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The Canola Council of Canada, one of the largest agricultural industry associations in the country, is under pressure to adjust its priorities and get costs under control. Some are even calling for it to merge with other oilseed organizations. Ag industry leaders have told The Western Producer that oilseed crushers and grain elevator companies have become increasingly frustrated with the council, to the point that a couple of firms have contemplated leaving the organization. The elevators and crushers, who are members of the council, are unhappy with the amount of levies they pay each year and the return on their investment. “It is about members’ sense of value from the canola council,” said president Jim Everson. SEE CANOLA COUNCIL, PAGE 5

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Ottawa has been far too silent about India suddenly slapping a 50 percent duty on pea imports, says a pulse crop analyst. Marlene Boersch, managing partner with Mercantile Consulting Venture, said federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay has been conspicuously quiet about Canada being blocked out of its top yellow pea market. “Where the hell is our agriculture minister? Is he in existence? Does he know about this? Does he care?” she said. “I can’t believe he is not even on the surface.” She wonders how India can get away with slapping a hefty duty on product that was already in transit to India. “Normally in the trade that is not being done,” said Boersch. She said that is “hugely damaging” to exporters. “I know there is some cargo already rerouted to China that needs to be sold. That’s a very ugly situation.” A spokesperson for minister MacAulay said the government is fully aware of the issue and actively working on a resolution. “Our government is deeply concerned and disappointed with the recent regulatory and tariff decisions made by the government of India, affecting Canadian pulse trade,” Oliver Anderson said in an email. Trade minister Francois-Philipe Champagne recently led a trade mission to India where the tariff issue was “raised at every opportunity” with Indian officials.

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canola imports are expected to increase. 9

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minister’s low profile is a problem for the industry. 10

» WHEAT PROTEIN: Farmers are unhappy

with protein spreads for spring wheat.

» CATTLE PROFITS: Lighter carcasses are

offsetting cattle slaughter numbers.

» KEVIN HURSH: The cattle

sector isn’t as profitable as many people think. 11

» BRIAN MCLEOD: The Western

Producer launches a new website. 11

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» SUSTAINABLE DIET: Nutrition guidelines are starting to include sustainability.

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ALL EYES ON SUPPER

Barn fire highlights need for inspections BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG REPORTER

A devastating hog barn fire spurred the birth of the Manitoba Farm Safety project, and a recent one has reminded ever ybody about why livestock barns need better monitoring. That’s what the Manitoba Pork Council and Manitoba’s farm safety program have been telling producers recently. “There’s a need to be proactive rather than reactive,” Keith Castonguay, Manitoba Farm Safety’s director, said a few days after a fire destroyed most of a sow farm at Pansy in southeastern Manitoba, which killed 7,000 sows and piglets. The program is offering farm inspections that use infrared cameras in barns and other buildings to find hot spots in the electrical system. Generally those hot spots are in places farmers can’t see, so using the cameras highlights problems that would normally never be discovered. Hog barn fires occur every year somewhere in Canada and tend to quickly get out of control. The most likely source of fire for a barn is the electrical system, although that is hard to prove after a fire. “A lot of them are assigned to electrical, but they’re hard to assign because the fires are so all-consuming,” said Castonguay, an electrician by training. At its fall meetings, the pork council talked about the program and the inspections it offers. The safety program was set up by Keystone Agricultural Producers with money it received from the Growing Forward 2 program. Castonguay said proactive, problem-spotting inspections are badly needed by livestock producers because not much else seems likely to reduce fire risks. The regulatory approach focuses on regulations and compliance rather than risk reduction. Farmers themselves haven’t been able to significantly lower the incidents of fire. “They’re not going down,” said Castonguay, who added he was stunned to find farm fire statistics on a flat line rather than a declining trend line when he got involved with farm safety. However, there is a real chance t hat v o l u nt a r y , p re - e m p t i v e inspections highlighting incipient electrical problems can reduce the number of fires in livestock operations, said Castonguay. At some point farmers might have to do these sorts of inspections anyway, he said. While Manitoba insurance companies aren’t generally requiring this sort of occasional monitoring, Ontario insurers appear to be requiring them in many cases, he said. ed.white@producer.com

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WILDFIRE COMPENSATION

Sask. to match industry donations The province will provide up to $100,000 for SSGA’s wildfire relief fund BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall said the government continues to look at ways to help ranchers devastated by wildfires but in the meantime will match cash donations to an industry-led fund. Last week, the province said it would match cash contributions to the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association’s wildfire relief fund up to $100,000. “I’ve sort of appreciated what the stock growers have done here, and they may have set a bit of a precedent for other farm groups that want to raise money for folks who have either insurable or uninsurable losses,” Wall told reporters. “And we have, as a province, stepped up when someone faces a

disaster outside of our borders, that’s sometimes internationally. And so I think cabinet decided yesterday this is not a bad template, a way to move forward.”

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As of the Nov. 16 announcement, the SSGA had received about $65,000 in cash donations, plus an estimated total of $250,000 worth of feed and in-kind donations. The organization continues

to collect funds this week at its booth at Canadian Western Agribition in Regina. About 770 cattle were killed and 85,000 acres of grass burned duri n g m i d - O c t o b e r f i re s n e a r Burstall and Tompkins. Fences and buildings were also destroyed. Government Relations Minister Larry Doke said the $100,000 figure was set because it seemed that’s where the SSGA fund might end up. “It’s never enough, we all know that,” he said. “The door isn’t closed 100 percent on other funding measures out there, but at this point in time there isn’t anything else.” However, the province is expecting it might have to help those who don’t have grass next year for their cattle by processing interim AgriStability claims.

The government has consistently said AgriRecovery is unlikely because most of the losses were insurable. It has provided grants of up to $10,000 to five affected rural municipalities to help with carcass disposal. It will help with range health assessments and grazing management plans through to next spring. As well, it is donating non-perm i t ha r ve s t e d hay f ro m t h e Qu’Appelle Coulee Ecological Reserve to affected ranchers. People who have volunteered to haul hay through the SSGA fund are allowed to use their farm licence plates. Details of the SSGA fund can be found at www.skstockgrowers. com. karen.briere@producer.com

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Canadian farms may have debt advantage over U.S. WINNIPEG (CNS Canada) — Fewer farms means fewer bankruptcies but with that simple equation comes the realization that the size and tone of those bankruptcies in North America is growing. “They are larger, the amount of debt is greater, the fact that we’re not seeing a higher number doesn’t mean there isn’t considerable distress out there,” said Todd Langel, a lawyer with Faegre Baker Daniels in Des Moines, Iowa. Factors causing insolvencies on

most farms these days are generally tied to low commodity prices and a lack of knowledge of how to deal with shrinking margins, Langel told participants at the Grain World conference in Winnipeg Nov. 15. “The U.S. producer has gone through a relatively recent period of profitability due to higher prices during the last cycle (five years ago) and that has allowed some producers who don’t have quite as sharp a pencil to continue,” he said. The competition for North

American farmers is also getting tougher due to cheaper production costs in South America. However, Langel said Canadian farmers may have advantages over their counterparts to the south. “I think that a number of Canadian producers are larger and have a greater degree of sophistication in some of the operations that may give them an advantage,” he said. “They also may pay more attention to risk management strategies.” As well, he said more farmers are

using corporate structures or limited liability companies to define their operations. This may work to their advantage, but it also tends to muddy the true number of farms that may actually be going under, he said. “They may be using organizational methods that don’t tend to get put into bankruptcy.” According to Langel, what can often occur is the farmer may choose to simply dissolve the corporation or LLC as opposed to putting it through a court-monitored restructuring process.

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INDIAN PEA DUTY » CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Meanwhile, MacAulay is leading one of the largest Canadian agricultural trade missions to China in an attempt to expand sales to that important customer. MacAulay was also taken to task in the House of Commons by Conservative MP John Barlow, who accused the minister of inaction and said he has been pushed to the sidelines, staying at home during the recent trade mission to India while three of his ministerial colleagues attended. “When will the prime minister appoint a minister of agriculture Canadian farmers can trust will be at the table fighting for them?” he said. MacAulay responded that the tariff had nothing to do with the Canadian government. “We are fully aware of the importance of the export of lentils to India, but it was a decision that was made by the Indian government and we are working with the government of India to attempt to resolve this,” he said. Gord Bacon, chief executive officer of Pulse Canada, said the India trade mission has opened the door for collaboration on a long-term approach to pulse trade. In an email statement Bacon said Canada’s pulse exporters need transparency on how and when duties are applied, increased or decreased. He also said phytosanitary policies such as those governing the use of fumigants need to be country-specific, science-based assessments reflecting the degree of risk of introduction of pests of concern. Last week, India upped the ante by lifting an 11-year ban on pulse exports. So in addition to paying a hefty tax, there will be additional competition in the export markets that remain open. One analyst said India expects to sell 500,000 tonnes of pulses abroad. Boersch isn’t overly concerned about exports out of India. “There will be a little trade to the neighboring countries. Some of that can make sense transportation-wise. But other than that, no, I don’t think it’s a big deal,” she said. India may not be done slapping duties on crops. Last week it raised tariffs on a wide variety of vegetable oils as well as soybeans. “We haven’t heard about the lentil tariff yet, which I think will come as well,” said Boersch. “What is that going to do?” India is in the midst of seeding its chickpea and lentil crops, and planting is well ahead of last year’s pace and the long-term average. A high-ranking Indian government official recently told The Hindu BusinessLine that the country is nearing self-sufficiency in pulse production. India harvested a record 22.95 million tonnes of pulses last year, after years of producing 17 to 18 million tonnes annually. Many people thought last year was an anomaly, but union agriculture secretary S.K. Pattanayak told the BusinessLine that pulse output will exceed 22 million tonnes again in 2017-18. Annual pulse consumption is about 24 million tonnes. sean.pratt@producer.com

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Canola council keeps financial statements secret BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

In 2013, federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced $15 million in government funding to the Canola Council of Canada for canola research. In 2015, Ritz provided another $9.5 million to the canola council for market development, followed by a $980,000 in federal funding for agronomic research in 2016. Over the last four years, the canola council has received, at minimum, $25 million in federal tax dollars to fund its activities. In spite of the substantial public support, the canola council doesn’t release its financial statements to the public. The council’s revenues and expenditures are not available on its website nor in its annual reports. That’s in contrast to a long list Canadian ag groups that do share financial statements with the public, including: • Canadian Cattlemen’s Assoc. • Barley Council of Canada • Alberta Wheat Commission • Alberta Barley • SaskWheat

• SaskCanola, Alberta Canola P ro d u c e r s a n d Ma n i t o b a Canola Growers • Grain Farmers of Ontario • Keystone Agricultural Producers Like most agricultural associations, the canola council’s mission is to spur growth and profitability within its segment of the broader ag industry. However, how it spends money to achieve that goal is more opaque than other ag groups. “We do not provide detailed financial statements beyond our regular membership,” a council spokesperson said in an email. “(But) the CCC also responds to information inquiries from growers, industry participants and media about aspects of CCC f i na n c e s a n d s e r v i c e s, a n d explaining CCC programming in support of the industry.” Responding to questions isn’t the same as a complete financial statement. That information is not on the council’s website and not available to the public upon request. The regular membership of the canola council is about 55 companies and organizations. It comprises provincial grower associa-

tions, seed exporters, canola processors, canola oil and meal exporters, oil packagers, life science and seed companies and other members. A few of those members — c o m p a n i e s t hat a re c a n o l a exporters and processors — are displeased with the canola council right now. They are frustrated by the amount of levies they pay to the council each year and the value they receive from that investment. “The issues aren’t related to financial transparency,” said council president Jim Everson. “It’s more about the priorities the industry has for the (council) and the costs of running programs to reach those priorities.” T h e c o m p a n i e s a re u p s e t because their annual fees to the canola council are substantial. Canadian canola growers, grain companies and processors all pay a levy of 23 cents per tonne on the amount of canola seed produced, exported or crushed. It’s possible to estimate their annual contributions to the council because production, crush and export figures are pub-

lic. In 2016, the total levies were around $7.5 million, with $3.5 million coming from grower groups and $4 million from exporters and processors. It’s more difficult to gauge how the canola council spends that money because the council’s financials haven’t been public for years. Nonetheless, a CCC financial statement from 2012 can be found on the internet. It reported total expenses of $15.1 million. Four line items represented about $10 million of spending: • science cluster research: $4.68 million • market development: $2.77 million • salaries and benefits: $2.3 million • canola market access: $1.5 million The two largest items from 2012, research and market development, are primary functions of the council. They likely remain the largest expenditures in 2017. However, the canola council relies on a different source of revenue to cover the lion’s share of those activiCONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

In 2016, the total canola levies were around $7.5 million, with $3.5 million coming from grower groups and $4 million from exporters and processors.

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Ottawa launches lawsuit over Hudson Bay rail service BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

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ties — Canadian taxpayers. Everson said the council provides detailed information to the government about how the taxpayer dollars are spent. “It (the funding) is tracked very closely by the federal government. We do a lot of reporting, on the use of those dollars, back to the federal government,” Everson said. Everson, who became council president in May, said the council maintains high standards of financial transparency. “I don’t get a lot a questions about (our) detailed financials. Our members are happy, as far as I’m aware, with the information we’re providing because we’re very transparent with them on our financials,” he said. “We haven’t released our detailed financials publicly … (but) if any members are phoning asking for more detail, we’d be happy to provide it to them.” The canola council may share detailed financials with its members but other ag associations go much further. Certain groups, such as the Manitoba Pork Council, release detailed data on their revenues and expenses. Manitoba Pork publishes the annual per diems for each member of the board of directors, its telephone bill and even how much it spends on postage. robert.arnason@producer.com

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The dispute between the rail company operating on the Hudson Bay line and the federal government is growing amid court claims and threats of international trade complaints. On Nov. 14 the federal government announced it was suing OmniTrax, the owner of the railway and the Hudson Bay port, for $18 million because the company failed to repair the rail line to Churchill, Man. This spring, severe flooding washed out several sections of the line between Gillam and Churchill. OmniTrax said repairs would cost as much as US$60 million and it wasn’t prepared to pay without government help. Transport Canada said OmniTrax hasn’t satisfied the terms of a 2008 agreement that requires the company to maintain and repair the entire line “in a diligent and timely manner” until March 31, 2029. OmniTrax, based in Denver, responded by filing notice that it will submit a claim under the North American Free Trade Agreement. OmniTrax alleged the federal government put it at an unfair advantage when it ended the monopoly of the Canadian Wheat

Board in 2012. The CWB had been the one major user of the railway and port. OmniTrax closed the port in 2016, citing poor shipping volumes. The legal fight between OmniTrax and the federal government is worrisome because these battles can drag on for years, said Eldon Boon, president of the Hudson Bay Route Association, a farmer-led advocacy group. “If we lose another (grain) shipping season that’s a big concern. That’s three (shipping seasons),” he said, noting the port could remain closed in 2018. Boon said the loss of the CWB affected the Port of Churchill, but what’s really missing is an organization that markets the port to the world. Ideally, Boon hopes the legal dispute can be put to the side while the port and rail line are transferred to a new owner. There was also news last week regarding a potential new owner of the port and railway. The federal government announced that Fairfax Financial Holdings of Toronto might partner with two groups in northern Manitoba to buy the OmniTrax assets. robert.arnason@producer.com

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How to learn more about canola council finances

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The Canola Council of Council said in an email that provincial grower groups provide information about council funding and activities. “The canola council reports financial statements to our regular members, which includes provincial grower associations, that in turn communicate to their members,” the council said. “The levy contributions (core funding) of each provincial grower association to the canola council along with reporting on canola council activities and progress is typically communicated to their growers through their AGMs and annual report.” For example, the 2015-16 annual report of SaskCanola contains information on canola council activities for that year, but the report doesn’t provide a breakdown of canola council financials. So, if a farmer asked for a complete canola council financial statement, would the provincial group provide the information? Janice Tranberg, executive director of SaskCanola, said the directors of the grower group have a responsibility to ensure that the canola council is operating in an “efficient and effective manner.” “Charlene Bradley is the SaskCanola representative on the Canola Council of Canada’s board. If Saskatchewan canola farmers are interested in further information, they can contact SaskCanola and/ or their elected directors.” Growers seeking more information can also attend the council’s annual general meeting, held next year in Palm Springs, California.

Everson confirmed that some members of the CCC are dissatisfied with the status quo and are asking for an overhaul. “We are, as a council, having a review of our priorities at the council and our funding arrangements.” The council has members from canola grower associations, grain handlers, processors and food manufacturers, who work together through the council to advance the growth of the canola sector. Under the council’s funding model, grain companies who are members pay 23 cents per tonne of canola exported. Canola processors also pay 23 cents a tonne on their crush of canola seed. In 2015, Canada exported 9.2 million tonnes of canola. Assuming 2016 levies were based on 2015 tonnage, elevator company contributions to the council would have been about $2.1 million in 2016. In 2015-16, processors crushed 8.3 million tonnes of canola, resulting in a levy of around $1.9 million. Canola growers also pay a levy of 23 cents per tonne to the council. Provincial grower groups, which are members of the council, pay the levy on behalf of farmers. Based on annual report data for the provincial groups, grower levies to the canola council were $3.55 million in 2016, compared to approximately $4 million from the processors and elevator companies. Crop science firms also fund

the council, but their fees are smaller than the primary funders. A grain industry representative said crushers and elevators want fewer commodity councils within Canada’s ag sector. It costs companies time and money to send reps to meetings for multiple organizations. More significantly, companies that export and crush canola must pay the council levies on both business activities. Those firms are likely paying hundreds of thousands to the canola council each year. Some members want the council to merge with other organizations, such as Soy Canada and the Flax Council of Canada, to form a larger and more efficient oilseed council. So far the canola council board has resisted that suggestion. Everson said all members of the council are still focused on expanding the industry and reaching a production goal of 26 million tonnes by 2025. However, the organization needs to listen to the concerns. “There is a changing economic environment out there,” he said. “A magnifying glass is being applied to all organizations … making sure we’re making efficient use of the dollars that industry and producers provide to us.” Prairie canola grower organizations acknowledged that commercial players rather than farmers are leading the push to revamp the canola council. “This current round of changes is being driven from other parts,” said Langham farmer Doyle Wiebe, chair of Sask Canola, who

noted that his members are generally happy with the council’s activities, especially its extensive agronomy extension work. Greg Sears, chair of Alberta Canola, said his board had no problem with a re-examination of the structure and functioning of the council but suggested a merger isn’t something that should be rushed. “It’s not in itself a bad idea, but there are a lot of complications in making a merger like that work,” said Sears, who farms at Sexsmith. Allocating funding and resources for different regions and multiple crops could be a challenge. “There’s quite a bit of hair on this issue,” said Sears. “It’s not as simple as it might at first appear.” Commercial interests have been raising concerns about costs and duplication between oilseed organizations for a numb e r o f y e a r s, a n d t h e i s s u e appears to be coming to a head. So far the discussions around revamping the canola council have been fluid, but concrete proposals may appear before the next crop goes in the ground. “It’s sooner rather than later,” said Wiebe. “Some things will likely happen that will be announced this winter some time.” The Western Producer contacted a couple of grain exporters and canola processors for this story, but they did not provide comments. robert.arnason@producer.com ed.white@producer.com

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Wheat protein spreads widen Growers wish premiums for high protein wheat were as large as discounts on low protein BY SEAN PRATT

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Protein spreads for spring wheat are raising eyebrows. “They’re awfully wide,” said Brian Voth, president of Prairie Farm Consulting. “They’re wider than what we’ve ever seen as long as I can remember, even under the (Canadian) Wheat Board days.” The discount for 12 percent protein is about $1 per bushel below the price paid for 13.5 percent. The discount was much smaller at the beginning stages of harvest, as low as 10 cents per bu. at one Manitoba elevator. Analysts encouraged growers to contract as much wheat as they could at those prices because they knew the spread was going to expand, and that is what happened. Voth said the discounts will eventually narrow again, but it may take until next fall based on conversations he has had with grain buyers. “They’re saying internally that these spreads can even get worse,” he said. On the flip side, elevators are paying premiums for high protein wheat. John Duvenaud, publisher of Wild Oats Grain Market Advisory, said the elevator he deals with is paying a six cents per bu. premium for every one tenth of a percentage point above 13 percent.

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He said farmers are being paid more for their protein this year than they usually do because of two successive years of disappointing protein levels in the U.S. hard red winter wheat crop. The average protein level in 2017 was 11.4 percent and the year before that it was 11.5 percent. Those are both well below the five-year average of 12.6 percent. “We’re short of protein, and this is the only place you can find it,” said Duvenaud. A farmer on Agriville.com’s commodity marketing forum said he is not thrilled with the way the spread works because the discount for every one tenth percentage point drop in protein levels is twice what the premium is for the same size increase.

Chinese protein needs hurt The country wants meal for its expanding livestock herd BY ED WHITE & DAVE SIMS WINNIPEG BUREAU, COMMODITY NEWS SERVICE CANADA

Two years of below normal protein in U.S. winter wheat has buyers offering premiums for high protein but stronger discounts for low protein. | FILE PHOTO The average Canada Western Red Spring protein level in the Canadian Grain Commission’s 2017 harvest sample program is 13.1 percent, which is below the 10-year average of 13.4 percent. Daryl Beswitherick, program manager of quality assurance standards with the commission, said 40 percent of the crop is above 13.5 percent protein and 40 percent is below 13 percent. Customers looking for high protein wheat shouldn’t be too disappointed given that distribution. “There is a good percentage of the crop that will meet that market,” he said. Beswitherick acknowledged it could be difficult marketing low protein wheat. Elevator companies will have to blend to boost protein levels. He said other quality factors

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were superb with much of the crop making the top two grades. “We still always have one issue and its lower protein, so it’s not the perfect year but it was pretty close,” said Beswitherick. Protein is not an issue with other types of wheat. The average durum protein level is 13.6 percent, well above the 10-year average of 12.9 percent, and the Canada Prairie Red Spring wheat crop

was bang on its long-term average of 12.1 percent. Voth said he has seen a lot of high-yielding, low protein wheat in southern Manitoba, where summer rainfall was sparse. “Everybody was kind of looking forward to an easy year of wheat marketing after last year’s quality issues and then this year it becomes this debacle instead,” he said. However, Voth said farmers need to keep things in perspective. A 40 to 50 cent per bu. discount is easily offset by 70 to 90 bu. per acre yields. “As much as it sucks to take a discount like that, at the end of the day it’s still a very profitable number,” he said. “Bushels trump protein premiums or discounts.” sean.pratt@producer.com

Canada’s canola industry needs to dial back its ambitions for exports to China because there’s little chance they will be as large as many hope. That was a repeated message from Felix Muller, head of global soft seeds for Chinese crop trading giant COFCO International. “Demand in China is highly price sensitive,” Muller said at the Grain World conference. “Once we reach this four, four-and-a-half million tonne territory, it seems really that we are stagnating.” Instead of expecting China’s canola imports to hit 4.7 million tonnes in the 2017-18 year ending in April, COFCO has reduced its expectation to four to 4.4 million tonnes. And by 2020, instead of imports surging to about six million tonnes, it thinks Chinese canola imports won’t rise much beyond today’s rate. “The most realistic scenario is that China will not import more than four and a half to five million tonnes.” Muller acknowledged that this is a “minimal and marginal” increase compared to soybean’s rocketing import increases, but that’s the problem: canola doesn’t compete well with soybeans for China’s crushers. “We are crushing for protein in China and not for oils,” said Muller, explaining why canola’s premium oil value in most markets doesn’t seem to hold in China. “The big demand factor in China is protein rather than vegetable oil.” Muller said canola has taken a back seat to soybeans largely because the beans contain a higher percentage of protein meal needed in China’s rapidly growing livestock herds. Soybeans are also used in tofu and soy milk. As well, canola is often more expensive than soybeans or palm oil. “Soybean crush margins have been superior to canola for an extended period of time,” he said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts China will import 97 million tonnes of soybeans in CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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BEEF PRODUCTION

Lighter carcasses offset cattle slaughter numbers Profits from calf producers to slaughter plants have industry smiling BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

The Canadian cattle industry is in that sweetest of spots — all sectors are making money. How long that will last is tricky to predict, market analyst Anne Wasko told those at a Nov. 15 Cow-Calfenomics session organized by Alberta Agriculture. The fall calf run was better than expected, feeders are doing well after a disastrous 2016 and packers are making good margins, she said. Beef demand has been steady. Knock wood. “The market has gotten much more extreme in when and how it’s trading,” she said, noting that swings of $600 per head in profits or losses in the feeder market are no longer unusual. Profits at the feedlot earlier this year led to quicker turnover, so average carcass weights in 2017 are lower than 2016. Carcass weights tend to rise in the latter part of the year, but the average weight for the year to date is still about 30 pounds lighter than last year. Wasko said the average slaughter weight in the U.S. is about 10 lb. lower than last year after steady increases since 2011. That 10 lb. per animal equates to a 28 percent reduction in tonnage, equivalent to removing about 400,000 head from the system. “This (carcass weight factor) is huge, and it will be a factor to watch as we go into (2018),” said Wasko. She anticipates Canadian slaughter will be up by about six percent this year because more cattle are being kept in Canada for process-

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ing. This year could see the largest Canadian slaughter numbers since 2010. Wasko said there’s been much talk about expansion in the U.S. cow herd, but she thinks restocking is a more accurate way to look at it. Widespread drought in the U.S. caused a rapid selloff, but cow numbers are expected to be up by about three million animals by year end. That increase is the equivalent of Canada’s entire domestic cow herd. The U.S. has killed 1.2 million more young cattle than it did last year, said Wasko. Beef production there is up by four percent, but slaughter is up by almost six percent, a reflection of those lower carcass weights. “2018 is going to be the largest

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beef production for the Americans ever. Ever,” she said. The Canadian herd is not expanding, added Wasko. It has hovered around 3.8 million head for the past seven years and is seven percent smaller than before BSE caused market havoc in 2003. The number of heifer placements in feedlots indicates that no expan-

» CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE 2017-18. COFCO believes 100 million tonnes is possible. “So the clear preference to satisfy the protein demand is crushing beans, not canola,” he said. This is bad news as Canadian farmers are expected to plant more canola than ever next year. Some projections see a 24 million tonne crop.

CANADA : 2,026 MILLION LB., UP 3% U.S.: 22,313 MILLION LB., UP 3.9%

This is irreversible and we need to make sure we do not lose additional business to soybeans. FELIX MULLER, INTERNATIONAL GRAIN TRADER

“Where will it all go?” Muller said. A silver lining is that China’s crush capacity has risen a lot in recent years, leaving open the pos-

sibility that it can accept more oilseeds if and when it needs them. To break this limitation, Canada’s industry will need a new strategy.

sion is underway. She said heifer and steer placements in Alberta and Saskatchewan feedlots are up by 16 percent year to date, a reflection of more being fed at home rather than being shipped to the U.S. On the demand side, moves by major retailers toward higher quality cuts boosted wholesale levels, and at retail, there’s more attention on buying local. That essentially means buying Canadian beef, Wasko said. “At the retail level here in Canada, we’ve certainly seen the buy-in to Canadian. There’s a beef story going on but also a local story going on.” Retail prices have been about three percent lower this year than last but are still good relative to pre2014 levels.

Canadian beef exports, year to date, are up eight percent, said Wasko, which is the best year since 2010. There was growth in all key markets, although the U.S. remains the biggest buyer. As for imports, Australia and New Zealand shipped less beef into Canada this year as they retain heifers for breeding rather than shipping to slaughter. They are working to expand their herds after a drought-induced sell-off. The U.S. is also seeing good exports, expected to be up by 12 percent this year over last, he said. A massive corn crop and good moisture conditions across much of the U.S. will keep feed prices low and boost American beef production, along with pork and chicken.

“We need to find more premium outlets in China for the oil,” Muller said, adding crush margins also have to remain attractive. However, banking on finding premium markets isn’t the soundest way to form future expectations. Muller said canola can always find a market in China, but that won’t happen if canola has a premium price. He said high relative prices for canola earlier this year already

cut Canadian sales to China, and that demand can’t be replaced there. “This is irreversible and we need to make sure we do not lose additional business to soybeans,” said Muller. “High premiums over soybeans is not a sustainable environment right now in China to attract demand. ed.white@producer.com

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StatsCan seeks alternatives to phone surveys Agency listens to farmers annoyed by phone calls and pursues other data sources, but analysts worry about frequency of reports BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

If farmers are annoyed by Statistics Canada’s requests to answer surveys, they might be happier in future. But some analysts urge StatsCan to move cautiously if it intends to do fewer farmer surveys. “In terms of making markets work and making price discovery, we have to be very cautious about changing reporting structures and things like that,” said Bruce Burnett, Glacier FarmMedia’s director of markets and weather information, during a Nov. 14 panel discussion at Statistics Canada’s Talking Stats session. Earlier, StatsCan’s chief statistician, Anil Arora, suggested his agency might reduce farmer surveys but add digital sources of information to come up with crop progress, acreage and other reports on which markets rely. “The agency is moving past a survey-first approach to reduce the burden on farmers and provide timely and relevant statistics through other data sources,” said Arora.

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“There is a potential of Statistics Canada using these data instead of surveying respondents directly.” Arora said the agency is already using data from provincial crop

insurance authorities and satellites to get a better sense of what crops are on what acres. Satellite data could provide far more, Arora said, especially if “nano-satellites” provide granular data down to even the three-to-five metre level. “This could help farmers to react more quickly to stress in their crop,” he said. Drones could also be incorporated in future data collection, with the status of crops, hail damage,

acreage and input use being potential areas of surveillance. Sandrine Prasil, assistant director of StatsCan’s agricultural statistics section, said the agency has begun speaking with companies that gather farmer information “to see how it could work.” Burnett said the best improvement StatsCan could make for farmers would be more information releases and faster releases. Canada has relatively few reports compared to the United States.

“When you’re riding tillerless for three or four months in a market, that can lead to some, let’s say, poor price discovery,” said Burnett. He urged StatsCan to quickly begin covering new crops like cannabis because those sorts of new crop industries have a desperate need for good information. The agency was slow to begin collecting pulse crop information in the 1980s. “It’s absolutely critical, especially for people wanting to in-

vest,” said Burnett. The role of StatsCan in providing information for small acreage crops was raised by analyst Michael Davey of FarmLink. “As we evolve in this, we’ve got minor crops like lentils, and different types of lentils (presently being covered,)” said Davey. “Are we at risk of losing the lentilsby-type (small acreage analysis presently provided?)” ed.white@producer.com

GRAIN WORLD

Crop yields to rise even with climate change Benefits of higher carbon dioxide levels will offset impact of global warming, an American speaker says at Grain World BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

Some people peer closely at crop statistics. Others get down on their hands and knees to figure out exactly how many cobs and kernels of corn or heads and kernels of wheat are in a square yard of farmland. Kurt Ahrens does both, and the fanatical crop tour participant gave good news to Grain World’s packed hall Nov. 15. He expects crop yields and production to keep steaming ahead at the same pace regardless of climate change. “I couldn’t come up with a reason why biology’s not going to continue to improve into 2050 at the same rate that it’s improved 1970 to present,” said Ahrens, who operates the corn and wheat focused analytical firm Grainbot. “I couldn’t come up with a reason

why farm management won’t continue to improve at the same rate it has since 1970.” Those factors aren’t negated by climate change, Ahrens said, because commonly used models that suggest yields will plunge as a result of climate change don’t take into account carbon dioxide fertilization. He said the beneficial impact of heightened carbon dioxide levels in the air will almost entirely offset t h e h e at s t re s s f ro m c l i mat e change. In fact, the overall impact should be slightly positive. When he adds up the negligible impact of climate change with continuing improvement of crop yield potential and improving farm management, he comes out with a prediction of world corn yields increasing 39 percent by 2050, wheat increasing by about 33 percent and soybeans increasing by 31 percent.

I couldn’t come up with a reason why farm management won’t continue to improve at the same rate it has since 1970. KURT AHRENS GRAINBOT

Many are skeptical that yields can keep increasing at the heady pace of recent decades, but Ahrens doesn’t see why they can’t. No “biological wall” appears to have been discovered, he argued, and decades of progress have not revealed insurmountable barriers. For instance, the average broiler chicken weighed less than three pounds in the 1930s and is more than six lb. now. Why can’t chickens keep getting bigger? The same goes for farm management improvements. Farmers are

much more efficient and skilled than in the past, are much more quickly embracing and developing innovations and new practices and are likely to get even more aggressive in coming decades. If the average bag of corn seed has 600 bushels per acre of yield potential, and farmers are only on average getting a bit more than onequarter of that potential, there’s no reason to think future gains can’t keep production rising. Climate change might be bringing more volatile weather, but Ahrens also doesn’t think that’s a crippling constriction. This year was a good example. Wheat crops in both Kansas and North Dakota were hit by brutal weather conditions. Kansas faced drought and a killing frost, while North Dakota faced the worst drought in memory. The result? “It turned out to be one of the best

crops that’s we’ve ever had (in Kansas),” said Ahrens. The North Dakota crop turned out much better than expected. Others have also noticed Ahrens’ observations about the toughness of contemporary crops to negative circumstances. At Grain World, recent increases in soybean yield gains were posited as a change in growth trend to the upside. For Ahrens, who specializes in wheat and corn, nothing he sees suggests that farmers and crops won’t be able to face weather challenges while continually boosting their average yields. ed.white@producer.com

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CANOLA EXPORTS

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might be presumptuous, but I think China’s capacity for canola imports is better than the pessimistic outlook issued by a major Chinese grain company executive. Felix Muller, head of global soft seeds for COFCO International, last week said China’s imports will likely be capped at about 10 percent above the current level. We’ve reported on other developments that could dispute Muller’s outlook, but his concern about canola’s meal quality is valid. In May this year, we reported that two large soybean crush facilities were being converted to canola processing and a third could follow suit. Jarrett Beatty, trading manager with Parrish and Heimbecker, believes the two new plants will boost Chinese demand to five million tonnes in 2017-18 from an estimated four million tonnes in 2016-17. That four million last crop year amounted to 36 percent of all Canadian canola exports. It is too early in the crop year to determine if China will indeed increase imports this year. Statistics Canada and the Canadian Grain Commission have country destination data on exports for only the first two months of the crop year. However, total export data is available to Nov. 12 and it shows canola exports are at a record pace.

Developing new canola varieties with better meal qualities could boost exports, especially to China. | CANOLA COUNCIL OF CANADA PHOTO Given this news, Muller’s contention that China imports can’t climb beyond about 4.4 million tonnes seems pessimistic. In addition to increasing canola crush capacity, China’s imports will also be affected by how much it grows domestically. The country eliminated its rapeseed subsidies in 2015-16, leading to a planted area cut of three percent.

The previous support program led to the government building up large stocks of rapeseed oil. When it stopped the supports, it also started selling off the oil in government auctions and has now used up much of the surplus. In Canada there is lots of speculation that China’s import restrictions last year over blackleg levels were largely a non-tariff restric-

tion to make it easier for China to sell the government-owned rapeseed oil backlog. The government is now changing its corn support program, dropping production subsidies and developing an ethanol program to use up the huge corn stockpile. It is also encouraging corn farmers to switch to soybean seeding to partly offset the rapid rise of soybean imports, but it is not expected to encourage rapeseed seeding. So rapeseed area in China might continue to fall, and imports might fill the gap. Nevertheless, Muller’s warning about canola meal shortcomings has credence. The industry in Canada is well aware of canola’s meal deficiencies of high fibre, low protein and other negative attributes. It is prized in dairy rations, but not in hog or poultry diets. The Canola Council of Canada promotes in China research that shows canola meal in dair y rations raises milk production. Also canola meal inclusion rates in Chinese pig rations could be doubled to 30 percent without drawbacks. However, it is also clear that breeding seed varieties with more attractive meal qualities would be a benefit. Dow AgroSciences’ ProPound brand of canola already has higher protein in its meal, making it better suited for hog and poultry rations than traditional canola meal. To successfully market the seed from the canola council’s target of 26 million tonnes of production by 2025, the Canadian industry will have to make the meal a more attractive product. Follow D’Arce McMillan on Twitter @darcemcmillan or email darce. mcmillan@producer.com.

U.S. hog prices fell as packers slowed buying in advance of a short week because of U.S. Thanksgiving. The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was US$45.69 per cwt. Nov. 17, down from $46.91 Nov. 9. U.S. hogs averaged $56.96 on a carcass basis Nov. 17, down from $59.90 Nov. 9. The U.S. pork cutout was $80.96 per cwt. Nov. 17, up from $80.67 Nov. 9. The estimated U.S. weekly slaughter for the week to Nov. 18 was 2.473 million, down from 2.495 million in the previous week. Slaughter was 2.527 million last year at the same time. In Canada the average Signature Five price for the week to Nov. 18 was C$144.91 per 100 kilograms, down from $149.33 the previous week.

BISON STEADY The Canadian Bison Association said Grade A bulls in the desirable weight range sold at prices up to C$6–$6.25 per pound hot hanging weight. U.S. buyers are offering US$4.75 or more with returns dependent on exchange rates, quality and export costs. Grade A heifers sold up to C$5.75-$6. U.S. buyers are offering US$4.50. Animals outside the desirable buyer specifications may be discounted.

LAMBS STRONGER Ontario Stockyards Inc. reported that 560 sheep and lambs and 26 goats sold Nov. 13. The light run saw all classes of lambs higher and sheep and goats steady. Beaver Hill Auction in Tofield, Alta., reported that 596 sheep and 52 goats sold Nov. 13. Wool lambs lighter than 54 lb. were $184-222 per cwt., 55-69 lb. were $190-$226, 70-85 lb. were $194$215, 86-105 lb. were $178-$202 and 106 lb. and heavier were $178-$184. Wool rams were $90-$129 per cwt. Cull ewes were $75-$159. Hair lambs lighter than 54 lb. were $165-$190 per cwt., 55-69 lb. were $171-$190, 70-85 lb. were $190-$200, 86-105 lb. were $170-$196 and 106 lb. and heavier were $165-$178. Hair rams were $85-$139 per cwt. Cull ewes were $84-$143.

CANFAX REPORT FED CATTLE LOWER The Canfax weighted average fed steer price was $147.46 per hundredweight, down $1.78, and heifers were $146.66, down $2.12. U.S. cattle futures and cash market were also lower. Futures were lower on worries that the monthly cattle-on-feed report might show more placements than expected. This proved true with the report showing an increase of 10.2 percent, much higher than the expected 7.7 percent increase. The higher number will mean more marketready cattle in 2018. Most dressed trade in Alberta were at $248-$250 per cwt. delivered, $2-$4 lower. Improved basis levels and some large cattle that needed to be sold resulted in moderate trade. Some feedlots were able to negotiate 1,050 pound weight breaks on their larger cattle. Three Alberta packers were on the market with two looking for cattle in the next week or two, while the other was booking for December delivery. U.S. packers were in the market with competitively priced bids. The cash-to-futures basis

improved $1 and is almost $7 stronger than two weeks ago. On the other hand, the basis is still weaker than it was at the end of October. Western Canadian steer carcass weights dropped 19 lb. Steer carcasses tend to peak at this time of year, so the high may be in. The fed market appears to be well supported at current price levels. Packers are looking for quick pick-up cattle and have offered to lock up January cattle at a premium to current prices, which bodes well for demand. The weaker futures market could be offset with a seasonal improvement in basis levels. The U.S. fed market was buying for a short week. U.S. Thanksgiving is Nov. 23. Live trade in the south was $4-$5 lower, mostly at US$119 per cwt., and rail trade in the north was $4 lower at $189-$190 cwt.

COWS LOWER Western cow slaughter topped 8,500 head, the largest since February. Slaughter peaked at 9,750 head last year at the same time. Larger cow slaughter volumes are likely still ahead. Peak volumes

may not occur until early December this year. D1, D2 cows ranged $80-$94 to average $87.33, down four cents. D3 cows ranged $69-$83 to average $77.33, down about $1. Rail grade cows ranged $168$173. Butcher bulls set new annual lows, averaging $96.56, down $1.89. Canadian non-fed beef production is up almost 13 percent this year, but 85 percent trim prices hav e p e r f o r m e d w e l l . L ow e r imports played a role. Beef imports from New Zealand are down 10 percent, and Australia’s are down 39 percent. There is still a chance that D1, D2 cow prices could challenge or overtake the September lows.

FEEDERS LOWER Big auction volumes continue across the Prairies, and feeder price averages fell with steers down about $1.50 and heifers down about 50 cents. Ontario 550 lb. steer calves are $63 per cwt. higher than last year, while western steer calves are up only $45-$48. As a result, Ontario buyers will

continue to be strong competitors. Producers faced lower calf prices last year, and many opted to keep heifer calves for backgrounding into the new year. This year, more heifer calves are on offer. Alberta-Saskatchewan cattle onfeed data shows placements of heifers lighter than 700 lb. are up 56 percent over the past two months, while steer placements are up only one percent. Barley for early 2018 delivery is trading at about a 10 cent per bushel premium over the spot market. U.S. feedlots hold a cost of gain advantage over western Canadian for the foreseeable future.

BRED CATTLE Bred cows ranged $1,500-$2,300 per head, and bred heifers ranged $1,500-$2,400. It is early, but the bred market seems to be under-performing, given that calf prices are about $250 per head higher than last year. With 950 lb. feeder heifers averaging around $1,735 per head, this should put a floor price on the bred heifer market. Volumes have been light, but exposed heifers have already been

placed on feed. Bred cow and heifer volumes over the next 45 days could be large, suggesting this may be a buyer’s market. Bred prices traditionally increase heading into December.

US BEEF LOWER The U.S. Choice cutout to Nov 16 was down $2.50 at US$210.21 per cwt., and Select fell $10.47 to $187.83. . As Select plummeted, the Choice-Select spread spiked to $22 from $14. That was $7, or 47 percent, wider than a year ago. Weekly Canadian cutouts to Nov. 11 rose with AAA up $1.75 at C$249.96 and AA up $4.63 at $243.34. The AAA-Choice spread widened to -$20 from -$17, while the AASelect spread narrowed to -$7 per cwt. from -$9. This cattle market information is selected from the weekly report from Canfax, a division of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. More market information, analysis and statistics are available by becoming a Canfax subscriber by calling 403-275-5110 or at www.canfax.ca.

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BUY LOCAL CAMPAIGNS

‘Buy Local’ OK if voluntary but not when forced by gov’t

anadian honey producers are being stung by a “buy American” campaign employed by U.S. honey packers. It is vexing that this development is lowering the price that Canadian honey producers get south of the border, but given that the campaign is voluntary, there is little to do. We have examples here in Canada where “buy Canadian” became a major issue. Think of the furor when A&W and Earls didn’t buy Canadian beef and when Heinz stopped processing Canadian tomatoes in Canada for its ketchup. From a producer’s point of view, buy local is great when it helps you but not so great when it limits your sales. Buy local campaigns are open to anyone. When voluntary, they are simply a marketing tool like many others. Where they become a problem is when people are brainwashed into thinking that local is always better than imported, and even worse, when governments try to enforce local buying through trade barriers. The supposed superiority of local food has become a mantra among some celebrity chefs and environmentalists. Going on gut feelings, without much serious research, they argue that food grown locally has a smaller carbon footprint because it travels fewer kilometres to get to the dinner plate. They also paint a picture that nearby farmers are more environmentally or socially aware simply because they are local. In reality, the majority of food’s carbon footprint is in the inputs used to produce it, not in transportation. Once tonnes of food are loaded on a big truck or ship, the fuel used to move each kilogram many kilometres is so tiny that it is almost irrelevant. And climate plays a big part in the efficiency of food production. Transporting

fruits and vegetables from warm areas where the climate allows the crops to thrive is more efficient than growing them in heated greenhouses. As for being socially aware, that is an attribute unrelated to geography. In the case of U.S. honey packers, they decided to employ the buy American strategy to address a scandal where two big packers improperly imported cheap Chinese honey, which critics say is produced by beekeepers who use antibiotics that that are not allowed in North America. The packers had attempted to avoid paying U.S. duties of more than 200 percent on Chinese honey. The duties were imposed because the U.S. government found the honey was dumped at less than its fair market value. Indeed, Canadian beekeepers also complain about cheap, imported Chinese honey in product packaged in this country. Now that U.S. packers buy only American honey, they are helping American producers but blocking out Canadian producers, whose honey is at least as good, safe and fairly produced as U.S. product and possibly better. If a product that is imported is determined to be tainted, dangerous or dumped at a price below the cost of production, then it should be blocked by the government. But to push a “buy local” government policy, as U.S. President Donald Trump does, simply to protect local industry and jobs, inhibits the competition that encourages innovation, drives efficiency, reduces inputs like energy and lowers costs. Buying local is fine when it is voluntary, but when imposed by government it dampens economic growth and hurts us all.

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MacAulay’s low profile worrisome for ambitious ag goals CAPITAL LETTERS

KELSEY JOHNSON

griculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay isn’t a familiar face for many Canadians despite being one of this country’s longest serving members of Parliament. A new poll released by the Angus Reid Institute Nov. 20 found only 39 percent of Canadians surveyed knew who MacAulay was. Of that, 25 percent thought he was doing a “good job” while 19 percent felt he was doing a “bad job.” Another 56 percent said they felt he’d done “a mix of good and bad” or were unsure about his performance.

The institute conducted an online survey of 2,425 Canadians from Nov. 8-14. The poll carries a margin of error of +/- 3.5 percent, 19 times out of 20. The poll’s findings aren’t all that surprising. Despite being one of the oldest ministries in Canada, agriculture ministers traditionally fly under the public radar. They’re rarely interviewed by mainstream media unless there’s a crisis like a major food safety outbreak or something similar. Agriculture simply isn’t seen as one of the glamorous cabinet positions (think finance, health, defence, foreign affairs and public safety), even though the sector contributes more than $100 billion to the Canadian economy annually. It’s a mindset that will need to change if Ottawa is serious about leaning on the agriculture industry for future economic growth. The Trudeau government chal-

lenged the Canadian agriculture industry in this year’s budget to expand its exports to $75 billion by 2025. It was a significant request (exports currently hover around $50 billion), one that will likely become ever more challenging if the ongoing North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiations go sideways. Ottawa has promised to help farmers and processors expand their businesses in order to meet that challenge. However, fulfilling that promise requires the backing of everyday Canadians — a pledge that comes at a time when Canadian consumers continue to question where their food comes from. Securing future public trust is critical, a task the agriculture industry itself can’t do alone. That’s where federal and provincial agriculture ministers come in. The agriculture industry needs a visible champion within the federal government if Ottawa is serious

about the agriculture and agri-food sectors being future economic leaders. It needs an agriculture minister who can bridge the gap between city folk and rural folks, who understands the concerns of both sides and can deftly navigate the file’s complexities. Based on the Angus Reid poll, there’s more work to be done. To be clear, there’s no question MacAulay takes great pride in his role of being Canada’s agriculture minister. A retired farmer himself, he’s a regular at agriculture events around town and appears to enjoy socializing with producers at various events in Ottawa. He’s also relatively accessible to t h e a g r i c u l t u re m e d i a w h e n required. Still, if Ottawa’s plan to grow the agriculture sector has any chance of succeeding, MacAulay needs to become better known outside of the farming world and P.E.I. And, while the agriculture minis-

ter must be the industry’s champion, achieving the Trudeau government’s export goal is a whole-ofgovernment mission. Agriculture is about more than cows, chickens, pigs and fields. It’s a cross-sectoral file that touches almost every government file — whether the public, or even politicians themselves, realize. Health, trade, transport, public safety, finance and environment are only some of the files where their respective ministers should be publicly collaborating with their fellow agriculture minister. There will always be areas where sides will disagree. There are also ample opportunities to work together. The future of the sector, and Ottawa’s plan to lean on farmers and processors for increased economic success, depends on it. Kelsey Johnson is a reporter with iPolitics, www.ipolitics.ca.

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Flaten made a presentation Oct. 24 to the Manitoba legislative committee reviewing Bill 24 to lift the hog barn moratorium in that province. This version has been edited for length.

y main purpose in participating in today’s session is to discuss some of the scientific principles for environmentally sound nutrient management practices, to help ensure that the policies developed by the province are developed accordingly. In addition to my role as a professor who specializes in research, teaching and extension in nutrient management and crop nutrition, I have had opportunities to contribute to the science base for developing public policy on these issues while serving on various committees and task forces. Basically, my comments can be summarized into two key messages: No. 1, our current scientific knowledge of nutrient management and water quality reinforces the importance of maintaining a strong regulatory focus on using the right rates, timings and placements for all forms of agricultural nutrients. No. 2, that Manitoba should continue to invest in the science base that will guide us toward continuous refinement of those nutrient management practices. As to item No. 1, water bodies such as Lake Winnipeg are challenged with nutrient loading from a wide range of sources, including municipal waste water, as well as agricultural and natural background sources. Within agricul-

Following correct application and manure management practices is one way to reduce nutrient loading in waterways. | FILE PHOTO ture’s share of this loading, some of the nutrients come from commercial fertilizer and livestock manure, but the majority of nutrients come from vegetative residues and the soil itself. Nevertheless, to minimize agriculture’s share of this nutrient loading, it’s important to continue along several paths: • Limit the accumulation of excess nitrogen and phosphorus in agricultural land to maximize the agronomic benefits and minimize the environmental risks. Manitoba has some of the most stringent nutrient management regulations in the world and we are the only province in Lake Winnipeg’s watershed that is regulating phosphorus applications. These regulations should continue to be in force and enforced. • Restrict winter application of fertilizer and manure because snow melt runoff over frozen

soil accounts for most runoff in our watersheds. • In Manitoba, we are fortunate; winter application of manure has been prohibited on Manitoba’s large livestock operations since 1999 and for all Manitoba’s livestock operations, regardless of size, since 2013. • Encourage manure injection or incorporation where runoff is likely to occur and especially when manure is applied in the fall. This has been in force in the Red River Valley for approximately 10 years. Fortunately, according to the 2006 census figures, at least 60 percent of solid manures and 83 percent of liquid manures were already being injected or incorporated in Manitoba. On a side note, we will not make much progress toward reducing nutrient losses from agricultural land if we focus on only one of many sources, such as pig manure

and, particularly, if we focus on anaerobic digestion as a manure treatment practice. Instead our policies should continue to encourage the universally sound principles of using the right rate, time and placement for all forms of nutrients. As to item No. 2 , on the future development and maintenance of the science base that will guide us, for about 20 years, the Manitoba Livestock Manure Management Initiative (MLMMI), has provided outstanding leadership in supporting research, development and technology transfer for environmentally, economically and agronomically sound manure management practices. I have been told that the MLMMI is being discontinued. However, I hope that the province will replace it with another broad-based group that will continue those constructive efforts. In summary, sustainable nutrient management requires careful use of all forms of nutrients, whether they are in the form of municipal waste water, livestock manure or synthetic fertilizers. A comprehensive suite of policies based on scientifically sound principles of sustainable nutrient stewardship should form the basis for public policies governing application of all forms of nutrients. My impression is that Bill 24 will leave those policies intact, enabling the province to focus on real solutions to the real challenges of improving agricultural and environmental sustainability. Don Flaten is a professor in the University of Manitoba’s soil science department.

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KEVIN HURSH

ow-calf producers have been pleasantly surprised by the upturn in feeder calf prices through the fall run. However, from a profitability perspective the news isn’t that great. Using 500 to 600 pound steer calves as a benchmark, prices have been trending upward since the end of August, leading many to extol the strength of the market and the profitability of the sector. In 2016, calf prices were at similar levels in the late summer but trended sharply lower through the fall run before staging a bit of a comeback in the last couple months of

the year. Producers selling calves this fall will have received a much better price than last year, but prices are substantially lower than in the falls of 2014 and 2015. Will cow-calf producers make money this year? Calculating an accurate cost of production is not a simple exercise, particularly if the cattle operation is intertwined with purebred production or a grain operation. Most producers grow their own feed, so feed doesn’t become a direct expense. However, to do a true evaluation of profitability, feed and pasture should be factored in at market prices. The Western Beef Development Centre used to do cost of production studies with cow-calf producers across Saskatchewan. Studies were published for nine of the years between 2000 and 2012. The bottom line margin per cow ranged from a high of $144 to a low of minus $110. The average over the

years was just $23 per cow. The centre is no longer doing cost of production studies, but it has a producer-friendly cost of production tool on its website to help producers run their own numbers. Alberta Agriculture still does cost of production calculations, and it recently released a multi-year summary for 2012-16. The level of return for 2014 stands out in the report. That year, despite winter feed and pasture costs that had increased dramatically, the net return per wintered cow was nearly $614. Feeder calf prices were very strong in the fall of 2014 and trended upward for most of the run. In 2015, feeder calf prices reached the stratosphere through the summ e r b u t t a p e re d o f f s h a r p l y through the peak of the fall run. In the cost of production analysis by Alberta Agriculture, the net return per wintered cow dropped to just $114. Then came 2016 with a much

lower price for calves and higher winter feed costs. Based on the analysis, producers lost more than $159 for each overwintered cow. Of course, the numbers for every producer will be different, and it’s those individual numbers that matter. Still, the analysis provides a broad perspective of overall profitability for the cow-calf sector. What will profitability look like this year? Calf prices have been higher than 2016 but lower than 2015, and it’s reasonable to expect that winter feed and pasture costs will have continued to increase. When all the numbers are crunched, including fixed costs, the analysis might show a modest net return per cow or it might show a small loss. In any case, despite the optimistic tone in the market this fall, cow-calf producers are not raking in sizable profits. Kevin Hursh is an agricultural journalist, consultant and farmer. He can be reached by e-mail at kevin@hursh.ca.

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he Western Producer has launched a new website. It has been a long time coming, but I hope visitors will find it’s been worth the wait. The new producer.com is not a f l a s hy o r g i m m i c ky w e b s i t e ; instead, it’s functional and attractive. Our experience — both in print and online — shows that the easier and cleaner a website is for users, the more it will be used. Visitors will first see what we call the “carousel” — the most visible aspect of our home page, which rotates three lead stories. To the left of the carousel you’ll see daily news, where we place short-term markets stories and most of our Reuters news content. Off to the right you’ll see a variety of what we call “widgets” — the weather, latest blogs and a spot featuring Glacier FarmMedia’s weekly podcasts, “Between the Rows,” which is also available for subscription on iTunes. Above the carousel, users who “mouse over” the sections on the blue menu bar — News, Opinion and Blogs, Markets, Machinery, Livestock, Crops and Farm Living — will see the top five stories in those sections automatically pop up. It’s a quick way of checking out the lead stories in each of those sections. Below the carousel is a space for four stories we call “Must Reads,” which showcase key stories in the various sections on the website. Below that are another couple of key headline stories. There are two other features of our site that readers might find helpful for navigation. One is what I call the “ultimate scroll”: when you click on a story in any section — say, Markets — you can simply keep scrolling down endlessly to get to all the markets stories. You don’t have to click back to the Markets home page. The second concerns the mobile version. While most of the website remains similar to the desktop version, readers can press on the two sets of three little bars to the left and right of The Western Producer masthead. The one on the left produces a view of the Daily News section, while the one on the right produces a list of all the sections — akin to the menu bar on the desktop version. We may yet tinker a bit based on your feedback. We encourage visitors to check it out and let us know what you think. brian.macleod@producer.com

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WOMEN READY TO PARTICIPATE To the Editor: Re: Special Report “Getting on Board” I am a farm-raised woman who resides in southwestern Saskatchewan. I currently grain farm and raise cattle full time.

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A special report on women in agricultural governance entitled “Getting on Board” was published in the Nov. 9 issue of The Western Producer. This report states that while almost 30 percent of farm operators in Canada are female, only 12 percent of the board members of organizations with checkoff programs on the Prairies are women. Just prior to this Nov. 9 issue, Kevin Hursh, a regular contributor to The Western Producer, published an opinion piece in the Star Phoenix regarding women’s participation in agriculture. I am concerned by the message promoted by Hursh in that column and by some of the content in the special report in The Western Producer. In Hursh’s article, he claims that women “just aren’t interested in

rural municipal politics or one of the many crop commissions” and furthermore that “many women don’t have the time, or that isn’t where their interests and/or priorities lie.” These statements are not only inaccurate but also dangerous, as they allow people like Hursh to overlook the barriers that exclude women from decision-making in agriculture and instead, encourage individuals in power to maintain gender disparity with impunity. In The Western Producer Special Report, Kevin Bender, the chair of the Alberta Wheat Commission, suggests that farm women are not real farmers but instead play a support role on the farm. Actually, women hold diverse positions on farms in Western Canada, ranging from meal maker

and part runner to agronomist, grass manager, water and soil specialist, grain marketer and machine operator. Any one of these women is eligible for a position in agricultural governance. Any one of these women is a farmer. It is not Bender’s responsibility to decide what women do on prairie farms or whether or not a woman can contribute to a board in a meaningful way. Women can determine their capacities for themselves. It is time for the leaders in agriculture to see the absence of women for what it is — a gender discrimination that restricts women from owning and operating farm businesses and prevents women from directing the course of one of the most important industries in this country.

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We need to examine this problem and work together to get the gender balance of primary producers and of agricultural boards up to an even split. If we acknowledge that women hold diverse perspectives and priorities, we must also realize that decision-making without them is like steering a boat with a broken rudder that can only move on one side. As an effort towards becoming an anti-discriminatory organization, my suggestion to agricultural organizations is that they make a boardlevel resolution to have women fill 30 percent, if not 50 percent, of their board positions. It will be easy for these boards to achieve gender parity and excellence at the same time as there are so many amazing women working in agriculture. We are at the Women in Agriculture events, so it will be easy to find us. We are here. We are ready. We are waiting. Karlah Rae Rudolph, Gull Lake, Sask.

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A recent letter I received from Premier Brad Wall’s office stating that, “In the last three elections we promised not to privatize the Crown corporations. We have listened. Bill 40 will be repealed.” However, only a portion of Bill 40 was repealed. The part that allows for the destruction of the Saskatchewan Transportation Company was left intact. In the last three elections, Wall also promised to maintain the operation of STC. Why is this election promise being ignored? With STC in operation, private carriers had to align their freight charges with STC rates. STC rates were charged according to the weight of the item and the size of the item. Private carriers charged according to weight, size, and distance. Without STC in operation, private carriers are free to charge inflated rates for freight to all customers, including government departments. Blood services, lab tests, water tests, library books and the transportation of social services clients, cancer patients, mental health clients — how many government departments are paying the private carriers? The Sask Party and Wall have set up a system that directly subsidizes private carriers at unknown costs using taxpayers’ money. I would suggest that the real subsidy paid to maintain STC is comparable to what is now being given as a direct gift to private carriers. With these “gifts” being filtered through government departments, the taxpayer has no way of finding out the true cost of the loss of STC. STC provided safe, reliable, efficient transportation of freight and passengers. That is something the private system cannot replicate. That needs to be provided to all citizens of Saskatchewan through a governmentsubsidized transportation system. It makes good economic sense. Give STC back to the people of Saskatchewan. L.E. Reimer North Battleford, Sask.

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STEWARDSHIP AWARENESS

Environmental programs must help farmers as well as consumers BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

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Sask. has plan to carry on with scrap tire collection Some RMs missed out on previous program BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Changes to scrap tire collection have left nearly a third of Saskatchewan rural municipalities with piles of discarded tires that councillors and residents want removed. The Saskatchewan Scrap Tire Corp., a non-profit organization that had operated the province’s tire recycling program since 1996, dissolved Aug. 31 after new regulations came into force earlier in the summer. Tire Stewardship of Saskatchewan, a new industry-led non-profit, received approval in October to operate tire collection programs for the next three years and says it has a plan to deal with the so-called legacy tires. The SSTC had operated the Black Gold Rush program, which collected tires from private stockpiles at no cost even though a recycling fee may not have been paid on all of them. The corporation paid for the program out of its surpluses, and after two years of losses it was suspended. However, only 227 rural municipalities were able to participate before the suspension, leaving 69 without a pick-up program. T h e R M s a re m a i n l y i n t h e Saskatoon, Meadow Lake, Lloydminster, Regina, Moose Jaw and Weyburn areas. Leslie Clark, a councillor in the RM of Parkdale at Glaslyn, said the piles of tires don’t help the province’s image. “The average farmer has 50-plus tires that they can’t get rid of,” she said during the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipali-

ties’ recent midterm convention. D e l e gat e s ov e r w h e l m i n g l y agreed that the SARM board should press the province for funding to TSS so the program can be completed. TSS chair Colin Fraser told the convention that the organization will come through. “We know this is an important aspect of the program to the RMs and your ratepayers,” he said. TSS is planning its legacy programs for 2018 and looking at more cost-effective ways to increase collection. It intends to expand the Return to Retailer (R2R) program across the province. It allowed residents to take a maximum of 10 rimless tires to select retailers for drop off. TSS hopes to increase that maximum number. “The legacy clean-up fund is a new program being considered, where the TSS would work directly with inquiring landowners to do special pickups,” Fraser said. Co-ordinating with municipalities for local pick-up days could be an option, and working with the 69 RMs left out of Black Gold Rush is also likely. However, Fraser said the shortterm legacy priority is to clean up two significantly large abandoned stockpiles in the town of Assiniboia, which has about 45 million pounds of scrap tires, and near Lashburn, where about five million lb. are located. He said this is urgent, given the environmental hazards and fire risk. Assiniboia is the 2018 priority. A private landowner owns the Lashburn site.

OTTAWA — Farmers recognize the public wants proof of environmental sustainability, but they say meeting those demands shouldn’t pose a burden for farmers. Delegates to the second summit on developing a national environmental farm plan heard that a national standard can’t result in onerous paperwork or extra costs. Several speakers said a national EFP must be easy to complete and offer value to producers as well as consumers. Graeme Finn, who farms and ranches near Madden, Alta., said doing business on the ranch used to be all the verification customers needed. In today’s international marketplace, that is no longer so. He and his wife, Heather, completed their EFP in 2006. They own 70 breeding cows and manage another 305 with her family. In the summer, they buy between 500 and 1,000 yearlings to run on grass. They rent about 60 percent of their land. “That’s where I really find the environmental farm plan works for us,” Finn said. His landlords have confidence he will operate on their land the

same way he does at home, he said. The Finns graze year-round on native grass for calving, a highlegume pasture during the summer and swath grazing in the winter. Electric fence keeps cattle contained but allows elk, deer, moose, bear and cougars to move through, he said. Stewardship practices He told the conference how he moves cattle daily, how his watering systems are managed and about shelter belts. All his practices should give consumers comfort, but he said the public at large doesn’t necessarily know what he does. “If we were regulated like the oil patch is, well, we couldn’t afford to do business,” he said. “But I think we still should be regulated to make us accountable for what we do.” He said there has to be a way to distinguish an environmentally sustainable operation from others who don’t follow best practices. However, he agreed that Alberta farmers, in particular, would protest a compulsory verification similar to the way they spoke against other regulations, such as workers’ compensation.

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Finn also said farmers should receive value for being verified through an EFP and other programs such as Verified Beef Production Plus and McDonald’s Sustainable Beef program, in which he also participates. He said there is no benefit for farmers when they want to apply for lending or Growing Forward programs. “We seem to go just in the pile with everybody else,” Finn said. Doug Sell from north of Strathmore, Alta., said having an EFP is likely not enough when it comes to consumers. He completed his plan about a dozen years ago and said he can demonstrate improvements over his 39 years of farming through better fertilizer and chemical management, reduced tillage and better soil organic matter and tilth. However, just saying so isn’t sufficient. He suggested the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is a place to start for verification. “I feel like when the consuming public is looking for a metric like sustainability or verification, and that metric is for the public good, then the public purse, like the CFIA or something like that, should ante up,” he said. karen.briere@producer.com

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Officials determining cause of Alta.-Sask. wildfire Cause of the fire that killed livestock and destroyed buildings and fences may determine compensation strategy BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

The cause of an Oct. 17 wildfire that began near Hilda, Alta., and spread into Saskatchewan is likely to determine what assistance is available to farmers and ranchers who sustained losses. Alberta’s Office of the Fire Commissioner is still investigating the cause amid unconfirmed reports that the wind reignited embers in a fire pit used a few days before unprecedented high winds struck the southeast Alberta region. There was a permit for that fire

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Oster said fund availability through the province’s disaster recovery program will depend on the fire’s cause. “Only losses and damages for which a responsible party cannot be determined following the event are eligible for financial assistance,” Oster said. “If the commissioner confirms the cause of the fire … then that could mean that’s who would be held liable. That could change everything.” In the meantime, he said the county is proceeding as though the fire was an act of God and is collect-

ing information from fire-affected residents so it can compile an application for funds from the province. Oster and rural officials from the Municipal District of Acadia met with Alberta Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier and Municipal Affairs Minister Shaye Anderson last week in Edmonton to discuss potential assistance with the fire damage and costs. The blaze burned 85,000 acres of grass in Alberta and Sask-atchewan and destroyed stored grain and feed, farm buildings, livestock and fences. “They really want to do some-

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“Fire and flooding are two different events in the eyes of the government, but we feel that given the scope of these fires, the causes of these fires combined with really the severe weather event that was occurring that day … it doesn’t really meet the definition or scope of a regular grass fire,” Williams said. In the meeting with Carlier, Acadia and Cypress asked about options within the federal-provincial AgriRecovery program. “(Carlier) stated that the scope of the damage was not wide enough and the government wouldn’t be implementing that program. So he was very non-committal,” said Williams. “He didn’t really say too much, in spite of us asking questions and him answering them. He did say that he hopes to find wiggle room somewhere in the near future to help out, but what that means is anyone’s guess.” Williams said MD of Acadia officials also met with ATCO personnel last week to discuss the electrical company’s downed power line that started the fire there. “They reopened the investigation,” Williams said about ATCO. “They’re taking a lot of steps to try to figure how this happened and most of all they have opened communication lines with the MD of Acadia and the private landowners, and contacting them individually, which we really appreciate.” Williams said he expects to have ATCO’s report within the next two weeks, at which time they will discuss next steps. barb.glen@producer.com

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AAMD&C CONVENTION

Feds’ legal pot deadline worries municipalities Concerns about bylaws and legalities were raised at the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties convention BY JEREMY SIMES EDMONTON BUREAU

Alberta’s rural municipalities are grappling with how to deal with cannabis in their communities once it becomes legal, as many of their questions remain unanswered. Rural municipality councillors, reeves and mayors raised the issue with provincial officials Nov. 15 during an info session held at the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties annual convention. Their concerns largely swirled around what they can do now to ensure they are prepared for when cannabis becomes legal on July 1. Some felt they wouldn’t be able to enact changes to bylaws in time, so they called on the federal government to push the legalization date to 2019. “We need to get some of these

tools and have the feds slow down and not dump this (on us),” said Glen Alm, the reeve of the Municipal District of Willow Creek. He said many rural municipalities haven’t updated their current bylaws to deal with cannabis production or retail sales in their communities, and many are hurriedly changing rules to get a grip on the incoming issue. “We haven’t even dealt with how we’re going to deal with retail sales,” he said. However, some communities are more prepared than others. Mountain View County was one of the first rural districts to change its cannabis rules. In 2014, Aurora Cannabis Inc., which produces medical weed, came into the area. Mountain View council changed rules to ensure Aurora could operate. The council created a new business class for horticulture and ensured the cannabis facility could

operate only in industrial areas. But the county now faces challenges on how to deal with retail sales, said Margaretha Bloem, the director of planning and development. She oversaw much of the previous rule changes to accommodate Aurora. “Additional time to deal with this would be great,” she said. “But I think the federal government has made it clear that it will be July 1, so we will make all the effort to be ready for that.” But it’s not just changing bylaws in a short amount of time that is concerning. Rural municipality representatives raised concerns over how RCMP will be able to deal with cannabis-impaired drivers. Ethan Bayne, executive director of strategy and planning with the department of justice’s cannabis secretariat branch, told attendees

saliva tests are likely the best way to discern how much cannabis is in someone’s system. The federal government has piloted the saliva-testing devices, but has made no commitments to fully investing in them yet, as test results haven’t always been accurate. As well, cannabis impairment is more complex than being drunk on alcohol, Bayne added. “There are challenges with linking levels in the system w ith impairment,” he said. “It’s not as simple as being impaired at .08.” That said, police have the authority to suspend licences and seize vehicles if people are driving impaired by cannabis. As well, consumptio n in vehicles won’t be allowed. But Bayne agreed with rural representatives that all orders of government are dealing with challenging timelines.

“We would like to see clarity on what support the federal government is going to provide for training and to provide testing devices for law enforcement,” he said. “We also want to see details on how they are going to deal with education because a huge part of this is understanding what’s legal and what’s not legal, and what the risks are.” Rural municipalities will also have to deal with rules regarding where people can and can’t smoke weed or use other cannabis products. However, people won’t be able to smoke or vape near schools, playgrounds or other places where smoking cigarettes is prohibited. For people who want to buy marijuana but are living in communities that don’t want pot stores, it will be available online through the provincial government. jeremy.simes@producer.com

ALBERTA POLITICS

Plan to reduce rural ridings irks MDs BY JEREMY SIMES EDMONTON BUREAU

Alberta’s rural leaders plan to lobby the provincial government to maintain the number of non-urban electoral ridings. They argue that reducing the number of rural ridings would reduce rural voices in the legislature. The decision to take up the issue came about following a resolution passed Nov. 15 at the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties’ (AAMD&C) annual convention. Recent recommendations by the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission suggested rural Alberta sacrifice three ridings so Edmonton, Calgary and Airdrie-Cochrane each could gain one. Commission members, who are independent of the government, argued for the reduction in rural seats because Alberta’s cities are

growing at a faster rate than that of non-urban communities. But AAMD&C members are troubled by the proposal. Al Kemmere, president of the AAMD&C, said that while cities have grown exponentially, rural communities are also growing. “What’s really missing here is community characteristics and the things that make a riding home to people,” he said. He argued rural MLAs must cover larger geographic areas than do their city counterparts to meet with constituents. If rural ridings are enlarged to compensate for having fewer of them, he said it will mean fewer rural politicians in the legislature and it will become even more difficult for them to personally reach voters. “It’s already almost impossible for MLAs to service (large rural ridings),” he said. The resolution states the prov-

ince can still add three ridings to cities if it chooses, but it urges the government to keep the current number of rural ridings the same. Ninety-five percent of AAMD&C members voted in favour of the resolution. It might be tricky for the government to add three new city ridings while also keeping the rural ridings intact. When the province tasked the commission to review the boundaries, it indicated that commission members were not allowed to create more ridings. However, Kemmere said nothing is final. “What we’re doing is making a statement that we need to protect rural Alberta. We understand three new ridings will cost money, but we need to understand that these rural ridings need to remain manageable.” Here is what the commission recommended: • Four ridings in central northeast

Al Kemmere, president of the AAMD&C, called on members to support his resolution to lobby the government on not reducing the number of rural ridings. | JEREMY SIMES PHOTO Alberta be combined into three. They include Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills, Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville and BonnyvilleCold Lake. • In west-central Alberta, the five current ridings — Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, West Yellowhead, Drayton ValleyDevon, Whitecourt-Ste. Anne

and Stony Plain — would be reduced to four. • In eastern Alberta, seven ridings would be turned into six. They include Battle River-Wainwright, Drumheller-Stettler, StrathmoreBrooks, Little Bow, CardstonTaber-Warner, Cypress-Medicine Hat and Vermilion-Lloydminster. jeremy.simes@producer.com

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WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

TRADE NEGOTIATIONS

Alta. Hutterite colony ordered to pay WCB dues

U.S. agri-food sector starts pro-NAFTA letter campaign

BY JEREMY SIMES EDMONTON BUREAU

An Alberta Hutterite colony has been ordered to pay dues for labourers who work in its concrete plant after it lost an appeal to the Workers’ Compensation Board earlier this month. The Nov. 1 decision involves the Spring Ridge Colony east of Edmonton near Wainwright, Alta. About 90 percent of the colony’s business involves agriculture, while the other 10 percent involves concrete manufacturing for pre-cast walls. The colony incorporated the concrete side of the business, calling it Twin Valley Precast. In the decision documents, the colony said it incorporated Twin

Valley Precast separately for liability, risk management and tax purposes. However, members of the colony considered the pre-cast business as just another part of its overall operation, so it argued it should be given the same exemptions that were provided to its agricultural operations. The Alberta workers’ compensation appeals commission disagreed. Panel members ruled the concrete business has to be classified separately and put into the concrete manufacturing category. This means that the colony will have to insure workers in the precast business and pay dues for them. The colony was incorporated in

1994, and members began to manufacture pre-cast walls in 2000 for their own personal use. However, in 2006 the plant began to sell its pre-cast products to customers outside the colony. In 2015, the plant was upgraded and expanded to nearly 4,000 sq. metres. It has two bays, and each bay has a 20-ton crane. The plant can manufacture large projects, such as wall panels and oil pump bases. Any agricultural work on Hutterite colonies is exempt from the province’s new OH & S rules because they are considered family farm operations. Manufacturing, on the other hand, isn’t exempt. jeremy.simes@producer.com

The industry supports more than 22 million jobs BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

Dozens of American food companies and an even larger number of agricultural associations made their voices heard last week: they want the U.S. to remain in the No r t h A m e r i c a n F re e T r a d e Agreement. On Nov. 14, a group of 168 commodity groups, farm associations

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and Fortune 500 companies such as CHS, Cargill and John Deere sent letters to governors of every U.S. state. The letter urged the governors to lobby U.S. President Donald Trump and remind him of the importance of NAFTA. It also said that a withdrawal from NAFTA would result in “substantial harm” to the U.S. economy and American farmers. “Such a notice of withdrawal would fuel additional uncertainty among our North American trading partners, creating a sense of urgency to explore non-U.S. origin sources of supply,” the letter said. “Contracts would be renegotiated or cancelled, sales would be delayed or lost altogether, able foreign competitors would rush to seize our export markets, and litigation would abound even before withdrawal took effect.” The letter is a sign that America’s agri-food sector, which supports more than 22 million jobs, is frustrated by Trump’s continued threats to withdraw from NAFTA. Representatives of Canada, Mexico and the U.S. met last week for the next round of NAFTA negotiations. The three countries began formal talks to update and modernize NAFTA in August because President Trump promised to rip up or renegotiate the deal during his 2016 campaign. A number of analysts are concerned the U.S. is on track to terminate NAFTA because American negotiators have put forward proposals that are untenable for Canada and Mexico. For example, the U.S. has proposed changing rules of origin around automobile manufacturing so half of all content comes from the United States. In the letter, the group said that ripping up NAFTA would trigger massive job and economic losses. The U.S. exports about $43 billion in food and agricultural commodities annually to Canada and Mexico. ”(It’s) a net loss of at least 50,000 jobs in the U.S. food and agriculture industry, and a drop in GDP of $13 billion from the farm sector alone,” it said. “NAFTA withdrawal would also disrupt critical industry supply chains, close markets, eliminate jobs, and increase prices for the basic needs of Amer ican consumers.” The letter also provides detail of the value of NAFTA to specific U.S. industries, including corn, pork and fresh fruits and vegetables. “Since 1993, fruit and vegetable exports from U.S. to Mexico and Canada have more than tripled, reaching $7.2 billion.” The letter is encouraging for leaders of Canada’s agri-food industry, who have been waiting for their U.S. counterparts to exert pressure on the Trump administration. robert.arnason@producer.com

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FARMLIVING

VERTICAL GARDENING Alberta producers are using new growing processes to make food available for local markets year round. | Page 19

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DAIRY FARMERS OF CANADA

Diet focus shifts to sustainability Sustainable food can increase food security BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

OTTAWA — Good nutrition has gone beyond food to supporting the health of the planet. Sustainable diets are protective and respectful of biodiversity and ecosystems, culturally acceptable, economically fair and affordable, said Joanne Gallagher, assistant director for nutrition with Dairy Farmers of Canada. Sustainability cannot be ignored but Gallagher worries people are not eating well for many reasons. “This is a perennial issue worldwide where people in general are not meeting their country’s food guidelines. I am not sure if we have the answer to remedy that,” she said in an interview at a recent Dairy Farmers of Canada meeting on sustainability in Ottawa. She encourages people not to reject dairy products. Dairy is a staple of Canadian diets. Once new immigrants acclimatize to Canadian culture, they also tend to serve more dairy.

The next Canada food guide will focus on more nutrient rich foods, says a dietitian

Gallagher described dairy products as a nutritional bargain, with food guides around the world recommending more milk consumption and calling it a good source of calcium, protein, riboflavin and Vitamin B12. There is also scientific evidence to support claims that consuming milk, cheese and yogurt helps reduce the risk of diseases such as colorectal cancer. The risk of Type 2 diabetes, hypertension and stroke

are reduced with greater dairy intake. A Harvard University study found osteoporosis and hip fracture risks were also lowered with higher milk consumption. Currently, food guides are emphasizing environmental sustainability in food production as well as attempts to encourage lower consumption and reduce food waste. Gallagher expects Canada’s food guide to be much different than in

the past, with a new approach to food quantity and quality. “It is not changing the overall foods, but choosing more nutrient rich foods,” she said. Gary Hulob of Health Canada said consultations on a new guide continue, with the emphasis on a healthy eating strategy rather than prescribed recommendations. In 2018, part one of the new dietary policy report for health professionals and policy makers will be

released, comprising of general healthy eating recommendations. In 2019, the new dietary guidance policy report should be ready to outline healthy eating patterns, including recommended amounts and types of foods. A publication from the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization released in 2010 called Sustainable Diets and Biodiversity talked about the need for a shift to more sustainable food systems and diets to protect people’s health and the environment. With more than nine billion people expected in the world by 2050, the need for food is great but it is likely to come with the continuing degradation of the planet’s resources, said the report. Some countries have already developed recommendations for increased consumption of plant products and local food production, reduction of red meat and processed meat consumption as well as reduced selection of highly processed and sugar sweetened drinks. For more information, visit: bit.ly/ 1SkQ8JP. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

SCHOLARSHIP WINNER

4-Her seeks higher profile for ag careers, women in business BY KAREN MORRISON SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Moving women up the business ladder and making their contributions more visible in the workplace while also raising agriculture’s profile as a career choice are among areas of special interest for the newest 4-H Canada scholarship winner. Sara Kate Smith, a member of the Yellowhead 4-H Club at Barriere, B.C., was one of four young people receiving the 4-H Canada Leadership Awards of Distinction. It includes a $20,000 scholarship for post-secondary education and a year-long mentorship. Smith won in the community engagement and communications

section and hopes to be paired with a woman working in business and communications starting in February. “I think women have to work twice as hard to get recognized for the same thing,” said Smith. “It’s hard to get into or it’s put aside as a team effort and whoever the team lead is gets the credit and often times that is a man.” She is currently enrolled in political studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and plans to add a master’s degree in management in the future. Smith said she’s part of a generation interested in equality and wage parity. “I think it’s a slow process, but we’re definitely getting closer. But I

Sara Kate Smith of Barriere, B.C. won the 4-H Canada Leadership Awards of Distinction. | SUBMITTED PHOTO look forward to being a part of that and making my own name for

myself, just as well as a man, said Smith, who hopes to make small business consulting and communications her career one day. She grew up in a 4-H family, participated in sheep projects and is currently a 4-H provincial ambassador. She organized a provincial 4-H communications and professional d e v e l o p m e n t c o n f e re n c e t o improve skills in public speaking, resume writing and job interviews. Smith also led a session on developing adult and youth partnerships at the Global 4-H Network Summit in Ottawa in July. She would like to see agriculture’s profile raised up alongside engineering and medicine in high schools through farm visits and career days, citing the diversity of

jobs available within the field from veterinary medicine to communications to management. “Interest in agriculture is dwindling,” she said, citing farm succession and keeping farms in the family as current challenges. It’s also a hard area to draw people to who don’t have a rural or farm connection, she added. “When provided the right information, resources, there are definitely opportunities to grow the field,” she said, citing how 4-H can play a role in ag education. Other LEAD scholarship winners were Evan Krebs and Sadie-Jane Hickson of Ontario and Thian Carmen of Nova Scotia. karen.morrison@producer.com

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TOP, clockwise: See the sights by hiring a horsedrawn carriage in Izamal, Mexico. Live music accompanies folkloric dancers in Merida, Mexico. Take in an evening sound and light show at the cathedral in Merida. The facade of Casa Montejo depicts the early Spanish conquistadors. | ARLENE & ROBIN KARPAN PHOTOS

EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT

Explore the cultural side of Mexico TALES FROM THE ROAD

ARLENE & ROBIN KARPAN

ost visitors to the Yucatan Peninsula flock to Cancun and the Maya Riviera along the east coast, home to famous beaches and resorts, but for a taste of authentic Mexico, it’s best to head inland. It’s also easy to do. Merida makes an excellent base, about 4.5 hours west of Cancun on a comfortable express bus (less than $30). Founded in 1542, Merida reveals its histor y at ever y turn. The imposing San Ildefonso Cathedral on the main square is the oldest church anywhere on the Ameri-

can mainland. Facing another side of the square, the ornate mid-16th century Casa Montejo has an elaborately decorated facade depicting the glories of Spanish conquistadors. Across the square, the state government building features a gallery dominated by massive murals by famed artist Fernando Pacheco. They depict the story of the region from the time of ancient Maya to present day. Free events abound in Merida from the excellent bilingual walking tour of the historic city centre to free entry to many museums, galleries, and historic sites. In addition, the city sponsors free daily cultural activities. Depending on the day, there might be music, folklore dancing, handcraft displays, re-enactments of the ancient Mayan ball game or sound and light shows. Long famous for its public events, Merida kicked things up a notch this year when it was named the

2017 Cultural Capital of America. Besides the city itself, Merida is surrounded by a wealth of nearby attractions from many important ancient Mayan ruins to early colonial sites. One highlight was visiting the small historic town of Izamal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, an hour away by bus. What sets Izamal apart is that almost every building is painted a brilliant mustard yellow. Dominating the town is the imposing Convent of San Antonio de Padua, completed in 1562, and built on the site of former Mayan structures. It has long been an important place of pilgrimage, with the Pope visiting here a few years ago. Izamal looks as if it is dotted by hills, unusual in pancake-flat northern Yucatan. However, they are all remains of Mayan pyramids and structures, mostly unexcavat-

ed. One has the largest base of any pyramid on the peninsula. While it is easy to visit Izamal on a day trip, we decided to spend the night in this small friendly town. Evening was the nicest part of the day, with temperatures cooling to the mid-20s, tour buses long gone and lights giving a magical glow to the ancient yellow buildings. We timed our travels to be back in Merida for the weekend, the best time for a visit. On Sunday, streets near Plaza Grande, the main square, are closed to traffic, food stalls pop up everywhere and the area takes on a carnival atmosphere. One street becomes a stage with free performances throughout the day. It’s folkloric dancing that draws the most crowds, including men in their brilliant white outfits and women wearing distinctive

intricately embroidered dresses. After the last performance in the evening, another orchestra takes the stage and the street turns into a massive public dance hall. At the same time, a hubbub of activity continues in Plaza Grande. This is a great place to experience how important the centre square is in the life of Mexico. People come in the evening to relax and visit, kids run around and play, and lovers smooch on more secluded park benches. A fire and brimstone evangelist urges everyone to repent, while wandering vendors hawk everything from cotton candy to popcorn and toys to tempt the kids. In short, it’s a slice of Mexican life on a pleasant, warm evening. Arlene and Robin Karpan are well-travelled writers based in Saskatoon. Contact: travel@producer.com.

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LEFT: Wayne and Caroline Lohr and business partner Ulf Geerds display produce grown in their indoor gardens at Olds, Alta. TOP: Panels of lettuce grow indoors. ABOVE: A handful of strawberries are grown in a new form of vertical gardening. | BARBARA DUCKWORTH PHOTOS

ON THE FARM

Alta. growers find market with appetite for local food The future is looking up — way up — for aeroponic Alberta produce growers

ON THE FARM

BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

OLDS, Alta. — Imagine snacking on fresh, locally grown strawberries at Christmas. Wayne and Caroline Lohr and their business partner, Ulf Geerds, hope to do just that with their new venture growing vegetables, herbs and strawberries indoors year round on vertical panels. Based at Olds, Alta., this new technology dovetails well with their seasonal bedding plant business at Lohr-A-Lee Greenhouses and Indoor Gardens that caters to customers who want to garden in the microclimates of central and southern Alberta. Wayne and Ulf were originally interested in aquaponics but Carolyn interjected and asked them if they wanted the added complexity of fish as well as vegetable growing. Ulf then took in an aquaponics event in Ontario and heard about Indoor Farms of America, run by David Martin of Las Vegas. Martin had developed a way to

WAYNE & CAROLINE LOHR, ULF GEERDS Olds, Alta.

produce high quality vegetables, herbs and strawberries by using vertical aeroponic production. Plants are started from seed in individual plugs that are eventually mounted into the panels. A patented watering system mists the roots that are enclosed inside the panels. LED lights mounted between the panels make the plants grow, and within a few weeks they have ready-to-eat lettuce and other greens. They have erected 47 panels so far in what used to be a fully heated and ventilated horse barn. The panels arrived earlier this year in crates and Wayne and Ulf assembled the pieces and hooked up the plumbing. “We have to admit with this system there were a few whoopsies and a few undosies and a few

phone calls to David and his crew,” said Wayne. That was followed by experimentation and learning what grows well. Strawberries need some more work but the lettuce varieties have taken off. “There are a lot of things we still have to learn and the company has been very open to our suggestions,” said Ulf, an agronomist originally from Germany. “We think it has a future. The big kinks have been worked out,” he said. They have been so successful growing salad greens they are working with Federated Co-op to market butter lettuce that will be packaged in clamshells and sold as a local product. They hope to have products in some Calgary stores by Christmas. To edge their marketing plans forward, they have completed their Good Agricultural Practices certification. It is an internationally recognized voluntary audit program to verify fruits and vegetables are produced, packed and handled as safely as possible to minimize food safety risks. Even though this is a retirement project for Wayne and Carolyn, they have decided they are willing to work hard growing and marketing salad greens. They also have the local distributorship for this technology.

“I had no qualms we could grow quality stuff,” said Wayne. “The reality is there is a difference between what can grow in this system and what you can economically grow,” he said. They are already thinking expansion and so far have about 15,000 plant holes in 47 panels where they can grow 4,000 heads of lettuce per week. “You can be in full production in six weeks from the time you seed the first lettuce. With strawberries, you have to have a 45 to 60 day period,” he said. Everyone pitches in to work. Carolyn’s sister, Valerie Miller, and Wayne’s sister, Marilyn Michels, are also available to work in the vertical gardens as well as the greenhouse. The Lohrs children are grown and are not involved in the farm. The deal with FCL was welcome because Carolyn did not want the added work of selling at farmers markets. “I could probably have taken time and sold quite a bit of lettuce but it takes a lot of time and it might not be worth it,” she said. All partners are enthusiastic about the project and believe they have found a special niche in Alberta where so much produce is imported annually. “What does the market want? It is not about having the bins full of

durum and going out and seeing what you can get for it,” Wayne said. “The heart of this is there is a pile of money being put into this and we want to know before we start that there is a market for it,” he said. The team brings considerable experience to the venture. Carolyn is the grower and has an agriculture degree from the University of Alberta specializing in horticulture. She and Wayne lived on Vancouver Island for many years where both worked for the British Columbia government and also raised Quarter horses. She was with the forestry department and was involved in developing tree seedlings for replanting programs. Wayne is an agriculture economist and worked with Alberta Agriculture during the days of Freedom to Choose when the province supported farmers who wanted a voluntary Canadian Wheat Board. When he was in B.C., he was involved in the tree fruit sector when massive replantings were initiated so farmers could grow more modern and saleable apples. He and Ulf met while working for Agr i-Trend as far m business coaches. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial literacy helps you achieve your goals TEAM RESOURCES

BETTY ANN DEOBALD, BSHEc

he financial health of individual Canadians is affected by rising lending interest rates and personal debt and a lack of planning for future financial needs. The issue becomes more acute when combined with fewer cash and more debit and credit transactions, online shopping and a plethora of credit and investment products. Financial literacy is the knowledge that is necessary to make financially responsible decisions that are an integral part of everyday life. This includes developing a spending plan, understanding how a chequing account works, learning how to use credit cards to avoid service charges and interest and understanding how to avoid debt and the fastest way to reduce debts. In addition, it addresses identifying ways to save for future financial goals, like a home, children’s education or retirement and an understanding of where to get reliable information on investment options, consumer fraud and financial planning. A well-informed financial consumer is critical to a strong and stable economy and for reducing personal financial worries and stress. Any improvement in financial

literacy will have a profound impact on consumers and their ability to provide for their future while avoiding the pitfalls of debt. Recent trends are making it all the more important that consumers understand basic finances. A September 2017 survey conducted by the Canadian Payroll Association indicated that 47 percent of working Canadians are living pay cheque to pay cheque. The data highlighted that many Canadians are challenged by debt, are not saving enough for retirement and worry about their local economy. Half of the employees felt that financial stress was impacting their work performance. About 52 percent indicated that they budget frequently and of these, 31 percent said they kept their budget in their head. Statistics Canada reported in June 2017 that Canadians owed $1.67 in consumer credit, mortgages and non-mortgage loans for every dollar of household disposable income in the first quarter of 2017. At a time when Canadians are carrying this large debt, interest rates are rising. This requires consumers to make higher monthly payments on credit products and loans such as variable interest rate mortgages, personal loans and lines of credit. Interest rate increases could also impact loans that are up for renewal such as fixed rate mortgages. When people are living from pay cheque to pay cheque, increased debt payments could prove financially disastrous. Today cash is rarely used. Banks and credit card companies are

WHO CAN HELP? The Canadian Financial Literacy Database offers resources, events, tools and information on budgeting, money management, insurance, saving, investing and taxes from various Canadian organizations. Visit: bit.ly/2htxMwQ On the website, there is also a budget calculator: bit.ly/1McNnXb For information on how to make a plan to be debt free: bit.ly/2jqG3pF Money Matters is another excellent online resource. It was developed by ABC Life Literacy Canada in partnership with the Government of Canada and TD Bank Group. For options that are designed specifically for new Canadians and indigenous peoples, visit: bit.ly/2zWnekY

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$1.67 inundating consumers with credit opportunities and the ability to apply for credit cards or to use credit cheques to pay off other credit balances. Without understanding the interest rates and payment balances, it is easy to get into high interest credit debt. Online shopping has become the shopping choice, especially for young shoppers, and has created an opportunity for accumulating debt. Credit card debit can potentially impact an individual’s finances for many years as well as affecting his ability to apply for mortgages or loans in the future. For the past seven years, the federal government has designated November as financial lit-

eracy month. Its goal is to provide information and tools that will help strengthen the financial well-being of Canadians and their families, and ultimately the Canadian economy. This year ’s theme, “taking charge of your finances: It pays to know,” encourages Canadians to take concrete actions to better manage their money and debt, including making a budget, having a savings plan and understanding their financial rights and responsibilities. The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada helps to co-ordinate the efforts of and increase collaboration between organizations from the private, public and non-profit sectors to strengthen financial literacy.

During November, organizations and individuals from across the country are encouraged to host and participate in events and share resources aimed at helping Canadians learn how to manage their personal finances better. FCAC’s website offers free resources to help individuals learn about a wide range of financial products and services. The resources include selector tools to help people identify the bank accounts and credit cards that best meet their needs and plain-language information on consumer rights and responsibilities in financial matters. It is never too early or too late for individuals to improve their financial literacy. By taking steps to develop a spending plan and control credit spending, financial anxiety can be reduced and financial goals can become attainable. Anyone can fall victim to financial fraud. Older Canadians, in particular, are frequently targeted for certain types of fraud and may also be vulnerable to financial abuse. New fraud scams emerge constantly, aiming to trick people into taking actions that result in losing their money to fraudsters. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre is designed to help identify the signs of fraud and what actions to take to minimize the possibility. If anyone feels they may have been a victim of fraud, they should contact the centre at www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/index-eng.htm. Betty Ann Deobald is a home economist from Rosetown, Sask., and a member of Team Resources. Contact: team@ producer.com.

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SMOKE EFFECTS

Tests, treatment required if smoke inhalation is serious HEALTH CLINIC

CLARE ROWSON, MD

One of my friends had a close encounter with a wildfire recently. She was worried about the effects of smoke inhalation, but the doctors say she is fine. What happens to people who inhale smoke and fumes? How is it treated?

I am glad that your friend was examined and treated by her doctor. Smoke inhalation is known to cause more fire-related deaths than actual burning, so is a serious cause for concern. It can cause damage to the body in many different ways. Fire sucks up a lot of oxygen so that asphyx iation can occur. Chemical asphyxiation happens when other substances such as carbon dioxide or monoxide are

present in sufficient quantities and take up the room needed for oxygen. This is more likely to be a problem in an enclosed space such as a house fire. Heat, as well as chemical products of combustion, may also cause direct irritation and damage to the linings of the airways, leading to swelling and choking. Such chemicals as sulfur dioxide, ammonia or chlorine can be to blame. Wildfires or outdoor fires can burn plastics, rubber tires and other building materials, leading to the production of toxic fumes. The most serious symptom of smoke inhalation is a coma or unconsciousness, usually due to carbon monoxide poisoning. If conscious, the victim may be irritable and have a headache in the region of the temples. He or she may also suffer from generalized muscle weakness. Coughing, breathlessness and rapid breathing may be present, as well as hoarseness and wheezing. Black or grey sputum may be coughed up.

Sometimes the symptoms are not immediately obvious and may take up to 36 hours to appear, so the exposed person needs to be carefully monitored for several days to make sure they are out of danger. The first line of treatment is to get the victim away from the scene and into fresh air. This is best done by professionals because there could be a great risk to the rescuer. CPR may be required and emergency responders will likely give oxygen through a mask. An airway may need to be inserted or even an endotracheal tube, if there is hoarseness and difficulty breathing. In severe cases, the doctors may need to perform a bronchoscopy to look inside the bronchial tubes and assess the degree of damage. In some less severe cases, the doctor may ask the patient to blow into a

spirometer to test for lung function. Bronchodilators or inhalers containing corticosteroids may be prescribed to open up the airways, reduce swelling and coughing and improve breathing. Sometimes antibiotics are given to prevent bronchitis and pneumonia from developing. The person should also get plenty of rest.

OMEGA 6 AND TYPE 2 DIABETES There could be a reduction in the risk of developing late-onset or Type 2 diabetes if people increased the amount of omega 6 fatty acids in their diet. The finding was reported by Dr. Jason Wu and associates at the George Institute for Global Health in Australia in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology Journal.

Sunflower, soybean and corn oil all contain this substance in addition to certain types of nuts and seeds. Increasing the amount of the polyunsaturated fat omega 6 in the diet could decrease diabetic risk by as much as 35 percent. Omega 6 is not the same as omega 3 fatty acids, which are mostly found in oily types of fish and are taken to help reduce risk of heart attacks by lowering cholesterol. Check with your doctor before starting either supplements, even though a prescription is not needed, because they may be contraindicated if you are taking certain medications such as anticoagulants-blood thinners. Clare Rowson is a retired medical doctor in Belleville, Ont. Contact: health@producer.com.

LACK OF APPRECIATION

Hearing aids cause tension in relationship SPEAKING OF LIFE

JACKLIN ANDREWS, BA, MSW

I recently took my mom to a hearing aid clinic to get tested by an audiologist. The results of his tests were clear. She needed hearing aids. Hearing aids are expensive and I knew that my mom did not have the money to pay for them so I took a chance, much to my husband’s consternation, and paid for them from our family account. At first, I thought that all was well. My mom was wearing her hearing aids regularly and her ability to communicate more appropriately with all of us in the family was noticeably better. But then she stopped using the aids and started telling everyone that I was a controlling manipulator. That hurt. I took a chance with our family finances to pay for the hearing aids because I wanted to help her. All that I wanted in return was a little appreciation. Instead I got a husband who is angry that I challenged our family finances as much as I did and a mom who has apparently been embittered by the whole experience. Where did I go wrong?

Hearing problems creep up on people and they are not aware of the severity of the problem. They do not know what to do about it because they have not figured out that they have a problem. It’s like bad breath. Everyone else

knows about the problem before the person knows. You got caught up because you were aware of your mom’s problem before either she or your husband was so when you tried to fix it, you were met with considerable resistance. You might have been more successful if you had spent more time helping both your mom and husband understand that her hearing loss was serious. That might have helped your mom resolve this matter and more successfully purchase and adapt to her new aids. This dilemma will soon pass but chances are that your mom will soon struggle keeping up her own home. Again, you will most likely notice it before your mom admits to it and before your husband is able to figure out where in your budget you can find the funds to help your mom. If this happens, consider spending time talking to your mom about her struggles with autonomy before you start filling in applications for care homes. At the same time, prepare both you and your husband for what could be an increased expense to accommodate elder care. If you spend time helping everyone understand the problem, you will more likely get support when the three of you try to fix it. Maybe then your mom can maintain her personal integrity while getting the support she needs. In return, you might get some of the appreciation that you lost with the hearing aids.

Jacklin Andrews is a family counsellor from Saskatchewan. Contact: jandrews@ producer.com.

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WILDLIFE PREDATION

Alberta grizzly bear shooting sparks debate on safety Incident in Dixonville is before the courts, says Alberta Fish and Wildlife BY JEREMY SIMES EDMONTON BUREAU

HIGH PRAIRIE, Alta. — The shooting of a grizzly bear preying on cattle in the Peace district has re-ignited the debate over how far ranchers can go to protect themselves and their livestock. Leroy Scott Peats of the Whitemud Provincial Grazing Reserve near Dixonville, Alta., has been charged for allegedly shooting a female grizzly and two cubs on that land in late August, according to Brendan Cox, spokesperson with the Alberta Fish and Wildlife enforcement branch. He said Peats faces one count of hunting wildlife during a closed season and one count of unlawful possession of wildlife. The incident was brought up at an Alberta Beef Producers meeting in High Prairie earlier this month. Some ranchers are urging producers to support Peats when he goes to court.

Living with wildlife can be challenging. We’re working with livestock and communities to prevent losses of livestock. BRENDAN COX ALBERTA FISH AND WILDLIFE

Grizzly bears can be shot in Alberta only if people feel their lives or other people’s lives are in danger. | FILE PHOTO Kaitlin McLachlan, a rancher and patron of the reserve, brought the issue to the attention of the Alberta Beef Producers by writing a letter. She said her main concern is the safety of ranchers. “In the last couple of years, there have been more grizzlies and I know that (Peats) has been charged by one when he was riding a horse,” she said. “If he ends up not being our pasture manager, I don’t want that job because it doesn’t seem safe.” The allegations against Peats

haven’t been proven in court. The maximum fine for killing a grizzly in Alberta is $100,000 or two years in prison because it is a protected species. Officers can sometimes trace a bear’s death because some animals have had tracking devices installed. Peats did not respond to interview requests in time for this issue. The issue involves more than just a growing number of grizzly bears, McLachlan said. In Peats’ case, she said wildlife

officers didn’t seem willing to work with ranchers to find a solution. In response to ranchers’ concerns, Cox said the government is working to protect grizzlies while also ensuring people’s safety. “Living with wildlife can be challenging,” he said. “We’re working with livestock and communities to prevent losses of livestock.” Still, producers are having a hard time dealing with wildlife officers, John MacArthur of Alberta Beef Producers said following the High

Prairie meeting. “Our main contention is these wildlife officers didn’t do their job and they didn’t look after this bear.” The issue is wide-ranging and affects ranchers across the province, said Jeff Bectell, co-ordinater for the carnivores and communities program for the Waterton Biosphere Reserve. He said more can be done to satisfy both ranchers and wildlife officers. jeremy.simes@producer.com

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In Alberta, it’s OK for people to shoot grizzly bears only if they feel their life or another person’s life is in danger. The only course of action for ranchers if cattle are threatened is to try and shoo the bears away and report it to wildlife officers, who then deal with the animals, said Jeff Bectell, co-ordinater for the carnivores and communities program for the Waterton Biosphere Reserve. If cattle are killed by grizzlies, ranchers can be compensated if they can prove it was a bear that killed their livestock. Compensation hasn’t always been easy to come by, and in some cases, it’s been frustrating for ranchers to deal with wildlife officers, Bectell said. “Wildlife officers do put human safety and protection high on their priority list, but sometimes when you’ve got few officers covering large areas, they can’t be everywhere as quickly as they would like to be,” he said. “That leads to frustration.” However, he said changes could help ease concerns.

For starters, better projects to reduce conflict between people and large carnivores are needed. That could include encouraging more producers to install electric fences and equipping grain bins with protection devices where appropriate. As well, Bectell said the compensation program needs to improve. “If a person is losing livestock and they’re having trouble preventing that loss, and the animal can’t be removed, if they know those losses will be fully covered, it allows people to be a little more patient.” But there is no easy solution, he added. “If the answer is we kill every bear, that’s not what society is looking for. If the answer is we pay lots of money for compensation and we don’t try to stop the predation from happening, that’s not the answer, either,” he said. “Or, if the answer is we’ll just do a lot of really great projects and there’s no compensation when the project has failed and we’ll never remove a problem animal, that’s not going to work. You have to have all these pieces grinding together.” jeremy.simes@producer.com

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B.C. FARMLAND

Expert looks at ways to get most from agricultural land reserve BY SHELLEY TOMLINSON FREELANCE WRITER

Lenore Newman wants to expand the study of farmland. Newman, the Canada Research Chair in Food Security and the Environment at the University of the Fraser Valley, wants to explore the value of British Columbia’s

agricultural land reserve. “I think the important background there is that I really see the agricultural land reserve as like an investment. It’s like B.C. went and bought a GIC that pays off in vegetables,” Newman said. “We decided to put all this land aside and it’s going to farm for us. My research goal is how do we make

the most of that investment? How do we make this industry as strong as it can be, the best crops, the best returns and the best value added, agritourism, all of the spinoffs.” She realized after starting a research centre at the Fraser Valley university that there is considerable interest in how to get the most out of farmland and what people

were doing around the world. In her research, Newman has found that a lot of agritourism and farm-to-market activities exist. “A good example, the farm stores in and around Abbotsford, they’re a big part of the food system here and they’re big economic drivers and people come from the city for them,” she said.

Several factors are necessary for that model to work, including being near a city with a large enough population base while also having a stable farm base. “So, you need something like the agricultural land reserve and they’re actually quite unusual. Not many regions have that strong agritourism base,” Newman said.

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CANOLA RESEARCH

Straight-cut canola’s storage impact studied Research examines straight cutting’s effect on mould BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

Straight cutting of canola has gone from a fringe activity to a common practice on the Prairies over the last five years. Agronomists and growers have many theories on swathing versus straight cutting and how the harvest methods affect things like seed size, yield and oil content. Another factor to consider is storage. Does straight cutting change the characteristics of the seed and how canola reacts when stored? “If there is a higher risk (with) one of these methods, we want to make sure that producers know about it so they can react appropriately,” said Avery Simundsson, project leader with the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute. “There’s a thought if you’re spraying a desiccant or letting it naturally ripen … it might almost affect oil content, the potential for bacteria growth, dockage and everything else that effects your safe storage,” she said. “We want to see if there are any higher risks from any of your harvest choices, if it makes a difference at all.” To evaluate the risks, Simundsson and her PAMI colleagues at Portage la Prairie, Man., studied five harvest scenarios to measure the impact on seed physiology. They looked at swathing, natural ripening, straight cutting and desiccation with Reglone, desiccation

with Heat and glyphosate and just glyphosate. Following harvest, they sent seed samples to researchers at the University of Manitoba to analyze any differences in seed physiology, including things like seed moisture, oil content and respiration. Those properties may affect how moulds develop on canola seed. Mould growth is a primary cause of seed spoilage in the bin. Simundsson doesn’t know yet if harvest methods affect canola seed physiology and how the canola stores because results of the seed analysis won’t be finalized for a couple of months. However, observations from the trial suggest there could be differences. “(With) natural ripening we noticed last year we did have a lot of weeds in there when we were cutting, so there’s a potential for higher dockage, perhaps,” Simundsson said. Weed seeds can contain more moisture than canola seeds, particularly if they are green, which can cause problems in the bin. “These high-moisture seeds may not be enough to elevate overall grain moisture tests, but if these weed seeds congregate in pockets in the bin, they can create localized hot spots for spoilage to begin,” the Canola Council of Canada says on its website. The PAMI research was a one year study, which was part of a larger project evaluating straight cutting

PAMI employees sift a sample of straw and canola seed at the research site in Portage la Prairie, Man. and various pre-harvest aids. PAMI is also assessing swathing, straight cutting with different types of desiccants and how those methods affect yield, seed size, bushels per hour, bushels per litre of fuel and threshing losses. The study on seed physiology and safe storage may continue next year, depending on funding. “There’s a lot of interest in safe storage of canola right now,” Simundsson said. “Part of the push behind safe storage of canola is that bins are getting bigger, which makes it harder to cool properly or force air through it just as efficiently.” For more information on the PAMI research on canola harvest methods, visit bit.ly/2yBMlp1. robert.arnason@producer.com

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25 YEARS AGO

Beef exporters warned of expanding U.S. cattle herd 50 YEARS AGO: NOV. 23, 1967

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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: NOV. 19, 1942 The size of the 1942 wheat crop was reduced by 7.55 million bushels, but the crop was still the largest ever harvested in Canada at 607.688 million bu. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics’ total estimate for the prairie crop was now 580 million bu., seven million bu. less than the first estimate. Thirty farmers from St. Paul, Alta., were organizing a co-operative farm. Each farmer would continue to own his land and buildings, but the co-op members would pool their livestock and equipment. They were also developing a four or five year crop rotation.

Saskatchewan Wheat Pool delegates called for increased support for agriculture, “either through marketing subsidies related to production costs or through income supplements coupled w ith a domestic price for wheat related to the price index of goods and serv i c e s u s e d b y f a r m e r s.” T h e demand was part of a 15-point farm policy for 1968 that was approved during the pool’s annual meeting in Regina. J.B. Lawrie, assistant chief commissioner of the Canadian Wheat Board, countered arguments that had been made in the past year in the grain industry that Canada should produce and sell both high and low quality wheat. “Canada should continue to produce high quality wheat rather than attempt to grow cheap, lowquality wheat,” he told the United Grain Growers annual meeting. “Other countries can produce larger quantities of cheaper wheat than we can. Canada is one of the few countries that can produce a quality bread wheat. We should stay with quality.”

25 YEARS AGO: NOV. 19, 1992 Canada again cut Russia off from any new grain sales on credit until it began to pay back its existing debt

of more than $1.5 billion. The federal government had taken similar action earlier in the year for the same reason. A senior economist with Russia’s trade mission in Ottawa said his country was critically short of hard currency and urged Canada to be lenient. Russia was $85 million behind on its debt to the wheat board. Canadian beef exporters were warned about the implications of an expanding cattle herd in the United States. Randy Blach, an analyst with Cattlefax in the U.S., said the expansion was happening faster than most people thought.

10 YEARS AGO: NOV. 22, 2007 A coalition comprising First Nations bands, Sask Pork and Big Sky Farms said it was working on a plan to build a hog plant in Saskatoon with an annual capacity of one million hogs. The plant was never built. Alberta’s seed potato sector was in lock-down mode after pale cyst nematodes were found in the province. Seed potato exports to the United States were temporarily banned while officials retested samples. Two positive cases out of more than 2,000 samples had been found earlier in the fall. bruce.dyck@producer.com

Steve MacEachern, left, manager of the Saskatoon Exhibition, C.R. McIntosh, publisher of the North Battleford News, and W. McK. Ross, director of Saskatchewan Wheat Pool’s District 14, chatted at the railway station in Churchill, Man., during a tour of the northern port in the summer of 1959. The three men had played significant roles in the Hudson Bay Route Association. | FILE PHOTO

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FIRE AFTERMATH

‘It was a panic situation,’ says rancher of B.C. fires Communities are still rebuilding from the ashes after wildfires tore through the province this summer BY JEREMY SIMES EDMONTON BUREAU

That couple of days was absolute chaos. People were running everywhere. Fortunately for us, we were only on evacuation alert. ERIN KISHKAN, PINNACLE VIEW LIMOUSIN

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won’t ever forget. “It was pretty scary,” Rob Swaan of Pinnacle View Limousin said in an interview during the Edmonton farm show Nov. 10. Swaan lives near Quesnel, B.C., where lightning strikes sparked 19 fires that merged into one massive blaze in July. It was roughly 4,674 sq. kilometres, the largest wildfire in B.C. history.

Though the fires came close to his ranch, Swaan didn’t lose any cattle or structures. He did, however, help some of his neighbours who were in a worse situation. “That night a bit of wind was moving fast and different directions,” he recalled. “It’s not a panic situation, but you try to get prepared the best you can.” Erin Kishkan, who’s also with Pinnacle View Limousin, said she and her father prepared for the blaze. She said when they first learned of the fire on the news, they rushed to the store and bought two pumps and as many fire hoses as they could. “We had to be fully prepared because it was seven or eight kilometres away,” she said. “It was basically a fire storm and it was a panic situation.” She said they moved their cattle to an area that was safer for them and opened the gates in case they had to flee. As well, they turned on their irrigation system to soak everything. “We were ver y blessed to be where we were,” she said. “We actually thought we were safe, but the fire was so aggressive that it was jumping the Fraser River and Highway 97. “That couple of days was absolute chaos. People were running everywhere. Fortunately for us, we were only on evacuation alert. We were never ordered to leave, but we were prepared to stay because this is our livelihood.” Others weren’t so lucky. There are no official numbers on how many cattle died, but it’s estimated that hundreds of the 35,000 head in the fire-affected regions were scorched. “We pretty much prepared ourselves to help anyone who needed it,” Kishkan said. Communities are still rebuilding from the ashes, and funding through AgriRecovery is helping ranchers with feed costs for breeding livestock and deaths of breeding stock. As well, funding is being applied to help w ith labour costs for rebuilding fences, for preconditioned calves in poor condition that wandered, vet bills and the replacement of infrastructure. Swaan commended the efforts of neighbours, community volunteers and firefighters. “It’s one of those things you can deal with and they’ve been improving in their reaction to fires because there has been so many,” he said. Kishkan echoed that. “There were losses and maybe there were decisions made that resulted in losses, but overall there was so much saved,” she said. “I cannot thank those firefighters and those people who didn’t sleep for a week for so much of their help.” jeremy.simes@producer.com

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BUSINESS FOR SALE with great growth in consumer and pet industry. Priced at $120,000. In Saskatoon, SK. area, but can be run anywhere. Call Bert 306-664-2378. SELLING DUE TO HEALTH: Industry leading header loss shield. Price includes existing inventory. Canadian and US patents good until 2032. Jig tables and templates. Current owner will train in the manufacturing and marketing processes. This is a perfect diversification opportunity for a large family farm or a Hutterite colony. Call Bill at 306-726-7977, Southey, SK. LARGE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING in heart of Balken oil play for lease/sale; Kenosee Lake cabin and campground for sale, incl. carwash and laundry mat; Development lands around Regina/Saskatoon; Large building and property on Broadway Ave., Yorkton; 3 lots on South Service Road, Weyburn; Tempo/Tire shop #48 Windthorst; Hotel and Restaurant on #48. Brian Tiefenbach, 306-536-3269, Colliers Int. Regina, SK. www.collierscanada.com

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WANTED: MACK COMPLETE or parts 1985-1990 R-688; 1990-1999 RD-688 and 427-454 engine. Selling: Camelback susp., 4:42 diffs, 15 spd. Eaton, 350 HP engine. 306-960-3000, Borden, SK.

2004 IH 7600 tandem truck, 670,000 kms, 13 spd., 425/65R22.5 front (20,000 lbs.), 11R22.5 rear (46,000 lbs.), $55,000. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. 2006 WESTERN STAR 4900FA, 200,000 kms., 475 Cat., 18 spd., 46 rears, alum. front bumper, 42” flat top bunk, 11R24.5 tires on aluminum wheels, wet kit, asking $59,900. 306-825-5355, Lloydminster, SK., Dealer #328771. For more pictures go to: www.heavyoilfieldtrucks.com 2010 CHEVY 1-TON Dually w/12’ flat deck, 150,000 kms., new Michelin tires, A/T/C, like new! $9900. 306-222-2274, Saskatoon 2007 INT 21’ steel deck truck, sliding-tilting, new injectors, low profile, air ride, air brakes, 306-590-8987, Kamsack, SK. 2006 FORD F-650 XL Superduty Dump Truck, V8 diesel engine, 6 spd. manual, hydraulic brakes, 65,384 kms., $32,000 OBO. Call 306-537-5248, 306-501-8264, Regina, SK. mkuzma@taigabuilding.com 2007 FREIGHTLINER CENTURY Class, 500 HP, 60 series Detroit, 18 spd., 46 rears, 225” rubber, 550,000 kms., fresh safety, $27,900. Call Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 2008 PETERBILT 386, yellow, daycab, 18 spd., 850,000 kms., 46k rears full locks, vg cond., $24,900. 780-206-1234, Barrhead.

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2008 STERLING A9500, daycab, 10 spd. AutoShift, 12 fronts, 40 rears, 3-way lockers, MBE4000 455 HP, deleted, tires 80%, Beacons, $39,000 OBO. Wade or Shaun 306-653-8500, 306-290-8827, Saskatoon, SK. wade@customcourier.ca

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2013 KENWORTH T370 TANDEM GRAIN TRUCK, Paccar PX-8, 350hp, 1000lb ft, Torque Allison, 6spd, 3000RDS Air seat, dual pass. seat cloth interior ACT P.W P.L 22” Alum Wheels, Front Tires 315/80R22.5 Rear tires 11R22.5 Power-Heated Aerodynamic Mirrors AM/FM/CD/ Radio Full Gauges 100 Gal. Alum Fuel Tank 14,600F. Axle 40,000R.Axles with Air Suspension Jacobs brake Trailer Brake Controls 8-1/2X20’X65” CIM ULTRACEL ELECTRIC TARP TAILGATE & HOIST, Cloth Interior, Red, 38,035km, Stk#M7368A $133,395

2009 GMC C8500 TANDEM GRAIN TRUCK Isuzu Diesel 300 HP Allison Transmission 14+40 Axles Rubber Block Rear Suspension, Alum wheels A-C-T PW PL PM Air ride seat. CIM 20’ Box and hoist w/Remote hoist and end gate. 12R22.5 Front and 11R22.5 Rear Tires, Red Cab & Red Box, 19,950km, Stk#M7346A $89,995 2001 INTERNATIONAL 9100 SERIES TANDEM GRAIN TRUCK C-12 CAT 375-450 HP, 10 speed fuller trans, air ride, CIM 20’x65” Grain Box, Michels electric roll tarp. Remote hoist, endgate and tarp, white with teal box, 531,158kms, Stk#G1440A $69,995

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2010 IHC PROSTAR new longblock 485 Cummins w/0 miles, new 24.5 rubber all around, new clutch, ready to go! Fresh safety, $64,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

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2012 MACK PINNACLE CXU613 day-cab, Mack MP8-455HP, Eaton 13 spd., $39,900. DL# 1679. 204-761-7797, Brandon, MB.

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CAN-AM TRUCK EXPORT LTD., Delisle, SK. 1-800-938-3323. 2004 Freightliner day cab, 60 Detroit 13 spd. Eaton, SmartShift, 46 rears, low kms., $36,000; 2006 LodeKing Super B, new safety, $37,000; 2006 Lode-King tridem, 4 hoppers, new safety, $35,000; 2016 Canuck tridem, end dump, like new, $54,000; 1992 Volvo tandem w/3000 vac. unit, low kms., $19,000; 1997 FL80, 5.9 Cummins, auto, 40 rears w/lock, air ride, 16’ grain box, new tires, $30,000; 2006 IHC 4200, VT365, auto, 12’ deck, 260,000 km., $12,500; 1985 IHC S1700, 6.9 diesel, 5&2, w/45’ manlift bucket, exS a s k Po we r u n i t o n ly 1 0 9 , 0 0 0 k m . , $14,000; 1998 Timpte 48’ convertible grain trailer, tandem, air ride, $17,000; 2009 Western Star C&C, 60 Detroit, 18 spd., 46 rears w/4-way lock, 460,000 km., $50,000; 2003 Freightliner Columbia, 60 Detroit, 13 spd., 40 rears, $18,000; Gen sets avail. from 45KW to 800 KW. Financi n g ava i l a b l e OAC . D L # 9 1 0 4 2 0 . www.can-amtruck.com SPECIAL PURCHASE OF new and near new 2014-2015 Crosstrek XVs. Save up to $5000. Come in quickly!! 1-877-373-2662. www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077.

ROUGH LUMBER: 2x6, 2x8, 2x10, 1” boards, windbreak slabs, 4x4, 6x6, 8x8, all in stock. Custom sizes and log siding on order. Call V&R Sawing 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK.

108 SHEETS OF WHITE liner, still in package, 28’ 6”L 3’W .68¢ per sq. ft. 306-375-9128 ext. 704, Kyle, SK. CONTINUOUS METAL ROOFING, no exposed screws to leak or metal overlaps. Ideal for lower slope roofs, rinks, churches, pig barns, commercial, arch rib building and residential roofing; also available in Snap Lock. 306-435-8008, Wapella, SK.

www.windandweathershelters.com COMMERCIAL GRADE Wind and weather shelter buildings available in widths from 20’ to 90’. Prices starting at $2495. If you have bought an auction building and need to upgrade to more durable material or parts, we can help! Contact Paul 306-641-5464 or Ladimer 306-795-7779. Located in Yorkton, SK.

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4- 2006 JD 400D and 1- 2005 Cat 740 40 ton Art; Rock trucks; 3- 1996, 1997 and 1998 Cat 621F motor scrapers; Coming soon 1972 Cat; D6C LGP crawler. Many more items with prices. Robert Harris, 204-642-9959, 204-470-5493, Gimli, MB. Pics/info. at: robertharrisequipment.com 2007 CAT D6N LGP DOZER, NEW UC, 34” pads, diff. steer, 6-way blade, 16,131 hours, $94,900. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com ROAD GRADERS CONVERTED to pull behind large 4 WD tractors, 14’ and 16’ blade widths avail. 306-682-3367, CWK Ent. Humboldt, SK. www.cwenterprises.ca ATTACHMENTS PARTS COMPONENTS for construction equipment. Attachments for dozers, excavators and wheel loaders. Used, Re-built, Surplus, and New equipment parts and major components. Call Western Heavy Equipment 306-981-3475, Prince Albert, SK. CLIFF’S USED CRAWLER PARTS. Some o l d e r C at s , I H a n d A l l i s C h a l m e r s . 780-755-2295, Edgerton, AB. LETOURNEAU PULL SCRAPER, 15 yd. cap., $21,500. 306-947-4644, 306-222-3885, Langham, SK.

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1996 CHAMPION 740 motor grader, 75% rubber, new clutch and rebuilt trans., pro-heat, c/w snow wing, 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; blade, $34,000. Call 780-983-0936, Westlock, AB. 1980 D6D DOZER, wide pad, winch; 1993 D37 P6 6-way dozer, cab. 306-304-1959. Goodsoil, SK.

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PRICED TO SELL! Multiple Lexion 700 & 500 series combines available. All field ready in excellent condition, with available 2005 & 2006 JD 635 HydraFlex, $11,000 options. Delivery available. 218-779-1710. each. Call 306-552-4905, Eyebrow, SK. 2012 CHALLENGER 540C (MF 9540), 1110 thres. hrs., shedded, vg, MF pre-season RECONDITIONED rigid and flex, most check, local trade, 0% OAC. Call Cam-Don makes and sizes; also header transports. Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. Ed Lorenz, 306-344-4811, Paradise Hill, SK www.straightcutheaders.com

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KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD/ OPI STORMAX. For sales and service east central SK. and MB., call Gerald Shymko, Calder, SK., 306-742-4445 or toll free 1-888-674-5346. KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD Aeration Sales and Service. R.J. Electric, Avonlea, SK. Call 306-868-2199 or cell 306-868-7738.

RM45 MERIDIAN, $35,000; RM55 Meridian, $36,500. Call 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK.

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FLOATER: IHC NAVISTAR, 2014 with new Leader L4000g spin spreader box, only 39,850 kms, 295 cu. ft. box with tarp, Au- SIMON-DAY 612 GRADER, 6 - 5.5 slotted toSteer, Mapping, Vari-rate, exc. cond., shells, excellent shape, $5500 OBO. $199,000. Agriterra Equipment High River, 306-690-8105, Moose Jaw, SK. AB., call 403-652-2414 or 403-336-5106. DUAL STAGE ROTARY SCREENERS and SELLING: TWO 30,000 gallon NH3 bullets, Kwik Kleen 5-7 tube. Call 204-857-8403, c/w skids & pumping units, $125,000/ea. Portage la Prairie, MB. or visit online: www.zettlerfarmequipment.com Call Colin 780-806-0501, Sedgewick, AB. ARROWCORP PEGASUS PG, unused, 14 RH gravity table c/w motors & hood; Premier grain, two high unit, direct drive; DestonDECEMBER CLEARANCE: New SLMD er, air flotation, model S-45. For informa1272 and HD10-53. Used augers: 2013 Sa- tion please call Lahora Brar 204-298-5737 kundiak SLMD 1272, loaded, $14,800; or Aman 204-697-9441, Winnipeg, MB. SLMD 10x66, loaded, $11,500; Farm King CUSTOM COLOR SORTING chickpeas to 10x70 S/A, $6900; HD 8x39 w/20 HP Koh- mustard. Cert. organic and conventional. ler and mover $6950. Also a dealer for 306-741-3177, Swift Current, SK. Convey-All Conveyors. Leasing available! Call Dale at Mainway Farm Equipment, DUAL SCREEN ROTARY grain cleaners, 306-567-3285 or 306-567-7299, Davidson. great for pulse crops, best selection in www.mainwayfarmequipment.ca Western Canada, 306-946-7923 Young, SK

NEVER CLIMB A BIN AGAIN! Full-bin Super Sensor, reliable hardwired with 2 year warranty; Magnetic Camera Pkg. - One man positioning of auger (even at night); Hopper Dropper - Unload your hopper bins without any mess; Wireless Magnetic LED Light - Position your swing auger at night from the comfort of your truck. Safety and convenience are the name of the game. 2008 WALINGA TRIDEM live bottom, www.brownlees.ca Brownlees Trucking Inc 107,493 kms, alum., 12 comp., hydraulic Unity, SK., 306-228-2971, 1-877-228-5598 control, very good condition, $54,900. REMOTE CONTROL SWING AUGER 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com movers, trailer chute openers, endgate BUILD YOUR OWN conveyors, 6”, 7”, 8” and hoist systems, wireless full bin alarms, and 10” end units available; Transfer con- swing belt movers, wireless TractorCams, veyors and bag conveyors or will custom motorized utility carts. All shipped directly build. Call for prices. Master Industries to you. Safety, convenience, reliability. Inc. www.masterindustries.ca Phone Kramble Industries at 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or www.kramble.net 1-866-567-3101, Loreburn, SK.

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MF 9430, 30’ header, 30’ table, low hours, 2-speed, PU reel, c/w header trailer, $65,000. 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. 2014 MF 9740 windrower, 30’ header, low hrs, GPS, Roto-Shear, PU reel, c/w header trailer $115,000. 306-563-8765, Canora SK

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2007 CASE/IH 7010, dual wheels, w/2016 MULTIPLE 9870 & 9770 JD combines, field header, $170,000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm ready with very low hours (700-900 sep. hrs.), various options in excellent condiEquipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. tion. Delivery available. Ph 218-779-1710. AFTER HARVEST CLEARANCE: 2000 CIH 2388 w/1015 header, $55,000; 2004 2010 JD 9870, 615 PU, 1600 sep. hrs., 2388 w/2015 PU header, $95,000; 2006 2300 eng., self-levelling shoe, ProDrive, 2388 w/2015 PU header, $110,000; 2002 duals, recent Greenlight, excellent cond., 2388 w/2015 PU header, $80,000; 2008 $175,000. 306-497-3322, Blaine Lake, SK. 2588 w/2015 PU header, $135,000. C & H financing at 2% for 48 months. A.E. Chi- 2008 JD 9870 STS, 1650 rotor hrs., 5 coine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, s p d . fe e d e r h o u s e , d u a l s , l o a d e d , Storthoaks, SK. $155,000. 306-552-4905, Eyebrow, SK. SUPERB GRAIN DRYERS: Grant Service 2013 CASE 8230, duals, ext. auger, fine 2009 JD 9870, c/w JD 615 PU, 2096/1389 Ltd. winter pricing has started. We have cut chopper, 640 sep. hrs, $299,000. Take hrs., duals, shedded, fresh Greenlight, the largest single phase dryer- SQ28D, 30 trade or financing. 306-563-8765, Canora $197,500. 780-679-7795, Camrose, AB. HP, quiet fan, 576 bu., 12,000,000 BTU. Call 306-272-4195, Foam Lake, SK. JD 9600, with PU table (brand new PU belts), $40,000; Also straight cut header CONT. FLOW BEHLEN M700, propane, sinavailable. 306-460-9027, Kindersley, SK. gle phase, good cond., Canola screens, $10,500. 306-690-8105, Moose Jaw, SK.

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2007 MF 9790, 1864 threshing hrs., hopper cover, shedded, auger ext., well maintained, sold here from new, field ready, $89,900, 0% OAC. Call Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 2013 CHALLENGER 560C (Massey 8560) fully loaded, 587 sep. hrs., c/w PU header, duals. Retired, mint unit. $300,000 OBO. 306-345-2039, Pense, SK.

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2007 GLEANER A75 1426 hrs, RWA, GTA monitor, Redekop chopper, AHHC, $ pickups & duals available ....

89,800

2005 CIH AFX 8010

1865 hrs, lat tilt, unload extension, AFS Pro 600, big rears, $ headers & pickups available .

69,800

2003 NH CR940

2588 hrs, chopper, spreader, unload auger extension, 900/60R32 fronts,$ headers/pickups available....

49,800

1994 PATRIOT 150XL

3438 hrs, 750 gal, 70’, JD 4.5L, decent affordable $ sprayer ...........................

24,800

AGRICULTURE

2014 MD FD75-D

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74,800

2006 JD 936D

36’ rigid draper, transport, PUR, hyd F/A, $ gauge wheels .................

24,800

2003 FRONTIER GC1108 GRAIN CART 875 Bushel, PTO drive, 30.5x32 radials, $ roll tarp, field ready ........

25,900

2012 BRENT 882 GRAIN CART 850 bu, 1000 PTO, hyd. spout, 500 bu/minute, $ very good condition .........

37,800

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159,800

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1997 CAT D6M LGP DOZER

Undercarriage 80%, 28” pads, 3 shank hyd ripper, ROPS with cage, $ 19,274 hrs .....................

74,800

2007 CAT D6N LGP DOZER NEW undercarriage, 34” pads, diff steer, 6 way blade, $ 16,131 hrs ....................

94,900

2006 KOBELCO SK290LC

Excavator, 5708 hrs, tracks & undercarriage 75%, good pins, digging $ bucket, good condition ......

2006 JD 270C LC

59,800

Hydraulic excavator, 10,464 hrs, 12’ stick $ Q/C bucket .....................

69,800

2014 CHALLENGER MT765D

229,800

CONSTRUCTION

2013 CAT TL943C

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89,800

2013 FARESIN FH700-10F

Telehandler, 10m reach, 7,000 Kg lift, 4WD, 4 wheel steer, $ 6,354 hrs........................

44,800

2008 GENIE S45 BOOM LIFT 4048 hrs, 45’ lift, Deutz diesel, 8’ platform, $ 500lb capacity ..................

19,800

IDAHO-NORLAND SNOW BLOWER 15,888 miles, 4 wheel steer, air brakes, Detroit V8 blower engine, $ Detroit V6 drive engine ....

18,900

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2005 STERLING L9500 T/A DUMP TRUCK Cat C15, 10 speed Eaton 15’ gravel box, $ fresh SK safety ..............

39,800

2003 FORD F750 REFUSE TRUCK 169,642 Km, side load, 25 cu yard, $ A/T, Cummins 5.9L .........

13,800

2006 DOEPKER

Super B grain trailers, steel, A/R, scales, 11R24.5, $ 2018 safety ........................

39,800

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20 Tan Hfrs, Bred Red Angus June 15th

THURSDAY DEC. 21 - 600 Head Feature:

Norman Amthor (Poverty Valley Farms) Dispersal 150 Black Cows & 5 Rising 3 yr. Old Herd bulls.

Lawrence & Kathryn Olson Dispersal 200 Fancy Black Cows + 2 herd Bulls

Todd Dunham

40 home raised red hfrs - 1200 lbs. Turn out June 10. Pulled Aug. 15.

Donnie 306-662-8288 Lee 306-741-5701 “Canada’s Source for Quality Bred Cattle” FOR MORE INFO CALL

(306) 773-3174

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ANGUS Bull Sale

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BISON CALVES WANTED. Harmony Natural bison. Call or text 306-736-3454, SE Sask. QUILL CREEK BISON is looking for finished, and all other types of bison. COD, paying market prices. “Producers working with Producers.” Delivery points in SK. and MB. Call 306-231-9110, Quill Lake, SK. BRED BISON HEIFERS for sale. 85 pasture raised, top cut. Ready to go Dec. 15. Call or text 306-495-8800, SE Sask. NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for over 15 years, is looking for finished Bison, grain or grass fed. “If you have them, we want them.” Make your final call with Northfork for pricing! Guaranteed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, Winnipeg, MB. NILSSON BROS INC. buying finished bison on the rail, also cull cows at Lacombe, AB. For winter delivery and beyond. Smaller groups welcome. Fair, competitive and assured payment. Contact Richard Bintner 306-873-3184. 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 can’t make a long trip. Oak Ridge Meats, McCreary, 204-835-2365, 204-476-0147.

BUYING: CULL COWS, herdsire bulls, ALL CANADIAN HEATERS efficient, long- yearlings and calves. Now dealer for lasting coal/bio fuel boilers. 780 662-4867, Redmond Bison mineral. Call Elk Valley Kingman, AB. www.allcanadianheaters.com Ranches, 780-846-2980, Kitscoty, AB. OUTDOOR WOODS BOILER, manufactured KEEP JOBS IN CANADA. Elk Valley by company in Roblin, MB. Approx 400,000 Ranches a Canadian Co. finishes bison in BTU/hr. Will heat any size of house/shop Canada. We are now buying cull cows, cull and some additional outer buildings. Simi- bulls, yearlings and calves. Paying top $$ lar model retails for $13,500 new from with prompt payment. Kitscoty, AB, Frank dealer. Very simple operation, no compli- at 780-846-2980. elkvalley@xplornet.com cated devices/controls. $3800 OBO. For www.elkvalleyranches.com more information or viewing, please call MFL BISON RANCH Ltd. selling 20 bred 306-764-7214. Prince Albert, SK. 2015 plains heifers at Kramer’s Season Opener Sale, Dec. 6, North Battleford, SK., WWW.NOUTILITYBILLS.COM - Indoor & 403-747-2500 or 403-307-7553. outdoor - coal, grain, multi-fuel, gas, oil, pellet, propane and wood fired boilers, BELDON BISON RANCH is offering 30 Select cook stoves, fireplaces, furnaces, heaters bred 2 y/o heifers. Call Nathan for more and stoves. Athabasca, AB, 780-628-4835. information. 306-812-7092, Nipawin, SK. beldonbisonranch@gmail.com SEASONED SPRUCE SLAB firewood, one cord bundles, $99, half cord bundles, $65. 60 PLAINS BISON CALVES for sale by Volume discounts. Call V&R Sawing, Tender. Sale will also include 2 yearlings. 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK. CHAINLINK FENCE PANELS, 6x13, fair Free range and grass fed. Please submit BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood condition, $60. 403-265-7337, Calgary, AB. tender bids by November 24, 2017. Email to: kylie.garchinski@natureconservancy.ca and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Pre- mary@onsitefence.ca servers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, DRILL STEM for sale: 200 3-1/2”, $45/ea; or phone 306-551-3425, Claydon, SK. SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer. 300 2-7/8”, $40/ea. Call 306-768-8555, WALLENSTEIN WOOD PROCESSOR # 830. Carrot River, SK. 1 man tool for cutting, splitting & piling, TUBING FROM 1-1/4” to 3-1/2”. Sucker used 50 hrs. 403-346-7178, Red Deer, AB rod 3/4”, 7/8” and 1”. Line pipe and Casing also available. Phone 1-800-661-7858 or 780-842-5705, Wainwright, AB.

DEGELMAN 4600 12’ 4-way blade, mounts JD 4450, $8000; Degelman 4600, 12’ blade, mounts JD 6430, $11,000. JD 9520, 800/70R38 duals, 18 speed, 4-way powershift power beyond, GreenStar Call 780-352-3012, Wetaskiwin, AB. ready, 3250 hrs., $187,000. 403-680-4318, ALLIED 595 LOADER, Degelman 10’ blade near Calgary, AB. w/JD mounts, $3500/ea. Call Danny Spence, 306-246-4632. Speers, SK. JOHN DEERE 7810, FWA, only 4500 hrs., loaded with duals, shedded. Phone 780-990-8412, Edmonton, AB.

2000 JD 7810, FWA, Powershift, c/w 5 BUILDING JACKS, 15 ton mechanical 360H loader, GPS, new tires, $65,500. Call lift; 605A Vermeer baler, good belts, $600; Portable fuel tank fits in half ton or bigger, Henry 403-588-0958, Alix, AB. $125. 204-825-2784, Pilot Mound, MB.

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2 BLADES: Degelman 7200, 14’ 6-way, mounts JD 9320 4WD, $19,500; Degelman 5700, 12’ 4-way, mounts JD 6150, $9500. Call 780-679-7795, Camrose, AB.

2008 JD 7230 Premium, MFWD, 3 PTH, 3 hyds, w/JD 741 FEL, bucket, grapple, 2677 RETIRING - SMALLER FARM EQUIPMENT: 1999 MX220 Case/IH tractor; 27’ Flexihrs vg. 306-625-7277, Stewart Valley, SK. Coil air drill w/7120 tank; 1995 Ford S/A 2012 JD 1026R, 88 hrs., shedded, like new dsl., grain truck; Plus more! 306-842-5036, condition, c/w loader, mower, and back- 306-861-6466, Weyburn, SK. hoe. 306-590-8987, Kamsack, SK. FEED MIX CARTS w/scales: Knight 280 2017 JD 6155M, MFWD, w/new 643R load- bu., $5000; Gehl 500 bu.,$10,000; Kelly er, 174 hrs., new tooth bucket w/grapple, Ryan and Roorda feeder cart, $2000; JD 114L/min PFC pump, 540/540E/1000 PTO, 785 spreader, $11,000; New Idea 362 PowerQuad 20/20 40K, TLS axle ($10,000). spreader, $6500. 1-866-938-8537, Portage 403-638-1904, Sundre, AB. SUNFLOWER HARVEST SYSTEMS. Call literature. 1-800-735-5848. Lucke Mfg., UTILITY TRACTOR: JD 6200, 2 WD, open for station with loader. Call 204-522-6333, www.luckemanufacturing.com Melita, MB. CCIL MANURE SPREADER, $600; Vermeer round baler; Two- 12’x36” culverts, cheap! 2014 JD 9460R, 4 WD, Pre DEF, 1087 hrs., 3- 16’x15” culverts; IHC side delivery rake Premium cab, HID lighting package, 800 w/steel wheels; 1000 gal. steel water metrics, 5 hyds., rear wheel weights, PTO. tank. 204-825-8354, Pilot Mound, MB. Tractor loaded as you could get at the time. Always shedded, exc. cond., $307,500 OBO. FLAX STRAW BUNCHER and land levelers. 306-631-9210, 306-681-8444, Drinkwater, Building now. Place orders and don’t delay! 306-957-4279, Odessa, SK. SK. Tysonthul@gmail.com

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2015 VERS. 450 4WD, 2279 hrs., warranty LOADER TO FIT TV140 New Holland Nov/18, PTO, 800/70R38 Firestone, PS, bi-directional tractor. 780-625-5227 or 780-625-1674. Peace River, AB. 2017 JD 6120M w/new 623R loader, 225 106 GPM, DLX cab w/leather seat, HID, hrs, new tooth bucket w/grapple, 3 SCV's, VPAS, 6 SCV's, tow cable, return line, AutoQuad 24/24 40K, MFWD, 114L/min $260,000. 306-435-7047, Moosomin, SK. PFC pump, TLS axle ($10,000), 540/540E/ MF #36 DISCERS. Will pay top dollar 1000 PTO, $132,500. 403-638-1904 Sundre and pick from anywhere. Phone Mike 2 0 1 0 J D 9 6 3 0 , 5 3 0 H P, M i c h e l i n GRATTON COULEE AGRI PARTS LTD. Your 306-723-4875, Cupar, SK. 800/70R38 tires, JD AutoSteer, $239,000. #1 place to purchase late model combine and tractor parts. Used, new and rebuilt. 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. www.gcparts.com Toll free 888-327-6767. 2000 JD 7710, 5130 hrs; 2000 JD 8310; 2001 JD 7810; 2008 JD 7830, 5200 hrs. MULTIPLE HIGH HP track & 4WD tractors. WE BUILD BEAUTIFUL ornamental gates, All MFWD, can be equipped with loaders. Various options, various hours. All are in fences and railing. Many styles available. excellent condition and priced to sell! Your choice of powder coating for life-long 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. Delivery available. Call 218-779-1710. durability. Rick: 306-734-7721, Craik, SK. STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER specializing in rebuilding JD tractors. Want Series 2005 MCCORMICK MTX120 with Quicke MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. loader, 3100 hours; 2006 MTX150. Call 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 7000s to rebuild or for Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: parts. pay top $$. Now selling JD parts. 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. www.maverickconstruction.ca 204-466-2927, 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. M5 DIESEL, good rubber, runs good, SOLIDLOCK AND TREE ISLAND game wire 1983 JD 4450 MFWD w/Ezee-On FEL $2500; M5 diesel w/FEL, $3500. Chaplin, and all accessories for installation. Heights 2130 grapple, 15 spd. PS, 3 hyds, 7925 hrs SK. Call 306-395-2668 or 306-681-7610. from 26” to 120”. Ideal for elk, deer, bison, showing, 14.9-26F, 20.8R32, duals avail. sheep, swine, cattle, etc. Tom Jensen 306-283-4747, 306-291-9395 Langham SK ph/fax: 306-426-2305, Smeaton, SK. 2005 JD 7220, IVT trans., 3 PTH, 741 GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence loader/grapple; JD 7710, FWD, LHR, 3 posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner PTH, JD 740 loader/grapple available. Wo o d P r e s e r ve r s L t d . , a s k fo r R o n 780-674-5516, 780-305-7152 Barrhead AB 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. 2013 JD 9410R, 4WD, PS, 1480 hrs., 1000 PTO, high flow hyd. w/5 remotes, leather trim, premium HID lights, 620/70R42’s, $199,500 USD. www.ms-diversified.com Call 320-848-2496 or 320-894-6560.

BLACK FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20 - 24, 2017

At the Ranch Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan

Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017 Selling 140 Black Angus Coming Two Year Old Bulls

This year we’re offering the best cull bull incentive program you will find anywhere. With the cull bull market down a bit from previous years we are going to help you get the most out of those old broken, down worn out bulls. Why take a chance on bunch of open cows this fall when you can replace them with fresh strong new bulls. All you have to do is email us prior to the bull sale or bring a copy of your bill of sale from the auction market after selling your cull bulls and you will receive a $500 credit on each new replacement bull you buy. (eg: If you cull 5 bulls you will receive a $500 deduction for each of the 5 replacement bulls you buy.) Credits must be used on a per bull basis and you cannot use more than 1 credit toward a new bull.

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Acadia Colony Charolais & Angus Bull Sale NOVEMBER 29, 1:00 PM

ON THE FARM, OYEN, AB. Offering 40 Charolais, 40 Black Angus and 25 Red Angus Bulls. Also selling purebred commercial heifers. Wintering and delivery available on all bulls. For a catalogue or more information contact

Simon 403-664-8593, or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006 (PL #116061) View the catalogue online at

www.buyagro.com

BIRCHAM RANCH BRED HEIFERS: 210 Top cut first cross black brockle face, 35 3/4 Angus black and black brockle face and 35 top cut first cross Black Simm X Black Angus heifers. Bred Black Angus. Bred June 10th to August 6th. All vaccinations. Will deliver. Selling at the Rock Solid Bred Heifer Sale at the new Bircham Ranch Sale Barn, Piapot, SK. December 11, 2017. Call Wayne Bircham at 306-662-7940, or visit www.rocksolidbredheifer.com

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. BREED HOLSTEIN HEIFER, and some jerseys for sale. Call 519-323-3074, Heifer Ville Holstein Inc., Holstein, Ont.

RIGHT CROSS RANCH Commercial Bred Heifer & Long Yearling Bull Sale December 4, 1:30, Right Cross Ranch sale facility, Kisbey, SK. Offering 20 long yearling Red & Black Angus bulls and 100+ commercial Black & Red Angus cross Simmental heifers, bred to calving ease Angus bulls. For catalogue or more info. contact Jim at 306-575-7608 or T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL# 116061

TWO PUREBRED RED Polled bull calves off the cow for sale. Call 306-675-4884, 306-795-7117, Kelliher, SK.

CROOKED CREEK ANGUS Production Sale, Tuesday December 19th, 1:00PM at Innisfail Auction Mart, Innisfail, AB. Guest consignor K & L Angus, Linda Weins. Offering: 40 top end bred heifers, 20 bred cows, 15 yearling bulls, 15 Red Angus bred cows, 10 Red Angus bull calves. Contact: Rick & Sharon Gabert 780-998-1963, Valentina Gabert 780-916-7218, Linda Weins 780-678-6547 or Mark Holowaychuk OBI 403-896-4990. View online catalogue at: www.cattlemanagement.ca On-line bidding at: www.dlms.ca

29TH ANNUAL Keystone Klassic Black & Red Angus Sale, Saturday December 2nd, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB. Offering 75+ females, including an elite selection of foundation bred heifers and fancy heifer calves, herd prospects and cow calf pairs. Junior discounts available. For a catalogue or more info. contact T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. at 306-933-4200. View the catalogue online at: www.buyagro.com PL# 116061 SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside HERD DISPERSAL: PUREBRED Red Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, Angus cow herd. Established 1982. Never before dispersed or divided. 70 females 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK. bred to start calving March 1. 25 top cut RIVERBEND DISPERSAL SALE on Friday 2017 born replacement heifer calves. 15 December 15th, 2:00 at Innisfail Auction July-August born pairs, currently being Mart, Innisfail, AB. Offering over 200 PB bred for 2018 calving. Herd sires also availAngus consisting of: 70 cow/calf pairs, 37 able. 1-800-667-2251, Cleardale, AB. Email: bred heifers, 37 bred cows, 14 long year- clearrivergroup@gmail.com Website: ling bulls and 25 commercial bred females. clearriverredangus.com Contacts: John McBride 403-505-6607, Bud McBride 403-304-2762 or Mark Ho- RETIREMENT DISPERSAL of Angus gelowaychuk OBI 403-896-4990. View online netics. 305 straws of semen from 7 Angus catalogue at: www.cattlemanagement.ca sires. 45 embryos from 4 high profile Angus cows. Ph/text for list 780-216-0220. On-line bidding: www.dlms.ca

PUREBRED SALERS HERD DISPERSAL. Details at: www.sweetlandsalers.com Ken Sweetland, Lundar, MB., 204-762-5512.

20TH ANNUAL SHORTHORN ALLIANCE SALE, Thursday December 14th at 1:00 PM, Saskatoon Livestock Sales. On offer will be bull calves, heifer calves and bred females. Top genetics from Western Canadian Breeders. NEW this year will be Commercial open and bred heifers from some of Saskatchewan’s leading commercial breeders. For more info. contact Richard C U S TO M C AT T L E F E E D I N G , backMoellenbeck 306-287-7904 or view cata- grounding, finishing; also bred cattle. logue on line at www.saskshorthorn.com 403-631-2373, 403-994-0581, Olds, AB.

WANT THE ORGANIC ADVANTAGE? WANTED: CULL COWS and bulls. For book- Contact an organic Agrologist at Pro-Cert ings call Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, for information on organic farming: prosDOUBLE BAR D FARMS Sharing The 306-363-2117 ext. 111, Drake, SK. pects, transition, barriers, benefits, certifiHerd Fall Female Sale, Wednesday De- WANTED: RED OR BLACK Angus cross cation and marketing. Call 306-382-1299, cember 6th, 1:00PM, at Double Bar D Sale younger cows, lease to own. References Saskatoon, SK. or info@pro-cert.org Barn, Grenfel, SK. Offering 58 lots of the available. 306-542-7007, Veregin, SK. finest Fleckvieh, Red & Black Simmental, & Simm-Angus females available. Featuring fancy open heifers, powerful bred females CERTIFIED Organic Red Prosco Cerise and exclusive semen packages. For more millet seed. Wanted: Organic Producers information or a catalogue contact Ken under contract. Reynald 204-878-4839 or Dimler 306-697-7204 or T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. at 306-220-5006. View the catalogue 30 HORSES FOR SALE; Plus a Brown & 204-794-8550, reynald@milletking.com White team of Gypsy Vanner, broke to ride St. Claude, MB. online: www.BuyAgro.com PL # 116061 and drive; and 4 saddle horses. Call SIMMENTAL BLACK ANGUS cross 150 306-435-3634, Moosomin, SK. CANADA’S AG-ONLY cow/calf pairs bred Black Angus. Phone LISTINGS GIANT Brandon at 204-402-0780, Brandon, MB.

FULL FLECKVIEH & PB bred heifers, most 20 FANCY HEIFERS, bred Black Angus, bull 24 RED ANGUS Heifers bred Red due in Jan., bred to Captain Morgan son, turned out June 20, polled in 45 d., preg. Angus, start calving April 1st, $2200 each. top quality deep heifers. Curtis Mattson, checked, $2000. 306-281-8224 Delisle, SK. 306-421-6416, 306-636-2213, Estevan, SK. 306-944-4220, 306-231-9994, Meacham. 29TH ANNUAL Keystone Klassic Black DOUBLE R FARMS Complete Dispersal & Red Angus Sale, Saturday December & High Country Cattle Production Sale 2nd, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Keystone Centre, Monday December 14, 2017 at 2:00PM, Gehl Ranch & Brandon, MB. Offering 75+ females, in- Innisfail Auction Mart, Innisfail, AB. Selling cluding an elite selection of foundation 75 cow/calf pairs, bred heifers plus bull Raymond Land & Cattle bred heifers and fancy heifer calves, herd calves. Wintering & terms available on all Bred Heifer Sale prospects and cow calf pairs. Junior dis- bull calves. For more information or a counts available. For a catalogue or more catalogue contact T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. Saturday, December 2, 2017 info. contact T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. at 306-220-5006, Rob Young 780-517-0758 At Gehl Ranch - 2:00 PM 306-933-4200. View the catalogue online or Stacy Young 780-718-0622. Catalogue at: www.buyagro.com PL# 116061 online at: www.BuyAgro.com PL # 116061 Hodgeville, SK Live Online Sale Day at: RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery DVauction.com available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, ALBERTA TEXAS LONGHORN Association Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca 250 Top Quality Black Breds 780-387-4874, Leduc, AB. For more info. 110 Red Angus/Simmental Bred Heifers www.albertatexaslonghorn.com • Pregnancy Tested • Complete Herd Health TEXAS LONGHORN PB Herd Dispersal by 38TH STERLING COLLECTION Charolais Bon's Texas Longhorns - In purebreds since For More Information Please contact: Female Sale, Friday, December 1st, 1:30 1990. 22 cows w/calves born Aug. & Sept. PM, at Saskatoon (SK) Livestock Sales. 14 yearling heifers & 2 red herdsires. Lots Richard Gehl Dave Raymond Over 54 head of quality breeding stock. of solid black and red. Will turn bulls out 306.677.7077 306.741.9408 Fancy show prospects to proven produc- November 10-15th unless buyer wishes to Taylor Gehl Alan Raymond ers. For catalogue or info., contact Helge hold breeding until spring. All papers are By 306-536-4261, or view the catalogue TLBAA and will transfer that way. 306.677-7079 306.588.2548 online at: www.bylivestock.com 403-566-2232, 403-363-5732, Sunnynook, Bob Switzer Beau Swizter WILGENBUSCH CHAROLAIS Volume II AB. E-mail: lstringer@xplornet.com 306.588.2545 306.627.3444 Female Sale, Monday, December 11th, Auctineer Bruce Switzer - 306-773-4200 1:00 PM, at the ranch, Halbrite, SK. 35 bred heifers & 9 heifer calves of breed See Website for more details leading genetics from the largest Charolais WELSH BLACK- The Brood Cow Advantage. www.switzerauction.ca/GehlRay_Auction.htm herd in Saskatchewan. For catalogue or in- Check www.canadianwelshblackcattle.com formation contact Craig Wilgenbusch Canadian Welsh Black Soc. 403-442-4372. See us at Agribition 306-458-7482 or view catalogue & videos ROYAL ANGUS COMPLETE DISPERSAL, online at: www.wilgenbuschcharolais.com Saturday December 16th, 1 PM at SLS, Saskatoon, SK. Selling over 100 head of STEPPLER FARMS - A Piece of the 3J SIMMENTAL FARMS has for sale 200 proven Angus genetics, cow/calf pairs, Program Sale, Wednesday, December plus Simmental and Simm./Red Angus bred heifers plus bull calves and herd 13th, 1:00 PM, at the farm, Miami, MB. An cross bred heifers, bred to Red or Black bulls. Calving ease with performance, For elite offering of 45 genetic leading Charo- Angus. All one iron, excellent quality. They more information or a catalogue contact T lais females. Proven producers, bred heif- don’t come any better! Call Gordon Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006 or Mel Sis- ers & heifer calves with a Junior incentive 306-327-8005, 306-327-9211, Lintlaw, SK son at 306-852-9047. View the catalogue program. For catalogue or info contact An- 50 BRED HEIFERS, black and BBF, easy online at: www.buyagro.com Watch and dre Steppler, cell 204-750-1951 or view calving, due April 10th, $2300 OBO. Phone catalogue online: www.stepplerfarms.com bid online at: www.dlms.ca PL# 116061 403-862-7674, Strathmore, AB. BORDERS CHAROLAIS SALE, Tuesday BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, se- NO 5th, 1:00 PM, Heartland Livestock, 110 BRED RED ANGUS Simmental cross men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery Dec. MB. 48 head of registered females heifers, bred Red Angus for 30 day calving available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Virden, from 12 breeders. Polled, Full French, Red period, bulls out July 1st. 306-355-2700, Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca Factor from fancy heifer calves to proven 306-631-0997, Mortlach, SK. JOHNSON LIVESTOCK FEMALE SALE, producers. For catalogue or info., contact 29 RED ANGUS Simmental Cross Heifers, Tuesday December 12th, 1:00PM at the Helge By, 306-536-4261, or view the cata- bred Red Angus, calving ease bull, due ranch near Peebles, SK. This sale features logue online at: www.bylivestock.com April 1st. 306-283-9276, Langham, SK. 350 head, which includes 100 bred heifers, cow/calf pairs & bred cows. Mostly AI TULLY & ARLENE HATCH’S, Pleasant CATTLEMENS FINANCIAL CORP. Programs sired and AI bred. These females will sell Dawn Charolais Dispersal Sale, Satur- for cow/calf operators and feedlots, proindividually and in groups accommodating day, December 9th, 1:00 PM, Heartland ceeds as you sell and equity draws. all buyers and all price ranges. There are Livestock, Brandon, MB. 194 head includ- 780-448-0033 or www.cattlefinance.com also 200 commercial bred heifers selling ing: bred cows & heifers, heifer calves, bull from D&N Livestock, many of which are calves and herd bulls. Great polled, mater- 100 BLACK ANGUS 3rd and 4th calvers; AI sired and AI bred to the great calving nal herd developed over 35 years of breed- 250 Black & Red Angus 2nd calvers. Swift ease sire Final Answer. For more informa- ing. Excellent opportunity to start a new Current, SK. 306-773-1049, 306-741-6513. tion or a catalogue contact Andrew at Charolais herd with proven cow families. 50 SIMMENTAL & SIMMENTAL Cross bred 306-736-7393 or T Bar C Cattle Co. at For catalogue or info contact Tully Hatch cows and heifers, bred Simmental, start 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online 204-855-2402 or view the catalogue on- calving March 1st. 306-762-4723, Odessa. at: www.buyagro.com. Watch and bid online at: www.bylivestock.com line at: www.dlms.ca GERRARD CATTLE CO. Complete Dispersal: 120 PB Charolais on offer, incl. 40 BURNETT 4TH ANNUAL Bred Heifer Sale, yearling & 2-yr-old bulls. This is the entire Sunday December 3, 2017 at 2:30 PM at 2016 & 2017 crop of bulls! Sale is Decem- the Ranch, 12 miles south west of Swift ber 14, 2017 at the Ranch in Innisfail, AB. Current, SK. Featuring 70 Heifers bred to Contact Bouchard Livestock for more de- Black Angus and Red Angus calving ease bulls; 10 purebred Black Angus; 30 comtails or to request a catalog. 403-946-4999 mercial Black Angus; 17 F1 Black Angus cross Tarentaise; 10 Red Angus cross Hereford; 3 Black Angus cross Shorthorn. Pregnancy tested, sound and quiet. For more info: Wyatt 306-750-7822 or Bryce 306-773-7065, wburnett@xplornet.ca

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PRODUCER REPRINTS: Seen a photo you want to own in your Producer? Order professional reproductions of photos or whole newspaper pages for your own walls at reasonable prices. 1-800-667-6978 or email us at photos@producer.com GLENNIE BROS. are selling 25 purebred Angus females bred to excellent bulls, at Heartland Swift Current, December 14th. Includes 16 bred heifers, and cows 4 years old and younger. Call Wes at Carnduff, SK. 306-339-7578 or 306-482-3813.

BIG GULLY FARM BULL SALE Thursday, Dec. 14th, 5:00 PM MST. 12 miles North of Maidstone, SK. Horned and Polled, long yearlings and bull calves. FREE wintering, delivery, BSE and carcass ultrasound. Volume Discount of 5% on 2+ head. Repeat Buyer Discount of 2%. View videos, info. PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling and catalogue at: www.biggullyfarm.com bulls, replacement heifers, AI service. Lance Leachman: 306-903-7299 or email: Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 biggullyfarm@gmail.com Online bidding or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. at: www.LiveAuctions.tv

21 BRED HEIFERS, RWF, BWF, black. Bred PAYSEN LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT INC. Polled Hereford Red Angus, very quiet. We manufacture an extensive line of cattle Erwin Lehmann306-232-4712 Rosthern SK handling and feeding equipment including 21 BRED HEIFERS: 8 true F-1 RA cross squeeze chutes, adj. width alleys, crowdSimm.; Also 13 straight bred Red Angus. ing tubs, calf tip tables, maternity pens, Bred to proven calving ease bulls, with 68 gates and panels, bale feeders, Bison & 72 lbs. birth weights. Heifers weigh equipment, Texas gates, steel water 1000-1100 lbs. These are a great set of troughs, rodeo equipment and garbage inheifers. Call Harv Verishine 306-283-4666 cinerators. Distributors for El-Toro electric branders and twine cutters. Our squeeze or 306-281-5424, Langham, SK. chutes and headgates are now avail. with a BURGESS RANCH will be selling top cut neck extender. Ph 306-796-4508, email: Black Baldy heifers at the Rock Solid Bred ple@sasktel.net Web: www.paysen.com Heifer Sale, December 11, 2017, 1:00 PM at Bircham Ranch. For more info. call Joe 306-558-4705 or 306-662-7818. HERD DISPERSAL Dec 15, 2017, 12 noon, Heartland Livestock Services, Virden, MB. 145 Angus Simmental cross cows, 120 are NEW 8’ TRUCK cap, white in colour; 5 yrs., old or younger. Calving from mid Wheelchair new; Scooter; Treadmill, like Feb. to end of Apr. Bred to high perform- new. 306-233-5241, Wakaw, SK. ing Simmental and Angus bulls, complete health protocol avail. Cattle can be viewed USED PIPE AND SUCKER RODS: 2-3/8", 2on the farm after Dec. 1 till sale time. Con- 7/8", 3-1/2" used pipe, $36/ea; 7/8", 1" tact Sundance Valley Ranch, Marcel and sucker rods, $12/ea. Call 306-460-7966 or Jean Fouillard 204-683-2208. Heartland 306-460-4166, Kindersley, SK. Livestock Services, Robin or Rick 204-748-2809.

WWW.MEDALLION-HOMES.CA modular homes/lake houses/RTM’s. Visit our sales lot, or check online for stock, homes and all other plans. Factory direct orders built to your specs! Trade-ins welcome, buy and sell used homes. Hwy 2 South, Prince Albert, SK. Call 306-764-2121 or toll free 1-800-249-3969.

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VEGAS TIMESHARE: INT’L exchanges, 2 bedroom, 2 bath, full kitchen, laundry, fireplace, pools, selling due to health. 306-453-2958, Carlyle, SK. WINTER GETAWAY IN Arizona for Sale, Park Model & Lot in 55+ gated community. Access to pools, golf course, all recreational, craft & hobby facilities. 520-868-4134, winterfun@juno.com

DELUXE, MOVE-IN READY, Park Model, Yuma, AZ, 55+ gated park. One owner. 9’ ceilings, 17x34’ screened/covered patio, 8x15’ finished shed. Hardy board ext. SET OF BRASS spotted work harness, lines, WANTED: ORGANIC LENTILS, peas and 4 0 x 5 5 ’ l o t , c o m p l e t e ly l a n d s c ap e d . $54,500 CAD. Phone 587-416-7289. chickpeas. Stonehenge Organics, Assinibridles and collars; Other horse related boia, SK., 306-640-8600, 306-640-8437. items. 306-845-2624, Spruce Lake, SK. ATTENTION HARNESS MAKERS: I have a CERTIFIED ORGANIC YELLOW FLAX. quantity of harness’, hardware & a Pearson Also Wanted: Organic Producers under sewing machine for sale. Give me a call c o n t r a c t . R ey n a l d 2 0 4 - 8 7 8 - 4 8 3 9 o r 204-794-8550, reynald@milletking.com 780-879-2385 for more info., Alliance, AB. 2002 CAVCO MANUFACTURED Home. St. Claude, MB. Tuscany MH Park, Yuma, AZ., 1066 sq. ft., 2 HORSE COLLARS, all sizes, steel and alubed, 2 bath, new AC and heat unit (Nov. minum horseshoes. We ship anywhere. 2016). Unique park w/only mobile homes. Keddie’s, 1-800-390-6924 or keddies.com All offers considered. Call 306-325-4450. ARE YOU SINGLE and would rather be in love? Camelot Introductions has been successfully matching people for over 23 years. In-person interviews by Intuitive Matchmaker in MB and SK. Call 306-978L OVE ( 5 6 8 3 ) , 2 0 4 - 2 5 7 - L OVE ( 5 6 8 3 ) ID#1100616 - 150 acres with 238,070 PIGS VARIETY ETC. Butcher and Weaners, www.camelotintroductions.com sq. ft. barn near Cardston: Unique proprange fed, no hormones. 306-342-4662, erty on 150 acres features: 238,070 sq. ft. Glaslyn, SK. of barn space, 2 state of the art vet rooms OUTSIDE BUTCHER PIGS for sale. Dress with a full line of handling equipment, o u t 2 0 0 + l b s . C a n b u t c h e r. P h o n e 6448 sq. ft. office complex & laboratory, 306-369-7449, Bruno, SK. 102.8 acres of water rights (plus a good dugout) & a 1200 sq. ft. well-kept home on a full basement; ID#1100615 - 480 acres of great farmland near Delia: About 345 acres are farmland, 120 acres are pasture and the balance is railroad track bed & waste. The annual surface ELK WANTED! If you have elk to supply lease is approximately $6000 per year. to market let AWAPCO be your first Real Estate Centre, 1-866-345-3414. choice. $11.50/kg. Call our office at To v i e w a l l o f o u r l i s t i n g s v i s i t : 780-980-7589, info@wapitiriver.com www.farmrealestate.com NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for 1/4 SECTION NORTH of Halkirk, AB. Cropover 15 years, is looking for Elk. “If you land, grass and trees. Natural watercourse. have them, we want them.” Make your fi9 miles from Big Knife Prov. Park. In WMU nal call with Northfork for pricing! Guaran204 - one of the most desired big game teed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, hunting areas in AB. Phone 403-633-2421. Winnipeg, MB. COUNTY OF VERMILION RIVER for sale by tender with bids closing Dec. 5, 2017. 130.70 titled acres. Current use is pasture. Revenue from one natural gas surface SVEN ROLLER MILLS. Built for over 40 lease of $2700. Vern McClelland, RE/MAX years. PTO/elec. drive, 40 to 1000 bu./hr. of Lloydminster, 780-808-2700. Details at: Example: 300 bu./hr. unit costs $1/hr. to www.forbeslandtender.ca run. Rolls peas and all grains. We regroove and repair all makes of mills. Call Apollo BORDER COLLIE PUPS from working parMachine 306-242-9884, 1-877-255-0187. ents, ready to go Dec 6th, vet check & 1st www.apollomachineandproducts.com shots, $500. 587-219-0562, Consort, AB. LAND FOR SALE by Tender: RM of Hoodoo, STEEL VIEW MFG. Self-standing panels, windbreaks, silage/hay bunks, feeder pan- REGISTERED BORDER COLLIE pups from NE 14-43-26-W2. Approx. 150 cult. acres. working parents. Call Richard Smith Approx. 6 miles NE of Wakaw. Title clear, els, sucker rod fence posts. Custom ortaxes paid 2017, currently rented. Highest ders. Call Shane 306-493-2300, Delisle, 780-846-2643, Kitscoty, AB. or any tender not necessarily accepted. SK. www.steelviewmfg.com LARGE PUREBRED ALASKAN mala- Send tenders to: PO Box 302, Wakaw, SK. HIGHLINE BALE PRO 8100, Feed Chopper mute/cross pups. Born Oct 10, these S0K 4P0. markowskym@gmail.com series, LH discharge, exc. cond., $9000 well marked pups, possess strong stamina, and loyalty, reasonably priced at $400. Call FARMLAND NE SK (Clemenceau) 4 qtrs OBO. Phone 306-369-7611, Bruno, SK. plus 36 acre riverside parcel with 5 bdrm. 306-947-2190, Hepburn, SK. GREG’S WELDING: Freestanding 30’ 5 bar home. Featuring: bins on concrete with dipanels, all 2-7/8” drill stem construction, rect hit on railroad cars, 40 acres of mostly $470; 24’x5.5’ panels, 2-7/8” pipe w/5- 1” mature spruce timber, 2 farmyards- 1 borsucker rods, $340; 24’x6’ panels, 2-7/8” dering Etomami River and 50 miles of propipe with 6- 1” rods, $375; 30’ 2 or 3 bar vincial forest, exc. elk hunting and other windbreak panels c/w lumber. Gates and big game and goose. 580 acres wheat, double hinges avail. on all panels. Belting mustard, barley and peas. Full line of farm troughs for grain or silage. Calf shelters. and sawmill equipment also available. Will RETIRING/SNOWBIRD? Call local realtor separate. Reg Hertz, 306-865-7469. Del. avail. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK. Bob Granholm to help you find your new FFS- FUCHS FARM SUPPLY are the Ca- home in the south Okanagan of BC. Mild dŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ŽĨ ^ĞůůŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ &Ăƌŵ͍ nadian dealer for Farm Aid, parts and mix winters and only true desert area of Canawagons. 306-762-2125, Vibank, SK. da! 250-983-3372, rbgtroper@gmail.com ƌĞ ǇŽƵ ƵŶƐƵƌĞ ŽĨ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ ƉƌŝĐĞƐ͍ www.fuchs.ca RE/MAX Wine Capital Realty, Oliver. Ž ǇŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ ŚĞůƉ ŝŶ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŝŶŐ ĂŶ FROSTFREE NOSEPUMPS: Fully susĞǆŝƚ ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐǇ ŽŶ ǇŽƵƌ ĨĂƌŵ ƐĂůĞ͍ tainable livestock watering. No power re Ž ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĂƩƌĂĐƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŝĚĞƐƚ quired to heat or pump. Prevents contamiƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ůŽĐĂů ĂŶĚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ďƵǇĞƌƐ͍ nation. Grants available. 1-866-843-6744. www.frostfreenosepumps.com 'ŝǀĞ ƵƐ Ă ĐĂůůͶ ƉƌŽĮƚĂďůĞ ĨĂƌŵ ƐĂůĞƐ CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on 2 ACRES COMMERCIAL property w/20'x70' ƚĂŬĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ͕ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ s i t e . F o r e a r l y b o o k i n g c a l l trailer: Trailer is 1/2 office space, 1/2 resiĂŶĚ ƟŵĞ͘ 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: dent space. Includes 20'x20' work shed & &Ăƌŵ ŽǇ ZĞĂůƚǇ ǁŝůů ĂĚǀŝƐĞ ĂŶĚ ŐƵŝĚĞ www.warmanhomecentre.com twenty 20 amp plug-ins on rack w/yard ǇŽƵ ŝŶ ĂĐŚŝĞǀŝŶŐ Ă ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ƐĂůĞ͘ $500,000. Will sell trailer separate. ARKFELD INSTANT WEIGH livestock scale, lights, All structures only 5 yrs. old. Phone 'ƵǇ ^ŚĞƉŚĞƌĚ plus cattle trim chute. Ideal for 4-H. 780-691-9552, 867-536-7718, Fort Nelson, ϭͲϯϬϲͲϰϯϰͲϴϴϱϳ 306-762-4723, Odessa, SK. BC. E-mail: pnesunset@yahoo.ca ǁǁǁ͘ĨĂƌŵďŽǇƌĞĂůƚǇ͘ĐŽŵ FREESTANDING PANELS: 30’ windbreak panels; 6-bar 24’ and 30’ panels; 10’, 20’ and 30’ feed troughs; Bale shredder bunks; Silage bunks; Feeder panels; HD bale feeders; All metal 16’ and 24’ calf shelters. Will LOG SIDING, LOG cabin logs, Fir timbers, Fir flooring, Cedar. Special orders. Check custom build. 306-424-2094, Kendal, SK. o u t m o r e i n fo . at : ro u c k b ro s . c o m RENN 12’ 10 HP rollermill, large rolls, new Lumby, BC., 1-800-960-3388. style, vg cond., half price of new, $6500, can deliver; FarmKing PTO rollermill vg cond, $2950. 204-729-5162, Brandon, MB.

H. S. KNILL TRANSPORT, est. 1933, specializing in purebred livestock transportation. Providing weekly pick up and delivery service across Canada/USA and Mexico. Gooseneck service available in Ontario, Quebec and USA. US and Canada customs bonded carrier. Call 1-877-442-3106, fax 519-442-1122, hsknill@pppoe.ca or NH 357 MIX MILL, always shedded, excel- LOG AND TIMBER HOMES, Saskatoon, www.hsknilltransport.com 155 King Ed- lent working condition. Willmott Ranch, SK. Visit www.backcountryloghomes.ca or ward St., Paris, ON. N3L 0A1. Pense, SK. Call 306-345-2046. call 306-222-6558.

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FOR RENT: 4 Quarters in the RM of Blucher Phone 306-374-0339. Cash offers only. R M O F F OA M L A K E # 2 7 6 fo r s a l e SE-35-28-12-W2 160 acres (approx. 102 cultivated). Call 780-724-3735 for info. LAND FOR RENT - RM of Elmsthorpe #100: NW/SW 15-11-23-W2, 283 cult. acres. Call 647-786-6159. Avonlea, SK. LAND FOR RENT: 132 ac., NW 1/4 5-35-4 W3, RM of Corman Park No.344. 10 miles from Saskatoon. Call/text 403-462-0570. LAND FOR SALE by tender. Approx. 480 acres, RM of Willner #253. N1/2 11-25-3W3, SW 11-25-3-W3. Grass and pastureland with dugout and some fencing. Tenders accepted until December 15, 2017. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Submit written tenders to: Box 134, Loreburn, SK. S0H 2S0 BY TENDER: RM of Three Lakes, No. 400. NE 14-42-22-W2, SE 14-42-22-W2. 316 acres, approx. 230 cultivated acres. Owner reserves the right to reject highest or any tenders. Deadline is November 30, 2017. Send tenders to: Leo Briens, 33 Huntington Place, Saskatoon SK, S7H 4L7. For inquiries, call 306-373-4371. TOM@SASKFARMLAND.COM Kenaston, 958 acres. Individual 1/4’s available. Tenant available. $930,000 MLS. Coldwell Banker Signature. Tom 306-260-7838. RM OF LIVINGSTON: Pelly, SK., 6 miles N. SW and SE 26-34-32-W1. 320 acres, 265 cultivated, $399,000. Phone 778-848-2535.

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TENDER: KINDERSLEY/EATONIA Farm Land For Rent - 2 section/8 quarter block. RM 261 Chesterfield: Section 29-27-25 & Section 32-27-25. Land located approx. 12 miles SW of Kindersley; 7 miles North of Eatonia. Rental tenders invited on the above land (preference given to tenders involving all lands); Tenders close at 5:00 PM November 30, 2017. Successful tender(s) to complete rental agreement with vendor/landlord by December 14, 2017. Rent tenders to specify $/acre cash rent. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. 5 year term offered. Respondents must rely on their own research and inspection. For more info. contact Chris Selness at 306-539-1972. Tenders to be submitted to: Chris Selness /Topsoil Land Tender, 1925 Victoria Avenue, Regina, SK., S4P 0R3.

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FOR SALE BY TENDER RMs of Mankota No. 45 & Glen McPherson No. 46 Acres NW 23-5-10 W3* 160 NE 24-5-10 W3 160 NW 24-5-10 W3 160 NE 13-6-10 W3 159 NW 13-6-10 W3* 159 SW 24-6-10 W3 160 NE 25-6-10 W3 159 NW 25-6-10 W3* 159 SE 36-6-10 W3* 159 SW 36-6-10 W3 159 NE 10-6-9 W3 160 NW 10-6-9 W3 Ext. 10 140 NE 17-6-9 W3 160

2017 Assessment $133,800.00 $147,600.00 $129,100.00 $143,800.00 $165,400.00 $112,200.00 $155,200.00 $187,200.00 $173,400.00 $151,000.00 $122,800.00 $103,800.00 $102,800.00

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NW 17-6-9 W3 160 $143,400.00 NE 18-6-9 W3 (HQ) 160 $128,800.00 NW 18-6-9 W3 160 $94,100.00 NE 30-6-9 W3* 160 $161,400.00 NW 30-6-9 W3* 160 $160,400.00 NW 16-6-9 W3 160 $101,500.00 SW 17-6-9 W3* 160 $123,200.00 NE 20-6-9 W3* 160 $149,000.00 SE 20-6-9 W3 160 $142,500.00 SW 21-6-9 W3* 160 $135,100.00 SW 31-6-9 W3 160 $120,300.00 24 Quarters 3,814 $3,287,800.00 * denotes dugout on quarter

t All acres listed are approximate. t Sale of Home Quarter includes yardsite and improvements, including house, quonset, fert. and grain bins. Fuel tanks and all moveables are excluded from sale. t Further details available in bidder’s information package, contact below. Conditions: 1. Tenders must be submitted by 2:00 p.m., Monday, December 11, 2017 to Anderson & Company, Barristers and Solicitors (address below). Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. 2. A cheque for the amount of 3% of the amount of the bid must accompany the bid (cheques will be returned to unsuccessful bidders). 3. Tenders may be submitted on all or any number of the quarters, with a preference given to tenders on all of the quarters. Bids must indicate which quarters of land they apply to. 4. Bidders must rely on their own research and inspection of the property and confirm acreage, condition, assessments, or other particulars. All buildings and improvements are included “as is” and “where is”. 5. Bidders will not be called together following submission of the bids. 6. No tenders subject to financing will be accepted.

Forward bids and inquiries to: Anderson & Company, Barristers & Solicitors Attn: Neil Gibbings or Megan Muri, File #15074-016 51 - 1st Ave NW, P.O. Box 610, Swift Current, SK S9H 3W4 Phone: (306) 773-2891 Fax: (306) 778-3364 mmuri@andlaw.ca

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a land and oil revenue auction for the Estate of Elizabeth Debusschere. Thursday Dec. 7, 2017 at the Stoughton Legion Hall, Stoughton, SK, 7:00 PM. Up for auction are 5 quarters of farm land and pasture in the heart of the oil patch near Stoughton, SK. 1) NE 26-08-08 W2, RM of Tecumseh No.65: 160 titled ac., approx. 110 cult. ac., FVA 77715, 2017 taxes $331.45, 2017 crop canola, 2 Westeel 1650 bu. bins on wood floors, surface lease revenue $23,250; 2) SE 26-08-08 W2, RM of Tecumseh No.65: 157 titled ac., approx. 120 cult. ac., FVA 77385, 2017 taxes $330.05, dugout, surface lease revenue $6750; 3) NW 06-09-06 W2, RM of Brock No.64: 160 titled ac., FVA 30420, 2017 taxes $171.26, pasture, partially fenced, surface lease revenue $6800; 4) NE 06-09-06 W2, RM of Brock No.64: 160 titled ac., FVA 54450, 2017 taxes $306.55, pasture, partially fenced; 5) SW 06-09-06 W2, RM of Brock No.64: 160 titled ac., FVA 34200, 2017 taxes $192.55, pasture, partially fenced, surface lease revenue $6400. 10% non-refundable down on sale day, balance due in 30 days. For sale bill & pics visit www.mackauctioncompany.com J o i n u s o n F a c e b o o k a n d Tw i t t e r. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815. Mack Auction Company, PL#311962. TOM@SASKFARMLAND.COM Meadow Lake hunting land. Pines, heavy big game, trails. 160 acres. $84,500 MLS. Coldwell Banker Signature. Tom 306-260-7838.

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115 CULTIVATED ACRES and remainder in hay and pasture near City of Humboldt in RM of Humboldt No. 370. SW 12-38-23 W2. Highest or any offer not necessarily acceptNEAR KRONAU SK, 1/2 hr. from Regina 80 ed. Mail bids by November 30, 2017 to Box acres w/character home and outbuildings; 686, Humboldt, SK. S0K 2A0. Near Pilot Butte 68 acres with yardsite; BY TENDER: The Sale of Lands by BKS Near Pilot Butte 80 acres with yardsite. Trucking Ltd., Shaun & Katie Bassett, Brian Tiefenbach, 306-536-3269, Colliers Remerge Rehabilitation Inc., and DerInt. Regina, SK. www.collierscanada.com ek Kurpjuweit. The owners of farmlands WANTED: 6000-6500 acres, good farm- will accept offers to purchase, as a block, land, 1-2 hrs. from Saskatoon. Turnkey the following deeded lands briefly described as SW 13-7-6 W3, SE 14-8-6 W3, operation. Contact 780-625-6767. NE 14-8-6 W3, SW 35-7-6 W3, NW 35-7-6 RM CANWOOD #494, 3 quarters: Grain, W3, NW 20-8-6 W3, NE 20-8-6 W3, NW pasture and hay, 265 acres cult. On school 14-8-6 W3, SW 14-8-6 W3, NW 7-7-5 W3, bus route. UG power and phone on 2 good SW 7-7-5 W3, SE 19-7-5 W3, SW 19-7-5 yard sites, 2013 assessment $203,700. W3, SE 12-7-6 W3, SW 12-7-6 W3, NW 13-7-6 W3, NW 26-7-6 W3, NE 31-7-5 W3, 306-747-2775 after 6 PM, Shellbrook, SK. SE 31-7-5 W3, NW 29-7-5 W3, NW 13-8-6 R M O F B L U C H E R 3 4 3 : 2 q u a r t e r s . W3, NE 11-8-6 W3 and SE 11-8-6 W3 as GRAIN LAND TO RENT, 35 mile radius of SW-29-35-01-W3M, NW-29-35-01-W3M, well as certain bins all of which are located Rouleau, SK. Call 306-776-2600 or email: 310 acres cult. 3 hopper bins totaling in the RM of Wood River No. 074 and 17,000 bus. Call Bob 306-717-1987. detailed in the Tender Package. The Owner kraussacres@sasktel.net reserves the right to reject any or all Tenders, and to waive formalities as the interest of the Owner may require without stating reasons. The highest or any Tender may not necessarily be accepted. The Owner shall not be liable for any costs, expenses, loss or damage incurred, sustained or suffered by any bidder prior, or subsequent to, or by any reason of the acceptance or the non-acceptance by the Owner of any Tender. The bidders whose Tenders have not been accepted by the Owner will be notified within a reasonable time after Tender opening. The successful bidder shall pay a non-refundable deposit of 5% of the Tender price to Stringam LLP in trust by way of bank draft or solicitor’s trust cheque with the tender submission. The closing date shall be January 2, 2018, the balance of the tender price shall be due and payable on said closing date. The taxes shall be adjusted at the closing date. The Owners shall retain all surface lease rentals up to and including the closing date without adjustment and any sub/$1' )25 /($6( $7 ::: $1'-(/,& &$ sequent payments will be provided to the Purchaser. Tenders shall be marked “BKS 4WUV &KHVWHUILHOG _ 4WUV :LOORZ %XQFK _ 4WUV *ROGHQ :HVW Trucking Tender” and delivered on or before 12:00 noon MDT on December 1, 3LYRWV LQ 0DSOH %XVK _ 4WUV 3DGGRFNZRRG 2017 to: Stringam LLP, 35 7th Street SE, Medicine Hat, AB., T1A 1J2, At6FRWW 6LPSVRQ _ _ VFRWW#DQGMHOLF FD tention: Kipling B. Wiese. P: 403-488-8200. F: 403-488-8215. Email: kbwiese@stringam.ca and/or colleen@stringam.ca Only tenders for the entire block of parcels for the above lands will be accepted. Separate tenders will be considered for the blocks of bins specified above. In the event that a sucJUST LISTED! cessful tender is accepted on all parcels. Tenders which are submitted to Stringam Lane Realty is happy to announce the following listings LLP may be opened by the owners and acrecently added to our website. cepted by the owners prior to December BROADVIEW: 16 ac. - 1400 sq ft home close to the #1 Highway, small valley 1, 2017 at the Owners’ option. The successful bidder will be notified as such time runs through property, cattle shelter with strong water supply. as stated below. If the owner shall not WHITEWOOD: 17 ac. – 700 sq ft home on well treed yard w/Pipestone open or accept tenders prior to December Valley running through property, just off Highway #9. 1, 2017, the owners will notify the sucWOLSELEY: 40 ac. – assess. 140,400, strong water supply, nat. gas in Yard Site. cessful bidder by email, phone, or fax when the tender has been accepted. YORKTON: 41.79 ac.- 2,815 feet of Hwy #10 frontage. Great commercial development potential! FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM of Eagle Creek SASKATOON (Aggregate source) 157 ac. – 143 cult. ac., 2017 assess. No. 376, NW 11-38-11 W3, NE 11-38-11 358,000, significant aggregate resource of gravel, coarse sand, fine sand W3. Tenders accepted until midnight December 13, 2017. Submit Tenders to: K. and silt/clay. Includes aggregate crushing/screening equipment. List Enns, Box 577, Shellbrook, SK., S0J 2E0. available. Call for details! jettamyrna@gmail.com. The highest or ARBORFIELD: 159 ac. – 42 cult. ac., assess. 47,500. Creek runs through any Tender not necessarily accepted. property, ½ mile from Provincial Forest. 34 QUARTER SECTIONS (5419.16 YORKTON: 159 ac. – 130 cult. ac., 2016 assess. 93,300 acres) Bengough, SK. Probably the best REGINA BEACH: 160 ac. – 1286 sq ft home nestled in the Arm River Valley, grassland around. Numerous sloughs, dugall nat. grass, 2017 land assess. 91,600. Call for details! outs & an underground river run through WISETON: 160 ac. – 154 cult. ac. (seeded to forage), 2017 assess. 142,400. the property. Some of it could be farmed. Just off Highway #44. Yard site with home, corrals, quonset & another with 1978 bungalow with a well. ENDEAVOUR: 318 ac. – all nat. rangeland, nat. water source on both qtrs., ID#1100380. MLS®. Real Estate Centotal 2017 assess. 113,400. Suitable for recreational purposes. Borders tre, 1-866-345-3414. For all our listPorcupine Provincial Forest! ings visit: www.farmrealestate.com LIPTON: 319 ac. – 287 cult. ac., 2017 assess. 328,000, steel grain storage, RM MAPLE CREEK #111. For sale N 1/2 1144 sq ft home on well treed yard. 35-11-26-W3. 320 cult. acres, 60x100’ INDIAN HEAD: 469 ac. – 230 cult. ac., bal. nat. grass, steel grain storage, steel quonset on 2’ cement fdn, power, assess. 63,300/qtr. water for up to 100 head of cattle, 1 mile LOCKWOOD: 627 ac. – all nat. grass, perimeter fencing, 2017 assess. of Hwy #1 frontage. Call 403-866-2214. 42,960/qtr. TOM@SASKFARMLAND.COM Interested in the value of your farmland and conVisit our booth at the sidering selling? Up to date market evaluations done at your farm. Coldwell Banker Canadian Western Agribition in Regina, SK Signature. Tom Neufeld 306-260-7838.

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CHATFIELD/POPLARFIELD: Opportunity to run your own cattle & grain farm. 1240 sq. ft. bungalow. 800 ac. owned, 1920 leased. 200 acres cult. balance hay & fenced pasture. Many outbuildings, $799,000. Call Claudette: 1-888-629-6700. LJBaron.com

CANADIAN FARM REALTY GRAIN FARMS FOR SALE 1400 acre grain farm. 1000 acres workable. Excellent grain and beef operation in the RM of Riding Mountain.

3290 acre grain farm with seed plant near Killarney, MB. 200,000 bushel grain storage. Rented land available.

Sheldon Froese Stacey Hiebert Dolf Feddes Junior Thevenot Henry Carels Catharina Carels

204-371-5131 204-371-5930 204-745-0451 204-825-8378 204-573-5396 204-720-4779

Visit our farm listings and videos at www.canadianfarmrealty.com MANITOBA FARMS: 1. Excellent mixed farm, 5 quarters, 390 cultivated acres, class B soil. Very good 1400 sq. ft. 3 bdrm home, garage, good water. Possibly more land available. Located in Shoal Lake area. 2. Half section of good grain land. Class B Newdale clay loam, yardsite w/machine shed and 13,400 bushels storage. North of Shoal Lake. 3. 3 q u a r t e r s of pasture land on same section. Cross fenced with dugouts and well for winter watering. SW of Rivers. Contact listing agent Rick Taylor, 204-867-7551 RE/MAX Valleyview Realty, ricktaylor@remax.net www.remax.ca

MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca

LOOKING FOR FARMLAND to cash rent in the RM's of: Kindersley, Oakdale, Prairedale & Milton. Call Brennan 306-460-0276. LOOKING FOR CROP/HAY/PASTURE in Central Alberta. Paying above average rates. Call 403-742-9469. LOOKING FOR CROPLAND to rent between Olds and Calgary. Prefer west of Hwy. 56. Call 403-994-0085, Didsbury, AB. WANTED: GRAIN LAND for rent in Northern/Central Saskatchewan. Call Mike 306-469-7741, Big River, SK.

DW E I N TA S K R E A LT Y I N C . Saskatoon/Conquest: Mint 1560 sq. ft. bungalow on 10 acres. Absolutely all the bells and whistles! 40x60’ straight wall shed, c/w 16’ wall. Mature yard. MLS SK. 709771 $599,900; Saskatoon/Asquith: Nicely updated 1504 sq. ft. bungalow on 80 acres, 40x60’ dream shop and 32x100’ storage building. MLS SK 707238. $549,900. Call Dwein 306-221-1035. RM OF SPIRITWOOD No. 496- 36.8 acres featuring a 2 storey house, 3 bdrms, 2 baths, 2100 sq. ft. and attached double garage! All major appliances including a fireplace are natural gas and included! 32 x48 heated shop w/cement floor, 40x60 steel quonset w/dirt floor, 2 water wells plus 3 water bowls. MLS® 610213. Lloyd is in need of good grain land/livestock operations with early spring or earlier possession! Call Lloyd Ledinski, RE/MAX of the Battlefords, North Battleford, SK., 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512. 29 ACRES FOR SALE: South of Craik, SK. Well treed yard w/1200 sq. ft. 3 bdrm. bungalow, 45’ carport, 1.5 baths, sand point well, high efficiency wood burning fire place, new metal roof & vinyl siding. New septic system. 32x40 heated shop w/new metal roof. Steel quonset 35x50. Garage 25x50 w/cement floor & new metal roof, $350,000 OBO. Call 306-734-2932.

32 ACRES: 2 homes, outbuildings and much more! Now reduced to $995,000. Call 403-703-5548 or www.gerardchiasson.com

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1) LARGE DAIRY FARM west of Brandon; 2) 1/2 Section close to and west of Winnipeg. Henry Kuhl: Farmland Specialist, Royal LePage Alliance, Winnipeg, MB. 4 WHEEL BOMBARDIER Rotex, 250 hrs, 204-885-5500, 204-856-3140. like new, $4000; Wanted: 14’ bumper hitch IMMEDIATE POSSESSION in RM of ARM- dump trailer. 306-304-1959, Goodsoil, SK. STRONG. Cozy mid 1950’s farmhouse on 80 acres of fenced pasture and hayland. CANADA’S AG-ONLY Asking $160,000 OBO. Call after 6:00 PM, LISTINGS GIANT 204-643-5697, Fraserwood, MB. EXCELLENT LIVESTOCK FARMS: 1) Horse ranch in Erickson, MB., Riding arena & buildings in fantastic cond. 2) Modern house & 160 acres of pasture, 15 mins. to Brandon. 3) 320 acre farm, Carnduff, SK. Jim McLachlan 204-724-7753, Re/Max Valleyview Realty Inc., Brandon, MB. RM NORTH CYPRESS-LANGFORD 4.5 qtrs prime land in a complete block near Sidney, MB. 510 acres in crop. Avail. for 2018 crop year. $1,200,000 OBO. Elesmerefarm.com

2014 POLARIS RANGER Model 570 EPS, side-by-side, half windshield, canopy, powersteering, approx. 600 miles, like new cond. 306-625-7277, Stewart Valley, SK.

2012 FORD EXPLORER LTD. Brown. Extras: Blue OX hitch & wiring for towing, 90,000 kms., $23,000 OBO. 306-272-7333, Foam Lake, SK.

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CERT. FDN, REG. Precision; CDC Alloy; AAC Spitfire; Transcend, all exc. germ., 0% fusarium. Fraser Farms 306-741-0475, Pambrun, SK. foc@sasktel.net CERT. & REG. CDC Precision; AAC Spitfire. High germ. & 0% F.G., Fast Seed Farm Ltd., 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. CERTIFIED TRANSCEND. Proven variety. Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., 306-648-3511, 306-380-7769. CERT. CDC PRECISION & AAC SPITFIRE Exceptional yield potential and standability. Printz Family Seeds, Gravel2018 THOR ARIA 3901, 39â&#x20AC;&#x2122; diesel pusher, bourg, SK., 306-648-3511, 306-380-7769. quad slides, Allison trans., # JCJP4904, $289,000. Call 1-866-346-3148 or shop online 24/7 at: allandale.com EXCELLENT QUALITY CERTIFIED #1 CS Camden, Summit, CDC Minstrel, CDC Ruffi a n , C D C O r r i n . F r e d e r i c k S e e d s , 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. REGISTERED/CERTIFIED #1: Summit Leggett, CDC Haymaker (Forage). Ardell Seeds Ltd., 306-668-4415, Vanscoy, SK. LOOKING FOR ALL JD Snowmobiles Models. Years range from 74-84 machines. Looking for NOS parts for JD snowmobiles. Text or email only. 780-617-1400, Manning, EXCELLENT QUALITY CERTIFIED #1 AB. silver2@outlook.com CDC Landmark VB, AAC Viewfield, AAC Brandon, AAC Cameron VB, AAC Elie, Cardale and AC Andrew. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. SELECT CDC GO seed, hand picked from breeder seed. Contact: mastinseed.com Call or text 403-994-2609, Olds, AB.

PRAIRIE PULSE INC. 700 Campbell Dr., Vanscoy, SK S0L 3J0 Our bids are â&#x20AC;&#x153;DAP Vanscoy, SKâ&#x20AC;? (ie: DAP = delivered). Though freight costs are for the growerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s account, we often arrange for on farm pickup, pay the trucker, and deduct the freight from the final settlement. LENTIL BIDS delivered Vanscoy, SK as of November 16, 2017 CY Product (Dry)

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CERISE RED PROSO COMMON MILLET. Book early to avoid disappointment. 92%+ germ., 0% Fus. makes great cattle feed, swath grazed, silage, dry and silage bales, drought tolerant, very high in protein and energy. Delivered in 50 lb. bags at nearest points in SK. and AB. Call Reynald at Millet King Seed of Canada Inc., St. Claude, MB, 204-878-4839 or 204-794-8550 (cell), all calls returned. Over 2000 satisfied produce r s a n d o u r 1 5 t h ye a r i n b u s i n e s s . www.milletkingseeds.com or email: reynald@milletking.com

GLYPHOSATE 1 SOYBEANS: Top yields, delivered. Common #1. Keep your own seed! Call Norcan Seeds, 204-372-6552, 204-739-3519. Fisher Branch, MB. LARGE KABULI CHICKPEA seed, 94% germ. 0% disease. Fraser Farms, Pambrun, SK., 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net

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WANTED HEATED CANOLA. No broker involved. Sell direct to crushing plant. Cash on delivery or pickup. 306-228-7306 or 306-228-7325, no texts. Unity, SK.

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WANTED: FEED BARLEY Buffalo Plains Cattle Company is looking to purchase barley. For pricing and delivery dates, call REG. & CERTIFIED CDC Calvi (itchless), Kristen 306-624-2381, Bethune, SK. h i g h y i e l d e r. F a s t S e e d F a r m L t d . , VAN RAAY PASKAL Farms in Iron Springs 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. area is looking for Feed Barley. Put more $$$ in your pocket and sell direct to us with no brokerage fee. Call 403-330-9147.

WHY NOT KEEP MARKETING SIMPLE? BESCO GRAIN LTD. Buying all varieties of You are selling feed grains. We are CERTIFIED CDC MARBLE, dark speckled; mustard. Also canary and some other spe- buying feed grains. Also buying chickCertified CDC 4371-4, red. Call Grant, Se- cialty crops. 204-745-3662, Brunkild, MB peas, lentils and golden flax. Fast paymans, SK. 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Looking for off grade mustard, lentils or ment, with prompt pickup, true price dis306-746-8070. Call Jim Beusekom, Allen Pirness, chickpeas. Custom color sorting of all covery. David Lea, Vera Buziak or Matt Beusekom CERT. CDC IMPULSE, CDC Proclaim, CDC types of crops. Ackerman Ag Services, at Market Place Commodities Ltd., LethMaxim, CDC Redmoon, CDC Greenstar. 306-631-9577, Chamberlain, SK. bridge, AB. Phone 1-866-512-1711. Email 98% germ, 0% disease. Fraser Farms, Paminfo@marketplacecommodities.com or brun, SK. 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net WANTED: OFF-GRADE PULSES, oil seeds CERT. CDC PROCLAIM CL Reds, high and cereals. All organic cereals and spegerm. & 0% disease. Fast Seed Farm Ltd., cialty crops. Prairie Wide Grain, Saskatoon, 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. SK., 306-230-8101, 306-716-2297.

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CDC COPELAND, Fdn., Reg., Cert. top quality seed. Widely accepted malt variety. Inquiries welcome. Volume discounts. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net TOP QUALITY CERT. #1 CDC Copeland, AC Metcalfe, Newdale. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. CERTIFIED #1: CDC Copeland, AAC Synergy, CDC Maverick, CDC Austenson, AC Ranger. Ardell Seeds Ltd., 306-668-4415, Vanscoy, SK. AAC SYNERGY, Cert. top quality seed. Very high yielder, gaining acceptance with maltsters. Contracts available. Inquiries welcome. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net

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CERTIFIED CDC INCA, CDC Greenwater, WANTED: FEED GRAIN, barley, wheat, CDC Mosaic. Call Grant, 306-746-7336, peas, green or damaged canola. Phone TOP QUALITY CERTIFIED alfalfa and grass 306-524-4339, 306-746-8070, Semans, SK Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK. seed. Call Gary or Janice Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. GREEN PEAS, yellow pea prices down, try new green pea varieties! CDC Limerick, KINISTINO | HUMBOLDT | PRINCE ALBERT CDC Greenwater & CDC Spruce. Select, WOOD-MIZER PORTABLE SAWMILLS, Fdn., Reg. and Cert. Ask about CDC Forest. eight models, options and accessories. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Battleford, 1-877-866-0667. www.woodmizer.ca SK., cell 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net CDC GLAS, Reg., Cert., top quality seed. High yield, exc. standability, easy to har- REGISTERED/CERTIFIED #1: AAC Ardill, Green and/or heated vest. Great reviews from customers. In- CDC Inca, CDC Spectrum, CDC Limerick Canola/Flax, Wheat, quiries welcome. Gregoire Seed Farms (green), CDC Proclaim Lentil (red). Ardell Ltd., North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851 Seeds Ltd., 306-668-4415, Vanscoy, SK. Barley, Oats, Peas, etc. or 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net

CERTIFIED CDC Blackstrap, earliest black bean, direct harvest, high yield, excellent disease pkg.; CDC Super Jet & CDC Jet also available. Martens Charolais & Seed, 204-534-8370, Boissevain, MB.

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1 t ' SY ROWYN CPSR, Cert. top quality seed, www.prairiepulse.com high yielder with vg protein. All inquires welcome. Volume discounts. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd., North Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. Email gregfarms@sasktel.net REGISTERED/CERTIFIED #1: CDC Landmark, AAC Brandon, AAC Jatharia, Cardale, CDC Utmost. Ardell Seeds, 306-668-4415, Vanscoy, SK. CERTIFIED AAC BRANDON, AAC Jatharia. SAWMILLS from only $4397 - Make Call Grant, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, 30 years experience Money and Save Money with your own 306-746-8070, Semans, SK. working with bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In FARMERS FOR FARMERS stock, ready to ship. Free info. and DVD: AAC ELIE, CWRS, CERT. top quality seed, www.NorwoodSawmills.com/168 or call sister wheat to AAC Brandon. Very high License & Bonded with CGC 1-800-567-0404. yielder with high protein. Positive reviews For current pricing call from growers. All inquires welcome. Vol306-885-2288 ume discounts. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, or visit us on the web North Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851, NOVEMBER 20 - 24, 2017 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net www.grainex.net AAC BRANDON CWRS, Cert. top quality seed, very high yielder and protein. Highly recommended by growers. All inquiries welcome. Volume discounts. Gregoire FD. & CERT. CDC Spectrum; CDC Amarillo. Seed Farms Ltd., North Battleford, SK., cell High germ. & 0% disease. Fast Seed Farm 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516 or email: Ltd., 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. gregfarms@sasktel.net CERT. CDC INCA; CDC Greenwater, exc. germ. and disease. Fraser Farms, PamShipping Available! brun, SK, 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net

APARTMENTS FOR RENT, Langham, SK. Quiet, well maintained, close to schools. 1 and 2 bedrooms starting at $650. Contact Blaise at 306-349-9351. REGINA 1400 sq.ft. bungalow, 2 bdrm, 3 bath, garage, all utilities, snow removal incl. Dec 29/17 - Mar 6/17. 306-585-6382

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

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ROUND ALFALFA/ALFALFA GRASS solid core greenfeed 5x6 JD hay bales for sale. Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK. 1ST AND 2ND cut alfalfa for sale, 3x4 square bales, no rain and feed test available. Call 403-501-9307, Tilley, AB. 500 MIXED ALFALFA grass big round bales, no rain. Boyle, AB. area. Call 780-525-2482 or 780-519-7544. GOOD QUALITY ALFALFA/GRASS mix, round bales, netwrapped, no rain, approx. 1700 lbs. 306-482-7492, Carnduff, SK. ALFALFA HAY: 275 - 1st cut alfalfa lg rd, $80/bale. 100 - 2nd cut alfalfa (200 RFV) lg rd, $125/bale. Baled w/Vermeer 605N, no rain, net wrap, analysis available. Call 403-510-6965, Parkman, SK., area. TO P Q UA L I T Y H O R S E H AY i n s m a l l squares, $5; Also Alfalfa hay for sale, $5. 204-734-5139, Swan River, MB. LARGE ROUND Oat straw bales net wrapped, $40; Large grass & weed bales for sheep or buffalo, $40. 306-283-4747, 306-220-0429, Langham, SK. GOOD QUALITY ALFALFA 2nd cut 3x4 square bales, approx. 1450 lbs. Tests avail. $155/ton. 403-793-1508, Tilley, AB. 1500+ HAY BALES: 1st & 2nd cut Alfalfa or Trefoil, net or twine, $25-$75/ea. Call or text 306-278-7778, Porcupine Plain, SK.

Purchasing all feed grains, screenings and damaged grain Serving Western Canadian farmers since 1959 Toll free number 1-800-265-9886 Prices at the bin Brent Bourne 403-359-7550 Wade Moss 403-359-7551 Gary Snedden 403-359-7552 Will pick up around farmers schedules

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130 GRASS ROUND and 650 alfalfa/grass mix round bales, 1200 lbs., $42 per bale. Call 780-878-3750, Hay Lakes, AB. ALFALFA/GRASS MIXES, 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122; rounds, JD hard core baler, twine. Located at Lloydminster. 780-875-7051, leave message. DAIRY QUALITY SHEDDED HAY for sale. Tests available. Call 403-633-8835. Tilley, AB. HAY FOR SALE: Various grades, tests available. Call 403-633-8835. Tilley, AB. HAY AND ALFALFA round and large square b a l e s f o r s a l e . C a n d e l i v e r. C a l l 306-434-6038. LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom hay hauling. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. 1000 ROUND HAY BALES, 650 round oat green feed bales. All good quality. Call 780-871-1522, Lloydminster, SK. 1000 ROUND GRASS HAY bales, net wrapped, avg. 1350 lbs., no rain, $40 per bale OBO. 204-642-2572, Riverton, MB. GREEN FEED BALES: Last years crop, baled in spring (variance of 20-60% Oats). Good for tub grinding, asking $30/bale. Call Stewart 306-845-3305 or 306-845-7507, Turtleford, SK. LARGE ROUND HAY bales, mixtures of timothy, alfalfa, and brome. $65/bale. Call 780-981-2119, 780-841-3868. High Level. TIMOTHY ROUND BALES for sale, approx. 1400 lbs., $100/each plus delivery. 306-237-9540, Prince Albert, SK. R E A S O N A B LY P R I C E D H AY i n b i g squares. Variety of grades available, including greenfeed from newly established alfalfa stands and horse hay; 65 bales of 2015 crop at 10.2% protein. Can arrange for trucking. 306-320-1041, Leroy, 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.

U-DRIVE TRACTOR TRAILER Training, 30 years experience. Day, 1 and 2 week upgrading programs for Class 1A, 3A and air brakes. One on one driving instructions. 306-786-6600, Yorkton, SK.

LOOKING FOR Strong Supplier of large amounts of Khabuli Chickpeas for export. Call 778-288-0380, Surrey, BC. or email: kha.libcan@gmail.com

BRAZIL AG TOUR Jan. 27th - Feb. 9th. Amazon, Mato Grosso, Iguacu, Farm Show. Chile- Feb. 17 - 26. Santiago, Elqui GUNS, GUNS, GUNS Bud Haynes & Valley, Wineries and farms. Costs may be Ward’s Firearms Auction, Saturday Decem- tax deductible. www.rwthomastours.com ber 9th, 10 AM, 11802 - 145 St., Edmon- Phone: 1-833-AGTOURS (833-248-6877). ton, AB. Over 800 lots- Estate of Mike Kryzanowski of Prince Albert, SK., Estate of Guido van Heybeek of Barrhead, AB., and guest consignors. Online bidding check Wards Auction website. To consign call Linda Baggaley 403-597-1095, Brad Ward 780-940-8378. budhaynesauctions.com or www.WardsAuctions.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.

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. 20.8x42 CLAMP-ON DUALS with rods and spacers, for triples, taken off 9370 Case tractor, $8000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

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PERMANENT FULL-TIME POSITION available on small feedlot grain farm at Crossfield, AB. Experience with livestock and equipment required. Clean Class 3 driver’s licence or willingness to obtain a must. Varied work that’s never boring. Housing available if needed. Good wages for experienced person. Contact Dan, MATURE LADY SEEKING employment as a 403-369-2296, westridgefarm@gmail.com live-in housekeeper. Farm or ranch setting LEASE RIDER. Gem Grazing Association is preferred. Phone 403-878-4983. seeking a summer pasture rider for approx 2500 cow/calf pairs. Employment is April to Oct. 31 yearly. Year round housing is provided. Interested applicants can submit FARM BOSS WANTED at Stump Lake resume to gemgrazingassoc@outlook.com Ranch, Stump Lake, BC. Duties include: or by mail: Box 7, Gem, AB. T0J 1M0 or fax Seeding/Fertilizing/Irrigation/Harvesting 403-641-2485 on or before Dec. 4, 2017. crops for cattle & horse feed; Responsible Only those who are short listed will be for care & maintenance of all farm machin- contacted for an interview. For more info. ery & implements; Winter feeding of live- call 403-633-0530. stock; Passion for farming, equipment & ranch life a must; Compensation commen- FULL-TIME HERDS PERSON REQUIRED on surates with skills and experience; Other organic dairy farm. Duties include monifarm duties as may be required. Submit toring cattle health, artificial insemination CV/resume to: info@stumplake.com & milking. Exp. required, 3 yrs. minimum Suitable candidates will be contacted. as herd manager and diploma, $15.50/hr. resume: St. Brigids Dairy Ltd., 42352 MCDONALD CREEK PASTURE is accepting Mail Road, Brussels, Ont., N0G 1H0. tenders for Pasture Manager, 1640 head Brandon stbrigidsdairy@gmail.com pasture, Tenders closes Dec. 31, 2017, for info contact Allan 306-222-3915, Email: BEEF CATTLE OPERATION in Central SK a.lqutaerhorse@sasktel.net. Mail: Box 1, requires full-time year round help. Please Grandora, SK, S0K 1V0. send resume to blacklock@sasktel.net or ACCEPTING TENDERS for Manager for 306-492-4833. Montrose Grazing Ltd. 1250 head cow/calf pasture near Saskatoon, SK. Tenders close GRAIN FARM: FT, Rockyford, AB. Class 1 December 10th. Contact Darrell Richmond req'd. Welding/mech. skills assets. Start for more information at 306-493-2314 or immed. Resume to: sinahen@gmail.com by email: docrichmond@sasktel.net DAIRY HERD MANAGER wanted on a HELPER WANTED ON mixed farm. Steady progressive dairy farm. Milking 240 cows job for right person. Room and board avail. in a new facility with an automated milking system in SE Manitoba. Management 403-631-2373, 403-994-0581, Olds, AB. responsibilities include herd health, breedWILLNER ELBOW GRAZING (WEG) a ing program and some barn equipment 40,000 acre, 2200 cow/calf pair pasture maintenance. Be part of a management east of Lake Diefenbaker, halfway between team that includes the owners, a veteriSaskatoon and Regina, SK. is seeking ap- narian, a nutritionist and equipment speplications for Pasture Manager. The po- cialists. For more info. contact Charles at sition requires a self-starter, able to work 204-371-0711 or David at 204-371-6081. well with community based board of director, as well as the seasonal staff. WEG also HELP WANTED on grain & cattle operation. runs small ruminant, noxious weed man- Must have valid drivers license and experiagement program that requires some op- e n c e w i t h c a t t l e a n d m a c h i n e r y. erational oversight. The successful candi- 780-582-2254, Forestburg, AB. date will have the following attributes: Experience managing a large community FARM LABOURER REQUIRED for livestock pasture; Skilled at gentle livestock from a operation. Duties include: operating, mainhorse; Demonstrated ability in grass man- taining seeding & harvesting equip. Smoke agement, including understanding prairie free enviro., $17/hr. Housing avail. Lyle grass species, noxious weed management Lumax, 204-525-2263, Swan River, MB. and range health management; Expertise in recognizing and treating common cattle ailments; Excellent human resource management skills; Able to work will with the board of directors, including regular re- CONTRACTOR INTERNET INSTALLER. Lookports on pasture management issues as ing for a Contractor in various locations well as financial reports. WEG is in a posi- across NE Alberta. Must have or be willing tion to offer a competitive compensation to obtain: Limited Company, Commercial package including housing. For more infor- insurance policy; WCB account; Clean Crimmation or to submit a resume for consid- inal Record; Vehicle suited to perform field eration, contact Doug Vollmer, Chair, Will- work (truck or van); Tools to perform instalner Elbow Grazing, dvollmer@sasktel.net lation. Working Conditions: Primarily 306-567-7616. Applications due December outside in weather, also some indoor work, climbing ladders, working on roofs and 31st, 2017. towers (40'). Responsibilities and required RANCH HAND: 50,000 acre ranch seeking attributes for this position: Mounting equipfull-time ranch hand. General duties ment on roofs and running cable, selfinclude: Riding, fencing, haying, machinery directed organization, familiarity with tools, maintenance and animal husbandry. Locat- computer knowledge. 1-866-390-3928, ed SE of Medicine Hat, AB. Accommoda- www.mcsnet.ca tions provided. Competitive wages. Email resume to: mbarranch@gmail.com

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 MR. TIRE CORP. For all your tire needs, Head, SK., 306-541-7210 or 306-695-2061 call Mylo at 306-921-6555 or Jeremy at 306-921-0068. Serving all Saskatchewan.

FULL-TIME FARM LABOURER HELP. Applicants should have previous farm experience and mechanical ability. Duties include operation of machinery, including tractors and other farm equipment, as well as general farm laborer duties. $25/hour depending on experience. Must be able to cross US border. Location: Pierson, MB. Feland Bros. Farms, Greg Feland and Wade Feland, Box 284, Pierson, MB. R0M 1S0. 35 TON WINCH, 2 speed reversible gear- 701-756-6954. 75’ of new cable still on the roll, $750. FARM LABOURER WANTED near Goodeve, L A R G E L A T H E , a s k i n g $ 1 5 0 0 . box, Call 306-722-7770, Osage, SK. SK. Call 306-795-2710 or 306-795-5210. 306-722-7770, Osage, SK.

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In Northern SK for general camp maintenance. Knowledge of sewer systems, water treatment & propane heating systems an asset. Candidate must be physically fit, mechanically inclined and possess a 3A licence. Permanent position on 2 week rotation. Air transportation provided from Saskatoon, Prince Albert and La Ronge; room & board included; pension plan & benefit package offered. Email or fax resume: “Attention: Shaun Spilchuk” E: shaunspilchuk@pnff.ca; P: 306-260-0992; F: 306-633-2152. Company website: pointsnorthgroup.ca.

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OILFIELD TRUCK DRIVER Farmers wanted for seasonal employment. Work on the farm during the summer and make extra cash in the winter. Winter season starts in November and ends in March. Earnings average over $10,000 per month. Must have Class 3 or 1 drivers license. Willing to be away from home for long periods of time. Job training is provided. Submit your resume with driver's abstract. 403-504-1711, sschwab@patsoffroad.com LOG TRUCK DRIVERS WANTED for winter run. Tractor/trailer experience a must. Will train for logs. Ph 780-836-2538. Send resume to: Albert Greschner Holdings Ltd., Box 447, Manning, AB. T0H 2M0 EXPERIENCED CLASS 1 DRIVERS wanted to haul livestock or gravel. Health plan and s a fe t y b o n u s e s . Ye a r r o u n d w o r k . 403-625-4658. FAVEL TRANSPORT is hiring Leased Operators. Livestock, Bulk, Reefer. Call us at 306-692-8488, Moose Jaw, SK.

RANCH MANAGER NEEDED: Bar K Ranch is seeking an experienced Ranch Manager with exceptional administrative, planning, communication, veterinary and cattle handling skills. The successful candidate will manage all aspects of the cow-calf ranch, calving 1000 cows and farming 8000 acres for feed. Researching new technologies & mechanization is a must. Position is full time with a competitive benefits package, lakefront family home on-site, vehicle and cellphone. Submit your resume to resumes@carrierlumber.ca or please fax 250-563-9371.

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CLAYTON AIR SERVICE LTD. is seeking 4 Professional Turbine Ag Pilots for the 2018 spraying season, using Air Tractor 502B’s. Requirements: All 5 positions from May 16 through to Sept. 11, completing aerial application on Sask fields & occasionally other provinces. Requirements: Must be committed to entire season or make prior arrangements. Provincial pesticide licenses required. Current aviation medical. 1000+ hrs. aerial application experience preferred. Training, mentorship and/or apprentice program will be considered for the right individual. Strong ability to adapt to changing situations and maintain a positive attitude with customers, co-workers, and supervisors. Strong communication and problem solving abilities, with quality service delivery as the utmost priority. Proficiency in English reading and writing. Capable of operating Satlock guidance systems or equivalent. Must be insurable. Accommodations and vehicle provided during employment. Wage $60/hr. 40 hrs./week. Bonuses based on performance. Workers compensation provided. Contact Clayton Rempel, Clayton Air Service Ltd., Box 87, Leask, SK. S0J 1M0. Phone 306-497-7401, Fax 306-466-9994. E-mail: applyclaytonairsk@gmail.com

Winter Cereals Canada Inc. is the management organization responsible for the operation of Winter Cereals Manitoba Inc. and the Saskatchewan Winter Cereals Development Commission, both of which represent the growers of winter cereals in Manitoba and Saskatchewan and manage provincially collected levy. We are looking for a dynamic individual to assume the responsibilities of Executive Director of Winter Cereals Canada and the two provincial organizations under ongoing management contracts. The successful candidate will have a good understanding of winter wheat, fall rye and winter triticale production in western Canada. Duties will include: Day to day office management, maintenance of finances for all three organizations, liaison with Levy Central concerning levy collection, liaison with provincial and federal regulatory agencies, liaison with other levy collection agencies in Manitoba and Saskatchewan and coordination with research institutions funded by both provincial bodies. The executive Director also designs and edits a three issue per year full color newsletter and coordinates annual general meetings and board meetings. The successful applicant will live in Manitoba or Saskatchewan and may choose to work from a home office environment. The successful candidate is preferred to be a member of or become a member of the Saskatchewan or Manitoba Institute of Agrologists. This position is equivalent to approximately 60% full time employment. Salary commensurate with experience. Some travel is required. Interested parties should e-mail applications and resumes to apply@ wintercerealscanada.org by December 15, 2017. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Additional information if required is available by contacting Winter Cereals Canada Inc. at 866-472-4611.

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CLAYTON AIR SERVICE LTD is seeking 2 Professional Turbine Helicopter Ag Pilots for the 2018 spray season flying a Jet Ranger, from June 1st - September 27th, completing aerial application on fields across Sask & occasionally other provinces. Requirements: Must be committed to entire season or make prior arrangements; Commercial helicopter licence; Provincial pesticide licence; Current aviation medical; Endorsement on Jet Ranger considered an asset and turbine experience preferred. Turbine experienced pilots will be given preference based on hours of experience, (500 hrs. Ag spraying required). If no suitable candidate is found training, mentorship and/or apprentice program will be considered for the right individual. Strong ability to adapt to changing situations and maintain a positive attitude with customers, co-workers, and supervisors. Strong communication and problem solving abilities, with quality service delivery as the utmost priority. Proficiency in English reading and writing. Capable of operating Satlock guidance systems or equivalent. Must be insurable. Accommodations and vehicle provided during employment. Wage $60/hr. 40 hrs./week. Bonuses based on performance. Workers compensation provided. Contact Clayton Rempel, Clayton Air Service Ltd., Box 87, Leask, SK. S0J 1M0. Phone 306-497-7401, Fax 306-466-9994. Please e-mail resume to: applyclaytonairsk@gmail.com

FULL-TIME OILFIELD TRUCK DRIVERS Shock Oilfield Inc. in Elk Point, AB. is hiring Coil Operators, Coil Swampers (prefer Class 1, but must have Class 3), Pressure Truck Drivers, Flushby Operators and Swampers. We offer health care benefits, scheduled shifts and competitive wages. Email resume to cody.shock@hotmail.com or fax to: 780-724-4924.

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MEIJER HONEYFARM is looking for applicants for the 2018 season. 8 Apiary Technicians: NOC 8431 required with minimum two years (seasons) experience at a large scale Canadian beekeeping operation. Job duties per NOC 8431. Wages start at $16/hour (or current wage according to NOC code). We require 9 Apiary workers: NOC 8431 with minimum one year beekeeping experience. Wages start at $14/hour (or current wage according to NOC code). Job duties as per NOC 8431. All positions are full-time on a seasonal basis from March through October and can expect minimum 40 hrs./week. All wages are negotiable depending on experience. All applicants must be physically fit and accustomed to working w/honeybees. Apply to: m@magtech.ca Meijer Honeyfarm, 181072 Twp. Rd. 32-4, Box 295, Delia, AB. T0J 0W0.

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CLIMATE CHANGE

Rising world carbon emissions ‘very disappointing’ BONN, Germany (Reuters) — World carbon emissions are set to rise two percent this year to a new record, scientists said earlier this month, dashing hopes that global emissions had already peaked. Carbon emissions had been roughly flat from 2014-16, but will increase this year mainly because of a rise in China after a two-year decline, the scientists said. Their data, presented during negotiations among almost 200 nations in Germany about details of the 2015 Paris Agreement climate accord, are a setback to a global goal of curbing emissions to avert more downpours, heat waves and rising sea levels. “The plateau of last year was not peak emissions after all, the Global

Carbon Project, a group of 76 scientists in 15 countries, wrote of the findings. Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry, the bulk of man-made greenhouse gases, were on track to gain two percent in 2017 from 2016 levels to a record high of about 37 billion tonnes, it said. “Global CO2 emissions appear to be going up strongly once again,” said lead researcher Corinne Le Quere, director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia in Great Britain. “This is very disappointing.” Glen Peters, another leader of the study at the CICERO Center for International Climate Research in

(Worldwide) we are probably in the level-to-upwards direction for emissions in the next years rather than level or downwards. GLEN PETERS RESEARCHER

Oslo, Norway, said China’s emissions were set to rise 3.5 percent, driven by more coal demand amid stronger economic growth. China, the world’s top greenhouse gas emitter, accounts for almost 30 percent of world emissions.

U.S. emissions were set to decline by 0.4 percent in 2017, a smaller fall than in recent years, also reflecting more burning of coal. Coal’s gains were linked to a rise in the price of natural gas, which made coal more attractive in power plants, Peters said, rather than the effects of U.S. President Donald Trump’s pro-coal policies. Trump plans to pull out of the Paris Agreement. European Union emissions were set to decline by 0.2 percent, which is less of a fall than in previous years. However, EU climate commissioner Miguel Arias Canute said t h e 2 8 - nat i o n b l o c ha s b e e n steadily reducing its emissions and has one of the most ambitious

climate plans. “If other countries were as ambitious as us, perhaps emissions would not have risen so much,” he said. ” Peters attributed higher emissions to stronger global gross domestic product growth. “(Worldwide) we are probably in the level-to-upwards direction for emissions in the next years rather than level or downwards,” he said. Richard Black, director of the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit think-tank who was not involved in the study, said carbon emissions per unit of GDP were falling. “(This year) might well prove a small blip on an otherwise flattening emissions curve,” he said.

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NEWS LEGALIZED CANNABIS

Municipalities will drive sale of pot in Manitoba Communities will have authority over zoning criteria for retail outlets but the government regulates the sourcing, distribution and number of pot vendors GETTY PHOTO

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selling cannabis don’t yet know if marijuana shops will be springing up on main street. None of that is clear as the Manitoba government develops its legalized cannabis system. However, it is clear that municipalities will decide whether or not to allow pot shops to operate. “Municipalities are pleased in general that zoning criteria will still be left with them,” said Association of Manitoba Municipalities president Chris Goertzen, who is also mayor of Steinbach. “Communities will be allowed to have the final say.” How tightly the provincial government will restrict the number of pot vendors and whether that will exclude small town entrepreneurs from opening outlets remains uncertain. Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister said the goal of the retail approach is to “push the gangs out of this business” and to have the drug available for 90 percent of Manitobans within a 30-minute drive. Private providers will own the retail side of the business, while the provincial government will own, operate or contract the sourcing, distribution and regulating. Goertzen noted that 75 percent of the provincial population lives in Winnipeg. With that overwhelming urban population base, it would be possible to open marijuana outlets in Winnipeg, Brandon, and Winkler, and most of the provincial availability objective is met. Winkler mayor Martin Harder was unhappy with the provincial decision to allow each municipality to decide if it will allow cannabis retail sales. He said communities such as his could become divided over the issue. Many residents are opposed to any legalization, and past disputes over whether or not to allow alcohol sales have been divisive. Goertzen said the AMM will work with the province to make sure municipalities can handle the legalization of cannabis sales. Now, it is relying upon a “toolkit” provided by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to deal with the zoning issues that will arise. If municipalities want to adequately cover the fledging marijuana business, they will need to amend their zoning bylaws, Goertzen said. “I would imagine that most, if not all, municipalities will amend their new zoning bylaws to include this new use,” said Goertzen. The provincial government wants to see the outlets operating on July 2. ed.white@producer.com

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ALTA. FARM POLICY

Nuisance dispute appointments cause alarm Ag minister reassures as Alberta Federation of Agriculture worries that non-farmers might be appointed to dispute hearings BY JEREMY SIMES EDMONTON BUREAU

Alberta’s agriculture ministry is moving to ease worries that nonfarmers might be appointed to hear agricultural nuisance disputes. The provincial government proposed new legislation Oct. 31 to dissolve the Agricultural Operation Practices Act (AOPA) practice review committee and 13 other agencies. Official changes are currently being debated in the legislature. The AOPA committee used to have a list of names from which the agriculture minister would select members to agricultural nuisance

disputes involving odour, dust, noise and smoke. While no one has sat on the AOPA committee since 2011, the Alberta Federation of Agriculture released a statement Nov. 7 calling on the provincial government to clarify the proposed changes. The AFA was concerned that if the AOPA committee was disbanded, the minister could no longer be able to select farmers or ranchers from the list to hear disputes. “They haven’t been clear in this change in process,” said Graham Gilchrist, a director with the AFA. “We want to be sure that any new appointments by the minister for

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these disputes does not result in only appointing government staff or non-farmers or ranchers being appointed.” Alberta Agriculture Minister

Oneil Carlier brushed off those claims. He said while the AOPA committee is slated to be disbanded, he will still select people with agriculture expertise when it comes to forming a panel to oversee nuisance disputes. In fact, there are two disputes being debated right now, he said, and people on those panels are from the agriculture sector. “We still draw from the larger agriculture community, so nothing is lost in that way,” he said. “We can still set up a review committee to review any complaints or appeals that might go forward for intensive livestock.”

He said he will appoint executives from agriculture commissions when it’s necessary to create a panel. As well, if a dispute occurred in the Peace Region, for example, he would appoint members from that area. Any disputes involving hogs would include hog experts, and the same could be said for cattle or other livestock, he said. “I think AOPA as an act is serving its purpose to ensure that farmers have the right to farm but, at the same time, that their neighbours are aware of a process in case they need to have their say,” he said. jeremy.simes@producer.com

FOOD PROCESSING

Town objects to chicken plant CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — Tyson Foods Inc. is weighing new sites for a $320 million chicken slaughterhouse after opposition from residents of a small Kansas town picked for the project, the company’s chief executive officer said. The project planned for Tonganoxie, Kansas, would have been Tyson’s first new plant since the 1990s and included a chicken hatchery and feed mill, according to the company. Tyson said it would increase its overall production capacity by processing up to 1.25 million birds per week. However, residents were concerned about its impact on the environment and other issues. “We’ll be delayed slightly here,” Tyson CEO Tom Hayes said after the company reported better-thanexpected earnings. U.S. per capita consumption of chicken is expected to hit a record high this year, according to the National Chicken Council, a trade group that said about 170 million chickens are slaughtered each week for meat. Chicken sales have increased as consumers seek more protein in their diets. Some view it as a healthier alternative to beef and pork. Tyson decided to build a new slaughterhouse because it was buying more chicken than it wanted from other producers to meet demand, Hayes said. He declined to say when Tyson would pick a new site. The company had expected to break ground in Tonganoxie this fall. Prestage Farms, the nation’s seventh-largest hog producer, faced resistance from Mason City, Iowa, residents over a pork processing plant last year. The company now plans to finish building its $240 million plant in Wright County in Iowa next year. Tyson previously won support from state and local elected officials to locate the plant in Tonganoxie. “I don’t know how in touch all of the officials were with what the direct local sentiment was for all of those in the local community of Tonganoxie and the surrounding area,” Hayes said.

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MANURE MANAGEMENT

Student finds way to put manure to use The University of Calgary business student starts a company that uses manure as a concentrated fertilizer and energy source BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

Technology developed by Victoria Ross involves feeding manure to duckweed in an aquaponics system, which produces biogas and a concentrated fertilizer. | FILE PHOTO

Growing up on a ranch in the British Columbia interior, Victoria Ross understood that manure disposal is an ongoing challenge. Now a business student at the University of Calgary, she has created Agro Systems, a company

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FAMILY FARMS

Passing on the family farm takes nurturing of the family FARM FRESH

NIKKI WIART

’m a millennial. I don’t buy diamonds, or napkins or cereal. I lack manners. I am entitled, and I am impatient and I can’t seem to stay in one place, let alone work one job for long enough to be taken seriously. (Or so the media would have me believe). I am also one of the nearly 25,000 Canadians under 35 who considers themselves a farmer. Whether you call us — and by us, I mean anyone born between 1981 and 1997—millennials, Gen-Y-ers, Generation Me-ers, Digital Natives or one of the many other names designated to this group of techsavvy, risk-taking, commitmentloathing group of people, there’s a cer tain amount of contempt attached. My goal with this column isn’t to make older generations of farmers love millennial farmers and it isn’t to speak for an entire generation of farmers my age. That isn’t fair, nor is it accurate. My goal is to get a dialogue going between the fastest growing age group of farmers (70 and older) and the one, though growing, that still accounts for the smallest percentage of farmers (35 and under). Because while it’s great news that the number of farmers 35 and under has grown for the first time in 25 years, it’s alarming that only one in 12 farms have formal succession plans in place, and that since 1991, we’ve lost, on average, more than nine farms a day. I don’t believe it’s because young people don’t want to farm. I do believe that there are a lot of obstacles in their way. Land is expensive. Equipment is expensive. Farming is chaotic and unpredictable. If they aren’t from a farm, these obstacles are nearly impossible to overcome. If they are returning to a family farm, the expectation to “do as Dad did” is so present, and so heavy. Earlier this year, at a workshop on succession in Lacombe, Alta., an older farmer stood up and spoke of how he was worried his “dream” wouldn’t be continued. My cousin, a young farmer near Sundre, Alta., responded: if you don’t allow for young farmers to pursue their own dreams, how will they succeed? It’s not about whose dream is better, and it’s definitely not about entitlement. It’s about working together to make sure the family farm doesn’t disappear. If older farmers don’t make room, there won’t be a young farmer, family member or not, to take over when they retire or die. Instead, the land and the infrastructure will be gobbled up by Canada’s industrial agriculture machine. Of course, there’s a place and a demand for that, but there also has to be a place for smaller farms that nurture and encourage the growth of millennial farmers because there’s a lot we can offer.

Talking to sons and daughters about their goals could help keep the young generation interested in agriculture. | GETTY PHOTO For one, we’re educated, meaning farming is often a second, third, or fourth career. We’re massage

therapists and carpenters and journalists and soil scientists and engineers and electricians and

interior designers and artists and teachers. How does the way an artist looks at farming compare with the way a scientist looks at farming? It’s different, and it’s wonderful. We not only use social media platforms such as Instagram to connect to customers and market our goods; we’re also following farm accounts from all over the world — accounts that introduce us to different breeds of animals, ways to save money and approaches that mitigate our impact on the environment. We’re not so set in our ways that our minds can’t be changed. We research and challenge “fake news.” And because we often studied

and lived in cities, we are connected to our urban counterparts in a way our farming elders aren’t. I’m not asking the older generation to hand over the reins because I know they’ve worked hard to get where they are and deserve to retire comfortably or to keep farming until they’re 100 if that’s what they want. What I am asking is for them to start talking about it, to start seeing the potential in the dreams of a millennial and, if the kids aren’t interested in the farm, start looking elsewhere for a young farmer who is. Nikki Wiart is a new farmer living in Castor, Alta., writing when her garden, bees, chickens and pigs allow.

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DOMESTIC SUPPORTS

Import tax threatens Black Sea shipments to India While the 20 percent wheat tariff is hurting Ukraine, the 50 percent tax on peas is sending Russian pulse prices plummeting KIEV/MUMBAI/MOSCOW (Reuters) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to raise its wheat and pea import tax will reduce the flow of wheat shipments from main Black Sea producers Ukraine and Russia and has already hit the Russian market for peas, traders and analysts said. India has doubled its import tax on wheat to 20 percent as the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second biggest producer tries to rein in imports to support local prices. The move is a significant blow for Ukraine, Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest supplier, and there are concerns that Kiev

will now need to cut prices to compete more fiercely in other markets, which could be bad news for rivals such as Russia and the European Union. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twenty percent is basically a prohibitive tariff, and we are likely to leave the (Indian) market,â&#x20AC;? Yelizaveta Malyshko at UkrAgoConsult consultancy said. The tax hike by India will reduce Ukraineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wheat supplies to the country this season to about one million tonnes from the previously expected 1.5 to 1.6 million tonnes, a trader in Ukraine said. Ukraine exported a total of 5.8 million

tonnes of wheat in July-September, of which 360,000 tonnes went to India. India imports wheat mainly from Ukraine, Australia, Bulgaria and Russia, and its supply and demand balance along with good prospects for the next year show that the decision on the wheat import tax is unlikely to be short-lived. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As monsoon rainfall was good in northern India, we are expecting another bumper crop in 2018,â&#x20AC;? said an official with the state-run Food Corporation of India. India had imported 5.75 million tonnes of wheat in the 2016-17 fis-

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Agrium losses exceed quarterly expectations (Reuters) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Canadian fertilizer maker Agrium Inc., the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest farm retailer, reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss as demand for its products was reduced by severe dry weather in Australia and Canada. The company cut its full-year forecast for earnings per share from continuing operations to $4.65 to $4.80 from its previous estimate of $4.75 to $5.25 on expectations of dry weather in Australia and parts of Brazil. Expenses rose 4.5 percent because of maintenance turnarounds at the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production facilities and higher natural gas input costs. The companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s net loss increased to $251 million, or $1.84 cents per share, in the third quarter, from $39 million, or 29 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding items, the company lost 23 cents per share, bigger than the loss of five cents per share expected by analysts, according to Thomson Reuters. Agrium said sales rose 8.7 percent to $2.38 billion.

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Grazing lease rate change proposed in Alta. The new fee system would fluctuate with cattle markets and see the current four zones replaced by two BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

FORT MACLEOD, Alta. — Five Alberta groups with direct interests in grazing leases have agreed on a proposal to modify lease rates that haven’t been changed since 1994. The Alberta Grazing Leaseholder’s Association, Alberta Beef Producers, the Western Stock Growers Association, the Northern Alberta Grazing Association and the Central Alberta Grazing Association are signatories to a proposal recently sent to all grazing leaseholders in the province. It involves a new fee system that would fluctuate with the cattle market. Two zones, southern and northern, would replace the current four-zone system, and minimum rental rates of $2.30 per animal unit in the south and $1.30 per AUM in the north would apply. “We’ve come up with a proposal through a lot of work, a lot of collaboration,” said Bill Newton of the WSGA during a recent ABP zone meeting. He said most leaseholders agree that modernization of the system was overdue, and the issue made headlines in 2015 when the provincial auditor general raised questions about rates and revenues. “We’re at the same rate as we were in 1994,” Newton said. “No adjustment for inflation. No adjustment for BSE. No adjustment for anything. So some of those years, we paid too much, according to what would have been the formula. Some of those years we didn’t pay enough according to what would have been the formula.” The provincial environment and parks department describes the plan as one that “calculates rent based on the profitability of owning and operating a grazing lease, taking into account factors such as market prices, transportation, operating and labour costs. Rent is calculated using a model based on the purchase of yearlings in the spring, gain on the lease during the grazing season and sale price in the fall.” The proposal suggests that new rates would be phased in over a

A proposed new grazing lease rate system in Alberta would be phased in over five years. | five-year period. The formula as proposed would have seen rental rates in the south zone at $3.26 per AUM and rates of $2.04 in the north at the initial phased-in rate. At the full rate, amounts would have been $7.10 per AUM in the south and $4.99 in the north. Rates would rise in times of higher cattle market profitability and drop in the opposite scenario, although there would still be a minimum rent. Rates would be based on a two-year rolling average and use a specific calculation to avoid extreme rates in either direction. “We are going to still use the actual price of feeder cattle in the fall coming off of grass,” said Newton. “We’re using a yearling grasser model to determine the profitability of the grazing sector,” he said.

“It’s not a cow-calf model, it’s a yearling model, but the profitability from grazing is probably similar between cow-calf and yearlings.” Assignment fees would also c h a n g e u n d e r t h e p ro p o s a l . Instead of being tax-based, they would be a flat rate to reflect the cost of administration. Newton said assignment fees have been a barrier to new entrants to the cattle business who choose to lease grazing land. In the south zone, for example, the fees were $100 per AUM, and depending on the carrying capacity of the land, could be $8,000 for a quarter section. “You need $1,200 to keep a cow for a year,” said Newton in a later interview, in giving an example. He said a flat fee, estimated at about $3,000, would be more in

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line with fees paid by other leaseholder interests such as gravel pits. Security of tenure is another issue for grazing leaseholders, and Newton said he was hopeful that the proposal would provide greater security, possibly with 10- or even 20-year contracts if stewardship is deemed adequate by the province. A rancher at the ABP meeting asked whether grazing lease rates, now or under the proposal, had trade implications. “The last countervail action that the United States launched against Canada found that our grazing lease system and rental was a subsidy to the industry,” said Newton. He said the new system would be more resistant to a countervail challenge. At this stage, the proposal is only

that — a proposal. “It’s a long ways from being a done deal,” said Newton. Leaseholders should provide feedback to their grazing association. If and when agreement is reached on the proposal, it would require changes to the Public Lands Act before it could be implemented, and that would likely come only after more consultation. Changes to the act would then occur at the government’s discretion. That means new rates could be applied in 2019 at the earliest, Newton said. More details on the proposal, along with frequently asked questions, can be found at www.wsga. ca/news008.php. barb.glen@producer.com

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Answers sought at hearings on tax changes Committee holding discussions on proposed tax changes hears call for clarification on several issues BY WILLIAM DEKAY SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Hitting the pause button is the best action to take on proposed changes to the small business tax, say agriculture representatives and farm accountants. “The July 18 proposals are flawed in many ways and we do not think that they can be fixed with just a few

tweaks,” Tanya Knight of the accounting firm MNP LLP told a Senate national finance committee hearing in Saskatoon Nov. 8. The committee is holding public hearings across the country to consult with local government officials, tax experts and other stakeholders on the controversial tax reform. Senator Raynell Andreychuk of

Tanya Knight and Kim Drever of MNP in Saskatoon appeared before the Senate national finance committee in Saskatoon Nov. 8. | WILLIAM DEKAY PHOTO

Saskatchewan said the committee plans to present its final report with recommendations to the federal government Dec. 15. Several witnesses expressed concerns about potential negative impacts of the proposals and the lingering uncertainty. “The proposed tax changes as written and currently proposed could see some small businesses in Canada pay up to 16 times more in taxes,” Knight said. “There is no such thing as a quick and simple tax fix.” She advised the government to set aside the current proposal and undertake a substantive consultation that includes all stakeholders to improve fairness, predictability and efficiency. She also wants to ensure that new proposals are simple and administratively executable for small business owners. Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan president Todd Lewis agreed. He told the committee that the accounting industry has thoroughly studied the calculated and unintended consequences of the current proposal and raised a number of flags on issues. The government announced several amendments to its proposed changes following the 75-day consultation period that expired in

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October, but Lewis said outstanding concerns in the proposal will still have serious negative implications for family farming and the future of agriculture. A looming question is whether land that is owned in a company by retiring farmers is treated as passive investment income, which the government describes as money left in a corporation for purposes other than to invest directly in growth. Under the new legislation, up to $50,000 of passive investment income can now be sheltered annually before higher tax rates are enforced. Increasing the tax burden on rental income could also have far reaching consequences by reducing the amount of lease land available to beginning farmers. “The $50,000 ceiling they put on that income is not enough because the claw-back on that is significant. It could be up to 73 percent on that income,” Lewis said. Added farmer Terry Youzwa from Nipawin, Sask.: “Why should anyone be subject to 73 percent tax when others aren’t? How is it possibly fair that someone who has put 30 to 40 years into building that entity have their retirement plan, which they receive financial advice from lawyers and professional financial experts all along the way, and by a flip of a switch from the federal government they’re offside and suddenly paying 73 percent on a portion of their retirement plan?” Lifetime capital gains exemption is another key issue that will affect farmers. Lewis said current provisions already create a financial disincentive to transfer farm assets to family members instead of arm’s length buyers. Original proposals on converting income to capital gains would have made this situation worse. “They’ve told us that they’re going to pull back on anything that’s going to affect intergenerational transfers. It’s going to remain as it has been. We’re taking them at their word on that,” said Lewis. Added Youzwa: “It would be nice to know that the lifetime capital gains exemption will be fully protected so that when farmers divest and in a transaction they are not penalized for transferring to a family member over a third party. Why should we sell to somebody else other than our own family? Why would there be incentives to do so? What is the government’s objective for doing such a thing?” The government has also pledged to amend proposed changes that affect reasonableness and income

sprinkling for farm operations. For example, it remains unclear how contributions such as child care will be measured or how much weight will be given to past capital contributions provided through off-farm employment. “Certainly spouses should be exempt from any reasonability test and the income sprinkling side of things and how family members are treated, it’s got to be very general at best because every family has different situations and it’s very hard to fit everybody into one box,” he said. Lewis’s bottom line to any new changes is a reasonability test that is well defined and not subjective during an audit by the Canada Revenue Agency.

They’ve (government) said they’re going to put reasonable tests forward that should speak to that for farm families. We’re taking them at their word, but it’s to be determined. TODD LEWIS APAS PRESIDENT

“It’s something that recognizes the family farm unit (as) one size doesn’t fit all,” he said. “They’ve (government) said they’re going to put reasonable tests forward that should speak to that for farm families. We’re taking them at their word, but it’s to be determined. We’re cautiously optimistic, but we still have no clarity on that.” Current draft legislation as it now stands could potentially see producers enter into risky investment decisions with lingering uncertainty. “It puts farmers in a very difficult place, and we’re going to have a very compressed tax planning season if these new regulations come out over the next number of weeks and we only have four, five or six weeks to try and make changes,” said Lewis. william.dekay@producer.com

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MANITOBA CANOLA GROWERS BOARD ACCLAIMED Manitoba Canola Growers’ directors election has been decided by acclamation. With four board positions up for election and only four nominations submitted, no election was required for this year’s election. Nominees include Chuck Fossay from Starbuck, Curtis McRae of Selkirk, John Sandborn from Benito and Pam Bailey of Dacotah. Sandborn and Bailey were newly elected. The election sees directors Brian Chorney and Ed Rempel’s terms end after a maximum of 12 years. FLAX COMMISSION JOINS GRAIN GROWERS The Saskatchewan Flax Development Commission (SaskFlax) is the Grain Growers of Canada’s newest member. The addition brings GGC’s membership to 13 regional and national grain groups. Shane Stokke, a flax farmer from Watrous, will represent SaskFlax on the GGC board. Canada produces 40 percent of the world’s flax with annual exports valued at $150 to $180 million. CANOLA ASSOCIATION NAMED TO BEST EMPLOYERS LIST The Canadian Canola Growers Association has achieved gold level best employer ranking at Aon’s Best Small and Medium Employers standing in Canada, which is a first for a national farmer association. The Aon Best Employers program measures and recognizes leading employers across Canada and worldwide. Results are generated from employee opinions about aspects of their organization including engagement, culture, leadership and brand. For more information, visit aon. com. SYNGENTA CANADA, 4-H CANADA RENEW PARTNERSHIP 4-H Canada and Syngenta Canada Inc. have renewed their partnership for 4-H Canada’s Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security programming for the next three years. In July, Syngenta Canada participated in the Global 4-H Network Summit hosted by 4-H Canada in Ottawa, where sustainable agriculture and food security was among the topics explored. In addition to support for existing programs and activities, the partnership between 4-H Canada and Syngenta Canada will also support the development of new programs, including the creation of a new soil health campaign. ONTARIO GINSENG RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDING The Ontario Ginseng Growers’ Association has received $420,000 in federal funding to help promote and increase the visibility and demand for Canadian ginseng, which is on the rise in Asia, India and Japan. The money will help the nonprofit association develop a media and marketing campaign to increase awareness of the uses for ginseng in products such as soups, teas and cosmetics. It will also support promotion of trade shows in key Asian markets. Ginseng is one of Canada’s largest field grown horticultural exports with export sales valued at more than $239 million in 2016.

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AGRICULTURAL LABOUR

Immigration crackdown prompts farm automation A tightening migrant labour market in the U.S. is said to be behind increased interest in robotics and other forms of automation LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Reuters) — Convincing big U.S. dairy owners to buy robots to milk their cows and reduce the farmhands they employ used to be a tough sell for Steve Fried. Recently, his job has gotten easier, he says, in part because of President Donald Trump. “I get calls on a daily basis and it typically starts with, ‘I don’t want to deal with this labour headache any more,’ ” said Fried, sales manager for Lely North America, which makes robotic dairy milking and feeding systems. Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration through stepped-up arrests and border enforcement has shaken the U.S. agricultural sector, where as many as seven in 10 farm workers are undocumented, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. In addition, Republican lawmakers in Congress have introduced legislation that would require all employers to check social security numbers against federal databases to ensure their workers are in the country legally, something that is now voluntary in all but a handful of states. The get-tough approach “has created a great deal of anxiety,” said Tom Vilsack, chief executive officer of the U.S. Dairy Export Council, who was U.S. agriculture secretary for eight years under President Barack Obama. The shift comes as the industry was already struggling to cope with a shrinking, aging workforce. That is increasing pressure on the sector to embrace new technology. Farmers and food companies increasingly are moving to automate dairy operations, chicken processing, crop production and harvesting. Even delicate crops such as strawberries and peaches are being

A water jet harvester works rows of romaine lettuce near Soledad, California, earlier this year. These machines are part of an increased move toward automation in agriculture as U.S. President Donald Trump talks tough on immigration. | REUTERS/MICHAEL FIALA PHOTO considered for mechanization. “You’d be a fool to not have a plan that moves you that way,” said Duff Bevill, who owns a vineyard management company in California’s Sonoma County. Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., the second largest U.S. chicken producer, this year cited a tightening migrant labour market as key to its decision to invest in robots and X-ray technology for its slaughterhouses. The goal is to swap human hands for machines that can debone the front half of chickens and perform other chores. “We’re investing heavily in automating our processes, taking labour out and making jobs easier,” Pilgrim CEO William Lovette said. The company also decided to increases wages, he added. Christopher Ranch in Gilroy, California, is also embracing new machinery. The company, which is the largest North American producer of fresh garlic, will spend about $1 million this year for a new Spanish-made robot in its packing plant that inserts garlic heads into

sleeves, according to Ken Christopher, vice-president of the familyowned business. A 2014 report by WinterGreen Research forecast significant growth in the use of robotics in “every aspect of farming, milking, food production” and other agricultural enterprises. The report put the market for agricultural robots at US$817 million in 2013 and projected that it would reach $16.3 billion by 2020.

capital arm of Alphabet Inc., this year spearheaded a $10 million investment in Abundant Robotics, which is working on an apple-picking robot. It also participated in a $20 million funding round for Bowery Farming, which uses robotics to grow leafy greens indoors. Elsewhere, farm machiner y maker Deere & Co. announced that it spent $305 million to buy precision weed-killing robot maker Blue River Technology.

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While little official data exists to illustrate the impact of Trump’s immigration policies on farm labourers, there is no question that illegal migration is down sharply since he took office in late January. The number of people caught try-

ing to enter the United States illegally from Mexico dropped almost 60 percent between February and May compared to the same period last year, according to government figures. Between late January and early September, the number of individuals arrested in the interior of the country by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement rose almost 43 percent over the same period in 2016. Gary Wishnatzki, a third-generation strawberry farmer in Florida, said scarce labour convinced him to raise $5 million so far to build a robotic strawberry picker that he hopes someday will reduce his industry’s need for field hands. Bruce Taylor, CEO of Taylor Farms, a Salinas, California, producer of salads and chopped vegetables for stores and restaurants, said his company has automated 20 percent of its packing plant. The company has also teamed with an equipment maker to build a mechanized romaine harvester that is currently in use, and it is exploring automation for iceberg lettuce, broccoli and other field crops, Taylor said. In the meantime, farmers are increasing wages. Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s most recent farm labour report shows average wages during the week of April 9-15 were $13.23 per hour, up four percent from the same week a year ago. “The mantra in agriculture right now is automate what you can and pay well for the labour you absolutely have to have,” said Paul Pittman, CEO of Farmland Partners Inc., a real estate investment trust that invests in North American farmland. To win the loyalty of its full-time production workers, garlic grower Christopher Ranch decided to raise pay by 50 percent between 2016 and 2018, getting a four-year jump on California’s mandated $15 minimum wage that will take effect in 2022. “Companies need to find ways of adapting and adjusting,” Christopher said. “We’re going to take a small financial hit, but we’re going to be ready.”

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Industry to export fertilizer protocol Nutrient stewardship program will educate developing countries on sustainable use BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Fertilizer Canada is hoping to take its Nitrous Oxide Emission Reduction Protocol abroad to five developing countries. “We want to make sure that our products are being used sustainably around the globe so we can have a social license to sell the fertilizer around the world,” said senior vice-president Clyde Graham. “We also want farmers to get the maximum value from that fertilizer so they understand how good a product it is.” The protocol is based on the principles of the 4R nutrient stewardship program, which is using the right source of fertilizer at the right rate, right time and right place. The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization has recognized the value of the 4R program and has said it should be disseminated to farmers around the world. Fertilizer Canada has identified Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Senegal and a yet-to-be-determined country in Southeast Asia as the first five markets where it wants to spread its stewardship message. It picked countries where farmers are already using fertilizer but where there is room for significant improvement. The association wanted to be in countries where the scale was workable rather than places like India and China where there is an abundance of land and farmers. Fertilizer Canada will be working with groups such as the Canadian Cooperative Association and the International Plant Nutrition Institute to help spread the word. It hopes to work with local cooperatives and leading farmers in the five countries. Graham, who gave a presentation on the protocol last week at the COP23 conference in Bonn, Germany, said there has been good uptake among Canadian farmers. “We have got extension programs for farmers, and farmers are really adopting the program in good numbers,” he said. In Canada, the association has been able to demonstrate that farmers can decrease nitrous oxide emissions by 25 to 50 percent by following the protocol. Nitrous oxide is a greenhouse gas that is 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide. “It doesn’t take much to have an impact on climate change,” said Graham. He said the protocol will work the same on a small farm in a developing country as it does on a largescale operation in Canada. “Wheat or corn doesn’t know that it is being grown on a two acre farm or a 5,000 acre farm,” he said. However, there will be some challenges with one of the 4Rs. Finding the right source of fertilizer in the developing world can be difficult because of the lack of infrastructure such as ports, railways,

trucks and storage facilities. And while a Canadian farmer may be using soil tests and plant tissue tests to refine his fertilizer needs, things are less sophisticated and on a much smaller scale in the developing world. “In a developing country, you might be using a bottle cap to measure the fertilizer out,” said Graham. sean.pratt@producer.com

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RURAL TAXATION

Alberta provides tax relief for abandoned wells The program for municipal districts and counties will apply to oil and gas properties abandoned since 2015 BY JEREMY SIMES EDMONTON BUREAU

The Alberta government is set to provide rural communities with tax relief after officials announced last week that they’re launching a new program that deals with defunct oil and gas properties. The program, called the Provincial Education Requisition Credit (PERC), will have funding of up to $10 million annually for municipal districts and counties to access. The funding is to be solely used for oil and gas properties that have been abandoned since 2015 and that have had their municipal taxes written off since that year. Many companies abandoned oil wells following the oil crash in 2014 and haven’t been paying rural municipal or provincial taxes on them. Despite this, rural districts have been picking up the province’s tax tab. They’re required by law to collect the province’s portion of the tax and then return it to the government. However, rural districts have been pulling from their own coffers to pay and meet the province’s requirements if there are no provincial taxes to collect. Al Kemmere, president of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties, said this has prompted many communities to consider raising taxes or cutting services. He said this tax relief is a big deal for communities, some of which have been facing shortfalls of $400,000. “The magnitude of this depends on the activity that takes place in the municipality over the years,” Kemmere said during a news conference following the AAMDC’s annual convention.

Municipal districts and counties welcome the tax relief on defunct oil and gas properties that has cost some communities up to $400,000. | FILE PHOTO “The big challenge, and that’s where I have to give government credit, is they recognize this is an item we couldn’t collect and that we would have to take out of our regular budget.” Municipal Affairs Minister Shaye Anderson said the funds for this program will come from the Alberta School Foundation Fund. All education taxes from the province go to that fund, and it’s used for emergency purposes. He said this has been a longstanding issue with rural Albertans. “It’s been out there for a long time, even through our boom or even our own good times, but it really was exacerbated by the falling oil prices,” he told reporters following his speech at the con-

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vention. “A lot of companies were not able to be viable, and unfortunately that really hit the rural municipalities hard.” Municipal districts and counties can apply for this funding online at municipalaffairs.alberta.ca, and

the first deadline for applications is January 15, 2018. The program will operate until 2019. In the meantime, the government is working on a long-term solution to deal with this issue. Kemmere said he doesn’t yet have an answer on what he’d like a long-term solution to look like but would first like the industry to stabilize before going forward on something longer term. “I think we’ve been struggling with this hot issue right now,” he said. “Once things settle out, we should see what we can get for a solution that fits in that.” Anderson emphasized in his speech that the government is focusing on building relationships with rural Albertans.

It’s a relationship that hasn’t always been amicable. Things reached a boiling point in 2015 when the province introduced legislation that required non-family farms to obtain occupational health and safety coverage. The bill was poorly communicated, as the rules were initially thought to apply to family farms. However, Anderson told reporters it hasn’t been a struggle for the government to connect with rural communities over the last couple of years. “I think that’s a perception out there, and that’s something we want to dispel very much,” he said. “We’ve got a great relationship with AAMDC.” He said he’s made a considerable effort to get out of the legislature and chat with rural Albertans. “I’m an old school guy and personal relationships are extremely important. A lot of ministers got out, and that was to make sure there was no miscommunication out there.” Kemmere said the AAMDC’s relationship with the government has been improving. “I’ve got a tremendous relationship with government,” he said. “We’re seeing government more and more in our communities over time.” As well, he said, many inexperienced MLAs were elected, so the AAMDC had to help inform them of how rural municipalities operate. “I think their doors have been open to us,” he said. “Is it perfect? No. It never has been perfect, and it never will be perfect, but I think we’ve come a long ways in two and a half years to have these relationships so that we can work together.” jeremy.simes@producer.com

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South America and other key global producers. “The China market is a huge, huge market,” said Minerva chief commercial officer Iain Anderson Mars. “In the coming years, I think it will be more.” He said changing consumer tastes are behind the rise in demand. Minerva has also been expanding more locally in South America, taking market share from key competitors including Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s largest meat packer. JBS, which has been embroiled in a corruption scandal this year, agreed to sell its Argentina operations to Minerva earlier this year. “Minerva has increased slaughtering to occupy the room that JBS left,” said Alexandre Mendonça De Barros, an economist with consultancy MB Agro and a member of the board of directors at Minerva.

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Clubroot —prepare like it’s in your fields already Rotation is more important than ever, and that includes hybrid selection BY ANNEMARIE PEDERSEN | FREELANCE WRITER Clubroot is on the move. After the first discovery near Edmonton in 2003, the deadly canola disease has spread in Alberta, and last summer it moved into northwestern Saskatchewan and jumped across hundreds of kilometres of bush to the Peace Country area of Alberta. Doug Moisey, a DuPont Pioneer area agronomist in central Alberta, says he has watched the spread firsthand. “Within the county of St. Paul, they have gone from four or five known fields to 25 known fields with clubroot in the last year.” That means farmers across the Prairies should start taking precautions. Step one is minimizing soil movement between fields, including from equipment, vehicles, footwear, wind and water. “Most of the places we see the early signs are in the entrances to the field. With the initial spread of clubroot you can see which way the planter turned to start seeding in the field — the affected areas spread out from there as the seeding equipment is dragging in the diseased soil.” RACE SHIFTS AND BREEDING SOURCES Step two is rotation. Moisey says canola is a one-inthree-year rotation on most acres and he ideally recommends a one in-four rotation, but recognizes many producers grow canola one year in two because of economics. “Knowing this we need to make sure growers use a clubroot-resistant hybrid as part of their rotation and now should include products with new sources of clubroot resistance as well.” Aaron Miller, a DuPont Pioneer agronomist for northwestern and west-central Saskatchewan, says the resistant hybrids are effective. “Usually you see over 90 per cent reduction in clubroot… the issue is when you get into tight rotations and you start selecting for pathotypes that can overcome the disease.” The challenge for plant breeders is that there are many strains of clubroot, so they are developing different resistance backgrounds that need to be included in the rotation cycle. The resistance genes can come from other brassica plants such as cauliflower or cabbage. From each new source of clubroot resistance, they will look to a different plant that has resistance to known races that will become a different source of resistance other than what is being utilized at this time. “The bottom line is that there are only so many sources of resistance. We are now offering a new source of resistance to provide a different option for growers,” says Miller. More hybrids with different sources are needed to provide growers with different clubroot resistance options, but it takes years to bring new sources of resistance to market. “We now have canola hybrids available with different sources of clubroot resistance and the goal is to develop more.” This means that a grower on a three- or four-year rotation growing base genetics with clubroot resistance A in year one and then comes back three or four years later with base genetics with clubroot resistance B is actually on a six- or eight-year rotation for clubroot resistance, which is good.

In the past few years, resistance packages have been quite good at managing clubroot races 2, 3, 5, 6 and 8. “However, we have seen a race shift, especially in the Edmonton area,” says Moisey. “Because of the selection pressure we have put on the current clubroot pathogen (with a two-year canola rotation). The clubroot pathogen has made a natural selection for a phenotype that can attack canola. Our new canola hybrid Pioneer® hybrid 45CM36 is still effective against 2, 3, 5, 6 and 8 but also is resistant against variants of clubroot race 2 and 3. With the shorten canola rotations in some areas we have seen a change in the clubroot pathogen population. ”

manage the disease with the rotations they are using — often two years instead of three is what happens in the field which we do not recommend or encourage as we want to have a greater break between canola crops.” Moisey says with the shift of clubroot races over the last two years and with more fields being discovered rotation is even more important. “I recommend a three-year rotation, but the trick is to find a third crop that is economically viable on your farm, some crops may be peas or soybeans that have the geographic ability to grow the crop or something else for the third year that is not susceptible to clubroot. That’s where we really see the reduction in clubroot spore loads.” He says he knows growers who have moved back to a threeyear rotation using clubrootresistant hybrids, and as a result are not seeing the clubroot pressures on plants even though they have the disease in their field. Resistant hybrids are not completely immune and under heavy disease pressure some galls may show up on the root. As well, there will be some non-resistant plants in any population and if you push canola rotations that strain of clubroot will multiply and new clubroot variations will build up. Miller says weed control is also important. “Any brassica species can carry clubroot, so if you are growing wheat you can get volunteer canola come in and be a host for the clubroot disease. Stinkweed and shepherds purse are other weeds that can keep the life cycle of clubroot going so we want to make sure that we control any brassica species in a field that might be a host.”

We usually tackle clubroot one year too late. It’s there and we ignore it. If we start using clubroot-resistant products early, we potentially minimize any issues. — DOUG MOISEY, DUPONT PIONEER

THE VOLUNTEER PROBLEM Controlling canola volunteers in subsequent crops is critical part of clubroot management. “When using the resistance package effectively, the spores do germinate, they do attack the canola but the resistance doesn’t allow them to re-infect, and doesn’t allow for spore production — which means you actually achieve a net reduction of spore load after growing a clubroot-resistant product.” Moisey says the key is to have a multifaceted resistance strategy. “Use different hybrids that contain different resistances packages to clubroot which allow growers to

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CARRY A RUBBER MALLET “What I say to the growers who don’t have clubroot right now is to start managing as if they do have it on their farm and by managing as if they have clubroot it should never be a big issue,” says Miller. He stresses good sanitation. “It’s so important to take a rubber mallet and spend a half hour knocking all the dirt off the equipment before moving into the next field; it reduces the risk of moving the disease around by 80-90 per cent says Moisey.” “We usually tackle clubroot one year too late. It’s there and we ignore it. If we start using clubroot-resistant products early, we potentially minimize any issues.” Moisey recommends that if you have a known clubroot field(s), plant your new canola field early into cool soil conditions as the clubroot spores germinate in warm wet conditions. By seeding early it allows the young canola seedlings to establish and grow without the disease pressures early in the season to establish a healthier stand. While the best time to scout for trouble is during swathing, Miller says it is an ongoing process. “Stop the truck if you see a problem area, get out and check the roots for galls.” Drones and other technology can also aid in finding trouble spots. Some growers seed grass in field entrance ways where all equipment and vehicles get cleaned to avoid soil contamination. “As an agronomist, I suggest that farmers maintain grass fencelines and treelines to prevent spores moving into the field; they create a barrier to soil movement,” he adds. Avoid purchasing hay from known regions that have clubroot and take extra care in cleaning any purchased equipment from affected areas or when moving equipment from a known clubroot area to other areas.

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FARGO, N.D. — Farmers at the 2017 Big Iron found it hard to ignore the big blue cart with a capacity of 1,950 cubic feet or 33 tons of silage, grain or manure. Those are the specs on the triple axle Penta DB60 on display. The big brother DB70 has four axles with a capacity of 2,400 cubic feet or 40 tons, says Jeremy Baine of Penta. “Both carts have the follow-type steering on their front and rear axles,” he said. “You lock them straight in transit, then put them back in steering mode in the field and for backing or dumping.” He said Penta’s Electrosteer system uses electronic sensors to adjust steering control to match tractor speed. It’s one of many ways engineers went out of their way to make the DB series stronger and safer than other carts in the same category, he added. “For example, the box rests on eight big mounting knuckles, two at each corner. The four knuckles at the rear are pinned to hold the box in place. Plus, we have a unique way to keep the trailer from tipping when you unload,” he said. “When the operator starts to lift the main cylinder, oil is diverted to a pair of stabilizing cylinders on either side. They prevent the raised box from leaning left or right. They keep the box on an even keel until it’s settled back down. “For brakes, we’ve got hydraulic brakes that hook up to your tractor, or you can r un them off your hydraulic remote if you want to run them independently. We also have air brakes available if you’re running one of the larger European Fendt or JCB tractors with air.” Baine said versatility is a main selling point. The tailgate can be used as a swing gate when dumping manure, beets or silage. It seals tightly, so the hydraulic locking grain door means it serves double duty as a grain cart.

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The Canadian-built Penta DB60 carries 1,950 cubic feet or 33 tons of silage, grain or manure.

LEFT: To ensure the box remains snug on the trailer chassis, the DB carts have two large mounting knuckles at each corner. The trailers have an extra stability cylinder on each side of the main dump cylinder so the box won’t lean left or right. RIGHT: The new DB60 and DB70 carts have ElectroSteer on the front and rear axles. | ROBIN BOOKER PHOTOS The tub is smooth with a graphite impregnated non-stick liner, making it easy to clean when switching from one product to another. It tapers out toward the bottom and rear so the load dumps quickly. The

front of the box has a viewing window covered with plexiglass so the operator can see inside the box while loading. Although the Penta DB series carts are new, Baine has sold four to

North Dakota farmers so far. The triple axle DB60 carries a list price of US$65,000. The carts are built in Petrolia, Ont. ron.lyseng@producer.com

FARGO, N.D. — Halon fire extinguishers worked on the principle of tying up enough oxygen so the fire can’t burn. They were considered by firefighting professionals to be the ideal extinguishing agent. Halon was rated for Classes A, B and C fires. The National Fire Protection Association termed it as a “clean agent” because it did not conduct electricity, did not leave a residue and was not harmful to humans. However, the federal government said Halon was dirty because it contained CFCs and was an ozone-depleting substance. On Jan. 1, 1994, it became illegal to produce new Halon fire extinguishers. Halon already encapsulated in fire extinguishers could be used up as needed, but those extinguishers could not be re-filled. Militaries were allowed to continue making and using Halon. This was a blow to many sectors that had come to depend on Halon fire extinguishers, such as the restaurant industry, machine shops, food processing plants and the aircraft industry. Thus the global search was on for a substance to match the characteristics of Halon without the taint of CFC. That search has finally proven successful, according to Bob Whitman, a fire safety consultant with AKE Safety Equipment in Rochester, Minnesota. Whitman was at the Big Iron Show in Fargo to promote Stop Fire extinguishers, which he says are considered to be a viable replacement for Halon. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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MacDon headers get more fingers for bulky crops The company says this aggressive attack on the crop has increased header feeding capacity by 20 percent ROBIN BOOKER SASKATOON NEWSROOM

RED DEER — MacDon recently displayed examples of its new One Series headers at Agri-Trade in Red Deer, which includes a full range of flex and rigid headers. Included in the new lineup is a model number change with the size of the headers now part of the new designations. At the MacDon booth was a FD135, which is a 35 foot draper header. The most visible change on the header was the reel. “The reel now incorporates a four inch finger spacing on the flex draper headers,” said Michael Flintoft of MacDon. “Those fingers are closer together than our traditional ones. It helps pick up crop better and feed it into the machine.” As well, the upper cross auger has been improved. “The upper cross auger now goes right until the end to help clear the corners in bushy crops like canola,” he said. “In the middle it incorporates dual pitch flighting. The flighting section in the middle help transition bulky crops down and into the combine.” The flow module, or centre of the header where crop is fed through to the combine, has been redesigned with a heavier frame that is more capable of handling wider and heavier headers. A new retracting tine drum has also been developed. “The drum has heavier duty internal components inside of it,” Flintoft said. “Both the cross shaft that supports the fingers coming out and the reversing clutch for the fingers are all new.” The drum is configurable depending on the combine model with which the header is paired. The flighting can be removed or added, depending on the width of the specific combine model, and fingers on the drum can be added or taken away to accommodate the combine.

» CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE “Halon was an excellent fire stopper. It was a compressed gas. The expansion rate was very rapid. They required no maintenance. Dry chems, on the other hand, are a blanketing agent. You must see the base of the fire in order to put it out,” he said. “The stories I hear from farmers tell me that so many of the fires they encounter on equipment are classed as obstructed fires. They cannot actually see the base. Dry chems don’t do the job for two reasons: failing to discharge and failing to hit the base. “Halon and Stop Fire are very similar. They’re attracted to the heat of the fire. They displace oxygen and disrupt the chemical process of the flame. You don’t need to hit the base directly with the agent. If the extinguisher is aimed in the general area, they’ll put it out.”

The drum speed is configurable for specific combines. Depending on the model of combine, it can be 20 to 50 r.p.m. faster than previous MacDon models. | MACDON PHOTOS

They are a longer finger and there are more of them, which makes it more aggressive. If you’re in a really bulky crop like peas or canola, it will engage faster with the crop and pull it down and into the machine. MICHAEL FLINTOFT MACDON

“The fingers themselves are new for us this year,” he said. “They are a longer finger and there are more of them, which makes it more aggressive. If you’re in a really bulky crop like peas or canola, it will engage faster with the crop and pull it down and into the machine.” The drum speed is configurable for specific combines. Depending on the model of combine, it can be 20 to 50 r.p.m. faster than previous MacDon models.

“What that does is it makes it more aggressive to grab a hold of the crop and to pull it down and feed it into the large Class 8 or Class 9 combines,” he said. “With these changes we’ve seen up to 20 percent more capacity out of the header feeding into those big combines.” The header’s drive system has been enhanced with a triple pump system; previous models used dual pumps. “We’ve now split the draper drive

Whitman said Stop Fire is a proprietary blend of gases that accomplish much the same result as Halon. The two chemists who devised Stop Fire spent 12 years coming up with a blend that does the best job of mimicking Halon but without the CFCs. He said Stop Fire does not require maintenance. Whitman said it’s unfortunate that Halon came off the market just about the time people started to catch on to its advantages. “Dry chem extinguishers have a failure rate of about 33 percent. One out of three times when you pull the pin, nothing happens,” he said. “If you’ve got a fire on a half million dollar combine, you want extinguishers that work. Talking to farmers here at the show, they tell me it doesn’t matter if you have insurance. They do not want that fire to spread. “Stop Fire extinguishers, on the

other hand, have a failure rate of about one percent. If the fire is in a chain housing or behind the dash or up near the engine or a chain housing, you have an excellent chance of putting it out. “Most far mers are shocked when they learn how much attention they’re supposed to be paying to their dry chem extinguishers. You’re supposed to shake them every 30 days. They should be brought in for maintenance once a year. You need to replace the powder and the valve every six years. If you have 20 or 30 extinguishers on the farm, that’s a lot of money.” Stop Fire extinguishers are maintenance-free and have a life-time warranty. They’re available in three hand-held sizes plus larger automated systems that can have multiple nozzles located throughout a machine. ron.lyseng@producer.com

into two,” Flintoft said. “We have a dedicated drive for the side drapers, which increases the amount of oil we can get to those side drapers, and we can actually spin them at up to 60 percent more speed than we have in the past.” The other pump drives only the centre draper, which is the same pump that was used to drive all the drapers on previous header models. “As a result, it is now running at around 1,500 (pounds per sq. inch) instead of 2,700 p.s.i., enhancing the life of the components and the product in general,” Flintoft said. Some important features of the MacDon header remain from pre-

vious models, such as the same float system. The flex mechanism has a balanced channel and full mechanical system, which allows the wings of the machine to flex up and down. “The combine header itself is following the ground independent of the combine,” Flintoft said. “It’s suspended on coil springs that support the weight of the machine and allow the header to follow ground contours independent of what the combine is doing behind it.” As with previous models, the only sensor on the header is for the automatic header height control. It senses how much the header is floating on the springs and allows the combine to keep it in the optimal operating range. “Whether they are running Case, New Holland combines, John Deere combines, Claas combines, the same base header and float module will accommodate every single one,” he said. “And you can switch between brands with a relatively minor steel components and some hydraulic and electrical changes.” robin.booker@producer.com

Just as Halon was finally being accepted as the superior fire fighting agent for all Class A, B and C fires, it was pulled from the market in 1994. Fire safety consultant Bob Whitman says the new AKE Stop Fire compound is the first product to perform as well as Halon. | RON LYSENG PHOTO

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TOP: The Landoll HSL 7833 compact disc cultivator is suitable for farmers seeking more tillage and black soil in the spring. LEFT: The HSL 7833 requires a minimum ground speed of seven m.p.h. and can work as fast as 12. ABOVE: A hand crank at the front and another at the back controls the discs, making it easy to level the frame. | ROBIN BOOKER PHOTOS CULTIVATOR

Landoll gives seed bed extra TLC for high value crops High speed compact disc machines are also used to dry and black-up the soil to put it back into production BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

LANGHAM, Sask. — Vertical tillage became popular with prairie farmers because of wet soil conditions. However, growers eventually found they wanted slightly more

tillage and blackening of the soil, especially in high-value crops. As well, they wanted independent mounting of the blades for better rock protection, which is when manufacturers transitioned into the high-speed compact disc concept.

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Todd Botterill, one of the original pioneers in bringing vertical tillage tools to Western Canada back in 2006, said these cultivators were smaller and faster. Botterill, who was at the Ag in Motion show near Saskatoon this past summer to introduce farmers to the Landoll HSL 7833 (High Speed Landoll), said one side benefit of the vertical till trend was that it opened people’s thinking to new ideas in land preparation. “Prairie farmers are starting to do what guys south of the border have been doing for a while,” he said. “O n their high value crops, they’re doing some extra cultivation, some extra seed bed preparation.” Zero till and vertical till are still the norm for cereal crops, he added. “In canola for example, if the ground gets one extra pass before seeding, you blacken it up to absorb more sunlight and warm up quicker. If you get an early frost, there’s enough reserve of heat in the soil to prevent major crop damage.” He said farmers are using the machine to reclaim low, wet spots. “They dry the soil and blacken it up so they can put that land back into production. If you’re running up to speed, you can really chew up that accumulation of tough residue.” Most experts agree that highspeed compact disc technology maxes out at about 40 feet. Farmers with 8,000 acres to cover are accustomed to wide machines, 80-feet or bigger. They tend to smirk at small-

er machines, but Botterill said the smirk disappears once farmers give this machine a try. “We only have 40 feet in the soil, but you’re doing the work of a cultivator and a harrow packer bar in a single pass, and you’re travelling at seven m.p.h. to 12 m.p.h. Seven is the absolute minimum speed. So it’s doing enough work to make that 600 h.p. tractor snort,” he said.

They dry the soil and blacken it up so they can put that land back into production. TODD BOTTERILL LANDOLL REPRESENTATIVE

“Another consideration is how much of the farm do you need to work? In eastern Manitoba, guys are working corner to corner because they have to. But as you move west into Saskatchewan and Alberta, guys are more selective and they’re only working the areas that need it — sloughs and headlands and problem spots. “When our dealer here (in Langham, Sask.) made his recent order, he brought in just one 35-foot machine and no larger units. The rest are all 20-foot and 25-foot, so guys can use their smaller tractors a n d ju s t wo rk th eir pro blem spots.” Landoll engineers’ two main priorities when they set out to design the HSL series were low-maintenance and simple depth adjust-

ments, Botterill said. There are two hand cranks: the front crank adjusts the depth of the front discs by raising or lowering the tires and the rear crank handles the packers. That simplifies depth control and makes frame levelling easier, without tools. “You’ll notice there’s not a lot of linkage points or pins within the frame. Those are always high wear points and costly to fix. The engineers did away with them,” he said. “We have a floating hitch system. A lot of machines have a rigid hitch, so when you’re working in rolling ground and the tractor goes down, it pulls the machine forward and pulls the front discs into the ground and pulls the frame one way. When it comes up, it swings the other way. A floating hitch keeps it level. The machine is intended to replace a tandem disc unit. The 24-inch blades turn slower, go deeper and last longer, said Botterill. “We’ve been testing them for five years and we have yet to replace a bearing. The bearings are sealed for life and they carry a three-year w a r ra nt y , a s d o e s t h e w h o l e machine.” Three different packers are available. First is a simple Chevron design. There’s a conventional spring reel for mud. The machine on display had rubber rollers at the back, equipped with mud scrapers. The Ag in Motion display machine was a 25-foot unit that carried a list price of US$115,000. ron.lyseng@producer.com

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Biodiesel: myth vs. fact BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

Biodiesel is a biological product, susceptible to all the enemies that might attack any liquid organic material. The sample of black biodiesel has turned this colour because of oxidation. Oxidation is caused by hot fuel returning to the tank, thus creating a reaction similar to coking, says Eric Lawson of MegCorp Consulting in Minnesota. | RON LYSENG PHOTO RENEWABLE FUEL

MegCorp. is a fuel consulting company that conducts biodiesel research, promotion and direct assistance with biofuel problems. The company, funded by soybean farmers in northern midwestern states, says many myths surrounding biodiesel must be addressed. â&#x20AC;˘ Biodiesel competes with food: Processing crops such as soybeans, canola or corn removes only the oil for use as fuel. Protein-laden meal is a byproduct, which is now available for livestock or human consumption. â&#x20AC;˘ Biodiesel doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t flow in the win-

ter: Blends up to five percent have no problem. Blends up to 20 percent require cold flow additives or a blend with No. 1 diesel for cold weather. â&#x20AC;˘ Biodiesel has quality problems: More than 87 percent of the U.S. biodiesel volume met the BQ-9000 and ASTM D6751 quality criteria in 2013, the most recent data released by MegCorp. â&#x20AC;˘ Biodiesel ruins engines : All major U.S. automakers and engine manufacturers accept biodiesel up to B5 without impact to warranty. Some accept blends up to B20 that meet ASTM criteria without impact to warranty.

Bad bacteria inhabits biofuel Diesel fuel created with a blend of biological oils requires special storage attention BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

FARGO, N.D. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Biodiesel is, as the name implies, a biological product. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s susceptible to many of the same problems as other biological organisms â&#x20AC;&#x201D; things like bacterial infections. Think about it. Corn, soybean, canola and any other organic substances entering biodiesel refineries are biological. They remain in an organic state, just like cooking oil, so they must be treated with greater care than fossil fuel until you burn them in your diesel engine. Higher percentages of biofuel in the diesel blend means more bacterial problems. A B20 is more delicate than some of the older B2 biodiesel blends. Typically, the organic portion of a B10 blend is more than 50 percent soybean oil, corn is nearly 20 percent and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about the same for canola. The balance is animal fat and waste cooking oil. Microbial contamination has become a greater problem since ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) came on the scene in 2006. Before that, high sulfur content controlled the bacteria. The problem in a tank where microbes thrive is the line where water in the bottom meets the lighter diesel on top. This critical line occurs in any diesel tank, from the smallest yard tractor to the largest bulk storage facility, says Eric Lawson, biodiesel specialist working with MegCorp Fuel Consulting in Minnesota. Lawson was demonstrating to farmers at Fargoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Iron trade show what happens in various biodiesel scenarios. In one glass beaker, there was a distinct separation between water and the B10 biodiesel, with all the water settling to the bottom. Although the tainted biodiesel had only been in the beaker for one week, microbial growth was visible to the naked eye. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Biodiesel is more stable today than back in 2006, when the blend was only two percent biological. But even with that small percentage, we had real problems because of too much glycerin,â&#x20AC;? recalls Lawson, explaining that glycerin is byproduct of the biological oil. It creates problems because of its waxy characteristic.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;When they eliminated sulfur in 2006, they eliminated the antimicrobial control agent. You might have had two or three inches of old water setting in the bottom of your tank for 15 years, but the sulfur prevented microbes from growing. When we took away the sulfur, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when we started seeing bacterial problems in biodiesel.â&#x20AC;? Lawson says microbes require water, oxygen and warmth. In the winter, water at the bottom of diesel tanks is frozen, preventing microbial action. Prior to Tier 4 emission regulation changes, farm implements did a significant amount of work in cooler temperatures in early spring and late fall, so the microbes had some degree of warmth to foster growth. Microbes were more prevalent if you ran your implements in hot weather.

Bacteria get into the pump and into the injectors. We usually trace the problem back to the service tank. Of course, from there it can get into a lot of engines. ERIC LAWSON BIOFUEL SPECIALIST

But now, under Tier 4 criteria, hot diesel is returned to the tank whenever the engine is running â&#x20AC;&#x201D; summer, winter, spring or fall. Microbes love it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bacteria get into the pump and into the injectors. We usually trace the problem back to the service tank. Of course, from there it can get into a lot of engines.â&#x20AC;? Lawson says he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see this microbial problem nearly as much in vehicles that keep running. Semi-truck tractors used on highways top up with fuel, burn it, then top up again. Farm implements work long days for a few weeks, then go into storage â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a perfect scenario for microbes. The stability of ULSD lasts for six months to a year. That means combines in particular are susceptible to fuel problems. With marginally stable fuels, even your tractors and sprayers might have problems after just six months of storage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The message is that we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take

fuel for granted anymore. We never used to require stabilizing additives. Today theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re essential. The other consideration is the quality of fuel you buy. Lawson said if a sample taken from the bottom of the tank is bright and clear there shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be any problem. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But if you find water and cloudy fuel, then you know youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have an issue somewhere down the road. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll need to add a universally soluble biocide.â&#x20AC;? In changing filters, if you find a fine black sediment, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably oxidation. This is caused by hot fuel returning to the tank, creating something like coking of the fuel. Parafin occurs naturally in No. 2 diesel fuel when the temperature is at or below the cloud point. The Filter Manufacturers Council says the cloud point is the temperature at which paraffin begins to form cloudy wax crystals. These wax crystals flow with the fuel and coat the filter element. This quickly reduces the fuel flow and starves the engine. Typical cloud point temperatures range from -28 C to -7 C. They may occasionally be as high as 4.4 C. Kerosene and No. 1 diesel contain very little paraffin, and therefore have cloud points and pour points near -40 C. MegCorp says fuel filters can occasionally be plugged with a brown grease thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s similar to Vaseline, indicating one of three possible conditions. The biodiesel may not meet the criteria of ASTM D6751. Water absorbing filters hold the water on the filter media, thus attracting monoglycerides. Sediment on the filter can also attract monoglycerides. Melting the monoglycerides off the filter requires temperatures in excess of 65.5 C. Sediment is one of the easiest problems to spot. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s characterized by a filter plugged with rust, tank scale and other foreign particles in the folds. Sediment also attracts glycerin, which degrades the fuel and causes further plugging. This condition may require a major cleanout of the implement tanks. MegCorp recommends changing all filters going into winter and adding stabilizers to all diesel vehicles and storage tanks. ron.lyseng@producer.com

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What are your cattle worth? Do the math and educate yourself on how all sectors are performing because they impact other sectors, says analyst BY WILLIAM DEKAY SASKATOON NEWSROOM

BROCK, Sask. — It used to be easy for producers to figure out the value of their cattle, but not any more, said market analyst Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock of Taber, Alta. “When I first started, you could simply look at supply and demand and you could come up with a pretty good estimate as to where you’re going to be, but today there’s so many more moving factors, especially beyond our own borders that have huge implications,” said Wasko, a cattle producer who lives near Eastend, Sask. “You just can’t say, ‘I know it all’. So, we’ve got to keep learning.” As part of Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association district meetings around the province this fall, Wasko conducted workshops called What are your cattle worth? She went through the factors that attribute to cow-calf prices and what producers must know: • Canadian prices are connected to the U.S. • Know your numbers : lots of available websites and calculators to draw from. • Health, feeding type, program cattle can draw out premiums. • What are sector margins doing? • K n ow t h e mat h : l i v e c at t l e futures, Canadian dollar, local basis. • Feed costs, steers versus heifers, weight slides. O f t h e s e s i x f a c t o r s, Wa s k o stressed that cow-calf producers must understand the performance of all sector margins, but specifically feeder cattle. How each segment is doing fiscally, as far as margins are concerned, has a direct impact as to what the sector below them in the production chain is going to be receiving or considering. “The closest one to us as cow-calf producers is the cattle feeder. Is he doing OK? Send him Christmas cards. He’s an important part of your life,” she said. “This year, for example, cattle feeders in both the U.S. and Canada have had a very good year from a margin perspective and historically proved that correct again. When they’re making money they certainly turn around and spend those profits in the marketplace. “And for the cattle feeder, he’s going to be watching the packer. If the packer is profitable, like he has been in 2017, he’s going to want to keep that factory running at full capacity. That’s been the case in the U.S. and Canada this year. The slaughter rates in both countries are up in 2016 again

Anne Wasko, market analyst at Gateway Livestock, held a workshop to help producers calculate cattle prices during a Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association district meeting in Brock, Sask., Oct. 25. | WILLIAM DEKAY PHOTO

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If cattle feeders are making money, profits will trickle down to cow-calf producers largely due to profits.” However, last year at the same time, she said the discussion was the opposite. Packers were not wanting to process cattle because

they were losing money, which had cattle feeders losing money and reluctant to sell. That in turn significantly dropped the calf price. “It’s complicated. These last two

years would be prime examples that no two years are the same.” As part of the calculations to determine worth, Wasko instructed cow-calf producers to put themselves in their buyers’ shoes. “When we sit down and do the math, we might as well do it from our buyer’s perspective, not our wish list. What’s he going to be looking at when he walks into that auction mart and how is he going to make that decision, and how much is he going to buy those calves for today,” she said. Ron Shea said it was an exercise in thinking the reverse of what he usually does, which is helpful. “If you do this and use the proper numbers, it’ll work for you, I’m quite sure,” he said. Shea and his daughter, Joleen, run a commercial cow-calf operation near Kindersley. Joleen said it’s important to understand currency fluctuations, short and long-term future’s markets and basis. “In the spring or in July and August, maybe we should be looking at these numbers to figure out what can we expect or even watch-

ing what those basis levels are doing. You get all the reports but sometimes that doesn’t necessarily mean anything to you if you don’t understand what it means — what’s normal for a basis level and what’s not normal — that sort of thing,” she said. Added Ron, “I watch the Canadian dollar a lot, but there’s a lot more to it. And it’s very hard to predict what that dollar is going to do.” While they’ve forward contracted two-thirds of their herd for this year, the Sheas are analyzing and rethinking what to do with their remaining calves in 2018. “You don’t always think what are the cattle feeders making or not making to how it’s going to influence what I’m going to end up with,” said Joleen. “ You’re usually focused on, what’s my calf worth and not what’s the finished product is worth…. As a cow-calf producer you don’t think about what the cattle feeder is doing or what the packer’s guy is looking at. And we should be.” william.dekay@producer.com

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CATTLE SHOWING

Farmfair’s cattle fitters groom around the clock Some travel from as far as Australia, while others keep it local BY JEREMY SIMES EDMONTON BUREAU

They come from different parts of the globe and unite under one roof during the week known as Farmfair. Their job — to keep the animals looking shiny and groomed for the show ring. They are cattle fitters and they work around the clock here washing, shampooing, drying and styling show cattle. One flaw in a cow or bull’s appearance may mean game over for an exhibitor’s chance at advancing to the coveted Supreme Show of Champions. So, breeders rely on fitters to do their jobs well. “They (owners) can sometimes be very picky, but others just let u s d o o u r j o b,” s a i d J o r d a n Anderson during an interview Nov. 11, while on a break from grooming a Shorthorn during Farmfair International, held Nov. 8-12 in Edmonton. “I’m up at 5 a.m. and done around 11 p.m. It’s wonderful and it ’s a constant process, and if one hair doesn’t sit right, everything looks weird.” When it comes to grooming, Anderson usually attends shows only in Alberta. Others travel the bigger show circuit. Samantha Fletcher from Australia, travels anywhere her skills are needed. She estimated that she has travelled about 2,000 kilometres this year. “I just graduated university, so I’m doing this as a bit of fun and to take a break from college,” she said. “I love it.” Other fitters agree. They say they wouldn’t be at Farmfair or other shows if they didn’t love grooming. Megan Bond described it as an addiction. “I’ve had other jobs but I walked back to do this job,” said Bond of Arc-Bond Livestock. “Once you’ve

Jordan Anderson shampoos and washes a Shorthorn in preparation for a show. |

I’m up at 5 a.m. and done around 11 p.m. It’s wonderful and it’s a constant process, and if one hair doesn’t sit right, everything looks weird. JORDAN ANDERSON CATTLE FITTER

got it, you’ve got it. You either love it or you hate it. But for me, it’s the finished product and seeing them (the cattle) look fancy in the ring.” Lillian Dowell agreed that she likes making cattle look like something special. “You take this ugly duckling and turn it into (a) princess,” she said with a chuckle. Bond and Dowell work directly with producers. They head out to farms to groom cattle on-site when they are about to be sold at auctions. “I think we’ve done 2,000 head already this year,” Bond said. But being a fitter isn’t always easy, Dowell added. She said to ensure she and the

animals are safe, she has had to learn how to relax the animals when grooming them. “Cattle that don’t know you can get really upset, so you have to take it easy, cool off, laugh or whatever works,” she said. “It can be how you talk with them or you can just say nothing.” If it’s OK with the owner, and if the animal is stressed and being groomed for the first time, Dowell said they sometimes use a small dose of sedative. They use drugs if necessary only for sale cattle on farms or ranches, not for animals that are showing at events like Farmfair. “It’s not a bad idea and it’s for your safety and the animal’s safety,” Bond said. “It takes the edge off and you don’t get kicked as much.” Bond and Dowell and other groomers keep fitting for the love of it, and hope to do it for as long as they’re able. “That’s what we’re here to do,” Fletcher said. “We make them look good and try to fix anything we can and, hopefully, they’re happy with it.” jeremy.simes@producer.com

JEREMY SIMES PHOTO

Kurt Pedersen of Edgerton, Alta., made a last minute decision at Farmfair to enter the commercial pen of bulls show. That pen of three went on to become the champion overall of pens representing Angus, Charolais, Simmental and Hereford. The majority of his sales go to commercial producers, and Farmfair is a good venue for him. “Our bread and butter is selling to commercial fellows,” he said. The reserve pen of bulls was a Charolais entry from Vikse Family Farm of Donalda, Alta., while the champion pen of five bulls came from Lilybrook Herefords of Claresholm, Alta. | BARBARA DUCKWORTH PHOTO

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Veterinarians provide vital service at Farmfair, say producers BY JEREMY SIMES EDMONTON BUREAU

Farmfair veterinarian Roy Lewis spends a lot of time walking through barns, making sure breeders’ cattle are healthy before show time. This year, he treated about 50 head, though he doesn’t want people to be alarmed by that number. “It’s more minor things.” he said. “There’s only two, three or four that were probably somewhat serious. The rest were fairly minor.” The neat thing, Lewis said, is that producers know the minute something goes wrong because they are constantly feeding, watering and grooming their cattle. “So, we as vets are in very early if there is some problem.” His most severe trauma case this

Veterinarian Roy Lewis looks at a Black Angus bull with Regan Racha of Red Rush Red Angus. Lewis says he treated roughly 50 cattle at this year’s event. | JEREMY SIMES PHOTO year involved a Red Angus bull calf that tore part of its eyelid after it got

caught on some chain link. “We were able to get the eyelid

back together and he’s making a pretty uneventful recovery. He’ll be healed up and can go on to be sold,” he said. “It was helpful that he was a calm individual. That was probably the worst trauma case we’ve had at Northlands. There’s always that one fluky incidental thing.” Don Murphy, owner of the bull calf, said he’s thankful for Lewis’s service. All vet bills are complimentary at Farmfair because the price is factored into producers’ registration fees. “It’s mandatory and we thank Farmfair for having a vet on call and he was wonderful,” Murphy said. “We’ve had the vet examine him thoroughly probably 10 times since it happened. It’s a great service Farmfair offers.” Regan Racha of Red Rush Red Angus also used veterinary servic-

es this year for his Black Angus bull. “He’s been really good,” he said of Lewis. “Not only do we deal with him here, but we also deal with him for genetics and semen collection, and he’s always been helpful and reassures your animals will be OK.” Normally, Lewis wouldn’t treat animals with mild problems because that would require lots of driving and vet bills. But at Farmfair, he said, he gets to carry out checkups on all cattle, whether they’re mildly sick or injured, and he enjoys helping out. “Producers are good to work with,” he said. We can examine in the stall and some of the treatments we can literally do in the chutes, even those big bulls. It’s all fine.” jeremy.simes@producer.com

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EDMONTON SHOW

Scottish judge likes what he sees at Farmfair Cattle producer plans to double herd BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

E D M O N TO N — A s Wi l l i a m McLaren cuts a path up and down the Farmfair show ring wearing his blue and green family tartan while scuffling through the sawdust, the Scottish Angus breeder always likes what he sees. Mc L a re n c o m e s t o Ca n a d a almost every year to buy Canadian genetics to take back to Netherton Angus near Perth, Scotland. He raises 300 Red and Black Angus purebreds and plans to double his herd in a partnership with his neighbour. “There have always been Reds in Scotland but until about 15 years ago they weren’t liked or wanted,” he said in an interview at Farmfair, held in Edmonton Nov. 8-12. A respected judge, he has evaluated cattle in Europe, New Zealand and Canada including Farmfair and the Canadian Bull Congress at Camrose. He started buying live Canadian cattle in the 1980s including several Farmfair champions. Due to quarantine restrictions and expenses, he now imports embryos. Semen imports from North America are restricted because of European Union concerns about infectious bovine rhinotracheitis. Bulls are vaccinated for the infectious disease here. He favours genetics from big name Angus breeders like MillerWilson Angus, Youngdale Angus, Belvin Angus and Cudlobe Angus. The cattle are similar to what he is striving for in Scotland. He exports genetics and live animals to 24 countries and he is on

William McLaren of Perth, Scotland, judges the senior showmanship classes at the Farmfair futurity show. He raises about 300 Red and Black Angus and has imported embryos and live cattle from Canada since the 1980s. | BARBARA DUCKWORTH PHOTO tenterhooks wondering how the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the EU could affect his business. “We export to 24 different countries. Brexit could really hurt us if there are no rules in place,” he said. There is no word on how export requirements might change so farmers like him want a firm trade agreement in place when the split occurs in March 2019. “What we might try and do is set up our own herd in Canada to get around that,” he said. The idea would be to find partners and set up a female herd that could be bred to a wider range of bulls and then export the embryos. The Netherton Angus herd was started 96 years ago. McLaren is the fourth generation and he hopes his daughter will become the next

The idea would be to find partners and set up a female herd that could be bred to a wider range of bulls and then export the embryos. WILLIAM MCLAREN SCOTTISH CATTLE PRODUCER

family member to run the farm. While he is trying to expand, he anticipates the British beef herd will remain fairly stable in size. There is not enough land and costs are too high to consider much expansion. Further, no one knows what will be the ultimate outcome of Britain’s decision to leave the EU and whether it is worth expanding.

“After Brexit farming will be hard,” he said. “Most commercial farmers are going down an uneconomical route. They look only at the size of their cheque and don’t know about what it cost to get there,” he said. McLaren’s operation has always gone its own way. While many U.K. farmers favour extra large cattle, he prefers a moderate type that marble well. The U.K. is unlikely to change its grading system based on EU standards of conformation, which includes muscling and yield with no provisions for marbling. “We have the highest marbling herd in the U.K.,” he said. Beef from his cattle find alternative markets in Europe. The farm began recording

weights in 1959 and all the cattle receive ultrasound scans to measure back fat and marbling. In addition, he has a partner who has added fullblood Wagyus to the mix. These cattle came as embryos from Australia. The beef animals are raised for four years producing a carcass of 1,100 to 1,200 kilograms. The marbling level is very high. “It is a slow process but our partners get twice as much as anybody else for their carcasses,” he said. McLaren was at Farmfair to judge a junior futurity and showmanship event. The Aberdeen Angus cattle society has a junior program with about 300 members in the U.K . The Limousin and Charolais societies offer similar programs but they are probably less developed than the Canadian versions. There are children as young as five or six starting out in the programs, even though there are legal repercussions under EU law. “Unfortunately, legally under law no one under 16 is allowed to lead an animal,” he said. Showmanship style is also different. The cattle are moved more and stand head to tail rather than side by side as seen in Canada. Showmen wear long white coats and girls must have their hair tied back. His own daughter was once cited at a show for not doing so. During the World Angus Forum in the U.K. last summer, his farm hosted an international youth show and the differences in style were obvious. “They are taught to attract the judge’s attention and make a noise whereas here you keep quiet. You are showing the animals to the best of their ability, not you,” he said. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

ANIMAL POISONING RESEARCH

Lead toxicity the most common animal poisoning: study ANIMAL HEALTH

JAMIE ROTHENBURGER, DVM

esearchers at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan have studied animal poisonings over 16 years and found nearly half were caused by lead and most occurred in the spring and summer. Vanessa Cowan and Barry Blakely examined records in the Prairie Diagnostic Laboratory database and published their results in the Canadian Veterinary Journal. They reported 1,341 poisoning cases with 19 different poisons over the study period. About half were lead poisonings, and about one-third were due to pesticides, such as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and strychnine. Anti-cholinesterase chemicals are

used as insecticides and include organophosphates and carbamates. They interfere with an important chemical messenger in the nervous system, resulting in muscle twitching, drooling, diarrhea, vomiting, urination, seizures and death. Cattle, sheep, goats and eagles were commonly poisoned with these chemicals. The third most common poisoning involved essential metals like copper, selenium, iron and sodium. Copper poisoning occurred in 122 animals, representing nine percent of the overall cases. Arsenic and cyanide poisoning were rare at less than one percent of the total cases. The researchers found that cattle had the most reported poisoning cases at 696 and most of those were caused by lead. Lead has been identified in previous studies as the most common poison of cattle stretching back over 40 years. Lead poisoning was most common in July, which fits with the presumed source of exposure. Grazing beef cattle lick and ingest the lead components of

Batteries left in pastures can be deadly to livestock and should be removed from pastures. | ROY LEWIS PHOTO lead-acid batteries. It is essential that producers remove sources of lead from pastures because it represents an ongoing food safety concern. Cattle can die from high

doses of lead, and animals exposed to non-lethal doses can potentially enter the human food chain. Other common toxins in cattle were the trace mineral metals selenium, copper and molybdenum. Selenium poisoning can occur when cattle feed is produced in selenium-rich soil. Other potential sources include agricultural pesticide chemicals and injectable selenium solutions. Copper toxicity in cattle is less common than in sheep but occurs when minerals and rations have mixing errors. Pasture and forage crops in certain soil zones are high in molybdenum. Among sheep and goats, copper was the most common poison present in nearly two-thirds of cases. Small ruminants are sensitive to high levels of copper in their feed. Poisoning occurs if they are inadvertently fed cattle rations, which contain higher copper than they can tolerate. Much less frequently, selenium and manganese poisonings were also reported in sheep and goats. After cattle, dogs were the most

frequently poisoned animals. Most were poisoned with strychnine. Strychnine is a rodenticide and is labelled for poisoning gophers in the spring. The study did not identify the source of these 93 dog poisonings, so it is unknown whether dogs were maliciously poisoned or if they ate strychnine bait or poisoned rodents. Compared to previous studies in the region, some types of poisonings appeared to have decreased over time. For instance, there were fewer cases of mercury poisoning, possibly due to changes to agricultural regulations. The study only included animals submitted to the diagnostic laboratory, so true rates of animal poisoning in Western Canada could vary. Despite the potential bias, this type of study is critical to assess the current important poisons and to evaluate trends that may affect surveillance, management and veterinary care. Dr. Jamie Rothenburger is a veterinarian who practices pathology and a PhD student at the Ontario Veterinary College. Twitter: @JRothenburger

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CANADIAN LIMOUSIN ASSOCIATION

New Limousin association head eager to promote breed BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

EDMONTON — Raising cattle in the forests around Quesnel, B.C., takes special management and dedication. Long-time Limousin breeder Erin Kishkan is willing to take that challenge on. Kishkan, a mother of three, was recently elected president of the Canadian Limousin Association and hopes to help rebuild the breed’s strong reputation for carcass merit. “We have some mandates we want to uphold, like being the top terminal sire and a carcass breed. We want to stay in touch with our commercial base because that is our bread and butter. We have to

ERIN KISHKAN CANADIAN LIMOUSIN ASSOCIATION

make sure we stay in tune with their needs and what the market is demanding,” she said in an interview at Farmfair held in Edmonton Nov. 8-12. She is the second woman to lead the organization and the youngest president ever.

“The amount of support that I have had, especially from the older men has been amazing,” she said. During her tenure, the breed is launching a pilot project to test Limousin steers at a feedlot near Beiseker, Alta. Consignors pay $500 for their feed and the cattle are finished to market weight using the Grow Safe feeding system. Owners then receive feedback on the dollar investment and results on each animal’s performance during the feeding period. When the animals are slaughtered at Cargill, carcass results are returned. “It is following the calf all the way through the system,” she said. She has been involved with the breed since she was a girl and talk-

ed her father, Rob Swaan, into helping her buy Limousin 4-H heifers. “4-H heifers turned into pairs and after a while it turned into a herd,” she said. Her family had a dairy and eventually broiler chickens with a quota of 28,000 birds until 2000. Now Limousins rule at her Pinnacle View farm. More than a dozen years ago she was a student at Olds College studying agriculture production. She earned an agriculture business degree in 2004. At the same time, she was raising and showing cattle. She bought two Limousin show heifers from Express Ranches in the United States. The company offered a scholarship to young people who bought cattle from

them and successfully showed them. She went on to win the junior extreme challenge show at Canadian Western Agribition in Regina, which provides a scholarship. Fu r t h e r m o n e y c a m e f r o m Express Ranches. “The scholarship from that particular win was $10,000. It financed my education,” she said. The family has about 80 cows and includes crossbreeding to create Lim-Flex, a Limousin-Angus cross. “We’re dabbling a bit in the hybrids. We find our commercial producers that are addicted to their Angus find it an easier transition to a continental breed when they have some Angus in them.” barbara.duckworth@producer,com

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Charolais numbers rising BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

Certain things are easy to spot at cattle shows in Canada. There are bales of hay, fans mounted for cooling cattle and groups of camping chairs, usually arranged in a semi-circle. At the Manitoba Ag Ex, held in late October in Brandon, something else was also easy to spot: the distinct white hide of Charolais cattle. Charolais have always been recognizable but in recent years they’ve also become more popular. The Charolais herd is growing in Canada thanks to strong demand from commercial producers. “Our numbers are increasing slowly, for the last four or five years…. We’re seeing a switchover from other breeds to using more Charolais bulls,” said Canadian Charolais Association president Darwin Rosso. The National Charolais Show and Sale, which rotates from site to site, was held at Ag Ex in Brandon this year. About five years ago, the national herd of Charolais cows was about 19,000, Rosso said. Last year, there were 22,000 and numbers are even higher in 2017. “Our whole herd enrolment, based on our cow herd, it’s up a 1,000 head from a year ago. And every province is up a little bit,” said R o s s o, w h o ra i s e s p u re b re d Charolais near Moose Jaw, Sask. “This year, it looks like we’re going to finish just over 23,000.” Tanya Airey, who runs HTA Charolais in Rivers, Man., with her husband Shawn, said numbers are also up in Manitoba. “It (the breed) is definitely gaining its popularity back in Manitoba,” she said. “There are lots of young Charolais breeders and (it’s) a very enthusiastic group.” Commercial cattle producers seeking calves with higher weaning weights and improved feed e f f i c i e n c y a re s e e k i n g m o re Charolais bulls. The increased demand is encouraging breeders to expand their herds. “Numbers create enthusiasm,” Rosso said. “No matter if it’s a football game or whatever.” robert.arnason@producer.com

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Faster, taller, shorter, longer, fewer and bigger. Those are the attributes of the future western Canadian grain logistics system, transportation system players told the Grain World conference. “The role of our primary elevator system has completely changed and has to focus on shifting velocity,” said Karl Gerrand, the president of G3 Canada. A number of experts at the conference predicted continued efficiency gains in the prairies-toVancouver system, from farm to port. Overall, the system should substantially increase the amount of grain that can be stored, handled, moved and exported in coming years, as crop production similarly grows. Gerrand said he expects several changes: • more on-farm storage • less commercial storage • fewer but bigger hopper cars • larger and faster trains • shorter turnaround and loading/ unloading times. “I think there’s a real shift coming from low-efficiency to the higher efficiency facilities,” said Gerrand. Already, about one-third of Western Canada’s grain elevators are handling two-thirds of grain shipments, with 32 million tonnes of a total 43 million tonnes last year moving through elevators that can handle 100-car trains or larger. David Przednowek, Canadian National Railways’ director of marketing, said investment has been pouring into the westward-facing grain logistics system. His company has spent about $20 billion in the past 10 years and the other parts of the system have also been aggressive with their expansion plans. While the dividing line for cost effective shipping between westbound and east-bound is theoretically along a north-south line between Saskatoon and Swift Current, in reality it is between Brandon and Winnipeg, with incentives drawing grain on most of the Prairies toward Vancouver. Vancouver is very much “where grain wants to go,” except for certain specific crops, like durum. Gerrand and Przednowek said trains are carrying more grain these days and will continue to boost carrying capacity. Hopper cars are getting taller but

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The latest country elevators like this G3 terminal at Leader, Sask., with looped tracks, coupled with new high capacity hopper cars and longer trains, are designed to move more grain rapidly to port. | FILE PHOTO shorter lengthwise. The new design allows each car to carry about 20 percent more grain. With longer trains of 134 to150 cars becoming more common, Przednowek said the efficiency of the “slots” in the system is improving. The system can handle only so many trains per day, but if each train carries more grain, the overall capacity can substantially rise. Gerrand said he doesn’t expect to see grain companies attempt to

store more of the prairie crop. They will leave that to farmers. “Canadian farmers have grown their on-farm storage,” said Gerrand, noting that farmers can now hold about 70 million tonnes while grain facilities only have seven to eight million tonnes capacity. “There’s no doubt they’re willing storers of grain,” said Gerrand. Companies like his will focus on receiving grain fast, railing it fast, unloading it fast and getting hopper cars back to the elevator fast.

“We will be cutting the cycle time in half,” said Gerrand, targeting a seven-day turnaround for grain trains from G3’s new facilities. In 2015, a 20-day turnaround was typical for prairie elevators. It is now 14 days. Przednowek said the goal of companies like his is to have a free-flowing system that doesn’t bog down. “You want to avoid pinch points and bottlenecks,” he said. ed.white@producer.com

Bunge Ltd. restructures (Reuters) — Bunge Ltd. is reshuffling its structure from five operating units to three regions — North America, South America, and Europe and Asia. The move is part of a restructuring plan that aims to cut overhead costs by $250 million by the end of 2019. Bunge also ended a deal for a controlling stake in Mexican corn miller Grupo Minsa SAB de CV. It marked a setback for Bunge’s strategy to expand holdings in higher-margin businesses such as specialty milling and oilseed processing.

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TAX REFORM

Feds abandon plan to eliminate deferral option for farmers MANAGING THE FARM

RON FRIESEN, MNP LLP

he federal government has backed away from its proposal to eliminate the ability for Canadian farm families to manage their tax bill using deferred cash purchase tickets. Given the significant media attention that the federal government’s July 18 tax reform white paper has received, many Canadians may have forgotten the government also proposed eliminating this strategic farming deferred tax option in the March 2017 budget. However, Canadian farm families did not forget, resulting in a flood of submissions to the government during a consultation period that was extended from May 24 to July 24. Many grain farmers use the deferred cash purchase tickets. The tax option enables them to average their income over several seasons by allowing income from a grain delivery to be reported in the following year. In its March budget announcement, the government argued there was “no longer a clear policy rationale for maintaining the tax deferral” since the Canadian Wheat Board’s grain marketing monopoly ended in 2012. However, the submissions issued by farm groups and accounting firms such as MNP appear to have had an impact. On Nov. 6, Agriculture Canada

announced the federal government had abandoned the proposal and agreed to maintain the current tax treatment of cash purchase tickets. The legislation allowing deferment of income from cash purchase tickets was originally introduced in 1973. It was intended to remove incentives for farmers to not deliver grain during certain times during the year. For example, many farmers have December year-ends. Without the deferred cash purchase ticket option, once they reached their desired taxable income level by say, September in any given year, they may have decided not to deliver any of the current harvest until some

time after Dec. 31 so as to have the money apply to the following year’s taxable income. The impact of not delivering grain throughout the year could include: • Extending waiting times for ships and trains, adding to delivery costs and potentially lost international sales due to failed contract delivery dates, the result being a tarnished reputation in the world grain markets. • Expanded use of the rail system in the harsh winter months of January to April. • Grain spoilage because the farmer would be required to store the grain longer. • Shutdowns of domestic process-

ing plants if farmers stopped deliveries till the new year. The farm community did not see why any change was required to a system that is well understood and worked effectively for 44 years. If anything, the recent improvements in the marketing of grain in Canada have expanded the need f o r s m o o t h d e l i v e r y o f g ra i n throughout the calendar year. It would appear after the consultation period that the government now agrees, given its decision to abandon the planned revisions. The government also announced the extension of the tax deferral option for farm families who received compensation under the Health of Animals Act for the forced

destruction of animals and the designated areas for the livestock tax deferral. The impact of thoughtful submissions to the government during a consultation phase cannot be underestimated and highlights the importance of paying attention to any changes the federal government is proposing. Negative change can be averted by ensuring farm groups and accountants are well versed on the impact of proposed changes and then by providing those insights to the government in a clear manner. Ron Friesen, CPA, CA, is a business advisor, taxation services with MNP. He can be reached at 306.664.8324 or email ron.friesen@mnp.ca

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Shipments up, CN hiring WINNIPEG/MONTREAL (Reuters) — Canadian National Railway plans to extend a major hiring spree into next year as it scrambles to handle surging shipments and fill vacancies. The hiring blitz, which has added 3,500 workers this year and calls for at least 2,000 more in 2018, follows significant job cuts in 2015 and 2016 and reflects a resurgent economy and stiffer competition from Canadian Pacific Railway. The 5,500 new hires in Canada and the United States would represent nearly one-quarter of CN’s workforce and include roughly 1,700 new positions. Much of the hiring focuses on Western Canada, where business is brisk hauling bumper crops and intermodal containers to port, said Doug Ryhorchuk, a CN vice-president of operations. However, he said CN’s freight business has increased “right across the board.” Grain exporters are waiting to assess CN’s changes. Service this fall has been poor, said Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association.

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

GRAINS Slaughter Cattle ($/cwt)

Grade A

Live Nov 10-Nov 16

Previous Nov 3-Nov 9

Year ago

Rail Nov 10-Nov 16

n/a 133.86-145.40

150.00 133.06-144.18

142.44 126.90

244.00-247.00 237.00-245.00

247.75-248.50 235.00-243.00

Heifers Alta. n/a 148.50-149.50 Ont. 131.80-144.27 122.23-140.49 *Live f.o.b. feedlot, rail f.o.b. plant.

141.42 124.15

246.25-247.00 236.00-244.00

248.50-250.50 234.00-242.00 Canfax

Steers Alta. Ont.

$230 $225 $220 $215 $210 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17

Previous Nov 3-Nov 9

Feeder Cattle ($/cwt)

$225 $220

Manitoba $230 $225 $220 $215 $210 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17

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 2,449,601 27,464,289 To date 2016 2,309,054 25,969,061 % Change 17/16 +6.1 +5.8

Man.

Alta.

B.C.

185-195 192-205 203-214 211-224 221-244 240-270

no sales 190-208 200-217 210-231 220-245 240-270

190-200 198-209 206-219 212-230 221-245 243-270

176-188 184-202 200-213 209-220 217-240 236-261

179-191 180-195 186-199 190-212 199-226 221-239

170-194 175-193 179-205 195-220 205-232 216-240

180-195 184-197 188-203 196-213 206-230 221-249

160-184 172-188 184-195 193-216 202-228 215-234 Canfax

Chicago Futures ($US/cwt)

Average Carcass Weight

$215 $210

$200 $195 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17

Saskatchewan

Canfax Steers Heifers Cows Bulls

Nov 11/17 922 857 699 970

$215

Nov 12/16 933 848 710 1,058

YTD 17 892 821 736 1,033

$210

$200 $195 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17

Manitoba $215

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

Steers 119.03 119.03 n/a 190.00

Heifers 118.97 119.00 n/a 189.00

Feeders No. 1 (800-900 lb) Steers South Dakota 159.50-170.00 Billings 159.00 Dodge City 157.00-158.00

$210 $205 $200

Trend -1/-3 n/a -3/-5 USDA

$195 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17

Cattle / Beef Trade

Canadian Beef Production million lb. Fed Non-fed Total beef

YTD 16 918 841 756 1,017

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

$205

YTD % change 1,790.7 +2 287.2 +13 2,077.9 +3 Canfax

EXCHANGE RATE NOV. 20 $1 Cdn. = $0.7816 U.S. $1 U.S. = $1.281 Cdn.

$250 $240

$220 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13 11/20

Exports % from 2016 440,407 (1) -9.3 109,595 (1) -36.7 209,074 (3) +3.0 282,710 (3) +7.0 Imports % from 2016 n/a (2) n/a 50,693 (2) +249.8 102,901 (4) -1.2 147,330 (4) -10.1

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

$290

Nov 12

Sask.

Alberta $205

$260

#1 Durum 13.0

$230

$210 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17

#1 CWRS 13.5

$230

Saskatchewan

$215

Cash Price for SE Sask PDQinfo.ca

(1) to Nov 4/17 (2) to Sep 30/17 (3) to Sep 30/17 (4) to Nov 12/17

Agriculture Canada

Close Nov 17 Live Cattle Dec 118.85 Feb 124.68 Apr 124.88 Jun 117.65 Aug 113.98 Feeder Cattle Jan 151.73 Mar 150.13 Apr 150.18 May 149.53 Aug 151.20

Close Trend Nov 10

Year ago

$280 $270 $260 $250 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13 11/20

#2 Yellow peas $280 $260 $240

120.58 126.75 127.10 119.88 116.95

-1.73 -2.07 -2.22 -2.23 -2.97

108.33 108.85 108.90 100.38 97.18

157.18 155.08 155.25 154.35 155.83

-5.45 -4.95 -5.07 -4.82 -4.63

124.98 120.78 120.38 120.03 120.25

$220 $200 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13 11/20

Nov 16 US Choice (US$) 210.21 Nov 10 Cdn AAA (C$) 249.96

Canola (cash -Jan) $510 $500

Nov 9 Yr. ago 212.74 182.31 Nov 3 Yr. ago 248.21 242.37

Nov 13

Nov 6

Wool sheep 55-69 lb 1.90-2.26 1.80-2.10 70-85 lb 1.94-2.15 1.78-2.00 86-105 lb 1.78-2.02 1.75-1.90 > 106 lb 1.78-1.84 1.69-1.86 Beaver Hill Auction Services Ltd. Nov 13 Nov 6 New lambs 2.20-3.27 1.85-2.75 65-80 lb 2.55-2.95 2.10-2.82 80-95 lb 2.40-2.75 2.26-2.49 > 95 lb 2.40-2.56 2.24-2.42 > 110 lb 2.20-2.30 2.17-2.20 Feeder lambs 1.50-2.50 1.50-2.00 Sheep 1.10-1.35 1.10-1.35 Rams 1.00-1.35 1.00-1.35 Kids 70-140 70-140 Ontario Stockyards Inc. Shipping November Wool lambs <80 lb 1.85 Wool lambs 81-95 lb 1.80 Wool lambs 96-115 lb 1.80 Hair lambs <95 lb 1.70 Sask. Sheep Dev. Bd.

Index 100 Hog Price Trends ($/ckg) Alberta $160 $150 $140 $130 $120 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17

(Hams Marketing) Week ending Dec 16-Dec 23 Dec 30-Jan 06 Jan 13-Jan 20 Jan 27-Feb 03 Feb 10-Feb 17 Feb 24-Mar 03 Mar 10-Mar 17 Mar 24-Mar 31 Apr 07-Apr 14 Apr 21-Apr 28

Export 724,313 (1) 283,516 (2) 959,115 (2)

$160

$140 $130 $120 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17

Sltr. hogs to/fm U.S. (head) Total pork to/fm U.S. (tonnes) Total pork, all nations (tonnes) (1) to Nov 4/17

(2) to Sep 30/17

$170

$140 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17

Agriculture Canada

145.10 144.91

Alta. Index 100 Sask. Sig. 5

$-5

$-15 $-20 $-25 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/9 11/17

Grain Futures Feed Wheat (Lethbridge) $225

$215 $210 $205 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/9 11/17

Flax (elevator bid- S’toon) $480 $470 $460 $450 $440 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/9 11/17

Barley (cash) $220 $215 $210

Dec Feb Apr May

Close Nov 17 60.65 67.08 71.15 76.65

Close Nov 10 62.48 70.25 74.05 79.78

Trend -1.83 -3.17 -2.90 -3.13

Year ago 47.80 54.18 61.13 68.63

Chicago Nearby Futures ($US/100 bu.)

Corn (Dec) $360

$350

Man. Index 100 Que. Index 100

153.00 156.43

$345 $340 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13 11/20

Soybeans (Jan) $1020

Import n/a 155,487 (3) 174,213 (3)

% from 2016 n/a +3.7 +2.0 Agriculture Canada

Jun Jul Aug Oct

$1010 $1000 $990 $980 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13 11/20

Oats (Dec)

Close Nov 17 80.68 80.90 80.05 67.48

Close Nov 10 83.45 83.50 82.23 69.78

Trend -2.77 -2.60 -2.18 -2.30

Year ago 73.25 73.98 73.80 62.55

$290 $280

$260 $250 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13 11/20

Spring Wheat (Dec) $680

ELEVATOR SHIPMENTS

$660

Nov 12 224.6 452.8 232.6

Nov 5 287.6 428.7 200.2

YTD 3,935.9 6,376.5 3,199.6

Year Ago 4,043.7 6,525.3 2,627.9

Nov 13

Trend

Year ago

Wpg ICE Canola ($/tonne) Jan 516.00 515.10 Mar 524.10 521.80 May 528.10 525.60 Jul 530.80 528.10

+0.90 +2.30 +2.50 +2.70

521.20 527.30 529.80 529.80

Chicago Wheat ($US/bu.) Dec 4.2200 4.3150 Mar 4.3850 4.4900 May 4.4975 4.6000 Jul 4.6225 4.7300

-0.0950 -0.1050 -0.1025 -0.1075

4.1025 4.2700 4.4050 4.5475

Chicago Oats ($US/bu.) Dec 2.5500 2.7200 Mar 2.7100 2.8000 May 2.7800 2.8525

-0.1700 -0.0900 -0.0725

2.2475 2.2900 2.3025

Chicago Soybeans ($US/bu.) Jan 9.9000 9.8700 Mar 10.0125 9.9800 May 10.1075 10.0700 Jul 10.1925 10.1515

+0.0300 +0.0325 +0.0375 +0.0410

10.2025 10.2850 10.3575 10.4125

-0.86 -0.86 -0.86

34.64 34.93 35.18

Chicago Soy Meal ($US/short ton) Dec 319.8 314.5 +5.3 Jan 322.0 316.6 +5.4 Mar 325.3 320.1 +5.2

319.7 321.9 324.2

Chicago Soy Oil (¢US/lb.) Dec 33.95 34.81 Mar 34.10 34.96 May 34.33 35.19

Chicago Corn ($US/bu.) Dec 3.4500 3.4350 Mar 3.5650 3.5675 May 3.6475 3.6525 Jul 3.7250 3.7300

+0.1050 -0.0025 -0.0050 -0.0050

3.4975 3.5775 3.6425 3.7150

Minneapolis Wheat ($US/bu.) Dec 6.2625 6.4750 Mar 6.3975 6.5925 May 6.4600 6.6450 Jul 6.4825 6.6350

-0.2125 -0.1950 -0.1850 -0.1525

5.2675 5.2375 5.2750 5.3250

Kansas City Wheat ($US/bu.) Dec 4.1600 4.3325 Mar 4.3375 4.5000 May 4.4625 4.6200 Jul 4.6400 4.7750

-0.1725 -0.1625 -0.1575 -0.1350

4.1450 4.3200 4.4400 -

$270

Minneapolis Nearby Futures ($US/100bu.)

(000 tonnes) Alta. Sask. Man.

Nov 20

$220

*incl. wt. premiums

% from 2016 -12.4 -4.5 +4.7

Nov 17 6.08 5.61 6.10 3.66 2.52

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

$355

Hogs $/ckg

Chicago Hogs Lean ($US/cwt)

$180

$150

To date 2017 To date 2016 % change 17/16

(3) to Nov 12/17

Manitoba $160

Fed. inspections only Canada U.S. 17,904,282 103,638,457 17,636,735 100,587,272 +1.5 +3.0

Hogs / Pork Trade

Saskatchewan Sig. 5 $150

To Nov 12

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

Canola (basis - Jan)

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

Hog Slaughter

Maple Leaf Thunder Sig 5 Creek Pork Nov 17 Nov 17 133.78-135.97 127.40-130.93 130.72-134.71 133.38-134.00 138.64-141.41 137.74-140.62 146.14-146.72 142.89-144.76 149.79-149.79 149.79-149.93 149.14-149.44 148.80-154.57 149.77-150.00 153.07-153.85 152.77-156.92 154.91-155.17 156.80-156.92 156.36-159.02 156.80-156.80 159.39-159.80

Nov 15 Nov 8 Year Ago No. 3 Oats Saskatoon ($/tonne) 167.06 173.12 180.94 Snflwr NuSun Enderlin ND (¢/lb) 17.45 17.30 14.50

$470 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/9 11/17

$200 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/9 11/17

HOGS

Oct 13 38.25 35.19 26.20 33.83 32.86 30.50 24.70 20.03 18.80 8.20 7.20 6.85 6.12 14.40 37.50 33.50 39.33 20.96 29.67 59.58 41.58 47.50

$490

$-10

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

Nov 10 35.60 30.25 25.00 28.72 28.80 26.20 20.75 15.88 13.40 7.70 5.90 5.35 6.02 15.63 42.00 32.60 41.00 19.88 29.67 61.58 41.58 48.00

Cash Prices

$480

Beef Cutout ($/cwt)

Fixed contract $/ckg

Nov 17 35.33 Laird lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) Laird lentils, No. 2 (¢/lb) 30.50 Laird lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) 25.00 Richlea lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) 28.80 Eston lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) 29.00 Eston lentils, No. 2 (¢/lb) 26.33 Eston lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) 20.25 Sm. Red lentils, No. 2 (¢/lb) 16.53 Sm. Red lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) 13.40 Peas, green No. 1 ($/bu) 7.70 Peas, medium. yellow No. 1 ($/bu) 5.90 Peas, sm. yellow No. 2 ($/bu) 5.35 Feed peas ($/bu) 6.02 Maple peas ($/bu) 15.63 Mustard, yellow, No. 1 (¢/lb) 42.00 Mustard, Oriental, No. 1 (¢/lb) 32.60 Mustard, Brown, No. 1 (¢/lb) 41.00 Canaryseed (¢/lb) 19.88 Desi chickpeas (¢/lb) 27.67 Kabuli, 8mm, No. 1 (¢/lb) 61.58 Kabuli, 7mm, No. 1 (¢/lb) 41.58 B-90 ckpeas, No. 1 (¢/lb) 48.00

Cash Prices

$205

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

Pulse and Special Crops 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.

$640 $620 $600 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13 11/20

Canadian Exports & Crush To (1,000 MT) Nov 12 Wheat 358.3 Durum 25.3 Oats 17.7 Barley 42.2 Flax 11.1 Canola 133.0 Peas 34.7 Lentils 1.8 (1,000 MT) Nov 15 Canola crush 176.5

To Total Last Nov 5 to date year 238.4 4,419.5 4,010.7 61.1 1,061.0 1,024.1 52.8 521.0 408.7 44.7 474.8 225.4 19.0 82.1 69.1 470.2 2,991.8 2,616.5 0.6 885.3 1,546.7 0.2 90.4 378.4 Nov 8 To date Last year 195.2 2,629.1 2,677.2

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ALBERTA

Temperature last week High Low

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

4.5 3.2 2.4 5.1 4.0 9.0 -4.5 -0.9 -2.0 -5.4 -2.4 0.6 4.3 1.4 5.8 5.4 2.1 -1.7

-20.7 -18.0 -15.7 -17.7 -21.5 -15.0 -27.4 -20.9 -23.7 -26.0 -21.9 -21.6 -15.3 -24.8 -18.0 -17.5 -19.3 -20.6

Precipitation since Nov. 1 mm mm %

0.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 3.8 0.0 5.2 4.4 3.6 7.7 14.3 0.6 0.2 4.7 0.2 0.2 2.4 0.2

14.7 14.9 9.5 9.2 14.4 11.1 8.6 8.5 10.3 17.4 21.0 10.8 13.6 14.0 10.2 8.0 12.4 11.8

196 125 90 79 187 122 68 82 81 160 174 126 162 146 120 95 109 103

MANITOBA Temperature last week High Low

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

6.5 7.5 -4.2 2.5 1.8 -0.9 -9.3 8.9 -4.7 5.8 8.7 -6.1 7.7 6.2 8.8 -4.5

-21.7 -18.8 -19.8 -19.7 -22.4 -21.4 -26.7 -17.5 -20.5 -16.4 -16.4 -28.0 -7.6 -17.3 -15.2 -22.6

Precipitation since Nov. 1 mm mm %

1.2 2.7 16.3 1.1 5.2 23.7 9.7 0.6 5.1 0.0 0.0 17.4 0.0 1.2 1.2 5.1

17.9 13.7 24.7 15.8 10.6 32.0 10.9 6.1 9.9 19.2 10.0 21.0 25.9 9.9 13.0 12.4

232 159 211 216 88 177 58 63 88 229 88 122 132 99 108 135

Temperature last week High Low

Brandon Dauphin Gimli Melita Morden Portage La Prairie Swan River Winnipeg

0.6 -0.4 1.4 4.2 5.6 2.7 -1.3 1.7

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-18.1 -14.9 -19.5 -15.9 -11.6 -12.5 -24.5 -16.6

0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.2 3.8 0.3

21.0 6.3 9.3 9.7 12.8 14.3 12.1 8.5

180 52 54 74 70 80 77 48

-6.3 -22.4 -1.6 -1.2 -14.9

15.2 47.2 1.9 1.6 19.0

48.2 68.0 10.5 18.7 21.9

164 306 54 74 53

BRITISH COLUMBIA Cranbrook Fort St. John Kamloops Kelowna Prince George

6.0 -8.3 12.1 9.8 4.6

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QUALITY TOP TO BOTTOM ADVANCED CONTINUOUS ROOF ANGLE 15" ROUND GALVANIZED ROOF VENTS

SPIRAL STAIRCASE

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EASYFLOW2 U-TROUGH UNLOAD SYSTEM

24" - 36" WIDE FILL CAP WITH REMOTE OPENER

4" WIDE CORRUGATION WITH G115 GALVANIZED STEEL

VARIABLE SECTION STIFFENERS (VSS)

CONTINUOUS BOTTOM RING ANGLE LOCK-N-LOAD FLOOR SYSTEM

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