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Senate holds up transportation legislation Senators blame gov’t for trying to rush through complicated bill

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BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Canada’s transportation modernization act won’t get through the Senate before Christmas, leaving grain shippers to cross their fingers and hope the weather and railways co-operate this winter.

Statistics Canada last week released 2017 production estimates showing larger than expected canola and wheat crops and a 93 million tonne overall crop.

No one wants a repeat of the 2013-14 winter when a large crop, harsh weather and lack of railway power caused a transportation nightmare and $5 billion in losses.

The previous legislation enacted after the backlog, the Fair Rail for G ra i n Fa r m e r s A c t , e n s u re d extended interswitching and minimum railway volumes, but it expired July 31.

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Prairies remain dangerously dry Conditions in a pocket of southwestern Sask. are classified as an exceptional drought

BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

A map on Agriculture Canada’s drought monitor website tells a depressing and somewhat scary story.

With the exception of a region from North Battleford, Sask. to west of Edmonton, nearly all the agricultural land on the Prairies is dry or in a drought.

Making matters worse, a large

chunk of the map, around Regina and southeast of Calgary, is in a severe, extreme or exceptional drought.

Snow this autumn in Saskatchewan and Alberta, followed by warm temperatures that melted the snow, reduced the size and severity of the drought. Nonetheless, soil conditions remain dry across much of the southern Prairies, said Trevor Hadwen, agro-climate specialist with Agriculture Canada in Regina.

“Alberta and western Saskatche-

wan have improved. They’re still below normal and they’re still dry but not in (as) a critical situation as they were, say, at the beginning of September,” he said. “(But) I think soil moisture is a concern right through the southern portion of the Prairies…. The biggest concern still remains right in south-central Saskatchewan.”

The lack of rain in southern Saskatchewan and other parts of Western Canada was the dominant story of the

2017 growing season. Conditions were severely dry in south-central Saskatchewan: Regina received 1.8 millimetres of rain in July, the second lowest amount on record.

As of Nov. 30, Agriculture Canada said the area around Regina and southwest to the U.S. border is in extreme drought, including a pocket that’s classified as an exceptional drought.

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BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

The federal government said last week Saskatchewan’s climate change strategy likely doesn’t meet its standard, which could set the stage for a carbon pricing showdown.

Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna posted her response to the province’s Dec. 4 announcement on Facebook, saying she was encouraged by the commitment to adaptation and resilience to climate change.

She also praised the plan for taking a step toward carbon pricing.

However, it doesn’t contain a specific carbon price. Ottawa wants each province to have a carbon pricing system, beginning at $10 per tonne in 2018 and rising to $50 per tonne over five years. It has said it would impose a tax on any province that didn’t come up with its own plan.

Saskatchewan has steadfastly opposed a carbon tax, saying it would place the resource-based economy at a competitive disadvantage.

Strategy defended The strategy released last week is flexible, said provincial Environment Minister Dustin Duncan.

It lowers the threshold for heavy emitters from 50,000 tonnes to 25,000 tonnes and allows large emitters to buy offsets. Companies emitting between 10,000 and 25,000 tonnes can voluntarily opt in.

“The offset system is designed to recognize the agricultural community and other land management practices in our province that are already addressing greenhouse gas emissions,” he said.

Companies taking action to curb emissions would receive best performance credits or could buy them from other facilities.

Another option would be for companies to pay into a provincial technology fund, as proposed in legislation passed in 2010 but never enacted.

Duncan said this flexibility will allow the economy to continue to operate while addressing climate change. The government will work with industry over the next year to develop performance standards.

However, the strategy might not go far enough for Ottawa.

“Based on what’s in today’s plan, Saskatchewan’s price likely wouldn’t hit our standard because it applies only to heavy industry instead of being economy-wide,” said McKenna.

“Of course, we hope that will change as Saskatchewan’s government turns its plan into action.

We’ll be assessing each jurisdiction’s performance against our standard later this year.”

The provincial opposition NDP has said it would prefer a made-inSaskatchewan approach over a carbon tax but is concerned that Ottawa has already dismissed the strategy and will impose its own carbon pricing system. karen.briere@producer.com

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Grain bugs lurk in Alberta bins Cereal specialists warn farmers to check bins to avoid rejection of deliveries

BY JEREMY SIMES EDMONTON BUREAU

An Alberta cereal specialist is asking farmers to start checking their grain bins because more producers in the province are facing pest issues that they normally don’t have during this time of year.

Clair Langlois with Alberta Agriculture said in a recent blog post that reports of grain bug infestation are likely a result of warm, dry conditions during the cereal harvest.

“There was plenty of time to attract insects to these bins this fall while insects were still actively flying and searching for food sources,” he wrote on the Alberta Wheat Commission’s Wheat Watch Blog.

As well, lots went in the bin when it was tough and wet, and that can create an attractive environment for bugs, he said.

“It seems this year both ends of the harvest condition spectrum were effectively attracting these stored grain insect pests.”

Fa r m e r s’ g ra i n s h i p m e nt s could be rejected if they contain live bugs, he warned, so he wants producers to regularly check their bins throughout the storage period.

If they find insects, he said using fumigant, or aluminium phosphate products, is a good option because it controls anything from eggs to fully developed insects.

You want to aerate it to bring that moisture down and continue to monitor your bins for infestations.

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However, the fumigants won’t work on grain that’s below 5 C, he added.

“Even if the grain temperature is above 5 C, the length of time varies for the fumigant to work, so temperatures of 5 C to 11 C requires 10 days of exposure to the fumigant as an example,” he wrote.

As well, farmers looking to buy or apply fumigant must get a pesticide certificate with a stored grain endorsement from Alberta Agriculture.

There are also other options to control the pests, but they have limited effectiveness, Langlois said.

This includes using diatomaceous earth, though it’s not effective at temperatures below 0 C because insects are inactive.

Farmers can also use pneumatic grain augers or grain vacuums to pass grain through, but it’s not always effective because an insect might get missed in the process.

So, the only other reliable solution to kill the insects is to dry them by using cold air.

He said this method could result in farmers postponing their deliv-

ery, but it works.

Bins will take 12 weeks to disinfect if the constant grain temperature is -5 C, eight weeks if the constant temperature is -10 C, four weeks if it’s -15 C and one week if it’s - 20 C. Insect specialists in Saskatchewan and Manitoba said farmers in those provinces aren’t experiencing unusual grain bug problems.

However, if farmers in those

regions do see some, it’s recommended they cool their grain, said Scott Hartley, manager of the crop protection lab with Saskatchewan Agriculture.

“You want to aerate it to bring that moisture down and continue to monitor your bins for infestations,” said Hartley, who was formerly that province’s insect specialist. jeremy.simes@producer.com

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IN TEMPERATURES OF 5 C TO 11 C IT REQUIRES 10 DAYS OF EXPOSURE FOR THE FUMIGANT TO WORK

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PRAIRIE DROUGHT RISK » CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Agriculture Canada ranks droughts D1, D2, D3, D4, representing moderate drought, severe, extreme and exceptional.

Hadwen said the D3 and D4 regions around Regina need a significant dump of snow this winter and a slow spring melt or spring rain to recover from the lack of moisture in 2017.

However, rebounding to normal soil moisture and water levels could take a long time.

“The more severe the drought the

less quickly it can recover,” Hadwen said, adding the drought of 2017 was especially hard on perennial plants.

“There’s a lot of forage and pasture in that region. That won’t recover real quick, even with a lot of rain next spring. You need that fall rain to recover the root systems of those plants.”

Conditions may have improved in the western half of the Prairies, but the situation deteriorated this fall in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan. A different Drought Monitor map, illustrating precipitation from

early October to early December, shows that everything east of Moose Jaw is yellow, orange or red.

Those colours mean that much of Manitoba and part of southeastern Saskatchewan received 40 to 60 percent of normal precipitation over the last two months. Numerous pockets in Manitoba received less than 40 percent of the normal amount of rain and snow.

That dryness was evident in the first week of December south of Portage la Prairie, Man. Many fields were bare and soil on the surface was parched and crumbly.

“You’re getting some drying of the soils at this point of the winter,” Hadwen said.

“That should be insulated by a thick layer of snow and that moisture being held (in).”

In early December the Manitoba government issued its fall conditions report, which summarizes the flooding risk for next spring.

The report confirmed that soil moisture is drier than normal.

“Soil moisture in most Manitoba river basins is generally drier than the soil moisture observed in the past three years.”

The prairie drought of 2017 may persist into 2018 because the dry conditions have been around longer than many assume.

A large area received minimal rain from seeding time until the

end of July, but the lack of precipitation began months earlier, Hadwen said.

“Anything in the southern portion (of the Prairies), the drought really started last winter, and nobody paid a lot of attention to it because we had been so wet,” he said. robert.arnason@producer.com

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CANADIAN DROUGHT CONDITIONS Drought intensity D0 D1 D2 D3 D4

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Fort St. John Edmonton Kamloops Calgary Saskatoon

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Source: Environment Canada, National Agroclimate Information Service | WP GRAPHIC

Bare fields were a common sight in Manitoba in early December. Many parts of the province received 50 percent of normal precipitation in October and November, drying out topsoil that should be covered with snow. | ROBERT ARNASON PHOTO

An unusually warm December saw dust instead of snow kicked up by traffic on rural roads like this one near Cayley, Alta., Dec. 5. The region is grappling with drought conditions, along with many other areas of the Prairies. | MIKE STURK PHOTO

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farmer complaints it dealt with but does say spare parts supply, higher prices and warranty issues comprised the majority of them.

The report lists 402 dealers, 88 distributors and 217 manufacturers in the province. The board conducted just one hearing, which resulted in a decision in favour of the farmer and a $10,000 compensation award.

In the past seven years, the board has conducted just four hearings in total.

“I wouldn’t say we’ve had a lot of complaints, but we’ve had some individuals that have been through the process of trying to make claims against the previous act and have found that even if they’re successful the amounts that could be paid out were inadequate to cover the cost of repairs these days,” Stewart said in an interview.

The amendments will be back before the legislative assembly when it returns in March.

Bill C-49 contains a new long haul interswitching mechanism and other provisions, but it won’t pass now until spring.

Canadian Federation of Agriculture president Ron Bonnett said the government could reinstate the former legislation to give farmers peace of mind.

“What is the hammer to make sure that there’s performance taking place?” he said.

“If there’s going to be a lengthy delay like that, that would be one of the things we would be looking at.”

Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart also said there has to be some protection.

“We have a large crop that is ready to move, and if this bill isn’t passed until the spring, our farmers and grain handlers will need to ensure that there are interim measures put in place,” he said.

The government had hoped Bill C-49 could be passed and in place before Christmas. The bill went to the Senate Nov. 2 but just moved to the transport committee Dec. 8 amid pressure from transport minister Marc Garneau and others.

The committee’s first and only scheduled meeting, as of Dec. 11, was for Dec. 12.

When asked last week if it was possible to push the bill through before the House of Commons adjourns Dec. 15, Conservative Senator and transport committee chair David Tkachuk said: “Not going to happen.”

He said there are just too many parts to the complex bill, which aside from grain measures includes the airline passenger bill of rights and video and voice recorders in locomotives. He said the government knows it takes bills up to five months to get through the Senate.

“I told the minister when he asked me about this two weeks ago, ‘look it, I have no interest in holding up the bill, but I have no interest in rushing through the bill. We have so many interest groups on this bill that want to testify.’”

That was Nova Scotia Senator Terry Mercer’s point when he rose to debate the bill last week. The deputy leader of the Senate Liberals said the 67-page Bill C-49 would amend 13 acts. “ The undue pressure being applied with regard to this bill and other bills in the Senate is unwarranted, unnecessary and quite frankly disrespectful,” he said.

Grain industry leaders are anxious, however.

Wade Sobkowich from the Western Grain Elevators Association said shippers want to take advantage of new measures in Bill C-49 such as service level agreements with true reciprocal penalties.

“Shippers have been without extended interswitching for over four months and we are anxious to put long haul interswitching to use,” he said.

Mercer said that extending the previous legislation would have been simpler than including it in an omnibus bill.

“If this government was so concerned about the movement of grain, why did they not extend the previous legislation, like they did once already?” he said.

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Sask. toughens parts supply legislation Penalties for failing to supply ag equipment parts would increase to $50,000 from $5,000

BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

The Saskatchewan government has moved to increase penalties on parts distributors who fail to keep an adequate supply on hand for farmers.

The amendments to the Agricultural Implements Act would also increase compensation to farmers who lose time and money as a result of poor service.

Both the Agricultural Manufacturers of Canada and the Western Equipment Dealers Association said they were consulted on the changes and are satisfied with the amendments proposed by Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart.

“Overall we’re happy with the legislation that has been put forward,” said AMC president Leah Olson.

“I think he took a very balanced approach.”

Stewart said the changes were a result of a request from the Agricultural Implementation Board, which handles complaints about warran-

ty, repairs and parts services Fines would increase substantially in several categories. For example, the penalty on distributors who fail to supply parts will rise from $5,000 to $50,000. The maximum compensation to farmers would go from $10,000 to $50,000.

“Perhaps in 1979 $5,000 was a p p r o p r i a t e ,” s a i d J o h n Schmeiser, chief executive officer of WEDA. Increasing that to $50,000 puts teeth in the legislation, he said, and persuades manufacturers to keep their parts inventory well stocked.

Schmeiser said the changes shouldn’t affect Saskatchewanbased manufacturers or major manufacturers with parts depots.

“Without any hesitation I can say there has not been an issue with Saskatchewan-based manufacturers. They have been excellent,” he said.

“It’s unfortunate that out-ofprovince, out-of-country manufacturers have completely disregarded the law. The government has

responded in a proper way to make them pay attention to this law.”

Olson said she didn’t know which companies had drawn complaints. She said dealers consistently rate short-line manufacturers high when it comes to service.

She also pointed out that shortline companies are easily able to meet the legislation’s requirement that parts be supplied within 72 hours.

Previously, Sunday was eliminated from that time period; the amendments will change that.

Stewart said the act hadn’t been revised since 2003, and agriculture has changed substantially since then.

“The new penalties will reflect the current cost of purchasing and repairing modern agricultural implements,” he said during legislative debate.

“They will also reflect the cost of producers’ lost revenue and down time as a result of inadequate parts and service.”

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Canadian crops top expectations Canola crop is a record, but strong exports and crush should consume most of it

Small crop could create wheat price rally: analyst

BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

REUTERS NEWS SERVICE & D’ARCE MCMILLAN SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Canadian farmers harvested larger crops than forecast in September, reaping record-large canola output and a surprisingly big wheat crop, a Dec. 6 Statistics Canada report showed.

Canola production topped 21.3 million tonnes, eight percent higher than Statistics Canada’s September estimate, and more than one million tonnes larger than the average trade estimate in a Reuters survey.

The average canola yield in Manitoba was 44 bushels per acre, 38.9 bu. per acre in Saskatchewan and 43.7 in Alberta.

Yield declines because of drought in southern Saskatchewan and Alberta were offset by strong production elsewhere.

Market reaction in the canola market was minimal with the Januar y contract closing Dec. 8 at $505.10 per tonne, a decline of only $1 compared to the close the previous Friday.

New crop November 2018 canola actually edged up by $3.60 over the week to $506.60.

The negative impact of the Statistics Canada report was mostly offset by a decline in the Canadian dollar to below US78 cents.

“It’s a record (canola crop) by a long shot, (but) not necessarily a surpr ise because we had big canola yields in a lot of places in Canada,” Brian Voth, president of farmer advisory firm IntelliFarm Inc, said on a conference call arranged by the Minneapolis Grain Exchange.

Even so, southern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan canola yields were limited by excessively hot, dry weather, Voth said.

“There’s going to be some debate over this (report).”

The larger canola estimate quiets concern that supply could get extremely tight late this crop year, creating potential for a year end rally.

However, if exports continue to run well ahead of last year’s pace — they are up 12.5 percent so far — and domestic crush continues to match last year’s pace, then year end stocks will likely not become burdensome.

Statistics Canada estimated Canada’s all-wheat harvest at 30 million tonnes, down 5.5 percent year over year.

However, the estimate exceeded Statistics Canada’s previous estimate by 10.5 percent and easily surpassed the average trade expectation of 28 million tonnes.

Strong soil moisture reserves made up for a lack of rain, allowing farmers to produce a good sized harvest. | FILE PHOTO

DECEMBER CROP PRODUCTION REPORT Production of major Canadian crops is mostly lower than last year but larger than expected at the start of harvest. Statistics Canada interviewed about 26,800 farmers from Oct. 20 to Nov. 13 for the December report.

Estimates of production of principal field crops: (000 tonnes) 2015 2016

BRIAN VOTH INTELLIFARM INC.

Statistics Canada pegged the hard red spring wheat yield in Manitoba at 59.2 bu. per acre, 46.1 bu. in Saskatchewan and 53.9 in Alberta.

The report contributed to the already depressed attitude in global wheat markets that are struggling with oversupply and competition from cheap Russian exports.

Wheat exports from that country are up 27 percent at 17.6 million tonnes in the Russian crop year that starts July 1.

Over the week to Dec. 8, the Minneapolis Grain Exchange hard red spring wheat contract fell 3.2 percent and the Chicago soft red winter wheat contract fell 4.4 percent.

Statistics Canada pegged the durum crop at 4.96 million tonnes, down from last year’s big, but poor quality crop of 7.76 million tonnes.

The trade’s range of estimates in the Reuters poll was 4.2 to 5.2 million tonnes.

Total wheat durum spring wheat winter wheat Barley Canaryseed Canola Chickpeas Corn Dry beans Field peas Fall rye Flax Lentils Mustard seed Oats Soybeans Sunflower seed

27,594 5,389 19,962 2,243 8,226 149 18,376 84 13,559 243 3,201 226 942 2,540 123 3,428 6,459 73

31,729 7,762 20,454 3,513 8,784 140 19,600 75 13,193 229 4,836 415 588 3,248 236 3,195 6,552 51

2017 29,984 4,962 22,167 2,855 7,891 137 21,313 86 14,095 322 4,112 342 548 2,558 122 3,724 7,717 58

2016-17 change -5.5% -36.1% 8.4% -18.7% -10.2% -2.1% 8.7% 14.5% 6.8% 40.9% -15% -22% -6.8% -21.2% -48.4% 16.6% 17.8% 13.8%

Source: Statistics Canada | WP GRAPHIC

Prairie durum cash prices were mostly steady through the week, according to data from PDQinfo. ca.

Barley production was 7.89 million tonnes, Statistics Canada said, up from the September forecast of 7.3 million and higher than the range of trade expectations of seven to 7.8 million tonnes.

Cash barley prices in Western

Canada have been supported by strong export sales of malting quality grain, but feed prices are limited by low value American corn.

The pea and lentil estimates from Statistics Canada were up from September but close to what the trade expected.

The oat estimate was down from the September forecast but close to trade expectations.

CHICAGO, Ill. — Darin Newsom couldn’t believe what he was about to say.

For the first time in many years, DTN’s senior market analyst was going to tell a room full of farmers attending the 2017 DTN Ag Summit that he was modestly bullish on wheat.

“It’s insane to say this, but I think wheat could actually turn a corner here this year,” said Newsom.

The market fundamentals suggest there is no reason to rally.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated 2016-17 U.S. wheat ending stocks at 1.2 billion bushels, the highest in 30 years.

The stocks-to-use ratio is an abysmal 53 percent, which is also the highest in 30 years.

Demand prospects are not good because U.S. wheat is facing stiff competition from cheaper wheat out of Russia, Ukraine and the European Union.

However, something tells the analyst there is a bullish outlook for the crop.

“Wheat is actually starting to look better because we are reducing our acres because we are reducing our production,” he said.

U.S. farmers in the fall of 2016 planted 29.4 million acres of winter wheat for the 2017 harvest, down from 33.1 million acres the previous year. It was the second smallest crop in over a century.

Newsom expects grower reduced acres even further this autumn for the 2018 crop.

If true, he thinks the Kansas City July futures contract could rally as high as $4.40 per bushel over winter, up from around $4 today. He believes that would be a good opportunity to put sales on the books.

Mi n n e a p o l i s s p r i n g w h e a t futures are selling at a $2 per bu. premium to winter wheat, which is an unusually large spread. Spring wheat has the premium because of the drought in the U.S. northern plains and southern Canadian Prairies.

“What we saw last year is how vulnerable the spring wheat market is to a weather event still, probably one of the last markets that is that vulnerable,” he said.

The stronger Minneapolis price will probably lead to increased spring wheat plantings.

“If we see more acres go in this spring, that’s going to keep a lid on this thing,” said Newsom.

He believes the Minneapolis futures contract could fall to about $5.70 to $5.90 per bu. by September 2018 from about $6.30 today. sean.pratt@producer.com

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Oversupply keeps corn in doldrums; rally unlikely DTN analyst expects a year over year 13 percent drop in corn prices , but soybean picture looks brighter

BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

CHICAGO, Ill. — Don’t expect a price rally in the crop that is the price leader for the grains and oilseed sector, says an analyst.

Darin Newsom, senior analyst with DTN, is bearish on corn, which is already mired at the lower end of its historical price range.

He typically bases his analyses on technical charts but this year it is hard to ignore market fundamentals.

In its September ending stocks report, the United States Department of Agriculture forecast U.S. corn carryout at 2.3 billion bushels, the highest in 30 years.

Its corn stocks-to-use ratio is 15.7 percent, which is the highest since 2005-06, which was in the pre-ethanol era.

A carryout of that magnitude should correspond with a U.S. average cash price for corn of about US$3 per bushel but in 2016-17 the average was $3.20, suggesting corn may be overpriced.

Old crop futures prices are in the $3.30 to $3.50 range and are not budging.

“Every time we try to rally, the market seems to get hot again.

There are lots of sellers with 2.3 billion bu. still sitting out there somewhere,” Newsom told delegates attending the 2017 DTN Ag Summit.

He believes it will be difficult to get the normal 10 percent, or 31 cents per bushel futures market rally that typically occurs between mid-October and mid-June.

There is a 30 cents per bu. carry between the December 2017 and July 2018 futures contracts.

“Almost all the seasonal move at this point is already built into the market,” said Newsom.

And basis is likely to remain flat because of the huge amount of old crop corn sitting locked up in bins across the country.

“It’s going to be hard, very hard for the corn market to rally,” he said.

Over the last three years in the corn cash market, the March lows have been trending lower. The summer highs have also trended lower.

“It’s a classic definition of a downtrend,” said Newsom.

He forecasts a national average cash price of $2.80 per bu. in 2017-18, down 13 percent from last year.

The corn market needs a supplyside shock in the form of bad weather. The problem is there was bad weather last year and many U.S. farmers still got near record yields.

There is little help on the demand side. Corn shipments are well

behind the pace of the last three years and Mexico, the top customer, says it will buy more of its corn from Brazil due to political tensions with the U.S. Newsom thinks ending stocks could blossom to three billion bu. in 2017-18 with an oppressive 18 percent stocks-to-use ratio.

The December 2018 contract for new crop corn is around $3.90 per bu. and history shows it will likely drop 23 percent to $3 by mid-October 2018.

He is more bullish on soybeans despite depressing fundamentals for that crop as well.

The USDA estimates ending stocks of 301 million bu. and a

stocks-to-use ratio of 7.1 percent, both the highest since 2006-07.

Old crop futures spreads are bearish, suggesting that, like corn, it will be hard to get the normal seasonal rally in 2017-18.

Despite this, Newsom said he remains bullish on soybeans because global demand remains very strong due to continued buying from China.

There are also positives in the technical charts that give him some optimism.

“I like what I see on the soybean charts. I think it still has a potential to rally,” he said.

“Until South America actually starts harvesting I think we have a

Every time we try to rally, the market seems to get hot again. There are lots of sellers with 2.3 billion bushels still sitting out there somewhere.

DARIN NEWSOM DTN ANALYST

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Newsom said new crop soybean prices could go along for the ride until the USDA’s March plantings report comes out. He thinks U.S. soybean acres could surpass corn

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Eat local campaigns keep slaughter cattle home Canadian beef sector doing well but rising supply of all meats will spark hunt for new markets

BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

The current condition for Canadian beef is profitability, while the 2018 forecast is steady with a chance of volatility.

Canfax research manager Brenna Grant said “2017 was a year of surprising strength that wasn’t anticipated to be there.”

Large supplies of beef, pork and poultry in Canada and the United States were expected to pressure prices down, but that did not happen, she said at Alberta Beef Producers’ annual meeting held in Calgary Dec. 4-6.

Feedlots and packers are turning profits that are passed back to cowcalf producers. The situation was especially obvious in Alberta with a strong basis and good demand.

BRENNA GRANT CANFAX RESEARCH MANAGER

“Alberta out-performed some of the other markets, whether you compare it to Ontario or the U.S.,” she said.

Alberta fed cattle have a $5 premium over Ontario, partly because of the poor performance of the eastern fed market.

The strong prices and good demand kept a larger percentage than normal of cattle at home for slaughter than exported.

Programs in which retailers and food service are looking for AAA or 100 percent Canadian beef have been influential.

“When you think about the impact of any of these fast food or hamburger chains that are going to 100 percent Canadian, it means in order to supply that contract the packers have to have Canadian cows,” she said in an interview.

Producers have not changed their marketing plans and cull rates remain around 11 percent, but the value is staying at home.

Fewer feeder and slaughter cattle are being exported to the U.S. Since 2014, feeder exports to the U.S. have been declining because of competitive bidding from Canadian feedlots and packers. There have also been a small number of U.S. feeders entering Canada, but no import figures are available.

“Even though you have not increased the herd, we are increasing production with feeders,” she said.

The U.S. herd continues to grow at around three percent a year, and by next fall another 1.2 million calves are expected to appear on the market.

The Americans are looking at record beef production in 2018, so they need to increase their per capita meat consumption or find alternative markets.

“They have got some wiggle room where if they had to they could push it onto the domestic market, but what they are really depending on is exports,” she said.

“They really need to be exporting this product to get the prices or they will be challenging their domestic consumer with a lot of protein.

That will be really critical for cattle prices moving forward.”

The hog sector is also expanding with new processing plants open-

Exports of feeder cattle to the U.S. have been declining because of competitive bidding from Canadian feedlots and packers. | GETTY PHOTO

ing in the United States.

U.S. beef packers are working at 1 0 3 p e rc e nt c a p a c i t y , w h i c h means working six days a week and double shifting. Labour supplies are tight, and companies do not feel confident about opening new plants. Capacity could expand

to 106 percent as more cattle come online.

Being at over-capacity has diminished interest in importing Canadian cattle to fill the slots, Grant said.

Canadian packing plants are working at around 82 percent of

Weak loonie masks effects of big U.S. stocks MARKET WATCH

D’ARCE McMILLAN

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he falling Canadian dollar largely offset the negative impact on local markets of the larger than expected crop numbers in last week’s Statistics Canada report.

Canola futures barely budged last week and prairie cash spring wheat prices fell less than the American wheat futures market, thanks mostly to a decline in the value of the loonie by about one U.S cent.

The Canuck buck lost ground to the U.S. currency because the latter was gaining against most currencies.

It appears that Republicans in Congress will be able to pass a tax cut bill, which could help keep the

American economy bubbling along.

Growth in employment and the economy will encourage the U.S. Federal Reserve to continue an aggressive program of interest rate increases that will further support the greenback.

Canada’s economy is also doing well, but the uncertainty caused by the bumpy negotiations over the renewal of the North American Free Trade Agreement have investors steering clear of the Canadian dollar.

It also has the Bank of Canada taking a cautious approach to interest rate hikes, giving investors another reason to avoid the loonie.

The simple view on currencies is that a weaker Canadian dollar lifts the farmgate value of crops and encourages stronger exports of Canadian grains.

That is true, but the overall impact is more complicated.

If the U.S. dollar towers over most other currencies, it hurts American grain exports, leading to a buildup of unsold stocks that pressure down crop futures markets.

U.S all-wheat exports so far this crop year stand at 13.05 million tonnes, down eight percent from the same point last year. Sales on the books for the rest of the year stand at 5.45 million tonnes, down almost 14 percent.

It could be a struggle to hit the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s target of 27.2 million tonnes of exports.

Meanwhile, Russia’s wheat exports for the crop year are up 27 percent.

America’s soybean exports are also lagging behind the pace needed to hit the USDA’s export target.

If they do, and the USDA is forced to raise its ending stocks forecasts, that will weigh down the prices of soybeans, wheat and corn, and that will depress prices in Canada, too, even with a weak loonie.

The market’s message is that it is oversupplied, and the message is most clearly heard in the U.S. because of the amplification caused by the high priced U.S. buck.

U.S. winter wheat growers are

reducing seeded acreage, but it is not helping much when Russia, with a weak ruble, has increased acreage.

And in the U.S., farmers likely won’t leave wheat acres unseeded.

They will plant soybeans, corn, sorghum or cotton.

They might use less fertilizer, but that is unlikely because they are shooting for high yields to make up for low prices.

A s i g n i f i c a n t re d u c t i o n i n seeded area would likely require a return to the Conservation Reserve Program, where the government paid farmers to keep environmentally sensitive land out of production.

The CRP lost most of its acreage during the high prices of 2007-14.

The strongest crop prices that Canadian farmers have enjoyed came when the Canadian dollar was strong because commodities were booming, crop stocks were down and grain exporters all over the world were benefiting.

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capacity in 2017 and have room for more cattle.

Canada’s protein production is up 2.3 percent at 11.8 billion pounds, tying a record set in 2008.

Annual production growth for beef was 1.6 percent, while pork was at two percent and poultry at 2.2 percent.

On the beef side, the additional meat production has been exported. Canada has found strong international demand.

Beef exports in 2017 are projected at 384,000 tonnes, a seven percent growth in volume, while value is up eight percent at $2.4 billion.

Canada’s non-U.S. exports are increasing. This year about 60,000 tonnes went to non-U.S. markets, which is the highest volume since 2010.

Exports to Japan are growing year by year, but they are interested in very specific cuts. China has agreed to allow fresh chilled beef into the country through a pilot project so more opportunities are expected there.

Exports to other parts of Asia are growing slowly but surely. These markets tend to take products with less value in Canada. There is limited volume, and more countries bidding on the same products drive up prices.

Overall, the U.S., Mexico, Japan, Taiwan and Southeast Asia are the key destinations. Canada also has a free trade agreement with Europe to accept up to 50,000 tonnes tariff free, but there are specific production requirements for the cattle, which take time to implement.

Cargill at High River, Alta., and JBS at Brooks, Alta., are working to get approved to export to Europe, and Harmony Beef at Balzac, Alta., may be involved later. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

Global economy is buoyant

BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

CHICAGO, Ill. — The global economy is performing much better than anticipated, says an economist.

Nariman Behravesh, chief economist with IHS Markit, said global growth in gross domestic product will be 3.2 percent in 2017, up from 2.5 percent last year.

“We’ve got the strongest growth since 2011,” he told delegates attending the 2017 DTN Ag Summit. “It’s very good news, and I think it’s sustainable.”

In fact, global growth is expected to match the 3.2 percent rate in 2018.

Growth is being led by the developed economies of the United States, the eurozone and Japan.

The eurozone and Japan were the real surprise. The eurozone had a two-year recession in 2012 and 2013 while Japan had three shorter recessions between 2011 and 2014.

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MARKETS » CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Their economies were hampered by the combination of tight fiscal and monetary policies. The better performance since 2014 is due to a shift into looser policies.

Japan has had seven consecutive quarters of positive growth, which hasn’t happened in 10 years.

“Europe and Japan, after struggling for a number of years, have turned the corner,” said Behravesh.

“I don’t see them reversing anytime soon.”

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er of the global economy, and it is experiencing the third longest recovery since the 1850s.

It is growing at a clip of about three percent a year, which is well above the trend of two to 2.25 percent.

Consumers make up 70 percent of the U.S. economy, and they are experiencing growth in income, jobs and net worth. Consumer confidence is at a 17-year high.

Businesses are starting to spend more money on capital investments because they feel U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is more business friendly than

the Barack Obama administration.

“They feel they have friends in Washington,” said Behravesh.

“In the waning days of the Obama administration, one or two regulations were passed each day. Now it’s zero.”

If enacted, a business-friendly federal tax bill could add as much as 0.3 percentage points of growth in 2018.

The average length of a U.S. recovery is 60 months. This one has lasted 104 months. However, that doesn’t mean it is nearing an end.

Recoveries vary wildly. There was

one in the 1980s that lasted 12 months and another in the 1990s that went on for 120 months.

Shocks, such as failed monetary policies from the U.S. Federal Reserve, rising oil prices or bursting asset bubbles, kill off recoveries.

Behravesh isn’t concerned about any of those things.

“This recovery could easily last another couple of years,” he said.

What does worry him is China’s growing debt crisis.

China’s debt-to-GDP ratio blossomed to 260 percent in 2016 from 120 percent in 2006. It is now higher

than the U.S. ratio. “ No c o u nt r y ha s e v e r g o n e through that kind of a debt explosion without something bad happening,” he said.

China’s GDP growth is expected to fall from 6.8 percent in 2017 to 6.5 percent in 2018 and 6.2 percent in 2019.

It could slow down dramatically for a few years after that due to the rising debt load to maybe something in the three to four percent range, said Behravesh.

$3-$4 lower.

Chicago cattle futures fell all week as big speculative funds sold long positions. Long positions are bets that prices will rise.

bounced back to positive territory after briefly being negative the previous week. The basis, at +$4.31, was the strongest since October.

C h i c a g o f e e d e r f u t u re s f e l l throughout the week and closed more than $5 per cwt. lower.

Auction mart volumes are expected to seasonally decline in the next few weeks, but demand for feeders may also continue to soften. Calf prices could be pressured lower. Bred cows were $1,650$3,100, and bred heifers were $1,750-$3,150.

with Choice up 44 cents at $205.08 per cwt. and Select down 38 cents at $183.83.

The cutout started strong, but a weaker tone developed by the end of the week. Canadian prices were not available.

The American newsletter Cattle Buyers Weekly notes that even though turkey is major part of Christmas meals, bone-in beef rib roasts are also important for endof-year meals.

The number of American stores with sales on rib roasts last year went from 360 at the star t of December to 2,700 in week two and then soared to 14,250 in week three and 14,830 in week four.

The U.S. Livestock Marketing Information Center notes that the large supply of chicken, pork and beef is hurting turkey demand in the United States.

Annual turkey consumption this year is pegged at 5.2 billion pounds

by LMIC, down from 5.3 billion in 2016, a decline of two percent.

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CANFAX REPORT FED CATTLE STRONGER The fed steer Canfax average was $151.99 per hundredweight, up $1.29, and heifers averaged $143, down 26 cents.

A weaker U.S. cash market was offset by a weaker Canadian dollar.

Western Canadian fed basis levels strengthened, and fed prices established new second half highs.

In five out of the past six years, second half highs occurred in December.

Roughly half of the cattle traded were set for delivery the following week, while the other half were scheduled for the week of Dec. 18.

The Alberta-Nebraska cash-tocash basis strengthened to +44 cents from -$4.38. It was the first time since mid-September that Alberta fed prices were stronger than the Nebraska market.

Western Canadian prices are also at a sizable premium to the Ontario market. Over the past two weeks, Alberta fed steer prices were $14 higher than their eastern counterparts, the largest premium since April.

Market-ready supply is tight.

Most of the spring-placed cattle are cleaned up, and early placed summer yearlings need more days on feed before they are marketed.

This supports prices, but the upside is limited because packers could scale back hours to match tighter cattle supplies.

In the United States, dressed sales in the north ranged from US$187$188, $1-$2 lower.

Northern feeding states regained their premium over the south. Week over week live sales in Colorado were $1.50-$2 lower at $118-$118.50 while southern regions traded at mostly $117,

COWS STEADY D1, D2 cows ranged $81-$93 to average $86.60, up 30 cents.

D3 cows ranged $70-$84 to average $76.50.

Rail grade cows were $165-$170.

Slaughter bulls were $95.94, down six cents.

Auction volumes are slowing but remain ample. Western Canadian cow slaughter two weeks ago topped 10,000 head, the most since the fall of 2014 and the second largest since December 2013.

Tighter fed supplies should support non-fed slaughter rates.

Cow prices usually improve at this time of year, but recent prices have been fairly flat and the rally this year might be modest.

FEEDERS LOWER There was a weaker tone across the feeder and calf market.

Calves were generally $1-$3 per cwt. lower while yearlings were mostly $5-$8 lower.

It has been a hectic fall run, with Saskatchewan and Alberta auction mart volumes from September to November totalling 1.17 million head, more than 130,000 head larger than last year.

Throw in minimal exports and more imports of feeder cattle, and there are reports of feedlots being full, which will weigh on feeder demand.

Although prices are lower, basis levels are very strong.

The feeder cash-to-futures basis

BEEF STEADY U.S. boxed beef prices were steady

This cattle market information is selected from the weekly report from Canfax, a division of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. More market information, analysis and statistics are available by becoming a Canfax subscriber by calling 403-275-5110 or at www.canfax.ca.

WP LIVESTOCK REPORT HOGS EDGE HIGHER Prices were higher last week, but demand could slow this week because packers will need fewer hogs with Christmas and New Years closures.

The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was US$46.94 per cwt. Dec. 8, up from $46.41 Dec. 1.

U.S. hogs averaged $59.10 on a carcass basis Dec. 8, up from $59 Dec. 1.

The U.S. pork cutout was $83.70 per cwt. Dec. 8, up from $83.35 Dec. 1.

T h e e s t i m a t e d U. S. w e e k l y slaughter to Dec. 9 was 2.537 million, up from 2.535 million the previous week.

Slaughter was 2.448 million last year at the same time.

In Canada, the Signature Five price was C$143.60 per 100 kilograms Dec. 9, up from $141.94 the

previous week. On a per hundredweight basis the price was $65.14, up from $64.38.

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

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$6.

U.S. buyers are offering US$4.50.

Animals outside the desirable buyer specifications may be discounted.

NEW LAMBS STRONGER Ontario Stockyards Inc. reported that 1,468 sheep and lambs and 128 goats sold Dec. 4. New crop lambs sold $10 - $15 per cwt. high-

er. Lambs sold $5-$10 lower. Heavy type lambs sold steady.

Thicker type sheep sold steady while good leaner types sold $5 - $10 per cwt. higher. Light weight goats sold actively at premium prices. All others sold steady.

Beaver Hill Auction in Tofield, Alta., reported that 522 sheep and 149 goats sold Dec. 4.

Wool lambs lighter than 54 pounds were $200-235 per cwt., 55-69 lb. were $200-$235, 70-85 lb. were $195-$224, 86-105 lb. were $185-$216 and 106 lb. and heavier were $174-$183.

Wool rams were $96-$124 per cwt. Cull ewes were $85-$141.

Hair lambs lighter than 54 lb. were $170-$210 per cwt., 55-69 lb. were $200-$230, 70-85 lb. were $198-$230, 86-105 lb. were $180$196 and 106 lb. and heavier were $165-$178.

Hair rams were $90-$132 per cwt.

Cull ewes were $105-$126.

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Sask. position on climate change plan may backfire

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askatchewan’s climate-change plan is being met with plaudits from oil and agricultural groups, but it will not meet federal requirements and thus will force the Trudeau government to impose a plan on the province that could leave key decisions up to Ottawa rather than the provincial government.

That is not a responsible plan.

The federal government says provinces must impose some form of carbon pricing by 2018 — either a carbon tax or a cap-andtrade system — but they must be equivalent to a tax of $10 per tonne on emissions, rising to $50 a tonne by 2022.

Whether or not we agree that a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade system is useful, or even whether humans are contributing to climate change, Saskatchewan and the other provinces face that reality.

Manitoba admitted as much when it unveiled a climate-change plan that includes a $25 carbon tax that will not increase — an interesting approach that will test the federal government’s resolve — after getting a legal opinion that Ottawa has the right to impose such a tax.

Saskatchewan’s Brad Wall government says climate change plans should focus on innovation and adaptation, not on carbon pricing. There is no evidence any of the leading candidates vying to replace him in January will deviate from that. He has said the province will take the federal government to court over any attempts to enforce a carbon tax.

Saskatchewan’s plan gets it right in some areas, specifically agriculture. It recognizes carbon sequestration practices such as zero-tillage, and it won’t tax fuel used on farms. Most provincial climate change plans take all this into consideration.

Yet, there are no overall targets in Saskatchewan’s plan for emissions reduction, and no estimates on how the plan will perform.

It is a political document that will appeal to Saskatchewan voters. Indeed, a poll sug-

gested that 70 percent of the population supports Saskatchewan’s position not to impose a carbon tax.

It’s important to note that the federal government has said money collected through carbon levies will stay in the province where it’s generated, but it has not said that money will be returned to provincial governments. That means rebates from carbon pricing — a key part of any climate change plan — could well be determined by the federal government rather than Regina.

Alberta, which imposed a $20 carbon tax in January that will rise to $30 a tonne in 2018, plans to rebate more than $1.5 billion to households over the next five years.

Ontario and Quebec have adopted a capand-trade system, British Columbia has had a carbon tax since 2008, and the Atlantic provinces are still working on their plans, though they have said they will put a price on carbon emissions.

Saskatchewan stands alone in refusing to put a price on carbon.

Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna acknowledged Saskatchewan’s plan, but she said it does not meet federal standards because it mainly hits heavy industry instead of the wider economy, which is where a carbon tax comes in.

Thirty-two percent of Saskatchewan’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the oil sector, 24 percent from agriculture and 19 percent from electrical generation.

So, Saskatchewan is likely headed to court if the federal government follows through on its threat to impose a carbon pricing plan.

That may be popular with Saskatchewan voters, but if key decisions are left to Ottawa as a result of a plan that’s imposed on the province, it’s also imprudent.

WATCHING OUT FOR NEIGHBOURS’ MENTAL HEALTH

Instead of just the simple, ‘hey how’s it going?

Yep I’m great,’ it’s actually taking the time to realize that maybe my neighbour didn’t get all their harvest done, or maybe my neighbour didn’t get all their seeding done and reaching out to make sure that they actually are OK. KIM KELLER, GRONLID, SASK., FARMER, PAGE 46

Bruce Dyck, Barb Glen, Brian MacLeod, D’Arce McMillan and Michael Raine collaborate in the writing of Western Producer editorials.

Grain transportation system reform goes off the rails again CAPITAL LETTERS

KELSEY JOHNSON

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ime is ticking on the Liberals’ attempts to reform Canada’s grain transportation system.

Bill C-49, the Transportation Modernization Act, has been stuck in the Senate since Nov. 2 — despite promises from Transport Minister Marc Garneau that the bill would be in place by the end of the year.

The House of Commons is expected to rise for its Christmas break no later than Dec. 15. The Senate is expected to rise shortly after.

Garneau was scheduled to appear in front of the Senate transport committee Dec. 12 on Bill

C-49. It’s the first committee hearing on the legislation.

As of Dec. 11, no additional meetings have been planned to try to fast-track the legislation through the Senate.

Conservative Senator David Tkachuk from Saskatchewan chairs the Senate’s transport committee, but the bill’s adjournment (the mechanism by which legislation is being passed through the legislative process) is being overseen by former Liberal senator Terry Mercer.

Justin Trudeau’s Liberals have had a tumultuous relationship with the Senate. In 2014, the prime minister kicked all 32 then-Liberal senators out of his party’s caucus and made them sit as independents. It was a surprise move, one that caught Hill watchers on all sides off guard.

“The only way to be a part of the Liberal caucus is to be put there by the people of Canada,” Trudeau said at the time.

The senators were none too

pleased, and vowed to take full advantage of their new-found party independence. The Senate has long been billed as the chamber of sober second thought.

At the time it didn’t really matter — the Conservatives held a majority in the Senate and remained members of their party’s caucus.

Fast forward four years.

The independents now hold the majority in the Senate, thanks to recent appointments. They’ve also taken their independence to heart.

The senators are not afraid to push back against the House of Commons and the governing Liberals — a position they made very clear when they threatened to hold up the government’s entire 2017 budget implementation legislation in June.

Meanwhile, the Liberal government, which is desperate to start passing legislation and change the channel away from embattled Finance Minister Bill Morneau, have no mechanism to ensure the

legislation gets passed.

Cue Bill C-49. It’s a piece of legislation that started as Ottawa’s longawaited response to the grain transportation woes of 2013 and has since evolved into a megaoverhaul of Canada’s transportation system, including the introduction of video cameras in locomotives and the Liberals’ coveted airline passenger bill of rights.

The problem: not everyone is a fan of the airline passenger bill of rights proposal. Many say it doesn’t go far enough, while few are convinced the legislation will make much difference for travel-weary Canadians.

Meanwhile Canadian agriculture — the sector for which the fasttracked review was launched in the first place — has seen temporary grain transportation measures expire with no extension.

The likelihood that Bill C-49 would get held up somewhere along the legislative process is not surprising.

However, the Liberals likely only

have themselves to blame for the fact the grain section of the bill isn’t already law.

Last spring, before the House of Commons rose for its summer recess, the Conservatives and NDP (many of whom remember the 2013 crisis) offered to pull out the grain piece of the legislation so that it could be fast-tracked separately.

The Liberals refused. They insisted — and continue to insist — that the bill amends one piece of legislation and should therefore remain whole.

Instead, the Liberals offered to call the House of Commons transport committee back in September, before the House returned this fall, to work on the legislation.

Now, Garneau wants the Senate transport committee to do the same thing. The Senate has shown no interest in doing so.

And so the stalemate continues.

Kelsey Johnson is a reporter with iPolitics, www.ipolitics.ca.

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Canada unlikely to give up on NAFTA

Reader input welcome

BY LAURA DAWSON

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anada walked away from the free-trade negotiations with the United States in 1987. It did the same in 2016 in the negotiations with the European Union.

Both walkouts were predicated on two assumptions: first, that the negotiations would have to be elevated to the political level for resolution, and second, that there was the belief that the other side wanted a deal.

In the current North American Free Trade Agreement 2.0 negotiations, Canada and Mexico are under no illusions that American negotiators will call them back with a compromise if they walk.

In fact, it is possible that the negotiators from the Office of the United States Trade Representative are under instructions to let the deal fail.

The real sticking points are the four so-called poison pills. These include reductions in government procurement, a sunset clause that would kill the deal on the basis of U.S. trade deficit triggers, automotive rules of origin that no North American automotive company could currently meet, and a dispute settlement system that allows participants to opt out at will. Wouldn’t your kids love it if you tried that at home?

Negotiators now must focus on reaching a provisional settlement on issues where there is common ground and leave the job of rescuing the deal from a hostile administration to the U.S. Congress, where it belongs. Trade-oriented members of Congress have noted that the poison pills will equally harm U.S. production and investor confidence, and will provoke trade retali-

MICHAEL RAINE MANAGING EDITOR

M Canada has a lot to lose if trade negotiations with the United States fail. | ation from Canada and Mexico.

Yet leaders from the House of Representatives’ ways and means committee and the Senate finance committee have not yet seriously engaged on the trade file.

When they do engage, Republican senators from agricultural states are not going to let this agreement fail with nearly $18 billion in U.S. agriculture exports to Mexico and $23 billion to Canada at stake.

Unfortunately, the least likely outcome is the near-term implementation of a modernized NAFTA that facilitates trade among the three countries.

However, complete dissolution of NAFTA is also unlikely. The Wall Street Journal puts the odds at one in four. Most legal experts agree that it would be difficult for U.S. President Donald Trump to remove the U.S. from NAFTA without agreement from Congress and there is little support for this action

among U.S. legislators.

The more likely scenarios are that the president launches a notice of withdrawal that is blocked for the next couple years by the legislative or judicial branches of the U.S. government.

In practical terms, the most likely short-term option is a zombie NAFTA that is neither alive nor dead while North American producers and consumers wait for a presidential change of heart or a change of president.

The zombie option is preferable to a completely dead NAFTA, but the economic effects of such instability are undeniably negative for all three countries.

More than 80 percent of economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal this month predict that a NAFTA withdrawal would hurt U.S. growth, some predicting it could even trigger a recession. But it is not necessary to kill the deal to torpedo

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the U.S. economy with more than 80 U.S. agricultural groups saying they were “sadly confident” that even the initiation of withdrawal measures would trigger cancellation of commodity order and product-specific retaliation. Once such supply chains are broken, these markets are not easily restored.

It is by no means certain that the NAFTA will fail, but what is clear is that the resolution lies in U.S. political hands. Facing this reality, Canadian negotiators should continue to work on the issues where they can make a difference until they can go no further, recognizing that once they the leave the table, influence over final outcomes moves out of Canadian control.

Laura Dawson is director of the Canada Institute, a public policy forum in Washington, D.C., that studies the Canadian-American relationship.

Good records key when seeking compensation HURSH ON AG

KEVIN HURSH

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ou may have a dispute from time to time with an input supplier, and every now and then a significant dispute will arise that involves a lot of money. Being prepared is the best defence.

There are still farmers negotiating with suppliers over a problem with sticky fertilizer from last spring. I’ve heard the same complaint from individual producers over a large geographic area, which suggests the problem may have been with a specific batch that was widely distributed.

It’s also possible that producers were affected to varying degrees, depending upon how much of the sticky granular fertilizer they

received in their pre-spring deliveries.

Producers report plugged drills because the product just wouldn’t flow properly. In retrospect, some of the producers admit they should have realized the problem sooner as the fertilizer didn’t auger in and out of bins normally.

It can be difficult to quantify losses after the fact. What’s lost time at seeding worth if you keep plugging up the air distribution system on your seeder? What’s the loss in time and fertilizer efficiency if you have to stop seeding to try and broadcast the product?

And what if your retailer and/or the manufacturer won’t admit to the problem or stonewalls on the idea of compensation?

The legal system is supposed to provide a remedy for these sorts of disputes, but unfortunately lawyers are expensive and the legal system moves slowly. However, sometimes the threat of legal action is enough to bring suppliers to the bargaining table if they aren’t taking the problem seriously.

In a widespread dispute involv-

ing many producers, some might be offered compensation while others are not. In this case, the same fertilizer manufacturer appears to be involved, but there are many different retailers resulting in differences in how producers are being treated.

It’s also possible that large farmers will receive more attention because suppliers don’t want to lose their important accounts.

In some disputes, it can be helpful for affected producers to band together to press for common treatment. Occasionally, class action lawsuits are launched. Lawyers will sometimes take on these cases for a percentage of any final settlement and may not require a lot of money up front.

Key to the whole process, whether you negotiate individually or c o l l e c t i v e l y , i s t o hav e g o o d records. When exactly did you get the fertilizer that caused the problem? Do you have photos of your plugged drill? Did you save samples of the fertilizer for analysis?

Exactly how many times did you plug? How much time did you lose?

Do you have photos of fertilizer misses in the crop? Do you have any data on the yield differences?

Did you drag your retailer out to see the problem? Did you involve an independent agrologist?

Over the years, just about every crop input imaginable has had problems: • seed that doesn’t germinate properly or that’s the wrong variety • pulse crop inoculant where most or all of the rhizobium bacteria are dead • diesel fuel that isn’t properly formulated • air drills that were never set up properly or that have problematic components Some farmers seem to be a magnet for problems and lodge a steady stream of complaints. Eventually, their complaints lose credibility.

However, real problems do occasionally arise in which producers legitimately deserve compensation.

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

anaging reader feedback in publications has been a growing challenge with the growth of the online world.

Producer.com has been around since 1995. Our website is one of the oldest in the industry, and this year you read approximately four million pages from the site. That’s big farm news.

Having been involved with the site from the start, I can tell you that we’ve enjoyed managing reader feedback.

It comes from a pair of shared histories in this industry: letters to the editor, which in our case is Open Forum dating back to 1923; and the earliest computer networks that farmers were using that preceded the internet.

Letters to the editor and larger opinion-editorials, written by readers, politicians and industry leaders, represent the voices of our neighbours and friends.

The early computer network forums and chat groups have spread into much larger networks of commentary, thought and group problem solving.

Farm groups on sites like Combine Forum and Agri-ville and on Facebook create forums where farmers with similar, and often heavily focused, interests can come together to discuss, or more accurately, express, the things that matter to them today. They can also share knowledge, which is an important part of farm culture.

The Western Producer’s comments sections after each story on our website are busy places as well.

Readers can put their thoughts and opinions into play with our journalists’ work, adding value to the rest of our community.

Ours is a moderated system, so each comment that is added to a story is read and approved by an experienced editor. Not that we are stifling debate or silencing legitimate voices — we only ensure that those voices are respectful of others because sometimes passion will trump common values and push the discourse a little over the top.

We also will moderate opinions that make what we believe to be false claims or try to sell stuff.

Some of those comments are led by internet trolls, looking to pick a fight or to light a metaphorical opinion dumpster on fire just to watch others watch it burn.

However, our readers are mostly respectful, looking to join or engage their neighbours in discussion and grow the community through dialogue and shared experience — and we thank you for that. mike.raine@producer.com

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OPEN FORUM REPEAL ALL OF BILL 40 To the Editor: The citizens of Saskatchewan know the Crown Corporations Act is in the public interest to provide services and revenue to the province that private corporations do not always do.

SaskTel provides internet and cellular coverage to pretty much the entire province at competitive rates. SGI provides car insurance that is cheaper than private insurance. Natural gas to heat our homes and businesses is delivered

by SaskEnergy and electricity by SaskPower.

Without these publicly owned corporations, many Saskatchewan residents, especially in northern and rural areas, would either have

to pay a great deal more for these services or do without altogether.

But our crown corporations are under threat. In the spring, the Sask Party government passed Bill 40, which permits the privatization of 49 percent of a crown corporation without the public process that would other wise be required under another law. Bill 40 also says that winding up a crown corporation is not privatization.

Bill 40 was also used to wind up the Saskatchewan Transportation Company. As residents are finding out, this has deprived many people of the means to travel from one community to another, including for medical appointments. This has also complicated sending lab samples for testing, library materials for interlibrary loans, and the shipping of countless goods such

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There has been a great deal of controversy about Bill 40. That is likely why Premier Brad Wall announced that his government will repeal the bill. However, the throne speech opening this session of the legislature indicated that the repeal will not include the repeal of the winding up portion. This means the government will retain the legal power to shut down all or part of a major crown corporation without the public input required under the Crown Corporations Public Ownership Act. Some might say the partial repeal is required because the STC was

shut down in accordance with Bill 40. However, that is not tr ue because, unless the repeal bill was made retroactive, the STC shutdown would not be affected.

The possibility of a partial repeal is very suspicious. Recently, new legislation was introduced in the legislature that would change the law governing SaskEnergy. Some will recall that the Devine government (for which Brad Wall was a functionary) split SaskEnergy off from SaskPower and was going to privatize it until opposition from the public and the opposition NDP forced it to back off.

At the moment, SaskEnergy and TransGas, both crown corporations, have exclusive jurisdiction over our natural gas distribution system. A change to that has, until now, required public scrutiny and debate in the legislature. The proposed amendments, however, would allow the cabinet to make these changes by regulation, with-

out public debate and scrutiny.

If the legislation passes in its present form, it means that the government could (a) wind down the gas distribution network; (b) quickly pass a regulation to permit private ownership of the gas distribution system; and (c) sell off the distribution system assets to those private owners. Much the same could happen with other crown corporations: selling off the fibre optic network for SaskTel, for example.

This would be privatization in an underhanded way and very contrary to Wall’s statements about listening to the public and deciding to repeal Bill 40. That is why there should be a complete repeal of Bill 40. Privatization could still occur, but the government would have to do it openly with full scrutiny and debate and with the vote of the people of Saskatchewan.

Tim Quigley Saskatoon, Sask.

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Biochar research finds limited yield benefit on Prairies The soil amendment may reduce nitrous oxide emissions and decrease the toxicity of herbicides

BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Research has found that adding biochar to prairie soil has little to no effect on soil conditions, plant nutrition or crop growth, says a University of Saskatchewan soil scientist.

However, farmers may realize other benefits from the product.

Dr. Jeff Schoenau told the recent Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan annual meeting that biochar has long been recognized as an amendment to highly weathered soil, especially in the tropics, because of its ability to prevent nutrient loss.

Biochar can be made from a variety of materials, including straw, woody plants, manure and animal processing byproducts. It is made through a thermochemical or combustion process, using either a slow method called pyrolysis or the faster method of gasification.

Schoenau said pyrolysis results in a chunkier product similar to charcoal, while the faster method results in ash.

“It’s a rather stable material. It’s inert,” he said. “The one thing biochar has is a high surface area that gives it a very high adsorptive ability.”

That capability has made it a

Researchers are studying the effectiveness of applying biochar to prairie soil. This biochar was made in Peru, where the practice was used hundreds of years ago to replenish soil nutrients. | REUTERS/ENRIQUE CASTRO-MENDIVIL PHOTO popular additive to tropical and acidic soils that don’t retain nutrients well.

Prairie soils already have good retention, Schoenau said, but about seven years ago researchers started to examine what effect it might have.

The first studies used willow biochar from the Saskatchewan Research Council and oat hull biochar from Titan Clean Energy at Craik, Sask., in a controlled growth chamber environment.

The biochar was used alone and with nitrogen and phosphorous fertilizers. The fertilizers alone increased the yield, as expected.

“Adding the biochar directly really didn’t have any effect on the yield of the canola,” Schoenau said.

The study moved out to the field

and was done on a brown soil. Biochar was applied at one tonne per acre. He said there was a slight increase in the soil pH and the organic carbon concentration, a sort of carbon sequestration, but there were no effects on salinity.

“One of the interesting things that we are looking at now is adding biochars to saline soils and maybe they might perhaps provide a little bit better environment for germination of some salt tolerant grasses and crops.”

Another field trial using biochar from wheat straw and flax straw, in combination with two different rates of nitrogen and phosphorous fertilizer, on both brown and black soils, looked at yield effects on canola the first year and wheat the next year.

The biochar was applied at zero, one-half and one tonne per acre.

There were no effects on the brown soil sites.

“We did see, but only with wheat straw biochar, a significant yield benefit” at the moister black soil site south of Prince Albert, he said.

“This kind of characterized a lot of our work that followed. Sometimes we would see a benefit, sometimes we wouldn’t.”

He and students also looked at combining liquid hog manure and cattle manure with biochar to examine the effect on barley nitrogen uptake. The only trial that produced a yield increase was the hog manure on its own.

“When we combined that liquid hog manure with the biochar, interestingly, there was a trend for the nitrogen uptake to actually decline in that case.”

He said that is likely because the biochar was holding on tightly to the readily available nitrogen in the hog manure.

Biochar made from organic waste like flax straw could be a marketing opportunity for farmers There was some evidence of sorption of available nitrogen in the soil, he said.

Schoenau said the results of the work are probably affected by rates of biochar application.

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In most cases, the Saskatchewan applications were less than four tonnes per acre, compared to the 40 tonnes others apply.

The soils were already good to begin with, and the semi-arid to sub-humid climate means potential for losses aren’t as great.

However, the work yielded some other interesting observations.

“We did see the biochar amendment significantly reduce nitrous oxide emissions when combined with urea fertilizer,” he said.

Given that nitrous oxide is a greenhouse gas, there could be implications for sequestration.

Another impact is the effect biochar could have on soil-applied herbicides. One study using biochar and sulfentrazone, known as Authority, found that some biochar concentrations decreased the toxicity of the herbicide.

“What the char is doing is it’s binding with the herbicide and reducing or inhibiting its activity.”

This could have practical applications where soil residue is a problem. He also said biochar could present an opportunity for farmers to recycle waste organic material as soil amendments.

“I’m particularly excited about flax straw,” he said. “I really hate to see it burned. There may be some particular application for taking that and producing it into this adsorptive material that would then have a potential market.”

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BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

ARE WE PREPARED TO USE GENE DRIVE TECHNOLOGY? • • • •

It’s a technology with incredible potential.

It’s a technology with tremendous risks.

It might put an end to malaria.

It might eliminate the need for insecticides and possibly herbicides.

• It could also have tragic consequences for bats and birds.

• It could have unpredictable impacts on entire ecosystems.

The technology is called gene drive.

New biotech advancement allows scientists to reduce and even eradicate certain species, such as weeds or disease-causing insects, prompting a significant environmental debate

“It is arguably the genetic technology with more social, ethical and policy implications than any other to emerge in the last decade,” Sally Otto, a University of British Columbia zoologist, wrote on the Royal Society of Canada website.

“Gene drive could be used to spread genes that reduce the ability of mosquitoes to transmit … diseases, including malaria, zika and dengue, that kill half a million people (annually) worldwide….

Gene drive could also be used to reduce the spread of invasive species, either sterilizing them or skewing their sex ratios towards males.”

Gene drive, in basic terms, is a

tool to spread a genetic alteration into a wild population of a certain species.

In nature there is on average a 50 percent chance of a parent passing a particular trait to an offspring.

However, with a gene drive a specified gene is inherited by all offspring, even if it is present in only one parent.

A U.S. National Academy of Sciences report said that in 2015 researchers used a gene-editing technique called CRISPR/Cas 9 to drive a targeted gene through about 99 percent of a population of fruit flies and mosquitoes.

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MENDELIAN INHERITANCE VERSUS GENE DRIVE INHERITANCE Gene drives are often described as an exception to the conventional rules of inheritance first described in 1866 by a monk named Gregor Mendel.

With a gene drive, the offspring will almost always receive the targeted genetic element (shown in dark blue), the end result of which is preferential increase of a specific genotype.

Under Mendelian inheritance, offspring have, on average, a 50 percent chance of inheriting a gene (d or D).

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The groundbreaking science switched on a light bulb for biologists around the globe. Many scientists are now exploring possible uses for gene drive, including: • altering the genetics of mosquito populations so they can’t transmit diseases • reducing the population of mosquitoes by making females sterile • altering the genetics of insect pests so they can’t transmit diseases to crops Entomologists are particularly interested in the potential of the technology because insects reproduce frequently, making it possible to drive a desired genetic trait through a large population of insects in a short period of time.

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The trait could be something like sterility, which would reduce the overall population of pests.

“Researchers are pursuing applications of gene drives to control a number of economically significant agricultural pests. These include Lepidopteran insects … and spotted wing Drosophila, one of the most significant pests of small fruit and berry producers in the United States,” Zachary Brown, an economist at North Carolina State, wrote in Choices, a magazine of the U.S. Agricultural Economics Association.

The opportunity to control agricultural pests could be limitless, but many scientists are worried about the possibilities made famous by former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld: the known unknowns and unknown unknowns of gene drive.

One of the major concerns is that it’s more powerful than established biotechnology.

“It has great potential, which is why people are quite interested in it,” Otto said.

“What’s different about this technology is it’s not just capable of modifying a single organism, but spreading throughout a species….

(It’s) a much broader implication than genetic engineering of a single individual.”

Johanna Elsensohn, a graduate student in entomology at North Carolina State University, said a gene drive to control mosquitoes in South America could potentially alter the mosquito population in North America.

“Potentially, over time, over many, many generations, if you released it in Brazil it could make it to the U.S,” said Elsensohn, coauthor of a scientific paper looking at the obstacles and challenges of using gene drive in agriculture.

Controlling the geographic spread of the gene is worrisome, as is the remote possibility of the gene spreading to other species.

For Patrick Tranel, a weed scientist at the University of Illinois, the technical reality of gene drive is forcing policy makers to answer a profound question: is it ethical to extinguish a species, even a pest that spreads disease?

“There are very few organisms in the world that we have enough understanding that we would want to (drive it) to extinction,” he said.

“I don’t want to play God, at that level, to decide that this species has absolutely no value to Earth.”

T h e re’s a l s o t h e s e c o n d a r y impact of that extinction. What would the loss of an insect species mean to bats and birds that feed on that insect?

How does the loss of that insect, or a reduced population, affect the entire ecosystem?

Gene drive and weeds Most of the funding and the majority of scientific activity is being dedicated to gene drive and insect pests, but some researchers are looking into gene drive and weeds.

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“Insects can go anywhere. They can fly off your farm as soon as you release them,” Elsensohn said.

“An individual has no incentive to deploy this by themselves…. This is something that would have to be adopted and released on an areawide basis, but (ag companies) make the most of their money on individual farmer adoption.”

This sort of challenge remains a ways off because most gene drive research for agriculture is at the laboratory stage, Elsensohn said.

Otto said she’s not aware of any researchers in Canada who are using CRISPR to develop a gene drive application.

MONEY FLOWING INTO GENE DRIVE RESEARCH • In the fall of 2016 an Indian charitable foundation donated $70 million to the University of California San Diego for gene drive research. Two scientists at UC San Diego were one of the first teams to use CRISPR to construct a gene drive.

• In July of 2017, the U.S. Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency provided $65 million in funding to seven teams of scientists to study gene drive.

Sources: Wired Magazine and UC San Diego

Is gene drive worth the hassle?

Maybe an argument could be made to (make) a mosquito extinct, but I’m not sure we could make an argument saying we want a (certain) weed species extinct .

PATRICK TRANEL, WEED SCIENTIST

» CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Despite his reservations, Tranel believes gene drive could be used to control troublesome weeds that are resistant to multiple herbicides.

He is studying the dioecious nature of certain weeds, in which there are male flowers and female flowers on separate plants. If weed scientists can understand how that works genetically, it could lead to a gene drive.

“We could (hypothetically) control maleness and make males the dominant trait in these weeds. We could release some males that are modified so that all of their progeny

would be males,” he said.

“And after a few generations you would eliminate female (weeds) from the population. Locally you could drive the population to extinction.”

Such a concept is just a concept because scientists don’t know what gene, or likely genes, determines if a weed becomes a male or female.

“In order to do a gene drive, you have to have a gene. You need a target.”

Developing a gene drive to control a weed population might be technically possible, but regulations could thwart the technology before it reached the market.

Government agencies may not accept the idea of using a gene drive to eradicate a weed or an insect that transmits disease to crops.

“Maybe an argument could be made to (make) a mosquito extinct, but I’m not sure we could make an argument saying we want a (certain) weed species extinct,” Tranel said, adding that birds eat weed seeds and that weeds are part of the ecosystem.

Another challenge, especially with a gene drive for a crop pest, is the return on investment.

What farmer is going to pay to release a gene drive moth on his cropland if the benefits go to all the

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Using CRISPR gene editing to construct a gene drive has been around only since 2015, but the scientific and ethical debate over the technology is becoming louder.

A number of biologists say the only option is a complete ban of gene drive because there are too many unknowns.

Others say the technology should be considered because hundreds of thousands of people die every year from malaria and other mosquito-transmitted diseases.

Gene drive could also be used to control invasive species that cause environmental destruction.

Elsensohn thinks gene drive will first be employed to prevent the spread of disease. Adopting it for agriculture could prove difficult.

“For public health there seems to be an upswell of support. I don’t think the same can be said when you’re using that same technology for agriculture.”

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That’s partly because many people remain concerned about genetically modified crops, which have been around for more than 20 years.

Polling in 2016 and 2017 shows that 40 to 50 percent of North Americans think GM food is bad for their health.

With that level of public distrust, developers of gene drive technology for agriculture could face massive public opposition and severe regulatory hurdles.

Tranel said it might take a crisis to get the public on board, something like herbicide resistant weeds destroying millions of acres of cropland in the U.S. Midwest.

“We’re not there yet … but we are in the process of running out of options (to kill weeds),” he said.

“Maybe in five to 10 years from now we’re going to need a brand new technology like a gene drive.” robert.arnason@producer.com

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Farmers’ sustainability focus rewarded Saskatchewan and Quebec couples win Outstanding Young Farmers award

BY KAREN MORRISON SASKATOON NEWSROOM

PENTICTON, B.C. — Sustainable farming was rewarded at this year’s Outstan d in g Youn g Fa r me r s aw a rd s c e re m o n y w i t h b o t h national winners focused on soil ecology and the environment.

Grain farmers Derek and Tannis Axten of Minton, Sask., and produce growers Francois Handfield and Veronique Bouchard of Mont Tremblant, Que., were selected from seven provincial nominees during an awards ceremony Dec. 1 in Penticton.

Me e r u D h a l w a l a , a B r i t i s h Columbia restaurateur and author who helped pick the winners, praised all the nominees for their innovative practices.

She called the Saskatchewan couple brave for taking risks.

“They got a functioning wheel and took it apart,” she said.

“Re-doing a fully functioning wheel took a lot of guts.”

The Axtens, whose two children represent the fourth generation on the family farm, said they hoped to inspire others and be inspired by farmers like those represented at the national conference. “(OYF) showcases farming, doing things outside the box that are innovative and exciting. It’s great to come at farming from a different perspective,” said Tannis.

Tannis and Derek Axten of Minton, Sask., left, and Francois Handfield and Veronique Bouchard of Mont Tremblant, Que., were named Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers national winners Dec. 1 at the group’s annual conference in Penticton, B.C. | KAREN MORRISON PHOTO

(OYF) showcases farming, doing things outside the box that are innovative and exciting. It’s great to come at farming from a different perspective.

TANNIS AXTEN OUTSTANDING YOUNG FARMERS

Derek said the networks formed here will serve them well into the future.

“Now I can pick up the phone and bounce questions off one another.”

Tannis agreed.

“Lifelong networks and support

mean everything in this industry.”

For the Quebec couple, their priorities are encouraging others to consider farming as a career and putting a human face on the industry.

“See the human behind the business and understand the day-today life of each farm. The only way to understand it is to spend time together,” said Handfield, who suggested making connections with young people in schools. “ To get interest is to go into schools and show farming as a good way of life and then support them from a young age, from college and when making their busi-

ness,” said Handfield.

Bouchard said farming is a good career.

“People see the farm as hard work that’s hard to make a good living at.

We have to show positive examples of how farming can be viable. You can have holidays and have a normal life and have fun and realize our ideals,” said the mother of two children. “(OYF) shows examples of how when you want it, it’s possible.”

Handfield stressed the need to mentor farmers interested in organics.

“For an organic vegetable farm, you don’t need too much capital.

The trick is to get knowledge and labour,” he said.

Environmental concerns were top of mind when the Quebec couple built their organic produce business from scratch.

Handfield and Bouchard developed their certified organic Aux Petits Oignons, a direct marketing vegetable enterprise on 10 acres.

They built greenhouses that incorporated sustainable materials and energy conservation into the design and manage their climate and irrigation with the latest technology.

They also worked with a human resources expert to improve conditions for their workers in the labour intensive operation.

The business sells produce at the farm and through local markets, offers weekly food baskets and tours and engages student trainees.

Axten Farms has focused its efforts on improving soil health in recent years through companion crops, cover crops and composting, resulting in the need for fewer inputs.

In addition to restoring balance to their soil, the couple also seeds a diverse mixture of crops following harvest that are not in their annual rotations. They grow until freezeup and are then lightly grazed by another producer’s cattle.

Other award winners during the OYF national conference Nov. 30-Dec. 3 included dairy farmers Joan and Doug Cranston of Ancaster, Ont., who received the W.R. Motherwell award for their dedication to the association and the agricultural community. karen.morrison@producer.com

OYF nominees share tips on succession

BY KAREN MORRISON SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Allister, left, and Lauchie MacEachern work in their Debert, N. S., dairy barn | NICK PEARCE PHOTO

PENTICTON, B.C. — Careful planning, honest conversations, trust and respect are keys to successful generational farm transfers.

In interviews during the Outstanding Young Farmer national conference in Penticton Nov. 30-Dec. 3, provincial nominees shared these tips from their farms’ succession plans.

Lauchie and Jolene MacEachern of Folly River dairy farm at Debert, N.S., who gradually took over the farm from a couple seeking to retire, said there are no cookiecutter solutions because each farm is unique.

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Bite into your Christmas list with a cookie exchange CHOCOLATE ROLL-OUT COOKIES

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Christmas cookie exchange is a fun and social event during the holiday season.

For ease of sharing, package your contribution in individual take-home containers for each person and include the ingredient list and storage suggestions.

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2 1/2 c.

1/4 c.

1/2 tsp.

1/2 tsp.

1/4 tsp.

1/2 tsp.

3 oz.

all-purpose flour 625 mL unsweetened cocoa powder 60 mL baking powder 2 mL salt 2 mL baking soda 1 mL ground cinnamon, optional 2 mL bittersweet chocolate, chopped 85 g

Sift first five ingredients and cinnamon, if desired, into medium bowl. Stir chocolate in metal bowl and set over saucepan of simmering water until melted and smooth. Set aside.

Beat butter in large bowl at medium speed until smooth and creamy, about two minutes.

Add sugar and beat until mixture is pale and fluffy, about two minutes.

Add egg and beat until well blended, about one minute. Reduce speed to low and beat in vanilla and chocolate. Add flour mixture and beat on low speed just to blend.

Gather dough into a ball and divide in half. Form each half into a ball and flatten into disk.

Wrap disks separately in plastic and chill until firm, at least four hours.

1 c.

1 1/3 c.

1 1/2 tsp.

butter, room temperature 250 mL sugar 325 mL large egg vanilla extract 2 mL sprinkles or other sugar decorations (optional) royal icing, optional

Dough can be made two days ahead. Keep chilled. Let stand at room temperature 30 minutes before rolling out.

Position rack in centre of oven and preheat to 350 F (180 C). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

Working with one disk at a time, roll out dough between two sheets of waxed or parchment paper to one-eighth inch (3 cm) thickness for smaller cookies, two-inch (5 cm), cookies and one-quarter-inch (6 cm) thickness for larger, three to four inch, (7-10 cm) ones.

Waxed paper prevents you from adding too much flour, which will make the cookies tough.

Using decorative cookie cutters, cut out cookies using cold dough. If it warms up, place in the freezer for about five minutes.

Use an offset spatula to peel

away the excess dough and transfer the cookies to parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing one inch apart.

Gather scraps, roll out dough and cut more cookies, repeating until all dough is used. If not icing cookies, decorate with sprinkles or other sugar toppings, if desired.

Bake one sheet at a time until cookies are firm on top and slightly darker around edges, about nine minutes for smaller cookies and up to 12 minutes for larger cookies. Cool completely on rack.

Decorate cookies with royal icing, if desired.

Cookies can be made four days ahead. Store between sheets of waxed paper in airtight containers. Makes 60 small or 20 large cookies.

Source: adapted from Dorie Greenspan.

ROYAL ICING 1 1/2 - 2 c. icing sugar, 375-500 mL unsifted 1 large egg white 1 tsp. lemon juice 1/2 tsp. almond extract, 2 mL optional Beat egg whites with lemon juice until combined. Sift the icing sugar to remove lumps and add it to the egg whites.

The lesser amount of icing sugar is good for a flooding consistency, and the larger amount is for outlining, but you can add more for a much thicker consistency good for writing. If you add too much icing sugar or would like to make a thinner consistency, add small amounts of water, a few drops at a time.

Beat on low until combined and smooth.

Use immediately or keep in an airtight container.

Royal icing starts to harden as soon as it’s in contact with air so make sure to cover containers with plastic wrap while not in use.

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DRIED CRANBERRY AND PISTACHIO BISCOTTI This is a very sticky dough. Lightly wet your hands to prevent sticking. Shape the dough into a log.

1 1/2 c.

1 1/2 tsp.

1/4 tsp.

1/2 c.

1/2 c.

flour 375 mL baking powder 7 mL salt 1 mL yellow cornmeal 125 mL unsalted butter, at room temperature 125 mL

Heat oven to 350 F (180 C) and have the rack in the middle position.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Whisk flour, baking powder, cornmeal and salt together. Set aside.

Beat butter and sugar together in a stand mixer using the paddle attachment until smooth, about three minutes.

Add eggs and continue beating until creamy, about two more minutes. Beat in vanilla extract.

With the mixer on slow speed, add the flour mixture and beat only until

1 c.

2 large 1 1/2 tsp.

1/3 c.

1/3 c.

sugar eggs vanilla dried cranberries, chopped pistachios, chopped

it is incorporated. The mixture will be sticky. Turn off mixer and stir in cranberries and nuts with a spatula.

Scrape half of the dough onto one side of the baking sheet. Moisten your hands slightly so the dough doesn’t stick and form into a log about 12 inches long. Repeat on the other side of the baking sheet with the remainder of the dough.

Bake for 15 minutes or until the logs are lightly golden but still soft and springy to the touch. Cool for 30 minutes.

250 mL 7 mL 75 mL 75 mL

Using a wide metal spatula, transfer the logs to a cutting board. Heat oven again to 350 F (180 C).

With a serrated knife, trim the ends and cut the log into three-quarter-inch (2 cm) slices. Return the slices to the baking sheet but this time stand them on edge. Bake for another 15 minutes or until they are golden and firm. Transfer to cooling racks.

When cool store in an airtight container until needed.

Source: adapted from Baking From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan.

PEPPERMINT AMMONIA COOKIES Ammonia bicarbonate is one of the leaveners in this cookie. It produces a light and airy cookie that becomes moister with sitting. They were probably brought to Canada with Scandinavian immigrants. The dough is sticky so I used a lot of flour on the countertop and floured my hands. Knead dough a couple of times and then gently flatten before rolling. Use more flour as required but brush off excess before baking.

1/2 c.

1 1/2 c.

1 c.

3 2 tbsp.

butter, softened white sugar heavy cream eggs, beaten boiling water

Preheat the oven to 375 F (190 C).

Grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.

In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar with the paddle attachment until smooth. Add the heavy cream and beaten eggs.

Mix the ammonia into the boiling water and stir to dissolve. Add to the butter mixture along with the pep-

125 mL 375 mL 250 mL 30 mL

1 1/2 tbsp. bakers’ ammonia (ammonium bicarbonate) 1/2 tsp. peppermint oil 4 1/2 c. all-purpose flour 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder

permint oil.

Combine flour and baking powder and add to the batter. Mix until evenly blended. Generously flour the countertop and roll the dough out to one-quarter-inch (6 mm) in thickness. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters.

Place cookies 1 1/2 inches (4 cm) apart onto the prepared cookie

22 mL 2 mL 1.25 mL 12 mL

sheets. Continue to re-roll scraps being careful not to incorporate more flour until dough is gone.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until edges are golden. Cool slightly on baking sheets before removing to wire racks to cool completely. Top with a simple vanilla glaze and Christmas sprinkles for a festive mood.

MILK CHOCOLATE FUDGE 1 lb. fine-quality milk chocolate, chopped 450 g 1/4 c. unsalted butter 60 mL 1 14-oz. can sweetened condensed milk 450 mL 3/4 tsp. salt 3 mL Use the best quality chocolate that you can find.

Line bottom of an eight-inch (20 cm) square baking pan with parchment paper or wax paper.

Heat all ingredients in a metal bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water, stirring occasionally, until smooth.

Pour into baking pan and chill, uncovered, until firm, about four hours. Run a knife around edges of pan and invert fudge onto a work surface.

Remove parchment and cut fudge into one-inch (2.5 cm) squares. Serve chilled.

THREE GINGER COOKIES 3/4 c. unsalted butter, 175 mL room temperature 1 c. packed dark 250 mL brown sugar 1/4 c. molasses 60 mL 1 egg 2 1/4 c. unbleached 625 mL all-purpose flour

SHORTBREAD COOKIES I used a vintage cutter for these cookies. Holly sprinkles are available at bulk baking stores. Be sure to shower cookies with sugar before baking.

3/4 lb. butter, 365 g at room temperature 1 c. sugar 250 mL Mix butter, sugar, vanilla and salt in stand mixer using the paddle attachment until light and fluffy.

Gradually add flour and continue to mix until the flour is incorporated.

Knead a couple of times and cut into two equal pieces. Pat into a

1 tsp. vanilla 3 1/2 c. flour 1/4 tsp. salt

5 mL 975 mL 1 mL

rectangle, wrap in plastic kitchen wrap and refrigerate for a couple of hours or overnight.

Remove from the refrigerator and leave at room temperature for about 20 minutes.

Roll to half-inch (1.2 cm) thick-

ness, cut and place on parchment lined baking sheet.

Decorate with sprinkles or shower with more white sugar.

Bake at 350 F (180 C) for about nine minutes.

Source: adapted from Ina Garten.

This recipe is the best I have ever made.

Cream butter and brown sugar in a large mixer bowl. Beat in the molasses and then the egg.

Sift the flour, ground ginger, baking soda and salt together.

Stir into the butter mixture with a wooden spoon until blended. Add the fresh and crystallized gingers and stir well until mixed.

Refrigerate covered dough for two hours or overnight.

2 tsp.

2 tsp.

1/2 tsp.

1 1/2 tbsp.

1/2 c.

ground ginger 10 mL baking soda 10 mL salt 2 mL finely chopped 22 mL fresh ginger root finely chopped 125 mL crystallized ginger

Remove from refrigerator, heat oven to 350 F and line baking sheet with parchment paper.

Shape the dough into one-inch (2.5 cm) balls and place about two inches (5 cm) apart on baking sheets. Bake until browned, about 10 minutes.

Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Makes 3 1/2 – 4 dozen.

Source: adapted from Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook.

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Almost everyone who has influenced our ability to be here today has been an immigrant family. We feel that we should keep welcoming people. New people bring new ideas and that’s how we get better. If we shut that down, we’re just kind of insulating ourselves from progress.

JOLENE MACEACHERN NOVA SCOTIA OUTSTANDING YOUNG FARMER NOMINEE

» CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17 “It was just as stressful for us to come into this arrangement and trust that we were putting seven years in career development that might not work out,” said Jolene.

“We really had to trust each other and respect each other.”

The process included conversations about the what-ifs of how injury, death or illness would affect the succession plan.

Experts in accounting, law and banking were at the table from the beginning to avoid any surprises, they said.

For the future, they are structuring the business so that if none of their three children have an interest, the farm could be passed along to someone else just as it was offered to them.

As Alberta OYF nominees Marc and Hinke Therrien considered taking over Hinke’s family’s operation, there were siblings to consider, the parents’ divorce, a barn fire and Marc’s non-farming background.

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Hinke was born in the Netherlands and her family settled in Alberta, first running a dairy and later a turkey operation.

Marc was asked to work in the industry first to prepare him for the business, which today operates at Redwater.

“It was good for me because I had to ask myself, is this just a dream or a potential career,” he said.

“Working for someone different than her family and learning the ropes and getting the training required to do the job was a critical step in our success story,” said Marc.

They also enlisted the help of accountants, lawyers, a third par ty mediator and Marc ’s father, a financial planner, to sort it out. It took more than a year to create a plan where they bought the farm and paid back Hinke’s parent through a preferred shares arrangement.

“At the end of the day, everything worked out and we are quite happy,” said Marc, who noted it was expensive but successful because they were able to bridge gaps and establish a business plan that everybody could

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“Do what you say you’re going to do and follow though with it,” said Marc.

Hinke’s advice is to start succession planning early, noting their plans are in place in case one or more of their three children wishes to farm in future.

Both say it would have been impossible for them to get into the business without family support.

“They are one of the main reasons I’m standing here to day,” said Marc.

The MacEacherns cited immigration’s role in their success.

“Almost everyone who has influenced our ability to be here (at OYF) today has been an immigrant family,” said Jolene, citing government policies that brought immigrants to Canada in past decades.

“We feel that we should keep welcoming people. New people bring new ideas and that’s how we get better. If we shut that down, we’re just kind of insulating ourselves from progress,” she said.

They noted how neighbouring farms rely on these communities of people to operate.

“It’s important to agriculture to bring skills sets you need no matter where those people come from, whether Canada or other countries,” said Jolene.

The MacEacherns described a positive agricultural environment in Nova Scotia, where stable farmland prices have allowed many young farmers to start small-scale operations.

Nova Scotia is the only province in Canada that recorded an increase in farmers in the last five years, said Jolene. karen.morrison@producer.com

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Kevin Stewart addressed asking difficult questions to create change, growth and innovation on the farm at the Outstanding Young Farmers conference in Penticton, B.C. | KAREN MORRISON PHOTO

Don’t let your farm get stuck in a rut

BY KAREN MORRISON SASKATOON NEWSROOM

PENTICTON, B.C. — The status quo is not sustainable in a rapidly changing agricultural climate, delegates heard during Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers conference Dec. 1.

“If you are not focused on growth, you are going backwards,” said Kevin Stewart, who operates AgVision Media.

“In this disruptive environment, 70 percent of our decisions will be wrong because things are changing at an incredible pace,” said Stewart, citing examples from the last 50 years such as Facebook, cellphones, driverless tractors and electric cars.

He advised farmers to step out of their comfort zone, noting how returning to the same conference each year to talk to the same people limits opportunities for growth and new knowledge.

Stewart said a clear focus can also lead to innovation but likely happens during less than 30 percent of a farmer’s day.

“One of the main reasons on farms of why they fail to innovate is a lack of focus. We are distracted by our to-do list, multi-tasking, stick handling with our head down,” he said.

“If you can change what you focus on, you can change what grows.”

Writing down goals makes them more likely to be achieved, he added.

Stewart compared progress to old-time threshing machines building up movement through rotational energy.

“Progress is defined by action.

Take advantage of momentum,” he said.

“Don’t spend so much time in planning, and execute early.”

Change can lead to opportunity, he added, citing the example of Three Farmers camelina oil products. Facing low crop prices, the female entrepreneurs decided to move into value-added markets and now sell their products in grocery stores across Canada.

He conceded that emotions are often tied up in family farm decisions, so he suggested thinking about what an outsider would do.

“It helps force objectivity into the operation,” he said.

That could mean re-examining the operation and the way things have always been done and asking what could be cut.

“Quitting gets rid of clutter, and clutter is the enemy of clarity.”

That resonated with Grant Dyck, a 2009 provincial OYF nominee from Niverville, Man. “It’s a good challenge, you don’t hear that very often,” he said.

He and his wife, Colleen, grow grain and oilseeds on a multi-generational farm while also producing T-Rex ditchers and Gorp energy bars. “(Stewart) talked about what we should quit instead of taking on more,” said Dyck.

“Sometimes it’s better to regroup and realize we are doing too much at times. ” He said eliminating clutter to become focused could also help him prioritize, noting the many emails he receives daily that put him in a reactionary instead of proactive mode.

“This game is so volatile, you have to be on our feet and be ready to change,” said Dyck. karen.morrison@producer.com

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Garden gifts that keep on giving, growing SOWING SEEDS

LORNA MCILROY

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ifts from your garden or garden themed gifts will be appreciated now and throughout 2018.

If you are giving a plant, think beyond the familiar but delicate poinsettia and consider the Christmas cactus that will bloom in coming years with minimal care.

The ultimate low-maintenance choice would be bulbs. The amaryllis will progress from a dormant bulb to a spectacular bloom in only six weeks.

Prepared hyacinth bulbs will fill your home with fragrance as will paper white narcissus bulbs. These bulbs can be planted in soil or anchored in water with pebbles.

You can share the bounty of your garden with preserves, jams, jellies, pickles, relishes, vinegars or even wines. Be sure that they are well sealed, labelled and dated.

Herbs are also a popular choice, whether fresh in small pots or dried and packaged.

Include labels and recipes or suggestions for their use.

If you have gathered seeds in your garden, consider sharing them.

This year, I have plenty of scarlet runner beans, hollyhocks and poppies.

Be sure to pack seeds in paper envelopes, with collection dates and planting instructions listed.

Pressed or dried flowers have many possibilities.

Consider pressing a few flowers and leaves from houseplants such as African violets, geraniums, orchids and ferns. These pressed flowers can be used to decorate candles, notepaper or cards or arranged into a picture.

Gardening books make great gifts.

Sara Williams, Hugh Skinner, June Flanagan, Lyndon Penner, Laura Peters or Rob Sproule are wellknow n hor ticulturalists and authors. Check out the newly released Trees for Northern Landscapes, a father-son collaboration

by Wilbert G. Ronald and Philip S. Ronald of Jeffries Nurseries.

Growing Fruit in Northern Gardens by Sara Williams and Bob Bors is another good pick.

ABOVE, CLOCKWISE: Christmas cacti come in a variety of colours. | LORNA MCILROY PHOTOS Pressed flowers can be used to decorate cards or candles.

An amaryllis bulb makes a great gift.

A herb garden is appreciated well beyond the holidays.

From my family to yours, have a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year

I wish you all a joyful holiday season with an old Irish blessing for the new year: May the rains sweep gentle across your fields, May the sun warm the land, May every good seed you have planted bear fruit, And late summer find you s standing in fields of plenty.

Earl Dreeshen, MP Red Deer - Mountain View 4315-55th Avenue, Suite 100A Red Deer, AB T4N 4N7 403.347.7426 (Red Deer) 613.995.0590 (Ottawa) 866.211.0959 www.earldreeshen.ca

Lorna McIlroy is a retired educator and horticulturist in Grande Prairie, Alta.

Contact: lmcilroy@producer.com

May Christmas be a joyful family time and the New Year full of Blessings!

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Can you explain why doctors are hesitant to prescribe medications/antibiotics, etc., when patients return from a foreign destination, and a week later, they are still plagued with some level of gastrointestinal discomfort, albeit less acute?

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If a salmonella bacterial infection from food poisoning is suspected, you should not take Imodium or similar medications because they can hold the bacteria in your intestine for a longer period of time,

I have just read your article on the woman being prescribed ciprofloxacin as a preventive for traveller’s diarrhea.

In these times, I am alarmed that any doctor would do this. My understanding is that it is unlikely to treat this condition, likely to promote antibiotic-resistant bacteria (see articles elsewhere in The Western Producer) and is a relatively expensive antibiotic that is broad spectrum and not indicated.

Maybe the woman never contracted traveller’s diarrhea despite the preventive ciprofloxacin.

Maybe it would have been more prudent for the doctor not to have prescribed this antibiotic, let alone as a preventive, and to have advised that the ship’s doctor treat the woman if she developed the problem.

If the woman demanded treatment, the doctor could have prescribed something like metronidazole as a treatment, not as a preventive?

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You are quite correct to point this out to readers. I would not have prescribed a preventive antibiotic either and was merely

using this example to highlight some potentially dangerous sideeffects of this drug.

Antibiotic resistance is a serious concern and is responsible for many deaths every year as more and more drugs become ineffective.

Metronidazole is a better choice for treating traveller’s diarrhea if you suspect that parasites are the cause, which they often are in tropical places.

There may be more than a slight inconvenience to you if you seek treatment from the ship’s doctor for diarrhea. You may be confined to your cabin for much of the trip if the doctor suspects Norovirus because the cruise lines are concerned about the spread of this infectious illness.

Norovirus is more likely to occur in the winter months and is usually accompanied by vomiting and fever.

Viruses do not respond to antibiotics and in severe cases, antiviral drugs may be used instead.

The hand sanitizers stationed throughout the ship and outside the restaurants are effective in helping to prevent colds and flu, but hand washing with hot water and soap is the best way to prevent Norovirus along with trying to avoid using public restrooms.

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Challenges bring opportunities to Okanagan growers Labour shortage forces operation to rely on family to pick fruit and operate on-farm store

BY KAREN MORRISON SASKATOON NEWSROOM

OLIVER, B.C. — Access to a reliable labour force and ever increasing production costs have challenged British Columbia fruit growers in recent years, but a proliferation of wineries in the south Okanagan Valley has also presented opportunities.

Heide Held operates Hillside Orchards U-Pick and Farm Market with her parents, Guenther and Mary, near Oliver.

The 20-acre land base was once larger but was reduced five years ago for financial reasons in a region where an acre of farmland can sell for $100,000.

“The price of fruits doesn’t go up, but the cost of production keeps going up,” said Heide, who conceded she couldn’t have farmed without support from her parents, her two teenagers and Farm Credit Canada.

The family has moved to retail from wholesale markets and have diversified by producing dairy

goats, beef cattle, chickens and turkeys.

Due to labour challenges, they now mainly count on the family to manage orchards of cherries, apricots, peaches, nectarines, plums and apples and diverse vegetable gardens.

They use overhead irrigation on fruit trees and drip irrigators on ground crops to prevent evaporation and conserve water.

“The only issue we have with drip irrigation is ours is very heavy in algae because our regional district doesn’t filter it, so we have to install filtration systems on every line,” said Heide.

Other challenges include theft of fruit from their orchards butting up against the valley’s main northsouth highway.

“We just keep positive and keep plunking away. It’s got to get better,” said Heide.

Guenther was only five when his family, armed with horticultural expertise but without any farm equipment, moved to Canada from Germany after the Second World

Heide Held originally added Nubian dairy goats to her Hillside Orchards’ farm store near Oliver, B.C., due to her children’s milk allergies. | KAREN MORRISON PHOTOS War. A bout of meningitis as a child left him hard of hearing.

Mary, like Guenther’s mother, worked off farm in the local packinghouse to support the farm. In addition to raising three children, Mary worked at a senior’s home.

“I don’t know how I did it,” said

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Mary, who now helps with thinning, picking, pruning and customer service.

Guenther operates machinery, including a rotavator, mower and fertilizer spreader, and handles the fieldwork, spraying and excavation work.

Heide oversees the animals and garage-cum-farm store and Facebook page. An artist, she also paints her own promotional signs.

The family says the Helds have always chosen to remain in farming for the lifestyle it offers.

“You’re independent, your own boss. You grow your own food so you know you won’t starve,” said Mary.

Added Heide: “It’s never dull, not a repetitive job. There’s always something different. You never know what you will end up with in a day.”

Their orchard rises sharply into the hills behind their two homes,

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Mary said the ups and downs come with the job of farming.

“If you figure you will have a smooth life, it’s not going to happen,” said Mary, whose own parents farmed after moving from Austria and Hungary.

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“I’ve gone with my gut instinct. I see potential for growth,” said Heide, who conceded adding fencing and a larger store could cost $200,000.

“If you don’t have the manpower, you might as well forget it,” said Mary.

Still, Heide sees opportunities to sell more produce in an area that has become saturated with vineyards at the expense of the bounty of fruit and vegetables that once grew here.

“There is not a lot of competition for this,” she said.

The Helds are happy with their U-pick and store operations, citing the hundreds that visit here during their season from June to October.

In addition, the Helds’ yard offers camping sites that have been well used for large groups.

Heide called the farm a gathering place.

“It’s a big thing to share the farm life with people, my family roots and history,” she said.

“There’s lots of blood, sweat and tears. There is always rewards.”

Added Mary: “It’s in our background.”

The Helds were set back this year

by Heide’s house fire in January, which caused $90,000 in damages.

Forest fires a year earlier came to the orchard’s perimeter, leaving the Helds to fight it alone with sprinklers and hoses.

“We survived and told those affected to come to pick and can (make preserves),” said Heide.

The Helds said the community has changed much from the days when neighbours worked together.

The practice by some in undercutting prices to sell off excess fruit hurts all growers, they agree.

“We all have to stand together. We all work to pay bills to feed our families. We need to have the same price,” said Heide.

The farm sends its excess fruit to Okanagan Gleaners in Oliver to dehydrate for the developing world with donations also given to local schools. karen.morrison@producer.com

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Study looks at why rural workers on disability longer

BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

TOP: Guenther Held prunes Glohaven peach trees at Hillside Orchards.

CENTRE: Heide Held keeps produce and apple juices in a cooler.

BOTTOM: Mary Held helps with customers at the farm store.

Rural workers who get hurt on the job in Alberta are slower than urban workers to return to work after injury. They are also more likely to get reinjured once back at work compared to urban workers.

These are among the findings from University of Alberta research using Workers Compensation Board injury claim data from 200911.

The analysis showed workers who live in rural Alberta remain longer on disability and are 1.6 times more likely than urban workers to go back on disability.

The study defined rural as having fewer than 50,000 people, so that would include all but the six or seven largest cities in the province.

Doug Gross, a professor in rehabilitation medicine at the U of A and a co-author of the study, said the nature of many rural jobs, such as farming and oilfield work, makes them inherently more dangerous and the resulting injuries can be more severe than those sustained in urban jobs.

But that is only one factor that could be at play. Ease of access to rehabilitation options, lack of job flexibility and the rural penchant for independence and toughness could also be involved.

Regarding the latter aspect, Gross said in an interview that such attitudes are hard to measure.

“We know that stoicism and the concept of rural hardiness are really strong prevailing attitudes in those smaller towns. We didn’t have good measures on that. What we do know is that the workers from the smaller towns were more likely to have severe injuries, more severe injuries. Fractures, dislocations, those kinds of things.

“But then they rated their pain and disability and impact as not as severe, so I think it was probably coming through there.”

Gross also said the nature of some rural jobs might makes it difficult for employers to modify or adapt tasks so workers could manage them while recovering from injury.

Some employers might also be

reluctant to accept a worker who is not yet fully capable of doing the same job.

“As much as possible if employers can be creative and look for those kind of solutions, it’s in everyone’s best interest. It helps their bottom line and it helps the worker. The modified work becomes a form of rehabilitation,” said Gross.

As for access to rehabilitative treatment, many smaller centres do not have physical therapists, let alone multi-disciplinary clinics with staff experienced in work disabilities.

To obtain that, rural-based workers would have to travel and that might be a barrier, Gross added.

The WCB policy is that all injured workers have the same access to treatment and rehabilitation, “but there’s some structural barriers that make that difficult.”

Don Voaklander, a U of A public health professor and another coauthor of the study, has suggested the development and hiring of rural specialist care managers might address the problem.

Gross said he sees merit in more personalized care for different sectors of the working population.

“What people in small towns need is likely different from what the people in the city need and therefore it kind of makes sense that you would have a case manager that is guiding those decisions.”

Callum Lavoie, a graduate student of Gross’s, was lead author on the study, which was recently published in the International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health.

Gross said the study stemmed from similar ones conducted in the United States, which had some of the same results.

Gross himself has been studying worker health and return-to-work issues for almost 20 years and had the WCB database available from other work. Next, he plans to analyze data from 2012-16.

That data might be affected by Alberta legislation requiring farm operations to provide WCB coverage for non-family employees. barb.glen@producer.com

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Many prairie farmers got a break from hail damage this year LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Hail caused less damage across the Prairies in 2017 than it did in 2016, according to the final report tabled Dec. 4 by the Canadian Crop Hail Association.

Western Canadian farmers with hail insurance were paid $96 million on about 8,600 claims, making 2017 one of the lightest claim years since 2009, the CCHA said. Producer premiums totalled about

$286 million, five percent less than in 2016, resulting in an insurance industry loss ratio of 33.8 percent.

Dry conditions across much of Saskatchewan and Alberta reduced storm activity. Precipitation was better in Manitoba, so that province had the most hail, CCHA said. However, even in Manitoba the loss ratio of 45.9 percent was markedly better than 2016, when the ratio was 158.9.

Alberta posted a loss ratio of 33.7

percent (83.6 in 2016) and Saskatchewan had a 30 percent loss ratio (73 in 2016).

“All months of June through October reported hail,” the CCHA said in a news release. “However, all months showed a decrease in storm frequency from the five-year average.”

In Alberta, claim payments declined 60 percent from 2016 levels. Storms on July 23 and July 27 caused considerable damage on

more than 33,000 acres.

Total hail payments in Alberta for 2017 were just over $25 million.

The CCHA said storm frequency was 40 percent of the five-year average and fewer acres were insured compared to 2016.

In Saskatchewan, early June storms started the hail season, though hailstorm frequency was down from the five-year average.

The province’s most expensive storm occurred July 20-21, resulting

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In Manitoba, a storm July 21-22 was the worst of the season. However, hail frequency and severity were reduced compared to 2016, which was a record hail year in the province. Total hail payments were just over $23 million compared to more than $74 million last year.

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ONE OF SASK’s largest inventory of used heavy truck parts. 3 ton tandem diesel motors and transmissions and differentials for all makes! Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., 1-800-938-3323.

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

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New and used parts available for 3 ton trucks all the way up to highway tractors, for every make and model, no part too big or small. Our shop specializes in custom rebuilt differentials/transmissions and clutch installations. Engines are available, both gas and diesel. Re-sale units are on the lot ready to go. We buy wrecks for parts, and sell for wrecks! For more info. call 306-668-5675 or 1-800-667-3023. www.saskatoontruckparts.ca DL #914394 WRECKING TRUCKS: All makes all models. Need parts? Call 306-821-0260 or email: junkman.2010@hotmail.com Wrecking Dodge, Chev, GMC, Ford and others. Lots of 4x4 stuff, 1/2 ton - 3 ton, buses etc. and some cars. We ship by bus, mail, Loomis, Purolator. Lloydminster, SK. TRUCK BONEYARD INC. Specializing in obsolete parts, all makes. Trucks bought for wrecking. 306-771-2295, Balgonie, SK.

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WRECKING VOLVO TRUCKS: Misc. axles ALLISON TRANSMISSION. Service, Sales and parts. Also tandem trailer suspension and Parts. Exchange or rebuild. Call Allied axles. Call 306-539-4642, Regina, SK. Transmissions Calgary, 1-888-232-2203; Spectrum Industrial Automatics Ltd., TRUCK PARTS: 1/2 to 3 ton, new and used. We ship anywhere. Contact Phoenix Blackfalds, AB., call 1-877-321-7732.

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SCHOOL BUSES: 20 to 66 passenger, CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! 1 left. New 2018 1998 to 2007, $2700 and up. 14 buses in Berg’s tri-axle 45’ trailer, air ride, $51,900; stock! Call Phoenix Auto, Lucky Lake, SK. Save $10,000. 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. 1-877-585-2300. DL #320074.

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2016 CANUCK R3-3500 tridem end dump, air ride, 34’, bottom liner, manual tarp, only used for asphalt $53,000. Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., 1-800-938-3323, Delisle, SK. DL #910420.

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Check www.trailerguy.ca for pictures and prices. 306-222-2413, Saskatoon, SK. 1995 DOEPKER 48’, 102”, tandem machinery trailer, single drop, hyd. tail/flip, alum. outriggers, 12,000 lb. winch, good cond., $30,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

1999 41’ TRI-AXEL flatdeck, 2 3250 US ga l . l e g t a n k s , 1 5 0 0 H D p o l ly t a n k w/pumps, $23,000 Troy 306-435-6897, Redvers, SK.

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Endura primers and topcoats. A one stop shop. Norm 306-272-4407, Foam Lake SK. NEW WILSON and CASTLETON tridems and Super B’s. 2014 Wilson Super B; 6 other used Super B’s; 2005 Lode-King lead trailer. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK., DL #905231. www.rbisk.ca 2014 LODE-KING PRESTIGE Super B grain bulkers, lift axles, chrome rounded fen- $500 USD Rebate Valid until Dec. 30th ders, fresh paint, premium cond., $74,900 Full line-up of Wilson Trailers also available in BC! Receive a $500 USD rebate OBO. Call 306-874-7696, Quill Lake, SK. upon the purchase of any Wilson trailer.

2006 DOEPKER SUPER B steel grain With almost 2 decades of Sales & Service, trailers, A/R, scales, 11R24.5, 2018 safety we will not be undersold! Bassano, AB., $39,800. Call 1-800-667-4515 or visit: 1-888-641-4508, www.desertsales.ca www.combineworld.com 2016 EXISS 28' Stock Combo Trailer, (2) 8000 lb. torsion axles, 8 yr. struct. & 3 yr.

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2018 SUNDOWNER RS 8’x30’ GN, triple 7K axles, spare tire, 8/11/11 compartments, #J1KB6153, $34,500. 1-866-346-3148 or shop online 24/7 at: allandale.com 2017 EXISS 20' Stock Trailer, (2) 7000 lb. torsion axles, 8 yr. struct. & 3 yr. BTB warranty, $21,750. Tofield, AB. Call 780-974-9700 www.heritagetrailers.ca

ALL ALUMINUM TRAILERS: tridems and Super B Timpte grain trailers. Call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946 or see www.maximinc.com 3 TRIDEMS, 3 TANDEM stepdecks; tandem, tridem and Super B highboys; 28’ to 53’ van trailers. Tanker: tandem alum.

8000 gal.; 2012 Manac lowboy tridem, 10’ wide, beavertail and flip-up ramp; Single axle and tandem converters. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK. DL #905231. www.rbisk.ca TRAILTECH TRAILER: 22’, two 7000 lb axles, bumper hitch, hi boy, low boy, beaver tails & tilt, elec. over hyds., winch & picker, bolt rims. 403-346-7178, Red Deer, AB.

2016 GMC 3/4 ton crewcab Denali 4x4, YEAR END CLEARANCE! 2018 Sundowner 6.6L V8, dsl, loaded, white, 50,494 kms, Horizon, 3 horse, 3HGN8010RS, luxury LQ, Stk #H1773A, $66,995. 1-800-667-0490. #J1HA7099, $79,900. Shop on-line 24/7 www.watrousmainline.com DL #907173. at: allandale.com 1-866-346-3148.

2016 GMC 1 ton crewcab Denali, 4x4, CALL GRASSLAND TRAILERS for your best 6.6L V8, dsl., loaded, white, 37,943 kms, deal on quality livestock trailers by Titan, Stk #H1836A, $75,395. 1-800-667-0490.

Duralite (all aluminum riveted) and Circle www.watrousmainline.com DL #907173.

D. Fall Special in stock- 25’ Duralite, 2015 GMC 3/4 ton crew SLT, All-Terrain $23,500; 20’ Titan smooth wall classic 4x4, 6.6L V8, dsl, black, 79,030 kms, Stk steel stock, $14,500. 306-640-8034 cell, #H1745A, $57,395. 1-800-667-0490.

306-266-2016, Wood Mountain, SK. Email www.watrousmainline.com DL #907173. gm93@sasktel.net 2015 DODGE RAM 3500, crew, Longhorn, 6.7L Dually, Aisin auto., 58,500 kms, $64,995. Hendry’s Chrysler 306-528-2171, 24’ GOOSENECK 3-8,000 lb. axles, $7890; Nokomis, SK. DL #907140.

Bumper pull tandem lowboys: 18’, 16,000 lbs., $4750; 16’, 10,000 lbs., $3390; 16’, 7000 lbs., $2975, 8000 lb Skidsteer, $1990 Factory direct. 1-888-792-6283. www.monarchtrailers.com

2015 F-150 XLT 4x4, super cab, 51,000 kms., balance warranty to 100,000 kms, EcoBoost, remote start, $28,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 2015 CHEV 3/4 ton crew cab LTZ, 4x4, 6.6L V8, diesel, loaded, red, 68,543 kms, Stk #H1813A, $56,995. 1-800-667-0490. www.watrousmainline.com DL #907173.

2014 GMC 3/4 ton crewcab LTZ, 4x4, 6.6L V8, diesel, sunroof, red, 100,056 kms, Stk #H1722A, $50,395. Call 1-800-667-0490. www.watrousmainline.com DL #907173.

2014 GMC 1 ton crewcab Dually, SLT, 4x4, 6.6L V8, diesel, loaded, red, 94,691 kms, Stk #H1566A, $49,995. 1-800-667-0490 www.watrousmainline.com DL #907173.

2014 GMC 1/2 ton crew SLT All Terrain 4x4, 5.3L V8, loaded, white, 141,006 kms, Stk #H1764A, $32,395. 1-800-667-0490. www.watrousmainline.com DL #907173.

2014 GMC 1/2 ton crew SLE 4x4, 5.3L V8, loaded, brown, 51,502 kms, Stk #H1679A, $35,395. 1-800-667-0490. DL #907173. www.watrousmainline.com 2014 CHEV 1/2 ton crew LTZ, 4x4, 5.3L V8, loaded, sunroof, white, 84,825 kms, Stk #H1023A, $35,395. 1-800-667-0490. www.watrousmainline.com DL #907173.

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2014 CHEV 1/2 ton, crewcab 2LT 4x4, 5.3L V8, loaded, 32,995 kms, Stk #H1590A, $33,395. Call 1-800-667-0490. www.watrousmainline.com DL #907173.

2013 GMC 1 ton crew Denali Dually, 4x4, 6.6L V8, diesel, loaded, white, 94,382 kms, Stk #H1820A, $64,395. 1-800-667-0490. www.watrousmainline.com DL #907173.

2013 CHEV 3/4 ton crewcab LTZ, 4x4, 6.6L V8, diesel, loaded, 25,614 kms, Stk #H1879A, $50,395. 1-800-667-0490. www.watrousmainline.com DL #907173.

2013 CHEV 1/2 ton ext Cheyenne 4x4, 4.8L V8, loaded, 110,426 kms, Stk #H1571A, $23,395. Call 1-800-667-0490. www.watrousmainline.com DL #907173.

2013 CHEV 1/2 ton, crew SLT, 5.3L V8, loaded, 94,784 kms, Stk #H1940A, $31,395. 1-800-667-0490. DL #907173. www.watrousmainline.com 2012 GMC 1 ton crewcab SLT, 4x4, 6.6L V8, diesel, loaded, 146,516 kms, Stk #H1737A, $44,995. 1-800-667-0490. www.watrousmainline.com DL #907173.

2012 GMC 1 ton crewcab SLE, 4x4, 6.6L V8, diesel, loaded, 145,018 kms, Stk #H1885A, $42,395. Call 1-800-667-0490. www.watrousmainline.com DL #907173.

2012 GMC 1/2 ton crew SLT, 4x4, 6.2L V8, loaded, white, 114,045 kms, Stk #H1965B, $33,395. Call 1-800-667-0490. www.watrousmainline.com DL #907173.

2012 GMC 1/2 ton crew SLT, 4x4, 5.3L V8, loaded, silver, 76,032 kms, Stk #H1682A, $34,395. Call 1-800-667-0490. www.watrousmainline.com DL #907173.

2012 CHEV 1/2 ton, crewcab LTZ, 4x4, 5.3L V8, loaded, black, 126,113 kms, Stk #H1788A, $29,995. 1-800-667-0490. www.watrousmainline.com DL #907173.

BLACK 2008 DODGE 3500 SLT, quad cab, 6.7 diesel, 4x4, new 4” exhaust, Nav., 211,000 kms., always garaged, extras, $20,000. 306-540-9295, Saskatoon, SK.

HEATED SNOWMOBILE TRAILERS, starting at $14,995! Call 1-866-346-3148 or shop online 24/7 at: allandale.com BEHNKE DROP DECK semi style and pintle hitch sprayer trailers. Air ride, tandem and tridems. Contact SK: 306-398-8000; AB: 403-350-0336.

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2011 ARNE’S END DUMP gravel trailer, with new cylinder, tires, brakes, drums and lifting axle. Job ready, electric tarp, new MB. safety, $45,000. Call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

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1981 NEIL’S 61’ double drop flat deck, snap-off neck, 36’ working deck, $7000; 1998 Trailtech tandem 12’ sprayer trailer, $8000. Call 780-221-3980, Leduc, AB.

(1) 2017 Featherlite 8270-0053 Aluminum Ground Load, Semi-Trailer

PRECISION TRAILERS: Gooseneck and bumper hitch. You’ve seen the rest, now own the best. Hoffart Services, Odessa, SK. 306-957-2033 www.precisiontrailers.ca 2008 LODE-LINE 33’ end dump, tri-axle, plastic liner, roll tarp, good cond, SK. safetied, $39,000. 306-222-9737, Delisle, SK. COMPONENTS FOR TRAILERS. Shipping daily across the prairies. Free freight. See “The Book 2013” page 195. DL Parts For Trailers, 1-877-529-2239, www.dlparts.ca

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(2) 2018 Featherlite 8413-7020 Combo 20’ x 7’, dressing room, Tac Package & Saddle Racks, Polylast Flooring, Plexi Glass, Camper Door (1) 2018 Featherlite 8542-703H 3 Horse Slant Load, 24” Short Wall, Tac Package & Saddle Racks (1) 2018 Featherlite 8542-704H 4 Horse Slant Load, 52” dressing room, Tac Package & Saddle Racks

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(1) 2018 Felling XF-AG-80-3 HDG 53’ x 10’ wide Detachable, Aluminum Pull-outs, Flip Neck, 20k Winch, 26’ well

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(1) 2018 RENN SLSDRR Tri-Axle Side Dump, 6 Alum, 6 Steel Wheels, Hardox Tub, HD Flip Lock Assy

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2005 CHEVY 1500, 4 door, 4WD, 350 V8, fully equipped, 211,000 kms., $6950.

639-998-8522, Saskatoon, SK.

2007 MACK, 10 speed Eaton auto., new 20’ CIM B&H, 940,000 kms., fresh Sask. safeties. Call 306-270-6399, Saskatoon, SK. www.78truxsales.com DL #316542.

AUTOSHIFT TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Boxed tandems and tractor units. Contact David 306-887-2094, 306-864-7055, Kinistino, SK. DL #327784. www.davidstrucks.com

2013 VOLVO VN630, D13 engine, 13 spd.

Eaton trans., new tires, 660,000, 4-way PRIME LOCATION - Industrial Shop and lockers, safetied in June 2017, $55,000. Yard: Endless opportunities and excellent location for commercial, agricultural & Call 306-280-9571, Saskatoon, SK. industrial use. Located on Railway Avenue SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING of heavy of Nipawin, SK., directly across from the trucks, trailers and equipment. Please call future Hanfood site. Featuring easy access for details. Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., for vehicles and heavy trucks, 12" thick concrete floor and a 4 point car hoist. Other 1-800-938-3323, Delisle, SK. upgrades within past 5 yrs include radiant SLEEPERS AND DAY CABS. New and tube heaters, 3 phase power, upgraded used. Huge inventory across Western shop lighting, spray foam insulation and a Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or call new shop door large enough for heavy trucks & equipment. This spacious 6000 sq.

Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. ft. shop and +/- 0.74 acre lot offer endless opportunities for large or small businesses.

Expand your business with the use of the newly renovated office space available for DECKS, DRY VANS, reefers and storage lease (conveniently located right next trailers at: www.Maximinc.Com or call door), excellent condition, $325,000 OBO. Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946.

306-276-6840, 306-812-6841, Nipawin, SK. tc.accumark@outlook.com 1986 DODGE 1 TON, duals, good 360 motor, rebuilt tranny (300 KM), rebuilt carburetor. New battery, newer fenders, cab floor, w/Haul-All packer/dump box, $4,900. Call 204-889-1697, Winnipeg, MB.

CAB AND CHASSIS: 2010 Chev 3500 1 ton dually, will take 10’-12’ deck, 6L gas, 195,000 kms, fresh Sask. safety, $8900; 2010 Chev 3500 1 ton dually, 2 WD, 6.6L Duramax, 330,000 mi., $6900; Mechanic’s Special: 2001 Sterling L8500, will take 20’ box, C12 Cat eng., 13 spd. Eaton, 454,000 kms, needs motor work, $12,900 OBO. Call K&L Equipment, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK. DL #910885. ladimer@sasktel.net

TANDEM AXLE GRAIN trucks in inventory.

New and used, large inventory across Western Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & Trailer 1-888-986-2946

VACUUM SEPTIC TRUCK: 1996 Mack tandem, 3000 gal. tank, hoist, rear open door, 1200 Fruitland pump, new tires, ready to work! $38,000. 306-961-8070.

YEAR END GRAIN TRUCK CLEARANCE! 2007 Mack 400 HP, Mack eng., AutoShift, A/T/C, new 20’ BH&T, new RR tires, 716,000 kms., exc shape, was $67,500, NOW $63,500; 2007 IH 9200 ISX Cummins, 430 HP, AutoShift, alum. wheels, new 20’ BH&T, fully loaded, 1M kms., real nice shape, was $67,500, NOW $63,500; 2009 Mack CH613, 430HP Mack, 10 spd., 3 pedal AutoShift, new 20’ BH&T, alum. wheels, 1.4M kms. has eng. bearing roll done, nice shape, was $69,500, NOW $65,500; 2007 Kenworth T600, C13 Cat 425 HP, 13 spd., AutoShift, new 20’ BH&T, alum. wheels, new paint, 1.0M kms., excellent truck, was $71,500, NOW $67,500; 2005 IH 4400 tandem, w/570 IH eng., 320 HP, 10 spd., new 20’ BH&T, alum. wheels., 423,000 kms., very clean truck, excellent tires, w a s $54,500, N O W $51,500; 1996 Midland 24’ tandem grain pup, stiff pole, completely rebuilt, new paint, new brakes, excellent tries, was $18,500, NOW $16,500; 1999 IH 4700 S/A w/17’ steel flat deck, 230,000 kms., IH 7.3 diesel, 10 spd., good tires, was $19,500, NOW $18,000; 2005 IH 9200 tractor, ISX 430 HP Cummins, 13 spd., alum. wheels, flat top sleeper, good rubber, was $22,500, NOW $19,500. All trucks SK. safetied. Trades considered. Arborfield SK., Phone Merv at 306-276-7518 res., 306-767-2616 cell. DL #906768.

VACUUM SEPTIC TRUCK: 2006 M2 Freightliner, S/A, Cat 10 spd., 1800 gal. tank and pump (4 yrs. old), exc. cond., $48,000. 306-547-7612, Preeceville, SK.

2005 IH 4400 tandem, new motor, Allison auto., gravel box; 16’ IH 9200 Detroit, 10 spd., 16’ gravel box; 2013 Decap tridem belly dump; Used tridem end dump. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK. DL 905231. www.rbisk.ca TANDEM AXLE GRAVEL trucks in inventory. New and used, large inventory across Western Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & Trailer 1-888-986-2946

1995 VOLVO, 350,000 original kms., 9500 hrs., wet kit, 370 HP, 14 spd., one owner, farmer owned, exc. cond., 780-206-1234.

WANTED: ENGINE FOR 1981 IHC 3788 tractor. A good used 466 ci. motor or a rebuilt one. Call 780-998-0234.

290 CUMMINS, 350 Detroit, 671 Detroit, Series 60 cores. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK

2006 KOMATSU D65 EX-15. Approx. 5950 org. hrs., 24” pads, straight tilt blade, 3 tooth ripper, excellent working cond., very good UC, $139.500. Bush canopy available.

Trades considered (warranty). Can deliver.

Call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS 10 to 25 yds., exc. cond.; Loader and scraper tires, custom conversions available. Looking for Cat cable scrapers. Quick Drain Sales Ltd., HD REPAIR BUSINESS for sale (2000) 306-231-7318, 306-682-4520 Muenster SK 2.77 acres, 13,000 sq. ft. building, rental 2002 JCB 214 SLP backhoe; Case 2870 income & washbay. Large customer base. w/Degelman dozer; Fassi hyd. arm & 10’ 204-773-2331, Russell, MB. rtc@mts.net 1-ton steel deck. Call 306-240-8086.

LARGE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING in heart of 1986 CASE 450C dozer crawler, 6-way Balken oil play for lease/sale; Kenosee blade $9500. www.waltersequipment.com Lake cabin and campground for sale, incl. 204-525-4521. Minitonas, MB. carwash and laundry mat; Development lands around Regina/Saskatoon; Large CAT D6N CRAWLER Tractor, heated cab, building and property on Broadway Ave., L G P, $ 5 8 , 0 0 0 . C a l l R a n d y a t Yorkton; 3 lots on South Service Road, 780-983-0936, Clyde, AB. Weyburn; Tempo/Tire shop #48 Windthorst; Hotel and Restaurant on #48. Brian Tiefenbach, 306-536-3269, Colliers Int. 2013 CAT TL943C TELEHANDLER Regina, SK. www.collierscanada.com

FARM LAND INVESTORS WANTED for SWEEPRITE SR4400, 53,870 kms., S/A, east central Alberta and west central 6’ rear broom, Cummins 5.9L, $7980. Sask, Looking for investors to partner with 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com or directly invest in good land. Land to be managed by a proven top producing 3rd 1994 WESTERN STAR 4964F Crane generation farm business in a prime area truck, 584,000 kms., T/A, Cat 3406, Eaton for expansion. Area has multiple wind farms 18 spd., Ferrari 8300 Kg crane, fresh safe- in the planning stages to be constructed in ty, $19,800. Call 1-800-667-4515 or visit: the next few years as well as oil and gas. www.combineworld.com Farmland is a safe place to invest with good returns and the time is now. Email: 2 0 0 3 F O R D F - 7 5 0 R e f u s e Tr u c k , farmlandinvesting@hotmail.com 169,642 kms., side load, 25 cu yard, A/T, Cummins 5.9L, $13,800. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

WANTED DIESEL CORES: ISX and N14 Cummins, C15 Cats, Detroits Ddec 3, 4, 2006 HITACHI ZX200-LC excavator c/w DD15. Can-Am Truck 1-800-938-3323. hyd. thumb quick change bucket, approx. USED, REBUILT or NEW engines. Spe10,050 hrs., excellent working condition, cializing in Cummins, have all makes, large warranty. Machine can be viewed in Kam- inventory of parts, re-powering is our spesack, SK. on job site. Call deliver, $89,000. cialty. 1-877-557-3797, Ponoka, AB. Call 204-743-2324, anytime.

GREAT PRICES ON new, used and remanufactured engines, parts and accessories for diesel pickups. Large inventory, engines can be shipped or installed. Give us a call or check: www.thickettenginerebuilding.ca Thickett Engine Rebuilding. 204-532-2187, Russell, MB.

2010 CAT D7R 2 LGP crawler tractor, Packard winch, AC, cab, canopy, sweeps, Adozer 16.6”, 36” pads, UC as new, 6282 hrs., very clean, $285,000; 2008 JD 850J WLT crawler dozer, c/w ROP’S, 12’ 6-way blade, SBG pads, 8700 hrs., $95,000.

204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB.

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$89,800

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

ELECTRICAL WIRE & CABLE: Underground, indoor, outdoor. Copper, aluminum. Motors, generators, transformers. AB., SK., MB., BC. 306-421-0210, bradgrimes@sasktel.net 3 PHASE 15KVA Maxx rotary convertor, 2009. Used indoors to run centrifuge.

Complete unit w/main breaker, 50' of tech cable & plug receptacle. Used very little, $5000 OBO. 250-961-8255, Armstrong, BC

1-800-667-4515 www.combineworld.com SKIDSTEER ATTACHMENTS: Buckets, rock buckets, grapples, weld-on plates, hyd. augers, brush cutters and more large stock.

Top quality equipment, quality welding and sales. Call Darcy at 306-731-3009, 306-731-8195, Craven, SK.

DIAMOND CANVAS SHELTERS, sizes ranging from 15’ wide to 120’ wide, any length. Call Bill 780-986-5548, Leduc, AB. www.starlinesales.com

BELOW FACTORY DIRECT PRICING!!!

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NEED A LOAN? Own farmland? Bank says no? If yes to above three, call 1-866-405-1228, Calgary, AB. FARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. Management Group for all your borrowing and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, Regina, SK. DEBTS, BILLS AND charge accounts too high? Need to resolve prior to spring? Call us to develop a professional mediation plan, resolution plan or restructuring plan. 2006 CAT D6R LGP, Series III, c/w S dozCall toll free 1-888-577-2020. er with tilt, A/C, cab & canopy, diff. steer, Packard PA56 hyd. winch, brand new UC, new 36” pads, new sandblast & paint job, 2009 FORD ESCAPE XLT, V6, fully loaded, $150,000. 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB. elec. lthr seats, 200,000 kms., exc. cond., $6950. 639-998-8522, Saskatoon, SK. MOVE YOUR DIRT real cheap! Low prices!

(3) Cat 641 motor 28 yard scrapers; Cat 2016 SUBARU FORESTER name top pick 235 excavator w/digging bucket, not used for 2016. Starting from $29,360. Great se- GRAIN CLEANING SERVICES: Fully portable in 5 yrs.; Cat D9-G hyd. dozer w/tow lection to choose from!! 1-877-373-2662, grain cleaning and crop upgrading services, winch; (2) Cat 980B loaders w/bucket; Cat www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. c/w air and screen machine, 3 roll indents 977-K loader. Equipment of all types. New & used parts. 2 yards over 50 acres. CamSPECIAL PURCHASE OF new and near- & gravity table. Lloydminster, SK. Please brian Equipment Sales, Winnipeg, MB. (Ph) call 306-821-2380 or 780-205-5526. new 2014-2015 Crosstrek XVs. Save up to 204-667-2867 or (Fax) 204-667-2932. https://mckenziemobileseedcleaning.com $5000. Come in quickly!! 1-877-373-2662.

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INTERNATIONAL CLOSED DOOR baler, model NA1450; 2 hydraulic pin presses; 1 portable hydraulic track press; 3 Goodman battery locomotive carts w/hundreds of COMBINED POWER AND REACH visit feet of track. Cambrian Equipment Sales, 2008 IH 7600 tandem 24’ van body, power farmzilla.com for over 35,000 ag-only Winnipeg, MB. (Ph) 204-667-2867 or (Fax) tailgate, 10 speed ISX; 2007 Freightliner listings. follow us on twitter and facebook!

204-667-2932. auto. trans., 24’ flatdeck. Ron Brown Imp. 306-493-9393, Delisle, SK. DL #905231.

4- 2006 JD 400D and 1- 2005 Cat 740 40 www.rbisk.ca ton Art; Rock trucks; 3- 1996, 1997 and LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom 1998 Cat 621F motor scrapers; Coming SLEEPERS AND DAY CABS. New and hay hauling. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. soon 1972 Cat; D6C LGP crawler. Many used. Huge inventory across Western more items with prices. Robert Harris, Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or call 204-642-9959, 204-470-5493, Gimli, MB. Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946.

Pics/info. at: robertharrisequipment.com SPECIAL PURCHASE OF new and near JIM’S TUB GRINDING, H-1100 Haybuster HYDRAULIC SCRAPERS: LEVER 60, 70, with 400 HP , serving Saskatchewan.

Call new 2014-2015 Crosstrek XVs. Save up to 80, and 435, 4 to 30 yd. available. Rebuilt $5000. Come in quickly!! 1-877-373-2662. 306-334-2232, 306-332-7332, Balcarres. for years of trouble-free service. Lever www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077.

Holdings Inc. 306-682-3332 Muenster, SK.

1999 FREIGHTLINER FL120, Detroit 13 spd., wet kit, good condition, fresh Sask. safety, $24,000. 306-222-9737, Delisle, SK DECKS, DRY VANS, reefers and storage trailers at: www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946.

INTERNATIONAL single axle, hyd. brakes, 466 or 530 motor, auto or std., cab and chassis. 306-291-9658, Vanscoy, 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.

ROUGH LUMBER: 2x6, 2x8, 2x10, 1” 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. boards, windbreak slabs, 4x4, 6x6, 8x8, all 2008 PETERBILT 386, yellow, daycab, 18 in stock. Custom sizes and log siding on spd., 850,000 kms., 46k rears full locks, vg order. Call V&R Sawing 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK. cond., $24,900. 780-206-1234, Barrhead.

2009 Pete 388, 46 diffs., 18 spd., lockers; 2003 Pete 379, 6NZ Cat, 18 spd., wet kit; 2013 IH 5900i, 18 spd., full lockers, 46 diffs., 400,000 kms.; 2009 T660, new preemission, 525 ISX, new 18 spd. and clutch, 46 diff., lockers; 2008 Freightliner Cascadia, daycab, Detroit 515, 18 spd., lockers; 2007 IH 9900i, 525 ISX, 18 spd., 3-way lockers; 2005 Mack CH613, 18 spd., lockers, wet kit, 450,000 kms; 2- 1996 FLD 120 Freightliners, 425 Cat’s, 430 Detroit’s, lockers. Ron Brown Implements, Delisle, SK., 306-493-9393. DL 905231. www.rbisk.ca

3406B, N14, SERIES 60, running engines and parts. Call Yellowhead Traders, 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK.

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.

REMOTE CONTROL ENDGATE AND hoist systems can save you time, energy and keep you safe this seeding season.

Give K r a m b l e I n d u s t r i e s a call at 2010 CHEVY 1-TON Dually w/12’ flat deck, 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or visit us 150,000 kms., new Michelin tires, A/T/C, online at: www.kramble.net like new! $8200. 306-222-2274, Saskatoon

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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.

NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, payloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and vertical beater spreaders. Phone 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK. BRUSH MULCHING. The fast, effective way to clear land. Four season service, competitive rates, 275 HP unit, also avail. trackhoe with thumb, multiple bucket attachments. Bury rock and brush piles and fence line clearing. Borysiuk Contracting Inc., www.bcisk.ca Prince Albert, SK., 306-960-3804.

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Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca REGULATION DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’, $2000; 160x60x14’, $2950; 180x60x14’, $3450; 200x60x14’, $3950. Larger sizes avail. Travel incl. in SK. See us at on FB at saskdugouts. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon SK

2007 CAT D6N LGP Dozer, new undercarriage, 34” pads, diff. steer, 6-way blade, 16,131 hrs., $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 EXCAVATOR BUCKETS, various shapes and sizes for different excavators. Call 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB.

1980 D6D DOZER, wide pad, winch; 1993 D37 P6 6-way dozer, cab. 306-304-1959.

Goodsoil, SK. CAT D8-14A WET deck angle dozer, not running; Hoover 12’ V-Cutter; Hoover 14’ Piler. 306-747-3674, Shellbrook, SK.

#1 GRADE COLOURED 79¢/sq. ft #1 GRADE GALVALUME 75¢/sq. ft B GRADE COLOURED 65¢/sq. ft MULTI COLOURED MILLENDS 55¢/sq. ft 1978 CHAMPION 740 motor grader, Detroit 6 cylinder, showing 2568 hours, 14’ moldboard, scarifier, cab, new rear tires, $16,900. Call 1-800-667-4515, or visit: www.combineworld.com 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 .

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MERIDIAN TRUCKLOADING AUGERS TL10-39, loaded, $18,300 HD10-46, loaded, $19,500; HD10-59, loaded, $20,425; TL12-39, loaded with 37 EFI engine, $20,370. 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK.

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DECEMBER CLEARANCE: New SLMD 1272 and HD10-53. Used augers: 2013 Sakundiak SLMD 1272, loaded, $14,800; SLMD 10x66, loaded, $11,500; Farm King 10x70 S/A, $6900; HD 8x39 w/20 HP Kohler and mover $6950. Also a dealer for Convey-All Conveyors. Leasing available!

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Grain, 2 hopper, Air suspension, Tandem axle, Steel rims, 24 king pin, Height: 6ft, Width: 102in, Length: 40ft, Traps operate from both sides.

New paint. Winnipeg, MB

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Stk #J1166A .........................................................................$41,995

2013 CHEV TAHOE LT, 5.3L V8, loaded, sunroof, heated leather, white, 106,350 km. Stk #H1269B ....................................................$34,995 2013 GMC TERRAIN SLT-1 AWD, 2.4L 4cyl, loaded, sunroof, heated leather, red, 70,532 km. Stk #J1061A ....................................$21,995 2013 GMC ACADIA SLT-1 AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, heated leather, blue, 139,792 km. Stk #H1506A ............................................$21,395 2013 CHEV EQUINOX LT AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, cloth, charcoal, 113,313 km. Stk #H1395B ....................................................$20,395 2013 FORD EXPLORER XLT, 4WD, 3.5L V6, loaded, NAV, sunroof, heated leather, blue, 77,620 km. Stk #H1825A .......................$28,395 2013 GMC TERRAIN SLE2 AWD, 2.4L 4cyl, loaded, heated cloth, silver, 130,767 kms stk#M7376 .............................................$14,995

2015 GMC YUKON DENALI, 6.2L V8, loaded, DVD, NAV, sunroof, heated & cooled leather, white, 43,451 km. Stk #J1208A ........$59,995

2013 BUICK ENCLAVE CXL AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, heated leather, white, 128,068 km. Stk #H1289A...........................................$22,995

2015 GMC ACADIA SLT-2 AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, DVD, sunroof, heated leather, red, 70,775 km. Stk #H2024A .........................$28,995

2013 GMC TERRAIN SLE2 AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, heated cloth, blue, 91,943 km. Stk #J1064A.......................................................$17,395

2015 BUICK ENCLAVE LEATHER AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, heated leather, red, 64,808 km. Stk #H1826A ....................................$32,995

2012 BUICK ENCLAVE CX AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, heated leather, silver, 114,115 km. Stk #H1115B ...........................................$22,395

2015 BUICK ENCLAVE AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, heated leather, silver, 73,376 km. Stk #H1559A ......................................................$31,995

2012 BUICK ENCLAVE CX AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, cloth, gold, 82,013 km. Stk #H1312A ..................................................................$21,995

2015 CHEV EQUINOX LTZ AWD, 2.4L 4cyl, loaded, NAV, sunroof, heated leather, 96,020 km. Stk #H1288A................................$21,995

2012 GMC ACADIA, SLT1, AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, heated leather, white, 107,765 km. Stk #H1710A ..........................................$19,995

2014 FORD ESCAPE SE, loaded, remote start, cloth, silver 114,930 km. Stk #J1082A...................................................................$17,995

2012 CHEV TRAVERSE LT AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, heated leather, white, 129,298 km. Stk #M7339A ..........................................$20,395

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2011 GMC YUKON SLT, 5.3L V8, loaded, sunroof, heated leather, white, 105,434 km. Stk #H1809A ..........................................$33,995 2011 GMC ACADIA SLE2 AWD, 3.6L V6, loaded, heated leather, red, 107,375 km. Stk #H1629C ....................................................$19,995 2011 HYUNDAI SANTA FE GLS, 2.4L 4cyl, loaded, sunroof, cloth, 128,287 km. Stk #E1265B.....................................................$12,995

USED EXT. CAB & CREW CAB 1/2 TONS 2015 CHEV 1/2 TON CREW LT 4X4, 5.3L V8, loaded, heated leather, silver, 116,433 km. Stk #H1775A ...........................................$32,995 2014 GMC 1/2 TON CREW SLE 4X4, 5.3L V8, loaded, heated leather, brown, 51,502 km. Stk #H1679A ...........................................$31,995 2013 FORD F-150 SUPER CREW LARIAT, 5.3L V8 Ecoboost, loaded, sunroof, NAV, heated leather, white, 115,482 km.

Stk #H1906A.........................................................................$29,995 2012 GMC 1/2 TON CREW SLT 4X4, 6.2L V8, loaded, heated leather, white, 114,045 km. Stk #H1965B ..........................................$29,995

USED REGULAR CAB 1/2 TONS 2014 GMC 1/2 TON REG CAB SLE 4X4, 5.3L V8, loaded, cloth, 93,501 km. Stk #J1190B.......................................................$23,995

USED 3/4 TONS & 1 TONS 2016 GMC 3/4 TON CREW CAB 4X4, 6.0L V8, loaded, cloth, white, 29,545 km. Stk #M7381........................................................$41,995 2012 GMC 1 TON CREW CAB SLE, 4X4, 6.6L V8, diesel, loaded, heated leather, white, 145,420 km. Stk #H1885A ....................$38,995

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40,995

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32,495

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67,995

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77,995

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31,995

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41,995

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49,495

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41,995

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39,995

#H1782

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40,995

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OR $257 BI-WEEKLY FOR 84 MONTHS AT .99%

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46,495

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36” Tracks, Lux Cab, Leather Seat, AccuGuide, 50’ Auger Stk: 026350 (ME)

600 TBT Cart, Viper Pro SCT, 10” Auger, VR Hyd Drive Stk: 021474 (PA)

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2017 Case IH 9240 36” Tracks, Ext Wear Rotor, Folding Auger, Lux Cab, Leather, AccuGuide, HID Lights Stk: 026350 (ME) ............................................................. $575,000 2016 Case IH 9240 620 Duals, Lux Cab, Lat Tilt w/Rocktrap, AccuGuide, 50’ Folding Unload, Magnacut Chopper, HID Lights Stk: 022940 (SC) ....................................$499,000 2016 Case IH 8240 520 Duals, Lat Tilt, Rocktrap, Ext Wear Rotor, Standard Chopper, Deluxe Cab, Leather Seat, Pro 700, AccuGuide Ready Stk: 022117 (SC) .............$405,000 2014 Case IH 8230 900 Singles, Lat Tilt, Deluxe Cab, GPS, Folding Auger, Pivot Spout, Hyd Fold Hopper Cover, 865 Engine & 640 Rotor Hrs, Stk: 025289 (SC) .............$335,000 2013 Case IH 9230 620 Duals, Lux Cab, Lat Tilt w/Rocktrap, AccuGuide, Hyd Grain Tank Cover, Magnacut Chopper, HID Lights Stk: 021990 (ES)...............................$350,000 2012 Case IH 9120 620 Duals, HID Lights, Magnacut Fine Chopper, AccuGuide, Pro600 Monitor, 24’ ..............................................................................................$275,000 2012 Case IH 7230 520 Duals, Lat Tilt, Ext Wear Rotor, Hyd Folding Cover, Std Chopper, HID Lights, AccuGuide, Air Compressor Stk: 021503 (PA) ...................................... $269,00 2009 Case IH 7120 520 Duals, Lateral Tilt, AccuGuide, Power Mirrors, Std Cut Chopper, 3016 Header /W SwathMaster Pickup Stk: 205692B (LL) .................................... $189,000 2006 Case IH 8010 14’ CIH 2016 Pickup, 520 Duals, Rocktrap, Pro 600 Monitor, St. Rotor, Maurer Topper, Fine Cut Chopper, Long Auger Stk: 021412 (ME) ................ $155,500 2003 New Holland CR960 c/w NH 76C Pickup Header, Beacon, Service Lights, Yield & Moisture Stk:023071 (PA) ........................................................................$102,900 2012 Challenger 540C 620 Duals, Power Fold Hopper, MAV Chopper, Small Grain Rotor, Auto Steer, Leather, PH15 PU Header Stk: 026658 (SA) ............................$245,000 2012 MF 9560 520 Duals, MAV Chopper, Power Ford Hopper, Auto Steer, Leather, MF 4200 PU Header Stk: 026657 (SA) .................................................................$270,000

2016 Case IH 4440 120’, AIM Pro, Active Susp, Pro 700, AccuGuide, AccuBoom, AutoBoom, Front Fill, Wide Fenders, Trelleborg 710s Stk: 022565 (SA) ................$495,000 2014 Case IH 4430 120’, Lux Cab, Active Susp, HID lights, AutoBoom, AccuBoom, Viper Pro Monitor, AIM Pro, 380s & 620s, Raven Smartrax Steering Stk: 023711 (PA) .......$380,000 2013 Case IH 4430 100’, Deluxe Ccab, AIM, Pro 700, 372 Receiver, 2 Sets Of Tires, HID Lights, AutoBoom, AccuBoom Stk:024786 (SC) .............................................$305,000 2011 Case IH 4420 120’, Dlx Cab, 380s & 650s, HID Light, Air Comp, Viper Pro, Smartrax Auto Steer, AutoBoom, AccuBoom, Crop Dividers, Fan Reverser Stk: 021959 (ME)...... $213,000 2009 Case IH 4420 100’, AIM, 1200 Gallon, Norac Boom Height Control, Sectional Control, Autopilot, 380s & 520s, Ag Leader Monitor Stk: 020576 (ES) ................ $199,500 2013 Case IH 3330 100 Ff, 380 & 650 Tires, Active Susp, Front Fill, AIM Command, Deluxe HID Lighting, AccuBoom, AutoBoom Stk: 022510 (SA) .............................$249,900 2000 Case IH SPX2130 78’, Auto Steer, 2 Sets of Tires, 660 Gallons Stk: 024745 (SA) ........................................................................................................... $69,900 2014 Case IH 4530 Floater 70’, Lux Cab, Power Mirrors, Deluxe HID Lights, Fenders, Double 6” Auger 50 CF, Viper 4 Monitor, 1550 Hours Stk: 024242 (SC)...............$320,000 2011 Case IH 3230 100’, Dlx Cab, Active Susp, HID Lights, Pro 600, AccuGuide, Fenders, AccuBoom, AutoBoom Stk: 028123A (LL) ..............................................$229,000 2010 John Deere 4830 100’, 1000 Gallon Tank, Autosteer, Swath Pro, AutoBoom, 2 Sets Of Tires, Crop Dividers Stk: 021520 (SA) ...................................................$215,000 2014 New Holland SP240f 120’, 1200 Gal SS Tank, Intelliview IV Monitor, AccuBoom, AutoBoom, 2 Sets of Tires Stk: 024111 (LL) .........................................................$299,000 2009 Apache AS1010 100’, 1000 Gal, Raven Control & GPS, 5 Way Nozzle Bodies, 1800 Hrs Stk: 026632 (SC).................................................................................. $190,000 1998 RoGator 854 100’, 800 Gal SS Tank, Ez-Guide Auto Steer, Rate Controller, Rinse Tank Stk: 023420 (LL) .................................................................................................... $49,000

TRACTORS 2014 Case IH Steiger 620 Quadtrac Luxury Cab, PTO, Twin Flow Hyd, 36” Tracks, 6 Remotes, Pro 700, AccuGuide, HID Lights Stk: 025032 (ME) ...........................$489,000 2014 Case IH Steiger 620 Quadtrac Luxury Cab, PTO, Twin Flow Hyd, 36” Tracks, 6 Remotes, Pro 700, AccuGuide, HID Lights Stk: 025032 (ME) ...........................$429,000 2016 Case IH Steiger 580 Quadtrac Lux Cab, LED Lights, Pro 700, AccuGuide, 2 Hyd Pumps, 6 Remotes, PTO, 36” Tracks, Tow Cable Stk: 022922 (SC) ......................$565,000 2014 Case IH Steiger 550 Quadtrac Luxury Cab, Dual Hyd Pumps, PTO, HID Lights, Tow Cable, HID Lights, 6 Remotes, Viper Pro, Raven AutoSteer Stk: 023776 (PA) ......$481,000 2016 Case IH Steiger 500 520 Triples, Deluxe Cab, HID Lights, AccuGuide, Pro 700, 4 Remotes, Hi-Cap Hyd, 342 hours Stk: 023022 (SC)..........................................$380,000

2016 Case IH Steiger 420 520 Triples, Deluxe Cab, HID Lights, Pro 700, AccuGuide, 4 Remotes, High Capacity Hyd, PTO Stk: 023173 (SC) .........................................$379,000 2009 Case IH Steiger 485 Quadtrac Dlx Cab, Hi Cap Hyd, PTO, 30” Tracks, Cab Suspension, AccuGuide Stk: 023118 (SA) ................................................................................$255,000 2012 John Deere 9510RT 36” Tracks, Leather Seat, 4 Remotes, SF2 GPS, GreenStar Display, High Capacity Hyd 58 GPM, 2070 hours Stk: 024350 (SC).....................$350,000 2013 New Holland T9.615 36” High Idler, Lux Cab, HID Lights, GPS AutoGuidance, Twin Pump Hyd, Radar, PTO, 2700 hours Stk: 025507 (SC) .................................$410,000,

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2011 Bourgault 7200 Harrow

2012 Bourgault 3320 QDA Air Drill

2009 Case IH 7120 Combine

84’, Hyd Tine Angle Stk: 022120 (PA)

66’, 10” Spacing, L6550 TBT, Midrow Banders, DS, NH3 Kit Stk: 023175 (SA)

540/42 Duals, HID Lights, Fine Cut Chopper, 2016 PU Header Stk: 206068B (LL)

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2015 JD 8320R, Stk: 80132, 2034 Hrs, 320 hp, IVT, IF 800/70R38 & 600/70R30 Tires, 5 SCV, 4600 Display, SF3000, Warranty Until Aug 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PONOKA, AB

$117,000

2009 JD 9530T, Stk: 91141, 3785 Hrs, 475 hp, 36” Tracks, Deluxe Comfort Cab Package, Guidance-Ready, Cat 5 Wide Swing Bar Drawbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SASKATOON, SK

$349,900

2004 Buhler 2425, Stk: 86970, 5141 Hrs, 12/4 QS Syncro Trans, Front: 20.8R42D, Rear: 20.8R42D, Guidance Ready. . . . . . . . . . . . .PINCHER CREEK, AB

$245,000

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2013 CASE IH QUADTRAC 600, Stk: 90958, 2209 Hours, Power Shift, PTO, Hydraulic Pump: Big . . . .SASKATOON, SK

$196,900

2014 JD 1870, Stk: 87500, Width 56’, 12” Spacing, Double Shoot, 10” Auger, Seed Blockage System, TBH 1910 550 bu Cart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HANNA, AB

$176,900

$320,000

2009 MASSEY FERGUSON 9795, Stk: 87677, Sep Hrs: 753, 2WD, Duals, Lateral Tilt Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SASKATOON, SK

$325,500

2013 JD S680, Stk: 82178, 1423 Eng/1012 Sep Hrs, NO PICKUP, Lat Tilt, Pwrcast Tailboard, Pwr Fold Hopper, 26’ Auger, 2630 Display. . . . . BASSANO, AB

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2012 NH T9.560HD, Stk: 88325, 2061 Hours, Powershift, Triples, HI-Flow Hydraulics, Guidance-Ready. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MELFORT, SK

$169,900

2013 JD 9360R, Stk: 88826, 2669 Hours, 360 HP, Power Shift, PTO, GuidanceReady, Duals . . . . . . . . . . . . . MELFORT, SK

$165,900

2009 JD 1830, Stk: 82564, Width: 61’, 10” Spacing, Double Shoot, 550 lb Opener, Hose Blockage Warning, TBH 1910 430 bu Cart . . . . . . .VULCAN, AB

$390,000

2013 CASE IH 8230, Stk: 84053, 886 Engine Hours, Sep Hours: 663, Lateral Tilt Feeder, Yield Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PRINCE ALBERT, SK

$309,900

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2013 JD 1895, Stk: 91881, Acres: 20000, Width: 43’, 10” Spacing, Double Shoot, Narrow Gauge Wheels, TBH 1910 550 bu Cart . . . . . . . . . . . CLARESHOLM, AB

2013 CASE IH QUADTRAC 450, Stk: 82672, 1963 Hrs, IVT, 30” Tracks, PTO, Hi-Flow Hydraulics, Guidance Ready, Degelman Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CALGARY, AB

$48,900

2011 Bourgault 5810, Stk: 91878, Acres: 20000, Width: 52’, 10” Spacing, Single Shoot, 4” Steel Packers, 2011 6550 TBH Cart, 10” Auger. . . OLDS, AB

$172,900

2015 JD S680, Stk: 91140, Sep Hrs: 854, 2WD, 615P, Extra High Capacity Air Cleaner, Lat Tilt Feeder, Chopper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SASKATOON, SK

$250,000

2008 MASSEY FERGUSON 9895, Stk: 78068, Sep Hrs: 1232, 2WD, Duals, 4200 Pickup, 350 bu Hopper w/ Mav Chopper. . . . . . . . . . . .MELFORT, SK

2003 NH SD440, Stk: 81523, Acres: 26000, Width 39’, Paired Row, Double Shoot, 12” Spacing, SC230 TBH Air Cart. . . . . .CALGARY, AB

2014 JD S680, Stk: 79444, 863 Eng/560 Sep Hrs, Lat Tilt, 7.9M Auger, Pwrcast Tailboard, 615P, Pwr Folding Hopper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STETTLER, AB

$519,000

2009 NEW HOLLAND CR9070, Stk: 89912, 2450 Hours, 2WD, Yield Monitor, Guidance-Ready . . . . . . . . .MELFORT, SK

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2015 CLAAS 880, Stk: 88526, 1100 Eng/825 Cut Hrs 659 Corn Header, 15’ Grass Pickup, GPS Ready, 3-Year Engine Warranty Remain. . . . . .PONOKA, AB

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NEW 7.5HP AIR compressor, Mactools, never used - still in crate, w/4 year warranty extended, c/w extra belts, oil, air filter, $3800 OBO. 306-581-0909, Regina, SK. Srokaracing@hotmail.com

FARM KING 3 PTH snowblower, PTO driven, hand crank. $1900. 306-921-5490, Fairy Glen, SK. conniecarter@hotmail.com FARM-KING MODELS: 96”, $3900; 84”, $3450; 74”, $3200; 50”, $1900.

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$209,000 2011 JD 4830, Stk#82768, 2142 hrs., 100’ boom, 20” spacing, 1000 gal. SS tank, 380R46 skinny/600R38 floaters. 403-854-3334, Hanna, AB.

2012 BOURGAULT 3320 QDA 66’, 10” sp., c/w L6550 tank, MRB, NH3 kit, duals Stk: 02317, $295,000. Call 1-888-905-7010, Saskatoon, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 2011 ROGATOR 1194, 2085 hrs., 2 sets of 2010 JD 1830 drill, 61’ 10” spacing, w/430 tires, Raven Viper Pro, newer style wheel bu. 1910 grain cart, duals, double shoot, motors, $170,000 OBO. 204-723-0236, $79,000 OBO. 306-552-4905, Eyebrow, SK. Rathwell, MB. LATE 1990’s BOURGAULT 5710 53’, dual shoot, 10” space, steel packers w/Coulters, newer 1” openers c/w Bourgault 4350 tank, $37,000. 306-354-7444 Mossbank SK 2010 SEED HAWK 60’ Toolbar, 12” sp., w/Seed Hawk 400 cart, 2 fans, seed & fertilizer distributing kit auger. Also NH kit & winch $175,000. 306-449-2255, A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment Ltd., Storthoaks SK. 2006 BOURGAULT 5710 40’ 9.8” spacing, steel packers, 6200 Stk: 020500, Cart $60,000. www.redheadequipment.ca or 1-888-905-7010, Swift Current, SK.

2010 CASE/IH ATX700 70’, rubber packers, high float tires, double shoot, Stk: 020407, $94,000. 1-888-905-7010, Swift Current, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca

2010 CASE/IH, TBH air cart, dual fan, dual wheels, double shoot, blockage monitor, $45,000. 306-625-7546, Ponteix, SK. hroberge@sasktel.net 2001 MX120 w/loader; 2000 MX135; and 2010 CASE/IH ATX700 70’, rubber pack- 2008 Maxim 140 w/loader; 2001 MX170 ers, high float tires, double shoot, Stk: w/loader. 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. 020407, $94,000. 1-888-905-7010, Swift 2009 CASE/IH MAGNUM 215, MFWD, 2500 Current, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca hrs., big 1000 PTO, 480/80R46 duals, 380/ 2012 BOURGAULT 3320, 76’, 10” space, 2” 85R34 front, dealer Greenlight, excellent tips, 4.5” packers, DS dry, MRB #3’s; 2014 condition, $110,000. Call 306-459-7604, Bourgault 7950 air tank, 5 tank meter, sad- Weyburn, SK. mdmellon@sasktel.net dle, conveyor, scale, rear hitch. $340,000 1983 CASE 2290, 4700 hrs., rebuilt PS, for both. 204-648-7085. Grandview, MB. orig. owner, w/2014 10’ front mount Erskine 1080FM snow blower - has been used 10 hrs. 403-529-7134, Medicine Hat, AB. WANTED: CONTROL BOX for 6180 Morris air cart, part #N21062. 306-753-2667, or 306-753-7244, Macklin, SK.

2014 SALFORD 525 w/2014 Salford AC2465, 40', 7.5" spacing, double shoot w/ MRB's, TBT cart, 180/65/220 bu tanks, 10" HEAVY DUTY WHEEL DOLLY. Change your fill auger, Dickey John IntelliAg control 2009 SEEDMASTER, 4 product VR, 50', 12" sprayer tires in less than an hour! Over 250 system, hyd. variable rate, $210,000 OBO. 8370XL 440 bu. Morris TBH, 1600 liq. cart, Raven monitor, $165,000. For more info, units sold. Perfect tool for safely and 780-214-5251, Lloydminster, AB. quickly moving or changing large wheels 2009 SEED HAWK 72-12 72’, 12” sp., twin call Arne at 306-335-7494. Lemberg, SK. and tires, $1499. Phone 403-892-3303, wing, pneum. packers, 600 TBT cart, stk: Carmangay, AB., www.hdwheeldolly.com 021477, $205,000. 888-905-7010, Prince $254,000 2013 JD 4830, Stk#83194, Albert, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 100’/boom leveling, 20” spacing, SS tank, 2010 SEEDMASTER 72-12 72’, 12” space, 420/80R46 float tires, SF3000, AMS acti- JD 1910 air cart, 3-tank metering, Stk: vation. 403-641-3813, Bassano, AB. 020958, $132,000. 1-888-905-7010, Swift 2011 ROGATOR 1396, 132’ alum. recir- Current, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca culating boom, 1300 SS tank, Raven Viper 2012 BOURGAULT 3320 QDA 66’, 10” sp., 2009 SEEDMASTER 6912, expandable to Pro, Raven SmarTrax steering, AccuBoom c/w L6550 tank, MRB, NH3 kit, duals Stk: 80’, 300 bu. on frame w/tracks; Bourgault sec. control, AutoBoom height control, 02317, $295,000. Call 1-888-905-7010, 6550 tank, many extras, CTF ready.

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2011 SEED HAWK 50’, 12” sp., tool bar WANTED: 42’ - 45’ air seeder with 7.5” 204-937-3429, 204-937-7047. Roblin, MB. with 600 cart dual wheels auger and bag spacing and 330+ lb. trips. Prefer 8810 2010 JD 4830, 100’ booms, 1000 gal. lift. $229,000; 1997 39’ Morris Magnum air Bourgault but will consider other makes tank, AutoSteer, Swath Pro, AutoBoom St: drill, 10” spacing, Atom openers w/Morris with 7.5” spacing. Call 306-867-8477 or 021520, $215,000. 1-888-905-7010, Sas- 180 cart, $18,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm 306-867-7381, Outlook, SK. katoon, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 1998 CASE/IH SPX3185 90’, 2 sets tires 2010 JOHN DEERE 1830 61’, 10” sp, DS Stk: 017817, $79,000. 1-888-905-7010, dry, Poirier openers, Alpine liquid kit Stk: Saskatoon, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 023964, $67,500. 1-888-905-7010, Swift 2012 BOURGAULT 70' 6000 mid harrow & 72' 7200 heavy harrow, vg cond., $22,000 Current, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca SPRAYTEST REMOTE BOOM CONTROL OBO. 204-734-0144, Minitonas, MB. Use wireless remote to turn on individual 2015 DEGELMAN STRAWMASTER Plus, boom sections for nozzle checks.

100', 30" carbide tines, $78,000. Please call Easy install with plug and play harness to 306-398-7688, Cut Knife, SK. fit your sprayer. Order your SprayTest today.

SPRAYTEST BLUE LED SPRAYER LIGHTS Light Up the entire boom to spray 45- DUTCH 4” PAIR row low draft openers, in reduced light or night spraying approx. 700 ac., $70 each. 306-861-4355, Toll free: 306-456-2522, Weyburn, SK. 1-855-859-1200 Ph: 306-859-1200 66’ SEED HAWK sectional seed/fert., BREAKING DISCS: KEWANEE, 15’ and spraytest@sasktel.net works perfect, 400 air cart, Viper monitor, 12’; Rome 12’ and 9’; Towner 18’-40” w/LC 2500 liquid cart, 750 gal. alpine kit, blades; Wishek 14’, 18’, and 30’. DMI 5, www.spraytest.com and 7 shank rippers. 1-866-938-8537. $160,000 Troy 306-435-6897, Redvers, SK 2013 JD 4940 120’, BoomTrac, sect. con- 2013 SEED HAWK 60-12 60’, twin wing, WANTED: BOURGAULT 9200 48’ chisel trol, AutoSteer, 2630 monitor, Stk: 02415, semi pneumatic packers, DD, SH 800 TBH, plow with harrows. Call 204-773-2868, $240,000. 1-888-905-7010, Prince Albert, Stk 017840, $335,000. Prince Albert, SK., Russell, MB. SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 2009 CIH FLEX-TILL 600, 54’, 9” spacing, 1-888-905-7010. redheadequipment.ca $145,500 2009 APACHE AS1010, Stk# 2002 JD 1820, 52’ w/liquid kit, 10” space, heavy shanks, 4 bar harrows, Bourgault QA 87261, 737 hrs., 100’/boom leveling, SS 1” Atom Jet openers w/liquid side band JD shovels, $75,000. 306-542-7684, Kamsack. tank, 20” spacing, Triekon crop dividers, 1900 air cart, 270 bu., $17,000 OBO. 2009 BOURGAULT 9400, 60', 1/2" harrows, GPS. 403-823-8484, Drumheller, AB. 306-834-7032, 306-834-7810, Dodsland. tow hitch, 600 lb. trip, quick adapters, 8800 40’ BOURGAULT air seeder, $9500. $69,500 OBO. 204-734-0144, Minitonas, MB Phone 306-395-2668 or 306-681-7610, WANTED: STEIGER OR HESSTON single SKINNY TIRES: Four (4) High Clearance Chaplin, SK. V-disc. Call Robert 780-870-1407 or sprayer tires off Patriot 4- 12.4x42, $3800. 2010 BOURGAULT 3310 66’ 12” spacing 780-745-2574, Lloydminster, AB. Call 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. W/MRB, 6550 cart w/liquid kit. $190,000 2017 DEGELMAN 40’ Pro Till, 21 1/2” blades; 2017 DEGELMAN 33’ Pro-Till, done 4 TRIDEKON DIVIDERS with brackets to fit OBO. 306-552-4905, Eyebrow, SK. JD 4920-R4038, $5200. Will sell in pairs. 2010 JOHN DEERE 1830 61’, 10” sp, DS 1000 acres; 2017 DEGELMAN 26’ Pro-Till 500 acres. 306-441-1684, Cut Knife, SK. 204-734-0361, Swan River, MB. dry, Poirier openers, Alpine liquid kit Stk: FLOATER TIRES: Factory rims & tires: JD 023964, $67,500. 1-888-905-7010, Swift 42’ BOURGAULT 9800 chisel plow, HD double spring, w/4-bar heavy harrow, $29,500 4045, 710/60R46, $20,500; 800/55R46, Current, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca $22,500; JD 4038, Case 4420, 650/65R38 2010 BOURGAULT 3310 65’, Paralink, 12” Cdn OBO. 218-779-1710 Delivery available Michelin tires and rims. Sprayer duals spacing, mid row shank banding, double available. 306-697-2856, Grenfell, SK. shoot, rear hitch, tandem axles, low acres, $135,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 2006 BOURGAULT 5710 40’ 9.8” spacing, 2010 MORRIS 8370 TBT variable rate air steel packers, 6200 Stk: 020500, Cart cart, vg cond., ran through shop, $75,900. $60,000. www.redheadequipment.ca or Cam-Don Motors 306-237-4212 Perdue SK 1-888-905-7010, Swift Current, SK. 2009 SEED HAWK 66-12 66’, 12” sp., single knife, pneum. pkrs, 30.8 rear tires, Stk: 2015 SEED HAWK 84-12 84’ 12” spacing, 021475, $205,000. 888-905-7010, Prince steel seed and fertilizer knives, Stk: 022334, $352,000. 1-888-905-7010, SasAlbert, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca katoon, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 2012 PILLAR OPENERS on Salford frame, floatation tires 10" spacing, blockage moni- CIH ATX700, 60’, 12” sp., 5.5” rubber pack- 2010 FENDT 820, CVT, loader and grapple, tors, 2 sets of packer tires, Case 3380 DS ers, Raven NH3, closers and single bar har- 7 1 0 ’ s , 4 hy d s . , d u a l P TO, 2 0 0 H P, $137,900. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK. variable rate TBT air cart, good cond., row. $28,000. 204-648-7085, Grandview. $119,000. 204-534-7920, Boissevain, MB. Darren.e.peters@gmail.com

SCHULTE 9600FM SNOWBLOWER front 2013 SEED HAWK 60-12 60’, twin wing, mount, orig. cutting blade, JD mount, low semi pneumatic packers, DD, SH 800 TBH, Stk 017840, $335,000. Prince Albert, SK., hrs. $8900 firm. 780-853-4888, Vermilion.

1-888-905-7010. redheadequipment.ca 2009 SEED HAWK 66-12 66’, 12” sp., single knife, pneum. pkrs, 30.8 rear tires, Stk: DI-ACRO HAND SHEAR 36”x16 gauge, mild 021475, $205,000. 888-905-7010, Prince steel and 24’’ BerkRoy finger break com- Albert, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca plete with heavy duty cabinet on castors, $2,300. 204-800-1859, Winnipeg, MB.

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2015 CASE/IH 4440 120’, AIM, AutoBoom, AccuBoom, Pro 700 Stk: 023153 $475,000. 1-888-905-7010, Swift Current, SK. www.redheadequipment.ca 2011 CASE PATRIOT 3330, AccuGuide, AccuBoom, AutoBoom, Pro 600, 650 floaters, 5-way nozzle bodies, 1940 eng. hrs., always shedded, exc. cond., $180,000 OBO 306-338-8231, 306-327-4550, Kelvington. $340,000 2014 CIH 4430, Stk#82674, 1625 hrs., 120’ boom, Air Command Pro, 1200 gal., float/skinny tires, crop dividers.

403-280-2200, Calgary, AB. 1986 MELROE SPRA-COUPE in storage 9 yrs, engine not stuck. Sell/trade. Must go this month! 217-498-8256, Springfield, IL.

2016 CIH FARMALL 75A, MFWD, 20 hrs., 8 forward gears/2 reverse, 3PTH, 540 PTO, $29,000 OBO. 204-648-7085, Grandview LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We buy 90 and 94 Series Case, 2 WD, FWA tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have r e b u i l t t r a c t o r s a n d p a r t s fo r s a l e .

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PRODUCER REPRINTS: Seen a photo 1999 C ASE MX220, FWA, 6500 hrs., you want to own in your Producer? Order $58,000. 306-842-5036, 306-861-6466, professional reproductions of photos or Weyburn, SK. whole newspaper pages for your own walls $175,000 2008 CIH 435 Quadtrac, Stk# at reasonable prices. 1-800-667-6978 87499, 5212 hrs., 30” track, 4 SCV, guid- or email us at photos@producer.com ance system, Degelman 7900 14’ blade STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER specialw/silage ext. 403-854-3334, Hanna, AB. izing in rebuilding JD tractors. Want Series QUAD TRAC UNDERCARRIAGE parts for 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 7000s to rebuild or for JD, CIH & Challenger in sotck. Bogeys, id- parts. pay top $$. Now selling JD parts. lers, bearing, seals, tracks... factory direct. 204-466-2927, 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2007 JD 9420, 4713 hrs., 1 owner, all 2015 CASE 580 QT, 1029 hrs., full load, available options, 800 Firestone deep ext. warranty, PTO, eng. break, $430,000 tread tires, weights, 15 spd. Powershift, OBO. 403-575-5491, Brownfield, AB. climate control, Active Seat, extra lighting, SN# RW9420P051184, excellent condit i o n , $ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 . C h a r l e s C at t l e C o . , 306-457-2935, Stoughton, SK. STEIGER TRACTOR PARTS. New and used, from radiator to drawpin, 1969 to UTILITY TRACTOR: JD 6200, 2 WD, open 1999. Give us a call 1-800-982-1769 or station with loader; JD 5520 MFWD w/ cab & air, 2700 hrs. 204-522-6333, Melita. www.bigtractorparts.com

2014 JD 8370R MFWD 2014 MT965C, 800’s, 5 hyds., GPS, 1025 hrs., 525 HP, loaded, $349,900; 2013 MT 545D, loader & grapple, 24 spd., dual PTO, 1512 hrs., cab susp., 155 HP, $139,900.

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2000 JD 7710, 5130 hrs; 2000 JD 8310; 2014 MF 7615, Deluxe cab, cab susp., 2001 JD 7810; 2009 JD 7830, 3800 hrs. loader & grapple, CVT, 150 HP, 2510 hrs., All MFWD, can be equipped with loaders. $139,900. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK 204-522-6333, Melita, MB.

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$125,500 1997 JD 9400, Stk#89153, 8100 hrs., 425 HP, rebuilt trans., 710 dua l s , w i t h D e g e l m a n t wo - w ay b l a d e .

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$440,000 2013 CHALLENGER MT965C, Stk#83676, 834 hrs., 525 HP, hi-flow 2012 M135X, loader and grapple, 3PTH, hyds., 5 SCV, PTO, GPS, Degelman 7900 16x16 PS trans., 2400 hrs., 20.8x38, 135 HP, $73,900. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK blade. 403-783-3337, Ponoka, AB.

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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.

1983 JD 4450 MFWD w/Ezee-On FEL 2130 grapple, 15 spd. PS, 3 hyds, 7925 hrs showing, 14.9-26F, 20.8R32, duals avail. $375,000 2013 CIH 550 Quadtrac, Stk# 306-283-4747, 306-291-9395 Langham SK 85942, 2846 hrs., powershift, hi-flow 2 JOHN DEERE 8970’s: 5400 hrs., powerhyds., PTO, full GPS, guidance ready. shift, $79,000 Cdn OBO; 6800 hrs., 24 403-625-4421, Claresholm, AB. spd., $69,000 Cdn. OBO. Both have PTO and 3PTH. 218-779-1710. Delivery avail.

2013 MT965 4WD, 800/70Rx38 Trelleborgs, w/12,000 lbs. ballast duals, high flow hyds, C18 litre, 525 HP Cat, no DEF, 5 yr/3000 hrs. PT, only 1323 hrs. $260,000, Call Troy 306-435-6897, Redvers, SK.

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2013 JD 4940, 120’, 1500 eng, 380 tires & duals on rear, 1200 gal. stainless, all options, $219,000. 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK 2014 NH SP 240F-XP, 275 HP, 120’, 1200 stainless, fully loaded incl. AIM Command, both sets tires, $219,000. 306-948-7223.

$134,900 2009 JD 7830, Stk#82122, 6906 hrs., 165 HP, IVT, new engine in May 2017, 520/R42 & 420R30 tires, AutoTrak ready. 403-362-3486, Brooks, AB.

BOOK NORCAN SOYBEANS Common #1 so you keep more green. Buy a bigger JD with the savings! Early discounts. Norcan 2012 CIH 500HD, 1915 hrs., 4 remotes, Seeds at 204-372-6552, Fisher Branch MB. tow cable, luxury cab, red leather heated seats, 16 spd. PS, 57 GPM hyd. pump, 710 2015 6140R, MFWD, 150 HP, 1870 hrs, tires, buddy seat, gd cond., $228,000 OBO. 20 spd, FEL, 3PTH, 540/1000 PTO, diff. lock, front axle susp., 50 KPH+, $149,000.

Ph/tx Brandon 306-577-5678, Carlyle, SK. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 1980 IH 1086 w/2350 loader, $10,500; 1979 Case 2290, $10,500. A.E. Chicoine JOHN DEERE 7810, FWA, only 4500 hrs., Farm Equipment Ltd., 306-449-2255, l o a d e d w i t h d u a l s , s h e d d e d . P h o n e 780-990-8412, Edmonton, AB. Storthoaks, SK.

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1978 JD 4440 2WD, 9300 hrs., 1200 hrs. on complete rebuild, meticulously maintained, 134a A/C, Pioneer hyd. coupler conversion, 42" wheels, 50 series hood lights, upgraded steps, fresh eng. & trans. oils, $40,000. 306-577-9141, Wawota, SK.

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2002 6420, FWA, CAH, 3PTH, 8000 Leon loader w/QA 96” bucket & bale fork, new clutch & block heater - $5000 this fall, new PTO 1 year ago. Will trade on bred cows or bale truck. 306-386-2490, Cochin, SK.

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$269,000 2015 JD 7230R, Stk#80127, 1924 hrs., 230 HP, IVT, IF600/70R30 & IF710/70R42 tires, 5 SCV, SF3000, 4600 display. 403-783-3337, Ponoka, AB. WRECKING FOR PARTS: JD 8850 4 WD, w/8- 24.5x32 Goodyear Dyna Torque tires 80+%. Needs eng. repair. Can be sold as a complete unit. 1-877-564-8734, Roblin MB 2008 JD 7230 Premium, MFWD, 3 PTH, 3 hyds, w/JD 741 FEL, bucket, grapple, 2677 hrs vg. 306-625-7277, Stewart Valley, SK. 2004 JD 6715 FWA, 740 loader, grapple, 3PTH, 4300 hrs., $59,000. 306-252-2858, Kenaston, SK. 1992 JD 4055 MFWD, 9032 hrs., great for baler or grain auger, exc. cond., $40,000 OBO. Kdranch@yahoo.com 306-846-4501, 306-846-7770, Dinsmore, SK.

2013 NEW HOLLAND TV6070 Bidirectional, 4100 hrs., bought new with loader/grapple and all the bells and whistles good reliable tractor. $110000. 306-263-3232, Tyvan, SK. youngslandc@gmail.com

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1984 VERS. 875 4WD, w/Atom Jet hyd. kit, $27,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equip- SUNFLOWER HARVEST SYSTEMS. Call for literature. 1-800-735-5848. Lucke Mfg., ment Ltd., 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. www.luckemanufacturing.com 2014 VERSATILE 2375, 710’s, PTO, 4 hy d s . , 1 2 s p d . s t a n d a r d , 1 o w n e r, $185,000. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK. 1992 FORD/VERSATILE 946, JD AutoSteer, 6000 hrs., very nice, $44,500 Cdn. OBO. Delivery available. 218-779-1710.

2015 VERS. 450 4WD, 2279 hrs., warranty Nov/18, PTO, 800/70R38 Firestone, PS, 106 GPM, DLX cab w/leather seat, HID, VPAS, 6 SCV's, tow cable, return line, $260,000. 306-435-7047, Moosomin, SK.

OUTDOOR WOODS BOILER, manufactured by company in Roblin, MB. Approx 400,000 BTU/hr. Will heat any size of house/shop and some additional outer buildings. Similar model retails for $13,500 new from LOOKING FOR CASE Magnum 7230, 7240, dealer. Very simple operation, no complior 7250 with FWA. Call 306-463-7627, cated devices/controls. $3800 OBO. For more information or viewing, please call Wilkie, SK. 306-764-7214. Prince Albert, SK. WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly tractors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847.

$215,000 2012 FENDT 933V, Stk#91880, 3790 hrs., 330 HP, IVT, IF710/70R42 & IF620/75R30 Michelins, 4 SCV, Trimble CFX750. 403-742-4427, Stettler, AB. GRATTON COULEE AGRI PARTS LTD. Your #1 place to purchase late model combine and tractor parts. Used, new and rebuilt. www.gcparts.com Toll free 888-327-6767.

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

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Lawrence & Kathryn Olson Dispersal

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200 Fancy Black Cows + 2 herd Bulls

Todd Dunham 40 home raised red hfrs - 1200 lbs.

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3 06 .9 46 .9 6 6 9 or 3 06 .9 46 .79 23 DRILL STEM FOR SALE: 300 2-7/8”.

306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK.

2014 CHALLENGER MT765D, 620 hrs., 3502 HP, Trimble Autopilot, 18” tracks, PTO, 3 PTH, $229,800. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2005 MCCORMICK MTX120 with Quicke loader, 3100 hours; 2006 MTX150; MTX 140. Call 204-522-6333, Melita, MB.

MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps.

Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca SOLIDLOCK AND TREE ISLAND game wire and all accessories for installation. Heights from 26” to 120”. Ideal for elk, deer, bison, sheep, swine, cattle, etc. Tom Jensen ph/fax: 306-426-2305, Smeaton, SK. GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner Wo o d P r e s e r ve r s L t d . , a s k fo r R o n 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK.

2008 JCB 541-70 Agra Plus telehandler, 1028 hrs., original owner, excellent condition, $89,000. 403-348-7251, Beaverlodge, AB. cdgrinde@gmail.com

DEGELMAN 4600 12’ 4-way blade, mounts JD 4450, $8000; Degelman 4600, 12’ 4-way blade, mounts JD 6430, $11,000.

Call 780-352-3012, Wetaskiwin, AB. CAT DOZER BLADE: 12’x3’, good shape, cutting edge never been turned, good bolts, C-frame for blade, $1200.

306-722-7770, Osage, SK. 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. JOHN DEERE 36A FEL, 60” bucket, new lift cylinder shafts (to be installed), $750 OBO. Phone Paul, 306-233-7921, Wakaw, SK.

2013 JD 210K EP

16’ PEELED RAILS, 2-3” $4.50/ea., 125 per bundle; 3-4” $9.50/ea, 100 per bundle; 4-5” $11.50/ea, 75 per bundle. Vermette Wood Preservers, Spruce Home, SK., 1-800-667-0094, email: info@vwpltd.com website: www.vwpltd.com

SEASONED SPRUCE SLAB firewood, one cord bundles, $99, half cord bundles, $65.

Volume discounts. Call V&R Sawing, 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK. BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer.

WALLENSTEIN WOOD PROCESSOR # 830.

1 man tool for cutting, splitting & piling, used 50 hrs. 403-346-7178, Red Deer, AB

1-800-667-4515 www.combineworld.com

BLOCKED & SEASONED PINE FIREWOOD: Bags $90. Delivery available. Vermette Wood Preservers, Spruce Home, SK. 1-800-667-0094, email: info@vwpltd.com Website: www.vwpltd.com

THREE POINT HITCH: Massey Harris 226 7’ blade, $725; John Deere 205, 60” cut, new clutch/blades, $650; 7’ cultivator, $475. 306-221-0087, Grandora, SK. RETIRING - SMALLER FARM EQUIPMENT: 1999 MX220 Case/IH tractor; 27’ FlexiCoil air drill w/7120 tank; 1995 Ford S/A dsl., grain truck; Plus more! 306-842-5036, 306-861-6466, Weyburn, SK. 1 1 ’ ROTA RY M O W E R , $ 2 0 0 0 . P h o n e 306-395-2668 or 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK.

NEW AND USED GENERATORS: 500KW Caterpillar, Perkins, Cummins, Magnum In stock. Call 250-554-6661, Kamloops, BC. Email: denis@bcdieselgenerators.com www.bcdieselgenerators.com

Generator Sets for your farm available with low monthly payments.

Free help with sizing.

Call 800-687-6879 and use discount code WESTERN

Diesel and Natural Gas

NEW AND USED generators, all sizes from 5 kw to 3000 kw, gas, LPG or diesel. Phone for availability and prices. Many used in stock. 204-643-5441, Fraserwood, MB.

“Canada’s Source for Quality Bred Cattle” FOR MORE INFO CALL

(306) 773-3174

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

CANADA’S AG-ONLY LISTINGS GIANT

BISON WANTED - Canadian Prairie Bison is looking to contract grain finished bison, as well as calves and yearlings for growing markets. Contact Roger Provencher at 306-468-2316, roger@cdnbison.com BISON CALVES WANTED. Harmony Natural bison. Call or text 306-736-3454, SE Sask.

BRED BISON HEIFERS for sale. 85 pasture raised, top cut. Ready to go Dec. 15.

Call or text 306-495-8800, 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. 100 BISON COWS, $5000 each; 100 bison calves (50 heifers and 50 bulls), taking offers. Call 250-263-3152, Melville, SK.

SASKATOON LIVESTOCK SALES LTD.

BRED COW AND BRED HEIFER SALE Friday December 15th Starting at 12 Noon

(850 Bred Cows and Heifers will sell)

COMPLETE COW HERD DISPERSAL Forreiter Farms, Saskatoon, SK 300 Bred Females- Blacks and Black Baldies- ½ and ¾ Blood Simm X Angus - Heifers Bred Black Angus, Cows Bred Simmental, Start Calving March 15th. This is the dispersal of the year. Top end cow herd.

OT Angus, Kelvington, SK 150 Top Quality Blacks and Reds Bred Angus, Excellent set of heifers.

Bob McDonald, Rosetown, SK 50 Red Cows - Bred Red Angus, Mainly 3rd Calvers.

Martin & Donna Bohrson, Hanley, SK - 30 Simm/Angus Heifers - Bred to easy calving Black Angus Bulls, Home Raised.

Dean Palmer, Davidson, SK 25 Simm X Heifers - Bred Red Angus. Bulls out June 1st.

215 - 2017 Bison Calves: Taking offers for December/January weaning, to be picked up. Started calving in March. Started finishing ration November 1st. 306-331-7563, Craik, SK. trewett.whbp@sasktel.net

Saskatoon Livestock Sales 1-306-382-8088

COMPLETE BISON COW herd dispersal Productive herd, culled annually, 125 cows, 50 yearling heifers. Royal Black Bison Ranch Inc. 306-441-7128, Paynton, SK

ONE STOP

BUYING: CULL COWS, herdsire bulls, yearlings and calves. Now dealer for Redmond Bison mineral. Call Elk Valley Ranches, 780-846-2980, Kitscoty, AB. BUYING BISON for processing. Call for options and prices, Ian 204-848-2498 or 204-867-0085.

SAWMILL CUMMINS power unit & edger, $14,700; Forano feller buncher, $13,125; 1982 Tanga slasher 100, $17,250. All prices OBO. Call 204-222-0285, Winnipeg, MB.

Donnie 306-662-8288 Lee 306-741-5701

CHAINLINK FENCE PANELS, 6x13, 6x10 fair condition, $50. 403-265-7337, Calgary, AB. mary@onsitefence.ca

BLUE WATER IRRIGATION DEV. LTD. Reinke pivots, lateral, minigators, pump and used mainline, new Bauer travelers dealer. 25 yrs. experience. 306-858-7351, Lucky Lake, SK. www.philsirrigation.ca

$39,800

ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New Degelman equipment, land rollers, Strawmaster, rockpickers, protill, dozer blades.

306-957-4403, 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK. 5 BUILDING JACKS, 15 ton mechanical lift; 605A Vermeer baler, good belts, $600; Portable fuel tank fits in half ton or bigger, $125. 204-825-2784, Pilot Mound, MB. FEED MIX CARTS w/scales: Knight 280 bu., $5000; Gehl 500 bu.,$10,000; Kelly Ryan and Roorda feeder cart, $2000; JD 785 spreader, $11,000; New Idea 362 spreader, $6500. 1-866-938-8537, Portage

2 & 7/8” OILFIELD TUBING, cement and plastic lined, $25. Call 306-861-1280, Weyburn, SK.

8” to 6” MAINLINE; 6 - 5”x5” wheelines; Bauer 1160’ w/4.5” hard hose reel.

306-858-7351, Lucky Lake, SK.

Skip loader, 1336 hrs, 4WD, 70 HP, canopy, forks, 3 spd p/s, with personnel carrier.

CAT D7 17A HDV Dozer, CCU w/Towner breaking disk, and LaPlat cable scraper, $15,000. 780-632-7352, Vegreville, AB. NEW 16’ DEGELMAN dozer blade, for Case 620 Quad track or any wide frame Case, $43,000. 306-441-1684, Cut Knife, SK. 12’ DEGELMAN 46/5700 4-Way dozer blade, QA, $15,000; HLA snow wing dozer blade, trip cutting edge, $15,000. Wandering River AB 780-771-2155, 780-404-1212 ALLIED 590 LOADER, Degelman 10’ blade w/JD mounts, $3500/ea. Call Danny Spence, 306-246-4632. Speers, SK.

DISPERSALS, BRED HEIFERS and more Friday, Dec. 22nd, 1:00 PM at Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. Mantell, Windy Willows, Harle, HiLow, Goruick heifers; More than 300+ altogether.

PL#914447. View details and pics online: www.johnstoneauction.ca

Swift Current, Sask.

MF #36 DISCERS. Will pay top dollar MULTIPLE HIGH HP track & 4WD tractors. and pick from anywhere. Phone Mike Various options, various hours. All are in 306-723-4875, Cupar, SK. excellent condition and priced to sell!

Delivery available. Call 218-779-1710.

BREEDING STOCK: BORN 2016 Breeder bulls available March 2018 and bred heifers available for Nov 2018. Visit our website for pictures or call for pricing. 780-581-3025, Vermilion, AB. irishcreekbison@gmail.com irishcreekbison.com WANTED: BISON HANDLING equipment or system. 306-260-2433, Dalmeny, SK. WANTED ALL CLASSES of bison: calves, yearlings, cows, bulls. Willing to purchase any amount. dreyelts1@rap.midco.net Call 605-391-4646.

KEEP JOBS IN CANADA. Elk Valley Ranches a Canadian Co. finishes bison in Canada. We are now buying cull cows, cull bulls, yearlings and calves. Paying top $$ with prompt payment. Kitscoty, AB, Frank at 780-846-2980. elkvalley@xplornet.com www.elkvalleyranches.com 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. 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.

2 TROPHY WOOD BISON BULLS for sale, 10-12 years old. Located near Esterhazy, SK. Phone 306-745-2743.

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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 PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling bulls, replacement heifers, AI service.

Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. 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.

20 FANCY HEIFERS, bred Black Angus, bull turned out June 20, polled in 45 d., preg. checked, $2000. 306-281-8224 Delisle, SK.

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. and catalogue at: www.biggullyfarm.com Lance Leachman: 306-903-7299 or email: biggullyfarm@gmail.com Online bidding at: www.LiveAuctions.tv

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.

PUREBRED SALERS HERD DISPERSAL. Details at: www.sweetlandsalers.com Ken SWAN HILLS RANCH Pure bred An- Sweetland, Lundar, MB., 204-762-5512. gus\Simmental cows. AI for Feb/Mar calving . 204-734-0210, Swan River, MB. FULL FLECKVIEH & PB bred heifers, most due in Jan., bred to Captain Morgan son, top quality deep heifers. Curtis Mattson, 306-944-4220, 306-231-9994, Meacham.

PB RED SIMMENTAL 2nd and 3rd calvers.

Also red heifer calves. Crocus Simmentals, Swift Current, SK. Call 306-773-7122.

LWC RANCH SELLING Simmental bulls by private treaty. 2-year-old, yearling, and RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, se- off-age bulls. Traditional, reds, blacks, men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery Simmental Cross Angus. Contact Scott at available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, 780-214-1198, or Blaine at 306-821-0112.

Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca RETIREMENT DISPERSAL of Angus genetics. 305 straws of semen from 7 Angus sires. 45 embryos from 4 high profile Angus cows. Ph/text for list 780-216-0220.

REG. RED ANGUS bulls, calving ease, good weaning weights, no creep feed. Little de Ranch, 306-845-2406, Turtleford, SK.

REGISTERED PUREBRED CHAROLAIS bulls: 40+ yearling and 5 coming 2 year olds, for sale by private treaty. Belmont, MB. Brad 204-537-2367 or 204-523-0062 www.clinecattlecompany.ca 15 PUREBRED CHAROLAIS cows & 10 commercial cows, bred Charolais. Layne & Paula Evans, 306-252-2246, Kenaston, SK. TEN PUREBRED CHAROLAIS bred heifers.

Layne and Paula Evans, 306-252-2246, Kenaston, SK. GERRARD CATTLE CO. Complete Dispersal: 120 PB Charolais on offer, incl. 40 yearling & 2-yr-old bulls. This is the entire 2016 & 2017 crop of bulls! Sale is December 14, 2017 at the Ranch in Innisfail, AB. Contact Bouchard Livestock for more details or to request a catalog. 403-946-4999 10 PUREBRED BRED Charolais heifers, some are AI. Wood River Charolais 306-478-2520 McCord, SK.

30 BELTED GALLOWAY X Galloway, yearlings & two-year-olds, certified organic, no grain. 780-356-2239, Grande Prairie area.

FANCY PUREBRED HEIFER Calves. Jen-Ty Gelbviehs, 403-378-4898, Duchess, AB. www.jentygelbviehs.com

WELSH BLACK- The Brood Cow Advantage.

Check www.canadianwelshblackcattle.com Canadian Welsh Black Soc. 403-442-4372.

12 SIMMENTAL & Simmental Angus cross bred heifers, red and black, bred easy calving Simmental, for Feb and March calving.

Call Lee at 306-335-7553, Balcarres, SK. 180 BLACK & RED Angus cross cows, 3-5 years old, bred to top Black & Red Simmental bull. To start calving April 5th, vaccinated with Bovishield FP5, excellent deep square cows; Also 35 Angus cross heifers bred to easy calving Angus bull.

Call 204-851-0745, Elkhorn, MB. 50 SIMMENTAL & SIMMENTAL Cross bred cows and heifers, bred Simmental, start calving March 1st. 306-762-4723, Odessa.

EXCELLENT SET OF hand picked Red, RWF, & Black heifers. 112 red and RWF, exposed 45 days, start calving Feb 1st. 160 red and RWF, exposed 60 days, start calving April 1st. 40 black, exposed 60 days, start calving April 1st. Average weight 1200 lbs.

Bred to top of the line Red Angus low BW bulls. 403-740-5197, Big Valley, AB. RED ANGUS CROSS Simmental Bred Heffiers, Bred Red Angus exposed June 12th.

Call 306-458-7544, Midale, SK.

For further information phone

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DAVIDSON GELBVIEH/ LONESOME DOVE RANCH 29th Annual Bull Sale, Saturday, March 3, 2018, 1:00 PM at their bull yards, Ponteix, SK. Complimentary lunch at 11:00 AM. Pre-sale viewing and hospitality, Friday, March 2nd. Selling 100+ purebred Gelbvieh yearling bulls, Red or Black. Performance and semen tested. Vernon and Eileen 306-625-3755, Ross and Tara 306-625-3513, Ponteix, SK. Bidding in person or on-line: www.dlms.com View catalog and video on our websites: www.davidsongelbvieh.com and www.lonesomedoveranch.ca

PUREBRED HEREFORD FEMALES: Bred heifers and 2 & 3 year olds, bred Hereford, to calve Feb./Mar. Call 204-759-2188, 204-365-7426 or 431-282-3030, Strathclair, MB.

COZY CAPS! Ear protection for newborn calves! 306-739-0020, Wawota, SK. Email cozycaps@outlook.com 100 BLACK ANGUS 3rd and 4th calvers; 250 Black & Red Angus 2nd calvers. Swift Current, SK. 306-773-1049, 306-741-6513.

HERD DISPERSAL Dec 15, 2017, 12 noon, Heartland Livestock Services, Virden, MB. 145 Angus Simmental cross cows, 120 are 5 yrs., old or younger. Calving from mid Feb. to end of Apr. Bred to high performing Simmental and Angus bulls, complete health protocol avail. Cattle can be viewed on the farm after Dec. 1 till sale time. Contact Sundance Valley Ranch, Marcel and Jean Fouillard 204-683-2208. Heartland Livestock Services, Robin or Rick 204-748-2809.

29 RED ANGUS Simmental Cross Heifers, bred Red Angus, calving ease bull, due April 1st. 306-283-9276, Langham, SK.

SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK. 20 YOUNG PUREBRED Black & Red Angus cows; 1 PB Black Angus bull. For more info. call 306-865-4168 Hudson Bay, SK. BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca BRED HEIFERS: 125 black, Black Baldie heifers bred to easy calving Black Angus bulls for March 20 calving. Beautiful, Quiet, one iron heifers, $2500. 204-841-0605, Neepawa, MB. js.silage@gmail.com (10) 2 YEAR OLD BLACK ANGUS bulls, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. High quality. Reasonably priced. B/B Duncan, Cromer, MB. 204-556-2342, 204-556-2348 or 204-851-0306.

60 BRED BLACK HEIFERS bred Black, bulls out June 27th. Call 306-629-7575 or 306-629-3594, Morse, SK.

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 as- 100 BLACK ANGUS heifers, bred to regissured payment. Contact Richard Bintner tered Black Angus bulls. Can winter and 306-873-3184. calve out. 306-322-7905, Archerwill, SK.

WITH YOUR HELP A CURE WILL BE FOUND FOR CROHN’S DISEASE AND ULCERATIVE COLITIS

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FOR SALE: 12 F1 POLLED Shorthorn Red HORSE COLLARS, all sizes, steel and aluAngus heifers, will make good brood cows. minum horseshoes. We ship anywhere.

Call 306-277-4351, Gronlid, SK. Keddie’s, 1-800-390-6924 or keddies.com 110 BRED RED ANGUS Simmental cross heifers, bred Red Angus for 30 day calving period, bulls out July 1st. 306-355-2700, 306-631-0997, Mortlach, SK. 50 BRED HEIFERS, black and BBF, easy calving, due April 10th, $2300 OBO. Phone CANADIAN VERIFIED SHEEP Program 403-862-7674, Strathmore, AB. (OFFS) workshop in conjunction with Sask.

CATTLEMENS FINANCIAL CORP. Programs Sheep Development Board’s AGM and for cow/calf operators and feedlots, pro- Symposium will be held at Ramada Plaza ceeds as you sell and equity draws. Hotel 1818 Victoria Ave, Regina, SK. Jan 780-448-0033 or www.cattlefinance.com 12-13, 2018. Please call: 306-933-5200 or 10 PB RA & 5 RA/Simm. bred heifers, bred mail to: sheepdb@sasktel.net to register, RA July 14-Aug. 28. Kept these as own re- please visit: www.sksheep.com for details. placements out of 75 but must sell due to drought/feed shortage. Processed one month ago: RA 1017 lbs., Simm X 1068 lbs. Call Roger: 306-221-1558, Minton, SK. NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for over 15 years, is looking for Elk. “If you WANTED: CULL COWS and bulls. For book- have them, we want them.” Make your fiings call Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, nal call with Northfork for pricing! Guaran306-363-2117 ext. 111, Drake, SK. teed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, Winnipeg, MB. FOR SALE: Small closed young Elk herd, 10 bulls & 12 females. Call 306-839-7794 BUYING ELK for Meat, Hunting and STALLIONS, GELDINGS, MARES. Phone: Breeding. Call for options and prices, Ian 306-283-4495 (evenings), Langham, SK. 204-848-2498 or 204-867-0085. www.livingwaterpaintsandquarters.com ELK WANTED! If you have elk to supply to market let AWAPCO be your first choice. $11.50/kg. Call our office at 780-980-7589, info@wapitiriver.com

9 YEAR OLD flashy rope horse. Bo is a 15.2 HH finished head horse used at numerous jackpots. A well started heel horse, used on the ranch for every job under the sun.

Doctored cows/yearlings, dragged thousands of calves, and hauled to AZ. one winter but mainly hauled and used as a pickup horse across Western Canada the last 2 yrs. Flashy as they come and reliable.

Videos available, serious inquires only please. Please call 306-263-3232, Tyvan, SK. Email: youngslandc@gmail.com

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PUREBRED BORDER COLLIE pups for sale, Elvin Kopp bloodlines, can be papered, c/w 1st shots, vet checked, micro chipped, GRAIN LAND TO RENT, 35 mile radius of $850. Call 403-575-1309, Consort, AB. Rouleau, SK. Call 306-776-2600 or email: LARGE PUREBRED ALASKAN mala- kraussacres@sasktel.net mute/cross pups. Born Oct 10, these well marked pups, possess strong stamina, loyalty, reasonably priced at $327.50.

48” BELTING DOWN to 32”. Good for cat- and tle feeders. Call 403-346-7178, Red Deer, Call 306-947-2190, Hepburn, SK. AB. (2) 2007 HAGEDORN 2277 hydropush manure spreaders, 425 bu., always shedded.

Phone 306-717-3297, Hafford, SK. STEEL VIEW MFG. Self-standing panels, windbreaks, silage/hay bunks, feeder panels, sucker rod fence posts. Custom orders. Call Shane 306-493-2300, Delisle, SK. www.steelviewmfg.com SVEN ROLLER MILLS. Built for over 40 years. PTO/elec. drive, 40 to 1000 bu./hr.

Example: 300 bu./hr. unit costs $1/hr. to run. Rolls peas and all grains. We regroove and repair all makes of mills. Call Apollo Machine 306-242-9884, 1-877-255-0187. www.apollomachineandproducts.com MOLE HILL DESTROYERS: Level those rough hay fields, speed up haying operations, less downtime. Save money. For more information phone 306-542-7325.

Visit: www.molehilldestroyers.com NH 357 MIX MILL, always shedded, excellent working condition, $4800. Willmott Ranch, Pense, SK. Call 306-345-2046.

FARMLAND WANTED

SOOKE, BC.: 1 hour west of Victoria.

4200 sq. ft., 4 bdrm., 3 bath, 1/2 acre, ocean view; Plus adjoining 1/3 acre C3 commercial with buildings. MLS® 378889 & MLS® 381189. Call 250-642-5172.

LOG SIDING, LOG cabin logs, Fir timbers, Fir flooring, Cedar. Special orders. Check o u t m o r e i n fo . at : ro u c k b ro s . c o m Lumby, BC., 1-800-960-3388.

FARMLAND NE SK (Clemenceau) 4 qtrs plus 36 acre riverside parcel with 5 bdrm. home. Featuring: bins on concrete with direct hit on railroad cars, 40 acres of mostly mature spruce timber, 2 farmyards- 1 bordering Etomami River and 50 miles of provincial forest, exc. elk hunting and other big game and goose. 580 acres wheat, mustard, barley and peas. Full line of farm and sawmill equipment also available. Will separate. Reg Hertz, 306-865-7469.

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LAND FOR SALE: 505.18 ac. of cross fenced grass ready to be turned back into grain land. Land is beside busy airport in Central Alberta. $3600/acre. Call 780-385-0524, Killam, AB. kelndor@syban.net

WANTED: GRAIN LAND for rent in Northern/Central Saskatchewan. Call Mike 306-469-7741, Big River, SK. QUARTER SECTION IN RM of Bjorkdale, SK. #426. SW 19-45-09 W2. 147 acres, approx.

100 cultivated. Phone 306-864-7922.

PUREBRED BORDER COLLIE Puppies, 3 females. Microchipped, dewormed & vaccinated. $750. 403-575-5470, Brownfield, AB. CHESAPEAKE BAY RETRIEVER puppies From great hunting parents, both health certified and titled in hunt tests. Registered, vaccinated, de-wormed and ready to go December 20th. Pedigrees available upon request. Inquire to: 306-776-2510 or e-mail: flatrocktrucks@outlook.com

SASKATCHEWAN’S PREMIER BEEF EVENT

TO BE MOVED: 950 sq. ft. house, new windows and doors, 2” insulation, 3 bedroom, newer cabinets, metal roof & vinyl siding.

Must be moved by spring 2018. Asking $25,000. 306-227-0610, Saskatoon, SK.

SALE BY TENDER RM 271: SE 17-29-32 W1.

Tenders to close Dec. 15, 2017. Possession date Feb. 15, 2018. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Submit tenders with 10% deposit marked "RM 271 Tender" to Stooshinoff Law Office, 300 416- 21st St East, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 0C2. Deposit will be returned if offer not accepted, taxes will be adjusted as of possession date.

FARM LAND FOR SALE

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3,178 acres with 2,005 under cultivation.

High revenue stream from Oil/Gas Leases.

Located in East Central Alberta.

Contact: Northern Lights Realty (2000) Ltd. toll free 1-866-262-1649 or hlverm@telusplanet.net or Darren Sanders at Lane Realty 1-306-291-8944

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BY TENDER: NE 1/4 02-35-15-W2, 145-150 arable ac. Send Tender to: Accent Credit Union, c/o Denise Krocker, Commissioner of Oaths, Box 520, Quill Lake SK., S0A 3E0. A certified cheque must accompany the Tender in the amount of 5% of the bid payable to Lawrence Omelian.

Highest or any Tender not necessarily ac- LAND WANTED TO rent or purchase in RM cepted. Closing date is January 12, 2018. #248 and RM #218. Call 306-726-8090, pjhart@sasktel.net WANTED: Saskatchewan grainland, housing, and vacant lots. Will pay min. 10% LAND FOR RENT - RM of Elmsthorpe premium on current pricing. Within 25 #100: NW/SW 15-11-23-W2, 283 cult. miles of Leader SK. Box 5001, c/o The acres. Call 647-786-6159. Avonlea, SK. Western Producer, Saskatoon, SK S7K 2C4 WANTED: ORGANIC LENTILS, peas and RM MAPLE CREEK #111. For sale N 1/2 chickpeas. Stonehenge Organics, AssiniNEAR KRONAU SK, 1/2 hr. from Regina 80 35-11-26-W3. 320 cult. acres, 60x100’ boia, SK., 306-640-8600, 306-640-8437. acres w/character home and outbuildings; steel quonset on 2’ cement fdn, power, Near Pilot Butte 68 acres with yardsite; for up to 100 head of cattle, 1 mile LOOKING FOR YOUR piece of paradise? 2- Near Pilot Butte 80 acres with yardsite. water 1 ac. lots near Lac des Iles. Approx 140 ac. Brian Tiefenbach, 306-536-3269, Colliers of Hwy #1 frontage. Call 403-866-2214. overlooking Lac des Iles. For more info: Int. Regina, SK. www.collierscanada.com TOM@SASKFARMLAND.COM Interest306-238-7702, e.alexander@littleloon.ca ed in the value of your farmland and conWANTED: 6000-6500 acres, good farm- sidering selling? Up to date market evalualand, 1-2 hrs. from Saskatoon. Turnkey tions done at your farm. Coldwell Banker operation. Contact 780-625-6767.

Signature. Tom Neufeld 306-260-7838.

ARE YOU A GENTLEMAN, 55-65? Seeking companionship for occasional outings for lady busy with gardening, helping others, cooking, animal care, music, many other interests. Reply to: Box 2010, c/o The CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on Western Producer, Saskatoon, SK S7K 2C4 site. For early booking call ORGANIC LAND in MD of Mackenzie: 1200 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: seeded ac., 1800 sq.ft house w/garage, www.warmanhomecentre.com 6800 sq.ft. shop, 60x120 cold storage, 100,000+ bu. grain storage, on school bus 2002 JIFFY 920 Bale Processor, new rotor, ARE YOU SINGLE and would rather be route, power, phone, natural gas, dugout. flails, and bushings. Call 306-839-4708, in love? Camelot Introductions has been 780-928-2538 or 780-841-1180.

Pierceland, SK. successfully matching people for over 23 FREESTANDING PANELS: 30’ windbreak years. In-person interviews by Intuitive FARM LAND INVESTORS wanted for panels; 6-bar 24’ and 30’ panels; 10’, 20’ Matchmaker in MB and SK. Call 306-978- east central Alberta and West central and 30’ feed troughs; Bale shredder bunks; L OVE ( 5 6 8 3 ) , 2 0 4 - 2 5 7 - L OVE ( 5 6 8 3 ) Sask, Looking for investors to partner with or directly invest in good land. Land will be Silage bunks; Feeder panels; HD bale feed- www.camelotintroductions.com mangaged by a proven top producing 3rd ers; All metal 16’ and 24’ calf shelters. Will generation farm business in a prime area custom build. 306-424-2094, Kendal, SK. for expansion. Area has multiple wind farms in the planning stages to be constructed in the next few years as well as oil and gas.

Farmland is a safe place to invest with good returns and the time is now. E-mail: farmlandinvesting@hotmail.com

January 24 and 25, 2018 Saskatoon Inn & Conference Centre

Cell: 306-230-1588 Office: 306-361-8926 Fax: 306-665-1443 justin.yin.ca@gmail.com

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.

USED PIPE AND SUCKER RODS: 2-3/8", 27/8", 3-1/2" used pipe, $36/ea; 7/8", 1" RT M S A N D S I T E b u i l t h o m e s . C a l l sucker rods, $12/ea. Call 306-460-7966 or 1-866-933-9595, or go online for pictures HERD REDUCTION SALE on PB Nubians, does, bucks and bucklings, no CAE/CL. 306-460-4166, Kindersley, SK. and pricing at: www.warmanhomes.ca Call 306-231-4036, Humboldt, SK. HOME HARDWARE RTM Homes and Cottages. Phone 1-800-663-3350 or go onl i n e fo r f l o o r p l a n s a n d s p e c s at : www.northbattlefordhomehardware.com 2014 BALE UNROLLING deck off Chevy 3500, remote control, hyd. pump, good J&H HOMES: Western Canada’s most condition. 204-381-1240, Woodmore, MB. trusted RTM Home Builder since 1969.

FFS- FUCHS FARM SUPPLY is your partner WANT THE ORGANIC ADVANTAGE? View at www.jhhomes.com 306-652-5322 Contact an organic Agrologist at Pro-Cert in agriculture. Stocking mixer, cutter, feed wagons and bale shredders. We are for information on organic farming: prosindustry leaders in Rol-Oyl cattle oilers. pects, transition, barriers, benefits, certification and marketing. Call 306-382-1299, VEGAS TIMESHARE: INT’L exchanges, 2 306-762-2125, Vibank, SK. www.fuchs.ca bedroom, 2 bath, full kitchen, laundry, Saskatoon, SK. or info@pro-cert.org fireplace, pools, selling due to health.

306-453-2958, Carlyle, SK.

30 HORSES FOR SALE; Plus a Brown & White team of Gypsy Vanner, broke to ride and drive; and 4 saddle horses. Call GREG’S WELDING: Freestanding 24’ & 30’ corral panels and windbreaks; Also grain 306-435-3634, Moosomin, SK. and silage troughs; as well as calf shelters.

Call for pricing, 306-768-8555, delivery available. Carrot River, SK. ATTENTION HARNESS MAKERS: I have a PAYSEN LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT INC. quantity of harness’, hardware & a Pearson We manufacture an extensive line of cattle sewing machine for sale. Give me a call handling and feeding equipment including 780-879-2385 for more info., Alliance, AB. squeeze chutes, adj. width alleys, crowding tubs, calf tip tables, maternity pens, BOBSLEIGH w/HEAVY DUTY 2-1/2” cast gates and panels, bale feeders, Bison r u n n e r s , l i ke n ew c o n d i t i o n . P h o n e equipment, Texas gates, steel water 306-237-4406, Perdue, SK. troughs, rodeo equipment and garbage incinerators. Distributors for El-Toro electric branders and twine cutters. Our squeeze chutes and headgates are now avail. with a neck extender. Ph 306-796-4508, email: ple@sasktel.net Web: www.paysen.com CANADA’S AG-ONLY LISTINGS GIANT

RENN 12’ 10 HP rollermill, large rolls, new style, vg cond., half price of new, $6500, can deliver; FarmKing PTO rollermill vg cond, $2950. 204-729-5162, Brandon, MB. ARKFELD INSTANT WEIGH livestock scale, plus cattle trim chute. Ideal for 4-H. 306-762-4723, Odessa, SK.

PUREBRED FOX RED Lab puppies, ready to go for Christmas, 4 males, 3 females. Will be vet checked, dewormed, and have first shots. 306-368-2515, Lake Lenore, SK. 10 YEAR OLD female Dalmatian, spayed, in good health, will take offers; 3 year old female PB German Shorthaired Pointer, $600 OBO. 204-322-5614, Warren, MB.

SALE BY TENDER: House and Shop-14.83 Acres RM of Prince Albert - SE-15-48-24 Property Sold : “AS IS and “WHERE IS” Highest tender or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Viewing by appointment only Call DNCU @ 306-862-4651 A certified cheque must accompany the Tender in the amount of $5,000 mailed to: Diamond North Credit Union, Box 2074, Nipawin, SK S0E 1E0 Closing Date January 19, 2018 RM OF FOAM LAKE, 320 acres ideal for cereal grain & hay. Great water, power, and some buildings in yard. vjrodych@shaw.ca

WANTED: 1000 ACRE grain farm w/yard in northwest Saskatchewan. Call anytime: 780-205-4296 or email 3star@telus.net REGISTERED BORDER COLLIE pups from R M O F F OA M L A K E # 2 7 6 fo r s a l e working parents. Call Richard Smith SE-35-28-12-W2, 160 acres (approx. 102 780-846-2643, Kitscoty, AB. cultivated). Call 780-724-3735 for info.

Lane Realty is happy to announce the following listings recently added to our website.

ESTERHAZY: 16 ac. – 1370 sq ft home (w/upgrades) on well treed/ landscaped yard, strong water supply, steel grain storage DEBDEN: 150 ac. – 124 cult. ac., 2016 assess. 58,000 DEER VALLEY / LUMSDEN: 153 ac. – scenic landscape, 90 cult. ac., 64 ac. valley & nat. grass. Call for details!

KRONAU: 160 ac. -130 cult. ac., - 2017 assess. 136,400, just off Highway #33.

DEBDEN: 2250 ac. – 591 cult. ac., 2016 assess. 42,580/qtr.

HANNA (AB): 3178 ac. – 2,005 cult. ac., 1,005 ac. pasture, includes Oilfield Income ~ contact us for details!

Visit our booth at the Crop Production Show in Saskatoon, SK January 8 - 11, 2018!

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CERTIFIED #1: CDC Copeland, AAC Syn- CERTIFIED CDC HAYMAKER. Hickseeds ergy, CDC Maverick, CDC Austenson, AC 306-354-7998 (Barry) or 306-229-9517 Ranger. Ardell Seeds Ltd., 306-668-4415, (Dale), Mossbank, SK. Vanscoy, SK. WANT TO FINISH combining in August?

Grow an early variety! Grow Juniper oats Best pricing, Best and follow with Pintail winter wheat. Call option Best service Mastin Seeds, Olds, AB., 403-556-2609, WE BUY: mastinseeds.com â&#x20AC;˘ AAC Synergy Malt Barley â&#x20AC;˘ 15.0+ protein Hard Red Spring Wheat and 11.5 Protein Winter Wheat CERTIFIED CDC Landmark, AAC Cameron, â&#x20AC;˘ Soybeans and Peas Jatharia, Brandon CWRS wheat. Contact â&#x20AC;˘ Feed Wheat, Barley and Corn Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. Farm Pick up Available www.trawinseeds.ca 1-800-258-7434 matt@seed-ex.com WANT TO FINISH combing in August?

Grow an early variety! Grow Go Early HRS wheat. Call Mastin Seeds, Olds, AB., 403-556-2609, mastinseeds.com MINIMIZE INPUT COSTS & maximize yield potential. Grain & grazing/silage corn. The EXCELLENT QUALITY CERTIFIED #1 leaderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in non-GMO technology. A more CDC Landmark VB, AAC Viewfield, AAC sustainable way of farming! Free delivery. Brandon, AAC Cameron VB, AAC Elie, Cardale and AC Andrew. Frederick Seeds, Call De Dell Seeds Inc. 204-268-5224.

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We provide a forum for competitive bidding like no other as well as the beneďŹ t of being protected through the Real Estate Industry, combined with the excitement and results provided by a Live & Online Auction.

Hammond Realty & Berlinic Auctions Ltd. are taking consignments of farmland for a Multi-Seller Land Auction Event to be held in Yorkton, SK. Wednesday, March 14, 2018 Listing deadline: January 24, 2018 Call Wade Berlinic for full details and how this option may ďŹ t YOUR farmland.

CUSTOM GRAZING AVAILABLE for 2018.

Accepting cow/calf pairs, approx. 1000 acres, highly assessed cultivated land seeded to oats, plus 600 acres valley pasture with 1.5 miles of river exposure. Located North of Aylesbury, SK. Call Cliff Luther, 306-734-2997.

MANITOBA COMMUNITY PASTURES

COMMUNITY PASTURE RIDER The Association of Manitoba Community Pastures is hiring a Pasture Rider at the Mulvihill Community Pasture near Eriksdale, Manitoba.

The position is annual, full time from April 15 to November 15. Duties include managing day to day operations - rotations, treatments, take-in and take-out of the cattle and fence and infrastructure repair/maintenance.

Applicant to have signiďŹ cant cattle experience including treating cattle from horseback and be willing to supply own horses and tack. Must enjoy independent, outdoor work and dealing well with the public/patrons. Accommodations available to rent. Compensation includes health and RRSP beneďŹ ts.

Apply by Dec 15th, 2017 with a cover letter and resume to: AMCP Attn: Barry Ross, General Manager PO Box 627 Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0 For more information contact: AMCP General Manager Barry Ross at 204-841-1907 or email amcp@pastures.ca

CERT. #1 Copeland: 94% germ., 95% vigor, 48.3 TKW, 100% Copeland. Sandercock Seed Farm, 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK 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 CERTIFIED #1 Metcalf(2R) & Legacy(6R).

Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. CERTIFIED CDC MAVERICK. Hickseeds 306-354-7998 (Barry) or 306-229-9517 (Dale), Mossbank, SK. CERTIFIED CDC Copeland & AC Metcalf.

Call Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca TOP QUALITY CERT. #1 CDC Copeland, AC Metcalfe, Newdale. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK.

CERT., FDN., AND/OR REG. AC Metcalfe, MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. CDC Copeland and Legacy. Call Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: 306-368-2602,306-231-6454, Lake Lenore, www.maverickconstruction.ca SK. kb.berscheid@sasktel.net

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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.

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WANTED TO PURCHASE FARMLAND with lots of oil wells and battery sites on property. 780-499-2367, Edmonton, AB.

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! 40x60â&#x20AC;&#x2122; straight wall shed, c/w 16â&#x20AC;&#x2122; wall. Mature yard. MLS SK. 709771 $599,900; Saskatoon/Asquith: Nicely updated 1504 sq. ft. bungalow on 80 acres, 40x60â&#x20AC;&#x2122; dream shop and 32x100â&#x20AC;&#x2122; storage building. MLS SK 707238. $549,900. Call Dwein 306-221-1035.

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Grow an early variety! Grow Early One Polish canola and follow with Pintail winter wheat. Call Mastin Seeds, Olds, AB., 403-556-2609, mastinseeds.com HYBRID AND OPEN-POLLINATED canola varieties. Certified #1 Synergy (Polish), Dekalb & Rugby. Phone Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK.

CERTIFIED # 1 CDC GLAS - The variety to grow! Top yield, excellent lodging resistance. 306-290-7816, Blaine Lake, SK. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo.

Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. CERTIFIED GLAS and CDC Sorrel flax.

Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca CERT., FDN., AND/OR REG. CDC Glas & CDC Sorrel 306-368-2602, 306-231-6454, Lake Lenore, SK. kb.berscheid@sasktel.net CDC GLAS, Reg., Cert., top quality seed.

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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, TIMESHARE FOR SALE: Christie Lodge in Royal LePage Alliance, Winnipeg, MB. Vail, Colorado. Floating week, 1 bdrm., 204-885-5500, 204-856-3140.

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TOP QUALITY CERTIFIED alfalfa and grass seed. Call Gary or Janice Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK.

CERTIFIED #1 CDC Ruffian, AC Leggett & CDC Orrin. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK.

SASK FARMLAND FOR sale or rent by owner in R.M. of Aberdeen #373. 20.5 quarters, 2900 cultivated acres. 306-374-8877.

EXCELLENT LIVESTOCK FARMS: 1) Horse ranch in Erickson, MB., Riding arena & buildings in fantastic condition. 2) 320 acre farm, Carnduff, SK. Jim McLachlan 204-724-7753, Re/Max Valleyview Realty Inc., Brandon, MB.

SY ROWYN CPSR, Cert. top quality seed, 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.

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Call Grant, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, CERTIFIED CDC ALLOY. Good disease 306-746-8070, Semans, SK. package. Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg CERTIFIED # 1 AAC Jatharia VB wheat, SK., 306-648-3511, 306-380-7769. new. Midge tolerant. Shewchuk Seeds, CERTIFIED TRANSCEND. Proven variety. 306-290-7816, Blaine Lake, SK. Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., 306-648-3511, 306-380-7769.

AAC BRANDON CWRS, Cert. top quality CERT. & REG. CDC Precision; AAC Spitfire. seed, very high yielder and protein. Highly High germ. & 0% F.G., Fast Seed Farm Ltd., recommended by growers. All inquiries welcome. Volume discounts. Gregoire 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. Seed Farms Ltd., North Battleford, SK., cell CERT. FDN, REG. Precision; CDC Alloy; 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516 or email: AAC Spitfire; Transcend, all exc. germ., gregfarms@sasktel.net 0% fusarium. Fraser Farms 306-741-0475, CERTIFIED #1 AAC Brandon: 99% germ., Pambrun, SK. foc@sasktel.net 99% vigor, 38.58 TKW. Sandercock Seed CERT. CDC PRECISION & AAC SPITFIRE Farm, 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK. Exceptional yield potential and standability. Printz Family Seeds, Gravel- AAC ELIE, CWRS, CERT. top quality seed, sister wheat to AAC Brandon. Very high bourg, SK., 306-648-3511, 306-380-7769. yielder with high protein. Positive reviews from growers. All inquires welcome. Volume discounts. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, CERTIFIED Camden, Morgan, Baler and North Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851, Haymaker. Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net Melfort, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca SELECT CDC GO seed, hand picked from breeder seed. Contact: mastinseed.com EXCELLENT QUALITY CERTIFIED #1 CS Call or text 403-994-2609, Olds, AB. 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 , CERT., FND, AND/OR REG. CDC Landmark 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. VB, AAC Cameron VB, AAC Brandon REGISTERED/CERTIFIED #1: Summit 306-368-2602, 306-231-6454, Lake Lenore, Leggett, CDC Haymaker (Forage). Ardell SK. kb.berscheid@sasktel.net Seeds Ltd., 306-668-4415, Vanscoy, SK.

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Clearfield. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. Tisdale, SK. CERT. CDC INCA; CDC Greenwater, exc. germ. and disease. Fraser Farms, PamCERTIFIED CDC MARBLE, dark speckled; brun, SK, 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net Certified CDC 4371-4, red. Call Grant, Semans, SK. 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, WANT TO FINISH combining in August?

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ROUND ALFALFA/ALFALFA GRASS solid core greenfeed 5x6 JD hay bales for sale. TIRES TIRES TIRES Radial, Bias, New, Used. 20.8x42, 18.4x42, 20.8x38, 18.4x38, Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK. 20.8R34, 18.4x34, 900/60R32, 1000 ROUND HAY BALES, 650 round oat 800/65R32, 24.5x32, 18.4x30, 23.1x30, green feed bales. All good quality. Call 16.9x28, 28Lx26, 18.4x26, 19.5Lx24, 16.5x16.1, 18.4x16.1, and more! Semis, 780-871-1522, Lloydminster, SK. skid steers. Best price & value guaranteed!

1ST AND 2ND cut alfalfa for sale, 3x4 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com square bales, no rain and feed test available. Call 403-501-9307, Tilley, AB. 20.8x42 CLAMP-ON DUALS with rods and spacers, for triples, taken off 9370 Case DAIRY QUALITY SHEDDED HAY for tractor, $8000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm sale. Tests available. Call 403-633-8835. Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. Tilley, AB.

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204-734-5139, Swan River, MB. 500 LARGE HEAVY Alfalfa/Timothy mix, large net wrapped bales, starting at .02/lbs; 204-642-7684, Gimli, MB. WANTED: ALFALFA 3x3 and 3x4 bales.

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Phone Chris 204-746-0462, Brunkild, MB. QUALITY HAY 1st, 2nd & 3rd cut dairy & beef hay, 3x4 sq. bales, shedded, delivery avail. 403-633-3777, 403-363-3318, Tilley.

MR. TIRE CORP. For all your tire needs, call Mylo at 306-921-6555 or Jeremy at 306-921-0068. Serving all Saskatchewan.

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WANTED: FEED GRAIN, barley, wheat, peas, green or damaged canola. Phone Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK. WANTED: OFF-GRADE PULSES, oil seeds and cereals. All organic cereals and specialty crops. Prairie Wide Grain, Saskatoon, SK., 306-230-8101, 306-716-2297.

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POST SHAVINGS: Cattle feedlot, horse & poultry bedding. Bulk pricing and delivery available; Landscaping Mulch: Available in 1 yard bulk bags for $45, delivery available; Colored Landscaping Mulch: Available in 1 yard bulk bags for $115, delivery avail. Vermette Wood Preservers, Spruce Home, SK.. 1-800-667-0094. Email: info@vwpltd.com Visit: www.vwpltd.com LARGE ROUND BALES, hard core, 5x6, afalfa/grass mix and alfalfa 1st and 2nd cut, no rain; also grass bales of mature hay and alfalfa grass with some rain.

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ROUND HAY BALES for sale, Cicer Milk Vetch/ brome mix, 2016 $35. per bale, 2017 $45. per bale. Call 306-742-5900 leave msg, Calder, SK. KORNUM WELL DRILLING, farm, cottage 1000 ROUND GRASS HAY bales, net and acreage wells, test holes, well rehabiliwrapped, avg. 1350 lbs., no rain, $40 per tation, witching. PVC/SS construction, exbale OBO. 204-642-2572, Riverton, MB. pert workmanship and fair pricing. 50% government grant now available. Indian 1500+ HAY BALES: 1st & 2nd cut Alfalfa Head, SK., 306-541-7210 or 306-695-2061 or Trefoil, net or twine, $25-$75/ea. Call or text 306-278-7778, Porcupine Plain, SK. GOOD QUALITY ALFALFA/GRASS mix, round bales, netwrapped, no rain, approx.

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LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom hay hauling. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK.

Looking for off grade mustard, lentils or CERT. CDC PROCLAIM CL Reds, high chickpeas. Custom color sorting of all germ. & 0% disease. Fast Seed Farm Ltd., types of crops. Ackerman Ag Services, 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. 306-631-9577, Chamberlain, SK.

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WHY NOT KEEP MARKETING SIMPLE? You are selling feed grains. We are buying feed grains. Also buying chickpeas, lentils and golden flax. Fast payment, with prompt pickup, true price discovery. Call Jim Beusekom, Allen Pirness, David Lea, Vera Buziak or Matt Beusekom RED FIFE SPRING WHEAT. The original at Market Place Commodities Ltd., Leth- NEW HAY FOR SALE; Round bale picking Canadian Heritage wheat, 6000 bu. Phone bridge, AB. Phone 1-866-512-1711. Email and hauling, small or large loads. Travel 306-831-8977, Fiske, SK. info@marketplacecommodities.com or anywhere. 306-291-9658, Vanscoy, SK. TREATED OAT SEED for sale: Souris and WANTED: FEED BARLEY Buffalo Plains Morgan, treated with Raxil Pro. Call Justin Cattle Company is looking to purchase QUALITY FEED FOR Sale: 3x4x8 bales, feed 306-469-0105, Big River, SK. barley. For pricing and delivery dates, call analysis completed. Call 780-603-8792 for info and price. Two Hills, AB. SEED OATS, 95% germ., 96% vigor. Phone Kristen 306-624-2381, Bethune, SK. 306-717-3297, Hafford, SK. LARGE ROUND HAY bales, mixtures of timothy, alfalfa, and brome. $65/bale. Call 780-981-2119, 780-841-3868. High Level.

NUVISION COMMODITIES is currently MIXED ALFALFA grass big round REG. & CERTIFIED CDC Calvi (itchless), TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses purchasing feed barley, wheat, peas and 500 bales, no rain. Boyle, AB. area. Call 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 . , and custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary milling oats. 204-758-3401, St. Jean, MB. 780-525-2482 or 780-519-7544.

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FULL-TIME PASTURE MANAGER position with the Seven Persons Grazing Association available on, or before April 1, 2018.

Successful applicant will be able to demonstrate proficiency working in all aspects of cattle management. Previous experience operating pivot irrigation equipment is essential. On-site housing provided.

SASKATCHEWAN CUSTOM FARMING Please send resume with references to: operation seeking Full-time and Part-time nneubauer@xplornet.com employees for 2018. Competitive wages and scheduled time off. Housing and meal FARM LABOURER REQUIRED for livestock plans supplied. Must be at least 18 and operation. Duties include: operating, mainhave or be willing to acquire AZ/1A li- taining seeding & harvesting equip. Smoke cense. Inquire by phone to: 306-776-2510, free enviro., $17/hr. Housing avail. Lyle or e-mail: flatrocktrucks@outlook.com Lumax, 204-525-2263, Swan River, MB. LOOKING FOR PEOPLE interested in riding feedlot pens in Strathmore or Lethbridge, AB. area, w/above average horsemanship skills, willing to train. 2 positions available.

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403-701-1548, Strathmore, AB.

LOOKING FOR PERSON(S) to live in newer dwelling on established farm yard close to Drayton Valley, AB. Rent free in exchange for light chores (horses, dogs, cats) and some grass mowing. Must be reliable, trustworthy, non-drinker/smoker, v. clean in dwelling & like animals. Email resume to wyakin@telus.net or fax 780-542-6467.

HELPER WANTED ON mixed farm. Steady GENERAL FARM WORKER REQUIRED: Full job for right person. Room and board avail. time position at Stur-West Farms Ltd. 30 403-631-2373, 403-994-0581, Olds, AB. miles North of Edmonton, AB. Grain & FULL-TIME FARM LABOURER HELP. cow/calf operation. Successful candidate Applicants should have previous farm ex- must have: Class 1 drivers licence, with perience and mechanical ability. Duties in- clean abstract (Super B experience); Farmclude operation of machinery, including ing experience (operating JD & Case tractors and other farm equipment, as well equipment); Ability to program and operas general farm laborer duties. $25/hour ate modern equipment. Duties include: depending on experience. Must be able to Livestock feeding and care; Equipment and cross US border. Location: Pierson, MB. building maintenance; Seeding; Tillage; Feland Bros. Farms, Greg Feland and Wade Swathing; Harvesting. Extended hours Feland, Box 284, Pierson, MB. R0M 1S0. spring and fall. Good English required.

Salary based on experience. 780-887-0216 701-756-6954. or 780-991-5409.

RANCH HAND REQUIRED on a large Southern Alberta cattle ranch. Must be FARM LABOURER WANTED: Farm machinexperienced at moving cattle on horseback ery operating experience required; Repetiand able to work with others. The job tive farm duties including cleaning and entails feeding and treating cattle, haying maintance of farm equipment, dealing with and riding horses to move cattle through- live stock. Plant, spray, harvest crops. Miniout the year. Accommodation available on mum 1 year farming experience required, site. Resume and references required. Aylesbury, SK. Email: rmengel@sasktel.net 403-344-2205, 403-344-4333.

2 SEASONAL FARM Machinery Operators required. Must be able to operate grain cart, tandem grain truck, FWA tractor w/rockpicker, 4 WD tractor for harrowing.

Also manual labour for upkeep of leafcutter bees and general servicing of equip.

May 1 to Nov. 15. $15-$18/hr. 101008187 SK Ltd., 303 Frontier Trail, Box 372, Wadena, SK., S0A 4J0. Fax: 306-338-3733, ph 306-338-7561 or cfehr9860@hotmail.com HELP WANTED ON grain and cattle operation. Must have valid drivers license and experience with cattle and machinery.

780-582-2254, Forestburg, AB. MCDONALD CREEK PASTURE is accepting tenders for Pasture Manager, 1640 head pasture, Tenders closes Dec. 31, 2017, for info contact Allan 306-222-3915, Email: a.lqutaerhorse@sasktel.net. Mail: Box 1, Grandora, SK, S0K 1V0.

AGROLOGIST/ LABOURER: Permanent position on grain farm. Non-smoking. Applicants should have previous farm experience, knowledge & mechanical ability. Duties include operating tractors, combines, sprayers, floater, grain augers, climbing grain bins, know how to operate GPS on equipment, variable rate applications as well as general farm labour duties. Applicants must have Class 5 license, 1A license, like animals, be responsible, honest and show initiative to take on any challenge that arises. Weyburn, SK. area.

Please call 306-861-3774.

GREENHOUSE WORKERS WANTED: Seasonal full-time positions, Feb. - July, Regina, SK. Minimum 1-2 yrs. experience required. Must have working knowledge of greenhouse or nursery plant production.

Must be able to work in a team setting as well as independently, must have good oral communications in English, must be able to work evenings and weekends. Job includes heavy lifting, constant bending, pricing, cleaning and other greenhouse duties in various temperature and weather conditions. $10.91/hour. Send resumes to: tim@dutchgrowers.net

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 priCANADA’S AG-ONLY LISTINGS GIANT ority. Proficiency in English reading and writing. Capable of operating Satlock guidPRINT | MOBILE | ONLINE ance systems or equivalent. Must be insurable. Accommodations and vehicle provided during employment. Wage $60/hr. .com 40 hrs./week. Bonuses based on perfor1-800-667-7770 | mance. Workers compensation provided.

Contact Clayton Rempel, Clayton Air SerGRAIN FARM: FT, Rockyford, AB. Class 1 Ltd., Box 87, Leask, SK. S0J 1M0. req'd. Welding/mech. skills assets. Start DAIRY FARM MANAGER: Permanent full- vice Phone 306-497-7401, Fax 306-466-9994. immed. Resume to: sinahen@gmail.com time position on robotic milk farm, experi- E-mail: applyclaytonairsk@gmail.com ence required. hmvandersluijs@gmail.com WILLNER ELBOW GRAZING (WEG) a 40,000 acre, 2200 cow/calf pair pasture east of Lake Diefenbaker, halfway between Saskatoon and Regina, SK. is seeking applications for Pasture Manager. The po- BUTT & TOP LOG Loader Operator needed sition requires a self-starter, able to work for Northern Alberta. Will train if you have CANADA’S AG-ONLY LISTINGS GIANT well with community based board of direc- excavator experience or log picker truck tor, as well as the seasonal staff. WEG also experience. Text 780-689-7917 or email: woodccll@mcsnet.ca runs small ruminant, noxious weed management program that requires some operational oversight. The successful candidate will have the following attributes: Experience managing a large community pasture; Skilled at gentle livestock from a horse; Demonstrated ability in grass management, including understanding prairie grass species, noxious weed management 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 reports on pasture management issues as well as financial reports. WEG is in a position to offer a competitive compensation package including housing. For more information or to submit a resume for consideration, contact Doug Vollmer, Chair, Willner Elbow Grazing, dvollmer@sasktel.net 306-567-7616. Applications due December 31st, 2017.

DAIRY HERD MANAGER wanted on a progressive dairy farm. Milking 240 cows in a new facility with an automated milking system in SE Manitoba. Management responsibilities include herd health, breeding program and some barn equipment maintenance. Be part of a management team that includes the owners, a veterinarian, a nutritionist and equipment specialists. For more info. contact Charles at 204-371-0711 or David at 204-371-6081.

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

FARM MANAGER: PAGE FARMS is seeking a Farm Manager for the 3000 ac. grain farm SW of Winnipeg. Candidate must have exp. in all aspects of grain farming, as well as plan and execute for all areas of the farm (inputs, supplies, marketing, relationship building, employee mgmt., maintenance of equip., building & facilities, record keeping, book keeping & more) in an efficient & cost effective manner. Must be mechanically inclined & have a class 1A license (or be willing to obtain one). The position is salaried (will depend on experience) and also includes housing, vehicle & cell phone.

Great opportunity for a family, has a supportive community & schooling nearby.

To apply, forward resume with references & cover letter to: pagefarm@mymts.net or mail to: PAGE Farms, Box 59, Starbuck, MB R0G 2P0. Deadline: Jan. 15, 2018.

HIRING SEASONAL CLASS 1 Drivers for Oilfield Cementing. Call 1-800-9SANJEL or email resumes to: recruit@sanjel.com

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 .

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Farmers overwhelmed by stress but fail to pick up the phone Agribition panel discusses the importance of mental health and what programs are ready to help farmers cope

BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Since Kim Keller posted a tweet last summer urging farmers to talk about mental health, that’s exactly what she’s been doing.

The Gronlid, Sask., farmer and cofounder of Saskatchewan Women in Agriculture has kept the conversation alive at events and on social media.

At Canadian Western Agribition, participants at the Grain Expo heard that studies have found 40 percent of farmers won’t seek help because they are afraid of the stig-

ma surrounding mental illness.

“In Canada, we don’t have the best numbers on actual farm suicides,” she said during a panel on mental health. “We know that our American neighbours are twice as likely to commit suicide than the rest of the population.”

John McFadyen, executive director of Mobile Crisis Services, which operates Saskatchewan’s Farm Stress Line, also offered a sobering statistic.

Typically, 10 percent of the population calls his agency each year.

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He said he hoped that by continuing to talk about the issue, more farmers and rural residents will seek the help they need.

Adelle Stewart, director of operations at Bridges Health, said one reason farmers don’t call is because of the resiliency they think they have. They deal with sick animals, bad weather and volatile markets, and while those can create strength they also cause great stress.

She said she was surprised and encouraged at the number of people in the audience who stayed for the panel.

“The conversation starts with you,” she said.

Keller said aside from farmers sharing their own struggles either publicly or privately, she is seeing more of them reach out to others in a meaningful way.

“Instead of just the simple, ‘hey how’s it going? Yep I’m great,’ it’s actually taking the time to realize that maybe my neighbour didn’t get all their harvest done, or maybe my neighbour didn’t get all their seeding done and reaching out to make sure that they actually are OK,” she said.

Companies are stepping up by providing training to staff who deal with farmers so they can recognize what they might be going through, she said.

Keller related a story from earlier this year when she spoke at another panel. An older farmer approached the microphone, and she said the panelists braced for some backlash.

“Instead we got, ‘it’s about damn time we’re talking about this,’ ” she said. “He held up both of his hands and he said, ‘if I were to count on my hands how many people I’ve lost to suicide, I run out of fingers.’ ” McFadyen said he has been in this field of work for 43 years and

nobody is immune from the effects of stress.

“The hardest part is the decision to pick up the phone,” he told the crowd.

It’s confidential, and the crisis workers on the other end of the line all have hundreds of hours of training, he said.

Stewar t ’s company offers a 12-hour course called Mental Health First Aid. It teaches participants about substance disorders, mood disorders, depression, anxiety, psychotic disorders and what resources are available.

Participants leave with certification and the knowledge of how to recognize signs and symptoms in themselves and the people around them. They can assess risk of suicide or self harm and provide immediate intervention.

“What mental health first aid doesn’t do is make somebody a certified counsellor or a therapist, but what it does do is teach you how to support, within your means as an individual, your friend or neighbour,” Stewart said.

That can be as essential as physical first aid courses when people live in rural and remote areas, she added. karen.briere@producer.com

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Alert device designed to tackle rural crime The GPS device can be placed on a fence or property and an app will notify owner of activity

BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

A device slightly bigger than a deck of cards could soon be helping to protect rural property.

Two Saskatchewan technology startups have been selected to develop a prototype system of hardware and software as part of the provincial government’s rural crime reduction strategy.

Jeff Shirley, owner of Rivercity Te c h n o l o g y S e r v i c e s L t d . i n Saskatoon, and William Topping, founder of Brand X Technologies also in Saskatoon, will work in a joint venture partnership to design an app and GPS device to alert rural residents and landowners of irregular activities.

Topping is already carrying an early version in his back pocket.

Shirley, who lives on a farm, said the device could be placed in a home or cabin, on an electric fence to monitor livestock or on property such as all-terrain vehicles and tractors.

“It’s a small little box that uses a combination of modern cellphone technology, accelerometers, GPSs, a few other cool gadgets inside and it texts you when something is wrong,” he said. “You can actually reply to it.”

He said it requires at least one bar of cellphone service to operate and people in places without coverage could still use the app by manually entering suspicious activity.

The company will analyze data to determine patterns, such as locations and times of suspicious activity.

It would give property owners immediate notification of something out of the ordinary.

“If you’ve got some sheep out in the pasture with an electric fence, you can actually put it on the electric fence and if the fence loses its power, you will know,” Shirley said.

The property owner could then decide if that is normal activity, such as a farm worker entering that pasture.

He expects that if the assets a property owner wants to protect are all close to each other, one centrally placed device with wirelessly connected ancillary devices would do. More widely dispersed assets would require one device at each location.

Development is still underway but Shirley expects the cost will be low.

“We anticipate being able to push this out to rural people in Saskatchewan likely (for) around $5 a month,” he said. “If you can’t afford that, we still have a version that is free.”

That free version is the app in which property owners would manually enter suspicious activity or events.

He said it might also be possible to work with insurance companies to keep costs down.

“My anticipation is because we’re going to be putting a solution in place that decreases crime and provides better protection of assets from being stolen, hopefully we

can partner with insurance companies to get some funding there and make it so people can get it paid for by their insurance policy discounts,” Shirley said.

For the next four months the companies will be working with the justice ministry to fine-tune the system.

Economy Minister Steven Bonk said this is an example of Saskatchewan innovation at work. karen.briere@producer.com

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lator ASN Pierre-Franck Chevet previously had told the French senate that traces of cesium had been found on imported mushrooms from Russia and did not mention Belarus.

A spokesperson for French nuclear safety institute IRSN said customs officials recently found that a 3.5 tonne shipment of Belarus mushrooms coming through Frankfurt, Germany, was contaminated with cesium 137, a radioactive nuclide that is a waste product of nuclear reactors.

While the contaminated mushrooms did not represent a health threat to consumers, the shipment will be destroyed in a specialized incinerator, the IRSN said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no link with the ruthenium 106 pollution,â&#x20AC;? the official said.

Earlier this month the IRSN said that a cloud containing radioactive ruthenium 106 originating from southern Russia had blown over large parts of Europe in October but added that there was no danger to people.

Russia later confirmed it had measured ruthenium pollution at nearly 1,000 times normal levels in the Ural mountains, but did not acknowledge any accident. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As the mushrooms came from Belarus, it is very likely the contamination originated in Chernobyl,â&#x20AC;? the official said.

ASN did not reply to media calls.

Chernobyl, Ukraine, is just south of the Belarus border and was the site of a major nuclear disaster in 1986. Cesium 137, which has a 30-year half-life, is still widely found in the areas around Chernobyl.

The official said it was highly unusual for such a large shipment of mushrooms to be stopped and that none of the produce had made it onto French retail markets.

Mushrooms, more than any other vegetable, concentrate radioactivity because their thread-like root systems spread over a large area for several metres on the surface around the plant.

The IRSN said eating tens of kilos of the Belarus mushrooms would expose a consumer to a radioactivity level similar to natural ambient radioactivity during a whole year.

Earlier, the head of the French nuclear regulator ASN told the French senate that traces of cesium had been found on imported mushrooms and said there was no connection with the ruthenium pollution. French consumer protection agency DGCCRF said in a statement that the Belarus mushrooms had cesium 137 levels above legal limits but contained no ruthenium 106.

The agency said that following the discovery of the ruthenium, it had started testing samples of food products imported from the regions affected by the radioactive cloud. So far, it has not found food items with ruthenium 106 levels above legal thresholds.

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China’s pork price slide curbs imports U.S. producer is looking elsewhere for markets LUOHE, China (Reuters) — Hog prices in China are expected to fall further next year, curbing demand for imports from the world’s top pork consumer and pushing United States-based Smithfield to build sales elsewhere, WH Group executives said.

Smithfield, the biggest U.S. pork producer, has already boosted sales to Mexico, Japan and South Korea this year as demand from China has waned and hog prices there have slumped.

Exports from the U.S. business to China have dropped 12 percent in the first three quarters, but overall, exports have grown more than 20 percent, driven by demand in other Asian markets, Luis Chein, group director and head of investor relations, said at the end of November.

The drop in exports to China belies expectations of analysts that with its US$4.7 billion acquisition of Smithfield in 2013, WH Group would be able to rapidly grow its exports to China.

Hog prices in the first quarter of 2018 are set to drop sharply, reaching a bottom in the second quarter, according to the company’s forecast.

WH Group chair Wan Long said China, though, will continue to import pork in the long term, with its huge demand and relatively high production costs helping maintain the gap between Chinese prices and the rest of the world.

Imports down 28 percent Chinese imports surged last year when domestic prices hit a record high of $4.06 per kilogram. Prices have dropped to an average $2.94 per kg in 2017, however, pushing imports in the first 10 months of this year down 28 percent to one million tonnes, according to Chinese customs data.

Imports are set to fall further as prices decline again next year to about $2.50 to $2.70 per kg, according to WH forecasts, as a rapid expansion by large farms in the world’s top pork market offsets the closure of small family-run operations.

Output of finished hogs by the country’s 20 biggest hog producers is set to increase about 34 percent this year and a further 37 percent next year, said Ma Xiangjie, vicepresident at WH’s domestic subsidiary Shuanghui.

The companies have expanded rapidly over the last year, seeking to grab market share from smallscale producers.

Large-scale farms, or those producing 10,000 head or more a year, will have more than a third of the market next year, added Ma. “The volume of expansion of big farms I estimate is bigger than the amount of small ones eliminated.

That’s why prices have dropped this year, because there are more supplies,” said Ma. Shuanghui is China’s top pork processor, slaughtering around 50,000 pigs a day.

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French farmers fear three year deadline to find glyphosate alternative too narrow Farmers say if a substitute isn’t found they won’t be competitive with countries where it is still allowed NIOVILLE, France (Reuters) — President Emmanuel Macron’s promise to rid France of glyphosate within three years has some farmers in the European Union’s largest grain-producing country on edge.

After intense debate, the EU recently cleared U.S.-developed glyphosate for another five years despite concerns that the most widely used pesticide in the world can cause cancer.

EU rules allow France to unilaterally ban the substance, however, an approach Macron has decided to take. He has given farmers and researchers three years to come up with an alternative.

“Three years is too short,” said Herve Fouassier, 45, who runs a 500-acre farm in Loiret, south of Paris.

Like French farm unions, Fouassier does not believe a solution can be found in time.

“We are ready to hear the wishes of society which wants less use of crop protection products, but give us a little time to adapt,” he said, standing in a mustard field treated with glyphosate.

French crop growers said this week even five years is insufficient time because there is currently no economically and environmentally viable alternative to the weed killer.

Glyphosate was developed by Monsanto under the brand Roundup. It is now off-patent and marketed worldwide by dozens of other chemical companies.

Glyphosate’s worldwide success is linked to its low cost and safety

compared to previously used products.

Concerns about its safety emerged when a World Health Organization agency concluded in 2015 that it probably causes cancer.

Other groups, such as the European Chemicals Agency, have since disputed those findings, saying there is no evidence linking glyphosate to cancer in humans.

But worries persist.

French farmers fear that if a cheap alternative is not found before the deadline, France will be isolated in the EU, where competitors will be allowed to use glyphosate for another two years, and at a disadvantage to larger producers such as the United States or Latin America, where it is widely used.

The ban could cost the French grains sector an estimated $1 billion, and $1.4 billion for wine makers because of lower yields and exports, polling firm Ipsos found in a study commissioned by glyphosate makers.

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Higher biofuel target irks U.S. refiners Oil refiners say higher blending standard shows the EPA is bowing to the corn sector (Reuters) — The United States Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it will require fuel companies to blend slightly more biofuels into the nation’s gasoline and diesel next year, angering oil refiners who v iew t h e m a s a c o m p e t i t i v e threat.

The announcement follows weeks of lobbying by Midwestern lawmakers and representatives of the corn industry who wanted the agency to reject recent proposals from the oil industry to water down the U.S. biofuels mandates.

“Maintaining the renewable fuel standard at current levels ensures stability in the marketplace and follows through with my commitment to ... upholding the rule of law,” EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said in a news release.

The U.S. Renewable Fuels Standard requires refiners to blend increasing amounts of biofuels into the nation’s fuel supply every year as a way to boost U.S. agricul-

ture, slash energy imports and cut emissions.

The law, introduced more than a decade ago by then-President George W. Bush, has been a boon to the corn belt but has upset the oil industry, which sees biofuels as competition and which has been burdened with the costly responsibility of blending.

The 2018 targets require fuel companies to blend 73.02 billion litres of renewable fuels into the nation’s fuel supply, up slightly from the 72.98 billion litres required for 2017.

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Advanced or second-generation biofuels are made from lignocellulosic biomass or woody crops, agricultural residues or waste.

For 2019, the EPA set a target for biodiesel at 7.95 billion litres, unchanged from 2018.

The targets adhere to the EPA’s proposal made in July for conventional biofuels and biodiesel, but reverses a proposal by the agency to slightly reduce total advanced volumes to 16.05 billion litres in 2018.

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Chet Thompson, president of American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which represents U.S. refining companies, said the EPA’s final decision showed it was “bowing the knee to King Corn.”

“We think this action is bad for U.S. manufacturing and American consumers,” he said.

A number of groups representing ethanol growers praised the targets, including the Renewable Fuels Association.

But not everyone representing the biofuels industry was happy.

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a vocal supporter of the biofuels industry, said he would have liked to see an increase in biodiesel levels in 2019.

“The EPA’s announced renewable volume obligations fall short of the full potential of the U.S. biofuels industry,” he said.

Doug Whitehead, chief operating officer of the National Biodiesel Board, echoed the sentiment.

(Reuters) — United States President Donald Trump has agreed to meet with representatives of the oil refining industry and their legislative backers to discuss the nation’s biofuels program, according to two sources briefed on the matter.

The White House meeting could set the stage for negotiations over possible legislation to overhaul the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard, a 2005 law that requires refiners to blend increasing amounts of biofuels into the nation’s gasoline each year, the sources said, asking not to be named.

While the existing regulations have been a boon to the Midwest corn belt, refining companies oppose it because it cuts into their petroleum-based fuel market share, and because they say the blending requirement costs them hundreds of millions of dollars.

Lawmakers representing both industries have in recent months threatened to block administration n o m i nat i o n s ove r t h e W h i t e House’s handling of the issue, including most recently Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who said he will hold up the nomination of Bill Northey to a federal agriculture post until he gets a meeting with Trump on biofuels.

A White House official declined to comment.

Cruz and eight other senators from states with oil refineries, including Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, had requested the meeting with Trump and biofuel representatives in an October letter to discuss the regulation to “discuss a pathway forward toward a mutually agreeable solution.”

It is unlikely Trump would be able to move to reform the biofuels program without buy-in from the corn coalition.

Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a vocal biofuels backer, has said that such a meeting would be a “waste of time.”

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India becomes biggest consumer of Ukrainian farm exports KIEV, Ukraine (Reuters) — India was the biggest market for Ukrainian agriculture products in the first 10 months of 2017, importing 11.3 percent of exports in cash terms, Ukraine’s agriculture ministry said recently.

Ukrainian agriculture exports were worth US$14.7 billion in the 10 months to October, about 23 percent more than in the same

period last year, the ministry said in a statement.

Egypt was the second-largest importer, with a 7.5 percent share, and the Netherlands was third, with 6.9 percent.

The ministry said sunflower oil dominated Ukrainian agriculture exports in January-October, worth $3.6 billion. Ukraine also exported 15.6 million tonnes of corn for $2.4

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Ukraine is among the world’s biggest exporters of sunflower oil, corn and wheat.

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Mexican court rejects USDA forecasts more corn acres, appeal to lift ban on record high soybeans in 2018-19 transgenic corn Attempts by DowDuPont Inc. to lift the commercial cultivation ban will head to the Supreme Court M E X I C O C I T Y, M e x i c o (Reuters) — A Mexican court has rejected a company’s appeal to lift a ban on commercial planting of transgenic corn in Mexico, passing the matter to the Supreme Court, a lawyer for the firm said.

A federal court in Mexico City rejected the suit by PHI Mexico, a unit of United States chemical maker DowDuPont Inc.’s company Pioneer, because it found it was not authorized to rule on the matter, said the lawyer, Rene Sanchez.

“So, it leaves things as they are until the (Supreme) Court decides whether to study it or rule on it,” Sanchez said.

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vation of genetically modified corn for scientific ends in areas of up to 2.5 acres and non-commercial pilot schemes in areas of up to 25 acres under judicial supervision. Commercial cultivation is prohibited.

The curbs on transgenic corn are part of a suit brought in 2013 by a group known as the Colectividad del Maiz comprising farmers, scientists, environmentalists and others.

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CHIC AG O, Ill. (Reuters) — United States farmers are likely to plant a record amount of land with soybeans in 2018 and will also likely boost the area devoted to most other major crops, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has predicted.

If the forecasts are borne out, then another year of bumper supply could prolong a global glut of grains that has kept prices of soybean and corn depressed for years.

Low prices for basic grains have hurt farmers’ incomes worldwide.

The USDA chief economist forecast that farmers will seed 91 million acres of soybeans in the spring, topping the record high set in 2017 at 90.2 million.

Corn plantings should also rise, to 91 million acres, up from 90.4 million for 2017-18 but down from 94 million in 2016-17.

The government projected combined plantings of eight major U.S. crops for 2018 at 253.7 million acres, up from 252.3 million a year earlier.

The USDA predicted year-onyear increases for sorghum, barley, oats and rice, and declines for wheat and upland cotton.

“The USDA, I think, is saying here that as long as we are operating above (the) variable cost of production, farmers are not going to be setting land aside. They are going to be going full-throated in terms of land usage next year,” said Rich Feltes, vice-president for research with R.J. O’Brien.

The forecasts are developed by consensus within the USDA on a long-term scenario for the agricultural sector for the next decade.

The government will release its complete report on projections for the next 10 years in February.

The USDA projected U.S. corn production for the 2018-19 marketing year that begins Sept. 1, 2018, at 14.52 billion bushels based on a yield of 173.5 bu. per acre.

The government projected that 2018-19 corn ending stocks would grow to 2.607 billion bu., from 2.487 billion at the end of 2017-18.

Robust demand for corn-based ethanol and the prospect of China resuming corn imports could trim that surplus, said Dan Cekander, president of DC Analysis.

“USDA’s corn-for-ethanol projections appear conservative. On the demand side, I think there are going to be more aggressive numbers coming,” Cekander said.

For soybeans, the USDA forecast 2018-19 production at 4.360 billion bushels with a yield of 48.4 bushels per acre.

In contrast to corn, the government projected that 2018-19 soybean ending stocks would tighten to 376 million bu., from 425 million at the end of 2017-18.

“I thought it was interesting, showing a carry-out below 400 (million bu). It’s the way the market has been trading, with (CBOT) beans trying to gain on corn,” Cekander added.

The USDA projected U.S. allwheat plantings for 2018-19 at 45 million acres, down from 46 million in 2017-18 and, if realized, the lowest in records dating to 1919.

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APAS gains respect along with staff, membership Eighteen municipalities joined APAS last year

BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan continues to gain traction as farmers’ lobbying voice.

Membership grew from 86 full and 10 transitional rural municipalities last year to 104 full and 12 transitional members in 2017, according to general manager Duane Haave.

The organization also has 26 associate members such as commodity groups and short-line railways.

Haave told the group’s annual general meeting that the APAS voice is becoming more respected and heard more loudly.

APAS has hired more staff to deal with the variety of issues it is being asked to work on.

It is also seen as an organization working to engage more young producers and women. Haave said nine people are participating in the youth leadership and mentorship program running until July. Seven of them are women.

Todd Lewis of Gray was re-

Trials conducted across the Prairies showed the best yield results with Liberty Link L252. |

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TODD LEWIS APAS PRESIDENT

elected president at the recent meeting. Ian Boxall from Tisdale and James Vogt from Francis were elected vice-presidents.

Vogt is one of several new directors to the board following retirements. He and Ray Donald from Moosomin are both new in District 1, replacing long-time representatives Arlynn Kurtz and Marion McBride.

District 6 also elected two new directors, Scott Owens from Maidstone and Bill Warrington from Loverna. They replace Jeremy Welter and Jeff Simpson.

In District 4, Bill Prybylski from Willowbrook takes over from former president and current Canadian Federation of Agriculture vice-president Norm Hall. karen.briere@producer.com

Liberty Link variety tops canola field trial results Plot trials compared Roundup Ready, Liberty Link and Clearfield

BY COMMODITY NEWS SERVICE CANADA

WINNIPEG — A canola variety resistant to Bayer’s Liberty Link herbicide, L252, showed better yields than competing cropping options in 2017, according to results of performance trials conducted by the Canola Council of Canada and the three provincial grower groups.

Field and small plot trials conducted across the Prairies tracked

yields, days-to-maturity, lodging and other variables for about two dozen canola varieties in three general categories : Roundup Ready, Liberty Link and Clearfield.

Trials were held in long-season, mid-season and short-season zones with the Liberty Link L252 variety posting the highest average yields in most locations.

Average L252 yields across all three regions of 57.4 bushels per acre compare with the Roundup

Ready 45H33 average yields of 53.3 bu. per acre, according to the report.

New data for straight-cut canola showed the Liberty Link L140P variety hitting average yields of 49.3 bu. per acre, which compares with the Roundup Ready 75-65 RR variety at 47.4.

Individual test sites saw wider variations in yields, and farmers are advised to look up the data for their localized areas at www.canolaperformancetrials.ca.

Animal Protection Act changes give inspectors wider access

BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Updates to Saskatchewan’s laws will give animal protection officers more power and potentially give that power to more officers.

Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart introduced the Animal Protection Act amendments in late November.

During second reading debate, he said the amendments would allow the ministry to approve organizations other than humane societies to enforce provisions of the act.

“This will provide greater flexibility and will expand investigation capacity within the province,” he said.

Animal protection officers will be able to inspect slaughterhouses and kennels, which they currently can’t enter, as well as transport trailers.

Veterinarians will also have to report suspected cases of animal abuse or neglect.

Stewart said animals won’t be considered in distress when handled according to accepted codes of practice. Those practices are included in regulations under the act.

“Animal protection officers will be able to order corrective actions be taken by the person responsible for the animal to relieve it of distress,” Stewart said.

“If corrective actions are not taken by the person responsible, the

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animal protection officer will be able to take the necessary steps to relieve the animal of distress, including seizing the animal.”

Officers must be satisfied that the corrective measures are taken

Sawa, president of the Saskatchewan Veterinary Medical Association, said updated legislation would go a long way to improving animal health and welfare.

The amended act would also set out a clear definition of an abandoned animal and allow protection officers to take it into care before it suffers from distress.

Stewart said there are still likely to be situations where people suffering from addiction or mental illness don’t care for animals as well as they should.

“I think these changes are necessary because society demands them, and we do want to keep our animals safe and well cared for.” karen.briere@producer.com

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before returning the animal to the owner.

The amendments set out provisions for humane slaughter and euthanasia.

Unfit and disabled animals may not be transported, unless for veterinary care.

As well, the amendments will increase fines for second offences.

“Clearly society demands more and more protection for animals and rightly so,” Stewart told reporters. “It’s bound to keep those who operate slaughterhouses or kennels on their toes. They’ll make sure they’re in compliance at all times.”

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50 years ago federal ag minister vowed PFRA here to stay FROM THE ARCHIVES

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

75 YEARS AGO: DEC. 10, 1942 In a front page article in The Western Producer, H.H. Bloom, farm machinery administrator with the Wartime Prices and Trade Board, defended the agency’s restrictions on the manufacture and sale of new farm equipment, saying it wasn’t the fault of manufacturers, dealers or the board but of Berlin, Rome and Tokyo. The Producer devoted the entire edition to the issue of farm machinery and how farmers could make do with the equipment they already had.

50 YEARS AGO: DEC. 14, 1967 A farm leader called on farmers to take control of all areas of production, marketing and pricing. Marketing boards wouldn’t be enough, said Manitoba Farmers’ Union president K.J. Singleton. Instead, they would need control of all production, including that of integrated farms

Workers prepared beef for boxing at the Cargill Foods plant in High River, Alta., in 1990. | promoted by retail organizations.

Federal Agriculture Minister J.J. Greene said the government had no intention of getting rid of the P ra i r i e Fa r m R e ha b i l i t at i o n Administration. He was responding to a question in the House of Commons from Saskatchewan MP Stanley Korchinski.

25 YEARS AGO: DEC. 10, 1992 Ottawa announced plans to cut

its annual grain transportation subsidy to the railways by 10 percent. It was estimated that if the proposed cut had been in effect in 1992, farmers’ freight rates would have been 14 percent higher.

Prairie Pools Inc. was going to have its unity tested over seaway pooling, which was a method of sharing grain transportation costs to the St. Lawrence Seaway. Proposed changes could end up costing Manitoba farmers more mon-

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ey, and Alberta Wheat Pool president Ray Schmitt said his members empathized with them. “But we feel we have been putting in more than our share over the years,” he said. “The extra charges that are added to the transport costs, it’s not really fair to Alberta farmers.”

10 YEARS AGO: DEC. 13, 2007 James Bezan, Conservative chair of the House of Commons agriculture committee, wanted the gov-

ernment to slap duties on subsidized European Union pork entering Canada, but industry and political sources doubted if the EU subsidy program could be directly challenged.

The PFRA said it was going to stop operating and administering irrigation projects in Saskatchewan after 2008 and expected that it wouldn’t own any of them by 2016.

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Sask Wheat has elected four directors to serve for the next four years.

Bill Gehl of Regina, the most recent chair of the development commission, was re-elected, as was Ken Rosaasen, who farms near Preeceville.

Both have served on the board since 2014.

Joining them are newcomers Brett Halstead from Nokomis and Jake Leguee from Weyburn.

Halstead is well-known from his time on SaskCanola and the Canadian Canola Growers Association.

Leguee is a third-generation farmer who has an agronomy degree from the University of Saskatchewan and writes a blog called A Year in the Life of a Farmer.

Ten candidates sought the four positions. There were 3,266 verified votes cast : 2,014 by paper and 1,252 online.

AG JOB FIRM POSTS E-BOOK

Ag Careers, a web-based firm that posts jobs in the agricultural industry, has developed a digital e-book that outlines available job opportunities.

Careers in Agriculture is a guide for students and others seeking jobs in agriculture.

Ag Careers outlined in an online post the following reasons for the e-book: • to create a discussion around why agricultural careers are relevant and necessary • to examine the state of world hunger and need for renewable resources • to understanding agriculture as a chief industry in the United States and around the world The e-book explores more than 250 possible careers and provides information on how to pursue them. It can be found online at www.agcareers.com/career-profiles/ag-careers-e-book.

mitigation strategies. It will also serve other sectors that become vulnerable to severe weather change and aging infrastructure, such as degrading dikes.

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ARGENTINA OPENS TO CANADIAN PORK

Market access for Canadian pork exports to Argentina has been restored. It is expected to provide opportunities to pork exporters in the emerging Argentinian market, with industry estimating an export value of up to $16 million annually.

In 2016, Canadian agriculture, agri-food and seafood exports to Argentina reached $12.6 million.

Top exports of Canadian agricultural products to Argentina include durum at $3 million, alfalfa at $2.4 million and dairy bovine semen at $2.4 million.

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Loessin grows lentils, fababeans, canola, and wheat on his 3,000 acre farm. Harrington grows pulses, canola, wheat and specialty crops on 7,400 acres as part of a family farm operation.

The new director terms will begin following SPG’s 2018 annual general meeting at CropSphere in Saskatoon Jan. 8.

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Harvestlab monitors beginning to end Deere’s infrared reader assesses feed going in — and stuff that comes out

BY MICHAEL RAINE SASKATOON NEWSROOM

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Reading the state of forage as it left the chopper opened up producers’ abilities to manage their feed input. Using it after silaging gave real-time cattle management.

Now it’s managing what comes out of the livestock.

The new model, Har vestlab 3000, has a broader use of the light spectrum than its predecessors, letting it see more with its near infrared system. It has always been able to help farmers read the moisture, length of cut, crude protein, starch, crude fibre, NDF, ADF, sugar and crude ash on the go and think about the pack in terms of projected feed intake and digestibility, and for managing inoculants.

It also serves double duty for the producer who owns one, providing a tabletop NIR feed reader that can be used when preparing the ration.

In the European Union, biogas producers, often farmers themselves, also use the tool to measure the value of purchased silage as it comes into the facility.

Harvest data can also contribute to growing the next crop and exploring the economics of the current one.

“Farmers are able to start planning their rations for next year and share that data with their feed advisers electronically, but it also paints a picture of their agronomy in that crop and lets them plan for improved results in the next crop,” said John Mishler of John Deere in the United States.

Developed at Deere’s technology innovation centre in Kaiserslautern, Germany, the latest version of the system is both tougher and more sensitive than previous models.

“You know it is going to have to be durable to be mounted onto a forage harvester’s spout and run in all conditions,” said Mishler.

A Deere Harvestlab 3000 mounted to a Joskin manure slurry tanker applies manure to field in Germany. | However, in Europe the unit’s abilities to read nutrient constituents on the go have a new role — measuring the content of manure.

All field applications in Europe are heavily monitored and regulated, and those regulations will become more onerous for producers in the near future.

ERIK JENNEWEIN GERMAN FARMER

“I will need to be able to provide an exact analysis of my manure applications, otherwise I would be limited to levels that will hurt my yields,” said Erik Jennewein, a farmer from Münchweiler an der Alsenz, Germany.

“We have to show we are putting on only what is allowed and putting it where it is needed,” he said.

“Precision technology is the only way to do that. Now we have to

sample each load … and within manure it is hard to ensure that inside each load the materials are (homogenous).”

Klaus Braunhardt heads up the Deere Intelligent Solutions Group in Kaiserslautern.

“Fertilizing, you need to demonstrate (nitrogen) balance, (phosphorus) balance and it is a nightmare for our customers. Compliance is the basis for our subsidies in the European Union. You are not going to be able to apply for subsidies if you cannot document it,” said Braunhardt.

“But it’s also good agronomy, and for precision farming, and the future of most large scale farming, these things should probably be known pretty well.”

Mounted inline in the out-flow from a manure slurry tank, the Harvestlab takes NIR analysis to a new place.

With on-the-go sensing for nitrogen, ammonium, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur and machinery management, the system can control tractor speed, allowing for a target rate application based on pre-set goals or limits and be applied to a prescription map.

The data can be wirelessly fed to and from the John Deere Operations Center, allowing farmers in

Europe to move the data to their government forms or for custom applicators to invoice based on manure content and real-time application.

Jennewein, who also does custom spraying, which also requires extensive documentation, said being able to move application data to and from equipment in real time and then place it into forms has become a large issue for European operators.

“Unfortunately for farmers in North America, I can see this practice spreading, a little like manure,” said the German farmer.

The manure use of the Harvestlab hasn’t been rolled out for North America yet. “(However), I can see a farmer at Wynyard, (Sask.) deciding he wants one and speaking to his dealer about it and the dealer pushing that,” Braunhardt said.

“It isn’t all about compliance. It is also about information.”

Braunhardt said he could also see other NIR on-the-go sensor-based tools for combines being explored, allowing producers to look at protein or oil content for segregation in markets of the “not-to-distant future.” mike.raine@producer.com

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The John Deere Harvestlab 3000 is used for silage analysis at Hofgut Neumühle, a public agricultural technical school and experimental farm in RheinlandPfalz near Kaiserslautern, Germany. | MICHAEL RAINE PHOTO

New Holland steals best combine features for sprayer cab

BY ROBIN BOOKER SASKATOON NEWSROOM

RED DEER — The most obvious change to New Holland’s latest model of Guardian Front Boom sprayer, the SP310F, is the redesigned cab.

“This is the first time that New Holland has built a cab for their spray-

ers,” said Don Keller of New Holland during Agri-Trade in Red Deer.

“You won’t find this cab on any other piece of equipment.”

An extra five sq. feet of glass improves visibility from the cab, and the top of the glass, or headliner, has been raised to help larger operators.

“The glass has been increased on

the top side,” Keller said.

“That way if you’re a tall operator it doesn’t feel like you’re trying to look underneath the headliner.”

A new light bar on the headliner s h ow s i n f o r mat i o n f ro m t h e product rinse sumps, boom sections, an indication light for autosteer engagement and four-wheel steer.

“The multi-function handle is a carry-over from what they used to have, but the screen above it is different,” Keller said.

The top display shows engine vitals such as engine r.p.m., speed and temperatures. The screen below the top display shows field data from the computer, and the lowest screen just above the multi-

function handle shows product data.

Producers familiar with New Holland combines will likely recognize the steering column in the sprayer.

“We went ahead and have taken something good out of the combine and put it in here,” Keller said.

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» CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE “It has two tilts in it and is telescoping as well.”

Wider boom arms in the front also improve visibility.

“There are no obstacles in front.

It’s a really nice driving and riding machine because of the sight.”

The sprayer comes with either a 1,000 or 12,000 gallon stainless steel solution tank.

“If you choose the 1,000 gallon you have the option to get 200 gallons of chemical injection in four tanks, which (have) 50 gallons in each tank,” Keller said.

Chemical injection is an option on other models.

For the chemical injection, producers can have their sprayer factory fit with one, two or three extra pumps that inject chemicals into the main product stream.

“If you have the four tank option you can go with three different chemicals and either do variable rate through the field at the injection point, or do spot spraying,” he said. “So if you have a resistant weed in your field that is not part of your main mix, you can inject into the field and cover in a small spot and not have to mix it into your main tank.”

The SP310F comes with a 150 gallon rinse tank and has an autorinse feature.

“You can rinse your product tank, your eductor as well as all your boom plumbing from the touch screen in the cab, so it can truly be a one touch rinse system.”

The Guardian front boom sprayer can be used to apply liquid fertilizer with the NutraBoss dual fertilizer application system.

The redesigned suspension is in-

The SP310F, New Holland’s latest Guardian front boom sprayer, comes with a 310 horsepower FPT engine and an optional injection system with four 50 gallon tanks with three chemical injection pumps that provide for variable rate or spot spraying. | NEW HOLLAND PHOTO cab adjustable and achieves 72 to 78 inches of ground clearance.

The cylinders in the suspension are placed between the leg and the frame and have close-coupled accumulators that enable a faster response rate than with previous models.

“There is a fully redesigned chassis and suspension, which includes an active suspension, so it’s constantly adjusting the pressure in the cylinders dependent on their length,” Keller said.

“So it’s trying to put down equal ground pressure on each tire, and it’s constantly monitoring and changing as you drive through the field.”

The sprayer’s suspension can be completely lowered down to the

You can rinse your product tank, your eductor as well as all your boom plumbing from the touch screen in the cab, so it can truly be a one touch rinse system.

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frame from the cab to give 65 inches of under body clearance for transport and storage and to get under low obstacles.

In this configuration the sprayer is about 12 feet high. The maximum boom width for the Guardian is 120 feet, and there is individual nozzle control with Raven Viper 4+.

The eductor door under the

machine has been updated.

“We used to have to pull down a panel or bring our snorkel down, so now our snorkel arm and our chemical eductor mount will go up together, and that pan comes standard on every machine,” Keller said.

The SP310F now comes with a 285 horsepower (peaks at 310 h.p.)

FPT engine that provides increased torque over previous models. The new engine combined with the new electronically controlled planetary drive system enables the sprayer to reach road speeds up to 35 m.p.h.

“It is now equipped with an Iveco engine instead of a Cummins engine,” he said. “It’s a great thing for our dealers and our customers.

It’s something that they can service

in house much easier.”

The fuel tank has a 150 gallon capacity.

A new push button start allows operators to turn the machine off when loading yet leave the computer up and running so its operation isn’t interrupted.

“You don’t have to be running the machine if you’re pushing it on,” he said.

“You can shut the engine off and it records your data.”

The Guardian SP310F and its sister machine, the Miller Nitro 7310, are the first to be engineered and built as a result of New Holland’s a c q u i s i t i o n o f t h e Mi l l e r-St. Nazianz company in 2014. robin.booker@producer.com.

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Grain cart design improves side reach, operator visibility J&M thinks their new Xtended-Reach fixed position auger is a better way to deal with high horsepower tractors

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FARGO, N.D. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Grain cart engineers at J&M have abandoned their adjustable unload auger concept, opting for a fixed, in-line auger that places the spout closer to the front, nearer to the tractor driver while maintaining good side reach.

The Xtended-Reach in-line auger is a more efficient layout for moving grain, according to Shannon Grieshop, sales manager for J&M.

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When grain cart manufacturers started designing and building flexible augers, the idea was to get maximum side reach across the ditch to the semi and still have adequate forward reach so the tractor driver could see the spout.

But the latest generation of highhorsepower tractors forced a rethink of that idea. Grieshop says although J&M is moving away from the bend-at-the-bottom augers, ironically it owns the 20-year-old patent for those original designs, which is still used by competitors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Today, designing an unload system is a trade-off. Ever ybody thought itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one way or the other.

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The cart unloads at a rate of 600 bushels per minute. ron.lyseng@producer.com

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To meet that demand, J&M just introduced its Storm Tracker LT (lower tonnage) series of tracks for carts up to 1,150 bushels.

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The LT has an area of 5,400 sq. inches and runs on a total of eight bogies and 16 hubs. The belt is 36 inches wide with tension provided by an air-spring system. Overall length is 116 inches.

Keeping the belt surface in full contact with the soil surface is the challenge faced by all track engineers. With that in mind, the engineers incorporated much of the same technology on the LT as they continue to use on the heavier Storm Tracker series designed for carts up to 1,500 bu.

Storm Trackerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overall length is 146 inches with a contact area of 7,560 sq. inches. J&M says the compaction rating is 11.96 to 13.69 pounds per sq. inch. Both track systems have all-steel guide wheels for the belts and full-width wheels to increase flotation and reduce belt wear.

Both use a 2.3:1 leveraged air system to double the belt tension and both employ the same six-inch diameter pivot points. ron.lyseng@producer.com

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Changes needed to move lamb sector forward Canada’s sheep industry lacks benchmarking, a meat grading system and adequate funding for research, says expert

BY JOHN GREIG

The grading purpose is to provide objective feedback to producers on the value of lamb and how their operations are performing.

It can help create common language that applies from farm to farm.

FREELANCE WRITER

Like a doctor delivering bad news to a patient, Martin Gooch gave it straight to the Ontario sheep sector: the industry continues to be disjointed and inefficient with a lack of benchmarks to define a successful farm.

Like a good doctor, Gooch also delivered some optimism.

“You could double production and have room for growth and that is without expanding the current market for lamb,” said the chief executive officer of Value Chain Management International, which analyzed the state of the industry for Ontario Sheep Farmers.

Gooch, who presented the results of the analysis at the Ontario Sheep Convention in Alliston, Ont., said there’s more potential in lamb production than in any other sector of the Canadian agriculture sector.

Ontario Sheep Farmers chair Rob Scott said the goal of the study was to identify barriers to expansion in the industry.

“I was adamant, because of feedback I got from producers, that this not be the type of benchmarking study that got put in a folder and put on a shelf,” he said.

“I’m very happy with the way it turned out.”

O ntario Sheep Farmers has adopted Gooch’s report and has started to work on its recommendations under the EweGROW program name, which general manager Jennifer MacTavish said will be one of the organization’s flagship programs.

The information wasn’t new.

Ontario lamb production has suffered from great potential at the same time as a lack of sector-wide growth for generations, despite attempts at building value-chain models in the past.

Gooch identified several foundational steps that are lacking in the sector that competitors around the world implemented decades ago.

He said the sector has the characteristics of an emerging industry with a lack of reliable information, marketing orientation and collective behaviour.

MARTIN GOOCH VALUE CHAIN MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL

Gooch’s report outlines first steps that can be taken to create more information flow, knowledge and eventually more sales in the industry. The road map aims for the industry to adopt the ethos of continuous improvement that underlies other sectors.

The first is benchmarking, which has been lacking in the industry.

It’s one of the reasons why there is little understanding of the gold standards, which are the best ways to produce lamb and make business decisions in the Ontario market.

Looking at the competition

A sheep industry analyst says Canadian sheep producers could “double production and still have room for growth”, but barriers in the industry keep that from happening. | FILE PHOTO A lack of grading system and market communications means lamb producers are not rewarded for producing higher quality lamb.

Gooch said the extensive surveys of farmers and others in the sector during the study show that the lack of sector foundations has meant discouraged producers, especially

larger sheep farmers with more than 400 ewes.

“Lamb is not rewarded according to its value,” said G ooch, meaning that a producer of high quality lamb versus low quality lamb isn’t rewarded enough for the work that is put into producing a better product.

Gooch’s study looked at Ontario’s competitors, including the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.

Australia has been benchmarking sheep flocks of more than 1,000 ewes since the 1970s, while New Zealand has been gathering 1,300 data points from 550 farm visits a year since the 1950s.

In the United Kingdom, averagesized flocks have been surveyed since 1936.

Meat quality is the second area where improvement is needed, said Gooch, and that starts with actually measuring it.

“The purpose of grading is misunderstood,” he said.

“The grading purpose is to provide objective feedback to producers on the value of lamb and how their operations are performing. It can help create common language that applies from farm to farm.

Grading rewards producers who create good value and penalizes those who don’t.

Gooch’s third area where the

industry needs to improve is in research and engagement. The sheep industry has much lower levels of research conducted at the University of Guelph compared to other industry sectors, Gooch said.

O ntario Sheep Farmers has started collecting grading data and will continue to do so, involving processors, Ontario Agriculture and producers.

“Every year we’re going to get the processors to provide us with information on how lambs have been grading to show the industry and the processors if there’s been any improvement,” MacTavish said.

The data will also help make the case for the sheep industry during discussions with funders and government.

“We have historically been short of the information needed to go in to make proper arguments,” Scott said.

“Some of the stuff that’s going to come out of this is things we aren’t going to want to hear, but it’s what we have to hear.”

Shepherds are still receiving strong prices for lamb despite an inability to fill the Ontario market, which is a disconnect from the global market where lamb is priced lower. That also means suppliers around the world are looking at the Canadian market.

An international marketing group set up a bridgehead in Toronto to figure out how they can get more of their lamb into the Ontario and Canadian market, said Gooch.

“Your market is so good, international competitors are purposely targeting your market,” he said.

“You have other people stealing your breakfast.”

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Cattle walk along a fence line at dusk east of High River in early December as warm weather continued in southern Alberta. |

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Cattle transport study finds problem areas Alberta Farm Animal Care observed the condition of animals arriving at abattoirs, auction marts and a federal slaughter facility

BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

Transportation of cattle can be a contentious public issue.

Alberta Farm Animal Care has released results of a compromised cattle benchmarking project in which the condition of animals arriving at auction markets, provincial abattoirs and a federal meat plant were evaluated for a year.

Led by researcher Melissa Moggy, the project found most animals arrived in reasonable shape, but there are definite areas for improvement.

“We are never going to hit zero because stuff happens on transport, but we still have some room for improvement,” she said at the Alberta Beef Producers annual meeting held in Calgary Dec. 4-6.

A large body of research has focused on cattle transport and welfare, but there is not much information on the fitness of cattle arriving at auctions and abattoirs.

“Without this data we can’t know if we are doing a good job and if we aren’t, where do we need to improve?” she said.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has regulations and policies defining compromised and unfit animals. There is also a provincial animal protection act, or if needed, the Criminal Code of Canada may also be implemented.

“An unfit animal is not allowed to be transported for any reason other than for preventive treatment and diagnosis,” Moggy said.

“Compromised animals may be transported with special provisions.”

A compromised animal is one with reduced capacity to withstand transportation but where move-

ment with special provisions will not lead to undue suffering. They may be locally transported for veterinary care, humane slaughter or euthanasia.

They may be compromised if they have imperfect locomotion, a slight limp or lameness that is not readily identified.

Unfit animals are vulnerable, and transportation could cause unreasonable suffering. An unfit animal has an obvious limp and inability to bear weight on any one leg. In more severe cases it may be unable to use a foot to walk or cannot stand or stay standing.

Observations took place at 10 provincial abattoirs, eight auctions and one federal plant.

The project considered age, cattle type, sex, body condition score and description of conditions that the animal may have had, as well as associated factors such as weather, group size, truck size and type, market conditions, trip distance and how the animal was disposed of.

At the auction markets they observed mature beef, mature dairy and beef and dairy feeders.

“An auction market is not an acceptable location for a compromised animal,” she said.

Among mature beef cows, 90 percent were fit for transport. About nine percent were compromised and .5 percent were unfit. Of that group, 60 percent had multiple problems.

Most of the beef and dairy feeders were fit.

Among bulls sent to the market, penis injuries were the most common.

Mature dairy animals had the most problems. Among those considered compromised or unfit, 70

Research found mature dairy animals suffered the most health issues related to transport, including lameness. | FILE PHOTO percent had multiple problems.

Observers saw thinness, weakness and lameness while some were in heavy lactation and udders were dripping because they needed to be milked.

“These were conditions that we suggest auction owners and employees should concentrate on when they are looking at animals coming off the truck to assess these animals to make sure they are not exhibiting these conditions,” she said.

Those selling cull dairy cows need to think about where the animals are going and decide if they can stand up during transport because they could be travelling a

long distance.

A greater number of cattle with problems showed up at provincial abattoirs, but it is acceptable to ship a compromised animal for slaughter.

The research team found that 75 percent of mature beef animals were fit to travel, while nearly 22 percent were compromised and slightly more than three percent were ruled unfit.

Among mature dairy cows, 16.67 percent were unfit while around 41 percent were considered compromised. The rest were fit.

The most common problems among the unfit dairy were thinness and severe lameness. Howev-

er, researchers counted only seven dairy cattle at the abattoirs, so the actual levels of difficulty were very low.

About 12 percent of feeder cattle and 6.6 percent of dairy feeders showed signs of respiratory disease. About 7.5 percent of feeders were lame.

One federal abattoir was monitored. Federal plants are often not the closest location for animals to be humanely slaughtered, so no mature dairy cows were received.

Most of the mature beef cows arrived fit, and few problems were observed.

The report has identified challenges and made recommendations.

Compromised animals were being bought and resold at auction markets and were likely to be transported again.

Animals were left standing for long periods at auctions until they were transported to a new buyer or slaughter.

Interpreting regulations and determining whether an animal is unfit or compromised is a challenge so more clarity is needed.

“When you are in an auction market or an abattoir, you do not have time to go back and sit with your boss and decide if that animal is fit for transport or whether or not you should keep her or send her back,” she said.

AFAC spearheaded the benchmarking project with support from the Alberta Cattle Feeders Association, the Alberta Auction Market Association, Alberta Beef Producers, Alberta Milk, Growing Forward 2, Canadian Food Inspection Agency and provincial abattoir owners. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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Alberta beef plans vote on checkoff changes

BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH

The certification program covers management practices and use of resources

BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

The concept of certified sustainable beef production has been bandied about for several years, and with the release of a framework for producers and processors to follow, customers should soon see that seal of approval.

The Canadian Roundtable on Sustainable Beef released its guidelines Dec. 7 for producing a certified product.

“We recognize there are markets out there who want some form of certification that goes with their product,” said Fawn Jackson, executive director of the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef.

Sustainable beef is defined as a socially responsible, environmentally sound and economically viable product.

Economics is a key principle for beef producers, said rancher Cherie Copithorne-Barnes, who chairs the Canadian roundtable.

“Every part of this framework has been built with the understanding that if it is not economically viable, something has to change,” she said.

Producers, retailers, restaurants, food services, processors and nongovernmental organizations are m e m b e r s o f t h e rou n d t a b l e.

McDonald’s Canada ran a pilot program to see if it was possible to trace beef from the farm to the final product. The project was successful, and the roundtable used its results to build a practical program.

Producers who opt to join have to meet a set of criteria of best management practices. They will be audited and certified if they meet the expected outcomes.

“You will be pleasantly surprised how easy it will be to arrive at that,” said Copithorne-Barnes.

Everything starts with a live animal born at a certified cow-calf

operation that can go to a certified backgrounding/feedlot operation and then to a certified primary processor, further processor and retail or food service. The requirements are outcome based rather than telling producers precisely how to do their jobs.

If this doesn’t work, it is probably because we don’t have the supply of cattle. This means they are going to pay. If we don’t supply the cattle, then shame on us.

BOB LOWE OUTGOING ABP CHAIR

“This is actually quite a new area for standards programs,” Jackson said at the Alberta Beef Producers annual meeting in Calgary Dec. 4-6.

“We are a big country with a lot of different beef producers who do things differently, and we would like to recognize the innovation and leadership these producers are showing,” she said.

The program covers management of natural resources such as water, soil, carbon sequestration, air quality, grasslands and wildlife habitat.

Producers need to be involved in their communities and have respect for their workers.

They must also meet certain standards for animal health, responsible product use, welfare, pain treatment and euthanasia.

Food safety, crop input products, recycling and energy use will also be audited. Producers who participated in the Verified Beef Program Plus are already well on their way to being accepted.

“There are a lot of efficiencies in using the programs that are already out there to get this done efficient-

ly,” said Copithorne-Barnes.

In addition, Cargill Meats has worked with Cara Foods, Loblaws and McDonalds to launch a beef sustainability pilot in which participating producers could be paid premiums. They must be verified beef producers and sign on to the tracking system BIXs so that cattle can be followed from farm to fork.

“The purpose of the pilot is to learn how to deliver certified sustainable beef from the ranch to the grocery store,” said Virgil Lowe, who manages the VBP Plus project.

The project started in October and will run for a year, hoping to build demand from restaurants and grocers to sell sustainably produced beef.

Producers have often said they want to be paid more as an incentive to join these specification programs, said Bob Lowe, outgoing ABP chair.

“If this doesn’t work, it is probably because we don’t have the supply of cattle. This means they are going to pay. If we don’t supply the cattle, then shame on us,” he said.

“If we can’t come forward with what we have been asking for, then shame on us.”

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Resolutions supporting a vote on reformulating Alberta’s beef service charges have received producer approval.

Delegates to the Alberta Beef Producers annual meeting want a clearly worded question for a producer plebiscite on the status of the $3 per head checkoff as well as information about how money is spent and how it might be divided among provincial cattle groups.

“We are going to have a very strong information package to educate our producers and delegates about the value of this commission,” Chris Israelson of Didsbury said at the meeting held in Calgary Dec. 4-6.

Alberta retains $2 and remits $1 to the national checkoff agency.

Negotiations between ABP and the Alberta Cattle Feeders Association continue, said chair Bob Lowe.

“We have an agreement in principle with the Alberta cattle feeders. The details have to be hammered out and we hope that gets done before their AGM in February so we can go to government hand in hand and ask for a plebiscite,” he said.

While ABP can advise the Alberta Agriculture Marketing Council on the wording of the question, it

will not actually write it. That duty is left to marketing council, which administers the province’s agriculture boards and commissions.

The negotiations propose a beef industry development fund in which a portion of the money collected on every animal sold is set aside for research and education.

An appointed council would administer the funds.

“To me this development fund signifies the industry coming together. I believe it will be the catalyst that brings the industry together and we can quit warring with other factions for a while,” Lowe said.

In addition, regulations are being changed so Alberta can start collecting the national checkoff, which is going up to $2.50 per head from $1.

Alberta should start collecting it next April. This money goes to the national checkoff agency and is split between Canada Beef Inc. and the Beef Cattle Research Council. Some provinces retain the right to hold back some of the money for specific local programs.

Most of the provinces have moved toward changing regulations to collect the extra money.

Ontario is the only one that has yet to vote on the increase. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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Ont. beef research gets funding boost Projects to look at feeding systems, feed additives and reproductive efficiency

BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

ELORA, Ont. — The University of Guelph’s beef research program is receiving a $15.2 million investment designed to create state-ofthe-art facilities and expand research on key questions like feed efficiency and sustain-ability.

Located at Elora. Ont., the 300head cowherd is also likely to go through some changes as well, said Katie Wood, an assistant professor who researches beef nutrition at the university.

Past research saw an infusion of Piedmontese in the university research herd. The idea was to see if the tenderness calpastatin gene in Piedmontese could be transferred. One of the results was overly large cows.

Some cows in the research herd may be a quarter Piedmontese but once they come to the end of their productive lives, they will be removed, she told a tour group last month.

We routinely had one ton cows here, which is way too big for a commercial setting. We are going to work hard to get our cow size more manageable and we will be culling out those very large cows.

KATIE WOOD NUTRITION RESEARCHER

“We routinely had one ton cows here, which is way too big for a commercial setting. We are going to work hard to get our cow size more manageable and we will be culling out those very large cows,” she said.

The beef division shares feed with the nearby dairy research centre.

Feed supplies are produced locally and because the forages are so rich, the cows on site are plump.

Haylage may measure up to 19 percent crude protein, which suits lactating dairy cows, but the beef cows are approaching a body condition score of four to 4.5.

“Routinely in our cow rations, we will see 40 to 45 percent straw in a TMR (total mixed ration) to try and dilute that down,” she said.

The plan is to build a more moderate Angus based cow herd.

The program also had a high twinning rate linked back to the 1980s when there were twin experiments. They still see about 10 percent twins, she said.

Because the cows are so large, there were few calving problems.

The cows are artificially inseminated with commercially available semen so they know which sires are responsible for the calves born on site. DNA is also collected on all the research animals.

The facility will be an H shape design where all the cattle are housed indoors. A cow-calf area, feedlot, hospital and maternity wing will be incorporated along with office space and laboratories.

Cattle placed in feeding trials are monitored with the Grow Safe and

Insentec feeding systems. Electronic ear tags activate the computer sensors so they can monitor feed intake, animal weights and behaviour.

With the computerized feeding systems, they found steers may visit the feeders a couple times a day or as many as 100 times a day.

“They are not necessarily eating a lot but they are true snackers.”

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Professor Katie Wood studies ruminant nutrition at the University of Guelph’s research centre in Guelph, Ont. | BARBARA DUCKWORTH PHOTO

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SPECKLE PARK GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE ............................................................ McAleer Ranching, Unity, SK RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE ..............................................River Hill Farm, Neilburg, SK GRAND CHAMPION BULL ................................................................ McAleer Ranching, Unity, SK Additional Owner: Curtis McAleer RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION BULL..............................................Jason Goodfellow, Neilburg, SK

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LIVESTOCK » CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Researchers want to know if the snackers are more or less efficient than full meal eaters.

“Sometimes I think they are bored.”

Other projects are looking at relationships between feed efficiency and reproductive efficiency. They are comparing what happens when animals are on feed, graze pastures and then return to a finishing diet. They want to know if the fatty acids change in the meat when they switch feeding systems.

Another trial starting later this year is looking at enzymatic feed additives to improve fibre digestibility in the backgrounding and finishing diet. Yeast products may be added to test in a natural production system.

In summer, pasture research is conducted at the same site. Once the new buildings are completed,

pasture renovation is the next project.

“We try and get 96 of our cows on the rotational pasture. It is 100 acres and is divided into 16 paddocks and each paddock has eight cells,” she said.

In this area one acre can support a cow-calf pair but often more space is needed.

Originally, the university pastures were set up with four different varieties of forage blends.

Over time those merged together and they want to reseed the paddocks to get more relevant research results.

In winter, cattle are moved indoors and by calving time scours emerges as a major issue every year. Vaccination is used.

“Whether or not it is effective is hard to say. Certainly, it wards off some infection but scours remains one of our challenges,” she said. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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Research finds flies carry bacteria — some harmful to people and animals ANIMAL HEALTH

JAMIE ROTHENBURGER, DVM

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hey come every summer without fail, but flies are more than an aesthetic prob-

lem.

Animals stamp, swish and shake to rid themselves of these pesky insects. In addition to restlessness, painful fly bites and irritation cause livestock to lose condition.

Other effects of fly infestations include poor feed conversion rates, lower milk production and skin sores. Some types of flies make tiny cuts to the skin and then feast on the oozing blood. In severe instances, this blood loss can be substantial.

O t h e r f l i e s c o n s u m e t e a r s, mucous and skin cells. Larval stages of flies act like parasites, such as with nose bots in sheep and stomach bots in horses. Perhaps most arresting is when flies deposit eggs in open wounds. Left untreated, these fester wounds can become rife with maggots. Fly strike leading to maggots is a major issue in sheep production in many parts of the world, but flies also have the ability

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to pick up and spread harmful pathogens.

We already have evidence that flies are important for transmitting equine infectious anemia and the equine encephalitis diseases in horses. In cattle, flies may have an important role in spreading pink eye. Yet, there is much to learn about the role of flies in spreading infectious agents.

A study just published in the journal Scientific Reports applied modern genetic tests to understand the bacteria carried by house and blow flies. The international group of researchers, headed by Ana Carolina M. Junqueira of the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, analyzed 116 flies from sites within cities, rural and natural areas in the United States, Singapore and Brazil.

In total, they identified a remarkable 431 bacterial species carried by the two types of flies. Many of these are common bacteria found in decaying organic material and soil. However, they also found several types of bacteria that are capable of causing disease in people and animals. Among the identified bacteria were those that cause furunculosis in fish, erysipelas in several animal species and clostridial bacteria, salmonella and listeria.

In another line of investigation, the researchers also determined that the fly legs and wings harbour a large number of bacteria. Most previous studies have examined what flies carry in their guts rather than the outsides of their bodies.

These results show that flies may transmit bacteria via contact in addition to vomiting and pooping.

Of particular interest to human health, they found many flies carry Helicobactor pylori, the stomach bacteria that is associated with stomach ulcers and gastric cancer.

The authors suggest that flies may be an important method of transmitting these bacteria among people. The role of this bacterium in animal diseases remains uncertain.

Collectively, the results of this study confirm that our squeamishness around flies is warranted.

They have a tremendous ability to pick up bacteria from their environment and move it around.

The techniques of this study may be useful to the study of animal diseases. For instance, it may be helpful to examine the suite of bacteria carried by flies in cattle feedlots and hog barns to understand their role in pathogen maintenance between animal groups and transmission among animals.

This research also suggests that flies could be useful for detecting pathogenic bacteria in the environment. Germ-free flies released into an area could be later collected to see what bacteria they pick up. A study of this type could examine the role of flies in the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Although there is much to learn about the bacterial communities of flies in agricultural settings, studies like this enforce the importance of fly management on farms.

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

Twitter: @JRothenburger

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NY TSX NY

41.51 20.28 69.79

40.83 20.05 67.14

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

0.54 15.30 1.65 13.86

0.57 15.32 1.63 13.57

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

NY NY NY TSX TSX NY

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37.47 36.77 54.86 35.06 105.14 82.39

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AGI TSX AGCO Corp.

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

53.37 72.46 4.60 143.86 13.06 151.58

53.00 72.39 4.59 141.52 12.86 149.94

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Danny Klinefelter wishes more agricultural economists would help farmers develop and employ leading edge management concepts and practices. | GETTY PHOTO

A plea for real world economics Retiring ag economist wishes his profession would provide more practical assistance to farmers

BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

A lauded U.S. agricultural economist is issuing a plea to his profession: please make ag economics relevant to farmers and the world of farming because now it is mostly irrelevant.

“I think the system is skewed,” Danny Klinefelter, a prominent Texas A and M University professor, said in an interview a few days after his official retirement.

“It’s not that I think that the research that’s being done is not good stuff and doesn’t have a place; it’s that it’s being done to the exclusion of applied (economics.)”

Klinefelter is famous among farm management and finance buffs for his insights into the real-world margins, advantages, differences and impacts of decisions made by farmers.

His views about trying to achieve a number of “five percent” gains in management results that lead to more than 100 percent gains in profitability have spread wide among farm managers.

His plea comes after decades of seeing, in his view, a bias against agricultural economic research

that can be applied to actual farms.

Ag economic faculties at universities favour abstract and technical research that ends up producing articles that run in specialized academic journals, rather than producing work that can be used to make a concrete difference on a farm.

Klinefelter said the bias hits while graduate students are working on their masters degrees.

They find that their best chance at getting accepted to Ph.D. programs and eventually professorships comes through publishing in refereed journals, and little value is given to exploring applied economics or interacting with farmers.

That means few agricultural economists working at U.S. universities focus on or even ever include work that looks at the impact of economic ideas at a farm level.

“It’s just not given the weight and the significance,” said Klinefelter.

“They are the business department of the college of agriculture, and that part is being (ignored).”

Some have argued that universities and government agriculture departments offer extension eco-

(Agriculture) is just not given the weight and the significance. They are the business department of the college of agriculture, and that part is being (ignored).

DANNY KLINEFELTER UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR

nomics programs that reach out to farmers, but Klinefelter said they generally don’t fill the gap left by the failure of academics to engage with applied economics.

“It’s not helping the decisionmakers who count,” said Klinefelter.

Extension economics tends to try to reach the greatest number of

farmers, so the concepts that are communicated are often too general and simple to help the top farm managers, Klinefelter said.

The difference between the very best farm managers and very good farm managers is a question of small gains made by the first group a couple of years before others figure them out, which means it is essential to discover those gains early and communicate them quickly.

Klinefelter and the few fellow agricultural economists who share his interest have established programs to reach out to leading farm managers.

For example, Klinefelter is director of the Executive Program for Agricultural Producers.

However, for agricultural economics to become relevant to those who most desperately need its attention and insights, ag economics programs and faculties need to stop devaluing research that focuses on helping farmers directly.

“If equal weight was put on those two things, it would help a great deal,” said Klinefelter. ed.white@producer.com

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TSX OTC OTC NY TSXV NY NY TSX ADR

136.49 27.72 30.86 70.73 10.24 117.30 23.62 24.33 92.38

139.51 27.75 31.78 71.01 10.27 118.93 24.28 24.93 92.40

TRANSPORTATION NAME CN Rail CPR

EXCH CLOSE LAST WK TSX TSX

103.08 231.73

99.87 225.85

List courtesy of Ian Morrison, financial adviser with the Calgary office of Raymond James Ltd., member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund. The listed equity prices included were obtained from Thomson Reuters.

The data listed in this list has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Within the last 12 months, Raymond James Ltd. has undertaken an underwriting liability or has provided advice for a fee with respect to the securities of AGT Food. For more information, Morrison can be reached at 403-221-0396 or 1-877-264-0333.

Maple Leaf grows veg meat portfolio Maple Leaf Foods is buying Field Roast Grain Meat Co. for US$120 million, plus related costs.

Field Roast is a leading brand of premium grain-based “meat” and vegan cheese products, with sales of about $38 million.

“The acquisition of Field Roast complements and expands our portfolio in the fast-growing North American market for alternative proteins,” said Michael McCain, president and chief executive officer, in a release.

Field Roast employs about 200 at its plant in Seattle, Washington.

It makes fresh and frozen grainbased roasts and loaves, sausages and frankfurters, burgers, deli slices and appetizers, and Chao brand vegan cheese slices and entrees.

The deal will be financed with cash-on-hand and existing credit .

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Optional inventory or deferring: how do they compare?

COLIN MILLER

F

armers are relieved that the grain ticket deferral option has been saved, but they should also be aware of the optional inventory adjustment when planning their taxes.

Grain ticket deferrals are useful because they help to smooth income by allowing grain to be delivered in one year and cash to be received and tax paid in the following year. This is available for the sale of listed grains such as wheat, barley, rye, flaxseed and canola.

A mirror image planning tool is the optional inventory adjustment.

Producers may use an OIA to include an amount in taxable income up to the fair market value of inventory on hand at the end of the year.

The amount of OIA included in the one year will then be deducted in the following year.

Both of these tools are useful, whether you are incorporated or a sole proprietor farmer.

Keep in mind that using OIA results in you paying tax now and getting a deduction later, while a grain deferral results in an income inclusion later in which the tax follows.

For example, Bob is the owner of Farming Inc. Due to market condit i o n s h e ha s c a s h i n c o m e o f $100,000 in 2017.

He has $300,000 worth of grain inventory in the bin from harvest at year end.

Since he did not sell all of his 2017 grain this year, he estimates that his cash income in 2018 will be roughly $700,000.

It will be important to try to keep Bob’s corporate income below $500,000 each year to take advantage of the small business deduction limit.

Without planning, Bob would pay 12.5 percent tax on his $100,000 of 2017 income, for a tax bill of $12,500.

In 2018 he would pay 12 percent on the first $500,000 and 27 percent on anything over $500,000 for a total tax bill of $114,000. The total tax bill over two years would be $126,500.

By using OIA, he will be able to pay the lower rate of tax in both years. Bob can choose to include $300,000 of his inventory in his 2017 net income through OIA and will have a tax bill of $50,000.

In 2018 this OIA from 2017 of $300,000 is deducted to result in taxable income of $400,000, keeping him under the small business deduction.

This results in a total amount of tax paid for both years of $98,000 for a savings of $28,500 compared to not using any planning.

A second option to address Bob’s potential high income in 2018 is for him to take his grain to the elevator and receive a grain ticket during 2018.

If he were to deliver $200,000 of

SAMPLE CALCULATIONS Assumptions: using a small business tax rate of 12.5% in 2017, dropping to 12.0% in 2018: 2017 actuals: Cash income .................................. $100,000

Planning using optional inventory adjustment: • 2017: Through OIA, $300,000 in inventory is counted as income Total taxable income ........................................... $400,000

Year end inventory ......................... $300,000

• $400,000 @ 12.5% ............................................... $50,000

2018 income assumptions: Sale of carry-over inventory ........... $300,000

• 2018: Inventory is sold, but the tax has already been paid in 2017.

Total taxable income ........................................... $400,000

Sale of new crop .......................... $400,000 Tax with no planning: • 2017 income ............................ $100,000 $100,000 @ 12.5% .................... $12,500

• $400,000 @ 12% .................................................. $48,000 • Tax paid over two years ......................................... $98,000 • Tax savings ............................................................. $28,500

• 2018 income.............................. $700,000 $500,000 @ 12% ....................... $60,000 $200,000 @ 27% ....................... $54,000 Total .......................................... $114,000

Colin Miller is a chartered accountant and partner with KPMG’s tax practice in Lethbridge. Contact: colinmiller@kpmg.ca.

Total over two years: ....................... $126,500

Riley Honess and Bailey O’Donnell of KPMG contributed to this column.

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grain to the elevator and defer the cash receipt to 2019, he can stay under $500,000 in 2018 to continue taking advantage of the small business deduction.

Both OIA and grain deferral tickets are useful tools that can help producers smooth income.

You can use either option to keep incorporated farms below the small business limit or to keep y o u r s e l f i n a re a s o na b l e t a x bracket.

Keep in mind other factors such as the risk of a grain buyer not being able to honour their outstanding grain tickets.

If you are considering the use of OIA or grain deferrals, you may want to consult with a professional to ensure the tool provides the maximum benefit.

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

GRAINS Slaughter Cattle ($/cwt)

Grade A

Live Dec 1-Dec 7

Previous Nov 24-Nov 30

Year ago

Rail Dec 1-Dec 7

Previous Nov 24-Nov 30

152.50-155.00 127.97-144.06

150.50 129.74-140.59

150.48 134.84

247.75-252.50 238.00-242.00

249.00-252.50 234.00-242.00

Heifers Alta.

147.50 n/a Ont. 129.06-142.62 130.38-141.53 *Live f.o.b. feedlot, rail f.o.b. plant.

149.22 133.65

247.75-252.50 237.00-241.00

248.25-252.00 233.00-241.00 Canfax

Steers Alta.

Ont.

$230 $225 $220 $215 $210 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/24 12/1 12/8

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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

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Man.

Alta.

B.C.

174-185 175-190 180-198 188-205 198-223 212-243

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175-185 180-191 184-202 191-213 200-230 218-243

170-182 170-182 172-186 185-205 198-222 205-240 Canfax

Chicago Futures ($US/cwt)

Average Carcass Weight

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Saskatchewan

Canfax Steers Heifers Cows Bulls

Dec 2/17 925 838 704 935

$210

Dec 3/16 935 848 711 999

YTD 17 893 822 733 1,027

$205

$195 $190 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/24 12/1 12/8

Manitoba $215

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

Steers 116.93 116.98 116.00 187.26

Heifers 117.05 117.00 n/a 188.00

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Trend n/a n/a n/a USDA

$195 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/24 12/1 12/8

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Fed Non-fed Total beef

YTD 16 919 842 752 1,018

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$200

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Sask.

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Saskatchewan

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Agriculture Canada

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Close Trend Dec 1

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-1.65 -3.68 -2.83 -2.68 -2.07

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150.33 148.03 148.15 147.43 149.30

-5.10 -4.70 -4.50 -3.70 -3.77

125.95 122.50 122.05 121.25 121.73

$220 $200 11/6 11/13 11/20 11/27 12/4 12/11

Dec 7 US Choice (US$) 205.08 Dec 1 Cdn AAA (C$) n/a

Canola (cash -Jan) $505 $500

Nov 30 Yr. ago 204.64 189.48 Nov 24 Yr. ago n/a n/a

Dec 4

Nov 27

Wool sheep 55-69 lb 2.00-2.35 2.00-2.30 70-85 lb 1.95-2.24 1.94-2.32 86-105 lb 1.85-2.16 1.85-2.18 > 106 lb 1.74-1.83 1.74-1.85 Beaver Hill Auction Services Ltd. Dec 4 Nov 27 New lambs 2.40-3.30 2.25-2.78 65-80 lb 2.43-3.20 2.23-2.93 80-95 lb 2.00-2.36 2.22-2.45 > 95 lb 2.05-2.22 2.15-2.37 > 110 lb 1.78-2.20 1.63-2.12 Feeder lambs 1.50-2.40 1.50-2.40 Sheep 1.30-1.45 1.20-1.40 Rams 1.20-1.40 1.15-1.40 Kids 90-150 90-150 Ontario Stockyards Inc. Shipping December Wool lambs <80 lb 1.90 Wool lambs 81-95 lb 1.80 Wool lambs 96-115 lb 1.70 Hair lambs <95 lb 1.70 Sask. Sheep Dev. Bd.

Index 100 Hog Price Trends ($/ckg) Alberta $170 $160 $150 $140 $130 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/24 12/1 12/8

(Hams Marketing) Week ending 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-May 05 May 12-May 19

Export 770,763 (1) 315,563 (2) 1,063,794 (2)

$170

$150 $140 $130 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/24 12/1 12/8

Sltr. hogs to/fm U.S. (head) Total pork to/fm U.S. (tonnes) Total pork, all nations (tonnes) (1) to Nov 25/17

(2) to Oct 31/17

$165

$150 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/24 12/1 12/8

Agriculture Canada

144.00 143.60

Alta. Index 100 Sask. Sig. 5

$-5

$-15 $-20 $-25 11/3 11/9 11/17 11/24 12/1 12/8

Grain Futures Feed Wheat (Lethbridge) $230

$220 $215 $210 11/3 11/9 11/17 11/24 12/1 12/8

Flax (elevator bid- S’toon) $480 $470 $460 $450 $440 11/3 11/9 11/17 11/24 12/1 12/8

Barley (cash) $230 $225 $220

Dec Feb Apr May

Close Dec 8 63.75 68.85 73.13 78.53

Close Dec 1 65.28 70.73 74.45 79.53

Trend -1.53 -1.88 -1.32 -1.00

Year ago 56.73 61.55 65.95 71.93

Chicago Nearby Futures ($US/100 bu.)

Corn (Mar) $365

$355

Man. Index 100 Que. Index 100

155.00 150.23

$350 $345 11/6 11/13 11/20 11/27 12/4 12/11

Soybeans (Jan) $1000

Import n/a 171,393 (3) 190,960 (3)

% from 2016 n/a +5.2 +3.0 Agriculture Canada

Close Dec 8 83.28 83.23 83.20 69.55

Jun Jul Aug Oct

$995 $990 $985 $980 11/6 11/13 11/20 11/27 12/4 12/11

Oats (Mar) Close Dec 1 83.38 83.25 82.53 69.33

Trend -0.10 -0.02 +0.67 +0.22

Year ago 76.58 76.65 77.03 65.80

$300 $280

$240 $220 11/6 11/13 11/20 11/27 12/4 12/11

Spring Wheat (Mar) $680

ELEVATOR SHIPMENTS

$660

Dec 3 216.8 396.5 210.8

Nov 26 282.1 469.7 182.3

YTD 4,700.7 7,688.1 3,832.6

Year Ago 4,949.1 8,098.3 3,215.5

Dec 4

Trend

Year ago

Wpg ICE Canola ($/tonne) Jan 502.50 507.40 Mar 509.90 516.40 May 516.80 522.30 Jul 520.30 525.40

-4.90 -6.50 -5.50 -5.10

518.10 523.70 527.90 530.30

Chicago Wheat ($US/bu.)

Mar 4.1350 4.3525 May 4.2725 4.4750 Jul 4.4150 4.6075 Sep 4.5600 4.7450

-0.2175 -0.2025 -0.1925 -0.1850

4.1725 4.2775 4.3975 4.5325

Chicago Oats ($US/bu.)

Mar 2.4375 2.5700 May 2.5025 2.6225 Jul 2.5750 2.6925

-0.1325 -0.1200 -0.1175

2.3025 2.3200 2.3400

Chicago Soybeans ($US/bu.)

Jan 9.8250 9.9850 Mar 9.9400 10.1025 May 10.0525 10.2100 Jul 10.1450 10.2950

-0.1600 -0.1625 -0.1575 -0.1500

10.3100 10.4250 10.5050 10.5600

+0.10 +0.17 +0.09

36.97 37.24 37.40

Chicago Soy Meal ($US/short ton) Jan 327.7 337.5 -9.8 Mar 331.8 340.6 -8.8 May 334.0 343.0 -9.0

316.2 320.5 323.1

Chicago Soy Oil (¢US/lb.)

Jan 33.46 33.36 Mar 33.61 33.44 May 33.75 33.66

Chicago Corn ($US/bu.)

Mar 3.4900 3.5350 May 3.5725 3.6200 Jul 3.6575 3.7000 Sep 3.7300 3.7700

-0.0450 -0.0475 -0.0425 -0.0400

3.6050 3.6725 3.7425 3.8100

Minneapolis Wheat ($US/bu.)

Mar 6.0875 6.2900 May 6.1725 6.3600 Jul 6.2175 6.3675 Sep 6.1900 6.3025

-0.2025 -0.1875 -0.1500 -0.1125

5.3700 5.3925 5.4400 5.4900

Kansas City Wheat ($US/bu.)

Mar 4.1275 4.3400 May 4.2600 4.4700 Jul 4.4250 4.6375 Sep 4.5800 4.8075

-0.2125 -0.2100 -0.2125 -0.2275

4.1475 4.2625 4.3875 -

$260

Minneapolis Nearby Futures ($US/100bu.)

(000 tonnes) Alta.

Sask.

Man.

Dec 11

$225

*incl. wt. premiums

% from 2016 -12.1 -4.7 +4.4

Dec 8 5.80 5.32 6.18 3.72 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

$360

Hogs $/ckg

Chicago Hogs Lean ($US/cwt)

$170

$155

To date 2017 To date 2016 % change 17/16

(3) to Dec 2/17

Manitoba $160

Fed. inspections only Canada U.S. 19,217,374 110,799,150 18,936,517 107,809,541 +1.5 +2.8

Hogs / Pork Trade

Saskatchewan Sig. 5 $160

To Dec 2

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 Dec 8 Dec 8 137.32-141.26 135.67-139.43 144.04-148.79 142.32-144.60 149.37-152.45 146.47-151.53 152.10-152.45 150.53-151.66 152.15-153.01 155.95-156.67 152.78-155.79 155.16-157.27 159.89-159.96 157.02-158.41 159.78-159.78 161.07-161.44 159.78-165.56 161.17-166.51 169.50-176.33 174.13-177.02

Dec 6 Nov 29 Year Ago No. 3 Oats Saskatoon ($/tonne) 160.28 164.71 175.31 Snflwr NuSun Enderlin ND (¢/lb) 17.45 17.50 14.75

$485 11/3 11/9 11/17 11/24 12/1 12/8

$210 11/3 11/9 11/17 11/24 12/1 12/8

HOGS

Nov 3 37.69 32.88 24.80 30.40 31.14 28.17 22.73 19.28 17.08 8.10 7.70 6.98 6.82 15.25 40.00 32.60 39.33 20.13 29.67 61.58 41.58 48.00

$495

$-10

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

Dec 1 34.00 29.36 25.00 28.80 29.00 26.20 20.25 16.19 13.40 7.50 6.38 6.29 6.02 15.63 40.00 32.60 40.33 19.79 27.67 45.58 35.58 39.50

Cash Prices

$490

Beef Cutout ($/cwt)

Fixed contract $/ckg

Dec 8 33.33 Laird lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) Laird lentils, No. 2 (¢/lb) 27.71 Laird lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) 21.50 Richlea lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) 27.77 Eston lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) 27.39 Eston lentils, No. 2 (¢/lb) 24.80 Eston lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) 20.25 Sm. Red lentils, No. 2 (¢/lb) 17.59 Sm. Red lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) 14.10 Peas, green No. 1 ($/bu) 7.90 Peas, medium. yellow No. 1 ($/bu) 6.88 Peas, sm. yellow No. 2 ($/bu) 6.35 Feed peas ($/bu) 6.02 Maple peas ($/bu) 16.38 Mustard, yellow, No. 1 (¢/lb) 40.00 Mustard, Oriental, No. 1 (¢/lb) 32.60 Mustard, Brown, No. 1 (¢/lb) 42.17 Canaryseed (¢/lb) 20.04 Desi chickpeas (¢/lb) 27.67 Kabuli, 8mm, No. 1 (¢/lb) 40.58 Kabuli, 7mm, No. 1 (¢/lb) 30.58 B-90 ckpeas, No. 1 (¢/lb) 34.50

Cash Prices

$215

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 11/6 11/13 11/20 11/27 12/4 12/11

Canadian Exports & Crush To (1,000 MT) Dec 3 Wheat 412.0 Durum 17.1 Oats 22.0 Barley 25.0 Flax 1.7 Canola 193.0 Peas 1.2 Lentils 20.5 (1,000 MT) Dec 6 Canola crush 196.8

To Total Last Nov 26 to date year 351.6 5,495.6 5,020.5 115.4 1,314.7 1,203.0 25.5 599.5 469.3 55.2 621.9 313.5 2.2 86.3 105.9 214.4 3,599.5 3,200.4 1.6 888.6 1,701.6 0.4 112.0 476.5 Nov 29 To date Last year 186.3 3,204.4 3,246.7

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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

6.4 3.8 14.2 4.6 6.4 13.0 7.1 3.5 4.1 6.7 5.0 4.4 8.8 5.5 7.6 11.4 3.1 3.1

-20.7 -21.9 -14.8 -21.2 -12.9 -15.0 -23.4 -25.3 -23.5 -23.0 -25.1 -21.4 -17.0 -23.2 -14.9 -16.2 -20.9 -19.1

Precipitation since Nov. 1 mm mm %

2.4 3.2 0.0 2.3 2.4 0.2 2.4 1.7 0.9 1.6 2.7 2.9 2.0 3.2 1.1 0.2 1.7 1.2

22.5 26.3 10.6 13.2 18.3 14.6 12.5 14.0 17.9 20.2 27.2 17.1 18.1 18.6 16.2 11.4 16.8 14.7

137 97 48 55 114 70 48 64 73 91 114 88 103 93 93 68 70 53

MANITOBA Temperature last week High Low

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

15.1 15.2 8.3 6.7 8.6 8.9 9.5 14.3 6.3 13.0 17.1 7.0 11.0 10.2 18.6 8.2

-9.7 -8.8 -13.7 -13.4 -14.7 -13.5 -31.4 -11.8 -14.1 -12.2 -11.0 -12.1 -12.4 -10.1 -11.6 -13.0

Precipitation since Nov. 1 mm mm %

0.0 0.0 5.3 0.3 0.8 0.0 10.2 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9

19.5 14.4 32.6 16.1 16.4 56.8 33.0 8.0 12.9 22.1 12.7 41.8 30.9 10.6 16.0 14.6

123 88 128 105 71 173 94 42 56 120 57 129 80 54 66 70

Temperature last week High Low

Brandon Dauphin Gimli Melita Morden Portage La Prairie Swan River Winnipeg

1.3 2.5 -3.4 5.1 2.8 2.5 2.4 -0.6

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