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Many producers fail to read the fine print about permitted vomitoxin levels for grain deliveries BY ROBIN BOOKER SASKATOON NEWSROOM

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tract with a two p.p.m. vomitoxin requirement, which is the standard trade in Canada,” Williams said. “All grain companies trade on that spec., two p.p.m. limit.”

Doug Hilderman of BroadGrain said it’s important for growers to have a clear understanding of all contract terms when signing, but they also need to understand there

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High vomitoxin levels in last year’s wheat crop have prairie growers rereading their delivery contracts. “When a farmer makes a call around to different elevators and such, the DON (vomitoxin) is never really discussed. It hasn’t been in the past, at least,” said Derek Falk of Snowflake, Man., who is facing discounts for rail cars of milling wheat he contracted because of its vomitoxin levels. “We just kind of get a price on a grade, or a price on a No. 2, 13.5, or No. 2, 13, type of thing.” Fusarium thresholds are well understood by growers, but vomitoxin levels are not always clearly communicated when growers and buyers agree on contract terms. The contract’s specifications that Falk signed with Canadian grain handler BroadGrain call for one part per million of vomitoxin, which he said took him by surprise. “I’m pretty sure when I called these guys last year we didn’t discuss the vomitoxin, and I didn’t pick up on it,” he said. “I just picked up on it last week after I filled the cars. So now I find myself needing this one p.p.m.” Dustin Williams of Souris, Man., also took a discount for wheat delivered to BroadGrain by rail after being unable to deliver wheat with less than one p.p.m. vomitoxin. “Everyone is accepting these contracts, thinking they are just a regular No. 2 CWRS, 13.5 protein, con-

One of canola’s fathers thinks farmers might need to force their neighbours to stop over-growing canola. And a leading canola developer thinks canola’s future could be grim if endemic problems aren’t controlled. “If we abuse it, we’re going to lose i t ,” G a r t h H o d g e s , B a y e r CropScience vice-president of marketing and business development, told the Canola Council of Canada convention March 8, referring to the few clubroot-resistant genes that researchers know about. He said short rotations are weakening the crop’s ability to withstand pressure from clubroot, blackleg, weeds, pests and other challenges. “How do we go back to some of the basics like saying we have to go into (good) crop rotation and be better at crop rotation?”

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India’s pulse fumigation rule unresolved BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

A policy decision that could disrupt Canadian pulse shipments to India is once again coming down to the wire. “We have never been as concerned, but we have reason to be optimistic,” said Gord Bacon, chief executive officer of Pulse Canada. India has stated that as of March 31 it will no longer provide exemptions allowing pulse shipments to be fumigated with methyl bromide in India. They will have to be fumigated at the port of export. The new policy threatens to disrupt more than $1 billion worth of Canadian pea and lentil exports to India because it is often too cold in Canada to fumigate. Canada has submitted a data package to India showing that the stem and bulb nematode it is concerned about isn’t found here. Canada is requesting that India allow the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to issue phytosanitary certificates assuring cargoes meet India’s requirements rather than relying on fumigation. As a bare minimum, Canada would like India to provide another six month exemption to its fumigation policy while it mulls over the data package. There had been no response from India as of March 13. Bacon worries the decision will come down to the last minute like it did in September, causing great consternation to the pulse trade. However, he remains optimistic that a solution is coming because Canada’s agriculture and trade ministers have discussed the issue with their counterparts during recent trade missions to India. The president of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the high commissioner of Canada in India have also been involved in the discussions. Bacon said he is “very, very satisfied” with the response of the Canadian government involving such high-ranking officials. “In my experience of 20 years, it really has been an unprecedented problem and the response has been comprehensive,” he said. “They have been comprehensive in explaining Canada’s plant protection system and explaining the urgency and importance of this to both farmers and trade.” Guy Gallant, a spokesperson for federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay, said the minister continues to discuss the issue with his Indian counterpart. “This issue is a priority of our government. We understand the importance of a timely resolution on this matter,” he said in an email. Bacon said Canadian exporters are anxiously awaiting India’s decision. “This has obviously put a damper on any new (crop) business,” he said. “From a farm side, undoubtedly some market price pressure is going to happen when 40 percent of your yellow pea market and 40 percent of your red lentil market is in some uncertainty.” sean.pratt@producer.com

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Alarm bells ring over growing fungicide resistance: pathologist Problems growing in the United States, but prairie pulse agronomist says it’s also a worry in Canada BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Fungicide resistance could be the next big crop input challenge facing farmers, say experts. “We’re not at the level of severity that we see currently with herbicide resistant weeds, but we are at the very beginning of it,” Carl Bradley, plant pathologist with the University of Kentucky, told reporters during a news conference at the 2017 Commodity Classic.

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“So now really is the time to take action and inform people and educate people.” The United Soybean Board launched its Take Action education program for herbicide resistant weeds at the same event three years ago. This year it expanded the program to include fungicide resistance.

Gregg Fujan, a soy check-off farm leader from Nebraska, said farmers can’t cut corners if they want to stay ahead of fungicide resistance. “If we lose the tools we have, there’s a financial risk of having diseases we can no longer control,” he said. Fujan said farmers can take four steps to reduce the odds of fungicide resistance occurring in their fields. They need to scout for diseases regularly, understand thresholds and when to apply fungicides, apply only when it makes economic sense and rotate modes of action. “We learned some hard lessons about preserving technology when it comes to weeds,” he said. “Now it’s time for history to stop repeating itself.” Sherrilyn Phelps, agronomy manager for Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, said fungicide resistance is not just an issue south of the border. “It is something that we are concerned with here in Canada as well and particularly in pulses,” she said. Phelps is not aware of any cases where resistance has been identified, but that’s likely because nobody is testing for it. She suspects there are cases of ascochyta blight resistance in chickpeas because growers are

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spraying the crop up to six times in wet and humid years. Fungicides are not sprayed as often on pea and lentil crops, but it is not uncommon for growers to make two applications during wet seasons when prices are high and there is good yield potential. Phelps agrees that it is time for growers to take action to help prevent resistance from becoming a big problem because they need fungicides to control diseases such as anthracnose, ascochyta, botrytis and sclerotinia. If growers lost fungicides as a tool for controlling diseases, they would have to rely entirely on crop genetics, and if that breaks down, it would have huge financial implications. “(Diseases) can come in and completely devastate a crop,” she said. Phelps said growers should not spray just because their neigh-

bours are doing it or because they normally do at that time of year. They need to know when the risk is prevalent and figure out whether it makes economic sense. Bradley said fungicide resistance has been in North America since the 1980s, but it wasn’t found in soybeans until 2010 when the fungus that causes frogeye leaf spot showed resistance in Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee. Resistance to that fungus is now in 12 states. Resistance is mainly in the strobilurin class of fungicides in North America. More than 20 different fungal species have developed resistance to that class of chemistry. In Europe it can be found in the triazole class of fungicides used on small grains. However, the risk of resistance to triazoles is medium compared to high for strobilurins. Phelps said strobilurin-based fungicides are used extensively on pulse crops, although there are new products on the market that use other modes of action. She said one of the problems with fungicide resistance is going to be that it is harder to test for and detect than herbicide tolerance. “ Wi t h h e r b i c i d e re s i s t a nt weeds, you see the weed,” she said. sean.pratt@producer.com

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THE ONE PERCENT CLAUSE » CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 So you’ve got the Canadian Grain Guide referencing only fusarium. Then you’ve got the buyers, and I’m talking about the processors when I say buyer. I mean the ultimate buyer, the flour mill. They don’t care about fusarium, they care about vomitoxin. DOUG HILDERMAN BROADGRAIN

Some farmers delivering grain by producer car this winter have had a nasty surprise when they learned about the vomitoxin requirements specified in their contract. | FILE PHOTO

“What you have to remember is in the Canadian Grain Guide, there is no vomitoxin levels in there,” Hilderman said. “All it mentions is fusarium, but that’s different. So you’ve got the Canadian Grain Guide referencing only fusarium. Then you’ve got the buyers, and I’m talking about the processors when I say buyer. I mean the ultimate buyer, the flour mill. They don’t care about fusarium, they care about vomitoxin.” He said this disconnect puts everybody in an awkward position. Growers are upset because their wheat is discounted due to specifications that are not in the Canadian Grain Guide, while BroadGrain is in a jam because it is discounting growers that have good quality wheat due to the fact that it has to meet the needs of its customers. Nothing else seems to matter once high vomitoxin levels are found, including protein levels that exceed specification. “It doesn’t matter if there is higher protein, (we) can’t give a premium,” Hilderman said. “Protein has its own value, separate from wheat. And when you get a year with high vomitoxin, it stresses out the plant and you get high protein levels. The protein becomes less valuable, less important. So there is a lot of wheat around that is (No. 2) red, 14.5 protein, good falling number, with acceptable levels of fusarium to meet a No. 2. But the vomitoxin is 1.5 or 1.7, and that wheat has a hard time going into a Canadian flour mill.” Falk said the grain he delivered to BroadGrain, which didn’t meet his contract’s one p.p.m. specification, has been accepted by other grain companies as a No. 1 because it is below their two p.p.m. vomitoxin requirements. “Why not sell it into the industry standard two p.p.m. market?” Falk said. “Maybe because he has to deliver on his one p.p.m. contract, which begs the question, why do they even sell into that market? It’s too risky and hard to meet spec and the price isn’t much better.” Hilderman said BroadGrain doesn’t make its own specifications — its end customers do that.

The specification for milling wheat that Canada sends to Europe is 1.25 p.p.m. vomitoxin, while Canadian flour mills generally demand one p.p.m. “One p.p.m. is not the same as 1.3. It sounds like you’re splitting hairs, but small differences are very important,” Hilderman said. “We have sales of all different qualities: one p.p.m., two p.p.m., three p.p.m., four p.p.m. We get the cars loaded, we get the certs, and then we determine the best place to send it. There are markets for all of this wheat. There are markets for the higher vomi, there are different prices, that’s all.” The Canadian Grain Guide provides clear guidance when disputes about grain grades occur between growers and grain buyers, but they are on their own to work out the value of off-specification deliveries when it comes to vomitoxin levels. Without any mention of vomitoxin levels in the Canadian Grain Guide, a dispute about vomitoxin levels becomes a contractual dispute between buyer and seller on price, and it is difficult for the Canadian Grain Commission to intervene. There are rarely discount schedules in grain contracts when it comes to vomitoxin, so the price negotiations between seller and buyer can be difficult. When growers deliver off-specification grain to an elevator, they have a good understanding of how the grain will be treated in a negotiated process between buyer and seller. However, this process is different for growers who contract producer cars because the grain buyer is unable to blend grain before it’s delivered to its customers. Hilderman said discounts for wheat that doesn’t make the vomitoxin specification depend on when the grain is contracted. “A lot of the milling wheat that was sold for shipment in harvest of 2016 was sold by the farmer a year earlier. In that situation, it’s hard to know what the exact discounts are because nobody knows the quality,” he said. “There is no discount available. It’s not that we know it and we’re not telling you. Nobody knows it yet.” The price spread has increased dramatically between wheat with

vomitoxin levels of less than one p.p.m. and wheat with 1.5 to two p.p.m., Hilderman said. “Even if you have the same protein, same grade, test weight, moist u re i s t h e s a m e, t h e s p re a d between the two is getting quite wide, and that is what the grower has seen,” he said. The variability in lab test results for vomitoxin is complicating the price negotiation process for wheat that does not meet vomitoxin specifications. Falk said he had his grain retested at different labs when the test results came back with vomitoxin levels above contract specifications, and the results for the same grain varied greatly. “We’re talking tens of thousands of dollars are based on just the variability of these tests,” Falk said. Williams had the same experience. “I resubmitted my grain,” he said. “For every time I had my sample s u b m i t t e d , I h a d a d i f f e re n t response, within what would have made the one p.p.m. contract, and outside. And it made a big difference which testing lab.” Hilderman said variability in results is likely because of improper sample collection and splitting of the samples before testing, rather than differences in lab procedures. A small variance make a huge difference when the test is looking for parts per million in a small sample size. It is crucial that farmers know how to take proper samples and use a splitter to divide them, which many farmers don’t do, Hilderman said. “They are getting a sample and they put it in a five gallon pail and then they take that five gallon pail and they dump it into four or five ice cream pails, and then they take that ice cream pail and pour that into some sample bags,” he said. “That’s not the approved way of collecting and splitting samples.” The grain commission and grain testing labs such as SGS and Intertek use grain splitters that divide the sample over and over to get the most accurate splitting, Hilderman said. robin.booker@producer.com SEE RELATED STORIES ON PAGES 14, 15

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FLOOD RISK

Saskatchewan flood risk low Most of the province will experience below normal runoff, say officials BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Last week’s blizzard likely didn’t add enough to the snow pack to change the spring runoff forecast, says Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency. Officials were already expecting above-normal spring flows for southeastern Saskatchewan based on wetter than normal conditions last fall and above-normal snowfall. “A lot of that snowstorm … there wasn’t a whole lot of snowfall, but that wind moved what was on the snow pack already,” said WSA spokesperson Patrick Boyle. “We’re going to be going out to do some more snow surveys and a bit more ground truthing.” Photographs from the region during the March 7 blizzard showed vehicles buried in snowdrifts, but Boyle noted it wasn’t a heavy, wet snow that contains a lot of water. The heaviest snow pack in the area is below the Rafferty and Alameda reservoirs and near the Manitoba border. The highest accumulations during the storm were actually in

Manitoba and the Hudson Bay area of northeast Saskatchewan. The Red Deer River basin southwest of Hudson Bay is the only other area the WSA is expecting to have above-normal flows this spring. Most of the province will experience below-normal runoff. In the southwest, runoff is underway or already complete. Boyle said the area was saturated at freeze-up so there is no concern about lack of water supply. Mountain snow pack is near normal, and conditions on the Saskatchewan River system for the next six months should be normal as well. Lake Diefenbaker is currently at an above-normal level for this time of year, but it will be drawn down before the end of May and the arrival of water from the mountains. For more information, visit bit.ly/2lTRJld. karen.briere@producer.com

SASKATCHEWAN’S SPRING RUNOFF FORECAST The Water Security Agency is watching two areas for potential above-normal spring runoff. The southeast corner, already saturated last fall at freeze-up, and the Hudson Bay area both received abovenormal snow pack this winter. Depending on the rate of melt and additional precipitation, these two regions could see flooding. The agency says water supplies will be adequate given the wet fall conditions. Lake Diefenbaker will be drawn down by the end of May to make room for mountain runoff.

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Keith Downey, one of the researchers who created canola, said he worries that the current three resistant genes “are not going to be enough,” and that new ones might not be found soon enough. He suggested that existing legislation allowing municipalities to require adequate rotations could be used to stop some farmers from growing canola too often and creating the conditions for chronic clubroot infestation and other problems. “I think that’s something that the people in this room have to take leadership of,” said Downey. Municipal governments won’t push something controversial like that through unless worried farmers make it clear they need it to protect their farms. “They’re never going to impose it unless the people that are growing the crop say, ‘yes, this is a good idea,’ ” said Downey. Thousands of farmers have been tightening rotations in recent years and canola production with twoyear rotations are becoming common in some areas. Some farmers have even grown canola on canola. Generally agronomists frown upon anything less than a one-inthree year rotation with many advocating for one-in-four, which was a longtime standard. The intensive canola production was in response to higher margins for canola than most other crops. However, it has occurred at the same time as clubroot has spread and become a major worry for growers everywhere. A number of early resistant varieties began to fail after the disease adapted to the extensively grown varieties. Hodges said he is concerned that many individual players in the canola industry understand the problem, but that collectively no one has yet taken control of it. “There’s a time now where if we don’t get together and really focus on some of the basics of agronomy, I don’t know if we have canola to be able to be there,” said Hodges. He said he might sound melodramatic, but the growing problems with many canola production challenges means the sustainability of the industry could be jeopardized. “How do we get the industry to self-regulate itself?” said Hodges. He said creative ways could reward farmers who follow good rotations, such as a crop insurance discount. He compared minor moves in tackling issues like clubroot, such as switching between resistant varieties of canola, to a smoker facing lung cancer deciding to switch cigarette brands. He said he was also concerned that some growers assume that the industrial giants such as his company will simply develop new varieties and products that minimize the problem. “It’s hard to invent new chemistry,” said Hodges. As a result, the industry needs to find a way to collectively push for better rotations. That’s a challenge in an industry of strong but independent players. “Are we pointing to each other as to who is the one who is responsible for making it sustainable?” said Hodges. ed.white@producer.com

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Canola could pull ahead of soybeans Analyst sees ‘nothing bearish on the canola balance sheet’ BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

Canola futures generally drop if soybean futures fall. If soybeans jump, then canola futures also rise. That synchronicity has been the norm for many years in the oilseed market, but canola may break from the pattern this year. Dan Basse, an ag commodity expert based in Chicago, is bullish on canola but bearish on soybeans this year. “The world has an abundance of oilseeds. Not canola, but oilseeds,” said Basse, who spoke at the Canola Council of Canada conference, held March 7-9 in Winnipeg. Basse, who runs the research firm AgResource, cited a list of fundamentals that should support canola prices in 2017 and beyond: • Global canola and rapeseed production has been flat in the last few years. • Canadian canola stocks have dropped from three million tonnes at the end of the 2013-14 crop year to a projected 1.1 million tonnes at the end of 2016-17, based on Basse’s statistics. • China has been selling its reserves of canola oil, but that may cease this summer. • The U.S. Federal Reser ve is poised to raise interest rate, and Basse is bullish on the U.S. dollar. “There’s nothing bearish that I see about the canola balance sheet, as it sits here today,” said Basse, who offered a price range for canola futures over the next year or so. He said the upper end of the range is C$550 per tonne and the lower end is $400 a tonne. “We see the market trading within that range with rallies being capped by the abundance of oilseeds everywhere else.” New crop canola was trading around $500 per tonne March 13 on the ICE Futures platform in Winnipeg. One critical factor supporting

Dan Basse of research firm AgResource shows his canola supply and demand forecast to an audience at the Canola Council of Canada annual meeting. | ROBERT ARNASON PHOTO canola could be Chinese stockpiles of canola-rapeseed oil. Basse said China has been auctioning off its strategic stocks of the oil, and supplies have dropped accordingly. Stocks were four million tonnes in 2015 and may soon drop to two million tonnes, which should support demand for new crop canola. “China has released a record amount of rape and canola oil from reserves. That is about to stop,” said Basse. “I’m told from my Chinese clients that they really don’t want to get (below) two million tonnes. They like to have that amount in strategic reserves.”

Basse also showed a chart comparing the U.S. dollar to world currencies since 2012. It illustrated the relative strength of the greenback, and he expects that dominance to continue. “If you don’t have the U.S. dollar as your reserve currency, what is the alternative?” A robust dollar means a relatively weak loonie and that supports canola exports and domestic crush. So currency and supply-demand fundamentals look supportive for canola, but Basse said the opposite is true for soybeans. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said last month that American

soybean plantings will rise to nearparity with corn. “Corn plantings for 2017 are projected at 90 million acres, down four million from last year,” the USDA said in a Feb. 24 outlook. “Soybean plantings are expected to total 88 million acres, up 4.6 million from a year ago and 5.8 million higher than last year’s intentions.” Farther south, Brazil and Argentina farmers are harvesting record soybean crops. Yields are “off the charts” in Brazil, Basse said. AgRural, a farm consultancy in Brazil, has estimated national yields at 46 bushels per acre with many states setting yield records.

Basse said Brazilian soybean production could top 110 million tonnes, up from 97 million tonnes in 2015-16. The combination of increased acres and record production could propel soybean stocks in the U.S., Brazil and Argentina much higher. “That’s a lot of beans and a lot of supply.” More favourable fundamentals for canola should help Canadian growers, Basse said, but buyers of oilseeds and vegetable oil will likely switch to alternatives if canola gets too pricey. robert.arnason@producer.com

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Hedging should be based on farm risk, not analyst forecasts HEDGE ROW

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ow the heck can farmers hedge loonie exposure when there’s no general consensus on where it’s heading? That’s what you could have thought after hearing Todd Hirsch of ATB Financial tell the Canola Council of Canada’s annual convention that currency traders expect to see the loonie in the next year go anywhere

from US62 to 89 cents. “That range is enormous,” he said March 8. However, it’s not what I thought. To me it seems like a golden opportunity to realize again that hedging isn’t about speculating but about identifying risks and minimizing them. W h e n t h e re ’s n o g e n e r a l l y

accepted guess on where the loonie is likely to head in the next year, you have to look at your own loonie exposure, free from projections, and realize how vulnerable you would be to a dangerous move. Too often I hear people talking about hedging a particular part of their farm’s exposure, which could

be crop prices, fertilizer prices, foreign exchange rates or feed costs, based on some analyst’s prediction of a big move coming. Does that make sense? As good as the analyst is, he or she is just making an informed guess. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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LIVESTOCK EXPANSION

Canadian beef herd population stable: Canfax While Canada’s growth remains flat, U.S. beef production is expanding substantially BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

OTTAWA — The Canadian beef herd has maintained the status quo for another year with little or no growth across the country since 2011. “We are basically flat. We were up .3 percent last year in 2016 and this year we are up .2 percent,” said Brenna Grant of Canfax. “It is basically saying we are not interested in expansion or liquidating. We are just staying stable.” The most recent Statistics Canada livestock inventory report said the national all cattle herd (including dairy) is at 12.1 million head with some regional expansion. British Columbia grew by 2.9 percent, and Saskatchewan exper ienced 2.4 percent grow th. Alberta remains flat, although it still has the largest cattle population. The key to expansion is retention of heifers, but that is not happening. “We had this little uptick where we were up 4.5 percent last year and then it went down 1.5 percent,” she said. Cull cow rates are also stable, remaining at the long-term average of 11 percent going to market. The total breeding female numbers are steady at 4.4 million head. At the same time, the United States is expanding in a major way with record amounts of beef coming on the market with a peak expected by next year. Substantial amounts of beef, pork and poultry are available, so prices are also stable around the world. Growing global consumption among all the major meats is positive for the next five years. Consumption of poultry leads the way between 2016-21, growing by 10

» CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Meeting halls at farm conferences are packed when the market analysis session is scheduled with farmers eager to hear forecasts on crop prices, livestock prices, fertilizer prices, interest rates and exchange rates.

It is calving season but Canadian beef cattle producers are not inclined to expand their herds. | percent. Beef is at 7.5 percent and pork at 2.6 percent. “There is optimism,” Grant said. “We know we are in that part of the cycle where production is definitely pressuring prices, but there will be global demand.” Wholesale prices are down 32 percent and retail prices dipped eight percent from the peak of December 2016.

Large production pressures prices downward on the retail side, but that makes products more affordable. Ground beef prices have dropped more than the middle cuts, where there is good demand for quality. Carcass weights are down, so beef

tonnage should be less than last year even as slaughter increases. “Even though we have more cattle coming to market, if we have lower carcass weights throughout the year, we are not going to have a glut of product on the market and pressuring prices down,” she said. Canadian beef exports remain strong, although live sales are down with more cattle remaining at home for feeding and processing. The world’s top five beef exporters include India, Brazil, Australia, the U.S. and Canada. Canfax also evaluates demographics and has noticed that young producers are joining the business. They are expanding with more cows and land to establish themselves. “With the older producers, they

I’m one of those with a keen interest in where the analysts think the markets will likely go. I try to pin them down to hard numbers for their predictions. I have probably written 1,000 stories that include analyst expectations of some price, and I love writing those stories.

The markets are fascinating and a large part of a farm’s results comes from that year’s market action. As a result, we want and need to follow those developments. However, that focus on predictions, projections, estimates and guesses can distract from a disciplined hedging strategy based on

Lower price, higher demand

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CANADIAN CATTLE HERD GROWS Cattle inventories as of Jan. 1 (million head): 2016 2017 WESTERN CANADA 8.950 8.990 British Columbia 0.610 0.635 Alberta 4.920 4.850 Saskatchewan 2.295 2.365 Manitoba 1.125 1.140 EASTERN CANADA 3.085 3.075 Ontario 1.705 1.692 Quebec 1.150 1.160 Atlantic provinces 0.230 0.223 TOTAL 12.035 12.065 Source: Statistics Canada | WP GRAPHIC

are probably not looking for more work and they are holding the herd size they have right now if they are

(considering) retiring,” Grant said.

identifying a farmer’s biggest risks, regardless of outlook, and finding ways to protect a farm against an unexpected move in the markets. That’s where the real risk often lies. It’s not in the areas that people flag as risky or in the areas where there is no consensus, such as Hirsch’s loonie comments.

The real risk is in the places where everyone agrees, everyone is comfortable and nobody has bothered covering. That’s where farmers need to ensure they are not becoming distracted. All else is noise.

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World population forecast discounted Farm production goals are based on the world’s population reaching 9.7 billion in the next three decades, but the head of Ipsos Public Affairs says there’s no way that’s going to happen BY ROBERT ARNASON

BABIES NOT BOOMING

BRANDON BUREAU

The fertility rate, or number of children per woman, in the world’s largest countries, by population, has plummeted in the last five decades.

It’s become a mantra in Canada’s agriculture industry and is repeated at nearly every farm meeting: “Farmers have to dramatically increase production because the global population will soon hit 9.7 billion.” Darrell Bricker, chief executive officer of Ipsos Public Affairs, a research firm, thinks that mantra is bogus.

China India U.S. Indonesia Brazil Russia Japan Canada

1960 5.8 5.9 3.7 5.7 6.2 2.5 2.0 3.8

2016 1.7 2.5 1.9 2.5 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.6

Source: Ipsos and World Bank

DARRELL BRICKER IPSOS PUBLIC AFFAIRS

The world’s population will increase over the next 25 to 30 years, he said, but it’s unlikely to top nine billion. “Probably around eight billion. If you look at the UN (United Nations) low projection, it’s closer to that number,” said Bricker, who spoke at the Canola Council of Canada’s March 7-9 convention in Winnipeg. “There is going to be a population increase to mid-century, and after that it’s going to decline. (And) it could decline quite rapidly.” Bricker isn’t buying the hype around population growth because global birth rates have dropped dramatically and continue to sink. For instance, he travelled to Kenya last summer and learned that the birthrate in the African nation has declined by one child in the last decade. The story is the same in China, India, Indonesia and Japan. “Nobody in the world is creating more kids,” said Bricker, who speaks frequently about changing demographics and global popula-

The growing demographic of active seniors will have a major impact on food demand. A boom in births and young people is overblown, says a demographer. | REUTERS PHOTO tion shifts. “When you think about market demand going forward ... the places that we trade with, the population is going to shrink, it’s going to age and it’s going to urbanize.” A slowing or stopped population growth could have a massive impact on Canadian farmers because the country’s agri-food industry relies heavily on export demand. The United Nations estimates that global population will hit 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100. Bricker said the 11.2 billion forecast is absurd. “Everybody has told you that the world’s population is going to reach, by 2100, 11 billion people. That is nonsense. It’s not even to get close.”

The UN and Bricker do agree that the world will soon be much older. By 2036, estimates suggest the average Canadian will live to 87 and the percentage of people older than 60 will boom. “The slowdown in population growth due to the overall reduction in fertility causes the proportion of older persons to increase over time,” the UN said in a statement. “Globally, the number of persons aged 60 or above is expected to more than double by 2050 and more than triple by 2100.” This shift upward in age is already happening in many developed countries and will affect the agrifood sector. “We think that taste is going to be driven in the future by young people,” Bricker said.

“It’s actually increasingly going to be driven by old people because there are more of them.” Ipsos data shows that people older than 60 are much richer than those younger than 35, who are commonly called millennials: • The net worth of Canadian families older than 65 is around $460,000. • The net worth of people younger than 35 is $25,300. Since the “welderly,” as Bricker calls them, control most of Canada’s wealth, farmers and food processors should focus more attention on their wants and needs. In other words, the cultural stereotype of a frail senior citizen hunched over a dusty kitchen table nibbling on stale bread that she bought with her last remaining

The number of people older than 60 is expected to double by 2050

pennies is a farce. The demographic of older and wealthier people could be an opportunity for food with healthy attributes, such as canola oil, because older people want to preserve their physical wellness as long as possible. The other food demographic of note, at least in Canada, is recent immigrants, Bricker said. Fifty percent of the people living in Toronto and 40 percent of those living in Vancouver were born in another country. These immigrant families have more children compared to the rest of the population and the agri-food sector cannot ignore them. “People in the agriculture industry try to respond to (trends) … (but) they think it’s about artisanal cheeses for downtown hipsters on Queen Street (in Toronto),” Bricker said. “Well, they (hipsters) are not having kids. The question is, where’s the mass market? And the mass market, where the population is growing, is among these immigrant populations.” The world population clock, which can be found at www.census.gov/popclock/, says the planet now has 7.37 billion people. robert.arnason@producer.com

2017 COMMODITY CLASSIC

U.S. bill pushes for sale of high ethanol fuel year round BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A group of U.S. senators and representatives have introduced a bill that would boost sales of ethanol in that country. The Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act would extend the Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) volatility waiver to gasoline with ethanol blends higher than 10 percent. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulates the vapour pressure of gasoline sold at retail stations during the summer from June 1 to Sept. 15 to reduce volatile organic compound emissions that

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are a major contributor to smog. That means E15, which are blends of gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol, can’t be sold in about 60 percent of the country during the summer.

The bill introduced would extend the same RVP waiver provided to E10 fuel to E15 and higher ethanol blends. That would allow E15 to be sold year-round. Being able to sell E15 year-round is one of the policy priorities for the National Corn Growers Association. “The Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act is an important step forward in increasing consumer choice at the pump every day of the year,” NCGA president Wesley Spurlock said in a news release. “This simple legislative fix will give consumers access to this highperforming, environmentally friendly fuel year-round.”

Two days earlier, Spurlock was telling reporters at the 2017 Commodity Classic that this was one of the policy priorities for the association. Ethanol industry growth is credited for helping cause the 2008 spike in grain prices by creating tight supplies of corn. Corn prices peaked at US$7.65 per bushel before tumbling down because of the global economic crisis later that year. Ethanol plants are expected to consume 35 percent of the U.S. corn crop in 2016-17. Spurlock hopes year-round sales of E15 will help boost that number in years to come, pulling corn out of its sub-$4

per bu. doldrums. “We’re entering our fourth year of corn prices below the cost of production,” he said. Net farm income in the U.S. is expected to fall nine percent in 2017, putting it at half of where it was in 2013. “The challenges are real and pervasive,” said Spurlock. The EPA has approved the use of E15 in all vehicles built since 2001. The NCGA has spent $4 million on incentive programs for high-volume, independent retailers to upgrade pumps to handle E15 blends. More than 800 retailers in 23 states now offer E15 fuel. sean.pratt@producer.com

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PRICE PRESSURE

FED CATTLE RISE

FEEDERS STRONGER

The fed steer weighted average was $163.54 per hundredweight, up 32 cents, and heifers averaged $163.36, up $1.49. U.S. packers bid at a price premium to the local market, and a handful of Alberta cash cattle traded south for the first time in almost a year. However, there was apprehension to market short-fed cattle to the United States because slaughter and grading discounts were expected to negate most of the potential marketing advantage. Most sales remained in Alberta with dressed prices at $275-$276 per cwt. delivered. A few loads of short-fed and cleanup cattle traded at a slight discount. The Alberta cash-to-futures basis was steady and seasonally strong at +$6.95. Weekly western Canadian slaughter to March 4 rose 31 percent to 32,782 head. Weekly exports to Feb. 25 fell seven percent to 6,739 head. The market was well supported by strong beef prices and a rising Chicago futures market. There was no surplus of market-ready cattle. Seasonally, beef prices tend to weaken into April before recovering in May. In the U.S., live prices in the south were steady at US$124-$125 and steady to $2 higher in the north at $125-$127. Dressed sales in the north were steady to $4 higher at $200-$204.

Heifers rose on average $2.93 per cwt., while steers were up 49 cents. The heifer-steer spread narrowed, but the 550 pound steer-toheifer price spread remains historically wide. With southern Alberta barley prices down 24 percent from last year, one would expect to see heifers priced more competitively, but that has not been the case. Heifers 550 lb. traded $31 less than steers, compared to a $29.50 discount last year at the same time. Heavier feeders strengthened in recent weeks, but basis levels have weakened as they usually do. The forward delivery market was lightly tested. Saskatchewan steers based at 950 lb. for September delivery traded from $164-$165.25. Using a 0.10 slide, 850 lb. basis levels are around $3.50 to $4.50 f.o.b. Weekly Canadian feeder exports were the largest this year, totalling 3,708 head. However, exports are 50 percent smaller for the year. Competition between grass buyers and terminal feedlots is good on cattle weighing 600-725 lb. A few grass cattle from Manitoba appear to be going to Alberta. More calves than yearlings were placed in feedlots in the second half of 2016, so feedlots will be looking at a slower inventory turn rate. Pen space for new arrivals could be an issue.

COWS RISE

BEEF RALLIES

Butcher cows and bulls set new highs for the year. D1, D2 cows ranged C$90-$106 to average $99.25, up $1.55. D3 ranged $80-$95 to average $89.90. Slaughter bulls were $115.35, up $4.65. Non-fed volumes at auction were reduced by poor weather across much of Prairies. The Alberta-U.S. cow price spread has narrowed in recent weeks. From January to February, D1, D2 cows traded $6 over the U.S. utility market, but the premium has now narrowed to $1. Western Canadian trim prices are higher than the U.S. market, resulting in an uptick in trim imports into Canada.

U.S. boxed beef prices rose again with Choice up US$7.21 at $215.56 per cwt. and Select up $5.28 at $209. Whether consumer demand will keep up with the strong beef prices will be a key factor to watch. Weekly Canadian cut-out values to Feb. 25 were also strong with AAA up C$7.92 at $269.42 and AA up $8 at $261.03.

Big South American soybean, corn crops keeps lid on prices MARKET WATCH

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rop prices could be in a period of weakness until some weather scare develops, as it often does sometime during the Northern Hemisphereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growing season. However, attention is now fixed on the bumper harvest that Brazilian farmers are gathering. The U.S. Department of Agriculture last week increased its forecast for Brazilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soybean crop to a record 108 million tonnes, up four million from its outlook last month and two million more than the trade expected. Last year it harvested only 96.5 million tonnes. The USDA kept its forecast for Argentinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soon-to-be harvested soybean crop steady at 55.5 million tonnes. The department said competi-

Brazilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soybean crop could hit 108 million tonnes. | FILE PHOTO tion from the big Brazilian crop, of which 56 percent is already harvested, would slow American soybean exports in the last part of its crop year. Soybean futures prices fell, wiping out the gain of the previous week that had been linked to speculation about changes in U.S. biofuel policy. The USDA also raised its forecast for Brazilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corn crop and adjusted its wheat numbers to reflect the record-smashing crop in Australia. So Southern Hemisphere crops are huge and adding to global oversupply and in the Northern Hemisphere there are no serious weather concerns threatening the potential of 2017 crop.

That means downward pressure o n t h e p r i c e o f m o s t c r o p s, although the very tight supply of canola might mean it will perform better than other grains and oilseeds. About the only concern is dry weather in the hard red winter wheat states, especially western Kansas and Oklahoma and that could be solved by a nice spring soaker. The three-month outlook for the southern U.S. Plains and Midwest is for warmer than normal conditions but normal precipitation. Follow Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Arce McMillan on Twitter @darcemcmillan or email darce.mcmillan@ producer.com.

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HOGS DRIFT LOWER U.S. hog prices weakened again , but the decline was less than the p re v i o u s w e e k w h e n v a l u e s dropped in the face of looming supply increase. The downside of the market is limited by still strong U.S. pork exports. The volume of January pork exports was up 21 percent from a year ago. The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was US$52.52 per cwt. March 10, down from $53.57 March 3. U.S. hogs averaged $66.33 on a carcass basis March 10, down from $67.38 March 3. The U.S. pork cutout was $81.88

per cwt. March 10, up from $80.63 March 3. T h e e s t i m a t e d U. S. w e e k l y slaughter for the week to March 11 was 2.313 million, up from 2.311 million the previous week. Slaughter was 2.237 million last year at the same time. In Canada the March 11 Signature Five price was C$171.47 per 100 kilograms, down from $171.69 the previous week. The price was $77.78 on a per hundredweight basis, down slightly from $77.88 the previous week.

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

weight range sold at prices up to C$6.25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;$6.50 per pound hot hanging weight. U.S. buyers are offering US$4.60 with returns dependent on exchange rates, quality and export costs. Grade A heifers sold up to C$6$6.30. U.S. buyers are offering US$4.40. Animals outside the desirable buyer specifications may be discounted.

SHEEP STEADY Ontario Stockyards Inc. reported that 657 sheep and lambs and 42 goats traded March 6. All classes of lambs and goats sold steady. Sheep traded steady to slightly lower.

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TRADE NEGOTIATIONS

CRAIG’S VIEW

Canada will play nice on trade, until we’re poked in the eye

anada isn’t blustering back at its American cousins when it comes to trade rhetoric, and that might be the best strategy. Keep the credibility high and powder dry, saving it for the negotiating table. America’s new chief of trade is telling Canada and Mexico to “get ready to make concessions,” crediting his tweeter-inchief for “softening up” its two largest trading partners with bully talk. Is Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s “softening up” the same as President Donald Trump’s North American Free Trade Agreement comments after meeting with the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month? Face-to-face, Trump said the $673 billion Canadian portion of the trade relationship just needing “tweaking.” Or is the U.S. strategy to tear up NAFTA as the groper-in-chief suggested when on the campaign trail? At this point, the new American administration’s claims to be expert negotiators, proven by their billionaire net worths, might be called into question. If just telling someone ahead of time that you plan to out-manoeuvre and take advantage of them in a negotiation is all it takes to improve a deal, it would make life pretty simple. He who speaks first and loudest wins. This comes from the same Trump administration that has mused about exiting the World Trade Organization, the United Nations and NATO. The credibility gap for the Trump administration, like the US$500 billion global trade deficit that it seems overly concerned with, widens with time and a healthier economy. Three-quarters of Canada’s exports, $395 billion last year, were to the United States. We imported $278 billion from our neighbour. Thirty-five of the lower 48 states have Canada as their largest customer.

Europe,our second largest trading partner, takes less than 10 percent of Canada’s exports. If the U.S. limits our trade we don’t have large alternative markets. The U.S. should realize any effort to limit its imports will only hurt itself. If it were to impose a border tax it would likely increase the value of the U.S. dollar, making it harder for American exporters. Cut off from low-cost imports, American consumers would face higher prices and inflation would rise. A border tax would reward inefficient domestic-oriented businesses and penalize efficient export-oriented business. Both Canada and Mexico would likely retaliate against American import taxes and any new country-of-origin labelling legislation. Mexico’s senior trade representative said it has started shopping for Brazilian corn supplies to replace nearly four billion bushels of U.S. imports, potentially causing 24 million acres of U.S. crop to go looking for a new, higher cost destination and driving up the American trade deficit with its southern neighbour. Bullying and bluster are generally for the crowds back home, not for the actual trade tables. We shouldn’t look for a public Canada tit-for-tat on the menacing behaviour of Ross and Trump We have allies in state capitols and in the American business community who depend on an open border. We can hire lobbyists to carry the free trade banner to Congress. Just because you can’t smell the dinitrotoluene in the air doesn’t mean Canada’s trade team and politicians aren’t preparing for a scrap. And that’s the way it should be: powder dry and ready to use when it counts.

ANIMAL WELFARE

We have to give them a good life, and a clean death is part of that. MIKE PETRIK, MCKINLEY HATCHERY, PAGE 29

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CLOCK IS TICKING

Government’s transportation reform remains up in the air CAPITAL LETTERS

KELSEY JOHNSON

hree years ago federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Transport Minister Lisa Raitt held a joint press conference in Parliament’s main foyer. The date was March 26. The matter at hand? Millions of tonnes of prairie grain were stranded in fields and bins across Western Canada — a logistics nightmare that resulted in a serious cash flow crunch. Under immense public pressure to get the grain moving again, Ritz and Raitt tabled the Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act, emergency legislation designed as a temporary fix to a complicated issue. Ottawa, the two ministers prom-

ised, would find a more permanent solution after the Canadian transportation system was reviewed by former cabinet minister David Emerson. Now, fast-forward three years. Ritz and Raitt are seated in Ottawa’s opposition benches. The Emerson review has been completed and submitted to Ottawa’s new Transport Minister Marc Garneau. The Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act remains in effect, its original July 2016 expiration date extended by the House for one year last June. Ottawa has promised to find a long-term fix — a solution, Garneau has said will be in place before the act expires this July. He said he expects to present a new transportation bill this spring, but has given no specific date, nor has Ottawa given formal notice to the House of pending legislation. The timeline is getting tight. The House of Commons is in the middle of its annual on again, off again, spring-sitting schedule. The calendar shows MPs are

scheduled to be in the House for the week of March 20, before returning to their ridings the last week of March. The House returns for two weeks in early April, before MPs take two weeks off for Easter break. The Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act was introduced to Parliament March 26, 2014, and was passed in June after MPs and senators on both sides rushed to get the legislation in place. (The House agriculture committee held emergency meetings until midnight for nearly a week to get the bill through as fast as possible.) Assuming a similar timeline, that means Garneau would need to present his plan to Parliament either next week or the first week of April. But that depends upon the House agenda not becoming tied up with other priorities. Finance Minister Bill Morneau has said he will table his second federal budget March 22. Budgets and their subsequent debates often have a high capacity for tying

up the House’s agenda. Ottawa has also promised to reveal its plans around the decriminalization of marijuana this spring. It’s expected to be controversial and would fulfill a key campaign promise for the Liberals at a time when they’ve been criticized for having to renege on their electoral reform promises. The path forward on the rail file depends on when Garneau decides to introduce the legislation, for which details have not yet been made public. As part of the change, Garneau has promised to permit reciprocal penalties, which would hold grain shippers and railways accountable for meeting performance standards or face fines. He has not said whether Ottawa will adjust the maximum revenue entitlement, which caps how much railways can charge for grain shipping or keep the extended interswitching distances, which enable smaller, short-line railways to use a competing company’s track, up to

a certain distance. The Liberals do have several procedural tools they could use to try and get the legislation passed in time, including time allocation and invoking closure on debate. When they used those tactics on other pieces of legislation it sparked anger from opposition parties, which said it undercut the democratic process. The government could also use its majority to extend the current temporary legislation under the Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act. Farmers, shippers and the country’s railways have waited a long time for an improved shipping system, one that can get Canadian grain to market in a reliable fashion. The system has been flagged by the finance minister’s advisory council as an area where there is an infrastructure deficit. Ottawa can rest assured that any rushed fix will be scrutinized. Kelsey Johnson is a reporter with iPolitics, www.ipolitics.ca.

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ENDANGERED SPECIES

Recovery of plants, animals possible BY DAN KRAUS

lost my Cracker Jack wildlife cards sometime in the 1980s, but the images printed on the cards are still vivid in my mind. The small cards came wrapped in clear plastic and featured a holographic image of a wildlife species in danger. I can still see the pencil marks in the top drawer of my old desk where I marked lines to keep them organized. There was a special area in my drawer reserved for the handful of species that lived in my country and were at risk of extinction. I started collecting my Cracker Jack wildlife cards around the time when Canada started to systematically identify the wildlife species that were most at risk. Formed in 1977, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has provided sciencebased assessments of wildlife that is most at risk of being lost from Canada. That list of wildlife in danger has almost doubled since I started working at the Nature Conservancy of Canada in 2002. Today, COSEWIC has assessed 748 species as at risk in Canada. Part of this steep increase has resulted from more species being assessed. COSEWIC meets twice a year to assess species based on factors such as range size, number of individuals, population trends and projected changes in habitat. Species are then categorized as extinct, extirpated, endangered, threatened, special concern, data

Ospreys are a species-at-risk success story in Canada and an example of what can be done to help other at-risk species recover. | GETTY IMAGE deficient or not at risk. Species assessed by COSEWIC then go through a second assessment by Environment Canada to identify how they will be listed under the federal Species at Risk Act. Once listed under SARA, there are efforts to develop a plan to recover or manage the species. The increase in the number of assessments and better tools to identify species that could be endangered definitely account for many “new” species at risk. There

are many species that were common 40 years ago that have genuinely declined. Birds that were once common, including barn swallow, Sprague’s pipit and eastern whip-poor-will, have declined by more than 70 percent since I was kid in the 1970s. Nine caribou populations are now at risk. The rapid, steady growth in the number of at-risk species worries me. The challenge is going to be: how do we recover all of those spe-

cies and keep the list from growing? Most species at risk are restricted to specific habitats in specific geographies. If we focus our conservation efforts on these “hot spots,” we simultaneously protect the habitat of many rare species. The Nature Conservancy of Canada has been protecting species-atrisk hot spots for many years. This work is supported in part by Environment Canada through the Natural Areas Conservation Program. We do know how to recover endangered species, even when it’s complicated. My old Cracker Jack wildlife cards included osprey. Their numbers had dwindled because persistent pesticides such as DDT made the shells of their eggs so thin and fragile they often broke when the parents sat on the nest. While never officially listed in Canada, their numbers had plummeted by the 1970s and they were rare. Today, I’ve stopped pointing out osprey nests in the light towers at baseball diamonds to my son. The opportunity to recover Canada’s at-risk wildlife can inspire us to see the world that could be. Places and habitats that have almost been lost can be restored. Species that were at the edge of extinction can be gently pulled back. Recovery of our most endangered plants and animals is possible, but we need to do more. Dan Kraus is a Weston conservation scientist with the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

YIELD IMPROVEMENTS

Top yields may not be economically viable HURSH ON AG

KEVIN HURSH

s it wise to shoot for maximum yields? While big yields provide bragging rights, maximum economic yield is what really matters. Various contests and projects recognize top yields per acre. Whether it’s the drive for 100 bushel an acre canola somewhere on the Prairies or recognition awards for top yielding corn in Manitoba, the top yield numbers are often jaw-dropping. While this demonstrates the yields that are possible, which has some inherent value, very little useful agronomic information is generated. If your goal is simply maximum yield, you spare no expense. Top rates and multiple applications of

fertilizer are employed along with more than the usual weed and disease control applications. Frequently, unproven and even downright questionable products are added to the mix. Being part of the recipe that generates award winning yields is a promotional bonanza for products that may have little value. If and when someone is able to produce 100 bu. per acre canola, how do you determine which inputs and practices contributed to the result? What have you learned except that big yields are possible when the weather co-operates and you spend a lot of money? A far more interesting and relevant measurement of success is maximum economic yield. Take the value of what’s produced and subtract the cost of seed, fertilizer and chemical to come out with a gross margin. To provide fair comparisons, an adjustment would be needed for soil nutrient levels heading into the growing season. This would help account for the nutrient benefit of a preceding pulse crop or a manure application.

Under good growing conditions, the best gross margins would no doubt come from fields with a high level of inputs, but in most cases the highest input levels wouldn’t generate the best gross margins. And in a year with challenging growing conditions, more moderate input levels might generate the best return. Of course, to actually determine the optimum rate on any particular input, there’s no replacement for replicated tests. And to generate reliable data, the trials should be at numerous locations over several growing seasons. The plethora of products being peddled with questionable science and farmer testimonials seriously need real data. Precision agriculture has a major role to play in the optimization of inputs. Varying input levels according to predetermined soil zones in the field is no doubt the future of agriculture, but input optimization is complicated. Like everything else, precision agriculture prescriptions should be tested in replicated trials to determine if they’re truly effective.

While shooting for maximum yield is economically unwise, yield improvement is a critical component in the development of new crop varieties. Surprisingly, not all producers see it that way. Their argument is that increasing yields just leads to overproduction and thereby lowering the price of the commodity. It’s better to keep a lid on yields to support prices, they argue. This line of thinking is misguided, even in crops where Canada dominates the world export market. When prices get too high, other areas of the world start growing those crops, horning in on our markets, or buyers will start turning to substitute ingredients that are less expensive. Either way, a crop will eventually lose out if there isn’t ongoing yield improvement while maintaining favourable agronomic and quality characteristics. As the saying goes, if you aren’t moving ahead, you’ll eventually get run over. Kevin Hursh is an agricultural journalist, consultant and farmer. He can be reached by e-mail at kevin@hursh.ca.

And the WP winners are … EDITORIAL NOTEBOOK

BRIAN MACLEOD EDITOR

very once in a while, we let readers know about award competitions that The Western Producer participates in. We do so to let readers know where the Producer’s efforts sit relative to other agricultural publications. As it turns out, the Producer, along with our parent company, Glacier FarmMedia, had a good year in the 2016 Northern American Agricultural Journalist writing awards. Ed White, from our Winnipeg bureau, won the columns category. The judge liked Ed’s approach to his monthly column, AgriCULTURE, in which he discusses the culture of farming. The judge in this category found Ed’s columns a “delight,” noting that “White delves into issues that, while many may wonder about, few take the time to explore. Boots, radio stations and cemeteries all are grist for his entertaining mill.” Laura Rance, editorial director of Glacier FarmMedia, placed second, for columns in the Manitoba Co-operator (owned by GFM). Producer managing editor Michael Raine and reporter Robin Booker received honourable mentions: Raine for a column about the average age of Canadian farmers and Booker for columns on research that is not made public, the wilful deceit of some information sources and on how online peer pressure affects marketing plans. In the editorials category, the Producer’s livestock editor, Barb Glen, placed second, notably for a piece headlined “Farmers Trump Scientists” as well as two others. The judge commented that “the angle of farmer’s finding their voice to generate trust and connection with their customers is timely and engaging to the publication audience, has broad impact and serves as a persuasive interpretation of the state of public opinion. Barb Glen’s writing style enlightens and empowers skillfully.” Rance placed third, while yours truly was given an honourable mention in this category. Robert Arnason received an honourable mention in the news category for his story “Herbicide Use spikes in Alberta,” which noted that an American study found that genetically modified crops have dramatically increased the amount of herbicides applied to soybeans. For special projects, Glacier FarmMedia/Producer reporters Ed White, Lisa Guenther, Barb Glen, Shannon VanRaes, Caroline Cooper, Paul Harris and Laura Rance received an honourable mention for work on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.

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LEVEL PLAYING FIELD To the Editor: As a grain and cattle farmer, I feel compelled to respond to the letter in the Feb. 23 issue of The We s t e r n P ro d u c e r re ga rd i ng wheat marketing by Levi Wood and Jason Scott. The insinuation that American and Canadian farmers are on the same footing and should share each other ’s markets equally would be laughable if the concept of free access was not so insidious. Let us harken back to the good old days of the Amer ican E xpor t Enhancement Program, when direct export aid to American farmers cost Canadian farmers billions of dollars. Of course, the Canadian

Wheat Board took much of the blame, but the subsidies were American and contributed to much of the decline in numbers of Canadian farmers throughout the nineties. These same people are now hoping to gain access to Canadian elevators, to Canadian rail services … and to Canadian port terminals. Or shall we return to 2013-14, the year of grain marketing chaos in Canada due to poor rail serv i c e, i n c re d i b l e n u m b e r s o f backed-up ships and losses to farmers of billions of dollars to grain companies whose basis was absurdly high? It is becoming clearer that the crop of 2016 is also proving difficult to move. Shall we add into the process millions of tonnes of Ameri-

can grown wheat? And, though we are moving to an American system of grading, we are not there yet. To introduce significant quantities of American grain into our Canadian grading system would only exacerbate a situation that is already tarnishing an image that was once the envy of the world. Canadian-grown grain is in demand in the United States because it is of high quality. Why would we ever think that we should contaminate our system with American-grown grain? Are the Wheat Growers so determined to undermine the Canadian reputation for quality? It reminds me of the cattle industry in the 1990s. I heard the comment from many free marketers

that we had a North American market where cattle could move without tariff across the 49th parallel as if it didn’t exist. Then came BSE. Somehow, there were no cases south of the border and the U.S. market was closed to Canadian cattle, despite our responsible reaction to the disease. And then there was country-oforigin-labelling, a direct hit to Canadian calf producers. That border was in play, is in play and will always be in play. The election of Donald Trump as a tariff-loving president will not level a tilted playing field. When Americans yell, ‘play fair,’ it is time to check your pocket book. Duane Filson Woodrow, Sask.

ADD VALUE AT HOME To the Editor: Premier Brad Wall suggests unpaid days off for the public servants to balance the budget. Sacrilege, you scream in frustration, if you are beholden to these public service jobs. Let’s take a brief look, though that it is taxpayers who pay the nice pensions and other benefits for the unionized government workers. Many of those other free-enterprise taxpayers are in tough times, with no pensions. Wall and company never allowed for the inevitability of a downturn in the markets. The lowest world royalty rates has never allowed adequate returns to build up a rainy-day fund for the hard times we are all now facing. The negative impacts of his rhetoric in (keeping Saskatchewan strong) and (grow th) by bending over backwards to invite huge predatory corporations into the province to pillage the infrastructure and resources so they can take the profits out of the province, despite the expected negative impacts, has come home to roost. There are cutbacks all across the board. Few are insulated, except the predatory industries who are really not affected by cutbacks to the public or to the environmental degradation that accompanies their industries. This is a time we should step back to reflect on our lifestyles, based on the capitalist philosophy of everything can be sacrificed to make a profit. Nothing equalizes class status like meeting your neighbours, on handout day at the local food bank or in the cancer clinic because of industrial poisons. Nu r t u r i n g t h e v a l u e o f o u r resources in value-added industries to keep the profits in the province makes more sense to me than shipping the resources out of the country en mass, so these mutliationals can make greater profits in adding value to those resources based on the cheap, disposable, labour in Bangladesh. Our resources would last longer and our environment could be maintained in a healthy state if we added that value here at home. Greg Chatterson Fort Qu’Appelle, Sask

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WATER DRAINAGE

Sask. bill outlining changes to water drainage moves ahead BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

The bill supporting new agricultural drainage regulations is making its way through the Saskatchewan legislature after Environment Minister Scott Moe delivered his second reading speech March 6. Bill 44 has sparked concerns among some commodity organizations because it will eliminate the Water Appeal Board and significantly increase the penalty for unauthorized drainage. However, Moe said the appeal board won’t be necessary under the new permit-based system implemented under the regulations in September 2015.

The previous system was a multistep complaint-based process that could take years. It required a request for assistance, a formal complaint, an appeal to the Water Appeal Board and eventually the Court of Queen’s Bench if it got that far. The provincial ombudsman in a 2016 report criticized the process, but Moe noted that those concerns were addressed even before the report came out. He said organizations concerned about the loss of the board should look at statistics. “Consider that during the fiscal year Water Security Agency has been applying the new approach to requests for assistance and has completed 181,” he said in the

legislature. None has resulted in a complaint. However, under the previous process, formal complaints and possible appeal would each require four to five days of staff time, he said. “This means a savings of about 1,100 days of staff time,” or the equivalent of five full-time employees, Moe said. The Water S ecur ity Agenc y received 138 complaints since 2003, and 31 of those were appealed to the board. “Only two cases out of 138 have been overturned, and five have been altered in some minor manner,” he said. Two advisory boards will replace the six-member appeal board. One

will advise the WSA on policy and refinement of the agricultural water management strategy. “An example would be to have this board look at principles around what constitutes an adequate outlet or the infill policy on small-acre sloughs and what requirements or permissions a landowner may need or may not need if they want to infill small sloughs,” Moe said. The second committee will be a technical review body. Permits are granted based on the ability to move water to an adequate outlet. Meanwhile, the decision to impose fines based on the Sask-atchewan Environmental Management and Protection Act updates a

fine limit that was set 34 years ago, Moe said, and brings it into line with other environmental penalties. The opposition has said it needs m o re i n f o r mat i o n a b o u t t h e amendments but is pleased the government is finally moving to curb unauthorized drainage. Opposition MLA Buckley Belanger said the government should have done more to connect all the moving parts of water management. “It is really, as I’ve said time and time again, time for a comprehensive strategy in Saskatchewan when it comes to illegal drainage of agricultural lands,” he said in the assembly. Moe noted that the government’s strategy is based on two crucial points on which consensus was reached during consultation. “The first is that agricultural drainage has many benefits and is an important and necessary tool for our Saskatchewan producers. The second is that drainage must be controlled and it must be organized.” karen.briere@producer.com FARMER INPUT SOUGHT

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Saskatchewan farmers, ranchers and agribusiness operators have until the end of this month to let the government know how they prefer to receive advice and information. Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart last week announced an online public sur vey on agricultural extension services. He said the ministry wants to ensure it is meeting farmers’ needs. “We’re asking industry how we can better serve them and how we can increase what we’re trying to do in the first place and that is to increase the adoption of technology and research,” he said. Stewart said extension services have to remain relevant and valuable or farmers won’t use them. He said staff hadn’t heard any complaints or suggestions, but the number of people who actually go to extension offices is small, leading to the question of whether the service is meeting needs. “This is not about closing offices or laying off staff or saving money, necessarily, although we want to ensure that it’s efficient,” Stewart said. “It’s about providing better service.” He said farmers are using private agrologists and online support, but he believes clients also are looking for third party, independent advice from government. The online consultation is open until March 31. After that, the ministry will be conducting focus groups in Swift Current, Davidson, Weyburn, Yorkton, North Battleford and Melfort. The survey can be found at www. saskatchewan.ca/public-consultations. karen.briere@producer.com

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CANADIAN GRAIN COMMISSION

Vomitoxin may prompt service expansion Last year’s issues with fusarium and vomitoxin may lead to more specific testing BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

The Canadian Grain Commission is considering the merits of offering expanded services to farmers, particularly in the areas of vomitoxin testing, falling number testing and binding dispute arbitration in cases where growers feel that grain prices have been unfairly discounted. Anthony Rowan, the commission’s program manager for national inspector training and development, said the CGC has already discussed the possibility of expanding

its Subject to Inspector’s Grade and Dockage service to include DON testing and falling number assessments, although no formal decisions have been made. “Last year, it was an anomaly to hav e t hat mu c h t ox i c i t y a n d fusarium in our harvested grain,” Rowan said. “But what last year did was expose some gaps, some issues, that came to the forefront due to the scope of the (grain quality) problem. “What’s the grain commission’s role? We need to bridge those gaps to make sure that in terms of producer protection, that we can pro-

vide an impartial determination of DON and … help producers to address any issues that might occur in the driveway or with crop insurance.” Western Canadian grain farmers have encountered more marketing problems than ever during the 2016-17 crop year because of misunderstandings about the relationship between fusarium and grain toxicity caused by vomitoxin, also known as deoxynivalenol (DON). Not only has the unusually high incidence and severity of DON in this year’s cereal grain harvest

We need to make sure that the industry — the system — has some kind of binding arbitration or independent testing so that a producer can resolve a marketing issue. ANTHONY ROWAN, CANADIAN GRAIN COMMISSION

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to a process that can accurately and affordably measure grain toxicity. That information could be used to settle marketing disputes between growers and grain buyers. “We need to make sure that the industry — the system — has some kind of binding arbitration or independent testing so that a producer can resolve a marketing issue,” he said. “Right now, producers don’t have binding arbitration. They rely solely on the results from the primary facility.… Our job is to look at a process that would close those gaps for producers.” Export contracts that are negotiated between grain companies and foreign buyers of Canadian grain normally specify acceptable levels for DON and falling number. Those export specifications vary from country to country, buyer to buyer and region to region, with the tightest specs typically demanded by countries such as Europe and Japan. In Canada, many domestic delivery contracts that are signed by grain producers also contain language that outlines acceptable DON levels. However, in some cases, growers are either unaware of the domestic contract specs or have an incomplete understanding of discounts that will be applied if DON levels exceed those specs. Variability in DON test results is another area of concern. DON tests can be conducted fairly quickly, but testing methods and results can vary from location to location. Inaccurate sampling methods can also skew results. For that reason, the grain commission is looking carefully at services that could be offered to growers who have had grain deliveries discounted or have been told that their grain will not be purchased because it doesn’t meet contract specs. “Subject to Inspectors Grade and Dockage service may be an avenue to address these issues,” said Rowan. “Subject to Inspectors Grade and Dockage may in fact, in the future, encompass DON testing.… I can’t say definitively if that will happen, but currently, if a producer feels they are having trouble with grade, dockage, protein, or moisture … the Subject to Inspector’s Grade and Dockage service is certainly the tool or the mechanism that is used today. “There have been suggestions that … it would be nice if that service also encompassed some of the contractual parameters that have been applied to producers, particularly DON and falling number.” brian.cross@producer.com

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GRAIN QUALITY

Demand grows for vomitoxin cleaning services between visual FDK and internal kernel toxicity (DON) has kept the industry busy with this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s epidemic.â&#x20AC;? Basset is currently waiting to take delivery of a BoMill TriQ, a Swedish built grain cleaner that uses near infrared transmittance to remove vomitoxin.

Sask. entrepreneur removes vomitoxin before delivering grain to avoid downgrading BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Not long ago, a lot of prairie farmers would balk at the notion of running their commercial grain through a gravity table, colour sorter or cleaner before delivering it to an elevator. However, with fusarium graminearum and its toxic vomitoxin sidekick deoxynivalenol (DON) stealing potentially hundreds of millions of dollars a year from Canadian farm revenues, the thought of paying toll processors to clean up commercial grain deliveries is gaining momentum. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the last few weeks, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had more interest, more inquiries from people that are interested in (cleaning grain), than I could possibly handle in an entire year,â&#x20AC;? said Jason Basset, a grain farmer from Bruno, Sask., who also runs a grain cleaning company called Peterson Grain Processing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So, yes, the demand is definitely there.â&#x20AC;? Fusarium infected grain was a common problem across Western Canada last year. For growers, this added another layer of complexity to grain marketing efforts. Early in the crop year, a lot of fusarium infected cereal grain deliveries were being graded and purchased based only on visual factors. For example, grain deliveries that contained low levels of tombstone or fusarium damaged kernels (FDK) were being bought and sold on the assumption that vomitoxin levels were also low. At the same time, samples that had high levels of FDK were being cleaned up and sold at a higher grade, again based on visual grading parameters. However, as the marketing season progressed, more grain buyers began purchasing grain based not only on FDK and other visual determinants, but also on vomitoxin levels. Mitch Flaman, operations manager with Flaman Grain Cleaning and Handling, said a lot of growers mistakenly assume that a sample with little or no FDK should easily meet industry standards or contract specs for vomitoxin. However, removing FDK does not guarantee that vomitoxin levels are also being lowered. Flaman said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s critically important to know what you have in your bin and what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re tr ying to remove from a sample. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Early in the season, a lot of guys were getting away with selling their grain based on visual parameters only,â&#x20AC;? said Flaman, who sells a variety of grain cleaners, including colour sorters, gravity tables and highly specialized machines that sort grain using near infrared transmittance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In other words, if you could clean up your grain visually, there were some elevators that were buying based on visual grades only,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But what we started to

This order (by Peterson Grain Processors) clearly shows that our sorting solution based upon single kernel sorting is becoming a part of a strategic decision in our customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way of developing their businesses. PER SODERSTROM BOMILL MARKETING DIRECTOR

Private companies are starting to get into the business of cleaning vomitoxin from grain using BoMill seed sorters. This BoMill sorter was installed at the Canadian Feed Research Centre in North Battleford, Sask., in 2014. | PHOTO COURTESY OF TOM SCOTT, CFRC find out later was that some stuff that looked very good visually still had very high levels of vomitoxin. So toward the end of the year, it seemed like almost every elevator started to price grain based on vomitoxin.â&#x20AC;? The task of buying and selling grain can become a bit murky when FDK and vomitoxin are involved. In part, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because FDK is recognized in Canada as a visual grading determinant, while vomitoxin is not.

However, vomitoxin is often mentioned in delivery contracts as a quality or contract spec, meaning high levels can significantly affect the value of grain being sold, regardless of how good the delivery looks. In some cases, farmers who cleaned up their samples to remove FDK were surprised to learn that they were facing substantial price discounts because vomitoxin levels were still above spec, Flaman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Understanding the difference

Unlike colour sorters that use near infrared reflectance to assess the external surface of a seed, the TriQ uses light to penetrate the seed coat. This allows the machine to assess a seedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s internal chemical composition. The TriQ has the ability to analyze each seed individually and sort seeds based on vomitoxin levels. Basset plans to use his machine to remove vomitoxin from malting barley. Vomitoxin specs for malting barley are typically.5 to one p.p.m. In one barley sample that Basset had analyzed, the TriQ removed 18 percent of the most heavily infected kernels and reduced total vomitoxin levels from two p.p.m. or higher to .5 p.p.m. or lower. In that scenario, a 10,000 bushel bin of barley that would otherwise be rejected by maltsters and sold as

feed could potentially be cleaned and sold as 8,200 bu. of malt. The economic benefits derived from cleaning barley with the TriQ will vary from case to case, depending on vomitoxin variations within the sample, price spreads between feed and malt and the cost of toll processing. Basset said the numbers he has crunched suggest that there is significant value to be added through TriQ processing. Basset is the second Saskatchewan entrepreneur in the past few months to acquire a BoMill TriQ. Another is being set up near Kenaston, Sask. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are very happy about entering the malting barley business chain, where there are very strict limits of vomitoxin,â&#x20AC;? said BoMill marketing director Per Soderstrom. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This order (by Peterson Grain Processors) clearly shows that our sorting solution based upon single kernel sorting is becoming a part of a strategic decision in our customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way of developing their businesses.â&#x20AC;? The Tr iQ machine can sor t durum, soft wheat, malting barley, spelt and oats based on vomitoxin levels, protein content, vitreousness, falling number and other seed quality characteristics. It can sort at a speed of approximately 25,000 kernels per second, or roughly 100 bu. per hour. Basset said he is hoping to have the new machine installed, calibrated and fully operational by April. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ideally, it would be running in a month from now, but that might be a little tight.â&#x20AC;? Flaman Grain Cleaning is acting as BoMillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Canadian distributor. brian.cross@produce.com

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SURVEY

Wet spring may delay early fertilizing plans

NFU seeks farmer input on treatment at elevators

A recent dumping of snow in parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan have dashed hopes of dry March BY DAVE SIMS COMMODITY NEWS SERVICE CANADA

WINNIPEG — Last week’s dump of snow in eastern Saskatchewan and western Manitoba will likely push back fieldwork and fertilizer applications on a lot of farms, according to one crop watcher. Keystone Agricultural Producers president Dan Mazier, speaking from a conference in the United States, said only half of the normal amount of fertilizer went on Manitoba fields last fall because of the late harvest. While many were likely hoping for a dry March and an early start to

field work, that likely won’t happen. “All that pre-melting we had during February is all gone now,” said Mazier. “We’re back to where we started.” He said there is a lot of crop to get off first, too, so producers will be scrambling when the ground is dr y enough to support machinery. “In hindsight, it may not be a bad thing that the fertilizer didn’t go on as there will be runoff with the wet spring,” he said. The story is different in Alberta, where much of the southern part of the province is considerably drier.

“I guess one of the big things to look for is how dry the crop is left out in the field,” said Lynn Jacobson, president of the Alberta Federation of Agriculture. He said some producers are optimistic they’ll be able to start applying fertilizer next month. “People will probably be out by the 10th of April working things,” he said. “Still, you can’t say for sure.” The price of nitrogen fertilizer has increased slightly since the fall, he added, but many farmers he knows have already bought their supplies. “Probably the large majority of

people have pre-bought threequarters of their usage,” he said. That approach was also taken by a lot of farmers in Manitoba, said Mazier. “Guys have it priced and bought up, but the logistics of getting it onto the ground is the bigger challenge,” he said. Prices have gone up roughly $20 a tonne since the fall, he added. However, he said some producers will likely be buying right now because not everyone can store fertilizer through the winter. “You might have got a good deal on the fall, but if you can’t get on the land then you have to store it.”

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The National Farmers Union is conducting a farmer survey to learn more about how grain growers are being treated when they deliver grain to a country elevator. “The NFU is starting to hear repeated stories of grain farmers being dissatisfied with their treatment by elevator companies,” said NFU president Jan Slomp. “We are hearing stories that farmers are being baited to deliver their grain with good grades and then switched to lower grades when they get there,” he said. “So we have launched this survey to determine the extent of the problem.” The online survey is open to all farmers at www.surveymonkey. com/r/NFU-Grain-2017. The NFU says submissions will be kept confidential and results will be aggregated for reporting purposes. “This will allow the NFU to determine how widespread this problem has become in view of the Canadian Grain Commission’s reduced regulatory role,” said Slomp.

The … commission’s mandate to protect farmers still exists, and the survey results will allow us to promote solutions for any problems that are identified. JAN SLOMP NFU PRESIDENT

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“The … commission’s mandate to protect farmers still exists, and the survey results will allow us to promote solutions for any problems that are identified.” Asked to comment on the NFU survey, the Canadian Grain Commission said its regulatory role has not been reduced. “The CGC has not reduced its regulatory role as it relates to grain grading disputes at the primary elevator,” said spokesperson Rémi Gosselin. “When producers disagree with the grade, dockage, moisture or protein assessment they receive at delivery, they have a right to ask that a sample be sent to us at the Canadian Grain Commission for a binding decision. This service is an inspection Subject to Inspector’s Grade and Dockage.” Gosselin said producers or others who deliver grain to a licensed primary elevator also have the right to ask to observe the operator assess grade and dockage. Grain grades are based on samples, he added. “To ensure samples adequately reflect the entire lot of grain, proper sampling procedures must be used. We provide information on our website on how to take a representative sample,” Gosselin said. brian.cross@producer.com

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FARMLIVING

COOKING UNDER PRESSURE The days of fearing explosions in the pressure cooker are gone with the advent of new appliances that offer ways to make fast, onepot family meals. | Page 18

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ADVANCING WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE

Be advocates, educate on food safety KAREN MORRISON ATTENDED THE ADVANCING WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE IN CALGARY AND FILED THIS REPORT. SEE MORE ON PAGES 22-23 AND IN NEXT ISSUE.

CALGARY — Scientific evidence alone is not sufficient to sway the minds of increasingly skeptical consumers about food safety. Jennifer Henderson, director of food safety with Cargill, reminded those attending the Advancing Women in Agriculture conference March 7 in Calgar y that people were once unaware of the dangers of drinking and smoking while pregnant or working with asbestos. It’s this imperfect nature of research that often creates fear, uncertainty and a lack of trust. “Science is not going to bring everyone around,” she said. “It’s only as good as it is today, and tomorrow it will be better.” Instead, Henderson told the more than 400 women in attendance to use their passion to advocate for agriculture.

Farmers can use their knowledge and personal experiences to dispel myths and correct misinformation about agricultural practices when meeting the general public, either on their farms or farther afield. | FILE PHOTO

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“If you can articulate why you care so much, we will have better luck with the message,” she said. “People don’t care what you know until they know that you care,” she said, quoting a colleague. Theresa Bolton, who works in human resources for Parrish & Heimbecker, and Tracey Shelton of Richardson International said women are in a unique position to correct misconceptions and faulty facts. That can start at home. “What are you serving your family?” said Shelton, who expressed

full confidence in the safety of the Canadian products she buys. She said others need to think about whether people know what they are talking about or are just following trends and why some products are being restricted in schools and shops. She used the example of finding only organic mushrooms stocked at a store. When the grocer was asked to explain, he called them healthier than conventionally produced ones. Shelton used her knowledge and background in agriculture to tell him what she knew. “I think I left him with something to think about,” she said. “Those that are entrenched,

Knowledge is power, but you don’t need to win. Get the message out to people to educate themselves. THERESA BOLTON PARRISH & HEIMBECKER

we’re not likely to change what they think, but it’s our duty to bring the information to the table.… If we don’t speak up, who will?” Bolton said the goal is to get people to open their minds, question if their point of view makes sense and rethink what they

thought they knew. She cited a conversation about genetic modification that gave her child the confidence to relay that information to others. “Knowledge is power, but you don’t need to win. Get the message out to people to educate them-

selves,” said Bolton, who also uses social media to share information and advocate for agriculture. Monitor the information that children receive in schools and direct teachers to sources such as Agriculture in the Classroom and Ag More Than Ever. “Agriculture is not part of the curriculum, yet it touches on science, mathematics and social studies,” said Bolton. She questioned why those seeking information don’t consult agrologists, the experts in agriculture. “I don’t go to the hairdresser with a medical issue,” she said. karen.morrison@producer.com

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INSTANT POT HOMEMADE LASAGNA 1 lb. ground beef 16 oz. box ruffles pasta 8 oz. ricotta or cottage cheese 8 oz. mozzarella cheese 32 oz. your favourite pasta sauce 4 c. water

500 g 500 g 250 g 250 g 950 mL 1L

Turn your electric pressure cooker to the saute setting. Cook meat until just brown and crumbling. Turn off saute setting. Pour in pasta, sauce and water. Cook on high pressure for five minutes. When pressure cooker is done, allow pressure to release. Turn pot off. Stir in cheese and half the mozzarella. If desired, pour into a baking pan and top with remaining mozzarella. Place under the broiler for about three minutes or until cheese is melted. DOROTHY LONG PHOTOS

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s a child, I remember my mom warning us to stay out of the kitchen when she was using the pressure cooker. It was like she had set a bomb that could go off at any moment and the clicking pressure valve on the lid was counting down to an explosion. My brothers and I stayed away and I never used a pressure cooker again until I recently and accidentally discovered an electric one while looking for a rice cooker. I started out using it to cook rice, then graduated to whole grains, pulses and then meals. Who wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t love an appliance that can have lazy lasagna on the

table in 10 to 15 minutes and only dirty one pot? A pressure cooker is a sealed pot with a valve on the lid to control steam pressure that forms when the liquid inside the pot is heated. Steam pressure reaches 121 C/250 F while stove top cooking is limited to the boiling point of water (100 C/212 F). The high pressure forces liquid and moisture into the food more quickly, which cooks it faster and results in more tender food. Pressure cooking acts to reduce and intensify sauces, promotes caramelization and tenderizes tough pieces of meat. The results are great flavours. There are a few different types (stove top and electric) and brands of pressure cookers available but all work similarly and each has its own set of instructions. Refer to your manual for specific tips and cooking times. Also, read online recipes carefully to ensure they fit the pressure cooker you are using. If you live at more than 2,000 feet (610 metres), you need to adjust the cooking time of the recipe. When going online, choose pressure cooker recipes from reliable sources that test their recipes. Dorothy Long is a home economist in the agrifood trade and former greenhouse grower from Lloydminster, Sask. She writes a blog at prairiekitchencompanion. blogspot.ca. Contact: food@producer.com.

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Sauce: 3 tbsp. 2 tbsp. 3 tbsp. 3 cloves 1/4 c. 2 tbsp. 2 tbsp. 2 tbsp. 1 tsp. 2 lbs. 1 tbsp.

tamari (soy sauce) brown sugar honey garlic, minced ketchup minced onion molasses rice vinegar Siracha sauce short ribs canola oil

45 mL 30 mL 45 mL 60 mL 30 mL 30 mL 30 mL 5 mL 1 kg 15 mL

In a small bowl, combine all sauce ingredients. Turn your electric pressure cooker to the saute setting. In batches, brown ribs in canola oil. Pour off fat. Add all the ribs back to the pot and cover

with the sauce. Close the lid and bring to pressure. Cook on high pressure for 15 minutes. Release pressure and serve. Source: Adapted from Joy of Kosher

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MY FAVORITE PRESSURE COOKER RICE PUDDING 1 c. 1 1/2 c. 1/4 tsp. 2 c. 1/2 c. 2 1/2 tsp. 3/4 c.

arborio rice water salt whole milk, divided sugar eggs vanilla extract raisins

250 mL 375 mL 1 mL 500 mL 12 mL 2 mL 175 mL

In pressure cooking pot, combine rice, water and salt. Lock the lid in place and select high pressure and three minutes cook time. When beep sounds, turn off pressure cooker and use a natural pressure release for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, release any remaining pressure with a quick pressure release. Add 1 1/2 cups milk and sugar to rice in pressure cooking pot, stir to combine. In a small mixing bowl, whisk eggs with remaining 1/2 cup milk and vanilla. Pour through a fine mesh strainer into pressure cooking pot. Select saute and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture starts to boil. Turn off pressure cooker. Remove pot from the pressure cooker. Stir in raisins. Pudding will thicken as it cools. Serve warm or pour into serving dishes and chill. Served topped with whipped cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon or nutmeg, if desired. The rice will continue to absorb liquid as it cools. Stir in additional milk or cream until your desired consistency is achieved. Note: For a richer, creamier rice pudding, you can also use half heavy cream. Source: Adapted from Pressure Cooking Today DOROTHY LONG PHOTOS

PRESSURE COOKER THAI PEANUT CHICKEN & NOODLES SOUP 1 c. sugar snap 250 mL or snow peas 1 tbsp. canola oil 15 mL 1 1/2 lb. boneless 750 g skinless chicken breasts Thai Peanut Sauce: 14 oz. coconut milk 398 mL 3/4 c. chicken broth 175 mL 1/2 c. peanut butter 125 mL 2 tbsp. sesame oil 30 mL 1/4 c. fresh lime juice 60 mL 1 tbsp. rice wine vinegar 15 mL 1/4 tsp. ground ginger 1 mL

1 tsp. 1 tsp. 1 tsp. 1 – 2 tbsp. 1 tbsp. 1/2 tsp. 1/4 tsp. 5 oz.

cumin 5 mL ground coriander 5 mL curry powder 5 mL red chili 15 – 30 mL paste brown sugar 15 mL salt 2 mL freshly ground 1 mL pepper rice noodles 140 g optional garnishes chopped peanuts, red pepper flakes, green onions and cilantro

Turn your electric pressure cooker to the saute setting. Saute peas in canola oil until just slightly cooked. Remove peas and set aside. Turn off saute setting. Add chicken to pressure cooker pot. Cover with remaining ingredients except noodles. Cook on high pressure for eight minutes. Meanwhile in a bowl, cover rice noodles with hot water and allow to soften. When rice noodles are soft (about five minutes), drain off water and set aside. When pressure cooker is done, cooking allows pressure to release. Remove chicken from pot and shred into bite-sized pieces. Add chicken and peas back to soup. Pour over noodles and serve. Source: Adapted from Adventures of a Nurse blog

COPY CAT PANERA MAC ’N’ CHEESE IN THE INSTANT POT 16 oz. 3 c. 1/2 c. 2 tbsp. 1 tbsp. 1/4 c. 8 oz. 8 oz.

elbow pasta chicken broth milk butter Dijon mustard hot sauce sharp cheddar cheese mozzarella cheese

500 g 750 mL 125 mL 30 mL 15 mL 60 mL 250 g 250 g

Place pasta in the electric pressure cooker pot and cover with chicken broth. Set pot to manual high pressure for four minutes. Release pressure and remove the lid. Set your pressure cooker on saute setting. Stir in milk, butter, mustard and hot sauce. Add in cheese and stir until melted, about two minutes. Remove from heat and serve. Source: Adapted from Adventures of a Nurse blog

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ON THE FARM

Families operate as collective in farm business Each couple owns their own home and land, but working together provides financial and lifestyle benefits BY CHRISTALEE FROESE FREELANCE WRITER

WYNYARD, Sask. — Four operations are better than one. That’s the thinking at Windy Poplars where a father, his two sons and their best friend farm collectively. While they operate separately under the Windy Poplars umbrella, the farm families have chosen to operate as a unit to optimize b o t h p u rc h a s i n g p o w e r a n d labour. “Each farm owns its own land, but we work together as a collective so we can book all inputs together, sell our grain together and manage our crop rotations together,” said Dustin Burns, who runs one farm with his wife, Kristi. Dustin and Kristi established their operation in 1998, following in the footsteps of Dustin’s parents, John and Linda Burns, who operate the founding Windy Poplars Farms Ltd. Dustin’s best friend, Doug Reeve, and his wife, Bonita, later joined the collective, followed by Dustin’s

Windy Poplars Farms Ltd. purchases inputs and equipment together. Six semi trucks are part of the operation. | younger brother, Tyler, and his wife, Janelle. Each family has a farm site and land. The families have made purchases together, including five combines, three 90-foot air seeders, six semi-trailer trucks and rows of bins filled with seed and fertilizer. The 20,000-acre operation is unique its size and management structure and in the expertise and education from each of its managers.

Dustin and Doug left engineering careers in Saskatoon to pursue the dream of farm ownership while John has his doctorate in chemistr y. Kristi and Tyler have arts degrees while Bonita is a teacher. The combination of skills leads to innovative practices like the design of a new seed plant with elevators, conveyors and a unique dust collection system. The engineers are currently working on fertilizer conditioning equipment to remove lumps and foreign matter from

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their stored fertilizer and several farm managers are taking management courses to ensure the operation runs smoothly. “We have monthly management meetings where we sit down at the table and we not only talk about our work goals for the farm, but we try to visit our personal goals so we know where each person is at,” said Kristi, who home schools the couple’s five children. The Windy Poplars management team, which includes John, Dustin, Kristi, Doug and the youngest Burns son, Tyler, focuses on profitability, growth and land stewardship. “You’re not going to have yields if you’re not taking care of the land,” said Tyler. “Our values include our children so if we’re buying land for what we’re buying it for, the payoff has to be long term and we have to take care of things like soil health to take care of our investment.” Windy Poplars focuses on minimum till and planting hay crops in a three- to four-year rotation to add nitrogen-fixing components to the soil and interrupt the disease and insect cycles. They added 65 cow-calf pairs to the operation, in addition to commercial hay sales, to maximize profit from the hay rotation. The biggest challenge for Windy Poplars is employment. Keeping six full-time positions filled is a constant struggle. “We get lots of competition from the mines and oil so finding good quality people that aren’t transient

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is very difficult,” said Doug, a father of two sons. Communication is also a challenge, but the group agreed that the costs of operating as a cohesive unit far outweigh the difficulties. The economy of scale when purchasing seed, chemical and equipment works in the collective’s favour, along with the ability of the managers to have family-friendly lifestyles.

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WINDY POPLARS Wynyard, Sask. When it comes to holidays and kids’ activities, the farm’s structure ensures that no one family or one manager is indispensable. The arrangement allows each to get away for holidays and special events. “In my opinion, the stereotype of a farmer working their fingers to the bone is a thing of the past,” said Doug. “The working together is what allowed each of us to get into farming and it’s allowed us to slowly grow to where we’re self-sufficient,” said Dustin.

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INFORMATION GATHERING

Being prepared for an emergency can save lives, heartache TEAM RESOURCES

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ing will or health-care directive and organ donation information card. Place the information in an envelope, label it emergency information in large bold letters and place on your refrigerator door. Access the City of Winnipeg ERIK Health Information Form at bit.ly/ 2miCVev. Critical illness and death

hen an emergency happens such as an accident, health emergency, fire or a death, personal information must be readily available. Calling for emergency personnel Knowing where you are is essential to getting help quickly. In a rural setting, the land location needs to be given first, then provide specific directions including identifiable features that may make it easier to confirm your location. Post the information by all phones and place a copy in every vehicle, including the tractor and combine. In an urban setting, know the address and provide the cross street or other specific directions and identifiable features of your home. All children, even those as young as three or four years old, should memorize their land location or address and know what to do in case of an emergency. If you have a babysitter or caregiver, be sure they know how to find this information.

Preparing for death is never easy but it is inevitable and when we die our loved ones will need to sort through personal and financial details. Harold Empey and his wife, Betty, had gathered their information into a “Just In Case” file and had even discussed their wishes with their children. When Betty passed away,

the information they had prepared was a tremendous help and comfort for their family. Unfortunately, their oldest son died a short while later, without having gathered this information. It was a difficult job for his family to deal with. As a result of both of these experiences, Harold has developed a “just-in-case” binder that provides an outline of information that should be gathered, discussed and maintained in preparation of your death. For a copy, call Harold Empey at 306-244-4954. Within the binder, there is information on the selection and duties of an executor, the importance of having a will and why to appoint a power of attorney. Harold skillful brings up discus-

security purposes it is best not to keep all of your account numbers on a computer. Print off updated copies and replace ones in your binder or emergency envelope. Most importantly, let your executor or other family members know where your information is kept. Keep the memory stick in your safety deposit box along with all original legal documents such as wills, separation agreements, passports etc. to keep them safe from fire or theft. FOR A LIST OF INFORMATION TO INCLUDE IN A JUST IN CASE FOLDER, VISIT WWW.PRODUCER.COM.

Betty Ann Deobald is a home economist from Rosetown, Sask., and a member of Team Resources. Contact: team@producer.com.

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In a medical emergency, a list of medications, health conditions, past illnesses, procedures and physician’s name can provide emergency personnel with information that could be lifesaving. The City of Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service offers an Emergency Response Information Kit (ERIK) to document the information that is needed by emergency personnel. They recommend that the Health Information Form be completed and a copy placed on your refrigerator. Another copy should be carried with you at all times. Even in a situation where you take yourself to the hospital, this information will be required. Personal information that could be included: your complete name, gender, address with postal code, phone number, birth date, provincial health number and other health insurance information. Include the name and phone number of your family doctor. Also provide phone numbers for two emergency contacts, such as family members or neighbours, and their relationship to you. Prepare a brief medical history but especially highlight heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, allergies and breathing problems. If there are other medical concerns, provide details. A list of all current medications, with the dosage and frequency, is essential for effective treatment in an emergency. Also identify where the medications are stored and the pharmacy used. Include on this list any vitamins and herbal products you take as well. Date the form so emergency personnel will know if it’s current. Other useful information to include with this form are your liv-

sion items like how will your personnel items be distributed fairly among family members, how to downsize, de-clutter and prepare for the loss of your life partner. Gathering the personal and family financial information, and documents is a large part of the just-incase binder. The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc. has developed what it calls a virtual shoebox guide for recording important personal and household financial information. Fill out the form and keep it in a safe place. To access the virtual shoebox guide, go to www.clhia.ca, click the retiring soon section and then the money section. Emergency information should be updated at least annually. For

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Business model puts family first, says expert A family-first operation based on tradition may see emotion and logic collide BY KAREN MORRISON SASKATOON NEWSROOM

CALGARY — Operating the farm as a business-first family operation rather than a family-first business shifts the tone of the conversation, said Alberta farmer Connie Stasiuk. The participant at the Advancing Women in Agriculture conference in Calgary said doing so takes the emotion out of the equation. “When talking about business, it’s strictly the dynamics, the rational, non-emotion, structure,” said Stasiuk, who produces grains and oilseeds with her husband at Rochester, Alta.

When you have the businessfirst model, it gives you a language, perspective, focus that takes it outside of emotion … from the role of the family to that of a businessperson. CONNIE STASIUK ALBERTA FARMER

“When you have the businessfirst model, it gives you a language, perspective, focus that takes it outside of emotion of you as just a sibling or a wife. It removes you from the role of the family to that of a businessperson.” That’s especially important on today’s farms, given legal concerns, farm succession and high land values. “We need to talk business, not emotion anymore,” she said. Stasiuk looked back on her early days in farming, when her parents decided their farm would go to her brother. “They were not looking at it as a business model,” she said. “It was all emotional. If you were the male, you had the birthright.” Her daughter, Kelsey, will soon marry a farmer who is currently in the midst of a family farm succession. Kelsey and her sister, a chartered accountant who is married to a beekeeper, are also considering their own farming futures. “We’re trying to piece together a plan so we don’t have to sell off the land and can be profitable and continue on,” said Kelsey. She said it’s important to talk through succession planning and have financial transparency in the business. “Discuss expectations and goals and what each person hopes to get for their future,” she said. Both women picked up tips from farmer, family business consultant and author Jolene Brown, who relayed the mistakes commonly made in family businesses during a conference workshop. “We’re not pulling things out of thin air; it’s coming from an expert, someone who has anecdotal evidence,” Connie Stasiuk said. “That credibility is there to support our conversations.” Brown highlighted areas of con-

flict in family business such as the lack of written plans, ignoring inlaws and off-farm family members in succession plans and not knowing if the business can support more family members. A family-first operation that says let’s not rock the boat and operates on traditions and hope may not provide the best leadership and accountability, she said. A business-first farm does not demean family. “It says we love and honour the family so much we will give the business a good start, ” she said. In her often humorous presentation, she outlined the four tools she uses to guide farm families, including a mirror to look at where they are today and a box of tissues. “When emotion and logic collide, emotion wins,” she said. Duct tape comes along to keep the family rooted in the present tense, and a two-by-four is a last resort and fourth tool. “Sometimes you just have to let them have it,” she said. Brown said family farms need to ask themselves if they want to continue, when they will transition labour, management, leadership and ownership and who will be part of the business. Assuming that the family will work well together no matter what is a top mistake. “If someone in the family is rude, don’t hire him — no one else would.” A family business is not the place to rehabilitate a family member with issues such as addictions. “You tolerate in a family business what we would not stand for elsewhere,” said Brown. Pick those best qualified for certain roles, whether it’s family or employees. “Who has the character to lead the business, what is needed to lead the business before choosing a leader?” she said.

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Ease the next generation, ideally when in their 40s, from labourers to managers and start transitioning leadership and ownership. Brown said the elders can continue to provide invaluable mentorship and expertise. “You want someone who has ridden the roller-coaster to advise you.” Transparency in finances is critical, Brown said, noting all the family members who are involved need to know what’s happening with the money. “Do not bring someone into a financial mess and expect them to fix it.” Her other advice is to ensure that the senior generation is financially secure and that the business can afford adding more family members. “When the next generation wants

to come back, you have to know what it costs, know what every person costs to the business.” Brown suggested probationary contracts, with three weeks notice given if the incoming member is not a good fit after a year of working on the farm. In addition, she recommended meeting protocols, standard operating procedures for resolving conflicts and a code of conduct identifying the business’s values and expectations. Ensure family members know what and where important documents are housed in the event of sudden death, injuries, accidents or impairments. Legally binding estate planning and other legal documents should be signed by all involved, said Brown, who encouraged families to work at getting 100 percent con-

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The rules of the game must be known. If it’s not in writing, it doesn’t exist. JOLENE BROWN, BUSINESS CONSULTANT

sensus and signing off on it. “The rules of the game must be known,” said Brown, citing exit strategies, buyouts and how to

break apart among other details to settle. “If it’s not in writing, it doesn’t exist.” karen.morrison@producer.com

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ADVANCING WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE

Women ‘backbone of agriculture’ BY KAREN MORRISON SASKATOON NEWSROOM

TOP 10 MISTAKES THAT BREAK UP A FAMILY BUSINESS • assuming all genetic relationships equal good working relationships • believing the business can financially support all family members who want to join • assuming others must change but not me • presuming a conversation is a contract • believing mind reading is an acceptable form of communication

• failing to build communication skills and meeting tools when times are good • ignoring in-laws and off-farm family members • forgetting to use common courtesy • having no legal and discussed estate, management and ownership transfer plan • neglecting vital facts of fair and equal, failing to celebrate together

Source: Jolene Brown, family business consultant

CALGARY — Young mothers rocking weeks old infants were among those listening to Krysta Harden speak about how times have changed. It brought a smile to the face of the vice-president of public policy for DuPont. “How nice to come to a meeting where babies are welcome,” Harden said during the Advancing Women in Agriculture conference March 6 in Calgary. Harden said women’s involvement in agriculture is nothing new. “What is new is how we value women’s contributions,” she said. Harden said women for so long have been described as farmers’ wives, when in reality they were as much decision-makers in the operation as their husbands.

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“In any other business, they’d be called CFO (chief financial officer), and we call them farm wife. It does not define the role so many women play on the farm,” she said. And yet agricultural companies still largely depict male farmers in their marketing campaigns. She encouraged women to support, promote and make room for one another as they rise through careers in agriculture and trade

associations, and also consider the plight of women elsewhere in the world. “In some countries, if the husband dies, the farm goes to the husband’s family,” said Harden. “Developed countries have a responsibility to them,” she said. Harden said women bring a different perspective than men, s o m e t h i n g t h a t m u s t h e a rd throughout the industry, both in the office and field and through the value chain. “Add your voice to it so the way you make decisions is considered,” said Harden. Think about adding your chair to the table instead of pushing another woman off of it, she said. “Women are the backbone of agriculture. There are places to go and people waiting for us to get there.” karen.morrison@producer.com

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CALGARY — A coach can help families navigate difficult relationships and challenging work on the farm. Jacquie Stephens and Kay Kuenker of Breakthrough Consulting, who led a workshop at the Advancing Women in Agriculture conference March 6 in Calgary, said they offer an outsider’s perspective. “It can be really valuable to have a different set of eyes that isn’t part of the farm family and has no idea of the relationships going on, and can look at it from a different perspective with no bias, no hidden intent,” said Stephens. Unlike a therapist who works on identifying, assessing and accessing problems, Kuenker said coaches ask questions and use people’s own insights and solutions to resolve challenges in leading and being inclusive and unbiased.

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“Whether you want to be a coach or are looking for a coach, selfawareness is the key to any journey,” said Stephens. “It’s being able to know what’s going on for you in any given moment and therefore being able to know what’s going on for somebody else as well.” Kuenker said a coach can be a catalyst for personal growth and change. “Do you feel stuck? Am I where I

It’s not about you liking someone, it’s about finding a fit with someone who can push you to be what you want to be. JACQUIE STEPHENS CONSULTANT

need to be? Am I satisfied in my job?” she said. Kuenker used the example of a young man who might need guidance as he debates continuing on the family farm or entering the corporate world. “Coaches ask, ‘where are you right now and how can we help you get forward and grow from this starting point?’ ” she said. “They can be your sounding board, a neutral party where you can gain insights and talk it through and find out what you really want to do.” To find the best fit in a coach, Stephens said it must be someone you trust and find credible, who creates a safe environment, who will listen to you who and challenges your thinking. “It’s not about you liking someone, it’s about finding a fit with someone who can push you to be what you want to be,” said Stephens. The pair recommended seeking out certified coaches who adhere to the profession’s standards of ethics. karen.morrison@producer.com

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CANADIAN GRAIN COMMISSION

CGC surplus raises questions over user fees, reinvestment User fees paid by grain companies and farmers were based on the commission’s export expectations, which proved to be well below actual shipments BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Larger-than-expected grain export volumes during the past three years, such as these at the Port of Vancouver, have contributed to a $107 million surplus at the Canadian Grain Commission. CGC officials are now trying to determine how the surplus money should be managed. | BRIAN CROSS PHOTO

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The Canadian Grain Commission is attempting to tackle the potentially prickly issue of what to do with an accumulated surplus of $107 million. The surplus, which is expected to grow even larger during the next year or so, is primarily the result of excess users fees that were paid by grain companies and farmers to cover the costs of essential CGC services such as inspection and weighing of Canadian grain exports. CGC spokesperson Remi Gossel i n s ay s t h e c o m m i s s i o n ha s launched a two-month consultation process that will seek feedback on how the surplus funds should be managed. But there’s one catch. Refunding the money is not an option. “The possibility of refunding or rebating a portion of previously accumulated fees to producers or grain companies has been looked at, but the Canadian Grain Act and Canadian grain regulations don’t provide for refunds or rebates,” Gosselin said. “Rebates or refunds per se (are) simply not allowed under the Canada Grain Act…. It’s not feasible.” The surplus has been growing since mid-2013, when the grain commission implemented a new fee schedule to pay for services that it provides to the grain industry. It was estimated at roughly $33 million by mid-2013, but by Sept. 30, 2016, it had grown by another $74 million to roughly $107.2 million. It is likely to grow even larger before the user fees can be adjusted. In a recent interview with The Western Producer, CGC officials acknowledged that new user fees introduced in 2013 should have been set at a lower level. The fees were based on the assumption that Canadian grain exports would not exceed 23.3 million tonnes per year. However, actual export volumes came in well above those levels. Average annual export volumes were nearly 35.5 million tonnes between Aug. 1, 2013, and Sept 30, 2016. That discrepancy resulted in annual operating surpluses of $10 million in the 2013-14 fiscal year, $24.2 million in 2014-15 and $26.9 million in 2015-16. If grain volumes continue to exceed CGC estimates, the commission’s surplus could conceivably grow by another $40 million to nearly $150 million between now and Aug. 1, 2018, which is

when the fee schedule is due to be adjusted. “Since the implementation of our new user fee schedule on August 1, 2013, we have inspected and weighed significantly higher than projected export grain volumes, while our operating budget has remained relatively constant,” the commission wrote in a recently released consultation document.

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“Recognizing this situation, we updated our model for forecasting grain volumes for the upcoming … user fees cycle. The updated forecasting model for recalculating fees is expected to limit the accumulation of further surplus in our (next five-year) revolving fund and better align user fees with the operational costs of providing our services.” In the meantime, the commission is trying to figure out what to do with the surplus Gosselin said the commission is required to retain approximately $36 million of the $107.2 million that had been accumulated as of last September. This allows the commission to cover items such as unforeseen variability’s in revenues, cyclical variations in grain export volumes and employee severance obligations. That will leave at least $71 million to be reinvested or redirected. Stakeholders in the Canadian grain industry have been paying close attention recently to CGC user fees and the surpluses they have created. The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association first raised concerns about the operating surplus in early January and demanded that the commission approve an immediate refund to growers. Although user fees are typically paid by grain handling companies that export bulk grain, it is widely assumed that those fees are passed on to individual grain growers through handling and elevation fees. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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THE MAKING OF THE CANADIAN GRAIN COMMISSION SURPLUS Early 2012: CGC receives directive from Ottawa to move to “costrecovery” model for all of its services.

August 2014: Actual grain export volumes in 2013-14 crop year come in at 30.4 million tones. Based on larger-thanexpected export volumes, CGC surplus grows by roughly $10 million to $44.8 million.

Mid-2013: Existing CGC surplus is estimated at $34 million. August 2013: CGC implements new user fee schedule for the five year period Aug. 1, 2013, to July 31, 2018. Fees are based on expectation that Canadian grain export volumes will be roughly 23.3 million tones per year.

August 2016: Actual grain export volumes in 2014-15 crop year come in at 38.4 million tonnes. Based on larger-thanexpected export volumes, CGC surplus grows by nearly $27 million to $95.9 million.

August 2015: Actual grain export volumes in 2014-15 crop year come in at 37.6 million tonnes. Based on larger-than-expected export volumes, CGC surplus grows by an additional $24-$25 million to $69.2 million.

Farmers could be spending that money in their communities right now, on new equipment (or) on inputs such as seed and fertilizer.… Instead, the hoard of farmers’ hard earned cash keeps growing in a vault in Winnipeg or Ottawa. That’s not fair to farmers, and it’s not right. LEVI WOOD SASKATCHEWAN FARMER

A grain grower who delivers 5,500 tonnes of grain for export pays about $10,000 in user fees. | FILE PHOTO

» CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE According to the wheat growers association, Canadian farmers are currently being charged $1.80 for each tonne of grain that’s delivered to a licensed elevator. For an average grower who delivers 5,500 tonnes of grain per year for export, the total amount paid in grain commission user fees is roughly $10,000 a year, the organization said. “Not only has the average western grain farmer been overcharged tens of thousands of their hardearned dollars in user fees in the past few years, but those fees are set to rise again (in 2017), which is just going to increase that giant pile of farmers’ money,” aid WCWGA president Levi Wood, who farms near Pense, Sask. “Farmers could be spending that money in their communities right now, on new equipment (or) on inputs such as seed and fertilizer.… Instead, the hoard of farmers’ hard earned cash keeps growing in a vault in Winnipeg or Ottawa. That’s not fair to farmers, and it’s not right.” Earlier this year, the wheat growers association launched an online petition demanding that the excess fees collected be returned to growers. However, current federal laws do not allow for a refund to take place. As a result, the commission is seeking industry feedback on other ways that the money can be managed. Commission suggestions Potential uses being suggested by the commission include: • Using a portion of the surplus to

subsidize future CGC user fees for a pre-determined period of time. In other words, future user fees could be set at an artificially low rate, giving grain companies and growers a break on future user fee payments. • Using a portion of the accumulated surplus to upgrade existing grain commission facilities such as its grain research laboratory, office space or base building systems that, according to the commission, are “old and inefficient.” • Using a portion of the surplus to establish new laboratories and real-time analytical testing capabilities at export terminals. Such facilities would allow the industry to better satisfy export sales contracts by enhancing the industry’s ability to test bulk export shipments for myco-toxins, pesticide residues, heavy metals, quality parameters and the presence of genetically modified organisms. • Using a portion of the surplus to establish a new producer paym e n t p ro t e c t i o n p ro g ra m, which would ensure that growers are paid for grain that is delivered to an insolvent grain company. The CGC now uses a bond-based system that requires grain companies to post bonds or other types of security to ensure that grain farmers are paid for the grain they deliver in the event of an insolvency or a bankruptcy. According to existing government rules, surplus funds may be spent only on programs and activities that are related to services that the grain commission is authorized to provide under the Canada Grain Act, Gosselin said. Grain producers, farm groups, licensed grain companies and industry associations have until May 1 to provide feedback on how

January 2017: Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association launches petition demanding immediate reduction in CGC user fees and refund of $107.2 million surplus to Canadian farmers.

September 2016: Accumulated surplus grows by an additional $11.3 million. As of Sept. 30, 2016, total surplus is estimated at $107.2 million

the surplus should be used. Details on how to submit feedback can be viewed online at bit.ly/ 2nfqf5E. “We want to see how farmers feel about (the surplus). We want to see

March 2017: Citing federal regulations, CGC rules out refund to growers and launches two-month consultation process to identify potential uses for CGC surplus. CGC document proposes potential uses of surplus, including new producer payment protection plan, investment in new office space, labs and analytical equipment.

February 2017: Grain commission officials approve distribution of consultation document that suggests CGC surplus “will continue to grow until current (five-year) user fees cycle ends on March 31, 2018,” if fees and grain export volumes remain at levels recorded since 2013.

how grain companies feel about it, and we’ll be collecting that feedback and trying to build a case for the use of the surplus,” Gosselin said. “I can certainly understand the

May 1, 2017: Deadline for grain industry stakeholders to submit feedback through official consultation process.

frustration (over the surplus). We don’t want to be in a situation where we have such a significant accumulated surplus.” brian.cross@producer.com

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Producer puts plants to work as solar panels Saskatchewan producer says he has found ways to keep things greener longer and capture more energy from the sun BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

A Saskatchewan cattle producer explains how he has been able to improve his soil since converting from grain production. | FILE PHOTO

LACOMBE, Alta. — When Blain Hjertaas converted from grain pro-

duction to holistic grazing management, his main goal was to fix the soil on his Saskatchewan farm. “There is no place on earth that we know about where we can’t fix land,” he said at a recent holistic grazing management conference in Lacombe. “I do it with evil, methane-belching cows.” In 2011, he calculated more than 89.5 tonnes of carbon was sequestered per acre on his place. By 2014, there was more than 93 tonnes per acre. Every farm is unique, but Hjertaas argues soil can be improved to the point that yields increase and there is more water-holding capacity. The soil clumps into aggregates and the biology under the surface thrives.

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Describing the diverse plant community on his farm as solar panels, he has found ways to keep things green longer and capture more energy from the sun. “Most croppers only want to run their solar panels 70 days of the year. We need to figure out a system to keep it greener longer. We have the potential to capture energy somewhere between 220 and 250 days a year,” he said. From the minute the snow melts, green shoots appear and these should be put to work. Using a diverse community of perennials provides ground cover so there are no bare patches of soil exposed to the elements. Bare soil does not absorb as much water, temperature control is altered and diseases can set in. Besides diversity on the surface, graziers like Hjertaas also talk about what lies beneath. Nematodes, arthropods, protozoa, fungi and bacteria have the ability to feed the plant and in return, the plant produces sugar. Healthy soil also contains mycorrhizal fungi, the thread like tendrils that seek nutrients in the soil and feed the plants. One cubic metre of soil could support about 25,000 kilometres of fungal hyphae that tillage and nitrogen fertilizer can destroy. About 90 percent of what happens in the soil is governed by soil microbes, said Richard Teague of the Texas A & M AgriLife Research. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

NEWS » CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE “Their biomass exceeds the biomass of the animals above it.” Teague also promotes healthy vegetation and use of grazing to rebuild soils. “We like to talk about sustainability, but if we have actually degraded soils and ecosystems, why would we want to sustain that?” he said at the conference. He is a proponent of adaptive multi paddock grazing, a form of rotational grazing involving short durations and long rests. Known as AMP, grazing research

If there is an adaptive management approach, you can keep going through these trouble periods and actually keep on going up. RICHARD TEAGUE TEXAS A & M AGRILIFE RESEARCH

is showing how improvements can be made to improve soil, rebuild plant species and move water and energy. This system can also help pro-

ducers manage through drought. “If there is an adaptive management approach, you can keep going through these trouble periods and actually keep on going up,” he said. Stock numbers need to match the forage availability, and short grazing periods minimize the impact on the plants and provide better nutrition for animals. No grazing is not the answer. There is not much energy is fixed in plants when the land is left fallow. Bare ground appears and plants grow tall and shade out the lower canopy. There is almost no

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litter on the ground. In recent years, Teague has been working with a research team on four Alberta ranches where livestock grazing management included year round cover crops to build organic matter, improved nutrient cycling and more crop diversity. One of the results is improved carbon sequestration. Research has shown the amount of carbon sequestered far exceeded the amount of cattle emissions under managed grazing systems. “We can be a significant sink. A research project in Edmonton is trying to calculate the amount of

extra carbon that can be put back in the soil with regenerative grazing and cropping practices,” he said. The research has yielded promising results but the scientists are looking for more ranchers to participate in a managed grazing survey. The research team will come and measure the soil carbon and return the information to participating producers who may use it to make management changes. To p a r t i c i p at e, v i s i t b i t. l y / 2mnUsA4. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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TURKEY INDUSTRY

Antibiotics needed in toolbox: producer The poultry sector stopped using antimicrobials important to human health in 2014, but antibiotics are still needed in case of a catastrophe BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

RED DEER — Antibiotic use in livestock is often cited as a reason to stay away from meat. “There are no antibiotics in any protein in Canada,” said Mark Davies, president of Turkey Farmers of Canada. “Once it goes through the plant and to the consumer, there isn’t any, but that is not what people believe.” The poultry industry voluntarily stopped using Category I antimicrobials in 2014. They are defined as the most important to human medicine and include third and fourth generation cephalosporins such as Excenel and fluoroquinolones sold as Baytril. Tu r k e y Fa r m e r s o f C a n a d a formed a working group last October to take on the antimicrobial issue. A committee of producers, breeders, hatcheries, academics, veterinarians, processors and feed mills has met three times to discuss antibiotic use in the turkey business. Antibiotics are not widely used in turkeys, but farmers and veterinarians do not want to abandon these products altogether. Davies, who farms in Nova Scotia, believes in tight management, biosecurity and good nutrition, but sometimes things go wrong. “My job is to raise a healthy bird,” Davies said in an interview at the Alberta Turkey Producers annual meeting in Red Deer Feb. 28. “We always need something because we might have a catastrophic illness, so if we can have that assurance, then we can have a tool in a toolbox.” The industry wants to do the right thing by the birds and consumers, said Tom Inglis, an Alberta poultry veterinarian. “If we can keep tools in the toolbox by empowering veterinarians, that is where our industry is going. We need to use them judiciously, but we need them when everything else has failed.” The committee is grappling with a number of challenges as pressure mounts to do away with antibiotics. The pressure often comes when those who do not understand production agriculture are allowed to dictate how livestock are treated. Farmers understand they have to respond to modern consumers’ questions about how their food is raised, and Davies approves of the veterinary-client relationship in which prescriptions are provided when necessary. “We are really looking at a program that is a vet prescription so it is therapeutic and not preventive,” he said. Another challenge is growing pressure to stop using Category II and III antimicrobials, said Phil Boyd, manager of the national organization. These are of high and medium importance to human medicine. Category II includes

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cephalosporins, macrolides and penicillins, while Category III examples are sulphonamides and tetracyclines. “The buyers of the live bird are really sensitive to that kind of pressure coming back on them from their paying customers, like retail chains and food service,” said Boyd. “If we don’t act unilaterally as a sector, then we run the risk of having some of these medications reg-

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Chicken slaughter must be handled in ‘respectful’ way Methods must ensure the bird has lost consciousness so it does not feel pain BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

RED DEER — The public generally accepts killing of chickens to p ro d u c e f o o d a s l o n g a s i t i s

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Euthanasia may be used to kill sick or injured birds, to control or eradicate a disease or remove birds like end of production layers, breeders or male day-old chicks. The poultry code of practice outlines slaughter practices in commercial facilities but euthanasia is not as easy to standardize. In North America, cervical dislocation is recommended rather than blunt force trauma on the head. In Switzerland blunt force trauma is used to make the bird unconscious and then cervical dislocation happens. All methods that include captive bolts, carbon dioxide, decapitation or manual cervical dislocation have strengths and weaknesses. However, it is most important to ensure the bird has lost consciousness so it does not feel the pain. It is also critical to make sure the bird is dead before it is disposed of. The American Veterinary Medical Association guidelines for the depopulation of animals are being evaluated and include sections on removal of birds. Standards around killing birds are changing partly because the public wants assurances that birds were treated well. “In general we are being asked to show more respect for the individual bird,” he said. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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ALBERTA CHICKEN PRODUCERS

Take measures to keep markets: poultry chair Producers warned about concerns over antibiotic use BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

RED DEER, Alta. — It is a good time to be in the chicken business in Alberta. The supply managed commodity was allowed to grow through a new national allocation agreement several years ago and expansion has been happening ever since, said Erna Ference, chair of Alberta Chicken Producers. “Our allocation has grown at rates not seen since the early 1990s,” she said at the chicken pro-

ducers annual meeting held in Red Deer Feb. 28. Last year, Alberta produced 146.1 million kilograms of chicken, a 6.4 percent increase over 2015. Growth in 2017 is expected to increase by four percent. “With the beef and pork supply starting to increase globally and the prices of these commodities in a bit of decline, we may not be able to sustain this substantial growth we have seen year over year,” she said. Last year, the Alberta Chicken Producer’s consumer study found

In 2016, Alberta producers increased production by 6.4 percent over 2015 and expects production to increase by four percent in 2017. | FILE PHOTO that Albertans say they eat chicken because they like it and consider it healthy. “ You are the protein market leader and it is your market to lose,” said Nick Black of Intensions Con-

sulting, which was hired to poll 1,000 Albertans about their meat preferences. More than 90 percent of those surveyed reported eating chicken in the previous week with many

saying they had eaten it at least four times. Eighty-eight percent said they had eaten beef and about three-quarters had eaten pork or fish. Most of chicken’s popularity is among younger people in the 16 to 29 age group. They are urban people who consider chicken a versatile, easy-to-prepare meal that offers good value for money. They spend about $25 a week on chicken in various forms. Overall, young men eat more meat because they are looking to build more lean muscle mass and they consider chicken an important part of their diet. Among those in the 50-plus age category, beef was more popular.

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These younger consumers have some definite ideas about what they want. Most want chicken raised in Canada and more than half want it to be hormone and antibiotic free. They said they would pay more for chicken that was free from these products. “Your biggest consumers are young people and they are the ones who are going to spend the most for it and they are also the ones that have the greatest concerns about antibiotics and hormones,” he said. While chicken contains no added hormones, the issue about raising birds with antibiotics could become a future black mark against the industry due to negative public perceptions about added hormones and antibiotic use. The A&W restaurant campaign about its meat being free from added hormones and antibiotics is influential. “It is having a big impact on the way consumers think and feel,” Black said. It has made them suspicious about what is in their food and they wonder how it might affect their children. Some of those surveyed said the government should intervene with stronger food safety regulations. Young consumers surveyed said they did not have great concerns about how chickens are raised, but there was a misconception that broilers are raised in cages rather than barns. Eating roast chicken at a large family gathering is a nostalgic memory for many of those surveyed. Most of those surveyed admitted they understand little about farms and probably do not want to know the actual processes, said Black. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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POULTRY RESEARCH

Producers told to be on guard against salmonella Common house flies, beetles, rats and mice can carry the bacteria, so pest management in barns is critical BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

RED DEER, Alta. — When Susan Schafers was told that her Alberta egg farm had tested positive for salmonella, she and her staff shifted to high gear to evaluate biosecurity. Her farm at Stony Plain tested positive for Salmonella heidelberg and typhimurium strains. Both can make human sick, she told a poultry research forum held in Red Deer Feb. 27. Her farm has seven barns that are five to 50 years old and biosecurity was not as tight as it could be within and between the buildings. Close examination showed there were problems with mice, which can carry the bacteria. Staff also had to learn the seriousness of the situation. “If they find salmonella enteritidis on my farm and we are depopulated, your jobs are going bye-bye. They pay a lot more attention to things nowadays,” she said. She spent thousands of dollars to control rodents and clean up the farm. The farm has been salmonella clear for two years. In 2016, 600 tests for pullets and layers were collected in Alberta and about 40 percent came back positive for a general type of salmonella, she said. These are routine samples collected through Egg Farmers of Alberta’s mandatory Start CleanStay Clean Program to monitor salmonella enteriditis. If that strain is found, it means quarantines and flock depopulation, followed by cleaning and disinfection. Insurance is available but it does not cover all the costs, Schafers said. Every farm has to be serious about salmonella because it can cause serious food poisoning, said Chuck Hofacre of the University of Georgia poultry diagnostic and research centre. Salmonella are gram-negative bacteria, which means they can pass genes between each other. E. coli, salmonella and campylobacter can all do this and can pass on resistance or become more virulent. There are about 2,500 different forms of salmonella so identification is important to make sure the bacteria are dealt with correctly. It resides in the gut of the birds but does not harm them. It may be live in water, feed, wildlife, insects, rodents, fomites, humans, litter, hatchery and vehicles. It is unlikely to be eradicated. “We are not going to make it disappear. Salmonella is a numbers game and each of the things we do will help us reduce the numbers,” Hofacre said. Pest management is critical. Common houseflies, beetles, rats and mice can carry it so they must be controlled. When cleaning a barn, he recommends placing rodent baits, removing all litter and manure and washing and disinfecting with insecticides last to prevent beetles from returning. Feed can be a source of the bacteria but that is rare. “Everybody wants to blame the

feed mill for salmonella,” he said. The highest risk ingredient is animal byproducts, especially poultry meal, so these should be avoided, especially in breeder feed mixes. Drinking water is rarely a source of salmonella but germs can spread among birds through the drinking supply. Flocks given chlorinated water at least once a week had significantly less salmonella. He also advocates competitive exclusion and various products are available. The gut of newly hatched chickens and turkeys do not have any bacteria. In the first few hours the

If they find salmonella enteritidis on my farm and we are depopulated, your jobs are going bye-bye. They pay a lot more attention to things nowadays. SUSAN SCHAFERS EGG PRODUCER

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the mother helped establish beneficial bacteria in the chicks’ gut. With modern incubation they are not exposed to feces for that added immunity. Hofacre advocates vaccination and new products like probiotics in feed to reduce salmonella. Individual farms need to find the products that work best for them from reputable suppliers because nothing works perfectly all the time. Organic acid in water has been shown to reduce salmonella. A coccidiosis vaccination also seems to help. Salmonella tends to reside in the

cecum of chickens and turkey. “A low dose of cecal cocci makes the cecal wall thicker and it makes it harder for salmonella to colonize and get through and cause infection.” Working with veterinarians, poultry producers have to remain diligent by understanding where the bacteria came from and how to control it. “There is not one thing we are going to do that is going to eliminate salmonella. There is no magic potion. It takes a lot of elbow grease and a lot of work,” he said. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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Noxious weed quarantine worries seed grower Compensation sought for loss of income if farm put under quarantine until weed in eradicated BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Quackgrass, purple loosestrife and spotted knapweed are some of the pests on Canada’s noxious weed list. | FILE PHOTOS

OTTAWA — The president of t h e Ca na d i a n S e e d G row e r s Association says the federal weed seed order implemented last November should include compensation for growers who

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U.S. farm groups unite in market promotion push With trade deals being cancelled by President Trump and threats of tariffs on U.S. products, associations fear the loss of export markets BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — U.S. farm groups want the federal government to double what it spends on promoting crops in export markets. Ron Moore, president of the American Soybean Association, said the United States is spending l e s s t ha n o n e - q u a r t e r o f t h e US$1 billion the European Union spends on market promotion. The group wants to see a doubling in funding to $469 million for the Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Program in the next four-year farm bill. By comparison, Agriculture Canada is planning to spend $32 million on trade and market expansion in 2017-18. The National Corn Growers Association and the National Association of Wheat Growers share the same stance as the soybean growers on the market development issue. Brett Blankenship, past-president of NAWG, said the industry needs that commitment to trade promotion, given that newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump has been scuttling trade deals and angering key export markets with talk of slapping tariffs on their products. It is not happenstance that all three grower groups are on the same page on market promotion. They have been meeting to find common ground on a number of issues that they want to see addressed in the 2018 farm bill.

away said an increase in funding is highly unlikely given the U.S. is approaching $20 trillion in debt and Trump has a lot of spending priorities. However, he thinks a strong farm safety net will be an easier sell to Congress in an era of sub-$4 per bushel corn prices than it was last time around when they were $7. The other thing the farm community has going for it is that spending on the 2014 bill was originally projected to be $23 billion

less than the 2008 bill. “We’re spending $100 billion less on the farm bill than we’re supposed to have,” he said. That is primarily because of a $92 billion reduction in spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which accounts for 80 percent of farm bill dollars. Commodity program costs were $16 billion higher in the 2014 bill than the 2008 bill, but crop insurance costs were $10 billion lower because of falling commodity prices.

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Moore said crop insurance is already under attack in Washington, but that is a non-starter for farm groups. “We will vigorously defend the

federal crop (insurance) program.” Maintaining crop insurance is a top priority for corn and wheat growers as well. “We’re entering out fourth year of corn prices below the cost of production,” said NCGA president Wesley Spurlock. “Although most farmers remain solvent, many are facing higher debt-to-asset ratios and eroding equity.” Blankenship said it is another area of unity for farm groups. “The growers are drawing a line in the sand around crop insurance as their key safety net,” he said. sean.pratt@producer.com

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POULTRY BIOSECURITY

Laser beams quiet and efficient at scaring wild birds away Producers repel migratory birds that could infect their organic hens with avian flu BY CHRIS MCCULLOUGH FREELANCE WRITER

Karen and Daniel Hoeberichts, owners of Orchard Eggs in England, use laser beam technology rather than expensive netting to protect their hens from wild birds. | CHRIS MCCULLOUGH PHOTOS

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The laser is silent and shows effectiveness of 90 to 100 percent in bird dispersal at farms, which the company says makes it a viable alternative to the expensive method of installing nets around poultry farms. Dan England, director of distributors PestFix, said the avian influenza in Holland and the United Kingdom in December 2016 has stressed poultry and egg producers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The advent of new APHA (Animal & Plant Health Authority) protocol allows free range birds outdoors if they can be kept segregated from wild birds. With this rule, the laser technology for bird dispersal comes into its own. Because they are domesticated, the hens are unaffected by the laser.â&#x20AC;? The U.K. set up the prevention zone from Dec. 6, 2016, which required that all poultry and captive bird keepers use heightened biosecurity, which included keeping their birds indoors if possible or otherwise separating domestic birds from wild birds. This zone remains in force until at least the end of April 2017.

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Ryan Dyck, agronomy technician with Agriculture Canada’s crop sciences centre, sits in the new “super combine” used to harvest and compile data from research plots. The machine was on display at Lethbridge AgExpo March 1-3. It costs as much as a full-sized combine, but the mini unit owned and operated by Agriculture Canada technicians is ideal for harvesting test plots and collecting crop data. | BARB GLEN PHOTOS

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It costs as much as a full-sized combine, but Agriculture Canada’s plot combine is designed to suit research needs, not high-volume harvest. The Lethbridge research and development centre had the machine on display March 1-3 at Ag Expo, southern Alberta’s largest agricultural trade show. Ryan Dyck, agronomy technician with Agriculture Canada in Lethbridge, said the combine has improved data collection. “It has definitely sped up processes for a lot of our agronomy trials,” he said. “It’s a pretty good machine for us. It’s very specialized for our scientific work.” The $375,000 machine comes with a two-metre grain corn header and a two-metre straight-cut header, which can be swapped to manage different crop plots. Previous machines have had 1.5 metre headers so the wider unit also helps processing speed. Data monitoring systems in the machine, which Dyck said are userfriendly, allow collection of test weight, yield, grain moisture content and grain protein levels. Smaller sub-samples can be taken from within the combine, reducing the need to run samples from field to lab. Data is entered in a tablet that can be moved from the combine to the lab so analysis can quickly begin, said Dyck. The combine has been used for one season already so it was looking suspiciously tidy for the show. Dyck acknowledged some effort was put into spit and polish. “It will probably never look this clean again,” he said. barb.glen@producer.com

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Plenty of sunshine and plenty of wind: those are hallmarks of southeastern Alberta and they make the region a logical target for solar and wind energy projects. In fact, among the 33 proposed

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solar projects and 52 wind projects in Alberta as of 2016, 41 percent are in the southeast. That number encouraged the region, which includes the City of Medicine Hat and County of Forty Mile and environs including Brooks, Bassano, Vauxhall, Jenner and Oyen, to consider future renewable energy projects and what they might mean for economic development, labour and spinoffs. A report released March 3 calculated that in the next 20 years, solar and wind projects could generate $7.8 billion in investment, more than 10,000 temporary jobs and almost 400 permanent ones, provide $580 in landowner lease payments and generate $765 million in municipal property tax revenue for the region. “Many of the stakeholders in the report identified the opportunity that exists in southeastern Alberta solely because of that solar potential and the wind potential as well,” said Sandra Moore of Sandra Moore Consulting, who conducted a study and prepared the report.

You look at those graphs of Canada … that’s like the bull’seye right on southeastern Alberta, saying ‘developers, please come here.’ SANDRA MOORE CONSULTANT

“You look at those graphs of Canada … that’s like the bull’s-eye right on southeastern Alberta, saying ‘developers, please come here.’ ” The economic estimates include only larger scale projects that would generate more than one megawatt of energy, and are based on formulas from the Canadian Wind Energy Association and the Canadian Solar Industries Association. Moore acknowledged that some of the stakeholders she consulted in her research are leery of economic estimates, in part because they can create false expectations and in part because proposals are not the same as actual projects. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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VEGETABLE INDUSTRY DISPUTE

Ont. vegetable processors accuse gov’t of creating problem to play white knight Commission dismisses entire marketing board and appoints trustee to manage negotiations; growers form new group BY MARY BAXTER FREELANCE WRITER

CHATHAM, ONT.—Just three days after learning the Ontario government had fired their marketing organization’s board of directors and appointed a trustee, the province’s processing vegetable growers established a new group with their former leadership at its head. About 100 growers voted on whether to create the new group March 6 in an impromptu meeting held in Chatham. The meeting followed another meeting organized by the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission to introduce producers to the Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers’ new trustee, Elmer Buchanan. Provincial Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal appointed Buchanan, who is a former provincial agriculture minister and, until his recent resignation, vice-chair of the commission. Only five producers objected to establishing the new group, said its chair, Francis Dobbelaar, following a vote that took place behind closed doors. The decision to move ahead with the group marks yet another twist in the long-running power struggle between growers, processors and the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission, which oversees agricultural boards with certain marketing powers in Ontario. The dispute erupted last year when the commission proposed revoking the Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers’ collective bargaining powers. The marketing board negotiates on behalf of its 450 growers with the province’s primary processors to

Francis Dobbelaar, left, chair of a new group formed by Ontario’s processing vegetable growers, squared off with Elmer Buchanan, newly appointed trustee of Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers, at a meeting held last week to explain the changes. | MARY BAXTER PHOTO set minimum prices for crops such as tomatoes, peas, sweet corn, carrots and onions. Many other provincial marketing boards hold similar bargaining p ow e r s, a n d D o b b e l aa r s a i d groups are closely monitoring the processing growers’ situation. Other boards see the government’s decision to step in “as a prototype for how they’re going to run the industry, treat collective bargaining,” he said. Leal’s March 3 emailed statement to media said he had heard from different corners of the sector that negotiations had reached an impasse between Ontario’s tomato growers and processors for the 2017 crop season. “Risking this year’s tomato crop and the thousands of jobs that support it is something I am not prepared to do,” Leal said. In a letter to members of the marketing organization, deputy agriculture minister Greg Meredith said the province had made a regulation under the Farm Products

Marketing Act to terminate the organization’s leadership and appoint Buchanan until the end of 2017. He also asked them to immediately return any board-owned devices. The government expects a new board to be elected to resume governance of the organization in 2018.

ahead and improve relationships between growers and processors. “I would like your industry to be like a family,” he said, noting that occasional disputes were all right, but ultimately processors and growers should see themselves united in a value chain.

(They) could get the perception that the commission had a strained relationship with the processing vegetable growers, and then it turned around and appointed its vice-chair to lead it. How will that lead to a balanced outcome of this situation? AL MUSSELL, AGRIFOOD ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

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He assured growers that he believes “strongly” in the collective bargaining process and also believes that growers are entitled to elected representatives. “I didn’t come here to lower prices for raw product.” Buchanan also told growers he did not support revoking the regulation that enacts their bargaining powers, although he supported some adjustments. (Leal put the commission’s regulatory proposal on hold last year to allow for industry consultation.) Buchanan said he wanted to quickly establish ad-hoc advisory committees and identified the end of March as his target for wrapping up price negotiations. March 1 had been the deadline for tomato processors to submit their final pricing offers. Buchanan and Jim Clark, the commission’s interim chair, confirmed their receipt, but each said they didn’t know details. During a question and answer session, David Epp, a Leamington tomato grower, challenged the legality of the province’s actions. Ep p w a s t h e l o n e i n d i v i d u a l allowed to deliver his questions directly to Buchanan. Buchanan said the agriculture ministr y’s legal counsel had advised him that the province has acted legally.

Concerns about the industry have been longstanding and wideranging, Buchanan told growers. “It’s not just one processor.” In an interview following the morning meeting, he listed examples of other concerns, such as conditions, delivery dates and flexibility. Steve Lamoure, president of the seven-member Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Processors Association, had also raised similar concerns in a February interview. “(Processors) just wanted to talk to their growers,” Buchanan said. At least two processors have threatened “hundreds and hundreds if not thousands of tons pullout of production,” he said. The government is concerned, he added. “I’m here to restore faith in the system.” As growers congregated in one section of the room, Buchanan at first looked on, at one point leaning on a file box of papers containing grower questions and the names of growers who were interested in becoming part of his advisory committee. However, as discussion about a new organization took shape, he stepped in and said he was nervous about the growers creating a parallel structure. “The fight is to figure out how we get along and how we get an advisory committee up.” Dobbelaar, who conducted the session, said the province had manufactured a crisis so it could step in. “There was no problem,” he said to applause. Tomato negotiations were ongoing with the exception of one processor, he said, identifying it as Highbury Canco Corp. in Leamington. Dobbelaar said the new group would be named the Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers Association. Among its first priorities will be seeking legal advice and determining how growers can retrieve money paid into their former organization. Al Mussell, research lead at AgriFood Economic Systems, which specializes in agricultural economics and policy analysis, said the commission has replaced marketing board chairs in the past, but dismissing an entire board and replacing its members with an individual trustee may be a first. Mussell said some people might view Buchanan’s appointment as concerning, although he is capable and experienced. “(They) could get the perception that the commission had a strained relationship with the processing vegetable growers, and then it turned around and appointed its vice-chair to lead it,” he said. “How will that lead to a balanced outcome of this situation?” Mussell also wondered why Leal did not use established routes of mediation and arbitration when price negotiations reached an impasse. Buchanan said he would not speculate if the negotiation process would involve arbitration.

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Impassable northern roads resulted in shipping delays SÃO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) — Dry weather improved conditions on a rugged Amazon road that serves as the key link between soy fields and northern ports, ending an immense backlog of trucks carrying the beans, the Brazilian army said March 6. Rains were heavier than normal for weeks, turning an unpaved section of the BR-163 highway into a swampy mess and leaving thousands of loaded trucks stranded in southern Para state. Brazil is the world’s largest soybean exporter, and is in the final stages of a record harvest of more than 100 million tonnes. Losses ran at $400,000 a day for grain traders trying to move the soy from Mato Grosso state about 765 kilometres north to river ports. The federal government started emergency repairs to the 100 km stretch of unpaved road in early March, which helped ease the bottleneck. “Traffic was freed this morning in both directions,” the army said March 6. “As rains stopped, the mud dried and now the problem is the dust, which hinders visibility.” However, there were forecasts for more heavy rains along the north-

ern route, and authorities have said they will simply not allow trucks to try that road if conditions deteriorate again. At least 11 ships faced delays in early March in loading soybeans in northern ports, which have seen large investments by commodity traders in recent years, in an attempt to bypass the badly overburdened ports in southern Brazil. Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said 600,000 tonnes of soybeans were diverted to southern ports because of the issue with the northern route.

MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) — Russian winter grains have been largely unaffected by DecemberFebruary weather and are doing better than usual, a state weather forecaster said March 7, suggesting good prospects for the 2017 crop. Russia, one of the world’s largest wheat exporters to North Africa and the Middle East, harvested a record grain crop of 121 million tonnes last year, and this year’s crop is expected to be lower but still large. Three to five percent of winter grains — 1.2 to two million acres — were estimated to be in poor condition as of early March, said Anna Strashnaya, an analyst at Hydrometcentre’s agricultural department.

Our forecast is optimistic. We believe that the sowings passed the winter better than they usually do. ANNA STRASHNAYA ANALYST

Russian farmers seeded winter grains on 43 million acres last fall for the 2017 crop, up from 40.3 million acres the previous year, and about three percent of the area was in poor condition that time. A year ago, the share of winter grains in bad condition was 1.2 million, but the total area was smaller and the winter weather

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Brazil soy crop estimate raised SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) — The 2016-17 Brazilian soybean crop could reach 109.07 million tonnes, almost 15 million tonnes more than in the previous season, as record yields in several states boost output prospects, broker and analyst INTL FCStone said March 7. The new projection is the most optimistic so far among independent analysts. The soy projection is almost five million tonnes bigger than its forecast from last month and reflects continuing favourable weather over most of the country’s soybean fields. “Climate has been nearly perfect in a large part of the planted area. Even in regions which saw smaller precipitation levels, rains were evenly distributed, guaranteeing needed humidity for crop development,” soy market analyst Ana Luiza Lodi said. FCStone has also raised its view for Brazilian soy exports in the 2016-17 crop year to 59 million tonnes from 57 million projected in February. In the previous season Brazil expor ted 51.6 million tonnes. The broker expects a larger corn output as well, saying the weather has been favourable for the cereal in the same way as for soybeans. It projected Brazil’s total corn crop at 93.3 million tonnes, up from 91.5 million last month. Most of Brazil’s corn production takes place later in the year, after farmers finish the soy harvest.

was very favourable. The average area in poor condition in recent years has been 2.7 million acres, Strashnaya added. “Our forecast is optimistic. We believe that the sowings passed the winter better than they usually do,” Strashnaya said. Compared with November, the condition of winter grains has improved in part of Russia’s southern and Volga regions, but warm weather worsened the situation in the northern part of the central region. The level of moisture in soil is good in almost all regions thanks to heavy autumn rains and deep snow during the winter. “Our prospects for the harvest are good, but May and June are still to weigh in,” she added.

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Study to tally carbon tax cost to commodity sector Supply managed groups want to examine price increases throughout the supply chain to determine the impact on agriculture BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

RED DEER — Alberta commodity groups want to learn the true costs to their businesses since the provincial carbon levy went into effect earlier this year. The supply managed groups of chicken, turkey, eggs, hatching eggs and dairy as well as Alberta Pork want to work with the province to examine the added costs from the levy, which charges $20 per tonne on emissions this year and $30 per tonne next year. “We want to quantify the full impact of the carbon levy by its full

implementation in 2018,” said Erna Ference, chair of the Alberta Chicken Producers. The chicken producers group has already conducted an energy utilization survey and estimated farmers’ natural gas bills would go up an average of $6,500 a year. It means an increase of 1.7 cents per kilogram of chicken produced, or a total of $1.4 million in additional costs to primary chicken farmers. That added cost is difficult for producers to pass on to consumers and still remain competitive with other provinces, she said Feb. 28 at the poultry industry conference

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in Red Deer. A funding proposal for the study was submitted in February, said chicken producers manager Karen Kirkwood.

The study wants members of commodity groups to submit information on their added costs since the levy was imposed. “It will quantify all the direct and indirect costs in the supply chain right from feed and chicks up to processing and transportation,” Kirkwood said. “It will go through the whole value chain including the transportation right up to processing. It will not only be the natural gas costs but the trickle down costs of electricity and fuel costs because many of our producers do not use marked fuel, which is exempt,” she said.

“We want to work with government on this. They need to have that data to understand what the impacts on agriculture are going to be.” Executive directors and commodity group presidents have been meeting with government departments to come up with solutions to deal with the added costs. A March 9 meeting has been set with Alberta Agriculture and the climate change department to discuss how to compete and work in a low energy company, said Ference. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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ONE OWNER ANTIQUES & Collectibles Auction, 9:30 AM, Saturday, March 25, 801 Buxton St., Indian Head, SK. Viewing: 5-7 PM, Friday, March 24. On offer: 1957 Chrysler Windsor Couch; Pepsi chest type cooler; var. parlour chairs; 1880’s-1930’s 1966 CITABRIA 7ECA, 960 TT, AE, all AD’s antique oak, walnut, mahogany, pine furnidone, new tow breaks installed, nice clean ture; tri-Lights; Pequegnate Christies Book Citabria, $33,500 OBO. 204-322-5614, Store clocks; glassware; White Moore Warren, MB. Croft vase; 1937 Royal Doulton vase and plate; JackoBean vase; England, Royal Stanley; 1890 Royal Bonn Germany, Royal Bonn Vase; crystal; china sets; figurines; antique beaded and Poorman’s purses; coins; 100’s of items, A collection you don’t want to miss! Call 306-551-9411. www.2sauctioneers.ca PL #333133.

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MAPLE BUTCHER block, 20” sq. x 16” deep, $1100; Round oak table, centre pedestal, mint, $1500; Early 1940’s 9 piece walnut dining room set, $2000; Early National cash register, mint, $1700. Call Ron 780-603-3117, 8 AM - 8 PM, Vegreville, AB WANTED: TRACTOR MANUALS, sales brochures, tractor catalogs. 306-373-8012, Saskatoon, SK.

UNRESERVED ANTIQUE/ COLLECTIBLE Auction, Saturday, March 25, 2017, 10 AM Schmalz Auction Center Hwy #2 South, Prince Albert, SK. Over 400 lots. Schmalz 1976 GRUMMAN CHEETAH, 4665 TTSN, Auctions 306-763-2172, 306-922-2300. PL 2655 SMOH, 555 hrs. on new Mill. cyl., ba- #911509. Check websites for a more com- WA N T E D : VOLKSWAGEN van/truck, sic VFR panel. Flies great, fast aircraft, plete listing: www.schmalzauctions.com pre-1967; Also antique signs, gas pumps, www.globalauctionguide.com $38,000 OBO. 204-322-5614, Warren, MB. oil cans etc. 306-222-7376, Warman, SK. 1965 PIPER 150 Super Cub w/recent ceconite, 2455 TT, 988 hrs. on new engine, 406 ELT, 1 owner, always hangared. complete with new Kehler skis. Gerald 204-773-0380, Russell, MB.

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WRECKING LATE MODEL TRUCKS: 1/2, 3/4, 1 tons, 4x4’s, vans, SUV’s. Cummins, Chev and Ford diesel motors. Jasper Auto Parts, 1-800-294-4784 or 1-800-294-0687.

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a large Farm Equipment Auction for the Estate of William Krell, Monday, April 10, 2017, at 10:00 AM. Directions from Stoughton, SK. go 2 miles South on Hwy #47, 1 mile West and 1/4 mile North, Live internet bidding www.bidspotter.com. JD 9320 4WD w/3800 hrs and Greenstar ready, JD 8640 4WD tractor w/PTO, JD 4640 2WD tractor, JD 4240 2WD with JD 148 FEL and grapple, JD 5020 2WD tractor and front mount Schulte snowblower, JD 5020 2WD tractor w/dozer blade, JD 5020 2WD tractor w/2086 hrs, JD 4020 2WD tractor with JD 148 FEL, JD 2130 2WD tractor with 3 PTH, JD D, McCormick WD-9 restored dsl. tractor, 4- McCormick WD-9 tractors, 2015 Bobcat S650 skidsteer loaded with only 25 hrs, Caterpillar D-7 Crawler dozer, 2004 JD 9660 SP combine w/JD 914P PU header with 1088 sep. hrs, 2012 30’ Westward M155 SP swather w/MacDon D60-S header with only 185 cutting hrs, JD 7720 SP combine w/3000 hrs, JD 2360 SP 25’ swather w/1508 hrs, JD 925R straight cut 25’ header, JD 590 PT swather, Farm King poly swath roller, JD 95 SP combine, 1997 Freightliner FL-70 dsl. grain truck w/steel box and roll tarp, 1985 GMC grain truck with 23,975 kms, 1979 Ford F600 grain truck, 1976 Chev C60 grain truck w/water tank, 1998 Jeep TJ sport SUV, 1997 Chev dsl. 2500 ext. cab truck, 70’ Degelman Strawmaster 7000 heavy harrow, 50’ 2005 Morris Maxim II air drill w/Morris 7240 air cart and double shoot and paired row (Dennis Cruywels 306-575-7252) 60’ FlexiCoil System 95 harrow packers, 2- JD 1650 45’ cultivators, 4- 10’ JD 9350 disc drills with rubber capped packers, Versatile 24’ tandem disc, IH 8 bottom plow, Morris 35’ cultivator, IH 620 disc drills, 100- new 16” Tru Width cultivator shovels, 2015 XH Schulte XH-1500-S3 mower, HD flax straw buncher, JD 205 3PTH gyromower, JD 3 PTH angle blade, Rock-OMatic rockpicker, JD 1600A mower conditioner, JD 535 round baler, JD 750 grinder mixer, Custom built 16’ bumper pull stock trailer, NH 278 sq. baler, NH 271 sq. baler, 5- Behlen 3000 bu. hopper bottom grain bins, 50 ton fertilizer hopper bin, Sakundiak 10-60 swing auger, Walinga 614 grain vac, Bergen 10-60 swing auger, Brandt 8-40 PTO auger, aeration fans, Labtronics 919 grain tester, grain bin concrete forms, REO Speedwagon dump truck, Studebaker Lark V1 Sedan, Studebaker Champion Suicide 4 door, Chev Viscayne 4 door, Olds Delta 88, GMC 9500 2 ton truck, GMC 960 grain truck, IH R-130 2 ton truck, Ford F750 Co-op fuel truck, Chev and GMC vans, JD 317 tractor with mower and tiller, Anchor 12’ fibreglass boat w/20 HP motor, Advace lathe, Rigid electric pipe threader, drill press, Hotsy electric pressure washer, Ariens ST 622 weed eater, blacksmith tools, huge assortment of shop tools and new parts. Visit mackauctioncompany.com for sale billand photos. Join us on Facebook and Twitter. Mack Auction Co. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815. PL#311962

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a Farm Equip. Auction for Ron and Donna Labbie, 306-869-7020, Saturday, April 8, 2017, 10 AM. Directions from Radville, SK., 4 miles South on Hwy 28, 1 mile East on Grid 705 and 1/4 mile North. Watch for signs! Live internet bidding www.bidspotter.com. 1998 JD 9300 4WD tractor w/6545 hrs and Greenstar ready, JD 8760 4WD tractor w/4415 hrs, 2013 Case/IH Patriot 3330 SP 100’ sprayer w/440 hours, 4- Michelin 650/65R-38 sprayer tires and rims, 2320-R46 sprayer tires and rims, 1986 Trailmobile 45’ Highboy tandem flat deck trailer with 2- 2200 gal. poly water tanks and Chem Handler II, single axle dolly convertor, 2011 NH CR9060 SP combine with MAV/Redekop chopper w/1035 rotor hrs, 2008 NH 76C Swathmaster PU header with Michel’s Crop Catcher, 2008 MacDon FD-70 flex draper 35’ straight cut header w/NH adapter, 2007 NH HW325 SP 30’ swather w/515 eng. hrs, Farm King steel drum swath roller, Koenders poly drum swath roller, 2012 41’ JD 1870 air drill and JD 1910 air cart paired row with blockage monitors, Morris Magnum II 47’ cult. w/2055 Valmar, 1995 IH tandem grain truck with ultracel steel box, 1976 Dodge 600 grain truck w/steel box and roll tarp, 2003 Real Industries 24’ gooseneck flat deck trailer, Real Ind. 21’ gooseneck stock trailer, Westfield MK 100-61 swing auger, Westfield MK100-71 swing auger, Sakundiak 8-1200 auger w/Kohler Pro 25 HP eng., Sakundiak HD7-1400 auger with Kohler 20 HP motor, Westfield W70-26 auger w/elec. motor, Grain Guard and Keho aeration fans, grain dockage pans and sieves, Degelman ground drive rockpicker, EZ-Guide 500 and EZ Steer 500 GPS, JD 148 FEL pallet forks, free standing corral panels, drill stem round bale feeders, quantity of drill stem and sucker rod, quantity of corral panels and gates, squeeze chute, shopbuilt crowding tub w/curved alley and loading chute, Westeel 1000 bu. hopper bottom bin, 100’ rubber belt grain trough with rolling feed cart, portable calf shelters, tractor tire grain feeders, vet supplies, Z Star side by side UTV, Sanborn upright air compressor, 1000 gal. fuel tank and elec. pump, used oil tank, shop built high clearance sprayer and jack stand, antique enamel dbl. sided Goodyear sign. For sale bill and photos view mackauctioncompany.com Join us on Facebook and Twitter. Mack Auction Co. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815. PL#311962

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a Farm Equipment Auction for Lang Stock Farms Ltd., Wayne and Rosetta Lang, 306-245-3752, 306-531-8097, Wednesday April 12, 2017 at 11 AM. Directions from Tyvan, SK., 3/4 mile North, 3 miles East & 2-1/2 North. Watch for signs. Live internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com. NH 9482 4WD tractor with 4775 hrs, Case/IH 7120 FWA tractor with 3 PTH and new tires, 2007 NH CR 9070 SP combine with 1575 rotor hrs, 2009 NH 74C 30’ flex header with PU reel, 2007 NH 94C 36’ straight cut draper header w/auto header height, MF Hesston 9430 swather and Hesston 5200 draper header w/1188 hrs, MF 18’ Hesston 9125 haybine header, Westward Turbo 9300 SP 30’ swather with MacDon 972 header, Brent 876 grain cart with scale and cameras, JD CTS SP combine w/2705 hrs, JD 615 PU header, JD 930F 30’ flex header with wind reel system, 2- Elmers Mfg. straight cut header trailers, Koenders poly drum swath roller, 40’ Seed Hawk 40-12 air drill with 357 Magnum tank and double shoot, 60’ Bourgault 7200 heavy harrows w/hyd. angle tilt, Miller 18’ tandem offset disc, 2000 Volvo daycab hwy. truck with 18 spd, 1995 Dodge Ram Cummins 4WD 2500 truck, 1979 Ford F-600 grain truck w/roll tarp, 2006 Timpte Super Hopper tandem 40’ grain trailer with air ride, 1994 Lode-King tandem hi-boy water trailer w/tanks and Chem Handler III, 80’ shop built PT field sprayer, Bucyrus Erie 8 yd. PT scraper, Westfield 10-60 swing auger, Westfield TF 80-41 auger w/mover and 25 HP Kohler, Convey-All 10-45 conveyor with mover, Westfield electric swing auger mover kit, Labtronics grain moisture tester, Trimble EZ-Guide 500 monitor, Trimble EZ-Steer 500 AutoSteer, Trimble EZ-Boom 2010 sectional control, Aurora, Glyphos and clear out 42 chemical, E-Kay bin sweep, 12 V fuel pump and slip tank, 811R-24.5 truck tires with alum. rims, 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. PL311962

SASKATOON TRUCK PARTS CENTRE Ltd. North Corman Industrial Park. New and used parts available for 3 ton trucks all the way up to highway tractors, for every make and model, no part too big or small. Our shop specializes in custom rebuilt differentials/transmissions and clutch installations. Engines are available, both gas and diesel. Re-sale units are on the lot ready to go. We buy wrecks for parts, and sell for wrecks! For more info. call 306-668-5675 or 1-800-667-3023. www.saskatoontruckparts.ca DL #914394 WRECKING VOLVO TRUCKS: Misc. axles and parts. Also tandem trailer suspension axles. Call 306-539-4642, Regina, SK.

2012 SUPER B Highboy, $40,000. Repossession- open to offers. 780-307-1120, Clyde. AB. 100 MISC. SEMI TRAILER FLATDECKS/ stepdecks, $2,500 to $30,000. 20 heavy lowbeds, $10,000 to $70,000. Belly and end dumps. 306-222-2413, Saskatoon, SK. www.trailerguy.ca

2 0 1 7 F E AT H E R L I T E 8 1 2 7 - 7 0 2 4 , #HC143379. Calving Special! Regular: $35,235, Sale: $26,500. Edmonton/Red Deer, AB. Phone 1-866-346-3148 or shop online 24/7 at: Allandale.com

WIDE SELECTIONS AT BEST PRICING. Full lineup of Wilson, Sundowner, Norbert stock trailers to help you get your cattle to market. With 15 years of sales and service we will not be undersold! Bassano, AB., 1-800-641-4508. www.desertsales.ca

2017 NEVILLE BUILT ground load stock trailer, rubber floor, 3 gates, air ride, floor clean outs, $56,900 + taxes. Regina, SK. 306-359-7526. DL #913604.

2016 EXISS STK24, 2- 7000 lb. axles, 16” tires, 2 gates, 6’6” tall, full swing half slide rear gate, 8 yr warranty, $25,900 + taxes. 306-359-7526, Regina, SK. DL913604. REAL INDUSTRIES 21’ gooseneck stock trailer. Ron and Donna Labbie Farm Equip. Auction, Saturday, April 8, 2017, Radville, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit www.mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

NEW HAY TRAILERS 10x40’, built w/new steel, 10.000x22.5 tires, hauls 20 round bales or squares, $6500. Call KCL General Repairs, Ashern, MB., 204-739-3096. TOPGUN TRAILER SALES “For those who demand the best.” PRECISION AND AGASSIZ TRAILERS (flatdecks, end dumps, enclosed cargo). 1-855-255-0199, Moose Jaw, SK. www.topguntrailersales.ca

TRUCK PARTS: 1/2 to 3 ton, new and used. We ship anywhere. Contact Phoenix Auto, 1-877-585-2300, Lucky Lake, SK. SOUTHSIDE AUTO WRECKERS located in Weyburn, SK. 306-842-2641. Used car parts, light truck to semi-truck parts. We buy scrap iron and non-ferrous metals. WRECKING SEMI-TRUCKS, lots of parts. Call Yellowhead Traders. 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK. BOX & HOIST with gearbox to fit 1990 Chevy 1 ton, $1100. Call 306-789-2444, ask for Len, Regina, SK. TRUCK BONEYARD INC. Specializing in obsolete parts, all makes. Trucks bought for wrecking. 306-771-2295, Balgonie, SK. VS TRUCK WORKS Inc. Parting out GM 1/2 and 1 ton trucks. Call 403-972-3879, Alsask, SK. www.vstruckworks.com

SCHOOL BUSES: 20 to 66 passenger, 1991 to 2007, $2300 and up. 16 buses in stock! Call Phoenix Auto, Lucky Lake, SK. 1-877-585-2300. DL #320074. 2016 BISON RANGER 8310 RG, #G2005068, $59,900. Living quarters. Phone 1-866-346-3148 or shop online 24/7 at: Allandale.com 1975 LINCOLN MARK IV Continental hardtop, very nice in/out, new tires, 60,000 miles, $5500. 306-867-9713, Outlook, SK.

2015 LODE-KING SUPER B, Bridgestone tires, good as new aluminum wheels, $65,000. Sanford, MB. 204-736-4854 or 204-226-7289. NORBERT 24’ GOOSENECK trailer, 2- 7000 lbs. axles, 2 hitches, good shape, $7250. 403-597-2006, Sylvan Lake, AB.

2003 REAL INDUSTRIES 24’ gooseneck flat deck trailer. Ron and Donna Labbie Farm Equip. Auction, Saturday, April 8, 2017, Radville, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 24’ GOOSENECK 3-8,000 lb. axles, $7890; Mack Auction Co. PL 311962. Bumper pull tandem lowboys: 18’, 16,000 lbs., $4750; 16’, 10,000 lbs., $3390; 16’, BEHNKE DROP DECK semi style and 7000 lbs., $2975, 8000 lb Skidsteer, $1990 pintle hitch sprayer trailers. Air ride, Factory direct. 1-888-792-6283. tandem and tridems. Contact SK: 306-398-8000; AB: 403-350-0336. www.monarchtrailers.com 1987 B TRAIN, 14’ lead side dump, 24’ end dump. New safety, new paint, $24,000. Can-Am Truck Export Ltd, 1-800-938-3323 Delisle, SK. DL #910420.

PRECISION TRAILERS: Gooseneck and bumper hitch. You’ve seen the rest, now own the best. Hoffart Services, Odessa, SK. 306-957-2033 www.precisiontrailers.ca

2016 SUBARU IMPREZA consumer reports as best small call starting at $23,360! Call fo r b e s t p r i c e ! ! 1 - 8 7 7 - 3 7 3 - 2 6 6 2 o r www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. SPECIAL PURCHASE OF new and nearnew 2014-2015 Crosstek XVs. Save up to $5000. Come in quickly!! 1-877-373-2662. www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077.

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BERG’S END DUMP grain trailers w/Berg’s signature quality finish. Ph for Winter pricing specials and 30 day trials. Berg’s Grain & Gravel Body 204-325-5677, Winkler, MB

2016 Featherlite 53’ Semi Stock Trailer 8`6”W x 7’H x 53’L, Tandem axle, Centre gate. TA21607

2016 RENN 17’ Pup Trailer, SL1700, Tri-Axle, Air Ride, 11R24.5 Tires. TA21504

2016 RENN 33’ Tri-Axle End Dump, SL3300, Air Ride, 11R24.5 Tires, Available in White or Charcoal, Stk #TA21503

1998 DOEPKER SUPER B, 30’-32’x72 insides, closed ends, air ride, 11x24 tires 60%, some rust. 306-593-7050, Rama, SK. 2006 TIMPTE SUPER hopper, tandem 40’ grain trailer with air ride. Lang Stock Farms Ltd. Farm Equipment Auction, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Tyvan, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL #311962. PRAIRIE SANDBLASTING & 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.

2016 Featherlite 4 Horse Slant 8542-704H, Horse Slant Load, 7’ W x 7’ H x 21’8” L with 52” dressing room, 6.0K rubber torsion, Stk# TA21529

2016 RENN 33’ Hardox Side Dump, 2016 Featherlite 2 Horse Slant, SLSDGEN2, Air Ride, 9409-672H, 14’2” L x 6’7”W x 8’6”H, 11R24.5 Tire. 3.5k Torsion Sup. Stk # TA21523 Stk# TA21615

REMOTE CONTROL TRAILER CHUTE openers can save you time, energy and keep you safe this seeding season. FM remote controls provide maximum range and instant response while high torque drives operate the toughest of chutes. Easy installation. Kramble Industries, call 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or visit us online at: www.kramble.net 1982 LODE-KING GRAIN trailer, 40', 2 comp., spring susp., good tires and tarp, $8500 OBO. 306-476-7248, Fife Lake, SK. 2010 WILSON TRI-AXLE grain trailer, 3 hopper, 1 rear hopper, new brakes, tarp and wheel seals, safetied, exc., $42,000 OBO. Call 306-648-7123, Gravelbourg, SK

M cDo u ga ll Au ctio n eers L td . Pro vin cia l L icen s e Nu m b er319916. L is tin g S u b jectto Cha n ge. No tRes p o n s ib le fo rE rro rs . NORMS SANDBLASTING & PAINT, 40 years body and paint experience. We do metal and fiberglass repairs and integral to daycab conversions. Sandblasting and paint to trailers, trucks and heavy equip. Endura primers and topcoats. A one stop shop. Norm 306-272-4407, Foam Lake SK. ALLISON TRANSMISSION. Service, Sales 2013 WILSON GRAIN TRAILER, current and Parts. Exchange or rebuild. Call Allied safety, $35,000. Call 204-955-2548, Ile Transmissions Calgary, 1-888-232-2203; Des Chenes, MB. Spectrum Industrial Automatics Ltd., Blackfalds, AB., call 1-877-321-7732. 2015 AHV LODE-KING aluminum Super B hoppers, extra light pkg., round stainless fenders, current safety, excellent 11Rx22.5 tires w/alum. wheels, exc. cond., no air ONE OF SASK’s largest inventory of used lift or elec. tarps. 8 sets avail., $88,000 heavy truck parts. 3 ton tandem diesel mo- OBO each. 1-866-236-4028, Calgary, AB. tors and transmissions and differentials for all makes! Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., NEW NEW 2018 tri-axle 45’, air ride, 78” sides, Canadian made, $53,000 low price. 1-800-938-3323. Buy now! Call 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. 1999 FL120. Recent new: turbo, alt., seat, air horns, airbags, 22.5 tires. 4 Fenderco fenders, trans. good, engine dead, $4000 OBO. 306-963-7732, Imperial, SK. CALL GRASSLAND TRAILERS for your best deal on quality livestock trailers by Titan, WRECKING TRUCKS: All makes all Duralite and Circle D. 306-640-8034 cell, models. Need parts? Call 306-821-0260 306-266-2016, gm93@sasktel.net Wood or email: junkman.2010@hotmail.com Mountain, SK. Wrecking Dodge, Chev, GMC, Ford and others. Lots of 4x4 stuff, 1/2 ton - 3 ton, 2011 WILSON RANCH HAND alum. stock buses etc. and some cars. We ship by bus, trailer, 24x7’, good cond., $20,000 OBO. 306-335-2771, Lemberg/Sintaluta, SK. mail, Loomis, Purolator. Lloydminster, SK.

2014 Western Star 4900SF, DD15, 505 HP, 13 speed ultra-shift plus, 12,500 # F/A, 40,000 # R/A, 511,000 kms, TRU21653, $93,000

2013 Freightliner Coronado, D15, 515 HP, 18 spd, 13,200 F/A, 46,000 # R/A, 824,000 kms, TRU21637 $79,900

2012 Western Star 4900 EX, DD15, 565 HP, 18 spd, 13,000# F/A, 46,000# R/A, Four Way Lockers, Good Rubber, 699,000 kms, Stk#TR21533A $79,000

(7)-2012 Kenworth T-800, ISX, 450 HP, 18 spd, 12,500 #F/A, 40,000 # R/A, 687,000 - 955,000 kms, TRU21657-TRU21664 Call for pricing INCLUDES TRU NORTH 24 MTH WARRANTY

2014 Volvo 730, D13, 500 HP, I-Shift, 13,200 # F/A, 46,000 # R/A, 655,000 kms, TRU21656 $96,000

2015 Volvo 730 D13, 500 HP, I-shift, 12,500 # F/A, 46,000 # R/A, 425,000 kms, TRU21655, $112,000

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TRI-AXLE LOW BED, 50 ton, Beavertail, 2002 DODGE RAM 3500, 4x4 Dually, 6 flip neck, 2 pins, 9’ wide, flip outs, new spd., 5th wheel w/hyd. system, rear air bag suspension, 200,000 kms, $15,000 safety, $24,000. 306-940-6835, Sask. OBO. 204-981-3855, Dugald, MB. 2006 DODGE POWER Ram 1500 SLT, 4x4, 4 dr., 180,000 kms, spray-in boxliner, tan, clean, well maintained, no accidents, $9500. 780-870-1680, Lloydminster, AB. 2011 GMC SIERRA 3500HD, diesel , 11.5' Courtney Berg hydra deck, dually, 1 ton, 108,000 kms, (new motor at 80,000 kms), $35,000. 403-820-2057, Rosedale, AB. 2012 CHEV LT, ext. cab., 5.3L, 14,400 orig. kms, shedded, never winter driven, extras, CM TRUCK BEDS. Starting at $2895. Call $29,000. 306-764-7865, Prince Albert, SK. Jason’s Agri-Motive, 306-472-3159 or visit us at: www.jasonsagri-motive.ca

2012 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 LTZ, 1 Owner. Fully loaded w/extra bling added, some warranty remaining, shedded, parked for winters, box lined w/rubber mat and tonneau cover, 50,000 kms, exc. cond, $29,500 OBO 306-283-4381, 306-361-7264 Langham, SK. foadaland@sasktel.net FOR SALE OR TRADE: New enclosed WANTED: 1979 F150, reg. cab, 4x4 auto., Wells Cargo trailer. To sell or trade for a longbox, in good running cond. or parts; gooseneck horse trailer. Can deliver. Also looking for older Ford trucks in running cond. 403-249-1468, Cochrane, AB. 250-500-2572, Fort St. John, BC.

BS DUMP WAGON, 18 ton, never used 2016, hyd. endgate, HD walking-beam axle, flotation tires 550/60x22.5, hyd. brakes, adjustable hitch, $34,500. 403-877-1094, Innisfail, AB.

2009 Mack CH613, MP8 Mack eng., 430 HP, 10 spd., AutoShift, 463,000 kms, exc. shape, new 20’ box, A/T/C, $73,500; 2009 IH Transtar 8600 w/Cummins eng. 10 spd., AutoShift, new 20’ BH&T, 742,000 kms, exc. tires, real good shape, $69,500; 2007 IH 9200, ISX Cummins, 430 HP, AutoShift, alum. wheels, new 20’ BH&T, fully loaded, 1,000,000 kms, real nice, $67,500; 2009 Mack CH613, 430 HP Mack, 10 spd., AutoShift, new 20’ BH&T, alum. wheels, 1.4 million kms, has bearing roll done, nice shape, $69,500; 2007 Kenworth T600, C13 Cat, 425 HP, 13 spd., AutoShift, new 20’ BH&T, alum. wheels, new paint, 1.0 million kms, exc. truck, $71,500; 1996 Midland 24’ tandem pup grain trailer, stiff pole, completely rebuilt, new paint and brakes, exc. shape, $18,500; 1985 Ford L9000, Cummins, 10 spd., 20’ BH&T that’s been totally rebuilt, new paint, exc. tires, $28,500; 1999 IH 4700 S/A w/17’ steel flatdeck, 230,000 kms, IH dsl., 10 spd., good tires, $19,500; 1998 Freightliner tractor, C60 Detroit, 430 HP, 13 spd., alum. wheels, sleeper, good rubber, $17,500; 2005 IH 9200 tractor, ISX Cummins, 430 HP, 13 spd., alum wheels, flat-top sleeper, good rubber, $22,500. All trucks SK safetied. Trades considered. All reasonable offers considered. Arborfield SK. DL 906768. Call Merv 306-276-7518 res., 306-767-2616 cell . AUTOSHIFT TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Boxed tandems and tractor units. Contact David 306-887-2094, 306-864-7055, Kinistino, SK. DL #327784. www.davidstrucks.com CAB AND CHASSIS: 2000 Sterling tandem, 435 HP Cat, 10 spd. trans, will take 20’ box, extremely low kms, $19,900. Call K&L Equipment, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK. DL #910885. ladimer@sasktel.net GMC 6500, single axle, built in vac system, 66,439 miles, Phone 306-483-7322, Frobisher, SK.

1990 IHC 2554, 466 13 spd., 22.5” rubber, 15’ box, good unit, ready to work! $18,900. Cam-Don Motors 306-237-4212 Perdue SK

2009 FORD EXPLORER LTD., V8, AWD, loaded, 4 leather buckets, new winter tires, very good condition, 219,000 kms. Photos. 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK.

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2009 TERRAGATOR 8204, Cat, TerraShift, Airmax Precision 2, twin bin, SmarTrax, 4530 hrs., $83,500; 2008 4 WD Ag-Chem 8244, airflow bed, 70’ booms, $69,500; 2006 8204 twin bin, 5600 hrs., $56,000. USD. 406-576-3402, 406-466-5356, Choteau, MT. www.fertilizerequipment.net

NEW BATCO 2075 w/electric drive kit. Retail $36,500. Blow-out Special, $28,500. 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK. BATCO CONVEYORS, new and used, grain augers and SP kits. Delivery and leasing available. 1-866-746-2666. BUILD YOUR OWN conveyors, 6”, 7”, 8” and 10” end units available; Transfer conveyors and bag conveyors or will custom build. Call for prices. Master Industries Inc. www.masterindustries.ca Phone 2005 PETERBILT STAHLY, Cummins, Allison auto, New Leader L3020 G4, monitor, 1-866-567-3101, Loreburn, SK. New Leader controller, Starlink GPS 4145 hrs, $78,000; 2004 Peterbilt, Cummins, Allison auto, 1800 gal stainless, 80’ boom, Raven controller, Raven AutoSteer, Raven section shutoff, 4270 hrs, $65,000. USD prices. 406-576-3402, 406-466-5356, Choteau, MT. www.fertilizerequipment.net FERTILIZER SPREADERS, 4-8 ton, 10 ton Willmar Tender. Phone 204-857-8403, Portage La Prairie, MB.

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AUGERS: NEW and USED: Wheatheart, Westfield, Westeel augers; Auger SP kits; Batco conveyors; Wheatheart post pound2011 4520 1-bin, 70’ booms, $145,000; 22010 Case 4520’s, 70’ booms: 3-bin, 3100 ers. Good prices, leasing available. Call 1-866-746-2666. hrs., $168,000; Special: 2010 Case 3520, 3-bin, 3 wheeler, $87,500; Two MERIDIAN AUGERS IN STOCK: swings, 2007 Case 4520’s, 3-bin, 70’ booms, 3300 truck loading, Meridian SP movers. Call hrs., AutoSteer, $134,000 and $98,000; H o f f a r t S e r v i c e s I n c . , O d e s s a , S K . , 2006 Case 4510, AutoSteer, FlexAir 70’ 306-957-2033. booms, 7400 hrs., $77,000; 2005 Case 4520 w/70’ FlexAir, 4000 hrs., $78,000; WESTFIELD MK 100-61 swing auger, 2004 Case 4010, 80’ SPRAYER, 7000 hrs., Westfield MK100-71 swing auger, Sakun$58,000; 2- 2004 Loral AirMax 1000s, 70’ diak 8-1200 auger with Kohler Pro 25 HP booms, immaculate, $76,000 and $62,000; engine, Sakundiak HD7-1400 auger with 2006 2-bin AgChem, 70’ booms, $58,000; Kohler 20 HP motor, Westfield W70-26 au2002 KBH Semi tender, self-contained, ger w/elec. motor. Ron and Donna Labbie $32,000; 2009 and 2012 Merritt semi belt Farm Equip. Auction, Saturday, April 8, tender, self-contained, $32,000 and 2017, Radville, SK. area. For sale bill and $44,000; 2- 24 ton Wilmar tender beds, photos visit mackauctioncompany.com or $17,500 ea; 2012 Wilmar Wrangler 4560, join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928 or loader, 780 hrs., $28,500; 2009 Wrangler, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 2400 hrs., $23,500; 1974 10,000 gal. NH3 transport, $38,500; 18,000 gal. NH3 hold- MERIDIAN GRAIN AUGERS available i n g t a n k , $ 3 4 , 5 0 0 . U S D p r i c e s . with self-propelled mover kits and bin 406-576-3402, 406-466-5356, Choteau. sweeps. Call Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nipawin, SK. Toll free 1-888-304-2837. MT. www.fertilizerequipment.net 3200 GALLON PATTISON liquid cart, shedded, duals on rear, all tires mint, 1 year old John Blue twin piston ground drive pump, 1 year old Honda 3” pump, $22,000. 306-764-8207, Prince Albert, SK. FERTILIZER TRANSPORT TANKS in stock. C o n t a c t yo u r n e a r e s t F l a m a n s t o r e 1-888-352-9890.

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2015 CASE/IH 4530 floater, approx. 500 hrs., 3 bin, ViperPro, AutoSteer, VR capable, radial rubber, Micheals roll tarp w/hopper ext., 70’ booms, fully loaded, always shedded, mint unit, $385,000 OBO. 306-542-3684, 306-542-7966, Kamsack SK WANTED: STAINLESS STEEL liquid fertilizer storage tank. 306-960-3000, Borden, SK

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2008 JD 9870 STS, Greenlighted from 2012-2016, no peas, always shedded, $65,000+ work orders in last 5 years, Serviced at Agland, Lloydminster. GreenStar ready, 1838 eng./1227 sep. hrs., $205,000 OBO. Call 780-205-4423, Lashburn, SK.

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2015 XH SCHULTE XH-1500-S3 mower, JD 1600A mower conditioner, also JD 205 3 PTH gyro mower. William Krell Estate Farm Equipment Auction, Monday April 10, 2017, Stoughton, SK. area. For sale bill/ photos: www.mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

MF HESSTON 9430 swather and Hesston 5200 draper header with 1188 hours, also MF 18â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hesston 9125 haybine header. Lang Stock Farms Ltd. Farm Equipment Auction, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Tyvan, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815, Mack Auction Co. PL #311962. 2012 JD D450, c/w 635D header w/PU reel, lifters, Roto-Shear, swath roller, ATU, 24.5R32 Firestones, new canvases 550 hrs., exc cond, $92,500 OBO. Shaunavon, SK. 306-297-7400, brentwilkins@sasktel.net

SAFE PORTABLE GRAIN DRYING: Multiple locations in Western Canada. Economical, efficient, fume-free, flameless grain drying units that have the ability to dry multiple grain bins simultaneously on your own site. No operator required. Phone 1-855-573-4328. info@conleymax.com or visit: www.conleymax.com 2008 GSI 1226, 3 PH NG/LPG, 10.5 million BTU, batch or continuous, 3640 BPH. Portable, needs nothing, still in operation, $99,000. 780-206-1234, Barrhead, AB. 6 TIER VERTEC grain dryer, batch and/or continuous. 204-325-2590, Morden, MB.

NORDIC ELEVATOR 8000 bu./hr. leg 75â&#x20AC;&#x2122; w/new belt, cups, 20 HP motor, 575 V, includes ladder, cages, platform. On the ground, ready to load, $25,000. Call 306-335-2280, Lemberg, SK. SELLING GRAIN LEGS, distributors, conveyors and truck scales. Also other elevators parts. 403-634-8540, Grassy Lake, AB.

2000 CASE/IH 2388 w/1015 header, $65,000; 2004 2388 w/2015 PU header, $115,000; 2006 2388 w/2015 PU header, $130,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

CLAAS LEXION 740, 750, 760, and 780 several different options available. Headers and delivery. Save $$$, 218-779-1710. Gully, MN.

REBUILT VISTASORT COLOUR SORTER, capacity 300-500 BPH, LED, full colour, all seed types. Price includes commissioning and training. Contact 1-800-667-6924 ask for Chris or Steven for details. CARTER DISC GRAIN cleaner w/elec. motor on stand, 100+ discs. 306-283-4747, 306-220-0429, Langham, SK.

WESTERN GRAIN DRYER, mfg. of new grain dryers w/advanced control systems. Updates for roof, tiers, auto moisture controller. Economic designed dryers avail. 1-888-288-6857, westerngraindryer.com

2007 Case/IH 7010, dual wheels, w/2016 header, $170,000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

1981 INT. HARVESTER C 1440, 1179 hrs., header/reverser, axial-flow, AC, Melroe 378-10 PU reel, shedded. 250-785-5365, 250-262-7840, Fort St. John, BC.

BRUNS 400 BU., hopper box c/w 12 ton Martin running gear and roll tarp, shedded excellent condition, $6000. 306-745-8880, Langenburg, SK. GRAVITY WAGONS: New 400 bu, $7,400; 600 bu., $12,500; 750 bu., $18,250. Large selection of used gravity wagons, 250-750 bu. Used grain carts, 450 to 1110 bushel. View at: www.zettlerfarmequipment.com 1-866-938-8537, Portage la Prairie, MB. BRENT 876 GRAIN CART with scale and cameras. Lang Stock Farms Ltd. Farm Equipment Auction, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Tyvan, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

FARM KING 2450S bale mover, hauls 14 5x6 bales, hi/low range, in cab controls, $27,900. 403-843-3700, Rimbey, AB. Email: alyork@rimbeyimplements.ca JD 535 ROUND BALER, JD 750 grinder mixer, Custom built 16â&#x20AC;&#x2122; bumper pull stock trailer, NH 278 sq. baler, NH 271 sq. baler. William Krell Estate Farm Equip. Auction, Monday, April 10, 2017, Stoughton, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815, Mack Auction Co. PL #311962.

WESTWARD TURBO 9300 SP 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; swather with MacDon 972 header. Lang Stock Farms Ltd. Farm Equipment Auction, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Tyvan, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL #311962. 2007 NH HW325 SP 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; swather with 515 engine hours. Ron and Donna Labbie Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday, April 8, 2017, Radville, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 2012 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; WESTWARD M155 SP swather w/MacDon D60-S header with only 185 cutting hrs, also a JD 2360 SP 25â&#x20AC;&#x2122; swather w/1508 hrs. William Krell Estate Farm Equip. Auction, Monday, April 10, 2017. Stoughton, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit www.mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

2009 NH 9070, 1793/1474 hrs, IntelliView II display, Y&M, remote sieve adjust, elec. stonetrap, duals, diff. lock, long auger, PSD, deluxe chopper, chaff spreader, c/w 76-C 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Swathmaster PU plus 2003 NH 94-C 36â&#x20AC;&#x2122; draper header, fore/aft, split PU reel, single knife drive, gauge wheels, transport, all stored inside, $190,000 OBO. Call 780-608-9290, Strome, AB. 2007 NH CR9070 SP combine with 1575 rotor hours. Lang Stock Farms Ltd. Farm Equipment Auction, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Tyvan, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

2012 CIH 2162 Flex Draper, 35â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, flex draper, hyd header tilt, AHHC, pea auger, transport, new fingers, knife & guards, excellent cond....$67,800

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2010 9870, ProDrive, Harvest Smart, selflevel shoe, Rice dual tires, 615 PU, exc., w/2010 635D draper header, $249,000. Can separate. Henry 403-588-0958 Alix AB

8 ROW CORN head, Demo 2016 Dominoni 8R30 chopping corn head. Stalk crushers, hyd deck plates, side augers, single point JD hook-up, $65,000. Call 306-381-7689, Hague, SK. jasonfeitsma@hotmail.com

SEVERAL LOW HOURED., S670, S680, S690 available options. Headers and deliv- 2009 MACDON D60 35â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, upper cross auger, single knife, transport, canola closure ery. Save $$$. 218-779-1710. Gully, MN. kit, header done 7- 8000 acres, Case or NH 2004 JD 9660 SP combine with JD 914P adapter, $45,000 OBO. Ph. 403-588-9497, PU header with 1088 sep. hrs, JD 7720 SP Bashaw, AB combine with 3000 hrs and a JD 95 SP combine. William Krell Estate Farm Equip. 2008 MACDON FD-70 flex draper 35â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Auction, Monday, April 10, 2017, Stough- straight cut header with NH adapter. Ron ton, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit and Donna Labbie Farm Equip. Auction, www.mackauctioncompany.com or join Saturday, April 8, 2017, Radville, SK. area. our Facebook page. 306-421-2928 or Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos or join our Facebook 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 page. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 2001 JD 9750 STS, 2818 sep. hrs., 35.5L32 Mack Auction Co. PL #311962. fronts, 914 PU, clean, always shedded, $ 7 7 , 0 0 0 ; 2 0 0 3 J D 6 3 0 f l e x h e a d e r, 2010 NH 94C 42â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, DKD, AHHC, pea auger, transport, UII PU reel, w/new fingers, $18,000. 204-739-3548, Fisher Branch MB hyd. fore&aft., for JD STS, $17,800. 2014 JD S680 PRWD combine, 582 hrs., 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 650/85R38â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s w/duals, Pro-Drives, chopper w/PowerCast tailboard, PowerFold bin AFTER SEASON SALE! All makes of comext., PowerGard Warranty til March 2019, bine platforms: Flex, Rigid, Corn heads. $252,500 USD. www.ms-diversified Reconditioned and field ready. Reimer Farm Equipment, #12 Hwy. N, Steinbach, 320-848-2496 or 320-894-6560. MB. Call Gary Reimer, 204-326-7000. www.reimerfarmequipment.com 2004 JOHN DEERE 9760 STS, SP 3400 eng. hrs/2350 sep hrs. Have owned since 2011. TouchSet controls, Michel's hopper RECONDITIONED rigid and flex, most cover, long unload auger, 615P incl., good makes and sizes; also header transports. cond., $85,500. 306-227-4503, Saskatoon, Ed Lorenz, 306-344-4811, Paradise Hill, SK www.straightcutheaders.com SK. norheimranching@sasktel.net 2006 9660 WTS, 914 PU, duals, 2300/ CIH 2020 35â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, new sickles and guards in 1550 hrs., $132,500. A.E. Chicoine Farm 2016, exc. cond; 8 concaves for 88 series; Equipment 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. Massey 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; PT swather, good cond. 306-398-2626, 306-398-7818 Cut Knife SK 2004 JD 9860 SP, 9860 STS, 3000 eng. hrs, 2000 sep. hrs, 615P PU, loaded, Greenlight- MACDON 40' FD70 flex draper, cross ed yearly, excellent condition, $115,000. augers, hyd. tilt, PU reel fore/aft, JD 780-940-6670, 780-963-5048, Stony Plain, adapter, $69,500 OBO. 306-867-7227, AB. cowfarm@canadasurfs.net Macrorie, SK. dtlammers@xplornet.com TOTALLY REBUILT: 1974 JD 7700 SP, 2415 hrs., mint condition! $12,000. St. JD 615 PU header, also JD 930F 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; flex header w/wind reel system. Lang Stock Brieux, SK. 306-275-4738, 306-921-5089. Farms Ltd. Farm Equipment Auction, JD CTS SP combine with 2705 hours. Lang Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Tyvan, SK. Stock Farms Ltd. Farm Equipment Auction, area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Tyvan, SK. for sale bill and photos or join our Facearea. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com book page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815, for sale bill and photos or join our Face- Mack Auction Co. PL #311962. book page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815, Mack Auction Co. PL #311962. PICKUP REEL PARTS WAREHOUSE: MacDon, UII, JD, Hart Carter, CNH, AGCO. 2000 JOHN DEERE 9650, walker, fine cut We distribute parts for all PU reels. Call chopper, long auger, shedded, $39,000. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com Call 306-524-4960, Semans, SK.

2009 NH 74C 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; flex header with PU reel, 2007 NH 94C 36â&#x20AC;&#x2122; straight cut draper header with auto header height. Lang Stock Farms Ltd. Farm Equipment Auction, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Tyvan, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL #311962.

2008 NH 76C Swathmaster PU header with Michelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crop Catcher. Ron and Donna Labbie Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday, April 8, 2017, Radville, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815, Mack Auction Co. PL #311962. WA N T E D : 3 0 â&#x20AC;&#x2122; P U r e e l fo r C I o r M F 200-220; Also want SS liquid fertilizer storage tank. 306-960-3000, Borden, SK. NEW MD PW8 16â&#x20AC;&#x2122; pickups for CNH and John Deere, trades wanted! $29,800. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

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FLOATER TIRES: Factory rims and tires: John Deere 4045, 710/60R46, $19,500; 800/55R46, $23,500; JD 4038, Case 4420, 650/65R38 Michelin tires and rim, $13,500. Sprayer duals available. Call 306-697-2856, Grenfell, SK. 2011 JD 4830, 100’, with only 1150 hours, full AutoSteer, 1000 gal. SS tank, all CHEM HANDLERS in stock. All sizes 45’ FLEXI-COIL 5000 air drill, 7.2” spacing, options, both sets of tires, $219,000. available. Contact your nearest Flaman with 3” steel packers. Call Junop Brothers, 306-493-7605, Delisle, SK. store 1-888-352-9890. 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK.

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2013 MORRIS CONTOUR II, 61’, 8370 TBH tank, 450 bu., 3 tank, paired row carbide tips, main frame big tires, blockage monitor, seeded approx. 20,000 acres, 5000 acres on new carbide tips, asking 2014 JD 1870 CONSERVA PAK 40’, 430 $175,000. 306-883-7305, Spiritwood, SK. bu. 1910 TBH cart w/duals, 12” spacing, DS dry, 10” loading auger, like new. 2003 MORRIS MAXIM II, 34', DS, 12" spac306-259-2057, 306-917-7388, Watrous SK ing, Dutch 3" side band openers, 3" packers, 2010 EZEE-ON 7560 air drill, dual shoot dry, TBT FC 2320 tank, $27,000. 306-726-8171, Southey, SK. kvanb@live.com Dutch vert. side band openers, 4.5" steel packers w/scrapers, grease banks, 23,000 acres, 4400 air cart, hyd. fan, 3 comp., variable rate, $55,000 OBO. 306-460-9488, Kindersley, SK. beckeraaron1@hotmail.com DOES YOUR TRACTOR need more oil to keep up to seeder technology? 9170, 800 FLEXI-COIL 33’, DS, w/1720 tank, 9270, 9380, etc. most older Versatiles and (last 800 made), 12” spacing, 550 lbs. many others including 4000 Massey series. shanks, Poirier seed boots, low acres, tank Ph us w/your needs. Hydratec Hydraulics, shedded until this year. 306-745-7505 or 306-721-2630, 1-800-667-7712 Regina SK 306-877-2014, Dubuc, SK. 2010 NH ST830 56’, 12” spacing, 550 lbs. 2012 EZEE-ON 7550 SERIES II, 28’, DS, trips, air package, Technotill seed system, w/3000 Series 215 bushel tank, unit done excellent, $67,500 OBO. 306-441-4003, 10,000 acres 2 sets carbide tips- 2500 North Battleford, SK. acres each $49,000. Call 403-878-6985, Richmound, SK. ACCEPTING OFFERS ON: 2007 37’ Ezee2002 BOURGAULT 5710 47’ air drill, DS, On air seeder, under 4000 acres, 10” excellent cond., $25,000. 306-398-2626, space, single shoot, c/w Morris 7180 tank, 306-640-7052, Crane Valley, SK. 306-398-7818, Cut Knife, SK. 2015 SEED HAWK 50-12, only 200 acres! FLEXI-COIL 3450 TBT air seeder tank, var. used to seed grass seed mixed with phos. rate, special 4 tank model holds 400 bu. in 1 tank only, like new 400 bu. var. rate Junop Brothers 306-493-7605, Delisle, SK. cart, liquid kit avail. Will trade up to a 2011 SEED HAWK 50’, 12” sp., tool bar 50-10, $190,000. 204-937-3933 Roblin MB with 600 cart dual wheels auger and bag 2010 BOURGAULT 3310 65’, Paralink, 12” lift. $229,000; 1997 39’ Morris Magnum air spacing, mid row shank banding, DS, rear drill, 10” spacing, Atom openers w/Morris hitch, tandem axles, low acres, $140,000. 180 cart, $23,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm 2002 49’ Morris Maxim air drill, 12” space, Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. w/7240 Morris grain cart, $45,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, 40’ BOURGAULT 8800 air seeder with 2155 tank, $14,000 OBO. Call 306-395-2668 or Storthoaks, SK. 306-681-7610. Chaplin, SK. JOHN DEERE 1890 disc drill, 43’, 10” spacing. Phone 306-842-6246, Griffin, SK. 2013 AMITY 4010 w/SS 3350 tank. Bought WANTED: FLEXI-COIL 5000, 51’, 9.5” new, only 4800 acres, Dutch eagle beak, twin row 4 1/2" w/NH3 seed boots, disc spacing and Flexi-Coil 3450 air tank, mech. leveler, wireless seed boot monitors, hyd. rate, TBT. 306-222-6665, Canora, SK. drive seed rollers, on-the-go rate adjust2011 MORRIS CONTOUR 51’, 10” spacing, ment, $150,000 OBO. Call 701-220-1285, side band openers, c/w 2012 7240 3rd Tuttle, ND. Email: roxy@bektel.com tank, $99,000. Call Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 2010 BOURGAULT 6450, deluxe auger, 2 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. fans. 1 owner, $66,000 OBO. Yorkton, SK. BOURGAULT 5710 47’, 10” spacing, DS dry 306-563-8482. & NH3, series II MRB’s, new openers (spring 2016), c/w 5350 tank, CRA, 491 FLEXI-COIL 400 28’ 9” spacing, 4 bar harmonitor, 2 fans, lots of spare parts, rows, floating hitch with Morris 7130 air $52,000. 306-746-7240, Semens, SK. cart. 780-915-0612, Stony Plain, AB. 2008 JD 1830 61’, 7.5” spacing, 3-1/2” steel packers, single shoot, JD 1910 cart, DS, 430 bu. tank, duals, var. rate, conveyor, $97,000. 780-835-1070, Fairview, AB.

2010 CIH PH800/3430, 70’, 430 bu, 8 run, dbl shoot, ready to go w/ monitor....$79,800 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2008 SEEDMASTER SXL 2100 50’ 12” 300 bu. seed, 2100 gallon fert. all on board. Smart hitch, 4 cameras, one owner unit $125,000 OBO. 306-591-1133 Pense, SK. 2015 MORRIS 9650 ICT sectional control air cart, seeded approx. 9000 acres, X30 TopCon monitor, Agtron blockage, vg cond, $157,000. 306-276-7360 Nipawin SK 2013 SEEDMASTER 7012 M-fold, dual casters, sec. control w/Viper, 2 on-board 275 bu. tanks, dual 750 tires, UltraPro canola metering, 8 cameras, always shedded. 306-488-4517, Dilke, SK. 21’ EDWARDS ZERO-TILL hoe drill, 2115 Bourgault tank, eng. drive and liquid fert. caddy, as is $6500. 204-476-6907, MB. 70’ SEEDMASTER, M fold, 12” spacing, lift kit, Smart hitch, c/w 2013 Flexi-Coil 580 auger 10”, dual 650’s and Valmar 1665 canola box. 306-648-7765 or 306-648-3216, Gravelbourg, SK. MORRIS 7130 air tank, S/N #7130100505, clean unit, good hydraulic fill auger, hydraulic air motor, good rubber, rebuilt metering rolls, c/w new hoses and Universal mounting hitch, exc. unit for seed plot use or small farm, $8000. 780-363-2215, Chipman, AB. 35’ JD 610, w/1610 Flexi-Coil air tank, DS with liquid kit, Technotill openers, $14,500 OBO. 306-835-2087 or 306-746-7770, Raymore, SK. 2006 EZEE-ON 7550 40’, 10” spacing, single shoot, 5” rubber capped packers, 4” carbide tip openers with 3115 tank (2005), $45,000 OBO. 306-452-7004, Parkman, SK JD 1895 43’ PRECISION disc drill, MRB’s, 10.5” sp., 1910 430 cart, low low acres, $89,000. 403-654-0430, Vauxhall, AB. 2010 MORRIS CONTOUR 48’, 12” spacing, DS, new carbide sideband openers, Devloo rotary scrapers, Agtron all run blockage, TBT, 8300XL tank, 80 bu. 3rd tank, $128,000 OBO. 306-773-9057, Stewart Valley, SK.

2008 SEEDMASTER 3310 w/1998 JD 1900, single shoot NH3, TBH 340 bu., var. rate, DS cart, camera, hopper, blockage monitor, $80,000. 780-777-9533, Andrew, AB. 2008 BOURGAULT 3310, 65’, single shoot, $85,000 OBO. 306-563-8482, Yorkton, SK.

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40’ SEED HAWK 40-12 air drill with 357 Magnum tank and double shoot. Lang Stock Farms Ltd. Farm Equipment Auction, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Tyvan, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos or join our Facebook page. Phone 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962

2015 MORRIS 9450 seed tank, 10” auger, 800 singles, 4400 acres, $75,000. Call 306-460-7767, Eatonia, SK. 2012 JD 1870 41’ air drill and JD 1910 air cart, paired row with blockage monitors. Ron and Donna Labbie Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday, April 8, 2017, Radville, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit www.mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 1997 CONCORD 4812, DS dry w/NH3, Dutch openers, 2000 JD 1900 cart, 270 bu, $25,000 OBO. 306-452-3233, Antler, SK. PACKER WHEELS: Many wheels available for Bourgault, SeedMaster and Seed Hawk air drills, $45. Phone 1-800-667-4515 or visit: www.combineworld.com MOON HEAVY HAUL pulling air drills/ air seeders, packer bars, Alberta and Sask. 30 years experience. Call Bob Davidson, Drumheller, AB. 403-823-0746. FLEXI-COIL 300B c/w Barton openers, 38’, 12” spacing, $8900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 2013 SEED HAWK 6012, TBH 600 air cart, double shoot, $215,000. 306-831-9497, Tessier, SK. 2012 JD 1830 w/1910 tank, TBH, 3 tanks, 4" rubber packers, primary blockage, $115,000 OBO. 403-888-6732, Acme, AB. timrtoews@gmail.com

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2013 BOURGAULT 3320 XTC 66’, 10” space, MRB, DS, Bourgault updates done, blockage and X20 monitors c/w 6700 cart, 2 fans, 4 metering tanks, conveyor, duals, whole unit always shedded, exc. cond., $305,000. 780-872-3262, Lashburn, SK.

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2014 CASE/IH FLEX hoe 400 air drill, 51', 10" spacing, 430 bu. TBH cart, Dutch paired row openers, 4" rubber packers, asking $135,000. 780-878-1095, Camrose, AB. 2012 MORRIS CONTOUR II 61’ air drill, 12” spacing, w/8650 XL air cart w/duals, var. rate, Eston special fertilizer Broadcast kit, Bourgault tillage tool, 3/4” Eagle Beak knives, $185,000. Ph Gerald 306-379-4530 or Nathan 306-831-9246, Fiske, SK. JD 1830, 2008, 50’, JD 1910 TBH air cart, 430 bu., 10” sp, Pattison liquid fert., monitor and harness. 306-493-7409, Delisle SK 50’ SEED HAWK, 15” centers, twin wing, 500 bu., 3 comp. on-board tank, liquid and dry, S.B.R. hitch, Vaderstaad gear boxes, full blockage on seed, quick pin openers, $100,000. 306-736-7653, Kipling, SK.

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RETIRED: CASE/IH 7200 hoe drills 42’, with fertilizer, factory hyd. movers, dual hyd. markers, Eagle Beak shovels, $5600. Call 403-545-2382, Bow Island, AB. 2009 JD 1790 CCS planter, 16/31 row, 30” 55’ RITE-WAY 8000 Jumbo heavy har- or 15” row spacing, drawbar hitch, Yetter rows, hyd. tine adjustment, field ready, floating row cleaners, Ridgeland mud good cond. 306-682-2338, Burr, SK. cleaning gauge wheels, Keaton seed firmers, In-furrow liquid fertilizer, Precision planting 20/20 monitor, E-sets, air force Auto-down force control. Corn, soybean and canola seed meters w/loading conveyor, $130,000. 306-697-7203, Grenfell, SK.

WINTER DISCOUNTS on new and used rollers, all sizes. Leasing and delivery available. 403-580-6889, Bow Island, AB. 46’ FLEXI-COIL 75 packer bar, P20 packers. Call Junop Brothers, 306-493-7605, Delisle, SK. 2016 DEMO 80’ DEGELMAN land roller, Odessa Rockpicker Sales. 306-957-4403, Odessa, SK. 2005 70’ BOURGAULT 6000 mid harrows, low acres, excellent condition, $24,000. Phone for more details and pictures. 306-745-8880, Langenburg, SK.

LAND CHEETAH “BUILT TO LAST.” HD reinforced frames. HD bushing plates and bushings. HD hitch with rock tray and hyd. locks. Hyd. wing locks w/check valves. Hyd. 12 ply steer tires. 51’, $44,000; 60’, $46,500. 84’ models available. Strathmore, AB., call 403-899-6246, 403-312-7259. 70’ DEGELMAN STRAWMASTER 7000 heavy harrow, also 60’ Flexi-Coil System 95 harrow packers. William Krell Estate Farm Equip. Auction, Monday, April 10, 2017, Stoughton, SK. For sale bill and photos visit www.mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 WANTED: MCFARLANE 70’ or 80’ harrow. Call 780-826-3946, Fort Kent, AB. D E G E L M A N 7 0 0 0 5 0 ’ h e av y h a r r ow, w/2055 Valmar applicator, good cond., $32,000. 780-872-3262, Lashburn, SK. 2008 DEGELMAN LANDROLLER 5 flex, 64', $52,500 OBO. 306-867-7227, Macrorie, SK. dtlammers@xplornet.com

WANTED: JOHN DEERE 1500 power till seeder, working or not (need parts). 204-857-8402, Portage la Prairie, MB. 50 COMPLETE BARTON II openers, off CASE/IH 3400 AIR seeder tank, excellent Flexi-Coil 6000 drill. Call 306-677-2689, condition, taking offers. 204-746-5126, Swift Current, SK. Dufrost, MB. JD 7200 PLANTERS IN STOCK, 8 to 16 EZEE-ON 2175 AIR tank, complete for row, any planter makes available. Call sale. Call 306-944-4945, Plunkett, SK. Reimer Farm Equipment, Gary Reimer, 204-326-7000, Hwy. #12, Steinbach, MB. 2008 BOURGAULT 6550ST air cart, 4-tank meter, CRA, bag lift, deluxe auger, duals, TOPCON SEEDER UPGRADES, VRC, sectionshedded, $68,000. 204-734-8562, Swan al control, granular, liquid, NH3, Order River, MB. before March 20 save 15%. info@navag.ca

www.combineworld.com 1993 FLEXI-COIL 5000 45’ DS, Dutch openers, 3.5” steel packers, blockage monitor, good cond., w/2320 air tank, $15,000; 2010 Case/IH 3430 3 comp air cart tank, DS, dual fan, dual tires, monitor, $45,000. Call 306-625-7546, Ponteix, SK. 2013 BOURGAULT 3320/6550, 66’, MRB’s, Drill: $159,000; Cart: $110,000. Possible trades? Call 306-563-8482, Yorkton, SK. 2005 FLEXI-COIL 5000 57’, 10” spacing, 3850 TBT cart, double shoot, dual fan, $39,000. Call 306-223-4417, Laird, SK. 2003 BOURGAULT 5710 29’ air drill, DS, Stealth paired row openers, 9.8” spacing, 4300 tank, $60,000 OBO. 780-771-2155, 780-404-1212, Wandering River, AB. 2010 MORRIS 8370, 3 tank, variable rate, TBT, 440 bu., $69,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

1998 MORRIS CONCEPT 2000, 43’, 10” sp, new Bourgault narrow point openers, 7240 TBH, $24,000. 306-463-8416, Eston, SK. 2011 BOURGAULT 6700 air cart X20, 4tm, bag lift, $135,000 OBO. Possible trades. Weyburn, SK. 306-563-8482.

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WANTED: 4W305; 4W220; 220 and D21. 8070, 8050 or 8030 MFWD. 701-240-5737, Minot, ND. 1982 ALLIS 7010, c/w 795 Allied loader, very good condition. Call 306-865-3927, Hudson Bay, SK.

CASE/IH 7120 FWA tractor with 3 PTH and new tires. Lang Stock Farms Ltd. Farm Equipment Auction, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Tyvan, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 PARTS FOR CASE 4994: Brand new (in crate) Scania V8 eng. c/w turbo and fuel pump, $15,000 OBO; Brand new front diff w/planetaries, $12,000 OBO. McLennan, AB. 780-837-5569, aifarms@yahoo.ca 1983 IHC 6788, 5200 hrs., new rubber, good cond. 403-784-3517, Lacombe, AB.

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2013 140A FARMALL Case/IH w/loader, 1800 hrs., $82,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 1997 9370, 3592 hrs., 8 new Goodyear 24.5x32, GPS, new injectors, exc. cond., $103,000. 306-280-6192, Rabbit Lake, SK.

COMPACTED SUBSOIL ISSUES? Avoid “band-aid” solutions. Since 1984. Call Rick 403-350-6088, anytime. 1992 37’ CASE/IH 5600 HD cultivator, with Degelman mounted 4-row harrows, $25,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 2008 ST830 47’ chisel plow, 5 plex, 650 lb. trips, 8” knock-on shovels, anhydrous Raven rate control, factory hitch, hyd. winch, 9/16” heavy harrows, $75,000 OBO. Call 2010 CASE/IH MAGNUM 275, 2696 hrs., 3 PTH, big 1000 PTO, $126,500. For info. 204-733-2446, Ochre River, MB. call Brandon at 306-577-5678, Manor, SK. WANTED: OLDER MODEL 40’ deep tillage c u l t i v a t o r i n g o o d c o n d i t i o n . C a l l 2008 CIH 535 Quadtrac, 6 hyds., GPS, 30” 403-575-0194, Consort, AB. track, 3475 hrs., 700 monitor nice cond., 1998 CASE/IH 5800 deep tillage, 39', Dick- $219,000. 780-853-7205, Vermilion, AB. ey John NH3, Bourgault carbide tips, 3 bar NEW UNDERCARRIAGE REPLACEMENT harrows, $25,000. Call 204-937-4862 or parts for CIH Quadtracs. Bogeys $798 and 204-937-0876, Roblin, MB. seal $189. More shipments arriving. 47’ FLEXI-COIL 820 cultivator, 9” spacing 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com w/4 bar harrows and air pack. Call Junop LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We Brothers, 306-493-7605, Delisle, SK. buy 90 and 94 Series Case, 2 WD, FWA tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have BREAKING DISCS: KEWANEE, 14’ and 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 . 12’; Rome 16’ and 9’; Wishek 14’ and 30’. 306-784-7841, Herbert, SK. 2- DMI 7 shank rippers. 1-866-938-8537. 1996 C ASE 5240, 5300 hrs., can be KELLO-BILT 8’ to 20’ offset discs w/24” equipped w/loader; 2001 MX120, 4800 to 36” notched blades; Kello-Bilt 24’ to 38’ hours; 2001 MX170, available with new tandem wing discs w/26” and 28” notched loader. Call 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. blades and oilbath bearings. Red Deer, AB. www.kelloughs.com Call: 1-888-500-2646. 2013 CASE/IH 140 Maxim MFWD, 2500 2014 WISHEK HEAVY disc, low hrs., like hrs., FEL w/grapple, 9' 3 PTH, fully new, $58,000. 204-238-4311, Bowsman, hydraulic angle blade, very good condition, $115,000. 780-723-0416, Edson, AB. MB. darcy12@telus.net 2014 33’ SUNFLOWER 1435 tandem disc, has new plain blades $55,000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. STEIGER TRACTOR PARTS. New and used, from radiator to drawpin, 1969 to 1999. Give us a call 1-800-982-1769 or www.bigtractorparts.com

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RETIRED: JD 4230, 4000 hrs., powershift trans., 3 PTH, excellent condition, $25,000. 403-545-2382, Bow Island, AB. 2003 9400, full powershift, 10,300 hrs., 710-70R42, wired for OutBack GPS, exc. $79,000; JD 4640, FWA 7800 hrs., FEL, $29,000. 403-654-0430, Vauxhall, AB. 1996 JOHN DEERE 8570, 4450 hrs., 24 spd., PTO, very good condition, asking $67,000. 306-421-0679, Estevan, SK. 2010 JD 7430, Premium, FWA, 4300 hrs., loader ready, 1 owner, 3PTH, excellent condition. Call 403-896-4673, Clive, AB. JD 3140 with 148 loader and grapple. 306-283-4747, Langham, SK. 1998 JD 9300 4WD tractor with 6545 hrs and Greenstar ready, also a JD 8760 4WD tractor w/4415 hrs. Ron and Donna Labbie Farm Equipment Auction, Saturday April 8, 2017, Radville, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 1984 JOHN DEERE 8440, 4 WD, with PTO, 7800 hrs., in good condition, $15,000. 306-831-6098, Milden, SK. RETIRING: 1980 JD 4640 tractor, recent drop-in 50 Series eng. and trans. service. Call 306-638-4550, Findlater, SK. 2000 JD 7710, 5130 hrs; 2006 7720, 6200 hrs; 2003 7810, 4200 hrs; 1998 7810, 5900 hrs. All MFWD and can be equipped w/loaders. 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. 2003 JD 9420, 5261 hrs., 24 spd., Greenstar ready, 7/10-70R42, $130,000. Earl Grey, SK. 306-939-4800 or 306-726-7807. JD 8630, PTO, tires like new, excellent condition, $19,500. Call 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. 1988 JD 4650, Greenlighted in April 2016, (one of the last JD’s without DEF), exc. rubber, 3 hyds., 7600 hrs., $42,500 OBO.; 1969 JD 3020 diesel, w/cab and JD loader, exc. rubber, runs and works excellent, $9750. 403-504-9607, Medicine Hat, AB. 1972 JD 4520 w/cab, powershift, $13,500; 1964 4020, cab, std. shift, JD 46A loader, bucket, $12,500. 204-207-0017, Roblin MB 2001 JD 7810, FWD, Power Quad, LHR w/E-range, 3PTH, 3500 hrs.; 7410, FWD, 741 loader and grapple, 3PTH, 5500 hrs. 780-674-5516, 780-305-7152 Barrhead AB JD 9300, 1997, 5996 hrs., 24 spd., triples, 4 hydraulics, wired for GPS, excellent. Call 306-493-7409, Delisle, SK. JD 9320 4WD with 3800 hrs and Greenstar ready, JD 8640 4WD tractor with PTO, JD 4640 2WD tractor, JD 4240 2WD with JD 148 FEL and grapple, JD 5020 2WD tractor and front mount Schulte snowblower, JD 5020 2WD tractor w/dozer blade, JD 5020 2WD tractor w/2086 hrs, JD 4020 2WD tractor w/JD 148 FEL, JD 2130 2WD tractor with 3 PTH. William Krell Estate Farm Equip. Auction, Monday, April 10, 2017, Stoughton, SK. area. For sale bill and photos visit www.mackauctioncompany.com or join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 UTILITY TRACTORS: John Deere 6200, 4400 hrs; JD 6310 w/640 loader, 4500 hrs. Call 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. JOHN DEERE 8570, 4WD, 6000 hrs., very clean, $61,000. Clyde, AB 780-983-0936.

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2012 GMC Sierra 1500 SLT Crewcab

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JD 4630, loader, cab; Case 2870, 4x4, Degelman dozer; Cockshutt 550 gas; 1991 GMC 17’ B&H. 306-238-4411, Goodsoil, SK RESTORED 1946 ($4000) and 1948 ($3800) John Deere D's. 250-374-8285, Kamloops, BC. Email: terrymaslasz@hotmail.com 1992 JD 4055, MFWD, 15 spd. PS, 8900 hrs, 3PTH, exc cond, new tires, battery, alternator & A/C pump, $45,000 OBO. Dinsmore, SK. 306-846-7770, 306-846-4501. JD 4755 2 WD, vg shape, differential lock. 306-576-2171 or 360-560-7679. Wishart, 1994 NH 9882, 7200 hrs., 710x38 (150 SK. hrs), new pivot points and rad, LED lights, 1998 JD 9400, powershift, shedded, tow front weights, vg, shedded, $89,900. Camcable, 710x70R38 rubber, 7000 hrs., Don Motors 306-237-4212 Perdue SK $74,000. 306-524-4960, Semans, SK. 2013 NH T9670, 4 WD, 1770 hrs., megaRETIRED: 8770, 20.8x42, 4 hyds., JD GPS flow hyds., 6 hyd. outlets, powershift, Ausystem, 24 spd., 1640 hrs., shedded, mint, toSteer, frt. weights. Ralph 306-531-9931, Regina, SK. View at: McDougallbay.com $86,000. 403-545-2382, Bow Island, AB.

1982 835 VERSATILE, 8837 hrs., Atom Jet hyds., air ride seat, extra lighting, 18.4x38 WIRELESS FULL BIN SENSOR; New natural duals, good condition, $21,500. Call gas/propane grain heater; T-Jet Centerline 220 GPS guidance system; Westfield 306-630-9838, Brownlee, SK. folding hydraulic end gate drill fill. 2010 2375, 4 WD, 520 rubber, 4 remotes, 306-831-7034, Rosetown, SK. 1900 hrs., full weights, always shedded, CASE/IH 2870 4 WD, Degelman blade, $130,000 OBO. 306-577-1204, Carlyle, SK. $17,000; 1999 NH LS170 Bobcat, $13,000; VERSATILE 375, 400, 435, 550 used; 450, Vac tank, 1800 gal. and pump $8000; IHC 500 and 550DT new. Call KMK Sales Ltd. M o d e l 2 5 2 f o r k l i f t , g a s , $ 5 0 0 0 . 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK. 306-238-4411, Goodsoil, SK. 1993 FORD VERSATILE 876, 5765 hrs., ex- BOBCAT 943 SKIDSTEER, $14,900; NH cellent shape, $35,000. 306-463-8416, Es- LX865 skidsteer, $12,900; McKee 7’ snowton, SK. blower, $1,000; Lorenz 8’ HD snowblower, $1,500; Gehl 500 cu. ft., 4 auger feed cart, $10,000; Eversman V-Ditcher $2,000, Ashland 4.5, 6, and 8 yard scrapers, Phoenix TOPCON AUTOSTEERING AGI-4 Promo: rotary harrow 35’, 42’, and 53’; Knight 3 Order by March 30th and receive 5cm pass auger feed cart, $5,000. 1-866-938-8537. to pass 12 month subscription for free. WANTED: SLIDE-IN TRUCK SPRAYER. info@navag.ca 306-640-8034 cel, 306-266-2016 res, Wood Mountain, SK. gm93@sasktel.net 2008 MCCORMICK MX150, 2300 hrs. 204-522-6333, Melita, MB.

1982 JD 8450 4WD, 225 HP, 1000 PTO, 3 hyds. 520/85R38 singles, quad range, JD 7.6L....$14,900

1993 FORD 946 4 WD, 8000 hrs, 325 HP, 20.8x42 radial duals, 4 hyds, 1 return, $52,000 OBO. 306-594-7755, Hyas, SK. FORD 846, 7800 hrs. (500 on rebuilt 2015 JD 5100M, 100 HP, 40 hrs, premium 1991 4 remotes, no PTO, std. trans., cab, 3 SCV’s, PTO, 420/85R34, cold eng.), w / w o 4’ Degelman blade, asking weather pkg., H260 loader, ext. warranty, $40,000.1306-648-8144, Gravelbourg, SK. $105,000. 780-636-3768, Vilna, AB. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

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FENDT 939, 2011, 1100 hrs., 65 km/hr., $235,000; Fendt 936, 2016, 500 hrs., loaded; Fendt 939, 2015, 1850 hrs., Vario-Grip, $249,000; Fendt 939, 2011, 3400 hrs., 65km/hr, front PTO, $180,000; Fendt 930, 2005, 10,000 hrs., new 900 tires, $79,000; Claas Xerion 2010, 2040 hrs., CVT50k, Front 3 PTH, 800R38, $187,000; MF 8690, 2012, 3500 hrs., CVT50k, front 3 PTH, $125,000; MF 8737, 2016, 400 hrs., front PTO, loaded; JD 8345R, 2014, 2700 hrs., IVT50k, front 3 PTH, $198,000; JD 7230R 2013, 3000 hrs., IVT50k, new Q88 loader; JD 6170R, 2013, 1750 hrs., IVT50K, new Q76 loader; Case 370CVT, 2014, 220 hrs., 50k, front hitch, 900/R42 $225,500. Many more in stock. 519-955-1331, Clinton, ON www.rozendaalclinton.com

1993 FORD 846, 7792 hrs., 230 HP, 4 WD, 1983 MF 2805, 20.4x38 duals (good), good 18.4R38 duals, PTO, 4 hyds., diff lock, cab, GRATTON COULEE AGRI PARTS LTD. Your V8 motor, needs hyd. pump on RH exterior AC, heat, 14 spd. std. trans., $46,000 OBO. #1 place to purchase late model combine Call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. and tractor parts. Used, new and rebuilt. $4000 OBO. 306-735-2936 Whitewood, SK www.gcparts.com Toll free 888-327-6767. MF88 DIESEL TRACTOR w/FEL, good rubber, $3000. 306-395-2668, 306-681-7610. Chaplin, SK. VERSATILE 700 with Leon 12’ angle blade, big singles, approx. 6200 hrs., extra heater 2012 MASSEY 6490, 2200 hrs.; 2007 in cab for winter use, $9500; Vers. 825, 2011 DEGELMAN 7900 16’ 6-way blade, MF 8480, 5100 hrs. Both MFWD. Call 18.4x38 duals, approx. 8200 hrs., good 1’ side extensions to make it 18’, mounting 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. running cond., $11,500. 403-597-2006, brackets & hyd. hoses to fit JD 9530 4WD, $29,000. 306-698-7808, Wolseley, SK. 1982 MASSEY 4800, 3 spd. powershift, Sylvan Lake, AB. PTO, 230 HP, 18.4x38 tires, $20,000 OBO. 1990 VERSATILE 946, 4 WD Designation 6 306-648-8144, Gravelbourg, SK. tractor, only 5011 hrs, std. trans, new starter, 4 hyds, manuals, always shedded, very good cond, $50,000. 403-540-6406, Calgary, AB. dunbow@yahoo.com NH 9482 4WD tractor with 4775 hours. Lang Stock Farms Ltd. Farm Equipment 2014 VERS. 2375, 310 hrs., warranty until Auction on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Nov., 2017, private sale. 306-441-6160 or Tyvan, SK. area. For sale bill and photos 306-398-4025, Baldwinton, SK. visit www.mackauctioncompany.com or VERSATILE 895, 9000 hrs., exc. shape, join our Facebook page. 306-421-2928, $19,500; JD 4640, FWA 7800 hrs., FEL, 2011 HITACHI 270 CL-3 excavator Isuzu, 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 $29000. 403-654-0430, Vauxhall, AB. 4 cyl. 147 HP dsl. eng., 5’ WBM bucket w/hyd. thumb, 32’’ tracks, 8692.5 hrs., AC, heater, 2 spd., exc. working cond., $ 1 2 5 , 0 0 0 . C a n d e l i ve r. ( Wa r r a n t y ) . 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

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LANDMASTER DOZERS: YEAR END BLOWOUT PRICING, Professionally Engineered & Manufactured, 1 PD14 remaining, 1 PD18 remaining. For details & pricing - Neil 306-231-8300. landmaster.ca 1986 CATERPILLAR 926 wheel loader, 9670 orig. hrs, 1.75 bucket w/teeth, 17.5-25 tires - 55% remaining, loader linkage and articulation tight, powershift trans., 4 cyl. Cat eng., 105 HP, $32,500. 403-571-5515 Calgary, AB. nucen@shaw.ca 2006 CAT D8T SU dozer, single shank ripper, cab air, 11,000 hours, work ready, $150,000. 204-795-9192 Plum Coulee, MB DEGELMAN DOZER BLADE, 14’, 6-way blade, mounted on Case STX 325, $19,000. Call 306-421-0679, Estevan, SK. 12’ DEGELMAN 46/5700 4-Way dozer blade, QA, $15,000; HLA snow wing dozer blade, trip cutting edge, $17,000. Wandering River AB 780-771-2155, 780-404-1212

SUNFLOWER HARVEST SYSTEMS. Call for literature. 1-800-735-5848. Lucke Mfg., www.luckemanufacturing.com EQUIPMENT FOR SALE: 2011 CIH 500HD tractor, $300,000; 2013 70’ SeedMaster air drill, slim fold w/2012 Bourgault 6550 air tank, $270,000; 1970 Chev grain truck 600 bu. box, 6 spd. auto (great yard truck), $20,000; 2014 Wilson trailer, less than 3000 kms, $58,000; 2000 Trailtech sprayer trailer with tanks, chem handlers and product pumps, $20,000; 1999 RoGator high clearance sprayer with AutoSteer, $81,000; 2003 JD 9650 combine w/GPS a n d C o n t o u r - M a s t e r fe e d e r h o u s e , $85,000; 2010 JD 635 flex header w/air reel and transport, $37,500; 2002 Honeybee 36’ header w/Headsight kit, $25,000; 2011 Schulte 8000 rockpicker, high dump, $20,000; 2009 Farm King 1385 auger w/hyd. swing, mechanical drive, $12,000; 1993 Farm King 1070 auger w/hyd. swing, mechanical drive, $4000; Wheatheart 8x45’ auger, $2500; Bin sweep, $500. Call Ron at 306-648-5394, Ferland, SK. ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New Degelman equipment, land rollers, Strawmaster, rockpickers, protill, dozer blades. 306-957-4403, 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK. 2006 JD 3800 TELEHANDLER, 3900 hrs. new Michelin rubber. Good for farm use. Call for attach. 204-522-6333, Melita, MB.

WANTED: FLEXI-COIL SYSTEM 75 hyd. folding coil packers. Regina, SK. area. Email: jonmitch@westnet.com.au WANTED: GOOD SIDE delivery rake. 306-257-3689, Allan, SK. WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly tractors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847.

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NEW AND USED GENERATORS, Multiquip, Perkins, Cummins, Magnum, Honda, new cond., in stock. 250-554-6661, Kamloops, BC. Email: denis@bcdieselgenerators.com www.bcdieselgenerators.com BLOCKED AND SEASONED FIREWOOD: $180 per 160 ft.≥ cord; bags $80 (includes refundable deposit for bag). Bundles of 4’-5’ or 6.5’ also available. Vermette Wood 2013 AUTOFARM GPS, complete, very good condition, IOS compatible, $2500. Preservers 1-800-667-0094, Spruce Home. Please call 403-443-2162, Three Hills, AB. SEASONED SPRUCE SLAB firewood, one cord bundles, $99, half cord bundles, $65. Volume discounts. March Clearance Special - Buy 2 get 1 free! Call V&R Sawing, 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK. BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer.

FENCE REMOVAL. Wire rolled, posts piled. Call 306-783-5639, 306-641-4255, Ebenezer, SK. GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner Wo o d P r e s e r ve r s L t d . , a s k fo r R o n 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca SASKATOON CO-OP AGRO CENTER is accepting sealed tenders until 12:00 Noon, Friday, March 31, 2017 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.

WWW.NOUTILITYBILLS.COM - Indoor & outdoor - coal, grain, multi-fuel, gas, oil, pellet, propane and wood fired boilers, cook stoves, fireplaces, furnaces, heaters and stoves. Athabasca, AB, 780-628-4835.

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 FOR SALE: Floor loom; Table loom; Spin306-260-0288, Rachel 306-270-4639, ning wheels, etc. Viewing by appointment only. Call 306-782-1235, Yorkton, SK. Saskatoon, SK. www.keetsfishfarm.com

BEV’S FISH & SEAFOOD LTD., buy direct, fresh fish: Pickerel, Northern Pike, Whitefish and Lake Trout. Seafood also available. Phone toll free 1-877-434-7477, 306-763-8277, Prince Albert, SK.

DRILL STEM: 200 3-1/2”, $45/ea; 400 2-7/8”, $32/ea; 700 2-3/8”, $33/ea; 300 1” rods. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK. PIPE FOR SALE. Diameters from 2-1/2" up to 60" dia. Lengths up to 60'. Great for construction, culvert and landroller projects, vg cond. 306-697-8757, Grenfell, SK. kennett.karl@yahoo.ca

WESTERN IRRIGATION: CADMAN Dealer. Spring discounts. Full line of new and used equipment. 1 Cadman 4000S wide body big gun, like new; Also alum. pipe, pumps and motors. If we don’t have it, we will get it for you! Call 306-867-9461, 306-867-7037, Outlook, SK.

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MF #36 DISCERS. Will pay top dollar and pick from anywhere. Phone Mike 306-723-4875, Cupar, SK.

SOLIDLOCK AND TREE ISLAND game wire and all accessories for installation. Heights from 26” to 120”. Ideal for elk, deer, bison, sheep, swine, cattle, etc. Tom Jensen ph/fax: 306-426-2305, Smeaton, SK.

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DIESEL GENSET SALES AND SERVICE, WANTED: JD 665 air seeder PTO driveline. 12 to 300 KWs, lots of units in stock. Used Might buy complete PTO driven air seeder. and new: Perkins, John Deere and Deutz. 306-861-0722. jeporter309@gmail.com We also build custom Gensets. We curWANTED: HESSTON hay auger header, rently have special pricing on new John m o d e l 6 6 6 5 , p r e f e r a b l y 1 4 ’ . C a l l Deere units. Call for pricing 204-792-7471. 780-353-2354, Bonanza, AB. 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.

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BUYING: CULL COWS, herdsire bulls, WATER IN THE WRONG PLACE: Used yearlings and calves. Now dealer for pumping motors, PTO carts, 6â&#x20AC;? - 10â&#x20AC;? alum. Redmond Bison mineral. Call Elk Valley pipe. 50 years experience. Call Dennis Ranches, 780-846-2980, Kitscoty, AB. 403-308-1400, Taber, AB. PURE PLAINS BREEDING BULLS from Alberta Bison Ranch are selected out of a large closed group that have been eating natural feeds and selected for ADG. 780-284-0347, Mayerthorpe, AB. Email: albertabisonranch@gmail.com Visit online: albertabison.ca

5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; BARE ROOTED ASSINIBOINE POPLAR, excellent shelterbelt tree, seedless. Available May 1, 2017. Minimum order 10, limited quantity and a deposit required. U&K Greenhouses. Phone or text 306-695-2056, Indian Head, SK. Email: uk.greenhouses@sasktel.net

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

JACKSON CATTLE CO. has on offer black yearling and red & black 2 yr. old Angus bulls. Selling in the Blairs Pursuit of Excellence Bull Sale, April 4th, 2017, 1:00 PM, at Jackson Cattle Co. Bulls are available anytime for viewing at the ranch, Sedley, SK. 306-537-9251 (Levi) or 306-537-4690 (Chance). Email: jcc@sasktel.net catalog available on-line: www.blairscattleco.com 9th Annual IMPACT Angus & Charolais Bulls Sale, Saturday March 25th, 1:30PM at Saskatoon Livestock Sales. 50 Black & Red Angus yearling bulls. For a catalogue or more info. contact Randy Tetzlaff at 306-944-2734, Jason George at 306-567-7939 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061.

TRIPLE J FARMS 9th Annual Black Angus Bull Sale, Wednesday March 29th, 1:00PM at the farm, Whitewood, SK. (12 mi. S of Whitewood on Hwy #9), offering 60 yearling Black Angus bulls. For a catalogue or more info. contact Brad and/or Sharon Jeannot 306-735-7760, Ben Wright 519-374-3335 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. Sale day watch and bid on-line at: www.dlms.ca

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HARMONY NATURAL BISON buying finished up to $6.25/lb HHW; Culls up to $5.25/lb HHW; Feeders up to $4.75/lb LW. Call/text 306-736-3454, SE Sask. QUILL CREEK BISON is looking for finished, and all other types of bison. COD, paying market prices. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Producers working with Producers.â&#x20AC;? Delivery points in SK. and MB. Call 306-231-9110, Quill Lake, SK. NEBRASKA BISON BUYING all classes Calves, yearlings, adults, finished bison. Call Randy Miller 402-430-7058 or email: RandyMiller@Miller95Enterprises.com BISON WANTED - Canadian Prairie Bison is looking to contract grain finished bison, as well as calves and yearlings for growing markets. Contact Roger Provencher at 306-468-2316, roger@cdnbison.com NILSSON BROS INC. buying finished bison on the rail, also cull cows at Lacombe, AB. For spring delivery and beyond. Smaller groups welcome. Fair, competitive and assured payment. Contact Richard Bintner 306-873-3184. WANTED ALL CLASSES of bison: calves, yearlings, cows, bulls. Willing to purchase any amount. dreyelts1@rap.midco.net Call 605-391-4646. THE PASKWAW BISON PRODUCERS COALITION is a registered Non-Profit Corporation dedicated to raising public awareness to the threat Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF) poses to the bison industry. For further info contact Robert Johnson pskwbpc@gmail.com 70 YEARLING HEIFERS for sale. Approx 800-900 lbs. Call 306-728-4906 after 6PM. Melville, SK. WANT TO PURCHASE cull bison bulls and cows, $5/lb. HHW. Finished beef steers and heifers for slaughter. We are also buying compromised cattle that canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make a long trip. Oak Ridge Meats, McCreary, 204-835-2365, 204-476-0147. WANTED: ALL KINDS of bison from yearlings to old bulls. Also cow/calf pairs. Ph Kevin at 306-429-2029, Glenavon, SK.

ALAMEDA BULL SALE, Friday, March 24, 1 PM, Alaemda, SK. Selling 40 Angus and 10 Charolais yearling bulls. Mantei Farms Angus, 306-461-5501, Perrot Cattle Co., 306-485-7666, Phillips Farms Charolais, 3 0 6 - 4 2 1 - 6 4 1 6 , C at a l o g u e o n l i n e at www.bohrson.com ANDERSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FOUR BAR X RANCH & MARTENS CATTLE CO. Annual Angus and Charolais Bull Sale. Monday April 3rd, 1:00PM at the Spiritwood Stockyards, Spiritwood, SK. Selling 30 Black Angus bulls and 30 Charolais bulls. All bulls are semen tested. Wintering and delivery available. For a catalogue or more info. contact Kevin 306-883-7355, Sylvan 306-883-7967 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061.

BRED HEIFERS due to calve in April, bred to easy calving Angus bulls, preg checked. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca SPIRIT OF THE NORTH BULL SALE, Monday April 10th at 1:00 PM at the Spiritwood Stockyards, Spiritwood, SK. Selling 70 Black Angus, Charolais and Simmental yearling and 2 year old bulls. For more info or a catalogue contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. BASKM ANGUS is selling 5 two year olds and 1 yearling bull in the Tri-N Charolais and Guest Bull Sale 2:00 PM, DST, Saturday, April 1st, Heartland Livestock, Virden, MB. View catalogue and videos online at bylivestock.com Matt Ginter 204-721-4805 25TH TOP CUT BLACK ANGUS Bull Sale, Friday, March 24, 12:30 PM CST at Cowtown Livestock Exchange, Maple Creek, SK. On offer 75- 2 yr. old bulls and 24 yearling bulls. 100 quality Commercial replacement heifers. For info. contact: Craig Angus 306-622-2021; Bear Creek Angus 306-558-0011; Hawkeye Ranching Co. Ltd., 306-622-2632; Forbes Angus, 306-558-2063. Catalogue at BuyAgro.com SENIOR ANGUS HERDSIRE 5 years old, docile, excellent breeder, light BW first calves. Sold cows. Also 2 yr. old and yearling Angus bulls. 306-345-2046, Pense, SK.

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REGISTERED BULLS FOR sale 1 and 2 yr olds, bred for calving ease, performance and do-abilty. 306-921-6792, Melfort, SK. Find us on Facebook at: Cripple Creek Ranches. QUALITY ANGUS AND Polled Hereford bulls for sale. Great selection, semen tested, quiet. Priced to sell. Phone 403-556-0301, Olds, AB. Email: ablatimer@xplornet.ca www.remitallwest.com BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca ANDERSON CATTLE CO. BULL SALE, Wednesday April 12th, 1:00 PM. on the farm, Swan River, MB. Offering 60 Black & Red Angus yearling and 2 year old bulls, open heifers and cow/calf pairs. For more information or a catalogue contact the Andersons at 204-734-2073, T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. To view catalogue online visit: www.andersoncattle.ca or www.buyagro.com PL#116061. PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling bulls, replacement heifers, AI service. Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. SOUTH VIEW RANCH has Black and Red Angus 2 year old bulls. Ceylon, SK. Call Shane 306-869-8074, Keith 306-454-2730. 20th ANNUAL MINBURN BULL SALE on March 23rd, 2017 at 1:00PM at the farm near Minburn, AB. Offering 50 bulls: 42 Black Angus yearling bulls and 8 Red Angus yearling bulls. Contact Danny Warril ow 7 8 0 - 8 5 3 - 0 4 2 7 , D e v i n Wa r r i l ow 780-581-4329 or Rob Holowaychuk, OBI 780-916-2628. View catalogue on-line at: www.cattlemanagement.ca. Online bidding and video sale with: www.dlms.ca 50 BLACK ANGUS heifers with calves at fo o t ; A l s o 4 0 A p r i l / M a y c a l v e r s . 306-322-7905, Archerwill, SK. YEARLING ANGUS BULLS. Canadian bloodlines. Top quality. Phone 306-877-2014, Dubuc, SK. 36th ANNUAL EARLY SUNSET RANCH Angus & Simmental Bull & Female Sale. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Only the Good Ones will Sellâ&#x20AC;? New Sale date: March 25th, 2017 1:00PM at the farm near Edam, SK. Offering 65 lots: 21 yearling Angus bulls; 17 yearling Simmental bulls; 15 open Angus females; 12 open Simmental females. Contact Jim Grant 306-441-3590 or Rob Holowaychuk, OBI 780-916-2628. View catalogue on-line at: www.cattlemanagement.ca. Online bidding with: www.dlms.ca SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK. 19th ANNUAL 49th PARALLEL Black Angus Bull Sale, Monday, March 27th 2017, 1:00PM, Mankota, SK. On offer: 80 yearling bulls; 10 Purebred open replacement heifers; 75 commercial open replacement heifers. For more information or catalogue contact Glendar Angus 306-478-7722 or Ross River Ranch 306-741-6251. 30 BLACK ANGUS 2 year old bulls. Calving ease and performance lines. Board and delivery available. Rob Garner 306-946-7946, Simpson, SK. OLE FARMS is offering a large selection of Black and Red Angus 2 year old bulls. Call 780-689-8324, Athabasca, AB.

DOUBLE â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Fâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; CATTLE CO. 8th Annual Bull Sale, March 30th, 2:00 PM at Heartland Livestock, Prince Albert, SK. Selling 50 rugged Black Angus bulls and an elite group of replacement heifers. Kelly Feige 306-747-2376, 306-747-7498. Catalogue online after Mar 1. www.doublefcattle.com 20th ANNUAL TRIPLE â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; BULL SALE, Saturday April 1st, 1:00PM CST at the Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. On offer 85 Black and Red Angus yearling bulls, performance tested. For a catalogue or more info contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. Sale day watch and bid on-line at: www.dlms.ca BLACK ANGUS YEARLING and 2 year old bulls on moderate growing ration, performance info. available. Adrian or Brian and Elaine Edwards, Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. Call 306-441-0946 or 306-342-4407. www.valleyhillsangus.com COW-BOYS Angus Bull & Female Sale Friday March 24, 1:00PM, Virden, MB. Selling 90 Red and Black Angus bulls, as well as a select group of purebred heifer calves, presented by RamRod Cattle Co., CorVet Cattle Co. and Fraser Farms. Wintering and delivery available. For catalogue or more information contact Tony Dekeyser 204-264-0270, Jeff Fraser 204-522-5964, Corey Jones at 204-264-0444 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue on-line at: www.buyagro.com and on sale d a y, w a t c h a n d b i d o n - l i n e a t : www.dlms.ca PL#116061. JUSTAMERE 22ND ANNUAL Bull Sale, Mon., April 10th at 1 PM in Lloydminster. On offer 55 top quality Black Angus bulls. 70 Commercial open females. All bulls will be semen tested and ready to go. Info. call Jon 780-808-6860 or 306-825-9702.

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BURNETT ANGUS ANNUAL Bull Sale on Saturday, April 1, 2017, 2:00 PM, at the Ranch, Swift Current, SK. 60 Black Angus Ca ll: Jon Fox yearling bulls. Many low birthweight, short gestation, genetically bred for breeding 3 06 -8 25-9 702 or 78 0-8 08 -6 8 6 0 heifers, performance, leptin and fertility w w w .jus ta m e re ra n ch e s .com tested. Guest consignors: Schwan Angus, HOLLINGER Land & Cattle 5th Annual Grant Scheirlinck, Greg Gillis. Contact; Bull and Female Sale, Monday March Bryce 306-773-7065, Wyatt 306-750-7822. 20th, 1:00 PM at the ranch, Neudorf, SK. wburnett@xplornet.ca Offering 40 Black Angus yearling bulls, 11 purebred females and select pens of open commercial heifers. For more information or a catalogue contact Chad 306-331-0302 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue on-line at: www.buyagro.com and on sale day, watch and bid on-line at www.dlms.ca PL#116061. BLAIRS AG. CATTLE CO., Pursuit of Excellence Bull Sale, Tuesday April 4th, 1:00 PM at the Jackson Cattle Co. sale facility in Sedley, SK. Featuring 75 two JOHNSTON/ FERTILE VALLEY Private year old and 5 yearling Black and Red An- Treaty Bull Sale. All JFV bulls will be sold gus bulls plus 170 commercial bred heifers off the yard this year. Over 125 thick, easy from Scott Griner, showcasing Blairs.Ag fleshing good haired yearling and 2 year genetics. For more information on the old bulls selected from 600 low maintebred heifers contact Scott 306-536-2157. nance, high production cows. They are For more sale information or a catalogue sired by the leading A.I. bulls in the induscontact Kevin at 306-365-7922, Blake try including Regard, Resource, Renown, 306-528-7484 or T Bar C Cattle Co. International, Ten Speed, Glanworth 57U, 306-220-5006. To view catalogue on-line Special Focus and Brilliance. Many of these visit: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. bulls are suitable for heifers. All bulls are GOOD QUALITY PB Black Angus 2 yr. old semen tested with complete performance bulls, semen tested and guaranteed breed- info. available. Deferred payment program ers. Phone David or Pat 306-963-2639 or with 60% down and 40% interest free due Dec. 1, 2017. Come and see one of the 306-963-7739, Imperial, SK. most respected cowherds in Canada. Se16th ANNUAL COMMON SENSE BULL lect the bull or group of bulls that you and Female Sale. Everblack Angus and really want at your leisure without the Allandale Angus. Monday March 27, 2017 pressure of a sale. David and Dennis at 2:00PM, Vermilion, AB. Offering 106 Johnston 306-856-4726, Conquest, SK. lots: 71 two year old Angus bulls; 22 year- View the cowherd online at website: ling Angus bulls; 15 open heifers. Contact www.johnstonfertilevalley.com Ernie Gibson 780-853-2422, Jordan Gibs o n 7 8 0 - 5 8 1 - 1 1 5 9 , Way n e S t e t s o n 780-853-7523 or Rob Holowaychuk, OBI 780-916-2628. View catalogue on-line at: DURALTA FARMS 12th Annual Angus www.cattlemanagement.ca. Online bidding Bull & Female Sale, Friday March 17th, with: www.dlms.ca 1:30PM at the farm, Vegreville, AB. Selling 70 Red and Black Angus Simmental bulls BENCHMARK ANGUS 21ST ANNUAL BULL as well as a select group of Angus and Sale, April 3, 2017, 1:30 PM at the Ranch, Simmental open heifers. Wintering and Warner, AB. 90 Red and Black Angus bulls, delivery available. For catalogues or info. individually tested on grow safe for feed call Dave Durie 780-208-4888 or T Bar C conversion and residual feed intake. Call Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue Mike at 403-394-4903, or call Shane, on-line at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061 403-795-0262, Doug at 403-328-6966. 90- TWO YR OLD and yearling Red Angus www.benchmarkangus.com bulls. Guaranteed, semen tested and delivered in the spring. Bob Jensen, 306-967-2770, Leader, SK. RED ANGUS PUREBRED 2 year old bulls. Open heifers also available. Contact DBM Angus Farms at Holland, MB., Brian 204-526-0942 or David 204-723-0288. Fo r m o re in fo rm a tio n o r a ca ta lo g

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27TH ANNUAL NORTHERN Progress Bull Sale, Friday, April 7th, Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon. 1:30 PM. Featuring 40 yearling (31 Red, 9 Black) and 20 2 yr. old Red Angus bulls. Lots of calving ease bulls with performance. RSL Red Angus, Battleford, SK., 306-937-2880 or 306-441-5010. HOWE RED ANGUS & Whitecap/Rosso Charolais Bull Sale. April 5th, 2017, 1:00PM, 8 miles South of Moose Jaw on #2 Hwy, 1.5 miles East on Baildon grid. Selling 35 Red Angus plus 47 two year old Charolais and 25 yearling Charolais. Contact Darwin 306-690-8916, Kelly 306-693-2163 or Mike 306-631-8779. KENRAY RANCH RED ANGUS BULLS: 40 responsibly developed, fully guaranteed yearling bulls available. 30+ years in business. Open house March 25th. On-line sale April 5th - 6th. www.DVAuctions.com For more info. contact Sheldon 306-452-7545 or Ray 306-452-7447, Redvers, SK. E-mail: www.kenrayranch.com 20th ANNUAL TRIPLE â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; BULL SALE, Saturday April 1st, 1:00PM CST at the Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. On offer 85 Red and Black Angus yearling bulls, performance tested. For a catalogue or more info contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. Sale day watch and bid on-line at: www.dlms.ca COMMERCIAL 2 YR old Red Angus heifer bulls and performance bulls. 38+ cm scrottles. Perfect breeding condition. Contact Harv Verishine 306-283-4666, 306-281-5424 cel, Langham SK. REG. RED ANGUS bulls born Feb./Mar. 2016, calving ease, good growth. Coming 3 year old Red Angus herdsire, used on purebred herd. Little de Ranch, 306-845-2406, Turtleford, SK.

9th Annual IMPACT Angus & Charolais Bulls Sale, Saturday March 25th, 1:30PM at Saskatoon Livestock Sales. 50 Red & Black Angus yearling bulls. For a catalogue or more info. contact Randy Tetzlaff at 306-944-2734 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. TRANSCONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ADVANTAGE BULL SALE, Sat. Apr. 1, 2017 at 1:00 PM at Saskatoon Livestock Sales, 5 miles West of Saskatoon on Hwy. 14. 107 bulls on offer consisting of: 69 Simmental bulls (67 Polled) - 53 Red, 2 Black, 14 Fullblood, 13 Red Angus, 1 Black Angus, 24- 2 year old Charolais bulls (17 Polled). View full catalog online at: www.transconlivestock.com For more info. call Jay Good at 403-556-5563. RED ANGUS YEARLING and 2 year old bulls on moderate growing ration, performance info. available. Adrian or Brian and Elaine Edwards, Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. Call 306-441-0946 or 306-342-4407. www.valleyhillsangus.com ANDERSON CATTLE CO. BULL SALE, Wednesday April 12th, 1:00 PM. on the farm, Swan River, MB. Offering 60 Red & Black Angus yearling and 2 year old bulls, open heifers and cow/calf pairs. For more information or a catalogue contact the Andersons at 204-734-2073, T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. To view catalogue online visit: www.andersoncattle.ca or SOUTH VIEW RANCH has Red and Black www.buyagro.com PL#116061. Angus 2 year old bulls. Ceylon, SK. Call REGISTERED YEARLING BULLS, Semen Shane 306-869-8074, Keith 306-454-2730. tested, vet inspected, guaranteed breeders, 20 RED ANGUS 2 yr old bulls. Calving ease delivered. 306-845-2557, 306-845-7601, and maternal lines. Board and delivery Turtleford, SK. evandglen@littleloon.ca For details go to: www.belleredangus.com avail. Rob Garner 306-946-7946, Simpson

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RED ANGUS YEARLINGS and 2 year old bulls for sale. For a listing of bulls and pictures go to: www.tophamredangus.com Call Ian 306-295-4040, Eastend, SK. DIAMOND W 15th ANNUAL BULL SALE, Tuesday, March 21st, 1:30 PM DST, Valley Livestock, Minitonas, MB. Offering 47 Charolais yearling and 2 year olds, many polled, some red factor, 21 Red and Black Angus 2 year olds and yearlings. Sound, semen tested with delivery avail. For catalogues and info., contact Orland or Ivan Walker, 306-865-3953. Sale broadcast live on www.dlms.ca Catalogue online at: www.bylivestock.com

POLLED YEARLING BLONDE BULLS for sale, Estevan, SK. area. Phone 306-634-2174 or cell 306-421-6987.

CHAROLAIS BULLS, YEARLING and 2 year olds. Contact LVV Ranch, 780-582-2254, Forestburg, AB. JTA DIAMOND CHAROLAIS BULL SALE 1:00PM on the farm, Saturday, April 1st, 2017. 39 bulls, tan and whites; 11 two year olds and 28 yearlings. Avg. weaning weight 796 lbs. No creep. Yearlings $3000 and up; 2 yr. olds start at $4250. Will keep until May 1st. Must be insured. For more info. call Jerome and Cindy Tremblay 306-394-4406, Courval, SK. MACMILLAN CHAROLAIS Purebred reg. yearling bulls available. Bred for growth, easy keeping and market demand. Thick bulls with good feet, lots of hair and very quiet. Bulls are semen tested and can be kept until May 1. Call Lorna 306-227-2774 or 306-931-2893, Saskatoon, SK.

WILGENBUSCH Charolais 14th Annual North of the 49th Bull Sale, on Monday, April 3rd, 1:00 PM at the farm, Halbrite, SK. The largest Charolais bull sale in Sask. offers a top set of bulls that are sound, good haired and guaranteed to work. Selling 20 two year old and 80 yearling bulls, most are polled, some red factor. Sale online at dlms.ca. View videos and catalogue at: wilgenbuschcharolais.com. For more info. or a catalogue call Craig Wilgenbusch at 306-458-7482. HUNTER CHAROLAIS BULL SALE, Thursday, April 6th, 1:30 PM DST, at the farm, Roblin, MB. Offering 40 yearling bulls from over 30 years of breeding. Most are polled, some red factor. Also 5 Polled Hereford yearling bulls. These are top quality, quiet, good haired bulls that will calve well and then add performance. Plus 10 Charolais cross open heifers. View catalogue/ videos www.huntercharolais.com or call Doug 204-937-2531. POLLED PB YEARLING CHAROLAIS bulls, performance and semen tested. Will keep until April, $3000-$4000. Charrow Charolais, Bill 306-387-8011, 780-872-1966, Marshall, SK. WHITECAP/ROSSO CHAROLAIS and Howe Red Angus Bull Sale. April 5th, 2017, 1:00PM, 8 miles South of Moose Jaw, on #2 Hwy, 1.5 miles East on Baildon grid. Selling 47 two year old Charolais and 25 yearling Charolais, plus 35 Red Angus. Contact Darwin 306-690-8916, Kelly 306-693-2163 or Mike 306-631-8779. REG. POLLED YEARLING Charolais bulls for sale. Call Larry 306-883-2169 evenings, Spiritwood, SK.

DIAMOND W 15TH Annual Bull Sale, Tuesday, March 21st, 1:30 PM DST, Valley Livestock, Minitonas, MB. Offering 47 Charolais yearling and 2 year olds, many polled, some red factor, 21 Red and Black Angus 2 year old and yearlings. Sound, semen tested with delivery available. For catalogues and info. contact Orland or Ivan Walker 306-865-3953. Sale broadcast live on www.dlms.ca. Catalogue online at: www.bylivestock.com PRAIRIE DISTINCTION CHAROLAIS Bull Sale, Tuesday, March 28th, Neepawa, MB. Ag Society. 17 two year olds and 45 yearlings from 7 Manitoba breeders. Sale online at: www.dlms.ca. View catalogue at: www.bylivestock.com or ph. 306-536-4261 CEDARLEA FARMS GIT R DONE Bull Sale, Tuesday, April 4, 1:00 PM, at the Windy Willow Angus farm, Hodgeville, SK. 50 Charolais yearlings sell. Most are polled, some red factor. Bulls that will calve well, give you added performance, hair and docility. Also 75 Black and Red Angus bulls and a group of open Angus heifers from Windy Willows. Garner or Lori Deobald, 306-677-2589. View videos and catalogue online: www.cedarleafarms.com REGISTERED CHAROLAIS BULLS, 2 year olds and yearlings. Polled, horned, some red. Quiet hand fed, hairy bulls. 40+ head available. Wilf at Cougar Hill Ranch 306-728-2800, 306-730-8722, Melville, SK REG. CHAROLAIS YEARLING and 2 yr. old bulls, reds, whites. Yearling heifer calves. Richard Smith 780-846-2643, Kitscoty, AB. PLEASANT DAWN CHAROLAIS 15th Annual Bull Sale, Saturday, March 18, 2:00 PM, Heartland Livestock, Virden, MB. All polled, some red factor, offering 57 yearlings bulls. Wintering, delivery and sight unseen purchase program available. Bred for calving ease with growth, hair and s o u n d n e s s . S a l e b r o a d c a s t l i ve o n www.DLMS.ca. Call Tully or Trent Hatch 204-855-2402 or 204-855-3078. Catalogue & videos www.pleasantdawn.com TRANSCON’S ADVANTAGE BULL SALE, Sat. Apr. 1, 2017 at 1:00 PM at Saskatoon Livestock Sales, 5 miles West of Saskatoon on Hwy. 14. 107 bulls on offer consisting of: 69 Simmental bulls (67 Polled) - 53 Red, 2 Black, 14 Fullblood, 13 Red Angus, 1 Black Angus, 24- 2 year old Charolais bulls (17 Polled). View full catalog online at: www.transconlivestock.com For more info. call Jay Good at 403-556-5563. 9th Annual IMPACT Angus & Charolais Bulls Sale, Saturday March 25th, 1:30PM at Saskatoon Livestock Sales. Selling 40 Charolais bulls. For a catalogue or more info. contact Mike McAvoy at 306-241-1975 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. COMING 2 YR. old polled PB Charolais bulls, come red factor. Call Kings Polled Charolais, 306-435-7116, Rocanville, SK.

SQUARE D HEREFORDS: Herd bull prospects, 2 yr. old, fall born yearlings and spring yearling bulls. Quiet, performance tested. Delivery can be arranged. Hereford females bred Hereford, registration papers ava i l a b l e . J i m D u ke 3 0 6 - 5 3 8 - 4 5 5 6 , 306-736-7921, Langbank, SK. email: square.d@sasktel.net view our website: square-dpolledherefords.com CRITTENDEN BROS. Polled Herefords “Supplying The Seed” Bull & Female Sale, Thursday April 6th, 1:00 PM at the Crittenden Sale Barn, Imperial, SK. Selling 60 polled Hereford yearling and fall born bulls and females. For more information or a catalogue contact Howard 306-963-7880 or contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View catalogue on-line at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061

WHO’S YOUR DADDY’S 14th Annual Bull Sale will be selling 62 Shorthorn bulls, 2 yr olds and yearlings and 8 open replacement heifers, on April 6, 2017 at the Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon, SK. Richard Moellenbeck 306-287-7904, Carl Lehmann 306-232-3511 or Scot Muri 306-741-6833. View catalogue: www.muridale.com Online bidding at www.dlms.ca

WASCANA CATTLE COMPANY selling 8 Polled Hereford 2 yr. old bulls on March 18 at Canada's Red, White and Black Bull Sale in Moose Jaw, SK. Six more for sale off the farm. Semen tested, tie-broke, delivered. Harvey Duke 306-536-4490, Regina, SK. EXCELLENT SELECTION of 2 year old bulls. Fed for service not for show; 2 herdsires. Polled herefords since 1950. Erwin Lehmann 306-232-4712, Rosthern, SK.

FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale. Cows and quota needed. We buy all classes of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620.

GOOD SELECTION OF stout red and black Limousin bulls with good dispositions, calving ease. Qually-T Limousin, Rose Valley, SK. 306-322-7563 or 306-322-7554. POLLED RED AND Black Limousin 2 year old bulls. Board and delivery available. Rob Garner, Simpson, SK., 306-946-7946.

HTA CHAROLAIS AND GUEST RAMMER Charolais Bull Sale, Wednesday, March 22, 1:00 PM. Beautiful Plains Ag Complex, Neepawa, MB. 53 yearling bulls, most are polled, some red factor with good dispositions. These are the best in performance genetics. Live Broadcast at www.dlms.ca Call Shawn Airey 204-724-8823, Matthew Ramsey 204-365-0976. Catalogue online at: www.htacharolais.com. TRI-N CHAROLAIS AND GUEST BASKM Angus Bull Sale, 2:00 PM, DST, Saturday, April 1st, Heartland Livestock, Virden, MB. Offering 46 Charolais yearlings, most are polled, many red factor with calving ease and hair. Also selling 6 Black Angus two year olds and yearling. View catalogue and videos online at bylivestock.com or call Merv Nykoliation, 204-851-2290.

31ST ANNUAL PRAIRIE Gold Limousin Bull Sale 35 thick heavy muscled red and black polled bulls selling March 24, 2017 at Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon, SK. Phone 306-567-7456 or 306-221-1159. lredwards@sasktel.net CIRCLE T LIMOUSIN purebred Red and Black performance tested bulls. Guaranteed, semen tested, by trade leading sires. GELBVIEH BULLS. Reg. 2 yr old and year- 306-634-8536, 306-634-4621, Estevan, SK ling polled bulls from our 38 year breeding program. Reds and blacks. 780-672-9950, SPRINGER LIMOUSIN has very quiet 2 yr old and yearling Purebred Limousin bulls. Camrose, AB. Email: gwinder@syban.net Red or Black. Call Merv at 306-272-4817 POLLED YEARLING and 2 year old bulls, or 306-272-0144, Foam Lake, SK. quiet, good haired. Call Selin’s Gelvieh KEN-DOC LIMOUSIN selling polled bulls 306-793-4568, Stockholm, SK. at the Prairie Gold Limousin Bull Sale, Saskatoon Livestock Sales, March 24th, 2017. These are thick, deep, quiet bulls. Contact FOR SALE: 25 open dehorned yearling Ken Gillies, 306-221-1159, Saskatoon, SK. Hereford heifers. Call 306-743-5105, STOUT YEARLING and 2 yr. old Limousin SPIRIT OF THE NORTH BULL SALE, Langenburg, SK. www.vcherefordfarm.com bulls, polled, horned, red, black. Quiet bulls w/great performance. Short Grass Monday April 10th at 1:00 PM at the SpirLimousin, 306-773-7196, Swift Current SK itwood Stockyards, Spiritwood, SK. Selling 70 Charolais, Black Angus and Simmental yearling and 2 year old bulls. For more info or a catalogue contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online BIG ISLAND LOWLINES Premier Breeder. at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. Selling custom designed packages. Name your price and we will put a package toREGISTERED PB CHAROLAIS yearling and gether for you. Fullblood/percentage Low2 yr. old bulls by private treaty. Semen line, embryos, semen. Black/Red carrier. tested and guaranteed. Call Brad Darrell 780-486-7553, Edmonton, AB. 204-537-2367, 204-523-0062, Belmont, MB. www.clinecattlecompany.ca PUREBRED CHAROLAIS BULLS: Good selection of yearling & 2year olds. Polled, white POLLED HEREFORD BULLS for sale. Docile & tan, $3300 and $3600. Van Buuren bulls with low birthweight and performance. Call 306-867-4231, 306-270-5524, Charolais, 204-522-0855, Pipestone, MB. Outlook, SK. Email: carm.dvm@sasktel.net GOOD QUALITY YEARLING and 2 year old Website: www.hmshicliffe.com Charolais bulls. Mostly AI sired. Semen tested. Some Red Factors. Will feed until WILSON-LEES VALUE ADDED Bull breeding time. Contact Bar H Charolais, Sale, Friday April 7th, 2:00PM in Kisbey, Grenfell, SK. Kevin Haylock, 306-697-2901 SK. Offering 70 Hereford yearling & 2 yr old bulls All bulls are semen tested and vet or 306-697-2988. inspected. Delivery available. For a cataRED WHITE TAN Charolais bulls, yearling logue or more info. contact T Bar C Cattle and two year olds, Canyon Timeout, and Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue onLandmark bloodlines, semen tested and line at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. delivered. Wheatheart Charolais, RoseANL POLLED HEREFORDS ANNUAL town, SK., 306-882-6444 or 306-831-9369 Bull Sale with guest Brooks Farms, ELDER CHAROLAIS 7th Annual Bull Sale. Sunday March 19th, 2:00PM at the farm in Thursday, March 23rd, 1:30 PM, at the Steelman, SK. Selling 25 yearling and 2 yr. farm, Coronach, SK. 40 yearling bulls most old bulls and a select group of open Baldie are polled, some red factor. Top quality heifers. Wintering and delivery available. bulls that will calve and then give you the For more information or a catalogue conperformance you want. Ron 306-267-4986 tact Karl at 306-487-2670, Jeremy at or Mike 306-267-7730. View catalogue 306-485-8003 or T Bar C Cattle Co. and videos at: www.eldercharolais.com 306-220-5006. View catalogue on-line at: CREEK’S EDGE PUREBRED Charolais bulls www.buyagro.com PL#116061. for sale off the farm. 60 yearlings and 6 HOLMES POLLED HEREFORDS have a two year olds. We welcome you to our bull large selection of yearling bulls. Some pen anytime. Also selling purebred Charo- bred for top performance, some bred more lais replacement heifers. Please phone for calving ease. Buying bulls off the farm Stephen 306-279-2033 or 306-279-7709, so you can see their Dams makes good Yellow Creek, SK. View all our bulls online sense. Call Jay Holmes, 306-524-2762, www.creeksedgecharolais.ca 306-746-7170, Semans, SK.

THICK BUTT BULLS excellent disposition, SOUTHWEST SHOWCASE SIMMENTAL p o l l e d . D y n a R i c h S a l e r s . C a l l Bull Sale, Monday, March 27th, 1:00 PM, 403-746-2919. Eckville, AB. at Heartland Livestock, Swift Current, SK. 74 Red and Black Simmental bulls from POLLED SALERS BULLS on farm and at these consignors: EDN Simmentals MB. Test Station (Sale Date April 1). BW 306-662-3941, Crocus Simmentals from 77 lbs. Strong growth and maternal 3 0 6 - 7 7 3 - 7 1 2 2 , X - T S i m m e n t a l s milk traits. Semen tested, guaranteed. Can 306-295-3843 or B o u n d a r y R a n c h arrange delivery. Ken at 204-762-5512, 306-299-2006. To view catalogue go to: Lundar, MB. www.sweetlandsalers.com www.bouchardlivestock.com Ph. EDN SimPB REGISTERED Red or Black yearling mentals 306-662-3941, Maple Creek, SK. bulls and replacement heifers. Elderberry BLACK & BLACK BALDIE Simmental Bulls, Farm Salers, Parkside, SK., 306-747-3302. good selection of yearlings 2 year olds. Excellent quality with good hair coats and disposition second to none! Semen tested. Delivery available. Call Regan Schlacter 2ND COWMAN’S ADVANTAGE Shorthorn 306-231-9758, Humboldt, SK. Bull and Female Sale, Saturday, April 1, 2017 at Innisfail Auction Mart, Innisfail, SPIRIT OF THE NORTH BULL SALE, AB. Selling 45 two yr old and yearling bulls Monday April 10th at 1:00 PM at the Spirand groups of open commercial heifers. itwood Stockyards, Spiritwood, SK. Selling Call Don Savage Auctions 403-948-3520. 70 Simmental, Charolais and Black Angus Catalogue at www.donsavageauctions.com yearling and 2 year old bulls. For more info or a catalogue contact T Bar C Cattle Co. Broadcast online at www.dlms.ca 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061.

WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM has for sale a good selection of Maine-Anjou and Red Angus yearling and 2 year old bulls. We are selling by Private Treaty from the yard. All bulls semen tested and can be delivered. Call Sid at 204-373-2631, Ridgeville, MB. View catalogue and videos online at www.wilkinridge.blogspot.ca 2 YR. OLD AND YEARLING BULLS, calving ease and performance. Vet inspected. Guaranteed. Will feed and deliver. Melfort, SK. 306-921-7175, 306-752-3808, mspratt@sasktel.net donarofarms.com DEAGLE CATTLE CO. LTD. 5th Annual “Maine Difference Bull Sale”, April 1, 2017 1:00 PM, Dryland Market, Veteran, AB. On Offer: 50 black, red Percentage and Purebred 2 year old bulls. On offer: 350 open palpated Maine Cross heifers. Info: Rick at 403-575-5521, www.deaglecattleco.com MANITOU MAINE-ANJOU BULLS. Best selection of the real Maine bulls in Canada. Gary Graham, 306-823-3432, Marsden, SK. grahamgs@sasktel.net

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WLB LIVESTOCK BEEF BULL SALE, Black/Red Simmental and Polled Hereford, yearling and two year old beef bulls. March 21, 2:00 PM, CST at the farm, 6 miles N, 1 mile E, 1/2 mile N of Douglas, MB. Call Bill Biglieni, 204-763-4697, 204-729-7925. Videos online: www.wlblivestock.com TRANSCON’S ADVANTAGE BULL SALE, Sat. Apr. 1, 2017 at 1:00 PM at Saskatoon Livestock Sales, 5 miles West of Saskatoon on Hwy. 14. 107 bulls on offer consisting of: 69 Simmental bulls (67 Polled) - 53 Red, 2 Black, 14 Fullblood, 13 Red Angus, 1 Black Angus, 24- 2 year old Charolais bulls (17 Polled). View full catalog online at: www.transconlivestock.com For more info. call Jay Good at 403-556-5563. TOP QUALITY RED FACTOR yearling Simmental bulls. Good hair coats. Polled; also 2nd ANNUAL ON THE FARM Bid Off Bull 1 Red Factor Simm/Angus cross 2 year old Sale. Bidding starts Friday March 24, 1:00 bull, polled. Call Green Spruce Simmental PM CST. Closes Saturday, March 25, 2:00 306-467-4975, 306-467-7912, Duck Lake. CST, 2017, Neudorf, SK. 40 yearling and 2 4 YEAR OLD Polled Fullblood Simmental yr old bulls. Details & updates available on bull, $4500 OBO; 10 yearling black our websites: www.bendershorthorns.com Simmental bulls. North Creek Simmentals, www.starpfarms.com Call Glen and Ryan call Barry 306-230-3123, Borden, SK. Bender, Neudorf, SK. 306-728-8613 and FULLBLOOD FLECKVIEH and Black PB year306-748-2876 or Rayleen 306-231-3933. ling bulls, reasonable birthweights, $3500. POLLED PB BULLS. Will be halter broke Curtis Mattson 306-944-4220 Meacham SK and semen tested. Yearlings and one 2 year old. Moderate birthweight built for FULLBLOOD & PUREBRED yearling bulls calving ease. Call Uphill Shorthorns, for sale, moderate BW, pail fed oats and 204-764-2663 cell, 204-365-7155 res. free choice hay. 306-386-7342, Meota, SK. Hamiota, MB. rgray4@mymts.net 13th ANNUAL Wheatland Cattle Co. Bull Sale. Thursday, March 23rd, 2:00PM at the farm, Bienfait, SK. Offering Black & Red Simmental, SimmAngus and Angus bulls. As well as commercial heifers. For more information or a catalogue contact Vern at 306-421-2297 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061.

SOUTH DEVON AND POUNDMAKER (SD cross Angus) bulls. Yearling and 2 year olds. Semen tested. Ivomeced and vaccinated. British breed. Quiet, good growth. $2500-3500. 403-566-2467, Wardlow, AB. E-mail: dmrranching@gmail.com

THE SUPREME SPECKLE PARK Bull & Female Sale, Saturday April 8th, 2:00PM at Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon, SK. Selling Speckle Park yearling & 2 yr old bulls with a select group of females. These genetics are being offered by Notta Ranch, Spots ‘N Sprouts, Revenworth Cattle and Guests. For more info. or a catalogue contact T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL#116061. Sale day watch and bid online at: www.liveauctions.tv 10 BRED HEIFERS, calving April and May bred Speckle Park, 1200 lbs. plus, full herd health. Ph 204-365-0066, Shoal Lake, MB.

TOP CUT SPECKLE PARK Bull and Female Sale, Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 1 PM, Dryland Cattle Trading Corp, Veteran, AB. Offering: 43 semen tested bulls, 13 fancy purebred females, 40+ Speckle Park influenced commercial replacement females. More info contact: Merl 780-205-4868, Curtis 306-228-9402, Drew 306-946-7438, Leroy 780-808-4222. View catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com YEARLING SPECKLE PARK bulls sired by RH Yager 99Y; and a 6 year old herdsire. 306-877-2014, Dubuc, SK.

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WELSH BLACK- The Brood Cow Advantage. Check www.canadianwelshblackcattle.com Canadian Welsh Black Soc. 403-442-4372. 2 YEAR OLD black bulls- yearling Red and Black bulls. Moderate BW. Bill or Virginia Peters, 306-237-9506, Perdue, SK. PIZZEY SIMMENTAL is selling at the farm yearling and 2 year old Red, Black and full Fleckvieh bulls, moderate BW. Call Calvin 204-847-2055, Fox Warren, MB. PAINT ‘EM BLACK 2nd Annual Bull and Female Sale March 22, 2017 1:00PM at Cowtown Livestock, Maple Creek, SK. Presented by Herter Simmentals 403-878-6541 with Townview Farms 306-297-7517. Online catalogue at: hertersimmentals.com

WELSH BLACK POLLED yearling bulls, black and red. A few 2 yr old bulls, yearling heifers, black and red. Call Scott Farms, 403-854-2135, Hanna, AB. 6 THICK, YEARLING, reg'd purebred, simmental bulls. 5 blacks and one red. Top quality genetics, born unassisted, excellent performance. One full and two half bros. to 2016 Agribition high selling female. Visit Hilltop holdings simmentals on facebook for pics and perf data. Call Gary Anwender 306-815-7878, Radville, SK.

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BRED COWS, Simmental Red Angus cross, bred Simmental or Limousin, start calving March 27th. 306-266-4848, Fir Mountain. RED DEVON BULLS and crosses, yearlings. Polled and horned. 403-566-2467, Wardlow, AB. E-mail: dmrranching@gmail.com

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FOR SALE 750 BLACK coming 2nd calves, bred Charolais bulls out July 1st. Excellent set of highly productive ranch cows. 350 Red Angus AI bred heifers, start April 20th calving. Full herd health program. 306-435-7313, Moosomin, SK. BRED HEIFERS: 65 excellent quality ranch raised Black and Red Angus. Moderate framed females will make great cows. Bred to top quality bulls. Call or leave message 780-855-2580, New Norway, AB. OPEN REPLACEMENT HEIFERS, exc. quality, Red Angus cross Simmental, Red Angus cross Hereford, full health program o n e i r o n . D avey C at t l e C o m p a ny 306-843-7606. Pictures and references avail. Wilkie, SK. 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. 10 WHITE HEIFERS and 27 tan Charolais heifers, bred Red Angus, start calving in Mar., $2450 ea. 204-207-0017, Roblin, MB ENTER TO WIN! 20 Bred heifers or $40,000. Proceeds to new ice hockey rink. To get your tickets call 780-871-3677 or dewberry@gmail.com AGLC #449678. RK AN IM AL S UPPL IES - Be o n ta rget. Us e the p ro d u cts en d o rs ed b y the p ro fes s io n a ls . RK & S UL L IV AN S UPPL IES Fo r a fre e c a ta lo gu e : 1-8 00-440-26 9 4

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WATER PUMPS for filling tanks or draining land. Available with all hose, fittings, and 2012 SRI MODULAR home, 1672 sq. ft. 3 size options. Flaman Sales & Rentals bdrm, 2 bath, very nice open floor plan. Big entrance/laundry room into a family room 1-888-352-9890. w/2 beds and large bath off it. Beautiful KI THOMAS AERATION PUMPS- Multiple avail., w/upgraded cabinets and big pantry. $495. We accept e-transfer and ship at Master has big walk-in and bath w/jet tub. buyers expense. Keeps dugout water crystal Located in Consul, SK., easily moved. FSBO. clear. www.waterworldind.ca 306-338-2104. 306-299-7707, shawnmackie@outlook.com

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RT M S A N D S I T E b u i l t h o m e s . C a l l STATE OF THE ART CATTLE RANCH, 1-866-933-9595, or go online for pictures with 240 acres on 2 properties located and pricing at: www.warmanhomes.ca within minutes of both Camrose and Wetaskiwin. 1,466 sq. ft. bungalow (built in 2013) + 3 brand new (2016) outbuildings including a hay shed, 60x100', shop, 60x80' and calving/handling building, 62x64'. Don't miss this one! $1,900,000. 780-983-0779, Rural Wetaskiwin County, AB. Chloe Pleckaitis, RE/MAX River City www.chloesells.ca 160 ACRES of Irrigated Land North West of Vauxhall in Southern AB. The land is very good irrigated soil suitable for J&H HOMES: Homestyles Special. Save up most crops including potatoes. Includes a to $10,000 off move until March 31st. valley pivot with corner arm, irrigation www.jhhomes.com 306-652-5322 (152 acres); 150HP Perkins diesel pumping unit; Underground 10â&#x20AC;? mainline. Water delivery is by pressurized BRID pipeline water. Home sits on a nicely landscaped yard with trees, constructed using two 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x78â&#x20AC;&#x2122; mobile homes, which have been converted into one living space. MLS ÂŽID#1100557, Real Estate Centre, 1-866-345-3414. For all our listings visit: www.farmrealestate.com WANTED TO LEASE irrigated land to producer forages or buy standing irrigated pure Timothy or pure Alfalfa; Also looking to lease land or buy standing pure Timothy crops west of Hwy #2. Call Barry at: 403-507-8660, e-mail: info@barr-ag.com YEAR ROUND RESORT LIVING. Whispering Pines Golf and Country Club is a gated maintenance free community overlooking Pine Lake on golf course with year round amenities 20 mins. from Red Deer, AB. 1900 sq. ft. on 3 fully finished levels, 3 bdrms, 2-1/2 baths, fireplace in bdrm ensuite. Beautiful club house with fine dining, pool, fitness room. For sale or trade. 780-482-5273. group.6@outlook.com FISHING LODGE/MOTEL. 204-472-2351. Cranberry Portage, MB.

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Plea s e ca ll M a rcel a t1-403-350-6 8 6 8 M a rcel L eBla n c Rea l Es ta te In c. RM CANWOOD #494, 3 quarters: Grain, pasture and hay, 265 acres cult. On school bus route. Underground power and phone. Nice yardsite, 3 bdrm bungalow, 2 double car garages, 2013 assessment 203,700. 306-747-2775 after 6PM, Shellbrook, SK. RM VISCOUNT #341 land for sale. SW, NW, NE-34-34-25-W2. Native pasture with 130 acres cult. 306-944-4227, Plunkett, SK

REAL ESTATE AUCTION, Ole Peteherych, 306-634-3540, Thursday, March 30, 2017, Days Inn, Estevan, SK., 7:00 PM. Join Mack Auction Company on Thursday, March 30 for your chance to own 6 quarter sections of fenced pasture land in the North Portal/Northgate SK. area. Lots 1 & 2 share a common water source and will be combined. This half section is located adjacent to the community pastureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s east corrals. RM Coalfields #4: 1. SW-22-0104-W2, pasture. 2. SE-22-01-04-W2, pasture. Abandoned farm yard with power service. Lots 3, 4, 5 & 6 will be combined. These 4 quarters are crossfenced and share water sources, valleys and coulees. RM Enniskillen #3: 3. SW-28-01-03-W2, pasture. 4. SE-28-01-03-W2, pasture. Seasonal access road and low level crossing. 5. NE-28-01-03-W2, pasture. Grid road access, also known as the Little Dipper Ranch Heritage Site. 6. NW-27-01-03-W2, pasture. Grid road access. Mack Auction Co. 306-421-2928, 306-487-7815. For sale TOM@SASKFARMLAND.COM Lucky bill and photos: mackauctioncompany.com Lake 160 acres, excellent quality land, Join us on Facebook & Twitter. PL311962. huge 2,428 sq. ft. home. Working corrals, barn, shelters, heated shop. Tenant ONE OF A KIND, RM White Valley #49. available. $575,000 MLS. Tom Neufeld at Turnkey ranch, 8480 acres, 18 titled quar- 306-260-7838, Coldwell Banker. ters, South West Sask. Excellent water supply. Exclusive listing, $39,000,000. LAND FOR SALE: RM of Moose Range Brad Edgerton, 306-463-7357, Kindersley, #486, SW-08-52-11 W2, 160 acres, power & well on site. Email offers: jbdt@shaw.ca SK. edgerealty.ca

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ALICE BEACH: 0.43 a c. -2 lotsa va il. sepa ra tely in the ResortVilla g e of A lice Bea ch, n a t. g a s, pow er& phon e run a lon g b oth lots. SEDLEY: 158 a c. -807 sq f thom e, a ll pa sture/ha y (f en ced ), stron g w a ter supply M ELVILLE: 152 a c. -110 cult. a c., a ssess. 50,000, g ra vel loca ted on property, opt. steel g ra in stora g e. Ca ll f ord eta ils! M ELVILLE: 318 a c. -26 4 cult. a c., a ssess. 6 9,050 q tr., a lon g Hig hw a y #15. SIM P SO N: 476 a c. -285 cult. a c., 145 a c. n a t. g ra ss, a ssess. 50,230 q tr. ITUNA: 770 a c. -6 85 cult. a c., a ssess. 80,6 6 0/q tr., stron g w a tersupply, house w /m a ture shelterb elt. RABBIT LAKE: 1191 a c. -897 cult. a c., a ssess. 78,320/q tr., 4 level splithom e. LIP TO N: 2049 a c. -a pprox. 1850 cult., hom e section f en ced , ca ttle ha n d lin g f a cilities, 1,700 sq f thom e. M a n y m ore f ea turesw /Full lin e of m a chin ery a va il.!

FARMLAND FOR SALE RM of St. Philips 1532 Acres......... MLS#TBA........$2,500,000 RM of Paddockwood 1379 Acres . MLS#584655 . $1,155,000 RM of Kellross 1270 Acres ............. MLS#589868 .$1,050,000 RM of Leask 1094 Acres ................. MLS#591252 .... $750,000 RM of Moose Range 463 Acres ... MLS#593093 ....$695,000 RM of Preeceville 160 Acres ......... MLS#570603......$379,000 Rm of Leask 177 Acres ..................... MLS#600547......$267,000 RM of Ponass Lake 160 Acres ...... MLS#589191..... $235,000 RM of Torch River 320 Acres... MLS#570460..... $220,000 RM of Pleasantdale 160 Acres MLS#597003..... $160,000 RM of Willner 160 Acres........... MLS#600380 .... $150,000 RM of Kinistino 159 Acres ...... MLS#597284 ......$125,000 RM of Eagle Creek 158 Acres MLS#TBA............$119,000 RM of Kinistino 158 Acres.. MLS#597291 ...... $110,000 RM of Lakeview 160 Acres .. MLS#571016 ........$75,000

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AGRICULTURAL LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM of Buffalo No. 409. Having received instructions from the registered owner, the undersigned offers the following block of adjacent agricultural land situated in the RM of Buffalo No. 409 for sale by Tender: In NW 09-40-19 W3 - Surface Parcels 147610672, 147610649, 147610650 & 147610661 (37, 40, 18 and 4 more or less); NE 09-40-19 W3, Ext 10 - Surface Parcel 146481958 (160 acres, more or less); In NW 10-40-19 W3 Surface parcels 146481914 & 146481936 (15 & 23 acres, more or less). Land originally grainland. Used as pasture for past decade. Three sides of property fenced. Sale is without fence, to be removed by vendors. IF fence is desired, indicate â&#x20AC;&#x153;fence included in bidâ&#x20AC;?. Fence and equipment on property to be removed by vendors by the 1st of June, 2017. All tenders must be accompanied by a certified cheque for 5% of the tender payable to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Norsasklaw Prof. Corp. Trustâ&#x20AC;? (refundable) Send or deliver all offers in a sealed envelope marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;Land Tender - 22951Bâ&#x20AC;? to the undersigned on or before 3:00PM o the 31st of March, 2017. Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. Norsasklaw Attn: Benedict Feist, #1381A - 101 Street, North Battleford, SK, S9A 0Z9. Phone 306-445-7772, fax 306-445-7722. E-mail reception@norsasklaw.com

TOM@SASKFARMLAND.COM Perdue 416 acres pasture/hay land. New 4-wire fence, 3 dugouts, steel corrals and chute, 2016 alfalfa/brome mix. $367,000 MLS. FARM/RANCH, 20 QUARTERS, house, shop, storage shed, cattle facilities, 30 min. from Tom at 306-260-7838 Coldwell Banker. Saskatoon, SK. $5,600,000. 306-280-6408. 11 QUARTERS OF LAND IN SENLAC 1322 acres of pasture/improved pasture. Includes a creek that flows through the RM OF GRANT NO. 372: SW 34-40-28 W2, property. 4 spring fed dug outs with excel- SE W1/2 of 34-40-28 W2, NW N1/2 of lent water throughout the entire property. 27-40-28 W2. Approx. 290 cult. acres. 2 gas wells on the property with CNRL . Yardsite has power, gas, 3 shops. Taking Fencing is good and a set of steel corrals offers until March 25th, 2017. Please send are also included. MLSÂŽ ID#1100539, offers to: PO Box 29018, Saskatoon, SK. S e n l a c , S K . R e a l E s t a t e C e n t re , S7N 4Y2. For more info. call 306-221-6722 1-866-345-3414. For all our listings visit: www.farmrealestate.com

LAND AUCTION for Val Veroba, Kelly Fleck, Dallas Fleck & Sherry Moffat, on Thursday, March 23, 2017, Days Inn, Estevan, SK., 7:00 PM. Please join Mack Auction Company on March 23rd for your chance to own 12 quarter sections of prime farmland in RM of Browning #34. Over $60,000 of Surface Lease Revenue being sold with the land located in the center of the Lampman/Steelman gas and oil fields! NW-19-04-06-W2; NE-19-0406-W2, $13,350 SLR; SW-19-04-06-W2, $3600 SLR; SE-19-04-06-W2, $10,000 SLR (Sub-divided yardsite does not sell); SE-29-04-06-W2, existing Surface Leases not incl. in sale (Sub-divided yardsite does not sell); SW-29-04-05-W2, $2725 SLR; SE-29-04-05-W2, $3050 SLR; NE-28-0405-W2, $5775 SLR; SE-28-04-05-W2, $7175 SLR; SE-18-04-05-W2, $8450 SLR (Sub-divided yardsite does not sell); SW-17-04-05-W2, $6650 SLR; SE-06-0405-W2. 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

BUYERS for farms and ranches. Henry Vos, LAND FOR SALE: RM Of Wallace #243. 780-835-1992, Royal LePage Realty. NW-14-27-01-W2. 160 acres (140 cult.). Phone 204-414-4129. www.peaceriverfarmsandranches.com

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RM OF KELLROSS #247, NE-16-26-15-W2, assess. 38,005, SE-16-26-15-W2, assess. 35,200. Info. 306-675-4518, Kelliher, SK.

CASH RENT: 6 quarters in 1 block, RM Kingsley #124, Kipling/Whitewood area. One quarter 7 miles from home residence may consider selling. 306-696-2957.

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PASTURE LAND FOR SALE: 360 acres GRAIN LAND TO RENT, 35 mile radius of w/dugout, suitable for cattle or bison in Rouleau, SK. Call 306-776-2600 or email: RM of Mayfield No. 406, NE 25-41-11 W3 kraussacres@sasktel.net and SE 24-41-11 W3. Call 306-549-2449.

LOOKING FOR THREE or more sections of farmland to list. Have Buyers. Contact Earl Cooper 306-241-7751 or Reg Kotlar 4 SEASON CABIN at Asessippi Ski Resort 306-221-1880 at Sutton Group Norland MB. 2 bdrm plus loft, 1 bath, orig. owner. Realty Ltd., Saskatoon, SK. Built 2008, sided, furnished. Walk-out with UP TO 190 quarters of grain scenic view. Ski, skate, swim, fish, golf. WANTED: Will consider most parts in SK. and $199,900. Please call 306-347-9908. land. AB. For more info. phone 306-221-2208. m.starkleader@sasktel.net http://www.ase ssippicove.com/41Aesessippi.shtml TOM@SASKFARMLAND.COM RM of McCraney. Didur Farm, 958 acres. Six quarters good quality cultivated dirt. Avg. assess $56,500. Tenant available. Will sell individual or combinations, $929,000 MLS. Tom at 306-260-7838, Coldwell Banker. 8 QUARTERS GRAINLAND for RENT in RM 2.6 ACRE FALLOW ORGANIC FARM: Equip- Kellross 247. 5 mi. N. of Leross & Kelliher. ment to start 500 hives, complete 16x20 306-736-3272. gtwillemse@gmail.com extracting honey house, 3 bdrm home in Grand Forks, BC. East-West Valley, moun- TOM@SASKFARMAND.COM Crystal tains, 2 rivers and flowers! Beekeepers Springs. Recreational 160 acres. 62 acres dream. E-mail: brian@thate.ca hayland, 90 acres bush and water. Heavy 200 ACRE RANCH with approx. 1800 sq. ft. big game activity. Tenant avail. $115,000 home. Excellent outbuildings, soil, fence, MLS. Tom 306-260-7838, Coldwell Banker. corrals, cattle handling, shop, calving FARMLAND: RM OF MCCRANEY #282. barns, hay shed, shelters and water sup- NW-19-28-01-W3, SW-19-28-01-W3, ply. Excellent view all around with lots of NE-10-28-02-W3, NW-10-28-02-W3. riverfront, 15 minutes from Quesnel, BC. Please submit written tenders to: PO Box Cattle, machinery, more land and hay op- 12, Bladworth, SK. S0G 0J0. Closing date tions. Call 250-992-2375. March 20, 2017. Highest or any tender not 5 PLUS ACRE FARM, frontage on Slocan necessarily accepted. River, fenced, 2,860 sq. ft. home, guest RM HAZEL DELL #335. 419 acres chemical cabin, barns, trees, gardens, rich soil, full free farmland all in one block. Private setsun, mountains, all services. $437,500. ting. Older mobile home, good water. Info 250-304-4669. Castlegar, BC. phone 306-814-0014, Preeceville, SK. 178 ACRE RANCH, beautiful view of the FARMLAND FOR SALE in Kipling, SK. area, Seven Sisters mountains, exc. land and RM 124. 7 quarters with 1000 cult. acres, water, house, barn, shop, hay shed and 1400 sq. ft. home w/double att. garage, outbuildings, on Hwy #16 between Smith- nat. gas heat, built in 1995, heated shop, ers and Terrace, $650,000. 250-849-8411. quonset, seed cleaning plant including weigh scale and ample grain storage (21 bins total). 306-736-2850, 306-735-7575.

FOR SALE - RM #395: S1/2 of 11-45-08 W2, 320 acres; S1/2 of 12-45-08 W2, 311 acres; part of NW 11-45-08 W2, 84 acres; Part of NE 11-45-08 W2, 55 acres; NW 36-44-08 W2, 157 acres; SE 33-44-08 W2, 78 acres; SW 03-45-08 W2, 120 acres. For more info. call 306-889-4329.

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Farm Land for Lease â&#x20AC;&#x201C; RM of Brattâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lake Section 36-13-21 W2M The University of Saskatchewan invites the submission of written offers for the lease of 640 acres located in the R.M. of Brattâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lake #129, for the purpose of growing crops. Submit written offers for a three (3) year term, cash lease only, beginning with the 2018 crop year. Please include the following information in the offer: (1) Contact information and background of person/entity making offer; (2) Current and planned farming activities including stewardship of the land; (3) Proposed annual rental rate. Written offers are to be submitted by hard-copy, facsimile or email with reference to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Request for Offer No. RFO 17-3792â&#x20AC;?. Offers to the attention of: Corporate Administration, University of Saskatchewan, E290-105 Administration Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A2 Fax: (306) 966-8676 / Email: nicole.rozon@usask.ca Offers should be received by 2:00 p.m. Central Standard Time, March 29th, 2017. Questions regarding this RFO may be directed to Ms. Nicole Rozon at Phone # (306) 966-2460. The University of Saskatchewan retains the right to decline to accept any or all offers. Acceptance of an offer by the University of Saskatchewan shall constitute a binding agreement between the person or entity making the offer and the University and will require signing a lease.

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MACK AUCTION CO. presents a large Real Estate and Land Auction the Estate of William Krell, Monday, April 10, 2017, at 10:00 AM. Directions from Stoughton, SK. go 2 miles South on Hwy #47, 1 mile West and 1/4 mile North. 1) SE-17-08-08-W2 RM OF Tecumseh #65, FVA 69,500, 110 cultivated acres, 2016 yellow flax crop, 2016 taxes $301.57, 2 storey character home, 26x32 double car garage, concrete floor and electric heat; 50x100 steel quonset, overhead and sliding doors; 40x54 steel work shop, overhead door, concrete floor, electric heat, bathroom; 40x60 steel quonset; Hip roof barn with lean to and copulas; Livestock watering bowls; Numerous wood outbuildings for storage; steel grain bins on cement foundations. 2) SW 17-08-08-W2, RM#65 - FVA 79,300, 159 titled acres, 110 cult. acres. 3) NW 17-08-08-W2, RM #65 FVA 74,700, 160 titled acres, 120 cult. acres. 4) SW 16-08-08-W2 RM #65 - FVA 81,400, 160 titled acres, 150 cult. acres, $7000 surface lease revenue. 5) NW 09-08-08-W2, RM #65 - FVA 78,600, 160 titled acres, 122 cult. acres, 2016 Canola crop, 2016 taxes $340.22, $5600 surface lease revenue. 6) NE 09-08-08-W2, RM #65 - FVA 70,500, 158 titled acres, 115 cult. acres $7200 oil surface lease revenue, 40x80 wood arch rib storage, 28x60 wood grain annex, steel 2911 and 1350 bu grain bins. 7) SW 09-08-08-W2, RM #65 FVA 68,900, 160 titled acres, 125 cult. acres. 8) SE 09-08-08-W2, RM #65; FVA 75,100, 160 titled acres, 115 cult. acres. 9) NW 10-08-08-W2, RM #65 - FVA 77,000, 157 titled acres, cult. acres $2300 oil surface lease revenue. 10) NE 10-08-08-W2, RM #65 - FVA 78,600, 160 titled acres, 151 cult. acres. 11) SW 32-07-08-W2, RM #65 - FVA 60,100, 193 titled acres, 152 cultivated acres. 12) SE 32-07-08-W2, RM #65 - FVA 58,000, 176 titled acres, 123 cult. acres. 13) 312 Donnelly Street, Stoughton; 50’x120’ non-serviced commercial/residential lot. 14) 316 Donnelly Street, Stoughton; 50’x120’ non-serviced commercial/residential lot. 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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T W O Q UA RT E R S E C T I O N S i n R M o f Woodlands NE 9-15-3W, 160 acres and SW 16-15-3W, 130 acres- previously cult. Highest tender or any tender not necessarily accepted. Offers must exclude GST or any other levies which may be payable by the purchaser. Purchaser must rely on their own research and inspection of the property. Ten (10)% of purchase price is to accompany the tender and be made payable to: MLT Aikins LLP to be held in trust. Please forward tender by March 13, 2017 to MLT Aikins LLP, 30th Floor, 360 Main Street, Winnipeg, R3C 4G1. Attention: KK Pinkowski, kpinkowski@mltaikins.com Inquiries: mgallagher@mltaikins.com

TOP QUALITY CERT. #1 CDC Copeland, AC Metcalfe, Newdale. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. LABRECQUE SEED FARMS has Certified RM OF BIGGAR, BIGGAR, $580,000. C D C C o p e l a n d b a r l e y. C a l l R o g e r This acreage has 9.8 acres with a 3 bdrm, 306-222-5757, Saskatoon, SK. 2 bath home with a dbl. attached garage. This home has been 90% renovated inside CERT. CDC AUSTENSON feed barley. and outside over the past 2 years. 32x50’ Call Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060 Melfort, heated shop with 3 bays. Back yard has SK. www.trawinseeds.ca 60x100’ metal clad pole shed, 33x66’ steel CERTIFIED #1: CDC Copeland; CDC Mavequonset, and 30x75’ wood straight wall rick and CDC Austenson. Fedoruk Seeds, older shed. Excellent location, 8 miles 306-542-4235, www.fedorukseeds.com north and 3 miles west of Biggar, SK. Kamsack, SK. MLS® 586422. Wally Lorenz, Realtor, CERTIFIED #1 LEGACY (6R). Call Fenton Re/Max of the Battlefords, 306-843-7898. Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK.

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FARMLAND AUCTION: 2 quarter sections of farmland in the RM of Benson #35, SE 01-04-07 W2 and SW 01-04-07 W2. Don Biette land and farm equipment auction Monday April 17, 2017. Bienfait, SK. area. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos or join our FB page. Phone 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 MACK Auction Co. PL 311962. TOM@SASKFARMLAND.COM RM Of McCraney. Penno Ranch 1,117 acres. Fenced, cross fenced, dugouts, corrals, outbuildings, new shelter. 1440 sq. ft. bungalow. $1,399,900 MLS. Tom Neufeld, 306-260-7838 Coldwell Banker. LAND FOR SALE RM OF MARRIOTT. SE 5-33-13-3 2016 assessment 36,300. NE16-33-14-3 2016 assessment 55,900. SE21-33-14-3 2016 assessment 49,000. Highest or any offer will not necessarily be accepted. Offers may be accepted on individual quarters or any combination. Please contact Larry Kirk at Busse Law for bidding package. phone 306-948-3346; Fax 306-948-3366, Email: larry@busselaw.net Closing date: March 24, 2017.

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CERTIFIED #1 CDC Glas flax, quantity CHIN RIDGE SEEDS, Taber, AB CERTIFIED CARDALE, AAC Redwater, CDC discounts and financing available. Call/text: Plentiful, CDC Utmost, Pasteur. Va n 306-290-7816, Blaine Lake, SK. CERTIFIED AAC Spitfire, Transcend Burck Seeds, 306-863-4377, Star City, Durum; AAC Brandon, AC Muchmore SK. www.vanburckseeds.ca REG. AND CERT. #1 BETHUNE flax, 98% HRSW; AAC Chiffon Softwheat; germ., Triffid-free. Sandercock Seed Farm, AAC JATHARIA VB, certified #1, midge 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK. AAC Penhold CPSW; AC Bravo Flax; AAC Lacombe, CDC Greenwater Peas. tolerant, high yielding. Stoll’s Seed Barn CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sanctuary flax, high Ltd., Delisle, SK. 306-493-7409. germination. Don Schmeling, Riceton, SK., See www.chinridge.com for WE KNOW IT Because we grow it! AAC 306-530-1052. more varieties 1-800-563-7333 Brandon, Waskada, Cert. #1. Limited supCERTIFIED TRANSCEND DURUM. Call ply! Excellent quality! 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Mike Baerwald 306-867-8667 mike@rudyagro.ca CERT. #1 CDC IMPULSE CL red lentil. Highest yielding Clearfield red lentil Call 306-465-2525, 306-861-5679 Hansen Seeds, Yellow Grass SK. jsh2@sasktel.net FOUNDATION, REGISTERED, CERTIFIED CDC Impulse red lentil. Reisner Seed Farm, 306-642-8666, Limerick, SK.

GREEN PEAS: CDC Raezer, CDC Limerick, CDC Greenwater, Fdn., Reg. and Cert. on all, top quality seed. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851, COMMON #1 SEED OATS, cleaned, 99% 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net germ. Lepp Seeds Ltd. 306-254-4243, Hepburn, SK. CERTIFIED PEAS, VARIETIES available: CDC Meadow; AAC Peace River; CDC Hori- OATS FOR SEEDS, 98% germ., 94% vigour, zon. Call for pricing and availability. Deliv- 2% fus. Call 306-867-7716, Outlook, SK. ery avail. 250-782-7820, Dawson Creek, BC. O AT S , 98% germination. call Wayne shaun@spgrain.ca www.spgrain.ca 306-248-7720, St. Walburg, SK. CERT. #1 CDC Amarillo, CDC Limerick (green). Ardell Seeds Ltd., 306-668-4415, Vanscoy, SK. TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses CERTIFIED #1 CDC Amarillo and CDC and custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary Meadow. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. Tisdale, SK. INOCULATED ALFALFA SEED. Maurice Wildeman, 306-365-7802, Lanigan, SK.

NEW CERT. CDC Proclaim CL red lentil 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca LABRECQUE SEED FARMS has Cert. CDC CERTIFIED CDC CALVI. Phone Grant at Impulse red lentils; Cert. CDC Amarillo G r e e n s h i e l d s S e e d s , 3 0 6 - 7 4 6 - 7 3 3 6 , 306-524-4339, Semans, SK yellow peas. 306-222-5757, Saskatoon, SK

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

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CERT. CANTATE CANARY SEED. Highest yielding available variety. Hansen #1 Alfalfa Innoculated CERTIFIED CDC AMARILLO. Volume and Seeds, 306-465-2525 or 306-861-5679, (Multi (Mu ((M M Muultltittii Foliar Folia Fo liar iaar va vvarieties aari rriieti etiies e available) es aavv cash discounts. Please text or call Jeff at Yellow Grass, SK. jsh2@sasktel.net Call for volume discounts Sopatyk Seed Farms, 306-227-7867, REG. AND CERT. CDC Calvi, great and delivery across Canada. Aberdeen, SK. jeffsopatyk@me.com standability, excellent quality. Northland Danny Friesen CERTIFIED CDC Amarillo, CDC Limerick, Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. 780.841.1496 CDC Greenwater, CDC Mosaic. Phone Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, NEW CERTIFIED CDC Calvi, CDC Bastia, Raymond Friesen 306-524-4339, Semans, SK CDC Togo. Itchless. Very good condition. 780.841.5786 Or email dannyf@live.ca CERTIFIED ABARTH European variety, 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca VISA & Mastercard Accepted better standability and disease package. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Bastilla Glabrous, 92% 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca germ. Andrew 306-742-4682, Calder, SK. ALFALFA, TIMOTHY, Brome, Clover, hay CERT.#1 CDC Limerick and Cooper, and pasture blends, millet seed, Crown, excellent quality. Northland Seeds Inc., Red Prozo. 204-685-2376, Austin, MB. 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. COMMON GREEN PEA, good standing va- MUSTARD SEED FOR SALE! Looking for off riety, 94% germ., powdery mildew resist- grade mustard, lentils or chickpeas. Cusa n t , b i n r u n , $ 1 0 p e r b u s h e l ! tom color sorting of all types of crops. 306-335-2777, Abernethy, SK Ackerman Ag Services, 306-638-2282, REGISTERED CERTIFIED CDC Greenwater; Chamberlain, SK. Certified CDC Striker. Martens Charolais BESCO GRAIN LTD. Buying all varieties of and Seed, 204-534-8370, Boissevain, MB. mustard. Also canary and some other speCERTIFIED CDC AMARILLO - Yellow peas. cialty crops. 204-745-3662, Brunkild, MB 306-863-4377, Star City, SK. Van Burck Seeds, www.vanburckseeds.ca CERTIFIED #1 CDC Amarillo, high germ. and quality. Seed Source, 306-323-4402, Archerwill, SK. CERTIFIED CDC LEROY forage peas. Great silage mix, small seed size = low seeding costs. Blend with barley, oats or wheat. Registered grade available too! $12.50/bu. Pickup, 403-654-2158, Vauxhall, AB. Email: joerg@columbiaseed.ca Visit on-line: www.columbiaseed.ca

CERTIFIED SEED: CERT. cereal; AC Metcalfe barley; AAC Brandon wheat; CDC Plentiful AAC Synergy barley; CDC Saffron; AAC Bravo flax; Cert. CDC Maxim lentils. All good germ. and disease. Some varieties available in Foundation and Registered too. Pick up. 306-554-2078, 306-554-7883, Wynyard, SK. lakesideseeds@gmail.com

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ALFALFAS, GRASSES, CLOVERS - For Sale: Tap, creeping root and MF alfalfas, Sweet Clover, Red Clover, Alsike clover, Meadow Brome. Smooth Brome, Crested Wheat, Timothy, Slender wheatgrass, Cicer milkvetch, Sainfoin. Pasture and hay mixes. Organic and conventional. Free Delivery. Please call 306-921-9942, Star City, SK. ivanaudrey@sasktel.net $28/ACRE, CATT CORN, open pollinated corn seed. Lower cost alternative for grazing and silage. 7-9â&#x20AC;&#x2122; tall leafy plants, 8-10â&#x20AC;? cobs, early maturing 2150 CHUs. Seed produced in MB. for over 10 yrs. High nutritional value and palatability. Delivery available. 204-723-2831, Check us out on Facebook at: Catt Corn YELLOW BLOSSOM SWEET CLOVER seed, 99.5% pure, low price. Delivered MB and SK. Call Rick Smylski, 204-638-7732.

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SMALL RED LENTILS, 93% germ, 92% cold InVigor, no disease. 306-483-7322. Frobisher, SK. NORCAN restores grain farm profitability. Buy from Norcan and keep your own Glyphosphate 1 soybean seed. Norcan farmers have reported yields over 60 bu./acre. Call/text Nate, 204-280-1202 or Norcan Seeds 204-372-6552, Fisher Branch, MB. RED LENTILS, 99% germ., 96% vigor, 36Â˘/lb. Call 306-630-9838, Brownlee, SK.

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ALFALFA CUBES, LIVESTOCK PELLETS, bedding and grass seed. Cubes: $250, 500 kg tote; $12.70, 20 kg bag; Bulk available. Bulk livestock pellets. Bedding shavings. Grass seed dealer. Delivery available. 780-201-2044, Bonnyville, AB. Email: info@tncfeedsandbrushing.com

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WHY NOT KEEP MARKETING SIMPLE? You are selling feed grains. We are buying feed grains. Also buying chick306-374-1968 peas, lentils and golden flax. Fast payment, with prompt pickup, true price discovery. Call Jim Beusekom, Allen Pirness, COMMON ALFALFA SEED, creep and tap- David Lea, Vera Buziak or Matt Beusekom root varieties, cleaned and bagged. at Market Place Commodities Ltd., Leth306-963-7833, Imperial, SK. bridge, AB. Phone 1-866-512-1711. Email NUVISION COMMODITIES is currently purchasing feed barley, wheat, peas and info@marketplacecommodities.com or milling oats. 204-758-3401, St. Jean, MB. FEED BARLEY: $3 bin run delivered within 100 kms. of Raymore, SK. Minimum 1000 WANTED: FEED BARLEY Buffalo Plains Cattle Company is looking to purchase HAY BLENDS AND PASTURE BLENDS, bushels. Call 306-746-7205. barley. For pricing and delivery dates, call no charge custom blends. Dyck Forages & Grasses Ltd., Elie, MB. Free delivery. WANTED: FEED GRAIN, barley, wheat, Kristen 306-624-2381, Bethune, SK. peas, green or damaged canola. Phone 1-888-204-1000, www.dyckseeds.com Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK. ALFALFA, CLOVER, BROMEGRASS, Timo- VAN RAAY PASKAL Farms in Iron Springs thy, wheat grass. Trawin Seeds, Melfort, area is looking for Feed Barley. Put more ALFALFA/ALFALFA GRASS solid SK., 306-752-4060. www.trawinseeds.ca $$$ in your pocket and sell direct to us ROUND core greenfeed 5x6 JD hay bales for sale. with no brokerage fee. Call 403-330-9147. Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK. WANT TO BUY all grades of oats and feed barley and wheat. Mail samples to: Green TRITICALE GREEN FEED, 200 big square LOOKING FOR OLD and new crop soybeans Prairie, RR 8, Site 30, Comp 11, Leth- bales Put up well. Lots of grain. Feed analyFOB Western Canada. Licence and bonded bridge, AB. T1J 4P4. Call 1-877-667-3993. sis avail., $80/ton. Pickup. 403-793-7860. grain company. Call, email, text Now for coalcreek2010@gmail.com Brooks, AB. competitive pricing at the farm! Market WANTED: OFF-GRADE PULSES, oil seeds Place Commodities Ltd, accurate real time and cereals. All organic cereals and spe- 2ND CUT ALFALFA, 3x4x8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; squares, 140 marketing. 403-394-1711, 403-315-3930. cialty crops. Prairie Wide Grain, Saskatoon, tons; Also big square flax straw bales. info@marketplacecommodities.com 403-501-1837, Tilley, AB. SK., 306-230-8101, 306-716-2297.

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5x5 ROUND ALFALFA/BROME hay bales, $40/bale. Phone 306-842-6246, Griffin, SK 1000 ROUND ALFALFA/GRASS bales; Also slough hay bales. Made with JD 569, net wrapped. 306-867-7716, Outlook, SK. ROUND ALFALFA/GRASS MIXED hard core, 5x6, average 1450 lbs., 3.5Â˘/lb. 306-736-2445, 306-577-7351, Kipling, SK. ALFALFA BROME HAY, hard core round bales, 1350 lbs. Call 306-463-3132 or cell: 306-460-7837, Kindersley, SK. LARGE ROUND ALFALFA brome mixed hay. Call 306-764-6372, Prince Albert, SK. HAULING 45 TONNES OF HAY on ea. of 2 identical Super B units. 48 large round bales; or 78- 3x4 squares; or 120- 3x3 squares per load. Receive up to 10% volume discount depending on volume. Ph/tx Hay Vern 204-729-7297, Brandon, MB. 164 SECOND CUT Alfalfa bales, forage tested, dairy quality, 1400 lbs., 5.5x5', $85/bale OBO. 306-526-8318, Qu'Appelle, SK. 1000 + HAY BALES: Alfalfa, Timothy or Meadow Brome, net or twine, $15-$50/ea. Call 306-278-7778, Porcupine Plain, SK. TOP QUALITY GRASS HAY for sale, shedded, can deliver, 306-501-9204 ask for Paul. Belle Plain Colony, Belle Plain, SK. ALFALFA 3x4 SQUARES, 2nd and 3rd cut; Feed tests available. Call 403-501-9307, 403-362-6682, Tilley, AB. 1000 BROME/ALFALFA 5x6 bales, $60 per bale. Fillmore/ Griffin, SK. area. Ph Gerald 306-861-7837. SHEDDED DAIRY AND FEEDER HAY, 3x4x8 square bales; Greenfeed and straw. Tests available. 403-633-8835, Tilley, AB. HAY BALES, 1400 lbs., 25% alfalfa, 75% Meadow Brome, no rain. 306-963-7656, Imperial, SK. HORSE QUALITY HAY bales rounds and small square, grass or alfalfa. Call 306-290-8806, Dundurn, SK. 380 GREENFEED BALES, 4x4x8; 150 square hay bales, 4x4x8; 300 5x6 hay bales, 2 years old. $45 per bale. 306-728-7195, 306-730-9735, Melville, SK. APPROX. 100 HAY BALES, 1200 to 1300 lbs., $22 per bale. Call 204-243-2642, Poplar Point, MB GOOD QUALITY HAY put up dry without rain. 200 big square bales, 3x4x8. Reasonably priced. 306-320-1041, Leroy, SK. HAY BALES ROUND mixed 5x5, hard core, no rain, net wrapped, horse quality, $60/bale. Near Regina, SK 306-539-6123 NO RAIN HAY, 600 bales 1st and 2nd cut alfalfa Timothy; 400 Timothy grass round bales, 1600 lbs. Volume discount. 204-742-3672, 403-288-7168, Ethelbert, MB. ejpcalgary@telus.net FINE CHOPPED ALFALFA silage bales, individually wrapped, 1200 lbs., hay analysis available, dairy quality. Call 306-963-7656, Imperial, SK.

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ROUND BALE PICKING and hauling, small or large loads. Travel anywhere. Also hay for sale. 306-291-9658, Vanscoy, SK. GREENFEED BARLEY, big round, twine wrapped, hard core bales, good quality, $60/bale. 306-867-8418 or 306-867-7632, Outlook, SK. 190+ GREENFEED ROUND bales, 2015, netwrapped, 1500 lbs. plus, no rain, $45 per bale. Call 204-851-2101, Virden, MB. LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom hay hauling. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. ROUND WHEAT STRAW bales and greenfeed oat bales, all net wrapped. Phone/text 306-291-9395, Langham, SK.

GOOD USED TRUCK TIRES: 700/8.25/ 900/1000/1100x20s; 11R22.5/11R24.5; 9R17.5, matched sets available. Pricing from $90. K&L Equipment and Auto. Ph Ladimer, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK; Chris at 306-537-2027, Regina, SK. U-DRIVE TRACTOR TRAILER Training, 30 years experience. Day, 1 and 2 week BIAS SIDEWALL TIRES for drive-over upgrading programs for Class 1A, 3A and piles and bunker silos. Phone Murray Hut- air brakes. One on one driving instructions. ton at Tire Sidewall Depot 519-345-2289 306-786-6600, Yorkton, SK. or 519-275-4356, Staffa, ON. TIRES AND RIMS: 80/80R38’s, 10 bolt, 11.25 bolt circle, $1150/ea.; 480/80R38 LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT to care for a tires only, $750; 18.4x26 12 ply c/w 10 senior lady. Call 403-878-4983, Medicine bolt rim, 11.25 bolt circle, $999. Call Hat, AB. 1-888-907-9182. www.agshield.com

COVER CROPS. Do you want to be free of fertilizer bills and have cleaner fields? N Fixation P&K scavengers. Taproot short HOBART TIGMATE CC, AC/DC welder with and long season plants. Limited quantity. all accessories, used very little, $1100. Give me a call 204-851-2101, Virden, MB. 403-684-3441, Blackie, AB.

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WATER TANKS, hose and fittings and all water moving and water hauling accessories available at Flaman. 1-888-352-9890. POTABLE WATER TANKS- Plastic: 1000 imp. gal. $800; 1500 imp. gal., $1100. 1-888-907-9182. www.agshield.com MAGNUM FABRICATING LTD. For all your fuel tank needs ULC certified for Canada and USA and Transport Canada DOT certified fuel tanks. Your No. 1 fuel safe solution. 306-662-2198, Maple Creek, SK. www.magnumfabricating.com

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TARPCO, SHUR-LOK, MICHEL’S sales, service, installations, repairs. Canadian company. We carry aeration socks and grain bags. Also electric chute openers for grain trailer hoppers. 1-866-663-0000.

COMBINE WORLD can provide dual solutions for a multitude of agricultural equipm e n t ! C a l l u s n o w fo r p r i c i n g a n d availability! 1-800-667-4515. MR. TIRE CORP. For all your semi and half ton tire needs call Mylo 306-921-6555 Serving all of Saskatchewan. TWO 20.8x38 T-RAIL duals w/rims, quick attach, $5000; 16.9R28 T-Rail duals and rims, quick attach, $4500. 780-771-2155, 780-404-1212, Wandering River, AB.

PTO WATER PUMP, Bau-Man, sizes 6” to 16” 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

TIRES TIRES TIRES! Radial, bias, new, used. 20.8x42, 18.4x42, 20.8x38, 18.4x38, 20.8R34, 18.4x34, 900/60R32, 800/65R 32, 24.5x32, 18.4x30, 23.1x30, 16.9x28, 28Lx26, 18.4x26, 19.5Lx24. Semis, skid steers. Best price and value guaranteed! www.combineworld.com 1-800-667-4515

KORNUM WELL DRILLING, farm, cottage and acreage wells, test holes, well rehabilitation, witching. PVC/SS construction, expert workmanship and fair pricing. 50% government grant now available. Indian Head, SK., 306-541-7210 or 306-695-2061

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FULL TIME POSITION available on a larger grain farm, duties to include planting, spraying, harvesting, and hauling grain. Must have Class 1, and previous farm exp. Housing with utilities available. Dwayne & Kim Farms, 204-748-8156, Elkhorn, MB. FARM LABOURER REQUIRED for livestock operation. Duties include: operating, maintaining seeding & harvesting equip. Smoke free enviro., $17/hr. Housing avail. Lyle Lumax, 204-525-2263, Swan River, MB. FARM MANAGER REQUIRED for Peace Country mixed farm. 8000 acres predominantly in grain (which is currently rented out so no actual farming involved). Position consists of maintenance of homes, outbuildings, vehicles and off-road equipment. Requires overall property upkeep in addition to various ongoing habitat and improvement projects. There could be an opportunity to run cattle as well if the successful applicant has experience and the desire. On site housing provided. This is a unique opportunity for the right individual who must be a proven self starter, honest, reliable and able to work effectively in an unsupervised environment. References are required. For more information call 403-232-4876. E-mail resume to: dkaye@postellenergy.com FARM LABOURER REQUIRED for mixed farm to operate machinery, cattle handling and general farm duties. Driver’s license required. Single or family accommodations including utilities. Ph 403-575-0712 or fax resume 403-577-2263, Consort, AB. WANTED: EQUIPMENT OPERATORS for spring seeding, April 15th - June 1st. Possibility of full-time for the right candidate. Call Mike 306-469-7741, Big River, SK. EXPERIENCED COUPLE WANTED on small mixed farm, cow/calf, hay making, irrigation gardening. Accommodation provided. References required. John, Qualicum Beach, BC., call 250-752-6746 Email jmncontractingltd@gmail.com 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. 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 individual’s performance and experience. Accommodations provided. Call Brent 306-421-9270, fax resume 306-456-2835 or email bkfarms@outlook.com Bromhead, SK. FULL-TIME FARM WORKER required immediately on a 5000 acre grain farm, Spirit River, AB. Minimum 3 yrs. previous farm experience, mechanical abilities essential. Duties incl. operation and maintenance of equipment and other general labour. Class 1 preferred. Salary based on experience. Email resumes to adwells@telusplanet.net or fax to: 780-864-4648. AGRICULTURAL HELICOPTER PILOT Jet Ranger: Duties of position are to make agricultural aerial application with helicopter on farms in western Canada. Basic supervising and record keeping of jobs, loading helicopter and spraying jobs. Provincial pesticide licence will be required but can be obtained in house prior to commencement of work. 400 hrs minimum required, with 200 hrs min. experience performing agricultural row crop spraying. Turbine time is an asset. Experience operating SatLock or AgNav GPS required. Must be insurable through our insurance company. This is a season position based in Leask SK., working in the northern Saskatchewan agricultural areas. Duration of work from approximately June 10th to October 5th. Dates may fluctuate slightly. Training and familiarization required prior to commencement of these start and end dates. English language proficiency required. This is a full time seasonal position working 40 hours per week, minimum of $40/hr plus holiday pay. Bonuses based on performance. Workers compensation provided. Accommodations and vehicle provided. Please contact by sending resume and hrs of experience breakdown by email to: provjobs@provincialhelicopters.com Suitable candidates will be contacted back by email or by phone, so please include that information in your resume. 2 SEASONAL FARM MACHINERY operators required. Must be able to operate grain cart, tandem grain truck, FWA tractor w/rockpicker, 4 WD tractor for harrowing. Also manual labour for upkeep of leafcutter bees and general servicing of 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 ASSISTANT MANAGER FOR Farm and Irrigation, full-time, year round. Must have 3 to 5 yrs. experience. Class 1 preferred. For more info. email agemploy@gmail.com FARM EMPLOYEE FULL-TIME position available on grain and cow/calf operation in Foremost area of S. AB. Class 1 drivers license required. Min. Grade 12. Pay and benefits based on experience. Email resume to dyapplicants@gmail.com

FULL-TIME POSITION on a purebred/ commercial cattle operation. Need to be a self-starter w/an agricultural background. Mix of cattle work and small amount of mechanical. Competitive wage w/benefits and room to advance. Accommodation available. Starting ASAP. Hill 70 Quantock PEN RIDER. BEEF feedlot near Bethune, SK. Ranch Ltd., 780-875-8794, Lloydminster, requires a permanent, full-time pen rider. AB. Email: info@hill70quantock.com Previous work experience in the livestock industry and feedlot experience is J&J BOOT DAIRY, OUTLOOK, SK. is preferred. Minimum 1 year of pen riding looking for an experienced full-time Dairy experience. Good horsemanship skills and Herdsperson. Duties: Monitor health, recthe ability to work in all weather conditions. ognize and treat health problems, includes Duties include ride and pull cattle for hoof trimming; proper feeding; carry out disease, treat and diagnose cattle as per breeding and AI; calving, knowledge of feedlot protocol, help w/shipping, process- dairy cattle record keeping, (DHI, CQM). ing and other cattle duties. Must be able to Maintain quality control of production work on own and w/others. Work environ- records; perform general farm duties, ment is primarily outdoor based tending to milking. Have at least 1 year dairy experilivestock. May require occasional heavy ence. Post secondary diploma. Wage startequipment work. Wage dependent on expe- ing at $18 per hour. Please email resume: rience. Benefit package available after 3 jakeboot@yourlink.ca Fax: 306-867-9622. months probation. Please send resume to Phone 306-867-9926. accounting@bpcattle.com or fax to 306-624-2389. WILLNER-ELBOW GRAZING CORP. (WEG), est. by pasture patrons, is seeking POSITION AVAILABLE, Cypress Hills, SK. 2 seasonal riders to work with an experiarea. Background yearling grasser opera- enced Manager caring for approx. 2100 tion and cow/calf. Modern facilities and pair of cattle on 41,000 acres of pasture. equipment. Good working environment. WEG is centrally located in the province Class 1 preferred. Wages negotiable de- between Saskatoon, Regina and Moose pending on experience. Ph. 306-295-7473. Jaw. Applicants must have their own horse/tack, must display horsemanship FARM HELP WANTED, April 15 to Nov. 30. and good roping skills. Work includes catWould hopefully return next year. tle take-in and take-out, diagnosis/treatSome experience in farm equipment op- ment of sick or injured cattle, low stress eration, mechanical abilities, clean driver’s cattle checks and field moves, water license, $15-18/hr., depending on experi- checks and general maintenance. We offer ence. Extra training will be provided. Ph. accommodation, competitive compensa306-335-2777, fax resume and references tion along with opportunity for career growth and advancement. For more info. to: 306-335-2773, Lemberg, SK. contact Ross Sigfusson 306-567-4709 or jansig@sasktel.net or Doug Vollmer at FULL-TIME PERMANENT POSITION 3 0 6 - 5 6 7 - 7 6 1 6 o r B r e n t G r i f f i n a t available on 700 cow/calf operation in the 306-867-3714, Bladworth, SK. Central part of the Interlake area, MB. We’re looking for an individual or pref- PERMANENT POSITION for an experierably a couple to become the leading enced farm equipment operator on comforce in our operation. Individuals must be mercial grain and seed farm in Shaunovon, honest, self-motivated and personable SK. Duties consist of running large modern while willing to adapt and learn the opera- farm machinery used in the production of tion. Duties would include: Calving; Hay- field crops. Winter work involves mainteing; Moving/monitoring cattle pastures; nance of equipment, working around a Fencing; Winter feeding; and General seed plant and grain hauling. Housing is maintenance. A Class 5 license is required provided in the town of Shaunovon. Wages with Class 1 license an asset. Applicants and health benefits negotiable at the time should have experience with the operation of interview. Contact 306-297-2563 or eof John Deere equipment. Ability to main- mail resume to: girodatseeds@sasktel.net tain equipment would be an asset as well as cattle experience. Salary to be negotiat- GRAIN FARM SEEKING FT seasonal farm ed depending on experience. A bonus sys- equipment operator/general farm latem dependant on calving numbers is also bourer. Must have valid driver’s license, in place. On-site housing located at the Class 1 an asset. Looking for someone to work location is available which can house commit for entire farming season. Must one individual, a couple or a family. For have farming experience (combines, the right individual or individuals training swathers, sprayers, etc.) Position will incan also be provided. Please send resume clude the safe and efficient operation, re(or info requests) to: playcross@yahoo.ca pair & trouble shooting of farm machinery. Must be able to perform physical duties & FA R M I N G R A N C H I N G O P E R AT I O N work long hours during peak times. We ofSeeking experienced worker to operate fer housing and flexible hours during nonfarm equipment and handle cattle. Me- peak times. Top wages. Peace Country, AB. chanical ability preferred. Housing provid- 780-864-0135. E-mail resume with refered. Resume, references and criminal ences to: albertafarm2012@gmail.com record check required. Wages negotiable. Trevor: 403-575-5237, tdeagle@live.ca MATURE COUPLE WANTED: For April 1st at our Duchess, AB. ranch. Must be caBARN MANAGER: 600 SOW Farrow to Finish pable of running pivots, haying, calving, hog barn. Must have experience working feeding, mechanical/maintenance of farmwith hogs and management experience. ing equipment and machinery. Previous Mechanical aptitude would be an asset. farm/ranch experience required. Must Wages dependant upon experience. Hous- have Class 1 license and strong English ing may be available. Located near Battle- skills. Horsemanship skills beneficial. Must ford, SK. Fax 306-652-6665 or email: be reliable. New house provided on ranch. Competitive wages depending on experibeckton.ag@sasktel.net ence. E-mail resume, references and driver’s abstract to: hargrave@eidnet.org Phone 403-363-8496 or 403-363-9722. FARM HELPER REQUIRED on grain farm, April 1- Nov 30th. Class 1, farm experience and some mechanical skills would be an asset. Wages depending on experience. Phone 306-755-4444, Tramping Lake, SK.

LARGE COW/CALF RANCH in NE Sask. seeks energetic Ranch Hand. Bunkhouse accommodation provided. Email resume: knilson@sasktel.net Fax 306-428-2192. FEEDLOT PROCESSOR. BEEF feedlot near Bethune, SK. requires a permanent, fulltime processor with a strong background in beef cattle. Experience preferred and duties will include but are not limited to low stress cattle handling, processing, ship and receive cattle, accurate record keeping. Candidates should have an exc. work ethic. The ability to diagnose animal health and determine treatment if required. Skills in other aspects of a modern day feedlot operation (eg. equipment) are considered an asset. Wage dependent on experience. Benefit package available after 3 months probation. Please send your resume to accouting@bpcattle.com or fax it to 306-624-2389.

FLAT ROCK FARMS is immediately hiring for positions on SK. grain farm. Agricultural knowledge an asset. Training for 1A license avail. Preference will be given to applicants with common sense, a willingness to learn skills and follow directions. Applicants must have clean driver’s abstract, clean criminal record, must be free of social media and cell phone addictions. Competitive pay, meal plan and accommodations Ph 306-776-2510. Fax 306-776-2517 Email: flatrocktrucks@outlook.com FARM/ RANCH WORKER. Looking for a selfmotivated person for 4,000 acre cattle/ grain farm in central AB. Class 3, experience w/farm machinery, cattle and horses. Subsidized housing avail., free pasture and boarding for 2 horses. Wages depends on experience. 780-385-0524. FULL-TIME FARM HAND wanted for cow/ calf operation. Experience handling livestock and operating machinery a necessity. Accommodations included. 403-742-9878. RANCH HAND WANTED for large cow/calf operation located in the Peace Country. Must have clean driver's license and own transportation. Accommodation available. 780-541-2008. RIDER POSITION AVAILABLE on Pinhorn Grazing Reserve, May to Oct. Rider should be capable at riding, checking, recognizing sickness, roping, doctoring, some fencing. Must provide own horses (3- 5). Should be willing to live in remote area. Contact Jon 403-868-2626, leave msg, Etzikom, AB. FEED MILL OPERATOR. Beef feedlot near Bethune, SK requires a permanent full-time employee to operate feedmill to maximum efficiency. Looking for self-motivated and detail orientated individual who also takes pride in his/her work. Must maintain quality controls, inventory records, and receive incoming products. Job requires physical activity with lifting. High attention to detail, basic computer skills, mechanically inclined, good communication skills and must maintain mill to CFIA regulations. Wage dependent on experience. Benefit package available after 3 months probation. Email resume to accounting@bpcattle.com or fax to 306-624-2389. FULL-TIME FARM LABOURER required for grain operation in Regina, SK. area. Duties include operating and maintaining large seeding/harvesting equip. and general farm labour tasks. Applicants should have previous farm experience, 1A license, be reliable and understand long working hrs. during peak season, Sundays off. Wages dependant on experience. Fax resume with references to 306-525-1692. Ph 306-522-9375.

DO YOU LIKE THE OUTDOORS AND CAMPING? Located at Mile 375 on the Alaska highway in Northern B.C. Looking for a FT FARM POSITION for mid size grain and cattle operation, with health plan. Must be mature couple or single male or female with own travel trailer to live in for the raised on farm and have lots of farm experience in modern equipment. 306-536-7892 duration of the summer employment. You must be mature, self-motivated and can work alone. Must be able and willing to do a multitude of tasks including cleaning, housekeeping, depending on what is needed at any given time. Must be able to work with tourists that come to our Lodge. Must be pleasant in nature and enjoy dealing with people from all different countries. 250-774-1005, www.tetsariver.com HELPER WANTED ON mixed farm. Steady job for right person. Room and board avail. SEMI-RETIRED, RETIRED (But not tired) 403-631-2373, 403-994-0581, Olds, AB. Agrologists for contract inspection, auditing, evaluation and extension work in ProSEASONAL FARM WORKER for a mixed Cert’s expanding Organic, Gluten-Free, farm operation in the Calgary, AB. area. Grass Fed certification business. Please Seeding, haying and harvesting experience send Letter of Intent, Curriculum Vitae necessary. Class 3 license an asset but not and References to Cody Sander at email: required. Wages depend on experience. No c o d y . s a n d e r @ p r o - c e r t . o r g f a x housing. Fax: 403-279-6957 or E-mail: 306-382-0683 or phone 306-382-1299. gmharmeson@gmail.com

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FEED MILL MANAGER: Olysky is currently recruiting a Mill Manager to join our team near Rama, SK. The Mill Manager is responsible for overall management, production and operation of the Feed Mill. This mill produces 100,000+ tonnes of pelleted and mash feed per year. Previous feed mill experience (preferably at management level) is an asset. If you are interested in applying for this position please fax your resume to 306-682-1926 or email to: OlyskyResumeBank@olymel.com

RM OF LOON LAKE No. 561 - Chief Administrative Officer (CAO). The CAO is the principal policy advisor to both the Reeve and Council & Mayor and Council and is the sole employee of Council. He/she is the senior administrative leader in the organization, and will directly oversee the Assistant Administrator and the casual office staff. In addition, the CAO will also: Provide effective advice and support both the Reeve and Council & Mayor and Council in developing, implementing, and executing policies and strategies; Deliver solid leadership to the RM and Village; Promote opportunities to the public for public participation on civic issues; Ensure that RM staff are committed to providing the highest level of service to the general public and the business community through clear and transparent communication. The successful candidate will possess the following: A post-secondary education, or a combination of relevant training and senior leadership experience; A demonstrated track record of strong leadership and direction with prior senior management experience preferably in a municipal setting; Excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to work and communicate effectively with elected officials, government bureaucrats, business and industry leaders as well as the general public; A thorough understanding of the financial and budgeting process; Appreciation of the legislative process. Knowledge of the Saskatchewan Municipalities Act and related statutes would be an asset; Experience in strategic planning, organizational development and achieving results in building terms; Experience in implementing development plans, capital works and infrastructure improvement programs; Be able to start work as soon as possible; Experience with munisoft software; Councils are willing to train the successful candidate. This office is a joint office between the RM of Loon Lake No. 561 and the Village of Loon Lake. The Chief Administrative Officer is the employee of the RM of Loon Lake but provides Administrative Services to the Village of Loon Lake. The rural population is 756 in the RM of Loon Lake No. 561 and the urban population is 288 in the Village of Loon Lake. RM of Loon Lake is mostly made up with farming operations but has ten Lakeshore developments and one Country Residential subdivision. The Village of Loon Lake has a K-12 school, healthcare centre, grocery store, insurance agency, CIBC bank, bar, lots of churches, curling rink, skating rink and community hall. Please view our websites o n - l i n e at : w w w. r m l o o n l a ke . c o m o r www.loonlakesask.com. For further info. please contract: Greg Cardinal, Reeve at 306-236-3637 home or 306-236-8968 cell.

S A S K A T O O N LI V E S T O C KS A LE SLT D . a M a jo r C a ttle M a rke t10 Km W e s t o f S a s ka to o n o n H igh w a y 14 is s e e kin g to fill th e full tim e po s itio n a s OFFIC E M AN AG ER /BOOK KEEP ER R ES P ON S IBILITIES : Acco u n tin g; p rep a rin g fin a n cia l s ta tem en ts , reco n cile b a n k a cco u n ts ; Pa yro ll, m a n a ge o ffice s ta ffa n d o ther rela ted d u ties . QUALIFIC ATION S : • S tro n g kn o w led ge o fevery a s p ecto f Acco u n tin g • Co m p u ter s kills • Co m m u n ica tio n S kills • K n o w led ge o fthe ca ttle in d u s try b en eficia l S ALAR Y: T o b e d eterm in ed b a s ed o n E xp erien ce. F u ll T im e, w ith Co m p a n y Ben efits ED UC ATION : GRADE 12, Bu s in es s Ad m in a n d o r S eco n d a ry E d u ca tio n in Acco u n tin g Cla s s es E xp erien ce: 6-7 yea rs Plea s e em a il res um e to M ike Fle ury: m .fle ury@ yo urlin k.ca o r Fa x to 306-382-8319 P h o n e : 306-382-8088 w w w .s a s ka to o n live s to cks a le s .co m

CENTRAL ALBERTA NEW HOLLAND DEALERSHIP REQUIRES PARTS MANAGER Ag parts experience an asset. Requirement is a Parts Journeyman Certificate. Experience in a management position preferred. Benefits. Email resume to: alyork@rimbeyimplements.ca

FULL-TIME LONGTERM CLASS 1 Truck Driver required with 2 years experience to p u l l d r y va n s i n C a n a d a a n d U S A . 204-955-2548, Ile Des Chenes, MB. WANTED TRUCK DRIVER to work in Edson, AB. area. Clean Class 1 licence, drivers abstract, experience w/hauling various types equip. is required. Ph 780-728-7140. NEED CLASS 1 DRIVERS to haul livestock. Experience required. Health plan and safety bonuses. Also need drivers to haul aggregate. Year round work. 403-625-4658.

FORBES BROS LTD. Is currently recruiting for: POWERLINE TECHNICIAN “TRANSMISSION” (NOC 7244) JOURNEYPERSON We are looking for 40 candidates to work in; Saskatchewan: Saskatoon, Regina, Prince Albert, and Kennedy Manitoba: Thompson, Portage La Prairie, Brandon, Dauphin, Gillam, and The Pas. Alberta: Medicine Hat, Lake Louise These positions are permanent full-time $50.00/Hr (Journeyperson Rate), 40 - 84 Hours per Week with Permanent Full Time Shift, Overtime, Weekend, as per Collective Agreement. Day Work, and Camp Work (Rotations 28 & 7). Essential Job Functions (day to day responsibilities): Install, maintain, troubleshoot and repair power lines and cables that run between transmission electrical systems, towers and poles (stringing/wire work). Assemble, erect and maintain steel, wood or concrete poles, towers and guy wires. Construct and maintain footings and bases for transmission towers and poles. Splice, solder and insulate conductors and related wiring to connect power distribution and transmission networks. Requirements: As the successful candidate you have: Journeyperson Certificate, Journeyperson Red Seal Certificate, or uncertified Journeyperson with 3-5 year’s work experience in the trade, Valid Driver’s Licence, and completion of Drug and Alcohol testing. Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities: Fast-paced environment, physically demanding, ability to distinguish between colours, bending, crouching, and kneeling. Benefits: Medical benefits, Dental benefits, Life Insurance Benefits, Group Insurance Benefits, Pension Plan Benefits, Vision Care Benefits. As per collective agreement. We encourage all qualified Canadian and Permanent Residents to apply. HOW TO APPLY EMAIL • FAX • PHONE • MAIL • IN PERSON #300, 10403-172 Street Edmonton, Alberta T5S 1K9 www.forbesbrosltd.ca Phone: 780-784-2016 Fax: 780-481-1373 Email: work@forbesbrosltd.ca

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ONTARIO FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONVENTION

New tool designed for late blight detection Trap system tested in Ontario to detect late blight spores

KEEP BLIGHT AT BAY Eugenia Banks, a consultant to the Ontario Potato Board, recommends the following agronomic practices to control late blight in potatoes: • Create higher hills to keep spores from reaching the tubers.

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NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — A late blight spore detection system tested in Ontario last year could prove useful in other potato-producing provinces. Eugenia Banks, a consultant to the Ontario Potato Board, talked about the system at the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention in Niagara Falls Feb. 22. “The presence of just one spore means the disease is around. They’re a bit like cockroaches,” Banks said. “The fields I selected had late blight before and they had hot spots. That’s where I put the spore traps.” Banks said she installed the traps before crop emergence in windy, field-edge locations. They were checked twice a week and the samples sent immediately by courier to A&L Canada Laboratories in London, Ont. Once a sample arrives, a quick test can be completed in four hours that is capable of detecting a single spore. Banks said A&L will send email alerts to growers immediately if the test results are positive. The traps, available from Sporometrics in Toronto, cost about $1,500 each plus tax. They come with trap cassettes that cost $7.50 each. A PCR test costs $25. “It does require a commitment to manage these traps. You have to be committed to changing the cas-

• Avoid excessive nitrogen use to control canopy growth. • Control weeds. • Avoid excessively long wetleaf periods when irrigating. • Use best-management spray practices to assure blanket coverage and follow recommended spray intervals. • Destroy any hot spots. • Harvest only when the vines are completely dead.

Eugenia Banks displays one of the spore traps she used last year to detect late blight spores in Ontario potato-growing areas. | JEFFREY CARTER PHOTO settes and sending them in,” Banks said. “Finding spores in a very hot and dry season, like we had last year, is an indication that the test could be a valuable tool.” Late blight, formally known as phytophthora infestans, thrives under wet conditions and moderate temperatures from 10 to 26 C. Banks cited the experience of one grower who routinely applies fungicides early, regardless of whether

plants are showing signs of the disease. He’s never had a late blight issue in the past 25 years, she said. Banks described late blight as a “community disease.” If it shows up in one location, it’s bound to spread, and so growers who have identified the problem should sound the alarm. Vikram Bisht, a plant pathologist with Manitoba Agriculture, agreed. While late blight wasn’t an issue in

Ontario in 2016, Vikram said it was widespread in Manitoba. “This is a bad thing, not to talk about it if you have the problem,” he said. Late blight often arrives in Canada on air currents from American growing areas. Spores can survive on their own, but late blight requires living tissue, including solanaceous weeds such as hairy nightshade, in order to

develop. It can also survive in potato cull piles, which should be destroyed, on potato plant volunteers and on tuber seed. Look for clean seed, keeping in mind Canada’s regulatory standards, Banks said. “The CFIA standard allows one percent of seed tubers to be infested with late blight. In an acre, that works out to around 150 infested tubers.”

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Potato diseases may lurk on imported tulip bulbs Newest threats to the industry could arrive on Dutch flower bulbs BY JEFFREY CARTER FOR THE WESTERN PRODUCER

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — It’s bad enough that the disease that causes blackleg in potatoes and carrots, Pectobacterium, is widespread in North America. Now two closely related anaerobic bacterial diseases, more virulent in nature, pose an added threat. Vikram Bisht, a plant pathologist with Manitoba Agriculture, said Dickeya dianthicola has already found its way to North America from Europe. Dickeya solani, which is commonly isolated from seed tubers in the Netherlands, could do the same. “We import a lot of flower bulbs from Holland. You just need one bulb out of a million that’s infected and has favourable weather conditions, and then we have an issue,” he told the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention in Niagara Falls Feb. 22. “There’s a risk, but I won’t say it’s being exported without checks.” Few if any Dutch tubers find their way to North America, but flower

bulbs do. Bisht cited a peerreviewed paper written by Scottish researcher Ian Toth showing these can carry the disease. Dickeya dianthicola has been identified in Maine, a major producer of seed potatoes in North America, and other U.S. locations. There’s also a report of it being found in a commercial field of processing potatoes in Ontario. In Israel, losses of up to 25 percent have been attributed to Dickeya infections. Bisht emphasized the importance of obtaining clean seed. Unfortunately, the testing procedures for seed are expensive and flawed. Not all the seed tubers in lots are evaluated under existing protocols. For example, he said that when tests in the Netherlands find no D i c k e ya o r Pe c t o b a c t e r i u m, there’s a three to four percent chance of blackleg developing the

following year in the field where they are planted. Blackleg is the term used to describe damage caused by the several Pectobacterium species, but the same type of symptoms can develop with a Dickeya infection. That includes plants dying because of damage to their vascular system. An important difference between Pectobacterium and Dickeya is that Dickeya species thrive under warmer temperatures. Infected tubers placed in storage can develop soft rot, especially if storage protocols are poorly managed. Bisht saw the results in one storage location last year in which both late blight and Pectobacterium were likely present. “I was knee deep in liquid in a ventilation gutter,” he said. “It basically makes a soup out of your potatoes in storage, especially

Tubers infected with Dickeya disease “basically makes a soup out of your potatoes in storage”

Vikram Bisht, Manitoba Agriculture plant pathologist, holds up a sample of a potato leaf infected with early blight in 2015. He told delegates at the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention about Dickeya dianthicola, an even more serious threat. | FILE PHOTO if there’s poor air circulation.” There are no chemical controls for Pectobacterium or Dickeya. Poorly drained fields are especially susceptible. The best way to manage the diseases once they find their way to a field is to rotate away from potatoes and other host crops, including carrots and onions, Bisht said. With Pectobacterium, non-host

crops should be grown for at least two years after an infection is identified. With Dickeya, a one-year rotation away from host crops is recommended because the pathogen doesn’t survive well in the soil. Climate change may be contributing to increasing insect and disease pressure, including Dickeya, in more northerly growing areas, he said.

NEWS AG NOTES NOMINATIONS FOR BEEF RESEARCHERS Nominations are open until May 1 for the Canadian Beef Industry Award for Outstanding Research and Innovation. The award is presented by the Beef Cattle Research Council to recognize a researcher or scientist whose work has contributed to advancements in the competitiveness and sustainability of the Canadian beef industry. A selection committee comprised of beef producers, industry experts and retired beefrelated researchers will review nominations. Nominees must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants actively involved in research of benefit to the Canadian beef industry within the past five years. More information is available at beefresearch.ca/about/award.cfm.

names and the foal could be part of the famous Musical Ride some day. Entries must meet the following criteria: â&#x20AC;˘ Names must begin with the letter â&#x20AC;&#x153;O.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ An individual entry must include a childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first name only, school, city, province or territory and email address. â&#x20AC;˘ School class entries must include the teacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name. school, city, province or territory and email address. â&#x20AC;˘ Entrants must be 14 years old or younger. â&#x20AC;˘ Only one entry per child will be eligible. â&#x20AC;˘ Online entries must be received no later than April 30. Children can submit their entries by internet or by mail to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Musical Ride Branch c/o RCMP Name the Foal Contest, PO Box 8900, Ottawa, Ont., K1G 3J2.

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A great-horned owl catches some sun after a recent snowfall near Marquis , Sask. |

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YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE Awards were recently handed out at the Prairieland Park Youth Leadership Conference in Saskatoon. Fifty applicants ages 14-21 attended the conference held Feb. 25-26 and were judged on their strategies for success as the participants worked in teams. They were also judged based on a 30 second interview that went toward their final marks. Scholarships were awarded to five participants: â&#x20AC;˘ Kody Farrow of the Herds of Thunder Light Horse 4-H Club won first place and $4,500. â&#x20AC;˘ Doug Sroka of the Maidstone Gully Multiple 4- H Club won second place and a $3,000 scholarship. â&#x20AC;˘ Autumn Lawson of the Catherwood 4-H Beef Club won third place and a $2,500 scholarship. â&#x20AC;˘ Codie Lee Yasieniuk of the Reining Riders 4-H Light Horse Club won fourth place and $1,000 scholarship. â&#x20AC;˘ Sara Grassick of the West Prince Albert 4-H Beef Club won fifth places and $1,000 scholarships. NUTRITION MONTH March is Nutrition Month and Alberta Milk is donating $60,000 through three programs to help students receive the proper nutrition for learning. Studies show that when children have the proper nutrition their physical, mental and social wellbeing improves. The Youth Empowerment Support Services in Edmonton empowers youth from difficult situations. Brown Bagging for Calgaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kids works in partnership with Calgary schools to deliver free healthy lunches for students who would otherwise go hungry. The Edmonton School Lunch Program provides support such as three meals a day in their emergency shelter, providing children with a nutritious lunch or snack at school, and building knowledge and skills around food access and nutrition. NAME THAT HORSE Children have until April 26 to submit their entry for the RCMPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Name the Foal contest. A winner will be selected from each of the 13 provinces and territories in Canada. An entry submitted by a school class will also be selected. Instructors of the RCMP Musical Ride branch will choose winning

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Transportation system under fire by special crops sector FROM THE ARCHIVES

BRUCE DYCK 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 12, 1942 Saskatchewan asked the domin-

ion government to build war factories in the province that could be converted to farm equipment plants once peace returned. The resolution, which was unanimously passed in the provincial legislature, said those factories would then be turned over to Canadian Co-operative Implements Ltd.

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The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities decided to join Saskatchewan Co-operatives and United Farmers of Canada in creating a farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; educational organization in the province. George Emmons of Eyebrow, Sask., became the initiativeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first chair.

50 YEARS AGO: MARCH 16, 1967

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Negotiations continued for an international cereals agreement within the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Saskatchewan Wheat Pool president Charles Gibbings, who had just spent two weeks in Geneva, Switzerland, at

the negotiations, said talks were slow but entering a new phase. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A new approach is now being tried in an effort to hasten an agreement within the period remaining,â&#x20AC;? he said.

25 YEARS AGO: MARCH 12, 1992 The Royal Commission on Farm Machinery got underway in Win-

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Keystone Agricultural Producers held a meeting in Portage la Prairie, Man., in response to farmer discontent with the recent federal Transportation Talks. Those meetings were intended to examine transportation issues, but farmers often found that officials at the meetings were unable to answer their questions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not even sure why (the meetings) happened,â&#x20AC;? said KAP president Earl Geddes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If they happened for education, I think they could have done a better job.â&#x20AC;? The number of animals available at the annual Calgary Bull Sale increased to 491 from the previous year, but the average price dropped by $200 to $3,198. As well, the grand champions were not the high sellers at the Hereford, Charolais, Salers and Simmental sales.

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Pulse Canada warned that grain transportation had become so bad that special crop firms were choosing to expand in the United States. While testifying at a Senate transport committee hearing, Greg Cherewyk, Pulse Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director of market development, quoted Saskcan Pulse Trading president Murad Al-Katib as saying that Canada had become the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s least preferred supplier of pulses and special crops because of its unreliable transportation system. Agriculture Canada doubled its funding for the Biofuels Opportunities for Producers Initiative, which was designed to help develop feasibility studies for ethanol and biodiesel projects that had more than one-third producer ownership. Demand for the first $10 million in funding was so great that it extended the program for another year and added another $10 million bruce.dyck@producer.com

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Speak out to avoid GM mistakes, urges Bayer BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

SAN ANTONIO, Texas â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bayer says the debate surrounding genetically modified crops is over in Europe. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be honest, I think that battle is probably lost,â&#x20AC;? Adrian Percy, global head of research and development with Bayer, told delegates attending Bayerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s AgVocacy Forum. Bayer is set to become the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest seed technology company if it is successful in its attempt to acquire Monsanto. Percy said countries such as France and Germany will not budge on their anti-GM stance, so there is no point continuing the fight. However, he believes it is critical that the scientific community get out in front of new technologies such as gene editing and quell consumer fears before they arise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are really incredibly interesting new technologies that are becoming available, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very important we use agvocacy in Europe,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The debate in Europe is going to be a difficult one because people are entrenched at this point.â&#x20AC;? Percy said seed technology companies failed to pitch the benefits of GM crops to consumers when they were introduced, and that was a huge mistake. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We convinced farmers that this was a great technology that would help them in their fields, but we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always reach out to consumers in the same way.â&#x20AC;? He said the message should be that tools such as gene editing improve sustainability by helping produce more food on less land. Percy is encouraged by the â&#x20AC;&#x153;massive pushâ&#x20AC;? in the scientific community to adopt and promote technologies such as gene editing. Bayer is working with the 5,000 scientists in its CropScience division to help educate the public. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to enable our people. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to find different ways to story tell,â&#x20AC;? he said. David Hollinrake, vice-president of North American marketing for Bayer CropScience, said the biggest threat facing the company is the misinformation that its seeds and chemicals are unsafe. He wants farmers to speak out in support of the technologies theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re using because they are the most trusted voice in agriculture. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about helping farmers raise their voice and do it in a passionate, powerful way, such that we can overcome the opposition,â&#x20AC;? said Hollinrake. Bayer has had its agvocacy program in place for three years, and it has had little impact. Hollinrake said consumer research shows about 20 percent of Americans are concerned about biotechnology and eating GM food, which is the same amount as when the program was launched. However, he said it takes time to build a movement, and he believes the company is on the right track. More than 1,000 farmers have taken Bayerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s four-hour agvocacy training program, which equips them with facts about biotechnology and chemicals and how to engage with consumers through

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social media. Another 10,000 growers have pledged to join Bayer in becoming agvocates. Robert Fraley, chief technology officer with Monsanto, said transparency and public discourse will be crucial when introducing new products that come out of the Bayer- Monsanto merger. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Certainly, if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anything that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned from our experience with GMOs, is we know that good science by itself is not enough,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has to be accompanied by great communication and a transparent relationship with the public.â&#x20AC;? sean.pratt@producer.com

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In tuning the tower, the adjustable yellow cone is moved 1/4 inch to the left over the input hole. This re-directs airflow so equal amounts of product flow to all the secondary outlets it supplies. | SEED MASTER ILLUSTRATIONS Seed Master’s tunable distribution tower feeds seed and product evenly to the tubes due to a moveable cone, at centre of the tower cap. This shifts product flows to even rates. | SEEDMASTER PHOTO SEEDING EQUIPMENT

Cone-head helps cure drill irregularities If your seed and granular fertilizer rates are all over the map, your crop will be, too BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

The volume of product on some air seeding systems can vary up to 30 percent in one run from the volume in neighbouring runs, resulting in a host of agronomic problems. Irregular fertilizer rates cause crop staging problems that follow r ight through to har vest and beyond. Unwanted variability in seeding rates can result in expanded crop vulnerability to disease and insects. Excessive fertilizer causes toxicity and lodging. Inadequate fertilizer results in lower yields. A new pair of technologies from Seed Master can bring those variance numbers down to 10 percent, meaning the rates will actually be only five percent higher or five percent lower than the target rate, says Adam Geres, a technician with the Regina equipment manufacturer. “A couple years ago we were hunting for a new blockage sensor. We came across a company from Hungary called Digitroll, so we

ordered a bunch to try out,” Geres said. “We hooked them up to the older style towers we were building at the time, and we saw we were out anywhere from 15 to 30 percent f ro m r u n t o r u n . U nt i l t h e n , nobody had any idea we were out that much. “Then we went industry wide and tested competitors’ towers and saw everybody had problems with consistenc y. And that’s when we decided to design a totally different tower. That’s what we call the Tunable Tower. It’s the same tower for seed or granular.” Sensors are key Geres said the Tunable Tower is based on new manifold technology, and the development would not have been possible without the highly accurate Digitroll sensors. Seed Master buys the sensors from Hungary and renames them the XeedSystem when installed on its drills. He said the sensors have unprecedented flow detection because they use sophisticated photo sen-

sors capable of counting every seed. The count in each run shows up as a bar graph on the iPad screen. The system builds an average line in green when everything is clean and running well. “If there’s even a slight blockage in run three for instance, you’d see the number of seeds going down in that run, and product going up in adjacent runs two and four, he said. “We put a sensor on every secondary and each sensor has its own LED lights, so you know exactly where to pinpoint a problem. “This new tower head is quite unique. Whether it’s seed or fertilizer, product usually flows up the backside or the outside of the elbow curve. If the primary is coming from the right side, then the left half of the manifold gets more product. Secondary runs on the left side send more product down the chute. So what we want to do is balance the airflow so product is equally divided.” Seed Master’s solution is to install a cone in the centre of the chamber with the point facing down into the p r i ma r y o r i f i c e a n d i nt o t h e

onrushing air and product. The operator can make slight adjustments to the position of the cone to re-distribute airflow and thus re-distribute product. If more product goes to the left side, the operator moves the centre point of the cone slightly left. This sends more air and product to the lean side on the right. Geres said an operator would likely change the centre point for different seeds and fertilizer products. The new manifolds are available with six, seven or eight secondary runs. “(It’s) easy to change the cone,” Geres said. “Remove the lid by removing two wing nuts. Maximum amount of adjustment is only 1/4 inch. The XeedSystem is so sensitive that the slightest little adjustment to the cone in the Tunable Tower will show up on the monitor. The two technologies work together.” The SeedSystem and Tunable Tower technologies were first unveiled in 2016, said Seed Master marketing manager Cory Beaujot, who used early versions of the systems on the family farm last spring

and reports that everything worked exactly as expected. “We’re installing the systems on our Nova Ready toolbars right now, but I wouldn’t say we have it wrapped up in a nice pretty package yet,” he said.

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“We expect to eventually have enough experience with the systems so we can provide a prescription that says, ‘if you’re seeing this amount of variance with this product, move the cone so far in that direction.’ We expect to get a lot of informed feedback from producers this summer.” ron.lyseng@producer.com

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Precision ag more than tools; it’s a way of thinking PRECISION HAPPENS

TERRY A. BRASE

fter spending a career teaching precision farming in the U.S. Midwest, I have made the switch to west coast agriculture. Growing up in Iowa, corn, soybeans, oats, alfalfa and pastureland were pretty much the extent of my experience in crops. There is corn as far as the eye can see in some parts of Iowa, broken only by occasional tree lines, farmstead buildings and towns. I was ready for a change, so when West Hills College in the Central California Valley had an opening for a precision ag instructor, I jumped at it. Now on my drive in to work I pass almond, pistachio, orange, cherry, and lemon orchards. The view includes oil rigs, irrigation pumps and mountains. Things are definitely different in California. It’s the same with precision farming: a common phrase I’ve heard in talks with west coast growers is, “it’s different here; that precision ag stuff that you do in Midwest isn’t going to work here.” This is partly a correct assessment. Much of the precision farming software is focused on corn and soybeans. Yield monitoring, a staple of Midwest or prairie precision ag, is limited here. West coast growers don’t trust the rest of the country, and especially the Midwest, to understand the issues that California growers face in irrigation, salinity, and permeability. So I’ll admit there are differences with precision farming in California. However, a favourite quote of mine is, “there is always a better way of doing something: find it.” So yes, precision farming will be different than the Midwest or Great Plains, but that isn’t a reason it can’t be done. Many people may have a narrow definition of precision farming, which limits possibilities on how it is used. Technology can be applied to problems in many different ways for economic and environmental benefit. So for this column, I’ve decided to reach back into my Introduction to Precision Farming class and review basic categories of how precision farming technology can be used. Recordkeeping This is the most basic and simplest of precision applications and is often overlooked. The difference between regular recordkeeping and precision farming recordkeeping is that determining yield on a whole field basis, it is done on a subfield basis. Instead of determining nutrient availability on a whole field, it is

It’s not snow; it’s almonds bloom in near Fresno, Calif. Finding ways to add precision agriculture to far-western ag is not is difficult as one might think. Water, fertilizer, yield and pesticide use are all part of successful farming anywhere. | MICHAEL RAINE PHOTO done on a subfield basis. Costs, income, labour or anything that is recorded for a whole field can be recorded on a subfield basis. The size of the subfield can vary: it could be a large grid, it could be a soil type or it could be an individual tree. No matter the size of the subfield, keeping records is necessary for detailed and objective decision making. That is applicable to the west coast as much as the Prairies or Midwest. Sensors and control The face of precision farming are the sexy and high visibility things like autonomous drones, robotic tractors and hyperspectral imagery. These toys often get the press but justifiably need to be evaluated carefully for their economic returns. They need to be applied carefully and judiciously to do more than cover their costs. However, there can be an economic return for those growers willing to put in the time and energy. Application of sensor and control technology will be different for west coast crops, but I believe that it can be applicable and valuable in some way for any production system or crop.

here in California and am gaining a very different perspective of how precision farming can be applied to different crops. It’s a learning pro-

cess and I’m relying on locals to learn about almonds and pistachios. Yes it is different here, but precision can happen here, too.

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Spatial analytics The current trend in precision farming is big data, which includes data management, data mining and all things measurable. This is the analysis and interpretation of data that has been collected from various sensors or collected from record keeping. It is about making an objective decision from data, which is a concept that is as applicable to west coast agriculture as it is anywhere. I greatly enjoy most of my time

Precision agriculture is about gathering information on yields, labour and costs on a subfield basis

Terry A. Brase is an educational consultant, a precision agriculture educator and author. BrASE LLC. Contact him at precision.happens@producer.com

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KEEPING IT CLEAN

Vacuum caters to demand for clean food without chemicals The Ortomec Cleaner 2 sucks up unwanted debris from fresh produce BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

People who eat fresh food are picky. We abhor bugs, worms, dead leaves and other “stuff” on the fruit and vegetables we consume, but we’re equally opposed to chemical hygiene. It’s a dilemma for producers who grow fresh produce, and the demand for pristine fruit and vegetables is expanding. Brothers Bob and Joe Sutton decided about five years ago that a good strong vacuum cleaner might

do the trick, so they began importing the Ortomec pull-type crop vacuum from Italy. Their company, Sutton Agricultural Enterprises, is located in California’s Salinas Valley, the vegetable hotbed of North America, so they were surrounded by potential customers. In 2016 they started importing the self-propelled Ortomec Cleaner 2, which won a Top 10 Award at this winter’s World Ag Expo in Tulare, Calif. The big machines add value to low-growing crops by eliminating things consumers don’t like to see,

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I doubt there are any insects that could hang on, and unless dead leaves and debris are trapped very low under plants, they wouldn’t stand a chance. BOB SUTTON SUTTON AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES

Bob Sutton said in an email. “The percentage of insects, dead leaves and other debris Cleaner 2 removes would vary with every crop,” he said. “I doubt there are any insects that could hang on, and unless dead leaves and debris are trapped very low under plants, they wouldn’t stand a chance. The vacuum action is pretty incredible. It’s safe to say w e re m ov e 9 5 p e rc e n t o f a l l unwanted material.” Sutton said the high power vacuum can be used with or without running a cutting mechanism. The vacuum-only function lets the farmer remove lightweight field trash that can plague leafy crops before harvest. Organic and inorganic matter such as plastic film, straw, decaying leaves and bugs can be removed just before cutting, greatly increasing the value of the harvested crop. “Then, in the harvest pass, both the cutter blades and the vacuum

The Ortomec Cleaner 2 employs a high powered vacuum to suck insects, worms and dead plant material from fresh produce just before it’s harvested. | SUTTON AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES PHOTOS are employed,” he said. “In the clean-up only pass, all material is blown into the hopper and then dumped. In the harvest pass, the crop is blown into the same hopper, then transferred to waiting trucks or carts. “In crops that are grown to be harvested twice, the Cleaner 2 vacuum-only function removes decaying leaves, insects and other lightweight field trash remaining after the first harvest. Any uncut product missed during the first harvest can also be cut and removed. This guarantees a more uniform higher value crop for the second harvest. “Not all crops can be harvested a second time. The most common are cilantro and parsley. Others are becoming more popular as double harvest crops, such as spinach and baby leaf lettuce. Part of the decision whether or not to second cut

has to do with the current supply and price for the product. If product’s in short supply, there’s much greater incentive to do a second harvest.” Sutton said one Cleaner 2 operator can cut, vacuum and dump product in a single pass. In the trash collection mode, the disposal system is aided by a shredder so the machine can carry four times the volume of the original tractordrawn Cleaner. The standard Cleaner 2 is a selfpropelled, single operator implement. It has four wheel drive with steering at the rear wheels. Cutting height is adjustable from 1/2 inch to eight inches above ground. The original PT Cleaner sells for US$55,000, the SP Cleaner 2 s e l l s for $75,000 and the Cleaner 2 with a cab sells for $81,000. ron.lyseng@producer.com

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Chickens safe in mobile home Grass-fed chickens are protected from coyotes, skunks and fox in travelling coop BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

BRANDON — Consumers are willing to pay a price premium for chickens grazed on grass. However, keeping those birds well watered, well fed and safe from predators is an ongoing challenge. It’s a challenge that Daniel Badiou has taken up with enthusiasm. Badiou, who helps run the family’s dairy farm near Sommerset, Man., graduated with a degree in mechatronics engineering from Polytechnique University in Montreal last spring. Badiou was anxious to reach out beyond university projects and get his hands dirty with a real-world project that he invented and patented himself : an automated, mobile chicken coop. Creating a safe, nurturing pasture environment for a flock chickens was an idea that got the gears going in his head.

I have sensors for temperature, wind speed, wind direction, barometric pressure. We need as much information as possible to optimally grow the chickens. We can also have an onboard camera so you don’t have to run out there to check the chickens. DANIEL BADIOU ENGINEERING STUDENT, FARMER

“This is a fully automated robotic chicken coop. You program it for how often you want it to move itself, depending on how many birds are in there. You can run a full week without going out to check it,” he said. “There’s enough water and feed for 20 chickens to last one week. Everything is run by electricity. There’s a solar panel for power, along with a back-up battery that will last a full week if necessary. “The wheels are omni-directional. They go forward or reverse, but they also turn 90 degrees so the coop moves sideways. When it reaches the end of a swath, it steers the wheels and moves over one full width to start the next grazing swath.” Badiou said the side awnings are controlled by temperature and wind. When it’s too hot, they lift up to provide better shade and air cir-

Daniel Badiou’s self-propelled chicken coop gives birds access to grass in one plot and then automatically drives forward to the next plot. The coop is powered by electricity with a solar panel and battery providing back-up power. | DANIEL BADIOU PHOTOS culation. When it’s too cold, the awnings close up to retain heat. When it’s too windy, they close up so the chickens don’t ruffle their feathers. “For example, if you have a driving rain from one side, the slats on that side close up so the chickens don’t get wet. The other slats can remain open,” he said. “I have sensors for temperature, wind speed, wind direction, barometric pressure. We need as much information as possible to optimally grow the chickens. We can also have an onboard camera so you don’t have to run out there to check the chickens.” Badiou said the operator plots the course, including all turning points, and puts it into the program before launching the chicken coop. This would prevent it driving into a boulder, tree or fence. There will eventually be sensors on board to prevent accidents. Steel siding runs down to ground level to keep predators outside the enclosure. “We should be clear, these are not organic chickens,” he said. “We call them pasture chickens. To be organic, the ground needs to be certified organic. These would be more like the chickens Grandma used to raise.” The smallest size travelling coop is designed for 15 to 20 chickens and sells for less than $10,000. The largest model is designed for 200 chickens and sells for $18,000. Badiou figures return on investment should come within three years. He plans to raise 1,000 pasture chickens in 2017 using the mobile coop. For more information, contact Daniel Badiou at dbadiou@ ukkorobotics.com. ron.lyseng@producer.com

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PEST MANAGEMENT REGULATORY AGENCY

Ag committee gives policy input

Neonic hearings get variety of opinions

Recommendations gathered from ag ministers were presented to the federal gov’t BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

The House of Commons agriculture committee has tabled 18 recommendations in a report to the federal government on what the next agriculture policy framework should contain. The federal, provincial and territorial ministers are expected to sign the next five-year agreement in St. John’s in July, although Saskatchewan minister Lyle Stewart said they are still in the early stages of negotiation. “We are still a long, long ways (from an agreement),” he said in an interview last week. Saskatchewan has conducted its own survey of what producers want to replace Growing Forward 2 next April 1. A report is in the works. While short on specifics, the federal committee report offered five recommendations for business risk management programs, including that they be transparent, quick to respond, simple and predictable, and better meet farmers’ needs. The committee said the government should review the threshold for AgriStability payments to make sure the program provides adequate protection and flexibility to encourage greater participation. “To restore producers’ trust and draw them into the program, AgriStability must provide a level of support that enables producers to manage their risk,” the report said. “That is why a large number of witnesses called for the restora-

tion of the 85 percent protection level. However, others said that returning to the former eligibility and coverage criteria would probably not be enough.” Livestock producers have called for the pilot Western Livestock Price Insurance Program to be made permanent, and the committee recommended the government support the program and consider extending it to the entire country. It said the government should support the private sector to develop and implement pilot projects that would work better for pork and grain producers. The committee heard from witnesses during 11 meetings on the six priority areas identified by agriculture ministers in Calgary last summer: markets and trade; science, research and innovation; risk management; environmental sustainability and climate change; value-added agriculture and agrifood processing; and public trust. The report acknowledges that given these priority areas, particularly the addition of processing and climate change, there should be better collaboration by all government departments and agencies “to ensure a whole-of-government approach.” In his presentation to the committee, Canadian Meat Council president Troy Warren noted: “An agriculture policy framework confined to the mandates of the minister of agriculture and agri-food is not sufficient for a sector that is impacted broadly and deeply by

other government departments and agencies.” Conservative agriculture critic David Anderson has said an expanded framework requires more money, but the Liberal government is uncommitted. The Conservative committee

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members filed a dissenting report with their own recommendations, while NDP member Ruth Ellen Brosseau submitted a supplementary report of five recommendations, including asking the government to study the impacts of a carbon tax on competitiveness and productivity of agriculture before imposing the tax on farmers. The Conservative report calls for a full cost impact analysis of the environmental tax proposals. The committee report acknowledges concerns about the carbon tax but did not make a recommendation other than that the government help the sector adapt to environmental regulations. The reports can be found at www. parl.gc.ca/Committees/en/AGRI. karen.briere@producer.com

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The Pest Management Regulatory Agency’s decision last fall to phase out imidacloprid within three to five years continues to reverberate through the agricultural community. The House of Commons agriculture committee began examining the issue during meetings last week, although the PMRA is a Health Canada agency. The PMRA made its decision based on harmful effects of the neonicotinoid insecticide on aquatic environments, using data from governments and academics, executive director Richard Aucoin told the committee March 7. Studies of two other neonics are underway. However, growers told the committee they don’t have good alternatives to the neonic, which is used to control pests on fruit and vegetable crops, in greenhouses and on field crops. They worry they will be forced to apply more chemical and at higher cost. Environmental organizations said they want the ban to come sooner. And chemical companies say the PMRA didn’t use correct science to reach its decision. “High levels of imidacloprid found cannot be traced to a specific use on a specific crop, and we really have no alternative regulatory instruments available to us to effectively address such a broad risk issue, other than cancelling the authorization,” Aucoin said. He said the PMRA has received hundreds of thousands of comments from the public on the proposed phase-out and extended the consultation period by one month to March 23. Neonics drew considerable attention after large bee die-offs a few years ago and the Ontario government moved to regulate use. The PMRA continues to study that issue, but has said the effects on bees are likely manageable. Conservative agriculture critic David Anderson questioned whether the PMRA was using science or politics to make its decision. He said the Ontario government reacted to public pressure rather than science, and he worried the same thing is happening again. Anderson said too many stakeholders were left out of the process that led to the ban. “There’s a decision that has been made that looks like it’s political, not scientific,” he said. “I’m just wondering why it was done in the way it was.” He asked if the PMRA had “real world data” to indicate aquatic species are being adversely affected. Scott Kirby, director general of the PMRA’s environmental assessment directorate, replied that the agency “virtually never” does get that type of information. He said the onus is on the chemical registrants to give the PMRA the information so it can make decisions on acceptable risk, leading Anderson to charge that they were left out of the discussion until after

the decision was made. Bayer vice-president Paul Thiel said the PMRA disregarded more than 20 studies it provided. Bayer developed imidacloprid. In response to the November decision, Agriculture Canada established a multi-stakeholder forum on neonicotinoids. Andrea Johnston, director general of the department’s sector development and analysis directorate, said the forum has met twice and established working groups looking at environmental monitoring, risk mitigation and alternatives to neonics. “It seems like those work groups are the cart after the horse,” observed Liberal MP Lloyd Longfield. “We could have had work groups to inform the decision versus having work groups to try and reverse or defend the agriculture positions.”

There’s a decision that has been made that looks like it’s political, not scientific. I’m just wondering why it was done in the way it was. DAVID ANDERSON CONSERVATIVE AGRICULTURE CRITIC

Grain Farmers of Ontario chair Mark Brock said the forum is working well but members are still concerned about alternatives to neonics. “The Conference Board of Canada determined that the impact of not having access to neonic seed treatments would cost $600 million annually to corn and soybean farmers in Ontario alone,” he said. Craig Hunter, pesticide adviser to the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association, said there have been no resistance issues with neonics, but there is that possibility with alternative insecticides that offer narrower control. He also said he had concerns about the PMRA review process. “I have many other comments on what I feel about the review, how it was done, the lack of time for meaningful input into the process, the lack of time to conduct new research to question some of the decisions made by the PMRA, and their undue haste to publish a final decision by December of this year, nine months after our final comments are in,” Hunter said. “That’s a full 12 months earlier than most of the re-evaluations over the past several years.” Meanwhile, the Canadian Honey Council and the Ontario Beekeepers Association remain at odds over neonics. Council executive director Rod Scarlett told the committee beekeepers are concerned about the alternatives to neonics and noted that working co-operatively has led to better management practices by farmers using imidacloprid to lessen any impacts on bees. However, the Ontario association sent a letter to the committee noting it is in favour of accelerating the phase-out to this fall. karen.briere@producer.com

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Farm takes plunge to improve animal health Machine helps healthy horses build muscle for for competition while injured animals get TLC BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

VIBANK, Sask. — Zeus calmly enters the enclosure that will soon have him belly-deep in room temperature water. The treadmill starts, water begins to flow in and he walks for 25 minutes. At one point, he dips his head for a drink. As his hydrotherapy treatment ends, the water level drops and the tank empties, and he heads off to the dryer. It’s all in the name of building muscles and improving stride for this Manitoba barrel racing horse, says Charmaine Grad, the owner of Coyotee Flats Equine Therapy. Located on the farm nine kilometres north of Vibank where she and her parents, Kevin and Marla, also raise performance horses, Grad said her new venture is filling a need for horse owners in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The Hudson Aquatic AquaPacer allows both healthy and injured horses to exercise using low-impact workouts. “It helps them recover quicker from injury,” Grad said. “It also helps to condition a horse to get it

Charmaine Grad observes Zeus in the hydrotherapy machine at Coyotee Flats Equine Therapy near Vibank, Sask. | KAREN BRIERE PHOTO in the best shape.” She controls the pace and water depth from a console near the horse’s head where she stands. Marla stands at the rear with a net, ready to scoop out feces. The AquaPacer has windows along the side, which allow people to monitor the workouts. Initially, a horse works out for 10 minutes in the water and gradually builds time and pace. Zeus walks at

about five km-h, or just more than three m.p.h. Grad family members said they have noticed a huge improvement in Zeus’s stride since he began treatments. Charmaine said the horses adapt well and sometimes play in the water while walking. The AquaPacer is filled from a water tank at the side of the machine. Used water is treated and

recycled through a system similar to a swimming pool and changed every 10 days to two weeks. These facilities are common in the United States, but only a few exist on the Prairies. The demand is there, she said, evident in the company’s bookings, which already are full into August. They are also getting booking for next February and March. “The majority (of the current horses) are here to prepare for spring competitions,” she said. Some stay at the facility for a couple weeks, while other horses remain for longer, but all stay at the farm during their therapy. Most are barrel-racing horses, but some are used for western dressage and reining and cutting. The Grads know horses. Kevin is a team roper and Charmaine and Marla are both barrel racers. They’ve been part of the performance horse world for years and relied on word of mouth to bring in the customers. They have also opened the facility to agility dogs that need to strengthen muscles. Charmaine spent a lot of time in the U.S. learning to operate the AquaPacer and assess horses. She said she maintains contact with those facilities and seeks advice when necessary. “I spent time talking with vets here and Manitoba before I got the machine,” she said. Her business is located in a

remodelled area of the barn where she also installed a solarium with overhead infrared lights to stimulate blood circulation while the horses are blown dry. Coyotee Flats also uses a TheraPlate, a circular vibration plate the horses stand on that is said to help hoof development. Charmaine said they take the portable TheraPlate with them to competitions because people like to stand or lie on it too. During a reporter’s recent visit to the farm, Kevin spent some time lying on it for a sore back. “We spent a lot of time standing on pavement or cement and 10 minutes on the TheraPlate really helps,” Charmaine said. It took a lot of planning and money to open the business, she said. “The market and the demand is there, but it’s still really dependent on the economy,” she said. “It was a risk to take the plunge.” Her parents and friends help out, but they all work off the farm so it can be challenging to put all the horses through daily therapy. The goal is for this to become a full-time job, Charmaine said. karen.briere@producer.com

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WELCOME TO THE DAIRY Three dairy farms in the Lacombe, Alta., region opened their doors last week to tour groups. The first of the three is featured this week. | Page 78

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Pig producers are worried that proposed changes to Canadian livestock transportation rules will fail the practicality test. Current proposals would reduce allowed time in transport to 28 hours from 36 hours for pigs. If time to the destination would exceed 28 hours, the animals must be given water, feed and eight hours of rest before continuing. Producers want clarification on the location and availability of rest areas during transport, length of rest time, space requirement for each class of pig and the amount of feed and water required during the rest periods. “I think that the industry would probably prefer to keep with the current ones,” said Alberta Pork chair Frank Novak about transport regulations for pigs. “It could very well be that the science would tell you that you could actually increase (transport times), but the position of the industry is that we should actually use modern, current scientific data to talk about this thing, as opposed to things from 20 years ago or things referring to what Europe is doing — which is a completely different world — or referring to pseudo science things from animal rights groups.” Novak said the Prairie Swine Centre and the University of Saskatchewan are studying swine transport to provide scientific data, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency should wait until that work is completed before defining new regulations. “We need real data,” said Novak. In a March 9 speech to southern Alberta pork producers, Novak said there are also questions about transport rules when pigs are shipped to the United States, as many are. Would the clock start again? Novak said producers have been told that once across the border, Canadian transport rules would no longer apply. “You can send pigs a long way if you handle them well,” he said, but that position is not well recognized. He was among those who discussed the issue earlier this month with CFIA officials during a pork value chain round table meeting. Novak said he learned that animal rights groups provided considerable feedback on transport regulations during the comment period that ended Feb. 15. Now he is worried that those comments might supersede those from producers when the feedback is analyzed. barb.glen@producer.com

This wide load is eating for two on a bitterly cold day on the Hare farm near Rosetown, Sask. Calving is expected to start in the next few weeks and it’s hoped warmer weather will move in. | CHERYL HARE PHOTO

CANADIAN CATTLEMEN’S ASSOCIATION

Livestock transport rules questioned Beef producers say new rules could increase injuries and sickness BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

OTTAWA — Proposed changes to Canada’s livestock transportation regulations have hit a sour note with some beef producers. The new animal transport regulations under the Health of Animals Act require shorter travel times and rest periods for cattle. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association questioned whether some of the new rules are practical. Ontario feedlot owner Tom Wilson buys backgrounded calves from Manitoba, a 40-hour journey. The only place to stop is Thunder Bay, Ont. More frequent stops could do more harm than good, he said in an interview at the CCA annual meeting March 8-10 in Ottawa. “The regulations say they have to be loaded and unloaded. I will end up with more sickness,” he said. “I guarantee you if every load has to be unloaded, we definitely will have more injuries,” he said. There has been criticism over the way culled dairy cattle are handled. Many are frail and sub-

ject to injuries or fall down during transport. “A lot of those should be euthanized because they are unfit to travel,” Wilson said. Kirk Jackson of the Quebec Beef Producers Federation supports the CCA’s opinions and argued the regulations might not address animal welfare, especially among young animals.

We ask that you do what is scientific and what is truly better for the animals and not so much by appearance. KIRK JACKSON OUEBEC BEEF PRODUCERS FEDERATION

“When animals are in the rest area they spend most of the time wandering around bawling for mom. They don’t usually eat or drink,” he said. “We ask that you do what is scientific and what is truly better for the animals and not so much by appearance.” Research is being commis-

sioned next year to see how cattle react to loading and unloading, said Andrea Brocklebank of the Beef Cattle Research Council. Cattle will also be assessed to see if they eat, drink and rest during those periods. The regulations will be tested to learn if they have improved animal welfare. “Have we made a measurable improvement or it is symbolic?” she said. Past work by Agriculture Canada followed all classes of cattle on lengthy journeys and found few problems and almost no mortalities. “It clearly showed our highest risk cattle are feeder calves and we knew that, but it was still pretty positive,” said Brocklebank. The regulations were published and open for public comment until Feb. 15. An unprecedented 12,500 replies were received, said Dr. Debbie Barr of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. There is an opportunity to make revisions to the draft regulations and she promised the group that Canada is not following the European Union’s lead where shorter

transports are required. The proposed regulations are posted on the CFIA website. They were designed for average, healthy animals and how they may be affected by hunger, thirst and fatigue during transport. These requirements were based on available data regarding species and classes of animals, said the website. Animals must be rested for eight hours with access to feed and water. They must have room to lie down in the rest area. They may be unloaded or may be attended to on a suitably equipped conveyance that is well ventilated. On board, animals must have a clean, dry environment, bedding and secure footings. Any compromised animal of any species, any size, any age, any sex, any breed must be rested after 12 hours travel time. Pigs and horses are allowed to travel for 28 hours and all others may go for 36 hours. Until this regulation is passed, beef cattle could travel for up to 52 hours. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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TUBERCULOSIS INVESTIGATION

Lack of ear tags hinder TB handling CFIA says without cattle identification more animals had to be put down BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

Joe Walter of the Hutterite colony near Cayley, Alta., gives a vitamin shot to a new calf in the barn before sending it back out to pasture March 11. | MIKE STURK PHOTO

CATTLE PRICES

Cattle price info sought but difficult to obtain Feedlots reluctant to give out sales information BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

OTTAWA — Fewer cattle are being sold in the cash market, making price discovery elusive. A task force was formed last summer to come up with new ways to gather price information because the majority of live animals are sold on a contract or other pricing formula. Mandatory reporting, purchasing sales data or delayed weekly reporting were among the ideas proposed at the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association annual meeting in Ottawa March 8-10. The information is needed for farm programs such as the Western Livestock Price Insurance Program, which relies on Canfax weekly reports. A cash price is needed as a reference even if producers sell cattle on a contract. “Whether they are using the CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) or a forward contract or a formula, all of those need a cash price. They need a cash price in the CME in order to have convergence in the cash and the futures,” said Brenna Grant of Canfax. “Every tool we use today is connected to the cash market in some way.” There were more cash transactions in 2016 where the open mar-

ket was at a premium to the futures, but that is not necessarily a trend, she told the domestic agriculture committee at the annual meeting. In Western Canada, feedlots report transactions to Canfax with figures on their cash trade, formulas or contracts, but this is done on a confidential basis. Other prices are gathered on a voluntary basis, but some weeks there is no cash trade and other times the information is spotty. The United States faces a similar problem, and the fed cattle exchange was created through Superior Livestock, in which four major packers and feedlots have committed to participate weekly. Canada is able to collect some information from electronic markets such as TEAM and DLMS. The exchange is not viable in Canada when there are only two major packers. Feedlot owners agree on a need for more cash data, but many were reluctant to participate. “They were all gung ho to get the reports, but nobody wants to give the information out,” said Bryan Thiessen of Alberta. Some incentives may be required to get the information, and one of the options proposed is buying the data, although it would be costly. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

OTTAWA — The investigation into an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in Alberta could have been expedited if producers had proper cattle identification. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency realized early that the investigation would be wide and complex, said Dr. Penny Greenwood, national manager for the domestic disease control section. “One of the problems we detected in the infected herd was a lack of identification at the farm of origin,” she told the animal health committee at the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association annual meeting, held in Ottawa March 8-10. Investigators have relied on producer records and brands because too often no Canadian Cattle Identification Agency ear tags were present, contrary to regulations. “We need to do something about that because it is hurting everybody,” she said. The investigation looked at the movement of cattle for the last five years because tuberculosis is a slow moving disease. However, it has been difficult to learn where the cattle were, and in some cases, who owned them, so investigators assumed they were all mixed together in two commu-

nity pastures. “Records at this time make it extremely difficult for our staff to actually find all the animals that have left the herd and what their ultimate fate is,” she said. “If we had had that information, we may have been able to deal with less.” All cattle were tagged before testing. Six animals from the same ranch were positive, but so far 10,000 cattle have been destroyed because they may have been in contact with the infected ones. An added risk for beef cattle is the use of community pastures where animals from a number of farms are mixed. “Do the producers that use the community pastures understand the ramifications of using community pastures?” she said. “They have to understand if a disease occurs in one of those premises, they all go down.” Industry should consider whether community pasture use is still a good practice or find ways to improve their biosecurity. Ivan Johnson of Prince Edward Island said in his province the CCIA tag numbers have to be read and recorded before they enter a community pasture. “A big part of the beef industry is in community pastures,” he said. Bob Lowe of Alberta said producers are well aware of the risks of

mixing herds. “There isn’t a single producer out there who doesn’t understand the risks,” he said. The CFIA is also questioning its own disease surveillance because the last five cases of tuberculosis in Canadian cows were diagnosed in the United States. In the most recent case, an Alberta cow was sold at a local auction, moved to an assembly yard in Saskatchewan and was killed at a Minnesota plant last September. The cow was traced back to Saskatchewan because that is where the ear tag was attached. “Is there a problem in that we are not picking them up here in Canada? We have to ask ourselves if our surveillance is sufficient,” said Greenwood. The CFIA wants to improve its surveillance in Alberta where more testing is needed in provincial abattoirs. A pilot project is expected to start in late 2017 at one of Alberta’s high speed plants to carry out serological testing to see if cattle that should be identified as having problems, are being missed. “None of our TB tests are great and that is why we do them in combination, but it is better than nothing,” she said. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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Alta. dairy farm visitors get warm welcome Jeff Nielsen of Nielsen Farms dairy near Lacombe, Alta., speaks with a visitor during the Western Canadian Dairy Seminar pre-conference tour March 7. Nielsen Farms milks about 330 registered Holstein cows twice a day. Doors at the ends of the alleys in the freestall barn allow light to enter the building. | BARB GLEN PHOTOS

Neat and tidy is order of the day in free-stall barn and milking parlour BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

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LACOMBE, Alta. — Heifers in the “calfeteria” at Nielsen Farms dairy eagerly greeted visitors March 7 during the Western Canadian Dairy Seminar pre-conference tour. The dairy was one of three in the Lacombe area that opened doors to tour groups. Nielsen Farms is owned by Jeff and Debby Nielsen and milks 330 registered Holsteins twice a day in the free-stall barn with a double 12 herringbone milking system. On average, the cows produce 41 kilograms of milk daily. The Nielsens built the operation in 1997, starting with 120 cows. Since then, they’ve doubled the size of the free-stall barn and also added to the barn behind the milking parlour. “I started on my own in 1981 and I’ve actually rented three farms and I’ve owned three farms to get where I am today,” said Nielsen. “Back when I started, that was the best way to start, was renting so you could buy quota and just pay a cheaper rent.” The operation includes two quarters of land on which Nielsen grows some of the feed required and also uses to spread manure from the large lagoon that is emptied in spring and fall. Sawdust is the bedding of choice. “It works for our manure system … and there’s probably no difference in price. If we had straw, we’d have to tub grind it.”

The cows are sorted into groups according to their level of milk production, and rations are also calibrated to meet the energy and nutrition requirements needed for those production levels. Corn and barley silage, alfalfa haylage and some local hay provide the needed forage. T h e f a r m ra i s e s a l l i t s o w n replacement heifers, and in the last 11 months has sold 52 fresh heifers to other operations. “I’d rather keep them all and milk them, but I can’t,” said Nielsen with a smile. The bull calves go to southern Alberta feedlots, where they are castrated and raised to about 1,400 pounds before slaughter. Milking is done twice a day, at 3:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Besides the two Nielsens, there are four fulltime and three part-time employees working at the operation. A newer development in operations is the use of pain medication before dehorning the heifers, as required in the dairy cattle code of practice. Nielsen gives that practice good reviews. “We were told, too, once you do it, you’ll never go back. Definitely. The calf stands there and sucks on your finger while you’re burning the horn off. It doesn’t know what’s going on.” Nielsen said he puts emphasis on cleanliness in the barns. Fresh sawdust and chlorine solution are liberally used and spot cleaning of stalls occurs several times a day. barb.glen@producer.com

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Hoof abscesses are a common cause of lameness in horses ANIMAL HEALTH

JAMIE ROTHENBURGER, DVM

tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been said that 95 percent of horse lameness is caused by problems in the hoof. Among the most common equine hoof ailments are hoof abscesses. These can occur if something causes a defect in the bottom of the hoof through which bacteria enter and cause infection in the sensitive inner hoof tissues. Since the hoof canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expand, the pressure and infection cause severe pain. Horses with abscesses become suddenly and severely lame. In fact, a horse may be so lame that you might be tempted to think it broke a bone. The hoof will feel hot to the touch and digital pulses (the pulse at the back of the pastern) may be strong. Veterinarians use a few techniques to diagnose hoof abscesses, starting with watching the horse walk to confirm which leg is affected and possibly which part of the hoof. Then they apply hoof testers, a large set of pincers that resemble a medieval torture device. Hoof testers are a low-tech way to isolate the affected area in the hoof because they apply pressure to a small, focused area. Horses with an abscess should have a single painful spot, while those that are sore all over the hoof may have diffuse disease such as laminitis or a coffin bone fracture. Vets may use nerve blocks to numb the hoof. If the horse stops limping once the freezing takes effect, it confirms that the problem originates in the hoof. If there is any doubt, it is important to rule out other causes of severe lameness with hoof X-rays. X-rays may highlight a broken bone or coffin bone rotation seen with laminitis. Vets treat hoof abscesses by opening the area of the hoof to relieve pressure. There may be a black spot that indicates the site of infection. The bottom of the hoof is carefully pared away until fluid and pus drain out. It is miraculous to see a horse after its hoof abscess is opened. Before, it might be so sore that it would only touch its toe to the ground. Afterward, it walks relatively pain free. The hoof is immediately soaked in an antiseptic solution. Finally, the hole may be packed with a poultice and bandaged to keep debris out. Your vet may administer a tetanus booster vaccine if one hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been given recently. The bandages should be removed every few days so the hoof can be monitored and then soaked in Epsom salts before reapplying the bandage or a reusable hoof boot. Pain medication will help keep horses comfortable.

If the infection is cleared up, a shoe and pad will protect the hole until it can grow out completely or your farrier may fill the defect with synthetic hoof putty. It takes several weeks for the defect to completely heal. Hoof abscesses can arise at any time but there are a few common causes. Horses and ponies with previous bouts of laminitis/founder are prone to developing abscesses. They can also result from foreign objects like nails and wire piercing the hoof and introducing bacteria. A misdirected horseshoe nail can also lead to infection. As well, environmental factors

can compromise a hoof. This usually occurs where horses are kept in wet pens and their hoofs are too wet, predisposing them to diseases, including abscesses. Those caring for horses should provide an area where horses can stand out of the mud to allow their hoofs to dry periodically. It is also a good idea to clean hoofs frequently and examine them for foreign objects and other signs of disease. Dr. Jamie Rothenburger is a veterinarian who practices pathology and a PhD student at the Ontario Veterinary College. Twitter: @JRothenburger

Abscesses can be caused by nails or wire piercing the hoof, opening the door for bacteria. | JAMIE ROTHENBURGER PHOTO

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CDN. BOND RATE:

Canada five-year bond rate

CDN. DOLLAR: Canadian dollar

1.289%

$0.7432

1.40%

0.780

1.30%

0.770

1.20%

0.760

1.10%

0.750

1.00%

0.740 2/6

2/13 2/17 2/27

3/6

3/13

2/6

2/13 2/17 2/27

Bank of Canada 5-yr rate

3/6

3/13

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AG STOCKS MARCH 6-10 Canadian job creation in February beat expectations and the unemployment rate fell to 6.6 percent. In the U.S. the unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent. For the week, the TSX composite lost 0.7 percent, the Dow Jones fell 0.5 percent, the S&P 500 fell 0.4 percent and the Nasdaq fell 0.2 percent. Cdn. exchanges in $Cdn. U.S. exchanges in $U.S.

GRAIN TRADERS NAME

EXCH CLOSE LAST WK

ADM AGT Food Bunge Ltd. Ceapro Inc.

NY TSX NY TSXV

45.04 32.39 81.12 1.46

45.20 33.60 81.65 1.58

PRAIRIE PORTFOLIO NAME

EXCH CLOSE LAST WK

Cervus Equip. TSX Input Capital TSXV Rocky Mtn D’ship TSX

14.25 1.79 10.58

14.69 1.77 10.65

FOOD PROCESSORS NAME

EXCH CLOSE LAST WK

ConAgra Brands Hormel Foods Lamb Weston Maple Leaf Premium Brands Tyson Foods

The Liberal government is strongly pro-trade even as politicians in other countries are becoming more protectionist. | FILE PHOTO CANOLA COUNCIL OF CANADA

NY NY NY TSX TSX NY

40.91 35.07 41.40 31.25 71.94 63.55

41.15 35.37 40.40 31.62 71.88 63.60

FARM EQUIPMENT MFG.

Trade minister enthusiastic supporter of canola industry The canola sector is ‘probably the biggest success story in our country,’ says official BY ED WHITE

TEN YEARS OF GROWTH

WINNIPEG BUREAU

Canola has shown Canada the way forward and there’s no reason to believe even more export gains can’t be achieved, despite today’s trade-anxious environment, says Canada’s international trade minister. “I really encourage you to seize the moment. This is unprecedented,” Francois-Philippe Champagne said to the Canola Council of Canada’s 50th annual convention March 8. “I think the CETA agreement (Canada’s trade agreement with the European Union) has the same potential that NAFTA (North American Trade Agreement) had.” CETA, China, Japan and southeast Asia all offer Canada opportunities for increased trade, especially in the light of Canada’s “progressive trade agenda,” Champagne said. “There has never been a better time to be Brand Canada. Everyone in the world wants a piece of the action. Everyone wants to do business with Canada.” While skepticism and outright hostility to trade are rife in many parts of the world, including Europe and the United States, Champagne said Canada can find a way to avoid stirring opposition while negotiating better market access around the world. He called CETA a “perfect example of a modern, progressive agree-

There has never been a better time to be Brand Canada. Everyone in the world wants a piece of the action. Everyone wants to do business with Canada. FRANCOIS-PHILIPPE CHAMPAGNE

Canola seed, meal and oil exports (calendar year, in 000 tonnes) Seed Meal Oil

2007 5,014 1,588 1,154

2016 10,537 4,385 2,873

INTERNATIONAL TRADE MINISTER

ment” that “protects labour, puts the middle class front and centre, and recognizes the importance of trade…. This is how we will build and maintain support for trade in an age of anti-trade and anti-globalization sentiment.” Champagne noted that there have been no reports of problems with exports of canola to China in the months since a new agreement was reached last fall that allayed its governments concerns with blackleg levels. Canola exports this crop year are at a record pace at 6.44 million tonnes, up 13 percent over last year at the same point.

CANOLA EXPORTS ARE UP

13% OVER THE SAME POINT LAST YEAR

Despite a furious pace of travel around the world doing his job as “Canada’s chief marketing officer,” Champagne seemed to enjoy the canola council convention as he met with Patti Miller, the Canadian Grain Commission’s new chief commissioner, talked with journalists for longer than the time allotted, met with the canola council’s board, gave his speech and then got ready to fly to London to continue his (at that point) 20 days of straight travelling. He also paid a compliment to Gerry Ritz, the former Conservative agriculture minister, describing him as a “strong advocate for trade.” Since coming to power, the Liberal government has stayed close to the previous Conservative government’s trade expansion agenda, which itself generally continued the previous Liberal government’s pro-trade agenda. The canola industry’s booming growth, tripling its economic impact for Canada to $26.7 billion

Canada’s agri food trade (in $billions) 2013 2014 2015

Exports 46.01 51.54 55.45

Imports 35.26 39.46 43.52

NAME

EXCH CLOSE LAST WK

AGI TSX AGCO Corp. NY Buhler Ind. TSX Caterpillar Inc. NY CNH Industrial NY Deere and Co. NY

52.11 59.51 4.55 92.31 9.64 109.92

52.93 61.44 4.65 95.12 9.52 110.83

FARM INPUT SUPPLIERS NAME

EXCH CLOSE LAST WK

Agrium TSX BASF OTC Bayer Ag OTC Dow Chemical NY Dupont NY BioSyent Inc. TSXV Monsanto NY Mosaic NY PotashCorp TSX Syngenta ADR

131.17 95.44 114.27 63.84 80.86 7.44 114.06 29.19 23.49 87.28

127.58 95.96 113.30 63.26 79.60 7.59 114.97 30.22 22.90 87.19

TRANSPORTATION NAME CN Rail CPR

EXCH CLOSE LAST WK TSX TSX

97.41 199.81

96.31 199.55

List courtesy of Ian Morrison, financial adviser with the Calgary office of Raymond James Ltd., member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund. The listed equity prices included were obtained from Thomson Reuters. The data listed in this list has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Within the last 12 months, Raymond James Ltd. has undertaken an underwriting liability or has provided advice for a fee with respect to the securities of AGT Food. For more information, Morrison can be reached at 403-221-0396 or 1-877-264-0333.

Source: Statistics Canada

over the past decade, was highlighted multiple times during the convention. Champagne described canola as “probably the biggest success story in our country” in terms of what innovation and exports can do for the nation. “You are a great example of what can be achieved when all parts of an industry and value chain work together towards a common goal.” ed.white@producer.com

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Unemployment falls in Canada and U.S. Canada’s economy created 15,300 jobs in February, much more than the expectation of just 2,500. The unemployment rate fell to 6.6 percent, down .2 percentage points, and there was good progress in hiring for full-time jobs. The report helped lift the cloud over the economy, which is troubled by uncertainties such as U.S. trade policy and crude oil prices. It raised the potential for a Bank of Canada interest rate increase sometime later this year. In the U.S. the market fully expected the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this week, following a strong U.S. employment report.

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RETAINING STAFF

Farm labour: strategies for reducing staffing headaches MANAGING THE FARM

STUART PERSON

ith spring around the corner, farmers are facing one of the biggest challenges of running a successful operation: finding and retaining labour. Having full- and part-time staff is becoming a necessity as the size of farms increases because of consolidation, but many producers find it increasingly difficult to fill positions. Fortunately, there are strategies that can be implemented to make hiring and retaining labour easier. However, they might require new ways of approaching the issue. Equipment operators are in high demand, which means the cost of farm labour is rising. It can be difficult for agricultural producers to compete against the oil industry, which pays higher wages. Farmers are also challenged by the fact that they need more employees in the spring and fall than in the summer and winter. It’s hard to find people who are content to work only six or eight months of the year, but that’s what farming operations need. The equipment used on farms is adding to the labour challenge.

Sophisticated technology requires a higher level of aptitude so it’s no longer possible to simply offer anyone the job. In addition, retired farmers who once formed part of the seasonal labour pool aren’t interested in learning the new technologies required to operate expensive equipment. Today’s producers need to view labour from a more corporate, human resource perspective. Managing people hasn’t traditionally been high on farmers’ todo list, but it needs to become job number one if they want to keep their operation profitable. It’s critical to invest time and effort into figuring out how to be top-notch human resource man-

agers, hire an HR manager for the farm or outsource to an HR management company. Effective HR programs include planning for labour and personnel requirements, developing job descriptions, conducting interviews and reference checks and implementing appropriate employee management practices. They also include developing an appropriate wage and benefit program. It’s important to set a competitive wage, but it’s not realistic for producers to match the wages paid by more lucrative industries. Instead, focus on offering a fair wage and other benefits that improve quality of life for employees. One potential solution to the

wage issue is to offer employees some type of ownership, whether this is buying into the farm or receiving stock option rewards. This can be a difficult move for producers who are used to owning their farms outright, many for generations, but it’s an excellent method of getting employees to stay with you. It is much harder to walk away from a business you own, and the ability to earn profit is an incentive to maximize productivity. Producers also need to look at new sources of labour as the traditional labour pool shrinks. Foreign workers are one option to be explored, and it should be investigated well ahead of when you’ll need people.

It requires time and effort to bring people into the country to work for you, but it can be an effective means of securing long-term employees with significant drive and determination. Hiring custom operators can be an excellent option when it comes to seasonal labour needs. These companies, based in Canada and the United States, start in Februar y or March, run until November or December and don’t have summer slow downs, so they don’t have the same issues with labour retention. Stuart Person, CPA, CA, is national director of primary producers with MNP’s agriculture services. Contact him at 855-667-3301 or stuart.person@mnp.ca

MERGER CLEARANCE

Bayer, Monsanto start asset sale FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) — Bayer and Monsanto are launching asset sales worth US$2.5 billion as they seek regulatory clearance for their $66 billion merger, sources close to the matter said. To kick off an auction process, Bayer’s advisers will send out information packages this week to prospective bidders for the businesses, which have been divided into three bundles of assets, the sources said. Bayer and Monsanto have said in the past that they expect to divest activities with combined sales of up to $1.6 billion. While it could not be learned what businesses will be put on the auction block, antitr ust and industry experts expect Bayer to potentially divest soybean, cotton and canola seed assets as well as LibertyLink-branded crops that are resistant to its glufosinate herbicide, an important alternative to Mo n s a nt o’s R o u n d u p R e a d y seeds. Overall, regulatory hurdles are seen as manageable because Bayer’s main business in agriculture is pesticides, while Monsanto’s focus is on genetically modified seeds. Bayer said last month that it was on track to clear all regulatory hurdles for the takeover by year-end, including a likely in-depth investigation by the European Union’s competition regulators.

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

Grade A

Live Mar 3 - Mar 9

Previous Feb 24 - Mar 2

Year ago

Rail Mar 3 - Mar 9

Previous Feb 24 - Mar 2

163.00 139.52-159.47

162.00 135.35-155.90

n/a 168.67

268.50-274.50 253.00-260.00

271.00-273.50 250.00-252.00

$190 $185 $180

Heifers Alta. 165.00 n/a Ont. 137.12-157.43 138.34-153.44 *Live f.o.b. feedlot, rail f.o.b. plant.

n/a 165.21

272.00-274.50 252.00-259.00

270.50-274.50 249.00-251.00 Canfax

2/10 2/17 2/24

3/3

3/10

Feeder Cattle ($/cwt)

$190 $185 $180 3/3

3/10

Manitoba $195 $190 $185 $180 $175 2/3

2/10 2/17 2/24

3/3

3/10

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

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

Cattle Slaughter Fed. inspections only Canada U.S. To date 2017 435,233 5,210,974 To date 2016 418,402 4,958,582 % Change 17/16 +4.0 +5.1

Man.

Alta.

B.C.

152-157 156-164 163-177 177-199 197-215 208-229

no sales 155-164 162-184 178-210 190-218 no sales

153-163 159-169 166-181 180-200 199-218 209-231

143-155 no sales no sales 170-198 190-214 200-221

144-155 151-167 158-175 164-182 168-190 173-191

no sales 142-160 152-172 163-186 170-195 no sales

146-158 152-167 159-177 170-189 174-199 178-204

no sales 145-165 152-169 160-192 170-195 180-201 Canfax

Chicago Futures ($US/cwt)

Average Carcass Weight

$185 $180 $175 $170 2/10 2/17 2/24

3/3

3/10

Saskatchewan

Canfax Steers Heifers Cows Bulls

Mar 4/17 913 826 757 1,092

$180

$170 $165 2/10 2/17 2/24

3/3

3/10

Manitoba $180

YTD 17 914 825 737 1,054

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

Steers 124.71 123.96 126.50 200.00

YTD 16 940 852 782 1,043

Heifers 124.26 124.47 124.00 202.50

Feeders No. 1 (800-900 lb) Steers South Dakota 118.50-130.50 Billings n/a Dodge City 125.00

$175 $170 $165 $160 2/3

Mar 6/16 939 855 797 1,053

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

$175

$160 2/3

2/10 2/17 2/24

$150 $145 $140

$130 2/6

2/13 2/17 2/27

3/6

3/13

3/6

3/13

3/3

Trend steady/-1 n/a n/a USDA

3/10

Cattle / Beef Trade

Canadian Beef Production million lb. YTD % change Fed 299.6 -1 Non-fed 70.7 +5 Total beef 370.4 0 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 13 $1 Cdn. = $0.7432 U.S. $1 U.S. = $1.3455 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)

$295

To Mar 4

Sask.

Alberta

$165 2/3

Barley (May)

Durum (May)

$195

2/10 2/17 2/24

Source: STAT Publishing, which solicits bids from AGT Inc., Canpulse Foods, CGF Brokerage, Maviga NA, Parrish and Heimbecker, Scoular Canada and Simpson Seeds. Prices for dressed product at plant.

$135

Saskatchewan

$175 2/3

Pulse and Special Crops

ICE Futures Canada

Slaughter Cattle ($/cwt)

Steers Alta. Ont.

$195

$175 2/3

GRAINS

Exports % from 2016 72,408 (1) -22.3 13,087 (1) -26.3 269,842 (3) +17.2 359,602 (3) +11.8 Imports % from 2016 n/a (2) n/a 30,870 (2) -13.7 21,922 (4) +11.7 31,944 (4) -15.2

(1) to Feb 25/17 (2) to Dec 31/16 (3) to Dec 31/16 (4) to Mar 4/17

Agriculture Canada

Close Mar 10 Live Cattle Apr 117.60 Jun 107.50 Aug 103.05 Oct 103.05 Dec 104.25 Feeder Cattle Mar 127.48 Apr 126.68 May 125.78 Aug 127.43 Sep 126.98

Close Trend Mar 3

Year ago

$290 $285 $280 $275 2/6

2/13 2/17 2/27

Milling Wheat (May) $260 $250 $240

115.98 106.75 102.28 102.35 103.58

+1.62 +0.75 +0.77 +0.70 +0.67

139.80 128.55 123.20 122.60 122.05

124.23 122.95 122.40 124.35 124.18

+3.25 +3.73 +3.38 +3.08 +2.80

162.40 162.73 162.10 161.35 159.45

$230 $220 2/6

2/13 2/17 2/27

3/6

3/13

Mar 9 US Choice (US$) 215.56 Feb 24 Cdn AAA (C$) 269.42

Mar 2 208.35 Feb 17 261.50

Canola (cash - May)

Yr. ago 225.24 Yr. ago 290.37

$510

Feb 27

Feb 13

Wool sheep 55-69 lb 2.35-2.53 2.35-2.53 70-85 lb 2.30-2.48 2.21-2.50 86-105 lb 2.00-2.30 1.90-2.25 > 106 lb 1.88-1.95 1.84-1.93 Beaver Hill Auction Services Ltd. Mar 6 Feb 27 New lambs 3.15-3.40 2.80-3.35 65-80 lb 2.63-3.27 2.75-3.17 80-95 lb 2.32-2.57 2.30-2.62 > 95 lb 2.20-2.30 2.26-2.36 > 110 lb 2.25-2.32 2.05-2.10 Feeder lambs 1.50-2.50 1.50-2.50 Sheep 1.25-1.50 1.30-1.50 Rams 1.25-1.50 1.25-1.50 Kids 95-160 95-160 Ontario Stockyards Inc. Shipping March Wool lambs <80 lb 2.15 Wool lambs 81-95 lb 2.10 Wool lambs 96-115 lb 1.90 Hair lambs <95 lb 1.85 Sask. Sheep Dev. Bd.

$480 2/3

U.S. Grain Cash Prices ($US/bu.) 2/10 2/16 2/24

3/3

3/10

USDA

Canola (basis - May)

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

$-15

$-25 $-30 $-35 2/3

2/10 2/16 2/24

3/3

Index 100 Hog Price Trends ($/ckg) Alberta $190 $180 $170 $160 $150 2/3

n/a 2/10 2/17 2/24

3/3

3/10

Fixed contract $/ckg

3/10

Grain Futures $180 $175 $170 $165 $160 2/3

2/10 2/16 2/24

3/3

3/10

Flax (elevator bid- S’toon) $500 $490 $480 $470 $460 2/3

n/a 2/10 2/16 2/24

3/3

3/10

Barley (cash - May) $165 $160

Basis: $38

$155

(Hams Marketing) Week ending Apr 08-Apr 15 Apr 22-Apr 29 May 06-May 13 May 20-May 27 Jun 03-Jun 10 Jun 17-Jun 24 Jul 01-Jul 08 Jul 15-Jul 22 Jul 29-Aug 05 Aug 12-Aug 19

Maple Leaf Thunder Sig 5 Creek Pork Mar 10 Mar 10 153.39-157.51 154.31-155.25 158.31-160.37 154.94-155.55 162.36-166.12 161.27-169.32 171.65-176.55 169.64-172.52 173.03-174.68 172.84-174.39 178.44-182.37 179.65-179.89 182.08-182.39 179.65-179.82 175.85-180.86 176.67-176.69 175.89-178.46 178.51-179.05 174.88-178.22 166.44-176.65

Export 140,547 (1) 407,308 (2) 1,246,276 (2)

$190

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

$180 $170 $160 2/10 2/17 2/24

3/3

3/10

(1) to Feb 25/17

(2) to Dec 31/16

Agriculture Canada

168.70 171.47

Alta. Index 100 Sask. Sig. 5

$175 $170 $165 3/3

3/10

Apr May Jun Jul

Close Mar 10 68.18 72.90 76.90 77.00

Close Mar 3 66.75 72.75 76.45 76.83

Trend +1.43 +0.15 +0.45 +0.17

Year ago 71.83 79.25 83.08 82.20

3/3

3/10

Chicago Nearby Futures ($US/100 bu.)

Corn (May) $390 $380

Hogs $/ckg

$370

Man. Index 100 Que. Index 100

175.00 180.36

$360 $350 2/6

2/13 2/17 2/27

3/6

3/13

*incl. wt. premiums

Soybeans (May) $1110

% from 2016 -18.9 -8.6 +6.1

Import n/a 28,449 (3) 31,672 (3)

% from 2016 n/a +0.2 -2.6 Agriculture Canada

Aug Oct Dec Feb

$1080 $1050 $1020 $990 2/6

2/13 2/17 2/27

3/6

3/13

Oats (May)

Chicago Hogs Lean ($US/cwt)

$180

2/10 2/17 2/24

To date 2017 To date 2016 % change 17/16

(3) to Mar 4/17

Manitoba

$160 2/3

Fed. inspections only Canada U.S. 3,712,033 20,791,963 3,677,852 20,475,830 +0.9 +1.5

Hogs / Pork Trade

Saskatchewan Sig. 5

$150 2/3

To Mar 4

2/10 2/16 2/24

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

Hog Slaughter

Close Mar 10 77.20 67.95 63.88 66.63

Close Mar 3 76.90 67.48 63.08 65.93

Trend +0.30 +0.47 +0.80 +0.70

Year ago 81.23 69.45 64.50 66.98

$260 $255 $250 $245 $240 2/6

3/6

3/13

Spring Wheat (May) $600

ELEVATOR SHIPMENTS

$580

Mar 5 307.3 452.9 106.8

Feb 26 318.0 309.8 128.2

YTD 8,686.1 13,759.5 4,740.4

Year Ago 8,271.6 13,643.4 4,775.2

$560 $540 $520 2/6

Mar 10 Mar 3 Trend Wpg ICE Canola ($/tonne) May 517.90 531.90 -14.00 Jul 521.70 533.40 -11.70 Nov 499.50 511.30 -11.80 Jan 504.90 517.00 -12.10 Wpg ICE Milling Wheat ($/tonne) May 232.00 235.00 -3.00 Jul 234.00 238.00 -4.00 Oct 226.00 230.00 -4.00 Wpg ICE Durum Wheat ($/tonne) May 282.00 282.00 0.00 Jul 281.00 281.00 0.00 Wpg ICE Barley ($/tonne) May 137.00 137.00 0.00 Jul 138.00 138.00 0.00 Chicago Wheat ($US/bu.) May 4.3050 4.5850 -0.2800 Jul 4.4650 4.7300 -0.2650 Sep 4.6150 4.8675 -0.2525 Dec 4.7975 5.0425 -0.2450 Chicago Oats ($US/bu.) May 2.4600 2.4500 +0.0100 Jul 2.3975 2.3950 +0.0025 Sep 2.3625 2.3350 +0.0275 Chicago Soybeans ($US/bu.) May 10.0600 10.3725 -0.3125 Jul 10.1575 10.4600 -0.3025 Aug 10.1700 10.4600 -0.2900 Sep 10.0775 10.3175 -0.2400 Chicago Soy Oil (¢US/lb.) May 32.12 34.27 -2.15 Jul 32.39 34.54 -2.15 Aug 32.48 34.59 -2.11 Chicago Soy Meal ($US/short ton) May 330.9 333.7 -2.8 Jul 334.4 336.7 -2.3 Aug 333.8 335.5 -1.7 Chicago Corn ($US/bu.) May 3.6100 3.7850 -0.1750 Jul 3.6850 3.8550 -0.1700 Sep 3.7575 3.9150 -0.1575 Dec 3.8350 3.9800 -0.1450 Minneapolis Wheat ($US/bu.) May 5.3125 5.4225 -0.1100 Jul 5.3900 5.5000 -0.1100 Sep 5.4600 5.5775 -0.1175 Dec 5.5575 5.6875 -0.1300 Kansas City Wheat ($US/bu.) May 4.4275 4.7400 -0.3125 Jul 4.5475 4.8575 -0.3100 Sep 4.7000 4.9875 -0.2875 Dec 4.9025 5.1750 -0.2725

Year ago 466.40 467.30 468.20 471.70 234.00 237.00 237.00 290.00 278.00 176.00 180.00 4.7875 4.8575 4.9500 5.0825 1.9600 2.0550 2.1225 8.9575 9.0200 9.0400 9.0400 32.45 32.68 32.75 271.5 274.2 275.3 3.6875 3.7350 3.7850 3.8700 5.2125 5.2950 5.3875 5.5225 4.8900 4.9900 5.1225 5.1225

Canadian Exports & Crush 2/13 2/17 2/27

Minneapolis Nearby Futures ($US/100bu.)

(000 tonnes) Alta. Sask. Man.

Mar 10 4.92 4.48 6.13 2.88 2.28

Feed Wheat (Lethbridge)

$145 2/3

HOGS

Feb 10 69.00 66.00 52.00 60.00 66.00 60.00 51.00 30.00 27.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 6.60 15.50 29.00 29.00 34.00 23.50 36.00 n/a n/a n/a

$500

$-20

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

Mar 3 55.06 45.33 28.64 38.79 44.95 41.65 32.80 21.97 17.83 8.96 8.98 8.23 5.53 14.83 28.30 33.33 28.53 20.32 35.67 34.92 27.58 28.75

Mar 8 Mar 1 Year Ago No. 3 Oats Saskatoon ($/tonne) 169.53 165.36 120.19 Snflwr NuSun Enderlin ND (¢/lb) 15.10 15.35 16.10

$520

$490

Beef Cutout ($/cwt)

Mar 10 49.43 42.00 27.80 39.60 44.07 40.79 33.25 22.16 17.83 8.06 8.33 7.65 5.53 15.17 28.30 33.33 28.53 19.46 35.67 24.58 14.58 18.50

Cash Prices

$150

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

Laird lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) Laird lentils, No. 2 (¢/lb) Laird lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) Richlea lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) Eston lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) Eston lentils, No. 2 (¢/lb) Eston lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) Sm. Red lentils, No. 2 (¢/lb) Sm. Red lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) Peas, green No. 1 ($/bu) Peas, med. yellow No. 1 ($/bu) Peas, sm. yellow No. 2 ($/bu) Feed peas ($/bu) Maple peas ($/bu) Mustard, yellow, No. 1 (¢/lb) Mustard, Oriental, No. 1 (¢/lb) Mustard, Brown, No. 1 (¢/lb) Canaryseed (¢/lb) Desi chickpeas (¢/lb) Kabuli, 8mm, No. 1 (¢/lb) Kabuli, 7mm, No. 1 (¢/lb) B-90 ckpeas, No. 1 (¢/lb)

2/13 2/17 2/27

3/6

3/13

To (1,000 MT) Mar 5 Wheat 258.1 Durum 48.2 Oats 23.6 Barley 2.8 Flax 34.9 Canola 190.7 Peas 76.8 Lentils 12.1 (1,000 MT) Mar 8 Canola crush 173.4

To Total Last Feb 26 to date year 362.3 7,872.3 9,865.9 118.2 2,480.8 2,903.3 31.6 796.8 627.4 75.0 622.2 648.2 0.7 201.5 206.8 332.4 6,444.9 5,707.1 43.1 2,268.3 1,810.6 0.3 607.1 566.2 Mar 1 To date Last year 183.6 5,615.6 4,938.4

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LAST WEEK’S WEATHER SUMMARY ENDING MARCH 12 SASKATCHEWAN

ALBERTA

Temperature last week High Low

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

-7.7 -1.1 -8.0 1.0 -9.0 -6.7 -11.4 -13.9 -12.1 -10.9 -12.1 -5.9 -7.6 -11.2 -8.0 -2.6 -4.4 -7.5

-25.1 -29.7 -22.2 -24.0 -23.5 -26.5 -37.0 -33.4 -36.6 -25.8 -36.2 -23.1 -23.3 -26.8 -25.4 -28.7 -30.2 -30.3

Precipitation since Nov. 1 mm mm %

3.8 4.5 6.4 10.4 5.7 14.9 5.0 10.8 12.6 3.1 8.5 3.2 17.5 1.7 5.9 10.7 5.3 11.1

40.6 62.2 57.7 86.7 46.3 64.5 41.0 56.3 71.2 49.6 77.7 29.5 70.4 45.7 33.3 48.4 42.4 51.5

68 73 72 107 88 93 56 82 95 77 107 44 112 75 55 84 50 71

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

-5.6 -10.3 -10.6 -11.1 -11.0 -7.3 -9.2 -6.5 -12.0 -5.4 -4.1 -9.8 -1.6 -10.9 -7.8 -10.6

-24.0 -22.8 -29.7 -24.3 -32.5 -28.0 -35.5 -21.2 -25.9 -19.7 -19.2 -24.9 -26.2 -24.3 -23.8 -27.6

Precipitation since Nov. 1 mm mm %

15.4 7.4 13.0 7.2 11.9 7.1 0.4 5.4 5.4 14.6 7.8 1.9 13.8 12.8 4.7 7.3

59.1 62.3 63.3 39.8 67.0 91.3 31.0 37.3 35.1 61.0 60.8 57.0 116.3 68.0 72.0 38.5

115 115 85 68 84 90 32 58 50 106 78 60 100 94 96 58

Temperature last week High Low

Brandon Dauphin Gimli Melita Morden Portage la Prairie Swan River Winnipeg

0.9 -3.5 4.8 1.3 3.1 2.5 -11.4 5.9

Precipitation since Nov. 1 mm mm %

-27.6 -35.1 -25.8 -28.4 -23.8 -25.9 -36.2 -23.4

39.6 21.4 4.0 4.7 4.4 10.6 16.0 4.6

127.1 66.5 86.5 57.6 108.5 87.5 68.9 74.6

148 76 99 67 110 89 72 78

-12.2 -26.0 -5.1 -8.6 -14.9

13.6 7.9 9.9 4.4 15.9

193.5 119.4 106.6 89.0 169.7

112 109 99 60 84

BRITISH COLUMBIA Cranbrook Fort St. John Kamloops Kelowna Prince George

9.5 -11.0 7.0 9.8 2.2

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