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Warm winter a mixed blessing

Specialize or diversify? Crop adviser takes view that specialization in a few crops is the way to go BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

Western Canadian farmers have for years heard the same message from agronomists and advisers: grow a diverse array of crops, the more the merrier. David Sullivan takes a differentpoint of view. He says producers should specialize with three or four crops and drop the rest. “I see way too many farms growing seven, eight or nine crops,” said Sullivan, vice-president of sales and marketing for Global Ag Risk Solutions, a private crop insurer based in Moose Jaw. “If you were to go to the racetrack and bet on every single horse, you wouldn’t walk (away) with much money. You’ve got to pick the winners. Farming is no different.” Sullivan, who spoke at the Crop Connect conference in Winnipeg Feb. 10, has analyzed the crop returns of Global Ag Risk Solution clients and determined that producers make most of their money from two or three crops.

Livestock producers say swath grazing is more difficult and crop producers see fields drying out BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

Ryan Mercer expects to begin seeding in early April if the warm weather continues. High temperatures and drying winds have melted the snow and started to suck moisture out of the ground at his Lethbridge-area seed farm. “I expect it will be an early spring unless things change,” said Mercer. Temperatures hovering above 10 C have started thawing the ground and drying the fields. The warm weather has also made it easier on crews cleaning seed 24 hours a day since Christmas. “It makes that job easier,” said Mercer. The softening ground and the lack of snow may sound like a bonus for livestock producers, but Graeme Finn said it has made it tougher to swath graze his cattle. With no snow cover, the cattle “nit pick” through the swaths, taking the best bits, dragging the straw between swaths and pounding it into the soft ground. “They don’t need as much feed, but they go through more because they drag it around,” said Finn, who farms near Crossfield, Alta. Finn did unplug the electricity to his insulated water trough because the weather always seems to be above freezing at night. SEE WARM WINTER, PAGE 4

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» KELSEY JOHNSON: Farming’s

absence from the economic debate is baffling. 10

MARKETS 6

» D’ARCE MCMILLAN: Growing U.S. stocks are the wheat market’s main problem.

» LIBERALIZING CORN: China attempts to

liberalize its corn market.

» SUNFLOWER YIELDS: Lower yields

discourage sunflower acres in Manitoba. 7

» NEONIC SLOWDOWN: It »

planning for university.

» ON THE FARM: This Manitoba farm uses

appears soybean growers in Manitoba are pulling back on their neonic use. 5 CWB CALL: Fifty farmers meet to demand that Ottawa re-establish the Canadian Wheat Board. 14

every piece of land to its full potential. 23

» COVER CROPPING: A farmer »

from Saskatchewan develops a website to provide cover crop information. 29 SOAP HOLES: Researchers are investigating geological formations known as soap holes. 33

CORRECTIONS

farm equipment may have hit the limit. 70 season can lead to bigger canola pods. 71

» BISON ARE HOT: The bison market is red

• The Canadian Transportation Act review could be introduced to Parliament in April. A story in the Feb. 4 issue said the report would be introduced by Feb. 25, but transport minister Marc Garneau actually has 30 sitting days, not calendar days, from Jan. 25 to bring it forward. According to the parliamentary calendar, that could be as late as April 12.

hot, thanks to booming meat demand.

EAR TAGS: Confusion still reigns in cattle country over ear tag enforcement. 75

its first winter farm family fairs in 1966. 32

» JOHN CAMPBELL: The large

number of abortion triggers makes prevention tricky. 79

» BOB TOSH: It can be difficult

» STEPS TO GROWTH: A farmer says small

steps can lead to big gains on the farm. 80

» AGROPUR EXPANDS: Canada’s second

largest dairy firm eyes U.S. expansion. 81

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CANOLAB An oilseed expert says drought stress can cause later pods to get bigger and more prolific. SOAP HOLE PHOTOS These geological formations can cause a minor nuisance or act as combine eaters. Do you have any “soap holes” on your farm? Share your photo.

Adjusting to life after the oil patch can be challenging. 21

deciding which children will inherit the family farm. 81

AGFINANCE 80

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GORP ENERGY BARS Colleen Dyck has organized her plant’s energy bar production to fit inside the hours that a mom can work during the school day.

X-ray often fails to detect osteoarthritis. 21

» BRUCE DYCK: Sask Pool held

LIVESTOCK 74

• A story on page 6 of the Feb. 11 issue said more than ﬁve million tonnes of Turkish pasta were imported into Canada. It should be 5,000 tonnes.

HUMANE HOUSING POLL The push is on to phase out battery cages, but producers argue that causes territorial issues and birds can peck one another to death.

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Start the day with a hearty oatmeal breakfast. 22

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• In a story on page 79 of the Feb. 11 issue, Ray Orb, president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, should have said the Municipal Roads for the Economy program was cut ﬁrst to $16 million and then another $2 million, not $1.2 million. SARM wants funding restored to $25.5 million.

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CANOLA WORKSHOP

Phosphorus deficiency big prairie problem Canola devours the nutrient and growers are advised to test soil annually to ensure maximum yields BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Fertilizer experts say a serious phosphorus deficiency is developing in western Canadian soil. Rigas Karamanos, senior agronomist with Koch Agronomic Services, has tracked the amount of phosphorus removed from and applied to soil since 2002. There are only two dry years, 2003 and 2004, where farmers applied more than they removed. The remainder of those years there has been a deficiency, and in some of those years the deficiency was substantial, such as 2008 when it amounted to 400,000 tonnes. That’s because every bushel of canola removes .9 pounds of the nutrient from an acre of soil, which means a 60 bushel canola crop removes 54 lb. of phosphorus per acre. “Who is applying 54 lb.?” he asked delegates attending the 2016 Saskatchewan canoLab workshop in Saskatoon. Even if they are, phosphorus use efficiency in a canola crop is 30 percent in the first year of application. Karamanos said the good news is that phosphorus soil tests are the most accurate of all soil tests with a margin of error of plus or minus .8 lb. per acre. There is a 100 percent probability of getting a yield response from applying phosphorus if the test shows less than five parts per million, or 10 pounds per acre, of the ingredient in the top six inches of the soil,. Anything in the five to 10 p.p.m. range has a 75 percent chance, 10 to 20 p.p.m. has a 50 percent probability and more than 20 p.p.m. has a 25

Edgar Hammermeister, right, told participants at the Saskatchewan canoLab workshop that canola and soybeans are big users of phosphorus. | SEAN PRATT PHOTO percent chance. Thom Weir, senior agronomist with Farmers Edge, encouraged growers to keep an accounting table of how much phosphorus is applied and removed on each field every year. Many farmers don’t apply fertilizer to their pulse crops.

“You go in the hole big time with a 60 bu. pea crop,” he said. He encouraged growers to apply 50 to 55 lb. of phosphorus per acre with their cereal crops to make up for the years when they are growing canola and pulses. Edgar Hammermeister, Western Ag ’s manager of professional

agronomy for southeastern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, said soybeans are another big “exporter” of phosphorus. “Even though the soybeans won’t respond to the phosphate fertilizer, to protect your future crop yields you need to be using phosphate,” he said.

Hammermeister said new information is also available on how much nitrogen growers need to apply to their canola crops. Conventional wisdom says farmers should apply three to 3.5 lb. of nitrogen per acre for every bushel of yield. However, that research was conducted following decades of tilling the soil. Many farms have been notill for 10 to 25 years. “Now the soil has gotten into more of a balance, and there is more of a mineral potential,” he said. Hammermeister said the new recommendation is for two lb. of nitrogen per bushel of yield. Weir said farmers should not top dress their crops with nitrogen because they would need to do it at the same busy time of the year when they are applying fungicide, herbicide and insecticide. As well, it could be raining or wet, which makes foliar application a high-risk strategy. “I’ve seen a lot more wrecks by trying to do it that way than success,” he said. Farmers may not get the best yields by applying all their nitrogen in the fall or spring, but 95 percent of the time it is the best strategy. Weir also advised canola growers against applying potassium to their fields. The only time that needs to be done is when potassium levels in the soil are below 125 p.p.m., which is rare in Western Canada. Hammermeister said canola’s superior root system allows it to extract 1.5 to 1.8 times as much potassium from the soil as a wheat crop. sean.pratt@producer.com

CANOLA WORKSHOP

Turning canola seed into oil takes precision ‘smooshing’ BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

The facilities manager of the world’s biggest canola crushing facility says a lot happens to the black seed after it is dropped off in the driveway. Scott Johnson, manager of Cargill’s operation in Clavet, Sask., told delegates attending the 2016 Saskatchewan canoLab workshop that the facility’s two plants crush the equivalent of 5,500 acres of canola a day. The first step in the process is removing rocks and coarse dockage from the shipment. Moisture and temperature are the two keys to the crushing process. Cargill needs the seed to be at six percent moisture content and 80 C to begin the process. Flaking is the first stop in the journey through the plant, where the heated canola makes its way through two big steel rollers moving in opposite directions. “The seed goes between them and then we just smoosh that seed up,” said Johnson. “It’s a very precise operation. We’re targeting about 12 thousands of an inch thickness.”

The canola then enters the cooking process, where it is taken down to three percent moisture content and heated to 100 C. From there it moves to the expeller, where twothirds of the oil is removed from the seed. “We’ve got a screw that goes inside what we call a cage, and we basically squeeze those flakes,” he said. The oil pours through the holes in the cage and the meal goes out the other end of the processing line. The expelled oil contains 10 percent fines that need to be removed. That is done by dragging a coarse steel chain along the bottom of the tank and then spinning out the remaining fines in a horizontal centrifuge. The press cake left over from the expeller process still contains 16 to 18 percent oil. “We want to get all of that oil out,” said Johnson. Hexane is used in a solvent extraction process to absorb the oil contained in the press cake. The hexane is boiled to separate the oil and then condensed and reused thousands of times. Oil from the hexane process is

mixed with the oil from the expeller process and stored in a crude oil tank. The white meal that remains contains less than one percent oil but about 30 percent hexane. It is heated up to get rid of the hexane and then cooled. That meal contains 35 to 36 percent protein, which is much lower than soybean meal but suitable for dairy cattle rations.

Canola oil typically contains 500 parts per million phospholipids. Water is added to the oil to hydrate the phospholipids. The mixture is then placed in a centrifuge, where the heavy phospholipids go to the outside of the mixture and are separated from the oil. Bleaching is the most misunderstood step in the refining process. “We don’t add bleach to the oil, but we are removing colour.”

The crushing and refining process produces percent food grade oil and 57 percent meal

One of Cargill’s plants in Clavet is generally used for commodity canola and the other for specialty canola. The facility also has a refinery, where oil from the two plants is refined into a food grade product. “We just need to clean it up and get rid of the impurities,” said Johnson. The first step in that process is degumming, where the phospholipids are removed from the oil.

Canola contains chlorophyll and other components that make the oil green or dark red in colour, which is undesirable for the North American market. Bleaching clay, which is a naturally mined mineral, is added to the oil. “It is very fine. It’s like talcum powder,” said Johnson. The unwanted colours stick to the outside of the clay, which is then

filtered out. Unfortunately, the clay also absorbs some of the oil. The industry wants the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to allow crushers to put the used bleaching clay back in the meal because 25 percent of its weight is oil, which would be a valuable ingredient in the meal. Crushers in the United States are allowed to do that. “Today in Canada we can add clay to our meal and we can add oil to our meal, but we can’t add spent clay to our meal,” he said. Deodorization is the final step in the refining process, which takes out anything that can affect the taste of the oil. Food grade oil should taste like nothing at all when you swirl it in your mouth. The oil is heated to 260 C to strip off any undesirable flavours. “We also operate this thing at almost a full vacuum, so pretty extreme conditions,” said Johnson. The end result of the crushing and refining process is 43 percent food grade oil and 57 percent meal, which is destined for the California dairy market. sean.pratt@producer.com

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SPECIALIZE OR DIVERSIFY? » CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE A rotation of two crops isn’t sustainable, but growing six, seven or eight crops isn’t wise either, Sullivan said. “Probably three to four crops are a good balance between agronomy and economics,” he said. “When you grow more than that, you’re probably not gaining much from an agronomic standpoint…. But, economically, you could be leaving a lot of money on the table growing that fifth, sixth or seventh crop that aren’t making as much money (as primary crops).” Sullivan said the trouble with six, seven or eight crops is that it adds too much complexity to the operation. It’s hard enough making the right choices for three crops, let alone six or seven. “When to seed, what seeding rate, what fertility, what am I spraying … where am I binning it, where am I selling it?... You (can) spread your mind space too thin,” he said. “You only have so many decisions you can make in a year before things start to be (questionable) decisions.” Dumping crops isn’t hard to do. Sullivan gave the example of a farmer who grew durum, wheat, lentils, chickpeas and canola. Five crops aren’t excessive, but the producer’s gross margin (over input costs) were: • canola: $259.65 (per acre) • chickpeas: $413.50 • durum: $233.25 • lentils: $571.00 • wheat: $116.00 “Why the heck he decides to grow any amount of feed wheat, I have no idea. He could just grow more durum,” Sullivan said. Anastasia Kucinich, an oilseed specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, said she had reservations about Sullivan’s advice. “Yes, you probably are more limited to four or five that you can grow really well and consistently … but with expanding your crop options, then you can spread out risk potential,” she said. As well, producers may have agronomic reasons for growing more than four because specific crops do well on certain soil types. “Seven or eight, a lot of growers do that,” said Dennis Lange, a Manitoba Agriculture crop production adviser in Altona. “The reason is they’re picking crops well suited for various pieces of ground (on the farm).” Cutting out a similar but distinct crop is a good place to start if a producer wants to reduce complexity . “Nexera canola and InVigor canola are two separate crops,” Sullivan said. “If the specialty oils makes more money, then just grow the specialty oil…. If it doesn’t, then just grow a conventional.” robert.arnason@producer.com

Global Ag Risk Solutions, a private crop insurer, has calculated that the average fixed cost for grain farmers increased to $182 per acre in 2013 from $115 per acre in 2007.

It’s the middle of February and no snow is in sight in this field of round bales north of Shaunavon, Sask. |

WARM WINTER » CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE David Phillips, a senior climatologist with Environment Canada, said the winter hasn’t broken many records for extreme high or low temperatures, but it will go down in the record book as being mild. “It has been exceptionally mild in its duration. Every month has been mild,” said Phillips. “What has been the situation is it has been remarkably consistent. We had a couple days around Christmas that got cold, but we’re talking here about two or three days, not two or three months of brutal temperatures.” Feb. 9 may go down as one of the nicest days of the winter. The temperature in Calgary was above 16 C and Edmonton reached 9 C. Temperatures reached 20 C in

The thing that surprises me is the duration of these warm bouts. Typically, warm air doesn’t have a chance in the Prairies in February and it can be a one-day wonder. DAVID PHILLIPS ENVIRONMENT CANADA

Milk River, Alta., while Regina reached 9 C. “We certainly have seen some temperatures that would be more typical in late April or May than mid- February,” Phillips said. “The thing that surprises me is the duration of these warm bouts. Typically, warm air doesn’t have a chance in the Prairies in February and it can be a one-day wonder.” He said it may sound like “gobbledygook,” but what stands out are not that it has been so warm

but it hasn’t been cold. Prairies temperatures should usually be -7 C during the day and drop to -18 or -20 at night, but this year there haven’t been extreme temperatures at night or during the day. Areas like Grande Prairie or Edmonton should have eight or nine days where the temperature drops to -30 C, but there have been none this year. “In Medicine Hat or Calgary, there have been only four days

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below - 20. Normally they would have had 17 of those suckers,” Phillips said Feb. 12. The reason for the mild weather is no secret. El Nino, a warm band of ocean water in the Pacific Ocean, has created weather havoc for the past year. On the Prairies, a lack of snow can be blamed on El Nino and have farmers concerned about a lack of spring moisture. Phillips said no one should write an obituary for winter yet. Southern Alberta receives half of its annual snowfall after February. “I often say to Calgarians, your winter is over, but your snow season is about to begin,” he said. “The lack of precipitation is a concern to some growers, but you don’t lose your crop in February. A good soaking, percolating spring rain can erase any of the shortfalls of precipitation.” mary.macarthur@producer.com

FARM SAFETY

Alberta hunts for farm safety panel members Working groups will make recommendations to help design contentious safety legislation BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

The government is looking for recommendations for people to sit on the technical working groups to help design Alberta’s new farm safety legislation. A professional facilitator will lead the six groups, and each one will make recommendations that will be used to design the legislation. The committees will reflect the diversity of farm and ranch owners and employees from a cross section of agricultural industries. Members will be selected based on geography, gender, farm operation size, commodity and own-

ership structure. Academics, industry professionals, safety associations and safety delivery organizations will also be considered, the government said in a news release. Each working group will address specific areas. The Labour Relations Code group will determine how to ensure Alberta’s laws are compliant with recent Supreme Court decisions, which include a farm worker’s ability to unionize. The Employment Standards Code group will determine how

employment standards can be implemented in ways that make sense for agriculture. Two groups will study existing requirements and exceptions of the Occupational Health and Safety Code and how it should apply to farm and ranch work. One group will review the current best practices of health and safety operations on farms and ranches. It will provide advice on the best practices in agriculture. Another group will review the current Occupational Health and Safety education and training tools

Alberta laws on farm worker rights to unionize must be in compliance with the Supreme Court

available for farms and ranches and provide recommendations on which education, training and certification requirements would be useful for agriculture. Participants are expected to have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the diversity of agriculture in the province and an understanding of labour relations, employment standards or occupational health and safety standards. The groups will meet in March for a two-day meeting and then in June, July and August for one or two-day meetings. Additional meetings or conference calls may be required. mary.macarthur@producer.com

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Viterra, union talks break down The grain company requested a conciliator or mediator to help with negotiations BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Viterra has requested conciliation after the bargaining committee for Grain and General Services Union locals 1 and 2 rejected the company’s final offer in December. The grain handler asked Feb. 9 for the federal labour minister to appoint a conciliator or mediator to help the two parties reach agreement. The minister has 15 calendar days to decide whether to do so. If one is appointed, there is then a 60-day period during which the conciliator or mediator meets with the parties and reports to the minister. A conciliator works with the parties but does not make recommendations, while a mediator can make recommendations, but they are not binding. Viterra did not return a request for comment. GSU general secretary Hugh Wagner said the union offered to continue to meet, but the company said no. The two had been bargaining s i n c e O c t o b e r. T h e c o nt ra c t expired Oct. 31. Wagner said the biggest issue relates to terminal elevator workers and hours of work, including whether the employer can order a work schedule or if it is something the parties must agree on. “There are issues associated with hours of work, what I would call oncall shifting, meaning that people are asked in too many instances simply to be available in the event the railway spots a train,” he said. “They can’t make plans. They can’t go away. At the last minute,

‘no, it’s not coming until tomorrow.’ Then, they’ve got 24 hours to load it only to see it sit for three days.” Wagner said the union believes Viterra has not been firm enough with the railways, and that disrupts workers’ rights to lives away from work. He said the company also wants to eliminate worker adjustment benefits that have been in place for 30 years, which would be worth about $22,000 to a worker whose job has been eliminated. Wagner said the two sides are not “football fields apart” when it comes to wages. However, the union is concerned that Viterra wants to propose aggregate wage increases, meaning the payroll would rise by a set percentage but doesn’t guarantee individual employees that their wage would rise by a set amount. The union wants certainty in the contract that everyone would get at least a 2.5 percent increase to help them deal with the rising cost of living. Locals 1 and 2 include 400 workers, 75 of them in the Regina office and the rest in the country. Wagner added that if there is no settlement after the 60-day conciliation period, each party has 21 days before the company could lock out the workers or the union could strike. If it gets to that point, the union would vote by secret ballot to determine its course of action. (Some Western Producer employees belong to the GSU in a different local.) karen.briere@producer.com

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MANAGEMENT

Cost, stewardship may reduce treated seed use

Beekeepers shouldn’t point fingers: expert

Soybean trials also show treatments offer little benefit BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

Manitoba farmers are starting to shy away from growing grow insecticide-treated soybean seed. “Farmers are changing their minds, mainly because of the commodity prices right now…. They’re choosing to cut back on costs,” said Dylan Wiebe, who operates LD Seeds in Altona, Man. “In our area, a lot of guys are cutting back on the insecticides.” On-farm trials suggest neonicotinoid seed treatments offer limited agronomic benefit for soybeans. Manitoba Agriculture entomologist John Gavloski has told producers that neonicotinoid seed treatments are necessary on only 20

Beekeepers have blamed neonicotinoid seed treatments for colony losses. | FILE PHOTO percent of the soybean acres in the province because less than 20 percent of fields have a problem with wireworms. “If you can’t identify what pest you’re going after, if you don’t have a problem, then the question becomes why are you doing it?” said Terry Buss, a soybean expert and Manitoba Agriculture crop

production adviser in Beausejour. The Ontario government introduced regulations last year to limit the use of neonic seed treatments on corn and soybeans because the class of insecticides has been linked to bee colony losses in the province. “I think there’s an awareness of what’s happened in Ontario, and I

think there’s a consciousness that we have to be good stewards,” Buss said last week during a coffee break at the Crop Connect conference in Winnipeg. “I’ve heard that from (farmers) and I’ve heard that from retailers.” Research by Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers produced a different result. Trials on 10 farms that compared soybeans with fungicide and insecticide to seed with no treatment showed little or no difference. “Average crop establishment did not differ between treated and untreated,” the association said in a report. “The average yield increase … was one bushel per acre.” Assuming a seed treatment cost of $10 per unit and a price of $10 per bushel, the association said “the use of a seed treatment is not economical, based on average 2015 results.” It will continue the research this year. robert.arnason@producer.com

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It’s a common expression. When you point a finger at someone else, you’re also pointing three fingers at yourself. Ontario beekeepers have have blamed neonicotinoid treated seed for excessive bee colony losses in the province. A University of Guelph environmental scientist said beekeepers should look at their own practices. “I don’t think all the blame … can be laid on agriculture and the growers. You have to look closer to home and think, maybe there are things I (a beekeeper) can do to manage things,” said Cynthia Scott-Dupree, who spoke at Crop Connect. Scott-Dupree said Ontario farmers are required to take an integrated pest management course. The same expectation should be placed on beekeepers. “They (growers) have to prove they understand the IPM concept,” she said. “Why shouldn’t beekeepers have to take the same kind of certification?”

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After months of speculation, China has announced it is eliminating its price support on corn and will allow market forces to dictate what farmers are paid for the crop. Given Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s size, the success or failure of this reform could have major implications for the world grain market. The announcement was contained in the 2016 Number One Document, an agricultural policy released Jan. 28. However, no details were provided about how and when the liberalization plan would unfold. Tom Sleight, president of the U.S. Grains Council, has insight into the situation, considering that it has operated an office in Beijing for more than 30 years. He expects China to slowly decrease the bloated price it pays Chinese farmers for their grain to reduce massive government stockpiles of corn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it has been dropped by about 15 or 20 percent now. Maybe there will be another move in another year or so,â&#x20AC;? said Sleight. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a slow process.â&#x20AC;? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because Chinese corn growers would face significant financial hardship if the government eliminated price support in one fell swoop. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said China faces â&#x20AC;&#x153;substantial challengesâ&#x20AC;? in liberalizing corn prices while keeping wheat and rice price supports in place. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After China reformed subsidy policies for cotton and soybeans in 2014, many farmers abandoned these crops and switched to corn,â&#x20AC;? it said in a Feb. 5 report on the Chinese situation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If China liberalizes corn prices but not wheat or rice, it could face similar challenges.â&#x20AC;? The USDA said it will also be difficult to abandon price support given that the average cost of production for corn in China was $8 per bushel in 2014, according to a report from the Chinese government. Chinese domestic corn prices are still around $8 per bushel, or more

than double the U.S. price, which is why the government in Beijing is having difficulty selling its overpriced stockpiles of the commodity. Hog farmers find it cheaper to import sorghum and other competing ingredients. Sleight has heard estimates that the Chinese government owns 50 to 200 million tonnes of corn. The USDA expects Chinese corn inventories to be 113 million tonnes by the end of the 2015-16 crop year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put a lot of faith in those numbers because we know theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just guessing,â&#x20AC;? said Sleight. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone knows that Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stocks on corn is a state secret, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just all speculation.â&#x20AC;? However, he believes it will take at least a year or two before the stockpile dwindles to the point that North American farmers start seeing more transparent market signals coming out of China. There is a distinct possibility some of the government reserves will spoil in that time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Corn can certainly go bad if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t keep it in proper condition, and they tend to store their grain for quite a long period of time, two or three years,â&#x20AC;? he said. Sleight expects Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feed grain imports to contract slightly this year as the government sells some of its over-priced reserves. However, it will still be a major buyer of corn, sorghum, barley, cassava and distillers grain. It was the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest buyer of feed grain last year. Any curtailment in Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s purchases has the potential to move markets, depending on what grain it cuts back on the most. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anything that China does is going to have an impact on global prices for grain, there is not question about it,â&#x20AC;? he said. Arlan Suderman, chief commodity economist with INTL FCStone, believes sorghum exports from the U.S. and Australia would shut down if China eliminated its artificially high price for corn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would leave us with a lot of low-priced grain sorghum here in the United States that would probably push its way into the feed and ethanol industries and displace

A Chinese farmer works a corn field on a farm in Hebei province. The government recently announced plans to eliminate its price support on the crop. | REUTERS/KIM KYUNG-HOON PHOTO corn,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we stopped exporting sorghum, I would anticipate that would have downward pressure on corn prices.â&#x20AC;? Sleight expects that China wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cut sorghum imports. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do see that they will probably throttle them back just a touch this year, but buying patterns so far indicate there will still be strong sorghum sales to China,â&#x20AC;? he said. The U.S. has exported four million tonnes of sorghum to China in 2015-16. That is up from 3.4 million tonnes from the same time last year. Corn exports are meager by comparison: down to 912 tonnes from 82,500 a year ago. China buys its corn mostly from Ukraine and Argentina. Sleight is confident the oversupply situation in China is temporary and that the country will become a big importer of U.S. corn in the long term. Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agriculture ministry unveiled a plan in November calling for a nine percent contraction in Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corn acreage by 2020.

CHINESE CORN STOCKS SOAR Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grain self sufficiency policies that included government corn purchase plans to support farm income have led to unsustainably large corn stocks. The USDA admits these stock estimates might be inaccurate because China keeps its grain stocks secret. Some private forecasters think stocks might be twice as large as this. Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s year end stocks ( million tonnes) 2006-07 2007-08

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Lower yields discourage sunflower acres Acres are expected to be ‘down just a touch’ in Manitoba this year, despite strong prices for the oilseed ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

Canadian sunflower acres will likely be down or flat this year. Prices are strong, but yields dipped last year in Manitoba, and producers are choosing to grow easier crops such as soybeans. “I think acres will be down just a touch,” said Troy Turner, an agronomist with the National Sunflower Association of Canada, following the group’s 25-minute annual meeting in Winnipeg Feb. 10. Thirty-five to 40 people attended the meeting, demonstrating the decline in the number of sunflower growers in Manitoba over the last decade. Manitoba farmers grew 180,000 acres of sunflowers as recently as 2008. Seeded area has ranged from 70,000 to 95,000 since 2012. Wet years in 2009-11 turned many farmers off sunflowers because sclerotinia levels were up and yields were poor. With soybeans closing in on 1.5 million acres in Manitoba, it’s difficult to fit another crop into the rotation that’s susceptible to sclerotinia, such as sunflowers. “Confec sunflow ers always (require) a little extra attention. They (farmers) are looking at easier crops,” said Ben Friesen, purchasing manager for special crops with Scoular, which operates a processing plant in Winkler, Man.

Manitoba Agriculture estimates indicate that growers can make money from sunflowers. It ranks confectionary sunflowers number four out of 17 crops for profitability. New crop prices in Canada are comparable to last year: confectionaries are around 28 cents per lb. and black oils are 24 cents. “Those are pretty good prices,” Friesen said. “You can still make a pretty good dollar off that.” However, record U.S. production is weighing on the market. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported in January that 2015 sunflower production was 32 percent higher than 2014. Harvested area was 1.8 million acres, up 19 percent. Yield also jumped by 19 percent compared to 2014. Consequently, prices for new crop sunflowers have dropped in North Dakota, and black oils are now trading around US17 cents per pound. Friesen said the large U.S. crop may be affecting the psychology of Manitoba growers. “The word gets up here: there’s too many sunflowers,” he said. “Then guys say, ‘oh, maybe I shouldn’t grow sunflowers.’ ” The Middle East is traditionally a strong market for Canadian sunflowers, but demand is down because of the civil war in Syria and the battle with ISIS in the region. However, processors such as Scou-

Sunflower acres dropped in Manitoba last year to 94,263 from 184,523 in 2008. | lar are finding other buyers for sunflowers. “We’re moving as much as we always do. We’ve found our domestic markets, and our plants are going full production,” Friesen said. “So we’re hoping to get the same amount (from Manitoba) as we did in the past year.” robert.arnason@producer.com

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MANITOBA SUNFLOWER ACRES AND YIELDS (confecs and black oils) Acres 184,523 134,228 73,501 79,070 94,263

2008 2010 2012 2014 2015

(lb. per acre) Yield 1,517 1,118 2,174 1,803 1,446

Source: National Sunflower Assoc. of Canada

TRADE

U.S. farm official still holds out hope for success at WTO BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Farmers should not give up hope on a successful conclusion to the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization discussions, says the leader of a major U.S. farm group. In November, it will be 15 years since the round was officially launched at the WTO’s Fourth Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar. “There have been a lot of people pulling hair out about the Doha Round,” said Tom Sleight, president of the U.S. Grains Council. “When are they going to put a fork

in it? That sort of thing.” Former Canadian agriculture minister Gerry Ritz is one of those who believes it will be impossible to forge a deal when all 160 WTO members have the power to block a potential pact. “Everybody has a veto. You’re never going to get agreement,” he said during an editorial board meeting with Western Producer staff last March. Many Canadian farm groups have echoed that sentiment. They are fed up with the lack of progress around the WTO negotiating table. The latest setback was the failure

to come to an agreement at the Tenth Ministerial Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, in December. “We didn’t really see quite the progress we wanted to see,” said Sleight. “Nevertheless, it’s still going.” Sleight said farmers need to have more patience and farm groups need to remain fully engaged in the process as WTO countries work through stumbling blocks related to food safety and domestic subsidy issues. “I think the holdup is it’s a new WTO than it was a generation ago, where if the EU and the U.S. and a few

others could come to an agreement, things usually happened,” he said. “Now it’s a much more complicated body.” That is because countries such as Brazil, India, China and Russia have a lot more say in the process than they used to. “That changes the whole nature of the conversation within the WTO,” said Sleight. “We can’t get too frustrated with the lack of progress because it’s so much more complicated now than it used to be.” India stymied the latest round of negotiations with its concerns over

food safety. He said groups like his need to convince countries like India that liberalized trade is the way to address their food safety concerns. Agricultural groups are going to gather in the spring to try to hash out some solutions in time for the Eleventh Ministerial Conference in 2017. “I’d say for agriculture, we’ve got to hang in there,” said Sleight. “Agriculture needs the W TO. They form the foundation for trade. We need them.” sean.pratt@producer.com

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La Nina expected for first time since ’12 The weather phenomenon can bring dryness to the U.S. Plains and threaten the region’s winter wheat BY REUTERS AND WESTERN PRODUCER STAFF

La Nina, the counterpart to the current El Nino, might make an appearance this fall. If it does, it could stress next year’s American hard red winter wheat crop. El Nino, caused by unusually warm waters in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, is not over yet, but it is winding down, and a La Nina is increasingly expected to emerge for the first time in four years. The return of La Nina, which is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures, is possible this fall, the U.S. National Weather

Service’s Climate Prediction Center said in its monthly forecast. It joined other forecasters in projecting that La Nina could follow on the heels of one of the strongest El Ninos on record. La Nina can cause drier, warmer If a La Nina develops it could threaten the U.S. hard red winter wheat crop. | FILE PHOTO than normal weather in the U.S. southern Plains, where hard red August 2011 to March 2012, it to a severe contraction in the U.S. lion tonnes. brought the worst drought in a cen- cattle herd. Although the La Nina revived for winter wheat is grown. The La Nina contributed to a poor a rare second year, spring rain The CPC is not on official watch tury to Texas and hurt corn and for La Nina, but the probability is soybean crops in Argentina and hard red winter wheat crop in 2011 allowed the 2012 crop to climb with yields well below normal in back to 27.2 million tonnes. t r e n d i n g t o w a r d o n e , s a i d Brazil. There were back to back La Ninas Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Total The La Nina of 2005-06 also hit Michelle L’Heureux, a CPC climate scientist and El Nino-La in 2010-11 and 2011-12, and the production fell to 21.2 million hard red winter wheat yields hard. dryness in the central and southern tonnes, down from the average of The crop harvested in 2006 was Nina expert. When La Nina last appeared from Plains devastated pastures, leading the preceding five years of 25.1 mil- only 18.7 million tonnes. GRAIN PRICES

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Grain inventories are strong throughout the world, energy prices are falling and global economic growth is anemic, putting downward pressure on corn, soybeans and wheat prices. Lower energy prices weigh down crop prices, but on the other hand they should lower farm input costs. “We will see cheaper production costs from the energy side in 2016,” said Chad Spearman, grain market specialist with the market analysis firm Cattlefax, who provided a forecast of grain and energy markets at the Jan. 26-29 National Cattlemen’s Beef Association convention in San Diego. The world is awash with oil now, but North American exploration declined substantially in 2015, which should result in less supply this year to ease the glut and the free fall in energy prices. U.S. crude oil production averaged 9.3 million barrels per day last year, which should drop to 9.1 million barrels in 2016, and imports will fall to their lowest levels in 20 years. Crude oil averaged US$50 a barrel in 2015, but could well average less than $48 this year. The result is falling retail gasoline and diesel prices. U.S. retail gas should range from $1.90 to $2.40 per gallon compared to last year’s average of $2.54 a gallon. Diesel is expected to range from $2.10 to $2.65 per gallon. Cheaper energy prices will likely depress corn prices, barring weather disasters affecting the harvest. As well, the demand for corn to fuel the ethanol industry has flattened. In recent years 35 to 40 percent of the U.S. corn supply went into ethanol production but that could fall as gasoline prices fall below ethanol prices. American corn exports are struggling as cheaper corn is available in other countries with weaker currencies. The U.S. corn stocks-to-use ratio for the end of the current crop year

is expected to be 11 to 13 percent, which prompted Cattlefax to expect corn to sell for $3.35 to $3.45 per bushel in the spring. While corn growers will struggle, livestock feeders will benefit from the low price. Corn prices might fall below the cost of production for some growers. Nevertheless, Spearman expects American farmers to plant 89.5 million acres of corn this year, up from 88 million acres last year. The soybean situation is not a lot better. “Soybean stocks-to-use levels in the U.S. are expected to rise to levels that we haven’t seen for quite some time here in the U.S.,” he said. The USDA soybean stocks to use ratio this year is forecast at 11.8 percent, up from five percent last crop year. Soybean price trends remain lower because supplies are ample, but the surplus is not that big. “You are a crop away from drawing down supplies from the ample levels,” he said. U.S. soybean exports will decline from last year’s record levels. China was a major customer, but its economic slow down might hurt future imports. Sixty percent of American soybean exports went to China last year. Wheat is at the second highest stocks level since the late 1980s, so prices are under pressure. U.S. wheat exports are the slowest in decades. Wheat accounts for nearly half of total U.S. grain exports, but cheaper product is available around the world. “Wheat is not like corn and soybeans,” he said, referring to the geographic spread of its production. “Corn and soybeans are produced in the U.S., Argentina and Brazil and Ukraine. Those are the key major producers and major exporters. That differs from wheat, which is grown everywhere. It is a much more diversified crop.” barbara.duckworth@producer.com

MARKETS CANFAX REPORT FED CATTLE LOWER The Canfax weighted average fed steer price was $173.56 per hundredweight, down $3.65, and heifers were $171.91, down $3.97. Most of the trade happened midweek. Delivery dates ranged from the end of February to mid-March. There was no price incentive to move cattle south. U.S. bids worked back to the low $170s live, depending on freight and dressing percent. Alberta prices have maintained a $3-$7 premium over Ontario prices this year,. Fed supplies in Canada are tight, but exports have been brisk, trending above year ago levels. Weekly Western Canada slaughter to Jan. 30 topped 40,000 for the first time this year but fell to 36,000 head the following week. Beef cutouts should soon bottom and begin a seasonal rally in March as spring grilling season nears. Packers in the U.S. Plains paid US$128-$134 per cwt. for cash cattle, down from highs of $136 the previous week. Some sellers might have been motivated to get cattle out of muddy pens after recent snowstorms.

COW PRICES REBOUND Fewer animals at auction and good demand helped D1, D2 cow prices bounce back from the previous week’s lows, ranging $100-$113 to average $106.40, up $2.40. D3 cows ranged $85-$102 to average $93. Rail prices rose to range $206$211 per cwt. Slaughter bulls averaged $128.63, down $3.97.

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packers are weakening fed basis levels for later in 2016, adding to the weaker tone in the feeder market. Most of the pressure is on heavier cattle. Grass cattle have seen only moderate price pressure, thanks to tight supplies and good demand. Prices for 850 pound steers were the lowest this year and approached the December lows. Volumes will likely continue higher than a year ago as more backgrounded feeders come to market. Feedlots will want to pressure heavier feeders lower to try to improve breakevens.

U.S. boxed beef prices searched for a seasonal bottom. Choice cutout was US$217.02 per cwt., down $6, and Select was $214.27, down $4.21. Demand was slow but might pick up in the next few weeks. Weekly Canadian boxed beef to Jan. 30 saw AAA at C$305.10, down $6, and AA at $293.82, down $15.

PRAIRIE CATTLE ON FEED There were 919,080 cattle in feedlots in Alberta and Saskatchewan Feb. 1, up six percent from the previous year and close to the five year average. Placements in Januar y were 98,654, up nine percent. Cattle heavier than 800 lb. made up much of the increase. The mild winter helped with weight gain. Marketings in Januar y were 101,323, down seven percent. The lower marketings,higher placements and reduced feeder exports likely ensure higher cattle on feed numbers through the year. 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 RISE U.S. hog prices edged higher as cold, snowy weather discouraged producers from making deliveries. Processors were busy meeting demand for Easter hams, but demand could fall once that need is met. Iowa-southern Minnesota hogs delivered were US$46.50-$48 per hundredweight Feb. 12, up from $45.50-$46.50 Feb 5. U.S. hogs averaged $632.31 on a carcass basis Feb. 12, up from $61.43 Feb 5. The U.S. pork cutout was $76.08 per cwt. Feb. 12, down from $77.57 Feb. 5. 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 Feb. 12 was 2.281 million, up from 2.176 million the previous week. Slaughter was 2.226 million last year at the same time.

BISON STEADY The Canadian Bison Association said Grade A bulls in the desirable weight range sold at prices up to C$6 per pound hot hanging weight.

Growing U.S. stocks pose wheat market’s biggest problem CANADA TOPS U.S. IN WHEAT EXPORTS

MARKET WATCH Canada will likely export more wheat than the United States for the second consecutive year. U.S. wheat exports are expected to be the lowest since the early 1970s because of the strong U.S. dollar and aggressive world competition. (million tonnes)

U.S. buyers are offering US$4.25. Grade A heifers sold up to C$5.75. U.S. buyers offered US$4.10.

SHEEP STEADY Beaver Hill Auction in Tofield, Alta., reported 686 sheep and 96 goats sold Feb 8. Wool lambs lighter than 54 lb. were $230-$255 per cwt., 55-69 lb. were $230-$260, 70-85 lb. were $215-$243, 86-105 lb. were $187$220 and 106 lb. and heavier were $168-$181. Wool rams were $80-$105 per cwt. Cull ewes were $85-$135. Hair lambs lighter than 54 lb. were $210-$240 per cwt., 55-69 lb. were $220-$255, 70-85 lb. were $220-$237, 86-105 lb. were $170$210 and 106 lb. and heavier were $140-$162. Hair rams were $84-$105 per cwt. Cull ewes were $81-$105. Ontario Stockyards Inc. reported that 1,259 sheep and lambs and 54 goats traded Feb 8. Sheep, goats and light weight new crop lambs sold steady. Heavier new crops sold barely steady. Lambs over 105 lb traded at lower prices.

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FEEDERS LOWER Ample supply and soft demand pressured prices down. There is little American demand, but some eastern Canadian buyers are taking heavy feeders. Feeder exports in January were the lowest in many years. With cattle staying in Canada,

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anada will likely export more wheat than the United States for the second consecutive year. That is just one development in a depressed wheat market fixated on large supplies. However, the supply, while large, is not necessarily as overwhelming as it appears on first glance. The difference between ample supply and shortage is fairly small, and the wheat market orientation can change rapidly from comfort to panic. Today’s wheat stock scene is greatly influenced by the wheat export situation, which is off balance because of the dominance of the strong American dollar. Stocks are not much of a burden outside of the U.S. in the traditional exporting countries — the European Union, Canada, Australia and Argentina — and the Black Sea exporters — Russia and Ukraine. The reason is that they all have relatively weak currencies and are capitalizing by underpricing the U.S. For the second consecutive year, the EU will be the leading exporter with expected total shipments of 32.5 million tonnes. Russia will be the second place exporter followed by Canada. Next come the United States, Australia and Ukraine. Argentina comes in a distant seventh. The reporting on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply and demand report Feb. 9 focused a lot on the expected increase in domestic and global ending stocks. The global car r yout rose to almost 239 million tonnes, up 11 percent from last year and a record large amount. It is equal to 122.6 days of global consumption. However, the global number masks the fact that the real buildup in stocks is happening mostly in just one country: China. China holds 39 percent of world wheat stocks and 53 percent of its corn stocks, based on USDA estimates. I’d argue that rising wheat stocks in China don’t mean much to the

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market. They are tied up there. China does not import or export wheat in any meaningful way. The Chinese government wanted comfortable grain stocks to provide a cushion if it ever has a crop failure, but it has come to the conclusion that the stocks have grown beyond any rational need. Beijing is now revamping its farm assistance programs to try to tie production to market needs. The year end stocks situation does not look as bad when China is taken out of the equation. The focus returns to the buildup in the U.S., where the carryout has risen from 16.1 million tonnes two years ago to an expected 26.3 million this year, the most since 2010. Unlike in China, this grain really matters. It is available to the world market. The world’s main wheat futures exchanges are in the U.S., and traders pay close attention to domestic grain stocks. To whittle down American stocks will require some combination of a weaker U.S. currency, lower American production due to reduced acreage or a weather problem, or some disaster in another major production region that forces buyers to turn to the U.S. No one can predict what will happen in the coming crop year, but there are things to keep an eye on. India might offer the best hope for a new demand factor. Its winter

crops are struggling after two disappointing monsoon years and an unusually warm winter. Wheat production there might fall as low as 84.5 million tonnes based on the median of estimates from seven analysts polled by Bloomberg News. That would be down about five million tonnes from last year and down 10 million tonnes from two years ago. It has stocks, but it is not clear what shape they are in. There is talk that the country might have to import a record amount of wheat. India does not normally import wheat, but in 2006-07 it bought 6.7 million tonnes after a bad harvest. If its imports got to that level again, it would help to trim global stocks. North Africa’s crops are also struggling, and the region might have to step up imports As for production prospects, we know that there was bad weather last fall in Ukraine and its wheat crop was seeded on fewer acres. Part of what did get seeded was in bad shape going into dormancy. Spring weather will determine how much survives into harvest. There are no big weather worries yet affecting winter wheat in the U.S., Europe, Russia or China. darce.mcmillan@producer.com Follow D’Arce McMillan on Twitter @darcemcmillan.

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CRAIG’S VIEW

RURAL AFFAIRS

Provide infrastructure funding based on need, not population

ural areas matter, too. It’s a message we want all levels of government to hear loud and clear when it comes time to allocate infrastructure funding. The hue and cry from Canada’s major cities recently has been overwhelming as they urge Ottawa to act quickly on releasing money for infrastructure the Liberals promised during the last federal election. The federal Liberals promised $60 billion would be spent on infrastructure over the next decade. More recently, federal infrastructure minister Amarjeet Sohi has said the first $10 billion would be spent on maintenance projects during the next two years. A few smaller urban projects are already underway, and Alberta($700 million) and Saskatchewan ($300 million) were promised quick money to help sustain their faltering economies. It is not yet known how the money will be divvied up. There are no doubt many deserving projects in cities across Canada, but the lack of discussion about a plan for rural areas is alarming. A real potential exists for rural needs to become lost in the clamour and jostling. Many rural roads, bridges, culverts, water treatment issues and other projects have been put on the back burner for years, delayed by lack of funding. The isolation that many small communities and farms face often mean that a washed out road or collapsed bridge can turn a five minute drive to town or to a neighbour’s farm into a detour of 30 minutes or more to traverse the closest available alternate route. It is not a matter of driving three or four

extra blocks to get around an obstacle when you live in the country. If you’re talking about emergency services — first responders, ambulances or fire fighters — then the added time to get around a detour could potentially cost lives. Besides that, rural roads provide vital business links, sometimes the only business link, to isolated areas. For farmers, it’s about making money. They need a reliable road network to carry heavy equipment all season long from seeding to harvest. You can’t waste a day’s work driving the combine around a long detour when time is paramount to bringing in a good crop ahead of a fall frost or rain. If you own a small country store and the road into town is out, how’s your business going to do? What if you need a part for your furnace? The work-around solutions are usually much more complicated for rural residents than their urban counterparts. That’s why it’s important that higher levels of government resist the temptation to send the money where they think it will impress the most voters. Doing the right thing in this case does not mean making the biggest splash. In this case, fairness is not based on sheer population. It must be based on need. And rural residents, because of the distances between them and the lack of good alternatives, demonstrate an immense need. Their dependence on a sound and useful road network is disproportionate to their numbers.

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There is a lot of misconception with urbanites. They see us as taking advantage of a good situation, but they don’t understand that it took us a lifetime and tons of money to build the (grazing) leases. LARRY GAUTIER GRAZING ASSOCIATION SPOKESPERSON PAGE 30

ECONOMY

Agriculture’s lack of role in economic strategy is baffling CAPITAL LETTERS

KELSEY JOHNSON

oncern about the national economy is growing as oil prices and the loonie continue to slump, sinking to levels not seen in more than a decade. Job losses in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland have all ended up on Ottawa’s radar with promises of fast-tracked infrastructure funding and a commitment from the federal government to tr y and diversify the economy. The economic downturn is hard to miss. Some 62,000 people have lost their jobs in Alberta alone. On a recent trip to Edmonton, the signs of the times were reflected in auction and storage yards, full to the brim with heavy duty equipment

and dozens of trailers sent down from the north. As unemployment rises, there are demands for changes to the federal Employment Insurance program, which was heavily amended by the previous Conservative government. Employment minister MaryAnn Mihychuck has said she will reform the system and make it more user friendly and available to those who need it. Those yet to be announced fixes should be welcomed, but with few expecting the slump in oil prices to improve any time soon, the hunt for more permanent, long-term solutions to Canada’s economic woes has begun. Diversifying a country’s economy is not a simple task. It takes time, creativity, investment and a willingness to turn to sectors that often run below the radar, such as agriculture. Canada’s agriculture industry contributed $106 billion to the national economy in 2014. It is a major employer with one in eight jobs tied to the sector and 2.1 mil-

lion people employed. It’s expected that an additional 73,000 jobs will be created in the agriculture, horticulture and aquaculture industries by 2022. One-third of them are expected to go unfilled. Yet, as economists, policy makers and politicians look for ways to improve Canada’s economy, agriculture barely surfaces in conversation. It’s true that many of the jobs in Canada’s agriculture industry are far from glamorous. Most are located in rural centres, some are low-skilled and few fall into the 9-5 routine with which urban Canadians have become accustomed. Still, the industry’s ingenuity, innovation and creativity means opportunity is endless. For example, consider food processing, Canada’s largest manufacturing sector. The emergence of the global marketplace means Canada has the chance to tap into markets where taste and preference differs from home. Canada’s meat packers have been

trying for years to improve their value-added processing, in which cuts not popular in local markets can be reconfigured into goods more suitable for international customers. Officials had been hoping a resurgence in Canada’s manufacturing sector as a whole would ease the fiscal pain of falling oil prices. However, with labour shortages mounting and infrastructure deficits along the supply chain becoming harder to ignore, the ability for exporters to tap into new markets is slipping away. Value-added processing is being set aside as plants struggle to fill shifts and meet current demand. The vacancies are striking. At last count, Canada’s beef industry was short 8,000 workers, while the meat industry reported an additional 1,000 vacancies. Many of those jobs require specific skills — husbandry knowledge, butcher and meat cutting, familiarity with heavy duty equipment — which are rarely mentioned in the average high school career course, college advertise-

ment or federal skills training commercial. People simply don’t think about agriculture as a career choice. As the gap between the farm and people’s forks grows, so too does the appreciation for what kind of work is available on Canadian farms and their supply chain. Today’s farmer is a businessperson, a marketing agent, a mechanic, an environmentalist, which are all skills that many Canadians have but may not think are applicable to agriculture. Convincing Canadians to consider agriculture as a career will take time. Changing stereotypes and modernizing the romanticized image that folks have of the industry cannot be done overnight. However, it’s a conversation that must be had and one that policy-makers would be smart to take the lead on as they try to navigate the muddy economic waters ahead. Kelsey Johnson is a reporter with iPolitics, www.ipolitics.ca.

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PROMOTING AGRICULTURE

Urban buy-in key to sustainable food

Videos urge producer activisim

BY THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION

roviding healthy diets for the world’s growing urban population requires stronger links between rural producers and urban markets, says Maria Helena Semedo, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s director-general for natural resources. As well, food systems will need to be built that are more socially inclusive, environmentally sound and less wasteful. Semedo warned of the difficulties that many cities face in ensuring regular and stable access to adequate food for all. “This will worsen as an increasing proportion of the hungry will be living in urban areas,” she said. More than 50 percent of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, and this is expected to rise to 70 percent by 2050, particularly in developing countries. The increasing effects of climate change, including storms, floods and other extreme weather events, pose an added threat to how people in cities, especially the poor, access food. To address these needs, food systems must be made more sustainable — from production to distribution to consumption. This includes guaranteeing access and active involvement of all stakeholders, farmers and smallholders, along the whole supply and value chain. Crucial to this is drastically reducing food losses and waste, which are especially high in urban areas. This includes redistributing edible unused food and using

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Rooftop agriculture is one option to improve urban access to sustainable food, but food waste must also be addressed. | FRANKLIN HEIJNEN/FLICKR.COM PHOTO waste as compost or for generating energy. Semedo underscored the role played by rural populations in contributing to the food security of those who live in cities. “Feeding cities creates considerable opportunities for sustainable development, both in cities and in rural areas, especially when family farmers and small-holders are linked to these markets,” Semedo said. Urban agriculture is also an important component of food systems. It includes innovative techniques such as hydroponics and home and vertical gardens, which provide prospects to create jobs, offer nutritional diversity and contribute to healthy eating in towns and cities.

Food security and nutrition often remains overlooked in urban planning and development. This must change if the international community is to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 11 of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which entails making cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, Semedo said. To this end, “integrating food into urban planning is essential,” she stressed, noting that while city and metropolitan governments are increasingly taking part in local, national and global dialogues on food systems, “more needs to be done.” This should be an inclusive process, bringing together government, the private sector and civil

society in ways that reflect the social, economic and ecological complexities of food systems, Semedo added. There is a need for cities to share their experiences through global networks as a way to spur a wider adoption of good practices. For example, Semedo cited the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, which more than 100 municipalities from around the world approved at the Milan Expo in October. For its part, the FAO is also working with and spearheading various initiatives such as Food for the Cities and Meeting Urban Food Needs. The Food and Agriculture Organization is an agency of the United Nations.

TRADE

MRLs continue to be vexing issue for farmers HURSH ON AG

KEVIN HURSH

apan, one of our major markets for canola, has established a maximum residue level for quinclorac, the active ingredient in Clever. You would think this would resolve the marketing issue for canola treated with Clever to control cleavers, but unfortunately, that’s not the case. China still doesn’t have an MRL. It is a huge market, and the main elevator companies say they will not accept any canola treated with Clever this year. Some companies begrudgingly put programs in place to segregate treated canola last year, but the marketing programs are reportedly

quite limited and some farmers have tens of thousands of bushels that they aren’t sure what to do with. They are in a tough position through no fault of their own. Clever is a registered product promoted and marketed exclusively by Great Northern Growers. Warnings from the Canola Council of Canada not to use Clever were issued too late, and many growers applied the product last year with no knowledge of an MRL issue. The canola council and the major elevator companies have issued their warnings early this year, which means they won’t be obliged to show sympathy for growers who ignore the warnings and still use the herbicide. Many registered products on the market do not have MRLs established in all importing countries. This is particularly true for pre-harvest products used in pulse crops, which will typically leave a much higher residue than a herbicide applied early in the growing season. “Testing after the 2015 crop year showed that when quinclorac was

used on canola according to label directions, detectable residues occurred in the canola seed, oil and meal most of the time,” the canola council said. However, a Feb. 2 summary of recent quinclorac research conducted by the Canadian Grain Commission’s Grain Research Laboratory reports that residues were not found in any of the harvest composite samples analyzed. As well, residues were not detected in any of the 14 randomly selected export shipments sampled last year between Aug. 1 and Dec. 30. All of this means that quinclorac residue may be detectable in farm samples, but it appears to be difficult to find even in parts per billion when canola is aggregated from many producers. Great Northern Growers questions whether China is even concerned with quinclorac. It quotes experts as saying that China refers to the international standard known as Codex when it doesn’t have a domestic MRL. In this case, Codex doesn’t have an MRL either,

so China then defers to the country of origin, and in this country there’s an MRL. The pulse crop industry is able to manage the MRL issue on a number of products and markets, but the main elevator companies are unable or unwilling to manage quinclorac. It does represent extra cost and risk, and the companies apparently believe this shouldn’t be their problem. GNG says the issue is mainly about elevator companies trying to slow down a generic product supplier that has many other products in the pipeline. The Western Grain Elevator Association steadfastly denies that, saying it’s all about the costs associated with segregating a bulk commodity with low margins. Maybe a canola buyer will step up with a program to buy quinclorac treated canola and send it to accepting markets, but that hasn’t materialized yet. Kevin Hursh is an agricultural journalist, consultant and farmer. He can be reached by e-mail at kevin@hursh.ca.

here are two new videos aimed at spreading agriculture’s message. One, Ag more than ever – get in the food conversation, was produced by Farm Credit Canada on behalf of the Ag More Than Ever campaign, in which Glacier Farm Media, which owns The Western Producer, is a partner. It’s about two minutes long. The other, License to Farm, is a polished, 30-minute documentary produced by SaskCanola. Both have a similar message: farmers can no longer remain silent in the debate over food safety. The FCC video, which can be found at bit.ly/1PskPOj, succinctly encourages far mers to get involved in the conversation about food, lest it takes place without them. It refers viewers to the agmorethanever.ca site to show how to get involved. License to Farm, which can be found at licensetofarm.com, features farmers, scientists, skeptics, communicators and an environmentalist. It covers political pressure on decision makers governing the food certification process, GMOs, pesticides, the “romantic ideal” farm and the identification of credible voices, such as farmers. Speakers offer brief explanations of issues, often their experience with misconceptions about farming, and then present the answers. In discussing food regulations, the video argues that “Canadian farmers have never before faced a challenge of this magnitude.” That’s a big statement. The thesis is that politicians will give into activists and consumer groups who have interests of their own unless agriculture’s most credible voice — farmers — speak up in large numbers. In a telling clip, Wilf Keller, president of Ag-West Bio, Saskatchewan’s bioscience industry association, tells the stor y of golden rice, a genetically modified product containing vitamin A, which could help address disease, especially night blindness, in countries whose populations are deficient. Although it was approved for commercial use 12 years ago, golden rice remains a dormant promise because of “fear mongering and activists’ concerns.” “It’s really a tragedy,” Keller says. The message in these videos is urgent, but both use a measured tone and are worth a look. brian.macleod@producer.com

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Everything I read in the media these days would lead me to believe things are going to hell in a hand basket. For some reason, I fail to subscribe to this “chicken little” line of thinking. Here is what I see going on in my community: significant investment by both the public and private sectors. Take health care. My last visit to the hospital and our countless trips to the walk-in clinic with our kids have been without incident. Add to that $1.2 billion in health-care infrastructure investment including a new children’s hospital, and I would suggest there is little to

cough at. Education also offers a good news story. My kids just had a new elementary school open up in their community this year and I read there are 17 more schools in the works and on the way. If the future is in our youth, I like our chances. From the private sector, there are eight new businesses in my immediate area supporting jobs in the service sector, three new highrise buildings under construction, a new football stadium and an international trade centre planned to open in 2017. All of these will contribute to economic, social and cultural growth in our community. Some of these projects are completely initiated by the private sector, while others

There were over $15 billion in agri-food exports in 2015. This is an impressive number. MARTY SEYMOUR AGRIBITION

show the willingness of the government to co-invest to generate long term economic dividends. Don’t forget about agriculture. There were over $15 billion in agrifood exports in 2015. This is an impressive number. What’s more impressive is the number wasn’t just the hard work of farmers and favourable markets. The value added sector also played a big role

in achieving this export success five years ahead of plan. If you don’t believe all those numbers, here’s one I can vouch for: Canadian Western Agribition, our county’s agriculture centerpiece, saw its economic impact grow from $37 million to $56 million in three short years. This is a testament to the entrepreneurial spirit of this province and the diversity existing in Saskatchewan. There is good news all around, you just have to want to see it. Marty Seymour CEO of Agribition Regina, Sask.

MACHINERY ON THE ROADS To the Editor: I can’t imagine that some farmers are moving large machinery on the roads without: • Mirrors are not wide enough to see behind. • Driver has tunnel vision/never looks for traffic behind. • There is only the farmer on the road, no other traffic life on the planet. Please use: • Rearview camera, but look at the screen too occasionally . • Place a phone number for your cellphone on rear of machinery being moved (large number please), so people can call you to let them by or that you are dragging the power line, or that you have a flat tire, or that there is an ambulance behind you that is being held up. This would work for truckers moving machinery too.

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Re: Mary MacArthur’s article “Low oil prices problems reach beyond jobs” (WP, Jan 28). Five years ago, the Saskatchewan government turned off production on 40 gas wells in our municipality because the gas company would not, or could not, comply with the new performance bond policy. The gas company walked away. Five years of no tax collection on 40 wells by our municipality adds up. In Saskatchewan, the leaseholder has no power to collect surface lease payments from a delinquent gas company, unlike Alberta, whose Surface Rights Board has teeth. A surface lease payment is like a paycheque from a job. Ron R. Tumbach Leader, Sask.

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Richardson fine with glyphosate oats

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e have a running joke around the editorial department here at WP World HQ: it revolves around the headlines used on online “click bait” type stories designed to capture your attention. “Man climbs mountain.… You’ll never believe what happens next…” “A woman tries to hug a leopard, the reason why will make you cry…” Or one of my personal favorites, “20 sensational headlines.… Number 4 will shock you!” And yes, editors, they really use the exclamation point.… You’re not going to see anything like these in The Western Producer, or even on our website, anytime soon. But as I was looking back over some of the stories we’ve done recently, a theme became evident among those that were most popular — and it wasn’t a sensational headline. Many of the stories that seem to really resonate with our readers are about people. Take Regina reporter Karen Briere’s recent profile of Nipawin, Sask., area bison producers Don and Paulette Scott, for example. Thousands of you checked that story out via our Facebook page. It hadn’t even been online for 24 hours when this column was written Feb. 12, but Saskatoon reporter William DeKay’s profile of Erin Wasson, a social worker at the U of S college of veterinary medicine, was already starting to generate a buzz. The same is true of Lethbridge reporter Barb Glen’s recent profile of Saskatoon-based sleep consultant Amanda Hudye, and Manitoba reporter Robert Arnason’s story on Killarney, Man., based farmer Matt Reimer, who has used his knowledge of computer programming to create a robotic tractor. So why are these stories so popular? It’s difficult to say for certain, but if I had to guess, it’s got something to do with all our readers having a shared interest in the world of agriculture: more precisely, how others are doing it, how they’re doing it differently and is there some potential for them to apply something they may learn to their own operation? Of course, I’d like to also believe that our award-winning journalists are pretty good at what they do, too. And while these people profiles aren’t all we do here at the WP, as popular as they are, I think I can say with confidence that you will continue to see them in our pages and online for years to come. You won’t believe what happens next.… paul.yanko@producer.com

Grain Millers has banned oats treated with the herbicide pre-harvest, but not Richardson BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

Richardson International is maintaining the status quo when it comes to oats. The company will continue to accept oats that are sprayed pre-harvest with glyphosate. “We will take oats that meet our visual specs, whether they are treated with glyphosate or not,” Al Raine, Richardson’s assistant vice-president of crop inputs marketing, said Feb. 11 at Crop Connect in Winnipeg. Richardson needed to re-evaluate its position because Grain Millers, another major oat buyer in

Western Canada, decided last year to stop accepting oats that have been desiccated with glyphosate. Growers that sell to Grain Millers must sign an affidavit that prohibits pre-harvest glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup. Terry Tyson, Grain Millers’ procurement manager in Yorkton, Sask., said the company made the decision after a multi-year investigation into problems with oat quality and functionality. It found that early application of glyphosate before harvest compromised oat flake quality and water absorption. Grain Millers concluded that the

practice also reduced the amount of beta glucan, a soluble fibre linked to cardiovascular health. Quaker and other food manufacturers require certain beta glucan levels to make heart healthy claims for oat products. Richardson, which operates oat milling plants in Portage la Prairie, Man., Martensville, Sask., and Barrhead, Alta., hasn’t witnessed problems with oats or heard complaints from its food industry clients. “In a review of finished products over the last three years, we have met our customer specifications and haven’t had (negative) feed-

back on product quality issues,” Raine said. “We haven’t seen the kind of results that they (Grain Millers) have seen.” However, customers did ask Richardson to test oats for glyphosate. “In 2015, we started including glyphosate residue testing. We found nothing above what we call an undetect level, which is .05 parts per million.” “Our position: it’s a good tool to have but we need farmers to follow the guidelines.”

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SINGLE DESK MARKETING

Producer meeting calls for return of Canadian Wheat Board BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

A group of producers hopes to reverse a decision made nearly five years ago: the termination of the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly on wheat and export barley sales. A former CWB director and other

board supporters met Feb. 10 in Swan River, Man., where more than 50 producers called on the federal government to re-establish the CWB single desk. “The fact a farm meeting of this size could unanimously pass this resolution is a strong indication to Ottawa that farmers are now feeling the loss of the CWB in their

pocketbooks,” said Kyle Korneychuk, who farms near Pelly, Sask., and is the spokesperson for the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance. In a release, the CWBA said the Conservative government’s decision to eliminate the single desk has cost prairie producers billions in lost revenue, based on a study by University of Saskatchewan agri-

cultural economist Richard Gray. Ken Sigurdson, a Swan River producer, said when the CWB was in place producers captured 90 percent of the port price. “Now without the single-desk farmers are only receiving between 40-60 percent of the port price for their wheat.” Breaking it down to a region,

farmers in Manitoba’s Swan River Valley lost $70 million in the last two years, Sigurdson said. The decades-long controversy over the CWB and single desk selling came to an end last year, when the federal government finalized the sale of CWB assets. robert.arnason@producer.com

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ENVIRONMENT

Sask. plans oil well cleanup Producer is glad it’s happening but thinks oil companies should do it BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Miles Vass is torn about a proposed oil well clean-up program in Saskatchewan. On one hand, the president of the Southeast Surface Rights Association at Carnduff wants wells sites to be properly cleaned up. On the other, he thinks the oil companies should be responsible, not taxpayers. Last week premier Brad Wall proposed Ottawa spend $156 million to employ out-of-work oilfield workers in an accelerated well clean-up program. He said the program would speed the decommissioning and reclamation of 1,000 non-producing wells over two years and generate and estimated 1,200 direct and indirect jobs. Dan Cugnet, chair of Valleyview Petroleums in Weyburn, said the program would create needed job growth in the sector. But it’s unclear what exactly they mean by non-producing wells. There are about 20,500 suspended wells in Saskatchewan, some of which need decommissioning and reclamation, but they are owned by oil companies and don’t necessarily need to be cleaned up. Orphan wells are different. They don’t have owners usually because the company went out of business. Under provincial legislation, companies that deliberately shut down wells must follow reclamation guidelines under the Oil and Gas Conservation Act, said David Mitchell, an adviser to the westcentral region of the surface rights association. “An active oil company is already in charge of that well,” he said. “The farmer is still paid for the surface rights.” In the case of orphan wells, companies pay an annual levy into a fund that is to pay for properly decommissioning the wells. In 2012, the provincial auditor suggested there could be 700 orphan wells and that cleanup was happening too slowly. According to the Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Orphan Fund annual report for the year ending March 31, 2015, the industry had orphaned 233 sites, and 132 sites had been properly abandoned since the program began paying in 2010. The fund takes in about $2 million per year in levies, but the annual report also noted the forecasted total cost to the fund is $32 million. “The major risk the ministry faces in cleaning up orphan wells and sites is ensuring the ability to respond in a timely manner when they occur,” the report said. “Often as sites become orphaned they may have fallen into a state of disrepair and there may be environmental impacts.” Vass said landowners don’t receive no compensation in this situation, yet they have to live with the problems. In the case of suspended wells, he said companies pay the surface lease to the landowner but it seems they can be left indefinitely. “They continue to pay the annual rent on the surface but they never

clean it up,” he said. “There’s wells around here that are likely bordering on 30 years that have never produced a drop of oil that they’ve paid a surface lease on.” He believes the province should make sure oil companies do the right thing. He and other associations met with the province and believed changes to surface rights legislation were coming last fall but the government then backed away. While he wants the wells cleaned up, he said the taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook for it. “That federal money coming in could be used for many other infra-

structures that need fixing in this province let alone repairing what an industry has been allowed to come in and do,” he said. The NDP opposition also said federal money could be better used for other much-needed projects. “There are major infrastructure needs, from the bridge and hospital in Prince Albert, to Royal University Hospital which is wrapped in nets to keep it from crumbling, to a backlog of municipal projects…,” said deputy leader Trent Wotherspoon. karen.briere@producer.com

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LIVESTOCK

Aussie feed crop aids beef sector SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) — Higher feed grain supply has slowed an expected drop in Australian cattle exports as feedlot operators use cheap grain to fatten animals affected by a three-year drought and sell them to lucrative markets in Japan and Korea. The cheaper feed, the result of poor barley crops and bumper grain harvests, has helped feedlot operators boost herds at the expense of grass-feeding cattle farmers. The surging feedlot cattle herds should offset a drop in Australian cattle exports to a three-year low in the 2015-16 season as grassfed herds have been culled because of a lack of food and water due to the drought. Currently, strong demand from

feedlots has been supporting prices at local auctions, said Bim Struss, a cattle farmer in Queensland, Australia’s biggest cattle producing state. Feedlots are reaping the benefit of poor weather’s effect on malting barley, with only 40 percent of the crop fit for beer making, according to Andrew Gee, executive chair of Barley Australia. At the same time, sorghum production has been boosted by storms in recent weeks. “We had a pretty good season for barley and wheat and we are looking at some good yields for sorghum too,” said Wayne Newton, a farmer in Dalby, 200 kilometres northwest of the Queensland capital Brisbane.

GRAIN HANDLING

Bunge expects tough year Weak export demand hurts financial results

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CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — Bunge Ltd. expects a challenging year in 2016, chief executive officer Soren Schroder said earlier this month as the global grain trader reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit. The company, which is also a major agricultural processor, faces pressure from massive global supplies of corn and soybeans that farmers have accumulated after years of large harvests, Schroder said. Historically, large crops have benefited traders and processors by providing more grain for them to transport, store and sell. However, Bunge said slow selling by f a r m e r s a n d w e a k e x p o r t demand hurt results in its U.S. grain operations. Low crop prices have prompted farmers to keep their grain in storage instead of selling it, while importers are snapping up even cheaper supplies from other parts of the world. “Northern Hemisphere oilseed processing margins and grain exports will be pressured until markets adjust to the increased level of global supplies,” Schroder said. The results in Bunge’s grain and oilseeds businesses this year should be driven largely by operations in South America, where Bunge is a major player, said chief financial officer Drew Burke. Agribusiness, the company’s largest unit, will probably “start the year slow,” with results weighted toward the second half of the year, he said. Fourth quarter net income available to shareholders was US$188 million, or $1.30 per share, compared with a year-earlier loss of $62 million, or 43 cents per share. Excluding discontinued operations and other charges, earnings rose to $1.49 per share from $1.12. Analysts on average expected $1.56, according to Thomson Reuters. Revenue dropped to $11.13 billion from $13.23 billion.

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Agco not interested in Claas’s 365FarmNet The farm equipment company says its customers would not like using a software platform owned by a competitor (Reuters) — Agco Corp. says it does not have immediate plans to buy a stake in 365FarmNet, a farm management company and software platform that is a subsidiary of Germany-based Claas. “We are not buying a stake, but we are looking into how to co-operate,” said chief executive officer Martin Richenhagen. “We still would be interested if it would become an industry-owned solution. So far, we still talk, but it seems to be difficult for Claas to consider sharing the ownership with other players.” Farmers can use software from

365FarmNet to document costs, crop yields and inventories. Global agricultural companies are developing partnerships or buying companies to develop new software and hardware products that help farmers get the best yields from their farms using precision agriculture. Agco, which makes Challenger, Fendt, Valtra and Massey Ferguson machinery, was initially interested in buying a stake in 365FarmNet to create an alliance as a shareholder. However, Richenhagen said Agco’s customers would not like using a software platform owned

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by a competitor. “Our farmers don’t want to be forced into depending on one brand of farm equipment, or seeds, fertilizer or pesticides just through

software,” Richenhagen said. Agco’s own software application, called Fuse, is on an open platform, so the company’s combines and tractors can connect to not only 365FarmNet but other agricultural management systems, such as Deere & Co.’s JDLink, Richenhagen said. 365FarmNet is available only in Europe, according to a Claas of America spokesperson. Agco has a strong position in Europe and claims nearly a 50 percent market share in farming machinery in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

It plans to invest $295 million in 2016 on technology and new products, up from $122 million in 2005. Precision agriculture has become a top priority in the agriculture sector as commodity prices fall off their highs of 2012-13. Agco expects 2016 net sales of $7 billion, down from $7.5 billion in 2015. The company posted net sales of $9.7 billion and $10.8 billion in 2014 and 2013, respectively. Slowed sales prompted Agco to reduce production in 2015. Richenhagen said the company is prepared to adjust output again if demand languishes further.

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(Reuters) — Mosaic Co., grappling with falling prices and profits, is looking for acquisitions that could be bargain-priced in a weak commodity sector. The world’s largest producer of finished phosphate products expects lower selling prices for potash and phosphate in the current quarter. It has also reported fourth quarter profit that fell less than expected, and announced a US$75 million share repurchase program. C h i e f e x e c u t i v e o f f i c e r Jo c O’Rourke said the company is interested in acquisitions related to either potash or phosphate, but would weigh any opportunities against the benefits of further repurchases of its stock, which has fallen 50 percent over the past year. “The down parts of the (commodity) cycle do present opportunities,” chief financial officer Rich Mack said. “If there is something that is extraordinarily compelling, it’s something that we could act on.” Fertilizer producers’ profits have been hit by falling prices, largely because of weak currencies in countries such as Brazil and low grain prices. Falling currency values against the U.S. dollar have lowered production costs 17 percent in Canada, where Mosaic’s largest potash mines are located, but the savings amount to 41 percent in Belarus, where potash rival Belaruskali operates, Mosaic said. It expects phosphate prices to fall as much as 14.6 percent to $350 per tonne in the current quarter and potash prices to fall as much as 21 percent. Mosaic expects global phosphate shipments of 65 to 67 million tonnes this year, up from 64.4 million last year, according to BMO Nesbitt Burns. Potash shipments look slightly lower this year at 58 to 60 million tonnes, down from 60.7 million last year. The company recently said it would cut phosphate production by up to 400,000 tonnes in the first quarter because of weak demand. Fourth quarter net earnings fell to $155 million from $360.7 million a year earlier.

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FINANCE 101

College bound? What you need to know Those pondering post secondary education must have their finances in order; here are tips on getting started BY M. CAROLYN BLACK FREELANCE WRITER

Now is the time of year when many high school students about to graduate, and the parents who help them, as well as students who recently graduated, start planning for post secondary school. For those interested in agriculture, there are many options to mull over. According to an article in the American magazine Modern Farmer, four areas in agriculture are experiencing rapid growth and jobs are plentiful for university and college graduates: agricultural and biological engineering, soil science, agricultural economics and entrepreneurial start-ups for the tech savvy. Students might want to set their sights on one of these fields, but questions about financing and how it affects housing, textbooks, and food have to be addressed. Planning the financial aspects sounds daunting, but resources are in place to help. With tuition rates higher than ever, students need to educate themselves about the many ways to chip away at fees through grants, scholarships, bursaries and student loans. Students should open a postsecondary student account at a local bank. They’ll need identification plus proof-of-enrolment at the chosen school. It’s possible to open a regular account first and change it to a post-secondary student account later for those who haven’t decided on a school yet. These accounts offer low or no service charges and access to emergency funding such as student lines of credit or low-limit credit cards. As well, banks provide advice on using Registered Education Savings Plans and navigating provincial and federal student loans.

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Students will need their own bank accounts from which to pay tuition and other university fees, and they may be advised to open a cheque and savings account: one for deposits and savings and the other for payments and easy access to cash for living expenses while at school. Each province has its own site for student loans. They are easy to navigate and have information about federal grants students might automatically qualify for just by applying for student aid. Only loans need repayment : grants, scholarships and bursaries are only repaid in cases where the student leaves school or doesn’t meet conditions, such as maintaining a certain grade point average. For more information on student loans visit www.canlearn.ca. Click on Provincial and Territorial Information under the Student Loans & Grants tab.

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$650,000 annually Most universities offer entrance scholarships to qualified students who apply. Other scholarships require a separate application. Universities award entrance scholarships based on grades with some schools requiring a minimum 70 to 75 percent grade average to be considered. Other schools with more students in competition for admission will ask for higher grades to qualify. Bursaries are also offered to incoming students based on financial need, but these must be applied for separately.

Christine Klaray, director of student services at the University of British Columbia, says there are two similar sounding but very different entrance scholarships students need to know about. “Students will be automatically considered for the UBC Major Entrance Scholarship if they apply online by a certain date. The UBC Entrance Award supports academically qualified applicants who would not otherwise be able to attend without significant financial assistance. “This award is separate from the Major Entrance Scholarship and

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requires a separate application.” UBC offers more than 70 facultyspecific awards that recognize academic achievement, community engagement, social responsibility and contributions to campus and other students. Klaray says students who apply for these awards should have an A or higher average. At the University of Saskatchewan, all entering students are automatically considered for guaranteed entrance scholarships based on entrance average, but it also offers awards that only AgBio students are eligible for. These can be renewed every year up to $10,000 total. “The dean’s office administers over $250,000 of award to undergraduate AgBio students every year,” says Jolana Piercy, academic operations assistant.

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COLLEGE BOUND? » CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE “The criteria of these awards vary, but most are based on academic averages from the previous year.” The University of Guelph requires a minimum average of 85 percent for a $2,000 automatic entrance scholarship and 90 percent or higher for $3,000, but the Ontario Agricultural College also offers more than 350 other awards and bursaries, some requiring a minimum 70 percent average. The OAC is supported by alumni, donors and industry partners, who fund more than $650,000 in awards annually. If scholarships, bursaries and loans aren’t enough to cover all a student’s expenses, campuses often have part-time jobs available for undergraduates. “Our Student Financial Support Centre can assist students in applying for loans, scholarships and emergency funding,” says Jane

Leadbetter, recruiter at the University of Alberta’s Faculty of ALES. “Many part-time jobs are available on campus, and students can receive support for applying and searching for these jobs at Career and Placement Services.” The U of S has jobs that students can apply for throughout the year, including the summer months, in positions such as student departmental assistants, student ambassadors, camp leaders and barn workers, along with retail jobs in the bookstore or campus food establishments. UBC offers many ways for students to gain work experience on campus in hospitality, retail or as a residence adviser. It also has a Work Learn Program, which offers significant work experience in a professional environment. Click on Build My Career at the UBC Student Services website for more details. Visit your school’s student services website for more information on scholarships, bursaries, job applications and student loans.

FARM LIVING HEALTH RESEARCH

Study examines farmer stress Information will help secure funding to provide support programs BY REBECA KUROPATWA FREELANCE WRITER

A n O nt a r i o re s e a rc h e r i s attempting to determine what triggers stress among Canadian farmers. “There’s a quite surprising lack of research done into the mental well being of Canadian farmers,” said Andria JonesBitton, a veterinarian and epidemiologist in the population medicine department at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College. “So we decided in the summer of 2015 that we would conduct a baseline survey of farmers to have a look at how they were doing in terms of their mental

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well being and the perceived stresses they were experiencing. Jones-Bitton kept the survey short and provided a validated scale of depression, anxiety, perceived stress and the ability to manage stresses and hardships, which she said made it possible to collect a large amount of data. “We also asked farmers about any resources they might have used to manage their stress or mental health, what they thought of the resources they used and how satisfied they are with the current resources available to them,” she said. “If the results show there are higher levels of depression, anxiety or stress among farmers compared to the general population, then I’m hoping that will help in terms of resource allocations: hard statistics to show we need to be dedicating more resources to helping farmers improve their resilience and deal with those issues.” Another option is to provide training-specific interventions for the agricultural community so that farmers can develop skills to manage stress, depression and anxiety and increase their ability to cope with those stresses. “We’re also looking at developing

a mental health literacy training program for the entire agricultural sector,” said Jones-Bitton. “This will provide mental health literacy training programs or mental health first aid for the general population, as well, and basically teach people how to recognize signs of depressions, anxiety or other potential mental health problems.” The goal is to provide support that is specific to agriculture and recognize the unique characteristic of farmers and their culture, which is, in some aspects, different from the general population. Jones-Bitton hopes to provide training for the various segments of food production: farmers, veterinarians, agricultural support staff, agricultural industry groups, feed and seed companies and dairies. She said she has been moved by some of the responses to the survey, which concluded Jan. 31. “I feel quite honoured to be able to hear what producers are thinking and for them to have shared their feelings through the survey,” said Jones-Bitton. “You know, just looking at some of the open ended responses, it would appear that they’re facing some pretty significant stresses from lots of different avenues. One of the participants stuck with me and has popped into my head almost on a daily basis. “He/she described how they feel like their entire way of life is under attack. I think that speaks to basically the severity and the multidirectionality of the stresses they are experiencing.” She said farmers who are feeling stressed and need someone to talk to should seek out counselling, including the farmer help lines that are available in some provinces.

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It’s hard to fit stay-at-home moms into a regular workday shift. So Colleen Dyck decided to make the workday fit the moms. “At first it seems like a little bit of a headache to design our shifts this way … but we found our employees were incredibly grateful, incredibly happy,” said Dyck, who founded the GORP “clean energy bar” company in Niverville, Man. “If I want to access them and have them be part of our group, I have to be able to accommodate them.” Dyck has organized her plant’s production to fit inside the hours that a mom can work during the school day. “A lot of stay-at-home-moms don’t want to find day care to do before and after school so that they can just get some extra pocket money a couple of times a week,” Dyck said during Keystone Agricultural Producers’ annual meeting Jan. 27.

On the flip side, Dyck found that stay-at-home moms were keen to work during school hours when they were free. “There’s camaraderie, there’s extra pocket cash, it’s just an easy way to be part of the community. It can be really hard to be staying at home all the time.” As a result, the workday is planed around when moms can be there. Available shifts are posted and the workers sign up for the ones they want. That way nothing is too formal and the moms’ primary commitment is still to their kids. “If they’ve got a school trip they want to go on, they can go on it. If they’ve got things they want to volunteer for, they can do it.” ed.white@producer.com

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HIP PAIN

X-ray often fails to detect signs of osteoarthritis HEALTH CLINIC

CLARE ROWSON, MD

I have had pain in my hip, which has made walking painful and difficult for the last few months. I am 64 years old, male and a farmer. I have done hard, physical work most of my life. My doctor sent me for an X-ray and nothing abnormal was found, so why do I still have the pain?

This is not at all unusual. In fact, there are scientific studies to prove this. Researchers looked at the Framingham Osteoarthritis and Osteoarthritis Initiative studies with nearly 4,500 participants. In the Framingham study, only 16 percent of patients with hip pain had osteoarthritis changes visible on an X-ray.

As well, only 21 percent of people whose hips showed evidence of radiographic arthritis findings had previously complained of hip pain. Therefore, a doctor who relies only on X-ray results to make the diagnosis could be incorrect. It is important to get appropriate treatment as quickly as possible because otherwise you will become increasingly immobile due to the pain and stiffness and more likely to suffer from secondary diseases caused by inactivity, such as obesity, diabetes and heart problems. Osteoarthritis of the hip is a progressive degenerative disorder affecting the hip joints. It affects one in 10 adults. Symptoms range from pain after weight bearing exercise to morning pain and stiffness and impaired mobility in everyday life. There is no real permanent cure, other than a hip replacement. Appropriate exercise therapy may delay progression of the disease and help relieve symptoms. They can be performed with the initial help and advice of a physiotherapist.

However, physiotherapy’s effects on the progression of the disease have been disputed, and it has been argued that the cost of the treatments are not justified by the lack of significant benefits. Long-term use of Tylenol has also been shown to be no more effective in treating the pain of osteoarthritis than a placebo, according to a recent Australian study published

in The Lancet. The researchers also found that it may lead to a risk of liver toxicity. On the positive side, there is anecdotal evidence of some famous athletes overcoming arthritis pain with stretching exercises and yoga. As well, researchers at St Georges Hospital in London, England, found a couple years ago that taking bisphosphonates, which are

usually used to treat osteoporosis, can relieve the pain of osteoarthritis of the hip and knee. Alendronate is one example of a bisphosphonate drug. There are long-acting versions of this medication that need only be taken once a month. Clare Rowson is a retired medical doctor in Belleville, Ont. Contact: health@producer.com.

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UNEMPLOYMENT

Dealing with job loss SPEAKING OF LIFE

Our son is home now. He left us a little over three years ago to work in the oil patch. Of course, the oil patch is pretty slow at the moment and any chance of work there for our son is, at best, remote. He came back to the farm a couple of months ago and is trying to get work. He calls his old company regularly but always gets the same discouraging response. My husband and I have paid off the money owing on his truck and we get him to help out a bit around the yard, but we are not big farmers and we do not have money on hand to pay him for farm labour. The truth is our son is not doing much. We know that is not healthy for him, but neither of us knows what to do about it. How do you get a 21-year-old man motivated when he is used to having more money than most of us can imagine?

I have no doubt that many people who work in the oil patch are happy to wait out this latest recession until the price of oil rebounds. These people will be fine. I also know that a number of people working in the oil patch making big dollars live a life of luxury. Those are the ones who are in trouble. They are not likely to get their big paycheques anywhere else and they cannot afford the lifestyle to which they aspire. Some are lucky, such as your son, and are able to get some support

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from their families to carry them through difficult times. Others are out of luck. They will have to retreat to a lifestyle that may be more affordable. The problem with the oil patch over the years is that it has distracted too many young people and taken them to the land of exuberance. Life goals are important, more important than huge paycheques. It is through the pursuit of life goals that young people land into the positives of self-esteem, self-efficacy and self-confidence. It is through the pursuit of life goals that young people get some sense of purpose to their wellbeing. It is through the pursuit of life goals that young people find the energy to get off the couch and commit to their communities. I suspect that you can best help your son by getting him to remember some of the dreams he had before he went to the oil patch. Maybe he needs to check out those dreams. If they are academic, he can find a way to go to university. If his dreams are more technical, he can look at some of the opportunities w a i t i n g f o r h i m i n t h e t ra d e schools. Maybe he just needs to get a job in which he feels good, even if the money is not all that great. The truth is that the setback in the oil patch is an opportunity your son can use to redefine who and what he is. Wouldn’t that be a great thing for him to do while he has some time with Mom and Dad at home. Talk to your son. Encourage him. And most of all, don’t let him off the hook for rediscovering that wonderful person inside of himself.

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atmeal is a centuries old staple food. Today it is enjoyed in a variety of creative and nutritious ways. Oats are available in several forms: • Groats are oat kernels with the husk removed. • Steel cut oats, Scotch oats, pinhead oats and Irish oats are all names for groats that are broken into two or three pieces. • Quick cooking steel cut oats are groats broken into several smaller pieces to reduce the cooking time. • Old fashioned or large flake rolled oats are steamed groats that are rolled to flatten into a flake. • Quick oatmeal is made the same as old-fashioned oats but are rolled thinner and cut into pieces. • Instant oatmeal is processed the same as quick oatmeal but cut into smaller pieces to reduce cooking time. Oats are rich in fibre, manganese, the B vitamins thiamin and riboflavin, vitamin E, iron and the protein amino acid tryptophan. It has been shown that oats help stabilize blood sugar and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, obesity and some cancers. They also have the highest proportion of soluble fibre of any grain, which helps to reduce LDL cholesterol levels (bad cholesterol). The insoluble fibre in oats can also improve bowel health. As well, oats, especially groats, can aid in weight loss because they digest slowly and give a longer feeling of fullness.

AUTHENTIC SCOTTISH PORRIDGE 1 1/2 c. steel cut oats 375 mL 3 1/2 c. water 875 mL generous pinch of salt Place water in a heavy bottomed saucepan, heat to boiling. Reduce to medium heat, stir in oats. Return to boil, stirring continuously. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 20 to 30 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent lumps and add salt partway through cooking. Less cooking produces a thin, chewy texture, while longer cooking produces a thicker, creamier dish. An alternate cooking method is to boil the oats for one minute, then

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Porridge was traditionally stirred with a wooden rod called a “spirtle” or “spurtle.” Superstition says that Scottish porridge should always be stirred clockwise and preferably with the right hand.

Slow cooker oatmeal cooked in a tin foil boil. The slow cooker is filled with water to act as a double boiler to prevent the porridge from sticking to the dish. | BETTY ANN DEOBALD PHOTOS turn off the heat, cover and leave on the stove overnight. Reheat and serve in the morning. Serves six. Adapted from scottish-at-heart.com.

microwave until hot. Another option is to leave 1/2 inch (1 cm) head space and freeze. Thaw overnight in refrigerator.

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I have tried cooking oatmeal in my slow cooker overnight. The result is an overcooked, stuck-on-the-pot oatmeal. The solution is to turn the slow cooker into a double boiler.

Our daughter-in-law, Lydia, makes this delicious baked oatmeal.

2 eggs 1 c. milk 250 mL 1 1/2 c. old fashioned 375 mL rolled oats 1/4 c. oil 60 mL 1/2 c. applesauce 60 mL 1/2 c. brown sugar 125 mL 1 tsp. baking powder 5 mL 1 tsp. cinnamon 5 mL 1 tbsp. chia seeds 15 mL 1 tbsp. milled flax seeds 15 mL 1 tbsp. hulled unsalted 15 mL pumpkin seeds 1 tbsp. roasted, unsalted 15 mL hulled sunflower seeds Place two cups (500 mL) of water in the slow cooker. Take two layers of heavy-duty tin foil, form into a bowl shape and place loosely in the slow cooker with edges extending over top edge. Mix eggs and milk in a separate bowl, add remaining ingredients, stir and pour into tin foil bowl. If there is room between slow cooker and foil, add more water to bring it three quarters of the way up inside the slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for seven to eight hours. An alternative is to place an ovenproof bowl in the slow cooker bowl. It needs to be large enough to hold all of the ingredients but yet not touch the sides of slow cooker bowl. Leftovers can be reheated at home or work for a quick hot breakfast. Place extra cooked oatmeal in one cup (500 mL) mason jars or plastic containers. Reheat in microwave proof bowl with 1/3 cup milk, on high, for one minute. Stir and

3 c. 1 c. 2 tsp. 1/2 c. 2 1 c. 2 tbsp. 1 tbsp. 1 tbsp.

quick oats brown sugar baking powder oil eggs milk shredded coconut milled flax seeds hulled unsalted pumpkin seeds 1 tbsp. slivered almonds

750 mL 250 mL 10 mL 125 mL 250 mL 30 mL 15 mL 15 mL 15 mL

Preheat oven to 350 F (180C). Mix all ingredients together and pour into a greased casserole dish. Bake 30 minutes.

OVERNIGHT REFRIGERATOR OATS This is an uncooked oatmeal breakfast or snack that travels well. 1/4 c. steel cut or old fashioned oats 1/4 c. Greek yogurt 1/4 c. unsweetened almond milk 1/4 banana, diced 1 tsp. chia seeds 1 tbsp. protein powder (optional)

60 mL 60 mL 60 mL 5 mL 15 mL

Combine all ingredients in a mason jar or plastic container with an airtight lid. Mix everything together, put on lid and place in the refrigerator for six to eight hours or overnight. Enjoy with your favourite toppings. Nut butter is delicious with this flavour combo. Make several jars at one time. They store well in the refrigerator for a week or more. Adapted from cleananddelicious. com.

Uncooked oatmeal, yogurt and milk are combined in single serving mason jars and then refrigerated overnight. Before serving, top with fresh or frozen fruit and maple syrup. Serve cold or gently heat in the microwave. Five minute granola bars make a portable snack for lunches. Top these oatmeal recipes with any variety of fresh or frozen fruit: raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, pineapple, mango, banana, pomegranate seeds, apple or applesauce. You can also use dried fruits, dried cranberries or raisins. Add milk, almond milk, soy milk or yogurt. Sweeten with brown sugar, maple syrup, agave syrup or honey. Top with cinnamon. Top with bacon or breakfast sausage to add more protein.

OATMEAL GRANOLA BARS Our daughter-in-law, Leanne, includes these in the lunch box or as an after school snack. 2 c. old fashioned 500 mL or quick rolled oats 1/2 c. dry cranberries, 125 mL raisins, chocolate chips or combination 1/2 tsp. salt 2 mL

1/4 c. 1 tsp. 1/3 c. 1 tbsp. 1 1/4 c.

corn syrup vanilla brown sugar protein powder egg melted butter cinnamon

60 mL 5 mL 75 mL 15 mL 60 mL

Stir dry ingredients together. Beat liquids. Combine until rolled oats are coated lightly. Spray/grease eight by eight inch (20 x 20 cm) square glass baking dish or line with parchment paper. Place mixture in dish, press into desired shape and thickness. Lightly sprinkle with cinnamon. Microwave on high for five minutes. Cut into bars white still warm. Cool. Wrap individually for lunches and refrigerate. Yields 10 bars. Betty Ann Deobald is a home economist from Rosetown, Sask., and a member of Team Resources. Contact: team@producer.com.

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Intergenerational farm takes holistic approach Management course sparks changes to calving and winter feeding to improve bottom line and quality of life BY REBECA KUROPATWA FREELANCE WRITER

ANOLA, Man.— Many farmers try to use every piece of land to its full potential, but paying attention to achieving maximum profit while also looking after the health of the land and the people is the driving philosophy of the Bouw family farm. The farm in Anola, Man., was started in 1960 by Peter and Mathilda Bouw shortly after they immigrated to Canada from Holland. The next two generations of Bouws have worked together to make Edie Creek Angus what it is today. The farm is run by Herman and his wife, Marilyn, and their two children, Jonathan and Stefan. “All three Bouw boys graduated from the (University of Manitoba) agriculture diploma program, with Herman also having an animal science degree,” said Marilyn.

Jonathan is married to Eileen and they have two daughters, Lucille and Karis. “I am a full-time mom working the minimum hours needed keep my nursing licence,” said Eileen. Stefan is married to Kendra and they have two sons, Jaxon, newborn Micah, and two daughters, Mikaya and Alexa. Marilyn has retired from teaching and has become the farm bookkeeper, managing the bills and keeping the farm office running. “She also guided the farm through two subdivisions of surplus yard sites, as well as doing the paperwork for three new driveways,” said Herman. “As for day-to-day operations, she assists with the cattle or sheep drives when absolutely necessary. “The farm has evolved through hog and dairy production in the ’60s and ’70s into a beef feedlot from 1976-2004 (shortly after the

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THE BOUW FAMILY Anola, Man. BSE crisis of 2003), to its present state as a cow-calf, organic grain and commercial lamb producing mixed farm,” he said. The family farms 1,700 acres, 1,000 owned and 700 acres rented. There is an old saying that applies well to the Bouws’ farming philosophy — when mixed farming is separated into grain farming and livestock production, a solution be-

comes two problems. As such, the family mixes things up, using hay and grain acres in rotational grazing. “We run 160 registered Black and Red Angus cows, 300 commercial ewes, and 700 acres of certified organic grain and hay, with the balance being used as pasture,” said Jonathan. “This symbiotic mix of livestock and grain production maximizes the resources of animal manure and hoof impact, to build organic matter and improve soil structure.” The farm produces 35 two-yearold forage-raised bulls a year. They are sold at their annual auction held at the Ashern Auction Mart in mid-March. They also produce 600 marketready lambs, organic wheat, oats, barley, soybeans, and alfalfa-grass hay. Jonathan and Stefan, along with their wives, recently took a Holistic

Jonathan Bouw farms with his brother and parents. He and his wife Eileen have two daughters Lucille left, and Karis. Management Course instructed by Don and Bev Campbell of Meadow Lake, Sask. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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This helped sharpen their focus, challenged them to plan more, and resulted in a changed calving season from February winter calving in the yard to May-June calving on pasture. The Bouws have also adopted bale grazing as the method of winter-feeding their herd. They say these changes have resulted in drastic improvements to their quality of life and bottom line. They further plan to expand the herd to 250 head, using current hay and crop fields as pasture and buying any needed winter hay. “Diversity has been a key philosophy to manage risk, and direct marketing is another strategy employed whenever possible to maximize returns,” said Stefan. “Approximately 15 to 20 head of grass-finished beef steers and heif-

Farm stewardship recognized Couple compost manure from their 40,000 head feedlot BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

Stefan takes Jason, left, Alexa and Mikaya for a ride on the all-terrain vehicle. | BOUW FAMILY PHOTO ers are sold directly by the quarter to repeat customers via wordof-mouth and website contacts.” For more information, visit www.ediecreekangus.com.

BANFF, Alta. — Shane and Kristin Schooten of Diamond City, Alta., are this year’s outstanding young farmers for the Alberta-Northwest Territories. Shane is president of Schooten and Sons Feedyards located near Lethbridge. Total capacity is 40,000 head and they also have 300 commercial cows. The farm includes another 6,300 acres for crop and grazing. Shane has been farming since he was 16. The feedlot has implemented a GPS system for all four feed yard locations and uses touch

screen computers in the feed trucks and at each cattle handling chute. They can also record age verification, which is adapted into the feed inventory control system. The family owned operation also has a long-term composting operation using its own feedlot manure and adding the compost back into the farm operation. Shane and Kristin have two children, Gracen, six, and Berkley, five, who are involved in community sports. They will be competing for the national Outstanding Young Farmers title later this year in Niagara Falls, Ont. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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Ray Watkins seems to have Lake Diefenbaker all to himself on a beautiful winter day near Elbow Sask., but the fish still weren’t biting. | MICKEY WATKINS PHOTO.

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Ontario sinks money into greenhouse sector Federal funds cover 15 percent of project BY JEFFREY CARTER FOR THE WESTERN PRODUCER

DRESDEN, Ontario â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Job creation and economic activity are behind a Feb. 2 statement announcing more than $1 million in grants to an Ontario greenhouse company. Lakeside Produce Inc., which also operates greenhouses and shipping facilities in California and Mexico, will use most of the money to expand its Leamington, Ont., warehouse by about two thirds to 120,000 sq. feet and up-

grade equipment, according to Tariq Malik, director of marketing. The remainder will be used to add another five to 10 acres to its greenhouse vegetable production. Provincial government funding covers up to 15 percent of project costs under the Southwestern Ontario Development Fund. The expected cost of the project is close to $7 million. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expected more than 200 new jobs will be created when the expansion is complete in 2019. The company already employs 312 at its

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200 jobs percent, down from 9.7 percent in December, according to Statistics Canada. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the highest rate for any Canadian city. Jeff Leal, Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agriculture minister, and Brad Duguid, minister of economic development, employment and infrastructure

attended the funding announcement along with Chris Cervini, Lakesideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s president and chief executive officer. Lakeside Produce was founded by the Cervini family in 1943. The company focuses on the production and marketing of greenhouse tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers and other greenhouse vegetables. The southwestern Ontario fund, along with the Eastern Ontario Development Fund have created and retained more than 38,000 jobs and attracted more than $1.6 billion in investment, according to an economic development ministry release from the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure.

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Fertilizer price expected to jump Economist predicts a tightening of supply and stronger prices by spring BY DAVE SIMS COMMODITY NEWS SERVICE CANADA

WINNIPEG — The relatively cheap price of natural gas has helped push down fertilizer prices for Canadian farmers this winter, but that should change by spring. Keystone Agricultural Producers president Dan Mazier said urea fertilizer has dropped to 445 per tonne from $545 per tonne in August. “Phosphate fertilizer was going for $721 per tonne in August. Now it’s $692,” he said. However, he also said fertilizer hasn’t copied the price movement seen in grains and oilseeds. “Prices haven’t softened anywhere near to what the crops have softened,” he said. Still, he expects use to remain relatively unchanged this year. Mazier said fertilizer is one of those things you “don’t cut back on too much” unless you’re growing a crop of lesser value. David Asbridge, president and senior economist of NPK Fertilizer Advisory Service in Missouri, said natural gas is behind a lot of the downward pressure on fertilizer. “Most of the world’s fertilizer, particularly nitrogen, is based on natural gas,” he said. ENERGY

Falling crude prices hamper biofuel demand BY JADE MARKUS COMMODITY NEWS SERVICE CANADA

WINNIPEG — Slumping crude oil prices are affecting the Canadian biofuel market and softening demand for corn and soybeans, says Andrea Kent, president of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association. Ethanol is traditionally cheaper than gasoline, which encouraged processors to blend more than the mandated amount, she said. “When you look at low gasoline prices now, that price advantage for ethanol really, really shrinks.” It means blenders will meet the mandated five percent ethanol requirement but have less incentive to blend at seven or 7.5 percent, which they normally do when it’s financially advantageous, Kent said. Biofuel production is a demand driver in the agricultural market because corn is an ingredient in ethanol production and soybeans are used in biodiesel. As a result, reduced demand for biofuel trickles down to the agricultural sector. “Amid lower oil prices you see that kind of low biofuel use can kind of trickle down and have an impact on the farm level as well,” Kent said. The impact of reduced opportunistic blending has been mitigated by policies that mandate a certain amount of biofuel use: five percent for ethanol and two percent for biodiesel. The CRFA is trying to increase the mandate to five percent by 2020.

The market is supply-driven right now and will take two to three years to stabilize, he added. Chinese fertilizer producers on the coast are able to compete right now, but companies further inland are having trouble and have scaled back their activity. “So the supply is beginning to get a little more limited and we think that again, over the next two to three years it will pull prices back up into a new cycle,” he said. In the short-term, he believes nitrogen prices have “just about bottomed out” in North America. Some products, such as urea, are also at price levels not seen since 2007, he said.

However, farmers in the southern United States will begin to eat into supplies as spring approaches, followed by producers in the U.S. Midwest and eventually those in Canada. “We’re expecting to see prices across the board get stronger between now and the end of March to mid-April,” Asbridge said. “That typically will be the peak for fertilizer prices. The western Canadian market should reflect that.” The value of the Canadian dollar will also affect prices, he added. “But that’s really more for phosphate because they make a lot of nitrogen in Canada and produce a lot of potash in Canada,” he said.

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Humane housing may take decades The switch to larger cages and nesting boxes is expensive WINNIPEG (Reuters) — Canada’s egg farmers plan to replace conventional hen cages with more humane conditions over the next 20 years, amid growing pressure from consumers, restaurants and food companies. The plan, announced Feb. 5 by Egg Farmers of Canada, an industry group that manages nearly all o f t h e c o u n t r y ’s e g g s u p p l y , comes as McDonald’s Corp. and others set targets for only buying eggs that come from cage-free hens. “This isn’t something we’ve done because of companies making announcements,” said Roger Pelissero, an Ontario egg farmer. “We always have in our mind what is best for our hens.” Ninety percent of Canada’s eggs come from hens in wire cages commonly known as battery cages, which are slightly larger than filing cabinet drawers and hold several birds each. The plan aims to switch half of the country’s egg-laying farms to other methods within eight years. About 85 percent of farms will switch within 15 years, and a complete transformation should happen by 2036. “This announcement is a huge shift and we’re confident the market will make it happen before 2036,” said Sayara Thurston, a campaigner with Humane Society International, adding that U.S. farmers have not made a similar pledge. The two-decade target is intended to protect farmers from financial hardship, as non-conventional systems are more expensive, Pelissero said. Canadian farmers will move to several alternatives, including larger cages with amenities like nesting boxes and perches; housing that allow hens access to the entire barn floor; and farms that allow them outdoors. The Humane Society is disappointed Canadian farmers aren’t phasing out cages entirely as the difference in welfare between birds raised in any type of cage compared with other methods is “night and day,” Thurston said. But Pelissero said there are downsides to any system. Chickens that have too much freedom can peck each other to death. Canada, which manages supply and prices, produces eggs mostly for its domestic market. Prices paid to farmers reflect costs of production, meaning that egg buyers and possibly consumers will absorb higher prices, Pelissero said. Most of a farmer’s cost of production is from feed, however.

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WINNIPEG — The 2016 version of Ontario’s Worst Weeds is inviting growers to cast their ballots and share information about the worst weeds on their farms. The survey is conducted by weed specialist David Bilyea at the University of Guelph’s Ridgetown campus, along with colleagues, Kris McNaughton and Christie Shropshire. “We did the survey back in 2007 and this is before social media was available,” said Bilyea. “One of the interesting things that came out of that survey was that quack grass was so high on the list and, while quack grass is definitely an issue for some people, it

was interesting it was so high. There may have been some misidentification of grasses. “We wanted to run it again and just see now that we have no-till, which has taken such a strong focus in agriculture and the different types of herbicides we have now ... and with GMO crops, which weeds people believe are their main problem.” Only Ontario residents can qualify for the survey. The survey tracks which weeds come from what areas and also ranks them with the hope of dividing it up into east and west. “But, in general, we wanted to see, across Ontario, what people’s worst weed is in their perception,” said Bilyea. The survey is expected to run

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LEASEHOLDER COMPENSATION

Grazing lease review to examine compensation packages Alberta auditor-general says releasing information on surface lease payments from energy companies is in the public interest BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

EDMONTON — Grazing leaseholders emphasized their good land stewardship and ecological benefits for Alberta while downplaying compensation payments from energy companies during a recent public accounts committee. However, auditor-general Merwan Saher said environmental, social and economic aspects of grazing leases, including compensation, need to be considered in the grazing lease review. “We are not applying any special approach to this program. It is simply applying good management

practice to this lease program,” Saher said after the meeting. Saher said in his 2015 report that the province could be out $25 million in annual revenue from oil and gas companies that are now being paid to leaseholders. “The current legislation allows an unquantified amount of personal financial benefit to some leaseholders over and above the benefits of grazing livestock on public land,” he said at the time. Deputy environment minister Bill Werry told the committee that the review isn’t looking to require leaseholders to disclose the compensation paid to leaseholders from energy companies.

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“That’s outside the scope of our current review,” he said. However, Saher said the report will be incomplete without financial information on how much money is paid to leaseholders. Saher said it was difficult to find information on surface lease compensation. In 2013, one of the largest of the 54 grazing associations

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ed and made public and let Albertans see the amount of compensation that is going leaseholders.” Bill Newton, a member of the Alberta Surface Leaseholders Association, said the grazing lease review is broader than just compensation levels. “I think the compensation system is working really well the way it is,” said Newton. “I don’t think the compensation for disturbance and adverse affect and inconvenience and nuisance is really part of the discussion for the department.” Larry Sears of the leaseholders association said compensation is not revenue for leaseholders. “The compensation is not rent, nor is it revenue, nor is it an access payment,” he said. “The intent of the compensation is intended to make leaseholders whole. That is, to put the grazing lease holder affected by energy operations in a financial position, as close as possible, to the position they were in prior to the entry by the operator. “Some have suggested this compensation go to the province. It would be difficult for the province to argue they are directly affected by noise, dust, gates left open, moving cattle, loss of use or nuisance because the province does not experience these impacts.” Instead, the association said the government should look at other revenue sources, including royalty rate increases, annual mineral lease rental payments, mineral lease bonus payments and other taxes on the energy industry. Larry Gautier of the Northern Alberta Grazing Association said a lot of money has been spent clearing land to make a usable grazing lease. Unlike southern Alberta, most of the grazing leases in northern Alberta were originally bush. “There is a lot of misconception with urbanites,” he said. “They see us as taking advantage of a good situation, but they don’t understand that it took us a lifetime and tons of money to build the leases.” Gautier said the association does agree that there needs to be a review of the grazing lease rental rates, which have been frozen since 1994. James Hargrave of the Alberta Grazing Leaseholders Association said compensation helps stewardship, which benefits all Albertans. “We need a functional ecosystem, a functional grassland, and that is what generates environmental benefits to society,” he said. “If we don’t have these incentive tools like compensation to manage for that adverse effect, then in the end the stewardship is going to suffer.” Werry said most leases are well managed, but the department needs to do a better job reporting the environmental and social benefits from the leases. “I believe we as a department can do better in reporting to Albertans the value they are receiving for the way in which we are managing public lands,” he said. “We do believe individuals involved in this activity are stewards and they are responsible stewards of the land.” mary.macarthur@producer.com

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WORLD IN BRIEF FARM AID

France asks EU to help farmers PARIS, France (Reuters) — France wants new “market regulation measures” to help farmers hurt by low milk and pork prices and has submitted proposals ahead of a meeting of European Union agriculture ministers later this month, prime minister Manuel Valls said last week. The government called on the European Commission to do more to help its struggling livestock sector, seeking to defuse protests in which farmers have blocked highways and supermarkets. Prices for milk and pork have fallen below the cost of production for many European Union farmers as a Russian embargo on western food has caused oversupply, and France says 35,000

of its livestock farms are at risk of going bankrupt. The French government has offered hundreds of millions of euros in aid to livestock farmers since last summer. But with no sign of an upturn in market conditions, farmers have renewed street protests since the start of the year. An EC spokesperson cited a US$556 million aid package granted last year and urged EU countries to make full use of it. In the dairy sector, French proposals include an increase in the floor price at which producers can sell into public storage, an export credit facility, and aid for farmers who cut output when prices fall, a memorandum submitted by France to the Commission showed. France also called for a concerted effort to get Russia to lift a sanitary embargo on EU pork, which pre-dated a broad ban on western food imposed in August 2014, the document showed.

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Tyson raises profit forecast (Reuters) — Tyson Foods Inc., the biggest U.S. meat processor, raised its full-year profit forecast, helped by a sharp drop in feed and livestock costs, sending its shares to a record high following the Feb. 5 announcement. Shares of the company, which also reported a better-thanexpected rise in quarterly profit, were up 12 percent at US$58.15 in morning trading. Feed costs have fallen in the United States as a global glut of corn and soybeans has kept grain prices depressed for three straight years. However, Tyson’s revenue fell 15.4 percent to $9.15 billion as higher domestic availability of cattle and hogs drove down average sales prices in the first quarter. Retail U.S. beef prices declined

seven months in a row till December as healthy pastures, cheaper corn and record high cattle prices a year ago encouraged ranchers to bolster their herds. Tyson’s beef business, its largest by sales, reported an operating profit of $71 million, compared with a loss of $6 million in the year-earlier period, due to lower livestock costs. Operating margins in its chicken business also rose, helped by a $60 million drop in feed costs. FORECAST

France winter wheat area at 80-year high PARIS, France (Reuters) — France’s farm ministry last week left almost unchanged its estimate of the area sown with winter soft wheat for the 2016 harvest, estimating the biggest planted area in 80 years. Grain belts had also seen good conditions for sowing and crop

development, the ministry said, raising the prospect of another big harvest this summer after a record 2015 volume that has left traders wrestling with high stocks. The winter wheat area was seen at 12.8 million acres, compared with 12.9 million in a first official estimate in December and 1.1 percent above last year’s area, the ministry said in a crop report. The expected soft wheat area was 4.5 percent above the average of the past five years and would be the highest level since 1936 when French farmers had also sown 12.8 million acres. The ministry raised its estimate of the winter barley area to 3.36 million acres, up from 3.26 million in its first estimate. This put the area 4.1 percent above the 2015 level and 18.5 percent above the five-year average. In oilseeds, the farm ministry pegged the winter rapeseed area at 3.68 million acres, up from 1.46 million estimated in December. This was now 0.8 percent higher than in 2015 but 1.3 per-

cent below the five-year mean. For durum wheat, the ministry cut marginally the expected 2016 area to 867,000 hectares from 874,700 seen in December. This was 10.7 percent above the 2015 area and in line with the five-year average as durum sowings continued to recover from losses in recent years. WEATHER

Rain aids Australian wheat growers SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) — Recent rains have improved the outlook for wheat farmers in Australia, the world’s fourth largest wheat exporter, putting them on track for a bumper crop, especially if a wet weather La Nina pattern returns as some forecasts suggest. But as Australia’s wheat season is shaping up for near ideal conditions, it is set to contribute to a continued depression of global wheat prices, which linger near

five-year lows due to huge stockpiles. Much of Australia’s east coast, which has seen three years of near record dry weather, recorded 25 to100 percent more rain than average during January, data from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) shows. Western Australia, the country’s largest grain producing state that accounts for more than a third of all production, saw as much as 300 percent of typical rainfalls during the first month of 2016, according to the BOM. More rain is expected, according the BOM, which estimates a 65 percent chance of wetter than average weather between February and April, when wheat planting starts. Australia’s chief commodity forecaster is expected to issue its first estimate for 2016-17 production in March. Global wheat production during the current 2015-16 season is expected to hit record levels and with sluggish demand growth, huge stockpiles remain in storage .

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Farmers Union of Alberta president Ed Nelson, left, Canadian Co-operative Implements Ltd. president J.B. Brown and Saskatchewan deputy minister of co-operation B.N. Arnason talked about the need for more co-operation among co-operatives during CCIL’s annual meeting held in Saskatoon in February 1959. | FILE PHOTO

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75 YEARS AGO: FEB. 20, 1941 R.J. Moffatt, managing director of Saskatchewan Wheat Pool from 1926-31, died at age 68. Moffatt, who had been a director of Canadian National Railway since 1936, was described as a pioneer western farmer and one of the guiding forces in the early days of organizing Sask Pool.

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Saskatchewan agriculture minister J.G. Taggart urged farmers to reduce wheat acreage by two million acres because of a dangerous feed situation developing in the province caused by increasing livestock numbers and declining coarse grain acres.

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Sask Pool held its first winter farm family fairs in Ponteix, Shaunavon, Maple Creek and Swift Current. The new fairs were intended to provide producers with information they needed to run their farms. Technical staff from the pool, the Dominion experimental farms, Saskatchewan Agriculture, the University of Saskatchewan, Federated Co-operatives Ltd. and Sask Power attended the fairs to lead discussions and answer questions.

Chuck Strahl, the new Conservative government’s agriculture minister, said there would be no quick or radical changes to rules governing the Canadian Wheat Board and its export monopoly. He said he planned to be cautious and holistic when deciding what to do with the board. “It is not something you can just snap your fingers and make a change,” he said.

Co-operatives had a successful year in Alberta in 1965 as sales increased by $41.5 million to $605 million. Livestock associations reported a good year, l a rg e l y because of a 20 percent increase in cattle marketings and a six percent increase in hog marketings.

Third Avenue Management LLC, an investment firm and fund manager from New York City, became the biggest single shareholder in Sask Pool. Its 14 million shares gave it a 17.1 percent stake in the company. bruce.dyck@producer.com

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Scientists study prairie soap holes These geological formations can cause minor nuisance or act as combine eaters BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

Highbury Canco in Leamington, Ont., is expected to boost the volume of tomatoes it processes this year. | JEFFREY CARTER PHOTO VEGETABLE PRODUCTION

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LONDON, Ont. — The low Canadian dollar and new market opportunities are sparking a resurgence of Ontario’s processing tomato industry. Jim Poel, president of Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers, said the industry’s low point came two years ago when H.J. Heinz Co. announced the closure of its processing plant in southwestern Ontario. The closure reduced the volume of tomatoes processed in 2014 to less than 400,000 tons from more than 500,000 the previous year. Production increased to nearly 450,000 tons last year. “We’re looking to build on this. T h e t o mat o v o l u m e l o o k s t o increase again in 2016,” Poel told a processing industry conference in London Feb. 2. Karl Evans, president of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Processors’ Association, said the Ontario industry lacks the economy of scale enjoyed by American competitors, but the current exchange rate is supporting the export of Canadian tomato products. Evans said Ontario farmers who grow tomatoes and other processing crops demonstrated their ability to deliver last year despite weather setbacks. “From a crop perspective, last season was unpredictable, to say the least,” he said. “It was also one of the greatest turnarounds in recent history.” A major development was the recent announcement by Highbury Canco that it will produce the tomato paste used to make French’s ketchup in Ohio. The Ontario company took over the former Heinz plant in Leamington. Two other large tomato processors operate in Ontario: ConAgra Foods in Dresden, where Evans has worked for 36 years, and Sun-Brite Foods, an independent company near Leamington. As well, there are several smaller processors, including Thomas C a n n i n g n e a r W i n d s o r. It i s expanding its processing capacity as it increases overseas exports to markets such as Nigeria, where tomatoes are a staple food.

Soap holes can be a minor nuisance or a major mud hole capable of sinking a combine. University of Calgary researchers are investigating the geological phenomena known as soap holes, which have been documented since Alberta was homesteaded. So far, soap holes have been found from Calgary to Red Deer with a few reports as far south as Medicine Hat and one in southwestern Saskatchewan. An online survey is available for

landowners to report them so researchers from the faculty of environmental science can document and test them. No one is sure what causes them or what kind of underground formation may be connected to them, said geoscience student Jake MacLaine. “It is a bit like quicksand, but it is a bit more cohesive. We think there is more clay in it,” he said. “Some reports say they come and go from year to year,” he said. T h e y a re c a l l e d s o a p h o l e s because the consistency of the mud feels liked melted soap. “The original research that was

done in the ’60s explained it as a groundwater discharge and that it would intercept some unconsolidated sediments in the substrate. We are testing that hypothesis,” he said. They appear to be patches of soil weakness and may be a combination of clay, silt, sand and water. Some are small, while others have been reported to be as much as 70 metres across. “Some of them have water that burbles up and some of them have a crust,” he said. They often have some groundwater seepage associated with them, and do not always freeze in the winter.

There is no consistency in where they are found but with further study of geological features like bedrock maps, they hope to see if these holes line up or are associated with some other anomaly. Livestock has been known to fall in and farm machinery can sink in and get stuck. It is unknown how deep they might go and sometimes things like bison bones rise to the surface. For further information on the study, contact Jake MacLaine at jamaclai@ucalgary.ca or visit fluidsurveys.com/s/soap-holes/. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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ESCONDIDO, Calif. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rancho Guejito is the largest ranch of its kind in southern California, where cattle and horses have grazed for nearly 200 years. Fruit and wine may be its salvation. Located north of San Diego near the city of Escondido, the ranch sprawls over 23,000 acres that rise from 200 to 4,000 feet in elevation. Rocky hills, sandy patches and grasslands stretch out in every direction. However, more than four years of drought has reduced the mainly black cow herd to 700 head. The ranchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision makers have diversified into the citrus, grape and wine business as a way to rebuild to 2,000 head. Money earned from the orchards should help pay to expand the beef herd as moisture condi-

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tions improve, said chief operations officer Hank Rupp, who has been with the ranch since 1987. There has been pressure over the years to develop the ranch for hotels, housing or recreation, but the intention at this point is to maintain the property as an agricultural enterprise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is the largest agricultural operation in the San Diego County,â&#x20AC;? Rupp told a tour from the National Cattlemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Beef Association convention. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many areas of the ranch look much like it did probably 2,000 years ago. This ranch has not been developed very much at all.â&#x20AC;? However, well planned orchards in high density plantings are a growing enterprise. The trees are spaced 10 feet apart rather than 20 feet the way they are in traditional citrus orchards. This results in 432 trees per acre. The trees are pruned to grow no taller than eight feet to encourage fruit production and make picking easier. The ranch has 110 acres of oranges, tangerines, lemons and grapefruit and another 75 acres of organic avocados. The plan is to add another 300 acres. Irrigation water comes from wells that the ranch controls. The water costs $300 per acre foot as opposed to receiving water from the county at a cost of $2,500 per acre foot. This covers the cost of delivery rather than the price of water. The warm Mediterranean climate allows the lemon orchard to yield four to five crops per year. Half the citrus crop goes into the domestic market and the rest is shipped to Pacific Rim countries. The avocados are picked year round and are destined for local production as well as to Canada. The ranch has a unique history. The Catholic church controlled the original property when California was still part of Mexico. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This ranch was used by the padres to graze their cattle and horses long before anyone ever thought about ranching,â&#x20AC;? said Rupp. In 1845, the Mexican government decided to nationalize the land held by church missions and give portions to loyal supporters. This ranch was 13,000 acres, or 53 sq. kilometers. It was known as the California land grants system, or the rancho system. The owners were known as dons. The land has passed through nine owners, and more acres were added. The state considered turning it into a park in the early 1970s, but instead sold it to industrialist Benjamin Coates for $10 million. The land was fenced off and remains a private entity. After Coates died in 2004, ownership of the land passed to the Rodney Company, headed by Coatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter, Theodate Coates. She has said she is not interested in development at this time. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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2015 hottest year by far Scientists say recordbreaking string of hot years is man-made OSLO, Norway (Reuters) — A record-breaking string of hot years since 2000 is almost certainly a sign of man-made global warming, says a new study. It said there is a vanishingly small chance that the heat streak was caused by random, natural swings. Last year was the hottest since records began in the 19th century. It’s part of a trend that almost all scientists blame on greenhouse gases caused by the burning of fossil fuels, stoking heat waves, droughts, downpours and rising sea levels. “Recent observed runs of record t e m p e ra t u re s a re e x t re m e l y unlikely to have occurred in the absence of human-caused global warming,” a U.S.-led team of experts wrote in the journal Scientific Reports. The study, which was written before 2015 temperature data was released, estimated that the chance of the record run being random with no human influence was one in 770 to one in 10,000. Up to 13 of the 15 warmest years were from 2000-014. Lead author Michael Mann, a p ro f e s s o r o f m e t e o ro l o g y a t Pennsylvania State University, said the group’s computer simulations indicated that the odds had widened to one in 1,250 to one in 13,000 once 2015 was included. “Climate change is real, humancaused and no longer subtle. We’re seeing it play out before our eyes,” he said. Natural variations include shifts in the sun’s output and volcanic eruptions, which dim sunlight. “Natural climate variations just can’t explain the observed recent global heat records, but man-made global warming can,” said Stefan Rahmstorf, a co-author from the Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact. The scientists tried to account for factors including that heat from one warm year spills into the next. As well, temperatures in many years are almost identical, making it hard to rank their heat with confidence. The United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization recently confirmed U.S. and British data showing 2015 was by far the hottest year on record and noted that a powerful El Nino had stoked extra heat. “The power of El Nino will fade in t h e c o m i n g m o nt h s, b u t t h e impacts of human-induced climate change will be with us for many decades,” WMO secretarygeneral Petteri Taalas said.

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Iran pins hopes on new agricultural boom The lifting of international sanctions following a nuclear deal with the West creates new economic optimism in country DUBAI (Reuters) — Iran plans to turn itself into a major food exporter, says an official in Iran’s state grain buying agency. The expectation is based on the hope that the lifting of sanctions will boost international trade and allow investment in the agricultural sector. “We are ready for a big leap in the post-sanctions era,” said Amir Hossein Shahmir, head of international trade at the Government Trading Corp. (GTC). “We hope by removing the shackles of sanctions from our farmers’ hands, we can see an increase in production and even exports.”

Foreign business delegations have flocked to Tehran since the United States, the European Union and the United Nations lifted international sanctions last month after reaching a deal to curb and monitor Iran’s disputed nuclear program. “Among the foreign trade delegations there are always businessmen keen to invest in Iran’s agriculture, including wheat, sugar cane and fruits,” Shahmir said. “French delegations specifically were interested in investing in Iran’s agribusiness.” The government is pushing to cut Iran’s dependency on foreign

imports paid for with oil revenues and increase its exports of manufactured goods and agricultural products, said president Hassan Rouhani. Abdolreza Abbassian, a senior economist with the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, said there was more potential in the processed food sector. “They had done quite a lot in the sanctions period to boost self-reliance on domestic produce, from jams to dairy products to tomato paste and even spaghetti and macaroni,” he said. Shahmir said a project in the

southwestern province of Khuzestan to develop 1.2 million acres of irrigated agricultural land was 80 percent complete and would boost production of wheat and other strategic products. The government estimated the cost of the project at $600 million. Iran has 15 million acres of land used for farming wheat, the staple grain. Two-thirds of that is unirrigated, making it susceptible to drought. Iran is one of the world’s driest countries, with an average 250 millimetres of rain a year. “The country suffers from a huge water shortage. This is a challenge,” Abbassian said, adding he did not

think the country had a comparative advantage to be an exporter of wheat. The GTC recently banned state imports of wheat for the Iranian year starting March 20 on the back of 2015’s strong harvest and the expected production boost. Agriculture minister Mahmoud Hojjati has said Iran will continue to rely on imports of corn and barley. Iran had started the year with five million tonnes of wheat carried over from 2015, when El Nino brought heavy rain and a good harvest, Shamir said. Shahmir said sugar production would also increase, but Iran would still need imports to meet an expected increase in demand. Iran produces 1.5 million tonnes of sugar a year and imports one million tonnes. “Iran’s sugar is used in pastry, ice cream, beverages and chocolate, whose consumption is highly dependent on people’s purchasing power,” he said. “These are products that people would buy more when they have more money.”

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Southern Africa struggles with drought South Africa is wealthy enough to better weather the agricultural crisis, but food shortages are more serious in Zimbabwe Reuters — South Africa must formally declare a national disaster for the government to release relief funds to help farmers through the worst drought in a century, the country’s largest grain producer group said last week. While higher than expected January plantings saw Grain SA reduce its 2016 corn imports figure to 3.8 million tonnes from five million tonnes previously, late seeding has put young plants at high risk from extreme weather over their growth cycle. With five out of nine provinces labelled disaster zones due to drought, the country now needs to acknowledge the situation nationally as farmers are starting to capitulate, said Grain SA chief executive officer Jannie de Villiers. “Our minister of agriculture is well informed but I think we need leadership to declare it a disaster so that the process can be triggered,” he said. The federal government said it would not declare a national disaster saying it hoped late rains would improve the situation. Whereas South Africa is wealthy enough to better tackle the problem of food shortages, the impact is looking particularly serious for Zimbabwe where 70 percent of the population still survives on farming. In the village of Mafomoti, southern Zimbabwe, farmers have already lost cattle and crops in the severest drought to hit the nation in a quarter of a century. But the worst may be yet to come. Midway through the farming season, the fields around the village are normally green at this time of the year but now they lie barren. Local people, who should be looking forward to the harvest in late March, are instead awaiting its failure and wondering how to make do with meagre supplies of food aid. “It will not take us far so we will have to eat sparingly,” said Jesta Kugarira, 65. Apart from a few showers in mid-January, it hasn’t rained in Mafomoti since September and her corn, millet and sorghum crops have been destroyed. Kugarira, who has 12 children and grandchildren aged between three and 24, said her family is surviving on one meal a day. She has just six kilograms of cereal, two kg of beans and some vegetable oil that she has received from the United Nations World Food Programme to keep them fed for a month. The drought is likely to damage harvests across southern Africa and about 14 million people are at risk, the WFP says. Zimbabwe’s economy has been struggling for five years to recover from a catastrophic recession that was marked by billion percent hyperinflation and widespread food shortages. Strained relations between president Robert Mugabe and aid donors such as the European Union have complicated matters.

Communal farmers cultivate corn in the Mvuma district near Masvingo, Zimbabwe, Jan. 26. In Zimbabwe, farmers have already lost cattle and crops in the severest drought to hit the nation in a quarter of a century. However, the worst may be yet to come. | REUTERS/PHILIMON BULAWAYO PHOTO

If they can’t pay their debt, the farmers are not going to plant next year, even if it’s raining. JANNIE DE VILLIERS GRAIN SA

Agriculture is critical to Zimbabwe’s economy, generating 30 percent of export earnings and contributing 19 percent to GDP. But a report by the government and international aid agencies last year said 16 percent of Zimbabwe’s population, which numbers 13 million, required food up to March 2016. In South Africa, should a national disaster be declared, emergency relief funds would be released from the National Treasury to eligible farmers. However, any funding would probably come too late to secure the future of farmers on the brink of going bankrupt or selling their holdings, De Villiers said. The Mpumalanga, Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State and North West provinces have been declared disaster zones for agriculture as the blistering drought sucks moisture from the soil and dam levels fall, causing a delay in planting crops for the crucial southern hemisphere summer season. Farmers of cattle, sheep and goats have been urged by the government to cut the sizes of their herds as the drought has scorched grazing land and the 2016 corn harvest is expected to fall 25 percent from last year to 7.44 million tonnes. De Villiers also signalled trouble ahead for the subsequent crop season, saying farmers would struggle to obtain crop finance after this year’s disaster and restrictions on insurance for lost income. “Can the farmers plant again if they don’t have crop finance? If they can’t pay their debt the farmers are not going to plant next year even if it’s raining.”

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Galloways offer grass-fed option Breed provides Ont. farmer with price premium BY JEFFREY CARTER FOR THE WESTERN PRODUCER

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LONDON, Ont. — Farmers interested in the grass-fed beef market can look to the example of Andy and Lisa Sproston. Cuts from their Galloway cattle demand a premium at their onfarm store. Tenderloin sells for more than $60 a kilogram and New York strip loin for more than $45. Meaty soup bones sell for $14.95.

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“There’s a great market, a niche market,” Andy Sproston said at last month’s Guelph Organic Conference in London. “I can shift that easy, 30 or 35 cattle a year. All I have left right now are a few pounds of ground beef.” The couple and their two daughters are well situated for sales, considering that their farm is located just outside Grimsby in the middle of Niagara wine country. They’ve built up their Galloway herd to 40 cows, which are pastured outdoors year round with hay provided in winter. Sproston said he doesn’t argue that any particular breed is the best grass-fed option, although some of the heritage breeds that are adapted to grass may be a good fit. He said farmers who are interested in the market should visit farms and shows as they look for the type of animal they like. The Sprostons settled on Galloways, which come in two colours: black and dun. Belted Galloways, also known as belties and oreos, are distinguished by their distinct colouration: black with white around the middle. Galloways are naturally polled and tend to be smaller than other beef breeds. Calves are around 70 pounds when they’re born. Sproston said he’s only had one calving issue over the years: a backward leg.

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The breed is recognized for its mothering, calm disposition and ability to convert sparse pasture into beef. Milk output is modest, but enough for a calf or even twins, Sproston said. He allows his cows to wean their own calves because it only made a difference of two to three weeks when he used to intervene. He finishes animals in 30 to 36 months on only pasture and hay, although occasionally an animal will finish sooner. Dress weights are 800 to 900 pounds. “Some of my best beef has been from a January slaughter, but a lot of people aim at just after the fresh spring grass comes on.” Sproston said his carcasses would likely be discounted if shipped to a regular packer, but that hasn’t kept him from building a loyal clientele. Galloways don’t carry a lot of exterior fat. Instead, it’s their thick coats that keep them warm in winter, similar to Highland cattle. The fat that is accumulated tends to be marbling and has a healthy fatty acid profile, Sproston said. The farm’s website at www.ourgatetoyourplate.com.

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Funding eyes canola yields Ottawa and grower groups hope to increase yields over next decade BY COMMODITY NEWS SERVICE CANADA

WINNIPEG (CNS Canada) — The federal government and provincial grower organizations will fund new research that is expected to boost average canola yields over the next decade. The Manitoba Canola Growers Association, the Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission, the Alberta Canola Producers Commission and the federal government have announced joint funding of $1.9 million over five years. The money will come from Agri-

culture Canada’s Agra-Science Project under Growing Forward 2 and will be managed by the Canola Council of Canada. “Continued innovation in agronomic practices is a cornerstone to our industry’s Keep it Coming strategic plan,” Canola Council of Canada president Patti Miller said in a news release. “This research investment plays a key role in determining best management practices that will help us achieve our shared vision of a 52 bushel per acre average yield by 2025.” The project, entitled In Pursuit of

52 by 2025, brings together priority areas that were identified as ways where canola research could be enhanced and benefit significantly from additional resources, including disease management, stand establishment and pollinat o r h e a l t h, a c c o rd i n g t o t h e release. “Continued support by the federal government and collaboration amongst participants will help us address the key research challenges with focused efforts and minimal duplication — a critical step in maximizing research dollars,” Miller said.

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Club Moo is a program fostered by Alberta Milk to encourage children from kindergarten to Grade 6 to regularly drink milk. It has been operating for 31 years, when six schools began offering milk several times a week to their students. Schools in Barrhead, Bonanza, Rocky Mountain House, Niton Junction and Two Hills were the first to participate in Club Moo. Now there are 321 schools in the program and four of them just marked their 25th year of participation. Alder Flats School in Alder Flats, Rosary School in Manning, St. Mary School in Beaverlodge and St. Teresa of Avila School in Red Deer have been Club Moo members since 1991. Kelsie Gilks, school and agriculture programs co-ordinator for Alberta Milk, said the program recognizes schools that reach the 25 year milestone each year. So far, 161 Alberta schools have reached the quartercentury mark of participation. “The students love participating in the program,” said Gilks. “Once you get it going, it’s a great program to have.” Prizes are offered to students as an incentive to drink milk. Participating schools buy the milk and choose the desired number of servings of white, chocolate, s k i m, t w o p e rc e nt o r w h o l e, according to their needs. Gilks said it is usually a matter of parents signing up their students for the milk program and paying a fee per semester or annually. Milk is then provided three to five times per week to enrolled students with distribution organized by a designated milk manager. “If they’re drinking it at a young age, chances are pretty good that they’ll continue drinking it as they grow older and as it becomes more important to have in their diet, especially for bone density and bone growth.” Information about Club Moo is available at moreaboutmilk.com. barb.glen@producer.com

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ADRIANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MAGNETO SERVICE. Guaranteed repairs on mags and ignitors. Repairs. Parts. Sales. 204-326-6497. Box 21232, Steinbach, MB. R5G 1S5. WORKING STEAM TRACTORS! Has forward, reverse, neutral controls, working whistle. Engine runs 15 minutes per fueling. Double acting piston and cylinder. Regularly $539.95, sale price $389.95. Shipping $23.95. Our 42nd year! www.YesteryearToysCanada.com Ph. 1-800-481-1353. WANTED: REEL AND knife for a 510 MF combine, 16' header. Call 306-935-2068, Milden, SK.

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BORDER CITY COLLECTOR Show And Sale, Lloydminster Stockade Convention Centre, SK-AB, Sat. Mar. 12, 9 AM- 5 PM, Sunday, Mar. 13, 10 AM- 4 PM. Featuring: antiques, farm toys, coins and more! Call Brad 780-846-2977, Don 306-825-3584. www.bordercitycollectors.com WANTED: TRACTOR MANUALS, sales brochures, tractor catalogs. 306-373-8012, Saskatoon, SK.

FARMERS & RANCHERS: Plan to attend the Bred Heifer Sale for Rocky Wallach, on Sat., Feb. 27, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Ashern Auction Mart. Sale consists of: Approx. 170 bred heifers, 90% black, 10% red and grey, bred to Red Angus bulls. Bulls turned out June 19 with end of March calving. Heifers have had all shots with Scourguard and Dectomac Jan. 26. Heifers come from one herd. For more info call Rocky WESTERN PEOPLE MAGAZINES from 1981 204-664-2013, Buddy 204-768-0018 or to 2000, numerous old and newer dolls. Kirk 204-768-0019. 780-724-2393, Elk Point, AB.

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WANTED: JD 4020, standard, LP, poweWIRELESS DRIVEWAY ALARMS, calving shift, S/N T222P142333R, dead or alive. barn cameras, backup cameras for RVs, Will pay finders fee. Phone 519-294-6104, trucks and combines, etc. Home and shop Thedford, ON. video surveillance. View from any computer or Smart phone. Free shipping. Call WANTED: INJECTOR LINES for 1947 McCormick Deering WD9. 403-318-8135, 403-616-6610, Calgary, AB. Delburne, AB.

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WANTED: COCKSHUTT MFWDs, 1900, 1950, 1955, 2050, 2150, 2255, 1650, 1750 MORE AND MORE FARMERS are choosing 2S AUCTIONEERS LTD. presents an and 1850. Call 701-240-5737, Minot, ND Antiques & Collectibles Auction, Saturday, IH W-6 SUPER tractor, runs well, needs 1 Mack Auction Co. to conduct their farm Feb. 13, 10:00 AM, Indian Head, SK, CE f r o n t t i r e a n d n e w p a i n t , $ 1 8 0 0 . equipment auctions!! Book your 2016 auction today! Call 306-634-9512 today! Center (United Church), 801 Buxton St. 306-231-6360, Annaheim, SK. www.mackauctioncompany.com PL311962 Various antiques, collectibles, misc. items. Brad 306-551-9411, Nicole 306-660-7377, 2- MASSEY FERGUSON Super 92 combines PBR AUCTIONS Farm And Industrial www.2sauctioneers.ca PL#333133. f o r p a r t s o n l y . P h o n e f o r i n f o Sale, last Saturday of ea. month. Dealers, 403-318-8135, Delburne, AB. Contractors, Farmers consign now. Next sale Feb. 27, 9:00 AM. PBR, 105 - 71st St. West, Saskatoon, SK., 306-931-7666. WANTED: TOP DOLLAR paid on IH tractors www.pbrauctions.com PL #916479 1026, 1456, 826, 1206, 1256, 756. Also 1963 CORVAIR MONZA 2 dr; 1980 Cadillac NELSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S AUCTION SERVICE, Antique any condition D21; D17 with big round 4 door sedan. 403-226-1275, Calgary, AB. & Collectibles Auction, Saturday, Feb. 20, fenders; 4W220; 220 and 210. Call 701-240-5737, Minot, ND. WANTED: NORTON 750, 1968 to 1971, 2016, 9:00 AM, Nelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Auction Centre, Meacham, SK. For a list of items, visit our any condition. Will travel and pay cash. website: www.nelsonsauction.com or call 403-936-5572 anytime, Calgary, AB. 306-376-4545. PL #911669.

2009 JD 7630; 2004 JD 7720; JD 8960; JD 567 w/net wrap; Case 440 skid steer (860 hrs); 2011 Challenger 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; swather & 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Razar Box Hay Header; JD 9600 Combine w/rear wheel assist.

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WANTED: CAST IRON implement seats. Some available for sale. These make excellent bar stools 306-697-3206, Grenfell, SK. 1930-1960 BLUE RIBBON/Pearl soap/Eatonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coupons, old maps, 3 Planters jars, 2 Libbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 3 Heinz ketchup glasses, PepsiCola bottles. 306-654-4802 Prudâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Homme.

WANTED: AIR CLEANER oil reservoir for 1952 LA Case tractor. Call 403-963-0454, Ponoka, AB. APPROX. 1960 MINNEAPOLIS Moline G705 tractor, approx. 85 HP, PS, dual hyd., 12V, 18.4x34 singles, cab, runs excellent, clean, always shedded, no dents, easy for restoration, asking $3200 OBO. 306-238-4590, Goodsoil, SK. 1949 COCKSHUTT 30 tractor, rebuilt. Call GRANDE PRAIRIE ANTIQUE SHOW: Revolution Place, April 30th, 10AM-6PM; May 1st, 403-226-1275, Calgary, AB. 10AM-4PM. $10/person, $8 w/food bank WANTED: GOVERNOR SPRING for Case S donation. Become a vendor! Call Ryan tractor. Call 780-386-2243, Lougheed, AB. 780-433-0398. www.GpAntiqueShow.com

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Athabasca, Alberta - Thurs. April 21 Rypien Farms Ltd, 780-689-9888 2012 JD 9410R, 1922 hrs; 16â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Degelman 7200 Blade; 2009 JD 9870 STS Combine, 1150 hrs, 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; straightcut header; JD 4720 sprayer, 90â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 1363 hrs; 2006 Bourgault 5710- 47â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Air Drill; F. King 42â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Disc; Brandt 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Tine Harrows; Brent 1082 Grain Cart; 2014 Eagle PTO Ditcher; Plus Bins, Tillage, Full Lineup.

NH 9280 Tractor; D6D Cat #3X758, brush rake; winch; 2014 Leon 1350 scraper (as new); MF 9435 Swather, 25â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 542 hrs (one owner); Ezee-On 1375 18â&#x20AC;&#x2122; disc (as new); Bourgault 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 5710 Series 2 double air drill; Spra-Coupe 3640 sprayer; NH 1431 Discbine; J&M 1000 grain cart; Richiger PTO grain extractor; Flaman 1010 bagger; Plus full line up.

Lamont, Alberta - Saturday April 23 Arthur Hlushak, 780-363-2322 2012 Versatile 2375 Classic, 375 H.P., 856 hrs; 2011 MF 2680 FWA, 874 hrs; 2010 NH 9080 Combine, 1313 eng. Hrs; 2010 MF 9220 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; swather, 558 hrs; Bourgault 49â&#x20AC;&#x2122; chisel plow.

Lamont, AB - April 26 Farm Auction Patrick Medynski, 780-446-5282 JD 8640 4WD, quad shift, PTO, 7285 hrs; Morris 8900 32â&#x20AC;&#x2122; double shoot air drill c/w 7180 tank; Bourgault 36â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 230 multi purpose cultivator; Morris 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ranger II harrow packers.

Willingdon, AB - Wednesday April 27, Porozni Farms, 780-208-7933 (Greg) 1998 Case IH 9350 (835 original hrs); Bourgault 5710 36â&#x20AC;&#x2122; single shoot air drill, premium; Case 3950 28â&#x20AC;&#x2122; disc, as new. Full Farm Sale.

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NORMS SANDBLASTING & PAINT, 40 years body and paint experience. We do 2003 CROWN VICTORIA, 142,000 kms, V8 metal and fiberglass repairs and integral to C H E C K OUT OUR parts specials at: auto, rear-wheel drive, well cared for, daycab conversions. Sandblasting and paint to trailers, trucks and heavy equip. www.Maximinc.Com/parts or call Maxim $4300. Larry, 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. Endura primers and topcoats. A one stop Truck & Trailer toll free 1-888-986-2946. shop. Norm 306-272-4407, Foam Lake SK. ALLISON TRANSMISSIONS Service, 1996 MIDLAND 24’ tandem pup, stiff pole, Sales and Parts. Exchange or custom recompletely rebuilt, new paint and brakes, builds available. Competitive warranty. like new, $18,500. Merv 306-276-7518, Spectrum Industrial Automatics Ltd., 306-767-2616, leave message, Arborfield, 1-877-321-7732. www.siautomatics.com SK. DL #906768. VS TRUCK WORKS Inc. Parting out GM 1/2 and 1 ton trucks. Call 403-972-3879, Alsask, SK. www.vstruckworks.com TRUCK BONEYARD INC. Specializing in obsolete parts, all makes. Trucks bought for wrecking. 306-771-2295, Balgonie, SK. WRECKING LATE MODEL TRUCKS: 1/2, 3/4, 1 tons, 4x4’s, vans, SUV’s. Cummins, Chev and Ford diesel motors. Jasper Auto Parts, 1-800-294-4784 or 1-800-294-0687. SLEEPERS AND DAYCABS. New and used. Huge inventory across Western Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. SASKATOON TRUCK PARTS CENTRE Ltd. North Corman Industrial Park. New and used parts available for 3 ton highway tractors including custom built tandem converters and wet kits. All truck makes/models bought and sold. Shop service available. Specializing in repair and custom rebuilding for transmissions and differentials. Now offering driveshaft repair and assembly from passenger vehicles to heavy trucks. For more info call 306-668-5675 or 1-877-362-9465. www.saskatoontruckparts.ca DL #914394 DIESEL, GAS, TRUCK, car, big rig, we do it all! Ph. Smoke ‘Em Diesel for the best pricing on parts & services! (DPF & Emissions Removal). 306-545-5911, Regina, SK. WRECKING VOLVO TRUCKS: Misc. axles and parts. Also tandem trailer suspension axles. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK. SOUTHSIDE AUTO WRECKERS located in Weyburn, SK. 306-842-2641. Used car parts, light truck to semi-truck parts. We buy scrap iron and non-ferrous metals. WRECKING SEMI-TRUCKS, lots of parts. Call Yellowhead Traders. 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK.

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GRASSLAND TRAILERS has added Duralite aluminum stock trailer line as well as Krogmann bale beds for 3/4 and one tons, to our list of quality products for your farm/ranch. Glen Peutert 306-640-8034 or email: gm93@sasktel.net Assiniboia, SK.

2008 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS, never smoked in,125,000 kms, fresh Sask safety, all options available when purchased, many years of driving left in this car, exc. cond., $6,200 firm. Replacement cost $44,000. 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. 2015 SUBARU CROSSTEK, most fuel efficient AWD crossover in North America, MSRP from $24,995. 1-877-373-2662 or www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. 2015 SUBARU IMPREZA. Best compact car. $2000 cash purchase discount MSRP from $19,995. Call 1-877-373-2662 or www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. 2015 SUBARU LEGACY, $1500 cash purchase discount MSRP from $23,495. Call 1-877-373-2662 or subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. C H E C K O U T O U R p a r t s s p e c i a l s at www.Maximinc.Com/parts or call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946.

REMOTE CONTROL TRAILER CHUTE openers can save you time, energy and keep you safe this seeding season. FM remote controls provide maximum range and instant response while high torque drives operate the toughest of chutes. Easy installation. Kramble Industries, call 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or visit us online at: www.kramble.net EISSES GRAIN TRAILER Rental & Sales. Super B grain trailers for rent by the day, week or month. Contact Henry at 403-782-3333, Lacombe, AB. NEW 2015 WILSON Super B, also tridem 2 hopper; 2- new CASTLETONS: one 44’ tridem and 36’ tandem; 2013 Wilson Super B; 2012 Doepker Super Bs; 2005 Lode-King Super B; 2002 alum. open end Lode-King Super B; 2010 Castleton tandem 36’ w/Michel’s augers; 2004 Doepker tandem; New Michel’s hopper augers and chute openers. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393 www.rbisk.ca DL#905231 2006 WILSON, SUPER B grain trailer for sale, 24.5x11.00 alum.rims inside and out, full light package, low mileage mostly farm use, exc. cond., $60,000. 306-594-7898, Norquay, SK. Kwstruckingltd@sasktel.net CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used highway tractors. For more details call 204-685-2222 or view information at www.titantrucksales.com PRAIRIE SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING. Trailer overhauls and repairs, alum. slopes and trailer repairs, tarps, insurance claims, and trailer sales. Epoxy paint. Agriculture and commercial. Satisfaction guaranteed. 306-744-7930, Saltcoats, SK.

2015 AHV LODE-KING aluminum Super B hoppers, extra light pkg., round stainless fenders, current Safety, exc. 11Rx22.5 tires w/alum. wheels, exc. cond., no air lift or elec. tarps. Two sets available $104,000 ea. OBO. 866-236-4028, Calgary 2010 DOEPKER TANDEM, electric remote chute opener, white, 36’, exc., $35,500. 2010 MERRITT CATTLE TRAILER, tri-axle, 403-485-6175, 403-485-0262, Vulcan, AB. tall back end, L-shaped dog house, counter 2009 LODE KING Super B grain trailers, air balance front door, vg shape, $86,500 ride, aluminum rims, lift axles, half round OBO. 204-856-6907, Treherne, MB. fenders. Tires and brakes 80%. $58,000. WANTED: USED STOCK TRAILER, 15 to 403-308-1196, Lethbridge, AB. 17’ hitch pull. Call 306-375-2910, ext. 711, 2014 LODE-KING SUPER B grain bulkers, Kyle, SK. fresh SK safety, exc. shape, $77,000 OBO. Call 306-874-7696, Quill Lake, SK.

2013 D0EPKER TRIDEM Impact end dump gravel trailer w/electric tarp, full frame, two lift axles, Hardox 450 floor and side 2011 TENDER TRAILER: 22 MT Convey- wall material, 11R24.5 tires. Farmer All trailer on lowboy trailer, tandem axle, 3 owned, parked most of the time, $56,500. SS hoppers, power roll tarp, hydraulic Phone: 204-736-4854, Sanford, MB. gates, self-contained hydraulic drive powered by: Kuler gas motor, 38 HP, fair CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used cond., $45,000. 780-365-2020 Andrew, AB highway tractors. For more details call 80 MISC. FLATDECK semi trailers. Pictures 204-685-2222 or view information at a n d p r i c e s a t w w w. t r a i l e r g u y. c a www.titantrucksales.com 306-222-2413, Saskatoon, SK.

LOW PRICES AT DESERT SALES! Most stock priced at better USD exchange! Come get your trailer before prices go up! We have Wilson, Sundowner and Norbert stock and horse trailers. Call us for more info: 1-888-641-4508, Bassano, AB. ALL ALUMINUM TANDEMS, tridems and Super B Timpte grain trailers. Call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946 or see www.Maximinc.Com

BEELINE TRI-AXLE 50’ logger, 9’6” axles and bunks, well maintained, new paint, $21,000. 306-276-2080, Nipawin, SK.

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2012 DOEPKER TRAILERS. In exceptional condition including the tires. November 2012 trailers. Used last March 2015. 22.5 tires, lift axles, central air gauges, load/ unload lights, cats eyes. 306-860-7414, Birsay, SK. mjthomasfarm@sasktel.net

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1987 GMC TANDEM dsl. truck for tender. Truck runs, c/w 20’ B&H. Roll tarp in poor cond. Deadline March 15, 2016. Minimum 10% deposit with offer. Send offers to: Crop Production Services, Box 34, Colonsay SK, S0K 0Z0. Contact Kevin 306-255-7580 for inquiries and viewing. 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

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2013 Volvo 630 D16, 550 H.P., I-Shift, 12,500 #F/A, 46,000 # R/A, 519k Kms, New steer tires, 4-way lockers, comes with warranty. Stk# TRU21601..............$92,000 2012 Peterbilt, 388 Cummins Engine, 550 H.P., 18 spd, 12,000#F/A, 46,000#R/A, 767k Kms, Great rubber, well maintained Stk# TR21535A...................$9 6 ,000 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 Kms Stock#TR21544A..................$8 7,000 2003 GM C C7500 Van Body, DRMX engine, 230 H.P., 6 spd, 12,000 # F/A, 21,000 #R/A, 261,000 Kms Stk#TH21503A..........As k in g $15,000

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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. 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 2015 367 PETERBILT, 91,000 kms, 500 HP 1976 GMC 6500, c/w 19’ deck and hoist, Cummins, 22” tires, Super 40’s, 36” bunk, good running truck, 64,000 original miles, $6500. 403-321-2105, Blackie, AB. $139,000 OBO.780-888-1258 Lougheed AB

2015 VOLVO 780; 2014 Volvo 670; 2013 1971 GMC CUSTOM 3500, very rare truck. Volvo 630; 2012 Volvo 630; 2010 Volvo Fully functional upgraded 1 ton, B&H, role tarp, aux. hyd. PS, new front disc brakes, I-Shift. Call 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. hydro vac boost, military master cyl., 4- 2013 VOLVO VNL300 day cab T/A trac- 85,000 kms, good truck, $14,750 OBO. tors, 500 & 550 HP, I-Shift auto, 46S lock- 306-203-1171, Saskatoon, SK. ers, $79,900. DL #1075. 250-640-7422, BC. FLATDECK WITH HOIST 20’, 2007 C7500, dale_kuhn@babinetruck.com 7.8L diesel, 6 spd., 12/23 axles, 280K, hyd. CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used brakes, SK. truck, $28,000. 306-563-8765. highway tractors. For more details call 204-685-2222 or view information at www.titantrucksales.com 2015 JEEP RENEGADE LIMITED 4x4 loadDISMANTLING FOR PARTS 2007 IHC ed, STK #R3508, $36,498 or $201.53 bi9900i w/cab damage, 475 ISX rebuilt eng. weekly. Call 1-866-944-9024 or view 2004 CONRADO, Series 60, 18 spd., EGR delete, 18 spd. Sexsmith Used Farm www.dodgecityauto.com. DL #911673. 40,000 rears, 24.5 rubber 1600,000 kms Parts, 1-800-340-1192, Sexsmith, AB. 2015 SUBARU FORESTER. Best small SUV. 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 o n n ew m o t o r a n d t r a n s . HORSE POWER? Fuel economy? Call $2000 cash purchase discount MSRP from 306-931-2678, Saskatoon, SK. Smoke ‘Em Diesel to safely add both on $ 2 5 , 9 9 5 . C a l l 1 - 8 7 7 - 3 7 3 - 2 6 6 2 o r your Big Rig! (DPF & Emissions Removal). www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. 306-545-5911, Regina, SK. 0 1 5 S U BA RU O U T BAC K . B e s t n ew SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING of heavy 2 MSRP starting from $27,995. trucks, trailers and equipment. Please call SUV/CUV, or subaruofsaskatoon.ca for details. Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., 1-877-373-2662 DL #914077. 1-800-938-3323, Delisle, SK.

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2005 KENWORTH W900L, 72” sleeper, rebuilt engine, trans, and front diff., all new brakes, new tires in Nov., $48,000. 780-819-3200, Chipman, AB. 2005 PETERBILT 379, C15, 18 spd., Super 40, 4-way locks, 70” bunk, $50,000. Owner/operator. Ph: 780-914-7861, Viking, AB

2006 STERLING TRI-DRIVE spreader truck w/2007 roto-mix spreader box, 444,340 kms, 4536 hrs, floater tires. Auto. powered by Cat eng. Well maintained, looked after. Used to spread manure and wood chips, $90,000. Jeff 403-371-6362, Brant, AB.

FUEL TRUCK: 1996 T450 Kenworth, 3600 gal. fuel capacity, dual pumps and meters, coded. Call 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK.

2003 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA, daycab, C-15, 6NZ, 500 HP, (recent WO) 1.3 kms, 18 spd., 12 fronts, 40 rears, 4-way locks, alum. 22.5, new brakes, fresh SK. safety, $34,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

2013 CHEV SILVERADO, reg. cab, longbox, 4x4, 4.8L engine, auto, 16,500 kms, asking $19,900.780-679-7793 Rosalind AB 1998 TOYOTA FORERUNNER Unlimited, 260,000 kms, very good shape, $2800 OBO. Call 306-717-3864, Muenster, SK.

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1994 FORD AEROMAX L8000, single airride w/24’ deck c/w hoist and side strap sliding winches, original 400,000 kms, one owner since new, will c/w new MB safety, outside alum. 11R22.5 rims, Allison auto. 8.3 Cummins, 300 HP, vg cond. $28,000. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

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. 2010 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA, daycab, 15L Detroit 500 HP, 13 spd., 12&40, 446,000 kms, fresh SK. safety, $46,900. Cam-Don Motors 306-237-4212 Perdue SK

2005 KENWORTH T800, ISX Cummins, 13 spd., 40,000 rears, safetied, 60” bunk, $29,000. 306-931-2678, Saskatoon, SK. 2009 INT. PROSTAR T/A, 340,000 kms, day cab, 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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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. NEWLY UPGRADED 20 room housing in Yarbo, SK. servicing Mosaic mines full occupancy; Beside Regina, 3 acre greenhouse operation includes home; SW Sask. Restaurant, Lounge/Offsale including 15 room motel, great vol. in large progressive town; Assiniboia Restaurant/lounge, exc. business on main thoroughfare; Assiniboia Investment Property/Office space fully leased, great return; Mossbank Hotel, town of 400, kitchen, offsale, rooms; Restaurant, Hwy #39; Small town Bar/Grill including 3 bdrm house SW SK. Call Brian Tiefenbach, 306-536-3269, Colliers Int., Regina, SK. www.collierscanada.com

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LIONEL’S TRUCKING. Haul farm equip., construction equipment. Scissor neck trailer for oilfield, truck recovery, winch truck service. Drumheller, AB. 403-820-1235.

2012 BOBCAT S205 skidsteer, 1650 hrs, c/w bucket, vg working cond. Can deliver. $31,000. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB

OLD SPORTS CARDS. Looking to buy all old sports cards. Must be pre 1975, nothing newer. Looking for hockey, baseball, football. Will pay fair price for all old cards in exc. cond. 780-753-6120, 780-753-4543, Cadogan, AB. radicalresto@gmail.com EQUIPMENT HAULING AND Air Drill Towing, Eaton Transport. Call Joel at 403-396-5714, Lacombe, AB.

PLANTING CORN, SOYBEANS, and sunflowers with Case 60’ planter, in Sask. and MB. Call 306-527-2228.

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. LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom FARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. hay hauling. Call 306-567-7100, Imperial, Management Group for all your borrowing SK. and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, EQUIPMENT TOWING/ HAULING. ReaRegina, SK. sonable rates. Contact G H Wells Services and Trucking, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK. DEBTS, BILLS AND charge accounts too high? Need to resolve prior to spring? Call us to develop a professional mediation plan, resolution plan or restructuring plan. Call toll free 1-888-577-2020.

2 0 1 0 C AT 9 5 0 H W H E E L L O A D E R , 27,417 hrs, w/Cat quick coupler bucket, 3-3/4 cu. yards, 23.5x25 tires, F.O.B. $110,000. 204-795-9192 Plum Coulee, MB EQUIPMENT SALE: Dozers, rock trucks, excavators, compactors. Call Conquest Equipment, 306-483-2500, Oxbow, SK. EQUIPMENT HAULING. Serving Western Canada and Northwest USA. Call Harvey at 1-877-824-3010 or cell 403-795-1872. Vandenberg Hay Farms Ltd., Nobleford AB. Email: logistics@vandenberghay.ca

JIM’S TUB GRINDING, H-1100 Haybuster LARRY HIEBERT TRUCKING: equipment with 400 HP, serving Saskatchewan. Call hauling, farm machinery. Serving western 306-334-2232, Balcarres, SK. Canada. 780-720-4304, Willingdon, AB. HIGH VOLUME gas bar, convenience store, ANDRES TRUCKING. Heavy Equipment, INVESTORS WANTED FOR: Agriculture liquor outlet in a SE Sask. town. Call Frank, combines, bins, hay, grain, Canada/USA. purposes. Call 306-237-7800. BRUSH MULCHING. The fast, effective 306-525-2427, Fortune Four Realty. Call/text 306-736-3454, Windthorst, SK. way to clear land. Four season service, competitive rates, 275 HP unit, also avail. trackhoe with thumb, multiple bucket attachments. Bury rock and brush piles and fence line clearing. Borysiuk Contracting Inc., www.bcisk.ca Prince Albert, SK., 306-960-3804. MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca W I L C O C O N T R A C TO R S C O R R A L CLEANING. Will do corral cleaning Regina, SK. area. Have full line of equipment. Also manure wanted. 306-596-7105, bryonb@wilcosw.ca NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, payloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and vertical beater spreaders. Phone 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK. CUSTOM LIQUID MANURE hauling, 3 t a n k s ava i l a b l e . C o n t a c t G e o r g e 306-227-5757, Hague, SK. REGULATION DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’, $2000; 160x60x14’, $2950; 180x60x14’, $3450; 200x60x14’, $3950. Gov’t grants available. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon, SK.

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KELLO DISC BLADES and bearings: 22” to 42” notched. Parts: oilbath and greaseable bearings to service heavy construction discs. Call: 1-888-500-2646, Red Deer, AB. www.kelloughs.com WANTED: JD 710 BACKHOE, later mode l p r e fe r r e d , m u s t b e v e r y g o o d . 306-478-2456, Mankota, SK. BRUSH RAKE to fit D8, D7 or Komatsu, 13’, arms, long teeth, excellent shape, $6500 OBO. 780-841-1496, Fort Vermilion, AB. CLIFF’S USED CRAWLER PARTS. Some o l d e r C at s , I H a n d A l l i s C h a l m e r s . 780-755-2295, Edgerton, AB. 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. Call 204-376-5194, 204-641-2408, Arborg, MB.

1990 FIAT ALLIS FD 20 dozer, twin tilt angle blade, HD ripper, bush canopy, enclosed cab with heat, powershift, UC 90% remaining, 24” pads, exc. working cond., $85,000. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB 2008 JD 270D LC hyd. excavator, Q/C, 2 buckets, hyd. thumb, AC, forestry package, catwalks, pro-heat, positive air shut-off, 8240 hrs. 587-991-6605, Edmonton, AB.

ATTACHMENTS PARTS COMPONENTS for construction equipment. Attachments for dozers, excavators and wheel loaders. Used, Re-built, Surplus, and New equipment parts and major components. Call Western Heavy Equipment 306-981-3475, Prince Albert, SK. 1974 D7F CATERPILLAR, 3306, powershift, full canopy, brush guards, undercarriage at 60%, good strong machine, good condition, $37,500 OBO. 306-278-7753, Bjorkdale, SK. B O M B A R D I E R S N O W C AT / Tr a i l dhoffus@sasktel.net Groomer 2002, BR275 Cummins engine, Mogul Master drag, work ready, $42,000. Build winter roads, groom ski trails, unhook in the spring and work in the swamp. Call Larry 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. 5- EXCAVATOR BUCKETS, trenching and clean-out; also 3 rippers for excavators, some Cats, some WBMs. 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB.

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HYDRAULIC SCRAPERS: LEVER 60, 70, 80, and 435, 4 to 30 yd. available. Rebuilt for years of trouble-free service. Lever Holdings Inc. 306-682-3332 Muenster, SK.

1980 FIAT ALLIS HD 16B, rebuilt powershift transmission and torque, full canopy, screened cab, vg UC, tilt angle dozer, full cab, bush ready, warranty, $43,500. Call anytime 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. 2005 CAT D6N LGP, cab, air, heat, bush ready, 6-Way, 3 shank ripper, 85% UC, $90,000. 306-921-9462, Melfort, SK. 1973 CAT 930 loader, 3 yard bucket, new pins and bushings, $17,000. 306-524-4960, Semans, SK.

2006 DEERE 850J WLT hydraulic 6-way dozer, very clean machine, new UC, multi shank ripper, 30” pads, bush canopy, $119,000, warranty. Can deliver. Call 204-743-2324 anytime, Cypress River, MB.

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

ELRUS 2442 JAW crusher new in 2007, $165,000; FIatt Allis FR160-2 wheel loader, new rubber $39,500; 1993 FORD F700 tow truck, fully equipped, 280,000 kms, Cummins, 10 spd, $24,900. Pro Ag Sales, 306-441-2030 anytime North Battleford SK

OVER 1000 NEW and used track rollers for crawlers and excavators. Parting out over 20 motor graders. Large stock of new and used tires. New parts available at low low prices. Large stock of culverts, 6’ high, 9’ wide, 20’ long, many other sizes. Over 500 new and used backhoe and loader buckets. Over 65 lights plants from 3 to 193 Kw. Central Canada’s largest wreckers of older construction equipment. Cambrian Equipment Sales Ltd. Call: 204-667-2867, fax: AFAB INDUSTRIES POST frame buildings. 204-667-2932, Winnipeg, MB. For the customer that prefers quality. 1980 CASE W18, new 17.5x25-G2 12PR 1-888-816-AFAB (2322), Rocanville, SK. tires, 2 cubic yard bucket, F.O.B. $25,000. 204-795-9192, Plum Coulee, MB. GRADER: JD 872G, 6 wheel drive, 2009, 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. 2012 BOBCAT S205 skidsteer, 1650 hrs, Eugene 780-835-0601, Grande Prairie, AB. c/w bucket, vg working cond., can deliver, 1976 CASE W24B wheel loader, 3 yd. $31,000. 204-743-2324 Cypress River, MB. bucket, 20.5x25 tires, owner operated s i n c e n ew, a l w ay s we l l m a i n t a i n e d , ROAD GRADERS CONVERTED to pull $27,000. 306-961-1186, Prince Albert, SK. behind large 4WD tractors, 14’ and 16’ blade widths avail. 306-682-3367, CWK Ent. Humboldt, SK. www.cwenterprises.ca

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GRAIN BIN ERECTION. Concrete, turnkey installation, remodel and repair. Booking specials for farmers and dealers for Spring 2016 now. Call Quadra Development Corp, 1-800-249-2708 or d.lonseth@sasktel.net

TOP QUALITY MERIDIAN BINS. Book now for best prices. Example: all prices include skid, ladders to ground, manhole, set-up and delivery within set radius. Meridian Hopper combos: 3500 bu., $10,450. SPECIAL: 5000 bu., $13,990. We manufacture superior quality hoppers and steel floors for all makes and sizes. Know what you are investing in. Call and find out why our product quality and price well exceeds the competition. We also stock replacement lids for all makes and models of bins. Leasing available. Hoffart Services Inc., 306-957-2033, Odessa, SK.

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2010 CASE 4520, 3-bin, 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; booms, 3100 hrs., $168,000; 2- 2007 Case 4520s, 3-bin, 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; booms, 3300 hrs., AutoSteer, $144,000 and $124,000; 2006 Case 4510, AutoSteer, FlexAir 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; booms, 7400 hrs., $77,000; 2005 Case 4520 w/70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; flex air, 4000 hrs., $68,000; 2004 Case 4010, 80â&#x20AC;&#x2122; sprayer, 7000 hrs., $68,000; 2- 2004 Loral AirMax 1000s, 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; booms, immaculate, $76,000 and $93,000; 2004 AgChem Rogator with air bed, $48,000; 2006 2-bin AgChem, 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; booms, $78,000; 2008 Adams Semi tender, self-contained, $39,500; 2012 Merritt semi belt tender, $44,000; 1992 Wrangler loader, $15,500; 8 ton Doyle blender w/scale, $17,000. All prices in USD. 4 0 6 - 4 6 6 - 5 3 5 6 , C h o t e a u , M T. V i e w www.fertilizerequipment.net FOR ALL YOUR

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

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NEW 2014 SCHULTE 2500 rockpicker, #HS3429, large 2.5 cu. yard hopper, $29,600. Call 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK, or view online at: www.farmworld.ca

2014 NEW HOLLAND SP.240R, 240 HP, 100 gal. poly tank, tier 3 eng., SmarTrax AutoSteer, $229,000. Call 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 2013 SPRA-COUPE 4660 80’, 2 sets tires, 650 hours, Outback GPS, AutoSteer, AutoBoom, good. 204-662-4510, Sinclair, MB.

HEAVY DUTY WHEEL DOLLY. Change your sprayer tires in less than an hour! Over 100 units sold last 12 months. Perfect tool for safely and quickly moving or changing large wheels/tires, $1,499. 403-892-3303, 8’ SCHULTE 9600 snowblower, 540 PTO, 3 Carmangay, AB. PTH, $3750 OBO; Allied 7’, $1250 OBO. Call Grant 306-746-7336, Semans, SK. 3- JOHN DEERE 770 graders w/snow wings; Champion 740 grader w/snow wing. Parting out over 20 graders, many different makes and models. Older trucks w/snow blowers, snow blades and attachments. Blowers w/motors for 4WD loaders; also 2WD, 4WD and Crawler loaders in stock. Two yards, over 50 acres. Cambrian 2009 1284 AG-CHEM, 1000 gal. tank, 110’ Equipment Sales Ltd. Ph: 204-667-2867, booms, 2860 hrs., reduced to $86,000. fax: 204-667-2932, Winnipeg, MB. USD. 406-466-5356, Choteau, Montana. View: www.fertilizerequipment.net 2012 SNOWBLAST MODEL #10800A, 3 PTH snowblower, vg condition, all options. 2005 JD 4720, both sets tires, 2700 eng. 12’ (+) wide enough to cover the duals on hrs., AutoSteer, fully loaded, $129,000 your tractor, green/yellow, 701-389-1042 cash. Call 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK. or 204-649-2276, Pierson, MB. CASE PATRIOT SPX 3200B, 2200 hrs., 80’ boom, 800 US gallon tank, field ready, $80,000. Call 403-896-4673, Clive, AB. 2014 CASE/IH FHX300 forage harvester, tandem, w/vert. extension, HDX PU, 2 short seasons. Dave 403-556-3992 Olds AB

FITTINGS AND VALVES for your liquid handling needs, all offering the ultimate in sealing power and corrosion resistance. Call 1-855-765-9937 or www.polywest.ca CHEM HANDLERS- load your sprayer faster and get back in the field. Equipped with double venturi system, loads directly from bulk containers. Flaman 1-888-435-2626. TRIDEKON CROP SAVER, crop dividers. Reduce trampling losses by 80% to 90%. Call: Great West Agro, 306-398-8000. BANDIT 3210 LIQUID fertilizer system! Introducing the all new and fully engineered TBH caddy. Call 1-855-765-9937 or visit: www.polywest.ca

2010 MORRIS 8370 TBT, var. rate, c/w 3rd tank, very good, $74,900. Call Cam-Don Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

CASE AIM AND SHARPSHOOTER CUSTOMERS Low drift nozzle with uniform droplet size for maximum coverage.

2008 JD 3975 c/w PU header, kernel processor, 40” vert. ext. Just through shop in excellent shape w/new knives and shear bar! $26,400. Call Jordan 403-627-9300, Pincher Creek, AB.

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2009 BOURGAULT 6450 TANK, double shoot dry, cab rate adjust, deluxe 10” auger, bag lift, 591 monitor, 3 tank metering, rubber excellent, shedded, $72,000. Call 306-460-9846, Coleville, SK.

2009 JOHN DEERE 1870 Conserva Pac, 40' on 12'' spacing, 430 TBH tank, variable rate, 3 compartment, blockage, single row or paired row seed openers, $95,000. 403-884-2250, Halkirk, AB.

2 0 0 9 B O U R G A U LT 3 3 1 0 6 5 ’ d r i l l #B22180A, mid-row banders, easily converted to DS, $139,000. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. www.farmworld.ca

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. MOON HEAVY HAUL pulling air drills/ air seeders, packer bars, Alberta and Sask. 30 years experience. Call Bob Davidson, Drumheller, AB. 403-823-0746.

2012 NEW HOLLAND P2070 Air drill, 60', 12" spacing, P1060, 430 bu. cart, DS, var. rate, shedded, $130,000. 306-296-7575, Frontier, SK.

2011 MORRIS CONTOUR C1 drill; 2002 Flexi-Coil 3450 TBH cart, 51’, 12” spacing, single shoot drill, $110,000. 306-922-2525 45' 1993 FLEXI-COIL 5000 air drill, with 2010 CIH 3430 air cart, variable rate, dual Prince Albert, SK. www.farmworld.ca wheels, drill, 9" spacing, double shoot, 2007 SEEDMASTER 50’, 12” space, 2013 blockage sensors, Dutch low draft openers, JD 1910 550 bu. tank, shut-off ready, DS $80,000. 306-625-7546 Ponteix, SK. w/anhydrous with shut-off, 2nd onboard hroberge@sasktel.net tank w/alpine attach liquid fert., $195,000 2012 SEED HAWK Series 45, 50-10 Call Graham, 306-963-7651, Imperial, SK. w/500 bu. TBH tank, quick adjust depth 2009 JD 1835 40' air drill, 1910 250 bu. control, dual casters, new seed knives, liq. TBT, 3 comp. tank, conveyor belt, var. rate, Alpine kit, var. rate w/Viper monitor and 10" spacing, double shoot, blockage moni- Raven GPS, dual fans, shedded. Dave at: tors, A1 shape, $98,000. 403-208-6930, 306-783-7584, 306-621-1155 Yorkton, SK. Calgary, AB. sperle@shaw.ca CHECK OUT OUR advanced carbide air JD 787 AIR CART, TBH, 170 bushel, 3rd drills. Order today! Find out more at: t a n k , 4 r u n , $ 5 , 0 0 0 O B O . P h o n e www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 306-925-2245, Glen Ewen, SK. 2009 48' BG 3310 mid row banders, NH3, 72’ OF BOURGAULT 3.5” steel packers on 10" spacing, 6450 tank, 3 meter, 591 moni- 9.8” spacing, for 5710 or 5810, in gangs, done 3000 acres. Phone: 204-648-7085, tor, $185,000. 204-748-7965, Virden, MB. Grandview, MB. 1997 CONCORD 4812 air drill, double shoot dry with NH3, Dutch openers, 2000 1997 39’ MORRIS Maxim air drill, 10” spacJD 1900 seed cart, 270 bushel, $35,000 ing, Atom Jet boot with Morris 180 cart, $23,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, OBO. 306-452-3233 Antler, SK. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 1998 BOURGAULT 5710 40’, 9.8” space, 3” rubber packers, 1” Atom Jet openers, 2005 FLEXI-COIL 4350 TBH AIR CART, MRB’s, blockage monitors, 2002 5350 air DS, variable rate, good shape, asking tank, 3 tank metering, CRA, dual fans, rice $40,000 OBO. 780-385-5064, Killam, AB. tires, bag lift, 3 cameras in tank, 491 2006 EZEE-ON 7550 air drill, 10” spacmonitor $63,000 306-628-7406 Prelate SK ing, 5” rubber capped packers, 4” carbide 2006 NH SD440 50’, 10” paired row, 430 tip openers with 3115 tank (2005), asking bushel, variable rate tank, double shoot, $49,500. 306-452-7004, Parkman, SK. blockage monitor, steel press wheels, 2014 SEEDMASTER 70’, 12”, 20 bu. canola $80,000. 780-210-0280, Andrew, AB. tank w/ultra Pro, 800 rears, 12,000 acres NEW 2015 FLEXI-COIL 4350, mech. TBH. $218,500 OBO. 403-505-9524, Ponoka, AB. Last one! Cam-Don Motors, 306-237-4212, 2014 JD 1890 60’ disc drill, 430 TBH cart, Perdue, SK. conveyor, duals; 2009 JD 1835 57’, MRBs, 430 tow behind cart, conveyor, duals. 2014 BOURGAULT 3320-76, 7700 tank, 204-825-8121, Morden, MB. 10” space, liquid, loaded, sectional control, h i g h f l o at o p t i o n , ve r y l o w a c r e s , 1993 FLEXI-COIL 2330 AIR CART, double $460,000. Call 306-483-7829, Oxbow, SK. shoot, $6000 OBO. 306-625-7546, Ponteix, 1 9 9 3 B O U R G A U LT 3 2 2 5 a i r t a n k SK. #PB2965D, 2 tank metering, 225 bu. TBH, 2011 BOURGAULT 66’ air drill #B22480A, new 820 monitor, $9,700. 306-922-2525, 12” spacing, mid-row shanks, double Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca shoot, $143,000. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, 2008 JD 1910, 430 bu. tow behind, 8 run, SK. or view online at www.farmworld.ca vari-rate, DS, $49,000; 1998 JD 1900 3 2008 CASE/IH AIR CART, ADX 3380, 380 compartment, 430 bu., 8 run, $24,800. bushel, 3 tank, $30,000 OBO. Contact 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 780-518-5896, Wanham, AB. 2008 BG 6450 air tank #HS34820, 3 tank 2010 65’ BOURGAULT 3310 paralink, 12” metering, double shoot, 591 Monitor, spacing, mid row shank banding, DS, rear always shedded, $83,500. 306-864-3667, hitch, $148,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm EquipKinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca ment Ltd. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

2009 SEEDMASTER AIR drill 50', 10" 5-plex, narrow fold, double shoot dry, Flexi-Coil air packs, Smart hitch, Agtron blockage on each tower, dual front castors, new fert. knives and primary hoses in 2015, $95,000. 306-628-8181, Sceptre, SK. BOURGAULT 5710 64’, 9.8” space, steel packers, MRB’S, 2005 Bourgault 6350 air cart, DS, in-cab controls. Will separate. Best offers. 306-277-4503, Gronlid, SK. 2008 BOURGAULT 5710, DS, AtomJet openers, 74’, w/2008 Bourgault 6550 tank, c/w deluxe 10” auger, dual rear wheels, exc. cond. 306-441-1648, Battleford, SK. 1998 MORRIS MAXIM 35’ air drill, DS, Morris paired row openers, 7240 air cart, many new parts, nice shape, $25,000. 306-997-4930, Borden, SK. 2002 BOURGAULT 5350 air cart, dual fans, 3 tanks, 3 tank metering, 491 monitor, light pkg., rear rice tires, good condition, $36,000. 306-782-7347, Yorkton, SK. 2013 P1060 NH air cart, 430 bu., var. rate, 10” auger, Intelliview 4 monitor, $74,500 OBO. Kent 306-799-4784, 306-684-9693, Moose Jaw, SK. 2009 JD 1830, 10” spacing, Poirier openers, Pattison liquid kit, JD 2600 monitor, 1910 430 bu. cart, duals, conveyor, bag lift, exc. cond., $98,000 OBO. Can deliver. 306-445-5602, North Battleford, SK. 1999 SEED HAWK 357, on-board tank, 40’, 12” spacing, good condition, $40,000. 306-482-7749, Carnduff, SK. 2015 PILLAR, MODEL 6012, approx. 5500 acres, excellent shape, drill only, $225,000 OBO. 306-741-1634, Hazlet, SK. info@mustangsol.com 2011 JD 1870 Conserva Pak 40’, double shoot, primary blockage monitors, newer seed and fertilizer knives, 430 bu. JD 1910 air cart, 10” auger, excellent condition, $155,000 OBO. 306-221-2190, Perdue, SK. FLEXI-COIL 5000 HD air drill, 40’, 12” spacing, double shoot, 4350 tank; 1996 NH 9482, 2823 hrs., shedded. All in good condition. 403-901-4431, Strathmore, AB. NEW UNUSED 2013 40’ Ezee-On 7650 air drill, 9” spacing, 3” steel packers, $39,500. 403-350-9088, Red Deer, AB. 2007 BOURGAULT 5725 47’, 10” spacing, Series II w/DS, MRBs, Raven NH3, exc. cond., field ready, with warranty, $54,900. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com DON’T DELAY! ORDER your carbide air drill openers. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 2002 JD 1820, 41’, 270 bu. 1900 cart, 12” spacing, blockage monitors, double shoot dry w/Dickey John NH3, $35,000 OBO. 306-452-3233, Antler, SK. COMBINE WORLD NOW carries Atom Jet openers! We want your old ones on trade! 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com FLEXI-COIL 5000 33’ air drill, 9” spacing, tow between 1720 air tank, exc. cond. 306-648-2847 after 7 PM, Gravelbourg, SK

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$145,000 2005 Caterpillar D7R XR Series II Dozer, 11000hrs, A-Dozer w/ Twin tilts, 4 Barrell Multi Shank Ripper, Sweeps

$80,000 1997 Caterpillar D6R Dozer, 14330hrs, A-Dozer with Tilts, 1 Barrel Multi Shank Ripper

$65,000

$90,000 2004 Terex TA30 Gen 7 Off Road Rock Truck, 7850hrs, 385HP, 30ton, 6X6, Cummins QSM11-C, ZF 6 speed Trans, 23.5X25 Tires

$52,000

2006 Advance Super-B Fueler Trailer - Tanker, DOT-406, 65500 litre, A/R, Aluminum wheels, Auto greaser

2002 Advance Super-B Fueler Trailer - Tanker, DOT-406, Air ride, 62500 litre

$56,000

$37,000

2007 Trail King 53’ Tridem Machinery Trailer - Step Deck, Air ride, Alum wheels, Hyd beavertail, Winch, 103500 lb GVWR

2013 Lode King 53’ Tridem Trailer Step Deck, Air ride, Aluminum wheels, Wide Load Lights, Load Bunks

$13,000 2006 Lode King Super-B Trailer - Flat Deck, Air ride, 32’ lead, 28’ pup

$82,000 2004 Volvo L70E Wheel Loader, 9885hrs, Hyd Quick Couple Bucket, Ride Control, 3 yrd bucket. 4’ Fork

$32,000 1995 Tremcar Tandem Stainless Trailer - Tanker, Air ride, Alum wheels, 27276 litre, Stainless Frames

$14,000 2001 Lode King 53’ Tridem Aluminum Combo Trailer - Flat Deck, Air ride, Sliding suspension, Aluminum wheels

$24,000

$15,000

1988 Polar Tandem Stainless Trailer - Tanker, 27255 litre (7200 USG), Spring ride, Alum wheels

1983 Westank Tandem Aluminum Trailer - Tanker, 26500 litre (7000 USG), Spring ride

$27,500 2006 Lode King 51’ Tridem Alum Combo Trailer - Step Deck, Air ride, Aluminum wheels

$16,000 1996 Wabash 48’ Tandem Alum Combo Trailer - Step Deck, Air ride, Aluminum wheels

$10,000 2000 Lode King 48’ Tridem Aluminum Combo Trailer - Flat Deck, Air ride

$36,000 2006 JLG 600AJ Boom Lift, 5175hrs, 4X4, 2 wheel steering, 60’ lift, 8’ basket

$16,000 2006 Wilson 48’ Tandem Alum Combo Trailer - Flat Deck, Air ride, Alum wheels

$69,000

$27,000

2012 Kalmar Single Axle Shunt Truck Truck, 15678hrs, 200HP, Auto Greaser, Hyd 5th wheel

1988 Westank Tridem Alum with 10’ Rear Deck Trailer - Tanker, Spring ride, 35500 litre (9378 USG), 10’X102” rear deck

$22,000 1986 Westank Tandem Alum with 10’ Deck Trailer - Tanker, Spring ride, 28000 litre, 10’X102” rear deck

$42,000

$36,000 1999 Raglan Tridem Trailer Pneumatic, 1800 Cubic Feet, Air ride

$44,000

2006 Lode King Super-B Alum Hopper Trailer - Grain, Air ride, Alum wheels

2013 Arne’s Tridem Trailer - End Dump, Air ride, 11R24.5 Tires on Steel Unimounts, New Tarp

$6,500 1988 Thruway 48’ Tandem Trailer - Flat Deck, Spring ride

$12,000 1978 Decap Tandem Cross Gate Trailer, 3 Hopper, Spring ride,

$14,500

$13,000

2007 BWS 21ton Tandem Tilt deck Tag Trailer Trailer - Tag, 19’X102” deck, 5’ Beavertail & Ramps, Spring ride

1973 Page 40’ Tandem Trailer - Low Bed, 19’X11” well, S/R, Beavertail, 11R24.5 Tires, Bud wheels

Titan Truck Sales www.titantrucksales.com Box 299 MacGregor, MB R0H 0R0

204-685-2222 2012 KENWORTH T800

500 HP Cummins ISX, 18 sp, 12 front super 40 rear, 4:10 gears, 22.5” alloy wheels, 194” WB, 4x4 diff. locks, 902,495 km

55,000

2010 WESTERN STAR 4900FA

515 HP Detroit, 13 sp, 12/40, 22.5” alloy wheels, 244” WB, 373 gears, 3x4 diff. locks, 744,056 km

55,000

2007 MACK CXU613

460 HP Mack, 13 sp, 24.5” alloy wheels, 12/40, 3:56 gears, 244” WB, 1,191,254 km.

24,000

2010 KENWORTH T800

525 HP Cummins ISX, 18 sp, 12,000 front 46,000 rear, 3:91 gears, 24.5” alloy wheels, 4x4 diff. locks, 220” WB. 1,038,033 km

57,000

2014 MACK CXU613

445 HP MP8, 18 sp, 12/40, 3:55 gears, 22.5” alloy wheels, 224” WB. 3x4 diff. locks, 454,332 km

89,000

2011 WESTERN STAR 4900FA

500 HP Detroit DD15, 13 sp, 12/40, 244” WB, 22.5” alloy wheels, 3:70 gears, 3x4 diff. locks, 738,753 km

62,000

2010 KENWORTH T800

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

57,000

2013 MACK CXU613

445 HP MP8, 18 sp, 12/40, 4x4 diff. lock, 3:55 gears,22.5” alloy wheels, 224” WB, 709,698 km

62,000

2007 WESTERN STAR 4900SA

515 HP Detroit, 18 sp, 4x4 diff. locks, 12 front super 40 rear, 22.5” alloy wheels, 3:91 gears, 209 WB, 983,549 km

35,000

2010 KENWORTH T800

525 HP Cummins ISX, 18 sp, 12,000 front 46,000 rear, 3:91 gears, 24.5” alloy wheels, 4x4 diff. locks, 220” WB. 1,144,693 km

57,000

2013 IH PROSTAR

500 HP Maxx 15, 18 sp, 12/46, 22.5 alloy wheels, 3:58 gears, 4x4 diff. locks, 228” WB, 399,869 km

45,000

2009 MACK CXU613

485 HP MP8, 13 sp, 24.5” alloy wheels, 12/40, 3:90 gears, 244” WB, 931,369 km

29,000

2005 PETERBILT 378

475 HP Cummins ISX, 13 sp, 12 front super 40 rear, 3x4 diff. locks, 22.5” alloy wheels, 3:90 gears, 204” WB, wet kit

35,000

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Guardian™ front boom sprayers from New Holland allow you to take full control of your spraying schedule. With the industry’s highest horsepower, largest tank size, smoothest suspension, highest ground clearance and tightest turning radius, Guardian sprayers quickly protect more of your acres per hour. Now that’s SMART! • Four front boom models from 240 to 365 hp • Now with larger deluxe and luxury cabs for even greater comfort • Center-mounted tank for 50/50 weight distribution at all times • New four-wheel crab steer option available to follow tracks on headland turns • Boom widths up to 120 feet • Stainless steel and poly tank sizes up to 1,600 gallons

NEVER LOOK BACK.

© 2014 CNH Industrial America LLC. All rights reserved. New Holland Agriculture is a trademark registered in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or afﬁ liates. New Holland Construction is a trademark in the United States and many other countries, owned by or licensed to CNH Industrial N.V., its subsidiaries or afﬁ liates.

PRE-OWNED SPRAYERS!

INSPECTED BY QUALIFIED MECHANICS, READY FOR THE FIELD! 2012 NEW HOLLAND SP.365F #N22365A

2012 NEW HOLLAND SP.365F #N21752A

3 YEAR POWER TRAIN WARRANTY! 723HRS, 380 R46 (SET OF FOUR) & 650 R38 (SET OF FOUR), 10 SECTION CONTROL, RAVEN ACCUBOOM CONTROLLER + ULTRAGLIDE BOOM HEIGHT + SMARTRAX AUTOSTEERING - MINT CONDITION!

FEATURE UNIT!!

$269,000

(H)

2001 APACHE 890 PLUS #N22046B

3 YEAR POWER TRAIN WARRANTY!!

3300 HRS, NEW 380/85R46 REAR TIRES, 5.9 CUMMINS, 90’ BOOM, TRPL NOZZLES, 850 GAL POLY, 5 SEC CONTROL, AUTO CONTROLLER, OUTBACK AUTO STEER

845 HRS, 10 SECTION CONTROL, 120’ BOOM, 1600 GAL TANK, ACCUBOOM CONTROLLER, BOOM TILT ACCUMULATOR, ENVIZIO PRO, ULTRA GLIDE BOOM LEVELLER, 650/75R38 169 A8 FLOAT TIRES

$262,000

(PA)

$88,000

(K)

2010 CASE IH PS160 #HN3185B

1600 GAL TANK, 100FT WHEEL BOOM, FOAM MARKERS DUAL DROPS, PRO300 MONITOR SWITCH BOX, MANUAL AGITATION, HYDRAULIC PUMP, 3 WAY NOZZLE BODIES, RINSE TANKS

$28,000

(PA)

2013 JOHN DEERE 4730

#N22364B. ONE OWNER- ALWAYS SHEDDED! 446 HRS, 245 HP ENGINE, GREENSTAR 2 MONITOR, DELUXE CAB, 800 GAL. POLY TANK, 100’ BOOM 20” NOZZLE SPACING, BOOM TRAC PRO 5 SERIES, SECTION CONTROL, STARFIRE RECEIVER SF1, WHEEL SHIELDS (4) CROP DIVIDER, 5 WAY NOZZLE BODIES, SPRAYTEST REMOTE CONTROLLER, STAINLESS STEEL CHEMICAL INDUCTOR, DUAL FENCE ROW \NOZZLES, CHASSIS AIR LEVELLING SYSTEM ................................... (H)

$275,000

2012 NEW HOLLAND SP.365F

#HN3594A. 3 YR POWERTRAIN WARRANTY! 1400 HRS, 8.9L CUMMINS ENGINE, 365 HP, SET OF 4 3R80/9 046 TIRES + SET OF 4 650R38 FLOAT TIRES, BOOM LEVEL ULTRA GLIDE, BOOM TILT ACCUMULATOR, ELECTRIC FLUSH AND RINSE CNTRL, ENVIZIO PRO, FENCE LINE SPRAY KIT, PRESSURE WASHER ........... (H)

2005 SPRA-COUPE 7650

$295,000

W22786A. 2490 HRS, 174 HP, 80’ HIGH CLEARANCE / 3 WAY NB’S, 20” SPACING, 5000 RATE CONTROLLER, OUTBACK S3 MAPPING, SEC CONTROL, CRUISE / TREAD ADJUST, 320-85R38 FRONTS, 380-90R46 SKINNYS, 620 FLOATS ................ (K)

$85,000

PLUS — NEW SCHULTE SNOWBLOWER SALE! Call Farm World Humboldt & Kinistino today! 2013 BX62 2014 SDX117 2016 SDX102

#$HS3293. IDEAL FOR 20 - 35 HP TRACTORS

#HS3411. IDEAL FOR 140 - 220 HP TRACTORS

#HS3582. IDEAL FOR 85-140 HP TRACTORS

$2,500

$13,500

$7,800

Hwy. #2 S., Prince Albert 306-922-2525 Hwy. #3, Kinistino 306-864-3667 Hwy. #5, Humboldt 306-682-9920 PRECISION FARMING AND DRONE EXPERTS ON STAFF

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REDUCED PRICES ON SELECT NEW & PRE-OWNED MACHINES! It’s inventory time and we’d rather sell it than count it!

2013 NEW HOLLAND SP.240F #HN3175

2014 NEW HOLLAND SP.240F #N22358

DEMO UNIT!!

4 YEAR WARRANTY! 120’ FRONT BOOM, 1200 GAL TANK, 4WD, 10 SECTION CONTROL, RAVEN ENVIZIO PRO XL CONTROLLER, WITH AUTORATE, MAPPING, STEERING & ULTRAGLIDE BOOM HEIGHT CONTROL

2014 NEW HOLLAND SP.240R #N22357

4 Y E AR TY WARRAN

$339,000 (K)

2014 NEW HOLLAND SP.333F #N22361

3 YEAR POWER TRAIN WARRANTY! 100’ FRONT BOOM, 100 GAL SS TANK, 275HP CUMMINS, 4WD, INCLUDES SET OF 380/90R46 TIRES & 650/75R30 FLOAT TIRES, RAVEN ENVIZIO PRO XI CONTROLLER W/AUTORATE, PHOENIX 300 & MAPPING, 10 SEC ACCUBOOM CONTROL, ULTRAGLIDE BOOM HEIGHT, SMARTRAX AUTOSTEER

DEMO UNIT!!

$310,000 (H)

2002 MORRIS 7300 TANK

#HR3338

NEW!!

#HR3095A

REDUCED

#PB3379A

REDUCED

MECHANICAL RATE, 300 BUSHEL, 8 RUN DS, OFF MAXIMUM TWO 61’ DRILL

2010 JOHN DEERE 1830 DRILL & 1910 TANK #PS3428A

MINT CONDITION! 580 BU, S/S 8 PORT, 900 TIRES, 10” DLX AUGER, VARIABLE RATE.

40’, 12” SPACING, SINGLE SHOOT, SIDE BAND LIQUID, 4” RUBBER PACKERS, 350 BU CART, 3 TANK METERING, MECHANICAL DRIVE

$110,000 (PA)

$105,600 (PA)

2009 BOURGAULT 3310 65’ DRILL #B22180A

$139,000 (K)

$33,000 (K)

WITH GRAPPLE AND LOADER. 8080 HRS, ALWAYS SHEDDED, 480/85R34 NON DIRECTIONAL, 1 ENG/END REMOTE, CAB/END 3 PT HITCH, , PTO AND 3 REMOTES, LED LIGHTS, CAB END DIFF LOCK

#PN3213A

ALWAYS SHEDDED! 371 HRS, 22.5 HP/19 PTO, FWD, TURF TIRES, THREE POINT, NOSE WEIGHTS, HYDROSTATIC TRANS, 3 CYL. DIESEL ENG, 540 PTO, MID PTO

$7,500 (H)

REDUCED

2011 MORRIS C1 CONTOUR DRILL & 8370 TBH TANK #B22750A

61’, PAIRED ROW 12” SPACING, 5.5 SEMI PNEUMATIC TIRES, MECH DRIVE 17” REM FAN, DUAL CASTORS, TILLAGE WORK SWITCH, TBH TANK W/1/2 TANK SHUTOFF, 8D DISTRIBUTION, FULL BIN INDICATORS

$205,000 (H)

2012 CASE IH TV380 #HN3497A

REDUCED

2008 NEW HOLLAND T9050 #N22577A

7258 HRS, 7614 LOADER, PTO, 3PT HITCH, NEWER FRONT TIRES

2371 HRS, 485 HP, 800/70R38 DUALS, HYD FLOW 55 GPM, DIFF LOCK -FRONT & REAR, I NTELLISTEER, GOODYEAR DT924 TIRES @ 75%

$40,000 (H)

$205,000 (PA)

2014 GRAIN PLAINS 3500 TM VERTICAL TILLAGE PS3147 NEW!!

NEW TRACKS & COMPLETELY SERVICED! 988HRS, DELUXE CAB W/ AIR SEAT SUSPENSION, HEAT & AIR, FRONT DOOR GLASS, HYD HEAVY DUTY COUPLER, HIGH FLOW HYDRAULICS

$59,000 (H)

#HN3464B

REDUCED

70’ FOLD BACK, 10” SPACING, 3” STEEL PACKERS, 2” SPREAD, SINGLE SHOOT, TBT TANK, 430 BU, 12000 ACRES

$110,000 (PA)

1999 NEW HOLLAND TV140 W/LOADER

$49,500 (K) 2005 MASSEY FERGUSON GC2300

#PB3380A

#B22778B

VALMAR APPLICATOR, 4 BAR MOUNTED HARROWS, 330LB TRIPS, 8” SPACING

#N22876A

2012 NEW HOLLAND P2060 DRILL & P1060 TANK

1997 BOURGAULT 8810 CULTIVATOR

MID ROW BANDERS CAN EASILY BE CONVERTED TO DOUBLE SHOOT DRY AIR KIT! ONLY 6,000 ACRES ON 1” CARBIDE TIPS, 10” SPACING, ALWAYS SHEDDED

2002 NEW HOLLAND TV140

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2005 CAT D7R XR Series II, twin tilts, 4 barrel MSR, 11,000 hrs., canopy w/sweeps, $145,000. Ph. 204-685-2608, Little League Equip., MacGregor, MB. MICHIGAN 75-A WHEEL LOADER, QA, self levelling, Leon bale grapple bucket, clamshell dirt bucket, 3-71 Detroit, exc. trans, good cattleman’s machine, $12,500. Ph/text 306-424-7761, Montmartre, SK. 2012 LEON 14’ 6-way quick attach blade fo r 8 4 a n d 8 6 S e r i e s J D t r a c t o r s . 306-435-9520, Wawota, SK. 1999 NH LX885 turbo skid steer, cab, heat, 7500 hrs., good tires, steel tracks, recent hydro, well maintained, $13,500. Ph/text 306-424-7761, Montmartre, SK.

RETIRING: 1980 JD 4640 tractor, recent drop-in 50 Series eng. and trans. service; Premier 30’ swather; Rite-Way 50’ harrow packer bar; New Holland 1033 automatic bale wagon. 306-638-4550, Findlater, SK. DON’T DELAY! ORDER your carbide air drill openers. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 2- BOLT-ON 3 POINT HITCHES from Case tractor. Grant 306-746-7336, Semans, SK. COMPLETE SHANK ASSEMBLIES: JD 1610, Morris Magnum, $135; JD 610, Morris Magnum II, $185; CCIL #204, $90. Can deliver. 306-946-7923, Young, SK. HORSE POWER? Fuel economy? Ph Smoke ‘Em Diesel to safely add both on your farm equipment! 306-545-5911, Regina, SK. CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used highway tractors. For more details call 204-685-2222 or view information at www.titantrucksales.com FLEXI-COIL 820 40’ cultivator; 1720 air tank; Flexi-Coil 420 40’ cultivator; 1610 air tank; 636 Leon loader; 75- Bourgault 4.5” steel packer wheels, off 5710; 3 PTH, 7 shank subsoiler; 3 PTH off 300 HP 4WD. 306-749-2649, Birch Hills, SK. CHECK OUT OUR advanced carbide air drills. Order today! Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB.

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2007 NEW HOLLAND T6070 Plus, MFWD 2,800 hrs. w/840 loader; 108" utility bucket, also grapple fork, w/108" Farm King 3 PTH snowblower, 16x16 trans., buddy seat, AC, exc. cond., $75,000. 306-570-3788, Regina, SK. al@slinkemo.ca

2004 VOLVO L70E wheel loader, 9885 hrs, hyd quick couple bucket, 20.5R25 tires, ride control, $82,000. Ph. 204-685-2608, Little League Equip., MacGregor, MB. 1997 CAT D6R LGP, 14331 hrs., A-dozer with tilts, 1 barrel multi shank ripper, cab with heat & A/C, $80,000. 204-685-2608, Little League Equip., MacGregor, MB. 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.

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2005 JD 7420, c/w 741 self levelling loader and grapple, Comfort Guard Cab, 6611 hrs, 135 HP, 3 PTH, LHR, power quad plus, 3 SCVs, tires 70%, clean unit, always shedded, ready to work, $82,500 OBO. 403-963-1334, 403-578-8523, Consort, AB JD 8630 TRACTOR, 4 WD, not running, 18x38 tires, PTO, good tin and cab. Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK. WANTED: JD 4020, standard, LP, poweshift, S/N T222P142333R, dead or alive. Will pay finders fee. Phone 519-294-6104, Thedford, ON.

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2014 NH T7190, FWA, deluxe cab, 4 hyds., plumbed, loader ready, 349 hrs. Call Dave 403-556-3992, Olds, AB. 2005 TJ450, 3150 hours, powershift, AutoSteer, 800 duals, high capacity pump, no PTO, shedded, exc. cond., $130,000 OBO. Call or text 306-684-5425, Moose Jaw, SK.

2008 JD 9630T, deluxe cab, PTO, loaded, 1998 NH 9882, N14 Cummins, 450 HP, 4750 hrs. 306-648-2418, 306-312-9000, 710R38 metrics, pump(injector) and pivot, pins done recently, 6171 hrs., exc. cond., Gravelbourg, SK. $85,000. 306-442-4222, Pangman, SK. KEN DEAL EQUIPMENT Brokers has customers looking to buy equipment right 2012 NH TJ500 HD, GPS, duals, 2700 hrs., now! See why people are saying "There's no shedded, good condition, $170,000 OBO. deal like a Ken Deal". Let us do the selling 306-228-2466, 306-228-8355, Unity, SK. for you. No fees unless we sell your equipment. 204-796-0100, Rossburn, MB. 2008 NH T9050 HD, PS, 55 gal/min., diff locks, 4 hyds and 1 aux. outlets, GPS, Aurudachykrick@gmail.com toSteer, front weights, 710/70R42s, 3460 1993 JD 8870, 350 HP, 6300 hrs, new in- hrs. $175,000 OBO. 306-562-8440, Canora jectors, new radio, 20.8x42 Michelins, 4 hyds., diff lock, shedded, good condition, $72,900. 204-761-5145, Rivers, MB. 2002 JD 7710 MFWD, IV trans., 3 PTH, 1999 JD 7410, MFWD, 3 PTH, powrQuad w/LHR, JD 740 loader, grapple, joystick very clean. 780-674-5516, 780-305-7152, Barrhead, AB. 1981 4240, QUAD, 9000 hrs, 3 hyds., very sharp. 403-740-5197, Big Valley, AB. 2001 JD 9300, 4376 hrs., 24 spd., 710x38 tires- 70%, shedded, mint! $110,000. 306-726-8122, Southey, SK. 1998 JD 9400, powershift, 7000 hrs., new inside rubber, $90,000. Call 306-524-4960, 976 1991, 6600 hours, rubber is 65%, Semans, SK. fresh bottom end, standard shift, $56,500. 1982 JD 4640, approx. 7800 hours, very Corner Equipment 1-888-626-3215. good cond., $21,000 OBO. 306-260-5802, 306-231-8212, Humboldt, SK. 1997 9682 FORD, 5903 hrs, almost new tires, 4 hyds, $75,000. 54’ 5710 JD 8430, duals, 12’ Degelman blade, 7500 20.8x42 9.8” spacing, double shoot, total hrs., 2700 hrs. on rebuilt 50 Series BOURGAULT, MRBs, new boots, tips and discs ($16,000), engine, $10,000. 403-896-4673, Clive, AB. field ready, 4300 tank, dual fans, $60,000. 2004 JD 9120, 24 spd., radials, PTO, diff. 306-481-4740, Battleford, SK. lock, deluxe cab, GPS, 3510 hrs, $120,000 OBO. 204-546-2187, Grandview, MB. 1990 JD 4755, MFWD, rebuilt powershift trans., triple hyds., 180 HP, good rubber, work ready. For pricing call Medicine Hat Tractor Salvage Inc. 1-877-527-7278 or 403-548-1205. www.mhtractor.ca JD 8650, new engine, new tires; JD 4440, rebuilt engine; JD 4450, FWD; JD 4255 FWD. 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. JD 8650, PTO, duals, 9000 hrs., new eng. at 6000 hrs., joystick, recent WO’s, c/w 14’ 6-way Leon blade. 306-435-9520, Wawota 1986 FORD TW35, FWA, 5000 hrs showing unit, 1000 hours on complete engine JD TRACTOR PARTS. Specializing in on and clutch, vg cond., $35,000. engine rebuild kits. Thousands of other rebuild 306-789-2063, 306-536-0656 Raymore SK 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 2007 NH TD95, FWA, 1850 hours, open 1-800-481-1353. station, loader, bail forks, bucket with STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER looking grapple, 540/1000 PTO, $33,000 OBO. for JD tractors to rebuild, Series 20s, 30s, 780-674-0463, Westlock, AB. 40s or 50s, or for parts. Will pay top dollar. Now selling JD parts. 204-466-2927, 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. 936 FORD VERSATILE tractor, 6870 hrs, 1992 4960 JD, MFWD, power shift, 3 PTH, 100 hrs. on engine rebuild, AutoSteer, re3 remotes, duals, excellent rubber, 3859 turn line, 20.8x38 duals, $45,000. Phone hrs., always shedded, immaculate condi- 306-293-2809, Climax, SK. tion. 306-748-2817, Killaly, SK. 1989 846, 18.4x38 duals, PTO, 15 spd. WANTED: ANY CONDITION 6030; late synchro, 5400 hrs., $34,900. Call Cam-Don model 3020, or 4020; 4620; 4520; 4320 Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. and 4000. Call 701-240-5737, Minot, ND. 1983 VERSATILE 875, 4 WD, 3400 original 2015 JD 6150M w/H360 loader and grap- hrs., always shedded, vg cond. $42,000. ple, 3 remotes, no def., 212 hrs., $185,000 403-502-0048, Medicine Hat, AB. OBO. 780-352-8858, Bittern Lake, AB. 875 VERSATILE, complete with dozer, very 2008 JOHN DEERE 9530, 4 WD, 2856 hrs, well maintained, asking $26,500 OBO. Call AutoSteer included, 800 metric tires on 38" 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. rim, very good condition, $220,000 OBO. 1982 VERSATILE 895, new rubber, 5700 306-744-7966, Saltcoats, SK. hrs, shedded, $28,000. 306-764-2025, 2001 JD 4400, FWA, 35 HP, hydro, FEL, 306-960-9586, Prince Albert, SK. 72” belly mount grooming mower, mid PTO, mid hyds., 4 and 5 hyds., extra 2013 BUHLER 2375, 997 hrs., 710/38 weights, extra lights, able to run grain au- Goodyear duals, 50 GPM, weight pkg, JD g e r, $ 2 1 , 5 0 0 O B O . 3 0 6 - 6 4 8 - 2 4 1 8 , auto ready, always shedded. Mint cond., $140,000. 780-821-9385, High Level, AB. 306-312-9000, Gravelbourg, SK. G.S. TRACTOR SALVAGE, JD tractors 2014 NEW VERSATILE 550 Delta track, 113 GPM, PTO, 591 Peak HP, Cat poweronly. Call 306-497-3535, Blaine Lake, SK. shift, deluxe cab, diff locks, reversing fan. 2002 JD 6220, MFWD, 16 spd. PQ, 3 PTH, Looking for good trades. Cam-Don Motors, 2 spd. PTO, LHR, 2500 hours; 2000 JD 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 6310, 2WD, 16 spd. PQ, 3 PTH, 2 spd. PTO, LHR, c/w 620 loader, 3100 hrs. $42,000 each. 306-276-2080, Nipawin, SK. 2009 9530, c/w 800 tires, 4 hyd., 48 GPM, GRATTON COULEE AGRI PARTS LTD. Your 2500 hrs., shedded, exc. cond., $220,000 #1 place to purchase late model combine and tractor parts. Used, new and rebuilt. OBO. 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. www.gcparts.com Toll free 888-327-6767. 1980 JD 4440, rebuilt powershift trans., exc. cond., field ready, 10,000 hrs. For MM G705 TRACTOR, approx. 85 HP, PS, pricing call Medicine Hat Tractor Salvage dual hyd., 12V, $3200 OBO. See full ad unInc. 1-877-527-7278 or 403-548-1205. der 703 (Antique Equp.). 306-238-4590.

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MF #36 DISCERS. Will pay top dollar and pick from anywhere. Phone Mike 306-723-4875, Cupar, SK. WANTED: MASSEY discers, Model 36. Sask., Alberta or Manitoba. Top dollar. 306-625-3369, 306-750-0642, Ponteix, SK. WANTED: 2 TRACTOR TIRES, 20.8x34. Want: elec. cranking motor and bracket for 830 JD tractor. 780-850-9755, Edmonton. WANTED: 12 OR 14’ #225 Kello built disc. Call 306-839-4438 or 306-839-7792, Pierceland, SK. WANTED: APPROX. 100 HP tractor, w/3 PTH, MFWD, prefer w/loader, older ok if good. 306-327-5769, Kelvington, SK.

CUSTOM FENCING AND corral building, no job too big or too small. Call 306-699-7450, Qu’Appelle, SK. MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca SOLIDLOCK AND TREE ISLAND game wire and all accessories for installation. Heights from 26” to 120”. Ideal for elk, deer, bison, sheep, swine, cattle, etc. Tom Jensen ph/fax: 306-426-2305, Smeaton, SK.

BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer. SEASONED SPRUCE SLAB firewood, one cord bundles, $109, half cord bundles, $72; Blocked and split wood also available. V&R Sawing, 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK.

KEET’S FISH FARM: Rainbow Trout fing e r l i n g s fo r s p r i n g s t o c k i n g . C o l l i n 306-260-0288, Rachel 306-270-4639, www.keetsfishfarm.com

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LOWEST PRICES IN CANADA on new, reliable generator systems. Diesel generators, Winco PTO tractor driven alternators, automatic/manual switch gear, and commercial duty Sommers Powermaster and Sommers/Winco portable generators as well as Winco and Briggs & Stratton home standby packages. 75+ years of reliable service. Contact Sommers for all your generator requirements at 1-800-690-2396. Email: sales@sommersgen.com or online at sommersgen.com NEW AND USED PTO generators. Diesel and natural gas sets available as well. Call 1-888-300-3535, Airdrie, AB. DIESEL GENSET SALES AND SERVICE, 12 to 300 KWs, lots of units in stock. Used and new: Perkins, John Deere and Deutz. We also build custom Gensets. We currently have special pricing on new John Deere units. Call for pricing 204-792-7471.

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IN PURSUIT OF PERFECTION BULL SALE, March 10, 1:00 PM, at Spring Creek Ranch, Moosomin, SK. Offering 100 Red & Black Simmental, Red & Black Angus, and Black Best of Beef bulls. Volume and loyalty customer discounts. For more info or a WANTED: ALL KINDS of bison from year- catalogue contact Brian McCarthy at lings to old bulls. Also cow/calf pairs. Ph 306-435-3590 or T Bar C Cattle Co. Kevin at 306-429-2029, Glenavon, SK. 306-220-5006. Watch and bid online at www.liveauctions.tv View catalogue online CURRENT PRICES: Bulls $4.35/lb. USD; at www.buyagro.com. PL #116061. Heifers $4.20/lb. USD; Culls $5/lb. CAD. Call/text: 306-736-3454, Windthorst, SK. BISON PRODUCERS! Not export ready? We can help! Paying up to $4.35 USD HHW. Also paying top dollars for cull cows. Tara 403-843-2231 or Armin 403-318-4616. 43 TOP QUALITY yearling Bison heifers, $3100/ea. 306-846-4702, Ivan Thompson, Dinsmore, SK.

MOVE WATER OR IRRIGATE? 4” to 12” al- QUILL CREEK BISON is looking for finum. pipe, pumps and motors. 50 yrs. expe- ished, and all other types of bison. COD, rience. Dennis 403-308-1400, Taber, AB. paying market prices. “Producers working with Producers.” Delivery points in SK. and BLUE WATER IRRIGATION DEV. LTD. MB. Call 306-231-9110, Quill Lake, SK. Reinke pivots, lateral, minigators, pump and used mainline new Bauer travelers WANT TO PURCHASE cull bison bulls and dealer. 22 yrs. experience. 306-858-7351, cows, $3.50 to $4.00/lb. HHW. Finished Lucky Lake, SK. www.philsirrigation.ca beef steers and heifers for slaughter. We also buying compromised cattle that USED 130 PIECES 10" PVC: 20' each of are make a long trip. Oak Ridge Meats, 1120 100 psi. at $4.50/ft. for $11,700. can’t McCreary, 204-835-2365, 204-476-0147. Phone: 403-601-1422, or 403-652-7419, High River, AB. bdking@xplornet.com

DURALTA FARMS 11TH Annual Angus Bull Sale, Friday, March 18, 1:30 PM at the farm, Vegreville, AB. Selling 70 Red and Black Angus and Simmental bulls as well as a select group of open heifers. Wintering and delivery available. For catalogues of info. call Dave Durie 780-208-4888 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue at: www.buyagro.com PL #116061.

BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. skinnerfarmsangus.com PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling bulls, replacement heifers, AI service. Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. BLACK ANGUS BULLS on moderate g r o w i n g r at i o n , p e r fo r m a n c e i n fo . available. Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. F O R AG E B A S E D Black Angus bulls. www.nerbasbrosangus.com 204-564-2540 306-342-4407. www.valleyhillsangus.com Shellmouth, MB. The Black Pearl Angus Bull & Female Sale, Sunday March 13, 2:00 PM, Edwards Livestock Center, Tisdale, SK. Selling yearling and 2 year old bulls and select open heifers. Females sell with a youth incentive 85 YEARLING RED ANGUS bulls. Guaranprogram. Payment plan, wintering and de- teed, semen tested, and delivered in the livery available. For catalogues or info call spring. Phone Bob Jensen, 306-967-2770, T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View Leader, SK. catalogue online at www.buyagro.com Watch and bid online at www.dlms.ca DKF RED AND BLACK ANGUS Bulls for sale at DKF Ranch, Gladmar, Sask. Great selection, superior quality. Contact Dwayne or Scott Fettes, 306-969-4506. Videos at: www.dkfredangus.ca

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KICKIN’ ASH BUFFALO Meat Products is currently looking for all classes of bison for expanding North American market. Call Paul 780-777-2326, Athabasca, AB. or email to cabi1@telus.net

WESTERN IRRIGATION: Cadman travelling gun dealer. Used travelling big guns; Used alum pipe; Used diesel pumping unit. We buy and sell used irrigation equipment. F u l l l i s t o f n ewe r u s e d e q u i p m e n t available. If we don’t have it, we will get it THE SOUTH SASK Simmental Annual for you! 306-867-9461, 306-867-7037, Bull Sale, Monday, March 14, 1:00 PM, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. Outlook, SK. Selling: 70 full Fleck, fullblood, Red and Black Simmental and Black Angus bulls. Payment plan, wintering and delivery available. For more info or catalogue, call T Bar C Cattle Co. at: 306-220-5006, View catalogue: www.buyagro.com PL#116061

DISPERSAL OF 61 two yr. old cow/calf pairs at the 20th Annual KBJ Bull & Female Sale, 2016 on March 14, 2016 at 1:00 PM, at the farm near Clyde, AB. “Where the sale is never final.” Offering: 135 lots: 47 Angus yearling bulls, 27 Red Angus yearling bulls, 50 Black Angus two yr. old cow/calf pairs, 11 Red Angus two yr. old cow/calf pairs. Contact: Jim Round 780-307-1657, Barry Round 780-3485794, Rob Holowaychuk OBI 780-9162628. Video Sale. Bid online: DLMS. View catalogue: www.cattlemanagement.ca

JOHNSTON/ FERTILE VALLEY Black Angus Bull Sale, Friday, April 8, 1:00 PM CST at Saskatoon Livestock Sales. 90 thick, easy fleshing bulls selected from 600 top producing cows. They are sired by the leading AI sires in the industry including: BPF Special Focus; SAV Brilliance, SAV Resource, Triple V Glanworth 57U, Jindra Double Vision, Ten X, Shipwheel Montana, Angus Valley and Impression. Many of these bulls are suitable for heifers. All bulls are semen tested with complete perfo r m a n c e a n d c a r c a s s i n fo r m at i o n available. Deferred payment program with 60% sale day, 40% interest fee, due Dec. 1, 2 0 1 6 . D e n n i s a n d D av i d J o h n s t o n 306-856-4726, or T Bar C Cattle Co 306-933-4200. Call for a catalogue or view at www.johnstonfertilevalley.com BULL CENTRAL. SELLING two proven herd sires. Classy three year old used on heifers 2 yrs. Powerful four year old siring top performing calves. Also, 8- top quality two year olds. Glennie Bros. 306-482-3813 evenings or, 403-862-7578, Carnduff, SK. STEWART CATTLE CO. & Guests Bull Sale: February 25, 2016, 1:30 PM, Neepawa Ag-Plex, Neepawa, MB. 50 Black Angus bulls; Simmental cross Angus bulls. Contact Brent Stewart 204-773-2356, 204-773-6392. View our catalogue online: www.stewartcattle.com Email: stewartcows@wificountry.ca

21st ANNUAL Cattleman’s Connection Bull Sale, March 4, 2016, 1:00 PM at Heartland Livestock, Brandon, MB. Selling 100 yearling Black Angus bulls. For catalogue or more info call Brookmore Angus, Jack Hart, 204-476-2607 or email at brookmoreangus@gmail.com or HBH Farms, Barb Airey 204-566-2134, email rbairey@hotmail.com Sales Management 10 REG. IRON MOUNTAIN replacement D o u g H e n d e r s o n 4 0 3 - 3 5 0 - 8 5 4 1 o r heifers. Call Kim Paysen, 306-796-4888, 403-782-3888. Central Butte, SK.

DIAMOND W 14TH Annual Bull Sale, Thurs., March 17, 1:30 PM DST, Valley Livestock, Minitonas, MB. Offering 17 Red and Black Angus 2 yr. old and yearlings, 45 Charolais yearling and 2 year olds, many polled, some red factor. Sound, semen tested with delivery available. For catalogues and info contact Orland or Ivan Walker 306-865-3953. Catalogue online at www.bylivestock.com 35 RED ANGUS yearling and 2 yr. old bulls sell April 6th, 1:00 PM, Howe Red Angus Bull Sale, Moose Jaw, SK. 8 miles South on #2 Hwy, 1-1/2 East on Baildon grid. Contact Mike Howe 306-631-8779. REG. RED ANGUS BULLS: calving ease, quiet, good growth, will be semen tested. Little de Ranch, 306-845-2406, Turtleford

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17- YEARLING and 4- two yr. old Reg. Red Angus bulls, $3,500-$8,500. Will deliver and semen test. One pkg. of 5 reg. open heifers, $16,000. Five Genetic Gem reg. open heifers, $5,000-$12,000. Sires incl. Bear Tooth, Tuff Enuf, Arson, and Better Deal. Call Elmer at EKW Red Angus, 306-381-3691, Hague, SK. DOUBLE BAR D FARMS Best of Both Worlds Annual Bull Sale on Tuesday, March 1, at the farm, 1:00 PM, Grenfell, SK. Offering 175 Simmental and Simm/ Angus bulls as well as a select group of open Simmental and Simm/Angus heifers. For more info contact Ken 306-697-7204, 306-697-2474 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 403-363-9973. View catalogue online at: www.doublebardfarms.com PL #116061. RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. skinnerfarmsangus.com

PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS BULLS for sale. 2 year old and yearlings available. Semen tested. Mike Chase, Waveny Angus Farm 780-853-3384, 780-853-2275, Vermilion, AB. waveny@mcsnet.ca

MCTAVISH RED ANGUS & Charolais Bull Sale with Charla Moore Farms, Tuesday, March 8th, 1:30 PM, at the farm, Moosomin, SK. 14 Red Angus yearlings, 41 Charolais yearlings and 3 two year olds. View videos and catalogue online www.mctavishcharolais.com. Contact Jared 306-435-9842. mctavish@rfnow.com DOUBLE ‘F’ CATTLE CO. 7th Annual Bull Sale, March 30th, 2:00 PM at Heartland Livestock, Prince Albert, SK. Selling 50 rugged Black Angus bulls and an elite Th e th W ARD’S RED ANGUS group of Black purebred replacement heifAND GUEST ISLA BANK ers. Contact Kelly Feige 306-747-2376, 306-747-7498, www.doublefcattle.com YEARLING BLACK ANGUS Bulls for sale: SAT. M ARCH 5TH, 2:00 PM Sired by Windrower (Harvester’s son) BrilS AS K ATOON L IV ES TOCK S AL ES liance, Priority, Resource and Hesston. Several bulls are from imported embryos. S e llin g 49 ra n c h-ra is e d tw o ye a r EPDs are: WW plus 73, YW plus 125 lbs. o ld s , s u pe r lo n g ye a rlin gs a n d View online at: RavineDriveCattleCo.com to p c u tye a rlin gs . Ph: 780-367-2483, Willingdon, AB.

BENLOCK FARMS, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, 1:00 PM, in The Loft, 60 2 yr. Angus bulls, 45 Commercial bred heifers, 15 SPRUCE FOR SALE! Beautiful locally purebred heifer calves. 306-668-2125, BURNETT ANGUS 32ND Annual Bull Sale, Saturday, April 2, 2016, 1:00 PM, Heartgrown trees. Plan ahead and renew your Grandora, SK. or www.benlockfarms.com land, Swift Current, SK. 60 Black Angus shelterbelt or landscape a new yardsite, yearling bulls, deep, thick, muscular bulls. get the year round protection you need. Many low birthweight, short gestation, geWe sell on farm near Didsbury, AB. or denetically produced for breeding heifers. liver anywhere in Western Canada. 6 - 12’ Semen tested, Leptin tested. Select group spruce available. Now taking spring bookof replacement heifers. Contact: Bryce ings while supplies last. Phone 306-773-7065 or Wyatt 306-750-7822, 403-586-8733 or check out our website at wburnett@xplornet.ca View website: www.didsburysprucefarms.com www.bryceburnett.com 10th ANNUAL JOHNSON Livestock Bull PALMER CHAROLAIS/NIELSON LAND AND Sale on Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 1:00 CATTLE CO. Charolais, Black and Red Angus PM at the farm near Peebles, SK. “One of Bull and Heifer Sale, March 14, 2:00 PM at the best seedstock sources for Angus bulls the Palmer farm, Bladworth, SK. Offering in the land.” Offering: 170 lots: 156 Angus 44 Black and Red Angus yearling bulls, 8 yearling bulls, 14 Angus long yearling Black and Red PB Angus yearling heifers, 20 bulls. Contact: Andrew Johnson 306-736Black amd Red Angus bred commercial 7393, David Johnson 306-736-8631, Rob NEBRASKA BISON BUYING ALL CLASSES heifers and 45 two year old and yearling Holowaychuk OBI 780-916-2628. Bid onBison calves, yearlings, adult bulls, cows, Charolais bulls, most polled, some red line: DLMS. www.cattlemanagement.ca to pairs. All export requirements processed factor. Top quality cattle with great pedi- view catalogue. by Nebraska Bison. Contact Randy Miller, grees that will work. Larry Nielson at SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside 402-430-7058, Adams, Nebraska or email: 306-567-7493 or Velon Herback, Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, RandyMiller@Miller95Enterprises.com 306-567-7033 Catalogue and videos online 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK. at www.bylivestock.com BISON WANTED - Canadian Prairie Bison GOOD QUALITY PB Black Angus 2 yr. old is looking to contract grain finished bison, bulls, semen tested and guaranteed breedas well as calves and yearlings for growing ers. Call David or Pat 306-963-2639, markets. Contact Roger Provencher at 306-963-7739, Imperial, SK. 306-468-2316, roger@cdnbison.com 16th ANNUAL ON Target Bull Sale on WANTED ALL CLASSES of bison: calves, Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 1:00 PM at yearlings, cows, bulls. Willing to purchase Barrhead Ag Barn, Barrhead, AB. “One of any amount. dreyelts1@rap.midco.net the best sales for Angus and Simmental Call 605-391-4646. Bulls in Northern Alberta.” Offering: 107 Bull Show and Sale lots: 45 Angus yearling bulls, 32 Red AnMFL RANCHES: four semen tested 2 yr old gus yearling bulls, 30 Simmental yearling March 6-7, 2016 Plains bulls at Kramer’s Bison Sale, March bulls. Contact: Dwayne Enery 780-305Lloydminster, SK/AB 09, North Battleford, SK. 403-747-2500. 4209, Brad Yoder 780-674-1196, Mark Jones 780-349-1353, Barclay Smith Entries are up - 160 Bulls on Offer 780-305-6716. Bid online: DLMS. View NILSSON BROS INC. buying finished bison Pens of 1, 2 and 3 and Halter Show and Sale catalogue at: www.cattlemanagement.ca on the rail at Lacombe, AB. for winter delivery and beyond. Smaller groups welCatalogue on www.lloydexh.com & buyagro.com 5 PUREBRED ANGUS heifer calves, avercome. Fair, competitive and assured payage weight 650 lbs., excellent blood lines. ment. Call Richard Bintner 306-873-3184. Online bidding available through www.dlms.ca Call 306-345-2046, Pense, SK.

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11TH ANNUAL HEJ CHAROLAIS BULL Sale, Friday, February 26th, 1:00 PM, Innisfail Auction Mart, Innisfail, AB. Offering 60 ranch ready Charolais yearling bulls, red, white, black and tan. Wintering, delivery and sight unseen purchase program available. All bulls vet inspected, semen tested. For catalogues or info. contact the Rasmussens 403-227-2824, or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue online at www.buyagro.com (PL #116061) CHAROLAIS BULLS, YEARLING and two year olds. Wintering available. LVV Ranch, 780-582-2254, Forestburg, AB.

BECK McCOY BULL SALE Wed., Feb. 24, 2016 at 2:00 PM. Beck Farms, Milestone, SK. 100 Charolais, Hereford and Gelbvieh bulls on offer. Wade: 306-436-7458, Chad: 306-436-7300. Catalogue online www.mccoycattle.com

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MCTAVISH CHAROLAIS & Red Angus Bull Sale with Charla Moore Farms, Tuesday, Ca m S pa rro w (306) 668- 42 18 March 8th, 1:30 PM, at the farm, V iew o u rca ta lo gu e o n lin e! Moosomin, SK. 41 Charolais yearlings and 3 w w w .a spa rro w fa rm s.co m two year olds, 14 Red Angus yearlings. View videos and catalogue online COYOTE FLATS BULL Sale, Monday, March www.mctavishcharolais.com. Contact Jared 306-435-9842, mctavish@rfnow.com 7th 1:00 PM, at the farm, Coaldale, AB. 32 two year olds and 27 yearling Charolais JTA DIAMOND CHAROLAIS BULL SALE bulls. Catalogue and videos online at on the farm, Saturday, April 2, 2016, 1:00 www.bylivestock.com. DLMS internet Contact Mark Lohues PM. 6 two year olds and 30 yearlings, bidding. whites and tans. Can keep until May 1. 403-634-2989. lohuesmark@gmail.com Beef on a bun 12:00. Info. call Jerome and Cindy Tremblay 306-394-4406, Courval SK 45 TWO YEAR old Charolais bulls, 25 yearling Charolais bulls sell April 6th, GALLOWAY BULL SALE at LiveAuctions.TV 1:00 PM CST, Whitecap/ Rosso Charolais March 4 - 9th, 2016. Contact Russel at bull sale. Moose Jaw, SK. 8 miles South 403-749-2780, Delburne, AB. on #2 Hwy, 1-1/2 East on Baildon grid. Darwin Rosso 306-690-8916, Mike Howe 306-631-8779, Dale Howe 306-693-2127. 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 BLUE SKY CHAROLAIS offering: 2 year old bulls, February 22nd at Balog Auction Mart, Lethbridge, AB, 1 PM. For EPDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and pictures www.balogauction.com or John 306-672-6694. HORSESHOE E CHAROLAIS 18th Annual Bull Sale, Saturday March 12th, 2:00 PM, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. On offer 60 bulls, yearlings and 2 yr. olds. All bulls semen tested. Delivery available. Layne and Paula Evans at 306-252-2246, Kenaston, SK. Bid online with DLMS. View catalogue: www.horseshoeecharolais.com MACMILLAN CHAROLAIS. PB registered yearling bulls available, bred for growth, easy keeping and market demand, thick bulls w/good feet, lots of hair and very quiet, will be semen tested and can be kept until spring. Call 306-931-2893 or 306-227-2774, Tim or Lorna Saskatoon, SK GRAYCHAR CHAROLAIS Bull Sale days March 21 to 24th, at the farm 3.5 miles West of Mortlach, SK. Call 306-355-2229.

DAVIDSON GELBVIEH/ LONESOME DOVE RANCH, 27th Annual Bull Sale, Saturday, March 5, 2016, 1:00 PM at their bull yards. Complimentary lunch, 11 AM. Pre-sale viewing and hospitality, Friday, March 4th. Selling 100+ purebred yearling Gelbvieh bulls, Red or Black. Performance and semen tested. View catalog and video at : w w w. d av i d s o n g e l b v i e h . c o m o r www.lonesomedoveranch.ca Vernon and Eileen 306-625-3755, 306-625-7863; Ross and Tara 306-625-3513, 306-625-7045, Ponteix, SK.

GELBVIEH STOCK EXCHANGE BULL AND FEMALE SALE, March 8, 2016 at 1:00 PM, at Medicine Hat Feeding Co., Medicine Hat, AB. For more info. or for a catalogue call Don at Jen-Ty Gelbviehs, jentygelbviehs.com 403-378-4898; Nolan, PALMER CHAROLAIS/NIELSON LAND AND Towerview Ranch, towerviewranch.com CATTLE CO. Charolais, Black and Red Angus 403-977-2057. Bull and Heifer Sale, March 14, 2:00 PM, at the Palmer farm, Bladworth, SK. Offering 45 WINDERS GELBVIEH are selling by pritwo year old and yearling Charolais bulls, vate treaty registered 2 year old and yearmost polled, some red factor, 44 Black and ling Gelbvieh bulls from our 38 year breedRed Angus yearling bulls, 8 Black and Red ing program. 780-672-9950, Camrose AB. PB Angus yearling heifers and 20 Black and gwinder@syban.net Red Angus bred commercial heifers. Top quality cattle with great pedigrees that will work. Velon Herback, 306-567-7033 or Larry Nielson at 306-567-7493. Catalogue and videos online at www.bylivestock.com RED WHITE AND TAN Charolais yearling bulls Solid and Time Out bloodlines. Call Wheatheart Charolais, Rosetown, SK., D. Simpson, 306-882-6444 or 306-831-9369. NEILSON CATTLE COMPANY Charolais bull sale. Friday, March 11, 1:00 PM, at the ranch, Hwy #47 South of Willowbrook. Offering 30 coming 2 yr old Charolais bulls all semen tested and vet inspected. Wintering and delivery available. For more info contact Mike at: 306-783-0331, or T Bar C Cattle Co. at: 306-220-5006, PL#116061 View catalogue online: www.buyagro.com CREEKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S EDGE LAND & Cattle purebred Charolais bulls for sale. Over 60 yearlings to choose from. View our bulls online www.creeksedgecharolais.ca. Call Stephen 306-279-7709, Yellow Creek, SK. Located 120 kms NE of Saskatoon.

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. Selling 8 PB open heifers and 25 commercial open heifers. View catalogue and sale videos online at: www.braunranch.com Contact Craig Braun at: 306-297-2132. EXCELLENT SELECTION 2 yr. old bulls. Fed for service not for show. Also, several proven 3 yr. olds. Polled Herefords since 1950. Call: Erwin Lehmann, 306-232-4712, Rosthern, SK.

ULRICH HEREFORDS BULL SALE, Tuesday, Feb. 23, Balog Auction at Lethbridge, AB. ulrichherefords.com 403-625-1036.

SQUARE D BULLS: Two year olds, fall and spring yearlings for sale. All bulls sell out of the yard. Pick now, we deliver quiet, semen tested bulls one at a time or by the trailer load. Jim Duke, 306-538-4556, 306-736-7291, square.d@sasktel.net square-dpolledherefords.com Langbank SK POLLED HEREFORD BULLS, high performance yearling bulls w/moderate BW. Pick your bull early to get the right bull! We deliver your bull at pasture time. Jay 306-746-7170, 306-524-2762, Semans, SK

FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale. Cows and quota needed. We buy all classes of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620. WANTED: HOLSTEIN/BEEF CROSS calves, newborn to 150 lbs. 50 plus head needed on continued basis. 403-892-9027, Pincher Creek, AB. shellee@shaw.ca

SPRINGER LIMOUSIN, Foam Lake, SK, offers good black and red yearling bulls. For more info. call Merv at 306-272-4817 or 306-272-0144. GOOD SELECTION OF stout red and black bulls, good dispositions, calving ease. Also, bred heifers. Qually-T Limousin, Rose Valley, SK. 306-322-4755, 306-322-7554.

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

THE BREEDERS of the Man-Sask Gelbvieh Association invite you to buy a Gelbvieh bull this spring. Cattlemen love Gelbvieh genetics. Gelbvieh will add extra meat and pounds to your calves at weaning time. Gelbvieh will also make great replacement females that have top quality milk and a quiet nature. Put a Gelbvieh bull with your cowherd and you will be pleasantly amazed!! To find a breeder near you call Cynthia 204-278-3255. www.gelbvieh.ca

BAR 3R LIMOUSIN 21st Annual Bull Sale, Thursday, March 17, 2016, 1:00 PM (MST) at the Crossroads Center, Oyen, AB. Selling 40 Red Black polled yearlings and 2 year olds. Sight unseen purchasing available. Boarding available Free delivery. View TWIN BRIDGE FARMS 5th Gelbvieh Bull catalogue at: www.bohrson.com For info. And Female Sale, Monday, March 14, contact Kevin Rea, 306-463-7950 or Ken 2016, 1 PM at the Silver Sage Community Rea, 306-463-7454, Marengo, SK. Corral, Brooks, AB. Selling 50 yearling Gelbvieh bulls and a select group of open purebred heifers. Red and black genetics on offer. Guest Consignors Carlson Cattle BIG ISLAND LOWLINES Premier Breeder. Company and Keriness Cattle Co. For info. Selling custom designed packages. Name contact: Ron and Carol Birch and Family your price and we will put a package to403-792-2123 or 403-485-5518 or Don gether for you. Fullblood/percentage LowSavage Auctions 403-948-3520 Catalogue line, embryos, semen. Black/Red carrier. Darrell 780-486-7553, Edmonton, AB. online at: www.donsavageauctions.com

RED FACTOR SIMMENTAL and Simm/ SPECKLE PARK YEARLING heifers and Angus yearling and 2 yr. old bulls. Also 3 b u l l s fo r s a l e . C o n t a c t D a r r e l l a t yr. old proven herdsire off Identity. Green 306-877-4402, 306-728-7677, Dubuc, SK. Spruce Simmental 306-467-4975, 306-467-7912, Duck Lake, SK. PHEASANTDALE CATTLE COMPANY 12th Annual Bull and Female Sale Thurs., March 3rd, 1:00 PM at the farm, Balcarres, SK. Offering 70 polled Simmental bulls. 58 yearling red, black and fullbloods and 12 coming 2 year old red and blacks. 10 open purebred yearling heifers. For catalogue, DVD or more information call Lee 306-335-7553, 306-335-2828. View catalogue online: www.bohrson.com

PUREBRED BULLS AND open heifers. 6 red and black bulls and 15 open red and black heifers. Also have 20 bred cows, 2-6 years ERIXON SIMMENTAL BULL and Female Sale old. Brad Dunn, 306-459-7612, Ogema, SK. Wednesday, March 2, 2016, Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon, SK. 55 polled red N E W T R E N D S A L E R S B U L L S A L E , and black Simmental bulls; 10 PB heifers. Thurs., March 17, 2:00 PM, Cow Palace, Catalogue at: www.erixonsimmentals.com Olds, AB. Offering 50 yearling Red and Dave Erixon, 306-270-2893, Clavet, SK. Black polled Saler bulls. For catalogues or info. contact Pete 403-650-8362, Wayne PIZZEY SIMMENTAL IS selling on the 403-876-2241, Gerry 403-936-5393, or T farm: yearling Simmental Red, Black, and B a r C C at t l e C o . 3 0 6 - 9 3 3 - 4 2 0 0 . P L traditional bulls, moderate BW. Call Calvin #116061. View the catalogue online at 204-847-2055, Fox Warren, MB. www.buyagro.com PEDIGREE POLLED SALERS BULLS, DOUBLE BAR D FARMS Best of Both yearling and 2 yr. olds, red or black, rea- Worlds Annual Bull Sale on Tuesday, sonably priced, superior genetics, semen March 1, at the farm, 1:00 PM, Grenfell, tested and guaranteed. Can arrange deliv- SK. Offering 175 Simmental and Simm/ ery. Call Ken Sweetland, 204-762-5512, Angus bulls as well as a select group of open Simmental and Simm/Angus heifers. Lundar, MB. www.sweetlandsalers.com For more info contact Ken 306-697-7204, 306-697-2474 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 403-363-9973. View catalogue online at: www.doublebardfarms.com PL #116061. PB YEARLING BULLS, all polled, thick, and easy fleshing with moderate to low THE COMMERCIAL CATTLEMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S birthweight. Also 3 bulls at Douglas Bull Development Centre selling on April 2nd, ONE STOP BULL SHOP 2016. Call Uphill Shorthorns 204-764-2663 or cell 204-365-7155, rgray4@mymts.net McMillen Ranching Ltd. Hamiota, MB. nd

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WELSH BLACK- The Brood Cow Advantage. Check www.canadianwelshblackcattle.com Canadian Welsh Black Soc. 403-442-4372.

150 BLACK ANGUS BRED HEIFERS, bred to low BW Black bulls, exposed July 4, 2015, vaccinated with VL5 plus 7 Som, Safeguard/Ivomec, $2450 for volume, $2500 u pick. 306-476-7996, Rockglen, SK 80 ANGUS COW/CALF pairs, fall calving. 2nd and 3rd calvers. Calves vaccinated with Bovi-shield Gold, Tasvax-4 and Ivomec . Cows exposed to Angus bulls. 204-851-0745, Elkhorn, MB. RK AN IM AL S UPPL IES - Be o n ta rget. Us e the p ro d u cts en d o rs ed b y the p ro fes s io n a ls . RK & S UL L IV AN S UPPL IES Fo r a fre e c a ta lo gu e : 1-8 00-440-26 9 4

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GOOD SELECTION OF Jaymarandy Limousin bulls, yearlings and 2 year olds. Polled red and black. Private treaty. First come, first serve. Call 204-937-4980 or 16TH ANNUAL SASKATOON Gelbvieh Bull 204-937-0274, Roblin, MB. and Female Sale, Saturday, March 19, 2016, Saskatoon Livestock Sales. Pre-sale viewing and customer appreciation Friday, March 18, 2016. Gelbvieh bulls add pounds at weaning, feed efficiency, and superior maternal strength. Selling 40 stout polled red and black yearling purebred and balancer Gelbvieh bulls and select females. Sale can be viewed online via DLMS. For more info and catalogue: Darcy 306-865-2929 or 306-865-7859, or Darrell 7 8 0 - 5 8 1 - 0 0 7 7 , Ve r n 4 0 3 - 5 4 8 - 6 6 7 8 , www.gelbviehworld.com or sales consultant Kirk Hurlburt 306-222-8210, www.stonegatefarms.ca 30TH ANNUAL PRAIRIE Gold Limousin 1ST ANNUAL FLADELAND LIVESTOCK Bull Sale, Fri., March 25, 2016, 1:00 PM, Bull Sale, Wednesday, March 16, 2016, Saskatoon Livestock Sales. Selling 35 red 1:30 PM, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose and black heavy muscled high performing Jaw, SK. Selling 35 Red and Black yearling polled Limousin bulls. View catalogue at 306-567-7456, GILLILAND BROS. CHAROLAIS Bull Sale, on Gelbvieh bulls and 1 Elite Proven herdsire. buyagro.com Saskatoon, SK. the farm, Mar. 15/16, 1 PM, Carievale, SK. Del 306-869-8123 or Clint 306-861-5654. 306-221-1159, lredwards@sasktel.net On offer 56 two yr old and yearling bulls, Catalogue www.fladelandlivestock.com most are polled, some red factor. These are STOUT YEARLING and 2 yr. old LIMOUSIN thick, good haired, performance bulls that BULLS, polled, red, black. Quiet bulls with will work. Contact Greg or Ron Gilliland great performance. Short Grass Limousin, 306-928-4841, 306-928-2118, catalogue 306-773-7196, Swift Current, SK. and videos online at www.gillilandbros.com

DIAMOND W 14TH Annual Bull Sale, Thurs. March 17, 1:30 PM DST, Valley Livestock, Minitonas, MB. Offering 45 Charolais yearling and two year olds, many polled, some red factor, 17 Red and Black Angus 2 yr. old and yearlings. Sound, semen tested with delivery available. For catalogues and info. contact Orland or Ivan Walker 306-865-3953. Catalogue online at www.bylivestock.com POLLED PUREBRED COMING 2 year old Charolais bulls, Red Factor and white. Easy calving. Call Kings Polled Charolais, 306-435-7116, Rocanville, 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.

MANITOU MAINE-ANJOU BULLS, since 1970. We offer the real Maine bulls, all fullblood breeding, low birthweight with good performance. Off farm sales only. Gary and Sandy Graham, 306-823-3432, Marsden, SK. grahamgs@sasktel.net Website www.manitoumaineanjou.ca

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NEW FIRST ON the Farm Bid Off Bull Sale. Bidding starts March 12, 1:00 PM CST. Closes Tuesday, March 15, 2:00 CST, 2016, Neudorf, SK. 40 yearling and 2 yr. old bulls. Details and updates on our webs i t e s : w w w. b e n d e r s h o r t h o r n s . c o m www.starpfarms.com Call Glen and Ryan Bender, Neudorf, SK. 306-728-8613, 306-748-2876 or Rayleen 306-231-3933. 9th SUN COUNTRY SHORTHORN SALE, 1 PM, Mar. 8th, 2016 at Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. On offer will be 40 polled Shorthorn yearling and two year old bulls and 25 open replacement heifers. They have been selected for soundness, fleshing ability and performance. Sale will be broadcast live at: www.dvauction.com Check out our websites for more info. Contact any of the owners to get on catalog mailing list: Horseshoe Creek Farms Ltd. Weyburn, SK. call 306-456-2500 or website: www.horseshoecreekfarms.com Anwender Cattle Company, Radville, SK. call 306-442-2090 or visit website: www.anwendercattlecompany.com Rocking L Cattle Company, Wawota, SK. 306-739-2598, www.rockinglcattleco.com

ROBB FARMS, HOEGL LIVESTOCK Bull Sale, Thursday, February 25, 2016, 1:00 PM MST, Lloydminster Exhibition Grounds. On offer: 74 red, black, and fullblood quality Simmental bulls. Also 4 Red Angus. Bulls semen tested, fully guaranteed and delivered. For catalogue or more info call Jay 780-205-0816 or Murry 306-821-1205. Catalogue at www.buyagro.com Online bidding available at www.dlms.ca

60 Red Polled Simmental 60 Black Polled Simmental 10 Red & Black Simm/Angus 30 Coming 2 Yr. Olds 40 Registered Red Angus Free Delivery, Semen Tested, Sight Unseen Buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Program For more info or Catalogue Contact Lee (306) 483-8067 Dave (306) 483-8660 Jim (306) 483-7986 Email: mrl@sasktel.net View Catalogue @ mrlranch.com Performance + Calving ease bulls in every category

PROUDLY WESTERN BULL Sale, Saturday March 19th, 1:00 PM at the Whitewood Auction Barn, Whitewood, SK. Selling 70 yearling and 2 year old, Red, Black and fullblood Simmental bulls. Wintering and delivery available. For a catalogue or more info contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com PL #116061.

WANTED: YOUNG BRED Shorthorn cows, preferably roan. 306-734-2970 or 306-734-7335 cell, Chamberlain, SK. 50 BRED 2nd and 3rd calvers for sale. 306-773-1049 or 306-741-6513, Swift Current, SK. ASHWORTH FARM AND RANCH 13th Annual Bull Sale, Monday, March 7th, 1 PM at the farm. 8 miles South of Oungre, SK. Hwy. #35, 2-1/2 miles East. Offering 72 Red and Black Simmental bulls and 8 Simmental/Angus cross bulls. For catalogue or more info call Kelly Ashworth 306-456-2749, 306-861-2013 or Bouchard Livestock 403-946-4999. View catalogue online at: www.bouchardlivestock.com

RED AND BLACK YEARLING SIMMENTAL BULLS, polled, moderate birthweights, good temperaments. All bulls sold Private 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 , 306-237-9506, Perdue, SK.

R PLUS SIMMENTALS, 16th Annual Bull Sale, Sunday, March 6, 2016, 1:00 PM at the ranch, 5 miles SE of Estevan, SK. Watch for signs. Selling: 80 multi-generation red and black Simmental bulls, bred for easy calving and performance. Excellent bulls for commercial and purebred operations. Also selling 15 coming 2 year old bulls. Call Marlin LeBlanc, 306-421-2470 or Rob Holowaychuk, 780-916-2628.

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COZY CAPS! Ear protection for newborn calves! 306-577-4664, Carlyle, SK. Email cozycaps@outlook.com 1000 VERY HIGH quality Black and Red Angus replacement heifers, weighing 800 lbs. March 1st. No implants, complete vaccinations and no brands. These heifers are being fed for the replacement market with high protein and fertility enhancing byproducts. Can be palpated on site and fed until grass time. U pick for $1800 based on 800 lbs. Call Blaine at 306-621-9751 or Steven 306-621-2522, Yorkton, SK.

WANTED: CULL COWS and bulls. For bookings call Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, 306-363-2117 ext. 111, Drake, SK. WANTED: RED or BLACK younger cows on a lease to own, or straight lease basis. References avail. 306-542-2575, Veregin, SK.

GATEWAY COUNTRY SPRING HORSE And Longhorn Auction, Saturday, May 14, 2016, Silver Sage Community Corral, Brooks, AB. Call Gateway Auction Services Ltd., 1-866-304-4664 to consign and for details or go to: www.gwacountry.com HORSE AND TACK SALE, Heartland, Prince Albert, SK., Friday, March 11 starting at 5:30 PM. Call 306-763-8463. CANDIAC AUCTION MART Horse Sale on Saturday March 5th. Tack sells at 10:30 AM. Horses sell at 1:30 PM. Candiac, SK. 306-424-2967, candiacauctionmart.ca

LABATTE SIMMENTALS with Meadow Acres Farms 36th Annual Bull & Female Sale, Friday, March 4, 1:00 PM, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. (4 miles West of Moose Jaw on Trans-Canada Hwy). Offering: 95 Simmental Beef Bulls (55 Red Polled PB, 35 Black Polled PB, 4 FB), 20 Red and Black Open PB Heifers. WANTED: BLUE ROAN and Red roan draft PL#914447. For catalogues and info: Barry studs, also bred and open Belgian PercherLaBatte 306-815-7900 or 306-969-4820, on mares. 306-424-2330, Candiac, SK. Dustin Fornwald 306-487-7510, Blair Fornwald 306-487-7662, Scott Johnstone 306-693-4715. www.johnstoneauction.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.

SUNNY VALLEY SIMMENTALS 26th Annual Bull and Female Sale, Wednesday, March 9, 2016, 1:00 PM at Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon. 45 red, black and fullblood beef bulls. Semen tested, delivered and fully guaranteed. View catalogue at www.sunnyvalleysimmentals.com or call 306-544-7633 for more info.

HORSE COLLARS, all sizes, steel and aluminum horseshoes. We ship anywhere. Keddieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 1-800-390-6924 or keddies.com NEW BUGGY, WAGON, sleigh, cutterwood and metal parts. Wooden wheel manufacture and restoration. Wolfe Wagons, Saskatoon, SK. Phone 306-221-1017 after 6 PM weekdays. VISaVIS CARRIAGE, $7000; Democrat rebuilt; Cutter plus harness. All in good condition. 780-914-7861, Viking, AB.

KUNTZ SIMMENTAL FARM, Stoughton Farms, McIntosh Livestock and SAJ Simmentals 17th Annual Bull Sale, Tues., March 15, 1:00 PM CST, Lloydminster Exhibition Grounds. 65 yearling red, black, fullblood and full Fleckvieh Simmental bulls. Wintering and delivery available. For info: Trevor Kuntz 306-441-1308, Keith Stoughton 306-893-7546, Blair McIntosh 306-441-7755, Stuart Jamieson 306-3972708 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. STAGECOACH MADE OUT of oak wood, Watch & bid online: DLMS.ca PL#116061. excellent condition, price is $15,000 OBO. Call 204-768-0018, Ashern, MB. View catalogue: www.buyagro.com

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MILKING WATER BUFFALO for sale. The best milking genetics in North America, up to 4500 litres a lactation with 8% butterfat. LAST CHANCE SHEEP and Goat Sale, Heartland Livestock, Prince Albert, Friday, Heifers and mature animals available. Duncan, BC. Email- archer_r@hotmail.com March 11, 11 AM. Call 306-763-8463.

RIDEAU ARCOTT EWE Lambs, 100 head, 2015 born $250/head OBO. 403-559-9313, Olds, AB. madriedger@hotmail.com,

SUNGOLD SPECIALTY MEATS. We want your lambs. Have you got finished (fat) lambs or feeder lambs for sale? Call Rick at: 403-894-9449 or Cathy at: 1-800-363-6602 for terms and pricing. www.sungoldmeats.com SELLING LAMBS AND GOATS? Why take one price from one buyer? Expose your lambs and goats to a competitive market. Beaver Hill Auctions, Tofield, AB. Sales every Monday, trucks hauling from SK, BC, AB. www.beaverhillauctions.com Call: 780-662-9384.

NOW PURCHASING AT Roy Leitch Livestock Co. Ltd. Fat lambs, feeder lambs, cull ewes and goats. Brandon, MB. Phone: 204-727-5021, 204-729-7791.

THINNED OUT CATTLE Herd: Vermeer 605M round baler; Ford 700 silage truck; CASE 8750 and JF 1350 forage harvesters; 2- Richardson 700 dump wagons; RENN roller mill w/elec. motor; Supreme 600 vertical mixer and a Norvac 8x10’ cattle scale w/printer. Also, Morris 7180 and Morris 7300 air tanks; Farm King 13”x70’ STOP WASTING GRAIN! Try our grain grain auger. 204-648-4600, Shortdale, MB. troughs: 30’ c/w skids, made of conveyor belting and pipe, $750 ea. 306-538-4685, RANCHHAND CALF CATCHER, Canadian 306-736-7146, Kennedy, SK. made, time tested and proven. Put safety Call ARROW LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT: Port. b a c k i n c a l f p r o c e s s i n g . windbreaks, custom panels. Mossbank, SK. 306-762-2125. www.fuchs.ca 1-866-354-7655, www.shadowranch.ca 2008 HIGHLINE BALE Pro 8100, feed NEW HOLLAND 357 MIXMILL, good condi- chopper series, EZ Feed II grain tank, very tion, ready to work, $3850. 306-796-2178, good condition, used 4 years, $18,800. Chaplin, SK. 780-853-7205, Vermilion, AB. SCHULER 175 BUNK FEEDER, scale, $2000. ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS- Cattle 306-335-7715, Lemberg, SK. shelter and barn packages. Call QUALITY 5 BARS, windbreaks, gates and 306-225-2288 or www.zaksbuilding.com feeders, plus more. Many satisfied long to request a farm building quote today! term customers. 306-485-8559, Oxbow SK FREESTANDING PANELS: 30’ windbreak ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS- feapanels; 6-bar 24’ and 30’ panels; 10’, 20’ turing 32x40x16’ post buildings for and 30’ feed troughs; Bale shredder bunks; $25,700. Call 306-225-2288 or go to Silage bunks; Feeder panels; HD bale feed- www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote. ers; All metal 16’ and 24’ calf shelters. Will FROSTFREE NOSEPUMPS: Fully suscustom build. 306-424-2094, Kendal, SK. tainable livestock watering. No power required to heat or pump. Prevents contamination. Grants available. 1-866-843-6744. www.frostfreenosepumps.com

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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

BUY ALL: Pigs/swine/wild boar, raised outside, all sizes. Most $. 1-877-226-1395. www.canadianheritagemeats.com

TAKING PRE-ORDERS FOR Chinese Ringneck Pheasants and Eastern Wild Turkeys for fall. 306-465-0001, Yellow Grass, SK. MOBILE POULTRY PROCESSING unit, custom made 34' trailer with pintle hitch, transferable license, hot water on demand, UV water sanitizer, ice machine. Will deliver and train 2 days. 250-546-6884, Armstrong, BC. deerfootfarm@hotmail.com www.northokanaganpoultryprocessing.com

NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for over 15 years, is looking for Elk. “If you have them, we want them.” Make your final call with Northfork for pricing! Guaranteed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, Winnipeg, MB. WANTED: ELK, WHITE-TAILED Deer and Bison. Rob at 780-871-1056, Lloydminster FENCING! CUSTOM POST pounding. Elk and buffalo fence. Call for pricing. Willing to travel any where in Canada. 306-893-7580 Edam, SK. 590superm@gmail.com WE NEED ELK FOR U.S. Meat Markets No status or testing required. Picked up at your farm. Competitive pricing up to $4.60/lb. Call Ian at 204-848-2498.

EZE-FEEDER: Quality built grain feeders w/auger for range or bunk feeding. From 15 - 95 bu. Optional scales, 3 PTH frames, WINTER WATERING: FREEZE proof, etc. 1-877-695-2532. www.ezefeeder.ca motion eye, 24”/36” drain back bowl. Call toll free 1-888-731-8882, Lumsden, SK. MIXER WAGON: 2004 NDE 802 with scale, 1000 PTO, used very little, always shedded, Or visit: www.kellnsolar.com excellent condition. $32,000. Call 2015 FARM KING 180 rollermill, unused, 204-867-7302, Newdale, MB. chrome rollers, magnet, on wheels, un- bblamb@mymts.net loading auger, all assembled. $7200. 306-937-2795, Battleford, SK. PAYSEN LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT INC. 24' HEAVY DUTY panels, 24' windbreaks, We manufacture an extensive line of cattle freestanding, made out of 2-3/8" or 2-7/8" handling and feeding equipment including pipe. Can custom build. Bale feeders, bunk squeeze chutes, adj. width alleys, crowdfeeders and other requests avail. Delivery ing tubs, calf tip tables, maternity pens, available. Call/text: 403-704-3828, Rimbey, gates and panels, bale feeders, Bison equipment, Texas gates, steel water AB. or email: jchof@platinum.ca troughs, rodeo equipment and garbage in2000 INTERNATIONAL w/HARSH mixer, cinerators. Distributors for El-Toro electric auto. trans., scale, good cond., $45,000. branders and twine cutters. Our squeeze 780-209-2373, Czar, AB. chutes and headgates are now avail. with a GREG’S WELDING: Freestanding 30’ 5 bar neck extender. Ph 306-796-4508, email: panels, all 2-7/8” drill stem construction, ple@sasktel.net Web: www.paysen.com $470; 24’x5.5’ panels, 2-7/8” pipe with 51” sucker rods, $350; 24’x6’ panels, 2-7/8” FOR SALE: NEW HOLLAND 354 mixmill, pipe with 6- 1” rods, $375; 30’ 2 or 3 bar taking offers. Phone 306-436-4644, Milewindbreak panels c/w lumber. Gates and stone, SK. double hinges avail. on all panels. Belting troughs for grain or silage. Calf shelters. Del. avail. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK. 2001 GMC 2500 crew cab, 4x4, 6L, auto, w i t h n ew H y d r a - D e c b a l e h a n d l e r, $17,500. Phone 780-385-8008, Viking, AB. 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 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 CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on site. For early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website www.warmanhomecentre.com BALE KING 3000 processor, LH discharge, very good condition, asking $8000. 306-642-8111, Assiniboia, SK.

YOU NOW HAVE time for love - you’re fieldwork is done! 21 years of old-fashioned successful Matchmaking! In-person interviews February 23 to 26, Regina and TO GET ORGANICALLY CERTIFIED in AB. Saskatoon. 204-888-1529, Camelot Introcall Alberta Organic Producers Assoc. ductions, www.camelotintroductions.com (AOPA). We offer mentorship, marketing expertise, 2 general meetings, and 25 years experience. Kathy 780-939-5808, www.albertaorganicproducers.org

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

RETIRE TO THE SUNSHINE COAST. Ocean view development acreage, Sechelt, BC., 34 acres, $2,950,000. Lifestyle/ lnvestment Project. Data, photos, video tour URL at: www.realtor.ca MLS 2026927. bmcgreg@hotmail.com Bill McGregor 604-531-8000. www.whiterockestates.com

ORGANIC ALFALFA, SWEET Clover, Red Clover, Alsike Clover, Oxley Cicer Milk Ve t c h . G r a s s e s . F r e e d e l i ve r y. C a l l 306-863-2900, Birch Rose Acres Ltd., Star City, SK. ivanaudrey@sasktel.net

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ORGANIC FEED GRAIN. Call DMI 306-515-3500, Regina, SK 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 yellow mustard and lentils. Call Mark Gimby 306-652-4529 or Lorne Lix 204-924-7050. BEST COOKING PULSES accepting samples of organic and conventional pulses for 2014/2015 crop year. Matt 306-586-7111, Rowatt, SK. 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

FREESTANDING PANELS 2-7/8" pipe 24'x5'6"H. Five uprights 2-3/8" pipe. 5-3/4" rods at 8" spacing (also have same panels with 7/8" rods and 1" rods for higher price). These panels are built to last. All welds are saddle welds with good soild welds. Free delivery on full loads (50) within 2 hrs. of me, after that it's $2 loaded km. Can deliver anywhere in AB, SK, MB, BC. No order is too 2012 VERMEER BPX9000 bale processor, big or too small. $335. 780-806-3120, good condition, $9000. 780-209-2373, Sales Rep 780-806-3694, Provost, AB. SWM, 47, 6’ tall, cattle farmer, loves outCzar, AB. jameshofer1@hotmail.com doors, never been married. Looking for single lady who loves the farm. Box 5579, c/o The Western Producer, Box 2500, Saskatoon, SK., S7K 2C4.

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GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPS, ready to go. Phone Ed 306-269-7745, leave message if LAND FOR SALE: 2.2 acres for sale by not in, Foam Lake, SK. owner, 315 Kensington Ave., Estevan, SK. Phone: 306-421-6282, or 306-634-4894, ttrepair@sasktel.net REGISTERED KELPIE PUPS, red and red/ tan, DOB Dec 31. Parents work sheep and cattle. Pups come vet checked and started on health program. $500. For more info CEDAR LOG HOMES AND CABINS, sidcall/text Kevin 306-296-7706, Claydon, SK. ings, paneling, decking. Fir and Hemlock flooring, timbers, special orders. Rouck BONAFIDE REGISTERED AUSTRALIAN Kel- Bros., Lumby, BC. www.rouckbros.com pie pups, red/tans and black/tans, parents 1-800-960-3388. make a living on cow/calf operation at community pasture. Watkinson Working YEAR ROUND LAKE FRONT PROPERTY on Moose Hills Lake, MLS® E3422519, Kelpies, 306-692-2573, Moose Jaw, SK. $380,000. Desiree Maas, Assoc., Elk Point PYRENEES PUPS, born Oct./15, 1st Realty: 780-645-1409, desiree@mcsnet.ca shots, vet checked, dewormed, $300/ea YEAR ROUND LAKEVIEW cottage located 306-656-4445 or 306-230-2499, Harris, SK at Palliser Regional Park, (Riverhurst, SK.) SHEPHERD’S PUP DVD! Aimed at the 816 sq. ft main floor completely redone, 3 farmer/shepherd, extensive training from bedrooms, 300 sq. ft. lower level guest pup to adult. Professionally produced. Two suite, fully furnished, carport, wrap volume set, 150 minutes, $39.95, shipping around deck, two sheds. Asking $267,000. $ 8 . 9 5 . P h o n e 1 - 8 0 0 - 4 8 1 - 1 3 5 3 o r Call 403-548-7337 or cell 403-581-0948. www.diamondfarmcanada.com 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

LOG POST AND BEAM shell package for sale. 26’x34’ with loft 1220 sq. ft. total. Douglas fir logs. Call 306-222-6558 cell, email jeff@backcountryloghomes.ca or visit www.backcountryloghomes.ca KUVASZ PUPPIES, 1 male, 5 females, vet checked, first shots, ready, $500 OBO. OWN A ZAK’S custom built home in the brand new subdivision in Neuanlage, SK, Call Barb, 403-637-2192, Water Valley, AB. just minutes from Saskatoon. Go to: www.zaksbuilding.com or 306-225-2288.

BUYING HRSW AND HRS winter wheat. Old crop and contract for new crop. R.W. Organic Ltd., 306-354-2660 Mossbank, SK. OUR CODE BLUE pump metering service is designed to ensure proper maintenance of your pumps! Call 1-855-765-9937 or view: www.polywest.ca WANTED: CERTIFIED ORGANIC feeder cattle. Call Peter Lundgard, Nature’s Way DIGITAL AGRICULTURE PUMPS and meters! Dura Products offer best in class soluFarm at 780-338-2934, Grimshaw, AB. tions for consumers wishing to transfer liquid. 1-855-765-9937, www.polywest.ca

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

CLEAN, HEAL UP, Cycle Back: Buy calving/ breeding tubs and mineral direct. Riomax tubs, RangeRocket lick sleds and Riogrande bag mineral. Simply order over the phone and it's shipped direct to your ranch freight free (min. 3 ton). Ask about full/half load discounts. Call one of the friendly beef guys at 306-500-6417 or visit us at: www.rionutrition.net tlc@rionutrition.net

ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: Featuring 80x160x18’ post buildings for $143,460. Visit: www.zaksbuilding.com or ph 306-225-2288 to request a quote today ZAK’S COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS- featuring 60x104x16’ post buildings for $63,850. 306-225-2288 or www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote today.

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SINGLE MALE, AGE 50, seeking female 35-55 who likes farm and country lifestyle. Box 5578, c/o The Western Producer, Box 2500, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 2C4. COWBOY WANTED! 45 year old awesome cowgirl, lives to ride, looking for her cowboy! Would relocate for the right guy! Contact: My Matchmaker (no fee for applicant) 204-888-1529.

1440 SQ. FT. mobile home, to be moved. 3 bdrm, 2 baths, open concept, fireplace, 2 walk-in closets, deck and screw piles. 780-307-1222, Westlock, AB. FINAL CLEARANCE: ONLY one 20W and one 22W left at 2014 pricing. Steal of a deal! www.westerncanadianmodular.com Call: 1-855-358-0808, Red Deer, AB.

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3000 ACRES DEEDED farmland for sale in 1 block. Sections 5, 6, 7, 8 and 18, all 22-2-W4, Bindloss, AB. Excellent service revenue. Call 403-528-5425 or 403-548-1299. Email: h.field@shaw.ca INVESTOR LOOKING TO PURCHASE: Alberta land with surface lease oil revenue or operating oil wells. Full cooperation to Real Estate Agents. Contact Ray Stanton at 416-505-0707 or rays@londonproperty.ca

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FA R M / D E V E L O P M E N T L A N D F O R SALE in RM of Dundurn #314. Call Ted RECREATIONAL RETREAT FOR SALE in Cawkwell, Re/Max Blue Chip Realty at RM of Preeceville #334. Contact Ted 13 QUARTERS PIVOT irrigated land, 306-327-7661 for details. Cawkwell, Re/Max Blue Chip Realty, at $14,000,000. Barons, AB., 403-308-1612, 10,000 ACRES CULTIVATED farmland for 306-327-7661 for details. LHG@telus.net or, www.4033081612.com sale in the Luseland, SK. area. Call 587-296-0588, Calgary, AB.

390 ACRES SOUTH of Bassano, 160 acres farmland, 230 acres grassland, well, corals, small cabin and lots good fishing. $560,000. Bernie Smyth, Pro Real Estate, 403-504-3170, Medicine Hat, AB. SPECIAL PRICING on all finished ready to agland1@hotmail.com realestatebernie.ca move showhomes! Ends Feb 29. JH PRIME FARMLAND FOR SALE, 320 acres, 20 Homes, 306-652-5322, www.jhhomes.com minutes North West of Westlock, AB., asking $4500/acre. Contact James Statt at TO BE MOVED: 1 1/2 storey house, very 780-691-6111 or jstatt@gmail.com structually sound, upstairs redone, styrofoam and new siding 5 years ago. Make a FARM FOR SALE by owner. Half section NWgreat cabin. $30,000 OBO. 306-883-9230, 11-82-25-W5th, 2 homes, 1 with many Leoville, SK. updates, 2 wells, septic tanks and water treatment system. Barn with power, 4 stall RT M s A N D S I T E b u i l t h o m e s . C a l l garage 28x48, wired and siding, $975,000. 1-866-933-9595, or go online for pictures 780-338-2152, 780-618-7478, Berwyn, AB. and pricing at: www.warmanhomes.ca gsdeibert@wispernet.ca RECENTLY REDUCED. 1800 sq. ft. home to be moved off lot. 3 bdrm, 1 bath, large porch, office, 2 family rooms, $50,000. Must see! Jason 306-642-3315, Assiniboia.

ID#1100443 YORKTON: 2,652 acres with newer bungalow and 40x60 insulated shop, both with geothermal heating. 65,000 bu. grain storage. Main yard has 6x5300 bu. hopper bottom bins with own aeration fans, 2x100 ton epoxy coated bins plus 1 Meridian and 1 Friesen. 2,090 acres are cultivated, as per SAMA. Seller could sell land only. MLS®. ID#481220 VAL MARIE: Turnkey honey operation fully equipped for beekeeping plus 2 homes. Sellers willing to train. Great location with access to 10,000 acres of alfalfa. Licensed for 1000 hives. Only Honey Producers in SK certified organic by Pro-Cert. MLS®. ID#1100380 BENGOUGH: 34 quarter sections, 5419.16 acres, of probably the best grassland around. Numerous sloughs, dugouts and an underground river run through the property. Could be farmed. Yardsite w/home, corrals and quonset and another with a 1978 bungalow and well. MLS®. Real Estate Centre, 1-866-345-3414. For all our listings view www.farmrealestate.com

LAND AUCTION: Timed Online Auction for 5 quarters in the RM of Lajord #128. Located just minutes south of Regina, this top quality grain production land is in the heart of Saskatchewan’s grain farming community. These 5 quarters of productive grain land are located along the western border of the RM of Lajord neighboring the RM of Bratt’s Lake and feature the Regina gumbo soil which is free of rocks, alkaline and sandy areas. Bidding opens March 7 closes March 16. For more details please visit www.kramerauction.com or call 1-800-529-9958.

RM 73 LAND for sale, 480 acres, 3 quarters. Was grain land, currently in hay. 170 acres GRAIN LAND TO RENT, 35 mile radius of natural prairie. Total assessment 150,600. Rouleau, SK. Call 306-776-2600 or email: Asking 3X assessment. 306-642-3442, kraussacres@sasktel.net Assiniboia, SK. LAND FOR RENT, 2100+ acres, RM 157, productive farmland near Qu'Appelle. Great highway access, close to Regina, SK. 80,000 bu. of onsite hopper bottom storage with aeration also available. Accepting rental offers until February 28, 2016. More info and offer form available at RentMyLand.ca 306-531-7823

EXCELLENT PASTURE FOR sale. W-1/2 20-27-28-W3, 220 grass, 100 summerfallow, spring water, coulees, trees. SW 28-27-28-W3, 160+ grass, flowing well. Bids considered until June 20. Ken Wood, D r a w e r 2 8 0 , A l s a s k , S K S 0 L FARM AND RECREATION LAND FOR SALE in RM #459 Kinistino. Call Ted 0A0 306-432-7343. Cawkwell, Re/Max Blue Chip Realty at WANTED FARMLAND TO RENT in the 306-327-7661 for details Raymore/ Semans area, North of Hwy. 15. Call 306-528-7875 or benrhb@gmail.com SELLING BY TENDER: RM of Lakeview #337, NW-35-35-15-W2nd, approx. 155 cult. acres, assess. 100,000, Class F soil. Farmed organically 25+ years. Mail tenders by Feb. 26, 2016 to: Land Tender, 2508 COUNTRY RESIDENTIAL, 160 acres. Built in Woodward Ave., Saskatoon, SK., S7J 2E5. OF GOOD CROP PRODUCTION 1983, 5600 sq. ft. 2 full kitchens, 6 plus Highest or any tender not necessarily acL AN D IN S AS K ATCHEW AN bdrms, 2 dining rooms, studio, games cepted. Call for info 306-220-6311. room, office, classroom. Wildlife corridor. AN D AL BERTA Private lake, gardens. Oil revenue. $727,500 9 QUARTERS FARMLAND, East central OBO. 780-645-1409, Elk Point, AB. SK. Good yard, 2 homes, livestock facilities Plea s e ca ll M a rcel a t1-403-350-6 8 6 8 and grain and machinery storage. Call M a rcel L eBla n c Rea l Es ta te In c. desiree@mcsnet.ca 306-795-2702, Ituna, SK. LAND OPPORTUNITY: 1) 6800 acre ranch north of Smoky Lake, 2 modern homes, $30,000 surface lease revenue. 2) Great quarter section starter farm with modular home, SW of Wildwood, $379,000. 3) 960 acre rolling pasture, great hunting, will carry approx. 180 cow/calf pairs, $37,850 surface lease revenue, west of Leduc. 4) 70 acres development property west of Lloydminster. 5) Deluxe recreational quarter west of Caroline. Fronts on Clearwater River. Don J a r r e t t , R e a l t y E xe c u t i ve s L e a d i n g , 780-991-1180, Spruce Grove, AB.

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MACK AUCTION CO. presents a Land Auction for the Estate of Ron Carriere, Thursday, March 31, 2016, 7:00 PM at the Days Inn, Estevan, SK. Up for Unreserved Auction are 8 quarter sections of farmland in the RM of Benson #35. Some of the land will sell with surface lease oil revenue. View www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

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INVESTOR LOOKING TO PURCHASE: Sask. land with surface lease oil revenue or operating oil wells. Full cooperation to Real Estate Agents. Contact Ray Stanton at 416-505-0707 or rays@londonproperty.ca RM 225: IRRIGATION potential! Approx. 800 acres of grainland which can be irrigated from the South Sask. River according to the owner. Excellent opportunity to own irrigated land. John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd., 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com GOOD FARMLAND For Sale By Tender. Ideal starter place. Yardsite has power and good water supply. RM of Kingsley #124, NE-20-14-05-W2, NW-20-14-05-W2, SE-30-14-05-W2, Kipling, SK. All tenders must be received by March 15, 2016 and will be responded to by March 20, 2016. Submit inquiries or tenders to: gnh_szakacs@hotmail.com or for more info call 306-745-9135. F O R R E N T: R M O F # 2 1 4 C a n a . SE-15-22-04-W2, SW-05-22-02-W2. Can be rented with long or short term contract. Melville, SK. Call 306-231-5611.

DWEIN TRASK REALTY INC., St. Benedict south, 325 acres of 32-40-24-W2 with grain storage, very good 2 storey house just complete with $100,000 renos! Barn and extensive corrals. New price $699,900! Ph Dwein Trask 306-221-1035.

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RM SHELLBROOK #493. 1550 sq. ft. split level 4 bdrm home with developed basement. Forced air oil and electric heat. Located on 160 acres of which 100 acres are cultivated. Large dbl. detached garage, 32x42 fully insulated shop with overhead oil furnace, and a 22x30 metal clad storage building, Over 23,000 bu. of steel grain storage. What a property! Located 19.5 miles NE of Shellbrook on #240. Price reduced to $375,000. MLSÂŽ 550536. Call Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battlefords, 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512.

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300 ACRES, BORDERS town of Bengough, SK. Hwy. #34, 275 cult. acres. Near new machinery shed, 48â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x60â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x16â&#x20AC;&#x2122; w/20â&#x20AC;&#x2122; lean-to, 2 near new Behlen 3500 bu. aeration bins, plus 2 small steel bins, 2 bdrm. house, big barn, garage, deep pressurized well, lots of water, all newly wired with underground copper wiring, 220 wire. Nice farm. Asking LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM 279, S1/2 $395,000. Call 403-901-1161. -34-28-21 W2. Tenders accepted until Mar. 1st. Highest or any tender not necessarily RIVER RANCH, EAST central SK., 12 quaraccepted. Blair Fraser, 306-524-4922, Box ters, 9 pasture and 3 cult., 40x80 quonset. 299, Semans, SK. S0A 3S0. 403-485-8369, North of Yorkton, SK.

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SELLING FARMLAND BY TENDER, RM Great Bend #405, SW-12-42-08-W3, E-1/2-11-42-08-W3, 340 acres, 2015 crop canola. Tenders close March 22, 2016. Submit to: P. Woytiuk, Box 366, Hafford, SK., S0J 1A0. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. 204-348-3779.

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HAMMOND REALTY For Sale by Tender. Closing Tuesday, February 23, 2016. RM #216 of Tullymet: SE-34-24-12-W2 and NE-28-24-12-W2. Good starter opportunity or addition to existing farmland pkg. Incl: 245 cropped acres; 75 wetland acres. Features: house, detached garage and shop. Good well and power. Phone Alex Morrow for tender package. 306-332-4161 tenderRM216.hammondrealty.ca

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HALF SECTION FARMLAND, South 1/2 1008-30-W1, 320 acres, S.W. 10 assessed 69,200. Farm site w/power, telephone and natural gas; bins to be moved. S.E. 10 assessed 76,300. Has two oil wells, annual surface rental, $6900; good drainage, some tile. Accepting tenders until Feb. 29, 2016. Please email. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. $456,789 OBO. Call 306-452-7205, Redvers, SK. Email braniganoilfieldservices@gmail.com

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LOOKING FOR PASTURE or mixed farm to rent. Land base to accommodate 200 plus cows. If you are looking to retire, we could custom operate part of your herd. Will build FARMLAND FOR SALE BY TENDER - RM or repair fence if needed. 306-774-4952, Kindersley/Snipe Lake, 1440 acres. Land Swift Current, SK. all in one block, Section 4-28-20-W3, E1/232-27-20-W3, N1/2-33-27-20-W3, NW1/4RM OF GRANT #372. One cheap quarter, 34-27-20-W3. Highest or any tender not 30 miles east of Saskatoon off Hwy #5. necessarily accepted.Tenders must exclude Has acreage potential. SE-29-37-28-W2, GST or any other levies. Purchaser must 153 acres, 82 cult., 54,700 assessment. rely on their own research and inspection of MLSÂŽ 556060. Garry Frie, Royal LePage property. Land is rented for 2016 but purchaser of land can receive 2016 rental if Saskatoon, SK. 639-480-7254. purchase of land is complete by March 20, LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER: Three 2016. Deadline for offers is Feb 29, 2016. quarters in the RM of McCraney #282, SK. Phone: 780-826-6875, Brock, SK. SW-30-28-01-W3, SE-30-28-01-W3 and ldholdings@telus.net Duane Jones 4308NW-30-28-01-W3. Please submit tenders 41 Ave., Bonnyville, AB., T9N 2E5. in writing, with a certified cheque for 5% of the tendered offer to: Dellene Church FOR SALE BY TENDER: The undersigned Law Office, Box 724, 200 Garfield St., Dav- will accept offers for the purchase of: NE idson, SK. S0G 1A0. Tenders will be ac- 1/4 5-4-5 W2M, SE 1/4 8-4-5 W2M, cepted until 4 PM on March 11, 2016. SW 1/4 32-4-5 W2M. All offers must be Highest or any tender not necessarily ac- submitted in writing to the undersigned on cepted. For more detail: 306-567-5554 or or before March 4, 2016, accompanied email: dsclaw@sasktel.net by a certified cheque in favour of Estate of Anthony Lischka, for ten (10%) percent of C A S H R E N T, R M 3 9 7 N 1 / 2 6 & the offer. All tenders will be opened at the SW-7-41-14-W2 approx. 250 acres. Offers address listed below at Saskatoon on March 7, 2016. Highest or any offer not close Feb. 20, 2016. Call Al 306-545-0983. necessarily accepted. Sale subject to all MINERAL RIGHTS. We will purchase and beneficiariesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; approval. All land sold will o r l e a s e y o u r m i n e r a l r i g h t s . include assignment of the current surface leases with CNRL. Further information re1-877-269-9990. cndfree@telusplanet.net garding the current lease agreements can be discussed with Concentra Trust, Stacey Ebenal 306-956-1890. Unsuccessful applicants will have their deposits refunded without interest. Sealed envelopes conw /Aggrega te Potentia l taining tenders must be clearly marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tender re: Anthony Lischka Estateâ&#x20AC;? and In Sa ska tchew a n sent by Registered Mail, or courier, or delivered to the undersigned. Concentra Ca ll PO TZU S LTD. Trust, 333 3rd Avenue North, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 2M2 Phone: 306-782-74 23

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FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM of Antelope Park #322, SE-36-31-29-W3, assess 84,300, 151 cultivated acres; NE-36-3129-W3, assess 90,200, 155 cult. acres; SW-36-31-29-W3, assess 62,800, 120 cult. acres; NW-36-31-29-W3, assess 60,200, 129 cultivated acres. Conditions of Offers: 1) Highest or any offers not necessarily accepted. 2) Offers acceptable on any or all parcels. 3) Persons submitting offers must rely on their own research, inspection of land and improvements as to conditions and no. of acres. 4) Deposit cheque for 5% of the offered amount must accompany the offer. Cheque made payable to Edge Realty Ltd. (cheques will be returned to unsuccessful bidders). 5) No offers will be considered which are subject to financing. 6) Tenders close at 3:00 PM on March 16, 2016. 7) There is one year lease left on the land for $14,250. 8) Please forward all bids and inquiries to: Brad Edgerton, Edge Realty Ltd., Box 1324, Kindersley, SK. S0L 1S0. Call 306-463-4515, fax 306-463-4516. Email: brad@edgerealty.ca

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FOR RENT: RM of 256, half section of pasture, SE and SW 05-25-12-W3. All fenced. With 125 acres could be broke. Can be rented with long or short term contract. Beechy, SK. Call 306-231-5611. MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca FOR RENT PASTURES. 1580 acres and 160 ACRES with large home, 3 car heated 3190 acres. More info. ph Walter Lewis, garage, large shop, horse barn, plenty of Lands Manager, 306-386-2067, Cochin, SK water, 20 minutes NE of Regina. Beside PASTURE FOR SALE: RM Caledonia #99, Regina, SK: 3 acre property/house/green- Milestone, SK. Sections 31- and 32-10-19houses; Near Pilot Butte, 80 acre develop- W2, 1280 acres, fenced and cross fenced. ment land; RM Edenwold, 160 acre quarter Accepting bids until February 27, 2016. near Regina; 90+ acres, Hwy #11, 7 miles 306-436-4611, brownfarms@sasktel.net North of Saskatoon, development; RM Edenwold, 160 acres, home and buildings WANTED: PASTURE, prefer supervised in within 1/2 hour from Regina- SOLD; RM eastern SK. or Western MB. for a minimum Perdue, 2 quarters West of Saskatoon on of 100 pair. Possible long term agreement. H w y # 1 4 . C a l l B r i a n T i e f e n b a c h 306-745-7288, Esterhazy, SK. 306-536-3269, Colliers Int., Regina, SK. WANTED: PASTURE TO RENT for 25www.collierscanada.com 100 cow/calf pairs for 2016 season with potential for long term agreement. Prefer TENDERS FOR FARMLAND, RM Pleasant within 100 miles of Moose Jaw, SK. Valley #288, 6 miles North and 3/4 mile Call/text 306-354-7262, 306-354-7211. West of Fiske, SK. Marked and Sealed Tenders will be received for the below described land up to 3:00 PM, March 2, 2016. Title #117742440, NE-10-30-18-W3 Ex- LAND WANTED. FAMILY farm wanting to tension 0, 160 acres, 151 total cult., rent or buy. Location: RM Winslow, RM 60,900 assessment; Title 117742855, Kindersley, RM Pleasant Valley, RM MounNE-15-30-18-W3 Ext. 0, 160 acres, 150 tain View. Thank you. 306-932-7050, Plenty, cult. 67,000 assess; Title 117742563, NW SK. leeweese1@hotmail.com 11-30-18-W3 Ext. 0, 160 acres, 154 cult., 59,800 assessment; Title 117742811, NW-14-30-18-W3 Ext. 0. 160 acres, 160 cult., 77,100 assess; Title 117742833, RM OF CORMAN PARK: 80 acres suitable SW-14-30-18-W3 Ext. 0, 160 acres, 140 for acreage or pasture, power and water. N cult., 74,500 assess; Title 117742877, $160,000. or rent for SE-15-30-18-W3 Ext. 0, 160 acres, 160 1/2-36-38-09-W3, cult., 63,400 assess; Title 117742888, pasture. 306-222-0991 or 306-466-4442. SW- 15-30-18-W3 Ext. 0, 160 acres, 156 RARE OPPORTUNITY 150 acre building cult., 58,200 assess. 1120 total acres, site, 6 miles SE Marshall, SK. RM of Wilton 1071 total cultivated, 460,900 total as- #472, SE-29-47-26-3-ext3; 100 acres sessment. Note: 1. SW-14-30-18-W3 pres- natural prairie pasture, 50 cult., spring waently consists of 160 acres. Approx. 10 ter, view. All utilities adjacent, $395,000 acres of the yard site will be subdivided OBO. Call Lyle at: 306-947-2190. leaving 150 acres for sale with respect to this quarter section out of which 140 acres are cultivated; 2. Your offer should be itemized by legal description and any conditions of your offer must be clearly stated. 3. The highest, or any, offer will not necessarily be accepted. 4. In addition to the top offer for any individual parcel, con- 2003 TRIPLE E TOPAZ, Model FS306RLXL, sideration will be given to offers that pro- Touring Edition, LR and BR slides, $14,500. vide the highest aggregate price for any 306-245-3754, or 306-536-0201, Tyvan SK combination of parcels. 5. You must provide a certified cheque or bank draft for 5% of the price being offered payable to Gall Law Office. 6. You must rely on your own research of the property to determine acreage, condition, improvements and assessment. 7. The vendor will be responsible for taxes on the property to Dec. 31, 2015. 8. Title to the land shall be transferred free and clear of all encumbrances and liens. 9. Please outline the ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name, title(s) numbers and legal location(s) with your offer. Further info. can be o b t a i n e d b y p h o n i n g G a r y a t 2015 MIRAMAR 33.5, Stock #03496, 306-651-2166 after 6 PM. Submit offers to $218,950 MSRP, sale $144,000. Save Roderick G. Gall, Gall Law Office, 100, 316 $74,950! Call 1-844-488-3142 or shop online 24/7 at www.allandale.com 6th Avenue North, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 2S5

ELIAS SCALES MFG., several different ways to weigh bales and livestock; Platform scales for industrial use as well, nonelectric, no balances or cables (no weigh like it). Shipping arranged. 306-445-2111, North Battleford, SK. www.eliasscales.com

CERT. #1 AAC Synergy, CDC Copeland, CDC Meredith. Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified AC M e t c a l f e . C a l l Tr a w i n S e e d s , 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. TOP QUALITY CERT. #1 CDC Copeland, AC Metcalfe, Newdale, CDC Meredith. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977 Watson SK CERT. #1 METCALFE, KINDERSLEY barley. Pratchler Seeds, 306-682-3317 or 306-231-5145, Muenster, SK. CERTIFIED #1 COPELAND Barley, 94% germ, 95% vigor. Sandercock Seed Farm, 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK. MALT BARLEY GROWERS: Gregoire Seed Farm Ltd. has Cert. CDC Copeland. May be malters top choice 2016/17. Also Cert. CDC Meredith, CDC Kindersley. 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516, North Battleford, SK. gregfarms@sasktel.net WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified CDC Austenson, highest yielding feed barley on market. Call 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. REG., CERT. CDC MEREDITH #1, CDC Austenson #1, Cert. CDC Medcalfe #1. Phone Andrew 306-742-4682, Calder, SK. CERTIFIED #1 LEGACY (6R). Call Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK.

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NEW CDC MAVERICK Cert. barley, 2-row CERT. TRANSCEND DURUM, good germ. smooth-on forage/feed barley with heavy and vigor. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, forage yield potential. Hickseed Ltd., Rosetown, SK. 306-354-7998 306-229-9517 Mossbank SK REGISTERED AND CERT. durum for 2016. AAC Marchwell VB, AC Enterprise and AC 2 R ow AOG M a ltContra cts Strongfield durum. All varieties have strong • AC M etca lfe • AAC S ynergy germ and vigor. Low to nil fusarium gram. • CDC Cop ela nd levels. Call for specific details. Petruic Seed Farm 306-868-7688, Avonlea, SK. M a lt B a rley/ Feed G ra in s / P u ls es best price/best delivery/best payment

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CERT., REG. AAC Marchwell VB durum. Sean Miller, Avonlea, SK., 306-868-7822. CERT. TRANSCEND, AAC Marchwell VB, AAC Raymore, Eurostar and Strongfield. CERT. AC METCALFE barley, quality certified All germs. are 90% plus, 0% fusarium gramalt, high germ, plump. Delivery available. minearum. Fraser Farms 306-741-0475, Wylie Seeds, 306-948-2807, Biggar, SK. Pambrun, SK. foc@sasktel.net CERTIFIED, REG. AND FOUNDATION CDC Maverick, Gadsby, AC Rosser, Amisk. Haralie Seeds, 780-662-2617, Tofield, AB. CDC BOYER CERT. #1, 96% germ., early CERTIFIED #1 AAC SYNERGY, AC Met- maturity, plump seed. Stoll’s Seed Barn, calfe and Legacy. Hetland Seeds, Naicam, 306-493-7409, Delisle, SK. SK. 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com FND., REG., CERT. New CDC Ruffian, AC CERT. #1 AAC Synergy (2-row malt), CDC Morgan, Summit, excellent quality. Terre Austenson, CDC Maverick. Exc. quality. Ph B o n n e S e e d F a r m , M e l f o r t , S K . Ardell Seeds Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415. 306-921-8594, 306-752-4810.

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CERTIFIED TRANSCEND DURUM. Call Craswell Seeds Ltd., Strasbourg, SK., 306-725-3236. CERTIFIED DURUM, TRANSCEND, AAC Marchwell MT VB, AAC Raymore, CDC Desire. RoLo Farms, call: 306-543-5052, Regina, SK. CERT. DURUM SEED, AAC Current, AAC Raymore, AAC Marchwell, Transcend. Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., 306-380-7769, 306-648-3511. CERT. AAC MARCHWELL Durum, 92% germ., 0% fusarium, Gram., $15 bushel. Pickup. 306-628-8127, Prelate, SK. jasongizen@gmail.com jagfarms.com

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CERTIFIED #1 CDC Orrin, Leggett, CDC CERTIFIED CARDALE HRSW, 98% germ., BROWN FLAX GROWERS: Gregoire Seed Ruffian. Call Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, 0.0% fusarium. 403-633-9999, Tilley, AB. Farm Ltd. has Reg., Cert. CDC Glas, high Tisdale, SK. www.fabianseedfarms.com yielder, easy harvesting. Vol. discounts. 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516, North CARBERRY CERT. #1, 99% germ., good for Battleford, SK. gregfarms@sasktel.net fusarium and very good for lodging. Stoll’s CERT. CDC SANCTUARY flax, #1 variety WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified #1 Seed Barn, 306-493-7409, Delisle, SK. in the brown soil zone. Printz Family Gazelle Spring Rye. Call Trawin Seeds Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., 306-380-7769, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. CERTIFIED AAC CHIFFON 306-648-3511. SOFT WHITE SPRING WHEAT CERTIFIED #1 CDC SORREL. Eskdale HIGHEST YIELDING Acres Inc., Leross, SK. 306-795-7493, CERTIFIED #1 BREVIS. Eskdale Acres IN SASKATCHEWAN 306-795-7208, 306-795-7747. Inc., Leross, SK. 306-795-7493, Available from seed growers in CERT. AAC BRAVO brown flax, good germ. 306-795-7208, 306-795-7747. and vigor. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, Saskatchewan and Alberta CERTIFIED BREVIS, good for greenfeed Rosetown, SK. silage. Call Hickseed Ltd., 306-354-7998, 403-715-9771 CERT. CDC GLAS (reconst), 93% germ. 306-229-9517, Mossbank, SK. info@seednet.ca 403-633-9999, www.fabianseedfarms.com CERT. SUNRAY TRITICALE, 99% germ. Tilley, AB. 403-633-9999, www.fabianseedfarms.com Tilley, AB. CERTIFIED NO. 1 CDC GLAS, CDC Sorrel flax. 306-290-7816, Blaine Lake, SK., shewchukseeds.com CERT. CDC PLENTIFUL HRSW, good germ. REG., CERT. AAC Brandon, Cardale, Osler, and vigor. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, CERTIFIED CDC NEELA Flax, top yielding, Rosetown, SK. high germination. Call 306-693-9402, AC Shaw VB, AC Vesper VB, CDC Utmost VB, excellent quality. Terre Bonne Seeds REG., CERT. CDC Utmost VB, AC Unity VB, Moose Jaw, SK., simpsonseeds.com 306-921-8594, 306-752-4810, Melfort, SK. Lillian, Waskada, Goodeve. Call Palmier REG., CERT. CDC Sanctuary, AAC Bravo. REG., CERT. #1 CDC Utmost, CDC Plenti- Seed Farms, 306-472-7824, Lafleche, SK. Call Palmier Seed Farms, 306-472-7824, ful, Cardale, AAC Brandon, Conquer. Ardell moe.anita@sasktel.net Lafleche, SK. moe.anita@sasktel.net Seeds Ltd., Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA New-CPS AAC Foray VB, Penhold, Conquer VB. Call NEW WHEAT KING! AAC Brandon, Cert., 99% germ., 0% Fusarium gram. Book Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. early. Limited supply. Nakonechny CERT., REG. AND FDN. AAC Redwater, AC Seeds, 306-932-4409, Ruthilda, SK. Shaw (VB), Stettler, 0 fusarium. Haralie CERTIFIED CDC Plentiful, CDC Utmost VB, Seeds, 780-662-2617, Tofield, AB. FABA BEANS, CERTIFIED CDC Snowdrop, Lillian. Craswell Seeds Ltd., Strasbourg, CERTIFIED #1 BRANDON Wheat, 92% n e w s m a l l e r s e e d , z e r o t a n n i n . SK., 306-725-3236. germ, 91% vigor. Sandercock Seed Farm, 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca CERT. CWRS HIGH YIELDING TIME 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK. CERTIFIED McLEOD R2Y soybeans from PROVEN varieties: Cert. Shaw-AC Domain SeCan; 33003R2Y soybeans from Thunder. MT VB, Cert CDC Utmost-Harvest MT VB, Call for large and early order discounts. RoLo Farms, 306-543-5052, Regina, SK. Visa/MC. www.llseeds.ca 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. NEW CPS HEAVY WEIGHT Cert. AAC Foray VB, big yield. Wilfing Seeds OAC PRUDENCE CONVENTIONAL soy Earliest CWRS good 306-236-6811, A. Woroschuk 306-742beans, Registered, Certified. Big Dog 4682, Wylie Seeds 306-948-2807. sprouting tolerance Seeds Inc. 306-483-2963, Oxbow, SK. CERTIFIED #1 AAC BRANDON, AC Shaw Good grade retention ideal VB, AC Vesper VB, CDC Utmost VB and adapted to Parkland Conquer VB. Call Hetland Seeds at Naicam, CERT. CDC CHERIE, CDC Dazil, and CDC SK. 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com Jejo Farms 306-342-2058 Proclaim red lentil seed, good germ. and SHORT STRAWED HIGH YIELDING CWRS, Van Burck Seeds 306-863-4377 vigor. Shaun 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. AAC BRANDON. RoLo Farms Ltd. Call: Wylie Seeds 306-948-2807 CERT. CDC GREENSTAR large green lentil, 306-543-5052, Regina, 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 CERT. CARDALE WHEAT. Midge tolerant CERT. SHAW-AC DOMAIN, midge tolerant 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. #1, Cert. Vesper-Waskada #1; Reg. Cert. Shaw-AC Domain VB wheat; Faller high yielding new class wheat. Call for large Carberry #1, CPS AC4A-Penhold, midge CERTIFIED CDC IMVINCIBLE, CDC QG-1, and early order discounts. Treating tolerant #1. Call Andrew 306-742-4682, CDC QG-2. RoLo Farms Ltd. 306-543-5052, available. Visa, MC. 306-530-8433, Lums- Calder, SK. Regina, SK. den, SK. www.llseeds.ca CERT. AAC BRANDON, good threshing and CERTIFIED CDC DAZIL CL Red lentil. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Plentiful, Cardale, resistance to lodging and Fus. Also, Cert. Hansen Seeds. Phone: 306-465-2525, Goodeve VB, Vesper VB, CDC Utmost VB. AAC Foray VB, CPS Red. G & R Seeds, Os- 306-861-5679 (cell), Yellow Grass, SK. ler, SK., 306-222-2967. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. Email: jsh2@sasktel.net

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CERT. #1 AAC BRANDON, 0% Graminearum fusarium, 97% vigor, 99% germ. Cert. #1 Carberry, Waskada, AC Barrie, Shaw VB, Unity VB, Vesper VB. All wheat 0% fusarium, 96-99% germ. Call Murray at Lepp Seeds Ltd 306-254-4243 Hepburn SK

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CERTIFIED CDC LIMERICK. RoLo Farms Ltd. 306-543-5052, Regina, SK. CERT. CDC GREENWATER and CDC Limerick green peas, good germ. and vigor. Call Shaun at: 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. CERTIFIED CDC AMARILLO and Limerick peas. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK CERT. #1 CDC Limerick and Cooper. Call Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. CERT. CDC PATRICK green, CDC Armello yellow. Palmier Seed Farms, Lafleche, SK., 306-472-7824, moe.anita@sasktel.net

CERTIFIED CANTATE, highest yielding variety. Hansen Seeds, Yellow Grass, SK., 306-465-2525, 306-861-5679. Email: jsh2@sasktel.net CDC BASTIA CANARY GRASS, Cert. #1, itchless, glabrous variety. Call Andrew 306-742-4682, Calder, SK.

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BARLEY GREENFEED ROUND bales, net wrapped, loading incl., 2015 bales, 1552 lbs. scaled average weight, 6Â˘/lb. Zehner, SK. Pickup. 306-771-2352, 306-216-5762. ROUND HAY BALES, Cicer Milk Vetch/ brome, no rain, $70/bale. 306-742-5900 leave message, MacNutt, SK. FIRST CUT ALFALFA/GRASS. 300 round bales, 5x5, 1100-1200 lbs., 4 1/2 cents/lb. Adam at: 204-886-7267, Teulon. MB.

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AG. PRODUCTION ASSISTANT required on a larger grain farm located in central Sask. We are looking for a reliable, creative, and hard working individual to join our team. The ideal candidate would have a farm background and a Class 1A driver’s license. Previous farm experience is also an asset. Duties include operation of farm machinery, hauling grain, loading and unloading grain and fertilizer. Other duties include general yard duties, and some construction projects. We offer a comprehensive benefits package and negotiable housing assistance. This position is a fulltime employment opportunity and wages will be very competitive, but also based on experience level of applicant. Please email resume to: hr.wpf@hotmail.com or call: 306-554-7777, or visit us at website: www.windypoplarsfarm.com

ASSISTANT CROP FARM MANAGER wanted for a southern AB. farm, full-time permanent position on our irrigated mixed potato farm. Wages $23-$25/hr. plus EXPERIENCED LIVE-IN CAREGIVER crop Potato farm experience planting, looking for work to care for senior. Phone benefits. growing, harvesting and maintaining crops 306-551-7300. is an asset. Post secondary education and agricultural certificate(s) an asset. Driver’s license Class 3 or better. Excellent people, organizational and technical skills. Please fax resume to 403-654-4420 or email kanegawa@telusplanet.net RANCH HAND- Farming Operations, NE of Cochrane, AB. You have a passion for land and agriculture. With 1,000 cows, 18,000 acres incl. 2,000 acres in crops, forage and crop production are a key part of sustaining our commercial cow-calf herd. You love farm work and can implement a crop plan. You have a gentle touch with equipment and are mechanically inclined. You have experience with 2 & 4 WD tractors; seeding, harvest, haying, loaders and feeding equipment. You are also experienced in working cattle in a low stress environment. You will support our cattle operation as needed with calving, herd health, moving and hauling livestock and materials, fencing and ranch maintenance. You are physically fit, non-smoking, selfstarter, able to work in a team or alone, and hold a valid driver’s license. Class 1A license and mixed farm background ideal. Competitive salary and benefits, WCB coverage, training opportunities, onsite 3 bdrm home with sep. yard, spousal work opportunities in nearby Cochrane, Airdrie, and Calgary. Please fax/email resume and r e fe r e n c e s t o : W. A . R a n c h e s L t d , 403-932-3169, w.a.ranches@gmail.com Call (Ms.) Wynne 403-932-3173 or Alvin 403-510-1502.

RANCH HAND POSITION available for a motivated individual on an 800 head cow calf operation in North East Saskatchewan. Work includes all general Ranch duties. Bunkhouse accommodation available. 306-862-7181. LARGE GRAIN FARM requires additional employees. Experience in operating tractors, tandem axle trucks, air drills, high clearance sprayers, JD combines, grain cart or general farm work an asset. Class 1A/AZ licence and mechanical experience also assets. Hourly range $18-$27/hr. depending on experience, excellent accommodations available. References required. Email resume to: quarkfarms@yahoo.com or fax to: 306-354-7758 or call Dan or Quenton at 306-354-7585, Mossbank, SK. Website: www.quarkfarms.net

GRAIN FARM OPERATOR. Grain farm near Drumheller, AB. is looking for versatile people who know agriculture and can operate large seeding, spraying and harvest equipment. A Class 3 licence is required as well as basic repair and maintenance skills. Individuals w/mechanical or agronomy skills will be given preference. You demonstrate a strong work ethic, are self-motivated, patient and able to work well with HELP WANTED on large cattle and grain others. Competitive wages and scheduled farm in SW Sask. Experience working with time off. Please respond to cattle and farm machinery a must! Must nerlandron@hotmail.com have Class 5 driver’s licence. Wages negotiable. Starting March. Housing supplied. EXPERIENCED FARM LABOURER/EQUIP. 306-264-3834, 306-264-7733, Kincaid, SK. operators wanted for large grain farm near Regina, SK. Seasonal/full-time employASSISTANT CROP FARM MANAGER for: ment avail. Call: 306-543-5052, or fax reWoordman Farms Ltd is looking to fill a full- sume with references to: 306-543-4861. time permanent position on our 3000 acre row crop farm, close to Taber, AB. Wages, $4200/month, Argicutural College, Class 1 PERMANENT FULL-TIME POSITION on driver's licence, chemical application certifi- cattle ranch near Merritt, BC. Calving, cattle handling/sorting on horse/on foot, cate, min 2 yrs experience. 403-634-4467 range riding, fencing, stock dog/horse preferred, ATV experience, working alone. EXPERIENCED FARMER WANTED: Come Machinery operation for hay, silage, feedfarm with us for 2016 season, good pay, ing. Experience required. Opportunity for good equipment, hours negotiable. Near a advancement. Housing and benefits incl. nice town. Call 204-856-9529, Email/fax resume to: info@ranchland.ca pallisterfarm.com 250-378-4956.

FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT. WE are a family run grain farm 50 kms south of Regina, SK. An ideal applicant (not mandatory) would have a class 1A licence with driving experience and the knowledge and ability to operate large farming equipment, seeder, sprayer, combine. We offer a competitive wage and housing. We require working MEDIUM SIZE GRAIN farm needs full-time long hours throughout seeding, spraying help. Applicants should have some experi- and harvest with flexible hours during the ence with large equipment and some shop winter. Call 306-533-8558. skills an asset. Accommodations provided if 4- SEASONAL FULL-TIME General Farm necessary. Good opportunities for sideline Labourers required on mixed farm in pursuits as winters can get slow. Fax Lampman, SK. (SW-14-5-6-W2). Starting resume to 403-556-3758 or e-mail Spring of 2016. Duties: Plant, fertilize, culbakkenj@xplornet.com tivate, spray, harvest crops. Operate and maintain John Deere machinery with JD’s FULL-TIME OR SEASONAL help required AMS technology. Feed and tend to livefor modern grain farm. Farming back- stock. Detect disease and health problems ground would be preferred and Class 1A li- in crops/livestock. Other miscellaneous cense. Will consider retired farmer for work as assigned. Wages $17/hr. Experipart-time. Wages based on experience. ence: Would prefer experience in the opCall Greg: 306-436-4426, Milestone, SK. eration of planting and harvesting equip. with basic Agronomy and Farm Appren6 FULL-TIME POSITIONS at Pedigree ticeship training. Must have driver’s license Poultry near Regina Beach, SK. Hiring with clean abstract. Class 1A license an asstarts May 2016. Duties include: Egg col- set. Call 306-487-2702. Please email or lection, packing and sorting, cleaning mail resume: j.walter@sasktel.net Mark poultry equipment, manure removal and Walter, Box 411, Lampman, SK. S0C 1N0. barn checks, $10.76/hr. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. and have no allergies to dust or FULL-TIME RANCH HAND wanted at A7 odor. Criminal record (abstract). Email or Ranche, a large grazing operation west of fax resume to: agrologic@myaccess.ca or Nanton, AB. Applicant must have knowl306-731-2399. edge and skills with pasture calving, planned grazing, pasture roping, riding and GENERAL FARM WORKERS with post-sec- be able to operate equipment. Please send ondary diploma or university equivalent resume to office@a7ranche.com or fax to (NOC Code 8431). 3 full-time permanent 403-646-5594. Info. call 403-646-5592. positions on larger grain farm, Terrador Farms Inc., near Oxbow, SK. Duties in- FULL-TIME FARM MANAGER. HCI is clude: planting, fertilizing, spraying and presently searching for a full-time Farm harvesting crops as well operating and Manager to oversee the day to day operamaintaining all farm machinery. Wages tions of the farm. Duties include annual $3700/mos. Fax resumes: 306-483-2776. crop planning and budgeting, managing Mail: Box 368, Oxbow, SK. S0C 2B0. and supervising 10-12 staff, maintaining Email: terrador.farms@sasktel.net Call accurate and up to date farm records, crop scouting and crop input decisions, mainteGerry at 306-483-7829 for more info. nance of farm machinery and buildings, PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT on large grain helping out with farm operations as well as farm and producer car loading business. all other duties associated with managing a Duties include: farm machinery operation modern, innovative and profitable farming and maintenance in large, well equipped business. Applicants should have a minishop; loading of cars and cleaning grain in mum 5 years of farm experience and ideally 2 modern grain elevators. Modern, 4 bdrm past management experience. The ideal house in town available as part of wage applicant should have a minimum of a high package. Non smokers. Wages starting at school diploma and preferably a post$20 to $25/hr. Class 1A an asset but will- secondary degree or diploma. Strong intering to train. Kincaid, SK. Phone us at: personal, communication, organizational 306-264-7869, or fax: 306-264-5176, or and computer skills are a requirement. This position offers a very competitive compenemail: gdmfarms@xplornet.com sation pkg including health and insurance 2 SEASONAL FARM MACHINERY operators benefits. To apply for this position, please required. Must be able to operate grain email resume to: bkennedy@hciventures.ca cart, tandem grain truck, FWA tractor or for further info. phone 306-539-8918. w/rockpicker, 4WD tractor for harrowing. Closing date February 26, 2016. Also manual labour for upkeep of leafcutter bees and general servicing of equip- FULL-TIME FARM LABOURER HELP. ment. May 1 to October 31. $15-$18/hr. Applicants should have previous farm ex101008187 SK Ltd., 303 Frontier Trail, Box perience and mechanical ability. Duties in3 7 2 , W a d e n a , S K . , S 0 A 4 J 0 . F a x : clude operation of machinery, including 306-338-3733, phone: 306-338-7561, or tractors and other farm equip., as well as general farm laborer duties. $25/hour deemail: cfehr9860@hotail.com pending on experience. Must be able to cross US border. Location: Pierson, FULL-TIME POSITION AVAILABLE in March MB/Gainsborough, SK. Feland Bros. Farms, on a cow/calf feedlot operation at Consort, Greg Feland and Wade Feland, Box 284, AB. We are looking for a healthy, energetic Pierson, MB. R0M 1S0. 701-756-6954. person with min. grade 12 education and valid class 5 drivers license. Someone who FARM EMPLOYEE WANTED for grain is willing to learn and carry out a variety of farm at Arborfield, SK., near Nipawin. Fulltasks including fencing, feeding and calving time or seasonal available. Very latest and cows, tractor work etc. Welding and largest machinery. Must have experience mechanical abilities would be an asset. operating high clearance sprayer and large Excellent newer home in separate yard. air drill. Housing provided in modern 2000 Please forward your resume to sq. ft. house if needed. Competitive waggattey85@gmail.com 403-963-1334. es. Brad McIntosh, 306-769-8553. 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

RIDER POSITION AVAILABLE on Pinhorn WANTED: DIRECTOR OF Business Dev., Grazing Reserve, May to Oct. Rider should full-time. Sask. and MB area. Call Canadian be capable at riding, checking, recognizing Angus Association, 1-888-571-3580. sickness, roping, doctoring, some fencing. Must provide own horses (3- 5). Should be willing to live in remote area. Contact Jon 403-868-2626, leave msg, Etzikom, AB.

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FULL-TIME GRAIN FARM POSITION. The job involves operation of farm equipment including high clearance sprayer. Class 1A an asset 306-679-7700 BurstallSK LARGE COW/CALF YEARLING ranch in east central AB. (Coronation) looking for fulltime long term help. Applicant must have good low stress cattle handling skills and good horsemanship skills. Must have experience operating basic farm equipment and fencing. Welding and dog handling experience would be an asset. 2 bdrm. house provided. Call 587-219-0277. HELPER WANTED ON mixed farm. Steady job for right person. Room and board avail. 403-631-2373, 403-994-0581, Olds, AB.

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BOAR STUD WORKER wanted at Alberta Swine Genetics Corp., Nisku, AB. English speaking Animal Technicians with significant barn experience, animal husbandry skills, knowledge of semen collection and team players who have the ability to handle mechanical and physical work and provide feedback to the Manager may apply. The work schedule is Sunday through Thursday, 7 AM to 2:15 PM. Annual salary $34,000, comprehensive benefits program and excellent work conditions are offered. Please apply to: Gregory Lebowa, Managing Director, ASGC, 1103 9th Street, Nisku, CUSTOM WORK FARM MANGER. Manage AB., T9E 8L7. Email: gregasgc@gmail.com custom work part of the farm which proor fax: 780-986-6523. No phone calls. vide ag crop services such as: cultivating, and harvesting, hire and train EXPERIENCED FARM LABOUR wanted spraying develop work schedules, negofor seeding. Class 1A is a must, experience workers, tiate with and farm managers rein operating farm equipment and willing to garding thefarmers services to be provided, mainw o r k l o n g h o u r s . C a l l J u s t i n tain financial and operational records, 306-469-0105, Big River, SK. provide maintenance on equipment and tractors trouble shoot technical problems with equipment and diagnose and repair where possible. At least 3 years experience as Manager and with ag machinery, post secondary ag education. Wage $18-$20/hr luckyhill97@gmail.com RR 1, Lacombe, W ellEsta blished M u ltilin e AB, T4L 2N1. Fax 403-782-1517.

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FARM EQUIPMENT OPERATORS. Grant Farms Corp is a 11,000 acre cash crop farm in NE Ontario. We grow wheat, soybeans, peas, flax and canola. We are looking for skilled equipment operators to join our team. All equipment is late model Case/IH. Knowledge of AFS and Precision Farming technology is an asset. Accommodation is available. 705-650-1135, 705-647-3129. CLAYTON AIR SERVICE is requiring two Licensed Professional Agricultural Turbine Spray Pilots for the 2016 spray season June 1st thru Sept. 30, 2016. Applicants are expected to have Canadian Commercial Pilots License, MB and SK. Aerial Pesticide Applicators license. Applicants must have a min. 2000 hrs. of aerial applicator experience which 1000 hrs. must be on a turbine air tractor or the equivalent; Updated medical; Proficient in speaking, reading and writing English; Capable of operating SATLOC GPS systems or the equivalence; Perform basic maintenance and servicing on aircraft; Maintain journey logs following Transport Canada guidelines; Clean flight record; Be insurable thru our Insurance Company. Wage/salary: $50/hour based on 40 hr/wk. Please send resume/details: claytonairsk@gmail.com Call 306-497-7401.

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

GENERAL MACHINIST. Previous experience, 1-5 years, apprenticeship available. Work setting: agricultural, construction equipment, general repairs. Have knowledge and ability to: plan, set up, and perform machining operations to precise tolerances on a wide variety of parts, set up and operate a variety of conventional machine tools including but not limited to mills and lathes. Work from blueprints, work instructions, and engineering specifications. Solve and set up tooling and machining problems with min. of technical supervision. Own personal tooling and measuring instruments and/or willing to acquire. Call Howard at 204-966-3221, Eden, MB. Email resume and references to: pennosmachining@gmail.com

LEASE OPERATORS WANTED for stepdeck work running US and back. Call 306-861-9362 for more info, Weyburn, SK.

EXPERIENCED COWBOY looking for riding position. 30 years experience. Roping skills/horsemanship skills excellent. 204-305-0958, Boissevain, MB.

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Visitors to this year’s American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers show learned that U.S. farm income was down 55 percent in 2015 and equipment makers are preparing for a challenging 2016. | MICHAEL RAINE PHOTO FARM MACHINERY

Implement sales in doldrums American manufacturers prepare for tight economic situation in livestock and crop sector BY MICHAEL RAINE SASKATOON NEWSROOM

L O U I S V I L L E , Ky . — Fa r m machinery and the farmer are inextricably linked, so any talk of what might happen in the implement industry ultimately leads down a dusty road back to the farm. Charlie O’Brien, who heads the Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ agriculture division, remembers what happened in the United States after the last period of great farm prosperity ended in the 1980s, when farm machinery companies consolidated and many dealers closed. “I was on the road, selling farm machiner y then. O ne week I would be making a deal with what appeared to be very successful dealers, some had built some real Taj Mahals, and a few weeks later come back to make arrangements for delivery and they were gone,” he said during a panel discussion at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers’ annual farm equipment meeting. “That hasn’t happened as much this time, and the fall, I believe, has been much further and faster.” Jim Walker, who heads Case IH’s agriculture efforts in North America, agreed that today’s dealers were better prepared for the party to end, despite the hangover of late-

model used equipment that has been cluttering up their lots. “That is improving, and we are seeing some light at the end of that tunnel,” he said. “There are open spaces starting to show up on (dealers’) lots, even with (articulated 4WD) tractors and (Class 8 and below) combines.” Walker, who chairs the AEM’s ag sector board, said large sprayers, larger planting and seeding equipment and the biggest combines are harder to sell. “Sales fell off 50 percent on combines and high horse power tractors in one season … and we might still see a further retreat for 2016,” he said. Equipment sales are also slowing in the U.S. livestock sector. O’Brien said manufacturers have adjusted to the current situation, and 2016 budgets and staffing are right for the times. “We adjusted to the largest shift up and down better than one might imagine,” he said. Leif Magnusson, who heads German manufacturer Claas for the Americas, said the ad hoc U.S. accelerated tax depreciation, known as Section 179, might have increased equipment trading and contributed to the instability in that industry. “It has been made permanent Dec. 15 ($500,000 to $2 million purchases are covered with a further,

annually declining 50, 40 and 30 percent bonus depreciation as well) and farmers can now plan on it and it will help level off the behaviour,” he said. Magnusson said a 50 percent drop in Lexion combine sales since 2013 was buoyed by forage equipment sales, but a 56 percent drop in farm income for 2015 will make sales challenging.

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“They don’t have to buy. We have to make the purchase’s technology pay for itself,” he said. Linda Salem, president of Great Plains Manufacturing, said she believes her business is headed back to “the old normal” with sales similar to what they were before 2011. “But that means higher than they are now, and that is what we are planning for,” she said. John Phipps, a retired farm

broadcaster who farms 2,100 acres in Illinois and writes for the Farm Journal publications, said large operators might get into problems later this year. “And among that group, there will be some significant turnover, and dealers and manufacturers should be prepared for that,” he said. Phipps said most producers who have not been buying equipment will be starting to shop in the next couple of years. “The downside is that most of this stuff is so well built these days that 2,000 hours on a combine or 5,000 on a tractor is no reason to trade it off.” Maury Salz of Kondex, a supplier of parts to most of the larger manufacturers, said the slower period is giving his company time to retool and prepare for the next wave of sales. “It looks like the market won’t be as stable as it once was, but we have to prepare for that, too,” he said. O’Brien agreed, saying farmers will plant as many acres as they normally do, and inputs and seed will still need to go in the ground. “We all have to eat,” he said. “The (food commodities markets) might have deeper troughs, but overall this a pretty cool industry, and farmers, and those who serve them, will see this through to the other side pretty well.” michael.raine@producer.com

L O U I S V I L L E , Ky . — Fa r m machinery might soon be getting smaller. The future direction of farm equipment was a constant topic at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers annual farm machinery technology conference in Louisville, Kentucky. One theme that was hard to ignore was farm equipment size: bigger or smaller? Sprayer booms have grown to 120 feet in North America and even wider in Europe and South America. Industry observers think that might be the limit. Seeding gear, both air seeders and planters, are available up to about 90 feet, with extremes for air seeders topping 160 on a single unit in Australia. Combine headers have seen 50 feet, and there is speculation that they might also be nearing the end of their growth. Speed is now the focus for many machines. As well, computers help with guidance and precision seed placement and keep combines out of trouble, while tractor horsepower is headed to 700. Weights of all machines are up. “Smaller,” said Maury Salz, who head up Claas America and builds some of the world’s largest combines. “Smaller,” added senior Case New Holland engineer Larr y Hoover. “I think Maury is right, we have about reached the peak of size.” Chad Yagow of John Deere’s Technology Innovation Center also suggested that the “next big change will likely be little.” Charlie O’Brien, who leads the American Equipment Manufacturers’ efforts in agriculture, said the move to robotics and unmanned agriculture is underway, which will eliminate the need for large machines. “Labour needs change. Hours of operation open up and the size of the equipment can fall,” he said. “New entrants into this marketplace, in the ag space, will be arriving very soon. They will be in the data business and be developing smaller machiner y, allowing greater precision…. Companies have spent incredible resources developing machinery cabs. Most won’t have them in the future. Autonomous vehicles don’t need them.” Salz said the first innovation will be drone or slave implements following a lead, manned machine. FOR MORE FROM THE EVENT, SEE PAGE 73

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WORKSHOP

Early canola crop stress can increase pod size BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Canola growers have hormones to thank for last year’s unexpectedly good yields, says an oilseed expert. The hierarchy of reproduction in a canola plant places priority on the first seeds that are set in the plant. “They send a hormone signal to the later developing seeds that they are number one,” Murray Hartman, the provincial oilseed specialist with Alberta Agriculture, said in an interview following his presentation at the 2016 canoLab workshop. “That’s why pods get smaller, and there are fewer seeds later on.” However, when nature upsets the pod development process, it also disrupts the hierarchy and the hormone balance in the plant. “All of the sudden you will have a chance for later pods to get bigger and more seed,” he said. That’s what happened last year. The crop was stressed in May and June and then rain fell in July, which helped it recover better than most farmers anticipated. Statistics Canada’s initial estimate of the crop was 13.3 million tonnes, but the latest estimate is 17.2 million tonnes. “In Alberta, we had six or seven counties that were written off in June and early July because of drought,” Hartman told the workshop. “They ended up with average yields.” Canola initially reacts poorly to stress. Plants may take one week to overcome two days of heat stress, during which pod production is dismal. However, it is much better at recovering from stress than wheat. “I often call canola a teenager and the cereal an adult because of their response to stress,” said Hartman. “Even though it’s kind of a disadvantage that it responds so badly to a short period of stress, when it does recover, all of the sudden it has so much ability to grow new buds and clusters from the axis of branches.” Heat is one of the biggest stresses for canola. Hartman has reviewed studies suggesting it starts between 22 C and 35 C, but a lot of them used flawed methodology. He said it typically happens at 27 C to 28 C, and more damage will occur when nighttime temperatures following the period of heat stress exceed 16 C. It’s why heat stress damage is typically lower in Alberta than in eastern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, where nighttime temperatures often do not drop below 20 C following hot days. Hartman urged growers to scout their fields during the early flowering stage because the size of the petals, the colour of the petals and the stamen tell a lot about how the crop is faring. For example, pale, small petals and normal stamen means the plant likely suffers from sulfur deficiency. Pale, normal-sized petals

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and short stamen probably means glyphosate damage. Hartman said there are 10 conditions that can be diagnosed by looking at all three aspects of the flowers. Unfortunately, many farmers tend to look down at weeds instead of up at the flowers when scouting their fields. A farmer might not be able to do anything about something like heat stress, but a proper diagnosis could save him the expense of topdressing the crop with fertilizer when it is not a nutrient deficiency problem. “You can stop yourself from doing something stupid,” he said.

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SPRAYING

Correct nozzle use moves to political radar Producers told to adjust the nozzles as sprays, equipment and procedures change BY MICHAEL RAINE SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Using the right nozzle for the right product at the right water rate could some day become a legal requirement. Tom Wolf of Agrimetrix in Saskatoon says farmers need to consider their application methods as carefully as they do their rates of product. â&#x20AC;&#x153; L e g i s l at i o n i s i n a l l o f o u r futures,â&#x20AC;? he told a farm meeting in Saskatoon last month. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a new rigour for legislative requirements for spray nozzle requirements.â&#x20AC;? However, he said producers should already be ensuring that they use their products appropriately for maximum financial benefit. Soil-applied products can be applied with low drift, but coarse and very coarse nozzles are not so forgiving. A highly mobile systemic product can be applied to a leaf with a spotty approach through a coarser nozzle, as long as each plant is reached. This includes modes of action such as Groups 2, 4 and 9. However, Wolf said Groups 1, 6,

Tom Wolf says producers must consider efficiency of spray nozzles as well as proposed regulations on application methods. | FILE PHOTO 10, 14, 22 and 27 need a finer application with greater leaf coating abilities. He said broadleaf plants can generally handle a coarser spray. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grasses are not very forgiving. Finer sprays and, for some of you, often higher (water rates), provide that coverage.â&#x20AC;? Tank mixes are becoming the norm for many producers who need to defeat traditional pest plants and herbicide tolerant volunteers. They have the additional advan-

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increase operating speeds by using finer nozzles to ensure basic coverage of leaves with lower water rates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You are creating problems for yourselves and potentially others,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Group 4, dicamba and 2,4D, and the new Dow products are Group 4, you need to think about coarse to very coarse.â&#x20AC;? Farmers can select the right nozzle using the charts that most nozzle companies provide. Other options include software applications for smartphones and tablets, such as the Saskatchewan Soil Conservations Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spray Quality Finder. Wolf said speed is always a variable, but growers can start by choosing the speed at which they would like to travel and then looking for nozzles that produce the spray fineness or coarseness required for the product at the right water rate. Their pumpsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; capacity to provide the appropriate pressure will help determine either the right nozzle or the appropriate speed. Follow recommendations Most charts will provide four or five choices of nozzle openings at a set speed. The smaller the orifice, the higher the pressure. Nozzles are rated for droplet size based on certain pressures. Operating outside of those parameters produces droplets that are inappropriate for the task at hand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These (charts) are amazingly handy,â&#x20AC;? Wolf said. He advised farmers who find a chart for their nozzles to â&#x20AC;&#x153;laminate it, download it, put it in the cab.â&#x20AC;? Roundup Ready Xtend soybean friendly chemistry contains dicamba and glyphosate, and BASFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Engenia, which is used for these genetics, requires a coarse to very coarse nozzle to keep it where it is targeted. Dowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new 2,4-D is a choline salt

formulation known as Enlist Duo that also requires coarse to very coarse. Xtendimax is the dicamba and glyphosate product that farmers will be able to use this spring because of Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent approval of the technology. It is also a coarse to very coarse droplet-size product. Maintaining good patterns and proper coverage with coarse nozzles is a product of pressure. As a result, pressure drops when speed is reduced if low water rates are used, which can be a problem, especially when slowing for ditches and other terrestrial hazards. Flow controls will open, bypassing product to maintain the rate per acre by cutting the pressure, but the controls donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t consider the effect on droplets or how far apart these might become. Jason Deveau of Ontario Agriculture said producers should consider mounting inline pressure gauges on their booms to observe what the actual pressures are in their sprayer systems. A combination of a $15 gauge with a T-fitting can provide accurate nozzle pressure readings. Those pressures are what determines nozzle rates. Sprayers usually measure pressure only from a point near the pump, and the two can be different, especially as sprayers become wider. Wolf said producers not only need to consider efficacy but also future regulations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is coming, and it matters,â&#x20AC;? he said of pending or proposed regulations in Ontario and Manitoba. For more information, contact Wolf at Twitter at @nozzle_guy or email at agrimetrix@gmail.com. Deveau can be reached at Twitter at @spray_guy or email at jason. deveau@ontario.ca. They operate an application website at www. sprayers101.com. mike.raine@producer.com

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MACHINERY

North America gets world’s biggest fixed frame tractor A 500 horsepower articulated beater? Only time will tell BY MICHAEL RAINE SASKATOON NEWSROOM

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The crowds that crushed around the Fendt 1 0 0 0 s e e m e d t o g ro w l a r g e r throughout the day after the world’s biggest, non-articulated, fourwheel drive tractor was unveiled in North America. With 500 horsepower and seven foot tall rear tires, the machine appeared from a distance to look not much different from other tractors of its type, unless one thought a b o u t h ow s ma l l t h e p e o p l e around it seemed. The reaction of the crowd at the National Farm Machinery show here was similar to what was seen in Europe last fall at the Agritechnica show. The price is in the high US$400,000s, putting it on par with other machines of its capacity. However, most of the options that one might add to a new tractor are standard on the Fendt, including something its articulated kin folk don’t have — axle suspension. Stewart Maxwell of Agco’s Fendt said tire choices will be the main option: the machine will take up to triples.

The 500 h.p., fixed-frame 1050 from Fendt has axle suspension, stepless transmission and four wheel brakes. It costs around US$400,000. | MICHAEL RAINE PHOTO As well, farmers will have the option to choose ballast, which the tractor can load and drop on its own. It will take the machine from a relative light weight of 30,600 pounds to a heavy duty tillage tool puller weight of 50,700 lb. The weight is managed by the company’s Vario tire inflation system, which adjusts the impact on the soil as the tractor moves from road to field. The 12.4 litre MAN engine comes in four horsepower ratings from 380 to 500 and runs up to 1,700 r.p.m.

However, it puts out its most force at 1,100, where it produces 1,770 foot lb. of torque. The computer systems guide the machine to use the right r.p.m. for a specific job, minimizing fuel burn and maximizing traction. A single pump feels two hydraulic motors, one for each axle. “The rear axle is fed continuous power through hydrostatic (and) mechanical power splitting. The front axle gets feedback from the rear axle or the four wheel clutches, so the front (axle) becomes part of the power splitting process,” Maxwell said.

“It means each wheel gets power when it needs it, and slip is managed to ensure the power is all used where it is needed most.” A pair of hydraulic pumps create 113 gallons per minute of flow, and the machine has front and rear three point hitches and an independent power take-off, which allows for constant implement speed, variable engine operation and fuel savings. “It might take some different thinking on the Prairies to replace an articulated machine with one of these, but when you consider what most of those machines do for

about a month a year and what this can do, it can do more than pull a big air seeder and a grain cart, and do it more efficiently,” said Maxwell. Fendt has suggested that big fixed frame machines offer farmers more trade-in potential and financial flexibility. “Would it replace a 600 h.p. 4WD? No, not for those jobs that require them,” he said. “But for most folks, they might ask themselves if that is what they need.” michael.raine@producer.com

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BISON MARKET

Bison market returns to glory days Strong prices and bidders from across Canada and the U.S., make for exciting times in the industry, says auction official BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

Bison prices are reminiscent of the sky-high prices of the 1990s, but without the speculation. “We’re back in the day when bison were fetching big prices for breeding stock,” said Ivan Smith, who farms near Penhold, Alta. “But this is a true meat market.” Smith believes bison prices will remain high for several years because of the strong meat market. A dozen Wood bison heifer calves fetched $7.25 a pound at a Feb. 10 bison sale in North Battleford, Sask. The 438 lb. average for the calves from the Beaver Creek Wood Bison Ranch in Fort McMurray, Alta., were the top sellers. “It was a crazy market. Those were the ones everyone was after,” said Smith. Paying more than $3,000 for bison

heifer calves harkens back to the halcyon days when producers were diversifying into emu, ostrich, deer, elk and bison. It wasn’t uncommon for buyers to pay $10,000 to $15,000 for breeding bison. Brendan Kramer, sales manger with Kramer Auction in North Battleford, said the super high prices at the recent auction were specifically for breeding animals from the Beaver Creek herd. “These were premium, replacement quality genetics that don’t get offered more than once a year,” said Kramer. “This herd is very documented and detailed in its history. It is one of the last pure Wood herds.” Wood bison are larger than Plains bison, and pure Woods are sought after for crossbreeding with the smaller Plains species. The 530 bison sold at the auction attracted buyers from across Western Canada and the United States.

“It’s exciting times,” said Kramer. Three three-year-old bred heifers from the same herd sold for $8,000 each, and two two-year old heifers sold for $5,600 each. A pen of two-year bulls from Beaver Creek Wood Bison Ranch, which averaged 923 pounds, sold for $5.70 per lb., or slightly more than $5,200 each. A group of yearling bulls from Hanging Maple Ranch in Lloydminster sold for more than $3,300. The strong prices are encouraging bison producers to expand their herds and attracting new buyers into the industry, said Smith, who also bought bison heifers from the sale. Roger Van Haren of Lacombe, Alta., said the weaker Canadian dollar, a strong demand for meat from the U.S. and Europe, and a shortage of bison has created the strong prices. “There is great meat demand, and it is driving the prices,” said Van

Haren. “We’ve had four good years in a row, and things are only getting better.” Armin Mueller of Canadian Rangeland Bison and Elk said bison have turned into the “Cadillac or Rolls Royce” of the meat industry. “I think the good times are here for the bison industry for years to come,” he said. Unlike Canadian beef, which competes against Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Brazil and other beef-producing countries, bison are raised only in Canada and the U.S., and international buyers can’t get enough of the meat. “There is no competition, and we have a unique product,” said Mueller, whose company exports bison meat around the world. Even the high prices aren’t deterring buyers. “We’re still moving meat, even at those high prices.” Mueller worries that Canadian

bison producers take the European market for granted. Instead of raising a calf, selling it through an auction market, fattening it in a feedlot and then shipping it to slaughter, Mueller believes bison should be finished on the farm where they were raised to maintain the pure bison image. “Having 5,000 head in a feedlot is not the image we want to create,.” Instead, bison producers need to promote the bison image of being raised on the range with no antibiotics and added hormones and having a gentle life. “There’s so much more we can market.” Bison are natural animals for the Prairies, and with an insatiable demand for the meat, Mueller can see two to three million bison back on the land. “They’re an awesome animal. It’s the most natural meat.” mary.macarthur@producer.com

SOW HEALTH

Sows need tender loving care and good food after weaning BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

Don’t believe the myth that weaned sows don’t eat. They’ll eat fine, but they need to be treated gingerly, like they’ve just gone through a lot, an Alberta hog feeding expert told the Manitoba Swine Seminar. “We really have to give her the

best of ever ything,” Malachy Young, president of Gowans Feed Consulting in Wainwright, Alta., said in an interview after a presentation to the conference. He said the “weaned sows don’t eat” myth is based on weaned sows not eating much between weaning and rebreeding. That happens, he said, but only because they’re being fed wrong.

A sow that has just weaned up to a dozen piglets is in a delicate situation. Its mammary system has been maxxed out and its hormone levels are shifting around. Food and water that are made available together in a feeder is not terribly appetizing, especially if some of the food sits in the water for an hour and begins to sour. However, it will likely eat more

and eat more consistently if food is made available dry with a separate water source. “We’re really seeing with the newer systems where guys are putting the feed and water separately, that these sows are eating a lot more than we really think (traditionally that they would,)” said Young. Sows that eat more steadily after weaning and before rebreeding

tend to have bigger litters in subsequent pregnancies and rebreed faster. ed.white@producer.com

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IDENTIFICATION

Ear tag confusion still plagues cattle industry A recent Canadian Food Inspection Agency presentation about tag enforcement prompted tough questions BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

Starting a conversation about cattle tagging is a sure-fire way to raise the temperature at a beef producers’ meeting. Rebekah Klassen, animal identification lead with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, did just that in early February during Manitoba Beef Producers’ annual meeting in Brandon. All cattle in Canada must have a radio frequency identification tag that is approved by the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency before leaving their farm of origin or current location. The CFIA is responsible for enforcing the cattle tagging program and has the power to impose fines of $500 to $4,000, according to the CCIA website. Klassen shared information on the do’s and don’ts of cattle tagging and when and why the CFIA imposes fines. The message was not well received. Instead, producers had direct and aggressive questions following the presentation. Don Guilford, a producer from Clearwater, Man., wanted to know if it’s acceptable to take a bull to a veterinarian for semen testing if the bull doesn’t have a tag. Klassen said all animals should

LOST TAG TOLERANCE? • The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency released preliminary findings in January of a study on mature cows and ear tag retention. After looking at cows in 13 herds, the CCIA found that tag loss was 3.8 to 35.3 percent. On average, it was 11.1 percent. • Rick Wright of the Manitoba Livestock Marketing Association said the study shows that regulations around cattle tagging should be adjusted. • “We’re asking for a 10 percent tolerance level for missing tags for all producers.” have a tag before leaving the farm. If not, it should be tagged at the vet before returning to the farm. Other farmers laid out complex scenarios for potential infractions, wanting to know who is responsible when cattle are bought and sold without tags: the producer, the trucker or the auction mart? Rick Wright, administrator of the Manitoba Livestock Marketing Association, said cattle auction marts and order buyers also want clarification on that matter. He said it’s not fair to fine auction marts because it’s extremely difficult for staff to check for tags.

FARM CREDIT CANADA SEMINAR

Efficient handling lowers shrink, increases profit BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Minimizing cattle price discounts due to shrink will increase producers’ bottom lines and there are ways to do it, says an independent market consultant and cattle producer. “I think a lot of people don’t realize how much shrink can affect the bottom line and how there’s certain ways we can manage shrink that will increase the net return on our calves,” said Debbie McMillin. Speaking at a seminar organized by Farm Credit Canada in Lethbridge on Feb. 3, McMillin outlined various cattle marketing fundamentals, among them the importance of shrink. “I think it’s one of the easiest managed marketing opportunities,” she said after her talk. Shrink is the factor used to track weight loss on cattle between two consecutive weighing points. McMillin provided various examples of how shrink affects the weight on which producers are paid. Average shrink is two to eight percent, she said. A three percent shrink on a 1,600-pound animal is a 48 lb. loss, which could cost producers more than $100 per animal. The amount of shrink in transport is affected by the animals’ age, weight, temperament, feed and water provided, weather extremes,

speed of handling, loading and unloading, crowding or under filling on the truck and personnel involved in handling. Producers can control some of those factors, said McMillin, and taking steps to do so can pay off when it comes to payment received. McMillin said her research provided examples in Ontario indicating 30 minutes of sorting results in an average three lb. of shrink per animal. Four hours of trucking after that generates another 18 lb. of loss. The longer the trucking time, the higher the shrink. When trucking animals after withholding feed and water prior to transport, shrink is about one percent per hour at first and higher as the shipping time increases. McMillin noted there are several kinds of shrink. Gut shrink from withholding feed and water, coupled with loss of waste, is easily rebuilt on the animal. Tissue shrink is more substantial but less common because cattle usually move through the system before tissue shrink occurs. There is also pencil shrink, a predetermined amount written into purchase agreements when dealing through electronic sales. In that case the exact amount of shrink will not be known until the cattle are delivered so a percentage is built into the price. barb.glen@producer.com

Producers still aren’t sure what to do about tags in specific situations, while auction marts resent CFIA’s role as enforcer of the country’s tagging policy. | FILE PHOTO “At a market where we have 3,500 cattle arriving in 12 hours, we don’t have time to look at every calf…. If the farmer hasn’t notified us, we’re assuming they’re all (tagged),” he said. “We have been forced into being the inspectors for the CFIA. If we don’t do our due diligence and look for missing tags, we can and have been fined…. I get… a $1,300 fine f o r s o m e t h i n g t h a t ’s n o t my responsibility.”

Hostility toward the CFIA and tagging enforcement isn’t a new issue, but confusion over the rules persist, even though RFID tags have been required since 2010, according to the CCIA’s website. Mixed up messages are responsible for most of the confusion, said Theresa Zuk, a producer from Arborg, Man. “We are told by CFIA if you do this, this and this, you won’t be fined … but sometimes the communica-

tion ends there,” said Zuk, Manitoba Beef Producers’ representative on the CCIA board. “All producers should know that animals need to be tagged for transport, but sometimes we just can’t…. You (might) have an eight-year-old bull that you can’t even get in the chute…. We have an aging cattle producer (demographic). Some of these guys can’t physically do it.” robert.arnason@producer.com

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Cost study shows benefits of AI over natural service Artificial insemination also has the benefit of better genetics in the offspring BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Artificial insemination in commercial cattle may be one way to increase productivity in the cow-calf operation and in

the national herd. Kathy Larson, a beef economist with the Western Beef Development Centre (WBDC), outlined that potential in a recent webinar organized by the centre. “I think it’s important to note that

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achieve that target, increased uptake of AI by commercial producers was mentioned as one way to reach the target.” Only 18 percent of producers who responded to last year’s cowcalf survey use artificial insemination, she said. Larson provided a cost comparison example between natural service and fixed time artificial insemination, which allows producers to adjust cow heat cycles for proper timing of insemination. “The cost of fixed time AI is actually not that much higher than natural service. If you’re paying $7,500 or more for a bull … it was really only $10 more to go the way of fixed time AI,” Larson said about her example. “The partial budget analysis for our one-year demonstration had over $10,250 net change to profit.” The findings were based on a oneyear demonstration at the WBDC’s Termuende research facility. The cost of natural service compared to fixed time artificial insemination will be different for every operation and will change with the economy. For example, if a herd sire costs $4,500 and is used for four years and then sold at 2,000 pounds for 80 cents per lb., it would return $1,600 to the purchaser. “I fully realize that prices are quite a bit higher than that right now, but I don’t know where they’re going to be four years out, and if I look four years back, 80 cents a pound is a pretty good price,” she said. The bull’s value depreciates every year. During that time, there are costs for feed, yardage, labour and semen tests, plus the risk of loss because of lameness, illness or some other factor. In the WBDC demonstration study, Larson worked the numbers assuming a $7,560 purchase price for the bull and compared those costs to fixed time artificial insemination. The study involved 40 cows bred by natural service and 40 that were artificially inseminated. The artificial insemination costs worked out to $130 per cow, or $10 more than the costs of bull service. However, pregnancy rates, calving rates and birth weights were higher for the artificially inseminated cows and they produced 4,170 more pounds of calf at weaning. Larson’s partial budget analysis on fixed time artificial insemina-

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tion showed increased costs of $3,305 but increased revenues of $11,250. Dr. Colin Palmer, a veterinarian and associate professor at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, said technical considerations are the most common reason he hears from producers who avoid artificial insemination. The need for semen tanks, proper thawing, training in artificial insemination or paying a technician to do it can be daunting, said Palmer. There is also the need for accurate heat detection so that cattle can be bred at the proper time. Detection can be tricky and time consuming, which also discourages producers, Palmer added. That issue can be addressed through fixed time artificial insemination methods, which use estrus synchronization. That way, producers can choose the timing that works best for them. “That’s one of the wonderful things about it,” said Palmer. The WDBC study shows the costs of fixed time artificial insemination can be comparable to natural service with the added potential benefit of better genetics in the offspring. A fact sheet on the study can be found at bit.ly/1PO2VXv. barb.glen@producer.com

FIXED TIME ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION COSTS ($/cow) GnRH (2 shots) Prostaglandin CIDR Syringes, applicator Semen (avg. $/straw) AI technician Labour, handling system Clean-up bull TOTAL

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artificial % difference insemination AI to NS 40.0 0.0% 97.5 +5.4% 64.0 -7.2% 92.5 +15.6% 88.4 +4.0% 81.1 10.8 8.1 90.0 606.0 22,422.0

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Data on antibiotic use won’t stop resistance, says expert The U.S. has introduced regulations requiring livestock producers to work with veterinarians in administering antibiotics BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — New rules overseeing the use of antibiotics in livestock production in the United States should provide better data about drug use, but they will not reduce antimicrobial resistance. “If antibiotic resistance is the issue, that is what we need to be monitoring and we need to be monitoring it on a local level,” said Dan Thomson, professor of clinical studies at Kansas State University. Thomson, who outlined government requirements for the Veterinary Feed Directive at the Jan.

26-29 National Cattlemen’s Beef Association convention in San Diego, said the new system will show five years from now that antibiotic use is down, but resistance will persist. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said it wants to collect data on antibiotic use in food producing animals and is collaborating with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop a plan to build a database to evaluate the changing trends of antimicrobial resistance. “When combined with new onfarm data, this will provide a more comprehensive and science-based

picture of antibiotic drug use and resistance in animal agriculture,” the FDA said in statement published late last year. Many in the livestock industry argue that resistance is not entirely the fault of administering antibiotics to animals. “The most common cause of antibiotic resistance in human beings is the over-prescribing of antibiotics by medical doctors,” Thomson said. “When we are going to have antimicrobial resistance problems from beef into the human population, it is going to come from antibiotic resistance in food-borne pathogens,” including E. coli

0157:H7, salmonella and campylobacter. However, the risk of contracting these illnesses is extremely low because of food safety programs. A greater threat occurs in developing countries, where there are no regulations or prescriptions necessary to buy antibiotics. Thomson said no one monitors use in Africa or India, so resistance transfer is exacerbated. He said if an antibiotic resistant bacteria does develop, there’s a high probability that it will occur in the slums of developing countries where there is little oversight on antibiotic use. People may also have a greater chance of picking up

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disease from animals such as goats, pigs or chickens because they tend to live together. Thomson also said the transfer of antimicrobial resistance between animals and humans is more likely to occur among pet owners because less attention is paid to the kind of drugs given to small animals. Nevertheless, new regulations on livestock use are in place and will change common past practices. The rules require livestock producers to have a veterinary-client relationship to use antibiotics on the farm. Veterinarians are expected to work with producers and know the farm and its herd health program. No antibiotics in feed will be allowed without a prescription. The producer has to agree to comply with the prescription as written by the veterinarian. Growth promoting claims on labels for in-feed antibiotics are no longer allowed. These products may be used only by prescription for treatment, control or prevention of disease. Thomson said this does not significantly change common practices, other than the requirement for a prescription before buying antibiotics. Ionophores and coccidiostats do not require prescriptions. Three copies of the prescription records are required and must be kept for two years. Veterinarians, producer and supply stores each keep a copy. The veterinarian must set an expiry date of no longer than six months on each prescription. Thomson is concerned that some commonly used products could be taken off the market as these rules are enforced. Tylosin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic added to animal feed, is one drug that may be affected. It has been sold as a growth promoter but can treat a variety of infections. “If we lose antibiotics or other tools, we will never get them back. We learned that with Zilmax,” he said, referring to a beta agonist in feed that was linked to lameness in cattle. Europe, which already has similar policies, found an increase in the use of more powerful prescription products when lower class products were removed. Some of these changes are driven by consumer demands for hormone and antibiotic free meat, but most consumers probably don’t know anything about these products. Thomson said the average consumer wants assurances that the agriculture industry is constantly improving while still offering a reasonably priced product. For example, there are three nanograms of estrogen in an implanted steer, while a non-implant animal has two nanograms in its system. A nanogram per kilogram is the equivalent of a blade of grass in a football field. Pregnant women have about 19,600 nanograms of estrogen, while an adult male has 135,000 nanograms and prepubescent children have 41,000 nanograms. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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California survey provides insight into cattle abortions ANIMAL HEALTH

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n abortion outbreak in a cow herd can be one of the most frustrating issues that veterinarians and cattle producers can experience. Little can be done to change the situation, and it is often difficult to diagnose what is causing the problem to prevent it from occurring in the future. Fetal loss in cow-calf herds can result in significant economic losses for producers. If the abortion occurs late in the gestational period, the open cow may not be identified until calving time, and the cow’s reproductive potential for that year will be lost. One of the difficulties is that there are so many potential causes of abortion. Infectious agents are often identified as a frequent cause of abortion storms, but abortions can also occur because of hormonal fluctuations, genetic malformations, poor blood or nutrient supply to the fetus, nutritional deficiencies and environmental or toxicological causes. A recent scientific article in Theriogenology evaluated the causes of bovine abortion cases as they were presented to California’s diagnostic laboratory from 2007-12. The authors summarized the diagnosis of abortion cases for 709 bovine fetuses and found that 43 percent of the submissions were from dairy cows, 40 percent from beef cows and 17 percent from an unspecified breed. The pathologists at the laboratory were able to obtain a pathologic diagnosis in 57 percent of the abortions, which is significantly higher than the 25 to 50 percent rate in other surveys. Forty-six percent of these cases had an infectious agent identified as the cause of abortion with 67 percent being bacterial infections, 11 percent viral infections, 18 percent protozoal infections and four percent fungal infections. The bacteria Pajarellobacter abortibovis was the most common form of infectious abortion identified in the survey. Transmitted by ticks, it can cause large abortion storms but seems to be restricted to California, Oregon and Nevada. The disease is known as epizootic bovine abortion or foothills abortion and primarily affects beef cattle because it is tick borne. The study found significant evidence of Neospora caninumassociated abortions: almost 20 percent of the infectious causes of abortion were attributed to this microscopic parasite. Researchers first discovered it in the late 1980s, and it was first described as a cause of abortion in cattle in Canada in 1994. Members of the canine family are the primary host for this parasite. Dogs and coyotes can become infected and pass infectious cysts into the environment in their feces. Cows that consume this fecal

matter while grazing or eating contaminated feed can become infected. This can result in early embryonic death, abortion or a still-born calf when it occurs in a pregnant cow. Infected cows remain carriers of the parasite for life. They do not pass the infection to other cows, but they can pass it on to their calves through the placenta. This dam-to-calf transmission can gradually increase the level of infection in the herd. The cows that are carriers will always have a slightly increased chance of abortion in subsequent pregnancies, although many will conceive and have normal calves in the future. A study funded by the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association that sam-

pled almost 5,000 cows from 179 herds in 2003 helped give a snapshot of this disease in Canada. Only 6.2 percent of cows tested positive for antibodies to the parasite, but more than 40 percent of herds had two or more cows test positive. The widespread level of infection in cattle herds and the nature of its spread by dogs or coyotes makes it difficult to control this parasite. It is virtually impossible to prevent cattle from coming into contact with dog or coyote feces in western Canadian cow-calf herds. However, dogs’ access to feed bunks and feed storage areas should be minimized as much as possible. As well, make sure that aborted or

dead calves are not left out for coyotes or family dogs to eat. There are many other causes of abortion besides infectious diseases. The California survey found that more than 20 percent of the fetuses had no detectable lesions, and many of those occurred during the third trimester when fetal demands on the cow are the greatest. These may be associated with mineral imbalances or potential hormonal problems, which are often difficult to diagnose. The California study also highlights how difficult it is to obtain a diagnosis from an aborted fetus. Only 12 percent of these submissions included placental tissue, which greatly increases the likelihood of diagnosis.

Producers who notice that abortions are occurring should separate the aborting cows from the rest of the herd. This may help prevent the spread of infection and also make the cows available for examination by a veterinarian. Aborted fetuses and placenta should be wrapped in plastic or other waterproof material and kept in a cool place until they can be sent to a diagnostic laboratory. The fetus may be significantly decomposed or scavenged by predators, but the placenta is typically the most important tissue to help achieve a diagnosis. John Campbell is head of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

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Making incremental improvements and challenging norms have paid off for farmer

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BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

EDMONTON — Farmers should forget about taking big strides to boost their bottom line, says a Saskatchewan farmer Instead, they should concentrate on baby steps to make their business grow. Kristjan Hebert said farmers need to focus on small improvements and not search for unicorns to make money on the farm. “You want a whole bunch of small incremental improvements that improve the bottom line,” Herbert told farmers during FarmTech. “Just little changes over and over and over.” Instead of spending all day working, he suggested writing down the three or four jobs that need to be done for the day, week or year and focus on the priorities. Herbert said he used to sweep his shop floor every week but now pays a young person to tidy the shop and allow him to concentrate on the larger jobs. Hiring someone else to sweep the shop floor is just one example of alternative thinking that farmers need to adopt to keep their farms profitable. Herbert took a roundabout way to the family farm. He earned a commerce degree and worked with accounting firm MNP for six years before returning to Herbert Grain Ventures near Fairlight, Sask.Small ste “It was a commerce degree that made me want to farm,” he said. Challenging the norm is what has made kept him moving forward. Asking questions such as, “why not seed 24 hours?” pushed him toward the answers. Installing light bars on equipment and entering the field before dark to go around the edges and

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potholes is a way to allow farmers to seed more acres without buying more equipment, he said.

“Just asking questions different forced me to answer it different.” Farmers like to blame Mother Nature for halting seeding or harvest, but how many farmers have a plan for rain delays, he said. Taking the first day off to rest and readying the equipment the next day will ensure seeding starts as soon as possible after the rain, he said. Having a written strategy is key to farmers’ sticking with their goals, he added. “Go into ventures with a plan, not only if they succeed, but also if it goes bad.”

Herbert said farmers don’t need to be good at everything, but must find little things to be good at and replicate it. “The top 25 percent of farms are running away with agriculture,” he said. “Management, not acres, drives profitability.” Growing 42 bushels per acre instead of 40 bu. adds up, as does selling canola for 50 cents a bu. more than the average and finding savings on inputs such as fuel and chemical. mary.macarthur@producer.com

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existing lines of credit slows and the value of their land falls, according to the surveys from the banks. The U.S. farm economy continued a downward slide in the fourth quarter of 2015. A strong U.S. dollar, sluggish export demand and a glut of grain have kept bearish clouds over the sector. The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects that farm net incomes in 2016 will drop to US$54.8 billion, down nearly three percent from 2015.

Cropland values in the St. Louis Fed’s region in the Midwest fell by 2.5 percent during the fourth quarter from a year earlier, while ranchland and grazing pastures dropped by 5.3 percent. Cash rents for quality cropland were down 9.5 percent, while

ranchland and pastureland cash rents increased by 8.6 percent. However, bankers expect both to decline in the first quarter of 2016. Farmland values also softened In the Kansas City Fed’s region of the central and western Plains. Irrigated farmland values dropped by two

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percent in the fourth quarter compared to a year earlier, while nonirrigated farmland dropped by four percent, according to the bank’s survey. Ranchland values also stalled in the fourth quarter as feeder cattle prices plummeted from the exceptionally high levels earlier in the year, dropping more than 25 percent. Land prices are expected to continue dropping well into 2016, and liquidity of farms remains among bankers’ top concerns.

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anadian farmers are facing a dilemma. Rising land values have created a new problem in which farm families hold a significant amount of wealth, and the traditional solution to the estate plan — the use of life insurance and other non-farm assets — is no longer valid. Life insurance and non-farm assets still have a part to play, but when faced with a multimilliondollar asset, it is difficult to offset that value with other things. So how do you decide who you will leave your farm to? Should business continuity or family harmony be your primary motive, and is it possible to achieve both? The first option is to insist that farm continuity take precedence over family entitlement. This solution assumes that non-farming children have no right to expect to inherit farming assets, that farming children have worked hard and deserve to receive the fruits of their labour and that this is the only way the farm can survive intact. However, if we explore this for a minute, are farming children the only ones who work hard? And what is the value of hard work? What if one of your children is a nurse or a social worker or other low paid caring profession? Do they not work hard? I accept that farming children might not receive an adequate cash compensation for their work, but for them to inherit everything challenges my own perception of fairness. Hard work and dedication do not guarantee success, nor does it make you any more entitled to it. Alternatively, we can divide all assets equally after sweat equity issues have been resolved. We can value the balance of the estate, dividing it equally but giving more farming assets to farming children and more non-farming assets to non-farming children. In this case, we may still end up with the problem in which nonfarming children will own farming assets and then burden the business with debt by expecting it to buy them out or reduce the productive capacity of the business by selling to a third party. It may be possible to solve the problem if we can accept the concept of inactive ownership governed by rules. There is no evidence to support the idea that passing the farm to actively farming children provides a higher chance of long-term continuity. I believe it may be possible to create a structure in which there is joint ownership of assets, which includes the inactive children, and

creates a true legacy for all family members. “Joint ownership” doesn’t mean “equal ownership,” and ownership doesn’t confer an equal management voice or remove control from the farming children. This approach has challenges, and it certainly won’t fit all scenarios. Some non-farming children might prefer a lesser amount of cash and some farming children might want outright ownership. There may be communication and relationship issues that are incompatible with joint ownership.

As well, the concept would require a significant shift in conventional processes and structures, which in turn would require the ability to understand and implement new processes and structures. However, it is another tool in the toolbox and deserves review. The counter of all this is to take Warren Buffet’s view: “the world isn’t fair, get used to it.” Bob Tosh is a farm management consultant in MNP’s Farm Management Consulting group in Saskatoon. For more information, call 877-500-0778 or email Bob.Tosh@ mnp.ca.

WINNIPEG (Reuters) — Agropur Co-operative is looking to expand in the United States in the face of an expected erosion of its market share in Canada because of recent trade deals. Agropur, which is Canada’s second-biggest dairy behind Saputo Inc., has already bought U.S. businesses and recently raised $300 million for acquisitions. Its brands include Iogo yogurt and Oka cheese. The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and the Canada-European Union trade agreement have provided extra incentive for dairies to expand outside Canada’s supply management system. Other countries will gain access to 5.5 percent more of the Canadian market once the deals take effect.

The fragmented U.S. dair y industry looks inviting for Quebec-based Agropur, which earned 44 percent of its $5.9 billion in revenue last year south of the border. “Our focus should be to participate in the American consolidation of the dairy industry,” chief executive Robert Coallier said. Buying opportunities are “substantial,” he added. Family-owned U.S. dairies are of particular interest because they may mesh well with Agropur’s culture, he said. The United States is the secondlargest consumer of cheese after the European Union and thirdbiggest fluid milk consumer, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Outstanding Young Farmer - 2016 There is just over one month left to nominate someone for the 2016 Saskatchewan Outstanding Young Farmers’ Program. Nomination forms are available at www.saskoyf.ca and must be received by March 1, 2016. Nominees may be an individual, couple or managing partner/shareholder of a farm group. To qualify, the nominee must derive a minimum of two-thirds of gross revenue from farming, have an invested interest in the farming operation, and not have reached the age of 40 as of January 1 of this year. Celebrating its 35th year, Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers’ program is an annual competition to recognize farmers that exemplify excellence in their profession and promote the tremendous contribution of agriculture, and rural Canada. Demonstrating leadership in the agricultural industry, nominees are judged according to the following criteria: • Progress made in their agriculture career • Environmental and safety practices • Crop and livestock production history • Financial and management practices • Contributions to the well-being of their community, province, nation The 2016 winner will be selected at the Saskatchewan regional event being held in Regina from June 16-17. The winner will be announced at a luncheon on June 17th at Canada’s Farm Progress Show. They will then represent Saskatchewan at the National Awards Program, to be held in Niagara Falls, Ontario in November. The 2015 Saskatchewan Outstanding Young Farmers, Jeff and Ebony Prosko from Rose Valley, represented Saskatchewan at the National Event held last November in Edmonton, AB.

SK OYF is proudly sponsored by: our presenting sponsor Farm Credit Canada and our platinum sponsors: Canada’s Farm Progress Show (Evraz Place), MNP, Monsanto, Sask Canola, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, The Western Producer, Viterra, BMO, Sask Egg Producers, Input Capital Corp., and Cervus Equipment; Gold sponsors: Bunge Sask Flax, Sask Milk, Sask Pork, Richardson Pioneer, New Vision Agro, Kramer Auction, MMFI, Hammond Realty, Sask Pulse Growers; Silver sponsors: APAS, Gardiner Dam Terminal, Matrix Environmental Solutions, Farm Link Marketing Solutions, Earthworks Equipment Corp., Farrell Agencies, CAFA, New Life Mills and Cattle Care. The national competition is sponsored by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Bayer Crop Science, CIBC and John Deere, and our media sponsor, Annex Business Media.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT

NOMINATE SOMEONE TODAY!

Kris Mayerle (Saskatchewan Chair) Phone: (306) 873-2861 Email: kr.acres@sasktel.net

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www.saskoyf.ca

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FEBRUARY 18, 2016 | WWW.PRODUCER.COM | THE WESTERN PRODUCER

CATTLE & SHEEP Grade A

Alberta

Steers Alta. Ont.

$255 $250 $245 $240 2/1

2/8

2/12

Live Feb. 5-Feb 11

Previous Jan. 29-Feb. 4

Year ago

Rail Feb. 5-Feb 11

Previous Jan. 29-Feb. 4

n/a 163.34-177.26

n/a 153.51-182.42

173.56 188.75

284.50-289.50 284.00-294.00

295.00-296.00 292.00-294.00

Heifers Alta. n/a n/a Ont. 164.25-174.73 157.47-178.49 *Live f.o.b. feedlot, rail f.o.b. plant.

171.91 185.83

284.50-289.50 283.00-293.00

Feeder Cattle ($/cwt)

$250

295.00-295.60 291.00-293.00 Canfax

$240 2/1

2/8

2/12

Manitoba $255 $250 $245 $240 2/1

2/8

2/12

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.

191-200 196-208 209-229 234-250 256-284 282-310

187-200 192-212 203-223 225-251 247-285 270-307

194-203 200-212 210-227 236-260 262-288 285-311

no sales no sales no sales no sales no sales no sales

180-196 190-207 204-222 221-237 240-262 253-275

177-198 184-207 203-224 221-240 235-257 242-270

189-200 195-212 212-224 225-250 250-270 259-285

no sales no sales no sales no sales no sales no sales Canfax

Alberta

Fed. inspections only Canada U.S. To date 2016 239,599 2,807,779 To date 2015 228,783 2,697,898 % Change 16/15 +4.7 +4.1

$240 $230 2/1

2/8

2/12

Saskatchewan

Canfax Steers Heifers Cows Bulls

Feb. 6/16 941 841 811 1037

$245

Feb. 7/15 881 807 718 941

YTD 16 938 849 773 1053

YTD 15 876 807 711 943

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

$240 $235 $230 2/1

2/8

2/12

Manitoba

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

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 144.85-151.00

$250 $240 $230 $220 2/1

2/8

173.6 37.3 210.9

Trend n/a n/a n/a USDA

2/12

Cattle / Beef Trade

Canadian Beef Production Fed Non-fed Total beef

$190

$180 1/11 1/18 1/25

+7 +6 +6 Canfax

EXCHANGE RATE FEB 12 $1 Cdn. = $0.7218 U.S. $1 U.S. = $1.3854 Cdn.

Exports % Change 45,009 (1) +26.4 3,907 (1) -80.1 230,197 (3) +3.7 322,343 (3) +1.4 Imports % Change n/a (2) n/a 35,764 (2) -20.1 11,419 (4) -1.1 20,629 (4) +4.6

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)

(1) to Jan 30 /16 (2) to Dec 31/15 (3) to Dec 31/15 (4) to Feb 6/16

Agriculture Canada

Close Feb. 12 Live Cattle Feb 129.95 Apr 129.13 Jun 119.63 Aug 116.15 Oct 116.75 Feeder Cattle Mar 150.03 Apr 149.50 May 148.83 Aug 149.38 Sep 147.38

Close Trend Feb. 5

Year ago

136.05 134.40 124.05 120.63 121.10

-6.10 -5.27 -4.42 -4.48 -4.35

160.00 153.23 146.03 144.00 146.33

153.83 153.48 153.05 153.55 151.78

-3.80 -3.98 -4.22 -4.17 -4.40

203.85 203.25 202.53 204.98 204.50

2/8

2/12

$320 $310 1/11 1/18 1/25

Index 100 Hog Price Trends ($/ckg) Alberta $160 $150 $140 $130 n/a 2/1

2/1

Milling Wheat (March) $250 $240 $230 $220 1/11 1/18 1/25

2/1

2/8

2/12

Cash Prices

Feb 11 US Choice (US$) 217.02 Jan. 29 Cdn AAA (C$) 293.82

$475 $470 $465

Feb 4 223.03 Jan. 22 308.76

Yr. ago 239.10 Yr. ago 294.16

U.S. Grain Cash Prices ($US/bu.) 1/15 1/22 1/29

2/5

2/12

USDA

Canola (basis - March)

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

$0 $-5 $-10

Feb. 8

Jan. 25

Wool sheep 55-69 lb 2.30-2.60 2.43-2.70 70-85 lb 2.15-2.43 2.15-2.50 86-105 lb 1.87-2.20 1.47-2.20 > 106 lb 1.68-1.81 1.23-1.70 Beaver Hill Auction Services Ltd. Feb. 8 Feb. 1 New lambs 2.60-3.01 2.70-2.90 65-80 lb 2.10-2.63 2.80-3.03 80-95 lb 1.65-2.15 1.85-2.53 > 95 lb 1.50-1.78 1.40-1.71 > 110 lb 1.30-1.48 1.40-1.44 Feeder lambs Sheep 1.30-1.55 1.30-1.55 Rams 1.20-1.60 1.20-1.60 Kids 100-175 100-175 Ontario Stockyards Inc. To Be Shipped: Feb 4 Wool lambs <80 lb 1.78 Wool lambs 81-95 lb 1.65 Wool lambs 96-115 lb 1.40 Hair lambs <95 lb 1.40 Sask. Sheep Dev. Bd.

$-15 $-20 1/8

1/15 1/22 1/29

2/5

2/8

2/12

To Feb 6

Fed. inspections only Canada U.S. 2,104,702 11,479,674 1,952,708 10,935,453 +7.8 +5.0

To date 2016 To date 2015 % change 16/15

Agriculture Canada

$235 $230 $225 $220 1/15 1/22 1/29

2/5

2/12

Flax (elevator bid- S’toon) $465 $460 $455 $450 $445 1/8

n/a 1/15 1/22 1/29

2/5

2/12

Barley (cash - March) $220 $215

Basis: $22

$210 $205 1/15 1/22 1/29

2/5

2/12

Corn (March) $380

n/a 156.35

Alta. Sask.

$360

Man. Que.

173.00 160.32

$350 $340 1/11 1/18 1/25

2/1

2/8

2/12

*incl. wt. premiums

Soybeans (March) $890

Hogs / Pork Trade

Saskatchewan

Chicago Nearby Futures ($US/100 bu.)

$370

Index 100 hogs $/ckg

$880

$180

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

$160 $140 $120 2/1

2/8

2/12

(1) to Jan 30/16

(2) to Dec 31/15

Export 89,642 (1) 443,738 (2) 1,170,603 (2)

% Change +7.1 +12.5 +1.7

Import n/a 14,255 (3) 15,870 (3)

(3) to Feb 6/16

% Change n/a -11.4 -10.3 Agriculture Canada

$200.0 $185.0 $170.0 $155.0 2/1

2/8

2/12

Feb Apr May Jun

Close Feb. 12 65.95 70.38 76.28 80.35

Close Feb. 5 64.80 70.30 76.43 80.43

Trend +1.15 +0.08 -0.15 -0.08

Year ago 62.08 66.03 76.13 80.13

Jul Aug Oct Dec

$870 $860 $850 1/11 1/18 1/25

2/1

2/8

2/12

Oats (March) $210

Chicago Hogs Lean ($US/cwt)

Manitoba

$205

Close Feb. 12 79.68 78.78 68.28 63.38

Close Feb. 5 80.15 79.33 68.93 64.40

Trend -0.47 -0.55 -0.65 -1.02

Year ago 80.55 80.73 70.73 67.00

$200

$190 1/11 1/18 1/25

2/1

2/8

2/12

Spring Wheat (March) $520 $510

ELEVATOR SHIPMENTS

Feb 7 225.6 433.5 111.7

Jan. 31 249.6 330.1 120.8

YTD 7191.2 12124.3 4268.0

Year Ago 7400.4 10775.5 3212.1

Feb. 12 Feb. 8 Trend Wpg ICE Canola ($/tonne) Mar 467.40 465.10 +2.30 May 476.20 474.30 +1.90 July 480.70 480.30 +0.40 Nov 483.30 485.80 -2.50 Wpg ICE Milling Wheat ($/tonne) Mar 225.00 227.00 -2.00 May 228.00 230.00 -2.00 July 232.00 234.00 -2.00 Wpg ICE Durum Wheat ($/tonne) Mar 317.00 317.00 0.00 May 325.00 325.00 0.00 Wpg ICE Barley ($/tonne) Mar 188.00 190.00 -2.00 May 192.00 194.00 -2.00 Chicago Wheat ($US/bu.) Mar 4.5750 4.5850 -0.0100 May 4.6250 4.6300 -0.0050 July 4.6775 4.6825 -0.0050 Sep 4.7700 4.7700 0.0000 Chicago Oats ($US/bu.) Mar 1.9625 1.9900 -0.0275 May 2.0000 2.0100 -0.0100 July 2.0900 2.0875 +0.0025 Chicago Soybeans ($US/bu.) Mar 8.7275 8.6250 +0.1025 May 8.7650 8.6650 +0.1000 July 8.8175 8.7250 +0.0925 Aug 8.8350 8.7450 +0.0900 Chicago Soy Oil (¢US/lb.) Mar 31.80 30.75 +1.05 May 32.02 30.99 +1.03 Jul 32.24 31.23 +1.01 Chicago Soy Meal ($US/short ton) Mar 262.0 264.5 -2.5 May 264.1 266.2 -2.1 Jul 266.5 268.8 -2.3 Chicago Corn ($US/bu.) Mar 3.5875 3.6225 -0.0350 May 3.6350 3.6700 -0.0350 July 3.6850 3.7225 -0.0375 Sep 3.7350 3.7750 -0.0400 Minneapolis Wheat ($US/bu.) Mar 4.8500 4.8625 -0.0125 May 4.8750 4.9200 -0.0450 July 4.9525 5.0000 -0.0475 Sep 5.0575 5.1025 -0.0450 Kansas City Wheat ($US/bu.) Mar 4.4425 4.4550 -0.0125 May 4.5375 4.5550 -0.0175 July 4.6450 4.6525 -0.0075

Year ago 467.40 463.10 458.80 448.40 227.00 236.00 238.00 333.00 323.00 195.00 197.00 5.3300 5.2925 5.3225 5.5250 2.7850 2.7800 2.2875 9.9050 9.9475 10.0000 9.7100 32.40 32.59 32.76 332.3 326.0 323.6 3.8725 3.9525 4.0275 4.1750 5.8700 5.8500 5.8700 6.0325 5.6275 5.6375 5.9250

$195

Minneapolis Nearby Futures ($US/100bu.)

(000 tonnes) Alta. Sask. Man.

Grain Futures

Feed Wheat (Lethbridge)

$215 1/8

Feb. 12 4.48 4.14 6.03 4.80 2.40

2/12

Hog Slaughter

Maple Leaf Thunder Sig 3 Creek Pork Feb. 12 Feb. 12 154.62-155.90 157.90-159.35 159.72-161.63 163.14-163.28 162.34-166.80 164.30-165.37 168.07-169.35 161.76-171.65 175.13-182.14 180.86-183.33 189.15-190.43 182.69-185.87 191.70-192.98 192.43-194.52 196.16-198.08 189.65-190.83 197.62-198.71 190.87-192.12 189.96-192.51 187.66-192.94

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

Feb. 10 Feb. 3 Year Ago No. 3 Oats Saskatoon ($/tonne) n/a 136.25 n/a Snflwr NuSun Enderlin ND (¢/lb) 16.80 16.95 19.05

Canola (cash - March)

$455 1/8

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

Fixed contract $/ckg (Hams Marketing) Week ending 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 July 02-July 09 July 16-July 23

Jan. 29 75.00 61.00 68.50 61.00 53.00 54.00 48.00 9.75 13.00 13.00 6.60 10.00 59.00 53.00 36.00 27.00 27.00 903.90 551.20 595.20

Cash Prices

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

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

$140 1/11 1/18 1/25

2/12

Feb. 5 Laird lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) 76.00 Laird lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) 61.00 Richlea lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) 70.00 Eston lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) 61.00 Eston lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) 53.00 Sm. Red lentils, No. 2 (¢/lb) 54.00 Sm. Red lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) 48.00 Peas, green No. 1 ($/bu) 9.75 Peas, large. yellow No. 1 ($/bu) 14.00 Peas, sm. yellow No. 2 ($/bu) 14.00 Feed peas ($/bu) 6.60 Maple peas ($/bu) 10.00 Mustard, yellow, No. 1 (¢/lb) 59.00 Mustard, Oriental, No. 1 (¢/lb) 53.00 Mustard, Brown, No. 1 (¢/lb) 36.00 Canaryseed (¢/lb) 27.00 Desi chickpeas (¢/lb) 27.00 Kabuli, 8mm, No. 1 ($/mt) 903.90 Kabuli, 7mm, No. 1 ($/mt) 551.20 B-90 ckpeas, No. 1 ($/mt) 617.30

$460

Beef Cutout ($/cwt)

HOGS

$100 1/11 1/18 1/25

2/8

Durum (March)

$200 1/8

$120 1/11 1/18 1/25

2/1

$260

Chicago Futures ($US/cwt)

$250

$210 1/11 1/18 1/25

$195

$340

To Feb. 6

Average Carcass Weight

$260

n/a $225 1/11 1/18 1/25

$200

$330

Sask.

$245

$220 1/11 1/18 1/25

Barley (March)

$350

$255

n/a $235 1/11 1/18 1/25

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.

$185

Saskatchewan

$235 1/11 1/18 1/25

Pulse and Special Crops

ICE Futures Canada

Slaughter Cattle ($/cwt)

Steers 600-700 lb. (average $/cwt)

$235 1/11 1/18 1/25

GRAINS

$500 $490 $480 1/11 1/18 1/25

2/1

2/8

2/12

Canadian Exports & Crush To (1,000 MT) Feb 7 Wheat 320.1 Durum 154.7 Oats 9.7 Barley 53.0 Flax 1.1 Canola 273.6 Peas 28.7 Lentils 12.2 (1,000 MT) Feb. 10 Canola crush 162.1

To Jan. 31 197.9 106.1 30.0 44.1 0.7 98.0 91.3 0.2 Feb. 3 154.2

Total Last to date year 8663.3 8432.2 2493.0 2737.5 551.3 570.5 579.3 771.0 187.2 216.2 5062.6 4278.0 1673.8 1506.4 554.0 345.3 To date Last year 4272.0 3816.5

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LAST WEEK’S WEATHER SUMMARY FEB. 12 SASKATCHEWAN

ALBERTA Temperature last week High Low

Assiniboia Broadview Eastend Estevan Kindersley Maple Creek Meadow Lake Melfort Nipawin North Battleford Prince Albert Regina Rockglen Saskatoon Swift Current Val Marie Yorkton Wynyard

7.9 -3.6 8.0 0.5 9.2 14.4 0.8 -4.4 -8.2 1.1 -1.7 -0.8 5.9 0.4 10.3 13.9 -6.5 -2.4

-11.6 -20.3 -10.8 -12.3 -10.4 -9.7 -22.6 -21.7 -26.6 -19.6 -21.5 -14.0 -10.2 -17.5 -11.3 -9.2 -22.5 -22.1

.8 5&= XS XYH] &K

Precipitation since Nov. 1 mm mm %

2.4 4.2 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.0 1.2 2.6 2.7 1.1 2.7 0.2 5.2 0.0 2.7 2.1 2.2 2.0

32.2 35.6 29.8 33.6 52.4 36.7 35.4 40.2 50.6 46.4 60.3 31.1 40.5 39.4 32.5 33.5 56.4 63.2

69 53 47 53 128 65 60 71 82 89 102 60 81 79 68 72 84 108

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

MANITOBA Temperature last week High Low

Precipitation since Nov. 1 mm mm %

16.1 13.1 3.3 4.9 8.7 8.4 -2.2 17.8 4.5 14.0 19.6 7.0 13.5 5.7 16.3 6.2

0.0 0.0 4.1 2.7 4.3 3.9 3.4 0.0 2.6 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.0 2.6 0.0 2.9

-8.3 -6.5 -16.4 -9.5 -8.1 -8.3 -18.5 -5.4 -16.8 -7.7 -8.5 -9.4 -1.2 -9.9 -0.4 -9.5

26.2 67 35.4 87 79.7 135 26.8 61 35.3 58 78.3 94 36.9 48 34.1 69 41.9 76 35.3 77 31.9 53 55.9 73 81.3 94 58.8 110 60.2 106 38.0 73

Temperature last week High Low

Brandon Dauphin Gimli Melita Morden Portage La Prairie Swan River Winnipeg

-6.9 -8.5 -12.1 -2.0 -9.9 -10.3 -7.1 -11.6

Precipitation since Nov. 1 mm mm %

-21.9 -23.8 -28.7 -22.0 -20.6 -23.2 -24.6 -22.1

3.6 0.7 0.2 5.0 0.7 1.1 2.3 0.0

57.8 50.9 50.3 32.5 47.0 52.1 46.1 37.0

85 75 72 48 61 67 61 49

-9.1 -8.4 -2.3 -6.9 -5.0

0.0 1.0 1.5 0.0 2.0

158.0 65.1 95.9 118.7 117.9

113 73 105 97 69

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