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Farmers raise election issues Manitoba farmers try to put agriculture in election spotlight BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

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LEGAL APPEAL

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Tribunal dismisses $50,000 fine against CP BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Canadian Pacific Railway has successfully appealed a $50,000 penalty for failing to meet a government-imposed grain shipping target in 2014. The fine was levied after a Transport Canada investigation determined that CP failed to meet a government imposed mandate requiring the railway to move at least 536,000 tonnes of western Canadian grain per week. CP appealed the fine early last

year, and the Transportation Appeal Tribunal upheld the appeal in a decision handed down earlier this month. “The (transport) minister has not proven, on the balance of probabilities, that the applicant, Canadian Pacific Railway, contravened … the Canada Transportation Act,” said a March 9 ruling written by appeal tribunal member Gary Drouin. CP’s alleged infraction occurred in September 2014, during Week 6 of the 2014-15 shipping season. CP and Canadian National Rail-

way were required to move minimum weekly amounts of western Canadian grain or face monetary penalties. The fine against CP was one of three that Transport Canada levied in 2014. CN was also fined $100,000 for two similar infractions. CP announced its intention to appeal its fine in early 2015, suggesting that conditions outside the company’s control impeded its ability to meet Ottawa’s targets. SEE CP FINE DISMISSED, PAGE 4

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Few expect Manitoba’s April 19 election to be dominated by farmspecific issues, but farmers still have a lot at stake. “Water management,” said Manitoba Beef Producers’ president Heinz Reimer when asked what sorts of issues his organization wants to see politicians address this campaign. It’s a common and continuing concern for Manitoba farmers across the province, with all main production areas often suffering from floods, saturation and water damage. Recent examples include spring flooding along rivers and waterways, massive rain-caused river flooding such as what was experienced along the Assiniboine River and chronic problems with poor drainage after heavy rain. Reimer said completing the outlet channel for Lake Manitoba is essential because farms near the lake have suffered significant damage from extreme water levels. “We just want to make sure that our candidates stay committed to seeing this outlet project get completed,” said Reimer. In 2014, the NDP government pledged almost half a billion dollars to build an outflow channel from the lake to reduce chronic flooding, especially when water from the Assiniboine is redirected into the lake via the Portage Diversion during floods.

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» ED WHITE: A new tool is designed to reduce the risk of falling farmland values. 8

MARKETS 6

» D’ARCE MCMILLAN: Markets

» CANOLA DOCKAGE: China is expected to

delay new dockage rules for canola.

» U.S. IMPORTS: Less Canadian grain has

been trucked south this year.

FARM LIVING 19

» KELSEY JOHNSON: The farm labour shortage isn’t registering in Ottawa. 10

» KEVIN HURSH: Exploring

» ON THE FARM: A Saskatchewan family »

take a wait and see approach to cold weather in Kansas. 9

makes a big expansion in dairy farming. 21 LIFE AS A PARAPLEGIC: A Saskatchewan woman talks about life as a paraplegic. 23

PRODUCTION 82

the pros and cons of confirmation basis.

» BRIAN MACLEOD: The main art for our CETA series is sure to be noticed. 11

» SARAH GALVIN: Serve lamb

» AUTONOMOUS TRACTOR: A true driverless tractor prepares to enter the market.

organic potatoes, but it can be done.

at Easter as a twist on the ordinary. 20

BRUCE DYCK: Ottawa offered » ORGANIC POTATOES: It’s not easy growing » bonuses in 1941 to reduce

FarmSafe: Alberta workshops encourage producers to revisit their farm safety procedures. See page 22. | MARIA JOHNSON PHOTO

» GROWTH IMPLANTS: A Manitoba beef farm reduces growth promotant implants.

» GRAIN CO-OPS: North »

» JOHN MCKINNON: A long-time U of S beef

Dakota remains a hotbed of farmer-owned grain handling co-operatives. 5 MANITOBA ELECTION: A young farmer raises eyebrows by running for the Liberals. 15

researcher receives a prestigious award. 88

» CANOLA ROTATION: Longer »

spells between canola crops may make good economic sense for farmers. 17 SPECIAL REPORT: It’s hoped the European trade deal will increase exports of Canadian beef. 18

» ROY LEWIS: Breech births

LIVESTOCK 86

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wheat acreage.

are emergencies that usually require a call to the vet. 89

» TERRY BETKER: Defining future goals help manage difficult times. 93

AGFINANCE 90

» SOYBEAN CRUSHER: An Alberta Hutterite colony builds a soybean crusher.

» FEEDING BEANS: A soybean crusher caters to the livestock feed market.

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TRAGEDY ON THE ROAD

RCMP investigate an accident where a 63-year-old man was killed when the tractor he was driving collided with a pick-up truck driven by a Calgary man. The accident happened near High River, Alta. | MIKE STURK PHOTO

FLAX RESEARCH

MARKETING ISSUE

Field trials on non-GM, tolerant flax coming soon

Alta. RMs vote to halt GM alfalfa at border BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Commercial introduction is scheduled for 2020 in Canada BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

A California company continues to make strides in its quest to develop a non-genetically modified, herbicide tolerant flax crop. Cibus has created glyphosate resistant flax that is doing what it is supposed to do in a laboratory setting, said Greg Gocal, chief scientific officer for Cibus. “We’re really encouraged by how the crop performs in the greenhouse, but the greenhouse is not completely predictive of how the material will perform in the field,” he said. Gocal doesn’t believe enough seed is available to proceed with field trials this year, but the company hopes to obtain regulatory approval to conduct field trials starting next year. “We’re in the process of expanding that population of plants so that we have enough seed that we could do field trials,” he said. The project has received funding from the Canadian government and the Flax Council of Canada. The council dropped its funding for the project a couple of years ago, but Gocal said Cibus has been in discussions with the council about helping fund the upcoming field trials. He believes herbicide tolerant flax would win back acres from competing crops such as canola. “It really will make a huge difference in how competitive the flax crop is,” said Gocal. The project is on schedule for commercial introduction in the United States in 2019 and one year later in Canada pending regulatory approval. Cibus’s herbicide tolerant flax would have to receive regulatory

approval through Canada’s plants with novel traits system before it could be marketed to Canadian farmers. The crop will likely avoid the regulatory approval process in the U.S. because it was created using a process that regulators have deemed to be non-transgenic. Cibus used a combination of its patented Rapid Trait Development System (RTDS) technology with directed nucleases such as CRISPRs and TALENs to develop the trait

Gocal described CRISPRs and TALENs as molecular scissors that allow scientists to cut the genome in a specific spot and then use the RTDS technology to install a snippet of DNA that acts as a template that changes the letters of the DNA code to create the desired trait. Cibus intends to use the technology to create other desirable traits such as disease resistance and beneficial changes to the oil and starch profile of crops. sean.pratt@producer.com

Cibus researchers expect to soon run field trials of herbicide tolerant flax. | CIBUS PHOTO

Alberta’s rural municipalities association passed a resolution last week aimed at preventing the introduction of genetically modified alfalfa to the province. A resolution to that effect, brought forward by the County of Northern Lights, passed with a reported 59 percent in favour during the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties’ spring convention. It will now be sent to the provincial government for consideration. The resolution asks that Alberta Agriculture and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency work with service boards, marketing groups and Forage Genetics Canada to prevent the introduction of GM alfalfa “until there is a marketplace and consumer acceptance in Alberta’s export markets, including China, Japan, the European Union and the Middle East.” Forage Genetics Canada has the distribution rights for Roundup Ready alfalfa in Canada, which is a GM variety. Heather Kerschbaumer, president of Forage Seed Canada, said she was pleased the resolution passed and congratulated rural councillors on their foresight. “We’re not about anti-technology, anti-GMO, anti-increases or improvements,” she said in a March 21 interview. “We are saying, until the world market catches up, we don’t want to develop something and contaminate ourselves and shoot ourselves in the foot, waiting for the world to catch up. We’re saying, let’s wait until we get them to accept it and then if that’s what they want, well, I guess then you have to start producing it.” The trade show booth allowed her to meet councillors and answer questions about the resolution and GM alfalfa. She said several councillors told her about their objec-

tions to the resolution, noting their support of new technology and praise for the value of GM crops. “I’m not anti-GMO,” she said. “I’m just telling everybody to slow down. We’re trying to get people to take a second look at this before we contaminate, and its perennial and its forever.” Background to the resolution, which was provided to AAMD&C delegates before the vote, said GM alfalfa in Alberta could affect hay and seed exports.

HEATHER KERSCHBAUMER FORAGE SEED CANADA

“As some countries have strict importation laws forbidding GM products, the presence of GM alfalfa in Canadian hay exports could potentially put an end to export markets for Canadian grass and forage seed growers,” it said. “The economic benefits of GM alfalfa crops are unclear at this time. They have not produced higher yields, herbicide costs have risen and exported alfalfa products have been rejected due to contamination.” Roundup Ready alfalfa has been grown in the United States since 2005. It provides weed control in the crop, which has limited herbicide options. A low-lignin trait, also developed through genetic modification, is in the pipeline. Low lignin could allow alfalfa forage to better compete with corn as dairy feed. barb.glen@producer.com

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Keystone Agricultural Producers wants to know how parties and candidates would make it less daunting for young farmers to get into this expensive industry.

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CP FINE DISMISSED » CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The company said broader supply chain issues limited its ability to move grain, including a Labour Day shutdown that limited rail car unloads at the Port of Vancouver in September. “These events outside of CP’s control in the supply chain contributed to delays in the movement, loading and shipping of rail cars,” CP spokesperson Jeremy Berry wrote

in a January 2015 email. The appeal tribunal suggested that Transport Canada failed to provide adequate proof and said CP made reasonable efforts to mitigate the impact of the Port of Vancouver’s Labour Day shutdown. Transport Canada’s method of calculating carloads also failed to account for the port’s reduced capacity during weekends and holiday closures.

“The minister did not take into account factors that were out of CP’s control that prevented the railway from moving grain at the Port of Vancouver,” the tribunal decision stated. “CP did not reach their targets on Week 6 (of the 2014-15 crop year) for other reasons or situations beyond their control, such as port closure.” Ottawa imposed the minimum grain hauling targets in early 2014

in response to delayed grain shipments that caused a massive backlog of prairie grain. Among other things, unusually harsh winter conditions hampered train movements during late 2013 and early 2014, resulting in delayed grain sales, slow exports and restricted cash flows on many western Canadian farms. brian.cross@producer.com

ELECTION ISSUES » CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Keystone Agricultural Producers is planning to highlight cutbacks to agriculture research and the plight of young farmers and call for continuing and increased support for farmfriendly environmental protection. KAP will be trying to persuade parties and candidates to commit to reversing the shrinkage of agriculture research and development, which it says has seen Manitoba fall behind Saskatchewan. Manitoba’s agriculture research and development spending has collapsed to less than half the amount it spent in 2007, the organization says. Young farmers are finding it more difficult to get into the business, KAP says, and it wants to know how the parties and candidates would make it less daunting for them to get into the prohibitively expensive business. With land prices and rents now skyhigh, “one bad season could wipe a young farmer out,” says an upcoming KAP election opinion piece. KAP wants safety net programs restored to pre-2013 levels and programs modified to help young farmers’ specific needs. MBP also wants to see support for risk management with continued backing of the Western Livestock Price Insurance Program, which is still in the pilot stage. All farmers rely on roads, bridges and other infrastructure provided by municipalities, and the Association of Manitoba Municipalities is trying to get a bigger share of taxes and infrastructure spending. Its “Fair Share, Fair Say” campaign is trying to force politicians to fix a situation where municipalities are responsible for 60 percent of infrastructure but have control of only eight percent of tax revenue. “This election, tell your candidates that your community deserves a fair share of tax dollars and a fair say in how they’re spent,” proclaims the campaign. KAP will echo the concern about infrastructure, hoping the parties will commit to transportation system improvements and “digital infrastructure.” Farmers at KAP meetings often complain about poor cellphone and internet service in many parts of the province. In today’s business environment, not being well-connected is becoming a greater risk to sophisticated farms. ed.white@producer.com

More provincial election coverage: • Saskatchewan: see page 14. • Manitoba: see pages 4, 15.

Premier Brad Wall joined Saskatchewan Party candidate Ken Cheveldayoff for a campaign kickoff at Cheveldayoff’s headquarters in Saskatoon earlier this month. | WILLIAM DEKAY PHOTO SASKATCHEWAN ELECTION

APAS asks election candidates about infrastructure investment BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Agricultural issues had yet to make the headlines mid-way through the Saskatchewan election campaign. However, that doesn’t mean producers aren’t thinking about which party best represents their interests. Earlier this week, the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan hosted an event billed as an agricultural dialogue, including representatives from the Saskatchewan Party, New Democratic Party, Saskatchewan Liberal Association, PC Party of Saskatchewan and the Green Party of Saskatchewan. Coverage of the discussion, called Why Ag Matters, can be found at www.producer.com and in the March 31 issue of The Western Producer. APAS issued its own policy recommendations and a list of prior-

ity issues for this campaign, as did the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association and the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association. A PA S r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s included: • strategies to help beginning farmers and assist with succession planning • better rural infrastructure, including Internet and cellular phone coverage • more short-line rail • a provincial strategy to stop the declining livestock herd • a public review of Growing Forward 2, leading toward GF3 • agricultural exemption from any carbon tax • improved water management, including compensation for landowners who retain water for public benefit • updated surface rights legislation APAS president Norm Hall said many issues are shared provincial and federal responsibilities,

both policy-wise and financially. As a result, governmental cooperation is important for agricultural policy that works for everyone. However, he said making it easier for younger farmers to enter the industry is critical, and strong infrastructure will help that. “Rural infrastructure is highspeed internet, and it’s roads and hospitals and schools,” Hall said. “That’s key if we are going to bring our youth in.” The SCA’s checklist suggests producers ask candidates if they publicly support ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the benefits of trade agreements that increase access for agricultural products. The organization wants the pilot Western Livestock Price Insurance Program to be made permanent, government financial support for the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence and assurance that producers won’t

bear all the costs of traceability. The SCA also wants a commitment from the provincial government to properly address predation and wildlife issues and land access issues. The stock growers association released a list of 18 questions for candidates, leading off with their parties’ view of the economic and cultural significance of the cattle industry to the province and country and how they would improve industry competitiveness. Like the SCA, the SSGA is concerned about TPP and making WLPIP permanent. Also on the list are how the parties would handle the chronic labour shortage in agriculture and their thoughts on a fire insurance program for grass, a licensed cougar hunting season and the creation of a third-party surface rights advocate office. karen.briere@producer.com

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GRAIN BUYING

North Dakota eager to buy from Canada Co-op plans to expand capacity and is looking north for grain and oilseeds BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

Tom Hall, left, Nathan Boll, Kelly Thorenson and Cameron Erickson help run the Souris River Cooperative, which has four grain elevators in north-central North Dakota, including this one at Russell. Farmer-owned grain co-ops remain popular in the state, but many are merging with other co-ops to become larger. | ROBERT ARNASON PHOTO NORTH DAKOTA CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT

Pride, tradition keep co-ops strong Having control in what gets done is behind members’ support of co-ops for generations BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

RUSSELL, N.D. — The town of Russell really isn’t a town. There’s a sign saying it was established in 1906 and not much else: no church, no post office, no school and no recognizable roads. The town might have had streets or roads 40 years ago, but they’re now overgrown with trees and weeds. What Russell does have is a grain elevator: not an abandoned wooden one but a functioning elevator with concrete storage bins and a Canadian Pacific Railway line. It remains in operation because it’s part of the Souris River Cooperative, which has four elevators in north-central North Dakota, about 50 kilometres south of the Canadian border. Tom Hall, a Souris River Cooperative director, farms three km from Russell and his family has supported the co-op for generations. He continues the tradition because the co-op provides local services and offers competitive bids for local grain. More importantly, producers control the organization. “We have a say in what gets done here … and (we) try and create a company that serves our needs,” Hall said, as he leaned back in a chair in the co-op’s boardroom at the elevator. “I think it ensures there’s a certain amount of competition…. If every facility available to us was owned by a multinational, there wouldn’t be many of them around here.” The co-op, which employs 32 people, also owns or has a stake in a bulk fuel business, an agronomy company, convenience store and

DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA GRAIN CO-OPERATIVES Grain Elevators North Dakota *South Dakota Minnesota

Co-op 60 33 55

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*South Dakota Wheat Growers operate 60 percent of co-op elevators in the state Source: North Dakota Farmers Union

a diesel engine repair shop. Archer Daniels Midland has a terminal 50 km to the south, CHS is to the west and Paterson Grain is building an elevator in Bottineau to the north. Souris River is affiliated with CHS because it relies on the Fortune 100 company for insurance and hedging accounts, but farmers around Russell independently own and operate the co-operative. Souris River members don’t expect their co-op to offer higher bids for wheat, corn or soybeans, but its presence creates competition between grain buyers. “Some of the other (elevators) around us, if we weren’t here they could decrease their bids and still obtain more grain than they could even handle,” said general manager Cameron Erickson. The elevator in Russell is not unusual in North Dakota. The state has 60 co-operative grain elevators out of about 350 elevators. The farmer-owned elevators persist because they provide a counterbalance to the power of massive grain companies, but pride and tradition have also contributed. “The basic co-operative principles … explain a lot of the culture of our state,” said Jason McKenney, a co-operative specialist with

the North Dakota Farmers Union. “Autonomy and independence is one of the principles in North Dakota…. The co-ops were founded on the principle of, well, we’ve got to do this ourselves…. (Also), as the generations (change), they say I have to be a good steward for this co-op because my grandfather helped found (it) way back when.” Souris River co-op directors mention pride of ownership and tradition, but the word “control” came up numerous times. Farmers on the board like having the power to push the co-operative in a certain direction so that they get the local services they need. For instance, the co-op runs a diesel shop in the nearby town of Newburg. If it didn’t exist, area farmers would have to travel to Minot for engine repairs. “By having that local control, you don’t have to wait for someone else to do it,” Erickson said. Investing in future In the spirit of local control, the directors recently decided to invest millions of dollars in the expansion of the Russell elevator to enhance storage, rail capacity and loading equipment. “We’re putting up a $9.5 million project this summer,” Erickson said. “(It’s) an all-out effort … to make sure this facility (in Russell) is here for the next 40 years.” Like most co-operatives, Souris River returns profits to its members through dividend checks, also known as patronage. Members also build up equity in the co-op, which can be cashed out when they retire. “We certainly have people in this co-operative that have triple digit

(hundreds of thousands) equity numbers,” Erickson said. Nathan Boll, a Souris River director who looks like he’s in his early 30s, can still remember his first cheque when he was eight years old. “Dad sold a load of grain and I got a $8.75 patronage check.” The dividend and the long-term equity still has meaning for him, but others don’t share his view. “The younger farmers, they could give a rip about the dividend. It’s just a cheque they cash at the bar at the night of the annual meeting,” he said. “For the older guys, that’s a big deal. Some of them have sizable equity accounts and they’re getting ready to cash out.” McKenney agreed that younger producers are more interested in the best price for their grain, regardless of who’s offering it. Selling them on co-operative values will be critical because the movement needs to groom the next generation of members and leaders. “Complacency kills, is what the military uses as a slogan,” McKenney said. “When everybody is profitable and everything is good, people tend to forget.” Erickson isn’t as worried. Cooperatives like Souris River will have to evolve but they will survive. Souris River members will vote later this month on a merger with Bottineau Farmers Elevator. If approved, the merged co-operative should be large enough to last for decades. That means Russell will continue to be relevant, or partly relevant, McKenney said. “You (are) still considered a town if you have an elevator and a bar.” robert.arnason@producer.com

RUSSELL, N.D. — Many prairie farmers, particularly those close to the U.S. border, considered trucking grain to the U.S. in 2014 because of terrible basis levels at western Canadian elevators. Market conditions are different now, but a North Dakota grain elevator co-operative is planning to buy more Canadian grain in the future. “The board of directors has voted … to accept Canadian grain,” said Cameron Erickson, manager of the Souris River Cooperative, which operates four grain elevators near Newburg, N.D., 70 kilometres south of Waskada, Man. “This whole area up here is doing its best to anticipate this potential Canadian grain movement coming to the south.” Souris River has handled a nominal amount of Canadian grain and oilseeds in the past, but the co-op is hoping to expand its trading area northward. It expects to merge with another farmer controlled elevator in Bottineau, N.D., in late March, and if that happens, the new co-op will have the capacity to handle 25 to 30 million bushels of grain and oilseeds. The co-op wants more Canadian grain because overland flooding has cut into North Dakota grain production in recent years. Tapping into a larger geography should help the co-op maintain volumes. “This (grain handling) is a volume orientated business,” Erickson said. “Canada grows a massive amount of grain that has to go somewhere.” The Souris River co-op believes it can handle an influx of Canadian grain because Canadian Pacific Railway and BNSF have invested hundreds of millions of dollars into rail capacity in North Dakota to move oil out of the state. The improved rail service should benefit grain farmers, including Canadian producers who want to truck grain to North Dakota. robert.arnason@producer.com

NORTH DAKOTA — A SOCIALIST PARADISE North Dakota is occasionally described as a socialist state because it has a strong co-operative movement and a few unusual institutions: • North Dakota Mill is a stateowned flour mill in Grand Forks. According to its website, it “provides support to North Dakota agriculture, commerce and industry.” • The state operates the Bank of North Dakota in Bismarck. State politicians created the bank in 1919 to provide fair loans to farmers. It now offers student loans and supports the state’s “commerce and industry.”

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China may be willing to delay implementation of a new policy that canola exports from Canada would have to contain less than one percent dockage beginning April 1. | FILE PHOTO CANOLA

CANOLA DEMAND HITS RECORD PACE

China may delay new canola dockage rules

Canola demand has been running at a record pace this crop year. Crushers have crushed almost 13 percent more than last year at this time and the latest week’s crush was record large. Export demand is running almost 19 percent ahead of last year but future shipments to biggest buyer China could be threatened by stricter dockage allowances. The weeks shown are from the beginning of calendar year 2016 to mid-March.

Canadian canola exports and crush (000 tonnes) 300

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It appears that the canola industry may get a little more breathing room to work out a dispute with China over dockage. China’s quarantine agenc y, AQSIQ, notified the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Feb. 22 that canola exports from Canada would have to contain less than one percent dockage beginning April 1. China is concerned dockage could contain blackleg disease spores that will make their way into the country and infect its rapeseed crops. The new allowance is a dramatic shift from existing trade rules allowing a maximum of 2.5 percent dockage for commercially clean grain. The Canola Council of Canada

said the policy would bring $2 billion of trade with Canada’s top customer to a grinding halt. However, it appears China may be willing to delay implementation of the new policy, according to a Canadian grain industry executive. “The rumour mill that is going around is that maybe this thing gets delayed now until July,” said Lawrence Yakielashek, general manager of FarmLink Marketing Solutions. He thinks the rumour makes sense because China is playing a high stakes game. “Realistically, if the Chinese did stop the first cargo on April 1, you’re going to get a WTO (World Trade Organization) challenge,” said Yakielashek, who is the former president of Toepfer Canada, the Canadian arm of Germany’s largest grain trader.

The Canola Council of Canada was contacted for this story but said there is nothing new to report because negotiations with China are still ongoing. Agriculture Canada was also contacted but did not respond in time to meet publication deadlines. Another source in the grain industry, who requested anonymity because it is a politically sensitive subject, has heard that implementation of the policy may be moved back to Sept. 1 to allow further negotiations and grandfathering of existing contracts. “Basically kick the negotiating can down the road,” said the source. In the meantime, exporters have put the brakes on shipments to China. Yakielashek believes sales

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will fall one million tonnes short of the 4.3 million tonnes he had originally slotted for that destination. “But since the China development, our domestic crush is just screaming higher. We’re going to

probably pick up another 300,000 to 400,000 tonnes on our domestic crush,” he said. Members of the Canadian Oilseed CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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MARKETS Processors Association crushed a record 188,081 tonnes of canola for the week ending March 16. That is up 19 percent from the previous week and represents 91 percent of total crush capacity, which is well above the 82 percent average for the year. Exports to other destinations have also picked up as buyers took advantage of lower prices. Before China made its announcement about tighter dockage, nearby canola was trading around $470 a tonne, but with the news it dropped to about $440 and was weak for several days before gradually rallying back toward $470. “We were the cheapest canola in the world,” said Yakielashek. Despite the uptick in domestic crush and sales to other customers, he expects carryout will blossom by 500,000 tonnes due to the China incident. However, he doesn’t find that worrisome. “Our carryout was (going to be) extremely tight, just over one million tonnes. If you look at our fiveyear average we’ve never been there,” he said. Some in the trade disagree with the council’s bleak outlook for trade with China if the less-thanone-percent dockage policy is implemented. Derek Squair, president of AgriTrend Marketing, who worked in the elevator system for 25 years, said grain companies typically clean to zero and then add dockage back in. “It’s not a big deal to clean canola to two percent or to one percent,” he said. He said companies will make up for the lost dockage by upping the price on shipments to China. Yakielashek said that might be the case for big elevator companies, but he knows of a couple of smaller port terminals in Vancouver that couldn’t meet China’s new stricter allowances, and he doesn’t believe there is canola cleaning capability at the Port of Prince Rupert. “You have to look at the amount of canola we’re trying to pound through these ports today. I know of a few facilities that wouldn’t be able to get it to one percent,” he said. The policy could also prove problematic for inland grain terminals because those not located near feedlots have no outlet for their screenings. He believes Canadian exporters will do little business with China. The risk is too high, considering that a typical vessel loaded with 65,000 tonnes of canola has about $32 million of product on board, which could be stranded at sea, he said. sean.pratt@producer.com

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TRANSPORTATION

Less Canadian grain trucked south U.S. elevators treated as emergency outlets rather than preferred option BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

A lot less western Canadian grain is being trucked over the U.S. border this year. But the U.S. market still plays an important role in offering farmers better prices, says a southern Manitoba marketer and adviser. “Elevators here don’t want to lose that handle,” said Brian Voth of Ste. Agathe, Man. “They know if they don’t have a competitive bid guys have this option of going over the border.” The North Dakota Wheat Commission believes that about onethird less Canadian grain has been trucked into the U.S. this crop year, at least until the end of January. In 2014-15 about 760,000 tonnes had been trucked-in by the end of January, but this year it was probably slightly less than 500,000. “Compared to last year they’re down quite a bit,” said Erica Olson of the NDWC. During the 2013-14 grain transportation crisis in Western Canada many farmers and grain marketers tried to escape the plugged elevator system and low prices by hauling to elevators in the northern U.S.

In 2014-15 about 760,000 tonnes of Canadian grain had been trucked to the United States by the end of January, but this year it was probably slightly less than 500,000. | FILE PHOTO However, the U.S. elevator system has emerged as more of an alternative or emergency outlet for western Canadian grain, rather than a preferred option. Voth said there are headaches involved in hauling grain into the U.S., even though some elevators there are as close to prairie farmers as those in the Canadian system. “The vast majority of guys are still going to bring their grain here, between the border and Winnipeg, and not look at those southern bids because they don’t want to do the paperwork to get across the border,

and the grain companies know that,” said Voth. But Voth estimates about 25 percent of farmers are willing to haul to the U.S. if Canadian bids get out of line and so Canadian elevators near the border have a strong incentive to keep their prices competitive. That has kept more grain home this winter. “Their bids (at U.S. elevators) just have not been as competitive relative to the buyers on the Canadian side,” said Voth. Olson agreed. “The prices up there have been

fairly similar,” she said. When the U.S. dollar soared compared to the Canadian dollar earlier in the winter there was a momentary price spike at U.S. elevators compared to Canadian ones, at least when the currencies were converted, Voth said. However, that anomaly evened out quickly, before many farmers could take advantage of it. “This winter it was a rarity to find a price on the south side of the border better than here,” said Voth. ed.white@producer.com

SOYBEAN PRODUCTION

Soybean seed sales in Western Canada ‘flat, flat, flat’ BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

The westward march of soybeans may have hit a blockade. After a decade of continuous expansion, soybean acres will likely decline this spring in Western Canada, say industry reps. Seed sales this winter suggest acres will drop in Saskatchewan, and Manitoba acres will be stable. “Industry people ask me, every week (I) get the question, what are soybeans (seed sales) doing?” said Kent McKay, co-manager of Double Diamond Farm Supply in Boissevain, Man. “I’ve just said flat, flat and flat.” Soybean seed sales have been

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worse than flat in Saskatchewan. Many farmers are forsaking beans and choosing lentils or peas. Saskatchewan had 270,000 acres of soybeans last year, and many industry analysts expected that figure to jump substantially in the coming years. That may still happen, but not this spring.

“We’re still taking orders and there’s still interest, but (sales) numbers generally don’t lie,” said Ray Wytinck, general manager of Northstar Genetics, one of the largest suppliers of soybean seed in Western Canada. “It’s basic, simple farm economics…. If guys can sign a lentil contract for 40 cents a pound, that’s $24 a bushel. The potential returns would be higher (than soybeans).” Soybean demand has been less than expected at Eggum Seed Sales in Halbrite, Sask. Growers have also done the math and decided to take a chance on lentils, which usually thrive in drier years and struggle when conditions are wet. “Money changes everything,”

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said Brad Eggum, who runs Eggum Seed Sales. “With lentil prices getting to where they are… a lot of that weather risk is put to the side.” Lentils and peas will likely cut into soybean acres in Saskatchewan but canola may be curtailing soybean expansion in Manitoba. Double Diamond Farm Supply also has operations in Crystal City, Pilot Mound and Snowflake, Man. Those areas, near the U.S. border in south-central Manitoba, should be a prime area for soybeans, but many producers still prefer canola over beans, McKay said. “The go-to habit is that canola is the money maker. I don’t see that changing.” robert.arnason@producer.com

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DRIED DISTILLERS GRAIN

U.S. posts strong sales in dried distillers grain High prices are likely making the byproduct of ethanol production too expensive for many Canadian livestock feeders BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Exports of dried distillers grain from the United States broke records last year, topping 12.56 million tonnes. It was an 11 percent increase over 2014. Canada accounted for four percent of that total, and American marketers think they can expand the percentage given the right price and quality options. The low Canadian dollar has discouraged feed yards from importing U.S. DDGs lately, said Rob McMickell of Gavilon Group, a commodity management company in Omaha, Nebraska. “In September, it looked like we were going be shipping a lot of feed

up here … and we did. We shipped a pretty good amount in October, November, December. But currenc y alone from October to December, January added about $25 a metric tonne to the final price,” said McMickell. He told a March 10 meeting in Lethbridge that DDGs are trading at 85 percent of the value of corn in the U.S., so they are in high demand among American feeders. That value may not be attractive to Canadian operations now, said McMickell, but other international players and particularly China can quickly change the market. “If China were to come in next month and buy 900,000 tonnes and take our DDGs price up to 120 percent of the value of corn, which is

what we typically see when China does buy that much, you would think immediately there’s no way it will work in Canada,” he said. “But if the (Canadian dollar) exchange rate would go from .75 to .95, it’s the exact same number. So just because China’s in the market, just because we’re high priced to U.S. corn, does not mean that we won’t work in Canada,” he said about the economics of DDGs. China accounts for 34 percent of all U.S. DDG exports, but its volatile buying habits also create opportunities, McMickell added. The price of DDGs goes up when China is buying heavily, which causes American feeders to remove it from the ration. As a result, marketers scramble to find

other customers by offering attractive prices. “China’s shipments are extremely volatile, but that provides a really, really good opportunity for the rest of the world to buy distillers grains at a value that’s way undervalued, and you guys can get a really good deal on it,” he said. The makeup of DDGs has changed since the byproduct of ethanol production first went into wide use. Plants are now able to extract more oil from corn, so most DDGs have seven to eight percent fat. McMickell said there’s good reason for emphasis on oil extraction. Corn oil trades at $550 per short ton, while DDGs now trade at $120. It’s obviously more lucrative for

plants to sell oil than higher-fat DDGs, at least for now, but the price will drop and the gap between high fat and low fat DDGs will narrow if corn oil supply outpaces demand. Ethanol plants can shift their oil extraction rates to take advantage of price. McMickell said DDG buyers should specify their desired oil content and get it in writing. Dairy customers are typically more interested in protein than fat, and the beef business has different requirements. “Cattle producers really want as much fat as they can get, and that’s almost always a topic of discussion when writing contracts.” barb.glen@producer.com

RISK MANAGEMENT

Indexes designed to reduce risk of falling farmland value HEDGE ROW

ED WHITE

t isn’t a big risk in any one year of farming, but farmland value is the biggest risk to a farmer’s overall lifetime wealth. An American financial risk management developer is looking for a

way to hedge that risk by creating farmland price indexes that can serve as the basis for farmland derivatives. “I just don’t see anything that’s as strategically important as farmland,” said Paul Kanitra, founder of PeakSoil Indexes, which offers farmland sales indexes for a number of U.S. states including Iowa, as well as a Saskatchewan farmland index. Kanitra’s indexes aren’t designed primarily for farmers, but I can see them acting as the basis for land value protections that many farmers might want to use. Often the only things a farmer has left after a lifetime of farming is

farmland and some worn-out machinery. As a result, anything that could substantially reduce the value of the land is a huge risk to a farmer’s retirement. However, until now it has been hard for farmers to reduce that risk. The value at risk has become astronomical as land prices escalate. For example, a farmer who is approaching retirement with $10 million worth of land that drops in value by 25 percent will potentially be out $2.5 million. When land makes up 90 percent of a farmer’s net value, that kind of a reduction could mean a big difference in the farmer’s retirement lifestyle.

Tax Credit for the 2015 Tax Year Open to Western Canadian Canola Producers Canola producers who paid levy to Alberta Canola Producers Commission, Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission, or Manitoba Canola Growers Association and did not request a refund are eligible for a tax credit through the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) program for their investment in levy-funded research and development (R&D) projects.

For younger farmers, a drastic decline in farmland value could destroy the financial basis of the farm and make it hard to expand. Kanitra’s farmland value indexes aren’t based on surveys of what people say farmland is selling for — it’s actual sales prices. He wouldn’t tell me exactly how he gets those hard numbers, but assured me they are actual dollar values of real sales. With enough data points and representative farming areas, such as Iowa and Saskatchewan, Kanitra thinks his indexes can become the underpinning mechanism on which financial instruments could be designed. Kanitra said over-the-counter products are the most likely first users of the indexes, but even farmland futures contracts could eventually be designed with the indexes as bases. Kanitra sees institutions such as banks and investment funds will want to use farmland value derivatives because they often have significant exposure to swings in farmland values but no good way to hedge the risk. He also sees the indexes as foundations for instruments that will allow investment funds and other speculators to invest in farmland values without actually having to buy the land. Most of those funds don’t want to own land, but it’s now

the only good way to directly invest in farmland values. This is an interesting subject for me because in 2006 I asked famed commodity investor and guru Jim Rogers about the possibility of creating farmland derivatives when I met him in New York. He explained to me the daunting challenges of finding a way to do it with common derivative instruments. He launched his farmland investment fund a few years later, and various other farmland investment funds have been launched around the world. However, almost all are based on buying and holding real farmland. Kanitra hopes his indexes can help develop farmland derivatives that investors could use to invest in farmland values without becoming landlords. I imagine farmers will most likely see these indexes, if they work well, indirectly. They will probably be operating in the background, behind various contracts or forms of insurance offered by their bankers or other financial institutions. In whatever way they end up working, if they begin offering a way for farmers to hedge their massive exposure to farmland values, they will be a big step closer to being able to reduce a massive risk that now hardly gets noticed. ed.white@producer.com

The tax credit percentage is based on the dollar amount each grower group has invested in R&D that meets the criteria laid out by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). To apply for an SR&ED claim, you must file an income tax return along with form T661 and either form T2038(IND) for individual producers or form T2SCH31 for corporations.

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CANFAX REPORT FED CATTLE RALLY The weighted steer average was $168.93 per hundredweight, and heifers were $167.34. Most reported trade was dressed at $284 delivered, which was up $4-$9 over the previous week. American packers bought a few cattle on a five-area basis again, but the stronger Canadian dollar limited cross border marketing. The week’s cash-to-futures basis widened to -$16.01 and is now more than $5 weaker than the fiveyear average. We e k l y w e s t e r n C a n a d i a n slaughter to March 12 fell three percent to 27,843 head. The steer carcass weight fell two pounds to 937 lb. Weekly exports to March 5 rose nine percent to 6,662. Exports this year are up 40 percent at 54,755 head.

Market-ready supply is expected to increase modestly, but packers have a comfortable supply. Weaker basis levels will attract U.S. buyer interest, particularly if the Canadian dollar weakens. U.S. live cattle futures rose on rallying beef pr ices as retailers bought supply in anticipation of an early spring grilling season, tighter supply of market ready cattle and improved packer margins. Light live trade developed March 18 in the southern United States at prices $2-$3 per cwt. higher at US$140. Dressed sales in the northern U.S. were reported $3 higher at $223.

COWS STEADY Auction volume tightened. D1, D2 cows ranged C$100-$114

to average $106.79, up seven cents. D3 cows ranged $85-$105 to average $97.50, up $2. D1, D2 cows have traded in a $6.50 window since the beginning of the year, ranging from $104$110.50. It is the third narrowest range in the past 15 years, behind only 2001 and 2013. Speculative interest continues in the non-fed market as a few cows go on feed in anticipation of a spring rally.

FEEDERS STAGNANT Chicago live cattle futures have risen to levels not seen since early November, but the strong loonie has kept prices in Canada weaker and weighed down feeder prices. The highest price for 550 lb. steers

this year was set in early February at $277.40. The usual stocker calf rally has not developed yet this year. M o n t h l y s t e e r p r i c e s h av e dropped from February to March in only five of the past 15 years. Steer prices averaged $269 in February. The March average is the mid to upper $250s. Alberta auction volumes have increased. More fall-assembled cattle are coming back onto the market. Some backgrounders are cutting their losses and marketing everything, hoping for a volume price premium. Others are selling only the heavy cattle. Bids for April delivery are seeing little if any premium over the spot cash market. Packers are delaying picking up

BEEF RALLIES Choice was up $9.40 at US$234.64, and Select was up $9.12 at $222.97 March 17. Momentum weakened late in the week. Weekly Canadian cutouts to March 12 saw AAA rise 74 cents at $293.58 and AA was up $4.22 at $282.52. This cattle market information is selected from the weekly report from Canfax, a division of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. More market information, analysis and statistics are available by becoming a Canfax subscriber by calling 403-275-5110 or at www.canfax.ca.

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WEATHER

Market takes wait-and-see approach to Kansas’s big freeze MARKET WATCH

D’ARCE McMILLAN

cattle from feedlots, which is tying up pen space.

emperatures fell to -5 to – 9 C on the mornings of March 19 and 20 in western Kansas and Oklahoma. The weekend temperatures were cold enough for long enough to damage jointing wheat. Little winter wheat would normally be at that stage, but the crop was advanced because of unusua l l y w a r m w e at h e r i n re c e nt weeks. Temperature highs were expected to jump to 24 C March 21 and the high 20s March 22, which should cause damage to become evident quickly. Farmers who had inspected fields were talking on agriculture discussion sites about damage on plants that had growing points above ground. About 20 percent of the hard red winter wheat crop was severely damaged, said INTL FCStone analyst Arlan Suderman in a note to clients. However, the Kansas City hard red winter wheat contract increased only one percent March 21 as traders waited for more information. Kansas wheat had already rallied

25 cents per bushel from lows that were hit early this month, supported by concern about dr y weather in the hard red winter wheat region. Wheat rallies make it hard for American exporters to compete on the world market. U.S. exports this year are the slowest in 44 years because the strong U.S. dollar hurt American wheat competitiveness. Year-end U.S. wheat stocks are forecast to rise to 26.29 million tonnes, up 28 percent from the previous year and a 29-year high. Global wheat supply is also ample. These factors are a heavy anchor on wheat prices, and the trade appears disinterested in sparking a serious rally without confirmation of major damage to the winter wheat crop. The adage is that winter wheat has nine lives, ever able to bounce back from various stresses. Even freeze-damaged wheat can send out new tillers, but the crop will need moisture to revive, and the forecast for the rest of March looks fairly dry. However, the long-term May-July outlook is for average to above average rainfall. The crop could face additional significant frosts. A medium-range forecast says temperatures in central Kansas could again fall to -8 C April 4, which will bear watching. As I have reported before, crops are also threatened in India, where recent rain and hail just before harvest added to crop problems that

were already evident from a below normal monsoon and below normal winter rain. Wildly differing forecasts for the wheat crop are appearing in Indian newspapers. India’s association of chambers of commerce said last week that the wheat crop could fall to 81 million tonnes from 86.53 million last year and 95.85 million the year before that. However, the country’s agriculture minister, Radha Mohan Singh, said 92 to 93 million tonnes were still possible. The Indian pulse crop is equally uncertain. G. Chandrashekhar, a leading expert on Indian pulse markets, said in an email that the winter desi chickpea crop might have been trimmed by five percent because of the recent rain, but overall production is still expected to be higher than last year’s 7.3 million tonnes. He said the rain this year has been much less damaging than the storms last year at this time, which drove production down a million tonnes from a previous forecast of 8.3 million. The country’s food minister, Ram Vilas Paswan, told parliament that pulse imports this fiscal year would total 6.5 million tonnes, up from 4.5 million the previous year. darce.mcmillan@producer.com Follow D’Arce McMillan on Twitter @darcemcmillan.

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HOG PRICE WEAKENS Packers had met the Easter ham demand and some plants will close for Good Friday this week, so U.S. hog prices dipped. In Canada, the Maple Leaf Signature Three price was $69.26 per hundredweight, or $152.69 per 100 kilograms, which was down from $70.33 per cwt., or $155.04 per 100 kg, the previous week. Iowa-southern Minnesota hogs delivered were US$46.50-$47.50 per cwt. March 18, down from $47.50-$49.50 March 11. U.S. hogs averaged $60.12 per cwt. on a carcass basis March 18, down from $62.40 March 11. The U.S. pork cutout was $76.35 March 18, up from $76.08 March 11. The estimated U.S. weekly slaughter for the week to March 19 was 2.19 million, down from 2.24 million the previous week. Slaughter was 2.24 million last year at the same time.

The Canadian Bison Association said Grade A bulls in the desirable weight range have been fetching prices up to C$6 per pound hot hanging weight, but the stronger Canadian dollar could shift the market. U.S. buyers were offering US$4.35 with returns dependent on exchange rates, quality and export costs. Grade A heifers were selling up to C$5.75. U.S. buyers were offering US$4.10. Animals outside the desirable buyer specifications may be discounted.

NEW LAMBS STEADY Ontario Stockyards Inc. reported that 1,984 sheep and lambs and 121 goats traded March 14. New crop lambs traded about steady. Most other lambs were steady except for overweight lambs, which sold under extreme pressure. Good kid goats sold in premium ranges. Sheep and all other goats traded barely steady.

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CRAIG’S VIEW

FOOD LABELLING

Ottawa needs to back science-based GM position “K

eep out of reach of children.” “Caution, contents under pressure.” “Cigarettes can kill you.” “May contain peanuts.” These labels and others of similar ilk on products are part of our daily existence. They are warnings about harmful effects should we choose to ignore them. Labelling food that contains genetically modified ingredients is an entirely different scenario. It implies a risk where there is none and can be interpreted as a warning when no warning is warranted. Hundreds of peer-reviewed, scientific studies show GM food has no harmful effects. The vast majority of scientists familiar with the topic agree on that point. It is safe and contributes to affordable food on a daily basis. Yet pressure on governments and food companies to label foods that contain GM ingredients continues unabated. Most recently, a bill was defeated in the U.S. Congress that would have enshrined voluntary labelling and nullified a Vermont law that will soon impose mandatory GM labelling. Several major food companies, faced with the expensive and complicated specter of having to label foods state by state, are instead labelling their product for GM content. Others have banned or plan to ban GM ingredients in their products. It is a crazy world we live in, when governments and multinational companies are compelled to legislate or label in the guise of a warning so consumers can feel protected against something that has no proven risk. Concerted and prolonged efforts to educate the public on genetic modification — its purposes, how it is done and the ways it alters food and food produc-

tion — have failed to satisfy concerns. That doesn’t mean such efforts can or should stop, however. Labelling food that contains or may contain GM ingredients seems contrary to all that science has determined about their safety. And given the pervasive existence of GM ingredients in modern foods, “may contain” could well become the fallback labelling position. That would satisfy few. Let us not forget, either, that those afraid of GM food for whatever reason retain the option of buying organic products. That said, food companies will do what they deem best for their respective bottom lines. But what is the Canadian government’s position on this controversial issue? Asked during the federal election campaign, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he believed in “evidence-based decision making and in the skill and wisdom of Canadian scientists.” He further acknowledged that “some consumers here in Canada and elsewhere are seeking reassurance about the validity of our science and its products” and this should be “addressed on the basis of sound science and transparency.” We are at the point now, sadly, where many consumers do not accept the findings of sound science, nor do they view it as transparent. We urge the federal government to stand upon the weight of scientific opinion if and when it chooses to address GM food labelling.

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We are saying, until the world market catches up, we don’t want to develop something and contaminate ourselves and shoot ourselves in the foot, waiting for the world to catch up. HEATHER KERSCHBAUMER FORAGE SEED CANADA, PAGE 3

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EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT

Feds must take measures to address farm worker shortage CAPITAL LETTERS

KELSEY JOHNSON

shortage of nearly 60,000 farm workers is costing Canadian producers big bucks, a new survey has found. The survey by the Conference Board of Canada for the Canadian Agriculture Human Resource Council determined the ongoing labour crunch cost producers $1.5 billion in lost farm cash receipts in 2014. Seventeen percent of the 1,037 people surveyed said they had put off expansions because of a lack of labour. The labour shortage is expected to balloon to 114,000 jobs by 2025. The survey’s findings do not in-

clude job openings on the processing side. The survey did not distinguish between full-time and part-time jobs, but the Conference Board noted two-thirds of the labour gap occurs in the horticulture industry, with the remainder largely on beef and dairy farms. Full breakdowns by commodity are expected to be released in the next couple of weeks. For those in agriculture, the pervasive lack of labour on Canadian farms and in rural processing plants is a staple conversation topic on coffee row and at farm meetings. It’s also one of the few challenges the sector faces where everyone seems to agree on a proposed solution, a rarity in an industry as complex and diverse . Yet, after more than a year of lobbying, the ongoing labour crunch on Canadian farms hardly registers a blip on Ottawa’s radar. Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuck says she’s met with agriculture stakeholders on the issue. But sources close to the file say a meet-

ing between the minister and CAHRC Labour Taskforce, the lead industry group of the file, has yet to be arranged. This, despite her being one of the keynote speakers at a conference in Winnipeg organized by CAHRC March 16, which members of the task force attended. The minister did take a tour of the Maple Leaf processing plant in Winnipeg on March 18 with members of the Canadian Meat Council, where sources say the ongoing shortages at rural slaughter plants were discussed. The Liberals have granted seasonal processing plants an exemption from the Conservative-im-

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$1.5 billion

posed 10 percent cap on the number of foreign workers a company can hire at one time. The 10 per cent cap takes effect July 1. That exemption is welcomed by seafood processors, where labour shortages had led to lobster being thrown away because it couldn’t be processed fast enough. The seasonal exemption, though, is useless for year-long industries like meat processors, mushroom farms, and apiaries, where significant labour shortages continue and are creeping their way along the supply chain. Last year, the Canadian mushroom industr y identified 574 workers who were affected by the Conservative imposed four-yearin, four-year-out rule — a rule that dealt a $300 million blow to the sector. In its pre-budget report, the House of Commons Finance Committee said the beleaguered Temporary Foreign Worker Program needs reform. The federal government, the committee said, should immedi-

ately address the negative impacts of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program on certain sectors, including livestock and fish processing. The Liberals have promised a review of the TFWP program but haven’t given a start date. With international security threats, a global refugee crisis, slumping oil prices and the country’s economic future all grappling for the Liberal’s attention, the agriculture labour shortage is likely a problem many feel can be put aside. But when an inconspicuous economic engine like Canada’s $8 billion agriculture sector is losing more than a billion dollars a year because it can’t find people to work on the farm, that’s a problem. It is a problem the federal government, in partnership with industry, would be wise to try and fix sooner rather than later. Kelsey Johnson is a reporter with iPolitics, www.ipolitics.ca.

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TRADE DEAL

Hawk poses little threat to grouse

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BY JOE SCHMUTZ

s sage grouse rise and mostly fall, no one wants to be responsible for our failure to sustain them. Some blame the ferruginous hawk. Biologists, ranchers and the oil and gas industry have helped this threatened hawk by erecting pole nests where needed. Are we helping the hawk and hurting the grouse? How would we decide? Between 1975 and 2013, I have studied prey eaten by ferruginous hawks, primarily near Hanna, Alta. Visits to 1,974 nests found 1,645 (91 percent) Richardson’s ground squirrels, 11 (one percent) thirteen-lined ground squirrels, 30 (two percent) white-tailed jackrabbits and 85 (five percent) birds. Also found were one northern pocket gopher, 15 voles or mice, one muskrat and two weasels. Of the 85 birds, 54 percent were grassland songbirds including meadowlarks. The remaining 46 percent included ducks, gulls, one adult sharp-tailed grouse and one short-eared owl. Visits to 14 nests in sage grouse country found four Richardson’s ground squirrels. As a result, no major concern was found for the sage grouse. Species protection is practised worldwide, and much has been learned. For example, just because an animal has a hooked beak or canine teeth does not mean it automatically causes the permanent decline of its prey.

A young ferruginous hawk peers out of its nest. A pair of ferruginous hawks and their young will consume an estimated 480 ground squirrels during their spring to fall residency on the Prairies. | JOE SCHMUTZ PHOTO Those who work in species protection suggest that predator control may be warranted in special cases, but more integrated management options should be devised to heal the entire system, including predators. No nation has a treasury large enough to pay people for partial predator or habitat benefits year after year. Mother Nature can be creative if we work with the natural system and not against it. More often than not, what is good for Mother Nature is also good for us. When ecologists coined the idea of a “predator cascade,” they referred to large predators depressing outbreaks of medium-sized predators and those in turn de-

pressing small predator. In other words, predators can balance themselves. In choosing a conservation path for the sage grouse, is it realistic to expect the silver sage grasslands to function today as they did when First Nations knew them or settlers first saw them? Or, is the ecosystem sufficiently altered so that instead of restoring what once was, a different state should be considered if it is equally functional and stable on its own. If the original prairie ecosystem is gone, what do we have instead? The full predator cascade with prairie wolf and grizzly are gone, to the coyotes’ relief. We also help predators avoid winter starvation.

Where there is livestock there is dead stock. Hunters leave gut piles, and roads cause road kills. Rural elders describe snow drifts reaching the telephone wires, but today’s drifts can rarely flood sage flats when snow melts. Similarly, the days when a horse could be watered at springs dotting the countryside are also gone. Sage grouse depend on sage plants for food and escape cover, but unlikely as it seems, silver sage is half aquatic and was greatly enriched by those floods. Nowhere in the world are there more capable ranchers, range ecologists and conservation biologists than on the Prairies. Nor are there more passionate naturalists. A 2013 survey of 801 Saskatchewan residents found that 98.3 percent felt that the conservation of native prairie is “at least somewhat important.” Those surveyed were well aware of the multiple benefits our prairie provides, including its wildlife. All sectors need to be at the table for a lasting solution for sage grouse. The U.S. Sage Grouse Initiative at www.sagegrouseinitiative.com provides an example, and we also had our own in the former Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration. Maybe Ian Tyson is right when he sings “the West ain’t never gonna die, just as long as you can fly.” Joe Schmutz is a former professor at the University of Saskatchewan and has carried out ecological consulting work since 1982.

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BRIAN MACLEOD EDITOR

eaders may have noticed the arresting illustration on the front page of last week’s Western Producer, leading off our three-part series on the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement, CETA, between Canada and the European Union. It was a striking image. Reporters from across Glacier FarmMedia, which owns The Western Producer, worked on the project. Art director Michelle Houlden came up with the idea to illustrate what our writers found: that the deal offers opportunities, but some believe dangers to Canadian markets lurk beneath — deeper in the text. In illustrating those concepts, Michelle went with an old galleon flying the red and white Maple Leaf flag, which signified Canada’s trade markets, sailing toward a small tropical Island, which depicted the tempting appeal of CETA. (I’m assuming there are barrels of Austrian Stroh rum on the island.)

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lmost all of us suffer from a condition called confirmation bias. This is the tendency to search for, interpret, favour and recall information in a way that confirms one’s beliefs, while giving disproportionately less consideration to alternative possibilities. For instance, I don’t follow a bunch of mommy bloggers railing against genetically modified food or food bloggers extolling the virtues of unpasteurized milk. In the same vein, those folks probably don’t want to hear what scientists or farmers say. Agriculture has many initiatives underway to tell our side of the food story, and while these efforts are all laudable, the critical flaw is

confirmation bias. People don’t seek out opinions that disagree with what they already believe. You can produce the best documentary or the best article in the world about the benefits and safety of, for instance, GM food, but you’ll be preaching largely to the converted. The people who take the time to consider what you present will primarily be those who already agree. Yes, we should reach out to the consuming public, and yes, agriculture needs to tell its story, but we need to be realistic about how difficult it is to change attitudes that have already become ingrained. Of course, public opinion can and does change. For evidence, you have to look no further than the federal election results. Even Albertans can elect a different stripe of government once every four decades. Still, it takes a lot to convince hard core party supporters of any stripe to change their allegiance. In the current Saskatchewan election, most of what you hear is from either the Saskatchewan Party or the NDP. There is only a remote

possibility that the Progressive Conservative, Liberal or Green parties will elect a single member. Still, it’s interesting to hear ideas from other parties, and for that reason they can fulfill a useful function in the democratic process. Some level of confirmation bias is valuable. Our new federal agriculture minister, Lawrence MacAulay, seems like a nice guy, but several months into his job he appears to have few opinions and almost no agenda. Eventually, he’ll need to make some decisions, even though you can never please everyone. MacAulay’s approach thus far is in stark contrast to the former agriculture minister, Gerry Ritz. While he wasn’t universally liked, Ritz worked toward clear objectives. On some topics, such as the Canadian Wheat Board, his mind was made up and he didn’t bother to listen to other views. On other topics, such as railway performance during the grain movement backlog, he demonstrated the ability to change his viewpoint. As farmers, our production deci-

sions are greatly influenced by confirmation bias. One example is equipment brand loyalty. Price, reliability, dealer service, parts availability and resale value should all be part of the equation when deciding what colour of tractors and combines to run. Some producers, however, become so brand loyal that they’ll never switch. On the other side of the coin, you can’t be changing all your production practices on a whim. Having some confirmation bias toward the practices that have been serving you well is warranted and valuable. A plethora of new products and approaches are thrust upon us every growing season. While following the newest shiny thing is usually a formula for disaster, keeping your eyes open to new possibilities can help a business evolve. A little bit of confirmation bias is normal, even healthy; too much can be a problem. Kevin Hursh is an agricultural journalist, consultant and farmer. He can be reached by e-mail at kevin@hursh.ca.

Underneath the island lurked a giant octopus the same colour as the surrounding water, signifying possible hidden dangers should the anchor dropped from the galleon hook one of the big cephalopod’s tentacles. I was hesitant at first, because the natural agricultural reference wasn’t there, but the metaphor was so well done that I was convinced of its merits. We do strive to offer some surprises now and then for our readers, and here’s hoping you enjoyed that one. * * * * We bid adieu to our longtime reporter Mary MacArthur, who ran our bureau out of Camrose, Alta., for the last 17 years. Mary has moved on to greener pastures, as it were, with the Alberta government. In her 24 years at The Western Producer, Mary brought her boundless energy and knowledge of farming and the Peace country to the readers of these pages. If you read about Alberta’s Bill 6 recently, or followed it on social media, you no doubt encountered Mary’s efforts. We wish Mary well in her new endeavour. brian.macleod@producer.com

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still occurred, the impacts on downstream communities and other producers would be the same. We now know, based on the most contemporary science, that wetland drainage contributes in a significant way to downstream flooding. John Pomeroy, chair of Centre for Hydrology at the University of Saskatchewan, is a leading expert on the topic. Pomeroy’s research conducted in east-central Saskatchewan demonstrated that the wetland drainage that occurred there increased the 2011 flood peak by 32 percent and the yearly stream flow volume by 29 percent. And more recent work by Pomeroy suggests that the negative

Response to “Much ado about drainage” (WP, March 3). It is important to make a number of key points about the impacts of drainage as work on new drainage regulations in Saskatchewan moves forward. First, the article highlighted that there has been substantial unauthorized drainage across Saskatchewan — between 100,000 and 150,000 quarter sections with unapproved drainage works. While breaking the law is problematic, the key point is that if all that drainage had been vetted through an approval process and

...wetland drainage contributes in a significant way to downstream flooding. SCOTT STEPHENS

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The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association appears to be trying to make their claim as a farm group by having their annual convention in New Orleans, Louisiana. More likely a tax deduction holiday than anything else. One has to wonder why this one trick group (kill the Canadian Wheat Board) needs to exist anymore. The single desk CWB is gone, aided by the corporate donations to the WCWGA and the hundreds of thousands of dollars of research money the previous federal government gave them. Farmers now get to face the grain trade head on individually and without the market research the CWB used to provide. Farmers now have the “freedom” to deal with middlemen who now gleefully take what we used to get through the single-desk while the grain companies provide no price transparency. Producers have lost billions of dollars of revenue in the last few years due to the loss of the CWB and the excessive basis values the grain companies charged, and they will lose billions more this year as grain is sold in U.S. dollars, yet our price in Canadian dollars has not changed for the better. The hard assets we paid for, like CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

NEWS » CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE the hopper cars, the building in Winnipeg, the two laker ships and farmers insight/control into the grain industry are all gone with the loss of the CWB. It’s a national disgrace anyone can call the one trick WCWGA a farm group. Its sole purpose, when they were not working for the railroads, was to destroy the farmer controlled CWB and replace it with nothing. Its corporate party in New Orleans is a slap in the face to all western Canadian farmers, not to mention the taxpayers of Canada. Eric Sagan, Melville, Sask.

MONEY WASTED To the Editor: Can taxpayers afford another four years of gross money mismanagement from Brad Wall and the Saskatchewan Party? The Lean initiative, the carbon capture failure, the Smart Meters, P3 schools and the Regina bypass. What’s next? Catering to outside interests seems to be the focus of this government, instead of the lifelong taxpayers of Saskatchewan. Kind of ironic that a party named for our province, and thrust into power by rural residents, forgets where it came from and does nothing for the overall well being of Saskatchewan and its residents. Wasted billions on multiple pet projects, sending billions out of the province on P3 projects so that it doesn’t have to count it as “debt” on the fiscal report card, paying certain landowners hefty prices for lands while leaving Saskatchewan homesteads in shambles for mere pennies on the dollar of its true value. Can we afford another four years of this? I know I can’t. Donald Neuls Coppersands, Sask.

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t’s been weeks since Loblaws pulled French’s ketchup from its shelves and then backtracked after taking a social media battering. However, Canadians continue to post selfies on social media proudly holding the ketchups that say “support Canadian farmers.”

Leave it to social media to wrap a Canadian flag around an American company and turn French’s into Canada’s ketchup. Tomato producers in Leamington, Ont., do rely on the Highbury Canco facility that French’s contracts to produce its ketchup. However, Loblaws is a Canadian company and its house brand, President’s Choice, has an excellent track record of supporting Canadian farmers. Most of the ingredients in President Choice products, including ketchup, are sourced in Canada, Sylvain Charlebois, professor of food distribution and policy at the University of Guelph, said in a recent CBC interview. The social media tide may have

gone Loblaws’ way if it had been s t ro n g e r o u t o f t h e gat e a n d described its Canadian roots. Loblaws said it pulled French’s ketchup because it wasn’t selling, which brings up an interesting aspect of this affair. Trade deals such as the North American Free Trade Agreement allows companies to buy ingredients and process their products wherever they want within the trade zone. However, consumers are able to use their individual purchasing decisions to support any company they want. Calls to buy locally produced goods to support local economies has largely fallen on deaf ears, ever

since cheaper foreign goods landed on local shelves. However, the buy-local movement has a powerful new tool in social media, which provides the mechanism to prop up local companies by co-ordinating the purchasing power of its users. Social media can make large companies tread lightly, but it remains to be seen how much social media will actually help local companies compete with large foreign and international companies. In the meantime, it will be interesting to see if “Canada’s ketchup” increases its market share in Canada. robin.booker@producer.com

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To The Editor: Re: “Producer meeting calls for return of Canadian Wheat Board (WP, Feb. 18). Kyle Korneychuk and a handful of others want the CWB reinstated. He cites a study by Richard Gray comparing crop returns from then and now. I don’t think his figures have much credibility. Ken Sigurdson received 90 percent of the port price when the CWB was in place? I can’t remember ever receiving more than two-thirds of the port price for my production, and had to wait for over a year for much of it. The wheat board supporters are comparing the port price under the CWB to the elevator price now. You can pluck figures out of the air to prove anything you wish; that does not make it so. The old producers who want the CWB back are responsible for less than 10 percent of production. Ask the producers who account for more 90 percent of production what they think about reviving the CWB. Roger Brandl Fort St. John, B.C.

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SASKATCHEWAN ELECTION

Sask. Party aims to hang on to rural seats NDP targets business management programs, water management and conservation, and grain transportation BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

The Saskatchewan Party bills itself as the party of rural Saskatchewan with good reason. Since forming government in 2007, it has held every rural seat and could do so again after the April 4 election. At the recent Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities convention, leader Brad Wall received a standing ovation after appealing to the “basic character, the basic goodness of our province” and “the values that are very

much a part of our identity” that he sees in rural Saskatchewan. NDP leader Cam Broten received polite applause for admitting past NDP government mistakes. The most recent polls show while the Sask. Party is at 46.4 percent in Regina and 55.1 percent in Saskatoon, it holds 59.2 percent support in rural areas. Those polls show the NDP at 40.5 percent in Regina, 37.1 percent in Saskatoon and 28 percent in rural areas. Both parties released their platforms last week. While many of the promises, such as infrastructure

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spending, affect rural residents, the Sask. Party offered nothing specific for farm voters. The NDP, however,

presented a list of measures to strengthen the agricultural sector. Lyle Stewart, agriculture minister in the Sask. Party government, is seeking re-election in the redrawn boundary of Lumsden-Morse. “As far as ag goes, we generally try to let the industry lead. There’s been no hue and cry for new ag programs. We’ll just continue to be supportive of the industry,” he said. The NDP platform includes pledges to improve business risk management programs, implement a comprehensive water management and conservation strate-

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gy, improve grain transportation through a number of measures and protect producers’ rights. An NDP government would require grain companies to have clear contracts that identify price, delivery location, payment terms and a resolution process, its platform said. It would also establish weekly inputs and grain price reports and review the allocation of producer cars. The NDP also would modernize surface rights legislation, establish a Farmers’ Advocate Office, cancel the Crown land sale program that includes punitive rents for those who don’t buy it, and work with Ottawa to stop the federal pasture transition and re-open the tree nursery at Indian Head. Local producers would supply food for health, education and correctional facilities, the document said. The Sask. Party, meanwhile, is running on its record, offering six new platform expenditure commitments and none of them directly aimed at agriculture. Its platform listed increasing exports, a $388 million investment over five years to Growing Forward 2, and reducing education tax on agricultural land by 80 percent among its agricultural accomplishments. It promised to reduce red tape so that home-based food businesses could prepare low-risk foods such as cookies and bread at home and sell directly to coffee shops and other outlets. Wa l l ha d s a i d t h e p l at f o r m wouldn’t contain many promises or cost a lot, given the lack of revenue from the energy sector. The new commitments are projected to cost $105 million over four years. Meanwhile, the Green Party of Saskatchewan promises an expanded crop insurance program to cover losses due to contamination from genetically modified crops and tornado insurance for property damage on a farm. It would launch an agricultural transportation strategy, replace the surface rights arbitration board with a fair compensation board, and create a ministry of rural revitalization to oversee projects such as expanded high speed internet access in rural areas. The PC Party of Saskatchewan would also implement an improved crop insurance program including measures to compensate farmers who store water on their land, break-even payments on lost crops and a crown purchase program for land in the Quill Lakes basin that is now permanently flooded. It also proposes a 10-year transpor tation strategy w ith improved short-line rail. The PC Party has long been vocal about the province’s farmland ownership laws and proposes a restructured farmland security board. The Saskatchewan Liberals’ lone reference to farming comes in its promise to provide low interest loan guarantees for farmers to build wind power or solar generation facilities on their land. karen.briere@producer.com

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MANITOBA ELECTION

Young farmer chooses Liberals He believes party’s moderation is attractive This is the first in a series of stories about farmers who are becoming directly involved in the Manitoba election. BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

HUDSON, Man. — Jamal Abas doesn’t mind shocking people if he does it in what he thinks is a good cause. And that’s what he did a few months ago when he chatted with farmers outside his uncle’s store near the family farm in Manitoba’s Interlake region. He told them he was running for elected office in the upcoming Manitoba provincial election, and he was running as a Liberal. “They all seemed supportive, but they were all very shocked,” said Abas, a 25-year-old who farms with his family on an Interlake cow-calf operation. “’Jamal, why are you running as a Liberal? You should be running as a Conservative.” Fighting against the idea that the Progressive Conservative party is the “farmer’s party” might be as much a struggle for Abas as fighting the power of incumbency held by the present NDP MLA. But Abas, who has been campaigning whenever he can squeeze time away from helping with calving the farm’s 180 cows, thinks Liberal moderation might find support in what he thinks is an inherently moderate area. “This election is all about balance,” he said as he sat at his kitchen table while other family members buzzed around the farm, which also grows canola, wheat, oats and barley. Jamal is pushing the idea that a Liberal government would provide critical infrastructure funding that local people need to combat chronic flooding problems but not drown Manitoba with a provincial government that is too big. He’s also been arguing that the PCs might cut taxes too aggressively, robbing the government of the money it will need to fix the Interlake’s flooding problems. Jamal’s father, Boyd, is a longtime municipal councillor with the Rural Municipality of Fisher, but didn’t immediately embrace Jamal’s political ambitions. “Initially I tried in a nice way to divert the idea,” said Boyd, who sees politics as a tough occupation. “ Bu t h e s e e m e d t o w a nt t o embrace it.” He now seems proud of what his son is doing. The Abas family doesn’t shy from challenges. Jamal’s great-grandparents moved to the Interlake in 1913 from Minnesota, where Jamal’s great-grandfather had been working as a travelling salesman after immigrating to the United States from what is now Lebanon. Four generations on, the farm is busy and the family active around the community. The Interlake has been badly affected by flooding in recent

years. Lake Manitoba’s problems continue, the Shoal Lakes situation is growing worse and the terrible saturation around Arborg has repeatedly damaged farms. That’s what Abas hopes he can offer in the election: practical solutions. “It is always people over politics,” he said before putting on his hat and driving over to the calving facilities a few kilometres away to check on the herd. ed.white@producer.com

Jamal Abas, a young cattle producer from Manitoba’s Interlake region, raised eyebrows when he announced he was running as a Liberal in this election. | ED WHITE PHOTO

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EGG PRODUCTION

Retailers pre-empt producers’ egg strategy Egg Producers of Canada hoped for 50 percent cage free by 2024, but grocery stores now want it all cage free by 2025 BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

Major Canadian retailers have hijacked Egg Farmers of Canada’s transition plans for raising fewer hens in cages. The producer organization released plans in February that aimed to produce 50 percent of eggs in alternative housing by 2024. However, Walmart, Loblaws, Sobeys and other grocers announced last week that they would buy only cage-free eggs by the end of 2025. The Retail Council of Canada,

which made the cage free commitment March 18, said grocers have been thinking about a cage-free policy for a while. “There have been significant discussions over the last several months among producers, processors, the scientific community and consumers regarding the best approach for raising hens,” said David Wilkes, the retail council’s senior vice-president of government relations and grocery division. The retailers’ commitment isn’t set in stone because Canadian egg farmers may struggle to satisfy the cage-free pledge by 2025.

Nonetheless, the decision has thrown a wrench into producers’ plans. Ninety percent of Canadian eggs are now produced from caged hens, and the egg farmers group said last month that the industry will stop building new barns with conventional, caged housing for hens. It said farmers would shift egg production to enriched housing, free run or free range. “All production would be in enriched housing, free-run, aviary or free-range by 2036, assuming the current market conditions prevail,” the group said. The transition plan obviously

didn’t satisfy Canadian grocers, given their new commitment to cage-free eggs. A n E g g Fa r m e r s o f C a n a d a spokesperson said the organization was not giving media interviews on the cage-free announcement. Instead, it issued a post on the Egg Farmers website, which didn’t mention cage-free eggs. “Research shows that the systems used to produce eggs all have tradeoffs across a host of sustainability factors including animal health and well-being, environment, food safety, worker health and safety and food affordability,” the post said.

“Our industry transition plan considers the growing body of scientific evidence pointing to the benefits of enriched housing, which allows hens to exhibit specific behaviours (such as) perching, scratching, foraging, dust bathing and nesting.” The producer group and the retail council made their announcements while the National Farm Animal Care Council works on recommendations for a new code of practice for layer hens. Both organizations said they still support that process. robert.arnason@producer.com BEEF QUALITY

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Research teams evaluate beef carcasses in packing plants every five years, looking for flaws that result in waste and added cost. Computerized camera systems and X-rays may make the job easier. A federal grant of more than $1 million will be used to test how computer vision systems could make it easier to assess examinations of bruises and lean yield. For example, a camera could be trained to measure bruises and issue daily reports on carcass quality rather than making people do it, said Mark Klassen of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. The equipment is being tested at Agriculture Canada’s research centre in Lacombe, Alta. “We are getting to the point with computer vision equipment that the sophistication of the measurements we can make and the quality of those measurements keeps getting better and better,” he said. Detecting injection site injuries is harder because the scarring may be internal, which the camera cannot see. However, the camera would see lesions and scars on the outside of the carcass, and a report could be made. The research could also result in a new grading system for mature animals. Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry could scan an entire carcass rather than requiring a grader to look at the rib eye. The system can analyze the ratio of muscle and bones and provide a better assessment of lean meat yield. “My hope would be that in the long run, this can replace the human assessment of cow grades that we currently do,” Klassen said. The system is costly but could become the new standard in large facilities. “We want to replace the cow grading system in plants that can afford to buy this kind of equipment,” he said. The system does not assess maturity, but the beef industry is looking at other projects to assess the vertebral column to better judge age. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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CROP DISEASE

Rethink rotations or expect blackleg: expert Specialist says producers should plan for an eight-year rotation to reduce clubroot risk and herbicide resistant weeds BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

For years, canola-wheat-canolawheat has been the dominant crop rotation in many parts of Western Canada. Many producers like the ease and profitability of the system, but the pendulum is beginning to swing away from that simplistic rotation, say industry agronomists. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Guys are realizing that with canola-wheat-canola-wheat, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not making the money (they used to)â&#x20AC;Ś and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing more disease issues, which (is) very frustrating for farmers,â&#x20AC;? said Anastasia Kubinec, Manitoba Agriculture oilseed specialist. Kubinec, who spoke earlier this month in Brandon at CanoLab, a Canola Council of Canada educational workshop, said producers should think about and plan for an eight-year rotation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;More and more (farmers) are moving into that because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re thinking about herbicide resistant weeds and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re thinking about the potential for clubroot.â&#x20AC;? Producers are also thinking about the time and cost of spraying crops and considering complex rotations as a way to manage disease. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blackleg is a way bigger issue than clubroot in Manitoba. And it (blackleg) is tied to crop rotation,â&#x20AC;? Kubinec said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The tighter your canola rotation youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have more blackleg. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just automatic.â&#x20AC;? A percentage of farmers may be thinking about disease and herbicide resistance when planning their crop rotations into the future, but many others focus on the bottom line. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Its all economics driven,â&#x20AC;? said Kent McKay, co-manager of Double Diamond Farm Supply in Boissevain, Man., who attended CanoLab. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If there is good money in a simple rotation thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how it will go. If

there isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when the rotation will get more diverse.â&#x20AC;? Farmers, agronomists and industry representatives at the Brandon event broke into small groups in Kubinecâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s session, then devised an eight-year rotation for a specific geography and agronomic challenge within Manitoba. They eventually worked together to create a hypothetical eight-year rotation Rachel Evans, Flax Council of Canada extension agronomist, collaborated with Kubinec on the crop rotation exercise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been invited by the Canola Council to be hereâ&#x20AC;Ś because flax

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has a place in canola rotations,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is absolutely a place for flax in your canola rotation. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so good at breaking up disease pressure.â&#x20AC;?

Kubinec agreed. Flax shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t follow canola because the oilseed needs a healthy population of mycorrhizal fungi in the soil, but canola and flax do have synergies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you go back to the 80s before canola became the massive crop (it now is), guys were putting canola in their crop rotation to break up the flax,â&#x20AC;? Kubinec said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They had too much flax in their rotation and they were seeing issues with pasmo.â&#x20AC;? An eight-year rotation shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be etched into stone, as prices affect year-to-year decisions. But devising a long-term plan may pro-

vide a balance between profitability and agronomy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it is a good idea to have a plan. (But) it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the end of the world if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily follow it,â&#x20AC;? said Angela Brackenreed, Canola Council agronomist in Manitoba. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But at least sit down and think about the issues that could arise with different rotationsâ&#x20AC;Ś. If the price of peas all of a sudden look really good, then youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve thought about the (agronomic) issues that could be there and know where it might not work.â&#x20AC;? robert.arnason@producer.com

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Hands-on not part of RM council job Councillors are urged to be leaders and leave the day-to-day operations to employees BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Councillors are supposed to be leaders, not managers, delegates to the recent Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities annual convention were told. “Nowhere (in legislation) will you find the statement that says councils are elected to manage,” local government expert George Cuff told them. He described a meeting of a “culvert committee,” in which it took the entire council and the public works foreman to view a plugged culvert and decide that the best course of

action was to, yes, unplug it. He told them they don’t need to be involved in “administrivia.” “Your task is to lead and ensure the survivability of your community,” he said. “Your mandate is to govern as a whole, not individually … to work collegially with other members of council. “So often it seems to me that we’re locked into this mind set that our job is to manage the municipality.” Cuff is a former mayor of Spruce Grove, Alta., and former president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. He encouraged RMs to work

together more to enhance communities. He said it is “ludicrous” that municipalities don’t do a better job of sharing public works equipment, administration and recreation facilities. Councilors should ask After council meetings how their decisions helped the community. “Otherwise, you’re simply filling the seat,” Cuff said. He said rural municipal councils used to focus on public works and some fire and emergency services, but social, recreational and cultural services are increasingly in demand, particularly from younger residents.

Cuff said councils need broad, conceptual thinkers who can provide the leadership to keep communities alive. “Leadership is not approving the accounts payable,” he said. Your administrator can do that. Leadership is talking about where else do we want to position this community.” He encouraged councils to set goals and keep in touch with what the citizens want. He said active, updated websites are critical, so the flow of information goes both ways. karen.briere@producer.com

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TECHNOLOGY

Biotech firms work together BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — New biotechnology innovations are so expensive and face so many regulatory challenges that even the giant developers need to work together to get them done. “We need to work more as a collective in how to move,” biotechnology developer Steven Webb of Dow AgroSciences told the Canola Council of Canada’s annual convention in San Diego. Webb said canola innovations face challenges because of crop is “medium-sized.” A new agricultural technology tends to take 10 to 13 years and $140 to $240 million to develop, while new chemicals take 10 years and $236 million and new crop traits take 13 years and $150 million. That’s a lot of money, time and commitment, especially with the risks of failure, Webb said. He said companies are spreading out the risk and making complicated developments more feasible by collaborating with public sector researchers, smaller and larger private sector companies, end users and others who can help develop part of a new product system. “These relationships are productive when they are collaborative,” said Webb. “Open and frequent communications” are key to keeping players happy. He said people must build trust with partners so that long-term, multi-product relationships can develop. Webb said agriculture biotech companies could probably learn a lot from the pharmaceutical industry, especially in avoiding “late stage failures,” in which a product is abandoned after years of development “after I’ve spent $50, $60 million to get a product down a path.” The pressures on biotech companies can be seen in the mega mergers of the past couple of years, as well as the inter-company and public-private collaborations that tackle product development. ed.white@producer.com

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FARMLIVING

LOOK TO LAMB FOR EASTER Breed has much to do with getting a tender dish of lamb on the Easter supper table. TEAM columnist Sarah Galvin provides tips and recipes for celebrating with family and friends this week. | Page 20

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SASKATCHEWAN EDUCATION

Officials see benefit to division changes Fewer divisions allow a wider range of courses BY CHRISTALEE FROESE FREELANCE WRITER

Ontario breeder Shannon Carter holds Rae, her French angora rabbit, at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto. |

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RABBIT IN RESIDENCE

Cute, comical but care required

In 2006, Alanna Kotylak was in kindergarten learning to tie her shoes and print when the Saskatchewan government was busy restructuring her school division. She would go from being one of 3,000 kids in her district to one of approximately 8,000. The then NDP government’s decision to create 14 school divisions out of 71 in 2006 received mixed reviews at the time. Ten years later, the larger divisions are still receiving some criticism but the amalgamation is generally thought of as a transition that was necessary. “The amalgamation process was inevitable because you needed to find better ways of delivering services than we had in our tiny school divisions,” said Ben Grebinski, the current director of education for the Prairie Valley School Division that serves 8,100 students and covers 27,798 square kilometres.

Bunnies are good pets, but potential owners need to understand their unique characteristics BY ROSALIE TENNISON FREELANCE WRITER

TORONTO — Shannon Carter’s advice on rabbit ownership is simple. “Buy a rabbit because of what you know about the animal and not because of what you feel about it,” says the breeder of French and Satin angora rabbits near Cambridge, Ont. Until parents have done some research into rabbit care, they should probably stick to the chocolate version for the Easter’s basket. “It’s not a good plan to get a rabbit around a busy holiday, such as Easter, because there may be a lot going on with big meals and family gathering,” says Carter. The rabbit could get ignored or over played with and it would be better to let it have some quiet weeks to get used to the family before it is introduced to a larger group. Baby animals such as bunnies, puppies and kittens that are acquired for special occasions are often dropped off at shelters or offered free on internet sites later

on when the real job of pet ownership becomes apparent. “Rabbits make good pets, but you need to pick your breed wisely,” says Carter. A rabbit’s temperament is not known until they go through puberty. “Therefore, it’s better to buy a sixmonth-old rabbit when its temperament is set,” she says. Carter suggests researching breeds before buying because the attractive and popular miniature breeds tend to have attitude while the larger breeds are more docile. It’s also important to understand that rabbits will not be a pet like a cat or a dog. Rabbits are prey animals so they tend to have a flight reaction to strange situations, rough handling or frightening sounds. Don’t give a rabbit to small children unless you are prepared to supervise their interaction with the animal. Their claws do not retract so if they become panic stricken, they could scratch. Angora rabbit breeder Dianne Fitzmaurice of Gimli, Man., says

rabbits need attention and exercise. “But they need to be played with and you need to learn their form of communication because they don’t meow or bark.” Fitzmaurice says there are 4-H rabbit clubs and agility competitions, called rabbit hopping, which are slowly being organized in Canada. Rabbits can live from five to 12 years, with the smaller breeds living the longest. Litters can be as many as 13 so finding homes for them all will be challenging for owners. Rabbits need regular full grooming, especially fluffy ones like the angoras. “There are many long-term benefits to rabbit ownership, but do your research and buy from a breeder so you know what you are getting,” says Fitzmaurice. Both Carter and Fitzmaurice are diehard rabbit lovers who recommend rabbits as pets. They say they are intelligent and entertaining and can teach children the commitment of pet ownership.

THE GOOD, BAD AND UGLY Pros of owning a rabbit: • They are quiet, clean animals. • No vaccinations are required so vet bills are low. • They are cheap to feed. • They can teach children to be thoughtful and careful because rabbits will not put up with rough play. Cons: • Rabbits are not good pets for nervous children because they sense the emotion and will look for a way to escape. • They need regular interaction and exercise. • If you are allergic to cats, you will be allergic to rabbits. • They need grooming, especially fluffy rabbits. • They like to chew — furniture, electrical cords, books, toys. • Some bucks spray urine to mark their territory.

BEN GREBINSKI PRAIRIE VALLEY SCHOOL DIVISION

Grebinski said the PVSD, which consists of 39 schools in 32 communities in southeastern Saskatchewan, is able to offer students a wider range of class choices and student services than the smaller divisions could. “From an education perspective, we have higher quality of programming now than before,” said Grebinski, citing satellite-delivered high school programs like calculus and centralized courses like commercial cooking and horticulture where students are bussed to one location. Janet Kotylak sat on the Montmartre board of trustees when the larger PVSD was created. She was elected to the inaugural PVSD board of directors in 2006, the same year her child, Alanna, started kindergarten. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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LAMB PREPARATION

A twist on the ordinary — serve lamb for Easter DONE LIKE DINNER

TEAM RESOURCES

Doneness is best judged by using a meat thermometer. • Rare: 140 F (60 C) • Medium rare: 140-149 F (60-65 C) • Medium: 149-158 F (65-70 C)

SARAH GALVIN, BSHEc

• Medium well: 158 F (70 C) • Well done: 167 F (75 C)

he size, weight and flavour of lamb are determined by the animal’s breed, not age. The breeds vary greatly in frame, height, weight and muscle development. The health and feeding program will make another significant difference to the weight. An ideal market weight for live lamb is around 125 pounds (57 kg). That would yield approximately 60–70 pounds (27-30 kg), cut and packaged. Lamb cuts are different from beef because they are tender and can be cooked using dry heat. Steaks are cut from the loin and sirloin, while the rib can be cut as a rack, crown roast or chops. The shoulder is usually roasted and can be with or without the bone but can also be cooked with moist heat. The toughest cuts come from the neck, breast, flank and shanks so moist heat cooking methods are recommended. Neck bones are good for stewing, shanks are braised whole and the breast and flank are often turned into ground lamb or stewing meat. The leg, which is the back leg, is usually roasted and can be served bone in or butterflied where the bone is removed and the meat is tied.

LEG OF LAMB There is nothing complicated about preparing a roast leg of lamb. Cut a few slits in the top and stuff them with peeled cloves of garlic. Rub the leg with olive oil and season the top with sea salt, coarsely ground black pepper and dried or fresh rosemary leaves. Cook fat side up at 350 F (180 C) for about 30 minutes per pound or until a heat thermometer in the thickest CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE

JANET KOTYLAK MONTMARTRE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Kotylak has witnessed the transformation of the role of school board members to being elected board members who deal with setting the division’s overall direction from being hands-on volunteers who hired teachers and established bus routes. “My role has changed dramatically to more of the governance, monitoring role whereas before trustees did things like went up and checked on roofs,” she said. “It was how it was at the time, but now in hindsight, our role in gover-

Roast shoulder of lamb with rosemary and garlic will be a hit with Easter Sunday guests. | SARAH GALVIN PHOTO part of the bone in roast registers 145 F (63 C) for medium rare. Be sure not to put the thermometer near the bone for an accurate reading. The temperature will continue to rise after the meat is removed from the oven so judge accordingly. Potatoes and carrots can be added to the pan during roasting. Toss them in olive oil and season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.

PASTITSIO OR GREEK STYLE LASAGNA Layers of tubular pasta, meat sauce and bechamel sauce are baked in the oven until golden. Serve with green vegetables and a crisp salad. 1 medium 1 tbsp. 1 large 1 lb. 2 c. 2 1/2 tsp. 1/2 tsp. 1/4 tsp. 1/8 tsp. 1/4 c. 1/4 c. 3 c.

onion, finely chopped olive oil 15 mL clove of garlic, minced ground lamb 500 g homemade 500 mL tomato sauce thyme sprigs ground cinnamon 2 mL ground allspice 2 mL grated nutmeg 1 mL ground cloves 0.5 mL unsalted butter 60 mL all purpose flour 60 mL whole milk 750 mL

nance is better because we hire professionals to monitor staff and manage facilities which, ultimately, should get us better results.” Kotylak believes rural school students are better served by the larger divisions but said funding inequalities have resulted in rural schools getting the short end of the stick. “The new funding formula in 2012 meant that our division alone had its annual budget cut by 11 percent, or 9.7 million,” she said. “That’s substantial and it has meant that teacher-student ratios are affected and teachers have more pressure than ever to meet the needs of all students.” Don Morgan, Saskatchewan’s minister of education, said that an independent review of the K-12 funding formula is currently underway but won’t be completed in time to affect the upcoming school budgets. “There are still issues and we’re still working on those issues. Once this is done, it will be an ongoing process to recognize the uniqueness of rural Saskatchewan.”

1/4 tsp. grated nutmeg 1 mL 1/2 c. Parmigiano125 mL Reggiano cheese, grated 2 large egg yolks 2 tsp. salt 10 mL 1 lb. ziti, penne or 500 g other tubular pasta 1/4 c. Parmigiano60 mL Reggiano cheese,grated Make the meat sauce by sauteing onions in oil in a 12-inch (30 cm) heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring frequently, until softened, about seven minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring, one minute. Increase heat to high, and then stir in lamb and cook, stirring occasionally and breaking up any lumps with a fork, until meat starts to brown, about 15 minutes. Pour off excess fat from skillet, stir in tomato sauce, thyme, spices and one teaspoon (5 mL) salt. Simmer over low heat, partially covered, until some liquid has evaporated but sauce is still moist, about 40 minutes. Discard thyme. Make bechamel sauce while meat sauce simmers. Melt butter in a heavy medium sized pot over medium heat. Whisk in flour and cook, whisking frequently, until pale golden, about six minutes. Meanwhile, heat milk in a heavy medium saucepan until just about

to boil. Add milk to roux in a stream, whisking constantly until very smooth. Bring sauce to a boil over medium heat, whisking, and cook, whisking, one minute. Remove from heat and stir in nutmeg, cheese and one teaspoon (5 mL) salt. Lightly beat yolks. Gradually whisk in two cups (500 mL) bechamel, then whisk yolk mixture into remaining bechamel in saucepan. Cover with a round of buttered wax paper (buttered side down). Preheat oven to 375 F (190 C) with rack in middle. Cook pasta in boiling salted water (3 tbsp. salt for 6 qt. water/45 mL for 1.5 L) until al dente or still chewy. Drain pasta. Transfer to a large bowl and stir in one cup (250 mL) bechamel sauce. Arrange one third of pasta in one layer in a nine x 11 inch (22 x 27 cm) baking pan. Add half of meat sauce, spreading evenly over pasta. Make another layer of pasta and top with remaining meat sauce, then arrange remaining pasta on top. Spread remaining bechamel evenly over top layer of pasta. Sprinkle with more grated cheese. Bake until golden brown and sauce is bubbling, about 45 minutes.

This recipe multiplies easily for larger groups. Make as many as required and keep warm in a 200 F oven or covered on top of the stove. Preheat oven to 500 F (260 C). Rub the rack with the oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place lamb, meat side down, on a rack in a roasting pan in the upper third of the oven until browned, eight to 10 minutes. Meanwhile, combine parsley, garlic, breadcrumbs and lemon zest. Turn the rack meat side up and pat the parsley mixture evenly over top. Drizzle with butter and return to oven and roast five minutes more for rare meat. Carve and serve immediately with oven roasted root vegetables. Several racks can be roasted at the same time to feed a larger group. Each rack serves two. Source: Adapted from The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook.

Sarah Galvin is a home economist, teacher and farmers’ market vendor at Swift Current, Sask., and a member of Team Resources. She writes a blog at allourfingersinthepie.blogspot.ca. Contact: team@producer.com.

RACK OF LAMB 1 trimmed rack of lamb 2 tbsp. olive oil 30 mL salt and pepper, to taste 1/2 c. finely chopped 125 mL fresh parsley 3 cloves garlic, finely minced 1/2 c. fresh breadcrumbs 125 mL 1 tsp. finely grated lemon 5 mL zest 3 tbsp. melted unsalted 45 mL butter

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There are still issues and we’re still working on those issues. Once this is done, it will be an ongoing process to recognize the uniqueness of rural Saskatchewan. DON MORGAN SASKATCHEWAN MINISTER OF EDUCATION

Kotylak, who has served as the PVSD board chair for the past three years, believes the educational experiment of larger districts has been a success overall even though local input is sometimes more difficult to attain. She cited increased class choices for high school students as a result of magnet programming (travelling to a different school for a specific course), as well as increased access to career counsellors and developmental professionals like speech pathologists, social workers and school psychologists. “I’ve seen that dramatic shift

The Montmartre School elementary choir performed Oh Canada at the Prairie Valley School Division’s 10th anniversary celebration of the division as director of education Ben Grebinski looks on. | CHRISTALEE FROESE PHOTOS through my own eyes with my own kids … we’re big enough now that we can hire those people who are trained for specialized services,” she said. Alanna, now in Grade 10, joined her Montmartre School classmates

at the PVSD’s recent 10th anniversary celebration to detail what the first students in the larger district experienced. That included improved facilities, more class offerings and greater student support services, they said.

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ON THE FARM

Dairy couple eager to meet 800-cow capacity Producers grow corn to feed their cattle and hope to expand this summer to fill their high-tech, 100,000 sq. foot barn BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

WARMAN, Sask. — For many dairy farmers, the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement posed a serious threat to their livelihood. For Don and Yvonne Feitsma, it presented a golden opportunity to re-enter the dairy business after a brief hiatus and milk even more cows than before. Don grew up on a grain farm in Calmar, Alta. In 2001, his father decided to become a dairy farmer near Leduc, Alta. That is where Don met Yvonne at church. They married in 2001 and by 2007, the couple was itching to start their own dairy. The search took them to Saskatchewan. “We saw a great opportunity to dairy here,” said Don. “The land and the quota was cheaper. It was a great place to start for a young family.” The couple bought two quarters of land near Hague, Sask., built a 160-cow barn and bought 80 cows. They thought that if they could double the operation and fill the barn during their lifetime, that would be a success story. They astonished themselves by accomplishing that goal within two years. By 2005, they were milking 250 cows and building new barns almost every year. They bought out Don’s parents in 2007 to become the sole owners of the business.

You’re kind of at the stage where you can’t do it all yourself but you don’t necessarily have enough work to keep a lot of employees. YVONNE FEITSMA DAIRY PRODUCER

The couple was running the operation almost completely by themselves and Don began to feel overworked. But adding employees put a strain on the finances. “You’re kind of at the stage where you can’t do it all yourself but you don’t necessarily have enough work to keep a lot of employees,” said Yvonne. The answer was to double the size of the operation again in 2010 to 500 cows and hire a herdsman, feeding specialists and other people to help out. That came with its own set of challenges. “When you’re so used to doing everything yourself and you start bringing other people into the picture to help you carry out what you want to do and accomplish, it’s a little hard,” said Yvonne. Don said it took a few years but they eventually figured out how to become better bosses and he now credits his employees for helping them achieve their goals sooner than expected. In the summer of 2014, the couple sold the Hague farm and temporarily left the dairy business. Don prides himself on efficiency and he felt constrained by the hodgepodge of barns that had been built up overtime. He explored

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DON & YVONNE FEITSMA Warman, Sask. other opportunities that would require moving the family but none of those panned out. Yvonne saw that a 250-cow dairy farm was for sale in nearby Warman and pushed hard to buy the operation so they could keep their four girls, who range in age from 11 to 17, in their church and schools. It was a run-down site but it came with 880 acres of cropland, 650 of which are irrigated. The couple purchased the property and within nine months they had built a 100,000 sq. foot state-ofthe-art barn that Don de-signed. They also built a large house designed by Yvonne in five short months. “We really didn’t have a life last year,” said Yvonne. The four-row free stall barn can house 800 cows. It is tunnel ventilated and can replace the air inside the barn every 45 seconds on a hot day. There is an LED lighting program to stimulate milk production, a basement parlour to keep dairy equipment clean and dry, surround sound stereo for employees, all-in-all-out calf nurseries to create a sterile environment for baby calves and a calf milk pasteurizer. The couple and their 10 part-time and full-time employees are milking 600 Holstein cows. Each cow produces 35 litres of milk per day. It is sold to Saputo Inc., the only milk processor in the province. They grow corn on their irrigated land because it produces 15 tonnes of feed per acre compared to eight tonnes for barley. Corn can handle more manure than barley. “We would love to buy more manure,” said Don. “You don’t hear that everyday,” added Yvonne. Dairy farmers were concerned the TPP would bring an end to supply management. “There was a lot of talk the whole time we were building and I think that’s one of the reasons we were able to get quota as easy as we did because there is a lot of guys bailing,” he said. Don said the entire dairy industry was on pause. “And we were like, let’s go,” said Yvonne. They don’t intend to stop growing anytime soon. This summer, they are considering expanding their operation to its 800-cow capacity, which means buying more quota. Don travels regularly to the U.S. to tour dairies that are at least two times as large as their Warman barn so he can see what the future holds. sean.pratt@producer.com

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RED DEER — Mike Ammeter has a few immediate changes to make after attending a FarmSafe workshop in Red Deer this month. The chair of Alberta Barley and his wife operate a 2,000 acre grain farm near Sylvan Lake with help from three adult children who live in Sylvan Lake. “We’re going to sit down around the kitchen table and have a discussion before spring seeding so we all know what’s going on. After all, we can’t read minds,” he said. Dan Trottier of Tatonga Consulting led Ammeter and the other 100 participants through the key elements and procedures necessary to create and implement a health and safety management plan. Ammeter also said he will start checking in on a regular basis when out in the field for hours at a time on the tractor. At his farm, he pointed to one of his 40 grain bins. “There are a lot of differing opinions on whether or not grain bins are considered to be a confined space. If it turns out they are, I’m anxious to learn what the safety protocols are,” he said. Ammeter is closely watching the review of occupational health and

safety standards in the province. He said safety procedures have changed during the life of his half century family farm. “We had pigs when I was a kid. If we had an aggressive sow she was gone, shipped. It wasn’t talked about as safety but that’s what it was,” said Ammeter. John Bystrom, who operates a 3,700 acre mixed farm along with his father and brother near Markerville, Alta., plans to hold safety meetings. “People in agriculture joke about safety meetings being a waste of time but really it’s a chance to talk about the goal for the day and bring up any safety concerns,” he said. Regular, targeted communication is his goal. “Sometimes you have tunnel vision when a job needs doing. But unless you discuss it first, it’s unreasonable to expect everyone to know what you have in mind,” Bystrom said. He hires help in spring and fall, mainly for tractor work and occasionally to drive the semi-trailer. “When a potential employee brushes me off during discussions around experience by saying, ‘I know, I know’, it’s a red flag; it means ‘I don’t know.’ ” In the future, Bystrom hopes to exercise due diligence using em-

TOP: John Bystrom operates a mixed farm near Markerville, Alta. Handling rodeo stock gives him an appreciation for safely working with livestock. ABOVE: Mike Ammeter of Sylvan Lake, Alta., says grain augers are among the most dangerous machines farmers use. | MARIA JOHNSON PHOTOS

ployment screening tools, including verifying the required licences are in place. He will spend more time orienting new workers so both he and they are confident in their abilities. Bystrom also wants signatures, both his and that of the employee, indicating orientation, training and licences are in order. “When someone puts their signature down, it’s a level of commitment,” he said.

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DISABILITY

Positive attitude aids recovery Paraplegic warns others about the dangers of drinking and driving BY KAREN MORRISON SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Lana Missens-George believes the car accident that cost her the use of her legs saved her life. In September 2003, she and her husband rolled their vehicle on loose gravel while driving impaired on the Ochapowace First Nation in eastern Saskatchewan. Her husband recovered from a broken neck, but Missens-George suffered a severed spine, multiple fractures and a collapsed lung. She spent three weeks in hospital and another five months in a rehabilitation facility. “I don’t know where I’d be if that hadn’t happened,” said MissensGeorge, a finance manager at the All Nations Healing Hospital in Fort Qu’appelle, Sask. “I was abusing alcohol to a point where it just about killed me. It took that to change my life.” The Valley Lilies Women’s Institute recently invited MissensGeorge to speak about life as a paraplegic in Fort Qu’appelle, Sask. Marian Ogrodnick, president of the Saskatchewan Women’s Institute, said Missens-George has maintained a positive attitude despite her setbacks. “She hasn’t felt sorry for herself,” she said. “If you put your mind to it, you can overcome most obstacles.” She said Missens-George’s presentation alerted WI to the need for public access for the handicapped, including ramps, sidewalk and building entry points. It’s a message Ogrodnick plans to take back to SWI and the town council in Fort Qu’appelle. Such barriers initially made Missens-George feel “trapped and a burden.”

She is a board member and peer support volunteer Spinal Cord Injury Saskatchewan. Raised on the Pasqua First Nations, Missens-George is also a board member for the Saskatchewan chapter of the Aboriginal Financial Officers Association. “I show them anything is possible. Don’t let nothing stop you,” she said. “I just don’t want them to live the life I was leading that got me to this point.” Missens-George takes her message to groups such as Students Against Drinking and Driving. “If I can even just change just one of the students’ lives, I think I have

accomplished what I wanted to do.” A 2010 report commissioned by the Rick Hansen Institute found that 85,556 people were living with spinal cord injury in Canada. This number included 48,243 with tetraplegia, which is impairment of the arms, trunk, legs and pelvic function, and 30,324 people with paraplegia, in which arm function is not impaired. An average of 4,259 new cases of spinal cord injury occur each year, half of which are due to traumatic injury and most are sustained in motor vehicle collisions. karen.morrison@producer.com

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Lana Missens-George says people can turn their lives around if they put their minds to it. She spoke to the Valley Lilies Women’s Institute about alcohol abuse that led to her vehicle accident. | SAMANTHA MAGEE/GRASSLANDS NEWS PHOTO

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OLDMAN RIVER

Limiting access part of repair plan for Alta. watershed Sensitive zones may be reduced to foot traffic only, while others may have designated trails BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

FORT MACLEOD, Alta. — Maps of the roads and trails along the eastern slopes of the Rockies within the Oldman River watershed look no more organized than a plate of spaghetti. Roads made for forestry, oil and gas exploration and transmission lines criss-cross with trails made by campers, off-highway vehicle users and cattle herds. Such “linear disturbances,” as they are called by the mappers, have harmed habitat for wildlife, native plants and trout and increased soil erosion into waterways that affect downstream water quality. The province is now starting a process to reduce the linear footprint in sensitive areas and develop a recreation plan that will provide access guidelines for campers, off highway vehicle riders and other users of public lands.

Heather Sinton, the provincial environment department’s director for land and environment planning in the south region, said the process will begin in the Porcupine Hills of southwestern Alberta and then address the nearby Livingstone region. The South Saskatchewan Regional Plan, completed in July 2014, indicated the need for plans to reduce disturbance in those areas, Sinton told a March 10 Holding the Reins conference in Fort Macleod, Alta. “We need users to understand what they can do, where and when,” she said about the multiple interests that access the region. Sinton said the department hopes to have a draft plan to reduce linear disturbance by summer, followed by public consultation. A recreation plan will follow. The plans are likely to result in regulations limiting access in some areas.

Alberta is planning to reduce damage along the Oldman River watershed by restricting access and recreational use in critical areas and requiring co-operation among users to reduce disturbance. | FILE PHOTO “Basically we’re thinking that access will be quite limited. In fact, in the critical zones, it might just be foot access,” she said in an interview after her presentation. “In the enhanced zone, we’re

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“We will be designating trails for different types of use and closing other areas.” Along with that would come increased enforcement, she added. Ways to provide sustainable funding for enforcement are being considered. Ideas such as permit fees to access public land or a tax on certain users have been put forward, but Sinton said there will be opportunity for public input into funding solutions. Bruce Mowat of the Livingstone Landowners Guild lives in the Porcupine Hills where the first plans are targeted. He said he welcomed the provincial initiative. “We’re encouraged that they’re working on the project,” he said. “We’re just hoping that they follow through with it and something is done because these (plans) have been done before and the follow up, there’s no enforcement or no management.” The guild comprises private property owners in the upper Oldman River drainage area. It recently called on the province to restrict off-highway vehicle use on private

land in addition to public land. “Although motorized recreation is enjoyed by less than five percent of Alberta’s population, it has vastly disproportionate effects on the quality of our native vegetation, community watersheds, fisheries, wildlife and recreational opportunities for the much larger number of Albertans who enjoy public lands on foot and horseback,” the groups said in their communiqué. They expressed concern about off highway vehicle users trespassing on private lands and grazing leases, stress to cattle in public land grazing permit areas, displacement of wildlife from public land, spread of weeds, reduced groundwater recharge and more wear and tear on roads. Cheryl Bradley of the Porcupine Hills Coalition and the Southern Alberta Group for the Environment (SAGE) said studies in the region have illustrated the stress imposed by so many different users on the landscape. She urged the province to consider those studies in its future plans. SAGE chair Braum Barber said in a March 9 news release that it is time to place strict limits on linear footprint and OHV use. “It is unreasonable to continue to retain linear footprint from past logging and other industrial developments and to accommodate OHV use in our headwaters, given the risks posed to our source waters and to the use and enjoyment of eastern slopes wild lands by the majority of Oldman basin residents.” S i n t o n s a i d w o rk s h o p s a re planned in southern Alberta to discuss linear footprint reduction and the recreational plan. They will not be advertised, but she said anyone who has expressed interest in the past will be contacted. Alternatively, she can be contacted at 403-297-3628 for more information. barb.glen@producer.com

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LOW PRICES

Profitable potato production in Ontario challenging POTATO REVENUE BY PROVINCE

Eastern provinces vie for markets, pushing down fresh potato prices

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2010

2011

2012

2013

% Change 2013/2012

2,278 215,837 8,619 134,877 125,775 100,574 251,156 53,819 163,811 42,528 1,099,276

1,840 203,757 6,232 115,003 123,861 103,654 203,767 36,111 152,880 28,745 975,850

1,859 257,422 5,506 141,550 143,010 96,637 168,411 39,213 142,186 32,581 1,028,375

1,743 246,295 5,151 110,639 132,156 90,343 174,912 33,666 174,737 37,279 1,006,920

2,057 242,498 5,075 143,769 131,747 96,837 191,835 23,195 171,352 34,088 1,042,453

18% −2% −1% 30% 0% 7% 10% −31% −2% −9% 4%3.0

(thousands of dollars) Newfoundland

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DRESDEN, Ont. — Fresh potato production is unprofitable east of the Manitoba border. The reduced Canadian supply hasn’t helped the situation, but neither has the decline in Ontario acres. “On the fresh side, if they’re not losing money in Ontario they’re struggling,” said Glen Squirrell, chair of the Ontario Potato Board. “Our productivity is going up, consumption is going down. Things are not meeting in the middle any more.” Kevin McIssac, general manager of United Potato Growers of Canada, said concentration within Canada’s retail trade is a concern. The laws of supply and demand are not kicking in, he added. “Growers in all four provinces in Eastern Canada would like to see the price higher…. We have few buyers left in the market. There are three major buyers, and maybe you have as many as 200 sellers,” McIssac said. “Our March holdings in Canada were down by six percent compared to a year ago. There is not an issue with supply.”

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Approximately 350,000 acres of potatoes are produced annually in Canada. Prince Edward Island is the industry leader with nearly 90,000 acres last year. The other major producers in Eastern Canada are New Brunswick with 48,000, Quebec with 42,000 and Ontario with 34,000 acres. Manitoba and Alberta are both major producers with 67,000 and 53,500 acres, respectively. McIssac said there are distinct differences between the western and eastern production. Western Canada is a net importer of fresh potatoes, which helps hold up prices. As well, Manitoba has a single desk sales system, which McIssac said has served its growers well. Ontario is also a net importer of fresh potatoes, but it’s a highly competitive market with multiple suppliers. Squirrell said 50 percent of Ontar-

and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Canada Source: Agriculture Canada

io production goes to the processing sector ,where grower profitability is adequate. The rest goes to the fresh market, where Ontario prod u c t i o n m e e t s 6 0 p e rc e nt o f demand. The acreage in Ontario has actually fallen, according to Statistics Canada. Almost 40,000 acres were grown in 2012. “Ontario growers have done their part in reducing their supply,” he said. “It’s a complicated scenario. The bottom line is, the price should be

higher. There is room for movement upwards if we can somehow get it.” Squirrell said the Ontario potato board has marketing powers for fresh potatoes but doesn’t attempt to enforce them. He said growers feel obligated to lower their prices to protect their market. Instead, it establishes a recommended price, which is currently set at $2.25 for 10 pounds. He cited a recent grocery flyer that priced 10-pound bags at $1.69.

He suspects the growers’ share is likely $1.40. “The prices are just awful. We’re getting our lunches ate by outside competition.” Trevor Downey, a grower-packer, also said the price is too low. “We base the Ontario price for what other provinces can land their potatoes here for,” he said. “Potatoes move in big volumes as features…. Sure, there’s a recommended price but when they go on feature, you have to negotiate with your retailers.”

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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.

75 YEARS AGO: MARCH 27, 1941 The federal government introduced a bill that would provide $35 million in bonuses to encourage farmers to summerfallow fields instead of planting crops. Ottawa’s new wheat policy included plans to cap wheat deliveries for 1941-42 at 230 million bushels. Saskatchewan was amending its Limitations of Civil Rights Act and Crop Payments Act so that producers who farmed under crop sharing agreements could keep enough crop to pay operating costs and provide enough seed for the following year before paying a creditor or other party of the lease agreement. Changes were intended to protect farmers’ standard of living.

find a high canola profile. In one high-end grocery store, White found more than 150 types of olive oil, while two labels of canola oil were tucked away on a back shelf. The grocery manager had a simple explanation: “Because we are a gourmet market.” Provincial agriculture ministers appeared to have persuaded federal agriculture minister Chuck Strahl to keep the Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization program. The Conservatives had promised during the election to scrap the unpopular program. bruce.dyck@producer.com

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Not all Canadian cattle producers are confident the CETA deal will mean more Canadian beef in European meat shops. | REUTERS PHOTO

Resolving the beefs blocking beef trade

his is part 2 of our three-part series on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union. Writers from Glacier FarmMedia, which includes The Western Producer, interviewed experts to assess the value of CETA to Canada’s agricultural community.

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We rather suspect that they like the system the way it is because it keeps imported beef out of their market. We rather suspect that that’s a big part of the motivation for the way they do it.… If we don’t resolve this, then the (CETA) agreement is of very little value for the Canadian beef industry. If we do resolve it, it’s huge value for us. It’s worth working on. JOHN MASSWOHL CANADIAN CATTLEMEN’S ASSOCIATION

ohn Masswohl found Canadian beef for sale when he toured the central London wholesale meat market in December — but not very much. Five boxes of Prairie Heritage beef from animals raised in Alberta and Saskatchewan were on offer beside hundreds of boxes from the United States and entire pallets from Argentina, Uruguay and Australia. “For every box of Canadian beef, he had at least 100 boxes from somewhere else,” said Masswohl, who is director of government and international relations for the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. Marketers told him Canadian beef was expensive, partly because of tariffs. Technical issues also make it difficult to acquire. That situation could change dramatically when the trade deal between Canada and the European Union, called the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement, comes into force. “We’ve got an outstanding quality product and an outstanding eating experience that goes with it, and I think for a price, that would be very comparable to what Europeans are used to paying if we didn’t have to deal with all these tariffs and other conditions,” said Masswohl. The deal will allow beef and veal exports worth an estimated $600 million and generated from 65,000 tonnes of new duty free access to Europe. About 50,000 tonnes of

that is fresh beef and the balance frozen product. Using an estimate of 100 kilograms of fresh beef available per animal, it could translate into a market for 500,000 Canadian cattle, but only f they meet the EU requirement of being raised without the use of additional growth hormones. “How many cattle do we have in Canada being produced according to EU standards, or could be if they were properly documented? I’d only be taking a guess … but I think right now, today, somewhere less than 100,000 head,” Masswohl said. “But with the incentive there, I’ve talked to lots of guys that say, ‘if the incentive is there, I’ll do it.’ ” Too many hurdles? Feedlot owner Rick Pascal of Picture Butte, Alta., isn’t so sure the incentive will be enough to encourage more production of beef that meets EU specifications. “They don’t recognize the science of the day, so we’ve got these free trade agreements with them, but it’s still just the same. We don’t meet their criteria for trade, which is not science based,” he said. “I don’t understand why we would have negotiated an agreement like this. It sounds like we’ve got an opportunity to put Canadian beef in Europe, but we don’t and we never will.” Paskal said use of growth hormones reduces beef production costs by $250 per head through better feed conversion and shorter time to fatten. Price premiums

offered in Europe for beef free of added hormones would have to cover that, and he thinks it is unlikely. “It’s good that all the people around the world get talking to one another and they want to expedite trade and reduce trade barriers, but they’ve got to go back and … really, if there’s a spirit of trade, just address the science. “It’s got nothing to do with food safety. We’re all big proponents of food safety, your product, your animal handling, the animal welfare aspects are very, very important. We’re not saying we’re ever going to circumvent them, but it’s got to be based on science.” Doug Price, who runs Sunterra’s beef operations, said he sees opportunity through CETA for more beef exports, but the price has to be right. “We have the cows and the feedlots,” he said. “I’ve got a pretty good handle on what it costs me to produce non-hormone, traceable cattle. It’s really easy for us to do that, but I need to know how much premium will I get for that before I do it.” Price said opportunities in Europe might better suit smaller, more nimble operations that can cater to higher end niche markets. “If we get some of our product over there, I think they’ll pay quite a premium for it. So I think the opportunity, for sure, is there. We just have to put all the pieces together,” said Price. “Our genetics here in Canada and our technology inside the cow-calf right

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MARKET ACCESS

‘600 million opportunity’ awaits cattle sector Industry official says the trade deal will give beef producers 65,000 tonnes of duty free access

BY BARB GLEN GLACIER FARMMEDIA

CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES CAN ALREADY EXPORT 11,500 TONNES OF BEEF QUOTA AT 20 PERCENT DUTY BUT IN 2013 THE COUNTRIES SENT

four percent through to the feedlot to the plant is as good as anybody in the world, and I think the genetics are even better. There’s less variability. So any kind of a quality market, man, we’re sitting real good there.” Producers who work with Prairie Heritage Beef have been meeting EU requirements and building their niche for years but on a small scale. Before selling the brand to One Earth Farms in October 2014, Prairie Heritage was selling beef from 5,000 animals to Europe and another 5,000 domestically, said former president Cliff Drever of Camrose.

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Christoph Weder, a cattle and bison producer in Hudson’s Hope, B.C., was the primary marketer for the branded beef line before its sale. In his view, Canadian producers won’t be able to fill the entire EU quota unless the two major packers in Western Canada, JBS and Cargill, develop a way to separate hormone-free and commercial beef. He and others hold out hope that Harmony Beef, the former Rancher’s Beef processing plant in Balzac, Alta., will open soon. It is expected to market specialty beef into Europe. The Balzac plant would add to output provided by Canadian Premium Meats in Lacombe, Alta., another EU approved facility. However, Harmony Beef has been beset by water issues and other objections from the City of Calgary and has yet to start operation. Producers with an eye to producing beef

for Europe must meet specific requirements subject to Canadian Food Inspection Agency oversight. Jason Hagel, a Three Hills, Alta., producer with Prairie Heritage, said those requirements might be enough to discourage greater production. “I don’t think it will change much,” said Hagel. “The program that Canada has in place is very onerous on producers who actually want to do it, with all the paperwork and CFIA vets having to come and make sure everything’s in place. Certain quotas and high tariffs remain in place until CETA goes into effect, so few producers are raising animals with a view to the EU market. “Right now, it’s not worth it because you’re not getting any more money by doing that, as a cow-calf producer, than taking them to the market and just selling them in the open market,” said Hagel. He said One Earth can’t afford to pay much more than the commodity market because any premium from Europe doesn’t cover the extra cost involved in producing the beef. He also wonders if December’s repeal of country-of-origin labelling in the United States, which used to discourage Canadian cattle sales, will prompt producers and packers to take that easier path. “We have two American packing plants in Canada,” Hagel said. “They have pretty good connections in the States and can move the beef easier. They’re not going to chase after a market that has to change the way they do business in their own plants and cost a lot more.” And speaking of plants, the safety methods employed by Canada’s major packers have yet to meet the approval of the EU. That’s another hurdle that must be overcome before Canadian beef benefits from CETA. These technical considerations are not part of the CETA agreement, but they exist in a side arrangement that says the two parties will work toward equivalence in their respective meat inspection systems. Masswohl said that equivalence has yet to emerge.

he Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union will increase beef market opportunities for Canadian producers. Though Canada has had access for its beef before, it was subject to tariffs and quotas that were cost prohibitive for most marketers. Under CETA, some of those previously existing conditions will improve, and new quota is slated to emerge. In terms of previously existing trade, Canada has been eligible to fill part of the “Hilton quota” for beef to the EU since 1997, and the eligible amount has in-creased since then. Named for the hotel chain in which the quota was finalized, the Hilton quota comprises 67,250 tonnes of fresh, chilled and frozen beef exported to the EU from Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, United States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. The U.S. and Canada shared access to 11,500 tonnes of that quota at a preferential duty rate of 20 percent, but the full quota was rarely filled. For example, only four percent of the allocation was met in 2013. That’s because it is expensive to produce beef for the EU market, and even then, the tariff of 20 percent discourages marketers who fear they won’t profit from the sale. Canada’s access to the Hilton quota will change under CETA. “What will happen on day one of CETA, with respect to that quota, Canadian beef gets in at

“Our idea of equivalence means that we can do things our way, they can do things their way. Not everything needs to be harmonized, but the end result, the outcome, is equivalent in that we both produce safe beef,” he said.“What we’ve learned is Europe’s idea of equivalence is they want us to do it their way. But we’re not doing it their way. Our way is much safer.” Canadian plants use antimicrobial carcass washes and safety techniques after cattle are slaughtered to destroy E. coli and other bacteria. Europe does not use the same methods. The big three plants in Canada process more than 90 percent of the country’s beef. The volume of animals, the distance they travel and the weather all play a role in sanitary and phytosanitary considerations at the plants. Europe, in contrast, has hundreds of slaughter facilities, many of them processing small numbers of animals delivered in small trucks from nearby locations. “They say the animal needs to be clean before it comes into the slaughter facility,” said Masswohl. “So how does that work in our scenario where we have much colder temperatures to deal with for much longer periods of the year? The idea of washing animals outside when it’s below -20 … it doesn’t seem like humane treatment for the animal. It seems impractical.” Europe has agreed to the use of lactic acid as a sanitary measure and more recently approved the use of recycled hot water. However, approval will be needed for other safety related treatments that have become standard in Canadian plants. “They just don’t do any of that, and they just can’t fathom doing anything else,” said Masswohl. “We rather suspect that they like the system the way it is because it keeps imported beef out of their market. We rather suspect that that’s a big part of the motivation for the way they do it.… If we don’t resolve this, then the (CETA) agreement is of very little value for the Canadian beef industry. If we do resolve it, it’s huge value for us. It’s worth working on.” barb.glen@producer.com

zero percent, duty free, whereas U.S. beef under the same quota continues to be 20 percent,” said John Masswohl, director of government and international relations for the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. “So that’s 11,500 tonnes of new duty free access that we don’t have now.” That tonnage is calculated in product weight. Essentially, that 11,500 tonnes equates to 15,000 tonnes in carcass weight. The new quotas available under CETA are calculated as carcass weight and include 35,000 tonnes of duty-free fresh beef and 15,000 tonnes of frozen product, which total 50,000 tonnes. Masswohl said Europe applies a 30 percent conversion factor to every tonne of boneless beef, so one tonne is counted as 1.3. “In total, we got about 65,000 tonnes of new duty free access, which is significant.” Canadian packers were consulted during CETA negotiations, and they said it makes best economic sense to ship only the products that bring the highest prices in Europe. This means about 100 kilograms of meat per animal could be marketed. At an estimated $11 per kg on fresh product and $7 per kg on frozen, it becomes a potential $600 million opportunity. “Europe, the price is right over there,” said Masswohl. “The demand is there. It’s a market that consumes eight billion tonnes of beef a year, and they pay an awful lot for it.” barb.glen@producer.com

BEFORE IT HEADS TO MARKET Canadian feedlot operators interested in producing animals for the European Union market under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement must follow specific protocols. Here is a partial list of what is required: • The operation must be assessed by Canadian Food Inspection Agency-approved veterinarian. • Written program is needed outlining organizational structure. • Enrolment form and declaration of compliance is required annually. • Maintenance of an organizational chart indicating who is responsible for various tasks, with records showing how and when training was delivered to those who perform a task. • If growth enhancing products (GEPs) are used in some part of the operation, a tracking system is needed, as well as alternate identifiers for animals given GEPs, such as different colour or tag type. • Feeds or supplements from a commercial feed mill require a letter from that feed mill certifying absence of GEPs. • Cattle designated for the EU can come to a feedlot only from other premises enrolled in the program. On arrival, animals’ identities must be confirmed. • If evidence of implant detected in animal arriving at the feedlot, CFIA veterinarian must be immediately notified. • Specific transfer documents are needed when animals are moved. • Animals cannot be commingled at the auction market with animals not enrolled in program. A full text of the protocols can be found by searching Canadian Program for Certifying Freedom from Growth Enhancing Products for the Export of Beef to the EU.

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European Union meat tariffs as indicated on the federal government website:

Bison seen as biggest benefactor

Beef and veal market access Duty-free in-quota access is secured for total of 50,000 tonnes carcass weight, including the incorporation of Canada’s share of the hormone-free quota (3,200 tonnes product weight or 4,160 tonnes carcass weight). It includes 70 percent (or 35,000 tonnes carcass weight) for fresh, chilled product and 15,000 tonnes carcass weight for frozen product. Pork market access Immediate duty-free in-quota access is secured for 81,011 tonnes carcass weight of Canadian pork, including the incorporation of Canada’s country-specific quota (4,624 tonnes product weight or 6,011 tonnes carcass weight). Bison market access Immediate duty-free in-quota access is secured for 3,000 tonnes carcass weight of Canadian bison.

Beef producers say restrictions under CETA make the TPP deal a better bet BY BARB GLEN GLACIER FARMMEDIA

a na d i a n p ro d u c e r s c a m e t o understand the folly of overdependence on one market when BSE was discovered in Canada in 2003 and the United States closed its borders to cattle and beef. That message was further solidified when the U.S. imposed country-of-origin labelling, which again reduced marketing opportunities across the border. The portions of COOL that applied to beef and pork were repealed in December, paving the way for improved and relatively efficient sales to the U.S. Will that cool the industry’s enthusiasm for shipping to the European Union under the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement? After all, the U.S. market is close and the Canadian domestic herd is at its smallest in years, limiting the number of cattle available for shipping to any location. “I don’t see a whole lot more (beef ) going over there (Europe),” said Christoph Weder, a beef producer from Hudson’s Hope, B.C. He sees more opportunity for bison than beef because CETA will eliminate the tariff on Canadian bison while U.S. product will continue to face a 20 percent duty.

Canadian Bison Association executive director Terry Kremeniuk said he has high hopes for bison sales potential under CETA. “For the Canadian industry, the European market is certainly very important,” he said. Once implemented, CETA will provide 3,000 tonnes of tariff-free quota for bison. That’s a separate allotment, rather than the previous arrangement of inclusion under the Hilton quota for Canadian and U.S. red meat. Kremeniuk said the new quota equates to $50 million and is equivalent to 10,000 to 12,000 animals. The new quota will be 25 times larger than the current level of EU exports. As for beef, Weder said he wonders if large numbers of Canadian producers will employ the hormone-free production methods that the EU demands. Aging demographics in the beef business also play a role. “The Canadian beef industry just blows me away,” said Weder. “We’ve theoretically hit the peak (of prices), and Canada never even expanded (the herd). So we’re on the downward slide already. … If anything, I think the Canadian cow herd is going to get even smaller.” John Masswohl of the Canadian Cattle-

men’s Association doesn’t think that is true. He said producers will use the opportunity for additional exports if and when CETA is ratified. The Canada-Europe deal, the TransPacific Partnership and the recent agreement with South Korea are signals for herd expansion in Canada, he said. “It’s the phasing in of new market access through these various trade agreements that’s going to keep the expansion going and be our insurance policy against the down side of the cattle cycle,” he said. “We had a prolonged period of expansion (after the North American Free Trade Agreement was signed) because we suddenly had new unlimited, quota-free, duty-free access to the United States and to Mexico as well.” CETA and the TPP could prompt the same thing, he added. Jason Hagel, an Alberta rancher who provides beef to One Earth Farms for the domestic and EU market, suggests the TPP could prove easier for producers than CETA will because it is less restrictive. “It’s such an onerous program to get into, for one thing,” he said. In contrast, when shipping to Asia, “you just send the beef and that’s it.” barb.glen@producer.com

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Doors may be open but welcome mat takes time Trade is based on good relationships between buyer and seller BY ED WHITE GLACIER FARMMEDIA

t’s one thing for governments to ink a deal. It’s another to fly across the ocean and shake hands, hang out and form real human relationships. However, the latter is what it takes to build new customers and markets, say some with much experience in Canada’s international grain business. “There’s nothing like getting on an airplane,” said Brian Hayward, a board member with export-oriented companies and the former chief executive officer of Agricore United. “You’ve got to arrange and make some meetings. Go to trade shows. It’s boots on the ground time. You’ve got to go there and tell people what you have.” Ratification of the CanadaEuropean Union free trade deal (CETA) would give Canadian crop, meat and food exporters better access to the huge European market in most commodities. Some products will have free access, and others will have more tariff-free access or lower tariffs and impediments than today. However, new business doesn’t just develop by creating the conditions that allow it to grow. New business arises from fresh, deep and trusting human relationships, and those require hard work to cultivate, said Rex Newkirk, who for years worked with overseas buyers of Canadian crops while a senior official at the Canadian International Grains Institute. It’s especially true when trade barriers have long stopped buyers and sellers from considering doing business together. “Trade is really based on relationships, so when there is a trade-distorting issue out there, then you don’t build those relationships with customers,” said Newkirk, who has recently become a University of Saskatchewan professor and chair of its feed processing technology program. “It’s about making sure that relationship between buyer and seller comes through, and it’s really on the onus of the seller to instigate that. The key is that the buyers get to trust the sellers, that the sellers get a good awareness of what the buyers’ needs are.” A significant grain trade already exists between Canada and the EU. High protein wheat from Canada is a staple commodity with some European high quality break bakers, Canadian durum forms a major part of the Italian pasta industry and other crops regularly flow to long-time European buyers. Hayward and Newkirk said the companies buying and selling those crops already know each other well and probably won’t see much change with CETA, even if it improves their businesses. However, the new opportunities available with CETA should make new sales of crops, ingredients and foods possible if hopeful exporters are willing to do the work. That’s where the challenge lies,

Newkirk said. Commercial grain and food companies aren’t always willing to lift their heads from the daily hurly burly of the grain trade to begin cultivating relationships that might yield new business in the future. “Relationships take some time and they take money, and for everybody in the trading industry, they’re trying to move as much stuff as they can, as quickly as they can,” said Newkirk. “There needs to be a way to encourage those buyers and sellers to get to know each other to get some trust there.” That’s where organizations such as CIGI, endeavors such as Canada’s annual new crop missions and services such as Canadian embas-

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sies’ trade officers and provincial trade offices can help connect hopeful exporters with potential buyers. “I’d be looking to Canada’s trade commissioners for connections,” said Hayward.

“That’s why we have embassies.” He said Canadian exporters need to be culturally sensitive and understand that there is no one European culture or identity. The EU comprises more than two dozen countries, and each country, region, and language area has its own culture. They need to be approached differently and with an open mind. “We have a way of doing things here that is different from how the G e r ma n s w o u l d d o i t, o r t h e French, or the Americans,” said Hayward. For example, Newkirk said building a relationship In Mediterranean Europe is essential before any business deal can be pondered. On the other hand, harder-nosed

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business aspects such as price, quality and promises of service can be what gets northern European and Canadian businesspeople talking and pave the way for the relationship to develop naturally. Canadian producers and exporters who want to sell to Europe might not have a choice but develop new business relationships. Some might form the relationships and get the business and keep it, while others won’t bother and then not have much of a chance after that. “The one that builds the relationship first often gets a lot of the sales,” said Newkirk. “Time is of the essence.” ed.white@producer.com

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FORAGE CONFERENCE

Find forage seed supply early, expect to pay more Seed grower says acres are down for almost all forage and grass seeds, creating a supply shortage and sending prices up BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

LEDUC, Alta. — Strong cattle markets, a strong U.S. dollar, dry weather and dwindling forage acres have pushed grass and forage seed prices to some of the highest levels in years. Heather Kerschbaumer, president of Forage Seed Canada, said her family’s Golden Acre Seeds paid growers 11 cents a pound for sweet clover seed when it started cleaning seed in 1982. It’s now $2.90 per lb. “It’s ridiculously high,” Kerschbaumer said during an Alberta Forage Industry Network update. Prices are high for almost all of the forage and grass seeds. “The acres are down, which mean yields are down, which means the demand is up.” The Canadian seed market is linked to the American market, which is reflected in the strong Canadian prices. Prices have gradually increased over the years as high canola and grain prices encouraged farmers to switch their grass fields to grain and oilseed crops. Add in three consecutive dry years in Alberta’s Peace River region, one of the province’s largest grass and legume seed growing areas. “It has affected the establishment, and farmers are still struggling to get those fields back into production,” said Kerschbaumer, of Fairview. “It takes a long time to get those acres back in again.” The carryover of stocks is almost non-existent in all grass and legume seed crops, she added. “Anyone who wants to get the kind of seed they would like. I

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Kerschbaumer said they normally spend most of the winter cleaning bromegrass, but this year they have already finished and

most of the seed is sold. Red clover, alsike and sweet clover are all in short supply. Acres are down and yields were reasonably poor, which forced prices up. “The red clover price is pretty much the highest ever.” Red clover is about $2.80 per lb, alsike is $3.40 per lb and sweet clover is about $2.90 per lb. Alfalfa prices have remained steady. Prices for the proprietary varieties are hovering around $4.50 per lb., common taproot is $3.50 and creeping root is $4. All the yellow blossom alfalfas are in high demand and ranges from $7 to $7.30 per lb. Good rain through the spring and summer would give fields a boost but also drop prices 30 to 40 percent next year, she said. mary.macarthur@producer.com

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CANADIAN WHEAT ALLIANCE

Wheat research hopes to build on momentum Project is finetuning a breeding system that reduces the time required to take a variety to market BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

An unprecedented wheat research program that will spend close to $100 million to improve knowledge and develop new plant breeding technologies is about to begin bearing fruit. The Canadian Wheat Alliance, launched in 2013, was initially billed as a five-year, $97 million research project involving scientists from Agriculture Canada, the National Research Council, the University of Saskatchewan and other collaborating institutions.

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“One of the (first) deliverables that we may see is the doubled haploidy system (for wheat breeding).” “We are still finalizing the method, but hopefully it (the doubled haploidy system) will be provided as a service and … used (to develop new wheat varieties).” The doubled haploidy project is one of more than a dozen research projects that fall within the CWA program. It uses a new method to produce doubled haploidy wheat lines that can reduce the time required to develop and commercialize a new wheat variety by two to four years. “Right now, it can take 10 to 14 years to come up with a new wheat variety, but with a doubled haploidy system, you can take two to four years out of that breeding cycle,” said Bekkaoui. The doubled haploidy project is led by NRC scientist Alison Ferrie, but also involves scientists from Agriculture Canada and collaboration from Syngenta and KWS. Other projects that are close to delivering products with commercial potential include: • a fusarium head blight resistance project that has developed “two breeder friendly molecular markers” that can be used to develop new wheat varieties with improved fusarium resistance • a new high-throughput geno-

typing platform that will increase breeding efficiency by allowing breeders to profile as many as 24 molecular markers simultaneously, up from two or three currently The high-throughput genotyping system is expected to reduce the cost of marker profiling by as much as eight times, resulting in improved selection accuracy and greater breeder efficiency. Bekkaoui said funding for Phase 1 of the CWA program has been almost fully allocated. The CWA management committee is hoping to secure funding for a second phase that will build on the program’s momentum and potentially expand CWA research into new priority areas such as improving the quality of Canadian wheat and photosynthesis functions in wheat plants. Projects in Phase 1 were focused on six priority areas: • genomics assisted breeding • improved cell technologies • enhanced fusarium and rust tolerance • improved plant performance and seed yield • beneficial biotic reactions related to nutrient utilization • enhanced tolerance to biotic stresses including drought, heat and cold temperatures Bekkaoui said involving scientists from different institutions with different types of expertise has benefitted the Canadian wheat industry. “The collaboration has been very important,” he said. “The CWA has benefitted from the sharing of germplasm and knowledge … and we have also exchanged people.” Through CWA agreements, “we have almost 10 people right now, NRC employees, working at Agriculture Canada, and we have three or four from the U of S working at NRC,” Bekkaoui said. New funding partners have been identified since the CWA initiative was launched, including provincial wheat commissions in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. brian.cross@producer.com

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INTERNATIONAL CROPS

German wheat harvest expected to be down 1.7 percent HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) — Germany’s wheat crop will fall 1.7 percent on the year to 26.10 million tonnes but will still reach a good average, says the country’s association of farm co-operatives. As well, it expects the country’s winter rapeseed crop to increase .7 percent to 5.04 million tonnes. Wheat acreage hardly changed

from last year at 8.11 million acres, but yields are likely to be 3.19 tonnes an acre, slightly down from last year’s exceptionally high yields of 3.24 tonnes an acre. “This is still a good crop and approaches last year’s excellent harvest,” one German trader said. Germany is the European Union’s second largest wheat producer

after France, and in most years is the EU’s largest producer of rapeseed, which is Europe’s main oilseed for edible oil and biodiesel production. “The grain and rapeseed plants have come through the winter without significant damage,” the association said in its first harvest estimate.

“Plants were often in an aboveaverage state of growth following the mild, growth-positive autumn weather but were able to withstand the cold weather in January. Light snow cover in many regions helped.” Germany’s crop of winter barley, which is largely used for animal feed, is set to fall 2.1 percent on the year to 9.43 million tonnes, the

association said. The spring barley crop, which is used for beer and malt production, will fall 1.2 percent to 1.97 million tonnes, party because of reduced seeding, it said. The grain corn crop will increase 12.2 percent to 4.45 million tonnes, partly because of an increase in planted area and improved yields, it said.

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Australia scraps proposed ‘backpacker’ tax

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The concern was that a higher tax on income earned by tourists would dry up farm labour SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) — Australia has walked back from a planned tax hike on foreign travellers who work in the country. The move follows concerns from farmers that their supply of “backpacker labour” at harvest time may dry up and undermine Australia’s ambitions of being Asia’s delicatessen. Australian fruit exports are set to hit a record $2.25 billion next season, up 10 percent from 2014-15 season. Backpackers on working holiday visas make up the bulk of fruit pickers during harvest. The proposed policy would have required foreign travellers on

working holiday visas to pay tax of 32.5 percent on ever y dollar earned, when previously they paid no tax on income up to $18,000 dollars, which was the same as locals. “Concerns have been raised about the impact of the 2015 budget measure on tax arrangements for working holiday makers, particularly our global competitiveness as a backpacker destination,” said tourism minister Richard Colbeck. “We have therefore decided that the proposed tax arrangements require further discussions to ensure Australia does not lose

market share in backpacker visitation.” Australia faces a ballooning budget deficit of $40 billion this year, and the planned increase in tax for working travellers was estimated to net $535 million from 2016-20. The government has encouraged backpackers to work on farms with special visas allowing them to stay for a second year if they do three months work in rural Australia. However, horticulture producers are already struggling to find enough labour, and farmers have argued that the potential additional labour shortfall caused by

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American agriculture wants to be ready for more exports once trade embargo lifts LIMA, Peru (Reuters) — U.S. agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack says farm officials want to lay the groundwork so that American agricultural exporters can seize new opportunities in Cuba if the trade embargo is lifted. The normalization of trade relations would allow U.S. farmers to use lower transportation costs to compete with European Union food exports to Cuba, Vilsack said. President Barack Obama has been using his executive powers to chip away at the half-century-old t ra d e e m b a r g o, w h i c h w a s imposed on the communist-ruled country in 1960. However, he cannot lift it without approval from Congress, which is unlikely under current Republican leadership. “There are still preliminary steps that can be taken to prepare for that day,” Vilsack said. “When it happens, the United States will be in a very good position to reclaim a portion of the market we’ve lost.” Vilsack said soybeans, rice, poultry and biofuel are new markets that U.S. farmers could tap in Cuba, which in turn could sell organic products to its former Cold War foe. The Obama administration is asking Congress for $1.5 million for on-the-ground studies into challenges to agricultural trade in Cuba, from pests to a diplomatic void left by decades of hostile relations. “We have not had people on the ground,” Vilsack said. “We need to develop relationships with the people in Cuba so we know who to do business with and who actually makes the deals.” Vilsack, who visited Cuba last month, said state agricultural commissioners and secretaries have also been travelling to the island on trade missions. “They have been down to Cuba, and they have come back with small contracts for commodities,” Vilsack said. He said farmers were the most excited about the reopening of relations with Cuba, once a global sugar cane powerhouse. The U.S. would aim to meet 50 percent of Cuba’s food and agricultural needs if trade resumes fully, up from less than 15 percent now, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. Vilsack also said he was optimistic Obama would persuade Congress to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal before the end of his term, despite the recent surge in anti-trade rhetoric in presidential campaigns. “The president is very committed to getting it done and he intends to work as long and hard as he needs to ultimately get it passed,” he said.

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GENETIC MODIFICATION

Monsanto threatens to leave India over GMOs Indian government plans to reduce royalties that the company charges farmers and says it’s not worried by Monsanto threat NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) — Monsanto is welcome to leave India if it does not want to lower prices of genetically modified cotton seeds as directed by the government, a cabinet minister said. It’s a sign that the rift between New Delhi and the American company is widening. The comments come as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nationalist government expects to develop its own GM cotton varieties early next year to end Monsanto’s dominance. The company it controls more than 90 percent of cotton seed supply. New technologies are critical to increasing India’s poor farm productivity. However, experts have warned that even if India did develop a home-grown GM cotton variety next year, it would struggle to sustain a program that needs to refresh seeds every decade or so. The introduction of Monsanto’s GM cotton in 2002 helped turn India into the biggest producer of the fibre, while other crops such as pulses continue to suffer because biotech food is banned and local research has stalled. GM cotton has benefitted more than seven million farmers in India, but some of them and their associations, including one affiliated to Modi’s ruling party that promotes self-reliance, have complained Monsanto overprices its products. Modi’s government has imposed a 70 percent reduction in royalties that Monsanto receives for its cotton technology as it comes under pressure to mollify farmers hit by three straight crop failures because of bad weather. India’s anti-trust regulator is also investigating whether the company misused its near-monopoly to raise rates. A Monsanto joint venture with a local company says it is confident the allegations will be proved groundless. Monsanto has taken the government to court over the royalty and has said it would have to reevaluate its India business because it was difficult to bring in new technologies in an “environment where such arbitrary and innovation-stifling government interventions make it impossible to recoup research and development investment.” However, Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, the junior agriculture minister, said the government was trying to rectify what he called past mistakes that allowed a foreign company to dictate seed prices and stifle local crop research. “It’s now upon Monsanto to decide whether they want to accept this rate or not,” Balyan said. “If they don’t find it feasible, then they are free to take a call. The greed (of charging) a premium has to end. We’re not scared if Monsanto leaves the country because our team of scientists are working to develop (an) indigenous variety of (GM) seeds.” Analysts said Monsanto was unlikely to withdraw from India lightly, given the huge size of the market and its strategic importance now that China has bid to snap up the company’s biggest rival, Syngenta, for $43 billion. Monsanto India is the firm’s only

India’s government expects to have its own genetically modified cotton variety available next year and has imposed severe royalty reductions on Monsanto’s GM cotton in a push for independence. | REUTERS PHOTO

COTTON IN INDIA • India is the second largest producer of cotton worldwide.

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listed unit outside its home base, and it has been selling seeds and herbicide in the country for more than four decades. The company has cut its global earnings forecast as seed prices fall amid lower farm spending, and any price reduction in India could lead to demands for cuts in other markets. Monsanto warned in January that its international GM traits businesses could face unpredictable regulatory environments that may be highly politicized. “The decision of the government to override contracts signed by private entities sends a negative signal when the prime minister is going around the world seeking private investment,” said Ashok Gulati, an agricultural economist. He said India might be able to develop its own GM cotton based on Monsanto’s current Bollgard II technology, but its efficacy would drop sharply in four to five years as the pests it is meant to kill become resistant. “What will we do then? Invite Monsanto again?” he said. Developing new technology would require expensive and extensive research, he added. Monsanto has said heightened regulation by India went against the government’s policies to promote innovation and make it easier to do business. It also said it was important for the country to ensure sanctity of contracts and recognize intellectual property rights.

• The Indian textile industry contributes four percent to the national gross domestic product and 12 percent to the country’s total export earnings. • Cotton cultivation in India is pegged at 30 million acres this year compared to about 28.4 million acres last year . • During 2013-14 production year, Indian cotton yarn production increased by two percent and cloth production by mill and power loom sector increased by five percent and six percent respectively. • The value of cotton yarn exported from India in the period from April to December of 2014 was estimated at US$ 2.9 billion. • China is the biggest importer of raw cotton from India. The other major cotton importing countries from India are Bangladesh, Egypt and Taiwan. Source: USDA

The emphasis on home-grown technology could be good news for a GM mustard variety developed by Indian scientists and being considered by the government. A committee of government and independent experts will have their fifth meeting this year in April to evaluate the trial results. Monsanto is also developing GM corn varieties to be sold in India if allowed, which analysts cite as another reason why pulling out would be difficult. “India is too huge a seed market for anyone to leave (of ) one’s own choice,” said Ajay Vir Jakhar, chair of Farmers’ Forum India.

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ABOVE: Josh Ruzicka reaches through the fence to give the piglets a scratch. CENTRE: Shannon Ruzicka with her children Madalynne, 11, Josh, 9 and Molly, 6, in front, and their milk cow. The family is six months into a quest of living off the land like their German ancestors when they came to Canada. They milk the cow once a day and turn the milk into cheese, butter and cream.

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Living life of ancestors gives insight into future Surviving off the land has sparked panic from not knowing if the food will last, and satisfaction in learning how to make do with less BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

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launched a yearlong quest of buying nothing, including food. Instead, the family of five is living off the food they grow in their garden, forage in the field, raise in their pasture or trade with others who grow it. They do have some exceptions. They buy sugar and salt and anything required for business and hygiene. The family isn’t taking itself away from the modern world. Her husband continues to work as a farrier, they still drive their kids to skating and choir, run their farm and business supplying food to restaurants, live in a modern house and home school their children. However, they have taken a small step to living like their pioneer ancestors. “We are only doing one snippet of what our ancestors did,” Ruzicka said. “I enjoy being able to switch on the light and have running water. I’m not pioneer-tough yet.” The seed for the project was sown when Ruzicka read her great-grandfather’s biography. He walked from Germany to Russia, emigrated to Manitoba with little money and created a farm out of the northern Manitoba bush. To make extra money, he would work in a logging camp for months and leave his wife and children at home. “They carved a life for themselves,” said Ruzicka, who started wondering if they could copy a bit of what their ancestors did after reading the biography. Thinking about her pioneer ancestors helped Ruzicka as she laboured in the long rows of the garden as she pulled the weeds and hoped for enough food for the winter. The money they saved by not buying groceries or stopping for a quick bite at a fast food restaurant before sports or while in town has also buoyed the family. “It’s become addicting,” she said. Ruzicka hopes they will keep sav-

ing after their project ends in mid August and learn from their frugal ways. “If we could continue on not buying, we could pay the farm off sooner. It’s fun. It keeps you going.” Living without spending money has its challenges and requires planning. Trips to town with the children mean packing a lunch or snacks. Danny packs lunches when on the road with his farrier business instead of stopping to eat. The family hosts a dinner in the field each year on their Nature’s Green Acres farm. Chefs from the Rge Rd restaurant in Edmonton create a multicourse dinner with food grown and foraged from the farm. Ruzicka underestimated how many carrots would be used in the 80-person meal, and the family ate the last of their carrots in February. They are still eating beans, peas, tomatoes and other garden vegetables that were preserved in their freezer and root cellar. The family did go without eggs for several weeks this winter when the chickens began to molt and quit laying. However, the longer daylight has prompted the chickens to once again lay eggs, and the family is delighted to have eggs back in their diet. Ruzicka was asked this winter to paint backdrops for her children’s skating carnival. Instead of interrupting her painting to milk the cow, she sent the kids out to do it. However, she eventually had to step in after four days without milk because the cow kept stepping in the milk pail. Ruzicka doesn’t use baking powder, baking soda or yeast and has been forced to make bread without the leavening agents. She’s given up on sourdough bread for a while after killing her starter several times. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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The Ruzickas get about eight litres of milk a day from their cow. They strain it to make cheese. Behind the cheese is cider. | MARY MACARTHUR PHOTOS

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We are only doing one snippet of what our ancestors did. I enjoy being able to switch on the light and have running water. I’m not pioneer-tough yet. SHANNON RUZICKA ALBERTA FARMER

She’s also learned to make simple cheese without the aid of storebought bacteria and cultures. She accidently made sour cream, and potato wedges and sour cream are now a family snack. “All these foods, I’m amazed with the flavours, but they can’t be repeated. Every day is a new adventure of what you’re going to be making and eating.” Through a fortunate accident, Ruzicka discovered clabber, a yogurt-like byproduct of milk. Mixing clabber, flour, sugar and salt makes a type of flat bread that can be used for lunches. Add more sugar and it becomes pancakes or waffles, while adding rhubarb or saskatoons turns the clabber mixture into muffins. “You have to play with things and figure it out.” The initiative has taught the family about the cycle of life on the Prairies. They eat fresh picked lettuce in the summer but not the winter. They’re also looking forward to the snow melt and discovering newly sprouted plants. “I’m looking forward to weeds again.” She has also learned to monitor the root cellar closely to stop chipped or rotten potatoes from spreading rot throughout the cellar. “I panicked. I didn’t know if we would have enough food.” Looking back at six months of raising and making their own food, Ruzicka wonders if she’s looking more toward the future than back to her ancestors. “I wonder if this is more about the future of food.” mary.macarthur@producer.com

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China plans to open dam to alleviate drought

Survey shows more corn, less soybeans

BEIJING, China (Reuters) — China will release water from a dam in its southwestern province of Yunnan to help alleviate a drought in parts of Southeast Asia, including Vietnam,. The water will be released until April 10 from the Jinghong dam, foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang told a daily news briefing. The move will benefit Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, Lu said. “(China) hopes it can be of help in alleviating the drought downstream,” he said. According to Vietnamese media, 345,000 acres of rice in the Mekong Delta have been damaged by the drought, and 600,000 people face drinking water shortages. China and Vietnam are involved in an increasingly bitter territorial dispute in the South China Sea, but the two communist-lead countries have traditionally had close ties. Beijing and Hanoi have also been trying to repair ties severely harmed in 2014 when Beijing parked an oil rig in waters off the Vietnamese coast, which led to anti-China riots.

U.S. survey also shows a drop in wheat plantings at 51.769 million acres CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — U.S. farmers will increase corn acres by nearly three percent this year while slightly reducing soybeans, according to a new grower survey. Allendale Inc.’s survey of farmers in 25 states said corn would increase to 90.431 million acres from 87.999 million last year, while soybean acreage would fall to 82.575 million from 82.650 million. If realized, Allendale’s soybean acreage would be the third highest on record, while corn would be the sixth largest of the last 10 years. The firm’s figures compare with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s initial seeding forecasts last month of 90 million acres for corn and 82.5 million acres for soybeans. Allendale’s survey projected 2016 all-wheat plantings at 51.769 mil-

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lion acres, down from 54.644 million last year but more than the USDA’s February forecast of 51 million. The all-wheat figure includes winter wheat, durum and spring wheat but not durum. Allendale estimated durum at 1.975 million acres and other spring wheat at 13.185 million acres. The USDA estimated in January that farmers would seed 36.609 million acres of winter wheat. Based on its acreage estimates and trend-line yields, Allendale said its figures implied U.S. crop production of 13.632 billion bushels of corn, 3.722 billion bu. of soybeans and 1.998 billion bu. of wheat. The USDA will release its annual prospective plantings report March 31, which is based on surveys of tens of thousands of farmers.

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DRESDEN, Ont. — Ontario’s greenhouse vegetable growers plan to go head-to-head with fieldgrown production in the southern United States. They’ll have close to $350,000 to work with, half of which is a grant through the Growing Forward II program. Ontario agriculture Jeff Leal and federal agriculture minister Lawrence McAulay announced the deal March 11 in Leamington, Ont. “When you go into grocery stores here in Ontario, you see greenhouse products all the time. It’s not the same down there,” said Rick Seguin, general manager of the Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers. “I visited a number of supermarkets in Florida. With cucumbers, for instance, you can see a huge area dedicated to field cucumbers but just a small area for the kind of seedless cucumbers we produce.” The vegetable growers association plans to educate grocery retailers in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Mississippi in how to present and better manage greenhouse produce, Seguin said. Peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers all need to be stored at different temperatures to maximize their shelf life, he said. It’s also important to place the greenhouse produce in the right location in stores. For example,

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peppers shouldn’t be located next to vegetables such as lettuce that are misted. Seguin said Canadian grocers and those in the northeastern and north-central U.S. states are already familiar with the protocols. Fausto Amicone with Amco Produce in Leamington applauded the marketing effort. “Building market share is an expensive proposition. It’s not something we can do on our own,” he said. The greenhouse industry has the advantage of having a consistent supply of quality produce. It doesn’t face the weather uncertainties common in field production. Amicone said greenhouse produce is affordable but can be more expensive than field produce. “When consumers know they can get a better product, they will spend their money on it,” he said. There are now more than 2,500 acres of greenhouse vegetable production in Ontario.

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Australia tackles dingo attacks on sheep Wild dog predation is estimated to cost the country’s agricultural sector as much as $66 million a year SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) — The Australian government has pledged $5.2 million to help sheep farmers combat wild dogs. Attacks from wild dogs are compounding the difficulties of an industry trying to recover from a severe drought that has reduced flocks. “Wild dogs are estimated to cost Australia’s agricultural sector as much as $66 million each year through livestock losses, disease transmission and control costs, not to mention the emotional toll,” said Barnaby Joyce, deputy prime minister and minister for agriculture and water resources. Australia is the world’s third-

largest sheep producer with three times more sheep than people. However, the national flock has halved since the 1990s to 70 million sheep because of dog attacks and industry consolidation. The dogs consist mainly of packs of interbred feral dogs and dingoes, an indigenous Australian canine, and packs of dingoes. The groups are capable of mauling 40 sheep in a night and have caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of sheep in the past few years. “In some areas, wild dogs can be the biggest problem to the sheep industry,” said Ian Evans, program manager at Australian Wool

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dogs and how to stop them,” said Fraser Barry, a Queensland wool grower who lost up to 1,500 sheep in one year. “It meant we did not look at other facets about our business.” Queensland is now the smallest sheep rearing state, and New South Wales and Victoria have more than half of the national flock. “(The wild dogs) are the driving forces for some farmers leaving the sheep business,” said Greg Mifsud, project leader for the National Wild Dog Facilitator, Australia’s feral pest management program. The funding to combat wild dogs is part of a $25.6 million national

pest management program that is Australia’s first nation-wide action plan. The proceeds will help finance cluster fencing around farms to keep out the predators, the government said. Other prevention tools include lethal baiting, shooting and guard animals such alpacas, llamas and donkeys. Exports of sheep meat and wool are forecast to reach $6.2 billion this season, which accounts for 10 percent of the nation’s agriculture revenue, said the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences.

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ABU DHABI, U.A.E. (Reuters) — World food prices are expected to fall further this year, says Graziano da Silva, director general of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization. Prices are already near their lowest level in seven years because of slowing economic growth. The FAO’s food price index , which measures monthly changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy products, meat and sugar, has fallen in each of the last four years. It stabilized last month near a seven-year low as increases in vegetable oil and meat offset declining cereal, sugar and dairy prices. “The slowdown of the growth of the world economy, especially China, is putting a lot of (downward) pressure on commodities,” da Silva said. “We expect the price to continue to fall in real terms, not necessarily nominal terms, so it will depend a lot for each country on the exchange rate.” Producers in countries such as Brazil have been shielded to some extent from the overall weakness in global prices by the weakness of their local currency. “In the short run, this (weak food prices) will be a kind of compensation for the poorest that are buyers of food ... but in the long run we would like to see prices recover again,” da Silva said. “From experience, we see longterm trends of falling prices of commodities mean also a reduction in the supply side.” The FAO recently said world cereal production and demand should be balanced in 2015-16 with both totalling 2.52 billion tonnes. This would leave ending stocks virtually unchanged from a year earlier.

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Egypt struggles to end corruption in wheat Subsidized bread is at the heart of a corruption problem, which the government tried to solve with a Smart card CAIRO, Egypt (Reuters) — When Egyptian lawyer Ahmed Gad stepped out of a cafe on the outskirts of Cairo to take a call last October, a gunman on the back of a motorcycle trained a semi-automatic rifle on him and opened fire. Three bullets ripped into Gad’s right side before his attackers sped off. Gad, who survived, said the men were trying to silence him for his attempts to expose corruption in one of Egypt’s most important commodity markets: wheat. Wheat can be a matter of life and death in Egypt. The country is the world’s biggest importer of the grain, in large part because Cairo runs a bread subsidy program that feeds tens of millions of poor Egyptians. Wheat shortages have triggered riots in the past, and when Egyptians rose up against autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011, one of their signature chants was “bread, freedom and social justice.” The pressures have returned over the past few months as Egypt faces potential wheat shortages because of its strict ban on imports of wheat infected with ergot, a common fungus. However, the hardest blight to eradicate has been corruption. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has made ending corruption, including graft in the wheat industry, one of his government’s priorities. In 2014, his government introduced a system of Smart cards designed to stop unscrupulous bakeries from selling government subsidized flour on the black market. Cairo says the system has been a success, saving millions of dollars in bread subsidies, reducing imports and ending shortages that once prompted long queues outside bakeries across the country. Supplies minister Khaled Hanafi told Egyptian reporters in late 2014 that 50 percent of the country’s flour supply was stolen. In December, he said the new system had saved more than $1 billion worth of flour. However, industry officials, traders and bakers say the reforms have failed and even made abuse of the system worse. Eight sources in the wheat industry said the Smart card system could be hacked, allowing bakers to falsify receipts and request far more subsidized flour than they officially sold. Critics said that instead of reducing the amount of flour the state paid for, the Smart card system actually increased it. This triggered a wave of fraud higher up the supply chain that the sources say cost the country hundreds of millions of dollars last year. Internal statistics produced by the supplies ministry suggest the problems with the Smart card system were considerable. The data shows that consumption of state-subsidized flour increased early last year in 12 of the 19 provinces where the Smart card system had been introduced. Consumption of subsidized flour was 955,000 tonnes in February 2015, up from 750,000 tonnes the previous February.

Egyptians buy wheat with a government issued Smart card, designed to track subsidies and reduce cheating in the country’s corrupt wheat subsidy program. | REUTERS PHOTO The government concedes there were teething problems with the Smart card system, which temporarily drove up consumption. However, it said the problem was limited and had been resolved. Whatever the case, the extra consumption early last year drained government grain reserves. Ministry data shows that by May, wheat reser ves had fallen to 435,000 tonnes, enough for about two weeks’ supply and far below the stock of three to four months normally held by the state. Four traders said the government tried to paper over the shortage by declaring a bumper domestic harvest last year and then quietly filling the gap by buying extra imported wheat. In fact, the traders and one former adviser to the supplies minister said the harvest was no bigger than normal. It was not possible to verify the size of the harvest. Nader Nour El-Din, a former adviser to the supplies minister and now a professor of agriculture at Cairo University, said it was inconceivable for the harvest to have been as big as the government said because the area seeded to wheat had not increased in size, production methods had not changed and fertilizer use had not increased. The Egyptian government denied that it faced a wheat shortage. Hanafi said in December that wheat levels were deliberately reduced in the first five months of 2015 to clear space in silos for the bumper crop the state was expecting. “We never, (and) we are not facing at all, a shortage in the reserves,” he said. “The opposite is true.” The Smar t card system was designed to end corruption. The scheme provides each family with a plastic card that allows them to buy five small flat loaves of bread per family member a day. A family member must swipe their card

through a machine every time they visit a bakery so that the supplies ministry can track exactly how much bread each bakery sells. The government then pays each bakery

a subsidy per loaf. The ministry had previously relied on bakeries to report how much bread they sold, but many bakeries overstated the amount

and then sold the extra on the black market. The government has said the new system stopped that overreporting. However, four bakers, three wheat traders and a miller said the system was possible to cheat. The Smart cards and the machine that reads them were produced by Smart, a private company based in Cairo. According to the traders and bakers, employees at Smart secretly produced cards that resemble the ordinary Smart card but act as a “master” that overrides the system. Swiping a master card through their machine allowed bakers to reset the system and then swipe ordinary Smart cards multiple times. Smart employees sold the cheat devices to bakeries for several thousand dollars, according to rival bakers. Hanafi acknowledged the smart card system had been compromised but described the problems as “very marginal and minor.” He said the ministry immediately i nv e s t i gat e d a n y s u s p i c i o u s increase in flour consumption. “Of course, for any system for the interne t... there is a very minor percent of hacking,” Hanafi said. “ ( How e v e r ) , i f t h e re i s a n y increase not justified in the consumption, our people directly go and take care of it.”

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NEW ORLEANS, La. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; U.S. farm groups are fighting mad about continued attacks on the federal crop insurance program. The American Soybean Association was not pleased to discover a US$18 billion cut to crop insurance contained in U.S. President Barack Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2017 budget proposal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our policy has always been that we will strongly oppose any attempt to target farm bill programs for additional cuts, and it goes without saying that we will continue to fight proposed cuts to the farm safety

net,â&#x20AC;? ASA president Richard Wilkins said in a news release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All it takes is a quick glance around the farm economy to see that we need a stronger safety net for our farmers, not a weaker one.â&#x20AC;? Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan says the U.S. taxpayer pays 62 percent of grower premiums, and he would like to see that reduced. His budget proposes lowering the premium for harvest price coverage by 10 percentage points, which would save taxpayers an estimated $16.9 billion over 10 years. The remaining savings would come largely through reforms to prevented planting coverage,

which the government claims is being abused by growers in certain parts of the country, such as the prairie pothole region of the northern Great Plains. This is not the first attempt to gut the crop insurance program. Last October, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and congressional leaders announced a bipartisan budget deal that included a $3 billion cut to crop insurance over a 10-year period. That legislation was repealed in December after strong protests from the farm community. Chip Bowling, president of the National Corn Growers Associa-

tion, said the 2014 farm bill is a market-based safety net that kicks in when farmers need it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unfortunately, that time is now,â&#x20AC;? he told reporters attending Commodity Classic 2016. He vowed that farm groups will continue to fight against crop insurance cuts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is not the time to put the farm safety net in jeopardy,â&#x20AC;? said Bowling. U.S. agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack said he is dealing with a capped budget and there is no appetite in Congress to remove the cap, which means he has to make tough budgetary choices and tradeoffs.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do we get that reduction out of conservation? Are you OK with that?â&#x20AC;? he asked reporters questioning the proposed crop insurance cuts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How about we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do as many guaranteed farm loans at a time when bankers are being a little squeamish about credit?â&#x20AC;? Other alternatives include cutting export promotion programs or gutting the rental assistance program, which could result in 10,000 to 20,000 homeless families in rural America. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are the choices that are involved in forming a budget,â&#x20AC;? said Vilsack. sean.pratt@producer.com ROUNDUP READY 2XTEND

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2010 Premier M150 25 Ft

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2008 Kenworth T800 & 2013 Lode King

AUCTION LOCATION: From the Legal Corner (Hwy 2 & Secondary Hwy 651), go 4.8 Kms (3 miles) North on Hwy 2. Yard on East Side. GPS: 53.988510, -113.667791 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2002 John Deere 9420 4WD Tractor · 1992 John Deere 8760 4WD Tractor · 2002 John Deere 7410 MFWD Tractor · 2010 John Deere 9870STS Combine · 2005 John Deere 9860STS Combine · 2010 Premier M150 25 Ft Swather · 2014 John Deere 4830 100 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · 2012 Freightliner Coronado Sleeper T/A Truck Tractor · 2008 Kenworth T800 Sleeper T/A Truck Tractor · 2005 Freightliner Classic Sleeper T/A Truck Tractor · 2000 Freightliner

FLD120 Sleeper T/A Truck Tractor · 1999 Freightliner FLD120 Sleeper T/A Truck Tractor · 1995 Freightliner FLD120 Sleeper T/A Truck Tractor · 1983 Ford 700 Grain Truck · 2013 Lode King 27 Ft Super B-Train Grain Trailer · 2009 Doepker 27 Ft Super B-Train Grain Trailer · 2004 Lode King Prestige 27 Ft Super B-Train Grain Trailer · 2003 Lode King Prestige 27 Ft Super B-Train Grain Trailer · 2013 John Deere 1870 56 Ft Air Drill · Grain Bins · Grain Augers ...AND MUCH MORE!

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Glen & Tanya Pidsadowski

APRIL 5TH, 2016 â&#x20AC;˘ 9:00 AM â&#x20AC;˘ LIVE INTERNET BIDDING PMT HOLDINGS LTD.- MYRON & DARCY TKATCHUK NORTH BATTLEFORD, SK

Westlock, AB | April 4, 2016 Âˇ 10 am

2012 Case IH 500HD & 2011 SunďŹ&#x201A;ower 1544 45 Ft

2012 Case IH 9230AFS

2013 New Holland CX8090

2012 Case IH 3330 Patriot 100 Ft

AUCTION LOCATION: From WESTLOCK, AB, go 11 km (7 miles) North on Hwy 44 to The Sunniebend Rd, then go East 8 km (5 miles) to Range Rd 255, then go North 2.8 km (1.8 miles). Yard on East side. GPS: 54.294485, -113.696384 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2012 Case IH 500HD 4WD Tractor Âˇ 1998 New Holland 9882 4WD Tractor Âˇ 1994 Ford 7740 MFWD Tractor Âˇ Case 2090 2WD Tractor Âˇ 2013 New Holland CX8090 Combine Âˇ 2012 Case IH 9230AFS Combine Âˇ 2012 Westward M155 30 Ft Swather Âˇ 2010 Westward M150 30 Ft Swather Âˇ 2012 Case IH 3330 Patriot 100 Ft High Clearance Sprayer Âˇ 2011 Freightliner Cascadia T/A Sleeper Truck Tractor Âˇ 1998 Freightliner T/A Sleeper Truck Tractor Âˇ 1979 Ford 9000 T/A Grain Truck Âˇ 2007 Dodge 2500 Crew Cab 4x4 Pickup Truck Âˇ 1994 Dodge 2500 SLT 4x4 Pickup Truck Âˇ 2000 Dodge 1500 Ram Pickup Truck Âˇ 2012 Great Dane 53 Ft Tri/A Hiboy Trailer Âˇ 2006 Doepker 35 Ft Super B-Train Lead Grain Trailer Âˇ 14 Ft T/A Flatdeck

Utility Trailer Âˇ 2010 Oasis 16 Ft T/A Deck Over Utility Trailer Âˇ Custombuilt 39 Ft S/A Trailer Âˇ Custombuilt 3500 Gallon T/A Water Wagon Trailer Âˇ Caterpillar GP40 7400 Lb Forklift Âˇ 2014 Kirchner V Ditcher Âˇ Unused - 2016 Case IH FH700 60 Ft Tow-Behind Air Drill Âˇ Wil-Rich 42 Ft Field Cultivator Âˇ Ezee-On 7400 40 Ft Deep Tillage Cultivator Âˇ Leon Viking II 30 Ft Deep Tillage Cultivator Âˇ 2011 SunďŹ&#x201A;ower 1544 45 Ft Tandem Disc Âˇ Super Chief 3 Bottom 3 Pt Hitch Plow Âˇ 2001 Bourgault 7200 50 Ft Heavy Harrows Âˇ 2015 Case IH RB565 Premium Round Baler Âˇ 1992 Hesston 565A Round Baler Âˇ 2012 New Holland H7450 13 Ft Disc Mower Âˇ H & S Mfg Bi-Fold-12 12 Wheel V Hay Rake Âˇ Grain Augers Âˇ Grain Bins ...AND MUCH MORE!

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a Farm Equipment Auction for Glenn Swenson, 306-861-4395, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, 10:00 AM. Directions from Weyburn, SK: 19 kms Southeast on Hwy 39 and 3 South. Watch for signs! Case/IH 7220 FWA tractor, Case/IH 7110 2WD tractor with Allied 895 FEL, JD 4640 2WD tractor with duals, JD 9500 SP combine with 2430 hours, 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Prairie Star 4900 SP swather w/1815 hrs, IH 1480 SP combine with new sieves, MF 25â&#x20AC;&#x2122; PTO swather, 1989 Ford F-800 grain truck with Cancade box, 1969 GMC 960 cabover grain truck, 1957 GMC grain truck, Flexi-Coil 800 air seeder w/JD 787 air tank, Flexi-Coil 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122; System 95 tine harrows and packers, Flexi-Coil 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; System 82 tine harrows, 35â&#x20AC;&#x2122; JD 1610 cultivator with 1655 Valmar and fert. kit, 42â&#x20AC;&#x2122; JD 1000 Vibrashank cult. with 1620 Valmar, Coop 33â&#x20AC;&#x2122; deep tillage cult., MF 360 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; & 15â&#x20AC;&#x2122; discers, MF 360 2- 15â&#x20AC;&#x2122; discers, Flexi-Coil end tow diamond harrows, Allis Chalmers 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; tandem disc, 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Flexi-Coil 55 sprayer, Sakundiak HD 10-2200 swing auger, Sakundiak HD 7-37 auger w/Honda eng., Brandt 6-35 auger with Power Ease engine and bin sweep, Sakundiak HD 7-1600 auger with Kohler engine, REM 542 grain vac, Behlin 3500 bu. hopper bottom bin, Friesen 73 ton fert. bin, Sakundiak 3000 bushel bin on wood floor, Westeel 2000 bu. bin on wood floor, Twister 2100 bu. bin on wood floor, Rosco 1350 bu. bin on wood floor, 2000 and 1350 bu. round wood floors, Schulte XH-1500 Series rotary mower, Crown rockpicker, Blanchard Flax straw buncher, Schulte fork type rockpicker, IH 70 3 PTH snowblower, 3 PTH gyro mower, Hyundai 2000 Watt inverter generator, Craftsman LT 1000 lawn tractor and mower, 1000 & 300 gal. fuel tank and stands, floating slough pumps, Low Rider Ford truck topper, shop built building mover, plus much more! www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. Join us on Facebook and Twitter. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL #311962.

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J&C Robinson Farms Ltd. Weyburn, SK | March 31, 2016 Âˇ 10 am

2010 Case IH 535 Quadtrac & Flexi-Coil 5000 57 Ft w/4350

Miller Nitro 2200HT 100 Ft

2011 Case IH 8120

2012 Kubota M126

2010 Westward M150 40 Ft

AUCTION LOCATION: From WEYBURN, SK, go 21.5 km (13.4 miles) South on Hwy 35, then 1.6 km (1 mile) West on Radville Grid, then 0.8 km (0.5 mile) North. Yard on West side GPS: 49.4696000, -103.8705389 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2010 Case IH 535 Quadtrac Âˇ 1995 Case IH 7240 MFWD Âˇ 2012 Kubota M126 MFWD Âˇ John Deere 3130 2WD Âˇ International 560 2WD Âˇ 2005 Kubota B7800 4WD Utility Âˇ John Deere D Antique Utility Âˇ 2011 Case IH 8120 Combine Âˇ 2012 MacDon FD70 40 Ft Flex Draper Âˇ 2010 Westward M150 40 Ft Âˇ 1995 Freightliner T/A Âˇ 1975 International 1700 Loadstar Tag/A Âˇ 1981 Ford F350 Service

Truck Âˇ 1993 Doepker 36 Ft T/A Grain Trailer Âˇ Flexi-Coil 5000 57 Ft Air Drill AD-110520 Âˇ Case IH 5600 Cultivator Âˇ Brandt 7000 70 Ft Heavy Harrows Âˇ Leon 3000 Series 2 Rock Picker Âˇ Miller Nitro 2200HT 100 Ft High Clearance Sprayer Âˇ Worksaver 3 Point Hitch Spreader Âˇ WestďŹ eld MK130-71 Plus 13 In. x 70 Ft Grain Auger Âˇ Land Pride 72 In. 3 Point Hitch Finishing Lawn Mower Âˇ Qty of GPS Equipment ...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Jeff Robinson: 306.842.5507 (h), 306.861.7116 (c),

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MACK AUCTION CO. presents a Farm and Livestock Equipment Auction for Cowan Bros. and guests. Sale info call Dave 306-736-2999 or Ward 306-736-7121. Saturday, April 23, 2016, Langbank, SK., 10:00 AM. Directions from Langbank: go 2 miles North on Hwy #9, 2 miles West and 1 mile North. Live internet bidding www.bidspotter.com. Versatile 875 4WD tractor with 6485 hrs, Versatile 835 4WD tractor w/6945 hrs, JD 4440 2WD tractor with 7400 hours, JD 4440 2WD tractor, JD 4430 2WD tractor, JD 4440 2WD tractor with 707 Leon FEL, Case 2290 2WD tractor with 3 PTH, Case 1370 2WD tractor, Case 970 2WD tractor, JD 9600 SP combine w/3440 sep. hours, JD 7721 PT combine, JD 7721 PT combine, 25â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Westward 3000 PT swather, JD 590 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; PT swather, MF 25â&#x20AC;&#x2122; PT swather, JD 590 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; swather, MF 25â&#x20AC;&#x2122; PT swather, 2001 Western Star tandem grain truck, 2003 GMC 2500 HD ext. cab truck, 1969 Chev C-60 grain truck, 2009 Trailtech Prospector flat deck trailer bumper pull, 36â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bourgault 8800 air seeder with Bourgault 2155 TBH air tank, 82â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bourgault 850 Centurion III field sprayer, 37â&#x20AC;&#x2122; JD 1610 cult. with anhydrous kit, 35â&#x20AC;&#x2122; JD 1600 cultivator, Flexi-Coil 50â&#x20AC;&#x2122; tine harrows, 37â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Wilrich field cult., Case/IH 27â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 5500 chisel plow with Degelman harrows, 24â&#x20AC;&#x2122; JD 100 cult., JD 567 round baler shedded, Highline 1400 round bale picker, MacDon 5020 16â&#x20AC;&#x2122; haybine, Bale King bale processor, 2100 bu. creep feeders, Farm King trailer type PTO roller mill, EZ-Guide 250 and EZSteer 500, EZ-Guide 250 and EZ-Steer 500, Degelman rockpickers, 2- Leon 707 FEL with JD mounts, Westfield 10-60 swing auger, Sakundiak 8-50 PTO auger, Sakundiak 7-41 auger with Kohler engine, Brandt 7-33 auger w/Kohler eng., Brandt 7-33 auger w/Kohler eng., Pool 6-33 auger and Kohler engine, plus much more! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. Join us on Facebook and Twitter. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL #311962.

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Kinsella, Alberta - Sat. April 9 Estate Auction. Ph 780-842-0098 2009 JD 7630; 2004 JD 7720; JD 8960; JD 567 w/net wrap; Case 440 skid steer (860 hrs); 2011 Challenger 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; swather & 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Razar Box Hay Header; JD 9600 Combine w/rear wheel assist.

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

Athabasca, Alberta - Friday April 22 Ben Burton, 780-689-0774 NH 9280 Tractor; D6D Cat #3X758, brush rake; winch; 2014 Leon 1350 scraper (as new); MF 9435 Swather, 25â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 542 hrs (one owner); Ezee-On 1375 18â&#x20AC;&#x2122; disc (as new); Bourgault 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 5710 Series 2 double air drill; Spra-Coupe 3640 sprayer; NH 1431 Discbine; J&M 1000 grain cart; Richiger PTO grain extractor; Flaman 1010 bagger; Plus full line up.

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

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

Willingdon, AB - Wednesday April 27, Porozni Farms, 780-208-7933 (Greg)

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TH U R S D AY, M AR CH 31 - 2:0 0 P M MACK AUCTION CO. presents a Farm E q u i p m e n t Au c t i o n fo r To m We b b 306-459-2731, Monday, April 11, 2016 at 10:00 AM. Directions from Pangman, SK. from Jct. of Hwy 6 & 13 go 5 miles West and 5 miles South on the Parry/Hardy grid! Watch for signs! Live internet bidding www.bidspotter.com NH 9682 4WD tractor w/5240 hours, NH 9682 4WD tractor w/6205 hours, Case 2096 2WD tractor w/4175 hours; Ford 4000 2WD dsl. tractor w/3 PTH, Allis Chalmers 7G track dozer with 4-in-1 bucket, NH H8-40 SP 30’ swather with only 1009 hours, Unverferth 9250 grain cart w/scale and roll tarp, NH TR98 SP combine, Koenders 8’ poly swath roller, 1991 GMC Topkick tandem grain truck w/115,400 kms, 1988 GMC Kodiak tandem grain truck w/Detroit diesel, 2002 Buick Century Ltd. 4 dr. sedan with leather and sunroof, 1988 Lincoln Towncar 4 dr. sedan, 1971 GMC 6500 grain truck, 1965 Ford 700 grain truck 5 spd. with air brakes, 1989 Chev 1500 regular cab diesel pickup, Morris Maxim II 39’ air drill and Morris 7240 air tank double shoot and Atom paired row openers, Morris Magnum 45’ II CP-745 cultivator w/2055 Valmar, Morris Ranger II 70’ harrow packers, Ezee-On 6650 33’ tandem disc, Morris B3-48 rod weeder, Morris B3-36 rod weeder, Massey Ferguson 360 3- 15’ discers, Degelman RP 7200 Signature Series hyd. rockpicker, Leon M850 PT scraper, NH BR7090 round baler, Lypka flax straw buncher, Westward 3 PTH 30’ sprayer, Flexi-Coil 65’ sprayer, Arctic Cat 500 4WD quad, Ford 3 PTH angle blade, Kuhn EL23 3 PTH rototiller, McKee Model 6 3 PTH snowblower, Farm King 3 PTH disc, AG Fab garden wagon, Poly 1250 gal. water tank, Sakundiak HD 8-45 auger w/Vanguard 35 HP dsl. engine and Meridian mover, Sakundiak HD 8-39 auger w/Kohler Command Pro 27 HP engine and Meridian mover, Sakundiak HD 10-2000 swing auger, Sakundiak HD 6-33 auger with 5 HP electric motor, Vidor 105 tonne fert. bin, 3- Vidor 73 tonne fert. bins, Vidor 105 tonne fert. bin, 3- Vidor 73 tonne fert. bins, Meridian 83 tonne fert. bin, Univision 73 tonne fert. bin, 4- Bader 2000 bu. hopper bins, Twister 1000 bu. hopper bin. For sale bill and photos visit www.mackauctioncompany.com Join us on Facebook and Twitter. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a Premium Farm Equipment Auction for Fortner F a r m s , K e n a n d K a t h y F o r t n e r, 306-861-1006, Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 10:00 AM. Directions from McTaggart, SK: go 1 mile East on Hwy 39 and 1 mile North on RR 2154. Watch for signs! Live internet bidding www.bidspotter.com JD 9630 4WD tractor w/Michelin triples, with only 766 hrs, GreenStar ready; JD 4640 2WD tractor with 5450 hrs, with duals; 2004 Kenworth T800 tandem grain truck with AutoShift and 78,600 kms; 2003 Wilson 34’ alum. grain trailer; shop built tandem dolly convertor; 66’ 2010 Bourgault 3310 PHD drill w/blockage and Atom Jet openers; 2010 Bourgault 6550ST air tank 4 comp. 3 meter; 1990 GMC Topkick grain truck w/3208 Cat engine; JD AR antique tractor; 2- Case DC-4 tractors; Case C antique tractor w/steel wheels; JD 9760 SP combine with 1725 sep. hrs, Greenstar ready; 30’ Premier 2950 Turbo SP swather with 1311 hours; 36’ MacDon 963 Harvest header; Harmon steel drum swath roller; 100’ JD 4830 sprayer with only 1018 hrs, GreenStar ready; 4- Goodyear 380/90R-46 sprayer tires and rims; Tridekon crop dividers, 4- JD Starfire receivers; 4- JD 2600 displays; Outback light bar; 80’ Degelman 7000 Strawmaster heavy harrow; Degelman 7645 land roller; JD 1610 cultivator w/Degelman harrows; MF 360 18’ discer; Haukaas side arm disc markers; Crown 6 yard scraper; 5000 gal. ground fuel tank; 300 & 500 gal. fuel tank and stands; Crary 30’ air reel; 4 Behlen 12’x14’ quonset doors; 2010- 9’ Mainero 2230 grain bagger; Westfield MK 130-91 swing auger big 1000 PTO; Westfield MK 130-91 swing auger, 540 PTO; Sakundiak HD 8-1400 auger with mover and Wisconsin diesel engine; Sakundiak HD 8-1400 auger with Wheatheart mover and Kohler 27 HP engine; Wooden 100 bu. grain box w/rubber tires; 13- Behlin 3200 bu. hopper bottom bins w/air and OPI; Twister 11,000 bushel flat bottom bin with floor sweep and unload auger; 2- Twister 5500 bu. hopper bottom bins; 7- Friesen 105, 72 and 50 ton fert. bins; 14,000 bushel condo storage at P&H Weyburn, SK; 4- Westeel 1650 hopper bottom bins; 2- Westeel Rosco 1900 bushel hopper bottom bins; 2- Behlin 2911 bu. on cement; Westeel Rosco 3300 bu. bin on wood; Westeel 1350 bushel bin on wood; 2- Westeel 1650 bushel bins on cement. Quantity of 3 HP and 5 HP aeration fans. Daryl Campbell Consignment, 306-861-3141. Kubota B-2410 FWA yard tractor and Kubota LA-352 FEL, with 350 hours; Kubota 3 PTH rototiller; Kubota B-2550C front mount snowblower; Landpride 3 PTH yard leveller; 40’ sea container; Kubota F2560 SP diesel front mount 72” lawnmower, with 760 hours; Yamaha Kodiak quad; Polaris Scrambler 90 quad; Zero Drift yard sprayer; Yamaha EF5200DE generator. For sale bill and photos visit www.mackauctioncompany.com Join us on Facebook and Twitter. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

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2016 WILSON SUPER B, D spec, warranty, 25,000 kms, white, electric tarps, $120,000 OBO. 306-331-6990, 306-432-2114, Dysart, SK. rob.atkinson@email.com NEW 2015 WILSON Super B, also tridem 2 hopper; 2- new CASTLETONS: one 44’ tridem and 36’ tandem; 2014 Wilson Super B; 2007 Doepker Super B; 2005 Lode-King Super B; 2002 alum. open end Lode-King Super B; 2004 Doepker tandem; New Michel’s hopper augers and chute openers. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393 www.rbisk.ca DL #905231. PRAIRIE SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING. Trailer overhauls and repairs, alum. slopes and trailer repairs, tarps, insurance claims, and trailer sales. Epoxy paint. Agriculture and commercial. Satisfaction guaranteed. 306-744-7930, Saltcoats, SK.

WRECKING VOLVO TRUCKS: Misc. axles NEW NEVILLE: 38’, air ride, 78” sides, and parts. Also tandem trailer suspension 11x24.5 tires, alum. cat walks, ladders, roll tarp, 2 hoppers, $38,999. 306-563-8765. axles. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK. DIESEL, GAS, TRUCK, car, big rig, we do it 1996 MIDLAND 24’ tandem pup, stiff pole, all! Ph. Smoke ‘Em Diesel for the best pric- completely rebuilt, new paint and brakes, ing on parts & services! (DPF & Emissions like new, $18,500. Merv 306-276-7518, 306-767-2616, leave message, Arborfield, Removal). 306-545-5911, Regina, SK. SK. DL #906768. SOUTHSIDE AUTO WRECKERS located in Weyburn, SK. 306-842-2641. Used car parts, light truck to semi-truck parts. We buy scrap iron and non-ferrous metals. NORMS SANDBLASTING & PAINT, 40 TRUCK BONEYARD INC. Specializing in years body and paint experience. We do obsolete parts, all makes. Trucks bought metal and fiberglass repairs and integral to for wrecking. 306-771-2295, Balgonie, SK. daycab conversions. Sandblasting and TRUCK PARTS: 1/2 to 3 ton. We ship paint to trailers, trucks and heavy equip. anywhere. Phoenix Auto, 1-877-585-2300, Endura primers and topcoats. A one stop shop. Norm 306-272-4407, Foam Lake SK. Lucky Lake, SK. WRECKING TRUCKS: All makes all models. Need parts? Call 306-821-0260 or email: junkman.2010@hotmail.com Wrecking Dodge, Chev, GMC, Ford and others. Lots of 4x4 stuff, 1/2 ton - 3 ton, buses etc. and some cars. We ship by bus, mail, Loomis, Purolator. Lloydminster, SK. WRECKING SEMI-TRUCKS, lots of parts. Call Yellowhead Traders. 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK. SASKATOON TRUCK PARTS CENTRE Ltd. North Corman Industrial Park. New and used parts available for 3 ton highway tractors including custom built tandem converters and wet kits. All truck makes/models bought and sold. Shop service available. Specializing in repair and custom rebuilding for transmissions and differentials. Now offering driveshaft repair and assembly from passenger vehicles to heavy trucks. For more info call 306-668-5675 or 1-877-362-9465. www.saskatoontruckparts.ca DL #914394

2015 AHV LODE-KING aluminum Super B hoppers, extra light pkg., round stainless fenders, current Safety, exc. 11Rx22.5 tires w/alum. wheels, exc. cond., no air lift or elec. tarps. Two sets available $104,000 ea. OBO. 866-236-4028, Calgary

GRASSLAND TRAILERS OFFERING quality trailers at wholesale prices. 20’ Steel livestock, starting at $13,450; 20’ Aluminum livestock, starting at $21,650. Call Glen, 306-640-8034, Assiniboia, SK., or email: gm93@sasktel.net

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2008 F250 4x4, regular cab, 5.4L, auto., 134,000 kms, PW. PL, AC, good solid work truck, $11,900. Cam-Don Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

2005 GMC SLT 1500 4x4, 5.3 auto, all factory options, grill inserts, pipe running board Goodyear Wrangler radials, 180,300 km, $7500. 306-961-3911 Prince Albert 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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1977 C-60 CHEV 3 ton, 1000 rubber, 300 bu. grain box w/rollover tarp, asking $8200. 306-369-7794, Bruno, SK. 1977 DODGE W600, 52,000 kms, motor tranny, hoist and tires all good, $1500 OBO. Call 403-854-2459, Hanna, AB. 1979 CHEV C60 3 ton, 14’ steel B&H, 920 tires like new, roll tarp, 17,977 miles, $5500. 306-726-4525, Southey, SK. 1979 FORD 3 ton, 16’ box, roll tarp, plumbed, drill fill incl., mint cond., 70,000 orig. kms, $10,000. 403-740-3663 Stettler 1981 FORD TANDEM 19' Unibody, rebuilt 671, decent tires, 13 spd. Fuller, 340,000 kms, $20,000 OBO. 780-305-3547 Barrhead 1991 GMC TOPKICK tandem grain truck with 115,400 kms, also 1988 GMC Kodiak tandem grain truck with Detroit diesel. Tom Webb Farm Equip. Auction, Monday, April 11, 2016, Pangman, Sask. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 1998 PETERBILT 377, N14 Cummins, 18 spd., A/T/C, alum. wheels and tanks, 19’ B&H, Michel’s tarp, pintle hitch, $39,000. 306-378-4007, Elrose, SK. 2001 WESTERN STAR tandem grain truck. Cowan Bros. Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday, April 23, 2016, Langbank, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 2004 KENWORTH T800 tandem grain truck with AutoShift, 78,600 kms; also a 1990 GMC Topkick grain truck w/3208 Cat eng. Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equipment Auction, Sat., April 9, 2016, McTaggart, SK. area. www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 2005 FREIGHTLINER TANDEM, 515 HP Detroit, 10 spd. auto Ultrashift, new 20’ grain B&H w/remote controls for chute and hoist, roll tarp, backup camera, new paint, setup for pintle hitch, $63,000. 780-354-3447, Beaverlodge, AB. 2007 IH 9400, with Cummins 435 HP 10 spd. AutoShift, 20’ box, alum. wheels and tanks, exc. cond., certified, $67,500; 2006 Peterbilt, 475 HP, Detroit 18 spd., A/T/C, alum. wheels, tanks, chrome bumper, like new tires, new paint, 20’ BH&T, exc. shape, show truck, $69,500; 2007 Mack CH613, 460 Mack eng., 13 spd., AutoShift, alum. wheels, new tires, A/T/C, new paint, 20’ BH&T, very nice, $67,500; 2007 Mack, 460 Mack eng., 12 spd. auto. trans., 3-way lockers, alum. wheels, good tires, 20’ BH&T, rear controls, pintle plate, $69,500; 1990 Kenworth T600, 450 HP Detroit, 10 spd., alum. front wheels, good tires, pulls good w/1996 36’ Cancade 2 hopper grain t r a i l e r - n i c e s h ap e , $ 3 5 , 0 0 0 ; 2 0 0 0 Freightliner Century Classic M11 Cummins, 375 HP, Super 10 speed, exc. tires, 20’ BH&T, alum. wheels, $47,500; 2007 IH 9400, 430 HP Cummins, new 20’ BH&T, new paint, good tires, alum. wheels and tanks, 10 spd. AutoShift, $67,500. Trades accepted. Call Merv at 306-276-7518, 306-767-2616, Arborfield, SK DL #906768 2007 INTERNATIONAL 9200I Eagle gravel truck, 242,000 kms, 410 HP Cummins, 18 spd, air-ride, 16’ Renn box, roll tarp, Fresh SK. inspection, $49,900. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2007 KENWORTH T800, C15 Cat, 475 HP, 18 spd. AutoShift, 46,000 rears, 4:10 ratio, 870,000 kms, Western truck, new SK. Safety, new 20' CIM B&H, $79,900. DL#316542. 306-270-6399, Saskatoon, 78truxsales.com 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

2009 CHRYSLER PT Cruiser, 110,000 kms., $ 6 8 0 0 ; 2 0 0 8 Po n t i a c Wave , $ 5 8 0 0 . 306-653-8765, Canora, SK.

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2008 DODGE D2500, 4x4, ext. cab, 6.7L Cummins, 6 spd. manual trans, Yukon full locker rear end w/air ride, Bostrum air ride seat, fully loaded. Last 12 months: new clutch, flywheel, brakes, A/C workorder. Truxedo box cover and chrome box rails. Excellent rubber, 269,000 kms, $19,500. Call Bill at 306-726-7977, Southey, SK.

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FORD F-800 GRAIN TRUCK with Cancade box, 1969 GMC 960 cabover grain truck, 1957 GMC grain truck. Glenn Swenson Farm Equipment Auction, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, Weyburn, Sask. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

2013 KENWORTH W900L, Cummins ISX 15, 550 HP, 18 spd., 46,000 rears, 3:91, 320,000 kms, 4-way rear lockup, engine protection shut down, safetied- January, 2016, new: motor, batteries, clutch and Webasto (engine and bunk), 62” AeroCab sleeper, many other features. Asking $110,000. 306-368-2494, Lake Lenore, SK.

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1986 PETERBILT 359, 3406 CAT, 1246 rear 2015 CHEV SILVERADO 1 ton, reg cab, locks, 13 spd. Eaton’s, $13,500 OBO. 4x4, WT-hydra bed bale deck, wireless 306-478-2469, Ferlend, SK. remote, LED work lights, 5th wheel hitch and rear receiver, toolbox, grill guard, 6.0L engine and auto trans, 250,000 kms, $51,000. 306-661-7686, Maple Creek, SK. kmulatz_mcm@hotmail.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. 1994 F-600, 5.9 Cummins, 5 spd., hyd. 8.3 Cummins, 300 HP, vg cond. $28,000. brakes, 10x20 vg, 185,000 kms, 20’ deck, 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. fresh Sask. safety, $10,900. Call Cam-Don 2- 2007 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIAS, Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 48” sleeper, 515 Detroit 18 spd., 3 wheel CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used lockers, 11R24.5, $26,500 each. Richard at highway tractors. For more details call 306-547-7680, Okla, SK. DL #304675. 204-685-2222 or view information at 2005 PETERBILT 378, Cummins 500 HP, www.titantrucksales.com 18 spd; 2006 Peterbilt 379, Cummins 475 2004 FREIGHTLINER CONDOR, very low HP, 13 spd; 2009 IH Prostar, Cummins miles, cab and chasis, long wheel base, 500 HP, 18 spd; 2003 Freightliner Colum- C10 CAT, Allison auto, complete hyd. sysbia, Detroit 500HP (rebuilt), 18 spd., 46 tem, including hyd. side arm lift, suitable rears, lockers; 2004 Kenworth W900L, Cat for conversion to a bale hauler, $19,900. 475 HP, 13 spd. Daycabs: 2005 IH 9400, Call K & L Equipment, Ituna, SK. Ladimer Cat 475 HP, 18 spd, wet kit; 2005 Ken- 306-795-7779. DL #910885. worth T800, Cat 475 HP, 18 spd, 46 rears, 4-way locks. 306-567-7262, Davidson, SK. www.hodginshtc.com DL #312974. 2009 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA daycab, 505 Detroit, 18 spd., 46 rears, fresh S a s k . s a fe t y, $ 3 6 , 5 0 0 . C a l l R i c h a r d 306-547-7680, Okla, SK. DL #304675. 2009 INTERNATIONAL PROSTAR T/A tractor, 340,000 kms, daycab, 485 HP, Cummins, 8 spd, air-ride, wet kit, alum. buds, $44,900. Call 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2010 T800 KENWORTH ISX 15 w/delete kit, Eaton 18 spd. auto., 310,000 kms, 10,330 hrs., 410 gears w/46 rears. 63" flattop bunk w/Legacy seats, herd bumper and headache rack, 310,000 kms, $85,000. 780-853-0552, 780-853-3561, Vermilion, AB. Rusty@r2n2services.com 2011 KENWORTH T800, 475, 18 spd., Super 40’s, 813,000 kms, vg condition, $69,500. 306-921-7721, Melfort, SK. 2015 367 PETERBILT, 91,000 kms, 500 HP Cummins, 22” tires, Super 40’s, 36” bunk, $139,000 OBO.780-888-1258 Lougheed AB

FUEL TRUCKS: 2004 FLD 120, Detroit 60, 570,000 kms, 16,700 hrs. with 2004 Hutchinson 4 comp. 2009 T800 ISM with 2009 5 comp Hutchinson tank, 420,000 kms, 13,580 hrs. 2005 T800 C13 with 1997 Advance 5 comp tank. All are dual pumping with rough bottom loading. Others are available upon request. 306-483-8399, Estevan, SK. raymond@girardbulk.ca FUEL TRUCK: 1996 T450 Kenworth, 3600 gal. fuel capacity, dual pumps and meters, coded. Call 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK. 1999 IH 4700, SA, flatdeck w/17’ steel flatdeck, 11x22.5 tires, 230,000 kms, 444 IH dsl., 10 spd., safetied, real good shape, $19,500. 1994 GMC Topkick tandem with 24’ flatdeck, 563,000 kms, 3116 Cat diesel, 10 spd., 11x22.5 tires, real good shape, $21,500. Call Merv at 306-276-7518, 306-767-2616, Arborfield, SK. DL #906768. WANTED: BULK FEED TRUCK. Phone 403-650-8369, Longview, AB.

TANDEM AND SINGLE AXLE van body trucks, std. and auto trans, w/power tailgates or deck. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393, www.rbisk.ca Delisle, SK. DL #905231. 1988 FORD 350 Dually XLT, ext cab, 2 WD, 7.3 dsl., 5 spd. std., c/w welding deck and Lincoln Ranger welder, 190,000 kms, vg, $6500 OBO. 306-427-0002, Holbein SK FLATDECK w/HOIST 20’, 2007 C7500, 7.8L diesel, 6 spd., 12/23 axles, 280K, hyd. brakes, SK. truck, $28,000. 306-563-8765. 2003 FORD F450 4x4, auto, V10, 99,300 kms, 225/70R19.5xDS2 Michelin tires, vg condition, 7’x7.5 flatdeck w/15” sides, c/w Ferrari Model 535C crane, $14,000. 204-362-1275, Plum Coulee, MB.

2008 ESCAPE XLT, V6, auto, 4 WD, only 88,000 kms, $12,900. Cam-Don Motors 306-237-4212 Perdue SK 2015 SUBARU FORESTER. Best small SUV. $2000 cash purchase discount MSRP from $25,995. Call 1-877-373-2662 or www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL#914077. 2 0 1 5 S U BA RU O U T BAC K . B e s t n ew SUV/CUV, MSRP starting from $27,995. 1-877-373-2662 or subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL#914077. HOCKEY MOM LIMOUSINE, seats 8 players/parents and still hauls 3 hockey bags. 2008 Dodge Durango, w/3rd row seats, 318, auto trans, leather int., fully loaded, trailer tow pkg., exc. rubber, 267,000 kms, very well maintained, $9,800. Bill 306-726-7977, Southey, SK.

CAN-AM TRUCK EXPORT LTD., Delisle, SK, 1-800-938-3323. 2014 Midland 35 end dump, only used 4 months, rebuilt w/lift axles, electric tarp, $47,000; 1998 IHC 9300, Detroit 60, 18-40, w/sleeper, new safety, $18,000; 1994 CH Mack, 400 Mack, 13-40, sleeper, $15,000; 2005 IHC 4400, DT 466, 6 spd., 12,000 front, 23,000 rear, $25,000; 2002 Kenworth T800, 60 Detroit, 13-40, $28,000; 1994 Freightliner daycab, 60 Detroit, 13-40, $14,000; 1990 Ford L8000, 7.8 dsl, Allison auto, equipped w/Vactor 2100 hydrovac, only 250,000 kms, $25,000; 1998 Freightliner FL112, M11 Cummins, auto, 40 rears, with new 20’ ultracel BH&T, $58,000; 2006 Freightliner M2, Mercedes, auto, 15’ Midland gravel box, 10’ hyd. belly plow, 155,000 kms, $58,000; 2001 Freightliner FL80, Cat 3126, auto, 15’ Midland, $45,000; 1999 GMC 8500 fuel truck, 2500 gal., 3126 Cat auto, $32,000; 2003 Pete 378, 6NZ Cat, 18-46 locks, 48’ flat-top sleeper, $47,000; 2005 Hino 238 W 24 van, auto, 195,000 kms, $23,000. Gensets available. Financing available, OAC. www.can-amtruck.com DL#910420. CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used highway tractors. For more details call 204-685-2222 or view information at www.titantrucksales.com TA N D E M S , VA C U U M T R U C K A N D PICKUPS. 2- 2002 Int. 7400 series tandem, 17,000 hrs., 277,000 kms; 2003 Int. 5900i Series tandem, aluminum box and wagon, 375,000 kms; 2006 Freightliner vacuum truck, 13,514 hrs., 141,818 kms; 2003 GMC 2500 dsl. 4x4, ext. cab; 2006 GMC 2500 dsl. 4x4, ext. cab, 282,106 kms; 2007 Chevy Silverado 4x4, reg. cab, 177,556 kms; 2009 GMC Sierra 2500, dsl., 4x4 Crewcab, 262,970 kms; 2007 GMC K1500 Sierra 4x4, reg. cab, 50,609 kms; 2007 Ford Econoline 8 pass. van, 57,374 kms; 2008 Chevy Sierra 2500 4x4, ext. cab, 173,454 kms; 2008 GMC Sierra 1500 4x4, 143,894 kms. All well maintained in good working condition. Please call 780-689-2395 for more info. Boyle, AB.

2011 GRAND CARAVAN SE, 3rd row seating, rear climate controls, 99,000 kms, $10,900. Cam-Don Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

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175 PLASTIC SHELTERS, 2000 nests, stripper, plastic and wooden trays for sale. Call David 204-791-9006, Starbuck, MB.

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CUSTOM GRAVEL CRUSHING and screenFARM CHEMICAL/ SEED COMPLAINTS ing. Call for pricing. 306-369-2669, Bruno, We also specialize in: agricultural com- SK. plaints 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 LIGHTLY HAIL DAMAGED TIN, too many compensation. backtrackcanada.com d e t a i l s t o a d v e r t i s e . C a l l fo r i n fo 2011 CASE 590 SUPER N BACKHOE, 403-304-6126, Lacombe, AB. 4x4, extend-a-hoe, 2000 hrs., AC, pilot controls, ride control, 4-way lockers, other options, Serial #JJGN59SNPBC546151, $76,000 OBO. Carlyle, SK., 306-577-2439, 306-577-7704. DRASTICALLY LOW PRICING. Inventory CHATTERSON FARMS offers a complete reduction. Steel 40x60’, 50x100’, 100x100’ or other. Limited days offered. Factory Custom Seeding Service. 50’ Concord, deal only. www.sunwardsteel.com 4.5” Dutch openers, JD 350 bu. tank, 2150 gal. Pattison liquid wagon, JD 9530 tractor 1-800-964-8335. w/GPS. All support equipment available also. For more info and prices call Charles 306-698-7808, Wolseley, SK. PLANTING CORN, SOYBEANS, and sunflowers with Case 60’ planter, in Sask. and Manitoba. Call 306-527-2228. KOMATSU DOZER D85 LGP c/w winch, LASSO THIS OPPORTUNITY! Serious retire3900 hrs., UC 85%, angle dozer, hydraulic ment impact. Free online training. Flex tilt. Call 780-679-7062, Camrose, AB. hours. www.project4wellness.com LOWDERMILK TRANSPORT IS providing WANTED: 270D LC JD trackhoe, thumb, NEWLY UPGRADED 20 room housing in one call service for all Equipment/Hay approx. 6000 hrs. Hitachi 270 considered. Yarbo, SK. servicing Mosaic mines full oc- hauling. Very experienced, multiple trucks 204-548-2411, Ashville, MB. cupancy; Beside Regina 3 acre greenhouse serving AB., SK., and MB. 780-872-0107, ATTACHMENTS PARTS COMPONENTS operation, incl. home; SW SK. Restaurant, 306-252-1001, Kenaston, SK. for construction equipment. Attachments Lounge/Offsale including 15 room motel, MJ PETERSEN TRANSPORT Ltd., Mortlach, for dozers, excavators and wheel loaders. great volume in large progressive town; Assiniboia Restaurant/lounge, excellent has for hire ground load 53’ cattleliner, Used, Re-built, Surplus, and New equipbusiness on main thoroughfare; Assiniboia 2-53’ stepdeck hay trailers. We haul ment parts and major components. Call Western Heavy Equipment 306-981-3475, Investment Property/Office space fully equipment. 306-891-1380, 306-631-2023. Prince Albert, SK. leased, great return; Within 30 minutes of Regina, viable hotel; Restaurant, Hwy 5- EXCAVATOR BUCKETS, trenching and #39; Small town bar/grill including 3 clean-out; also 3 rippers for excavators, bdrm. house, SW SK. Ph Brian Tiefenbach, some Cats, some WBMs. 204-871-0925, 306-536-3269, Colliers Int., Regina, SK. MacGregor, MB. www.collierscanada.com 1980 CASE W18, new 17.5x25-G2 12PR tires, 2 cubic yard bucket, F.O.B. $25,000. HOTELS FOR SALE: Bassano, AB: 24 204-795-9192, Plum Coulee, MB. renovated rooms, bar, 6 vats, new liquor store. Will train; 2 adjacent lots for sale. Nanton, AB: Tavern, 5 Vats, restaurant, 6 rooms, liquor store on Hwy. Will train. Gravel Pit: Crossfield, AB: Priced to sell. LIONEL’S TRUCKING. Haul farm equip., Bruce McIntosh, Re/Max Landan, Calgary, construction equipment. Scissor neck trailer for oilfield, truck recovery, winch truck 403-256-3888, bruce_bmac@yahoo.ca service. Drumheller, AB. 403-820-1235. BC PLACER GOLD Claims in Southern BC, LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom Van Island, Caribou, Barkerville, Quesnel. hay hauling. Call 306-567-7100, Imperial, $1000 plus. Sale, lease or JV. 403-804-2302 SK. LANDMASTER DOZERS. PD14(Ft), ronsc1964@gmail.com rcgoldmine.com EQUIPMENT TOWING/ HAULING. Rea- $38,500; PD18(Ft), $42,500. Can deliver. sonable rates. Contact G H Wells Services Man.- Ray, 204-761-9522, Sask.- Neil, 306-231-8300, Alta.- Gord, 780-913-7353, and Trucking, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK. www.landmaster.ca 2005 VOLVO G720B motor grader, 3000 hours, shedded, 16’ blade, $120,000 OBO. 306-345-2555, Belle Plaine, SK. 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 KIR-ASH CONTRACTING LTD. Peace Coun- t i l t , $ 1 8 , 0 0 0 . C a l l 2 0 4 - 3 7 6 - 5 1 9 4 , try farm equipment hauling of all types 204-641-2408, Arborg, MB. throughout BC, AB and SK. Call to book us WANTED: TD15 Series 150 or 151 crawl2009 WELLS Cargo food concession trailer, today. 780-978-2945, Grande Prairie, AB. er tractor w/wo hyds., any condition. fully self-contained, 19 cu. ft. fridge, 19 cu. ft. freezer, 2 fryers, 42” grill with oven, LARRY HIEBERT TRUCKING: equipment 403-783-1277, Ponoka, AB. 7500 KW General power plant, hot and hauling, farm machinery. Serving western 1973 CAT 930 loader, 3 yard bucket, new cold water system, fire suppression sys- Canada. 780-720-4304, Willingdon, AB. pins, bushings, $17,000. May take cattle tem. More info. please call 204-546-3109 or old Cat in trade. 306-524-4960, Semans home, or 204-572-1654, Grandview, MB. SKIDSTEER ATTACHMENTS: Buckets, rock buckets, grapples, weld-on plates and UNRESERVED REAL ESTATE AUCTION much more large stock. Top quality equipfor Andrew Foods, Saturday, April 16, in ment. Call Quality Welding and Sales town of Andrew, AB. 9448 sq. ft. building, 306-731-3009, 306-731-8195, Craven, SK. c/w 5 lots and 4 titles. Huge buildings with many possibilities. Business and op2 0 1 0 C AT 9 5 0 H W H E E L L O A D E R , eration until sale day. Selling all inventory, 27,417 hrs, w/Cat quick coupler bucket, all coolers, gondola shelving, and much 3-3/4 cu. yards, 23.5x25 tires, F.O.B. more. For info phone Antoniuk Real Estate, $110,000. 204-795-9192 Plum Coulee, MB 780-895-2442, Marty 780-446-7520. View TS14 TEREX PARTS, engines, transmisonline at www.prodaniukauctions.com sions, cylinders, PTO, air cleaners, and m a ny m o r e p a r t s . C o n t a c t Au s t i n , WHISTLER’S ONLY SLEIGH RIDE CO., in business for 20 years. Selling all assets EQUIPMENT HAULING. Serving Western 306-741-2200 or Harlick Earthmoving and shares. Turnkey operation. Owner re- Canada and Northwest USA. Call Harvey at 306-773-7614, aj.harlick@sasktel.net tiring. Please call 604-932-7631, Whistler, 1-877-824-3010 or cell 403-795-1872. Swift Current, SK. BC. Email sleighrides@telus.net Vandenberg Hay Farms Ltd., Nobleford AB. 2007 CASE CX290 EXCAVATOR, 1800 Email: logistics@vandenberghay.ca hours, shedded, new condition, $150,000 APARTMENT BUILDING: 16 suite condo OBO. 306-345-2555, Belle Plaine, SK. building, 12- 2 bed, 2 bath and 4- 1 bed ASPHALT AND COMPACTION EQUIP: and den. Heated underground parking w/ elevator to upper floors. Vendor may take JIM’S TUB GRINDING, H-1100 Haybuster Blaw-Know PF-180H asphalt paver, Barber trades. Call: 780-482-5273, Breton, AB. with 400 HP, serving Saskatchewan. Call Greene asphalt paver, 2- Cat PR275 asphalt grinders, 2- BomAg MPH100 Pulvigroup.6@outlook.com 306-334-2232, Balcarres, SK. mixers, 4- concrete saws, SP Tampo packer Det. dsl. 84”, SP Bros padfoot packer, 7SP and PT Wablee packers 9 and 11 wheel, SP asphalt rollers, PT sheepsfoot packers, 3- new skidsteer plate compactors. Two yards, over 50 acres. Hundreds of misc. attachments. New parts, big discounts. Central Canada’s largest wreckers of older construction equip. Cambrian Equipment FARMERS AND BUSINESS PERSONS need Sales Ltd. Call 204-667-2867, fax financial help? Go to: www.bobstocks.ca 204-667-2932, Winnipeg, MB. or call 306-757-1997. 245- 1055 Park Street, Regina, SK. JLG 24’ SCISSORLIFT, new batteries, 700 hours, $6500. 306-291-4869, Dundurn, SK. CONTINUOUS METAL ROOFING, no exposed screws to leak or metal overlaps. Ideal for lower slope roofs, rinks, churches, pig barns, commercial, arch rib building and residential roofing; also available in Snap Lock. 306-435-8008, Wapella, SK.

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MACKIE EQUIPMENT LTD. New, used and surplus parts including attachments. Using our worldwide locating system, let us help you locate Caterpillar, various others and even hard to find parts. Contact us today at 306-352-3070, Regina, SK. or visit our website at: www.mackieltd.com BOMBARDIER SNOW CAT Trail Groomer 2002, BR275 Cummins, Mogul Master drag, $42,000. 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. 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.

CUSTOM LIQUID MANURE hauling, 3 t a n k s ava i l a b l e . C o n t a c t G e o r g e 306-227-5757, Hague, SK. BRUSH MULCHING. The fast, effective way to clear land. Four season service, competitive rates, 275 HP unit, also avail. trackhoe with thumb, multiple bucket attachments. Bury rock and brush piles and fence line clearing. Borysiuk Contracting Inc., www.bcisk.ca Prince Albert, SK., 306-960-3804.

NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, payloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and 2012 BOBCAT S205 skidsteer, 1650 hrs., v e r t i c a l b e a t e r s p r e a d e r s . P h o n e c/w bucket, vg working cond., can deliver, $29,000. 204-743-2324 Cypress River, MB. 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK. NEED A LOAN? Own farmland? Bank says MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. CLIFF’S USED CRAWLER PARTS. Some n o ? I f y e s t o a b o v e t h r e e , c a l l Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: 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 . 1-866-405-1228, Calgary, AB. 780-755-2295, Edgerton, AB. www.maverickconstruction.ca

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FARM AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL motor sales, service and parts. Also sale of, and repairs to, all makes and sizes of pumps and phase converters, etc. Tisdale Motor Rewinding 1984 Ltd., 306-873-2881, fax 306-873-4788, 1005A2006 JD 850J, WLT, 6-Way dozer, ripper, 1990 FIAT ALLIS FD 20 dozer, twin tilt an- 111th Ave., Tisdale, SK. tmr@sasktel.net Website: www.tismtrrewind.com gle blade, HD ripper, bush canopy, en9400 hrs., sold w/new rails and sprockets, closed cab with heat, powershift, UC 90% $88,500 OBO. 403-664-0420, Oyen, AB. remaining, 24â&#x20AC;? pads, exc. working cond., WANTED: JD 710 BACKHOE, later mod- $85,000. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB e l p r e fe r r e d , m u s t b e v e r y g o o d . 2012 CASE/IH TV380 #HN3497A, new 306-478-2456, Mankota, SK. tracks and completely serviced, 980 hrs, $59,000. 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca JOHN DEERE LOADERS, Dozer, Packer and Excavators. 2004 544H wheel loader, 6765 hrs; 2005 544J wheel loader, 18,920 hrs; 2009 524K wheel loader, 20,182 hrs., w/set of spare tires; 2008 650J dozer, 8513 hrs; 1994 Cat 815B packer, 14,492 hrs.; 2005 200CLC Excavator, 10,191 hrs; 2008 270D Excavator, 7733 hrs. All well SPRING BREAK SPECIAL on all post or 2006 JD 240D trackhoe, 7400 hours, 2 maintained, in good working condition. stud frame farm buildings. Choose: sliding doors, overhead doors, or bi-fold doors. buckets, $77,500 OBO. Call 403-664-0420, Please call 780-689-2395, Boyle, AB. N ew - Te c h C o n s t r u c t i o n L t d . P h o n e : Oyen, AB. KELLO-BUILT OFFSET DISCS for con- 306-220-2749, Hague, SK. struction and agricultural land preparation. Located in Central Sask. We can supply all your product and part needs. Brewster Ag, email: info@brewsteragindustries.com 306-939-4402, Earl Grey, SK. OVER 1000 NEW and used track rollers for crawlers and excavators. Parting out over 20 motor graders. Large stock of new and used tires. New parts available at low low prices. Large stock of culverts, 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122; high, 9â&#x20AC;&#x2122; wide, 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122; long, many other sizes. Over 500 HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS 10 to 25 new and used backhoe and loader buckets. yds., exc. cond.; Loader and scraper tires, Over 65 lights plants from 3 to 193 Kw. custom conversions available. Looking for Central Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest wreckers of older w w w .go o do n.co m Cat cable scrapers. Quick Drain Sales Ltd., construction equipment. Cambrian Equip306-231-7318, 306-682-4520 Muenster SK ment Sales Ltd. Call: 204-667-2867, fax: E xperienced * E fficient 2006 HITACHI ZX270 LC hyd. excavator 204-667-2932, Winnipeg, MB. * A ffo rda ble w/hyd. thumb, QA bucket, 11â&#x20AC;&#x2122; stick, aux. 32â&#x20AC;&#x2122; GRAVEL CONVEYOR and screener, hyd., 6382 hrs., $90,000 Cdn. or $65,000 self-powered, good shape, $6,000. Call USD; 2004 D6N LGP crawler with 6-way 204-773-6890, Inglis, MB. dozer, AC cab, diff. steering, Allied W6G S to ny Pla in O ffice 780-975-3748 winch, 10,600 hrs, $86,000 Cdn. Call 2005 CAT D6N LGP, cab, air, heat, bush ready, 6-Way, 3 shank ripper, 85% UC, 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB. A irdrie O ffice 403-470-4570 $90,000. 306-921-9462, Melfort, SK.

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1994 JD 9600 combine, 5500 engine hours, c/w rear wheel assist, good condition, $30,500 OBO. 204-745-6228, Homewood, PEA AND CROSS AUGERS. Harvest bushy crops with a draper header. 50 to MB. gllt@sdnet.ca 100% increase in productivity. Pay for 1990 JD 9600, 4505 eng., 3040 sep. hrs., themselves in 400 acres or less. Call 2nd owner, 914 PU, 2 new front tires, new 1-888-907-9182. www.agshield.com concave, bars, cyl. shaft, bearings, etc. in MACDON CA20/CA25 and HoneyBee last 400 hrs., $37,500. 1987 JD 8820, flex or rigid adapters and completion kits. 5067 eng. hrs., one owner, 214 PU, new Plenty in stock, we want your trade! Call concave, bars, cyl. shaft, bearings, etc. in 1-800-667-4515 for pricing and availability last 350 hrs., $17,500. Flex and rigid 224 or www.combineworld.com headers, PU reels and transports, $3,750 each. For complete info phone Cliff at CASE/IH FLEX PLATFORMS: Models 1020 25’ and 30’ w/wo air reel; 2020 30’ and 306-228-7680, Unity, SK. 35’; 2020 30’ with air reel; 2011 3020 35’. 1986 JD 8820, c/w 224 header, 4575 Can install new AWS air bar for additional eng. hrs., new oils, new chains, new belts, $11,500. Deliver in SK, MB, AB. Gary $20,000. Call 204-353-2114, Elie, MB. 204-326-7000, Reimer Farm Equip., Hwy. JD 615P pickup header, overall excellent #12 N, www.reimerfarmequipment.com condition, trades wanted, $28,400. Call Steinbach, MB. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2- 1997 JD CTS's: 5056 eng./3686 sep. and 4814 eng./3458 sep., 30' 930 JD Flex/ UNRESERVED AUCTION: 2006 John 30' 960 MacDon, PW7 MacDon PU, $28,000 Deere 9660 WTS SP combine, 1,718 eng. each. 306-631-6589, Drinkwater, SK. hours, 1,287 sep. hours, shedded. Wed. April 20, Melvin Lunty, 780-385-1775, MACDON 960 30' draper header, c/w upper Sedgewick, AB, 11AM. View details and cross auger, PU reel, CIH adapter, transport, $12,000. 780-889-2108 Forestburg AB pics at www.dunkleauctions.com

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2014 NH SP.240R #N22357, 4 year warranty, 240 HP, 1000 gal. poly tank, tie 3 eng. 100’ boom, $229,000. 306-864-3667, 1997 SPRA-COUPE 3640, 400 gal., 72', Kinistino, SK. or view: www.farmworld.ca dividers, new outer boom sections, 2356 WANTED: WILLMAR 8400 sprayer for 2014 CASE/IH FHX300 forage harvester, hrs, $37,000 OBO. 306-575-8312, Wawota. parts or parts. Phone 306-648-7848, Gratandem, w/vert. extension, HDX PU, 2 2003 JD 4710. Motivated to sell! 2754 hrs, velbourg, SK. short seasons. Dave 403-556-3992 Olds AB 90', 800 gal. poly, Tridekon, fenders, tires 2007 SPRA-COUPE 4655 80’, 1080 hrs., 520/85R38, 380/90R46, GS22600, Swath/ 400 gallon, mechanical drive, AutoSteer Sec., Norac, AutoSteer, Eductor, 4 sets ready, $64,800. Call 1-800-667-4515. nozzzles, field lights, $118,000 OBO. www.combineworld.com 2008 JD 3975 c/w PU header, kernel 306-365-8115, Guernsey, SK. processor, 40” vert. ext. Just through shop in excellent shape w/new knives and shear 2012 ROGATOR RG1300, 120’, sharp bar! $26,400. Call Jordan 403-627-9300, shooter, Viper Pro, Raven Smart Trax, remote section control, AccuBoom, AutoPincher Creek, AB. Boom, BCO, fence rows, chem. eductor, pressure washer, Helix strainer, weather station, 2 sets tires, 1760 hrs., $260,000. Call 403-994-7754, Olds, AB. 2014 NH SP.240F #N22358, 4 year warranty, 120’ front boom, $339,000. Call 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca 2010 APACHE 1010, 100’, Raven AutoHeight, Outback GPS AutoSteer, sharp s h o o t e r, 1 0 0 1 h r s . , $ 1 4 5 , 0 0 0 O B O. 306-648-7106, Mankota, SK. HEAVY DUTY WHEEL DOLLY. Change your sprayer tires in less than an hour! Over 100 units sold last 12 months. Perfect tool for safely and quickly moving or changing large wheels/tires, $1,499. 403-892-3303, Carmangay, AB. 2008 IH 3185, 2500 hrs., 90’ boom, AIM Command, loaded, 3 sets of tips on 5-way tourits, 2 sets of tires, 20.8xR38GY and 320/90R42GY, front and rear Tridekon crop savers, all Guidance upgraded in 2015, shedded, one owner. 306-682-4209, 306-231-8099, Humboldt, SK. HY-TRUX, 750 GAL., 1995 Ford E350, 7.3L dsl., 90' boom, mech. rear drive Outback S3 w/hyd. steering, AutoBoom, AutoSteer, auto. sectional control TeeJet 844E, 2 sets of tires, $30,000. 204-782-1745, Glenlea, MB. djbartman@outlook.com

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2009 SPRA-COUPE 4660, 1048 hrs, 80’ boom, 400 gal. tank, foam markers, new 2005 SPRA-COUPE 7650, 90’ booms, rear tires, $65,000 OBO. 780-699-6957, 1300 hrs., auto., 2 WD, 3-way nozzle bodies, new tires, JD GPS AutoTrac, 1800 DisFort Saskatchewan, AB. play, 1 year warranty on WO, exc. cond. 2013 JOHN DEERE 4940, field ready, all 403-578-2487, 403-575-4101, Brownfield 2005 JD 4720, both sets tires, 2700 eng. updates, all options, 2 sets of tires and 2002 CASE SPX 3200, 2710 hrs., 90’ hrs., AutoSteer, fully loaded, $129,000 rims, stored inside, $300,000. Drumheller boom, 750 gal. tank, Raven Envizio Pro, AB. 403-934-0583, ctreacy@shaw.ca cash. Call 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK. AutoBoom, 2 sets of tires, 20.8R38 and 270/95R48, $100,000. Call 306-647-2205 evenings, Theodore, SK.

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100’ JD 4830 sprayer with only 1018 hours, GreenStar ready. Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equip. Auction, Saturday, April 9, 2016, McTaggart, Sask. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 WANTED: OLD WILMAR 750 sprayer for parts, before the 745, with a hyd. control valve deck. 306-563-6216, Canora, SK.

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STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER, now parting out JD tractors. Specializing in rebuild- 2010 NH 1070 100’ wheel boom, foam marker, reduced $22,500 OBO. Willingdon, ing JD engines. 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. AB., call 780-632-9846 or 780-768-2163. TRIPLE B WRECKING, wrecking tractors, 2010 HARDI 4400 Commander 132' High combines, cults., drills, swathers, mixmills. Clearance, suspended boom, factory susp., etc. We buy equipment. 306-246-4260, eductor, lights, 2016 upgraded Norac boom 306-441-0655, Richard, SK. height control, triple body tips, PTO pump, $25,000 OBO. 306-628-4188, Leader, SK. SMITH’S TRACTOR WRECKING. Huge inventory new and used tractor parts. 2011 CASE PS160 susp. boom sprayer, 1-888-676-4847. 100’, 1600 gal. tank, low acres, shedded, $33,500 OBO. 403-373-4781, Lacombe, AB AGRA PARTS PLUS, parting older tractors, tillage, seeding, haying, along w/oth- 2010, 1200 FARM KING, high clearance er Ag equipment. 3 miles NW of Battle- sprayer. Lightly used, 1200 gal. tank, 90' booms, chem/mix tank, rinse tank, triple ford, SK. off #16 Hwy. Ph: 306-445-6769. nozzles, Raven rate controller. Call for more LOEFFELHOLZ TRACTOR AND COMBINE info or pictures. $20,000. 403-633-0340, Salvage, Cudworth, SK., 306-256-7107. Tilley, AB. darrensoph1020@gmail.com We sell new, used and remanufactured NEW HOLLAND SF115 sprayer, 90’ boom, parts for most farm tractors and combines. 1250 Imp. tank, 18.4x26 tires inc. Trimble GPS, $25,000. 306-493-7871, Harris, SK. BOURGAULT MODEL 1450, 110’, 1250 gal., curtains, chem induction tank, vg cond., $6000. 306-648-2945, Gravelbourg, SK. KINZE 2300 CORN and soy planter, 12 HARDI COMMANDER TWIN 6600i 2012, row 30” and 23 row 15”, Keaton seed clos- 3 6 m e t e r s , l o a d e d , $ 7 5 , 0 0 0 . 780-954-2005, 780-283-2005 Westlock AB ers, $17,000 CDN. 204-437-4641, Sprague 2006 NH SF115 HCPT sprayer, 3-way nozzles, 90' Raven AutoBoom, 1250 gal., $26,000 OBO. 403-664-8841, Buffalo, AB.

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8 5 0 0 W I L L M A R E AG L E , 2 0 0 2 , 90’ booms, triple nozzle bodies, 380/90R46 Michelins, 1000 gal. SS tank, foam and rinse tank, ground following system, Midtech Arc 6000 auto rate controller, plumbed Outback guidance, current sprayer inspection $8200 workorder, 2654 hrs., $55,000. 306-648-7110, Gravelbourg, SK.

FLEXI-COIL 6000 PILLAR laser openers, 10" spacing, Flexi- Coil 3400 tank. Willing to trade on good bred cows. $50,000 OBO. 306-925-4915, Glen Ewen, SK. 2002 MORRIS 7300 tank #HR3095A, 300 bushel, 8 run, $18,000. Call 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK. or view: www.farmworld.ca 1996 CONCORD 4812, single shoot, 6" low draft openers. Easy to pull and great germination. Fill auger has a hopper for under a semi and brush fighting for peas, $25,000. 403-820-2402, Drumheller, AB. VW MFG. LTD. - Full line of carbide drill points for air drills. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 1998 BOURGAULT 5710 40’, 9.8” space, 3” rubber packers, 1” Atom Jet openers, MRB’s, blockage monitors, 2002 5350 air tank, 3 tank metering, CRA, dual fans, rice tires, bag lift, 3 cameras in tank, 491 monitor $60,000 306-628-7406 Prelate SK 1994 FLEXI-COIL 5000, 33’, 9” spacing, DS, Atom Jet SB, granular kit, markers, 3.5” steel, c/w 2320 TBH, DS, $29,900. Cam-Don Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue.

1992 FLEXI-COIL 5000 39', 1720 tank, 170 bu., 9" sp, single shoot, 3" steel recapped packers. New style manifold heads, meters CHEM HANDLERS- load your sprayer faster and undermanifold replaced. Blockage and get back in the field. Equipped with monitor. $15,000 OBO. 780-386-3789, double venturi system, loads directly from Lougheed, AB prospectfarm@cciwireless.ca bulk containers. Flaman 1-888-435-2626. FLEXI-COIL 5000 HD air drill, 40’, 12” TRIDEKON CROP SAVER, crop dividers. spacing, DS, 4350 tank, $82,500; 1996 NH Reduce trampling losses by 80% to 90%. 9482, 2823 hrs., $85,000. Shedded, good Call: Great West Agro, 306-398-8000. condition. 403-901-4431, Strathmore, AB.

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2015 PILLAR MODEL 6012, approx. 5500 acres, drill only, excellent shape, $175,000 OBO. 306-741-1634, Hazlet, SK. info@mustangsol.com COMBINE WORLD now carries Atom Jet Openers! We want your old ones on trade! 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2002 FLEXI-COIL 5000, 39' air drill, floating hitch, 9" spacing, 3" rubber on steel packers, 2320 TBH tank, 7" load auger, excellent shape, dual wheels all around. 306-461-6906, 306-421-7263, Estevan, SK. cmcclelland @myaccess.ca 2014 SEED HAWK 7212 600 TBT, optional 2014 MORRIS 9550 tank #HR3338, new, NH3 toolbar has roughly 10,000 acres, one tow behind, dual tires, $7,425 S/A pmt user, cart has 30.5 duals and 10' auger with O.A.C. Call 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or hopper ext. No sec. control on drill but NH3 kit does have sectional control, works flawview at: www.farmworld.ca less. 235 with NH3 kit, 225 w/o. Excellent 2012 SEEDMASTER 8012 CT TXB w/300 condition. Selling because increased acres Onboard tank and JD 1910, $295,000. bought bigger drill. $235,000 OBO. Watrous New Holland 306-946-3301 or 306-322-7605, Rose Valley, SK. view www.watrousnewholland.com joelprosko@hotmail.com 2001 MORRIS, 39’, 10” SPACING, single MORRIS MAXIM AIR Drill, 35', 10" spacshoot, 2001 7300 tank, w/3rd tank Model ings, 7240 tank and 35 bu. 3rd tank, double 7 0 4 2 , f i e l d r e a d y, $ 3 7 , 0 0 0 O B O . shoot, Atom Jet side band openers, packers 306-648-7110, Gravelbourg, SK. re-capped, $26,000 OBO. 306-231-7856, St. 2 0 0 9 B O U R G AU LT 3 3 1 0 , 6 5 ’ , d r i l l Gregor, SK. cgmichel@sasktel.net #B22180A, MRBs can be converted to 1997 CONCORD 4812 air drill, double double shoot, $139,000. 306-864-3667, shoot dry with NH3, Dutch openers, 2000 Kinistino, SK. or view at www.farmworld.ca JD 1900 seed cart, 270 bu, $28,000 OBO. 2008 BOURGAULT 3310 65’-10” c/w 6550 306-452-3233 Antler, SK. TBH, $215,000. Yorkton New Holland BOURGAULT 5710 64’, 9.8” space, steel 306-783-8511. yorktonnewholland.com packers, MRB’S, 2005 Bourgault 6350 air 1999 JD 1820 61' with Capstan NH3, 12" cart, DS, in-cab controls. Will separate. spacing, frame updates done, single shoot, Best offers. 306-277-4503, Gronlid, SK. 5.5" pneumatic packers, 4" paired row Dutch universal openers with NH3, variable 72’ BOURGAULT 3.5” steel packers on 9.8” rate, 6 section sectional control, all run spacing for 5710 or 5810, in gangs, done Agtron blockage monitor, TBT set-up, drill 3000 acres. 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB only, $38,000 OBO. 780-608-7363, MORRIS MAXIM, 34’, 7.5” spacing, 3.5” Daysland, AB. steel packers, 7180 TBH tank, single shoot, $10,000 OBO. 306-625-7443, Ponteix, SK. 2000 BOURGAULT 5710, 50’, NH3 to mid rows, 2005 Bourgault 5300 dual fan, rear hitch, $42,000. 306-795-7618, Ituna. 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. 2007 JD 1830 air drill and 2002, 270 bus. JD 1900 air cart, c/w double shoot, blockage monitors, and Dutch Ind. double shoot openers. Openers have approx. 3500-4000 acres on them, in good cond., 10" spacing. SEEDMASTER (2008) 72’, 12” sp., 300 4" steel packers, width 34', asking $70,000. bu. on board, w/BG 5440, $176,000. RJ 204-747-4009, 204-747-3065, Deloraine, Sales & Service, 306-338-2541, Wadena, MB. vanro@goinet.ca SK. www.agdealer.com/rjsales 2010 CASE/IH FLEX hoe 400 air drill, 33', M O R R I S M A X I M I - 3 4 ’ 7 1 8 0 T B H , 3/4" Atom Jet openers w/liquid side band. $ 2 9 , 5 0 0 . R J S a l e s & S e r v i c e , Pattison vr high flo liquid kit, 2230 vr TBH 306-338-2541, www.agdealer.com/rjsales tank w/rear hitch, 3" rubber packers. Low rj.sales@sasktel.net Wadena, SK. acres, exc. cond, stored inside. Will sell 2003 JD 1820, 60’, c/w 350 bu. 1910 cart, without liquid, $65,000 OBO. 306-537-3053 10” space, single shoot w/Stealth boots, Regina, SK. m.pflanzner@sasktel.net 1515 Dutch openers, 4” capped steel pack- MORRIS MAXIM II 39’ air drill and Morris ers, $51,000. 403-575-1417, Veteran, AB. 7240 air tank, DS, and Atom paired row D E M O M O R R I S C O N TO U R I I - 7 1 ’ , openers. Tom Webb Farm Equip. Auction, w/9650 TBT, $339,000. RJ Sales & Ser- Monday April 11, 2016, Pangman, SK. vice, 306-338-2541, Wadena, SK, website: area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or www.agdealer.com/rjsales 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 2006 EZEE-ON 7550 air drill, 10” spacing, 5” rubber capped packers, 4” carbide MORRIS MAXIM I - 49’ AD, 10” sp., steel tip openers with 3115 tank (2005), asking packers, $15,000. RJ Sales & Service, $49,500. 306-452-7004, Parkman, SK. 306-338-2541, www.agdealer.com/rjsales 2003 BOURGAULT 5710, 54’, c/w 4300 rj.sales@sasktel.net Wadena, SK. tank, DS, paired row openers, good shape, 2009 SEEDMASTER AIR drill 50', 10" 5-plex, $48,000. 403-502-0048, Medicine Hat, AB. narrow fold, double shoot dry, Flexi-Coil air 2009 BOURGAULT 3310, needs to go, 10" packs, Smart hitch, Agtron blockage on each tower, dual front castors, new fert. w/6550 cart 3/4" tips and MRB, X20 monitor, Microtrak NH3, deluxe auger, 3 tank knives and primary hoses in 2015, $95,000. 306-628-8181, Sceptre, SK. meter, very nice, shedded, $160,000. 701-641-0064, 701-570-2390, Ray, ND. MORRIS MAXIM II - 34’ (2002), w/liquid jknoxray@gmail.com kit, and 7180 TBT cart, $29,500. RJ Sales TECHNOTILL 2015 62’ on TBH Case 600 & Service, 306-338-2541, Wadena, SK. cultivator (Flexi-Coil), 12” spacing, Flexi- rj.sales@sasktel.net Coil air pack, Intelligent blockage monitor, 2004 BOURGAULT 5710 40’ air drill, 9.8” superior setup, ready to go, can hook to spacing, steel packers, MRBs, w/NH3, Bourgault or Flexi-Coil cart, like new cond. 1994 3225 air tank, single fan, $35,000. 306-421-9909, Estevan, SK. 306-327-7198, 306-327-7032, Kelvington. 2007 SEEDMASTER 50’, 12” space, 2013 JD 1910 550 bu. tank, shut-off ready, DS 2002 BOURGAULT 5350 air cart, dual fans, w/anhydrous with shut-off, 2nd onboard 3 tanks, 3 tank metering, 491 monitor, tank w/alpine attach liquid fert., $195,000 light pkg., rear rice tires, good condition, $34,000. 306-782-7347, Yorkton, SK. Call Graham, 306-963-7651, Imperial, SK. 1998 BOURGAULT AIR DRILL, 54’, 4” 1997 FLEXI-COIL 5000 45’, 9” spacing, packers, carbide openers, DS, newer Series SS, 2320 TBT cart w/320 3rd hopper, Easy II MRBs, like new, 4350 triple tank me- flow manifold, Agtron blockage, $30,000 chanical drive, all good tires, low acred OBO. Gravelbourg, SK., 306-648-7766. drill, exc. cond., field ready, $45,000. CASE CONCORD 4010, 3400 tank, Edge-On 403-578-2487, 403-575-4101, Brownfield. shanks, Anderson DS dry w/NH3, $33,000. NEW 2015 FLEXI-COIL 4350, mech. TBH. 403-321-0386, 403-321-0388, Drumheller. Last one! Cam-Don Motors, 306-237-4212, MORRIS MAXIM I - 49’, 12” spacing, w/ Perdue, SK. 7300 cart, $39,500. RJ Sales & Service, 1999 SEED HAWK 357, on-board tank, 306-338-2541, www.agdealer.com/rjsales 40’, 12” spacing, good condition, $40,000. rj.sales@sasktel.net Wadena, SK. 306-482-7749, Carnduff, SK. 2004 NH SD440 51’-12”, $35,000. Call Watrous New Holland 306-946-3301 or view www.watrousnewholland.com 66’ 2010 BOURGAULT 3310 PHD drill with blockage and Atom Jet openers; Also selling separate 2010 Bourgault 6550ST air tank 4 compartment with 3 meter. Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday April 9, 2016, McTaggart, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 JD 1820 AIR Drill, 52’, 10” spacing, double shoot, 350 bu. 2 tank cart, paired row 2014 JD 1870, 40’ air drill, 430 bu. 1910 openers, AgTron blockage and tank came- TBH cart w/duals, 12” spacing, DS dry, 10” ras available. Call 403-664-0420, Oyen, AB loading auger, like new, done 2500 acres, 2008 JD 1910, 430 bu., TBH, 8 run, vari- 306-259-2057, 306-917-7388, Watrous SK rate, DS, $49,000; 1998 JD 1900, 3 SEEDMASTER CT60-12 (2013), ddl. c o m p , 4 3 0 b u . , 8 r u n , $ 2 4 , 8 0 0 . shoot, $160,000. RJ Sales & Service, 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 306-338-2541, Wadena, SK. 2010 MORRIS 8370 TBT, var. rate, c/w 3rd rj.sales@sasktel.net tank, very good, $74,900. Call Cam-Don 2001 MORRIS MAXIM 29’ air drill, c/w Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 7180 tank, 15,000 in recent upgrades and 2006 NH SD440 50’, 10” paired row, 430 parts, field ready, $30,000 OBO. Call bushel, variable rate tank, double shoot, 306-771-2776, Balgonie, SK. blockage monitor, steel press wheels, 2006 JD 1820 air drill 41’, 10” spacing, $75,000. 780-210-0280, Andrew, AB. double shoot, l ow a c re s , $29,000. 1993 FLEXI-COIL 5000 39’ air drill, 2320 306-726-7716, Southey, SK. air tank, 9” spacing, John Blue meter and anhydrous kit, Atom Jet sideband openers 2013 P1060 NH air cart, 430 bu., var. rate, w/NH3, fine and coarse rollers, cameras in 10” auger, Intelliview 4 monitor, $74,500 tanks, low profile hopper, all hoses re- OBO. Kent 306-799-4784, 306-684-9693, placed within last 2 years, $21,000 OBO. Moose Jaw, SK. 306-658-4240, 306-843-7549, Wilkie, SK. 1997 BOURGAULT TBH tank, good cond., ORDER IN TIME for seeding - Carbide drill double shoot, rear hitch, wiring harness points for air drills. Find out more at: across cultivator, new load/unload auger, www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, monitors, manual, $18,000. 204-648-3935, 204-546-2737, Grandview, MB. Can deliver. Dunmore, AB. 2003 SEEDMASTER 50-12 drill, on-board 1000L liq. w/2003 PH Bourgault 5350 cart. Also 2012 CB1600 liquid tank. Sell liquid cart separate. 306-421-1021, Frobisher, SK

2014 SEED HAWK 8412 c/w P1060 and P1070, $355,000. Raymore New Holland 306-746-2911. raymorenewholland.com 2010 SEEDMASTER TXB 44’-14” c/w SC230 TBH, $79,000. Call Raymore New Holland 306-746-2911 or view website: www.raymorenewholland.com 2004 49’ MORRIS MAXIM II, single shoot, 10” spacing, 7300 air cart TBH, 3.5” Dutch o p e n e r s , ap p r o x . 4 5 0 0 a c r e s . C a l l 306-539-1859, Minton, SK. 2014 SEED HAWK 8412, $205,000. Call Yorkton New Holland 306-783-8511 or view www.yorktonnewholland.com 2004 MORRIS MAXIM II, 40’ air drill, 10” spacing, single shoot, w/7300 Morris, 3 tank, air tank, $38,000 OBO. 306-831-9649, Elrose, SK. FLEXI-COIL 5000 45' drill, 2320 cart, liquid 60/40 split, 9" space, new bearings in packers, new seed hoses, 3 feed rolls. Pattison 1300 gallon cone bottom liquid cart, new dual piston pump, new Honda transfer pump, $50,000. Phone 306-335-7772, 306-335-2532, Lemberg, SK. lenmarfarm@sasktel.net 2000 BOURGAULT 5710 drill and 5350 tank #B22859A, 54’, 9.8” spacing, $66,000. Call 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca 2009 NH P2070 70’x12”, $65,000. Call Yorkton New Holland 306-783-8511 or view www.yorktonnewholland.com 2010 JD 1830 drill and 1910 tank #PS3428A 40’, 12” spacing, single shoot, $105,600. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca 1997 CASE CONCORD 4010, dual, w/2300 tank, $15,000. Concord 4010, single, w/Phoenix rotary harrow, $7,000. 403-860-2257, Oyen, AB. 2012 NH P2060 drill and P1060 tank #PB3380A, 70’ fold back, 10” spacing, $110,000. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca 2010 CASE 700, 70’ w/3430 TBT tank, 10” spacing, steel packers, vg shape, $78,000 OBO. 2004 NH SD440, 57’, 10” spacing, w/SC380 air tank, vg shape, $60,000 OBO. 204-648-7129, Grandview. 2005 FLEXI-COIL 4350 TBH AIR CART, DS, variable rate, good shape, asking $40,000 OBO. 780-385-5064, Killam, AB. FLEXI-COIL 1610 TBH air cart, fine and coarse rollers, hitch, $6,500 OBO. Call 306-963-7904, Imperial, SK. 2009 70’ FLEXI-COIL 5500 fold back, 12” space, 4350 TBT var. tank, 4.5” boots, done approx. 20,000 acres, nice shape, $ 9 8 , 0 0 0 U S D O B O. 7 8 0 - 3 8 6 - 3 9 7 9 , 780-385-6449, Lougheed, AB. 2014 BOURGAULT 3320-76, 7700 tank, 10” space, liquid, loaded, sectional control, h i g h f l o at o p t i o n , ve r y l o w a c r e s , $460,000. Call 306-483-7829, Oxbow, SK. 1997 39’ MORRIS Maxim air drill, 10” spacing, Atom Jet boot with Morris 180 cart, $23,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 1996 FLEXI-COIL 5000 40’ air drill, FlexiCoil 2320 air tank, 3rd granular tank, 9” spacing, 3” steel packers, single shoot, 3/4” carbide Gen, $25,000. 306-561-7479, Davidson, SK. kindercraig@yahoo.co.nz 2012 NEW HOLLAND P2070 Precision air drill, 50', 10" space, Dutch openers, 12,000 acres, DS dry, blockage. Updates done, $65,000 OBO. 306-230-2736, Assiniboia, SK 2011 BOURGAULT 5810, c/w 6550 tank, 12" spacing with full Agtron blockage. Dutch low draft paired row openers, 4.5" steel packers with scrapers, 491 monitor 3 tank metering with10" deluxe auger. Can send pictures, $110,000 OBO. 306-722-7724, Fillmore, SK. fahlman@yourlink.ca BOURGAULT 5710 SERIES 2, 54' air drill with tank, NH3 mid row banders, 3.5" steel packers, rear hitch and 3 tank meters, $37,500. 306-948-2628, 948-9983, Biggar, SK. tvredlich@yourlink.ca 2011 MORRIS C1 Contour drill and 8370 TBH tank #B22750A, 61’ paired row, 12” spacing, $205,000. Call 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 2009 SEEDMASTER TXB 66’x12” c/w P1060, TBH, $160,000. Call Raymore New Holland 306-746-2911 or view website: www.raymorenewholland.com WANTED: BOURGAULT 5710, 60-64’, 9.8”, w/3”-5” rubber packers and 400-500 bu. tank. Call 204-546-2299, Grandview, MB. MOON HEAVY HAUL pulling air drills/ air seeders, packer bars, Alberta and Sask. 30 years experience. Call Bob Davidson, Drumheller, AB. 403-823-0746.

2016 SEEDMASTER 44’, 12” spacing, 380 bu. onframe storage, 50/50 split, 3 sections sectional control, Ulta-Pro canola meter, scales, $230,000. Central Alberta Precision Seeding, Ponoka, AB. Call 403-783-8880, www.precisionseeding.ca MORRIS MAXIM II - 60’ w/7300 TBT air cart, 10” sp., $80,000. RJ Sales & Service, 306-338-2541, www.agdealer.com/rjsales rj.sales@sasktel.net Wadena, SK. 1997 40-12 CONCORD, w/3.5 Dutch paired row, double shoot dry, Flexi-Coil air pkg., exc. shape, $15,000 OBO. 306-530-9224, Montmartre, SK.

ESTATE SALE: 2007 37’ Ezee-On, under 4000 acres, 10” spacing, single shoot, with M o r r i s 7 1 8 0 t a n k , $ 3 7 , 5 0 0 O B O. 306-475-2856, Crane Valley, SK. ORDER IN TIME for seeding - Carbide drill points for air drills. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 40’ BOURGAULT 8810, Raven NH3, MRB, poly packers, knives; 2004 5250 or 2004 5350 air tank with 3 tank metering. Call 306-275-4603, St. Brieux, SK.

2011 BOURGAULT 6550 ST air tank, dual shoot, bag lift, 4-tank meter, 591 monitor, rear hitch, dual tires, shedded, low acres. 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB. 1997 MORRIS 8900 cult., 9” spacings, John Blue NH3 kit, rear hitch, new Morris manifolds, Morris 7180 3rd tank w/hyd. fan and factory rear hitch, used last spring, both good. 306-231-7426, Bruno, SK. JD 787 TBH air cart, 230 bu., coarse, fine a n d e x t r a fi n e s e e d r o l l e r, $ 8 5 0 0 . 306-333-4813, Balcarres, SK. JD 735 41’ AIR SEEDER c/w 787 tank, always shedded, Agtron blockage monitor, $25,000. 306-493-7871, Harris, SK. 2012 CASE/IH 3430, 430 bushel tank, variable rate, DS, 10” auger, Monitor, loaded, $55,000. 306-641-7759, Theodore, SK. WANTED: BOURGAULT AIR seeder monitor and tractor portion wiring for 2155 tank. Call 306-921-7688, Saskatoon, SK.

WINTER DISCOUNTS on new and used rollers, all sizes. Leasing and delivery available. 403-580-6889, Bow Island, AB. U S E D R I T E - W AY L A N D R O L L E R 4245SL, 42” diameter, 45’ wide. Call Steve 306-295-1200, Shaunavon, SK. 80’ DEGELMAN 7000 Strawmaster heavy harrow. Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday, April 9, 2 0 1 6 , M c Ta g ga r t , S a s k . a r e a . V i s i t www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 RITEWAY LAND ROLLERS - Guaranteed for UNRESERVED AUCTION: Morris Maxim Spring delivery. Rent or buy at Flaman 39’ air seeder w/Morris 7240 air tank. 1-888-435-2626. W e d . A p r i l 2 0 , M e l v i n L u n t y , 60’ HIGHLINE STUBBLE BUSTER, 9/16” 780-385-1775, Sedgewick, AB, 11AM. tines, hyd. tine angle, $6,000. Phone Details & pics: www.dunkleauctions.com 306-925-2245, Glen Ewen, SK. 1996 BOURGAULT 8800, 40’, 3195 tank, harrows, packers, $21,000 OBO; 2002 8810 52’, $45,000. 306-563-8482 Rama SK JD 7200 8 RN vacuum planter, needs reFLEXI-COIL 820 40’ cultivator; 1720 air conditioned, w/o fertilizer, $7,900; JD tank; Flexi-Coil 420 40’ cultivator; 1610 air 7200 8 RN vacuum planter, liquid fertilizer, tank; 636 Leon loader; 75- Bourgault 4.5” PT, field ready, $16,900; JD 7200 folding steel packer wheels, off 5710; 3 PTH, 7 12 RN vacuum planter, w/o fertilizer, reshank subsoiler; 3 PTH off 300 HP 4WD. conditioned, $18,900. Call me for any of 306-749-2649, Birch Hills, SK. your planter needs as more planters are FLEXI-COIL 820, 43' w/2340 TBH, SS, 1" arriving and my supplier has all sizes, Dutch vert. openers, Valley packers, 9.5" models and makes available. Delivery spacing, tank capable of double shoot, exc. available. Reimer Farm Equipment Ltd., cond., $32,000. 306-220-1229 Imperial, SK call Gary at 204-326-7000, Steinbach, MB. 2004 BOURGAULT 5440, double shoot, 70 ATOM JET paired row openers, 4” wide $42,000. Located southwest Manitoba. C-shank, dry feet, good cond., $40 each. Ph/Fx 306-424-7761, Montmartre, SK. Call 306-563-8482.

2- 14’ INT. 7200 hoe drills, good cond., or will sell as 1- 56’ unit, $1700 per drill OBO. 2013 BOURGAULT 6700 ST air tank, all 204-655-3352, 204-655-3286, Sifton, MB. options, dual high speed fan, bag lift, con1996 BOURGAULT 8800, 40’ air seeder, liq- veyor, 4-tank meter, X20 monitor, rear uid kit, Atom Jet openers w/side liquid hitch, dual tires, shedded, low acres. band, Valley shank packers, 2000 5250 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB. Bourgault air tank, w/3 compartments, 491 monitor, rice tires, hyd. fan, rear 2002 BOURGAULT 5350 air cart, double hitch, 1000 gal. Pattison liquid caddy, 1 yr. shoot, 3 tank metering, cab rate adjust, old single piston John Blue pump, vg 491 monitor, sandblasted inside and out, cond., asking $45,000. 306-423-5727, repainted, upgraded to 10” fill auger, $31,000. Call 403-994-4041, Trochu, AB. 306-233-7754, Bellevue, SK.

40’ BOURGAULT 8800 with harrows, 8” 2003 FLEXI-COIL 6000 drill, 10" spacing, spacing, 2155 air tank, $14,000 OBO. Call double shoot, w/2340 variable rate TBT tank, c/w auto greaser and spare parts, 306-395-2668, 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK. $40,000 OBO. 780-967-5298, Onoway, AB. VW MFG. LTD. - Full line of carbide drill info@bouiuscustomwork.com points for air drills. Find out more at: www.bouiuscustomwork.com ORDER IN TIME for seeding - Carbide drill www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, points for air drills. Find out more at: Dunmore, AB. www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 2 0 0 3 B O U R G A U LT 5 3 5 0 a i r t a n k , 30.5x32 rear tires, 540/65R24 front tires, 2013 KELLY DIAMOND 45D disc harrows 45', 12,000 acres since new. Consider tradrear tow hitch, auger ext. for unloading semis, 491 monitor, 3 tanks, 2 tanks me- ing for good bred cows. $75,000 OBO. t e r i n g , r e a l c l e a n , $ 2 9 , 0 0 0 . M y l e s 306-925-4915, Glen Ewen, SK. 306-745-6140 306-745-7530 Esterhazy SK MORRIS TINE HARROWS, 5 bar, 70’, 48’x12” SEED HAWK 357 Magnum, 1999, g o o d c o n d i t i o n , a s k i n g $ 4 , 5 0 0 . P h . 3 comp., 375 bu. tank, Devloo mud scrap- 306-563-7505, Canora, SK. ers, 2 Valmars delivery, 2 fans, gas and DEGELMAN HEAVY HARROWS: 2008 70’, hyd., run this with older tractor, $45,000 hyd. angle, $29,000; 1998 50’, manual anOBO. Ph/text Trent at 403-934-8765, gle, $17,000. 306-563-8482, Rama, SK. Standard, AB. sundgaardt@yahoo.ca WANTED: HIGHLINE ROTARY HARROWS, 1998 BOURGAULT 8810, 28’, single whole or for parts. Call 306-654-7657, shoot, knock-on sweeps, 230 trips, 8” Prudhomme, SK. 2002 JD 455 SEED drill, 35' folding drill, 6" spacing, c/w chemical kit, 2130 Special spacing, 13" disks, 300 hrs, factory markers, tank, hyd. drive, shedded, $20,000 OBO. 2000 RITE-WAY 8000 heavy harrow, 55’, c/w liquid fertilizer or chemical tank adj. tine angle, 9/16” tines, good cond. 306-554-3218, Wishart, SK. already installed/plumbed in, like new, Call Gary 306-873-8060, Prairie River, SK. $61,000 OBO. 306-730-8375, Melville, SK. 36’ BOURGAULT 8800 air seeder with Bourgault 2155 TBH air tank. Cowan Bros. BRUNO CO-OP is accepting tenders on Will.stilborn@hotmail.com Farm Equip. Auction, Saturday April 23, 2011 Riteway heavy harrow, 55’, vg shape. BOURGAULT 3225 AIR tank c/w 3rd tank, 2016, Langbank, SK. area. For sale bill and Please submit tenders to Box 99, Bruno, very good condition; JD 777 air tank, c/w photos: www.mackauctioncompany.com SK., S0K 0S0 or call Wayne 306-369-2271. auger. 780-679-7795, Camrose, AB. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815, Mack Closing date March 31, 2016. 9450 HOE drill, 30’, Apollo mover, very Auction Co. PL #311962. 1998 BOURGAULT 4000 wing packer, 32’, JD cond., grain and slow spd sprockets, 1-3/4” packers, hitch ext., low acres, one good rebuilt fertilizer attachment, presses tight, owner, shedded, excellent, $11,000. Call $5000. 780-645-5559, St. Paul, AB. 780-984-0668, Calmar, AB. VW MFG. LTD. Full line of carbide drill DEGELMAN 7645 LAND ROLLER. Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equipment Auction, points for air drills. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, Saturday, April 9, 2016, McTaggart, Sask. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com Dunmore, AB. for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 1985 IHC 7200 hoe drill, 28’, w/factory 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 t r a n s p o r t , a l w ay s s h e d d e d , o f fe r s . 306-236-7491, Dorintosh, SK. 60 SHANK PACKERS, excellent, 3000 acres, 2003 JD 1895 air seeder w/1910 cart, 43’, $100 each. 403-664-2172, 403-664-0242, WANTED: JD 9450 hoe drill 20’, in good condition. 250-630-2617, Prespatou, BC. 10” spacing, TBH, double shoot, 430 bu., Oyen, AB. w a r n i n g s y s t e m fo r s e e d a n d fe r t . , FLEXI-COIL 60’ HEAVY harrow packers 2013 MONOSEM PLANTER, 40’, 15/30” $90,000. 403-625-6195, 403-625-2541, with P30 packers, very good cond. Offers. spacing, canola, bean and corn plates, row Claresholm, AB. paul@romfarm.com cleaners, 3 bu. hoppers, Mid Row and seed Call 306-287-3563, Watson, SK. FLEXI-COIL 800 AIR SEEDER with JD 787 2015 DEGELMAN 7000 Strawmaster, 82’, placed fertilizer, air cart hitch, $150,000 air tank. Glenn Swenson Farm Equipment Endura tip tines, hyd. tine adj. w/Valmar OBO. 306-541-3758, Francis, SK. Auction, Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 3255, low acres. 306-231-8060, Englefeld FLEXI-COIL BLOCKAGE MONITOR, 20 Weyburn, SK. area. For sale bill and phosystem, 20 pins, good for up to 57' tos visit www.mackauctioncompany.com 2015 BRANDT 8200, 82’, chrome wear re- Series drill, $800 OBO. 306-537-0651, Odessa, SK. Call 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815, Mack sistant tines, hyd. tine adj., low acres. Auction Co. PL #311962. 306-231-8060, Englefeld, SK.

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AGTRON ART 160, 50-run blockage monitoring system, used 2 seasons, exc. cond., $4750. 780-650-1336, Waskatenau, AB. LIQUID NITROGEN KIT off a 54’ air drill for sale. 204-773-6389 or 204-683-2367, Foxwarren, MB. 32 VW MFG., VW10FC, 4” wide, full carbide paired row openers on Stealth holders. 306-423-6131, Domremy, SK. JD 9350 HOE DRILL, 16’, with grass seed attachment, always shedded, $2,700 OBO. 780-352-8858, Bittern Lake, AB. TWO JD 455 foldup box drills, 30’ and 35’, $43,500 each. 403-308-1238, Taber, AB.

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2014 7450 LANDOLL vertical tillage #S22382, 39’ wide, 22” disc, 7” blade, $105,000. Call 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca

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JD 680 31’ CULTIVATOR, 12” spacing, NH3 kit and hitch, c/w brand new Bourgault NH3 knives, $16,500. 2012 FARM KING 1225 offset disc, very good cond., $19,500 OBO. 306-554-3218, Wishart, SK. FLEXI-COIL 60’ SYSTEM 95 tine harrows and packers, Flexi-Coil 70’ System 82 tine harrows, 35’ JD 1610 cult. w/1655 Valmar and fert. kit, 42’ JD 1000 Vibrashank cult. with 1620 Valmar, Coop 33’ deep tillage cultivator, MF 360 12’ and 15’ discers, MF 360 2- 15’ discers, Flexi-Coil end tow diamond harrows, Allis Chalmers 14’ tandem disc. Glenn Swenson Farm Equip. Auction, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, Weyburn, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We buy 90 and 94 Series Case, 2 WD, FWA tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have 1987 DEUTZ ALLIS 7110, 4040 hrs., 110 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 . HP, dual hyds. and PTO, cab, air, 18.4x38, 306-784-7841, Herbert, SK. $16,000. 204-525-4521, Minitonas, MB. www.waltersequipment.com

1999 FLEXI-COIL S85, 70’ heavy harrow, $19,900. Call 1-800-667-4515 or www.combineworld.com JD 1650 CHISEL plow 54’ c/w Degelman harrows, $32,500; Morris L233 field cult., 37’, $4250. 780-679-7795, Camrose, AB. 2015 CASE/IH 600, 60’ cultivator, 12” spacing, 4-bar harrows, NH3 hitch, 600 lb. trips. Call 306-231-8060, Englefeld, SK. SUNFLOWER DISC 38’, 19” front blades, 22” rear blades, $26,000. 780-821-9385, High Level, AB.

1997 CASE/IH 9390, 425 HP, 3995 hrs., 20.8x42 triples, std. shift trans, Trimble SM750 plus Ezee-Steer, $95,000 with Tr i m b l e p k g , $ 9 0 , 0 0 0 w i t h o u t . 306-648-7110, Gravelbourg, SK. 1984 CASE 2390 tractor, 3 PTH with quick hitch, duals and front weights, $12,500. Call 204-362-4874, Morden, MB.

1 9 8 0 7 5 8 0 A L L I S C H A L M E R S, d u a l w h e e l s , 1 0 0 0 P TO, 7 0 0 0 h r s . C a l l 204-623-7533, The Pas, MB. 1986 DX710, 5800 hrs., AC, 50% rubber, 540/1000 PTO, shedded, good cond.; 1976 Deutz 13006, 7400 hrs, AC, shedded, rubber 50%, 1000 PTO, 306-642-3454 evenings, Assiniboia, SK.

WANTED: CASE 7100 or 7200 Series Magnum tractor with failing trans. and good engine. 204-362-4874, Morden, MB. 1987 3394 MFWD, 4900 hrs, 24 spd. USED WISHEK: 14’, 16’, 30. Breaking powershift, vg condition, $29,000 OBO. discs: Towner 18’, Kewanee 14’-16’. Call 1981 2290, 5500 hrs, vg cond., $14,000 1-866-938-8537, Portage la Prairie, MB. OBO. 204-648-7129, Grandview, MB. www.zettlerfarmequipment.com IH 5500 DEEP TILLER, 45’, 3 bar harrows, good shape. 204-662-4510, Sinclair, MB. JD 610 37’ CULTIVATOR, Degelman harrows, extra weight on frame for vertical tillage, c/w Gaber discs and 4” spikes, $8,000. 306-925-2245, Glen Ewen, SK. EZEE ON/VERSATILE 1600 tandem disc, HD, 25’, $7500. 306-452-3233, Antler, SK. KELLO-BILT 8’ to 20’ offset discs w/24” 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. KELLO-BUILT OFFSET DISCS for construction and agricultural land preparation. Located in Central Sask. We can supply all your product and part needs. Brewster Ag, email: info@brewsteragindustries.com 306-939-4402, Earl Grey, SK. 1 9 9 7 B O U R G A U LT 8 8 1 0 c u l t i v a t o r #B227788, Valmar applicator, 4 bar mounted harrows, $33,000. Kinistino, SK., 306-864-3667 or view: www.farmworld.ca 2014 GREAT PLAINS 3500TM vertical tillage #PS3147, 35’, 3 section Cat V hitch, $101,000. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or view at: www.farmworld.ca WANTED: KELLO-BILT 325 12’ breaking disc in good condition. Call 780-645-2575, St. Paul, AB.

2005 MXU 125 Case/IH, 6000 hrs, LX 156 loader, bucket and grapple, $54,000. 306-594-7224 or 306-595-2274, Pelly, SK. 2005 STX 450, quad, high cap. hyds., 4500 hrs., newer tracks, no PTO, $160,000. 306-442-7512, 306-454-2402, Ceylon, SK. CASE 2290 2WD tractor with 3 PTH, Case 1370 2WD tractor and Case 970 2WD tractor. Cowan Bros. Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday, April 23, 2016, Langbank, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 CASE 2096 2WD tractor with 4175 hours. Tom Webb Farm Equip. Auction, Monday, April 11, 2016, Pangman, Sask. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 WANTED: TOP DOLLAR paid on IH tractors 1026, 1456, 826, 1206, 1256, 756. Call 701-240-5737, Minot, ND.

2015 CASE ST620Q, 610 hrs., fully loaded. Owner retiring. Reduced to $480,000. Vermilion, AB., 780-813-0131, 780-853-7925. 1987 IH 9150 4WD, 280 HP, 520/85R38 Firestone radials, 80% very good, 8000 h o u r s , n i c e s o l i d t r a c t o r, $ 3 9 , 8 0 0 . 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

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2006 CHALLENGER MT835B, 350 HP, 3455 hrs., powershift, 30” tracks w/powertrain warranty, $134,900. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com UNRESERVED AUCTION: 2003 Cat Challenger MT835 quad track 4WD tractor, 2,399 hours, 340 HP, 5 hyd’s., GPS, 1 owner, shedded. Wed. April 20, Melvin Lunty, 780-385-1775, Sedgewick, AB, 11AM. Details and pics: www.dunkleauctions.com

2009 9530, c/w 800 tires, 4 hyd., 48 GPM, 2500 hrs., shedded, exc. cond., $220,000 OBO. 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. 2004 JD 9120, 24 spd., radials, PTO, diff. lock, deluxe cab, GPS, 3510 hrs, $120,000 OBO. 204-546-2187, Grandview, MB.

2005 JD 7420, c/w 741 self levelling loader and grapple, Comfort Guard Cab, 6611 hrs, 135 HP, 3 PTH, LHR, power quad plus, 3 SCVs, tires 70%, clean, shedded, ready to work, reduced $76,500 OBO. 403-963-1334, 403-578-8523, Consort, AB WANTED: 4586 IHC tractor, year 1980 JOHN DEERE 4020, powershift, with 158 a n d u p , i n g o o d c o n d i t i o n . C a l l loader, recent complete overhaul, $15,000 OBO. Ph. 306-773-4167, Swift Current, SK. 56’ ST830 FLEXI-COIL, 12” space, heavy 780-635-2527, St. Vincent, AB. trips, dual shoot, air pack, set up for TBT tank, c/w with Technotill seed boots and CASE/IH 7220 FWA tractor, Case/IH 7110 2001 JD 4400, FWA, 35 HP, hydro, FEL, carbide packers, 3/4” carbide knock-on 2WD tractor with Allied 895 FEL. Glenn 72” belly mount grooming mower, mid openers, blockage monitor, exc., $79,500. S we n s o n F a r m E q u i p m e n t Au c t i o n , PTO, mid hyds., 4 and 5 hyds., extra Wednesday, April 13, 2016, Weyburn, SK. weights, extra lights, able to run grain au306-441-4003, North Battleford, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com g e r, $ 2 1 , 5 0 0 O B O . 3 0 6 - 6 4 8 - 2 4 1 8 , 2004 2340 FLEXI-COIL air tank, TBH, al- for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-312-9000, Gravelbourg, SK. ways shedded, not used last 3 yrs., very 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 1993 JD 8870, 350 HP, 6300 hrs, new ingood shape, $18,500 OBO. 306-468-7171, 1982 CASE 2290, 6800 hrs, front weights, jectors, new radio, 20.8x42 Michelins, 4 306-724-2225, Debden, SK. 18.4x38 duals, dual hyds., exc. shape, hyds., diff lock, shedded, good condition, ORDER IN TIME for seeding - Carbide drill $13,000 OBO. 306-795-7618, Ituna, SK. $63,000. 204-761-5145, Rivers, MB. points for air drills. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, CASE 2394, 8600 hrs., c/w FEL, recent M I T C H ’ S T R A C TO R S A L E S LT D . , $15,000 work order, very good condition, 204-750-2459 (cell), St. Claude, MB. Dunmore, AB. M i t c h s t r a c t o r s a l e s . c o m JD 2750, $16,500. 780-821-9385, High Level, AB. 5" DUTCH LOW draft tips and boots, 30 MFWD, CAH, 3 PTH, 2 hyds w/245 loader; available, barely used, $100 OBO. JD 2950, 2 WD, CAH, 3 PTH, 2 hyds.; JD 780-305-3547, Barrhead, AB. 2950, MFWD, 3 PTH, 2 hyds w/loader; JD (2) 4050, MFWD, 3 PTH, PS, w/o loaders; EZEE-ON 6650 33’ tandem disc, Morris JD 4250, MFWD, 3 PTH, 15 spd. w/265 Ranger II 70’ harrow packers, Morris loader; JD 4640, Quad, 3 hyds; JD 6400, 2 B3-48 rodweeder, Morris B3-36 rodweedWD, PQ w/RHS, 3 PTH w/loader; JD 6400, er, MF 360 3- 15’ discers Ezee. Tom Webb MFWD, 3 PTH, PQ w/RHS, w/640 loader; Farm Equipment Auction, Monday April 11, Case MXM 140, MFWD, 3 PTH, w/loader. 2016, Pangman, SK. area. For sale bill and All tractors can be sold with new or used photos: www.mackauctioncompany.com loaders. Now a Husqvarna Dealer with a 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815, Mack full line of Husqvarna equipment. Auction Co. PL #311962. JD 4640, low hours, premium condition, 10 GEN #30 carbide openers, $25 ea; 1 24.5x32 tires, $33,000 OB0. set of Haukaas markers, extend 30’ -50’ 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. c/w hoses, sequence valve and brackets, 650 IHC DIESEL, power steering, vg cond., $7200. 780-632-7144, 780-603-7353, Ve- JD 8630 TRACTOR, 4 WD, not running, $750. 306-773-6355, Swift Current, SK. 18x38 tires, PTO, good tin and cab. Call greville, AB. wcherniawsky1@hotmail.com VW MFG. LTD. - Full line of carbide drill 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK. points for air drills. Find out more at: 2011 PUMA 170 c/w 775 loader and grapwww.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, ple, 1500 hrs, 620/710 tires, air-ride, exc. G.S. TRACTOR SALVAGE, JD tractors cond $115,000. 306-435-9520 Wawota, SK only. Call 306-497-3535, Blaine Lake, SK. Dunmore, AB.

2008 JD 7430 PREMIUM c/w 741 SL loader, bucket, 4400 hrs, PowrQuad trans., 18.4x42 Michelins, clean, fully serviced, $110,000. Call 519-669-2520, Elmira, ON.

1979 JD 4440, quad, 12,000 hrs., 540 1996 NH 9882, 425 HP, N14 Cummins, PTO, duals, rear tires 18.4x38, fronts 7.10/70R38 metric duals/75%, vg cond. 1100x16, c/w Allied 795 FEL, bale fork, $87,000. trades? 306-370-8010 Saskatoon $21,000. 306-433-2091, Creelman, SK.

2004 JD 7720, MFWD, 6990 hrs., IVT trans., 3 SCV, good rubber, 3 PTH, GreenStar ready, 746 FEL, vg condition, $83,000 OBO. 204-534-0637, Boissevain, MB.

2001 JOHN DEERE 8410, MFWD, c/w 840 FEL/grapple, 7180 hrs., 16 spd. PS, 290 HP, newer inside tires, duals 30%, 1500 kg weights, very good condition, $109,000. 403-782-4869, Lacombe, AB.

WRECKING FOR PARTS: 4450, 20.8x38 Dynatorque tires, like new; 3130, vg run- WANTED: ANY CONDITION 6030; late ning eng., cab, 148 loader/mounts; 4430; model 3020, or 4020; 4620; 4520; 4320 Deutz DX160, vg running eng., 20.8x38 and 4000. Call 701-240-5737, Minot, ND. duals. Call 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB. 2007 7520 FWA, 3840 hrs., 741 loader JD 4760 TRACTOR, MFWD, 4950 hrs., hardly used, power quad sunroof, 3 PTH, powershift, 3 PTH, shedded, 1 owner. Call $110,000. 780-771-2155, 780-404-1212, Wandering River, AB. 403-330-1966, Coaldale, AB. JD 4640 2WD tractor with duals. Glenn JD 9630 4WD tractor, Michelin triples, S we n s o n F a r m E q u i p m e n t Au c t i o n , only 766 hours and GreenStar ready; JD Wednesday, April 13, 2016, Weyburn, SK. 4640 2WD tractor, 5450 hours and duals. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equipment for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or Auction, Sat., April 9, 2016, McTaggart, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 www.mackauctioncompany.com Mack 1990 JD 4755, MFWD, rebuilt powershift Auction Co. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 trans., triple hyds., 180 HP, good rubber, PL #311962. work ready. For pricing call Medicine Hat Tractor Salvage Inc. 1-877-527-7278 or JD 8650, PTO, duals, 9000 hrs., new eng. at 6000 hrs., joystick, recent WO’s, c/w 14’ 403-548-1205. www.mhtractor.ca 6-way Leon blade. 306-435-9520, Wawota JD TRACTOR PARTS. Specializing in engine rebuild kits. Thousands of other JD 4455, FWA w/280 loader, powershift, p a r t s . S e r v i c e m a nu a l s . 4 2 n d ye a r. $46,000; JD 4450, 280 loader, powershift, www.diamondfarmtractorparts.com Call $39,000; JD 2140, 2 WD, 240 SL loader, 3 PTH, $16,500. 403-308-1238, Taber, AB. 1-800-481-1353. 1982 JD 8440, 8600 hrs., good cond., shedded, 1000 PTO, 4200 hrs., complete JD engine overhaul, pump and injectors were also redone, $19,500 OBO. 306-542-7684, Kamsack, SK.

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 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. 1984 TW-35, 9200 hrs, good rubber- duals, PTO, clutch and dual power all rebuilt a year ago, good working order, asking $18,000. 780-812-1892, Iron River, AB.

2015 JD 6150M, MFWD, H360 loader and grapple, 3 PTH, no def., 212 hrs., $178,000 OBO. 780-352-8858, Bittern Lake, AB.

1979 JD 4640, quad, 9,000 hrs., 540/1000 PTO, duals, rear tires 20.8x38, 1980 JD 8640, 580 hrs. since complete fronts 1100x16, triple hyds., S/N #19668, eng. OH, 4 new tires, triple hyds., new tur- $22,000. 306-433-2091, Creelman, SK. bo charger and GreenStar II-1800 GPS, 1994 FORD VERSATILE 9680 w/triples, 4 $31,500. 306-739-2894, Moosomin, SK. rear hyds., rebuilt trans., new brakes, new coupler all done June 2014, 5800 hrs. Not 2013 JOHN DEERE 6125R, MFWD, 24 spd., 2005 MF GC2300 #PN3213A, always used 2015. 306-421-1021, Frobisher, SK. auto. quad trans., warranty til Apr. 15, 2018 shedded, 371 hrs., 22 HP, PTO, 3 PTH, dsl, or 2500 hrs., loader and grapple, 800 hrs., $7500. Call 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK. 1993 FORD VERSATILE 946, 4 WD, 325 HP, 14 L Cummins, 8000 hrs., 20.8X42 duals, premium cab, 3 PTH, excellent condition, or view at: www.farmworld.ca 12 spd. manual trans., 4 hyd. remotes, 1 $126,000. 780-818-8202, Millet, AB. 1983 MF 4800, brown cab, PTO, 24.5x32, return, $45,000. 306-594-2708, Hyas, SK. hooglandfarms@xplornet.com 18.4x38 clamp-on, tires good, 8300 hrs., FORD 4000 2WD diesel tractor with 3 PTH. JD 4440 2WD tractor with 7400 hours, JD shedded, one owner, $19,900. Cam-Don Tom Webb Farm Equip. Auction, Monday, 4440 2WD tractor, JD 4430 2WD tractor, Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. April 11, 2016, Pangman, Sask. area. Visit JD 4440 2WD tractor with 707 Leon FEL. Cowan Bros. Farm Equipment Auction, 1983 MF 4840 TRACTOR PARTS for sale. www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or Saturday, April 23, 2016, Langbank, SK. 306-896-7630, Churchbridge, SK. 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 2002 NH TV140 #N22876A with grapple RETIRING: 1980 JD 4640 tractor, recent and loader, $49,500. Call 306-864-3667, 1981 VERSATILE 875, 20.8x38 tires, new drop-in 50 Series eng. and trans. service. Kinistino, SK. or view at www.farmworld.ca clutch, good starting tractor, $20,000 306-638-4550, Findlater, SK. OBO. Call Tom 306-724-2260, Victoire, SK. NH 9682 4WD tractor with 5240 hours and 1996 JOHN DEERE 8870, 8800 hrs., 12 spd. NH 9682 4WD tractor with 6205 hours. 850 VERSATILE SERIES I, complete with manual, PTO, good shape, $65,000 OBO. Tom Webb Farm Equip. Auction, Monday, dozer, dual wheels, $8500 OBO. Call 306-227-4503, Saskatoon, SK. April 11, 2016, Pangman, Sask. area. Visit 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. for sale 1984 VERSATILE 895, Rainbow Edition, 2002 JD 7710 MFWD, IV trans., 3 PTH, www.mackauctioncompany.com i l l a n d p h o t o s . 3 0 6 - 4 2 1 - 2 9 2 8 o r Firestone 20.8x38 duals- exc. cond., 855 1999 JD 7410, MFWD, 3 PTH, powrQuad b306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 Big Cam Cummins, 7900 hrs., 12 spd. std. w/LHR, JD 740 loader, grapple, joystick very clean. 780-674-5516, 780-305-7152, 2014 NH T7190, FWA, deluxe cab, 4 trans, plumbed for air drill, $29,000. ShellBarrhead, AB. hyds., plumbed, loader ready, 349 hrs. brook, SK., 306-714-7810, 306-714-0121. 875 VERSATILE SERIES II, 24.5x32 sinJD 8430, running or for parts, 3 SCV re- Call Dave 403-556-3992, Olds, AB. m o t e s , 8 n ew t i r e s , $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 O B O. 2008 NH T9050 #N22577A, 2371 hrs, gles, 5400 orig. hrs., premium condition and physically. Offers. Call 780-699-6957, Fort Saskatchewan, AB. 485 HP, $205,000. 306-922-2525, Prince mechanically 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. 1995 JD 8570, 4390 hours, 18.4x38 radial Albert, SK. or view at www.farmworld.ca duals- 80%, 3 hydraulics, good shape, 9680, 5900 hrs., high flow hyd., new injec- 2004 VERSATILE 2145 Genesis II, MFWD, $65,000. Ph. 306-485-7063, Alameda, SK. tors, fresh dealer check, Outback Auto- 7400 hrs, 150 HP, 540/1000 PTO, 4 hyds. 18 spd. powershift, Alo 990 FEL, grapple, 2008 JD 9630T, deluxe cab, PTO, loaded, Steer, $72,000. 306-873-5788, Tisdale, SK. wheel weights, good cond., $58,000 OBO. 4750 hrs. 306-648-2418, 306-312-9000, 1997 NH 8160, MFWD, bar axles, shuttle 403-684-3446, 403-652-8205, Blackie, AB. Gravelbourg, SK. shift, 7312 loader and pallet forks, 3760 VERSATILE 875 4WD tractor with 6485 hrs JD 8650, new engine, new tires; JD 4440, hrs., exc. cond., $45,500. 204-857-2791, and Versatile 835 4WD tractor with 6945 rebuilt engine; JD 4450, FWD; JD 4255 Portage la Prairie, MB. hrs. Cowan Bros. Farm Equipment Auction, FWD. 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. 2004 TM120, MFWD, 795 Allied loader, Saturday, April 23, 2016, Langbank, SK. w/quick attach bucket and bale fork, 4600 area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com 8440 JD, 9200 hours, 18.4x38 duals, quad range and PTO, $20,000. 306-493-7871, hrs., fresh eng., mint shape, $50,000. Call for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-408-0038, Moosomin, SK. 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 Harris, SK. 1980 JD 4640, new front tires, new inner 1999 NH TV140 w/loader, 7258 hrs, 7614 1983 VERSATILE 875, 4 WD, 3400 original duals, new batteries, tripe hyds., 16 spd. loader, PTO, $40,000. Call 306-682-9920, hrs., always shedded, vg cond. $42,000. 403-502-0048, Medicine Hat, AB. quad trans; also 12’ Degelman blade Humboldt, SK. or view: www.farmworld.ca available. 1982 JD 4640, 16 spd. quad trans, c/w JD quick detach FEL, new front tires, new batteries. Retiring. 306-625-3871, Ponteix, SK. STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER looking for JD tractors to rebuild, Series 20s, 30s, 40s or 50s, or for parts. Will pay top dollar. Now selling JD parts. 204-466-2927, 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. 1998 JD 9400, 7000 hrs., new inside rubber, $90,000. May take cattle or older Cat on partial trade. 306-524-4960 Semans SK 1992 JD 4960, MFWD, powershift, 3 PTH, 3 remotes, duals, exc. rubber, 3859 hrs., always shedded. 306-748-2817, Killaly, SK.

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2013 BUHLER 2375, 997 hrs., 710/38 Goodyear duals, 50 GPM, weight pkg, JD VW MFG. LTD. - Full line of carbide drill WANTED: 12 OR 14’ #225 Kello built auto ready, always shedded. Mint cond., points for air drills. Find out more at: disc. Call 306-839-4438 or 306-839-7792, www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, Pierceland, SK. $140,000. 780-821-9385, High Level, AB. Dunmore, AB. WANTED: CASE 7100 or 7200 Series ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New De- Magnum tractor with failing trans. and good engine. 204-362-4874, Morden, MB. gelman equipment, land rollers, StrawGRATTON COULEE AGRI PARTS LTD. Your master, rockpickers, protill, dozer blades. #1 place to purchase late model combine 306-957-4403, 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK. and tractor parts. Used, new and rebuilt. www.gcparts.com Toll free 888-327-6767. CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used MF #36 DISCERS. Will pay top dollar 2003 VERSATILE 2360, N14 375 HP, 672 highway tractors. For more details call and pick from anywhere. Phone Mike hrs., shedded; 2002 JD 6420, 85 HP, FWA, 204-685-2222 or view information at 306-723-4875, Cupar, SK. www.titantrucksales.com loader, 2800 hrs., shedded. 306-201-4032 cell, Regina, SK. HORSE POWER? Fuel economy? Ph Smoke ‘Em Diesel to safely add both on your farm equipment! 306-545-5911, Regina, SK. ORDER IN TIME for seeding - Carbide drill LEON 790 LOADER for sale, clean, lift cylin- points for air drills. Find out more at: ders resealed, 5088 IHC mounts, $6200 www.vwmfg.com or phone 403-528-3350, OBO. 306-625-7558, Vanguard, SK. Dunmore, AB. 2006 BUHLER 895 FEL, bucket and pallet forks, good shape, $9300 OBO. 204-328-7367, Rivers, MB. ALLIS CHALMERS 7G track dozer with 4in-1 bucket. Tom Webb Farm Equipment Auction, Monday April 11, 2016, Pangman, SK. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 2010 DEGELMAN 7900 6-way dozer blade to fit Case quad track 480, 485, 530, 535, vg cond., $18,500. 780-878-1479, Red Deer, AB. CROWN 6 YARD SCRAPER. Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equip. Auction, Saturday, April 9, 2016, McTaggart, Sask. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 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. 2009 DEGELMAN 6900 14’ blade for mounting on Case STX 275/280/325/330 or 335 4 WD tractor, hyd. angle, silage ext., $20,000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

INGERSOLL RAND LIGHT Towers, w/generator, Kubota diesel w/air shutdown, 6 KW light tower w/4 lights, 120 and 240 volt plug in's, excellent shape, $4,250. Contact Tim 403-200-1209, Calgary, Saskatoon www.skywestcorp.com tim.mckechnie@docktorgroup.com

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COW/CALF PAIRS, SAT., April 2, 1:00 PM at Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. Granger reduction of 100+ Black/BBF and Red/RBF pairs sired by Black Angus or Gelbvieh bulls. 306-693-4715. Pics/details SHALE CREEK BISON RANCH offering 2005 at www.johnstoneauction.ca PL #914447 Wood bull from Silver Creek Bison (Willow Hollow). 204-821-5519, Russell, MB. WANTED: ALL KINDS of bison from yearlings to old bulls. Also cow/calf pairs. Ph Kevin at 306-429-2029, Glenavon, SK. BUYING: CULL COWS, herdsire bulls, yearlings and calves. Phone Elk Valley Ranches, 780-846-2980, Kitscoty, AB. KICKIN’ ASH BUFFALO Meat Products is currently looking for all classes of bison for expanding North American market. Call Paul 780-777-2326, Athabasca, AB. or email to cabi1@telus.net

RETIRING: PREMIER 30’ swather; Rite- WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly tracWay 50’ harrow packer bar. 306-638-4550, tors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847. Findlater, SK.

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S&D CUSTOM AG Service's. All terrain fencing machine, $2200/mile (we supply staples). Wire roller and post puller, $1100/ mile. Track loader and mulcher, $100/hr. 403-821-0502, Daniel Leblanc. 1477834abltd@gmail.com SOLIDLOCK AND TREE ISLAND game wire and all accessories for installation. Heights from 26” to 120”. Ideal for elk, deer, bison, sheep, swine, cattle, etc. Tom Jensen ph/fax: 306-426-2305, Smeaton, SK. CUSTOM FENCING AND corral building, no job too big or too small. Call 306-699-7450, Qu’Appelle, SK. SASKATOON CO-OP AGRO CENTER is accepting sealed tenders until 12:00 Noon, Friday, April 15, 2016 for the purchase of a Wheatheart heavy hitter post pounder. For more info., please call 306-933-3835 or stop by Saskatoon Co-op Agro Center, #1327 N Service Road, Hwy #16 West, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 3J7.

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NEW AND USED PTO generators. Diesel and natural gas sets available as well. Call WANTED: 4440 JD with quad range trans, 1-888-300-3535, Airdrie, AB. COMPLETE SHANK ASSEMBLIES: JD 1610, with failed motor or front end damage. DIESEL GENSET SALES AND SERVICE, Morris Magnum, $135; JD 610, Morris Call 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. 12 to 300 KWs, lots of units in stock. Used Magnum II, $185; CCIL #204, $90. Can and new: Perkins, John Deere and Deutz. deliver. 306-946-7923, Young, SK. We also build custom Gensets. We currently have special pricing on new John FLAX STRAW BUNCHER and land levellers. Building now, taking orders. Don’t delay, CUSTOM FENCING & CORRALS: Barb wire, Deere units. Call for pricing 204-792-7471. call now! 306-957-4279, Odessa, SK. rail, plank, rip-out, repair. 306-784-7750. SUNFLOWER HARVEST SYSTEMS. Call grant@backfortydevelopments.com for literature. 1-800-735-5848. Lucke Mfg., EASY ROLL WIRE Rollers for barb and www.luckemanufacturing.com high tensile wire. 3 PTH or draw-bar mounts avail. 306-984-7861, Mistatim, SK. GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner WANTED: OLD STEIGER Cougar II or Wo o d P r e s e r ve r s L t d . , a s k fo r R o n Cougar III for parts. Call 306-839-4438 or 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. 306-839-7792, Pierceland, SK. MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. WANTED: MASSEY discers, Model 36. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: Sask., Alberta or Manitoba. Top dollar. www.maverickconstruction.ca 306-625-3369, 306-750-0642, Ponteix, SK.

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NEW AND USED generators, all sizes from 5 kw to 3000 kw, gas, LPG or diesel. Phone for availability and prices. Many used in stock. 204-643-5441, Fraserwood, MB. SPRUCE FOR SALE! Beautiful locally grown trees. Plan ahead and renew your Email: generatorsales@hotmail.com shelterbelt or landscape a new yardsite, get the year round protection you need. We sell on farm near Didsbury, AB. or deliver anywhere in Western Canada. 6 - 12’ spruce available. Now taking spring bookings while supplies last. Phone 403-586-8733 or check out our website at www.didsburysprucefarms.com

WANTED: ATOM JET hyd. kit for 895 Versatile Series 3. 204-223-6193, Lorette, MB.

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CLEAR SPRINGS TROUT FARM Rainbow Trout, 4”, 6” and 8” for spring stocking. 204-937-4403, 204-937-8087, Roblin, MB. KEET’S FISH FARM: Rainbow Trout fing e r l i n g s fo r s p r i n g s t o c k i n g . C o l l i n 306-260-0288, Rachel 306-270-4639, Saskatoon, SK. www.keetsfishfarm.com

DRY JACK PINE firewood, split and blocked in mini bulk bags $150/bag; Also split in 4’ lengths and 1/2 cord bundles, $80; Can split and deliver in 3 cord loads split in 4’ lengths, $150/cord plus delivery. Call 306-277-4660, Ridgedale, SK. SEASONED SPRUCE SLAB firewood, one cord bundles, $99, half cord bundles, $65. Volume discounts. Blocked and split wood also available. V&R Sawing, 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK. BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer.

TOP QUALITY SEMEN tested 2 and 3 year old Pure Plains breeding bulls. Call MFL Ranches 403-747-2500, Alix, AB. 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. 4- JD STARFIRE receivers, 4- JD 2600 displays, Outback light bar. Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equip. Auction, Saturday, April 9, 2016, McTaggart, Sask. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

ALL CANADIAN COAL HEATERS. Market leader in coal/bio-fuel boilers. 5 different sizes for your heating needs. UL listed. Kingman, AB. 780-662-4867. Website: www.allcanadianheaters.com WWW.NOUTILITYBILLS.COM - Indoor coal, grain, multi-fuel, gas, oil, pellet and propane fired boilers, fireplaces, furnaces and stoves. Outdoor EPA and conventional wood boilers, coal/ multi-fuel boilers. Chimney, heat exchangers, parts, piping, pumps, etc. Athabasca, AB, 780-628-4835.

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WANT TO PURCHASE cull bison bulls and cows, $4.00 to $4.50/lb. HHW. Finished beef steers and heifers for slaughter. We are also buying compromised cattle that can’t make a long trip. Oak Ridge Meats, McCreary, 204-835-2365, 204-476-0147. 2 PLAINS BISON breeding bulls, 6 yrs. and 10 yrs. Crocusview Farm, Kenton, MB, 204-838-2426 or 204-748-5794 (cell). Email: cfinnie@goinet.ca 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.

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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.

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MUTRIE FARMS & BAR H CHAROLAIS, with Hawken Shorthorns, Black Ridge Angus & Dual E Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Wednesday, April 13th, 1:00 PM, Candiac, SK. Auction Mart. Selling 5 two year old and 23 yearling Charolais bulls, most are polled, many red factor, plus 6 Shorthorn yearlings, 5 Angus yearlings and 4 Red Angus yearlings. These are solid, sound, not over conditioned bulls that will cover some ground and last. Excellent quality for value. View catalogue online at www.bylivestock.com For catalogue or info. contact Richard or Wade Sydorko, 306-429-2711 or 306-529-6268, Kevin Haylock 306-697-8771, Jodi Hawken 306-429-2737, John Moleski 306-331-7787 ANDERSON’S FOUR BAR X RANCH & Eric Yewsiuk 306-560-7085 or By Livestock MARTENS CATTLE CO. Annual Angus 306-536-4261. and Charolais Bull Sale, Monday, April 4th, 1:30 PM at the Spiritwood Stockyards, SPIRIT OF THE NORTH BULL SALE, Spiritwood, SK. Selling 30 Black Angus Monday, April 11th, 1:00 PM at the Spiritbulls, and 30 Charolais bulls. All bulls are wood Stockyards, Spiritwood, SK. Selling semen evaluated. Wintering and delivery 82 Simmental, Charolais and Black Angus available. For a catalogue or more info. yearling and 2 year old bulls. For a catacontact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. logue or more info contact T Bar C Cattle View catalogue online: www.buyagro.com Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue onPL #116061. line at www.buyagro.com PL #116061.

52 BEAUTIFUL PREG TESTED bison cows, approx. 50% Woods cross, bred to Woods cross bulls. Dewormed w/Ivomec and oral Safeguard, and all vaccine shots. $5000 TROPHY ZONE TANNERY. State of the firm. Call 780-777-2326, Athabasca, AB. art facility. Hair on tanning for both taxidermy and domestic hides. Quality work CURRENT PRICES: Bulls $4.45/lb. USD; with fast turn around. Call anytime Heifers $4.25/lb. USD; Culls $5/lb. CAD. 403-892-7904 or 403-330-6325, Cardston, Call/text: 306-736-3454, Windthorst, SK. AB. Email: bunnage@shaw.ca

TUBING FROM 1-1/4” to 3-1/2”. Sucker rod 3/4”, 7/8” and 1”. Line pipe and Casing also available. Phone 1-800-661-7858 or 780-842-5705, Wainwright, AB.

FOR THE MONTH of March only receive discounts on selected parts. Call or drop by New Way Irrigation in Outlook, SK. for more details and parts list. 306-867-9606. BLUE WATER IRRIGATION DEV. LTD. Reinke pivots, lateral, minigators, pump and used mainline new Bauer travelers dealer. 22 yrs. experience. 306-858-7351, Lucky Lake, SK. www.philsirrigation.ca 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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SELLING 425 BULLS Limousin, Lim-Flex & Angus KUBOTA B-2410 FWA yard tractor and Kubota LA-352 FEL with 350 hours, Kubota 3 PTH rototiller, Kubota B-2550C front mount snowblower. Fortner Farms Premium Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday, April 9, 2016. McTaggart, Sask. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

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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

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JACKSON CATTLE CO. has on offer yearling and 2 year old Angus bulls. Selling at the Blair’s Pursuit of Excellence Bull Sale, April 5, 2016, 1 PM, Sedley, SK. All bulls are semen tested and guaranteed. For info or catalogue contact Levi 306-537-9251; Chance 306-537-4690. View catalogue and video at: www.blairscattleco.com RIGHT CROSS RANCH Annual Red and Black Angus Bull Sale, Monday, April 18th, 1:00 PM, Right Cross Ranch Sale Facility, Kisbey SK. Selling: 52 Red and Black Angus yearling bulls. Delivery available in western Canada. For catalogue or info contact Jim 306-462-4440, Dan 403-783-8756 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue at www.buyagro.com PL116061 BLACKTOF ANGUS (EST 1971) Rugged framey foundation Canadian Black Angus bulls for sale. Yearlings born Jan. and Feb., 2 yr olds suitable for cows and heifers and 1- 3 year old. 780-662-2024, Tofield, AB.

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THE 8th ANNUAL IMPACT Angus and Charolais Bull Sale, March 26, 1:30 PM, Saskatoon Livestock Sales. 50 Red & Black Angus yearling bulls. For a catalogue or more info contact Randy at 306-944-2737, Jason 306-567-7939 or T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com PL #116061. SHEIDAGHAN ANGHUS 5th ANNUAL Production Sale, Thursday, March 31, 1:00 PM at Cowtown Livestock, Maple Creek, SK. Selling 60 Black Angus bulls and choice of 10 Black Angus yearling heifers. For a catalogue or more info contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue at: www.buyagro.com PL# 116061 300 BRED HEIFERS, 1 iron ranch raised quality heifers. black, BB, BW, red, RB, RW. Calving end Apr. and May. $2,800. Spiritwood, 306-984-7272, tetrb@hotmail.com PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling bulls, replacement heifers, AI service. Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK. 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. MONDAY, MARCH 28th, North Central Livestock Exchange, Vermilion, AB. Selling open Black Angus replacement heifers. For more info. call Jamie Mills 306-344-4603. PUREBRED ANGUS YEARLING HEIFERS selling a Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK., Sat. April 9th. Pedigrees avail. Wilmo Ranch, 306-345-2046, Pense, SK. JUSATAMERE 21st ANNUAL Bull Sale, Monday, April 11, 1:00 PM, at the farm, Lloydminster, SK. On Offer 55 Black Angus bulls. All bulls will be semen tested and ready to go. For more info call Jon 780-808-6860 or office 306-825-9702. QUIET TOP QUALITY 2 yr. old and yearling Purebred Black Angus bulls. Call Spruce Acres, 306-272-3997, Foam Lake, SK. REDEKOP CATTLE COMPANY purebred yearling Black Angus bulls. Moderate birthweights, lots of performance. Semen tested, guaranteed, delivery available. Call Stuart at 306-222-0540, Vanscoy, SK. PB YEARLING BULLS, tie broke, docile, DNA’d, easy fleshing. 306-825-2674, Lloydminster, SK, matlockshorthorns.com

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CRESCENT CREEK ANGUS 18th Annual Bull and Female Sale, Saturday, April 2, 2016, 1:00 PM, Goodeve, SK. Selling 60 Black Angus yearling bulls and 40 top cut open replacement heifers. All bulls semen and performance tested. For video or catalogues: www.crescentcreekangus.com Call Wes 306-876-4420 or 306-728-8284; Rob 780-916-2628. TRI-N AND GUESTS Nu-Horizon Angus, Lipton, SK. and BASKM Land & Cattle, Riding Mountain, MB. Bull Sale, 2:00 PM DST, Saturday, April 2. Heartland Livestock, Virden, MB. On offer: 14 Red and Black Angus two year olds and yearlings. Quality bulls that will work for you. Also selling 39 Charolais yearling bulls. View catalogue and videos online at bylivestock.com or call Kiernan Doetzel, 306-336-2245 or Matt Ginter 204-721-4805.

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10- TWO YR. OLD 3/4 Black Angus, 1/4 Longhorn heifer bulls. Call 403-876-2542, F O R AG E B A S E D Black Angus bulls. Stettler, AB. www.nerbasbrosangus.com 204-564-2540 Shellmouth, MB. BLACK ANGUS 2 yr. old bulls. Good selection of calving ease and performance ge- BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, senetics. Delivery available. Nordal Angus, men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Rob Garner, 306-946-7946, Simpson, SK. Englefeld, SK. skinnerfarmsangus.com 18TH ANNUAL 49TH Parallel Black Angus Bull Sale, Monday, March 28th, 1:00 PM, PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS BULLS for sale. 2 Mankota, SK. On offer: 65 yearling bulls, year old and yearlings available. Semen 10 PB open replacement heifers, 55 com- tested. Mike Chase, Waveny Angus Farm mercial open replacement heifers. For 780-853-3384, 780-853-2275, Vermilion, more info or catalogue contact Glendar AB. waveny@mcsnet.ca Angus 306-478-7722 or Ross River Ranch 306-741-6251. MIDNITE OIL CATTLE CO. has on offer 85 YEARLING RED ANGUS bulls. Guaransemen tested yearling and 2 year old bulls. teed, semen tested, and delivered in the 306-734-2850, 306-734-7675, Craik, SK. spring. Phone Bob Jensen, 306-967-2770, BLACK ANGUS BULLS on moderate Leader, SK. growing ration, performance information REG. RED ANGUS yearling bulls, $2500. available. Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. Lorne Wyss 306-839-7766, 306-839-2038, 306-342-4407. www.valleyhillsangus.com 306-839-4706, Pierceland, SK.

GREAT PEN OF Reg. Yearling Red Angus bulls. Performance tested, vaccinated and semen checked. Ready to go to work. Call Border Valley Farm, Neal 306-874-7325, Dale 306-874-7817, Pleasantdale, SK. 3 YEAR OLD HERDSIRE, quiet, dark red, super feet, stays home. 306-845-2557, Turtleford, SK. evandglen@littleloon.ca www.belleredangus.com COMPLETE DISPERSAL OF frozen genetics for top end genetics, Millet, AB. Semen and embryos from high profile Red and Black Angus bulls. For list: 780-216-0220. RED ANGUS BULLS on moderate growing ration, performance information available. Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. 306-342-4407 www.valleyhillsangus.com 35 RED ANGUS yearling and 2 yr. old bulls sell April 6th, 1:00 PM, Howe Red Angus Bull Sale, Moose Jaw, SK. 8 miles South on #2 Hwy, 1-1/2 East on Baildon grid. Contact Mike Howe 306-631-8779.

THE 8th ANNUAL IMPACT Angus and Charolais Bull Sale, March 26, 1:30 PM, Saskatoon Livestock Sales. 50 Red & Black Angus yearling bulls. For a catalogue or more information contact Randy Tetzlaff at 306-944-2734 or T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com PL #116061. DKF RED AND BLACK ANGUS Bulls for sale at DKF Ranch, Gladmar, Sask. Great selection, superior quality. Contact Dwayne or Scott Fettes, 306-969-4506. Videos at: www.dkfredangus.ca

TRI-N CHAROLAIS AND Guests Bull Sale. 2:00 PM DST, Saturday, April 2nd, Heartland Livestock, Virden, MB. Offering 39 Charolais yearlings, most are polled, many red factor with calving ease and hair. Also selling 14 Red and Black Angus two year olds and yearlings. View catalogue and videos online at: bylivestock.com or ph Merv Nykoliation, 204-851-2290. 45 TWO YEAR old Charolais bulls, 25 yearling Charolais bulls sell April 6th, 1:00 PM CST, Whitecap/ Rosso Charolais bull sale. Moose Jaw, SK. 8 miles South on #2 Hwy, 1-1/2 East on Baildon grid. Darwin Rosso 306-690-8916, Mike Howe 306-631-8779, Dale Howe 306-693-2127.

CORNERSTONE CHAROLAIS & Red Angus Bull Sale, Saturday, April 16, 1:30 PM, Whitewood (SK) Auction Market. Offering 22 Charolais and 46 Red Angus yearling bulls. Semen tested, guaranteed with free board and delivery available. Plus 36 Red Angus and Char cross Red Angus commercial open heifers. View the catalogue online at www.bylivestock.com. Kelly Brimner 2 YR OLD RED ANGUS BULLS, well built, 306-577-7698, Phil Birnie 306-577-7440. well bred, ready to work. Easy calving. YEARLING AND 2 YEAR old Charolais Performance records. Semen tested and bulls, tan and white. Call Ervin Zayak, guaranteed breeders. Delivery available. Creedence Charolais Ranch, Derwent, AB., Contact Jordan Newhouse, Rock Creek 780-741-3868, 780-853-0708. Ranching Co. 306-276-2025, 306-536-3063, Love, SK. REG. PB 2 year old Charolais bulls, polled, Jns_newhouse@hotmail.com White, easy calving bloodlines, very quiet, semen test and delivered. Call Qualman RED ANGUS 2 yr. old bulls. Good selection Charolais, 306-492-4634, Dundurn, SK. of calving ease, performance and maternal genetics. Delivery available. Nordal Angus, JTA DIAMOND CHAROLAIS BULL SALE on the farm, Saturday, April 2, 2016, 1:00 Rob Garner, 306-946-7946, Simpson, SK. PM. 6 two year olds and 30 yearlings, QUIET TOP QUALITY 2 yr. old and yearling whites and tans. Can keep until May 1. Purebred Red Angus bulls. Contact Spruce Beef on a bun 12:00. Info. call Jerome and Acres, 306-272-3997, Foam Lake, SK. Cindy Tremblay 306-394-4406, Courval SK REGISTERED YEARLING BULLS. Calving TWO YEAR OLD and yearling bulls, polled, ease heifer bulls w/substance, also bigger horned and red factor, semen tested, guarstronger cow bulls. Semen tested, vet anteed, delivered. Prairie Gold Charolais, inspected, guaranteed breeders, delivered. 306-882-4081, Rosetown, SK. belleredandgus.com Call 306-845-2557, CEDARLEA FARMS GIT 'r Done Bull Sale Turtleford, SK. evandglen@littleloon.ca Tuesday, April 5, 1:00 PM, at the Windy Willow Angus farm, Hodgeville, SK. 50 Charolais yearlings; most are polled, some MILLER’S BELGIAN BLUES, percentage red factor. Bulls that will calve well give you and fullblood 2 yr. Belgian Blue bulls. added performance, hair and docility. Also selling: 75 Black and Red Angus bulls and a 306-868-4903, Avonlea, SK. group of open Angus heifers from Windy Willows. View videos and catalogue online at: www.cedarleafarms.com or call Garner POLLED YEARLING BLONDE BULLS for or Lori Deobald, 306-677-2589. sale, Estevan, SK. area. Phone 306-634-2174 or cell 306-421-6987.

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 POLLED PUREBRED COMING 2 year old Charolais bulls, Red Factor and white. Easy calving. Call Kings Polled Charolais, SLIDING HILLS CHAROLAIS 10th Annual 306-435-7116, Rocanville, SK. Bull Sale, Thursday, April 14, 2016, 1:30 PRAIRIE DISTINCTION CHAROLAIS BULL PM on the farm. 5 miles S. on Hwy #9 and SALE Tuesday, March 29th, 1:00 PM, Beauti- 1 mile E. of Canora, SK. 25 sound yearling ful Plains Ag Complex, Neepawa, MB. 15 bulls. Performance and ultrasound data two year old and 49 yearling bulls. Top avail. Lunch served. Carey, 306-571-9035 quality from 7 Manitoba breeders. Mostly or Dale, 306-571-9146. View catalogue polled, some red factor. Contact Helge at and videos: www.slidinghillscharolais.com 306-536-4261 or view catalogue at CHAROLAIS BULLS, YEARLING and two www.bylivestock.com. year olds. Wintering available. LVV Ranch, REG. CHAROLAIS YEARLING and 2 year 780-582-2254, Forestburg, AB. old bulls, reds and whites, polled, horned. McAVOY CHAROLAIS BULLS sell at the Richard Smith 780-846-2643, Kitscoty, AB. Impact Angus and Charolais Bull Sale, March 26, 1:30 PM, Saskatoon Livestock Sales. Selling 36 yearling Charolais bulls. For a catalogue or more information call Mike at 306-241-1975 or T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com PL #116061. BAR PUNCH RANCH Dispersal Sale, Sat., April 2nd, 3:30 PM, Heartland Livestock, Virden, MB. Selling 26 bred and open full French yearling and 2 year old heifers, many polled. Plus 2 polled full French herd bulls. Contact John Hoff 403-528-4150 or 403-504-8708. View catalogue online at WILGENBUSCH CHAROLAIS 13TH Annual www.bylivestock.com North of the 49th Bull Sale, Monday, April 4th, 1:00 PM at the farm, Halbrite, SK. The HUNTER CHAROLAIS BULL SALE Thursday, largest Charolais bull sale in Saskatchewan April 7th, 1:30 PM DST, at the farm, Roblin, offers a top set of bulls that are sound, MB. Offering 7 two year old and 39 yearling good haired and guaranteed to work. Sell- bulls from over 30 years of breeding. Most ing 25 two year old and 90 yearling bulls. are polled, some red factor. These are top Most are polled, many red factor. Sale quality, quiet, good haired bulls that will online at: dlms.ca View videos/catalogue at calve well and then add performance. Plus wilgenbuschcharolais.com For more info, or 12 Red Angus cross Simm or Char commera catalogue call Craig Wilgenbusch at cial open heifers. View catalogue and videos at www.huntercharolais.com or call 306-458-7482. Doug 204-937-2531. 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. GALLOWAY BULL SALE at LiveAuctions.TV CREEK’S EDGE LAND & Cattle purebred March 4 - 9th, 2016. Contact Russel at Charolais bulls for sale. Over 60 yearlings 403-749-2780, Delburne, AB. to choose from. View our bulls online www.creeksedgecharolais.ca. Call Stephen 306-279-7709, Yellow Creek, SK. Located 120 kms NE of Saskatoon. THACKERAY AND SELIN Gelbvieh Online REGISTERED CHAROLAIS BULLS, 2 year Bull Sale, April 1 to 3rd hosted by olds and yearlings. Polled, horned, some www.livestockplus.ca Selling 25 red and red. Quiet hand fed, hairy bulls. 40+ head black yearlings and 2 yr. old bulls. Call Ian available. Wilf at Cougar Hill Ranch 306-861-7687 or Wayne 306-793-4568. 306-728-2800, 306-730-8722, Melville, SK WINDERS GELBVIEH are selling by priPUREBRED CHAROLAIS YEARLINGS and 3 vate treaty registered 2 year old and year2 year old bulls for sale by private treaty. ling Gelbvieh bulls from our 38 year breedWhite and Red Factor. Brad 204-523-0062, ing program. 780-672-9950, Camrose AB. gwinder@syban.net Belmont, MB. www.clinecattlecompany.ca

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REDUCED PRICES ON SELECT NEW & PRE-OWNED MACHINES! 2012 BOURGAULT 8910 DRILL & 6450 TANK #B22518A

2011 BOURGAULT 3310 DRILL & 2004 6550 TANK #B22480A

2001 MORRIS C1 CONTOUR DRILL & 8370 TANK # B22750A

6’, 12” SPACING, 4 TANK METERING, DUALS, 2 HIGH SPEED FANS, MID-ROW SHANK, SEMIPNEUMATIC PACKERS, DBLE SHOOT DRY, 3” CARBIDE OPENERS @ 70%

REDUCED

REDUCED!

$189,000 (K) 1994 CASE IH 9280 #PN3465A

82,000 HRS, 30.5X32 BIAS DUALS - NEW IN 2013! 12 SPEED MANUAL TRANNY, 4 REMOTES, 855 CUMMINS -- PONIES TO PULL!

50’, 10” SPACING, 450LB TRIPS, MRS SERIES, DUAL SHOOT & NH3, 3/4” CARBIDE KNOCK ONS, GANG STYLE PACKERS, QUICK RELEASE, DUAL REAR TIRES, 4T METERING, TOPCON, BAG LIFT, 10” AUGER W/ HOPPER EXTENSION, REAR TOW HITCH, DUAL SHOOT, RAVEN NH3 KIT.

$199,000 (PA)

2012 BOURGAULT 3320XTC DRILL & 6450 TANK #PB3385A

#HN3185B

600 GAL, 100’ WHEEL BOOM, FOAM MARKERS, DUAL DROPS, PR300 MONITOR SWITCH BOX, MANUAL AGITATION, HYDRO PUMP, 3 WAY NOZZLE BODIES, RINSE TANKS.

2001 APACHE 890 PLUS

2014 BOURGAULT 3320QDA DRILL & 7700 TANK #PB3441A SECTIONAL CONTROL!

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

REDUCED

$25,000 (PA) 3300 HRS, NEW 380/85R46 REAR TIRES, 5.9 CUMMINS, 90’ BOOM, TRIPL NOZZLES, 850 GAL POLY, 5 SEC CONTROL, AUTO CONTROLLER, OUTBACK AUTOSTEER.

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

$88,000 (K)

$105,600 (PA)

2009 BOURGAULT 3310 65’ DRILL

1997 BOURGAULT 8810 CULTIVATOR

#B22180A

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

$480,000 (PA)

47’ 12” SPACING, PAIRED ROW, 5.5” SEMI PNEUMATIC TIRES, DOUBLE SHOOT, WING WEIGHT PACKAGE, 500/70R24 FRONT TANK TIRES, 800/65R32 SINGLE REAR TIRES, 3RD TANK , 440 BUS TOTAL, MECHANICAL DRIVE

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

$227,000 (PA) 2012 CASE IH TV380 #HN3497A

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

REDUCED

$59,000 (H)

2016 MORRIS C2 CONTOUR DRILL

2014 MORRIS 9550 TANK

#HR3533

#HR3338

71’, 12” SPACING, OTICO TIRES,IP DOUBLE SHOOT PAIRED ROW BOOTS, QUAD STEER HITCH, WEIGHT KIT, 16.5 X 16.1 MAIN FRAME TIRES, SECONDARY HOSE HOLDER KITS, 9D TILLAGE DISTRIBUTION KIT, DUAL CASTORS

NEW!!

TOW BEHIND, DUAL TIRES,TOPCON X30, 3 TANK METERING, 10” AUGER, 28LR26 RADIAL LUG, VARIABLE RATE HYDRAULIC DRIVE

NEW!!

$10,285 S/A PAYMENT* (H)

$7,425 S/A PAYMENT* (H)

25% down or trade equivalent, OAC, some restrictions apply

2014 MORRIS FIELD PRO HARROW

#S22382

70’, 9/16” TINES, MANUAL TINE ANGLE ADJUSTMENT

NEW!!

25% down or trade equivalent, OAC, some restrictions apply

2014 7450 LANDOLL VERTICAL TILLAGE

#HR3447

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

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

REDUCED

$29,000 (K)

$165,500 (H)

2000 BOURGAULT 5710 DRILL & 5350 TANK #B22859A

2008 BOURGAULT 3310 DRILL & 6450 TANK #PB3383A

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$129,000 (K) 2009 MORRIS C1 CONTOUR DRILL & 8370 TANK #HR3532A

76’, 12” SPACE, DUAL SHOOT, 5 TANK W/SADDLE & BULK BOOM, 2” CARBIDE SPREAD TIPS, MRBS SET UP FOR DRY, 4.5” SEMI-PNEUMATIC PACKERS, DUAL SHOOT

$340,000 (PA) 2010 JOHN DEERE 1830 DRILL & 1910 TANK #PS3428A

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REDUCED

$205,000 (H)

$48,000 (PA)

2010 CASE IH PS160 REDUCED

61’, PAIRED ROW 12” SPACING, MUD GUARDS, DUAL CASTORS, 5.5. SEMI PNEUMATIC PACKERS, WEIGHT KIT, TILLAGE WORK SWITCH, MECHANICAL DRIVE, 17” REM FAN, 1/2 TANK SHUT OFF, 8D DISTRIBUTION, 900/60R REAR TIRES, FULL BIN INDICATORS

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

NEW!!

$1,745 S/A PAYMENT* (H)

$66,000 (K)

$105,000 (K)

25% down or trade equivalent, OAC, some restrictions apply

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2016 BOURGAULT 3320 76’ DRILL & 2015 7700 TANK FULL WARRANTY! PAYMENTS AS LOW AS

$26,500

S/A PAYMENT*

2015 BOURGAULT 7700 AIR TANK #B22534. SEC CONTROL, 5 TANK METER FULL WARRANTY! PAYMENTS AS LOW AS

$10,627

S/A PAYMENT*

2016 BOURGAULT TANKS AVAILABLE! 7550 LEADING 7550 TOW BEHIND 7880 LEADING & 7200 HEAVY HARROWS!

*25% down or trade equivalent, OAC, some restrictions apply, subject to change without notice.

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

VW7CC 2 Carbides 3/4” Wide

VW10FC 4-1/4” Wide Full Carbide

VW11FC 3-1/4” Wide Drill Point

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

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

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

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

VW12FC 2-1/4” Wide Drill Point

VW13FC 1-1/2” WIde

VW18 HDS

Morris Double Shoot

Harmon double shoot seed boot. Carbides protect seed opening.

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

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

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

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

“VW carbide drill points for our Harmon Drill are absolutely great. We have used VW for 15 years and will continue to do so. I highly recommend VW Manufacturing products..” Don Bushell, Old Thorn Farms, Limerick, SK.

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2015 F150 4x4 SUPERCAB

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Stk. #T15683. Blue FLame, Grey Cloth Interior, 2.7L EcoBoost Engine, XLT.

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Stk. #T15727 Ingot Silver Metallic, Grey Cloth Interior, 5.0L V8 FFV Engine, 6-Speed Auto.

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2016 EXPLORER LIMITED 4WD

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$36,995 2015

Stk. #T15734. Oxford White, Black Leather Trimmed Buckets, 5.0L V8 FFV Engine, Elec. 6 Speed Auto MSRP $61,649 Brentridge Price Adjustment ($4,904) Delivery Allowance ($8,750) Costco Discount ($1,000)

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Stk. #T15748. Ingot Silver, Black Leather Trimmed Buckets, 3.5L V6 EcoBoost Engine, Elec. 6 Speed Auto MSRP $66,349 Brentridge Price Adjustment ($5,604) Delivery Allowance ($8,750) Costco Discount ($1,000)

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

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2007 MACK CXU613

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

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2010 KENWORTH T800

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2014 MACK CXU613

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2012 PETERBILT 388

450 HP Cummins ISX, 18 sp, 12 front 40 rear, 3x4 diff. locks, 63” bunk, 244” WB, 22.5” alloy wheels, 3:90 gears, 758,796 km km

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2008 WESTERN STAR 4900SA

455 HP Detroit 14L, 13 sp, 3:70 gears, 4x4 diff. locks, 13.2 front 40 rear, 230” WB, 816,094 km

35,000

2007 WESTERN STAR 4900SA

500 HP Cat C15, 18 sp, 12 front super 40 rear, 4x4 diff. locks, 3:90 gears, 209” WB, 22.5” alloy wheels, 2 year Cat Warranty, 868,951 km

40,000

2007 WESTERN STAR 4900SA

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

35,000

2009 KENWORTH T800

525 HP Cummins ISX, 18 sp, 12,000 front super 40,000 rear, 4x4 diff. locks, 22.5” alloy wheels, 4:10 gears, 196” WB. 1,004,033 km

39,000

2010 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA

500 HP DD15, 18 sp, 12 front super 40 rear, 4:10 gears, 4x4 diff. locks, 220” WB, 798,657 km

42,000

2012 KENWORTH T800

500 HP Cummins ISX, 18 sp, 12 front super 40 rear, 4:10 gears, 22.5” alloy wheels, 194” WB, 4x4 diff. locks, 886,099 km

52,000

2005 PETERBILT 378

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

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AIR DRILLS

Morris Contour II - 71’, ddl shoot......................................... $CALL DEMO Morris Contour II - 71’, w/9650 TBT .....................$339,000 Morris Contour I - 61’, (2008) w 8370 TBH Cart .................. $CALL Morris Contour I - 61’ (2010) w/8370 TBT Cart .................... $CALL Morris Contour I - 47’, 14” Sp, Dbl Sht, Paired Row, w/8300 3rd Tank TBH........................................................................... $CALL Morris Maxim II - 60’ w/7300 TBT Air Cart, 10” sp ............$80,000 Morris Maxim II - 49’ w/7300 Air Cart ................................. $CALL Morris Maxim II - 34’ (2002), w/Liquid Kit & 7180 TBT Cart ............................................................$29,500 Morris Maxim I - 34’ 7180 TBH.........................................$29,500 Morris Maxim I - 49’ w/ 8336 TBT Air Cart., 12” sp ...........$55,000 Morris Maxim I - 49’, 12” spacing, w/ 7300 cart ...............$39,500 Morris Maxim I - 49’ AD, 10” sp, steel packers .................$15,000 SeedMaster 50 - 12 (2011) w/600 Bushel On-Board Tank .... $CALL Seedmaster CT60-12 (2013), ddl shoot...........................$160,000 Seedmaster 60-12 (2011), w/ Morris 8425 TBH ..............$175,000 Morris Maxim II - 39’, 10” s[, 7300 tank ................................ $Call Bourgault 5710 (1997), 54’, 10” sp, Dbl Sht, Mid Rows ......... $Call Bourgault 5710 (2004) 64’,12” sp, Mid Row, NH3............$44,000 Bourgault 8800, 36’, mounted packers, liquid kit ..............$14,900 Ezee-On 7500 - 40’, w/Ground Drive Cart.........................$19,000 Harmon - 44’ Air Drill w/Cart ............................................$15,000

AIR CARTS

Morris 9800 (2014) Tow Behind ............................................ $Call Morris 8650 (2013) Tow Behind ............................................ $Call Morris 8650 (2012) Tow Behind ............................................ $Call Morris 8630 (2012) Tow Behind ............................................ $Call Morris 8370 (2013) Tow Between.......................................... $Call

Morris 8650 (2012) Tow Between.......................................... $Call Morris 8370 (2008) Tow Between.......................................... $Call Morris 7300 (1998) Tow Behind ............................................ $Call Morris 7240 (2006) Tow Between.....................................$26,000 Morris 7240 (2002) Tow Between.....................................$18,000 Morris 7240 (2004) Tow Behind .......................................$22,000 Bourgault 5440 (2005) Tow Behind ..................................$30,000 Bourgault 4350 Tow Behind .............................................$25,000 Bourgault 3225 Tow Behind ................................................$7500 Flexi-Coil 3 Tank, 430 Bus, Variable Rate ..........................$25,000

VERTICAL TILLAGE

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THE WILSON-LEES VALUE ADDED BULL Sale, Friday, April 1st, 2:00 PM, in Kisbey, SK. Offering 70 Hereford yearling and 2 year old bulls. All bulls are semen tested and vet inspected. For a catalogue or more info. contact T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com PL #116061. 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 T BAR K Ranch Red Angus and Horned Hereford Bull sale. April 7th, 2:00PM at the ranch. 13 yearling and 14 two-year old Hereford bulls. 31 yearling and 20 twoyear old Red Angus bulls. View Catalogue and videos online at: www.tbarkranch.com contact Kevin Dorrance: 306-577-9861, or 306-739-2944, Wawota, 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, Rosthern, SK.

HMS HI-CLIFFE POLLED yearling and 2 year old Hereford bulls. Calving ease, performance, pigmentation and calm temperament. Ph. 306-867-4231, Outlook, SK. carm.dvm@sasktel.net hmshicliffe.com 2 POLLED HEREFORD yearling bulls for sale. Very good, low birthweights. Call 306-252-5200, Kenaston, SK. FOR SALE: YEARLING and 2 yr. old Polled Hereford bulls. Good BW and yearling weight. Semen checked, kept until you need them. 306-963-7880 or 306-963-2414, Imperial, SK. h.s.crittenden@sasktel.net www.crittendenbros.com 20 OPEN DEHORNED yearling Hereford heifers. Call Wes 306-743-5105, Langenburg, SK. www.vcherefordfarm.com

SQUARE D BULLS: Two year olds, fall and spring yearlings for sale. All bulls sell out of the yard. Pick now, we deliver quiet, semen tested bulls one at a time or by the trailer load. Jim Duke, 306-538-4556, 306-736-7291, square.d@sasktel.net square-dpolledherefords.com Langbank SK

SOUTHWEST SHOWCASE SIMMENTAL BULL SALE, Monday, March 28, 1:00 PM, Heartland Livestock, Swift Current, SK. 73 Red and Black Simmental Bulls from these consignors: Crocus Simmentals 306-773-7122, EDN Simmentals, 306-662-3941, X-T Simmentals, 306-295-3843, Boundary Ranch, 306-299-2006. View catalogue online: www.bouchardlivestock.com

MAINETAINER YEARLING BULL polled. Birth date: Feb. 23/15, BW 90 lbs. Great performance in a smooth made, long sided, structurally sound bull. WW 676 lbs. on Sept. 20, 2015. 403-350-2568, Bentley, AB. info@dunritestockandstables.com www.dunritestockandstables.com

TRIPLE R SIMMENTALS, Haywood, MB. has 3 Reg. PB Simmental Bulls for sale. Two Drake Poker Face 2X sons (RXR 6C- BW 105, currently 1500 lbs. and RXR 13C- BW 102, currently 1470 lbs., and a red KWA Big Time 86A son (RXR 20C- BW 104, currently 1440 lbs). Semen tested with scrotal measurements between 38 and 40.5 cm. Delivery arrangements can be made. $5000 each. 204-771-0280

160 BLACK COWS, due April 4th for sale. For more info. 403-599-3790, Milo, AB. 25 YOUNG COW/CALF pairs, mostly Red Angus/Simmental, $3200 all or $3400 choice. 780-679-8935, Viking, AB. 100 PLUS OPEN replacement heifers, Red Angus/Simm. cross. Home raised, full herd health program, no implants, no brands. Contact Brian at: 306-432-0001 or David at: 306-723-4727, Cupar, SK.

PUREBRED SHORTHORN YEARLING Bulls for Sale, red and red/white markings, will be semen tested. 306-920-7751, Melfort, SK. southrivershorthorns@hotmail.com PB YEARLING BULLS plus a 3 yr. old Herdsire. All polled, thick, and easy fleshing with moderate to low birthweight. Also 3 bulls at Douglas Bull Development Centre selling on April 2nd, 2016. Uphill Shorthorns 204-764-2663, cell 204-365-7155, rgray4@mymts.net Hamiota, MB. PB YEARLING BULLS, polled, easy fleshing, docile, and calving ease, tie broke and DNA’d, red, white and roan. 306-825-2674, Lloydminster, SK, matlockshorthorns.com

FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale. Cows and quota needed. We buy all classes of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F WHO’S YOUR DADDY’S 13th Annual Bull Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. Sale will be selling 65 Shorthorn bulls, 2 yr olds and yearlings, and open replacement Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620. heifers, on April 7, 2016 at the Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon, SK. Richard Moellenbeck 306-287-7904, Carl Lehmann SPRINGER LIMOUSIN, Foam Lake, SK, 306-232-3511 or Scot Muri 306-741-6833. offers good black and red yearling bulls. View catalogue at www.muridale.com. OnFor more info. call Merv at 306-272-4817 line bidding at www.dlms.ca or 306-272-0144. GOOD SELECTION OF stout red and black bulls, good dispositions, calving ease. Al- RED FACTOR SIMMENTAL and Simm/ so, bred heifers. Qually-T Limousin, Rose Angus yearling and 2 yr. old bulls. Also 3 Valley, SK. 306-322-4755, 306-322-7554. yr. old proven herdsire off Identity. Green BLACK AND RED, 2 yr. old, polled Limousin 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 , bulls. Calving ease and performance ge- 306-467-7912, Duck Lake, SK. netics. Delivery available. Nordal Limousin, QUALITY YEARLING SIMMENTAL and SimRob Garner, 306-946-7946, Simpson, SK. mental cross Red Angus bulls, 1-2 year old STOUT YEARLING and 2 yr. old LIMOUSIN cross Red Angus bull. McVicar Stock Farms BULLS, polled, red, black. Quiet bulls with Ltd., 306-255-7551, Colonsay, SK. great performance. Short Grass Limousin, MFR GENETIC DESTINATION Bull Sale306-773-7196, Swift Current, SK. yearling Simm. and Maine bulls. Tuesday, March 29, 1 PM, Grenfell SK 306-697-2945 www.mccormackfamilyranch.com

TOP CUT SPECKLE PARK Bull and Female Sale, Saturday, April 16, 2016, 1:00 PM, Dryland Cattle Trading Corp, Veteran, AB. Offering: 28 semen tested bulls, 7 fancy PB females, 50+ Speckle Park influenced commercial replacement females. More info contact: Merl 780-205-4868, Curtis 306-228-9402, Drew 306-946-7438. View catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com SPECKLE PARK YEARLING heifers and 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 306-877-4402, 306-728-7677, Dubuc, SK. THE SUPREME SPECKLE PARK Bull & Female Sale, Saturday, April 9, 2:00 PM, Notta Ranch, Neilburg, SK. Selling Speckle Park yearling and 2 yr. old bulls, with a select group of females. These genetics are being offered by Notta Ranch, Spots ‘N Sprouts, Ravenworth Cattle and Guests. For more info or catalogue contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com Watch/bid online at: www.liveauctions.tv ALL SPECKLE PARK BREEDERS and Interested Persons are invited to submit an anecdote, a photograph, a beef recipe, for the coming book, The Cow That Jumped Over the Moon, the facts. 306-893-2974, Box 97, Waseca, SK. S0M 3A0.

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ALLEMAND RANCHES REGISTERED Texas Longhorn bulls and ropers. Call Daryl 306-297-8481, Shaunavon, SK. TEXAS LONGHORN YEARLING and 2 yr. old bulls for sale. 403-548-6684 or 403-528-0200, Redcliff, AB. ALBERTA TEXAS LONGHORN Association 780-387-4874, Leduc, AB. For more info. www.albertatexaslonghorn.com

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.

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DEAGLE CATTLE CO. Ltd. 4th Annual “Maine Difference Bull Sale”, April 2, 2016 1 PM, Dryland Market, Veteran, AB. 403-575-3772. On Offer: 50 head black, red Percentage and Purebred 2 year old Thursday April 14, 2016 Bulls. On offer: 140 head open palpated Innisfail Auction Market, Innisfail, AB Maine Cross Heifers. More info: Rick 403-575-5521, www.deaglecattleco.com ANGUS • MAINE SOME OF THE BEST fullblood MaineAnjou SIMMENTAL • CHAROLAIS yearling bulls for sale. Low birthweight high, rate of gain. Fantastic for cross Grant Daines 403.350.1519 breeding. John 306-374-0763, Saskatoon, SK. magpiemaines@yourlink.ca Mark Daines 403.350.0200 MANITOU MAINE-ANJOU BULLS, since Michael Daines 403.350.1569 1970. We offer the real Maine bulls, all view the catalog on line at: fullblood breeding, low birthweight with good performance. Off farm sales only. www.dainescattle.com Gary and Sandy Graham, 306-823-3432, Marsden, SK. grahamgs@sasktel.net Web- MFR GENETIC DESTINATION Bull Saleyearling Simm. and Maine bulls. Tuesday, site www.manitoumaineanjou.ca March 29, 1 PM, Grenfell SK 306-697-2945 2 YR. OLD AND YEARLING BULLS, calv- www.mccormackfamilyranch.com ing ease and performance. Vet inspected. Guaranteed. Will feed and deliver. Melfort, PB RED and BLACK SIMMENTAL bulls. S K . 3 0 6 - 9 2 1 - 7 1 7 5 , 3 0 6 - 7 5 2 - 3 8 0 8 , Polled, good temperament, moderate BW. David Bradley 306-270-4835 Langham, SK. mspratt@sasktel.net donarofarms.com

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WELSH BLACK polled yearling bulls, black and red. A few 2 year old bulls, yearling heifers, black and red. Call Scott Farms, 403-854-2135, Hanna, AB. WELSH BLACK- The Brood Cow Advantage. WANTED: CULL COWS and bulls. For bookCheck www.canadianwelshblackcattle.com ings call Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, 306-363-2117 ext. 111, Drake, SK. Canadian Welsh Black Soc. 403-442-4372.

375 OPEN HEIFERS, Black, BBF and some Reds. Excellent for future cowherd, no implants. Fed silage grow ration. For more info. and pricing call Doug 306-735-7055, 306-435-2024, Moosomin, SK. MONDAY, MARCH 28th, North Central Livestock Exchange, Vermilion, AB. Selling open Black Angus replacement heifers. For more info. call Jamie Mills 306-344-4603. 400 RED Angus influence, 600 Black Angus influence replacement heifers, approx. 800 lbs. No implants, complete vaccination program. Can feed until grass time. $1725 U pick. Blaine, 306-621-9751 or Steven 306-621-2522, Yorkton, SK.

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4 VERTICAL BEATER spreaders for sale, 500 to 800 cu. ft., in like new cond., w/wo tractors. 306-408-0038, Moosomin, 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 SVEN ROLLER MILLS. Built for over 40 years. PTO/elec. drive, 40 to 1000 bu./hr. Example: 300 bu./hr. unit costs $1/hr. to run. Rolls peas and all grains. We regroove and repair all makes of mills. Call Apollo Machine 306-242-9884, 1-877-255-0187. www.apollomachineandproducts.com

RAMSAY PONY RIDES have for sale wellbroke saddle horses and ponies. Some horses broke to drive. All broke horses sold with 1 year written guarantee. Also new and used saddles and tack. Call 306-386-2490, Cochin, SK.

WANTED: GOOD RIDING horse, preferably Arabian. Wanted: Standardbred driving horses. Call 204-362-1437, Winkler, MB. AQUA THERM A pasture proven trough. Winter water problems? Solved! No electricity required. 3 sizes - 100, 200 and 525 ga l l o n . Ke l l n S o l a r, L u m s d e n , S K . HORSE COLLARS, all sizes, steel and alu- 1-888-731-8882, www.kellnsolar.com minum horseshoes. We ship anywhere. 2007 BARNEY BOY vac wagon, 2000 Keddie’s, 1-800-390-6924 or keddies.com gal., very little use, next to new, Epoxy lined tank, $20,000 OBO. 306-554-3218, Wishart, SK. FREESTANDING PANELS: 2-7/8” pipe 24’x5’6”H. Five uprights 2-3/8” pipe, 5LAST CHANCE SHEEP and Goat Sale, 3/4” rods at 8” spacing (also have same Heartland Livestock, Prince Albert, Friday, panels with 7/8” rods and 1” rods for higher price). These panels are built to last. All April 15, 11:00 AM. Call 306-763-8463. welds are saddle welds with good solid welds. Free delivery on full loads (50) within 2 hrs. of me, after that it’s $2 loadSUPER REPLACEM EN T SUNGOLD SPECIALTY MEATS. We want ed km. Can deliver anywhere in AB, SK, MB HEIFERS your lambs. Have you got finished (fat) BC. No order is too big or too small. $335. • 300 Black Angus Heifers lambs or feeder lambs for sale? Call Rick 780-806-3120, jameshofer1@hotmail.com • 200 One Iron Black Angus Heifers a t : 4 0 3 - 8 9 4 - 9 4 4 9 o r C a t h y a t : Provost, AB. • 200 Black Brockle Angus 1-800-363-6602 for terms and pricing. 2005 LUCKNOW 475 mixer wagon, 1 www.sungoldmeats.com Faced Heifers owner, 4 auger, digital scale, planetary vg, $27,500. Blaine 306-621-9751 or • 300 Red Angus Heifers SELLING LAMBS AND GOATS? Why drive, Lo ca te d in the Es to n , S K a re a . take one price from one buyer? Expose Steven 306-621-2522, Yorkton, SK. your lambs and goats to a competitive FROSTFREE NOSEPUMPS: Fully susAll fe m a le s o n co m ple te he rd he a lth. market. Beaver Hill Auctions, Tofield, AB. tainable livestock watering. No power reQ u a lity s a tis fa ctio n gu a ra n te e d o n Sales every Monday, trucks hauling from quired to heat or pump. Prevents contamithe s e s u pre m e fe m a le s . SK, BC, AB. www.beaverhillauctions.com nation. Grants available. 1-866-843-6744. Call: 780-662-9384. Co n ta c t S teve a t 40 3 -3 8 2 -9 9 9 8 www.frostfreenosepumps.com F o r p ic tures s ee th e QUALITY 5 BARS, windbreaks, gates and Cla s s ified s s ec tio n a t feeders, plus more. Many satisfied long w w w .p rim ro s elives to c k.c o m customers. Taking fall bookings. NOW PURCHASING AT Roy Leitch Live- term Co. Ltd. Fat lambs, feeder lambs, cull 306-485-8559, Oxbow, SK. BLACK TAME STEER, for sale, exceptional, stock and goats. Brandon, MB. Phone: RANCHHAND CALF CATCHER, Canadian good for 4-H project. Call 306-931-2518, ewes 204-727-5021, 204-729-7791. made, time tested and proven. Put safety Saskatoon, SK. back in calf processing. Call 306-762-2125. www.fuchs.ca SOUTHERN ALBERTA RK AN IM AL S UPPL IES - Be o n ta rget. WHOLESALE PANELS AND GATES. LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE Us e the p ro d u cts en d o rs ed b y the Large inventory. 604-824-8756, Chilliwack, Buying all classes of sheep, p ro fes s io n a ls . RK & S UL L IV AN S UPPL IES BC. www.fraserpacific.com lambs and goats. Fo r a fre e c a ta lo gu e : 1-8 00-440-26 9 4

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GOOD SELECTION OF Jaymarandy Limousin bulls, yearlings and 2 year olds. Polled red and black. Private treaty. First come, first serve. Call 204-937-4980 or 204-937-0274, Roblin, MB.

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HORSE AND TACK SALE, Heartland, Prince Albert, SK., Friday, April 15 starting at 5:30 PM. Call 306-763-8463. 2016 WILD ROSE DRAFT HORSE SALE, May 6 and 7 at Olds, AB. Draft horses, tack, harness, collars and horse drawn equipment are welcomed consignments. Call Barb Stephenson 403-933-5765, 8 AM to 8 PM, or visit www.wrdha.com ROCKING W HORSE Spring Horse Sale. Tack Sale: April 22. Horses Sell: April 23, Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB. 204-325-7237. View: www.rockingw.com

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BUY ALL: Pigs/swine/wild boar, raised outside, all sizes. Most $. 1-877-226-1395. HEAVY DUTY CALF SHELTERS. Metal frame, tin roof, solid planks on the back and www.canadianheritagemeats.com sides. 8, 10, 12 or 15' wide, starting at $2900. Also selling panels, wind fences, horse shelters, feed bunks and more. Call 780-205-4945, Dewberry, AB. klassencattle@live.com or www.klassencattleequipment.com BERG'S HATCHERY WIDE variety of chicks. 204-773-2562, Russell, MB. GEHL 8500 TMR CART, $10,000; Rooda feed cart, $2,000; JD 780 hydra push www.bergshatchery.com spreader, $10,000; Henke 30” PTO roller mill, $3,500; 20” Peerless roll mill, $2,000; Artsway mixmill, $1,500. 1-866-938-8537. WANTED: INSULATED CHICKEN COOP, FREESTANDING PANELS: 30’ windbreak in good shape. Phone 306-734-2970, panels; 6-bar 24’ and 30’ panels; 10’, 20’ and 30’ feed troughs; Bale shredder bunks; Chamberlain, SK. Silage bunks; Feeder panels; HD bale feedTAKING PRE-ORDERS FOR Chinese Ring- ers; All metal 16’ and 24’ calf shelters. Will neck Pheasants and Eastern Wild Turkeys custom build. 306-424-2094, Kendal, SK. for fall. 306-465-0001, Yellow Grass, SK. FFS- FUCHS FARM SUPPLY is your partner in agriculture stocking mixer, cutter, feed wagons and bale shredders and industry leading Rol-Oyl cattle oilers. 306-762-2125, Vibank, SK. www.fuchs.ca BEST PRICES FOR YOUR ELK. Up to $10.50/kg depending on location, size and quality. Now with access to processing plants closer to your farm. Call Ian at 204-848-2498 or 204-867-0085.

2 - USED BISON HANDLING SYSTEMS. One has an aftermarket hydraulic system and the other does not. Complete with working system, crowd tub, alley section and chute. All reasonable offers considered - opportunity for a great deal. Pictures included in SASK. CERVID Alliance Annual Meet- online ad. Call Dylan 519-733-6551, ext. ing, April 1 & 2, Hospitality Room Friday 238, 519-980-0185, Rainy River, ON. night, Saturday 10:00 AM, Hilton Garden Inn, Saskatoon. Guest Speaker: Dr. Tracy CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on Nichols, Molecular Biologist, USDA, APHIS, s i t e . F o r e a r l y b o o k i n g c a l l Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. Speaking on 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: updating live testing and CWD research in www.warmanhomecentre.com USA. NORELKO AGM 8 AM. 306-716-9175. STEEL VIEW MFG. Self-standing panels, NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for windbreaks, silage/hay bunks, feeder panover 15 years, is looking for Elk. “If you els, sucker rod fence posts. Custom orhave them, we want them.” Make your fi- ders. Call Shane 306-493-2300, Delisle, nal call with Northfork for pricing! Guaran- SK. www.steelviewmfg.com teed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, Winnipeg, MB. WANTED: ELK, WHITE-TAILED Deer and Bison. Rob at 780-871-1056, Lloydminster

MEAT RABBIT PRODUCERS, are you looking for a market? Phone me: 306-744-2508, Saltcoats, SK.

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FREESTANDING CORRAL PANELS for cattle, horses, bison and sheep. 21’ x 5bar, $219; 21’x6-bar, $239; 21’x5-bar light weight, $179; 21’x7-bar bison, $299; 24’x5-bar HD continuous panels, $189; 30’ windbreak frames, $399; very HD 30’x5bar panel to hang gates on, $489; 8’ framed gates, $295; 10’x5’ panels, $69; 10’ bull panel, $129; horse haysavers, $489; round bale feeder sale, $299; HD skirted bale feeders sale, $399; 7’ sheep panel, $69; 21’ sheep panel, $189; 12’ belted sheep trough, $189; 20’ barrel feed trough, $295; 20’ belted feed trough, $439; 20’ bunk feeder panels, $399; 50’ HD rnd. pen kits from $1,695.1-844-500-5341. www.affordablelivestockequipment.com STOP WASTING GRAIN! Try our grain troughs: 30’ c/w skids, made of conveyor belting and pipe, $750 ea. 306-538-4685, 306-736-7146, Kennedy, SK. 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.

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1-800-582-4037 www.morandindustries.com ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: Cattle shelter and barn packages. Call 306-225-2288 or www.zaksbuilding.com to request a farm building quote today!

YEAR ROUND LIVING AT THE LAKE, Whispering Pines Golf and Country Club is a gated, maintenance free golf and lake resort which offers year round amenities. Beautiful home on golf course at Pine lake 20 minutes from Red Deer. 1900 sq. ft., 3 bdrm., 2 bath including finished basement and loft. Club house overlooking lake with pool fitness center and fine dining. Fully furnished. For sale by owner, $550,000 OBO. 780-482-5273, group.6@outlook.com

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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ORGANIC PRODUCTION CONTRACTS. Nodricks Norsask Seeds Ltd. is offering organic production contracts for 2016 crops including: Hard Red Spring Wheat, Forage Peas, Alfalfa and Clovers. 306-873-2345, Tisdale, SK. marketing.nnsl@sasktel.net or www.meratradex.com

GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPS, ready to go. Phone Ed 306-269-7745, leave message if not in, Foam Lake, SK. GREYHOUND IRISH WOLFHOUND pups born Feb. 24th, 5 males 4 females, ready t o g o at 8 we e k s w i t h fi r s t s h o t s . 780-808-1592, Kitscoty, AB.

BLUE HEELER PUPPIES, ready to go, 1st shots and dewormed. 3 females, 1 male, $500. 780-903-2791, Lamont, AB. equi.therapies@gmail.com

EZE-FEEDER: Quality built grain feeders w/auger for range or bunk feeding. From 15 - 95 bu. Optional scales, 3 PTH frames, BUYING HRSW AND HRS winter wheat. Old crop and contract for new crop. R.W. etc. 1-877-695-2532. www.ezefeeder.ca Organic Ltd., 306-354-2660 Mossbank, SK.

ORGANIC GROWERS WANTED. Grow q u i n o a ! To t a l p r o d u c t i o n c o n t r a c t s available for 2016. Premium returns, guar- SHUSWAP LAKE, BC: 37.5 acres with older a n t e e d m a r ke t s a n d d e l i v e r y. C a l l log cabin, 3 bdrms., 1 bath. Good water, timber, subdividable. 250-955-2263. 306-933-9525 or view www.quinoa.com LARGE ACREAGE W/TIMBER, Cherryville, BC. Commercial, 1852 acres of property in the Cherryville area. 1020 acres of exc. agricultural land plus 850 plus acres of high ORGANIC FEED GRAIN. Call DMI quality mix species timber. $7,250,000. 306-515-3500, Regina, SK. MLS 10112773. Call Vern Belsheim, Sutton WANTED: ORGANIC LENTILS, peas and Group at 250-549-3944, 250-308-2110, CORRAL PANELS: HEAVY duty freestanding chickpeas. Stonehenge Organics, Assini- Cherryville, BC. vbelsheim@sutton.com corral panels for sale. In stock. Call for boia, SK., 306-640-8600, 306-640-8437. Vernonfromvernon.com more information or to place an order. Delivery available. 306-768-8555, Carrot BEST COOKING PULSES accepting samples 90X100’ SERVICED LOT, water and sewRiver, SK. ganddpenner@gmail.com of organic and conventional pulses for er supplied, empty lot, very scenic, $100,000 OBO. 250-428-7061, Creston, BC ROLLERMILL w/BROOKS electric motor, 2014/2015 crop year. Matt 306-586-7111, power box and wiring. Call 306-882-2934, Rowatt, SK. LOG HOUSE, 3 bdrm, 2049 sq. ft. .26 acre, Rosetown, SK. fruit trees, 2 level independent suites, floor CERT. ORGANIC RED PROSCO CERISE heated and tiled, reduced to sell, nice propmillet seed. Wanted: Organic Producers erty. 250-547-6208, Lumby, BC. under contract. Reynald 204-878-4839, 204-794-8550, reynald@milletking.com St. Claude, MB. CEDAR LOG HOMES AND CABINS, sidings, paneling, decking. Fir and Hemlock flooring, timbers, special orders. Rouck Bros., Lumby, BC. www.rouckbros.com 1-800-960-3388.

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

MANITOBA MAN LOOKING for lady, 63-67 for friendship, dances and coffee. Box 5580, c/o The Western Producer, Box 2500, Saskatoon, SK., S7K 2C4.

TIMBER FRAMES, LOG STRUCTURES and Vertical Log Cabins. Log home refinishing and chinking. Certified Log Builder with 38 years experience. Log & Timber Works, Delisle, SK., 306-717-5161, Email info@logandtimberworks.com Website at www.logandtimberworks.com TO BE MOVED: 1600 sq. ft. 2 storey house, main floor laundry and den, 3.5 bdrms up, 2 walk-in closets, 2 baths, main floor bathroom recently renovated, solid built home, $55,000 firm. 306-533-3379, Sedley, SK. OWN A ZAK’S custom built home in the brand new subdivision in Neuanlage, SK. just minutes from Saskatoon. Go to: www.zaksbuilding.com or 306-225-2288.

DO YOU KNOW an amazing single guy who shouldn’t be? Camelot Introductions has been successfully matching people for over 22 years. In-person interviews by Intuitive Matchmaker in MB and SK. www.camelotintroductions.com or phone BIG IRON DRILLING: "Dugouts" New tech- 204-888-1529. nology for spot free water. We have spent the last 8 years perfecting a dugout water treatment system. So if you have an old dugout or are hauling water, we have a solution to make excellent water from the dugout. This requires some planning as FIN ISHED SHOW HOM E most work needs to be done in the warm CUSTOM HOM E 3*2*1 months. The cost is comparable to drilling SPECIAL SPECIAL some wells but the result is excellent spot free water. And we never hit a dry hole if $4,000-$6,000 OFF The M ove $3/sq. f t. OFF YOU R N EW H OM E the location has good runoff and a good clay base. We also use directional drilling in PLU S $2/sq.ft. OFF TH E M OVE most cases so the disturbance around the yard is kept to a minimum. We can place $3/sq.ft. OFF YOU R N EW H OM E! $1/sq.ft. CASH BACK! the inlets in most basements where we want them with a small access cut in the basement floor. We use no chemicals or salt O ffers En d M arch 31st,2016! and all waste water from our system is recycled. 306-736-9669, Kipling, SK. briantennant@sasktel.net Platinum Service Award

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As k us a b o ut B UIL DER TR EN D BUILDER TREND GIVES YOU A BETTER HOM E BUILDING EX PERIENCE WANT THE ORGANIC ADVANTAGE? Contact an organic Agrologist at Pro-Cert for information on organic farming: prospects, transition, barriers, benefits, certification and marketing. Call 306-382-1299, Saskatoon, SK. or info@pro-cert.org

RETIRING NEAR SASKATOON? Sunterra Ridge, Saskatoon’s lakeside community at Shields on Blackstrap Lake, with yearround activities, golf and small town feel, will soon have you forgetting you are only minutes away from all Saskatoon has to offer. Walkout lots and finished homes available now! 306-260-3299, Saskatoon, WILDROSE RANCH IN BC: 2,276 deeded acres, 12 Titles, 1,400 feet of lakeshore, SK. www.SunterraRidge.com exclusive grazing range approx. 250K acres, 11 water licences, 2 homes, cattle handling facilities, maternity pen, sick and calving pens, corrals. Fenced and cross fenced. Picturesque and prime Loon Lake location. $5,499,000. Contact Kelly Adamski, Re/Max Golden Country, Cache Creek, BC. 800-557-7355, or 250-457-7181, remaxashcroft@telus.net SAVE! SAVE! SAVE!! www.goldencountry.ca Help Us Clear Out the Lot Before the 2016’s Arrive!!

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Call BLUE HEELERS PUPS for sale, ready to go. $300. ea. Call 306-290-8806, Dundurn, SK. 403-341-4422 BONAFIDE REGISTERED AUSTRALIAN KelOr Visit Us Online @ TRADE AND EXPORT CANADA BUYING pie pups, red/tans and black/tans, parents www.dynamicmodular.ca all grades of organic grains. Fast payment make a living on cow/calf operation at community pasture. Also started working and pick up. Call 306-433-4700. Kelpies. Call Watkinson Working Kelpies, 2014 22X76 MOBILE Home, 1631 sq. ft., ORGANIC ALFALFA, SWEET Clover, Red 306-692-2573, Moose Jaw, SK. 12x25 porch, 12x16 maintenance free deck Clover, Alsike Clover, Oxley Cicer Milk (all movable). All included in price. For sale 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 PYRENEES PUPS, born Oct./15, 1st by owner, $220,000 OBO. 306-491-0502, 306-863-2900, Birch Rose Acres Ltd., Star shots, vet checked, dewormed, $250 ea. Delisle, SK. njmcconn@gmail.com 306-656-4445 or 306-230-2499, Harris, SK City, SK. ivanaudrey@sasktel.net

CONCRETE PRECAST CATTLE feeders, 10' long, large capacity to hold days ration. Slick finish and chamfered corners allow cattle to easily clean up feed. High back cuts down on feed waste. High quality concrete provides years of trouble free feeding. Reasonable delivery rates in the prairies. Order now to confirm fall delivery. 306-823-3519, Neilburg, SK. Tracy@Lconindustries.com Lconindustries.com SOUTHERN AB. MALE 47, seeks sincere, kind, honest fun loving lady. Children welcome. Please send photo. Reply to: Box 5583, c/o The Western Producer, Box 2500, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 2C4.

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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.

RT M S A N D S I T E b u i l t h o m e s . C a l l 1-866-933-9595, or go online for pictures and pricing at: www.warmanhomes.ca RECENTLY REDUCED. 1800 sq. ft. home to be moved off lot. 3 bdrm, 1 bath, large porch, office, 2 family rooms, $50,000. Must see! Jason 306-642-3315, Assiniboia. ZAK’S RTM HOMES and cottages, custom built, every time!! www.zaksbuilding.com or call our talented staff at 306-225-2288 to help design your new home. CUSTOM RTM’S AND SHOWHOMES all on sale until March 31st. JH Homes, 306-652-5322, www.jhhomes.com

LAND OPPORTUNITY: 1) 6800 acre ranch north of Smoky Lake, 2 modern homes, $30,000 surface lease revenue. 2) Great quarter section starter farm with modular home, SW of Wildwood, $379,000. 3) 960 acre rolling pasture, great hunting, will carry approx. 180 cow/calf pairs, $37,850 surface lease revenue, west of Leduc. 4) 70 acres development property west of Lloydminster. 5) Deluxe recreational quarter west of Caroline. Fronts on Clearwater River. 6) Great grain quarter, SE of Smoky Lake, priced right. Don Jarrett, Realty Executives Leading, 780-991-1180, Spruce Grove, AB.

13 QUARTERS PIVOT irrigated land, $14,000,000. Barons, AB., 403-308-1612, LHG@telus.net or, www.4033081612.com

3 QUARTER SECTIONS plus 10 acre acreage for sale! Located 26 kms north of Irma on Hwy. 881. MLS #55236. 780-261-0700, Wainright Rural MD, AB. sharono@remax.net RE/MAX Baughan Realty 780-842-3855. NEW ID#1100484 NOBLEFORD: Just North/NW of Nobleford and off Hwy. #23. This is an awesome place to build your own homestead and own a full quarter of land. Priced to sell, all offers considered. ID#1100471 COALHURST: 35.14 acres of vacant land situated adjacent to Coalhurst, in the County of Lethbridge. Ideal development land on paved road. Can be zoned for residential or commercial development. Easy to develop and it’s a great price. Act quick, this deal won’t last! ID#1100485 CHIN: New Price. Modern 325 sow farrow to finish operation, attractive and productive. New hog finishing barn, new feed mill, permit to expand to 500 sows. Family farm with 1762 sq. ft. home and a shop. Livestock included: loose housing sows, electronic feed system. Call Real Estate Centre, 1-866-345-3414. For all our listings view www.farmrealestate.com

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960 ACRES. 100 cultivated, 260 hayland, balance native grass. All fenced. Oil and gas revenue, $1,600,000. Call 403-578-8105, Veteran, AB. cancow@xplornet.com GRAZING LEASE AND deeded land, 23 quarters of grazing lease with attached half section of deeded land for sale. 780-202-0167, 780-682-2199, Winfield, AB. k.keates@outlook.com

HAMMOND REALTY. N-1/2-3-35-17-W3 in RM 347 Biggar. Inc. 152 cropped acres, 152 alfalfa/brome grass acres, and 16 wetland acres. Asking $295,000. RM347pasture1.HammondRealty.ca Call for info 306-948-5052. RM 250, For Sale by Tender. 140 acres of pasture and hay. PT SE-34-25-22-W2nd, 1 mile north of Duval, SK. along Hwy. 20. Good fence. Seeded in tame hay and pasture a few years ago. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Submit tenders to: patrick.sask@gmail.com or call 306-231-5611. Tenders close April 8, 2016

RANCH FOR SALE, 17 deeded quarters of ranch land in Sask, some with aggregate. Will consider acreage, small business or QUARTER SECTION FARMLAND, 160 acres. commercial building, etc. as partial Oil revenue from 2 oil leases. SW-28-48-27payment. 306-531-8720, Dysart, SK. W3. 10 mins. southeast of Lloydminster, $450,000. 780-831-0799, Lloydminster, SK. pyoung46@telus.net Acreso fE xp er tise.

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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. BEAUTIFUL 160 ACRES, 17 miles NW of Meadow Lake, SK., 1/2 mile S of Beaver River. Can be used as recreation land, hay or grains. NW-31-18-60-W3, RM 588. $133,000. 306-240-5997. RM 39, CEYLON, SK. For Sale by Tender: 5 quarters w/yard, house, barn, shed, and bins. Set up for livestock plus 2 Crown Lease quarters. All 7 quarters in 1 block. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Tenders close April 1, 2016. Submit tenders to patrick.sask@gmail.com or call 306-231-5611. RM 225: IRRIGATION potential! Approx. 800 acres of grainland which can be irrigated from the South Sask. River according to the owner. Excellent opportunity to own irrigated land. John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd., 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com

IT’S HARD TO find land in the RM of Harris #316 but this 8 quarter package contains some of the best land in the area. Flat stone free and comprised mainly of Elstow Clay Soil class. Long term renter with 3 years remaining in contract. Contact Dwein Trask at Dwein Trask Realty Inc. 306-221-1035.

FARMLAND FOR SALE. RM Sliding Hills/RM Cote, 615 acres, 540 cult acres all in one block. Asking price is $1,800 per cult. acre. RM Sliding Hills NW, SW, SE 24-28-01-W2. NW assessed 80,200, SW 89,500, SE 99,000. RM Cote SE 24-28-33-W1, assessed 100,300. All soils are class E. 306-621-1500, Kamsack/Rhein, SK.

ID#1100488 KAMSACK: 1838 acres of the Ranch Land located in one block and bordered by Water Front, Crown Land and Community Pasture. Currently leased out as a working ranch. Numerous possibilities available such as: Ranching, Outfitting, Executive Camps, Bed & Breakfast, Retreats, Eco Tourism, Stables or Subdivision for lots or acreage. Includes a 3160 sq. ft. bungalow with walkout basement with breath taking views. MLS®. ID#1100470 LLOYDMINSTER: 159 acres of fenced land, 2 separate titles and 2 homes located approx. 42 kms from Lloydminster. 34x24 barn/shop with loft, 4 horse stalls and att. tack shop, round pen, heated watering bowl, grain bin, lean to and chicken coop. MLS®. Real Estate Centre, 1-866-345-3414. For all our listings view www.farmrealestate.com

RM 273 SLIDING HILLS, 1 quarter farmland, SW-25-30-01-W2, 155 cult. acres, stone free. 306-542-3125, Kamsack, SK. FARMLAND FOR SALE by Tender, RM of Monet #257: SW-2-27-14-W3; SE-2-27-14 -W3; NE-34-26-14-W3; SW-34-26-14-W3. Submit tenders in writing to William Langen, Stevenson Hood Thornton Beaubier LLP, 500, 123 2nd Ave. S, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 7E6. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Land is rented until Dec. 31, 2016. Closing date for tenders is April 15, 2016. 306-244-0132, Saskatoon, SK. wlangen@shtb-law.com

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FOR RENT: 5 quarters grainland, 948 acres in Colonsay area. Average Assess. value $106,500, open land with E soil class. 306-690-6786, Colonsay, SK. robingliu@hotmail.com FARMLAND, RM OF Willner #253: West of http://community.bidwin.org/post/5Davidson, SW-1/4-34-26-33, NE-1/4-34-26 Quarter-Grain-Land-for-Rent-in-Colonsay-33, E-1/2-18-27-33. For more information Area-of-Sask HUNT/ PRODUCTION FARM, Big River, call Henry at 306-933-0033 or SK. area. 89 head of elk/deer with high 306-384-7333, Davidson, SK. genetic breeding. Major equip. included to operate this turnkey hunt farm. Gorgeous home/lodge is approx. 3100 sq. ft. on 3 levels incl. attached garage. Most furniture incl. Very tastefully done. Heated with propane plus does have solar panels and windmill. 154 acres of bush type land with 140 acres fenced with an 8’ high game fence plus 1 elec. wire. MLS® 561901. More info or to view call Lloyd Ledinski at Re/Max of the Battlefords, North Battleford, SK. 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512.

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RM OF LEASK #464. 4341 acres, mainly all adjoining w/3071 acres seeded to tame grass, balance bush and natural pasture. Mainly 3 and 4 wire fences, pasture, water and very few stones. With the good rainfalls, this pasture is looking great! A must to view. The headquarters have a 36x51’ metal clad shop, with attached ranch-hand quarters. The ranch has natural gas, sewer and water, power and phone. Great handling and calving facilities. MLS ®520590. For more info. on this 550 cow/calf operation, ph Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battlefords, 306-446-8800, or 306-441-0512, North Battleford, SK. Early possession. RM BRATTS LAKE 129 Farmland For Sale By Tender, NE-9-15-20-W2, SW-9-15-20-W2. 1) Bidders are responsible to determine the value of land, property or improvements. 2) Separate tenders are required for each quarter. 3) The vendor reserves the right to reject any bid. 4) Tenders must be accompanied by a certified cheque, money order or bank draft in favour of KMP Law for five (5%) percent of the bid. Deposit will be returned if tender is not accepted. 5) An agreement for sale and transfer will be prepared in the name of the successful bidder. 6) Tenders must be received by Friday, April 15, 2016. 7) Tenders must be enclosed in a sealed envelope, clearly marked Land Tender Private and Confidential. Mail or deliver to: KMP Law, 2600 Victoria Avenue, Regina, SK, S4T 1K2, Attn: Kenneth J. Brodt. 306-761-6200. kbrodt@kmplaw.com RM #395 PORCUPINE, 1125 total acres, lots of spruce and poplar timber, situated on 9 quarters. Offers close March 22. Call Bill at 306-889-4329, Prairie River, SK.

RM OF McLEOD #185, 305 acres, 270 cult. Located 6 miles south of Lemberg, assess. 184,600, asking $440,000. Keith Bartlett RM OF SHELLBROOK #493, 157 acres, 109 306-535-5707, Sutton Group Results Realcult., SE-25-50-02-W3. Highest or any offer MACK AUCTION CO. presents a Land ty, Regina, SK. not necessarily accepted. 306-625-7204, Auction for the Estate of Ron Carriere, Holbein, SK. nissen@sasktel.net Thursday, March 31, 2016, 7:00 PM at the Morley.Forsyth@HammondRealty.ca Days Inn, Estevan, SK. Up for Unreserved CALL TO SEE Auction are 8 quarter sections of farmland HOW MY DRONE in the RM of Benson #35. Some of the land will sell with surface lease oil reveCAN HELP YOU FARMLAND FOR SALE, RM OF Three nue. View www.mackauctioncompany.com IN BUYING Lakes #400. The most Easterly 60 acres of for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or OR SELLING SE-19-40-24-W2. Open to bids until March 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 FARMLAND 31, 2016, 5:00 PM. Highest or any bid not RM HAZELWOOD: 640 acres in the heart of necessarily accepted. Email bids to: Moose Mountains sits a beautiful piece of gab4x@sasktel.net Atten: Gene Brockman. Hammond Realty would like to welcome Chad Campbell to our team of farmland sales professionals. land with a 4 yr. old custom built home. 4 Phone 306-682-3557. At Hammond Realty our fiduciary duties to clients are of paramount importance to us: accountability, quarters w/2580 sq. ft + fully finished FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM of Winslow walkout basement, 5 bdrm, 4 baths, custom confidentiality, disclosure, competence, obedience and loyalty. Chad demonstrates all of these Hickory cabinets, hardwood and tile #319. NE-31-31-20-W3rd, assess. 81,800, qualities and brings with him over 20 years’ experience of sales and leadership in the agriculture and 146 cultivated acres; SE-31-31-20-W3rd, throughout, Geothermal heat, heated A solid understanding of Saskatchewan grain handling industry in Saskatchewan. His proven record of integrity, expertise, and productivity assess. 111,500, 159 cultivated acres. double car garage. Full wrap around deck. agricultural business built from years of farming are an asset to his clients. Chad looks forward to serving Southwest SK providing clients with Conditions of Offers: 1) Tenders close at 20 minutes from Kipling, 35 min. from Carlyle. $1,875,000. 306-736-8215, Kipling, and Ag. Industry involvement. 3:00 PM on Thursday, April 7, 2016. 2) Acres of Expertise. Highest or any offers not necessarily ac- SK. kf_arn@hotmail.com Strong work ethic and exceptional customer cepted. 3) Persons submitting offers must service. FOR SALE BY TENDER: Land loSaskatchewan’s Ag Real Estate Professionals rely on their own research, inspection of LAND cated in the RM of Arm River No. 252, deDatabase of qualified buyers-both investors and land and improvements as to conditions scribed as: NE-28-26-27-W2, SE-28-26-27and no. of acres. 4) There is a gas well on W2, NE-20-26-27-W2, SE-20-26-27-W2, local buyers. each quarter that produces approx. $2500 and SE-21-26-27-W2. Please submit tenTed Cawkwell revenue per year, each well. 5) Please forChad Campbell in writing with a certified cheque for ward all bids/inquiries to: Brad Edgerton, der of Agriculture Specialist the tendered offer. Highest or any Salesperson Edge Realty Ltd., Box 1324, Kindersley, SK. 5% BLUE CHIP REALTY tender not necessarily accepted. Land for S 0 L 1 S 0 . P h . 3 0 6 - 4 6 3 - 4 5 1 5 , f a x Rent Southwest SK By Tender On Cash Lease Basis: 306-463-4516. Email: brad@edgerealty.ca 1-306-327-7661 R M o f A r m R i v e r N o . 2 5 2 : (306) 932-7711 N E - 2 - 2 6 - 2 7 - W 2 , N W- 2 - 2 6 - 2 7 - W 2 , www.tedcawkwell.com NE-11-26-27-W2, NW-11-26-27-W2, S E - 1 1 - 2 6 - 2 7 - W 2 , S W- 1 1 - 2 6 - 2 7 - W 2 , GRAIN LAND TO RENT, 35 mile radius of NW-13-26-27-W2, SW-13-26-27-W2, HammondRealty.ca Rouleau, SK. Call 306-776-2600 or email: SE-22-26-27-W2, SE-30-26-27-W2. Land located in RM of Big Arm No. 251: kraussacres@sasktel.net N W- 1 7 - 2 6 - 2 6 - W 2 , S E - 1 7 - 2 6 - 2 6 - W 2 , S W- 1 7 - 2 6 - 2 6 - W 2 , N E - 1 9 - 2 6 - 2 6 - W 2 , N W- 1 9 - 2 6 - 2 6 - W 2 , S E - 1 9 - 2 6 - 2 6 - W 2 , SW-19-26-26-W2, SE-30-26-26-W2, and SW-30-26-26-W2. Tendered offers and W e Are Pleased To Announce The Follow ing RecentSales Lease to include land only. Please submit to: Dellene Church Law Office, Box 724, 200 Garfield Street, Davidson, SK. S0G 1A0. Tenders will be accepted until 4:00 CA R R OT R IV E R 10 acres -owned by D orothy D em psey & D avid H acker PM on March 28, 2016. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. W Y N YA R D 159 acres -owned by Cindy & Corw in M cL ennan P R E E CE V IL L E 240 acres -owned by D onna M organ & Todd M organ RM 370, NE OF BRUNO, SK. For Sale by Te n d e r : N E - 1 8-39 - 2 4 - W 2 a n d P T o f M A ID STON E 314 acres -owned by R iley Tuplin Hammond Realty would like to welcome Anne Morrow to our team of farmland sales professionals. SE-18-39-24-W2, approx. 220 acres. M ACR OR IE 476 acres -owned by Tam m y & M ichael K anak Highest or any tender not necessarily acAt Hammond Realty our fiduciary duties to our clients are of paramount importance to us: accountability, confidentiality, R ICH M OU N D 479 acres -owned by A llan Beierbach cepted. Tenders close April 1, 2016. Submit tenders to patrick.sask@gmail.com or K E NA STON 1913 acres -owned by G oodnough Farm s L td.C/O D ayan disclosure, competence, obedience and loyalty. Anne demonstrates all of these qualities and brings with her a wealth call 306-231-5611. G oodenowe of experience in the agriculture finance sector. She has a BSA majoring in animal science as well as her Professional HAMMOND REALTY Attention livestock L E A D E R 2390 acres -owned by Carol & R ussell Sutton Agrologist status. Anne will be working in concert with her husband Alex to provide clients Acres of Expertise. producers! This property may be for you. R IV E R H U R ST 2396 acres -owned by K aber Investm ents L td.,M ervin 2197 acre mixed farm in RM of Orkney G ray,M urray G ray,K elly G ray,D avid Cam eron,Tyler Cam eron,R obert #244, well blocked up, good land, house and farm buildings. Incl. exceptional feedCam eron & L ee Schuler lot, pole shed with heated calving area, L E A D E R 6279 acres -owned by Jam es L oudon sorting corrals with oilfield pipe, numerous pens, watering bowls, 2 squeezes, crowd13 9 Re gis te re d Sa le s In 2015! ing tub and weigh scale. Incl. grain bins, shop, double garage and machine shed. TO IN C LU D E YO U R P R O P ER TY FO R S P R IN G S H O W IN G S Great location 12 miles North of Yorkton. $2,700,000. MLS #555768. http://AcreC A L L U S TO D A Y! Anne Morrow Alex Morrow sofFarms.ca/Listing_160612219.html Call BSA, PAg, Salesperson Wade Berlinic, 306-641-4667. BSA, Salesperson

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HAMMOND REALTY. Excellent 1114 acres ranching opportunity in RM 347 Biggar. Inc. 214 hay/arable acres, 797 native pasture acres, and 103 wetland acres. Dugout on every quarter, perimeter 3 strand fence with some cross fence, seller states it will carry 150 cow/calf pairs. Asking $900,000. For info call 306-948-5052. RM347pasture1.HammondRealty.ca THE UNDERSIGNED WILL accept offers for the purchase of: NE-17-23-13 W2, W-1/2 of SE-17-23-13-W2 (LSD 2 & 7), NW-21-23-13-W2, NE-23-23-13-W2, SE 23-23-13-W2, SE-32-23-13-W2. Located in the RM of Lipton No. 217 (not including any Mines & Mineral Titles). For viewing contact: Concentra Trust, Debbie Fengler, 306-956-1925. All offers must be submitted in writing to the undersigned on or before April 28, 2016, accompanied by a certified cheque in favour of Estate of Goldven Kube, for five (5%) percent of the offer, representing a deposit on the purchase price. All tenders will be opened at the address listed below at Saskatoon on April 29, 2016. Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. Sale subject to all beneficiariesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; approval and subject to obtaining Letters of Administration. Unsuccessful applicants will have their deposits refunded without interest. Sealed envelopes containing tenders must be clearly marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tender re: Goldven Kube Estateâ&#x20AC;? and sent by Registered Mail or courier or delivered to the undersigned. Concentra Trust, 333 -3rd Avenue North, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 2M2.

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HammondRealty.ca 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 1/2 hour from Turtle Lake. The property is fenced with a 4-wire fence and treated post, and has an 18x22 trappers cabin. MLSÂŽ 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. NW-12-30-14-W2, RM 277 Emerald, assessment 71,500, Class G soil. Asking $95,000. Any and all offers will be duly considered. 306-371-1019, 306-257-4290, Bankend, SK. barrystefanson@sasktel.net FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM Sasman #336. SE-14-33-10-W2 and SW-14-33-10-W2. Listing agent has a detailed tender info. pkg. avail. Contact Brian Geck of Centra Realty Group 306-327-8230, Humboldt, SK WANTED FARMLAND TO RENT in the Raymore/ Semans area, North of Hwy. 15. Call 306-528-7875 or benrhb@gmail.com

160 ACRES with large home, 3 car heated garage, large shop, horse barn, plenty of water, 20 min. NE of Regina. Beside Regina, SK: 3 acre property/house/greenhouses; Near Pilot Butte, 80 acre development land; RM Edenwold, 160 acre quarter near Regina; 90+ acres, Hwy #11, 7 miles N. of Saskatoon, development; RM Perdue, 2 quarters W. of Saskatoon on Hwy #14; 2 miles E. of Balgonie Hwy #1, 145 acre development land. Quarter section near Em a il: Edenwald w/yardsite, can be bought complete or owner will subdivide to 20 acres. s a s kfa rm s @ s h a w .ca Brian Tiefenbach 306-536-3269, Colliers FARM LAND AND FARM BUILDINGS for Int., Regina, SK. www.collierscanada.com sale, just outside Melville, SK. 2230 acres RM ELFROS #307, SW-22-32-14-W2, 160 of land. All of the cultivated land is seeded cultivated acres, 105,800 assess. Taking to tame hay with excellent fence and wa- offers: Box 939, Wynyard, SK., S0A 4T0, ter for livestock grazing. Yardsite and 55 or call 306-328-4462. Highest or any tenacres can be purchased separately as an der not necessarily accepted. acreage or as a package with the land. Improvements incl. house, heated workshop, machinery storage, 2 barns, and steel quonset. For detailed info or to arrange to see the property call Harry Sheppard at 306-530-8035 or www.sheppardrealty.ca Sutton Group - Results Realty, Regina, SK.

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FARMLAND FOR SALE BY TENDER. Sealed written tenders for property in RM of Glenboro-South Cypress will be received by: Meighen Haddad LLP, 110-11th Street, Brandon, MB. R7A 4J4. Attn: Derek Cullen. For the property legally described a s f o l l o w s : S W - 3 2 - 7 - 1 6 W ; P T. SW-29-7-16W; Pt. NW-29-7-16W. (all mines and minerals to be excluded). Description of Land: The land consists of approx. 375 arable acres, consisting primarily of Glenboro Clay Loam with some Stockton Fine Sandy Loam. The SW-32-7-16 includes a 21.0 acre nonarable yardsite. There is a 2 storey masonry (brick) frame residence plus a 1 storey lean-to addition and a garage/shed on the yardsite, as well as grain storage. The 2016 Real Property Assessments are as follows: SW-32-7-16W (160 acres with yardsite): $684,400; Pt. SW-29-7-16W (130 acres): $480,600; Pt. NW-29-7-16W (130 acres): $443,600. Total: $1,608,600. Conditions of Tender: 1.) Interested parties must rely on their own inspection and knowledge of the properties and are being sold â&#x20AC;&#x153;as isâ&#x20AC;?. 2.) Tenders may be placed and accepted on one or all of the above described parcels of land. 3.) Tenders must be received on or before March 31st. at 4:00 PM. 4.) Tenders must be accompanied by deposit of 5% of the amount offered, payable to Meighen Haddad LLP. Deposit cheques accompanying unaccepted bids will be returned. 5.) Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. The Vendors are not obligated to sell any of the land, or to accept any Tender. 6.) The Purchaser(s) shall be responsible for payment of GST or shall self-assess for GST. 7.) Bids may be received on separate parcels of land or all parcels of land inclusive. Tenders and inquiries regarding further terms and conditions of sale are to be directed to: Meighen Haddad LLP, 110-11th Street, Brandon, MB. R7A 4J4. 204-727-8461, 204-726-1948. Attn: Derek D. Cullen. Email: dcullen@mhlaw.ca GRAIN FARM FOR SALE: 7 quarters with 1000 cultivated, 3 mile NW of Grandview, MB. 2900 sq. ft., 4 bed, 2 bath split level house and 2 car garage, 42x100 quonset, 28x32 workshop and 40,000 bu. grain storage, some with air. 500 acres of rented land may be available to rent. Email dmf127@outlook.com for details. 204-572-1130, Grandview, MB

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, 2016 VENETIAN M37, stock #N5021, MB. www.homelifepro.com Thor diesel pusher, 380 HP, fully loaded STE. ROSE RANCH, (Ste. Amelie), 14 including washer/dryer and satellite dish, quarters 2,234.85 of fenced land in one $443,557 MSRP. Our price $286,000. block. 240 of Class 3 land under cultiva- 1-866-346-3148 or shop online 24/7 at tion. Two miles to paved highway. Call www.allandale.com Golden Plains Realty Ltd, 204-745-3677.

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LENTILS, CANARY AND CHICK PEAS. Call GrainEx International Ltd. for current pricing at 306-885-2288, Sedley SK. Visit us on our website at: www.grainex.net

CERT. CDC DAKOTA, dunn pea; CDC Raeser, Limerick, green peas. Dutton Farms, 306-441-6699, Paynton, SK. CERT. CDC GREENWATER and CDC Limerick green peas, good germ. and vigor. Call Shaun at: 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. GREEN! GREEN! GREEN! Gregoire Seed Farm Ltd., has Fdn., Reg., Certified CDC Greenwater, CDC Limerick, CDC Raezer, CDC Striker. Greens may be the dark horse 2016. Volume discounts. 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516, North Battleford, Sask. gregfarms@sasktel.net FDN. REG. CERT. #1 CDC Limerick, CDC Greenwater. Also CDC Marble (french green lentil). Ardell Seeds Ltd. Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415. CERTIFIED CDC PATRICK green pea. Pa l m i e r S e e d F a r m s , L a f l e c h e , S K . , 306-472-7824, moe.anita@sasktel.net

CERTIFIED CDC AMARILLO and Limerick peas. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, REG., CERT. CDC Glas. Dutton Farms, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK 306-441-6699, Paynton, SK. CERTIFIED #1 CDC LIMERICK and CDC Greenwater. Hetland Seeds at Naicam, SK., BROWN FLAX GROWERS: Gregoire Seed 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com Farm Ltd. has Reg., Cert. CDC Glas, high yielder, easy harvesting. Vol. discounts. CERTIFIED CDC LIMERICK. RoLo Farms, 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516, North 306-543-5052, Regina, SK. Battleford, SK. gregfarms@sasktel.net CERT. #1 CDC Limerick and Cooper. Call CERT. AAC BRAVO, CDC Sanctuary, CDC Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Sorrel, CDC Bethune. Fraser Farms, Pam- Margo, SK. brun, SK. 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net CERTIFIED CDC LIMERICK green pea CERT. AAC BRAVO brown flax, good germ. seed. Sunset Farms, Pennant, SK. Phone: and vigor. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, 306-626-3388, or 306-741-1523 cell, or email: sunset@sasktel.net Rosetown, SK. CERTIFIED #1 CDC SORREL. Eskdale Acres Inc., Leross, SK. 306-795-7493, 306-795-7208, 306-795-7747.

CERTIFIED AAC BRAVO, CDC Sorrel. Yauck CERT. CDC GLAS - reconstituted. Phone: Seed Farm 306-484-4555, Govan, SK. 403-633-9999, www.fabianseedfarms.com Tilley, AB. REG., CERT. CDC Sanctuary, AAC Bravo. Call Palmier Seed Farms, 306-472-7824, FDN, REG., CERTIFIED CDC Bethune flax Lafleche, SK. moe.anita@sasktel.net s e e d . C a l l Ke n a n d L a r r y Tr o w e l l , 306-744-2687, Saltcoats, SK.

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CERTIFIED CDC BETHUNE flax. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo. OAC PRUDENCE CONVENTIONAL soy CERTIFIED CANTATE, 97% germination, Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. beans, Registered, Certified. Big Dog highest yielding variety. Hansen Seeds, Seeds Inc. 306-483-2963, Oxbow, SK. Ye l l o w G r a s s , S K . , 3 0 6 - 4 6 5 - 2 5 2 5 , 306-861-5679. Email: jsh2@sasktel.net CERTIFIED McLEOD R2Y soybeans from SeCan; 33003R2Y soybeans from Thunder. CERT. CDC BASTIA, CDC Togo, itchless, Call for large and early order discounts. zero fusarium graminearum, good quality. V i s a , M C o r F C C . w w w. l l s e e d s . c a 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK.

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YB SWEET CLOVER, Red Clover, Alsike clover, Alfalfa (tap/creeper), Meadow/ Smooth, various grasses. (Organic/conventional), Pasture blends. Free shipping. 306-863-2900, ivanaudrey@sasktel.net Star City, SK. WANTED: COMMON OR VNS alfalfa seed preferably a Multifoliate, dirty or cleaned. 403-654-5935 leave msg, Vauxhall, AB. ALFALFAS/ CLOVERS/ GRASSES, hay blends and pasture blends. Custom blends no charge. Free delivery. Dyck Forages & Grasses Ltd., Elie, MB, 1-888-204-1000. Visit us at www.dyckseeds.com ALFALFA, GRASSES CUSTOM blending. Viking Forage Seeds, Greg Bjornson 306-554-7987, 306-554-3302, Wynyard SK

CERT. CDC GREENSTAR large green lentil, g o o d g e r m . a n d v i g o r. C a l l S h a u n 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK.

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DIVERSIFY WITH A frost tolerant specialty CERTIFIED CDC MARBLE, new high yield- crop. Grow quinoa! Total production coning French Green. 306-693-9402, Moose tracts available for 2016. Premium returns, Jaw, SK. simpsonseeds.com guaranteed markets and delivery. View CERTIFIED CDC MARBLE, dark speckled www.quinoa.com or call 306-933-9525. lentils. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK CERT. CDC DAZIL CL Red lentil. Germination 98%, 0% on all diseases. Hansen Seeds. 306-465-2525, 306-861-5679 (cell), Yellow Grass, SK. jsh2@sasktel.net

COMMON #1 OATS, cleaned to certified CERTIFIED CDC IMPALA lentil. Palmier standards, 99% germ. Call Murray at Lepp Seed Farms, Lafleche, SK., 306-472-7824. Seeds Ltd. 306-254-4243, Hepburn, SK.

TABOAR FABA BEAN, low tannin, dual purpose animal feed/human consumption, high nitrogen fixation. Seed available with open market production contract through Terramax at Qu'Appelle, SK. Distribution also at Tisdale, Glaslyn, Unity, SK. and Brandon, MB. $14/bu. pickup. 306-699-7368, terramax@terramax.sk.ca

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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. Phone/text Nate at 204-372-6552, 204-280-1202, Fisher Branch, MB. COMMON LARGE GREEN lentils, 89% germ., 0% ascochyta botryosum. 306-628-7775, Mendham, SK. QUALITY SEEDS AT reasonable prices. YELLOW PEA SEED for sale, common, Certified and Common #1 seed of Alfalfa, good price, good quality. Call Nate, Clover, Grasses, etc. Free periodic delivery 204-372-6552, Fisher Branch, MB. of early orders to many SK. locations. RED LENTIL- 2 varieties, excellent germ. Richard Walcer, 306-752-3983, Melfort, SK and vigor, 0% disease. Ph. Byron Blackwell, TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses 306-846-7222, Dinsmore, SK. and custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. RED LENTIL SEED grown on our farm, 98% germ., 0 Asco., 0 Anthracose, SAINFOIN SEED. Nutritious, bloat-free, cleaned. Lionel 306-567-7929, Elbow, SK. perennial forage loved by all animals and honeybees. Research from Utah University RED LENTIL SEED for sale, 92% germ. Call indicates better meat flavor and nutrition 306-630-9838, Brownlee, SK. from sainfoin supplemented forage. Prime Sainfoin is cert. organic. 306-739-2900, MAPLE PEA SEED. High germ. New variety with good standability. Call: 306-239-4811, Email: jhusband@primegrains.com or 306-239-2071, Saskatoon, SK. HAY TECH COMMON alfalfa seed, bred for hybrid vigor, $3.65/lbs. Dennis Dylke, CLEANED RED LENTIL SEED, .55Â˘/lb. Phone 306-353-4830, Riverhurst, SK. 780-374-3877, Daysland, AB.

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SMOOTH BROME, MEADOW Brome, Crested Wheat grass, Timothy, Saline tolerant grasses, fescues, Cicer Milk vetch, sainfoin, lawn grasses, Alfalfa: tap/creeper, YB Sweet Clover, Red Clover, pasture/hay blends. Free blending and delivery! Ph. 306-863-2900, Birch Rose Acres Ltd., Star City, SK. Email us today for a price list! ivanaudrey@sasktel.net HAY BLENDS AND PASTURE BLENDS, no charge custom blends. Dyck Forages & Grasses Ltd., Elie, MB. Free delivery. 1-888-204-1000, www.dyckseeds.com SAVE NOW! COMMON #1 SMOOTH BROME, $6/lb.; Common #1 Meadow Brome, $6.10/lb.; Coated Common #1 Smooth Brome and Meadow Brome, $5/lb. til March 31, 2016. Also Alfalfa, Timothy, Cicer Milkvetch, Yellow Clover, Crested Wheat, Creeping Red Fescue. Siklenka Seeds, 306-342-4290, 306-342-7688, Glaslyn, SK. SMOOTH BROME Common 1 and 2, $4.50/lb. First come, first serve. Call Dyck Forages & Grasses Ltd., 1-888-204-1000 www.dyckseeds.com

FABA BEANS, CERTIFIED CDC Snowdrop, n e w s m a l l e r s e e d , z e r o t a n n i n . MUSTARD SEED! We can supply you with 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca new cert. treated or untreated seed. We can upgrade your low grade mustard. Ackerman Ag Services, 306-638-2282, Chamberlain, SK. CERTIFIED CDC Imvincible, CDC QG-1, BESCO GRAIN LTD. Buyer of all varieties CDC QG-2. RoLo Farms, 306-543-5052, of mustard. Call for competitive pricing. Regina, SK. Call 204-736-3570, Brunkild, MB. CERT. CDC CHERIE, CDC Dazil, and CDC Proclaim red lentil seed, good germ. and COMMON YELLOW MUSTARD seed, 50 lbs. vigor. Shaun 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. P ilotButte, S K. bags, cleaned. 204-773-6389 or 204-683-2367, Foxwarren, MB. CERTIFIED CDC GREENSTAR, top performBUYERS OF BROWN, ing large green. Moose Jaw/Swift Current, ORIENTAL AND SK., 306-693-9402. simpsonseeds.com YELLOW MUSTARD RED LENTILS, 97% germ., 0% ascochyta, from cert. seed last year. Yellow peas also PRAIRIE PULSE INC. CURRENTLY BUYING available. 403-664-0420, Oyen, AB. P.O. Box 399 â&#x20AC;˘ 700 Campbell Drive O N-FA RM S TO CKS A ND COMMON YELLOW PEA seed, grown from Vanscoy, SK S0L 3J0 2016/ 17 PRO DUCTIO N certified seed. 306-441-6699, Paynton, SK. LENTIL BIDS delivered Vanscoy, SK CO NTRA CTS . as of Mar 17, 2016

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WANTED HEATED CANOLA. No broker involved. Sell direct to crushing plant. Cash on delivery or pickup. 306-228-7306 or 306-228-7325, Unity, SK. WHY NOT KEEP MARKETING SIMPLE? You are selling feed grains. We are 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 Place Commodities Ltd., Lethbridge, AB. Email info@marketplacecommodities.com or phone 1-866-512-1711.

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LARGE ROUND ALFALFA brome mixed hay. Call 306-764-6372, Prince Albert, SK. GOOD USED TRUCK TIRES: 700/8.25/ 11R22.5/11R24.5; GREEN FEED, DURUM & CANOLA round 900/1000/1100x20s; matched sets available. Pricing bales, CP 15.29, TDN 73, full analysis 9R17.5, from $90. K&L Equipment and Auto. available. 403-866-0541, 403-528-2975, Phone Ladimer at: 306-795-7779, Ituna, Acadia Valley, AB. SK; Chris at 306-537-2027, Regina, SK. ROUND BALES FOR SALE: 1000 round tame hay bales, first cut, 3Â˘/lb. 204-324-7552, Vita, MB. seairltd@mymts.net ROUND FLAX BALES for sale, $10 per bale. Will load. 403-823-8264, Rosedale, AB. ALFALFA HAY, FEED tested, large square bales. Delivery available: MB, SK, AB, BC. Chris, 204-746-0462, Brunkild, MB.

4 TITAN 710/70R38 sprayer tires and rims for JD 4730, $8500; 1 New Firestone 520/85R42 Cane & Rice, $1800; 2 Galaxy, 33x15.5-16.5 tires and rims for JD air drill, $500/ea; 4 -20.8x38 clamp-on rims and BEEF FEED PELLETS from FeedMax. tires, $600/ea. 306-536-1428, Regina, SK. 12% beef pellets priced $180 FOB Kipling, SK. Call 1-866-FEEDMAX (333-3629). WANTED: FOUR 16.5.x16.1 8-ply tractor grip tires. Call 306-287-3563, Watson, SK. LIMITED QUANTITIES: 9.5L or 11L15 tire and wheel $179; 31/13.50-15 Titan HF-1 10 ply, reg. $499, now $299; 520/85R38 20.8R38 Firestone AT23, reg $2,232, now $1,939; 420/85R38 16.9R38 BKT R-1 $1,021; 1000-16 BKT FRT TRAC 4 rib, 8 ply, $184; 18.4-34 BKT R-1, 8 ply, $699; 16.9-24 BKT R-4, 12 ply, $586; 12.5/80-18 BKT R-4, 12 ply, $299. Are you looking for FLOTATION or ROW CROP tire and wheel for Ag Equipment? Call AG Line International 1-844-519-0362, Saskatoon.

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1ST CUT ROUND alfalfa bales, no rain; Also 2nd cut large hard core round alfalfa bales, no rain. Feed test avail. 204-749-2194, 204-526-0733, Rathwell, MB. ROUND STRAW BALES for sale: wheat, oats, barley. Call 306-947-4603 or cell 306-947-7550, Hepburn, SK. HEMP STRAW, HEMP Sense Inc. located in Gilbert Plains, MB is sourcing quality sound hemp straw. $80 MT for 2015 straw and $50 MT for older straw. 204-629-4367. info@hempsense.net www.hempsense.net ROUND ALFALFA BALES, 2nd cut, dry, no rain, netwrapped, approx. 1800 lbs., loaded. 306-332-6221, 306-332-7861, Fort Quâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Appelle, SK.

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JMB CRUSHING SYSTEMS ULC is currently seeking energetic individuals to join our team for our gravel crushing operations. Positions required: Crushing plant supervisors, tower operators, loader operators. Interested individuals please fax resumes: 780-826-6280, or email hr@jmbcrush.com

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FARM LABOURER REQUIRED for livestock operation, RM of Minitonas. Requirements: Grade 12, driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license, skill set to work with horses and farm equipment, good communication skills, ability to work as a team. Duties include: all aspects of general farm work and feeding program for horses; operating and maintaining of seeding CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used and harvesting equipment. Must be able to highway tractors. For more details call speak English. Smoke free environment. 204-685-2222 or view information at $17/hr. Housing available. Lyle Lumax 204-525-2263, Box 1989, Swan River, MB. www.titantrucksales.com R0L 1Z0. carolylefarms@hotmail.com MR. TIRE CORP. For all your semi and BOAR STUD WORKER wanted at Alberta half ton tire needs call Mylo 306-921-6555 Swine Genetics Corp., Nisku, AB. English Serving all of Saskatchewan. speaking Animal Technicians with significant barn experience, animal husbandry skills, knowledge of semen collection and team players who have the ability to handle mechanical and physical work and HYD-MECH BANDSAW CUTS 13â&#x20AC;? by 18â&#x20AC;?, provide feedback to the Manager may ap12â&#x20AC;? by 12â&#x20AC;? at 45 degrees, blade 13.6â&#x20AC;&#x2122; c/w ply. The work schedule is Sunday through extra blade. Everything works. Gull Lake, Thursday, 7 AM to 2:15 PM. Annual salary $34,000, comprehensive benefits program SK., 306-622-2069. and excellent work conditions are offered. apply to: Gregory Lebowa, ManagBARCORP E3N-01 METAL lathe, 3 phase Please Director, ASGC, 1103 9th Street, Nisku, gear head, swings 12.5â&#x20AC;?, 26â&#x20AC;? between cen- ing AB., T9E 8L7. Email: gregasgc@gmail.com ters. 204-726-5280 after 6 PM Brandon MB or fax: 780-986-6523. No phone calls.

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EXPERIENCED FARMHAND WANTED. Beef cattle and calving, irrigation, hay making, gardening and mechanical knowledge. Accommodation provided. $3000/month. References necessary. Qualicum Beach, BC. Email: jmncontractingltd@gmail.com WANTED: EQUIPMENT OPERATORS and Truck Drivers for seeding and harvest, April 1 to Nov. 1. Must be reliable, selfmotivated and able to work alone. Larry Millhouse, 306-441-1684, Cut Knife, SK. Email: mhf@sasktel.net RANCH MANAGEMENT POSITION for totally vertically integrated BIO-DYNAMIC and certified organic, remote operation in Interior British Columbia, Canada. Raising and finishing cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry with own hay production under pivoting irrigation systems and flooded and sub irrigated meadows. (In-house abattoir with composting facility, meat processing, transport and direct marketing through our own butcher shop, store and restaurants). 160,000 hectares of open and electrically fenced crown range are grazed for 6 months with cattle and are managed on horseback with stock dogs. Applicant must have a strong background in leadership positions in preferably bio-dynamic/organic agriculture and land and livestock management. We provide beautiful housing at reasonable rates and outstanding compensation. Families are welcome. Serious applicants only! Resumes and references required, email info@pasturetoplate.ca website: pasturetoplate.ca EMPLOYMENT FOR GRAIN farm in east central AB. Full time, or seasonal. Very modern equipment. Experience in operating large equip., Class 1A license will be an asset. Very competitive wages and housing available. Fax resume: 780-922-4036. Call 780-777-5227 for details. Irma, AB.

PTO WATER PUMP, Bau-Man, sizes 6â&#x20AC;? to 16â&#x20AC;? w/capacities of 1,250 to 10,000 GPM. Lay flat water hose and accessories also available. 306-272-7225 or 306-272-4545, Foam Lake, SK. tymarkusson@sasktel.net www.highcapacitywaterpump.com

PTO AUGER WATER PUMPS, Cardale Tech, 4000/8000 gal. per minute, mud, ice, slurry, plant matter. No prime, no filters, no seize. New condition. Call 204-868-5334, Newdale, MB. www.cardaletech.com

LARGE GRAIN FARM and Custom Farming Operation is seeking qualified operators to start in April. Must have minimum 2 years experience operating large farm machinery. Year round and seasonal employment available. Class 1A preferred, but may also help the right individual to obtain license. Wage dependent on individualâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance and experience. Accommodations provided. Call Brent 306-923-2066, fax resume 306-456-2835 or email bkfarms@outlook.com Bromhead, SK. 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

FARM HELPER WANTED for a mixed WATER CANNON WANTED, also V-Ditcher. farming operation. Assist with the calving season. Must have a valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license 306-937-2832, Battleford, SK. and be able to operate farm equipment. Accommodation available. Bonnyville, AB., Call 780-812-5567, fax 780-573-7620.

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AG. PRODUCTION ASSISTANT required on a larger grain farm located in central Sask. We are looking for a reliable, creative, and hard working individual to join our team. The ideal candidate would have a farm background and a Class 1A driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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

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FULL-TIME FARM LABOURER HELP. Applicants should have previous farm experience and mechanical ability. Duties include operation of machinery, including tractors and other farm 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.

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EXPERIENCED FARM LABOUR wanted for seeding. Class 1A a must, experience operating farm equip. and willing to work long hrs. Justin 306-469-0105 Big River SK FULL-TIME OR SEASONAL HELP required for modern grain farm. Farming background would be preferred and a Class 1A license. Will consider retired farmer for part-time. Wages based on experience. FARMING SUPERVISOR WANTED. Experienced organic haying/production. IndepenCall Greg at 306-436-4426, Milestone, SK. dent, hard worker. Remote BC location. FULL-TIME FARM MANAGER required chilancoh@gmail.com for large turkey farm near Saskatoon, SK. Responsible for the day to day operation NEEDED: RANCH HAND, Camp Cook and of the farm. 3 bedroom home available. Assistant, Guides and Packers for the sumFax resume to: 604-794-3610 or email mer. Banff, AB. Please email resume to: harco9@telus.net Phone 604-793-5252. horses@brewsteradvnetures.com MOTIVATED FARM EQUIP. Operators GRAIN FARM in SW SK. requires seasonal required near Kamsack, SK. for seeding, operator/farm hand. Farm machinery opspraying, spring tillage. Successful candi- erating/maintenance experience and Class dates may need to work long hours and 5 license required. Class 1A, mechanical weekends, but will be offered a competi- and carpentry experience an asset. Comtive wage. Call 306-590-8537 or email re- petitive wage based on experience. Houssume to: bcgeerts@execulink.com ing available. Gull Lake, SK. Email us at: FARM HELPER- Family operated mixed rallison@yourlink.ca Call: 306-672-3711 grain/cattle operation requires a capable cell: 306-672-7616, fax: 306-672-3720. motivated individual with good work ethic and ability to work unsupervised. Full-time April 1 to Oct. 31 with longer hours thru seeding, spraying and harvest. Flexible hrs available thru Nov. to March. Knowledge FARM WORKER WANTED for seeding, and experience operating all farm machin- harvest and general farm maintenance. ery. Class 1A license preferred. Livestock Must be able to operate all farm equipment experience an asset. Competitive wage ac- to include tandem trucks. Must have a valid cording to experience. Housing options driver's license. Call Jim 306-365-7305, available. Donna or Brett 306-567-4740, Drake, SK. Davidson, SK. jd.siroski@sasktel.net RANCH MANAGEMENT POSITION. Du- FULL-TIME/ SEASONAL HELP wanted on ties to include management of cattle, large grain farm near Glenavon, SK. 1A grass and staff. Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest registered license, mechanical skills and farm experiAngus operation. Housing provided. Com- ence are assets. Competitive wages. petitive wages. Call 780-675-4664. Please 306-531-6709, ls.sluser@sasktel.net fax 306-224-4546. email resume to: info@olefarms.com

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 driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license, copy of all safety tickets and driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abstract.* AGRICUTURAL FOREMAN, full time, permanent. Responsible for assisting in the supervision of seasonal staff and delivery of County Agricultural Services Program. submit resume at: www.biglakescounty.ca under employment. 780-523-5955, High Prairie, AB. DITCH RIDER. MIRY Creek Irrigation District is currently looking for a full-time seasonal Ditch Rider from May 1 - Oct 15. Responsibilities include maintaining pumps and water levels, yard maintenance and other duties as assigned by the directors. Competitive wages as well as lodging provided. 306-587-7123.

SALES AGENTS REQUIRED. Are you outgoing and desire job flexibility for a work/family balance? We have an opportunity for you. 100% outside sales, home based, commission with incentives. Our successful Agents are from backgrounds such as: Farmers, Business Owners, Sales Representatives. PowerRich was formed in 1984 as a family owned business. The main market for PowerRich products is farmers. If interested, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to talk to you. Call or email: Greg Grant, General Sales Manager, Power Rich Fertilizers, 1-800-491-8984. greg@powerrich.com

SEEKING FULL-TIME YEAR ROUND employment for manufacturing shop in Neepawa, MB area. Requirements: Valid Class 5 license, Class 1 an asset, 5-10 yrs. welding experience, fluent in English with excellent communication and writing skills. Reliable, able to work individually, and a person that can be a lead hand in fabrication. Must be able to understand fabrication drawings, problem solve, think logically. Computer skills an asset. Wage depending on qualifications. Accommodations avail. for the right candidate. Email resume ad-innovations@mymts.net

COMPANY SEMI DRIVER required at a newly expanded feedlot near Bethune, SK. A mixture of local and long distance driving. Must have a Class 1A and a positive work oriented attitude. B-train and livestock experience an asset. For more info call Matt at Buffalo Plains Cattle Co. or email resume to matt@bpcattle.com 306-624-2381.

SEEKING WORK WITHIN 3 hours of Lloydminster. Class 1A, Journeyman Welder, post secondary Ag Diploma, farming and mechanical background. 306-821-6611. WANTED: FULL-TIME VILLAGE FOREMANMatching Pension/Benefits pkg. Beechy is located approx. 12 miles North of Lake Diefenbaker in SW SK. The community offers many services including K-12 school, rink, hall, fire ambulance, local doctor, grocery, gas station, golf and many more. Duties: Responsible for the daily operations of the municipal infrastructure system, includ. paved street maintenance and waste collection. Knowledge and experience in maintenance of equip. is an asset. Applicant must hold a valid driver's license. Please submit a detailed resume to Village of Beechy, Box 153, Beechy, SK. S0L 0C0. 306-859-2205. beechy@sasktel.net or www.beechysask.ca

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Farm labour gap expected to grow: survey A 2014 survey found the agricultural industry was 59,000 workers short of what it needed, and the number is growing BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

It isn’t a pretty picture, and it’s about to get uglier. In mid-March, the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council released the results of a labour market information survey on primary agriculture. The report, based on data from 2014, said that the gap between labour demand and the supply of domestic employees was 59,000. By 2025, the agriculture labour shortage could nearly double, growing to 114,000. The shortage represented 14.7 percent of all jobs within Canadian agriculture in 2014. In 2015, the labour gap is expected to rise to 27 percent. The numbers, which are higher than any other industry in Canada, were presented at an agricultural labour conference in Winnipeg.

The 59,000 figure represents the gap between the number of people who farm businesses want to hire versus the number of Canadians willing to work in agriculture. Temporary foreign workers fill a large chunk of the void. In 2014, temporary foreign workers held 45,000 jobs in primary agriculture, mostly in the horticultural sector. More than 1,000 farmers and other people participated in the survey, which looked at primary agriculture but not the food processing industry. Respondents said three factors are responsible for most of the labour shortfall: • the seasonal nature of farm work • the difficulty persuading Canadians to move to rural areas • the wage gap between farm work and the average wage in Canada; the weekly wages in primary agriculture are 72 percent of the average wage for all economic

sectors in Canada Ron Davidson, the Canadian Meat Council’s director of government and media relations, said a reluctance to move to rural areas, where meat plants are mostly located, is a massive recruitment obstacle. There are pages of online postings for jobs at meat plants but few people from Nova Scotia are willing to move to rural Manitoba. The meat industry and other parts of the agri-food sector depend on foreign workers, but the Conservative government imposed restrictions on the program in 2014, cutting the length of time a foreign worker can stay in Canada. As well, the government capped the number of foreign workers at businesses with more than 10 people. The cap was 30 percent, then 20 percent and will be limited to 10 percent effective July 1. Changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program applied to most segments of the agri-food

THE STATE OF FARM LABOUR The CAHRC labour market report is based on a survey of 1,034 people in primary agriculture, including 813 Canadian producers. The survey found: • Demand for agricultural employees is expected to increase by 21,200 between 2014 and 2015. • Domestic supply of agricultural workers is expected to shrink by 33,400 between 2014 and 2015, mostly because of retirements. • Temporary foreign workers represented 12 percent of the primary agriculture workforce in 2014. • The average wage in primary agriculture last year was 71 percent sector, but not primary agriculture. The Liberal government is reviewing the program and will introduce

of the average wage in all other sectors of the economy. Seasonal agriculture workers, who work primarily in horticulture, likely skew that figure lower. • Unfilled vacancies cost the primary agriculture industry $1.5 billion in lost sales in 2014. • Seventeen percent of survey respondents said they had delayed or cancelled expansion plans because they couldn’t find farm workers. • The agriculture labour shortage is expected to be 114,000 by 2025. General farm workers and farm managers will account for 77 percent of the shortfall. proposed changes in the fall. robert.arnason@producer.com

INDIGENOUS CANADIANS

Labour minister asks meat industry to focus on local workers BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

The federal labour minister wants meat processors to connect with First Nation communities as a potential source of workers. “Unemployment is staggering for our indigenous peoples, and it doesn’t have to be,” MaryAnn Mihychuk told Growing the AgriWorkforce, an agri-food human resources conference held midMarch in Winnipeg. Mihychuk, who represents a riding in north Winnipeg, is taking action to get indigenous people working in the agri-food sector. She reached out to the Sandy Bay First Nation in Manitoba to see if residents are interested in working at the Hylife pork processing plant in Neepawa, Man. “I just phone the chief and said, ‘are (residents) employed at

Neepawa? It’s an hour to get to the plant,’ ” she said. “He indicated they had a lot of folks that would be interested in employment.” Sandy Bay Chief Lance Roulette, who attended the agri-food labour conference, said the reserve is working with Hylife on a recruitment plan. It is talking about bus transportation to Neepawa and the possibility of a training or introductory meat cutting program on the reserve. “The interest … is really, really high,” he said. “We had about 52 women that applied specifically for that (program).” Hylife representatives confirmed they are collaborating with Sandy Bay, but plans are in the early stages. Mihychuk said she’s heard from many people about the critical labour shortage in the agri-food sector, including the message that the industry needs more foreign

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workers because Canadians don’t want to work at meat plants. However, she believes farmers and food processing companies can do more to hire domestically. “I’ve heard from indigenous leaders and labour unions … that there are opportunities for Canadians … to take those positions.” Mark Chambers, senior production manager for Sunterra Farms,

which has hog barns in Ontario and Alberta, wasn’t impressed with the message. “We listened to the minister this morning (saying), ‘try again. Maybe it didn’t work last time so try again,’ ” Chambers said. “I can’t count how many times we tried with individual employees, again and again and again.” Chambers said Sunterra has provided workers with rides or vehicles and offered attendance bonuses. However, such efforts rarely convinced an employee to stay because most Canadians don’t want challenging jobs in rural areas. Sunterra is short about 20 people at its pork processing plant in Troc hu , A l t a. , a n d d o e s n ’ t hav e enough employees to produce value added pork products. “Right now we’re throwing food away … because we don’t have people to process it.”

Sunterra has attempted to recruit indigenous people but those efforts didn’t go anywhere, Chambers said. “There is a huge workforce there, but the problem is they’re specifically located where industry is not around,” he said. “So they have to be bused. Is that real? Are they going to sit on a bus for an hour an a half to work at farm or a meat plant?” Roulette said 20 Sandy Bay residents work at the Hylife plant and commute in car pools to Neepawa. He hopes to increase that number to 75 to 100 because unemployment is chronic in Sandy Bay, which has a population of 6,500. “We have 1,134 people … basically on the welfare system (and) 708 of those people are between the ages of 18 and 40.” robert.arnason@producer.com

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Poppies still face hurdles Plan to grow crop for pharmaceutical industry awaits federal approval BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

It is another year and another period of wait-and-see in the 10-year effort to grow poppies in Western Canada for the pharmaceutical market. Lethbridge-based API Labs is awaiting federal approval to proceed with this year’s test plots for thebaine-expressive poppies. Managing director Glen Metzler hopes it will come before the seeding window closes. Ideally, test plots would be planted before mid-May. Beyond that, the company is awaiting approval from Health Canada to proceed with its plans to build a seed cleaning plant and alkaloid processing plant to produce ingredients for pain medications. Once that happened, it could contract poppy acres with farmers. “It’s all up to the federal government,” Metzler said March 15. “At this point, we can’t go much further with any of our work until

we hear something back on whether or not we have support on the development of this industry. We’ve spent millions already in research and development to this point. Our intention has been since day one to develop a commercial industry. We’ve been very candid about that.” The proposal received a boost earlier this year when Alberta premier Rachel Notley sent a letter of support for the project to federal health minister Jane Philpott. In it, she asked for timely approval of the necessary exemptions that would allow poppy production. Exemptions are required because the ingredient derived from poppies is deemed a controlled substance under federal rules. “It was great,” said Metzler about the Notley letter. “It’s good to see that we have a premier that’s supportive of innovation and supportive of agriculture. It’s important that we have new industries here. They’re saying that they support diversifica-

tion. It’s great to see that they are reiterating that with their federal counterparts.” Metzler said API Labs is seeking approval this year for poppy trials at eight sites, but he declined to elaborate on locations or number of acres. “We know that there’s international eyes on us right now and we’re trying not to tip our hand to show competitors in other jurisdictions what we’re doing or where we are in our process,” he said. “This is a billion dollar industry, and we’re not the only ones that want to play in that sandbox. There’s lots of other companies that are trying to figure out what’s happening in Canada right now.” Canada uses $600 million worth of medications that are derived from poppies, but all of that ingredient is imported. API Labs wants to grow poppies and manufacture the ingredients for use in Canada and for sale to other countries. barb.glen@producer.com

BRITISH COLUMBIA LIVESTOCK

Abattoir coming to East Kootenay BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

Livestock producers in British Columbia’s East Kootenay region are finally getting an abattoir. Producers were looking for alternate markets during the early years of BSE, and their hands were tied because they did not have a provincially inspected local processor to handle their cattle, lambs, pork and goats, said Hedi Trescher, a member of the Windermere District Farmers’ Institute and project coordinator for the abattoir. The group came up against changing provincial meat pro-

cessing regulations, lack of funding and local opposition. No public funding could be found, so the institute raised private money, said Trescher. Construction is scheduled to start in May on 20 acres in Invermere owned by the farmers’ institute. It is should be ready for business by fall. The building will be leased to local businessperson Grant Kelly, who will provide slaughter, cooler space and cut and wrap services. “It will open up all kinds of markets and possibilities,” Trescher said. “Once we can butcher with the

government stamp, then it can be legally sold.” The province requires government inspection, and farmers are allowed to sell through the farmgate, local markets and restaurants once that is achieved. “It will make a huge difference to agriculture in the valley,” she said. “We can promote locally grown products.” The area is a popular tourist destination, and the farmers’ institute hopes to fit in with the desire for local products in restaurants, hotels and stores, she added. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

Winnipeg is reaching out to the rest of the world, as it hosts a business-to-business forum May 25-27 that will allow participants to travel the globe for opportunities. The forum, to be held at the RBC Convention Centre, is just one component of an event called Centrallia, which is expected to attract more than 700 participants from Canada and more than 30 countries worldwide. Described as the equivalent of a speed-dating opportunity for small and mid-sized businesses, it’s the fourth such event held in Winnipeg. Mariette Mulaire, President and CEO of the World Trade Centre Winnipeg, the organizer of the mammoth event, says Centrallia has a track record, with each edition generating gross direct economic benefits for the city’s economy adding up to about $5 million. “And that’s not counting the economic opportunities for the companies themselves that are involved in the event,” she said. While many of those opportunities flow to Manitoba-based businesses, he said there are also many companies and trade groups from other parts of Canada, from the U.S. and from Latin America involved. Centrallia participants are allowed beforehand to short list the business leaders they want to meet with, which usually leads to follow-up meetings and new opportunities geographically or in sectors they might not have considered. “It’s extremely beneficial for companies based here in Manitoba,” said Mulaire. “But it’s also a great opportunity for companies from outside the province. For instance, a success story from a past Centrallia event featured a U.S. company partnered with a company from Senegal.” This year’s event is ideally geared for firms seeking opportunities in manufacturing, transportation and logistics, agribusiness, information and communications technologies, environmental industries, energy, resources and mining, construction and infrastructure, innovation and research and development. Centrallia includes two breakout sessions dealing with The Arctic and The Americas. Officials from Alaska to Lapland, Finland will attend. The Arctic sessions will focus on business opportunities dealing with the needs of northern communities, and improving economic conditions in those communities — particularly in such areas as energy, communications, waste management, transportation and logistics, food security, housing and new technologies, and remote service delivery. The Americas theme is focused on north-south trade strategies. Trade officials from the Mercosur and Pacific Alliance blocs will speak, focusing on the business opportunities in South American countries, including Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay,

Mariette Mulaire says Centrallia is an ideal networking opportunity for small and midsized businesses.

ABOUT CENTRALLIA • More than 50 business delegations from 30 countries will be converging in Winnipeg for Centrallia on May 25-27. • Registration is $1,350 per person. Firms seeking to set up exhibits at Centrallia pay $3,200. (Includes two event registrations and a trade show booth.) • Keynote speaker is Dr. Gerald L. Durley, a leader in the U.S. civil rights movement, as well as championing the rights of other minority groups. Durley has held senior positions in the U.S. Office of Education and now heads Perspectives International Inc., which aims at producing constructing programming for minorities and others. Argentina and Venezuela; all part of the Mercosur pact. Pacific Alliance participants include Chile, Colombia, Peru and Mexico. In addition to hearing from members of those blocs, participants can hear presentations from Canadian companies that have been active in those markets. The event is supported by a global network of trade support organizations that work with participants, and remain available after the event. More than 50 such delegation leaders have committed to the event to date. The World Trade Centre Winnipeg is part of the World Trade Centers Association, the largest trade organization in the world with more than 300 World Trade Centres globally. “If a Manitoba company wants to do trade with Mexico or Brazil or Asia, we can pick up the phone and call our counterparts in those countries and get all the information we need right away,” said Mulaire. Centrallia has steadily grown since it was first held in 2010, when 400 companies and trade organizations and 600 people from 20 countries were involved. The Western Producer is a sponsor of this event through its parent company, Glacier Farm Media.

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GRAIN TRANSPORTATION

Canola oil’s future bright amid vegetable oil changes

Thunder Bay port sees easy start to new year

Archer Daniels Midland executive says food processors like canola oil

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BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Canola has a golden future in terms of demand for its oil, a senior Archer Daniels Midland executive told the Canola Council of Canada annual meeting. It has been part of the revolution in vegetable oil use and development, plus it fits perfectly into growing food industry needs. As canola’s high-oleic and low saturated fat qualities are increased, more users will probably tap into it. “I think we’re only scratching the surface as we go forward as to how it’s going to be used as that blend component,” said Erik Heggen, ADM vice-president for refined oils, North America. “It has a great opportunity to be the liquid oil portion of those blends.” The food processing industry has undergone a dramatic shift in the last decade, switching out of transfat laden partially hydrogenated oils and into fats that are either naturally high in saturated fat, like palm, or converted into high saturated fats by full hydrogenation. Fully hydrogenated fats don’t con-

tain trans fats. However, to make heavy, saturated fats work well in food processing, they often have to be blended with light liquid oils. That’s where canola fits in beautifully, Heggen said. “The opportunity here is to use a small amount of the fully hydro oil and blend with a large part of the liquid oil to get some of that functionality without the same trans fat constraints,” Heggen said. Canola is valued by food processors because it is produced in large acreages, sourced by multiple companies and is relatively affordable and dependable, Heggen said, describing those as “great advantages” over other possible blending oils. High oleic canola oil is also a much-valued product among food providers, including restaurants, Heggen said. Because it is abundantly available and reasonably priced, restaurant companies feel confident adopting it. However, Garth Hodges of Bayer pointed out that high oleic canola has been talked-up for a decade, but its market growth has been underwhelming. “This has probably been one of the most disappointing segments

for us in the market because it just hasn’t grown,” said Hodges. The CCC hopes to triple high oleic acreage from today’s 11 percent to 33 percent by 2026. Heggen said there are chickenand-the-egg factors that might have made high oleic adoption seem slow within the industry. When a product is new, it has a small acreage base, its price tends to be high, and companies are slow to become comfortable with the idea of switching from an existing product to a new one. But that period is passing. “It’s probably not as fast as you would like it to be, (but) I’m telling you it’s in more places than you can imagine it would be, and every year it’s in somewhere new than it was a year ago,” said Heggen. “The growth and adoption certainly is taking off.” He didn’t seem to see too much threat from high oleic soybeans. Those are slow to get approved and two of the different types have different oil specifications, which means food providers can’t easily switch between them or blend them. ed.white@producer.com

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This year’s shipping season is officially underway at Thunder Bay. Tim Heney, chief executive officer at the Thunder Bay Port Authority, said the first incoming ship was due to arrive around March 25. It is consistent with a normal opening date at the port but more than a week ahead of last year’s first arrival and almost a month ahead of 2014. The 2014 season was delayed by persistent winter conditions and heavy ice conditions in the port area and on the lakes. “It’s going to be an easy start-up this year,” Heney said. “The easiest in three years, for sure.” Thunder Bay normally welcomes its first incoming ship a few days after the opening of the Welland Canal. This year, the canal was scheduled to open March 21, one day later than the earliest opening on record. Terence Bowles, chief executive officer of the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp., was scheduled to officially launch the seaway’s 58th navigation at a March 21 ceremony at St Catharines, Ont. Ice conditions at Thunder Bay have been light this winter. Ice breaking operations in the port area began March 15 when the U.S. Coast Guard cutter ALDER broke ice in the harbour and established tracks to facilitate commercial shipping. Additional ice breaking work was scheduled to take place March 21 or March 22. Ice on Lake Superior was almost non-existent this winter. “There’s not really a lot to break up, just a little inside the break wall and in the Mission River, but really

the lake itself is open this year,” Heney said. “It never really froze this year, including inside the bay.” Two years ago, ice breakers were at work in the harbour area until early June, he added. The early opening means the port will also get a quick jump on grain business. Aside from the first incoming ship, six other vessels spent the winter at Thunder Bay, including two that are already loaded with grain and three more that are likely to be loaded before the end of the month. “Of those (six ships), three will move to load somewhere around (March 24) … and the two that were loaded with grain over the winter … will leave (before March 26),” Heney said. Thunder Bay officials are anticipating another good season for grain, although smaller-than-normal carryout stocks could limit traffic in the pre-harvest period. “It’s going to be a strong start … but there’s supposedly going to be less carry-over than there was the previous two years so a lot depends on how long it’s going to take to move that,” Heney said. “Grain traffic may start to slow down in the summer prior to harvest, but it’s hard to say. We’ll certainly start off strong, and we’ll see where it goes from there.” The port recorded two of its best grain years in recent memory in 2014 and 2015. Volumes in 2014 were the highest recorded since the late 1990s, and 2015 numbers were only slightly lower. Heney said large prairie harvests in consecutive years boosted the port’s grain business, as did changes to prairie wheat marketing beginning in August 2012. brian.cross@producer.com

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CONSOLIDATION GOAL

Grant explores wheat’s Monsanto eyeing Bayer crop science unit climate change adaptations Focus will be on improved heat and drought tolerance BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

An American university has received a $24 million grant to mitigate climate-related threats to global wheat production. Cornell University will use the grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to expand research efforts that address climateinduced threats to wheat production, such as disease, drought and heat stress. Researchers at Cornell and collaborating institutions will develop new lines of wheat with improved heat tolerance and resistance to prevalent wheat diseases, including a potentially costly rust strain known as Ug99. “Over the last eight years, we have built a global consortium of wheat scientists and farmers whose efforts have so far prevented the global epidemics of Ug99 stem rust predicted back in 2005,” said Ronnie Coffman, a plant breeder and international program director at Cornell in Ithaca, New York. “In the new grant — delivering genetic gain to wheat — we will use modern tools of comparative genomics … to develop and deploy varieties of wheat that incorporate climate resilienc y as well as improved disease resistance.” The new varieties will be particularly applicable to small farmers in politically vulnerable areas of Africa and the Middle East, where food security, conflict, pathogen migration and climate change are ongoing concerns. The four-year grant was announced March 16 at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center’s Ciudad Obregon Research Station in Mexico during a meeting of the world’s leading wheat experts. T h e c e n t re, a l s o k n o w n a s CIMMYT, is one of the world’s leading research institutions involved in wheat research. Experts were meeting in Mexico to review new technologies that can be used to control the spread of wheat pathogens and develop new wheat varieties. The grant will build on recent successes of the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BRGI), which was also aimed at mitigating production losses related to stem rust, yellow rust and other prevalent wheat pathogens. The BRGI program was led by the Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat project, which also received funding from the Gates Foundation from 2008-16. The new program will be based at Cornell but also involve scientists and collaborators in Kenya and Ethiopia as well as wheat experts at CIMMYT and the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas. Leading wheat researchers and lab facilities in the United States, Canada, China, Turkey, Denmark, Australia and South Africa will also contribute to the project. More than 2,000 scientists from 35 international institutions and 23 countries are involved in the work. Data contributions to the pro-

gram’s international surveillance network have come from 37 countries. “Sustainable cropping systems that are economically viable, socially acceptable and respectful of the environment are critical to ensure global food security,” said Hans Braun, director of CIMMYT’s global wheat program. Braun said wheat provides 20 percent of all calories and 20 percent of all protein to people in developed and developing countries. brian.cross@producer.com

(Reuters)— Monsanto has approached Bayer AG to express interest in its crop science unit, including a potential acquisition worth more than $30 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The move underscores Monsanto’s unabated expansion drive after Switzerland’s Syngenta AG rejected its takeover approaches last year and agreed earlier this year to be acquired by ChemChina for $43 billion. It also illustrates Monsanto’s determination to further consolidate its industry, as the global seed and crop protection market continues to suffer from high inventories and low prices for agricultural commodities. Monsanto executives met in Chi-

cago recently to discuss the company’s interest in Bayer’s agricultural assets, the sources said. Monsanto sees valuable synergies between its seed business and the crop protection assets of Bayer. Among the possibilities discussed were an outright acquisition of the crop science unit and a joint venture or other type of partnership between the two companies, the sources said. These talks were preliminary and another meeting has been scheduled for April. Bayer has been holding the talks with Monsanto to probe its interest, the sources said, but the German company has no plans to actively pursue a sale of its crop science division. Bayer’s crop science division has

businesses in seeds, crop protection and non-agricultural pest control. It had sales of US$11.7 billion in 2015 and posted adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization of $2.73 billion. Bayer is the second biggest player in crop chemicals, with an 18 percent market share, just behind Syngenta, with a 19 percent share. Monsanto is a leader in seeds, with a 26 percent market share, followed by DuPont with 21 percent. DuPont agreed last year to merge with Dow Chemical. Bayer said last year it planned to keep its crop chemicals business, saying it was an “integral part” of the German health care group. It has said it aims to concentrate on its core brands in crop protection.

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Driverless tractor a runaway success Driverless system is packed with safety features and eDrive diesel-electric system BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

Autonomous Tractor Corp. is ready to sell a true driverless system so that tractors can perform all normal field work with the added benefit of energy-efficient dieselelectric power. For about US$10,000, the company will add its fully autonomous control system to an existing tractor that’s already been converted from conventional diesel-mechanical drive to its eDrive diesel-electric system. The system, called AutoDrive, can be installed only on an eDrive tractor. It should not be confused with the widely available AutoSteer, which requires an operator in the cab at all times. AutoDrive allows a tractor to continue working when the cab is vacant. The operator can be on a second machine, mapping the next field, napping in the truck at the side of the field or be kilometres away refilling a tender. The system’s four stages are in-

stalled one at a time as farmers gradually become acquainted with the new technology. The tractor can operate independently of a human by the time Level 4 has been reached. As well, it can be stopped at anytime so that a human can jump into the cab and take over, said Terry Anderson, vice-president of ATC and chief designer of the technology. He said AutoDrive relies on the company’s Laser-Radio Navigation System for sub-inch positioning data and FieldSmart artificial intelligence software, which allows the tractor to be “trained” without programming. “Sonar systems provide full perimeter safety, and pan-tilt cameras communicate via cellular to allow you to monitor progress and remotely resolve issues at any time.” Anderson said he decided years ago that he could convert any tractor to diesel-electric and then add an autonomous control system. However, that’s a big chunk to bite off all at once, so he split the system into four stages:

Level 1: The basic system requires the operator to manually drive the diesel-electric modified tractor. Level 2: This advanced GPS guidance system puts two RTK transponders at the edge of a field on tripods. As well, two units on the tractor are a fixed distance apart, who allows the system to create four triangles. “Four positioning triangles lets you be pretty damned accurate.” Anderson said this doesn’t solve the problem of total GPS failure, which is usually caused only by major solar disruptions rather than by problems in the ionosphere. Level 2 has major advantages over other GPS based systems, he added. “What’s typically done by Trimble and John Deere and others is they use a (filter), which takes all the data up to a point and process it to arrive at a uniform average. That’s garbage in, garbage out,” he said. “With two fixed RTK stations in the field, we know whether or not the signal we’re receiving is legitimate. In the same way, two units on the tractor provide a check to see if

Sonar systems provide full perimeter safety, and pan-tilt cameras communicate via cellular to allow you to monitor progress and remotely resolve issues at any time. TERRY ANDERSON AUTONOMOUS TRACTOR CORP.

we have valid signals. “If we position the two tractor units precisely seven feet apart and the equipment suddenly says they’re nine feet apart, then we know there’s a problem. So rather than let the tractor take off on a 90 degree turn and hit something, we can determine ahead of time that we have faulty signals so we alert the system to stop the tractor.” The field RTK tripods are typically located at opposite ends of the field to minimize the impact of the ionosphere. Anderson said the ionosphere changes thickness, which is

why GPS signals are refracted and become unstable. Level 3: The next step is to install a gyro mounted laser to steer the tractor, using GPS to check it for accuracy. Laser-gyro uses two electronic beams moving opposite to each other over the same path. Interference between the two beams indicates patterns of rotation. This data can then control the guidance of anything from a tractor to a jet liner or a submarine. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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ATC is working with Advanced Navigation, an Australian company that’s been working with laser gyro guidance. Anderson said they have done research showing how the laser gyro can enhance the accuracy of GPS. Level 4: ATC takes it one step further when it installs a radio system on top of the RTK GPS and laser gyro systems. This final step provides a fully autonomous driverless tractor that the farmer can set up in a field and leave it to do its work. “When we go fully autonomous, we need absolute knowledge of where that tractor is in the field. When we took that to Big Iron in Fargo (North Dakota) last September, we found a lot of people weren’t ready for it yet,” Anderson said. “We’ve found we need the first three steps so the farmer develops the confidence to let the tractor work on its own. We won’t install Level 4 until the farmer is comfortable with the first three.” He said his quoted price of $10,000 includes the RTK GPS, laser gyro and radio signal system. Each system is applied over the previous system, so that all systems are working together in Level 4. “For example, the two units on the cab roof give you Level 2. Then you simply add something inside them to get to Level 3. Then you add something else inside them and that puts you at Level 4.” For more information, contact Anderson at 701-429-3964 or company president Kraig Schultz at 203-993-0828 or visit www.autonomoustractor.com.

Electric drive revitalizes worn out 4 x 4 tractor

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BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

Autonomous Tractor Corp.’s eDrive conversion is designed to breathe new life into old tractors t hat hav e l i t t l e d o l l a r v a l u e because of worn out drive trains. The eDrive conversion uses small diesel engines to spin generators that power electric drive motors installed down at the tractor wheels. One electric drive motor is installed in each drive hub of the remanufactured tractor, similar to the electric drive motors found on diesel locomotives. It means that a typical fourwheel drive tractor would be propelled by four independently controlled electric motors. The old tractor was originally manufactured with a single big diesel engine up front that turned an inefficient mechanical transmission, differential and drive axles. The eDrive conversion has a smaller 200 horsepower diesel up front plus an identical 200 h.p. diesel at the back, each driving its own generator. The twin generators power the drive motors in the four hubs. Each electric motor has only two

The electric drive motors designed by ATC are liquid-cooled and liquid-lubricated. Although each motor normally runs at 100 h.p., ATC says they can crank out an instantaneous boost of 300 h.p. each. | ATC PHOTO

gears and no transmission. Each one normally runs at 100 h.p., but ATC said they can produce “greater than 300 h.p. instantaneous power in each motor … and provide for speeds up to 20 m.p.h. The liquid-cooled, liquid-lubricated and liquid-controlled design is rated for 25,000 hours of service life and needs no maintenance.” The system provides 30 percent better fuel efficiency and what the company says is “exquisite con-

trol” of the drive wheels, which can be achieved only with an electric drive system. Anyone who has experience operating electrically powered machinery will attest to the high degree of control, compared to hydraulic or mechanical powered machinery. Repairs can be done by the owner. For example, an electric drive motor can be replaced in the field in one hour.

Cost of the conversion is about $500 per h.p. Conversion of a typical used 400 h.p. four-wheel drive tractor will cost $200,000, for which a producer receives two new diesel engines, two generators, four drive motors and all control systems and installation. Farmers can also do only the eDrive kit, without adding AutoDrive. ron.lyseng@producer.com

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CENSUS

Agriculture census heads to 200,000 mailboxes Statistics Canada says questions related to income have been reduced, while more relate to technology use and succession planning BY MICHAEL RAINE SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Once every five years, Canadian farmers are asked to tell the government the truth. That truth shapes future government policies, let’s their fellow citizens better understand agriculture, food production and rural life and provides industrial and financial providers some of the data they need to meet farmers’ needs. We call it a census. The letter asking some larger operators to fill out the 2016 Canadian Census of Agriculture went out in December. Most of the country’s 200,000 producers will receive their com-

pulsory invitation at the beginning of May. “It is a measure of all of the ag activity in the country,” said Greg Peterson, who heads the Canadian Census program and Statistics Canada’s agriculture division. He said the government recognizes it can be a burdensome process but has been working to make it easier and faster. “We have managed to reduce the

amount of time it takes by about 30 percent (compared to 2011),” he said. Using the online version of the census questionnaire should take producers about 30 minutes, say officials at Statistics Canada. One of the features that producers

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will notice is a reduction in the questions related to income because the department has been able to improve that data by using information from Revenue Canada. The department is modernizing many of its statistical tools, using some of the same remote sensing technologies that producers are choosing for themselves. As well, the online version allows

$330.8 $51 billion 205,730 billion GROSS RECEIPTS

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farmers to skip parts of the forms that don’t apply to their operations. Expanded information about succession planning and technology use is a part of the 2016 census. The very smallest farm operators will no longer be part of the survey. Thirty-five analysts will be required to evaluate and compile the information that producers provide, validating it and comparing it to other data collection models. The data will be available in May 2017, when Statistics Canada will start to release the information, said Peterson. michael.raine@producer.com

ORGANICS

Cows need forage, forage drives communities Forages are essential in all types of farming systems to rejuvenate the land, says organic grower BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

When the cows leave the farm, so do jobs, businesses leave, abattoirs and kids, says Iowa farmer

Tom Frantzen. Whole families pack up and eventually the communities themselves leave. Frantzen, a pioneer in organic farming since the 1990s and a lead-

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ing spokesperson for biodiversity in agriculture, said when an area loses its cattle, it becomes dominated by hog barns and bins full of corn with nothing on the land but corn and soybeans. There are no

pastures or forages, and biodiversity disappears. “You need forages in your crop rotation in any kind of farming system, organic or conventional. When you have farms that are all hogs and binned corn, there’s no spot in the rotation for forages,” Frantzen told the Prairie Organics Conference in Winnipeg in late February. “Hogs won’t digest forages very well, except maybe a very small amount in the sow herd. The cow is significantly different than the hog. In our operation, cows run the farm. We transitioned the farm into organic in the mid-1990s. We started by purchasing a beef herd. The beef herd became the central component in our five-year business plan.” Cows forced him into a crop rotation that produced hay and pasture — and that’s what he wanted. “In other words, we envisioned where we were going with this organic farming system at least five years in advance,” he said. “You need a place in your rotation to put those forages. I call that the brutal truth. Forages drive the ecological motion of the farm.” Frantzen talked about what he had learned over the years from his friend Dick Thompson, who never became a certified organic grower but was one of the early pioneers in alternative farming systems. The system Thompson began developing in 1985 became known as “regenerative agriculture.” He worked closely with researchers at Iowa State University and recorded hard data showing a benefit of $147 per acre more than conventional fields in the same county. He published his research results every year with the books sometimes going as high as 200 pages. “Dick wrote about the big picture. He wrote about what he observed over his lifetime. Spiritual, cultural, biological, social, water quality, sustainability, farm labour, death of rural communities, rural economy,” Frantzen said.

“Dick said that when the cows leave, it all changes. People leave, the kids leave. It’s no fun to read it, but it’s true.” For example, Frantzen bought a problem field that he termed “abused ground.” It had been in corn and beans for a long time. The owners had performed excessive fall tillage, so it was badly eroded. “I thought I would rebuild that ground by putting it in pasture for

In our operation, cows run the farm. … The beef herd became the central component in our five-year business plan. TOM FRANTZEN IOWA FARMER

five years and hauling on manure. I worked for 15 years to bring that land back to life. I tried everything. After all the work with that ground, I failed. It was as bad after 15 years as it was when I bought it. I completely failed. It couldn’t grow good alfalfa. It couldn’t even grow good weeds. “Finally I went in with sweet clover and it was amazing. Sweet clover reacted with that soil. The sweet clover was the first crop I had put on that land in 15 years that actually was successful. It was so tall it was over my head. But why did sweet clover work when nothing else did? “We probably got 20 tons per acre biomass. We integrated that into the soil and followed with a clover cover crop. It was a very dramatic turnaround.” Frantzen said he started reading about sweet clover and found out it is the number one ranked crop in the world for rejuvenating land. It’s a major soil improving crop. He said it has superior characteristics to any other plant when it comes to soil restoration. ron.lyseng@producer.com

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Can potatoes be grown without chemicals? Potatoes typically require fungicides and pesticides but with the correct rotations and lots of ladybugs, it is possible BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

At least one organic farmer has figured out how to grow potatoes without the usual weekly dose of chemicals. It’s a myth that potatoes demand synthetic protection, says Brent Harris of Fraserland Organic Farms in Delta, B.C. He said a healthy potato crop can be grown once the land has been in an organic system long enough. “Rotation plays an important role. We’d have problems if we grew potatoes on potatoes or potatoes every second year,” Harris told the Prairie Organics Conference in Winnipeg in late February. He said his farm normally keeps a four year buffer between potato crops, which isn’t hard to do, considering the wide variety of organic crops it grows. “We don’t irrigate unless we absolutely need to. When a potato crop gets too moist, that’s when you get your fungus problems. The crop is healthier if we error on the side of too little water rather than

Organic potatoes are harder to manage, but good agronomy can yield a solid crop. | too much,” he said. “Some of the land has tile drainage, and that helps. We’d prefer to have tile drainage on every field, but it’s expensive. There are some bio-pesticides and natural products we have in our toolbox, but they’re very limited. Rotation and managing moisture are the two main management tools.” Harris said he is picky about

which varieties to grow, to the extent that he conducts his own on-farm trials using varieties bred with disease-resistant traits. The farm grows red, white, yellow flesh, purple, russet and baby nugget potatoes. The hardier disease-resistant varieties don’t yield as high, but that’s the tradeoff an organic farmer has to live with.

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“Weeds aren’t a big issue in organic potatoes,” he said. “You can go in there and cultivate them.” Harris said biodiversity goes hand-in-hand with organic crop production. It happens over time whether it’s intentional or not. Beneficial insects are the most significant, as he explains on the Fraserland website.

“Years of organic production have helped us to build an ecosystem friendly to ladybugs and bees and other beneficial insects. A strong ladybug population can mean the difference between a successful field of peas and a disaster crop destroyed by aphids.” Consumer demand for high quality products has prompted the farm to cull 25 percent of its potatoes before bagging for the market. Its high standards remove potatoes that don’t meet Canada No. 1 grade. Spuds with minor skin defects, unique shapes and odd sizes may be ugly, but they’re still plenty good to eat. Enter the Pugly Potato. These No. 2. spuds make a bold statement that ugly is only skin deep. Plus, they are sold at an attractive price compared to No 1. Harris said his Pugly Potatoes are designed to help change the way we think about produce. For more information, contact Harris at 604-946-2643 or visit www.fraserlandorganics.com ron.lyseng@producer.com

ORGANICS

Organic farm slashes input costs The terms ‘organic’ and ‘no-till’ have been antonyms, but that may soon change BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

Cutting input costs is one way for organic farmers to increase profits. Those at the forefront of the industry hope to further reduce costs with organic no-till. Reducing the cost of production in an organic farming system by $100 per acre isn’t just a dream, says Kathleen Delate, professor of agronomy and horticulture at Iowa State University and an organic farmer. She said economists tracked all inputs at the university’s organic research farm for 20 years. “We found you can reduce your costs significantly if you don’t use synthetic nitrogen, synthetic herbicides or synthetic fungicides,” Delate told the Prairie Organics Conference in Winnipeg in late February. “You’re going to have higher fuel costs with more tillage for weed management. But in general, it balances out to a $100 per acre fewer inputs.” Many believe believe that “zero till” and “organic farming” are contradictory, which is especially true in broad acre no-till systems where crop protection chemicals are deemed to be essential. However, Delate said researchers at Iowa State are having success with organic no-till crops, and that success is no longer limited strictly to horticultural crops. “It’s not a fantasy. It’s something we’re striving for,” she said. “So far, only certain (broad acre) crops work in organic no till. We’ve had real good luck with organic no

till soybeans. You need crops that canopy fast to provide a thick coverage.” Delate said the growth of the organic food industry has been impeded largely because not enough farmers have found a way to move into organic production. “We have two curves. The demand for organic food is growing quickly, but the number of acres dedicated to organic crops and livestock is growing very slowly,” she said.

KATHLEEN DELATE IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

“That’s a big frustration for us in the organic industry. It costs retailers more to import organic food, which means the consumer has to pay more. Despite higher prices, demand is still strong, so retailers keep buying organic products elsewhere and bringing them in. But we should be filling that demand with locally produced organic food.” The two lines on the skewed supply and demand curve will likely come together eventually. Delate said a growing number of producers want to move into organics, but the transition period is a daunting challenge.

“For conventional farmers wanting to transition into organic production, weed control is by far the biggest factor, so that’s the focus of our research at Iowa State,” she said. “We’ve found that alfalfa and small grains work well to get weeds under control during the transition stage.” She said there’s a lot of new technology in mechanical weed control, nearly all from Europe. The transition from conventional farming into organic farming is expected become easier as more of these machines gain exposure in North America. Delate said it’s important for potential organic producers to understand the role of biodiversity in their new mode of production. Crop protection products limit the diverse mix of plant and insect life forms in conventional production that has only a short list of crops in the rotation. She said a greater mix of life forms create a healthier and more stable environment for livestock and cash crops. “If you can do things like planting borders or hedgerows between fields, it provides a place for pollinators to thrive,” she said. “Biodiversity will happen all by itself once a farm is into an organic mode. The monoculture of crops, weeds and insects begins to be replaced by wide array of species.” For more information, contact Delate at 515-294-7069 or email kdelate@iastate.edu.

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Bison study helps assess operations Knowing the cost of production can improve the bottom line and make it easier to secure financing BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

PONOKA, Alta. — Since 2010, prairie bison producers have contributed information to a benchmarking study to assess their industry. More are invited to join when the project resumes this year. The information is also useful when profiling the business for lenders and people interested in investing in a bison operation. Benchmarking the bison business shows producers how well they are doing in comparison with others, and the information can be used to improve practices and assist financing, investment and decision making, said Gerard Woynarski, a Saskatchewan based consultant who has worked on benchmarking projects for the industry since 2010. The first assessment was conducted in 2011 and involved 19 producers from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The fifth project, which was conducted last year, talked with 48 participants. More money has been received to extend the project. It is not worth comparing bison to the beef sector, even if bankers are more familiar with that industry, Woynarski said at the March 19 Wild Rose Bison Sale in Ponoka. Actual numbers on a range of costs and profits from producers should be adequate for lenders, he added.

Bison producers participating in the benchmarking project can compare information with the industry average on calving rates, weaning weights, net returns and costs per head to see if there are areas where they can improve. | BARBARA DUCKWORTH PHOTO “That is the sell we have to do for the financial institutions,” he said. “You don’t want to cloud it by comparing it to another industry. It is apples and oranges.” Those interested in participating in the next round need to provide information such as herd size, animal weights, calving percentages, feed use and cost, fencing, water supplies and an estimated value of the breeding herd. All individual information is confidential. Farms are broken down into cowcalf, backgrounders and finishing operations. For example, the

results from 13 farms over a fiveyear average period with 100 animals or less found that calving rates were 88.5 percent. Weaning weights for bulls were 487 pounds while heifers were 438 lb. The average days from birth to wean was 289. Death rates were less than two percent. The average net return per cow was $183 and capital costs per head were $3,167. Wild Rose bison sale results • Top seller at the sale was the

grand champion male from Irish Creek Bison of Vermilion, Alta. It sold for $13,250 to Nathan and Amanda Scott and Don and Paulette Scott, owners of Beldon Bison Ranch of Nipawin, Sask. • The reserve grand champion was the entry of XY Bison owned by Bill and Fay Bouffioux of Fort St. John, B.C. It sold for $6,500 to Roger Van Haren of Lacombe, Alta. • The grand champion female was the entry of Frontier Farms, owned by the Van Haren family. It sold for $4,500 to Morrin Cor-

ner Bison, which is owned by Art and Kandice Grenville of Morrin, Alta. Bison Producers of Alberta president Roger Van Haren said the industry is seeing strong demand for live animals and meat across North America. However, Van Haren said many herds are on the mature side with 17- to 20-year-old cows. “We are hoping people will rejuvenate their herds with younger animals.” barbara.duckworth@producer.com

CATTLE PRICING

Drop in cattle sales reporting skews price discovery The rise of contracts and formula pricing has resulted in an information gap that threatens government programs BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

OTTAWA — Ten percent of Canadian fed cattle were sold for cash last year. That shift in marketing patterns is occurring across North America and is causing an information gap. “For programs such as AgriStability, they need an inventory to do the accrual adjustments. They need a price to value cattle at,” Brian Perillat of Canfax said in an interview. “If the government doesn’t have proper information, you risk getting an inappropriate payment. Maybe it is more and maybe it is less.” The issue was discussed during the domestic agriculture policy committee at the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association’s annual meeting in Ottawa March 9-12. Canfax is relied on to provide

accurate information, but for the last 20 years the cash market has declined in favour of contracts and formula pricing. These agreements are confidential, but there is a push to voluntarily report sales at least once a year so the figures can be used as the basis of the Western Cattle Livestock Price Insurance Program, AgriStability and AgriInvest. These business risk management programs need information about the trade to set premiums and make payouts. “Eligibility for a BRM payment would be contingent upon the reporting of sales,” said Rosser Lloyd of Agriculture Canada. The data can also be used during trade disputes, such as calculating the losses experienced because of country-of-origin labelling or if Canada should face a countervail or a dumping charge.

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A price discovery task force was set up two years ago to include information on cattle sold via contracts or other forms of marketing agreements outside the cash trade. “We have seen the trends of what happens in market transparency, and price signals don’t become very clear in a thin market, so we are trying to be proactive to head off some of this,” said Perillat. The shrinking cash market is a

challenge for other sectors, said Brenna Grant of Canfax. “Beef is not the only one looking at prices and transparency issues,” she said. For example, few hogs are traded for cash anymore, and setting Canadian prices is becoming increasingly difficult. Eleven of the value chain roundtables have come together to develop better data, and a report should be available in April. The situation is similar in the United States, where less than 20 percent of cattle are traded in the negotiated cash market, even though that trade is seen as the primary price discovery mechanism. The problem was explored in a 2014 paper written for Canfax by agriculture economist Ted Schroeder at Kansas State University. The paper, Effective Canadian Fed Cattle Price and Market Informa-

tion, said cash has been largely replaced with contracts, alliances, grids and formula pricing arrangements. However, the cash negotiated market is used as the basis for formula arrangements. These arrangements can work well for feedlots and packers, but the accuracy of reported prices is questionable. “If the negotiated cash price reported is not reliable, then formula prices using thin cash price as a base are also suspect,” he wrote. These arrangements are favoured because they reduce costs, and there is potential to earn premiums for specific quality cattle and carcasses. A contract also helps feedlots schedule marketings and packers can keep plants operating at efficient levels. The full paper may be viewed at www.cattle.ca/assets/aboutus/ Price-Discovery-Schroeder.pdf.

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BEEF PRODUCTION

Cattle producers go partially promotant-free Manitoba farm implants steers, but not heifers in an effort to respond to consumer demands for more natural beef RUMENSIN AND NATURAL BEEF

BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

FISHER BRANCH, Man. — It’s not an absolute rule, but most farm decisions are based on money. Producers will abandon the old way of doing things or adopt a novel technology if it makes the farm more profitable. Betty and Robert Green have decided to break that rule. The Greens raise half of their cattle without growth promotants, even though it doesn’t generate more money for their farm. The Greens believe growth hormones for cattle are scientifically proven and there’s no health risk to consumers. However, Canadians are asking for beef without “added hormones,” so the Greens have adjusted their practices to meet the demand. “Sometime you don’t do it just for dollars. It’s being responsive to your consumers,” Betty Green said while standing in an alleyway between two feedlots on her farm north of Fisher Branch. The Greens operate a 650 head cow-calf herd and also have a backgrounding operation on their ranch, where they raise Simmental-Charolais cattle. The steers in their operation receive growth promotant implants, but the heifers do not. They make sure this happens by putting white ear-dangle tags on the steers shortly after birth and green dangle tags on the heifers. The Greens have been doing this for four years. “You don’t typically want to implant your heifers before you choose your breeding heifers, so it made sense to make them the default without,” Green said as the heifers stuck their heads through a cable fence and munched on a ration of barley and corn silage. “And we’ve been part of research on implants, and the impact on steers is higher than it is on heifers.” The heifers and steers are fed in separate feedlots, about 10 metres apart. The 310 steers had already been sold at the auction market by early March, so their lot was empty. Green said the difference in performance between the two feedlots is noticeable. The steers typically look leaner and more muscular, while the heifers have more “flesh,” or fat. The Greens retain some of their heifers and sell the rest as breeding heifers and to market. However, the heifers won’t earn a premium price when they’re sold at auction marts in Manitoba, sometime in March. “Nope, not typically,” said Green. “There are buyers who are asking, specifically, whether they have been implanted or not. So that tells me some of their customers, feedlots, are buying non-implanted animals to try and hit a market.” Seeing how Canadians pay more for ‘beef without added hormones’ at the grocery store, it seems odd that producers don’t receive a portion of that premium. Rick Wright of Heartland Order Buying in Virden, Man., said premiums do exist but not at auction marts. “I buy a lot of cattle (at auction)

It can be difficult finding cattle in Canada that are raised without growth promotants or antibiotics. It’s a particular challenge with antibiotics because the Canadian Food Inspection Agency classifies ionophores as an antibiotic. Ionophores are feed additives that increase feed efficiency and rate of gain. “Rumensin is considered an antibiotic,” said Vicky Horn, producer liaison with Spring Creek Ranch in Alberta. “Rumensin is often in feed pellets that they (producers) are using in supplements. That would be the biggest prophylactic antibiotic out there…. (But) a lot of people don’t think of it as an antibiotic.”

Betty and Robert Green, who farm near Fisher Branch, Man., have decided to raise a portion of their cattle without the use of growth promotants. | ROBERT ARNASON PHOTO for major feedlots in Alberta and there is no discount for animals that have the growth promotants and there’s no premium that those that don’t.” A percentage of the Greens’ heifers may wind up in “natural” cattle programs in Eastern Canada, but others may end up on feedlots in Alberta where they receive growth implants. Cow-calf producers can earn a premium for cattle raised without growth promotants if they finish the animals on the farm and sell directly to consumers. They could also sell feeder cattle to a company that specializes in natural beef. “There are a lot of (Canadian) ranchers raising cattle without antibiotics, and they aren’t implanting on the farm,” said Vicky Horn, producer liaison with Spring Creek Ranch, which produces beef without antibiotics or added hormones in Alberta. “(But) if you’re not keeping control of the animal all the way until it gets to the consumer, then you are losing that value.” Spring Creek buys feeder cattle from producers who meet their program standards and pays more for those cattle. “It does cost more to raise animals this way. It is (important) to get that premium back to rancher,” Horn said. “The premium is going to depend on the type of cattle … and where they fit into our inventory.” Many producers like selling cattle at the auction mart because it offers price discovery. In contrast, when selling direct to a buyer, the price may be fair market value or could be higher or lower than the market price on that day. Regardless, Spring Creek is willing to pay a premium because domestic demand for natural beef is booming. “There is huge demand…. We’re not filling the contracts that we have…. We definitely need more cattle coming into our program,” Horn said. “The feedback we’re getting from the processing side is they could

sell everything we bring to them.” The price premium is necessary because cattle ranchers are in the business of producing and selling pounds. “I’m not picking a side on whether the growth promotants are good

are bad,” Wright said. “But the more pounds you can produce, the more money in your pocket.” The Greens’ heifers may have lower feed efficiency, but sales of their breeding heifers help offset

the feeding cost. “Is there a loss? Yes,” Green said. “But the other side is … a lot of people that buy breeding heifers don’t want them implanted…. (So) they’ll bring a little bit more (money).” While there isn’t a premium at the auction mart right now, that could change in a few years under the Canada-EU free trade deal. robert.arnason@producer.com

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Researcher gets beef sector award John McKinnon’s studies into feed efficiency have increased competitiveness of the cattle industry BY WILLIAM DEKAY SASKATOON NEWSROOM

A desire to stay connected with rural life led John McKinnon to pursue a career in agriculture. It has culminated in internationally respected research and innovation on beef cattle nutrition and management. The researcher, professor and Saskatchewan beef industry research chair at the University of Saskatchewan is well known for advancing the competitiveness and sustainability of the beef industry in Canada. His work most recently led to his being awarded the first annual Canadian Beef Industry Award for Outstanding Research and Innovation, which was presented this year at the Saskatchewan Beef Industry Conference. McKinnon was born in Russell, Man., the son of a jewelry and watchmaker. He started working for Canada Packers in Winnipeg as a cattle buyer trainee shortly after graduating from the University of Manitoba with a degree in agriculture in 1978. The job soon took him to Brandon and North Battleford, Sask., where he worked directly with feedlots and smaller cattle feeders. After two years with Manitoba Agriculture, he earned a master’s degree in dairy nutrition from the U of S in 1986 and followed up with a Ph.D in 1992, which focused on the protein requirements of feedlot cattle. McKinnon credits good timing and mentorship for steering him forward. “I think I was just very fortunate in university that I met the right people. Dr. Bob Parker at the University of Manitoba encouraged me to go into agriculture, particularly from the point of view of job opportunities,” said McKinnon. “The same thing with respect to my masters degree. People like Dr. (Charles) Williams and Dr. (David) Christensen were very much instrumental in moving me along in my academic career. Sometimes luck or good fortune takes you along different paths in life, I guess.” Soon after completing his doctorate, McKinnon accepted the newly formed job of Saskatchewan beef industry research chair, which he has held since 1992. McKinnon said he has witnessed constant change in livestock production during the past 35 years. He remembers finished steers weighing 1,200 to 1,300 pounds before the 1980s. “The key thing is, yes, we’re taking animals to heavier weights today. There’s no doubt about that, but the fact is that we’re doing it in a more efficient manner. We’re using less feed to get the same amount of gain on these animals, and we’re meeting the quality expectations that consumers are looking for,” he said. McKinnon’s research, coupled with industry involvement, has

focused on feed utilization and accessibility of various byproduct feeds. As the beef industry chair, McKinnon spends about 40 percent of his time with research and another 40 percent in extension related work, assisting industry with adoption of technology and development opportunities. “That’s certainly an area that keeps one on their toes because those issues are always changing,” he said. “When they look to you for advice, you have to be up to date.” One example is his ongoing involvement with Pound-Maker Ag Ventures at Lanigan, Sask. “They were moving into an integrated ethanol cattle feeding complex, which was the first of its kind in Canada and North America,” he said. The business needed to develop efficient feeding programs for cattle using wet byproducts. Other industry partners in Saskatchewan soon followed, which created dry byproducts for cattle. “We’ve been involved with (processing) companies in a number of research projects that basically looks at defining the nutritional value of these byproducts that they can then market on an international basis.” McKinnon said he looks forward to results from one of the university’s latest ventures, the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence. The new beef cattle research facility at Clavet and Floral, Sask., scheduled for construction this summer, will be a combination of an intensive metabolic unit and feedlot as well as a cow-calf operation. “Our opportunities for research are going to broaden dramatically,” he said. McKinnon’s modest office at the university’s agriculture college includes a crowded shelf of graduate thesis projects. The red covered volumes amplify his dedication to research and mentorship for students. He has supervised or co-supervised more than 35 master’s and doctoral students to program completion, as well as supervised several post-doctoral researchers. Many have gone on to significant careers in the beef industry and research community. “ They’re back on the ranch, they’re in feedlots, they’re in government, they’re in universities and they’re in industry,” he said. McKinnon’s impact stands out among a long list of dedicated researchers in Canada, said Tim Oleksyn, a cow-calf producer from Shellbrook, Sask., and chair of the Beef Cattle Research Council. “He’s just such a leader in how he manages the science side, with academics, with students and any integration aspect through everything he touches,” he said. “Where we presented the award, the stage wasn’t big enough to hold the number of people that would have wanted to thank him.” william.dekay@producer.com

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Successful breech births often require expert help ANIMAL HEALTH

ROY LEWIS, DVM

oday’s easy calving herds mean we seldom experience problems. However, a full breech birth will almost always require intervention and the assistance of a veterinarian. This is when the calf presents tail first with both back legs pointing forward under its body. A lot of producers refer to a straight backward calf as a breech, which is a misnomer. The true full breech has both back legs forward, pointing toward the calf’s head. The first thing you feel when exploring the cow’s vagina is the calf’s tail, rectum or the back

side of the hind legs. In smaller calves, the tail may even be visible outside the vulval lips. I have seen large cows give birth to a full breech calf, but the labour is long and invariably the calf is dead. One should be mindful of cows that normally calve easily but nothing is presented in 1 1/2 hours. It’s a good indication that something is wrong and a breech calving or torsed uterus would be tops on my list of things to expect. Cows that have had twins in previous years should be watched. They have a propensity to twin again, and the most common position for twins is one backward and o n e f o r w a rd , w h i c h ma k e s a breech birth a greater possibility. In a breech calving, the cow’s water bag often has not broken because the cow can’t get enough of the calf out through the back end to break it. To assist the cow, the water bag must be broken and the position of the calf determined.

Producers may want to check if the back legs are straight forward or if they are half bent back. In other words, the hocks are partially back in the pelvis and there is essentially already partial correction before delivery. I call these presentations a partial or half breech. These half breeches are not as jammed into the pelvis because the cow can’t push the entire blocky mass of butt and legs to the back. As a result, they may be easier to correct, and the uterus is protected because the foot is brought around to create a straight backward calving. Breeches are the most common malpresentation for which veterinarians are called. They can give epidurals to relax the contractions and have learned techniques to correct these tough malpresentations. Time is of the essence because the cow usually has not gone into full labour and has not been noticed until it is almost too late.

Many of the breeches are dead before we start, and if that is the case, we may perform a fetotomy rather than risk damaging the cow. This involves cutting off both back legs and delivering the calf that way. Veterinarians are careful when bringing the back legs around because it’s important to protect the uterus. We don’t want the underside of the hoof creating holes as it is brought around. In some cases, we have been called out to cases where there has been excessive intervention and the uterus already has a major tear from the breech calf being pushed forward during an attempted correction. In severe cases, the calf may be pushed right out through the tear and into the abdomen. In these cases, the uterus is often amputated once the calf is delivered because the tears often extend upward toward the cervix. Veterinarians use a combination

of technique, equipment and knowing when to be aggressive and when to be gentle to flex the back legs and bring them around. Producers can sometimes correct a breech in twins or smaller calves, but they should attempt this only if they are experienced. It’s common in twins for the first one to be backward or breech. As well, the umbilical cord may be wrapped around the leg that is being repositioned. Sometimes it is difficult to tell if the calf is still alive. Legs that start violently thrashing may be a sign the calf is dying. I have seen prolapsed rectums in calves because the cow is straining so much, and yet we delivered a live calf. Other times, a long dead first breech twin is followed by an alive second calf. You never know until you examine them thoroughly. Roy Lewis works as a technical services veterinarian part time with Merck Animal Health in Alberta.

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AWA personnel conduct annual audits of operations, in which they examine farm records, day-to-day practices, animal handling procedures, breeding programs and pasture records. Herbert said an auditor visited Trail’s End to see the operation, all the cattle and all the land, both owned and rented, on which the cattle grazed. “It was extremely thorough. I was really impressed with the procedure. From a producer’s perspective, they were asking all the right questions,” she said. AWA auditors also inspected Trail’s End Beef’s processor, Prairie Meats in Coaldale, Alta. It also received AWA approval, as did the grass-fed portion of the historic A-7 Ranche near Nanton, which is associated with Trail’s End. Herbert said Trail’s End, which sells beef from 100 head a year, will use the AWA rating in its marketing. “It’s just another talking point,” she said. “I’m someone who loves to talk about beef, and I love to connect with people about beef and really just let them know what’s really going on, on family ranches.” However, she acknowledges that Trail’s End is one of many ranches that employ similar animal production methods, with or without AWA certification. “These animal welfare standards could apply to virtually any ranch in our community. In Nanton here, its such a great network of people really ranching right.” Moose said AWA’s grass-fed component originated in Canada. “With so much variation between grass-fed claims, farmers wanted a way to assure their customers that their expectations were being met,” she said. “The program was so successful that we expanded it to the U.S. at the request of our farmers here.” barb.glen@producer.com

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Western Soybean Co. operations manager Mike Parsons holds a handful of meal that has come through the process. |

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Soybeans crushed in Alberta It’s hoped that a new crusher will help expand bean acreage in the province BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

CLARESHOLM, Alta. — It stands in plain sight along Highway 2 south of Claresholm, but the existence of Western Soybean Co. does not seem well know n among Alberta farmers. Owned by the Granum Hutterite Colony, the facility has been buying soybeans, crushing them and selling the meal since June 2015. Joel Tschetter, a part owner of the plant along with his Hutterian brethren, is the point man for inquiries. He said building the plant in 2015 proved to be good timing, when the Canadian dollar was high and U.S. goods needed to build the operation were cheaper. “Since our dollar has gone lower, it’s getting tougher for sure,” he said. “But we can’t complain. Business has been really good, as good as we expected.” Alberta grows few soybeans. There were about 6,000 acres last year, but that is small compared to Manitoba, the soybean heavyweight in Western Canada. In fact, most of the soybeans crushed at Western Soybean come from Manitoba, with some from

Saskatchewan and very few from Alberta. Tschetter said the Granum colony has always used soy for its chicken and hog feed, as do other farms in the region. A few years ago, colony members started pondering their own soybean venture. “At the time, the big thing was crushing canola,” he said. “Everybody you talked to was going in and crushing canola. And we got to thinking, we ourselves, we have chickens. We have pigs. And instead of growing canola, why don’t we try something else? And because we ourselves use a lot of soy and neighbouring farmers use a lot of soy, we decided, why don’t we? But we did a year and a half of research before we decided.” Patrick Fabian of Tilley, Alta., applauded the colony for building the plant. He operates Fabian Seed Farms and has promoted expansion of Alberta soybean acres for years. “These guys can see the potential that Alberta has with the crop, and consequently, to make that kind of investment, anticipating the expected growth, I think is nothing short of visionary.” Western Soybean is likely the

largest soybean crushing plant in the province, but it is not alone. Apex Nutri-Solutions near Edberg, Alta., also crushes them. Fabian said he hopes the existence of a southern Alberta plant as another buyer, combined with new varieties, will encourage farmers to plant more soybeans. “Our challenge right now, as it always has been, (is) right now the area of adaptation is in irrigation and the difficulty with that is having to compete with high value crops like potatoes, sugar beets, seed canola, alfalfa seed and that kind of a thing,” said Fabian. “It really restricts the amount of involvement that there is with soybean production.” However, there are now maturity group “triple zero” short season varieties that better suit Canada’s climate. As well, Monsanto has recently released Xtend soybeans that are tolerant to glyphosate and dicamba, which Fabian said dramatically improves weed control options. These latest developments could allow soybeans to be grown successfully north of the Trans-Canada Highway on dry land acres in a shorter growing season. “We are going to be trialing sev-

eral 10 and 20 acre plots throughout the whole entire province to see the areas of adaptability for soybeans using this new triple zero platform,” said Fabian. “We could see up to a quarter million acres within four years in Alberta (if the project is successful),” he said. “We’re guardedly optimistic that these triple zeros will usher in a new era for soybean production.” Tschetter said more Alberta soybeans would work out well for Western Soybean. Buying in Alberta would reduce freight costs and lower the price of meal. He said the colony finds soybeans in rotation reduces fertilizer costs. “The meal, of course, goes into the feed. Both meal and oil go into the feed market, and this meal in the poultry and dairy, it just shines. It shines because of the high energy in it,” said Tschetter. The crushing plant can process eight tons per hour and run 24 hours a day. It is estimated the plant would need 54,000 acres of soybeans to meet that capacity. Marketplace Commodities of Lethbridge is managing the marketing for Western Soybean, said Tschetter. barb.glen@producer.com

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SOYBEANS

Plant sells livestock feed BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

CLARESHOLM, Alta. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; When Mike Parsons goes home from his 12-hour shift every night, he smells like popcorn. It is the delicious odour that is produced at Western Soybean Co., the crushing plant where he is the operations manager. Parsons said any pleasure associated with the popcorn smell has long since faded, but he enjoys his work as he takes delivery of soybeans, manages quality control and super vises their passage through the crushing plant and conversion into soy meal. The plant, located a few miles south of Claresholm with easy access from busy Highway 2, has numerous bins for incoming and outgoing product. Elevation legs extend up to 160 feet. Parsons climbs those regularly to check on their operation, but he avoids it during the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relatively frequent 80 km-h winds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your legs are like rubber once you do that,â&#x20AC;? he said of the climb. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re up there, you see everything.â&#x20AC;? Joel Tschetter, one of the owners of the plant along with other members of the Granum Hutterite Colo-

ny, said there has been much to learn since they set up what he believes is the largest soybean crushing plant in the province. It began operating last June. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re new, everything is a learning curve,â&#x20AC;? said Tschetter. The plant is hazard analysis critical control point approved, so maintaining cleanliness and biosecurity is part of the job. Visitors must be restricted, despite their curiosity about the plant. In a walk-through of the operation, Parsons points out the pit where soybeans enter and the seed cleaning plant that removes everything that isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a soybean. A bin of small stones extracted from soybean loads, and another bin of canola seed, sit in the plant ready for sale so that nothing coming in is wasted. Parsons said abrasion from soybeans has already worn out some of the auger flighting, and the owners are considering material with ceramic lining to reduce wear. In processing, cleaned soybeans are subjected to high heat and forced through a series of worm gears to emerge as oil and meal. After cooling, the meal goes through a hammer mill and is then stored until it is purchased.

Electronic weigh scales ensure accurate loads of feed for chickens, pigs and cattle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any kind of livestock, some feedlots,â&#x20AC;? said Parsons about the soy meal destinations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re overbooked for the year.â&#x20AC;? Buyers can purchase either full fat or meal types of feed, depending on their protein and feed energy requirements. The plant runs 24 hours a day with four employees plus Tschetter. The constant operation is more efficient and economical than shutting down every day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It takes a full hour to heat them up and in that hour, any meal that goes through is kind of a waste,â&#x20AC;? said Tschetter. Meal sitting in the system can also harden almost like concrete if there is a sudden shutdown, as Parsons said he has learned to his chagrin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If something breaks down, it makes a mess. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never shoveled so many soybeans in my life until I came here.â&#x20AC;? Tschetter and Parsons said the goal now is to get the plant running smoothly. With considerable stock on hand, they think there will be time to do that. And they will smell popcorn oil while they do it.

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FARM EQUIPMENT

Commodity prices, tax implications affect Cervus results BY D’ARCE MCMILLAN SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Cervus Corp., which owns many John Deere and Peterbilt dealerships, posted annual adjusted earnings of $13.3 million, down from $20.2 million the previous year. President Graham Drake said 2015 was a year of growth, but there were also challenges caused by fall-

ing commodity prices. “We started the year with 19 more dealerships than at the beginning of 2014, which generated an additional $245 million in revenue, and Cervus exceeded $1 billion of revenue for the first time,” he said in a news release. The unadjusted bottom line was a loss of $27.4 million because of a $36.9 million non-cash settlement

with the Canada Revenue Agency that caused the company to write off a portion of its deferred tax asset. Overall revenue rose 16 percent to $1.134 billion as a result of the company acquiring more dealerships over the year. Same store revenue fell nine percent to $889.2 million. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) were $46.3 million,

down nine percent. Performance in the company’s agriculture equipment sector decreased across all business segments. The stronger U.S. dollar, which raised the cost of new equipment in Ca na d i a n d o l l a r t e r m s, a l s o weighed down sales. The company partly offset these reductions by promoting its service

and parts business and by sales of used equipment. In the agriculture segment, revenue from sales of new equipment rose four percent while used equipment sales revenue rose 25 percent. Parts sales rose 24 percent and service climbed 14 percent. darce.mcmillan@producer.com

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DECISION MAKING

Managing through difficult financial situations PERSPECTIVES ON MANAGEMENT

TERRY BETKER

anagement experts say identifying defined future goals makes it easier to work through difficult situations. The power of having a common goal or shared vision cannot be overstated. I’ve watched families successfully manage through extremely difficult situations, and a written, common understanding of what they were working toward was a big help. In the absence of a common understanding, human nature causes people to work toward what they individually think the purpose is or the outcomes should be. Multiple people each working toward what they think the future should be is, at best, not effective. At worst, it can be harmful — to the business and to personal relationships. There can be no guarantees of success or exact recipes for working through difficult situations, but clearly, it helps to have everybody on the same page. All businesses, including farms, are headed somewhere financially. Past performance is an excellent indicator of what a farm’s financial future will look like. Farmers make management and ownership decisions all the time about operations, investment and financing. Are these decisions helping move a farm’s financial performance to where it needs to be? Setting financial targets helps answer these questions by creating context for how the decisions will influence the desired outcome. Without the targets, it is difficult to assess how various operations, investments and financial scenarios will change financial performance. Targets can be used as performance measures. For example, you can set a high threshold target and see if it can be reached. The targets can also be measures to not fall below. For example, you can set a low threshold target and make sure decisions don’t cause performance to fall below it. Some farms I work with set lower value targets that are in line with their borrowing covenants. Setting targets at these values helps farms know when their decisions may be taking them to financial performance levels that are contrary to what was agreed to in the covenants. Targets are set individually for each ratio or financial indicator. They should ideally be set for a complete set of ratios or indicators, but you don’t have to have a target for each one. It’s a good idea to include at least one ratio or indicator from each of the major categories of liquidity, solvency, profitability and financial efficiency. If I was going to track only six

ratios, I would set targets for: • working capital percentage • equity • debt to equity • debt servicing • gross margin • net operating profit margin Obviously, there are no guaranteed outcomes in farming. Decisions are made with the best intentions in mind, but situations can occur where the financial results are not good. They can be extremely stressful. It helps if everyone is as clear as they can be on the potential impact of a decision. Having an agreement in place on what performance should look like, as defined by the targets, can help avoid conflict with farm families that stems from poor

financial results. An agreement requires that people discuss and sign off on the process of establishing targets. Doing this makes it harder to point fingers or apply blame when things go sideways. It’s human nature to loosen the purse strings and pay less attention to financial management when things are good. However, the focus on financial management should become a much higher priority in the current environment of narrow margins and their effect on financial results. Here are some recommendations to follow: • Manage capital investment. Work to drive as much value as you can from the investments

you’ve already made. Think strategically about investments you will make. Will they give you the return you need? • Monitor your overall debt load. Be conservative and where possible, ensure that new debt is associated with productive assets. • Focus on operating cost controls. The saying goes, you can’t cut costs fast enough to compensate for falling revenues, but any cost cutting savings will be helpful. • Manage cash flow. Producers can manage their cash flow by calculating their average working capital for the past five years. Working capital is the best liquidity indicator. Farms that became bigger during

that period may need to adjust the average to arrive at a reasonable current value. They should then determine how much additional working capital they think they should have to act as a buffer to the financial pressures they’re experiencing. Finally, they should adjust their management practises so that they can achieve and maintain the working capital they need. Producers who aren’t comfortable with financial management should find someone to help them. Terry Betker is a farm management consultant based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He can be reached at 204.782.8200 or terry.betker@backswath.com.

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

Grade A

Live Mar 11-Mar 17

Previous Mar 04-Mar 10

Year ago

$245 $240 $235 3/7

3/14 3/21

Rail Previous Mar 11-Mar 17 Mar 04-Mar 10

n/a 152.63-174.83

n/a 154.02-178.31

196.78 196.14

280.00-284.50 282.00-285.00

n/a 284.00-286.00

Heifers Alta. n/a n/a Ont. 149.46-174.54 153.53-174.19 *Live f.o.b. feedlot, rail f.o.b. plant.

194.01 193.53

281.00-284.50 281.00-284.00

n/a 283.00-285.00 Canfax

Feeder Cattle ($/cwt)

$250 $240 $230 3/7

3/14 3/21

Manitoba $245 $240 $235 $230 3/7

3/14 3/21

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

Fed. inspections only Canada U.S. To date 2016 466,097 5,494,582 To date 2015 477,058 5,367,235 % Change 16/15 -2.3 +2.4

Man.

Alta.

B.C.

174-189 187-198 200-220 216-242 245-270 255-281

175-191 185-202 195-221 222-246 240-277 244-298

180-188 188-200 202-220 225-245 247-268 265-284

no sales no sales 198-209 218-232 231-256 251-281

170-183 182-199 195-216 210-226 224-240 220-248

174-188 180-197 193-214 205-231 225-260 no sales

178-189 185-199 200-218 216-232 229-249 237-255

176-187 no sales 194-213 no sales 220-250 no sales Canfax

$200 $190 $170 2/12 2/22 2/29

$230 $225 3/7

3/14 3/21

Saskatchewan

Canfax Steers Heifers Cows Bulls

Mar 12/16 937 853 803 1066

$235

Mar 13/15 886 818 742 964

YTD 16 939 852 784 1045

YTD 15 877 810 722 969

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

$230 $225 $220 3/7

3/14 3/21

Manitoba $250

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

Steers 139.09 138.87 139.00 223.00

Heifers 139.30 138.55 139.00 n/a

Feeders No. 1 (800-900 lb) Steers South Dakota 147.50-167.00 Billings 148.00-164.00 Dodge City 150.00-157.00

$240 $230 $220 3/7

Trend +2/+5 n/a firm/+6 USDA

3/14 3/21

Cattle / Beef Trade

Canadian Beef Production million lb. YTD % change Fed 337.0 +15 Non-fed 74.8 +2 Total beef 411.8 +3 Canfax

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

EXCHANGE RATE MARCH 21 $1 Cdn. = $0.7657 U.S. $1 U.S. = $1.3060 Cdn.

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

Exports % from 2015 104,566 (1) +15.4 24,539 (1) -68.4 20,045 (3) +7.0 25,928 (3) +1.5 Imports % from 2015 n/a (2) n/a 1,857 (2) -13.5 21,877 (4) -3.7 39,158 (4) +8.1

(1) to Mar 5 /16 (2) to Jan 31/16 (3) to Jan 31/16 (4) to Mar 12/16

Agriculture Canada

Close Mar 18 Live Cattle Apr 139.83 Jun 129.10 Aug 123.33 Oct 122.13 Dec 121.85 Feeder Cattle Mar 163.23 Apr 162.20 May 160.70 Aug 159.55 Sep 157.75

Close Trend Mar 11

Year ago

139.80 128.55 123.20 122.60 122.05

+0.03 +0.55 +0.13 -0.47 -0.20

158.35 150.48 148.10 150.03 150.50

162.40 162.73 162.10 161.35 159.45

+0.83 -0.53 -1.40 -1.80 -1.70

214.88 216.20 215.40 216.08 215.30

3/14 3/21

$300 $280 2/12 2/22 2/29

Milling Wheat (May) $235 $230 $225 $220 2/12 2/22 2/29

Index 100 Hog Price Trends ($/ckg) Alberta $170 $165 $160 $155

3/7

Mar 18 US Choice (US$) 234.64 Mar 11 Cdn AAA (C$) 293.58

Mar 11 225.24 Mar 4 292.84

Yr. ago 246.61 Yr. ago 307.20

Mar 7

Feb 22

Wool sheep 55-69 lb 2.29-2.50 2.29-2.50 70-85 lb 2.20-2.46 2.23-2.48 86-105 lb 1.91-2.30 1.85-2.30 > 106 lb 1.40-1.79 1.46-1.79 Beaver Hill Auction Services Ltd. Mar 14 Mar 7 New lambs 2.85-3.37 3.35-3.60 65-80 lb 2.29-2.90 2.60-3.09 80-95 lb 2.15-2.48 2.06-2.65 > 95 lb 1.70-2.01 1.70-2.12 > 110 lb 1.05-1.27 1.36-1.51 Feeder lambs Sheep 1.25-1.50 1.35-1.62 Rams 1.25-1.40 1.30-1.50 Kids 120-175 100-175 Ontario Stockyards Inc. 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.

3/14 3/21

(Hams Marketing) Week ending 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 Aug 06-Aug 13 Aug 20-Aug 27

Maple Leaf Thunder Sig 3 Creek Pork Mar 18 Mar 18 158.05-159.24 153.34-156.71 160.43-172.26 169.16-177.75 178.80-185.33 179.45-180.05 186.52-187.71 182.25-188.37 188.90-191.87 186.88-190.32 193.65-194.25 183.70-186.00 186.38-191.13 184.84-186.76 184.00-188.16 181.85-185.05 181.63-185.78 176.28-183.87 171.53-175.09 166.06-172.32

Export 197,334 (1) 38,844 (2) 102,511 (2)

$170 $165

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

$160 $155 3/14 3/21

(1) to Mar 5/16

(2) to Jan 31/16

To Mar 12

Fed. inspections only Canada U.S. 4,090,408 22,690,830 3,928,667 22,166,472 +4.1 +2.4

To date 2016 To date 2015 % change 16/15

Agriculture Canada

Index 100 hogs $/ckg 154.40 152.69

Alta. Sask.

Man. Que.

Canola (cash - May) $470 $460 $450

3/4

Canola (basis - May) $0 $-5 $-10 $-15 $-20 2/12 2/19 2/26

3/4

3/11 3/18

Feed Wheat (Lethbridge)

160.00 163.83

$235 $230 $225 $220 2/12 2/19 2/26

3/4

3/11 3/18

Flax (elevator bid- S’toon) $460 $450 $440 $430

n/a $420 2/12 2/19 2/26

3/4

3/11 3/18

Barley (cash - May) $220 $215

Basis: $31

$210 $205 3/4

3/11 3/18

$170 $165 $160 3/14 3/21

Apr May Jun Jul

Close Mar 18 71.45 79.78 83.90 82.88

Close Mar 11 71.83 79.25 83.08 82.20

Trend -0.38 +0.53 +0.82 +0.68

Year ago 58.45 68.28 73.85 74.53

Chicago Nearby Futures ($US/100 bu.)

Corn (May) $390 $380 $360 $350 2/12 2/22 2/29

3/7

3/14 3/21

Soybeans (May) $920 $900

% from 2015 +3.4 +6.3 +14.8

Import n/a 32,534 (3) 36,305 (3)

% from 2015 n/a -1.7 +0.4 Agriculture Canada

Aug Oct Dec Feb

$880 $860 $840 2/12 2/22 2/29

3/7

3/14 3/21

Oats (May) $220 $210

Close Mar 18 81.35 69.95 64.18 66.75

Close Mar 11 81.23 69.45 64.50 66.98

Trend 0.12 0.50 -0.32 -0.23

Year ago 75.08 64.90 61.40 64.20

$200 $190 $180 2/12 2/22 2/29

3/7

3/14 3/21

Minneapolis Nearby Futures ($US/100bu.) Spring Wheat (May) $540

ELEVATOR SHIPMENTS

$525

(000 tonnes) Alta. Sask. Man.

Mar 13 259.8 348.8 87.1

Mar 6 270.5 316.0 136.4

YTD 8559.5 14006.0 4863.0

Year Ago 8815.3 13045.1 3749.7

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

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

Mar 18 4.49 4.15 5.98 4.80 2.40

Grain Futures

$240

$370

Chicago Hogs Lean ($US/cwt)

$175

Feb 19 76.00 61.00 70.00 61.00 53.00 54.00 48.00 9.50 14.50 14.00 6.60 10.00 59.00 53.00 36.00 27.00 27.00 771.60 551.20 617.30

Mar 16 Mar 09 Year Ago No. 3 Oats Saskatoon ($/tonne) 126.02 120.19 149.97 Snflwr NuSun Enderlin ND (¢/lb) 16.60 16.10 19.15

3/11 3/18

*incl. wt. premiums

(3) to Mar 12/16

Manitoba

Mar 11 77.00 61.00 72.00 64.00 55.00 44.00 39.00 9.00 14.50 14.00 6.60 10.50 59.00 55.00 35.00 24.00 29.00 859.80 815.70 617.30

Cash Prices

Hog Slaughter

Hogs / Pork Trade

3/7

3/14 3/21

Cash Prices

$430 2/12 2/19 2/26

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

Fixed contract $/ckg

Saskatchewan

3/7

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.

$155 2/12 2/22 2/29

3/7

$320

Mar 18 Laird lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) 80.00 Laird lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) 57.00 Richlea lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) 72.00 Eston lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) 64.00 Eston lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) 55.00 Sm. Red lentils, No. 2 (¢/lb) 51.00 Sm. Red lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) 40.00 Peas, green No. 1 ($/bu) 9.75 Peas, large. yellow No. 1 ($/bu) 13.50 Peas, sm. yellow No. 2 ($/bu) 13.00 Feed peas ($/bu) 6.60 Maple peas ($/bu) 10.50 Mustard, yellow, No. 1 (¢/lb) 56.00 Mustard, Oriental, No. 1 (¢/lb) 55.00 Mustard, Brown, No. 1 (¢/lb) 37.00 Canaryseed (¢/lb) 24.00 Desi chickpeas (¢/lb) 29.00 Kabuli, 8mm, No. 1 ($/mt) 925.90 Kabuli, 7mm, No. 1 ($/mt) 815.70 B-90 ckpeas, No. 1 ($/mt) 617.30

$440

Beef Cutout ($/cwt)

HOGS

$150 2/12 2/22 2/29

3/14 3/21

Durum (May)

$200 2/12 2/19 2/26

n/a $150 2/12 2/22 2/29

3/7

$240

Chicago Futures ($US/cwt)

Average Carcass Weight

$235

$210 2/12 2/22 2/29

To Mar 12

Sask.

$240

$215 2/12 2/22 2/29

$210

$340

Cattle Slaughter

Alberta

$220 2/12 2/22 2/29

Barley (May)

$360

$260

$225 2/12 2/22 2/29

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.

$180

Saskatchewan

$220 2/12 2/22 2/29

Pulse and Special Crops

ICE Futures Canada

Slaughter Cattle ($/cwt)

Steers Alta. Ont.

$250

$230 2/12 2/22 2/29

GRAINS

$510 $495 $480 2/12 2/22 2/29

3/7

3/14 3/21

Mar 21 Mar 14 Trend Wpg ICE Canola ($/tonne) May 469.40 466.40 +3.00 July 474.10 467.30 +6.80 Nov 479.40 468.20 +11.20 Jan 483.40 471.70 +11.70 Wpg ICE Milling Wheat ($/tonne) May 230.00 234.00 -4.00 July 230.00 237.00 -7.00 Oct 227.00 237.00 -10.00 Wpg ICE Durum Wheat ($/tonne) May 297.00 290.00 +7.00 July 288.00 278.00 +10.00 Wpg ICE Barley ($/tonne) May 176.00 176.00 0.00 July 180.00 180.00 0.00 Chicago Wheat ($US/bu.) May 4.6650 4.7875 -0.1225 July 4.7350 4.8575 -0.1225 Sep 4.8350 4.9500 -0.1150 Dec 4.9725 5.0825 -0.1100 Chicago Oats ($US/bu.) May 1.9075 1.9600 -0.0525 July 2.0050 2.0550 -0.0500 Sep 2.0700 2.1225 -0.0525 Chicago Soybeans ($US/bu.) May 9.0200 8.9575 +0.0625 July 9.0825 9.0200 +0.0625 Aug 9.1050 9.0400 +0.0650 Sept 9.1050 9.0400 +0.0650 Chicago Soy Oil (¢US/lb.) May 33.58 32.45 +1.13 Jul 33.82 32.68 +1.14 Aug 33.90 32.75 +1.15 Chicago Soy Meal ($US/short ton) May 268.8 271.5 -2.7 Jul 271.4 274.2 -2.8 Aug 272.4 275.3 -2.9 Chicago Corn ($US/bu.) May 3.6950 3.6875 +0.0075 July 3.7425 3.7350 +0.0075 Sep 3.7925 3.7850 +0.0075 Dec 3.8775 3.8700 +0.0075 Minneapolis Wheat ($US/bu.) May 5.1250 5.2125 -0.0875 July 5.2025 5.2950 -0.0925 Sep 5.2975 5.3875 -0.0900 Dec 5.4400 5.5225 -0.0825 Kansas City Wheat ($US/bu.) May 4.7475 4.8900 -0.1425 July 4.8550 4.9900 -0.1350 Dec 4.9925 5.1225 -0.1300

Year ago 462.50 459.10 446.10 447.80 241.00 242.00 246.00 323.00 313.00 196.00 196.00 5.3400 5.3800 5.4700 5.6025 2.8150 2.8200 2.8575 9.8350 9.8800 9.7150 9.6500 31.15 31.36 31.41 327.3 324.9 323.0 3.9025 3.9800 4.0550 4.1425 5.9000 5.9475 6.0225 6.1325 5.7450 5.8000 6.0400

Canadian Exports & Crush To (1,000 MT) Mar 13 Wheat 231.5 Durum 73.9 Oats 60.8 Barley 22.7 Flax 12.4 Canola 171.9 Peas 30.1 Lentils 0.1 (1,000 MT) Mar 16 Canola crush 188.1

To Total Last Mar 06 to date year 343.2 10097.4 10068.6 38.9 2977.2 3361.5 44.3 688.2 689.3 61.0 670.9 882.9 16.5 219.2 266.1 47.7 5876.5 4946.3 62.1 1856.0 1610.9 11.4 566.3 439.6 Mar 09 To date Last year 158.2 5126.5 4543.2

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LAST WEEK’S WEATHER SUMMARY ENDING MARCH 20 SASKATCHEWAN

ALBERTA Temperature last week High Low

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

11.7 14.9 14.1 14.2 10.1 15.2 1.8 3.1 5.2 2.8 5.1 11.2 11.9 9.3 12.0 13.1 9.6 9.2

-13.0 -9.0 -14.6 -8.7 -12.1 -13.6 -21.4 -11.1 -14.8 -17.7 -13.8 -8.7 -11.1 -13.4 -15.7 -14.8 -9.6 -9.9

Precipitation since Nov. 1 mm mm %

1.1 1.7 1.6 0.9 2.1 2.5 12.3 6.8 9.5 7.8 11.0 0.8 1.5 7.4 1.6 0.7 12.2 4.5

43.3 46.3 42.5 41.8 65.6 53.8 62.2 61.9 74.5 73.4 86.0 40.5 56.2 58.2 43.7 46.7 81.7 79.1

67 51 49 48 117 70 81 84 94 108 110 57 83 89 67 76 90 101

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

15.7 13.7 4.1 10.2 9.9 6.7 2.0 19.4 0.5 17.0 20.3 4.9 16.3 10.4 15.2 8.2

-10.2 -9.6 -14.3 -9.2 -12.7 -11.3 -13.8 -11.7 -12.8 -11.3 -10.0 -12.7 -10.8 -8.8 -8.2 -6.2

Precipitation since Nov. 1 mm mm %

0.8 2.3 7.5 2.4 0.4 0.6 5.8 0.3 4.6 0.8 1.1 0.2 2.6 2.4 2.5 1.8

32.9 40.3 106.6 39.5 41.1 102.6 51.5 36.7 66.4 45.6 35.8 73.8 89.0 68.0 66.7 48.6

57 66 136 64 49 96 48 50 91 71 41 74 69 88 80 68

Temperature last week High Low

Brandon Dauphin Gimli Melita Morden Portage la Prairie Swan River Winnipeg

17.9 8.5 10.6 20.5 18.5 17.1 7.3 13.1

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-7.6 -7.9 -9.7 -8.8 -7.5 -9.9 -11.9 -10.2

11.7 9.5 23.2 4.6 13.3 13.7 24.3 20.7

78.9 74.5 84.7 42.5 67.1 74.5 92.4 64.8

87 80 91 47 65 72 91 65

-6.6 -8.1 -4.7 -7.5 -9.0

0.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 6.1

205.8 104.3 121.0 146.3 174.6

114 90 108 95 83

BRITISH COLUMBIA Cranbrook Fort St. John Kamloops Kelowna Prince George

13.0 8.0 14.8 12.6 13.4

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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