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FARM ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

Farm income outlook shines A 70 cent dollar and low oil prices protected farmers from declining commodity prices in 2015

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Falling crude oil prices and the slumping Canadian dollar helped Canadian farmers earn record net cash income last year, says the federal government. Agriculture Canada said in its Feb. 19 Canadian Agricultural Outlook report that income will drop slightly this year but still be historically high. “Our analysis shows that 2015 and 2016 should be among the most successful years in the history of Canadian agriculture,” said Rodney Myer, director of the department’s farm economic analysis division.

2015 NET OPERATING INCOME IS EXPECTED TO SHOW AN

8% increase OVER 2014

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Net cash income in 2015 is expected to be $15 billion, which is six percent higher than the 2014 record. The department forecasts a drop to $13.6 billion this year. Average farm family income is projected to reach $136,900 this year, 78 percent of which will come from off-farm wages and investments. Net operating income for 2015 is forecast at $77,287, eight percent higher than 2014. Myer said the lower dollar and crude oil prices have insulated Canadian farmers from the weakness detected last year in world commodity markets due to stron-

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ger supplies of most major commodities. Prices for most grains and oilseeds, beef, pork and milk all weakened over the year. Most commodities produced in Canada are traded in international markets, where they are priced in American dollars, Myer said. The depreciation of the dollar from an average of US91 cents in 2014 to 77 cents in 2015 and a forecasted 75 cents this year, will support farm cash receipts. The West Texas intermediate crude oil price has fallen from $100 in the summer of 2014 to an average $49.88 per barrel last year, saving farmers $500 million in fuel costs. “Looking out to 2016, we are using a conservative assumption that crude oil prices will strengthen to $51.31,” Myer said. SEE FARM INCOME, PAGE 5

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» D’ARCE MCMILLAN: Solving

the global oil glut could hurt Canadian crop prices. 9

» KELSEY JOHNSON: Farmers

MARKETS 6

make their demands as Ottawa prepares a budget. 10

» DURUM PRICES: New crop durum prices

are expected to fall as the year goes on. 6

» HEDGE ROW: Producers need to watch for wild cards when hedging market risks.

down into farm income data delivers interesting results. 11

» PROJECT CANAAN: Canadians participate » ON THE FARM: This Saskatchewan farm adds new ideas to old school farming.

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PRODUCTION 72

» SAFE MACHINERY: Standards associations help keep farm equipment safe.

» LOST GRAIN: Increasing combine speeds can cost big bucks in lost grain.

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» AGE VERIFICATION: Alberta producers still

» MUDDY PENS: A new type of flooring may solve mud problems in feedlot pens.

» LENTILS ON TOP: Lentil seed » STRATEGIES — AFTER THE sales beat out canola last year in Saskatchewan for the first time. 4 MACHINERY SALES: Few farmers are looking at making major capital purchases. 15

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Alzheimer’s can’t be swept under the rug. 24

» BRUCE DYCK: The average

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Sask. grower fined for seed sales BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

A pedigreed seed grower from Moose Jaw, Sask., has agreed to pay a penalty of $150,000 stemming from unauthorized sales of two seed varieties. Harvey Marcil of Pasqua Farms will pay a $150,000 settlement related to the unauthorized sale of CDC Bethune flax and AC Strongfield durum. Both seed varieties are protected under plant breeders rights. Distribution rights are held by SeCan. Todd Hyra, SeCan’s business manager for Western Canada, said S e C a n b e c a m e aw a re o f t h e infringements in early 2014. He said an investigation examined sales of common seed that took place over a period of several years. Marcil, a long-standing SeCan member, must also refrain in the future from selling the two varieties without proper authorization. The settlement involving Marcil and SeCan is the largest of its kind involving illegal sales of SeCan genetics. SeCan’s largest settlement previously was a $130,000 agreement reached in 2013. The most recent case was particularly concerning to SeCan and the western Canadian flax industry because CDC Bethune is one of a handful of flax varieties that were remultiplied from pure breeder seed stocks to ensure it did not contain traces of the unapproved genetically modified variety, CDC Triffid. The presence of Triffid in commercial shipments of Canadian flax several years ago cost the Canadian flax industry tens of millions of dollars in lost sales and costly remediation efforts. Hyra said the industry has invested considerable resources in reconstituting and relaunching CDC Bethune and in ensuring the traces of Triffid have been removed from pedigreed and commercial flax inventories. “It (the Bethune seed that was sold illegally) wouldn’t have been reconstituted,” Hyra said. “It was common seed so in that particular case, it was very important to get that one stopped … because it was the year that we were launching reconstituted (Bethune) seed with new supplies and starting fresh,” he added. Hyra acknowledged that additional follow-up work will be required with farmers who acquired and planted common Bethune seed. Those growers will be encouraged to change their seed inventories to reconstituted supplies. Don Kerr, president with the Flax Council of Canada, said there are no signs to indicate that industry efforts to rid flax supplies of Triffid genetics have been jeopardized. “As an industry (we) have made significant progress toward eliminating Triffid from our supply chain and in doing so (we) actively encourage growers to use reconstituted seed,” Kerr wrote in a Feb. 20 email. brian.cross@producer.com

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WATER CONSERVATION

Beaver’s bad reputation not deserved The animal creates ponds, providing cattle with a healthy source of water and a habitat for aquatic species WILLIAM DEKAY SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Many farmers think of the beaver as their enemy, a destructive pest to be controlled. However, the advantages of having beavers on ranchland far outweigh any disadvantages, said environmental consultant Rob Gardner, who has been observing beavers and other prairie wildlife for 35 years. Gardner told the Prairie Conservation and Endangered Species Conference in Saskatoon Feb. 16-18 that the beaver is best known for its industry but is equally well versed in hydrology and engineering. The best way to have water on land is to leave beavers and their dams alone, he added, particularly in times of drought. He said the beaver is an excellent choice for drought proofing ranchland in dry areas such as southern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. “While many ranchers are good at managing their grasslands, they’re not as good at managing their streams,” he said. “The riparian area, if it’s managed properly, can have as much nutrition and grazing capacity as the rest of the quarter section that it’s passing through.” As well, Gardner said building dams is costly and inefficient, considering the little water storage they provide. He champions an alternative. “How could we get dozens or

Although many consider the beaver to be destructive, it can actually help protect ranchland from droughts. | SUSAN DRURY/FLICKR.COM PHOTO even hundreds of small dams quickly and at low cost?” Beaver dams do not require payments or unemployment insurance and need no government approvals, water licenses, environmental assessments and international permissions. T h e y c a n s t o re s u b s t a n t i a l amounts of water but are not big enough to cause damage if they wash out. As well, while people sometimes complain that beavers chew down trees, Gardner said they create more habitats than they eat. “ The perimeter of a pond is always greater than the perimeter of a stream and the same length,” he said. Beavers make chains of dams, usually starting at the bottom of a valley and working their way up as far as they can go until it becomes too steep. Gardner said the great thing about beaver dams is that they leak. “The next time it rains it will fill up and starts draining, but it’s not wasted because it goes on to the next reservoir in the chain,” he said.

“Gradually the level of the dams will decline, but it will take the whole summer to do that. The increased riparian vegetation allows greater infiltration of rain and filters overland runoff to keep the stream clearer.”

ROB GARDNER ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT

Ponds’ vegetation and constant aeration give them natural cleansing properties, which make them a substantially healthier source of water for cattle than dugouts. “Cattle have many different ponds to drink from. It’s not a case of going to the only dugout in the field,” he said. “Cattle don’t get

mired in mud around a beaver pond compared to a steep dugout. With a beaver pond, it’s almost always a gentle approach.” Beavers make their own aquatic habitat, which supports hundreds of other species such as migratory birds, owls, deer, pheasants, sage grouse, amphibians and plants. Gardner said one of the first steps to take when trying to store rainfall is to stop removing beaver dams. “If you think the beaver is a problem, remove the animal but leave the dam,” he said. One of the first steps to take when reintroducing beavers to a trapped out area or a bald prairie environment is to supplement their food supply. Transplanted beavers will eat precut willows and aspens and use them to build dams. Beaver families will have to be physically removed upstream, which allows the vegetation at the first site to establish itself for a few years. Repeating this process will create several dams and ponds. However, Gardner admits that beavers do have their shortcomings “They don’t take direction very well, they can be over-ambitious and they don’t have patience to wait for willows to grow,” he said However, beavers also eat a variety of aquatic plants, of which cattails are the most widespread and the most nutritious. “If you have cattail, you could have beaver. I’ve seen a number of dams made of nothing but cattail leaves,” he said. “If you like the idea of combining ecological restoration with improved water management then give beaver a second chance and take a close look at what they’re doing,…. Look at your streams and potential new streams with new eyes.” william.dekay@producer.com

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PULSES

High prices help lentils take top spot in exports Lentils beat canola in seed sales, but canola still reigns if the value of oil and canola meal are taken into account BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

The mighty lentil dethroned Cinderella to become Saskatchewan’s top crop last year. The province’s lentil exports were valued at $2.5 billion last year compared to $2.4 billion worth of canola seed sales and $2.3 billion of wheat shipments. “Quite honestly, I was a little bit surprised to see it exceed canola because canola is such a large acreage and large production crop in Saskatchewan,” said Carl Potts, executive director of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. Canola maintains its crown if all the components of the oilseed are added into the mix. Saskatchewan shipped 1.3 million tonnes of canola oil valued at $1.4 billion and two million tonnes of canola meal valued at $742 million. Potts attributed lentils’ outstanding performance to increased acres and sky-high prices. Saskatchewan growers planted a record 3.7 million acres of lentils last year, up 23 percent from the previous year. However, it was the price that truly vaulted lentils ahead of wheat and canola as Saskatchewan’s top agri-food export. Green lentil prices have never been higher, and red lentil prices are near the top of their historical range. “We’ve had more than a doubling

Saskatchewan lentil exports were valued at $2.5 billion last year, compared to canola at $2.4 billion and wheat at $2.3 billion. | FILE PHOTO

of lentil prices in some cases,” said Potts. It explains why lentils outperformed canola despite much lower export volumes. The province

shipped 2.7 million tonnes of lentils compared to 4.5 million tonnes of canola. Lentil prices are up because of poor pulse harvests in India, where

monsoon rains have been disappointing. Saskatchewan lentil exports to India amounted to $961 million in 2015, which is nearly double the $522 million in pea business to that country. Potts said it is an “interesting coincidence” that Saskatchewan announced lentils were the province’s top agri-food export in the same year that the pulse industry is celebrating International Year of Pulses. “It’s kind of exciting that all of that is sort of aligning in 2016,” he said. Saskatchewan agriculture minister Lyle Stewart said the province managed to exceed its 2020 target of $15 billion in agri-food exports five years ahead of schedule. “It’s really phenomenal, and our producers, our farmers and ranchers and agribusinesses as well, deserve a heck of a lot of credit for this,” he said during a media interview. Saskatchewan sold $15.1 billion worth of agri-food products in 2015. The top three customers were the United States, accounting for $4 billion of sales, China at $2.4 billion and India at $1.5 billion. It was the fifth straight year of record agri-food exports. “Agriculture is certainly carrying its weight in supporting the economy of this province right now,” said Stewart. Crops and their components took the top seven spots on the list of agri-food exports. Live cattle

exports ranked eighth with $499 million in sales. “It was a little bit of a surprise, even to me, that last year was our second largest crop on record,” he said. It’s because the 2015-16 crop year started out bone dry, which also may have contributed to lentils’ surprisingly strong performance. “Lentils do a little better in dry conditions than most crops do, and they certainly had it last year in the majority of the lentil production zone in the province,” he said. There are concerns that producers may over-produce lentils this year and drive down prices, but Potts doesn’t think it will happen. Most people in the pulse trade believe Canadian growers will plant 4.5 to five million acres of lentils, which would be a 14 to 27 percent increase from last year. “I’m not expecting that those supplies will be burdensome, especially with the expectation of strong export sales,” he said. “I understand there has been a lot of forward sales being made by exporters.” Green lentil supply will continue to be tight. There is a little more concern about red lentil supply, but India’s rabi (winter) crop is getting off to another rough start, which means there should be continued strong demand from that country. sean.pratt@producer.com

FARM INCOME However, last month crude was trading between $30 and $35 per barrel. “While we are still a few months away from the growing season when fuel usage is the heaviest, if these price levels persist throughout the year, producers could see at least a further half billion dollars in fuel cost savings in 2016 on top of the approximately half billion they saved in 2015,” he said. Farmers grew 83.9 million tonnes of grains and oilseeds last year, the second highest on record, after a dr y start to the season led to drought concerns. Myer said there were pockets where drought persisted, but overall the season resulted in a two percent increase in farm cash receipts for crops and a total $30.7 billion. “The strong production from the 2015 growing season will support marketings during the first half of 2016, resulting in farm cash receipts for crops being unchanged from 2015,” he said. Total livestock receipts will increase by two percent in 2015 to $26.2 billion and drop slightly in 2016. Cattle receipts in 2015 are expected to be 14 percent higher than 2014, at $11 billion, and weaken by four percent this year as the results of herd expansion come into effect Still, the industry will stay profitable, Myer said. The hog sector will likely see a 20

IN 2016, THE AVERAGE FARM FAMILY INCOME IS EXPECTED TO BE

percent decline in farm cash receipts for 2015 as U.S. producers recover form the porcine epidemic diarrhea outbreak and increase supplies. Receipts will be $4 billion. The sector’s farm cash receipts will drop by one percent this year, the forecast shows. Program payments to producers will decline in 2015 to $2.1 billion because most sectors have been performing well. Total payments are projected to increase by 18 percent this year, mainly through higher AgriStability payments for income shortfalls on hog farms and the effects of drought in parts of the Prairies. Myer said the value of farm assets and the amount of farm debt are going up, but asset values are climbing more quickly, leading to an increase in the overall net worth of Canadian farmers. Net worth in 2016 is expected to reach an average of $2.7 million per farm. karen.briere@producer.com

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XL Foods to pay $4 million over recall Those who became ill after eating beef tainted with E. coli can make a claim up to $500,000 BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

A $4 million settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against XL Foods, which was involved in the largest food recall in Canadian history. The recall was issued after E. coli 0157:H07 was detected in beef processed at the plant near Brooks, Alta., in late August of 2012. The settlement resolves the litigation, and XL Foods does not admit wrongdoing or liability. The Alberta court approved the settlement and a protocol for distribution of the settlement funds. The legal firms of Siskinds LLP of London, Ont., James H. Brown and Associates of Edmonton and D’Arcy & Deacon LLP of Calgary launched the class action. The firms will be paid $1.285 million and disbursements of $100,000 and applicable taxes. Anyone in Canada or the United States who bought and/or ate recalled XL beef or who bought beef that could not be positively identified as recalled XL beef are eligible to claim settlement benefits. No proof of purchase is required in consumer class action suits of this type, although claimants who do not have receipts can apply for only a maximum of $25 each, said lawyer Daniel Bach of Siskinds LLP. “The goal is to get the money into the hands of those who have valid claims,” he said. Those with proof of purchase will receive the full amount of their purchases. Those who ate the beef and became ill but do not have medical records can make a claim up to $500,000. The recalled beef was processed at the Brooks facility between Aug. 24 and Sept. 5. Unidentified beef covers products bought for private consumption between Aug. 24 and Oct. 21. Leftover money will be donated to Food Banks of Canada and Feeding America, which support U.S. food banks. Claim forms can be found at www. xlbeefclassaction.com and must be submitted by Aug. 17. More information about the settlement, the distribution of settlement funds and the claims process can be found online at www.xlbeefclassaction. com or by calling the claims administrator at 800-951-3201. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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CANOLA RESEARCH

Protein research could boost canola Alberta researcher looks at improving pollination rates by tweaking protein BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

The discovery of a canola protein that plays a major role in pollination could lead to higher-yielding crops and improved hybrid breeding programs. Marcus Samuel, associate professor in the University of Calgary’s biological sciences department, said the discovery of glyoxalase (GLO1) could have far-reaching implications. Forty-five percent of the flowers on a canola plant typically set seed. “If we understand pollination, we can actually improve that percentage,” he said. The GLO1 protein is such an important player in the pollination process that adding more of it could result in improved seed production. “If we got 60 percent of the flowers to set seeds, that would be an awesome advantage in the industry,” said Samuel. One theory is that the levels of the GLO1 protein in the plant are reduced as flowers age. The flowers would set more seed if scientists could prevent that from happening. “That would be a tremendous improvement in yield,” Samuel said. It would be a way for farmers to increase canola production without adding more acres. The pollination project has another two years of federal government funding before it runs out. Samuel hopes farm groups will see the value in funding continued research into how the newly dis-

MARCUS SAMUEL UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY

covered molecular pathway can be exploited to improve canola yields. The research also has implications for hybrid canola breeding programs. Flowering plants are typically out-crossers that are incapable of accepting their own pollen, but canola is an exception. It has evolved to gain the ability to selffertilize. The characteristic creates problems for hybrid breeders who want canola plants that reject their own pollen but are open for cross-pollination because that is what boosts hybrid vigour. Breeders use either labour intensive male sterility techniques or an enzyme that kills off all the antlers on the male plants to get rid of the pollen. “What we are looking for is, is there a better way to do this?” said Samuel. He believes the GLO1 protein could provide the answer. Turning off the protein shuts off all the things that are necessary for pollen to stick on the female tissues of the plant. “When this protein is destroyed,

Only 45 percent of the flowers on a canola plant typically set seed but new research may improve that number. | FILE PHOTO pollination doesn’t happen,” he said. Manipulating the protein could give hybrid canola breeders a nongenetically modified way to turn off canola’s ability to self-pollinate and self-fertilize. “If we can do it without any transgenics, that would be better than what’s available out there right now,” said Samuel. The canola pollination research, which was published in the Nature Plants journal, has not generated interest from seed technology companies because it is still uncertain how the protein can be used to boost yields and streamline the hybrid breeding process. However, another one of Samuel’s canola research projects has attracted attention from the business community. He discovered a gene regulatory

network in arabidopsis, a close relative of canola, that prevents green seed damage caused by frost, which is the biggest downgrading factor in canola. Samuele was able to transform a normal arabidopsis plant to overexpress the de-greening factor and has recently used the same technique on canola. “It is working beautifully. I’m pretty happy with that.” T h e re s e a rc h a t t ra c t e d t h e attention of Siniazo Biotech from Ottawa. “They’ve taken it up, and they’re talking to Monsanto and Bayer regarding this,” he said. Samuel has also done drought tolerance work on Arabidopsis, which is ready to be transferred to canola. sean.pratt@producer.com

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New crop durum prices likely to fall The forecast for global supply of the crop is ample, even with the important North Africa region facing drought BY SEAN PRATT

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Durum is fetching a healthy premium over spring wheat, but the premium is about to narrow, according to two experts. “Don’t store your durum into the new crop year because you’re going to get a lower price once we get into new crop,” said Jerry Klassen, manager of the Canadian office of Swiss-based GAP SA Grains and Products. He also advised growers to “jump all over” new crop prices once they become available at the local elevator. “(Farmers) are going to have a limited window of opportunity to take advantage of the old price structure in new crop positions,” he said. The cash price difference between No. 1 Canada Western Amber Durum and No. 1 Canada Western Red Spring wheat was $82 per tonne in southeastern Saskatchewan late last week, or $2.24 a bushel. Klassen believes there is a good chance the premium will shrink to $1 per bu. as new crop starts hitting the market this summer. “The Canadian farmer has been thinking that we’re going to get a price rally like we saw two years ago,” he said. “There is no rally. It’s not coming.” That is because there is no shortage of supply on the horizon. Mexico is expected to have 1.1 million tonnes of exportable surplus,

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Blake Nelson of Webb, Sask., dumps his tandum load of durum at Southwest Terminal near Gull Lake, Sask. Prices for the crop aren’t expected to get any better as the year progresses. | WILLIAM DEKAY PHOTO which will start hitting the market in June with 250,000 tonnes sold per month through September.

Growers in the European Union increased the region’s durum crop by 500,000 acres. Strategie Grains is

forecasting 8.6 million tonnes of EU production, up six percent from last year. Exports from France and Italy will hit the market in June and July, followed by U.S. durum. “Once we get into May, the market is dealing with harvest pressure for the next six months,” said Klassen. Jim Peterson, marketing director for the North Dakota Wheat Commission, agreed that lower prices are on the horizon. “I’m on the same wavelength (Klassen) is, that we’re going to see that premium narrow, not from spring wheat (prices) increasing significantly but just continued pressure on durum,” he said. Durum carryout is on the rise in both Canada and the U.S. with Canadian carry out forecast at 1.1 million tonnes, up from 956,000 tonnes last year while U.S. carryout is forecast at 915,623 tonnes, up from 698,421 tonnes. Also, acres will likely be up in both countries as durum steals land from spring wheat, which is floundering south of the border because of slow exports. “I know our durum seed sales are certainly doing better than our spring wheat sales,” said Peterson. There will be a cap on how many more acres will go in the ground because a lot of farmers in durum

country will also be planting more peas and lentils due to the strong price performance of those two crops. He said any problems that develop with the winter wheat crops in the U.S. or Russia could support spring wheat prices and make the crop more competitive with durum. It also appears that El Nino could result in an early spring, which could lead to increased spring wheat acres. However, it appears durum acres will be up because growers had respectable yields last year, there were not many quality disc o u nt s a n d t h e re ha s b e e n a handsome premium over spring wheat. Another bearish factor is that world durum trade has been down in 2015-16, and Peterson is not optimistic about it rebounding in 2016-17 because plummeting oil revenues have hurt Algeria’s economy. Canada’s durum export program started out awful but has been picking up steam. At one point, exports were more than 500,000 tonnes below the previous year’s pace. Now they are less than 200,000 tonnes behind. Peterson said farmers should keep a close eye on North Africa, where it has been dry in Morocco and portions of Algeria. That important production and consumption region could have a short crop if it does not receive rain during the critical April period. Klassen said farmers shouldn’t get too excited about prospects of a small North African crop. “North African demand is about the same every year regardless of their crop size because their crop is low quality,” he said. sean.pratt@producer.com

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Ag troubles to keep India as major Canadian pulse exporter Freelance writer Delaney Seiferling attended a major pulse meeting in Japipur, India, and field this report. Canadian pulse exports to India have increased over the past two years because of a decline in the Asian country’s domestic production. India had taken 53 percent of Canada’s red lentil exports and 25 percent of its green lentil exports in the first five months of the crop year, according to Statistics Canada. It took 51 percent of its pea exports. G. Chandrashekhar, economic

adviser to the Indian Merchants Chamber and former commodities editor of the Hindu Business Line, said the gap between the country’s production and consumption will continue to increase unless it addresses the short- and long-term issues at play within its broken agriculture system, which isn’t likely to happen soon. “This is precisely the problem India is facing,” Chandrashekhar said. “On the one hand, there are rising incomes, an expanding population and rising demand, but on the other hand, production is behind over two successive years by two

million tonnes each year.” The market stagnation in Indian pulses over the past four years has been blamed on weather, currency volatility, agronomic problems and government regulations. The Indian government issued stock limits on pulses in September to combat rising prices and pulse hoarding, a move that was heavily scrutinized by the pulse trade. “It doesn’t matter what government it is, whether it’s the Australian, Canadian or Indian, when there is no evidence of market failure, government should stay out of the supply chain,” said a trade member during the Pulses Con-

clave conference in Jaipur, India, last week. “In India, there wasn’t evidence of market failure because the supply of goods to the market was sound, in that goods were efficiently making their way to consumers.” However, Chandrashekhar said broader, fundamental problems associated with India’s agriculture system are underlying the shorterterm issues, including fragmented landholding, a lack of irrigation, inadequate water supply, a lack of rural infrastructure, susceptibility to pests and diseases, inadequate capacity for growers to manage market volatility and a low level of

input use. He said seeding rates in India are eight kilograms per acre, less than half the Canadian average. “Seed rates are low because this is what the growers are used to,” he said. A mass-scale, government-instituted educational program would be necessary to change these practices, he added. The country will face additional concerns over changes in weather patterns, a growing population and perhaps most significantly, land constraint. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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Exports eat through wheat, canola stocks The weak loonie is considered to be the main reason for the brisk movement of canola to overseas markets BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Canadian farmers are moving their crops at a breakneck pace, blowing past the rate of recent years. Producers delivered almost 10 million tonnes of wheat, excluding durum, between Aug. 1 and Jan. 31, according to the Canadian Grain Commission. Wheat exports were listed at 8.3 million tonnes in the same period, up from 8.1 million tonnes the previous year and well above the fiveyear average 6.8 million tonnes. Canola is also moving briskly. E xpor ts dur ing the first six months of the crop year were 4.8 million tonnes, up from 4.2 million last year and well above the fiveyear average of 3.7 million tonnes. Domestic canola consumption in the same period was nearly 4.1 million tonnes, up 12 percent. To feed this demand, Canadian producers delivered more than nine million tonnes of canola in the first half of the crop year, also up 12 percent from the same time last year. Durum exports were 2.33 million tonnes, down from 2.72 million tonnes in the same period last year but still on par with the five-year average. Rapid disappearance of Canadian canola supply is the result of several factors, most notably a weak Canadian dollar relative to other currencies. “Chinese demand has been decent. It’s been good,” said Derek Squair, president of Agri-Trend Marketing. “The dollar is really helping as well, so both of those factors are helping a lot.”

Squair said the usual markets of China, Pakistan, Mexico and the United States have driven foreign demand for Canadian canola. Demand for oil as opposed to meal is another factor. “The oil market is really driving the market more than meal, so we are seeing a little bit more canola than soybeans going into the crushing markets because of the higher oil to meal ratio, he said.” Domestic consumption numbers are also strong this year, largely because of improved crush margins and additional crush capacity that has come online at Camrose and in Eastern Canada. Steady disappearance could result in ending stocks that are slightly tighter than previously projected. “We’re ahead of schedule here in the export side, so the demand’s been stronger than what we’ve seen for the last couple of years,” Squair said. “We also feel that Statistics Canada’s (production) numbers are high at 17 million plus tonnes.… We’re thinking it’s more like 15.7 or 15.8 million. Our projections are a little bit lower than theirs, so our supply and demand numbers are obviously a lot tighter.” Agriculture Canada on Feb. 16 forecast year end stocks at 1.75 million tonnes, down from 2.3 million the previous year. Agri-Trend’s projection for the year is closer to 1.5 million. “We’re feeling that by the end of the year, we should see some tightening of stocks: nothing too (significant) but a lot tighter than what we’ve seen over the past two years,” he said. Brisk wheat exports in the first half of the crop year are the result of

» CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE “India has 16 percent of the world’s population but only four percent of the world’s land resources,” Chandrashekhar said. “And God does not make land anymore.” The Indian agriculture department estimates pulse production for 2015-16 at 17.33 million tonnes, which is slightly higher than last year’s production of 17.15 million. Some members of the Indian pulse trade are skeptical of the accuracy of these numbers, estimating they are at least two to three million tonnes too high.

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Jonathon Driedger of FarmLink Marketing Solutions said western Canadian growers should keep a

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DELIVERIES BRISK Producer deliveries of traditional major crops* in the first six months of the crop year are near record highs. Total deliveries of lentils and peas are at record highs, but are not fully accounted for in Grain Commission bulk handling statistics and so are not included. Deliveries to the end of week 26, million tonnes 2011-12

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the low Canadian dollar, slow movement of U.S. stocks, a fluid Canadian rail transportation system, record low ocean freight rates and increased competition in the Canadian grain handling sector. “When it comes to wheat, I think we’ve done a very god job of moving our crop in the past few years,” said Cam Dahl, president of Cereals Canada. “Our carryouts are quite low, and they’re going to be quite good in comparison with the U.S.,” Dahl said. Canada’s ending stocks of wheat will drop nearly 3.1 million tonnes this year. “That represents a really significant opportunity for producers to move their product and get a return,” Dahl said. brian.cross@producer.com few things in mind when making seeding plans this year. “There’s no question that India will import an enormous amount of pulses again next crop year,” he said. “The question will be how much they actually need to purchase, and that’s hard to say until we have a better understanding of exactly how big their crop is and the quality of it.” Lentil acres are expected to increase in Canada this year. Agriculture Canada reported it at

Jordan Braun, a work placement student from Leader, Sask., opens and closes car lids after they are filled with durum at the G3 Terminal near Leader, Sask. Prairie grain exports are booming this year. | WILLIAM DEKAY PHOTO

4.4 million acres, while Driedger said he has heard speculation as high as 5.5 million acres. However, he thinks 4.7 million acres is a more accurate estimate with 3.3 million acres of that slotted to red. He said many prairie growers tell him they are planning to grow reds for the first time or push their pulse rotations, which means a possible compromise in quality. Pea acreage is also expected to increase this year. Driedger esti-

mates four million acres, while Agriculture Canada estimates 4.2 million acres. Driedger advises growers to lock in at least some early bids. “Prices have certainly backed off from what they had been, but anytime you anticipate a large increase in production, having at least some sold is probably a wise idea given that even after holdback, returns are still pretty attractive if growers get a reasonable yield,” he said.

Canada ranks No. 1 in world lentil production at 1.53 million tonnes, equalling 34.8 percent of the global total. | Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, UN 2014

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Watch for wild cards when hedging market risks Set-up

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ED WHITE

ere’s a good example of how a professional risk management specialist looks into a key window. It’s a way to see the mental mathematics you need to be master of if you want to adequately address your market risk in any commodity.

The fourth quarter of each year brings unique risk in hog markets. It’s when prices can collapse, as happened in 1998, when the price of market hogs fell to almost zero for a few weeks. This happens when hogs going to market exceed, even slightly, packer capacity. It happens because of a combination of fewer days of slaughter due to holidays and increasing number and size of hogs going to market due to cooler weather in the fall. It’s not a problem most years because of lots of excess packer capacity, but in years near the end of the hog cycle, when market hog numbers are swelling, the numbers going to slaughter can approach packers’

capacity. Producers become desperate to sell their pigs once packers hit capacity and an on-farm excess develops because they literally do not have the barn space to keep the animals. Many will sell for whatever price they can get, even if that is far below cost of production. Situation North American packers could hit capacity this fall, fears Tyler Fulton of Hams Marketing. The industry will be on the verge of price collapse danger if today’s capacity is 2.45 to 2.46 million hogs per week and hog deliveries hit 2.4 million for a few weeks in a row.

As an example of what can happen in a particular market, prices can collapse when hog supply exceeds packer capacity. | FILE PHOTO Most likely

Possible

The most likely situation is capacity being pressed but not exceeded, creating a decline in futures prices to around $55 per hundredweight.

However, it’s possible that something might cause pig supplies to exceed packer capacity, creating a “50 to 60 percent drop in price, or all of it, like ’98.” Fulton pegs this possibility at 25 percent, which is the most it has been since 1998. Wild card There has been lots of chatter about an unexpected drop in hog numbers in the next few months because of problems with a semen extender that reduced farrowings in herds across North America a few months ago. If that suspected supply slip materializes, prices could rise this spring and summer. Response

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How does a producer respond to this mix of most likely and possible outcomes in the light of a wild card sitting there on the table? Few hog producers hedge prices eight to 10 months ahead of sales because hogs take only a few months from farrowing to slaughter weight. Few are likely to want to lock in prices far ahead for pigs not born yet. However, Fulton said Hams has a contract that allows year-out hedging, which producers should consider for some future production because the risk this year is greater than usual. They should also keep a keen eye on how the hog market develops in coming weeks and into late spring. If supply becomes short, cash prices would likely rise. However, producers shouldn’t assume they are free from fourth quarter risk if prices rise into spring and early summer. If the shortfall disappears and capacity gets pushed, “the price will plummet and the pricing opportunity will just disintegrate,” Fulton said. A spring or summer rally would be a good opportunity to price for the fourth quarter. Producers should be able to hedge their production before anything worrisome or catastrophic develops by understanding the situation, knowing the most likely outcome and being aware of the significant possibility of a much more severe development. This is a good example of how producers need to think about hedging. It’s not just the most likely scenario that they need to be prepared for. They also need to take into account significant risks when developing a hedging strategy. ed.white@producer.com-

MARKETS CANFAX REPORT FED MARKET LOWER The week’s cash offering was too small to establish price trends, but the general market tone for fed steers was around $1.50 per hundredweight lower. Light dressed trade was reported midweek at $286 delivered, which was in line with the lower end of the previous week’s trade. Trade was at $290 later in the week. Delivery dates were four to five weeks out. The cash-to-futures basis appeared to soften about $2, which put it modestly weaker than the long-term average. Weekly western Canadian fed slaughter for the short holiday week ending Feb. 13 fell 13 percent to 23,818 head. Weekly fed exports to Feb. 6 rose nine percent to 6,610 head. Exports are up 48 percent for the year. Feedlots generally remain current. Forward pricing opportunities are improving, which could moderate the cash offering in coming weeks. Cattle trade was sluggish in the United States with business developing only at the end of the week Dressed sales in the northern U.S. were $3-$5 per cwt. higher with most trade at $208-$210.

COW PRICES UP D1, D2 cows ranged $100-$114 to average $107.07, up 67 cents. D3 cows ranged $85-$104 to average $95.40. Rail grade cows ranged $206$211. Western Canadian cow slaughter for the first two weeks of February was six percent larger than 2015. The bigger kills were accompanied by larger carcass weights at a record 823 pounds, which was 90 lb. larger than the same time last year. The market is working through the tail end of the cows placed on feed in the fall. Non-fed supplies should start to seasonally decline, but slaughter volumes will likely stay above year ago levels.

FEEDERS WEAK Steers and heifers weighing more

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than 800 lb. traded $6-$8 lower and challenged the low prices of midDecember. Over the past seven weeks, 850 lb. steer prices declined 13 percent, the largest drop of the past decade. It was only early February when 850 lb. cash-to-futures basis levels were at a premium to the nearby feeder contract. Basis levels are now weaker than the five year average. Seasonally, more heifers should become ready for market. Many producers marketed their steers last fall and seemed willing to carry females into 2016. Producers are now culling herds and finalizing seed stock females. However, heifer volumes appeared moderate over the past six weeks, and it’s surprising how many steers continue to come forward. One-owner cattle that would normally be finished out, as well as some calves and light stockers that would traditionally be turned onto grass, are instead being sold on the cash market. Bred cows sold at $1,700-$2,700, and bred heifers were $1,800$3,025.

U.S. BEEF LOWER U. S. C h o i c e c u t o u t w a s US$213.39, down $1.57, and Select was $209.27, down $3.03. Beef demand remains sluggish, but reduced slaughter could support prices. Canadian boxed beef prices for the week ending Feb. 6 traded mixed with AAA down C$10.36 per cwt. at $288.86 and AA up $1.02 at $288.04. The AAA-AA spread sharply narrowed to 82 cents per cwt. from $12.20 the previous week.

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year at the same time.

U.S. producers sent hogs to market on schedule, and packers were enjoying attractive operating margins. Dealers are monitoring wholesale pork sales, which could struggle after end users buy most of the hams that are needed for Easter March 27. However, this spring’s U.S. hog supply could be tighter as the grilling season begins, supporting prices. Iowa-southern Minnesota hogs delivered were US$46.50-$48.50 per hundredweight Feb. 19, almost steady with $46.50-$48 Feb. 12. U.S. hogs averaged $62.50 on a carcass basis Feb. 12, down from $63.31 Feb. 12. The U.S. pork cutout was $74.63 per cwt. Feb. 19, down from $76.08 Feb 12. 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. 20 was 2.294 million, up from 2.281 million the previous week. Slaughter was 2.274 million last

BISON STRONG 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. U.S. buyers are offering up to US$4.35 with returns dependent on exchange rates, quality and export costs. Grade A heifers sold up to C$5.75. American buyers are offering US$4.10. Animals outside the desirable buyer specifications may be discounted.

Fixing oil glut would lift loonie, depress Canadian crop prices MARKET WATCH

D’ARCE McMILLAN

’ve written a fair amount recently on my assessment that stocks of wheat and canola could get fairly tight in Canada by the end of the crop year. Normally, that would support crop prices, but with the volatility of the value of the Canadian dollar, we have another factor to consider. Currency fluctuations take on a higher profile now that the market appears to have a consensus that global crop supply is ample to demand for the rest of current crop year. In the Feb. 11 Western Producer, reporter Brian Cross had a story quoting analysts John DePutter and Errol Anderson, who drew attention to the opportunities created by the weak loonie and the risk of a rally in the currency. Reading their analysis, the adage “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” came to mind. The weak loonie is a gift for Canadian crop prices, so take advantage of it because it might not stay this low forever. Since the story was written, the loonie has gained about three quarters of a cent. Now, with North American oil companies steeply cutting their drilling activities and with members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia talking about capping production, there is potential for a modest recovery in oil prices this year. It is all tentative, but if oil rallies further, then the Canadian dollar also has the potential to rise, although no one is talking about a return to US80 cents. The loonie has already advanced four to five cents, or six percent, from mid-January when it briefly flirted with a low of 68 cents. In the same period, Brent crude oil recovered about $6.75 a barrel, or 24 percent, from its mid-January low of $28. The recovery from rock bottom oil prices supported the loonie, as did the growing market attitude that the U.S. Federal Reser ve would take a go-slow approach to raising interest rates in recognition of the uncertain effects of a plunging stock market and slow-

ing China growth. That moderated previous concerns that the Fed might raise rates aggressively. The rising loonie since mid-January contributed a lot to the drop of about $20 a tonne in the March canola futures. There is much uncertainty about crude oil prices. Saudi Arabia and fellow OPEC members Qatar and Venezuela agreed with Russia last week to freeze production at January levels, which were high. However, Iraq, another OPEC member, has just been freed from international sanctions and wants to raise production to win back market share. The secretary general of OPEC said producers might be open to other steps to reduce the global supply glut and was willing to talk with the U.S. It is good that these major exporters are finally talking about the supply glut, but there is no plan to

really start reducing the surplus. If the talks fall apart, then there is the risk that oil could again fall below $30, and instead of preparing for a stronger loonie, we might see it fall below 70 cents again. Currenc y fluctuation could dominate crop price movement in Canada for another month or two until spring arrives and we see if weather issues, such as a potential quick shift from an El Nino to a La Nina, will challenge winter crops as they come out of dormancy or prevent seeding of the spring crop in the Northern Hemisphere. There are a few potential production issues out there, such as drought in India and North Africa and late winter stresses in Russia and Ukraine, but most in the trade are fixated on the current comfortable crop supply. Follow D’Arce McMillan on Twitter @darcemcmillan.

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CRAIG’S VIEW

GOVERNMENT SPENDING

Federal infrastructure fund not for oil well cleanup

askatchewan premier Brad Wall is correct to make cleanup of abandoned oil wells a priority, but his request to get federal funding to speed up the job is off base. His heart is in the right place. He sees abandoned well clean up as a worthy make-work project for jobless oil industry employees and is asking for $156 million. Farmers are interested in this issue because so many oil and gas wells are on agricultural land. Deteriorating abandoned wells threaten to contaminate their groundwater. But with the economy in the doldrums and the government in Ottawa running a deficit, any special federal spending should be targeted at projects that will pay future dividends. In the recent federal election, a plurality of Canadians accepted the Liberal party’s surprising plan to run deficits. With interest rates low, Canadians could see value in spending to expand the economy, create jobs and improve quality of life. Projects that eliminate transportation bottlenecks, ease movement of goods and people, foster introduction of new technology and train workers for new jobs are attractive investment targets. But government borrowing can only go so far before it creates more problems than benefits. Lines must be drawn and priorities set. And helping an industry clean up self-generated problems is a step past that line. Orphaned, abandoned wells didn’t suddenly appear because of the crash in oil prices. They are a long-term problem created by industry and government inaction. The solution must be addressed through

improved industry commitment and more robust regulation. Companies in the oil industry contribute to funds that clean up well sites that are abandoned and orphaned because the owner company has gone out of business, but allocations to the funds are inadequate. The situation in Alberta is similar to Saskatchewan, only much larger in scope, with many thousands of wells inactive for more than a decade and due for reclamation. With energy industry profits eliminated by $30 a barrel oil, the sector currently has little capacity to address the problem. Indeed, increased bankruptcies in the industry mean more inactive wells are being abandoned. In such situations it can make it hard to enforce polluter-pay principles. But few things make people more angry than companies that reap windfall profits in good times and then in bad times walk away from the environmental problems they have created, leaving the taxpayer to foot the clean-up bill. Oil prices will eventually return to profitable levels so policy must be put in place now to ensure than when they do, adequate funds are generated from the industry to fix this problem. Also, more oversight is needed to ensure that wells not formally abandoned but in limbo and unlikely to ever produce again, are reclaimed in a timely manner. In seeking to give work to laid off energy workers we must not set a precedent for taxpayers footing industry liabilities.

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First Liberal budget should raise Canadians’ eyebrows CAPITAL LETTERS

KELSEY JOHNSON

inance minister Bill Morneau is expected to present his first budget to Canadians March 22, but the Liberal government’s first official fiscal accounting comes at a price — an expected near $20 billon deficit. The rookie minister made the announcement Feb. 22 during a news conference in Ottawa and reassured Canadians who might be worried about the economy. Many people have been hard hit by a stunning slump in oil prices, hovering around $30 a barrel. The finance minister said March’s budget will be calculated based on oil prices averaging at $41 a barrel in 2016-17. Manufacturing has stalled and

the economy continues to lose jobs. While Canadian exporters have started to benefit from a weak loonie, rising food prices have pushed Canadian inflation to two percent, the highest since 2014. The current economic climate, Morneau said, means the Liberals’ projected deficit w ill be nearly two times higher than the $10 billion promised on the campaign trail. “There’s no question the times are tough right now for many Canadians across the country, and in that situation a less-ambitious government might see these conditions as a reason to hide, to make cuts or to be overly cautious,” Morneau said. “But our government believes strongly that the economic downturn makes our plan to grow the economy even more relevant than it was a few short months ago.” Word of the budget comes as the House of Commons finance committee holds marathon meetings with stakeholders over what they

would like to see in the March budget. Morneau is scheduled to testify at committee on Feb. 23. Among the agriculture stakeholders called to testify so far are the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance. At a hearing Feb. 16, Canadian Cattlemen’s Association executive vice-president Denis Laycraft called on the federal government to fully fund the Agriculture Market Access Secretariat “so it can carry out its important work in paving the way for Canadian agri-food exports.” The Agriculture Market Access Secretariat was formed in 2009 by then agriculture minister Gerry Ritz. Its aim is to provide a single access point to federal resources aimed at reducing global trade barriers and improving Canadian trade opportunities. Better funding for food inspection, research and environmental stewardship would also be welcomed, Laycraft said. While much of the federal funding for agriculture is awarded in

five-year increments via the various Growing Forward agreements, the Liberal election platform included a handful of agriculture specific funding commitments, some of which are likely to make it into the budget. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency would be given $80 million over four years “for more food safety inspections of domestic and imported foods.” The Liberals have also promised $160 million in funding over four years for an agri-food value-added fund. Few details have been given on the fund, what its purpose would be or how it would work. The Liberals also have given no indication as to how they plan to handle ongoing labour problems, in which worker shortages have forced processors to cut back on value-added processing. A $100 million investment over four years for agriculture research rounded out the Liberal agriculture platform. But the pitfalls and funding shortfalls in Canada’s agriculture

s y s t e m g o b e y o n d t h e t h re e promises made in the Liberals platform. Investments in infrastructure — from replacing Canada’s aging grain hopper car fleet to expanding Canadian ports — are long overdue. The Liberals have promised to spend an additional $60 billion on infrastructure over the next decade, of which $5.1 billion to be handed out during the coming fiscal year. The government has promised to be flexible on how the money will be awarded, and said the money will be spread equally to public transit projects, green infrastructure like wastewater facilities, and social infrastructure like affordable housing. Still, it’s unclear where rural or sector based infrastructure projects will fit. Hopefully, all will become more clear in March. Kelsey Johnson is a reporter with iPolitics, www.ipolitics.ca.

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FARM WORKERS

Pipelines are too important to ignore

P.E.I. shows how to enact a safety law

HENRY HEALD

he debate over pipelines is in serious need of a heavy dose of common sense. Farmers, like the First Nations people, have to be fully involved in debate. Moving oil and gas long distances is a necessity in an area as large as North America. Pipelines are clearly the best option. It is true they are disruptive during the construction phase and for a time afterwards. Farmers need to be compensated for the damage to soil until it can be returned tor full fertility. Plus compensation for rights of way that need to be maintained on a permanent basis for service and maintenance. But when you put that alongside the cost of railways and highways and the disruption off trains and trucks, pipelines come out a clear winner by a long shot. Animals, both domestic and wild can graze freely over a pipeline. Check the ditches along any rail line or major highway and you soon see how many animals fall victim to our modern transportation systems. Roads and railways must run through urban areas because of the other services they provide. Pipelines can cross hundreds of miles of wilderness. First Nations people, like farmers, have a legitimate concern about the disruption of pipelines across traditional lands. But those concerns have been exacerbated by the failure of politicians and industry to involve

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Farmers must be properly compensated for oil and gas pipelines on their land, but pipelines are a better option than shipping the product by road or rail. | FILE PHOTO them in route planning as well as failure to include them in the employment available in the building and the maintenance of the infrastructure. Reports of pipeline leaks going undetected for days and weeks could easily be avoided if the First Nations and farmers are fully involved in the maintenance. The worst possible pipeline break

could never cause a catastrophe like Lac Megantic. First Nations people concern about the pressure put on politicians to approve the demands of industry are understandable. They have been cheated and ignored and lied to for so long. And it is still going on. Two years to build a 25 kilometre road so a First Nation can finally get

clean water after 18 years of having to boil water? What nonsense. If General Motors or IBM needed a 25 km road to service a new plant it would be built in six months. Henry F. Heald is an Ottawa based freelance journalist specializing in agriculture and international development.

AGRICULTURE PREDICTIONS

A look at income numbers by sector tells tale HURSH ON AG

KEVIN HURSH

here are huge differences in how agriculture is performing financially between sectors and from one province to another. Agriculture Canada has released its 2016 Canadian Agricultural Outlook, and overall it puts a positive spin on farm income levels. The macro numbers will be widely reported, and there aren’t many surprises. However, delving into the numbers at a more detailed level provides interesting insights. The average grain and oilseed farm in Canada had receipts of $358,000 in 2015, while program payments such as crop insurance, AgriStability and AgriInvest were nearly $20,000 per farm. After

expenses, net operating income was nearly $99,000 for the average grain farm. For perhaps the first time ever, the average cattle operation had farm receipts exceeding those of grain operations: $370,000. However, program payments were much lower at just $5,000, and net operating income less than $36,000. This year’s net operating income f o r a n av e ra g e g ra i n f a r m i s expected to remain steady at $96,000, while the average cattle farm is expected to drop to $18,000 because of a reduction in receipts. The average hog farm has much higher market receipts, in the $2 million range, but net operating income is in a nosedive. Hog farms had a great year in 2014 with an average net operating income of $284,000 but declined to $65,000 in 2015. The projection for this year is a dismal $15,000, despite average program payments, mainly AgriStability, increasing to nearly $90,000 per farm. While hog farms show the largest average market receipts of any sec-

tor, average potato, greenhouse and poultry farms are consistently higher than $1 million in annual farm receipts. However, these enterprises have relatively steady net operating incomes. The average dairy farm has market receipts of $650,000 with net operating income consistently in the $150,000 range. Breaking the numbers down by province, about two-thirds of the $7.8 billion in Quebec farm receipts come from livestock with one-third coming from crops. Total net income for 2015 is projected at $832 million. In Ontario, the more than $12 billion in farm receipts is split almost equally between crops and livestock. Total farm income of $1.2 billion in 2015 is expected to decline to $518 million in 2016. Manitoba had nearly $5.9 billion in market receipts in 2015 with more than half coming from crops. Total net income is expected to decline from $901 million in 2015 to $473 million this year. Seventy-seven percent of Saskatchewan’s market receipts of

$13.3 billion came from crops in 2015. Total net income is expected to rise from $3.4 billion to $3.6 billion in 2016. In Alberta, total market receipts were $12.6 billion with a little more than half coming from livestock. Total net income was slightly less than $1 billion in 2015, and it’s expected to slip slightly to $900 million in 2016. B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a’s m a r k e t receipts of slightly more than $3 billion are split almost equally between crops and livestock. Total net income has often been a negative number, and for 2015 it’s minus $13 million. For 2016, it’s projected to be minus $71 million. Of all the provinces, Saskatchewan generated the highest net operating income per family in 2015 at $48,000. However, Alberta had the highest total family income at $175,000 on t h e s t re n g t h o f o t h e r f a m i l y income, which averaged $139,000.

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

t is interesting to watch the reaction in Prince Edward Island to the decision to include farms under the Workers Compensation Act by Jan. 1, 2017. There hasn’t been any. So far, at least. The announcement was just made Feb. 19, but as of the time of writing Feb. 22, there has been no outburst of ire from farmers as we saw in Alberta over Bill 6, known as the Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act. Granted, the changes under the Alberta NDP government go deeper, removing many exemptions for labour, workers compensation and safety regulations. Premier Rachel Notely was elected in October 2015, and before the year was out the legislature passed a law with no regulations enacting it, which left many farmers wondering about its effect on their life’s business. That haste — while admirable if you believe this law was due — generated such an unmitigated blowback by farmers (fanned by the opposition Wildrose party), that it created what Alberta Dairy blogger David Climenhaga called “Fuddites” — those who fanned the flames of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. In P.E.I., as far as I can see, there was no race to the microphone by the opposition parties after the WCB announcement. What was the difference? The process was more traditional. A legislative review in 2012 recommended farms be covered by the WCB. In 2014, the board, which is headed by longtime farmer Stuart Affleck, set up a committee to consult with islanders about how to bring farms under the act. Those consultations took a year and a half. Then, last February, Liberal premier Wade MacLaughlan succeeded Robert Ghiz. And now, a year later, plans are announced to bring farms under the WCB. This is the classic approach: float a trial balloon by a committee, let the idea stew in the public for a while, and given no FUD, start a process that again tests the public reaction through consultation. Then, finally, announce that it’s going to happen. Notely’s earnest approach got the law passed, but now consultations will take place amid an environment that things are a fait accompli, which is unlikely to bring farmer buy-in, much less grudging acceptance. brian.macleod@producer.com

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I read with interest the article in your Feb. 11 edition about black settlers in Alberta. I suspect that many do not know that there is a direct connection to Saskatchewan. My grandfather and grandmother and my mother and her siblings, who homesteaded near Gull Lake, Sask., used to travel to Junkins, Alta., which is now Wildwood, to work in the sawmills during the winter. Some of our Scandinavian relatives had left Gull Lake because of hard times and established logging

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t’s been nearly four years since the Canadian Wheat Board lost its single desk marketing powers, but recent news of a possible revival sparked a flurry of social media activity on The Western Producer’s website. Robert Arnason, one of our Manitoba reporters, wrote about a meet-

ing in Swan River, Man., Feb. 10 that saw a former CWB director, other board supporters and about 50 producers call upon the federal government to re-establish the CWB single desk. His story, posted to our site following the long weekend, sure got readers talking. “Don’t miss the CWB and never will,” wrote one reader named Tyler. “They must have bused in every NFU member in Western Canada for the meeting. In my part of the country, you wouldn’t get a soul to attend a CWB meeting,” wrote another reader named Bruce. While most of the comments tended to support the government’s decision to shutter the

CWB, that was not exclusively the case. “With the loss of the CWB and Stats Canada reporting a record $90 billion farm debt, rural Canada faces a perilous future,” wrote Brendan Sigurdson. One reader questioned the WP’s decision to even cover such a meeting. “50 producers eh? They should accurately represent the 80 to 90,000 of us farmers in Western Canada. Shoddy and lazy reporting on this story. I’m sure I could round up a few hundred that would love to never hear of the CWB again,” wrote a reader calling himself Dusty. For the record, Dusty, our news editor, Terry Fries, quarterbacks all

our news coverage, and it was in consultation with Arnason that the decision was made to cover this meeting. C ov e r i n g a g r i c u l t u re — a l l aspects of it — is what we do. That 50 people got together in a room and passed a motion on something that was once as important as the CWB is worthy of reporting. So, too, is the Liberal government’s comment issued the following week that it will not be revisiting this issue. Incidentally, the follow-up story containing the government’s comments, done by Regina reporter Karen Briere, was also a wildly popular read on our website and generated its own storm of commentary via readers on social media.

“The CWB may have had its time and place — when the horses pulled plows. Today marketing is at your fingertips. Get over it already,” said a reader who identified himself as Dayton. “Some farmers and their obsession with the CWB are similar to lovelorn people on the Dr. Phil show who send money to a romantic interest in Nigeria. When Dr. Phil shows them absolute proof it’s a scam ,they still believe,” wrote Stephen Daniels. No matter your position, I hope you’ll agree — it’s always better to report on these things and let the readers have their say than to never report them at all. paul.yanko@producer.com

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Pain hard to ID in prey animals Producers told not to assess the pain of their hogs based solely on what they look like BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

Just because a pig isn’t showing pain doesn’t mean it isn’t suffering. Farmers, truckers and pig handlers need to look beyond obvious signs of distress to assess how an injured animal is doing, veterinarian Max Popp of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency told the Manitoba Swine Seminar. “Animals are inclined to hide the pain as much as they can because they are a prey animal,” said Popp. Some pigs with injuries as severe as a broken leg can appear to be feeling fine. Pigs evolved as herd animals in constant danger of being attacked by predators. “It doesn’t want to be left behind so a predator comes and gets it.” Popp said some pigs shouldn’t be loaded onto a truck in the first place. Others that are injured during transport need to be dealt with before arriving at the slaughter plant. Immediate euthanasia might be necessary if injuries are bad enough, and the regulations require that the animals be taken to the nearest place where that can be done, such as a veterinary clinic in a town along the highway.

Truck travel is an unfamiliar and stressful event for pigs, so animals in poor health can become easily injured. Weak pigs are particularly vulnerable, so truckers and farmers need to be careful in not overstressing those animals. For instance, skinny pigs need more room than fat pigs because the weak pigs must lie down more than the full-sized ones. “Be diligent when you load,” said Popp. He had described himself as the “bad guy” and a “cop” during his presentation, but the hundreds of farmers, barn managers, barn staff and truckers in the audience showed no resistance to him or his message. He faced no hostile questions and received a rousing round of applause when he was finished. ed.white@producer.com

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Sask. rancher charged with theft, possession BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

A Saskatchewan rancher is facing criminal charges after police recovered more than a dozen pieces of farm machinery worth $1.2 million that had disappeared from rural residences and farm machinery dealerships in central Saskatchewan. Police say Iain Stables, 38, from the Donovan, Sask., area has been charged with 29 criminal code offences including 16 counts of possession of stolen property over $5,000, seven counts of theft over $5,000, five counts of theft of a motor vehicle and one count of break, enter and theft. A total of 16 machines were recovered at two locations in Saskatchewan, including five John Deere tractors, two balers, two John Deere Gators, two Dodge trucks, trailers, a mower and various other items. All but one of the machines was recovered in the Donovan area, about an hour’s drive southwest of Saskatoon. One tractor was located on a farm between Prince Alberta and Melfort Lead investigator in the case, const. William Groenen of the Saskatoon general investigation section, said police are gathering

information that could result in additional charges. “We’re still looking into the possibility of any proceeds of crime charges, so there’s still an ongoing investigation,” he said. “Now that the media release has been made public, there may be more information that comes to light so we’ll see if that produces anything that (warrants) charges.” Groenen said the investigation began when members of the public came forward with information about equipment that had gone missing from various locations in central Saskatchewan. The majority of the machinery that was recovered disappeared from farm machinery dealerships in Rosthern, Rosetown, Outlook, Biggar and Saskatoon. “The majority of it was from dealerships … and not from private residences,” said Groenen. St a b l e s i s d u e t o a p p e a r i n Saskatoon Provincial Court on April 14. Saskatoon RCMP led the investigat i o n w i t h a s s i s t a n c e f ro m Warman RCMP and the Saskatoon Police Service. Charges were laid after police executed a search warrant in the Rural Municipality of Montrose near Donovan, on Feb. 11. brian.cross@producer.com

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FARM EQUIPMENT

Ag equipment sales down sharply last year Sales of Saskatchewan-made implements fell to $765 million last year from $1.1 billion in 2014 BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Sales of farm equipment manufactured in Saskatchewan were down by 30 percent in 2015. That, combined with similar trends in the United States and elsewhere, is seen as another signal that farmers are less inclined to make major capital purchases in the face of global economic uncertainty, weak commodity markets, and weather-related concerns. Saskatchewan farm manufacturers account for roughly 23 percent of Canada’s annual farm machinery sales, according to figures supplied by the Saskatchewan Manufacturing Council. Sales of Saskatchewan-made implements fell to roughly $765 million last year, down significantly from the record $1.1 billion worth

of sales made in 2014. “There’s no question it is still quite a challenging marketplace, not only in terms of the Canadian market, but globally,” said Derek Lothian, the council’s executive director. “The United States hasn’t bounced back at quite the rate we though it would, and there’s still a tonne of used inventory our there, on the farm machinery side.” Political uncertainty in Eastern Europe has also taken a toll on export numbers, along with persistent drought conditions in Australia, another key market. “Sales (in eastern Europe) have recovered somewhat from the start of the year but it’s not nearly back to the levels that we were seeing preconflict, if you will,” Lothian said. “And Australia seems to be in a perennial drought, which has kind of dampened a lot of activity there

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as well.” Despite last year ’s decline, Lothian said Saskatchewan’s equipment manufacturing sector is in a good position. The 30 percent year-over-year reduction should be viewed a downward blip in an otherwise upward trending industry, he added. Sector sales are still up nearly 150

percent since 2000. “Not every year can be a record year,” he said. “If you look at the ag equipment sector as a whole (since 2000) we’ve had a period of phenomenal growth so I do think we have to keep things in perspective.” The low Canadian loonie relative to the U.S. dollar has provided some support for export manufacturers, however, a low loonie is not the factor that it once was, Lothian said. Canadian farm equipment exporters who sell their products in U.S. dollars are also sourcing components and materials in U.S. dollars. In other words, when sales revenues are up, input costs also rise accordingly. “That’s sort of the natural hedge that a lot of companies have quite aggressively adopted to shield themselves or to mitigate the

impact of currency fluctuations,” Lothian said. The currency’s impact is further reduced because Canadian manufacturers are often competing with manufacturers from other countries whose currency has also depreciated relative to the U.S. dollar. Lothian said the slowdown in sales and exports, while a concern, represents an opportunity for manufacturers to retool, adjust staffing levels and make operational adjustments. “It wasn’t that long ago that we had companies whose employment policy was if you had a pulse and you showed up for work, you were hired. Long-term, that’s not sustainable, so right now … is a good time to look at what you’re doing on the operational side…. brian.cross@producer.com

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Producers respond to declining crop prices LOUISVILLE, Ky., (Reuters) — Nathan Applebee’s family in Seneca, Illinois, has farmed using John Deere equipment since the 1930s. The family still owns his greatgrandfather’s 1938 Model A, one of the first row-crop tractors. All the equipment down to the lawn mower on the Applebee farm comes in Deere & Co.’s signature green. This year, though, he said his loyalty will not translate into any purchases of new Deere equipment. “I have what I need,” Applebee, 32, said after checking out a $355,000 Deere 8345 R tractor, with a 345 horsepower engine, and the latest in digital connectivity to enable precision planting. Features include connections to Internet cloud servers, additional display monitors for tractor functions and autosteer. With U.S. farmers bracing for a third year of declining incomes, many have said they cannot afford those upgrades. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has estimated U.S. net farm income will be $54.8 billion in 2016, down nearly 55 percent from 2013. That means tough times for Deere & Co. and rivals Agco Corp., CNH Industrial NV and Claas KGaA mbH . Deere is scheduled to post firstquarter fiscal 2016 results on Feb. 19. Analysts expect Deere to report that revenue slid to less than $5 billion from about $6.2 billion a year ago. The reasons for the slump were evident last week among farmers at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky. Deere’s new tractors are marvels compared to the 1938 Model A that Applebee’s great grandfather rode, with its 25 horsepower engine, four-speed transmission and 14

gallon fuel tank. D e e r e ’s n e w t r a c t o r s h a v e inputs for iPads and can be outfitted with receivers to guide global positioning systems (GPS) aiding precise placement of seeds, fertili z e r s o r p e s t i c i d e s. T h e G P S receivers cost from $3,000 to $12,000 or more. Deere and rivals have kept technology investments a priority even as revenue and net income have fallen. But some farmers said the high-tech gear is out of reach. Jon Soeller, 40, bought a new John Deere planter in 2014 for his family farm in Ripon, Wisconsin. He estimates it would cost him $90,000 to $100,000 to upgrade with a John Deere ExactEmerge retrofit kit that would allow him to plant faster and more precisely. “It is not worth it to me. I don’t think John Deere knows the price of corn is $3,” Soeller said. His father will instead buy a new grain bin to store crops in hopes that prices rise. Deere invested about $1.4 billion on research and development for new products and technology in 2015. It has forecast that 2016 R&D investment will drop three percent. In early February, John Deere closed a deal to buy Monosem, a European maker of precision planters. Deere entered a joint venture in 2015 with software developer DN2K to develop a platform for agricultural advisers and professionals. Deere officials have said these investments will pay off for farmers in the long run. “You’re not just throwing seed in the ground and tossing dirt behind it,” said Laura Donaldson, a business analyst in John Deere’s Precision Agriculture group. “There is a science that is important to our customers,”

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FRUIT, VEGETABLE HIKE

MP asks ag committee to undertake food cost study BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Rising food costs, particularly for fruits and vegetables, prompted Quebec NDP MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau last week to ask for a study about the causes and possible solutions. She is a member of the standing committee on agriculture, and

asked the committee to undertake the study. She said the members should consult with producers, distributors, retailers, consumers and all stakeholders, and report to the House of Commons. “It’s not right that fruits and vegetables have become a luxury item in many households, not in a country like Canada,” she said in a news release.

“This study will be an opportunity for the government to find the causes of the problem and put forward solutions.” Brosseau said Statistics Canada data shows food prices increased by 4.1 percent in the past year. University of Guelph Food Institute professor Sylvain Charlebois has forecast food inflation rates of two to four percent in 2016.

The lower Canadian dollar is blamed for the increase since most fruits, vegetables and nuts are imported. The standing committee Feb. 17 meeting did not permit public or media access. The NDP said no decision was made. karen.briere@producer.com

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GrainCorp. joins bid to buy top Aussie exporter The grain handler is joining forces with farmers to buy Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd., which could be worth $3 billion SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) — Australia’s GrainCorp will join a consortium that aims to acquire and list the country’s largest wheat exporter, valued at up to C$2.1 billion, potentially putting Graincorp in the box seat to take over its west coast rival. The proposal to list Western Australia-based Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd (CBH) is being led by Australian Grains Champion, a growerled initiative that includes farmers and some former directors of CBH. The value of CBH would be determined through an initial public offering, GrainCorp said, but ana-

lysts said the Western Australian co-operative could be worth as much as $3 billion. GrainCorp said it would be a cornerstone investor, committing as much as $600 million, which would be transferred to an equity stake in CBH once it was listed. Such an investment would give GrainCorp a 20 percent stake in CBH if it was valued at $3 billion. “Our proposed investment is a good strategic fit for GrainCorp, bearing in mind CBH’s complementary assets and capabilities,” said Mark Palmquist, GrainCorp chief executive officer.

CBH said in a statement it had received the proposal and an assessment would take several weeks. Should CBH agree to put the deal to its 4,200 farmer owners, the proposal would require at least 75 percent support to go ahead. If a deal goes ahead, CBH’s farmer owners will receive shares in Australian Grains Champion (AGC) consortium, along with a $600 million sweetener. Palmquist acknowledged on a conference call with reporters that getting necessary shareholder approval may be challenging.

AGC, which said its bid was also supported by a “tier one Australian institution”, believes its plan would unlock cash for farmers and put CBH on a more commercial footing. “We need to move on, we need to modernize,” said AGC director Clancy Michael. GrainCorp said joining the CBH proposal was part of its strategy to diversify away from grain production in Australia’s east coast, where dry weather has affected crops and cut into profits. Western Australia is the country’s largest grain producing region, accounting for more than a third of

all production. A CBH listing would draw wide takeover interest, but Australia’s political landscape meant GrainCorp would likely be in pole position, analysts said. Bowing to pressure from growers, the Australian government in 2013 rejected a A$2.8 billion bid for GrainCorp by U.S. agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. Ltd. on national interest grounds. “The big global agribusinesses would all be attracted to CBH given its market leadership in Australia’s largest grain market,” said Belinda Moore, analyst at RBS Morgans.

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WINNIPEG — A lack of ice on the Great Lakes means the St. Lawrence Seaway will start shipping grain earlier than last year. T h e s e aw a y ’s o p e n i n g w a s delayed until the beginning of April in 2015 because of the amount of ice in the system, said Bruce Hodgson, director of market development for the seaway. The seaway will have two opening dates this year: the Welland Canal opens March 21 and the MontrealLake Ontario section opens March 23. “Certainly we’re ahead of last year, which bodes well for the shippers,” Hodgson said. He said international ships will likely come into the system earlier. “They typically hold back when there’s ice in the system,” he said. “They don’t like to come in when it’s like that.” Limited ice also allows ships to move more quickly than they otherwise could once they’re in the water. “Last year we had ships in the system, but once they got to Lake Erie they literally couldn’t go anywhere, so this year we don’t anticipate that,” Hodgson said. He estimates the seaway will move 7.5 to eight million tonnes of grain this season, but that could change as farmers start harvesting. “I guess you could say there’s going to be a reasonable carryover from last year, so we expect the year to start off not strong, but not weak. It’ll be a medium start, I guess,” he said. The seaway moved 10.8 million tonnes of grain last year.

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Drought watchers keeping eye on Alberta Soil moisture could be in short supply as Prairies brace for early spring following winter in which little snow has fallen Winnipeg (CNS Canada) — Above-average temperatures and limited precipitation could mean parts of the Prairies will struggle with soil moisture heading into the spring, according to one specialist. “The soil moisture that we have in the ground right now is similar to what we went into the winter with,” said Trevor Hadwen, agroclimate specialist with Agriculture Canada’s Drought Watch. Regions in Alberta are most likely to be affected by dry soil, especially the central and northwestern parts of the province, Hadwen said.

“It’s been fairly dry throughout last year, and they haven’t received the amount of precipitation that they’re used to. That’s an area of concern.” Aside from Alberta, many regions south of the Trans-Canada Highway also face the risk of belownormal soil moisture. Dr yness in those areas w ill become a bigger concern in the spring, Hadwen said, but noted that the Prairies often get a lot of moisture at the end of February and into March. “We could end up with a normal winter period, according to snowfall records, so we’re certainly not

in a desperate situation right now.” Hadwen added that soil moisture conditions can recover quickly, especially with spring rainfall and a big runoff from mountain snow packs. The current forecast from Environment Canada shows a trend of below-normal precipitation and above-normal temperatures for the month ahead. Hadwen expects a quick melt and start to spring, which means producers will need to find a sweet spot between spring frost and adequate soil moisture. “The concern right now is if you wait to be free of frost, some of the

soil moisture isn’t going to be there to germinate.” Producers saw similar conditions last year, and in Manitoba re-seed claims were above the five-year average, as a late frost swept parts of the province. Hadwen said farmers in Alberta and Saskatchewan had similar problems. “Some of them got hit by a frost and they had to reseed, and when they went to reseed soil moisture was very poor.” Hadwen said farmers should look at the hardiness of their seed varieties and plan accordingly.

Spring rain and runoff could still change the dry outlook. | FILE PHOTO

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An Alberta man prohibited from owning horses for five years has been charged with causing injury to animals after three horses were found dead and 82 others in distress. Gary Sparshu of Fort McMurray has been charged with one count of cruelty to animals, two counts of causing an animal to be in distress and two counts of failing to provide proper care to an animal. On Feb. 3, RCMP’s Livestock’s Investigations Unit found three dead horses at a property near Wandering River, along with 52 horses in poor condition. During the search of the property, along with the Alberta SPCA , RCMP found two horses and two donkeys in a corral with no adequate food and a frozen water bowl. “They were nibbling on the fence rails,” said cpl. Hal Turnbull of the RCMP. Investigators found 20 more horses in distress at a second property. Two days later, police returned to the properties with a search warrant. A veterinarian determined that all the horses were in a distressed condition. The Alberta SPCA seized 84 horses for examination and treatment. Sparshu is scheduled to appear in provincial court in Boyle on Feb. 23. He remains in custody, said Turnbull. In 2014, he was fined $3,500 for causing an animal to be in distress and was prohibited for “five years from owning or having more than 60 horses in his control, from June 25, 2014 to June 25, 2019 In 1996, a provincial court judge found Sparshu guilty after 24 head of cattle, near Bergen, were in poor condition. He was fined $5,000 for causing an animal to be in distress. mary.macarthur@producer.com

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WHAT’S OLD IS NEW AGAIN A farm near Regina uses old school ideas to reach new markets. | Page 22

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PROJECT CANAAN

Eggs, ‘perfect protein,’ deliver hope Egg Farmers of Canada is part of an international development project in Swaziland that built two modern egg barns BY WILLIAM DEKAY SASKATOON NEWSROOM

An egg a day is helping feed and educate thousands of people in Swaziland. “It’s incredibly exciting,” said Egg Farmers of Canada chief executive officer Tim Lambert, who recently visited the small African nation. Lambert said eggs are beginning to change the future of a country that has been decimated by the HIV/AIDS virus. “Forty-two percent of the adult population is HIV positive. As a result the adults are dead, dying or incapacitated,” Lambert said. “The country’s population is a little under one million people and of that, 250,000 are orphans. The average life expectancy in 2003 was about 61 years of age. Now it’s 29.” Egg Farmers of Canada responded to the crisis by building an egg farm in Swaziland as part of Project Canaan. Working with the International Egg Foundation and the nonprofit organization Heart for Africa, the goal is to reverse widespread protein malnutrition, teach sustainable agriculture and provide skilled jobs. Egg farming will enhance Heart for Africa’s existing feeding program, which delivers 74,000 handpacked meals a month to rural communities through a network of 30 churches. The orphanage feeds 106 children, and 280 farm workers each support about 13 people for a total of 3,300. Lambert said learning about Project Canaan led to the realization that eggs could play an important role in feeding and empowering undernourished people everywhere. “We see on a broader basis a massive opportunity for eggs to make a difference in nutritional needs for protein in all sorts of areas of the world that are developing or underdeveloped,” he said. “With six grams of high quality protein and 14 essential vitamins and nutrients, eggs are the perfect food to feed a hungry world.” The new egg laying operation at Project Canaan consists of two barns that can each handle 2,500 pullets in their gravity fed system. Long-term plans include building more barns and expanding to 30,000 hens. The first flock arrived in early January, and the second will come in June. Birds are housed in donated cages designed to keep out snakes and other local predators. “It was an amazing time. It was work, but it was fun work,” said Kurt Siemens, an egg producer from Morris, Man., who volunteered his time and was on the ground when the first birds arrived. “We got to put that first batch of 2,500 chickens into the actual barn

and you can see, touch, feel, smell something that’s coming to fruition that you only dreamt about a year before. That’s a very good feeling.” As a third generation chicken farmer, Siemens’ knowledge of managing a large-scale poultry production was welcomed. “These people have seen chickens, but they have never really run a commercial size operation,” he said. “We tried to help them out and teach them to take care of those birds and get them to produce well.” He said the birds came into production slowly because of the change in barn lighting, but the HyLine Brown commercial layers are now up to 96 percent production. One of the highlights was hard boiling and delivering the first batch of eggs to a rural family: a grandmother caring for 10 children by herself. “To see those kids eating those eggs and the smiles on their faces, it’s hard to explain. They really enjoyed those eggs. You get lots of emotion when that happens,” he said. “The word was definitely getting out in the countryside that Project Canaan was there to help people that were less fortunate with the perfect protein in a package, which is an egg.” Siemens looks forward to the day when he can take his family and show them the working operation. “If they want, they can make a change in the world, too,” he said. “It’s not just about myself. It’s about teaching others from here and also in Swaziland.” For more information, visit heartforafrica.org.

Workers at Project Canaan in Swaziland receive their first flock of hens at the new layer barn. | william.dekay@producer.com

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The barns can each handle 2,500 pullets. | HEART FOR AFRICA PHOTO Children enjoy some of the first eggs produced at the farm. |

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THE WHITE SEASON

Winter good time to fix bad sleep habits TEAM RESOURCES

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have learned to appreciate winter’s beauty rather than dwell on its seemingly endless stay. The daylight is slowly getting longer, there is not much yard work to take up our time and it is a perfect time of year to enjoy the start of the day with a beautiful sunrise at an acceptable time. My morning experience is also nostalgic because I can see the tree

lines of homesteads from two sets of my great-grandparents as I watch the morning start in the east. I guess that coins the expression, “well rooted.” A prairie sunrise is a special form of art that cannot be replicated, not even in photos. Instead, it must be experienced. However, to get the most out of our winter days, we must first have had a restful sleep. Sleep problems plague many of our fast paced lives. Whether we have trouble falling asleep, staying asleep or getting back to sleep after a disruption, it is a good time of year to deal with some of the issues that are keeping us from total refreshment. This is a good time to do this because the nights are still just long enough to learn to properly shut down.

As well, studies have shown that good sleep is directly related to healthy weight. For many Canadians, this time of year is when we are at our heaviest. We tend to reach for food choices that are “less than healthy” when we are tired and less active. A five-year study at Wake Forest University found that test subjects younger than 40 who slept five hours or less a night had gained about two times more abdominal fat than those who slept at least six or seven hours a night. They tended to eat more trying to gain energy. Shortage of sleep not only affects our eating habits but also our hormones. Less sleep causes low levels of melatonin, which affects how our body regenerates and metabolizes. As a result, bad sleep is

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directly related to bad eating habits, and our bodies get stressed and do not function properly. Here is what you can do: • Sleep in complete darkness. Make use of light blocking blinds and curtain panels, and tape over any lights on alarms. Any light can affect your sleep. • Always wear clothing that is comfortable, loose fitting and made of natural fibres such as cotton. This also goes for bed linens. Natural fibres keep our temperatures just right: not too hot and not too cool. • Make a regular sleeping plan. Go to bed and get up at the same time each day-night cycle. Be in bed by 11 p.m. at the latest and sleep at least 7.5 hours per night. Things should fall into place as you commit to this routine. • Get light upon arising. This means opening the curtains as soon as you get up because morning light naturally signals the body to get going. Exposing yourself to morning light is an easy way to boost your energy. • Use calming colours and reduce clutter in your bedroom to heighten your sense of relaxation. • Make sure all electrical items including cellphones and alarm clocks are at least a metre away from you as you sleep. As well, do not get used to using the television in the bedroom to help go to sleep. • Try pure essential oil of jasmine (read the labels) to fragrance your room and help you sleep. According to a 2010 German study, the scent of jasmine can be as effective as valium or other anti-anxiety drugs for helping calm your system. Try 10 or 20 drops in a mister, humidifier or in a room spray such as those from Saje, which is my personal choice. You can buy this mixture or make your own by mixing essential oil in a spray bottle of distilled water to spritz when needed. Check out what is available at www.saje.ca. Do not use synthetic jasmine fragrance. Instead, use only essential oil. Source: www.drweil.com

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Family adds new ideas to old-school farming The Perraults specialize in producing lentils that are hand sifted into bags for sale at smaller retail stores ON THE FARM

BY PAT REDIGER FREELANCE WRITER

GRAND COULEE, Sask. — Whether it involves new equipment, products or seeding methods, farmers rely on new ideas to enhance their operations. However, as the success of Presto Farm shows, there will always be a place for some old-school thinking. Presto Farm, a 480 acre family farm that Preston Perrault and his son, Andrew, operates near Grand Coulee, specializes in producing lentils that are hand-sifted into bags for sale at small retail outlets. They use discs, cultivation and a rod weeder to control weeds and reduce the amount of spraying. “We are committed to being ethical growers, and we want to be proper stewards of the land,” said Preston. “The old-school approach is an interesting one because it can be very expensive to maintain certain types of machines. However, it is worth it to us.” Preston said there are plenty of old-school ideas to draw on from the farm’s rich history, which spans more than 100 years. Preston’s grandfather settled the land in the early 20th century. “A really heavy prairie wool (grass) grew here. They couldn’t get their plow to break through the hard grass to see if the land could be farmed,” said Preston. “ They used a coulter to cut through the roots, which allowed the dirt to be plowed. You go back to my father’s farming practices days and he used summerfallow.” A variety of crops have been planted over the years at Presto Farm, including flax, lentils, canola, oats and chickpeas. However, the retail products are due to newschool thinking from Preston’s son. Andrew earned a bachelor of business administration in marketing from Lake Superior State University in the United States while playing hockey. After spending a year in Europe pursuing a hockey career, he came home and began working with his father in 2015. Upon returning, Andrew worked with a graphic designer to create a

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ARLENE & ROBIN KARPAN

hile we have all seen news coverage of rocket launches, space shuttles and moon landings, visiting the place that made it all happen brings it to life. The Kennedy Space Center sits near Florida’s Atlantic coast, less than an hour’s drive east of Orlando. Even those with only a mild interest in space can’t help but be impressed, while space junkies are completely googly-eyed. The centre’s visitor complex is huge with several buildings and exhibits, including an IMAX theatre with 3D presentations on space exploration. Rising above it all is the Rocket Garden, a display of rockets from various eras of space travel, from the first that launched satellites to the powerful Saturn 1B that orbited the moon. We were especially fascinated with the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit, the centrepiece being the spacecraft itself, which was the last to be used in the 30-year shuttle program. When it retired in 2011, Atlantis had more than 200 million kilometres on the odometer. The most intriguing part of seeing it up close is that the outside isn’t smooth like an aircraft. Instead, it is covered in quilt-like heat resistant tiles. Finding a covering to withstand the extreme heat of re-entering the atmosphere proved to be the most challenging par t of designing the craft. The shuttles were intended to haul stuff around, so many exhibits show their role in building the International Space Station and making repairs to the Hubble telescope. To get a taste of what it’s like to blast off in a space shuttle, you can take a ride in a simulator that reproduces some of the powerful shuddering motion during lift-off. A bus also takes visitors to see the launch pads, past the Vehicle Assembly Building, which is said to be the highest one-story building in the world, and then to the Apollo Saturn V Center devoted to moon m i s s i o n s. T h e h i g h l i g h t i s a restored Saturn V rocket, as long as a football field and the largest

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rocket ever flown. There are moon rocks, space suits, a moon buggy, the firing room and original consoles used for the first lunar missions. As well, visitors can see the remarkably small command module that splashed down in the ocean with astronauts aboard. In short, anything and everything to do with flying to the moon is on display. The facility is surrounded by the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, 140,000 acres of coastal dunes, scrubland, estuaries and marshes. Driving into the centre, we passed wetlands filled with wading birds and a couple alligators. The most visitor-friendly part of

the refuge is just north of the space centre with hiking trails, a visitor centre and the popular Black Point Wildlife Drive that winds through a maze of wetlands. Alligators are common, but the main draw is the wide array of birds, especially in winter when many migrants are around. The highlight for us was seeing wading birds such as cranes, storks, dazzling pink roseate spoonbills and the elegant reddish egret. The Atlantic shore is lined by Playalinda Beach, one of the longest undeveloped beaches in Florida and prime habitat for nesting sea turtles. Arlene and Robin Karpan are well-travelled writers based in Saskatoon. Contact: travel@producer.com.

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• Space centre tickets are a hefty US$50 (kids $40), plus $10 for parking. It’s easy to spend an entire day and still not see everything, so get an early start. Avid space nerds can buy special two-day tickets. • Check www.kennedyspacecenter.com to see if rocket launches are scheduled during your visit. You can buy tickets to watch a launch at the centre, although roadside pull-offs and beaches (Playalinda Beach is one recommended spot) also provide vantage points. Launch times often change because of weather and other factors.

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FARM LIVING

EYE AILMENTS

DEMENTIA

Red eyes are common, but may be serious

Alzheimer’s must be faced

HEALTH CLINIC

CLARE ROWSON, MD

My wife has noticed my eyes are often red and bloodshot, mostly when I come in from working outside. They don’t bother me that much, except they sometimes run and I have to wipe them. Is this something I need to worry about or see a doctor about? Red eyes are very common, and I am sure everyone has

experienced this symptom from time to time. This occurs when the blood vessels that cross the whites of the eye, the sclera, are dilated. The most common causes of red eyes are allergies, tired eyes, or an eye infection such as conjunctivitis, commonly known as pink eye. Pink eye is most common in school-aged children who infect each other. A foreign object, such as a splinter or piece of dirt in the eye can also make an eye red temporarily until the object is removed, and for a short while afterward while the surface of the eye heals. Eye injuries can also lead to a bright red colour covering all or part of the affected eye. This may be due to a hemorrhage beneath the surface of the eye known as a sub-

conjunctival hemorrhage. Often these clear up after a few days with no treatment, but the eyes should be checked for signs of a more serious injury. Dry eye syndrome is common in older people and is also a symptom of certain chronic illnesses. It occurs when your tear glands do not produce enough tears to adequately lubricate your eyes. This is usually worse at night due to less frequent blinking, but may also be the result of cold, dr y weather. Artificial tear drops will help dry eyes. Try not to rub your eyes if possible because that will make them worse, and you may scratch or injure your eyes. “Whitening” eye drops or decon-

gestants may seem to give temporary improvement, but may also lead to a rebound increase in your symptoms later. Eye strain is another preventable cause of red eyes. These days when people stare at computer screens for hours, it is common. Practice the 20-20-20 rule. This involves looking away from your computer every 20 minutes and gazing at a distant object that is at least 20 feet away for 20 seconds or more. If red eyes are accompanied by pain in the eye, light sensitivity, swelling or blurry vision, see your eye doctor immediately for urgent treatment. Clare Rowson is a retired medical doctor in Belleville, Ont. Contact: health@producer.com.

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Often those who are caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s try to pretend that the disease is not progressing as rapidly as it is while pretending that they are capable of continuing to care for the person whom they love the most. Their results are not good. Quite simply, caregivers burn out. They spend hours and hours, worrying, caring, and watching over someone whose intellect is slipping away from them. They get no reward for all that they do to try to make life palatable for that other person and without some kind of reward that tank of energy they need to continue working with their loved one starts to dry up. What at one time was a loving commitment becomes an intolerable burden and hidden away down inside the caregiver is at least some resentment. The whole thing is unfair. Recognizing all of this, you need to start by remembering that your mother is still a capable person. She can take responsibility for herself. It would be wrong for you to try to intrude and interfere with the life she is maintaining for herself and your dad unless she ver y clearly asks you to help her. Until such time as your mom is willing to admit that things have degenerated beyond her ability to control them your most strategic moment is to simply give your mother feedback, recognizing for her, and hopefully some day with her, that your father’s illness is getting to be too much to handle. Your Dad is slipping away and maybe you need to take a moment and grieve the loss of the father you once had, and wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could grieve that with your mother. I can think of nothing more beneficial for the two of you than the opportunity to have a good cry together. If you and your mother grieve together, you can also support each other when your father has to be transferred to a care home where someone else will look after him.

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1966

Potential price war worried pool leader 10 YEARS AGO: FEB. 23, 2006

FROM THE ARCHIVES

BRUCE DYCK, COPY EDITOR

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

For the first time, the United States was expected to use more corn in ethanol plants than it exported. This was seen as the beginning of a long-term trend and good news for crop prices. A bison producer from northern Alberta was well on his way to sailing his ship around the world after leaving Dunvegan, Alta., May 24. Ben Gray and his sons, Kevin and Brad, arrived in Australia Feb. 12 after a 29 day trip from South Africa. bruce.dyck@producer.com

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75 YEARS AGO: FEB. 27, 1941 The value of occupied farmland in Canada dropped by $1 to average $24 per acre in 1940. Provincial averages for 1940, with 1939 values in brackets, were: British Columbia $58 ($60), Alberta $16 ($16), Saskatchewan $15 ($15), Manitoba $16 ($17), Ontario $46 ($46), Quebec $44 ($44), New Brunswick $24 ($29), Nova Scotia $28 ($33) and Prince Edward Island $32 ($35). Members of the Alberta Dairymen’s Association asked their executive during the organization’s annual meeting to join other livestock groups in the effort to stop the manufacturing and importing of vegetable oil substitutes for animal fat.

50 YEARS AGO: FEB. 24, 1966 Talk of cutting export wheat prices in the United States to gain market share was causing “deep anxiety” among prairie growers, said Saskatchewan Wheat Pool president Charles Gibbings. It was also a bit perplexing, considering that global wheat supplies were shrinking. Gibbings said talk a price war “makes me nervous.” Clifford Smallwood, a farmer from Irma, Alta., and a Progressive Conservative MP for the Battle River-Camrose constituency, joined the growing chorus of demands to nationalize Canadian Pacific Railway in light of poor grain movement from Western Canada. “I’m not a socialist, thank heaven, but if the CPR isn’t going to do the job, it’s time for government to step in,” Smallwood said.

25 YEARS AGO: FEB. 28, 1991 Canada’s new free trade deal with the United States was expected to soon allow U.S. wheat imports into Canada, which prompted demand from some Canadian farmers for similar access to the U.S. However, Canadian Wheat Board commissioner Gord Machej threw cold water on the idea of individual wheat and barley sales to the U.S., saying the board would continue to take a collective approach. Agricultural economists expressed their unease over the Gross Revenue Insurance Plan, saying the new farm safety net would encourage farmers to plant more wheat in a year when prices were at rock bottom lows.

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STRATEGIES: AFTER THE FARM

CENTURY FARM GOES CORPORATE The corporate-owned business model has worked well for the Rainforths as they gradually prepare for the next generation to take over. | Page 29

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PLANNING AHEAD

Navigating farm succession: a tool kit Producers should be aware of the options that are available for planning how to transfer the farm to the next generation BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

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PINCHER CREEK, Alta. — In his law practice, Travis Bissett has seen many cases of farm succession go horribly wrong. Fortunately, he has also seen many resolved in a satisfactory way, just as the farm owners want. He prefers the latter scenario, and so he was one of four people who offered expertise at a series of southern Alberta farm succession seminars in early February. “I like the happy ones,” said Bissett about situations where farming children gradually take over the reins from their parents using the various legal and tax tools that are available. Bissett, who works for Stringham LLP, teamed up with colleague Stephen Mogdan, with tax specialist Rebecca Sanford of Young Parkyn McNab LLP and financial adviser Don Strankman of Laurie Kenna and Associates. Together they presented six seminars in which they outlined the options available for farm succession and the potential tax implications for each.

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Sanford said there are numerous options for planning, and farmers should be aware of all the choices. “There are a number of different mechanisms that are only available to the farming community because it’s recognized that we need these farms to continue on from generation to generation,” she said. “I think that makes it easier for the planning because you have more tools in your estate planning tool kit. You can really customize the estate plan that’s going to work for the individual, for the family unit, with what they want to achieve.” However, she said initiating and then developing a plan is key. Without one, the wishes of the farm owners may not be achieved. As well, survivors may be saddled with crippling tax burdens. “One of the most common plans that we see is the do-nothing plan,” she said. That’s the one with the biggest potential for tax liability for the survivors. The second most popular plan is one that transfers everything to the surviving spouse. For some that is a

valid option, but leaving a spouse with all the decisions can put that person in a difficult position. “Doing nothing or deferring it to your spouse can cause more problems than maybe you intended to have happen,” Sanford said. Strankman recounted what happened when his father left the land to him and his brother, while his two sisters received money. “What was forgotten was the tax bill,” said Strankman. The capital gains taxes were borne by the brothers. “Trying to farm while you stroke a huge cheque to Revenue Canada was a terrible experience.” He said a good succession plan can limit the tax burden. The seminar leaders outlined the merits and disadvantages of proprietorships, partnerships and corporations. The central message is that a farm succession plan can be tailored to fairly exact specifications. “If people could just understand that ownership is a bundle of rights and you can unpack those rights and distribute them in different ways that address everyone’s interests,” said Bissett. barb.glen@producer.com

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STEP BY STEP

Following key steps makes planning easier Before tackling these steps, family members should talk to each other and identify a successor BY SHIRLEY BYERS FREELANCE WRITER

Yes, you need a succession plan, says Nick Betts, a business management specialist with Ontario Agriculture. A succession or transition plan proactively charts the farm’s future rather than reacting to future events such as a death, a health crisis or a divorce, he says. “If you owned any other kind of business, you would have distinct goals and targets to meet … and you would also have an exit strategy.” As outlined on the ministry’s website at Ontario.ca/agbusiness, succession planning can be broken into steps. The first and crucial step is to talk to each other. Have everyone write down their goals and objectives for themselves, the family and the business. Identify a successor. Becoming a successor might be a goal of one or more of the next generation. If that’s the case, you’ll focus on transferring the business to those individuals. If there are no potential successors, the emphasis will be on preserving family wealth and the transition out of farming With the successors identified, the next step is to figure out how to reach a consensus between the two factions on their major objectives. The successors may want to take over the farm immediately, but if the founders want to remain involved, a satisfactory compromise must be found. Founders need to figure out how much money they will require for retirement and successors need to figure out what they can afford to pay for the farm business. Betts recommends securing the

services of a trained outside facilitator to assist in these discussions — particularly around the area of family members’ objectives, goals and expectations. “A number of factors affect objectives and goals,” he says. “These include past family history, family values, personality conflicts, family relationship dynamics, favouritism, life stages issues and associated challenges.” Step 1: Collect and analyze information Gather financial information and use it to analyze the financial viability and profitability of the farm. Read articles about succession planning and attend succession planning workshops or seminars. Pull together all the technical info about the farm — the legal will of the owner, the power of attorney, tax returns, financial statements, current financing arrangements, retirement savings position, as well as business and legal agreements. Use the financial statements to analyze the farm business’s past and current financial situation and to project what the future will look like. A key question to answer is whether the business generates enough profit to support another household, provide for a financially secure retirement for the founders and ensure a financially sound business for the successors. Keep plans such as marriage, quitting off-farm jobs or building a house in mind. Review additional specific technical information. Start thinking about methods of transfer of the farm, financing options, tax and legal considerations, business

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structures. This information will be helpful for Step 2. Step 2: Generate options Some issues that need to be addressed include: ownership transferral possibilities; financing options; business organization

options (sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation); legal considerations such as wills and power of attorney; inclusion of dispute resolution mechanisms in business agreements; tax strategies and implications Brainstorm “what if?” scenarios and develop contingencies to address disagreement, disaster, death, disability and divorce. While keeping the farm family in control, create a team of advisers. This team might include a facilitator, an accountant and a lawyer. It might also include a lender or credit adviser, business adviser, a financial planner, an insurance specialist along with farm family members. It is a good idea to have a team meeting to discuss goals, objectives and expectations along with options.

Step 3: Make preliminary decisions The family needs to make preliminary decisions on the direction of the plan. The team of advisers can provide input, comments and suggestions regarding various options and decisions. Once goals, how to achieve them and a time frame are decided, the family needs to document the narrowed-down options in a rough draft. Step 4: Design, develop, write and review Don’t be afraid to go back and make changes. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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Âť CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE The written succession plan will include: â&#x20AC;˘ a summary of the overall plan â&#x20AC;˘ a business overview â&#x20AC;˘ a strategic plan with a description of the personal and business goals and expectations of family members â&#x20AC;˘ a retirement plan â&#x20AC;˘ a management, control and labour transfer plan â&#x20AC;˘ a financial plan â&#x20AC;˘ an action plan and implementation timetable â&#x20AC;˘ supporting documentation. â&#x20AC;˘ The written plan can also include: â&#x20AC;˘ a training and development plan for the successors â&#x20AC;˘ a communication plan â&#x20AC;˘ a contingency plan As decisions are documented, the team of advisers reviews the plan and provides detailed feedback, advice and comments. Once this occurs, the family should conduct a review, have a discussion and make necessary modifications. Additional information on the

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contents of a written plan can be found in Ontario Agricultureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fact sheet, Components of a Farm S u c c e s s i o n P l a n , O r d e r No. 10-023.

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Step 5: Implement and monitor

It can be difficult for farm families to place a value on their operation

Provide copies of the plan to family members. Monitor progress as the plan is implemented. If issues arise, the plan needs to be modified. Be flexible. Betts says getting interested parties in on the plan can tricky. He advises getting all of the owners and decision makers of the business into a meeting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This can happen anywhere, but preferably not around the kitchen table,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a business meeting, separate it as much as possible from the typical family events, like dinner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go to a neutral, professional place and have that first conversation with all the ownership involved. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Include all the stakeholders. Transparency is key to the process.â&#x20AC;?

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Once the decision has been made to put a farm succession plan in place, one of the first tasks will be to establish a fair financial value for the farm business. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone wants to be fair,â&#x20AC;? says Reg Shandro of Farmacist Advisory Service in Lacombe, Alta. â&#x20AC;?The perspective of fair is an intriguing concept because sometimes fair is 100 percent for me and zero percent for you and vice versa â&#x20AC;Ś you usually have to invite a third party to get an independent assessment of fair.â&#x20AC;? Look for an AACI (Accredited Appraiser Canadian Institute), he advises. Alternatively, you could obtain a Realtorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Letter of Opinion (RLO)

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as to the farmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s value, but the RLO lacks the credence of an AACI because of perception of bias or the qualifications of the realtor. The value of the farm business will include the land, buildings, surface royalties and wind royalties. What an appraiser does An appraiser will first do a property inspection, some elements of which would be the same as an appraisal for insurance purposes, says Trevor Hanson of AACI. This includes inspecting and measuring the buildings, ascertaining their age, condition and quality of construction. On-site inspections are sometimes supplemented with aerial photographs. Two approaches are used to put a cash value on the property: market value and cost approach. Cost approach is a total of the appraised value of the land, plus the cost of site improvements, plus the cost of all the buildings (minus depreciation). Surface lease revenue is also added here if it applies. Market value is established by looking at what other similar properties are selling for at the time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unfortunately, no two properties mirror each other or are even very similar,â&#x20AC;? says Hanson, â&#x20AC;&#x153;so it can be difficult to find reasonable comparable examples. The next step is to reconcile cost approach and market value and come up with a final value. Inventory such as crops, stored grains and livestock is valued by the founder and successor. Shandro believes the best way to value machinery is for everyone to be collaborative and decide on a fair market value without having to involve a third party. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When it comes to equipment, farmers usu-

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ally have a pretty good pulse on whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on price-wise,â&#x20AC;? he says. Increasing farm value to benefit founders and successors Succession is usually a family arrangement so the usual strategies to improve the sale price, such as cleaning up the yard and planting trees are pointless. But there is one way to increase the value of the farm and put money in the pockets of both the successor and the founders, and that is subdividing. Two three-acre acreages divided up from a quarter section with no improvements, could provide working capital of $300,000 gross, says Shandro. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Lacombe in 2008- 09, you could get $150,000 gross for three acres of land with no improvements. And, sometimes it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t decrease the value of the rest of the quarter.â&#x20AC;? Give the kids a break? Founders and successors who believe they will be able to sell or buy the farm business for the full market price are setting up a plan that will not succeed, says Shandro. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s farm rent, valuation of the land, a better rate for equipment value or leasing; the founders must be prepared to give the successors some sort of a break, or the plan is actually an exit strategy, not a farm succession plan. A study at the University of Kansas found that 75 percent of farm assets must go to the farming child for the farm to at least consider being viable, says Shandro. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Telling your farming child theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to get around 75 percent, your non-farming children in combination are going to get around 25 CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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STRATEGIES Âť CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE percent. That is a difficult thing.â&#x20AC;? In his experience, Shandro says t h e b e s t p e rc e n t a g e i n s p l i t between farming and non-farming siblings was 55 percent. Founders have needs too Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s equally important that the founding generation come out of the agreement with sufficient funds to live comfortably. Found-

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Incorporation may offer one solution to succession Alberta family uses shares in their corporation to pass on farm BY SHIRLEY BYERS FREELANCE WRITER

FARMLAND VALUES RISING ON THE PRAIRIES Farmland values have trended steadily higher over the last 30 years, despite the occasional spikes and falls.

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Farmland values continue to rise but the rate of increase is slowing across Canada. Farm Credit Canada believes this is the start of a trend that will see the average annual increase shrink to three to five percent per year, starting in 2015.

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most rights and responsibilities that an individual possesses. They have the right to enter into contracts, loan and borrow money, sue and be sued, hire employees, own assets and pay taxes. In 2012, the two families agreed to split the assets and Dave maintained the old corporation, R. Rainforth & Sons, with the shares divided among, Dave, his wife, Colleen, and John. Over and above the common shares he owns in the corporation, Dave has 100 preferred shares. This represents the value he brought into the company.

father, Richard Rainforth, and his brother, Bill Rainforth. When they began, the senior Rainforth owned most of the assets. Dave and Bill bought shares from their father. Eventually each shareholder owned 33 percent of the shares. When Richard died in 1989, his wife inherited his shares and the farm carried on until her passing in 1997. By that time, Daveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son, John, and Billâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two sons were grown and John and his cousin, Mike Rainforth, were working for the corporate farm. Investopedia defines a corporation as a legal entity separate and distinct from its owners. Corporations enjoy

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Unreserved Retirement Farm Auction for Leonard & Cecile Gillis of Baldur, MB.

Unreserved Retirement Farm Auction for Rinn Farms Ltd. (Jim & Charlie Rinn) of Langruth, MB.

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Dave and John manage the farm together. “We talk and make decisions together,” Dave says. “I’m getting old now so he does the grunt work, but I still help.” Dave also keeps the books as he has done since he farmed with his father and his brother. Dave, his wife, Colleen, and John have the option of taking a salary or dividends on shares, depending on which makes the most sense tax wise. “I have no intention of retiring till I have to,” says Dave. As John takes on more and more tasks he gets paid more. Corporations can pay employee benefits and John and Dave have the option of not contributing to the Canada Pension Plan if they opt to take their earnings in dividends. Canadian farms that qualify as a family farm corporation or a small business corporation are eligible for reduced tax rates at both federal and provincial levels. Income splitting is another perk for corporate farms. Colleen can also receive her salary in dividends if she wishes. As long as the family continues to farm, there are advantages, says Dave. There would be no tax involved with the death of any of the shareholders. Shares are turned over to the next generation tax free. Capital gains are not collected unless the farm is sold. At R. Rainforth & Sons Ltd., the houses are owned by the corporation. That was a mistake, says Dave. “We shouldn’t have done that.” What this means is that they can’t take advantage of the perks available for private residences. Moreover, if Dave and Colleen wanted to buy their house and let their son have the rest of the farm they wouldn’t be able to do that without some severe tax implications. Money spent on maintaining houses is tax deductible but all shareholders must agree on the changes. This hasn’t been a problem for the Rainforths, but Dave says he has heard of other families who have had difficulties in that area. Despite a few regrets, the corporate owned business model has worked for the Rainforths. Dave says the long family tradition of farming will be available to his son, John, his wife and three children should they choose it .

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EMOTIONAL SUCCESSION

The soft side of selling: letting go of the farm Fear can be a significant stumbling block when families determine how to pass on the farming operation BY SHIRLEY BYERS FREELANCE WRITER

Slicing up a business, sorting out insurance and taxes and legal agreements is not easy. But it might be a little bit easier than dealing with the emotions that come with farm succession. One of those emotions is fear, says Colleen Younie, farm business management officer with Agriculture Resource, Agriculture and Fisheries in Prince Edward Island. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the founding generation, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fear of loss of control and a fear of making wrong decisions and, I think parents may fear the successor is not ready.â&#x20AC;? And, hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a well-kept secret: some parents donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want their kids to farm. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve struggled with high expenses and low returns and they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want that for their kids, she says. Better prices for commodities in recent years have helped, but parents still worry. Then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that nebulous sense

of dread that nudges baby boomers awake in the wee small hours saying, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I am no longer a farmer. Now Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to die.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that some people think of themselves as either farming full time or retired. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily see succession as a progression or a process,â&#x20AC;? says Younie. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like one day Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to be farming and the next Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be retired and I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see myself doing that and soâ&#x20AC;Ś.â&#x20AC;? Fear of confrontation is another road block for all concerned. Human beings have a tendency to avoid confrontation with loved ones. And when it comes to inheritance, conflict can rear its head, Younie says. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s natural for parents to feel that the children have to be treated equally, that each child must get the same share, but that is unrealistic. If equality is indisputable, the farm will likely have to be sold, she says. But there are ways to even the situation a bit, she adds. Parents may be able to buy a life

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to let go. How that situation is dealt with depends on how the family functions and how it has functioned, says Younie. Sometimes, the younger generation goes to Mom, because sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the communicator, and sometimes sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easier to talk to than Dad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a clichĂŠ but you have to figure out how to communicate,â&#x20AC;? she says. The children may have to work on the farm for a time before they get a chance to be an owner. Some of them may not want to take that risk if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no guarantee they will be an owner, or when they will be an owner. This is where a facilitator comes in. A third party is an excuse to have the conversation, Younie says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A facilitator is free to ask difficult questions.â&#x20AC;?

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BIODYNAMIC AGRICULTURE

Agriculture at the crossroads A farmer from Ontario who practises biodynamic agriculture sees change on the horizon for his industry BY JEFFREY CARTER FOR THE WESTERN PRODUCER

GUELPH, Ont. — The art of agriculture or, for some, its spiritual essence, should be valued as much as the science, says a farmer from Ontario. “We have to realize everything is interconnected and we cannot live in isolation,” Chris Boettcher told the Guelph Organic Conference Jan. 29. “It may be that we’re entering the second age of enlightenment.” Boettcher and his wife, Gabi, have lived what he describes as two different farming lifestyles. They farmed conventionally in the 1980s, using the recommended crop inputs to grow corn, soybeans, wheat and canola. The Boettchers were successful, but chose another path because of what they feel was an environmental issue for one of their five children. “I realized coincidences are seldom just coincidences.… We jumped into biodyanmics with both feet,” he said. “And I asked myself, ‘why should I use chemicals labelled with skulls and crossed bones on it to produce food?’ ” Relationships emphasized Biodynamics is a style of farming that emphasizes the relationships among all aspects of a farm, including the people. It looks at the whole rather than the parts, and an effort is made to build a farm’s resiliency from the inside out. Boettcher said the concept goes back to Europe’s farming roots. Observation and intuition were guiding lights for communities whose members worked together to feed themselves. The value of manure and green crops were widely recognized. In fact, in some jurisdictions, farmers were required to grow a green crop every third year. Boettcher sees a renewed interest in this type of sustainable, self-reliant approach in Canada, whether it’s called organic, biodynamic or conventional. However, Boettcher said resistance to the change is fierce. “Conventional farming right now is very much in defence mode. Change is inevitable, but it often takes a crisis to make that change happen. Maybe we should be thankful to the Monsantos of this world for showing us how not to do it,” he said. “We’ve degraded the environment, created dead zones in the Great Lakes and the Louisiana Basin in the Gulf of Mexico.… In a way, we’re wasting away our inheritance. We’re losing capital that should be for our children.” Like organic farming, biodynamics looks to the powers of sun and soil biology as key elements for success. Boettcher said the sun’s energy is a free resource so why rely so extensively on digging up its ancient forms? “There are more calories wasted with commercial nitrogen fertilizer than the diesel and all the other energy requirements for the rest of

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the farm,” he said. Diverse rotations are embraced, and there’s an effort to keep the soil covered for as much of the year as possible through a combination of crops and cover crops. Livestock are also integral to completing the nutrient cycle on the Boettcher farm. There are 200 milking goats owned by two sons and 800 ewes and lambs in the summer. Temporary fencing helps keep fields grazed and fertilized as well as cropped. Manure produced in winter is composted before being applied. The Boettchers also use plantand animal-derived biodynamic preparations to stimulate plant and soil biological functions. Guidelines govern how they’re prepared and applied, but the amounts are miniscule. Timing is also important. It is determined by the solar cycles, but the ground being “fit” can at times take precedence. This gives the system, which was developed by German scientist and philosopher Rudolf Steiner a mysterious air, but Boettcher is a believer. “Biodynamics didn’t make sense to me in the beginning, but it was more attractive than organics,” he said. “Steiner said, ‘don’t take me as a guru. Don’t believe me. Think with me and then you can come to the same conclusions that I came to.’ ” Scientific scrutiny Gabi said the scientific community has scrutinized Steiner’s methodologies. In 2000, a study published in Biological Agriculture and Horticulture by U.S researchers found that preparations sped the compost process and resulted in significantly higher nitrate content. According to a 2012 study in Environmental Science and Pollution Research that examined a biodynamic cow horn preparation: “Our results provide, for the first time, a scientific characterization of an essential product in biodynamic agriculture … potentially conducive to plant growth stimulation.” The Boettchers farm more than 600 acres with both biodynamic and organic certification.

Boettcher said he’s been pleased with his income since making the switch. However, it’s about more than the money, however. Neighbours have commented on the farm’s intrinsic beauty. Over the past two years, it has become a preferred site for a honey producer. “I want to put soul back into the soil. This is about making a life and making a living…. There’s more out there then what we can weigh and count. We need to put our intention into the land,” he said. “All five of our children are looking to farm.” The family emphasizes quality over quality, but Boettcher said most of their yields are “on par” with county averages.

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RESEARCH

Organic, conventional show nutrient differences Study finds higher percentage of the daily recommended requirements of very long chain fatty acids in organic whole milk BY JEFFREY CARTER FOR THE WESTERN PRODUCER

DRESDEN, Ont. — Studies published in the British Journal of Nutrition found differences in the nutritional composition of organic and conventionally-produced foods. The two latest were published Feb. 16 and publicized by Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. They compare organic and conventional milk and meat. The milk study is a systematic review of 170 papers on milk and dairy products. “Overall, it can be concluded that a switch from intensive conventional to organic production standards will result in substantive improvements in milk fat composition,” the study states. It was found organic milk has a

better fatty acid profile with higher concentrations of nutritionally desirable polyunsaturated fatty acids and omega 3 fatty acids including close to a 60 percent higher concentration of very long chain omega 3 fatty acids. Western diets tend to be deficient in these types of fatty acids. They’re especially important to pregnant and breast feeding women. According to the study, a half litre of conventional, full fat milk will supply 11 percent of daily, recommended requirement of very long chain fatty acids while full fat organic milk will deliver 16 percent. The study also found conventional milk had higher iodine levels. That’s a potential benefit in countries where iodized salt is not consumed but a potential concern where it is.

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The meat study was less conclusive. “We need substantially more, well designed studies and surveys before we can accurately estimate composition differences in meat from different farm animals and for many nutritionally important compounds,” the Newcastle University news release stated.

Still, the authors found that organically produced meat, especially beef, contains significantly higher concentrations of the desired polyunsaturated and omega 3 fatty acids. This supports the view that grazing and foragebased diets are responsible for the improvement. The switch to grass-fed organic meat may allow meat consumption to be reduced by 30 percent while at the same time maintaining total omega 3 fatty acid intake. It was also found that organic meat also had less myristic and palmitic, saturated fatty acids which are potentially harmful. “Overall, the present study indicates that organic livestock production may change the fatty acid profiles, and possibly other composition parameters, and that some of these changes . . . may be nutritionally desirable.” However, some scientists questioned whether it was possible to achieve similar results simply by changing cattle feed. An earlier study showed that organic crops and crop-based foods are up to 60 percent higher in a number of key antioxidants and contained less of the toxic metal cadmium compared to conventionally grown crops. All three studies have been widely commented upon, with negative criticism in some instances. One

common concern is that they do not provide enough evidence to show that the consumption of organic food will provide a significant health benefit. The three studies were published by research teams led by Carlo Liefert with the School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development at Newcastle University. Meta-analysis, which first combines and then analyses all available data, was used for the studies. It was noted that the Dangour et al. study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2009 uncovered a trend toward significantly higher levels of polyunsaturated and omega 3 fatty acids in organic meat and milk but the findings were not mentioned in the paper or accompanying press release. The Dangour study concludes, “. . . there is no evidence of a difference in nutrient quality between organically and conventionally produced foodstuffs. The small differences in nutrient content are biologically plausible and mostly relate to differences in production methods . . . (but) are unlikely to be of public health relevance.” The entire database generated and used for the studies is available at no cost on the Newcastle University website. The Dangour study is also available online.

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He said the government would focus on priorities such as new trade rules “to make sure that farmers receive proper remuneration for their grain. This government will make sure of that.” Under World Trade Organization rules, state trading monopolies such as the former Canadian Wheat Board can’t be formed, nor re-established once dismantled. Mulcair, a year ago, told delegates to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture annual meeting that the NDP would not restore the board exactly as it once was. “No one is talking about bringing back that wheat board in that form,” he said at the time. karen.briere@producer.com

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BEEKEEPING

Thinking of raising bees? Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some help Interest in beekeeping is growing; newcomers are advised to start with two colonies to compare the health of each one BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

This year, Deb Krause hopes to dip her toe into beekeeping The Thorhild, Alta., market gardener wants a colony of bees to pollinate her garden and offer a bit of honey for her Community Supported Agriculture boxes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping it will give an extra boost of pollinators around,â&#x20AC;? said Krause, who hand pollinates the squash in her garden. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do expect it to make quite a big difference.â&#x20AC;? Harold Dyck, product category development manager with

Peavey Mart, said beekeeping supplies is a growing category for the hardware store. Last year the store underestimated the market for beekeeping supplies and this year boosted supplies for most of its 36 stores and has offered courses for customers and staff. Jeff Kolesar, retail co-ordinator with BeeMaid Honey in Winnipeg, said each year the hobby market keeps growing. While they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t keep statistics, an introduction to beekeeping course, offered at the University of Manitoba attracts more students each year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every year we break the previous

years attendance record,â&#x20AC;? said Kolesar. Starter kits for beginning beekeepers start around $300, plus about $200 for bees. Kolesar said they recommend beginners start with two colonies as a way to compare the health of each colony. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We recommend to start with two, but no more than five,â&#x20AC;? he said. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take long before the interest in beekeeping to wane. Kolesar said most beginner beekeepers last one to three years before ending the new hobby. With many commercial beekeepers aging, Kolesar hopes some of the new hobbyists learn to love beekeeping and turn their hobby into a business.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re concerned, down the road, there wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be as many beekeepers. Maybe one day some of these will want to expand into a larger operation,â&#x20AC;? said Kolesar of Winnipeg. Rod Scarlett, executive director with the Canadian Honey Council, said small-scale beekeepers make up a large component of the total of about 8,000 beekeepers across Canada. Less than 2,000 beekeepers are classified as commercial operators. With more cities allowing backyard beekeeping, Scarlett expects the interest to grow. However, having more small colonies spread around through a wider area, could cause a growing disease issue. Near Saskatoon,

American foul brood is a problem among small beekeepers and has developed into a concern for nearby commercial beekeepers. The new beekeepers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what the disease looks like, how to prevent it, or may not care, said Scarlett. Provincial apiarists run a series of beekeeping workshops to help educate new beekeepers, he said. Krause recently took an introduction to beekeeping course and recruited a neighbouring beekeeper to help her manage her colony. Her husband worked for a local honey farmer after high school and has some experience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel so blind,â&#x20AC;? she said. mary.macarthur@producer.com

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The reasons queen bees are dying sooner The shipping problem could be an easy fix, but parasite issues are not so easily solved BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

Not long ago, queen bees lasted two to three years before a beekeeper had to replace them. But they’re not living that long any more and beekeepers are asking why. “I don’t know if you get a year and a half any more…. So. What’s going on? Why are the queens not lasting?” asked Bryan Ash, a beekeeper from Gilbert Plains, Man. Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture may have found an answer. In a study published this month in Plos One, entomologists learned that queen bees can be exposed to extreme temperatures when shipped by mail or courier. The severe temperatures, even for short periods, may compromise the queen’s ability to reproduce. “As many as 20 percent of the (queen) shipments experienced temperature spikes that approached extremes of 105.8° F (41.1 C) and 46.4° F (8 C) for more than two hours at a time,” the USDA said in a release. “Those exposed to extreme high or low temperatures during shipping had sperm viability reduced by 50 percent.” The USDA said commercial beekeepers usually order replacement queens already mated, because queens only mate during the first few weeks of life. Queens use the stored semen to fertilize eggs laid throughout their lives. A queen bee fails when it dies or doesn’t produce enough viable eggs to maintain the colony. USDA laboratory testing confirmed that severe temperatures damage the sperm stored inside a q u e e n . In s e m i nat e d q u e e n s exposed to 40 C for one to two hours, or to 5 C for one to four hours, had sperm viability decline to 20 percent from 90. Canadian beekeepers often import queens from California,

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Ne w Z e a l a n d , Au s t ra l i a a n d Hawaii. Severe temperature variations are possible over those distances. “The good news is with fairly simple improvements in packaging and shipping conditions, we could have a significant impact on improving queens and, in turn, improving colony survival,” said Jeff Pettis, leader of the USDA bee research lab in Beltsville, Maryland. Queen failures have reached unprecedented levels in the U.S. They used to live one to two years but are now failing after six months. “This high rate of queen failure coincides with the high mortality rates of colonies in the U.S., some years with (more than) 50 percent of colonies dying,” the USDA said. The shorter life expectancy for queens may be causing higher rates of colony loss in the summer. Ash said Manitoba beekeepers used to lose two to three percent of their hives over the summer. Now, a 10 to 12 loss percent isn’t unusual. “You lose about three percent of your queens (per month),” he said. Besides temperature extremes, USDA scientists also determined that diseases are contributing to queen bee failures. Queens in the study had a high rate deformed wing virus and many of the queens were infected with other pathogens, such as nosema ceranae. robert.arnason@producer.com

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presence, elders deal with disputes. Those who have broken the law are often required to pay a fine in the form of animals. The Sapana ceremony begins the day before, usually at dusk, when locals gather and fires are lit for the night. Then begins the dancing, singing and drinking of fermented local w ine. Many stay awake through the night. The young men stay at home, waiting for the morning’s initiation rite. As the sun rises, the young man walks towards the bull, fixes his aim and pierces the animal with a spear on its right side. According to tradition, the bull must be speared several times before death as a way to respect its life — to consider that a single blow could fell a bull would be to dishonour the animal. Village men open up the slaughtered animal, taking it in turns to eat clots of blood. Most of the blood is kept in a container to be mixed later with milk, a traditional delicacy to be shared. Men take their place in a semicircle and wait for the choicest parts of the animal to be cooked and served to them. Women and children await their turn at a distance. Every single part of the animal is eaten or put to use. In one of the most important, final stages of the ceremony, a respected elder smears the contents of the animal’s stomach on the initiate. As Tepa explains, this concluding rite seals the young man’s entrance to adulthood, conferring a new status on him.

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New test helps select best time to pick apples British Columbia researcher finds a way to measure chlorophyll levels in apple peels, which is an indicator of ripeness TOM WALKER FREELANCE WRITER

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NEW BERG TRAILERS in stock and coming for spring season. We have a great selection. Black 45’ 3 hopper, fully loaded with Michel’s electric tarp and traps, $63,500. New Berg tandem white 36’ 2 hopper, PRECISION, 2014 Load Trail. Preci2015 SUBARU IMPREZA. Best compact Michel’s tarp, $41,600. New Berg on order 2015 Trailer: gooseneck, 7000 lb. tri-axles, car. $2000 cash purchase discount MSRP tri-axle 2 hopper white Michel’s tarp sion sliding winches, lots of extras (was a show $56,500. Corner Equip. 1-888-626-3215. from $19,995. Call 1-877-373-2662 or trailer for Precision). Load Trail: 22' tilt www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used deck, $3500, exc.cond., both must go! highway tractors. For more details call 2015 SUBARU LEGACY, $1500 cash pur- 204-685-2222 or view information at $14,500 OBO. 306-698-7409, Weyburn, SK. chase discount MSRP from $23,495. Call www.titantrucksales.com 1993 DOEPKER MACHINERY TRAILER, 1-877-373-2662 or subaruofsaskatoon.ca tri-axle, beavertails, extensions, new AB. DL #914077. safety, good cond, $35,000. 403-823-9976 Drumheller, AB. NORMS SANDBLASTING & PAINT, 40 years body and paint experience. We do metal and fiberglass repairs and integral to daycab conversions. Sandblasting and paint to trailers, trucks and heavy equip. Endura primers and topcoats. A one stop shop. Norm 306-272-4407, Foam Lake SK. 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.

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STEPDECK: 2000 MANAC, TA air ride, 48’, combo, new safety, $16,500; SS tankers available. 306-961-8070, Prince Albert, SK.

2013 D0EPKER TRIDEM Impact end dump gravel trailer w/electric tarp, full frame, two lift axles, Hardox 450 floor and side wall material, 11R24.5 tires. Farmer owned, parked most of the time, $56,500. Phone: 204-736-4854, Sanford, MB. 53’ AND 48’ tridem, tandem stepdecks, w/wo sprayer cradles; 53’, 48’ and 28’ tridem, tandem highboys, all steel and combos. Super B Highboys, will split; Tandem and S/A converter w/drop hitch; tandem aluminum tankers; 53’-28’ van trailers. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK. DL #905231. www.rbisk.ca BEHNKE DROP DECK semi style and pintle hitch sprayer trailers. Air ride, tandem and tridems. Contact SK: 306-398-8000; AB: 403-350-0336.

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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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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. 2010 MERRITT TRI-AXLE, tall back end, Lshaped dog house, counter balance front door, very good shape, $78,000 or partial trade for older 4 WD tractor or swather. 204-856-6907, Treherne, MB.

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SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING. We do welding, patching, repairs, re-wiring of trucks, trailers, heavy equipment, etc. We use Epoxy primers and Endura topcoats. Competitive rates. Contact Agrimex at 306-432-4444, Dysart, SK. WANTED: USED STOCK TRAILER, 15 to 17’ hitch pull. Call 306-375-2910, ext. 711, Kyle, SK. 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.

GRAVEL TRAILERS 2016 Renn SL330-AR Tri-Axle End Dump 2016 Renn SL1700-AR Tri-Axle Pony Pup 2016 Renn SLSDGEN2 Tandem Side Dump Lead 2016 Renn SL3300GEN2 Tri-Axle Hardox Tub 33’

HORSE TRAILERS 2016 Featherlite 8542-704H 4 Horse Slant Load 52” dressing room, Tac Package & Saddle Racks 2016 Featherlite 9409-673H BP 3 Horse, 24” Slant Wall, Tac Package & Saddle Racks

2016 FEATHERLITE 8127, Stock #41288, 7’x24’ all aluminum stock trailer with 2 gates, 3 compartments. One only in Red Deer, $26,400. Shop online 24/7 at: www.allandale.com or 1-866-346-3148.

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2014 CHEV SILVERADO, reg. cab, V6 auto, 1989 GMC TANDEM auto, 15’ box and 2 WD, under 24,000 kms, like new cond., hoist, Cummins, very clean, rust free, $25,000. 204-734-3699, Swan River, MB. $19,900. K&L Equipment, 306-795-7779, Ituna SK DL#910885 ladimer@sasktel.net 2013 CHEV SILVERADO, reg. cab, longbox, 4x4, 4.8L engine, auto, 16,500 kms, 2007 INTERNATIONAL 9200i Eagle gravel truck, 242,000 kms, 410 HP Cummins, 18 asking $19,900.780-679-7793 Rosalind AB spd., air ride, 16’ Renn box, roll tarp, fresh 1998 TOYOTA FORERUNNER Unlimited, SK. inspection, $49,900. 1-800-667-4515, 260,000 kms, very good shape, $2800 www.combineworld.com OBO. Call 306-717-3864, Muenster, SK. 2008 MACK, 261,000 orig. kms, 16’ steel box; 2002 Western Star, like new 16’ box; 1998 IHC, 16’ alum. box. Yellowhead Sales 306-783-2899, Yorkton, SK. 2000 DODGE DAKOTA 4 door, 4 WD, V8, 229,000 kms., power equipped, black. Looks great, runs great. Asking $5900. Call Ernie 306-220-2191, Saskatoon, SK. 2005 DODGE 2500 crew cab, S/B, 5.9 Cummins, auto, 189,000 kms., excellent cond., $18,500. 780-385-8008, Viking, AB.

FARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. Management Group for all your borrowing and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, Regina, SK.

2013 PROSTAR IH, daycab, in-dash GPS, 500 HP MaxxForce, 18 spd. trans., 46,000 rears, front axle 14,000, ratio 3.91, WB 228”, only 129,000 miles, 11R22.5 tires, with wet kit, new MB safety, for only $85,000. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB 4- 2013 VOLVO VNL300 day cab T/A tractors, 500 & 550 HP, I-Shift auto, 46S lockers, $79,900. DL #1075. 250-640-7422, BC. dale_kuhn@babinetruck.com CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used highway tractors. For more details call 204-685-2222 or view information at www.titantrucksales.com

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. 2008 F250 4x4, 6.4 diesel, auto., reg. cab, 8.3 Cummins, 300 HP, vg cond. $28,000. longbox, 124,000 kms, fresh Sask. safety, 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. $19,900. Cam-Don Motors, 306-237-4212, 1996 378 PETERBILT, N14, 13 spd., wet Perdue, SK. kit, headache rack, new steering tires, 2009 CHEVY DURAMAX 2500 HD, SLT Z71, g o o d b a c k t i r e s , $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 O B O . heated leather, rear camera, sunroof, 780-663-3929, 780-603-1747, Ryley, AB. 29,900 kms., w/$3500. Chrome access., o n ly p u l l e d c a m p e r t r a i l e r, n o t a x . 306-245-3754, or 306-536-0201, Tyvan SK

2016 RAM 1500, Quad cab, 4x4, Eco dsl., $38,750. 0% 72 mos. financing. Wynyard, 1-800-667-4414 www.thoens.com 909250 1999 FREIGHTLINER FL80 tandem, 12&40, air ride, 3126 Cat, 9 spd., 418,000 kms, 20’ deck, c/w winches, fresh Sask. safety, $23,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

1980 GMC BRIGADIER, Allison Auto, Inline 6-71 Detroit diesel, 20' CIM box, hoist, Michel's tarp, fair rubber, fair condition, 420,000 kms, $23,900 OBO. 306-272-7777, Elfros, SK. step.fam@sasktel.net 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, Colons a y S K , S 0 K 0 Z 0 . C o n t a c t K e v i n 2003 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA, daycab, 306-255-7580 for inquiries and viewing. C-15, 6NZ, 500 HP, (recent WO) 1.3 kms, 1994 MACK GRAIN TRUCK with a double 18 spd., 12 fronts, 40 rears, 4-way locks, piston Cancade hoist and 20’ grain box, alum. 22.5, new brakes, fresh SK. safety, single axle, 5 speed, 160,000 kms Easy to $ 3 4 , 9 0 0 . C a m - D o n M o t o r s L t d . , drive and great on fuel. Asking $32,000 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. OBO. 306-291-0441, Roblin, MB. 2007 IH 9400, with Cummins 435 HP 10 spd. AutoShift, 20’ box, alum. wheels and tanks, exc. cond., certified, $67,500; 2006 Peterbilt, 475 HP, Detroit 18 spd., A/T/C, alum. wheels, tanks, chrome bumper, like new tires, new paint, 20’ BH&T, exc. shape, show truck, $69,500; 2007 Mack CH613, 460 Mack eng., 13 spd., AutoShift, alum. wheels, new tires, A/T/C, new paint, 20’ BH&T, very nice, $67,500; 2007 Mack, 460 Mack eng., 12 spd. auto. trans., 3-way lockers, alum. wheels, good tires, 20’ BH&T, rear controls, pintle plate, $69,500; 1990 Kenworth T600, 450 HP Detroit, 10 spd., alum. front wheels, good tires, pulls good w/1996 36’ Cancade 2 hopper grain t r a i l e r - n i c e s h ap e , $ 3 5 , 0 0 0 ; 2 0 0 0 Freightliner Century Classic M11 Cummins, 375 HP, Super 10 speed, exc. tires, 20’ BH&T, alum. wheels, $47,500; 2007 IH 9400, 430 HP Cummins, new 20’ BH&T, new paint, good tires, alum. wheels and tanks, 10 spd. AutoShift, $67,500. Trades accepted. Call Merv at 306-276-7518, 306-767-2616, Arborfield, SK DL #906768

HORSE POWER? Fuel economy? Call Smoke ‘Em Diesel to safely add both on your Big Rig! (DPF & Emissions Removal). 306-545-5911, Regina, SK. HOT!! 2011 IH ProStar: Daycab, 515 Cummins (no DEF), 18 spd, 46 rears, full 4-way lockups, new wet kit, powertrain, warranty, $54,900. 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING of heavy trucks, trailers and equipment. Please call for details. Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., 1-800-938-3323, Delisle, SK.

2014 RAM 3500 SLT Dually crew, PST paid, $49,950; 2012 Ram SLT Dually crew, $39,950. 1-800-667-4414, Wynyard, SK. www.thoens.com DL #909250.

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DISMANTLING FOR PARTS 2007 IHC 9900i w/cab damage, 475 ISX rebuilt eng. EGR delete, 18 spd. Sexsmith Used Farm Parts, 1-800-340-1192, Sexsmith, AB.

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. LIONEL’S TRUCKING. Haul farm equip., construction equipment. Scissor neck trail2008 ESCAPE XLT, V8, auto., only 95,000 Call toll free 1-888-577-2020. er for oilfield, truck recovery, winch truck kms, very good, $13,900. Call Cam-Don service. Drumheller, AB. 403-820-1235. Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. Fre e In itia l C on s u lta tion s LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom S u c c e s s ion P la n n in g & hay hauling. Call 306-567-7100, Imperial, Im p le m e n ta tion SK. Corp ora te , P e rs on a l & CAN-AM TRUCK EXPORT LTD., Delisle, SK, Es ta te Ta x 1-800-938-3323. 2002 Kenworth T800, 60 Detroit, 13-40, $28,000; 1994 Freightliner Cre a tion of Fa m ily Tru s ts / daycab, 60 Detroit, 13-40, $14,000; 1990 Bu s in e s s P la n n in g JIM’S TUB GRINDING, H-1100 Haybuster Ford L8000, 7.8 dsl, Allison auto, equipped with 400 HP, serving Saskatchewan. Call Ac c ou n tin g S of tw a re w/Vactor 2100 hydrovac, only 250,000 306-334-2232, Balcarres, SK. Tra in in g & S e tu p s kms, $25,000; 1997 Doepker Super B flatI n c or p or a t ion s / Rollove r s / deck trailer, air ride susp., $9500; 1998 Re -O rg a n iz a tion s Freightliner FL112, M11 Cummins, auto, 40 rears, with new 20’ ultracel BH&T, (Governm entAg Gra nts Ava ila b le W I L C O C O N T R A C TO R S C O R R A L $58,000; 2006 Freightliner M2, Mercedes, ForAb ove Purp oses) CLEANING. Will do corral cleaning Regiauto, 15’ Midland gravel box, 10’ hyd. belly na, SK. area. Have full line of equipment. plow, 155,000 kms, $58,000; 2001 FreighM cKEN ZI E & CO . Also manure wanted. 306-596-7105, tliner FL80, Cat 3126, auto, 15’ Midland, bryonb@wilcosw.ca Cha rt ered Pro f es s io n a l Acco u n t a n t s $45,000; 1999 GMC 8500 fuel truck, 2500 (Do w n to w n S a s ka to o n ) REGULATION DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’, gal., 3126 Cat auto, $32,000; 2003 Pete E m a il: d o n @ m ck en ziea n d co m pa n y.ca $2000; 160x60x14’, $2950; 180x60x14’, 378, 6NZ Cat, 18-46 locks, 48’ flat-top $3450; 200x60x14’, $3950. Gov’t grants sleeper, $47,000; 2005 Hino 238 W 24 Pho n e: 306 -6 53-5050 F a x: 306 -6 53-49 49 available. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon, SK. van, auto, 195,000 kms, $23,000; 1997 CH W eb s ite: m ck en ziea n d co m pa n y.ca Mack daycab, 350 Mack, 10 spd. 40 rears, MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. $12,000. Gensets avail. Financing avail., Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: OAC. www.can-amtruck.com DL#910420. www.maverickconstruction.ca CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used CUSTOM LIQUID MANURE hauling, 3 highway tractors. For more details call 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 204-685-2222 or view information at INVESTORS WANTED FOR: Agriculture 306-227-5757, Hague, SK. www.titantrucksales.com purposes. Call 306-237-7800. BRUSH MULCHING. The fast, effective way to clear land. Four season service, competitive rates, 275 HP unit, also avail. trackhoe with thumb, multiple bucket at2004 TOYOTA SIENNA LEA, V6, FWD, 2 sets tires like new, 1 winter set, 1 summer, HOG SCALDING TANK, electric and pro- tachments. Bury rock and brush piles and pane fired, also hog de-hairing machine, fence line clearing. Borysiuk Contracting $2700 OBO. 780-352-8858 Bittern Lake AB Inc., www.bcisk.ca Prince Albert, SK., $15,000. 204-856-6907, Treherne, MB. 306-960-3804. 1960’s TOLEDO MEAT SLICER, 1/4 HP, Model 5401, $200. Call 306-567-3128, NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, payloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and Bladworth, SK. vertical beater spreaders. Phone 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK.

T800 KENWORTHS ALL HEAVY SPECS 18 spd., full lockers, 2008, 2007 w/bunks. Also daycab 2009, new trans. and clutch; 2007 Kenworth and 2007 379 Pete daycab; 2013 IH 5900I, 42” bunk, 46 diff, 4-way lock, 18 spd., 390,000 kms; 2009 Western Star, rebuilt Detroit eng., 18 spd., 46s, 4-way lock; 2006 378 Pete, Cat 18 spd., 46 diff, 4-way locks w/roo-bar bumper; 2007 IH 9200 daycab, ISX 435, 13 spd; 2006 IH 9200, 475 Cummins, 18 spd., 46 diff; 2004 IH 8600, S/A, daycab, Cat C10, 10 spd.; 2- AUTOMATIC BANDERS, Auto strappin for 1996 T800 Kenworth, 475 Cat, 13 spd. Ron banding bee nest blocks, can band over 50 B r o w n I m p . D e l i s l e , 3 0 6 - 4 9 3 - 9 3 9 3 nests an hr. 306-730-9895, Melville, SK. www.rbisk.ca DL #905231. USED BANDER FOR SALE, in exc. cond. Used for banding leaf cutter bee nesting boxes. Wanted to buy plastic leaf cutter 1997 FORD TENDER TRUCK, C10 Cat, 10 bee huts. 306-281-8097, Saskatoon, SK. spd., fresh safety, c/w 2010 16’ Rayman box 3 comp., side fold auger with 2’ extension, stainless flighting, roll tarp, $65,000. Call 403-994-7754, Olds, AB. WANTED: TANDEM MANURE TRUCKS, w/wo manure spreaders. Must be in good condition. 780-842-2909 or 780-842-7812, AFFORDABLE RADON mitigation solution Wainwright, AB. with Polywest, Liberty Pumps and Fantech! 1999 FORD F250, 7.3 dsl., 305,000 kms, 1 1-855-765-9937 or visit: www.polywest.ca ton springs, new trans, new rad, Ali Arc bumper, clean, Courtney Berg Hyda-Deck, all new plumbing/wiring, new pump under hood, new motor mounts, elec. over hyd. CONTINUOUS METAL ROOFING, no excontrols, hyd. rams all have new seals, posed screws to leak or metal overlaps. $16,500. 403-888-9630, Crossfield, AB. Ideal for lower slope roofs, rinks, church2003 FORD F450 4x4, auto, V10, 99,300 es, pig barns, commercial, arch rib buildkms, 225/70R19.5xDS2 Michelin tires, vg ing and residential roofing; also available condition, 7’x7.5 flatdeck w/15” sides, c/w in Snap Lock. 306-435-8008, Wapella, SK. Ferrari Model 535C crane, $14,000. 204-362-1275, Plum Coulee, MB. CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used highway tractors. For more details call 204-685-2222 or view information at www.titantrucksales.com

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2004 CONRADO, Series 60, 18 spd., 1976 GMC 6500, c/w 19’ deck and hoist, 40,000 rears, 24.5 rubber 1600,000 kms good running truck, 64,000 original miles, 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 o n n ew m o t o r a n d t r a n s . $6500. 403-321-2105, Blackie, AB. 306-931-2678, Saskatoon, SK. FUEL TRUCK: 1996 T450 Kenworth, 3600 gal. fuel capacity, dual pumps and meters, coded. Call 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK.

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 ALLISON AUTOMATICS: 2004 IHC 4400, C&C, DT466, 6 spd, $39,900; 2004 IHC 7400, new 20’ B&H w/silage gate, rebuilt m o t o r, $ 6 9 , 9 0 0 ; 1 9 8 9 G M C t a n d e m grain/gravel truck, Cummins diesel auto, 2005 KENWORTH T800, ISX Cummins, 13 15’ B&H $19,900. K & L E q u i p m e n t , spd., 40,000 rears, safetied, 60” bunk, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK. DL #910885. $29,000. 306-931-2678, Saskatoon, SK. ladimer@sasktel.net 2005 KENWORTH W900L, 72” sleeper, ATTENTION FARMERS: 30 TANDEMS rebuilt engine, trans, and front diff., all with Cancade boxes, autos and standards. new brakes, new tires in Nov., $48,000. Yellowhead Sales 306-783-2899, Yorkton. 780-819-3200, Chipman, AB. AUTOSHIFT TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Boxed 2005 PETERBILT 378, Cummins 500 HP, tandems and tractor units. Contact David 18 spd; 2006 Peterbilt 379, Cummins 475 306-887-2094, 306-864-7055, Kinistino, HP, 13 spd; 2009 IH Prostar, Cummins 500 HP, 18 spd; 2003 Freightliner ColumSK. DL #327784. www.davidstrucks.com bia, Detroit 500HP (rebuilt), 18 spd., 46 CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used rears, lockers; 2004 Kenworth W900L, Cat highway tractors. For more details call 475 HP, 13 spd. Daycabs: 2005 IH 9400, 204-685-2222 or view information at Cat 475 HP, 18 spd, wet kit; 2005 Kenwww.titantrucksales.com worth T800, Cat 475 HP, 18 spd, 46 rears, 4-way locks. 306-567-7262, Davidson, SK. www.hodginshtc.com DL #312974. 2005 PETERBILT 379, C15, 18 spd., Super 40, 4-way locks, 70” bunk, $50,000. Owner/operator. Ph: 780-914-7861, Viking, AB

CIM TRUCK BODIES, grain, silage, gravel, decks, service and installation. For factory direct pricing and options, call Humboldt, SK., 306-682-2505 or www.cim-ltd.ca MECHANICS SPECIAL: 2006 IHC 4400, DT 466 tandem, Allison auto, C&C, low mileage, runs and drives, but needs engine work, will take a 20’ box. Was $44,900, now reduced $29,900. K&L Equipment, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK. DL #910885 Email: ladimer@sasktel.net REMOTE CONTROL ENDGATE AND hoist systems can save you time, energy and keep you safe this seeding season. Give K r a m b l e I n d u s t r i e s a call at 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or visit us online at: www.kramble.net

1997 FREIGHTLINER, 327,668 kms., fresh Safety, new tires, AC, welder-generator, continuous air compressor, crane w/out riggers, 3- 60 gal. oil tanks w/pump and hose reel, rear bumper work bench and vise. Email: trent@tseoperating.com 306-421-3865, Estevan, SK.

FARM CHEMICAL/ SEED COMPLAINTS We also specialize in: agricultural complaints of any nature; Crop ins. appeals; Spray drift; Chemical failure; Residual herbicide; Custom operator issues; Equip. malfunction. Ph. Back-Track Investigations 1-866-882-4779 for assistance and compensation. backtrackcanada.com THE HANDLER IS available in 5 sizes and proven on tens of thousands of farms from across the world. Call 1-855-765-9937 or visit: www.polywest.ca

CUSTOM HAYING. WE are a custom haying operation and taking bookings for 2016. We mow, rake, bale, and also stack the bales for you. Please contact us for rates. 306-744-7678, Yorkton, SK. k2hayfarms@yahoo.ca

PLANTING CORN, SOYBEANS, and sunflowers with Case 60’ planter, in Sask. and 1974 CATERPILLAR D7F, Serial #94N, new MB. Call 306-527-2228. UC, injectors, glow plugs, rad, batteries, CHATTERSON FARMS offers a complete very well maintained, fully guarded and Custom Seeding Service. 50’ Concord, shielded, exc. cond., c/w winch and spare 4.5” Dutch openers, JD 350 bu. tank, 2150 rollers, $54,500 OBO. 306-782-6907, gal. Pattison liquid wagon, JD 9530 tractor 306-641-7983, Jedburgh, SK. w/GPS. All support equipment available jasonhiduk@outlook.com also. For more info and prices call Charles OVER 1000 NEW and used track rollers for 306-698-7808, Wolseley, SK. crawlers and excavators. Parting out over 20 motor graders. Large stock of new and used tires. New parts available at low low LOWDERMILK TRANSPORT IS providing prices. Large stock of culverts, 6’ high, 9’ one call service for all Equipment/Hay wide, 20’ long, many other sizes. Over 500 hauling. Very experienced, multiple trucks new and used backhoe and loader buckets. serving AB., SK., and MB. 780-872-0107, Over 65 lights plants from 3 to 193 Kw. Central Canada’s largest wreckers of older 306-252-1001, Kenaston, SK. construction equipment. Cambrian EquipANDRES TRUCKING. Heavy Equipment, ment Sales Ltd. Call: 204-667-2867, fax: combines, bins, hay, grain, Canada/USA. 204-667-2932, Winnipeg, MB. Call/text 306-736-3454, Windthorst, SK.

LARRY HIEBERT TRUCKING: equipment 2009 WELLS Cargo food concession trailer, hauling, farm machinery. Serving western fully self-contained, 19 cu. ft. fridge, 19 Canada. 780-720-4304, Willingdon, AB. cu. ft. freezer, 2 fryers, 42” grill with oven, 7500 KW General power plant, hot and cold water system, fire suppression system. More info. please call 204-546-3109 home, or 204-572-1654, Grandview, MB.

2004 FREIGHTLINER CONDOR, very low miles, cab and chasis, long wheel base, C10 CAT, Allison auto, complete hyd. system, including hyd. side arm lift, suitable for conversion to a bale hauler, $19,900. Call K & L Equipment, Ituna, SK. Ladimer 306-795-7779. DL #910885.

LOOKING FOR INVESTOR or investors for profitable business. Call 306-382-0785, Saskatoon, SK.

1971 GMC CUSTOM 3500, very rare truck. Fully functional upgraded 1 ton, B&H, role tarp, aux. hyd. PS, new front disc brakes, hydro vac boost, military master cyl., 85,000 kms, good truck, $14,750 OBO. 306-203-1171, Saskatoon, SK.

HOTELS FOR SALE: Bassano, AB. 24 EQUIPMENT HAULING AND Air Drill renovated rooms, bar, 6 VLT’s, new liquor Towing, Eaton Transport. Call Joel at store, Will train. 2 adjacent lots for sale. 403-396-5714, Lacombe, AB. Nanton, AB: Tavern, 5 VLT’s, restaurant, 6 rooms, liquor store on Hwy. Will train. Gravel Pit: Crossfield, AB. Priced to sell. Bruce McIntosh, Re/Max Landan, Calgary, 403-256-3888, bruce_bmac@yahoo.ca

2006 STERLING TRI-DRIVE spreader truck w/2007 roto-mix spreader box, 444,340 kms, 4536 hrs, floater tires. Auto. powered 2009 INT. PROSTAR T/A, 340,000 kms, by Cat eng. Well maintained, looked after. day cab, 485 HP, Cummins, 8 spd, air ride, Used to spread manure and wood chips, we t k i t , a l u m i nu m b u d d s , $ 4 4 , 9 0 0 . $90,000. Jeff 403-371-6362, Brant, AB. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2006 STERLING TRI-DRIVE spreader truck 2010 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA, daycab, w/2007 roto-mix spreader box, 444,340 15L Detroit 500 HP, 13 spd., 12&40, kms, 4536 hrs, floater tires. Auto. powered 446,000 kms, fresh SK. safety, $46,900. by Cat eng. Well maintained, looked after. Used to spread manure and wood chips, Cam-Don Motors 306-237-4212 Perdue SK $90,000. Jeff 403-371-6362, Brant, AB. 2010 PETERBILT 388, ISX 500 HP, Super 40’s, 18 spd., 4-way lockers, 48” bunk, 226 WB, no DEF, lots of chrome/alum./stainless, $81,500 or 600 HP, $84,500. Call 2015 SUBARU FORESTER. Best small SUV. 204-729-7297, Brandon, MB. $2000 cash purchase discount MSRP from 2015 367 PETERBILT, 91,000 kms, 500 HP $ 2 5 , 9 9 5 . C a l l 1 - 8 7 7 - 3 7 3 - 2 6 6 2 o r Cummins, 22” tires, Super 40’s, 36” bunk, www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. $139,000 OBO.780-888-1258 Lougheed AB 2 0 1 5 S U BA RU O U T BAC K . B e s t n ew 2015 VOLVO 780; 2014 Volvo 670; 2013 SUV/CUV, MSRP starting from $27,995. Volvo 630; 2012 Volvo 630; 2010 Volvo 1-877-373-2662 or subaruofsaskatoon.ca I-Shift. Call 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. DL #914077.

2007 VOLVO L20B, 3440 hrs., 1 cu. yard bucket, 12.5/80-18 12PR tires, front/rear lights, extra hyd. lines to bucket, quick coupler, F.O.B. $38,000. 204-795-9192, Plum Coulee, MB. 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. CAT HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS: 463, 435, 80 and 70, all very good cond., new conversion. Also new and used scraper tires. Can deliver. 204-793-0098, Stony Mountain, MB. 5- EXCAVATOR BUCKETS, trenching and clean-out; also 3 rippers for excavators, some Cats, some WBMs. 204-871-0925, MacGregor, 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. Eugene 780-835-0601, Grande Prairie, AB.

PROVINCIALLY INSPECTED ABBATOIR for sale. Located in East Central Alberta. Fully equipped. Call Art 780-806-3175.

2012 BOBCAT S205 skidsteer, 1650 hrs, c/w bucket, vg working cond. Can deliver. $31,000. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB ROAD GRADERS CONVERTED to pull behind large 4WD tractors, 14’ and 16’ blade widths avail. 306-682-3367, CWK Ent. Humboldt, SK. www.cwenterprises.ca

HIGH VOLUME gas bar, convenience store, liquor outlet in a SE Sask. town. Call Frank, 306-525-2427, Fortune Four Realty. 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

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 EQUIPMENT TOWING/ HAULING. Reasonable rates. Contact G H Wells Services and Trucking, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK. MJ PETERSEN TRANSPORT Ltd., Mortlach, LASSO THIS OPPORTUNITY! Serious retire- has for hire ground load 53’ cattleliner, ment impact. Free online training. Flex 2-53’ stepdeck hay trailers. We haul hours. www.project4wellness.com equipment. 306-891-1380, 306-631-2023.

B O M B A R D I E R S N O W C AT / Tr a i l 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. 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. EQUIPMENT SALE: Dozers, rock trucks, excavators, compactors. Call Conquest Equipment, 306-483-2500, Oxbow, SK.

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2012 BOBCAT S205 skidsteer, 1650 hrs, c/w bucket, vg working cond., can deliver, $31,000. 204-743-2324 Cypress River, MB. 2006 HITACHI ZX270 LC hyd. excavator w/hyd. thumb, QA bucket, 11’ stick, aux. hyd., 6382 hrs., $65,000 USD; 2007 CAT D6N LGP crawler, c/w 6-way blade dozer, AC, cab, canopy, diff. steering, one BB1 MS ripper, 8626 hrs., extremely clean, UC is like new, $75,000 USD; 2004 D6N LGP crawler with 6-way dozer, AC cab, diff. steering, Allied W6G winch, 10,600 hrs, $62,000 USD; 2010 CAT 324 excavator with hyd. thumb, $70,000 USD. Call 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB. 1973 CAT 930 loader, 3 yard bucket, new pins and bushings, $17,000. 306-524-4960, Semans, SK. BRUSH RAKE to fit D8, D7 or Komatsu, 13’, arms, long teeth, excellent shape, $6500 OBO. 780-841-1496, Fort Vermilion, AB.

1978 CAT 950 loader, c/w Weldco QA, general purpose bucket, 48” forks, 20.5x25 tires- 50% remaining, ROPS cab w/heater, disc brakes, hour meter reads 7986 hrs, which is the hours since the machine had major eng. and trans. work. Total frame hours is approx. 22,000 hrs. Articulation and loader linkage are tight, brakes work good, machine starts, runs and shifts good, bucket good cond, $36,500. Located in Calgary, AB. Call 403-571-5515.

RECLAMATION CONTRACTORS: Bigham 3 and 4 leg mechanical trip 3 pt. hitch Paratills in stock; parts for Bigham and Tye Paratills. Call Kelloughs: 1-888-500-2646. 1988 JD 644E wheel loader, 23.5x25 tires, 4 cubic yard general purpose bucket with teeth, $35,000. 204-795-9192, Plum Coulee, MB. 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. VOLVO G990 GRADER, 2007, 20.5 tires, r i p p e r, 6 7 0 0 h o u r s , $ 1 1 0 , 0 0 0 . C a l l 403-291-1010, Calgary, 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. SKIDSTEER ATTACHMENTS: Buckets, rock buckets, grapples, weld-on plates and much more large stock. Top quality equipment. Call Quality Welding and Sales 306-731-3009, 306-731-8195, Craven, SK. OMEGA 20 TON 4x4, hyd. crane; JLG 80’ Manlift; Linkbelt 98 Series crane w/60’ boom; Koehring 405 crane, 60’ boom; Koehring 304 railway crane; two B.E. 22B w/crane booms; Shield Bantam truck crane w/boom; Pettibone hyd. crane, 20 ton, 6x6 truck mounted 80’ crane; F.E. 100’ ladder truck; Pettibone hyd. crane, 12.5 ton; Galion 12.5 ton crane and Austin Western crane. Two yards, over 50 acres. Cambrian Equipment Sales Ltd. Winnipeg, phone: 204-667-2867, fax 204-667-2932.

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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 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 . WOOD POST BUILDING packages or built on site. For early booking call 780-755-2295, Edgerton, AB. 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website ATTACHMENTS PARTS COMPONENTS www.warmanhomecentre.com for construction equipment. Attachments for dozers, excavators and wheel loaders. ARM RIVER POLE BUILDINGS, 40’x60’ to Used, Re-built, Surplus, and New equip- 80’x300’, Sask. only. Call 306-731-2066, ment parts and major components. Call Lumsden, SK., metalarc@live.ca Western Heavy Equipment 306-981-3475, Prince Albert, SK. WHEN

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LIKE NEW 2010 3200 gal. liquid fertilizer wagon, 3â&#x20AC;? fill, Honda engine, hyd. drive pump, big rubber 30.5LR32, $35,000 OBO. 306-331-0097, 306-331-8305, Lipton, SK. 1995 TERRA-GATOR 1844, 4 wheel floater, 3208 Cat, 18 spd., liquid, Autorate, AutoSteer, 2318 hrs., $18,225. Consider tractor on trade. 306-946-7923, Young, SK.

20â&#x20AC;&#x2122; TO 53â&#x20AC;&#x2122; CONTAINERS. New, used and modified. Available Winnipeg, MB; Regina USED DRY FERTILIZER SPREADERS, and Saskatoon, SK. www.g-airservices.ca 4-8 ton, large selection, Valmar 1620, 1655, 2420. Call 1-866-938-8537 or view 306-933-0436. www.zettlerfarmequipment.com SAFE AND DRY with GSI. Winter booking program specials, widest selection of dryer models for a wide variety of applications. Wentworth Ag, 1-877-665-9996.

KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD Aeration Sales and Service. R.J. Electric, Avonlea, SK. Call 2009 AG-CHEM 8204, 2-bin with chemical bin, 4570 hours, reduced to $86,000. 306-868-2199 or cell: 306-868-7738. U S D. 4 0 6 - 4 6 6 - 5 3 5 6 , C h o t e a u , M T. KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD/ OPI STORMAX. www.fertilizerequipment.net For sales and service east central SK. and 8300 GAL. IMP VERT. LIQUID Fertilizer MB., call Gerald Shymko, Calder, SK., tanks, $6250. Also in stock, transport 306-742-4445 or toll free 1-888-674-5346. tanks in various sizes. 1-888-435-2626 SAFE AND DRY with GSI. Winter booking www.flaman.com program specials, widest selection of dryer NH3 WAGON WITH twin 1000 gal tanks, models for a wide variety of applications. cert. until April 2018, $8,000. Wainwright, Wentworth Ag, 1-877-665-9996. AB. 780-806-3439, 780-842-4088.

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2013 JD 4940 w/3030 new Leader dry fert. box w/tarp, 910 hrs, 710/42 Michelins, exc. cond. 306-746-7638, Raymore, SK. h.hagro@sasktel.net

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MERIDIAN AUGER SALE: 10x39 loaded 35 Vanguard, $15,000; 10x46 loaded 35 Kohler, $15,975; 8x53 loaded 31 Vanguard, $14,775. Above pricing is customer install. Installation available upon request. 2- 10x72 SLMD augers, $12,000 ea. Brian 204-724-6197, Souris, MB. SAKUNDIAK GRAIN AUGERS available with self-propelled mover kits and bin sweeps. Contact Kevinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Custom Ag in Nipawin, SK. Toll free 1-888-304-2837. REMOTE CONTROL SWING AUGER movers, trailer chute openers, endgate and hoist systems, wireless full bin alarms, swing belt movers, wireless TractorCams, motorized utility carts. All shipped directly to you. Safety, convenience, reliability. Kramble Industries at 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or www.kramble.net

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2005 VALLEY SYSTEMS liquid carts, 22650 US gallon, TBT w/ground drive John Blue pumps, vg condition, $20,000 each. 306-593-7644, 306-280-8347, Invermay.

BEHLEN FLAT BOTTOM 11,000 bu. bins. 27' dia., full floor aeration w/575 volt fans. Springland unloaders w/in sweep, good cond., $6,000. 204-764-0532, Decker, MB.

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RENT OR BUY at Flaman! 1610 PRO grain extractor. Unload bags easily and economically. See your nearest Flaman store or call 1-888-435-2626. FLAMAN PRO GRAIN bag roller - clean up used bags easily. Avail. in skidsteer mount or pull behind trailer mount at Flaman Saskatoon. Starting at $8,330 and $8,980. 1-888-435-2626. www.flaman.com

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2011 AGCO 4200 16’, auto HHC, reel speed with 16’ Swathmaster, $19,800. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2005 CASE/IH SC100 discbine #PN3169B 16’, 12,300 hrs., hydro swing, rubber cond. rolls, 1000 PTO, $12,300. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca

1998 JD 9610, 2653 hrs., GreenStar, auto HHC, reel spd., 2 spd. cyl., XL hopper ext., headers available with warranty, $48,800. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

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WANTED: NEURO GRAIN VAC w/1000 PTO, any condition. Call 306-335-2280, Lemberg, SK. CONVEYAIR GRAIN VACS, parts, accessories. Call Bill 780-986-5548, Leduc, AB. www.starlinesales.com BRANDT 4000, $8000; 4500, $8500; 3REM 1026s, $4500 + up. 1-866-938-8537. www.zettlerfarmequipment.com GRAVITY WAGONS: New 400 bu, $7,400; 600 bu., $12,500; 750 bu., $18,250. Large selection of used gravity wagons, 250-750 bu. Used grain carts, 450 to 1110 bushel. View at: www.zettlerfarmequipment.com 1-866-938-8537, Portage la Prairie, MB. BOURGAULT 1100 BUSHEL grain cart, great tires, walking duals, fast unload auger, tarp, big 1000 PTO, $24,500 OBO. 780-656-5808. 2012 BRENT 1282 grain cart, duals, PTO, scale, tarp, monitor and camera, $75,000. Canada West Harvest Centre, Emerald Park, SK. 306-525-2300.

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2010 BALZER 2000 bu. grain cart, triple axle, 800/65R32 tires, scale, tarp, 24” unloading auger unloads 1000 bu./min., exc. cond., field ready, $89,500. Can deliver. 204-743-2324 anytime, Cypress River, MB.

2011 BRENT 2096 grain cart, PTO, scale, walking axle, electric tarp. Call 306-537-9636, Riceton, SK. SAFE AND DRY with GSI. Winter booking program specials, widest selection of dryer models for a wide variety of applications. Wentworth Ag, 1-877-665-9996. 2014 EASY TRAIL 710 cart, tarp, PTO, 30.5/32 tires, $25,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment Ltd. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks

2- NH BIG SQUARE balers, BB960 w/roto cut electric greasers, bale ejection, field DUAL SCREEN ROTARY grain cleaners, ready. Ph. 250-567-8456, Vanderhoof, BC great for pulse crops, best selection in 2003 NH 688 round baler, bale command Western Canada. 306-946-7923, Young SK and monitor, good shape, $11,500 OBO. WANTED: SMALL GRAIN deck for Kipp Kel- 306-621-4428 after 5 PM, Stornoway, SK. ly model 200 gravity table. Sandercock BALE SPEARS, high quality imported Seed Farm, 306-334-2958, Belcarres, SK. from Italy, 27” and 49”, free shipping, exellent pricing. Call now toll free CALL MINIC IND. for all your bucket ele- c1-866-443-7444, Stonewall, MB. vator, screw/drag and belt conveyor parts and accessories. We specialize in stainless steel and mild steel for your new equipment quotation requirements. Call Chris at: 204-339-1941, Winnipeg, MB. DUAL STAGE ROTARY SCREENERS and Kwik Kleen 5-7 tube. Call 204-857-8403, Portage la Prairie, MB. or visit online: www.zettlerfarmequipment.com

RECON 300/400. Dry hay 35 to 65% faster. Combine 2 swaths into 1. Recondition and move swath to dry ground. Make high q u a l i t y d r y h a y f a s t e r. C a l l 1-888-907-9182. www.agshield.com 2009 NEW HOLLAND 1475, 14’ haybine, low acres, rubber rollers, shedded, exc. cond. Call 306-327-4550, Kelvington, SK.

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2009 MF 9895 combine, c/w PU header, 1994 CASE/IH 1688, 3600 hours, good 809 sep. hrs, 9-60R-32 single front tires, condition, all new bushings in sieves last 700-65R-26 rear tires, Mav chopper, air fall. Call 204-662-4510, Sinclair, MB. foil chaffer, C13 Cat engine, HID lights, 2012 CASE/IH 8230, loaded w/leather, $183,000. Call 780-632-2514, Vegreville, light pkg., custom cutter pkg., duals, AFS AB. roly_dennill@dennill.com factory GPS, mint, field ready, only 773 hours, asking $315,000. 306-823-7204. 2012 CASE 9230, 1120 eng. hrs., duals, SWATHMASTER AND RAKE-UP 12’, 14’ $275,000. Canada West Harvest Centre, and 16’ pickups available. Call for details! Emerald Park, SK., 306-525-2300. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2010 NEW HOLLAND CX8090 combine, 1400 eng. hrs., 1055 sep. hrs., duals, $195,000. Canada West Harvest Centre, Saskatoon, SK. 306-978-2300. 2011 LEXION 770 combine, 1171 eng. hrs., Turbo chopper, PU head. Canada West Harvest Centre, Emerald Park, SK. CASE/IH FLEX PLATFORMS: Models 1020 25’ and 30’ w/wo air reel; 2020 30’ and 306-525-2300. 35’; 2020 30’ with air reel; 2011 3020 35’. 2010 CASE/IH 7088, 1019 eng. hrs, 770 Can install new AWS air bar for additional sep. hrs, AFX motor, 2016 Swathmaster $11,500. Deliver in SK, MB, AB. Gary PU, Peterson airfoil sieve, feeder silencer 204-326-7000, Reimer Farm Equip., Hwy. kit, 900/60R32 tires, shedded, excellent #12 N, www.reimerfarmequipment.com condition, $177,000. 780-836-6492, Steinbach, MB. Manning, AB. djaeger7@gmail.com 2008 NEW HOLLAND 24C 30’ draper head2008 CASE AFX 8010 combine, 1568 hrs., er, mint condition, always stored inside, duals, GPS, AFS 600 monitor, field ready, $28,000. 780-821-9385, High Level, AB. $210,000. Canada West Harvest Centre, 2011 IH 3016 pickup and header, all upEmerald Park, SK. 306-525-2300. dates done, belts, auger and floor all exc., 2014 CASE 8230 combine, 659 eng. hrs., u n d e r 3 5 0 h o u r s u s e , $ 2 4 , 8 5 0 . 500 sep. hrs., GPS, duals, big tubes, 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com $360,000. Canada West Harvest Centre, MACDON CA20/CA25 and HoneyBee flex Emerald Park, SK., 306-525-2300. or rigid adapters and completion kits, 2013 JD S690 combine, 1120 eng. hrs., plenty in stock, we want your trade! Call 900 sep. hrs., duals, Auto Steer ready, f o r p r i c i n g a n d a v a i l a b i l i t y . pwr. fold, $349,000. Canada West Harvest 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com Centre, Saskatoon, SK. 306-978-2300. 2004 CASE/IH 2388, 2015 PU, 1914 sep. hrs., well maintained, extensive WO’s in 2015, $85,000 OBO; 30’ Honeybee header, exc. shape, $25,000 OBO. 306-889-4263, 306-873-7499, Mistatim, SK.

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CASE PATRIOT SPX 3200B, 2200 hrs., 80’ tip openers with 3115 tank (2005), asking boom, 800 US gallon tank, field ready, $49,500. 306-452-7004, Parkman, SK. USD. 406-466-5356, Choteau, Montana. $80,000. Call 403-896-4673, Clive, AB. View: www.fertilizerequipment.net 2008 BG 6450 air tank #HS34820, 3 tank 2013 SPRA-COUPE 4660 80’, 2 sets tires, metering, double shoot, 591 Monitor, 2005 SPRA-COUPE 7650, 90’ booms, 650 hours, Outback GPS, AutoSteer, Auto- always shedded, $83,500. 306-864-3667, 1300 hrs., auto., 2 WD, 3-way nozzle bod- Boom, good. 204-662-4510, Sinclair, MB. Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca ies, new tires, JD GPS AutoTrac, 1800 Dis2004 NH SD440 51’-12”, $35,000. Call play, 1 year warranty on WO, exc. cond. Watrous New Holland 306-946-3301 or 403-578-2487, 403-575-4101, Brownfield view www.watrousnewholland.com 2013 CASE/IH 3230, 100’, 800 gal. S3 BANDIT 3210 LIQUID fertilizer system! Outback GPS, 1086 hrs., AutoSteer, Auto- Introducing the all new and fully engi- 1998 MORRIS MAXIM drill and 7180 trailBoom, lux cab, 2 sets wheels, crop dividers neered TBH caddy. Call 1-855-765-9937 or ing tank #B21999C, 7.5” spacing, 3.5” steel packers, $25,000. Ph 306-864-3667, visit: www.polywest.ca $175,000. 204-734-8201 Swan River, MB. Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 2005 7650 SPRAY-COUPE, 900 hours, 3 CHEM HANDLERS- load your sprayer faster way nozzles, fence line end nozzles, rinse and get back in the field. Equipped with 2006 NH SD440 50’, 10” paired row, 430 tank, Raven SCS4000 rate controller, new- double venturi system, loads directly from bushel, variable rate tank, double shoot, blockage monitor, steel press wheels, er rear tires, stored inside, exc. cond., bulk containers. Flaman 1-888-435-2626. $80,000. 780-210-0280, Andrew, AB. $78,000 OBO. 306-831-9649, Elrose, SK. TRIDEKON CROP SAVER, crop dividers. 2009 70’ FLEXI-COIL 5500 fold back, 12” 2008 CASE 4420, 100’ booms, Aim com- Reduce trampling losses by 80% to 90%. space, 4350 TBT var. tank, 4.5” boots, mand, AutoBoom, AccuBoom, active susp., Call: Great West Agro, 306-398-8000. done approx. 20,000 acres, nice shape, HID lights, regular cab, 1200 gal. SS tank, FITTINGS AND VALVES for your liquid $ 9 8 , 0 0 0 U S D O B O. 7 8 0 - 3 8 6 - 3 9 7 9 , 2250 hrs., shedded, inspection done, well handling needs, all offering the ultimate in 780-385-6449, Lougheed, AB. maintained, 2 sets tires, $175,000. Kinder- sealing power and corrosion resistance. sley, SK. 306-463-7527, 306-463-3228. 2011 BOURGAULT 66’ air drill #B22480A, Call 1-855-765-9937 or www.polywest.ca 12” spacing, mid-row shanks, double shoot, $143,000. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or view online at www.farmworld.ca 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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2002 JD 1820, 41’, 270 bu. 1900 cart, 12” spacing, blockage monitors, double shoot dry with Dickey John NH3, $35,000 OBO. 306-452-3233, Antler, 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. 2011 MORRIS CONTOUR C1 drill; 2002 Flexi-Coil 3450 TBH cart, 51’, 12” spacing, single shoot drill, $110,000. 306-922-2525 Prince Albert, SK. www.farmworld.ca 2014 SEED HAWK 8412, $205,000. Call Yorkton New Holland 306-783-8511 or view www.yorktonnewholland.com COMBINE WORLD NOW carries Atom Jet openers! We want your old ones on trade! 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 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.

1998 BOURGAULT 5710 air drill, 54’, DS, 4” packers, carbide openers, Series II MRB’s like new, 4340 triple tank, all good tires, low acre drill, exc. condition, field ready. Asking $55,000. 403-578-2487, 403-575-4101 cell, Brownfield, AB. 2003 BOURGAULT 5710, 54’, c/w 4300 tank, DS, paired row openers, good shape, $48,000. 403-502-0048, Medicine Hat, AB. 2009 SEEDMASTER TXB 66’x12” c/w NEW UNUSED 2013 40’ Ezee-On 7650 air P1060, TBH, $160,000. Call Raymore New drill, 9” spacing, 3” steel packers, $39,500. Holland 306-746-2911 or view website: www.raymorenewholland.com 403-350-9088, Red Deer, AB. JD 1820, 60’, c/w 350 bu. 1910 cart, 2003 BOURGAULT AIR DRILL, 5710 Series 2003 single shoot w/Stealth boots, II, 54' with 5440 tank, 0 acres on 3.5" steel 10” space, Dutch openers, 4” capped steel packpacker caps, new packer bearings, 9.8" 1515 ers, $51,000. 403-575-1417, Veteran, AB. spacing, 1" carbide tips, 18" MRB, new set of discs included, dual caster wheels on 2009 NH P2070 70’x12”, $65,000. Call wings, 3 tank metering, 2 cameras, low Yorkton New Holland 306-783-8511 or profile load hopper, upgraded 591 monitor, view www.yorktonnewholland.com $79,000. 403-578-8375, Coronation, AB. 1997 39’ MORRIS Maxim air drill, 10” spacbrent.coroview@xplornet.com ing, Atom Jet boot with Morris 180 cart, 2014 JD 1890 60’ disc drill, 430 TBH cart, $23,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, conveyor, duals; 2009 JD 1835 57’, MRBs, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 430 tow behind cart, conveyor, duals. 2009 48' BG 3310 mid row banders, NH3, 204-825-8121, Morden, MB. 10" spacing, 6450 tank, 3 meter, 591 moni2010 MORRIS 8370 TBT, var. rate, c/w 3rd tor, $185,000. 204-748-7965, Virden, MB. tank, very good, $74,900. Call Cam-Don 2008 JD 1910, 430 bu. tow behind, 8 run, Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. vari-rate, DS, $49,000; 1998 JD 1900 3 BOURGAULT 5710 64’, 9.8” space, steel compartment, 430 bu., 8 run, $24,800. packers, MRB’S, 2005 Bourgault 6350 air 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com cart, DS, in-cab controls. Will separate. Best offers. 306-277-4503, Gronlid, SK. 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 2009 FLEXI-COIL 5000 HD 40’ w/3350 TBT CART, 10” spacing, 5” rubber packer, variable rate, double shoot, cart shedded. 2015 BOURGAULT 3320 XTC High Floatation, 66’, 10” spacing, X30 monitor ISO Call 403-556-7257, Olds, AB. Comp., sectional control w/DS, single run 1997 CONCORD 4812 air drill, double blockage monitor, MRB 111 greasable, 1” shoot dry with NH3, Dutch openers, 2000 carbide opener, 4.5” pneumatic opener, JD 1900 seed cart, 270 bu, $35,000 OBO. 7700 air cart/saddle tank, remote con306-452-3233 Antler, SK. trolled conveyer, 5 meters, dual fan/high cap., brakes, 710x70x42 tires, anhydrous 45' 1993 FLEXI-COIL 5000 air drill, with pkg. w/hitch. Owner retiring. $450,000. 2010 CIH 3430 air cart, variable rate, dual 780-813-013, 780-853-7925, Vermilion AB wheels, drill, 9" spacing, double shoot, blockage sensors, Dutch low draft openers, NEW 2015 FLEXI-COIL 4350, mech. TBH. $80,000. 306-625-7546 Ponteix, SK. Last one! Cam-Don Motors, 306-237-4212, hroberge@sasktel.net Perdue, SK.

2010 SEEDMASTER TXB 44’-14” c/w SC230 TBH, $79,000. Call Raymore New Holland 306-746-2911 or view website: www.raymorenewholland.com 2009 JD 1835 40' air drill, 1910 250 bu. TBT, 3 comp. tank, conveyor belt, var. rate, 10" spacing, double shoot, blockage monitors, A1 shape, $98,000. 403-208-6930, Calgary, AB. sperle@shaw.ca 1 9 9 3 B O U R G A U LT 3 2 2 5 a i r t a n k #PB2965D, 2 tank metering, 225 bu. TBH, new 820 monitor, $9,700. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca HIGH QUALITY AND value for money. Carbide drill points and openers. Find out m o r e a t : w w w. v w m f g . c o m o r 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 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. 72’ OF BOURGAULT 3.5” steel packers on 9.8” spacing, for 5710 or 5810, in gangs, done 3000 acres. Phone: 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB.

40’ CONCORD 5 Plex w/2300 cart and Bourgault 2000 gal. liquid cart, $27,500. Call Corner Equipment 1-888-626-3215. 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. 2015 PILLAR, MODEL 6012, approx. 5500 acres, excellent shape, drill only, $225,000 OBO. 306-741-1634, Hazlet, SK. info@mustangsol.com 2009 MORRIS CONTOUR 61’, 12” spacing, 450 bu, TBT cart, single fan, 10” auger, mechanical metering, Dutch sideband, double shoot dry, Agtron 262 blockage, 4.8” pneumatic packers, very clean, $125,000. 306-268-7793, Bengough, SK. 2007 SEEDMASTER 50’, 12” space, 2013 JD 1910 550 bu. tank, shut-off ready, DS w/anhydrous with shut-off, 2nd onboard tank w/alpine attach liquid fert., $195,000 Call Graham, 306-963-7651, Imperial, SK. CONSERVA PAK, 40', 12", 2006 ILS shanks, frame 1991, $40,000. Call: 306-424-7748, Montmartre, SK., le.lepage@yourlink.ca 1996 CONCORD 4010, 5 plex air drill, Phoenix harrows, 2300 tank, $25,000 OBO. 306-855-4900, Hawarden, 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.

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DEGELMAN HEAVY HARROWS: 2008 70’, hyd. angle, $29,800; 1998 50’, manual angle, $18,000. 306-563-8482, Rama, SK. 2015 DEGELMAN 7000 Strawmaster, 82’, 2009 JOHN DEERE 1870 Conserva Pac, 40' Endura tip tines, hyd. tine adj. w/Valmar on 12'' spacing, 430 TBH tank, variable rate, 3255, low acres. 306-231-8060, Englefeld 3 compartment, blockage, single row or paired row seed openers, $95,000. 403-884-2250, Halkirk, AB. WANTED: DRILL MARKERS for 510 Int. seed drill. Ph 780-674-4878, Barrhead, AB. JD 7200 8 RN vacuum planter, needs re2007 37’ EZEE-ON, under 4000 acres, 10” conditioned, w/o fertilizer, $7,900; JD space, single shoot, w/Morris 7180 tank, 7200 8 RN vacuum planter, liquid fertilizer, $39,500. 306-475-2856, Crane Valley, SK. PT, field ready, $16,900; JD 7200 folding 2011 BOURGAULT 6550 ST air tank, 12 RN vacuum planter, w/o fertilizer, redual shoot, bag lift, 4-tank meter, 591 conditioned, $18,900. Call me for any of monitor, rear hitch, dual tires, shedded, your planter needs as more planters are arriving and my supplier has all sizes, low acres. 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB. models and makes available. Delivery HIGH QUALITY AND value for money. Car- available. Reimer Farm Equipment Ltd., bide drill points and openers. Find out call Gary at 204-326-7000, Steinbach, MB. m o r e a t : w w w. v w m f g . c o m o r 2013 JD PLANTER, split row, 15 or 30 inch 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. spacing, completely setup for zero till, one 2013 BOURGAULT 6700 ST air tank, all pass planting of canola at low rates, c/w all options, dual high speed fan, bag lift, con- attachments incl. 3000 gal TBT liquid cart. veyor, 4-tank meter, X20 monitor, rear 2000 acres on machine, $210,000. hitch, dual tires, shedded, low acres. 306-476-7653, Fife Lake, SK. 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB. 60 TECHNOTILL OPENER assemblies, dual 54’ 5710 BOURGAULT, 9.8” spacing, shoot, with adapters. Call 306-441-5309, double shoot, MRBs, new boots, tips and North Battleford, SK. discs ($16,000), field ready, 4300 tank, dual fans, $60,000. 1997 9682 FORD, HIGH QUALITY AND value for money. Car5903 hrs, almost new 20.8x42 tires, 4 bide drill points and openers. Find out m o r e a t : w w w. v w m f g . c o m o r hyds, $75,000. 306-481-4740, Battleford. 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. BEST VALUE AND quality for your dollar with our carbide air drills. Find out more 8- MF 360 NEW discer bearings, manufacat: www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350, tured in Japan. Call Ken 306-586-0109, Regina, SK. Dunmore, AB. 2002 BOURGAULT 5350 air cart, double 30’ JD 9450 HOE DRILLS, c/w JD 3 drill shoot, 3 tank metering, cab rate adjust, hitch, Apollo transport, Atom Jet carbide 491 monitor, sand blasted inside and out, openers, re-capped packer wheels with repainted, upgraded to 10” fill auger. Call Shuretite spacers, fertilizer boxes renewed, optional disc markers, $12,000. 403-994-4041, Trochu, AB. Call 306-267-6066, Coronach, SK. BOURGAULT 8800 5 row floating hitch, 32’, with 7130 Morris air seeder, granular 3rd HAYBUSTER 107, 1000 DRILLS, rebuilt; Haybuster 1206’s for parts. WANTED: well tank. 306-275-4446, St. Brieux, SK. used Haybuster drills and discs from 1000 BOURGAULT AIR CARTS: 2003 5440, DS, drill. 403-627-5429, Pincher Creek, AB. $49,800; 1999 3225, $13,000. Both 1 own- PRASCO 75-55 AIR CART with plumbing, er, shedded units. 306-563-8482, Yorkton. offers. 306-825-2661, Lloydminster, SK. 2012 SEEDMASTER 8012 CT TXB w/300 Onboard tank and JD 1910, $295,000. Watrous New Holland 306-946-3301 or view www.watrousnewholland.com

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40’ BOURGAULT COMMANDER deep till- CASE 2394, 8600 hrs., c/w FEL, recent KEN DEAL EQUIPMENT Brokers has age, 8” spacing, offers. 306-825-2661, $15,000 work order, very good condition, customers looking to buy equipment right Lloydminster, SK. $16,500. 780-821-9385, High Level, AB. now! See why people are saying "There's no deal like a Ken Deal". Let us do the selling 1999 FLEXI-COIL S85 70’ heavy harrow, 1980 CASE/IH 2290, 2 WD, 7,620 hrs., for you. No fees unless we sell your equip$19,900. Call 1-800-667-4515 or view good condition, loader, $16,500 OBO. ment. 204-796-0100, Rossburn, MB. 306-662-2951, Maple Creek, SK. www.combineworld.com rudachykrick@gmail.com 2014 MORRIS FIELD PRO 70’ harrow. New JD 8650, PTO, duals, 9000 hrs., new eng. 9.16” tines, #HR3447, $36,500. Call: at 6000 hrs., joystick, recent WO’s, c/w 14’ 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK. or view us 6-way Leon blade. 306-435-9520, Wawota online at: www.farmworld.ca 1981 4240, QUAD, 9000 hrs, 3 hyds., very SUNFLOWER DISC 38’, 19” front blades, sharp. 403-740-5197, Big Valley, AB. 22” rear blades, $26,000. 780-821-9385, High Level, AB. 1993 JD 8870, 350 HP, 6300 hrs, new injectors, new radio, 20.8x42 Michelins, 4 2013 7450 LANDOLL vertical tillage hyds., diff lock, shedded, good condition, #N22357. New! 39’ wide, 22” disc, 7” $72,900. 204-761-5145, Rivers, MB. blade spacing, $105,000. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 2015 JD 6150M w/H360 loader and grap2015 CASE/IH ST620Q, 610 hrs., loaded. ple, 3 remotes, no def., 212 hrs., $185,000 2014 GREAT PLAINS 3500 TM vertical till- Owner retiring. $500,000. 780-813-0131, OBO. 780-352-8858, Bittern Lake, AB. age #PS3147. New, 36’ 3 section Cat V 780-853-7925, Vermilion, AB. hitch, $101,000. Phone: 306-922-2525, JOHN DEERE 9330, 4 WD, 3172 hrs. 2005 STX 450, quad, high cap. hyds., 4500 2009 Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 1000 RPM PTO, Webasto heater, 620/ hrs., newer tracks, no PTO, $160,000. 70R46 tires - 70% remaining, vg condition, 306-442-7512, 306-454-2402, Ceylon, SK. $215,000. 306-482-7916, Carievale, SK. 2006 CASE/IH MXU130, MFWD, 5945 hrs. STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER looking LX 156 SL loader, 16 spd. powershift, JD tractors to rebuild, Series 20s, 30s, reverse shuttle, 3 PTH, good rubber, vg for 40s or 50s, or for parts. Will pay top dollar. cond., $58,000. 306-468-7379, Canwood, Now selling JD parts. 204-466-2927, 2009 KELLO-BILT 225 HD breaking disc, in SK. grassranch@hotmail.com 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. g o o d c o n d i t i o n , $ 4 6 , 0 0 0 O B O. C a l l LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We 8430, duals, 12’ Degelman blade, 7500 403-588-8960, Rimbey, AB. buy 90 and 94 Series Case, 2 WD, FWA JD total hrs., 2700 hrs. on rebuilt 50 Series 2015 CASE/IH 600, 60’ cultivator, 12” tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have engine, $10,000. 403-896-4673, Clive, AB. spacing, 4-bar harrows, NH3 hitch, 600 lb. r e b u i l t t r a c t o r s a n d p a r t s fo r s a l e . 306-784-7841, Herbert, SK. trips. Call 306-231-8060, Englefeld, SK.

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2008 52' AGRI-TECH land roller 4200, field ready, $25,500. 403-652-8171, USED WISHEK: 14’, 16’, 30. Breaking 403-399-4263, Vulcan, AB. discs: Towner 18’, Kewanee 14’-16’. Call tstirling@twinvalleyfarms.ca 1-866-938-8537, Portage la Prairie, MB. 2015 BRANDT 8200, 82’, chrome wear re- www.zettlerfarmequipment.com sistant tines, hyd. tine adj., low acres. KELLO-BILT 8’ to 20’ offset discs w/24” 306-231-8060, Englefeld, SK. to 36” notched blades; Kello-Bilt 24’ to 38’ tandem wing discs w/26” and 28” notched blades and oil bath bearings. Red Deer, AB. www.kelloughs.com Call: 1-888-500-2646. 41’ CCIL 204 deep tillage cultivator equipped with anhydrous kit. New hoses, walking axles, good shape, $4500. Located at Rosthern, SK. Call 306-937-2795.

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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. 1998 NH 9882, N14 Cummins, 450 HP, 710R38 metrics, pump(injector) and pivot, pins done recently, 6171 hrs., exc. cond., $85,000. 306-442-4222, Pangman, SK.

2007 NH TD95, FWA, 1850 hours, open station, loader, bail forks, bucket with grapple, 540/1000 PTO, $33,000 OBO. 780-674-0463, Westlock, AB. 1997 9682 FORD, 5903 hrs, almost new 20.8x42 tires, 4 hyds, $75,000. 54’ 5710 BOURGAULT, 9.8” spacing, double shoot, MRBs, new boots, tips and discs ($16,000), field ready, 4300 tank, dual fans, $60,000. 306-481-4740, Battleford, SK.

2002 JD 6220, MFWD, 16 spd. PQ, 3 PTH, 2 spd. PTO, LHR, 2500 hours, $42,000. 306-276-2080, Nipawin, SK.

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2011 485HD QUAD TRACK, loaded w/leather, no PTO, no Def, 30” tracks, high flow dual pumps, 5 remotes, mint condition, only 1470 hours, asking $315,000. 306-823-7204, Neilburg, SK. STEIGER TRACTOR PARTS. New and used, from radiator to drawpin, 1969 to 1999. Give us a call 1-800-982-1769 or www.bigtractorparts.com

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JD 4640, low hours, premium condition, 24.5x32 tires, $33,000 OB0. 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. 1980 JD 4440, rebuilt powershift trans., exc. cond., field ready, 10,000 hrs. For pricing call Medicine Hat Tractor Salvage Inc. 1-877-527-7278 or 403-548-1205.

1986 FORD TW35, FWA, 5000 hrs showing on unit, 1000 hours on complete engine rebuild and clutch, vg cond., $35,000. 306-789-2063, 306-536-0656 Raymore SK

1982 VERSATILE 895, new rubber, 5700 hrs, shedded, $28,000. 306-764-2025, 1992 4960 JD, MFWD, power shift, 3 PTH, 306-960-9586, Prince Albert, SK. 3 remotes, duals, excellent rubber, 3859 hrs., always shedded, immaculate condi- 875 VERSATILE, complete with dozer, very well maintained, asking $26,500 OBO. Call tion. 306-748-2817, Killaly, SK. 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. 2001 JD 9300, 4376 hrs., 24 spd., 710x38 tires- 70%, shedded, mint! $110,000. 2014 NEW VERSATILE 550 Delta track, 113 GPM, PTO, 591 Peak HP, Cat power306-726-8122, Southey, SK. shift, deluxe cab, diff locks, reversing fan. G.S. TRACTOR SALVAGE, JD tractors Looking for good trades. Cam-Don Motors, only. Call 306-497-3535, Blaine Lake, SK. 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 2009 9530, c/w 800 tires, 4 hyd., 48 GPM, 2013 BUHLER 2375, 997 hrs., 710/38 2500 hrs., shedded, exc. cond., $220,000 Goodyear duals, 50 GPM, weight pkg, JD auto ready, always shedded. Mint cond., OBO. 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. $140,000. 780-821-9385, High Level, AB. JD 8630 TRACTOR, 4 WD, not running, 18x38 tires, PTO, good tin and cab. Call 1983 VERSATILE 875, 4 WD, 3400 original hrs., always shedded, vg cond. $42,000. 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK. 403-502-0048, Medicine Hat, AB. JD 8450, 18.4x34 rubber brand new all 8, 1900 hrs, $30,000 firm. 306-463-3480, 936 FORD VERSATILE tractor, 6870 hrs, 100 hrs. on engine rebuild, AutoSteer, re306-460-9027, Flaxcombe, SK. turn line, 20.8x38 duals, $45,000. Phone 2008 JD 9630T, deluxe cab, PTO, loaded, 306-293-2809, Climax, SK. 4750 hrs. 306-648-2418, 306-312-9000, 1984 VERSATILE 895, Rainbow Edition, Gravelbourg, SK. Firestone 20.8x38 duals- exc. cond., 855 2002 JD 7710 MFWD, IV trans., 3 PTH, Big Cam Cummins, 7900 hrs, 12 spd. std. 1999 JD 7410, MFWD, 3 PTH, powrQuad trans, plumbed for air drill, askin g w/LHR, JD 740 loader, grapple, joystick $29,000. 306-714-7810, 306-714-0121, very clean. 780-674-5516, 780-305-7152, Shellbrook, SK. Barrhead, AB.

2007 KUBOTA M125X, MFWD, low hour tractor. Must go! 1157 hrs., bucket/grapple, 3 PTH, PTO, c/w 8' Schulte blower, exc. cond., $60,000 OBO. 306-698-7409, Weyburn, SK. Pcozac@sasktel.net

MM G705 TRACTOR, approx. 85 HP, PS, dual hyd., 12V, $3200 OBO. See full ad under 703 (Antique Equp.). 306-238-4590. GRATTON COULEE AGRI PARTS LTD. Your #1 place to purchase late model combine and tractor parts. Used, new and rebuilt. www.gcparts.com Toll free 888-327-6767.

WRECKING FOR PARTS: 1105 Massey, 354 Perkins turbo eng., vg 18.4/38 tires and duals, vg sheet metal; 1486 IHC, vg 1963 CAT 955 track loader, 10,614 hrs, in running eng., 20.8/38 tires and duals, fac- good working condition, c/w street pads, tory 3 PTH. 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB. smooth edged bucket, 2 speed powershift, unit starts and runs well, $14,900 OBO. 306-921-4943, St. Brieux, SK.

LEON DOZER BLADE, 12’, 4-Way hyd. to fit 4WD, MFWD, good cond., could deliver, $10,800 OBO. 204-635-2600, Stead, MB. 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. MICHIGAN 75-A WHEEL LOADER, QA, self 1996 NH 9482 4 WD, 6,802 hrs., 150 hours levelling, Leon bale grapple bucket, clam2004 JD 9120, 24 spd., radials, PTO, diff. since $19,000 work order, good condition, shell dirt bucket, 3-71 Detroit, exc. trans, lock, deluxe cab, GPS, 3510 hrs, $120,000 $59,000 OBO. Rented land out. good cattleman’s machine, $12,500. 306-736-8833, Kipling, SK. Ph/text 306-424-7761, Montmartre, SK. OBO. 204-546-2187, Grandview, MB. 1982 JD 4640, approx. 7800 hours, very good cond., $21,000 OBO. 306-260-5802, 306-231-8212, Humboldt, SK. WANTED: ANY CONDITION 6030; late model 3020, or 4020; 4620; 4520; 4320 and 4000. Call 701-240-5737, Minot, ND.

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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

2008 JOHN DEERE 9530, 4 WD, 2856 hrs, AutoSteer included, 800 metric tires on 38" rim, very good condition, $220,000 OBO. 306-744-7966, Saltcoats, SK.

2006 CHALLENGER MT835B, 350 HP, 3455 hours, powershift, 30” tracks with p o w e r t r a i n w a r r a n t y, $ 1 3 4 , 9 0 0 . 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com KELLO-BILT SERIES 176 10’ tandem disc, WINTER DISCOUNTS on new and used 24” notched blades, clean unit, some new WANTED ENGINE FOR 7206 Deutz or com- 2013 CHALLENGER MT965C 4 WD, 602 rollers, all sizes. Leasing and delivery bearings, $9,900. Call 1-800-667-4515, p l e t e t r a c t o r . C a l l e v e n i n g s : hrs., 525 HP, Cat C18 eng., 800-70R38 Goodyear duals, PTO, HID lights, diff. lock, 306-395-2668, 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK. available. 403-580-6889, Bow Island, AB. www.combineworld.com hi-flow hyd. pump, GPS ready, deluxe cab, $324,500. 780-632-2514, Vegreville, AB. roly_dennill@dennill.com

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1998 NH 9882, 4466 hrs., recent injectors and rebuilt pump, rebuilt std. trans, 710/70R38 radial duals- 90%, Outback GPS, shedded, $115,000. 306-463-7020, Flaxcombe, SK.

1987 IH 9150 4 WD, 280 HP, 520/85R38 Firestone radials 80% vg, 8000 hrs, nice solid tractor, $39,800. 1-800-667-4515 or view www.combineworld.com 2012 STX STEIGER 500, HD, HID lights, 4 remotes, high cap. pump, 1050 hrs., triple tires, always shedded, excellent condition, 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB. WANTED: TOP DOLLAR paid on IH tractors JD 7420, c/w 741 self levelling 1026, 1456, 826, 1206, 1256, 756. Call 2005 loader and grapple, Comfort Guard Cab, 976 1991, 6600 hours, rubber is 65%, 701-240-5737, Minot, ND. 6611 hrs, 135 HP, 3 PTH, LHR, power quad fresh bottom end, standard shift, $56,500. 2011 IH 9120 1005 hrs., duals, deluxe plus, 3 SCVs, tires 70%, clean unit, always Corner Equipment 1-888-626-3215. cab, AutoSteer, w/warranty, $188,800. shedded, ready to work, $82,500 OBO. 403-963-1334, 403-578-8523, Consort, AB 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 1998 JD 9400, powershift, 7000 hrs., new inside rubber, $90,000. Call 306-524-4960, Semans, SK.

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2013 MONOSEM PLANTER, 40’, 15/30” spacing, canola, bean and corn plates, row cleaners, 3 bu. hoppers, Mid Row and seed placed fertilizer, air cart hitch, $150,000 OBO. 306-541-3758, Francis, SK.

2- USED JD 1895 air seeders w/1910 carts, 43’, 10” spacing, TBH, double shoot, 430 bu., warning system for seed and fert. 2008, is $115,000; 2003, is $90,000. 403-625-6195, 403-625-2541, Claresholm, JOHN DEERE HOE Drill 9450, set up for AB. paul@romfarm.com liquid fertilizer, c/w drill mover, good cond., $6,500 OBO. 306-371-7382, Asquith, SK.

2014 NH T7190, FWA, deluxe cab, 4 hyds., plumbed, loader ready, 349 hrs. Call Dave 403-556-3992, Olds, AB. 2012 NH TJ500 HD, GPS, duals, 2700 hrs., shedded, good condition, $170,000 OBO. 306-228-2466, 306-228-8355, Unity, SK.

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Two carbides on front for considerably more wear. The VW7CC is shown on our very popular C shank opener. The VW14FB has a 3/4â&#x20AC;? opening where seed comes out. Also shown on the VW14FB is our full carbide paired row - available in 4â&#x20AC;? and 5â&#x20AC;?. The VW21DSF paired row has 4 carbides on either side. The VW21DSF also fits the Flexi Stealth Opener. The VW7CC Drill Point also fits the Flexi Stealth Opener and Bourgault.

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

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

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

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

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

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have used VW Manufacturing full carbide drill points on our Flexi Coil drill for twelve years and recently purchased another set. VW drill points stand up well in our abrasive soil and wear far longer than others. VW drill points maintain their width of cut throughout the entire life of the drill points.â&#x20AC;? Daryl & Greg Lausen, Carhill Land & Cattle Corp., Carseland, Alberta.

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2015 EDGE SE AWD

NEW 2015

Stk. #T15725. Tuxedo Black Metallic, Ebony Interior, 2.0L I4 EcoBoost Engine.

$31,489 ($1,994) ($4,250) ($750)

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$27,995

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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

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PRE-OWNED SPRAYERS!

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

2010 CASE IH PS160 #HN3185B

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

FEATURE UNIT!!

723 HRS, 10 SECTION CONTROL, 120’ BOOM, 1600 GAL TANK, RAVEN ACCUBOOM CONTROLLER, AUXILIARY LIGHTING, BOOM TILT ACCUMULATOR, ELECTRIC FLUSH AND RINSE CONTROL, FENCE LINE SPRAY KIT, FENDERS POLY, PRESSURE WASHER, RAVEN ULTRAGLIDE BOOM HEIGHT & SMARTRAX AUTOSTEERING, 380 R46 (SET OF FOUR) TIRES, 650 R38 (SET OF FOUR) TIRES

$269,000

2001 APACHE 890 PLUS

2005 SAVAGE 7650

$88,000 (K) PLUS — NEW SCHULTE SNOWBLOWER SALE!

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2013 BX62

$2,500 $12,500 $7,400

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2014 SDX117

#HS3411. IDEAL FOR 140 - 220 HP TRACTORS ............................................. NOW

2016 SDX102

ALWAYS SHEDDED! 452 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, 380/90R46 TIRES SET OF 4 WITH FENDERS, 650/85R38 TIRES SET OF 4, TRIDEKON CROP DIVIDERS

$275,000 (H)

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

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$28,000 (PA) #N22046B

3 YEAR POWER TRAIN WARRANTY!!

2013 JOHN DEERE 4730

#HS3582. IDEAL FOR 85-140 HP TRACTORS. HURRY, LIMITED STOCK! .. NOW

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2490 HRS, 80’ HIGH CLEARANCE / 3 WAY NB’S, 20” SPACING, 5000 RATE CONTROLLER OUTBACK S3 MAPPING, AUTO SECTIONAL CONTROL, CRUISE / TREAD ADJUST, 320-85R38 FRONTS, 380-90R46 REAR SKINNYS, 620 REAR FLOATS, RINSE TANK / FENDERS, 725 GAL POLY / POWERSHIFT AUTO FENDERS, FOAM MARKER, END ROW NOZZLE KIT

$85,000 (K)

2012 NEW HOLLAND SP.365F

#HN3594A. 1,400 HRS, 8.9L CUMMINS ENGINE, 365 HP, SET OF 4 3R80/9 046 TIRES, 10 SECTION CONTROL KIT, 120’ BOOM, 1600 GAL TANK, AUXILIARY LIGHTING, BOOM LEVELER ULTRA GLIDE, BOOM TILT ACCUMULATOR, ELECTRIC FLUSH AND RINSE CNTRL, ENVIZIO PRO, FENCE LINE SPRAY KIT, POLY FENDERS, PRESSURE (H) WASHER, SET OF 4 650R38 FLOAT TIRES ..............

$295,000

2012 NEW HOLLAND SP.365F

#HN3595A. 1,062 HRS, 8.9L CUMMINS ENGINE, 365 HP, SET OF 4 3R80/9 046 TIRES, 10 SECTION CONTROL KIT, 120’ BOOM, 1600 GAL TANK, AUXILIARY LIGHTING, BOOM LEVELER ULTRA GLIDE, BOOM TILT ACCUMULATOR, ELECTRIC FLUSH AND RINSE CNTRL, ENVIZIO PRO, FENCE LINE SPRAY KIT, POLY FENDERS, PRESSURE (H) WASHER, SET OF 4 650R38 FLOAT TIRES .............

$320,000

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REDUCED PRICES ON SELECT NEW & PRE-OWNED MACHINES! 2014 NEW HOLLAND SP.240F

2013 NEW HOLLAND SP.240F

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#HN3175

DEMO UNIT!!

NEW!!

2014 NEW HOLLAND SP.240R #N22357

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

4 Y E AR TY WARRAN

NEW!!

$339,000 (K) 2014 NEW HOLLAND SP.333F #N22361

4 YEAR WARRANTY!

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

4 YEAR WARRANTY! 120’ FRONT BOOM, 1600 GAL SS TANK, 4WD. 10 SECTION CONTROL, RAVEN ENVIZIO PRO XL CONTROLLER WITH AUTORATE, MAPPING, STEERING & ULTRAGLIDE BOOM, HEIGHT CONTROL

$310,000 (H)

NEW!!

2012 BOURGAULT 3320XTC DRILL

#PB3385A

60’, 10” SPACING, MID ROW BANDERS, DBLE SHOOT DRY, 3/4” CARBIDE TIPS, 4.8 PACKER WHEELS

76’, 10” SPACING, SS LEADING AIRKIT, BLOCKAGE MONITOR, 6 SEC LIQUID, 3 TANK METER, DUALS ON TANK

$195,000 (K)

$377,000 (PA)

2014 NEW HOLLAND P1070 TANK

2010 JOHN DEERE 1830 DRILL & 1910 TANK

#PB3379A

REDUCED

#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

$229,000 (K)

$389,000 (K)

2012 BOURGAULT 3320XTC DRILL & 6450 TANK

#B22860A

240HP, 1000 GAL POLY TANK, TIER 3 ENGINE, 5 SPD ALLISON AUTOMATIC, 41 MPH TOP SPEED, 100’ BOOM, ACCUBOOM SEC CONTROL, ULTRAGLIDE BOOM HEIGHT, SMART TRAX AUTOSTEER

2012 NEW HOLLAND P2060 DRILL & P1060 TANK #PB3380A

$110,000 (PA) 2008 BOURGAULT 3310 DRILL & 6450 TANK #PB3383A

65’, 10” SPACING, SS LEADING AIR KIT, 4 SECTIONS LIQUID, INTELLIRATE SEC CONTROL, 4 TANK LEADING, 591 MONITOR

$277,000 (PA)

1997 BOURGAULT 8810 CULTIVATOR

#B22180A

2012 CASE IH TV380

#B22778B

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

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

$139,000 (K)

$33,000 (K)

2002 NEW HOLLAND TV140

#HN3497A

$59,000 (H) 2008 NEW HOLLAND T9050

#HN3464B

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

REDUCED

$49,500 (K) 2000 BOURGAULT 5710 DRILL & 5350 TANK 54’ / 9.8” SPACING,DBL SHOOT, SERIES 20 MRB’S, 3.5” STEEL PACKERS, TRAILING TANK, DBL SHOOT, 28L RICE TIRES, 21.5 FRONT LUG TIRES, CAB RATE ADJUST, CENTRE TANK METER

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)

35’ 3 SECTION CAT V HITCH OPTION TV/TM/TT, ROLL HWR/ HEAVY REEL, 1500 LB TT CENTRE FRM WGT KIT

$66,000 (K)

#N22577A

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

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

REDUCED

1999 NEW HOLLAND TV140 W/LOADER

#N22876A

#B22859A

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

REDUCED

2014 7450 LANDOLL VERTICAL TILLAGE #S22382

39’ WIDE, 22” DISC DIAMETER, 7” BLADE SPACING, ONLY 200 ACRES ON DISCS , 10 DEG GANG ANGLE, HYD. TILT, ROLLING BASKETS

NEW!!

$101,000 (PA)

$105,000 (K)

NEW UNITS ON THE LOTS! FINANCING OPTIONS AVAILABLE! 2016 BOURGAULT 3320 76’ DRILL 2015 BOURGAULT 7700 AIR TANK #B22534. SEC CONTROL, 5 TANK METER & 2015 7700 TANK FULL WARRANTY! PAYMENTS AS LOW AS

$26,500

S/A PAYMENT*

FULL WARRANTY! PAYMENTS AS LOW AS

$10,627

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CUSTOM FENCING AND CORRALS, Barbed wire, rail, plank, rip-out, repair. BOURGAULT AIR DRILL or air seeder, 306-784-7750, grantlamarsh@gmail.com 30’-36’, in good condition. 306-768-3729, 306-401-7510, Carrot River, SK. CUSTOM FENCING AND corral building, no job too big or too small. Call WANTED: APPROX. 100 HP tractor, w/3 306-699-7450, Qu’Appelle, SK. PTH, MFWD, prefer w/loader, older ok if SOLIDLOCK AND TREE ISLAND game wire good. 306-327-5769, Kelvington, SK. and all accessories for installation. Heights CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used WANTED: 12 OR 14’ #225 Kello built from 26” to 120”. Ideal for elk, deer, bison, disc. Call 306-839-4438 or 306-839-7792, sheep, swine, cattle, etc. Tom Jensen highway tractors. For more details call ph/fax: 306-426-2305, Smeaton, SK. 204-685-2222 or view information at Pierceland, SK. www.titantrucksales.com WANTED: 2 TRACTOR TIRES, 20.8x34. FLAX STRAW BUNCHER and land levellers. Want: elec. cranking motor and bracket for Building now, taking orders. Don’t delay, 830 JD tractor. 780-850-9755, Edmonton. call now! 306-957-4279, Odessa, SK. SEASONED SPRUCE SLAB firewood, one cord bundles, $109, half cord bundles, FLEXI-COIL 820 40’ cultivator; 1720 air $72; Blocked and split wood also available. tank; Flexi-Coil 420 40’ cultivator; 1610 air V&R Sawing, 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK. tank; 636 Leon loader; 75- Bourgault 4.5” steel packer wheels, off 5710; 3 PTH, 7 BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood shank subsoiler; 3 PTH off 300 HP 4WD. and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Pre306-749-2649, Birch Hills, SK. servers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer. Interested in A L L COMPLETE SHANK ASSEMBLIES: JD 1610, Morris Magnum, $135; JD 610, Morris C ockshuttTractors. Magnum II, $185; CCIL #204, $90. Can Running or For Parts. deliver. 306-946-7923, Young, SK. Especially 4-W heelD rive Tractors HORSE POWER? Fuel economy? Ph Smoke KEET’S FISH FARM: Rainbow Trout finand the Follow ing M odels: ‘Em Diesel to safely add both on your farm g 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 equipment! 306-545-5911, Regina, SK. 306-260-0288, Rachel 306-270-4639, 550 1350 1555 www.keetsfishfarm.com 6 6 0 1550 16 55 ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New De770 16 50 1755 gelman equipment, land rollers, Strawmaster, rockpickers, protill, dozer blades. 1750 1855 306-957-4403, 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK. 16 00 1850 19 55 1800 19 50 SAFE AND DRY with GSI. Winter booking 19 00 19 50-T program specials, widest selection of dryer models for a wide variety of applications. 2050 Wentworth Ag, 1-877-665-9996. 2150 2- BOLT-ON 3 POINT HITCHES from Case Please C allor TextC had tractor. Grant 306-746-7336, Semans, SK.

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MOVE WATER OR IRRIGATE? 4” to 12” alum. pipe, pumps and motors. 50 yrs. experience. Dennis 403-308-1400, Taber, AB. 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 for you! 306-867-9461, 306-867-7037, Outlook, SK.

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BLUE WATER IRRIGATION DEV. LTD. Reinke pivots, lateral, minigators, pump 10 BRED PLAINS and Woods cross bison and used mainline new Bauer travelers c o w s , p r e g t e s t e d , $ 3 9 0 0 e a c h . dealer. 22 yrs. experience. 306-858-7351, 306-948-2808, Rosetown, SK. Lucky Lake, SK. www.philsirrigation.ca MFL RANCHES: four semen tested 2 yr old Plains bulls at Kramer’s Bison Sale, March 09, North Battleford, SK. 403-747-2500. WANTED ALL CLASSES of bison: calves, yearlings, cows, bulls. Willing to purchase any amount. dreyelts1@rap.midco.net Call 605-391-4646.

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THE SOUTH SASK Simmental Annual Bull Sale, Monday, March 14, 1:00 PM, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, 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

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NEBRASKA BISON BUYING ALL CLASSES Bison calves, yearlings, adult bulls, cows, pairs. All export requirements processed by Nebraska Bison. Contact Randy Miller, 402-430-7058, Adams, Nebraska or email: RandyMiller@Miller95Enterprises.com BISON WANTED - Canadian Prairie Bison is looking to contract grain finished bison, as well as calves and yearlings for growing markets. Contact Roger Provencher at 306-468-2316, roger@cdnbison.com QUILL CREEK BISON is looking for finished, and all other types of bison. COD, paying market prices. “Producers working with Producers.” Delivery points in SK. and MB. Call 306-231-9110, Quill Lake, SK. NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for over 15 years, is looking for finished Bison, grain or grass fed. “If you have them, we want them.” Make your final call with Northfork for pricing! Guaranteed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, Winnipeg, MB. NILSSON BROS INC. buying finished bison on the rail at Lacombe, AB. for winter delivery and beyond. Smaller groups welcome. Fair, competitive and assured payment. Call Richard Bintner 306-873-3184.

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18TH ANNUAL 49TH Parallel Black Angus Bull Sale, Monday, March 28th, 1:00 PM, Mankota, SK. On offer: 65 yearling bulls, 10 PB open replacement heifers, 55 commercial open replacement heifers. For more info or catalogue contact Glendar Angus 306-478-7722 or Ross River Ranch 306-741-6251.

15th ANNUAL COMMON Sense Bull & Female Sale on Monday, March 28, 2016 at 2:00 PM at Vermilion, AB. Consigners: Everblack Angus & Allandale Angus. “Just sit back and relax, our cattle do the work for you.” Offering: 107 lots, 71 two yr. old Angus bulls, 21 yearling Angus bulls, 15 open Angus heifers. Contact: Ernie Gibson 780-853-2422, Jordon Gibson 780-581PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling 1159, Wayne Stetson 780-853-7523, Rob bulls, replacement heifers, AI service. Holowaychuk OBI 780-916-2628. Online Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 bidding with DLMS. View catalogue online or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. at: www.cattlemanagement.ca 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. 306-342-4407. www.valleyhillsangus.com YEARLING BLACK ANGUS Bulls for sale: Sired by Windrower (Harvester’s son) Brilliance, Priority, Resource and Hesston. Several bulls are from imported embryos. EPDs are: WW plus 73, YW plus 125 lbs. View online at: RavineDriveCattleCo.com Ph: 780-367-2483, Willingdon, AB. 10th ANNUAL JOHNSON Livestock Bull JOHNSTON/ FERTILE VALLEY Black AnSale on Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 1:00 gus Bull Sale, Friday, April 8, 1:00 PM CST PM at the farm near Peebles, SK. “One of at Saskatoon Livestock Sales. 90 thick, the best seedstock sources for Angus bulls easy fleshing bulls selected from 600 top in the land.” Offering: 170 lots: 156 Angus producing cows. They are sired by the yearling bulls, 14 Angus long yearling leading AI sires in the industry including: bulls. Contact: Andrew Johnson 306-736- BPF Special Focus; SAV Brilliance, SAV Re7393, David Johnson 306-736-8631, Rob source, Triple V Glanworth 57U, Jindra Holowaychuk OBI 780-916-2628. Bid on- Double Vision, Ten X, Shipwheel Montana, line: DLMS. www.cattlemanagement.ca to Angus Valley and Impression. Many of these bulls are suitable for heifers. All view catalogue. bulls are semen tested with complete perGOOD QUALITY PB Black Angus 2 yr. old fo 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 bulls, semen tested and guaranteed breed- available. Deferred payment program with ers. Call David or Pat 306-963-2639, 60% sale day, 40% interest fee, due Dec. 1, 306-963-7739, Imperial, SK. 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 The Black Pearl Angus Bull & Female 306-856-4726, or T Bar C Cattle Co Sale, Sunday March 13, 2:00 PM, Edwards 306-933-4200. Call for a catalogue or view Livestock Center, Tisdale, SK. Selling year- at www.johnstonfertilevalley.com ling and 2 year old bulls and select open 24TH TOP CUT BLACK ANGUS BULL heifers. Females sell with a youth incentive SALE. Friday, March 25, 1:00 PM CST at program. Payment plan, wintering and de- Cowtown Livestock Exchange, Maple livery available. For catalogues or info call Creek, SK. 60 virgin 2 yr. olds and 20 yearT Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View ling Black Angus bulls. For info. contact catalogue online at www.buyagro.com Craig Angus, Jason 306-622-2021, HawkWatch and bid online at www.dlms.ca eye Ranching, Leif 306-622-2632, Forbes 5 PUREBRED ANGUS heifer calves, aver- Ranching, Colin 306-558-2063, Bear Creek age weight 650 lbs., excellent blood lines. Angus Chad 306-558-0011. Featured herd sires: Soo Line Kodiak 1057, LNS Titan 5Y, Call 306-345-2046, Pense, SK. SSA Density 26T, Cresent Creek Pacesetter 19th ANNUAL MINBURN ANGUS Bull 78Z, Wiwa Creek Rush Lake 71, 12, SAV Sale on Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 1:00 Harvestor 0338, Merit 2015, Youngdale PM at the farm near Minburn, AB. “Out- Xon 34X. Catalogue online: BuyAgro.com cross Genetics at its best at Minburn Angus.” Offering: 75 lots: 50 Black Angus yearling bulls, 15 Red Angus yearling bulls, 10 Angus two yr. old bulls. Contact: Danny Warrilow 780-853-0427, Devin Warrilow 780-581-4329, Rob Holowaychuk OBI 780-916-2628. Online bidding with DLMS and Video Sale. 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Charolais bulls, most polled, some red MANTEI FARMS ANGUS March 26, 1 PM factor. Top quality cattle with great pedi- at the Alameda Bull Sale: 25 yearling bulls, grees that will work. Larry Nielson at tested and guaranteed. Pictures, 306-567-7493 or Velon Herback, semen catalogues at www.blackharvest.ca 306-567-7033 Catalogue and videos online videos, 306-634-4454, 306-461-5501, Estevan, SK at www.bylivestock.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.

16th ANNUAL ON Target Bull Sale on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 1:00 PM at Barrhead Ag Barn, Barrhead, AB. “One of the best sales for Angus and Simmental Bulls in Northern Alberta.” Offering: 107 lots: 45 Angus yearling bulls, 32 Red Angus yearling bulls, 30 Simmental yearling bulls. Contact: Dwayne Enery 780-3054209, Brad Yoder 780-674-1196, Mark Jones 780-349-1353, Barclay Smith 780-305-6716. Bid online: DLMS. View catalogue at: www.cattlemanagement.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 Doug Henderson 403-350-8541 or 403-782-3888. BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. skinnerfarmsangus.com

BURNETT ANGUS 32ND Annual Bull Sale, Saturday, April 2, 2016, 1:00 PM, Heartland, Swift Current, SK. 60 Black Angus yearling bulls, deep, thick, muscular bulls. Many low birthweight, short gestation, genetically produced for breeding heifers. Semen tested, Leptin tested. Select group of replacement heifers. Contact: Bryce 306-773-7065 or Wyatt 306-750-7822, wburnett@xplornet.ca View website: www.bryceburnett.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

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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, Towerview Ranch, towerviewranch.com 403-977-2057.

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STEPPLER FARMS 5TH Annual Charolais Bull Sale, Tuesday, March 22, 1:00 PM, Steppler Sale Barn, Miami, MB. 73 yearlings and 15- two year olds, sound, good haired and thick, most are polled. Sale broadcast at www.dlms.ca. For catalogue or info contact Andre Steppler, cell 204-750-1951. DAVIDSON GELBVIEH/ LONESOME View videos and catalogue online DOVE RANCH, 27th Annual Bull Sale, Saturday, March 5, 2016, 1:00 PM at their www.stepplerfarms.com bull yards. Complimentary lunch, 11 AM. CREEK’S EDGE LAND & Cattle purebred Pre-sale viewing and hospitality, Friday, Charolais bulls for sale. Over 60 yearlings March 4th. Selling 100+ purebred yearling to choose from. View our bulls online Gelbvieh bulls, Red or Black. Performance www.creeksedgecharolais.ca. Call Stephen and semen tested. View catalog and video 306-279-7709, Yellow Creek, SK. Located at : w w w. d av i d s o n g e l b v i e h . c o m o r 120 kms NE of Saskatoon. www.lonesomedoveranch.ca Vernon and Eileen 306-625-3755, 306-625-7863; Ross and Tara 306-625-3513, 306-625-7045, Ponteix, SK.

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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.

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 85 YEARLING RED ANGUS bulls. Guaran- red factor. Sound, semen tested with delivteed, semen tested, and delivered in the ery available. For catalogues and info spring. Phone Bob Jensen, 306-967-2770, contact Orland or Ivan Walker Leader, SK. 306-865-3953. Catalogue online at www.bylivestock.com COMPLETE DISPERSAL OF frozen genetics for top end genetics, Millet, AB. Semen RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, seand embryos from high profile Red and men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery Black Angus bulls. For list: 780-216-0220. available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. skinnerfarmsangus.com

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ELDER CHAROLAIS 6TH Annual Bull Sale, Thursday, March 24th, 1:30 PM, at the farm, Coronach, SK. 42 yearling bulls most are polled, some red factor. Top quality bulls that will calve and then give you the performance you want. Ron 306-267-4986 or Mike 306-267-7730. View catalogue and videos online at www.eldercharolais.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

HTA CHAROLAIS & Guest Rammer Charolais Bull Sale, Wednesday, March 23, 1:00 PM, Beautiful Plains Ag Complex, Neepawa, MB. 52 yearling bulls, most are polled, some red factor with good dispositions. These are the best in performance genetics. Live Broadcast at www.dlms.ca. Shawn Airey 204-724-8823, Matthew Ramsey 204-365-0976. Catalogue online www.htacharolais.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

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) SOUTH VIEW RANCH Red and Black CHAROLAIS BULLS, YEARLING and two Angus Bull Sale, Thursday, April 14, year olds. Wintering available. LVV Ranch, 2016, at South View Ranch, Ceylon, SK. 780-582-2254, Forestburg, AB. Offering 90+ Red and Black Angus yearling bulls, semen tested, scrotal measured, NEILSON CATTLE COMPANY Charolais performance records. Also groups of com- bull sale. Friday, March 11, 1:00 PM, at mercial open replacement heifers. Shane the ranch, Hwy #47 South of Willowbrook. 306-869-8074 or Keith 306-454-2730. Offering 30 coming 2 yr old Charolais bulls www.southviewranch.com all semen tested and vet inspected. Wintering and delivery available. For more info DOUBLE BAR D FARMS Best of Both contact Mike at: 306-783-0331, or T Bar C Worlds Annual Bull Sale on Tuesday, Cattle Co. at: 306-220-5006, PL#116061 March 1, at the farm, 1:00 PM, Grenfell, View catalogue online: www.buyagro.com SK. Offering 175 Simmental and Simm/ Angus bulls as well as a select group of JTA DIAMOND CHAROLAIS BULL SALE open Simmental and Simm/Angus heifers. on the farm, Saturday, April 2, 2016, 1:00 For more info contact Ken 306-697-7204, PM. 6 two year olds and 30 yearlings, 306-697-2474 or T Bar C Cattle Co. whites and tans. Can keep until May 1. 403-363-9973. View catalogue online at: Beef on a bun 12:00. Info. call Jerome and Cindy Tremblay 306-394-4406, Courval SK www.doublebardfarms.com PL #116061.

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

BAR H CHAROLAIS at Grenfell has for sale yearling and 2 year old bulls. Attend our 4th Annual Bull Sale, April 13th, 1:00 PM, at Candiac Auction. You are invited to see the bulls at the farm any time. Call Kevin Haylock, 306-697-2901 or 306-697-2988.

MCTAVISH CHAROLAIS & Red Angus Bull Sale with Charla Moore Farms, Tuesday, March 8th, 1:30 PM, at the farm, Moosomin, SK. 41 Charolais yearlings and 3 two year olds, 14 Red Angus yearlings. View videos and catalogue online www.mctavishcharolais.com. Contact Jared 306-435-9842, mctavish@rfnow.com

TWO YEAR OLD and yearling bulls, polled, horned and red factor, semen tested, guaranteed, delivered. Prairie Gold Charolais, 306-882-4081, Rosetown, SK. 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

16TH ANNUAL SASKATOON Gelbvieh Bull 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 1ST ANNUAL FLADELAND LIVESTOCK Bull Sale, Wednesday, March 16, 2016, 1:30 PM, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. Selling 35 Red and Black yearling Gelbvieh bulls and 1 Elite Proven herdsire. Del 306-869-8123 or Clint 306-861-5654. Catalogue www.fladelandlivestock.com TWIN BRIDGE FARMS 5th Gelbvieh Bull And Female Sale, Monday, March 14, 2016, 1 PM at the Silver Sage Community 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 Company and Keriness Cattle Co. For info. contact: Ron and Carol Birch and Family 403-792-2123 or 403-485-5518 or Don Savage Auctions 403-948-3520 Catalogue online at: www.donsavageauctions.com WINDERS GELBVIEH are selling by private treaty registered 2 year old and yearling Gelbvieh bulls from our 38 year breeding program. 780-672-9950, Camrose AB. gwinder@syban.net

VERMILION 30TH ANNUAL CHAROLAIS Group Bull Sale, Saturday, April 2, 1:00 PM, at North Central Livestock Exchange, Vermilion. 100 two year olds and 10 yearlings. Don Good 780-853-2220, Brian Chrisp, 780-853-3315. Catalogue/sale online at www.dlms.ca RANCH READY HORNED Hereford Bull Sale, March 11, 1:00 PM, at the ranch, COYOTE FLATS BULL Sale, Monday, March Simmie, SK. 18 two year old bulls; 25 7th 1:00 PM, at the farm, Coaldale, AB. 32 yearling bulls and 6 purebred open heifers. two year olds and 27 yearling Charolais Selling 8 PB open heifers and 25 commerbulls. Catalogue and videos online at cial open heifers. View catalogue and sale www.bylivestock.com. DLMS internet videos online at: www.braunranch.com bidding. Contact Mark Lohues Contact Craig Braun at: 306-297-2132. 403-634-2989. lohuesmark@gmail.com 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 GILLILAND BROS. CHAROLAIS Bull Sale, on the farm, Mar. 15/16, 1 PM, Carievale, SK. On offer 56 two yr old and yearling bulls, most are polled, some red factor. These are thick, good haired, performance bulls that will work. Contact Greg or Ron Gilliland 306-928-4841, 306-928-2118, catalogue HMS HI-CLIFFE POLLED yearling and 2 year and videos online at www.gillilandbros.com old Hereford bulls. Calving ease, performance, pigmentation and calm temperaPOLLED PUREBRED COMING 2 year old ment. Ph. 306-867-4231, Outlook, SK. Charolais bulls, Red Factor and white. Easy carm.dvm@sasktel.net hmshicliffe.com calving. Call Kings Polled Charolais, 306-435-7116, Rocanville, SK. 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 Jim Duke, 306-538-4556, GALLOWAY BULL SALE at LiveAuctions.TV load. March 4 - 9th, 2016. Contact Russel at 306-736-7291, square.d@sasktel.net square-dpolledherefords.com Langbank SK 403-749-2780, Delburne, AB.

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ANL POLLED HEREFORDS SPRING BULL SALE with guest Brooks Farms, Sunday, March 20th, 2:00 PM at the farm at Steelman, SK. Selling 35 yearling and 2 year old bulls and a select group of open baldy heifers. Wintering and delivery available. For a catalogue or info contact Karl 306-487-2670, Jeremy 306-485-8003 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue or videos at www.buyagro.com

2 YEAR OLD Shorthorn herdsire for sale, Red 2 year old used on commercial and some purebred cows last year, well grown, $4,500. Also red and roan yearlings. 204-748-3136, Hargrave, MB. gwtough@rfnow.com

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 catalogue at: www.bohrson.com For info. contact Kevin Rea, 306-463-7950 or Ken Rea, 306-463-7454, Marengo, SK. 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.

BIG ISLAND LOWLINES Premier Breeder. Selling custom designed packages. Name your price and we will put a package together for you. Fullblood/percentage Lowline, embryos, semen. Black/Red carrier. Darrell 780-486-7553, Edmonton, AB.

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

NEW TREND SALERS BULL SALE, Thurs., March 17, 2:00 PM, Cow Palace, Olds, AB. Offering 50 yearling Red and Black polled Saler bulls. For catalogues or info. contact Pete 403-650-8362, Wayne 403-876-2241, Gerry 403-936-5393, or T B a r C C at t l e C o . 3 0 6 - 9 3 3 - 4 2 0 0 . P L #116061. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.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 old. Brad Dunn, 306-459-7612, Ogema, SK. EASY CALVING REG. PB Red or Black, 2 yr. old and yearling bulls, also replacement heifers. Elderberry Farm, Parkside, SK. 306-747-3302.

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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 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, NEW FIRST ON the Farm Bid Off Bull Sale. Rosthern, SK. 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 webWANTED: HOLSTEIN/BEEF CROSS calves, s 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 newborn to 150 lbs. 50 plus head needed www.starpfarms.com Call Glen and Ryan on continued basis. 403-892-9027, Pincher Bender, Neudorf, SK. 306-728-8613, 306-748-2876 or Rayleen 306-231-3933. Creek, AB. shellee@shaw.ca FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale. PB YEARLING BULLS, all polled, thick, Cows and quota needed. We buy all class- and easy fleshing with moderate to low es of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F birthweight. Also 3 bulls at Douglas Bull Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. Development Centre selling on April 2nd, 2016. Call Uphill Shorthorns 204-764-2663 Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620. or cell 204-365-7155, rgray4@mymts.net Hamiota, MB. 9th SUN COUNTRY SHORTHORN SALE, GOOD SELECTION OF Jaymarandy Limou- 1 PM, Mar. 8th, 2016 at Johnstone Auction sin bulls, yearlings and 2 year olds. Polled Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. On offer will be 40 red and black. Private treaty. First come, polled Shorthorn yearling and two year old f i r s t s e r v e . C a l l 2 0 4 - 9 3 7 - 4 9 8 0 o r bulls and 25 open replacement heifers. They have been selected for soundness, 204-937-0274, Roblin, MB. fleshing ability and performance. Sale will STOUT YEARLING and 2 yr. old LIMOUSIN be broadcast live at: www.dvauction.com BULLS, polled, red, black. Quiet bulls with Check out our websites for more info. great performance. Short Grass Limousin, Contact any of the owners to get on cata306-773-7196, Swift Current, SK. log mailing list: Horseshoe Creek Farms GOOD SELECTION OF stout red and black Ltd. Weyburn, SK. call 306-456-2500 or bulls, good dispositions, calving ease. Al- website: www.horseshoecreekfarms.com so, bred heifers. Qually-T Limousin, Rose Anwender Cattle Company, Radville, SK. call 306-442-2090 or visit website: Valley, SK. 306-322-4755, 306-322-7554. www.anwendercattlecompany.com Rocking L Cattle Company, Wawota, SK. 306-739-2598, www.rockinglcattleco.com

30TH ANNUAL PRAIRIE Gold Limousin Bull Sale, Fri., March 25, 2016, 1:00 PM, Saskatoon Livestock Sales. Selling 35 red and black heavy muscled high performing polled Limousin bulls. View catalogue at buyagro.com 306-567-7456, 306-221-1159, Saskatoon, SK. lredwards@sasktel.net

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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 12th ANNUAL WHEATLAND CATTLE CO. Bull Sale, Thursday, March 24, 2 PM, held on the farm at Bienfait, SK. Offering Black and Red Simmental, SimmAngus and Angus bulls. Also selling customer commercial heifers. For a catalogue or information contact Vernon at 306-634-7765 or T Bar C Cattle Co at 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. 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.

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 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.

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170 Bulls Sell . . . . 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

PEDIGREE POLLED SALERS BULLS, yearling and 2 yr. olds, red or black, reasonably priced, superior genetics, semen tested and guaranteed. Can arrange delivPerformance + Calving ease bulls in every category ery. Call Ken Sweetland, 204-762-5512, Lundar, MB. www.sweetlandsalers.com ERIXON SIMMENTAL BULL and Female Sale Wednesday, March 2, 2016, Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon, SK. 55 polled red and black Simmental bulls; 10 PB heifers. 1ST COWMANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ADVANTAGE SHORTHORN Catalogue at: www.erixonsimmentals.com Bull And Female Sale, Saturday, April 2, Dave Erixon, 306-270-2893, Clavet, SK. 2016 at Innisfail Auction Mart, Innisfail, AB. Selling 50 two year old and yearling RED FACTOR SIMMENTAL and Simm/ bulls and groups of open commercial heif- Angus yearling and 2 yr. old bulls. Also 3 ers. Don Savage Auctions, 403-948-3520. yr. old proven herdsire off Identity. Green Catalogue: www.donsavageauctions.com S p r u c e S i m m e n t a l 3 0 6 - 4 6 7 - 4 9 7 5 , Broadcast online at: www.dlms.ca 306-467-7912, Duck Lake, SK.

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MJ PETERSEN TRANSPORT Ltd., Mortlach, has for hire ground load 53â&#x20AC;&#x2122; cattleliner, 2-53â&#x20AC;&#x2122; stepdeck hay trailers. We haul equipment. 306-891-1380, 306-631-2023. 30 TOP QUALITY black and black brockleface open heifers from very good commercial cows. No exotic in these heifers. British for 38 years. Will make excellent cows, lots of milk, hair, broodiness and depth. Rene Cadrain, Cadrain Ranching, 306-342-4918, Glaslyn, SK.

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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. 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. Watch & bid online: DLMS.ca PL#116061. View catalogue: www.buyagro.com

H. S. KNILL TRANSPORT, est. 1933, specializing in purebred livestock transportation. Providing weekly pick up and delivery service across Canada/USA and Mexico. Gooseneck service available in Ontario, Quebec and USA. US and Canada customs bonded carrier. Call 1-877-442-3106, fax 519-442-1122, hsknill@pppoe.ca or www.hsknilltransport.com 155 King Edward St., Paris, ON. N3L 0A1. 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. 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: 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.

FLYN V RANCH has Guiding/Outfitting horses and performance horses for sale. We have sold the outfitting business and ranch. All horses are registered AQHA or APHA. We have pack, trail and performance horses, a few choice weanling, yearlings and started 2 and 3 yr. olds, as pack horses and strings. Can be used for any discipline- cutting, reining, barrels, roping, ranch or trail. Sires bloodlines: High Brow Hickory back to Docs Hickory, Peppy San Badger, Doc Olena, Little Bit Bars, Especially Smart Peppy. Mares bloodlines are foundation. Azure San Lena by Doc Olena; Cat Kilo Peppy, Cat Olena Cue Bar, Skipper W, Sugar Cash, Dash for Cash, Cue Bar Peppy, Debs Cash, Running Smoky, Dustin Lincoln, Sissy Reed, Poco Rockmount, Poco Lena, Cameo Rose, BuzzAdair, Bar Hemp, Three Bars, etc. We breed for conformation so the horses have bone, stamina and endurance to work in rough terrain. We breed for disposition, as all the horses had to be rode by clients whom were very green and had to be smart and calm as we did not have a lot of training time. They had to be all round/work in fall and spring and could be used on ranch in off season. We have colour, lined backed gruellas, buckskins, blacks, sorrels, bays, Palominos and a couple of Paint mares. Will also trade for good breed young cows. 780-888-5050, Hardisty, AB.

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

MILKING WATER BUFFALO for sale. The best milking genetics in North America, up to 4500 litres a lactation with 8% butterfat. Heifers and mature animals available. Duncan, BC. Email- archer_r@hotmail.com

NEW HOLLAND 357 MIXMILL, good condition, ready to work, $3850. 306-796-2178, Chaplin, SK.

PAYSEN LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT INC. We manufacture an extensive line of cattle handling and feeding equipment including squeeze chutes, adj. width alleys, crowding tubs, calf tip tables, maternity pens, gates and panels, bale feeders, Bison equipment, Texas gates, steel water troughs, rodeo equipment and garbage incinerators. Distributors for El-Toro electric branders and twine cutters. Our squeeze chutes and headgates are now avail. with a neck extender. Ph 306-796-4508, email: ple@sasktel.net Web: www.paysen.com FROSTFREE NOSEPUMPS: Fully sustainable livestock watering. No power reHORSE COLLARS, all sizes, steel and alu- quired to heat or pump. Prevents contamiminum horseshoes. We ship anywhere. nation. Grants available. 1-866-843-6744. Keddieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 1-800-390-6924 or keddies.com www.frostfreenosepumps.com

STAGECOACH MADE OUT of oak wood, excellent condition, price is $15,000 OBO. AQUA THERM A pasture proven trough. Call 204-768-0018, Ashern, MB. Winter water problems? Solved! No elecVISaVIS CARRIAGE, $7000; Democrat re- tricity required. 3 sizes - 100, 200 and 525 built; Cutter plus harness. All in good con- 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 dition. 780-914-7861, Viking, AB. 1998 BALE KING 880 shredder, new tires, 2 new cylinder kits, good condition, $6000. Call 306-487-7525, Lampman, SK.

FFS- FUCHS FARM SUPPLY is your partner in agriculture stocking mixer, cutter, LAST CHANCE SHEEP and Goat Sale, feed wagons and bale shredders and inHeartland Livestock, Prince Albert, Friday, dustry leading Rol-Oyl cattle oilers. March 11, 11 AM. Call 306-763-8463. 306-762-2125, Vibank, SK. www.fuchs.ca 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. RIDEAU ARCOTT EWE Lambs, 100 head, 2015 born $250/head OBO. 403-559-9313, SVEN ROLLER MILLS. Built for over 40 Olds, AB. madriedger@hotmail.com, 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 SUNGOLD SPECIALTY MEATS. We want Machine 306-242-9884, 1-877-255-0187. LABATTE SIMMENTALS with Meadow www.apollomachineandproducts.com your lambs. Have you got finished (fat) Acres Farms 36th Annual Bull & Female or feeder lambs for sale? Call Rick 2005 LUCKNOW 475 mixer wagon, 1 Sale, Friday, March 4, 1:00 PM, Johnstone COZY CAPS! Ear protection for newborn lambs a t : 4 0 3 8 9 4 9 4 4 9 o r C a t h y a t : Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. (4 miles calves! 306-577-4664, Carlyle, SK. Email 1-800-363-6602 for terms and pricing. owner, 4 auger, digital scale, planetary drive, vg, $27,500. Blaine 306-621-9751 or West of Moose Jaw on Trans-Canada cozycaps@outlook.com www.sungoldmeats.com Steven 306-621-2522, Yorkton, SK. Hwy). Offering: 95 Simmental Beef Bulls (55 Red Polled PB, 35 Black Polled PB, 4 SELLING LAMBS AND GOATS? Why CUSTOM MADE HEAVY DUTY panels/windRK AN IM AL S UPPL IES - Be o n ta rget. FB), 20 Red and Black Open PB Heifers. take one price from one buyer? Expose breaks made out of 2 3/8 or 2 7/8 pipe and Us e the p ro d u cts en d o rs ed b y the PL#914447. For catalogues and info: Barry your lambs and goats to a competitive 24' long. Also, custom made gates, bale p ro fes s io n a ls . RK & S UL L IV AN S UPPL IES LaBatte 306-815-7900 or 306-969-4820, market. Beaver Hill Auctions, Tofield, AB. feeders, bunk feeders and other requests. Fo r a fre e c a ta lo gu e : 1-8 00-440-26 9 4 Dustin Fornwald 306-487-7510, Blair FornSales every Monday, trucks hauling from 403-704-3828, Red Deer, AB. wald 306-487-7662, Scott Johnstone SK, BC, AB. www.beaverhillauctions.com S hop O n lin e 306-693-4715. www.johnstoneauction.ca FOR SALE: NEW HOLLAND 354 mixmill, Call: 780-662-9384. taking offers. Phone 306-436-4644, Milestone, SK. w w w .rka n im a lsu pplies.co m NOW PURCHASING AT Roy Leitch Livestock Co. Ltd. Fat lambs, feeder lambs, cull ewes and goats. Brandon, MB. Phone: WANTED: CULL COWS and bulls. For book- 204-727-5021, 204-729-7791. ings call Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, 306-363-2117 ext. 111, Drake, SK. SOUTHERN ALBERTA WANTED: RED or BLACK younger cows on LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE a lease to own, or straight lease basis. RefBuying all classes of sheep, SUNNY VALLEY SIMMENTALS 26th An- erences avail. 306-542-2575, Veregin, SK. lambs and goats. nual Bull and Female Sale, Wednesday, Contact Darren Shaw 403-601-5165 March 9, 2016, 1:00 PM at Saskatoon LiveSame Day Trade Payment. Farm Pickup. stock Sales, Saskatoon. 45 red, black and fullblood beef bulls. Semen tested, delivCompetitive Pricing. ered and fully guaranteed. View catalogue darren@livestock.ab.ca at www.sunnyvalleysimmentals.com or ROCKING W HORSE Spring Horse Sale. call 306-544-7633 for more info. Tack Sale: April 22. Horses Sell: April 23, Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB. RED AND BLACK YEARLING SIMMENTAL 204-325-7237. View: www.rockingw.com BULLS, polled, moderate birthweights, good temperaments. All bulls sold Private CANDIAC AUCTION MART Horse Sale on 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 , Saturday March 5th. Tack sells at 10:30 SASK. SHEEP DEV. BOARD sole disAM. Horses sell at 1:30 PM. Candiac, SK. tributor of sheep ID tags in Sask., offers 306-237-9506, Perdue, SK. programs, marketing services and sheep/ 306-424-2967, candiacauctionmart.ca goat supplies. 306-933-5200, Saskatoon, PIZZEY SIMMENTAL IS selling on the farm: yearling Simmental Red, Black, and HORSE AND TACK SALE, Heartland, Prince SK. www.sksheep.com traditional bulls, moderate BW. Call Calvin Albert, SK., Friday, March 11 starting at 5:30 PM. Call 306-763-8463. 204-847-2055, Fox Warren, MB. PB RED and BLACK SIMMENTAL bulls. 2016 WILD ROSE DRAFT HORSE SALE, Polled, good temperament, moderate BW. May 6 and 7 at Olds, AB. Draft horses, tack, harness, collars and horse drawn David Bradley 306-270-4835 Langham, SK. equipment are welcomed consignments. Call Barb Stephenson 403-933-5765, 8 AM to 8 PM, or visit www.wrdha.com SPECKLE PARK YEARLING heifers and GATEWAY COUNTRY SPRING HORSE 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 And Longhorn Auction, Saturday, May 14, 2016, Silver Sage Community Corral, 306-877-4402, 306-728-7677, Dubuc, SK. Brooks, AB. Call Gateway Auction Services Ltd., 1-866-304-4664 to consign and for details or go to: www.gwacountry.com ALBERTA TEXAS LONGHORN Association 780-387-4874, Leduc, AB. For more info. www.albertatexaslonghorn.com DISPERSAL SALE OF 1 owner Miniature Horses, all colors, well behaved and friendly. Also mares to foal this spring and WELSH BLACK- The Brood Cow Advantage. weanlings. 306-472-3723, Lafleche, SK. Check www.canadianwelshblackcattle.com Canadian Welsh Black Soc. 403-442-4372. REGISTERED FJORD 6 year old stallion for sale. For more info. call 403-347-4859, 403-357-7305, Red Deer, AB. 120 BLACK ANGUS BRED HEIFERS, ONE IRON, bred to low BW Black bulls, exposed July 4, 2015, vaccinated with VL5 plus 7 Som, Safeguard/Ivomec, $2400 TWO BLACK PERCHERON MARES, well you pick. 306-476-7996, Rockglen, SK. broke for harness. Call 204-546-2239, 160 BLACK and BWF bred heifers, also 30 Grandview, MB. Red and RWF. One iron, full herd health, bred Black Angus, calving out April 15. 403-740-5197, Big Valley, AB. CANADIAN REG. HAFLINGER HORSES. COMPLETE DISPERSAL ONLY. Bred Team of 2 yr. olds, yearlings, and mares, cows: black, tans, reds, bred Black Angus. well broke to drive. Call 519-236-4518, 306-782-5909, Yorkton, SK. 519-319-8021, Zurich, ON.

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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. NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for over 15 years, is looking for Elk. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you have them, we want them.â&#x20AC;? Make your final call with Northfork for pricing! Guaranteed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, Winnipeg, MB.

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 big or too small. $335. 780-806-3120, Provost, AB. jameshofer1@hotmail.com RANCHHAND CALF CATCHER, Canadian made, time tested and proven. Put safety back in calf processing. Call 306-762-2125. www.fuchs.ca

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CERT. ORGANIC RED PROSCO CERISE millet seed. Wanted: Organic Producers under contract. Reynald 204-878-4839, 204-794-8550, reynald@milletking.com St. Claude, MB. 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. BUYING HRSW AND HRS winter wheat. Old crop and contract for new crop. R.W. Organic Ltd., 306-354-2660 Mossbank, SK. WINTER WATERING: FREEZE proof, motion eye, 24”/36” drain back bowl. Call toll free 1-888-731-8882, Lumsden, SK. Or visit: www.kellnsolar.com 2003 BALE KING bale processor, shedded, good condition. Contact 306-327-4550, Kelvington, SK. EZE-FEEDER: Quality built grain feeders w/auger for range or bunk feeding. From 15 - 95 bu. Optional scales, 3 PTH frames, etc. 1-877-695-2532. www.ezefeeder.ca GREG’S WELDING: Freestanding 30’ 5 bar panels, all 2-7/8” drill stem construction, $470; 24’x5.5’ panels, 2-7/8” pipe with 51” sucker rods, $350; 24’x6’ panels, 2-7/8” pipe with 6- 1” rods, $375; 30’ 2 or 3 bar windbreak panels c/w lumber. Gates and double hinges avail. on all panels. Belting troughs for grain or silage. Calf shelters. Del. avail. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK. FREESTANDING PANELS: 30’ windbreak panels; 6-bar 24’ and 30’ panels; 10’, 20’ and 30’ feed troughs; Bale shredder bunks; Silage bunks; Feeder panels; HD bale feeders; All metal 16’ and 24’ calf shelters. Will custom build. 306-424-2094, Kendal, SK.

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PYRENEES PUPS, born Oct./15, 1st shots, vet checked, dewormed, $300/ea CEDAR LOG HOMES AND CABINS, sidings, paneling, decking. Fir and Hemlock 306-656-4445 or 306-230-2499, Harris, SK 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 Kelpies, 306-692-2573, Moose Jaw, SK. OWN A ZAK’S custom built home in the REG. BORDER COLLIE pups, black/white brand new subdivision in Neuanlage, SK, and red/white. Parents have exc. working just minutes from Saskatoon. Go to: bloodlines.The past pups go on to different www.zaksbuilding.com or 306-225-2288. jobs or even wonderful pets. Ready to go Jan. 30. Prices start at $550. 403-429-0055 TRUE BLUE HEELERS has 2 male pups off of JeniFur and Jaxon available. First shots and dewormed. Like their parents, they have good drive and great work ethic. Ready April 7th. $400 each. References and delivery available. Call 306-492-2447, 306-290-3339, Clavet, SK.

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. SWM, 47, 6’ tall, cattle farmer, loves outdoors, never been married. Looking for single lady who loves the farm. Box 5579, c/o The Western Producer, Box 2500, Saskatoon, SK., S7K 2C4.

24' HEAVY DUTY panels, 24' windbreaks, freestanding, made out of 2-3/8" or 2-7/8" pipe. Can custom build. Bale feeders, bunk feeders and other requests avail. Delivery available. Call/text: 403-704-3828, Rimbey, DO YOU KNOW an amazing single guy AB. or email: jchof@platinum.ca who shouldn’t be? Camelot IntroducCALF SHELTERS, HORSE shelters and stor- tions has been successfully matching people for over 22 years. In-person interviews age sheds. 403-715-9520, Macgrath, AB. by Intuitive Matchmaker in MB and SK. SCHULER 175 BUNK FEEDER, scale, $2000. www.camelotintroductions.com or phone 306-335-7715, Lemberg, SK. 204-888-1529.

CUSTOM WELDED LIVESTOCK Supplies: Feed bunks, hay feeders, sheep, goat and cattle feeders, custom made. Phone: 306-746-2281, 306-746-8182, Raymore, SK., steinerfarms@aski.ca www.steinerwelding.ca

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RETIRE TO THE SUNSHINE COAST. Ocean view development acreage, Sechelt, BC., 34 acres, $2,950,000. Lifestyle/ lnvestment Project. Data, photos, video tour at: www.realtor.ca MLS R2026927. bmcgreg@hotmail.com Bill McGregor 604-531-8000. www.whiterockestates.com

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BEST COOKING PULSES accepting samples of organic and conventional pulses for 2014/2015 crop year. Matt 306-586-7111, Rowatt, SK. 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 CERT. ORGANIC ROUND alfalfa bales, 1st cut, $55, 2nd cut $85, approx. 1400 lbs. 306-874-9221, 306-874-8032 Naicam, SK.

GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPS, ready to go. TRADE OR SELL Office building in Onoway, Phone Ed 306-269-7745, leave message if AB, c/w extra empty lot, exc. shape value not in, Foam Lake, SK. at $275,000 Cdn for heavy equipment or farmland in AB. Call Stan 780-903-3617. TRADE OR SELL 20+ acres Fort Stockan, KUVASZ PUPPIES, 1 male, 5 females, vet TX zoned commercial- can be developed checked, first shots, ready, $500 OBO. valued at $175,000 USD for heavy equip. or farmland in AB. Call Stan 780-903-3617. Call Barb, 403-637-2192, Water Valley, AB.

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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 ORGANIC PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION of Manitoba Cooperative (OPAM). Serving Western Canada for over 25 years as a non-profit, member owned organic Certification Body. Providing guidance to the Canadian Organic Regime (COR) and personalized support through potlucks, field tours, and member meetings. Contact 204-567-3745, email info@opam-mb.com or visit www.opam-mb-com Miniota, MB.

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TO BE MOVED: 1997 SRI Avonlea Mobile Home, 1088 sq. ft. near Clavet, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, single family, laminate in livingroom, hot water new in 2009, F/S/M/W/D, window AC, hitch but no wheels, $60,000 OBO. For sale by owner. 306-227-5480, Saskatoon, SK. krfriesen@sasktel.net TRADE OR SELL mobile trailer (older stylecompletely rebuilt) exc. shape in town of Smoky Lake, AB., on own lot, 2 new decks valued at $175,000 Cdn for heavy equip. or farmland in AB. Stan at 780-903-3617. MEDALLION HOMES 1-800-249-3969 Immediate delivery: New 16’ and 20’ modular homes; Also used 14’ and 16’ homes. Now available: Lake homes. Medallion Homes, 306-764-2121, Prince Albert, SK. 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.

390 ACRES SOUTH of Bassano, 160 acres farmland, 230 acres grassland, well, corals, 13 QUARTERS PIVOT irrigated land, small cabin and lots good fishing. $14,000,000. Barons, AB., 403-308-1612, $560,000. Bernie Smyth, Pro Real Estate, LHG@telus.net or, www.4033081612.com 403-504-3170, Medicine Hat, AB. agland1@hotmail.com realestatebernie.ca INVESTOR LOOKING TO PURCHASE: Alberta land with surface lease oil revenue or operating oil wells. Full cooperation to LAND FOR RENT. Phone 306-253-4580, Real Estate Agents. Contact Ray Stanton at Box 111, Aberdeen, SK. S0K 0A0. 416-505-0707 or rays@londonproperty.ca LAND FOR RENT, 2100+ acres, RM 157, LAND OPPORTUNITY: 1) 6800 acre productive farmland near Qu'Appelle. Great ranch north of Smoky Lake, 2 modern highway access, close to Regina, SK. homes, $30,000 surface lease revenue. 2) 80,000 bu. of onsite hopper bottom storage Great quarter section starter farm with with aeration also available. Accepting m o d u l a r h o m e , S W o f W i l d w o o d , rental offers until February 28, 2016. More $379,000. 3) 960 acre rolling pasture, info and offer form available at great hunting, will carry approx. 180 RentMyLand.ca 306-531-7823 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 GRAIN LAND TO RENT, 35 mile radius of 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 , Rouleau, SK. Call 306-776-2600 or email: kraussacres@sasktel.net 780-991-1180, Spruce Grove, AB.

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300 ACRES, BORDERS town of Bengough, SK. Hwy. #34, 275 cult. acres. Near new machinery shed, 48’x60’x16’ w/20’ 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 $395,000. Call 403-901-1161.

LAND AUCTION: 2 quarters of cultivated land in RM Meeting Lake, close to Mayfair, SK. Will be sold together as one parcel. NE-30-46-10-W3, 159 total acres, 105 cult acres, 65,600 assess; SE 30-46-10 W3-158 total acres, 115 cult. acres, 77,200 assess. March 23, 2016 at Kramer Auction Ltd, WANTED FARMLAND TO RENT in the North Battleford. www.kramerauction.com Raymore/ Semans area, North of Hwy. 15. or call 1-800-529-9958. Call 306-528-7875 or benrhb@gmail.com

FARMLAND FOR SALE: RM 76, south of Aneroid, SK. SW-7-7-10-W3, 161 acres; NW -7-7-10-W3, 160 ac (19 acres hay). Accepting written offers until March 11, 2016. Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. nostbakken@sasktel.net 306-588-2564.

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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Birch Hills Farmland & Acreage Birch Hills, SK | Mar 21, 2016 *Selling at the Saskatoon Auction Site

17 Parcels of Real Estate Proposed Country Residential Acreage & 16 Parcels of Farmland 2460± Title Acres Property Features Parcel 1– 2971 sq ft two story home, yard is well graveled with excellent drainage, mature tree line & beautiful landscaping, 2015 FVA $405,900. Well located— 1.75 miles to Hwy 3, 46 km to Prince Albert & 53 kms to Melfort.

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AUCTION LOCATION: From BIRCH HILLS, SK, go 6.5 km West on Hwy 3, then go 2 km North on Winton Park Rd. GPS: 53.0047194, -105.3182056 For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Kelly Braaten: 306.960.1478 For info on Parcels 10,12 & 16: Archie Tilford: 306.749.3560 Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Darren Teale: 306.278.7373 800.491.4494

SELLING BY TENDER: RM of Hodgeville #135: 160 acres of farm land. Please call John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd. for info. 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com

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 or repair fence if needed. 306-774-4952, Swift Current, SK.

10,000 ACRES CULTIVATED farmland for sale in the Luseland, SK. area. Call RIVER RANCH, EAST central SK., 12 quar587-296-0588, Calgary, AB. ters, 9 pasture and 3 cult., 40x80 quonset. 403-485-8369, North of Yorkton, SK.

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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 deplease visit www.kramerauction.com MACK AUCTION CO. presents a Land tails Auction for the Estate of Ron Carriere, or call 1-800-529-9958. 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 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 BIG RIVER, SASK AREA. This gorgeous parcels. 3) Persons submitting offers must home/lodge is approx. 3100 sq. ft. on 3 rely on their own research, inspection of levels including attached garage. Very land and improvements as to conditions tastefully done. Heated with propane plus and no. of acres. 4) Deposit cheque for 5% does have solar panels and windmill. Most of the offered amount must accompany furniture is included, c/w 154 acres of the offer. Cheque made payable to Edge bush type land with 140 acres fenced with Realty Ltd. (cheques will be returned to a 8” high game fence plus 1 elec. wire. 89 unsuccessful bidders). 5) No offers will be head of deer/elk w/high genetic breeding. considered which are subject to financing. Major equip. included to operate this turn6) Tenders close at 3:00 PM on March key hunt/production farm. MLS®561901. 16, 2016. 7) There is one year lease left More info. or to view call Lloyd Ledinski at on the land for $14,250. 8) Please forward Re/Max of the Battlefords, North Battleall bids and inquiries to: Brad Edgerton, ford, SK. 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512. Edge Realty Ltd., Box 1324, Kindersley, SK. S 0 L 1 S 0 . C a l l 3 0 6 - 4 6 3 - 4 5 1 5 , f a x RM 73 LAND for sale, 480 acres, 3 quarters. 306-463-4516. Email: brad@edgerealty.ca Was grain land, currently in hay. 170 acres HAMMOND REALTY. Excellent mixed natural prairie. Total assessment 150,600. Asking 3X assessment. 306-642-3442, farming opportunity within 60 minutes of Saskatoon, SK. Features 3,184 acres deed- Assiniboia, SK. ed with 320 acres Crown Lease. Includes: 630 cropped acres, 889 hay acres and RM 225: IRRIGATION potential! Approx. 1,965 native pasture/wetland acres. 1,384 800 acres of grainland which can be irrisq. ft. home, machine shed, quonset, heat- gated from the South Sask. River accorded shop and efficient livestock facilities. ing to the owner. Excellent opportunity to own irrigated land. John Cave, Edge Realty Call Kevin Jarrett 306-441-4152. Ltd., 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com 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 TERM LIFE INSURANCE. Perry Harris, be rented with long or short term contract. Life Insurance Advisor, 306-535-0811, Regina, SK. Melville, SK. Call 306-231-5611.

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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®. 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 1,000 hives. Only Honey Producers in SK certified organic by Pro-Cert. MLS®. Real Estate Centre, 1-866-345-3414. View www.farmrealestate.com for all our listings.

LAND AUCTION: 2 quarters of pastureland in RM the Rosemount (Cando/Landis area). NW-5-38-16-W3, 160 total acres, 49,000 assess; NE-5-38-16-W2, 158 total acres, 45400 assess. March 23, 2016 at Kramer’s Big Bid Barn, North Battleford www.kramerauction.com 1-800-529-9958.

TENDERS FOR FARMLAND, RM Pleasant Valley #288, 6 miles North and 3/4 mile 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 Extension 0, 160 acres, 151 total cult., 60,900 assessment; Title 117742855, NE-15-30-18-W3 Ext. 0, 160 acres, 150 cult. 67,000 assess; Title 117742563, NW 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, SW-14-30-18-W3 Ext. 0, 160 acres, 140 cult., 74,500 assess; Title 117742877, SE-15-30-18-W3 Ext. 0, 160 acres, 160 cult., 63,400 assess; Title 117742888, SW- 15-30-18-W3 Ext. 0, 160 acres, 156 cult., 58,200 assess. 1120 total acres, 1071 total cultivated, 460,900 total assessment. Note: 1. SW-14-30-18-W3 presently consists of 160 acres. Approx. 10 acres of the yard site will be subdivided 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, consideration will be given to offers that provide the highest aggregate price for any 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 owner’s name, title(s) numbers and legal location(s) with your offer. Further info. can be obtained by phoning Gary at 306-651-2166 after 6 PM. Submit offers to Roderick G. Gall, Gall Law Office, 100, 316 6th Avenue North, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 2S5

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FARMLAND FOR SALE BY TENDER - RM Kindersley/Snipe Lake, 1440 acres. Land all in one block, Section 4-28-20-W3, E1/232-27-20-W3, N1/2-33-27-20-W3, NW1/434-27-20-W3. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.Tenders must exclude GST or any other levies. Purchaser must rely on their own research and inspection of property. Land is rented for 2016 but purchaser of land can receive 2016 rental if purchase of land is complete by March 20, 2016. Deadline for offers is Feb 29, 2016. Phone: 780-826-6875, Brock, SK. ldholdings@telus.net Duane Jones 430841 Ave., Bonnyville, AB., T9N 2E5. 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. RM VISCOUNT: 1500 acres with two houses, quonsets and 60,000 bu grain storage. MLS 553191; RM MEETING LAKE- Pasture quarter with more quarters avail. MLS 554269. Mike Janostin, Realty Executives Battlefords, 306-481-5574. email at mikejanostin@sasktel.net LAND AUCTION: 1 quarter of farmland east of North Battleford on Hwy# 40. SE-24-44-13-W3, 160 total acres, 127 cult. acres, 79,200 assess. March 23, 2016 at Kramer’s Auction Ltd, North Battleford www.kramerauction.com 1-800-529-9958. 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, Drawer 280, Alsask, SK S0L 0A0 306-432-7343.

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3 06 -9 55-226 6 Em a il: s a s kfa rm s @ s h a w .ca LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER: Three quarters in the RM of McCraney #282, SK. SW-30-28-01-W3, SE-30-28-01-W3 and NW-30-28-01-W3. Please submit tenders in writing, with a certified cheque for 5% of the tendered offer to: Dellene Church Law Office, Box 724, 200 Garfield St., Davidson, SK. S0G 1A0. Tenders will be accepted until 4 PM on March 11, 2016. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. For more detail: 306-567-5554 or email: dsclaw@sasktel.net LAND AUCTION: Great opportunity to bid on 6 quarters of farmland located east of Mayfair and north of Hafford, SK. On offer will be 3 quarters of cultivated farmland with good access and 3 quarters of pasture adjoining the Meeting Lake PFRA community pasture. SW-24-47-10-W3, 160 total acres, 77 cult. acres, 39,700 assess; SE-24-47-10-W3, 160 total acres, 80 cult. acres, 27,000 assess; NW-24-47-10-W3, 160 total acres, 110 cult. acres, 35,800 assess; NW-15-47-10-W3, 160 total acres, 155 cult. acres, 71,400 assess; SW-21-4710-W3, 160 total acres, 130 cult. acres, 60,400 assess; NW-16-47-10-W3, 160 total acres, 145 cult acres, 54,800 assess. March 23, 2016 at Kramer Auction Ltd, North Battleford for more information visit www.kramerauction.com 1-800-529-9958. 12 QUARTERS FOR RENT north of Griffin, SK. SEC-23-09-12-W2, NW-15-09-12-W2, W1/2-17-09-11-W2, N1/2-16-09-11-W2, S1/2-10-09-11-W2, SW-26-09-11-W2. Can be rent all together or in different parcels. 306-861-4592. LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM 279, S1/2 -34-28-21 W2. Tenders accepted until Mar. 1st. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Blair Fraser, 306-524-4922, Box 299, Semans, SK. S0A 3S0.

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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. MLS® 550536. Call Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battlefords, 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512. RM OF FRENCHMAN BUTTE #501. This 322 acres of natural bush land is hilly and rolly with trails throughout. Ideal for quading, ski-dooing and skiing. Great big game hunting. Located approx. 5 miles NW and 1.5 miles W of St. Walburg on Hwy 26 and only a half hour from Turtle Lake. The property is fenced with a four wire fence and treated post, and has an 18x22 trappers cabin. MLS®561991. For further info. or to view call Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battlefords, North Battleford at 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512.

FARM, 459 ACRES, 154 crop land, 127 hay, 118 bush/pasture, 60 fenced (3 dugouts). Good water supply. Minutes from Duck Mountain Park. 1500 sq. ft. bungalow (1984), attached garage. New windows, doors and metal roof 2015. 30x42 heated shop (1993), 46x50 machine shed. 30x30 hip roof barn and outbuildings painted 2015. Underground wiring. large garden space. 204-263-2636, 204-648-4459, (Sclater) Pine River, MB. INTERLAKE CATTLE AND GRAIN FARM 1600 acres deeded, 240 acres rented. 210 acres crop, 340 acres hay, 1290 acres pasture. Good set of buildings; house with geothermal heating, barn, shop, quonset, grain storage. Lots of high quality water; 8 wells, 4 flowing. Close to hospital, groceries, schools, pharmacy, auction barn, $940,000 OBO. Cattle and machinery optional. Call 204-768-9083, Ashern, MB. Email: tbaranch@prairie.ca

STE. ROSE RANCH, (Ste. Amelie), 14 quarters 2,234.85 of fenced land in one block. 240 of Class 3 land under cultivation. Two miles to paved highway. Call GOOD FARMLAND For Sale By Tender. Golden Plains Realty Ltd, 204-745-3677. Ideal starter place. Yardsite has power and good water supply. RM of Kingsley #124, 320 ACRES, 3 BDRM house, att. 2 car garNE-20-14-05-W2, NW-20-14-05-W2, age. River runs through home quarter, SE-30-14-05-W2, Kipling, SK. All tenders very scenic view of Duck Mtns, good wamust be received by March 15, 2016 and ter. 204-742-3424, Ethelbert, MB. 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. SUPERVISED PASTURES for small or large LAND AUCTION: 1 well assessed quarter herds, 2016 grazing season. References of farmland located 1.5 miles off Hwy #16 available. 306-937-3503, Cando, SK. in the Denholm area (20 mins. east of North Battleford). SE-34-42-14-W3, 155 CUSTOM GRAZING AVAILABLE for 200 total acres, 140 cult. acres, 76,500 assess. pairs. South of Virden, MB. $1.50 day/pair. March 23, 2016 at Kramer Auction Ltd, June 1 - October 15. 204-851-2554. North Battleford. www.kramerauction.com FOR RENT PASTURES. 1580 acres and or call 1-800-529-9958. 3190 acres. More info. ph Walter Lewis, Lands Manager, 306-386-2067, Cochin, SK

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Plea s e ca ll M a rcel a t1-403-350-6 8 6 8 M a rcel L eBla n c Rea l Es ta te In c. 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

E X C E L L E N T L I V E S TO C K FA R M S : 1) 1000 head feedlot, Hartney. 2) 1732 deeded acres w/4425 acres of Crown land, fenced, small bungalow, vg buildings and metal corral system, can carry 450 cow/ calf pairs. 3) 1270 deeded acre cattle farm by Lac du Bonnet, 640 acres Crown land, turnkey operation. 4) Cattle ranch, Pine River, 3300 deeded and 1200 acres Crown land. 5) 27 acre horse ranch, excellent home and buildings, Erickson, MB. Contact Jim McLachlan 204-724-7753, HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc., Brandon, MB., www.homelifepro.com

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PASTURE FOR RENT, 4 quarters, good fence and good water. Contact Ross or Pam at 306-427-4923, Shell Lake, SK.

ACREAGE FOR SALE, includes 1400 sq. ft. bi -level house, 5 bdrm, 2.5 baths, built in 1975 with double attached garage, 32'x48' insulated/heated shop, 52'x122' quonset, 35,000 bu. grain storage, natural gas heat, well treed yard. Located RM 279 east of Nokomis 9 miles or NW of Semans 9 miles. Would consider selling house to be moved. For sale by owner, $90,000. 306-746-7736, Semans, SK. RM OF CORMAN PARK: 80 acres suitable for acreage or pasture, power and water. N 1/2-36-38-09-W3, $160,000. or rent for pasture. 306-222-0991 or 306-466-4442.

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1-306-771-4987 ANCIENT GRAIN, NON-GMO Western Hard Red wheat seed. Start the trend on your farm! Limited supply. Phone for details. 306-823-7204, Neilburg, SK. DIVERSIFY WITH A frost tolerant specialty crop. Grow quinoa! Total production contracts available for 2016. Premium returns, guaranteed markets and delivery. View www.quinoa.com or call 306-933-9525.

COMMON #1 OATS, cleaned to certified standards, 99% germ. Call Murray at Lepp Seeds Ltd. 306-254-4243, Hepburn, SK. OATS, TOP YIELDING and milling variety, grown from certified, 94% germ, no off types. 780-387-6399, Wetaskiwin, AB.

WANT TO CASH RENT: standing alfalfa fields for spring 2016. Want: sweet clover fields for pollination. Want: cleaned and bagged buckwheat seed. 306-281-8097, CERTIFIED CDC AMARILLO and Limerick Tisdale/Saskatoon, SK. peas. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK

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FDN. REG. CERT. #1 CDC Limerick, CDC Greenwater. Also CDC Marble (french TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses green lentil). Ardell Seeds Ltd. Vanscoy, and custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary SK., 306-668-4415. Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. GREEN! GREEN! GREEN! Gregoire Seed YB SWEET CLOVER, Red Clover, Alsike Farm Ltd., has Fdn., Reg., Certified CDC clover, Alfalfa (tap/creeper), Meadow/ Greenwater, CDC Limerick, CDC Raezer, Smooth, various grasses. (Organic/conCDC Striker. Greens may be the dark horse ventional), Pasture blends. Free shipping. 2016. Volume discounts. 306-441-7851, 306-863-2900, ivanaudrey@sasktel.net 306-445-5516, North Battleford, Sask. Star City, SK. gregfarms@sasktel.net SWEET CLOVER, bin run, and REG. CDC LIMERICK green pea seed, 98% YELLOW Hairy Vetch. Limited quantity. germ. Phone Richard at Hallettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hay & cleaned Reasonable price.204-851-2101 Virden MB Seed, 403-586-3769, Carstairs, AB.

CERT. CDC DAKOTA, dunn pea; CDC 0DQQHVV 6HHG Raeser, Limerick, green peas. Dutton Farms, 306-441-6699, Paynton, SK. 'RPDLQ 0% CERT. CDC AMARILLO and CDC Hornet yellow peas, good germ. and vigor. Call 6XQGZDOO 6HHG 6HUYLFH 1HZ *HQ 6HHG 6HUYLFHV /WG 6LHUHQV 6HHG 6HUYLFH Shaun 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. *RYDQ 6. 3RUWDJH OD 3UDLULH 0% 6RPHUVHW 0% FDN., REG., CERT. CDC Dakota green peas. Highest yielding pea variety, $14-$18 )ULHVHQ 6HHGV /WG depending on generation. $14/bu. pickup. 0F&DUWK\ 6HHG )DUP /WG 6ZDQ 9DOOH\ 6HHGV /WG 5RVHQRUW 0% 403-330-5480, 403-654-2158, Vauxhall, AB. &RUQLQJ 6. 6ZDQ 5LYHU 0% joerg@columbiaseed.ca )UHGHULFN 6HHGV :DWVRQ 6.

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CERT. #1 CDC Limerick and Cooper. Call Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, SAINFOIN SEED. Nutritious, bloat-free, perennial forage loved by all animals and Margo, SK. honeybees.Research from Utah University FDN., REG, CERT. CDC Leroy forage peas, indicates better meat flavor and nutrition southern Alberta, $13.50/bu. pickup. from sainfoin supplemented forage. Prime 403-330-5480, 403-654-2158, Vauxhall, AB. Sainfoin is cert. organic. 306-739-2900, joerg@columbiaseed.ca Email jhusband@primegrains.com CERT. CDC GREENWATER and CDC Lime- #1 ALFALFA SEED, 98% germ., inoculated, rick green peas, good germ. and vigor. Call Maurice Wildeman, Lanigan, SK., call 306-365-7802, Lanigan, SK. Shaun at: 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK.

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SAVE NOW! COMMON #1 SMOOTH Canola/Flax, Wheat, BROME, $6/lb.; Common #1 Meadow Barley, Oats, Peas, etc. Brome, $6.10/lb.; Coated Common #1 Smooth Brome and Meadow Brome, $5/lb. BOW V AL L EY TRADIN G L TD. til March 31, 2016. Also Alfalfa, Timothy, Cicer Milkvetch, Yellow Clover, Crested Wheat, Creeping Red Fescue. Siklenka Seeds, 306-342-4290, 306-342-7688, WHY NOT KEEP MARKETING SIMPLE? You are selling feed grains. we are Glaslyn, SK. buying feed grains. Fast payment, with prompt pickup, true price discovery. Call Jim Beusekom, Allen Pirness, David Lea, Vera Buziak or Matt Beusekom at Market FABA BEAN: TABOAR Faba Bean, low tannin, Place Commodities Ltd., Lethbridge, AB. dual purpose animal feed/human consump- Email info@marketplacecommodities.com tion, high nitrogen fixation. Seed available or phone 1-866-512-1711. with open market production contract through Terramax at Qu'Appelle, SK. Distribution at Tisdale, Glaslyn, Unity, SK. and TOP PRICES Brandon, MB. 306-699-7368, Qu'Appelle, PAID FOR SK. terramax@terramax.sk.ca

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COMMON YELLOW PEA seed, grown from certified seed. 306-441-6699, Paynton, SK. RED LENTIL SEED grown on our farm, 98% germ., 0 Asco., 0 Anthracose, cleaned. Lionel 306-567-7929, Elbow, SK. GLY #1 SOYBEAN SEED, early, mid, long season available. Top yields. Bulk or bagged. Keep your own seed with the convenience of Glyphosate. No contracts or TUAs. Dealers wanted. Norcan Seeds, call/text: Matt 204-280-0568 or Nate 204-280-1202, Fisher Branch, MB. CLEANED RED LENTIL SEED, .65Â˘/lb. Phone 306-353-4830, Riverhurst, SK. YELLOW PEA SEED for sale, common, good price, good quality. Call Nate, 204-372-6552, Fisher Branch, MB. RED LENTIL- 2 varieties, excellent germ. and vigor, 0% disease. Ph. Byron Blackwell, 306-846-7222, Dinsmore, SK.

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CAN AD A WANTED FEED BARLEY- Buffalo Plains NUVISION COMMODITIES is currently Cattle Company is looking to purchase purchasing feed barley, wheat, peas and barley. For pricing and delivery dates, call milling oats. 204-758-3401, St. Jean, MB. Kristen 306-631-8769, Bethune, SK. LACKAWANNA PRODUCTS CORP. BuyWANTED: FEED GRAIN, barley, wheat, ers and sellers of all types of feed grain peas, green or damaged canola. Phone and grain by-products. Call 306-862-2723, Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK. Nipawin, SK.

2ND AND 3RD cut alfalfa 3x4x8 square bales. Dairy test available. Delivery 14% INCREASE COMING! Act now! Floavailable in southern AB. 403-633-3777, tation wheels 42â&#x20AC;?x23â&#x20AC;? (710/70R42), reg. 403-363-3318, Tilley, AB. $1375, now $995; JD 4930, 710/70R42, BKT $3098, Michelin $3798; 380/90R46 LARGE ROUND HAY and large round alfalfa LARGE ROUND BALES feed tested, net Firestone R9000 $1995. For all your wheel bales. Delivery available. Call or text: wrapped, no rain. 204-723-0658, email: and tire needs call AG Line International colletfarm@gmail.com Notre Dame, MB. 306-408-0038, Moosomin, SK. 1-844-519-0362. Limited quantities! 525 WHEAT GREENFEED bales, avg. 1650 lbs., net wrapped, soft dough stage, no rain, no hail, $65 ea. Call Andy 306-423-5682, 306-233-7835, Bellevue SK BEEF FEED PELLETS from FeedMax. HAY FOR SALE, brome alfalfa, approx. 12% beef pellets priced $180 FOB Kipling, 1 5 0 0 l b . b a l e s , 5 x 6 , n o r a i n . SK. Call 1-866-FEEDMAX (333-3629). 306-752-4447, Melfort, SK.

500 LARGE ROUND Oat Green feed bales, net wrap, approx. 1600-1700 lbs, $75/bale. May consider trades for bred heifers/cows. 306-961-2639, Meath Park, SK.

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ROUND SOLID CORE hay and straw bales, 6x5 delivered. Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK. DAIRY AND FEEDER HAY, 3x4 square bales for sale. Tests available. Call 403-633-8835, Brooks, AB. 250 ROUND WHEAT straw bales (2015). Special price on 2014 bales. Also have small sq. straw bales and 100 round hay bales. 306-291-9395, 306-283-4747, Langham, SK.

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STRAW FOR SALE: barley, wheat or pea, in 600 lb. square bales, $20 or offers. Call 204-721-1542, Brandon, MB. GREENFEED ROUND BALES, average 1580 l b s . , n e t w r ap p e d , $ 7 0 / b a l e . P h o n e 306-230-0040, Major, SK. GREEN 3RD CUT alfalfa, 25.5% protein, 52 bales, 3x4x8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; big squares. Also 250 big squares, greenfeed, triticale. 122 flax PREFERABLY ORGANIC SPECIALTY items. straw bales. 403-501-1837, Tilley, AB. Small, growing food production co. seeking ROUND 5X6 BALES. 350 silage, 100 green- producer direct beans, lentils, naked oats, feed, 300 straw bales., no rain. Feed analy- quinoa, amaranth, canary seed, and other sis on silage bales can be provided. Pickup. nutrient dense/diverse grains. Preferably 306-229-1528, 306-237-4684, Arelee, SK. in north central SK. 306-469-7342, Shellbrook, SK. Nurliart@gmail.com THRESHED TIMOTHY HAY, approx. 1000 large hard core bales, $30/bale OBO. Scale available so will also sell by tonne if preferred. Contact Fisher Farms Ltd, 204-622-8800, 204-648-3038, Dauphin MB 2ND CUT ALFALFA, 1750 lbs., 136 RFV, net ICE FISHING SHACKS- portable, insulated wrapped, full analysis avail. from Dairyland shacks. Fit easy into truck box or hitch option available. SK made by Koenders, Labs. 306-716-3409, Humboldt, SK. Shacks and full accessory line in stock at BARLEY AND TRITICALE greenfeed and Flaman, 1-888-435-2626 www.flaman.com hard wheat greenfeed. Also 2nd cut alfalfa, green, high protein. Feed tests available. 403-501-4115, 403-501-9307, Tilley, AB.

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NOW HAULING: Up to 1980 lbs, 48 round hay bales and up to 1050 lbs., large 3x4x8 square bales. Can load. Serving 3 prairie provinces. Call Hay Vern 204-729-7297, Westcanfeedandgrain.com Brandon, MB. HAY BALES, Cicer Milk Vetch/ WANTED: OFF-GRADE PULSES, oil seeds ROUND no rain, $70/bale. 306-742-5900 and cereals. All organic cereals and spe- brome, leave message, MacNutt, SK. cialty crops. Prairie Wide Grain, Saskatoon, SK., 306-230-8101, 306-716-2297. LARGE SQUARE ALFALFA crested wheat brome bales for sale. Phone 306-630-3078, Moose Jaw, SK.

50,000 FARMERS CANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T be wrong! When you purchase a Norwesco tank, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not just purchasing a tank. Call 1-855-765-9937 or visit: www.polywest.ca POLY TANKS: 15 to 10,000 gal.; Bladder tanks from 220 to 88,000 gallon; Water and liquid fertilizer; Fuel tanks, single and double wall; Truck and storage, gas or dsl. Wilke Sales, 306-586-5711, Regina, SK. FOR DECADES, FARMERS and retailers have recognized fibreglass tanks are the ideal tank for storing liquid fertilizer! Call 1-855-765-9937 or visit: www.polywest.ca 3,600 U.S. GALLON 10 year limited warr a n t y h e av y d u t y r i b b e d t a n k . C a l l 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. While supplies last! www.hold-onindustries.com

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SECOND CUT ALFALFA/BROME grass, 5x6 1ST CUT ROUND alfalfa bales, no rain; Also hard core round bales, 1650-1700 lbs plus, 2nd cut large hard core round alfalfa bales, $125/bale. Dave: 306-270-2893 Clavet, SK. no rain. Feed test avail. 204-749-2194, LARGE ROUND HAY bales, net wrapped. 204-526-0733, Rathwell, MB. Phone 306-283-4747, 306-291-9395, ROUND BALE PICKING and hauling, small Langham, SK. or large loads. Travel anywhere. Also hay LARGE ROUND GREENFEED oat bales, soft for sale. 306-382-0785, Vanscoy, SK. core, approx. 1300 lbs., no rain, $65 ea., HORSE HAY in small square bales, approx. loaded at yardsite. 306-563-6251, Canora 60 lbs. each, close to Winnipeg, MB. LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom 204-371-6404. hay hauling. Call 306-567-7100, Imperial, CUSTOM BALE HAULING. Will haul large SK. squares or round. Phone 306-567-7199, ROUND STRAW BALES for sale: wheat, Kenaston, SK. oats, barley. Call 306-947-4603 or cell ROUND BALES FOR Sale: 1000 round tame 306-947-7550, Hepburn, SK. hay bales. First cut. Call: 204-324-7552, LARGE ROUND ALFALFA brome mixed hay. Vita, MB. seairltd@mymts.net Call 306-764-6372, Prince Albert, SK. THE HAY STORE. We have 2nd and 3rd cut HAY AND OAT GREENFEED bales, starting alfalfa large sq. bales. We sell for sheep, at $90/ton. Located north of Moose Jaw, horse, dairy and beef. All stored inside. SK. Trucking available. 306-476-7747. Prices start at 4Â˘/lb. and up. Oat straw, 3Â˘/lb. Delivery can be arranged. Landmark MB. Call 204-355-4980 or 204-371-5744. 190+ GREENFEED ROUND bales, net wrapped, 1500 lbs. plus, $80 per bale. Call 204-851-2101, Virden, MB.

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EXPERIENCED FARM LABOURER/EQUIP. operators wanted for large grain farm near Regina, SK. Seasonal/full-time employment avail. Call: 306-543-5052, or fax resume with references to: 306-543-4861. FULL-TIME OR SEASONAL help required for modern grain farm. Farming background would be preferred and Class 1A license. Will consider retired farmer for part-time. Wages based on experience. Call Greg: 306-436-4426, Milestone, SK. 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 FEED TRUCK DRIVER needed full-time at newly expanded beef feedlot near Bethune, SK. Must be reliable, accurate and honest person for feeding cattle. General truck/ loader experience, maintenance knowledge, and Class 5 drivers license required. Livestock and basic computer knowledge preferred. Call Buffalo Plains Cattle Co. at 306-624-2381 or email resume to accounting@bpcattle.com 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 others. Competitive wages and scheduled time off. Please respond to nerlandron@hotmail.com FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY on Grain Operation and Ag Business at Earl Grey, SK. Equipment operating exp. and mechanical ability essential. Remuneration pkg incl. competitive salary, benefits, being located close to city and rec. activities. Email: info@brewsteragindustries.com PASTURE RIDER NEEDED for the 2016 grazing season at Shamrock Community Pasture. Must provide your own horses/ tack. Housing available, competitive wages based on experience. E-mail resume to neufeld.d@live.com or call 306-648-7290. PERMANENT FULL-TIME POSITION on cattle ranch near Merritt, BC. Calving, cattle handling/sorting on horse/on foot, range riding, fencing, stock dog/horse preferred, ATV experience, working alone. Machinery operation for hay, silage, feeding. Experience required. Opportunity for advancement. Housing and benefits incl. Email/fax resume to: info@ranchland.ca 250-378-4956. 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. HELP WANTED on large cattle and grain farm in SW Sask. Experience working with cattle and farm machinery a must! Must have Class 5 driver’s licence. Wages negotiable. Starting March. Housing supplied. 306-264-3834, 306-264-7733, Kincaid, SK. FARM EMPLOYEE WANTED for grain farm at Arborfield, SK., near Nipawin. Fulltime or seasonal available. Very latest and largest machinery. Must have experience operating high clearance sprayer and large air drill. Housing provided in modern 2000 sq. ft. house if needed. Competitive wages. Brad McIntosh, 306-769-8553. RIDER POSITION AVAILABLE on Pinhorn Grazing Reserve, May to Oct. Rider should be capable at riding, checking, recognizing 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.

4- SEASONAL FULL-TIME General Farm Labourers required on mixed farm in Lampman, SK. (SW-14-5-6-W2). Starting Spring of 2016. Duties: Plant, fertilize, cultivate, spray, harvest crops. Operate and maintain John Deere machinery with JD’s AMS technology. Feed and tend to livestock. Detect disease and health problems in crops/livestock. Other miscellaneous work as assigned. Wages $17/hr. Experience: Would prefer experience in the operation of planting and harvesting equip. with basic Agronomy and Farm Apprenticeship training. Must have driver’s license with clean abstract. Class 1A license an asset. Call 306-487-2702. Please email or mail resume: j.walter@sasktel.net Mark Walter, Box 411, Lampman, SK. S0C 1N0. GENERAL FARM WORKERS with post-secondary diploma or university equivalent (NOC Code 8431). 3 full-time permanent positions on larger grain farm, Terrador Farms Inc., near Oxbow, SK. Duties include: planting, fertilizing, spraying and harvesting crops as well operating and maintaining all farm machinery. Wages $3700/mos. Fax resumes: 306-483-2776. Mail: Box 368, Oxbow, SK. S0C 2B0. Email: terrador.farms@sasktel.net Call Gerry at 306-483-7829 for more info. HELP NEEDED TO calve 100 cows, starting March 1st. Room and board provided. 403-652-7253, High River, AB.

FULL-TIME FARM MANAGER. HCI is presently searching for a full-time Farm Manager to oversee the day to day operations of the farm. Duties include annual crop planning and budgeting, managing and supervising 10-12 staff, maintaining accurate and up to date farm records, crop scouting and crop input decisions, maintenance of farm machinery and buildings, helping out with farm operations as well as all other duties associated with managing a modern, innovative and profitable farming business. Applicants should have a minimum 5 years of farm experience and ideally past management experience. The ideal applicant should have a minimum of a high school diploma and preferably a postsecondary degree or diploma. Strong interpersonal, communication, organizational and computer skills are a requirement. This position offers a very competitive compensation pkg including health and insurance benefits. To apply for this position, please email resume to: bkennedy@hciventures.ca or for further info. phone 306-539-8918. Closing date February 26, 2016. 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 long hours throughout seeding, spraying and harvest with flexible hours during the winter. Call 306-533-8558.

FULL-TIME POSITION on cow/calf operation, experience with calving, pasture riding and operating farm machinery required. Housing supplied. Email resume w/references to: u2dryad4@hotmail.com FULL-TIME POSITION AVAILABLE in March on a cow/calf feedlot operation at Consort, Call 403-577-0011, Consort, AB. AB. We are looking for a healthy, energetic BOAR STUD WORKER wanted at Alberta person with min. grade 12 education and Swine Genetics Corp., Nisku, AB. English valid class 5 drivers license. Someone who speaking Animal Technicians with signifi- is willing to learn and carry out a variety of cant barn experience, animal husbandry tasks including fencing, feeding and calving skills, knowledge of semen collection cows, tractor work etc. Welding and and team players who have the ability to mechanical abilities would be an asset. handle mechanical and physical work and Excellent newer home in separate yard. provide feedback to the Manager may ap- Please forward your resume to ply. The work schedule is Sunday through gattey85@gmail.com 403-963-1334. Thursday, 7 AM to 2:15 PM. Annual salary $34,000, comprehensive benefits program FARMER- FULL-TIME PERMANENT. We and excellent work conditions are offered. are looking for a new team member with Please apply to: Gregory Lebowa, Manag- farming experience to help with our silage ing Director, ASGC, 1103 9th Street, Nisku, crop and pasture management. Duties will AB., T9E 8L7. Email: gregasgc@gmail.com primarily include: spraying, seed-bed prep, or fax: 780-986-6523. No phone calls. seeding, harvesting, manure spreading, machinery maintenance etc. However, opHELP NEEDED ON a mixed farm with exp. portunities could exist for individuals inin calving cows and operating farm equip- terested in learning to cowboy. We offer ment. Driver’s license needed. Steady job competitive wages, single or family housfor the right person. Housing available. ing and excellent benefits. Class 1 Driver’s 204-768-0092, Hilbre, MB. Email resume license and computer skills are an asset. and references: lindefarms@outlook.com Please apply with references and work history. Ph. 250-617-8050. Fax 250-967-4291 EXPERIENCED FARM LABOUR wanted or tgrafton@bar-k-ranch.carrierlumber.ca for seeding. Class 1A is a must, experience in operating farm equipment and willing to work long hours. Call Justin 306-469-0105, Big River, SK. FULL-TIME RANCH HAND wanted at A7 Ranche, a large grazing operation west of Nanton, AB. Applicant must have knowledge and skills with pasture calving, planned grazing, pasture roping, riding and PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT on large grain be able to operate equipment. Please send farm and producer car loading business. resume to office@a7ranche.com or fax to Duties include: farm machinery operation 403-646-5594. Info. call 403-646-5592. and maintenance in large, well equipped shop; loading of cars and cleaning grain in 2 modern grain elevators. Modern, 4 bdrm house in town available as part of wage package. Non smokers. Wages starting at $20 to $25/hr. Class 1A an asset but willing to train. Kincaid, SK. Phone us at: ASSISTANT CROP FARM MANAGER want- 306-264-7869, or fax: 306-264-5176, or ed for a southern AB. farm, full-time per- email: gdmfarms@xplornet.com manent position on our irrigated mixed crop potato farm. Wages $23-$25/hr. plus LARGE GRAIN FARM requires additional benefits. Potato farm experience planting, employees. Experience in operating tracgrowing, harvesting and maintaining crops tors, tandem axle trucks, air drills, high is an asset. Post secondary education and clearance sprayers, JD combines, grain agricultural certificate(s) an asset. Driver’s cart or general farm work an asset. Class license Class 3 or better. Excellent people, 1A/AZ licence and mechanical experience organizational and technical skills. Please also assets. Hourly range $18-$27/hr. defax resume to 403-654-4420 or email pending on experience, excellent accommodations available. References required. kanegawa@telusplanet.net Email resume to: quarkfarms@yahoo.com FULL-TIME FARM LABOURER HELP. or fax to: 306-354-7758 or call Dan or Applicants should have previous farm ex- Quenton at 306-354-7585, Mossbank, SK. perience and mechanical ability. Duties in- Website: www.quarkfarms.net clude operation of machinery, including tractors and other farm equip., as well as general farm laborer duties. $25/hour depending on experience. Must be able to cross US border. Location: Pierson, MB/Gainsborough, SK. Feland Bros. Farms, Greg Feland and Wade Feland, Box 284, Pierson, MB. R0M 1S0. 701-756-6954.

2 SEASONAL FARM MACHINERY operators required. Must be able to operate grain cart, tandem grain truck, FWA tractor w/rockpicker, 4WD tractor for harrowing. Also manual labour for upkeep of leafcutter bees and general servicing of equipment. May 1 to October 31. $15-$18/hr. 101008187 SK Ltd., 303 Frontier Trail, Box 372, Wadena, SK., S0A 4J0. Fax: 306-338-3733, phone: 306-338-7561, or email: cfehr9860@hotail.com

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Provost/Wainwright Area LOOKING FOR: GRAVEL CRUSHER PERSONNEL GRAVEL TRUCK DRIVERS LIVESTOCK DRIVERS/HAULERS Fax resume to 780-753-8104 or email baritoilfield@xplornet.com No phone calls please. Only successful applicants will be contacted. *Must have valid driver’s license, copy of all safety tickets and driver’s abstract.*

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Plea se Fo rw a rd Resu m es to M a rc a t G ra tto n Co u lee Agri Pa rts Ltd ., B o x 4 1,Irm a ,AB T0B 2H 0 o r S en d Fa x to 780-75 4 -2333. WANTED: DIRECTOR OF Business Dev., full-time. Sask. and MB area. Call Canadian Angus Association, 1-888-571-3580. ASSISTANT LEASE RIDER required for a Southern Alberta Grazing Association. A cowboy/girl to assist in managing, treating, moving cattle. Must supply own horses. Other duties: fencing and maintenance. Seasonal position to commence April 1st. Housing supplied. 403-634-0507, Enchant

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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.

ORGANIC DAIRY HERDSMAN. Certified organic mixed farm in the North Okanagan valley of BC seeking a herdsman to manage our 100 jersey dairy operation. Successful applicant will be experienced in all aspects of dairy management and husbandry, incl. AI breeding and dairy comp program. Must be self motivated and work well with others in a supervisory function. Salary negotiable upon experience, above average 4 bdrm house available. References required. Only considered applicants will be contacted. www.valefarms.com valefarms@telus.net, 250-547-2382

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Da ir y F a r m C u s tom e r S e r vic e Re pr e s e n ta tive C anW est D H I is currently accepting applications for a perm anent part-tim e, on farm C ustom er Serv ice R epresentative in the G reater R egina area of Saskatchew an. R esponsibilities include daily farm visits for the collection of data, sam pling of m ilk from cow s in D H I herds and prom otion of D airy H erd Im provem ent. A pplicants should have know ledge of the D airy Industry, ex cellent interpersonalskills as w ellas personal com puter skills. A degree/diplom a in agriculture w ould also be an asset. This position could require the occasional heavy lifting of up to 75 lbs and applicants m ust have high speed internet capabilities at hom e. Please forw ard applications containing qualifications and experience by M arch 11, 2016 to: H um an R esources C anW est D H I 660 Speedvale A venue W est, Suite 101 G uelph O N N 1K 1E5 hum anresources@ canw estdhi.com O nly successfulcandidates for an interview w illbe contacted. 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. Wages $20-$30/hr. depending on experience. Call Howard at 204-966-3221, Eden, MB. Email resume and references to: pennosmachining@gmail.com

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ASSISTANT CROP FARM MANAGER for: Woordman Farms Ltd is looking to fill a fulltime permanent position on our 3000 acre row crop farm, close to Taber, AB. Wages, $4200/month, Argicutural College, Class 1 driver's licence, chemical application certificate, min 2 yrs experience. 403-634-4467 EXPERIENCED FARMER WANTED: Come farm with us for 2016 season, good pay, good equipment, hours negotiable. Near a nice town. Call 204-856-9529, pallisterfarm.com

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Prairie innovation wins at AE50 The Deere 1870 ConservaPak air drill won for its productivity at the Agricultural Engineering top 50 Awards BY MICHAEL RAINE SASKATOON NEWSROOM

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Measuring innovation in agriculture isn’t easy. How does one quantify good, or better? Engineers are trained to measure and compare and often they judge between those things. The Agricultural Engineering top 50 Awards are designed to spotlight what was especially useful in North American agriculture. An expert panel of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers members is created to evaluate products that have reached the market in the past year and have done so for the past 30 years. CNH engineer Doug Otto said the 30th anniversary is a milestone for the award. “That reflects a lot of innovation in agriculture. Think of what been accomplished with the technology that has been given this (AE50) recognition,” he said at the awards ceremony in Louisville, Kentucky, earlier this month. In some cases, AE50 award winning products have gone on to be integrated into later technologies and won again, in some cases several times, as new farming tools are created from old ones. “Many of the winners were patented and trademarked and still successful today,” said the New Holland engineer. Back in 1984 Agricultural Engineering magazine produced a special issue on technology, highlighting 25 new techniques, inventions and innovations. That was the birth of the AE50 Award that is now a product of that evolved magazine, Resource, operated by ASABE. The goal set out in 1986, when the award began, was straightforward. “Acceptance in the marketplace is the highest accolade any new agricultural product can receive. But for innovative developments in the last 12 months, a singular honour is to be named one of the year’s Agricultural Engineering 50 outstanding innovations,” read its inaugural charge. This year ’s top 50 products included many that prairie producers will be interested in. A prairie innovation from early days of reduced tillage won an AE50 for John Deere this year. The Deere 1870 Conserva Pak air drill, in its 76 foot-wide configuration, won for its productivity, with an increase in acres per hour, its TruSet depth control that manages the individualrun openers with dual-acting cylinders and a frame that was beefed up t o t a k e t h e h e av y d raw o f a n increased footprint and the weight of ever-larger air seeder carts.

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That innovation nearly predates the AE50 awards. It was invented by Jim Halford in 1983 and reached market in 1989 and was one of the first no-till products. That innovation is seen today in both Seed Hawk and Seed Master products, both having won AE50 awards in the past. Feeding a drill that large takes a lot of air flow and Deere won another award for its AirPower 2 fan system that bolts on to its 1910 Commodity Cart — also a previous winner. Rather than a single fan, the AirPower 2 has two, large diameter, cast aluminum units driven by specialized hydraulic motors created for fan applications. Air is pushed through a moulded plenum that evens out the flow before sending it into newly designed, three inch, stainless steel primaries and downstream manifolds that mount to existing meters. New controls on the 1910 cart allow producers to balance the tank pressure and flow, depending on the product and the conditions. New in-cab tank-pressure monitoring are part of the package. Deere’s 9RX articulated tractor and the company’s Active Terrain adjustment for its S Series combines, both of which were covered in The Western Producer last year won also this year. The company won 12 awards in all this year. Other highlights included New Holland’s Dual Stream combine header attachment for the 760CG Varifeed grain header. It is a secondary cutter bar that allows producers to harvest higher up on the crop, putting less material other than grain through their machines, while cutting stubble to the desired length behind the table. The unit also has a roller harrow that works the loose stalk material

MacDon’s R1 gets very narrow, at nine feet for transport. | into the stubble. It is available for 25 to 41 foot units. The company also won for its Flexicoil P Series air seeder carts with their primary meter run controls, each operated by a 24v motor and sectional control for up to 12 sections. The meters and air controls allow the carts to maintain even flow across large drills and eliminate it for overlaps. The Flexicoil and sister Case International units were featured last season in The Western Producer. IntelliCruise for New Holland’s BigBaler 300 is a feed control system that matches tractor speed to large square balers ingestion of hay automatically. The system allows the tractor to optimize the baler’s capacity to the tractor’s, gearing up and throttling back to conserve fuel

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and reducing operator’s fatigue. A producer could pair that baler to another award winner, the T7 New Holland tractors. The medium framed tractor’s 6.7 litre engine peaks at 315 horsepower uses the company’s Auto Command transmission with infinite speed adjustment, four speed rear p.t.o. and two speed front allow the engine to run its most efficient while the p.t.o. maintains ideal rates of its own. Winnipeg’s MacDon won for a collaboration with Germany’s Krone. The companies developed a new pull-type disc mower for forage production. In 30 seconds the units move from operating to transport, fully controlled from the tractor’s cab. The MacDon version is known as the R1, while Krone will market it as a TC 400 or 500. Trans-

port wheels stow behind the mower and deploy automatically. These also lift the mower up, creating large ground clearance for moving between fields. The narrow transport of the design allows a 13 or 16 foot unit to fold down to nine, creating improved movement through pasture gates and greater safety on narrow roads. A large number of innovations relevant to prairie producers made the ASABE grade this season, so look for additional Western Producer coverage of the AE50 awards for products from CaseIH, Agco and Claas, as well several smaller companies over the coming weeks. For a complete list of winners visit this story on producer.com. mike.raine@producer.com

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FARM EQUIPMENT

Implement standards save lives, money Agricultural standards are used in more places and ways than most people think, including sustainability BY MICHAEL RAINE SASKATOON NEWSROOM

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It may sometimes seem like a minor miracle: hydraulics that all seem to perform the same when they’re hooked up and hitches that don’t break very often. But there’s nothing miraculous about it. Farmers are able to rely on their tools because of standards groups. The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers takes the leading role in setting standards for farm equipment design and manufacturing. From lighting for transport to standards for machinery performance, the ASABE works with manufacturers and government to ensure that standards are in place when it comes to equipment. The slow moving sign that farmers and the public rely on was developed by agricultural engineers at Ohio State University and was made an ASABE standard in 1964 as part of a project to reduce deaths related to collisions between cars and farm machinery. Canadian machinery makers rely on the group’s work to create machinery that is safe and crossbrand and platform compatible. Scott Cedarquist, who directs standards at ASABE, said the association’s activities create the basis for safe operation of farm equipment, but there is more to it. “Standards allow (machinery engineers and designers) to reduce the variety of components that are needed to serve the industry. That improves availability and makes it more economical to build and provide parts and service for,” he said earlier this month at ASABE’s Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. “We create a sound basis for (safety) codes, education and legislation, making things uniform. That increases efficiency in the creation of farm machinery design and production.” The association says it will accept input from anyone who believes there is a need to develop a standard in the industry, and not just engineers or its members. Agricultural sustainability standards are a more recent development for ASABE. The group is creating a set of common terms and measures that food processors, retailers and farmers can use to explain sustainable agriculture practices to consumers and for investors to measure commitment to the practice among the companies it supports. There are hundreds of ASABE standards, 22 pages for the index of standards and practices alone. In Canada, the Canadian Standards Association looks after farm machinery regulations. The not-for-profit organization works with ASABE and relies on its vast library of continuously evolving standards. It also works with federal and provincial governments to turn Canadian standards into regulations.

The main agricultural standards in Canada are for tractors, frontend loaders and augers, but lighting, hitching and other safety issues are also part of its agricultural work. “We work with ASABE and ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) to create harmonized standards,” said association spokesperson Priya Malik. “Why do we have Canadian standards? To create the best practices for (manufacturers), farmers, for equipment dealers and farms.” Unlike American standards groups, where engineers, govern-

Why do we have Canadian standards? To create the best practices for (manufacturers), farmers, for equipment dealers and farms. PRIYA MALIK CANADIAN STANDARDS ASSOCIATION

ment and industry meet and sometimes collide, the CSA includes farmers on its agricultural stan-

dards committee. Dan Maizer, who farms near Justice, Man., and works on the committee, said engineering standards are critical to making machinery safe, but it also has to perform in the field. For example, machinery guards on grain augers are needed to keep feet and hands out the flighting. However, farmers will remove them if they are too large to fit into a grain bin’s door, which will render the machine dangerous but functional. Both augers and doors need a common size standard to keep the

machine safe, he added. Mazier said standards for autonomous farm machinery will soon be needed so that they can be counted to perform in the field and shut down if something goes wrong. He said well-defined and published standards created by the industry help keep regulators from imposing rules on agriculture. Engineer and safety standards expert Karl Klotzbach of CNH said the American Farm Bureau “might take a lesson from Canada on that.” michael.raine@producer.com

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ENERGY POLICY

Provincial gov’t policy changing future of prairie power ENERGY FIELD

WILL ODDIE

s the old Bob Dylan song goes, the times they are achanging. In terms of public policy, changes can be as dramatic as weather. Only months ago, Alberta elected a new government in the midst of a downturn in the oil economy. Rachel Notley’s NDP government

came up with a new plan regarding energy in Alberta, a plan that amazingly received public support from major oil industry players such as Canadian Natural Energy, Suncor, Cenovus and Shell, as well as from the indigenous leadership. Presumably this speaks to some effective negotiation skills, as well as a recognition by the oil industry and Alberta of the tarnished international image related to the oil sands. The new Alberta program is intended to phase out coal-fired generation by 2030. Alberta now depends on coal for about 55 percent of its energy generation, so phasing that out over 15 years is ambitious.

Alberta is not the first province to phase out coal-fired power generation. Ontario has done so but they hold a joker in the power deck, nuclear power, which provides about 60 percent of Ontario’s power. Alberta intends to replace coalbased power by increasing renewable energy generation and using more natural gas. Renewable energy is to provide two-thirds of the replacement power, most if it coming from wind power. Renewable energy currently represents only nine percent of Alberta’s power. A new carbon tax will apply across the Alberta economy. There will be increased costs of

carbon-based products and processes but it may lead to greater awareness and concern about energy usage and could result in lower per-capita energy demand as folks adapt. And Alberta intends to use the carbon tax funds to encourage renewable energy development. Meanwhile, Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall of the governing Saskatchewan Party, through Saskatchewan’s sole power provider, SaskPower, promised that by 2030,15 years from now, renewable energy would be 50 percent of the power mix. That’s way up from the previous 15 percent target and a far higher percentage than promised by Alberta.

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Maybe it’s like the Grinch whose heart was two sizes too small and then one day saw the light of generosity. In the case of Wall, was it Alberta’s pre-emptive promise or the fact that he was attending the Paris meeting on the environment? Was it a diversion from the highly touted carbon-capture project, which as a flagship project seems to be taking on water? Or is the fact that an election is taking place this spring. To describe Saskatchewan’s increased target of 50 percent renewables within 15 years as ambitious is an understatement. It is either foolhardy or visionary. That target will be a challenge to meet. Much of the increase is to come from wind power, with a smaller contribution by solar and biomass. It is notable that Saskatchewan does not indicate its use of coal will diminish in real terms by 2030, as it does not separate out coal (or coal with carbon capture) from natural gas in its published targets for 2030. They are all lumped together. It is expected that the wind power installations will be like the big turbines at Gull Lake, Sask., and Pincher Creek, Alta. For small wind turbines, capital cost and cost of operation relative to the output is not favourable. The most likely way an individual will be involved in a wind project is as an investor. Solar might be different. There is talk about major solar farms with SaskPower talking about major procurements. But they are also re-working their net-metering program for small producers. Hopefully, Saskatchewan and Alberta have the wisdom to encourage smaller solar installations. Many individuals express the desire to install solar systems on their houses, garages, shops and barns and it makes sense that they be encouraged to participate. Other jurisdictions such as the United States and Europe have made good use of the average person’s interest by providing financial incentives. In the U.S., much has been done using grants and tax credits. Ontario used the European feedin tariff model that has a higherthan-regular-electric price per kilowatt-hour value for solar power delivered to the grid. It is hoped that when Alberta and Saskatchewan create their regimes for accepting power to the grid, they weigh the benefits for those who install on roofs, the most logical place to put solar installations. Most sensible are those installed on the multiple flat-roofed industrial and commercial buildings where there is lots of room and where power is frequently used in substantial amounts. Six months is short time, but 15 years can roll by rather quickly too. It will be interesting to see if Alberta and Saskatchewan make good on their targets for renewable energy. Some of us can hardly wait. Will Oddie is a renewable energy, sustainable building consultant with a lifetime interest in energy conservation. To contact Oddie, send e-mail to energyfield@ producer.com.

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HARVEST TROUBLE SHOOTING

Harvest losses can add up at higher speeds Faster combine speeds may not add up to more money per hour and could leave profits in the field BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

BALGONIE, Sask. — There is a tradeoff between pushing hard at harvest and losing bushels out the back end of the combine. Nathan Gregg, project manager of applied agricultural services at the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute, said it’s understandable that farmers want to take crop off as fast as possible, especially if rain is coming. However, they also need to understand what they could be losing and whether the economics make sense. He told producers at the Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation’s annual crop management seminar that losses of one to two bu. per acre are common, but he has seen it as high as 15 bu. per acre. Even the lowest losses can be significant. Gregg used an example of 160 acres of canola, worth $10 per bu. and combined with a 40-foot header. At three m.p.h., or 14.5 acres per hour, one bu. per acre is lost over the 11 hours it takes to complete the field. Pushing the combine to four m.p.h. allows the operator to combine 19.4 acres an hour, but the loss

Canola seed remains after the combines have passed. By maintaining low harvest losses, producers can improve their margins, even when operations seem more efficient. | FILE PHOTO climbs to three bu. per acre over 8.2 hours. The time saved on the field is 2.8

hours. “It’s fair to assign a value to that,” Gregg said.

The Saskatchewan rental rate guide suggests $250 to $400 per hour, and Gregg chose $300 for the

example. “You just saved $840,” he said. However, the cost of losing one bu. per acre at three m.p.h. is $1,600, or $145 per hour. At four m.p.h., the loss is $4,800 or $585 per hour. “There’s a difference of $440 an hour just by going that one m.p.h. faster,” Gregg said. “So it cost $2,360 to go one m.p.h. faster.” He said each producer must calculate that cost against the cost of leaving a crop in the rain. “Too often, we don’t make that economic calculation,” he said. “You’d be surprised how quickly any losses would offset any gains you expect to make by saving a grade or being done early.” Gregg said farmers have misconceptions about their combines, and clearing them up could help manage losses better. The main one he hears is that farmers can go faster because they have a new combine and more capacity. He said that’s true, but they need to add “at a specified loss rate” to their statement. “Really, I can make any combine go seven m.p.h. in 50 bu. wheat, depending on how much I want to end up in the tank behind me.” CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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Farmers less connected to comfortable combines BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

BALGONIE, Sask. — Nathan Gregg of the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute says farmers probably aren’t as in tune with their combines as they used to be. In the days when combine cabs were less comfortable or didn’t exist at all, farmers could tell what was happening by the feel and sound of the machine. However, combine horsepower has more than doubled since the early 1990s, material handing has improved and cabs are so wellappointed that farmers can enjoy the ride and listen to satellite radio. The feedback system is more or less decoupled from the operator, he told a recent Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation seminar. “We used to have a tangible,” he said. “You got vibrated out of your seat.” The operators of today’s combines can’t necessarily hear when they need to make adjustments, he added. As well, the changes in equipment aren’t always uniform. The shoe or size of separator might not match the ability of the combine to feed material with a larger header. Spreaders and choppers have also changed. “Think back to machines that had a single whirlybird on the back of your combine,” he said.

“That was your residue management package.” However, residue can now be thrown up to 18 metres, which means farmers who get out and look at what’s right behind the combine aren’t looking at the true losses. Crops have also changed. Improved genetics and varieties mean they thresh differently and don’t always need the horsepower that the farmer buys. “They didn’t develop 600 horsepower combines for Saskatchewan canola,” Gregg said. “It can come in handy at times for Saskatchewan wheat.” However, that horsepower will do 300 bushel per acre corn and unload on the go with no problem. “If you’re utilizing all of that horsepower they’ve given you all day long, I guarantee you there’s loss going out the back,” he said. Lower and higher horsepower combines should be side-by-side down the field for a good portion of a harvesting day. The opportunity to use the extra horsepower comes when the crop gets tough or weather changes. Gregg said cut height can also affect losses. “Just reducing the material other than grain ratio from 1.2 to .85, in other words cutting six inches higher, can equal a 49 percent increase in capacity,” he said. karen.briere@producer.com

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» CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Another misconception is that more power equals more capacity. Gregg said that’s true sometimes, but there are times of day and weather conditions when extra power means nothing. Another misconception is that keeping the machine full will reduce loss. This began when rotary combines were first introduced in the 1990s and the industr y thought that multiple exposure and grain-on-grain threshing would work better.

“There’s a tiny morsel of truth in that a rotary does work better when there’s some material in there to thresh against,” he said. However, putting more material in will eventually equal more coming out the back. Farmers also tend to believe that their losses can’t be that bad when they use a state-of-the-art machine. They think they should be able to drive faster than their neighbour who uses an older machine. Gregg said it’s important to remember that combines weren’t

PRODUCTION necessarily built for Saskatchewan conditions. “By and large, these machines have been developed around a corn and soybean market,” he said. As well, improvements made in engineering and design don’t all come at once. For example, using a larger header can easily put 20 percent more material into the feed. “Suddenly we’re asking our combine, even if we have optimized it, to do 125 percent of what it was doing before,” Gregg

said. Combines shouldn’t be set and left untouched because weather and crop conditions will change over the course of a day. Loss monitors are a useful tool, but many people don’t really understand how they work or what information they are providing. Gregg said he’s been in the combine with operators who complain the monitor has been reading high all day, so they turn down the sensitivity and receive a false sense of security. He advised farmers to read the

manuals to make sure they know how monitors work. He also said they need to leave their comfortable combine cabs and get down in the dirt to check their losses. They can use a trap to catch what’s coming out the back and measure losses. “All of this equals dollars — dollars we could have in our pockets,” he said. PAMI and other organizations provide loss calculators on their websites. karen.briere@producer.com

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WESTERN GRAINS RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Grain research group adds $7.1 million for breeding The University of Saskatchewan will devote its funding to wheat breeding programs while the University of Manitoba will target fusarium head blight BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

The Western Grains Research Foundation has committed more than $7 million in new funding to plant breeding programs at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Manitoba. WGRF officials announced Feb. 18 that the foundation will commit $5.2 million to wheat breeding programs at the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre and $1.9 million to plant breeding efforts at the University of Manitoba. The U of M funding will support ongoing winter wheat breeding programs, as well as improvements to fusarium head blight nurseries that will benefit wheat breeding programs across Western Canada. Funding for both programs will be allocated over the next five years, lending stability to breeding efforts at two of western Canada’s most productive plant breeding institutions. The CDC program, led by wheat breeders Curtis Pozniak and Pierre Hucl, has developed and commercialized more than 30 new wheat varieties since the WGRF began funding the program in 1995. “Renewed funding expands our research program in wheat to include the deployment of molecular tools to improve breeding efficiency as well incorporating agronomic and quality traits that are vital to making wheat a competitive crop for our producers,” Kofi Agblor, managing director at the CDC. WGRF executive director Garth Patterson said renewing the longterm agreements helps stabilize the wheat breeding program, and

allows the CDC to leverage additional dollars from different levels of government, as well as other industry partners.” The U of M winter wheat breeding program, led by Anita Brule-Babel, aims to develop improved varieties of Canada Western General Purpose (CWGP) and Canada Western Red Winter (CWRW) wheat for the benefit of western Canadian producers. The program is focused on developing high yielding, cold hardy, semi-dwarf varieties that are suited to the high moisture regions of the eastern prairies. “The release of new general purpose and winter wheat varieties from the U of M, as well as the release of FHB resistant cultivars such as Waskada and Carberry, is evidence of the great work being done at the University of Manitoba,” said foundation chair Dave Sefton. The co-ordinated fusarium screening nursery is an important facility to plant breeders across the West. Its primary objective is to evaluate new breeding lines for reaction to fusarium. Lines from all spring wheat breeding programs across Western Canada will be tested at the facility, as well as winter wheat lines from the University of Manitoba breeding program. In total, up to 12,000 single row plots will be evaluated in the nursery. “Locating the nursery in a FHB prone region and making use of the infrastructure at the U of M supports a western Canadian approach to wheat variety development.”

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Ukraine winter wheat at risk KIEV, Ukraine (Reuters) — The condition of Ukrainian winter grain crops has not improved over the last three weeks, and more than o n e - t h i rd o f t h e w h e at c ro p remains at risk, analyst UkrAgroConsult said Feb. 22. A severe drought during the summer and fall that affected half of Ukraine’s grain region forced farmers to halt winter grain seeding, which led to fears of a poor harvest this year.

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Bob Mahon and his daughter, Kashina, of Rosetown, Sask., move the electric wire in a cornfield so cattle can access a fresh patch. The Mahons were helping out a neighbour who was on vacation. | WILLIAM DEKAY PHOTO TRACEABILITY

Age verification still not in vogue Less than 20 percent of Alberta calves may have registered birth dates, which then requires other verification methods BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

HANNA, Alta. — Age verification is required for all Alberta cattle born since 2009, but few people record their animals’ birth dates. “It is common to have fewer than 20 percent of Alberta calves age verified,” said Ryan Kasko, vicepresident of the Alberta Cattle Feeders Association. “What the Alberta cattle feeders want is age identified with the tags.” The animal’s birth date is linked to the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency radio frequency identification ear tag number. These numbers are then linked to a database called the Canadian Livestock Tracking System. In addition, Alberta feedlots with 1,000 head or more are required to scan cattle when they enter the

property and the numbers are forwarded to the agency. Having a birth date attached is useful for marketing cattle because it eliminates any doubt as to whether the animal is younger than 30 months, said Kasko who is also head of Kasko Cattle Co. at Coaldale. If there is no birth date, the processor checks to see how many permanent teeth have erupted. This indicates the animal is maturing and is not eligible for export to markets like Japan because it is too old. As well specified risk materials thought to vectors for BSE spread, must be destroyed. The carcass is also discounted and for a company dealing in thousands of animals, that can add up. Some cattle show up without tags so the feedlot replaces them. Another problem is wrong information attached to the tags.

A batch of tags may have been registered and leftovers are used the following year but the birth dates were not changed. “When they get to our feedlot it will show that animal was born two years ago and when they go to the packing plant we get discounted,” he said. If a few are obviously wrong, the feedlot may contact the identification agency to track the animals back to the producer to correct the age. “We want people to take a little extra time to make sure that if they are putting a tag in the animal’s ear it is the correct birth date,” he said. Wi t h f e a r s ov e r B S E , Ja p a n demanded beef derived from cattle younger than 20 months of age until a few years ago. It now accepts younger than 30 months. “For the good of the industry we want to have good accurate information so our trading partners can

recognize it,” Kasko said. While age verification is a legal requirement the government is not enforcing it, said Rick Frederickson of Alberta Agriculture at a recent traceability workshop held in Hanna. “We have not been enforcing it provincially. We have a requirement and regulation but we have chosen to try to communicate the need and the value as opposed to enforcing and ticketing people,” he said. “The result is we don’t have everybody participating and in some cases there are questions from producers about whether anybody cares,” he said. Calves are supposed to be age verified either by the actual birth date or according to calving dates before they are 10 months of age or before they leave the farm, whichever comes first. Some consider it a value attribute

but it is also useful when doing disease surveillance. The world animal health organization oversees BSE status and requires testing of a certain number of animals within the older age group. This information can provide the right ones for testing to show the disease is under control. Producers are also expected to hold on to records for 10 years. “Our experience with some of the BSE cases that we’ve had makes it difficult to go that far back without records,” Frederickson said. “Having the on-farm records to support an investigation is critical,” he said. Alberta offers services to help with tagging or adding information to the identification agency database. Call 877-909-2333 or 310 FARM for information. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

TRACEABILITY

Livestock ID agency continues search for better ear tags BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

HANNA, Alta. — Most livestock producers understand why Canada needs a viable traceability system but they are still frustrated over ear tags failures — those that do not

scan or get lost. The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency has approved six radio frequency identification tags but admits quality is variable so they a re c a r r y i n g o u t re s e a rc h t o improve them. “Industry standards will drive all

our changes for tag readability and retention,” said Rick Frederickson, senior manager of traceability at Alberta Agriculture “It will never be a perfect system. There are going to be lost tags in some situations,” he said at a recent cattle identification workshop in

Hanna, Alta. The information linked to electronic ear tags can be used to track livestock in the event of a contagious animal disease or emergency. If the system had been working better in 2003, the first BSE case might have been traced faster and

perhaps international borders would have reopened sooner to Canadian exports, he said. Beef, dairy, hogs, bison, sheep, cervids and poultry all have some form of traceability. The horse and goat CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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FACILITY MANAGEMENT

New flooring could end muddy feedlot pens Rolled compacted concrete is easier to install than regular concrete but provides a rough, hard surface that is durable BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

PICTURE BUTTE, Alta. — Feedlot operators in southern Alberta are testing new flooring material in cattle pens that shows promise in addressing muddy conditions. Rolled compacted concrete is a blend of traditional concrete ingredients but in different ratios, sometimes including fly ash, and mixed using less water. It can be poured and compacted in pens without need for forms, rebar or extensive finishing. The result is a rough, hard surface that is standing up well to cattle activity and pen cleaning. Ed Stronks, who owns a 25-pen, 6,000 head feedlot near Picture Butte, Alta., first tried rolled compacted concrete in 2011 and has since installed it in all but six pens. “We started by doing 60 feet behind the feed pad apron. We were thrilled with the results there, so then we went back in and finished those pens except for the bedding pile,” he told a Feb. 9 meeting organized by Alberta Agriculture and Lethbridge County to discuss options for improved pen floors. The new surface has eliminated the muddy conditions that can occur in feedlots, particularly in spring when the clay base can break down. Deep mud is difficult for cattle to navigate, which reduces productivity and affects health. “The animal welfare issues were probably as big as anything,” said Stronks. “When you get the breakup in spring conditions and the cattle are punching through that layer and up to their bellies … we had some

» CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE sectors are still working on acceptable systems to identify animals. Traceability initiatives are underway around the world. Later this year the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency hopes to host an international traceability technology conference later this year to compare progress and research. Canada has a number of projects on the go to make traceability seamless, said Paul Laronde, CCIA tag and technology specialist. Canadian producers need tags that survive extreme heat and cold. They must be reasonably priced. They must be easily scanned and work is underway to develop better mobile readers capable of transmitting information with minimal work for the producer. Tags are checked after animals are slaughtered to make sure they worked properly. One to two percent of tags do not work so numbers have to be manually typed in. Some are faulty because of broken antennae wires and the agency wants to see if there is a manufacturing problem. “We expect tags to work for 10 years,” he said. “All the tags we have, met the minimum standards but some test better than others,” he said. However the greatest complaint is tag loss. The applicator can be the problem or the tags may have been placed into the wrong part of the

George Lohues, left, and his brothers, Mark and John, installed rolled compacted concrete flooring in six of their feedlot’s pens last summer. | FILE PHOTO extremely wet springs in a row and it seemed like our sub-bases got saturated and they never dried out in the summer. The next year, you’ve got the same problem. “It was really hard on animal performance. It’s hard on employees checking in those conditions. It’s hard on cattle. We don’t feel good when we’re watching cattle in those conditions. There has to be a ear, or the stud and back of the tag may not properly fit. If a producer does not have a good chute to control the animal’s head, the tag may go in wrong. The agency is also considering other forms of identification like retinal scans, but there is little interest in further study for livestock uses at this time. Producers are also asking for easier ways to tag bulls. A low cost terminal tag is under consideration for big bulls, animals going straight to slaughter or dead stock destined for a renderer. It is a temporary sticky tag similar to a wrap around strip used on luggage at airports. Tissue sampling tags may also be used. These punch out a little piece of tissue in the ear that can be sent off for parentage testing. That information could go into the CCIA database. There are six approved tags. All are yellow and carry a maple leaf and “CA” along with a unique 15 digit identification number stamped on the edge and electronically embedded in each tag. When someone purchases RFID tags, the numbers associated with each package of ear tags are assigned to that individual’s CCIA account. Those tags are only to be used for cattle with the CCIA account number. This ensures all can be traced back to the farm of origin if needed. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

better way.” Stronks said he is pleased with the durability of the pen floors. He and crew initially poured the product themselves, and Stronks estimated it cost about $1.50 per sq. foot. After that he bought commercial product, with an estimated cost of $2 to $2.25 per sq. foot. Installation is a matter of dumping the product from trucks and leveling it off.

“It’s really that simple. You don’t over-think it a whole bunch more than that.” He put down eight inches of the concrete and said it is holding up well. The surface is covered with manure in a matter of days, and he hasn’t seen any issues with cattle traction. “It’s changed how we manage our feedlots, everything from the

enjoyment of pen checkers working in those conditions to early access into the pens to deal with that stuff,” said Stronks. At least five other feedlots in the region have also installed rolled compacted concrete flooring in some or all their pens. George Lohues, co-owner of C oy o t e Fl at s C ha ro l a i s n e a r Coaldale, Alta., said rolled compacted concrete was put into six pens last summer. “We love it. It’s met all of our expectations. It’s a durable hard surface and the cattle seem to perform well on it.” Lohues said the feedlot has a good clay liner, but it often broke down with spring moisture and had to be replaced. Spring-like conditions in southern Alberta in Februar y have allowed him and his brothers to drive tandem trucks into rolled compacted concrete pens for cleaning. “I think it’s going to spread the time that we have to clean the pens throughout the winter more, take advantage of chinooks and so on,” said Lohues. Cody Metheral, an intensive livestock operations extension specialist with Alberta Agriculture, said observational studies have been done on rolled compacted concrete flooring in feedlots, and more in-depth study is planned. Ike Edeogu, also of Alberta Agriculture, said he has applied for grant funding to explore its merits in terms of durability, strength and economics. barb.glen@producer.com

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Pregnant women are often advised to take pre-natal vitamins to have a healthy baby. That advice also applies to beef cattle, said beef extension researchers said at an education session held during the recent National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s convention held in San Diego. Cows need zinc, cobalt, manganese and copper during the third trimester of pregnancy. “We are flushing nutrients into the fetus to make sure they are receiving all they need for development,” said Reinaldo Cooke of Oregon State University. Supplementing cows during gestation makes them more productive, but they also need to be in good shape with adequate body weight to sustain a pregnancy. Numerous studies have proved this. “They have to have a good body condition score during gestation to make sure the offspring is healthy when it is born and is a highly productive calf,” he said. “This only works when you provide good nutrition to your cows. First things first. The body condition score has to be positive and increasing. They should be gaining during gestation. Once you accomplish that, you can think about fine tuning with a trace mineral supplementation strategy.” These trace minerals are available in organic and inorganic form. Cows are often given copper sulfate, an inorganic form where the metal is attached to a salt. In one of his studies, cows did well when they were given higher than the recommended amounts as set out by the National Research Council. “It seems that those cows really used that extra amount of trace minerals and delivered them to the fetus at a greater rate,” he said. “The bottom line is they could use more trace minerals, specifically cobalt, copper, zinc and manganese.” His work studied three groups of cattle that were fed either: • regular forage without supplements • inorganic minerals • organic minerals Weaned calves whose dams had received organic trace minerals generally weighed more and were healthier. Birth weights were about the same regardless of the mineral type. The extra cost of the organic minerals worked out to $3.10 per cow, but the calves gained more and were worth an extra $70 per head compared to a control group. No extra supplements were provided after calving. The sires were known, so genetic differences could be ruled out. “Those calves all received the same diets throughout their lives,” he said. “The only difference was their mommas received mineral supplements during the last three months of gestation.” The calves were followed to the feedlot and packer, and it was found that supplemented calves at

In one U.S. study, healthy cows given trace mineral supplements during pregnancy gave birth to heavier, healthier calves. | the feedlot seemed to have better immune systems and were sick less often. Those receiving organic minerals also gained 25 pounds more. Eric Scholljegerdes of the New Mexico State University agreed mineral supplementation for cows is important to improve health, growth and reproduction, but their calves also need to continue receiving supplements. “Proper nutrition is the best way for those animals to express their genetic potential for growth,” he said. However, minerals are expensive, and it is hard to know how much the animals are eating. They may not touch it or may overeat. Wildlife may raid supplies if it is left out on the range. Studies have shown a wide range of variation in nutritional intake. A cow generally receives all the nutrition it needs from forages, but feed should still be tested for deficiencies. “There is a lot of variation, and you could be in that deficiency state,” he said. Some regions are deficient in selenium, and some elements in the water, such as sulfate, may tie up minerals such as copper. Calves are entering feedlots with mineral deficiencies and have health issues exacerbated by the stress of weaning and transportation. The NRC recommended higher levels of cobalt, copper, manganese, selenium and zinc when calves are undergoing a stressful period such as weaning. They should receive higher concentrations of minerals when they arrive at the feedlot to compensate for weight loss, which can also affect bone mineral content. The added minerals help build immunity when they are newly exposed to diseases. The best form of minerals is arguable. Inorganic minerals are cheaper, and loose minerals provide more uniform intake. Injectable minerals provide a good response when animals arrive at a feedlot, but they do not seem to store as well in the body, so cattle may need additional supplements. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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SAN DIEGO, California — A cow’s nutrition program should contain enough protein to make sure it calves every year. Protein supplements come in many forms but it is hard to determine which is most convenient, how often should it be delivered and whether the cattle will eat it, animal nutritionists said during an education session at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association convention held in San Diego from Jan. 26-29. Everything starts in the rumen, said Clay Mathis, director of King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management. The rumen is full of micro-oganisms and they need to be fed first to unlock nutrients for the host. When they are well fed, the cow’s requirements for lactation, gestation and growth are also met. “If we think about a cow that is in Florida, southern California or Canada, inside that rumen the same fundamental stuff happens,” said Mathis. Those rumen microbes need nitrogen found in protein so they can reproduce and digest forages. “If there is not enough nitrogen for those rumen microbes to function efficiently then they can’t digest as rapidly,” he said. Less energy will be released. “If the diet is less than seven percent crude protein, protein supplementation is usually needed,” Mathis said. The problem is too few producers have forage tested to assess the nutrient content. But producers can still check the quantity and colour of the forage. If it is brown, protein is likely less than seven percent. If it is green, protein and energy levels are probably sufficient so supplementation of energy or protein is probably not necessary. If cows are thin when they start winter grazing when the forages are dormant, there could be a drop in reproductive performance. They may not cycle after calving. To get them in better shape, feed protein at a higher level based on body weight. For example, a 1,400 pound cow would need up to four lb. of protein per day. A dry cow weighing 1,200 lb. needs 1.2 lb. of protein per day. If the cow is nursing the requirements go up to support the calf as well. At peak lactation, double that amount of protein. If event of a severe feed shortage, producers should supplement with more protein. Energy can be made up with inexpensive sources of highly digestible fibre available. Adding grain may not solve the energy problem. Studies have found the more corn cows ate, the less hay they ate. Feeding four lb. of corn did not i n c re a s e t o t a l e n e r g y i nt a k e because the rumen microbes may struggle to digest that extra starch when they are used to digesting

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fibre. Sawyer said good nutrition can correct many problems. “Nutrition provides you with the best and fastest set of tools to manage your operational goals,” said Jason Sawyer of Texas A & M University. How frequently should a supplement be fed? “ I f t h e s u p p l e m e nt i s t r u l y designed to deliver additional protein, you can get away with feeding as infrequently as once or twice a week,” he said. However extra energy should be offered every day. Hidden costs of supplementation exist. Besides paying for extra protein, remember delivering feed to the cows has a labour and vehicle cost. Think about the number of cattle being fed as well. It costs less to feed more cows. There are a number of different products available. Each operation has to decide what works best. Some prefer hand feeding where the supplements are delivered to the cows and the products are immediately consumed. Self feeding involves delivering less frequently in larger amounts so the cattle take it themselves. The biggest advantage of self feeding is lower delivery costs but intake is more variable because cows will not eat the same amount. Boss cows will get more compared to the smaller or more timid ones who may not get enough to eat. With a hand fed system, there are always about five percent that do not eat any supplement. In a self fed system as many as 20 percent may not get enough. Cubes are designed to be hand fed and can be used to move cattle. These can be fed on the ground unless there is snow or mud. Pressed blocks or range cubes are available. Old blocks should be completely consumed before new blocks are added. Liquid feed supplements have been innovative but have the least flexibility because not everything can be put into a liquid. If feeding protein, urea can be added. It lowers feed costs per tonne and it a readily available source of protein, but it can affect palatability if overfed. A final piece of advice is to check manure pads. These can show changing conditions of a pasture and are a good indicator of the quality of cow’s diet. The downside is that manure does not show intake. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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nimal vaccines prevent disease, enable good animal welfare and, in the case of food animals, improve overall production. However, animal vaccines are also used to protect people. Animals carry infectious agents that can be transmitted to people, and vaccines are one way to manage them. Vaccinating animals against diseases that are a concern for people serves two functions: • It reduces transmission of the infectious agent between animal hosts, which lowers the number of infected animals in the population that could pass the infection to people. • It creates a transmission barrier to infection when domestic animals act as an intermediary between wildlife and people, which is important because people have much more frequent and close contact with their pets and livestock compared to wildlife.

Vaccinations are important, not just for the health of the animals but also for protecting humans from transmissible diseases. This animal is being vaccinated and tagged at the same time. | FILE PHOTO The deadly rabies virus is perhaps the most familiar and widespread example of a veterinary public health vaccine. Many wild animals can carry rabies. The most important rabies hosts in Canada include bats, foxes, skunks and raccoons. Widespread

vaccination of pets, horses and other animals against rabies protects them from the virus but also protects the people in their lives. Dogs have historically been the most important source of rabies for people in developed countries and currently in the developing world.

This is why rabies vaccines for dogs are so common. It also explains the push to implement widespread dog rabies vaccination in developing countries such as India, where more than 20,000 people still die annually from this disease. However, creating an immunity barrier by vaccinating pets doesn’t get to the heart of the problem, which is why Western Europe and southwestern Ontario spearheaded the use of oral rabies vaccines for wildlife. The Ontario campaign used an oral rabies vaccine bait to target the disease in raccoons, which are particularly well adapted to living in the urban and suburban areas within and surrounding Toronto. The E. coli 0157 vaccine for cattle is another example of a veterinary public health vaccine. This particular strain of bacteria is shed in the feces of asymptomatically infected cattle. During slaughter, the bacteria can contaminate meat and has caused economically significant food recalls and public health scares. Several vaccines have been developed that significantly reduce the shedding of this bacteria and contamination of meat at slaughter. However, they are not widely used, probably because they chiefly benefit people rather than animal health, but the cost of administering it would be born by producers and feedlots. A vaccine for improved food safety also exists for poultry against salmonella. Vaccines are used to control new infectious diseases that arise from animals. This rapid response capability may prove increasingly important because researchers can develop and license animal vaccines faster than those for people. The hendra virus in Australia is an example of an animal vaccine to control a new disease. Hendra virus originates in bats and occasionally makes the leap into horses, causing severe illness. Horses can spread the virus to people, including horse owners and veterinarians who have close contact with sick horses.

Researchers developed a horse vaccination to stop the chain of transmission from bats through horses to people. Vaccination to make the horses immune to the virus reduces the likelihood that they will contract the virus and spread it to people. This intelligent use of vaccinations is one way scientists are grappling with the issues of emerging infectious diseases. Their use is particularly important where other control methods are unlikely to work. To use the bat example of Australia, it may be exceptionally difficult to intervene in other ways to prevent transmission, mainly because fruit bats have changed their habitats from more wild areas to suburban regions where people plant and maintain fruit trees. People who invest time and resources to maintain fruit trees are unlikely to cut them down. Also, bats serve a crucial role in the environment as pollinators, so eliminating bat populations may have unforeseen environmental effects while not necessarily affecting disease transmission. As well, people don’t seem to acquire these infections directly from bats, which makes the prevention of horse infections a realistic and possibly highly effective method of control. Future veterinary public health vaccines are likely in development for a wide variety of diseases, including tuberculosis and chronic wasting disease. Vaccination to control food animal disease as alternatives to antibiotics will be another important application. Preventing bacterial diseases rather than treating with antibiotics will decrease antibiotic use and limit antibiotic resistance. Vaccinating animals for infectious agents that matter to people is a rational and increasingly useful method for enhancing public health.

Dr. Jamie Rothenburger is a veterinarian who practices pathology and a PhD student at the Ontario Veterinary College. Twitter: @DrJamieR_Vet

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Two firms will be headquartered in DuPont’s home town and one in Dow’s home town (Reuters) — DuPont and Dow Chemical Co. said two of the three units to be created and spun off following the companies’ megamerger will be based in DuPont’s home town, and one in Dow’s home town. The two chemical companies agreed to combine in an all-stock merger in December, valued at US$130 billion at the time, in a first step toward breaking up into three separate businesses. The three-way split into agriculture, material sciences and specialty products is likely to occur 18 to 24 months after the merger closes, which is expected in the second half of 2016. The specialty products unit and the agriculture unit, whose name will feature DuPont, will both be headquartered in DuPont’s home town of Wilmington, Delaware, the companies said. They also expect the agriculture company to achieve $1.3 billion in synergies. The material sciences company

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The move enables special credit lines and tax breaks in six provinces BU E N O S A I R E S, A r g e nt i na (Reuters) — Six of Argentina’s main farm provinces were declared flood emergency areas by the government last week, making special The situation is going to get credit lines and tax breaks available worse before it gets better. to affected growers in the soy and ANTHONY DEANE corn exporting powerhouse. The resolution, announced in the WEATHER WISE ARGENTINA government’s morning gazette, covers the provinces of Cordoba, global climate extremes, has worsSanta Fe, Entre Rios, Chaco, La ened floods in some parts of South Rioja and Corrientes. Argentina’s America, including Argentina. In top grains producing province of other areas, such as Colombia, it Buenos Aires was not included in has brought drought. the emergency, but floods were Argentina is the world’s top supreported there as well. plier of soybean meal, third biggest This year’s El Nino, which causes supplier of raw soybeans and No. 4

corn exporter. Fruit growers and cattle ranchers were also covered by the emergency resolution. Meteorologist Anthony Deane of consultancy Weather Wise Argentina said key grains production areas in southeast Cordoba, southern Santa Fe and northwest Buenos Aires are suffering from too much ground moisture to outright flooding. “The question is how much rain is going to keep falling,” Deane said. “I expect 100 to 130 millimetres to fall over the next 10 days in these three areas, which is more than what has been the normal rate over the last five years. So the situation is going to get worse before it gets better.”

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Farmers losing fertilizer to plantations Situation may result in Indonesian food shortage SUKOHARJO/JAKARTA, Indonesia, (Reuters) — Millions of dollars worth of subsidized fertilizers meant for small Indonesian farmers are being sold to big plantations, such as palm oil and rubber, at huge profits by state-backed retailers, a government report shows. A shortage of cheap fertilizers at a time when an El Nino weather event is threatening harvests could hurt food supplies in Southeast Asia’s largest economy, scuppering president Joko Widodo’s self-sufficiency targets. According to the yet-to-bepublished government report, as much as 30 percent of subsidized fertilizers were misallocated in some areas of Indonesia last year. Investigators with the ombudsman found subsidized fertilizer being sold at as high as 18.5 cents per kilogram in 2015, around 40 percent above the state-set price but below the non-subsidized 42.7 cents that plantations must pay. Farmers complained that distributors held onto stock to force scare supplies and then would sell the stock at higher prices.

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A month long extension to get financing in order turned into a one year delay, but Lacombe, Alta., city council has finalized a land sale with a company that plans to turn specified risk material into safe byproducts. BioRefinex Canada completed a land sale of 12.2 acres in southeastern Lacombe for its proposed $35 million plant. The city originally entered into a conditional sale agreement in 2011. “We’ve worked long and hard at this,” said Chris Thrall, president of BioRefinex. “The investor group is keen to move things along. They are committed to the project.” The proposed plant would turn 45,000 tonnes of animal byproducts a year into fertilizer, biogas and other products. The plant is expected to use a patented heat technology called thermal hydrolysis technology that breaks down organic material, including BSE and other risk materials. The plant will commercially demonstrate the technology. “ There is on-going interest around the world in the technology. Everybody would like to see the process in operation,” Thrall said. While the oil and gas economy in Alberta is depressed, the low Canadian dollar has investors interested in the product. It’s a project that fits the profile for investors interested in environment, economy and health, he said. The previous provincial government said it would commit $10 million in funding from the Climate Change and Emissions Management Corp. The organization funds projects that will reduce Alberta’s carbon footprint. Now that the land sale is final, Thrall said his company would continue to work on attracting investors

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Deere posts lower quarterly earning, reduces outlook (Reuters) — Deere & Co. cut its fiscal-year sales and profit outlook and reported lower quarterly earnings Feb. 19 as farmers’ declining income weakened demand for agricultural equipment, and its shares fell more than three percent. The maker of John Deere tractors said it expected farming and construction equipment sales to fall 10 percent in the year ending in October, compared with an earlier forecast of a seven percent decline. It lowered its earnings outlook to US$1.3 billion from $1.4 billion.

Deere’s agricultural equipment sales have slid as falling crop prices slashed farmers’ income. The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast America’s net farm income at US$54.8 billion in 2016, down from $123.3 billion in 2013, when corn prices reached record highs. Farm income has also declined in Europe, while in South America, Brazil, the world’s top exporter of soybeans, has fallen further into a recession. As the global farm economy slows,

farmers are less inclined to buy new equipment, which has hurt sales for both Deere and its rivals. In Deere’s construction and forestry segment, lower shipment volumes and unfavorable currency exchange rates contributed to a 23 percent equipment sales declined. For the current quarter, Deere expects total equipment sales to fall eight percent from a year earlier. Deere shares closed the day down 4.15 percent at $77 per share. “A key issue will be Deere’s ability to maintain good cost control with

revenue declines in both its business units,” Jefferies analyst Stephen Volkmann said in a note. Net income attributable to Deere fell 34 percent to $254.4 million, or 80 cents per share, in the first quarter ended on Jan. 31 from $387 million, or $1.12 per share, a year earlier. Analysts on average expected a profit of 70 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters. At the John Deere Capital Corp . financial unit, net income fell to $99.9 million from $133.6 million. Deere attributed the drop to de-

clines in leased equipment value, unfavourable financing spreads and higher provision for credit losses. The company derives the bulk of its revenue from North America, but industry sales of high-powered, two-wheeled drive tractors in the region fell 38.5 percent in January, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. Deere expects North American industry sales for agricultural equipment to decline 15 percent to 20 percent in 2016.

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MEASURING INVESTMENT

Return on investment for farms about more than numbers PERSPECTIVES ON MANAGEMENT

TERRY BETKER

veryone wants the best possible return on their investments. To achieve that, we first need to determine what the actual investment is that we want a return on. Next, we need to define the return we want and determine how we’re going to measure it. For a business, this is straight forward. Take the profit for the year and divide it by the investment — typically capital assets such as land, buildings, and equipment. There are other forms of investment such as time, energy and ideas. Here is an example: An athlete aspires to be an Olympic gold medal winner. The medal is the return. The investment is a combination of their time, energy and the financial investment made. It’s not so easy to measure. There’s another important consideration to factor into the discussion and that’s the risk associated in making the investment. Risks exist in a variety of forms. Some can be managed and others, not so much. Generally there is a trade-off between risk and return, the greater the risk, the greater the expected return. Business owners will worry that profit generated won’t be enough to compensate them for the investment they’ve made. The people who work at a business do make an investment in terms of their time and energy but they receive a return for that investment through their compensation (salaries, benefits and perks). So what about our athlete? What is an acceptable return? What if he invests all his time, energy, and the money that’s required for training but doesn’t win a medal? He did qualify, attend, and compete at the Olympics. He did receive a return on the collective investment he made, but measuring that return is not as straight forward as how business owners measure their return. The point is that, for a lot of people, money is not the only return to be considered. Farms are a combination of the athlete and a business. There’s a financial investment made and the desire to generate an acceptable margin of profit. There’s also the investment of time and energy. Farm families want to get a good financial return on their investment, but there’s more to the discussion and it’s captured in the passion they bring to the business. Without question, the financial return on investment needs to be analyzed and that information used in management and investment decision-making processes. But what if we were to drill down in the discussion about return on investment and try to put some parameters around time, energy, and passion?

Analyzing production, labour and marketing ROI Overall return on investment is a function of the collective return on investment made in operations (production), human resources (labour) and marketing. There is a management truism that says you can’t manage what you can’t measure. The measure we’re talking about here is return on investment. When it comes to management, we really need to understand what it is that we’re managing toward. Write down your understanding of what you’re managing toward because that will capture the financial return and the return on time and energy.

The list will help define what is excellence in financing, operations, human resources and marketing for that particular farm. This will help in understanding what investment should be made in those areas and the relative return on investment. Which of the bullet points would you include in a definition of management excellence? The answers will help to define what it is you are managing toward and then from that understanding, help you to analyze your return on investment.

• timeliness of getting the work done • efficiency in getting the work done • cleanliness and tidiness

Operational excellence

Human resource excellence

• maximum yield • long-term average yield

• productivity • least cost

Marketing excellence • • • • •

top price high average price for the year cash flow alignment risk management information sources and currency in the market • farm business brand

I M P O R T A N T

• • • •

recruitment retention safety internal processes and administration • organizational structure and governance Return on investment for farms is more than numbers. Sure, it’s the numbers that pay the bills, but it’s the other returns that provide farm families with a sense of satisfaction. Agreeing on what defines management excellence can form a key part of their understanding of what it is they are working toward. Terry Betker is a farm management consultant based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He can be reached at 204.782.8200 or terry.betker@backswath.com.

N O T I C E

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CATTLE & SHEEP Steers 600-700 lb. (average $/cwt) Alberta

Live Feb. 12-Feb 18

$245 $240 $235 2/1

2/8

2/12 2/22

Previous Feb. 5-Feb 11

n/a 160.00-174.05

n/a 163.34

Heifers Alta. n/a n/a Ont. 155.96-175.69 164.25-174.73 *Live f.o.b. feedlot, rail f.o.b. plant.

Year ago

Rail Feb. 12-Feb 18

n/a 191.44

n/a 284.00-290.00

n/a 182.55

Previous Feb. 5-Feb 11 284.50-289.50 284.00-294.00

n/a 283.00-289.00

284.50-289.50 283.00-293.00 Canfax

Saskatchewan Feeder Cattle ($/cwt)

$250 $245 $240 2/1

2/8

2/12 2/22

Manitoba $260 $250 $240 $230 $220 1/18 1/25

2/1

2/8

2/12 2/22

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

Sask.

Man.

Alta.

B.C.

181-194 189-205 205-224 227-252 246-279 282-307

181-196 190-205 200-223 223-248 242-282 265-306

185-196 192-204 205-224 226-249 250-279 276-303

170-199 185-205 205-222 215-240 233-260 245-275

178-191 185-202 200-220 218-238 227-250 247-281

173-193 185-205 198-221 215-238 225-260 no sales

181-190 190-204 204-223 221-240 234-260 240-272

170-194 191-203 196-226 212-238 219-265 224-270 Canfax

$245 $235 $230 2/8

2/12 2/22

Saskatchewan

Canfax Steers Heifers Cows Bulls

Feb. 13/16 Feb. 14/15 944 871 858 805 806 728 1000 1031

$240 $230 $225 2/1

2/8

2/12 2/22

Manitoba $245 $235 $230

Slaughter cattle (35-65% choice) National Kansas Nebraska Nebraska (dressed)

2/1

2/8

Steers 133.82 134.00 n/a 210.00

204.8 45.9 250.7

+3 +9 +4 Canfax

EXCHANGE RATE FEB. 22 $1 Cdn. = $0.7291 U.S. $1 U.S. = $1.3715 Cdn.

YTD 15 875 807 714 958

Trend steady/+3 firm/higher steady USDA

Cattle / Beef Trade Exports % Change 57,744 (1) +19.9 4.890 (1) -84.3 230,197 (3) +3.7 322,343 (3) +1.4 Imports % Change n/a (2) n/a 35,764 (2) -20.1 13,312 (4) -2.2 24,146 (4) +4.5

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 Feb 6/16 (2) to Dec 31/15 (3) to Dec 31/15 (4) to Feb 13/16

Agriculture Canada

Close Feb. 19 Live Cattle Feb 135.38 Apr 133.95 Jun 123.15 Aug 119.10 Oct 119.15 Feeder Cattle Mar 155.88 Apr 154.63 May 152.95 Aug 152.43 Sep 150.00

Close Trend Feb. 12

Year ago

129.95 129.13 119.63 116.15 116.75

+5.43 +4.82 +3.52 +2.95 +2.40

156.70 148.53 141.88 140.80 143.45

150.03 149.50 148.83 149.38 147.38

+5.85 +5.13 +4.12 +3.05 +2.62

199.18 198.35 197.83 201.00 200.38

Index 100 Hog Price Trends ($/ckg) Alberta $170 $160 $150 $140

Feb 18 US Choice (US$) 213.39 Feb. 5 Cdn AAA (C$) 288.86

n/a 2/8

2/12 2/22

(Hams Marketing) Week ending 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-July 30

Feb 11 217.02 Jan. 29 299.22

Yr. ago 239.92 Yr. ago 303.08

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. 15 Feb. 8 New lambs 2.30-2.90 2.60-3.01 65-80 lb 2.25-2.81 2.10-2.63 80-95 lb 1.85-2.26 1.65-2.15 > 95 lb 1.75-1.90 1.50-1.78 > 110 lb 1.65-1.79 1.30-1.48 Feeder lambs Sheep 1.50-1.70 1.30-1.55 Rams 1.40-1.70 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.

To Feb 13

Fed. inspections only Canada U.S. 2,511,251 13,757,654 2,349,755 13,194,511 +6.9 +4.3

To date 2016 To date 2015 % change 16/15

Agriculture Canada

Export 115,330 (1) 443,738 (2) 1,170,603 (2)

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

$150 $140 2/8

2/12 2/22

(1) to Feb 6/16

(2) to Dec 31/15

160.50 160.75

Alta. Sask.

2/8

2/12 2/22

Durum (March)

167.00 168.18

$320 $310 1/18 1/25

2/1

2/8

2/12 2/22

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

2/1

2/8

2/12 2/22

$180 $170 $160 $150 2/12 2/22

Apr May Jun Jul

Close Feb. 19 68.90 75.25 79.15 79.10

Close Feb. 12 70.38 76.28 80.35 79.68

Trend -1.48 -1.03 -1.20 -0.58

Year ago 77.30 81.73 81.98 81.60

Canola (cash - March) $470 $465

2/5

Canola (basis - March) $0 $-5 $-10 $-15 $-20 1/15 1/22 1/29

2/5

$235 $230 $225 $220 $215 1/15 1/22 1/29

2/5

2/12 2/19

Flax (elevator bid- S’toon) $465 $460 $455 $450 $445 1/15 1/22 1/29

n/a 2/5

2/12 2/19

Barley (cash - March) $220 $215

Basis: $24

$210 $205 $200 1/15 1/22 1/29

2/5

2/12 2/19

Chicago Nearby Futures ($US/100 bu.)

Corn (March) $375

$360 $355 1/18 1/25

2/1

2/8

% Change n/a -10.0 -7.6

2/12 2/22

Agriculture Canada

$880 $870 $860 1/18 1/25

2/1

2/8

2/12 2/22

Oats (March) $220 $210

Close Feb. 19 78.60 68.03 63.48 65.78

Close Feb. 12 78.78 68.28 63.38 65.63

Trend -0.18 -0.25 +0.10 +0.15

Year ago 68.95 64.70 66.60 -

$200

ELEVATOR SHIPMENTS

Year Ago 7625.5 11040.0 3301.5

Feb. 22 Feb. 12 Trend Wpg ICE Canola ($/tonne) Mar 468.30 467.40 +0.90 May 473.30 476.20 -2.90 July 478.10 480.70 -2.60 Nov 477.80 483.30 -5.50 Wpg ICE Milling Wheat ($/tonne) Mar 229.00 225.00 +4.00 May 232.00 228.00 +4.00 July 236.00 232.00 +4.00 Wpg ICE Durum Wheat ($/tonne) Mar 317.00 317.00 0.00 May 325.00 325.00 0.00 Wpg ICE Barley ($/tonne) Mar 186.00 188.00 -2.00 May 190.00 192.00 -2.00 Chicago Wheat ($US/bu.) Mar 4.5850 4.5750 +0.0100 May 4.6400 4.6250 +0.0150 July 4.7175 4.6775 +0.0400 Sep 4.8250 4.7700 +0.0550 Chicago Oats ($US/bu.) Mar 1.8775 1.9625 -0.0850 May 1.9500 2.0000 -0.0500 July 2.0300 2.0900 -0.0600 Chicago Soybeans ($US/bu.) Mar 8.8100 8.7275 +0.0825 May 8.8425 8.7650 +0.0775 July 8.8900 8.8175 +0.0725 Aug 8.9075 8.8350 +0.0725 Chicago Soy Oil (¢US/lb.) Mar 31.49 31.80 -0.31 May 31.74 32.02 -0.28 Jul 31.98 32.24 -0.26 Chicago Soy Meal ($US/short ton) Mar 264.9 262.0 +2.9 May 266.1 264.1 +2.0 Jul 268.6 266.5 +2.1 Chicago Corn ($US/bu.) Mar 3.6750 3.5875 +0.0875 May 3.7225 3.6350 +0.0875 July 3.7725 3.6850 +0.0875 Sep 3.8225 3.7350 +0.0875 Minneapolis Wheat ($US/bu.) Mar 4.9275 4.8500 +0.0775 May 4.9875 4.8750 +0.1125 July 5.0625 4.9525 +0.1100 Sep 5.1600 5.0575 +0.1025 Kansas City Wheat ($US/bu.) Mar 4.5375 4.4425 +0.0950 May 4.6350 4.5375 +0.0975 July 4.7375 4.6450 +0.0925

Year ago 469.70 467.50 462.10 450.90 221.00 230.00 233.00 333.00 323.00 184.00 186.00 5.0575 5.0400 5.0875 5.3000 2.7200 2.7200 2.8650 9.9925 10.0150 10.0600 9.7975 31.14 31.33 31.54 348.3 338.5 335.4 3.7875 3.8675 3.9450 4.1050 5.6775 5.6800 5.7250 5.9125 5.3125 5.3600 5.7025

$190 $180 1/18 1/25

2/1

2/8

2/12 2/22

$510

YTD 7472.7 12473.9 4372.8

Feb. 19 4.49 4.15 6.13 4.80 2.40

Grain Futures

Feed Wheat (Lethbridge)

$890

Import n/a 17,275 (3) 19,369 (3)

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

2/12 2/19

$900

% Change +8.5 +12.5 +1.7

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

$520

Feb 7 225.6 433.5 111.7

Feb. 17 Feb. 10 Year Ago No. 3 Oats Saskatoon ($/tonne) 129.47 n/a 143.59 Snflwr NuSun Enderlin ND (¢/lb) 16.80 16.80 19.15

2/12 2/19

Spring Wheat (March) Feb 14 269.7 339.6 95.3

Jan. 22 75.00 61.00 68.50 61.00 53.00 54.00 48.00 9.75 13.00 13.00 6.60 9.50 58.00 53.00 36.00 27.00 27.00 903.90 551.20 595.20

$460

Minneapolis Nearby Futures ($US/100bu.)

(000 tonnes) Alta. Sask. Man.

Feb. 12 76.00 61.00 70.00 61.00 53.00 54.00 48.00 9.75 14.25 13.00 6.60 10.00 59.00 53.00 36.00 27.00 27.00 771.60 551.20 617.30

Cash Prices

Soybeans (March)

Aug Oct Dec Feb

Feb. 19 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 ($/bu) 9.50 Peas, large. yellow No. 1 ($/bu) 14.50 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) 771.60 Kabuli, 7mm, No. 1 ($/mt) 551.20 B-90 ckpeas, No. 1 ($/mt) 617.30

Cash Prices

*incl. wt. premiums

Chicago Hogs Lean ($US/cwt)

2/8

$330

$365

Man. Que.

(3) to Feb 13/16

Manitoba

2/1

$370

Index 100 hogs $/ckg

Hogs / Pork Trade

$160

$140 1/18 1/25

$180 1/18 1/25

Hog Slaughter

Maple Leaf Thunder Sig 3 Creek Pork Feb. 19 Feb. 19 152.74-156.54 156.18-159.94 158.44-159.01 159.95-160.96 163.44-164.71 158.44-162.02 165.97-171.92 170.74-179.89 178.88-185.85 181.71-182.34 187.11-188.38 182.59-189.11 189.65-192.81 187.52-191.18 194.71-195.34 186.23-188.68 189.06-194.12 187.44-189.49 186.53-190.96 184.26-189.69

$170

2/1

$185

$450 1/15 1/22 1/29

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

Fixed contract $/ckg

Saskatchewan

$130 1/18 1/25

$190

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.

2/1

$195

$455

Beef Cutout ($/cwt)

HOGS

$130 1/18 1/25

$200

$260

Chicago Futures ($US/cwt)

Heifers 133.52 134.00 134.00 210.00

2/12 2/22

Canadian Beef Production Fed Non-fed Total beef

YTD 16 939 850 779 1041

Feeders No. 1 (800-900 lb) Steers South Dakota 142.50-158.00 Billings 146.00-155.00 Dodge City 141.50-155.00

$240

$225 1/18 1/25

Fed. inspections only Canada U.S. To date 2016 284,273 3,352,941 To date 2015 277,814 3,243,846 % Change 16/15 +2.3 +3.4

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

$235

$220 1/18 1/25

To Feb. 13

Average Carcass Weight

$240

2/1

Barley (March)

$340

Cattle Slaughter

Alberta

$225 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.

$350

$255

$235 1/18 1/25

Pulse and Special Crops

ICE Futures Canada

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

$250

$230 1/18 1/25

GRAINS

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

2/1

2/8

2/12 2/22

Canadian Exports & Crush To (1,000 MT) Feb 14 Wheat 223.4 Durum 86.7 Oats 5.0 Barley 4.3 Flax 1.8 Canola 213.4 Peas 76.7 Lentils (1,000 MT) Feb. 17 Canola crush 173.6

To Feb 7 320.1 154.7 9.7 53.0 1.1 273.6 28.7 12.2 Feb. 10 162.1

Total Last to date year 8886.7 8687.5 2662.2 2808.1 556.2 584.6 583.5 824.1 189.0 220.9 5276.0 4441.4 1712.5 1557.5 554.0 354.8 To date Last year 4445.6 3947.5

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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

6.3 4.0 8.1 7.1 4.7 13.0 0.3 0.9 1.7 0.1 1.7 4.6 5.5 2.7 6.4 7.9 2.8 2.8

-9.7 -11.7 -9.5 -10.7 -13.1 -10.6 -21.9 -25.2 -27.3 -18.6 -21.0 -11.0 -9.5 -19.6 -10.8 -6.8 -21.1 -23.4

Precipitation since Nov. 1 mm mm %

2.5 2.2 2.9 2.5 4.5 5.0 4.4 2.7 2.8 9.3 3.5 2.0 2.7 3.6 1.9 4.0 1.6 1.2

35.6 39.2 34.2 40.5 58.8 43.0 40.2 43.6 53.6 56.3 64.6 33.5 45.4 45.0 35.3 39.6 59.6 65.1

70 54 51 60 133 72 62 72 82 99 101 60 84 84 69 79 82 103

MANITOBA Temperature last week High Low

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

13.0 10.5 2.0 6.7 4.3 5.1 -4.3 13.5 2.0 12.4 12.4 1.3 10.2 4.6 9.6 5.0

-9.2 -7.5 -17.1 -12.9 -11.8 -17.4 -34.2 -6.0 -14.8 -8.3 -6.3 -16.6 -5.7 -15.6 -5.8 -11.3

Precipitation since Nov. 1 mm mm %

4.1 0.9 3.5 3.2 0.9 3.1 6.5 0.0 5.6 3.9 0.3 4.8 0.0 2.8 0.0 0.7

31.3 36.4 86.3 31.3 36.3 82.0 44.3 34.1 48.1 39.2 32.2 62.0 81.3 62.0 60.2 39.4

73 83 136 65 55 91 51 64 81 80 50 74 86 106 98 69

Temperature last week High Low

Brandon Dauphin Gimli Melita Morden Portage La Prairie Swan River Winnipeg

3.7 1.4 3.8 5.8 5.0 4.3 0.2 2.9

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-18.2 -26.8 -28.2 -14.0 -14.6 -20.1 -24.2 -24.9

1.7 2.3 0.2 1.1 0.0 0.4 2.0 1.8

64.9 54.7 52.4 36.6 49.5 55.2 52.6 40.3

89 75 70 50 60 67 64 50

-4.9 -16.4 -2.2 -4.2 -8.1

13.7 4.4 6.3 7.3 5.6

172.7 70.7 105.4 131.0 133.3

114 74 110 101 73

BRITISH COLUMBIA Cranbrook Fort St. John Kamloops Kelowna Prince George

10.6 5.6 10.8 13.3 6.6

All data provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service: www.agr.gc.ca/drought. Data has undergone only preliminary quality checking. Maps provided by WeatherTec Services Inc.: www.weathertec.mb.ca

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