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Frustration mounts over clubroot’s spread Some worry canola could become less productive if issue isn’t handled better BY JEREMY SIMES EDMONTON BUREAU

RED DEER — With no sign of slowing down, clubroot’s big spread isn’t only hurting yields — it’s got some worrying over canola’s

ability to remain productive in the long run if more isn’t done to handle the issue. The soil-borne disease has grown exponentially since it was first discovered in 2003 near Edmonton. Last year alone, it spread to six

counties in Alberta, reappeared in Saskatchewan and remains in Manitoba. While agronomists say longer crop rotations, clubroot-resistant SEE CLUBROOT’S SPREAD, PAGE 4

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A worldwide shortage of vitamins A and E has boosted the cost of livestock feed supplements, forcing manufacturers to reduce the levels of those vitamins in feed formulations. An Oct. 31 fire at BASF’s Citral plant in Germany halted production of the vitamins and it is not expected to resume full operation until late March or early April. In the meantime, one livestock specialist said vitamins that cost less than one cent per head per day in October now cost seven cents per head per day and available supplies of powdered, crumbled or injectable vitamins will soon run out. However, the vitamins are vital to livestock health. Vitamin A deficiency in cattle can reduce feed intake, affect bone growth, cause abortions, lower sperm counts and reduce conception rates. Deficiency in vitamin E lowers immune function and growth rate in calves and reduces reproduction efficiency in mature animals. T hu s v i t a m i n s u p p l e m e nt s should be provided despite the price increase, according to feed specialists. Feed manufacturers are required by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to meet certain ingredient levels and indicate them on feed labels. The vitamin shortage led the CFIA to develop an interim policy allowing manufacturers to change formulations and labels to reflect reduced vitamin levels. “The temporary reformulation of feeds to reduce levels of vitamins A and E is not expected to cause any undue safety or welfare risks to livestock,” the CFIA said in its policy notice. “The revised guarantees will continue to fall within the

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WATER COOLER MEETING

New funding announced for ADF in Sask. BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

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Major funders pull plug on flax council contributions CROPSHERE | Funding halted to Flax Council of Canada when canola council merger talks failed BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

The SaskFlax annual general meeting was full of mixed messages. There was plenty of talk about the glorious opportunities awaiting the crop in the food sector. There was also talk about the serious financial struggles facing provincial and federal flax organizations. The biggest bombshell came when Brian Johnson, chair of the Flax Council of Canada, announced that the council was closing its Winnipeg office after 32 years and looking for new ways to fund the organization. “Over the last few years the flax council has been struggling as the size of the crop drops,” he said. Flax acres have been cut in half from about two million acres in the late 1990s to one million acres last year. Fewer acres mean fewer levy dollars to fund the organization. There was also pressure from the organization’s major industry funders to form a national oilseed council in conjunction with the Canola Council of Canada. Johnson said the idea of forming a joint council was “thoroughly

discussed” but in the end it was rejected by the canola sector. “They wanted to maintain the structure that they have,” he said in an interview following his presentation. The inability to form a national oilseed organization resulted in some of the flax council’s larger members pulling their funding, necessitating cost cutting measures. In addition to losing financial support from major players in the Canadian grain industry, there was the ongoing problem of some smaller exporters and processors refusing to pay the voluntary levy. “We’ve always had an issue with companies that have not wanted to contribute,” Johnson said. “There has always been slippage there.” The council will continue operating as an entity but one with no office, no president, no agronomist and no administrative assistants. It will be run by an executive committee that meets on a weekly basis, and one person will be employed to answer phones, maintain the website and conduct other daily activities. “We are going to continue and we

will restructure, we will come up with a funding model that works to keep this operation going,” said Johnson. Flax still wants to collaborate with canola in some way. Other ideas being explored are a more affordable levy that elicits participation from all companies in the industry as well as possibly garnering contributions from end users. SaskFlax chair Shane Stokke said losing the council’s Winnipeg office and its associated staff leaves a big void. “The exporters are going to need some kind of voice somehow,” he said. It is also a blow to the industry’s market development and promotion efforts. SaskFlax will pick up some of the slack. It is already doing market promotion on food flax in North America and China, but it doesn’t have the resources to venture beyond those key markets. SaskFlax will also be filling another gap. The organization is hiring a new staff member this year that will be responsible for research and agronomy. “This is a big step for our organization. SaskFlax has only had an

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executive director and one office personnel since the organization started,” said Stokke. SaskFlax executive director Wayne Thompson said the council did a lot of work accessing federal government programs, another area that needs to be addressed. The funding problems are not limited to the national organization. Eric Fridfinnson, chair of the Manitoba Flax Growers Association, told delegates the association is exploring amalgamation with four Manitoba commodity groups. He said the crop is losing ground to soybeans in the province, dropping below 70,000 acres last year, the smallest he can remember. Fridfinnson said small crops like flax have a difficult time operating with a tiny budget. “We do have a danger of too large a percentage of our actual budget just being taken up by administrative overhead,” he said. A final decision on the proposed amalgamation will be made at the association’s annual general meeting in 2019. Stokke stressed that despite all the structural changes happening at the provincial and federal levels, he is optimistic about the outlook for flax because Health Canada approved a health claim for the crop in 2014, which has opened up markets in the food sector. “The opportunities for flax in the next five to 10 years are pretty phenomenal,” he said. sean.pratt@producer.com

The federal and Saskatchewan governments have contributed $ 7 . 7 m i l l i o n t o c ro p - re l at e d research projects through the Agriculture Development Fund. Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart announced the funding agreement Jan. 9 at CropSphere in Saskatoon. Ottawa and Saskatchewan have committed an additional $6.25 million over the next five year to the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre. That money will be used to cover operational costs at the CDC related to crop research and the development of new crop varieties. “Investing in innovative, croprelated projects and supporting research organizations like the CDC not only provides Saskatchewan farmers and ranchers with the very latest in research and development, but also allows our province to be competitive on the world stage and helps attract some of the best researchers in the industry,” Stewart said. “We’re very proud of our investments through ADF. They create future growth opportunities and help improve the bottom line for producers and food processors.” Thirty individual crop research projects will receive funding through the ADF, covering a wide range of topics related to crop production and management. Specific projects that will receive funding are related to the development of new clubroot resistant canola varieties, improved fusarium resistance in durum wheat, better control of root rot in pea and lentil crops and increased use of fababeans in pet food and fish food products. Federal and provincial funding commitments through the ADF were also used to leverage additional funding through a variety of producerdirected organizations, including the Western Grains Research Foundation, the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (SaskWheat), SaskBarley, SaskFlax, SaskCanola and the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers Association. SaskWheat, for example, will contribute an additional $2.7 million to ADF research projects related to wheat. The WGRF will commit $1.4 million to nine ADF projects as part of its ongoing ADF co-funding agreement. “WGRF’s funding is about benefitting western Canadian crop growers,” said Dave Sefton, a Saskatchewan farmer and chair of the WGRF. “The WGRF is pleased to be supporting nine new research projects through this partnership. We know the knowledge and tools these projects will provide are vital for our continued success as producers.” brian.cross@producer.com

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CLUBROOT’S SPREAD » CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 varieties, less tillage and equipment sanitation are key in managing the disease, others say more effort is needed to keep canola productive. “We talk about managing clubroot, but we’re not getting serious about it,” said Bill Chapman, a crop business development specialist with Alberta Agriculture. Chapman made his comments Jan. 10 during the province’s Agronomy Update conference in Red Deer, where agronomists updated producers on the clubroot situation. With varieties becoming less resistant and with clubroot running rampant, canola’s returns could become less attractive and therefore less viable for some growers, he said. “My big worry is this is going to affect production, and that could have a serious economic impact. Returns are there for now, but what is the real potential of the field if we don’t get any (returns)?” Keith Gabert, an agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada, acknowledged that 2017 was a bad year for clubroot. He said more than 2,500 cases of the disease were confirmed in Alberta last year. As well, new pathogens of clubroot have formed, he added, and resistant varieties may not control these new pathogens as easily. “We’ve made giant strides, but the problem is that we were too successful with genetic resistance,” he said, noting resistant varieties came on the market fairly quickly after the first cases of clubroot were discovered. “We thought we had a magic bullet, and we do have more genetic resistance available, but I’ve said in the past, you would need four or five distinct genetic sources of resistance to be able to rotate and not return to for a very long time to have that as a fix.” More clubroot-resistant varieties are expected to come down the pipe within 10 years, but management practices are crucial in dealing with the disease, Gabert said. “Awareness only takes us so far,” he said. “A lot of growers have stayed on tight rotations, ignored good advice and, to be honest, got away with it. They are assuming we can continue the way we are, and I don’t think that’s a reality.” Still, Chapman said he thinks a better co-ordinated action plan needs to be implemented, where service companies, fertilizer organizations, consultants, farmers, agronomists and government all come together. John Guelly, a director with the Alberta Canola Producers Commission who farms near Westlock, said he understands people’s concerns, but new research suggests clubroot is manageable. “There’s a big hurdle to get this message out and into people’s heads,” he said. “If you talk to people, you’ll be able to find that solutions are out there. It’s not going to be a matter that you can’t grow canola ever again in your fields, unless you stick your head in the sand.” jeremy.simes@producer.com

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John Lacoursiere of North Battleford, Sask., checks the flex in Honeybee’s AF240 Airflex 40-foot header Jan. 11 during the Crop Production Show in Saskatoon. | WILLIAM DEKAY PHOTO

Pulse group’s finances shrink with Indian demand Fewer acres on which to collect a checkoff takes massive bite out of group’s bottom line BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

India’s import tariffs on peas and lentils are having a profound impact on the finances of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. The association was already budgeting for a $2.8 million deficit for 2017-18 based on revenues of $18.7 million and expenses of $21.5 million. However, since the budget was approved in June, India decided to slap a 30 percent import tariff on lentils and a 50 percent tariff on peas. Lentil prices have dropped by eight to 10 cents per pound and yellow peas by $1 per bushel in the wake of India’s tariffs. SPG is now forecasting levy revenues of $10.8 million, or $6.5 million lower than first budgeted. “With that major reduction in expected levy revenue, we’re currently forecasting our budget deficit at the end of this fiscal year

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to be about $9 million compared to $2.8 million at budget time,” said Carl Potts, SPG’s executive director. SPG chair Corey Loessin said India’s import tariffs are having a profound ripple effect across the entire Canadian pulse sector. “It’s going to mean some lower acres, some lower prices, reduced grower returns and obviously reduced revenue for our organization,” he told farmers attending SPG’s annual meeting. “This will require SPG to main-

tain a strong focus on priorities and make certain reductions in areas.” SPG came under fire at its annual general meeting two years ago for building up its accumulated reserves due to sky-high pulse prices and expanding pea and lentil acres. In response, the organization decided in 2016 to reduce its mandatory levy to 0.67 percent of sales from one percent. The organization’s accumulated reserves reached $26.2 million as of Aug. 31, 2016. They were drawn down by $3.5 million the following year and will drop another $9 million in 2017-18 as levy revenue dwindles. Loessin said the board intends to extend the levy reduction for one more crop year until July 31, 2019. A motion to that effect was passed at the annual general meeting. Potts said that will take the accumulated surplus down to the internally restricted level of

about $6.5 million by Aug. 31, 2019. Dave Sefton, a grower from Broadview, Sask., said he wonders what the board intends to do with the levy beyond 2019. “It becomes pretty obvious that you can’t carry on with a deficit budget beyond 2019, so what level will you be going back with your levy at that point?” he said. Loessin said it is difficult to foresee what will happen beyond 2019 but he agreed that they can’t go below the restricted surplus level. Potts said 90 percent of SPG’s revenue is generated by the levy, while 60 percent of its expenditures are on research and development. SPG plans to spend $12.9 million on research in 2017-18. The next two big-ticket items are $3 million on market promotion and $2 million to help fund Pulse Canada. sean.pratt@producer.com

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Cattle graze on a snowy hillside west of Nanton, Alta., Jan. 11 on a day that started at -31C. |

are lots of factors at play that are causing more of these species to sprout. “There are so many factors. It’s hard to determine exactly why these are the ones that seem to be increasing.” As well, these weeds are generally less common, Kimmel added, so they don’t have specific herbicides registered for them. “It’s best to just pull them,” she said. “Getting out there, scouting them, catching them when they are small.”

requirements of Table IV of the Feeds Regulations, and the guarantees for these vitamins will return to the levels as approved in their registrations when the supply of vitamins A and E has stabilized.” Joyce Van Donkersgoed, a veterinarian specializing in feedlot animal care, said Jan. 15 that vitamins A and E are essential in cattle rations, especially for new entrants to a feedlot when the nutritional history of the calves is unknown. Cattle can obtain enough vitamins A and E when eating actively growing plants but vitamin levels decline quickly in hay and cut forages. Donkersgoed said feedlot nutritionists will likely be looking at ways to reduce vitamin levels, but it will depend on what effect that will have on animal health as well as performance, and there isn’t much reliable research on that. Reports from Alberta Agriculture and Saskatchewan Agriculture, who are collaborating on a factsheet about the shortage, indicate supplies of injectable Vitamin A have already sold out. Murray Feist, ruminant nutritionist with Saskatchewan Agriculture, said he thinks the short-term effects of the shortage won’t be huge for the cow-calf industry. Cattle can store vitamin A in their livers for use over three or four months. Vitamin E is only stored for two to four weeks and is transferred from cows to calves via colostrum. “If guys were feeding a mineral with vitamins in it, I’m of the opinion that they’re likely not going to see a major problem but it could happen,” said Feist. “If anything, I think it would be the vitamin E that would give them some troubles, which is involved with selenium and reduced growth rates, immune functions, white muscle disease and things like that.” Even so, Feist said cattle are resilient and may manage without supplemental vitamins until they go out on grass, where they can get sufficient amounts. The real problem could occur next year, if there still aren’t enough of the manufactured vitamins available as the plant addresses the worldwide demand. “To restock, who knows how long that would take? If the factories aren’t up and running until the end of the first quarter of this year, does that take us into summer or fall? I don’t know, because it is a worldw ide shor tage so it w ill take awhile.” A fact sheet compiled by Alberta Agriculture, Saskatchewan Agriculture and Agriculture Canada said cattle at highest risk due to vitamin shortages are those that grazed dry or dormant grass since July and then got silage-based or straw-grain rations later. Those on hay or greenfeed harvested last summer are also at high risk, particularly if they haven’t been given supplements. As a result, when calving season begins in earnest this spring, producers may see more dead calves, cases of white muscle disease and more calves with infectious illnesses such as scours and pneumonia.

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Pulse group’s ties with U of S questioned Saskatchewan Pulse Growers has funding agreement with Crop Development Centre, but grower wonders if money should be spread out to include more research groups BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

A former chair of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers says it is time the organization considered a new model for funding research. Lyle Minogue said the existing model was developed at a time when pulse crops were having a difficult time garnering any attention in the research community. SaskPulse came up with the novel approach of providing funding to the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre in exchange for exclusive rights to new varieties that are distributed royalty-free to the province’s growers. “I’m wondering, is it time we have to revisit that model because we have millions of acres of pulses now?” Minogue said at the organization’s annual general

meeting. He b e l i e v e s c ha n g i n g t h e research funding model could help the industry attract investment by some of the big players in the seed technology business. “We grow a variety of canola that gives us the chemical Liberty. It’s a miracle for cleaning up weeds and it gets phenomenal yields,” said Minogue. “But under our current model, that company would not probably have any interest in looking into lentils and peas.” He thinks it is time to reconsider directing the vast majority of research dollars to one organization. “Maybe we should look at spreading that around and getting other research institutions involved,” said Minogue. SPG chair Corey Loessin said the timing is right to have that

discussion. The 15-year funding agreement with the Crop Development Centre expires in 2020 and negotiations are underway on a new 15-year pact. He said that while Canadian farmers planted 8.5 million acres of peas and lentils last year, they are still relatively small crops on a global scale and may not attract the attention of the big seed technology companies, regardless of what funding model is adopted. SPG executive director Carl Potts agreed with Minogue that a lot has changed since the last agreement was signed with the CDC. Far more acres of peas and lentils now go in the ground, plant breeder’s rights have changed and there are new challenges with diseases such as root rot. However, he didn’t sound willing to consider straying too far from the existing model for fund-

ing research. “From an SPG perspective, we’re very interested in continuing a similar type of arrangement that we’ve had over the last number of years,” said Potts. “We’re interested in continuing that strong partnership with the Crop Development Centre.” He said the association is focused on finding the right funding model for the centre for the next 15 years with an end goal of providing farmers with the best varieties at a reasonable cost. Loessin said research funding will be one of the topics discussed at eight regional meetings being held across the province this winter, and he encouraged growers to provide their input at those meetings or to call one of the directors of the organization. sean.pratt@producer.com

Little known weeds popping up in Alta. BY JEREMY SIMES EDMONTON BUREAU

• RED DEER — A bunch of different weed species are being found more often than normal in Alberta, so much so that a provincial specialist is requesting producers keep an eye out for them this year. Nicole Kimmel, a weed specialist with Alberta Agriculture, pointed to seven species that she’s seeing more frequently. They include: • Marsh Willow Herb, a species usually found in low-lying areas. It can grow quickly, has a

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purple tinge and contains a bunch of seeds in its pods. Field Violet, a small weed that requires careful scouting. Few herbicides offer effective control. Marsh Cudweed, which appears web-like. Yellow Cress, a species with small flowers and pods. Kimmel said most farmers don’t notice it until it’s a major problem, so they should become familiar with it early on. Tumble Mustard, which is having somewhat of a resurgence in Alberta. It has lobed leaves

that are unlike typical mustard weeds. • Nodding Thistle, a huge species with bulbous flowers that can grow two inches wide. The stem is spiky. • Garden Orach, a species with larger leaves that can be yellow, dark green and purplish. “Weeds are top dog,” Kimmel told the Agronomy Update conference in Red Deer Jan. 10. “We have to take them seriously. They all have weaknesses. You just need to know what you’re up against.” In an interview following her presentation, Kimmel said there

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Spring wheat price advantage slipping Spring wheat’s premiums need to be captured now BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Spring wheat has an artificially high price premium over winter wheat, and farmers would be wise to take advantage of that before it shrinks, says a market analyst. “If there was a way to capture it, either on futures or cash sales, they should probably do so,” said Marlene Boersch, managing partner with Mercantile Consulting Venture. The premium between Minneapolis and Kansas City wheat jumped to almost $2.50 per bushel in the summer of 2017 due to fears that drought would decimate spring wheat crops in Canada and the United States. But that didn’t happen. In fact, the total supply of spring wheat in Canada and the United States was 46.1 million tonnes in 2017-18, which is almost identical to the p re v i o u s y e a r ’s 4 6 . 5 m i l l i o n tonnes. The price premium has shrunk to $1.92 per bu. as the market has come to grips with that reality, but that is still well above the traditional premium of $1.50 per bu. Boersch told growers attending her wheat market outlook presentation at CropSphere 2018 that the premium will likely contract back to $1.50 by the end of this crop year, depending on factors such as seeded acreage. One thing farmers should keep in mind the next time the market panics about a shortage of spring wheat is that there is only a handful of “pure spring wheat buyers” in the world. Japan typically purchases five to six million tonnes of the crop annually. China takes about one million tonnes, the European Union 500,000 tonnes, the U.S. another 500,000 tonnes and Saudi Arabia about 100,000 tonnes. That’s a total of about eight million tonnes of annual must-have demand for spring wheat. Other customers can get by using hard red winter wheat. So when Canada and the U.S. produce 46.1 million tonnes of

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YIELD & PRICE ASSUMPTIONS crop mustard canola flax malt barley green lentils (lb./acre) oats durum RR soybeans red lentils (lb./acre) CWRS peas CPS wheat corn canaryseed (lb./acre) fababeans

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370.00 69.50 47.50 47.00 31.00 22.50 20.25 -20.50 -35.00 -39.00 -43.50 -59.50 -71.00 -73.00 85.50

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spring wheat, that is a far cry from not being able to service the key customers for the crop. Boersch said all wheat markets continue to be weighed down by global over-production. Carryout is estimated at 249 million tonnes in 2017-18, up 20 percent over the last three years. Russia is the main reason behind the bloated supplies. It produced

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an estimated 83 million tonnes of wheat in 2017, up 60 percent from the 52 million tonnes produced five years ago. Russia is poised to become the world’s largest wheat exporter for the first time in 2017-18. The USDA expects the country to ship out 33.5 million tonnes of wheat. The next highest is the European Union at 28.5 million tonnes, followed by

the U.S. at 26.5 million tonnes. Boersch said the scary thing is Russia is just starting to gear up. The country has achieved a ninefold increase in its grain export capacity over the past 15 years to 45 million tonnes annually. Russia’s agriculture minister recently stated the country will be increasing its export capacity by another 50 percent within three years, according to Reuters. Russia’s export pace usually slows by this time of year, but due to an unseasonably warm winter and unusually good rail service, it is still very active in wheat markets. That is causing problems for competitors such as the European Union, which is eight million tonnes behind the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s projected export pace. “Why is that important? Well, they’re getting somewhat desperate to put some of their wheat into the market against the Russians, and that has price implications when you have two major exporters fighting for market share,” said Boersch. She is forecasting a slight increase

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in Canadian wheat acres this spring, largely because of declining pulse acres. Boersch anticipates a 1.3 million tonne increase in total supply of Canadian wheat in 2018-19, but that will be partially offset by a million tonne increase in exports. Carryout will climb to seven million tonnes, up from 6.7 million tonnes this year. Boersch’s 2017-18 carryout is quite a bit higher than Agriculture Canada’s five million tonne estimate. That is because she believes its 17.2 million tonne export estimate is too high. She is forecasting 15.5 million tonnes based on the slow pace of shipping to date. She said farmers should keep an eye on Russia’s yield estimates because that’s what will drive the market in 2018-19. Boersch doesn’t think Russia will be able to match last year’s record yields. A 10 to 15 percent drop would decrease production by eight to 12.5 million tonnes. That would “change the world picture materially.” sean.pratt@producer.com

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Over-estimation of canola crop may boost carryout Analyst thinks production was 19.7 million tonnes, which is below Statistics Canada’s 21 million tonne number BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Statistics Canada’s canola production number is too high, and that means tighter carryout and decent prices, says a markets analyst. Marlene Boersch, managing partner with Mercantile Consulting Venture, believes growers produced 19.7 million tonnes of the oilseed, which is below Statistics Canada’s 21.3 million tonne estimate. She believes that will result in 1.5 million tonnes of carryout. Agriculture Canada is forecasting two million tonnes. “I think farmers should still target $11 to $11.50 per bushel for their canola,” said Boersch. The wild card will be demand out of China. Canola crush margins in China have turned negative in recent weeks, partly because of the appreciation of the Canadian dollar. If the Canadian dollar remains at or above US80 cents, that could curb Chinese demand because crushers typically want to see margins of at least $30 per tonne before stocking up on canola supplies. She is forecasting a four million tonne export program to China in

Marlene Boersch discusses her oilseed market outlook with SaskCanola chair Doyle Wiebe. Boersch thinks China is the wild card in canola exports because of the country’s reaction to a rising Canadian dollar. | FILE PHOTO 2017-18, down slightly from 4.25 million tonnes the previous year. Total exports are forecast at 10.5 million tonnes and another nine million tonnes will be crushed in Canada. “I still think we could see some

tightness later on in the year if we can keep the export pace roughly at what we’ve had year-to-date,” Boersch told farmers attending CropSphere 2018. She expects canola acres will be up next year because the crop is

expected to generate the second best margin per acre in 2018-19 next to yellow mustard. As well, she is forecasting a 1.5 million-acre drop in pulse planting. “In spite of the rotational challenges, we’ll continue to push the

canola acres,” said Boersch. That will lead to increased production in 2018-19, forcing carryout to rise to 2.6 million tonnes and bumping the stocks-to-use ratio up to 13 percent from eight percent in 2017-18. Boersch was deeply concerned about the flax market outlook because of sluggish early season exports, but the situation has turned around nicely. “We have been catching up over the winter months into China. That’s very, very good news. I was very, very worried about that,” she said. Canada has lost market share in the European Union to big flax crops in Eastern Europe. However, that has been offset by strong demand out of the United States, where growers produced 170,000 tonnes of the oilseed, down 23 percent from the previous year. That has created 50,000 tonnes of additional demand from that market. She is forecasting total exports of 510,000 tonnes and 2017-18 carryout stocks of 153,000 tonnes, down from 209,000 tonnes the previous year. sean.pratt@producer.com

Farmers to cut pea, lentil acres BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Expect Canadian pea and lentil acres to drop by 20 to 25 percent this spring, says a market analyst. Chuck Penner, analyst with LeftField Commodity Research, said India is poised to harvest its second bin-busting crop of pulses. The Indian government has targeted 22.9 million tonnes of pulse production in 2017-18, which would be nearly identical to the previous year’s record of 22.95 million tonnes. The abundance of domestic production has caused the government to place hefty duties on pulse imports, driving down prices in export markets like Canada. But Penner noted that while India’s summer monsoon rains were normal in 2017, rabi season rainfall from October through December has been either deficient or very deficient in the main pea and lentil growing regions of the country. India isn’t the only country that increased pulse plantings in response to high prices. Pea production in Russia and Ukraine was up 41 percent in 2016 and another 24 percent in 2017. Lentil acres in Kazakhstan shot up to 820,000 acres in 2017 from 17,000 acres in 2014. “The price signals that you see, they see,” Penner told farmers attending CropSphere 2018. He believes peas will have an easier time weathering the storm. Penner forecasts 3.2 million acres of peas in 2018-19, a 22 percent decline from last year. He expects a sizable total supply of 4.24 million tonnes due to a large carryout from this crop year of 952,000 tonnes. But he also forecasts increases in both domestic consumption and exports, which will shrink carryout to 291,000 tonnes by the end of 2018-19. That would result in a

healthy seven percent stocks-touse ratio. And that’s with no recovery in Indian demand. “There is potential for next year’s ending stocks to actually get really tight,” he said. “I’m not telling you to all rush out and bump up your pea acres but it’s not going to be a disaster either.” China increases its Canadian yellow pea consumption by 100,000 to 200,000 tonnes every year and there will also be a growing domestic market for peas in feed rations and in new food ingredient plants. The lentil outlook isn’t as optimistic. Penner forecasts 3.4 million acres, down 23 percent from last spring. Total supply will be 3.04 million tonnes, which is similar to last year. He forecasts a slight increase in exports and domestic consumption but not enough to put a big dent in carryout. He believes 2018-19 carryout will be 638,000 tonnes, down from 799,000 tonnes in 2017-18 but still an oppressive 27 percent stocks-to-use ratio. “I think we’re going to feel a little more heaviness in the lentil side of the market than we are in the pea side of the market,” said Penner. He believes lentil prices may be bottoming out but appreciation is unlikely till 2019. A lot will depend on what Penner called India’s whack-a-mole agriculture policy. “They’re just scrambling to try to find any possible way to manipulate the market. If you’re going to grow chickpeas and you don’t have them priced, get them priced,” he said. They really think they can control it,” he said. Penner said Chickpea acres are up 40 percent in Mexico. There have also been big increases in India and Argentina and farmers in Western Canada say they are going to plant more due to high prices. sean.pratt@producer.com

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mall profitability for most western Canadian crops and losses for others: that’s the bottom line outlook from Manitoba Agriculture’s farm management team. It highlights the need for farmers to take their production and mar-

keting math seriously in these times of narrow margins. That’s especially true because the underlying risks in many of the crops are significant if the crop or market doesn’t work out. Small divergences in narrow margin times can mean huge swings in profitability, offering the best and luckiest the chance to greatly increase their returns, while the poorest and unluckiest can see their losses skyrocket. Right now, using general Manitoba assumptions, it looks like a good year in the Red River Valley with pinto beans, soybeans, corn and canola all looking solidly profitable based on today’s forward prices and yield expectations.

U.S. winter wheat acreage remains stable MARKET WATCH

D’ARCE McMILLAN

e might have found the bottom for how low U.S. winter wheat acreage

can fall. Most analysts expected that with disappointing wheat prices, American farmers would again cut their winter wheat seeding in the fall by one to 1.5 percent, even though last year’s crop area was already the smallest since 1909. The range of analysts’ forecasts in a Reuters poll was 30.1 to 32 million acres, down from last year’s 32.696 million. However, in the U.S. Department of Agriculture winter crop seeding survey report issued Jan. 12, farmers said they planted 32.608 million acres, almost unchanged from last year. Breaking it down by class, there was a tiny 320,000 acre decline in hard red winter wheat to 23.1 million acres, but offsetting that were slight increases in soft red winter and white winter. The USDA also slightly raised its forecast of 2017-18 year-end U.S. wheat stocks by almost 30 million bushels, or three percent, to 989 million bu., which was the top end of the range of trade expectations. Given the bearish acreage and stocks numbers, the winter wheat futures markets at Chicago and Kansas City dropped about three percent, the most for a single day since August. Minneapolis hard red spring futures held up slightly better, falling about 2.6 percent. Hard red spring wheat’s strong premium over hard winter has persisted this crop year, ranging from US$1.40 to $1.50 compared to a more normal level around $1, reflecting the relative shortage of protein. The lack of decline in U.S. winter wheat acres might be explained by the lack of rotational alternatives.

There simply are not a lot of other crops that can be seeded in the fall. Also, cow-calf producers like winter wheat for grazing. As well, until this year, American winter wheat acres were fading fast as growers struggled to complete against overseas production, particularly wheat from Russia, which benefits from a weaker currency and closer proximity to major importers in North Africa. Compared to five years ago, this year’s U.S. area is down 10.6 million acres, or about 25 percent. Compared to 10 years ago, it is down 14.2 million acres or 30 percent. Clearly U.S. wheat growers have been hit hard by Black Sea region competition. However, U.S. production has not been dropping as fast as seeded area because the past two years have had yields average higher than 50 bu. an acre, compared to levels in the mid-40s 10 years ago. As of Jan. 15, the hard red winter wheat region of Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas was mostly dry and snow free. The forecast for this week was for the dry weather to continue. The condition of the wheat crop in that region at the end of December was worse than it was in the two previous years. As well, below freezing temperatures have probed down into Kansas. That state, the biggest hard red winter wheat producer, has almost no snow cover, and so there are worries that the dry cold could have hurt the crop in some areas. As always, much depends on spring rain. The La Nina that is contributing to the dry conditions in the southern Plains is expected to weaken into a neutral state by spring, leading to the potential for normal spring rain. However, if there is a delay, some thin-looking wheat might be plowed up and reseeded with a spring crop. That would provide modest price support, but a real turn-around in the wheat market would require a widespread crop weather disaster in major growing regions, bigger than last year’s dryness in North America or Australia’s problems.

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The outlook drops off after that with thin returns (over total costs including labour) for crops such as hard red spring wheat and sunflowers, while losses are expected for barley, flax and oats. I’m not going to give you hard numbers here because the numbers in the Manitoba Agriculture guide are super-squishy, based on a host of assumptions that almost certainly don’t completely apply to your particular farm. Every farm has unique yield and production cost expectations, so every farm’s numbers need to be individually calculated. And these numbers are for Manitoba, including the Red River Valley, so Saskatchewan and Alberta conditions are likely to offer quite different expectations in some areas. However, I would encourage you to go online and run your own expectations through calculators such as those offered by Manitoba Agriculture’s business and economics team, which does out-

standing work. One of the most important elements of their analysis is their detailed look at risk, as opposed to just a crude calculation of expected costs and profits. They run “stress tests” to highlight what would happen if yields or prices fell, and compare expected returns to crop insurance coverage. These are elements often overlooked because it demands the sort of risk-versus-reward that takes a bit of thinking and can cause headaches if you’re not of the mathy type. However, including risk in your thinking is essential because risks are the torpedoes that can sink your ship. Every crop choice brings with it more than the simple possibility of likely profitability. It also brings with it a set of risks unique to each crop. Crop insurance rates combine with input costs and market price to create a situation that can be starkly different from crop to crop. Farmers need to know how risky

versus rewardy their crops are before they invest in them. “Know what they’re chasing. Know what they’re covered for. Know what they’re not covered for. Know these things as they are assessing all the risks and rewards of each crop that they’re thinking of growing,” Manitoba Agriculture’s Roy Arnott said to me, summing up what his crew is attempting with its ever-increasing focus on risk in crop production and marketing. “We’re trying to monetize this risk and reward on a per bushel basis.” Winter is the time a lot of farmers look hopefully at crops predicted to be profitable and peer anxiously at crops that are expected to lose money. It’s also a time when farmers should be looking carefully at how much risk they are taking on with each crop choice because sometimes a decent reward looks a lot worse when you open your eyes to the risk. ed.white@producer.com

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WASDE fails to surprise BY MICHAEL RAINE SASKATOON NEWSROOM

It all adds up to too much. Canola, wheat, corn, soybeans — there is even more of most commodities than expected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in its monthly reporting. However, most of the grain trade appears to have anticipated the Jan. 12 markets news and built oversupply assumptions into already struggling prices. The U.S. corn crop was big in 2017-18, but the carryout was b i g g e r t h a n e x p e c t e d by t h e USDA. And corn wasn’t alone. Soybean surpluses grew, as did wheat. But when the end of trading came Jan. 12, for the most part prices were little changed from the open. “USDA tends to underestimate demand and we get tighter stocks almost every year with this January report” said Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist for American financial services com-

pany INTL FC Stone in a presentation Jan. 12. Average American corn yield rose slightly from the December projection, from 175.4 bushels per acre to 176.6, raising the production in the U.S. by 26 million bu. This, combined with slightly lower-thanprojected feed use, down 1.84 million tonnes, pushed the forecasted ending stocks down by about 2.5 million tonnes. Suderman said there were few surprises for corn. Soybeans also saw small changes in supply and demand, as global supplies rose while American production fell, based on earlier production estimates. The shift yielded a global carryout of 98.6 million tonnes. The market took it in stride and rose slightly by the end of the trading day, carrying corn up with it. Average market prices are projected to be off US17 cents for the 2017-18 crop from a year earlier, remaining in a range US$8.80 to US$9.80.

Globally, wheat’s ending stocks rose 15.3 million tonnes, reaching just over 268 million tonnes. The slightly higher production combined with reductions in miller demand added to an already difficult to manage surplus. The WASDE’s new estimated ending stocks were higher than the average trade estimate and came in three million bu. higher than the highest industry estimate. Adding to the problem was a four million bushel reduction in wheat seed use last fall, as U.S. growers turned their backs on the crop. Hard red spring wheat exports from the U.S. fell, pressuring that crop during trading after the monthly report’s release. Despite all that negative news, the price of the crop is projected by USDA to increase by about 30 percent over 2016-17 numbers, once the dust has settled from the 201718 marketing. mike.raine@producer.com

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CANFAX REPORT FED CATTLE DOWN SLIGHTLY Fe d steer and heifer pr ices dropped from last week, with steers trading at $165.66 per hundredweight, down $1.78, and heifers trading at $164.27 per cwt., down $2.32. Canfax reported that Alberta direct cattle sales saw active trade last week with average prices generally $2 lower than the previous week. A few live sales were reported, but the majority of trade was dressed. Rail sales varied from $275-$280 delivered on softer U.S. cash and cattle futures. Late in the week, all three packers scrambled to secure inventory for the next two weeks with keen interest in larger lots. Weekly Alberta steer prices were $17 per cwt. higher than Ontario, and the Alberta-Nebraska cash basis continued seasonally strong at around +$13.50. Steer carcass weights for the week ending Jan. 6 were steady with the previous week at 912 pounds, which was six lb. smaller than a year ago. Western Canadian fed slaughter for the first week of January was 15 percent larger than the previous week at 23,431 head. Canadian fed cattle exports to the United States for the week ending Dec. 30 were seasonally slight at 1,641 head and year to date were five percent larger at 315,126 head. In the U.S., prices were generally US$1-$2 lower than the previous week. Dressed sales in the north were mostly $3 lower at $192. Last week’s estimated Nebraska fed basis strengthened to +$3.05, and cattle feeders appear to be gaining leverage. Looking at 2017 Canadian calf prices overall, Canfax said they were 1.8 percent higher than in 2016, averaging C$221.73. Prices in 2017 were also in line with the fiveyear average.

COW PRICE STRENGTHENS D1 and D2 cows traded at C$88$102 in the West last week to average $95.70. D3 cows traded from $78-$91 to average $85.25. Rail grade cattle ranged from $183$188. Slaughter bulls averaged $101.86.

Compared to the end of December, butcher cow and bull prices strengthened $4-$6. The last time D1, D2 cows averaged over $95 was in late August. For the first half of the year, cow slaughter volumes traditionally peak during the second half of January. Non-fed prices traditionally strengthen from January to February, though this didn’t occur in 2016 or 2017, said Canfax. Over the past five years, the average increase from second half lows to first half highs stands at 33 percent. This would suggest the market could move to the $112 area for a potential first half high. Tight fed supplies for the first quarter of 2018 bode well for the non-fed market.

LIGHT FEEDERS IN DEMAND Prices for lightweight calves dropped in early January. Eastern buyers were active on one-owner groups of feeders weighing more than 800 lb. Last week the price spread from 750-950 lb. steers was $9 per cwt., which could be a sell signal for heavyweight feeders, said Canfax. The forward delivery market last week was lightly tested. Steers weighing 900 lb. for March delivery traded in the mid to upper $170s.

BEEF MARKET The US Choice cut-out value was $209.07 last week, up slightly from $208.67 the week previous. Select was $202.95, up from $200.86 the previous week. Demand for middle meats is typically slow after the holiday, and as holiday bills start to arrive consumers may look for cheaper protein alternatives. Canadian cut-out values were not available. This cattle market information is selected from the weekly report from Canfax, a division of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. More market information, analysis and statistics are available by becoming a Canfax subscriber by calling 403-275-5110 or at www.canfax.ca.

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The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was US$53.97 per hundredweight Jan. 12, up from $47.57 Jan. 5. U.S. hogs averaged $69.45 on a carcass basis Jan. 12, up from $64.01 Jan. 5. The U.S. pork cutout was $79.81 per cwt. Jan. 12, up from $79.07 Jan. 5. T h e e s t i m a t e d U. S. w e e k l y slaughter to Jan. 13 was 2.450 million, up from 2.130 the previous week. Slaughter was 2.382 million last year at the same time. In Canada, the Jan. 13 Signature Five price was C$152.20 per 100 kilograms, up from $140.91 the previous week. On a per hundredweight basis, the price was $69.04, up from $63.92.

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.

LAMBS Ontario Stockyards Inc. reported that 838 sheep and lambs and nine goats sold Jan. 8. Lightweight lambs sold well at barely steady prices, and heavy lambs sold $10 per cwt. higher. Good sheep were steady to $5 per cwt. higher. Fat and heavier type sheep sold under pressure. Goats sold steady.

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Easing fusarium stance would be prudent move

he Alberta government is inching toward the possibility of removing fusarium from its Agricultural Pest Act, with the idea of developing a new management plan. It’s a prudent move. It would have been prudent five years ago. The province has launched a survey on how to tackle the most dangerous fungal disease in cereals, particularly wheat, to find out how it should proceed. Opinions have already been offered that it’s time to act. To be sure, fusarium can be a devastating disease. It has existed in Canada for almost a century, and while it has been beaten back, it has never been eradicated. The most damaging strain, F. graminearum, can cause heavy losses in grain yield and quality. Aside from losses to growers, fusarium can result in mycotoxins that affect livestock feed, the baking and milling quality of wheat and the malting and brewing qualities of malt barley. It’s thought that in the last 25 years, annual losses due to fusarium range from $50 million to $300 million. There have been several nasty outbreaks over the years, mainly due to infected seed, crop residues, rotations that include corn, and wet weather. Fusarium falls under Alberta’s Agricultural Pest Act, which means there is zero tolerance for fusarium in the province. Any samples that test positive for even the most minute amounts may not be acquired, sold, distributed or planted. Alberta placed fusarium under the act in 1999, when it was virtually non-existent in the province, with the understandable goal of keeping it that way. But as was inevitable, either through seed, soil, feed or even wind, fusarium took hold in Alberta. Over the last 10 years, it has been found throughout the province. Early last year, 25 percent of all the grain tested in Alberta registered positive for fusarium head blight. In 2016, 11 percent

of samples tested in Saskatchewan contained F. graminearum. Saskatchewan allows samples of up to three percent fusarium to be used in the western part of the province, and up to five percent in the east. Spread of the disease in Alberta isn’t so surprising, since the southern part of the province has irrigation, and dampness fosters fusarium growth. It’s also most commonly found in the black soil zone, which experiences more rainfall. The Alberta Seed Growers Association says the zero-tolerance policy can actually be counter-productive, since growers can’t acquire new crop varieties that are more resistant to fusarium because they could not realistically be entirely free of the disease. Removing fusarium from the Pest Act would foster greater emphasis on awareness, management and surveillance, the ASGA says. Fusarium management is the most realistic approach. Crop rotation — at least two years between cereal crops — better variety choices (higher resistance seeds), fungicides (for suppression) and even some tillage (since fusarium overwinters in soil) should be stressed. In southern Alberta, reducing irrigation at strategic times when wheat is flowering should also be considered. The Alberta government’s survey is seeking feedback by Jan. 18 from a wide variety of parties, including agricultural fieldmen, service boards, seed-testing labs and various associations. Input should be vigourous. The outcome on policy — and thus, how farmers do business — will be significant. The survey can be found at bit. ly/2qGYSYM.

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When we look at the research out to 2021-22, based on what we’re seeing for demand for breakfast cereals and snack bars … someone’s going to have to build probably 10 mills at about 100,000 metric tonnes of capacity over the next 10 years somewhere in the world just to keep up with demand, and likely some of that expansion is going to happen in Western Canada. RANDY STRYCHAR, OATINSIGHT ANALYST, PAGE 16

Parliament to resume hectic pace, including ag issues CAPITAL LETTERS

KELSEY JOHNSON

arliament’s hectic pace before it rose for its holiday break is expected continue when MPs return to Ottawa at the end of January. There are several files worth noting for Canadian agriculture, starting with this country’s future trading relationship with its southern neighbours . Canadian, Mexican and American negotiators are getting set to meet in Montreal next week (ahead of Parliament’s return) for the sixth round of renegotiation talks. The round will take place Jan. 23-28. A withdrawal by the United States continues to be a possibility. However, the rhetoric from Washington

does seem to have toned down in recent days. After threatening, again, to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement at the end of December, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has now said it is open to extending the talks past the March end date, a suggestion Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland called sensible. The potential extension of talks comes after two unnamed Canadian officials told Reuters they were becoming more convinced the U.S. would announce its intent to withdraw from the trilateral trade pact at the end of January. The story (which other unnamed Canadian officials and the White House both pushed back against) shocked North American markets. The Mexican peso and Canadian loonie both dropped in value, a market risk that is unlikely to dissipate any time soon. Meanwhile, Mexican officials have confirmed they will walk away from NAFTA if the United States

walks away. It’s worth noting NAFTA supporters have credited the market’s sudden dip for helping trigger a tone change from the White House, however short-lived it may be. E xpect more quer ies about NAFTA contingency plans and concerns about market uncertainty throughout 2018. NAFTA isn’t the only trade file worth watching this winter. Canada’s ongoing trade spat with India over pulse exports seems unlikely to disappear any time soon. Meanwhile, Japan has made it clear that Canada’s participation in the Trans Pacific Partnership isn’t guaranteed. For their part, this country’s agriculture sector has made it clear that Canada must secure improved Japanese market access. Canada and China also continue to engage in exploratory trade talks, while over at the World Trade Organization, Canada has filed a wide-ranging trade complaint against some 200 American trade

policies and rules. The year 2018 will also see Canada assume the G7 presidency, with a two-day summit planned for June 8-9. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled Canada’s priorities for its chairmanship in December. They include the environment and climate change, job creation, gender equality and women’s empowerment. Of note to Canadian agriculture: Canadian officials told a gathering of global animal health experts that Ottawa also plans to prioritize biological threat reduction during its G7 presidency year. Closer to home, Ottawa must finalize the Canadian Agricultural Partnership by April 1. Negotiations between Ottawa and the provinces will continue throughout the winter, while some program applications are already underway. On the business risk management front: Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay created an advisory panel to look at ways to

improve the programs. The external panel’s findings will be presented at the next federal-provincial ministerial meeting in July. Several parliamentary committee reports are also expected. The Senate Agriculture and Forestry Committee has yet to table its in-depth study on Canadian farmland values. Over at the House of Commons Health Committee, reports are expected on the committee’s study of the Canada Food Guide and antimicrobial resistance. On the regulatory front, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency continues to reconsider and/or propose the phase out of several pesticides famers say are critical to their operations, including neonicotinoid pesticides. Meanwhile, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is moving ahead with its regulatory modernization and the Senate continues to review the transportation bill. Kelsey Johnson is a reporter with iPolitics, www.ipolitics.ca.

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Loblaw, Weston bake the numbers, burn consumers in price-fix scandal BY SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS

ost Canadians were stunned and dismayed to learn that the country’s leading grocer was caught in a price-fixing scheme with breadmaker George Weston Ltd., which is owned by the same company. The scheme lasted from 2001 to 2015. As a result, Loblaw Companies Ltd. fired several people and gave $25 gift certificates to millions of Canadians who may have been affected. The Competition Bureau, in return, offered not to lay criminal charges. That’s a precious gift for a company for whom image and brand — think the trusted President’s Choice products — is everything. In layman’s terms, what happ e n e d b e t w e e n L o b l aw a n d Weston was inexcusable. For 14 years, Weston’s bakery products pricing gave Loblaw an unfair advantage, while disadvantaging other food retailers. The strategy was not so much about getting more money out of consumers, at least not recently, as about managing margins. Bread is often a loss leader, an item sold at a loss to increase traffic in a store. In fact, according to Statistics Canada, a standard loaf of bread is cheaper today than it was in 2013. A decade ago, the price of some bakery items doubled in just a few months. In 2007 and 2008, commodity prices were driven up by the growth in ethanol production. The price of a bushel of wheat reached unprecedented levels. Higher input costs and global

The price-fixing strategy was not so much about getting more money out of consumers as about managing margins. Sylvain Charlebois calls it inexcusable. | FILE PHOTO demand were blamed for the enormous price hikes. Many countries were affected. But the market cooled and bread prices remained high. Loblaw did the right thing by coming forward but questions have cropped up: • The duration of the scheme: For 14 long years, two of the largest players in the business altered market conditions. Many wonder why it took so long for the company to realize it had a problem. Quality assurance and ethics are central to m o s t b u s i n e s s e s, i n c l u d i n g

Loblaw. So it’s difficult for Canadians to believe the company had only just become aware of the issue. The case for plausible deniability at Loblaw is weak at best. • The people involved: It’s likely that over several years, more than just a few employees were part of this. Numerous employees have come and gone, moving on to other positions, probably in the food industry. The movement of human capital, over time, may have created an industry-wide problem. That’s scary. We can conclude that Loblaw’s

coming out is just the beginning. The Competition Bureau is also investigating Sobeys, Metro, Walmart, Giant Tiger and bread producer Canada Bread. The $25 gift card Loblaw is offering is just window dressing. What’s at stake is consumer trust and how the industry can maintain its social licence. Without this, growing revenues, supporting communities, innovating, partnerships, loyalty programs all become more challenging. Independent grocers have the most to win out of this mess. They just can’t do what Loblaw and Weston admitted to doing for 14 years. But it’s doubtful that Canadians have the stamina or the discernment to punish the company by withholding their shopping dollars. Habits are hard to break, especially with food. Still, Canadians now have reason to doubt the grocery industry. However, there is hope. The fact that a staple like bread is under Competition Bureau review gives optimism for change. No matter how complicated the situation, phrases like “price-fixing’ add clarity. Canadians understand that it is wrong, plain and simple. Let’s hope the industry understands, too.

Sylvain Charlebois is senior fellow with the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies and dean of the Faculty of Management and a professor in the Faculty of Agriculture at Dalhousie University. This article was distributed through Troy Media.

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eware the numbers used when comparing cropping options. Various government and private players get into the game, and this is the time of year when those estimates garner the most attention. Unfortunately, questionable assumptions skew the results. The Saskatchewan agriculture ministry recently released its Crop Planning Guide for 2018. A lot of thought and work goes into the document, but some of the assumptions are questionable. In this year’s edition, assumed yields have taken a huge jump. Esti-

mated crop yields are 20 percent above the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance five year averages for the soil zone. That same approach has long been used, but the rolling fiveyear average must have dropped off a low yielding year and added a high yielding year. In the dark brown soil zone, the estimated yield for spring wheat is 51.1 bushels an acre compared to 47.7 last year. Durum increases to 60.3 from 53.4. Feed barley goes to 72.9 from 65.2 and canola is now 45.2 compared to 41.6 last year. Herbicide costs used in the guide “reflect the practice of herbicide layering for prevention or managem e nt o f h e r b i c i d e - re s i s t a nt weeds.” While herbicide layering is a good management practice, some crops have many more modes of action than others, and this affects the relative profitability. The herbicide cost assumed for red lentils stands out at $86.21 an acre in the dark brown soil zone. On top of that is another $58.27 for

insecticides/fungicides. The standard caveat is that producers need to plug in their own numbers, but if many of the assumptions are wonky, usefulness is reduced. There are also numbers that appear to be in error. For instance, the yield assumption used for large kabuli chickpeas is 2,621 pounds an acre. According to another publication from Saskatchewan Agriculture — the 2017 Specialty Crop Report — the average yield of chickpeas in the province over the past five years is 1,641 lb. per acre. Adding the 20 percent bump to the average brings it up to 1,969 lb., a far cry from 2,621. On top of this, the price estimate of 60 cents a lb. is overly optimistic. While 60 cents may be in the ballpark for current bids, new crop contracts for large kabuli chickpeas have been in the 40 to 45 cent a lb. range, and that would seem to be a more reasonable assumption for budgeting purposes. On the expense side, a fungicide

cost of only $49.91 an acre is assumed. Most producers growing chickpeas budget for a lot more fungicide than that. The cumulative result of the questionable assumptions is a return over total expenses of $1,064 an acre. No other crop in the book comes close to this level of return. Using proper assumptions, large kabuli chickpeas still pencil out as the most potentially profitable option for producers in the brown soil zone, but this high risk crop isn’t the windfall portrayed by the Sask Ag publication. When presented with anyone’s crop budgeting numbers, it’s always important to scrutinize the assumptions being used. More information on production margin estimates can be found in this week’s Markets section, starting on page 6. Kevin Hursh is an agricultural journalist, consultant and farmer. He can be reached by e-mail at kevin@hursh.ca.

Top stories of 2017 EDITORIAL NOTEBOOK

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t the end of each year, we like to share with readers the most popular online stories from the previous 12 months. This gives us an indication of what people like to see, and readers can take the measure of what fellow farmers like to read. So here are 2017’s top stories: 10. Grain bag slashing angers farmer. Published in January, this story detailed how vandals had slashed 13 grain bags belonging to seven different farmers in the Rouleau, Sask., area. 9. From zero to 5,400 acres in five y e a r s. T h i s s t o r y f ro m Ju l y described how Kindersley, Sask., farmer Darryl Klassen parlayed a custom spraying business into a successful farm. 8. Heartbreaking harvest for young farmer. Published in September, this story detailed how Dallas Moneo, a 24-year-old farmer from Assiniboia, Sask., was hit hard by the drought conditions. 7. Farmers overcharged nearly $100 million in CGC user fees. In January, the Western Canadian W h e a t G ro w e r s A s s o c i a t i o n demanded that nearly $100 million in surplus user fees collected by the Canadian Grain Commission since 2013-14 be returned to grain farmers. 6. An isolating illness: talking about mental health. In August, cattle farmer Trewett Chaplin, near Craik, Sask., explained that social isolation and stress takes its toll on farmers. 5. Glyphosate on feed affects livestock: Published in October, a Saskatchewan veterinarian blamed glyphosate in feed for his livestock’s health issues, but Monsanto disputed that. 4. Drought predicted for Alberta this summer. In May, AccuWeather predicted that central and northern Alberta should brace for a summer drought. 3. Sask. budget: PST, land, education farm fuel taxes increased. Premier Brad Wall’s last budget, issued in March, increased the sales tax to six percent and expanded the PST, but a $1.3 billion deficit was projected. 2. Dumped canola kills cattle. In November, a pile of treated canola seed that Harris, Sask., farmer Bill Laing discovered lying on the ground in a pasture killed his Black Angus bull and two pregnant Charolais cows. 1. Tax changes impact could be ‘humongous’. In August, the federal g ov e r n m e n t a n n o u n c e d t a x changes that could affect incorporated farms, making it more difficult for full-time farmers to share income with spouses and children, among other issues. The changes were eventually altered. brian.macleod@producer.com

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Ag Canada ends root rot surveys for pulses Federal researchers say they now have a better grasp on the disease and don’t have to conduct surveys every year BY JEREMY SIMES EDMONTON BUREAU

RED DEER — After four years of surveying pea and lentil crops for root rot, Agriculture Canada is ending the annual checks so it can focus more on research. Syama Chatterton, a plant pathology research scientist with Agriculture Canada, told producers Jan. 10 that the surveys were ending because researchers now have a better grasp of the problem. She spoke at Alberta Agriculture’s Agronomy Update conference in Red Deer, providing farmers with an update on pulse diseases in the province. “The problem we’re seeing in pea and lentil fields is that there are different root rot pathogens forming together and that pathogen affects the root,” Chatterton explained. “It can do a lot of damage to roots, and we see that carry over to yield.” She said pathogens were more detrimental for yields in areas experiencing wet conditions. In dry areas the pathogen affects roots but has little to no effect on yield. However, researchers need to do more work to understand why this is. They also need to better understand how the pathogens function in the soil and how their spore loads spread. Once they do, they’ll develop better management tools

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for farmers and, in the long run, they could look at developing resistant varieties. “We’re still trying to guess what’s going on,” Chatterton said. “That is what’s difficult about this disease.” D’Arcy Hilgartner, board chair of the Alberta Pulse Growers Commission who farms near Camrose, said while seed treatments can help manage root rot, they only work to a certain degree. “It’s complex and there’s not an

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easy solution,” he said. “Our longterm goal is to get a variety with genetic resistance but, in the interim, we need to figure out the best management practices to help producers deal with this.” Research will be key in getting to the bottom of it, he added. “Research is a focus for us,” he said. “We’re optimistic we’ll get a long-term solution.” The surveys won’t totally end, either.

Chatterton said a funding proposal is currently under review that would let surveys happen every three or four years. This way, researchers will still be able to get a sense of what’s changing on farms. “They’ll be longer snapshots of what’s happening,” she said. “They’ll still be good indicators.” As well, she said the surveys were quite a bit of work to do. “It’s takes a lot of resources to get

through those surveys for the amount of information we get,” Chatterton said. “It takes up six months of the year.” Hilgartner said the surveys won’t be needed as frequently. “The surveys right now aren’t really providing any new information,” he said. “We have to learn more about the pathogens themselves.”

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Resolution reopens SaskWheat-Cereals Canada debate Reiter replaces SaskWheat board has resisted calls to join national group because of grain company involvement BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Growers at the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission’s annual meeting last week passed a resolution urging the group to join Cereals Canada. However, that doesn’t mean the commission will act on the resolution, says outgoing SaskWheat chair Bill Gehl. Instead, directors will take the resolution “under advisement,” said Gehl and will act in what they see as the best interests of all Saskatchewan wheat growers. “Like any resolution that’s passed at … any of the commissions’ annual general meetings here, we take them under advisement,” said Gehl. “It’s not the first time that this (issue) has come to the board and we do take it seriously, so we’ll take a look at it. But it’s part of a much bigger issue.” SaskWheat is the only provincial wheat commission in Western Canada that is not a member of Cereals Canada. Until now, SaskWheat board members have opted against joining Cereals Canada, which bills itself as a national, non-profit organization whose membership includes farm groups, grain-handling companies, wheat exporters and seed companies. Cereals Canada’s mission is to suppor t the Canadian wheat industry.

SaskWheat’s relationship with Cereals Canada has been the topic of debate for some time. Some board members say the commission should not be part of an organization whose membership includes grain companies. Instead, SaskWheat should represent the interests of farmers, Gehl said SaskWheat is already affiliated with other organizations that promote the use of Canadian wheat and work on issues related to trade and market access. For example, producer levies collected from Saskatchewan wheat growers are already being used to support programs at the Canadian International Grains Institute (CIGI), said Gehl. SaskWheat is also a member of the Canada Grains Council, another national organization that represents the interests of Canada’s cereal grain, oilseed, pulse and special crops industries. “I think there’s maybe a little bit of a misunderstanding that we’re somehow missing the boat on a lot of these issues” by opting out of Cereals Canada, Gehl said. “We did look at joining Cereals Canada a couple of years ago and we thought at the time it was best to position farmers’ money at a higher level.” On more than one occasion Gehl and other SaskWheat directors have suggested that farmers’ interests would not be properly represented by an organization whose

members include large grain-handling companies, seed companies and biotech developers. In addition to farmer-funded wheat commissions in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces, Cereals Canada’s membership includes the likes of Bayer, BASF, Cargill, Monsanto, Viterra, Dow AgroSciences, Richardson and G3. “For some of the organizations that allow other value chain groups to speak for them, I think it’s fair to say that I question that,” Gehl said. “We have the capacity here at SaskWheat to be able to (speak on our own behalf ) so I don’t like allowing other groups to speak for SaskWheat and certainly for Saskatchewan levy payers, for our farmers here in Saskatchewan. “What’s good for some members of those groups is not necessarily good for others.” Terry Youzwa, a grain grower from Nipawin, Sask., offered a different view, saying it’s important for Saskatchewan wheat growers to have a voice in all discussions related to the wheat industry. “It’s important to continue to deliver a message to SaskWheat that they should be part of Cereals Canada’s board table and they should participate with others in forming strategies and promoting market development,” said Youzwa. “Especially when it comes to things like trade and market access,

we are at risk of losing so many trade agreements right now, we should be doing anything we can to elevate our voice….” As an example, Youzwa pointed to Italy, where country-of-origin labels will soon be required on all products containing Canadian durum. “Country-of-origin labelling in Italy has been an issue for a while now and at the present time, Italy has not been actively buying Canadian durum and that’s a big market for Canadian durum growers,” he said. “What is the SaskWheat commission presently doing to help support Canadian durum growers on this front? We know that Cereals Canada is … active in this regard… but there’s been a void there by SaskWheat by not participating on this front.” Youzwa said he’s hopeful that SaskWheat will view this resolution along with the results of the recent SaskWheat election as a message that a new approach is needed. “ It ’s t i m e t h e y g o t o n w i t h change,” Youzwa said. brian.cross@producer.com

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Gehl as SaskWheat chair SASKATOON NEWSROOM

The Saskatchewan Wheat Commission has a new board of directors and a new chair. Laura Reiter, the new chair, was first elected as a SaskWheat board member in 2013. She farms with her husband and brother at Radisson, Sask. She is trained as an agrologist and spent time working in the research and ag retail sectors before joining SaskWheat. Reiter replaces outgoing chair Bill Gehl, who will continue to sit on the board as a director. Scott Hepworth, a fourth generation farmer from Assiniboia, Sask., will serve as the board’s vice-chair. Hepworth has been a board member since 2015. Newly elected directors include Brett Halstead and Jake Leguee. Halstead, a producer from Nokomis, Sask., joins the board after serving as a director of SaskCanola for eight years. Leguee, a third-generation farmer from Weyburn, has a degree in agriculture from the University of Saskatchewan specializing in agronomy. Halstead and Leguee replace outgoing directors Glenn Tait and Rod Flaman. Returning SaskWheat board members include Gehl, who farms north of Regina, Ken Rosaasen from Preeceville, Sask., and Dan Danielson from Eston, Sask.

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Federal government urged to take trade action on durum Cereals Canada says Italy’s labelling law is already affecting durum exports; urges formal challenge BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

The top executive with Cereals Canada says it’s time for Ottawa to launch a formal trade challenge against Italy over its treatment of Canadian durum wheat. Cam Dahl, executive director with Cereals Canada, said Ottawa has raised concerns in Europe and Italy regarding an Italian policy that requires country-of-origin labels to be attached to pasta and other food products made from Canadian durum. However, it’s time to take the next step and launch a formal challenge against Italy’s policy, he said. “We’ve had very strong support

(from the federal government) … on these issues,” he said. “But I think at this time we need to start taking the next step and giving notification that we will be challenging the country-of-origin labelling regulations, whether that’s through CETA (the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement) or the WTO (World Trade Organization).” Dahl said the Italian labelling policy is already having a noticeable impact on Canadian durum exports. Under the policy, Canadian durum destined for Italy would need to be segregated and labelled, adding significant costs to processors and end users.

Italy normally imports 20 to 25 percent of the Canadian durum crop. Although the COOL regulations are not expected to take effect until mid-February, export activity has already been significantly affected. “We’re seeing today that we’re not getting new contracts signed for Italy,” Dahl said. “The COOL regulations are having the impact that we expected; they are limiting Canadian exports.” Dahl said the COOL regulations have been accompanied by a public relations campaign aimed at devaluing Canadian durum. Specific attacks have been aimed at the Canadian industry relating to the presence of deoxynivalenol (DON) levels, ochratoxin A and

glyphosate use. The use of glyphosate as a crop production tool has recently come under intense consumer scrutiny in many parts of Europe. Dahl said it remains to be seen how long Italian pasta producers will be able to meet local market demand without using Canadian durum. For the time being, however, the Italian campaign is having significant impact on Canada’s export programs. “When you’re looking at a significant reduction or removal of 20 to 25 percent of your market, that’s going to have an impact,” Dahl said. “We’re going to be pushing the Canadian government to challenge this activity because it is

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Dairy hormone whistle blower dies at 84 LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Shiv Chopra, a former researcher with Health Canada who made headlines over objections to a veterinary drug, died Jan. 7 at the age of 84. Chopra and a fellow scientist, Margaret Haydon, claimed they were being pressured into approving the use of a bovine growth hormone that can boost milk production in dairy cows. The drug was never approved in Canada. Chopra was deemed by some to be a hero for his stance against BGH and for his role as a whistle blower who aimed the spotlight on issues surrounding food safety. Among other issues, Chopra spoke out against feeding animal protein to other animals, a practice considered to have led to BSE in cattle. However, others deemed him a crank for his stance against pesticides, genetically modified organisms and vaccination. Chopra and two other scientists were fired by Health Canada in 2004 for insubordination, which led to a series of legal wranglings that lasted for years and eventually saw him lose a final appeal for reinstatement in September 2017. Peter Dowling, a former National Farmers Union co-ordinator, said Chopra spoke against approval of BGH at the same time that the NFU was raising its own objections. “Having Health Canada veterinarians speak out about issues with the drug regulatory system at the bureau was a huge boost to the campaign,” said Dowling. “It resulted in a decision not to approve (recombinant) BGH here in January 1999, ironically due to its risk to animal, not human, health. “I think of him often and admire Shiv’s courage, integrity and tenacity in speaking out on matters of great importance to Canadians — food safety, human health, and well-being of farmers and their cows. He expected the federal government to uphold the laws of our country.” After his firing from the federal government, Chopra wrote a book, Corrupt to the Core: Memoirs of a Health Canada Whistleblower, and recorded a blues rap called Dr. Shiv Chopra, Whistleblowing Scientist.

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Canaryseed dependent on prairie weather, Argentina The crop’s recent expansion from southern to northern Saskatchewan may spread out the risk that producers could face from bad weather BY WILLIAM DEKAY SASKATOON NEWSROOM

It’s all quiet on the canaryseed front, but a couple of possible issues could trigger an increase in price and production this year, said a market watcher. Chuck Penner of LeftField Commodity Research said growers should keep an eye on the current canaryseed harvest in Argentina and this year’s weather in Western Canada. “The only other real exporter in the world is Argentina, and according to government stats, they’ve grown a lot less canaryseed this year, and so that’s just being harvested now,” Penner told the Canaryseed Development Commission of Saskatchewan during C ro p P ro d u c t i o n We e k i n Saskatoon. “So we might start to see that impact coming along because it’ll give us the opportunity to export a little bit more into other South American countries like Brazil, which sometimes are a larger buyer.… So that may provide a little bit of a spark to the market but not a whole lot.” Penner described 2017 yields as decent despite a dry growing season, which saw prices fall to roughly 20 cents per pound. “That seems to be kind of a floor price because that’s where farmers really decide, ‘I’m not going to sell it if it goes lower than that,’ ” he said. “Looking ahead sometimes, we look at some seasonal impacts and things like that. So there will likely be some modest seasonal strength going into the next two, three, four months or so, but not a whole lot of change.” Canaryseed production is largely in southeastern and southwestern Saskatchewan. However, according to the 2016 census acreage map, northeastern Saskatchewan saw a large number of acres planted to canaryseed. “What I noticed kind of interesting is that they had this pocket up in the northeast part of the province that was a little bit bigger and that’s not what I had expected,” he said. More than 31,000 acres of canaryseed in the northeast spread out the production risk between the northern and southern halves of the province, which invariably see vast differences in weather conditions most years. “Yields weren’t down as badly because that northeast part did fairly well, and it helped offset some of the lower yields elsewhere,” he said. However, at current bids, it doesn’t pencil out in favour of farmers planting additional acres, and canaryseed totals could even see a small dip this year. “As long as we have the normal export demand, and it could be a little above normal with lower acres, we could actually see some actual life on the market as we get into 2018-19,” he said. “So August, September, October

forward could see a little bit more life next year compared to the bit of a flat line that we’ve seen in the last two or three years.” Guesswork aside, Penner expects there to be a large shift out of pea and lentil acres this spring, which could spark more interest in canaryseed. “I think the most part will go into spring wheat but maybe some into barley and canola, and it wouldn’t

take many of those acres to shift into canaryseed to really overproduce that market,” he said. “Except that canaryseed returns don’t look fabulous at this point if you project them forward, and so I don’t know that that’s going to be a big issue, but that’s what causes some of the uncertainty for 2018.” william.dekay@producer.com

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Significant growth expected in oat processing Global demand for raw oats is increasing, thanks largely to rising consumption in China OAT DEMAND INCREASING

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Global demand for raw oats looks poised to take a giant leap forward over the next five to 10 years, according to a well-known market analyst. However, that’s unlikely to provide any short-term comfort for Canadian oat growers, who are sitting on large carry-out stocks and selling into a soft market. “We’ve got about a million tonnes of carry-over this year and we average about 800,000, so that’s going to weigh a little bit on prices as we move forward,” said Oatinsight analyst Randy Strychar. “Millers know what those numbers are. They know there’s a surplus … in Western Canada … and we also have a surplus in Minneapolis … so there’s no sense of urgency from the millers right now.” However, market research would suggest that there’s lot to be optimistic about in the Canadian oat industry over the longer term. Global demand for raw oats is on an upward trend line, thanks largely to consumption trends in China, where interest in ready-toeat cereals and snack bars is ready to take off. “When we look at the research out to 2021-22, based on what we’re seeing for demand for breakfast cereals and snack bars … someone’s going to have to build

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probably 10 mills at about 100,000 metric tonnes of capacity over the next 10 years somewhere in the world just to keep up with demand, and likely some of that expansion is going to happen in Western Canada,” Strychar said. Chinese demand for raw oats is “huge,” he added. “It’s probably the biggest game changer that I’ve seen in 30 years in the oat market.” “Right now, the Chinese market is importing about 200,000 metric tonnes of raw oats per year, but they’re probably going to double that over the next five years and double it again in the next 10 years after that. “If you look at … consumption based on a billion people in China … the numbers are staggering on growth.” Despite a positive demand outlook over the next few years, Canadian growers continue to face a

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tough market. Domestic markets over the next few months could show some resilience based on extraordinary weather events, but otherwise prices and western Canadian acreage should remain relatively flat. Near-term prices, depending on location, are likely to remain in a range of $2.25 to $3.25 per bushel. “I see (Canadian) acreage probably down five percent (in 2018),” Strychar said in an interview following a presentation to oat growers at CropSphere in Saskatoon. “Flat would be a bonus, and it could be as low as seven percent (smaller than 2017).” Strychar said domestic oat stocks — and large global grain stocks in general — will play a role in determining Western Canada’s oat planting this spring.

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The value of oats versus spring wheat can be used as a benchmark. “Right now, oats are running at about 42 percent of wheat value and those numbers are not going to buy a lot of acres.” Oat production in Western Canada has been shifting toward the northern grain belt as acreage of other crops such as soybeans and corn continues to expand, particularly in southern Manitoba. Oat production is now heavily focused in two areas of Western Canada — northeastern Saskatchewan and southeastern Manitoba, around Winnipeg. Strychar said 25 delivery points account for nearly 70 percent of Western Canada’s commercial oat deliveries. Shifting production — particularly the migration of Manitoba

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acres into northeastern Saskatchewan — has caused some concern among processors because betaglucan levels in Saskatchewangrown oats are generally one to two percent lower than those grown in Manitoba. Meanwhile, Canadian oat exports have remained relatively steady, and domestic milling demand has risen to record levels. The Chinese market represents an attractive opportunity for Canadian growers and exporters alike, but the Chinese oat trade is currently dominated by Australia, which commands nearly 97.5 percent of Chinese market share, compared to Canada’s 0.2 percent. In addition to market proximity, Australia also has a free trade agreement in place with China and an established oat importing protocol. “The loss of time is an issue. We have to develop synergies with not only the Chinese food companies but also with research institutions and the government. brian.cross@producer.com

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WHERE THE COMMUNITY MEETS The general store in Benalto, Alta., isn’t just a store. It’s also a post office, hair salon and bank branch, among other things. It’s where the community’s residents gather. | Page 21

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College students treated to local fare Camrose campus continues efforts to procure the cafeteria’s food requirements from local producers BY MARIA JOHNSON FREELANCE WRITER

CAMROSE, Alta. — It’s lunch time at the cafeteria at the University of Alberta’s Augustana campus in Camrose. Students are lining up, chatting and laughing, awaiting their turn. The main course menu items today are spicy sausages, tender baby potatoes, and creamy dilled carrots, all locally sourced. A homemade bun rounds out the main course. Students can also make their way to the long salad bar where they can choose from a colourful selection of crunchy vegetables. The meals provide a tangible link in Augustana’s sustainable food policy, which originated in 2008. A field-to-fork theme that year started an ongoing campus-wide effort to procure the cafeteria’s food requirements from local producers. Supervisor of food services Lilas Bielopotocky said it took a bit of added work to track down local suppliers in the beginning but some of the initial hurdles have been overcome “Now it’s just part of my routine,” she said. Augustana is a residence-based campus with a population of about 1,000 students. The cafeteria serves 300 to 400 students three times a day. The meals are prepared on site— not bought as pre-cooked or pre-packaged. It offers at least one local lunch per month. Bielopotocky, who grew up in the area, has worked in Augustana’s food services for almost 30 years. She cites numerous benefits to using food less travelled. “The food is fresher; more nutritious. We’re supporting local farmers. It supports the local economy.” Augustana’s sustainable food policy offers several other advantages to buying more local food: • Buying locally reduces the campus’s carbon footprint. • Local producers who earn a living from their farm in turn spend money in their community. • By supporting local farmers today, it ensures there will be local farms, and food, tomorrow. • Animal husbandry and stewardship of the land is supported. • Open spaces used to grow food are less likely to be sold to developers. Bielopotocky said that 80 percent of the beef used at the cafeteria is sourced locally most of the time. She said all eggs, yogurt and sour cream is local. Milk is supplied by Dairyland, a national company with regional sources. Most of the hot vegetable and salad bar choices — potatoes, carrots, onions, beets, tomatoes, cucumbers, mushrooms, and peppers — are 100 percent locally sourced.

All main course meal items are sourced locally at least one day a month at the University of Alberta’s Augustana campus. On a day in late October, the cafeteria served spicy sausages from Irving’s Meats in Round Hill, Alta., baby potatoes from the Little Potatoes Co. in Edmonton and creamy dilled carrots from greenhouses in central Alberta. | MARIA JOHNSON PHOTO

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All of the frozen pastas are made in Edmonton. Sunny Boy cereal, a combination of wheat, rye and flax, is a Camrose product. However, the cafeteria faced certain nutritional challenges due to

its central Alberta location. Local fresh fruits are not available yearround and must be shipped in, although the saskatoon berries are native and local. Other items such as spices, coffee and teas are brought in. Many carry the Fair Trade logo, certifying they are sustainably raised in a humanitarian fashion. Bielopotocky said buying as much local food as possible comes with drawbacks. For one, it often is

more expensive. “And sometimes it’s hard to fill orders due to the volume needed,” she said. The cafeteria requires about 680 kilograms of carrots a year, for example, which can be difficult for local suppliers to meet. But Bielopotocky is undaunted and does as much as she can to stay true to the mission. “I really like to support the local farmers.”

ABOUT AUGUSTANA • It was founded as Camrose Lutheran College in 1910 by an association of Norwegian immigrant congregations. • It changed its name to Augustana College in 1991. • The college began offering university courses in the fall of 1959 as an affiliated college of the University of Alberta. • The college has about 1,000 undergraduate students from across Alberta, Canada and the world. Source: Augustana Campus

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Planning financially for life events makes change easier TEAM RESOURCES

BETTY ANN DEOBALD, BSHEc

ife happens, and planning for major life events provides direction for life, reduces stress at the time of change and could result in achieving the goal sooner. Money often is a limiting factor in achieving many life goals. Diligent planning and saving for life events can reduce the costs of borrowing to achieve a goal and provide financial security and peace of mind. There are a number of key life events that have financial implications. Identify the ones that are a priority and estimate how much money would be needed to achieve the goal or goals. Developing a spending saving plan gives substance and direction for achieving these goals. To develop a spending saving plan, the first step is to determine the current situation. How much money is coming in and how is it being spent or saved now? From bank statements list all monthly/yearly income, tips, pension income and support payments. Then create a list of all monthly and yearly expenses. Also note expenses that happen only yearly, such as taxes or licenses, and any money that is now being put aside as savings. One advantage of using bank debit or credit cards for all expenses is the record they create. The expenses need to be prioritized into fixed, variable and flexible: • The fixed expenses are commitments that must be paid, such as rent, utilities, mortgage, loan payments, medication and insurance. • Variable expenses are necessary but variable, such as food, transportation, home maintenance, haircuts and clothing. • Flexible expenses are not necessary but are nice to have occasionally, such as meals out, coffee, entertainment, makeup, and online purchases and downloads. Analyze the list for missing items that are paid yearly, such as taxes, driver’s licenses, home insurance, holidays and gifts. Total all the yearly expenses and divide by 12 to give the amount that

needs to be saved monthly to cover these yearly expenses as they occur. There may be three yearly expense totals: one with fixed yearly expenses, such as medical insurance; one for variable yearly expenses, such as school supplies; and one for flexible yearly expense, such as credit card, app or gaming fees. Do another review for any money that is being set aside for savings, retirement savings, education funds or an emergency fund. Identify if they are saved monthly or yearly. Create a list of all liabilities, including mortgages, loans, credit cards and outstanding bills. Include the balance outstanding and the amount paid monthly on the debt. Ideally, all credit card balances and bills should be paid monthly to avoid interest and service charges. If the amount owed does not allow for this, make at least the minimum payment, but ideally make as large a payment as possible to reduce the credit debt as quickly as possible. From the income and spending history, determine if there is money left over or if the spending is greater than the income. Overspending signals the need for some serious assessment of where the money is going. A change in priorities is needed to live within the income and to begin saving for life event goals. From the spending history, a spending/saving plan can be developed. Using a spreadsheet, list all of the fixed expenses and a monthly amount to cover fixed y e a r l y expenses. Calculate how much of the income is left. Now choices need to be made. Many financial experts say that paying yourself

first through direct debit savings plans for life events, such as retirement savings plans or a home down payment fund and an emergency fund, is the only way to ensure that saving gets a priority. Next, add realistic amounts for variable but necessary expenses such as food, transportation, home maintenance and clothing. Again, calculate to see how much income is left. Dealing with credit debt needs to be a priority to reduce interest and service fees. From the liability list, identify the smallest debt. Make regular or minimum payments on all of the debts but on the smallest debt add any available extra funds to pay off the debt as quickly as possible. Once it is paid, use the payment amount and extra funds to pay down the next debt. Continue doing this until all of the credit card debt has been paid off. These funds are now available to pay down larger loans or to add to the savings. A key factor in reducing credit card debt is not adding to the debt by continuing to use the credit cards. Cut them up or lock them away for emergency use only. If an emergency saving fund has been created, eventually the use of the credit card for emergencies should be unnecessary or else

decide on the flexible expenses. Will some of them be eliminated or drastically reduced? Calculating how much is spent on each item per month may help to identify changes. Could this money be better used to reduce debt or increase savings for desired goals? Re-assess the spending saving plan each month and make changes as necessary. A manageable spending saving plan is a tangible tool to assess how you are doing and how to make financial adjustments to meet changing needs and priorities in your life. Paying yourself first is key to planning and saving for life events. Planning financially for life events and emergencies can make a difference in your lifestyle, financial security and in how you cope with life events. Betty Ann Deobald is a home economist from Rosetown, Sask., and a member of Team Resources. Contact: team@producer.com.

KEY LIFE EVENTS INCLUDE: • post-secondary education

• unexpected expenses

• first home/vacation home

• charitable giving

• marriage

• new vehicles

• family

• children’s education

• career change/starting a business

• retirement/estate planning

• saving for retirement

• funeral expenses

• health care/long-term care

• holidays/travel

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used and then paid off the total balance at the end of the month. From the life event priority list, identify how much needs to be saved monthly to achieve the desired goals. Assess what funds had been saved in the past and identify if they are part of this saving goal. Specialized savings options are available for many of the life event goals: • Registered Retirement Savings Plans allow the interest to accumulate untaxed until the money is withdrawn at retirement. These funds can also be used to purchase a new home. • Tax-free savings accounts and registered education saving plans are also for long-term saving goals and are usually invested in a long-term higher earning account or mutual fund. For shorter-term goals such as a new computer, holiday or an emergency fund, the money may be kept in a savings account or money market fund for quick access. Once the savings, fixed and variable expenses have been added to the spending saving plan,

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Farmer advocates for gay rights, rural lifestyle On the Farm | Manitoba producer who organizes the Pride parade in Steinbach, Man., says it hasn’t caused him any problems BY ED WHITE

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STEINBACH, Man. — Farming, singing and travel. Those are Chris Plett’s favourite things. And being a farmer, a singer and an airline employee is how Chris automatically describes himself. But the warm, affable man is defined by many other people in many other ways, and that’s just a reality he accepts about his situation. “The fact that I’m gay is, I don’t know, it’s a non-issue. That’s an issue when it comes to my bedroom. It has nothing else to do with anything else in my life,” said Plett.

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Being gay, living on a farm and being involved in organizations and activities in the Mennonite heartland has brought him a lot of attention, and that’s not something he’s shied away from. He just accepts it as part of the complex reality he has to negotiate. He has been deeply involved in organizing the Steinbach Pride parades that brought nationwide media attention to the socially con-

CHRIS PLETT Steinbach, Man. servative town. While some have focused on online comments condemning the parade and criticizing people with non-straight sexual orientations, Plett has been more positive, seeing much local support for the parade and accepting the existence and rights of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning) people to be active in the community. “I’ve never heard a negative comment (in person.) Nothing has changed in my interactions with other people,” said Plett, who is proud of Steinbach as a growing, modern community. “I don’t know what’s said behind closed doors, so I have to take it on face value.” In fact, he’s had farmers approach him and shake his hand at various places, and numerous local people congratulate him on his efforts. While there were not large numbers of people out watching the Steinbach Pride parade, the 2017 event was a happy day on the streets and in the park.

Things used to be harder for Plett. As a teenager he was a loner who knew he was gay and didn’t fit in well with others. Sometimes he was harassed, especially after coming out as gay. He thinks he probably suffered depression at times during those early years because of his feelings of alienation. He was comfortable being a farm kid, but moved away as an adult, working from 2005-12 for an airline that serves the Arctic. He loved seeing and flying across the nation’s vast expanses. “I learned a lot of things about myself. I learned a lot of things about Canada.” One thing he learned was that he wanted to go back home. “Some hard times came up and I knew I needed my family closer by. I was living in Ottawa at the time and I needed their support.” So he returned to the farm, working part time for an airline for a while, but then dropping that to work full time on the farm for a couple years. Plett’s family isn’t comfortable with his sexual orientation and “don’t support it,” but “they love me and I am their son and that hasn’t changed.” He considers himself lucky to have a family that accepts him, if not his orientation, because he knows others whose families have rejected them. He accepts their discomfort and never attaches his family’s farm or family members to his LGBTQ advocacy efforts. “I’m doing this. The family isn’t doing this.”

There’s no right way to decide time between pregnancies SPEAKING OF LIFE

JACKLIN ANDREWS, BA, MSW

Six months ago my wife and I gave birth to a splendid little boy. We think that he is the greatest child in the universe. However, we are hoping to be a little more deliberate with our next child. We want to plan this pregnancy. The problem is that we are not sure what are the best time sequences. Should we have the baby as soon as possible after the birth of our first child or should we wait a few years and put some time between all of our children? We are interested in finding out what you think. I am glad that you and your wife are having a great experience with your little baby. Of all the many responsibilities that cross our paths throughout life’s journeys, I am not sure that any of

them are as both demanding and rewarding as parenting. The real challenge in parenting comes when you have to recognize that each of your children is a unique being. You might be having a great time with your firstborn child, as well you should, but when child number two comes along, chances are good that the joy in his or her being is going to be somewhat different than it has been for child number one. He or she may not be quite so co-operative. You can learn more about what to expect from birth order differences by carrying out a computer search. I am not sure that we can give you a clear answer on when to have the next child. Babies can come any time: sometimes they are good enough to let their parents plan them, other times they just happen to be there. Many pundits on child care say that families function better when the children are two years apart. You can opt for the second child in two years, number three in two years after that and so on, and that

might work for awhile. However, don’t put too much faith in their recommendations. Child number two might be planned but research suggests that often careful planning goes out the window. Children number three and four will not necessarily follow your formula. They just arrive. I don’t know that you need twoyear gaps in your children’s ages and I am not sure that planning or otherwise necessarily make the difference in a child’s development. What is important is that you recognize each of your children as unique and wonderful pieces of magic within their own rights. What has worked for you and your children for one child will not necessarily work with the others. You have to learn to be patient, to listen attentively to each child and to respect their differences. And if you do that, you will continue to have fun with all of your children. It makes a happy family.

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Chris Plett juggles farming and airline work and would like to find a way to remain in agriculture. | ED WHITE PHOTO These days he divides his time between working on the farm and working for West Jet. That combination of work surprises rural people and airline colleagues, who assume he is an urbanite. “They almost fell over when they found out my day began with feeding cows and pulling calves,” said Plett with a laugh. He’s hoping he can figure out a way to remain in farming. The family farm is owned by his father and brother. “I see myself somehow continuing in agriculture, and I don’t know how. I just feel like I’m somehow going to stay in agriculture.” As well as his advocacy efforts for LGBTQ people in Steinbach, Plett has been advocating casually in Winnipeg for another group of people: farmers and rural folk. “They assume a lot of stuff (about rural Manitoba), like they assume stuff about me…. We’re not your country bumpkins. Often we deal with more technology in a day than (an average urbanite) would in a week.” Plett is proud of the robotics at work on his family’s operation and

at many Manitoba dairy farms and thinks urban people need to recognize that farmers are skilled professionals. “We are the ones that are making your dinner. We are putting food on your table. There should be respect for the people who are on farms.” Plett loves singing in a choir, and he loves living in the country. He loves flying and seeing Canada. He’s living a complicated but fulfilling life and is enjoying trying to make sense of it all. He isn’t concerned with what others think of him, but he hopes people see the person, not their own assumptions imposed on him. “Stereotypes and labels are ridiculous,” he said. ed.white@producer.com

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On the horns of an inspiration A Sask. man pours his creativity into the horns of moose, elk and deer BY CHRISTALEE FROESE FREELANCE WRITER

This moose horn carving, in memory of Stan Sugar’s father, is called Remembering the Good Old Days and is a tribute to the time the father-son pair spent at Piapot First Nation hauling logs out of the bush. | CHRISTALEE FROESE PHOTOS

CARRY THE KETTLE, Sask. — It started with a knife handle. In search of a strong material to replace a broken handle, Stan Sugar reached for a moose horn. At age 37, the farm worker had never carved before, but that first foray into shaping a horn lit a fire that has burned bright in Sugar’s creative soul for the last 17 years. At age 54, Sugar has created about 200 carvings in moose, deer and elk horns. He brings to life whatever

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happens to be brewing in his creative subconscious on any given day. “I sit down here at the table and all of a sudden I look down at my paper and something starts kicking in my mind and away I go,” said the accomplished carver. Sugar will often sketch out his ideas before he picks up his grinder and Dremel tool, but the horn itself will sometimes tell the tale of what it is to become. “Sometimes the image is there in the horn already and you just have to bring it out,” said Sugar. What started out as a hobby shared with friends and family has turned into a career featuring spectacular carvings that sell from $300 and up. With some moose-horn carvings measuring more than a metre in length, the broad canvas allows Sugar to create entire scenes from hunting camps to forest settings for elk, moose and bear. “When someone tells me what they want, a moose or a bear or a deer, I always ask, ‘what do you w a nt i t d o i n g ? ’ ” s a i d Su ga r, explaining that the creative spark in his mind is always fanned by exploring the setting surrounding the main carving and embedding that outlying scene with surprises like feathers, eagles and wildlife. A recent project involved the carving of a pair of giant moose horns brought in by a Saskatchewan hunter. The hunter requested an outfitting scene on one paddle for himself and a second scene on the matching horn for his dad. Sugar said the resulting works of art left the client in a state of disbelief. “When they look at what I’ve created, they kind of go into shock because they’ve been there in this scene and they can’t believe that they’re seeing it again.” Sugar said it’s not uncommon for clients to get emotional when he unveils a carving. He recalls a recent work featuring the deceased police dog of a former Regina City Police officer. “When he saw it, he got so emotional that he had to take a moment,” said Sugar.

It typically takes Sugar a month, or more than 120 hours, to complete one work of art. The reactions are what makes the weeks and weeks of work worth it for the Saskatchewan carver. He spends about four hours each day working with a grinder and then a fine-tipped Dremel to extract 3-D images of natural scenes and First Nations settings and symbols. Sugar works on all types of horns but prefers those that have been dropped in the wild from a moose as they have the least soft marrow and the highest amount of hardened outer shell. Most of his horns come to him for free or for trade from northern First Nations friends and from hunters. Sugar’s carvings have gone across the country with two going all the way to Ottawa — one for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and one for Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale. The MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina has appraised several of his carvings, suggesting a minimum price of $300 for a small work. However, Sugar considers his talent a gift to be given away so he often entertains trades when he knows that price is an issue. “I’ll do a carving for whatever someone can offer me because if it’s something that they’ve wanted and it will make them happy, then I’m going to do it,” said Sugar.

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Alf and Thelma Foster stand in front of their store sometime in the 1940s. They bought the store in 1939 and eventually added a Cockshutt farm equipment agency. They renovated the second floor living quarters and lived there during their time in Benalto. The Fosters sold the store in the mid 1940s. |

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Karen Turner-Padley, right, chats with customer Lori Spencer, who stopped in to the collect her mail. | MARIA JOHNSON PHOTO

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Benalto’s ‘mini-mall’ provides gathering place This Alta. general store comprises a convenience store, post office, ATB branch, hair salon and courier depot BY MARIA JOHNSON FREELANCE WRITER

BENALTO, Alta. — Some things about the traditions of a community general store never change. “We’re a meeting place, a gathering place,” says Karen Turner-Padley, referring to the Benalto General Store. She adds that some people jokingly refer to it as the mini-mall of Benalto, and for good reason. All together under one roof in a bright open space of 1,600 sq.ft., is a convenience store, Canada Post outlet, Alberta Treasury Branch banking agency, hairdressing salon, video rental store, and courier depot. Turner-Padley and her first husband, Alan Turner, who died in

2002, bought the store in 1990. “It was kind of by accident,” she says. They were scouting businesses for sale for a relative. The Benalto General Store in the central Alberta hamlet had been shut down for about 18 months. “We just fell in love with the community. Our boys were in Grades 1 and 4 at the time. The skating rink was right across. The school was a block away. We wanted them to have this kind of life,” Turner-Padley says. So she left her early childhood development career in Red Deer to run the Benalto General Store. Alan was able to carry on with his truck driving job from their new location. She married Richard Padley in

2004. Padley immigrated from England where he and his late wife had also run a store. “He knew what he was getting into” Turner-Padley says. “He brings the mail in every morning, sorts it and delivers it to the boxes.” Padley is also the handyman. “This old building needs maintenance,” Turner-Padley says. Turner-Padley manages the store, the post office and the bank. Shelly Lambert works four days a week in her one-chair hair salon called Country Clips, which occupies a partially walled corner of the store. “I’ve been hairdresser here for 16 years.” She refers to the store as “the hub of the community.”

The building was initially constructed as a bank almost a century ago. When the bank closed, a grocery store set up shop in the building, in about 1924. The business remained primarily a grocery store for the next 65 years but underwent numerous changes of ownership and building modifications. “The store had been a full fledged grocery store until we bought it,” says Turner-Padley. “They sold dry goods, groceries, fresh vegetables, meats, even clothes.” She says that was before the nearby highway made it easier for people to travel. Today, she says she can’t compete with “the big grocery stores” in Eckville, Sylvan Lake and Red Deer.

The store’s grocery items are what she calls a “smattering of this and that;” things like canned soups, pastas and sauces, some baking, dairy items, snack foods, and dry goods like tissues and toilet paper. Many of the usual convenience store items are also here, such as newspapers and coffee. It’s the variety of services and hours that keeps the business viable, she says, particularly the post office and banking. The Benalto General Store is open from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday to Saturday. “It brings a lot of customers in because we’re open so much longer. People know they can come get their mail or do their banking all those hours,” Turner-Padley says.

Unrealistic goals main reason New Year’s resolutions fail HEALTH CLINIC

CLARE ROWSON, MD

Do you have any good tips for sticking to New Year’s resolutions. I try every year, but I cannot keep it up for more than a week or two at the most. In my case, it is dieting. The most typical resolutions are to lose weight, exercise more often, quit smoking, reduce debt or even learn a new language. By the time you read this, most of you will have already given up on your New Year’s resolutions. The main reason for failure is setting too hard a goal. For example, trying to go on a fad diet that consists of mainly eating salads and vegetables that you don’t enjoy, or going completely vegan when you are not even a vegetarian. Remember that 3,500 calories

equals one pound of weight, so it is a lot easier to eat less than it is to burn off the excess fat with exercise, unless perhaps you are an Olympic athlete or a marathon runner. Losing one or two pounds a month is achievable. That is about 125 calories per day or less than one cookie, a glass of wine or a short walk. Quitting smoking is harder, but becomes easier as the price of cigarettes increases. You may need your doctor’s help by getting a prescription for the appropriate dosage of nicotine-containing patches or gum. All of these goals become more achievable with the help of others. For example, if you enrol in a lang u a g e c l a s s a n d p ay f o r i t i n advance, you are more likely to complete the task. Go walking with a friend or neighbour. You won’t want to let him/her down. If someone praises you and tells you how well you are doing, as for example in a weight-watching group, you may succeed. Carrots always work much better than sticks. What does a heart stress test tell you?

During a cardiac stress test, you are asked to walk on a treadmill that is programmed to gradually make you heart work harder. You will be hooked up to an ECG to monitor your heart’s electrical patterns, and your blood pressure and heart rate are measured as well. Any abnormalities recorded will indicate if you may have coronary artery disease with narrowing of the arteries leading to decreased oxygen in the heart muscle. The test is not 100 percent accurate because it can give both false positive and false negative results, but it can indicate that further tests are required. Everyone has heard the mythical story of the man who passed the stress test with flying colours and five minutes later died of a heart attack. Generally, cardiac stress testing is not performed routinely, but only when indicated by symptoms such as shortness of breath or chest pain on exertion, or a previously abnormal ECG. Before taking the stress test, you will be asked to avoid certain medi-

cations and caffeine for a certain period of time, and you should not eat or drink anything except water

for at least an hour beforehand. Clare Rowson is a retired medical doctor in Belleville, Ont. Contact: health@producer.com.

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Film takes scientific approach to GM food Food Evolution has been described as being ‘very good at looking at all sides of debate’ over genetic modification BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

It’s become clear to many scientists that the standard arguments for genetically modified food are not working. | FILE PHOTO

When it comes to genetically modified foods, it’s not easy to change minds. In fact, it might be easier to convince a Saskatchewan Roughriders fan to cheer for the Toronto Argonauts. Nonetheless, proponents of GM food are hopeful that a movie will succeed where science and evidence have failed. The movie is called Food Evolution and the film, as described on its website, explores the controversy surrounding genetically modified organisms and food. The narrator, Neil deGrasse Tyson,

leads viewers through the “emotions and the science driving one of the most heated arguments of our time.” For the last 10 months, the documentary has been screened across the U.S. and in multiple countries around the world. It’s mostly been shown at film festivals, universities and at theatres that air non-Hollywood movies In Canada, it’s been shown at theatres and events in Toronto, Montreal, Saskatoon and a few other cities. The film was scheduled to be shown at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, B.C. Jan. 15. “The movie is very good at looking at all sides of the debate about GMOs,” said Robert Wager, a mem-

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ber of the biology department at the university and a well-known defender of the safety and science around GM foods. Wager organized the screening, which will feature a question and answer session with Kevin Folta of the University of Florida and Nina Federoff from Penn State. Since GM soy, corn, canola and cotton became commonplace, more than 20 years ago, biologists like Wager have tried to share the facts of GM foods with the public. However, public polling shows a huge gap exists between what scientists think and what the average citizen thinks about GM food. A 2015 Pew Research survey found that 88 percent of scientists believe GM foods are safe, but only 37 percent of public respondents agree. It’s become clear to many scientists that the standard arguments for GM foods are not working. “It’s very true that science communication with the public in this area has been less than totally successful,” Wager said from Nanaimo. “Without a doubt, new methods and new platforms and approaches are definitely welcome to help the public understand the realities of this technology.” Wager said Food Evolution deals with the scientific facts of GM food but it also has an emotional component. “It is one of the most powerful documentaries that you’re ever going to see.” Some critics have called it a proGMO movie. Others have said the film presents both sides of the debate. “With a soft tone, respectful to opponents but insistent on the data, Food Evolution posits an inconvenient truth for organic boosters to swallow: in a world desperate for safe, sustainable food, GMOs may well be a force for good,” noted a review in the New York Times. So far, only a small number of people have viewed Food Evolution because it wasn’t shown in mainstream theatres and it isn’t available on home entertainment channels. Advocates of the film are hoping to change that. There is an online petition urging Netflix to carry the documentary. “(It) is unfortunate because they (Netflix) air a great many of the anti-GMO films,” Wager said. Right now Food Evolution is available on iTunes, Amazon, Hulu and YouTube. Wager is hoping that DVDs will soon be available at public libraries and it will be shown at high schools across Canada. Food Evolution was commissioned and funded by the Institute of Food Technologists, an organization that champions a “world where science and innovation are universally accepted as essential to a safe, nutritious and sustainable food supply.” robert.arnason@producer.com

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Parks receive failing grade in education A former park superintendent says parks must do more to connect the public with the natural world BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

The former superintendent of Banff National Park says national, provincial and municipal parks protect nature to some extent but generally fail in the more important goal of educating and connecting people with the natural world around them. A park boundary is not a halo, said Kevin Van Tighem. “We’re doing parks wrong in many cases. Parks are still the best way to protect nature because it’s kind of a lock down of natural values,” he said in an interview before addressing the Southern Alberta Council of Public Affairs. “But it’s not enough just to simply protect the park and say that you’ve done the job, especially because quite often when we protect parks we actually don’t really protect them. We just turn them into another modified landscape of development.” Van Tighem retired from Parks Canada in 2011 and after reflecting on the parks system, concluded that they’ve improved ecosystem management in recent years. Parks are now more natural and wilder than they used to be, he said. “The disconnect is that I think that the quality of people’s connection to those parks as visitors has gone downhill. Now it’s just about a place to collect selfies and check off a couple of peaks that you managed to hike to the top of. “People aren’t digging in as deep as they used to. They aren’t spending as long, they aren’t going as deep and they aren’t learning as much in their park experience, and that’s critical. We c a n ’ t h a v e a s o c i e t y t h a t ’s divorced from nature. It does not protect nature.

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“Ultimately, if that’s all parks do, any protection they do would be negated by having a disconnected citizenry that won’t keep those parks as conservation places and won’t look at the rest of the landscape as being something worth considering too.” Van Tighem is also an author and an advocate for preserving Alberta’s wilderness areas, and has spoken out in the past about allterrain vehicle (ATV) use in the Castle region of the province’s southwest. The government recently released a study of the Castle Wildland Provincial Park and Castle Provincial Park that indicated use of ATVs is a major factor threatening the parks’ plants, animals and ecology. A potential permanent ban on AT Vs in the region has been a source of controversy among ATV users and Alberta Environment and Parks. The area in question, which spans an estimated 1,000 sq. kilometres in the headwaters of regional rivers, has about 1,700 km of trails. “ATVs should absolutely not be allowed in any park,” said Van Tighem. “It goes to that question about the value of the nature of interactions. You can put a lot

Waterton National Park is one of Alberta’s many parks. This photo was taken before last summer’s devastating wildfire. | BARB GLEN PHOTO more people into a landscape on foot than you can with wheels under them and when they’re on foot they aren’t having the same impact on the landscape that we

MacAulay talks up NAFTA at U.S. farm group meeting BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay pressed upon members of the American Farm Bureau Federation of the need to retain the North American Free Trade Agreement at the bureau’s annual meeting earlier this month. He found a like-minded audience. Speaking to Canadian reporters by conference call a day after his speech in Nashville, and hours before United States President Donald Trump was to address the meeting, MacAulay said Trump would find an audience that would suffer if NAFTA is torn up. “He’s coming in to speak to thousands of people that are fully in support of NAFTA,” MacAulay said. “ They fully understand what NAFTA has done.” In his speech, the first ever by a Canadian agriculture minister at the powerful U.S. lobby, MacAulay noted that since NAFTA came into effect 23 years ago, trade has rap-

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idly and massively expanded to make the economic region the largest in the world. “The U.S. trade to Canada and Mexico has quadrupled and with the three countries combined it has tripled,” he told American reporters. Farmers are business people who understand that value and the jobs that trade has brought, he said, and he hasn’t met with any who don’t support retaining NAFTA with some modernization. “We’re very optimistic, understanding what we hear across

North America,” the minister said. “We do not want to damper any possibility that these trade talks will be successful.” Canada’s supply management system, particularly for dairy, has been a concern in the U.S., but MacAulay said American far mers asked him how they could make their system better, not how Canada could dismantle its system. He said all countries have agricultural sectors they want to protect. For some, it’s sugar. In Canada, it’s supply management and that support will continue. “We import much more dairy products from your country than you import,” he told the Nashville news conference. Asked if Canada was working on a contingenc y plan, he said he wouldn’t speculate on what might happen. “What I’m working for and what I’m doing here is to try and make sure it doesn’t collapse,” he said. karen.briere@producer.com

do when we have powerful engines turning powerful wheels with lug tires. So if your purpose is landscape conservation, then the first rule should be to experience that landscape in ways that actually conserve it.” In his address to SACPA, Van Tighem said parks have a role in helping people define themselves and their sense of place. They can help people see themselves as a part of nature but they haven’t been successful in that role. Albertans have become complacent about their culture, he said,

and have allowed themselves and the province to be defined by the energy sector. “We’ve allowed that one big story to drown out the real story of who we are,” he said. Parks can be part of citizens’ narrative while protecting nature, but it requires people to continue the job, he added. Land trusts can protect landscapes beyond government proscribed boundaries while still maintaining private property interests. barb.glen@producer.com

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Sask. inducts newest ag hall of fame members Members come from a wide variety of backgrounds, including research and education, grain and livestock BY WILLIAM DEKAY SASKATOON NEWSROOM

The Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame has inducted five individuals in 2018: Vernon Racz, left, Joan Heath, Henry Classen, Douglas Howe and Brian Fowler. | WILLIAM DEKAY PHOTO

This year’s crop of five inductees into the Saskatchewan Agriculture Hall of Fame includes three from the fields of research and education, one from grain and one from the livestock/horse industry.

“Honoured and surprised,” are words all five recipients expressed upon learning of their achievement. “Dumbfounded — very seldom I don’t have something to say and when I was talking to Reed (Andrew) I didn’t know how to respond because it never even crossed my mind about anything like this. It’s a great honour,” Douglas Howe said Dec. 4 in the Hall of Fame, housed at the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon. The Moose Jaw livestock producer is known for his role in marketing and promoting cattle. The Charolais and Red Angus breeder helped make both breeds a prominent part of the Canadian Western Agribition livestock show in Regina and he led the beef and commercial cattle committees while serving on the Agribition board. He is also a past-president of the Saskatchewan Horse Federation. “The cattle business has changed drastically in the past 50 years…. From being extremely tall with nothing to them, to now being short, thick, moderate kind of cattle,” he said. Joan Heath of Radisson, Sask., has been involved in agriculture in various ways, including with Cereals Canada as a current board member, a past director of Agriculture in the Classroom Saskatchewan and past-chair of SaskCanola. “Canola has been such an integral part of my life. It’s been really interesting watching it evolve … and to see the changes in canola. To see commissions (that) didn’t have a lot of resources but had very clear ideas about what they wanted to accomplish and then to see all the ways that canola has progressed. But so many challenges as well,” she said. “If they hadn’t taken a chance and hired me, none of this would have been possible. They were just tremendous mentors. All men I might add. It’s very possible for women to have strong male mentors.” Vernon Racz contributed to animal nutrition and feed development throughout his care er, including as a director of the Saskatchewan Feed Testing Laboratory and founder of the Prairie Feed Resource Centre. He was always on the lookout for new feed development opportunities at the University of Saskatchewan’s animal and poultry science department. “I tried to keep my work tied in with the agri-business and a tie-in to application of some of the work.… It’s gratifying that somebody did appreciate it,” he said. Henry Classen, who was named to the International Poultry Hall of Fame in 2016, made significant contributions to teaching, research and extension in poultry welfare, nutrition and management. He was CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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World’s first bacon without nitrites developed A Belfast professor welcomes the ability to produce bacon naturally in a process that doesn’t include chemicals BY CHRIS MCCULLOUGH FREELANCE WRITER

A meat processor in Northern Ireland has developed what he calls the world’s first bacon free of nitrites. Branded as Naked Bacon, the product has been developed by Finnebrogue Artisan from Downpatrick. The company says it has worked with Spanish chemists who have managed to produce bacon that does not include nitrites from vegetables or curing agents, making the traditional morning breakfast ingredient a bit healthier. Following five years of research by Finnebrogue, the new bacon is the first to be completely free from nitrites, preservatives and allergens. Finnebrogue next plans to launch nitrate-free ham and pork sausages. Nitrites are usually added to give cured meat its characteristic pink colour, texture, some flavour and to help preserve the meat. The new natural flavouring is produced from natural Mediterranean fruit and spice extracts. In independent blind taste tests, consumers rated it was as good or better than traditionally cured meat. The flavour is currently being used in the European Union, but this will be the first time the technology has been applied to British bacon. The nitrite-free bacon has been welcomed by professor Chris Elliott of the Institute of Global Food Security at Queen’s University in Belfast. “Many forms of processed foods have come under the spotlight over

recent years for their unhealthy attributes. Processed red meat, in particular, has been a focal point. Nitro-containing compounds, used in the manufacture of traditional bacons, are known to cause the formation of chemicals that have negative health impacts. “To have a bacon produced naturally that doesn’t require such chemicals to be added or formed during processing is a very welcome development,” he said.

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named a U of S distinguished professor and appointed an NSERC senior industrial research chair in 2013. Brian Fowler helped pioneer winter wheat development in Western Canada and is a leader in no-till agronomy. His program at the U of S Crop Development Centre has advanced winter wheat breeding and agronomy, which has created nesting habitat for waterfowl and upland game birds. “In the 1970s, there were more acres of winter wheat seeded to notill than there were all other crops at that time…. The only part of the world that is colder than this or as cold as this is Siberia. So it’s a good place to work on cold tolerance,” he said. “We were working with farmers, which is always a good place to start because they know what the problems are.” The province’s Agriculture Hall of Fame was started in 1972 and has honoured 236 individuals from all sectors of agriculture. The official induction ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon April 21. william.dekay@producer.com

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British pig farm receives record semen order The farm in Northern Ireland will send frozen boar semen to China and also train Chinese staff in artificial insemination BY CHRIS MCCULLOUGH FREELANCE WRITER

Deerpark Pedigree Pigs has seen a 300 percent increase in its frozen semen sales over the past two years. | CHRIS MCCULLOUGH PHOTO

The United Kingdom’s largest ever order for boar semen is being processed by a Northern Ireland pig farm. Deerpark Pedigree Pigs in Bellaghy, County Londonderry, has

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Number of female farmers has risen in Canada since 2011 FARM FRESH

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t Lazy T Farm, a holistic cattle ranch near Halkirk, Alta., and a short drive from my own family farm, the future really is female. Jenna Hauck and her mother, Clara Nibourg, represent the fourth and fifth generations of women in Nibourg’s family to take over the farm. With that kind of history — a farm being passed down through five generations of females where duties are equally shared, especially most recently — it’s a given that the women have had to overcome some big obstacles to get to where they are today. Both Hauck and Nibourg said they have experienced their share of sexism. “I’m an equal partner, and we’ve always run it that way,” Nibourg says. “Whenever people would call with a land issue, no one would ever talk to me. They had to talk to the man.” Although Nibourg says she’s seen a lot of progress since taking over the farm in 1987, her daughter says she’s experienced similar issues, including with someone she and her husband, Brett, have been working with during the farm’s transition. “He can’t wrap his mind around the fact Brett is coming into the farm and I’m the farmer’s daughter,” Hauck says. “He still calls me the wife of the farmer.” Nibourg and Hauck are members of a statistical trend in Canada. According to the 2016 Census of Agriculture, the number of female farmers in Canada has risen by 1.8 percent since 2011 to 28.7 percent, or 77,970. Among new farmers, people who have entered farming in the last five years, that number is more than double. In a 2015 survey done by the National New Farmer Coalition, 58 percent of new farmers surveyed were women. These statistics have been widely reported, and in most cases, celebrated. But the celebration can be problematic. Females still only make up just over one-quarter of all farm workers. As well, the statistics don’t address the fact that females have been farming partners for as long as farming has existed — they just are rarely identified that way. They were, as I’ve heard many farm women say and I’m sure you have too: “just the wife.” My great grandmother kept their mixed farm afloat by selling eggs and butter, all while caring for seven kids. She wasn’t considered to be a farmer. My own mom, a stay-at-home mom of five, kept laying hens and meat chickens, planted, cared for, and harvested from two giant gardens, did the farm books, and hosted dozens of people throughout the year. But after 30-odd years of this, she still doesn’t identify as a farmer. Often the female in a farming

The number of female farmers in Canada has risen by 1.8 percent since 2011. relationship becomes invisible because her contributions can’t be measured — there’s no yield when it comes to raising children, and no paycheque when a hot meal for 20 hungry workers is on the table. The numbers are increasing now because women are beginning to identify as farmers and they’re redefining what it means to be a farmer. The proportion of females operating horse, goat, and mixed vegetable farms, on their own or with a counterpart, was significantly higher than other types of agriculture, including beef cattle and feedlots. As well, more young women are taking on the risk alone. The number of farms operated solely by females under age 35 rose by 113.3 percent, compared with a 24.4 percent increase in male operators younger than 35. There are also more opportunities. One example is that of Young Agrarians (YA), a grassroots network of young ecological and organic farmers. In 2017, YA Alberta received a $96,100 Status of Women grant from the provincial government, which is designed to empower young female farmers and encourage women to enter a largely male-dominated field. YA Alberta program manager Dana Penrice says most of the money is going toward the YA apprenticeship program, a mentorship program, workshops, farm clubs and coaching services. It’s also helping set up babysitting and kids’ programs at farming conferences, so farming women with kids can attend without having to worry about child care. Since receiving the grant, Penrice says she’s probably had more conversations with male operators than female, who are saying things like: “Why did you get this money?” Penrice says many men seem to be suggesting the grant funding isn’t fair. “(The grant) opens up the dialogue. You can talk about how generally it’s the females taking care of kids, so we need to encourage them to come to these things; to help them get there,” Penrice says. She adds most people she talks to are farming couples or families, and that the money isn’t just for women — there’s the added benefit of the women being able to bring the knowledge gained at conferences back to the farm and to their communities. She says the program needs to be about more than recognizing women in agriculture. It should also challenge the structures that have proven to disadvantage farm women. I want to, and I do, celebrate the statistics — I am one of them. But I also want to see a system that sets females up for success, that cultivates a welcoming space for female farmers, and that encourages the question: “Who is the best person to talk to about this issue?” rather than: “Can I talk to your husband?” Nikki Wiart is a new farmer living in Castor, Alta., writing when her garden, bees, chickens, and pigs allow

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Quarter horse enthusiasts win legacy award Ed and Pat Sparks have registered at least one foal every year since 1965, for a total of 372 BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

TABER, Alta. — Ed Sparks’ voice warms as he holds photos of some special quarter horses. He and his wife, Pat, have been breeding, raising and training horses since 1965, and as Ed cradles the photographs, it’s obvious that horses are a lifetime love. Others in the quarter horse realm know it. Ed and Pat were recipients of the American Quarter Horse Association Legacy Breeder award for 2017. Though ill health now prevents either of them from riding or training, the couple still own 19 quarter horses that live on their farm northeast of Taber, Alta. Pat, a former champion barrel racer, is now in a wheelchair and lives in town, but Ed and his nephew, Shaun Rombough, look after the daily feeding of animals on the farm — the horses as well as Pat’s many cats. “I knew it was coming,” Ed said about the legacy award. “We got a big plaque at 40 years and then we knew this was coming so we just kept breeding mares and carrying on as long as we could and finally we made it, so that’s a milestone. A lifetime achievement award, is what it amounts to.” Ed began breaking and training horses in the 1940s and1950s. Then he saw Sleepy Cat, one of the first quarter horse stallions to be shown in Canada. He was impressed. “I got kind of liking them,” he said about the breed. Both Ed and Pat were on the rodeo circuit for a time, using quarter horses in calf roping and barrel

Ed and Pat Sparks of Taber, Alta., were recognized with the American Quarter Horse Association Legacy Breeder Award for 2017. | BARB GLEN PHOTO racing. Ed also tried his skills at bull riding and saddle bronc but those were short-lived. “I got carried out of the arena in 1952 at Edmonton Gardens” after one bull-riding event. “That finished my rodeo bull-riding career right there. And I got packed out of

the arena with saddle broncs, so what do you do? The smart thing was to try something else.” Training and breeding became the focus. Ed and Pat have registered at least one foal every year since 1965, for a total of 372. Some of the treasured photos show

Skedadle Chick, a foal sired by an AQHA champion that also became champion and superior halter horse. Then there’s Till I Win, a horse sired by Peppy’s Tiller, which Ed trained and rode in calf-roping events. A photo of Pat astride Flashy One, also sired by Peppy’s Tiller, is among

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“There’s very few strangers in the world of a horse,” said Ed. He and Pat agree that horse training methods have changed over the years. At one time, it involved bending a horse to the trainer’s will. Now, “you have to think like a horse,” said Ed. “You make your ideas their ideas.” And there are no bad horses, a point on which the couple also agrees. “Most horse problems are man problems. People create the problems with their horses,” said Pat. Declining health has created a worry for them about the future of their remaining horses. “I’m hoping to stimulate some interest, maybe, through this, and maybe somebody will be interested in buying some foundation quarter horses. Perhaps someone will be interested in foundation breeding.”

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Pat Sparks is a former champion barrel racer, shown here aboard Flashy One while competing at a Medicine Hat rodeo. | SPARKS FAMILY PHOTOS

Ed competed in rodeos and is shown here at the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede, where he roped off of Till I Win, a horse sired by Peppy’s Tiller.

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Ed Sparks is shown here with Till I Win, a multiple grand champion quarter horse.

Pat and Ed Sparks of Taber, Alta., pose with Diamond Dictator, one of their quarter horses.

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Lethbridge may get large pot greenhouse Fifty First Parallel also plans to operate three to five retail outlets in Alberta BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Companies such as Fifty First Parallel are beginning to make plans to cash in on the recreational market once marijuana becomes legal in Canada. | REUTERS/BRIAN SNYDER PHOTO

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cannabis annually once its threephase development plan is complete by 2020. The firm has bought five acres of land in Lethbridge’s new industrial park. It expects to break ground this spring and start production in its initial 70,000 sq. foot facility this fall. Jason Kujath, president and chief operating officer for Fifty First Parallel, said the company also plans to operate a chain of three to five retail outlets in Alberta. The greenhouse and production facility, operating as a separate business under the same parent company, would supply about 50 percent of the product for sale in those stores. The rest of the stores’ offerings would include products from other licensed producers. Kujath said the Alberta government’s policy to allow independent retail operations to sell cannabis, once it becomes legal across Canada later this year, will allow vertical integration of the company and allow shareholders to capitalize on investment. “Phase one is a 50,000 sq. foot greenhouse with a 25,000 sq. foot header house attached to it. That facility will produce a very conservative estimate of 4,000 kilograms per year,” said Kujath. Phase two includes another 30,000 sq. feet of growing space and phase three would add another 100,000 sq. feet on adjacent property. At full operation, it is expected to employ about 150 people. Fifty First Parallel has partnered with LivWell Enlightened Health, a major marijuana producer and distributor based in Colorado that has been in the business since 2009. LivWell is the largest shareholder in the proposed Lethbridge operation. “We view them as being the experts in this industry. They’ve been ranked over the course of the last three years (as) the No. 1 producer, refiner and retailer across the United States,” said Kujath. Through a technical services agreement, LivWell will operate the growing facility in Lethbridge for the first five years, bringing the experience needed for successful production, he added. T h o u g h ma r i ju a na i s o f t e n referred to as “weed,” it is not as simple to grow as that moniker makes it sound. “I hear this all the time: ‘well it’s a weed. It will grow anywhere.’ That is absolutely not the case. That’s nomenclature that’s been given to the cannabis plant.… It will not grow anywhere and the quality of the product is not something that is determined just by putting it in the ground. “It’s determined, just as is any other agricultural product, based on the nutrients that it receives, the quality of the sunlight that it CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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» CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE receives and the care that’s given to it.” Kujath said his company views cannabis as an agricultural product and plans to treat it as such, although it will be subject to various inspections, audits and security measures required by Health Canada and the province. Southern Alberta growers’ experience and expertise in greenhouse operations for tomatoes and cucumbers played a role in site selection, as did the presence of a university and a college with agricultural focus. Fifty First Parallel has signed a memorandum of understanding with Lethbridge College to undertake some form of research in its facility. “Lethbridge and southern Alberta in general might be the best place for the cannabis production across the country,” he said, noting the region’s high number of sunny days, water accessibility, co-operative business climate and available workforce. “We are expecting to be making a $17 to $20 million investment throughout the province, and of course the majority of that, 75 to 90 percent of that, is going to be in Lethbridge itself just in our production facility.” The firm has raised about $16.5 million for the project so far, he added. Recreational use of marijuana is s e t t o b e l e ga l i z e d o n Ju l y 1 , although Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently suggested it might be delayed after municipal and provincial governments said they needed more time. Many companies have made plans to produce and sell product. Kujath said recent figures indicate there are now 84 licensed producers in Canada, only 32 of which are also licensed to sell product. Another 208 applications are in the queue for consideration by Health Canada but it is unlikely all of those will be approved. That’s why Kujath believes Canada will be undersupplied for cannabis for the next three to five years after legalization. His company’s market analysis s u g g e s t s t h e re w i l l b e a b o u t 336,000 marijuana users in Alberta, using an average .35 grams per day. That works out to 43,000 kg that will be consumed in the province annually. barb.glen@producer.com

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Sask. hands marijuana sales to private sector Province announced a pot strategy last week that will see the Sask. Liquor and Gaming Authority regulate the sector BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Cannabis sales in Saskatchewan will be handled by private retailers, the provincial government announced Jan. 8. “Both wholesaling and retailing of cannabis will be conducted by the private sector and regulated by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority,” said Gene Makowsky, minister responsible for SLGA. SLGA will issue about 60 retail permits for standalone storefront operations in 40 municipalities. Two rural municipalities met the criteria for a permit by virtue of a

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population of at least 2,500. The RMs of Corman Park, near Saskatoon, and Edenwold, near Regina, could have at least one retailer each, as could the Lac La Ronge, Onion Lake and Peter Ballantyne First Nations. Population centres larger than

2,500 qualify for additional permits. Makowsky said municipalities have the ability to opt out. “Some may choose to proceed. Some may opt out entirely, while others may opt out right now but decide sometime later to allow a cannabis retail outlet in their community,” he said. “Government will respect whatever decision they make.” The storefront businesses could also have an online store. They will be limited to selling cannabis, cannabis accessories and ancillary items. Makowsky said the approved retailers must track and report cannabis inventory. An independent third party will help SLGA select the retailers. Initially, applicants will be

screened for financial capacity and the ability to track inventory. The second phase will be a random selection, or lottery, of the qualified applicants. They also have to meet “good character” criteria. The province has yet to reveal its full cannabis strategy as Canada moves toward legalization, but expects to finalize the retail application process in the next few weeks and the minimum age for consumption later this spring. Officials said they want to enter the retail process slowly. Although the minimum population is 2,500, that doesn’t mean one outlet for every 2,500 people. For example, Regina already has about a dozen

stores, but the retail process at this point is calling for six. The other communities eligible for retail outlets are: Assiniboia, Battleford, Biggar, Canora, Esterhazy, Estevan (2), Fort Qu’Appelle, Humboldt, Kindersley, La Loche, La Ronge, Lloydminster (2), Maple Creek, Martensville, Meadow Lake, Melfort, Melville, Moose Jaw (2), M o o s o m i n , Ni p aw i n , No r t h Battleford (2), Outlook, Pilot Butte, Prince Albert (2), Regina (6), Rosetown, Saskatoon (7), Shellbrook, Swift Current (2), Tisdale, Unity, Warman (2), Weyburn (2), White City and Yorkton (2). karen.briere@producer.com

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SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) — Australia plans to become the fourth country to legalize medicinal marijuana exports in a bid to score a piece of the estimated $55 billion global market. Cannabis cultivation in Australia is still relatively small because recreational use remains illegal. Howe v e r, t h e g ov e r n m e nt h o p e s domestic medicinal use, legalized last year, and exports will rapidly boost production. “Our goal is very clear: to give farmers and producers the best shot at being the world’s number one exporter of medicinal cannabis,” Health Minister Greg Hunt said. Peter Crock, chief executive officer of Cann Group, which cultivates cannabis for medicinal and research purposes, said medicinal marijuana production had been stymied by limited demand from Australian patients. “While the Australian patient base is growing, it is very small,” Crock said. “Being able to export will allow us to have the scale to increase production.” Hunt said the new legislation would include a requirement that growers first meet demand from local patients before exporting the remainder of their crop. Despite growing demand, only Uruguay, Canada and the Netherlands have so far legalized the export of medicinal marijuana. Israel has said it intends to do so within months. The Australian government’s proposal needs to pass federal parliament when it returns to session in February. The country’s main opposition Labor Party has signalled it would support the move. Exports would then likely begin within months. Fuelled by a growing acceptance of the benefits of marijuana to manage chronic pain, moderate the impact of multiple sclerosis and to soften the effects of cancer treatment, several countries and 29 states in the United States have legalized cannabis for medicinal use.

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Sask Party hopefuls address ag concerns The agricultural forum organized by farm groups came weeks before Sask Party is set to pick new leader, who will become the new premier BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Saskatchewan Party leadership candidates tackled agricultural issues earlier this month at a forum organized by agricultural organizations. Farmers in the crowd said it was important to hear the leadership candidates, especially because the winner will eventually become premier once Brad Wall steps down. The candidates, Tina BeaudryMellor, Ken Cheveldayoff, Alanna Koch, Scott Moe and Gordon Wyant, answered questions they were given in advance, blind questions and a few written questions from the floor. The vote is planned for Jan. 27 in Saskatoon. However, many party members may have already sent in their preferential ballots. Water management, including the flooded Quill Lakes, prompted several questions. One noted that funding for conservation area authorities was cut from $900,000 per year to zero, along with an estimated cost of repair and upgrade to existing management systems of more than $300 million. The Saskatchewan Conservation and Development Association asked what level of financial support the new premier would commit. The candidates agreed that water issues were raised throughout the province and at almost every meeting. Moe, who was environment minister before entering the race, said he would look at opportunities for more federal funding to offset maintenance and construction. “There is an opportunity for us to move water in a controlled, in an organized, fashion and in a responsible fashion that benefits not only the ag producer but those downstream,” he said. Koch also said further federal investment is an option and that multi-year planning is required, while Cheveldayoff suggested a new program to fund proper technical studies of new or redesigned projects. Wyant said he couldn’t commit a specific amount until he fully understood the demand for water infrastructure and discussed the issue with producers and the federal government. “We need to look to see how we can lever private capital with respect to helping with some of these issues,” he said. “Unless we get a handle on the deficit that we have in terms of the infrastructure deficit with this project we’re not going to be able to move this forward.” Beaudry-Mellor said the passage last fall of Bill 44 means the province will move forward with its agricultural water management strategy and that is an opportunity to set better policy. “We’ve taken a very reactive rather than proactive approach,” she said. She also agreed that water issues hav e b e e n h e a rd re p e at e d l y throughout the campaign. “No matter who gets elected as leader of the Saskatchewan Party, I think you can rest assured that water is something that will be high on the agenda,” she said.

Other issues that came up included road funding, value-added opportunities, carbon tax, rural crime and business risk management programs. All agreed AgriStability must be improved but not necessarily scrapped. Koch noted it was originally a stabilization program. “Now it’s essentially a disaster program,” she said. It is still paying out millions of dollars, she said, and for that reason it wouldn’t be practical to eliminate it. Wyant and Moe both said producers tell them only their accountants benefit from the programs from the money they are paid for filling out

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FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) — It’s all a matter of taste. Luxury labels are accustomed to tempting fashionistas, and now they’re stretching from haute couture to haute cuisine. Gucci opened a 50-seat restaurant, Gucci Osteria, in Florence last week, where three-Michelin-star chef Massimo Bottura will serve up high-end dishes. The Italian fashion house, owned by Kering, is not the only luxury company to foray into food; LVMH announced late last year it would open a second branch of its gourmet grocer La Grande Epicerie in Paris, days before Tiffany’s & Co opened its Blue Box Cafe in New York. “The big brands are following where their high-spending clients’ cash is going,” said Fabrizio Pini, professor and joint director of the International Master in Luxury Management of Milan’s MIP Politecnico business school. Gucci and its rivals do not expect these investments to yield significant financial returns, for now, but they are seen as a way of enhancing their global brands. In some cases,

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eateries can also be a way to make the most out of large, city-centre store sites as customers increasingly shop online. The Gucci restaurant is sited behind the walls of the 14th-century Palazzo della Mercanzia building, overlooking the city’s most famous square, Piazza della Signoria. Visitors can treat themselves to the likes of Parmigiano Reggiano tortellini, Peruvian-inspired tostadas, pork belly buns and mushroom risotto for $30 to $45 per dish. Few strategies come without an element of risk, however. Bernstein analyst Mario Ortelli said that if luxury companies did not provide a gastronomic experience that matched their other goods, it could dilute their

brands. “The experience has to be luxurious and recognizable,” he said. While labels are looking to these investments for marketing rather than profits, a presence in food could offer some financial returns in the long run. With a global luxury market estimated to be worth $1.8 trillion in 2017, sales of luxury wines and spirits and food, together worth just under $180 billion, last year grew six percent, more than personal luxury goods such as bags, shoes and clothing, according to Bain & Co’s yearly report on the sector. “Food is luxury as much as fashion,” said Stefano Cantino, strategic marketing director at Prada, which owns the exclusive Milan patisserie Marchesi. “Barriers have been broken.” The Gucci Osteria restaurant is par t of Gucci Garden, which includes an exhibition area, a bazaar-like boutique and a cinema room. “Haute couture and haute cuisine are a recipe made in heaven,” Bottura said.

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2012 SUBARU LEGACY, heated leather, command start, 44,128 kms., $19,995. Call 1-877-373-2662 or visit our website www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL# 914077 SUBARU ONCE A YEAR Demo Sale, own the best of the best for less! Great selection to choose from! 1-877-373-2662, www.subaruofsaskatoon.com DL#914077 WANTED: VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDI diesel car. Prefer a 2010-2016 with lower mileage and 16” tires but will consider others. 306-859-4420, Beechy, SK.

2015 DODGE RAM 3500, crew, Longhorn, 6.7L Dually, Aisin auto., 58,500 kms, $64,995. Hendry’s Chrysler 306-528-2171, Nokomis, SK. DL #907140. 2009 DODGE 3500 diesel, 1 ton, 4WD, with 5th wheel deck, 196,000 kms., new clutch, tires & glass, recent front suspension upgrade, $29,500; Double A 5th wheel trailer w/elec. winch, rear loading ramps, $12,500. Lamont Farm Centre Ltd, Lamont, AB. 780-895-7338, 780-940-6372.

OLDER GRAIN TRAILER, tandem, nice condition, priced to sell! Call 306-654-7772, Saskatoon, SK.

NORMS SANDBLASTING & PAINT, 40 years body and paint experience. We do metal and fiberglass repairs and integral to daycab conversions. Sandblasting and paint to trailers, trucks and heavy equip. Endura primers and topcoats. A one stop shop. Norm 306-272-4407, Foam Lake SK. PRAIRIE SANDBLASTING & PAINTING. Trailer overhauls and repairs, alum. slopes and trailer repairs, tarps, insurance claims, and trailer sales. Epoxy paint. Agriculture and commercial. Satisfaction guaranteed. 306-744-7930, Saltcoats, SK. 2010 DAKOTA 38’, all aluminum TA, $29,800; 2010 Lode-King 28’ tri-axle lead, $24,000; A-Train wagon, $2900, Saskatoon, SK., 306-222-2413. Pictures online www.trailerguy.ca 2006 DOEPKER SUPER B steel grain trailers, A/R, scales, 11R24.5, 2018 safety $39,800. Call 1-800-667-4515 or visit: www.combineworld.com

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., excelCANADA’S AG-ONLY LISTINGS GIANT lent truck, was $71,500, NOW $67,500; 1995 VOLVO, 350,000 original kms., 9500 2005 IH 4400 tandem, w/570 IH eng., hrs., wet kit, 370 HP, 14 spd., one owner, 320 HP, 10 spd., new 20’ BH&T, alum. farmer owned, exc. cond., 780-206-1234. wheels., 423,000 kms., very clean truck, SEARCH FROM OVER excellent tires, w a s $54,500, N O W $51,500; 1996 Midland 24’ tandem grain pup, stiff pole, completely rebuilt, new AG LISTINGS paint, new brakes, excellent tries, was $18,500, NOW $16,500; 1999 IH 4700 S/A w/17’ steel flat deck, 230,000 kms., .com IH 7.3 diesel, 10 spd., good tires, was 1-800-667-7770 | $19,500, NOW $18,000; 2005 IH 9200 FOLLOW ON: 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 2007 MACK, 10 speed Eaton auto., new SK., Phone Merv at 306-276-7518 res., 20’ CIM B&H, 940,000 kms., fresh Sask. 306-767-2616 cell. DL #906768. safeties. Call 306-270-6399, Saskatoon, 2001 FREIGHTLINER FL80 S/A, 3126 Cat, SK. www.78truxsales.com DL #316542. Allison auto (serviced and greenlight by Allison dealer), 300,000 kms., fresh safety, ALLISON AUTOMATIC TRUCKS: Several nice unit, $29,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd, trucks with auto. trans. available with C&C 2002-2003 FLD 120/60 series trucks; 2007 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. or grain or gravel box. Starting at $19,900; W900, only 690 km, 2009 T800 single turCall K&L Equipment, 306-795-7779, Itu- bo CAT; 2009 Cascadia, only 309,000 km; 2008 PETERBILT 386, yellow, daycab, 18 2011 T800 550 Cummins; 2011 Pro Star spd., 850,000 kms., 46k rears full locks, vg na, SK. DL #910885. ladimer@sasktel.net rebuilt Cummins. All units no emissions, cond., $24,900. 780-206-1234, Barrhead. AUTOSHIFT TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Boxed Very good shape. Call 306-752-4909, cell 2013 PROSTAR MAX FORCE 13, 18 spd., tandems and tractor units. Contact David 306-921-7721, Melfort, SK. 4-way lockers, 46 rears, new rubber, 52” 306-887-2094, 306-864-7055, Kinistino, SK. DL #327784. www.davidstrucks.com 2005 KENWORTH W900 c/w Cummins 13 high rise bunk, fresh safety, white colour, spd., approx. 900,000 kms., Studio bunk, v. clean, Wabasco heater, 800,000 kms., $40,000 OBO. 306-334-2958, Balcarres, SK REMOTE CONTROL ENDGATE AND $35,000. Randy 780-983-0936, Clyde, AB. hoist systems can save you time, energy VOLVO 630, D13 500 HP, I-Shift, and keep you safe this seeding season. 2005 PETERBILT 379, C15, 18 spd., Super 2015 kms, 2016 Doepker Super B grain Give K r a m b l e I n d u s t r i e s a call at 40 locks, 70” bunk, $40,000 OBO. Own- 335,000 hoppers, Air Max, like new, $191,000 unit. 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or visit us er/operator. 780-914-7861, Viking, AB. Will separate. 204-761-6695, Brandon, MB online at: www.kramble.net

2008 NORBERT GOOSENECK stock trailer, 1995 GMC TOPKICK Tandem, Cat 3216, 7000 lb. axles, 16', 306-662-2951, Maple Allison 6-spd. auto push button, spring Creek, SK. cnschock@xplornet.ca susp., new Firestone 11R22.5 front/rear, 20’ Courtney Berg unibody w/rear cross auger side discharge, front and rear hoist and auger controls, Michel’s roll tarp, ladders, 52,558 kms., 3979 hrs., $89,900. 306-834-7579, Major, SK.

2004 F-150 HERITAGE, 5.4 auto., 2WD, only 80,000 kms., uses clean burning natural gas, economical to run! $3900. CamDon Motors Ltd, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK

BLACK 2009 GMC Sierra SLT All Terrain, crew cab, 4x4, loaded, 102,000 kms., 5.3L, 6 spd. auto, always garaged with extras, $21,000. 306-961-3911, Prince Albert, SK.

1980 INT TANDEM Grain Truck, Cummins dsl., 13 spd., good BH&T. Call for a good price! 306-654-7772, Saskatoon, SK. 1994 INTERNATIONAL EAGLE Tandem, Detroit 60, 365 HP, 10 spd., Courtney Berg 20’ unibody w/rear cross auger for side discharge, Michel’s roll up tarp, ladder, front and rear box controls, rear pintle, air hook-ups, 11R24.5 tires - new rear/90% front, $45,000. 306-834-7579, Major, SK.

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2007 FREIGHTLINER CENTURY Class, 500 HP Detroit 60 series 18 spd., heavy spec unit, 500,000 kms. read off computer, fresh safety, $29,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

3 PICTURE WINDOWS for sale, triple pane Low-E, 62â&#x20AC;? square with 2 casement windows for venting on top third. $1100 each, RECLAMATION CONTRACTORS: Bigham stored inside. 306-375-2910, ext. 704 or 3 and 4 leg mechanical trip 3 PTH Paratills 307, Kyle, SK. in stock; Parts for Bigham & Tye paratills; 6 & 8 leg paratills available for farm use. 1-888-500-2646, Red Deer, AB. 1980 D6D DOZER, wide pad, winch; 1993 www.windandweathershelters.com D37 P6 6-way dozer, cab. 306-304-1959. COMMERCIAL GRADE Wind and weather Goodsoil, SK. shelter buildings available in widths from INTERNATIONAL CLOSED DOOR baler, 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122; to 90â&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Prices starting at $2495. If you model NA1450; 2 hydraulic pin presses; 1 have bought an auction building and need portable hydraulic track press; 3 Goodman to upgrade to more durable material or battery locomotive carts w/hundreds of p a r t s , w e c a n h e l p ! C o n t a c t P a u l feet of track. Cambrian Equipment Sales, 306-641-5464 or Ladimer 306-795-7779. Winnipeg, MB. (Ph) 204-667-2867 or (Fax) Located in Yorkton, SK. 204-667-2932. CAT 621E SCRAPER, lots of major work done, excellent condition machine. Call Randy 780-983-0936, Clyde, AB. RESTAURANT IN ASSINIBOIA, successful operation; Large industrial building in the heart of Balken oil play for lease/sale; Kenosee Lake cabin and campground for sale, incl. carwash and laundry mat; Development lands around Regina/Saskatoon; Large building and property on Broadway Ave., Yorkton; 3 lots on South Service R o a d , We y b u r n . B r i a n Te i fe n b a c h , 306-536-3269, Colliers Int. Regina, SK., www.collierscanada.com

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2011 FREIGHTLINER DAY-CAB, Detroit DD15, 455 HP, 13 spd., 12 front, 40 rear, PROVEN FARMING SKILLS but need land? 175â&#x20AC;? WB, 715,800 kms., $44,900. DL# Operator with growth to ownership opportunities available; May require relocation. 1679. Norm 204-761-7797, Brandon, MB. BY TENDER: 2004 Volvo G740B Snow Call 403-775-0536. Fighter, 7935 hrs., wing, front blade, newer tires, new part stock. Submit tenders to: RM of Gull Lake No. 139, Box 180, Gull Lake, SK., S0N 1A0. F: 306-672-3879. P: 306-672-4430. E: rm139@sasktel.net Prospective purchasers must replay on their own research of the grader to determine tender amount. Highest or any tenFARMING OPERATING LOSSES For Sale: A der not necessarily accepted. Tender deadlongstanding farm that has now ceased its line is February 9th, 2018. operations has substantial operating losses in a #'d company available for purchase 1997 CAT D6R crawler, enclosed cab 2012 MACK CXU613 day-cab, Mack MP8, and utilization by another farming opera- w/air, heat, canopy, front sweeps, rear 455HP, Eaton 13 spd., $39,900. DL#1679. tion. These losses can be used to offset screen, side covers, H.S. dozer, twin tilts, Norm 204-761-7797, Brandon, MB. farm income and/or farming capital gains. Cat. genuine UC at 70%, diff. steering. $97,500. 250-999-4777, Vancouver, BC. Priced well below retail at $ 44,500! Call Robert Harris, Gimli, MB. toll free: just.p@shaw.ca 1-877-614-4203, or cell: 204-470-5493. NEED A LOAN? Own farmland? Bank says Visit: robertharrisequipment.com for comn o ? I f y e s t o a b o v e t h r e e , c a l l plete details & pics of all our equipment. 1-866-405-1228, Calgary, AB. 1978 CHAMPION 740 motor grader, DeFARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. troit 6 cylinder, showing 2568 hours, 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Management Group for all your borrowing moldboard, scarifier, cab, new rear tires, and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, $16,900. Call 1-800-667-4515, or visit: Regina, SK. www.combineworld.com DEBTS, BILLS AND charge accounts too 2015 JOHN DEERE 130G track hoe, 2013 KENWORTH T660, 550 Cummins high? Need to resolve prior to spring? Call w/quick attach bucket, hyd thumb, c/w ISX, 18 spd., Super 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 804,630 kms.; us to develop a professional mediation 50â&#x20AC;? ditching bucket, excellent shape, 600 2016 Lode King Super B grain trailers, plan, resolution plan or restructuring plan. hrs. $122,250. Lawrence 204-586-9176 or 205,301 kms. $145,000 for both. Will sell Call toll free 1-888-577-2020. Micheal shop, 204-871-6483, Austin, MB. separate. 306-741-6297, Swift Current, SK JCB 550-17 EXTENDED boom forklift, very good condition, $85,000. 204-243-2453, FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA, 530 HP Detroit High Bluff, MB. deleted eng., 46,000 lb. diff., 18 spd., full fenders, new tires and beacon, $80,000. 2005 CAT 930G wheel loader, c/w Quick306-642-8551, Assiniboia, SK. Attach forks and bucket, 12,000 hrs. Call Randy at 780-983-0936, Clyde, AB. LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom 2011 KOMATSU TC308 excavator, hyd. hay hauling. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. thumb, guarding, very clean, 5300 hrs., $140,000. Randy 780-983-0936, Camrose WANTED: MACK COMPLETE or parts 1985-1990 R-688; 1990-1999 RD-688 and ROAD GRADERS CONVERTED to pull 427-454 engine. Selling: Camelback JIMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TUB GRINDING, H-1100 Haybuster behind large 4 WD tractors, 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and 16â&#x20AC;&#x2122; susp., 4:42 diffs, 15 spd. Eaton, 350 HP with 400 HP, serving Saskatchewan. Call blade widths avail. 306-682-3367, CWK engine. 306-960-3000, Borden, SK. Ent. Humboldt, SK. www.cwenterprises.ca 306-334-2232, 306-332-7332, Balcarres. 1998 D6RLGP TWIN TILT angle dozer, winch, full cab canopy, would trade for D6N. 306-278-7740, Porcupine Plain, SK. 1994 WESTERN STAR 4964F Crane BRUSH MULCHING. The fast, effective truck, 584,000 kms., T/A, Cat 3406, Eaton way to clear land. Four season service, 2002 JCB 214 SLP backhoe; Case 2870 18 spd., Ferrari 8300 Kg crane, fresh safe- competitive rates, 275 HP unit, also avail. w/Degelman dozer; Fassi hyd. arm & 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122; ty, $19,800. Call 1-800-667-4515 or visit: trackhoe with thumb, multiple bucket at- 1-ton steel deck. Call 306-240-8086. tachments. Bury rock and brush piles and KELLO/ ROME/ TOWNER/ KEWANEE www.combineworld.com fence line clearing. Borysiuk Contracting disc blades and bearings: 22â&#x20AC;? to 36â&#x20AC;? Inger2011 S/A SHUNT TRUCK, low hours. Call Inc., www.bcisk.ca Prince Albert, SK., soll notched. Oilbath, regreaseable and Randy 780-983-0936, Clyde, AB. 306-960-3804. ball bearings to service all makes of conand ag. discs. 1-888-500-2646, 1999 JOHNSTON STREET Sweeper, NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, struction Red Deer, AB. www.kelloughs.com payloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and 16,126 miles/3037 hrs., Cummins 4 cyl., hyd. pump, $12,900. 1-800-667-4515, v e r t i c a l b e a t e r s p r e a d e r s . P h o n e D6R LGP CRAWLER Tractor, 9000 hrs, 90% 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK. UC, angle dozer, winch, fully guarded, www.combineworld.com DUGOUTS: 120x60x14â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, $110,000. Randy 780-983-0936, Westlock. 2005 KENWORTH CRANE TRUCK, tandem REGULATION $2000; 160x60x14â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, $2950; 180x60x14â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, tandem, c/w Cummins power 18 spd. $3450; 200x60x14â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, $3950. Larger sizes trans., QMC model 8470S crane, 83,000 avail. Travel incl. in SK. See us on FB at lbs., 3 section boom, 42â&#x20AC;? sleeper, $85,000. saskdugouts. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon SK Fresh certification on truck and crane. Call Randy at 780-983-0936, Clyde, AB. MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: 1997 MACK RD688, 100 barrel water www.maverickconstruction.ca tank, pump, etc., 400 Mack, 24.5 wheels, white, $16,500. 306-960-3000 St. Louis SK

2007 YUKON XL 5.3L, heated leather, very good. $5000 done on front end with receipts. Car proof avail., runs/drives great, 315,000 KM. $13,000 OBO. 306-377-4649, Fiske, SK. bcheinrichs7@gmail.com

HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS 10 to 25 yds., exc. cond.; Loader and scraper tires, HYDRAULIC SCRAPERS: LEVER 60, 70, custom conversions available. Looking for 80, and 435, 4 to 30 yd. available. Rebuilt Cat cable scrapers. Quick Drain Sales Ltd., for years of trouble-free service. Lever 306-231-7318, 306-682-4520 Muenster SK Holdings Inc. 306-682-3332 Muenster, SK.

2009 JOHN DEERE 710J backhoe, 4x4, 2014 SUBARU FORESTER, venetian red new tires, ex-city, 7100 hrs., $47,500. Call pearl/black, 2.0 turbo, 58,943 kms., 403-291-1010, Calgary, AB. $29,995!! 1-877-373-2662, DL#914077, www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca

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2006 KOMATSU D65 EX-15. Approx. 5950 org. hrs., 24â&#x20AC;? 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.

USED, REBUILT or NEW engines. Specializing in Cummins, have all makes, large inventory of parts, re-powering is our specialty. 1-877-557-3797, Ponoka, AB. 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. 290 CUMMINS, 350 Detroit, 671 Detroit, Series 60 cores. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK WANTED DIESEL CORES: ISX and N14 Cummins, C15 Cats, Detroits Ddec 3, 4, DD15. Can-Am Truck 1-800-938-3323. DIESEL ENGINES, OVERHAUL kits and parts for most makes. Cat, CIH, Cummins, Detroit, Mack. M&M Equipment Ltd., Parts and Service phone: 306-543-8377, fax: 306-543-2111, Regina, SK. 3406B, N14, SERIES 60, running engines and parts. Call Yellowhead Traders, 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK.

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WINTER SPECIAL: All post & stud frame farm buildings. Choose sliding doors, overhead doors or bi-fold doors. New-Tech Construction Ltd 306-220-2749, Hague, SK STRAIGHT WALL BUILDING packages or built on site. For early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com STRAIGHT WALL BUILDING packages or built on site. For early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com INSULATED FARM SHOP packages or built on site, for early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com 1998 SNORKELIFT ATB46N boom lift, SN 974668, 2WD, Kubota, dsl., 20 HP, 4 sec. boom, 1341 hrs., $9500. 306-834-7579, Major, SK.

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EXCAVATOR BUCKETS, various shapes and sizes for different excavators. Call 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB. 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.

CONTINUOUS METAL ROOFING, no exposed screws to leak or metal overlaps. Ideal for lower slope roofs, rinks, churches, pig barns, commercial, arch rib building and residential roofing; also available in Snap Lock. 306-435-8008, Wapella, SK.

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2008 G940 TANDEM drive articulated, Volvo D7E eng., net 165 HP, HTE 1160, shuttle auto shift trans. (11 fwd, 6 rvs), 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; mold board, 5688 hrs., $74,800. DL#1679. Norm 204-761-7797, Brandon, MB. CLIFFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S USED CRAWLER PARTS. Some o l d e r C at s , I H a n d A l l i s C h a l m e r s . 780-755-2295, Edgerton, AB. MOVE YOUR DIRT real cheap! Low prices! (3) Cat 641 motor 28 yard scrapers; Cat 235 excavator w/digging bucket, not used in 5 yrs.; Cat D9-G hyd. dozer w/tow winch; (2) Cat 980B loaders w/bucket; Cat 977-K loader. Equipment of all types. New & used parts. 2 yards over 50 acres. Cambrian Equipment Sales, Winnipeg, MB. (Ph) 204-667-2867 or (Fax) 204-667-2932. 1986 CASE 450C dozer crawler, 6-way blade $9500. www.waltersequipment.com 204-525-4521. Minitonas, MB. 1980 CAT D6D, PS, hyd. angle dozer w/tilt, wide pad, & winch, very low hrs. Call Scott, 306-533-6397, Regina, SK. PULL TYPE ROAD GRADER, conversion by CWK Enterprises, Humboldt, SK. 16â&#x20AC;&#x2122; blade, used 1 day, new condition, $35,000. 306-476-7728, Fife Lake, SK.

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BOOK NOW, TAKE DELIVERY, DON’T PAY UNTIL NOVEMBER, 2018. Top quality MERIDIAN bins. Price includes: skid, ladders to ground, manhole, set-up and delivery within set radius. Meridian Hopper Combo S P E C I A L : 5000 bu., $14,990. We manufacture superior quality hoppers and steel floors for all makes and sizes. Know what you are investing in. Call and find out why our product quality and price well exceeds the competition. We also stock replacement lids for all makes & models of bins. Leasing available. Hoffart Services Inc., 306-957-2033, Odessa, SK.

2012 CASE 4530, 3-bin, 70’ booms, 2000 hrs., ext. warranty, $152,000; 2011 4520 1-bin, 70’ booms, $145,000; 2010 Case 3520, 3-bin, 2670 hrs., $115,000; SPECIAL: 2010 4520 1- bin, 70’ booms, 1800 hrs., $125,000; 2010 Case 4520, 1-bin, 70’ booms, 1920 hrs., AutoSteer, $138,000; 2006 Case 4510, AutoSteer, FlexAir 70’ booms, 7400 hrs., $77,000; 2005 Case 4520 w/70’ FlexAir, 4000 hrs., $78,000; 20’ AND 40’ SEA CONTAINERS, for sale 2004 Case 4010, 80’ SPRAYER, 7000 hrs., in Calgary, AB. Phone 403-226-1722, $58,000; 2002 Loral AirMax 1000, 70’ 1-866-517-8335. www.magnatesteel.com boom, $63,000; 2009 AgChem 3 wheeler, 4000 hrs., G-force spinner bed, $88,000; 2004 KBH Semi tender, self-contained, $32,500; 2009 and 2012 Merritt semi belt tender, self-contained, $33,500 and $44,000; 24 ton Wilmar tender beds, $18,500 ea; 2010 Wilmar Wrangler 4560, loader, 1600 hrs., $25,500; 2009 Wrangler, 2400 hrs., $23,500; 18,000 gal. NH3 holding tank, $34,500. All USD prices. 406-576-3402 or 406-466-5356, Choteau, MT. Visit online: www.fertilizerequipment.net BEAVER CONTAINER SYSTEMS, new and used sea containers, all sizes. 306-220-1278, Saskatoon and Regina, SK. 20’ TO 53’ CONTAINERS. New, used and modified. Available Winnipeg, MB; Regina and Saskatoon, SK. www.g-airservices.ca 306-933-0436. CONTAINERS FOR SALE OR RENT: All sizes. Now in stock: 53’ steel and insulated stainless steel. 306-861-1102 Radville, SK. 20’ and 40’ SHIPPING CONTAINERS and storage trailers. Large Sask. inventory. Phone 1-800-843-3984 or 306-781-2600.

2000 CIH 2388 w/1015 header, $55,000; 2004 2388 w/2015 PU header, $95,000; 2006 2388 w/2015 PU header, $110,000; 2002 2388 w/2015 PU header, $80,000; 2008 2588 w/2015 PU header, $135,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 2004 CASE/IH 2388, AFX rotor, lateral tilt feeder house, HHC, chopper, rock trap, grain tanks extension w/roll tarp, DMC II moisture tester, exc. cond, very good tires, GRAVITY WAGONS: New 400 bu, $7,400; $65,000. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. 600 bu., $12,500; 750 bu., $18,250. Large selection of used gravity wagons, 250-750 2012 CASE 8120, 3016 table, 1106 sep. bu. Used grain carts, 450 to 1110 bushel. hrs., duals, lat. tilt, Pro 700, 262 AutoSteer, View at: www.zettlerfarmequipment.com power fold top, exc.cond., $195,000 OBO. 1-866-938-8537, Portage la Prairie, MB. 403-340-9484, Trochu, AB. 2012 BRENT 882 Grain Cart, 850 bu., BOOKING NORCAN SOYBEAN Common 1000 PTO, hydraulic spout, 500 bu./min., #1. Put the new big red in your shed, not v e r y g o o d c o n d i t i o n , $ 3 7 , 8 0 0 the seed dealers! Buy a bigger Case/IH 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com combine! Early discounts. Call Norcan 2012 BRANDT 1020XR, S/N 101932, 1000 Seeds, 204-372-6552, Fisher Branch, MB. PTO or hyd. drive, 900/60R32, roll-over tarp, scale, hyd. pivot spout, 20” auger, original owner, like new cond., $52,000. PRICED TO SELL! Multiple Lexion 700 & 306-834-7579, Major, SK. 500 series combines. All in excellent condition. 218-779-1710. Delivery available. 2006 LEXION 590R, 1850 sep. hrs., 2900 CUSTOM COLOR SORTING chickpeas to eng. hrs., 4x4, loaded, $99,500 CAD OBO. mustard. Cert. organic and conventional. Delivery available. 218-779-1710. 306-741-3177, Swift Current, SK. 2012 CLAAS/LEXION 740, 400 sep./700 DUAL STAGE ROTARY SCREENERS and eng. hrs., 4x4, loaded, exc. cond, $219,000 Kwik Kleen 5-7 tube. Call 204-857-8403, CAD OBO. Delivery avail. 218-779-1710. Portage la Prairie, MB. or visit online: 2012 760TT, Terra Trac, 3000/1500 hrs., www.zettlerfarmequipment.com new tracks, $40,000 w/o, nice, $159,000 HUTCH C-1600 ROTORY grain cleaner, Cdn. OBO. 218-779-1710. Delivery avail. $4500. 306-773-9058, 306-741-0897, 2- 2009 LEXION 585R Track Combines, Stewart Valley, SK. tdwall@sasktel.net 1700 sep./2400 eng. hrs., 4x4, loaded, always shedded, exc. condition, $169,000 CAD OBO. Delivery avail. 218-779-1710. REMOTE CONTROL SWING AUGER movers, trailer chute openers, endgate and hoist systems, wireless full bin alarms, swing belt movers, wireless TractorCams, motorized utility carts. All shipped directly to you. Safety, convenience, reliability. Kramble Industries at 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or www.kramble.net

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STOP GRAIN LOSS and annoying buildup on your feederhouse with the Combine World Crop Curtain! Fits most headers, MULTIPLE 9870 & 9770 JD combines, field quick install. Pays for itself! $ 5 9 5 . ready with very low hours (700-900 sep. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com hrs.), various options in excellent condition. Delivery available. Ph 218-779-1710. 1990 JD 9500, 4140 sep. hrs., dual spd. cyl., chopper, chaff spreader, recent tires, all belts good, 912 PU. Taking offers. Call or text Wes at 306-587-7401, Cabri, SK. 2011 JD 9770 STS, 900 sep. hrs., duals, Michel’s electric topper cover, Sunnybrook concave’s, Redekopp chopper blades, Contour Master, shedded, Greenlight each year, 615 PU, loaded, excellent. First $228,000. 780-208-4808, Two Hills, AB.

CANADA’S AG-ONLY LISTINGS GIANT A G C O G L E A N E R - M F F L E X P L ATFORMS: 500 25’-30’; 800 25’-30’; 8200 30’-35’. Some with air systems. Gary Reimer, 204-326-7000, Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy.#12 North, Steinbach, MB. MACDON PEA AUGERS: Brand new, 35’ $5450, or 40’ - $5950. Honeybee also available! Call 1-800-667-4515 or visit www.combineworld.com 2014 & 2016 MacDon FD75 headers, 40' models, dbl. knife, spare knife, cross auger, all options, exc. cond. 2014: $69,000; 2016: $79,000. 306-533-4891, Gray, SK.

2004 JD 7300, 1497 cutter head hrs., always stored in heated shop, owned for 10+ yrs., many new parts over last two years, c/w KP and 2004 JD 686 corn head and 2011 JD 630C grass head, excellent cond., $195,000 OBO. For details call 604-819-8870, Chilliwack, BC.

2010 HONEYBEE 88C 42’ flex draper, pea auger, vg cond., $25,000 Cdn OBO.; Also available late model Class/Lexion, MacDon, CIH, NH & JD flex heads and flex drapers. 218-779-1710. Delivery available. JD FLEX PLATFORMS: 922 - 925 w/wo air; 630F - 635F w/wo air reel. CIH Flex Platforms: 1020 25’ w/wo air reel - 30’ w/wo air reel; 2020 30’ w/wo air reel - 35’; 3020 30’ - 35’. NH Flex: 973 25’ - 30’; 74C 30’ 35’; 740CF 30’ air reel. Agco Flex Platforms: 500 25’ - 30’; 800 25’ w/air reel 30’; 8000 25’ - 30’; 8200 35’. After season specials including free delivery in spring with deposit. We also have header transports starting at $3000 for new 30’ w/flex bar kit. Reimer Farm Equipment, #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Call Gary at 204-326-7000.

2003 NH CR940, 2588 hrs., chopper, spreader, unload auger ext., 900/ 60R32 fronts, headers/PU’s available, $49,800. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2012 NH CR9090 Elevation, 1200 hrs., AutoSteer, 650R42 duals, European-built, MacDon/CNH pickups and headers available. $198,000. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com USED FERTILIZER SPREADERS: 4-8T; New Loftness 8T; used Wilmar 16T tender. Call WESTERN GRAIN DRYER, mfg. of new LIKE NEW CR9090, CR9080 and CR8090, 1-866-938-8537, Portage, MB. grain dryers w/advanced control systems. all very low hours. Discounted prices, save Updates for roof, tiers, auto moisture con- $$$. Call 218-779-1710. Delivery available. troller. Economic designed dryers avail. 1-888-288-6857, westerngraindryer.com CONT. FLOW BEHLEN M700, propane, sin- 2005 JD 9860STS, GS yield and moisgle phase, good cond., Canola screens, ture, AHHC, F/A, 3106 hrs., JD/MacDon $10,500. 306-690-8105, Moose Jaw, SK. pickups and headers available. $59,800. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2006 JD 9760 STS, 3100 engine hours, new duals, big rubber on back, shedded, heavy land use, 1 harvest since Greenlighted, $91,000. 306-596-6197, Estlin, SK.

2013 CHALLENGER 560C (Massey 9560) fully loaded, 587 sep. hrs., c/w PU header, duals. Retired, mint unit. $280,000 OBO. 306-345-2039, Pense, SK.

2014 JD S690, 753 hrs., Contour Master, 2630 monitor, Prodrive, premium cab, JD/MacDon pickup & headers available. $289,900. Call 1-800-667-4515 or visit www.combineworld.com 2013 JD S670, w/615 pickup, full GPS, loaded up nice, 1200 sep., $199,000; 2010 JD 9870 STS, 1500 sep., no pickup head, $125,000. 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK.

NEW HOLLAND FLEX PLATFORMS: 74C 30’-35’; 973 25’-30’; 740 CF 30’-35’. Some with air systems. Call Gary Reimer, 204-326-7000, Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy.#12 North, Steinbach MB.

CIH FLEX PLATFORMS: 1020 20’-25’-30’; 2020 25’-30’-35’; 3020 25’-30’-35’. Some with air systems. Call Gary Reimer, 204-326-7000, Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy.#12 North, Steinbach MB.

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2010 TERRAGATOR 8204 w/AirMax Precision 2 bed (2 bin), 4400 hrs., $93,500 USD; 2014 Rogator 1300 AirMax, 60’ booms, 3220 hrs., $127,000; 2012 AgChem Rogator 1300, 2000 hrs., 120’ booms, $152,000. Call 406-576-3402 or 406-466-5356, Choteau, MT. www.fertilizerequipment.net

HORNOI LEASING NEW and used 20’ and NEVER CLIMB A BIN AGAIN! Full-bin Su4 0 ’ s e a c a n s fo r s a l e o r r e n t . C a l l per Sensor, reliable hardwired with 2 year warranty; Magnetic Camera Pkg. - One 306-757-2828, Regina, SK. man positioning of auger (even at night); SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR SALE. 20’- Hopper Dropper - Unload your hopper bins 53’, delivery/ rental/ storage available. For without any mess; Wireless Magnetic LED inventory and prices call: 306-262-2899, Light - Position your swing auger at night from the comfort of your truck. Safety and Saskatoon, SK. www.thecontainerguy.ca convenience are the name of the game. www.brownlees.ca Brownlees Trucking Inc Unity, SK., 306-228-2971, 1-877-228-5598

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SELLING GRAIN LEGS, distributors, conMERIDIAN TRUCKLOADING AUGERS veyors and truck scales. Also other elevaTL10-39, loaded, $18,300 HD10-46, load- tors parts. 403-634-8540, Grassy Lake, AB. ed, $19,500; HD10-59, loaded, $20,425; KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD/ OPI STORMAX. TL12-39, loaded with 37 EFI engine, For sales and service east central SK. and $20,370. 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK. MB., call Gerald Shymko, Calder, SK., GRAIN VACS, parts, accesYEAR END CLEARANCE: New SLMD CONVEYAIR 306-742-4445 or toll free 1-888-674-5346. Call Bill 780-986-5548, Leduc, AB. 1272 and HD10-53. Used augers: 2013 Sa- sories. www.starlinesales.com KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD Aeration Sales kundiak SLMD 1272, loaded, $14,800; and Service. R.J. Electric, Avonlea, SK. Call Farm King 10x70 S/A, $6900; HD 8x39 2011 BRANDT 5200EX grain vacuum, 306-868-2199 or cell 306-868-7738. w/20 HP Kohler and mover $6950. Also a 1000 PTO, new flighting, good condition, dealer for Convey-All Conveyors. Leasing $14,900. Phone 1-800-667-4515 or visit: available! Call Dale at Mainway Farm www.combineworld.com Equipment, 306-567-3285, 306-567-7299, FEED BLOWER SYSTEMS, Sales and Ser2008 WALINGA TRIDEM live bottom, Davidson www.mainwayfarmequipment.ca vice. Piping, blower and airlock repairs. 107,493 kms, alum., 12 comp., hydraulic John Beukema 204-497-0029, Carman, MB control, very good condition, $44,800. CANADA’S AG-ONLY 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com LISTINGS GIANT BUILD YOUR OWN conveyors, 6”, 7”, 8” and 10” end units available; Transfer conveyors and bag conveyors or will custom build. Call for prices. Master Industries Inc. www.masterindustries.ca Phone 1-866-567-3101, Loreburn, SK.

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2012 CIH 500HD, 1915 hrs., 4 remotes, tow cable, luxury cab, red leather heated seats, 16 spd. PS, 57 GPM hyd. pump, 710 tires, buddy seat, gd cond., $228,000 OBO. Ph/tx Brandon 306-577-5678, Carlyle, SK. 2011 CASE/IH STX 400, 4WD 3085 hrs., 16 spd PS, 710/70 duals at 70%, PTO, deluxe cab, HID l, 4 hyds, high cap hyd. pump, c/w 16' Degelman 6900 4-way dozer. may c/w JD 2600, JD ATU 200, bubble, excellent, $220,000. 306-365-7659, Lanigan, SK. mcwildeman@aski.ca 2004 CASE/IH STX 450, quad track, 7065 hrs., Cummins, 16 spd. PS, 4 hyd. outlets, plus return line, 30â&#x20AC;? tracks, exc. cond. $125,000. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. 2016 CIH FARMALL 75A, MFWD, 20 hrs., 8 forward gears/2 reverse, 3PTH, 540 PTO, $29,000 OBO. 204-648-7085, Grandview 2016 CASE/IH STX 420, 4 wheel drive, 710/R42 Firestone tires, full AutoSteer, PTO, high capacity pump, 4 remotes, full LED light package and deluxe cab. Field ready, 410 hrs., $350,000. 403-901-5390, Strathmore, AB.

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 REDUCED PRICE! 1983 JD 4450 MFWD w/Ezee-On FEL 2130 grapple, 15 spd. PS, 3 hyds., 7925 hrs. showing, 14.9-26F, 20.8R32, duals available. 306-283-4747, 306-291-9395. Langham, SK. 2008 JOHN DEERE 9530 4WD, 2700 hrs., 800 metrics, powershift, good condition throughout, $198,000 OBO. Call Neil 306-231-8300, Humboldt, SK. 2 JOHN DEERE 8970â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s: 5400 hrs., powershift, $79,000 Cdn OBO; 6800 hrs., 24 spd., $69,000 Cdn. OBO. Both have PTO and 3PTH. 218-779-1710. Delivery avail.

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2017 JD 6120M w/new 623R loader, 225 hrs, new Maxi grapple, 3 SCV's, PowerQuad 24/24, 40,000 kms., MFWD, 114L PFC pump, Auto mast latch TLS axle , 540/1000 PTO, $128,500. Finance/Lease OBO on cash deal. 403-638-8015, Sundre, AB.

1998 CASE/IH 9370, 4 WD, 4300 hrs. PS, 20.8R42, AutoSteer, good cond., $91,000 2013 JD 9410R, 4WD, PS, 1480 hrs., 1000 OBO. Call 306-962-3934, or 306-962-7888, PTO, high flow hyd. w/5 remotes, leather trim, premium HID lights, 620/70R42â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Eston, SK. Email: robib@sasktel.net $199,500 USD. www.ms-diversified.com Call 320-848-2496 or 320-894-6560. 1986 PANTHER 1000, with 3406 CAT engine, PowerShift transmission (no PTO), 20.8x38 rubber, 9800 hrs., 335 HP, 40 GPM hydraulic, new batteries, and tires are decent. 306-594-7716, Norquay, SK. 1 9 9 8 S T E I G E R 9 3 9 0 , 4 W D, S / N JEE0072255, Cummins N14, 425 HP, standard, Trimble 500, EZ Steer, 4 hyds., aux hyd. return, 710/70R38 at 65%, front and rear suitcase weights, 4575 hrs., $89,500. 306-834-7579, Major, SK.

2011 JD 9430, 3000 hrs., 710x42 Firestones, 18 spd. PS, Active Seat, rubber 70%, exc. cond., $225,000 OBO. Charles Cattle Co. Ltd. 306-457-7529, Stoughton. 2016 JD 9620R, 332 hrs., 800 metrics, hyd. suspension, weight pkg., 1000 PTO, 5 8 g a l . p u m p , $ 3 1 9 , 5 0 0 U S D. C a l l 320-848-2496 or 320-894-6560, or visit www.ms-diversified.com

STEIGER TRACTOR PARTS. New and 2012 M135X, loader and grapple, 3PTH, used, from radiator to drawpin, 1969 to 16x16 PS trans., 2400 hrs., 20.8x38, 135 1999. Give us a call 1-800-982-1769 or HP, $73,900. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK www.bigtractorparts.com

2013 CHALLENGER MT875C, C18 eng., no DPF or DEF, 585 HP, 30â&#x20AC;? tracks, 5 SCV, PTO, Topcon GPS, 977 hrs., like new, $425,000 OBO. 780-951-0783, Edmonton 2014 MT965C, 800â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 5 hyds., GPS, 1025 hrs., 525 HP, loaded, $329,900; 2013 MT 545D, loader & grapple, 24 spd., dual PTO, 1512 hrs., cab susp., 155 HP, $129,900; 2012 MT955C, 2400 hrs., 800â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, PTO, $279,900. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK.

2014 MF 7616, deluxe cab, cab susp., loader & grapple, CVT, 150 HP, 2510 hrs., $139,900. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK

1998 NH 9882, 4 WD, 6151 hrs., 425 HP, new 20.8 triples, good condition, $90,000 OBO. 306-921-6693, Melfort, SK. 1998 NH 9882, 6000 hrs., 710 metrics, 4 hyd., transmission updates, bearing roll and valve set spring 2017. Clean unit, always shedded, excellent condition. Call 306-782-7306, Yorkton, SK.

2017 JD 6175R, H380 loader w/grapple, 85 hrs., IVT, Triple Link, $154,500 USD; 2016 JD 6155R, 640R loader w/grapple, 1 2 5 h r s . , I V T, $ 1 4 2 , 5 0 0 U S D. C a l l 1992 FORD/VERSATILE 946, JD Auto320-848-2496 or 320-894-6560, or visit Steer, 6000 hrs., very nice, $44,500 Cdn. www.ms-diversified.com OBO. Delivery available. 218-779-1710.

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WANTED TRANSMISSION FOR 835 Versatile, 12 speed. Please leave a message 204-822-1343, Thornhill, MB. 875 VERSATILE SERIES III, 20.8x387 duals, 3400 original hrs., ultra premium condition. Dozer available. 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. 1991 FORD/VERSATILE 1156, 8900 hrs., 20.8x42 triples, 470 HP, $69,000 CAD OBO. Delivery available. 218-779-1710. 1984 VERS. 875 4WD, w/Atom Jet hyd. kit, $27,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment Ltd., 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. WANTED: 875 or 895 Versatile tractor in good running condition. 306-446-0164 (H), 306-481-4701 (C), North Battleford SK

LOOKING FOR: Edwards hoe drill model 912 or 812; Hydraulic pump for 7020 Allis tractor; Sprayer slide-in truck w/booms. Call 403-650-8369.

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

MORRIS 7180 AIR tank, new meter body on fert. tank, good hoses & recent loading T A N D L 1 2 - t o we r 2 4 0 a c r e p i vo t , auger, $5000. 306-276-7788, 306-769-8887 403-362-9211, Bassano, AB. Arborfield, SK. breavie@live.ca

LOOKING FOR DIKA root rake . Call 8” to 6” MAINLINE; 6 - 5”x5” wheelines; Bauer 1160’ w/4.5” hard hose reel; Also 780-305-6931, Barrhead, AB. Reinke 985’ pivot, refurbished. Call for pricing, 306-858-7351, Lucky Lake, SK.

MF #36 DISCERS. Will pay top dollar and pick from anywhere. Phone Mike 306-723-4875, Cupar, SK. WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly tractors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor 2006 MCCORMICK MTX 150 and 2004 Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847. MTX 140 with loader. Both low hours. Call 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. MULTIPLE HIGH HP track & 4WD tractors. Various options, various hours. All are in excellent condition and priced to sell! Delivery available. Call 218-779-1710. 2014 CHALLENGER MT765D, 620 hrs., 3502 HP, Trimble Autopilot, 18” tracks, PTO, 3 PTH, $219,800. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 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. 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 12’ DEGELMAN 46/5700 4-Way dozer website: www.vwpltd.com blade, QA, $15,000; HLA snow wing dozer blade, trip cutting edge, $15,000. Wander- GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner ing River AB 780-771-2155, 780-404-1212 Wo o d P r e s e r ve r s L t d . , a s k fo r R o n CAT D3 WITH 6-way blade, new rails, 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. $16,500; Wrecking D6C. Call Danny MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. Spence, 306-246-4632. Speers, SK. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: 10’ DEGELMAN BLADE, $3400; Leon 707 www.maverickconstruction.ca loader, $2500; FarmKing 96” 3PTH plow, SOLIDLOCK AND TREE ISLAND game wire $2500. 306-960-3000, Borden, SK. and all accessories for installation. Heights CAT DOZER BLADE: Ideal for making a pull from 26” to 120”. Ideal for elk, deer, bison, dozer, 12’x3’, good shape, cutting edge sheep, swine, cattle, etc. Tom Jensen never turned, good bolts, C-frame for ph/fax: 306-426-2305, Smeaton, SK. blade, $1200. 306-722-7770, Osage, SK.

41’ JD CULTIVATOR, with 1500 gal. NH3 tank, $12,500. Call 306-963-7724 or 306-963-7880. Imperial, SK. FEED MIX CARTS w/scales: Knight 280 bu., $5000; Gehl 500 bu.,$10,000; Kelly Ryan feeder cart, $2000; JD 785 spreader, $11,000; New Idea 362 spreader, $6500; International 7’ snowblower, $1000. 1-866-938-8537, Portage la Prairie, MB.

SPRUCE FOR SALE!! Beautiful locally grown trees. Plan ahead and renew your shelterbelt or landscape a new yardsite, get the year round protection you need. We sell on farm near Didsbury, AB. Also can deliver in Western Canada. 6 - 12’ spruce available. Now taking spring orders while supplies last. Phone 403-586-8733 or visit: www.didsburysprucefarms.com

BUYING FINISHED BISON. Call or text Harmony Natural Bison, 306-736-3454,SE Sask.

ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New Degelman equipment, land rollers, Strawmaster, rockpickers, protill, dozer blades. 306-957-4403, 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK.

FOR SALE: 60' Excel Land Roller with 5 plex rollers, great for following the land contour. Like new condition, $60,000. Please call 306-276-7788, or 306-769-8887. Email: breavie@live.ca Arborfield, SK.

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75 Red Angus

100 BLACK ANGUS heifers, bred to registered Black Angus bulls. Can winter and calve out. 306-322-7905, Archerwill, SK. 20 YOUNG PUREBRED Black and Red Angus cows, $46,000. 1 Black Angus bull, $4000. $50,000 takes all. 306-865-4168, Hudson Bay, SK.

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BRED HEIFERS due to calve in April, bred 50-2016 BISON FEMALES, weight on to easy calving Angus bulls, preg checked. Nov.30/2017 was 815 lbs. $4000, please 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, call 306-342-4253, donjanzen@gmail.com SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca Glenbush, SK.

SUNDANCE BUFFALO RANCH 2016 yearling Bison heifers: Top quality framey 2016 born M Line bison heifers for sale. Ready to DRILL STEM FOR SALE: 300 2-7/8”. breed in 2018. 403-502-2486, Irvine, AB. rick@porterandmacleanlivestock.com 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK. TUBING FROM 1-1/4” to 3-1/2”. Sucker 10 - 2016 GRASSFED BISON HEIFERS: rod 3/4”, 7/8” and 1”. Line pipe and Casing Average weight (Nov/17) 820 lbs., Sire by also available. Phone 1-800-661-7858 or XY BISON bull from CWA Show & Sale, 780-842-5705, Wainwright, AB. $3500. 306-867-0035, Conquest, SK. 100 BISON COWS, $5000 each. Call 250-263-3152, Melville, SK. 649 Allis diesel motors with pump, all siz- BUYING BISON for processing. Call for es of alum. pipe. Call Dennis to discuss options and prices, Ian 204-848-2498 or 204-867-0085. your needs! 403-308-1400, Taber, AB.

80 Red Super Baldies (Two’s)

80 Black Angus (Two’s)

70 Black Super Baldies

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30 Super Guppies

40 Charolais

30 H-2’s

20 Dehorned Herefords

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PLEASE JOIN US Thursday Feb. 8th, 2018 at 2:00PM for Carlrams Ranching Bull Sale. 60 Hereford bulls; 12 Angus bulls. Please be our guests for lunch at noon. Catalogue available online at buyagro.com For more info. call 306-398-7879, 306-398-7343, 306-823-3912, 306-823-3933 Cutknife, SK MISTY VALLEY FARMS 42nd Annual Production Sale of Horned Herefords, Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 at the ranch, 1:00 PM MST. On offer: 60 long yearling bulls including Lanni Bristow’s sale group; 50 bred registered heifers; 65 bred commercial Hereford heifers; 15 open heifer calves from Mark Law. Bulls semen tested. Heifers pregnancy tested. Misty Valley Farms, RR #1, Maidstone, SK. S0M 1M0. Call Harold Oddan at 3 0 6 - 8 9 3 - 2 7 8 3 o r M a u r i c e O d d a n at 3 0 6 - 8 9 3 - 2 7 3 7 ; o r L a n n i B r i s t ow at 780-943-2236; Mark Law 204-743-2049.

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NORDAL LIMOUSIN & ANGUS 2018 Bull Sale, Feb. 15th, Saskatoon Livestock Sales Saskatoon, SK. Offering 60 Black & Red Angus 2 year old bulls, low birth weights, performance & maternal combinations available. Contact Rob Garner 306-946-7946, Simpson, SK. Catalogue & information at: nordallimousin.com

BUYING: CULL COWS, herdsire bulls, yearlings and calves. Now dealer for Redmond Bison mineral. Call Elk Valley Ranches, 780-846-2980, Kitscoty, AB.

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, BLOCKED & SEASONED PINE FIREWOOD: 204-835-2365, 204-476-0147. Bags $90. Delivery available. Vermette Wood Preservers, Spruce Home, SK. NILSSON BROS INC. buying finished bison 1-800-667-0094, email: info@vwpltd.com on the rail, also cull cows at Lacombe, AB. For winter delivery and beyond. Smaller Website: www.vwpltd.com groups welcome. Fair, competitive and asBLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood sured payment. Contact Richard Bintner and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Pre- 306-873-3184. servers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer. 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 NEW AND USED generators, all sizes from at 780-846-2980. elkvalley@xplornet.com 5 kw to 3000 kw, gas, LPG or diesel. Phone www.elkvalleyranches.com for availability and prices. Many used in stock. 204-643-5441, Fraserwood, MB. LOOKING FOR ALL classes of bison from yearlings, cows and herd bulls. NEW AND USED GENERATORS: 500KW calves, Kevin at 306-539-4090 (cell) or Caterpillar, Perkins, Cummins, Magnum - Phone 306-429-2029, Glenavon, SK. In stock. Call 250-554-6661, Kamloops, BC. Email: denis@bcdieselgenerators.com QUILL CREEK BISON is looking for finwww.bcdieselgenerators.com ished, and all other types of bison. COD, ROTARY PHASE CONVERTERS, run 220V 3 paying market prices. “Producers working p h a s e m o t o r s , o n s i n g l e p h a s e . with Producers.” Delivery points in SK. and MB. Call 306-231-9110, Quill Lake, SK. 204-800-1859, Winnipeg, MB.

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17 BRED PLAINS BISON heifers for sale. Call Spruce Vista Seed Farm Ltd., Berwyn, AB. 780-338-3657.

COMPLETE BISON COW herd dispersal Productive herd, culled annually, 125 cows, 50 yearling heifers. Royal Black Bison Ranch Inc. 306-441-7128, Paynton, SK

GOOD USED FARM EQUIPMENT, selling because I’m retiring. 9530 JD 4WD tractor; 1870 JD Conserva Pak 56’; 1910 JD Air Cart TBH; 7720 JD FWA tractor w/loader; 13x85 Farm King Auger; 9400 IHC tandem. 306-452-7515, Redvers, SK. WANTED: 4020 JOHN DEERE, powershift gas model. 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. NH 273 SQUARE baler with hydraulic tension, $1000; 546 Rock-O-Matic rock picker, $3800; MF88 diesel tractor, w/FEL, good rubber, $2200 OBO. 306-395-2668 or 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK.

J E N - T Y G E L B V I E H A N N UA L B U L L SALE, March 6th, 2018 at 1:00 PM, at the Medicine Hat Feeding Co., Medicine Hat, AB. On offer: Red and Black Purebred yearling bulls. For more information or for a BRED HEIFERS due to calve in April, bred catalogue call 403-378-4898. View on-line: to easy calving Angus bulls, preg checked. jentygelbviehs.com 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca TWIN BRIDGE FARMS and Twin View REG. RED ANGUS bulls, calving ease, good Livestock 7th Gelbvieh Bull Sale, Monday, weaning weights, no creep feed. Little de March 12th, 2018, 1:00 PM at the Silver Sage Community Corral in Brooks, AB. Ranch, 306-845-2406, Turtleford, SK. Selling 45 yearling Gelbvieh bulls. Red and black genetics on offer. Guest consignor Keriness Cattle Co. For information contact: Ron and Carol Birch 403-792-2123, Aaron Birch 403-485-5518, or Don Savage Auctions 403-948-3520. View catalogue online at www.donsavageauctions.com NEW DATE! LAZY S RANCH 49th Annual Sale will be broadcast on Live Auctions.TV Bull Power Sale, January 26th, at the 450 Bulls ranch, Mayerthorpe, AB. 200 polled red & black Simmental, Angus and Beefmaker (Simm Angus) bulls. 780-785-3136. Video Saturday, January 27, 2018 online: www.lazysranch.ca BANNERLANE HORNED HEREFORDS 12 noon MST Sale, Tuesday, Feb. 6th, 2018, 2:00 DISPERSALS, BRED HEIFERS and more Lloydminster, AB - Ex. Grounds Annual PM CST (1:00 PM MST) at the farm, LiveSaturday, Jan 27th 1:00PM at Johnstone long, SK. 30 coming 2 year old bulls, seAuction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. Westerm e n t e s t e d ; 3 5 b r e d h e i fe r s , p r e g . mann/Zelinsky dispersal (200+), Three Z checked; 3 registered heifers. Dinner at Ranch bred heifers, Carlson reduction, noon. Central point free delivery. Email: 300+ altogether. View details and pics onbannerlane@littleloon.ca or phone Rob line www.johnstoneauction.ca PL#914447 Bannerman, 306-845-2764, 306-248-1214. Catalogue online at: www.hereford.ca

PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling bulls, replacement heifers, AI service. Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK.

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 20 - 2016 PLAINS Bison females. Average MORTGAGE INVESTORS WANTED: Earn weight December 13th, 749 lbs. $3250 8-15% per annum, investing in first and each. Call 306-441-1408, Meota, SK. second mortgages. All investments secured by Canadian farmland with interest paid NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for monthly. Call 888-393-8686, visit website: over 15 years, is looking for finished Bison, http://www.farmlender.ca/investors/ grain or grass fed. “If you have them, we want them.” Make your final call with info@farmlender.ca Brampton, ON. Northfork for pricing! Guaranteed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, Winnipeg, MB.

SUNFLOWER HARVEST SYSTEMS. Call SEASONED SPRUCE SLAB firewood, one for literature. 1-800-735-5848. Lucke Mfg., cord bundles, $99, half cord bundles, $65. www.luckemanufacturing.com Volume discounts. Call V&R Sawing, 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK.

RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca

SQUARE D BULLS FOR SALE: 2 year olds, fall & spring yearlings. Quiet, performance and semen tested. Delivery can be arranged. Group of young females to calve in March. Please contact Jim Duke at 306-538-4556, 306-736-7921, Langbank, SK. Email: square.d@sasktel.net Website: square-dpolledherefords.com

SOUTH VIEW RANCH has Red and Black Angus coming 2-year-old bulls for sale. Good selection. Call Shane 306-869-8074 or Keith 306-454-2730. Ceylon, SK.

COMING 2 YR. old polled PB Charolais bulls, some red factor. Call Kings Polled Charolais, 306-435-7116, Rocanville, SK. POLLED PB YEARLING Charolais Bulls, performance and semen tested. Can keep until May, $3000-$4000. Charrow Charo- BRAUN RANCH Horned Hereford Bull Sale. lais, Call Bill 306-387-8011, 780-872-1966, March 9, 1:00PM at the ranch, Simmie, SK. Marshall, SK. 20 two year olds bulls, 30 yearling bulls, 5 open heifers, 25 commercial REGISTERED PUREBRED CHAROLAIS purebred heifers. View catalogue and sale bulls: 40+ yearling and 5 coming 2 year open on-line at: www.braunranch.com olds, for sale by private treaty. Belmont, videos PRODUCER REPRINTS: Seen a photo MB. Brad 204-537-2367 or 204-523-0062 Contact Craig Braun at 306-297-2132. you want to own in your Producer? Order www.clinecattlecompany.ca professional reproductions of photos or whole newspaper pages for your own walls COMING YEAR OLD Charolais bulls for at reasonable prices. 1-800-667-6978 sale, wintering available. Call LVV Ranch FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale. Forestburg, AB. 780-582-2254. or email us at photos@producer.com Cows and quota needed. We buy all classes of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F NORDAL LIMOUSIN & ANGUS 2018 Bull Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. Sale, Feb. 15th, Saskatoon Livestock Sales Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620. Saskatoon, SK. Offering 60 Black & Red Angus 2 year old bulls, low birth weights, performance & maternal combinations available. Contact Rob Garner 306-946-7946, Simpson, SK. Catalogue & NORDAL LIMOUSIN & ANGUS 2018 Bull information at: nordallimousin.com Sale, Feb. 15th, Saskatoon Livestock Sales Saskatoon, SK. Offering 25 polled Red & SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside Black 2 year old Limousin bulls. Contact Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, Rob Garner 306-946-7946, Simpson, SK. 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK. Catalogue & info at: nordallimousin.com SOUTH VIEW RANCH has Black and Red Angus coming 2-year-old bulls for sale. DAVIDSON GELBVIEH/ LONESOME Good selection. Call Shane 306-869-8074 DOVE RANCH 29th Annual Bull Sale, Saturday, March 3, 2018, 1:00 PM at their or Keith 306-454-2730. Ceylon, SK. bull yards, Ponteix, SK. Complimentary POLLED PB THICK Butt Salers age advanbulls, excellent disposition, tested. BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, se- lunch at 11:00 AM. Pre-sale viewing and tage Salers. Richard Andersen, men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery hospitality, Friday, March 2nd. Selling DynaRich available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, 100+ purebred Gelbvieh yearling bulls, 403-746-2919, Eckville, AB. Red or Black. Performance and semen Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca tested. Vernon and Eileen 306-625-3755, 2 YR. OLD Salers bulls, 18 Red and Black (10) 2 YEAR OLD BLACK ANGUS bulls, se- Ross and Tara 306-625-3513, Ponteix, SK. bulls, mostly polled. Excellent dispositions. men tested, guaranteed breeders. High B i d d i n g i n p e r s o n o r o n - l i n e : Bulls for cows and heifers. See Facebook, quality. Reasonably priced. B/B Duncan, www.dlms.com View catalog and video on 403-872-1549, www.skywestsalers.com Cromer, MB. 204-556-2342, 204-556-2348 our websites: www.davidsongelbvieh.com Red Deer County, AB. Please email: travisdepalme@outlook.com and www.lonesomedoveranch.ca or 204-851-0306.

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REGISTERED SHORTHORN OPEN heifers for sale, 3 early 2017 open heifers, 2 Roans and 1 Red, weighing 800-900 lbs. Please call 204-748-3136, gwtough@rfnow.com Hargrave, MB.

SIMMENTAL COWS FOR SALE: Offering your pick of 110. 10 head calving March & April; Feeder bull calves, polled FB semen, universe breeding. Dale at Silver Swiss Simmental, 780-853-2223, Vermilion, AB. 4TH ANNUAL JEANS & GENETICS Simmental Bull Sale, Tuesday February 13, 2018, 1:00 PM at the Ponoka Ag Events Centre in Ponoka, AB. Offering a great selection of Red, Black, Fullblood, and Fleckvieh Simmental bulls. For a catalogue or more info., contact T Bar C Cattle Co. at 306-220-5006. To view the catalogue online, visit us at www.buyagro.com. Watch and bid online at www.dlms.ca WANTED: FB SIMMENTAL commercial cows, big red and white ones, no Angus cross, must be young. Call 306-734-2970, cell: 306-734-7335, Chamberlain, SK. DIAMOND M RANCH 7th Annual Bull Sale, Sunday, February 11, 2018 at the ranch west of Estevan. Selling 60 coming two year old Simmental & Simm./Angus bulls, as well as 40 commercial heifers. All bulls are semen tested and guaranteed. For more information or a catalogue contact Jordan Mantei 306-421-1915 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com. Watch & bid online at www.dlms.ca PL#116061 6 BLACK SIMMENTAL/ANGUS bulls, out of Angus cows and a score black Simmental sire, $3500. Call LV Ranch, Forestburg, AB. 780-582-2254.

50 SIMMENTAL & SIMMENTAL Cross bred cows and heifers, bred Simmental, start calving March 1st. 306-762-4723, Odessa.

LOG AND TIMBER HOMES, Saskatoon, SK. Visit www.backcountryloghomes.ca or USED PIPE AND SUCKER RODS: 2-3/8", 2- call 306-222-6558. STAINLESS STEEL BULK milk tank: 800 7/8", 3-1/2" used pipe, $36/ea.; 7/8", 1" CATTLEMENS FINANCIAL CORP. Programs gallon stainless steel zero bulk milk tank, sucker rods, $12/ea. Call 306-460-7966, or for cow/calf operators and feedlots, pro- $800. 204-391-7705, Winnipeg, MB. 306-460-4166, Kindersley, SK. ceeds as you sell and equity draws. 780-448-0033 or www.cattlefinance.com

14 RED ANGUS bred heifers, to start calving March 25th. Ivomec’d and vaccinated. Call evenings, Garry Yeo, 306-873-9078 or 306-873-3788, Tisdale, SK.

PLEASE JOIN US Thursday Feb. 8th, 2018 at 2:00PM for Carlrams Ranching Bull Sale. 60 Hereford bulls; 12 Angus bulls; Please be our guests for lunch at noon. Catalogue available online at buyagro.com For more COMPLETE COW HERD of 82 good quiet info. call 306-398-7879, 306-398-7343, WANT THE ORGANIC ADVANTAGE? Black Angus cows, bred black. Bulls turned 306-823-3912, 306-823-3933 Cutknife, SK Contact an organic Agrologist at Pro-Cert out May 27th. Cows have Ivomec, Scourbos, and Vira Shield Fix. Will feed until 40 BLACK & BWF COWS, bred to Black for information on organic farming: prosMarch 1st. Call Val at 306-867-7736 or Leo bulls, to calve in March, $1650; 60, 3 year pects, transition, barriers, benefits, certifiat 306-867-7632. Outlook, SK. old Black, BWF & Simmental cross, 2nd cation and marketing. Call 306-382-1299, calvers, bred for March, $2300. Call Saskatoon, SK. or info@pro-cert.org HOME RAISED TOP Quality Bred Heifers, 204-856-3402, Austin, MB. vaccinated, Ivomec, bred to calving ease Black Angus bulls. Start calving mid March. WANTED: ORGANIC LENTILS, peas and 66 Black Angus; 13 Red Angus X; 12 Hereford (SOLD). Winston Hougham, Please call STEEL VIEW MFG. Self-standing panels, chickpeas. Stonehenge Organics, Assini306-344-4913, 306-821-2751, Frenchman windbreaks, silage/hay bunks, feeder pan- boia, SK., 306-640-8600, 306-640-8437. Butte, SK. magnumranching@gmail.com els, sucker rod fence posts. Custom or- ORGANIC CO2 FERTILIZER: CropPlus. A ders. Call Shane 306-493-2300, Delisle, 100% natural, organic, mineral based, foSK. www.steelviewmfg.com liar applied fertilizer. It contains carbon CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on dioxide, which is very beneficial in plant s i t e . F o r e a r l y b o o k i n g c a l l health. Apply with any sprayer. $10/acre. 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: Cory Wiebe 204-247-2142, Roblin, MB. www.warmanhomecentre.com ORGANIC BORAGE PRODUCERS: DSC is 2008 HIGHLINE 8100, in good condition, looking for organic Borage producers for $10,000. 306-963-7724, 306-963-7880. the 2018 harvest season. 306-697-3152, Imperial, SK. Grenfell, SK. dandilee.colby@outlook.com

COMPLETE HERD DISPERSAL, 38 Simmental/Angus Red, Red Blaze and a few Black bred cows. Cows are aged from 3-5 years old. Bred Red Simmental to start calving M a r c h 2 0 t h . C ow s h ave b e e n p r e g . checked and given Ivomec. $2300 OBO. BLACK 2 YEAR OLD’s; Also Red, Black Call or text 306-452-7905. Redvers, SK. and fullblood yearling bulls. Moderate birth weights, excellent temperaments. All bulls sold private treaty. Call Bill or Virginia Peters, 306-237-9506, Perdue, SK. WANTED: CULL COWS and bulls. For bookings call Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, 306-363-2117 ext. 111, Drake, SK. 5TH ANNUAL CTLA Registered Longhorn Sale with guest consignors Red Spring Ranch Quarter Horses. Saturday April 7th 2018, 1 PM at Saskatoon Livestock Sales. Consignments now being accepted. Entries close Feb. 19th. For info. 306-867-9427, 306-296-4712, or 780-966-3320.

LOOKING FOR an investor to purchase cow/calf pairs (up to 400) or looking to finance directly from the farmer. Prefer Red or Black Angus. Pay back over 8 years with a 30% return on your principal. Call 204-848-2205, ianarnold10@hotmail.com

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ARE YOU SINGLE and would rather be in love? Camelot Introductions has been successfully matching people for over 23 years. In-person interviews by Intuitive Matchmaker in MB and SK. Call 306-978L OVE ( 5 6 8 3 ) , 2 0 4 - 2 5 7 - L OVE ( 5 6 8 3 ) www.camelotintroductions.com

2 - 2017 PB Quarter Horse chestnut fillies, BAIL PRO 6600, LH discharge, $750 each. Will consider young bred cow HIGHLINE average condition, $2400 OBO. Whitkow, on trade. 306-865-4168, Hudson Bay, SK. SK. 306-445-9833, cell 306-445-9814.

60-80 RED & BLACK ANGUS cross, Red Angus bulls went out on July 6th. Leave a message, 306-834-5156, Kerrobert, SK. 20 BLACK COWS, will feed until March; Also 4 black bull calves. 306-441-6608, North Battleford, SK.

NH 358 MIX MILL with PBF, very nice cond. Still on first corner of hammers, exBUY & SELL: Horses, saddles and tack. tra screens, $9000, hard to find. Call Also horse and stock trailers. Call Skip Randy at 204-729-5162, Brandon, MB. Arntsen, 306-221-9251, Delisle, SK. PAYSEN LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT INC. We manufacture an extensive line of cattle handling and feeding equipment including squeeze chutes, adj. width alleys, crowdHORSE COLLARS, all sizes, steel and alu- ing tubs, calf tip tables, maternity pens, minum horseshoes. We ship anywhere. gates and panels, bale feeders, Bison Keddie’s, 1-800-390-6924 or keddies.com equipment, Texas gates, steel water troughs, rodeo equipment and garbage incinerators. Distributors for El-Toro electric branders and twine cutters. Our squeeze chutes and headgates are now avail. with a neck extender. Ph 306-796-4508, email: ple@sasktel.net Web: www.paysen.com BUYING ELK for Meat, Hunting and Breeding. Call for options and prices, Ian FREESTANDING PANELS: 30’ windbreak panels; 6-bar 24’ and 30’ panels; 10’, 20’ 204-848-2498 or 204-867-0085. and 30’ feed troughs; Bale shredder bunks; Silage bunks; Feeder panels; HD bale feedNORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for ers; All metal 16’ and 24’ calf shelters. Will over 15 years, is looking for Elk. “If you custom build. 306-424-2094, Kendal, SK. have them, we want them.” Make your fiSHELTER PACKAGES or built on nal call with Northfork for pricing! Guaran- CATTLE ite. For early booking call teed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, s1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: Winnipeg, MB. www.warmanhomecentre.com

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SALE INCLUDES: 1) Deeded Lands (~6 miles from Brooks, AB): SW 12-18-14-W4 (160 acres) NW 12-18-14-W4 (151.37 acres) (Does not included 8.63 acres subdivision of house and out-buildings) 2) EID Adjoining Lease (~585 private grazing acres) 3) Five active Oil/Gas Wells annual income $19,240 4) All Existing Irrigation equipment (Pumps/Pivot/Wheel sprinklers) For Information contact James MacIntyre at 403-990-6804 and/or james.macintyre@shaw.ca

J&H HOMES: Save up to $31,000 on select RTM showhomes. Limited time offer!! View at: www.jhhomes.com 306-652-5322. 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

320 ACRE FARM - Rolling Hills with 251 acres of EID water rights! 3.5 miles NE of Rolling Hills is a 320 acre, flood irrigated farm with 251 acres of permanent EID water rights. Well-established old farm yard featuring a newer 1200 sq. ft. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, Jade home on an unfinished basement, c/w a newer 40x40 equipment shed, lots of trees and numerous out buildings/granaries along with older corral setup. Home has a single attached garage, municipal water & a dugout. Surface Lease Revenue of $6000 per annum is produced from 2 natural gas wells. Rolling Hills ID#1100629, Real Estate Centre, 1-866-345-3414. Visit: www.farmrealestate.com

2 DEEDED TIMESHARES for sale: 1 in Nashville & 1 in Las Vegas. Call Barry for details, 250-423-1771, Grasmere, BC.

HORSE AND TACK SALE, Northern Livestock Sales, Prince Albert, SK., Thursday, WELSH BLACK- The Brood Cow Advantage. Feb 15th, 6:00 PM. Call 306-763-8463. Check www.canadianwelshblackcattle.com Canadian Welsh Black Soc. 403-442-4372.

100 BLACK ANGUS 3rd and 4th calvers; 250 Black & Red Angus 2nd calvers. Swift Current, SK. 306-773-1049, 306-741-6513.

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VEGAS TIMESHARE: INT’L exchanges, 2 bedroom, 2 bath, full kitchen, laundry, fireplace, pools, selling due to health. 306-453-2958, Carlyle, SK. CONDO IN BEAUTIFUL Palm Springs area (Rancho Mirage): 2 bdrm, 1 bath, 1016 sq.ft. Open beam cathedral ceilings, mountain views, 55 plus gated community. Fully furn., $115,000 USD. Gym, tennis court, lg heated pool, spa and clubhouse. For info and pics, evezpalmsprings@kwrealty.com or call 306-725-7707, Govan, SK.

ALBERTA TEXAS LONGHORN Association 780-387-4874, Leduc, AB. For more info. www.albertatexaslonghorn.com

SIMMENTAL/ANGUS BRED HEIFERS, 45 home bred and raised, Reds and Blacks. Quality functional group of heifers that will get out and work. Bred to calving ease MRL Black Simmental. Bulls were put out on June 1st. Heifers have been preg. checked and received Ivomec as well as first shot of Scourbos. $2500 OBO. Call or text 306-452-7905, Redvers, SK.

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.

IRISH WOLFHOUND PUPPIES, 3 females, have shots, $1200. 780-954-2415, Jarvie, AB. Email: michellelovin36@gmail.com

BAR M RANCH - ASHCROFT, BC: Prime location with great valley views. 573 ac. in 4 titles plus lease land, all gravity fed water under 3 centre pivots, 4 residences and 1000 head feedlot. Shop, equipment storage, calving barn, large steel hay shed, and horse barn are some of the improvements. Adjacent range for 4500 AUM’s which translates to 565 cow/calf pairs. Early turn out and later gather means only 90 feeding days. Some development potential and 2.5 hrs. to Fraser Valley. 100 ac. certified organic along with 5-50 ac. currently leased to a local vegetable grower. Call Tim @ Ranches Only for more info or to arrange a viewing. 250-280-7653.

GREAT PYRENEES PUPS born to working parents. Vet checked, first shots, ready January 15th, $300/each. 403-308-4781, E-mail: heathernelsonfarm@gmail.com

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ROUGH COLLIES: BEAUTIFUL Lassie pups, in S/W and Tricolour, available Jan.15/18 to approved homes, $500. 306-201-9207, Regina, SK. Email: fonehill@canwan.com

GREAT PYRENEES/AKBASH CROSS pups, born Nov. 17 with sheep, both working parents, $250; Two 8 month old bonded dogs, $600 ea. 306-845-2404, Livelong, SK

PUREBRED BORDER COLLIE pups for sale, Elvin Kopp bloodlines, can be papered, c/w 1st shots, vet checked, micro chipped, ORGANIC LAND in MD of Mackenzie, north SVEN ROLLER MILLS. Built for over 40 $750. Call 403-575-1309, Consort, AB. of Peace River: 1200 seeded ac., 1800 years. PTO/elec. drive, 40 to 1000 bu./hr. sq.ft house w/garage, 6800 sq.ft. shop, Example: 300 bu./hr. unit costs $1/hr. to RED BLUE HEELER PUPS: From good work- 60x120 cold storage, 100,000+ bu. grain run. Rolls peas and all grains. We regroove ing and good natured parents, ready to go, storage, power, phone, natural gas, dugand repair all makes of mills. Call Apollo $300. 306-725-4510, Bulyea, SK. out, on school bus route. 780-928-2538 or Machine 306-242-9884, 1-877-255-0187. 780-841-1180. www.apollomachineandproducts.com SECTION OF LAND FOR SALE, includes SUPREME 700TMR w/scale, 6’ unloading modern bungalow w/3 bedrooms, top of conveyor, dry hay recutter at back, dual the line appliances, triple pane windows, wheels, always shedded, excellent cond., and wrap around cedar deck. Deep well $36,000. 204-758-3374, St. Jean, MB. w/good flow, septic tank with out flow. FFS- FUCHS FARM SUPPLY are the Ca- LOG SIDING, LOG cabin logs, Fir timbers, Large quonset, storage shed, and utility nadian dealer for Farm Aid, parts and mix Fir flooring, Cedar. Special orders. Check building w/heat & power. 40 cleared and wagons. 306-762-2125, Vibank, SK. o u t m o r e i n fo . at : ro u c k b ro s . c o m seeded acres fenced for livestock, plank fencing, round pen, shelters and heated Lumby, BC., 1-800-960-3388. www.fuchs.ca Ritchie auto water. Farm consists of 230 ac. of Alfalfa w/some Timothy. Rest of the land is partially cleared w/mature Birch and Spruce. Backs onto Crown land w/lake. Hunters paradise, $1,600,000. Call 780-524-4173, Little Smoky, AB.

LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEWELL: 301.91 acres, irrigated m/l with 231 acres EID first water rights. For sale by owner $2,500,000. Three titled parcels: Parcel A 159.8 acres (NW 3-21-15 W4); Parcel B 107.71 acres (Portion of SW 3-21-15 W4); Parcel C 34.4 acres (portion of NE 3-21-15 W4). Irrigated #1 soil well suited for any forage, cereal or specialty crops including very successful potato crops on this unique elevated land with sandy #1 soil. The best historical use of this agricultural land has been potatoes and alfalfa seed. T-L pivot covers approximately 192 acres. Wheel move irrigation covers approximately 39 acres. EID water service is provided by two water delivery points. 3 phase electricity provides power for the electric irrigation pump and hydraulic system that runs the pivot. Additional surface lease rental income of $17,000 per year. The 107.71 acre Parcel B has delivery of fresh water from the County of Newell Water Project (CNWP). This parcel would make an excellent building site for a residence and additional support buildings. Access to the land is on Range Road 153 North off secondary Highway 550, approximately 4 kms West of the intersection of Highway 36 and Highway 550. Contact Greg Neufeld by phone or email: 403-862-0811, gneufeld@cgeng.ca

RM OF ELDON: SW 22-49-24 W3 Ext 24 and NE 09-49-24 W3 Ext 8. 298.88 acres. Surface lease revenue. For sale by Tender with bids closing Feb 1, 2018. Details at www.forrestlandtender.ca or contact Vern McClelland, RE/MAX of Lloydminster, 780-808-2700.

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FOR RENT BY TENDER: RM of Nipawin, SK. #487, NE-14-49-15W2, NW-14-49-15W2, & SW-14-49-15W2, comprising of 472 cult. ac. There are no buildings on the land other than a house and barns on the 5 acre yard site. All of the land is currently farmed. Tenders are to be submitted in envelopes marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nipawin Tenderâ&#x20AC;?, to Dez a r a e S e n f t at M i l l e r T h o m s o n L L P, 600-2103 11th Ave., Regina, SK., S4P 3Z8, on or before noon on Fri., Feb. 23, 2018, and shall include: tender price, length of rental term, any other terms you are prepared to offer and a certified cheque/bank draft payable to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Miller Thomson LLP in trustâ&#x20AC;? for 10% of the tender price (being 10% of the annual rent pmt. you are tendering). No conditional tenders will be accepted and the highest, or any tender, will not necessarily be accepted. Tenders will not be opened in public. The deposit of all unsuccessful tenderers will be returned by mail. The successful tenderer shall enter into a lease agreement on or before Mar. 16, 2018. The 10% deposit will constitute a deposit towards the first years rental payment. For further information, please contact Dezarae Senft, 306-347-8309.

RIVER RETREAT: Saskatoon South - 177 acres forested, organic river front land. 50 acres cultivated. $6500 per acre. Phone 306-382-1299 or 306-382-9024. 4 QUARTERS FARMLAND for sale, 40 miles SE Weyburn. Grains, canola, legumes. 9 oil well leases. House, electricity, water, $998,500. 604-971-2870, Benson, SK. rickzimmerman6@gmail.com SASK FARMLAND FOR SALE or rent by owner in R.M. of Aberdeen #373. 20.5 quarters, 2900 cult. ac. 306-374-8877. RM OF FRENCHMAN BUTTE: SW 35-52-25 W3 Ext 5 and NW 35-52-25 W3 Ext 2. 207 acres. For sale by Tender with bids closing February 6, 2018. For details, visit www.moorelandtender.ca or contact Vern McClelland, RE/MAX of Lloydminster, 780-808-2700. WANTED: GRAIN LAND for rent in Northern/Central Saskatchewan. Call Mike 306-469-7741, Big River, SK.

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RM MAPLE CREEK #111. For sale N 1/2 35-11-26-W3. 320 cult. acres, 60x100â&#x20AC;&#x2122; steel quonset on 2â&#x20AC;&#x2122; cement fdn, power, water for up to 100 head of cattle, 1 mile of Hwy #1 frontage. Will be sold by February 20th. Call 403-866-2214.

ORGANIC FARMLAND IN N.E. SASK FOR SALE BY TENDER. 155 acres organic land; possible lease of an additional organic qtr of 155 acres. Additional 12.5 acre yardsite with shop, steel bins, misc. outbuildings, newer 1850 sq. ft basement with power, gas, water. Tenders close January 26/18 Inquiries or tender info contact Email: linperrault62@icloud.com Phone: Jerome 306-281-8097

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GRAIN LAND TO RENT, 35 mile radius of Rouleau, SK. Call 306-776-2600 or email: kraussacres@sasktel.net RM #68 OF BROKENSHELL, 1/4 section SW- 1-7-16-W2, approximately 160 cultivated organic acres. The highest or any bid not necessarily accepted. Submit tenders to Box 661, Weyburn, SK., S4H 2K8. Tenders will close Feb. 1st, 2018. For more information call 306-842-5771, or 306-861-7072. Weyburn, SK. NOTICE OF TENDER SW-08-40-09 W2, RM of Porcupine #395. Closing Feb14/18. For more info, contact Selling Officer: David Hnatyshyn-assistant Heidi, Hnatyshyn Gough, #601-402 21st St E, Saskatoon, SK. Ph: 306-653-5150, fax: 306-652-5859, email: heidi@hglaw.ca SASKATOON SOUTHWEST, River Valley View Estate, near golf course. Paved road and all services to site, $229,500. Phone 306-382-1299 or 306-382-9024. 8500 ACRE RANCH in RM of Reno, all grass, lots of water. $474 per acre. 306-299-4445, www.ranch-for-sale-sk.ca

AGRICULTURAL LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER RM of North Battleford No. 437 Having received instructions from the registered owner, the undersigned offers the following agricultural land situated in the RM of North Battleford No. 437 for sale by Tender: SE 36-43-15 W3 (160 acres) - Taxable assessment - $127,435 SW 36-43-15 W3 (160 acres) - Taxable assessment - $127,435 All tenders to be accompanied by a certified cheque for 3% of the tender payable to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Norsasklaw Prof. Corp. Trustâ&#x20AC;? (refundable). Send or deliver all offers in a sealed envelope marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;LAND TENDER â&#x20AC;&#x201C; E4224Râ&#x20AC;? to the undersigned on or before 10:30 AM on the 7th day of February, 2018. Possession on closing. Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted.

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PRIME FARMLAND SALE: Manitoba crop, beef or mixed-use farm with a history of 1-800-258-7434 matt@seed-ex.com excellent production. A great start-up, expansion or investment opportunity! CERTIFIED CDC Copeland & AC Metcalf. 204-945-0891 Email: bwords@mymts.net Call Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca www.greenfarmforsale.com CERTIFIED #1: CDC COPELAND, AC Met4 1/2 QUARTERS- BIRTLE, MB: 706 to- calfe, CDC Polarstar, AAC Connect, CDC tal acres. Mixed farm. 3000 sq.ft. dwelling, Fraser. Lung Seeds Ltd. 306-368-2414, 5 bdrm, 3 bath. 30x215 pole shed. 2nd Lake Lenore, SK. yardsite, 2 - 32x55 pole sheds, 40x60 machine shed. Grain storage. Gravel pit. 2 CERT. AC METCALFE, 99% germ., 96% vigwe l l s . K a r e n G o r a l u k , S a l e s p e r s o n , or, 0% smut, 0% fus., 49.4 kernel weight, 204-773-6797, NorthStar Insurance & Real will be cleaning late Jan. $8.25/bu. Olynick Seeds, 306-338-8078, Quill Lake, SK. Estate, north-star.ca MLS#1726260 CDC Austenson & Maverick 238 ACRE FARM on Drifting River. 200 CERTIFIED barley. Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, workable ac., 100 yr. old shelter belt, w/ feed Melfort, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca older useable house, and 11 out buildings. New wiring to out buildings, new 200A CDC COPELAND, Fdn., Reg., Cert. top panel in house, new base boards, and very quality seed. Widely accepted malt variety. good well. 431-738-1888, Dauphin, MB. Inquiries welcome. Volume discounts. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. CERTIFIED #1 Metcalf(2R) & Legacy(6R). Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. www.maverickconstruction.ca CERTIFIED # 1, high germ: AC Metcalfe, CDC Copeland. Seed Source, Archerwill, SK., 306-323-4402. CERTIFIED CDC MAVERICK. Hickseeds 306-354-7998 (Barry) or 306-229-9517 (Dale), Mossbank, SK. 4 WHEEL BOMBARDIER Rotex, 250 hrs, AC METCALFE, CDC COPELAND, CDC like new, $4000; Wanted: 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; bumper hitch POLAR STAR, top quality. Wiens Seed dump trailer. 306-304-1959, Goodsoil, SK. Farm 306-377-2002, Herschel, SK.

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142 ACRES IN & overlooking beautiful Assiniboine Valley- Binscarth, MB: 3090 sq.ft. home. 2 car garage. 50x80 insulated shop/in-floor heat, built in 2006. 400 amp, single phase power. 28x80 insulated shop. 40x60 storage. Close to mines at Esterhazy. Karen Goraluk, Salesperson, 204-773-6797, NorthStar Insurance & Real Estate, north-star.ca MLS#1726260

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SECLUDED RIVER RETREAT: 80 acres saskfarms@shaw.ca on west bank, pt of 01-46-04 W3. Summer road and river access, $167,500. Phone WOOD RIVER RM #74. By tender S1/2 306-382-1299 or 306-382-9024. 12-8-6-W3; N1/2 12-8-6-W3; N1/2 7-8-5-W3. Please bid on each half section separately. Tenders must be received by 1:00 pm, Feb. 8, 2018. Mark tenders â&#x20AC;&#x153;Filson Brothers Tenderâ&#x20AC;?. Highest or any tender may not necessarily be accepted. Send tenders to Duane Filson, P R A I R I E S R E A LT Y I N C . Box 340, Lafleche, SK., S0H 2K0, or by email to duane.filson@sasktel.net For info call 306-472-7772. Woodrow, SK.

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5900 ACRE RANCH SW Saskatchewan, ID#1100582, GOVENLOCK, SK: 5900 acre ranch in Saskatchewan, 15 kms from AB-SK border & 40 kms from USA border. There are 4892 acres deeded and 1012 acres government lease with 61 acres flood irrigated alfalfa. Property comes with a 4 bedroom home, corrals, heated barn & a massive steel shop. MLSÂŽ Real Estate Centre, 1-866-345-3414. For all our listings visit: www.farmrealestate.com RM OF ROSEDALE #283 By Tender: SE 1/4 22-29-4 W3, 160 cult. ac. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Submit tenders to: Box 37, Hawarden, SK., S0H 1Y0. Tenders close February 1, 2018. For more info, call Larry at 306-229-9926. WANTED: GRAIN FARM approx. 1000 acres for purchase or rent in north half of Saskatchewan. Prefer with yardsite. Call: 780-205-4296 or email: 3star@telus.net RM OF BLUCHER 343: 2 quarters. SW-29-35-01-W3M, NW-29-35-01-W3M, 305 acres cult. 3 hopper bins totaling 16,000 bu. Call Bob at 306-717-1987.

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HYBRID AND OPEN-POLLINATED canola varieties. Certified #1 Synergy (Polish), Dekalb & Rugby. Phone Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. TOP YIELDING CANOLA from Canterra Seeds. Check out yields in the seed guide CERTIFIED #1: CDC Calvi & CDC Cibo. and purchase from Lung Seeds Ltd. Call Lung Seeds Ltd. 306-368-2414, Lake 306-368-2414, Lake Lenore, SK. Lenore, SK. REG. & CERTIFIED CDC Calvi (itchless), 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 . , CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo. 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. 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. CDC GLAS, Reg., Cert., top quality seed. High yield, exc. standability, easy to harvest. Great reviews from customers. Inquiries welcome. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd., North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net CERT. #1 BETHUNE, 98% germ., 95% vigor. Sandercock Seed Farm, Balcarres SK., 306-334-2958.

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CERTIFIED #1: CDC Glas & CDC Bethune. Call Lung Seeds Ltd. 306-368-2414, Lake BESCO GRAIN LTD. Buying all varieties of Lenore, SK. mustard. Also canary and some other speCERTIFIED GLAS and CDC Sorrel flax. cialty crops. 204-745-3662, Brunkild, MB Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. Looking for off grade mustard, lentils or www.trawinseeds.ca chickpeas. Custom color sorting of all types of crops. Ackerman Ag Services, 306-631-9577, Chamberlain, SK.

CERTIFIED #1: SNOWBIRD. Call Lung CONFECTION SUNFLOWER SEEDS Wanted: XL's, scuffed, bird feed & high quality Seeds Ltd. 306-368-2414, Lake Lenore, SK. confection. 204-327-6488, Rosetown, MB. CERTIFIED Snowbird fababeans & Amarillo Peas. Call Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. www.trawinseeds.ca CERTIFIED CDC Blackstrap, earliest black bean, direct harvest, high yield, excellent CDC CIBO, CDC CALVI, top quality. Widisease pkg.; CDC Super Jet & CDC Jet ens Seed Farm 306-377-2002, Herschel, also available. Martens Charolais & Seed, SK. 204-534-8370, Boissevain, MB.

WANTED HEATED CANOLA. No broker involved. Sell direct to crushing plant. Cash on delivery or pickup. 306-228-7306 or 306-228-7325, no texts. Unity, SK. VAN RAAY PASKAL Farms in Iron Springs area is looking for Feed Barley. Put more $$$ in your pocket and sell direct to us with no brokerage fee. Call 403-330-9147.

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GREEN PEAS, yellow pea prices down, try new green pea varieties! CDC Limerick, CDC Greenwater & CDC Spruce. Select, Fdn., Reg. and Cert. Ask about CDC Forest. Gregoire Seed Farms Ltd, North Battleford, SK., cell 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net CERTIFIED AAC ARDILL yellow peas. Call Hickseeds 306-354-7998 (Barry) or 306-229-9517 (Dale), Mossbank, SK. CERTIFIED #1: CDC Limerick. Lung Seeds Ltd. 306-368-2414, Lake Lenore, SK.

Canola/Flax, Wheat, Barley, Oats, Peas, etc. BOW VALLEY TRADING LTD.

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ROUND ALFALFA/ALFALFA GRASS solid core greenfeed 5x6 JD hay bales for sale. Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK.

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DAIRY QUALITY & beef hay: 500 round b a l e s , ap p r o x . 1 5 0 0 l b s . F e e d t e s t available. Faubert Farms, Marengo, SK. Call Murray 306-463-9691.

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306-374-1968 WANTED: FEED BARLEY Buffalo Plains GROW SOYBEANS? If you grow 1000 Cattle Company is looking to purchase acres earn a free new pickup truck every barley. For pricing and delivery dates, call year and give last year’s away. Free report Kristen 306-624-2381, Bethune, SK. at www.profitfromthebean.com or call WANTED: FEED GRAIN, barley, wheat, 204-856-3396. peas, green or damaged canola. Phone TIRED OF HAULING 20-40% of your Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK. soybean crop to market only to pay the soybean seed bill? There’s an alternative! WANTED: OFF-GRADE PULSES, oil seeds Visit: www.profitfromthebean.com or and cereals. All organic cereals and spephone 204-856-3396. cialty crops. Prairie Wide Grain, Saskatoon, GLYPHOSATE 1 SOYBEANS: Top yields, SK., 306-230-8101, 306-716-2297. delivered. Common #1. Keep your own seed! Call Norcan Seeds, 204-372-6552, 204-739-3519. Fisher Branch, MB. LARGE KABULI CHICKPEA seed, 94% germ. 0% disease. Fraser Farms, Pambrun, SK., 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net

CORN SEED - Open pollinated. Approx. $28/acre, at 26,000 PPA. Tall leafy plants, 7'- 9' with 8"-10" in cobs. Excellent grazing/ silage. Delivery Available, 204-723-2831, Austin, MB. cattcorn18@gmail.com 1000 BU. ORGANIC FLAX seed, grade #2, and borage seed available, various GLA’S. 306-595-2094, Pelly, SK.

CERT. CDC INCA; CDC Greenwater, exc. germ. and disease. Fraser Farms, Pambrun, SK, 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net C O V E R C R O P S . H I C K S E E D LT D. , Mossbank, SK. Now has on the floor for organic plowdown: Daikon radish (zero till); Hairy Vetch; Austrian Winter peas; Buckwheat; Yellow Blossom sweet FDN. & CERT. CDC Spectrum; CDC Amaril- clover. Also, green feed blends available. lo. High germ. & 0% disease. Fast Seed For all your seed needs call Hickseed Ltd. Farm Ltd., 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. Barry 306-354-7998 or Dale 306-229-9517 REGISTERED/CERTIFIED #1: AAC Ardill, CDC Inca, CDC Spectrum, CDC Limerick (green), CDC Proclaim Lentil (red). Ardell Seeds Ltd., 306-668-4415, Vanscoy, SK.

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WANTED: ALFALFA 3x3 and 3x4 bales. Will arrange for pickup at farm/field. Phone Chris 204-746-0462, Brunkild, MB. LARGE AMOUNT OF net wrapped round bales. Alfalfa/Timothy, 1st and 2nd cut alfalfa grass, mixed grass plus oat straw baled behind JD 9600’s. 1420 to 1740 lbs. Some 2016 available. Most 2016 and 2017 baled with little or no rain. Analysis available. Loading with possible trucking capability. 204-529-2565, Cartwright, MB. R E A S O N A B LY P R I C E D H AY i n b i g squares. Only 157 remaining can arrange for trucking. 306-320-1041, Leroy, SK. 2ND CUT ALFALFA/GRASS, mixed square bales, no rain, under cover. 780-916-2584, Edmonton, AB area. LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom hay hauling. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. ROUND GRASS ALFALFA bales, delivered in loads of 34. Call 306-434-6038, Moosomin, SK. EXCELLENT BEEF ALFALFA, 18.5% protein, 20% orchard grass, square bales, inside. Can deliver. 204-371-5744, Landmark, MB.

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FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM of Dauphin, Parcel #1, NE, NW, SE of 23-28-20, NE & SE 14-18-20, and NW 24-28-20. Approx. 690 cult. ac., 1664 sq. ft. house, 4 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, farm buildings, 100,000 bu. of bin storage mostly on aeration, cattle facility. Parcel #2, SW 30-28-19, E 1/2 31-28-19, approx. 385 cult. ac. RM of Ethelbert, Parcel #3, NE 10-29-21, NE 9-29-21, NE 10-28-22, appox. 400 cult. ac. Parcel #4, NW 10-29-21, house & farm buildings, *Parcel #3 & #4 could be sold together. Highest or any tender may not necessarily be accepted. Tenders must be received in writing by 12 noon Feb. 12, 2018, to P.O. Box 44, Sifton, MB., R0L 1X0. For more info call 204-655-3458.

HAY FOR SALE: Various grades, tests available. Call 403-633-8835. Tilley, AB. FIRST AND SECOND cut Alfalfa, 5x6 round b a l e s , n o r a i n , e x c e l l e n t q u a l i t y. 306-865-6603, Hudson Bay, SK.

GOOD USED TRUCK TIRES: 700/8.25/ 900/1000/1100x20s; 11R22.5/11R24.5; 9R17.5, matched sets available. Pricing from $90. K&L Equipment and Auto. Ph Ladimer, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK; Chris HORSE QUALITY SMALL square bales for at 306-537-2027, Regina, SK. sale. Call 306-290-8806, Dundurn, SK. 20.8x42 CLAMP-ON DUALS with rods and 1ST AND 2ND cut alfalfa for sale, 3x4 spacers, for triples, taken off 9370 Case square bales, no rain and feed test tractor, $8000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. available. Call 403-501-9307, Tilley, AB.

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HAY FOR SALE - DELIVERED! Also custom hauling. V-V Trucking Ltd., 306-631-8544, Moose Jaw, SK. 2017 SMALL SQUARE straw bales, about 600 small square straw bales. Good solid bales. Shedded, $3 each. Delivery available, 306-862-1998, 306-609-0244, Codette, SK. 4X4 SQUARE ALFALFA grass bales, 1400 lbs., 3.5¢ per pound or $50 per bale. Can deliver. Call 204-730-3139, Carberry, MB. DURUM STRAW BIG square bales w/ roddicut, no rain, w/some durum seed, $25/bale, 306-861-4592 Fillmore, SK.

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NEW HAY FOR SALE; Round bale picking and hauling, small or large loads. Travel anywhere. 306-291-9658, Vanscoy, SK. FOR SALE, 200 large round mixed hay bales, 780-826-0883, Cold Lake, AB. BALES: Grass hay 5x6 bales, maxed out; Also Timothy straw. Can deliver loads of 34 or you haul. 204-739-3132, Dallas, MB.

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BUYING WILD FUR, whole frozen carcass, c a s h p a i d . M u s t h av e f u r l i c e n s e . DL#6168, call 306-852-8802, Tisdale, SK. POST SHAVINGS: Cattle feedlot, horse & Email: madtrapper@hotmail.ca 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, de- POLY TANKS: 15 to 10,000 gal.; Bladder livery avail. Vermette Wood Preservers, tanks from 220 to 88,000 gallon; Water Spruce Home, SK.. 1-800-667-0094. Email: and liquid fertilizer; Fuel tanks, single and info@vwpltd.com Visit: www.vwpltd.com double wall; Truck and storage, gas or dsl. LARGE ROUND BALES, hard core, 5x6, afal- Wilke Sales, 306-586-5711, Regina, SK. fa/grass mix and alfalfa 1st and 2nd cut, no rain; also grass bales. 204-749-2194, 204-526-0733, Rathwell, MB.

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RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF EAGLE CREEK No. 376 requires a full-time grader operator and a seasonal maintenance operator. Grader operator employment to commence as soon as possible. Seasonal maintenance operator duties begin May 1, 2018. The applicants must have a valid driver’s license. Experience on a back hoe is an asset. Work to include installing culverts, signage, repairs and other duties as required. The RM provides the S.A.R.M. benefits package. Interested applicants please submit a detailed resume including qualifications, past work experience, salary expectations, and three work related references by 4:00 PM Feb. 26, 2018. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. RM of Eagle Creek No. 376, Box 278, Asquith, SK., S0K 0J0, 306-237-4424, 306-237-4294 (fax), rm376eaglecreek@xplornet.ca

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SEEKING EXPERIENCED FARMHAND: Full-time on mixed farm, cattle experience required. Class 1 license an asset. Mechanical & welding skills a plus! Wage $15-$20/hour depending on experience. Email: crocushillfarms@gmail.com 403-533-2494, Rockyford, AB.

ALTHOUSE HONEY FARMS INC. 1/2 mile south Porcupine Plain, SK., 500 McAllister Avenue. 7 positions required for 2018 season, May to October. Wages $13-$18/hr. depending upon experience. Job duties: assisting in spring hive inspection, unwrapping, and splitting, supering, building supers and honey frames, honey removal and extracting, fall feeding, applyHELPER WANTED ON mixed farm. Steady ing mite control and wrapping hives for job for right person. Room and board avail. winter. No education required. WCB cover403-631-2373, 403-994-0581, Olds, AB. age. Phone Ron Althouse 306-278-7345, Email: althousehoney@sasktel.net FULL-TIME FARM LABOURER HELP. Applicants should have previous farm experience and mechanical ability. Duties include operation of machinery, including tractors and other farm equipment, as well as general farm laborer duties. $25/hour depending on experience. Must be able to cross US border. Location: Pierson, MB. Feland Bros. Farms, Greg Feland and Wade Feland, Box 284, Pierson, MB. R0M 1S0. 701-756-6954. FARM LABOURERS WANTED. Lincoln Gardens is a seasonal vegetable farm located at Lumsden, SK. Seeking 8 seasonal field labourers, starting April 15, 2018. Duties include: Planting, weeding and harvesting vegetable crops. Sort, wash, weigh vegetables. Hand move irrigation pipes. 50 to 60 hrs./week. Must be available weekends. Starting wage is $11.00/hr. Send resume with references to: Lincoln Gardens, Box 750, Lumsden, SK., S0G 3C0.

MOWER/UTILITY OPERATOR in Rural Municipality of Pittville #169: The Municipality invites applications from qualified individuals for the position of full-time seasonal mower/utility operator. Grader Operator experience would be an asset. Must be able to take direction from RM Council/Administration and work well with others. Must be safety conscious, mechanically inclined, able to work unsupervised and possess a Power Mobile Equipment Certificate or be willing to obtain same. Must possess and maintain a minimum class 5 driver’s license. Applications close at 4:00 PM February 12th, 2018. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Email, mail or fax resumes with qualifications, references and salary expectations to: Mower/Utility Operator c/o R.M. of Pittville #169, Box 150, Hazlet, SK., S0N 1E0. Fax: 306-678-2132. Email: rm169@sasktel.net

FULL-TIME DAIRY HERDSPERSON, permanent position, duties: monitoring cattle health, AI, & milking. Experience required, 3 year minimum as herd manager and diploma. $15.50/hr., English work language. Mail resume to: St. Brigid’s Dairy Ltd., 42352 Brandon Rd., Brussels, ON., N0G GRAIN FARM MANAGER, Livestock Manager 1H0. Email: stbrigidsdairy@gmail.com & Farm Workers required on large grain and livestock operation in the Eddystone, MB. CARETAKER WANTED FOR small ranch area. Opportunities are available for: 1. CUSTOM HARVEST HELP: Carlson Harvestnear Lac la Hache, BC. Home provided in Grain Farm Manager; 2.Cattle Manager; ing, Inc. is looking for combine, truck and exchange for chores. 250-315-0238. 3.Farm Workers. Competitive salaries. tractor drivers for 2018. Must have clean Housing and other incentives are available! driving record and ability to obtain a CDL. DAIRY HERD MANAGER wanted on a Call or text Steve at 204-805-1197, or Apply online at www.carlsonharvesting.com or call with questions, 218-686-9189. progressive dairy farm. Milking 240 cows email: steve.manning@samc.ag in a new facility with an automated milking system in SE Manitoba. Management responsibilities include herd health, breeding program and some barn equipment SODERGLEN RANCHES maintenance. Be part of a management team that includes the owners, a veteriAirdrie, AB. narian, a nutritionist and equipment spePortion of tours may be Tax Deductible. cialists. For more info. contact Charles at is currently accepting resumes for a full-time and or seasonal position For these and other 204-371-0711 or David at 204-371-6081. on our mixed grain and cattle operation. great departures, Contact The position is primarily on the grain side, however having LOOKING FOR PEOPLE interested in riding Select Holidays abilities and experience with cattle are definite assets. feedlot pens in Strathmore or Lethbridge, 1-800-661-4326 AB. area, w/above average horsemanship We are looking for someone who has experience in spraying, skills, willing to train. 2 positions available. www.selectholidays.com seeding, haying, silage and harvesting. Wages depending on qualifications. Class one or the ability to obtain one is mandatory. 403-701-1548, Strathmore, AB. We provide excellent housing and an extensive compensation and benefits package. FARM LABOURER REQUIRED for livestock operation. Duties include: operating, mainPlease forward resumes with references and salary expectations to taining seeding & harvesting equip. Smoke free enviro., $17/hr. Housing avail. Lyle elan@soderglen.com Lumax, 204-525-2263, Swan River, MB. Only qualified applicants will be notified for an interview. Applications will be taken up to February 1st, 2018. PASTURE RIDER REQUIRED for 2018 season. Monet Pastures Ltd., Elrose, SK., requires a full-time seasonal pasture rider to help care for 1950 cow/calf pairs May 1st to November 1st. Must supply own horses and tack. Experience with cattle disease is mandatory. Valid driver’s license required. Must be able to rope and treat cattle in open pasture. Housing available. Wages CHILE AG TOUR Feb. 17 - 26. Santiago, $23 to $30/hour based on experience. For Elqui Valley, Wineries, and farms. Costs more information contact: Luke Ellingson may be tax deductible. 1-833-AGTOURS 306-378-7451, Tim Calwell 306-378-7554, or email calseeds@sasktel.net (833-248-6877). www.rwthomastours.com

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SEEKING AMBITIOUS, DEPENDABLE & self-starting individuals. The primary role will be maintaining cranberry fields in all aspects, such as hand weeding, weed whacking, pruning, fertilizing, and digging drains. Experience is an asset but not required. The job is physical in nature and applicants must be willing to work extended hours if needed. Wage is $11.35/hr., 60 hours/week. Start date will be July 2017. Apply by fax: 604-591-1053 or by email to: jennifer_kelly@hotmail.ca FULL-TIME PERMANENT GRADER Operator in the Rural Municipality of Pittville #169: The Municipality invites applications from qualified individuals for the position of full-time permanent grader operator. Grader experience will be an asset. Must be safety conscious, mechanically inclined and able to work unsupervised and possess a Power Mobile Equipment Certificate or be willing to obtain same. Must possess and maintain a minimum class 5 license. Applications close at 4:00 PM February 12th, 2018. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Email, mail or fax resumes with qualifications, references and salary expectations to: Grader Operator c/o R.M. of Pittville #169 Box 150, Hazlet, SK., S0N 1E0. Fax: 306-678-2132. Email: rm169@sasktel.net CARETAKER/FARMHAND SCENIC RANCH south of Longview Alberta requires couple to fill caretaker role. Lawn care, livestock feeding, and general supervision in exchange for housing. Ideal for retired couple with farm background. Commencing June 2018. Please email resume to: bwwatson@telus.net 403-651-7912.

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The Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation has donated $20,000 to the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association’s wildfire relief fund. The fund was set up to help ranchers affected by this past September’s wildfires. 4-H SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING ANNOUNCED

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Coca-Cola Canada has announced it is putting $150,000 in 4-H Canada’s new First-Generation Scholarship. The program will focus on supporting post-secondary students interested in making a positive impact in communities across

Canada. It provides 150 students with $1,000 toward their post-secondary education. Any 4-H member who is the first in their immediate family attending a post-secondary institution or a post-graduate program is eligible. The application period starts March 1 and closes May 31. Visit 4-h-canada.ca/scholarships to learn more. AG MANAGEMENT SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTED

Sarah Jackson of Camlachie, Ont., has been named winner of the 2017 Robert L. Ross Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship gives Jackson the opportunity to take part in the Canadian Total Excellence in Agricultural Management (CTEAM), which is managed by Agri-Food Management Excellence (AME) program. During the program, farmers learn detailed financial, marketing and human relations management skills, using their own operations as case studies. Jackson operates Uplands Pheasantry from her family’s 200 acre property. The hatcher y specializes in pheasants, partridge, quail, and wild turkeys, in addition to supplying mature birds to conservation areas and hunting preserves across North America. APPOINTMENT MADE TO AG REVIEW TRIBUNAL

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Prairie snow still in short supply Large section of central Saskatchewan has virtually no snow, while levels in other areas are below average BY PHIL FRANZ-WARKENTIN COMMODITY NEWS SERVICE CANADA

WINNIPEG â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Parts of the Sahara Desert received rare snowfall last week, with up to 40 centimetres falling in the Algerian desert town of Ain Sefra. That freak snow â&#x20AC;&#x201D; only the third time in 40 years â&#x20AC;&#x201D; made for some fantastic photographs before melting but would be more welcome in Western Canada, where many areas have now seen less moisture than an actual desert this winter. Snow cover maps of the three prairie provinces show a large section of central Saskatchewan with virtually no snow, while levels elsewhere are generally well below average for this time of year. Aside from the Peace River region of northern Alberta and British Columbia, precipitation maps compiled by Agriculture Canada show levels well below normal in most crop growing areas. As of Dec. 31, much of southcentral Saskatchewan around R e g i n a w a s i n a n â&#x20AC;&#x153;e x t r e m e droughtâ&#x20AC;? situation. Manitoba was â&#x20AC;&#x153;abnormally dry,â&#x20AC;? while conditions in Alberta and the rest of Saskatchewan ranged from having no drought indicators to â&#x20AC;&#x153;severe drought.â&#x20AC;? Yields turned out better than expected in many parts of Western Canada in 2017, despite a lack of precipitation, as the crops made use of subsoil moisture. However, that moisture is now depleted, and will need to be replenished if there is to be a crop in 2018. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Soil moisture at the time of freeze-up was poor throughout much of the southern Prairies,â&#x20AC;? said Agriculture Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Drought Watch department. Precipitation and warmer than nor mal temperatures in late November helped improve soil moisture in parts of southern Alberta and western Saskatchewan, according to the Drought Watch analysts. There is cur rently minimal snow coverage in the southern Prairies with Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan showing the largest precipitation deficits this winter, according to Drought Watch. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Without snow cover, soils are exposed to increased moisture loss,â&#x20AC;? it said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At this point, the amount of snow cover is not a tremendous concern for spring soil moisture as most of the soil moisture recharge does not come from winter snow pack, but rather late winter precipitation and early spring rains.â&#x20AC;Ś â&#x20AC;&#x153;The significant concern at this time with low snow pack is that water supplied will not recharge unless we get significant late winter snow.â&#x20AC;? There is still plenty of time for more precipitation with the Regina area seeing some freezing rain Jan. 9-10.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;(As a result), producers should be watching their moisture levels closely as spring approaches,â&#x20AC;? said Drought Watch.

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Transport Canada releases NH3 carts Eleventh hour federal compromise lets anhydrous ammonia tanks roll this spring BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

An estimated 40 to 50 percent of the prairie anhydrous ammonia fleet had been potentially tied up in Transport Canada red tape as of Jan. 12, meaning they would not have seen service this spring. It was a tense week as the players negotiated a path to allow existing NH3 tanks to temporarily circumvent the Transport Canada rule that would have required nearly half the tanks to undergo hydrostatic pressure testing this winter. On Jan. 12, all concerned parties reached a compromise that would see most of the fleet in action this spring. Mitch Rezansoff, the Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers’ new executive director, said the CSA B620 Technical Committee agreed to adjust the pressure testing frequency back to five years for nurse tanks that meet the following criteria: • are post-weld heat-treated • have a maximum allowable working pressure (MAWP) of 265 pounds per sq. inch or a 250 p.s.i. if it can be demonstrated that the tank was purposefully built for ammonia “The decision will be reflected in the next version of the CSA B620 Standard,” he said. “CAAR has received an equiva-

Rules that ensure that NH3 tanks are able to roll through the 2018 seeding season are in place after negotiations last week. | lency certificate through Transport Canada to implement this amended requirement and revert the pressure testing frequency back to five years for nurse tanks that meet

the criteria above. Annual visual inspection will be mandatory as of Jan. 12, 2018. “Recognizing the increased number of nurse tanks that will require

pressure testing in the first five years of compliance, CAAR and Fertilizer Canada are working with Transport Canada towards a solution to extend the implementation for

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nurse tanks which do not meet the above criteria and must be switched to a three-year testing frequency.” ron.lyseng@producer.com

The back-story: anhydrous tanks good for another year Federal government releases anhydrous tanks frozen in their tracks BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

NH3 tanks like this one are the backbones of many producers’ seeding operations. | FILE PHOTO

The Western Producer reported a year ago that a Transport Canada bureaucratic schmozzle was tying up anhydrous ammonia carts in Western Canada, thus preventing them from hauling NH3. In the Jan. 12, 2017, story titled, “Chaos in fertilizer sector over NH3 tank rules,” we reported that the existing standard TC51 had been stricken from the code by Trans-

port Canada, without industry consultation. And new standards were nowhere to be seen. As reported, Transport Canada in conjunction with the Canadian Standards Association decided in 2012 to significantly alter regulations governing all new and existing NH3 tanks. However, cancelling the existing standard was as far as they got because they had not yet started devising a replacement standard. There was industry concern that

Transport Canada and the CSA had not properly consulted with Fertilizer Canada or the Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers before yanking TC51, but it didn’t notify industry of the 2012 decision. Late in 2015, someone inside the government quietly informed CAAR and Fertilizer Canada. When Transport Canada and CSA had the industry take a look at the decisions, these came as a concern. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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PRODUCTION » CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE “On Jan. 26, 2016, we uncovered pending changes which would significantly impact the anhydrous ammonia industry,” said Delaney Ross Burtnack, then chief executive officer of CAAR. She said the action created a huge problem for dealers needing to buy new tanks. Manufacturers no longer had a standard to which they could build, so they obviously could not build new tanks. The other issue was tightening up of the testing cycle for existing tanks. The current five-year hydro-

static pressure test interval was being shortened to three years. The decision left people in the fertilizer industry scratching their heads. According to the data, more than 99 percent of tanks passed the test on the five-year cycle. The stricter inspection interval was scheduled to go into effect Jan. 12, 2018. It would ground an estimated 40 to 50 percent of all tanks on the Prairies. “We think the regulations that had been in place were doing a great job. We have a number of tanks operating since the 1970s. They’ve been tested according to

the TC51 standards and they continue passing,” said Burtnack. Last week, an insider close to the situation said in a taped interview that the federal government was turning a deaf ear to the concerns of agriculture because the LacMégantic rail disaster had left bureaucrats afraid to make the necessary compromise requested by agriculture. Transport Canada finally did reinstate TC51 on a temporary basis, but the question remained of how to deal with all the tanks it wanted pressure tested before spring. And

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the Jan. 12, 2018 deadline was fast approaching. Fertilizer Canada and CAAR argued that any winter deadline was unrealistic for two reasons: • A tank needs to be totally empty for hydrostatic testing. In the winter in Western Canada, every available cubic inch of NH3 capacity is used for anhydrous storage. There’s no place to put the stored NH3. • Hydrostatic testing requires the tank to be filled with water. In the winter in Western Canada, when temperatures hit danger levels,

hydrostatic testing is out of the question. That was the situation last week as the Jan. 12 deadline loomed. Conference calls tied up phone lines at industry and government as the impending hydrostatic rule threatened to ground 40 to 50 percent of the prairie NH3 fleet. It was an especially tense week for Mitch Rezansoff, who took the reins as the new executive director of CARR Jan. 8. Working out the NH3 deal was his first task. ron.lyseng@producer.com

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New Technotill packer does dual side band BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

The new Technotill Version 2.0 is a dual sideband device that eliminates the tendency of the original Version 1.0 packers to pull sideways. | TECHNOTILL ILLUSTRATION

The Technotill packer plate introduced by Walter and Betty Schoenhofer in 1996 has been re-developed with assistance from Saskatchewan farmers and a 3D printer. TNT Version 2 will be available for spring seeding. Where the original TNT had a fertilizer port on only one side, Version 2 is symmetrical with dual band ports. The previous design put side pressure on the in-ground working tools, causing the cultivator to crab walk, thus creating excessive wear on all components in the seed-fertilizer placement system. Version 1 has been discontinued, says TNT president and co-inventor Betty Schoenhofer, and Version 2 units are on the boat coming from the factory in China. The TNT plate is 1.25 by 4.75 inches of hardened steel. The a c t u a l p a c k i n g s u r f a c e i s Hi Chrome with 1.25 by 1.25 inch tungsten carbide brazed on at the rear where the greatest pressure is applied to pack the soil. It can be adjusted to place and pack a ribbon of soil over the seed. Depth of this soil cover can be adjusted from 1/4 to 1/2 inches. “Customers have always told us the packing plate design works especially well with shallow seeded crops like canola, and it’s good in difficult seeding conditions, such as extreme dry and extreme wet,” said Schoenhofer. “But that single side port is the one factor that’s prevented more farmers from trying it. Changing to dual side band solves that side pressure problem, plus it allows farmers to put down more fertilizer with better seed separation. So

In difficult conditions we’ll do better than other systems. With simpler technology and less cost, I’m pretty confident about our future. BETTY SCHOENHOFER TECHNOTILL

now we have the advantages of the packer plate along with dual side banding.” Developing and improving in-soil working tools has always been a tedious, expensive and time-consuming process. Minor changes are made to iron prototypes in the shop and then it’s back to the soil bins or the field for testing. It’s especially frustrating when engineers get down to the fine tuning stages. All that changed with the advent of 3D printers. Design data is fed into the printer, the engineer presses the start button and the printer starts putting down layer upon layer of hot plastic. The product can be an airplane part, a handgun, a guitar or a new packing system. As the product is tested, engineers can make tiny changes in the design and feed those changes into the machine for a new prototype within hours. “Jason Knott at Framework Animation in Lethbridge did all our 3D printing,” Schoenhofer said. “After the first tests, we realized his 3D prints were strong enough to be tested under actual field conditions. We used downward pressure and speed that you’d actually use in the field.” Multiple prototype versions were tested in 2016 in soil bins at Lethbridge, PAMI and AgQuest west of Saskatoon.

AgQuest research agronomist Ted Nodge installed Version 2.0 plastic packers on its plot seeder, which was similar to the type of cultivator frame commonly outfitted with TNT packers. When they ran the test, the seeder had some TNT prototypes and some older Version 1.0 packers. They tested on fallow and wheat stubble. “This let us compare seeding depth, fertilizer placement and consistency,” said Nodge. There was no significant difference in draft requirement. They’re a little bigger because of the extra fertilizer port, but the new design is more streamlined, so that equalled out. “We found we could put down more than double the fertilizer volume we’d been putting down with the older ones,” he said. “We were putting down 100 kilograms per hectare (540 pounds per acre) without plugging. They were pretty impressive.” Schoenhofer said the 3D process allowed her to achieve her goals relatively quickly. Version 2 has improved fertilizer placement, more precise coverage when seeding shallow and no side force issue. “Final field testing was done by a group of our customers in the spring of 2017. These are farmers who’ve had years of experience with the original Technotill, but they didn’t do side-by-side yield comparisons,” he said. “Yield comparisons with other systems is step two. That will start in 2018. I had to make sure I got the design right first. We’ll hold our own. In difficult conditions we’ll do better than other systems. And with simpler technology and less cost, I’m pretty confident about our future.” ron.lyseng@producer.com

Back to basics with seeders Are costly complex drills forcing farmers back to low-tech machines? BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

Instead of using the expensive and time-consuming system of making iron prototypes, Betty Schoenhofer built her prototypes using a 3D plastic printer. Surprisingly, these plastic units held up to all in-soil testing without breaking. The 3D printer system also allowed her to quickly make design changes and then print out another prototype. | TECHNOTILL PHOTO

The soil pack directly over the seed is adjustable from 1/4 inch to 3/8 inch, although some producers set their packing plates to give 1/2 inch of firm soil over the seed. | TECHNOTILL ILLUSTRATION

Expensive, heavy, complicated seeding machines are being challenged by lower-cost, high-speed compact-disc machines and good old-fashioned shank cultivators with narrow knife openers. Over the past two decades, one of the devices that’s become popular among farmers with simple seeding systems is the Technotill (TNT) packer. Although the original Version 1 TNT functions well and continues to pack seed on millions of acres, company president and inventor Betty Schoenhofer says the time had come to upgrade the design. In the process of re-engineering, she worked with a number of longterm customers representing decades of field experience with TNT. She said farmer Kevin Horner of Blaine Lake, Sask., has been a valuable source of advice over the years. Schnoenhofer provided him

with a set of Version 2 TNTs for testing in wet conditions last spring. Horner said the most obvious benefit of the new design is the fact that the seeder now pulls straight. The Version 1 packers had the fertilizer wing on one side, which created side force that pulled the entire cultivator frame to the side. Two fertilizer wings solved that. “One thing has remained the same, and that is we don’t get very much soil movement with Technotills,” he said. “You get the packing done before the soil flows back into the trench.” This arrangement is especially valuable in wet conditions. “On a normal seeding system, in wet conditions you get the seed put in, then you get that packing wheel coming along,” he said. “It packs everything too tightly and seals everything up so the plants can’t emerge. Then you get the depth control all bunged up so your seeding depth is all wrong.” Horner doesn’t think the com-

plexity of big air drills is merited. He said simplicity is best and that you can’t find seeding equipment any simpler than the Technotill system. “I just bought a new air drill this year. I got a 62-foot New Holland ST830 cultivator. I installed Betty’s new Technotill packers. You can compare my crop to anybody else’s around here seeded with a SeedHawk or SeedMaster or any of the other high-tech drills,” he said. “Everyone’s asking why I bought a cultivator. I tell them it’s simplicity. I have no moving parts in the seeding system. When I want to change depth, all I have to do is turn one lever, give it a couple cranks and I drop another half inch. I have one cylinder that lifts the whole 62 feet. I have plenty of trash clearance. I’ve used Technotill packers for many years, so I know they work better than anything else. “My cousin runs a SeedMaster. They have to run all that straw CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

PRODUCTION Âť CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE through their combine and then harrow the hell out of it in order to get it to pass through their drill in the spring. With the cultivator frame seeder, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even need to harrow.â&#x20AC;? His ST830 is on 12-inch row spacing with a 3/4 inch knife. He leaves cereal straw eight to 10 inches and canola knee high. He said it all flows right through with no plugging. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I see some big farmers are switching back to simpler systems,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all because of trash management and because of these wet conditions weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve experienced. Guys with those high-end drills admit theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re having real problems with depth control in wet fields. Plus, you can sink those heavy rigs and get them stuck badly.â&#x20AC;? Horner said he typically starts spring seeding with a half-inch seed depth and half-inch soil over the seed. As the moisture gradually evaporates out of the field, he goes deeper. By the end of seeding, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s often down to two inches with the seed, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still packing exactly one half-inch soil over the seed. Light fluffy soil then falls into the trench, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not packed. Horner said Schoenhofer recommended a packed soil cover ranging from 1/4 to 3/8 inches, but he prefers 1/2 inch. Regardless of how deep you go to find moisture, the seed always has the same thin soil pack over it, he added. Above that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all fluffy soil, which the young seedling penetrates easily. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In sandy soils, the top two inches get pretty dry, so you put the seed down â&#x20AC;Ś into the wet bed and pack it there. The plant emerges into this furrow or trench, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s protected, so it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get sand blasted by the wind,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The other thing I tried is seeding directly into sod, pasture and hayland. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put a cutting coulter at the front. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just the 3/4 inch knife. I put it down to an inch and a half. It keeps the furrow open so the plant can emerge. If you followed with a packing wheel, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be screwed because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d close it up and the seedling would be trapped under the sod. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So far weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve sod-seeded 600 acres. It was alfalfa and grass for 10 years. We sprayed glyphosate the fall before. The next spring we put in wheat. We had some other fields with sod that we broke up because we thought it would be easier seeding. You couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell the difference between the field we sod-seeded and the field we had broke up. Wasted our time and money breaking up sod.â&#x20AC;? Farmer Wayne Cubbon from North Battleford, Sask., worked on the TNT design with the Schnoenhofers from the very start. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wayne gave us a lot of assistance and engineering advice over the years,â&#x20AC;? Schoenhofer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He has two seeders equipped with TNT. He ran a full set of Version 2 this spring on one machine and the original Version 1 on the other machine. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the best position to compare the systems.â&#x20AC;? Cubbon has a pair of Flexi-Coil 830 deep tillers, both running TNT 1 until this spring, when Schoenhofer provided him with a full set of prototype Version 2 packers for one of the machines. He said two fertilizer orifices let him spread the fertilizer over a broader area. He said the holes are bigger, which eliminates fertilizer plugging. That had been an issue with TNT 1 because all fertilizer went through a single hole.

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him better packing in the dry conditions he encountered this spring. He seeded only one field with both versions 1 and 2 in the same field at the same time. He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have time to organize an actual comparison, but he did note that there was no visual difference in emergence between Version 1 and Version 2. He thinks the main benefit will be straight pulling and better fertilizer distribution. With the single chute TNT, he would occasionally get leaf burn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I started with the original ones Bettyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband made. I only used them one year, and I had some ideas about how to improve them. But then Walter passed away in 2004. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Finally, I talked to Betty to explain what we could do to make them better. She made up some prototypes for me, and I ran those for a year and they worked a lot better. So then she incorporated those

changes into the production units.â&#x20AC;? He said that was back when all the prototypes were handmade iron. This time around, she feeds a new design into the 3D printer and it gives her a plastic prototype thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strong enough to test in the ground without breaking. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This really speeds up design research. You can run an opener in the bin and see where you can make slight tuning changes, and then print out a fresh plastic copy to see how it works,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On one of the first plastic prototypes, the angle was a little too steep so the dirt was flying away just a little too much. So she made some small adjustments to the shape and printed out another unit that make the dirt flow over the packer. That little tweak gives us a nicer field finish. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good when weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re spraying and combining.â&#x20AC;? ron.lyseng@producer.com

IS YOUR ADVISOR A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL? When it was time for Kevin Horner to buy a new drill last spring, he picked a 62-foot New Holland ST830 cultivator with Technotill packers. He says thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s excellent trash clearance and no moving parts and the Technotill plates do a better job than a packing wheel. | BETTY SCHOENHOFER PHOTO A lot of small changes have been made that people might not notice if they had not been part of the design team, he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I helped Betty with the design on these new packers, so I can see all the changes. In fact, I helped Walter and Betty when they were designing the first Technotill packers years ago,â&#x20AC;? Cubbon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On the new ones, the holes are no longer round. If you look closely, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more of an oval shape. And the pitch is different. Now they shoot the fertilizer to the bottom,

whereas before the fertilizer just sprayed into the soil bank. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the main thing is that now the frame pulls straight. The old ones had that carbide ear on just one side so they twisted the machine a little bit sideways. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gone now. Now they pull straight behind the shanks.â&#x20AC;? Cubbon said the plates on the new Version 2 are locked into position. With the old ones, the plates could get knocked sideways making a turn. The new plates are thicker, so the Version 2 units gave

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Canola disc dials in better profit Planter cuts canola seed cost by $35 per acre BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

The debate about seeding canola with an air seeder versus planting canola with a row crop planter has pretty well died down, with planters sneaking in as the unofficial winner. In 2017, Pioneer seed dealer Keith Nachtegaele wanted to see for himself if the planter advantage was as great as some people have been claiming in recent years. The co-owner of Nachtegaele Agri Services in North Battleford, Sask., had just bought a new Horsch Maestro SW, so a trial comparing the planter to his Bourgault 8910 would be a good test of the new machine. Nachtegaele did side-by-side trials, putting down 4.7 pounds of seed per acre with the paired row drill. With the planter, he did trials at two lb. per acre. “Yields were very comparable,” he said. “Of the three reps, the drill was two bu. better in one. In the next rep, the Maestro was two bu. better. In the third rep they were exactly identical.” He said that with seed around $13 a pound, the cost saving pencils out to $35 per acre with the Maestro. “If I was using one of the high end drills like a SeedHawk or SeedMaster, I probably would have cut those rates back somewhat from 4.7 lb.,” he said. “The precision would have given better emergence than my 8910.” In addition to the side-by-side trials, Nachtegaele also did broad acre fields with both machines. He put down 700 acres of canola with the Maestro at two lb. of seed per acre

and another 1,500 acres with the Bourgault at 4.7 lb. seed per acre. “On the big acre fields, maturity was a factor,” he said. “Fields done with the planter were evenly mature so they were a lot easier to swath. Plant spacing in the row was very uniform, every two inches to 2.5 inches apart, compared to the drill, which had more seeds so the plants were closer. “With the planter, I also did a couple strips at 1.5 lb. of seed per acre and at one lb. of seed per acre. They all yielded fairly well. The 1.5 lb. strips were about the same as the fields with two lb. They yielded only two bushels less than the fields with two lb. “Yield on the strips with just one pound per acre dropped by another two bu., which isn’t bad. They were big healthy plants, but they took too long to mature. And there were a lot more weeds because of the wide spacing between plants. I wouldn’t seed that light in a regular field. You could get away with one lb. seed per acre if everything was perfect, but I wouldn’t recommend it.” The Maestro was equipped with the new Canola Ready Technology kit, including the new discs and metering components. He said there were no real problems, as long as he used the correct sized seed. A seed that’s about five grams per thousand or bigger is required, which eliminates doubles in the row. He notes that smaller sized seeds would get stuck in the hole, creating skips in the row. Whether you buy four gram seed or a seven gram seed, you’re still putting down one seed every two inches. Cost per bag is the same, but you get fewer seeds per bag

Horsch’s Maestro gets Canola Ready Technology BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

Horsch has introduced a canola kit to fit all Maestro SW row crop planters. The Canola Ready Technology kit allows quick change between small seed and large seed crops. The package includes a set of stainless steel seed discs and quick change metering components. When seeding canola, the kit gives a grower all the agronomic advantages already incorporated into the Maestro, according to product manager Jeremy Hughes. “With the canola kit installed, you still get all the Maestro advantages such as individual row shut off to control seeding overlap, curve compensation and auto row unit down force control,” said Hughes. “The corn belt is moving north. The changes in crop rotations are shifting more toward canola/soybeans/ small grains/corn in the prairie provinces. The past two generations of farmers have primarily used air seeder technology, but row crop

The corn belt is moving north. The changes in crop rotations are shifting more toward canola/ soybeans/small grains/corn in the prairie provinces. JEREMY HUGHES HORSCH MAESTRO

planters are becoming more viable as producers seek more precise seeding technologies for canola, along with incorporating significant acres of soybeans and corn into their rotations. Maestro’s row unit and singulation technology provides superior seed placement precision for all of these crops.” The Canola Ready Technology kit is available to use on all Maestro SW row crop planter models. Maestro SW planters are available in 40 and 60 foot tool bar widths with row spacing of 15, 20, 22 and 30 inches. ron.lyseng@producer.com

The new Maestro SW Canola-Ready Technology kit includes stainless steel discs plus metering components for small seed crops. The kit is designed to allow quick change between regular row crops and canola. It fits all Maestro SW planters. | RON LYSENG PHOTO with bigger sizes. Bigger seed should result in a healthier plant. Fertility can be an issue with a planter. Nachtegaele said you have

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to figure out a way to meet your fertility requirements either before or after seeding because you can’t put much down through the planter. He

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Tape one atom thick measures plant growth Researchers have developed a new way to select the best strains in their plant collections BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

Liang Dong is the Iowa State professor of electrical and computer engineering who developed the graphene technology. | IOWA STATE PHOTO

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A clear strip of graphene tape, just one atom thick and housing hundreds of microscopic sensors, tells plant breeders which strains best use water and nutrients and therefore grow faster. In corn breeding experiments at Iowa State University, the sensors allow researchers to measure the time it takes for two kinds of corn plants to move water from their roots up to their lower leaves and then to their upper leaves. The new, low-cost graphene-based tapes are easily produced. Sensors on the tape can provide new kinds of data to researchers and farmers. “With a tool like this, we can begin to breed plants that are more efficient in using water,” he said. “That’s exciting. We couldn’t do this before. But once we can measure something, we can begin to understand it,” says Iowa State plant scientist Patrick Schnable. According to the university, graphene has been dubbed a wonder material. It’s a carbon honeycomb just an atom thick. It’s great at conducting electricity and heat, and it’s strong and stable. The graphene-on-tape technology in this study has also been used to produce wearable strain and pressure sensors, including sensors built into a “smart glove” that measures hand movements. Lead researcher on the project is Liang Dong, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, who said they are trying to make the sensors cheaper without sacrificing performance. They have developed a process for fabricating intricate graphene patterns on tape. “This fabrication process is very simple. You just use tape to manu-

With a tool like this, we can begin to breed plants that are more efficient in using water. That’s exciting. PATRICK SCHNABLE IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY PLANT SCIENTIST

facture these sensors. The cost is just cents,” Dong said. “The process can produce precise patterns as small as five millionths of a metre wide. That’s just a twentieth of the diameter of the average human hair. Making the patterns so small increases the sensitivity of the sensors.” Researchers first create indented patterns on the surface of a polymer block, using a molding or 3-D printing process. Then they apply a liquid graphene solution to the block, filling the indented patterns. Tape is used to remove the excess graphene. Then they take another strip of tape to pull away the graphene patterns, creating a sensor on the tape. In the plant science department, the sensors are made with graphene oxide, which is very sensitive to water vapour. The presence of water vapour changes the conductivity of the material. The amount of vapour is quantified to accurately measure transpiration, or the release of water vapour from a leaf. Dong said the plant sensors have been successfully tested in lab and field experiments. However, that’s not all the sensors can do. The technology could open a new route for sensors for biomedical diagnostics, checking the structural integrity of buildings, for monitoring the environment for testing crops for diseases or pesticides. ron.lyseng@producer.com

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Sask. ranch finishes well at Denver stock show The Kaufmann family wins reserve champion spring bull calf at the National Western Stock Show BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

DENVER, Colo. — If the National Western Stock Show is the Super Bowl of livestock exhibitions, then Shane Kaufmann was glad to make the playoffs. He and his family consisting of his parents, Keith and Linda, and his wife, Alexis, and their four children own Southview Ranch at Ceylon, Sask., where they have one of Canada’s largest registered Angus herds. A decision to enter the stock show held in Denver from Jan. 6-21 paid off when the family won reserve champion spring bull calf with a youngster named Red SVR Continental 112E. They also had class winners in the highly competitive Red Angus show held Jan. 8. The family last showed at Denver in 2003, when they entered three bulls. Then BSE was discovered in Canada and the American border was closed to Canadian cattle. Shane and Alexis are raising a young family immersed in hockey and other activities, so they did not show cattle for years. Then in 2015, the kids wanted to show again so the Kaufmanns entered the Canadian Western Agribition in Regina and won junior bull calf champion. They also travelled to Denver as

Shane Kaufmann of Ceylon, Sask., and his bull calf, SVR Continental 112E, made it to the championship at the National Western Stock Show. The young bull was named reserve spring bull calf champion in a large and competitive show with entries from Canada and the United States. | BARBARA DUCKWORTH PHOTO spectators for the last three years to see what was happening. “We knew we would fit in,” said Shane. “We had a pretty good string at

Agribition and thought we might as well give it a try,” he said. “We felt competitive as soon as we rolled in the barn. As soon as I saw the other cattle in the barn I

knew we were going to be competitive,” he said. Showing well at events like the Denver Stock Show and Agribition raises the ranch profile.

He was the only Canadian in the Denver championship drive and the contacts the family makes and potential sales after the show open up a new file of potential customers beyond those who attend the ranch’s annual bull sale. Shane started the purebred herd with his parents. He was 13 and wanted a purebred animal for 4-H. “My dad said if you are buying purebred it can only be Angus,” he said. They started buying packages of cattle and this spring they expect to calve out about 700 purebred Red and Black Angus cows. In 2009, they were named Saskatchewan Angus breeders of the year. The family is also involved in the community, where Keith Kaufmann is a municipal reeve and Shane coaches atom division hockey. The children between eight and 15 all play hockey and take part in other activities. Sometimes the activities got in the way of running the ranch, including calving season. “We used to be February (calving season) until we didn’t have time for calving anymore because we were too busy playing hockey so we had to move it up a bit to March. It made everything easier,” Shane said. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

Lifetime of work earns Angus win for producer BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

DENVER, Colo. — Bill Wilson has devoted his life to the cattle business and at age 76, he recently won grand champion Angus bull at the National Western Stock Show. “The national western is the biggest and toughest show there is,” he said after his bull named WCC Classic D55 got the nod at the show held in Denver Jan. 10. Wilson Cattle Company of Cloverdale, Indiana, owns the bull with Webster Farms of Walker, Iowa, and Foose Show Cattle of Elmwood, Illinois. Besides class winners, the operation also had reserve senior champion bull named WCC Unique C112 owned by a large syndicate including a Canadian partner. A long-time producer of several breeds of cattle, Wilson has shown champions across the United States. During the 1988 Denver show, Wilson Cattle Company won three grand championships with Shorthorn, Angus and Charolais entries. No one else has ever repeated that feat. He has judged cattle of all breeds in Canada, United States and South Africa including the National West-

Bill Wilson, owner of the Wilson Cattle Co. in Cloverdale, Indiana, stands with his grand champion Angus bull at the National Western Stock Show. | BARBARA DUCKWORTH PHOTO ern Angus Show in 1986 and 2007, as well as the junior Angus show last year. As a judge and an exhibitor, results can be unpredictable, he said. “It is so competitive you don’t know what is going to happen,” he said.

He started in the cattle business around 1970, working for a large purebred operation and established his own place in 1991. Angus dominate his operation, which he runs with his wife and son,

Chad Wilson. They also own Herefords and two composite breeds. “There are good cattle in every breed but the Angus is the most dominant,” he said. The farm runs an extensive

embryo transfer program and keeps about 100 commercial cows as recipients. The farm also sells semen and live cattle, including exports to Argentina. As a judge and breeder, Wilson appreciates phenotypes and the use of expected progeny differences. However, statistics cannot determine conformation, frame size, muscling or soundness. “We look at phenotypes first in our operation and use common sense. I question the accuracy of some EPDs right now but over time they will get better,” he said. He warns bull buyers to avoid basing purchases on single traits like calving ease. “I think if you concentrate solely on calving ease you give up performance. You need a happy medium,” he said. Wilson has had a prestigious career. He was president of the American Angus Association in 1997 and served on the board for six years. He sat on the board of directors for the Certified Angus Beef company and has also served as a member of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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Ontario hog industry confident PED can be beat BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

BANFF, Alta. — Ontario hog producers have suffered the most among all others in Canada from outbreaks of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. The province has had 106 confirmed cases since 2014, the most recent one confirmed Jan. 2 in an Oxford County farrow-feeder operation. Most of those affected operations have eliminated the virus, and Dr. Greg Wideman, a veterinarian with South West Ontario Veterinary Services, believes the province could eradicate PED if it continues on its current path. “We maintain the belief and have the goal of doing our part to make Ontario free of PED again. That has not happened so far,” he said. “But there are very few pig production sites in Ontario that are currently positive for PED. They’re still positive because they’re complicated situations and so the solutions will be complex and collaborative as well.” Wideman said the number of confirmed cases is “vanishingly low,” considering there has been only one this year and six in 2017. In 2014, when PED was first found in Canada and was new to producers, 69 operations were infected. That dropped to 16 cases in 2015 and 14 in 2016 as biosecurity measures increased and sow immunity was developed. In the meantime, hog operations worked to eliminate the virus until there are now few still working toward PED freedom. The virus is not a reportable disease in Canada and presents no health risk to people. However, it is almost always fatal to young piglets and lowers production levels in older animals. It spreads via the fecal-oral route and can be carried on trucks, footwear, clothing and farm supplies. Once present, the virus can incubate in a pig within 12 to 36 hours, and it can live in fresh feces for seven days or more. Options to prevent infection, other than stringent biosecurity, are limited, said Wideman. A vaccine has been developed that can limit pre-weaning piglet deaths while a sow herd is battling the virus, but it does not seem effective at preventing infection. Wideman said research indicates dead stock and manure spreading are not major infection risk factors. “There is risk there and the risk needs to be managed, but we’re pretty confident that those two areas will not be the bottleneck to provincial or regional PED elimination.” However, even if PED is eradicated in O ntario and Canada, it remains endemic in the United States, and there is frequent contact with potentially infected American premises due to pig shipments.

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GREG WIDEMAN SOUTH WEST ONTARIO VETERINARY SERVICES

“Although I am very confident that we could eliminate PED from Canada, we will have to be diligent because we’ll be at risk, and in all

reality the odd case will occur in the future, just from our contact with the U.S., which is endemically positive,” Wideman said. Cold weather increases the risk of PED spread because it is so much more difficult to wash trucks and equipment. PED has not been found in Saskatchewan, Alberta or British Columbia. Manitoba has had 80 infected premises, most of which have eliminated or are in the process of eliminating the virus. The most recent confirmed case in Manitoba was on Oct. 24, 2017. barb.glen@producer.com

Even if the disease can be eliminated, close contact with the United States, where the virus is endemic, means the industry will have to be vigilant. | FILE PHOTO

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