100 percent surcharge, or doubling of WCB premiums. “If you have a significant amount of claims that are very, very costly and you’re costing the company, your insurance will continue to go up to offset that cost,” said Wendy Bennett, executive director of AgSafe, the not-for-profit agency designed to educate and help farmers implement WorkSafe BC’s farm safety programs. Premiums for greenhouse operators have dropped from $3.40 per $100 of salary in 2009 to $1.82 in 2016. Berry and orchard grower premiums dropped from $2.81 per $100 salary in 2009 to $1.57 in 2016. Ranchers are not so lucky. Their premiums jumped to $8.39 per $100 salary in 2011 from $6.54 in 2009, then dropped to $5.65 in 2015 and this year will increase to $6.22. “Unfortunately, ranching, dairy and horse rates all went up this year, largely because the injuries that happened in those industries are serious, like fractures, and they take a long time to heal. The time loss is substantial,” said Bennett. Trying to reduce premiums for ranches is one of the reasons Williams promotes a strong safety culture. “Because we’re running the safety program we have, they’re going to go down. There is a significant cost to WCB,” said Williams. “If you run safety meetings and all these things, then ultimately less workers get injured and that will be reflected in the rate you pay.” An employee accident two years ago on David Janssens’ dairy farm near Surrey resulted in slightly higher WorkSafe BC premiums. However, he doesn’t

INJURY, DEATH RATES FALLING IN B.C.

SAFETY CHECKLIST

Though the rates for fatalities and serious injuries on the job are falling in British Columbia, in part because of awareness campaigns such as WorkSafe BC, the fatality and injury rates are still considerably higher for farm workers than for all workers.

Worksafe BC publishes an extensive checklist of farm safety guidelines, including these: • Is there enough clean drinking water for workers?

Serious injury rate (claims per 100 person years) 1.2 all B.C.

agriculture

• Are all workers who mix, load, or apply moderately or very toxic pesticides over the age of 16? • Is a worker entering a confined space in communication with another worker who stays near the entrance?

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• Do workers wear leg protection while using a chainsaw?

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• When a worker uses a respirator that seals with the face, is that seal effective?

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• Has the employer used engineering controls to keep noise below the permitted level?

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• Is there an escape route when workers are around potentially dangerous animals?

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• Does the employer have the proper first aid equipment and supplies for the number of workers (including those in the fields) per shift?

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begrudge them because they protect his six employees and his 800-acre, 550-cow farm. Janssens also doesn’t mind that WorkSafe BC inspectors visit his farm to check things such as safety signage and roll-over protection on tractors. It was the inspector who suggested Janssens include safety talks in his regular farm meetings. Every new employee must read a booklet on handling dairy cattle and working on a farm and then sign that they have read it. The booklets help new employees, but good animal handling practices can’t be learned from a

• Is a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) present for controlled products? Do workers know where the written work procedures and the MSDS are kept?

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book, he said. “Not everyone has sense around a 1,500 pound animal,” said Janssens, who has built extra gates as escape routes to allow workers to quickly get out of cattle pens. “We’re all running professional b u s i n e s s e s, a n d w e h av e a responsibility to our employees to pay them fairly, treat them fairly and provide them a safe work environment.” Stan Vander Waal, chair of the BC Agriculture Council and the owner of greenhouses in B.C. and Alberta, has provided WCB coverage in his Alberta greenhouses for nine years, even though it

wasn’t required. “I believe as farmers we owe our workers the same safety nets as any other worker working in other sectors in Alberta,” he said in an email. “I recommend Alberta farmers not oppose WCB coverage, as it actually makes farmers look bad, as if they don’t care for the welfare of our workers should they be injured. Farmers should save their ‘fight’ energy for bigger things.” mary.macarthur@producer.com SEE RELATED STORIES ON PAGES 26 AND 60

RED DEER, Alta. — An online survey by Alberta crop commissions hopes to gather farmer input about new farm safety legislation. Within hours of the survey being released Jan. 15, more than 300 people had filled out the survey, a sign farmers are interested in helping to shape the controversial farm bill, said Kent Erickson, chair of the Alberta Wheat Commission. “We felt it was important for us as commissions to get a sense of where everybody is at and nail down a direct understanding of where farmers are at with workers compensation, private insurance and how that is going to work on their farm,” said Erickson. The survey asks farmers and others for their opinion on working hours during peak and non-peak times, minimum wage, unionizations and mandatory Workers Compensation Board coverage and other issues. In December, the Alberta government passed Bill 6, which eliminated many labour, worker compensation and safety regulation exemptions that once applied to farmers and farm workers. Farmers accused the government of introducing the legislation before consulting them about changes and protested. At an Alberta Horse Industry Conference in Red Deer, Alberta agriculture minister Oneil Carlier said the new legislation triggered a lot of “raw emotion and confusion.” “I want to apologize for how this bill was communicated. Our government is committed in strengthening our relationship with the agriculture industry and rebuilding trust. Over the coming months we will be working closely with the agriculture community and other stakeholders to develop regulations that make sense and recognize the unique needs of the agriculture sector,” said Carlier. In February, chairs and members of six round tables will be appointed to help design workplace regulations in the new bill. “This process will take working groups, stakeholders and experts that will make recommendations on how employment standards, occupational health and safety and labour relation requirements should be applied,” said Carlier. Erickson said he hopes the survey will give the grain commission’s input on how the regulations should be implemented. Gary Millar, Horse Industry Association of Alberta director, said the fractured horse industry must also come together to ensure horse owners have a voice in how the new bill is crafted. “We are in this together. I don’t care if you jump, dressage or chase cows this is going to affect you,” he told a group of horse owners. “The bottom line is we are going to be OK. This isn’t going to be a big issue. The real problem with the bill was about how it was implemented,” he said. mary.macarthur@producer.com

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NEW CROP LINES REVEALED » CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Cuthbert said that in addition to higher yield potential, the new lines offer better plant stature and enhanced disease resistance. In spr ing wheat, imp or tant strides are being made in terms of fusarium headblight resistance at Agriculture Canada and the CDC. “I’m optimistic that we’re moving in a direction of better FHB resistance, coupled with better agronomics, so higher yields, better straw strength and an acceptable plant stature that farmers are looking for,” said Cuthbert. In addition to spring wheat, Agriculture Canada breeders have made important varietal improvements winter wheat, durum, barley and peas. Two promising new Canadian Western Amber Durum lines are expected to be put forward for registration during next month’s Prairie Grain Development Committee meetings in Saskatoon. DT862 is a solid stemmed durum variety that yielded 15 percent higher than AC Navigator in preregistration trials, five percent higher than Strongfield and has stronger straw than all CWAD checks. The second line, DT863, showed yield improvements of 11 percent and two percent relative to Navigator and Strongfield and had higher grain protein than Strongfield, as well as slightly earlier maturity. Both lines are from the program of durum breeder Yuefeng Ruan at Swift Current, Sask. Cuthbert said promising new winter wheat lines, W525 and W526, are also notable in that they offer intermediate resistance to FHB and yield improvements of 15 and 17 percent respectively over CDC Buteo at Saskatchewan test locations. Products developed by breeders at the CDC were also highlighted. Those lines included nine wheat varieties that were supported in 2015, three barley varieties, four pea varieties and one oat variety. Pierre Hucl, a CDC wheat and canaryseed breeder, said at least six new CDC crop lines are likely to be put forward for registration in 2016. Those lines include a solid stemmed, midge resistant Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) line and a new midge resistant, Clearfield Canada Prairie Spring (CPS) line with yield potential 20 percent higher than 5702PR. The CDC’s durum program, led by breeder Curtis Pozniak, has also spawned some promising new products, including three that were registered in 2015. CDC Dynamic has a solid stem, denoting improved resistance to wheat stem sawfly damage, and yielded nine percent higher than Strongfield in pre-registration trials. CPS Canada holds distribution rights. CDC Precision yielded 16 percent higher than Strongfield in pre-registration tests and had an average protein rating 0.6 percent higher than Brigade. Distribution rights are held by Alliance Seed. CDC Alloy will be distributed by FP Genetics. It offers a 12 percent yield advantage over Strongfield. A complete list of new varieties from Ag Canada and the CDC can be viewed online at bit.ly/1U7JhFr. brian.cross@producer.com

Ryan Bartlett leads Monsanto’s commercial field-testing efforts for the BioAg Alliance with Novozymes. He says there are many biological products on the market making unsubstantiated claims, so farmers need to be careful. | MICHAEL RAINE PHOTO CROPSPHERE

Beware when buying biologicals Some new products don’t do what they advertise, says a researcher with Monsanto BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Farmers need to practice buyer beware when purchasing biological products, says one of the world’s largest manufacturers of the microbes. There are many products on the market that have precious little evidence to support their claims, according to Monsanto. Farmers have little faith in the products, which is why Monsanto is now field-testing its most promising lines of microbials in an effort to provide growers with reliable data on how they perform. John Treloar, who leads Monsanto’s Canadian field testing program for products coming out of the company’s BioAg Alliance with Novozymes, said a change in regulatory policy is making matters worse. “Since the (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) dropped their efficacy requirements in 2013, there are 175 new products on the market with very, very little data supporting them,” he said. That is why the BioAg Alliance

launched its BioAdvantage TrialProgram in Canada last year, where its most promising biological products are tested by farmers on more than 150 plots of at least 40 acres. One of the products tested in 2015 was the pulse crop inoculant TagTeam LCO. It was tested against BASF’s Nodulator XL. The products were tested on 12 pea fields and 12 lentil fields. TagTeam won 75 percent of the pea trials and 92 percent of the lentil trials with an average yield advantage of 1.8 bushels per acre for peas and 1.3 for lentils. TagTeam is a Novozymes product that was commercialized before the company teamed up with Monsanto. The first new product to come out of the alliance will be its Enhanced corn inoculant, which will be launched in the United States in 2017 and Canada in 2018. “This one has really got us excited,” said Ryan Bartlett, who leads Monsanto’s commercial field testing program for biologicals around the world. The product boosted corn

yields by about four bushels per acre in more than 40 field trials across the U.S. by increasing nutrient uptake, in particular phosphorous uptake. There is an Enhanced soybean inoculant in the development pipeline that increases yields by an average of 1.5 bushels per acre. That product is behind the corn inoculant in the development pipeline. The company is also developing an Enhanced inoculant for canola that is being tested in the small plot program at 40 locations across Western Canada. “I hope that it’s as big of a deal as it has been in corn for canola but we’re still collecting the data to show that,” said Bartlett. That product could be commercialized in 2018 in Canada. Monsanto estimates western Canadian farmers are applying inoculants on 100 percent of their soybeans, 99 percent of their pulses and about 15 percent of their canola fields. That is a much higher rate than their American counterparts. Wheat is one crop that isn’t inoc-

ulated. QuickRoots is a biological that the company believes will be a good fit for wheat. It will be tested in Canadian field trials in 2016. “It’s pretty rock star to be honest from what I’ve seen in my field program,” said Treloar. Biologicals were applied on an estimated 65 million acres of crops around the world in 2015, including a lot of vegetable crops. They generated US$1.8 billion in global sales compared to $240 billion for traditional pesticides and fertilizers. Monsanto believes the potential is for biologicals to be applied on 250 million to 500 million acres by 2025, which is why it is front-loading its development pipeline. “ We’ re t e s t i n g ov e r 2 , 0 0 0 microbes per year in the field,” said Bartlett. “The really unique thing about this alliance is that we aren’t taking in all those microbes and trying to figure out how they work in t h e l a b. We’ re t a k i n g t h e m straight to the field.” sean.pratt@producer.com

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CROPSPHERE

Pulse growers want refundable levy Change would increase accountability BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Farmers have asked Saskatchewan Pulse Growers to make the shift to a refundable levy. It is the only crop organization in the province with a non-refundable levy, which has been in place since the group was formed in 1983. Cherilyn Nagel, a grower from Mossbank, Sask., and past president of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, tabled the resolution at SPG’s annual meeting held during the CropSphere conference. She said she spoke to a wide variety of growers about the levy before writing the resolution and found that some wanted the levy reduced below one percent of pulse revenues, while others wanted it shifted to a tonnage-based system. “I felt the most principled position would be to make this refundable because that gives people the opportunity to have their say and hold the board accountable,” said Nagel. She said it was a good year to bring up the issue because the grower group generated $18.3 million in levy revenue, which was almost $5 million more than it had budgeted, largely because of skyhigh lentil prices. The extra revenue resulted in a $2.5 million surplus, and Nagel believes it should have remained in growers’ pockets. The resolution was passed by a large majority of the 60 to 70 registered growers in attendance. Nagel was surprised there was little opposition to the proposal because it was submitted well in advance of the meeting. A number of growers approached her after the meeting, expressing their support for the idea. They are worried the association will exceed the 2016 levy budget by another $5 or $10 million. Nagel’s farm contributed $25,000 to the 2015 levy, which she says is way more than it pays to other commissions.

“My intent is certainly not to take out my checkoff. I’m a strong supporter of research and market development, and our farm has definitely seen the benefits of the new varieties and the markets that SPG has opened up for me,” said Nagel. “But I do feel it’s a good performance measure for a checkoff to be refundable.” SPG executive director Carl Potts said there needs to be more discussion about the resolution. “Our board is going to have a very close look at that and take the input that we had at the meeting and likely get more input from a broader set of growers and evaluate what our options are and our plan going forward,” he said. When asked what options he was talking about, Potts said it boils down to keeping the levy nonrefundable or sw itching to a refundable checkoff. The refund rate for other crop organizations typically ranges from two to six percent, which would amount to a financial hit of $366,000 to $1.1 million based on this year’s levy revenue. Potts said the association might poll growers on the issue at this year’s regional meetings in North Battleford, Rosetown, Swift Current and Regina in early February. It may also decide to survey growers. Nagel is pleased there will be further discussion. She knew it was a non-binding resolution. “I’m not delusional, thinking what we put forward has to be the answer. I’m hoping that the board will get creative and think about some ways they can readdress the issue,” she said. Creative solutions might include instituting a cap on levy dollars or switching to a tonnage based checkoff in lieu of or in addition to the switch to a refundable levy. Nagel said she doesn’t mind funding worthwhile research projects but doesn’t like the idea of spending money just because it’s there. sean.pratt@producer.com

Cherilyn Nagel, past-president of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, tabled a resolution at the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers annual general meeting to shift to a refundable levy. | FILE PHOTO

Next year, Cropshere plans to move from downtown Saskatoon to the exhibition grounds. The 600+ attendees at a main room event like this one during the provincial canola event will be a thing of the past as the new facilities can only handle groups of 300. | MICHAEL RAINE PHOTO CROPSPHERE

Fertilizer project gets the nod BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Farmers of North America plans to be “moving dirt” on its fertilizer distribution supercentre project this summer. The group has raised $15.3 million in offers from farmer investors in its Genesis Grain and Fertilizer project. “Achieving our minimum target is not only a major milestone in the vision and future of Genesis, it’s historic,” said Terry Drabiuk, vice-president of business development with AgraCity Crop & Nutrition, which is the commercial operations arm of FNA. “Now we can initiate the construction process on our first supercentre at Belle Plaine, Sask.” The plan is to combine $13 million net proceeds from the offering with $13 million of bank financing to build the $26 million plant. The company hopes to use the farmer equity to obtain better bank financing by March. “We have bank financing but the terms suck,” Drabiuk told a collection of farmers who gathered in a small room at the Western Canadian Crop Production Show to hear details about the venture. The offering remains open for further farmer investment, which he said will help secure better financing from the banks. The Belle Plaine facility would

be the first in what the company hopes will become seven distribution supercentres with three in Saskatchewan, three in Alberta and one in Manitoba. If all seven are built, they would be able to service about 20 percent of the cultivated acres in Western Canada. The first one will be a 50,000 tonne facility that will provide area farmers with nitrogen, phosphorus, sulphur, potash, micronutrients and various liquid blends. It will be able to load eight Super-B trucks in one hour. “Just the urea bin alone is 20,000 tonnes,” said Drabiuk. Fertilizer for the plant will come from a variety of sources including manufacturers, resellers and offshore suppliers. It will service farmers in a 300 kilometre radius surrounding the plant, near Moose Jaw. The long-term goal is to have the nitrogen supplied by FNA’s proposed $2.2 billion ProjectN nitrogen fertilizer plant, which would be located at the same Belle Plaine site. The supercentre building is expected to cost $14.3 million, the equipment $3.6 million and the loop track rail system another $3.7 million. Drabiuk said there is a possibility of eliminating the initial outlay for the rail by convincing one of the two national railways to build the track for the Genesis project and pay them back over time. That would lower the debt

financing required for the project but there would also be a drawback. “You’re tied to that rail. You’ve got to lock in some tonnage. You can’t use the other railway for a period of time,” he said. The goal is to begin construction in the summer of 2016 and open the facility for business by the spring of 2017. One investor in the project is upset that future investors will be treated the same as those who stepped up sooner in the process when the status was uncertain. He said the Genesis people convinced farmers they had to write a cheque before the end of t h e y e a r a n d n o w t h e y a re extending the offering. “It pisses me off a little bit,” said Siegert Wemming from Wroxton, Sask. “Now the money is there and everybody can carry on without a risk because it’s already a go. So I think the early bird should see a bonus somehow, somewhere.” Drabiuk said there will be no bonus for the early birds, but all investors will reap rewards in the form of profit sharing. Over 600 growers have invested in the project from all over the Prairies. He said those investors will likely lose money in the first year of operation but the facility is expected to generate $18.3 million in net earnings by year five based on margins of $50 per tonne. sean.pratt@producer.com

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Lock in lentil, pea prices now: analyst Prices for old and new crop yellow peas, red and green lentils are 150 to 200 percent of what they were a year ago BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Farmers should be locking in enough new crop peas and lentils at today’s attractive prices to cover the estimated 2016 cost of production, says an analyst. “These are historical moments,” Marlene Boersch, a partner in Mercantile Consulting Venture, told farmers attending CropSphere. “Don’t be discouraged when you don’t hit the top price. That’s not the goal. The goal is to have a good return per acre.” Old and new crop prices for yellow peas and red and green lentils are 150 to 200 percent of what they were a year ago. “The prices are unprecedented, so you should not carry a single kernel out into next year,” said Boersch. Demand from India has been phenomenal. The countr y is expected to produce 16.76 million tonnes of pulses in 2015-16, well below the government target of 20 million tonnes. “Seventy-plus cent lentils is like a gift from God, and you better treat it like that,” she said. Canadian farmers produced 3.2 million tonnes of peas, which is 11 percent smaller than the previous year. Bulk exports are four percent ahead of last year’s pace. Boersch is forecasting 270,000 tonnes of carryout and a favourable eight percent stocks-to-use ratio. She estimated that 20 percent of the 2015 crop hasn’t been sold. She believes growers will plant 4.1 million acres in 2016, a 12 percent increase over last year’s crop. There will also be increases in Russia, Australia, the United States and France with world production rising an estimated 12 percent. It looks like India’s winter crop is off to a poor start, but if conditions improve and India harvests a big crop, the increased global supply could pressure prices. Canada harvested 2.7 million tonnes of lentils, which is almost identical to the previous year. Exporters had shipped 1.15 million tonnes of bulk lentils as of Jan. 3, up 246 percent over the same period

Strong lentil prices and sales should encourage farmers to increase seedings by 24 percent this spring. | a year ago. India is almost solely responsible for the huge increase. “That’s absolutely phenomenal. That’s why you have those prices on lentils,” said Boersch. She is forecasting a paltry 101,000 tonnes of carryout and a bullish four percent stocks-to-use ratio. Boersch believes only 10 to 13 percent of 2015 lentil production

remains unsold. She is forecasting 4.75 million acres of lentils in 2016, a 24 percent increase over last year, which was up 25 percent over the previous year. World production is projected to be up 15 percent. Demand will be solid, but India is the wild card, which is why she is advising growers to lock in new crop prices.

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“You can already cover all your cost of production solidly for next year,” she said. Canadian growers produced a small 91,000 tonne chickpea crop, and sales to the U.S. have been strong. It should result in 7,100 tonnes of carryout and a five percent stocks-to-use ratio. “For the first time in a number of

years, we’ll have a very, very low carryout because demand for kabulis is good,” said Boersch. Green and red lentils, mustard and yellow peas are expected to be the most profitable crops in 2016. “The pulses are kingpins,” she said. sean.pratt@producer.com

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Corn acreage expected to rise in Man. BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

Canada’s canola export program was 12 percent ahead of last year’s pace as of Jan. 3 despite having less product to sell. Domestic crush is running 21 percent ahead. | FILE PHOTO CROPSPHERE

Canola shines in outlook for major crops Experts predict Canada’s strong canola export program will keep year end stocks low BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Canola is the one bright star in Western Canada’s grains and oilseeds outlook, says an analyst. “Canola should stay very steady in terms of price and give us some relatively good values,” Marlene Boersch, partner in Mercantile Consulting Venture told farmers attending CropSphere. That is because the crop’s balance sheet is rather tight due to a strong export program. Boersch estimates 2015 canola production at 16 million tonnes, which is at the high end of trade expectations but well below Statistics Canada’s latest forecast of 17.2 million tonnes. “Statistics in Canada are not very good. They are neither timely nor accurate,” she said. Boersch scoffed at the notion of Statistics Canada moving from an initial estimate of 14.3 million tonnes to 17.2 million tonnes by December. “What the hell is that?” she said. She is forecasting 17.9 million tonnes of total supply. Domestic crushers will take 7.4 million tonnes and another nine million tonnes will be exported. China is the big wild card. Exports to China were slow in the fall because canola was priced unfavourably compared to U.S. soybeans but that situation has been reversed due to the ever strength-

BEST, WORST CROP RETURNS Pulse crops are going to be the “kingpins” of 2016 in terms of crop returns, according to Mercantile Consulting Venture. Phenomenal demand out of India has driven prices to historically high levels with $12.50 per bushel yellow peas, 71 cents per pound large green lentils and 58 cents per pound red lentils. New crop prices are attractive as well, with green and red lentils prices well ahead of values offered this time last year. Margins ($/acre) over total costs for crops grown in 2016 lg. green lentils

$390.50

feed barley

red lentils

293.50

specialty canola

35.50

mustard

183.50

winter wheat

30.50

yellow peas

146.25

canola

28.50

malt barley

107.50

green peas

21.75

durum

73.00

hard red wheat

-28.00

kabuli chickpeas

67.25

flax

-31.13

canaryseed

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ening U.S. dollar. “Right now we are very positively priced vis-à-vis soybeans,” said Boersch. “It’s very attractive at the moment for China to buy more canola.” She believes China will end up buying 3.85 million tonnes of Canadian canola, down slightly from last year’s 4.11 million tonnes. Canada’s export program was 12 percent ahead of last year’s pace as of Jan. 3 despite having less product to sell. Domestic crush is running 21 percent ahead. “In terms of demand, don’t let them tell you any other way, we are doing very well actually on canola right now,” she told farmers. Boersch is forecasting 1.51 mil-

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lion tonnes of carryout, down from 2.1 million tonnes in 2014-15. It’s a different story for flax where Boersch is forecasting only 700,000 tonnes of exports, which is well below Agriculture Canada’s estimate of 800,000 tonnes. She noted that flax production was up 90,000 tonnes in the U.S., 475,000 tonnes in Russia, 300,000 tonnes in Kazakhstan and about 90,000 tonnes in the European Union. That is a lot of competition for Canada’s exports. “With all the goodwill I can muster I cannot go beyond 700,000 tonnes. So don’t be mislead, I think carryout will go up this year,” Boersch warned. Canada is 34 percent or 55,000

tonnes behind last year’s export pace. She is forecasting 256,000 tonnes of carryout or about 100,000 tonnes more than Agriculture Canada is forecasting. Boersch told growers they should be 90 to 100 percent sold on old crop flax and making some new crop sales. Statistics Canada boosted wheat production modestly and durum production substantially in the November report. Wheat exports are five percent ahead of last year’s pace while durum sales are down about 25 percent. “We are quite far behind and are not going to catch up,” said Boersch of durum. Another red flag is that North American wheat is still priced well above wheat from other exporting regions. For example, U.S. soft red winter wheat is priced US$10 to $12 per tonne above French wheat. She believes wheat carryout will fall while durum carryout will rise. Boersch didn’t spend much time on barley, only noting that production and carryout will rise. Concerns about oat ending stocks eased after production increased by 136,000 tonnes in the latest Statistics Canada report. She believes oat ending stocks will increase by 160,000 tonnes but prices will still need to climb higher to take acres away from wheat in Western Canada. sean.pratt@producer.com

Corn acres are expected to jump in Manitoba as seed dealers report strong sales this winter. Seed stocks are running short and producers who want to grow corn will need to make a decision soon. “Our grain corn and our silage and grazing corn, all of the products have expanded on acres this year,” said Todd Walker, district sales manager Quarry Seed, based in Stonewall, Man. “(We’re) running out of some of the more popular varieties and the early maturing varieties.” Producers are expanding acres or growing corn for the first time because prices are decent and Manitoba’s corn crop set a record in 2015: the provincial yield average was around 136 bu. per acre. “When guys can pull off over 120 bushels, they get pretty excited about corn,” said Wes Lewis, DeKalb account manager in Manitoba. Corn futures in Chicago have declined this winter, dropping from $4 per bu. in October to around $3.60 per bu. in January. However, the sinking loonie is supporting corn prices north of the border. In Canadian dollars, corn futures are over $5 per bu. “On paper, corn at $5 is a good fit,” said Marc Hutlet of Marc Hutlet Seeds in Steinbach. Manitoba had about 250,000 grain corn acres in 2015. The acreage was lower than expected because farmers had a difficult harvest in 2014 and prices were weak. “Regular corn growers decided to grow less corn or no corn. They figured there would be no money in it in 2015,” Hutlet said. “Lo and behold, 2015 produced one of the best crops we ever had.” robert.arnason@producer.com

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Mustard producers relish sweet prices A small crop last year, strong demand and a weak Canadian dollar have helped make the crop more valuable this year BY D’ARCE MCMILLAN SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Mustard might be sharp tasting but its price has been sweet for Canadian farmers this year. And the outlook for 2016 continues favourable. “I think where new crop bids are now is going to be the floor in the market and we’ll see where it goes from there,” Chuck Penner of LeftField Commodity Research told the Saskatchewan Mustard Development Commission meeting at C ro p P ro d u c t i o n We e k i n Saskatoon. Yellow mustard 2016 crop bids delivered are now around 45 cents per pound, and oriental and brown bids are 33 to 36 cents a lb. T h e s m a l l 2 0 1 5 c ro p, s o l i d demand and weak Canadian dollar have pushed current cash bids for 2015 seed to multi year highs with yellow at about 50 to 56 cents delivered, oriental at 45 to 53 cents and brown at 34 to 36. Producers wonder if prices could go higher yet this crop year as they did in 2007-08 when yellow bids climbed into the 60s. Mustard supply in 2007-08 was exceptionally tight because of two consecutive small crops of 108,200 tonnes in 2006 and 124,800 tonnes in 2007. Statistics Canada said production in 2015 fell to 123,000 tonnes. “Are we going to hit those (price) highs again? I’m not convinced that we will, unless we get a 59 cent dollar as some have suggested, but that is another kettle of fish,” Penner said.

Mustard production in Canada fell to 123,400 tonnes in 2015, according to Statistics Canada. | The difference between today and 2007-08 is that back then the Black Sea region also had a mustard crop failure and so Canada had the world market to itself. In 2015 Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan produced about 1 3 0 , 0 0 0 t o n n e s a n d t h e y a re exporting aggressively to western Europe, with brown seed types the main product. That is restricting Canadian exports. In the first four months of the crop year, Canada shipped about 7,000 tonnes to the European Union, only half as much as last year. Europe buys mostly brown

seed, which is why its price lags yellow and oriental. Penner forecasts 475,000 acres of mustard in 2016 in Canada, up 38 percent from 2015. He expects most of the increase will be yellow and oriental varieties. Brown types will stay the same or perhaps decline because of its weaker price. “If we do that, with average yields, it will put our production up close to 200,000 tonnes,” he said. “What that means is we are not going to be exceptionally heavy … we will have quite a small carryover … weighted toward browns and so

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FACTS ABOUT MUSTARD 2013 Seeded acres 365,222 Yield (lb. per acre) 947 Production (tonnes) 154,500

2014 499,894 904 198,000

2015 344,959 830 123,400

Source: Statistics Canada

supplies will certainly not be at burdensome levels …. We aren’t going to overwhelm the market.” Black Sea exports will again present competition that will limit the up side. Canadian grain sales, including mustard, are benefiting from the weak Canadian dollar and

Russian, Ukrainian and Kazakh farmers are in a similar situation with their currencies. “I think we’ll see large crops again in the Black Sea region. You are not getting the price signals to shut off production and neither are they.” darce.mcmillan@producer.com

GRAIN TRADE

African concerns about Canadian wheat quality ease BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

Canada’s grain promoters see West Africa as a growing market.

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And former worries about problems with Canadian crop consistency and low gluten strength appear to be receding. “I think in large part any concerns have been really dispelled,” said Dave Burrows, Canadian International Grains Institute’s chief operating officer, who visited Ghana and Ivory Coast in December. “There’s still a healthy concern that Canada maintains the quality status it has enjoyed, but there isn’t a concern in terms of Canada being able to meet the needs of customers.” Recent crop missions gave Canadian crop promoters a chance to talk about the crops the country has in stock, discuss new developments and hear about problems. In the first years after the CWB

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monopoly was ended, Canadian crop quality and consistency frustrated buyers. Many became concerned that Canada was losing its dependability, after shipments seemed to vary more widely from specifications than in the past. It was hard for the industry to identify the source of the problems, because the CWB dissolution was combined with horrific transportation problems that made deliveries late and hard to coordinate. At the same time, many customers complained about low gluten strength in some Canadian wheat shipments. That problem was tied to widespread growing of varieties that tended to have low gluten. Burrows said West African buyers were happy to hear about efforts to eliminate the low gluten strength issue. “Customers thought that was great, because it (showed that the industry is) protecting the quality of Canadian wheat,” said Burrows. “We heard about (the problem), but not nearly to the extent that we heard about it a couple of years ago.” In recent years, low priced wheat from the Black Sea region has occasionally moved into the West African market, but Burrows said it doesn’t appear to be significant competition for Canadian sales.

Canadian officials recently visited West Africa, where buyers had previously expressed concern about Canadian crop consistency and gluten strength. | FILE PHOTO Canadian wheat is sold as high quality material used to blend-up other supplies millers are using. “It’s never going to replace Canadian wheat,” Burrows said of Black Sea grain. “The quality of their wheat is not nearly the same as the quality of Canadian wheat.” Burrows also said Black Sea wheat isn’t steadily promoted or

supported in the West African market, leaving opportunities for Canada’s more intensive customeroutreach efforts like the new crop missions. “I don’t think they’ve been consistent with their efforts,” said Burrows. “It’s recognized for what it is.” ed.white@producer.com

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CANFAX REPORT The fed steer weighted average was $179.11 per hundredweight, up $2.16, and heifers were $178.35, up $2.07. Most sales went to one Alberta plant, which is operating hand to mouth, lifting cattle within two weeks. The other major Alberta plant needs are covered until midFebruary. A few prairie fed cattle traded south. U.S. packers were buying for immediate delivery and for the week of Jan. 25 . U.S. bids were steady to slightly higher than local sales, working back to about $180 on a live basis, depending on freight and dressing percent. Cash-to-futures basis levels strengthened to -$9.56, in line with the five year average. Dressed sales in Iowa and Nebraska were reported from US$208-$210 dressed which was generally steady with the previous week. Sale volumes in the U.S. South increased and live sales were steady to $1 higher. Canadian market-ready numbers should be manageable throughout the first quarter of 2016, but carcass weights are record heavy. Western Canadian steer weights are 67 pounds and heifer are 34 lb. larger than the

BEEF PRICE STRONGER

same week last year. January is traditionally not a strong beef demand month because consumer disposable income tightens following the holidays.

Packers operating profit was estimated at more than $100 per head , encouraging a larger slaughter that will lightly cap cut-out values near term as beef prices tend to peak during the middle of January. Choice cutout rose US$4.57 to $235.16 per cwt. and Select rose $5.54 $229.43. Weekly Canadian boxed beef prices to Jan. 8 saw AAA up C$11.80 at $305.49 and AA $300.92, up $16.55.

COWS UP Slaughter cow prices surged more than $3 per cwt. higher. D1, D2 cows ranged $102-$116 to average $109.63 and D3 cows ranged $90-$104 to average $97.50. Dressed bids were $5 higher, ranging $215-$220. Butcher bulls rose almost $4 to average $129.56. Weekly western non-fed slaughter to Jan. 9 was 7,412 head. Exports for the week ending Dec. 31 were typically light at 2,535 head. Exports for the year were 16 percent down. Non-fed marketings are expected to increase a little as cattle purchased for tax reasons are turned over. The hamburger grind market will restock following the holidays and prices are expected to firm modestly.

FEEDERS MIXED Feeder auctions saw a typical slow start to the year with a variety

PRAIRIE ON FEED Full feedlot pens in Alberta have helped moderate demand. |

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of lot sizes and quality. Prices were poorly defined on a thin offering of calves lighter than 500 lb. but the market tone was generally softer. Feeder 500-700 lb. saw adequate demand and prices were steady to higher. Feeders heavier than 700 lb. traded mixed with steers generally lower and heifers higher. Full feedlot pens in Alberta and a lack of U.S. buyer interest moderated feeder demand. Weekly Alberta auction volume was one percent down from the same week last year at 18,971 head. Exports over the holidays were minimal.

Exports in 2015 were down 35 percent below 2014. The Jan. 1 prairie cattle on feed report showed that December placements were up 14 percent. With total on-feed inventory up four percent over last year, pen space for new placements is limited. Despite the removal of country of origin labelling rules in the U.S. and a weak Canadian dollar, the Alberta feeder basis remains very strong, therefore U.S. interest has been limited. Feeder demand will be established locally, with some competition from Ontario buyers. Prices will likely trend steady to lower.

year at the same time. In Canada, the Maple Leaf Signature three cash price was C$136.35, supported by the weaker Canadian dollar.

weight range sold at prices up to C$5.75 per pound, hot hanging weight. U.S. buyers are offering US$4.25 with returns dependent on exchange rates, quality and export costs. Grade A heifers sold up to C$5.60, U.S. buyers are offering US$4.10. Animals outside the desirable buyer specifications may be discounted.

The Alberta-Saskatchewan on feed population Jan. 1 was 937,691, up four percent from the year before. It was the sixth month of increases. However, inventory is still the third smallest in the years since 2000. Placements in December were 88,643 up 14 percent. Marketings in December were 107,948, down six percent. This cattle market information is selected from the weekly report from Canfax, a division of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. More market information, analysis and statistics are available by becoming a Canfax subscriber by calling 403-275-5110 or at www.canfax.ca.

WP LIVESTOCK REPORT HOGS EDGE HIGHER U.S. cash hogs crept higher last week supported by stronger pork values but hog supply is ample, limiting gains Iowa-southern Minnesota hogs delivered were US$40-$40.50 per hundredweight Jan. 15, up from US$39–$39.50 Jan. 8.

U.S. hogs averaged $52.77 on a carcass basis Jan. 15, up from $48.96 Jan. 8. The U.S. pork cutout was $72.97 per cwt. Jan. 15, up from $69.95 Jan. 8. T h e e s t i m a t e d U. S. w e e k l y slaughter for the week to Jan. 15 was 2.3 million, down from 2.389 million the previous week. Slaughter was 2.244 million last

BISON STEADY The Canadian Bison Association said Grade A bulls in the desirable

LAMB PRICES LOWER Ontario Stockyards Inc. reported that 1,278 sheep and lambs and 34 goats traded Jan. 11. New crop lambs sold on good demand at prices $5-$10 per cwt. lower. Heavy lambs were steady to $19 lower. Sheep and goats were steady.

GRAIN TRADE

Strong greenback increases market pain for U.S. farmers MARKET WATCH

D’ARCE McMILLAN

he direction of crop prices in the coming weeks will largely depend on events outside of the grain supply and demand situation. And a little further down the road, the market will be watching how American farmers adjust seeding plans in the face of miserable prices. Jitters about the slowing growth in China, the U.S. and Canada and the plunging price of crude oil are keeping currency exchange rates in flux. The Canadian dollar is falling along with crude oil and also ideas that the Bank of Canada might lower interest rates as the U.S. Federal Reserve increases rates. Canola futures crept higher last week largely because the loonie sank below US69 cents. The path of

least resistance for the loonie is down as investors flee crude oil and Canada’s oil industry contracts. All this is reviving memories of the 2002 62 cent dollar. We can only hope the U.S. Fed will show caution after the recent market turmoil and delay increasing its interest rates. However, the weak loonie is helping to boost Canadian exports and mask the worst of the global crop market malaise. It might be hard to believe, but March canola futures, which are traded in Canadian dollars, are about 13 percent stronger than at the same point last year. Soybean futures in U.S. dollars are down 10 percent from this time last year. Canadian cash wheat bids this week are little changed from where they were at the end of September even as the Minneapolis spring wheat contract has fallen about eight percent. This same currency factor is playing out in every major crop exporting region. Weak currencies in the Black Sea region and South America are keeping crop values, priced in local currency, attractive so there is no pressure to cut production. The biggest hurt and therefore the

biggest pressure to cut production is in the United States, where the American buck is the Olympic power lifter of global currencies. But it is a rare thing for American growers to actually cut total seeded acres. Indeed one of the questions flowing from last week’s USDA reports was what crops will take up the acres not seeded to winter wheat. The agriculture department pegged winter wheat area at 36.6 million acres, down 7.2 percent from last year and the second lowest since 1913. Potentially, unseeded winter wheat acres could go into corn and

soybeans. Soybeans cost less to seed and so might have the upper hand for cash-strapped American farmers who might also face restrictions on how much their banks are willing to lend to them. On the other hand the new crop soybean-corn price ratio at 2.29 is below the long term average of 2.35, meaning on price alone, corn has the upper hand. In November U.S. market analysts Informa forecast American farmers would seed 90.1 million acres to corn, up 1.9 percent from last year and 85.3 million acres to soybeans, up 2.52 percent. The potential for reduced pro-

duction comes from the idea that our American neighbours might reduce their crop inputs to a maintenance level rather than shooting for optimum production. If that happens it could limit yield and keep total production restrained even as corn and soybean acreage increases. USDA plans to publish its first survey on farmers planting intentions on March 31. darce.mcmillan@producer.com Follow D’Arce McMillan on Twitter @darcemcmillan.

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CRAIG’S VIEW

HERBICIDE RESISTANCE

Over reliance on tank mixes could spark PR challenge

otate, rotate, rotate. Not long ago that was the mantra of weed specialists. The best defence against herbicide resistant weeds was a robust crop rotation and also a rotation of herbicides with various modes of action, or MOAs. But rotating herbicides is less valuable than we thought. Weed specialists are now talking about the superior benefits of tank mixed herbicides in preventing resistant weeds. This may be true, but we worry that over reliance on tank mixes will raise public relations issues. Many consumers already fear the impact of farm chemicals on human health and the environment. And activists ratchet up the rhetoric, painting pictures of marauding super weeds. Anti-GMOers see solutions such as tank mixes and crops with stacked herbicide tolerances as evils propagated by profit-hungry corporations. It is easy to imagine the furor and fear s p a rk e d by s o c i a l m e d i a mav e n s demonizing farmers for their use of “heavier doses of poisonous chemicals,” in “popular food products that children eat.” Farmers don’t spray herbicides negligently and they aren’t enthusiastic about using more because they are costly. But they are interested in preserving the value of existing herbicides and one way to do that is to use a tank mix. Research looking at five years of data on 105 Illinois grain farms, focusing on the factors that contributed to glyphosate resistance found that herbicide rotation alone was ineffective in stopping the development of resistant weeds, particularly in systems that often

used glyphosate. But using a herbicide mix, so that the weeds face two MOAs at the same time, was highly effective. The study’s conclusions were similar to research conduced by Hugh Beckie of Agriculture Canada in Saskatoon and Xavier Reboud, a French plant scientist, that also found herbicide mixes more effective than herbicide rotations. This is important information for farmers who might develop a false sense of security thinking that herbicide rotations were enough to avoid resistant weeds. Farmers must resist the siren song of prescription or recipe farming that can get them on a pesticide treadmill that is not sustainable and that opens the door to consumer mistrust and potentially, government regulation. The strongest science supports integrated weed management, a systems approach designed to keep weeds off balance and less able to adapt to herbicides. Integrated management still puts a lot of emphasis on rotation, of crops and seeding dates, as well as seeding rates to crowd out weeds, use of clean seed, adequate fertility, inclusion of spring and winter-seeded crops and perennial forages. Tank mix herbicides will be part of this system, but are not adequate alone. An integrated management system attuned to the dynamic ecology of modern, efficient farms is a compelling story that will ring true with most consumers.

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It’s not the 1970s. I can’t yell at my employees like my Dad used to. DAVID JANSSENS B.C. DAIRY FARMER, PAGE 1

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CONSUMERS

Rising food prices receiving attention on national stage CAPITAL LETTERS

KELSEY JOHNSON

s Canadian politicians and economists fret about the loonie’s stunning slide and the ongoing slump in global oil prices, consumers are grappling with the rising cost of food. In recent weeks, several major media outlets have aired stories about food prices, which have jumped four to five percent in the past few months, an increase that’s been widely blamed on the slumping loonie. Take, for example, the humble cauliflower, the price of which has soared as high as $8 per head. The price has skyrocketed so much that many restaurants have said they are contemplating removing the vegetable from their menu because it’s simply too expensive to supply.

It’s worth noting that Canada’s agriculture industry as a whole is expected to benefit from the economic downturn, with the falling loonie likely to make Canadian exports more affordable for international buyers. Meanwhile, demand for local produce is increasing as Canadians look for alternative food sources. In an economic update in early January, J.P. Gervais, Farm Credit Canada’s chief economist, said: “Low interest rates and a weak dollar will continue to contribute to favourable economic conditions for Canadian agriculture in 2016.” For Canadian consumers, though, it’s a bit of a different story. With winter in full force across the country (hello wind chill, how we did not miss you), grocery stores and restaurants have, again, turned to warmer food-growing regions such as California and Florida to fill the void. However, with the Canadian loonie hovering below US69 cents, the cost of those imports have increased. The surge has been compounded by the

Food prices are expected to increase higher than the rate of inflation this year; meanwhile, food bank use in Alberta has jumped 23 percent extended drought in California and heavy rain in Florida. It’s no secret most of the fruit and vegetables that Canadians eat, particularly at this time of year, are imported from the United States. In 2014, Agriculture Canada found American producers and processors exported $26.2 billion in agricultural goods to Canada. Fruit and nuts topped the list at $3.7 billion with vegetables in second place at $2.7 billion. In all, trade between the two countries is valued at $50 billion, which makes it one of the most robust in the world. This is not the first time Canadians have been hit with sticker shock at the grocery stores. Last year, fruit and vegetables jumped in price by 9.1 to 10.1 percent, according to an annual report by the Food Institute at the University of Guelph. The institute predicts fruit and vegetables will continue to increase higher than inflation this year, by up

to 4.5 percent for some items. Still, the rising cost of food is already starting to attract political attention. In a teleconference from Washington, D.C., Jan. 15, federal agriculture minister Lawrence MacAulay acknowledged that the falling loonie is making food more expensive for Canadians. “All I can tell you is that Canadians have access to high quality, safe food at a reasonable price,” he told reporters. “But, I understand that … it’s difficult for people.” Still, MacAulay noted that “the average share of the household budget spent on food has been declining over time and remains at around 10 percent.” That may be the case, but the precarious state of the national economy has already forced a higher number of Canadians to turn to their local food bank for help. In its annual report, which was released in December, Food

Banks Canada found that food bank use in Alberta, where 62,000 Albertans have lost their jobs, jumped 23 percent. Meanwhile, Food Secure Canada, which is a multi-organization interest group dedicated to eliminating hunger, has said it wants MacAulay to ensure all Canadians have healthy food to eat, despite the rising costs. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture also plans to raise the issue of a national food strategy, which it has long been pushing for, in meetings with the minister. MacAulay has said he’s open to hearing from provincial, territorial and industry counterparts on how best to handle the issue, which is included in his mandate letter from prime minister Justin Trudeau, but declined to give further details. Kelsey Johnson is a reporter with iPolitics, www.ipolitics.ca.

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FOOD TRENDS

Bill 6: one family farm’s perspective

Please serve the dirt candy

BY SHELLEY ERICKSON

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o be clear, we are not antisafety. We live and play in our workplaces. It is our family, friends, and neighbours whose health and well-being are at stake on our property, and we take that seriously. We have repeatedly heard Alberta premier Rachel Notley claim that “stakeholders were consulted.” The Oxford dictionary defines consultation as “meeting with an expert or professional in order to seek advice.” By this definition, stakeholders were not consulted. In meetings between government and industry groups, industry leaders recommended exempting farms from WCB and giving them the option to voluntarily apply. They also requested further information and meetings to help create regulations specific to agriculture in an attempt to avoid potentially crippling legislation. The recommendations were ignored on all fronts. In fact, nearly all of these stakeholders have published statements that clearly state the lack of agricultural support and lack of consultation. Nor are current consultations led by NDP MLAs true to the definition. It was asked at one such meeting: “Who is taking notes so you can present our concerns to your party?” The MLAs looked at each other in embarrassment and shrugged. When we try contacting our MLAs with questions, we receive a “thank you for your concerns.” Calls are

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Farmers expressed dissatisfaction with Bill 6 last December. Many remain convinced the new regulations will be bad for agriculture. | FILE PHOTO rarely returned. We have also heard that this is about “making sure workers have the right to minimum wage and the right to refuse unsafe work.” However, federal legislation outlines basic responsibilities with which we must comply to protect our staff. According to the Government of Alberta Industry Profiles 2015 report, the average farm worker is paid $15.38 to $43.32 for an average of $29.35, which is well above the $11.20 minimum wage requirements. Another misconception amplified by the NDP is that Alberta is the only province that exempts farms. However, according to the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts

and Counties’ Environmental Scan of Farm Safety Legislation and the Association of Workers Compensation Boards of Canada 2015 report, farms are excluded from mandator y WCB coverage in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Queb e c , O n t a r i o, Ma n i t o b a a n d Saskatchewan. Regarding Occupational Health and Safety policies, farms in British Columbia with less than 20 employees are exempt and all other provinces have industry specific legislation with exemptions for small farms. Possibly the most unfortunate and damaging misconception is the implication that farmers have

become violent and threatened MLAs who supported Bill 6. At least four MLAs have made accusations that they have later mitigated, apologized for or retracted completely, but the damage has been done. Farmers are now left with the daunting task of figuring out how this legislation will affect us, how we can make our concerns heard to a government that has proven it is not interested in listening and how and if the family farm way of life is still viable for us. Shelley Erickson farms with her husband, Greg, near Bruce, Alta.

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conomic alarm bells are sounding. Even though it’s difficult to identify any immediate threats to agriculture from the financial malaise, it’s best to remain alert in these turbulent times. Crude oil below $30 a barrel and a Canadian dollar below 70 cents seemed unimaginable a couple years ago. Massive job losses are occurring in the resource sector. While the oil and gas sector is reeling, agriculture remains relatively unscathed. Despite ample worldwide stockpiles of the major grains, the low value of the Canadian dollar is keeping crop values at reasonable levels. On some of the minor acreage crops, returns are exceptional. The Baltic Dry Index is at a record

low, indicating a slowdown in world trade relative to the shipping capacity available. Bulk grain shipments are cheap, helping the competitiveness of our exports. For most of the last decade analysts have been warning that interest rates have nowhere to go but up, but it hasn’t happened. Given economic conditions, interest rates in this country are expected to remain incredibly low for the foreseeable future. Farm debt has never been easier to service. The lowly loonie means fertilizer is much more expensive here than in the U.S., but we’ve survived much higher nitrogen and phosphate prices. New equipment is increasingly expensive, but farmers bought a lot of big ticket items in recent years, satisfying much of the pent-up demand. In many cases, good deals are available on major pieces of equipment that are just a few years old, the trade-ins from all the new purchases. Rail service for grain has been very good due at least in part to the slowdown in other commodities. If you have investments in stocks,

bonds and mutual funds, your portfolio is probably taking a beating. On the other hand, if much of your wealth is tied up in farmland, the value may not be skyrocketing like it had been, but it probably isn’t declining. So, from a farmer perspective, what’s not to like? One threat will come from ballooning federal and provincial deficits. Farm support programs could be a casualty of government cost cutting. Plus, it will be more difficult to negotiate exemptions for primary agriculture from the various carbon tax initiatives that are probably coming. On the world grain market, we need to recognize that many of our export competitors are also enjoying a weak currency relative to the American greenback. Like Canada, farmers in Russia, Ukraine and Argentina are not getting the market signal to reduce production. Barring weather disasters, grain stockpiles could become even more burdensome. If the value of the Canadian dollar improves in a year or two, grain prices could look dismal.

The Chinese economy has cooled considerably. Market analyst Chuck Penner says the Chinese stockpile of corn is estimated at 115 million tonnes, with some observers believing it is actually 175 million tonnes. He notes they will need to rewind that stockpile and if they dump it quickly, it could seriously undermine markets. Does the troubled economy offer any opportunities? Some of the farm kids working in the oil sector are now probably evaluating opportunities on the family farm. If you have construction projects on the farm, it may be easier to access tradespeople. The slowdown in oil and gas will take pressure off rural roads and some other services. Are we missing something? With such a troubled world economy, agriculture could be sideswiped by something as yet unforeseen. Keep your head up.

Kevin Hursh is an agricultural journalist, consultant and farmer. He can be reached by e-mail at kevin@hursh.ca.

e’s a “meat and potatoes” man. That’s a description often heard on the Prairies, where it refers in part to a culture as well as a preferred diet. International food consultants Baum+Whiteman, based in Brooklyn, New York, say meat and potatoes don’t figure much in new consumer desires. Those two meal staples aren’t on the firm’s recently released list of the 11 hottest food and beverage dining trends. The list is worthy of attention for its potential to foretell what foods and ingredients farmers and ranchers will want to produce — or not produce — to meet future demands. Durum growers take note: B+W says pasta sales are dropping in many countries, including Italy, where they are down 25 percent from five years ago. In Europe, pasta sales were down 13 percent over the same period, and Australians bought eight percent less than they did five years ago. There is good news for chicken producers in the trends list. Fried chicken in sandwiches is popular and many places have some version on their menus. In Kansas City, one can even find fried chicken mixed with macaroni and cheese served on a hoagie bun. It’s called Chick-ARoni, and it sounds pretty good. There also appear to be sunny days ahead for cauliflower, broccoli and carrot growers, among others, as consumers opt for “root to stem dining” and “dirt candy,” more commonly known as “vegetables.” As an example, one Brooklyn restaurant serves spuds with “turmeric-fermented bok choy and morels stuffed with ramp bread pudding.” A New York Times writer told readers they could be “browsing extensively upon stems, tubers, rhizomes, seeds and other plant parts” at that establishment. It sounds remarkably like feeding time at the ranch. Other trends? Resurging popularity of bagels (good news for wheat growers), snacks instead of actual meals, and delivery of food by drone. Farmers with drones take note. You could use them to get meals delivered more speedily from the house to the field during harvest. Missing from the list is any trend indicating more interest in meat, whether beef, pork or lamb. That might indicate an opportunity in those sectors to develop dishes or foods to match consumer desires for speed of preparation, convenience, healthfulness and flavour. Meat and potatoes in a meal kit, complete with seasonings? Why not? We could call it Range Root Candy. Two helpings, please.

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WCB INSURANCE NOT CHEAP To the Editor: Re: Benefits of farm workplace insurance by Toby Malloy, (WP, Dec. 24). Fa r m w o rkp l a c e i n s u ra n c e (WCB) that Alberta government wants in place for Alberta farm workers is the worst insurance anyone could have. Why? WCB covers a person only on the job — not to or from work, at home, etc. It is the responsibility of “any employee in any profession” to look after having their own insurance for injury or sickness. Employers do. There is injury insurance that covers a person 24 hours a day at work, home, in Canada and any-

If family farms and the agriculture industry is to survive and continue to provide some of the best and cheapest food to ... Canadians and other countries around the world, Bill 6 needs to die instantly. EILEEN WALKER

where else in the world. Even better yet it is cheaper. One example, $500 for year-round injury coverage and Alberta WCB costs $800 a year only while on the

job. It is disappointing that Toby Malloy implies that “the stress related to loss of income and loss of purpose combine to create feelings of hopelessness and helplessness that can contribute to psychosocial and emotional problems such as depression, anxiety, addiction and family violence” applies to only the farming industry. This applies to anyone who is employed in any profession. If family farms and the agriculture industry are to survive and continue to provide some of the best and cheapest food to our fellow Albertans, Canadians and other countries around the world, Bill 6 needs to die instantly.

Kill Bill 6. Not family farms. Eileen Walker Strathmore, Alta

CUTTING EDGE TECH? To the Editor: Cutting edge of technology is a joke. In 2011, after lengthy studies by renowned scientists were released on the situation of Lake Winnipeg waters, the government decided to take a stand. This resulted in Save the Lake Winnipeg Act, Bill 46. This act was implemented in June 2011. A portion of the act included the requirement for any new barns to have appropriate cutting-edge technology, as a treatment of manure, to assist in reducing the phosphorus that was promoting algae grow. This “cutting edge of technology” now under consideration, is digging two large holes into the ground for retaining hog faeces. Is this a joke? Previous studies carried out and reported by Manitoba Conser vation have determined that these installations leak, and therefore are a threat to our surface and groundwater source. With considerations like this, it’s little wonder that our water sources are polluted and even more threatened. John Fefchak, Virden, Man.

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It was unnerving to read that geoengineering is alive and well,even in Alberta. What we are messing with we do not know. Recall the 1972 Morton Salt Disaster in Rapid City. A little cloudseeding experiment gone wrong. The planet is not well and yet we push on. Push on and try to adapt the planet to our economy, instead of adapting the economy to the planet. And all these evil poisons with goodly names. There is no throw away or stow away on this planet. It is there somewhere, maybe not in our backyards, but in some field where little kids will play. The run for money will not even stop for the sake of the little ones. How tragically sad. Angelica Herlihy Grand Forks, B.C.

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Survey Social media plays role in fanning food fear looks at PRODUCER ONLINE rotations U of S researcher to conduct a national crop rotation survey BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

A researcher at the University of Saskatchewan is hoping that a national survey on crop rotations will shed new light on the contributions that farmers have made toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Stuart Smyth, a professor from the U of S, has launched an online survey aimed at learning more about rotational practices and how they have changed over the past few decades. Among other things, the survey is intended to learn more about cropping patterns since the advent of herbicide tolerant crops and the positive impact that continuous cropping has had on the environment, particularly in regard to reducing GHGs. “We wanted to conduct a farm level survey that looks at crop rotation changes from the early ’90s, prior to when herbicide tolerant crops were available, to present crop rotations so that we could get a sense of what has changes … and how much it has changed,” said Smyth. “There is a real lack in the ag sector of very solid benchmarking data.” He added that Canada recently committed to stricter greenhouse gas reduction targets so illustrating agriculture’s contribution to the cause will become more important. “My concern is that with a lack of reliable data showing the contributions that agriculture has already made in reducing greenhouse gas and carbon emissions, the agriculture industry is going to be burdened with additional taxes and costs.” Smyth said the reduction of summerfallow acres and the minimal tillage and continuous cropping practices on western Canadian farms has had a significant positive environmental impact. To encourage participation, Smyth and fellow researchers have approached producer groups and commodity organizations to explain the survey’s intent and outline potential benefits that could be derived from it. The survey will also produce data related to changes in on-farm chemical use and changes in fertilizer use patterns since the introduction of herbicide tolerant crops. “To my awareness, I’m not familiar with anybody who’s done a study that looks at (whether) fertilizer use has changes with the adoption of herbicide tolerant crops.” Growers interested in completing the online survey are required to visit tinyurl.com/croprotationsurvey2016 to register. Upon registration, growers will receive links to different segments of the survey. Each segment of the survey will take approximately 30 minutes to complete and one in every 100 survey participants will receive a $250 credit, applied to a fuel purchase or a credit card. brian.cross@producer.com

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story by Western Producer reporter Sean Pratt on page 63 of this week’s paper holds some good lessons for those of us who work, or spend any time, in the world of social media. Pratt’s story talks about how the Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission intends to use

social media to help dispel some common myths about farming. Sean quotes former commission chair, Dale Leftwich. “This phenomenon of food fear has put producer prosperity, our prosperity, in jeopardy,” Leftwich told delegates attending the commission’s annual general meeting at CropSphere last week in Saskatoon. There are any number of sources of “food fear” on social media these days: Vani Hari, also known as The Food Babe (@thefoodbabe), is probably one of the best known. With nearly 100,000 twitter followers and hashtags such as #FoodBabeArmy every sentence she tweets is carried far and wide by her legions of loyal supporters.

But it’s important to remember that simple popularity on social media should never be mistaken for expertise. The Canola Development Commission has chosen to create a documentar y video to be used to address some of the consumer concerns being expressed as a result. “The film addresses consumer concerns about genetically modified food, pointing out that the technology has allowed farmers to use less diesel fuel and adopt zero till seeding techniques, said commission vice-chair Doyle Wiebe. “ ‘I’m 61 now, and 40 years ago I saw my land blowing away. Now I haven’t had a dust storm since (adopting zero till),’ he said.”

Now, as a reporter it behooves me to point out that the Canola Development Commission obviously has an interest in promoting the value of canola. That kind of connection between a marketer and a product is completely understandable, and in this instance readily transparent. Of greater concern, to me, are the underlying, and not-so-transparent interests of those who would promote such “food fear” in the first place. Have they ever taken the time to talk to a real farmer about their concerns? Farmers are the real experts on these issues, and no amount of celebrity or popularity on social media can trump that.

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Farms opt to live with PED The decision not to eliminate the disease upsets others in the industry BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Officials say the Ontario farmers who have decided to live with PED rather than eradicate it from their herds could be a source of future cross contamination. | FILE PHOTO

BANFF, Alta. — Several hog operations in Ontario have decided to live with porcine infectious diarrhea (PED) infection in their barns rather than eliminate it. That potentially puts other hog operations at risk of infection or re-infection after concerted efforts to eliminate the disease elsewhere in Canada. Dr. Doug MacDougald of South West Ontario Veterinary Services told those at the Jan. 12-14 Banff Pork Seminar that three or four

Ontario producers have chosen to live with PED but more than 80 other operations in the province that were infected have either eliminated the virus or are in the process of doing so. “There’s a small amount of pig sites that are a source of PED for future cross contamination and other herds to be infected,” MacDougald said. He and other Ontario veterinarians said the situation is distressing and frustrating because Canada has the opportunity to eliminate PED and potentially keep it out so it doesn’t wreak the havoc experi-

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enced in the United States. There, it has killed millions of piglets and is now considered endemic. However, there is no mandate to eliminate PED in Canada, said MacDougald. That means the three or four Ontario producers who have accepted PED have the right to do so. “We don’t have a regional or national mandate to eliminate PED. You’re not hearing that from CPC (Canadian Pork Council). You’re not hearing it from our national government. You’re hearing it from some of the regional organizations. Quebec clearly stated it. Western Canada, the same. Ontario, no.” CPC chair Rick Bergmann said he was not aware of the situation involving Ontario producers’ decision to live with PED but planned to investigate further. PED is a notifiable disease in Ontario. New cases must be reported to the Ontario agriculture ministry but there is no regulatory oversight on the need to eliminate it. “New cases are notifiable to OMAFRA but there isn’t a requirement from that, then, to eliminate PED,” said MacDougald. One of the farms living with PED is an organic operation in southern Ontario and a second one is a neighbouring farm. Exact locations were not available at press time. By vaccinating sows for PED, these farms avoid high piglet mortality. When the pigs catch the virus at an older age, it slows weight gain and extends the time on feed, but veterinary sources said those producers are prepared to live with the extra costs. The virus is not on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s list of reportable diseases and MacDougald said the federal agency’s only involvement in Canada’s PED cases, which first occurred in January 2014, involved an investigation into feed as the likely source of initial entry. “Feed is under their control, so CFIA became involved at that point with the testing of that feed in the Winnipeg lab,” MacDougald said. The Ontario Swine Health Advisory Board’s position is that PED virus and a related virus, swine delta coronavirus, “can and should be eradicated from Ontario and the rest of Canada.” Quebec, which has had 16 premises infected with PED, has eliminated the virus. Its Equipe Quebecoise de sante porcine (EQSP) program was key to managing it, said MacDougald. Manitoba had five infected operations. One eliminated its pigs and has not yet restocked, one burned down and a third is now negative. The other two are in the process of eliminating PED. No cases of PED have been found in Saskatchewan, Alberta or British Columbia. The virus is carried in feces and can travel on other surfaces. It is more easily spread in winter because it favours cool, moist conditions and it is more difficult to clean surfaces in cold temperatures. barb.glen@producer.com

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Canada vulnerable to disease: vet An Ontario veterinarian says the country’s livestock industry isn’t prepared for a bad outbreak BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Forty sage grouse will move to Alberta from Montana. | FILE PHOTO ENVIRONMENT

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Montana is giving sage grouse to Alberta this year to help stimulate growth of the province’s population of the birds. Sage grouse are considered an endangered species in Alberta and the province has a recovery plan designed to increase their numbers. Current estimates suggest there are fewer than 90 birds in the province, which is at the northern edge of the species’ range. Alberta asked Montana to provide birds and transfer the first 40, probably in April. It’s the start of three possible transfers over the next five years, according to Alberta’s environment ministry. Previous attempts to relocate birds from the U.S. to Alberta have been only marginally successful. Other elements of the provincial recovery plan include a captive sage grouse breeding program at the Calgary Zoo, removing predators from areas near nesting grounds, removing abandoned buildings where predators perch to scout sage grouse, restoring habitat and working with the Multiple Species at Risk group to maintain habitat and encourage rancher cooperation with protection efforts. Sage grouse in Canada live in a small triangle of southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan that is primarily grazing land. Oil and gas activity in that region is considered one cause for population decline, as is grazing activity and conversion of land to cropping. The birds are also susceptible to West Nile Virus. The birds depend on sagebrush for food and protective cover, and they are sensitive to noise and disturbance. The federal government issued an emergency protection order in February 2014 to protect sage grouse from further decline. The move was praised by the Alberta Wilderness Association but criticized by area ranchers because of restrictions placed on activity in areas where the birds nest and live. The order imposed restrictions on human activity in 1,700 sq. kilometres of grassland in southwestern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta. It was the first time t h e f e d e ra l g ov e r n m e nt ha d imposed such an order as part of the Species at Risk Act to protect a native species. barb.glen@producer.com

BANFF, Alta. — Canada is in a persistent state of vulnerability to a livestock disease outbreak, says an Ontario veterinarian, and it should prepare its defences for the almost inevitable arrival of a new disease threat. Dr. Doug MacDougald, an Ontario swine veterinarian, said 8,000 sows farrow every day in Canada. The widespread outbreak of a trade limiting disease would be catastrophic to the industry as it tried to deal with thousands of new pigs. However, there is a general lack of preparedness for such an event. “We haven’t gotten rid of any emerging pathogens in the last 40 years,” MacDougald told those at the Jan. 12-14 Banff Swine Seminar, quoting from a paper by swine veterinarian Dr. Robert Desrosier. Nor is it known how any of the main

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pathogens were introduced or why they emerged. Porcine reproductive respiratory syndrome, better known by its acronym, PRRS, has cost the swine industry an estimated $15 billion since it was first detected and continues to cost Canadian producers $130 million annually. Even so, it took more than 20 years for researchers and veterinarians to realize the importance

of aerosol transmission of the illness. The most recent severe disease outbreak, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus or PED, showed Canada’s lack of preparedness, said MacDougald, even though it has been generally contained. Other transboundary diseases — those that are highly contagious, rapidly spread and can have serious economic and animal health effects — include circovirus and pandemic flu as well as PRRS and PED. “It is just not clear who does what within our federal government, provincial government and industry regarding emerging disease,” he said. “Even though we export a significant amount, the majority amount of our product, the provincial pork boards and Canadian Pork Council in conjunction with our governments have not created a single-

voice organization with the support of all involved to shape swine health strategy in Canada.” MacDougald said the reason for that was complacency and the “regulatory black hole” when t ra n s b o u n d a r y d i s e a s e s a re involved. He suggests a national entity be developed to improve swine health and define national and provincial government actions in the event of a disease outbreak. It would also develop a mandatory surveillance system to detect emerging disease. MacDougald said such a strategy, also outlined in a paper by swine veterinarian and researcher Dr. John Harding, would call more heavily on industry to develop preparedness plans and make a plan to reduce antimicrobial use through better herd health in general. barb.glen@producer.com

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Ont. beekeepers dispute latest neonic study Three government agencies in North America determine imidacloprid as a seed treatment doesn’t threaten honeybees BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

A Health Canada study on neonicotinoid seed treatments has irritated beekeepers in Ontario and delighted defenders of the technology. However, it’s probably premature to be outraged or to celebrate b e c au s e He a l t h Ca na d a w i l l re l e a s e t w o m o re re p o r t s o n neonicotinoids later this year. The Pest Management Regulatory Agency, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the State of California released a joint report Jan. 6 on imidacloprid, a Bayer insecticide.

Almost all of the corn and canola grown in North America and most of the soybeans are coated with a neonicotinoid. The three most common neonics are imidacloprid, sold as Gaucho, thiamethoxam, a Syngenta product branded as Cruiser, and clothianidin, another Bayer insecticide known as Poncho. The government agencies initiated a pollinator risk assessment after multiple studies found that neonics affect bee behaviour, cause bee deaths and compromise colony health. The agencies agreed that imidacloprid, when used as a seed treat-

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and soy and the overuse of seed treatments with neonicotinoids are not contributing to the ill effects on our industry,” said OBA president Tibor Szabo. The association has convened its own panel of scientists to review the PMRA, EPA and State of California report. The imidacloprid report will not be the final word on neonic seed treatments. The three government agencies will report on thiamethoxam and clothianidin later this year. The risk assessments of those neonics are likely more relevant because they are more commonly used as

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seed treatments than imidacloprid. These “newer” neonics may be more hazardous to bees. “In general, clothianidin is considered to be more toxic to bee pollinators than imidacloprid. Clothiandin is a “second generation” neonic, and in all chemical classes advanced generations tend to be more toxic,” said Cynthia Scott Dupree, a University of Guelph environmental scientist who has conducted field scale studies on neonics and bees. Her field experiments in Ontario indicate that clothianidin residues on canola are relatively low. In 2007, she found residues of 2.24 parts per billion in canola nectar and 2.59 p.p.b. in pollen. “These residue amounts are much lower than the NOAEC (no observed adverse effect concentration) of 20 p.p.b. for clothianidin on honeybees,” Scott-Dupree said. “The potential risk to pollinators of exposure to neonics in pollen and nectar of canola soybeans and corn is extremely low.” The OBA will release its report on the Health Canada findings later this month. robert.arnason@producer.com AG EXTENSION

BLACK ANGUS GRAND CHAMPION Interior Provincial Exhibition & Stampede - Armstrong, BC Farmfair International - Edmonton, AB MAY-WAY BREAKOUT 1310 Exhibited By: Poplar Meadows Angus - Houston, BC

CHAROLAIS GRAND CHAMPION Canadian Western Agribition - Regina, SK Olds Fall Classic - Olds, AB PZC TR DESIRAE 012, Calf: CML DESIRAE 558C Exhibited By: McLeod Livestock - Cochrane, AB

2015 BULL FINALISTS POLLED HEREFORD GRAND CHAMPION Lloydminster Stockade Round-Up - Lloydminster, SK Prince Albert Exhibition - Prince Albert, SK TCF JVJ 11X THE GOODS 305A Exhibited By: The Cliffs Farm - Saskatoon, SK Additional Owners: Joe Vey Jr, HMS Hi-Cliffe BLACK ANGUS GRAND CHAMPION Olds Fall Classic - Olds, AB Lloydminster Stockade Round-Up - Lloydminster, SK REMITALL F BOYCOTT 71B Exhibited By: Remitall Farms Inc. - Olds, AB Additional Owner: Wiwa Creek

BLACK ANGUS GRAND CHAMPION Canadian Western Agribition - Regina, SK Manitoba Ag Ex - Brandon, MB YOUNG DALE HI DEFINITION 185B Exhibited By: Young Dale Angus - Carievale, SK

HORNED HEREFORD GRAND CHAMPION Canadian Western Agribition - Regina, SK TRIPLE A 2059 BAM BAM ET 11B Exhibited By: Triple A Herefords - Moose Jaw, SK

RED ANGUS GRAND CHAMPION Canadian Western Agribition - Regina, SK Lloydminster Stockade Round-Up - Lloydminster, SK Olds Fall Classic - Olds, AB RED REDRICH AFTERSCHOCK 238A Exhibited By: Wood Coulee Cattle - Swift Current, SK

POLLED HEREFORD GRAND CHAMPION Canadian Western Agribition - Regina, SK HAROLDSONS DELTA ET 69A Exhibited By: Haroldsons Polled Herefords - Wawota, SK Additional Owner: Wascana Cattle Co SHORTHORN GRAND CHAMPION Canadian Western Agribition - Regina, SK BELL M FOREMAN 30A Exhibited By: Bell M Farms - Englefeld, SK

CHAROLAIS GRAND CHAMPION Canadian Western Agribition - Regina, SK Olds Fall Classic - Olds, AB CML DISTINCTION 318A Exhibited By: McLeod Livestock - Cochrane, AB Additional Owners: Silver Spur Land & Cattle, Sunrise Charolais

CHAROLAIS GRAND CHAMPION Farmfair International - Edmonton, AB HRJ CROWD FAVOURITE 515C Exhibited By: Johnson Charolais - Barrhead, AB

2015 FEMALE FINALISTS CHAROLAIS GRAND CHAMPION Prince Albert Exhibition - Prince Albert, SK Farmfair International - Edmonton, AB PRAIRIE COVE MISS 309A, Calf: CAYS MOONSHINE 11C Exhibited By: Cay’s Cattle - Kinistino, SK Additional Owner: Prairie Cove Charolais BLACK ANGUS GRAND CHAMPION Barrie Fair - Essa, ON The Royal Agriculture Winter Fair - Toronto, ON OSU EMPRESS 3100, Calf: SIX MILE TEMPTING TIBBIE 280C Exhibited By: Six Mile Ranch Ltd. - Fir Mountain, SK BLACK ANGUS GRAND CHAMPION Olds Fall Classic - Olds, AB DMM MISS ESSENCE 61W, Calf: DMM MISS ESSENCE 5C Exhibited By: Miller Wilson Angus - Bashaw, AB Additional Owners: Hurst Mount Farm

BLACK ANGUS GRAND CHAMPION Canadian Western Agribition First Lady Futurity Grand Champion - Regina, SK Interior Provincial Exhibition & Stampede - Armstrong, BC HARVEST BLACKBIRD JO JO 13A, Calf: HARVEST BLACKBIRD JO JO 3C Exhibited By: Harvest Angus - Prince George, BC BLACK ANGUS GRAND CHAMPION Canadian Western Agribition - Regina, SK Farmfair International - Edmonton, AB Lloydminster Stockade Round-Up - Lloydminster, SK Manitoba Ag Ex - Brandon, MB BAR-E-L ERICA 74A, Calf: BLAIRSWEST MISS ERICA 400C Exhibited By: Blairswest Land and Cattle - Drake, SK Additional Owners: Maguire Blair, Blairs.Ag Cattle Co. RED ANGUS GRAND CHAMPION Canadian Western Agribition - Regina, SK Farmfair International - Edmonton, AB Lloydminster Stockade Round-Up - Lloydminster, SK Olds Fall Classic - Olds, AB RED K ADAMS ZARIA 091Z, Calf: RED TER-RON SHOCKER 10C Exhibited By: Ter-Ron Farms - Forestburg, AB

LIMOUSIN GRAND CHAMPION Canadian Western Agribition - Regina, SK Farmfair International - Edmonton, AB Lloydminster Stockade Round-Up - Lloydminster, SK Olds Fall Classic - Olds, AB GREENWOOD PLD ZOOM BLOOM, Calf: GREENWOOD CURVE BALL Exhibited By: Greenwood - Lloydminster, SK SHORTHORN GRAND CHAMPION Canadian Western Agribition - Regina, SK FRASER’S RUBY ZAIDA 4Z, Calf: JTPH BEAT THE HEAT 584C Exhibited By: JT Livestock - Stettler, AB Additional Owner: Pinch Hill Cattle Co SIMMENTAL GRAND CHAMPION Canadian Western Agribition - Regina, SK Farmfair International - Edmonton, AB LFE BS SHEILA 82A, Calf: MADER/RUST/CD CENTERFOLD 52C Exhibited By: Mader Ranches - Carstairs, AB Additional Owners: CanadianDonors.com, Rust Mountain View Ranch

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Saskatoon crop show moving BY MICHAEL RAINE SASKATOON NEWSROOM

A major component of jointly held farm meetings, seminars and exhibits held in early January plans to move out of Saskatoon’s downtown. CropSphere, which consists of several farm groups that broke from Crop Production Week and Crop Production Show three years ago to create a third event at a downtown convention centre, is moving to Prairieland Park exhibition grounds. That means it will be at the same site as Crop Production Show. Crop Production Week will continue to be held at the Saskatoon Inn. A new city bridge that improves travel time between the exhibition grounds and the hotel, and renovations to the hotel, prompted the move. Carl Potts, CropSphere’s spokesperson and executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, said moving the group’s meetings to the exhibition grounds will allow producers better access to the farm show. “There will be improved parking and access to another major event during the week,” said Potts. However the ability to hold larger meetings, such as pulse grower and canola meetings will be limited to about 300, from the current 600. “It should still work out over two days of meetings,” he said. The groups are still working on the logistics of fitting the CropSphere meetings into a smaller set of rooms, he said. michael.raine@producer.com

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CHICKEN CLUB A young boy who recently moved from Winnipeg to the country encourages his school to start a club dedicated to raising chickens. | Page 20

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WILDLIFE STUDY

Listening to rhythms of the Earth Researcher plants hundreds of microphones to eavesdrop on animal activity and other interactions in the environment BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

An Alberta researcher is listening for climate change. However, instead of standing beside a field in the hopes of seeing and hearing a bird, Erin Bayne has mounted hundreds of computerized microphones around Alberta to listen to wildlife year round. “There are all kinds of animals that make sounds at all times of the year. Some sing only at night, some sing in the morning, and people can’t be there all the time,” said Bayne, associate professor in biological sciences at the University of Alberta. “We’re able to find a lot more animals than a human would. When a human goes there, they’re there for a short period of time. The animal might call when they’re there, it might not. The animal might be scared of the person. With the box, we’re able to find a lot more species in a lot more places.” Bayne hopes the bioacoustics technology will provide a better understanding of the numbers of birds, amphibians and mammals in Alberta, their behaviour and their response to development and climate change in the province. The research started five years ago when Bayne was helping the mining industry find a way to monitor the yellow rail, an elusive bird that sings at night and lives in marshy fens. “They basically only sang at midnight and they sang in one of the most difficult place to get to in all of Alberta,” he said. “It was very difficult for people to do that kind of work, and we were looking for a technological solution.” The monitoring technology allowed researchers to confirm the yellow rail at four times as many locations as originally believed, and they now know more about how the bird interacts with its environment.

Bayne’s recorders are now set up at 400 locations to establish when birds arrive in an area, when amphibians are calling, when owls start to breed and other animal activity. “In the past if a person hadn’t been there on that day, they wouldn’t have learned that,” he said. “Now we can establish where the animal is singing relative to an industrial site or relative to a pipeline or a road.” The research will continue to find ways to program computers to identify sounds and sift through the thousands of hours of data collected by the recorders. “Computers can actually go through it quite quickly,” he said. “What we’re doing right now is trying to teach computers what birds and amphibians and animals sounds like.” Computers are good at identifying isolated species that sing distinctly, but they are challenged when many species are singing over top of each other. Wind and sounds that are far from the recorder also cause problems. “The problem is dealing with the variabilities in natural systems. We’re making a lot of progress.” Researchers will also gather data on how animals change in response to human development, agriculture, forestry, energy and climate. Last year, recorders were placed on 400 locations over one-fifth of the province. The locations will be changed each year until the entire province is covered. The recorders will then return to their original locations, which will help establish long-term population trends. “ The key is with population trends, we can be really certain now,” Bayne said. “It is not like when a human went out and was there for 10 minutes.” mary.macarthur@producer.com

Erin Bayne checks a recorder unit that was installed in a fen to monitor bird activity. |

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INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PULSES

EMOTIONAL UPSET

Pulses packed with plenty of protein

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SPEAKING OF LIFE BETTY ANN DEOBALD, BSHEc

he United Nations has declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses. The aim is to increase awareness of the potential role pulse crops can have in the eradication of hunger, reduction of chronic health conditions, global food security and environmental sustainability. There is much to learn about pulse crops and their potential as this year begins: • Legumes are plants whose fruit is enclosed in a pod. Pulses are the dry edible seeds of legume crops. • The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization recognizes 11 types of pulses: dry beans, dry broad beans, dry peas, chickpeas, cow peas, pigeon peas, lentils, bambara beans, vetches, lupins and pulses nes (minor pulses that don’t fall into one of the other categories). • Pulses have high levels of minerals and B vitamins, are high in protein, fibre and complex carbohydrates and yet are low in fat. • Pulses contain 20 to 25 percent protein by weight, while wheat has 10 percent and meat has 30 to 40 percent. • Pulses are important for people who have limited animal protein food sources or choose to eat vegetarian or vegan diets. They have higher amounts of the essential protein amino acid lysine, while cereals have higher amounts of the essential amino acids methionine and cysteine. Combining pulses with cereals or nuts results in a complete protein that contains all the essential amino acids the body needs in the appropriate amounts. • Pulses contain soluble and insoluble fibres. Soluble fibre helps decrease blood cholesterol levels and control blood sugar levels, while insoluble fibre helps with digestion and regularity. The Canadian recommended daily intake of fibre is 38 grams per day of total fibre for men and 25 grams per day of total fibre for women. Eating 125 millilitres, or 1/2 cup, of pulses per day provides seven to 17 grams of fibre. • Pulses are good for diabetics to eat because they contain complex carbohydrates. Some are digested slowly, which helps keeps the body’s blood sugar levels closer to normal. As a

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ABOVE: Try these healthy tacos, stuffed with lentils, beans and southwestern flavour. BELOW: Chef Michael Smith displays different pulses grown in Canada including beans, peas, lentils, chickpeas and fababeans. | PULSE CANADA/INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PULSES CANADA PARTNERS PHOTOS

PULSES MAKE UP

75% OF THE AVERAGE DIET IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BUT ONLY

25% OF THE DIET IN INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES

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result, pulses are considered to have a low glycemic index. A 2014 analysis of existing research showed that eating pulses for at least three weeks significantly reduced LDL cholesterol levels. Eating 130 grams, or 3/4 cup, of pulses a day can lower cholesterol levels by about five percent. This reduction translates to a five to six percent reduction in heart attacks and stroke. The key minerals in pulses include iron, potassium, magnesium and zinc. The B vitamins folate, thiamin and niacin are also in abundance. Archaeological remains found in Anatolia (modern day Turkey) show that ancient agricultural production of chickpeas and lentils dates back to 70008000 BC. Wild relatives of lentils and peas are still seen in the southeast Anatolian region. Pulses improve the soil because they fix nitrogen into the soil, which reduces the need for chemical fertilizers. Pulse crops are highly water efficient, especially when compared to other protein foods. Split peas and lentils require only 50 litres of water per kilogram of seeds produced. Conversely, one kilogram of chicken requires 4,325 litres of water, one kilogram of mutton requires 5,520 litres and one kilogram of beef requires 13,000 litres of water

during production. This low water requirement makes pulses a good choice in drier areas and drought prone regions. • New varieties are more drought tolerant with higher yields. • Pulse crops were first grown in Canada in the 1920s when immigrants from Syria grew lentils and chickpeas on farms in southwestern Saskatchewan. In the 1970s, University of Saskatchewan researchers encouraged farmers to include pulse crops in their seeding rotations for diversity and nitrogen fixing. • Canada is the largest exporter of pulses in the world, exporting to more than 150 countries. Thirty percent of the world pea production and 40 percent of the world lentil production is Canadian. Beans, chickpeas and fababeans are also grown in Canada. A variety of initiatives have been launched to encourage Canadians to include more pulses in their diet. For example, the pulsepledge. com website includes a searchable database of new and interesting pulse recipes, while pulses.org has created a database of international pulse recipes. As well, chef Michael Smith of Prince Edward Island is developing pulse recipes for Canada’s International Year of Pulses promotions. Here’s one of his recipes.

PULSE TACOS Use your favourite beans, hot sauce and salsa. Filling 2 tbsp. 2 6 cloves 1 heaping tbsp. 1 tsp. 1 c. 19 oz. can

canola oil 30 mL onions, thinly sliced garlic thinly sliced chili powder 18 mL ground cumin 5 mL green lentils 250 mL beans or 540 mL chickpeas, rinsed and drained

I was recently involved in a near mishap at work. I tripped and fell in the shop just as one of our trucks was backing into it. The driver of the truck could not hear my shouts but, lucky for me, one of my workmates got his attention and he stopped the vehicle. Had he not, I would have been seriously injured, perhaps even killed. All of it worked out and we joke about it now, but the whole thing is bothering me. I don’t sleep well at night. I get tense at times when I am working in the shop and I am overall not as jovial as I like to be. Am I making too much of this or is it possible that my little accident is having this kind of an effect on me?

Splash canola oil into a large skillet or sauté pan over medium-high heat. Toss in onions, garlic, chili powder, and cumin. Sauté until vegetables soften and the spice flavours brighten. This should take three to four minutes. Stir in lentils, beans, water and salt. Bring to a slow, steady simmer. Cover tightly and continue slowly cooking until the lentils are tender, about 35 minutes. Stir in hot sauce. Fit a full leaf of lettuce into a hard taco shell. This will hold the fillings in when the hard shell inevitably breaks. Fill each taco with a heaping spoonful of the lentil bean filling. Add cheese, salsa, and cilantro. Serve with lime wedges. Makes 12 tacos, Serves four to six. Sources: pulsecanada.com, pulses. org, pulsepledge.com

The short answer to your question is “yes”. Although you were not physically hurt in any way, you may well have been traumatized by the incident. Unfortunately, we live in a world that does not fully appreciate trauma, and you may have some trouble getting your supervisor to understand that you are struggling with significant emotional responses to your near miss. I suggest you ask your physician for a referral to a mental health clinic to help you work through the traumatic experience. The sooner she can make the referral, the better. Hopefully, if it is diagnosed as trauma, she can enroll you in a program to help you sort through it. As well, you should write out the experience you had in the shop. Because no one was seriously hurt physically, the chances are that the incident has not been recorded. You should document it. Perhaps, you can even get the truck driver and the other people in the shop to verify it for you. Unfortunately, people have abused claims for trauma to workers compensation boards, and as a result, they tend to be a little wary of claims. The board will likely need something in writing from the clinic and a copy of the incident report before it will support a claim for a few days of leave. Finally, ignore the jokes your workmates are making about your mishap. They were not watching a truck backing up in your path. Trauma, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Your workmates are not likely to understand yours, but that does not make your experience any less valid. You have every right to continue the road to recovery with or without their help. It is just up to you to take that journey.

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2 c. water 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. hot sauce

500 mL 2 mL 2 mL

Toppings 1 head Bibb or iceberg lettuce 12 hard taco shells grated cheddar or taco blend cheese Salsa 1 bunch fresh cilantro 2 limes, cut into wedges

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ON THE FARM

Family raises purebred Herefords on the edge of the continent Archipelago of Haida Gwaii is renowned for its history and beauty BY TAMARA LEIGH

ON THE FARM

FREELANCE WRITER

TLELL, B.C. — Six-month-old Jesse Lloyd already has his Junior Hereford membership registered. He’s the seventh generation in a ranching family on Haida Gwaii, an island on the western edge of British Columbia. “Maybe Grandpa’s jumping the gun, but he wants to register cows in Jesse’s name.…. Whether he knows it or not, he’s going to be a breeder,” says his mother, Jamie Richardson. The passion for cattle, family and farm life runs deep. Grandpa, known as Doc Don Richardson, took over Richardson Ranch with his wife, Leslie, in 1982 after graduating from veterinary school. They established the Queen Charlotte Veterinary Clinic and started to transition the family’s commercial herd to purebred Herefords. Don’s great-grandfather started Richardson Ranch in 1919. The Tlell River runs through the 300acre farm site that is bordered on one side by the Pacific Ocean. The size of the herd is limited by the available land base, one of the limitations of ranching on one of the West Coast’s most remote islands. “I’m one of five in my family. I still have a brother that lives on the farm and logs, and a brother four miles down the road whose son helps in the day-to-day business,” says Don. “I only fix things that bleed. My brother is a mechanic and my nephew welds, so we all kick in to make it work.” The Tlell Polled Hereford herd is the centrepiece of the ranch. As a family, the Richardsons have been involved in the West Coast Hereford Club for more than 30 years, taking their cattle on a 200 kilometre ferry ride across the Hecate Straight and spending days on the road to sales in Vanderhoof, Williams Lake, Prince George, and places further afield.

THE RICHARDSON RANCH Tlell, B.C. “It is business for sure, but in the beginning it was a lifestyle and way to raise our kids,” says Leslie. “It was a place you could take your kids and they would always be safe, and it’s where we made all our lifetime friends.” Don and Leslie’s son, Dane, followed his father into veterinary medicine, graduating from the College of Western Veterinary Medicine in 2013. Their daughter, Jamie, is picking up the ranching mantle. After completing the Ranch Management program at Olds College, she worked in feedlots in Alberta for seven years before bringing her skills home. Dane is poised to take over the veterinary practice, and Jamie has recently moved from Tlell to Fraser Lake, where she is managing the Copper T Ranch with her husband, William Lloyd. It’s a move that she sees as a step towards expanding the family business. “We would like to keep the name going that my father built, and take over the purebred herd,” she says, adding that the ranch is an important off-island base for her family and their cattle on the road. While they are still hauling some cattle to shows and sales, Don and Leslie are marketing more of their stock online. This year marked the sixth online sale that they have hosted with an American service provider, selling registered Polled Hereford females, elite bulls and embryos

across Canada and around the world. Don has developed a system of calving in late January or early February and then flushing a number of cows in the spring to harvest embryos. With careful timing, the family is able to get a double crop of offspring from their small breeding herd of 25 to 30 cows. The success of their online business is founded on the relationships they have cultivated over years of work in the industry. Don has served on the national Hereford association board and has been involved nationally and internationally on the breed improvement committee. “Sitting at meetings with people builds enough trust that you can

Don Richardson, left, and his wife Leslie, right, are looking forward to their daughter, Jamie, son-in-law Bill Lloyd and grandson, Jesse, taking over the ranch near Tlell, B.C. | TAMARA LEIGH PHOTOS sell sight unseen online. “It doesn’t matter how good your cattle are or how much money you throw at it, it’s a people business, especially when you’re doing it

from a distance,” he says, noting that they have sold to breeders in England, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Uruguay and New Zealand.

2016 REGIONAL PULSE MEETINGS February 1/16 – North Battleford, Dekker Centre

February 3/16 – Swift Current, Stockade Building

February 2/16 – Rosetown, Rosetown and District Civic Centre

February 4/16 – Regina, Evraz Building, Queensbury Downs, Salon B

2016 Regional Pulse Meeting Agenda 8:30 a.m. Trade Show Opens

10:30 a.m. Networking and Refreshment Break

1:30 p.m. Local Pulse Production Concerns

3:30 p.m. Closing Remarks

9:05 a.m. Opening Remarks and Introductions

11:15 a.m. Weed Control – Eric Johnson

1:45 p.m. Pulse Production Panel

9:15 a.m. Saskatchewan Pulse Growers Update

11:45 a.m. Lunch

2:15 p.m. Networking and Refreshment Break

*To register, call the Ag Knowledge Centre at 1-866-457-2377. Visit www.saskpulse.com for more information.

9:30 a.m. Variety Update – CDC Breeders

12:45 p.m. Soil Fertility – Jeff Schoenau & Tom King

2:30 p.m. Market Outlook – Marlene Boersch

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HANDS-ON EDUCATION

Manitoba school welcomes chickens Poultry project educates and develops a work ethic as well as a sense of camaraderie among students BY REBECA KUROPATWA FREELANCE WRITER

Traditional classroom settings often struggle with the challenges of offering hands-on experiences. A new endeavour at Brant-Argyle School in Argyle, Man., is working to change that. The “eat local” and “grow it yourself ” movements are making strides, and many schools have started initiatives such as building raised vegetable gardens. So it was only a matter of time before a school found a way to take things a step further. And, not surprisingly, it took a child’s imagination to make it happen. “My parents and I now live on a farm where I have lots of space for animals, a huge pasture, and lots of places to explore,” said 10-year-old Matteo Simard, a Grade 5 student who recently moved from Winnipeg to the countryside. “I keep chickens at home, two cats, and a bird.” Simard has a special affinity for chickens. “I have a group of baby Silkies, a Grey Americana called Lucy and a Bardrock hen named Spotty,” he said. “Lucy and Spotty treat the Silkies like they are their kids.” Simard took the lead when teachers at his school proposed raising hens for eggs. “Last spring, my teachers were talking about getting a few chickens for our school, and I had the idea to start up a chicken club,” said Simard. “I started asking kids at recess and talking to my friends.” They had their first meeting that same day, talking about what chickens they would get and where they would keep them. Their suggestions were all that was needed to convince teacherprincipal Sarah Hadfield to get the ball rolling. Being a born and raised Manitoba farm girl herself, Hadfield knew first-hand what the potential benefits would be. “My brother raised chickens as pets and for the occasional egg when we were kids,” she said. “I had a horse, and our family had cattle. We spent a lot of our time at home outdoors, exploring and playing.” Simard had been missing the camaraderie of being part of a club and achieving a shared goal, something he was doing when living in Winnipeg as part of hockey and skiing clubs. “I wanted to have a club here.” So, he and his friends created the Chicken Club. “It is a group of chicken enthusiasts who want to know more about chickens and play with them,” he said. “We learn by doing.” The Chicken Club meets once a cycle (every six school days). They learn about what chickens eat and do not eat, do the necessary jobs to keep their chickens healthy and ensure the birds are happy. “I hope the Chicken Club keeps the chickens happy and the chick-

ens teach the club new things,” said Simard. The students have created a club house, which they refer to as a chicken coop. “As educators who value and practice authentic, mindful and engaging learning experiences, we wanted to incorporate laying hens as part of our greenhouse, garden and snack programs,” said Hadfield. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

Students in Brant-Argyle School’s chicken club meet regularly to learn about poultry production and share feeding and the coop cleaning chores. | BRANT-ARGYLE SCHOOL PHOTOS

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» CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE The coop and start-up costs were funded by grants from Manitoba Scientists in the Classroom and the school division. Brant-Argyle is the first public school in Manitoba to incorporate chicken rearing as a learning

tool, and its progress will be watched by many. “The goal is really to have these hens and their care as a natural part of the learning experience here at school,” said Hadfield. “The children are part of morning and afternoon chores. They clean out the coop and they’ll col-

lect eggs in the spring.” Hadfield anticipates that incorporating the coop in this way will give the children much more than eggs. It will also add rhythm to the day and year, much like the school gardens. “We plan to learn hands-on from the hens — everything from where eggs come from to how to collect and cook the eggs — and get excited about possibilities, like hatching chicks,” said Hadfield. “The true benefits of having the hens here are more subtle. We are developing empathy, work ethic and a true sense of community.” Simard, who is club president, also hopes to eventually hatch eggs and acquire some Silkies. Hadfield is working to encourage the community’s chicken experts to speak with and engage the students. “I hope that alternative and exciting projects like this become a trend in our public schools.”

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Most hernias occur in the region of the abdomen. Inguinal hernia is the most common type and fits with the symptoms you describe. A small section of the intestine bulges out through the inguinal canal, which is a passage through the muscles of the abdominal wall, and into the groin. The resulting soft lump or bulge usually contains some of the tissue lining the inside of the abdomen as well as internal fat. A loop of intestine may sometimes become trapped inside, possibly leading to acute pain and an emergency situation requiring immediate surgery. This is known as a strangulated hernia. Males are more prone to a condition known as an “indirect” inguinal hernia because occasionally the inguinal canal does not close properly before birth. In these cases, the bulge is found in the man’s scrotum. It can also occur in women, in which case it appears in the fold of skin at the opening of the vagina. “Direct” hernias are more likely to be caused by heavy lifting or straining from constipation. Coughing or being overweight may also be factors. You should see your doctor to confirm that you have a hernia, and he may refer you to a surgeon. You may not require surgery, at least for a while, because special trusses or corsets can be worn to help keep the bulge down. However, the hernia will not go away on its own, and it could get worse over time, so it might be better to consider the surgical option. Surgery for these types of hernia is a relatively simple matter, generally not requiring an overnight stay in hospital. The type of surgery depends on how large a hernia you have and how delicate the surrounding tissues are. Sometimes, if the muscles are in good shape, all that is required are a few stitches to sew the muscle edges together, after pushing the bulge back into place. However, more often a synthetic mesh patch is used, which is known as a hernioplasty. It will take about six weeks before you can lift anything safely. There are also other types of hernias: • A femoral hernia will form a bulge at the inside top of the leg. These only account for about one in 20 cases. • An umbilical hernia, which is often present in babies, is a weakness of the tissues around the umbilicus leading to a noticeable bulge. • Hiatal hernias are a result of part of the stomach bulging through the diaphragm at the opening w h e re t h e e s o p ha g u s g o e s through. These cause discomfort and heartburn because of acid reflux, mostly when lying in bed. • Incisional hernias are bulges that occur at the site of a surgical incision that may not have knit together properly following abdominal surgery. More surgery will be required to remedy the problem.

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50 YEARS AGO

Researcher’s push for wise use of insecticides has familiar ring FROM THE ARCHIVES

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could particularly benefit dairy producers in the hot, dry seasons on the open plains of southern Saskatchewan. The var iety’s name was announced by J.B. Harrington, who directed the work and whose name is familiar to later generations of malting barley producers.

50 YEARS AGO: JAN. 20, 1966 The Western Producer takes a weekly look at some of the stories that made headlines in issues of the paper from 75, 50, 25 and 10 years ago.

75 YEARS AGO: JAN. 23, 1941 Canada’s dairy product board, which was set up in May 1940 under the War Measures Act, was to be given new powers. The federal government announced that the board would be able to export butter, determine the quantity of any dairy product owned or held in storage and establish the minimum price at which butter could be sold. The University of Saskatchewan r e l e a s e d Va l o r, a n e w e a r l y drought resistant oat variety that

25 YEARS AGO. JAN. 24, 1991 Wheat prices were rising in the wake of the attack on Iraq by the United States and its allies. It’s not how anyone wanted prices to increase, but it was welcome just the same. Fuel was coming close to replacing interest rates as farmers’ major input cost. Saskatchewan farmers saw their fuel bill increase 31 percent from $351 million in 1989 to an estimated $461 million for 1990, which was only $3 million less than the estimated farm interest charges for 1990 of $464 million. The Gulf War took part of the blame, but Verna Mitura, senior policy analyst with Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, said fuel prices had been at record levels even before the war started.

Much had been made of the fact that Joe Greene, the new federal agriculture minister, was the first easterner to hold that post in more than 50 years. As a result, there was a lot of curiosity about how his first visit to Western Canada would go. In the end, he charmed his hosts by saying all the right things. He declared war on the CPR and said he was seriously considering ordering an inquiry into the price of farm machinery.

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N.D. Holmes, head of entomology at the federal agricultural research station in Lethbridge, issued a warning to farmers that wouldn’t be out of place today. He told them they must use insecticides “wisely” or they would suffer restrictions or prohibitions.

The grain industry continued to investigate how a shipment of Canadian durum destined for Italy became contaminated with ochratoxin A, a dangerous fungus. “We are monitoring the situation and seeing what we can do to get accurate information out and

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the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly while supporting supply management, but instead she ended up giving the impression that Conservative support for supply management was softer than the party was letting on. bruce.dyck@producer.com

SWEETENER REDUCTION

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NEW YORK, New York (Reuters) — If the U.S. government has its way, Americans would cut their consumption of sugar and corn syrup by more than two million tonnes a year, the latest blow for a sweetener industr y facing an onslaught of criticism over negative health effects. The U.S. government has issued new dietary guidelines that suggested for the first time that consumers limit their consumption of added sweeteners to a specific level, less than 10 percent of a recommended daily intake of about 2,000 calories. Currently, the average American consumes about 270 calories a day in the form of sweeteners, equal to about 13 percent, guidelines said. With one teaspoon of sugar equal to about 15 calories, a reduction equivalent to more than 60 calories worth of added sugars — over 20 percent fewer than the average American consumes today — would amount to some 2.2 million tonnes of primarily sugar and highfructose corn syrup. That figure may be conservative. The USDA estimates total national sweetener demand by food and beverage manufacturers at around 19 million tonnes. On that basis, a reduction of a roughly 20 percent drop in sugar calories consumed could amount to 3.7 million tonnes, small relative to worldwide use of more than 186 million tonnes, but still more than enough to meet the entire needs of Egypt.

Many people, including health advocates, point out that few Americans are expected to follow the new guidelines. But even the suggestion of such a significant decline is bad news for an industry engulfed in a “war on sugar” as health advocates blame sweeteners for a national obesity crisis. And a deeper decline in demand from the one of the world’s top five users could weigh on global sugar prices that have fallen by half in five years. That would be a major blow not just for soda companies and candy makers, but for sugar and corn companies like privately held ASR Group — the maker of Domino Sugar — Archer Daniels Midland Co. and Cargill Inc. battling in an already competitive sweetener market. The Sugar Association, which represents sugar companies including ASR and Louis Dreyfus Commodities’ Imperial Sugar Co., criticized the guidelines, saying they were based on “weak science.” A spokesperson for the Corn Refiners Association said the group intended to review the document with scientific authorities. Cargill “continues to regularly work with many of its food customers to develop ways to reduce the amount of added sugars in food and beverages,” a company spokesperson said. Cargill and others have moved into no- and low-calorie sweetener alternatives like stevia.

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SEED PRODUCTION

New Zealand growers tap market for seed Although the country isn’t a low-cost producer, it supplies quality seed to international markets BY JEFFREY CARTER FOR THE WESTERN PRODUCER

RID GETOWN, Ont. —North Americans who consider New Zealand probably conjur up images of a flightless bird, sheep and dairy cattle or possibly a fine bottle of wine. However, Graeme Jones, arable business manager of PGG Wrightson Seeds, says we should also think of seed production. “New Zealand produces about 45 percent of the world’s carrot seed,” Jones told the Southwest Agricultural Conference Jan. 5. “Kilo for kilo, our farmers earn 30 percent more from growing a proprietary crop over a commodity crop.”

He said his country isn’t a lowcost producer of seed. However, consistency of supply and quality has helped make his company, which focuses on grasses, legumes, brassicas and herbs, the largest company of its kind in Australasia. The company, part of PGG Wrightson Ltd., also invests $10 million a year in its forage and endophyte programs. Endophytes are bacterium and fungi that live within a plant without causing it harm and sometimes provides an agronomic benefit. New Zealand has only 500,000 acres of cultivated land, compared to 30 million acres devoted to livestock, primarily beef, dairy cows

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and sheep. Prices for arable land are strong. In the Canterbury Plains area on the South Island, for example, arable land seed production and other high value crops sell for about $15,000 per acre.

The Canterbury Plains have rich agricultural soil, but it is an arid region, located east of the country’s Southern Alps. Jones said more than half of what’s cropped is irrigated with water drawn from mountain-fed rivers and delivered

through lateral and pivot systems. “Basically, the irrigation is insurance for us, and it’s about quality as well,” Jones said. “This is a very intensive cropping area, especially when it comes to small seed production.” Jones said New Zealand’s agriculture sector has flourished since the removal of government subsidies 30 years ago, although land prices initially plummeted and there was turmoil in the beginning. “Since 1986, productivity in the New Zealand agriculture sector has increased by about five percent a year,” he said. “Basically what you find is our farmers are the first adopters of new technology and innovation.”

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BEAN BREEDING

Ont. bean breeder pushes seed sector BY JEFFREY CARTER FOR THE WESTERN PRODUCER

RIDGETOWN, Ont. — Seed production could add to Ontario’s 100,000 acres of field beans, says a University of Guelph plant breeder. Dr. K. Peter Pauls told the Southwest Agricultural Conference Jan. 5 that a growing number of varieties developed by the program have resistance to bacterial blight, anthracnose or both. “Our hope in the long term with these two resistance traits is that we can develop a seed industry in Ontario,” he said. Most of Canada’s field beans are now grown from seed produced in Idaho. Pauls urged farmers to take advantage of the newer varieties that the U of G has released. “If you were producing beans in 1985, on average you were getting 1,300 bags per field,” he said. “Today, if you’re not getting 20 or 22 bags, you’re unhappy.” A bag is the industry’s term for 100 pounds of beans. Most of Ontario’s production is exported, which is a positive for Canada’s trade balance, so Pauls sees merit in expanding the industry further. The common bean, phaseoulus vulgaris, should not be confused with soybeans. Today’s varieties, which include white and coloured types, are derived from 50 wildgrowing species originating in the Americas.

New lines must meet basic agronomic parameters to be harvested commercially, including earliness, plant structure, cooking quality and herbicide tolerance. Pauls said it’s widely recognized that weed pressure in edible beans reduces yields significantly, but chemical weed control measures can also set back plants. There is no plan at this point to use genetic modification, which could compromise export markets. Instead, the breeding team is looking for natural sources of resistance. Pauls is also looking at quality improvements. Some of the coloured bean types, such as cranberries and pintos, darken with time. This doesn’t affect their cooking quality, but maintaining a just-harvested appearance would help with marketing. Smaller bean sizes might also increase sales, and it’s a long-term objective for the breeding team. Dry beans take a considerable amount of time to cook because of soaking and boiling, and it’s thought more people might add the highly nutritious food to their regular diet if that could be shortened. New varieties can take years to develop, especially when breeders work with non-commercial lines to develop new traits. World production of dry beans exceeds 20 million tonnes a year, Pauls said, and they’re a staple for more than 300 million people. Canadian production is worth more than $250 million a year.

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CROPSPHERE

Saskatchewan crop research gets $7 million boost With energy and potash prices in decline, agriculture minister says farming has been punted into a key economic position BY MICHAEL RAINE SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Forty Saskatchewan crop research projects got the good news about funding Jan. 12 in Saskatoon. “Funding for these projects ensures the long-term success of

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$2.8 million, of which the Western Grains Research Foundation will provide $1.1 million. Stewart said the province partners with the federal government through Growing Forward 2. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

NEWS University of Saskatchewan researchers will receive $4.5 million through the ADF programs, with the next largest amount going to the National Research Council. Projects include fusarium reduction in durum, improved lentil yields, canaryseed, as a food product and fababean development. michael.raine@producer.com

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AG NOTES MANITOBA INVESTS IN POTATO PROCESSING PLANT The Manitoba government is contributing almost $380,000 to a potato processing plant at the McCain Foods Canada facility in Carberry. The funding should increase efficiency, reduce waste and support the sustainable growth of the province’s potato industry. The plant processes 430 million pounds of Manitoba-grown potatoes a year, mostly into french fries. The upgrades are expected to reduce potato and canola oil waste by 900,000 pounds and 800,000 pounds per year, respectively. Ten new positions are expected to be added to the processing plant over the next three years. The plant currently employs 220 people.

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Alberta was the top honeyproducing province in Canada last year, according to Statistics Canada. The province produced 42.8 million pounds in 2015, an increase of 20.4 percent from 35.5 million lb. in 2014. Yields increased from 125 to 145 lb. per colony. Alberta was also the top province for bee colony numbers in 2015 with more than 295,000 colonies. Winter mortality was 10 percent, the lowest in the past 15 years. It’s down from the national average

of 16 percent and the American average of 23 percent. The province’s farm cash receipts from honey sales are $75 million per year, in addition to $12 million per year from pollination service fees. Provincial estimates put the market value of honey bee pollination of hybrid canola and canola crop production at $650 million. U OF S STUDENT EARNS MAJOR NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP Sandra Moore, a PhD student in the University of Saskatchewan’s School of Environment and Sustainability, was recently awarded a $150,000 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship to study the next energy boomtown on the Prairies. Moore examined how southwestern Saskatchewan communities are being affected by energy development and how they can avoid boom and bust cycles. The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council recognizes outstanding students who have demonstrated academic excellence, research potential and leadership skills. Moore will examine the economic, social and ecological costs and benefits of oil and gas development in Maple Creek and the traditionally agrarian-based region over several years. Her research could help other communities in the United States and Canada make informed decisions about natural resource management and manage economic changes before they happen. LAMB PRODUCERS ANNOUNCE NEW DIRECTORS, BOARD MEMBERS Four new directors were appointed at Alberta Lamb Producers’ annual fall meetings in Grande Prairie, Barrhead, Red Deer and Lethbridge. There were openings on the board in four zones, with directors elected in zones 2, 3 and 6. No nominations were received in time for the zone 1 meeting, but the board appointed a director. Board members are: Ray Nolan, zone 1 Phil Zaugg, zone 2 Cindy Armstrong, zone 3 Bill Gibson, zone 4 Erin Yaremko, zone 5 Darlene Stein, zone 6 Virginia Glover, zone 7

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FARM SAFETY

Safety group helps farmers navigate rules Regulations can be tough for farmers to interpret and implement BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

ALDERGROVE, B.C. — Translating government regulations to farm speak is what AgSafe staff does best. The not-for-profit education and training agency helps farmers implement British Columbia’s mandatory, but not always clear, farm safety rules. It’s who Ana Ante called when she wanted help resolving a longstanding order from WorkSafe BC to fix safety violations at the greenhouse where she works. “The inspector tells you it’s the regulation, blah, blah, blah, subsection 16, and when you read it and it isn’t your daily bread, it is quite difficult,” said Ante, assistant general manger of the greenhouse, which requested it not be named. “That’s when FARSHA (formerly the Farm and Ranch Safety and Health Association but now called AgSafe) becomes very helpful. I can understand what the inspector wants,” said Ante. “The relationship with the (WorkPlace BC) inspector has improved. I will not say it is excellent. It is a

matter of trust.” Ante booked David Nguyen, an AgSafe senior safety adviser, to spend two days looking for gaps in the greenhouse’s safety program and help it become compliant. “The regulations can be very technical. They’re not always easy to interpret. You have to be able to understand their language,” said Nguyen, who helps greenhouses become compliant with the rules. Ranchers also turn to AgSafe to help them meet the safety rules. Nicola Ranch manager Matt Williams doesn’t think the ranch would have its strong safety policies without Reg Steward, AgSafe’s farm and ranch specialist. “If it wasn’t for Reg, I would be in really big trouble,” he said. “Reg has held me by the hand and spoon fed me and cuddled me and has done everything to make sure I was running a program. This did not happen overnight.” CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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NEWS » CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE “That was the key for me was having someone who I could go to.” Steward drove 80,000 kilometres across B.C. last year, helping farmers and ranchers comply with WorkSafe BC’s regulations. As a cowboy for an interior B.C. ranch, Steward comes with credibility and common sense. “I spend a lot of time with WorkSafe officers and determine what they were looking for and break it down to simple things for producers,” said Steward. The regulators are often looking for documentation of farm safety practices, and Steward has convinced them that a chat between cowboys to warn about a bull in the next pasture, and then documenting the discussion in a pocket notebook, is an acceptable safety meeting. Another example is a tailgate meeting between a ranch’s cowboys about the best shoes to put on the horses to prevent them from slipping down hills and then writing the discussion in a notebook. “That is a doable solution that meets the requirements of the regulation, and those are some of the things that an organization like FARSHA can help the producers.” FARSHA was created in 1993 to help reduce the number of accidents and injuries occurring on B.C’s farms. “The job was to get out and try to advise farmers about the safety hazards and what they could do about it because too many people were being injured,” said Wendy Bennett, AgSafe’s executive director. The provincial government decided in 2003 that all occupational health and safety regulations would apply to agriculture. Farm safety was promoted, but the regulations were not enforced. A tragic accident at a mushroom composting facility in 2008 changed everything. Three men died and two others were permanently injured in the pump shed at the Langley farm when they were overcome with poisonous gas. The coroner’s inquest recommended that the government hire additional WorkSafe BC officers to inspect agricultural operations. “From that point the whole enforcement of the regulations really started to happen,” said Bennett. “The mushroom incident was key.” The farmers who began getting visits from WorkSafe BC officers turned to AgSafe for help. The organization provides farmers with stickers, workbooks and check sheets and training courses in multiple languages to help farmers comply with the safety legislation. Steward doesn’t dump the entire book of regulations on farmers when he sits down with them to create a farm safety program. Rather, he starts with baby steps. “Instead of going there with a fullon eight part safety program and a whole bunch of pieces, we’re going there with one piece to start with.” Steward suggests the farmer identify the one or two safety features that are most appropriate for the farm and then together they begin the process. “To go and overwhelm someone and drive out the driveway and come back six months later, it doesn’t work that well,” he said. “It is much better to prioritize the things that need to be done and implement those things, get good at those and make them part of the way you do business,” said Steward, who believes farmers have become more

safety conscious over the years. “One rancher told me, ‘everything we do now, safety is something we consciously think about. Where before we used to just do stuff,’ ” said Steward. Williams said AgSafe has helped his ranch develop policies for cowboys who work alone. He recently sent a cowboy out on a snowmobile to check wintering horses in a distant pasture. The time and route the cowboy took was noted before leaving ranch headquarters. It was also noted that he would call back every three or four hours to let ranch staff know he was OK. The cowboy stopped by the headquarters when he returned home, which was also recorded. “In the old days, we would have just sent him out and not worried about him. When he got home, he got home,” said Williams.

“We must do our due diligence, and we must not only demonstrate our due diligence, we must record that we are doing our due diligence. It’s a big deal.” Bennett believes the farm safety programs are working. The number of inspections on BC’s 5,000 farms that require WorkSafe BC coverage remains the same, but the number of written orders in 2015 was down 30 percent from 2014. As well, the injury rate has fallen in the 20 years since farm safety programs were first launched in the province, he added. Bennett said some farmers are still reluctant to use AgSafe’s expertise, despite its successes. For example, WorkSafe BC’s safety officers halted work on a blueberry farm operation last year when workers were spraying pesticide with no safety protection. “The WorkSafe officer had reason

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to believe it was happening at all the employer’s sites and stopped work at all of them,” she said. “The workers were spraying pesticide with no respiratory protection or knowledge of what they were doing. I don’t believe the farmer was purposely putting the workers at risk.” AgSafe’s safety specialists were called to the farm and performed 36 hours of intensive worker training so the farmer wouldn’t lose his crop. “His training is ongoing. He may end up being our poster child for greatest improvement.” Having a free, non-profit agency such as AgSafe will be important for Alberta farmers, who soon will be following some form of occupational health and safety standards on their farms once regulations are designed. “I think ranchers and farmers out in Alberta are going to need an

awful lot of training. I think it is going to be very onerous on them if they don’t,” said Williams, who recommends livestock associations and farm groups work with the government to request that such a program be implemented along with the mandatory rules. “This isn’t going to go away. Whomever the next government is, and one can assume it’s not going to be the NDP, it won’t matter because the next government isn’t going to refute this legislation. They won’t repeal it. It’s here. Now they have to try and make it work.… Be pragmatic. Sit down with government, as difficult as that is going to be, and try to get a program that will function.” mary.macarthur@producer.com SEE RELATED STORIES ON PAGES 1 AND 60

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NEW YORK, N.Y. (Reuters) — The current El Nino phenomenon is expected to weaken during the Northern Hemisphere spring and move to normal conditions by late spring or early summer, a U.S. government weather forecaster said Jan. 14. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the National Weather Service, was in line in its monthly forecast with a growing consensus that the muchwatched phenomenon, which can roil commodities markets, will dissipate in the coming months. Most models indicate the El Nino will weaken and shift to neutral, though it is difficult to predict the timing, the CPC said. Its forecast was broadly in line with similar ones in recent days that have said El Nino has reached its height and looks to be weakening. El Nino is a warming of ocean surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean that occurs every few years. SPECIAL CROPS

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) — South Africa suffered its driest year on record in 2015, the national weather service said last week, as a drought that has threatened the vital corn crop and hit economic growth showed no sign of abating. Average rainfall was 403 millimetres, about a third less than the average 608 mm and the driest since records began in 1904, the service added. The agricultural sector is being hammered by weeks of heat waves that have scorched grazing land, and forced livestock

owners to kill or sell animals. The country’s citrus industry, worth $775 million, has been hit by low reservoirs levels and water restrictions, industry sources say. Africa’s most advanced economy, usually a corn exporter, may need to import as much as five million tonnes this year, roughly half its requirements, the country’s largest producer group said. Scientists say the drought is being exacerbated by an exceptionally strong El Nino weather pattern. The dry, hot conditions are expected to persist until the start of the Southern Hemisphere’s autumn in April or May. El Ninos typically bring drier conditions to Southern Africa and wetter ones to East Africa.

India studies GM mustard NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) — India’s chief scientific adviser has urged prime minister Narendra Modi to decide the fate of the country’s first genetically modified food crop, mustard. A recent meeting suggests authorities may support commercialization. The path to a commercial launch is fraught with political opposition, but allowing GM crops is critical to Modi’s goal of attaining self-sufficiency in edible oil. India spends more than $10 billion a year on vegetable oil imports, and GM mustard, with yields 38 percent higher than

normal varieties, will give Modi a chance to slash this expense. Results from safety tests conducted on hybrid GM mustard over the past decade were submitted to the government in September. India’s environment and forest

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Coffee forecast shows slight rise NEW YORK, N.Y. (Reuters) — Global coffee production for 2015-16 is forecast to rise slightly as output in Vietnam, Colombia and Indonesia compensate for a smaller harvest in top grower Brazil, the International Coffee Organization said. In its first estimate for the 2015-16 crop, the ICO pegged production at 8.6 billion kilograms, up 1.4 percent from 2014-15, which was revised down to 8.48 billion kg. The ICO uses government forecasts from producing countries. In Brazil, the agriculture ministry’s Conab crop supply agency said it expected the country’s 2015-16 coffee crop to be 2.59 billion kg, which is much lower than trade house estimates that averaged 2.82 billion kg. The ICO report said production of arabica beans (the top grade) is relatively unchanged from last year, but robusta bean production, a more general purpose bean, is expected to increase by 3.7 percent, particularly because of harvests in Vietnam and Indonesia.

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India is reviewing a 3,100 page GM mustard safety report. | FILE PHOTO ministry said the 3,100 page mustard safety report was being evaluated, and commercialization would be preceded by a careful analysis of risks and benefits. India’s GM mustard makes

use of three genes already incorporated in canola hybrids in Canada, the United States and Australia, Pental said, and extensive biosafety tests have revealed no cause for concern.

SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) — Corn shortages in parts of southern Brazil because of a surge in overseas demand could lead to higher meat prices at a time of high inflation, animal protein association ABPA said. Corn stocks remain high in the centre-west, but shortages in parts of the south have pushed up prices in Campinas, Sao Paulo, by more than 50 percent from last year, leading to higher feed costs. Brazil could import corn from Paraguay or Argentina to meet demand in some regions because of the high price of moving corn from the centrewest to the south.

Some areas of Brazil are seeing corn shortages, pushing up feed costs and triggering higher meat prices. | VICTOR CAMILO/FLICKR.COM PHOTO The country is starting to harvest its first of two annual corn crops, which the government expects to be 27.8 million tonnes. The first crop is expected to fall short of demand. At the same time, demand for Brazilian corn abroad is surging thanks to a weak local cur-

rency that makes Brazil’s exports cheaper, triggering rare shipments to countries such as South Africa and the United States. Brazil, the world’s No. 2 corn exporter, exported a record 30 million tonnes last year, 10 million tonnes more than in 2014.

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Efforts to round up and bring home a herd of bison that has been at large in northeastern Saskatchewan since mid-December have been unsuccessful. It i s t h o u g ht t hat t h e b i s o n escaped from Kinistin Saulteaux First Nations, but that has not been confirmed. Some of the estimated 100 bison were initially sighted on Highway 35, and traveller safety was a prime concern. Les Kroeger, president of the Saskatchewan Bison Association, said a bison can weigh up to 1,000 kilograms, but typically they would pose minimal danger, particularly at this time of the year. They will not target a vehicle unless provoked, he added. Lonnie Bulmer, a local bison producer, has organized a group of concerned individuals, including himself, one of his employees, a former bison producer and one of the bison’s owners. The group has met but have not yet decided on a course of action. Bulmer said there are reports that a small group of 15 to 20 bison have been spotted around but not on the highway, and it would appear the herd has remained in the general area. “The RM’s obligation under the Saskatchewan Stray Animals Act is to provide a location within the municipality that has appropriate enclosures to contain animals that may be at large,” said Wayne Black, Reeve of the Rural Municipality of Barrier Valley, where most of the sightings have occurred. The RM has enclosure facilities at two locations, and two people have volunteered to be pound keepers. One of the facilities is fully equipped to handle bison. Black said the animals are protected under the Stray Animals Act, and it is an offence to harm or take possession of them. Bulmer said bison will often return home if left to their own devices, but they sometimes they need a little coaxing and feed to entice them.

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ONE DOWN, LOTS TO GO Everyone helps with chores at the Alberta Hutterite Colony near Cayley, Alta., where lambing got underway the first week in January. | MIKE STURK PHOTOS

TOP, CLOCKWISE: Gideon Stahl, left, and Robert Walter deliver a lamb. It was number 15 in more than 700 lambs expected. Justin Stahl guides animals to the lambing barn. Stahl pushes a straw bale from the stack while Colton Hofer waits to help carry it into the lambing pen. The black sheep of the flock stands out. Robert Walter distributes feed into troughs for the ewes.

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Manage field like business and cut money losers Profitability varies from field to field; revenue mapping system will determine areas to focus on and those to ignore BY JEFFREY CARTER FOR THE WESTERN PRODUCER

RIDGETOWN, Ont. — Pumping resources and dollars into sub-par field locations makes little sense. Instead, it’s better to limit input expenditures in those spots or take those areas out of production entirely. That was David Muth Jr.’s advice at the recent Southwest Agriculture Conference Jan. 4. “We have to understand the impact variability has our businesses,” said Muth, an Iowa farmer and senior vice-president of AgSolver Inc. “The reality is we don’t manage our fields like a business. Typically, three to 15 percent of our fields are simply not profitable.” Most farmers understood that their farms’ productivity varied

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Management system allows growers to develop the best precision business plan on a field-to-field basis. Instead of focusing on a farm’s overall yield, the system instead emphasizes maximization of revenue over expenditures. “When you move from a yield map to a business revenue map, the change will amaze you,” he said. “In Iowa alone, there’s a million acres of farmland that’s just not profitable. That adds up to a billion dollars of misallocated working capital.” Muth’s process starts with the collection of data, a review of field performance on a foot-by-foot basis and an analysis of the rates of return. In essence, farmers learn which sections of their field make money, which lose money, where input investments should be con-

centrated and where remedial action may provide a benefit. Market prices may change the profitability picture, but Muth has confidence in the overall approach of his system. He said there is the added benefit in the United States of the Conservation Reserve Program, which pays farmers to take environmentally sensitive land out of production. Alternatively, low-producing field sections might be used for biomass production, seeded to pasture or forage or devoted to recreation or other purposes. The approach should also allow farmers to reduce their environmental footprint. “It’s the places in the field where we lose money that we also have high nitrate losses,” Muth said. “This is a way to get out in front of the regulatory hammer.”

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More countries ban French poultry as bird flu spreads PARIS, France (Reuters) — Bird flu has been found in a French town outside a broad restriction zone. The discovery is a setback to efforts to contain the outbreak of the disease, which has led a growing number of countries to ban poultry products from France. The country, which is the European Union’s largest agricultural producer, has had 69 outbreaks of highly pathogenic bird flu in eight administrative departments in the southwestern part of the country since late November. A case has now been found in Haute-Garonne, which is not included in the zone where the government has tightened sanitary measures and restricted movement of poultry since mid-December, a farm ministry official said Jan. 13. The zone includes Dordogne, Gers, Haute-Vienne, Landes, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrenees, Lot, the whole of Gironde

A duck sits in its enclosure at a poultry farm in Doazit, France, Dec. 17. France has detected the first cases of low pathogenic H5N3 bird flu and found more cases of highly infectious strains in an outbreak of the disease in the southwest of the country. | REUTERS/REGIS DUVIGNAU PHOTO and Lot-et-Garonne and parts of the Correze and Charente departments. However, the number of outbreaks has slowed in France since late December with only five outbreaks reported since the start of the year, the farm ministry said.

Avian flu cannot be transmitted to humans through food. Some viruses have infected humans, but initial results showed that the strains found in France posed no risk of being caught by humans, the ministry said. More than a dozen countries,

including Japan, which is the world’s largest importer of foie gras, imposed restrictions on French poultry products, live animals and hatching eggs after the bird flu outbreaks, which were found mainly in ducks and chickens. Monique Eloit, the new director

general of the World Organization for Animal Health, said the cause of the recent outbreaks in France remained uncertain, unlike previous ones in 2007 that could be linked to wild swans. “There are high presumptions that these are strains that are not coming from wild birds but that have propagated below epidemic thresholds in palmipeds (ducks, geese) farms where the identification of these strains is far more difficult because there are no clinical signs,” Eloit said. Eliot’s predecessor, Bernard Vallat, said last month that the emergence of three highly pathogenic strains in such a short time was unprecedented. Eloit said one hypothesis is that low pathogenic strains had evolved into high pathogenic ones, and it showed the need for countries to monitor all types of bird flu strains, not only the highly pathogenic ones.

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EU food agency defends glyphosate finding Almost 100 senior scientists had criticized a European Union report that found the herbicide is unlikely to cause cancer BRUSSELS, Belgium (Reuters) — The head of Europe’s food safety watchdog has written to a group of senior scientists, strongly rejecting their criticisms in a row about the safety of glyphosate. T h e Eu ro p e a n Fo o d S a f e t y Authority, which advises European Union policy makers, issued an opinion in November that glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer. It was at odds with a view from the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer, which sparked outrage on both sides of the debate. The IARC said in March that glyphosate is “probably carcinogenic to humans,” while environmental groups have been calling for a ban on glyphosate. Ninety-six academics from around the world signed an open letter to European health commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis, dated Nov. 27, urging EU authorities to ignore the European watchdog’s opinion. “We urge you and the European Commission to disregard the flawed EFSA finding on glyphosate in your formulation of glyphosate health and environmental policy for Europe,” the letter said. It was written by Christopher Portiere from the Environmental Defense Fund, a U.S.-based nongovernmental organization.

The head of the European Food Safety Authority disagreed with scientists that it had not applied open and objective criteria to its assessment of glyphosate. | FILE PHOTO Portier was also a specialist consulted during the IARC’s research on glyphosate. The letter called for “a transparent, open and credible review of the scientific literature.” EFSA’s opinion could lead the 28-member European Union to renew approval for the herbicide. In a reply to Portier dated Jan. 13,

EFSA executive director Bernhard Url described glyphosate as “a keenly debated issue.” “I strongly disagree with your contention that EFSA has not applied open and objective criteria to its assessment,” Url wrote in the letter. Url said representatives of EFSA and IARC would meet early this

year to clarify differences of view between the two bodies and that the IARC evaluations “represent a first step.” EU sources said the meeting would probably take place in Brussels in mid-February. EFSA, based in Parma, Italy, also noted its reply was to Portier and the scientists who signed the letter

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Farmers get more incentives for habitat protection Federally funded program will help producers undertake projects to protect species at risk BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Farmers and ranchers in southwestern Saskatchewan already provide habitat for species at risk, and a new voluntary program aims to help them do even more. The Species at Risk Partnership on Agricultural Lands, which was announced last week, will be administered by the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association. It is a five-year, $2.58 million fund provided by the federal environment department. As well, the South of the Divide Conservation Action Program will deliver six programs to help producers undertake improvement projects. SODCAP executive director Tom Harrison said the organizations developed a proposal last year for new innovative programs to encourage producers to protect species at risk habitat.

This will help shoulder the burden, compensate them for extra things they do to make it even better for the species at risk. DOUG GILLESPIE SASKATCHEWAN STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT

â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is producer driven,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are the people that own and manage critical habitat.â&#x20AC;? He said species at risk can still be found in the area because producers do the right things, and the new programs take that a step further. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In all cases, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re asking them to go over and above the existing operations,â&#x20AC;? Harrison said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These guys make decisions to produce livestock. What weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re asking them to do is start making decisions based on habitat requirements for species at risk.â&#x20AC;? SSGA president Doug Gillespie said the program is designed to encourage continuous stewardship. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been a theme of livestock people. You look after the grass and places, and they look after you,â&#x20AC;? he said. One species that has drawn considerable attention recently is the greater sage grouse. Gillespie said the programs will, for example, offer assistance to producers to change fencing or take other measures that would in turn help the birds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This will help shoulder the burden, compensate them for extra things they do to make it even better for the species at risk,â&#x20AC;? he said. Harrison said some of the landowners in the program area have six or seven species at risk on their

land, and the needs of all have to be balanced. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is like a last refuge for species at risk in this part of the province,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is all thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s left, so we need to work to make sure that it provides the best habitat possible, and we need the producers on side to do that.â&#x20AC;? The six options include: â&#x20AC;˘ Habitat management agreements: Producers who own or manage identified critical or important habitat are eligible for funding to implement agreements based on an evaluation and goals for both the operation and habitat conservation. â&#x20AC;˘ Habitat restoration: Producers can submit bids for restoration projects that meet certain terms on areas up to 200 acres, land that is cultivated or in tame grass and is located near existing critical habitat. â&#x20AC;˘ Results-based conservation agreements: Producers would sign agreements identifying specific results or habitat characteristics they want to obtain. Payments are triggered when goals are met. â&#x20AC;˘ Term conservation easements: Producers could sign easements to protect land for a specific term rather than in perpetuity, as is currently the case. â&#x20AC;˘ Grass banking: Producers and conservation agencies work together to allow ranchers to graze on agency land at a reduced fee in

The burrowing owl is one species at risk that producers are urged to protect. | exchange for tangible conservation benefits on the private ranch. â&#x20AC;˘ Niche product branding: Producers could market beef raised in environments that support species at risk habitat. Harrison said program targets include four to six results-based agreements, 16 habitat management agreements and at least one or two grass banks. The projects will be evaluated for both environmental and economic benefits. For example, does a producer who uses the niche marketing program actually make more money? Harrison said the program is not meant to compensate for the transfer of federal pastures to patron management. Gillespie said most of Saskatchewanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remaining native grass is on privately managed ranchland, and stewardship is a core value of those managers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Regulations and fines donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make sense when the ranching industry has voluntarily protected this habitat all along,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Given the right tools, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to do whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best to support biodiversity on the land.â&#x20AC;? karen.briere@producer.com

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1949 JD R Serial # 1362, excellent tin, always stored inside, 780-349-2798, Westlock, AB. WANTED: FARMALL SMTAD, TA does not have to be working condition. Phone 519-366-2663, Cargill, ON. WANTED: TOP DOLLAR paid on IH tractors 1026, 1456, 826, 1206, 1256, 756. Call 701-240-5737, Minot, ND. WANTED: TOP DOLLAR paid, any cond. D21; D17 w/big round fenders; 4W220; 220 and 210. 701-240-5737, Minot, ND. RUMELY OIL PULL 2030, running when shedded 40 years ago, tin work good. Located central Sask. For info 867-633-5132. 1948 MINNEAPOLIS MOLINE U tractor, 1 owner, runs, restorable, stored inside, $1000. Call 403-352-6953, Caroline, AB.

WANTED: 1966 FORD Galaxie 500, parts or parts car. 306-365-7777, Lanigan, SK. WANTED: 1950-1962 VW parts, truck having single cab, split windshield and folding sides. 306-549-4073 eves, Hafford, SK. WANTED: 1954/55/56 FORD or Mercury half ton, running, orig. body, not restored. Gary 780-922-3777, Ardrossan, AB., email edseland@telusplanet.net

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2007 IH 9400, with Cummins 435 HP 10 spd. AutoShift, 20’ box, alum. wheels and tanks, exc. cond., certified, $67,500; 2006 Peterbilt, 475 HP, Detroit 18 spd., A/T/C, alum. wheels, tanks, chrome bumper, like new tires, new paint, 20’ BH&T, exc. shape, show truck, $69,500; 2007 Mack CH613, 460 Mack eng., 13 spd., AutoShift, alum. wheels, new tires, A/T/C, new paint, 20’ BH&T, very nice, $67,500; 2007 Mack, 460 Mack eng., 12 spd. auto. trans., 3-way lockers, alum. wheels, good tires, 20’ BH&T, rear controls, pintle plate, $69,500; 1990 Kenworth T600, 450 HP Detroit, 10 spd., alum. front wheels, good tires, pulls good w/1996 36’ Cancade 2 hopper grain t r a i l e r - n i c e s h ap e , $ 3 5 , 0 0 0 ; 2 0 0 0 Freightliner Century Classic M11 Cummins, 375 HP, Super 10 speed, exc. tires, 20’ BH&T, alum. wheels, $47,500; 2007 IH 9400, 430 HP Cummins, new 20’ BH&T, new paint, good tires, alum. wheels and tanks, 10 spd. AutoShift, $67,500. Trades accepted. Call Merv at 306-276-7518, 306-767-2616, Arborfield, SK DL #906768 2007 MACK CXN613, MACK 385 HP, 10 spd. Eaton Ultrashift; 2007 IH 8600, Cat 435 HP, 10 spd. All trucks c/w 20’ grain box, air controls, windows, SK. Certified. 306-567-7262, Davidson, SK. DL #312974 www.hodginshtc.com

CIM TRUCK BODIES, grain, silage, gravel, decks, service and installation. For factory direct pricing and options, call Humboldt, SK., 306-682-2505 or www.cim-ltd.ca MECHANICS SPECIAL: 2006 IHC 4400, DT 466 tandem, Allison auto, C&C, low mileage, runs and drives, but needs engine work, will take a 20’ box. Was $44,900, now reduced $29,900. K&L Equipment, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK. DL #910885 Email: ladimer@sasktel.net

2007 INTERNATIONAL 9200I Eagle gravel truck, 242,000 kms, 410 HP Cummins, 18 spd., air ride, 16’ Renn box, roll tarp, fresh SK. inspection, $49,900. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

TANDEM AXLE GRAVEL trucks in inventory. New and used, large inventory across Western Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or 2009 INT. PROSTAR tandem grain truck, call Maxim Truck & Trailer 1-888-986-2946 485 HP Cummins, 340,000 kms, new CIM 20’ B&H, $69,900. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com ALL ALUMINUM TANDEMS, tridems and Super B Timpte grain trailers. Call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946 or see www.Maximinc.Com ALLISON AUTOMATICS: 2004 IHC 4400, C&C, DT466, 6 speed, $39,900. K&L Equipment, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK. email: ladimer@sasktel.net DL #910885. AUTOSHIFT TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Boxed tandems and tractor units. Contact David 1994 FORD AEROMAX L8000, single air306-887-2094, 306-864-7055, Kinistino, ride w/24’ deck c/w hoist and side strap SK. DL #327784. www.davidstrucks.com sliding winches, original 400,000 kms, one CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used owner since new, will c/w new MB safety, highway tractors. For more details call outside alum. 11R22.5 rims, Allison auto. 204-685-2222 or view information at 8.3 Cummins, 300 HP, vg condi., $28,000. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. www.titantrucksales.com

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2012 Peterbilt, 388 Cummins Engine, 550 H.P., 18 spd, 12,000#F/A, 46,000#R/A, 767k Kms, Great rubber, well maintained $9 6 ,000 Stk# TR21535A 2016 Volvo VNX630 Tri-Drive, D16, 600 H.P., I-Shift, 20,000 F/A, 50,000 R/A, 3.73 ratio, 261” Wheelbase Stk#TR21531 2016 VOLVO VNX300 Winch Tractor D16, I-Shift, 600 H.P.,20,000 F/A, 46,000 R/A, Stk#TR21507 2012 Peterbilt, 388, ISX, 550 H.P., 18 spd., 12,000F/A, 46,000 R/A, 641,000 Kms. Stk #TRC21508....................$9 9 ,500 2012 Volvo, 630, D16, 550 H.P., 18 spd., 13,200 F/A, 46,000 R/A, White in color, 601,000 km. Stock#TR21544A..................$8 7,000

1998 FORD 9000 Heavy Spec, N14 Cummins, 435 HP, 18 spd, 14,600 front, 46 rears, new rubber 24.5, fresh Sask. safety, $24,900. Cam-Don Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 2003 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA, daycab, C-15, 6NZ, 500 HP, (recent W/O) 1.3 kms, 18 speed, 12 front, 40 rears, 4-way locks, alum. 22.5, new brakes, fresh Sask safety, $34,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 2005 PETERBILT 378, Cummins 500 HP, 18 spd; 2006 Peterbilt 379, Cummins 475 HP, 13 spd; 2009 IH Prostar, Cummins 500 HP, 18 spd; 2003 Freightliner Columbia, Detroit 500HP (rebuilt), 18 spd., 46 rears, lockers; 2004 Kenworth W900L, Cat 475 HP, 13 spd. Daycabs: 2005 IH 9400, Cat 475 HP, 18 spd, wet kit; 2005 Kenworth T800, Cat 475 HP, 18 spd, 46 rears, 4-way locks. 306-567-7262, Davidson, SK. www.hodginshtc.com DL #312974. 2006 KENWORTH T800, ISX 475, 18 spd., removable bunk, 4-way locks, 12 fronts, 46 rears, alum. 24.5, only 430,000 kms, fresh SK safety, vg fleet maintained, heavy spec tractor, $45,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 2007 FREIGHTLINER DETROIT 525, 60 Series, 18 spd., 4-way locks, CL120 Columbia auto. greasing system, low kms, recent AB. safety, $31,500. 587-284-3378, Calgary AB

2015 SUBARU FORESTER. Best small SUV. $2000 cash purchase discount MSRP from $25,995. Call 1-877-373-2662 or OLDER MACK: R688 ‘85-’89; RD ‘90-’98. www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. Also want 3:86 diffs, 427-454 engines, non-electronic. St. Louis, SK 306-960-3000 2 0 1 5 S U BA RU O U T BAC K . B e s t n ew SLEEPERS AND DAYCABS. New and used. SUV/CUV, MSRP starting from $27,995. Huge inventory across Western Canada at 1-877-373-2662 or subaruofsaskatoon.ca www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & DL #914077. Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. DECKS, DRY VANS, reefers and storage trailers at: www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. 2003 FORD F450 4x4, auto, V10, 99,300 kms, 225/70R19.5xDS2 Michelin tires, vg condition, 7’x7.5 flatdeck w/15” sides, c/w Ferrari Model 535C crane, $14,000. 204-362-1275, Plum Coulee, MB. 2015 2500 H D TANDEM AXLE GRAVEL trucks in inventoG AS BL O W O UT ry. New and used, large inventory across Western Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & Trailer 1-888-986-2946 1993 IH 8100 tandem, 466 dsl., 10 spd. trans., 12,000 front axles, 40,000 rears, excellent cond., w/18’ flatdeck, exc. tires, 433,000 kms. Good water or delivery truck. $21,500. Call Merv 306-276-7518, 306-767-2616, Arborfield, SK DL #906768 2006 STERLING TRI-DRIVE spreader truck w/2007 roto-mix spreader box, 444,340 M ED IUM D UTY kms, 4536 hrs, floater tires. Auto. powered 201 5 CHEV & GM C 3500HD CAB & by Cat eng. Well maintained, looked after. Used to spread manure and wood chips, CHASSIS *2 R EM AINING! 6.0L V 8 G as , $90,000. Jeff 403-371-6362, Brant, AB. Lo ad e d ,Traile rBrake Co n tro lle r,Cru is e Co n tro l,AirCo n d itio n in g ,Su m m itW hite CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used W ith Dark As h Clo th STK #F1 31 8 highway tractors. For more details call 204-685-2222 or view information at M SRP: $4 9,705 Sta rtin g a t: $35,589 www.titantrucksales.com 2007 GM C K 5500 6.6L D/M ax,A/C/T, LOOK AT THIS! an excellent find, only Po w e rW in d o w s & Lo cks ,Bo s tru m s , 76,000 original kms. 1982 L8000 Ford, 8’x1 1 ’x4 w 2” Bo x,Tarp,Ho is t,Hitch, 3208 Cat dsl, 5&2 trans., 14’ flatdeck, new 24 5x70r1 .5” Alu m . W he e ls ,AirDrive Se at, paint, exc. tires. All around excellent truck, Make a great water or delivery truck, etc. M an u alFro n tHu b s ,W hite ,24 5,04 0 K m s $11,500. Call Merv at 306-276-7518, Sa le P ric e $38,995 306-767-2616, Arborfield, SK DL #906768 FLATDECK WITH HOIST, 20’, 2007 C7500, 7.8L 6 cyl., 6 spd., 12/23 axles, 280K, hyd. brakes, SK. truck, $28,000. 306-563-8765.

2014 KENWORTH T370, auto trans, Paccar engine, with a sewer equipment company 2008 T800 KENWORTH, 550 Cat, 18 spd., America, Truck Jet 800-HPR Series 2, trans, 12,000 front, 46,000 rear, 700,000 1500 gallons water supply, unit excellent kms, exc. cond. 306-921-7583, Melfort, SK condition, new MB. safety, $129,000. Can 2009 INT. PROSTAR T/A, 340,000 kms, deliver. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. daycab, 485 HP, Cummins, 8 spd., air ride, we t k i t , a l u m i nu m b u d d s , $ 4 4 , 9 0 0 . 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

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2010 FORD EXPLORER XLT, V8, auto., only 85,000 kms, like new rubber, ex. Gov’t, very good, $17,900. Cam-Don Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 2013 JEEP CHEROKEE Overland, hemi, Top of Line, $35,995. 1-800-667-4414, Wynyard, SK. www.thoens.com DL #909250. 2014 DURANGO LIMITED, AWD, loaded, leather, DVD, 27,000 kms, $41,995. Call 1 - 8 0 0 - 6 6 7 - 4 4 1 4 , Wy ny a r d , S K . www.thoens.com DL #909250. 2014 FORD FLEX SEL, AWD, $22,995 PST Pd. Contact 1-800-667-4414, Wynyard, SK. www.thoens.com DL #909250. 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE Trailhawk, $36,995. Contact 1-800-667-4414, Wynyard, SK. www.thoens.com DL #909250. 2015 JEEP GRAND Cherokee, $35,995. Contact 1-800-667-4414, Wynyard, SK. www.thoens.com DL #909250. 2015 JEEP PATRIOT Willys, $22,975. 1 - 8 0 0 - 6 6 7 - 4 4 1 4 , Wy ny a r d , S K . www.thoens.com DL #909250.

1995 CHEVY ASTRO AWD van, good shape, V6, 4 new tires, new torsion bar, fun to drive. 306-952-1714, Saskatoon, SK. DECKS, DRY VANS, reefers and storage trailers at: www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946.

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5- BARUDAN EMBROIDERY MACHINES, single head, 15 color, less than a year old. Owner wants to retire. Call 780-862-8575, Tofield, AB. PROVINCIALLY INSPECTED ABBATOIR for sale. Located in East Central Alberta. Fully equipped. Call Art 780-806-3175. LOOKING FOR INVESTOR or investors for profitable business. Call 306-382-0785, Saskatoon, SK.

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2008 FORD ESCAPE XLT, V6, AWD, A/T/C, vg, only 94,000 kms, $13,900. Cam-Don 2013 PROSTAR IH, daycab, in-dash GPS, Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 500 HP MaxxForce, 18 spd. trans., 46,000 rears, front axle 14,000, ratio 3.91, WB 228”, only 129,000 miles, 11R22.5 tires, with wet kit, new MB safety, for only $85,000. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB 2015 VOLVO 780; 2014 Volvo 670; 2013 Volvo 630; 2012 Volvo 630; 2010 Volvo I-Shift. Call 204-871-5170, Austin, MB.

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MOBILE POULTRY PROCESSING unit, custom made, 34' trailer w/pintle hitch, transferable, Class A license, hot water on demand, UV water sanitizer, ice machine. Will deliver and train 2 days. Armstrong 250-546-6884, deerfootfarm@hotmail.com 2006 DURAMAX DUALLY; tandem deck trailer; 50 HP Kubota tractor; mulcher; rake; box blade; finish and rough mower; scarefire; disc; hole digger; cement mixer. All 3 PTH, mint condition. $80,000 OBO. E a g e r We g e r Ya r d s a n d G a r d e n s , 306-782-3108, Yorkton, SK.

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FINANCING AND RE-FINANCING proposals, lender negotiations and succession plans. Art Lange PAg, CAFA, 12 yrs experience. 780-467-6040, Sherwood Park, AB www.ajlconsulting.ca art@ajlconsulting.ca BOOKKEEPING SERVICES EXCLUSIVE to farming and ranching. Want to get the cost of those accounting bills down? Bring in the new year with an Ag bookkeeper, highly qualified with over 13 years experience in the agriculture industry of accounting! Serving Medicine Hat, Oyen, southern SK and surrounding areas. Please call me, or visit my website for more information. 403-376-5919, Medicine Hat, AB. trconsulting15@gmail.com www.trconsulting15.com

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2012 ATLAS COPCO port. air compressor Model XATS 750 JD7T3, 750 CFM at 173 PSI, vg condition. Only approx. 2100 hrs, job ready, $64,500. Can deliver. Call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

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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., FARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. 306-960-3804. Management Group for all your borrowing REGULATION DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’, and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, $2000; 160x60x14’, $2950; 180x60x14’, Regina, SK. $3450; 200x60x14’, $3950. Gov’t grants 1980 FIAT ALLIS HD 16B, rebuilt powershift transmission and torque, full canopy, available. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon, SK. screened cab, vg UC, tilt angle dozer, full NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, cab, bush ready, warranty, $43,500. Call payloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and anytime 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. ertical beater spreaders. Phone THE HANDLER IS available in 5 sizes and v306-220-5013, 2005 CAT D6N LGP, cab, air, heat, bush 306-467-5013, Hague, SK. proven on tens of thousands of farms from ready, 6-Way, 3 shank ripper, 85% UC, across the world. Call 1-855-765-9937 or $90,000. 306-921-9462, Melfort, SK. visit: www.polywest.ca CAT HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS: FARM CHEMICAL/ SEED COMPLAINTS 463, 435, 80 and 70, all very good cond., We also specialize in: agricultural comnew conversion. Also new and used scrapplaints of any nature; Crop ins. appeals; 1978 CAT D6D LGP crawler, $39,500; 2007 er tires. Can deliver. 204-793-0098, Stony Spray drift; Chemical failure; Residual her- JD 850J LGP crawler with ripper, $95,000; Mountain, MB. bicide; Custom operator issues; Equip. 2005 JD 650J LGP crawler with winch malfunction. Ph. Back-Track Investigations $55,000; 2003 JD 750C LGP crawler with 1980 CASE W18, new 17.5x25-G2 12PR 1-866-882-4779 for assistance and winch, $66,000; 1976 Cat 140G grader, tires, 2 cu. yd. bucket, F.O.B., $25,000. compensation. backtrackcanada.com front scarifier, $36,000; 1986 Case W-30, 204-795-9192, Plum Coulee, MB. 3 yd. loader, 4800 hrs., $27,500; 1979 Cat 941B crawler loader, $18,500; 1976 25 ton 3 axle lowbed, beavertail, $24,500. Text, ph. or email anytime. Robert Harris Equip., 204-642-9959, 204-470-5493, Gimli, MB. rjharrisequipment@gmail.com Cha rtered Pro fes s io n a l Acco u n ta n ts (Do w n to w n S a s ka to o n ) E m a il: d o n @ m ck en ziea n d co m pa n y.ca Pho n e: 306 -6 53-5050 F a x: 306 -6 53-49 49 W eb s ite: m ck en ziea n d co m pa n y.ca

LOWDERMILK TRANSPORT IS providing one call service for all Equipment/Hay hauling. Very experienced, multiple trucks serving AB., SK., and MB. 780-872-0107, 306-252-1001, Kenaston, SK. WEST CENTRAL EQUIPMENT HAULING serving SK., AB., MB. and Northwest US. Specializing in Ag and Oilfield equipment. Equipped with winch. Pilot trucks available. Contact Troy at 306-831-9776 or email: troysanderson77@gmail.com

CAT 980G, $70,000; Hitachi ZX200LC excavator w/thumb, $55,000; 2009 Mack CXU613, 10 spd. auto, 500,000 kms, $35,000; D8R dozer, straight blade, twin tilt, $18,000. 204-376-5194, HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS 10 to 25 204-641-2408, Arborg, MB. yds., exc. cond.; Loader and scraper tires, MACKIE EQUIPMENT LTD. New, used custom conversions available. Looking for and surplus parts including attachments. Cat cable scrapers. Quick Drain Sales Ltd., Using our worldwide locating system, let 306-231-7318, 306-682-4520 Muenster SK us help you locate Caterpillar, various others and even hard to find parts. Contact us today at 306-352-3070, Regina, SK. or visit our website at: www.mackieltd.com

LONG LAKE TRUCKING custom hay haulGRADER: JD 872G, 6 wheel drive, 2009, ing, 2 units. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. 7000 hrs., ripper, new tips, new tires 17.5x25, push block, 14’ moulboard w/new blades, AC, heated seat, mirrors and back window, fire ext., new batteries, custom made winter package, $175,000. Eugene 780-835-0601, Grande Prairie, AB. 2012 BOBCAT S205 skidsteer, 1650 hrs, c/w bucket, vg working cond., can deliver, $31,000. 204-743-2324 Cypress River, MB.

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2012 SEED HAWK Series 45, 50-10 w/500 bu. TBH tank, quick adjust depth control, dual casters, new seed knives, liq. Alpine kit, var. rate w/Viper monitor and Raven GPS, dual fans, shedded. Dave at: 2008 JD 3975 c/w PU header, kernel 306-783-7584, 306-621-1155 Yorkton, SK. processor, 40” vert ext. Just through shop in excellent shape w/new knives and shear MORRIS MAXIM 30', w/7180 TBH tank, 10" bar! $26,400. Call Jordan 403-627-9300, spacing, 3.5" steel packers, 3/4" knives, c/ w 3" spoons and shovels. $20,000 OBO. Pincher Creek, AB. 306-460-9547, Marengo, SK. 2014 CASE/IH FHX300 forage harvestor, tandem, w/vert. extension, HDX PU, 2 2013 SEEDMASTER 6012 60’, seed brakes and other options: Nova 560-8-D, short seasons. Dave 403-556-3992 Olds AB load cells, 40 bushel rear tank, sectional control and flow sensors, $248,000. 780-754-2361, Irma, AB. FLEXI-COIL 6000 w/2340 seed cart, double shoot. 780-349-2798, Westlock, AB. CONCORD 56’, 12” spacing, Bourgault 3” paired row tips, duals on wings, scraper on packer wheels, exc. cond., $18,000; 3400 Concord tank, $9000; both for $25,000. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. 2011 70-12 SEEDMASTER, c/w 2012 Nova air tank, includes 300 bu. onboard tank, exc. cond., low acres, $220,000 OBO. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK.

2010 CASE/IH 3330, AFS Pro 600 display, 1000 gal. SS, AccuBoom, AutoHeight, fence row nozzles, 380/90R46, 1080 hrs., always shedded, very good condition. Call 204-734-8202, Swan River, MB. 2008 MILLER CONDOR A40 100’, 1728 hours, 1000 gallon, sectional control, Trimble GPS and EZ-Steer, $99,900. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com MUNICIPAL SPRAY TRUCK FOR SALE. 2 0 0 1 F o r d F 4 5 0 X LT 4 x 4 6 . 8 L V 1 0 , 139,620 kms, includes a deck mounted sprayer system with boom, handgun capabilities as well as Raven SCS 4400 controller and injection system. Full details about the truck and spray system can be found on at www.mdwainwright.ca or you can call 780-842-4454, Wainwright, AB. 2008 JD 4830, 100’ 1000 gal. SS tank, Raven AutoBoom, Swathmaster, GreenStar, AutoTrac, 420/80R46, 1471 hrs, $175,000 OBO 306-834-7204 Kerrobert SK 2008 ROGATOR 1286C HC sprayer, 1200 gallon SS tank, 120’, 3989 hours, HID lites, Viper Pro, AccuBoom, AutoBoom, SmarTrax, Cat eng, 380-90R46 tire set, 24.5R32 tire set, $140,900. Phone 780-632-2514, Vegreville, AB. roly_dennill@dennill.com 2008 CASE 4420, 100’ booms, Aim command, AutoBoom, AccuBoom, active susp., HID lights, regular cab, 1200 gal. SS tank, 2250 hrs., shedded, inspection done, well maintained, 2 sets tires, $175,000. Kindersley, SK. 306-463-7527, 306-463-3228.

SLEEPERS AND DAYCABS. New and used. Huge inventory across Western Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. COMBINE WORLD NOW carries Atom Jet openers! We want your old ones on trade! 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2008 BOURGAULT 5710, DS, AtomJet openers, 74’, w/2008 Bourgault 6550 tank, c/w deluxe 10” auger, dual rear wheels. Battleford, 306-937-7368, 306-441-1648 DID YOU HAVE CANOLA DAMAGE from Frontline Tank contamination in 2014/ 2015? Contact Back-Track Investigations 1-866-882-4779 for assistance and compensation. backtrackcanada.com TECHNOTILL 2015 62’ on TBH Case 600 cultivator (Flexi-Coil), 12” spacing, FlexiCoil air pack, Intelligent blockage monitor, superior setup, ready to go, can hook to Bourgault or Flexi-Coil cart, like new cond. 306-421-9909, Estevan, SK. FLEXI-COIL 2320, air tank, double shoot, up to 8 runs, excellent condition, $15,000 OBO. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. 2008 4012 SEED HAWK, Bourgault 4350 tank, 3 tank metering, rear hitch, exc. cond., shedded, $75,000. 204-937-0876, Roblin, MB. 2001 51’ or 40’ FLEXI-COIL 5000, 9” space, new: tower, hoses and run blockage, 3” rubber, 2320 TBH cart, $26,000 OBO. Can separate. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK.

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1 9 9 3 B O U R G A U LT 3 2 2 5 a i r t a n k #PB2965D, 2 tank metering, 225 bu. TBH, new 820 monitor, $9,700. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 4300 BOURGAULT, single shoot, cameras in alll 3 tanks, new back tires, rear hitch, new auger, tube, and hyd. motor on fill auger 3 seasons ago, $17,000 OBO. For WINTER DISCOUNTS on new and used more info 306-246-4442, Hafford, SK. rollers, all sizes. Leasing and delivery 2006 JD 1820, 40’, DS, 10” spacing available. 403-580-6889, Bow Island, AB. w/1910 seed cart, 340 bu., spent $15,000 2013 DEGELMAN 82’ heavy harrow, loadupdating. 780-349-2798, Westlock, AB. ed; 2013 84’ Bourgault, loaded. $45,000 2011 BOURGAULT 66’ air drill #B22480A, each. Call 306-441-1684, Cut Knife, SK. 12” spacing, mid-row shanks, double shoot, $143,000. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or view online at www.farmworld.ca 2006 NH 57’, 10” spacing, double shoot, ORDER NOW TO be ready for spring! Car380 var. rate cart, TBH, very good shape, bide drill points/air drill openers. Find out m o r e a t : w w w. v w m f g . c o m o r $72,000 OBO. 403-317-4976, Burdett, AB. 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 2008 BG 6450 air tank #HS34820, 3 tank metering, double shoot, 591 Monitor, HAYBUSTER 107, 1000 DRILLS, rebuilt; always shedded, $83,500. 306-864-3667, Haybuster 1206’s for parts. WANTED: well used Haybuster drills and discs from 1000 Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca drill. 403-627-5429, Pincher Creek, AB. 2011 MORRIS CONTOUR C1 drill; 2002 Flexi-Coil 3450 TBH cart, 51’, 12” spacing, 2013, INTELLIGENT AG Blockage System, single shoot drill, $110,000. 306-922-2525 120 blockage sensors, 8 blockage CPU, router. Excellent condition. Used one year. Prince Albert, SK. www.farmworld.ca $7,500 OBO. 306-981-5489, Prince Albert, 2013 NH P2050 with P1060, double shoot, SK. gsbeauchesne@shaw.ca side banding, 430 bu. air cart, exc. cond., CUSTOM CARBIDE DRILL points/openers $142,000 OBO. 306-297-7400, Shaunavon. repairs. Be ready for spring! Find out more ORDER NOW TO be ready for spring! Car- at: www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350, bide drill points/air drill openers. Find out Dunmore, AB. m o r e a t : w w w. v w m f g . c o m o r JD 7200 8RN vacuum planter, needs re403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. conditioned, w/o fertilizer, $7,900; JD 1997 39’ MORRIS Maxim air drill, 10” spac- 7200 8 RN vacuum planter, liquid fertilizer, ing, Atom Jet boot with Morris 180 cart, PT, field ready, $16,900; JD 7200 folding $23,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 12 RN vacuum planter, w/o fertilizer, re306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. conditioned, $18,900. Call me for any of your planter needs as more planters are 2008 FLEXI-COIL 7500, 60’, 10” spacing, arriving and my supplier has all sizes, single shoot, 3” steel packer, no tank, models and makes available. Delivery ready for TBT tank, exc. cond., like new, available. Reimer Farm Equipment Ltd., $17,500 OBO. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. call Gary at 204-326-7000, Steinbach, MB. MOON HEAVY HAUL pulling air drills/ air seeders, packer bars, Alberta and Sask. 30 years experience. Call Bob Davidson, 2013 7450 LANDOLL vertical tillage Drumheller, AB. 403-823-0746. #N22357. New! 39’ wide, 22” disc, 7” 2008 JD 1910 430 bu., tow behind, 8 run, blade spacing, $105,000. 306-864-3667, vari-rate, double shoot, $49,000; 1998 JD Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 1900, 3 comp, 430 bu., 8 run, $24,800. 2014 MORRIS FIELD PRO 70’ harrow. New 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 9.16” tines, #HR3447, $36,500. Call: 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK. or view us online at: www.farmworld.ca 2013 BOURGAULT 6700 ST air tank, all USED WISHEK: 14’, 16’, 30. Breaking options, dual high speed fan, bag lift, con- discs: Towner 18’, Kewanee 14’-16’. Call veyor, 4-tank meter, X20 monitor, rear 1-866-938-8537, Portage la Prairie, MB. hitch, dual tires, shedded, low acres. www.zettlerfarmequipment.com 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB. 2015 CASE/IH 600, 60’ cultivator, 12” 2011 BOURGAULT 6550 ST air tank, spacing, 4-bar harrows, NH3 hitch, 600 lb. dual shoot, bag lift, 4-tank meter, 591 trips. 306-231-8060, Englefeld, SK. monitor, rear hitch, dual tires, shedded, KELLO-BILT SERIES 176 10’ tandem disc, low acres. 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB. 24” notched blades, clean unit, some new FLEXI-COIL 820 43' w/2340 TBH cart, 9.5" bearings, $7980. Call 1-800-667-4515. spacing, SS, 1" Dutch vertical openers, www.combineworld.com Valley packers, variable rate cart, exc cond. KELLO-BILT 8’ to 20’ offset discs w/24” 306-220-1229, Imperial, SK. to 36” notched blades; Kello-Bilt 24’ to 38’ tandem wing discs w/26” and 28” notched blades and oil bath bearings. Red Deer, AB. www.kelloughs.com Call: 1-888-500-2646.

CUSTOM CARBIDE DRILL points/openers repairs. Be ready for spring! Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 2007 BOURGAULT 5725 47’, 10” spacing, Series II w/DS, MRB’s, Raven NH3, exc. cond., field ready, w/warranty, $54,900. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 1998 MORRIS MAXIM drill and 7180 trailing tank #B21999C, 7.5” spacing, 3.5” steel packers, $25,000. Ph 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 72’ OF BOURGAULT 3.5” steel packers on 2010 NH, 80’, 800 gallon, wind screens, 9.8” spacing, for 5710 or 5810, in gangs, fenders, autorate, mint condition, $28,000. done 3000 acres. Call 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB. Call 306-648-7618, Gravelbourg, SK. 2004 NH (FLEXI-COIL) SD440, 40’, SC230 cart, mech. drive, SS, camera, 9.8” space. Also 2008 Pattison FB2100 liquid tank, variable rate nozzles, excellent, shedded, $65,000 OBO. 306-932-2306, Plenty, SK. FLEXI-COIL 67XL PT sprayer, 1250 tank, 1 0 0 ’ b o o m , n e w h y d r a u l i c p u m p . 2005 FLEXI-COIL 4350 TBH AIR CART, DS, variable rate, good shape, asking 306-464-2046, Lang, SK. $40,000 OBO. 780-385-5064, Killam, AB. 1999 FLEXI-COIL S85 70’ heavy harrow, $19,900. Call 1-800-667-4515. View www.combineworld.com 2009 SEEDMASTER 8012, 80’, 12” spacing, double shoot, run blockage, new seed boots, smart hitch, exc. cond., $115,000 USED 2008 JOHN Deere 1895 Air Seeder w/1910 Cart, 43', 10" spacing, OBO. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK 430 bu. TBH, double shoot, warning system 2 0 0 9 B O U R G A U LT 3 3 1 0 6 5 ’ d r i l l for seed and fertilizer, $125,000 CAD; Used #B22180A, mid-row banders, easily con- 2003 JD 1895 w/1910 cart 43', 10" spacing, verted to DS, $139,000. 306-864-3667, TBH, DS, 430 bu., warning system for seed 2009 1284 AG-CHEM, 1000 gal. tank, 110’ Kinistino, SK. www.farmworld.ca and fert., $100,000. 403-625-6195, booms, 2860 hrs., $94,500; 2012 Case 403-625-2541, Claresholm, AB. 4420, 100’ booms, 1600 hrs., $158,000. 2010 65’ BOURGAULT 3310 paralink, 12” paul@romfarm.com USD. 406-466-5356, Choteau, Montana. spacing, mid row shank banding, DS, rear hitch, $148,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm EquipView: www.fertilizerequipment.net ORDER NOW TO be ready for spring! Carment Ltd. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. bide drill points/air drill openers. Find out 2012 JD 4940, all options, 380x105R50’s 375 machine hrs., 1000 engine hrs., 2015 PILLAR, MODEL 6012, approx. m o r e a t : w w w . v w m f g . c o m o r 5500 acres, excellent shape, drill only, 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. $229,000. Call 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK. $225,000 OBO. 306-741-1634, Hazlet, SK. CUSTOM CARBIDE DRILL points/openers 2014 NEW HOLLAND SP.240R, 240 HP, info@mustangsol.com repairs. Be ready for spring! Find out more 100 gal. poly tank, tier 3 eng., SmarTrax AutoSteer, $229,000. Call 306-864-3667, 2003 FLEXI-COIL 5000, 51’, c/w 3450 at: www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350, tank, 9” spacing, gear boxes changed, Dunmore, AB. Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca Atom jets, exc. 306-442-4222 Pangman SK 1998 JD 4700 90’, 800 gal. tank, 3650 hrs., Trident booms, JD GPS, 18.4x26, 12.4x38, 2013 MORRIS 51’, C2, 12” space, SS air, paired row openers, c/w 8370XL TBT cart, $90,000 OBO. 780-645-0537 St Vincent AB low acres, vg, $249,000. Warranty. Cam- 2015 DEGELMAN 7000 Strawmaster, 82’, 2009 SPRA-COUPE 4660, 80’, std. trans., Don Motors Ltd, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK Endura tip tines, hyd. tine adj. w/Valmar hitch, 400 gal. tank, foam marker, flood 3255, low acres. 306-231-8060, Englefeld light kit, EZ-Steer 500, 3 sets of rear tires, 2008 JD 1890 43’ air drill, 10” spacing, exc. cond., asking $65,000. 2004 Morris 2015 BRANDT 8200, 82’, chrome wear re$65,000. 306-768-7399, Carrot River, SK. never pin drill 34’, JD 787 tank, exc. cond. sistant tines, hyd. tine adj., low acres. 306-231-8060, Englefeld, SK. 2011 CASE IH 4420 Sprayer, 1200 gal, 306-842-6246, Weyburn, SK. 120', AIM, fully loaded, luxury cab, 2 sets of tires, crop dividers, Viper Pro, reversing 2015 MORRIS C2 air drill, 41’, 10” spacing, fan, fresh inspection, field ready, $245,000. 9450 tank, 450 bu., 2000 acres on unit. Call 306-460-7767, Eatonia, SK. 306-541-7989, Rouleau, SK.

CONSIDERING AERIAL APPLICATION? Eliminate wheel tracks plus get timely application. Have questions? We don't spray, we support Ag Air. We're there to keep them in the air. We can help you too! Yorkton, SK., 1-800-776-4656, cheryl@yorktonaircraft.com, yorktonaircraft.com

2013 CASE/IH STEIGER 450, 4 WD, 1,560 hrs. Loaded: tow cable, wheel weights, 710 42" metric tires, 2 hyd. pumps, cab susp., 372 Rec and Pro 700 monitor, HID, 6 remotes, PTO, Deluxe cab. S.N. ZDF134407. Excellent condition, $265,000. Phone: 306-714-0161, Shellbrook, SK. 2005 STX 450 quad, high cap. hyds., 4500 hrs., newer tracks, no PTO, $160,000. 306-442-7512, 306-454-2402, Ceylon, SK. WANTED: TOP DOLLAR paid on IH tractors 1026, 1456, 826, 1206, 1256, 756. Call 701-240-5737, Minot, ND. LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We buy 90 and 94 Series Case, 2 WD, FWA tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have r e b u i l t t r a c t o r s a n d p a r t s fo r s a l e . 306-784-7841, Herbert, SK. 1980 CASE/IH 2290, 2 WD, 7,620 hrs., good condition, loader, $17,000 OBO. 306-662-2951, Maple Creek, SK. 2004 CASE/IH STX450, 3107 hrs., 20.8x42 triples, PS, 5 hyds., luxury cab, diff locks; or 2000 STX485, 1178 hrs., 800x38 duals, PTO, PS, factory guidance. 204-248-2372, puff@mymnts.net Notre Dame, MB.

2015 CASE/IH PUMA 150, 10 hrs, 150 HP, MFWD, 18F/6R powershift, LHR, 3 PTH, PTO, 520/85R38 rear, 420/85R28 front, diff. lock, 3 hyd., CAHR, front fenders, like new condition, $137,500. Can deliver. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. 1988 CIH 7130, MFD, 7058 hrs., rebuilt eng., no hrs., 20.8x38- 50%, 3 hyds., 1000 PTO, $33,500. 306-542-3037, Kamsack, SK DTE SYSTEMS CHIPTUNING #1, will fit 600 quad or TJ New Holland, $800. Call David 306-463-4255, Kindersley, SK.

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2013 CHALLENGER MT965C 4 WD, 602 hrs., 525 HP, Cat C18 eng., 800-70R38 Goodyear duals, PTO, HID lites, diff. lock, hi-flow hyd. pump, GPS ready, deluxe cab, $324,500. 780-632-2514, Vegreville, AB. 2014 GREAT PLAINS 3500 TM vertical till- roly_dennill@dennill.com age #PS3147. New, 36’ 3 section Cat V hitch, $101,000. Phone: 306-922-2525, 2010 875C, 3100 hrs., hyd. swing hitch, full weight package 60,000 lbs., tow hitch, Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 6 hyd. bank, 36” tracks, upgraded light package, stored inside. A must see! 306-960-1478, Birch Hills, SK. ORDER NOW TO be ready for spring! Carbide drill points/air drill openers. Find out m o r e a t : w w w. v w m f g . c o m o r 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. FLEXI-COIL DRILL 5000 HD, 40’, 12” spacing, DS and 4350 tank; 1996 NH 9482, 2823 hrs., shedded. All in good cond. 403-901-4431, Strathmore, AB.

2005 JD 9420, 3126 hrs., 24 spd, lots of weights, 710x38 Goodyear 70%, exc. cond. $150,000. 306-457-2935, Stoughton, SK.

7400 JD MFWD, 3 PTH, c/w 740 loader, all new tires, premium condition. 403-585-1910, Rockyford, AB. 1980 JD 4440, rebuilt powershift trans., CUSTOM CARBIDE DRILL points/openers exc. cond., field ready, 10,000 hrs. For repairs. Be ready for spring! Find out more pricing call Medicine Hat Tractor Salvage at: www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350, Inc., 1-877-527-7278, 403-548-1205. Dunmore, AB. 1982 JD 4640, approx. 7800 hours, very 2013 CASE/IH EARLY RISER planter, good cond., $21,000 OBO. 306-260-5802, 15/30” rows, air pressure packers, section- 306-231-8212, Humboldt, SK. al control, liquid kit, centre fill seed bins, Yetter row cleaners, used very little, only 1993 JD 8870, 350 HP, 6300 hrs, new ins e e d e d s o y b e a n s , $ 1 1 0 , 0 0 0 . jectors, new radio, 20.8x42 Michelins, 4 306-421-9909, Estevan, SK. hyds., diff lock, shedded, good condition, $72,900. 204-761-5145, Rivers, MB. 2009 9530, c/w 800 tires, 4 hyds., 48 GPM, 2500 hrs., shedded, exc. cond., $220,000 OBO. 306-831-8963, Rosetown. 2001 JD 7810 and 7410 MFWD, 3 PTH, WANTED: TOP DOLLAR paid, any cond. powrQuad w/LHR, JD 740 loaders, grapple D21; D17 w/big round fenders; 4W220; forks, joysticks very clean. 780-674-5516, 220 and 210. 701-240-5737, Minot, ND. 780-305-7152, Barrhead, AB.

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G.S. TRACTOR SALVAGE, JD tractors only. Call 306-497-3535, Blaine Lake, SK. JD 8650, new engine, new tires; JD 4440, rebuilt engine; JD 4450, FWD; JD 4255 FWD. 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. JD TRACTOR PARTS. Specializing in engine rebuild kits. Thousands of other p a r t s . S e r v i c e m a nu a l s . 4 2 n d ye a r. www.diamondfarmtractorparts.com Call 1-800-481-1353.

WANTED ALL CLASSES of bison: calves, yearlings, cows, bulls. Willing to purchase any amount. dreyelts1@rap.midco.net Call 605-391-4646.

WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly tractors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847. JD 4250 and 4450 FWA, must have FELs and low hrs. Also, 4 WD Cockshutt 1850; 1950 c/w Detroit eng; 2150 and 2 WD 2155. Call: 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB. WANTED: MASSEY discers, Model 36. Sask., Alberta or Manitoba. Top dollar. PROTECH SNOPUSH 10’x44”, fits on 306-625-3369, 306-750-0642, Ponteix, SK. cutting edge of your loader, $2795. CamDon Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

WANT TO PURCHASE cull bison bulls and cows, $3.50 to $4.00/lb. HHW. Finished beef steers and heifers for slaughter. Call O a k R i d g e M e a t s , M c C r e a r y, M B . , 204-835-2365, 204-476-0147.

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2009 DEGELMAN 6900 14’ blade for mounting on Case STX 275/280/325/330 or 335 4 WD tractor, hyd. angle, silage ext., $20,000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

BOARDING: YEAR-ROUND BOARDING available for bison, 5 quarters fenced, $1.50/ head/day. 306-276-1717, White Fox, SK.

DEGELMAN 12’ late model 5700 blade, mounts for JD 7720, $13,500; Degelman 16’ blade, 6-way, mounts for Steiger Pan1989 JD 2755, 7063 hrs., c/w 146 FEL, ther KM325. 780-679-7795, Camrose, AB. very good condition, shedded, $26,900 OBO. 780-755-2114, Edgerton, AB. STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER looking for JD tractors to rebuild, Series 20s, 30s, 40s or 50s, or for parts. Will pay top dollar. Now selling JD parts. 204-466-2927, 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. JOHN DEERE 8630 tractor, 4WD, not running, 18x38 tires, PTO, good tin and cab. Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK.

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

BUYING: CULL COWS, herdsire bulls, yearlings and calves. Phone Elk Valley Ranches, 780-846-2980, Kitscoty, AB. WANTED: ALL KINDS of bison from yearlings to old bulls. Also cow/calf pairs. Ph Kevin at 306-429-2029, Glenavon, SK.

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450 HP Cummins ISX, 18 sp, 12/40, 70â&#x20AC;? bunk, 3x4 diff. locks, 3:70 gears, 22.5â&#x20AC;? alloy wheels, 244â&#x20AC;? WB, 799,741 km

69,000

2010 WESTERN STAR 4900FA

515 HP Detroit, 13 sp, 12/40, 22.5â&#x20AC;? alloy wheels, 244â&#x20AC;? WB, 373 gears, 3x4 diff. locks, 744,056 km

55,000

2011 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA

500 HP DD15, 18 sp, 12 front super 40 rear, 4:10 gears, 4x4 diff. locks, 196â&#x20AC;? WB, 22.5â&#x20AC;? alloy wheels, 412,744 km.

60,000

2010 KENWORTH T800

525 HP Cummins ISX, 18 sp, 12,000 front 46,000 rear, 3:91 gears, 24.5â&#x20AC;? alloy wheels, 4x4 diff. locks, 220â&#x20AC;? WB. 1,050,188 km

59,000

2014 MACK CXU613

445 HP MP8, 18 sp, 12/40, 3:55 gears, 22.5â&#x20AC;? alloy wheels, 224â&#x20AC;? WB. 3x4 diff. locks, 454,332 km

89,000

2011 WESTERN STAR 4900FA

500 HP Detroit DD15, 13 sp, 12/40, 244â&#x20AC;? WB, 22.5â&#x20AC;? alloy wheels, 3:70 gears, 3x4 diff. locks, 738,753 km

62,000

2007 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA

515 HP Detroit, 18 sp, 12 front 40 rear, 4:11 gears, 188 WB. 4x4 diff. locks, 1,068,408 km

35,000

2013 MACK CXU613

445 HP MP8, 18 sp, 12/40, 4x4 diff. lock, 3:55 gears,22.5â&#x20AC;? alloy wheels, 224â&#x20AC;? WB, 709,698 km

62,000

2010 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA

500 HP Detroit DD15, 18 sp, 12 front super 40 rear, 4x4 diff. locks, 22.5â&#x20AC;? alloy wheels, 4:10 gears, 196â&#x20AC;? WB. 472,776 km

49,000

2006 PETERBILT 378

475 HP Cummins ISX, 18 sp, 12 front, super 40 rear, 3x4 diff. locks, 3:91 gears, 22.5â&#x20AC;? alloy wheels, 204â&#x20AC;? WB, wet kit, 909,424 km

39,000

2013 IH PROSTAR

500 HP Maxx 15, 18 sp, 12/46, 22.5 alloy wheels, 3:58 gears, 4x4 diff. locks, 228â&#x20AC;? WB, 399,869 km

45,000

2010 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA

500 HP DD15, 18 sp, 12 front super 40 rear, 4:10 gears, 22.5â&#x20AC;? alloy wheels, 4x4 diff. locks, 220â&#x20AC;? WB. 750,366 km

45,000

2005 PETERBILT 378

475 HP Cummins ISX, 13 sp, 12 front super 40 rear, 3x4 diff. locks, 22.5â&#x20AC;? alloy wheels, 3:90 gears, 204â&#x20AC;? WB, wet kit

35,000

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HIGHER YIELDS WITH ADVANCED CARBIDE DRILLS POINTS FOR AIR DRILLS VW Carbide Spoon for Common Wedge Systems

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VW5FC - 3-1/4” wide, VW6FC - 2-1/4” wide; VW 5 & 6 are for 200 series; VW8FC - 3-1/4” wide, VW9FC - 2-1/4” wide; VW 8 & 9 are for 400 series. Full carbide front and sides - many times the wear of the original.

Two carbides on front for considerably more wear. The VW7CC is shown on our very popular C shank opener. The VW14FB has a 3/4” opening where seed comes out. Also shown on the VW14FB is our full carbide paired row - available in 4” and 5”. The VW21DSF paired row has 4 carbides on either side. The VW21DSF also fits the Flexi Stealth Opener. The VW7CC Drill Point also fits the Flexi Stealth Opener and Bourgault.

Two carbides on front and two carbides on both sides. Shown here on our VW14FB C shank opener. Our VW10FC also fits Flexi Stealth and Bourgault. Liquid line easily attached to back of VW14FB and extended down.

Full carbide - two on front and two on both sides. Very popular drill point. Shown on our VW14FB opener. Also fits Flexi Stealth and Bourgault. Liquid line easily attached to back of VW14FB.

VW12FC 2-1/4” Wide Drill Point

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Morris Double Shoot

Harmon double shoot seed boot. Carbides protect seed opening.

VWHC1 Small Harmon point large carbide. Full carbide front and sides. Also fits Flexi Stealth and Bourgault. Shown here on VW14FB opener. Liquid line easily - simply - attached to back of VW14FB. Single shoot drill point.

Our super slim spread point - full carbide front and sides. For producers who want a drill point in between 3/4” wide and 2-1/4” wide. Fits our own VW14FB opener. Also fits Flexi Stealth and Bourgault.

VWHC2 Large Harmon point slides over adapter - bolt head and nut are recessed. Large carbide - long wear.

VW Morris triple shoot combo - shown on Morris opener. VWM23C - main front point - has two carbides. VW24 side plates have carbide embedded and sold in pairs. VWM25 is the full carbide deflector.

“Very happy to receive my VWHC1 Harmon drill points from VW Manufacturing. They are extremely durable and work very well in our rocky abrasive soil. Looks like will last many years. Thank you mate.” Chris Dohnt, Adelaide, Australia.

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42,995

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PRICES SLASHED ON THESE CASH DEALS! NEW! 2013 NEW HOLLAND SP.240F #HN3175

2014 GREAT PLAINS 3500 TM VERTICAL TILLAGE #PS3147

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275HP, 1000 GAL SS TANK, TIER 3 ENGINE, 40 KPH TRANSMISSION, 100’ BOOM, ACCUBOOM 5 SEC CONTROL, ULTRAGLIDE BOOM HEIGHT, SMART TRAX AUTOSTEER, RAVEN CONTROLLER

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$101,000 (PA)

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$347,200 (PA)

$137,700 (PA)

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$109,000 (K)

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$148,000 (K)

$59,000 (K)

$89,900 (PA)

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2004 NEW HOLLAND 94C

1990 CONVEYAIR GRAIN VAC

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2ND ANNUAL Jeans And Genetics Simmental Bull Sale February 16, 1 PM at the Ponoka Ag Events Centre in Ponoka, AB. Offering 60 Red, Black, Fullblood and Fleckvieh Simmental bulls. For a catalogue or more info. contact T Bar C Cattle Co., 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com PL #116061.

NORDAL LIMOUSIN AND ANGUS 2016 Bull Sale, Thursday, February 18th, Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon. 20 Red Angus 2 year old bulls. Board available till April 1. C o n t a c t R o b G a r n e r, S i m p s o n , S K . , 306-946-7946. View catalogue and videos at www.nordallimousin.com

POLLED PUREBRED COMING 2 year old Charolais bulls, Red Factor and white. Easy calving. Call Kings Polled Charolais, 306-435-7116, Rocanville, SK. REGISTERED CHAROLAIS BULLS, 2 year olds and yearlings. Polled, horned, some red. Quiet hand fed, hairy bulls. 40+ head available. Wilf at Cougar Hill Ranch 306-728-2800, 306-730-8722, Melville, SK YEARLING AND 2 YEAR old Charolais bulls, tan and white. Call Ervin Zayak, Creedence Charolais Ranch, Derwent, AB., 780-741-3868, 780-853-0708. CHAROLAIS BULLS, YEARLING and two year olds. Wintering available. LVV Ranch, 780-582-2254, Forestburg, AB. PUREBRED CHAROLAIS YEARLINGS and 3 2 year old bulls for sale by private treaty. White and Red Factor. Brad 204-523-0062, Belmont, MB. www.clinecattlecompany.ca

RANCH READY HORNED Hereford Bull Sale, March 11, 1:00 PM, at the ranch, Simmie, SK. 18 two year old bulls; 25 yearling bulls and 6 purebred open heifers. View catalogue and sale videos online at: www.braunranch.com Contact Craig Braun at: 306-297-2132. MISTY VALLEY FARMS 40th Annual Production Sale of Horned Herefords, Wednesday, February 10th, 2016 at the ranch, 1:00 PM MST. On offer: 70 long yearling bulls including Lanni Bristow’s sale group; 45 bred registered heifers; 65 bred commercial Hereford heifers; 15 open heifer calves from Mark Law. Bulls semen tested. Heifers pregnancy tested. Misty Valley Farms, RR #1, Maidstone, SK. Harold Oddan 306-893-2783; Maurice Oddan 306-893-2737; Lanni Bristow 780-943-2236; Mark Law 204-743-2049.

GREG’S WELDING: Freestanding 30’ 5 bar panels, all 2-7/8” drill stem construction, $470; 24’x5.5’ panels, 2-7/8” pipe with 51” sucker rods, $350; 24’x6’ panels, 2-7/8” pipe with 6- 1” rods, $375; 30’ 2 or 3 bar windbreak panels c/w lumber. Gates and 8- STANFIELD ELECTRIC HEATING pads, double hinges avail. on all panels. Belting never plugged in, 1’Wx4’L, $550 buys all. troughs for grain or silage. Calf shelters. Del. avail. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK. PERCHERON CANADIAN CROSS black filly, Pics available. 250-260-1650, Vernon, BC. 3 year old, 16 HH tall, broke to drive. Call ARROW LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT: Port. 306-862-5975, Codette, SK. windbreaks, custom panels. Mossbank, SK. 1-866-354-7655, www.shadowranch.ca

CANADIAN REG. HAFLINGER HORSES. Team of 2 yr. olds, yearlings, and mares, well broke to drive. Call 519-236-4518, 519-319-8021, Zurich, ON.

NEW BUGGY, WAGON, sleigh, cutterwood and metal parts. Wooden wheel manufacWELSH BLACK- The Brood Cow Advantage. ture and restoration. Wolfe Wagons, SasCheck www.canadianwelshblackcattle.com katoon, SK. Phone 306-221-1017 after 6 PM weekdays. FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale. Canadian Welsh Black Soc. 403-442-4372. Cows and quota needed. We buy all classHORSE COLLARS, all sizes, steel and alues of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F minum horseshoes. We ship anywhere. Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. Keddie’s, 1-800-390-6924 or keddies.com Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620. BRED HEIFERS: 60 Black, BWF, and Red Angus cross, bred to easy calving Black A n g u s b u l l s . S t a r t c a l v i n g Ap r i l 1 . 306-493-2969, Delisle, SK.

ALBERTA ELK RANCHERS Production Sale 5th Annual. Friday, February 12, 2016 7:00 PM, Nisku Inn, Nisku, AB. Call Gateway Auction Services Ltd. for details, 1-866-304-4664, www.gwacountry.com

MOLE HILL DESTROYERS: 2015 Demo Unit, Series 4, 50’; also used Series 4, 40’. O r d e r y o u r 2 0 1 6 U n i t s n o w. C a l l : 306-542-7325, molehilledestroyer.com QUALITY 5 BARS, windbreaks, gates and feeders, plus more. Many satisfied long term customers. 306-485-8559, Oxbow SK 2013 HAGEDORN 5440 manure spreader, vertical spreader, heavy duty, new cond., $47,000 firm. 204-686-2471, Tilston, MB. CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on site. For early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website www.warmanhomecentre.com FFS- FUCHS FARM SUPPLY is your partner in agriculture stocking mixer, cutter, feed wagons and bale shredders and industry leading Rol-Oyl cattle oilers. 306-762-2125, Vibank, SK. www.fuchs.ca

WANTED: ELK BULLS, various ages. Call FREESTANDING PANELS: 30’ windbreak 306-845-7518, Turtleford, SK. panels; 6-bar 24’ and 30’ panels; 10’, 20’ WE NEED ELK FOR U.S. MEAT Markets and 30’ feed troughs; Bale shredder bunks; No status or testing required. Picked up at Silage bunks; Feeder panels; HD bale feedyour farm. Competitive pricing up to ers; All metal 16’ and 24’ calf shelters. Will $4.60/lb. Call Ian at 204-848-2498. custom build. 306-424-2094, Kendal, SK. NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for 2006 H1000 tub grinder and 2009 Bale over 15 years, is looking for Elk. “If you King processor. Contact 204-773-0305, have them, we want them.” Make your fi- Russell, MB. SELLING LAMBS AND GOATS? Why nal call with Northfork for pricing! Guaran- JIFFY 920 BALE PROCESSOR, used very RK AN IM AL S UPPL IES - Be o n ta rget. take one price from one buyer? Expose teed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, little, exc. cond., $7500. Sold cows. Us e the p ro d u cts en d o rs ed b y the your lambs and goats to a competitive Winnipeg, MB. 306-457-2935, Stoughton, SK. p ro fes s io n a ls . RK & S UL L IV AN S UPPL IES market. Beaver Hill Auctions, Tofield, AB. Fo r a fre e c a ta lo gu e : 1-8 00-440-26 9 4 STOP WASTING GRAIN! Try our grain Sales every Monday, trucks hauling from troughs: 30’ c/w skids, made of conveyor SK, BC, AB. www.beaverhillauctions.com belting and pipe, $750 ea. 306-538-4685, S hop O n lin e Call: 780-662-9384. 306-736-7146, Kennedy, SK. SUNGOLD SPECIALTY MEATS. We want w w w .rka n im a lsu pplies.co m your lambs. Have you got finished (fat) lambs or feeder lambs for sale? Call Rick 50 BRED 2nd and 3rd calvers for sale. a t : 4 0 3 - 8 9 4 - 9 4 4 9 o r C a t h y a t : 306-773-1049 or 306-741-6513, Swift 1-800-363-6602 for terms and pricing. Current, SK. www.sungoldmeats.com

GALLOWAY BULL SALE at LiveAuctions.TV March 4 - 9th, 2016. Contact Russel at 403-749-2780, Delburne, AB.

NORDAL LIMOUSIN AND Angus 2016 Bull Sale, Thurs, Feb. 18th, Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon. 20 two year old Red and Black Polled Limousin bulls. Board available till April 1. View catalogue and videos at www.nordallimousin.com Rob 180 BRED HEIFERS: Simmental and Garner, Simpson, SK., 306-946-7946. Simm. Red Angus cross. Big, strong, top quality heifers. All one iron bred Red and PAYNE LIVESTOCK POLLED, Red and Black Angus. Complete vaccination proBlack Limousin bulls for sale. If you are gram incl. first dose of Scourguard and looking for vigorous calves that get up and I vo m e c . C a l l 3 J S i m m e n t a l F a r m s , get going, try a Limousin bull! Call Rocky 306-325-4622, 306-327-8005, Lintlaw, SK. 306-825-4056, Lloydminster, SK. DAVIDSON GELBVIEH/ LONESOME paynelivestock@hmsinet.ca CUSTOM WINTERING COWS and feedDOVE RANCH, 27th Annual Bull Sale, ers. For details call: Eric 306-717-8905, Saturday, March 5, 2016, 1:00 PM at their Cam 306-339-7840, Carnduff, SK. bull yards. Complimentary lunch, 11 AM. Pre-sale viewing and hospitality, Friday, BIG ISLAND LOWLINES Premier Breeder. 30 BRED CHAR./Red Angus cross cows, 4 March 4th. Selling 100+ purebred yearling Selling custom designed packages. Name bred heifers, bred to Char. and Red Angus Gelbvieh bulls, Red or Black. Performance your price and we will put a package to- bulls. Start calving March 20th; Also 3 year and semen tested. View catalog and video gether for you. Fullblood/percentage Low- old Char. bull. 306-867-8410, Outlook, SK. at : w w w. d av i d s o n g e l b v i e h . c o m o r line, embryos, semen. Black/Red carrier. www.lonesomedoveranch.ca Vernon and Darrell 780-486-7553, Edmonton, AB. 15 HEREFORDS, 2ND and 3rd time calvers, Eileen 306-625-3755, 306-625-7863; Ross due to start calving late March, plus one and Tara 306-625-3513, 306-625-7045, breeding bull. 250-308-5096, Lumby, BC. Ponteix, SK. 30 BRED COWS bred heifers to 4th calvers. TWIN BRIDGE FARMS 5th Gelbvieh Bull MANITOU MAINE-ANJOU BULLS, since Simmental or Simm/Angus cross. Will And Female Sale, Monday, March 14, 1970. We offer the real Maine bulls, all keep/feed til Feb. 14/16. 204-238-4254, 2016, 1 PM at the Silver Sage Community fullblood breeding, low birthweight with Bowsman, MB. Corral, Brooks, AB. Selling 50 yearling good performance. Off farm sales only. Gelbvieh bulls and a select group of open Gary and Sandy Graham, 306-823-3432, 160 BLACK and BWF, also 30 Red and purebred heifers. Red and black genetics Marsden, SK. grahamgs@sasktel.net Web- RWF. One iron, full herd health,bred Black Angus, calving out April 15, 403-740-5197 on offer. Guest Consignors Carlson Cattle site www.manitoumaineanjou.ca Big Valley, AB. Company and Keriness Cattle Co. For info. contact: Ron and Carol Birch and Family 85 HOME GROWN Top Quality preg. 403-792-2123 or 403-485-5518 or Don Savage Auctions 403-948-3520 Catalogue 9th SUN COUNTRY SHORTHORN SALE, checked bred heifers. Bred to calving ease online at: www.donsavageauctions.com 1 PM, Mar. 8th, 2016 at Johnstone Auction Black Angus bulls. Due starting March 15, Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. On offer will be 40 2016. Winston Hougham, Meggan Laidler, GELBVIEH STOCK EXCHANGE BULL polled Shorthorn yearling and two year old 306-344-4913, 306-825-0358, Frenchman AND FEMALE SALE, March 8, 2016 at bulls and 25 open replacement heifers. Butte, SK. magnumranching@gmail.com 1:00 PM, at Medicine Hat Feeding Co., They have been selected for soundness, Medicine Hat, AB. For more info. or for a fleshing ability and performance. Sale will 70 ANGUS CROSS 2nd and 3rd calving catalogue call Don at Jen-Ty Gelbviehs, be broadcast live at: www.dvauction.com bred cows, bred to Angus bulls, start calvjentygelbviehs.com 403-378-4898; Nolan, Check out our websites for more info. ing April 1st; 50 Angus bred heifers, bred Towerview Ranch, towerviewranch.com Contact any of the owners to get on cata- Angus. Vaccinated with FP5 and Ivomec. 403-977-2057. log mailing list: Horseshoe Creek Farms Call 204-851-0745, Elkhorn, MB. Ltd. Weyburn, SK. call 306-456-2500 or website: www.horseshoecreekfarms.com TOP QUALITY PUREBRED Black Angus Anwender Cattle Company, Radville, SK. b r e d h e i f e r s . C a l l S p r u c e A c r e s , call 306-442-2090 or visit website: 306-272-3997, Foam Lake, SK. www.anwendercattlecompany.com Rock- 60 BRED RED ANGUS cross heifers, bred ing L Cattle Company, Wawota, SK. Red Angus. Bulls out July 1st for 60 days. 306-739-2598, www.rockinglcattleco.com Call 306-355-2700, Mortlach, SK. SMALL PACKAGE of bred heifers, reds and roans. Richard Moellenbeck, Englefeld, 36 TOPCUT RED Angus cross heifers, bred to easy-calving Red Angus bull, all AI bred SK., 306-287-3420 or 306-287-7904. June 10, exposed to Redman Son. Battleford, SK. 306-937-2880 or 306-441-5010.

BRED HEIFERS: 9 Simmental/Angus RED AND BLACK YEARLING SIMMENTAL heifers, due March 1st, 1100 lbs., $2400. BULLS, polled, moderate birthweights, Phone 306-717-3297, Hafford, SK. good temperaments. All bulls sold Private SQUARE D: TWO year old and yearling bulls Tr e a t y. B i l l o r V i r g i n i a P e t e r s , for sale. All bulls sell out of the yard. Pick 306-237-9506, Perdue, SK. now, we deliver, one at a time or by the trailer load. Replacement Hereford heifers DOUBLE BAR D FARMS Best of Both WANTED: CULL COWS and bulls. For bookbred Hereford, March calving. Jim Duke Worlds Annual Bull Sale on Tuesday, ings call Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, 306-538-4556, 306-736-7921, Langbank, March 1, at the farm, 1:00 PM, Grenfell, 306-363-2117 ext. 111, Drake, SK. SK. square-dpolledherefords.com SK. Offering 175 Simmental and Simm/ square.d@sasktel.net Angus bulls as well as a select group of open Simmental and Simm/Angus heifers. BANNERLANE HORNED HEREFORDS For more info contact Ken 306-697-7204, Annual Sale, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2:00 PM CST 306-697-2474 or T Bar C Cattle Co. (1:00 PM MST) at the farm, Livelong, SK. 403-363-9973. View catalogue online at: 30 coming 2 yr. old bulls, semen tested; www.doublebardfarms.com PL #116061. GATEWAY COUNTRY SPRING HORSE 32 bred Hereford cross heifers, preg And Longhorn Auction, Saturday, May checked. Dinner at noon. Central point OCKERMAN SIMMENTALS: PUREBRED and 14, 2016, Silver Sage Community Corral, f r e e d e l i v e r y. R o b B a n n e r m a n , fullblood Simmental yearling bulls for sale. Brooks, AB. Call Gateway Auction Services 306-845-2764, bannerlane@littleloon.ca 780-724-3198, 780-210-3198, Lindbergh, Ltd., 1-866-304-4664 to consign and for AB. ockerman@xplornet.ca View online: www.hereford.ca details or go to: www.gwacountry.com

435 Bulls

Saturday, January 30, 2016 12 noon MST Lloydminster, AB Ex. Grounds

75 Red Angus

35 Dehorned Herefords

(Two’s)

80 Black Angus

70 Black Super Baldies

30 Super Guppies

60 Charolais

(Two’s)

(Two’s & Yearlings)

(Two’s)

Call Mac Creech, DVM at 1-800-561-BULL (2855) 75 Red Super Baldies (Two’s)

TEAM OF JOHN MULES, 16.3 HH, 1500 lbs., good dispositions, work well together. been on most hitch combinations and im- BUY ALL: Pigs/swine/wild boar, raised plements, $6000 OBO. 403-885-5546, outside, all sizes. Most $. 1-877-226-1395. Blackfalds, AB. www.canadianheritagemeats.com

WANTED RETIRED BACHELOR wanting WANTED: ELK, WHITE-TAILED Deer and caretaking position on Southern AB. moun- Bison. Rob at 780-871-1056, Lloydminster tain ranch. No wages, just accommodation. No vises, clean, honest, industrious. Ranch livestock experienced. Ph. 250-426-4445, Cranbrook, BC. blackdoghorse@telus.net DIAMOND M RANCH 5th Annual Bull Sale, February 14, 2016, 1:30 PM, at the Ranch, 1.5 miles W of Estevan, SK on Hwy 39. 50 two yr. old Red and Black Simmental and Simm/Angus bulls; 8 Open commercial heifers. Contact Jordan 306-421-1915. Video online at www.dlms.ca

For Free BULL BOOK/DVD - Now On Line! www.canadasbulls.com email: mcquantock@hotmail.com

30 H-2’s (Two’s)

NOW PURCHASING AT Roy Leitch Live- 2000 HARSH 575 feed box complete for stock Co. Ltd. Fat lambs, feeder lambs, cull sale, $15,000. Call Jeff at 403-371-6362, ewes and goats. Brandon, MB. Phone: Brant, AB. 204-727-5021, 204-729-7791. 195 NEW HOLLAND manure spreader, 1000 PTO, hydraulic double floor chain, SOUTHERN ALBERTA double beaters, $12,000. 306-268-2627 or LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE 306-268-7750, Bengough, SK. Buying all classes of sheep, FROSTFREE NOSEPUMPS: Fully suslambs and goats. livestock watering. No power reContact Darren Shaw 403-601-5165 tainable quired to heat or pump. Prevents contamiSame Day Trade Payment. Farm Pickup. nation. Grants available. 1-866-843-6744. Competitive Pricing. www.frostfreenosepumps.com

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AQUA THERM A pasture proven trough. Winter water problems? Solved! No electricity required. 3 sizes - 100, 200 and 525 ga l l o n . Ke l l n S o l a r, L u m s d e n , S K . 1-888-731-8882, www.kellnsolar.com LUCK NOW 200 silage wagon, used to feed oats, augers/box like new, w/weigh scale $8500. 306-743-7717, Langenburg, SK.

2008 HIGHLINE BALE Pro 8100, feed chopper series, EZ Feed II grain tank, very good condition, used 4 years, $18,900. 780-853-7205, Vermilion, AB.

SASK. SHEEP DEV. BOARD sole distributor of sheep ID tags in Sask., offers programs, marketing services and sheep/ goat supplies. 306-933-5200, Saskatoon, SK. www.sksheep.com

3 PTH FOLDING BALE FORK: Carries 3 bales, folds narrower than tractor, hyd. fold, $3900. Save time! Save fuel! Call 204-966-3221 or 204-841-1277, Eden, MB. or email: pennosmachining@gmail.com 24' HEAVY DUTY panels, 24' windbreaks, freestanding, made out of 2-3/8" or 2-7/8" pipe. Can custom build. Bale feeders, bunk feeders and other requests avail. Delivery available. Call/text: 403-704-3828, Rimbey, AB. or email: jchof@platinum.ca

WINTER WATERING: FREEZE proof, motion eye, 24”/36” drain back bowl. Call toll free 1-888-731-8882, Lumsden, SK. Or visit: www.kellnsolar.com

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EZE-FEEDER: Quality built grain feeders w/auger for range or bunk feeding. From 15 - 95 bu. Optional scales, 3 PTH frames, etc. 1-877-695-2532. www.ezefeeder.ca ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS- Cattle shelter and barn packages. Call 306-225-2288 or www.zaksbuilding.com to request a farm building quote today! 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 ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS- featuring 32x40x16’ post buildings for $25,700. Call 306-225-2288 or go to www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote. PAYSEN LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT INC. We manufacture an extensive line of cattle handling and feeding equipment including squeeze chutes, adj. width alleys, crowding tubs, calf tip tables, maternity pens, gates and panels, bale feeders, Bison equipment, Texas gates, steel water troughs, rodeo equipment and garbage incinerators. Distributors for El-Toro electric branders and twine cutters. Our squeeze chutes and headgates are now avail. with a neck extender. Ph 306-796-4508, email: ple@sasktel.net Web: www.paysen.com 2004 HIGHLINE 7010 bale processor, big square, Right-hand delivery, $6500. Call 403-793-1302, Brooks, AB.

SHELLBROOK, SK. CONDO FOR SALE: 1166 sq. ft. one level bungalow, provides a great open floor plan w/single attached garage; 2 bdrms, master w/walk-in closet and ensuite bathroom. Maple cabinets and hardwood floors throughout. Partially fenced back yard w/deck and established landscaping. Snow removal and lawn care included in condo fees. Full service hospital built 2014 in Shellbrook. Enjoy all the comforts of home with the convenience of condo living! MLS® 558554 For sale by: agent/broker, $236,000. Shellbrook, SK., 306-747-7507, quinntait@taitinsurance.ca www.remaxprincealbert.com

P r a ir ie H er ita ge Seed s K A M UT CO N TRA CTS AV A IL A B L E N O W CAL L 1 -30 6-869-2926 w w w .p hso rg a n ics.co m GOT GRAIN FOR SALE? Growers International is currently dealing in all wheats and durum, malt and feed barley, milling and feed oats, brown and golden flax, spelt, edible and feed peas, brown and yel- GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPS, ready to go. low mustard and lentils. Call Mark Gimby Phone Ed 306-269-7745, leave message if not in, Foam Lake, SK. 306-652-4529 or Lorne Lix 204-924-7050.

WANTED: CERTIFIED ORGANIC feeder 3/4 RED HEELER, 1/4 Border Collie pups, cattle. Call Peter Lundgard, Nature’s Way born Dec. 4, 2015, out of working parents. 4 m a l e s , 3 fe m a l e s . D e n n i s D y l ke , Farm at 780-338-2934, Grimshaw, AB. 780-374-3877, Daysland, AB. PB AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD PUPS, working parents, ready to go mid January. Call 780-853-2783, Vermilion, AB. WELL BRED BORDER Collie puppies. Registered. Parents are good working dogs. Vet checked, vaccinated, micro chipped; black, brown and tri colour. Sire recently imported from Scotland. 780-855-2477 New Norway, AB., brinkmann@equitopfarm.com

THOUSANDS OF DOLLS and teddy bears, some porcelain dolls, about 300 Barbies, 300-400 Western pocket books, almost complete set of porcelain Disney Christmas tree ornaments, beer making machine, beer mugs and steins, beer signs, ice buckets, shot glasses, and cook books. 306-622-4300, Tompkins, SK.

REG. BORDER COLLIE pups, black/white and red/white. Parents have exc. working bloodlines.The past pups go on to different jobs or even wonderful pets. Ready to go Jan. 30. Prices start at $550. 403-429-0055

H E AV Y D U T Y PA R T S o n s p e c i a l at www.Maximinc.Com/parts or call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946.

KUVASZ PUPPIES, 6 females, 2 males, vet SINGLE MALE, 43, would like to meet sin- checked, first shots, ready to go Jan 21. gle female 40 to 50 years for friendship Call Barb, 403-637-2192, Water Valley, AB. and companionship. Someone who likes the farm and country life. Reply w/photo to: Box 5577, c/o The Western Producer, WANT THE ORGANIC ADVANTAGE? Box 2500, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 2C4. Contact an organic Agrologist at Pro-Cert “BABY BOOMER BABE” desires “Baby Boom- OUR CODE BLUE pump metering service is for information on organic farming: pros- er Beau” for friendship, correspondence, designed to ensure proper maintenance of pects, transition, barriers, benefits, certifi- dance, via snail mail for possible “Baby your pumps! Call 1-855-765-9937 or view: cation and marketing. Call 306-382-1299, Boomer Bliss!” Reply to: Box 5576, c/o www.polywest.ca Saskatoon, SK. or info@pro-cert.org The Western Producer, Box 2500, SaskaDIGITAL AGRICULTURE PUMPS and metoon, SK. S7K 2C4. ters! Dura Products offer best in class solutions for consumers wishing to transfer liquid. 1-855-765-9937, www.polywest.ca CAST ALUMINUM PUMPS, from Polar Pumps! Designed for heavy duty applications where you need the durability. Call 1-855-765-9937 or visit: www.polywest.ca

BEST COOKING PULSES accepting samples of organic and conventional pulses for 2014/2015 crop year. Matt 306-586-7111, Rowatt, SK.

ORGANIC FEED GRAIN. Call DMI 306-515-3500, Regina, SK TRADE AND EXPORT Canada buying all grades of organic grains. Fast payment and pick up. Call 306-433-4700. ORGANIC GROWERS WANTED. Grow q u i n o a ! To t a l p r o d u c t i o n c o n t r a c t s available for 2016. Premium returns, guara n t e e d m a r ke t s a n d d e l i v e r y. C a l l 306-933-9525 or view www.quinoa.com

CEDAR LOG HOMES AND CABINS, sidings, paneling, decking. Fir and Hemlock flooring, timbers, special orders. Rouck Bros., Lumby, BC. www.rouckbros.com SYLVAN LAKE, AB. FARM/FUTURE DEV. 1-800-960-3388. Land for Sale by Tender: SW-35-39-2-5, 150.01 acres and SE-35-39-2-5, 160 acres for Sale by Tender. Bid until noon, Jan. 28, 2016. Prime cultivated land with future potential inside the ASP for OWN A ZAK’S custom built home in the development Sylvan Lake. Gorgeous mountain and lake brand new subdivision in Neuanlage, SK, views! 5% non-refundable deposit on the just minutes from Saskatoon. Go to: successful bid. Seller rights reserved. www.zaksbuilding.com or 306-225-2288. Contact Rees Smith, CIR Realty, 403-350-7815, nobullrealtor@gmail.com EARLY 1980’s HOUSE, 1000 sq. ft., with detach. dbl. garage, new siding 3 yrs. ago. www.REESSMITH.com 2 bdrm, main floor laundry, basement finished. Appliances incl. 309 Main St., Pelly, F O R S A L E B Y O W N E R : 5 2 0 0 A C R E RANCH in east central AB. Ranch yard 1/2 SK. $95,000 OBO. 306-595-2343. mile off pavement, shelterbelts, 1400 sq. LOOKING FOR: Older home to move to ft. bungalow, 2 car garage, 40x80’ shop, 2 lake for a cabin, North Central Sask. Please barns, 20,000 bu grain storage, abundance of water, 500 head feedlot w/cement feed call or text 306-961-7407. bunks. All working corrals and feed alleys LOG POST AND BEAM shell package for are pipe construction. Situated 3 miles sale. 26’x34’ with loft 1220 sq. ft. total. from school K-12. Excellent community. Douglas fir logs. Call 306-222-6558 cell, Great neighbors. The ranch (except for 3 email jeff@backcountryloghomes.ca quarters of cult. land) is in 1 piece bordering north side of Hwy #12, 43 kms east of or visit www.backcountryloghomes.ca Consort, AB. There are no roads or obstacles dissecting this entire area. The ranch hosts a good mix of prairie, developed grass and silage acres. 8 miles of water RECENTLY REDUCED. 1800 sq. ft. home pipeline, from a well, services pastures to be moved off lot. 3 bdrm, 1 bath, large w/tire water troughs at 14 locations. Rollporch, office, 2 family rooms, $50,000. ing landscape w/aspen and willow shelter is abundant in all areas. Lanes lead into Must see! Jason 306-642-3315, Assiniboia. the ranch yard from all directions, making easy cattle gathering. This is a rare opportunity to purchase a well developed, well maintained and functional ranch that requires low labor operation. 403-552-2191, cell 780-753-1959. SAVE! SAVE! SAVE!! 3000 ACRES DEEDED farmland for sale in Help Us Clear Out the Lot Before 1 block. Sections 5, 6, 7, 8 and 18, all the 2016’s Arrive!! 22-2-W4, Bindloss, AB. h.field@shaw.ca Call 403-528-5425 or 403-548-1299.

LAND OPPORTUNITY: 1) Great quarter section starter farm with modular home, SW of Wildwood, $379,000. 2) 70 acres development property west of Lloydminster. 3) Brand new feedlot and cattle headquarters, approx. 2000 head cap., attached to 2700 acres of cattle country, west of Edmonton. 4) 960 acre rolling pasture, great hunting, will carry approx. 180 cow/calf pairs, $37,850 surface lease revenue, west of Leduc. 5) 6800 acre ranch north of Smoky Lake, 2 modern homes, $30,000 surface lease revenue. 6) 800 acres prime property just west of Edmonton, north of Cougar Creek Golf Course and south of Alberta Beach. 7) Deluxe recreational quarter west of Caroline. Fronts on Clearwater River. Don Jarrett, Realty Executives Leading, 780-991-1180, Spruce Grove, AB. FARM FOR SALE including: two (2) homes, 1/2 section of farm land acres. Located MD Peace #135, NW11-82-25 W5. Features: main home has many upgrades, 2nd home used as rental; 2 wells; water treatment system; 2 septic tanks, each w/pump outs. Also, barn w/power, 4 vehicle garage (28x48') wired, w/siding, $975,000. For info or aptmt: gsdeibert@wispernet.ca 780-338-2152, Berwyn, AB.

WANTED FARMLAND TO RENT in the Raymore/ Semans area, North of Hwy. 15. Call 306-528-7875 or benrhb@gmail.com IRRIGATED LAND FOR RENT: 9 quarters in RM of Maple Bush #224, along Hwy #19, close to Elbow, SK. Call Harry at 306-530-8035, Sutton Group- Results Realty, Regina, SK. harry@sheppardrealty.ca www.sheppardrealty.ca

LAND FOR SALE - BY TENDER 16 to 22 Wide SRI Homes Ready to Deliver!! 3 & 4 Bedrooms - 2 Baths Turn Key Packages Available Call

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www.dynamicmodular.ca MEDALLION HOMES 1-800-249-3969 Immediate delivery: New 16’ and 20’ modular homes; Also used 14’ and 16’ homes. Now available: Lake homes. Medallion Homes, 306-764-2121, Prince Albert, SK. YOU NOW HAVE time for love - you’re fieldwork is done! 21 years of old-fashioned successful Matchmaking! In-person interviews January 26 to 30, Regina and Saskatoon. 204-888-1529, Camelot Introductions, www.camelotintroductions.com

3/4 ACRE WATERFRONT LOT 2 homes and heated shop. Located on Murray Lake, SK. 1358 sq. ft., 4 bdrm, 3 bath, multi family. One 4 bdrm, 3 bath, att. 2 car garage and walkout basement finished. One two bdrm, one bath. 28'x36' in floor heating. Also for sale two adjacent lots for $189,900 each. All property has pins at waters edge. For sale by owner $789,900. 306-441-3101, Cochin, SK. b.whithead@sasktel.net

ID#1100471 COALHURST: 35.14 acres of vacant land situated adjacent to Coalhurst, in the County of Lethbridge. Ideal development land on paved road. Can be zoned for residential or commercial development. Easy to develop and it’s a great price. Act quick, this deal won’t last! ID#1100453 COALDALE: Established Modern Feedlot, built with future expansion in mind. Current capacity: 5,000 beef feeders with NCRB permit for a further 1,000 head plus composting area. Well landscaped with lagoons and newer water reservoir, c/w 3 homes, quonset. Approx. 537 acres irrigated and 488 SMRID Water Rights. WANTED: 5,000- 10,000 acres of dry land in the Hanna area. Real Estate Centre, 1-866-345-3414. For all our listings view www.farmrealestate.com

ZAK’S COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS- featuring 60x104x16’ post buildings for $63,850. 306-225-2288 or www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote today. ZAK’S RTM HOMES and cottages, custom built- every time!! www.zaksbuilding.com ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: Fea- or call our talented staff at 306-225-2288 turing 80x160x18’ post buildings for to help design your new home. $143,460. Visit: www.zaksbuilding.com or ph 306-225-2288 to request a quote today RT M s A N D S I T E b u i l t h o m e s . C a l l 1-866-933-9595, or go online for pictures and pricing at: www.warmanhomes.ca

County of Beaver 1. NE 35;47;11;W4 - CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 160 ACRES MORE OR LESS 2. NW 35;47;11;W4 - CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 148 ACRES MORE OR LESS (FARMLAND ONLY, EXCLUDING ACREAGE APPROXIMATELY 10.01 ACRES) 3. NW 11;48;11;W4 - CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 157 ACRES MORE OR LESS 4. SE 14;48;11;W4 - CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 160 ACRES MORE OR LESS (2 DEEDED TITLES) 5. NE 14;48;11;W4 - CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 159 ACRES MORE OR LESS 6. DESCRIPTIVE PLAN 0224900, BLOCK 1, LOT 3 (PTN S 15;48;11;W4) - CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 153.95 ACRES MORE OR LESS 7. DESCRIPTIVE PLAN 0224900, BLOCK 1, LOT 2 (PTN N & SW 15;48;11;W4) - CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 267 ACRES Bids will be considered on all lands as a complete package or portions thereof; The highest and/or any bid will not necessarily be accepted. Bids are to be accompanied by a deposit for 10% payable to Peter Van Winssen, Barrister and Solicitor in trust and hand delivered to 1013 - 5 Avenue, Wainwright, Alberta and shall close 12:00 o’clock noon January 29, 2016.

For more information or to view the property please call (780) 842-0098.

Land for sale by tender The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture is now accepting tenders for purchase of vacant agricultural Crown land.

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RM OF CANAAN: Approx. 160 acres of DWEIN TRASK REALTY INC. Grass Lake, farmland. John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd., S K . R M # 3 8 1 : N W - 0 5 - 3 8 - 2 4 - W 3 , 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com SW-07-38-24-W3 and NE-06-38-24-W3, total 480 acres. Reward, SK. 6 oilwell leasLAND FOR RENT: 22 quarters, RM Excel es and long term land renter. Please call #71, near Viceroy, SK. Contact Harry at Dwein Trask: 306-221-1035 for more info. 306-530-8035, Sutton Group- Results Realty, Regina, SK, harry@sheppardrealty.ca LAND FOR RENT: 37 quarters, RM Excel #71, East of Assiniboia, SK. 3,000 sq. ft. www.sheppardrealty.ca two storey house, grain storage, machin16.5 QUARTERS CROPLAND, RM Foam ery shed and workshop. Contact Harry at Lake #276. 2090 cult. acres. 2400 sq. ft. 2 306-530-8035, Sutton Group- Results Restorey house (2007), steel insulated heat- alty, Regina, SK. harry@sheppardrealty.ca ed shop, 6 hopper steel bins w/aeration, 2 www.sheppardrealty.ca fert. bins. Full line farm equipment avail. RM of HOODOO #401, SW-36-43-26-W2. $2,950,000. Have photos. 306-272-4200, 158 acres, 155 cultivated. New scale asor 306-269-7757. birklem@gmx.de sessment, 107,600. Taxes $1,142/yr. AskMACK AUCTION CO. presents a Land MINERAL RIGHTS. We will purchase and ing price, $275,000. Contact Omar Gomaa Auction for the Estate of Ron Carriere, o r l e a s e y o u r m i n e r a l r i g h t s . by phone at: 403-407-1700, or email to: gomaanm@gmail.com Wakaw, SK. Thursday, March 31, 2016, 7:00 PM at the 1-877-269-9990. cndfree@telusplanet.net Days Inn, Estevan, SK. Up for Unreserved Auction are 8 quarter sections of farmland RM OF CALEDONIA #99 480 acres. 40 RM OF GRANT #372, 30 miles east of in the RM of Benson #35. Some of the mi. SE of Regina. Assess 256,400. Asking Saskatoon off Hwy #5. SE-29-37-28-W2, land will sell with surface lease oil reve- $1190/acre. Keith Bartlett 306-535-5707, 153 acres, 82 cult., 54,700 assessment. MLS® 556060, $152,000. Garry Frie, Royal nue. View www.mackauctioncompany.com Sutton Group Results Realty, Regina, SK. LePage Saskatoon, SK. 639-480-7254. for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or SELLING BY TENDER: RM of Glen Bain 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 105. Approx 1280 acres of grain land with steel quonset, grain bins and an old farm house. For information on placing an offer please call John Cave with Edge Realty at 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com

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Plea s e ca ll M a rcel a t1-403-350-6 8 6 8 M a rcel L eBla n c Rea l Es ta te In c. RM SPIRITWOOD. What a property! This 307 acre grain farm offers a 1204 sq. ft., 3 bdrm home w/full basement, nat. gas heat and well. 40x60 quonset, 5 steel bins, 22x42 garage/shop, plus other yard buildings. Approx. 220 acres cultivated. Located 8 miles East of Spiritwood and 1/2 mile South. Bring your pets and farm animals and enjoy this peaceful area. MLS® 556862. Call Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battlefords, 306-446-8800, 306-441-0512, North Battleford. remaxbattlefords.com HAMMOND REALTY. Excellent ranching opportunity featuring 1,916 acres deeded w/320 acres Crown lease. Includes 425 cropped, 886 hay, 607 native pasture/wet land acres. Features: 1700 sq. ft. home (2012), 40x60 pole shed (2011) and livestock facilities. Located in west central SK. (2.2x assessment) Asking $1,500,000. http://www.timhammond.ca/Listing_ 168959680.html Call 306-948-5052.

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION of Interest to Purchase farmland property. Three quarter sections of cult. farmland located just off Hwy. #26, near Prince, SK., in the RM of Meota #468. Highly assessed good quality farmland: Hamlin Loam to light loam and Shellbrook Loam to light loam soils. Bids starting at $1,050,000 for parcel of all 3 quarters. Please email your Expression of Interest to: bhamilton@ghnlawyers.ca by 4:30 Alberta time on January 23, 2016. Please incl. “Weishaar Estate - Expression of Interest to Purchase Sask. Farmland” in your subject line. Legal descriptions: SE-11-46-17-W3, 160 acres, 130 (81%) cultivated; NE-2-46-17-W3, 152 LAND FOR SALE: RM of Longlaketon, E 1/2 acres, 147 (97%) cult.; SW-2-46-17-W3, 02-24-19 W2. SAMA Property Assessment, 160 acres, 158 (99%) cult. 148,700., $350,000 OBO. 306-726-8171, Southey, SK. kvanb@live.com

LAND FOR SALE: RM of Loreburn, SE30-27-05-W3. MLS® 558918. This 149.11 acres listed for $164,000. and has a signed rental agreement for the 2016 crop season. All offers will be opened on February 22, 2016 at 1:00 PM. Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. For further info www.EdBobiashTeam.com Call Steven Bobiash 306-222-2115, Re/Max Saskatoon

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MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca PASTURE AND HAY land, 1120 acres. This pasture has 620 acres of tame hay, the balance is bush and meadow type openings, quality of harvested spruce timber, small lake approx. 25 acres. 30' deep other creeks and dugouts, fenced with 4 wires and treated posts plus 7 cross fence rotation pastures. 306-466-4466, 306-466-7566, RM 464 Leask, SK. btoth@xplornet.ca 2015 CHALLENGER 37ND, Stock #16341, ($223,623. MSRP), Sale $144,900. (Save $78,723!) Call: 1-866-346-3148, or shop online 24/7 at: www.allandale.com

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WHEAT, CERT. AAC Brandon, AAC Redwater, CERT. CDC SORREL flax seed, Triffid free. AAC Penhold, good quality. 306-547-7432, Call for large and early order discounts. Visa or M/C. 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. Stenen, SK. mannanahseeds@gmail.com www.llseeds.ca CARBERRY CERT. #1, 99% germ., good for fusarium and very good for lodging. Stoll’s BROWN FLAX GROWERS: Gregoire Seed Farm Ltd., has Reg./ Cert. CDC Glas, high Seed Barn, 306-493-7409, Delisle, SK. yielder, easy harvesting. Vol. discounts. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA CWRS AAC 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516, North Brandon, CDC Plentiful, CDC Utmost VB, Battleford, SK. gregfarms@sasktel.net Shaw VB. Call 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. CERT. AAC BRAVO and Prairie Thunder. CERTIFIED #1 AAC BRANDON, AC Shaw F e d o r u k S e e d s , K a m s a c k , S K . , VB, AC Vesper VB, CDC Utmost VB and 306-542-4235, www.fedorukseeds.com Conquer VB. Call Hetland Seeds at Naicam, SK. 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com CERTIFIED CDC BETHUNE flax. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, CERT. CDC PLENTIFUL HRSW, good germ. 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. and vigor. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA New- CPS AAC Foray VB, Penhold, Conquer VB. Call Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK.

CERTIFIED #1 CDC Impala (Small Red) Clearfield. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED Greenstar lentils, no disease. 306-395-2652, Chaplin, SK. CERT. CDC MAXIM. Excellent germ. and disease. Fraser Farms, Pambrun, SK. 306-741-0475, email: foc@sasktel.net CERTIFIED CDC MARBLE, dark speckled lentils. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK CERTIFIED CDC MARBLE French green Lentil, new top yielding, good fit for organic growers. 306-693-9402, Moose jaw, SK. CERT. CDC GREENLAND, green; Cert. CDC Impala, CDC Maxim reds. Call Palmier Seed Farms, Lafleche, SK., 306-472-7824.

CERT. CDC CHERIE, CDC Dazil, and CDC CERTIFIED McLEOD R2Y soybeans from Proclaim red lentil seed, good germ. and SeCan; 33003R2Y soybeans from Thunder. vigor. Shaun 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. Call for large and early order discounts. Visa/MC. www.llseeds.ca 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. CERTIFIED CDC AMARILLO and Limerick TOP QUALITY CERTIFIED alfalfa and grass peas. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, seed. Call Gary or Janice Waterhouse 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK REG., CERT. #1 CDC Utmost, CDC Plenti- 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. FOUNDATION REG. CERT. #1 CDC Limeful, Cardale, AAC Brandon, Conquer. Ardell rick, CDC Greenwater. Also, CDC Marble Seeds Ltd., Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415. (french green lentil). Ardell Seeds Ltd. CWRS WHEAT GROWERS: Gregoire Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415. WANTED Seed Farm Ltd., has Registered/ Cert. AAC CERT. #1 CDC Limerick and Cooper. Call Brandon, good FHB rating, semi dwarf, Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, very high yielder and test weight. Breeze HYBRID AND OPEN-POLLINATED canola Margo, SK. to straight cut. Also good supply of Reg./ varieties. Certified #1 Synergy (Polish), Certified Carberry. Volume discounts. Dekalb, Rugby, Cafe. Fenton Seeds, CERTIFIED CDC LIMERICK green pea 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516, North 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. seed. Sunset Farms, Pennant, SK. Phone: Battleford, SK. gregfarms@sasktel.net 306-626-3388, or 306-741-1523 cell, or email: sunset@sasktel.net CERTIFIED #1 CDC Plentiful, Cardale, Call GrainEx International Ltd. Goodeve VB, Vesper VB, CDC Utmost VB. GREEN! GREEN! GREEN! Gregoire Seed CERTIFIED #1 CDC SORREL. Call Hetland for current pricing at Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. Farm Ltd., has Fdn., Reg., Certified CDC Seeds at Naicam, SK., 306-874-5694. 306-885-2288, Sedley SK. Greenwater, CDC Limerick, CDC Raezer, CERTIFIED CDC Plentiful, CDC Utmost VB, www.hetlandseeds.com Visit us on our website at: CDC Striker. Greens may be the dark horse Lillian. Craswell Seeds Ltd., Strasbourg, WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified CDC www.grainex.net 2016. Volume discounts. 306-441-7851, SK., 306-725-3236. Sorrel, CDC Bethune, Glas. Call Trawin or North Battleford, SK. REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED IBC 550 red 306-445-5516 CERT., REG. AND FDN. AAC Redwater, AC Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. gregfarms@sasktel.net Shaw (VB), Stettler, 0 fusarium. Haralie REG., CERT. CDC Sanctuary, AAC Bravo. lentils, no disease. 306-395-2652, Chaplin, SK. C E R T I F I E D G R E E N W AT E R P E A S . Seeds, 780-662-2617, Tofield, AB. Call Palmier Seed Farms, 306-472-7824, 306-395-2652, Chaplin, SK. CERTIFIED CDC DAZIL CL Red lentil. CERT. AC BRANDON, 0% fusarium; CDC Lafleche, SK. moe.anita@sasktel.net Plentiful; Cardale; CDC Utmost VB; Carber- CDC GLAS (reconst), 93% germ. Tilley, AB. Hansen Seeds. Phone: 306-465-2525, CERT. CDC PATRICK green, CDC Armello 306-861-5679 (cell), Yellow Grass, SK. yellow. Palmier Seed Farms, Lafleche, SK., ry, and Glenn. Fedoruk Seeds, Kamsack, www.fabianseedfarms.com 403-633-9999 306-472-7824, moe.anita@sasktel.net Email: jsh2@sasktel.net SK. 306-542-4235 www.fedorukseeds.com

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NO. 1 CDC GLAS, CDC Sorrel CERT. CDC GREENSTAR large green lentil, CERT. CDC AMARILLO, CDC Greenwater, CERTIFIED CARDALE HRSW, 98% germ., CERTIFIED flax. 306-290-7816, Blaine Lake, SK., g o o d g e r m . a n d v i g o r. C a l l S h a u n exc germ. and disease. Fraser Farms, Pam0.0% fusarium. 403-633-9999, Tilley, AB. shewchukseeds.com 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. brun, SK., 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net www.fabianseedfarms.com CERT. AAC BRAVO, CDC Sanctuary, CDC LESS FUSARIUM MORE bottom line. Sorrel, CDC Bethune. Fraser Farms, PamGP Wheat WFT603 seed available. Suitable brun, SK. 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net for ethanol production and livestock feed. Western Feed Grain Development Co-op CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo. Ltd. 1-877-250-1552, www.wfgd.ca Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. REG., CERT. CDC Utmost VB, AC Unity VB, CERT. CDC SANCTUARY flax, #1 variety Lillian, Waskada, Goodeve. Call Palmier in the brown soil zone. Printz Family • High yielding (107–112% of check) Seed Farms, 306-472-7824, Lafleche, SK. Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., 306-380-7769, moe.anita@sasktel.net 306-648-3511. • Medium to later maturity CERTIFIED BRANDON WHEAT. Call Grant, CERT. AAC BRAVO brown flax, good germ. • Good disease package G r e e n s h i e l d s S e e d s , 3 0 6 - 7 4 6 - 7 3 3 6 , and vigor. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. 306-524-4339, Semans, SK.

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CERTIFIED #1 CDC LIMERICK and CDC Greenwater. Hetland Seeds at Naicam, SK., 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com CERTIFIED 40-10 FORAGE peas, 99% germ., high protein, perfect for blending w i t h c e r e a l s . Va n B u r c k S e e d s , 306-863-4377, Star City SK. CERT. CDC AMARILLO and CDC Hornet yellow peas, good germ. and vigor. Call Shaun at: 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK.

OATS, TOP YIELDING and milling variety, grown from certified, 94% germ, no off types. 780-387-6399, Wetaskiwin, AB.

TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses and custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK.

PASKAL CATTLE in Iron Springs area is HAILED WHEAT BALES, very good feed, looking for Feed Barley. Put more $$$ in average weight 1400 lbs. 306-937-2880 or your pocket and sell direct to us with no 306-441-5010, Battleford, SK. brokerage fee. Please call 403-317-1365. STRAW BALES: 500 round barley and WANTED FEED BARLEY- Buffalo Plains 500 round wheat straw bales. All net Cattle Company is looking to purchase wrapped. Ph 780-878-4655, Ferintosh, AB. barley. For pricing and delivery dates, call WHEAT AND OAT straw bales, baled with Kristen 306-631-8769, Bethune, SK. 568 JD baler with net wrap. For more info 306-246-4442, Hafford, SK. MIXED HAY ROUND bales, approx. 1300 lbs., $35 per bale. Call Vic 204-278-3346, Teulon, MB.

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M C I N T Y R E R A N C H I N G C O . LT D. www.mcintyreranch.com, located thirty miles south of Lethbridge, AB., seeks to fill a full-time position. An experienced ranch hand who must be capable at: riding, roping, fencing, feeding, bedding, calving and general animal husbandry. Must provide own horses. This cow/long-yearling cattle operation is performance oriented in the areas of livestock, employees and management. Emphasis is placed on teamwork and communication. On location housing which can accommodate a small family, is provided. A benefit package is offered including a group RRSP and a company pension program. If you believe yourself to be qualified to contribute and are interested in working with a company that takes great pride in what it does, resumes can be faxed to: 403-329-9403, or mailed to: Box 700, Lethbridge, AB. T1J 3Z6. or email: R3@mcintyreranch.com

LOOKING FOR EXPERIENCED calving help. Feb. 1 - June 1, hourly wage, housing available. Must be reliable and responsible. Call Lee Miller 403-888-6713, Hanna, AB. Please email resume and references to: millerranch2012@gmail.com SOUTHERN ALBERTA RANCH looking for experienced ranch hand. Applicant must have extensive cattle handling and health experience. Must be proficient with pasture roping and possess good horsemanship skills. Duties will include herd health, pasture rotation, calving and winter feeding. Haying and fencing duties in addition to general maintenance of buildings and machinery are also a component. Welding experience would also be an asset. We are seeking a person that is self-motivated, patient, works well with others, hard working and flexible. Must have ability to perform physically demanding work. References required and housing available. Phone 403-646-2955. REWARDING CAREER OPPORTUNITY. This is not a help wanted ad for "just a job." This is a wonderful career "opportunity" for someone young and energetic to work and eventually manage a family owned beef cow/calf operation NE of Edmonton. A "passion" to raise cattle and a "strong work ethic" is essential. Your desire is a phone call away. 780-656-5665, 780-576-3300. FULL-TIME FARM LABOURER HELP. Applicants should have previous farm experience and mechanical ability. Duties include operation of machinery, including tractors and other farm equip., as well as general farm laborer duties. $25/hour depending on experience. Must be able to cross US border. Location: Pierson, MB/Gainsborough, SK. Feland Bros. Farms, Greg Feland and Wade Feland, Box 284, Pierson, MB. R0M 1S0. 701-756-6954.

PERMANENT FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE for Potato Farm in Fort Saskatchewan, AB. Applicant should have previous potato farm experience. Must be reliable, detail oriented and have Class 3 driver’s licence. Mechanical experience a must. Duties incl. working on and around potato handling equipment and other farm equip., directing seasonal employees, irrigation duties. Family housing available. Salary depends upon experience. www.norbestfarms.com Email resume: norbest@albertacom.com FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY on Grain Operation and Ag Business at Earl Grey, SK. Equipment operating exp. and mechanical ability essential. Remuneration pkg incl. competitive salary, benefits, being located close to city and rec. activities. Email: info@brewsteragindustries.com 2 SEASONAL FARM MACHINERY operators required. Must be able to operate grain cart, tandem grain truck, FWA tractor w/rockpicker, 4WD tractor for harrowing. Also manual labour for upkeep of leafcutter bees and general servicing of equipment. May 1 to October 31. $15-$18/hr. 101008187 SK Ltd., 303 Frontier Trail, Box 372, Wadena, SK., S0A 4J0. Fax: 306-338-3733, phone: 306-338-7561, or email: cfehr9860@hotail.com HELPER WANTED ON mixed farm. Steady job for right person. Room and board avail. 403-631-2373, 403-994-0581, Olds, AB. TWO GENERAL FARM LABOURERS for spring 2016 on Grain/Alfalfa seed/Leafcutter Bee farm near Wroxton, SK. Experience with operating and maintaining 2WD and 4WD tractors, sprayers, tandem trucks, trailers, rockpickers, augers, mowers, swather, combines. Must be physically fit as fields must be rogued and manual labour with Leafcutter Bees requires heavy lifting indoors and out, and the ability to work long hours when necessary. English speaking, valid drivers license, able to work independently and as part of a team, 35 plus hours per week. $16.50 or more per hour, depending on skills. Carpentry, welding, GPS and computer technology, high clearance sprayer operation and traiing in mechanics are assets. Accomodation available. Contact Wendell Farms Ltd., Box 8 , Yo r k t o n , S K . S 3 N 2 V 6 o r e m a i l : wfl@wendell.ca FARM HELP WANTED, April 15 to Nov. 30. Would hopefully return next year. Some experience in farm equipment operation, mechanical abilities, clean driver’s license, $15.50-17.50/hr., depending on experience. Extra training will be provided. Ph. 306-335-2777, fax resume and references to: 306-335-2773, Lemberg, SK.

WILLNER-ELBOW GRAZING CORP. (WEG), established by pasture patrons, is seeking 2 seasonal riders to work with an experienced Manager caring for approximately 2100 pair of cattle on 41,000 acres of pasture. WEG is centrally located in the Prov. between Saskatoon, Regina and Moose Jaw. Applicants must have their own horse/tack and must display horsemanship and good roping skills. Work includes cattle take-in and take-out, diagnosis/treatment of sick or injured cattle, low stress cattle checks and field moves, water checks and general maintenance. We offer accommodation, competitive compensation along with opportunity for career growth and advancement. For more info. contact Ross Sigfusson at 306-567-4709 or jansig@sasktel.net or Doug Vollmer at 306-567-7616 or Brent Griffin at 306-867-3714, Bladworth, SK. TWO APIARY WORKERS for spring 2016 on Leafcutter Bee Farm in Calder, SK. Applicants must be physically fit, able to repeatedly lift 35 lbs or more, work weekends and long hours when required, as weather conditions change. Assemble/disassemble bee nests; prepare cacoons for hatching; place/remove bee equipment in fields; field, yard, building and equipment maintenance; harvest cacoons, disinfect equipment. English and driver’s license required. Work is indoors and outdoors, seasonal employment, 35 plus hours per week, $12/hr. Housing available. Prairie Agro Ltd., Box 8, Yorkton, SK. S3N 2V6 or email: employment@prairieagro.com

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MOUNTAIN HUNTING GUIDE Wanted. Experienced Mountain Hunting Guide wanted for Northern British Columbia. Must be a team player and help with every aspect of the operation. Horse experience a must. SODERGLEN SOUTH at Cardston, AB is Have valid driver's license. Able to take care looking for a Seasonal Employee (April of your client for the duration of the hunt. to December) for ranch duties specific to Pay to be discussed. 406-868-0624. purebred cow/calf calving, record keeping, A.I., and herd health. This position has the opportunity to become full-time for the PERMANENT FULL-TIME POSITION. Shelter right person. Candidates must have a Valley Pork Farm LP is currently looking for minimum of 5 years cow/calf experience a barn maintenance and feed mill operator and experience with purebred cattle is a for a 1600 sow farrow to finish barn in definite asset. Competitive salary, housing Naicam, SK. Duties include maintaining and benefits provided. The start date for equipment in barn (including daily preventhis position is April 1, 2016. Please email tative and repair maintenance) and overelan@soderglen.com with your resume seeing operation of feed mill (including and references. Only successful applicants receiving grain and daily maintenance). will be contacted. Competitive wage. For more info, contact Craig at 780-209-8262. Fax resume to 780-857-2827.

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ASSISTANT TO THE General Manager. LoCost Propane, a family owned business of over 56 years, is looking for a full-time Assistant to the GM based at our location in Lethbridge, AB. The ideal applicant would have 5+ years of transportation experience, preferably in the Propane gas industry. Duties include: oversight of shop personnel; a fleet of 50 trucks and our rental tank asset base. Qualifications: minimum 5 years experience in the transportation industry. The successful candidate can expect a highly competitive salary. Apply with resume to: hr@lo-costpropane.com

SALES AGENTS REQUIRED. Are you outgoing and desire job flexibility for a work/family balance? We have an opportunity for you. 100% outside sales, home based, commission with incentives. Our successful Agents are from backgrounds such as: Farmers, Business Owners, Sales Representatives. PowerRich was formed in 1984 as a family owned business. The main market for PowerRich products is farmers. If interested, we’d like to talk to you. Call or email: Greg Grant, General Sales Manager, Power Rich Fertilizers, 1-800-491-8984. greg@powerrich.com

WANT: MILLWIRGHT MECHANIC & Laborers to work on grain terminals in Western Canada. Mark 306-227-8433, Saskatoon, SK

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EXPERIENCED LIVE-IN CAREGIVER looking for work to care for senior. Phone 306-551-7300. WORK NEEDED, with accommodation. Experience with calving and machinery. Call Brian 780-864-9868, Stettler, AB.

RANCH HAND REQUIRED. Full-time position available immediately on progressive cow/calf operation near Williams Lake, BC. Previous farming experience preferred, but willing to train the right individual. Valid driver's license required. Single or family housing supplied. Please fax resume to 250-989-4244, or email to springfieldranchltd@gmail.com FARM/RANCH HAND LOOKING for two farm/ranch hands to help at two different locations. One ranch is located south of Longview, AB. and the other farm is located South West of Calgary. Previous experience with beef cattle is required. Duties include but are not limited to feeding and watering cattle, calving during winter months, bedding cattle, fencing etc. Mechanical experience considered an asset. Salary is based on experience. Living quarters and farm truck included. Call 403-860-4726.

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Beef industry reducing greenhouse gas share New study finds that the industry has reduced emissions while at the same time increased productivity BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

STE. ROSE DU LAC, Man. — A new study has found that Canada’s beef industry emits 3.6 percent of the nation’s greenhouse gases. Putting that in context, the country’s cars, trains, buses and planes produce 25 percent of national emissions, according to Environment Canada. The data might prompt beef producers to ask an obvious question: why should we care about emissions from cattle if Toronto suburbanites are commuting an hour to work? Betty Green, a cattle producer from Fisher Branch, Man., said the answer is simple. Many people in urban Canada think cows are poisoning the atmosphere and causing climate change. Therefore, people in the cattle industry have to be part of the solution. “We’re going to be targeted. The people in Toronto look out (at) the landscape, they look at the cattle and say, ‘you’re the problem,’ ” she told a Manitoba beef and forage week seminar held Jan. 12 in Ste. Rose du Lac. “They never point back at themselves.” Scientists with Agriculture Canada in Lethbridge and the University of Manitoba are evaluating the environmental footprint of the beef industry. This month they published the first component of the study in Animal Production Science, comparing greenhouse gas emissions from Canada’s beef sector in 1981 to 2011. They determined that the industry emitted 15 percent fewer greenhouse gases in 2011, per kilogram of beef, than they did in 1981. Seventy-five percent of the industry’s carbon footprint comes from cattle methane emissions. The remainder comes from nitrous oxide, mostly manure, and carbon diox ide, which is emitted by machinery used in beef production. “When we talk about methane, for example, every day an animal is alive he or she is burping out methane,” said Kristen Tapley, a cattle producer from Langruth, Man., who works for the U of M. “They need to do that to digest fibre in their gut. If we can speed up that process, of getting the calf off

Feeding cattle only grain is the best way to reduce methane production, but it would be an uneconomical way to produce beef. | the cow and through the feedlot, our carbon footprint goes down.” The scientists found that Canadian cattle producers have managed to do just that. Productivity is up and greenhouse emissions are down. Producing the same amount of beef in 2011 required 27 percent fewer slaughter cattle and 24 percent less land. Getahun Legesse, a U of M scientist who spoke in Ste. Rose, said weaning weight was up 20 percent between 1981 and 2011, steer weight was up 29 percent and heifer weight was up 45 percent. Legesse said ranchers have selected cows that gain weight more rapidly and improved the quality of forages in their animals’ diets. The scientists also measured a 15 percent improvement in reproductive efficiency from 1981 to 2011.

“Every day a cow is alive she’s belching out methane,” Tapley said. “So if she’s alive and didn’t give you a calf, that’s not only costing you feed money, it’s also increasing your carbon footprint.” Seventy-eight percent of all the methane produced by Canadian cows comes from the cow-calf sector because ruminants generate significantly more methane when they eat forage. The beef industry could cut emissions by switching entirely to a grain based diet, but that’s not economical. “We could feed our cows, in a pen, all concentrated diet (of grains) and we would drastically reduce the methane produced as a cowcalf industry,” Tapley said. “But we would lose all the benefits of grasslands.”

Reducing emissions by 15 percent is a tremendous accomplishment, but the beef industry can make further improvements, Tapley added. Cow-calf operators will continue to adopt practices that increase rate of gain and production efficiency, which will provide the side benefit of reducing methane emissions. Tapley said cutting greenhouse gas emissions while increasing productivity is an amazing story, and telling that story is critical. “Right now one of the most important challenges is how the public is perceiving us,” he said. “(It) is starting to dictate how we do our jobs.” Tim McAllister, an Agriculture Canada scientist and lead author of the study, said taking action to cut methane emissions is a better

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choice than doing nothing. “I think most producers realize there’s … a change in the mind set of the consumer. Not only are they asking for high quality and safe meat, they’re also asking … how that meat is produced,” he said. “At the end of the day, the consumer is the boss…. If you’re producing something that nobody wants to buy, for whatever reason, you’re not going to be in business very long.” Agriculture Canada and the U of M will continue the study until 2018 and report on cattle’s impact on water and the ecological services of pastureland. The Beef Cattle Research Council, an arm of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, is the main funder of the study. robert.arnason@producer.com

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Growth promotants’ role in making cattle bigger unclear BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

STE. ROSE DU L AC, Man. — Research shows that slaughter steers are 29 percent heavier and heifers are 45 percent heavier than they were three decades ago. However, it’s unclear how much growth promotants have contributed to those gains. Tim McAllister, an Agriculture Canada cattle nutrition expert in Lethbridge, is leading a team of scientists looking at the environmental impact of Canada’s beef industry. Growth promotants, or

hormones, are responsible for a portion of production improvements from 1981 to 2011, but nailing down a percentage wasn’t part of the study. “It’s very difficult to get information … because it depends on what growth promotant you’re talking about, how it was administered and what was the nature of the cattle it was administered to,” he said. “We just don’t have that kind of data … to specifically answer that question.” Studies suggest growth promotants improve cattle feed efficiency by five to 20 percent.

“I would say they’re probably more universally used than they were in 1981,” McAllister said. “We know it’s a contributing factor to the efficiencies.” Growth hormones are controversial because some consumers believe they aren’t natural and contaminate beef with unnecessary compounds. McAllister said research has repeatedly demonstrated that growth promotants are safe. They may be contentious, but growth promotants likely reduce cattle’s environmental impact. Fewer animals are needed to pro-

duce beef if animals reach slaughter weight more rapidly, which reduces methane emissions. McAllister and his colleagues determined that improvements in genetics, feed efficiency and forage quality decreased methane emissions, per kilogram of beef, by 15 percent from 1981 to 2011. Cattle producers can further reduce those emissions by using biotechnology and other innovations. “A lot of that will (depend) upon society’s acceptance of advanced technologies,” McAllister said. “Because of the developments in

genomics and meta-genomics … that weren’t available five to 10 years ago … those give us the ability to be more refined, more calculated in the approaches for improvement.” Growth implants are an example of technology that could disappear, McAllister said. If North American consumers reject the use of growth promotants, as they have in Europe, the beef industry will struggle to maintain production gains and cut greenhouse gas emissions in the future. robert.arnason@producer.com

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AQUACULTURE

Trout flourish on Manitoba chicken farm Producers raise rainbow trout in a recirculating aquaculture system, which alleviates concerns over farmed fish BY TOM WALKER FREELANCE WRITER

STONEWALL, Man. — Manitoba chicken farmers Rudy and Leslie Reimer have turned a government program, good animal husbandry skills and direct marketing experience into a viable land-based rainbow trout farm business. “One of the major things we have seen over the last three years is a change in the market,” said Rudy Reimer from his Watersong Farms near Stonewall. “When we first started we were ahead of the game. Consumers didn’t know about the sustainability of fish from land based RAS (recirculating aquaculture system) technology. Now it is a most desirable product, and consumers are willing to pay a premium.” The Reimers have a permit to raise and sell from the farmgate 25,000 roasting chickens a year, carrying on a family farm tradition that began in the 1960s. It’s an unusual right, which was grandfathered in when Manitoba adopted supply management. “We are always under pressure from the marketing board (other farmgate sellers are allowed only 999 birds) and we were looking to diversify and expand as we only have two three-month growing cycles for our birds,” Reimer said. In 2008, the Reimers were accepted into a now defunct federally and provincially funded program coordinated by the Inter-provincial Partnership for Sustainable Freshwater Aquaculture Development.

Farmed trout can be a viable business model and can overcome the negative stereotypes of farmed fish with the proper system and by building customer relations. | NORTHWEST POWER AND CONSERVATION/FLICKR PHOTO Capital costs of $1.4 million were covered, with the Reimers supplying the building, well system and all the operating costs. A U-shaped concrete raceway — six feet deep, 16 feet wide and 280 feet long —is housed in a converted implement shed. Water is pumped from an aquifer at an ideal temperature of 7 C. Ninetyeight percent of it is recirculated. A bio-filter system uses beneficial bacteria to clean the water, solids

are dried in an outdoor pond to be sold as fertilizer and discharged water irrigates alfalfa. Reimer starts with 25 gram fingerlings, which he buys in southern Manitoba, He then grows them to the two kilogram weight that the market prefers in 12-16 months. He uses a commercial trout food to reach a feed conversion ratio of 1 to 1. It’s taken Reimer a couple of years to get the RAS technology working the way he likes it.

“The consultants that designed the system didn’t have a lot of hands-on experience, he said. “But I’m a farmer, I know how to look after animals” They initially drove the fish to Wild West Steelhead in Saskatchewan, which was an eight to 10 hour drive over night. Wild West bought most of the Reimers’ fish, but the lower price of wholesale and the 35 cent per pound transportation cost were eating the profits.

“We are now able to have local fish wholesaler Neptune Mariner process our fish here in Winnipeg,” said Reimer. Mariner also handles wholesale distribution, while the Reimers retain about 10 percent for farmgate sales. “People now ask for Watersong trout at restaurants and grocery stores,” he said. The brand name carries a SeaChoice “green” rating. Land-based aquaculture didn’t have much of a following when the Reimers started, but they went right for the top of the market. They took their fresh fillets and smoked trout to the Wolseley Farmers Market, a destination for young, hip, socially progressive Winnipeg residents, who were already some of the 1,200 customers for their specialty free-run chickens. “Farmed fish? We’re not interested, they would say,” Reimer said. “So I would ask them what their issues were with farmed fish.” The list included escapes, disease, antibiotics and poor use of water. The Reimers talked to customers, gave them literature and showed videos of their closed RAS system. “I was able to talk to them directly as a producer and explain that our farm had none of those issues.” he said. “They liked the smoked trout, and they would take one or two fresh fillets home to try. The next time they’d take three or four fillets.”

TECHNOLOGY

German robot stepping up as multi-functional farm hand REBECA KUROPATWA FREELANCE WRITER

A new multi-functional mobile robot developed in Germany is taking on more tasks in the field. “What is standard today in factory automation is a novelty in crop farming,” said Slawomir Sander of Deepfield Robotics. “Yet agriculture is a prime place for applying automation technology due to its repeating, successively executed and well-defined sub-processes.” Plant trait rating in variety breeding is at the beginning of the agricultural value chain, and a joint development project between Bosch, Amazone-Werke and the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences was started in 2008 to automate this task. “Plant trait rating is a manual process,” said Sander. “It includes tasks like counting, measuring and crop-specific quality classification. Breeders note their rating results in the field and analyze them thereafter using computers.” Arno Ruckelshausen, a professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Osnabrück, Germany, developed the first Bonitur-Roboter (BoniRob) to independently travel over field trial plots and gather plant traits using optical sensors.

In 2011, the partners decided to expand the potential tasks of BoniRob and completed BoniRob II in 2014. “BoniRob II provides a multipurpose application slot for free user access in order to plug in different app-modules,” said Sander. “The BoniRob is a self-propelling, electrically driven machine that includes basic functions for localization and navigation. At the same time, it provides a power supply, sensor data, and data management functions for the application slot interface. Sander said BoniRob users have a variety of app modules, including one that measures plants using light. Vegetable growers and nurseries will benefit from the precision spraying app, which reduces the amount of herbicides applied and improves their efficiency by precise spot spraying. The Bosch Company decided to speed up development in 2014 and started a sister company, Deepfield Robotics. The company’s young team of engineers, computer experts, and agricultural scientists garnered attention at Agritechnica, the world’s largest agricultural show in Germany. BoniRob III has now been released and delivered to its first customers: 10 white asparagus

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farmers. The robot’s laser sensors, computer vision and complex controls allow it to navigate a field, follow plant rows and turn automatically. Sander said the connected sensor system allows asparagus growers to fully control quality. “By closely monitoring the temperature, the farmer is able to make best use of the raised bed film covers to control soil temperature,” he said. “The precious vegetable tastes and looks best when grown under optimum temperature. Additional functions like alarms, temperature sums, and messaging improve the farmer’s decision just at a glance on his smartphone.” The Deepfield team has set itself the goal of herbicide-free weed control and unveiled a prototype at Agritechnica.

The BoniRob can analyze plants in field for viruses and insects and assess how well plants are growing based on size, colour and other factors. The robot’s automatic image recognition helps speed up the time it takes to bring new plant varieties to market. | BOSCH PHOTO The Robotic Weeder is based on Deepfield 4D scan and its ability to identify individual crop plants in the field and distinguish them from weed plants. “A multi-tube stamp mechanism fires a single-tube stamp when a weed plant was detected by the Robotic Weeder’s eye,” said Sander. “During field tests on a carrot field, the mechanism has proven high efficiency (more than 90 percent) when applied to weeds in an early stage (two-leaf state). In this set up, it destroyed the cellular

structure of the plant by means of the mechanical impulse.” The company will sell the machine to research institutes and universities in the European Union in 2016 for $380,000, while Canadian and Amer ican sales are expected as early as 2017. “For specific tasks (like weeding), there are smaller, cheaper platforms which will cost roughly as much as a mid-size tractor,” said Sander. For more information, visit www. deepfield-robotics.com and www. deepfield-robotics.com/videos/ WeedingStory.mp4.

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FARM WORKER REGULATIONS

B.C. farmers warn against mandatory overtime Producers say an ill-fated experiment in the province in the early 2000s wreaked havoc in the agricultural industry BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

LANGLEY, B.C. — The Alberta government should think hard before implementing overtime pay on agriculture operations or they will force jobs out of the province, warned British Columbia agriculture producers. “The whole primary agriculture needs an overtime exemption. We cannot live with overtime,” said Stan Vander Waal, chair of the British Columbia Agriculture Council and owner of Rainbow Greenhouses in Chilliwack, B.C., and Iron Springs, Alta. “This does not translate into simply more jobs. Overtime will drive primary jobs from Alberta to jurisdictions like B.C. where overtime is not paid.” Vander Waal said he had planned a five-acre expansion to his 1.2 million sq. foot greenhouse in southern Alberta but cancelled it because of the uncertainty surrounding labour rule changes following the passing of Bill 6 in the province in December. The bill removes farms’ exemption from occupational health and safety, mandatory workers compensation, labour relations and employment standards. Alberta farmers told the provincial government during consultation meetings earlier this winter that introducing overtime pay and other benefits to farms would be unworkable, especially in the busy harvest and calving seasons. No labour law changes have yet been made. “Farm workers have no choice other than to simply ‘make hay while the sun shines,’ ” Vander Waal said in an email. “There is no other way to plant, do crop and animal care, work, harvest or milk when it’s time, pick your tomatoes or flowers at the perfect time to assure they don’t spoil.”

The owner of greenhouses in British Columbia and Alberta says he cancelled expansion plans in Alberta because of the uncertainty surrounding proposed changes to overtime pay regulations. | FILE PHOTO Rainbow Greenhouses produces flowers and vegetables for seeds and cuttings at its 1.2 million sq. foot greenhouse in Alberta and its 1.2 million sq. foot greenhouse in B.C., which employ 225 full-time and 75 seasonal workers. Rhonda Driediger, who operates a blueberry farm and a packing facility in Langley, said the then NDP government created chaos when it introduced double overtime after 40 hours a week for farm workers. Industry meetings turned violent as farmers shouted death threats at government officials. “It was chaos,” said Driediger,

labour co-chair of the B.C. Agricultural Council. Driediger and other farm owners who rely on seasonal agriculture workers halted work after 40 hours rather than pay overtime. The workers, many who came from other countries to work for a few months, were angry. They walked across the road to other jobs after 40 hours and continued to work, she said. “It didn’t stop anything, it didn’t improve anything,” said Driediger, who has 100 to 150 seasonal workers in the field and 100 in the processing plant. “Now they were just pissed

because they had to work at two different places. We were pissed because we had to have massive crews coming and going but had to monitor them so they could only work 40 hours. It solved nothing.” The government eventually reversed its decision, and overtime is no longer paid in weatherdependent jobs. However, workers cannot work excessive hours. Driediger said farms take advantage of sunny days to work longer in the field, but farm worker hours can’t be averaged over long periods of times. Workers must be paid twice a month.

David Janssens, a dairy farmer from Surrey, said he isn’t obliged to pay his six employees for the 10 statutory holidays a year, but he does as a recognition of their work and an incentive to stay. He said his supply-managed dairy business can afford to pay its workers well, and providing the same labour standards as other industries is just the cost of doing business. “It’s not the 1970s,” he said. “I can’t yell at my employees like my dad used to.” mary.macarthur@producer.com

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CROPSPHERE

Farmers want carbon sequestration payment The resolution approved by a variety of Sask. commodity groups is a response to expectations for a national carbon tax BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Saskatchewan crop commodity groups want governments to compensate farmers for carbon sequestration. A re s o l u t i o n t hat ma d e t h e rounds at the CropSphere conference directs crop associations to work together to formulate a unified front in advance of what they feel is a pending carbon tax. The resolution was put forward by Dave Sefton, a director of the Saskatchewan Flax Development Commission, and fine-tuned by John Bennett, a director of

Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. The target of the original resolution was the federal government. Sefton said the Liberals recently signed an agreement at the Paris climate conference that he believes will lead to a national carbon tax. “I think there is going to be something come down the tube, and we as producer groups need to get our strategy lined up,” he said. Sefton said the former Liberal government of prime minister Jean Chretien wasn’t going to pay farmers for the carbon they sequestered through zero till practices. “In fact, they were prepared to

expropriate it and claim it as a government credit towards the Kyoto agreement,” he said. Bennett, who spent a lot of time on the carbon credit file during his tenure with the Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association, said the Chretien government was originally going to expropriate the sequestered carbon but then decided to compensate farmers through a carbon lease system that was never implemented. He said S efton’s resolution needed to be amended to include lobbying the Saskatchewan government because the current federal plan says provinces will be

responsible for implementing a carbon tax. “Unless they fall into squabbling, it’s the provincial government we need to pay attention to,” said Bennett. He said Saskatchewan has spent $1.6 billion rebuilding coal-fired power generation plants with carbon capture technology, saving 400,000 tonnes of carbon a year. By contrast, the SSCA’s Prairie Soil Carbon Balance project has determined that farmers sequester more than eight million tonnes of carbon annually by direct seeding 23 million acres of farmland. Bennett said the SSCA wants to get

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If you grow it, will sales follow? Enticing maltsters and brewers to test new malting barley varieties first entails enticing producers to grow enough for them to test BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

A handful of newer malting barley varieties are beginning to gain traction among brewers and foreign buyers of Canadian malt and malting barley. But as usual, acceptance is slow and it will take time to develop stable, established markets. For the next two or three years at least, established standbys such as Metcalfe and Copeland will likely remain the most widely produced malting barley varieties in Western Canada. Peter Watts, executive director of the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre, said foreign interest in newer varieties such as Synergy and Kindersley is building. “Synergy is one variety that’s on a lot of people’s lips,” said Watts. “It look like it’s quite well suited for both the adjunct brewing and the craft brewing markets, so it looks very versatile. Kindersley is another one that has some potential.” Watts told a Jan. 12 CropSphere meeting that exports of Synergy would be greater if more was grown in Canada. Promotion of newer malting barley varieties is a high priority at the barley research centre. Newer varieties with superior yield potential, disease resistance packages, agronomic characteristics and brewing attributes have been registered in Canada, but the task of promoting them to largescale breweries continues to be a challenge. Brewing companies that like the attributes of Metcalfe and Cope-

land are reluctant to switch to newer varieties, which are grown in limited quantities. “It’s a classic chicken and egg situation,” said Watts. “End users are very comfortable using varieties like Metcalfe and Copeland. They would be very interested in trying new varieties, but we don’t have the quantities available for them to try. So the question is, how do you get your p ro d u c t i o n o f a n e w v a r i e t y ramped up to the level where you can supply those big malting and brew ing companies w ith big enough quantities in order to test those new varieties.” The centre has been working with seed companies to develop a more co-ordinated approach to promoting new Canadian varieties. Canadian stakeholders are working to secure larger volumes of new varieties, which allows overseas brewers to run test batches to assess brewing characteristics. “We’re working with seed companies and with end users — the buyers in China in particular right now — to get plant scale quantities over to China for them to test,” Watts said. “That’s an initiative that we’re working on right now so that end users can really evaluate these new varieties in their own facilities instead of relying on quality data.” Watts said plant scale quantities of a couple of hundred tonnes are needed to give overseas buyers a reasonable opportunity to assess malting and brewing performance. brian.cross@producer.com

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PLANT BREEDING

Funding deal will speed research into disease, pest resistant durum Some focus will be on testing new varieties on the Regina Plains BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

The University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre has announced another major funding agreement to support its plant breeding programs. CDC has signed a multi-year

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aimed at improving early screening and selection activities, expanding varietal testing capacity, enhancing genomics capacity and speeding the development of new durum varieties that offer better yields, improved disease packages and pest resistance. A key component of the funding will focus on developing and commercializing new durum varieties with improved fusarium resistance. It is expected that the deal will result in expanded testing capacity for promising new durum lines and the establishment of additional fusarium nursery capacity in the province. In exchange, SaskWheat and SeCan will secure a portion of royalties on an undetermined number of yet-to-be-registered CDC durum varieties. The deal will involve no more than 50 percent of the new durum varieties produced by the CDC during the term of the deal. SaskWheat has committed $200,000 per year for the first five years of the deal and has an option to renew the deal for an additional five years. That translates into a total commitment of $1 to $2 million over the next five to 10 years. Details of SeCan’s commitment are still being finalized, but general manager Jeff Reid said it will involve in-kind support. “Some of the exact details in terms of financial contributions versus in-kind are still to be worked out, and a lot of that will be based on the needs of the program itself,” said Reid. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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AG EDUCATION VIDEO

Canola group uses social media to dispel misinformation BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

The Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission recently debuted a 30-minute documentary film designed to win back consumer confidence in farming. “The conversations about agriculture and food production have grown exponentially since the birth of social media,” said former commission chair Dale Leftwich. “That has made it easier to share misinformation as well as information very quickly with the global network.” License to Farm is the commission’s attempt to address the myths about farming that are making the

rounds on social media. “This phenomenon of food fear has put producer prosperity, our prosperity, in jeopardy,” he told delegates attending the commission’s annual general meeting at CropSphere. “So SaskCanola has taken the action of producing a video.” The film addresses consumer concerns about genetically modified food, pointing out that the technology has allowed farmers to use less diesel fuel and adopt zero till seeding techniques, said commission vice-chair Doyle Wiebe. “I’m 61 now, and 40 years ago I saw my land blowing away. Now I haven’t had a dust storm since (adopting zero till),” he said.

This phenomenon of food fear has put producer prosperity, our prosperity, in jeopardy, So SaskCanola has taken the action of producing a video. DALE LEFTWICH SASKATCHEWAN CANOLA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION FORMER CHAIR

The documentary also sets people straight on pesticides. Wiebe said people think all the fluid shooting out of sprayers is chemical. “The amount of actual chemical is very small on a per acre basis.

Most of what you see is water.” Scientists are interviewed to confirm how much testing and regulation is involved in registering a pesticide or GM crop. The film’s target audience is fellow farmers, and the goal is to encourage them to engage in meaningful conversations with urban dwellers to help dispel some of those myths. “It really encourages farmers to think about the moral high ground that you actually have,” said Leftwich. “It’s so easy for other people to decide that they know what’s best for the environment and what’s best for the world and that farmers are pawns in that process.”

The video talks about how farmers are producing more with less by employing more efficient and sustainable practices. “Farmers are the people who are in the environment. We’re the people who wake up every morning, and we see what’s going on around us,” he said. SaskCanola is working with groups such as Farm & Food Care Canada, Agriculture in the Classroom, Farm Credit Canada and other commodity groups to ensure the video is viewed by as many people as possible. The film can also be viewed at licensetofarm.com. sean.pratt@producer.com

» CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE “One thing we want to do at SeCan is provide some additional research capacity on the Regina Plains, where a good portion of the durum is grown in Saskatchewan. There probably has been less testing capacity there than what’s really required so ... certainly a good portion SeCan’s contribution is going to be involved in developing that testing capacity.” SaskWheat chair Bill Gehl said the CDC deal is important for Saskatchewan producers, who normally produce 80 to 90 percent of the country’s durum. He said fusarium is a huge issue affecting durum growers, along with pest related losses caused by the wheat stem sawfly and the orange blossom wheat midge. The development of fusarium resistant durum varieties is still a few years away, but varieties with improved pest resistance are already in the pipeline and could be among the new cultivars involved in the deal. New varieties with improved pest tolerance should be available very quickly, he added. “It’s kind of nice to be part of something that’s going to be so close to producers’ bottom lines,” he said. “There’s been a lot of projects that we’ve invested in that are 10, 15, 20 years out, but this is going to pay fruits in less the five years.” SaskWheat’s funding commitment comes as producer groups across Western Canada look for ways to maximize their returns on research aimed at plant breeding and varietal development. Wheat and barley commissions recently commissioned a report that looked at different investment models to determine how farmers could get the best return for their investment dollars. One of the models being discussed is a farmer funded and directed cereal breeding program. Another is a continuation of the status quo with greater co-ordination between provincial cereal grain commissions. Under the terms of the deal, SeCan and SaskWheat will share 20 percent of the royalties from the varieties involved in the deal. SaskWheat will secure an additional 10 percent of royalties on all CDC durum varieties developed during the deal. brian.cross@producer.com

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Canola growers still simmering over quinclorac Producer accuses commodity groups of lack of support when grain companies threatened to ban crops grown with registered herbicide BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Madeline and Christian Holt took a tour while visiting their grandparents’ farm last month. Keith and Paulette Holt live near Bengough, Sask. | PAULETTE HOLT PHOTO

Canola groups faced questions last week at the Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission’s annual meeting over its handling of the quinclorac situation. Quinclorac is the active ingredient in Clever, a herbicide to control cleavers that was sold by Great Northern Growers this spring and applied on up to 1.2 percent of Canada’s canola. The company received Pest Mana g e m e nt R e g u l at o r y A g e n c y approval for the product May 29 and decided to sell it to growers despite the lack of established maximum residue limits (MRLs) in China and Japan, Canada’s two biggest export markets. Grain companies initially said they would not accept quincloractreated canola but have since softened that stance. Corey Loessin, a grower from Radisson, Sask., said the first hint that something was wrong came June 26 when the council posted a document on its website warning growers not to use the product. That was after many growers had already applied the herbicide on their fields. “It’s one of those situations where farmers were put in a very difficult position,” he said. “It’s not like we were doing anything illegal. It was a registered product.” Loessin said he didn’t want to dwell on the past but wanted answers from SaskCanola and the Canola Council of Canada about what they’re doing to prevent a similar situation from happening in the future. “That’s a portion of what we expect our levy dollars to do is keep us up-to-date on the major market requirements and needs,” he said. Patti Miller, president of the Canola Council of Canada, said the council has a longstanding policy of responsible commercialization, which means making sure MRLs are in place in key export markets before commercializing a pesticide. She said two other companies have registered quinclorac based products in Canada but have not commercialized them because of the MRL issue. “We had talked to (Great Northern Growers) about our policy, but the decision they made was to sell the product,” said Miller. She said the timing of the registration made it difficult for the council to provide growers with a timely warning, but she has one for them for the upcoming crop year. “We are advising producers not to use quinclorac in 2016. We still have an issue with our major market in China in that it doesn’t have MRLs,” she said.

It’s not like we were doing anything illegal. It was a registered product. COREY LOESSIN SASKATCHEWAN CANOLA GROWER

“We recognize that’s not great news for producers who have cleavers on their farms, but we can’t put one of our major markets at risk.” SaskCanola chair Dale Leftwich said the incident exposed communication problems in the canola industry and made clear who needs to be the association’s top priority. “We’re going to make sure that the farmer voice is heard,” he told growers attending the meeting. “We’re working for you guys.” Loessin said in an interview following the meeting that is what he wanted to hear from the association because farmers are the ones funding the group. He thinks grain companies and crushers exert too much influence around board tables. The focus of the associations seems to be all about trade. “We have to maintain a balance between protecting markets and giving growers access to new tools,” said Loessin. At a bare minimum, he added, the organizations should have issued warnings about using quinclorac long before it was applied and fought the grain companies when they said they wouldn’t buy crop treated with the product. “In a situation where farmers are doing things right, then the organizations have to stand by them,” he said. Loessin said it isn’t fair that the council appears to be deflecting all the blame toward Great Northern Growers. “I don’t think it’s responsible to just say they shouldn’t have done that because they’re filling a need.” Leftwich said the incident prompted changes at SaskCanola. “We’re not talking about a complete new system from what we currently have, but we are talking about making sure that everyone is well aware of what the ramifications are of this and that we talk to each other directly and not through the pages of The Western Producer,” he said. SaskCanola is continuing to work with grain companies to ensure that quinclorac-treated product finds a home in markets like the United States. “They are trying to ensure that it gets off of farms, but this is not an easy thing and it’s not a quick thing and it’s not something that is happening without a great deal of labour involved,” said Leftwich. sean.pratt@producer.com

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PRODUCTION

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BIGGER YIELDS

Winning canola posts 116 bu. per acre Saskatchewan farmers credit intensive fertilizer management for repeated success in yield challenge contest BY ROBIN BOOKER WESTERN PRODUCER STAFF

The winner of DuPont Pioneer’s 2015 Yield Challenge Contest harvested a whopper of a canola crop that weighed in at 116 bushels per acre. Florian Hagmann, who farms about 16,000 acres near Birch Hills, Sask., won the challenge for the third time in four years with his non-irrigated 148 acre field of Pioneer 45H33 canola. “I won it two years in a row, then got drowned out in 2014, but I won it again this year,” Hagmann said. “This year, all of my canola on all my farm was over 70 bushels, and some yields were much higher.”

Marty Krasko weighed and verified the winning canola crop for Pioneer. He said he could tell the crop was big by looking at the swaths, but the final numbers surprised him. Hagmann said he achieved high yields by focusing on quality of the applied nitrogen and the nutrient balance in his fertilizer program. “You can put 250 pounds of nitrogen into the soil but it’s not going to give you the yields. It just won’t work if you decide to put on lots of nitrogen in the first pass. I think feeding crops is like feeding cattle or milk cows; you can’t just put down a pile of feed for them. You need more intensive management,” he said.

Bourgault developed a modified boot prototype Hagman used when seeding. “It worked well because my liquid starter is not beside the seed, it’s below the seed. You put the seed on top and you have a good contact because the phosphorus needs to be by the seed. If it’s 1/16 (of an inch) away from the seed, the seed won’t even recognize it,” he said. Hagmann has used mid-row banders for years and traditionally has applied most of the nitrogen during seeding. However, he said he now finds that he gets much better results with staged nitrogen applications. “With the new technology in fer-

tilizer and how you place it, it’s way more efficient. I seed lots of acres with a mid-row bander, but they don’t yield the same,” he said”. Hagman said a 100 bu. canola crop is easy to achieve with intensive management. He added four foliar applications to his winning crop. “My sprayers were going all summer, you can’t go to the lake. You have to work on your crop,” Hagmann said. “On that crop, I put actual, 120 pounds of nitrogen and there is still lots left in the ground. But it needed to be added all the time when it’s needed,” Hagman said. robin.booker@producer.com

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SPRAYING PROTOCOL

Don’t assume neighbouring crop is RR soybean: adviser BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

ST JE AN BAPTISTE, Man. — There’s a lesson from Sesame Street that every farmer needs to remember: “One of these things is not like the other,” Dennis Lange, a Manitoba Agriculture crop adviser in the soybean-heavy Red River Valley, said while showing photographs of three pulse crops.

“Make sure you know what you have next door (when you’re spraying)” because not all soybeans are the same, and not all bean-like plants are soybeans. Lange said many farmers in eastern Manitoba assume every crop that looks like soybeans is Roundup Ready, but that’s not always true. “I’ve had a few instances where growers just made the assumption that the field next to them is soybeans, and it turns out its dry beans.”

It can be bad news for the neighbour if the farmer has been spraying Roundup and there’s drift. The situation will become more complicated with the arrival of Xtend soybeans, which combine glyphosate and dicamba. Not all soybeans are Roundup Ready, and many won’t be dicamba-tolerant. “If you’re going to be growing this kind of soybean and using that chemistry, you have to be aware of what’s next door,” said Lange.

Fa r m e r s h av e a l w a y s b e e n warned to be careful when spraying, but today’s farms are huge and are often spread out in parcels where the neighbors aren’t well known. Farming is also often more intensive than in the past. “You have fields all over the place and at that time of year, you’re trying to get a lot done and maybe you’re spraying at night” said Lange. That makes it very easy to make a mistake when eyeballing a neigh-

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AGRONOMY

Forage legumes excel at managing phosphorus Study compares how various rotations handle the nutrient in the field BY ROBIN BOOKER SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Farmers can add phosphorus mobilization to the list of benefits they reap from growing forage legumes, according to research at the University of Saskatchewan. Jeff Schoenau, who leads the research project, said the soil legume crops he tested removed more phosphorus from soil then the annual crops he included in the study. In an effort to better understand how the forage legumes alfalfa and red clover affect soil nutrient levels, Schoenau examined the productivity of crops following these legumes and compared it to two other crop sequences. Four crop rotations were followed: two years of alfalfa, two years of red clover, barley-pea and barley-flax . Each cropping sequence was then followed by a wheat crop and a canola crop. “What we found in terms of the forage legumes in particular, they had significant nitrogen replacement value, as we would expect, but a lot of the benefits of having a legume in rotation even only for a couple years came from a nonnitrogen benefit,” Schoenau said after his presentation at the Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association meeting in Saskatoon. The non-nitrogen benefits of red clover and alfalfa included their ability to reach deep into the soil profile with the plants’ wellendowed rooting system and access phosphorous. “Legumes can solubilize calcium phosphates that are common in our sub-soils and recycle them by bringing them up to the surface,” he said. Alfalfa and red clover removed more phosphorus from the soil than the other crops in the rotation. Crops following these crop sequences yielded higher, which caused even more phosphorous to be removed. “The forage legumes were helping to mobilize and maintain the available phosphorus in the soils in the short term,” Schoenau said. Wheat on legume stubble, especially alfalfa and red clover, yielded higher, and the benefits of the legumes, especially the forage crops, persisted into the second year when canola was grown. The forage crops were shown to mobilize and maintain phosphorus more efficiently than the barley-pea rotation. “However, over the longer term, we recognize when you have these forage legumes in there, ultimately you have to look at replacing that phosphorus through the application of manure or fertilizer P.” Schoenau said the research demonstrates the importance of diversity in a cropping system. “By growing a lot of different types of crops, growers can often make better use of the nutrients that are contained in a soil because all those different crops have different rooting systems that each have a unique ability to remove and obtain access to a different component of the nutrient pool,” he said.

Schoenau, who is a SSCA board member, said his presentation fit well with the transitioning to sustainability theme of this year’s conference. “We want to maintain that soil resource, and we also want to be able to make sure the crops that we are growing are well nourished and that we have productive soils that equate into highly productive and profitable cropping systems,” he said.

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BUILDING BETTER SOIL

Perennial grain seen as key to sustainability American researcher says one of the benefits of perennial grain crops would be their low input-to-productivity ratio BY ROBIN BOOKER SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Soil health is a key measurement when striving to improve the sustainability of global food production. “To be sustainable, you cannot have an agriculture that depletes the soil source. Eventually it’s going to collapse,” said Tim Crews, director of research at the Land Institute in Salina, Kansas. Crews, who is working to develop perennial grain crops, said agriculture has a lot to learn from how perennial crops are able to build

soil and stay productive for so long. Crew said all of the world’s grains are annuals, and a significant ecological disturbance is required to grow them, even though they are productive. “We essentially have to clear cut all the vegetation on the landscape every year, whether with a plow or herbicides, and re-sow them every year,” he said. “That comes with a significant cost in terms of sustainability.” As much as half of the nitrogen applied to annual crops is lost to the environment, he added, and even no-till systems can be suscep-

tible to soil erosion in some areas and have high chemical dependency. Land-based ecosystems are primarily made up of perennials, but any slight disturbance in the vegetative cover allows annual crops, including weeds, to quickly show up to take advantage of available space and sunshine. “We put out a welcome map that is as large as could be to invite weed vegetation in. What if we have an agriculture that does not lay out that map?” Crews said. “These problems don’t exist on the prairie. The prairie kind of just

grows itself every year and actually maintains in our part of the world the same level of total productivity as a wheat field, with no inputs,” he said. Perennialism and biodiversity are two of the drivers of a healthy soil ecosystem, which is what Crews is hoping to incorporate into the cropping system he is studying. Perennial crops have many benefits, not the least of which is their low input to productivity ratio. Crews described a study to demonstrate the high level of productivity that prairies can produce with no inputs. It compared Kansas

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wheat fields that had been in production for at least 70 years with adjacent prairie hay meadow crops. The wheat fields received 30 kilograms of nitrogen per acre per year, while the prairie hay meadow crops had never been fertilized. Both crops had been harvested every year for more than 70 years and they exported about the same amount of nitrogen. Twenty kilograms per acre came off both fields at harvest. However, Crews said 1.2 to 1.7 four more tonnes per acre of soil organic matter were left in the hay meadow than in the annual wheat field. “The take home for us is that there is some ingenuity in that prairie,” he said. “We think it has to do with the soil micro-organism, the microbiome. It’s clearly the lack of disturbance that allows it to both hold onto a lot of nitrogen and release a fair amount every year in a timely fashion, so that you can achieve levels of productivity that compares with annual wheat.” Crews said he is developing a perennial grain crop called kernza that is essentially a bread intermediate wheatgrass selected for seed yield. “We’ve gone from about three milligrams per seed up to eight, and this is just in 12 years of intensive selection,” he said. The kernza strain is close to initial commercialization, and growers in Minnesota and Wisconsin are producing the crop. A brewery in Oregon will process it into beer beginning this winter. “It will be a niche crop like quinoa and other low yielding grain as we continue to improve on the germplasm.” The Land Institute is also working on a perennial sorghum and wheat, which they are crossing with wild perennial relatives and trying to capture or introgress the perennial traits into the annual crops. Silphium is another domestication project similar to kernza, which Crews hopes will be a perennial oilseed crop that replaces annual sunflower. He considers the domestication projects as the tortoise approaches when it comes to variety development because it can take many years to achieve yields comparable to the annual crops with which they will be competing. Hybrid crosses are the faster approach because they have the potential to create high yielding perennial food crops in a short amount of time. “We may get lucky rolling the dice and land on a hybrid that actually works,” he said. “If the perenniality works, we already have the seed quality and the seed traits that make it useful to society,” he said. The Land Institute is working with a Missouri botanical garden and St .Louis University to create a global inventor y of the grass, legume and the aster family sunflower family to identify prospects for future domestication. robin.booker@producer.com

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PROFITABILITY

Best to focus on improving margins on poor acres PRECISELY AGRONOMY

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ost people are acquainted with the 80-20 rule. It is used in many instances: eighty percent of the land is farmed by 20 percent of the farmers, 80 percent of purchases are made by 20 percent of consumers in a particular sector — that sort of thing. I’m going to put a different twist on it. Let’s take a look at the land you farm. Can we fit the 80-20 rule onto you farm? Does 80 percent of your profit come from 20 percent of your farmland? Probably not. From my experience, it is probably more like 80-40 or 80-60. One thing about my experiences in Western Canada for the last 40 years is that while virtually all fields are the same, in that they fit into a nice half mile by half mile, every field is different. If you are lucky, and there are some of you out there, most of your land is uniform and probably profitable. For example, land in the Red River Valley, land around Swan River, Man., Indian Head or Melfort, Sask., or Lacombe, Alta., fall into these situations. Growers in these areas are lucky. However, most land in Western Canada is not as uniform, nor as uniformly productive as these areas. About that rule; let’s call it an 80-40 rule of farmland productivity. In financially tight times, as we now appear to be entering, this concept becomes more important. The vast majority of your profits will come from the most productive areas on your farm. Using the 80-40 rule, between 30 and 50 percent of your land will be showing a marginal profit or loss and up to 20 will be outright losing money. From the combine, it feels great to see those areas churning out 90 bushels of canola, but we tend to ignore the areas that are only producing 25. It doesn’t take much sophisticated calculating to realize those areas are losing money. Maybe now is the time to quit trying to do everything right to gain an extra bushel per acre across the whole field. It might be time to try to improve the yield in the specific areas where you are losing money or reduce costs in those non-profitable acres. Either way, the strategy is to improve the margin on the poor acres. In the past, when farmers managed much smaller acres, they used the less productive acres for pasture or as the area where manure was spread. I remember a knoll on our farm that grew very good crops. I asked my dad about it once. He said the hill got countless loads of manure in years when they kept cattle and horses. On many of today’s farms, applying manure to specific, less productive areas isn’t an option. Today, all you need is a fertilizer applicator or drill that is equipped

with variable rate technology. Most V.R. programs start with identifying production zones. This can be done by a variety of methods, many of which are proprietary to the company providing the service. Most often, these use satellite imagery to produce the zones. Yield maps can also be used to produce zones. Zones are usually soil sampled, with multiple, representative samples grouped like fields. The number of zones will vary depending on the variability within the soil. A very uniform field might only have three zones, a variable soil may have up to seven or more. Grid sampling is also used, but works best at two acres or less per grid.

Once the soil analysis is complete, yield targets can be established for each zone, and fertilizer recommendations created and copied onto memory cards that can be entered into a control panel on a drill. This, using the fertilizer information, the zone map and the tractor’s GPS system, enables the drill to apply the prescribed fertilizer at any location in the field. The bottom line when discussing a variable rate program is that it should make you money. I always use the desired payback somewhere between $1.50 to $2 for every $1 invested. If the cost of V.R. is $3 per acre, you should expect a return of a minimum $4.50. However, there may be additional costs and bene-

fits from V.R. If a new piece of equipment such as an ammonia controller or a new drill is required, these costs have to be amortized over a number of cropping seasons. As other benefits of V.R. may include more even maturity and protein and reduced lodging. The only way of accurately analyzing the performance of a V.R. fertility program or any other technology you are testing, is to first leave a comparative check. This may be the grower’s traditional fertilizer rate, for example. At a minimum, this should be done on 10 percent of fields. At harvest, an analysis can be made comparing yields in the V.R. zone and the check in that zone. A comparison should be made for each zone to

get a relative yield for that zone versus the check and can be automated and, or provided by a service. Tighter margins mean many producers should consider a shift from the free swinging, Jose Bautista strategy from when commodity prices where high, to a strategy that more resembles Miguel Cabrera, hitting a lot of singles. Take care of the yields in your most productive areas, but really concentrate on the soils offering low profits or where you may be losing money. That is where you stand the best chance of improving your bottom line. Thom Weir is an agronomist with Farmer’s Edge. He can be reached by emailing thom. weir@farmersedge.ca.

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MAXIMUM RESIDUE LIMITS

Farmers need to ensure buyer acceptance A crop product may be registered in Canada, but that doesn’t mean importers will accept it; producers told they must ask BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

ST JE AN BAPTISTE, Man. — There are lots of ways farmers can end up producing grain that buyers won’t buy because of chemical residues. Manitoba Agriculture weed specialist Jeanette Gaultier said farmers need to understand that it’s not good enough for a crop product to be registered and commercially available. They also need to know that buyers are OK with it. “Just to avoid (maximum residue limit) issues, I think it’s really good for you guys to ask,” Gaultier told

the St. Jean Farm Days Jan. 7. Many farmers were confused last year when they bought the wheat growth regulator Manipulator but then discovered that wheat grown with the product couldn’t be sold to the United States and some grain buyers didn’t want it. The same issue appeared with Clever, which controls cleavers in canola but has had MRL problems with Japan and China. Gaultier said MRLs are critical for some grain companies because they sell into markets around the world and a zero tolerance for crop protection products can threaten shipments.

If there’s a generic product on the market and there isn’t the same use from the parent company … you should be asking about that one. JEANETTE GAULTIER MANITOBA AGRICULTURE

As well, countries often have differing MRLs for the same product. New registration problems are rare because companies tend to be

diligent in establishing all the registrations and MRLs that are established for a specific product. However, some existing products lose their registration in foreign markets, which means they can no longer be safely used for all potential buyers, even though they are still available to farmers. The U.S. has deregistered some products, and farmers need to make sure they are wary of those. As well, some old chemicals have been re-introduced to western Canadian farmers but aren’t necessarily still approved in foreign markets. Gaultier said farmers need to be cautious with new products that are

based on old registrations. The new manufacturers are sometimes less diligent than the original producer. “If there’s a generic product on the market and there isn’t the same use from the parent company … you should be asking about that one,” said Gaultier. Farmers need to be skeptical of promoters’ claims that MRLs will soon be established for their products. The company may believe it to be true, but it’s the farmers that can end up with grain that their usual buyers don’t want. “This is an example of marketing timing gone wrong,” said Gaultier. ed.white@producer.com

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

MacAulay talks trade in Washington BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Federal agriculture minister Lawrence MacAulay’s first official visit to Washington focused on trade ties with the United States, including the fate of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. MacAulay met with US agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack Jan. 14. “There was a lengthy discussion on TPP and he was indicating the pros and cons, as I was too, and what we’re hearing in both countries,” MacAulay told reporters on a conference call from Washington. “I would think that he would be hopeful there would be an agreement but of course it has to go through the same political process here as it does in Canada.” MacAulay said Vilsack couldn’t say whether the TPP would be ratified, and neither could he. “The president called for it in the state of the union address but it’s difficult for me to speculate.” In Canada, he said the government intends to consult stakeholders and then have a full debate in the House of Commons before a ratification vote. The two also discussed the repeal of country-of-origin labelling and MacAulay said restoration of an integrated supply chain for beef and pork is important. When asked about the fate of sheep and lamb products, he said they were unfortunately left out of the picture. The U.S. vote Dec. 18 to repeal its COOL legislation affects only beef and pork products. Lamb and chicken must still be labelled. MacAulay was unsure what the government could do now. “You’re fully aware how much time it took to deal with COOL on pork and beef,” he said. “I would never say there’s no place to go. You can always discuss the issue.” He added that voluntary labelling did not come up in the discussions. The minister was to meet with U.S. companies and associations from the COOL Reform Coalition to reaffirm that Canada will monitor how Canadian beef and pork products are treated in the marketplace. karen.briere@producer.com

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Canadians steal limelight at Denver show Saskatchewan producer pleased to take grand champion Red Angus female; says the show is ideal place to market cattle genetics BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

DENVER, Colo. —Kevin Blair evaluated every animal that passed by as he leaned against the rails at the Red Angus competition during the National Western Stock Show. Blair, a keen eyed cattle producer who has marketed purebred cattle around the world, appreciated the quality of every individual on display at the show, held Jan. 9-24 in Denver. His family had their moment of glory when their female, Red Bar EL Kassie 129B, was named grand champion at the Jan. 11 show. Blair bought the female as a calf from Bar EL Angus of Stettler, Alta., last year. It was a good day overall for Blairs.Ag Cattle Company of Lanigan, Sask., but as international marketers of purebred cattle genetics, the show meant more than satin ribbons. It is also a prime promotion opportunity. “We have always done very well here, particularly on selling of genetics,” he said after the Jan. 11 show. “We are very focused on selling genetics. It is always nice to win, but we are here to market our genetics around the world.” Besides having the top female, Blair cattle also won classes and divisions at the show. The family won the junior champion bull award with Red Six Mile Signature 295B, owned with Jeff Keller of Nebraska and Six Mile Angus of Fir Mountain, Sask. The partnership offered 200 semen units exclusively at Denver. “He has been very popular here,” Blair said. “I sold semen on him that averaged $585 a straw.” Blairs.Ag is part of a family of companies that sells crop inputs, livestock nutrition, commercial cattle and purebred genetics from Black and Red Angus and Herefords. “There are a lot of buyers who are searching out genetics, and they come to Canada because our environment requires us to raise animals that perform in tough conditions. People around North America recognize that and look to add that to their program,” said Blair, who specializes on the purebred side of the business. “Our genetics are fresh to them, and they are the type of cattle that will work in their environment.” He also sees growing interest in red cattle, even though Black Angus dominate in North America. “Globally, the red hided cattle have the largest numbers,” he said. They are found in South America, Australia and Europe, where they perform well in temperate climates. “We have sold red genetics to Australia, South Africa and Mexico,” he said.

IN THE WINNERS’ CIRCLE: • Grand champion Red Angus bull was Red Six Mile Taurus 519A, owned by David Spencer of J-6 Inc. of Gibbon, Nebraska. This bull, bred by Six Mile, was also the 2014 Denver grand champion. Half possession, half semen interest was sold to Spencer at the Six Mile sale in April 2014 for $55,000. • Champion junior bull calf was Damar Power Eye C501 from Blairs.Ag. • Northline Angus of Ardrossan, Alta., won the intermediate bull champion with Red NL GAF Crush.

TOP: Kent McCune of Blairs.Ag Cattle Company in Lanigan, Sask., shows the grand champion Red Angus female named Red Bar EL Kassie 129B at the National Western Stock Show in Denver. The 110th annual stock show ran from Jan. 9-24. ABOVE: This Red Angus bull named Six Mile Taurus 519A was the grand champion bull. Raised by Six Mile Angus at Fir Mountain, Sask., it was also the 2014 grand champion at the Denver show. It was later sold to David Spencer of J-6 Inc. of Gibbon, Nebraska. | BARBARA DUCKWORTH PHOTOS The declining loonie is another plus for Canadian agriculture exporters. “It is a real benefit for Americans to buy genetics from us,” he said. The Blairs, who will hold their bull sale April 5, have noticed that more Americans are looking to expand either through live cattle or

semen and embryo packages. “We are hopeful that the beef industry is going to have a good 2016,” he said. “People have waited a long time for livestock to be strong. We have waited a generation for it to be like this. It is time to grow the business when there is money to be made.”

The show favoured all the Canadians in attendance. Some may question the ongoing value of cattle shows, but judge Kevin Jensen of Kansas said they are still relevant, even when science can provide accurate information about the animal’s potential to produce outstanding offspring.

• Champion junior heifer calf title went to Clayton and Corrine Gibson of Six Mile Angus in Fir Mountain, Sask., while the reserve went to Dave Babitz of Rainbow Red Angus in Cherhill, Alta. The female, named Red Rainbow Lark, was sold earlier at Canadian Western Agribition to Top Line Farms of Illinois and Mid Continent Farms of Kansas. • First place in the February bull calf class went to Dave Longshore of Bar EL Angus for BAR-E-L High Tide 63C. “We still need to look at these cattle individually,” he said. He emphasized the value of physical properties such as proper body structure and strong feet and legs that allow animals to walk correctly. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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ABOVE: Scott Severtson of Innisfail, Alta., had the senior champion Gelbvieh bull with this two-year-old named SLC Swagger at the 2016 National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado. | BARBARA DUCKWORTH PHOTOS

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Gelbvieh bull gives Alberta producer reason to swagger Scott Severtson wins senior champion bull BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

DENVER, Colo. — Participating in an international livestock exhibition such as the National Western Stock Show can bring instant name recognition and big business deals. For Scott Severtson of Innisfail, Alta., the long drive to Denver, Colorado, paid off this year when he won the senior champion bull award with two-year-old SLC Swagger 105A. The bull was named Canadian national champion Gelbvieh in 2015, and a half interest was sold to Mexico the day before the Jan. 11 show in Denver. Severtson, who has made the trip about 20 times, said the recognition that comes from an animal making it to the championship circle is invaluable. “Denver is a very good marketplace,” he said. Visitors from around the world tour the barns seeking out new genetics. The Canadian dollar is also sitting around 70 cents, which can make exports more enticing. “I suspect at bull sale time there will be lots of American interest,” said Severtson. Swagger is a home bred bull, and Severtson also raised its dam, which was the Canadian national champion female in 2010. Manuel Molina of Sonora, Mexico, knew the bull’s reputation but had not seen it until the stock show, which was held Jan. 9-24. “I saw a picture of him, and I wanted him,” said Molina. It will return to the Severtson Land and Cattle Co. after semen is drawn in the United States for export to Mexico.

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Denver is a very good marketplace. I suspect at bull sale time there will be lots of American interest. SCOTT SEVERTSON ALBERTA PRODUCER

The solid, dark red bull has 40 sons and daughters on the ground with another 40 expected this year. Molina’s family raises purebred Gelbviehs and Balancers on their ranch, which is hilly grass country with outcroppings of trees and rocks. Balancer cattle are registered hybrid cattle with documented pedigrees. They are 25 to 75 percent Gelbvieh with the balance being Angus or Red Angus. Imported Gelbviehs have perfor med well in Mex ico, even though the climate is hotter than central Alberta. Severtson’s breeding program is well known in Mexico, and his cattle trace back to a landmark bull named SLC Freedom 178F. “Freedom changed the Gelbviehs for the good,” Molina said. In Mexico, Gelbviehs serve a dual purpose as beef animals and milk producers. “The people I sell to use them for milk and get homemade cheese from them,” said Molina. Severtson, who entered four cattle, also had the first place class winner with a spring heifer calf with SLC Lady 12C and second place with a spring bull calf named SLC Velocity 14C. barbara.producer@producer.com

LEFT: Scott Severtson of Innisfail, Alta., joins his new partners Manuel Molina senior and junior of Sonora, Mexico, at the National Western Stock Show held in Denver, Colorado Jan. 9-24. The bull is named SLC Swagger. It is the 2015 Canadian national champion Gelbvieh and won the senior bull championship at Denver on Jan. 11. The bull will be going to stud and then returns to Alberta.

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BREEDER RECOGNITION

B.C. dairy farm gets master breeder award Holstein operation owned by Wagner family BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Evergraze Holsteins Ltd. of Armstrong, B.C., has been named a 2015 Master Breeder by Holstein Canada. It’s the only farm in Western Canada to earn that designation this year. The dairy farm is operated by Terry Wagner, her son, Marc, and her daughter, Michelle. It is the second time Evergraze has won the master breeder designation. The first one came in 1999. The Wagners milk 44 purebred registered Holsteins and recently moved the herd into a new barn, which includes a robotic milker. The master breeder designation is earned through a complex assessment, which includes data from regular milk samples from each cow and classification of each cow’s conformation. Each cow is measured using a point system and designated on a scale from excellent to poor with gradations in between based on number of calvings. The Wagner herd includes five cows classified as excellent, three as excellent 2E, five as excellent 3E, one as excellent 4E, 23 very good and seven good plus. Their cows produce an average 37 litres of milk daily with 3.94 percent butterfat. The farm registers 20 to 24 animals per year with Holstein Canada. “I think for our family, we just feel that it’s another indication that we’re doing a good job of what we

do,” Wagner said about earning master breeder status. She said cow welfare and comfort have always been paramount for the farm, and the new barn and robotic milker are part of that goal. “ The whole idea behind the robotic system is the cows choose their lifestyle,” Wagner said. They can sleep, eat and be milked how they want, and an automatic manure scraper ensures little disruption for barn cleaning. “It’s quiet, it’s peaceful and they just love it,” Wagner said. She believes the farm would be considered small compared to most others in Canada. Twenty other farms in Canada earned master breeder designations for 2015; 10 from Ontario, seven from Quebec, two from Prince Edward Island and one from New Brunswick. All will be honored at the 2016 national Holstein convention in Banff April 23. Wagner said her entire family, which includes two new grandchildren, will be there for the ceremony. The master breeder program has been in place since 1929 and in that time, 986 master breeder shields have been awarded. “These master breeders are recognized for having mastered the art of breeding balanced cattle: high production and outstanding conformation with great reproduction, health and longevity,” said a Holstein Canada news release. barb.glen@producer.com

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packaged well and come in sizes, such as packets, buckets and pails, that are big enough to economically accommodate multiple feedings. They come with measuring devices, and the directions should be followed. They can also be resealed because it is important to keep them dry and uncontaminated between uses or between calving seasons. Electrolytes have an expiry date, so watch for that. Follow the instructions for the amount of water to add and use lukewarm water. Calves should suck the liquid, but a tube feeder can be used for those that are too weak. One to two litres per treatment are re commended, and they should be administered up to four times a day. A 10 percent dehydrated calf needs four litres of water just to bring it to normal levels, and that doesn’t include the extra fluid it needs for daily maintenance. The last thing you want to do is spread disease from calf to calf, so disinfect the feeding tube or nipple as well as bag or bottle between treatments or when treating more than one sick calf. Use a safe disinfectant such as virkon. The disinfectant must contact the surface for at least 10 minutes, so clean the drencher, rinse and let it soak in the disinfectant. I keep an extra tube or nipple soaking at all times when treating more than one calf. Have a different tube feeder for non-scouring calves, use boot dips, and change and wash coveralls often because they are likely to be the source of spreading infection on farms. Move from calving cows with clean coveralls to the sick calves, rather than the other way around. Try not to leave calves until they are almost comatose or severely dehydrated. When in doubt, give oral electrolytes. Any calf that has any amount of diarrhea will benefit from oral fluids. Withdraw milk for a maximum of half a day and maintain the electrolytes until diarrhea has stopped. Roy Lewis works as a technical services veterinarian part time with Merck Animal Health in Alberta.

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ANIMAL WELFARE

Open housing works well for U.S. hog farm The idea didn’t go over well when it was first proposed, but the loose housing system has outproduced the other barns BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

BANFF, Alta. — Larry Coleman, a swine veterinarian in Broken Bow, Nebraska, didn’t like the idea of open sow housing. The operations he serviced at Thomas Livestock, comprising more than 16,000 sows, had a 96 percent farrowing rate, an average 14 pigs per litter and 34 pigs per sow annually using the stall system. “We were very happy with our stalls,” Coleman told those at the Jan. 12-14 Banff Pork Seminar. “I’ve literally spent most of my career talking producers into putting sows in individual housing as opposed to putting them in group housing. “We liked what we were doing but going forward, crates were going to be increasingly difficult to defend.” Animal welfare groups have demanded an end to the use of gestation stalls for sows and many food companies have committed to sourcing pork only from operations that use loose housing. So, when it came time to build a new barn in 2013, the Thomas Livestock owner decided to try group housing. Now that barn has better results than those with stalls. “We couldn’t be more pleased,” said manager Tim Friedel. “We are breaking ground on a new farm … and we’re going with an identical system. We feel totally satisfied with this system and the production it can bring.” He said the loose housing barn out-produced the others in its first year and has 97 percent pregnancy rates, 95 percent farrowing rates and 35 pigs per sow annually, on average. Coleman said he and Friedel investigated other open housed sow operations, including some in Canada, before deciding on a design.

Public pressure has forced producers to seriously consider switching to open sow housing. | They saw several challenges associated with a new system, including inaccurate feeding, social stress, training difficulties, heat detection and sow management. “We were going to solve these five problems or at least have a plan in place for why we could be successful,” Coleman said about early research. Feeding issues were addressed with an electronic sow feeding system. Referencing studies on sow socialization and observations from other farms, Friedel decided

to put the animals in groups of 150 or more. “By doing that you create a grouping of animals where they won’t recognize an individual that maybe they have a problem with.” Added Coleman: “We think it’s had a calming effect in that instead of trying to figure out a pecking order, these sows have somewhat said, ‘well we’re just going to have to co-operate.’ ” The barn employed a racetrack design with each pen holding 280 animals and six ESF systems. Nesting areas within those pens accom-

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modate 10 to 12 sows. The arrangement allocates about 24 sq. feet per sow. Training gilts to use the feeding systems was managed by allowing the animals to gradually explore doors and gates before they had to actually use them to obtain feed. Friedel said one of the staffers at the barn was designated as the “hog whisperer” and does all training of the gilts when they enter the ESF open housing system. Heat detection is managed by computer monitoring of sow ear tags when the animals show inter-

est in a boar housed in a small pen within the sow barn. To manage the sows, Friedel said those recently bred are mixed with later-term animals, which seems to work well. “Those heavy pregnant sows really didn’t want to cause any problems.” Personnel at the barns who have worked in both the stall and open housed systems say they like the latter, Friedel added. “Everybody that’s worked in both systems much prefers the group housing system versus the crated system. They just all say the same thing, that the animals are more content, they’re easier to be around, they’re easier to move. Even in the farrowing house, when you’re working with them in there, they seem to be more content.” Dr. Temple Grandin, a world renowned animal handling expert, said she liked what she heard at Coleman and Friedel’s presentation. “I was really pleased when I saw the productivity figures were so good,” said Grandin. “They’re learning how to do it. They were saying in the beginning they were really skeptical and now they’re loving it. The pigs are definitely going to benefit and the people liked it better too.” She also praised the stockmanship involved in finding a staff member who could train and work with the gilts and sows. Group housing is one of the biggest welfare issues facing the swine industry, added Grandin, and genetics are making it easier for producers to make the transition. “Back in the ’80s there were certain mean lines of pigs that were extremely aggressive and nasty when it came to fighting. People are breeding those pigs out.” barb.glen@producer.com

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New website helps producers considering group housing BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Sow barns in Canada are steadily being converted to group housing systems from gestation stalls as producers respond to food company and animal welfare group demands. A website developed as part of the National Sow Housing Conversion project is designed to provide producers with information needed to convert their barns or build new ones using group sow housing systems. The website has a straightforward address: groupsowhousing.com. It was launched in early January with information outlining conversion options, cost estimates and examples of how farms have converted to open sow housing or built new barns incorporating it. Dr. Jennifer Brown, a research scientist at the Prairie Swine Centre near Saskatoon, said few barns in Western Canada have been converted to open sow housing, but the

process is much further along elsewhere. “In Western Canada, we haven’t seen a lot of conversion, and a lot of that is because we have much larger sites. We have much more large integrated producers,” said Brown. “We do see a large number that have converted in Quebec because they do take advantage of a lot of those niche markets and they’re certainly ahead of the game across the country.” The national Pig Code of Practice requires that sow operations undergoing renovations or building new barns must incorporate group housing for sows. Operations that use sow stalls and maintain them will be allowed to continue with that method, but the code requires that sows in those systems be given additional opportunities for exercise as of 2024. Brown said there is little science on how that can and should be done. The result is that producers who continue to use gestation stalls and individual housing will

eventually be at a disadvantage. Every sow barn is slightly different, said Brown, so the website has compiled the best science on how to manage sows in groups and includes information from producers who have successfully managed the transition. Brown said the goal is to find more producers who will allow their conversion to be documented step by step so others can observe and potentially apply it to their own operations. “I really wanted to have a number of sites that we would document from the beginning to the end of renovation, and those have been hard to find,” said Brown. “I’d like to get four examples, and right now I have three and one of them is actually a new build.” The website has information on types of feeding systems, grouping strategies and sow and gilt management in open housing. It also gives information on relative costs of different open systems, including electronic sow feeding

(ESF) systems and a new free access ESF system developed in Canada that has been popular in Quebec. Brown said she was surprised that in many cases barn conversions have been cheaper than expected, at much less than $500 per sow. A University of Manitoba study estimated costs of $800 to $1,000 per sow. By gathering information now, Brown said producers could be in a better position to make the conversion when it is most economical, such as when hog prices drop or if they want to depopulate a barn for herd health reasons. “The more you’re prepared up front, the more you can take advantage of economic situations like that,” she said. That was the case with Red Deer area hog producer Wim van Wijk of Horst Farms. He converted his 275-sow farrow to finish operation in 2013 over an eight-week period at an estimated cost of slightly more than $250 per

sow. Van Wijk did most of the work himself and built one large ESF pen that holds 168 sows. He replaced slatted floors and created a bedroom area with concrete pads for greater sow comfort. On the new website, van Wijk is quoted as saying the conversion has improved production, piglet mortality and ease of farrowing. It has also made the sows calmer. The Matador Hutterite Colony near Swift Current, Sask., is also featured on the new website. It opened a new 600-sow barn last year that uses a bank of ESF feeders in sow group gestation pens. There are separate pens for gilts and sows. Fact sheets available at groupsowhousing.com cover topics such as competitive feeding, free access stalls, ESF and free-access ESF. There are also links to a site that estimates costs of barn conversion, which was developed by Manitoba Pork and the U of M. barb.glen@producer.com

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BroadGrain Commodities is the latest company to announce a major investment in Western Canada’s grain handling infrastructure. The Toronto-based grain company announced Jan. 14 that it plans to spend up to $25 million building a new high throughput elevator in Winnipeg, as well as a bean-processing and container packing facility. The new facilities will be part of CentrePort Canada’s inland port development in northwest Winnipeg and will be an anchor tenant for CentrePort’s soon to be developed 700-acre rail facility, CentrePort Rail Park. BroadGrain’s proposed operations will be capable of loading 150-car unit trains. The facilities will include terminal storage, transloading and processing capacity and will be linked to the Canadian Pacific Railway network. Construction of BroadGrain’s facilities is expected to begin this year along with construction of rail infrastructure that serves the new facilities. A completion date has not been announced but it is possible that BroadGrain could begin receiving grain at the CentrePort location this fall. “This investment will solidify our ongoing commitment not only to the Western Canadian farmer but also to our global consumers providing an alternative shipping method,” said Zaid Qadoumi, president and chief executive officer at BroadGrain. BroadGrain is already an established exporter of grains, oilseeds and specialty crops. Globally, the company trades about 1.6 million tonnes of grain, oilseeds, special crops and processing byproducts per year and annual revenues exceed $600 million. Until recently, the company’s only western Canadian operation was the former Lakeside Global Grains facility at Dafoe, Sask., about 150 kilometres north of Regina. BroadGrain bought it in 2011 and is involved primarily in processing mustard, lentils, peas and specialty crops for export. Earlier this year, BroadGrain opened a Winnipeg trading office to assist with logistics and grain procurement in Western Canada. The company’s only other Canadian operations include a business office at Stratford, Ont., an elevator at Brinston, Ont., an elevator at Seaforth, Ont., and an export terminal, also at Seaforth. Diane Gray, president and chief executive officer with CentrePort Canada, said the agreement with

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Corn belt wants new debt cap Pulse crops and grains will be the focus of a new grain handling facility planned by BroadGrain Commodities. The $25 million venture will be built at Winnipeg’s CentrePort Rail Park. | FILE PHOTO BroadGrain will kick start plans to develop the new 700-acre rail facility. She said the agreement will allow CentrePort to start construction of the rail park this spring. Under terms of the agreement, which are subject to final approval, CentrePort will be responsible for establishing and owning leads and switches off the CP mainline. Jason Phillips, vice-president of

strategic development with BroadGrain, said about two-thirds of the company’s annual grain exports are sourced outside of Canada. The CentrePort facilities will expand the company’s footprint on Canadian soil and increase its ability to handle high volume crops such as wheat, canola and soybeans. “We wanted to expand our capabilities to originate Canadian bulk

export crops,” Phillips said. “It’s always been a bit of an irony that as a Canadian company, we don’t do bulk exports out of Canada so CentrePort really represents the first step in a strategic decision to expand our inland terminal network to originate those high volume commodities.” brian.cross@producer.com

CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — U.S. agricultural lenders fear more farm bankruptcies this spring, and Midwest lawyers want to raise the debt limit for Chapter 12 “family farmer” bankruptcies. Chapter 12, created during the 1980s farm crisis, is a simple court procedure to let farmers keep operating while working out a plan to repay lenders. The limit is $4 million, and the lawyers want it increased to $10 million to recognize today’s larger farms. Without a new limit, farmers would be forced into a Chapter 11 filing, which is more costly and onerous.

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Shared goals critical to success for multi-owner farm operations

ChemChina eyes Syngenta

MANAGING THE FARM

STUART PERSON

ulti-ow ner far ms are nothing new. For years we have seen two and sometimes three generations of a family farm together. Grandpa and Grandma often still “farm” a few acres or have a few cows, Mom and Dad will often have the lion’s share of the operation and a son or daughter will be just starting out with a small operation of their own. Now we are starting to see more farm business relationships between unrelated third parties who wish to work with others to gain economies of scale and, perhaps, labour advantages. Most joint farming arrangements (family or third party) have historically been rigidly structured around “what’s mine is mine, and what’s yours is yours.” Each member will take income from the crop off their own land or calves off their own breeding animals. However, this can cause problems. To illustrate, let’s focus on a multi-owner grain farm. What happens when everyone’s wheat is ready to harvest at the same time? Whose field do you go to first? And if each member has a third of the acres, do you keep rotating whose fields are harvested until they are all done? What if that means you are moving combines all over the rural municipality and spending more time transporting equipment than actually harvesting? And what happens when one member gets their wheat off first and it grades No. 1, but then it rains for a week and the rest of the members are stuck with feed wheat? Grandpa is right upset because his wheat is now worth less money. Sound familiar? Farm operations are becoming larger and more money is involved. Failure to agree on similar goals can cause some members to lose money while others profit, which can break down relationships, affect family harmony and create tension among all members. What if we could take all that out of the equation? Sharing in the overall profits of the farm is one way to do that. If all the owners of the farm are working toward one goal, which is to make the overall farm as profitable as possible, then decision making becomes much more obvious. When all are sharing one pot, who cares which crop is sprayed first or seeded first or harvested first. The decision becomes more about what is the most efficient and

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effective way to get all the work done and what actions will maximize overall profit. The profits (which in many, if not all, cases will be higher for the overall operations) are calculated at the end of the year and divided between the members. This results in more equitable and fair participation in the success (or failure) of the farm and a much more enjoyable holiday dinner. What we are talking about is goal congruence: the concept of having everyone steer the ship or drive the bus in the same direction. It will make your farm more successful, increase harmony, avoid

conflict and provide significantly more flexibility when succession issues need to be addressed. The keys to making this work for your farm include proper planning, communication and trust. Formalize the planning process around this and ensure you get documentation. Discussion and agreements are critical so that everyone understands what is expected of each participant. A good business adviser will help steer you though the process. Stuart Person, CPA, CA, is a business adviser with MNP LLP. Contact him at 855-667-3301 or stuart.person@mnp.ca

ZUG, Switzerland (Reuters) -Syngenta is in talks about a possible merger and is weighing several options, said the Swiss agrichemicals group’s chair Jan. 13. Michel Demare said last month that the crop chemicals and seeds company was talking with China’s state-owned ChemChina, U.S. seeds giant Monsanto and others. When asked about the prospect of Syngenta possibly becoming a Chinese company, Demare said: “We are at a stage where we are looking at different combinations. I’m just saying it’s one of them. Everybody has spoken to each other.” “I have said a few months ago that I believe within six months we will see some consolidation steps … it is too early to say how all this

will finish.” ChemChina, which is being advised by HSBC, is seeking a loan package by several large Western banks to fund a possible Syngenta takeover deal, which later may be refinanced by Chinese banks, several sources familiar with the matter said. A takeover of Syngenta by ChemChina would underpin an effort by the Chinese government to boost farming productivity, as it seeks to cut reliance on food imports amid limited farmland, a growing population and higher meat consumption. ChemChina has a five percent share of the global crop chemicals market through its ownership of Israeli generic pesticides maker Adama.

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CATTLE & SHEEP Steers 600-700 lb. (average $/cwt) Alberta $250 $240 $230 n/a $220 12/7 12/14 12/18 12/31 1/11 1/18

Live Jan. 8-Jan. 14

Previous Jan. 1-Jan. 7

Year ago

Rail Jan. 8-Jan. 14

178.00-181.25 163.41-176.42

n/a 165.05-181.92

191.05 186.24

295.75-300.50 290.00-292.00

Heifers Alta. 181.25 n/a Ont. 165.23-176.79 162.34-178.22 *Live f.o.b. feedlot, rail f.o.b. plant.

Previous Jan. 1-Jan. 7 292.00-296.50 288.00-291.00

Source: STAT Publishing, which solicits bids from Maviga N.A., Legumex Walker, CGF Brokerage, Parrish & Heimbecker, Simpson Seeds and Alliance Grain Traders. Prices paid for dressed product at plant.

Barley (March) $200 $195 $190 $185

178.35 183.57

296.50 289.00-291.00

292.00-296.50 287.00-290.00 Canfax

Saskatchewan

$180 12/7 12/14 12/18 1/4

1/11 1/18

Durum (March) $360.0

$250

Feeder Cattle ($/cwt)

$240

$220 n/a $210 12/7 12/14 12/18 12/31 1/11 1/18

Manitoba $260 $250 $240 $230 n/a n/a $220 12/7 12/14 12/18 12/31 1/11 1/18

Heifers 500-600 lb. (average $/cwt)

Steers 900-1000 800-900 700-800 600-700 500-600 400-500 Heifers 800-900 700-800 600-700 500-600 400-500 300-400

Cattle Slaughter

Man.

Alta.

B.C.

213-222 214-226 223-240 231-255 251-282 276-306

no sales 200-229 205-242 233-260 242-288 265-305

210-222 216-227 225-237 233-251 254-280 280-318

no sales no sales 217-228 225-238 247-296 261-300

193-209 199-219 213-227 220-241 235-260 245-275

188-207 190-221 205-240 210-248 235-282 no sales

199-211 205-215 215-226 225-241 235-270 240-285

no sales no sales 210-223 226-240 no sales 256-272 Canfax

Alberta

To Jan. 9

Fed. inspections only Canada U.S. To date 2016 46,086 550,000 To date 2015 37,232 455,454 % Change 16/15 +23.8 +20.8

$240 $230 $220 n/a

$210 12/7 12/14 12/18 12/31 1/11 1/18

Saskatchewan

Canfax Steers Heifers Cows Bulls

Jan. 9/16 942 862 770 1121

$250

Jan. 10/15 875 819 692 959

YTD 16 942 862 770 1121

YTD 15 875 819 692 959

U.S. Cash cattle ($US/cwt)

$240 $230 $220 n/a n/a $210 12/7 12/14 12/18 12/31 1/11 1/18

Manitoba $250 $240 $230 $220 n/a $210 12/7 12/14 12/18 12/31 1/11 1/18

Slaughter cattle (35-65% choice) Steers National n/a Kansas n/a Nebraska n/a Nebraska (dressed) n/a

+3 +11 +4 Canfax

EXCHANGE RATE DATE $1 Cdn. = $0.6882 U.S. $1 U.S. = $1.4531 Cdn.

Trend n/a n/a -5/-10 USDA

Cattle / Beef Trade

Canadian Beef Production 34.1 6.8 40.9

Heifers n/a n/a n/a n/a

Feeders No. 1 (800-900 lb) Steers South Dakota n/a Billings n/a Dodge City 147.50-153.68

Exports % from 2014 509,584 (1) -31.1 287,608 (1) -34.9 213,290 (3) +4.4 295,137 (3) +0.8 Imports % from 2014 n/a (2) n/a 32,252 (2) -23.2 1,675 (4) +9.5 1,944 (4) -32.2

Sltr. cattle to U.S. (head) Feeder C&C to U.S. (head) Total beef to U.S. (tonnes) Total beef, all nations (tonnes) Sltr. cattle from U.S. (head) Feeder C&C from U.S. (head) Total beef from U.S. (tonnes) Total beef, all nations (tonnes)

$315.0 $300 12/7 12/14 12/18 1/4

1/11 1/18

Milling Wheat (March) $260

Chicago Futures ($US/cwt)

Average Carcass Weight

$250

$345.0 $330.0

Sask.

$230

Fed Non-fed Total beef

Pulse and Special Crops

ICE Futures Canada

Slaughter Cattle ($/cwt) Grade A Steers Alta. Ont.

$260

GRAINS

(1) to Jan 2 /16 (2) to Nov 30/15 (3) to Nov 30/15 (4) to Jan 9/16

Agriculture Canada

Close Jan. 15 Live Cattle Feb 127.55 Apr 128.50 Jun 119.75 Aug 116.33 Oct 117.38 Feeder Cattle Jan 154.30 Mar 150.28 Apr 150.85 May 150.70 Aug 152.68

Close Trend Jan. 8

Year ago

132.88 133.83 124.28 120.48 121.55

-5.33 -5.33 -4.53 -5.15 -4.17

154.45 152.95 146.48 145.58 147.70

159.43 157.33 157.38 157.18 159.00

-5.13 -7.05 -6.53 -6.48 -6.32

214.10 204.85 206.45 207.33 209.20

$250 $240 $230 $220 12/7 12/14 12/18 1/4

1/11 1/18

Cash Prices

Jan. 13 Jan. 6 Year Ago No. 3 Oats Saskatoon ($/tonne) 144.15 145.19 147.23 Snflwr NuSun Enderlin ND (¢/lb) 16.40 16.20 19.30

Canola (cash - March) $490 $480 $470

Jan. 14 US Choice (US$) 235.16 Jan. 8 Cdn AAA (C$) 305.49

$450 12/4 12/11 12/18 12/31 1/8

Jan. 7 Yr. ago 230.59 262.88 Jan. 1 Yr. ago 293.69 287.52

U.S. Grain Cash Prices ($US/bu.) 1/15

USDA

Canola (basis - March) $-5 $-10 $-15

Sheep ($/lb.) & Goats ($/head) Jan. 11

Dec. 21

Wool sheep 55-69 lb 2.20-2.50 2.25-2.50 70-85 lb 2.07-2.32 2.05-2.32 86-105 lb 1.80-2.00 1.67-2.00 > 106 lb 1.50-1.76 1.43-1.66 Beaver Hill Auction Services Ltd. Jan. 11 Jan. 4 New lambs 2.70-3.00 2.80-3.50 65-80 lb 2.48-2.86 2.83-3.00 80-95 lb 2.29-2.55 2.25-2.50 > 95 lb 1.95-2.12 2.10-2.35 > 110 lb 1.80-1.91 2.00-2.20 Feeder lambs n/a n/a Sheep 1.35-1.60 1.35-1.70 Rams 1.25-1.65 1.25-1.65 Kids 100-170 100-170 Ontario Stockyards Inc. To Be Shipped: Dec 17/18 Wool lambs <80 lb 1.90 Wool lambs 81-95 lb 1.80 Wool lambs 96-115 lb 1.60 Hair lambs <95 lb 1.60 Sask. Sheep Dev. Bd.

$-20 $-25 12/4 12/11 12/18 12/31 1/8

Index 100 Hog Price Trends ($/ckg) Alberta $140 $135 $130 $125 n/a $120 12/7 12/14 12/18 12/31 1/11 1/18

Fixed contract $/ckg

$230 $225 $220 $215 $210 12/4 12/11 12/18 12/31 1/8

$470 $460 $450 $440

$125 $120 12/7 12/14 12/18 12/31 1/11 1/18

Sltr. hogs to/fm U.S. (head) Total pork to/fm U.S. (tonnes) Total pork, all nations (tonnes) (1) to Jan 2/16

(2) to Nov 30/15

$150

$135 12/7 12/14 12/18 12/31 1/11 1/18

Agriculture Canada

Barley (cash - March) $220 $215

Basis: $22

$210 $205 1/15

Chicago Nearby Futures ($US/100 bu.)

Corn (March) $380 $370

Index 100 hogs $/ckg 134.80 136.35

Alta. Sask.

Man. Que.

$360

146.00 141.64

$350 $340 12/7 12/14 12/18 1/4

1/11 1/18

*incl. wt. premiums

Soybeans (March) $920

% from 2014 +35.4 +14.6 +0.6

Import n/a 2,544 (3) 2,621 (3)

% from 2015 n/a -2.3 -11.5 Agriculture Canada

Feb Apr May Jun

Close Jan. 15 62.03 67.45 74.40 78.38

Close Jan. 8 59.85 65.23 73.10 77.08

Trend +2.18 +2.22 +1.30 +1.30

Year ago 74.50 77.68 83.38 86.65

Jul Aug Oct Dec

$880 $860 $840 12/7 12/14 12/18 1/4

1/11 1/18

Oats (March) $260

Chicago Hogs Lean ($US/cwt)

$155

$140

To date 2016 To date 2015 % change 16/15

Fed. inspections only U.S. 2,375,000 1,987,630 +19.5

(3) to Jan 9/16

Manitoba $145

1/15

$900

Export 1,141,770 (1) 404,924 (2) 1,058,575 (2)

$140

$130

Canada 440,150 285,830 +54.0

Hogs / Pork Trade

Saskatchewan $135

1/15

Flax (elevator bid- S’toon)

n/a $430 12/4 12/11 12/18 12/31 1/8

$240

Close Jan. 15 78.30 78.23 67.55 63.23

Close Jan. 8 76.85 76.88 65.40 61.48

Trend +1.45 +1.35 +2.15 +1.75

Year ago 86.30 86.18 76.43 71.75

$220 $200 $180 12/7 12/14 12/18 1/4

1/11 1/18

Minneapolis Nearby Futures ($US/100bu.) Spring Wheat (March) $520 $510

ELEVATOR SHIPMENTS

(000 tonnes) Alta. Sask. Man.

Jan. 10 226.2 446.5 134.4

Jan. 3 385.3 649.2 261.4

YTD 6137.6 10562.9 3819.8

Year Ago 6506.5 9548.2 2876.0

$500 $490 $480 12/7 12/14 12/18 1/4

Jan. 15 4.56 4.24 6.03 4.80 2.40

Grain Futures

Feed Wheat (Lethbridge)

Hog Slaughter To Jan 9

No. 1 DNS (14%) Montana elevator No. 1 DNS (13%) Montana elevator No. 1 Durum (13%) Montana elevator No. 1 Malt barley Montana elevator No. 2 Feed barley Montana elevator

1/15

Canola and barley are basis par region. Feed wheat basis Lethbridge. Basis is best bid.

Maple Leaf Thunder Sig 3 Creek Pork Jan. 15 Jan. 15 153.47-154.80 144.25-150.60 150.95-153.47 158.32-160.54 153.60-154.93 157.03-158.53 158.90-160.89 162.48-162.65 161.65-166.29 163.71-164.82 167.62-168.94 161.06-174.61 174.86-184.80 184.19-186.76 192.10-193.42 186.10-188.69 194.75-196.07 195.52-197.69 199.39-201.38 191.90-193.85

Dec. 18 71.00 55.00 68.50 56.50 47.00 57.00 51.00 9.00 11.00 11.00 6.60 8.50 56.00 53.00 36.00 26.00 27.00 903.90 551.20 595.20

$460

Beef Cutout ($/cwt)

HOGS (Hams Marketing) Week ending Feb 13-Feb 20 Feb 27-Mar 05 Mar 12-Mar 19 Mar 26-Apr 02 Apr 09-Apr 16 Apr 23-Apr 30 May 07-May 14 May 21-May 28 June 04-June 11 June 18-June 25

Jan. 8 71.00 60.00 68.50 60.00 47.00 57.00 48.00 9.50 12.50 11.75 6.60 8.50 56.00 53.00 36.00 27.50 27.00 903.90 551.20 595.20

Cash Prices

$200 12/4 12/11 12/18 12/31 1/8

Due to wide reporting and collection methods, it is misleading to compare hog prices between provinces.

Jan. 15 Laird lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) 72.00 Laird lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) 60.00 Richlea lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) 68.50 Eston lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) 60.00 Eston lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) 47.00 Sm. Red lentils, No. 2 (¢/lb) 54.00 Sm. Red lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) 48.00 Peas, green No. 1 ($/bu) 9.50 Peas, large. yellow No. 1 ($/bu) 12.50 Peas, sm. yellow No. 2 ($/bu) 12.00 Feed peas ($/bu) 6.60 Maple peas ($/bu) 9.50 Mustard, yellow, No. 1 (¢/lb) 58.00 Mustard, Oriental, No. 1 (¢/lb) 53.00 Mustard, Brown, No. 1 (¢/lb) 36.00 Canaryseed (¢/lb) 27.00 Desi chickpeas (¢/lb) 27.00 Kabuli, 8mm, No. 1 ($/mt) 903.90 Kabuli, 7mm, No. 1 ($/mt) 551.20 B-90 ckpeas, No. 1 ($/mt) 595.20

1/11 1/18

Jan. 18 Jan. 11 Trend Wpg ICE Canola ($/tonne) Mar 486.70 478.40 +8.30 May 494.30 485.80 +8.50 July 498.00 490.10 +7.90 Nov 495.80 488.40 +7.40 Wpg ICE Milling Wheat ($/tonne) Mar 246.00 237.00 +9.00 May 248.00 240.00 +8.00 July 252.00 244.00 +8.00 Wpg ICE Durum Wheat ($/tonne) Mar 334.00 322.00 +12.00 May 342.00 330.00 +12.00 Wpg ICE Barley ($/tonne) Mar 183.00 182.00 +1.00 May 188.00 188.00 0.00 Jan. 15 Jan. 11 Trend Chicago Wheat ($US/bu.) Mar 4.7375 4.6900 +0.0475 May 4.7850 4.7450 +0.0400 July 4.8450 4.8100 +0.0350 Sep 4.9300 4.9050 +0.0250 Chicago Oats ($US/bu.) Mar 1.9875 1.9900 -0.0025 May 1.9875 1.9900 -0.0025 July 2.0400 2.0350 +0.0050 Chicago Soybeans ($US/bu.) Mar 8.7900 8.6125 +0.1775 May 8.7875 8.6400 +0.1475 July 8.8375 8.7025 +0.1350 Aug 8.8550 8.7250 +0.1300 Chicago Soy Oil (¢US/lb.) Mar 29.65 29.25 +0.40 May 29.86 29.48 +0.38 Jul 30.10 29.73 +0.37 Chicago Soy Meal ($US/short ton) Mar 270.7 269.9 +0.8 May 273.6 272.3 +1.3 Jul 276.7 275.0 +1.7 Chicago Corn ($US/bu.) Mar 3.6325 3.5175 +0.1150 May 3.6750 3.5750 +0.1000 July 3.7275 3.6350 +0.0925 Sep 3.7750 3.6950 +0.0800 Minneapolis Wheat ($US/bu.) Mar 4.9725 4.9325 +0.0400 May 5.0350 5.0050 +0.0300 July 5.1050 5.0975 +0.0075 Sep 5.2075 5.2075 0.0000 Kansas City Wheat ($US/bu.) Mar 4.7400 4.6225 +0.1175 May 4.8400 4.7225 +0.1175 July 4.9350 4.8200 +0.1150

Year ago 449.70 443.90 437.10 425.40 216.00 219.00 221.00 361.00 351.00 195.00 197.00 Year ago 5.3275 5.3475 5.3825 5.5775 2.8875 2.9200 2.9600 9.9175 9.9750 10.0300 9.7525 33.39 33.52 33.69 326.2 320.5 320.7 3.8700 3.9425 4.0100 4.1475 5.8450 5.9075 5.9875 6.1500 5.7700 5.7950 6.0750

Canadian Exports & Crush To (1,000 MT) Jan. 10 Wheat 303.5 Durum 66.8 Oats 27.3 Barley 44.1 Flax 0.6 Canola 241.4 Peas 76.5 Lentils 38.4 (1,000 MT) Jan. 13 Canola crush 162.8

To Jan. 3 145.3 43.1 23.5 50.7 4.5 205.0 0.5 Jan. 6 165.2

Total Last to date year 7624.8 7291.8 1895.4 2551.1 483.5 497.1 457.9 657.3 172.9 190.8 4361.0 3714.0 1433.5 1329.8 535.2 330.0 To date Last year 3644.4 3232.5

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-31.4 -32.4 -26.3 -33.3 -33.3 -27.6 -39.4 -33.6 -33.3 -33.8 -33.4 -34.6 -27.9 -37.1 -30.6 -34.6 -32.6 -32.3

Precipitation since Nov. 1 mm mm %

1.8 1.5 0.4 4.7 1.6 2.0 3.2 1.5 2.1 6.4 2.5 3.5 1.0 3.0 1.3 0.6 1.9 1.0

26.5 26.0 27.1 30.4 44.4 31.3 20.0 30.5 37.8 29.8 48.8 26.8 31.8 27.2 27.7 28.3 45.8 48.3

72 49 56 61 134 70 42 70 79 71 106 65 82 69 72 78 85 104

MANITOBA Temperature last week High Low

Brooks Calgary Cold Lake Coronation Edmonton Grande Prairie High Level Lethbridge Lloydminster Medicine Hat Milk River Peace River Pincher Creek Red Deer Stavely Vegreville

4.4 8.7 -9.0 -3.1 2.0 1.8 -12.2 6.0 -5.6 4.3 5.4 -0.9 5.3 1.3 7.7 -1.0

-19.5 -17.9 -34.1 -33.0 -26.6 -23.0 -30.8 -18.7 -32.8 -19.6 -18.5 -27.0 -17.6 -19.3 -18.6 -35.4

Precipitation since Nov. 1 mm mm %

3.0 3.2 4.8 0.9 1.7 3.5 3.5 2.9 4.7 2.6 3.3 3.1 8.7 3.8 3.8 2.0

22.0 31.4 57.7 17.8 27.6 59.6 14.3 32.4 26.2 32.2 31.7 36.9 77.2 47.3 58.5 26.0

67 98 124 51 59 94 23 83 60 85 68 64 111 112 129 63

Temperature last week High Low

Brandon Dauphin Gimli Melita Morden Portage la Prairie Swan River Winnipeg

-14.1 -16.0 -16.5 -7.5 -15.2 -17.3 -16.4 -17.8

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-34.1 -29.9 -32.1 -31.8 -26.9 -27.4 -31.5 -32.3

2.7 2.0 1.1 2.9 3.3 1.9 2.0 1.4

46.7 37.0 33.2 25.6 42.1 36.8 34.3 28.8

87 67 57 46 67 57 56 47

-13.2 -21.4 -5.3 -6.0 -14.8

6.6 4.9 11.4 6.6 11.0

138.8 49.5 90.0 87.5 76.8

120 74 121 88 57

BRITISH COLUMBIA Cranbrook Fort St. John Kamloops Kelowna Prince George

1.7 1.4 3.9 3.6 0.3

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