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Reforms needed | Canola producers pass grading resolution

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EDMONTON — Farmers need a more transparent and fair way to grade their canola rather than leaving it up to the elevators, says an Alberta farmer.

“Everything is against you. We buy a fair bit of grain from line companies and then we sell it to them,” Brent Heidecker said during the Alberta Canola Producers Commission annual meeting held during FarmTech 2013 in Edmonton Jan. 30.

“We need a more balanced terms of sale.”

Heidecker’s resolution asking the commission to help develop a more fair grading and selling system was passed at the meeting.

He said he has sent plenty of canola samples to the Canadian Grain Commission to be regraded, and they often come back with improved grades in his favour.

“They are dramatically in our favour,” said Heidecker, who farms near Coronation, Alta.

“These aren’t evil people, but there has become a sense of entitlement.”

He said the most common grade improvements are seen in canola because the elevators and the grain commission use different sieve sizes.

Elevators use sieves with larger holes and slots that allow small and shriveled canola to be called dockage.

“Is small shrunken up canola canola or dockage?” Heidecker said.

Daryl Beswitherick, the grain commission’s program manager of quality assurance standards, said canola is the most common grain or oilseed that farmers send in for regrading.

Ninety-two of the 116 samples sent to the commission so far this crop year are canola, compared to 122 of 168 samples in 2011-12 and 30 of 86 samples in 2010-11.

A new commodity logistics hub planned for southeastern Saskatchewan should be ready to take deliveries of wheat, oilseeds and other agricultural crops this fall if not earlier, according to investors in the project.

Officials with Toronto-based Ceres Global Ag Corp. said construction of a proposed $90 million transportation hub is expected to commence this spring, subject to permits, approvals and agreements with project partners.

The facility will be built in stages and capable of handling 40 million bushels of grain annually once construction is completed in three years.

“We hope to be doing both grain and oil by mid to late fall and to the extent that we can do things earlier, we will do that,” said Ceres president Michael Detlefsen.

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u|xhHEEJBy00001pzYv+:= Canola growers take issue with shrunken canola seeds being declared as dockage under existing elevator grading systems. The Alberta Canola Producers Commission passed a resolution asking the Canadian Grain Commission to develop a more fair grading and selling system for canola. | FILE PHOTO Beswitherick said most elevators use a 6.5 round hole top sieve and a .038 or.040 slotted sieve underneath for measuring dockage in

canola. (Sieve sizes are measured in parts of an inch.)

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tional hand pick to assure only weed seeds are counted as dockage.

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Failing the grade?

“A lot of the primary elevators use a larger sieve,” Beswitherick said.

The Canada Grains Act defines dockage as something other than the crop. Small or shriveled canola would not be considered dockage in canola under the act, but it is often considered dockage at the elevator.

“No one is policing what elevators do.”

Beswitherick said the grain commission is seeing a lot of small, shrunken canola this year because of last summer’s hot weather.

“It’s not dockage, it’s marginal canola, but it’s still classified as canola,” he said.

Farmers who are unhappy with the dockage at an elevator have the right to send a sample to the grain commission for regrading. The sample must be agreed to by the elevator and the farmer as a representative sample. The elevator must pay the farmer based on the dockage and grade assessed by the grain commission.

Heidecker said the collective power of the Alberta Canola Producers Commission and other national and provincial canola organizations will help convince grain companies to use fairer grading standards and write fairer and more balanced contracts.

He said one-sided rules for deferred delivery contracts are another problem.

A contract may require farmers to deliver their grain during a specified month, but the elevators may not take delivery until months later, with no penalty or payment made to the farmer.

Heidecker said all contracts should have storage clauses requiring grain companies to pay farmers storage if they don’t take grain during the specified month.

Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevators Association, said there is only one pot of money, and farmers will receive less for their grain if they are paid for storage or given less dockage.

“If they pay farmers for on-farm storage, then money has to be taken away from somewhere else,” said Sobkowich.

“When premiums are paid for one thing, other prices are reduced.”

Incoming canola commission chair Colin Felstad said he doesn’t know how big of a problem canola grading is for farmers.

“We have had concern at this meeting raised. We’re here to represent

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producers so we will certainly look into it. The crux of the issues is producers knowing what their rights are and the regulations,” he said.

“There’s been some concern about contracts expressed by producers before. Quite a few producers view them as one sided or to the advantage of buyers.”

Rick White, general manager of the Canadian Canola Growers Association, said the organization has heard a fair bit about deferred delivery contracts.

He suggested farmers negotiate penalty clauses into the contracts before they sign them.

“What we want to do is know farmers understand their rights and should be looking at the contracts more closely and should be negotiating changes to them. That is their right. They don’t have to sign the document somebody slides across the table,” he said.

The national association began surveying farmers about two years ago to see if they had concerns with grading at elevators but received little response.

“It wasn’t any kind of big issue that we could tell, but that was a couple years ago,” White said.

“Usually any concerns were around deferred delivery contracts and grain companies not accepting it within the agreed time frame that the farmer had committed to.”

He said a request to send a sample to the grain commission shouldn’t harm future relationships with elevators.

“If a farmer is being reasonable, he shouldn’t be penalized. You can always be friendly but firm. That shouldn’t hurt any relationship if approached properly. It doesn’t have to be adversarial.”

White said having a third party official at all elevators doing unbiased grading and dockage would likely create a more expensive system.

“I don’t see the need for additional services at the elevator.”

Graham Gilchrist, the assistant farmers’ advocate in Alberta, said his office deals with disputes between farmers and grain companies.

Companies write contracts that favour their interests, and farmers need to know they are not written in stone and are can be negotiated, he added “The producer needs to sit down with the buyer and work out a contract that is in their best interest.”

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Logistics hub for S.E. Sask.

“Both (business segments) will be ramping up over time.”

Ceres announced plans to construct the logistics facility last week in partnership with Scoular, a major agricultural marketing company from the United States.

Scoular already owns grain handling facilities in more than 70 North American locations and has annual commodity sales in excess of $6 billion.

The company, which handles more than 300 million bu. of grain and oilseeds annually, will finance, own and operate the grain handling component of the proposed logistics hub.

Ceres will own and operate a nearby crude oil transloading facility. Crude is expected to account for a major portion of the facility’s annual traffic.

The crude transloading facility will be capable of handling 70,000 barrels of crude oil per day, according to Ceres.

The proposed project will be located a few hundred metres north of the Canada-U.S. border and will provide a direct link to American markets via the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railway network, which operates in 28 American states and has a 50,000 kilometre rail network with access to Pacific and Gulf of Mexico port facilities.

BNSF already owns track that crosses the international border and ends at the community of Northgate, Sask.

The railway announced in January that it plans to boost its crude oil business by 40 percent this year to 700,000 barrels a day.

Oil and grain traffic at the facility will be served by two rail loops, each capable of handling unit trains of up to 120 rail cars.

The entire facility will cover 1,500 acres and create 100 temporary jobs during construction and 30 full-time permanent jobs once the hub is fully operational.

“The Northgate hub is good news for Canada’s economy and particularly good for Saskatchewan and western Canada,” said Detlefsen.

“It will help ease the bottleneck of getting commodities — especially grain and oil — out of Saskatchewan and will provide a new and competitive option for shippers and exporters.”

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RESEARCH | MANURE

Manure is on the menu Soil bacteria | Antibiotic residue in manure reduced when introduced to this helpful bacteria

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Agriculture Canada researchers in London, Ont., have identified a strain of soil bacteria that can help eliminate traces of a common livestock antibiotic from soil.

The lead researcher says it could help clear soil and water of antibiotic residue and reduce the likelihood that antibiotic resistant bacteria will evolve.

Agriculture Canada researcher Ed Topp said the discovery, if confirmed through further testing, could remove antibiotic residue embedded in livestock manure from the soil and reduce the risk that antibiotic-laden manure will flush into waterways.

“I think a major benefit would be that when antibiotic-containing manures are applied to the soil, these residues will be broken down more rapidly and therefore be less available to movement to adjacent waters through runoff or leaching,” he said.

“It also could be useful for waste water treatment when antibiotic residue could be an issue.”

The development of antibioticresistant bacteria that could make antibiotic treatment for humans less effective has become a growing health issue. Livestock industry use

Scientists have discovered bacteria in soil that can help break down traces of antibiotics in manure. | FILE PHOTO of antibiotics to protect animals from disease and promote growth is often identified as a culprit.

In 1999, Topp and fellow researchers became interested in the issue of whether regular contamination of soil from antibiotic traces in manure could help create antibiotic-

immune bacteria.

Their study, which included the antibiotic sulfamethazine (SMZ), a common animal drug, compared residues in soil subjected to regular pig manure spreading with residues in untreated soil.

Topp said the researchers were

surprised to discover that antibiotic residue in soil where manure was spread regularly was disappearing much faster than in the soil not subject to regular manure application.

They think the reason is soil micro-bacteria that adjust to longterm antibiotic exposure by mutating to become a micro-organism that uses SMZ as a food source.

Its appetite means that the presence of SMZ in soil decreases five times faster in soil regularly subject to antibiotic contamination than in soil that is not regularly exposed.

“The significance of that, we think, is that soil bacteria can adapt to exposure to these drugs and evolve to be able to use them as a food source,” said Topp.

“The benefit of that is that it would reduce environmental exposure and hopefully reduce pressure on bacteria to develop resistance.”

He said Agriculture Canada researchers recently teamed up with French researchers to continue the work.

Topp also said he hopes Agriculture Canada funding for the project continues.

The fact that it has received funding for almost 14 years is unusual in an era when research funding is typically short term and measures in a few years rather than more than a decade.

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RESISTANCE | SUPER WEEDS

Super weeds: when good intentions fall by the wayside

BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

BALTIMORE, Md. — The normal practice at farm conferences is for a panel of experts to discuss a significant issue for an hour, or 90 minutes at the most.

At the Weed Science Society of America’s annual meeting in Baltimore Feb. 5, however, 15 scientists on three separate panels talked about herbicide resistance for more than four hours.

The weed experts, agricultural economics professors and one sociologist discussed ways to manage herbicide resistant weeds, particularly weeds that glyphosate will no longer kill.

However, Kevin Bradley, a weed expert at the University of Missouri, said the crisis is much larger than glyphosate resistance.

“The bigger issue right now for me, and many of my colleagues, is multiple resistance. These types are becoming more and more common.”

He said several weed species in the U.S. Midwest are now resistant to a rainbow of herbicides, which presents an expensive challenge because those super weeds dictate how farmers grow their crops.

“Kochia is developing into a driver weed in the western region of the corn belt,” he said.

“Waterhemp … has many types of herbicide resistance, and the degree to which we have multiple resistance now is really changing a lot of our (production) systems.”

The scientists also spent hours at the conference discussing grower behaviour and choices, specifically how to persuade producers to adopt best management practices to prevent resistance.

“It’s not just science, it’s human behaviour that dictates outcomes,” said Jodie Holt, a weed scientist from the University of California Riverside.

Amy Asmus, an owner of Asmus Farm Supply in Iowa, said she prepared for the panel discussion by surveying certified crop advisers in the United States, Canada and Mexico to assess attitudes and perceptions regarding herbicide resistance and the best management practices to delay resistance.

When asked when they would adopt alternative practices to fight herbicide resistance, 40 percent of respondents said they would take appropriate action when it appeared in their fields.

“That number was a little higher than I (expected),” she said.

Asmus said the reluctance to prevent a problem shouldn’t be surprising because producers are pressed for time and must cope with other on-farm troubles.

“They have good intentions but sometime that falls to time or weather constraints.”

Ray Jussaume, a Michigan State University sociologist, said scientists are too focused on the science of herbicide resistance. Instead, they need to consider the science of personal choice.

“You are facing a human problem.”

Caleigh Irwin of Vive Crop Protection in Guelph, Ont., was one of hundreds of experts who attended the Weed Science Society of America annual meeting in Baltimore Feb. 4-7. She was taking a look at the poster presentations organized for the conference. | ROBERT ARNASON PHOTO HERBICIDE RESISTANCE | PREVENTION

Tackling weed resistance contentious Compensating farmers who overused glyphosate is ‘rewarding bad management,’ says scientist

BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

BALTIMORE, Md. — Carol Mallory-Smith, a weed scientist from Oregon State University, couldn’t help herself.

Two experts on a panel discussing herbicide resistance during the Weed Science Society of America’s annual meeting in Baltimore Feb. 4-7 had just suggested the U.S. government offer financial incentives to growers who adopt alternative practices as part of an effort to slow the development of resistant weeds.

For Mallory-Smith, however, compensating farmers who overused glyphosate in the past and now have resistant weeds on their land is absurd.

“I think that’s just rewarding bad management,” she said after rising from her chair in the audience to make her point.

“If a farmer didn’t have good practices on his farm, I don’t see how it’s the public’s (responsibility) to fix it.

If I make bad decisions in my life, nobody’s going to give me incentives to fix those decisions.”

Mallory-Smith’s comments were part of a lively debate at the conference about what can be done to encourage North American farmers to preserve existing herbicides and delay the development of resistance.

She said government regulations are contentious, but they might be necessary to deal with herbicide resistance in North America.

“I think regulation should be the last avenue, but we are sort of at the last avenue because nobody has come up with any great solutions,” she said.

Lee Van Wychen, the association’s director of science policy, disagreed, saying regulations would fail miserably.

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He said if a grower in a particular county in Wisconsin, for example, wasn’t allowed to use glyphosate in a particular year, he would drive to the next state or county and buy glyphosate from his brother-in-law.

“Farmers will find ways to get around it.”

Harold Coble of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Raleigh, North Carolina, agreed with Van Wychen, saying farmers will strongly object to rules governing herbicide use.

“He will tell you where to shove that regulation,” he said.

Instead, Coble supports a successful model from Arkansas, where growers banded together to fight glyphosate resistant Palmer amaranth (pigweed) in their region.

Led by the University of Arkansas, the goal of the Zero Tolerance program is to keep all fields free of pigweed to prevent seed production.

“If we look back over the last 15 years, the mindset has been that we wanted to see a weed before we chose to kill a weed,” said Jason Norsworthy, a University of Arkansas weed scientist.

“We’ve got to move off of that (philosophy) and minimize weed seed production…. That has to be the mindset, to go into the cropping system trying to prevent seed production.”

Farmers in parts of Arkansas employ multiple strategies on their Roundup Ready cotton and soybeans to achieve zero tolerance, including residual herbicides, tillage and removing pigweed by hand.

“At the community level, we’ve had growers that have come together and implemented this, across 50,000 or 100,000 acres,” Norsworthy said. “That’s basically self-imposed regulation.”

The labour costs of hand weeding cotton fields can exceed $100 per acre. Strong cotton prices offset the costs, as do incentives from Monsanto for applying another herbicide on top of glyphosate.

Mallory-Smith said she has no problem with biotech companies offering financial incentives to preserve their technology.

However, she objects to taxpayers offsetting farmers’ costs for programs such as the Zero Tolerance initiative.

The National Resources Conservation Service in the U.S. is running a pilot program in three states that offers financial incentives to growers who adopt resistance management programs.

Taxpayer funded payments are controversial, but Norsworthy said farmers in Arkansas, at least those in regions where pigweed is highly resistant to glyphosate, are willing to spend money to control weeds.

“If the person is not going to be proactive or at least follow some of these strategies (BMPs), at the end of the day … they’re not going to continue to farm.”

However, the challenge is to convince farmers who aren’t dealing with glyphosate resistant pigweed to take action.

Norsworthy said the best pitch is selling farmers on the long-term financial benefits.

As an example, he knows of a 9,000 acre cotton grower in Arkansas who started chopping pigweed and employing other tactics to prevent resistance in the mid-2000s. “(The grower) today lives in the heart of what we would call pigweed

WINNING THE WEED WAR In 2012, the Weed Science Society of America developed and released 12 best management practices for preventing and controlling the spread of herbicide resistant weeds.

According to the WSSA, growers should: • Understand the biology of the weeds present.

• Use a diversified approach that is focused on preventing seed production.

• Plant into weed-free fields and keep fields as clean as possible.

• Plant weed free crop seed.

• Scout fields routinely.

• Use multiple modes of action.

• Apply labelled rates of herbicide.

• Use cultural practices that suppress weeds by using crop competitiveness.

• Use mechanical and biological management where appropriate.

• Prevent field-to-field spread of weed seeds.

• Manage weed seed at harvest and after harvest.

• Manage field borders to prevent influx of weeds.

Source: WSSA

country,” Norsworthy said.

“I’ve done some surveys in that area and they (farmers) are spending $150 per acre chopping pigweed so they can grow a crop of cotton.”

The proactive grower does have glyphosate resistant pigweed on his farm, but he spends only $6 per acre on labour to chop the weed, he said.

“That’s the message we’ve got to take and get in front of (growers).

Are you going to completely prevent this from happening? No. But obviously there is some benefit to being proactive.”

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RESISTANT WEED FACTS

WEEDS | GLYPHOSATE

Resistance spreads quickly in kochia Weed management | Widespread glyphosate use means resistance moves fast: researcher

BY ROBERT ARNASON

• Globally, 210 weed species have developed resistance to herbicides.

• There are 396 unique cases of herbicide resistance. A unique case is defined as a particular weed species developing resistance to a particular herbicide mode of action.

• The U.S. leads the world with 142 resistant weeds, followed by Australia with 61 and Canada with 58.

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BALTIMORE, Md. — It took two decades before kochia was resistant to Group 2 herbicides in Western Canada.

However, an Agriculture Canada weed expert from Saskatoon says it won’t take nearly as long for the weed to develop widespread resistance to glyphosate.

“With ALS (Group 2) kochia the first case was in 1988. Twenty years later, almost 100 percent of our (kochia) population is ALS resistant,” Hugh Beckie said in an interview during the Weed Science Society of America’s annual meeting in Baltimore earlier this month.

“I predict with glyphosate it will be even faster than the 20 year span. (It will progress) from not documented to almost all of our population being glyphosate resistant.”

Beckie, one of dozens of presenters at the Baltimore meeting who shared the latest information on herbicide resistance in their regions of North America, said kochia would develop resistance to glyphosate more rapidly because the chemical is applied to millions of acres in Western Canada.

“Because of the tremendous use of glyphosate,” he said, “it all comes down to selection pressure.”

As well, he said kochia is spreading across the Prairies right now, which will further hasten the evolution of resistant plants.

Glyphosate resistant kochia has been found in 18 fields close to the original location after the first case was documented in southern Alberta in 2011.

Last year, researchers found 10 fields with resistance near Swift Current, Sask.

Beckie said resistant kochia has been confirmed on 2,500 acres of land in Western Canada, which will reach 80,000 acres in five years if it spreads exponentially.

Glyphosate resistant kochia could be present on 2.5 million acres of the Prairies in 10 years if acres double

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• Glyphosate resistance has been documented in 24 weed species worldwide, including 14 in North America.

• Four weeds with resistance to glyphosate have been found in Canada: kochia, giant ragweed, common ragweed and Canada fleabane.

• Weeds such as waterhemp have developed resistance to multiple types of herbicides. For example, glyphosate, ALS inhibitors, PPO inhibitors and photosystem II inhibitors cannot kill waterhemp in Illinois.

• No new herbicide modes of action have been commercialized in two decades. It’s unlikely that any will be released in the near future.

Sources: International Survey of Herbicide Resistant Weeds and DuPont Pioneer

It’s not going to be easy, and it will be expensive.

Weed experts spent last summer educating farmers in Alberta about the dangers of glyphosate resistant kochia, which was first discovered in the province the previous winter. | FILE PHOTO

HUGH BECKIE

every year.

Resistant kochia hasn’t been confirmed in Manitoba, but Beckie and other scientists will survey fields in Manitoba and Saskatchewan this fall to assess the situation on the eastern Prairies.

David Ervin, an environmental sciences professor at Oregon State University, argued at the Baltimore meeting that collective action is the only way to delay the spread of resistant weeds.

“Until growers can come together

alternative methods of weed control, such as multiple modes of action, tilling or cover crops, he said.

The WSSA has developed a list of 12 best management practices in an effort to control and prevent the spread of resistant weeds.

However, Beckie said developing a list is one thing. Getting growers to act on a list is another.

“There is the desire for action, but weed resistance is not an easy subject to tackle,” he said. “It’s not going to be easy, and it will be expensive.”

and work as a collective to manage resistance, you will not make the kind of progress you want.”

Beckie said people in Alberta and Saskatchewan are talking about the problem, but local groups aren’t doing anything concrete.

“We need some co-ordination at the municipality or county level to try and slow down the spread. We can’t contain it, obviously. If we can slow down the spread it will have a net economic benefit,” he said.

‘I would suggest (provincial gov-

ernments) should probably take the lead on that because of their traditional role in ag extension.”

However, the challenge is convincing farmers to do something before resistant weeds appear on their land.

Research by George Frisvold, an agricultural economics professor at the University of Arizona, suggests there is a weak link between farmer awareness of the problem and taking preventive action.

Instead, time and cost ultimately determines if a grower will adopt

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GRAIN STORAGE | DRYING

Run grain dryer only if colder outside than in bin: Palmer

BY DAN YATES SASKATOON NEWSROOM

MELVILLE, Sask. — A retired University of Regina professor who has publicly challenged conventional grain drying practices has a new message for farmers.

Ron Palmer has spurred much debate with his contention that binned grain can be dried more quickly by running aeration fans only at night. Now he contends he’s found further efficiencies.

He’s developed a new principle as he continues analyzing data collected by the Saskatchewan Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation: farmers should be using fans only when the temperature outside the bin is lower than the grain temperature.

The position is in stark contrast to the common practice of continu-

RON PALMER RETIRED PROFESSOR

ously operating fans throughout the day until grain is dry.

“This is a bit of a tweak. Last year, I would’ve said turn the fan on at night, off during the daytime, basically half of the time for the fan,” Palmer said in an interview after presenting his latest findings to producers at an IHARF-sponsored seminar in Melville, Sask.

“This year, I’m fine tuning that somewhat and saying we don’t even need that. It’s less than a quarter of the time that you actually have your

fan on.”

His findings stem from projects that measured the temperature inside and outside of a grain bin, as well as grain temperature. They indicate that aeration fans add moisture to the bin during the day when temperatures are higher and more moisture is held in the air.

Palmer said continuously running fans will dry grain but puts one pound of water in for every three lb. taken out.

A strong correlation between colder temperatures and grain drying is now guiding Palmer’s message.

“People have got this in their heads that they need more fan because (they think) they have to dry the grain fast before it spoils,” he said.

“But there’s another component to safe storage, and that’s cold.”

He’s now telling producers to immediately turn on the fan once a

bin is filled and then run it overnight, until 9 a.m., when his data shows moisture starts returning. Temperatures in a bin typically drop by 10 C over the first night, he added, which lowers the moisture content by 0.5 to 1.5 percent.

“That first day, you’re half done the job and then a couple more nights, you’re done. What you can do is once you’ve got the grain cold, you don’t have to be in a panic because your grain is safe,” he said.

“Now you do some cherry picking.

I’m waiting for that really cold killer frost night and that’s when I turn the fan on, suck the temperature down, moisture comes out, drying the grain, cooling it — everything I want with a minimal amount of fan time.”

He said the principle is simple: run a fan only when the temperature outside is cooler than inside the bin.

“You don’t need a fancy controller.

You don’t need thousands and thousands of dollars. The only thing you need is a temperature sensor in your grain. You could use a thermometer if you want,” he said.

“At no cost, you could actually try this out and implement it on your farm starting tomorrow.”

Palmer acknowledged that the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute challenges his findings, but he stands his ground.

He said he’s looking to publish research on the topic in a scientific journal, while future projects could look at storage of other crops or the influence of smaller fans.

In the meantime, he challenges skeptics to try his idea.

“I think it’s more important that the coffee shop talk has to produce the motivation for people to get out there and try it,” he said.

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PULSES | FEED

Livestock take big bite of pulse supply Consumption up | Increased demand for domestic feed forecasted to drive down Canadian pea and lentil stocks

BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Statistics Canada’s Dec. 31 stocks report has transformed the market outlook for peas and lentils.

T h e re p o r t , re l e a s e d Fe b. 5 , revealed that Canada’s livestock sector consumed a lot more pulses from August to December than many forecasters had anticipated.

It is causing them to pull out their erasers and redo supply and demand charts for the two crops.

The report shows that 453,700 tonnes of peas were consumed domestically during the first five months of the crop year, up from 82,000 tonnes last year.

Chuck Penner, an analyst with LeftField Commodity Research, thinks feed use will slow in the second half of the year but the phenomenal first half numbers will cut pea ending stocks to 125,000 tonnes. Agriculture Canada’s pre-report estimate was 300,000 tonnes.

It would be the lowest pea ending stocks since 1993-94, providing additional price support for edible yellow peas, which are selling for $9 per bushel in some Alberta locations, said Penner in an article he wrote for Alberta Pulse Growers.

It’s the same story for lentils. Statistics Canada estimates the livestock sector consumed 340,000 tonnes through Dec. 31, up from 223,000 tonnes for the same period in 2011.

Stat Publishing analyst Brian Clancey said that could drive down lentil carryout stocks to 425,000 tonnes. Agriculture Canada’s prereport estimate was for 700,000 tonnes of carryout.

Marlene Boersch, founding partner of Mercantile Consulting Venture Inc., was one analyst who had pencilled in a big domestic feed consumption number for both crops

Farmers are selling their peas and lentils at a faster pace than expected this crop year. Demand from domestic livestock feeders helped to reduce stocks more than anticipated. | FILE PHOTO before the Dec. 31 stocks report.

“I’m not particularly surprised. I feel a little bit vindicated actually,” she said.

However, she’s pretty sure the report will confuse buyers because what looked to be an ample supply of pulses, particularly lentils, suddenly got a lot tighter.

Boersch said it’s easy to understand why growers sold into the feed market with feed pea prices of $8.25 to $8.50 per bu. in some locations, which wasn’t far off the price for edible peas.

“If you can deliver all the splits and brokens and don’t have to worry about any of those deductions, it often times pays to just dump it and go into the feed,” she said.

What happens to pea prices will largely depend on Indian demand.

India’s agriculture department predicts 8.57 million tonnes of rabi (winter) chickpea production, up from 7.7 million tonnes last year.

If that is true, it could cap demand for Canadian yellow peas from Canada’s biggest customer.

Boersch is skeptical about the

bullish chickpea estimate. She said there have been weather problems in India, and the government has a vested interest in inflating rabi season production to keep food price inflation in check because the kharif crop fell short of its pulse production target by 1.64 million tonnes.

“To me it looks a little bit like rigging,” she said.

She expects India to be back buying Canadian peas in March and April before the European Union comes out with contract offers in June and

July.

Boersch believes Indian demand for lentils will be even stronger because its lentil and pigeon pea crops were smaller than expected.

“They will probably have to buy some more lentils. I see that (being) particularly supportive on the red lentil side.”

She expects the combination of strong Indian demand and shrinking Canadian stocks will boost red lentil prices one to two cents per pound by spring.

She’s not sure yet whether green lentil prices will follow. There is surging green lentil demand out of Colombia, Peru and other South American countries, but that is making up for poor early season demand for the crop.

Strong demand and tightening supply has her rethinking the lentil acreage forecast she provided in January at Pulse Days.

“In Saskatoon I said we might see a 15 percent drop in acres. I’m not so convinced on that anymore,” said Boersch.

Buyers will become nervous if acres are down 15 percent and the carryout is closer to 500,000 than 700,000 tonnes.

Another positive factor is that Australia’s huge chickpea harvest has been flying out the door.

Growers harvested 746,000 tonnes of the crop in 2012, up from 485,000 tonnes the previous year.

Clancey said 68 percent of the chickpeas that Australia was expected to ship in 2012-13 were sent by the end of December compared to 24 percent the previous year.

Australia has 267,000 tonnes left in the system to cover the remaining export program and next year’s seed supply, so competition from that exporter will calm down in the last half of 2012-13.

U.S. BEEF HERD | 50 YEAR LOW

Drought, input costs prevent rebuilding of U.S. breeding herd

BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

TAMPA, Fla. — The U.S. cow herd has shrunk to its smallest level since 1941 at 38.515 million cows.

The beef cow herd totalled 29.295 million, down three percent from 2011 and the smallest since 1962 , according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s livestock inventory report.

Drought and high input costs continue to discourage expansion, even though record calf prices provide a

signal to rebuild.

“Different areas of the country have gone through liquidation for 15 of the last 17 years. That is a given, but there are some data points where things are starting to look more positive,” Cattlefax market analyst Kevin Good said at the annual Cattlefax presentation at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association annual meeting held in Tampa Feb. 5-9.

“The economic incentive is there to expand, and we do expect to see some of that as soon as Mother Nature co-operates.”

Seventy percent of the United States is dried out, but the Pacific Northwest and parts of the northern Plains have received good moisture.

Statistics show more heifers in those regions were being kept at home for breeding.

The biggest liquidation was in the mid and southern Plains, with the biggest hit in Texas. That state has lost one million cows in the last 24 months.

With cattle in short supply, Cattlefax expects record prices.

Fed cattle prices this year are expected to average $126 US per hundred-

weight compared to $123 last year, up 2.5 percent. Yearlings are expected to average $155, an increase of five percent from last year’s average of $147.

Good predicted calf prices would average $175 per cwt., up five percent from last year’s $167.

Commercial cows should average $88 per cwt., a 10 percent improvement over last year. Bred cow prices should increase 15 percent and approach $1,600 for those interested in buying cows for expansion.

“The cow-calf sector will remain in the driver’s seat during 2013, particu-

larly if they have feed,” said Good.

Record high prices do not equate with strong profit. Margins in the packing sector reached the lowest levels in five years.

Feedlots are expected to be in the red for most of the year with breakevens of $130-$135 per cwt. because of high input costs.

Cattle have broken the $130 price barrier only once, and feeders will need to achieve at least that to make money early this year.

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OAT PRICES | PRODUCTION OUTLOOK

Oat rally inadequate to trigger more acres Wheat still more attractive | Oat futures took off after a report showed stocks were down from the previous year

BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

It has taken a long time for oat prices to rise, but they did last week, finally reacting to the need to rebuild supply to safe levels.

However, with spring nearby and farmers in most areas having better options, will the trend of declining oat acreage stop this year?

“It doesn’t pay out. If we don’t have $3.75 to $4 (cash) oats, it doesn’t pay,” said eastern Manitoba AgriTrend Marketing adviser Brian Voth.

“When I started this job, I had eight or 10 guys growing oats. Now I have two.”

Voth said farmers in Manitoba’s Red River Valley have better profit prospects with corn, and those further west will probably do better with spring wheat. So why grow oats?

That’s been a problem bedeviling the prairie oat industry, squeezing out oat acreage as farmers embrace other crops.

However, neither futures nor cash prices have reacted, until the past week, to make farmers want to grow the once-mainstay eastern prairie crop, even though stocks are low and acreage is declining.

Oat futures rose last week after Statistics Canada found less of the crop in store Dec. 31 than traders and industry expected.

Stocks were 1.87 million tonnes, down from 2.33 million the previous year.

However, analysts said the rally was not sufficient to convince many farmers to grow the crop.

Chicago March oat futures were $3.83 per bushel Feb. 11, with May oats at $3.74, a rise of about 20 cents per bu. following the report.

December 2013 oat futures traded at $3.70 the same morning, only a few cents higher than what the price was before the Statistics Canada report.

The rise in old crop months helps improve the relative competitiveness of oats to other crops, although not by much, and won’t be enough to turn around acreage, said Oatinsight.com analyst Randy Strychar.

“Plantings are at the moment forecast down five to 15 percent,” he

OATS DECLINING Oat stocks as of Dec. 31 are down 20 percent from last year at the same time and are almost half of what they were five years ago.

Oat stocks ( 000 tonnes) 3463 3056 2330

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wrote in his Feb. 10 weekly oat commentary. “While cash oat prices have recently gained on barley and wheat, the gap is still too wide versus wheat to forecast steady to higher oat plantings this spring.”

It is a vexing situation for Strychar, who has been bullish about the fundamental situation of oats for two years, noting the shrinking stockpile of milling oats.

However, futures and cash prices have failed to reflect the fundamentals, leading to declining acres at a time of shrinking supplies and steady demand. He is still bullish, but unsure of how the price will sort itself out to eventually reflect the tight stocks.

“The tightening North American oats supply outlook is making a strong case for a genuine oat bull market well into 2014, an oat market that is going to need to see higher oat values versus other crops to stem North American oat production and supply declines,” he wrote.

Strychar said stronger oat prices since Statistics Canada’s stocks report has improved spreads versus wheat and corn but needs further improvement.

Average old crop prairie milling bids are $3.71 per bu., with $3.37 for new crop.

However, bids of $4 per bu. for old crop were seen at Viterra in Portage La Prairie, Man., and $3.56 for new

Plantings are at the moment forecast down five to 15 percent.

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crop. While old crop values rose more than 30 cents per bu. after the Statistics Canada report, new crop months were much less affected.

Because new crop values are the biggest influence on spring planting decisions, most analysts think the rally will have limited impact.

Oat pricing has had many problems over the years. Many farmers used to contract large amounts of their expected production, but production failures left many short on their delivery obligations and on the wrong side of the market.

Chicago futures have become illiquid and subject to wild bursts of volatility. A cascading sell-off was seen in a dramatic incident last year as investment funds liquidated long positions and few were available on the other side to stem the decline.

In December, oat old crop futures fell to $3.30 from $4, following wheat but ignoring the underlying bullish situation for oats. That further undermined confidence of oat growers.

Voth said few farmers are excited by the prospects for oats this year. Those who want to grow it tend to be contrarians playing the “if nobody else grows it” line of thinking, farmers who like the crop because it stores for years or those who for agronomic reasons grow a particularly good crop of oats.

However, the failure of both cash and futures prices to reflect what is universally regarded as a bullish situation is stopping farmers wanting to

grow the crop and will likely stop acreage from rebounding. “ This oat market has had me stumped so many times in the last couple of years,” said Voth.

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A declining calf crop is expected to reduce 2013 fed slaughter to 25.4 million head.

Beef and dairy cow slaughter is also down. Cow slaughter was down to five million from a high in 1984 of more than 8.5 million.

The percentage of U.S. heifers slaughter has declined in the last couple years. Nearly 40 percent were killed in the late 1990s.

While fewer cattle are slaughtered, heavier carcass weights have helped ameliorate the decline in beef production.

Weights have increased by six pounds per year for the last 30 years.

Feedlots had to carry over cattle for longer periods last year, so steers went to slaughter 18 lb. heavier than

the previous year.

The long-term trend indicates weights will increase again this year.

Nevertheless, U.S. beef production will decline by 600 million lb. so retail prices are soaring to ration the short supply, said Cattlefax analyst Mike Murphy.

Pork and poultry supplies are also short and increasing in price.

“That is not only true for beef sector. We are also seeing that hold true for the pork and poultry sector as well,” he said.

Per capita beef supplies this year will be at 56.1 lb., pork will be 44.1 lb. and poultry at 80 lb. That is 3.5 lb. less total meat available than last year.

The downward trend has continued since 2006.

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Dry bean acres down across North America Large surplus | Outlook is ‘bearish’ for coming year

BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Analysts say dry bean acres will be down in Canada and the United States this year, but they differ on the magnitude of the decline.

Brenda Tjaden Lepp, chief analyst with FarmLink Marketing Solutions, is forecasting a 25 to 35 percent drop in Canadian acres.

“The outlook is fairly decidedly bearish,” she said.

Big crops last year in Canada, the United States and Mexico caused a surplus of supplies. The region produced 2.68 million tonnes of beans last year, up 69 percent from the previous year.

“We’re kind of stuck with decent supplies and flat to lower demand,” said Tjaden Lepp. “There’s just going to be no sparks here probably until early to late 2014.”

She expected beans w ill lose ground to corn and soybeans in Manitoba.

“Our people say they’re just a hassle,” she said. “So if you can grow soybeans and corn with no hassle, then who cares about dry beans.”

Her acreage prediction would have been lower if it wasn’t for attractive new crop contracts that came out in December and January, which likely secured some 2013 bean production.

Processors offered 32 to 33 cents per pound for new crop pinto, navy and black beans, a good price considering the dismal fundamentals.

“We were frankly pretty surprised to see the prices that were available,” said Tjaden Lepp.

Agriculture Canada sees a 32 percent reduction in seeded acreage and a 38 percent drop in production in 2013-14.

However, supply will fall by only 16 percent because of large carry-in stocks from the 2012-13 crop. Agriculture Canada forecasts 40,000

tonnes of carryout despite a strong start to this year’s export program.

Brian Clancey, an analyst with Stat Publishing, forecasts a more modest 11 percent decline in acreage.

He feels strong exports will moderate acreage declines. Through the end of November, shipments are up 48 percent in Canada and 46 percent in the U.S. compared to the same time last year. Clancey expects excess supply in the NAFTA region will make it difficult for bean markets to post a sustained rally over the next 12 to 15 months.

Murad Al-Katib, president of Alliance Grain Traders Inc., is more optimistic because of strong demand from markets such as the U.S. Hispanic population.

“I still believe that beans have a very profitable outlook for 2013-14,” he said.

“As a result, I’m not of the view that acreage is going to contract dramatically.”

Agriculture Canada predicts a nine percent increase in average bean prices in 2013-14 because of an expected decrease in U.S. and Canadian supply.

John Berthold, vice-president of Walhalla Bean Co., a North Dakota bean processor, said U.S. acres are heading lower. It’s just a question of how much.

“I hear numbers thrown around like 20 percent and some days I think we’re going to be down 50 percent, but it’s just hard to say,” he said.

Berthold thinks there could be a significant reduction in black bean acres. Mexico allowed the import of Chinese beans in 2012 for the first time in many years.

“It fundamentally changed the market overnight,” he said. “It really cut into our (black bean) exports to Mexico. We’ve got a pretty good supply.”

Mexican growers just harvested a good winter crop of black and pinto beans.

MANITOBA | SPECIAL CROPS

Sunflower acres growing

BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

Manitoba farmers will probably follow a great sunflower production year with more acres this spring, says a major marketer of the crop.

“We feel fairly confident that we’ll have a bit of an increase in confectionary acres,” Ben Friesen of Legumex Walker said during a marketing panel at the Manitoba Special Crops Symposium.

This year’s expected 60,000 acres of confecs will be one-third higher than 2012’s acreage, but the crop has seen wild swings in acreage as farmers grapple with price and disease.

Sclerotinia devastated production in 2009 and 2010, destroying the value of crops throughout the Red River Valley and in western Manitoba.

Many farmers were turned off and acreage fell, but two good years have changed their minds. Hot, dr y weather helped sunflowers yield well with high quality.

Legumex Walker is offering confec contracts for 32 cents per pound and 25 cents for oilseed types.

U.S. farmers prefer oilseed sunflowers, but Manitoba’s industry has traditionally focused on confectionary production.

Friesen said oilseed sunflower production should remain steady, at about 45,000 acres this spring.

He said the biggest marketing challenge for Manitoba confec sunflower seeds is the fact that most production there uses round varieties while the lucrative markets of the Middle East prefer the long type seed.

Manitoba growers have few good variety choices, but the disconnect between the main type grown and the best export market’s desire creates headaches.

“The biggest challenge in marketing is to get the right variety to the end user out in the Middle East and those areas where most sunflowers are being shipped to in the world market,” said Friesen.

With stronger prices and fewer production demands, Manitoba growers have been choosing soybeans over edible beans. | FILE PHOTO MANITOBA SPECIAL CROPS | BEANS

Farmers favour soybeans Manitoba producers | Interest in edible beans declining as soybeans rise

BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

The new beans are hot.

The old beans are not.

That was obvious at the recent Manitoba Special Crops Symposium, where farmers crowded the walls and craned their necks from the hallway for the standing room-only soybean sessions, while 100 chairs went unused at the sparsely attended edible beans sessions.

It’s a sad but understandable situation for the edible beans industry, according to farmers and industry people who attended the two-day event.

“If I have a choice between a soybean that’s getting simpler to grow, and a navy bean that’s still complicated, and I still have questions and I’m still not sure the (fungicide will be effective), there’s a risk premium in there that’s got to be substantial or (I’ll say) ‘screw it, I’m growing soybeans,’ ” Brent Van Koughnet of Agri Skills said at the edible beans session.

The situation is killing farmer enthusiasm for edible beans, which have long been grown in the Red River Valley but which are stagnant or falling in acreage. Prices offer little reward for growing edible beans, which demand much more management than soybeans, can be devastated by disease and require marketing within a relatively minuscule market with few players.

At the same time, soybean acreage is soaring in the Red River Valley and is also being grown in western Manitoba and parts of Saskatchewan.

Manitoba acreage grew from 300,000 in 2008 to expectations of 1.1 million this year. Meanwhile, edible beans acreage has had trouble maintaining 100,000.

Some think it’s a temporary situation of weak dry bean prices while soybean prices are strong.

“It’ll be back,” said Idaho Bean Commission commissioner Don Tolmie, who staffed a booth for his organization at the show.

“In 12 months, the oversupply will correct itself.”

Idaho seed bean company representative David Scholand made the same argument as he encouraged Manitoba growers to stick with the crop. Soybeans won’t always be the biggest moneymaker, he said.

“The advantage of dry beans is profit potential,” Scholand said in an interview.

“On dry beans, you can get a 3,000 pound crop and get a $40 price. With soybeans, you’re only 45 bushels, maybe, on a good crop, and it’s in the $12-$14 range. That’s as far as you can go.”

Manitoba Special Crops Growers Association executive director Michael Reimer said farmers are smitten with soybeans now, but that doesn’t mean dry beans will inevitably disappear. Edible beans will have their time, and the association wants to keep improving them so they stay competitive.

“Things can change quickly,” he said.

Alvin Klassen of SaskCan Pulse Trading said he expects to see U.S. dry bean production fall by 25 to 30 percent this year and Canadian production drop 30 to 40 percent.

In Manitoba, acreage will probably fall to 85,000 acres.

Soybeans were almost unknown in Manitoba just a decade ago and edible beans were a popular crop. This year, edible bean acres will probably drop to less than 10 percent of soybean acreage.

GRAIN | MARKETING

CWB launches pooling program for new crop year SASKATOON NEWSROOM

CWB has launched pooling programs for the 2013-14 crop year.

S e v e ra l Fu t u re s C h o i c e Po o l options are available.

The 2013-14 Early Delivery Pool pools the basis between August this year and January 2014. Users can lock in futures

at any time before Jan. 31, 2014.

The Annual Pool pools the basis between August and July 2014.

Futures can be locked in any time before June 20, 2014.

The 2013-14 Winter Pool pools the basis between February and July 2014. The futures price can be locked in before June 20, 2014.

Farmers can sign up tonnes and begin to lock in futures immediately by contacting CWB, a farm business representative or a grain-handling company dealing with CWB, or by using a CWB e-services account.

CWB said more pool contracts for the new crop year would be announced later this month.

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Tight supply supports feed barley price; oilseed prices fall MARKET WATCH

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anadian cash feed barley prices have jumped since mid-January.

According to daily elevator prices

posted on the Alberta Canola Producers Commission website, the average Lethbridge barley bid rose to $256.65 per tonne last week, up from $235.65 in mid January.

The same site says Lethbridge feedlots are paying on average around $284 for 288 g per 1/2 L, maximum 15 percent moisture.

Statistics Canada said Feb. 5 that barley stocks as of Dec. 31 were 5.09 million tonnes, within the range of pre-report forecasts but a little less than the average.

Last year at the same time there were 5.48 million tonnes in storage.

In 2010-11, there were 5.73 million and in 2009-10 7.55 million tonnes.

So stocks are tight and the price is adjusting to ration demand.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture: The Feb. 8 report made only minor revisions in supply and demand but triggered a sell-off in oilseeds.

Canola and soybeans had rallied in the weeks leading up to the report on strong domestic consumption and exports and a slight deterioration in the Argentina soybean crop because of dry weather.

The USDA confirmed the market’s thinking about U.S. soybean year end

stocks. In South America, it trimmed the Argentine soybean crop estimate by one million tonnes to 53 million but raised Brazil’s outlook by the same amount to 83.5 million tonnes.

They say a bull market needs to be constantly fed bullish news, and the USDA report was simply not bullish enough, so traders sold to capture profits from the recent rally.

Forecasts for rain this week in Argentina added to the downturn. A record soybean crop in the region is all but guaranteed, but trimming is possible. The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange has already pegged the

lb. heifers were up to $2. Feeder bulls born in 2011 were up to $1.70 per lb. and heifers were $1.60.

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crop at 50 million tonnes.

Dry U.S. Plains: The area received moisture last week, with eastern Kansas and eastern South Dakota benefiting the most. It was no drought killer but shows that the region can receive snow and rain, even if most longerterm outlooks remain dry.

Be aware that the drought does not affect the U.S. soft red wheat crop, which is the one traded in Chicago. It is grown mostly in the eastern Midwest, and moisture there is good.

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WP LIVESTOCK REPORT HOGS FALL Weaker pork prices and packer margins pushed hog prices down.

Worries about restrictions on pork trade with Russia because of the growth stimulant ractopamine cast a cloud on the market.

Iowa-southern Minnesota hogs delivered to packing plants traded at $65 US per hundredweight Feb. 8, down from $67 Feb. 1.

The estimated pork carcass cutout fell to $82.23 Feb. 8, down from $86.81 Feb. 1.

Weekly U.S. slaughter to Feb. 9 was estimated at 2.14 million, down from

2.18 million the week before. Last year, slaughter was 2.11 million.

BISON STEADY The Canadian Bison Association said grade A bulls in the desirable weight range sold up to $3.75 Cdn per pound hot hanging weight.

Grade A heifers sold up to $3.60.

Animals older than 30 months and those outside the desirable weight range may be discounted.

Slaughter bulls and cows were $1.70-$1.80 per lb.

In the live market, 400-500 lb. 2012 bulls were $2.36 per lb. and 400-500

CANFAX REPORT FED CATTLE STEADY Stagnant beef demand weighed on the market, but Alberta direct fed sale prices held mostly steady.

The weighted average fed steer price was $116.33 per hundredweight, up nine cents, and heifers were $115.19, down 57 cents.

Most sales were dressed with trade from $194-$196 per cwt. delivered.

Sales totalled 11,912 head, up 50 percent from the previous week.

Most sold.

The Alberta cash-to-futures basis firmed to -$11.02.

Weekly western Canadian fed slaughter to Feb. 2 was 31,542 head, up 18 percent.

Slaughter to date is 18 percent smaller than last year.

Weekly fed cattle exports to Jan. 26 rose 41 percent at 7,422 head.

Packers can’t lift cut-out values, while tight market-ready supplies make it hard to drive cattle lower.

COWS WEAKER Butcher cows fell 50 cents, slipping below year ago levels.

D1, D2 cows ranged $68-$78 per cwt. to average $72.56. D3s ranged $60-$70 to average $65.15.

Rail bids at $140-$145 were steady with the previous week.

For the second week, butcher bull prices rose to $78.12 cwt., up 91 cents.

Weekly non-fed exports to Jan. 26 totalled 7,572 head, down 18 percent.

Nonfed supplies are expected to tighten, which should support a seasonal rally.

FEEDERS HIGHER Auction volumes have been below year ago volumes for three weeks.

Eastern buyers showed interest in short keep feeders last week.

Ontario Stockyards Inc. reported

1,345 sheep and lambs and 45 goats traded Feb. 4. All classes of lambs, good sheep and goats sold were steady.

The Canfax average steer price rose 79 cents, and heifers climbed $1.62.

Tight supply lifted prices with 600-900 pound steers and heifers rising $1.

Stocker values are $17-$25 per cwt. lower than the last year, and interest in buying cattle to put on grass has picked up.

Only steers and heifers 900 lb. and heavier traded lower.

Auction volume was steady at 23,479 head.

Weekly feeder exports to Jan. 26 were 3,565 head, up 36 percent.

Bred cow and heifer prices are running below year ago levels, and some producers might be weighing the economics of trading open heifers for bred females.

However, high barley prices will keep a lid on feeder prices.

The U.S. drought could reduce demand from American buyers.

Building better midge traps.

BEEF LOWER U.S. Choice cutouts fell $1.86 US and Select rose 88 cents.

Reduced slaughter levels and improved demand for middle cuts in coming weeks should help lift prices from the winter doldrums.

Weekly Canadian cutouts to Feb. 1 fell $1.70 Cdn. Montreal wholesale for delivery this week was anticipated steady at $215 per cwt.

The AAA averaged $180 per cwt. and AA $173 in January, down one percent from year ago.

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Editor: Joanne Paulson Phone: 306-665-3537 | Fax: 306-934-2401 E-Mail: joanne.paulson@producer.com

ORGANIC FOOD | EDUCATION

CRAIG’S VIEW

Organic sector must keep claims real, educate public

I

t is good that the Canadian organic movement is talking about the pitfalls of making over-reaching claims about being GM free.

Extravagant claims about purity misinform the public and lead to unrealistic expectations that food can be 100 percent unadulterated. Such faulty thinking can lead to unworkable government regulations, trade barriers and consumer myths that hurt the entire agricultural industry.

Dag Falck of Nature’s Path told the Guelph Organic Conference at the University of Guelph this month that because of the widespread use of genetically modified varieties in major crops such as canola, corn and soybeans, it is impossible for food that contains those ingredients to be totally free of GM content.

“It does not matter how philosophically pure you want to be, it isn’t going to happen….There is no such thing as zero percent of anything.”

The movement needs to do a better job of educating the public about the benefits and limitations of the organic certification process. Simplistic claims that organic food is GM free or pesticide free are misleading and ignore the realities of the modern world.

Organic certification simply means the farmer follows a code of practice and maintains a paper trail that confirms the code has been followed. In Canada, there is no testing to determine what the harvested product actually contains. The integrity of the system largely depends on the integrity of those using it.

The system reduces the exposure of organic crops to GMOs and pesticides, but can’t eliminate them. Pollen from conventional GM crops drifts in the air, as does pesticide residue.

And it is important to recognize the weight of scientific evidence that shows the benefits of an abundant and affordable food supply made possible by today’s technologies vastly outweighs whatever the minuscule danger might be behind such minute residues.

The Canadian government’s organic standard recognizes the limitations of the

organic system, stating it “cannot assure that organic products are entirely free of residues of prohibited substances and other contaminants.”

However, too many organic proponents represent their products inaccurately.

The big U.S. organic and natural food retailer Whole Foods ran into controversy last fall when employees at stores in California were caught on video making untrue blanket claims that its foods have no GMOs, pesticides, growth hormones or preservatives. The chain carries many foods identified as “natural,” which have no defined standards and which do contain GMOs. As well, as already noted, even organic products likely have GMO content.

Over-reaching claims about organic food, as well as implied and overt vilification of the conventional food system, go far beyond Whole Foods, as any internet search will confirm.

By creating false perceptions of 100 percent purity, the organic industry opens itself to consumer backlash and even lawsuits. More importantly, it gives consumers unrealistic expectations about all food, organic and conventional, which prompts them to pressure lawmakers to introduce zero tolerance rules.

An example is the European Union’s unreasonable and unworkable zero tolerance restrictions on Canadian flax. Minuscule traces of a GM variety, Triffid, have almost destroyed a once profitable trade, despite the fact there was never evidence Triffid presented a health danger.

Canada’s government is leading an international effort to create rules for dealing with low-level unintended and unapproved GMO presence in commodity shipments.

Similar thinking is needed throughout the food industry, including the organic sector, that low levels of GMOs are generally unavoidable and should be accommodated.

Bruce Dyck, Terry Fries, Barb Glen, D’Arce McMillan and Joanne Paulson collaborate in the writing of Western Producer editorials.

VALENTINE’S DAY | SYMBOLISM

I don’t understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine’s Day. When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon.

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TRADE | EUROPEAN TALKS

If feds ready to compromise on supply management, where are the signals?

NATIONAL VIEW

BARRY WILSON

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f the supply management system is about to be weakened in the interests of a trade deal with the European Union, Ottawa is doing nothing to prepare the groundwork.

Speculation about a potential deal soared last week following talks between senior Canadian and European politicians in Ottawa.

While the Conservative govern-

ment was typically tight-lipped about the meeting, uttering the usual banalities about no deal that isn’t in the best interests of Canadians, the usually obtuse Europeans were a bit more forthcoming.

“On agricultural issues, we are now in a more realistic zone but we are not there yet,” EU trade spokesperson John Clancy said in a post-meeting statement from Brussels.

What exactly is a “more realistic zone?”

Has Canada signaled that it is prepared to increase dairy product access through tariff rate quota expansion if the Europeans offer more beef and pork access?

Or does it mean that both sides agree that compromise is not possible for domestic political purposes, so let’s move on?

Critics of supply management fervently hope it is the former.

Supply management supporters hope it is the latter.

And with a deal likely to happen this year or not at all, the amazing thing is that no one really knows, or if they do, they are not talking.

If the government is prepared to make cheese access concessions, it would seem politically wise to begin signalling potential change to the politically influential supply management lobbies.

Yet that does not appear to have happened.

Last week, Dairy Farmers of Canada president Wally Smith insisted he has heard nothing.

“We are not privy to any kind of information,” he said during the DFC annual policy conference. “The gov-

ernment is negotiating this deal and they will include us in the conversation when they feel it is necessary.”

Realistically, it would be unwise for the Conservatives to drop a last minute bomb on the sector: we did our best and we know we promised to protect and defend you but listen, Wally, we had to do this for the greater good. The political damage could be substantial.

In 2004, the Conservative breakthrough in rural Ontario came in part because of a Reform-Conservative switch from dogmatic opposition to protectionism to an exception for supply management.

Any hope that the Conservatives have of regaining Quebec traction would be damaged by what could appear to be a last minute betrayal of the sector.

So if the government really is prepared for compromise, the politically astute strategy would be to begin to send out signals to those affected that try to make a silk purse out of a pig’s ear: “Supply management would survive because over-quota tariffs will not be affected and market stability would be retained. Your industry is strong enough to cope with a few percentage points of market penetration by imports.”

It is an argument that could possibly be sold if the dairy and poultry sector leaders had time to prepare their members.

H o w e v e r, a m a r k e t a c c e s s announcement bomb would be politically explosive.

Agriculture minister Gerry Ritz, the keeper of the file, seems more politically astute than that.

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BUDGETS | PRAIRIE PROVINCES

Political battle puts farm bill in crossfire

Belt tightening on the way for provinces

BY ALAN GUEBERT

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or all of last year’s talk in American government circles about completing a farm bill before this year’s spring planting, the message from Congress to farmers now appears to be, “take two aspirins and we’ll call you in June.”

The first part of the message, take two aspirins, is good advice for anyone attempting to sort out the U.S. federal budget process and what it likely means for that country’s farm bill.

Here’s how one of Capitol Hill’s keenest agricultural eyes, Ferd Hoefner, policy director of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, described the upcoming congressional budget round-robin in a January blog post after House Republican leaders announced their plan to raise the federal debt ceiling through mid-May. “If the new plan succeeds (it has; the White House and Senate Democrats agreed to it after Hoefner posted this analysis), there would be a February debate and decision over sequestration, (the acrossthe-board cuts agreed to in the August 2011 budget deal), a March debate and decision over the second half of fiscal year 2013 funding, an April and May debate and decision over a fiscal year 2014 budget resolution (and) another need to raise the debt ceiling (shortly thereafter).”

If you’re keeping score, that’s one sequestration, two fiscal years’ budgets, three debates, three budget agreements and one “need” to raise the debt limit again by Memorial Day.

Crop insurance is one program the U.S. Congress will not cut in the next farm bill. | FILE PHOTO Gee, what could go wrong with that plan?

Yet this is the legislative tango at the top of the congressional dance card, said Hoefner, who has watched farm bills for 35 years.

These intricate steps promise a “continuing process of governing by manufactured crisis after manufactured crisis,” he wrote, which will put off any “markup of a new farm bill (to) “late May or June at the earliest.”

However this tactic of three more months of gun barrel talks rests

almost entirely on the idea that a majority of American voters want every federal agency, program and farm subsidy cut without fail or favour.

Do they?

They had better be because if House Republican leaders are to be taken at their word, that’s the way they see this three-step, three-month battle ending.

Moreover, to make certain they have voters’ attention, House Republican leaders also announced they would approve a 10-year balanced budget bill.

If that, too, is to be taken seriously, that means other tough nuts, such as social security reform, Medicare cuts, the Pentagon budget and more farm program spending, will be on the butcher block even as Congress fights it out in current budget and debt limit talks.

One thing that won’t be cut in these knife fights is crop insurance. It somehow (no one remembers how, exactly) received White House protection in the August 2011 budget deal.

Direct payment schemes and conservation programs, however, would likely be sliced $4 billion and $2.4 billion, respectively, in a new 10-year farm bill.

House leaders had to gulp, though, when Senate Democrats and the White House quickly agreed to the debt extension deal.

They agreed because they knew that not even the tiniest element of the Republicans’ big plans would survive a full House vote without Democratic votes.

As such, they, not Republican bosses, hold the key to any final deal.

What that means is that rather than work out any debt-budgetentitlement reform package this month, and possibly a farm bill as well, Congress will waste another three months dancing around “manufactured crisis after manufactured crisis.”

And that carries the very real possibility of no 2013 farm bill in July, but another 2008 farm bill extension in September.

Alan Guebert is an Illinois-based agricultural columnist.

GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS | ERRONEOUS CLAIMS

Fighting for the hearts and minds of consumers HURSH ON AG

KEVIN HURSH

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arning,” said the Feb. 7 news release. “Your Valentine’s Day treats may be filled with GMOs.” The release was from GMO Inside, a coalition of businesses and organizations that support “a healthy GMOfree food system.” This latest campaign is an effort to get Hershey and Mars to label GMOs in chocolates and other candy or remove GMOs completely.

Ingredients from genetically modified crops would seem to be the least of your worries if you’re eating lots of chocolates and candies, but the antiGMO zealots like to aim their guns at specific targets.

“Genetically modified organisms have never been proven safe for consumption, and a growing body of studies is raising concerns about the health effects of eating them,” said the news release.

“GMOs are also increasing the use of toxic herbicides and causing harm to farmers in the U.S. and abroad.”

What a patently false load of crap.

No credible safety concerns have materialized after billions of meals containing GM food have been served around the world over the last 17 years. The few studies raising alarms have been solidly debunked.

GM crops have much more stringent regulatory requirements than crops derived by regular plant breeding. In fact, regulations are so onerous and time-consuming that only large companies with deep pockets can afford to play the game.

As for the claim that GMOs increase the use of herbicides, this is also untrue. Herbicide use may be rising, but without GM crops the rate of increase would be far higher and many of the products used would be more expensive and troublesome.

Many experts believe GM crop development is humanity’s most important tool for sustainably feeding a growing world population.

So why don’t we just tell consumers the truth? Why is it so difficult for science and common sense to prevail?

Saskatchewan Agriculture recently organized an Ag Awareness Summit.

Participants say it was well-attended and thought-provoking. Many producer groups have consumer awareness initiatives, but activities are not as co-ordinated as they might be.

However, it’s a mistake to believe that getting the agriculture message to the general public is a simple task.

First of all, even within agriculture we don’t all agree on the message.

For instance, organic farmers and organizations such as the National Farmers Union often speak out against GM crops. Even when we can agree, our messaging can fall short.

To its credit, the livestock industry is developing codes of practice in an effort to be proactive rather than reactive. Unfortunately, the nonfarming public is so ignorant of where their food comes from that it

can be almost impossible to meet their expectations.

And what will receive the most media attention and consumer notice: a detailed, science-based code of practice for raising cattle or undercover video of alleged mistreatment?

There’s now social media, and we can Tweet and Facebook to our heart’s content, but will this reach the target audience? I don’t follow the tweets of the twits who misrepresent agriculture. I suspect they don’t follow mine, either. It’s a world where public opinion can turn on the latest proclamation from Queen Oprah or the newest book that tells the evils of eating wheat.

Yes, agricultural awareness is an important task for everyone involved in the industry. We need co-ordinated approaches and ongoing commitments. But we shouldn’t fool ourselves. This isn’t a short skirmish. It will be a long-term, uphill battle.

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

EDITORIAL NOTEBOOK

JOANNE PAULSON, EDITOR

D

oug Horner, Alberta’s finance minister, is on the record saying there will be no tax increases and no new sales tax in the province’s March 7 budget.

However, he admits this budget is “not going to be fun.” No kidding.

Alberta oil has been selling at about $42 per barrel less than U.S. crude, and that yawning gap is going to take a big bite out of the government’s royalties.

Making things more difficult is the fact that the province’s stabilization fund is exactly half what it was only two years ago. It’s really nice to have $7.5 billion in the bank, but $15 billion is better, especially when your budget totals $41 billion. Borrowing looms.

Alberta must push through new pipelines to become competitive in the oil sector again or this sub-par price is going to continue. Pipelines are not built in a day, so building a budget could be tricky for at least another year or two.

Furthermore, Alberta has more competition coming on from the United States, so transporting oil easily and relatively cheaply is going to be increasingly important.

Falling oil prices are also hitting Saskatchewan’s books, but the difference in impact is huge. The so-called bitumen bubble could drag Alberta down by $4 billion, while Saskatchewan’s revenues are expected to be down $300 million.

Premier Brad Wall says Saskatchewan is in better shape than Alberta because of its more diversified mix of resources. It’s a good point, but potash and uranium, two of those royalty-paying industries, are also seeing lower prices and lower demand.

Still, it beats relying on oil.

Meanwhile, in Manitoba, finance minister Stan Struthers has said that in a time of global economic uncertainty, “it is important to keep focused on responsible fiscal management.”

It looks like we can expect three pretty austere March budgets. However, the Saskatchewan and Manitoba governments may be in slightly better shape politically than Alberta’s, which is governing a culture that resists tax increases more than most. That budget will be the hardest to sell.

It’s a good thing agriculture is looking promising, not that it will help make up for the royalty problem.

And if things don’t improve by March 2014, here’s a prediction: Alberta will join the rest of Canada with a provincial sales tax. It may not have a choice.

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To the Editor:

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Publication of a letter does not imply endorsement by the Producer.

I suppose the quoting of Gerry Ritz directly is the best way to show the incapacity and bluster of this poor selection of an agriculture minister.

His great line, “We run under the basis of marketplace, not mailbox,” should be greeted with a response of how that is not hypocritical, when a huge chunk of agriculture — namely the dairy, egg, chicken and turkey industry — has little connection to the much-vaunted free market.

In that sector, the consumer is gouged with set prices in the greatest scheme since Karl Marx was a lad.

Next thing he will be preaching is

that this government-controlled system is good for consumers, unlike those other commodity areas such as pork, beef, grains and oilseeds.

Those poor producers need to be free to see “market signals” and “let people adapt and forward think and plan what they need to do.”

Douglas Taylor, Edmonton, Alta.

CONTROLLING THE MONEY To the Editor: If one is interested in reading how our economy can run smoothly, check in on J. Ken Galbraith.

In his book Money, Where It Came, Where It Went, Galbraith went back in time identifying what people have used as currency, including wampum and even cigarettes.

He reviewed the effect money has had on our economic system. He also covered what politicians have done or not done to control the economy.

At the end of the book, he has an interesting conclusion. Politicians, who claim to be friendly to the capitalist system and corporations, are reluctant to pass legislation or set regulations to make the system run efficiently.

There are political parties, which if they formed government, would pass legislation and set regulations making the capitalist system work better, pre-

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venting inflation and recessions.

As Galbraith pointed out, the irony is, conservatives and corporations do their best to prevent the election of governments who would do a better job of making the “free enterprise” system run properly.

Lorne Jackson, Riverhurst, Sask.

BURNING ALTERNATIVE To the Editor: I moved from Alberta and lived in Manitoba, near Winnipeg, for 24 years. It always dismayed me that Manitoba farmers burn their stubble in the fall.

I do realize that most of the soil, especially in southern regions, is heavy clay. However, there is an alternative to burning stubble every fall.

It is as simple as farmers attaching a straw choppe r to the rear of their combines. It chops up the straw into manageable particles that can be cultivated, disced or tilled into the clay in the fall after harvest.

That would not involve more work because the field will then be partially prepared for seeding in the spring.

Using a straw chopper would have double benefits. The straw particles mixed in the soil will keep the clay loosened and add nutrients.

Most importantly, the health of people would be less at risk from smoke inhalation and health care costs would be reduced.

Also, what impression do tourists have when they innocently drive into a haze of foul-smelling, eye-burning smoke when they approach the capital city of Winnipeg? Not a very good one, I suspect.

When I lived in Manitoba, I would never head west or south in the fall, for business or holidays. I would also warn and tell out-of-province people not to come to Manitoba if they were heading in from the south or the west during the fall because of the stubble burning smoke.

I have retired and moved back to Alberta, but I have family and many friends still in Manitoba. I return to Manitoba at least once a year to visit, but never in the fall because of the stubble burning.

Lynn Link, Spruce Grove, Alta.

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FREE MARKET? To the Editor: In several media releases, minister of agriculture Gerry Ritz is espousing the virtues of “marketing freedom.” It appears he is still in the honeymoon state of marketing freedom.

Mr. Ritz should go undercover … and take a load of wheat to the elevator and see how the grain companies operate. Some of the grain companies’ favourite quotes are as follows: • Sorry, no room for the No. 2 wheat you have on your truck but we do have lots of room for No. 3.

• Sorry, no room for CWB wheat. We are taking our own wheat contracts first.

• Why sell to the CWB when you can get paid all your money up front?

• Sorry, dry wheat is now 14 percent so we have to discount it.

• You didn’t buy any of your inputs

OPINION from us. We have to serve other customers first.

• Sorry, no extra money for wheat with protein values over 13.5 percent.

• How many tonnes of this grain do you have for sale?

• Sorry, only semi loads, no smaller grain trucks.

• What’s the Canadian Grain Commission?

• If you have concerns about the wording of our contract, you don’t have to deal with us. The next elevator is only 80 miles down the road.

Gerry and his Conservative government have taken my choice — single desk CWB — and my freedom away from me and given all the powers, rules and regulations to the multinational grain companies.

They are taking money from producers’ pockets to reward shareholders under this “new marketing freedom.”

The Conservatives have turned us back over 100 years to an archaic “open

market,” which is a financial abuse to producers under the so-called new name “marketing freedom.”

Eric Sagan, Melville, Sask.

several hours from when the ambulance is called in my area due to lack of funding and lack of staff. An air ambulance can help save the lives of people in communities that are more isolated than Mr. Neufeld.

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Ben Settler, Lucky Lake, Sask.

To the Editor:

ALFALFA MORATORIUM

If I am not mistaken, the Jan. 24 issue marks the second time that Mr. Henry Neufeld of Waldeck, Sask., has written in to complain about the STARS air ambulance. Perhaps he feels it is an unnecessary expense, given that he lives all of about 20 kilometres from the emergency room in Swift Current.

However, those of us who are not so geographically blessed are extremely glad to have access to this service.

Time to hospital can be upwards of

To the Editor: Monsanto is currently attempting to make its Roundup Ready alfalfa the first genetically modified perennial planted in Canada.

After five years of lawsuits, the sale and growth of genetically modified alfalfa was approved unconditionally by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Jan. 27, 2011.

Genetically modified alfalfa has

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been grown for the past two seasons in the United States.

Now, Wisconsin-based Forage Genetics International plans the wide-scale selling of Monsanto’s genetically modified alfalfa seeds in Ontario and Quebec as early as the 2013 growing season.

This would be the first wide-scale sale and growth of genetically modified alfalfa seeds in Canada.

The introduction of genetically modified alfalfa has the ability to wipe out the entire foundation of organic and non-genetically modified agriculture. Alfalfa is a staple livestock feed. It is a crop often used by farmers during the three-year field transition from conventional to organic farming.

Alfalfa also becomes essential in the crop rotation once a farm becomes organic because, as a nitrogen-fixer, it naturally fertilizes the soil.

Contamination by feral, perennial, widely cross-pollinating GM alfalfa

would be devastating to organic and non-GM agriculture. It would particularly affect organic/non-GM meat, dairy, eggs, and honey.

The results of an unprecedented two-year animal feeding trial, released in September 2012, found that lab rats fed genetically modified corn as well as glyphosate residue — the primary ingredient in Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup — developed high incidences of tumours, multiple organ damage and premature death.

No genetically modified animal feeding trials have been done up to this point for longer than 90 days.

We are calling for an immediate moratorium on the sale, planting, and growth of genetically modified alfalfa in Canada ahead of the 2013 growing season.

Jillian MacPherson, Carievale, Sask.

IDLE NO MORE | UNDERSTANDING

An opportunity to build peace SPIRITUAL VIGNETTES

JOYCE SASSE

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ow many of us have shaken the hand of an aboriginal neighbour? How many of us know each others’ names?

The Idle No More movement initiated by aboriginal women and students called on indigenous people to learn their traditions, culture and history to better understand who they are and what they have to offer the larger society. With the blessing of their elders and leaders, they wish to achieve their objectives by peaceful means.

We all need to realize we are treaty people. Through our ancestors we have made commitments to each other. However, realizing these possibilities has often been interfered with.

Fear, uncertainty and greed have resulted in intolerance and racism.

All of us have opportunity in the coming year to open ourselves to learn from and about each other.

Maybe we may feel we are risking our known reality, but it could be that, right here in the neighbourhood, we can find ourselves enriched.

A handful of women elders have gifted me with their friendship and wisdom over the years. A lecture on The Old Testament of Native North America by Steven Charleston has informed my theology. The story behind the hymn Many and Great, O God, are Thy Gifts triggered tears of anger and faithfulness.

Today in church the story was told of a youngster who lived near a reserve. When her grandfather said he was going to the reserve on a business matter, she asked to go along.

On the way home, she asked where the Indians were.

“That’s who we’ve been visiting,” Granddad replied.

“But they all are people,” she said.

Out of the mouths of babes.

Joyce Sasse writes for the Canadian Rural Church Network at www.canadian ruralchurch.net.

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PASTURES | TRANSITION

Sask. gov’t releases timetable for pastures Community pastures transferred to provincial management will be sold or leased to patrons

BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Patrons of federal community pastures in Saskatchewan now know when their pastures are slated to be turned over to the province and ultimately to them.

A tentative transition schedule for all 60 pastures has been developed, and letters were sent to patrons a couple of weeks ago.

Provincial agriculture minister Lyle Stewart said the patrons had asked for a schedule so that they could better plan for the future.

“The schedule also helps both levels of government prioritize the transition of each pasture,” he said in a statement.

About 200 federal employees are affected by the transition, including pasture managers, riders, biologists and range ecologists.

Ottawa said last spring that it would no longer manage the pastures. Most of the land goes back to the province under a decades-old reversionary clause in the agreement between the two governments.

The province has said it will sell or lease the pastures to the patrons. The schedule sets out the last year the federal government will operate a

particular pasture.

The first 10 slated to go after the 2013 grazing season were announced last fall: Estevan-Cambria, Excel, Fairview, Ituna-Bon Accord, Key West, Lone Tree, McCraney, Newcombe, Park and Wolverine.

According to the list obtained from the province, the others will transition as follows. The year indicates the last grazing season under federal management: 2014: Brokenshell #1 and #2, Coalfields, Foam Lake, Gull Lake, Hearts Hill, Hillsburgh, Kelvington, The Gap, Royal and Usborne.

2015: Elbow, Garry, Hazel Dell, Monet, Mount Hope-Prairie Rose, Paynton, Shamrock, Tecumseh, Willner and Wreford-Nokomis.

2016: Battle River-Cutknife, Caledonia-Elmsthorpe, Coteau, Dundurn, Lomond #3, Masefield, Meeting Lake, Progress, Rudy Rosedale and Spiritwood.

2017: Auvergne-Wise Creek, Battle Creek, Beaver Valley, Big Stick, Bitter Lake, Eagle Lake, Kindersley-Elma, Laurier, Lomond #1, Mantario, Mariposa, Montrose, Nashlyn, Oakdale, Reno #1 and #2, Swift Current-Webb, Val Marie and Wellington.

The schedule for the transfer of community pastures from federal to provincial management will begin later this year and continue until 2017. | FILE PHOTO The Cote-San Clara and Spy HillEllice pastures are located on the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border and have not yet been scheduled for transition.

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As well, the Govenlock pasture in southwestern Saskatchewan has not been scheduled because it is federally owned and not subject to the reversionary clause.

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SASKATCHEWAN | ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES

Plan for electoral boundaries riles some MPs Larger rural ridings | Commissioner says ridings would be too large for MPs to properly serve their constituents

BY BARRY WILSON OTTAWA BUREAU

A proposal from a non-partisan commission on how Saskatchewan’s federal electoral boundaries should be redrawn in time for the October 2015 election has ignited an intensely political battle in Ottawa.

It could lead to fiery Parliament Hill hearings this spring and the possibility that the Conservative majority could reject the report and send it back for revision.

At the core of the controversy is the issue of how to balance the growing populations in Saskatchewan’s major cities with the province’s rural residents.

In recent elections, the four seats in both Saskatoon and Regina have been a rural-urban blend that has seen rural votes counterbalance urban votes and several close Conservative election victories.

The majority of the three-person electoral commission — justice Ronald Mills and University of Saskatchewan political scientist John Courtney — has recommended three strictly urban seats in Saskatoon, two in Regina and one blended rural urban seat in Regina.

It would mean two fewer seats for the cities. The remaining eight provincial seats would be large mainly rural ridings.

The third commissioner, Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities president David Marit, filed an unprecedented minority report arguing for maintaining the tradition of blended rural-urban ridings.

Marit urged the parliamentary committee that will review the recommendations to reject the Saskatchewan report and send it back to the commission for a compromise.

He has some MP support.

“I certainly will be presenting to the committee to argue it be sent back because this does not represent the views of local people,” SaskatoonHumboldt Conservative MP Brad Trost said.

He expects committee hearings to be held in March. The new boundaries must be ratified by June.

Based on the 2011 census, the new national electoral map will include 30 new Commons seats from fast

growing British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario suburban areas as well as a few additional seats in Quebec to meet historical rules about Quebec’s share of representation.

The Saskatchewan proposal is the most controversial. A similar suggestion a decade ago from a unanimous commission was killed in part because rural ridings would become much bigger and unwieldy for MPs to service.

This time, the two majority report commissioners acknowledged that most provincial voter reaction was negative, but insisted that city voters should have some strictly urban seats because their interests no longer coincide with surrounding rural areas.

“Within cities, many who once lived on farms or in small towns or villages no longer have any connection to rural or agricultural life,” they wrote. “Residents who move from other parts of the country or the world have little understanding of Saskatchewan’s rural way of life.”

Marit rejects that argument.

He said in an interview that there still are commercial, family and cultural connections between the cities and their surrounding rural communities.

As well, the resulting rural ridings would be too large and disconnected to have any common interests. He lives in the Grasslands riding that under the new boundaries would take seven hours to drive across.

“How can an MP connect with his communities when there are those distances?” he said.

In his dissenting report, the longtime rural politician predicted that larger rural ridings with new boundaries and communities with little connection would discourage residents from voting in 2015.

“At a time when it is difficult to encourage voter turnout, changing the boundaries so drastically and causing voter confusion will only diminish that turnout.”

Longtime Regina Liberal Ralph Goodale has supported the proposed boundaries, but Marit said he hopes most MPs reject them.

Conservative MPs seem prepared to do that.

THE IMPACT OF BOUNDARIES If the proposed new federal election boundaries had been imposed for the 2011 election, some ridings could have had different results. For example, SaskatoonRosetown-Biggar NDP candidate Nettie Wiebe may have defeated Conservative Kelly Block if the riding was entirely urban, where Wiebe’s support was strongest.

Top three vote counts for Saskatoon and Regina ridings during the 2011 election: • Regina-Lumsden-Lake Centre: Tom Lukiwski (C) ............ 18,076 Brian Skylar (NDP) ........... 12,518 Monica Lysack (L) ............. 2,467

• Saskatoon-Wanuskewin: Maurice Vellacott (C) ....... 21,183 John Parry (NDP) .............. 11,395 Patricia Zipchen (L) .......... 2,428

• Regina-Qu’Appelle: Andrew Scheer (C) .......... 15,896 Fred Clipsham (NDP) ........ 11,419 Jackie Miller (L) ................ 1,400

• Saskatoon-Humboldt: Brad Trost (C) ................. 19,954 Denise Kouri (NDP) .......... 13,271 Darren Hill (L) .................... 3,013

• Palliser: Ray Boughen (C) ............. 15,850 Noah Evanchuk (NDP) ..... 15,084 Russ Collicott (L) ............... 1,797

• Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar: Kelly Block (C) ................. 14,652 Nettie Wiebe (NDP) .......... 14,114 Lee Reaney (L) ..................... 697

• Wascana: Ralph Goodale (L) ............ 15,823 Ian Shields (C) ................. 14,291 Marc Spooner (NDP) .......... 7,681

• Blackstrap: Lynne Yelich (C) .............. 23,280 Darien Moore (NDP) ......... 15,769 Deborah Walker (L) ............ 2,713 Source: Government of Canada | WP GRAPHIC

SASKATCHEWAN’S NEW FEDERAL BOUNDARIES PROPOSAL The Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Saskatchewan submitted a report in the House of Commons on Jan. 28 redrawing the province’s federal electoral boundaries. If passed, there would be two fewer seats held by MPs in Saskatoon and Regina, while the remaining eight provincial seats would be large mainly rural ridings. | MICHELLE HOULDEN GRAPHIC SASKATOON — proposed new federal ridings

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ALBERTA | SNOW PACK REPORT

Snow pack report triggers optimism for spring seeding Soil moisture | The central Peace region has an abundance of snow while warm weather has melted most of the snow around Lethbridge and Taber

BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

The snow that has accumulated this winter over most of Alberta bodes well for soil moisture conditions this spring.

However, anything can happen between now and planting time.

Those are two key messages Alberta Agriculture agro-meteorologist Ralph Wright delivered via recent snow pack reports and a later interview.

“Generally speaking, most of the province north of the Trans-Canada Highway has had near normal or above normal precipitation over the winter,” Wright said.

“It will all translate into moisture in the spring,” he added, though weather will play its usual starring role.

“The nice thing is, there’s no real dry pattern in the province now except for perhaps the south. But this is southern Alberta, right? Trying to assess snow packs relative to normal is pretty tricky business.”

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1.5 metres have snow at depths that occur only once every six to 12 years, according to his data.

Snow pack levels are near once-in50-year highs across the Swan Hills in northwestern Alberta and in parts of the Clear Hills, with snow 1.5 metres deep in some places.

These average to high snowfalls have been accompanied by relatively mild temperatures and few extended cold periods across the province, said Wright.

He noted in his Jan. 30 report that most of Alberta has had a mild winter.

It has been warmest in the western half.

Above zero temperatures and chi-

nook winds had melted most of the snow in the Lethbridge and Taber areas in early February.

Wright said the relevance of a snow pack report as a gauge of spring moisture can be tenuous because weather is unpredictable.

“I think they’re fairly relevant in the fact that it sure is nice to have moisture on the ground. Whether or not that’s going to carry over to being available to the little tiny roots that are popping up at the end of May, that’s another question,” he said.

“But it’s certainly a lot better story than having no snow cover. At least the odds are getting stacked in our favour, for whatever that’s worth. If nothing else, optimism is a great thing to have.”

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SUGAR BEETS | SOUTHERN ALBERTA

Sugar beet farmer wins top producer title for ’12 Good weather gets credit | Bill Tamminga produced 35.09 tonnes per acre last year, which came close to the record

BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Victory is sweet for Bill Tamminga of Taber, Alta.

The farmer was recently named the top sugar beet producer of 2012 for achieving a yield of 35.09 tonnes per acre, which came close to the record of 35.6 tonnes set in 2006.

His secret?

“I think (it was) the beautiful summer. We were blessed with a lot of nice weather, that was the main thing,” said Tamminga.

Crop rotation was also key, he added.

He grew 160 of the 30,512 sugar beet acres planted in southern Alberta last year. About 2,000 of those acres had to be replanted after a May frost, but those at Tamminga Farms escaped damage.

“We seeded early and I think they were just big enough to withstand the light frost that we had. And we had a beautiful stand, too.”

Tamminga is no stranger to agricultural awards. He has also won McCain’s top potato producer title several times.

He plans to seed the same number of acres to beets this spring and has already prepared the seed bed.

Ridging the soil in fall and then planting beets into the ridges in spring limits soil disturbance that can quickly dry the seedbed. Beets are seeded only half an inch deep.

However, Tamminga gives much of the credit for his farming success to a higher power.

“We just plant and God makes it grow. It’s all Him. Sometimes you think you’re doing the right thing and it works out opposite, but this year He blessed it and it was good.”

Vanessa Bastura, an agriculturist with Lantic Inc., which operates the Taber sugar factory and contracts all Alberta sugar beet acres, said last year’s crop was excellent overall.

Growers harvested 827,434 tonnes of beets, which have a factory calculated average sugar content of 19.1 percent, according to processing statistics compiled Jan. 29.

By that date the Taber factory had produced 110,216 tonnes of sugar and an average of 155.2 kilograms per tonne processed.

Bastura said grower prowess, improved technology and Roundup Ready beet varieties have contributed to higher yields.

“The yields are climbing up,” she said.

“If you look at the Beet King trophy … I was looking at some of the yields in the past that qualified for overall Beet King and they were in the low 20s.… Now we’re talking about 35 (tonnes per acre).”

Growers will enter the second year of a three-year contract with Lantic this year, so there is no contract negotiation pressure, she added.

“We’re seeing a lot of growers investing in equipment this year, which is nice. Guys … are getting new stuff because they’re happy with the yields and happy with the price.”

Processing of last year’s crop is expected to be complete by Feb. 15.

As of last week, beets remained at the Vauxhall and Burdett dumping stations, as well as at the factory site

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However, heat in July and August led the way to good yields. Beet harvest started Sept. 19 and ended Nov. 12 with some interruptions by snow, frost and mud.

Other producers in the top 10 included Rienk Vanderhoek (34.06 tonnes per acre), Egeland Farms (33.10), Andrew Van Hal and Ridgeland Acres (33.02), Randy Waddle (32.98), Frank Young (32.74), P & F Farms (32.66), David Lauwen (32.31), Zeimak Farms (32.19) and Marleen Lauwen (32.15.)

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FARMTECH | AFRICA

Australian farmer breaks new ground in Kenya Making small farms work | Stuart Barden believes he can boost grain production in a low rainfall area of Africa

BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

EDMONTON — There is more to farming than the treadmill of getting continually larger and racing to stay financially afloat, an Australian farmer recently told a group of cutting edge farmers in Alberta.

Stuart Barden, a self-professed “super optimist,” said the race to be bigger and more efficient was beginning to wear him down.

“We were going ahead, but it was taking its toll, particularly on my encouragement,” Barden told a meeting held during FarmTech 2013.

“In Australia, sometimes we felt we were going so flat out trying to do every cutting edge thing we could.

We realized there is a fork in the road and we need to go left.”

Barden left the 31,000 acre family farm in Australia and moved his family to Kenya, where they carved a 3,000 acre farm out of scrub and hope to establish small plot research trials to show farming can be viable in the country’s low rainfall area.

“I knew there was a purpose that wasn’t limited to Australia,” he said.

“I’ve done the 30 odd thousand acres in Australia and I don’t want to go there again. That is not what we’re about,” said Barden, who traveled the world in 2009 on a Nuffield Scholarship looking at farming in low-rainfall areas of the world.

The tour led him to his farm south of Nairobi in a country that is smaller than Alberta but with a population of 43 million and 40 percent unemployment.

He said the region has the potential to grow crops consistently. It receives an average of 500 millimetres of rain a year, falling erratically and in “big lumps.”

Barden leased 3,000 acres from a 22,000-acre wildlife conservancy in

An Australian farmer who is convinced he can make grain farming work in Kenya also wants to show the country’s small farmers that they can do the same. | FILE PHOTO 2011 and hired 220 local residents to clear 2,200 acres of bush that will become his family’s new farm.

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later this year to showcase agriculture for small farmers.

Barden held several field days in the first year showing how his cropping

methods using zero till and controlled traffic farming preserve rainfall and improve water infiltration.

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ment, it won’t work without zero till.

It may work without (controlled traffic farming), but it probably won’t, but the zero till is a no brainer. Without that, the system won’t work,” he said.

“Our smallholder neighbours, half the time, are starving to death. We’ve seen what that system will do and that’s not much.”

His sorghum crop ranged from three to 70 bushels per acre in the first year, depending on how much the birds ate. Changes to seeding dates may reduce the number of birds attracted to his fields.

Barden said the potential for grain production in East Africa is significant, and his goal is to show that agriculture can work in Kenya’s lowrain area.

As his main farm becomes self sufficient over the next year, Barden wants to show small crop farmers that some of the tools from his commercial farm can be used on their small plot holdings.

He expects the main farm to be commercially viable within the year, but the family still relies on equity from the Australian farm to operate the one in Kenya.

“You certainly wouldn’t go there if money was your motivation. You’d need another motivation. I don’t think that’s a big enough motivation to get you over the hurdles.”

Barden, 43, knew that if he wanted to make a change in his life, he needed to move while he was still young and full of energy and enthusiasm.

“What we’re doing in Kenya is a bit like a runaway Billy cart,” he said.

“We’re on it, there’s no getting off.

We’re on the track. There is really no option but to make it work. We’ve staked a lot of our capital and drawn equity from our Australia property.

We need to be profitable. We have a high motivation to succeed.”

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SPECIAL DELIVERY | VALENTINE’S DAY

Post office job a labour of Love Welcome to Love, Sask. | Letters and tourists flock from around the world to get a little bit of Love

BY KAREN MORRISON SASKATOON NEWSROOM

LOVE, Sask. — They come in all sizes and colours of envelopes, boxes a n d b u b b l e d p a c k a g e s, s o m e adorned with exotic characters and symbols from faraway lands. They include wedding invitations, valentines and letters, some pre-stamped or stuffed with money or redemption coupons for postage.

Their destination is a tool shedsized post office in northeastern Saskatchewan and their common goal is to receive the coveted teddy bear cancellation stamp that links them forever with Love.

Recently, the famous post office added a second cancellation stamp adorned with a heart and the words, “love at first site.”

Connie Black-Sturby, Canada Post’s postmaster in the village, works from a white-sided building with scarcely enough room for a second office chair, but she’s not complaining about cramped quarters.

“This is like a dream job. You never know who will come through the door,’ she said.

There was the couple from Haiti and another from Wales, hunters from Wisconsin and two youths from Austria. All visitors are recorded in a guest book.

People from around the world share their stories with her.

An 80-year-old Kingston, Ont., man living in a care home apart from his wife of 54 years asked Black-Sturby to forward his valentine card with the Love mark to his sweetheart.

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the postmaster to sign and address a card to his secret admirer.

Black-Sturby said China is especially fond of Love, showing a letter that reads, “We’re thirsty for your postmark and the postcard.”

A Saskatoon man mailed her $5, writing, “please post this letter from Love, Sask., with this money and take your valentine for coffee.”

Ontario schoolchildren sent cards they designed themselves, ready to

be mailed with Love stamps.

Black-Sturby said her office’s mail volume surges from January through March.

A world map beside the service counter is dotted with hearts show-

ing where letters have come from and stars indicating where letters were mailed to.

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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: The tiny Love, Sask., post office receives a deluge of mail around Valentine’s Day. Connie Black-Sturby uses hearts and stars to pinpoint where letters come from and where they are going.

A letter from China and locally designed postcard get the much-loved teddy bear cancellation stamp. | KAREN MORRISON PHOTOS

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She loves the attention and doesn’t much mind the extra work and meticulous recordkeeping for Canada Post.

She gets some help from a daughter, who is creating a scrapbook from the notes her mother has received and helps adorn the office with flourishes of red and pink for the season.

Black-Sturby has lost track of the number of times she has had to pay out of pocket when letter senders were short on postage.

“I didn’t tally it because I think it would scare me,” she said.

She often encloses a personal note or a postcard designed by a local resident if corresponding with senders.

“This is just so much fun,” she said.

“No one should be short Love on Valentine’s Day.” Black-Sturby, who operates a mixed farm at Gronlid with her husband, said the exposure is good for Love.

“Any type of awareness about our area increases our volume,” she said.

The post office services 84 boxes, the village of 57 residents and an area stretching to Torch River.

It’s not the only such post office in Canada linked to Feb. 14, with SaintValentin, Que., and Cupids and Heart’s Content, N.L., also vying for valentines at this time of year.

Joelle Hamilton of Canada Post said the mail service helps make someone’s Valentine’s Day special.

“Whether you’ve been with someone for a year or 30 years, sending a card through Love, Sask., is a great way of showing them that you still love them,” she said. “It’s just a bit of fun.”

Visitors come to Love to post letters but also to drive past street signs such as Lovers Lane and Pucker Up Alley and a pole with glowing hearts beside the town office.

Mayor Valerie Rodgers said Love was named for train conductor Tom Love and recognized as a village in 1945.

A more colourful version of its origins depicts two young lovers on the railway tracks who were “up to hanky panky,” she said.

Rodgers said former postmaster Pauline McKinnon hatched the idea for a special cancellation stamp for the village post office in 1993. McKinnon also operated a gift shop and arts and crafts barn.

Weighing diet risks, benefits

Love’s newest cancellation stamp. | CANADA POST ILLUSTRATION “She really promoted it and got it going,” said Rodgers, noting that the “bubbly” Black-Sturby continues the work as an enthusiastic Love promoter.

“They knew Love was unique and what better way to promote our community and businesses than through our post office,” she said.

Love, nestled in nearby forest, lake and farm country, celebrates the month of hearts with its annual Valentine Winter Festival, which attracts 500 people to participate in events ranging from pillow fights and a sweetheart couple contest to smoosh races and mail bag races as well as a dance and pancake breakfast.

Love’s Staggerin Bar and Grill decorates its peanut bar for the occasion and offers specials, said owner Judy Arcand.

“Everyone loves to come here,” she said.

HEALTH CLINIC

CLARE ROWSON, MD

If you are taking aspirin for good medical reasons, you should continue to do so. The benefits could outweigh the risks.

Q:

I find it confusing as to whether taking certain supplements, vitamins or food are good for you or maybe do more harm than good. I have heard recently that aspirin can be bad for your eyes. I have to take one a day to keep my blood thin to prevent heart attacks. Should I stop taking it?

Some rural parents face long drives to place their children in daycare. | FILE ILLUSTRATION

A: CHILD CARE | RURAL OPTIONS

The long road to find quality rural child care Resources needed | Parents form daycare boards, explore options

BY RON FRIESEN FREELANCE WRITER

OAK RIVER, Man. — Marnie McLean used to drive her preschool children to daycare in Hamiota, 15 minutes from her southwestern Manitoba farm. Then she returned home to work in the office of the family seed business.

At the end of the day, it was back to pick up the kids at the only licensed daycare centre in the area.

McLean and her husband, Eric, won’t have to make the Hamiota run any more.

The local elementary school in Oak River, which was in danger of closing because of low enrolment, is being renovated to accommodate a licensed daycare space for 12 children, including McLean’s.

It opened with a temporary licence Feb. 4.

Carla Cook of Reston, Man., isn’t as fortunate.

When her maternity leave ends in May, she’ll have to drive half an hour to Redvers, Sask., to deliver her two small girls to daycare while she works at the local co-op.

“I hate having them on the road for an hour a day but it’s the only option I have,” said Cook. “At least we’re in the same town together.”

Cook and McLean are two of many rural Manitoba working parents who struggle to find daycare services for their children.

McLean is fortunate that the Oak River daycare is a satellite of the Hamiota Kids Club, which acts as a hub for child care centres in the area. By starting under someone else’s umbrella, a lot of the organizational legwork has already been done.

Cook and her husband, Dallas, have to begin from scratch. Reston has struggled for more than 25 years to establish a local daycare and finding a suitable facility and raising enough money have always been difficult.

Two years ago, Cook and other local residents formed the Reston and Area Daycare Board. Mem-

bers are looking at renovating an empty elementary school purchased by the local municipality for a community centre.

The main problem is funding. The daycare board has raised $50,000, but renovating the building to meet provincial standards could cost $250,000 or more. A new building is estimated at $400,000.

There are provincial grants available for establishing daycares.

Under a five-year program launched in 2007-08, a $37 million Family Choices Building Fund supports the establishment of new child care centres, using surplus school space and other facilities.

Margaret Ferniuk, Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care director, said 123 capital projects are being supported throughout the province. About half are located outside Winnipeg and Brandon. Of the 123 projects, 60 are brand new centres.

Ferniuk said rural communities lacking resources for daycare centres can choose other options, such as group family child care in private residences meeting legislated standards.

In all, Manitoba has 1,059 licensed early learning and child care facilities, 444 of them outside major urban centres.

Doug Chorney, Keystone Agriculture Producers president, said daycares play an important role in promoting farm safety. Small children are often injured or killed by farm machinery or livestock.

Cook also considers daycare essential for attracting young families to rural communities. Located in Manitoba’s oil patch, Reston has employment opportunities for tradespeople, but lack of daycare is an obstacle.

“We have a community that wants to grow and expand. But people who want to come here can’t because there’s no daycare,” she said.

“If we don’t provide services for young people, they are going to go elsewhere.”

A daily small dose of aspirin is often recommended to prevent blood clots and embolisms in people who may be at risk.

Researchers in Sydney, Australia, have studied a group of people ages 55 and older who had been taking aspirin for 15 years and found that there were more than double the number of cases of macular degeneration in this group compared to a control group that did not take the drug.

Macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in the elderly, particularly the wet type.

Despite this risk, if you are taking the aspirin because your doctor suggested it for good medical reasons, you should continue to do so. The benefits could outweigh the risks.

Eggs used to be considered bad because they contained a lot of cholesterol. Now dieticians say that you can eat an egg a day and the cholesterol will not harm you.

Even though alcohol in excess can be harmful, people in Mediterranean areas who drink several glasses of red wine a day live longer and have fewer heart attacks.

Drinking several cups of coffee a day is also beneficial to your health, provided you don’t suffer from an anxiety disorder.

Dark chocolate, which contains tyramine, is good for you if eaten in small quantities. Diabetics need to watch the sugar content.

Omega 6 polyunsaturated fatty acids have also recently been the subject of controversy. Sanjoy Ghosh of the University of British Columbia thinks that consuming too much omega 6 can lead to inflammations and damage to the heart muscle while other research links it to diabetes, obesity and colitis.

Adding the fish oil omega 3 does nothing to help the situation and could make it make the inflammation worse. He recommends using more olive oil as an alternative to polyunsaturated fats and adding more saturated fats to the diet.

Clare Rowson is a retired medical doctor in Belleville, Ont. Contact: health@producer.com.

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DRUGS, FOOD | SIDE-EFFECTS

She loves the attention and doesn’t much mind the extra work and meticulous recordkeeping for Canada Post.

She gets some help from a daughter, who is creating a scrapbook from the notes her mother has received and helps adorn the office with flourishes of red and pink for the season.

Black-Sturby has lost track of the number of times she has had to pay out of pocket when letter senders were short on postage.

“I didn’t tally it because I think it would scare me,” she said.

She often encloses a personal note or a postcard designed by a local resident if corresponding with senders.

“This is just so much fun,” she said.

“No one should be short Love on Valentine’s Day.” Black-Sturby, who operates a mixed farm at Gronlid with her husband, said the exposure is good for Love.

“Any type of awareness about our area increases our volume,” she said.

The post office services 84 boxes, the village of 57 residents and an area stretching to Torch River.

It’s not the only such post office in Canada linked to Feb. 14, with SaintValentin, Que., and Cupids and Heart’s Content, N.L., also vying for valentines at this time of year.

Joelle Hamilton of Canada Post said the mail service helps make someone’s Valentine’s Day special.

“Whether you’ve been with someone for a year or 30 years, sending a card through Love, Sask., is a great way of showing them that you still love them,” she said. “It’s just a bit of fun.”

Visitors come to Love to post letters but also to drive past street signs such as Lovers Lane and Pucker Up Alley and a pole with glowing hearts beside the town office.

Mayor Valerie Rodgers said Love was named for train conductor Tom Love and recognized as a village in 1945.

A more colourful version of its origins depicts two young lovers on the railway tracks who were “up to hanky panky,” she said.

Rodgers said former postmaster Pauline McKinnon hatched the idea for a special cancellation stamp for the village post office in 1993. McKinnon also operated a gift shop and arts and crafts barn.

Weighing diet risks, benefits

Love’s newest cancellation stamp. | CANADA POST ILLUSTRATION “She really promoted it and got it going,” said Rodgers, noting that the “bubbly” Black-Sturby continues the work as an enthusiastic Love promoter.

“They knew Love was unique and what better way to promote our community and businesses than through our post office,” she said.

Love, nestled in nearby forest, lake and farm country, celebrates the month of hearts with its annual Valentine Winter Festival, which attracts 500 people to participate in events ranging from pillow fights and a sweetheart couple contest to smoosh races and mail bag races as well as a dance and pancake breakfast.

Love’s Staggerin Bar and Grill decorates its peanut bar for the occasion and offers specials, said owner Judy Arcand.

“Everyone loves to come here,” she said.

HEALTH CLINIC

CLARE ROWSON, MD

If you are taking aspirin for good medical reasons, you should continue to do so. The benefits could outweigh the risks.

Q:

I find it confusing as to whether taking certain supplements, vitamins or food are good for you or maybe do more harm than good. I have heard recently that aspirin can be bad for your eyes. I have to take one a day to keep my blood thin to prevent heart attacks. Should I stop taking it?

Some rural parents face long drives to place their children in daycare. | FILE ILLUSTRATION

A: CHILD CARE | RURAL OPTIONS

The long road to find quality rural child care Resources needed | Parents form daycare boards, explore options

BY RON FRIESEN FREELANCE WRITER

OAK RIVER, Man. — Marnie McLean used to drive her preschool children to daycare in Hamiota, 15 minutes from her southwestern Manitoba farm. Then she returned home to work in the office of the family seed business.

At the end of the day, it was back to pick up the kids at the only licensed daycare centre in the area.

McLean and her husband, Eric, won’t have to make the Hamiota run any more.

The local elementary school in Oak River, which was in danger of closing because of low enrolment, is being renovated to accommodate a licensed daycare space for 12 children, including McLean’s.

It opened with a temporary licence Feb. 4.

Carla Cook of Reston, Man., isn’t as fortunate.

When her maternity leave ends in May, she’ll have to drive half an hour to Redvers, Sask., to deliver her two small girls to daycare while she works at the local co-op.

“I hate having them on the road for an hour a day but it’s the only option I have,” said Cook. “At least we’re in the same town together.”

Cook and McLean are two of many rural Manitoba working parents who struggle to find daycare services for their children.

McLean is fortunate that the Oak River daycare is a satellite of the Hamiota Kids Club, which acts as a hub for child care centres in the area. By starting under someone else’s umbrella, a lot of the organizational legwork has already been done.

Cook and her husband, Dallas, have to begin from scratch. Reston has struggled for more than 25 years to establish a local daycare and finding a suitable facility and raising enough money have always been difficult.

Two years ago, Cook and other local residents formed the Reston and Area Daycare Board. Mem-

bers are looking at renovating an empty elementary school purchased by the local municipality for a community centre.

The main problem is funding. The daycare board has raised $50,000, but renovating the building to meet provincial standards could cost $250,000 or more. A new building is estimated at $400,000.

There are provincial grants available for establishing daycares.

Under a five-year program launched in 2007-08, a $37 million Family Choices Building Fund supports the establishment of new child care centres, using surplus school space and other facilities.

Margaret Ferniuk, Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care director, said 123 capital projects are being supported throughout the province. About half are located outside Winnipeg and Brandon. Of the 123 projects, 60 are brand new centres.

Ferniuk said rural communities lacking resources for daycare centres can choose other options, such as group family child care in private residences meeting legislated standards.

In all, Manitoba has 1,059 licensed early learning and child care facilities, 444 of them outside major urban centres.

Doug Chorney, Keystone Agriculture Producers president, said daycares play an important role in promoting farm safety. Small children are often injured or killed by farm machinery or livestock.

Cook also considers daycare essential for attracting young families to rural communities. Located in Manitoba’s oil patch, Reston has employment opportunities for tradespeople, but lack of daycare is an obstacle.

“We have a community that wants to grow and expand. But people who want to come here can’t because there’s no daycare,” she said.

“If we don’t provide services for young people, they are going to go elsewhere.”

A daily small dose of aspirin is often recommended to prevent blood clots and embolisms in people who may be at risk.

Researchers in Sydney, Australia, have studied a group of people ages 55 and older who had been taking aspirin for 15 years and found that there were more than double the number of cases of macular degeneration in this group compared to a control group that did not take the drug.

Macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in the elderly, particularly the wet type.

Despite this risk, if you are taking the aspirin because your doctor suggested it for good medical reasons, you should continue to do so. The benefits could outweigh the risks.

Eggs used to be considered bad because they contained a lot of cholesterol. Now dieticians say that you can eat an egg a day and the cholesterol will not harm you.

Even though alcohol in excess can be harmful, people in Mediterranean areas who drink several glasses of red wine a day live longer and have fewer heart attacks.

Drinking several cups of coffee a day is also beneficial to your health, provided you don’t suffer from an anxiety disorder.

Dark chocolate, which contains tyramine, is good for you if eaten in small quantities. Diabetics need to watch the sugar content.

Omega 6 polyunsaturated fatty acids have also recently been the subject of controversy. Sanjoy Ghosh of the University of British Columbia thinks that consuming too much omega 6 can lead to inflammations and damage to the heart muscle while other research links it to diabetes, obesity and colitis.

Adding the fish oil omega 3 does nothing to help the situation and could make it make the inflammation worse. He recommends using more olive oil as an alternative to polyunsaturated fats and adding more saturated fats to the diet.

Clare Rowson is a retired medical doctor in Belleville, Ont. Contact: health@producer.com.

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ON THE FARM | COMMUTER FARMING

Internet helps farmers keep in touch during getaway Market info, crop prices | Manitoba couple able to conduct farm business while in Churchill

BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

This spring, Heidi and Matt Reimer will move to the Reimer family farm, while the elder farmers move into a house in the nearby town of Killarney.

“I’m super excited,” said Heidi, who is nearing the end of her training as a nurse.

“I grew up on a farm. I know all about farm life.”

For Heidi and Matt, that isn’t just a local move, but a 1,700 kilometre shift from the sub-arctic of Churchill to the rich southern Prairies.

The couple lives on the frozen shores of Hudson Bay while Heidi completes her senior nursing practicum at the local hospital.

Matt came along for the experience, something he’s able to do because his main job is working from spring to fall on the family farm.

In the winter, his main concern is marketing his farm’s crops.

Since Churchill has good high speed internet, he can live up north and execute his farm’s hedging needs.

“I locked in 25 percent of our next year’s expected canola production this week online,” said Matt.

Good internet access allows the young producer to keep up with his farm community in the south.

Matt uses Twitter, an internetbased communications service that allows him to follow farmers and other agriculture-related people from across the Prairies and the world.

He first got involved with Twitter when he worried that the federal government might fail to break the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly and he wanted to be able to engage in the debate as a young farmer.

But now he uses it mostly for marketing information.

Twitter’s tweets allow him to get leading ag market information from analysts such as Arlan Suderman.

And he uses such current information when deciding when to pull the trigger on a crop price.

“It helps me time an entry or an exit better,” said Matt.

The Reimer farm is a grain farm encompassing 2,800 to 2,900 acres “except in wet years,” he said, referring to the crippling flooding and saturation that hit the region in recent years.

The farm was first established by his maternal great-grandfather.

His parents took it over after they were married, with Matt’s father’s family farm being taken over by one of his brothers.

Heidi grew up on a farm at nearby Boissevain. She and Matt, who married more than a year ago, didn’t know each other from school, but met at a Bible camp.

Timing is working out pretty well for the Reimers. Matt, 27, has been working full time on the family farm from spring to fall since he

ABOVE: Matt Reimer, left, hired hand Toby Whitfield and Matt’s dad, Stan Reimer, brought in the harvest on the Killarney, Man., farm last fall.

LEFT: Heidi enjoys the great outdoors in Churchill, Man. The dog is part of a dogsled team.

BELOW: Matt can manage farm markets from his temporary home in Churchill, Man. | REIMER FAMILY PHOTOS

was 21, and living off-farm in the winter.

“In those days, where I lived wasn’t a big deal,” said Matt.

“I was on-farm in the season, then lived wherever I had a job driving truck.”

But since getting married, the couple has wanted to become more settled, so moving to the family farm this spring will be ideal.

For now, they’re enjoying their northern adventure and considering travel to Bangladesh in March to see

Matt’s brother, who is doing engineering aid work with the Mennonite Central Committee.

Living in Churchill was a choice they’re glad they made.

Heidi requested work in Churchill for the adventure, and because she

wants to work in an isolated hospital.

“I thought it would be a similarsized hospital to what we have back in Killarney,” said Heidi.

“I can do the same sort of stuff there that I’m doing here.”

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VALENTINE’S DAY | RECIPES

Food for love: Valentine’s Day dishes friends will warm to TEAM RESOURCES

JODIE MIROSOVSKY, BSHEc

The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.

Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Allow to boil for two minutes or until the sauce has thickened. Remove saucepan from the heat and cool.

Run a knife around the rim of the cooled cake and drop onto a serving plate.

Slice just before serving and place cake on a small plate, drizzle with raspberry sauce and top with whipped cream.

Finely grate dark chocolate on top to garnish, or melt some dark chocolate chips and drizzle.

Source: www.tasteofhome.com.

1 lb. sirloin steak 450 g cut into thin strips 2 carrots, halved and cut into thin strips 1 large red pepper, cut into thin strips 4 green onions, finely chopped 1/2 c. snap peas, 125 mL cut in half hot cooked rice, or noodles Mix the dressing and soy sauce in a large skillet over medium heat. Once heated, place the beef in the skillet, cooking for approximately five minutes. Add the vegetables and stir fry for an additional five minutes or until done. Serve over rice or noodles with a glass of wine or sparkling water, flavoured or plain.

RASPBERRY CHOCOLATE TRIFLE This is an elegant looking dessert.

HELEN KELLER

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alentine’s Day is about warming the hearts of those who are important to you. By making others happy, we make ourselves feel more satisfied. Achieve this with a simple smile, personal note or phone call or by preparing and serving delectable food.

Choose menus that contain nutrition, but still offer indulgences like the taste of dark chocolate.

Raspberries, loaded with antioxidants, fibre, minerals and vitamins, are a smart addition.

Try the frozen alternative that offers the same health benefits minus the firm texture.

Here are some easy meals and desserts for Valentine’s Day. Take time to relax and share a meal with family or friends.

SLOW COOKER TOMATO PASTA SAUCE This slow cooker dish might fit the bill if you have time constraints.

1 1/2 lb. ground beef 680 g (substitute ground chicken or turkey if desired) 1 medium red pepper, finely chopped 3 fresh mushrooms, finely chopped 1 medium onion, finely chopped 2 cans diced tomatoes, 398 mL undrained 1 can tomato sauce 213 mL 1 tbsp. brown sugar 15 mL 1 tsp. chili powder 5 mL 1/2 tsp. each salt and pepper 2 mL 1/4 tsp. garlic powder 1 mL or seasoning 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper 0.5 mL hot cooked pasta

BEEF AND VEGETABLE STIR FRY Stir fry dishes offer intense flavours and are versatile because you can chop up a variety of vegetables.

1/2 c. Catalina salad dressing 3 tbsp. soy sauce

125 mL 45 mL

In a large skillet, cook the beef, red pepper, mushrooms and onion over medium heat until the meat is not pink.

Drain the excess liquid and place in a slow cooker. Add the remaining ingredients and stir.

Cover and cook on low for about

Chocolate angel cake with raspberry sauce makes a light but satisfying dessert. | JODIE MIROSOVSKY PHOTO eight hours or on high for four. Serve with pasta of your choice. Garnish each serving with shredded cheese.

Serves about eight.

Main course entrees adapted from www.allrecipes.com.

RASPBERRY CHOCOLATE ANGEL CAKE 1 angel food cake mix 450 g 1 1/4 c. cold water 300 mL 1/2 c. cocoa 125 mL Sauce: 2 tbsp. sugar 30 mL 2 tsp. cornstarch 10 mL 2 c. frozen 500 mL unsweetened raspberries, thawed

4 c. whipped cream 1 mL or topping dark chocolate bar to garnish, optional Preheat the oven to 350 F (180 C).

In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, water and cocoa. Beat on low for 30 seconds, then on medium speed for two minutes.

Gently, pour the batter into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan. Cut the batter with a metal knife to break up air pockets.

Bake on the lowest oven rack for 30 to 40 minutes or until firm to the touch and cracks on the surface are dry. Invert the pan and cool. In a small saucepan, combine the sugar and cornstarch, then add the raspberries.

3 c. cold milk 750 mL 2 pkgs. chocolate instant 204 g pudding 2 1/2 c. whipped cream 625 mL or whipped topping, divided 6 c. cubed chocolate 2L angel food cake 2 c. fresh raspberries 500 mL or frozen, thawed and undrained In a large mixing bowl, combine the milk and dry pudding mixes for two minutes. Gently fold in one cup (250 mL) whipped cream or topping.

Place half the cubed cake in a large glass serving bowl. Top with layers of half each pudding mix, berries and whipped cream or topping. Repeat the layers. Chill for two hours before serving. Serves about 10.

Strawberries can be substituted for raspberries.

Adapted from www.kraftcanada. com.

Note: You can also substitute your favourite chocolate cake recipe for the chocolate angel food in the above selections.

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

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LEGAL ADVICE | PREPARATION

Lawyers more effective, efficient with help from clients A PRAIRIE PRACTICE

GAIL WARTMAN, B.A., J.D.

W

hen people visit a law office, it is usually to tend to a real estate deal or a will. Knowing the basics of how a law office is managed can help client and lawyer get the best results possible.

Many legal services are billed at an

hourly rate, so saving your lawyer time can save you money.

It is important to be prepared. Have the full names of the parties involved, with correct spelling, addresses and other relevant information available for your lawyer.

If you’re making a will, have an idea of who you would like as executors, guardians and beneficiaries. That will help speed things along.

Have you considered granting a power of attorney or creating a living will? Raise such questions with your lawyer.

If you are in a dispute with someone and want to talk to a lawyer, consider your goals.

A lawyer can give you a better idea

Take necessary information to save time

of what options you may have to achieve those goals.

Try to paint an accurate picture of what has happened. Remember, everything is confidential. Leaving out facts that you feel embarrassed about or think hurt your case will only cost you time and money when they inevitably come up later.

It is not about convincing the law-

yer of your case. You are providing information to help them help you. A fair assessment of your chances in court can help you weigh your options.

Only about two percent of Canadian civil cases make it to trial, and of those that do, most are family law cases involving divorce or custody of children. Most cases settle.

Most provinces have mandatory mediation and/or case management conferences run by judges to encourage settlement.

Keep this in mind when you visit a lawyer and be open to the idea of a negotiated agreement.

Many legal problems take more time than you might expect. A lawyer

cannot force another party to reply to a letter.

Court dates take time to schedule.

Lack of common scheduling availability can delay a mandatory mediation. Other parties can stall.

You are entitled to be kept informed and, if there is a delay, to be told why.

Brayden Gulka-Tiechko, student at law in McDougall Gauley’s Moose Jaw office, helped research and draft this article.

This article is presented for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. The views expressed are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to McDougall Gauley LLP. Contact: gwartman@ producer.com.

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I recommend you make a big deal out of Valentine’s Day for your wife. If you treasure your relationship, you should consider changing your attitude and stoking the romance.

Many people make Valentine’s Day a special time. More than a billion cards are sent out worldwide for Valentine’s Day, making it the second busiest card day after Christmas.

Teachers get the most cards, followed by kids, mothers, wives and sweethearts. Estimates are that nine million pets will also get special gifts from their owners on Valentine’s Day. Women tend to get more excited about Valentine’s Day than men.

Did you know that women buy and send out 85 percent of the valentines? In one survey, more than 35 percent of men interviewed said that they would not mind if they were forgotten on Valentine’s Day. Less than 20 percent of women said the same thing.

The average male will spend $156 on Valentine’s Day. Women will spend about half that amount on men.

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

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Last night, my wife was getting after me to do something about Valentine’s Day. I am not fussy about it. That was something we did when we were in grade school and could spend the afternoon of Feb. 14 eating cookies and playing games rather than doing school work.

My wife obviously sees things differently. She always has to make a big deal out of it. Do other people go overboard on Valentine’s Day or are most like me, reluctant participants?

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Cattle walk near a dry river bed on a farm near Port Hedland, about 1,600 kilometres north of Perth in this 2008 photo. | REUTERS/TIM WIMBORNE PHOTO

AUSTRALIA | WEATHER

Northern Australia still facing drought West gets rain | In the Northern Territory, pastures are drying up and exports to Indonesia will be lower SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) — Australia’s struggling beef industry has received a boost from recent rains in the east of the country.

The moisture will increase grass growth to fatten up herds in the world’s third-biggest beef exporter.

The wetter conditions in the aftermath of Cyclone Oswald mean farmers will keep cattle in herds for longer to add weight, taking some Australian supply out of the market over the next few months before an increase later this year.

Global beef prices have hit record highs this year as U.S. cattle numbers fell for a sixth straight year in 2012 because of high feed costs after the worst drought in half a decade.

“I think through March, April and May, we will see a tightening of (Australian) supply,” said David Farley, chief executive officer of Australian Agricultural Co., the country’s largest beef producer.

This has already shown up in local prices on the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator, a benchmark collected by the Australian Meat and Livestock Authority. Prices rose to $3.46 a kilogram in late January, the highest since Nov. 26, before edging back slightly.

The Australian agriculture department said in December that it expected beef and veal exports to rise two percent in 2012-13.

However, Australia faces competition from India, which is expected to expand beef exports by 29 percent this year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and in Japan, where Australia is the biggest supplier.

Japan agreed last month to allow U.S., Canadian and French beef imports from cattle younger than 30 months beginning Feb. 1, relaxing a

safeguard against BSE that has frustrated North American producers for a decade.

Australia is the biggest supplier of beef to Japan and expects exports will fall 4.9 percent this year, though some doubt the ability of U.S. cattle producers to meet Japanese demand.

“Any U.S. imports into Japan will only boost Australian exports into America,” said Greg Campbell, CEO of S.Kidman and Co. Ltd., one of Australia’s largest beef producers.

However, a strong Australian dollar could price exports out of markets such as Japan, where the dollar is trading at a more than five-year high against the yen, Campbell said.

In contrast to the situation in the east, a delay in seasonal rains has stunted grass growth in the Northern Territory, home to 30 percent of Australia’s cattle.

The territory accounts for 80 percent of live cattle exports and was hit badly by a reduction in Indonesian demand caused by a self sufficiency drive.

Indonesia plans to cut import quotas in 2013 by 30 percent for cattle and six percent for beef, even as consumption is seen rising 13 percent.

The government expects live cattle exports from Australia to fall 22.3 percent to 450,000 in 2012-13, with the Northern Territory expected to bear the brunt.

A revival in Indonesian imports was possible if the self-sufficiency drive fails to hit government targets, Farley said.

“The self-sufficient policies that have been put in place a number of years ago were a gallant attempt, but it seems to have failed,” Farley said.

“The unintended consequences are that prices have gone up.”

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Growth dashes China food goal Horse DNA found Imports required | Country cannot provide sufficient farm products BEIJING, China (Reuters) — China’s pursuit of food self-sufficiency is no longer possible as soaring demand and rapid urbanization stoke appetites, says a top government farm official.

The comments appear to be the most direct yet to rule out achieving this aim.

China’s soaring imports of agricultural products remain a sensitive topic for the ruling Communist party, which has traditionally put selfsufficiency and food security at the top of its agenda. The party also fears a spike in imports could hurt the vast farming population and raise the spectre of rural unrest.

Chen Xiwen, director of the Chinese Communist Party’s top policy making body for rural affairs, told a recent forum that food supplies

would come under increasing pressure as incomes improved and China needed to boost production. However, it could not turn back the clock when it came to imports.

“During the process of urbanization, we must pay attention to modern agricultural development and to farm product supplies, but of course, we certainly cannot pursue self-sufficiency,” he said, noting that last year’s import volume amounted to 12 percent of China’s total food demand.

He said the question of food supply required close attention to ensure that urbanization did not stop or reverse course.

Approximately 260 million farmers have moved to the cities since China embarked upon its modernization program in 1978. China’s total rural

population fell by 80 million between 1982 and 2010, census data shows.

Chen’s comments are part of a debate in the central government about the role imports should play in feeding China’s increasingly prosperous population, especially as its cities expand and farmland and rural labour dwindle.

China’s plan for development in agriculture over the five years to 2015 retained the aim of self-sufficiency in agriculture production, setting a target of 95 percent of supplies to be sourced domestically.

“For a country with 1.3 billion people, it is impossible to rely on ourselves to guarantee all farm products supplies,” said Han Jun, head of the rural department of the Development Research Centre, a cabinet think-tank.

in second Irish processing plant DUBLIN, Ireland (Reuters) — Burgers containing horse DNA have been discovered at a second major plant in Ireland, says the country’s agriculture department.

It again pointed the finger at Poland as the country of origin for the raw materials.

Last month, food companies found that beef products supplied by an Irish firm contained horse DNA, a scandal that has hit retailers with a wave of bad publicity and left Ireland’s $2.7 billion beef industry reeling.

Results of tests on a Polish meat ingredient at Ireland’s Rangeland Foods, a supplier of frozen burgers to restaurants, caterers and pubs, contained 75 percent horse DNA, the

agriculture department said.

“This isn’t a huge surprise, it’s another depressing saga that has put Irish food in the headlines for all the wrong reasons,” said Irish agriculture minister Simon Coveney.

“It’s not a surprise to me because this is the same product that has been going into Silvercrest,” he said, referring to the plant where the first burgers were found to contain horse meat.

Rangeland said none of the products, which were imported through a meat trader based in Ireland, had entered the food chain.

Poland’s veterinary authority found no signs of horse meat in samples from five slaughterhouses that were sending beef to Ireland.

TRADE | CANADA, EU

Agriculture ‘sticking point’ in Canada-EU trade deal BRUSSELS, Belgium (Reuters) — A dispute over how far to open agricultural markets to imports is holding up a free trade agreement between Canada and the European Union, officials familiar with the negotiations said Feb. 5.

The row could delay a deal for several weeks, the officials said, threatening European efforts to launch separate trade negotiations with the United States, which is waiting to see how far the EU will open up its markets.

“They still have a way to go. Agriculture is the big sticking point,” an industry source said.

Talks on a Canadian-EU trade deal began in 2009, and an agreement would be the EU’s first with a country from the G7 club of major economies and could be worth $28 billion from extra economic activity.

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“Europeans can’t possibly give the amount of beef the Canadians are asking for. The Canadians are much more ambitious on the beef ask,” the same industry source said.

The two sides had hoped to conclude a deal during talks between the Canadian and EU trade ministers last week in Canada, covering issues from pharmaceutical patents to energy, but sources say that is now not possible.

Canada is smaller than the United States, but the issues under debate are similar, such as opening the EU beef market, and a Canadian deal would be a blueprint for negotiations with Washington.

The EU removed some barriers to selling U.S. beef in Europe last week in an effort to encourage the start of negotiations with Washington.

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GORKI, Russia, (Reuters) — Russia has approved a proposal to remove a five percent grain import tax and warned that an expected 60 percent drop in the country’s ending stocks created risks for the new crop year.

“The government supported the idea about a temporary grain duty removal until the midsummer, as was proposed by the agriculture ministry,” said Aliya Samigullina, a spokesperson for deputy prime minister Arkady Dvorkovich.

Russia’s 2012 grain crop fell by a quarter to 71 million tonnes after a

drought sent domestic prices to record highs, depleting stocks, triggering sales from strategic reserves and forcing Moscow to increase imports to cover domestic demand.

About two months are needed for the technical process of making the decision, which requires regulatory approval to bring the move in line with the customs union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan created in 2010.

Sources said it now depends on Kazakhstan’s position and the duty could be removed by early April and until July 1.

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Conditions fail to improve in U.S. winter wheat areas Little moisture in forecast | Lack of snow along with cold temperatures could cause winterkill CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — The western U.S. Plains winter wheat crop is expected to continue struggling with drought into early February and perhaps longer.

However, a recent cold snap wasn’t expected to harm the crop, said Andy Karst, a meteorologist for World Weather Inc. “There’s not much rain or snow for hard red winter wheat country for the next week to 10 days,” Karst said Jan. 31.

Winter wheat conditions across the Plains worsened in January as the drought in that key production region showed no signs of ending, according to reports by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Millions of acres of wheat could be ruined without rain or heavy snow before spring, while corn and soybean seedings could be threatened in the western Midwest, say meteorologists and other crop experts.

A recent climatology report said there were no signs of improvement for Kansas or neighbouring farm states.

Roughly 57.64 percent of the contiguous United States was in at least moderate drought as of Jan. 22, an improvement from 58.87 percent the

previous week, according to a Drought Monitor report by a consortium of federal and state climatology experts.

Wild swings in temperatures have been occurring lately in America’s heartland, and another blast of Arctic air was moving into the cropgrowing regions in late January.

Karst said the coldest weather in the last week of January would be in the northern Plains states of North Dakota and Minnesota with lows of –30 to -35 C in the Red River Valley.

Lows around -15 C are expected elsewhere, but “there shouldn’t be any winterkill damage,” he said.

Karst said recent rainfall in the Midwest boosted water levels on the Mississippi River, the main water shipping route for commodities in the United States.

The drought and lack of rainfall and/or snow melt over the winter had dropped river water levels to a point that led to restricted barge loadings and movement on the river.

“There should be no new restrictions for the next two weeks (first two weeks of February),” he said.

“This is the best the river has looked for a long time.”

WORLD CROPS | PREDICTIONS

Record U.S. corn forecast CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — Crop forecaster Lanworth has issued a record outlook for U.S. corn production of 13.8 billion bushels in the 2013-14 crop year, with average yields rising to 155.6 bu. per acre.

“Despite the yield risks posed by warm temperatures, continued planting of near-record corn area will substantially increase potential U.S. corn production and ending stocks from the historical lows of 2012-13 unless dry conditions again combine with warm weather,” Lanworth said in a report.

The company also cut its forecast of U.S. wheat production to 1.932 billion bu. from 1.941 billion.

In South America, Lanworth said dry conditions in early February

caused it to reduce its expectations for the corn and soybean crops in that region.

The company cut its forecast for Argentine soybean production to 51.6 million tonnes from 53.1 million.

It lowered its Argentine corn production estimate to 25.1 million tonnes from 25.6 million.

Lanworth reduced its forecast for Brazilian corn production to 75.6 million tonnes from 75.8 million and its estimate of Brazilian soybean production to 80.3 million tonnes from 80.9 million.

The forecaster’s estimates of the w h e a t h a r v e s t s i n Ru s s i a a n d Ukraine were left unchanged, at 49.9 m i l l i o n tonnes and 23 million tonnes, respectively.

HEALTH | DIET

New guidelines for salt, potassium GENEVA, Switzerland (Reuters) — The World Health Organization has issued new guidelines that recommend adults consume less salt and a minimum of potassium in their daily diets to reduce risk of heart disease and stroke.

“Adults should consume less than 2,000 milligrams (two grams) of

sodium, or (less than) five grams of salt, and at least 3,510 mg of potassium per day,” the United Nations agency said in a written statement.

The previous recommendation was two grams but the new guidelines added the words “less than.”

The WHO also issued recommendations for children’s intake.

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English farmers feel pinch LONDON, U.K. (Reuters) — Farm incomes are set to fall in England in 2012-13 as feed costs climb and the wettest year on record reduces crop yields and quality.

Hog and dairy producers are expected to be among the hardest hit.

Hog farms are expected to see a 50 percent fall in incomes to $30,000 per farm and those of dairy farms are projected to decline 42 percent to $80,000.

The 2012-13 season runs until the end of February.

The figures showed a third consecutive decline for hog farmers, whose income is now barely more than onequarter of the $123,000 reported in 2009-10.

“An unprecedented increase in the cost of feed, which accounts for 60 percent of the cost of producing a pig, was not supported by an increase in the price that farmers were paid for their pork,” said Zoe Davies,

general manager of the National Pig Association.

“This put many businesses under severe pressure with the net result that around 17,500 sows were lost from the national herd last year.”

The beginning of the year had been dry, with the government calling a drought summit in February, but the deluge began in April and continued for much of the rest of the year, saturating farmland and causing widespread flooding.

“The figures make sobering reading but will be no surprise for many in the industry,” National Farmers Union chief economist Phil Bicknell said in a statement.

“Rising costs outstripped farmgate price changes for dairy and pork producers at times over the last year,” Bicknell said.

“More recently, we can add the plummeting lamb price to the list of challenges the industry faces.”

The ministry said the dairy sector was hit not only by a rise in feed costs but also by the need to buy higher volumes because of a combination of reduced grazing days and low quality home produced forage.

Feed wheat prices in Britain for nearby delivery rose to a record high of $359 a tonne last November as rain drove yields down to a 23-year low. A year earlier the price had fallen to as low as $221.

Income for cereal farmers in England fell by 11 percent to $133,000 with higher prices more than offset by lower yields and quality.

Poultry was the best performing sector with income expected to be unchanged at $33,000 per farm.

“In this sector, while feed costs are predicted to increase, a higher output from both broiler and egg production are also expected, resulting in average incomes being unchanged,” the farm ministry said.

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LONDON, U.K. (Reuters) — Growing palm oil trees to make biofuel could be accelerating the effects of climate change, new research shows.

The study adds further weight to claims the crop is not environmentally sustainable.

In a paper published in the journal Nature, an international team of scientists examined how the deforestation of peat swamps in Malaysia to make way for palm oil trees is releasing carbon that has been locked away for thousands of years.

Microbes then penetrate the carbon and the harmful greenhouse gas carbon dioxide is released, which is thought to be the biggest contributor to global warming.

Unsustainable methods of growing crop-based biofuel have come under fire as environmentalists question the emissions savings they make, the agricultural land they occupy and whether the growth of certain crops contribute to deforestation.

More than 80 percent of palm oil is grown in Indonesia and Malaysia.

According to some estimates, an area the size of Greece is cleared every year for palm oil plantations.

The industry has expanded rapidly as governments and companies look to biofuel to provide a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels in transport.

Palm oil is especially attractive because it is cheaper than rapeseed oil and soybean oil for biodiesel.

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They found ancient carbon came from deep in the soil, then broke down and dissolved into nearby streams and rivers as deforestation occurred.

“We have known for some time that in South East Asia oil palm plantations were a major threat to biodiversity … and that the drainage could release huge amounts of carbon dioxide during the fires seen there in recent years,” said Chris Freeman, one of the authors of the report and an environmental scientist at the University of Bangor in Wales.

“But this discovery of a ‘hidden’ new source of problems in the waters draining these peatlands is a reminder that these fragile ecosystems really are in need of conservation.”

There are 28,000 sq. kilometres of industrial plantations in Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo, and even more are planned, making them a major contributor to peat swamp deforestation in the region, the paper said.

“Our results are yet another reminder that when we disturb intact peat swamps and convert them to industrial biofuel plantations, we risk adding to the very problem that we are trying to solve,” said Freeman.

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Food security post provides new challenge Global Institute | The opportunity attracted Roger Beachy to move to Saskatoon from St. Louis

BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Roger Beachy likes a challenge, and figuring out how the world will feed itself is certainly a big one.

He has spent his career researching plants, food and agriculture, and setting up a new Global Institute for Food Security at the University of Saskatchewan presented an opportunity he couldn’t pass up.

“Because of the nature of the partnerships, this seemed like a good place to spend some energy,” he said.

The partnerships to which he refers are the province, the university and Potash Corp. The province and Potash Corp. have committed $15 million and $35 million, respectively, for the institute over the next seven years. It will be housed on the U of S campus.

Beachy said the public-private partnership, the potential collaboration with researchers on campus and access to technology such as the Canadian Light Source synchrotron drew him away from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

His list of credentials is lengthy and include founder of the Danforth Plant Science Centre in Missouri, first director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and chief scientist of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

He is credited with engineering the first virus-resistant tomato and is considered a founder of agricultural biotechnology.

Beachy sees the new institute as a key player in how the world is going to learn how to feed another two or three billion people from the same amount of land.

“I look at the debate of how are we going to feed people, the safety of the environment, the consumer and the economic profitability of the farmer,” he said.

The science of plant breeding has changed tremendously, and he believes the best science available should be used to develop a food secure world.

“We don’t have the time to wait these things out,” he said.

“We don’t have the luxury of waiting 50 years. There are GM solutions that can’t be achieved by standard cross-breeding.”

He knows that genetically modified crops are still a concern for many, but if farmers don’t grow canola, for example, what else do they grow?

“Or, do we help canola do its thing better?” he said.

Soil health, microbes and diseases are sometimes overlooked in these debates, and Beachy hopes the institute will consider these subjects, too.

“I’m a guy convinced that it’s way better for the environment to use genetics than chemicals.”

Beachy began meeting with scientists a couple of weeks ago. He will stay on as long as it takes to find the right person to lead the centre, he said.

One of his goals is to make the institute “so attractive that this is the place

where something is done. I want people from all over the world to come here to do science.”

He said Saskatchewan is the ideal setting. The partnership with a major corporation, a province with abundant natural resources, a strong farming sector and crack researchers should all combine to do good work.

“Food security is increasingly part of the moral mandate of agriculture,” he said, noting Saskatchewan exports a lot of food.

“There is also a moral obligation to

help people feed themselves better.”

Beachy said he also wants to challenge researchers to think about how this opportunity gives them the chance to do things they might not have previously thought about.

Another challenge will be to narrow the broad topic of food security to make progress.

“We should listen to stakeholders and those who will benefit, as well as scientists,” he said.

The institute will not have a designated building on the university

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GM crops expected to play role in feeding world Consumer resistance ‘is not expected’ | Global Institute for Food Security expected to be leader in genetic modification

BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

New genetically modified crop varieties will play an important role in ensuring a secure and nutritious food supply, says the head of Saskatchewan’s Global Institute for Food Security.

GIFS executive director Roger Beachy said the newly established institute based at the University of Saskatchewan will use genetic modification and other modern plant breeding technologies to produce

crops with improved nutritional attributes, higher yields, improved disease resistance, enhanced stress tolerance and improved nutrient use.

Beachy, whose research in collaboration with Monsanto led to the development of the world’s first GM food crop — a disease resistant tomato — said public acceptance of genetic technologies will increase.

“There are challenges, but the reluctance of consumers to accept certain types of technology is not unexpected,” he said.

“The issue about whether or not

new technologies will be acceptable in agriculture … goes back almost 60 years to when we first introduced hybrid crops,” he said.

“Far mers didn’t know if they should accept hybrid crops, whether it was a good thing or whether it was morally objectionable.… It took years for everyone to adapt but they did. At GIFS, our goal is discovery and science and the implementation of the safest science to improve the lives of humans around the globe. Genetic engineering will be part of that for some crops and not for others.”

In his first public speaking engagement since being named GIFS’s top executive in January, Beachy said the new institute will be at the forefront of a modern plant genetics and genomics revolution, developing crops that have a greater capacity to use available resources and adapt to changing climate patterns.

He said plant varieties with enhanced nutritional characteristics will not only help meet the world’s future nutritional requirements but will also benefit primary producers by protecting crops against pests,

diseases and abiotic stresses such as drought and heat.

“If our goal is to increase nutritional value … then there should be a (corresponding) increase in profitability for farmers and producers … after all this is still an economic situation,” he said. “ The far mer still has to have enough money to pay his mortgage, have a decent lifestyle and to be able to drive the economy.”

Beachy also made a pitch for greater research collaboration between scientists in different parts of the world, citing the opportunity for greater collaboration in the northern Great Plains region of North America.

“I’m not sure why there isn’t a greater level of co-operation between Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota and Saskatchewan because you are similar lands,” he said.

“Weather doesn’t have a boundary.

As climate variabilities happen and weather patterns change, it affects everybody.”

Beachy said the world will face an increasing number of challenges related to feeding the world’s population, which is expected to grow by two billion people over the next four decades.

The increasing use of grain and oilseeds by the global biofuel industry will affect food consumption patterns, but it should not be viewed as an insurmountable obstacle to feeding the world, he added.

“There are those who would argue that biofuels (detract) from the success of providing food,” Beachy said.

“I would argue that it provides agriculture with an incentive to be more successful in other ways.”

GIFS will not focus on advocating the use of GM food, but hopes to contribute to a greater level of public acceptance by providing sciencebased solutions that will help feed the world, he said.

“I think the new genomic and genetic technologies, beyond classical breeding or modern breeding and into genetic engineering, are part of this process of letting the public know that we have confidence in these technologies,” he said.

“Separating fear from science is sometimes difficult to do, so the more we can work with the community to share that kind of information, we hope that that gradually will lead to a greater acceptance that science can benefit agriculture..”

Beachy said the institute will work with scientists at the U of S’s Crop Development Centre, which has developed more than 300 new crop varieties for western Canadian farmers over the past 40 years.

The CDC has taken a cautious approach to developing new GM crop varieties, particularly since the discovery of an early GM flax variety, CDC Traffic, in bulk commercial shipments disrupted European markets for Canadian flax.

The centre has been removing all traces of a GM material from the breeder seed of several popular CDC flax varieties.

CDC sources contacted by The Western Producer declined to comment on the cost of that program.

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What’s killing rural pollinators?

BY JEFFREY CARTER FREELANCE WRITER

GUELPH, Ont. — It might be easier to produce honey in the cities than in the country.

Beekeeper Fran Freeman told the Guelph Organic Conference Feb. 1 that cityscapes may be better homes for honeybees and other pollinators than are the agricultural areas surrounding them.

“I’ve seen bees that struggle in rural situations thrive in an urban setting,” she said.

“I’ve come to the conclusion that urban settings are a kind of sanctuary for bees.”

Freeman said the diversity in flow-

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Freeman keeps bees in Toronto and belongs to the city’s Beekeeping Cooperative, which provides training for urban beekeepers with its 30 hives.

She said Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver are among the North American cities where interest in honeybees is increasing.

Susan Chan, a beekeeper and former Ontario bee inspector, said the decline in honeybee numbers is one aspect of a much larger concern.

Winged pollinators of all types are facing more pressure across rural North America.

“We need to spend a little less time thinking about the one and we need to start thinking more about the other 400,” she said.

She said agriculture continues to consolidate, and the number of small, diverse farms is declining. As well, there are fewer fence rows as

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Sprays and systemic insecticides are also having an impact.

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Fence row maintenance, home gardening with pollinator friendly species and allowing plants to bloom along road allowances and other locations are ways this can be done.

Chan said that there is no single reason for pollinator decline. Along with pesticides and changes to the rural landscape, vorroa mites and a number of disease organisms are taking a toll.

Organic beekeepers have access to approved products, including formic acid and oxalic acid for the control of mites.

Chan said treatments are often necessary, but they come with a cost. For example, formic acid may interfere with the natural fermentation process for bee bread, and there may also be a concern with antibiotics used to manage diseases such as America foulbrood.

“They don’t get rid of the disease.

They just hide the symptoms. The disease spores at still there.”

Chan said there are management alternatives, including a shake method for controlling foulbrood that is used in Alberta. The honeybees, together with their queen, are shaken into a new box, and in some instances, the process is repeated.

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The pests are less likely to hatch because of the higher temperature and are more prone to be knocked from the bees because they rub up against each other more often.

She also suggested beekeepers consider a smaller cell size and look for bees that are highly hygienic, such as buckfast bees.

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ORGANIC CONFERENCE | FOOD CLAIMS

Lack of information Natural, organic, conventional debated stifles organic sector Research funding for the organic industry is lacking STORIES BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

GUELPH, Ont. — It’s pathetic that Canadian organic farmers aren’t getting the information they need to support their multibillion-dollar industry, says the executive director of the Organic Council of Ontario.

“Given the good news story of organic and the consumer demand, it’s shameful that … more of what’s consumed in Canada isn’t grown in Canada,” Jodi Koberinski told the Guelph Organic Conference at the University of Guelph in early February.

The World of Organic Agriculture: Statistics and Emerging Trends 2012 report determined that Canadians spent $2.6 billion on organic products in 2010, making Canada the world’s fifth largest market for organic food.

However, 75 percent of those organic products are imported.

That percentage might drop if Canadian organic farmers adopted best management practices, which is partly why conference organizers planned for a three-hour seminar on agricultural extension.

Koberinski said during the seminar that the extension model of conventional agriculture, where company reps share knowledge and expertise with growers, doesn’t translate to organic production.

“The reason we haven’t seen the information spread as quickly about the benefits of organic management, is there is no financial incentive for anyone to go out and provide that training.”

As a result, organic growers have to rely on government, universities and industry associations for information.

However, Hugh Martin, a former soil and crop specialist and organic program lead with Ontario Agriculture, said provincial governments don’t want to show too much affection for organics because 98 to 99 percent of Canadian producers are conventional farmers.

“Specific funding for organic is tricky for government,” said Martin, who is a consultant and organic inspector in Guelph.

He said it’s tricky because organic health claims are controversial and politicians avoid controversy.

Participants at the Guelph seminar said provincial governments employ organic experts, but they often specialize in developing markets for organic products rather than providing growers with agronomic assistance.

As well, university professors specialize in organic research, but extension is normally a small component of their job.

Which leads back to the private sector as a vehicle for extension.

Tom Manley, who owns Homestead Organics, a farm supply and advisory service near Cornwall, Ont., said many organic farmers don’t trust agribusiness.

“I would argue that one of the weakest links in the organic extension process is the farmer,” Manley told the conference.

He said organic producers are independent, self-reliant people who strive for self-sufficiency, but doing everything on their own and refusing to buy inputs or take advice will only take them so far.

Koberinski disagreed, saying the success of the Guelph conference proves organic growers want help.

“The farms who get in and innovate … they go out and seek that information. This why this conference has been going on for 32 years.”

GUELPH, Ont. — The issue is binary for Dag Falck: there is organic food, there is conventional food and there is no middle ground for “natural” food.

“There’s no in-between,” said Falck, organic program manager with Nature’s Path. “It (natural) is like new and improved. What does new and improved mean? Not much.”

Dur ing a presentation at the Guelph Organic Conference in early February, Falck focused on the confusion surrounding natural and organic food claims and argued that “natural” is a meaningless claim.

He said organic is a philosophy, a system based on best management practices and a social movement that aims to improve the world. In con-

trast, natural is a word that food processors use to deceive the public.

“There is no (natural) community … that says, ‘we really believe in this natural stuff, we’ve got to keep it natural.’ That doesn’t exist.”

Falck’s aggressive attack on natural food production provoked a response from several audience members in Guelph, including Megan Meier of Kitchener, Ont. Meier, who is moving to Saskatchewan to start a pastured poultry farm near Preeceville this spring, said her chickens won’t be organic but they will be raised outside.

“It’s better than organic because you’re looking at the whole health of the animal,” she said following Falck’s presentation.

“ You can feed organic feed to chickens in a confinement house and they would be called certified organic…. So, yes. I definitely take issue that there is no difference (between natural and conventional production).”

A Canadian Food Inspection Agency employee at the Guelph conference said the agency doesn’t approve natural meat labels. CFIA inspectors will take action if a company sells meat with a natural label and makes claims that are fraudulent or misleading.

In most cases, the agency follows up on complaints.

Falck said the confusion around “natural” food demonstrates that no one understands what it means.

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FOOD SECURITY | FOOD VERSUS FUEL

Production, policies pose challenge to providing food aid Global food security | Humanitarian organization says converting food crops to fuel continues to be a divisive issue

BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Global growth in biofuel production is complicating efforts to feed hundreds of millions of malnourished people around the world, said a leading official with the World Food Programme.

Ramiro Lopes Da Silva said the use of corn and other crops to produce ethanol and biodiesel continues to present challenges to the WFP, which provides more than $1 billion worth of food aid annually.

However, he stopped short of sug-

gesting that the biofuel industry is jeopardizing the world’s most vulnerable people.

Instead, he said availability of food, water and fuel are intricately connected. Production and consumption of all three must be viewed holistically.

“We have been monitoring carefully and closely the development of the whole biofuels industry and obviously it’s one more element in the question,” said Lopes Da Silva, who spoke in Saskatoon last week at a forum on global food security.

“With the expectation of a grow-

ing world population, we need to look at the issues of water, food and energy as a package.… Any action that we take in one of those areas is bound to have implications on the other, so we need to tackle them together.”

The debate surrounding the use of food to produce fuel has been around for years but it has garnered more attention in recent months, thanks to global production challenges in key food producing regions, most notably the United States.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, an estimated 42 per-

cent of the U.S. corn crop — more than 4.5 billion bushels — was used to produce ethanol in 2012.

Last week, top executives with Glencore International and Olam International added more fuel to the debate, suggesting conversion of corn into ethanol contributes to higher commodity prices, reduces food availability and has the largest impact on the world’s poor.

“Ethanol production from grains and from edible oil is questionable,” Chris Mahoney, Glencore’s director of agricultural products, said during a panel discussion at an

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“It has been a factor in creating a higher price environment.”

Sunny Verghese, chief executive officer with global commodities trader Olam International, called production of corn-based ethanol inappropriate.

“It does not make sense to convert corn to ethanol,” Verghese told conference delegates. “But it makes sense to convert sugarcane to ethanol.”

The WFP is one of the world’s largest humanitarian organizations.

In 2011, it procured more than 2.4 million tonnes of food valued at more than $1.2 billion.

The biofuel industry has presented new challenges in procuring food, but the WFP recognizes that there are competing interests for limited global food supplies, Lopes Da Silva said.

The adoption of new technologies, including wider acceptance of genetically modified food, will play a critical role in addressing food and fuel requirements, he added.

The WFP does not provide food aid that contains GM crops unless those crops have been approved for consumption in recipient countries.

In some cases, governments in famine-stricken nations have not endorsed the use of GM crops for human consumption.

WFP respects the policies of recipient governments, but it is also engaged in dispelling myths that surround genetic modification, Lopes Da Silva said.

“We engage with countries … that have restrictive policies in order to educate because in some cases, those restrictive policies come as a result of lack of knowledge.”

The amount of food required to feed the world’s population is projected to increase significantly over the next few decades.

Global population estimates are currently close to seven billion people. The UN says that number will surpass nine billion by 2050.

Lopes Da Silva said additional food production challenges related to global climate change will be most prevalent in regions that are already prone to famine.

“Looking at the climatic patterns of the last few years … it’s clear that some parts of the world where we have large issues… with food insecurity and vulnerability are going to be impacted more regularly by large scale climatic events,” he said.

“Our focus in these countries … has been more and more on how we can help these countries … to increase their resilience and self reliance.”

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Starving deer invade farms, cities; coyotes follow Scrounging for food | Heavy snow cover has made it difficult for deer to find food, and weak animals attract predators

BY DAN YATES SASKATOON NEWSROOM

As the worst of winter blankets Saskatchewan, wildlife officials are concerned about some animal populations.

Deer are a particular concern, with a large snow pack and extremely cold temperatures placing undue stress on the animals.

It’s too early to predict a mortality rate, but a larger than normal winterkill is likely if the situation doesn’t change, said Mike Gollop, a fur and problem wildlife specialist with Saskatchewan’s environment ministry.

“We’re starting to get calls in about deer in tough shape and it’s a pretty wide area that we’re getting the calls.

I think you could probably say that we’re going to see a fairly significant mortality, but it could break. Temperature is a huge factor in all of this,” he said.

“It’s just like livestock. You know how much hay you have to throw to cattle when it gets cold, but it’s half that when it warms up a bit. It’s the same with these guys.”

Darrell Crabbe of the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation agreed, saying deer become easy targets for predators under these conditions.

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Crabbe said.

“That’s the problem. As you get through to spring, the coyotes will have their pups and there may not be a lot of game left over.”

Gollop wasn’t aware of Saskatchewan livestock producers encountering an unusual number of problem coyotes this winter, although those concerns increase once calving begins.

There is a concern about the number of cases of canine distemper identified in coyotes in the Saskatoon area.

Gollop said the weakened animals are encroaching on urban areas as

they scrounge for food, and the contagious virus can spread to unvaccinated dogs.

He said the next few weeks are crucial for wildlife.

“It becomes a life and death situation for them. They take all kinds of risks to come and get food. They’ll come and live in people’s yards with all that entails,” said Gollop.

“People want solutions to those problems and I don’t blame them, but when it gets to that point, there really is no ready solution. You could kill all the animals, but short of that you’re not likely to get them to leave because they’ve got nothing to go to.”

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Liberal hopefuls debate supply management As the federal Liberal leadership contest grinds its way toward an April climax, Toronto candidate and former MP Martha Hall Findlay continues her campaign to abolish supply management.

During the only leadership campaign forum on the Prairies, Hall Findlay won audience applause in Winnipeg Feb. 3 by repeating arguments that the system of production quotas, price setting and import protection should be phased out because it protects a small farm elite with above-average incomes and millions of dollars in assets while hurting Canada’s poor through higher basic food prices.

“It is regressive,” she said. “It is unconscionable to me that we keep a program that hurts the poor the most.”

Justin Trudeau, the presumed front-runner in the campaign, rejected the idea but offered no detail about why or if the system should be reformed.

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“I’m always looking for ways to reduce the costs for consumers of high quality food, but it can’t come at the price of gutting livelihoods of Canadian farmers,” he said.

Those who want to end supply management “pretend we live in a free market when it comes to agriculture,” but don’t offer an alternative system, he said.

Would prices at wholesale and retail levels be regulated to make sure lower dairy and poultry prices paid to farmers are passed on to consumers, he asked.

“It just doesn’t make sense to me.”

While supply management was not

a headline issue during the Winnipeg debate, it will have a much higher profile when candidates hold a late March debate in Montreal in the buildup to the April 14 announcement of the next leader in Ottawa.

Hall Findlay, briefly an MP and a previous Liberal leadership candidate before being defeated in the 2011 election, has campaigned for a change in party policy on supply management for months.

She says many Liberal MPs privately agree but are afraid to confront the farm lobby.

Last year, she published a report through the University of Calgary that argued for change and suggested the political price would not be as high as many MPs fear.

The report argued that while the Liberals created supply management in the 1970s to deal with volatile markets and industry poverty, it has since become a “cartel” that protects only seven percent of farmers at the expense of consumers.

In Winnipeg, she said Canadian export sectors have had to give up potential gains in previous trade deals so Canada could protect supply management. The result is that dairy processors are moving production to countries where raw milk supplies are cheaper.

“We are exporting jobs.”

Hall Findlay argues Canada should phase out the system over a number of years using the Australian model of a temporary consumer tax to compensate dairy and poultry producers for the loss of their system and some of the value of their quota.

She said there were fears for Canada’s wine industry during the 1988 Canada-U.S. free trade talks, but the result is “a thriving wine industry.

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Her arguments on supply management are among the few agricultural flashpoints in the Liberal leadership contest.

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The Global Institute for Food Security has named three Saskatchewan residents to its founding board of directors.

They include Peter MacKinnon, former president of the University of Saskatchewan, Alanna Koch, deputy minister of Saskatchewan Agriculture, and Dallas Howe, chair of Potash Corp.

The institute also announced last week that Ernie Barber, former dean of agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan, will serve as the institute’s deputy executive director and chief operating officer.

Barber, who served as dean of agriculture at the U of S in 2007-08, will oversee administration and operation of the institute.

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the university and is well connected in the agriculture and food sectors, said a news release issued by the institute.

Executive director Roger Beachy said the institute is exploring other partnerships in the private and public sectors.

It has a budget of $50 million over seven years, including $15 million from the province and $35 million from Potash Corp.

Beachy said he would like to see funding doubled over the next 18 months through additional partnerships with government and corporate investors.

“It’s unclear yet how many other companies will join us and what other resources might be available,” he said.

Three additional directors will be nominated and appointed to the GIFS board in 2013.

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CHINA | AGRICULTURE MODERNIZATION

Agriculture reform tops China’s agenda Country seeks to boost output for growing population direct land transfers by farmers.

Food security has long been a preoccupation of the ruling Communist party, but imports last year accounted for 12 percent of total food supplies and senior officials have already ruled out self-sufficiency as an option.

However, the government has remained reluctant to endorse largescale imports.

It is also expected to promise to better regulate trade.

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In its “number one document” for 2013 focusing on modernizing agriculture, the central government said it would grant more subsidies to large-scale landholders, family farms and rural co-operatives as it tries to provide more incentives to bring economies of scale to the fragmented countryside.

The “number one document” is a key indicator of policy priorities and has focused on rural matters every year since 2003.

“The development of China’s rural sector has entered a new stage along with the deepening industrialization and urbanization,” the document said.

It listed grain security and farm product supply as top priorities, with China seeking to boost production as it urbanizes and industrializes. The relocation to the cities of more than 200 million migrant workers has slashed the rural workforce and boosted food demand, leading to a growing dependence on imports.

The government said it will continue to support domestic farm prices by increasing state stockpiles. The policy has sent domestic prices much higher than international levels, requiring even tighter regulations of imports.

The government will continue to buy and stockpile corn, soybeans, rapeseed, cotton and sugar while strengthening the import tariff and quotas system, it said.

China would also develop measures to stimulate agriculture commodity futures trading and introduce new futures products.

The government also plans to strengthen monitoring on imports of “sensitive” farm products and crack down on smuggling.

Consolidating land under the control of larger commercial farms has remained a big challenge for the government, with a large number of leaseholders still unwilling to give up the safety net that their small farms provide.

The government is concerned that allowing large-scale land transfers will enable authorities to sell more scarce farmland to profitable nonagricultural sectors. It also fears a rising tide of rural unrest in the face of land grabs and pollution from heavy industry.

The government aims to improve the land registration system in the coming years to “offer legal proof to farmers in cases of land transfers” it said in the document.

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Potash Corp. recovery takes longer than expected Surprising drop in fourth quarter profit | A pause in Chinese and Indian sales hurt company, but sales have since resumed CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan forecast a modest rebound in earnings for 2013, with key importers in China and eventually India resuming purchases of potash, but the company’s recovery will be more gradual than expected.

Potash Corp., the world’s biggest fertilizer company, reported a surprisingly large drop in fourth-quarter profit Jan. 31, and gave a first-quarter outlook below Wall Street’s forecast.

The analysts’ average estimate for all of 2013 was near the high end of the company’s range.

Its U.S.-listed shares were down three percent at $41.75 US in trading before the market opened.

“My hope is they’re being relatively conservative on the guidance for the full year,” said analyst Spencer Churchill of Paradigm Capital. “If we see prices come up, we can start to see results get better.”

Potash Corp. said it expected a firstquarter profit of 50 cents to 65 cents per share, compared with the analysts’ average estimate of 68 cents, according to Thomson Reuters information service.

For the full year, the company forecast a profit of $2.75 to $3.25 a share.

That would be an improvement over a disappointing 2012, when Potash Corp. earned just $2.37, while the analysts’ average 2013 view was $3.18.

A pause in potash buying by Chinese and Indian importers weighed on the company during the last two quarters.

Canpotex Ltd, which makes offshore potash sales on behalf of Potash Corp., Mosaic Co. and Agrium Inc. , announced a six-month supply

deal with a subsidiary of China’s Sinofert Holdings Ltd on Dec. 31, at a larger-than-expected price discount and volume.

Indian potash importers remain on the sidelines.

Potash Corp. has idled several of its Canadian mines as North American stocks built up due to limited offshore sales. Even with the expected rebound in potash demand, the company said it would need to increase downtime this year.

Those shutdowns look to weigh down the current first quarter and

push the bulk of Potash Corp.’s recovery to later in the year, said analyst Mark Gulley of BGC Financial LP. Following Canpotex’s China deal, Potash Corp. said it was seeing increased demand from most major markets. The company forecast global potash shipments of 55 million to 57 million tonnes industrywide, well above 51 million tonnes in 2012, but down slightly from its November outlook.

Potash Corp. said it expected continued challenges from India because of weaker demand.

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CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — Potash Corp., Mosaic and Agrium have settled U.S. antitrust lawsuits that accused them of artificially inflating potash prices.

Potash Corp and Mosaic paid $43.75 million each while Agrium paid $10 million to settle the cases brought by U.S. buyers in 2008, the companies said in separate statements Jan. 30.

Russian group JSC Uralkali, the world’s second-largest potash producer by capacity after Canada’s Potash Corp., agreed in September to settle the cases by paying $12.75 million.

Three more companies from Russia and Belarus — JSC Silvinit, JSC International Potash and JSC Belarusian Potash — were also named in the lawsuits in 2008. Uralkali and Silvinit merged in 2011.

The companies named in the lawsuits accounted for 71 percent of global potash supply in 2008. The United States consumed 6.2 million tons of potash that year, of which 5.3 million was imported.

The settlement is subject to final approval of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Potash Corp. said it decided to settle after weighing the multi-year financial cost required to defend the allegations.

“These allegations are completely without merit and we deny all of the claims asserted in the lawsuit,” chief executive officer Bill Doyle said in a statement.

He said the settlement is an example of the “abuse of class actions in the United States” where self-interested lawyers enlist nominal plaintiffs to press “meritless claims.”

Steven Hart, one of the lawyers for direct purchaser plaintiffs such as small companies and farmers, said he was disturbed by Doyle’s comment.

“We feel they were reckless comments and inappropriate,” Hart said.

“Obviously this was a legitimate case.... It is inappropriate and selfserving to suggest that this claim was without merit.”

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One part of the study evaluated the efficacy of TagTeam, an inoculant used on field peas. TagTeam was studied because it is an inoculant with two distinct modes of action: a nitrogen-fixing Rhizobium bacteria and the naturally occurring soil fungus Penicillium bilaii, which improves access to soil and fertilizer phosphate.

ARECA used independent field-scale trials to evaluate five treatments against an untreated control sample. The treatments included a single-action (nitrogen-fixing only) Rhizobium inoculant, the same inoculant plus phosphorus fertilizer, TagTeam alone, and TagTeam with two rates of phosphorus fertilizer (5 lbs/ac and 25 lbs/ac). As shown in the graph, TagTeam displayed significantly higher yields than the nitrogen-only inoculant.

Graph #1 represents the results from three treatments: nitrogen-only inoculant (+/- 5 lbs/ac of P) and TagTeam.

Graph #1: Increased pea yields1 55

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TagTeam increased yields by an average 8.7 bu/ac compared to a nitrogen-only inoculant with 5 lbs/ac of P

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Note: Field pea amendment trial over three years at 14 research field locations1.

Graph #2 summarizes a nitrogen-only inoculant (+/- 5 lbs/ac of P), and TagTeam alone or with an additional 5 and 20 lbs/ac of P. Graph #2: Results of treatments in field pea1

Phosphate binds to other elements quickly and easily, which makes it inaccessible to crops, but the bonds can be broken by Penicillium bilaii, present in TagTeam.

When these bonds break, phosphate is made available to the plant at critical times in the growing season.

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The project was conducted by staff from several applied research associations and 14 participating farmers. The farmer co-operators were given the appropriate training necessary to monitor yields and report crop yield data to the project staff.

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The following graphs summarize the research conducted with TagTeam by the Agricultural Research and Extension Council of Alberta.

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Inoculant (n=14)

Inoculant + P (n=17)

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TagTeam + TagTeam + 5 lb P (n=9) 20 lb P (n=6)

Note: Number of locations per treatment varied from 6 to 17 as labeled in the above graph1.

The full report of the ARECA Research Project is available through their website at www.areca.ab.ca.

1. Source: The Agricultural Research and Extension Council of Alberta, Precision Tools for On Farm Research © 2012.

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MELVILLE, Sask. — A higher seeding rate can pay dividends for oat growers managing wild oat populations, says an Agriculture Canada crop management agronomist.

“It’s like replacing a wild oat herbicide that you would have in other crops,” Bill May said.

“I know it’s more costly, but increasing the competitiveness of the tame oat crop is beneficial in reducing the losses from wild oats and the production of seed by the wild oats.

So it has management benefits down the road in the next crops that follow oats.”

May told a recent Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation sponsored seminar in Melville that growers who know that wild oats are in their fields should use up to 350 seeds per sq. metre.

“There are still recommendations out there by some groups that are on the lower side of what I consider the best recommendations. If you don’t have very many wild oats, 300 plants per sq. metre is lots. You could even get away with 250. The problem with 250 is if you get much below that and you have an error or something, you have no backstop behind you,” he said in an interview.

“If you are at 300, you’ve got good uniformity. If you have higher field mortality coming out of the ground than expected, you still have a nice uniform stand for those oats. If you’re down at 250 and anything goes wrong, you just don’t have the buffering capacity that I want to see.”

A strong selection of cultivars with favourable traits and high yield potential make oats worth considering, he said.

He told growers they can achieve the highest yields with as little as 54 pounds per acre of applied nitrogen with few other input costs.

“Economic returns vary on the yield potential that the grower is able to achieve, so if you’re getting the provincial average, yeah, you’re not making very much money,” he said.

“But oats thrive under no till, and the more successful growers who are growing it consistently are getting 100 bushels per acre.”

The Prairie Oat Growers Association has organized a number of initiatives to rebuild declining markets and boost exports.

Prairie oat acres are forecasted to decline again this year.

“Canola is very beneficial, but it’s very input intensive,” said May. “So I think it’s wise for growers to have other crops that can be just as profitable but are less input intensive so their risks are balanced off — and they need the rotation as well.”

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Feb. 15-17: Saskatchewan Equine Expo, Prairieland Park, Saskatoon (306-931-7149, www. saskatchewanequineexpo.ca) Feb. 20: Western Stock Growers Association meeting, Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alta. (www.wsga.ca, office@wsga.ca) Feb. 20-22: Alberta Beef Industry Conference, Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alta. (Jennifer Brunette, jbrunette@cattlefeeders.ca, www. abiconference.ca) Feb. 25-26: Wild Oats Grainworld, The Fairmont Winnipeg, Winnipeg (register, 800-567-5678 or 204-9421459, wildoatsgrainworld.com) Feb. 27-March 1: Ag Expo/North American Seed Fair, Exhibition Park, Lethbridge (403-328-4491, events@ exhibitionpark.ca, www.exhibition park.ca) March 2: Manitoba Organic Alliance

AG NOTES forum and meeting, Riverbank Centre, Brandon (Jacqueline, 204-239-3362) March 5-8: Western Canadian Dairy Seminar, Sheraton, Red Deer (www. wcds.ca, 780-492-3236, wcds@ ualberta.ca) March 14-15: Canola Council of Canada convention, Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver (866-8344378, register: www.canolacouncil. org/convention, convention@ canolacouncil.org) March 8: Alberta Surface Rights Federation meeting, Norsemen Inn, Camrose, Alta. (Tom Nahirniak, 780672-6021, tomnahirniak@telus.net) March 21-22: Livestock Care Conference, Executive Royal Inn, Calgary (Register, AFAC, 403-662-8050, angela@afac. ab.ca, www.lcc.afac.ab.ca) For more coming events, see the Community Calendar, section 0300, in the Western Producer Classifieds.

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SUCCESSION PLANNING WEBINAR Elaine Froese, a professional speaker, writer and farm family coach, will make a webinar presentation Feb. 19 in which she will talk about mistakes farmers should avoid when succession planning.

The Saskatchewan Agriculture webinar will provide information to help farmers identify steps in the succession process.

A confirmation email containing information about the webinar will be sent after pre-registering at www2.gotomeeting.com/register /575782970.

VITERRA CONTRACT RATIFIED Grain and General Services Union workers have ratified two contracts with Viterra Inc. as the employees prepare for the takeover by Glencore and divestiture of 19 facilities to Richardson International.

Both Local 1, representing country operations and maintenance, and Local 2, representing head office employees, agreed to new three-year settlements during votes held Jan. 7-17. The contracts are retroactive to Nov. 1, 2012, and end Oct. 31, 2015.

The GSU said 77 percent of Local 1 and 83 percent of Local 2 employees voted during the ratification process.

A majority in both cases were in favour of the contracts.

Viterra had already ratified the agreements, which address hours of work and issues surrounding worker adjustment.

Some Western Producer employees are members of a different GSU local.

PRODUCERS GET RECOGNITION The Saskatchewan Livestock Association recently recognized several people for their contribution to the province’s livestock industry.

Robert and Sharon Ballantyne of Edam, the late William Duncan of Abbey, Lynn and Sheri Grant of Val Marie and Ron and Marilyn Mountenay of Belle Plaine were recognized during the Saskatchewan Beef Industry Conference.

The SLA Honour Scroll has been presented since 1927.

The Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association also presented a lifetime achievement award to Bill and the late Eileen Lamont, who developed the Speckle Park breed.

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Alberta canola growers who don’t request a check-off refund from the Alberta Canola Producers Commission qualify for a tax credit for the 2012 tax year.

The Scientific Research and Experimental Development tax credit allows canola growers to claim the tax credit for the portion of the checkoff that was used to fund qualifying research.

The rate for Alberta canola producers in 2012 is 7.02 percent, which means $7.02 is eligible to earn the tax credit for a grower who paid $100 in checkoffs to the canola commission in 2012. The tax credit can: • Offset federal taxes owing in the current year.

• Be received as a tax refund.

• Be carried forward up to 10 years to offset federal taxes owing.

• Be carried back three years to reduce federal taxes paid in those years.

Producers must file a T2038 (IND), while farm corporations must file the T2SCH31 form.

For more information, contact the Canada Revenue Agency or your accountant.

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AGRICULTURE AWARENESS SUMMIT | PUBLIC RELATIONS

Farmers told to assert position on ethical hierarchy Be accountable to public | Counter activists by holding media tours and using social media to tell message, says expert STORIES BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

“Trust me, I’m a farmer,� isn’t good enough to persuade increasingly e n gag e d c o n s u m e r s t hat t h e y should support what producers do, says the chief executive officer of the Missouri-based Center for Food Integrity.

Charlie Arnot told the Agriculture Awareness Summit in Regina Feb. 6 that plying them with scientific data won’t create trust either.

While farmers are more comfortable dealing with science and numbers, their consumers are looking for producers who share their values and are ethically grounded, he said. “Science is critically important, but it can’t play the lead role in building trust,� he said.

Arnot said people want to know that farmers care for their animals, employees, the environment, customers and communities.

Farmers have the social licence to operate without excessive regulations or restrictions if that kind of

trust exists. They obtain that social licence by telling people what they’re doing.

He said farmers have to be willing to say that while production practices have changed, their values have not. “Challenging today’s food system has become part of popular culture,� he added.

Activists and lobbyists have risen to the top of what Arnot calls the ethical hierarchy because people have a perception that they are acting for the greater good and are accountable to the public.

The good news is that farmers can easily gain that ethical high ground, he said. “It costs nothing to move from the bottom to the top. Claim that position. Talk about doing what’s right.�

For example, Farm and Food Care Ontario holds farm tours for media and stakeholders to help open the barn doors.

Program co-ordinator Heather Hargrave said people want to know more about agriculture and should hear the information from farmers.

She said there are a lot of individual efforts within agriculture to create awareness programs, but most of the money is spent on development, leaving little for implementation and evaluation. “This is a national conversation we need to have,� she said.

Ways to tell farmers’ story, educate consumer pondered More than 100 people attending the first Agriculture Awareness Summit in Regina Feb. 6 agreed that maintaining the meeting’s momentum is their next challenge.

The breadth of the industry — and the country — doesn’t make it easy to establish a national campaign that suits everyone involved.

However, the consensus seemed to be that something more should happen. “We need to get organized around this subject and communicate,� said facilitator Kim McConnell as the meeting concluded.

For months, Saskatchewan agriculture minister Lyle Stewart has said the industry has a great story to tell but doesn’t do a good job of telling it.

The province was the first to sign on to the Agriculture More Than Ever campaign spearheaded by Farm Credit Canada, and the summit was held to bring together industry and government leaders to gauge where individual efforts are at and how to better educate the public.

A survey of the attendees showed 80 percent were already involved in awareness initiatives.

Deputy agriculture minister Alanna Koch said a combined effort is needed for the industry to show people further removed from the farm what farmers do and how.

Public perception and trust in the industr y was a theme r unning through several presentations.

Sara Shymko, executive director of Saskatchewan’s Agriculture in the Classroom program, said agriculture shouldn’t shy away from the tough questions. “The questions critics are asking are driving innovation,� she said. “Through our research we’re going to find (answers).�

Lyndon Carlson, FCC’s senior vicepresident of marketing, said his biggest concern going forward was whether it was possible for the industry to agree on its messages.

He said FCC committed three years of funding for its campaign and intends to hand it off to its partners, which now number about 125.

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“Assume someone is watching everything you do all the time,� Arnot said.

The industry must ensure that images used in awareness campaigns properly reflect farming, he added.

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Hobbies & Handicrafts .................. 4885 Household Items............................ 4890 Iron & Steel .................................... 4960 Irrigation Equipment ..................... 4980 LANDSCAPING Greenhouses ............................... 4985 Lawn & Garden ........................... 4988 Nursery & Gardening Supplies .................. 4990 LIVESTOCK Bison/Buffalo Auction Sales ............................5000 Bison/Buffalo............................ 5001 Cattle Auction Sales ............................ 5005 Black Angus .............................. 5010 Red Angus ..................................5015 Belgian Blue.............................. 5030 Blonde d’Aquitaine ....................5035 Brahman ................................... 5040 Brangus ......................................5042 Braunvieh ..................................5047 Brown Swiss ............................. 5049 BueLingo ....................................5052 Charolais ....................................5055 Dexter........................................ 5065 Excellerator................................5067 Galloway ................................... 5070 Gelbvieh.....................................5075 Guernsey ................................... 5080 Hereford ....................................5090 Highland ................................... 5095 Holstein......................................5100 Jersey .........................................5105 Limousin .....................................5115 Lowline ...................................... 5118 Luing .......................................... 5120 Maine-Anjou .............................. 5125 Miniature ...................................5130 Murray Grey ............................... 5135 Piedmontese ..............................5160 Pinzgauer ................................... 5165 Red Poll .......................................5175 Salers ......................................... 5185 Santa Gertrudis .........................5188 Shaver Beefblend ...................... 5195 Shorthorn.................................. 5200 Simmental..................................5205 South Devon .............................. 5210 Speckle Park .............................. 5215 Tarentaise ..................................5220 Texas Longhorn .......................... 5225 Wagyu ........................................5230 Welsh Black................................ 5235 Cattle Various ............................5240 Cattle Wanted ............................5245 Cattle Events & Seminars .................................. 5247 Horses Auction Sales .............................5305 American Saddlebred ................5310 Appaloosa .................................. 5315 Arabian ......................................5320 Belgian ....................................... 5325 Canadian .................................... 5327 Clydesdale .................................5330 Donkeys ..................................... 5335 Haflinger ....................................5345 Holsteiner .................................. 5355 Miniature ...................................5365 Morgan ....................................... 5375 Mules......................................... 5380 Norwegian Fjord ........................5385 Paint.......................................... 5390 Palomino ....................................5395 Percheron ................................. 5400 Peruvian.................................... 5405 Ponies ....................................... 5408 Quarter Horse ............................ 5415 Shetland.....................................5420 Sport Horses ..............................5424 Standardbred............................ 5430 Tennessee Walker ......................5445 Thoroughbred ........................... 5450 Welsh .........................................5455 Horses Various.......................... 5460 Horses Wanted ..........................5465 Horse Events, Seminars.................. 5467 Horse Hauling ........................... 5469 Harness & Vehicles ....................5470 Saddles ...................................... 5475 Sheep Auction Sales .............................5505 Arcott .........................................5510 Columbia....................................5520

Dorper ........................................ 5527 Dorset ........................................5530 Katahdin.....................................5550 Lincoln ....................................... 5553 Suffolk....................................... 5580 Texel Sheep ................................5582 Sheep Various........................... 5590 Sheep Wanted............................5595 Sheep Events, Seminars................... 5597 Sheep Service, Supplies ...................................5598 Swine Auction Sales ............................ 5605 Wild Boars .................................5662 Swine Various ............................5670 Swine Wanted ............................ 5675 Swine Events, Seminars ..................5677 Poultry Baby Chicks ...............................5710 Ducks & Geese ...........................5720 Turkeys.......................................5730 Birds Various ............................. 5732 Poultry Various ..........................5740 Poultry Equipment..................... 5741 Specialty Alpacas ...................................... 5753 Deer............................................ 5757 Elk ..............................................5760 Goats .......................................... 5765 Llama .........................................5770 Rabbits....................................... 5773 Ratite: Emu, Ostrich, Rhea .................... 5775 Yaks ............................................5780 Events & Seminars..................... 5781 Specialty Livestock Equipment. ................................ 5783 Livestock Various ........................5785 Livestock Equipment .................. 5790 Livestock Services & Vet Supplies ..................................... 5792 Lost and Found .............................. 5800 Miscellaneous Articles................... 5850 Misc Articles Wanted ......................5855 Musical ............................................5910 Notices ............................................5925 Oilfield Equipment..........................5935 ORGANIC Certification Services ..................5943 Food .............................................5945 Grains...........................................5947 Livestock ..................................... 5948 Personal (prepaid) ......................... 5950 Personal Various (prepaid)................ 5952 Pest Control ................................... 5960 PETS Registered ....................................5970 Non Registered ............................ 5971 Working Dogs ...............................5973 Pets & Dog Events ........................ 5975 Photography .................................. 5980 Propane ..........................................6000 Pumps ............................................ 6010 Radio, TV & Satellites ....................6040 REAL ESTATE B.C. Properties .............................6110 Commercial Buildings/Land .......................... 6115 Condos/Townhouses ...................6120 Cottages & Lots ............................ 6125 Houses & Lots ..............................6126 Mobile Homes .............................. 6127 Ready To Move ............................. 6128 Resorts .........................................6129 Recreational Property .................6130 Farms & Ranches British Columbia........................ 6131 Alberta ....................................... 6132 Saskatchewan ............................ 6133 Manitoba ....................................6134 Pastures .....................................6136 Wanted .......................................6138 Acreages ....................................6139 Miscellaneous ........................... 6140 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES All Terrain Vehicles ...................... 6161 Boats & Watercraft ...................... 6162 Campers & Trailers ......................6164 Golf Cars ......................................6165 Motor Homes ...............................6166 Motorcycles ................................. 6167 Snowmobiles ...............................6168 Refrigeration .................................. 6180 RENTALS &

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ACCOMMODATIONS Apartments & Houses ..................6210 Vacation Accommodations .......................6245 Restaurant Supplies .......................6320 Sausage Equipment ....................... 6340 Sawmills......................................... 6360 Scales ............................................. 6380 PEDIGREED SEED Cereal Seeds Barley ........................................ 6404 Corn...........................................6406 Durum ....................................... 6407 Oats ........................................... 6410 Rye .............................................6413 Triticale ......................................6416 Wheat .........................................6419 Forage Seeds Alfalfa.........................................6425 Annual Forage ........................... 6428 Clover .........................................6431 Grass Seeds .............................. 6434 Oilseeds Canola ...................................... 6440 Flax ........................................... 6443 Pulse Crops Beans ........................................ 6449 Chickpeas ..................................6452 Lentil ..........................................6455 Peas........................................... 6458 Specialty Crops Canary Seeds ............................ 6464 Mustard ......................................6467 Potatoes .................................... 6470 Sunflower...................................6473 Other Specialty Crops................. 6476 COMMON SEED Cereal Seeds ............................... 6482 Forage Seeds............................... 6485 Grass Seeds ................................ 6488 Oilseeds .......................................6491 Pulse Crops ................................. 6494 Various .........................................6497 Organic Seed ................. See Class 5947 FEED MISCELLANEOUS Feed Grain................................... 6505 Hay & Straw .................................6510 Pellets & Concentrates ................ 6515 Fertilizer...................................... 6530 Feed Wanted ............................... 6540 Seed Wanted ................................6542 Sewing Machines ............................6710 Sharpening Services ....................... 6725 Sporting Goods ...............................6825 Outfitters .....................................6827 Stamps & Coins .............................. 6850 Swap................................................6875 Tanks ...............................................6925 Tarpaulins .......................................6975 Tenders............................................7025 Tickets .............................................7027 Tires ............................................... 7050 Tools ............................................... 7070 Travel...............................................7095 Water Pumps...................................7150 Water Treatment ............................ 7200 Welding ...........................................7250 Well Drilling ................................... 7300 Winches.......................................... 7400 CAREERS Career Training .............................. 8001 Child Care....................................... 8002 Construction ..................................8004 Domestic Services .........................8008 Farm / Ranch .................................. 8016 Forestry / Logging .......................... 8018 Help Wanted .................................. 8024 Management ...................................8025 Mining .............................................8027 Oilfield ........................................... 8030 Professional ....................................8032 Sales / Marketing ...........................8040 Trades / Technical .......................... 8044 Truck Drivers .................................. 8046 Employment Wanted (prepaid) ..................................... 8050

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1973 CESSNA AG truck, 3500 TTAF, 200 since engine, fresh annual, at Yorkton Air Service, Sask. $117,000. Brad at Shoal Lake, MB. 204-365-7574.

CITABRIA 7GCBC 1972, 1200 TT, great condition, rebuilt in 2004, $30,000 OBO. Email for details at moose@ssimicro.com Ph. 867-873-8256, Yellowknife, NT. WANTED: PIPER PA-15, 16, 17 aircraft in any condition, partial or complete. Phone 250-571-1353, Kamloops, BC. 1974 SKYMASTER P-337G, 2300 TT, engines approx. 600 hrs. SMOH, extensive annual complete, sacrifice $67,000. Phone Rick Wildfong 306-734-2345 or 306-734-7721, Craik, SK. NEW TO CROP spraying by air? We invite you to attend a free session designed just for you. Hear about maintenance tips and lessons learned by others. Hosted by Yorkt o n A i r c r a f t , C a l ga r y, A B . F e b. 2 1 . www.yorktonaircraft.com for more info or call 1-800-776-4656.

1974 CESSNA 150L, approx. 1850 hrs. TT engine and airframe, very low time, exceptionally nice little aircraft. 403-942-1404, 403-642-7612, Lethbridge, AB.

ANTIQUE AND COLLECTIBLE AUCTION 11:00 AM, Sunday, March 3 at Community Hall, Kronau, SK. Consignments welcome.

Supreme Auction Services, phone Brad Stenberg 306-551-9411, Ken McDonald 306-695-0121, Indian Head, SK. PL#314604. www.supremeauctions.ca

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SUN D AY F E BR UAR Y 24, 20 1 3 AT 9:0 0 AM Cosm o Civic Cen ter 31 30 Lau rie rDr. Sas kato o n ,SK .

Phonographs,Peddle Cars & Tractors, Coke Coolers & M em orabilia,Porcelain Signs,M usicalInstrum ents,Stam p Collection,License Plates,G lassw are, Furniture,Lam ps & m uch m ore!

b o d n a r u sa u ctio n eer in g .co m O ffice:30 6-975 -90 5 4 (30 6)227-95 0 5 1 -877-494-BID S(2437) PL #318200 SK PL #324317 A B

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NELSON’S AUCTION SERVICE Antique and Collectibles Auction, Sat. Feb. 23, 2013, 9:00 AM, Meacham SK. Directionsfrom Saskatoon: 39 miles E on Hwy.#5 and 2 miles S on Hwy #2. A huge selection of Collectible Art by ‘The Group of Seven’; Antique furniture; Vintage appliances; Collector’s coins and bills, dishes; fine china and glassware; Various collector sets, miniatures, plus many more rustic items. For a complete listing see: w w w. n e l s o n s a u c t i o n . c o m o r c a l l 306-944-4320, PL# 911669.

precisionpac.ca RARE 1940 BR John Deere tractor; 1944 LA John Deere tractor, both in vg cond.

780-349-9810, Westlock, AB. 1948 JOHN DEERE D, stored indoors, parade condition, $4500 OBO. Near Regina, SK. Contact 832-799-9008.

1942 INTERNATIONAL WD9, $1500. Call 604-853-1239, Abbotsford, BC.

NEW TRACTOR PARTS and quality engine rebuild kits. Great savings. Service manuals and decal sets. Our 38th year. www.diamondfarmtractorparts.com Phone 1-800-481-1353.

WANTED: 1952 MODEL A JD tractor.

Phone 306-295-4175. Gordon Bredahl, Box 294, Shaunavon, SK. S0N 2M0.

RARE 1958 JD 630 standard, gas, factory 3 p o i n t h i t c h , ve r y n i c e c o n d i t i o n , 780-349-9874, Westlock, AB. ANTIQUE AND COLLECTIBLE farm tractors and equip. auctions. Early spring or June.

306-728-4702, 306-786-7991, Melville, SK WANTED: STEERING WHEEL for 9000 Case tractor, 4 spoke, 20” w/Medallion centre. Roland Chicoine at: 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

1968 VALIANT 4 DR, new factory, 273 V8 short block, heads completely redone, new valves, seats, guides, new camshaft, pushrods, lifters, rockerarms, trans (auto) overhauled. No miles on engine and trans., $1500 OBO. Car is fair to good shape.

403-972-2279, Acadia Valley, AB. 1929 FORD PHAETON, restored in 1976, exc. cond., $30,000. 204-237-0368, Winnipeg, MB., email: wlock@shaw.ca 1975 GMC CABOVER, 350 DD, 13 spd., 40,000 rears; 1957 Dodge D700 tandem, 354 Hemi, 5&3 trans., 34,000 rears; 1971 GMC longnose tandem, 318 DD, 4x4 trans.

Sterling 306-539-4642, Regina, SK. www.sterlingoldcarsandtrucks.com

BORDER CITY COLLECTOR SHOW, Lloydminster, SK-AB, March 9-10, 2013.

Featuring antiques, farm toys, dolls and who knows what else? Mark your calendar now. 21 years and growing strong in the recently renovated Stockade Convention Centre. For information contact Don at 306-825-3584 or, Brad at 780-846-2977.

For doll info. call Deb at 780-875-8485.

ANTIGUE MCCLARY ROYAL charm cook stove. Taking offers at 204-365-7070, Hamiota, MB. WANTED: OLD AMMUNITION full or part boxes. Ph 306-478-2353, Mankota, SK.

1923 MODEL T FORD Touring car, needs ICE RESURFACER: 1998 520 Zamboni, r e s t o r i n g , a s k i n g $ 3 0 0 0 O B O . natural gas, 5497 hrs., $18,000; 1993 520 Zamboni, propane, 5400 hrs., $20,000.

ADRIAN’S MAGNETO SERVICE Guaran- 403-783-2460, Ponoka, AB. teed repairs on mags and ignitors. Repairs. WANTED 1955 CHEVROLET shortbox, step 306-668-2020 www.northtownmotors.com Parts. Sales. 204-326-6497. Box 21232, side, half ton, must be complete and origi- Saskatoon, SK. Steinbach, MB. R5G 1S5. nal. 306-276-5741 eves. White Fox, SK. FOR SALE, 1949 JD R tractor, always shedded, was running, good tin, will pay difference on JD 730, or sell as is.

HUGE ANTIQUE AUCTION: February 780-349-2798, Westlock, AB. 16th, Saturday, 10:00 AM. All categories antiques, furniture, collectibles, including salt glazed crock and a wooden duck decoy too much to List! Coin Auction CO LLECTABLE SALE collection, 1958 1 TON DODGE, V8 4 spd standard, and preview Friday night. Scribner Auction t h 9’ Stepside box, new tailgate, good tires, 2 th Wainwright, AB., 780-842-5666 details spares, no windshield, little surface rust www.scribnernet.com and 95% complete, $1000 OBO. Acadia PBR FARM AND INDUSTRIAL SALE, last M ARK ET M ALL Valley, AB. 403-972-2279. of each month. Ideal for farmers, 2325 Preston Ave.S. Saturday JIM’S CLASSIC CORNER, a selling service contractors, suppliers and dealers. Consign for classic and antique automobiles, now. Next sale February 23, 9:00 AM. SASK ATO O N trucks, boats. 204-997-4636, Winnipeg MB PBR, 105- 71st St. West, Saskatoon, SK., www.pbrauctions.com 306-931-7666.

WANTED: TRACTOR MANUALS, sales bro1929 MODEL A SEDAN, 6 wire wheels, new top bows, new top material 98% complete, chures, tractor catalogs. 306-373-8012, CASH FOR GUNS any kind, any condition.

Saskatoon, SK. $3900 OBO. 403-256-1211, Dewinton, AB. Call Nick 306-497-7574, Blaine Lake, SK.

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SANDBLAST AND PAINT your grain trailers, boxes, flatdecks and more. We use industrial undercoat and paint. Can zinc coat for added rust protection. Quality workmanship guaranteed. Prairie Sandblasting and Painting, 306-744-7930, Saltcoats, SK. 2009 LODE-KING SUPER B, new safety, good shape, rims and tires 70%. 2013 Doepker Super B’s in stock with lots of colors to pick and with Minimizer fenders.

Many more used and new trailers arriving daily. In stock, 2013 Doepker end dumps; 2013 tridem grain w/lift axles and many more options; 2013 Globe Lowboys 55 ton now available for your specialty heavy hauling needs; New oilfield tridem scissornecks 40 and 50 tons, 10 wides in stock.

Rentals available. Please visit our website at www.customtruck.ca 1-800-665-6317.

WWW.GREATTRAILERS.CA 2013 24’ Travalong aluminum. 6’8’’Hx6’8’’W, 7000 torsion axles, 4 units in stock, $17,495.

COMING SOON: 7’Hx7’6’’Wx24’L, 8000 torsion axles, 14 ply tires, $20,995. Spiritwood, SK. 306-824-4909, 306-883-7383.

OLDER 45’ CANCAR reefer van, set up to haul 16 horses w/tarp barns on both sides, ramp w/electric winch, hitch and wired to pull additional trailer, tires- 50%, $4500 OBO. 403-884-2567 evenings, Halkirk, AB. 2008 WILSON TRIDEM cattleliner, exc. shape, used very little, cert., winter pkg., a i r r i d e , a l u m . w h e e l s . C a l l Au g u s t 250-838-6701, 250-833-9102, Enderby, BC 1981 WY-LEE 4-horse trailer, treated floor and mats, good shape, asking $3000.

306-299-2088, Robsart, SK. 2005 SOONER ALUM. trailer, 7’x20’x7’, center gate, excellent condition, $12,000.

Call 204-736-2807 evenings, LaSalle, MB.

2008 MERRITT CATTLELINER w/board kit SCHOOL BUSES: 1985 to 2001, 36 to 66 2007 TIMPTE 3 hopper tri-axle grain and hog rail, c/w 7/8 dog house. Swift pass., $2900 and up. Phoenix Auto, Lucky t r a i l e r, f r e s h s a f e t y , $ 3 8 , 0 0 0 . Current, SK. 306-773-1083, 306-741-8544 Lake, SK., 1-877-585-2300. DL #320074.

306-734-7759, Craik, SK. ADVANCE 45’ TRI-AXLE air ride grain trailer, 2 hopper with open ends, alum. 2008 DOEPKER detachable neck machinery 1980 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL 2 dr., 352 slopes, air vibrator, Michel’s roll tarp, very trailer, 8’6� wide, extends to 12’6�, tri-axle, motor, could be easily restored, $1000 low kms. 306-682-3330, Englefeld, SK. 3-axle flip, pull-out lights, rear strobes, OBO. 204-669-9626, Winnipeg, MB. good cond., $49,000 OBO. 780-305-3547, Westlock, AB. 1983 MERCEDES 380 SL convertible, never winter driven, 84,000 kms, $26,000 OBO. Call 403-256-1211, Dewinton, AB.

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2006 CHRYSLER 15’6� limo, custom int., 10,000 orig. kms, new $150,000 asking $45,000. 780-284-5500, Westlock, AB. 2006 MERCURY MARQUIS LS, red color, 155,000 kms, new winter tires, exc. cond., $8900. 780-875-2650, Lloydminster, AB.

Trailer Sales And Rentals

2007 22’ BERGEN cattle trailer with bison pkg., 5000 kms, shedded, $14,000 OBO, Like new. 306-272-7729, Foam Lake, SK.

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

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WRECKING LATE MODEL TRUCKS: 1/2 tons, 3/4 tons, 1 tons, 4x4’s, vans, SUV’s.

Also large selection of Cummins diesel motors, Chevs and Fords as well. Phone Edmonton- 1-800-294-4784, or Calgary1-800-294-0687. We ship anywhere. We have everything, almost.

SOUTHSIDE AUTO WRECKERS located Weyburn, SK., 306-842-2641. Used car parts, light truck to semi-truck parts. We buy scrap iron and non-ferrous metals.

TRUCK BONEYARD INC. Specializing in obsolete parts, all makes. Trucks bought for wrecking. 306-771-2295, Balgonie, SK.

1993 WARREN FEED/SEED trailer, 9 compartments, complete with 2012 twin pump, asking $20,000 trades considered.

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WANTED: HARMONIC BALANCER or damper for 1980 Chev C70 tandem truck, 454 7.4L engine, General Motors part #14001920. 403-742-4264, Stettler, AB. WRECKING 1989 FORD L9000, good front end and cab; 1983 3 ton IHC, V8 diesel, 5 spd., single axle; Volvo trucks: Misc. axles and trans. parts; Also tandem trailer suspension axles. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK. PARTING OUT: 2003 Ford F350 diesel, 4 WD trucks, w/7.3L eng., one dually, both 6 spd. trans. 306-395-2668, 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK.

SASKATOON TRUCK PARTS CENTRE Ltd. North Corman Industrial Park.

New and used parts available for 3 ton highway tractors including custom built tandem converters and wet kits. All truck makes/models bought and sold. Shop service available. Specializing in repair and custom rebuilding for transmissions and differentials. Now offering driveshaft repair and assembly from passenger vehicles to heavy trucks. For more info call 306-668-5675 or 1-877-362-9465. www.saskatoontruckparts.ca DL #914394

1997 DOEPKER SUPER B, new tarps, recent work, chutes and slopes good, tires 40-50%, $19,500. 306-735-7787, Langbank, SK. FOR SALE: 1984 16’ grain trailer, pintle hitch, new tires, new tarp, $12,000.

306-741-7743, Swift Current, SK. 2005 LODE-KING Super B’s, steel sides, alum. slopes, $35,000 OBO. 306-398-2720, 306-441-1232, Rockhaven, SK.

MICHEL’S HOPPER AUGER, fits 3 hopper D o e p ke r g r a i n t r a i l e r, 2 y r s . o l d .

306-537-0942, 306-771-4319, Regina, SK. NEW NEVILLE STEEL farm tough grain trailers, available stock left for Spring; 38.5’ tandem air ride steel wheels, side chutes, loaded, $33,000; 40’ tandem air ride steel wheels, side chutes, loaded, $33,500; 45’ tri-axle, aluminum wheels, 3 hopper, loaded, $43,500; 45’ tri-axle alum. wheels 3 hopper, loaded air seeder package w/elec. tarp and electric slides, $47,850. Small window left for Spring cusTRUCK PARTS: 1/2 ton to 3 ton, gas and tom builds. Call today Corner Equipment diesel engines, 4 and 5 spd. transmissions, 204-483-2774, Carroll, MB. single and 2 speed axles, 13’-16’ B&H’s, and many other parts. Phoenix Auto, Lucky Lake, SK., 1-877-585-2300.

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. 2010 DOEPKER 48’ tridem grain trailer, lift VS TRUCK WORKS Inc. parting out GM axles, dual cranks, load lights, 25,000 kms, 1/2- 1 ton trucks. Call Gordon or Joanne, shedded, like new condition, $50,000.

403-972-3879, Alsask, SK. 403-994-7754, Olds, AB. WRECKING TRUCKS: All makes all models. Need parts? Call 306-821-0260 or email: junkman.2010@hotmail.com Wrecking Dodge, Chev, GMC, Ford and others. Lots of 4x4 stuff, 1/2 ton - 3 ton, buses etc. and some cars. We ship by bus, mail, Loomis, Purolator. Lloydminster, SK.

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Hudye Farms Inc. Complete Farm Equipment Dispersal

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Wilson Aluminum Tandem, Tri-Axle & Super B Grain Trailers

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306-363-2131 DRAKE, SASKATCHEWAN

1998 LODE-KING alum. Super B grain trailers, 90% brakes, 70% tires, new tarps.

306-264-3227, Meyronne, SK. NEW 2013 PLATINUM alum. stock trailer 24x7x7, 2 split gates, many upgrades, $22,000. Choice Trailers, Gravelbourg, SK. 306-648-8200.

ARNE’S SIDE DUMP tridem axle lead trailer, spring susp., 60� axle spread, Rtac spec 11x22.5, 15’ box, excellent cond., safetied, $35,000 OBO. 204-669-9626 Winnipeg MB RELIANT RENTALS rents all types of trailers: livestock, tankers, grain, gravel, etc. 306-224-2088, Windthorst, SK. 24’ GOOSENECK Tridem 21000 lbs, $7890; Bumper pull tandem lowboy: 18’, 14,000 lbs., $3975; 16’, 10,000 lbs., $3090; 16’, 7000 lbs, $2650. Factory direct.

888-792-6283 www.monarchtrailers.com WAYNE’S TRAILER REPAIR. Specializing in aluminum livestock trailer repair. Blaine Lake, SK, 306-497-2767. SGI accredited.

2011 ASPEN 16 WHEEL LOWBED, air ride, 26’ working deck, 10’ 6� wide, partial drop, mechanical detach neck, many extras, like new cond; 2012 Aspen tandem booster to go with lowbed, as new, used twice. 403-627-7927, Pincher Creek, AB.

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DROP DECK semi style sprayer trailers Air ride, tandem and tridems. 45’ to 53’.

SK: 306-398-8000; AB: 403-350-0336.

35 TON ROGERS low bed trailer, very good condition, $10,500. Call 204-955-8970.

Andres specializes in the sales, service and rental of agricultural and commercial trailers.

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GOOD TRAILERS, REASONABLY priced.

Tandem axle, gooseneck, 8-1/2x24’, Beavertail and ramps, 14,000 GVW, $6900; or 50 FLATDECK SEMI-TRAILERS, high- triple axle, $7900. All trailers custom built boys and stepdecks, $2100 to $25,000. from 2000 to 20,000 lbs., DOT approved.

Pics and prices at www.trailerguy.ca Call Call Dumonceau Trailers, 306-796-2006, Central Butte, SK. 306-222-2413, Aberdeen/Saskatoon, SK. Toll Free 1-888-834-8592 - Lethbridge, AB Toll Free 1-888-955-3636 - Nisku, AB

WWW.BERGENINDUSTRIES.COM NEW BLUEHILLS GOOSENECK stock, 20’, $13,900; 18’, $11,900. Call 306-445-5562, Delmas, SK.

2013 WILSON BELT trailer, tandem axle, air ride, 48� wide, stainless rear gate, chain driven 41’x78�x102�W, toolbox, new tarp, alum. wheels, $58,500; 2013 Doepker impact tridem gravel full frame end dump, Doepker auto axle lift system, mesh elec. and manual chain tarp, new 24� tires, $63,500; 2003 Nuvan curtain side trailer 48’, air ride, good tires, transparent roof, can deliver, $12,500; 2007 Merritt cattle liner triple axle, aluminum rims, air ride, 53’x102�x106�W, nose decking dog house, can deliver, $38,500; 2009 Wilson Super B’s, aluminum rims, air ride, Ag hopper, $65,500. Manitoba safety. Can deliver.

204-736-4854, 204-226-7289, Sanford, MB. www.vermilliontrucks.com 6 1997 HI-BOYS, 48’, priced from $2,500. to $8,500., cheaper ones as is, good ones SK. Cert.; 1995 LodeKing 48’ triaxle combo flatdeck, SK. Cert. $9500.; 2005 LodeKing Super B grain trailers, SK. Cert., $38,500; 2000 Doepker Super B grain trailers, $31,500; 1998 Talbert 48’, stepdeck, SK. Cert. $15,000; 2002 TrailTec tandem pintle combine/sprayer trailer, $16,500; 1998 Eager Beaver 20 ton float trailer, $16,500.

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

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12’ GOOSENECK TRAILER, 2 angle dividers, center gate, access door, sliding back door and ramp, 4 new tires, $5500. Call 306-561-7823, Davidson, SK.

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2011 GMC CREW diesel, 4x4, LTZ, absolutely loaded incl. sunroof, low kms, mint, $49,900. 2012 Chev diesel crew, LT, A / T / C , P W, P D L , c l o t h , l ow m i l e s , $44,900. Low interest financing available.

Call Ladimer 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK. email ladimer@sasktel.net DL 910885.

2012 RAM CUMMINS diesel 4x4, crewcab, $43,975. Call Hoss 1-800-667-4414, Wynyard, SK. www.thoens.com DL #909250.

NEW 2012 RAM Laramie crew, diesel, 4x4, $ 5 6 , 5 0 0 , 0 d o w n , $ 3 3 0 / b i - we e k ly.

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NEW 2013 RAM SXT Quad Cab Hemi 4x4, $ 2 9 , 9 8 8 , 0 d o w n , $ 1 7 5 / b i - we e k ly.

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2005 Peterbilt 378

430 HP C13 Cat Engine, 10 Speed Eaton Ultrashift, New Cancade 20’ X 64” Grain Box, Electric Roll Tarp, Southern Truck.

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1997 GMC 1500 ext. cab, 4x4, fully loaded, 3rd door, leather, 250,000 kms, $5900.

Call 306-842-3525, Weyburn, SK.

We Take Trades

RPM Automotive Sundre: 1-888-638-4525 sales@kieferbuiltcanada.com Automan Trailers Prince Albert: 1-800-252-0840 automan@kieferbuiltcanada.com Smyl RV: St. Paul: 1-800-522-4105 smyl@kieferbuiltcanada.com F.M. Trailer World Vulcan, AB: 1-877-205-1999 stacey@kieferbuiltcanada.com Strathmore, AB: 403-934-6833 holly@kieferbuiltcanada.com

WA N T E D : G O O D S H A P E 1 9 8 9 - 1 9 9 3 Dodge 250, single cab, diesel, 4 WD. Prefer electric windows, original paint, stock.

Call 780-835-8532, Fairview, AB.

2005 FORD F350 XLT Super Duty 4x4, ext. cab, 195,000 kms, EGR delete kit, hidden gooseneck ball hitch, $13,500.

306-752-3808, Melfort, SK. 2005 RAM 2500, Quadcab 4x4 Larimee, fully loaded, 5.9 Cummins, auto, new rubber, very nice truck. $13,900. Prince Albert, SK. 306-961-6499.

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2007 CHEV AVALANCHE, 82,392 kms, cloth seats, 4 WD, 5.3L V8, remote start, 2006 DODGE 3500 mega cab diesel, $ 2 2 , 5 0 0 . 3 0 6 - 7 5 3 - 9 2 7 5 , U n i t y, S K . 114,000 kms, $29,500 OBO. More to bill_leibel@hotmail.com choose from. 306-463-8888 Dodsland, SK. www.diamonddholdings.ca DL 909463.

2007 CHEV SILVERADO 1500 LS, 4x4, ext. cab, newer tires, 135,000 kms, excellent, 2008 GMC 4x4 crew $18,955. 8 more GM $15,500. 306-648-2866, Gravelbourg, SK. 4x4’s in stock. Call Hoss 1-800-667-4414, Wynyard SK. www.thoens.com DL 909250 NEW 2012 RAM Longhorn Mega Cab Dually, diesel, 4x4, $62,850, 0 down, $367/bi- 2012 DODGE DURANGO SXT, 7 passenger, weekly. 1-800-667-4414, Wynyard, SK. loaded, $29,999. 1-800-667-4414, Wynwww.thoens.com DL #909250. yard, SK. www.thoens.com DL #909250.

20’ NEW GRAIN BOX, 68” sides with tarp, $9850. 204-825-8755, Cartwright, MB. 2000 FREIGHTLINER FL120, tandem, 470 Detroit, 10 spd., air ride, AC, 20’ Ultracel box pkg, no rust, California truck. Fall special $52,500, trade considered.

306-946-8522, Watrous, SK. 2000 FREIGHTLINER FL80 w/new 16’ Ultracel box pkg., 300 HP, 9 spd., excellent, no rust, only $37,500. 306-946-8522, Watrous, SK. 2001 KENWORTH W900 w/20’ alum. grain box, tarp, 430 HP, 10 spd., dual exhaust, premium U.S no rust truck. Fall special $59,500, trade considered.

306-946-8522, Watrous, SK 2006 IH 4300 single, Allison auto., L/66 diesel, AC, new C.I.M B&H, Michel’s tarp, premium U.S. no rust truck, trade considered, only $48,500. 306-946-8522, Watrous, SK. 2 0 0 7 C O L U M B I A DAY C A B L O N G FRAME, 14L Detroit, 475 HP, 13 spd. Eaton UltraShift, 4-way lock-up diffs, great for grain truck. Will accommodate 19’ or 20’ grain box, $39,999. Will deliver western Canada $1/km. Call Farmer Vern 204-724-7000, Winnipeg, MB.

LIVESTOCK 2008 MERRIT CATTLE HOG DROP CENTER...................................................$45,500 GOOSENECKS NEW WILSON 24’ .................................................... IN STOCK EQUIPMENT 2013 MUV-ALL 10’ WIDE HYD BT ......CALL FOR PRICE 2009 MUV-ALL 10’ WIDE BT ........................... AVAILABLE DECKS NEW WILSON STEP & FLAT DECKS TANDEM/TRIDEM/BEAVER TAIL............. IN STOCK GRAVEL/MISC. 2013 TECUMSEH TRIDEM END DUMP ....... AVAILABLE 2005 GREAT DANE REEFER VAN ..........................$19,500

RENTALS AVAILABLE

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Moose Jaw (877) 999-7402 Brian Griffin, Harvey Van De Sype, John Carle

Saskatoon (866) 278-2636

Danny Tataryn Bob Fleischhacker

Cell: 306-260-4209 Cell: 306-231-5939

TRUCKS WITH ALLISON TRANS: 2003 FL70, SA, will take 16’/18’ box, 206,000 miles, $16,900; 2003 FL70 w/tag axle, will take 20’ box, 186,000 miles, $21,900; 2003 FL70, SA, short WB, daycab, auto hwy. tractor, 200,000 miles, $14,900, 2001 IHC 4900, C&C, tandem, low miles, $24,900; 2001 GMC C7500, tandem, C&C, 126,000 miles, $22,900; 2004 FL80, tandem, C&C, 206,000 miles, $28,900. K&L Equipment, Regina, SK, 306-795-7779, 306-537-2027, email ladimer@sasktel.net DL 910885.

2001 CHEV C7500 tandem gravel truck, Cat dsl., 10 spd., 129,000 miles, $19,900; 2004 FL80, Cat dsl., Allison auto, 210,000 miles, $29,900. K&L Equipment, Regina, SK, 306-795-7779, 306-537-2027 or email: ladimer@sasktel.net DL 910885.

2001 PETERBILT, 1.1M kms, 22.5 tires at 60%, C12 435 HP, 13 spd. 306-369-2631, 306-231-9941, Humboldt, SK. 2005 MACK CH613, 686,000 kms, 460 HP, 13 spd, 38,000 lb. Eaton rears, new safety, $35,000. 403-654-0132, Vauxhall, AB.

1 999 GM C C7500 To pkic k 4 27 V 8,5 x 2 tran s m is s io n ,A/C,1 2’ De ck,W hite ,1 1 8,060km ,N e w m o to r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1 5,995

2005 PETERBILT 378, C13, 475 HP, 18 spd. Call 306-458-7744, Macoun, SK.

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COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL MFG. for grain box pkgs., decks, gravel boxes, HD combination grain and silage boxes, pup trailers, frame alterations, custom paint, complete service. Visit our plant at Humboldt, SK or call 306-682-2505 for prices.

FORD F600, 15’ B&H, tarp, needs valve job.

Phone 306-445-5602, North Battleford, SK.

2008 GM C To pkic k C8500 Ta n d em 7.8L Is u zu Die s e l(300 H.P.) Alls io n Au to ,A-C-T,AirSe at,AirRid e re ars u s pe n s io n ,Exhau s tb rake ,20’ Ft. b o x,ho is t,Ro llto p,W hite ,G re y b o x,like n e w ,O n ly 1 9,54 5 km . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $94 ,995

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AUTOSHIFT TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Boxed tandems and tractor units. Contact David 306-887-2094, 306-864-7055, Kinistino, SK. DL #327784. www.davidstrucks.com

201 3 K en w o rth T370 350 H.P . D iesel Allis o n Au to Fu lly Lo ad e d ,Air Su s pe n s io n ,8.5’ x 20” x 65” Ultrace l Bo x,Ho is t,Ele ctric Tarp,Re m o te Co n tro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1 29,995

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2007 KENWORTH grain truck, new grain box, 475 HP Cummins, $49,950.

204-825-8755, Cartwright, MB.

2010 Ke n w orth T370, 300 HP Pa ca r PX-6, 6 s p , 10,000 fron t20,000 rea r, 3:55 g ea rs , 200” W B, d iff. lock , 202,336 k m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $53,000 2009 M a c k G ra in Tru c k , 445 HP M P8, 10 s p Ea ton A u tos hiftw ith clu tch p ed a l, n ew 20’ Ca n ca d e box, 633,042 k m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $79,000 3-2009 P e te rb ilt 386 , 430 HP Ca tC13, 13 s p , 12/ 40, m id -ris e bu n k , 22.5” a lloy w heels , 3:55 g ea rs , 500,000 k m . . . $45,000 4-2009 M a c k CXU6 13, 485 HP M P8, 13 s p , 12/ 40, 3:55 g ea rs , hig h-ris e rem ova ble bu n k s , G en era tors , 221” W B, 750-800,000 k m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,000 3-2008 IH P roS ta r, 425 HP Cu m m in s , IS X, 10 s p Ultra s hift, 12/ 40, 22.5” w heels , 3:73 g ea rs , 72” m id -ris e bu n k , 226” W B, 800k m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000 2007 W e s te rn S ta r 4900FA, 515 HP. Detroit, 13 s p , 3:70 g ea rs , 12/ 40, m id -ris e bu n k , 3-w a y d iff. lock s , 586,081 k m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $53,000 2007 Ke n w orth W 900L, 565 HP Cu m m in s IS X, 18 s p , 12/ 46, 3-w a y d iff. lock s , 4:10 g ea rs , 244” W B, m id -ris e bu n k , 1,053,892 k m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $74,000 2-2007 P e te rb ilt 379, 430 HP Ca tC13, 10 s p , 12/ 40, 36” fla t-top bu n k . . . . . $39,000 2007 IH 9400I, 500 HP Cu m m in s , IS X, 18 s p , 14/ 46, 22.5” a lloy w heels , 3:73 g ea rs , 221” W B, 3-w a y d iff. lock s , 874,229 k m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45,000 2007 M a c k Ra w hid e , 460 HP M a ck , 18 s p , 12/ 40, 244” W B, 3-w a y d iff. lock s , 22.5” a lloy w heels , 906,719 k m . . . . $39,000 2006 Ke n w orth W 900L, 475 HP Ca t C15, 18 s p , 12/ 40, 22.5” a lloy w heels , 86” s tu d io s leep er, 3:36 g ea rs , 244” W B, 3-w a y d iff. lock s , 1,226,472 k m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $55,000 2006 P e te rb ilt 379L, 475 HP Cu m m in s , IS X, 18 s p , 12/ 40, 3:70 g ea rs , 3-w a y d iff. lock s , 70” m id -ris e bu n k , 1,413,315 k m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $55,000 2006 P e te rb ilt 379L, 475 HP Ca tC15, 18 s p , 12/ 40, 3:70 g ea rs , 244” W B, 63” m id -ris e bu n k , 1,206,979 k m . . $50,000 2006 M a c k Ra w hid e , 460 HP M a ck , 13 s p , 12/ 40, 3:90 g ea rs , 238” W B, 1,127,668 k m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,000 2006 W e s te rn S ta r 4900FA, d a y ca b, 450 HP M erced es M BE4000, 10 s p A u tos hift3 Ped a l, 12/ 40, 22.5” a lloy w heels , 244” W B, 1.1M k m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,000 2006 W e s te rn S ta r 4900, 450 HP M erced es , 10 s p A u tos hift3 p ed a l, 12/ 40, 22.5” a lloy w heels , m id -ris e bu n k , 1.1M k m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,000 2006 M a c k CXU6 13, 460 HP M a ck , 13 s p , 12/ 40, 3:90 g ea rs , 3-w a y d iff. lock s , m id -ris e bu n k , 874,491 k m . . . . . . . . . . . $27,000 2006 W e s te rn S ta r 4900, 470 HP Detroit, 13 s p , d a y ca b, 390 g ea rs , 244” W B, 12/ 40, 24.5” a lloy w heels , 3-w a y d iff. lock s , 1.3K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000 2005 IH 9900I, 475 HP, Cu m m in s IS X, 18 s p , 12/ 46, 24.5” a lloy w heels , 244” W B, m id -ris e bu n k , 3-w a y d iff. lock s , 1.6K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000 2005 P e te rb ilt 379, 430 HP Ca tC13, 13 s p , 12/ 40, 24.5” w heels , 208” W B, 36” fla ttop bu n k , 1,160,839 k m . . . . . . . . . . $39,000 2001 Ke n w orth T2000, 470 HP Detroit, 13 s p , 12/ 40, m id -ris e bu n k , 3:70, 2.5M k m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 d lr# 0122.

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GRAVEL TRUCKS AND end dumps for sale or rent, weekly/ monthly/ seasonally, w/wo driver. K&L Equipment, Regina, SK, 306-795-7779, 306-537-2027 or 2 0 0 7 C O L U M B I A DAY C A B L O N G email: ladimer@sasktel.net DL 910885.

FRAME, 14L Detroit, 475 HP, 13 spd. Eaton UltraShift, 4-way lock-up diffs, great for grain truck. Will accommodate 19’ or 20’ grain box, $39,999. Will deliver 1960 MACK B-42 thermodyne diesel, 5 western Canada $1/km. Call Farmer Vern spd. main, ground up restoration, $24,000 204-724-7000, Winnipeg, MB. OBO. Call 403-256-1211, Dewinton, AB. 2007 KENWORTH T600 daycab tractor, 1994 FORD AEROMAX daycab, N14, 10 C13 Cat, 430 HP, 18 spd., Super 40 rears spd., 600,000 kms, runs very good, w/4-way locks, new 11R24.5 steer tires, new recaps on rear, 195” wheel base. New $10,000. Call 204-955-8970.

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1994 MACK CH model, certified, good Ask for Jeff 403-638-3934, Sundre, AB. cond., new steering tires/battery, $13,000 2007 PETERBILT 378, 500 HP, C15 Cat, OBO. Call 1-888-776-7705, Rouleau, SK. 63” bunk, 12,000 fronts, 46,000 rears. 7 to 1996 INTERNATIONAL 9400 Cat 3406, choose from. Still have warranty. $65,000 14.6 L, wet kit, bunk, good tires and each. 855-457-5005, Calgary, AB. brakes, 965,215 kms., $15,900. Call Ron 2008 COLUMBIA C15 Cat, 15 spd.

204-322-5638, 204-941-0045, Rosser, MB. w/deep reduction Eaton Fuller, 4-way lock-up diffs, S bar heater, 34” low bunk, ideal for farm use or oilfield, premium AB. truck, formerly Tim Hortons run. New shocks, air bags, near new rubber, lots of goodies including CB radio, alloy rims, cruise, Jakes, etc., dark brown almost black metallic, only 654,000 easy kms, $49,000 or lease w/15% down OAC. Can deliver western Canada $1/km. Call Vern 204-724-7000, Winnipeg, MB.

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2007 FREIGHTLINER AutoShift with Detroit; 2006 IHC 9200i, AutoShift with ISM Cummins. Both with new 20’ CIM B&H. Visit us at 78truxsales.com 306-270-6399, Saskatoon, SK. 2007 FREIGHTLINER w/Mercedes eng., AutoShift, new 20’ B&H, green in colour, $65,500; 2007 Freightliner w/Mercedes eng., power AutoShift, new 20’ B&H, white w/green box, $65,500; 2005 IH 9400 w/Cat power AutoShift, new 20’ B&H, white w/blue box, $57,500; 2005 IH 9400 w/Cat power AutoShift, new 20’ B&H, white w/burgundy box, $57,500. Coming in soon: 2005 Freightliner w/Mercedes power, AutoShift w/new 20’ B&H, white w/white box, $57,500; 2000 Mack w/Mack power, 10 spd., new 20’ B&H, $44,500; 2001 Western Star w/Cat power, 13 spd. w/new 20’ B&H, $47,500; 2010 Loadline 36’ tandem grain trailer, $29,500, like new.

All trucks have alum. wheels and will be SK. safetied. Ph cell 306-276-7518, or res 306-767-2616, Arborfield, SK DL #906768

2008 F250 XL, 4x4, 5.4L auto, new grips, box liner, 150,000 kms, $16,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

1999 TRAILTECH PINTLE HITCH combine 2003 FORD F150 crewcab, 4x4, 75,000 trailer, used to haul high clearance sprayer kms, green, good clean truck, $11,400 403-977-1624 over past 10 yrs., premium low miles. OBO. 306-978-1298, Saskatoon, SK. 306-264-7742, Kincaid, SK. 2004 CHEVY 2500 4x4, 4 dr., gas, new 1970 DODGE D500, t V8,ti steel t kB&H, wood safety, new front tires, flatdeck w/toolbox- floor, very lgood hoist, project truck, $750 Kiefer Stock Horse Trailers es, $8500. 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB. OBO. 780-870-8253, Dewberry, AB. Aluminum & Steel 1992 INT. AUTO, approx. 700,000 kms, asking $22,500. Call Steve 780-674-8080, 1988 FORD 150, 302 automatic, 4WD, Cherhill, AB. $1400. 306-460-4507, Madison, SK.

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2006 FREIGHTLINER FLD120 CLASSIC Detroit Series 60, 515 HP, Eaton 13 spd., recent bearing roll, clutch, new turbo. Well maintained, valid safety to June 2013. 2010 IH LONE Star, Harley Davidson, 500 Asking $32,000. Call 306-220-0987 for HP, ISX Cummins, 18 spd., 3 way locker, Super 40s, loaded, new tires, only 337,000 more details, Saskatoon, SK. kms. MB safetied, $109,000.

2007 COLUMBIA 14L Detroit, 475 HP, 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. 13 spd., Eaton UltraShift, 4-way lockup diffs, alloy rims, solid chrome front DAYCAB TRACTORS: 2007 Freightliner bumper, great farm use truck or oilfield, FLD 120 SD, 515 Detroit, 18 spd., Super 40 $33,500. Can deliver western Canada rears w/locks, $37,500. 306-325-2021, $1/km. Vern 204-724-7000, Winnipeg, MB 306-547-7680, Okla, SK. DL #304675.

2009 V o lvo 430, 42” fla tto p s leep er, D16 535 h.p ., 18 s p d , 46,000 rea rs , F u ll w heel lo ckers , W ith exten d ed en gin e w a rra n ty, 789,000 km s .

2008 V o lvo 730, M id ro o f77” s leep er D13 485 h.p . 12 & 40’s ,18 s p d ., F u ll lo ckers , New In jecto rs . On ly 335,000 o rigin a l K M w ith exten d ed en gin e w a rra n ty.

2007 V o lvo 6 30’s , 61” M id ro o f s leep ers , All No n DPF em is s io n , D12 465 h.p ., 13 s p d s Prices s ta rtin g a t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,000 2007 GM C C7500, 7.8 Du ra m a x 215 h.p ., 6 s p d m a n u a l, New 22’ Va n Bo d y, 116,000 km s .

2007 GM C C6 500, 7.8 Du ra m a x 200 h.p ., 5 s p d Au to m a tic, 20’ Va n b o d y, On ly 11,000 km s .

2006 V o lvo V T8 8 0, D16 500 h.p ., 18 s p d , 244” w heel b a s e, 13,200 fro n t, 40 rea rs , Nu m ero u s recen tw o rk o rd ers .

2006 V o lvo 6 70, D12 465 h.p ., 61” Ra is ed ro o fs leep er, 12 s p d M erito r, 12&40’s .

2006 GM C C6 500, 7.8 Du ra m a x 215 h.p ., 6 s p d m a n u a l, New 18’ d eck, On ly 15,000 km s .

2003 V o lvo 6 30, 61” m id ro o f, D12 465 h.p ., 13 s p d F u ller, 12&40’s , n ew d ifferen tia l.

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DAYCABS!!! 2006 IHC 9200i, Cummins ISM 425 HP, 10 spd. Eaton AutoShift. 3 in stock varying from 390,000- 670,000 kms.

Western trucks, one w/46,000 lb. rears and lockers; 2007 Freightliner CL120 day cab, C13 Cat, 410 HP, 10 spd. Eaton AutoShift, 970,000 kms, US truck; 2005 IHC 9200i’s with 10 spd. manuals coming soon.

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HODGINS HEAVY TRUCK CENTRE: 2007 International 9900, Cat 430 HP, 13 spd., $34,500; 2007 International 9200, Cat 430 HP, 13 spd. UltraShift, $38,500; 2006 International 9900, Cummins 525 HP, 13 spd., $36,500; 2005 Kenworth T800, Cat 430 HP, 13 spd, $28,500; Daycabs: 2008 Paystar 5900, Cummins 550 HP, 18 spd., 46 rears, 428,000 kms., $74,000; 2007 International 9900, Cummins 500 HP, 18 spd., 46 rears, $44,500.

Specialty trucks: 1994 International 9200, Cat 350 HP, 10 spd, 24’ hyd. tilt and load deck w/winch, $28,000; 1995 Volvo, Cummins 370 HP, 10 spd., 24’ hyd. tilt and load deck, $22,500; 2002 Sterling Acterra, Cat 300 HP, 9 spd., 24’ van body, $16,500.

306-567-7262, Davidson, SK., DL#312974 www.hodginshtc.com TWO 2008 KENWORTH T800’s, daycab, Cummins ISX 500 HP, 18 spd., Super 40 rears 4:10 ratio, fresh SK. safety, 800,000 kms on both, extra clean, $60,000/each.

Kindersley, SK., call 306-460-8507.

2008 T800 KENWORTH roll-off truck, 15 spd., Cummins ISL, 272,000 kms, c/w 24’ container, steel tarp tires 80%, new MB safety, vg condition, $110,000 OBO. Can deliver. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

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Year of spreaders is 2003, 2005, 2006. All in good shape. Trucks have been safetied every year. $40,000/ea OBO. Swift Current, SK. 306-741-7496 or 306-741-2753.

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2008 TOYOTA RAV4, 82,000 kms, 4 cyl., ROUGH LUMBER: 2x6, 2x8, 2x10, 1” silver, excellent shape, asking $18,500. boards, windbreak slabs, 4x4, 6x6, 8x8, 306-389-2130, 306-251-2130 Maymont SK 10x10, all in stock. Custom sizes on order.

Log siding, cove siding, lap siding, shiplap, 2011 JEEP LAREDO, $28,888. Contact 1” and 2” tongue and groove. V&R Sawing, 1 - 8 0 0 - 6 6 7 - 4 4 1 4 , W y n y a r d , S K . 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK. www.thoens.com DL #909250.

TWO LATE MODEL low mileage dump trucks, Allison automatic. Call for details 2012 JEEP LIBERTY Sport, 4x4, $21,975.

Call Hoss 1-800-667-4414, Wynyard, SK. 306-536-5055, Lumsden, SK. DL #909250. www.thoens.com CONTINUOUS METAL ROOFING, no exposed screws to leak or metal overlaps.

Ideal for lower slope roofs, rinks, churches, pig barns, commercial, arch rib buildWATER TRUCKS: 1996 IHC 9300, white; 1994 IH 4900 18’ flatdeck w/hoist, 466 ing and residential roofing; also available 2001 IHC; 1997 Volvo. All have Wabash diesel, very good condition. Fall clearance in Snap Lock. 306-435-8008, Wapella, SK. tanks; Also 1997 Auto Car w/Jasper tank. $24,500, trade considered. 306-946-8522, All units work ready. Marsden, SK. ph Watrous, SK. Louise, 306-826-5751, l.gray@hmsinet.ca 1999 IHC 4900, w/21’ roll-back deck, PRIVE BUILDING MOVERS Ltd.! Bonded, 211,000 miles, SK. licensed, good cond., $27,900. 306-222-2115, Saskatoon, SK. 2007 UPLANDER CHEV van, mint, loaded licensed for SK. and AB. Fully insured. incl. power seats, 126,000 kms, $8900. Moving all types and sizes of buildings.

2007 5500 CHEV, 4x4, crewcab, c/w 2 306-537-2027, Regina, SK. DL 910885.

Call Andy 306-625-3827, Ponteix, SK. side toolboxes, 8’ deck, crane, very good www.privebuildingmovers.com condition. 780-983-0936, Westlock, AB. 2 0 1 2 C H RY S L E R To w n & C o u n t r y, $24,975.

Call 1-800-667-4414, Wynyard, 1998 FREIGHTLINER FL106, self-loading/unloading bale truck with Goldenview SK. www.thoens.com DL #909250.

17 bale deck, Detroit engine, new: rad., GREAT BUY! Like new. Must Sell. 2012 water pump and hyd. pump, maintenance Grand Caravan SE, 14,000 kms, $18,900. r e c o r d s a n d wo r k o r d e r s ava i l a b l e . Call 306-469-4485 daytime, 306-469-5675 GOVERNMENT GRANTS, LOANS for new 306-268-4362, Bengough, SK. evenings/weekends, Big River, SK. and existing farms and businesses.

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SPECIALTY TRUCKS AVAILABLE. Fire/ emergency trucks, garbage trucks, bucket TURNKEY BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY! trucks, deck and dump trucks. See us at our new location on Cory Rd., Saskatoon, MAZDA, TOYOTA OR CHEV TRUCK New state of the art, 8-bay carwash for SK., Summer of 2013. 306-668-2020. DL wanted. Reliable truck for commuting or sale in thriving Saskatchewan community.

Located on 3 acres with great location on #90871. an odd haul. 306-221-4972, Saskatoon, SK highway. Great customer base! Selling due 2001 FREIGHTLINER FL70 septic vac to health concerns. Serious inquiries truck, auto., 1600 gal. tank, 500 Fruitland only please! Call 306-232-4767. pump, hoist and full open rear door. $58,500. Ph. 306-845-3407, Turtleford, SK JOIN ONE of Western Canada’s fastest growing tire chains today! TreadPro Tire Centres is always looking for new memTreadPro offers group controlled disAUSTRALIAN PACKAGE BEES, mite bers. through our 5 warehouses locatfree. April delivery. Australian and US tribution in BC, AB, and SK. Exclusive brands and queens available. Morley at 306-534-2014, ed pricing for each TreadPro Dealer, 24/7 ac306-534-4462, Spy Hill, SK. cess to online ordering backed up with sales desk support. Our marketing strategies are developed for the specific needs of Western Canadian Dealers. Signage, LARGE POLY LEAFCUTTER bee shelters for displays, vehicle identification, group unisale, comes with rebar, anchors and doors, forms also important for visual impact and $150. Call 306-767-2202, Zenon Park, SK. recognition are affordable with the supLEAFCUTTER BEE EQUIPMENT. Complete port of the TreadPro Group. Product and operation dispersal. 1350 laminated poly sales training arranged according to your 1998 KENWORTH CABOVER, M11-310E, 9 nests, 385 hatching trays, incubation needs. Exclusive territory protection, reinspd., double frame, air trac, alum. wheels, racks, other bee equipment. Equipment forced with individual territory managers 18 front, 44,000 lockers, 168,300 kms, 144 field ready. Can email pics. 204-953-6710, and home office support. Find out more about the unique features of the TreadPro C to A, 234 OA frame, 29,810 hrs, clean, Roblin, MB. or terri@novgroup.com group today. Our team will be happy to ar$12,500 firm. 780-470-0330, Devon, AB. WILL DO STYROBLOCK cocoon removal range a personal meeting with you to furand alfalfa field pollination. Call Maurice ther discuss how TreadPro is the right fit.

Wildeman 306-365-4395, 306-365-7802, Contact 1-888-860-7793 or go online to www.treadpro.ca Lanigan, SK. WOODEN INCUBATION TRAYS, $5/ea. ARTISAN WITH POPULAR production line You pick up. Call Jed at 306-963-2693 seeks partner to grow business. My studio (between 7-9 PM), Imperial, SK. will move to accommodate. No experience needed, training provided. Please email: di-fusions@shaw.ca 1996 MACK RD688S tandem tandem, C&C, 350 eng., 18 spd., 44,000 rears, 141,176 INCUBATION TRAYS, 3-1/2 gal. $12 ea.; kms, 15,961 eng. hrs, 266 C to A, 328 OA Metal corners for nesting blocks, .59¢ ea. frame, asking $25,000. Consider trades. Call 306-862-1981, Nipawin, SK. 780-470-0330, Devon, AB. OLDER USED HONEY extractor, holds 4 frames, with hand crank. Taking offers at 204-365-7070, Hamiota, MB.

BLACKCOMB SLEIGH RIDES selling due to health reasons. 10 horses plus all assets, includes operating contracts and contacts. Great way for horse people to make a living. Serious inquiries. 604-932-8774, Whistler, BC. Email sleighrides@telus.net

SMALL SIGN SHOP FOR SALE in the South Okanagan. Work and play in paraWANTED: USED stainless steel honey ex- dise. Fun business, perfect for 1 person or tractor and other related beekeeping couple. Same location for 25 years on high equipment. Phone Justin 204-425-3837, traffic street. Large customer base including art files for repeat business. $49,000 Piney, MB. plus inventory. 4Salesignshop@gmail.com

1986 NAUTILUS MODEL 3200 stiff boom picker, 22 ton picker, open station, 4 outriggers, pile driver with 5000 lb. hammer, good condition, $7,500 picker or $10,000 with pile driver. Trades considered.

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USED BELTING, 12” to 54” wide for feeders and conveyors, 30” wide by 3/4” to 1” thick for lowbeds in stock. Phone Dave, 780-842-2491 anytime or, if necessary call 780-865-0057, Wainwright, AB.

WANT TO PURCHASE: Tecumseh On The P r a i r i e , Vo l u m e s 1 a n d 2 .

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TURNKEY VENDING OPPORTUNITY!! A well established bulk vending business covering all of Southern Alberta. This parttime operation has a proven track record of over 20 plus years. Service vehicle, lots of spare parts, training is included. Serious inquiries. 1-866-931-3518, Calgary, AB.

SW, NEAR LARGER city, motel, food and beverage business on #1 Hwy. Hotel near Regina on major Hwy., showing exc. volume growth, Restaurant, cafe, 2 suites for living or rent, rooms to rent, bar w/banquet area. Bengough Cafe, SW SK. Lintlaw, 4 acres, school with gym, good shape, many applications. On #11 Hwy. in Craik, bar and grill, turnkey, housing available. On #39 Hwy. in small town, 7300 sq. ft. building on 2 acres of land, great for truckers. 93 acres development land 7 miles north on #11 Hwy. near Saskatoon. Yellow Grass, 2700 sq. ft. restaurant lounge near Weyburn, potential for confectionary, liquor sales. Regina, large volume liquor outlet with bar, food and some room income are avail. Regina, 12 suite apartment block, extra land available.

Regina, for lease- 8000 sq. ft. building on approx. 3 acres, fenced, can accommodate l a r g e t r u c k . C a l l B r i a n T i e fe n b a c h 306-536-3269, 306-525-3344, NAI Commercial Real Estate (Sask) Ltd.

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200,000 BUSHEL STORAGE elevator and bins, grain cleaner, gravity table, grain dryer, 3 phase power, natural gas, CPR rail line. 204-522-6597, Hartney, MB. MANUFACTURING BUSINESS welding and light fabricating. A rare opportunity!

Unique patented product. Mainly agricultural. Peak sales from Sept. to March. Owned for 27 yrs., still room for growth. Moveable anywhere. North American markets. $195,000 plus inventory at cost. 50x70’ shop on 157x370’ lot, $295,000. Can be a turnkey operation or addition to an existing business. Must sell for health reasons.

306-446-4462, North Battleford, SK. Email prairiepines@yahoo.com FOR SALE BY RETIRING OWNER: Logging and sawmill operation in Bissett, MB. Includes: 11 acres property; 750 cord (1875 cu. meters) yearly government soft wood quota; sawmill; planer; feller buncher; 3 skidders; slasher; dozer and misc. equipment. Property has electricity w/good road adjacent and access to sewer and water. Bissett is a gold mine town in the middle of hunting and fishing paradise.

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FOR SALE BY OWNER: 18 Hole Golf Course, 33 site RV park, Central Alberta, 133 acres, 2 kms from progressive city of 17,000, on pavement. RV Park: treed, 30 amp and water hook-up, showers, washrooms, sani-dump, 2500 sq. ft. clubhouse w/commercial kitchen, 4800 sq. ft. shop, 1120 sq. ft. 3 bedroom residence. Showing excellent growth over last 10 years, lots of land for expansion and redevelopment, $2.695m. More info call: 780-781-6172.

FARM/ RANCH SOFTWARE that is new and better than ever. Farmtool - farm accounting software; Farmtool Companion Field, Service, Inventory records; GenetAssist - Beef Herd Management (simplefies age verification and traceability) Wil-Tech Software Ltd., Box 88, Burstall, SK. S0N 0H0. wiltech@sasktel.net Ph/Fax: 306-679-2299 wil-techsoftware.com/

O3 EQUIPMENT HAULING Ltd. Professional transportation of equipment in Western Canada and NW USA. Call 403-963-2476, Lacombe, AB. www.o3hauling.com COMPLETE HAY HAULING and loading business for sale w/flax haul from central SK. or USA. 4- truck trains. 204-729-7297.

CUSTOM BALE HAULING, self-loading and unloading 17 bale truck. Radisson, SK. 306-827-2269 or 306-827-7835.

CUSTOM BALE HAULING with 2 trucks and t r a i l e r s , 3 4 b a l e s p e r t r a i l e r. C a l l 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK.

HEY BOSS TUB GRINDING with H1150 haybuster. Call Don 306-445-9994, North Battleford, SK. CUSTOM TUB GRINDING: 1100E Haybuster. Phone/text: Greg 306-947-7510, Saskatoon, SK.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. Grain elevator and annex with 4000 metric ton storage, 115’ platform scale, rail car loading on private siding, new building with seed cleaning equipment on-site. Located 35 miles north of Regina. Call Robert at 306-723-4949.

ROOF AND FLOOR TRUSS equipment capable of producing up to 100 trusses a day. Equipment includes a variety of wood working machines, saws and small wood finishing equipment. Contact GA Construction Ltd., 306-783-7929, Yorkton, SK.

FARM BOOKKEEPING AND Business Man- JIM’S TUB GRINDING, H-1100 Haybuster agement Consulting. Livestock nutritionist, with 400 HP, serving Sask. 306-334-2232, AI technician. www.whitestarlivestock.ca Balcarres.

Brynn Jones, PAg, 306-960-6523, Prince Albert, SK. FARMERS NEED FINANCIAL HELP? Go to: 4T CONTRACTORS INC. Custom fencwww.bobstocks.ca or call 306-757-1997. ing, mulching, corral cleaning and Regina, SK. bobcat services. Metal siding and roofs. Will do any kind of work.

306-329-4485 306-222-8197 Asquith SK, 4tcontractorsinc@sasktel.net

FARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. 10 ACRES INDUSTRIAL, 800’ frontage, Management Group for all your borrowing Hwy #43, 4-lane, 7000 vehicles per day, 3 and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, phase power, sewer/water close, $35,000 Regina, SK. per acre. 780-233-2222, Mayerthorpe, AB. DEBTS, BILLS AND charge accounts too SMALL MANUFACTURING SHOP and resi- high? Need to resolve prior to spring? Call dence. 40 yrs of operation with established us to develop a professional mediation product line. Owner retiring. Turnkey op- plan, resolution plan or restructuring plan. eration. 306-445-5562, Delmas, SK. Call toll free 1-888-577-2020.

SASKATCHEWAN OUTFITTING AND resort property sales. Whitetail, bear, waterfowl NEED A LOAN? Own farmland? Bank says and fishing. Alan Vogt Rescom Realty PA n o ? I f y e s t o a b o v e t h r e e , c a l l Ltd. 306-961-0994, Prince Albert, SK. 1-866-405-1228, Calgary, AB. www.alanvogt.com

Flaman Rentals is looking for a dealer in Davidson, Kindersley and North Battleford!

BUSH CLEARING and DUGOUTS. Dozer and trackhoe combo. Serving southern SK. Vos Industries 306-529-1875, Sedley, SK. REGULATION DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’ $1900; 160x60x14’ $2700; 180x60x14’ $3100; 200x60x14’ $3500. Saskatoon, SK, Phone: 306-222-8054.

NORTHERN BRUSH MULCHING. Can clear all fence lines, brush, trees or unwanted bush. Competitive rates. Call Reuben 306-467-2422, Duck Lake, SK. BRUSH MULCHING. The fast, effective way to clear land. Four season service, competitive rates, multiple units. Borysiuk Contracting, 306-960-3804, Prince Albert, SK. www.borysiukcontracting.ca

MULCHING - TREES, BRUSH, stumps, carriganas, etc. 12 years of enviro friendly WANTED: GREAT SANDHILLS and Prairie mulching. Call today! 306-933-2950. Visit: West Terminal shares. Call 647-300-4063, www.maverickconstruction.ca Toronto, ON. jimmy192@rogers.com NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, payloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and vertical beater spreaders. Phone 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK. EXPLOSIVES CONTRACTOR: Beaver 220 SINGLE PHASE Hobart bandsaw dams, rocks, dumps. Reasonable rates. w/stainless steel roll top. 306-748-2839, Northwest Demolition, Radisson, SK. Neudorf, SK. phone 306-827-2269 or 306-827-7835.

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WELDING AND REPAIR BUSINESS. New shop built in 2003 on 3 acres in town limits. Includes all tools, machinery, steel and parts, and office supplies. Over 25 years in business. Selling due to health issues. May consider selling building and property separately. 204-447-3134, Ste. Rose, MB.

1999 FREIGHTLINER FL80 SA, C&C, 300 HP Cat, 9 spd., air ride, 900,000 kms, 19’ cab to axle, 25.5’ frame. Fresh Safety, $12,900. Cam-Don Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. CSA CONSTRUCTION for all concrete work. Specializing in floors, basements and foundations. Commercial, farm and residential. Call for pricing 204-212-2970, 2007 DODGE NITRO SLT, 4x4, leather, Austin, MB. $12,888. Call Hoss 1-800-667-4414, Wynyard, SK. www.thoens.com DL #909250.

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USED EQUIPMENT FOR TENDER. Tenders will be received on the following used equipment until 5:00 PM, March 1, 2013.

Tenders will be opened at the March 8, 2013 Council meeting with highest tender not necessarily being accepted. 2001 Handy Hitch mower Offset. 2002 Handy Hitech mower Offset. 1998 Ridge mulcher.

1981 Craig snow wing, fits Cat “G” grader.

V-plow, truck mounted style but could go on a grader. 1978 GMC 1 ton w/300 gal.

SS tank (previously used as a spray truck).

Frink V-plow, very old as is. Mail tenders to: PO Box 786 Eston, SK. S0L 1A0. Email: rm259admin@sasktel.net Fax: 306-962-4330. Info. Bob at 306-962-3521.

CONTERRA GRADER for skidsteers and tractors. Excellent for road maintenance, floating and levelling. 518S-SS, $2499.

Conterra manufactures over 150 attachments. Call 1-877-947-2882, view online at www.conterraindustries.com STEEL SERVICE TOOLBOX, for 1/2 ton, 3/4 or 1 ton truck, 6 compartments, 79” wide, 8’ long, good shape, $1000 OBO. 204-669-9626, Winnipeg, MB.

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PORTABLE TOILET SALES: New 5 Peaks portable toilets, assembled or unassembled. Now in stock, cold weather portable toilet jackets, call for quotes.

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REMANUFACTURED DIESEL ENGINES: GM 6.5L, $4750 installed; Ford/IH 7.3L, $4950 installed; New 6.5L engines, $6500; 24v 5.9L Cummins, $7500 installed; GM Duramax Ford 6.0L, $8500 installed. Other new, used, and Reman. diesel engines avail. Can ship or install. Call 204-532-2187, 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM, Mon. to Fri., Thickett Engine Rebuilding, Binscarth, MB.

2011 CASE 590 Super N, 4x4, extend-ahoe, AC, 860 hrs., $91,000 OBO. Call 306-577-2439, 306-577-7704, Carlyle, SK. DROTT 40 FELLER BUNCHER, roto saw, und e r c a r r i a g e l i ke n e w, $ 8 5 0 0 O B O. 306-278-3310, Porcupine Plain, SK.

ALLIS CHALMERS HD16B hyd. tilt dozer; HD 12G loader, 4 in 1 bucket; For parts: HD 16B, 16A, 14; New rails for HD16A. Pins and bushings supplied and installed for most makes of Crawler tractors and backhoes. Call Ron 1-866-590-6458 or 204-242-2204, La Riviere, MB. 2004 CAT IT38G, Series II wheel loader, w/GP bucket, good pins/bushings/center pins, 20.5Rx25 tires, vg cond, $59,500.

Call Russ at 204-298-4265, Winnipeg, MB. 1988 EAST GRAVEL TRAILER, in very good clean condition, $15,500.

LOW HOURED Construction Equipment 204-825-8755, Cartwright, MB. C a t e r p i l l a r, K o m a t s u , e t c . P h o n e : CAT D3 LGP 6-way dozer, cab and winch, 815-239-2309, Illinois. forward sweeps, wide pad, $27,000.

780-983-0936, Westlock, AB. 1986 D7H Hi-Track, twin tilt angle dozer, canopy guard, CAH, 24” pads, history of work orders from 2001 and on, vg cond., $78,000. 780-349-9810, Rochester, AB. 2001 CAT 14H, new snow tires, front lift group and ripper, excellent condition.

780-983-0936, Westlock, AB. USED WESTERN INDUSTRIES V-ditcher, 2010 NEU STAR tri-axle gravel trailer, $6000. Lever Holdings Inc., 306-682-3332, new cylinder, good clean condition, Muenster, SK. $37,950. 204-825-8755, Cartwright, MB. HYDRAULIC EXCAVATORS: 2006 Hitachi EQUIPMENT RENTALS: Excavators, doz- ZX330LC hyd. excavator; 2005 Komatsu ers, loaders, compactors, etc. Conquest PC270LC-7L; 2006 CAT 330D; 2006 JD 270 CLC; 2008 Hitachi ZX350 LC-3; 1998 Equipment 306-483-2500, Oxbow, SK. Cat 325BL. 587-991-6605, Edmonton, AB. 1996 CASE 621B wheel loader w/GP bucket, good cond, asking $37,500. Call Russ at D7E 47A standard Cat, angle blade.

306-845-3407, Turtleford, SK. 204-298-4265 for details, Winnipeg, MB. 2005 JD 950 crawler dozer, hyd. U-blade, twin tilts, heated/AC cab, brand new UC, 6000 orig. hrs. 780-284-5500 Westlock AB 2004 JD D400, 40 ton rock truck, 10,000 h r s , 8 5 % r u b b e r, c l e a n , n o we l d s , $110,000. 250-547-8993, Lumby, BC.

ATTACHMENTS: SKIDSTEER, pallet forks SKIDSTEER ATTACHMENTS, dirt, snow and hay spears, augers, buckets. Conquest rock buckets, grapples, stump buckets, Equipment 306-483-2500, Oxbow, SK. pallet forks. Also have truck decks for 3/4 SKIDSTEERS: CAT 297, 277B; Bobcat and 1 ton trucks. Call 306-731-3009, S220, T250; JD 325. Conquest Equipment, Quality Welding & Sales, Craven, SK. 306-483-2500, Oxbow, SK. 2005 CAT WHEEL LOADER 930G, 3 yd.

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HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS, 6 to 40 306-445-2111, www.eliasmfgltd.com yards: Caterpillar, AC/LaPlante, LeTour- North Battleford, SK. neau, Kokudo, etc. PT and direct mount avail.; Bucyrus Erie 20 yd. cable, $5000; 2002 CAT D7R angle blade, cab guarded, Pull type motor grader, $14,900; Tires 7200 orig. hrs, very very clean tractor. avail; Ex-200-5 Hitachi, hyd. thumb, 4700 780-983-0936, Westlock, AB. hrs., $49,500. 204-822-3797, Morden, MB. CEDARAPIDS 1236 JAW Crusher, 3025 WANTED: HEAD OR complete eng. Volvo, roll, closed circuit, 2010 Elrus rebuild; TD45B out of BM4300B Volvo loader. Cam- Cedarapids 5x14 double deck screen; PowDon Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. er screen 8x10 double deck screen; 70’ conveyor; Cat 3406 250 KW genCAT D6B, SN 1134, std. shift w/Johnson stacking and switch gear. Asking $200,000. Call bar and hyd. angle dozer, good UC, pup set Don at 250-342-1377, Invermere, BC. start good shape, ready to work, $13,000 OBO. 204-669-9626, Winnipeg, MB. CLIFF’S USED CRAWLER PARTS. Some o l d e r C at s , I H a n d A l l i s C h a l m e r s .

780-755-2295, Edgerton, AB. 1979 CHAMPION 740, needs hub bearing or sell for parts, $6000 OBO. 306-837-4637, Loon Lake, SK. USED PELOQUIN 16’ pull dozer, $16,000 YANUSH ENTERPRISES 18’ custom built OBO; Used 20’ pull grader, 6-way, $18,000 pull dozers. For more info. call John at OBO. 204-867-0246 cell, Newdale, MB. 306-876-4989, 306-728-9535, Goodeve,SK

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1977 IHC/DRESSER TD20E, 210 HP, cab, heat, front sweeps, ripper, 14’ angle blade, MURPHY BAG HOUSE, approx. 108”x96” twin tilts, 75% undercarriage, $35,000. bags, 10x20’ barrel w/standup 14’ drive306-733-2127, 306-435-7490, Welwyn, SK thru frame, extra ducting, $4500 OB0. Unit located at Edmonton, AB., 780-233-2222.

HD9 A/C crawler, straight blade, new pins/bushings/sprockets, $7000. Call 1981 CHAMPION 740 grader w/new paint, 204-966-3334 or 204-476-0107, Eden, MB. $17,500; 1986 Champion 740, $18,500; 1983 Champion 740, $13,500. These grad2003 D7R SERIES II CAT with SU blade ers are in good condition. Call Russ at a n d r i p p e r. E q u i p p e d fo r b r u s h i n g , 204-298-4265 for details, Winnipeg, MB. $189,000. 306-845-3407, Turtle Lake, SK.

PARTING OUT: FD20 Fiat Allis dozer, complete set of sealed oil link tracks for D7E, misc. parts for HD16DP, segments and bottom rollers for 14A D8 Cat. More misc. parts and machines available.

204-242-2091, La Riviere, MB.

ROAD GRADERS CONVERTED to pull behind large 4 WD tractors, 14’ and 16’ blade widths available. Call C.W. Enterprises, 306-682-3367, 306-231-8358, Humboldt, SK, www.cwenterprises.ca WANTED: EXCAVATOR preferably model 200 to 270, JD, Komatsu, Case or Hitachi, year 2000 to 2005. Must have a thumb.

204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB. HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS 10 to 25 yds., exc. cond.; Loader and scraper tires, custom conversions avail. Looking for Cat cable scrapers. Quick Drain Sales Ltd, 306-231-7318,306-682-4520,Muenster SK. HITACHI ZX450LC excavator, 2 buckets, major work orders done recently, new hyd. pump, new paint, very good condition, $120,000; CAT 621F Motor Scraper, new eng., very clean condition, $175,000.

CAT 621E Motor Scraper, rebuilt engine and trans., Michelin tires- 75%, $85,000.

Call 306-769-8777, Arborfield, SK. LINKBELT LS 98 crawler crane, 50’ boom Cat power, long UC, c/w all rigging including 3 yard Sauerman bucket for dredging g r ave l , r e a dy t o g o , $ 2 0 , 0 0 0 O B O. 204-669-9626, Winnipeg, MB. CAT D7H XL, new engine, rad, UC 95%+, cab w/air, multi-shank ripper, SU blade w/tilt, directional steer, $135,000 OBO. Chris 204-941-3526, Niverville, MB.

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GREAT CAPACITY, 300 TON/HOUR 1 BUSHEL CLEAN UP AT THE END OF THE BAG. FULLY WINDS UP GRAIN BAG CHABOT IMPLEMENTS Elie, MB 204-353-2392 Neepawa, MB 204-476-3333 Steinbach, MB 204-326-6417 F.V. PIERLOT & SONS Nipawin, SK 306-862-4732 GREENFIELD AGRO SERVICE Rosetown, SK 306-882-2600 KROEKER MACHINERY Winkler, MB 204-325-4311 MARKUSSON NEW HOLLAND Emerald Park, SK 1-800-819-2583 MARTODAM MOTORS Spiritwood, SK 306-883-2045 MOODY’S EQUIPMENT LTD. Saskatoon, SK 306-934-4686 Perdue, SK 306-237-4272 Unity SK 306-228-2686 Lloydminster, SK 306-825-6141 Kindersley, SK 306-463-2335 Olds, AB 403-556-3939 High River, AB 403-652-1410 Balzac, AB 403-295-7824 NYKOLAISHEN FARM EQUIPMENT Kamsack, SK 306-542-2814 Swan River, MB 204-734-3466

HAT AGRI-SERVICE NEERLANDIA CO-OP Medicine Hat, AB 403-526-3701, 780-674-3020 1-888-526-3702 PARKLAND FARM EQUIPMENT Dunmore, AB,403-526-3701, 1-888-526-3702 North Battleford, SK 306-445-2427 HI LINE FARM EQUIPMENT LTD. REDVERS AGR. & SUPPLY LTD. Wetaskiwin, AB 780-352-9244, 306-452-3444 1-888-644-5463 ROBERTSON IMPLEMENTS (1988) LTD. HOULDER AUTOMOTIVE LTD. Shaunavon, SK, 306-297-4131 Falher, AB, 780-837-4691, 1-866-837-4691 Grimshaw, AB 780-332-4691, Swift Current, SK 306-773-4948 1-800-746-4691 SCHROEDER BROS. KASH FARM SUPPLIES LTD. Chamberlain, SK 306-638-6305 Eckville, AB 403-746-2211, 1-800-567-4394 WHITE AG SALES & SERVICE E. BOURASSA & SONS: Whitewood, SK 306-735-2300 Assinniboia 1-877-474-2456 AR-MAN EQUIPMENT Estevan 1-877-474-2495 Vulcan, AB 403-485-6968, 1-866-485-6968 Pangman 1-877-474-2471 Radville 1-877-474-2450 BILL’S FARM SUPPLIES INC. Weyburn 1-877-474-2491 Stettler, AB 403-742-8327 RAYMORE NEW HOLLAND CAOUETTE & SONS IMPLEMENTS Raymore, SK 306-746-2911 St. Paul, AB 780-645-4422 WATROUS NEW HOLLAND FOSTER’S AGRI-WORLD Watrous, SK 306-946-3301 Beaverlodge, AB 780-354-3622, YORKTON NEW HOLLAND 1-888-354-3620 Yorkton, SK 306-782-8511

Email: craigyeager@grainbagscanada.com or aaronyeager@grainbagscanada.com

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AUGERS: NEW and USED: Wheatheart, Westfield, Westeel, Sakundiak augers; Auger SP kits; Batco conveyors; Wheatheart post pounders. Good prices, leasing available. Call 1-866-746-2666.

New Stainless Steel Liquid Fertilizer Tanks Lowest long term costs.

GRAIN AUGER INVENTORY CLEAR OUT

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KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD Aeration Sales and Service. R.J. Electric, Avonlea, SK. Call 306-868-2199 or cell: 306-868-7738.

KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD/ OPI STORMAX. For sales and service east central SK. and MB., call Gerald Shymko, Calder, SK., 306-742-4445 or toll free 1-888-674-5346.

KEHO, STILL THE FINEST. Clews Storage Management/ K. Ltd., 1-800-665-5346.

Rosenort, MB Ph: 204-746-6843 Email: info@novid.ca Website: www.novid.ca USED 2010 BANDIT 3400 gal., Rice tires, ground drive John Blue pump, like new condition, $25,900. Corner Equipment 204-483-2774, Carroll, MB. FOR ALL YOUR

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w w w .ren n m ill.co m 20’ AND 40’ SHIPPING CONTAINERS, large SK. inventory. Ph. 1-800-843-3984, 306-781-2600.

SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR SALE. 20’53’, delivery/ rental/ storage available. For inventory and prices call: 306-262-2899, Saskatoon, SK, thecontainerguy.ca 40’ STANDARD SEA CONTAINERS for sale, guaranteed wind, water and rodent proof, $3650. Call Bond Industrial Direct Incorporated today while supply lasts.

306-373-2236, 306-221-9630, Saskatoon, SK. email: joe@bondind.com 20’ TO 53’ CONTAINERS. New, used and modified. Available Winnipeg, MB; Regina and Saskatoon, SK. www.g-airservices.ca 306-933-0436.

BEAVER CONTAINER SYSTEMS, new and used sea containers, all sizes.

306-220-1278, Saskatoon and Regina, SK. 20’ AND 40’ SEA CONTAINERS, for sale in Calgary, AB. Phone 403-226-1722, 1-866-517-8335. www.magnatesteel.com

EQUIPMENT NEEDS ADAMS SPREADER & TENDER

BATCO CONVEYORS, new/used, grain augers, grain vacs, SP kits. Delivery and leasing available. 1-866-746-2666.

BUILD YOUR OWN conveyors, 6”, 7”, 8” and 10” end units available; Transfer conveyors and bag conveyors or will custom build. Call for prices. Master Industries Inc. www.masterindustries.ca Phone 1-866-567-3101, Loreburn, SK.

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www.nuvisionindustries.ca 2005 LORAL 6300 floater, IHC DT 530 E, 300 HP engine, Allison automatic, AirMax 1000, 70’ width, new Raven radar, Raven flow control, new boom controls, EZ-Steer, electric tarp, 3090 hrs., front tires 80%, rear tires 60%, $99,000. OBO. 403-443-2355, Three Hills, AB. 500 GALLON BLUE fert. tank, $200; 1300 gal. fert tank, white, Hold On Ind. style, $250. 306-338-2085, Kuroki, SK. WANTED: TRAIL TYPE Valmar applicator in good condition. Call 780-374-2479, Daysland, AB. WANTED: 3 SEED-FERTILIZER tender tanks. 403-633-1565, Gem, AB. LOOKING FOR a floater or tender? Call me first. 33 years experience. Loral parts, new and used. 403-650-7967, Calgary, AB. 2 - 1000 GAL. NH3 tanks w/saddle to fit Seed Hawk, NH3 kit w/cooler, Raven controller, $8500. 306-547-8064, Stenen, SK. USED FERTILIZER SPREADERS, 4 to 9 ton, 10 ton tender, $2500. 1-866-938-8537. www.zettlerfarmequipment.com WESTEEL NH3 TANK, 1996, 1750 gal., tires good, fresh safety- July, 2012, $15,000. Ph Bob 306-228-2003, Unity, SK.

AG / FAR M / IN D USTR IAL STOR AGE New Us ed & M o d ified S ea Co n ta in ers fro m

FIBERGLASS LIQUID FERTILIZER storage tanks- 30,000 US gallons, 12’x36’9”. Lasts a lifetime! Won’t rust, no seams, $37,500.

Ed or Paul at Flaman Sales in Saskatoon, 1-888-435-2626.

50’ RITE-WAY BAR, liquid injection spoke wheel, 800 gal. tank w/John Blue pump.

40’ Dutch coulter liquid bar, offers.

306-642-3225 403-304-7706 Assiniboia SK

FERTILIZER STORAGE TANKS- 8300 Imp. gallon tanks avail. Contact your nearest Flaman store or call 1-888-435-2626 or visit www.flaman.com

Rosetown Flighting Supply 1-866-882-2243, Rosetown, SK www.flightingsupply.com

MERIDIAN (Sakundiak) GRAIN AUGERS: SP kits and clutches, Kohler, B&S engines, gas and diesel. Call Brian ‘The Auger Guy’ ELIAS RELIABELT 42’ SP conveyor, 3 204-724-6197, Souris, MB. years old, 27 HP Kohler, LED lights, stored indoors. Works great and can be hitched to back of grain truck for unloading into airseeder, etc. Load a Super B in fifteen minutes. $19,500 OBO. Call 780-405-8638, Fort Saskatchewan, AB. NEW WESTFIELD 8X36 grain auger, no 2008 CASE 3520, 3 bin 70’ flex air, Auto- motor. Clear out, $2995. Call Wendell Steer, 1900 hrs., $168,000; 2007 Case 306-726-7652 or toll free 1-888-235-2626, 4520, 2 bin w/chemical bin, variable rate, Flamans, Southey, SK. 70’ booms, $148,000; 2006 Loral 6300 w/DT 570 auto, AirMax 1000 bed, 2200 SAKUNDIAK AUGERS: New 2013 stock hrs., $114,000; 1999 Loral, w/AirMax 5 arriving soon! Used 12”x72’ SLM/D 14,900; bed, 5700 hrs, $51,000; 1999 AgChem, 70’ 12”x78’ SLM/D 15,900; 8”x1600; Conveybooms, $68,000; 1997 AgChem, 70’ all conveyors. Leasing available. Call Dale booms, $38,000; 1996 Loral AirMax 5 bed at Mainway Farm Equipment, Davidson, w/chemical bins, 8700 hrs., $36,500; 1996 SK. 306-567-3285, 306-567-7299, website Mertz 2 bin w/chemical bins, $37,000; www.mainwayfarmequipment.ca 1994 GMC w/new leader 2020 bed, R o d o n o In d us tries w ill b e in $34,500; 1995 Loral big HP, new leader G4 45’ BELT CONVEYOR (Batco field loader bed, $38,500; 16 ton Tyler tender w/back 1545) c/w motor and mover kit. 6000 O UTS IDE b o o th 10 3 5. bu./hour, ideal for unloading hopper bins. auger, $9500; 24 ton Wilmar tender on semi trailer, $36,500; 8 ton Doyle vertical Gentle handling of pulse crops. Call your Clive, AB blender with scale, 40 HP, new auger, n e a r e s t F l a m a n s t o r e o r c a l l T0C 0Y0 $18,500; 5 ton Tyler blender, 40 HP, 1-888-435-2626.

4037843864 $7500; 10 propane trucks in test date with sales@ rodono.ca 2800-3000 gal. tanks, w/hose reels, w w w.rodono.ca pumps and meters from $26,000 to $35,000. Northwest largest used selection of fertilizer equipment. 406-466-5356, Choteau, MT. For more equipment and photos view www.fertilizerequipment.net

See the

XTEND SWING AUGER at Lethbridge Ag-Expo

Feb 27-Mar 1

DO YOU NEED NH3 APPLICATION KITS? Call us first! 25+ years of ammonia experience. New or used, with or without sectional control. One of Western Canada’s largest MaxQuip dealers, specializing in NH3 application equipment, traditional or pressurized (pump) systems, also new or used nurse tanks. We have a good selection of used systems. Double HH Ag Sales, 780-777-8700 or doublehhco@shaw.ca

2011 FLAMAN 1110 PRO-BAGGER, 10’, hyd. conveyor, winch, 540 PTO, $26,000.

780-356-2125, 780-831-9159, Hythe, AB.

USED 2012 HYDEF cart ground drive, 800 rubber, 3250 gal with option of 535 starter tank, $33,500. Different configurations avail. Corner Equipment 204-483-2774, Carroll, MB.

DEALERS

WANTED! 2,750

REPLACEMENT FLIGHTING FOR augers, seed cleaning plants, grain cleaners, combine bubble-up augers.

SAKUNDIAK GRAIN AUGERS available with self-propelled mover kits and bin sweeps. Contact Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nipawin toll free 1-888-304-2837.

45’ BELT CONVEYOR (Batco field loader 1545) c/w motor and mover kit. 6000 bu./hour, ideal for unloading hopper bins.

Gentle handling of pulse crops. Call your nearest Flaman store or call 1-888-435-2626.

2012 FARM KING 16”x104’, slightly used.

Phone 204-744-2279, Altamont, MB.

S A K U N D I A K A U G E R S I N S TO C K : swings, truck loading, Hawes Agro SP movers. Contact Hoffart Services Inc. Odessa, SK, 306-957-2033.

FOR REMOTE controlled auger discharge s p o u t s g o t o w w w. f a b t e c m f g . c o m 306-534-2213, Spy Hill, SK

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NEW “R” SERIES Wheatheart Augers: R 8x41, 27 HP Kohler, HD clutch, w/mover, reg. $14,075, sale $12,250; R 8x51, 30 HP Kohler, HD clutch, w/mover, reg. $14,907, sale $12,750; R 10x41, 35 HP Vanguard, HD clutch, w/mover, reg. $15,530, sale $13,240. 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK.

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MICHEL’S HYD. TRANSFER 8” steel augers to mount on grain trailer for grain and fert. use, $3295. Quill Lake, SK. 306-287-7707, 306-287-8292.

Grea t, S ecu re s to ra ge fo r a ll yo u r chem ica l, s eed , fu el, to o ls a n d a ll o r yo u r va lu a b les .

M o d ify yo u r s to ra ge u n itto m eetyo u r n eed s w ith extra d o o rs , w in d o w s , p o w er, cu s to m p a in t, in s u la tio n ,etc.

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SAKUNDIAK AUGER SALE: HD8-39 w/27 HP, elec. clutch and Hawes mover, reg. $16,325, sale $13,800; HD8-53 w/30 HP, elec. clutch and Hawes mover, reg. $17,750, sale, $15,500. 306-648-3622, NEW 2013 HYDEF CART, hydraulic or Gravelbourg, SK. ground, 800 rubber, duals, 4250 gal. with 750 starter, call for configurations. Corner 70’ BRANDT SWING AUGER, used very little, has full bin indicator, $10,000.

Equipment 204-483-2774, Carroll, MB. 306-388-2227, Bienfait, SK.

In dus tria l D ire ct In corp ora te d

Ph. 306.373.2236 fx. 306-373-0364

8 MODELS TO CHOOSE FROM 6395 EXTEND

13” x 95 ftAuge rs . .$20,800 13” x 85 ftAuge rs . .$18,000

NEW 2013 HYDEF TBT 3250 or 4250 cart, hitch or 2 point planter hookup. Different HORNOI LEASING NEW and used 20’ and tank colors available. Starting at $32,500.

4 0 ’ s e a c a n s fo r s a l e o r r e n t . C a l l Corner Equip. 204-483-2774, Carroll, MB. 306-757-2828, Regina, SK.

CAN ADIAN BUIL T FOR CAN ADIAN CON DITION S

GRAINMAX HIGH CAPACITY AUGERS

DWAYNE ENTERPRISES

GRAIN BAGGING EQUIPMENT, new or used 9’ or 10’ baggers and extractors.

Double HH Ag Sales, 780-777-8700 or doublehhco@shaw.ca

2009 BRENT 880 grain cart, roll tarp, 17” auger, 30.5R32 Firestones, nice condition.

204-743-2149 eves, Cypress River, MB. 2005 BOURGAULT 750 grain cart, roll tarp, 800/65R32 tires, PTO drive, exc. cond., $24,000. 306-536-8910 or 403-606-0996, Wilcox, SK.

Bushel pkg:

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24” V-Trough aeration Triple 8x4” skid Ladder/Inspection hole LevAlert fill indicator 14 legs Manhole

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Call for all other DE Hopper Bin packages from 4000-19000 bushels!

Call for Pricing on

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Box 46 • Beatty, SK S0J 0C0 Ph: 306-752-4445 Fax: 306-752-5574

www.dwayneenterprises.ca

SNOW PUSHERS

+ setup and delivery (can be arranged)

1805-4750 Bushel pkg:

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24” V-Trough aeration Double 8x4” skid Ladder/Inspection hole LevAlert fill indicator 12 leg Hopper Manhole

11,900

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+ setup and delivery (can be arranged)

‘04 BRENT AVALANCHE GRAIN CART 1,100 bu., tandem walking axle, 20’ hyd. auger, hydraulic drive avail. $34,800.

Trades welcome. Financing available.

1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com N E W 4 0 0 B U. G R AV I T Y WAG O N S , $7,100; 600 bu., $12,000. Large selection used gravity wagons, 250-750 bu. Used grain carts, 450-1050 bu. 1-866-938-8537. www.zettlerfarmequipment.com 2004 BRENT 780, hyd. spout, Big 1000 P TO, 3 0 . 5 x 3 2 t i r e s , t a r p , $ 2 3 , 9 0 0 .

780-356-2125, 780-831-9159, Hythe, AB.

WANTED: GJESDAL grain cleaner, 5-in-1, 40 to 50 bu/hr. Call 306-763-0398, Prince Albert, SK. DUAL SCREEN ROTARY grain cleaners, great for pulse crops, best selection in Western Canada. Phone 306-259-4923 or 306-946-7923, Young, SK. CUSTOM COLOR SORTING. All types of commodities. Call Ackerman Ag Services 306-638-2282, Chamberlain, SK. RICE VELVET ROLL MILLS, 20 roll, very good condition, delivery available. Call 705-563-2180, Kenabeek, ON.

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995 16’ ROTARY HAY TABLE, fits 4995 or R450 JD swather. Phone 403-443-2162, Three Hills, AB. 2000 1475 18’ NH haybine, cut 250 acres on new knives and guards, field ready.

306-845-2406, Turtleford, SK.

herbicides

For custom herbicides as unique as your fields, visit: Pasquia Agro Carrot River 306-768-3888

precisionpac.ca CANCADE BLANKET TYPE wild oats grain cleaner, new blanket supplied; Cart disc for parts. 306-283-4745, Saskatoon, SK. DUAL STAGE ROTARY SCREENERS and Kwik Kleen 5-7 tube. Portage la Prairie, www.zettlerfarmequipment.com or call 204-857-8403.

2010 JD 946 mower conditioner, steel on steel rollers, less than 1000 acres, $32,000. 1-866-931-3518, Calgary, AB. 2006 JD 946 discbine, has flails and hyd. tilt, excellent condition, $26,000 OBO. 306-423-5422, Domremy, SK. 2003 JOHN DEERE 567 round baler, c/w 1000 PTO megawide PU, good cond., $19,000 OBO. Phone Sheldon at 306-526-6836, Wynyard, SK. 2008 JD 4895, 720 engine hrs, 600 cutting hrs, c/w 895 hay conditioner and 2008 HoneyBee 25’ header w/double swath and one shear for canola. GPS with AutoSteer.

Will sell as pkg. or separate. 403-504-9645 Medicine Hat, AB.

NEW ROUND BALE WAGON

designed to minimize damage to wrapped bales.

One man remote operation from tractor. Automatic bale dumping.

Self loading & unloading.

550 CCIL SWATHER, gas eng., 18’ draper header w/PU reels, always shedded; Also 15’ draper header w/crimper; 15’ header for parts. 780-208-3344, Innisfree, AB. 2002 MACDON 4940, 25’ swather, DS, double knife, new knife, 1700 hrs, shedded, $45,000. 780-672-1157, Camrose, AB

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2940 MACDON 30’ 960 header, fore/aft Roto-Shear, new drive tires, 1425 header hrs., $57,000 OBO; 940 18’ haybine steel crimp to fit above. 25% down/remainderJuly 1, 2013. 306-272-7729, Foam Lake SK 2008 CIH 1203 30’, $89,900; 4- 2011 CIH WD 1203 36’, $119,000 each; 2010 CIH WD 1203 36’, $106,000; Prairie Star (MD) 4930, 30’, $49,900; Prairie Star (MD) 4930 30’, $48,900; MacDon H. Pro 8152i 36’, $79,900, MacDon 150 35’, $123,000; MacDon M150 35’, $132,000; WP MacDon 7000 25’, $9900; 2011 Premier M150 w/35’ D60, $135,000; 2-2010 CIH WD 1203 36’, DKD, $109,000 each. Hergott Farm Equip 306-682-2592, Humboldt, SK. 2008 MF 9435, 800 hrs., 25’ header, mint condition, $67,000. Call 403-501-4891, Duchess, AB.

‘05 DEGELMAN 1220 SIDEARM, mower attachment, 1000 PTO front & rear, fits 10`-20`mowers, $6,980. Trades welcome.

Financing available.

1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

GSI GRAIN DRYERS. Ph. Glenmor, Prince Albert, SK., 1-888-708-3739. For all your grain drying needs! www.glenmor.cc We 1996 NH 1475, with 2218 header, new are the GT grain dryer parts distributor. upgraded PTO pump, one season on sickle NEW AND USED grain dryers. Contact guards, one set extra sickles, new tire, 2 Franklin Voth, Manitou, MB. 204-242-3300 new skid plates, 3 seasons on rebuilt sickle drive, asking $14,700 OBO. 403-580-0936, or cell: 204-242-4123, www.fvoth.com Medicine Hat, AB. NEW SUKUP GRAIN Dryers - LP/NG, 1 or 3 14’ MACDON 920 hay header, fits all phase, canola screens. Call for more info MacDon’s to 2006, $5000; 13’ MACDON and winter pricing. Contact 204-998-9915, R80 disc header, fits all MacDon’s after Altamont, MB. 2006, $15,000. Eden, MB. 204-966-3334, 204-476-0107.

REVOLUTION INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT Co. now carries the Handlair, Vac Boss, Grain Vac lines. See more on our website: www.revolutionequipmentco.com or call: 306-539-8775, Regina, SK. CONEYAIR GRAIN VACS, parts, accessories. Call Bill 780-986-5548, Leduc, AB. www.starlinesales.biz 2007 BRANDT 5000 EX grain vac, w/piledriver, always shedded and maintained, $14,750 OBO. 306-442-7955, Parry, SK. 2008 REM 2700, c/w set of hoses, floor shovel, 75 hrs., shedded. Quill Lake, SK., 306-287-7707, 306-287-8292.

BALE SPEAR ATTACHMENTS for all loaders and skidsteers, excellent pricing.

Call now 1-866-443-7444.

‘08 CIH 8010 COMBINE - 721/929 hrs., AFS Pro 600, deluxe cab, self levelling shoe, 900/60R32, $184,800. Macdon PW7 w/ Swathmaster & duals avail. Trades welcome.

Financing available. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

2009 JD 9770 STS, 463 hrs., Premier Cab, Contour-Master w/Hi-Torque reverser, 20.8x42 duals, chopper, $195,000 US. Fairfax, MN. 320-848-2496, 320-894-6560, www.ms-diversified.com

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2008 9770 COMBINES, fully serviced, 950-1200 sep. hrs., 615 pickups, your choice $175,000 OBO. Delivery included.

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Trades welcome, delivery can be arranged.

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2009 NH 94C 30’ straight cut header, hyd. fore/aft, UII PU reel, pea auger, header transport, done only 3500 acres, stored inside, $48,000. 306-845-8210, Edam, SK.

NEW PW7 HEADER W/ 16’ SWATHMASTER PICKUP EARLY BUY SPECIAL! Retails at $31,594; buy now starting at $25,800. Trades welcome.

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2012 AF 7230, 220 hrs., self-leveling ‘07 JD 936D HEADER - Single pt., transport, hyd. F/A, new shoe, 2 spd. elevator, high unload rate au- factory knife, & PUR fingers. $38,800. ger, CVT drive, lateral tilt, rock trap, Pro canvas, Trades welcome.

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MacDon flex draper header, Swift Current, duction has most of 70 Series extras and www.combineworld.com recently Greenlighted. $185,000. Ted at SK. $330,000. Phone Russ 250-808-3605.

204-673-2527, cell 204-522-6008 or Rod- MF 9030 30’ rigid header, w/batt reels, ney at 204-673-2382, Waskada, MB. $ 1 2 5 0 o r $ 2 5 0 0 w / t r a n s p o r t . tnmcgregor@yahoo.com 306-395-2668, 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK. 1996 JD 9600, 3254 sep. hrs., 4713 eng. MACDON 960 36’ header, PU reel JD hrs., yield monitor, long auger, $47,500; adapter, fore/aft, built-on transport, 2000 JD 9650, 2776 sep. hrs., 4026 eng. $10,000. 306-634-7920, 306-421-1753 hrs., hopper topper, $78,000. Both ma- cell, Estevan, SK chines have fine cut choppers, chaff s p r e a d e r s a n d g r a i n l o s s m o n i t o r s . MACDON HARVEST HEADER 973, 36’, JD 9870 adapter, full poly skids, transport, 780-512-3120, 780-831-9159, Hythe, AB. reel fore and aft, float optimizer, stored in2009 JD 9870 STS, premium cab, HID side, $26,000. Call Ron at 204-322-5638 lighting, 649 sep. hrs., recent Green Light, or, 204-941-0045, Rosser, MB. PU header, $249,000. Ron 204-941-0045 1994 JD 843 corn head, very good condior, 204-322-5638, Rosser, MB. tion, $14,000. Dennis at 204-746-5369, ‘96 CIH 2188 COMBINE - Chopper, 1987 JOHN DEERE 7721 pull type comArnaud, MB. spreader, long auger, hopper ext’n., reel speed, fore/aft, 2,980/3,765 hrs., w/ 1015, bine. Phone: 306-228-3251, Unity, SK. 35’ MACDON D50 header, PUR, fore/aft, good cond’n. $39,800. Trades welcome. 2011 JD 9770s, full options, duals, 520 pea auger, transport, Case/IH adapter to Financing available. 1-800-667-4515. sep. hrs., delivery included $240,000 fi t 2 3 - 2 5 s e r i e s c o m b i n e , $ 5 5 , 0 0 0 . www.combineworld.com OBO. Call 780-876-0634, Debolt, AB. 306-452-7870, 306-452-3917, Antler, SK. 2006 JD 9760 STS, 1480 hrs., Perfor- 960 MACDON 36’ headers, PU reel w/Cat maxed, w/615 PU, 800-38 rubber, $32,000 adapter, exc. cond., used in 2012; 872 workorder; Case/IH 1688, high output MacDon/Cat adapter; 2- NH TX MacDon chopper, very good cond., $22,000. Call header adapters; MacDon header adapter for JD combine, exc .cond. 204-632-5334, 780-221-3980, Leduc, AB. 204-981-4291, Winnipeg, MB. 1987 JD 7720 Titan II, w/212 PU header and 230 straight header, good cond. JD 925, 930 flex; JD 630, 635 flex; JD 643, 693, 843, 893, 1243, 1293 corn heads; 306-458-2555, Midale, SK. CIH 1020, 2020 flex; CIH 883, 1083 corn 1997 CTS, 2400 sep. hrs, Greenlighted 300 heads; NH 971, 973, 72C, 74C rigid and hrs ago, 914 PU, hopper topper, auger ext, f l e x h e a d s . C a l l : G a r y R e i m e r a t : ‘08 MACDON D50/CIH 2142 - 35’, header height, Dial-O-Matic, FCWS chop- 2 0 4 - 3 2 6 - 7 0 0 0 , S t e i n b a c h , M B . new knife & guards, $49,800. Adapters per, new sieves, chaffer, rub bars, pickup www.reimerfarmequipment.com for JD STS & CAT 500 series available. belts and more, good rubber, $65,000.

Trades welcome. Financing available. 204-532-2313, Russell, MB. 2003 JD 936D draper header 36’, PU reel, 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com fore/aft, single point hookup, field ready, 2011 9870 STS, 240 rotor hrs., big duals, $33,000. 403-654-8322 or 403-654-8077, Contour-Master, powercast chopper, 26’ Vauxhall, AB. unload auger, pro-drive, harvest smart, no JD 635F and 630F HYDRAFLEX, poly, sin2002 480R CAT Lexion, w/PU header, pulses, Greenlighted, $297,000. Call gle series hookup, fore/aft, excellent, 20.8x42 duals, call. A.E. Chicoine Farm 306-834-7610, Major, SK. $20,000 each, OBO; 204-981-4291 or, E q u i p m e n t L t d . , S t o r t h o a k s , S K . 2000 JD 9650, STK# N21472B, 3404 hrs, 204-632-5334, Winnipeg, MB. 306-449-2255.

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2009 LEXION 570, Swathmaster pickup cyl., Crary Big Top, rebuilt eng., $118,000. header, auto contour, quantimeter/ mois- Call 1-888-442-6084 or www.farmworld.ca ture meter, Xenon lights, chaff spreader, 2002 9650W, always shedded, 914 PU 280 bu. tank, 249 sep. hrs, excellent cond. 1425 thrashing hrs., 800 metric rubber, Call 780-632-1970, Vegreville, AB. chaff spreader, hopper cover, $105,000 OBO; 930D straight header, $27,000 OBO. 25% down/remainder July 1, 2013.

306-272-7729, Foam Lake, SK. STK# PN2892A, 764 hrs., 543 sep. hrs., 400 HP, hyd. lift pkg., yield monitor, sm 2009 JD 9770s, loaded, 615 PU, 1000 sep. grain sieves, concave sm, rotor sm grain, hrs., $180,000 with delivery. Debolt, AB. 780-876-0634. $315,000. 1-888-462-3816, farmworld.ca ‘05 MACDON MD974 35’ FLEX DRAPER ESTATE SALE! 0% interest for 6 months. 2010 9770 STS JD, w/1615 PU header, HEADER STS hookup, F/A, pea auger, 2007 CR9070, 768 sep. hrs, 14’ PU, deluxe 20.8x42 duals, large rear tires, $275,000. new canvas, hyd. tilt, transport. $39,800. chopper, always shedded, excellent unit, A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment Ltd., Stor- Trades welcome. Financing available.

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AB. 780-367-2142, acepoultry@live.ca 3- JD 9760s, Bullet rotors, 615 PU, field RECONDITIONED rigid and flex, most 900-1500 sep. hrs., delivery includ- makes and sizes; Also header transports.

2010 CR 9090, 470 sep. hrs., fully ready, Ed Lorenz, 306-344-4811, Paradise Hill, equipped incl. HID lights, 27’ unload au- ed, $145,000. 780-876-0634, Debolt, AB. SK. www.straightcutheaders.com ger, auto-guidance, 20.8x42 duals, deluxe interior. More info. and purchase options, 2004 JD 635F, updated auger, auger swing 3 0 6 - 2 8 7 - 7 7 0 7 , 3 0 6 - 2 8 7 - 8 2 9 2 d ay s , arms, new flex plate, vg cond., $20,000.

MF 760, silver cab, V8 dsl., hydro., Melroe Dennis at 204-746-5369, Arnaud, MB. 306-383-2508 after 8 PM, Quill Lake, SK. PU, chopper, front tires- good, 2900 hrs., $2900 OBO. 780-870-8253, Dewberry, AB. 2009 MF 9895, 430 separator hours, duals 2006 GLEANER R65, STK# N21834A, MAV chopper, lateral tilt, mapping, HID, AGCO 4000 PU header 14’, $128,000. Call with all options, $200,000 OBO. Call 1-888-442-6084 or for more info. go to 403-442-2288, Trochu, AB. www.farmworld.ca 96 GLEANER R72, 2160 sep. hrs., 2774 eng. hrs., Sunnybrook rotor, new feeder chains, air foil sieves, $45,000. Crossfield, AB., 403-818-6443.

NEED BALERS? ‘04 NH BR780, $11,800; ‘05 CIH RBX562, $11,800; ‘01 HESSTON 856A, $9,800; ‘02 CIH RBX561, $8,800. Trades welcome.

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NEED COMBINE HEADERS? ’94 30’ CIH 1010, $6,980; ‘94 36’ Macdon 960, $4,900; ‘97 36’ Macdon 960, $6,980; ‘93 36’ Macdon 960, $14,900. Trades welcome.

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2009 NH 8040, HB30’, 450 cut hrs., most options, mint cond., asking $86,500. Call 780-387-6399, Wetaskiwin, AB.

CUSTOM COLOR SORTING chickpeas to www.renniequipment.com mustard. Cert organic and conventional.

NET WRAP! NET WRAP! NET WRAP! Call 306-741-3177, Swift Current, SK. 306-227-4503, Saskatoon, SK. Website: 1999 CIMBRIA 108 Delta Super cleaner, www.norheimranching.com premium condition, $55,000. Westrup 1500, 1998, $10,000. Misc. legs and other seed plant equipment. 6- Goebel 4200 bins w/Miller hoppers, offers. Call Shaun BOOK TODAY and SAVE on your bottom Ham 780-464-0350, Edmonton, AB. line. Quality NET WRAP at wholesale pricWANTED: 54” WIDE pea screens to fit ing. All sizes available! Take advantage of 248 BDH Clipper and 25 to 35’ stationary our early booking pricing and enter to win conveyor (6” to 8” tube). 780-662-2617, a New Kawasaki ATV! We also sell grain bags, twine, pit covers, innoculants and Tofield, AB. m o r e ! D o n ’ t p ay t i l l we d e l i ve r i t !

BUCKET ELEVATORS FROM 100-10,000 w w w. c o m m i t t e d a g s u p p l y. c o m M i ke bushels per hour. U trough screw and drag 403-634-1615, Lethbridge, AB. conveyors also available. Largest in stock supplier of elevator buckets in Western 1999 664 NH round baler, w/Bale ComCanada. Call us toll free 1-800-665-0847 mand, $8500. Ph: 306-558-4444 or cell: for pricing, Sever’s Mechanical Services 306-558-7133, Maple Creek, SK. Inc., Winnipeg, MB. BALE SPEARS, high quality imported from Italy, 27” and 49”, free shipping, excellent pricing. Call now toll free 1-866-443-7444, Stonewall, MB. 1986 GRAIN HANDLER dryer Model 1607 w/new roof and load auger, 7x31 swing auger, 7x51 transfer auger, nat. gas or propane, $40,000 firm. 306-452-7870, 306-452-3917, Antler, SK.

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140,000 bu. capacity, 2 legs, 80’ scale, newer rollermill, grain cleaner, office, $120,000 OBO. 306-473-2711, 306-473-2731, Willow Bunch, SK.

2002 R62 GLEANER, 2934 engine hrs., Rake-Up PU header. 2005 974 MacDon flex draper 36’. Good shape. $80,000 OBO for 2 0 0 5 C I H 8 0 1 0 , 4 WD, front tires package. 306-460-4060, Kindersley, SK. 1250-45-32 means 45” wide, rear tires 28Lx26 means 28” wide, apparently will go 1983 N6 GLEANER, motor parts only, as far as a track machine, 4 spd. hyd. 90% belts are like new, asking $2500 OBO. trans., straw chopper and spreaders, Pro 403-308-4869, Lethbridge, AB. 600 monitor, approx. 1950 sep. hrs. c/w 2052 30’ draper header, $150,000; 2008 IHC 8010, AWD, 45x32 front tires, 28x26 rear tires, spreader and chopper, approx. 2010 9870 STS, low hrs, 343 sep. hrs, 520 800 sep. hrs., 30’ flex draper header, duals, 4 WD, Contour-Master, c/w 615P $250,000. Can email pics. 204-871-0925, header, optional to include 635 HydraFlex header. Call 204-227-5679, Warren, MB. MacGregor, MB. riddellseed@mts.net 2008 8010 w/duals and lateral tilt, GPS w/AutoSteer, 750 sep. hrs, oils and filters changed, ready to go, $225,000; 2009 2020 35’ flex header with air reel, $25,000.

403-502-6332, Schuler, AB.

1981 L2 GLEANER, 1845 hrs., always shed- 2- JD 925 rigid headers w/PU reels, ded, new rubber, field ready, $10,000. $6,000 each; Also one header transport 403-935-4331, 587-888-2112, Airdrie, AB. for 25’ header, $2,000. 780-512-3120, 780-831-9159, Hythe, AB. 95 GLEANER R72, 2522 sep. hrs., 3245 eng. hrs., Sunnybrook rotor, new feeder 2004 JD 635F hydraflex, single point chains, air foil sieves, $40,000. Crossfield, hookup, fore/aft, auto header height.

AB., 403-818-6443.

306-294-7441, Shaunavon, SK.

2010 30’ Macdon D60-S - PUR, hyd. fore/aft, factory transport, fits swathers, combine adapters available, $39,800.

Trades welcome. Financing available.

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INDUSTRIAL SNOWBLOWER ex-government machine, used very little, good shape, can mount on wheel loader, 4 WD tractor or heavy truck, $3750 OBO. Call Bob at 306-398-7501, Baldwinton, SK. JD FRONT MOUNT 59” snowblower, fits JD 3120 to 3720, and most JD compact utility tractors, used only 4 hours, $4500 OBO. 306-243-4811, Outlook, SK.

MEDICINE HAT TRACTOR Salvage Inc. Specializing in new, used, and rebuilt agricultural and construction parts. Buying ag and construction equipment for dismant l i n g . C a l l t o d ay 1 - 8 7 7 - 5 2 7 - 7 2 7 8 , www.mhtractor.ca Medicine Hat, AB. DEUTZ TRACTOR SALVAGE: Used parts for Deutz and Agco. Uncle Abes Tractor, 519-338-5769, fax 338-3963, Harriston ON

2004 JD 7500 Forage Harvester, no PU, 1910 hrs., autolube, AutoSteer, spout extension, service records, $115,000 OBO. 403-684-3540, Brant, AB. SEKO FEED WAGON, 3 augers with cutting knives, computer scale; REM Delta 3200 bale processor. 780-645-2263, St. Paul, AB 2007 JF900 FORAGE harvester, used one season, always shedded, like new, $20,000 OBO. Call 780-645-2206, St. Paul, AB.

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precisionpac.ca FARM KING 9’, 3 PTH snowblower, low hr. machine, 1000 RPM, one new auger, includes both cylinders and hoses, $5900; Tractor built from 815 IHC combine, cab, heat, 101 HP diesel, hydro. drive, front 3 PTH, 540 and 1000 RPM PTO, triple hyd., new batteries, rear tires, great unit, several spare parts included, asking $8500 or $13,300 for both. Fosston, SK. 306-322-4567, 306-322-7460.

42’ ALUM. HYDRAULIC ejection trailer 8’ plus high sides, $18,500 OBO. Phone 306-278-3310, Porcupine Plain, SK. NH FR 9080 CHOPPER, c/w 8 row corn header, 15’ pickup header, 900 cutter hrs.

403-394-4401, Lethbridge, AB. NEW KEMPER HEADERS. Phone Harry at 403-327-0349, 403-330-9345, Lethbridge, AB. www.harryvissersfarmequipment.com YOUNG’S EQUIPMENT INC. For all your silage equipment needs call Kevin or Ron toll free 1-800-803-8346, Regina, SK. COMMERCIAL SILAGE, TRUCK BODIES, trailers. Well constructed, heavy duty, tapered w/regular grain gates or hyd. silage gates. CIM, Humboldt, SK, 306-682-2505.

2005 BRANDT SB4000 sprayer, 90’ susp. boom, Norac AutoHeight control, foam marker, chem handler, wash tank, MT9000 controller, 2nd wiring harness, rebuilt product pump, 3 sets nozzles, low acres, shedded, $31,500. Rod 306-698-2648 Wolseley, SK. 2010 CASE/IH 160 Precision 90’ wheeled sprayer, hyd. unfold, 1350 Imp. gal. tank, autorate, touch screen monitor, induction tank, foam marker, rinse tank, dual nozzles, low acres. Mint condition. Call 780-208-3344, Innisfree, AB. 2003 FLEXI-COIL XL, 134’, wind screens, 1250 tank, hyd. unfold, two swivel tip bodies, end nozzles, rate controller, tank rinser, rinse tank and wand, chemical mix tank, $18,000. Leader, SK. 306-628-3559, 306-628-7944.

2009 FLEXI-COIL S68XL, 120’ suspended boom, fully loaded, vg, $35,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 2003 FLEXI-COIL 67, 100’ booms, wind screens, 2-way nozzles, chemical inductor, 800 gal. tank, shedded, $13,500.

204-874-2145, Minnedosa, MB. 1982 WILGER 880 stainless steel 80’ sprayer, hyd. pump. 306-295-4192, Ravenscrag, SK. 2008 SRX 160, 1350 gal. wheel boom sprayer, 134’, autorate, wind guards, markers, dual nozzles, $35,000 OBO. 306-648-7766, Gravelbourg, SK. AG SHIELD 100’ suspended boom sprayer, 1250 Imp. gal. tank, wind curtains, very good condition. 306-458-2555, Midale, SK. 2008 NH SF216 wheel boom, 480-80R-38 tires, four section control, hyd. fold-out, 100’, 1350 imp. gal., $25,000, offers considered. 306-759-2191, Eyebrow, SK. INLAND SPRAYER 70’ w/500 gallon tank, foam marker, 10 gallon nozzles. Call 780-208-3344, Innisfree, AB. 2008 AG SHIELD PT High Clearance 100’ sprayer, always shedded, excellent. Offers.

Ph 306-628-3306, Mendham, SK. 2006 NEW HOLLAND (Flexi-Coil) SF115, 1250 imp. gal., 90’ suspended boom, windscreens, rinse tank, mix and fill tank, dual nozzles, fence row nozzles, foam markers, wash wand, 665 controller, exc. cond., $ 3 2 , 0 0 0 O B O . P h o n e Te d a t : 403-934-8503, Cluny, AB.

2007 JD 4720, 4 WD, 90’ booms, 800 gal.

SS tank, 1100 spray hrs, 5-way nozzle bodies, fence row nozzles and foam markers, hyd. tread adjust, HID lighting, farmer o w n e d , l i k e n e w, $ 1 6 0 , 0 0 0 . C a l l 306-873-7822, Tisdale, SK. 1998 JD 4700 90’, 3300 hrs., c/w 2 sets of tires, 3-way nozzle bodies, Norac AuotSteer, 2600 screen, Swath Pro, fenders, shedded, excellent condition, $105,000.

306-563-8105, 306-563-5481, Canora, SK. CASE/IH 4410, 1200 gal., SS, 90’, AutoSteer and mapping, AutoBoom height, active suspension, AIM command, 2 sets tires, always shedded. 403-647-7391, Milk River, AB. 2002 WILMAR EAGLE 8600 SP sprayer, 8.3 Cummins engine, 1150 gal SS tank, 90’ boom, air ride, AutoHeight, Trimble GPS and mapping. 306-677-2689 Hodgeville SK

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2007 ROGATOR 1286C, fully loaded with AutoBoom, AccuBoom, Smartraxx, ViperPro, 2600 hrs, 2 sets of tires, $155,000.

403-364-2222, Drumheller, AB. 2008 MILLER A75, 103’ spray air boom and hypro nozzles, 1000 gal. tank, 2 sets of rear tires, crop dividers, AutoSteer, AutoBoom, AccuBoom, 1,221 hrs., $185,000 OBO. 780-674-7944, Barrhead, AB.

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2010 NITRO 4240 S T K # K K 2 1 6 0 1 A , 1 2 0 0 p o ly, R ave n G P S, 1 0 0 ’ f l o at s , $284,000. Ph 1-888-442-6084 or for more go to www.farmworld.ca

2005 FLEXI-COIL 5000 57’, SS, 9” spacing, 4” steel packers, approx. 5000 acres on new 3” carbide Stealth openers and boots, 3850 variable rate cart, dual fans, 4 metering rollers, excellent, $90,000 OBO. 306-642-7917 306-642-7403 Assinibioa SK MORRIS 61’ CONTOUR drill, 10” spacing, paired row, double shoot, 5.5” packing tires. Used only 2 seasons. Flexi-Coil SC 430 air cart, 8-run, triple delivery. Will separate. Call Jarret at 780-689-8062, Athabasca, AB.

2005 ROGATOR 1074, w/AutoSteer, AutoBoom, AcuBoom, sectional shut-off, fence row nozzles, crop dividers, 3 sets of tires, asking $126,000 OBO. 306-563-7925 or 306-563-5448, Canora, SK. 2006 JD 4920, loaded, 120’ booms, SS tank, AutoBoom, slip control, 2 sets tires, 2400 eng. hrs. 780-206-1234, Barrhead AB 2009 JD 4930, 120’, 2 sets tires, 1750 h r s . , d e l i ve r y i n c l u d e d , $ 2 2 5 , 0 0 0 .

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PA I R O F C U S TO M b u i l t b o l t - o n , wheels with tires to fit JD 4710/20/30, series SP sprayers, $1995. 306-287-7707, 306-287-8292, Quill Lake, SK. TRIDEKON CROP SAVER, crop dividers.

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Call Great West Agro, 306-398-8000, Cut Knife, SK. HIGH CLEARANCE SPRAYER dual wheel extensions for JD models 4700, 4710, 4720, 4730, 4830, 4910, 4920, 4930 using your existing skinny tires on the outside of the extension. Lessen your chances of sinking in ‘wet’ field conditions. Call us at 306-783-8773 for info. or questions you might have. Limited quantities available.

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2013 V-WING DITCHERS, contact your dealer: Alberta 780-864-3735, Manitoba 204-638-6443, Saskatchewan and all other inquiries, 204-734-0303. Order before July for freight discount.

1993 FLEXI-COIL 5000, 45’, 9” spacing 550 trip, DS, stealth openers, good condition, no tank, $25,000. 306-372-4502, Luseland, SK.

2011 TRAILTECH pintle hitch sprayer trailer, 2- 20,000 lb. axles, 235-75-17.5 1720 FLEXI-COIL AIR CART, TBH w/3rd tires, less than 500 miles use, asking tank, new: meter boxes, air manifold and $29,500 OBO. 204-362-1768, Morden, MB. auger. 306-554-7074, Elfros, SK.

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4655 SPRA-COUPE, 1500 hours, 40/80’ booms, 5 spd. manual trans, floodlights, tow hitch, JD GPS. 1997 IHC 4900, IHC DT-530, 10 spd., air ride, 26’ van body, pintle hitch, 2340 gal. tank. DUTCH IND. SPRAYER TRAILER w/handler and pump.

Turnkey unit, freshly safetied, $135,000.

780-669-2828, Stony Plains, AB. 2010 JD 4830 SF1 AutoSteer, 2600 display, swath control, boom height control, 5 nozzles, HID lights, 2 sets of tires, 4 air lift dividers, spraytest remote, owner operator machine, 1779 hrs., $220,000. Call 204-937-0866, Roblin, MB. 2010 JD 4930 sprayer, 120’ booms, high flow pump, eductor, AutoBooms, slip control, 2 sets tires, 763 eng. hrs, 275 spray hrs, loaded. 403-643-2125, Carmangay, AB

NEW 710/70R38 rims and tires for Caseand JD sprayers; 900/50R42 Michelin for 4930 JD; 650S for Case 4420; 710/70R42 for JD 4940. 306-697-2856, Grenfell, SK. DROP DECK semi style sprayer trailers Air ride, tandem and tridems. 45’ to 53’.

SK: 306-398-8000; AB: 403-350-0336.

2001 JOHN DEERE 1810 STK # B21671C, 4 bar harrow, single shoot, 9” spacing, $29,500 is cash price. Call 1-888-462-6084 or go to www.farmworld.ca for more info 2009 BOURGAULT 3310 55’, MRB’s 10” spacing, 6550 TBH 4-meter tank, 2 fans, v e r y l o w a c r e s . Ta k i n g o f f e r s .

306-937-2857, Battleford, SK.

65’ K-HART DISC DRILL, used 3 seasons, 12” spacing, Flexi-Coil air pack, great shape, stored inside, $135,000. Call Jason 306-460-8061, Eatonia, SK.

2005 JD 1895 zero-till disc drill, 43’, primary blockage, 2008 1910 TBH cart, 430 bu., c/w belt conveyor, field ready, $115,000 OBO. Consider selling separately. Bob 780-778-0796, Mayerthorpe, AB. BOURGAULT: 5710, 40’, MRB, NH3, 3225 tank, $69,900; 5710, 47’, MRB, NH3, $69,900; 5710, 54’, MRB, DS, $86,000; 5710, 54’, MRB, NH3, 5350 tank, $117,000; 5710, 59’, MRB, NH3, 6350 tank, $149,900; 5710, 74’, MRB, DS, $155,000; 5810, 62’ MRB, DS and NH3, X20, $209,000; 5710, 42’, 7” space, rubber, 3165 tank, $38,500; FH 536, 40’ and 2155 tank, $16,500; 8810, 52’, packers, $48,000; 2155H w/auger, $4500; 2115H w/auger, $2500; Bourgault 5350, call; BG 4250, call; BG 6700 ST, call; Leon 2500 tank, unused, $4500. Call Hergott Farm Equipment 306-682-2592, Humboldt, SK.

BOURGAULT 5710 40’, 9.8” spacing, vertical hoe openers, 330 lb. trips, Series I mid row NH3 with nitrolator. Banders only used 7 seasons, excellent shape overall, $37,500. 306-873-3415, Tisdale, SK.

2009 CASE/IH Flexi-Coil air drill, 60’, 3/4” Atom Jet openers, liquid fertilizer system, 430 bu. air cart with Trelleborg radials and variable rate, new style seed monitor, $125,000. Call Ron at 204-322-5638 or, 204-941-0045, Rosser, MB.

57’ FLEXI-COIL 5000 air drill, 12” spacing, 5” paired row, 5-1/2” rubber packers, good condition, $30,000. 306-621-7050, 306-621-9604, Yorkton, SK.

FLEXI-COIL STEALTH SEED boot, GD847V3, with 1” opener 9457, with 4” back swept paired row 9957; 26-6.50-15 Titan tires, packer stubble guard, tubeless, 4-ply, 5 rib, good for Concord, new cond.

306-694-4258, 306-631-1452, Moose Jaw. 2004 MORRIS MAXIM II DS, 40’, 3-1/2” steel packers, 7300 tank, nice shape, $66,000. 780-814-2241 Grande Prairie AB 29’ MORRIS MAXIM, 10” spacing, double shoot, 7180, 3rd tank c/w ammonia kit, $35,000. Call 780-895-7541, Lamont, AB. 1996 GREEN CONCORD 5012, 3400 double tank, w/3rd canola tank, single shoot Stealths, 1 owner, $34,000 OBO. Call 780-221-3980, Leduc, AB. 1991 CASE/IH 8500 air hoe drill, 33’, Atom Jet points, new tires on tank.

306-335-2756, Lemberg, SK.

CONSERVA PAK, 40’, 12” spacing, double 39’ FLEXI-COIL 5000, 7.4” spacing, 2320 shoot, w/1720 Flexi-Coil air tank, TBH. TBT air tank, good shape, $30,000 OBO. Will trade for bred cows and heifers. Co- 306-634-7920, 306-421-1753, Estevan, SK ronach, SK. 306-267-4844, 306-267-7848.

60 SIDE BAND CARBIDE DUTCH 5710 BOURGAULT 52’ drill, 7.5” spacing OPENERS, c/w seed tubes, to fit Flexiw/3225 tank, newer carbide openers, vg Coil 5000, $3000. Call Rob 306-630-9838, cond, $39,000. 306-873-2841, Tisdale, SK. Brownlee, SK. ‘BOURGAULT PURSUING PERFECTION’ 2001 BOURGAULT 5710, 42’, 12” spacing, 2002 Bourgault 5710, 54’, MRB, steel pack- MRB, Atom Jet 1” openers, c/w 5250 cart, ers, w/5350, $119,000; 1998 Bourgault $60,000. 306-753-7885, Macklin, SK. 54’ 5710, MRB, rubber packers, w/4300 DS tank, $99,000; Bourgault 5710, 54’ sin- 1998 52.5’ 1820 JD drill, 10” spacing, 4” gle shoot, rubber packers, $75,000; 1993 steel, DS, Stealth 3-1/2” paired row, 1900 Flexi-Coil 5000/2320, single shoot, 3.5” TBH tank, 350 bu. variable rate 2 compartsteel, $59,000; 2010 Bourgault 6000 90’ ment tank, Valmar tank for inoculant, mid harrow, w/3225 Valmar, $49,000; $55,000 OBO. 306-642-7801, Lafleche, SK. 2010 6000 90’ mid harrow, $36,000; 2010 5710, 74’, 5.5” packers, $195,000; 2010 2002 BOURGAULT 5710, 54’, single shoot, Bourgault 5810, 62’, DS, 5.5” packers, NH3 to MRB, Atom Jet 1” carbide openers, $185,000; 84’ Bourgault 7200 heavy har- 3-1/2” steel packers, dual casters, w/2002 row, $32,500; 1990 70’ Flexi-Coil S82 har- 5350, 491 monitor, cab rate adjust, Rice row bar, $6500. RD Ag Central, Bourgault tires, rear tow hitch, one owner, $89,000 Sales, 306-542-3335 or 306-542-8180, OBO. 306-747-7438, Parkside, SK. Kamsack, SK. 2011 FLEXI-COIL 5000 58’, c/w 430 bu.

2002 FLEXI-COIL 7500 Slim 40’ air drill, variable rate tank, w/Pro 600 monitor, 12” 10” spacing, dbl. shoot paired row open- space, Dutch DS openers, 4” rubber packers, 4” steel press wheels, gd cond., no ers, $159,900. 780-232-9766, Tofield, AB. tank. 204-761-7765, Rivers, MB. 2008 JD 1895 disc drill 43’, 9.8” spacing, 2008 SEED HAWK 65’, excellent, shed- mid row banders c/w closures and blockded, 430 bu. Flexi-Coil tank, big rubber, age; 2008 JD 1910 cart, 450 bu. conveyor. frame for NH3 tanks, quick pin shanks. low acres. Email: kellisk55@gmail.com Gull Lake, SK, cell: 306-672-7929.

780-835-4431, Fairview, AB.

80 USED 4” PAIRED ROW DUTCH openers (bodies and tips), very good cond., $80. Dauphin, MB. 204-648-4945.

39’ MORRIS MAXIM, w/7180 tank, good shape, have new tips, $35,000. 55 Stealth FLEXI-COIL 5000 27’, 7.2” spacing single bodies, like new, $20 each. 306-388-2227, shoot, carbide tip 3/4” opener, steel pack- Bienfait, SK. ers, 1110 TBT cart, rebuilt meter box, coarse and fine rollers, always shedded, BOURGAULT AIR DRILLS - Large used original owner, $29,500. 306-384-1024 or selection of 3310’s and 3320’s; Also other makes and models. Call Gord 306-290-3678, Asquith, SK. 403-308-1135, Lethbridge, AB. 2003 54’ BOURGAULT 5710, 9.8” spacing, single shoot, liquid kit, 2 yr. old Atom Jet 1999 FLEXI-COIL 7500 40’ air drill, 10” liquid sideband openers, 3” rubber pack- spacing, double shoot, Dutch side band ers. 2 1/4” set of packers avail., $55,000. openers, 2340 var. rate air cart, $32,000 OBO. 780-876-4020, Grande Prairie, AB. 306-946-7854, 306-946-3322,Watrous, SK 2003 BOURGAULT 5440 air cart, new seed 2010 EZEE-ON 7550, 48’, 10” spacing, 3.5” delivery manifold and augers, SS, rear cart packers, DS, Atom Jet side-band dry openhitch, 30.5xL32 deep lug rear tires, ers. Ezee-On 4400 variable rate air cart, 560/650D24 front tires, duals avail., shed- 390 bu., 10” load auger, 10,000 acres on ded, exc. cond., $52,000. 306-536-8910 or unit, $127,000. 306-259-2057, Young, SK. 403-606-0996, Wilcox, SK. CONSERVA-PAK, 440 bu. cart, looks great, 1994 MORRIS MAXIM 34’, 10” spacing, good openers and packer wheels. Phone NEW MORRIS CONTOUR II, 71’ c/w 8650 NEW MORRIS CONTOUR II, 61’, c/w 8370 double shoot, steel packers, Dutch open- 306-478-2451, Kincaid, SK. e r s , w / 6 2 4 0 T B H c a r t , $ 3 2 , 0 0 0 . 1998 MORRIS MAXIM 49’ w/10” spacing, T B T. C a l l C a m - D o n M o t o r s L t d . , 3 tank TBT. Contact Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 306-245-3777 leave msg, Francis, SK. single shoot, 7240 TBH tank, vg cond., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. OBO. Phone: 306-338-7454 or 2001 BOURGAULT 5710 air drill with 5350 $30,000 tank, drill is 40’, 9.8” spacing, 3.5” steel 306-327-7959, Wadena, SK. packers, 450 lb. trip, single shoot. Tank is PULLING AIR DRILLS, towed farm equipsingle fan, double meter. Field ready, ment, and light duty low bedding, in MB. $60,000. 403-642-3999, Warner, AB. and SK. Call Bruce at Brown Enterprises 204-857-8224.

2005 JD 4720 w/1725 hrs, original owner, SS tank, 97’ boom, Tridekon dividers w/air lift, 320’s, field ready, $146,000. John Smith, Pilot Mound, MB. 204-825-2715.

2004 ROGATOR 1264, AutoSteer, 80’, 4559 hrs., $75,000 OBO; 2000 ROGATOR 854, 80’, 5000 hrs., $47,000 OBO. Call Donn at 306-497-3322, Blaine Lake, SK. ALUMINUM BOOM EXTENSIONS from 1074, Rogator extends to 120’ from 100’.

Phone 306-445-5602, North Battleford, SK. 2009 4730, 786 eng. hrs., 100’ boom, 2 sets of tires, 5 sets of nozzles, 2600 monitor, JD AutoBoom lift, 3” fill, HID lights, airlift kit with Tridekon crop dividers, $195,000. Call 306-338-7114, Clair, SK. 2005 ROGATOR 874, 2611 hrs., new eng., all new wheel motor seals, 100’ boom, Outback Guidance, AutoSteer boom height and section control, 320/90R50 skinnies, 24.5x32 floaters $120,000. Esterhazy, SK, call Myles 306-745-6140, 306-745-7530.

2007 4655 SPRA-COUPE, 1040 hrs, 80’, 400 gal., auto trans, new rear tires, exc. cond., $75,000. 306-843-2892, Wilkie, SK.

2001 FLEXI-COIL air drill, w/2340 tank, 39’, 9” spacing, both Nitrogen and Alpine liquid kits, AtomJet single shoot side band openers, 3” rubber packers. 306-228-3665, Unity, SK. 1999 45’ FLEXI-COIL 5000, 9” spacing, double shoot, steel packers, 2320 TBH, $48,000. 403-485-6606, Vulcan, AB. 2001 FLEXI-COIL 51’ air drill, DS, variable rate, 2005- 435 bu. TBH tank, 3” VW11FC openers, 306-666-2153, 306-662-7471 cell, Fox Valley, SK 40’ MORRIS MAXIM, 7180 TBT tank, NH3 mid row shank, Dickey John rate controller, $28,000. 306-363-4645, Drake, SK. 2009 BOURGAULT 5710, 64’, 9.8” spacing, 1” vertical opener, 3.5” steel packers, MRB II, dry, blockage monitors, dual castors, exc. cond., $100,000 OBO. 306-398-7788, Rockhaven, SK. 1998 FLEXI-COIL 5000, 51’, 9” spacing, 3” steel packers, 3” carbide tips, 2320 tank, SS, new hoses, packers re-capped, very nice, $49,000. 306-246-4251, Mayfair, SK. 2006 K-HART DISC drill w/2009 Bourgault 6450 tank, both good shape. Drill single shoot tank is double, 591 monitor, 3 metering system, deluxe auger. May split and sell, $85,000/ea. 306-587-7113 Lancer, SK BOURGAULT 4710 air disc drill 40’, $15,000 OBO. 306-622-2240, Tompkins, SK. 1997 54’ BOURGAULT 5710, 9.8” spacing, w/MRB, set up with Raven NH3 controller, vg cond., $30,000 OBO. Ph: 306-338-8766, or 306-327-7959, Wadena, SK. PURCHASED NEW IN 2007, ATX 5010 Concord with ADX 3380 tank, double shoot, 3-row harrows, 10” auger, Atom Jet side banders, always shedded, $100,000.

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May separate. 306-698-2306, Wolseley, SK 1996 MORRIS MAXIM 49’/6240 tank, single shoot, one season on 3/4” knife openers, 10” spacing, $30,000. 306-372-7702, Luseland, SK. 2008 65’ BOURGAULT 3310, 10” spacing, with 2010 6550 ST, 591 monitor, 4 tank meters, duals, deluxe auger, new rebuilt MB’s and points, V-packers, $265,000.

306-567-7929, Elbow, SK. 4012 CONCORD, w/2400 TBT tank and 2300 TBH tank, Dutch low draft paired row openers, Farmland disc levelers. Rod 250-843-7018, Farmington, BC. 2002 BOURGAULT 5710, 42’ drill, 12.6” spacing, MRB’s, w/1998 Bourgault 4350 TBH, DS, 3 tank metering, dual fans, rear hitch. 306-640-7915, Assiniboia, SK. 2000 SEED HAWK 60’, 12” spacing, 1400 gal. onboard tank and liquid kit, 3450 TBH Flexi-Coil cart, $85,000. 306-739-2664, 306-435-7851 cell, Moosomin, SK. 2008 CIH SDX 40’ disc drill, single shoot, new scrapers, w/3380 TBT cart, var. rate.

306-672-3711, 306-672-7616 Gull Lake SK 2000 FLEXI-COIL 5000 air drill, 39’ on 9” spacing, 3.5” steel packers, 2340 TBT variable rate tank, double shoot, but only used single last 2 years, both double and single shoot openers, seed run blockage monitors. Can easily be pulled w/250 HP. 306-468-7892, Canwood, SK.

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PREMIUM 2007 BOURGAULT 5710, 64’, 9.8� spacing, 3 1/2� steel packers, mud scrapers, DS, Series 2 MRBs, new discs, new tips on openers. 306-264-7742, Kincaid, SK. 1992 MORRIS AIR seeder 8900, 55’ c/w 1994 6300 Morris air cart; 1992 Flexi-Coil 57’ 5000 air drill, c/w 2320 TBH air cart.

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64’ 5710 BOURGAULT 9.8 spacings, rubber packers, MRB, dry and NH3 5300 air tank, 2003 MORRIS MAXIM II STK# B21706D, 2 fans, $65,000. 306-247-4818, Scott, SK. 49’, 10� sp., liquid kit, 4� steel packer, SS, 7300 Morris tank, 1� carbide tips, $71,000. 2007 28’ CONSERVA PAK air drill c/w 60 bu. 3255 Valmar air tank, DS liquid fert., 1-888-442-6084 or www.farmworld.ca new paired seed openers last yr., shedded, CONSERVA PAK 3912, 41’, c/w 2320 $56,000. Call 403-755-6374, Alliance, AB. Flexi-Coil tank, shedded, good cond., no FLEXI-COIL 420 40’, c/w 1610 tank, rust, $46,000. 780-568-3024, Sexsmith AB mounted gang packers, Dutch openers, 1999 FLEXI-COIL 3450 TBH 3 tanks, dual hyd. markers. 306-749-2649 Birch Hills, SK fan, 10� auger, light package, air seeder hopper, variable rate, vg shape, $33,000 OBO. Arnold 306-781-2775, Kronau, SK. 2008 MORRIS CONTOUR 41’, w/7240 TBH 5710 29’ BOURGRAULT DRILL, w/5250 tank, 12� spacing w/4� paired row, DS dry, 3 compartment tank, field ready, $35,000. setup for phosphate w/seed, 3 tank, seed- 306-553-2227, Swift Current, SK. ed 6000 acres, $78,000 OBO. Call Boundy BOURGAULT 3225 AIR CART, A1 cond., alFarms, 204-729-5272, Boissevain, MB. ways shedded, asking $15,000. WANTED: 2000 FLEXI-COIL 5000 39’ air drill, 9.5� air cart w/3 tanks, 3 meters. Stonewall, spacing, rubber press wheels w/1720 MB. 204-461-0706, 204-467-5608.

Flexi-Coil seed cart, $33,000. A E Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Stor- JD 610 33’, w/160 bu. triple 7 tank, harrows and hyd. wing packer; Morris 6180 thoaks, SK. air tank, with third tank. 306-782-7749, DAVIDSON TRUCKING, PULLING air drills/ Yorkton, SK. air seeders, packer bars, Alberta and Sask.

30 years experience. Bob Davidson, Drum- 2003 BOURGAULT 8810, 50’, 10� spacheller, AB. 403-823-0746. ing, 450 lb. trips, liquid kit, $40,500 OBO; 1998 CASE 340 air tank, modified to 450 1998 Bourgault 3225 w/3rd tank, $15,500 bu., 10� auger, semi hopper, new paint, OBO; Pattison CB1300 liquid cart, $10,500 shedded, $20,000. Call 306-567-7533, OBO. Call 306-432-4808, Dysart, SK. Davidson, SK. JD 655 28’ c/w 4-bar harrows, excellent, 1998 40’ BOURGAULT 5710 air drill, mid $9,000; JD 735 seeding tool, 41’, 10� spacrow banders, Raven NH3 metering kit, ask- ing, w/mounted packers. 780-679-7795, Camrose, AB. ing $38,500. 306-863-4367, Star City, SK.

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2007 CASE/IH SDX40, w/Fargo 2800 stainless steel cart and monitor, 21-5/8� discs, done very little, $75,000 OBO. 204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB. 1994 BOURGAULT 8800, 32’, granular kit, 2130 dual shoot tank, 4000 packer bar. 2009 RITE-WAY 7100 heavy harrow, 50’, $19,500. 306-883-2568, Spiritwood, SK. with 9/16 tines, 23� long w/hyd. tine adjustment, good tires, light pkg, vg cond., 2001 BOURGAULT 4250 air seeder $23,000. 780-618-6420, Peace River, AB. tank, c/w single shoot manifold to suit 40’ air seeder. All hoses are included! 2 bin 2000 RITE-WAY 8100 heavy harrow, 55’, tank total 250 bu., hydraulic loading auger. 9/16 tines, hyd. angle, 1/2 price of new.

Excellent shape! $19,900. Call Jordan any- 306-944-4252, 306-376-2109 Viscount, SK time, 403-627-9300, Pincher Creek, AB. 40’ BOURGAULT 4000 wing-up packer bar, USED JD 8� AUGER, to fill a 1910 grain P30 packers, $5000 OBO. 780-785-3502 or 780-674-1152 cell, Sangudo, AB. cart. Call 403-443-2162, Three Hills, AB. BOURGAULT AIR SEEDER cart, Model 2195 WE BUY AND SELL new and used rollers, with engine drive fan, chrome augers, wing-up tri plex and 5 plex up to 84’. Call monitor, etc., epoxy coat inside, clean 403-545-2580, Bow Island, AB. good paint, no rust, stored inside. Call Bob FLEXI-COIL SYSTEM 75 packer bar P30, 204-745-2265, Carman, MB. 42’-54’, $7200 OBO. 403-308-4200, Moss2000 CONCORD 3310, 2300 TBH cart, c/w leigh, AB. NH3 kit and new winch, field ready, exc. FLEXI-COIL SYSTEM 95 harrow packer, 80’ shape, approximately 20,000 acres, one straight tines, asking $7500. Rosetown, owner. Call 204-268-1268, Beausejour, MB SK. 306-882-3174.

40’ 8800 BOURGAULT, 4300 TANK, 3 2001 RITE-WAY 8100, 77’ heavy harrow. drives, new tires on seeder, all new secon- 306-283-4747, 306-291-9395 Langham SK dary tubes, heavy shanks, 330 trips, poly packers, great condition, $31,500. Call Rob at 306-630-9838, Brownlee, SK. 2009 JD 1910 250 bu. tow between air seeder tank, approx. 6000 acres.

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306-228-3251, Unity, SK. 2009 DEGELMAN STRAWMASTER 7000, heavy harrows, 82’, 5/8� tines, hyd. angle, $37,000; 2000 Degelman Strawmaster 7000 heavy harrow, 70’, 9/16� tine, hyd. angle, $27,000. 306-682-3498 or 306-231-8558, Humboldt, SK. WANTED: 60 TO 80’ HARROW packer.

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MANDAKO LANDROLLER. The heaviest production roller on the market. Check us out at, www.mandakoagri.com or call, 1-888-525-5892, Plum Coulee, MB. 1997 RITE-WAY 41’ LANDROLLER, hyd. fold and lift, excellent cond., $19,900. Call anytime, 403-627-9300. Pincher Creek AB 2011 MCFARLANE HARROWS 60’, slightly used, asking $36,000. Call Steve 780-674-8080, Cherhill, AB. 60’ RITE-WAY LAND roller, only did 3800 acres, $48,000. 306-843-7744, Wilkie, SK.

JD 7200 PLANTERS ranging from 1992 to 1996, 12 row hitch unit, 12 row 2 point unit, 16 row 2 point unit, 24 row 2 point unit- all available for 2012 seeding. Call for SET OF BOURGAULT 3� PNEUMATIC options and details. Liquid caddy options packers and frames for Bourgault 5710 available as well for the 2 point machines and 5810, 62’ air drill, 9.8� spacing, used 1 if you don’t have 3 PTH tractor. Ph Corner Equipment 204-483-2774, Carroll, MB. season. 306-294-7441, Shaunavon, SK. HAYBUSTER ZERO TILL DRILLS: 107, 2010 SALFORD 570RTS vertical tillage, 24’, 147, 1000; 3107 air drill. Wanted: Hay- harrows, rolling baskets w/1200 lb weight buster drills for parts, and worn down kit, like new cond., $44,000 OBO. Carrot discs from a 1000. 403-627-5429, Pincher River, SK. 306-768-2151, 306-768-7399.

Creek, AB. 30’ JD 750 no-till drills, 7.5� spacing, car- D U T C H I N D U S T R I E S, d o u b l e s h o o t , bide tip boots, excellent condition, always w/paired row openers, 44 at $125 each. s h e d d e d , $ 2 1 , 0 0 0 . 3 0 6 - 2 2 5 - 4 4 4 1 , Matt at: 306-467-4935, Duck Lake, SK. 306-230-7139, Hague, SK. QUIT FARMING: 41’ Flexi-Coil 820 cult., 33 WILRICH VERTICAL tillage disc units, 11� spacing w/wo 1720 Flexi-Coil air tank, less then 500 acres, great shape. Purasking $17,000. for cult/$3000. for tank. chased from Flaman for $10,800. Asking $9,000. Call 204-648-3292, Dauphin, MB. Call 306-945-7644, Laird, SK. Dunmore, Alberta, (Medicine Hat), AB.

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NEW GATES 72’ heavy harrows 5-bar 9/16 x26 tine, $29,900; Elmers 50’ super 7 2012 demo bar, $33,900; Gates 50’ 4-bar 9/16 tines, manual angle, 2012, $21,500. Call Corner Equip. 204-483-2774, Carroll, MB. AGROPLOW, MODEL 19S-AP2H, 20.7’ wide, needs 250+ HP, in like new cond., 3 yrs old, only 600 acres, 3 PTH and trailer hitch, hyd. trip, $46,000 OBO. 780-405-8638, Fort Saskatchewan, AB. 1983 GREY FRIGGSTAD C5-43, 53’ HD cultivator, 750 lb trips w/12� spacing, used very little after 1995. 306-627-3493, 306-741-2328, Wymark, SK.

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D&F Manufacturing Ltd. 204-746-8260, Morris, MB. dandf.ca COMPLETE SHANK ASSEMBLIES: JD 1610, $135; JD 610, black, $180; JD 1600, $90; Morris 7-series, $135. 306-946-7923, 306-946-4923, Young, SK.

KELLO-BILT DISC PARTS: Blades and bearings. Parts to fit most makes and models. 1-888-500-2646, Red Deer, AB. 2001 FLEXI-COIL 3450 TBT, 10� load auger, Beacon lights, variable rate, $25,000 www.kelloughs.com OBO. Jeff at 306-747-7438, Parkside, SK. WANTED: OLDER CHISEL plow, 12� spacing, 35’ to 45’, no harrows. 403-854-2225, Hanna, AB. JD TANDEM DISC AW model, 20� blade, 9� spacing, 13’ wide, good shape, $2000.

34’ MORRIS never pin drill, side band dbl. 204-669-9626, Winnipeg, MB. shoot, good shape. 56’ of Phoenix harrow KELLO-BILT 12’ DISC for sale. Call c/w air kit. 306-745-6298, Esterhazy, SK. 306-771-2527, Edenwold, SK. FLEXI-COIL 5000 45’ air drill, 1996, 9� spacing, double shoot, 3� rubber packers, liquid phospherous kit, 2320 tank w/320 granular. 306-264-3227, Meyronne, SK. 7200 JD 12R30 front fold planter, rebuilt in 2010, liquid starter kit, $12,000 OBO. 204-526-5017, Stockton, MB. 1982 7200 IHC hoe drills, 42’, IHC Eagle 1985 ALLIS CHALMERS, 4W305, 305 HP, Beak openers. 306-295-4192, Ravenscrag, 3995 hours, excellent. Ph: 204-867-5568, SK. Minnedosa, MB. CASE/IH 7200 HOE DRILLS 42’, 10� spacing, 3- 14’ units- can separate. $7500 OBO. Phone 306-842-4367, 306-861-7702 cell, Weyburn, SK.

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RITE WAY HARROWS. Flaman Sales has Rite Way jumbo harrows, models 7100 and 8100, now with 5/8 tines. Sizes from 50’ to 90’. Order today and ensure availability.

Visit your nearest Flaman store or call 1-888-435-2626. www.flaman.com 1996 MORRIS 60’ harrow draw bar c/w 5 bar straight harrows, good condition. Call 780-208-3344, Innisfree, AB. 40’ PHOENIX ROTARY harrow, hyd. fold, used very little, excellent for rejuvenating hay fields, $12,500 OBO. 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB.

2012 JD 1770 NT-CCS, 16R30 Pro Series XP planter, approx. 2700 acres, perfect cond., $115,000. Dennis at 204-746-5369, Arnaud, MB.

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1996 BOURGAULT 3165 tank, w/8800 air seeder, new 2� carbide tips, new monitor and new hoses, $28,000 OBO. Oyen, AB. 403-664-3865, 403-664-0205 2001 FLEXI-COIL 5000 air seeder, 45’ w/4� packers c/w 2340 TBT tank, Stealth openers, shedded since new, exc. cond., $75,000. 780-618-6420, Peace River, AB. 1991 BOURGAULT 8800, c/w 2155 air cart, 1400 gal. banded liquid fert. cart, 1� Bourgault knives. 306-845-8210, Edam, SK. BOURGAULT 28’ FLOATING hitch, single shoot, w/poly packers, new 3/4� carbide knives, 2155 tank, w/new PDM augers, s h e d d e d , e x c e l l e n t , $ 2 2 , 0 0 0 O B O. 306-843-7865, Scott, SK. 1995 BOURGAULT 8800, 48’, c/w 4350 TBH, good cond., $45,000. Call Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 39’ FLEXI-COIL 5000, 787 air tank, DS, Atom Jet openers, many new parts, field ready, $32,000. 306-478-2469, Ferland, SK 1996 MORRIS 8900 40’ air seeder w/9� spacing, 4 bar harrows, single shoot, 6240 tank w/3 compartment granular. Call 780-208-3344, Innisfree, AB.

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2005 BOURGAULT 5710, STK# PB2963A, Cash price, $62,500. Call 1-888-462-3816, or go to www.farmworld.ca for more info 2000 BOURGAULT 8810 40’ air seeder w/3225 grain tank, equipped w/liquid kit, 10� spacing, single shoot w/side ban boots, $40,000. 306-452-8033, Redvers SK BOURGAULT 8800, 40’, c/w 3225 tank, w/factory packers and harrows, exc. cond., field ready, $24,500. 403-350-9088, Delburne, AB.

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2-105 WHITE, complete new engine inframe 10 hrs ago, rear tires approx. 80%, LPTO, high-low shift, nice tractor, $9500.

204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB. COCKSHUTT 1800 DIESEL tractor, good rubber w/front mount Schulte snowplow, $3000. 306-395-2668, 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK.

1990 CIH 9130, 4 WD, 6795 hrs., power shift, good tires, $40,000 OBO. 306-831-6186, 306-831-6196, D’Arcy, SK. LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We buy 90 and 94 Series Case 2 WD, FWA tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have r e b u i l t t r a c t o r s a n d p a r t s fo r s a l e .

306-784-7841, Herbert, SK. 2006 STX 430, 2190 hrs., 16 spd. PS, 4 hyd., PTO, front and rear diff lock, 20.8R42 duals, always shedded, JD SF1 AutoSteer.

306-228-3665, Unity, SK. SELLING 4490 CASE, c/w duals, 14’ Degelman dozer, 5600 hrs., good working order.

204-855-2073 eves., Oak Lake, MB. GOING TO BE a wet spring? Need big rubber? Here is a one of a kind: 1997 Case/IH 9380 bumped to 9390 HP, vg, 710x38R at 75% rubber, fluid all around, 43,000 lb., 12 spd. standard, air seat, new CD player and speakers, 4 remotes, return line, tow cable, HID lights, EZ-Steer 500, 4420 hrs., shedded, $105,000. Call: 306-795-7208, 306-795-7493, 306-675-2222, Leross, SK. TWO CASE 2594 tractors, duals, front w e i g h t s , l o w h o u r s , g o o d r u b b e r.

403-394-4401, Lethbridge, AB. CASE/IH 5088, 140 HP, 3 PTH, FEL, cab, A C , v e r y g o o d r u b b e r, $ 1 7 , 0 0 0 .

204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB. WANTED: 70 or 90 series Case tractor w/FEL, in need of repair. 306-395-2668 or 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK. 2004 STX 450, leather interior, diff. lock, 710x38 duals, good condition, $120,000 OBO. 306-743-7622, Langenburg, SK. 1998 9370, 4 WD, 360 HP, inframe done w/lots of extras, some trans work done, 4800 hrs on tractor less motor, tires 60%, 16’ Degelman 4-way blade, $115,000 OBO. 306-577-7462, 306-577-7838, Wawota, SK C I H 9 1 5 0 , p o we r s h i f t H , $ 5 5 , 0 0 0 ; 2010 435, PTO, HO hyd., AutoSteer, $249,000; 2008 485, PTO, HD hyd., $209,000; 2010 485 HD, PTO, $289,000; 2 0 1 1 4 8 5 , P TO, l o a d e d , $ 2 8 9 , 0 0 0 ; 2012 500 Quad, PTO, loaded, $377,000; 2010 CIH 335 PTO, $210,000; 2009 CIH 485 Quad, $285,000; Others: 2008 NH T9050, HD hyd., 800’s, low hrs., $238,000; NH TJ 500, HD hyd., AutoSteer, $179,000.

Hergott Farm Equipment 306-682-2592, Humboldt, SK. 2009 CASE/IH 435 4 WD, 555 hrs.; 2010 Case/IH 485, 559 hrs. Both with powershift, AutoSteer, 1 owner, excellent cond.

306-478-2269, 306-478-7078, Mankota SK PARTING OUT or as is: 2470 CASE, 5000 hrs, 80% Goodyear torque 2’s- 18.4x34.

204-572-5848, Gilbert Plains, MB. CASE/IH STEIGER built, 4 WD/Quads; Plus other makes and models. Call the Tractor Man! Trades welcome. We deliver.

Gord 403-308-1135, Lethbridge AB 1983 IH 5288 w/Michelin radial tires, engine overhaul at 7200 hrs., $18,000. Call 306-293-2793, Climax, SK. 1998 CASE 9370, 4 WD, 360 HP, 4120 hrs, 12 spd. std., AutoSteer, diff. lock, $93,000.

306-946-9513, 306-259-4881, Young, SK. 2011 550 C ASE/IH, triples, 550 HP, weights, deluxe cab, $295,000. 2007 165 Case/IH Puma, w/loader and grapple, 165 HP, $95,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment Ltd., Storthoaks, SK. 306-449-2255.

AIR RIDE KIT, 2013 Model, auto levelling for Case/IH quad tractors, rides like a Cadillac, limited quantity available. Call Milt 306-229-1693, Hepburn, SK. 1981 4690, 4 WD, 260 HP, 12 spd., 3-way steering, 1000 PTO, 30.5x32.5 singles, vg rubber, 6508 hrs., recent $4000 OH, new valves, 1 new cyl., $17,500 OBO. Iron Springs, AB., 403-739-2455, 403-635-0280 4 USED SCRAPER TRACKS, for STX 450, vg, no rips or lugs missing, $4500 ea.

204-871-0925, MacGregor, MB. BRAND NEW CASE/Steiger 400, high capacity pump, luxury interior, $229,000.

Call 204-746-4131, Rosenort, MB. 1986 CASE 2290, new tires, motor is good.

Problems with hydraulics. Offers. Call 403-854-2354, Hanna, AB. 2007 STEIGER 435, 2000 hrs., delux cab, HD draw bar, 620-70R46 at 75%, bareback, $160,000. 306-960-1478, Birch Hills, SK.

JD 8200, FWA, 3 PTH, 5400 hrs, $77,000; JD 7700, FWA, 3 PTH, 7880 hrs, $52,000; New 740 loaders avail. 306-231-3993, Humboldt, SK. www.versluistrading.com 1989 JD 4755 2 WD, 6050 hrs., new rear 20.8x38 rubber, 15 spd. PS, 3 hyds., row crop mirrors, wheel weights, shedded, exc. cond., Unity, SK., 306-228-3665.

JD 8440, 4 WD with Degelman manual angle blade, single tires, 8555 hrs., $23,900.

Call 306-280-2400, Allan, SK. JD 6430, FWA, c/w JD loader, 3 PTH, deluxe cab, low hrs, always shedded, asking $49,900. 587-588-5160, Edmonton, AB. 1988 4250, MFWD, powershift, 3 PTH, 4800 hrs., excellent. Ph 306-744-8113, Saltcoats, SK. 2008 JD 9530s, Hi-flow hyds., 800 metrics, 3000-3500 hrs., with delivery, $175,000 OBO. 780-876-0634, Debolt, AB.

2008 7230 MFW, premium cab, 3 PTH, 741 w/grapple, 5300 hrs. 306-436-4511 or, 306-436-7703, Milestone, SK.

‘77 JD8430 4WD TRACTOR - NEW duals, 3 hyd. outlets, 1000 PTO, JD Quadshift, 180 hp, 9,611 hrs., good cond’n., $17,800.

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1996 NH 9682, 4 WD tractor, 360 HP, h i g h f l o w hy d r a u l i c s , r a d i a l t i r e s .

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1991 846 FORD VERSATILE, 18.4x38R duals, 1000 PTO, 15 spd. synchro, 4 hyds., 3800 hrs, shedded, exc. cond. Contact Jim 306-332-6221, Fort Qu’Appelle, SK. 1990 FORD 846 Designation 6, 4 WD, 5700 hrs, no winter use, always shedded, exc. shape. Call 306-843-3132, Wilkie, SK. 1991 FORD 846 FWD, 4175 hours, stored inside, Outback AutoSteer GPS ready, exc. condition. 306-845-8210, Edam, SK. QUIT FARMING: 1989 Ford 946. Spent $20,000 on engine last year, asking $45,000 OBO. 306-945-7644, Laird, SK. 1996 9682, 360 HP, 20.8x42, 4900 hrs., shedded, local trade, $79,900. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

1985 JD 4450 tractor, 140 HP, 7500 hrs., JD 7830 with 746 loader and grapple, dual hyds., 20.8x38 rubber, like new, new power quad trans w/E-range and LH re- rebuilt powershift done at JD dealer, runs FORD 8670, FWA, 3 PTH, 4 hyds., 4 new verse, 3 PTH, 20.8x42 rear tires, 2300 hrs, excellent, always shedded, $26,500. tires, 9400 hrs., $39,000. 306-231-3993, $125,000. 403-854-3374, Hanna, AB. Humboldt, SK. www.versluistrading.com 780-349-9810, Westlock, AB. 1995 JD 6300 D w/FEL, quick attach buck- 4955 JD TRACTOR, FWA, 3 PTH w/quick 1999 FORD NH TV140, 6700 hrs, FEL with et and bale fork, cab, 3 PTH w/Allied snow hitch, new radial tires all around including grapple, 3 PTH, brand new hyd. pump. blower, 75 HP, $30,000. 306-795-2950, duals, PowerShift, front weights, clean, 1994 116 push type haybine, $48,500.

Yorkton, SK. mechanically sound, only $46,000. Call 306-575-7771, Kennedy, SK. 1990 JD 8760, 4 WD, 6567 hrs., 12 spd., evenings 204-376-5458, Arborg, MB. 520/R28 duals, 75% plus, bare-back w/4 hyd., equipped with outback S2 AutoSteer, 1981 JD 4440, 20.8x38 duals, 7300 hrs., WANTED 1156 VERSATILE, red or blue. $ 5 2 , 0 0 0 O B O. O a k B l u f f , M B . C a l l excellent condition. 306-782-7749, York- 780-632-8759, Vegreville, AB. ton, SK. 204-736-2854 or 204-228-8176.

JD 6420, FWA, 4100 hrs., c/w 640 1988 VERSATILE 876, Trimble AutoSteer, JD 7710 MFWD; JD 7810 MFWD; JD 2005 loader, very clean, $65,000. Phone new tires, 6947 hrs, new seat, well main7530 MFWD. Low hours, can be equipped SL tained, $40,000. 306-388-2227 Bienfait SK 780-352-7081, Wetaskiwin, AB. with loaders. 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. 976 VERSATILE, 20.8x42 tires, 4000 orig.

1990 4455 MFWD, powershift, 3 PTH, low JD 9630 scraper model, 1767 hrs., large h o u r s , e x c e l l e n t r u b b e r, s h a r p . hrs., ultra premium condition, $57,900 single tires, bought in 2008, ejector scrap- 306-744-8113, Saltcoats, SK. OBO. 403-585-1910, Rockyford, AB. er pulled by Caterpillar in 2008, 22 cu. yd. used very little, front rides on tractor, JD 9330, 2010 model, HID lights, auto- 1985 856, 5490 hrs, new updated powerlarge tires and brakes on scraper. Ph steer, 4 remotes, auto trans, 490 hrs., shift trans, PTO, fuel pump and hyd. pump 403-747-2370 evenings, Alix, AB. shedded, no PTO; Flexi-Coil 5000 air drill, redone at 3635 hrs, plumbed for air seed5 fold, 9” spacing, 5” rubber packers, er, 280 HP, orig. tires, $45,000 OBO. DenWANTED: 2010 JD tractor with weak or 45’, TBH tank, single shoot. Reason for zil, SK., 306-228-3738, 306-228-7178. poor engine. Contact 306-395-2668 or 2320 sale, retired. 780-386-2178, Lougheed, AB. 2 0 0 9 VE R S AT I L E 2 3 7 5 , s t d . t r a n s . , 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK. 520/85Rx42 duals, 4 hyd. and plumed for 1999 JOHN DEERE 9400 4 WD, 5670 2011 JD 9630, 4 WD, 707 hrs, AutoTrac air drill, 693 hrs., two sets of weights, hrs., Deluxe cab with AC and heat, GPS ready, diff locks, 800/70R38 Michelin shedded, exc. cond., $135,000. Leader, SK. and AutoSteer w/monitor, 24 spd., 4 re- tires, deluxe cab w/active seat, premier Call 306-628-7944 or 306-628-3559. m o t e s , r a d a r, d i f f. l o c k s , F i r e s t o n e lighting pkg, ext. powertrain warranty until 710/70R38 duals, 11,000 lb. dry weight, Sept., 2014, weight pkg, $259,500 US. 1994 VERSATILE 9880, STK# N21692A, always shedded, very nice shape, $99,500. www.ms-diversified.com 320-848-2496, 8,620 hrs., 400 HP, 4 WD, 12 spd. trans.

320-894-6560, Fairfax, MN. std., 710/70R-38 duals, $77,000. Call Jordan 403-627-9300, Pincher Creek, AB. 1-888-442-6084, or www.farmworld.ca 1989 JD 8760, 24 spd., 3 SUV’s, 20.8R42 JD 9400 4x4, very clean, powershift, tires, wired for AutoTrac universal, ATU 710x42 rubber - 50%; also Big Bud and 2002 BUHLER 2310, 3300 hrs, M11, 335 steering wheel included, 7352 hrs., always Rite tractors. Call Albert at 403-504-0468, HP, 12 spd. synchro, 20.8x42 radial duals, Medicine Hat, AB. 5 hy d s . p l u s r e t u r n , E Z - S t e e r G P S, shedded. 204-371-6030, Steinbach, MB. $99,000. 306-596-5744 Fort Qu’Appelle SK 1990 JD 4755 MFWD, powershift, 3 PTH, MITCH’S TRACTOR SALES LTD. For sale 5700 original hours, excellent rubber, very 7420 MFWD, auto-quad, LHR, 3 PTH, 3 2010 485, 1300 hrs, 800 duals, EZ-Steer, hyd., 741 FEL; 7320 MFWD, PQ, LHR, 3 std. trans., HID lighting, original owner, sharp. 306-744-8113, Saltcoats, SK. PTH, 3 hyd., 1800 hrs., w/wo loader; Two $185,000. Call 306-948-5005, Biggar, SK. 3020 JD, gas, 148 FEL, PTO; 8650 JD, 4650 MFWD, 15 spd., 3 PTH, factory duals; PTO, AutoSteer. Phone 306-445-5602, Two 4455 MFWD, 3 PTH, 15 spd., w/280 2009 VERSATILE 435, 435 HP, 1400 hrs., metric duals- 85%, std. trans., HID North Battleford, SK. FEL; 4450 MFWD, 15 spd., 3 PTH; 3155 800 MFWD, 3 PTH, w/loader; 2955 MFWD, 3 lights, one owner, $197,000. Jason BIG BUDD, 500 drawbar HP, rebuilt 1150 PTH, w/wo loader; 2950 MFWD, 3 PTH, 306-460-8061, Eatonia, SK. Cummins, 0 hrs., 30.5x32 duals, plumbed w/265 FEL; 4430 Quad, 3 PTH, painted; ESTATE SALE! 2011 Versatile 400, 4 WD, for air drill; John Deere 8630 w/Degelman 4240, 8 spd., powershift, 3 PTH, 2 hyd.; 283 hrs, std. trans, 710/38 tires, shedded, blade. 403-833-2135 evenings, Burdett, AB 2130, 3 PTH, 146 loader; JD 725 FEL; showroom condition, $185,000. WillingJD 7820, 2005, MFWD, IVT, TLS, 3 PTH, Front weights for 30, 40, 50 series. All don, AB 780-367-2142 acepoultry@live.ca 746 loader, grapple, loaded, 6900 hours, tractors can be sold with new or used e x c . c o n d . , $ 8 9 , 0 0 0 O B O o r t r a d e . loaders. Mitch Rouire 204-750-2459, St. VERSATILE 2425, 2003, 425 HP, 710R38 duals, Trimble AutoSteer, 3190 hrs, std Claude MB. mitchtractorsales.com 403-308-4200, Mossleigh, AB. trans, 50 GPM hyd. pump, $130,000 OBO. J O H N D E E R E 8 4 3 0 t r a c t o r. P h o n e : 4850, GOOD RUBBER, $10,000 work order Call 306-773-5078, 306-741-8925, Swift this winter, $45,000; JD 8850, with good Current, SK. 306-228-3251, Unity, SK. rubber, $7000 work order, $50,000.

JD 5410, MFWD, 65 HP, loader, grapple 306-862-8014, Aylsham, SK. fork, 3 PTH, cab, AC, 5300 hrs., $26,500 JD 8450, 7800 FWD, 4050, 4450 MFWD JD 4440, 2 WD, 158 loader and grapple, OBO. 306-731-2943, Lumsden, SK. w/loader, 2130. Have JD loaders in stock.

1990 8960, 24 spd., diff lock, 4 hyds., Taking JD tractors in trade that need work. $21,000; JD 455, 35’ folding grain drill, $37,000; CIH 5250 MFWD, 3 PTH, loader, 30.5x32’s at 30%, 6750 hrs., $63,500. 204-466-2927, 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. $28,500. 403-308-1238, Taber, AB. 306-948-3949, 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK. 80/8640, 9000 hrs., new eng. 7000, needs J D 8 1 1 0 M F W D, l o w h o u r s . C a l l shifter work, $20,000 OBO. 306-383-2546, 1948 SILVER KING 3 wheel tractor, all original, $6900. Contact 403-256-1211, 204-522-6333, Melita, MB. 306-229-8638, Rose Valley, SK Dewinton, AB. 2011 JD 9530 4 WD, 878 hrs., active 1996 JD 6400 FWA, 85 HP, 640 JD loader, GRATTON COULEE AGRI PARTS LTD. Your seat, AutoTrac ready, diff. lock, HD Gud- 3 PTH, dual hyds, good condition, $29,500. #1 place to purchase late model combine geon, premier lighting pkg., 800/70R38 780-349-9810, Rochester, AB. and tractor parts. Used, new and rebuilt.

Michelin’s, 6000 lb. weight pkg., $219,500 US. 320-848-2496, 320-894-6560, Fairfax, 1995 7600 MFWD, powerquad, 3 PTH, www.gcparts.com Toll free 888-327-6767.

4500 hours, good rubber, excellent condiMN. www.ms-diversified.com tion. 306-744-8113, Saltcoats, SK. 1979 JD 4440 w/148 FEL, $19,500. www.waltersequipment.com Minitonas, JD 8760, 6770 hrs, 24 spd., Greenstar MB, 204-525-4521. ready, very good condition, $59,000.

306-257-3375, Bradwell, SK. 1992 JD 8760, 5450 hrs., 24 spd., diff. lock, no PTO, 4 hyds., 3 yr. old 20.8/38R 2006 JOHN DEERE 9520 4 WD, 3650 Firestone duals, $14,000 Greenlight Jan. hrs., Deluxe cab with AC and heat, GPS 2013, shedded, excellent cond., $80,000. and AutoSteer w/monitor, 18 spd., power306-383-2225, 306-554-8450, Clair, SK. shift, diff. locks, Goodyear 800 metric duals, 11,000 lb. dry weight, always shedded, STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER looking very nice shape, $169,000. Call Jordan 2006 MTX 135 McCormick MFWD, quickie for JD tractors to rebuild, Series 20s, 30s, anytime 403-627-9300, Pincher Creek, AB. loader, 6500 hrs, $50,000. 306-245-3310, 40s or 50s, or for parts. Will pay top dollar. youngslandc@gmail.com Tyvan, SK. Now selling JD parts. 204-466-2927, 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. 1993 JD 8970, 710x38 at 82%, weights, 4 ESTATE SALE: 2008 KUBOTA M108X, 45 SCV’s, air seeder return line, 6600 hrs, diff hrs., 108 HP, FEL, shedded, $58,000. Larry lock, always shedded, very good tractor, 780-992-1315, Fort Saskatchewan, AB. $85,000. Call 204-955-8970.

1998 9370 4 WD, 360 HP, 4150 hrs., 12 spd. std., always shedded, exc. cond., $87,000. Call 306-782-5843, Yorkton, SK.

1978 STEIGER 4 WD, good 3306 engine, good rubber, needs clutch work and has electrical issues, $10,000 OBO. 306-864-2994, Melfort, SK. PANTHER 1325, 325 HP, Cat engine, powershift, no PTO, orig. owner, 4000 hrs. Will trade for young cows or heifers. Coronach, SK. 306-267-4844, 306-267-7848.

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JETCO ENT. INC. Experienced equipment hauling and towing. AB, SK, MB. Call 780-888-1122, Lougheed, AB.

2001 TS110, 2 WD, 3 PTH, loader ready, tires- 90%, CAHR, good cond., $31,000.

306-371-7382, 306-329-4780, Asquith, SK. 2009 NH T9060, STK# HN3027A, 1,230 hrs., 535 HP, 4 WD, monitor mount, mega flow hyd., tow cable- HD axle, $285,000.

1-888-446-9572 or www.farmworld.ca 2009 TV6070, bi-directional, 3 PTH, grapple, manure tines, 1200 hours, like new. Dave 403-556-3992, Olds, AB. MUST SELL ONE: TJ 380, 1100 hrs., metrics 95%; 9680, 3800 hrs., metrics 80%.

306-478-2451, Kincaid, SK. 2007 TJ480 NH, triples, 480 HP, w/GPS, weights, $195,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment Ltd., Storthoaks, SK. 306-449-2255.

2003 NH TG285, 5500 hrs, new front tires 600/70-30, new back tires 710/70-42, $90,000. 306-231-3993, Humboldt, SK. www.versluistrading.com

DEGELMAN 14’ DOZER, manual angle, fits JD 60- 70 Series 4 WD, excellent, $9500.

780-679-7795, Camrose, AB. WANTED DOZER BLADE and frame for JD 8850 4 WD tractor. All types considered.

780-789-2555, Thorsby, AB. LEON 790 LOADER with grapple, 7’ bucket, joystick, like new with mounts for Case 2290, $5500. 403-854-2354, Hanna, AB. JD 158 LOADER, excellent condition. Call 306-648-2847 after 7:00 PM, Gravelbourg, SK. JD 344 LOADER w/grapple, rebuilt trans, low hrs., excellent cond. Ph 403-552-3753, 780-753-0353, Kirriemuir, AB. LEON 808 front end loader, 8’ bucket, $3000. 306-395-2668 or 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK.

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precisionpac.ca 2006 JOHN DEERE 544J, 7800 hrs., quick attach, parallel lift option, 3rd valve, 3.0 yd. bucket, ride control, diff. lock, new tires, 60” forks available. Edquip Ltd.,Jerry Ryan, 780-915-5426, St. Albert, AB. 1993 CAT 936F wheel loader w/oversized bucket, 20.5Rx25 tires, good pins/bushings/center pins, 14,101 hrs., vg cond., asking $34,500. Call Russ 204-298-4265, Winnipeg, MB.

RITE WAY LAND ROLLERS. Flaman Sales has Rite Way F Series land rollers with the patented forward unfolding system.

Lengths from 52’ to 89’. Order today and ensure availability. Visit your local Flaman store or 1-888-435-2626 www.flaman.com COMPLETE SHANK ASSEMBLIES: JD 1610, $135; JD 610, black, $180; JD 1600, $90; Morris 7-series, $135. 306-946-7923, 306-946-4923, Young, SK. APPLY TODAY to take Crop Technology at Lakeland College’s Vermilion campus.

Your training includes involvement in the business side of the Student Managed Farm- Powered by New Holland. Details at w w w. l a ke l a n d c o l l e g e . c a o r p h o n e 1-800-661-6490, ext. 8527.

CASE 1690 TRACTOR, 707 Leon FEL, 3300 hrs., $12,500 OBO; 1995 Dodge 2500, 4x4, dsl., $4000 OBO. 306-445-5485 Delmas SK 860 MASSEY COMBINE w/flex header and pickup header, shedded, 860 V8 hydro for parts; Versatile 145 4 WD complete; Versatile 2200 hoe drill 21’ w/factory transport. 306-867-4595, 306-867-8833 eves, Outlook, SK.

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888-86 6 -4203 HAYBUSTER ROCKPICKER; 48’ Sakundiak grain auger; 1992 Highline bale processor; 1975 Ford 3 ton silage truck.

306-228-3251, Unity, SK. JD 240 SKIDSTEER loader, heated cab, foot control, warranty on new eng., 1400 hrs. on machine, 68” bucket, vg cond., ready to go, $18,000. Cypress River, MB., 204-743-2324.

DEGELMAN QA MOUNT to fit JD 9400 or 9600 series tractor; Also 12’ blade available. 780-826-5584, Iron River, AB. LOADERS: John Deere 544J, Caterpillar 950H, JD 310G backhoe. Conquest Equipment 306-483-2500, Oxbow, SK. LEON MODEL 990 dozer blade, 10’, good condition, $3000. Call 780-877-2339 or 780-877-2326, Edberg, AB. DOZER BLADE, SHOP built, 11’ w/extension to 13’, 2WD, or FWA tractors, 43” high, $4,300. 306-460-4507, Madison, SK.

SUNFLOWER HARVEST SYSTEMS. Call for literature. 1-800-735-5848. Lucke Mfg., www.luckemanufacturing.com

WANTED: FLAX STRAW rake or buncher; Bourgault Vibra-Master cultivator, 36-50’; Bourgault TBH air cart, 115 to 250 bu. cap.

306-283-4745, Saskatoon, SK. WANTED: HARROW PACKER bar. Contact Stewart at 306-542-4498 or cell 306-542-7325, Kamsack, SK. WANTED: GPS TRIMBLE EZ-STEER 500.

Call Frank at 306-394-2131, Coderre, SK. WANTED: UNIVERSAL HEAD and attachments for Varnamo UA-1 horizontal milling machine. 306-845-8336, Turtleford, SK. WANTED: 48’ or 50’ deep tiller, John Deere 1650 or Bourgault 9400. Phone 204-773-2868, Russell, MB.

WANTED: MF #36 DISCERS, all sizes, prompt pick-up. Phone 306-259-4923, 306-946-9669, 306-946-7923, Young, SK. WANTED: 18’ TANDEM axle bumper hitch flat deck trailer, 3500 to 6000 lb. axles, to pull w/wo slide-in ramps. Also, 2 PIT BULL 3060, 18’ HD blade fits T9505 NH easy floater tires for 859 Apache sprayer. or, Case IH 4x4 tractor. Like new $29,500. rear 306-449-2253 eves., Storthoaks, SK. Comes complete. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. WANTED: Accutrak AutoSteer. Please call Barry at 1-800-815-2718, High River, AB. WANTED: 575 APACHE SPRAYER. Call 204-324-6398, Altona, MB. WANTED: GOOD USED 350 pull between Bourgault tank or 550 pull behind. Myles 306-745-6140 306-745-7530 Esterhazy SK WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly tractors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847.

WANTED: 4 WD, 360-450 HP, w/PTO and diff lock, 3500-5000 hrs, JD or Case, 1995-2004. 403-575-0999, Consort, AB. WANTED: JD 148 front end loader to fit TOWING A GRAIN CART WITH A CHAL- 3010 JD. 306-842-2349, Weyburn, SK. LENGER? You might want a PTO drive. WANTED: 1970’s JD 6030 tractor, any conComplete PTO assembly, fits all flat track dition. Call 204-955-8970.

Challengers: Models 65, 75, 85 and 95, $25,000. Will credit $1000 for return of transmission end cover. Going to plow snow this winter? IMAC 12’6” HD power angle tilt 6-way dozer, fits all flat track 5x10 PORTABLE CORRAL PANELS new Challengers, c/w all hyd. hoses, 2 hyd. design. 403-226-1722, 1-866-517-8335, junction boxes, moldboard in like new Calgary, AB. magnatesteel.com cond., c/w new cutting edge, front stump pan, $29,500 not installed. 780-996-7364, SOLIDLOCK AND TREE ISLAND game wire and all accessories for installation. Heights St. Albert, AB. email: plodoen@shaw.ca from 26” to 120”. Ideal for elk, deer, bison, 8’ BUCKET to fit FEL or skidsteer for sale. sheep, swine, cattle, etc. Tom Jensen 306-445-9867, Battleford, SK. ph/fax 306-426-2305, Smeaton, SK. CUSTOM FENCING AND corral building, no job too big or too small. Call 306-699-7450, Qu’Appelle, SK. DON’T GET STUCK without a Tow Rope! TONGUE AND GROOVE PVC plastic swine Best selection of tow ropes and straps in fencing panels. Panel spaces allow for Canada. For tractors up to 600 HP. See 2”x4” pieces to fit, reinforcing the build. y o u r n e a r e s t F l a m a n s t o r e o r c a l l 5 0 % o f t h e p r i c e o f n ew p a n e l i n g .

1-888-435-2626 or visit www.flaman.com $5.50/ft. Dimensions: 1-3/4”x32”x12’ panels. 780-621-0731, Drayton Valley, AB. GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence TO BUY GRAINLAND: 300-2000 acres, posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner west central or NW, SK. Will consider oth- Wo o d P r e s e r ve r s L t d . , a s k fo r R o n 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. er areas. 306-423-5983, 306-960-3000.

ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New Degelman equipment, land rollers, Strawmaster, rockpickers, rock rakes, dozer blades. Phone 306-957-4403, cell 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK. ONE SET OF tractor duals, 20.8x38, 60% wear left on tires, c/w J-bolts. Contact 780-352-5051, Wetaskiwin, AB.

MULCHING - TREES; BRUSH; Stumps.

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F I R E W O O D : C u t a n d s p l i t , d e l i ve r y available. 306-862-7831, Nipawin, SK.

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16 TOP QUALITY pregnancy tested Pure Plains 2010 bred heifers, $2400/ea. MFL Ranches, 403-747-2500, Alix, AB.

BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood for sale. Contact Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer.

WANTED: BIRCH FIREWOOD, log length.

Contact Bo Tanner at Blue Grass Ltd., 403-226-0468, Balzac, AB.

CHAROLAIS DISPERSAL, BRED Heifers and Open Heifer Sale, Saturday, Feb. 23 at 1:00 PM. Offering: Tranquility Farm Purebred Charolais dispersal; Midnite Cruise bred heifers; Charolais yearling open heifers and more. For more info and pictures 306-693-4715, www.johnstoneauction.ca PL#914447.

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KEET’S FISH FARM has Rainbow Trout fingerlings for spring stocking. Grandora, SK. 306-260-0288, www.keetsfishfarm.com

2010 PURE WOOD breed bull prospects top end. Pure wood mature hunt bulls.

2012 calves can view on mothers closed herd. Call Viking Bison, Naicam, SK., 306-874-7590.

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

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 or deliver anywhere in western Canada. Details phone 403-586-8733 or check out our website at www.didsburysprucefarms.com

NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for over 15 years, is looking for finished Bison, grain or grass fed. “If you have them, we want them.� Make your final call with Northfork for pricing! Guaranteed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, Winnipeg, MB. PLAINS BISON, vg genetics, exc. breeding stock, 28- 2011 yearlings, 32- 2012 calf crop. Sandy Lake, MB. 204-585-5323.

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2011 JCB 535-125, only 227 hrs., 8000 lb. lift cap. to 40’6�, 4x4, 3 steering modes, outriggers, aux. hydraulics, Q-Fit carriage w/floating pallet forks. Like New! $89,600.

Jordan 403-627-9300, Pincher Creek, AB.

OUTBACK 360 AUTOSTEER, off 9400 JD, hydro steering system, good cond., asking BISON WANTED - Canadian Prairie Bison is looking to contract grain finished bison $5000. 306-487-7993, Lampman, SK. for a growing market in Canada, US and WANTED: 575 APACHE SPRAYER. Call Europe. Paying top market $$ for all animals. For more information contact Roger 204-324-6398, Altona, MB. Provencher, roger@cdnbison.com or GREENSTAR 3 AUTOTRAC systems, incl. 306-468-2316. Join our Producer-owned 2630 touch displays, SF1 and SF2 Autotrac bison company and enjoy the benefits. software available complete with Starfire 3000 SF1, SF2 or RTK GPS receivers.

Around 1 yr. old, like new condition plug and play into Autotrac ready JD tractors.

Call Curtis 204-626-3283, Sperling, MB. WANTED: CARMEN CREEK Gourmet Meats and High Plains Bison are purchasing calves, yearlings and finished slaughter bison year round. Prompt Payment. Advance deposits and long term contracts are available. For more information contact: animalsourcing@goldenbison.com or 303-962-0044, Denver, Colorado office.

B I S O N P R O D U C E R S O F A L B E RTA Presents: Wildrose Show And Sale, March 16th. Enter your best bison stock.

Entry fees reduced for 2013. Call Linda 780-955-1990, Ponoka, AB. WANTED FEEDER BISON calves, yearlings and over 30 months. Call Ryan, R J Game Farm, 306-646-7743, Fairlight, SK.

2009 HAULOTTE HTL 9045 telehandler 101.8 HP! 495 hrs., excellent condition, 4x4 Crab steering, enclosed cab w/heat. SOLAR TRACKERS - NET METERING Max lift capacity- 9000 lbs., max lift Kelln Solar, website: www.kellnsolar.com h e i g h t - 4 4 ’ 7 � $ 7 6 , 0 0 0 C a n d e l i ve r. Lumsden, SK. 1-888-731-8882 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

MANY BONE BISON CO-OP is a 25% gov’t backed livestock loan guarantee program. Finance is now avail. on bred or feeder bison. Call Tricia 306-885-2241.

Also ask about the gov’t interest rebate on feeders. For SK. residents only. Sedley, SK. 6 BRED BISON cows, 1 five year old Woods bull. Call 807-548-4435, Kenora, ON. Email: grant@talomafarms.com

NEW: 7000 WATT DIESEL generator, single cyl., air cooled, 4 stroke, 10 HP engine, 110 to 240 voltage, 6.3 kva max output, $6300. 306-424-7312, Montmartre, SK

30 HEAD OF 2010 bison heifers, weighing 900 to 1000 lbs., bred to excellent bulls, $2400 each. Call Cliff at 780-388-3324, suncreek@xplornet.com Buck Lake, AB.

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PLAN TO ATTEND The Lords of the North Bull Sale, Sat. March 16, 2013, 1:00 PM at SLS, Saskatoon, SK. Offering 50 Simmental and Red Angus bulls. Powerful 2 year olds, sound yearlings, and one feature proven herd sire: Golden Deed. These bulls are designed to improve your bottom line. Call for more info. or catalogues 306-381-3691, EKW Red Angus or 306-467-4975, Green Spruce Simmentals.

DOLITTLE ANGUS selling by private treaty great selection of reg. Black Angus yearlings and 2 yr. old bulls. Featured sires: Mohen Dynamite 1356, SAV Providence 6922, SAV Pioneer 7301, Dolittle’s Density 204’09. 306-463-3225, 306-460-8520, Netherhill, SK., www.dolittleangus.com

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OLE FARMS 8TH Annual Family Day Sale: 150 top Red and Black Angus 2 yr. old bulls, 150 commercial Black Angus bred heifers. Monday, February 18, 2013, 1:00 PM at the farm. Athabasca, AB. Phone: 780-675-4664. Web: www.olefarms.com SYMENS LAND AND Cattle Bull Sale with Abacus Angus, February 19th, Stavely, AB. 35 Black and Red Angus bulls, yearlings and two yr. olds. 10 Limousin bulls yearling and two yr. olds. Catalogue online at www.castlerockmarketing.com For more info: Jim Symens 403-524-4729, Dan Hitchener 403-333-2626, Shane Castle 306-741-7485.

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BROODY BLACK ANGUS cross heifers sell at Deer Range Bull Sale, Monday, March 11 at Heartland Livestock, Swift Current, SK. Bred to low BW Black Angus bulls. Selling 50 2- yr. old Red and Black Angus bulls along with 50+ bred females calving in March/April. Phone 306-773-9872, www.DeerRange.ca Stewart Valley, SK. 140 RANCH RAISED Black Angus bred heifers, most from purebred mothers, bred to easy calving Black Angus bulls, start calving April 1st. Asking $1500 flat or $ 1 6 0 0 fo r p i c k . C a l l S c o t t R a n c h 204-835-2087, McCreary, MB.

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BENLOCK FARMS consigning to Ward’s Red Angus And Guests Bull Sale, Sat., March 2, 1 PM, Saskatoon Livestock Sales.

Selling 60 big pasture two year olds, super long yearlings and top cut yearlings. As well as 50 open commercial heifers. Wintering and volume discounts available. For catalogues or information contact Tom at 306-668-2125 or T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. at 306-933-4200. PL #116061. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com

Prince Albert, SK. Hwy 3 & 48th St. E.

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1/4 MILE ZIMMATIC PIVOT, 4000 hrs, c/w drops and wobblers, 125 HP Cornell pump, switch gear and pump house, 2600’ 125 10� plastic pipe. Can deliver and set up. Contact Barry at 1-800-815-2718 or bdking2@xplornet.com HOME OF REINKE ELECTROGATOR II. Reinke centre pivots, one used 2640’ Valley section pivot, 1295’ Reinke pivot.

Trades welcome. 306-858-7351, Lucky Lake, SK. WESTERN IRRIGATION large supply of new and used irrigation equipment 2 PTO pumps etc. 306-867-9461, Outlook, SK. RAIN MAKER IRRIGATION Zimmatic pivots/Greenfield mini pivots, K-Line towable irrigation, spare parts/accessories, new and used equipment. 31 years in business. www.rainmaker-irrigation.com Outlook, SK Call 306-867-9606.

ALLIS CHALMERS 60 HP diesel engine, Model 426 w/2� high pressure Hale pump and primer, portable, has wheels, good condition, easy on fuel, $4000 OBO. 306-588-2588, Vanguard, SK. NEED TO MOVE water or irrigate? 4�-10� alum. pipe, pump units. Taber, AB. Dennis at: 403-308-1400, dfpickerell@shaw.ca

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NORDAL LIMOUSIN AND ANGUS 2013 Bull and Female Sale, Feb. 21, 1:00 PM, Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon, SK. Offering 40 Red and Black Angus 2 yr. old bulls, delivery and board available; Plus 50 Simm cross Angus heifers bred Red Angus.

Rob Garner, Simpson, SK, 306-946-7946, www.nordallimousin.com UNIFORM GROUP of straight black angus open heifers. Wilbar Farms, 306-492-2161, Dundurn, SK. PUREBRED BULL, not papered, coming 2 years old, sure breeder, $1600. Call 306-228-3516, Unity, SK.

FOR SALE: 42 Bison yearling heifers, 69 Qu a lity b reed in g s to ck fro m a cro s s 2012 calves. Call Emerald Bison Ranch at WWW.NOUTILITYBILLS.COM - Indoor 306-542-4498, 306-542-7325 Kamsack, SK W es tern Ca n a d a . coal, grain, multi-fuel, gas, oil, pellet and Co m m ercia l b is o n s a le to fo llo w . propane fired boilers, fireplaces, furnaces 20 BRED WOOD cross heifers, preg.

To en ter o r fo r m o re in fo rm a tio n co n ta ct: and stoves. Outdoor EPA and conventional checked, $2500 ea. OBO. Perry at Wolf wood boilers, coal / multi-fuel boilers. Lake Ranch, 780-826-5584, Iron River, AB. Kra m e r Auctio n Ltd . 306.445 .5 000 Chimney, heat exchangers, parts, piping, S BA o ffice - 306.5 85 .6304 ELK VALLEY RANCHES, buying all ages pumps, etc. Athabasca, AB, 780-628-4835.

C BA o ffice - 306.5 22.47 66 feeder bison. Call Frank 780-846-2980, 2 ALL CANADIAN boilers w/coal stokers, 1 of Kitscoty, AB or elkvalley@xplornet.com 2009 CUMMINS 50 KW GENERATOR, million BTU (green) and 1.6 million BTU 3.9L, 120/240V single phase, fully tested (red), vg cond. The green boiler has done & ready to go. $11,900. Trades welcome. 9 winters, the red boiler is mid 80’s, but Financing available. 1-800-667-4515. brand new stoker about 5 yrs. ago. Also 2 heavy duty ash augers and 35 ton coal bin. www.combineworld.com Boilers presently in use, available for disDIESEL GENSET SALES AND SERVICE, mantling and transport in the spring. Call 12 to 300 KW, lots of units in stock, used to see them running. Price is negotiable. and new, Perkins, John Deere, Deutz. We Stu at 780-387-0615, Nisku, AB. also build custom gensets. We currently Large Quantities of Commercial Tubing for Sale have special pricing on new John Deere units. Call for pricing 204-792-7471.

2 3/8� CEMENT LINED tubing, $20/ea.

Minimum 100 joints. Call 306-861-1280, Weyburn, SK. QUALITY USED TUBING, casing and rods, various sizes and lengths in Estevan, SK. W i l l d e l i v e r. C a l l V i k i n g S u r p l u s 306-634-6612, Terry 306-461-9595 or Darren 306-421-2078.

RANGE READY BULL SALE featuring yearling and coming 2 yr. old bulls. Horned Hereford, Charolais, Limousin, Red and Black Angus sell Saturday, March 9, 1:00 PM sharp at Heartland Livestock, Yorkton, SK. View catalogue www.buyagro.com or call Heartland 306-783-9437.

DISPERSALS, BRED HEIFERS and Longhorns, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. Saturday, Feb. 16th at 1:00 PM. Offering: Bekker Dispersal; Schuweiler bred heifers and young cows; Norman Longhorn Dispersal plus other open Longhorn heifers and pairs. 306-693-4715 or, check www.johnstoneauction.ca for more pics and information. PL#914447

ALAMEDA AUCTION MARKET Bred Cow and Heifer Sale, Saturday, Feb. 23 at 1:00 PM. Featuring 70 Black heifers. Approx. 150 head expected. More consignments welcome . Fo r more info call 306-489-2221, Alameda, SK.

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CITY VIEW SIMMENTALS, Ivanhoe Angus, Yuke Angus and Wascana Herefords Bull Sale, Tues., March 19th, 2013, 1:00 PM. Johnstone’s Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. 22 Angus yearling and six two year olds and replacement heifers.

See catalogues at: johnstonesauction.com Devin Yuke, Moose Jaw, SK 306-691-0085 or Ron Mountenay, Belle Plaine, SK. 306-345-2560.

PALMER CHAROLAIS/NIELSON LAND and Cattle Co. Black and Red Angus Bull and Heifer Sale, March 4th, 2:00 PM, at the Palmer farm, Bladworth, SK. Offering 44 Black and Red Angus yearling bulls; 9 Black and Red Angus yearling heifers and 38 2 yr. old and yearling Charolais bulls, most polled, some Red factor, top quality cattle with great pedigrees that will work.

Contact Larry Nielson at 306-734-5145, Velon Herback at 306-567-7033 or, the Sales Manager of By Livestock at 306-536-4261 or, view the catalogue and videos www.bylivestock.com Regina, SK. 18TH ANNUAL Cattleman’s Connection Bull Sale, March 1, 2013, 1 PM, Heartland Livestock, Brandon, MB. Selling 75 yearling Black Angus bulls. For catalogue or more info call Brookmore Angus, Jack Hart, 204-476-2607 or 204-476-6696. Email brookmoreangus@mts.net Sales Management Doug Henderson 403-350-8541 or 403-782-3888.

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BLACK CROSSBRED HERD dispersal, 180 Black Angus cross Maine Anjou bred cows, 30 bred heifers, start calving April 1. PB bulls, closed herd, Pfizer health program.

Call Marcel 204-981-6953, Oak Bluff, MB. SELLING: BLACK ANGUS bulls. Wayside Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK.

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YOUNG DALE PAN 56Y for sale. Birthweight 86. Adjusted 365 day weight- 1417.

Gain index 119. 2 yr. old Black Angus, great growth. Also yearling bulls with Panarama Focus and Predominator bloodlines. Easy calving, exc. growth. Netherlea Cattle 306-433-2091, Creelman, SK. DURALTA FARMS 8th ANNUAL ANGUS Bull Sale, Friday March 15, 1:30 pm at the farm, Vegreville, AB. Selling 50 rugged Red and Black Angus, Simmental, Simm cross Angus bulls. Wintering and delivery available. For catalogues or info call Dave Durie 780-208-4888 or T Bar C Cattle Co 306-933-4200. PL #116061. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com THE BLACK PEARL BULL AND FEMALE Sale, Sunday, March 10, 2:00 PM, at Edwards Livestock Center, Tisdale, Sask.

Offering 30+ powerful yearling Angus bulls and 25 open Angus heifers. Junior incentive program on heifers. Payment plan, wintering and delivery available. For more info call Mel Sisson at 306-873-4890 or T Bar C Cattle Co at 306-933-4200. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com.

Watch and bid online at www.dlms.ca BLACK ANGUS BULLS on moderate growing ration. Performance info available Adrian, Brian or Elaine Edwards, Valleyhills Angus, 306-342-4407, Glaslyn, SK. BLACK ANGUS COWS for sale, many cows under 5 years of age. 306-744-7744, Saltcoats, SK. 32nd ANNUAL EARLY Sunset Ranch Bull and Female Sale on the farm near Edam, SK., at 1:30 PM on Friday, February 22, 2013. “Only the good ones sell.” Offering: 71 lots, 31 Angus bulls, 17 Simm/Angus bulls, 16 open Angus heifers, 7 open Simmental heifers. Contacts: Jim Grant 306-441-3590 Rob Holowaychuk, OBI 780-916-2628. View catalogue online at www.cattlemanagement.ca Online bidding available - DLMS.

20 REG. YEARLING OPEN HEIFERS, excellent prospects. B-Elle Red Angus, evandglen@littleloon.ca 306-845-2557, Turtleford, SK.

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precisionpac.ca NORDAL LIMOUSIN AND ANGUS 2013 Bull and Female Sale, Feb. 21, 1:00 PM, Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon, SK. Offering 40 Red and Black Angus 2 yr. old bulls, delivery and board available; Plus 50 Simm cross Angus heifers bred Red Angus.

Rob Garner, Simpson, SK, 306-946-7946, www.nordallimousin.com KUNTZ FARMS RED ANGUS and Guest Bull Sale, Saturday, March 9th, 1:00 PM at the farm. Selling 59 big high performance yearlings, Free wintering and EPD’s available. Clint 306-536-6838, Jack 306-771-2600, Balgonie, SK.

2 YEAR OLD Red and Black Angus bulls, bred for performance, calving ease and good disposition. Sired by Rachis, Masterplan, Bullwinkle. Semen tested. Delivery available. Wolf Willow Angus, 204-859-2517, Rossburn, MB. DOUBLE BAR D FARMS BEST OF BOTH Worlds Annual Bull and Female Sale, Saturday, February 16 at the farm, 1:00 PM, Grenfell, SK. Offering 150 head of Simmental and Red Angus bulls and females. Call Ken 306-697-7204, 306-697-2474 or Richard 306-697-7298, 3 0 6 - 6 9 7 - 3 0 3 8 . To v i ew c at a l o g u e : www.transconlivestock.com or website www.doublebardfarms.com RED ANGUS BULLS FOR SALE yearlings and two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders, delivery available. Website: skinnerfarmsangus.com Ph 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. 15 REGISTERED RED Angus open heifers.

Phone: Little de Ranch, 306-845-2406, Turtleford, SK.

PALMER CHAROLAIS/NIELSON LAND and Cattle Co. Black and Red Angus Bull and Heifer Sale, March 4, 2:00 PM, at the Palmer farm, Bladworth, SK. Offering 44 Black and Red Angus yearling bulls; 9 Black and Red Angus yearling heifers and 38 2 yr. old and yearling Charolais bulls, most polled, some Red factor. Top quality cattle with great pedigrees that will work.

Contact Larry Nielson at 306-734-5145, Velon Herback at 306-567-7033 or the S a l e s M a n a g e r fo r B y L i ve s t o c k at , 306-536-4261 or, view the catalogue and videos www.bylivestock.com Regina, SK. RED ANGUS BULLS on moderate growing ration. Performance info available Adrian, Brian or Elaine Edwards, Valleyhills Angus, 306-342-4407, Glaslyn, SK. 50 RED ANGUS yearling bulls, 12 yearling heifers sell April 3rd, 1 PM, Howe Red Angus Bull Sale, Moose Jaw, SK. 8 miles south on #2 Hwy, 1-1/2 east on Baildon grid. Contact Mike Howe 306-631-8779.

SOUTH VIEW RANCH RED AND BLACK ANGUS BULL SALE, Thursday, April 11, at the Ranch, Ceylon, SK. Offering approx.

50 Red and 50 Black Angus yearlings. Semen tested, performance and carcass data. Great selection of heifer and cow bulls.

Keith 306-454-2730, Shane 306-454-2688, www.southviewranch.com RED ANGUS BULLS, calving ease, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Little De Ranch 306-845-2406, Turtleford, SK. FLYING K RANCH Bull Sale, April 10, 2013, 2:00 PM at the ranch. 14 miles SW of Swift Current, SK. Offering 80 yearling Red Angus bulls and 6 yearling Black Angus bulls. Bulls all ROP, semen, and ultrasound tested. Performance and heifer bull prospects available. Call for catalogue 306-773-6313 or email: chanel@t2.net www.flyingkranch.ca WARDS RED ANGUS AND GUESTS BULL SALE Saturday, March 2, Saskatoon Livestock Sales, 1:00 PM. Selling 60 big pasture two year olds, super long yearlings and top cut yearlings. As well as 50 open commercial heifers. Wintering and volume discounts available. For catalogues or info. contact Clarke at 306-931-3824 or T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. at 306-933-4200. PL #116061. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com RED ANGUS COWS for sale, many cows under 5 years of age. 306-744-7744, Saltcoats, SK.

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PALMER CHAROLAIS/NIELSON LAND and Cattle Co. Black and Red Angus Bull and Heifer Sale, March 4, 2:00 PM, at the Palmer farm, Bladworth, SK. Offering 38 2 yr. old and yearling Charolais bulls, most polled, some Red factor; 44 Black and Red Angus yearling bulls and 9 Black and Red Angus yearling heifers. Top quality cattle with great pedigrees that will work. Contact Velon Herback at 306-567-7033 or Larry Nielson at 306-734-5145 or the Sales Manager, By Livestock, 306-536-4261 or view the catalogue and videos online at www.bylivestock.com Bladworth, SK.

Call for a video of the bulls Ge lbvie h the M o st E xc iting Bre e d in the C a ttle Ind ustry.

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Se lling 50 Sto ut P o lle d R e d a nd Bla c k ye a rling pure bre d Ge lbvie h Bulls a nd se le c t fe m a le s.

Pre-sale viewing of bulls Thursday, March 21, 2013 F o r m o re i nfo rm a ti on DO N SAVA G E A U CTIO N S a nd c a ta l og ue c o nta c t at 403-948-3520

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BRED COWS AND yearling heifers, 1 and 2 20 GOOD QUALITY Hereford and Red Any e a r o l d b u l l s a n d fe e d e r s t e e r s . gus heifers, bull out on June 10. Phone Bill Lawrence at 306-736-2952, Kipling, SK. 403-845-5763, Rocky Mountain House, AB.

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BLACK ANGUS BULLS FOR SALE, Yearlings and two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders, delivery available. skinnerfarmsangus.com 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK.

BLACK ANGUS BULLS for sale. Correct and growthy, good selection of two year olds and yearlings. Waveny Angus Farm. Mike Chase 780-853-2275 or, 780-853-3384, Vermilion, AB.

DURALTA FARMS 8th ANNUAL ANGUS Bull Sale, Friday March 15, 1:30 pm at the farm, Vegreville, AB. Selling 50 rugged Red and Black Angus, Simmental, Simm cross Angus bulls. Wintering and delivery available. For catalogues or info call Dave Durie 780-208-4888 or T Bar C Cattle Co 306-933-4200. PL #116061. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com

REG. CHAROLAIS BULLS, 2 yr. olds and yearlings, polled and horned, some red, quiet, hand fed. 40 plus bulls available at the farm. Call Wilf, Cougar Hill Ranch, 306-728-2800, 306-730-8722, Melville, SK NORHEIM RANCHING has PB Charolais bulls for sale starting at $2200. Yearlings and 2 yr. olds, thick, strong topped, sure footed, calving ease bulls, semen tested, guaranteed. We will keep them until you need them. 306-227-4503, Saskatoon, SK.

45 Ye a rlin g & 2 Ye a r Old Bla ck An gus Bulls

CAJUN/FOXTAIL ANGUS, yearling and two year old bulls. BW and weaning available. 780-360-9064, Hay Lakes, AB.

FIRST ANNUAL KUNTZ FARMS AND HOLLINGER Land and Cattle Angus Bull Sale, Saturday March 9th, 1:00 PM at Kuntz Farms, Balgonie, SK. Featuring 59 top quality performance tested Red and Black Angus yearling bulls. All bulls semen tested and fully guaranteed. Info. call Chad 306-331-0302, Clint 306-536-6838.

REG. YEARLING BULLS, semen tested, vet inspected, guaranteed breeders, delivered. B-Elle Red Angus 306-845-2557, evandglen@littleloon.ca Turtleford, SK.

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1st ANNUAL BAR Heart Angus and J Heart Red Angus Bull and Female Sale, Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at the farm near Bluffton, AB. at 1:00 PM. Offering: 44 lots, 35 bulls and 9 open heifers. “One of the best Canadian bred herds in Canada.”

Contacts: Ron and Georgina Smith 403-843-4133, Chris and Kim Sailer 403-843-1173, Rob Holowaychuk, OBI 780-916-2628. View catalogue online at www.cattlemanagement.ca Online bidding PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling available. bulls, replacement heifers, AI service.

ONLY THE GOOD ONES SELL! Feb. 22th, Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 1:30 PM CST at the ranch 2 miles West of or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. Edam, SK. Selling 31 Angus bulls, 16 Simm/Angus bulls, 16 Angus open heifers, 7 Simm Angus open heifers. For catalogue or info contact Jim Grant home: 306-397-2541 or mobile: 306-441-3590.

128 ONE IRON BLACK ANGUS BRED HEIFERS, source from reputation herd in SW Sask. Extremely uniform group of commercial heifers bred to easy calving, easy fleshing forage based Black Angus bulls. Exposed to bulls for 70 days. To start calving April 10. Full herd health program incl. first Scourguard shot. Avg. weight 1100 lbs. For more info, pics, video and pricing options (freight negotiable) call Richard 204-424-5895 or 204-392-3764, richlanefarms.mb@gmail.com La Broquerie, MB.

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SELECT NOW. Get later. Superior quality.

For sale DKF Red and Black Angus bulls at: DKF Ranch, anytime, Gladmar, SK. Also Sunday, March 10th at Regina Bull Sale. Agent for Solar & Wind Water Systems and Allen Leigh Calving Cameras.

Dwayne or Scott Fettes, 306-969-4506.

CITY VIEW SIMMENTALS, Ivanhoe Angus, Yuke Angus and Wascana Herefords Bull Sale, Tues., March 19th, YEARLING GALLOWAY cross bulls for 2013, 1 PM, Johnstone’s Auction Mart, sale. Phone 306-476-2677, Rockglen, SK. Moose Jaw, SK. 12 2 yr. old Hereford bulls, Harvey or Bradley Duke, Regina, SK. HORSESHOE E CHAROLAIS Annual Bull 306-536-4490 See: johnstonesauction.com Sale, Saturday, March 9th at Johnstone to view catalogue.

Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. Selling 40 yearlings and 10 two year olds. Delivery EAST CENTRAL HEREFORD Bull sale: avail. and can be kept until May 1st. For Friday, March 15 at Dryland Cattle Trading, more info. or catalogue call Layne or Paula Veteran, AB. 41 horned and polled bulls.

Evans, 306-252-2246, Kenaston, SK. View 403-676-2086, diamondt@netago.ca for catalogue: www.horseshoeecharolais.com catalogues.

NEILSON CATTLE COMPANY selling 22 ALBERTA PLAID GALLOWAY Bull and coming 2 yr. old Charolais bulls at Range Female Sale, March 19, 2013, 1 PM, InReady Bull Sale, Saturday, March 9 at 1:00 nisfail Auction Market, Innisfail, AB. On PM, Heartland Livestock, Yorkton, SK. Call offer: 20 rising 2 year old Registered bulls Mike Neilson 306-783-0331. View cata- (reds and blacks), 3 bred and 5 open Reglogue www.neilsoncattle.com istered heifers, 20-30 open Galloway sired 30 TWO YEAR old Charolais bulls, 25 commercial rep. heifers. For more info or yearling Charolais bulls sell April 3rd, 1 catalogue requests contact Steve Schweer PM CST, Whitecap/Rosso Charolais bull at home 403-227-3428, cell 403-304-7354 sale. Moose Jaw, SK. 8 miles south on Email: schweer@xplornet.com Website: #2 Hwy, 1-1/2 east on Baildon grid. Con- www.albertaplaidgalloway.ca tact Darwin Rosso 306-693-2384, Mike H o we 3 0 6 - 6 3 1 - 8 7 7 9 o r D a l e H o we 306-693-2127.

BEEF SUPREME QUALIFIER HERD. CREEK’S EDGE LAND & CATTLE. PureHereford Angus cross H1 commercial, BWF bred Charolais bulls for sale. Thick, and BBF heifers and mature cows, bred hairy, deep, quiet, good footed, yearling heifers due to start calving April, heifers and 2 year old bulls, over 50 to pick from.

THE SENSIBLE BREED for your combred Black Angus, cows bred H1. Small V i ew o u r e n t i r e b u l l p e n o n l i n e at www.creeksedgecharolais.ca Also selling mercial or purebred program. Profitable, group of straight Hereford females. All purebred and commercial replace- fertility, economical hair coat, just a few of vaccinations, Ivomec and preg checked, m e n t h e i f e r s . C a l l S t e p h e n a t the great attributes Galloways can offer. mature cows $1675, heifers $2000. In our Contact the Alberta Galloway Association, bull pen, ranch ready polled, horned Here306-279-2033, Yellow Creek, SK. President Steve Schweer, 403-227-3428, ford and baldie bulls. Sheldon Archibald, SWAN LAKE FARMS has yearling Charolais Red Deer, AB or www.albertagalloway.ca S S C a t t l e C o m p a n y, I r m a , A B . bulls for sale. For more info contact Greg 780-754-2850, sscattle@telus.net at 306-457-7730, Stoughton, SK. GENUINE GENETICS GALLOWAY Internet Sale, 7:00 PM, March 18 at LiveAuction.TV THE BEST GROUP of two year old bulls we FOR SALE 2 year old Charolais bull and 10 Info. call Russ 403-749-2780, Delburne AB have ever had. Easy calvers. Also have 2 PB Charolais heifers bred Red Angus. herd sires for sale. Starting at $2800.

780-582-2254, Forestburg, AB. Polled Herefords since 1950. Erwin LehMCTAVISH CHAROLAIS, RED Angus Bull mann, 306-232-4712, Rosthern, SK. Sale with Charla Moore Farms, March 12, YEARLING AND 2 yr. old purebred Polled 1:30 PM at the farm, Moosomin, SK. FeaHereford bulls for sale. Halter broke, full turing: 39 Charolais yearlings, 1 Charolais vaccination program, nice disposition. herdsire, 15 Red Angus yearlings, 20 tan Will winter until May 1 at cost. View Charolais cross open heifers. Contact Brian www.rocknabh.com to view the bulls and McTavish 306-435-4125 or, Helge By of By our herdsires. Call Allan/Bonnie at Livestock 306-536-4261 or, view catalogue 204-764-0364 or Kevin/Holly at online at www.mctavishcharolais.com 204-764-0331 for more info, Hamiota, MB.

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Complimentary lunch 11:00 AM. Pre-sale viewing and hospitality, Friday, March 1st.

Selling 100+ PB yearling bulls, red or black. Performance and semen tested.

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RANCH READY HEREFORD Bull Sale. March 21, 1:00 PM. 55 ranch raised bulls sell.

Also pens of customers open commercial heifers sell. Heartland, Swift Current, SK. Catalogue online at www.braunranch.com TWIN BRIDGE FARMS 2nd GELBVIEH Contact Craig Braun at 306-297-2132 or BULL AND FEMALE SALE, Monday, Donnie Gillespie 306-627-3584.

March 18, 2013, 1:00 PM at the Silver Sage Community Corral, Brooks, AB. Sell- SQUARE D HEREFORD BULLS: a good ing 50 yearling Gelbvieh and a select selection of 2 yr. old, yearlings, and one 4 group of open purebred heifers. Red and yr. old bull. Halter broke, quiet, fertility black genetics on offer. Guest Consignors guaranteed. Big sire groups. Delivery can Jen-Ty Gelbvieh and Keriness Cattle Co. b e a r r a n g e d . J i m a n d L o r i D u ke , For info contact Ron and Carol Birch and 306-538-4556; Mary 306-538-4693. View Family 403-792-2123 or 403-485-5518 or square-dpolledherefords.com Langbank SK Don Savage Auctions 403-948-3520. View catalogue at www.donsavageauctions.com

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2 YEAR OLD Red and Black Angus Bull Sale, Monday, March 11 at Heartland Livestock, Swift Current. 50 head of performance bulls and heifer bulls. Bred and fed to sell as 2 yr. olds. www.DeerRange.ca or call 306-773-9872, 306-773-7964, 306-773-9109, Stewart Valley, SK. SOUTH VIEW RANCH has Red and Black Angus 2 yr. old bulls for sale by private treaty. Also bred females due to start calving March 25. Keith 306-454-2730, Shane 306-454-2688, Ceylon, SK. MCTAVISH CHAROLAIS, RED Angus Bull Sale with Charla Moore Farms, March 12, 1:30 PM at the farm, Moosomin, SK. Featuring: 15 Red Angus yearlings, 39 Charolais yearlings, 1 Charolais herdsire, 20 tan Charolais cross open heifers. Contact Brian McTavish 306-435-4125 or, Helge By of By Livestock 306-536-4261 or, view catalogue online at www.mctavishcharolais.com

MACMILLAN CHAROLAIS yearling bulls avail. Bred for growth, easy keeping and market demand. All bulls will be semen tested and can be kept until spring. Tim or Lorna at 306-931-2893, Saskatoon, SK.

VALLEY’S END CHAROLAIS. Polled bulls for sale off the farm. Thick bulls, quiet disposition and good haircoats, sired by easy calving bloodlines. Contact Mark at 306-796-4651 or Nigel at 306-796-4351, Central Butte, SK. HEJ CHAROLAIS BULL SALE, Friday, Feb. 22, 1:00 PM, Innisfail Auction Mart, Innisfail, AB. Offering 60 ranch ready Charolais 2 year old and yearling bulls, red, white, black and tan. Wintering, delivery and sight unseen purchase program available. For catalogues or info: Rasmussens 403-227-2824, T Bar C Cattle Co. Ltd. 306-933-4200. PL #116061. View catalogue at www.buyagro.com WINN MANS LANZA 610S semen for sale. Our birthweights: Heifer calves 85-135 lbs. (Avg. 108 lbs.), bull calves 110-138 lbs. (Avg 123 lbs). 306-695-2073, Indian Head, SK. 10 REGISTERED POLLED yearling heifers, $1250/each takes all, or $1450 your choice. Charrow Charolais, Marshall, SK., 306-387-8011 or 780-872-1966.

REGISTERED POLLED YEARLING bulls.

Performance and semen tested. Guaranteed breeders. Will keep until May, $2200 to $2500. Charrow Charolais, Marshall, SK. 306-387-8011 or 780-872-1966.

FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale.

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

DAIRY COWS AND HEIFERS, some fresh and some springing. Call 306-548-4711, Sturgis, SK. REGISTERED HOLSTEIN BULL Tee Off Seymor, good bull 14 mths old, $900.

306-225-4385, Hague, SK. V&V FARMS 12th ANNUAL GELBVIEH BULL AND FEMALE SALE, Friday, March 15, 1:00 PM at the farm, Redcliff, AB. Complimentary lunch at 11:30. Free delivery. Selling yearling Gelbvieh bulls and open purebred and commercial heifers.

Red and black genetics on offer. Guest Consignor: Towerview Ranch. For info: Vern and Vivienne Pancoast 403-548-6678 or Don Savage Auctions 403-948-3520.

Catalogue at www.donsavageauctions.com

JYF LIMOUSIN BULLS, 50 two yr. old and long yearlings, Feb. 25th, 1 PM. Flintoft, SK. 306-263-4432, jyorgafarms.com

SYMENS LAND AND Cattle Bull Sale with Abacus Angus, February 19th, Stavely, AB. 35 Black and Red Angus bulls, yearlings and two yr. olds. 10 Limousin bulls yearling and two yr. olds. Catalogue online at YEARLING GELBVIEH BULLS for sale. www.castlerockmarketing.com For more We specialize in both heifer bulls for light- info: Jim Symens 403-524-4729, Dan weight births and large herd bulls for Hitchener 403-333-2626, Shane Castle 306-741-7485. cows. 403-854-2474, WL Farms, Hanna AB 2 YEAR OLD and yearling Polled GELVIEH GOOD SELECTION OF stout red and black BULLS for sale from our 34 year breeding polls w/good dispositions and calving program. Semen evaluations will be done ease. Also bred heifers. Qually-T Limousin, in March. Winders Gelbvieh 780-672-9950, R o s e Va l l e y, S K . , 3 0 6 - 3 2 2 - 4 7 5 5 o r 306-322-7554.

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4th ANNUAL BATTLE RIVER Shorthorn Bull and Female Sale, Saturday, March 9 at 1:00 PM, VJV Auction Market, Ponoka, AB. Selling a top selection of 2 yr. old and yearling Shorthorn bulls and a select group of open yearling heifers. For info contact Ken Hehr 403-783-4350, Kirk Seaborn 403-729-2267 or Don Savage Auctions 403-948-3520. View catalogue at www.donsavageauctions.com NORDAL LIMOUSIN AND ANGUS 2013 Bull and Female Sale, Feb. 21, 1:00 PM, Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon, SK. Offering 30 red and black polled 2 yr. old L i m o u s i n b u l l s , d e l i ve r y a n d b o a r d available; Plus 50 bred commercial heifers.

C o n t a c t R o b G a r n e r, S i m p s o n , S K , 306-946-7946, www.nordallimousin.com

BIG ISLAND LOWLINES Farmfair Int. Premier Breeder. Fullblood/percentage, Black/Red Carrier, females, bulls, red fullblood semen, embryos. 780-486-7553 Darrell, 780-434-8059 Paul, Edmonton AB.

BONCHUK FARMS BULL SALE, Sunday, February 17, at Virden Heartland Livestock, Virden, MB. at 1:00 PM, lunch at 11:00 AM. New date, new location, new herdsires. On offer 75 reds, black, fullblood Simmental yearling and 2 yr. old bulls. Call Dave at 204-773-0467 or Wayne at 204-796-0004 for more info. Or view catalogue at www.bonchukfarms.com or www.bouchardlivestock.com ONLY THE GOOD ONES SELL! Feb. 22th, 1:30 PM CST at the ranch 2 miles West of Edam, SK. Selling 31 Angus bulls, 16 Simm/Angus bulls, 16 Angus open heifers, 7 Simm Angus open heifers. For catalogue or info contact Jim Grant home: 306-397-2541 or mobile: 306-441-3590.

MANITOU MAINE-ANJOU bulls, we sell the real Maine-Anjou bulls. Best selection anywhere, easy calving, all fullblood sired, longtime breeder. Contact Gary Graham, 306-823-3432, grahamgs@sasktel.net or, www.manitoumaineanjou.ca Marsden, SK.

BENDER SHORTHORNS and Star P Farms will be selling 40 Shorthorn bulls, 2 yr. olds and yearlings, also replacement heifers, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at the East Central Bull Power Sale at Yorkton, SK., Exhibition Grounds. Internet bidding avail.

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DOUBLE BAR D FARMS BEST OF BOTH Worlds Annual Bull and Female Sale, Saturday, February 16 at the farm, 1:00 PM, Grenfell, SK. Offering 150 head of Simmental and Red Angus bulls and females. Call Ken 306-697-7204, 306-697-2474 or Richard 306-697-7298, 3 0 6 - 6 9 7 - 3 0 3 8 . To v i ew c at a l o g u e : www.transconlivestock.com or website www.doublebardfarms.com 40 SIMMENTAL CROSS Red Angus heifers bred Red and Black Angus, start calving Mar. 20. Call 204-855-2897 or cell, 204-748-7442, Oak Lake, MB. P H E A S A N T DA L E C AT T L E C O. a n d Highway 5 Simmentals 9th Annual Bull and Female Sale, Friday, March 15 at 1:00 PM, at Heartland Livestock Yards, Yorkton, SK. Offering: 74 polled Simmental bulls including 8 long yearlings, 60 yearling Red and Black PB bulls, 2 FB and 4 hybrid Sim/Angus yearling bulls, 10 PB Simmental open heifers and 18 commercial Sim cross open heifers. For catalogue or video call 306-335-2828. Balcarres, SK. View catalogue on line at: www.hls.ca RED AND BLACK Simmental bulls, moderate birthweight, good temperament, sold by private treaty. Bill or Virginia Peters 306-237-9506, Perdue, SK.

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TWO YEAR OLD and yearling Polled Hereford and Speckle Park bulls for sale. Calving ease with performance. Johner Stock Farm, Maidstone, SK. 306-893-2714 or 306-893-2667.

SECOND CALVERS AND BRED HEIFERS all Red Angus cross, good quality, quiet.

Bred Red and Black Angus, preg checked, due to calve April 1st, full health program.

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P.A.R. RANCH HOSTING our own bull and select female sale April 7, Lloydminster Ex. All of our bulls will be sold at the Source sale, also will have guest consignors. Sale managed by T-Bar C. Pre-sale viewing welcome. Call Dale 306-823-4794 or, cell 780-205-0719 or, Roland 780-205-1668, Neilburg, SK. email par.ranch@sasktel.net www.parranch.ca

1000 REPLACEMENT QUALITY heifers, Blacks, Reds, Silvers and Tans, complete WANTED: CULL COWS for slaughter. For health program and no implants. 850 lbs. bookings call Kelly at Drake Meat Procesfor March delivery, can feed til grass time. sors, 306-363-2117, ext. 111, Drake, SK. P h o n e B l a i n e at 3 0 6 - 7 8 2 - 6 0 2 2 o r, 306-621-9751, Yorkton, SK.

ALBERTA TEXAS LONGHORN Association 780-387-4874, Leduc, AB. For more info. www.albertatexaslonghorn.com 15 REG. TEXAS Longhorn cows and heifers, bred to a 72� 4 yr. old bull or a 60� 2 yr. old bull, $1000 to $2000. Cliff at 780-388-3324, suncreek@xplornet.com Buck Lake, AB.

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1ST ANNUAL FOUNDATIONS Fullblood Maine Anjou Sale. 30 top quality bulls and 10 top quality heifers will sell online April 3 to 6th through Cattle in Motion. visit www.cwcmaines.com or call Craig SIMMENTAL BULLS Red and Black. 40 780-387-6037, Millet, AB. bulls for sale by private treaty. A down MCCORMACK FAMILY RANCH Annual payment will hold your bull for spring deBull Sale, Friday March 8/13 on the farm. livery. Also 20 selling at the Southwest On offer 42 red and black Simmental, Showcase Bull Sale, Swift Current, SK. on black Maine-Anjou yearling bulls and 5 April 1st. Call EDN Simmentals, Dean Simmental open heifers. Fully Guaranteed! 306-662-3941, Maple Creek, SK. For catalog or more information call Scott at 3 0 6 - 6 9 7 - 2 9 4 5 , G r e n fe l l , S K . o r OPEN REPLACEMENT HEIFER CALVES had all shots, growthy, sired by Red Factor www.mccormackfamilyranch.com Simmental bulls. Bill or Virginia Peters CANADIAN MAINE-ANJOU ASSOCIATION. 306-237-9506, Perdue, SK. Power, performance and profit. For info on FANCY SIMMENTAL/RED ANGUS bred Maine-Anjou genetics. Call 403-291-7077, heifers sell at Deer Range Bull Sale on Calgary, AB., or www.maine-anjou.ca Monday, March 11 at Heartland Livestock, Swift Current, SK. Bred to low BW Red Angus bulls. Selling 50 2- yr. old Red and Black Angus bulls and 50+ bred females, REG. MINIATURE HEREFORD cattle, cham- calving March/April. Phone 306-773-9872 p i o n b l o o d l i n e s f r o m K P R a n c h . www.DeerRange.ca Stewart Valley, SK. 807-407-2662, Kenora, ON, view MCCORMACK FAMILY RANCH Annual www.chasineighty.weebly.com Bull Sale, Friday March 8/13 on the farm.

On offer 42 red and black Simmental, black Maine-Anjou yearling bulls and 5 Simmental open heifers. Fully Guaranteed!

POLLED POLLED POLLED- Salers bulls For catalog or more information call Scott for sale. Call Spruce Grove Salers, Yorkton, at 3 0 6 - 6 9 7 - 2 9 4 5 , G r e n fe l l , S K . o r SK, 306-782-9554 or 306-621-1060. www.mccormackfamilyranch.com QUIET REG. PUREBRED red and black easy BROOK’S SIMMENTALS 2013 bulls, yearcalving yearling bulls. Elderberry Farm Sal- ling and 2 yr. old traditional polled fullers, 306-747-3302, Parkside, SK. bloods for sale by private treaty. First come, first served. Delivery available. SePOLLED RED AND Black yearling Saler men tested and guaranteed prior to final bulls, quiet, semen tested, 20 polled red sale. Bulls viewed at www.brookssimmenand black yearling Saler heifers. Brad Dunn tal.wix.com/polledfullblood. Call Konrad 306-459-7612, Ogema, SK. 306-845-2834, Turtleford, SK.

6th ANNUAL SUN COUNTRY Shorthorn Bull and Female Sale, March 28th, 1:00 PM at Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. On offer will be 40 yearling and 2 yr. old polled Shorthorn bulls and 15 females. For catalogues or more info call: Horseshoe Creek Farms 306-456-2500, Anwender Cattle Co. 306-442-2090, Uluru Shorthorns 905-466-1466, Rocking L Cattle Co. 306-739-2598.

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ASHWORTH FARM AND RANCH and Guest 10th Annual Bull Sale, Monday March 4th, 1 PM at the Farm, 8 miles South of Oungre, SK. Hwy. #35, 2 1/2 miles East. Guest consignor: Tessier Simmentals offering 75 Red and Black Simmental bulls. For catalogue or more info c a l l : Ke l ly A s h wo r t h 3 0 6 - 4 5 6 - 2 7 4 9 , 306-861-2013; Dwayne or Colin Tessier 306-969-4507, 306-869-7914, or Bouchard Livestock 403-946-4999. View catalogue online at www.bouchardlivestock.com

LABATTE SIMMENTALS 33rd ANNUAL BULL AND FEMALE SALE, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1:00 PM, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. Guest Consignor 3D Simmentals. On offer: 75 Simmental bulls: reds, blacks and Fleckvieh influenced fullbloods and 40 open replacement heifers: reds, blacks, and featuring our entire 2012 fullblood open heifer crop. For catalogue or DVD email labatte.simm@sasktel.net or call Barry Labatte 306-969-4820 or 306-815-7900 or Dean Schwartz 306-731-3850. View catalogue online at w w w. l a b a t t e s i m m e n t a l s . c o m o r www.transconlivestock.com CITY VIEW SIMMENTALS, Ivanhoe Angus, Yuke Angus and Wascana Herefords Bull Sale, Tues., March 19th, 2013, 1 PM, Johnstone’s Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. 24 Simmental yearling bulls. Blaine Barnett, Moose Jaw, SK. 306-691-3747, cityviewsimmentals@sasktel.net See johnstonesauction.com for catalogue.

TAKING OFFERS ON 7 Simmental bulls, LKX-16X, 25Y, 7Z, 13Z, 23Z, 33Z, 37Z and 29 heifers, LKX3Z, 4Z, 8Z, 9Z, 10Z, 12Z, 14Z, 43Z, 45Z, 46Z, 53Z, 55Z, 62Z, 65Z, 73Z TKK-5Z, 6Z, 19Z, 20Z, 30Z, 34Z, 56Z, 60Z, 66Z. Lorne Kwasnicki, PO Box 33, Scout Lake, SK. S0H 3V0. 306-642-4079 lornesfarm@xplornet.ca Check their EPD’s and pedigree: www.simmental.com GJED SIMMENTAL YEARLING bulls, Red, Black and FBs, moderate birthweights, good temperament. Also, a package of 10 open replacement heifers. Gerald or Edie Daoust at 306-931-2730, Dalmeny, SK.

BRED HEIFERS, 55 Black Angus and Baldies, top genetics, bred to black easy calving Simmental Maple Lake Bull. Bull out July 1. Preg checked, $1500, discount for all. 204-792-8312, Stonewall, MB. SIMMENTAL/ ANGUS CROSS COWS, bred Simmental and Red Angus. Home raised, very quiet, excellent quality.

Phone: 306-327-4550, Kelvington, SK. 12 BLACK AND RED Angus heifers, bred Black Angus, to calve March 10th, $1400.

Also, 12 late calving (July-August) cows available. Call 306-524-4524, Semans, SK.

60 BRED HEIFERS, blacks and reds, bred back to Angus. Call 306-283-4747, 306-291-9395,306-220-0429,Langham,SK. 60 COWS BRED to Angus, calving starts March end. 306-283-4747, 306-291-9395, 306-220-0429, Langham, SK. 50 RED AND Black Angus cross Simmental heifers, bred Red Angus, due to calve end of March sell at the Nordal Limousin and Angus Bull Sale, Feb 21. Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon, SK. Rob Garner, Simpson, SK. 306-946-7946. Catalogue at www.nordallimousin.co 120 BLACK BRED HEIFERS plus a few reds and BBF, light BW, black bulls in June 30 for 60 days. Bovashield Gold pre-breeding ultrasound preg. tested. Call Scott 403-854-0230, 403-854-3374, Hanna, AB. BRED COW SALE. Sat., Feb. 16, 12 Noon.

Herd Dispersal of 110 good mixed cows, bred Red Angus or Angus Simmental X. Bulls turned out July 2nd. Parkland Livestock Market, Leross, SK. 306-675-2077.

20 YOUNG BRED cows, bred Black Simmental. Also 5 bred heifers. Very solid set of animals out of a heavily culled group of cows. 306-961-6499, Prince Albert, SK.

200 GOOD BLACK ANGUS BRED HEIFERS. All one herd, home raised, preg. checked, calving in May and Ivomeced, $1400. Bernard 306-984-7272, Spiritwood, SK., email for photos: tetrb@hotmail.com 50 BLACK AND BWF bred heifers bred back to Angus, end of March calving.

306-283-4747, Langham, SK. RED AND BLACK Angus bulls for sale. 4 to 7 years old. Phone: 306-744-7744, Saltcoats, SK. 32 BRED COWS. Hereford and Hereford in60 BRED HEIFERS, Black and Red Angus fluenced cows and heifers. 2 older cows, cross, bred back to easy calving Red Angus 10 - 3rd calvers, 16 - 2nd calvers, 4 heifbulls, start calving May 1, $1400 OBO. Call ers, really quiet cows, bred Hereford, start calving early April. Like to sell as a group, 204-642-2572, Riverton, MB. then bull can go too, $1500. Contact Leon BECK McCOY BULL SALE, Sat., Feb. 23, evenings, 780-387-5450, Millet, AB. 2013 at 1:00 PM, Optimum Genetics, Regina, SK. 100 CHAROLAIS, HEREFORD 55TH ANNUAL MEDICINE HAT Bull AND GELBVIEH BULLS on offer. Wade Show and Sale. Show- Tuesday, March 306-436-4564 or Chad 306-436-2086. 12, 5:00 PM, Sale- Wednesday, March 13, 1:00 PM. 133 Hereford and Angus bulls on Catalogue online at www.mccoycattle.com offer. Call 403-834-2632, Medicine Hat, B L A C K A N G U S H E I F E R S b r e d f o r AB. DLMS available or view pictures of the March/April calving, all shots, bred back to bulls at www.medicinehatbullsale.com Black Angus. 204-745-7917 St. Claude, MB BRED COWS: 35- rising 5 yr. old Black An- 16 YOUNG BRED cows, 17 bred heifers, gus, 16- rising 5 yr. old Red Angus cross, one young Simmental bull, $48,100 for all.

45- rising 3 yr. old Black Angus. All cows 306-864-7802, Kinistino, SK. bred Black Angus. Excellent quality bred to 20 RED AND RWF bred heifers, bred back c a l ve m i d M a r c h t o M ay 1 s t . to Angus, end of March calving.

306-295-4050, Eastend, SK. 306-283-4747, Langham, SK. 75 YOUNG RED, black, tan cows, bred Ang u s o r L i m o u s i n , Ap r i l 1 s t c a l v i n g . HERD DISPERSAL. 13 Charolais/Simm. cross cows, avg. 7 yrs old. Bred red Simm., 306-536-6288, 306-536-5147, Bethune, SK to calve mid March. Bull also available.

175 BRED HEIFERS: 85 black, 65 red, 25 Very quiet closed herd. Will sell as pkg. tan. Bred to proven easy calving Black with hay. 204-773-6346, Binscarth, MB. bulls. AI’d July 9 exposed to August 30.

Ultrasound Oct. 17, 2012. $1300, volume discounts. 204-522-5542, Pipestone, MB. CATTLE FINANCING AVAILABLE for feeder cattle and bred heifers/cows.

Competitive interest rates. Call Marjorie Blacklock, Stockmens Assistance Corp., 306-931-0088, Saskatoon, SK. 35 SIMMENTAL CROSS/ Hereford cross Red Angus open heifers. 1 Iron, good quality, full herd health program. Bill Bannerman, 306-845-2893, Livelong, SK.

COZY CAPS! Ear protection for newborn calves! Ph. 306-577-4664, Carlyle, SK. gerrybettywyatt@gmail.com 35 BRED HEIFERS, Red and Black Angus cross, 1 owner, selected out of 400 cow herd, due April 1st, $1300. Phone 306-792-4744, Springside, SK. G O O D B R E D S I M M E N TA L C R O S S COWS for sale. Willing to winter. Call 306-984-4606 evenings, Leoville, SK. 20 BLACK BALDY HEIFERS bred back to Black Angus, 1 owner, preg. checked, bulls out July 3, calving April/May. Pick out of 25, $1500. Ph 306-827-7624, Asquith, SK. HEIFER SUPPLY MUST be greater than demand. Selling Black Angus, brockles, BWF ranch raised heifers. Bred June 10 to Black bulls, good uniform bunch, asking $1575.

Jerry Chanig 306-478-2658, Mankota, SK.

SUNNY VALLEY SIMMENTALS 23rd Annual Bull and Female Sale, Wed. March 06, 2013, 1:00 PM. at Saskatoon Livestock Sales. Offering 42 beef bulls, 10 replacement females. Wayne 306-544-2651, Hanley, SK. www.sunnyvalleysimmentals.com FULLBLOOD SIMMENTAL yearling bulls, good disposition, reasonably priced.

780-592-2313, Innisfree, AB. KUNTZ SIMMENTAL FARM, Stoughton RK AN IM AL S UPPL IES - Be o n Farms and McIntosh Livestock, 14th ta rget, Us e the p ro d u cts Annual Bull Sale on Tuesday, March 12, en d o rs ed b y the 1:00 PM CST, Lloydminster Exhibition p ro fes s io n a ls .

Grounds. 60 red, black and fullblood SimRK & S UL L IV AN S UPPL IES mental bulls. Wintering and delivery available. For info contact Trevor Kuntz C a ll fo r d e ta ils a n d a fre e c a ta lo gu e 306-441-1308, Keith Stoughton 1-8 00-440-26 9 4.

306-893-7546, Blair McIntosh 306-441-7755 or T Bar C Cattle Co. w w w .rka n im a lsu pplies.co m 306-933-4200. PL #116061. View the 42 BRED HEIFERS, Black and Red, bred catalogue online at www.buyagro.com Black Angus, exposed to bulls June 20, $1400. 306-682-3717, 306-682-3066 at Humboldt, SK. DIAMOND K RANCH, Telkwa, BC. PB 50 CROSS BRED heifers, home raised, Speckle Park yearling bulls. Tom or Leanne bred Angus, start calving Mar. 10. All preg.

Kindler, email: diamondk@bulkley.com checked, Scourguard, Ivomeced. $1300.

Consider leasing. 306-883-8716, Mullingar 250-846-5967 www.dkrspeckleparks.com

HEALTHY HAY (Sainfoin.eu). Sainfoin seed for sale. Bloat free, perennial forage, highly digestible, palatable and nutritious. www.primegrains.com/prime-sainfoin.htm Email: jhusband@primegrains.com 306-739-2900, Wawota, SK.

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CANDIAC AUCTION MART Regular Horse Sale, Sat., Mar. 2nd. Tack at 10:30, Horses at 1:30. Each horse, with the exception of colts must have a completed EID. Go to the website candiacauctionmart.com to get the form. For more info contact 306-424-2967.

ROCKING W SPRING HORSE SALE, Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB. Tack Sale: Fri. April 19th. Horse sale: Saturday April 20th.

Catalogue deadline March 1st. For more info. www.rockingw.com 204-325-7237, rockingw@xplornet.com 11th ANNUAL WESTERN HORSE SALES Unlimited, May 3rd and 4th, Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon, SK. Consign now to Western Canada’s leading horse market. Call 306-436-4515. For entry info go to: www.westernhorsesales.com

WELL BROKE TEAM of registered Belgian mares, 5 and 7 yrs. old. Call Blaine 204-567-3720, Miniota, MB.

HERD REDUCTION: Mares and geldings all over 5 years old. Some drove, others can be started. Norval Budd, Kelliher, SK., call 306-675-4826.

QUALITY MAMMOTH DONKEYS for sale.

View: www.bigearsdonkeyranch.ca or call 204-535-2141, 204-825-0113, Baldur, MB

YEARLING AND 2 YR. old, halter broke, quiet, and easily trained. Phone 306-682-2899, Humboldt, SK.

EUROPEAN IMPORT HOLSTEINER sired Hunter/Jumper, broodmare prospects.

Call Dr. Marshall Patterson 306-475-2232, Moose Jaw, SK.

9 YR. OLD black Percheron stud, 18 HH, 2000 lbs., $2000. Phone 306-682-2899, Humboldt, SK.

60 MIXED BRED cows, due to calve A p r i l / M a y, $ 1 2 5 0 y o u r p i c k . C a l l 5 YR. QH mare, well started, has papers, 2 months training, $1500. Also used riding 306-621-1082 cell, Sturgis, SK. saddle. 306-299-2088, Robsart, SK. 40 ANGUS CROSS bred heifers, calving April 8, bred Angus, Ivomeced and vacci- QH REG. MARES: Red roan and bay roan in foal to a grandson of Zan Parr Bar, $2000 nated. 306-592-2251, Wadena, SK. each. 306-358-4803, Cactus Lake, SK. HERD DISPERSAL: 90 Simm. and Simm.

Red Angus cross, bred Simmental, start calving Feb. 10. 306-762-4723, Odessa, SK 20-25 BRED COWS and heifers, mostly COLT STARTING for 2013, 5 spaces left. blacks and greys, pick out of 70, bred Book early. Call 306-869-2947, Radville, Black Angus, start calving middle of March. SK. or dtwhalen@sasktel.net Call Brook at 306-383-2942, Quill Lake, SK. LOOKING TO GET your colt started for the HERD DISPERSAL, 100 Simmental/Red arena or the ranch? Taking bookings imAngus cross, bred Simmental, start calving mediately. Over 15 years experience.

Quality facility, quality feed. Located west Mar. 1. 306-743-5178, Langenburg, SK. of Weyburn, SK. Call 306-861-9244.

130 BLACK/BBF COWS, 70 2nd, balance 3rd and 4th calving, $1600; 40 5th and 2 AND 3 YR. old, halter broke, Fjord, Perolder calving cows, Black/BBF/Red, cheron, Friesen and Haflinger crosses $1350. Bulls out July 13. Full herd health. available. 306-682-2899, Humboldt, SK. 306-768-3352, 306-401-7487, Carrot River TRIM BOSS: The Power Hoof Trimmer.

150 BLACK AND RED Angus, good quality, Take the work out of hoof trimming. Trim young bred cows. Call 306-773-1049, wall, sole and flare on saddle horses, drafts and minis. Call 780-898-3752, Alder Swift Current, SK. Flats, AB. www.trimboss.ca CATTLE FINANCING AVAILABLE for feeder cattle and bred heifers/cows. WWW.ELLIOTTCUTTINGHORSES.COM Competitive interest rates. Marjorie 35 plus years of training, showing, sales, Blacklock, Stockmens Assistance clinics, lessons. Clifford and Sandra Elliott, Corp., 306-931-0088, Saskatoon, SK. Paynton, SK. Phone 306-895-2107.

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JIFFY BALE PROCESSOR, good condition, $6000. Phone: 306-862-3765, Nipawin, RANCH ROPING CLINIC: Feb. 16th-17th, SK. with Scott Sapergia, Canadian Champion.

All levels accepted. CRRA competition Feb. 18th. 306-731-2943, Lumsden, SK. CANADIAN FARRIER SCHOOL: Gary Johnston, www.canadianfarrierschool.ca Email gary@canadianfarrierschool.ca 403-359-4424, 403-637-2189, Calgary, AB.

5100 SERIES M ODELS GEORGE’S HARNESS & SADDLERY, makers of leather and nylon harness. Custom saddles, tack, collars, neck yoke, double trees. www.georgesharnessandsaddlery.com Call 780-663-3611, Ryley, AB.

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THE LIVERY STABLE, for harness sales and repairs. 306-283-4580, 306-262-4580, Langham, SK. TEAM SET OF heavy leather logging harness, 32” wooden hames, 3” tugs, good cond, $1500. 306-245-3407, Francis, SK. HORSE COLLARS, all sizes, steel and aluminum horseshoes. We ship anywhere.

Keddie’s, 1-800-390-6924 or keddies.com ALL METAL CARTS, 1” tubing, seats 2, motorcycle wheels or skis, $650. Call 306-561-7823, Davidson, SK. SET OF BROWN heavy draft work harness, $600. Call 306-642-5812, Scout Lake, SK. OFFERING 3 UNIQUE sleighs. For single, double light drivers and draft. www.aloemingauctions.com for pics and info.

EAMOR MAKER, High River, Model 1000 saddle, buck stitched, padded, roper, like new, approx. 1963, $3000. 204-799-5392, Brandon, MB.

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65-70 RAMBOUILET/POLYPAY cross ewes, mostly young stock, closed flock, exposed Dec. 29, $200. 306-246-4468, Richard, SK.

BUYING ALL CLASSES of sheep, goats and lambs. Howard J Smith Livestock, licensed dealer, Caron, SK. 306-631-8877.

SHEEP DEVELOPMENT BOARD offers extension, marketing services and a full line of sheep and goat supplies.

306-933-5200, Saskatoon, SK.

MOLE HILL DESTROYER, used 60’ Series 3; 50’ Series 4 jumbo mole hill destroyer, demo unit. New units in stock. Call 306-542-4498, 306-542-7325 Kamsack, SK

1-1/2 MILES OF Elk fence to be removed, before seeding or after harvest. Half price of new. 306-287-8525, Watson,SK.

200 NANNIES, young stock, Boer/Kiko/Spanish, herd health program, home raised, kidding in May, $200 OBO. Call 780-645-2206, St. Paul, AB. 150 SAANEN DOELINGS, bred or exposed.

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SUPERIOR BALE FEEDERS the only cost effective feeder on the market. For info go to superiorbalefeeders.ca or call your local dealer 1-866-690-7431 or 250-567-8731, Fort Fraser, BC. Quality is priceless, if it doesn’t say Superior, it isn’t.

HAYBUSTER H1100 TUB grinder, excellent shape. 204-534-7911 or 204-534-7927, Boissevain, MB.

STEEL VIEW MFG: 30’ portable wind breaks, HD self-standing panels, silage/ hay bunks, feeder panels. Quality portable AQUA THERM A pasture proven trough. p a n e l s at a f fo r d a b l e p r i c e s . S h a n e Winter water problems? Solved! No elec- 306-493-2300, Delisle, SK. tricity required. 3 sizes - 100, 200 and 525 ga l l o n . Ke l l n S o l a r, L u m s d e n , S K .

1-888-731-8882, www.kellnsolar.com 30’ WINDBREAK PANELS, built on skids so you can pull them in groups. Phone: LUCKNOW 2150 silage/feed mixer, single screw mixer, low and high gearbox, scale.

306-744-7744, Saltcoats, SK. $10,000 OBO. 306-863-4367, Star City, SK. SILVER STREAM SHELTERS. Super Spring Fabric Building Sale. 30x72 single black steel, $4700; 30x70 dbl. truss P/R, $6995; 38x100 dbl. truss P/R, $11,900; cts Produ st 42x100 dbl. truss P/R, $14,250; 12-1/2 a That L oz. tarp, 15 yr. warranty. Trucks running w e s t w e e k l y, d e l i v e r y a v a i l a b l e .

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Ph: 306-662-2198 HIGHLINE MODEL 6600 bale processor, good working condition, $4750.

1-800-582-4037 306-939-4882, 306-726-7568 Earl Grey SK www.morandindustries.com ARROW FARMQUIP LIVESTOCK handling solutions. Solar West. Port. windbreaks.

Custom built panels and gates. Phone 3- 30x60’ SPECIAL OCCASION tents, white 1-866-354-7655, Mossbank, SK. canvas, some with cathedral windows, $25,000 for all. 306-736-2445, Kipling, SK. JD 550 TA manure spreader, $5500; NH 795 manure spreader, $7250. Both field ready. Call 204-525-4521, Minitonas, MB.

FREESTANDING WINDBREAK PANELS, up to 30’, made from 2-3/8” oilfield pipe.

Square bale feeders, any size. Can build other things. Elkhorn, MB. 204-851-6423, WANTED: ENERGETIC WORKING partner 204-845-2188, 204-851-6714. to work with existing White-tail deer ranch. Must be self-motivated and pas- FROSTFREE NOSEPUMPS: Energy free sionate about working with White-tail solution to livestock watering. No power deer. Excellent deer facility and handling required to heat or pump. Prevents backshoots already in place. Open to ideas on wash. Grants available. 1-866-843-6744. growth and future developments. If you www.frostfreenosepumps.com are interested please contact Jim, 306-332-3955, jim.whbp@sasktel.net Fort Qu’Appelle, SK.

NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for over 15 years, is looking for Elk. “If you have them, we want them.” Make your final call with Northfork for pricing! Guaranteed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, Winnipeg, MB.

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PAYSEN LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT INC. We manufacture an extensive line of cattle handling and feeding equipment including squeeze chutes, adj. width alleys, crowding tubs, calf tip tables, maternity pens, gates and panels, bale feeders, Bison equipment, Texas gates, steel water BUYING WILD BOAR pigs/swine for 20 troughs and rodeo equipment. Distributors years, all sizes. 1-877-226-1395. Highest for Cancrete concrete waterers, El-Toro $$$. www.canadianheritagemeats.com electric branders and twine cutters. Our squeeze chutes and headgates are now available with a neck extender. Phone 306-796-4508, email: ple@sasktel.net WANTED: ALL BERKSHIRE pigs/swine, all website: www.paysen.com sizes. 1-877-226-1395. Paying highest 2000 VSF BRANDT bale processor, hyd. $$$. www.canadianheritagemeats.com chute, 540 PTO, $4000. 306-638-3155, 306-567-0162, Chamberlain, SK.

NV ELK MODULAR handling system, $2500; Elk-Rite squeeze, $2500; platform scale, $1000. 306-691-0122 Moose Jaw SK

FREESTANDING PANELS: 30’ windbreak panels; 6-bar 24’ and 30’ panels; 10’, 20’ and 30’ feed troughs; Bale shredder bunks; Silage bunks; Feeder panels; HD bale feeders; All metal 16’ and 24’ calf shelters. Will custom build. 306-424-2094, Kendal, SK. NORHEIM RANCHING has livestock handling equipment. Self-unloading hay trailers, freestanding panels, gates, chutes, steel fence, feeders and more. Top quality products. Call today, we will save you money! 306-227-4503. Saskatoon, SK. www.norheimranching.com

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HIGH PERCENTAGE DORPER cross ewes exposed for April or May lambing. Lots of 30 or more, your pick $250 each.

204-734-9144, Swan River, MB.

FREESTANDING CORRAL PANELS, 21’ and 24’, 5- or 6- bar, light, medium or heavy duty. Also continuous fence line panels to mount on posts. Plus bison panels. Take a look at our heavy duty round bale feeders, w/skirted-in bottom, for $459. 10’ panels, 5-bar, $69; 6-bar $79. All panels w/chain and slot connectors. Ask about quantity discounts on some items.

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RENN 1380 FEEDER/MIXER wagon, vg cond., 4 HD augers, hyd. unloading gate, chain discharge, 4 cell scale, Mix-Weigh programable scale head, plank extensions sides and rear, extra high metal frony extension, 1000 PTO w/CV joint, 16.5x22.5 tires. Included is a spare rebuilt planetary drive ready for installation, $16,000. Contact evenings 780-387-5450, Millet, AB.

WOULD THERE BE a lady out there looking for a nice guy. I am a senior living NW of Edmonton, AB. on a acreage. NS, ND, very caring and easy to get along with. Photo and phone number would be nice. Box 5563, c/o The Western Producer, Saskatoon, SK., S7K 2C4.

PB BORDER COLLIES 6 wks old, 2 females, 4 males, 1st shots, microchipped, dewormed, vet checked, 5 B&W, 1 tri-color, $700/ea. 204-378-2918, Riverton, MB. REG. GERMAN SHEPHERD pups, solid blacks, ready to go March 10, $2000. Ref44 YR. OLD SWM, 6’ tall, blonde, blue erences required. Call 250-627-7171, eyes, 195 lbs., never married, no kids. kmacgreg@citytel.net Prince Rupert, BC. Farm and work at potash mine. Looking for CHESAPEAKE BAY RETRIEVER CKC that special someone. Box 5564, c/o The reg., excellent pedigree, large, gentle, inWestern Producer, Saskatoon, SK S7K 2C4 telligent, superb Retrievers. Ready March MALE WIDOWER SEEKS to meet a lady 15. Vet certificate and 1st shots. $850. age 65 to mid 70’s, who is slim, neat and Don 780-921-2407, Bon Accord, AB. attractive for companionship. Please reply with photo: Box 5566, c/o The Western Producer, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 2C4.

PB GERMAN SHEPHERD puppies, large size, black and tan, old style straight backs, excellent bloodlines, $425/ea. Debden, SK. 306-468-7461.

PRO-CERT ORGANIC CERTIFICATION. Canadian family owned. No Royalties! Ph. 306-382-1299 or visit www.pro-cert.org ECOCERT CANADA organic certification for producers, processors and brokers. Call the western office 306-873-2207, Tisdale, SK, email: rusty.plamondon@ecocert.com

ORGANIC PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION of Manitoba Cooperative (OPAM) Nonprofit, member owned organic certification body. Certifying producers, processor and brokers since 1988, Miniota, MB. Contact 2002 MCKEE 600 fully hydraulic manure 204-567-3745, info@opam-mb.com spreader, high speed reversing apron, CANADA ORGANIC CERTIFIED by OCIA plastic line. Silage racks available. Taking Canada. The ultimate in organic integrity offers. 306-484-4444, Govan, SK. for producers, processors and brokers. Call Ruth Baumann, 306-682-3126, Humboldt, SK, rbaumann@ocia.org, www.ocia.org GREG’S WELDING: 30’ freestanding heavy duty fence panels and windbreaks; Also calf shelters and custom gates, etc. Delivery avail. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK

SCOTCH COLLIE RETRIEVER cross pups, 2 black and white, 1 brown and white, ready to go, $75 ea. 306-634-4958, Estevan, SK. GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS, one black and tan, one sable, both female, born Nov. 5th, $500 ea. 306-264-3834, Kincaid, SK. PYRENEES/ BURNESE, born in August.

Three males, three females, shots. Phone: 306-648-7535, Gravelbourg, SK.

GOOD WORKING BLUE HEELER PUPS, ready to go w/first shots and dewormed, Feb. 14th. They will have good work ethics and attitudes. Deposit holds pups and delivery can be arranged. True Blue Heelers 306-492-2447, 306-290-3339, Clavet, SK. PUREBRED SPRINGER SPANIEL puppies from working parents, liver and white, tails docked, wormed, vaccinated, ready to go, $600. Call 403-995-2208, Okotoks, AB.

TRADE AND EXPORT Canada now buying organic feed grains: peas, oats, barley and flax. Quick pay. 1-877-339-1959.

2 NH 3118 side slinger manure spreaders, great for compost and liquid product, 427 cu. ft. or 3100 gal. capacity, $14,000 each OBO. 780-818-9414, Edmonton, AB. COMPLETE DISPERSAL OF hog equipment.

Farrowing crates, pens, feeders and stalls, mixer, breeding, bins, flooring, etc.

ENGINE DRIVEN INDUSTRIAL tub grinder feed (no need for another tractor- simply pull 780-927-4542, Fort Vermilion, AB. with 1/2 ton truck). JD 120 HP diesel eng., H E AV Y D U T Y 2 4 ’ PA N E L S , W I N D low hours, great shape. Ideal for feeding BREAKS, bale feeders, calf shelters and cattle, grinding bales or wood. Less than more for sale. Inquire: 403-704-3828, or half cost of new, $24,200. 306-526-9382, email jchof@platinum.ca Rimbey, AB. located in Regina, SK. NET WRAP! NET WRAP! NET WRAP! Top quality net wrap. Fully guaranteed. Book before April 1 to get best pricing, deferred payment and free delivery. Also ask about twine and silage plastic. We will save you $$$. Call 306-227-4503, Saskatoon, SK. www.norheimranching.com WANTED: 3 PTH bale handler or bale deck truck, in good condition. 306-267-4844, 306-267-7848, Coronach, SK. TRUCK MOUNTED AND pull type manure spreaders, forage boxes, feeder boxes, farm trailers. 65 years manufacturing experience. Call 403-580-6889, Bow Island, AB. machinerydave@yahoo.ca Visit: www.meyermfg.com Dealers wanted.

NANNY GOATS FOR Sale, 3 to 6 years. Call JBS 24’ WIDEBODY manure spreader 306-318-9033, Jansen, SK. c/w vertical beaters, rear axle steering, 700/40R22.5 rubber, silage endgate and ext. avail., $82,500. Serious enquiries only.

780-777-7765, 780-985-2091, Calmar, AB. 1 YAK COW, 1 yearling Yak bull; Mouflon sheep, rams and ewes; 1 purebred Belted CUSTOM BUILT 30’ five bar panels, wind- NEW 54” BELTING, 1/4” thick, 29’ or 300’ Galloway bull. Call 807-548-4435, Kenora, breaks, feed bunks, bale feeders and wire rolls, $4.50 to $5.50 per ft. 306-621-9751, rollers. 306-984-7861, Mistatim, SK. ON. Email: grant@talomafarms.com 306-782-6022, Yorkton SK.

LOOKING FOR feed wheat, rye, barley, SINGLE? MEET THE MATCHMAKER oats and screenings. Call Pristine Prairie The only way it works! In-person interOrganics, 204-522-0842, Pipestone, MB. views Feb. 27th-28th in Regina and Saskatoon. Membership $700 plus taxes. 18 PARRHEIM FOODS IS buying organic years experience. Have matched thouyellow peas. Call Chuck at 306-931-1682, sands of people! Camelot Introductions, Saskatoon, SK. www.camelotintroductions.com or call M&M ORGANIC MARKETING is buying 204-888-1529 to book your appointmilling oats and the following feed grains: ment with an award winning Matchmaker! wheat, flax, oats, peas, soy beans, lentils, COUNTRY INTRODUCTIONS is pleased to barley. 204-379-2451, St. Claude, MB. announce on Valentine’s Day Shaw Direct WANTED: BUYING ORGANIC screenings, TV will be running a segment on my comdelivered. Loreburn, SK. Prompt payment. pany. Check out my Facebook page or 7 AKBASH/ANATOLIAN Shepherd puppies call Cheryl at 1-877-247-4399.

306-644-4888 or 1-888-531-4888 ext. 2 for sale. Bonded to sheep, from exc. working parents. Could go as livestock guard or QUINOA PRODUCTION CONTRACTS LET US HELP you find your love and hap- pets, $300. 403-578-2404, Hanna, AB. now available. Call Northern Quiona piness. Contact Janet at 306-491-5095, email: janet@magnetix.ca 306-542-3949, Kamsack, SK. 2 AKBASH/MAREMMA/PYRENEES female pups, born October 8th in feeder lamb pen, exposed to cows. Call new phone Three Days The Outrageously Successful Entrepreneurial Farmer number: 306-845-2404, Livelong, SK. of Workshops: KUVASZ/PYRENEES PUPPIES, 2 males, 1 fe m a l e , b o r n Au g u s t , f a r m r a i s e d .

MARCH 403-502-9470, Medicine Hat, AB. 20, 21 & 22, REGISTERED BORDER COLLIE pups from 2013 Is Coming to superior bloodlines, both parents arena To demonstrate that a Profitable Beyond-Sustainable trial winners, dam imported from Scotland in pup, sire is Ron Gale blood and double Farm Enterprise is Possible! bred, two time Supreme International Three days of workshops: You Can Farm, Champion Wisp., 5 females, 3 males, ready April 1st. Call 403-422-0181, High Pastured Poultry Profits and Salad Bar Beef.

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BORDER COLLIE PUPS, 10 weeks old, ready to go, 1 male, 1 female, from proven cattle/trial bloodlines, all shots, $500. Will m a ke g r e at r a n c h o r t r i a l d o g s .

403-575-4005, Consort, AB. BORDER COLLIE/KELPIE pups, 4 mos. old, $400, from good working parents, already showing instincts as they play. Mother is a registered, purebred, father is a Border Collie/Kelpie. 780-682-2199, Winfield, AB. BORDER COLLIE PUPS, born Dec. 10/12, from working parents, c/w first shots and vet check. Red/white, $250, black/white, $150. Ph 306-672-7701, Gull Lake, SK.

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LOG HOMES, builders of quality handcrafted log and timber frame homes. Call Jeff at 306-493-2448, Saskatoon, SK. www.backcountryloghomes.ca

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MODULAR MANUFACTURED HOMES, Canadian built by Moduline. Limited time pricing, i.e. 20x76’ Temora, $96,900; 16x76’ Oasis, $78,900; 16x60’ Tuscan, $68,900. New sales office opening soon in Yorkton, SK. Call for an appointment 3 0 6 - 4 9 6 - 7 5 3 8 o r, 1 - 8 8 8 - 6 9 9 - 9 2 8 0 . www.affordablehomesales.ca

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WANTED TO PURCHASE: good used 14’ STARTED KELPIES. Started on stock and a n d 1 6 ’ w i d e m o b i l e h o m e s . C a l l exposure to horse and rider, all intact 306-249-2222, Saskatoon, SK. males. 403-505-8486, Rimbey, AB. 2- READY TO MOVE homes. Many options like front roof overhang for deck, deluxe cabinets, stone front, etc. 1593 sq. ft. for $160,000. Also started 1525 sq. ft. for $150,000. Swanson Builders (Saskatoon, S K . a r e a ) at 3 0 6 - 4 9 3 - 3 0 8 9 o r v i s i t www.swansonbuilders.ca for details.

USED SLOUGH WATER pump, PTO driven, 12�, does not plug, $7000 OBO. 204-867-0246 cell, Newdale, MB.

ON THE GREENS COTTONWOOD, AZ. Gated 55 plus manufactured home golf course community located in the heart of Verde Valley just 20 mins south of Sedona, 1 hr from Phoenix, Prescott and Flagstaff.

All homes come complete with garage, covered deck and landscaping. Land lease fees include $1 million clubhouse, large indoor lap pool, hot tub and complete gym.

Also includes water, sewer, trash pickup and reduced golf fees. For information call 1-800-871-8187 or 928-634-7003.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY: Well established fishing and hunting resort located in the beautiful NW area of SK surrounded by a number of lakes and rivers. This turnkey operation with cabins, boats/motors and camping sites is located on the west shore of Canoe Lake. MLSÂŽ 437858. Wally Lorenz, Re/Max of the Battlefords, North Battleford, SK., 306-446-8800, 306-843-7898.

RM OF KELVINGTON #366 for sale: NW23-40-11-2; SW N-1/2-23-40-11-2.

240 acres fenced with game fence, also crossfenced, adjoining wildlife land. 1800 sq. ft. bungalow built in 1998. House built on bank with beautiful view of private lake (Misty Lake). 40’x80’ high walled shop, nat. gas heat, insulated, boarded and painted.

Spring fed well, good hunting, fishing, etc.

Two miles from Greenwater Provincial Park. 306-278-2141, Porcupine Plain, SK

1981 SRI 14x64’ with 12’x12’ porch, new windows, skirting and metal roof. Washer, dryer, stove, microwave, port. dishwasher, couch and chair. All window coverings.

Buyer responsible for moving. $15,000 OBO. 403-742-4867, Stettler, AB. 3 BEDROOMS ON owned 50x110’ lot, single det. garage, 1 block from elementary school, 15 min. from Saskatoon, $109,000 OBO. Dave 306-281-9400, Langham, SK.

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MEDALLION HOMES 1-800-249-3969 Immediate delivery: New 16’ and 20’ modular homes; Also used 14’ and 16’ homes. Now available: Lake homes.

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precisionpac.ca 2 ACRE PROPERTY in Kitimat, BC. Quality 2008, 4 bdrm, 4 bath bungalow with heated shop and metal boat/RV barn. Beautiful park like setting, zoned for B&B or small business. Ocean and river recreation. $739,900. Email egeiger@citywest.ca or call 250-632-5259.

5 ACRE HOBBY, Nursery and Landscape business. 2 miles North of Courtenay, Vancouver Island, BC. Buy inventory and equipment with lease, $249,000 or buy everything $749,000. Beautiful view property, near by 4 golf courses, skiing, hunting and big salmon. Mild winters. Build your retirement home. 250-218-0142. www.ospreystoneandbamboo/forsale2012

NEWLY CONSTRUCTED RTM, 1080 sq. ft, 2 bdrm, 2 baths, laundry on main level, framing stage complete w/vinyl siding and metal roofing. Now ready for drywall. Buy now and you finish, or deposit and we finish. Call 306-741-2730, Webb, SK.

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TO BE MOVED: Well maintained 1918 1-3/4 storey home, located E of Weyburn, SK. Call Brent or Stacy 306-842-1439.

WANTED: HOUSE/ CABIN to move to Greenwater, SK. area. Pics please. Phone 306-272-4462, donnacode@hotmail.com 1900 SQ. FT. BUNGALOW, 3 bdrm, 2.5 baths, main floor laundry, new windows, laminate flooring, gas fireplace, 3 car attached garage, landscaped yard, $95,000.

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HANNA AREA RANCH, 2389 acres deeded, 959 lease, 1000 in hay, $55,000 surface revenue, modest buildings, $1,975,000 http://members.shaw.ca/bar_ic_ranch Phone 403-854-2173, Hanna, AB. ALBERTA LAND FOR SALE: ENCHANT: Rare opportunity! 1600 acres of prime farmland in the Enchant area, 3600 head feedlot, 3 homes, surface lease revenue. (#1989, Josh). IRON SPRINGS: 1910 acres, 2 houses, shop, horse barn, processing shed, bins, plus much more. (#1987, Barry). BROOKS: Very nice row crop farm, newer pivots, surface revenue, grain storage, city water, landscaped, shop, quonset, renovated home, etc. (#1867, Ben). VAUXHALL: Ideal row crop farm, 480 acres (400 acres under pivots), home, shop, equipment building, storage shed, hay storage, etc. (#1939, Ben). ROLLING HILLS: Very nice half section irrigation, 260 acres EID water rights, all farmland, surface revenue approx. $40,000/yr. Additional quarter section with building available. (#1932, Ben).

PICTURE BUTTE: Well maintained 8000 head feedlot with 475 acres prime irrigation land. (#1900, Frans). BROOKS: 263 acres, 2 parcels. Parcel 1: 80 acres, water rights, 40 acres seed with alfalfa for seed production with 1 year left on contract.

Parcel 2: 152.3 acres, wheel lines, 3 grain bins, surface revenue. (#1965, Ben).

Farm & Ranch by Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Signature Service www.canadafarmandranch.com or call 1-866-345-3414.

HAVE BUYERS FOR large farm properties, very confidential. Call if you are thinking of selling, I specialize in agricultural properties. Phone Don Jarrett, Realty Executives Leading, 780-991-1180, Spruce Grove, AB.

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OWN A LAKE COMMUNITY at Horseshoe Bay, Turtle Lake, NW SK. Single allotment of 87 individually titled lots, all currently leased, and 2 undeveloped acreage parcels for tender. www.horseshoebayestate.ca or vernmcclelland@remax.net 306-821-0611 Re/Max of Lloydminster. Serious investor inquiries only please.

CEDAR LOG HOMES AND CABINS, sidings, paneling, decking. Fir and Hemlock flooring, timbers, special orders. Rouck Bros, Lumby, BC., email rouckbros.com 1-800-960-3388.

WANTED: 80 TO 320 ACRE farm in the Salmon Arm, Falkland or Lumby areas of BC. Good house and buildings preferred but would consider just land.

204-729-8270.

HOME W/SUITE on 72 acres, creeks, fenced, outbuildings, $529,000. Southern BC, 250-445-6642 or lbfolvik@telus.net 80 ACRE CATTLE ranch, 4 bdrm rancher style home, shop, barn and hay shed. Located 30 minutes from Vernon, BC. Call Ve r n o n at S u t t o n L a ke f r o n t R e a l t y 1-877-510-8666 or 250-308-2110, email vbelsheim@sutton.com INVESTMENT POTENTIAL, 68 acre hay farm with solid rancher home plus 12,000 sq. ft. shop/barn, North Okanagan. Call Vern Belsheim, Sutton Lakefront Realty, Ve r n o n , B C . 1 - 8 7 7 - 5 1 0 - 8 6 6 6 , c e l l 250-308-2110, vbelsheim@sutton.com AFFORDABLE HAY AND LIVESTOCK Ranch, 125 North Okanagan acres with home and buildings. Good rainfall area, excellent soil.

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SOUTH OKANAGAN RETIREMENT homes in new development near Penticton/ Oliver, BC. Starting at $164,900 for 1107 sq. ft. home. Re/Max Wine Capital Realty, Matt or Karen Lewis, Oliver, BC, toll free 1-855-289-4587. For free floor plans email: mathew@winecapitalrealty.com

SOUTHEY, SK., 40x110x16 commercial steel building. New, never set up, comes with insulation and steel liner, asking $52,500 OBO. Contact Town of Southey, 306-726-2202 townofsouthey@sasktel.net 10 ACRES INDUSTRIAL, 800’ frontage Hwy #43, 4-lane, 7000 vehicles per day, 3 phase power, sewer/water close, $35,000 per acre. 780-233-2222, Mayerthorpe, AB.

CALL MR WILLIAM Soloduk, Sutton Group Results Realty, Regina, SK for appointments at 306-539-9095. This Fishing Lake, 4 season, waterfront home is located at #113 Ottman Beach, a 2-1/2 hr drive from Regina/Saskatoon. Two yr old high efficiency furnace, water heater. This two level home was raised 5 ft’ on a concrete wall and floor telepost system in 2008. This 1500 sq. ft. home features a spectacular view of the water and wrap around deck.

The grade level is the garage entrance with the 2nd and 3rd levels being the living space. Open plan kitchen, living and dining area w/wood burning fireplace. The 2nd and 3rd levels feature a bedroom and full bath with great room on the third.

Loads of storage throughout the home in a vacation setting.

HALF SECTION NORTH of Debolt. House, shop, power and well. 640 acre grazing lease. Ph 780-228-0351, 780-512-8540.

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PEACE RIVER COUNTRY, 400 plus cow/ calf ranch operation, 4100 acres total, 1600 title acres, 2500 grazing lease, 1 block, good buildings, owner retiring. Contact Albert Dallaire, Royal LePage Casey Realty, Peace River, AB. 780-625-6767.

FULL SECTION OF CULTIVATED land, MD of Wainwright, Irma, AB. area. For more info call 780-754-3930.

160 ACRES NE of Strathmore, AB. Numerous corrals and paddocks, approx. 95 acres of hay, 48 acres native grass and remaining is yard site, yard site has older mobile home with an addition, lots of water, barn 52x40’, corral system large enough to calve 300+ head. Creek flows through property most of year. Big Sky Real Estate Ltd. 866-850-4444, Hanna, AB. 8100 ACRES SE of Hanna, AB. 5000 acres grass and 3100 acres cultivated land, oil revenue, lots of water, great building site.

Big Sky Real Estate Ltd., 1-866-850-4444.

FOR SALE BY Tender: All of section 36-25-13-W3 in RM Monet #257. Always seeded half and half. Included is yardsite of approx. 33 acres with 54’x26’ 4 bdrm., 2-1/2 bath house, double attached garage, 2 wells, new 42’x40’ shed, 170’x40’ cattle shed, 24’x32’ heated shop, corrals, barn, pasture and dugout. Asking $900,000. This can be sold as an entire package or the yardsite can be subdivided and sold separately. For rent by tender: all of Sec. 32-25-12-W3 and SW-2-26-12-W3 in RM of King George #256. Closing date March 1, 2013. No right of first refusal. Highest bid not necessarily accepted. Send bids to Don and Craig Wendt, Box 111, Wiseton, SK. S0L 3M0. Phone 306-357-4806, 306-357-4614.

9 QUARTERS OF grainland for rent, 10 miles NE of Southey, SK., RM 219. Robin 306-690-6786, robingliu@hotmail.com SIMPSON FARMS is a family operated pedigree seed farm looking to rent land within a 50 mile radius of Moose Jaw, SK. Attractive crop share options and cash rent available. Call Trevor at 306-693-9402 or 306-684-2355.

3200 ACRE GRAIN FARM: Full set of buildings, surface lease revenue. John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd., Swift Current, SK. 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com RM OF LEROY #339, 6 quarters good grain land, 940 acres cultivated, well drained, 35,000 bu. steel grain storage, well treed yard, 20 yr. old house, could sub-divide. 1 mile from pavement and 6 miles new potash mine. Call 306-287-3767, Watson, SK. FARM/RANCH/RECREATION, buying or selling. Call Tom Neufeld 306-260-7838, Coldwell Banker ResCom Realty.

FARMLAND FOR SALE in RM of Round Valley 410. NW, NE, SW, SE-28-40-22-W3.

Annual Income for gas lease on SE quarter is $2,150. Send tenders to Box 714, Unity, SK S0K 4L0. Tenders close Feb 20th. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

FARMLAND FOR SALE: RM of Foam Lake, SK. 6 quarters, 600 acres cultivated, older house, natural gas, well, 2 shops, shed, steel bins, gravel on 1 quarter. Close to Fishing Lake. Call 306-272-4879.

GRAIN FARM: 10,720 acres with full set of buildings. John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd. 306-773-7379, www.farmsask.com Swift Current, SK. 2 QUARTERS FARMLAND, w/yardsite and 3 bdrm 1200 sq. ft. bungalow, power, water, nat. gas. 306-748-2839, Neudorf, SK. MAPLE CREEK RANCH: 6720 acres in a block. Full set buildings. John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd. 306-773-7379, Swift Current, SK. www.farmsask.com FOR SALE BY TENDER RM of Frenchman B u t t e # 5 0 1 n e a r S t . Wa l b u r g , S K .

NW-03-55-22-W3 and SW-03-55-22-W3.

Written tenders accepted until Fri, Feb. 15, 2013. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Mail to: E. Ostrowski, Box 102, Major, SK. S0L 2H0.

BUYER LOOKING FOR land in NE Sask. Prefer grainland, no buildings, one to two sections. Garry Beckett ReMax Blue Chip Realty, Ag. Div. 306-435-7777, Moosomin, SK., email: gbeckett@remax-yorkton.ca LAND FOR SALE by owner in RM Clinworth #230. 1 section farmland with 4 grain bins near Sceptre, SK. NW-09-23-23-W3, SW-09-23-23-W3, SW-16-23-23-W3 and SE-17-23-23-W3. Call Pan 403-378-2333.

10,703 ACRE RANCH with 2 yardsites.

Includes Alberta lease land. Edge Realty Ltd, Brad Edgerton 306-463-7357, Kindersley, SK. www.edgerealty.ca TWO QUARTERS SOUTH of Sedley, SK., for cash rent, RM #127. Phone 306-842-2797

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FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM OF OAKDALE #320. SW-36-31-23-W3rd, 35,100 assess, $220. taxes, $9962. oil revenue; NW-36-31-23-W3rd, 44,900 assess, $510. taxes, $8359. oil; SW-25-31-22-W3rd, 20,600 assess, $129. taxes, $12,712. oil; SE-26-31-22-W3rd, 22,400 assess, $140. taxes, $8351. oil; SW26-31-22-W3rd, 36,600 assess, $229. taxes, $6794. oil.

Conditions of Offers: All offers to be submitted on or before 3:00 PM, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Deposit cheque for 3% of the offered amount must accompany the offer. Cheque to be made payable to Edge Realty Ltd. (cheques will be returned to unsuccessful bidders). Offers acceptable on any or all parcels. Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. Persons submitting offers must rely on their own research, inspection of the land, and improvements as to condition and number of acres. Mineral rights not included. No offers will be considered which are subject to financing. Please forward all bids and enquiries to: Brad Edgerton, Edge Realty Ltd., Box 1324, Kindersley, SK. S0L 1S0, phone 306-463-4515.

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The follow ing la nd loca ted in the R.M . of W a lla ce, N o. 243, w ill be offered for s a le by tend er, und er the d irection of L AY H & AS S O CIATE S , L a ngenburg, S a s ka tchew a n (306-743-5520): • Surfa ce P a rcel #1 441 53255 N E S ec 11 Tw p 25 Rge 02 W 2 E xtens ion 1 • Surfa ce P a rcel #1 4431 5491 N E S ec 11 Tw p 25 Rge 02 W 2 E xtens ion 2 • Surfa ce P a rcel #1 441 7 0243 S E S ec 11 Tw p 25 Rge 02 W 2 E xtens ion 0 P roperty s old a s is .

Buyers a re res pons ible for ins pection of the L a nd .

A m inim um d epos it of 5.0 percent m us t a ccom pa ny the tend er, a s a certified cheq ue or ba nk d ra ft pa ya ble to L a yh & As s ocia tes .

All tend ers m us t d es cribe the la nd s ubject to the tend er a nd the tend er price.

The P urcha s er w ill be res pons ible for property ta xes com m encing Ja nua ry 1, 2013.

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Highes t tend er or a ny tend er not neces s a rily a ccepted .

Tenders s ha ll be s ubm itted by regis tered m a il or pers ona lly delivered to L a yh & As s oci ates ,Box 250, 1 1 4 Bi sm a rk Avenue, L a ng enburg ,S a s ka tchew a n,S 0A 2A0, before 4:00 p .m . on or before Februa ry 28,201 3.

FARMLAND FOR SALE BY TENDER. NW-22-34-8-W2 and NE-22-34-8-W2, RM of Hazel Dell #335. 270 acres broken, hog manure and Round-up last fall. Submit tenders to Box 26, Lintlaw, SK, S0A 2H0.

Tenders close March 15, 2013. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. For more info phone 306-325-2033.

TIM HAMMOND REALTY RM #318 East of Plenty, SK. N 1/2-12-33-18-W3, 319 cult. acres. Assessment 131,900. Asking $490,000. MLS#453206. 306-948-5052, Biggar, http://Hamilton.TimHammond.ca RM OF ORKNEY #244, NE19-27-6-W2nd; 130 acres, power and water with buildings; SE30-27-6-2nd, 155 acres 2-1/2 miles W of Springside on grid. Hwy 16 and 47 accessible to Yorkton, SK. $300,000 for all.

Tenders until Feb. 28th, 2013. Lowest or highest tender not necessarily accepted.

306-647-2742, Box 89 Springside S0A 3V0 RM #185: 800 acres farmland. Contact John Cave-Edge Realty Ltd. 306-773-7379, Swift Current, SK. www.farmsask.com

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GRAVEL, AGGREGATE, MAYMONT, SK. Test result’s indicate 1,000,000 plus CY, 1 hour to Saskatoon on 80 acres. Don Dyck, Re/Max North Country, 306-221-1684, Warman, SK.

1194 ACRES EXCELLENT quality grain producing farmland, close to Liberty, SK and Last Mountain Lake. Call Harry Sheppard, Sutton Group Results Realty, Regina, SK. 306-530-8035.

PIECE OF PARADISE: Approx. 1600 acres of amazing pasture land. John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd., 306-773-7379, Swift Current, SK. www.farmsask.com FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM McCraney #282, Sec.-10-28-29-W2, 360 acres, water, yard and power, 7 miles north of Davidson, SK. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Written tenders to Bob Booker and Bev Shaw, Box 611, Davidson, SK, S0G 1A0. Closing date Feb. 15, 2013.

Phone 306-567-3034.

RM 273 VEREGIN, SK. 160 acres SW-17-29-01-W2 qualified farmland for sale by tender. Surveyed and staked 2012, 2013 is second year transitional. 155 acres cultivatable. Conditions of offers: All offers to be submitted in writing by Fri., March 1, 2013, to 1249 11th Ave. East, Vancouver, BC, V5T 2G4, Attn: AF Gilmour. Deposit cheque for 3% of offered amount must accompany the offer. Cheques to be made payable to AF Gilmour. Cheques will be returned to unsuccessful bidders. Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. Person submitting offers must rely on their own research and inspection of the land and improvements as to condition of acres.

Mineral Rights not included. Inquiries 604-879-9702.

LAND FOR SALE: SW 1/4 of 33-27-08-W2nd, extension 0 and SE 1/4 of 32-27-08-W2nd extension 0 located 3 miles South and 7 miles West of Theodore, Saskatchewan. SW 1/4 of 33-27-08-W2nd extension 0 is bareland, 155 cultivated acres, 5 acres bush and raveen. SW 1/4 of 32-27-08-W2nd extension 0 includes yardsite with trees and electricity, access to yardsite, approximately 120 acres cultivated, presently pasture, approximately 35 acres creek, approximately 5 acres yardsite/access. R.M. of Garry No. 245, possession available immediately. Owners reserve the right to accept any offer they see fit, whether or not it is the highest. Written offers only to be sent to P.O. Box 311, Theodore, SK, S0A 4C0.

TIM HAMMOND REALTY RM316 Harris, SE-17 and SW-16-31-10-W3, 321 acres cult. Average assessment value 66,186. per quarter. Asking $535,000. MLS# 452578. http://RM316.TimHammond.ca 306-948-5052, Biggar, SK. SEVERAL PACKAGES of Aberdeen, SK. farmland. Part of a total pkg. of over 3500 acres. sasklandhunter.com for more details or call James Hunter, Farmland Specialist, Coldwell Banker, Rescom Realty, Saskatoon, SK. 306-716-0750 or email james-hunter@coldwellbanker.ca RM BLAINE LAKE. Approx. 4471’ of river frontage having 5 separate titles. Estimated to have 300,000 yds. of gravel, 528 acres of grazing land, all fenced, pump house (insulated and heated) w/6 watering troughs. Priced as an investment property. Seller will sell any portion or all as a package. MLS® 425102. Wally Lorenz, Re/Max of the Battlefords, 306-446-8800 or 306-843-7898, North Battleford, SK. GRAINLAND, 1680 acres, 1450 cult., 43,000 bu. grain storage, 2 metal quonsets, upgraded house, assess. 551,800.

West Ituna area, $1,700,000. Four Seasons Realty Ltd., 306-783-1777, Saskatoon, SK. CONSIDERING OFFERS ON 3 quarters farmland in RM Paddockwood #520.

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C onditions of O ffers: 1. A lloffers to be subm itted on or before 3:00 p.m .on M arch 1, 2013 to: M athiason Valkenburg & Polishchuk B arristers & Solicitors 705-230- 22nd StreetE Saskatoon, SK S7K 0E9 A ttention: B en C .Valkenburg 2. D eposit cheque of3% on the offered am ount m ust accom pany alloffer s.

C heques to be m ade payable to M athiason V alkenburg & Polishchuk.

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6 QUARTERS GRAIN producing farmland, just north of Weyburn, SK. Most of this land was summerfallowed in 2012 and is well suited for canola in 2013. Call Harry Sheppard, Sutton Group Results Realty, Regina, SK. 306-530-8035. www.SaskLand4Sale.com Good grainland on Hwy 40, west of Blaine Lake, 445 acres. MLS® 436985 for $365,000. 160 acre ranch near Sonningdale, 6 bdrm family home, 2 barns, outdoor riding arena.

Great hunting area. MLS® 442391 for $349,900. Ed Bobiash, Re/Max Saskatoon, 306-222-7770, Saskatoon, SK. GOOD FARMLAND: 18 quarters, yard adjac e n t t o p a v e d h i g h w a y. P h o n e 306-388-2694, Bienfait, SK. RM OF WOOD RIVER. This farm has four quarters of very productive cultivated farmland that was seeded to Canola, Durum and Lentils this year. For details call Dean Layman of Royal LePage Landmart, Moose Jaw, SK., 306-472-7776 or visit our website at www.royallepagelandmart.com FA R M L A N D F O R S A L E : R M 2 7 3 .

NW-33-30-3-W2, SW-33-30-3-W2, approx.

260 acres. RM 304. SE-1-33-6-W2, NW-28-33-6-W2, NE-32-33-6-W2, approx.

435 acres. RM 334. SE-17-34-6-W2, SW-16-34-6-W2 approx. 290 acres. RM 304. SW-4-32-4-W2, NE-6-32-4-W2, SW-30-32-4-W2. West 1/2 of SE-30-32-4-W2, approx. 525 acres. Yard and buildings not included. Offers can be made on individual, multiple or entirety.

Written offers only: John Kwiatkowski, Box 209, Canora, SK. S0A 0L0.

LEOVILLE AREA: 311 acres 2 miles from town. Set of buildings incl. barn, corrals and water bowls. Approx. 50 acres cross fenced w/elk fence. 250 cultivated acres is seeded to tame hay. The sellers have started a small fruit orchard with interesting results for further development, plus exc. hunting and fishing in the area. MLS® 452767. RM MEDSTEAD 497. 320 acres 2 miles NE of Medstead. Approx. 185 acres cultivated grainland, balance bush that could be broke. This would make a great i nve s t m e n t i n t o t h e f u t u r e . M L S ® 447641. Call Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battlefords, North Battleford, SK., 306-446-8800, 306-441-0512.

RM BRATT’S LAKE #129- One square section of Regina heavy clay near Wilcox.

Assess. 303,400. Asking $2200/acre. Call Keith Bartlett, 306-535-5707, Sutton Group Results Realty, Regina, SK. RM OF PIAPOT: 1120 acre ranch with buildings. John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd., 306-773-7379, Swift Current, SK. www.farmsask.com SASK. GRAIN FARM, 2080 acres heavy clay, full set of buildings. Surface leases.

John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd. 306-773-7379 www.farmsask.com Swift Current, SK.

MINERAL RIGHTS. We will purchase and or lease your mineral rights.

1-877-269-9990. cndfree@telusplanet.net I HAVE BUYERS for Sask. grainland, ranch NORTHEAST HANLEY, S-1/2-34-31-3-W3. land and acreages. Call Wally Lorenz at Approx. 219 cult. acres, plus 60 acres 306-843-7898, Re/Max of the Battlefords, seeded grass, $300,000. Ph 306-544-2707.

North Battleford, SK. znerol.w@sasktel.net ONE SECTION OF grainland SE of Moose Jaw, 24-14-26-W2. All offers will be conWANTED TO BUY: 7000 acres ranch land sidered until March 1. 306-631-1944, Box in a block, south or central SK. With lots of 1537, Moose Jaw, SK. S6H 7A8. water and cattle facilities or in 2 close parcels with houses, outbuildings and with TIM HAMMOND REALTY RM #340 SW natural shelter. Call 306-353-2097. of Humboldt, SK. SE-30-36-23-W2, 142 cult. acres. Assessment 42,200. Asking FOR SALE BY TENDER RM of Coteau $105,000 MLS #452661. 306-948-5052 #255. NE-32-25-08-W3, SE-32-25-08-W3, http://RM340.TimHammond.ca Biggar, SK NE-03-26-08-W3, SE-03-26-08-W3, NW-16-25-08-W3, NE-16-25-08-W3. High- LAND FOR SALE, RM Ponass Lake. Offers est or any tender not necessarily accepted. being accepted on approx. 303.74 acres, Mail tenders to: Mike Leppa, 1287 Simcoe W-1/2-33-38-15-W2. Offers or inquiries St., Moose Jaw, SK. S6H 3J5. Closing date: may be directed to McKercher LLP, 374 3rd Ave S, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 1M5, Attn: February 28, 2013. Phone 306-691-0699.

M. Petrescue, 306-664-1298.

8 QUARTERS LAND for cash rent in RM of RM 135: Approx. 1120 acres pasture. John Grandview #349, all connected. Section Cave, Edge Realty Ltd. 306-773-7379, 3 5 - 3 4 - 1 8 - W 3 5 0 0 a c r e s c u l t i vat e d . www.farmsask.com Swift Current, SK. N-1/2-26-34-18-W3 310 acres cultivated.

W-1/2-36-34-18-W3 270 acres cultivated. RM 96: 1760 acre grain farm w/buildings.

Written offers to February 22, 2013. High- C a l l J o h n C av e , E d g e R e a l t y L t d . est or any offer not necessarily accepted. 3 0 6 - 7 7 3 - 7 3 7 9 , S w i f t C u r r e n t , S K .

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SASKATCHEWAN LAND FOR SALE: WILLOW BUNCH: Mixed farming operation all in one block nestled in the rolling hills South of Assiniboia, 1696 acres, 2 homes, corrals, barn, shop, pole shed, grain bins, etc. More land available nearby. (#1981, Kim). WILLOW BUNCH: 800 acres, approx. 600 acres of native grass, approx. 200 acres seeded to alfalfa/crested wheat. (#1958, Elmer). LEMBERG: approx. 360 acres, approx. 233 acres seeded to Timothy hay, approx. 117 acres seeded to oats. (#1954, Elmer). HANLEY: Exceptionally well managed rotational grazing operation with 19 quarters in one block.

Runs 300 cows, self contained, beautiful yard, on city water, 75 kms south of Saskatoon, quonset, barn, cattle shed, etc. (#1944, Gordon). FILLMORE: Selling company shares with 8 quarters of land, 2 Behlin bins, 5000 bu. condo #10 (contract to be transferred to new owner), good land. (#1903, Elmer). NIPAWIN: 480 acres, character home, private location, 20 mins. to Saskatchewan’s best recreational fishing area. (#1767, Elmer). Farm & Ranch by Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Signature Service www.canadafarmandranch.com or phone 1-866-345-3414.

FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM OF HEARTS HILL #352. NW-21-34-26-W3rd, 160 cult. acres, 59,600 assess, $521. taxes; NE-21-34-26-W3rd, 157.4 cult. acres, 52,400 assess, $458. taxes; SE-21-34-26-W3rd, 157.4 cult. acres, 53,800 assess, $470. taxes; SW-21-34-26-W3rd, 160 cult. acres, 58,800 assess, $514. taxes; NE-23-34-26-W3rd, 156.8 cult. acres, 48,900 assess, $384. taxes, $2522. gas; SE-23-34-26-W3rd, 157 cult. acres, 46,900 assess, $410. taxes, $4250. gas; NW-24-34-26-W3rd, 158.8 cult. acres, 48,400 assess, $423. taxes, $2500. gas; NE-26-34-26-W3rd, 159 cult. acres, 47,400 assess, $414. taxes. Condition of offers: All offers to be submitted to Edge Realty Ltd. on or before 3:00 PM, March 11, 2013. Deposit cheque for 3% of the offered amount must accompany the offer.

Cheque to be made payable to Edge Realty Ltd. (cheques will be returned to unsuccessful bidders). Offers acceptable on any or all parcels. Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. Persons submitting offers must rely on their own research, inspection of the land, and improvements as to condition and number of acres. Mineral rights not included. No offers will be considered which are subject to financing.

RM 96: 638 ACRES, Fillmore, SK., farm- Please forward all bids and enquires to: land. Contact John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd. Brad Edgerton, Edge Realty Ltd., Box 1324, 3 0 6 - 7 7 3 - 7 3 7 9 , S w i f t C u r r e n t , S K . , K i n d e r s l e y, S K . S 0 L 1 S 0 . P h o n e www.farmsask.com 306-463-4515.

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Ashley | 306-491-5226 Ashley@demetercapital.ca www.demetercapital.ca RM GREAT BEND #405. 1000 acres of farmland for rent, all connected or close by. Phone 306-827-4424, Borden, SK. FOR RENT: 600 acres farmland located in North Qu’Appelle, NE-04-20-13-W2, SE-04-20-13-W2, SW-04-20-13-W2 and SE-09-20-13-W2. Very good quality grainland. Call Ali Gomaa 403-698-3949, 403-407-1700, nassergomaa@yahoo.com RM EDENWOLD, 320 acres north of Edenwold, native grass. R M S o u t h Qu’Appelle, South of Avonhurst, 160 acres, grainland, on grid. RM South Qu’Appelle, 20 acres on #10 Hwy. RM Barrier Valley, 160 acres paradise with home, support buildings, perfect getaway, hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, near Archerwill, SK. Contact Brian Tiefenbach, 306-536-3269, 306-525-3344, NAI Commercial Real Estate (Sask) Ltd., Regina, SK. RM OF TURTLE River #469, 2 quarters, NW of North Battleford, SK., 186 cultivated acres, 55 acres in hay and 2 steel hopper bottom grain bins. Call Dan 306-445-8150 or, 306-441-8137.

RM OF GOOD LAKE, half section w/wo yard, adjacent to Canora, SK. Total assessment at 144,100. 306-651-1041.

WANTED: In the RM of Mervin #499, 160 acres bush or mixed, north of Twp. 52 in Ranges 19 or 20. Private and confidential.

306-834-5530, Luseland, SK. FOR SALE OR RENT: RM of Grandview #349, SE-34-35-19; SE-3-36-19. Approx.

320 acres cultivated, highest tender not necessarily accepted. Tenders close 5:00 PM, Feb. 22nd, 2013. Send tender to Box 1926, Kindersley, SK. S0L 1S0 or email to: dcssschoeler@sasktel.net HANLEY, SK. for sale or rent, 3 quarters grainland, W1/2-26-31-03-W3 and SE-1/4-26-31-03-W3, approx. 400 acres cultivated. Phone 306-544-2793.

LUSELAND AREA 51 q trs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,8 28 ,000 LUSELAND AREA 25 q trs . $6 ,8 8 5,000 RM SNIPE LAKE 4 q trs . . . . $1,150,000 RM SNIPE LAKE 2 q trs . . . . . . . . $420,000 RM KINDERSLEY 2 q trs . . . . . . $13 7,000 Fo r d e ta il s e e o ur w e b s ite :

w w w .kin d e rs le yre a le s ta te .co m G ro up W e s tR e a lty Kin d e rs le y, S K THREE QUARTERS OF farmland, West of Yo r k t o n , R M o f G a r r y # 2 4 5 . C a l l 306-782-0643, Yorkton, SK. LAND FOR CASH RENT BY TENDER: RM of Chesterfield #261.

S W- 1 6 - 2 4 - 2 5 - 3 , N W- 1 6 - 2 4 - 2 5 - 3 , SE-16-24-25-3, SE-09-24-25-3, S W- 3 5 - 2 4 - 2 5 - 3 , S W- 1 1 - 2 4 - 2 6 - 3 , SE-15-24-26-3, SW-15-24-26-3. Written tenders accepted until Friday, February 15, 2013. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Mail tenders to: Bob Peters, Box 156, Eatonia, SK. S0L 0Y0. Inquires call: 306-460-9359.

NEW LISTING: 3 quarter sections of grain producing farmland near Truax, SK. RM of Elmsthorpe #100. For more info call Harry Sheppard Sutton Group-Results Realty, Regina, SK. 306-530-8035, View www.sheppardrealty.ca QUARTER SECTION, RM Viscount #341.

160 acres w/156 acres cultivated. Gently rolling with assessment of 47,900. Asking $154,900. Phone 306-221-6296.

ORGANIC FARM: 640 cult. and hayland acres located at Davidson, SK. Yard incl. 3 bdrm home, bins, well, dugout, power and natural gas. Must be a certified organic producer accredited with an organic certification body. Call or email 306-567-4748 or 306-567-2987, backtofarm@live.com Submit tenders in writing with 5% deposit of tendered amount to: Dellene Church Law Office Inc., Box 724, Davidson, SK, S0G 1A0. Tenders accepted until Feb. 28, 2013. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

YOUNG SASK. FAMILY looking to buy farmland for cattle and grain in RM 248 and 247. 306-726-7495 or 403-990-0321.

BEAUTIFUL MIXED FARMLAND, MUCH POTENTIAL, BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, GOD’S COUNTRY. RM #100, ELMSTHORPE, LAND FOR SALE OR CASH RENT. By tender 10 quarters, excellent land, 9 touching. May separate. Approx.

1300 acres cult., 300 acres good pasture ecological, lots of water, spring, dugouts, some fences, 2 wells. 2 yardsites, house trailer, water, power, sewer. Steel Fairford quonset, double doors both sides. 12,000 bu. steel bins, hip barn w/lean built on 2 sides. All inquiries reviewed. Owner reserves the right to reject any written offer, highest not necessarily accepted. Deadline for tenders March 30, 2013. Reply to Wayne Costron, 3908 Princess Dr., Regina, SK. S4S 0E7, phone 306-586-8866.

11-1/2 QUARTERS OF cultivated land, west of Yorkton, close to #16 Hwy, in good rain fall area. Serious inquiries only.

Springside, SK., 306-792-4544.

ATTENTION: SASK. MINERAL RIGHT OWNERS. Do you have non-producing heavy oil mineral rights which provide you no royalty revenue? Have the oil companies operating in your area, explored other possible Enhanced Oil Recovery processes that could be used to produce oil? If not, we would like to talk to you about recovering that stranded oil and putting money in your pocket sooner rather than never. We have developed and submitted a patent for an environmental friendly process that may be able to meet those production needs. This process is no bigger than your typical lease site with no additional noise, odor, traffic or emissions. (Environmental friendly process). The technology is called (PRTISP) Pulse Resonance Thermal Injection Syngas Process WIPO Patent WO/2011/026226A1. If you are interested, I would be glad to discuss our pilot project with you. Call Harold Nikipelo, 780-213-0297. Email hnikipelo@me.com http://www.sumobrain.com/patents/wipo/Process-apparatus-enhancing-recovery-hydrocarbons/WO2011026226.html TIM HAMMOND REALTY- RM #92 Walpole, 1280 acres incl. 460 cult. acres, 80 tame hay, 740 pasture acres. Land is fenced, 4 dugouts, small gravel pit. Great m i xe d f a r m i n g o p p o r t u n i t y. A s k i n g $995,000. MLS #446802. Guy Shepherd http://Roy.TimHammond.ca Biggar, SK., 306-434-8857.

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FARM LAND W ANTED N O FEES N O C OM M IS S ION S

Thanks again Doug for buying our property.

Dealing with you and your company, Freshwater Land Holdings Co. Ltd., made the sale quick and efficient. It was a tough transaction but you came through and kept all of the promises you made at the beginning of our talks. I would recommend you to anyone who’s interested in selling quickly and efficiently. I will pass on your name to anyone who’s interested.

Thanks again. Leo and Linda.

SUM M ARY OF SOLD PROPERTIES Cen tra l.................................70 1⁄4’s S o u th Cen tra l......................17 1⁄4’s Ea s t Cen tra l........................9 9 1⁄4’s S o u th...................................70 1⁄4’s S o u th Ea s t...........................31 1⁄4’s S o u th W es t..........................6 1 1⁄4’s N o rth.....................................6 1⁄4’s N o rth W es t............................8 1⁄4’s Ea s t.....................................39 1⁄4’s

TIM HAMMOND REALTY- RM Antler #61, 648 acres, incl. 575 cult., and 73 other. Excellent grainland. New 1420 sq. ft. home, 3 bdrm, 3 bath, double att. garage.

Asking $1,250,000. Guy Shepherd, MLS 443876. 306-434-8857, Biggar, SK. or http://Roy.TimHammond.ca RM 46/76: 5600 acre ranch with yard site.

John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd, 306-773-7379 Swift Current, SK. www.farmsask.com ESTABLISHED FARMER WANTING to purchase or rent land west of Canora, SK. Not an investment company, but a 100% family farm. Please call 855-318-9447 to discuss attractive options.

SASKATCHEWAN RANCH: 6720 acres ranch, full set of buildings, very scenic.

John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd, Swift Current, SK. 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com

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RM OF MANKOTA. Complete ranch located where the top quality short grass cattle come from. This ranch has over 9500 acres of grassland that has never been overgrazed and is in really good shape. Approx. 270 acres of flood and pivot irrigated hay land. The land is all connected, fenced and has good water. Large working corral system with cattle shelter, heated water bowls and barn. The yard has a shop, storage shed and modern 1232 sq. ft. bungalow. For details call Dean Layman of Royal LePage Landmart, Moose Jaw, SK. at 306-472-7776 or visit our website at www.royallepagelandmart.com 5-1/2 QUARTERS GRAIN producing farmland just north of Francis, SK. Situated with #35 Hwy. frontage. Call Harry Sheppard, Sutton Group Results Realty, Regina, SK. 306-530-8035.

SASK. RANCH: Approx. 11,000 acres, adjoining, excellent ranch, surface lease. Run 500+ cows. John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd. 306-773-7379, www.farmsask.com Swift Current, SK. GRAINLAND WANTED. About 10-20 quarters, in the RM’s: 105, 134, 135, 136, 164, 165 and 166. Sutton Group, Norland Realty, agent Justin Yin, 306-230-1588, justin.yin.ca@gmail.com Saskatoon, SK. RM CALEDONIA #99- Quarter section w/1470 sq. ft. bungalow w/full basement, natural gas, good well, nicely treed yard site. Located 45 minutes south of Regina.

Call Keith Bartlett 306-535-5707, Sutton Group Results Realty, Regina, SK. RM CHESTERFIELD OR NEWCOMBE Young farmers wanting land to rent or buy to expand grain operation, call Ryan at 403-391-1728, Mantario, SK. RM OF WILLNER. Good farmland NW of Davidson, SK. 40 acre yard site subdivided and not included, currently rented with 2 years left on lease. Also available is other lands to lease throughout SK. Call Mike Walz of Royal LePage Landmart, Moose Jaw, SK. for details at 306-631-7232.

STARTER DAIRY. Excellent opportunity 45 min. North of Saskatoon. Looking for young ambitious couple w/purebred cows and quota. Have 50 cow dairy complex for lease or possible sale to the right people.

Room for expansion. Will supply some feed from crops grown. Good 3 bedroom m o b i l e h o m e ava i l a b l e . I n fo . c a l l .

306-232-4716, 306-232-7762 Rosthern SK ACCEPTING OFFERS for farmland in RM of Laird #404. S-1/2 of SE-33-42-05-W3, 80 acres and S-1/2 of SW-33-42-05-W3, 80 acres. Highest offer not necessarily accepted. Offers will close on February 28, 2103. Please mail written offers to Lavern Friesen, Box 207, Waldheim, SK S0K 4R0.

SOUTH SASK. RANCH: 5920 acre ranch with yardsite. John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd., 306-773-7379, Swift Current, SK. www.farmsask.com

PASTURES FOR RENT. Supervised grazing for cow/calf pairs $1.25/daily, 120 grazing days. Unsupervised grazing, for cow/calf pairs, $1.00/daily. For an application please email the Lands Office at l a n d s @ k a h ke w i s t a h a w. c o m o r c a l l 306-696-3291, Broadview, SK. WANTED PASTURE for 500 yearlings in AB or Western Sask. Call 403-652-5140, High River, AB.

RM ELFROS #307- 278 acres w/approx.

170 cult. Assessment 71,700. Asking $180,000. Keith Bartlett 306-535-5707, Sutton Group Results Realty, Regina, SK. WANTED: LAND TO RENT in Viscount, Colonsay, Meacham, SK. area. Phone Kim at 306-255-7601.

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FARMS, ACREAGES, RECREATION and Commercial Property in the beautiful and productive Swan River Valley. View website at: mckay2000.com or call Darin McKay 204-734-8757, McKay Real Estate & Auction Co., Swan River, MB.

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CERT TRIACTOR. Excellent quality. Call Oscar or Lee 306-324-4315, Northland Seeds Inc, Margo, SK. CERTIFIED AC MORGAN, 92%; Waldern, 94% germ. Seed is fusarium free. Call Don WEIGH WAGONS, perfect for on-site plot at 780-853-2484, Vermilion, AB. testing of grain yields. D&F Manufacturing Ltd., 204-746-8260, www.dandf.ca

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Phone 306-227-9754, Delisle, SK. HOME BUILT 2 SEATER snowplane, powered by rebuilt 350 Chev w/headers, RV cam, 4 barrel Edelblock carb w/HD gear reduction starter, 1.71 to 1 belt drive ratio.

Good prop, c/w easy loading trailer, $9500. 306-257-4284, Allan, SK.

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precisionpac.ca FEEDLOT: 3000 HEAD capacity, includes 1040 sq. ft. house, 60,000 bushel grain storage, equipment, 6 deeded quarters. 2 miles North of Ste. Rose du Lac, MB. RANCH: 8064 acres of lease land, 1600 Angus cows. Crane River, MB. Call Dale 204-638-5581, Doug 204-447-2382.

158 ACRES NESTLED in scenic Big Boggy Valley near Roblin, MB. 1104 sq. ft. home, b a r n s , w o r k s h o p , fe n c e , n ew we l l , $269,000. Karen Goraluk, salesperson, 204-773-6797, 204-937-8357, NorthStar Ins. & Real Estate. www.north-star.ca FARM TENDER 1354 acre farm in RM of Ochre River, Manitoba. Tenders must be received on or before March 22, 2013. For information contact 204-648-4541 or view online: www.gartonsauction.com

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TIMESHARE WORLDWIDE VACATION exchanges. 2 bedroom, full kitchen. Selling due to health. 306-453-2958, Carlyle, SK.

Please contact Ed 403-546-2278 Ext. 3

WANTED TO PURCHASE FARMLAND with lots of oil wells and battery sites on property. 780-499-2367, Edmonton, AB.

80 ACRE FARM, hay and pasture, fenced, 4 bdrm, 2-1/2 bath home, many renos, outbuildings, set up for livestock. Haying equipment also available, $189,000. Call 306-872-2110, Spalding, SK. 50 ACRES ON Hwy #16, two miles from Minnedosa, MB. 20 yr. old home, with attached garage, sunroom and carport, garden and mature trees. Also 4000 sq. ft. commercial building with overhead doors, partly lined and insulated; 3500 sq. ft. livestock loose housing with corrals and drinkers, partly lined and insulated on cement; 900 sq. ft. warm shop with in-floor heat, plus hay and grain storage. All bldgs have running town water and new low maintenance metal and vinyl exterior and roofs.

Land seeded to hay and fenced. Inquire: gibbsc@mymts.net or gibbsc@shaw.ca RM 166: APPROXIMATELY 25 acres with house, barn, corrals, steel quonset, approx. 15 minutes from Swift Current, Sask.

Contact John Cave of Edge Realty Ltd. at 306-773-7379, www.farmsask.com

RM WAWKEN #93: 800 acres mixed farmland. Fenced, 3 dugouts, small lake, 1143 sq. ft. house, corrals, other buildings, FOR SALE BY Owner 240 acres grainland Sells with or without yardsite. $950,000. Northwest of Elm Creek. 204-799-7148, 2008 CANAM 500 4 wheeler, w/1300 kms, 306-577-8233, Wawota, SK. 204-436-2045, Elm Creek, MB. lots of extras. 306-338-2085, Kuroki, SK.

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CERT. ULTIMA spring triticale. Good germ, low disease. Sorgard Seeds, Churchbridge, SK., 306-399-0040, gsorgard@gmail.com

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2011 TRIPLE E Regency Class C, 29’, less than 17,000 kms, warranty pkg. included, $85,900 OBO. 403-783-2460, Ponoka, AB.

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Ardell Seeds, Vanscoy, SK, 306-668-4415.

CERT. AND REG. Orrin, Leggett, Morgan, and Souris Oats. Call Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. CERT. #1 CDC Orrin, Leggett. Fenton Seeds Tisdale, SK., 306-873-5438.

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AC CARBERRY, reg. cert. #1, 98% germ., 98% vigor, 0% fusarium graminearum.

Awe s o m e ! N a ko n e c h n y S e e d s , 306-932-4409, Ruthilda, SK. TOEPFER INT. CERTIFIED: Sadash, Unity VB, VesperVB, Waskada, Stettler w/Superb seed quality. 306-445-4022, 306-441-6699 vicki@westerngrain.com N.Battleford, SK. CERTIFIED AC SHAW VB, midge tolerant; AC Unity VB, midge tolerant; AC Muchm o r e ; C D C T h r i ve . A c e C r o p C a r e 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. M&M SEEDS has Cert. #1 AC Shaw VB, awnless midge tolerant variety. Book early, cash discounts. 306-258-2219, St Denis SK CERTIFIED MEREDITH, high yielding CERT., REG., AC Unity VB, CDC Utmost malt variety. Early booking and large order VB, AC Carberry, Lillian wheat, 0% fudiscounts. Phone Jeff at 306-227-7867, sarium. Reisner Seed Farm, 306-263-2139, Limerick, SK. breisner@sasktel.net jeffsopatyk@me.com Saskatoon, SK. TOEPFER INT. CERTIFIED: AC Metcalfe, CDC Copeland, CDC Meredith, CDC Austenson. Ph: 306-445-4022, 306-441-6699, N.Battleford, SK. www.westerngrain.com Kam sack,SK Phone (306)542-4235 CDC MEREDITH, CDC KINDERSLEY, reg., cert., high yield. Gregoire Seed Farms Fax (306)542-3048 Ltd., North Battleford, SK. 306-441-7851, Info@fedorukseeds.com 306-445-5516, gregfarms@sasktel.net w w w .fedorukseeds.com CERT. METCALFE, CERT. Meredith, 99% W heat:A C Carberry,CDC Utm ost,Harvest germ., 0% fusarium Graminearum. Fraser Farms Ltd., 306-741-0475, Pambrun, SK. (blow out pricing) and m any m ore varieties; Barley: 2 R Metcalfe (m alting), Cow boy CERT AND REG high germinating Metcalfe, Copeland, Newdale Barley. Call Frederick (biom ass),6 R Celebration;O ats:Sum m itt, Seeds, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. Souris;Peas (yellow and green)and Flax CERT. CDC MEREDITH, CDC Copeland, AC Metcalfe. Excellent quality. Call Oscar Canada’s Seed Partner or Lee 306-324-4315, Northland Seeds THE SEED SPECIALISTS Inc. Margo, SK. STAYI NFORMED: Ag news, market CERTIFIED CDC COPLAND, 94% germ.; comments...

CDC Meredith, 96% germ.; CDC Cowboy, website updated twice weekly 95% germ.; Ponoka, 94% germ.; CDC Auswww.fedorukseeds.com tenson, 96% germ. All seed is fusarium free. Don at 780-853-2484, Vermilion, AB. CERT. UNITY VB. Midge tolerant, exc. quality. Call Oscar or Lee 306-324-4315, Malt Barley/Feed Grains/Pulses Northland Seeds Inc, Margo, SK. best price/best delivery/best payment CERT. AC VESPER VB, AC Carberry, high germ, low fusarium. Boyes Seeds, Kelvington, SK, 306-327-4980, 306-327-7660.

FOUNDATION AND/OR CERTIFIED CDC Utmost VB and Lillian Wheat. Call Craswell Licen s ed & bon d ed Seeds, Strasbourg, SK., 306-725-3236.

1- 800- 2 58- 7434 ro ger@ seed - ex.co m GLENN RSW, Cert., good germ., very low FDN., REG., CERT., AC Metcalfe; CDC Fusarium, #1 grade; BENTLEY 2R Malt Copeland; CDC Austenson; AC Ranger; barley, Cert., high yielder. Webster’s Seed CDC Cowboy. Ardell Seeds, Vanscoy, SK, Farm, Welwyn, SK. 306-733-4593.

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CERT. GLENN, Carberry, Vesper VB, CDC CDC COPELAND, CDC MEREDITH. Certified Utmost VB, Infinity Red Spring wheats, and Registered available. 99% germ., 0% Snowstar White wheat. Good germ, low fusarium graminearum. Call Greg at Tez disease. Sorgard Seeds, Churchbridge, SK., 306-399-0040, gsorgard@gmail.com Seeds Inc., 306-378-7828, Elrose, SK. CERT. AC METCALF, CDC Merdith. Contact CERT.#1 UNITY, WASKADA, Thrive and Greenshields Seeds Ltd., 306-524-2155, Lillian wheat. Contact Shewchuk Seeds, 306-290-7816, Blaine Lake, SK. 306-524-4339, 306-746-7336, Semans, SK CERT. #1 AC NEWDALE (2R), Legacy (6R). AC ANDREW, cert. #1, 95% germ., 0% fusarium gram. Book early. 306-932-4409 Fenton Seeds, Tisdale, SK., 306-873-5438.

Nakonechny Seeds, Ruthilda, SK. M&M SEEDS has Certified #1 2011 Newdale and CDC Copeland and CDC CERTIFIED AC SHAW, VB wheat for sale.

Meredith, 99% germ. Book early. Cash dis- Phone 306-395-2652, Chaplin, SK. counts. 306-258-2219, St. Denis, SK. AC VESPER VB, reg. cert. #1, 98% CERT. AC METCALFE, CDC Copeland, malt germ., excellent quality. Limited supply. barley. Sundre feed barley. Early booking Nakonechny Seeds, 306-932-4409, at and large order discounts. Visa or MC ac- Ruthilda, SK. c e p t e d . S e e d t r e at i n g ava i l a b l e . w w w. L L s e e d s . c a f o r m o r e i n f o .

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CERTIFIED TRANSCEND and Strongfield Durum. Call Craswell Seeds, Strasbourg, SK., 306-725-3236.

CALL SIMPSON SEEDS to book your Cert. Strongfield Durum, 91% germ., no graminearum, fusarium. Moose Jaw, SK. 306-693-9402.

CERTIFIED AC TRANSCEND. Ace Crop Care 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. CERTIFIED CDC VERONA, 95% germ., 0.5% fusarium graminearum. Call Greg at Tez Seeds Inc., 306-378-7828, Elrose, SK. MOBILE DIMENSION 128 sawmill, 4 cyl., CERT. STRONGFIELD, Cert. Verona durum, Volkswagen, 3 blades, hyd. deck on trail- 95% germ., 0% fusarium Graminearum.

Fraser Farms. 306-741-0475, Pambrun, SK er, $18,000. 204-848-2254, Onanole, MB. REG., CERT. STRONGFIELD, CDC Verona Durum. Early booking and large order discounts. Visa or MC accepted. Seed treating available. www.LLseeds.ca for more info.

ELIAS SCALES MFG., several different 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. ways to weigh bales and livestock; Platform scales for industrial use as well, non- NO DISEASE, high germ: Registered and electric, no balances or cables (no weigh Certified Transcend and Kyle. Palmier like it). Shipping arranged. 306-445-2111, Seed Farms 306-472-3722, Lafleche, SK moe.anita@sasktel.net North Battleford, SK. www.eliasscales.com

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306-472-3722, moe.anita@sasktel.net CERT. AND REG. Utmost VB, Harvest, Andrew, Conquer VB. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. CERT. #1 VESPER VB, Goodeve VB, CDC Utmost VB, Harvest, AC Sadash (CSWS).

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Early booking and large order discounts.

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306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. REG., CERT #1 Shaw; CDC Utmost; Unity; Conquer; Carberry. Ardell Seeds, Vanscoy, SK, 306-668-4415.

CERTIFIED AC SHAW-DOMAIN VB, Midge tolerant, and Certified Utmost VB, Midge tolerant wheat, high germ., low disease.

Call RoLo Farms 306-543-5052, Regina, SK CERT. WHEAT SEED, HIGH GERM. with low fusarium. Varieties avail. are Glenn, Carberry, Kernen and Pasteur. Ph Redsper Enterprises Ltd. Rivers, MB, 204-328-5346.

CERT. GLENN, UNITY, Harvest, Utmost, Carberry, Pasteur seed wheat; Fdn. Vesper wheat. We can deliver. Boissevain Select Seeds, 1-866-534-6846.

TOP QUALITY CERT. alfalfa and grass seed. Call Gary or Janice Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK.

CERT. ULTIMA spring triticale, Cert. CDC Baler forage oats, Cert. CDC Cowboy barley, Cert. CDC Tucker peas. Can be blended to your specification. Good germ, low disease. Sorgard Seeds, Churchbridge, SK. 306-399-0040, gsorgard@gmail.com

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CDC IMVINCIBLE SMALL green lentils, Centennial brown, Cert. Cutlass oriental certified. Sean Miller, Avonlea, SK., mustard. Treated or bare seed. Sorgard Seeds, Churchbridge, SK. 306-399-0040, 306-868-7822. email: gsorgard@gmail.com CDC IMPOWER, CDC DAZIL Clearfield lentils. cert. and reg. available. Call Greg at M O N TAN A SPECIALTY M ILLS Tez Seeds Inc., 306-378-7828, Elrose, SK. Is n ow bu yin g & con tra ctin g M u s ta rd S eed FOUNDATION, REGISTERED, CERTIFIED YEL L O W M US T ARD CDC Redcliff and CDC Maxim CL. Craswell BRO W N M US T ARD Seeds, Strasbourg, SK., 306-725-3236.

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Con ta ct: Ju s tin Ha g er RoLo Farms 306-543-5052, Regina, SK. 1-800-332-2024 CERT. CDC IMPOWER, CDC Imvincible, Cert. Greenland lentils, exc. germ., no dis- CUSTOM CLEANING AND bagging all types of mustard for seed or processing. Color ease, high vigor. 306-395-2652 Chaplin SK sorting available. Also looking for low CERT. CDC IMPOWER and Improve g r a d e m u s t a r d . C a l l A c ke r m a n A g Clearfield; Greenland; small red: Maxim 306-638-2282, Chamberlain, SK. and Impala. Palmier Seed Farms, Lafleche, SK 306-472-3722, moe.anita@sasktel.net CERTIFIED CDC IMVINCIBLE, Impower, Improve Clearfield lentils. Phone Nathan Sudom 306-530-4107, Avonlea, SK. Email: CERT. 1 NSC Libau, NSC Anola early maturing soybeans from NorthStar Genetics. nbs696@mail.usask.ca Full spectrum of soybean inoculants CERTIFIED CDC RUBY, CDC Danzil, CDC available. Sorgard Seeds, Churchbridge, Impower. Ace Crop Care 306-831-8963, SK., 306-399-0040, gsorgard@gmail.com Rosetown, SK. CERTIFIED CDC IMPOWER CL, CDC Dazil CL, CDC Redcliff, CDC Maxim CL. Fast Seed Farm, 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. CERT. CDC DAZIL, CDC Imax, CDC Maxim, CDC Impower. Hansen Seeds, Ye l l ow G r a s s , S K . 3 0 6 - 4 6 5 - 2 5 2 5 o r CLEANED PEA AND wheat seed for sale.

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306-374-1968 BUYING: FEED GRAINS, all types of screenings, damaged canola. Quick payment. Call Joy Lowe or Scott Ralph at Wilde Bros. Ag Trading 1-877-752-0115 or 403-752-0115, Raymond, Alberta or email: wildebrosagtrading@gmail.com

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FOR ALL YOUR forage seed needs. Full line CERT. CDC MEADOW, CDC TREASURE of alfalfa/grasses/blending. Greg Bjornson yellow peas. Early booking and large order 306-554-3302 or 306-554-7987, Viking discounts. Phone Jeff at 306-227-7867, Forage Seeds, Wynyard, SK. jeffsopatyk@me.com Saskatoon, SK. CERT. CDC MEADOW, CDC Bronco, CDC Golden and Agassiz yellow peas. High W A N T E D : B O R A G E S E E D . P h o n e REG. CERT. CDC SORREL. Excellent germ., no disease. Call RoLo Farms, 403-280-0155, Delacour, AB. quality. Call Oscar or Lee 306-324-4315, 306-543-5052, Regina, SK. Northland Seeds Inc, Margo, SK. REG. CERT. COOPER. Excellent quality.

S e ll you r or CERT. 1 PRAIRIE Sapphire brown flax. Call Oscar or Lee 306-324-4315, Northland Good germ. Sorgard Seeds, Churchbridge, Seeds Inc, Margo, SK. to W e s te rn Ca n a d a â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s SK., 306-399-0040, gsorgard@gmail.com CERT. #1 CDC Meadow, CDC Prosper, la rge s t B u ye r of d a m a ge d c a n ola .

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CERT. CDC IMVINCIBLE, CDC Impower, CDC Maxim, CDC Dazil. Early booking and large order discounts. Saskatoon, SK. Jeff 306-227-7867, jeffsopatyk@me.com CERT. CDC MAXIM CL, CDC Impower CL, CDC Imigreen CL. Early booking and large order discounts. Visa or MC accepted.

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BUYING YELLOW AND GREEN PEAS, all grades, farm pickup. Naber Specialty WANTED: FEED GRAIN, barley, wheat, Grains Ltd., 1-877-752-4115, Melfort, SK. peas, green or damaged canola. Phone Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK. email: nsgl@sasktel.net

LENTIL SEED- SMALL green, large green F D N . C E RT. C D C TO G O. Excellent and small reds. All are Imi-resistant. Nice quality. Call Oscar or Lee 306-324-4315, price. Call Curt, Dobson Farms Ltd, Northland Seeds Inc, Margo, SK. 306-501-2488, Rouleau, SK.

WANTED: FEED/ OFF-GRADE Pulses and tough, heated green oilseeds and also cereals. Prairie Wide Grain, Saskatoon, SK., 306-230-8101, 306-716-2297.

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H a n s e n S e e d s , Ye l l o w G r a s s , S K . Bulk pricing. Phone: 306-378-2258, Elrose, SK. 306-465-2525 or 306-861-5679.

CDC BASTIA, cert. #1, 94% germ., exc. LARGE KABULI CHICKPEAS, 100% germ, quality. Book early! Nakonechny Seeds 92% vigor, .75% ascochyta. Call Don at 306-587-2647, Cabri, SK. 306-932-4409, Ruthilda, SK.

HEAVY OATS MIXED with 20% wheat, 7000 bushels. Call 306-642-5812, Scout Lake, SK. CONVENTIONAL and ROUNDUP READY corn seed. Call CanaMaize Seed Inc, 1-877-262-4046 or www.canamaize.com

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WANTED: ALFALFA/GRASS hay, large round bales. We are interested in all qualities of hay delivered to Bethune, SK. Call 306-638-3051.

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Also brome and 2nd cut alfalfa. Call 306-861-7092, Weyburn, SK. LARGE SQUARE BALES, 4x4 alfalfa, alfalfa/grass mix. Bales located near US border, South of Rockglen, SK. 306-642-5812.

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Ph: 306-662-2198 WANTED TO BUY straight alfalfa bales, rounds or squares, picked up or delivered to Ellinwood, Kansas. 620-786-0589.

500 ROUND WHEAT/STRAW BALES, net wrapped, 900 to 1000 lbs. Call 780-878-4655, Ferintosh, AB. CUSTOM BALE HAULING with 2 trucks and t r a i l e r s , 3 4 b a l e s p e r t r a i l e r. C a l l 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. 1500 ALFALFA CRESTED WHE AT net wrapped bales, no rain; Parting out JD 567 baler. Al 306-463-8423, Marengo, SK. COMPLETE HAY HAULING and loading business for sale w/flax haul from central SK. or USA. 4- truck trains. 204-729-7297.

ALFALFA AND ALFALFA HAY bales, 5x6 r o u n d , n e t w r ap p e d , $ 3 5 - $ 4 0 / t o n .

306-882-3115, Fiske, SK. STRAW, SMALL SQUARE wheat straw bales for sale. Moose Jaw, SK. Call 306-631-7234, or l.g.knox@sasktel.net FOR SALE LARGE square bales, alfalfa crested wheat brome. Call 306-630-3078, Moose Jaw, SK. 200 GRASS/BIRDSFOOT trefoil bales from 2010 and 2011 crops, approx. 850 lbs., $20/bale. Call 306-736-2625, Kipling, SK. 52 HAY BALES, 1800 lbs., mostly brome, baled August, 2012, $55 per bale. Pinkie Rd., Regina, SK. Call 306-591-2248.

TRUCK MOUNT, bale picker mover, also cattle and bale scales. 306-445-2111, www.eliasmfgltd.com North Battleford, SK. 1000 ROUND ALFALFA hay bales, 60/40 mix, 2012 crop, no rain, excellent quality, $100 ton. 306-264-3834, Kincaid, SK. ORGANIC ROUND FLAX straw bales, $30/bale OBO. 306-382-1299, Saskatoon, SK. wallace.hamm@pro-cert.org LARGE ROUND ALFALFA brome mixed hay.

306-764-6372, Prince Albert, SK. LARGE ROUND ALFALFA BALES: 6002012 crop, 20% plus protein, $100/ton; 200- 2011 crop, $60/ton; 200- 2010 crop, $20/ton. Will load. Phone 306-858-2529, 306-858-7345 cell, Lucky Lake, SK. WHEAT, OATS AND BARLEY straw, 3x4 bales, $50/ton, will load, can deliver at extra cost. 306-771-4209, White City, SK.

PHOSPHATE - GYPSUM - COMPOST. Delivered direct to your farm in truck load lots: phos and gyp OMRI approved for organic use. Contact: Bartzen Ag Supply Ltd. 306-242-4553 or email: lbartzen@shaw.ca

WANTED: MILLING TRITICALE, winter or spring type. Contact Norbert at Saskcan Parent, 204-737-3002, St. Joseph, MB. WANTED: LARGE yellow peas. Premiums offered. Ph 204-737-3002, St. Joseph, MB.

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GUNS! GUNS! GUNS! Bud Haynes Spring Firearms Auction, Sat., Mar. 2, 2013, 9 AM. Bay 4, 7429 49th Ave., Red Deer, AB. Estate: George Huebner of Sask. Estate: George Stawn of Cochrane. Over 500 lots.

Catalogues available Ph: 403-347-5855 www.budhaynesauctions.com

“I’ve bought lots of different equipment throughout the years, but won’t buy any other tarp except an EZ-LOC.”

~Dave C., ND

TURNKEY OPERATION: 18 deer, 6 bear tags, forest fringe zone 49. Equipment included. Deposits on 2013 hunts, $220,000. tarabahnman@hotmail.com Davidson, SK. 306-567-3200.

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THE RM OF MONET NO. 257: Seasonal Grader/Scraper Operator wanted; Seasonal Mower Operator/Labourer wanted; Summer Student Utility Person wanted.

Applications are now being accepted for a seasonal Grader/Scraper Operator to begin April 1, 2013; for a seasonal Mower Operator/Labourer to begin April 1, 2013 and for a summer Student Utility Person to begin May 1, 2013. A copy of your valid driver’s license must be sent with your application and they must be received by Feb. 22, 2013 at 5:00 PM at the following address: George Myers, Reeve, cell: 306-378-7644, RM of Monet No. 257, Box 370, Elrose, SK. S0L 0Z0. Phone: 306-378-2212; Fax: 306-378-2217, email: rm257@sasktel.net

T RU C K L OA D J U S T A R R I V E D : U s e d 11R22.5, $75 and up; used 11R24.5, $90 and up, with rims- add $50. Also available 10R20’s and 11R20’s. Call Ladimer 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK.

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1500 GALLON FUEL tank w/pump for single axle truck, vg cond, asking $1550. Call Russ at 204-298-4265, Winnipeg, MB.

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

SHUR-LOK TRUCK TARPS and replacement tarps for all makes of trucks. Alan, 306-723-4967, 306-726-7808, Cupar, SK.

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LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER: Tenders on WANTED: 18.4x42 or 480R42 Firestone all or portions of the following lands will factory duals and hubs for 180 CIH Puma be considered. Land located in the Heart tractor. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. of the Peace Country near Fairview, AB: 1) NE-3-83-3-W6, 161 acres incl., house and yardsite, 2350 sq. ft. main floor home, full basement, 1058 sq. ft. second storey, 24x24’ att. garage, 900 sq. ft. covered deck, town water, 40x110’ shop w/40x110’ lean to, 32x40’ heated horse barn, 24x48’ horse shelter w/1000 sq. ft. bale loft, New, used and retreads.

200x300’ outdoor riding arena, various Call us, you’ll be glad you did! corrals and horse pens, perimeter fenced and cross-fenced into 5 pastures, 3 dugouts; 2) NE-27-83-3-W6, 150.77 acres; 3) NE-10-83-3-W6, 151.2 acres, perimeter 1-877-814-8473. fenced and cross-fenced, 3 pastures, corral Winnipeg, MB. system, dugout; 4) SW-10-83-3-W6, Hours: 8:00 AM- 4:30 PM. 148.91 acres; 5) NE-4-83-3-W6, 149.44 acres; 6) SE-4-83-3-W6, 163.18 acres; 7) N W- 3 4 - 8 2 - 3 - W 6 , 1 5 3 . 1 9 a c r e s ; 8 ) SE-33-82-3-W6, 156.98 acres; 9) NW-28-82-3-W6, 159 acres w/surface lease. Town water, nat. gas and power are easily accessible on the NW-34-82-3-W6, SE-33-82-3-W6 and NW-28-82-3-W6.

Measurements are approx. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

10% deposit required. Send sealed tenders to: P. Jason Forbes, Kay McVey Smith & Carlstrom LLP, Barristers & Solicitors, Box 2200, Fairview, AB., T0H 1L0, Re: Flahr.

Closing date: March 1, 2013, at 4:00 COMBINE DUAL KITS, IN STOCK JD STS PM. To view and obtain additional info kit w/ new 20.8-42 tires, $16,880; JD 9400contact Darwin Flahr at 780-835-0080, or 9600/10/CTS/CTS II kit w/ new 20.8-38 tires, $11,880; CIH 1680-2588 kit w/ new Laurie Flahr at 780-835-2446.

20.8-38 tires, $13,900; CIH 8120 kit w/ 20.8 x 42 tires, $18,800; Clamp-on duals w/ new 18.4-38 tires, $4,300. Trade in your single for duals. Financing available. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

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NEW SRS CRISAFULLI PTO water pumps.

Available in 8”, 12”, 16” and 24”, PTO, elec. or engine driven available. These pumps can move up to 18,000 GPM. We have 16” PTO 15,000 GPM in stock, ready to deliver.

For more information call your SK dealer T.J. Markusson Agro Ltd. Foam Lake, SK. 306-272-4545 or 306-272-7225 See www.crisafullipumps.com

PRAIRIES WATER TREATMENT. Water treatment systems that require no salt, WANTED: CIH SERIES 9300 QUADTRAC chemicals or chlorine with total scale cont r a c k s a ny c o n d i t i o n ! P h o n e J o h n trol. From single tap to whole house to commercial. www.myclfree.com. Call Bob 204-825-2715, Pilot Mound, MB. for a free quote today. 403-620-4038, 2010 36” HD 319 GRIP TRAC Combine prairieswater@gmail.com High River, AB. Tracks, used 2 seasons, like new in shed, have JD hardware but will fit other brands w/new hardware. Selling for $15,000 less than new price. 204-649-2276, Pierson MB DOMINION DRILLING, 5” water wells, will 4 USED 30” TRACKS for STX Series be gravel packed, e-logged and screened.

Quadtrac. 306-231-9741 or 306-598-2118 25 yrs. experience drilling in SK. Also waeves., Annaheim, SK. ter well witching, well rehabilitation, well deccommitioning and geotechnical drilling. Email: dominiondrilling@hotmail.com call: 306-874-5559, cell: 306-874-7653 or fax: 306-874-2451, Pleasantdale, SK. STAUBER DRILLING INC. Environmental, Geotechnical, Geothermal, Water well drilling and servicing. Professional service since 1959. Call the experts at 1-800-919-9211 info@stauberdrilling.com

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NEW 20.8-38 12 PLY $866; 16.9-30 12 ply, $595; 18.4-38 12 ply, $783; 24.532 14 ply, $1749; 14.9-24 12 ply, $356; 16.9-28 12 ply, $558. Factory direct.

More sizes available, new and used.

1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 20.8X38 BIAS TIRES, Goodyear, new. $2000 for the pair. Phone: 306-329-4780, 306-371-7382, Asquith, SK. 18.4X46” FIRESTONE TIRES, 40% wear left, 8 tires available, asking $350/ea.

306-782-7749, Yorkton, SK.

WANTED: UNIVERSAL HEAD and attachments for Varnamo UA-1 horizontal milling machine. 306-845-8336, Turtleford, SK.

APPLY TODAY to take Crop Technology at Lakeland College’s Vermilion campus.

Your training includes involvement in the business side of the Student Managed Farm- Powered by New Holland. Details at w w w. l a ke l a n d c o l l e g e . c a o r p h o n e 1-800-661-6490, ext. 8527.

U-DRIVE TRACTOR TRAILER Training, 25 years experience. Day, 1 and 2 week upgrading programs for Class 1A, 3A and air brakes. One on one driving instructions.

306-786-6600, Yorkton, SK.

LIVE-IN NANNY ON large ranch, SW SK., to provide care for 2 young children and housekeeping duties. 306-295-4138, 306-295-7473, Eastend, SK.

PERSON REQUIRED FOR calving season.

Room and board available starting Mar. 1.

Hutterites welcome. Call 306-753-2667, Macklin, SK. SEASONAL FARM LABOURER HELP. Applicants should have previous farm experience and mechanical ability. Duties incl. operation of machinery, including tractors, truck driving and other farm equipment, as well as general farm laborer duties. $12-$18/hr. depending on experience. Contact Wade Feland at 701-263-1300, Antler, ND. FULL-TIME SHOP LABOURER, available immediately. Mechanical knowledge and training necessary. Class 5 license required, 1A an asset. Call 306-267-6110, Coronach, SK, hillcrestent@sasktel.net

PASTURE RIDERS NEEDED at Connor Creek PGR near Barrhead, AB. May 1 to PROGRESSIVE SOUTHERN SASK. family October 31. Housing and horse pasture operated grain farm is looking for qualified supplied. Call 780-674-4121. and reliable individual for year round full- HELP WANTED FOR GENERAL FARM time employment. We offer aggressive duties on mixed farm. Grain and/or cattle wages and a respectful environment with farm background an asset. $15 plus per newer equipment and technology. Refer- hour dependent on experience. Send reences required. 306-640-7373, Assiniboia, sume to: buggfarms@hotmail.com SK., email fourwindsacres@gmail.com phone/fax 306-895-4601, Paynton, SK. FULL-TIME/PART-TIME HELP wanted PINHORN GRAZING located in SE AB, is on large grain farm located at Olds, AB. New equipment w/large heated workshop. hiring an experienced cowboy or 2, for the Knowledge of Case/IH machinery and GPS 2013 season, April 15 to October 31. You systems an asset. Safe work environment are required to provide 4 solid horses and and competitive wages. Email resume have good roping skills. Bunkhouse providw/references to tebbfarms@xplornet.com ed. Possible winter employment. Call Chad 403-868-2105, Manyberries, AB. or fax to: 403-556-1756.

JOBS, CAREERS, OPPORTUNITIES. LARGE MIXED FARM and ranch requires Farm operators, drivers, mechanics. full-time employee to help with cropping, equipment maintenance and shop work.

306-466-2117, www.cadrainfarms.ca Housing available on site, suitable for a family. Call 780-376-2241, Strome, AB. www.rawesranches.com FULL-TIME YEAR-ROUND help wanted on a large Southern Alberta Cattle Ranch near Milk River, AB. Must be experienced at riding horses, good with cattle and be able to work with others. Requires own horse tack. Farrier training, welding or mechanical ability is an asset, but not required. Job entails feeding cattle in winter, running haying equipment in summer and riding horses to move cattle the rest of the year. Resume and references required.

Contact milkrivercattle@rossranch.ca or call 403-344-2205 or 403-344-4333.

GENERAL FARM LABORER needed to work full-time including every other weekend and have Class 5 drivers license. We offer a good wage and provide health and dental care. Contact Jose 403-330-9810 or fax r e s u m e t o G . T h o m p s o n L i ve s t o c k , 403-738-4762, Iron Springs , AB.

HELP WANTED on a large mixed farm in SW SK. Experience w/cattle and running large equipment an asset. Hourly wage $14 to $18 depending on experience.

306-264-3834, Kincaid, SK. FULL-TIME HELP on large Grain Farm/ Feedlot near Lafleche, SK. Qualifications: ambitious, mechanically inclined, can operate large equipment, Class 1A preferably, $18-$30/hr. Accommodations incl.

Fax resume 306-472-3110 or call Wes 306-472-7642 or 306-472-7769.

PERMANENT FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE wanted for grain farm at Milden, SK. Farm experience, and Class 1A. Competitive, negotiable wage. Fax resume: 306-935-2201, ph Graham 306-935-4523, 306-831-7514.

AJL FARMS is seeking full-time Cattle FARM HELP WANTED. Wage $20-$26 Herdsperson. Must be able to recognize and treat cattle health problems, feed catper hour. Near Biggar, SK., 306-948-6548. tle, and perform general farm duties. WagSEASONAL FARM LABOURER possible es $18-$23/hr. Ph. 780-723-6244, email/ leading to full-time on large grain farm fax resume to: chajlfarms@xplornet.com starting April 1. Starting wage $15-16/hr. 780-723-6245, Niton Junction, AB. Consider experience, welding, 1A drivers license with clean abstract, minimum 173 F U L L - T I M E E Q U I P M E N T O P E R ATO R , hrs./mos. Flexible hours during busy sea- available immediately. Farm background sons. Consider giving some training. Reply an asset. General knowledge of equipment to Lucien Jacobs, Box 32, Trossachs, SK. operation and maintenance is required.

Class 5 and 1A licenses required. Call S0C 2N0 or email to lucjac@sasktel.net 306-267-6110, hillcrestent@sasktel.net KLATT HARVESTING has positions open for combine, truck and cart operators for the 2013 Harvest Run. Wages $2400 to $3000/mth. Room and board provided.

Possible year end bonus. Run starts in Kansas, travels through 5 more states and continues into Canada. We run eight new 8230 combines and eight semis’ including a 2012 389 Pete. We leave in June and finish in October. Early work available for spring crop seeding in Canada with opportunity of obtaining your Class 1 license. If you are looking for a memorable summer of travel call 406-788-8160 or check out our website: klattfarms.synthasite.com.

Fax resumes to 403-867-2751 or email: klattfarms@hotmail.com Foremost, AB. FARM WORKER WANTED on busy mixed farm near Carstairs, AB. Farm working experience would be an asset. Duties will include managing cows/calves, repairing/operating equipment. Must be able to do hard manual labour. Work would start April 15. Wages $13-$17/hr. based on experience. Contact Hallett’s Hay and Seed BEEKEEPER’S HELPERS (4), for 2013 season May to Oct., $12-$15/hr depending on Ltd., phone 403-586-3769. experience. Contact Ron Althouse, GENERAL FARM LABOURER for our 306-278-2747, Porcupine Plain, SK. 4000 acre contemporary grain farm with current equipment. We are looking FULL-TIME MECHANIC or mechanically infor a self-motivated exp. Farm Labourer. clined farm laborer required on East cenExperience in all farm activities including tral Alberta grain farm near Irma. Class 1 driving trucks, tractors, and using farm and experience with large equipment an equipment an asset. Other duties would asset. Housing may be available. Very be: machinery and building maintenance, competitive salary. Info ph 780-777-5227. yard and farm work. Must be able to work with limited supervision. Would be willing DAIRY HERDSMAN/MANAGER for modern to train. Valid driver’s license is required. 250 cow freestall dairy in Edmonton, AB. Position can be full-time or seasonal (ne- area. Responsibilities include AI, feeding, gotiable). 8 hrs. a day unless dictated by hoof-trim, milking. Minimum experience 2 the season or weather. Some weekend years. For more information email Piet: work is required. Wages $15-$20/hr. de- peetersdairy@xplornet.com pending on experience and ability. Please FULL-TIME PERMANENT POSITION contact Stan or Donna Yaskiw, Birtle, MB. available on our family managed grain 204-796-1400, 204-842-5252. farm. Looking for a motivated, healthy inFULL OR PART-TIME help wanted on large dividual who has experience operating grain farm. Housing provided. Have heated modern large farm equipment. Class 1A 54x80 workshop. Mostly new equipment. an asset. Aggressive salary based on exClass 1A and mechanical skills an asset. perience. Located near Regina. Email Competitive wages and a safe working en- Curt at dobfarm@sasktel.net or call vironment. Please call 306-224-4441, 306-501-2488, Rouleau, SK. fax/email resume to 306-224-4546 or BRITISH COLUMBIA: Small family hay ls.sluser@sasktel.net Corning, SK farm needs an all-round self motivated TRUCK DRIVERS AND Equipment Opera- person w/mechanical skills. Semi retired tors: Corral cleaners looking for drivers ok but full-time for summer. Couple weland operators (loader and High hoe) with come. Cabin available year round. 100 Classes 1 and/or 3 drivers licence, for the Mile House, BC, wells.john@gmail.com or 2013 season, running March through Dec. 250-395-3539.

Working 12 hrs/day and part of Saturday, holiday working permits welcome. Modern LOOKING FOR PROMOTION? Full-time shop paying $17 to $20/hr. No housing. farm operations foreman required on large R e p l y : a g e m p l o y @ g m a i l . c o m F a x : grain farm near Regina. Competitive sala403-732-4290, Picture Butte, AB. Web: ry, benefits, bonus plan and housing avail.

Email: farmacres2@gmail.com Pense, SK. www.agriemployalberta.com

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precisionpac.ca C&K HERMAN FARMS LTD. owns and operates a grain farm north of Swift Current, SK. in the Leinan district. We are a hard working established business built on honesty and integrity, striving for efficiency and professionalism. Remaining true to our values and business model, we believe that our people remain the driving force behind our success. We are looking for that professional and passionate grain farmer seeking to pursue a career in agriculture. This individual will need a Class 1 license as well as the ability to operate and maintain late model JD equipment. All equipment has GPS and computer related programs. This team leader will be highly motivated, a positive and progressive thinker with a humble attitude. All tasks will be completed with great care and attention to detail. We offer an excellent work environment and in return demand respect towards fellow employees, all property and family. Please contact Chad 306-741-7743, hermanfarms@sasktel.net or fax 306-773-3750.

EXPERIENCED EQUIPMENT ROWCROP OPERATOR required, seasonal part-time starting May 1st to Oct. 15. Mechanical knowledge and Class 1A a must. Phone 306-353-4415, Riverhurst, SK, or email: terryandjoe@sasktel.net FULL OR SEASONAL HELP WANTED on grain farm at Rouleau, SK. 30 mins. from Regina and Moose Jaw. Class 1A and farm background an asset. Competitive wages and benefits available. Call 306-776-2525, 306-533-9745, dandjbean@sasktel.net

AARTS ACRES, a 2500 sow barn located near Solsgirth, MB is seeking experienced Breeding and Farrowing Technicians. The successful applicant must possess the necessary skills, an aptitude for the care and handling of animals, good communication skills and the ability to work as part of a highly productive team. Temporary and permanent housing available. For an appli- HEAD DRAFT HORSE Driver needed at cation ph 204-842-3231 or fax resume to Heritage Ranch in Red Deer, AB. Hiring a 204-842-3273. full time driver w/minimum 5 yrs. driving experience. Responsibilities include harEM P L OYM EN T OP P OR TU N ITY nessing, feeding horses, dealing with the public, etc. Please send your resume to jackie@heritage ranch 403-347-4977.

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AUSTRALIA’S COTTON HARVEST. Operators wanted for the upcoming cotton season starting mid to late Feb. 2013.

Work will commence for approx. 6 months with opportunity for further work. Farm exp. would be an advantage. Food and accommodations supplied. Must work well with others and be eligible for a work Visa.

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Em p loym e n t Op p ortun ity Po s itio n o n Be e fS e e d s to c k Ra n c h 800 grass calving beef seedstoc k cow s,sm allbull developm ent feedlot ,intensive grass m anage m ent,annual 400 head bullsale.

This is a pe rm ane nt long-term position for the right person.

W e are looking for som eone w ith interest,enthusiasm and energy.

This is an opportunity to learn and experience a unique cattle operation.Excellent w ages and bonuses based on experience and aptitude,opportunities for advancem ent.V ibrant com m unity and tow n,10 m inutes aw ay, w ith lots of spousalem ploym ent.

W e also have an opening for a seasonalperson S pring to Fall.

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M .C . Q u a n to c k Live s to c k C o rp., Llo yd m in s te rAB P hone/Fax:78 0-8 75-8 16 7 em ail:m cq ua n tock@ h otm a il.com MIXED GRAIN FARM in south central SK., looking for F/T position, accom. avail.

306-436-4511, 306-436-7703, Milestone.

FAMILY OPERATED FARM in Southern SK. is looking for that reliable, honest year round full-time employee we need. Expect to work in a respected mixed operation that you will enjoy with newer technology and equipment. Excellent wages offered.

Call Greg at 306-640-7614, Assiniboia, SK. CENTRAL ALBERTA, COW/CALF operation or email: hotrodder@sasktel.net requires exp. individual for operating and maintaining equipment and machinery. WANTED FULL-TIME WORKER for a Mechanical ability and welding needed. grain/cattle operation, wages negotiable.

Class 1 License and livestock exp. an asset, Duties incl. running and maintaining modleadership and self-motivated. Great loca- ern equipment working with cattle. Farm t i o n a n d t e a m t o w o r k w i t h . F a x : background an asset. Position is located 403-227-6938, Ph. 403-227-2594, Innis- near Drumheller, AB. Email resumes to: dewakat@magtech.ca or fax to fail, AB. email: futureal@telusplanet.net 403-823-9208. Phone 403-823-9222.

PERMANENT FULL-TIME RANCH/ FARMER WANTED: FARM LABOURERS able to wanted for beef and hay ranch, Merritt, run farm equipment on cattle/grain farm.

BC. Involves hay and silage crops, cattle, F u l l - t i m e wo r k ava i l a b l e . C a l l M i ke machinery, and management of irrigation 306-469-7741, Big River, SK. system and seasonal employees. Great career opportunity for young motivated per- DAIRY HERDSMAN WANTED. Good locason interested in farming and ranching. tion near medium sized town with great Accommodation supplied plus benefits. fishing, hunting and golfing. Mail resume Send resume info@ranchland.ca or fax to: Box 3130, Nipawin, SK. S0E 1E0 or fax 250-378-4956. to 306-862-4279. Ph 306-862-9470.

GRAIN AND CATTLE family farm, Central COW/CALF OPERATION requires person Alberta. Full-time position. Exp required in for general farm and ranch work. House both areas. Clean driver, Class 3 and weld- w/utilities and appliances supplied. Coning an asset. Non-smoker. Wages, holidays sort, AB. Phone 403-577-0011 or email and bonus for hard working, self-starter. references to: u2dryad4@hotmail.com Email resume including ref. names and ph numbers to: couleecrestfarm@yahoo.com FULL-TIME HELP ON grain farm, 30 miles S o u t h o f R e g i n a , S K , at M i l e s t o n e .

306-436-4418 or 306-436-2053.

POSITION AVAILABLE, Cypress Hills, SK. area. Background and yearling grasser operation. Modern facilities and equipment.

Good working environment. Class 1 preferred. Wages negotiable depending on experience. 306-295-4138, 306-295-7473.

Qu a lif ica tio n s : Cla s s 1 A, o p er a tin g a n d m a in ta in in g m o d er n fa r m eq u ip m en t, s tr o n g co m m u n ica tio n an d tim e m a n a g em en t s kills , exp er ien ce w ith JD 2 6 3 0 Ca s e P r o 7 0 0 a n d T o p Co n m o n ito r s a n a s s et.

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Ca ll 204- 748- 81 56 cell Em a il res u m es w ith ref eren ces to : d w a yn ed ra ke1 23@ gm a il.co m DAIRY WORKER FOR 120 cow tie-stall barn. Rental accommodation avail. Wages negotiable. 306-771-4318, Balgonie, SK. PASTURE RIDER WANTED for Wanham Grazing Reserve. Must have living accommodations, horse and tack. Contact Gilbert at 780-618-1621, 780-338-3309. Send resume to Box 1786, Grimshaw, AB T0H 1W0

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P erm a n en t fu ll tim e & sea son a l p osition s loca ted 45 km sou th of R egin a Ca n d id a tes m u s t ha ve exten sive exper ien ce in the oper ation an d m ain ten an ce of m oder n tr actor s,air dr ills, com bin es,an d G PS. 1 A licen ce is r equ ir ed.

C an didates m u st be able to w or k in depen den tly an d in a gr ou p en vir on m en t.

M echa n ica l tr ain in g w ill be con sider ed an asset.

W ell Ab o ve in du str y stan dar d w age & ben ef its. sen d r esu m e to: L ekivetz Fa rm s , G r ay,Sask em ail: lekivetzf a rm s @ s a s ktel.n et f ax: (306) 738-4428

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY near Mossbank, SK. for reliable self-motivated person interested in large grain farm operation. Applicant should be experienced in mechanics, operating large farm machinery and able to take on farm tasks independently. Class 1A an asset. Great wages available. Phone Mike 306-354-7822 or email: nagelm44@hotmail.com DAIRY WORKER REQUIRED for 100 cow dairy, full or part-time. Competitive wages. Phone 306-259-4881, Young, SK.

PERSON REQUIRED to work on hatching egg farm (poultry), 8 miles south of Barrhead, AB. Must be mechanically inclined, attention to detail and wages negotiable, PRETTY VALLEY HONEY, commercial housing available. May qualify for foreign honey farm, Minitonas, MB. is looking for worker program. Jim 780-674-9690, email Apiary Workers interested in working sea- resume to: maldafarms@me.com sonal full-time from mid March to mid N o v. d e p e n d i n g o n s e a s o n . W a g e $11-$14/hr. Physically demanding, all apiary work included, must have valid driver’s MOBILE HOME PARK MANAGER wanted license. Contact Eckhard 204-525-2073. in Kelowna, BC. Perfect for a couple who FARM LABOURERS WANTED: Includes want to retire in the beautiful Okanagan. room and board, other jobs may include Email resume to: docbwp@hotmail.com carpentry and construction, will train. Ed- ASSISTANT LEASE RIDER Position remonton, AB. 780-902-2108, 780-920-7360 quired for Circle E Grazing in Southern Alberta. Must supply own horses/tack. RopFARM WORK OR HELP? We can help by ing/ doctoring knowledge an asset. April matching you to your next job or finding 1, 2013 to Oct. 31, 2013. Possible to reyour next employee. Call Tony at Ag Em- turn in 2014. Housing supplied. Fax reployment at 403-732-4295 or fax resume sume to Circle E Grazing, 403-654-2881 or to: 403-732-4290. For website or info email: kbrod@telusplanet.net email us at: tonykarenk@hotmail.com FULL-TIME FARM LABOURER required to SEASONAL/ FULL-TIME HELP required operate sprayers, planter, trucks, etc. on for Custom Swathing operation. Accom- grain farm 20 miles S of Winnipeg, MB. modations and meals supplied. Will train. Experience and Class 1 license an asset.

Travelling from Oklahoma north to Sask. Ph: Ron 204-736-2622, ron@manness.ca Wa g e s n e g o t i a b l e . C a l l fo r d e t a i l s .

3 0 6 - 7 7 6 - 2 5 1 0 o r f a x r e s u m e t o : SOUTH COUNTRY EQUIPMENT LTD. Needs 306-776-2517, Rouleau, SK. 10 FT heavy equipment mechanics to: repair, overhaul, troubleshoot and maintain LOOKING FOR HELP with calving, male or John Deere heavy-duty agricultural equipf e m a l e . H u t t e r i t e s w e l c o m e . ment, use testing equipment to diagnose 306-753-7116. malfunctions and determine extent of repairs required, test repaired equipment to 3L CATTLE COMPANY Ltd. is a mixed cattle ensure compliance with John Deere and farming operation. We are seeking specifications. Require Journeyman or, qualified individuals for a full time perma- minimum 4-6 yrs. equivalent experience as nent position. Applicants must have heavy duty equipment mechanic. Wages k n o w l e d g e o f a n d e x p e r i e n c e w i t h from $25-27/hr. depending on qualificacow/calf and/or feedlot situations. Horse- tions/experience. Qualified candidates manship is important, must supply own would be assigned to work in any of the tack. Duties would include calving, brand- following locations: Weyburn, Southey, ing, pasture and feedlot treating of cattle, Regina, Raymore, Mossbank, Moose Jaw, fence repair and helping with haying crew, Montmartre, Assiniboia. How to apply: farrier work is an asset. Wages negotiable Please reply in writing, fax, or E-mail with based on experience. Housing accommo- Attention to Drew Watson or Chris Clemdations available. Start immediately. Fax ents by: fax at 306-842-3833, or you can resume to 306-874-2457 Attention: Shan- email watsondrew@southcountry.ca or non or, call 306-874-5627, Naicam, SK. go on our website at www.southcountry.ca Contact Drew Watson at 306-842-4686.

STRATHMORE AREA FEEDLOT is currently looking for a full-time Pen Rider. ELCAN FORAGE, OUTLOOK, SK HAS Duties to include: ride pens and treat sick position for Maintenance/Mechanic. cattle, process incoming/outgoing cattle Responsibilities include: servicing, upkeep and various other feedlot duties. Competi- of plant equipment and rolling equipment. t i v e w a g e s a n d b e n e fi t p l a n . C a l l Welding experience would be an asset. We 4 0 3 - 8 8 8 - 4 1 6 4 o r f a x r e s u m e t o offer competitive wage and benefits. Apply via email: elcan@xplornet.com, fax: 403-934-4928, Strathmore, AB. 306-867-8353 or phone: 306-867-8080.

EMPLOYEE WANTED FOR large modern dairy farm, north of Saskatoon, SK. area.

Duties include: milking, feeding, cleaning, working with cattle and equipment. Experienced person preferred. Call or send resume to Melvin Foth 306-232-3462, 306-225-4678, email fvl@sasktel.net

WASCANA COUNTRY CLUB is seeking a Turf Care Crew/General Labourer for full/part-time seasonal work. The ideal candidate will be a motivated and mature person willing to work the entire season from thaw until freeze-up. Golfing privileges, great work environment. Contact Chris at chris@wascanacountryclub.com or 306-586-0395, Regina, SK.

AGRICULTURAL COLLATERAL INSPECTION and Appraisals. Ag background required. Training course available. Call 1-800-488-7570, Twin Falls, ID or visit www.amagappraisers.com

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Fu ll-Tim e Po sitio n , $15 to $20 per ho u r.Ben efits,(a fter6 m o n th perio d ).

Plea se Fo rw a rd Resu m es to M a rc a t G ra tto n Co u lee Agri Pa rts Ltd ., B o x 4 1,Irm a ,AB T0B 2H 0 o r S en d Fa x to 780-75 4 -2333.

HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC, experienced in hydraulics, diesel engines, prime movers, tracked vehicles, as well as, spray equipment. This is an opportunity for field and shop work. Please send resume by email to: acemail@acevegetation.com or, by fax to: 780-955-9426 or, send it by mail to: ACE, 2001- 8 St. Nisku, AB. T9E 7Z1.

SEASONAL/ FULL-TIME HELP required for Custom Swathing operation. Accommodations and meals supplied. Will train.

Travelling from Oklahoma north to Sask.

Wa g e s n e g o t i a b l e . C a l l fo r d e t a i l s .

306-776-2510 or fax resume to: 306-776-2517, Rouleau, SK.

GRATTON COUL EE AGRIPARTS L TD. Is a pro gre s s ive , e xpa n d in g a gric u ltu ra l s a lva ge pa rts c o m pa n y s pe c ia lizin g in la te m o d e l tra c to r a n d c o m b in e pa rts a n d lo c a te d a tIrm a , Alb e rta .

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(4 va ca n cies ) Perm a n en t, fu ll tim e p o s itio n s -44 hrs p er w eek. S a la ry $19.25 to $20.00/hr.

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To a pply fo r a po s itio n w ith u s , plea s e e-m a il res u m e to : m a rc@ gcpa rts .co m o r s en d fa x to 78 0-754-2333 Atten tio n : Alvin W a n n echk o

SEASONAL GRADER OPERATOR The RM of Val Marie No 17 invites applications for the position of Grader Operator for the 2013 season. The position is full-time, paid hourly. Duties to commence when the 2013 road season begins. Previous road maintenance experience and ability to operate heavy equipment is preferred, however, we will consider training someone for the position. A valid Class 5 drivers license is required. This position will be open until a suitable applicant has been found. Please send applications to the: RM of Val Marie No 17, Box 59, Val Marie, SK S0N 2T0. Email: rm17@sasktel.net Fax: 306-298-2224. Phone 306-298-2009.

YE AR ROUND RESIDENT C ARETAKER couple required for beautiful Paradise Lake Resort in Thompson/Okanagan, BC. We are seeking a healthy, dependable couple who will work independently throughout the year and should have skills in the maintenance and repair of electrical and plumbing systems; carpentry and/or construction experience; and a mechanical aptitude. Experience in a similar role would be an asset. Compensation commensurate with skills and experience and includes living accommodation. Please direct questions, resumes and covering letters to Tracy at tklassen1@hotmail.com or mail to: Paradise Lake Resort c/o 24560 58A Avenue, Langley, BC, V2Z 1G9.

CLEARWATER LAKE REGIONAL Park invites applications for a park manager and a store manager lease contract. For information contact Karen Sander 306-859-4804 or Barb Pierce 306-375-2477. Deadline for applications: Feb. 15th, 2013. Submit resumes to: Clearwater Regional Park, Box 327, Kyle, SK., S0L 1T0

LIVE AND WORK in Europe, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand or Japan on a farm or horticulture placement. AgriVenture offers rural work opportunities for WANTED: HEAVY DUTY mechanics, crew young adults ages 18-30. 1-888-598-4415, truck operators, Class 1 drivers, loader op- www.agriventure.com erators. Oilfield tickets and valid driver’s licence required. Benefits are available. No THE RM OF McCRANEY #282 will be phone calls please. Fax resumes to accepting applications for a Seasonal Equipment Operator starting in April 780-753-8104, Provost, AB. through November as weather permits.

Applicants must have experience with the GEN ERAL L AB O URERS operation of graders, motor scrapers, and rotary cutters. Salary will be negotiable Ya rd m a in ten a n ce, outsid e w ork. with experience. Please send resumes with W a g es$9.75/hr, 48 hoursper attached references by March 10, 2013 to: w eek, 6 d a ysa w eek.

RM of McCraney #282, Box 129, Kenaston, A pril 01, 2013 sta rtd a te.

SK. S0G 2N0. Phone: 306-252-2240 or fax: 306-252-2248, email: rm282@sasktel.net No experien ce n ecessa ry.

The RM wishes to thank all applicants, F a x resu m e to 40 3-226-0 71 3 however only those individuals granted an interview will be contacted.

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WE CURRENTLY HAVE a full-time permanent position for a Ranch Foreman, to work closely with the owner/manager.

Duties include all aspects of modern agriculture on a purebred livestock ranch. We pasture 600 cow/calves plus yearling bulls and heifers. We also run a back grounding feedlot for bulls, that we annually sell in our bull sale the 1st week of February. We have a staff of 4 full-time people to make the ranch run smoothly. Cropping and haying is done on a small basis to provide forage for our livestock. We have modern housing plus many benefits from medical to retirement. Our ranch is located 10 miles from town on a paved road. Lloydminster offers many options for spousal employment. We provide a competitive monthly salary based on experience. Apply with references, work history and drivers abstract to: Bill and Sherry Creech, Hill 70 Quantock Ranch, Lloydminster, AB., T9V 3A8. Ph: 780-875-8794, fax: 780-875-8332 or email: info @ hill70quantock.com

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MANAGER/MEAT CUTTER REQUIRED

by Horizon Meats processing facility at Maryfield, SK. Supervisory skills required.

Competitive salary and benefits. Apply by fax 204-748-3469, wmpoole@rfnow.com Phone 204-748-2566 for more information EXPERIENCED ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY required full-time year round. $16-$21/hr. Minimum 2 years experience in an office executing administrative tasks.

Ability to speak Hindi, Bengali, or Urdu is required. Apply at Swadesh Supermarket 1902 #2 8th Street East, Saskatoon, SK., or email: swadeshsaskatoon@gmail.com or fax 306-242-6388.

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PRIME MOVER/MULCHER Operators Ace Vegetation is hiring Mulcher, HydroAx and Posi-Track operators. Class 1 license an asset. For details 780-955-8980.

Send resume to: ACE at 2001 - 8th St., Nisku, AB., T9E 7Z1, fax: 780-955-9426 or email: acemail@acevegetation.com

Lloydminster, AB Requires 5 Service Rig Derrick Hands @ $29.50/hr – 40 hrs/wk and 12 Service Rig Floor Hands @ $27.00/hr – 40 hrs/wk, for work in the Lloydminster area.

BEEKEEPERS WANTED for 2013 season. 2 positions available, experience necessary. $11.25/hr. Fax: 306-937-2095, email Stuart: Stuhoney@yahoo.com Battleford, SK. 2- FOOD SERVICE Supervisors required full- time year round, shift work and weekends, $11.50-$13/hr. depending on experience, minimum 2 years experience required. Supervise activities of staff, prepare food summaries, train staff and monitor standards. Ability to speak Hindi, Bengali, or Urdu an asset. Apply: Swadesh Restaurant at 2107 - 22nd Street West, LARGE MODERN SE Sask grain farm in Saskatoon, SK., fax: 306-242-6389 or Indian Head, looking for motivated indiemail: swadeshsaskatoon@gmail.com viduals with Ag Experience for seasonal seeding and harvest work. AccommodaTHE RM OF SOUTH QU’APPELLE #157 tions supplied if required. 1A license an asinvites applications for the position of set. Competitive wages. Please send reGrader Operator/Mower Operator which sume to: cordon@hciventures.ca or call: includes all duties as assigned by Council. 306-540-8877.

Mechanical and welding experience is a definite asset. Resumes should be sent to: EXPERIENCED BOOKKEEPER REQUIRED. Box 66, Qu’Appelle, SK, S0G 4A0. Phone Full-time year round work, $16-$21/hr.

306-699-2257; or fax: 306-699-2671. Must have education/courses in accountEmail: rm157@sasktel.net and should be ing and relevant experience (prepare payreceived no later than February 22, 2013. roll, AR, AP, Balances and more). Ability to Applicants should state experience, cours- speak Hindi, Bengali, or Urdu is an asset. es obtained in related safety courses, and Apply at Swadesh Supermarket, 1902 #2 salary expectations. The Council appre- 8th Street East, Saskatoon, SK. or email ciates all responses but only those select- swadeshsaskatoon@gmail.com or fax 306-242-6388. ed for an interview will be contacted.

3- EXPERIENCED COOKS required fulltime year round, shift work and weekends, $11-$13/hr., 2 years experience preparing meals in restaurants and/or culinary degree and knowledge of Indian Spices.

Ability to speak Hindi, Bengali, or Urdu is an asset. Apply at Swadesh Restaurant at 2107 - 22nd Street West, Saskatoon, SK., email: swadeshsaskatoon@gmail.com or fax: 306-242-6389.

2 EXPERIENCED PARTS persons required, full-time year round, $16 to $21/hr., minimum 1 year experience working as an automotive parts person. Apply at: A1 Tire & Wheel, 1520 - 11th Street West, Saskatoon, SK. S7M 1H5 or fax 306-664-6413, or email: arenneberg@hotmail.com

OILFIELD SERVICE COMPANY in Elk Point, AB. is looking for Class 1 and 3A drivers.

Oilfield experience an asset but not necessary. Willing to train. Running newer equipment with competitive wages and benefits. Call Cody at 780-645-0040, or fax resume to 780-724-4924.

Please fax resume to 780-871-6908 or email: royalwel@telus.net

JODALE PERRY CORP. is currently accepting applications from energetic and qualified individuals to join our Morden team for the following full-time position: Materials Manager. The Materials Manager is responsible to oversee the Materials and Inventory Control process as well as the Purchasing and Logistics departments. This position is critical to the organization in ensuring forecasting and on time delivery of quality goods for use within JDP products. The Materials Manager directs the activities of all personnel related to the above departments. The ideal candidate will have 3 years experience in disciplines related to Materials and Inventory Control, Purchasing and Logistics. Duties include: This position is a member of the JDP management team. Ability to source, quote and provide quality purchased product for manufacturing of JDP Product. Act as a Liaison with external suppliers to ensure quality and accurately specified goods are received in a timely fashion. Manage and maintain adequate stock levels of product to ensure cost efficiency and minimal negative impact to JDP production and/or customer experience. Provide assessments of cost of goods vs manuf. of product internally.

Candidate should have solid computer skills to measure and manage inventory control systems (MRP/ERP) and databases/spreadsheets such as Excel, etc. Responsible to provide methods of continuous improvement in all critical tasks associated with position. Work closely with all affiliated departments to ensure quality and accuracy of purchased products. Oversee activities within Packaging and Shipping depart. for shipment of products to customers in accordance with delivery commitments. Provide leadership to depart. staff to meet all depart. and corporate objectives. Ability to problem solving and bring issues to resolution. Must be highly motivated and provide mature leadership to Materials Team. Candidate must be responsible to promote Safety and Health initiatives within the Materials Team. Excellent communication skills.

Ability to be flexible in the work environment and address other duties as assigned. Salary will be negotiated based on experience and will be reviewed during the interview process. For more info regarding Jodale Perry Corp. visit our website at www.jodaleperry.com Please forward your resume along with references in confidence: Jodale Perry Corp., 300 Route 100, Morden, MB. R6M 1X7. Fax 204-822-9111, email darmstrong@jodaleperry.com We invite applications from all interested parties however only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. All internal applicants will be interviewed. Posting date is February 4, 2013. Closing date is March 1, 5:00 PM.

WANTED: JOURNEYMAN PLASTERER and metal Lather. A-1 Stucco and Masonary, Weyburn, SK, jim_rubin@hotmail.com Jim Rubin. The Lather will be required to have knowledge in the application of building paper, stucco wire, and metal lath. The Plasterer will be required to perform all applications of stucco. Exp. in both will be preferred. Seasonal work from the start of April to the end of October $21/hr starting wage. Some benefits incl. Must be able to work from scaffolding. Work will be done in Weyburn and area. 306-842-5696.

7 CONCRETE FINISHERS needed, seasonal full-time position starting April 1st, 2013, $18 to $22/hr., minimum 3 years experience with directing placement of concrete into forms and finalizing surfaces. Apply to: Saskatoon Concrete Developments, 20 Wayne Hicks Lane, Saskatoon, S7L 6S2.

Email: jobs@scdl.ca or fax: 866-354-7418.

ROBLIN AUTO BODY is currently accepting applications for a Journeyman Autobody Techinician OR equivalent. Competitive wages, benefits package and employee discounts, Monday to Friday 8 AM to 5 PM set schedule. Must include references on resume. Please apply by fax 204-937-8203 or email: roblinautobody@mts.net or in person to Kaleigh. Any questions please call 204-937-2393. Thank you to everyone for their interest, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

HEAVY DUTY TRUCK mechanics wanted.

New shop in dynamic community of Shaunavon, SK. Great potential. Call Robert at 306-297-7299.

PARTS PERSON REQUIRED for a AG dealership. Experience an asset, but willing to train the right person. Health plan. Newer shop. In a full service community, 35 mins. from Saskatoon, SK. Salary based on experience. Fax resume to 306-237-4466.

Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. WESTERN TRACTOR COMPANY Inc. is looking for full-time Parts Technicians at their Medicine Hat and Taber, AB. locations. Positions include all aspects of ordering, selling, and maintaining a large inventory of John Deere agricultural and recreational parts. Individuals must be well organized and self-motivated with strong customer skills. Previous parts exp. preferred, but willing to train right person.

Farming knowledge and basic computer skills definite assets. Competitive wages, RRSP, benefits package. Submit resumes to: human.resources@westerntractor.ca 2 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS needed fulltime year round work, $19 to $25/hr., Journeyman Certificate or minimum 5 years experience repairing engines, brakes, suspensions, and transmissions.

Apply at: Perfection Paint and Body, 2318 Faithfull Ave, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 1V1, or fax 306-242-4415, perfectionpb@shaw.ca SERVICE MANAGER required for a Massey Ferguson dealership, 35 min. from Saskatoon, SK. in a full service community with a K to 12 school. This position offers a health plan, competitive wages and a newer shop. Journeyman status not required.

Mechanical aptitude as well as exceptional computer, people and organizational skills a necessity. Fax resume to: 306-237-4466, email to: scott@camdonmotors.com

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Co m pa n y Drivers& Lea sed O pera to rs to pu llSu perB’sin bu lk gra in & fertilizerd ivisio n Co m petitive w a ges& ben efits& Sign in g Bo n u s S en d Resu m e & DriversAbstra ctto ro d p a cik@ tra n sa llg ro u p .co m o r fa x:3 06 -24 2-2077 C a ll:Ro d Pa cik 3 06 -24 9-6 85 3 3 06 -3 81-6 5 3 5 SPEEDWAY MOVING SYSTEMS requires Owner Operators for our 1 ton and 3 ton fleets to transport RV’s throughout North America. We offer competitive rates and company fuel cards. Paid by direct deposit.

Must have clean criminal record and passport to cross border. 1-866-736-6483. www.speedwaymovingsystems.com

CLASS 1 OILFIELD DRIVERS NEEDED. Home every night - 9 on, 3 off shift, assigned truck, no two week holdback on pay, $85,000+ per year. Bill McColman Oilfield Hauling, Brooks, AB. Phone: 403-362-6707 or fax: 403-362-7822, email: tps0@telus.net SELECT CLASSIC CARRIERS immediately requires Leased Operators with new model 1 tons and 5 ton straight trucks/ tractors, and Company Drivers; Also require 1 driver with 5L or Class 1 license for operating a haul and tow. Transporting RV’s/general freight, USA/Canada. Clean abstract required. Competitive rates. Fuel surcharge/benefits. 1-800-409-1733.

5 LEASED OPERATORS REQUIRED for RV t r a n s p o r t w i t h o n e t o n p i c k u p .

US/Canada. Ph Dealers Choice Transport 780-939-2119, Morinville, AB.

POSITION AS CAREGIVER/COMPANION, prefer rural community or would consider small cafe for lease or purchase. Reply to: Box 5565, c/o The Western Producer, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 2C4

CLAS S 1 D RIV ERS R equ ired fo rfa rm o pera tio n .

Excellen tw ages & Ben efits.

P erm an en torseason al p osition s.

Contact Mel @ 403-546-2278 Ext 5, go_cas_f@hotmail.com or fax 403-546-3709

LOOKING FOR long term Vac Truck Drivers for small oilfield trucking company, wages to $35/hr., tickets an asset, home every night. Hutterites welcome. 306-753-7198, Macklin, SK.

LOOKING FOR FARM/RANCH work in the Consort, Veteran, Coronation, AB. area.

Experienced, full-time. Call 403-715-8973.

IS BRUSH TAKING over your pasture? Do you want to maintain cattle carrying capacity without herbicides? Experienced livestock management couple (40 years) and a herd of range goats are looking for full-time employment on a farm or ranch interested in multi-species grazing. Added benefits include weed management and potential for agri-tourism. 306-560-0206, Jansen, SK or email boersinc28@yahoo.ca

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GOATS | HEALTH

Goat producers asked to submit heads of animals Scrapie surveillance | Officials hope to better understand disease

BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Don’t tell the postal and courier services, but certain people are hoping more goat heads are shipped through the system as producers provide samples for scrapie testing.

Sample collection is part of the National TSE Eradication Plan, and goat producers have until March 31 to voluntarily provide heads from animals at least 12 months old that have died on farms or have been slaughtered.

Prevalence of scrapie in Canadian goats is unknown. One case was found in 1975 and another in the early 2000s, but that is not necessarily an indicator of disease levels.

“There haven’t been a lot of cases found in Canada, but that may be a function of the fact that not as much testing has gone on in the goat industry,” said national scrapie co-ordinator Corlina Patterson.

Until 2011, it was commonly thought that goats contracted scrapie only from infected sheep.

However, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report found that half of the country’s scrapie cases involved

goats and among those, none had commingled with sheep within the previous five years.

Tests conducted on goat brains will help researchers determine prevalence, but only if enough samples are collected to be statistically significant, said Patterson.

However, the lack of a mandatory registry or traceability program in Canada means the size of the country’s goat herd is unknown. As a result, the goal is to get as many samples as possible in hopes it will be statistically significant relative to the size of the domestic herd.

“It’s important to the success of the prevalence study to get enough samples,” said Patterson.

“Really all we can do is request that we get as many samples as possible.”

Producers will be reimbursed $50 for each sample provided.

Sample collection of 15,000 sheep brains was completed in December, said Patterson. The process was simpler than it is for goats because Canadian Food Inspection Agency personnel were contracted to collect the brain samples at slaughter.

As well, Statistics Canada collects domestic sheep numbers, which

meant the number of required samples was easy to calculate.

No such data or system is in place for goats, many of which are raised for milk and fibre as well as for meat.

Scrapie is a reportable disease, which Patterson said adds another element of reluctance to test goats.

“If you find a positive case of scrapie in a goat that you can’t identify and trace to its farm of origin, you have a big problem on your hands.”

She speculated that some goat producers are reluctant to submit samples for fear scrapie will be found and their herd destroyed.

“I understand the economic loss that comes with it, not to mention the emotional loss and loss of the genetics that you lose as part of an investigation, but having the disease risk infecting other herds … the idea is to get rid of the disease so we don’t have to worry about it.”

Darlyne Hoberg, a goat producer near Edenwold, Sask., said she agrees with the need to discover more about scrapie in goats.

“Anything that dies on my farm is sampled for scrapie,” she said.

“The reason I do it is because I

Goat producers have until March 31 to provide heads from animals that have died or been slaughtered as part of an initiative to better understand the prevalence of the disease scrapie in Canada. | FILE PHOTO believe that hiding your head in the sand and saying that we don’t have any scrapie in goats is counterproductive. We just don’t know. It’s very uncommon in goats, but unless we check, we’re not going to find out if it is here.”

Hoberg said it appears goats can get scrapie from sheep, but little is known about spontaneous cases in goats and it is dangerous to assume keeping goats away from sheep will prevent the disease.

It is fairly common for producers to have both types of livestock, she added.

“That has to do with the meat market. A lot of the people who really like goat also like lamb.”

Canada has a three-part plan to eradicate scrapie in sheep and goats.

Sample collection, testing and identifying control methods make up the first part.

The second step is developing a strategic plan and third is a flock certification program that guarantees Canadian stock is free of the disease.

Patterson said Canada already has a voluntary scrapie flock certification program, in which producers test stock, keep records and are endorsed by the CFIA to have scrapie-free animals.

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Alberta farmers ramp up production of pulses Three million acre target | Producers told newer varieties and updated knowledge have improved results

BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

EDMONTON — Saskatchewan may be the big dog in pulse production, but Alberta is nipping at its heels, says the head of Alberta Agriculture’s pulse crops.

With slightly more than one million acres of pulse crops grown in Alberta last year, farmers are getting closer to reaching the goal of producing three million acres of pulse crops within the next 10 years, said Mark Olson.

“I think it’s an achievable goal,” he told farmers at FarmTech 2013.

Alberta already has 25 percent of the pea acres in Western Canada, and Olson said new higher yielding varieties will increase interest.

Farmers seeded 975,000 acres of field peas, 85,000 acres of lentils, 4,000 acres of chickpeas and 15,000 acres of fababeans last year, which is equivalent to five percent o f t h e p rov i n c e’s a n nu a l c ro p acres.

Olson said strong prices in the past couple years encouraged farmers to

(Peas) were an absolute nightmare. I like something that is easy to harvest and you don’t have to worry about drying.

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include pulses in the more common wheat-canola rotation. Better crop varieties and increased knowledge on how to grow a good pea crop has also helped acres grow steadily in Alberta.

Lentil acres dropped from the 140,000 acres seeded in 2010, but farmers have kept a close watch on fababeans in recent years. Forty percent of Alberta’s fababeans are now grown in southern Alberta under

irrigation.

Fababeans require cool, moist growing conditions.

The high-protein pulse is the highest nitrogen fixer of the annual legume crops.

Unlike peas, it has excellent standability, and yields of 100 to 125 bushels per acre are not unheard of in Alberta.

Trent Clark of Mannville, Alta., said he came to the pulse session to learn about possible new pea varieties.

Previous crops had good yield, but were difficult to harvest.

“They were an absolute nightmare,” said Clark.

“I like something that is easy to harvest and you don’t have to worry about drying.”

Michael Bury has also grown peas but has found that they often drag out harvest if weather conditions aren’t ideal.

“I would like to see more research on early maturing soybean varieties,” said Bury, who farms near Mannville.

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Alberta farmers have until Feb. 28 to insure their pastures and hay this year.

Almost 7.5 million acres of pasture and hay were insured last year in the province, according to Agriculture Financial Services Corp. records.

That led to payouts of more than $3.7 million, mostly because of the lack of moisture that limited productivity.

Hail, fire, frost, flooding, heat stress, wind and winterkill accounted for other claims.

Dave Maddox, manager of insurance operations for AFSC, said in a news release that claims have been lower than average in the last several years compared to 2009 and 2002, when drought was widespread.

In those years, $56 million and $89 million were paid out, respectively.

Alberta Agriculture forage specialist Grant Lastiwka said producers are grazing cattle earlier in the spring and longer into fall and winter to cut feed costs.

Lengthier reliance on grazing could make insurance more attractive for some ranchers.

Soil moisture conditions in the province are now in the normal range for this time of year in most regions, according to Alberta Agriculture data.

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RIDING MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK | TUBERCULOSIS

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BRANDON — Manitoba’s new tuberculosis-control boss says now is the time to push the disease toward eradication.

“We’ve become complacent. We’ve made this pretty dramatic progress.… We kind of stalled out,” said Dr. Allan Preston, the newly appointed co-ordinator of efforts to eliminate TB in Manitoba’s Riding Mountain National Park area.

“The goal is to not just have TB-free status in name, but to have it in reality and not have restrictions placed on our livestock moving into the U.S.” The appointment of a TB-control co-ordinator has been a long-time goal of the Manitoba Beef Producers, at whose annual general meeting Preston was speaking.

The co-ordinator’s role is to bring focus and communication to the bewildering array of disease monitoring and control measures being undertaken by multiple levels of government, government departments, non-government organizations and farm families.

TB has been discovered in elk and white-tailed deer in the park since the 1970s, when some believe timber wolves introduced it to the area.

Deer are believed to have less than a one percent infection rate, based on sample tests, but elk are probably still above one percent. Cattle from farms adjoining the park are occasionally infected.

The last infected bovine was found in 2008 and the last deer in 2009. An infected elk was found in 2011.

Officials have tested 220,000 cattle since testing and control measures were introduced to manage the disease. Twenty-six local herds will be tested this year.

Authorities are also planning to test 50 wild elk cows and 50 bulls, as well as 135 white-tailed deer.

Farmers have wondered over the years whether the only way to eliminate the TB threat would be to kill all the elk and deer in the park area, but

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Preston said that is not being considered. Instead, the goal is to keep following control measures to keep the disease out of cattle and gradually eliminate the wildlife infection.

Minnesota appears to have successfully eradicated TB from a wild ungulate population, Preston said, so that state’s approach provides confidence this can work.

Manitoba’s Riding Mountain problem isone of only seven places in the world where a wildlife TB infection reservoir exists, he added.

Part of Minnesota’s definition of TB-free is having no positive results of testing for three years. TB-free status is important for livestock trade.

Borders close and prices can collapse if a province’s or country’s livestock herds are found infected.

Manitoba shares Canada’s TB-free status from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, but the United States imposes certain testing requirements on Manitoba cattle.

Preston said 20 years of diligent work have controlled the wildlife infection, and testing demands on local farmers are significantly reduced from previous years.

He thinks the disease can be controlled to the point that it will be eradicated in scientific terms, even though that doesn’t prove the disease has been permanently eradicated. Proving a negative is almost impossible.

Preston said he’s receiving good co-operation from provincial and federal authorities, municipal and farm representatives and scientists, so continuing efforts have a good chance for success.

He said he’s growing more confident TB can be eradicated.

“I really think that these goals are realistic, that they are achievable.”

FOOD SAFETY | E. COLI CONTAMINATION

Panel to study XL Foods recall

BY BARRY WILSON OTTAWA BUREAU

Agriculture minister Gerry Ritz has appointed an expert advisory panel to study and report on the XL Foods E. coli contamination that led to the largest meat recall in Canadian history.

He promised late Feb. 8 that once the panel reports with recommendations, Ottawa will make the report public.

He said in a statement released in Ottawa that the panel has been asked to make recommendations for improvement in process “within the existing resources of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.”

The panel will be led by Dr. Ronald

Lewis, former chief veterinary officer for British Columbia. Other members are André Corriveau, chief public health officer for the Northwest Territories, and former food industry executive and consultant Ronald Usborne.

Ritz did not indicate when the panel must report.

His announcement, promised since the XL Foods food safety incident last autumn, came on a day when opposition MPs in the House of Commons argued that the food recall last autumn cost CFIA and taxpayers $2 million in staff overtime and travel.

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Rowtrac more than a narrow Quadtrac Power and precision | The Steiger is a high horsepower, groundup design aimed at row crop farmers

The Steiger Rowtrac at first appears to be nothing more than a Quadtrac with skinny belts. Closer inspection reveals it to be a totally new tractor based on a 36.5-inch-wide row crop frame rather than the 44-inch-wide frame from the high horsepower quads. | STEIGER ILLUSTRATION

BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

BRANDON — Big four-wheel drive tractors are great for pulling planters, but they also tramples plants when used to side dress nitrogen, cultivate between rows or pull a sprayer.

Trampling has always been more of an issue with row crops than with broad-acre field crops because row crops generally have a higher value. It is also an issue for those trying to minimize their field footprints.

That’s why more dedicated row crop tractors are showing up on prairie farms.

However, today’s row crop farmers demand tractors that are comparable to their big four-wheel drive machines.

Darryl Priel, tractor marketing specialist for CaseIH, says the latest generation of row crop tractors are in the 250 to 450 horsepower range and have all the hydraulic capacity, GPS guidance, digital controls and amenities of the bigger tractors.

Priel said Case is poised to leapfrog to the front of the row crop class with its new Steiger Rowtrac. The three models have engine ratings of 350 h.p., 400 h.p and 450 h.p.

The standard hydraulic system is also similar to that found on a big frame tractor. It’s a 113 U.S. gallons per minute parallel flow system designed for use with a three-point hitch and power take-off.

Priel said it’s no coincidence that Case is introducing its new twin row corn planter at the same time that it is introducing the new Steiger Rowtrac.

“We’ve lost out a lot on the narrow track business over the past several

years, so we’re getting back into the row crop business in a big way,” he said.

“So we had to develop a new narrow track tractor that is clearly superior to the other narrow track machines on the market.”

The new Rowtrac made its Manitoba debut at Ag Days in Brandon last month.

Priel said it makes sense to promote a row crop tractor on the Prairies.

“We have two primary row crop areas on the Prairies,” he said.

“Southern Manitoba grows corn and soybeans and southern Alberta grows sugar beets and corn. So that market is easy to understand. But then focus your attention on corn only. We now see corn growing right across Western Canada in areas where nobody ever expected to see it.

And we’re seeing more soybeans in some of those areas.”

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The Rowtrac initially resembles a Quadtrac with narrow belts, but a closer inspection reveals that it’s an entirely new tractor, born on the drawing boards in Fargo, North Dakota.

“Some people think it’s merely a matter of installing narrow tracks on

the existing Quad. Not so. This new tractor has been several years in development,” Priel said.

“Up until 2012, Quadtrac was only available with the big horsepower frame. That’s the 44 inch wide frame.

Our new row crop tractor with tires is designed with a 36.5 inch wide frame.

That’s a whole new tractor from the ground up and that chassis is the

base for the Rowtrac.”

At 160 inches, the Rowtrac has a longer wheelbase than either the large frame Quadtrac or the smaller frame rubber tired row crop tractor upon which it’s based. The longer wheelbase actually makes the Rowtrac more manoeuvrable.

“A short wheelbase takes away your turning angle,” he said. “A longer wheelbase allows a tighter steering angle. You have a tighter radius. The Rowtrac has 38 degrees articulation.”

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Priel said the Rowtrac’s longer wheelbase helps smooth out the rougher ride created by rubber track tractors.

All Quadtracs now have a full suspension system between the chassis and the cab, he added, but the Rowtrac suspension is significantly different than that on the big Quad.

The Rowtrac cab has an independent coil spring at each corner, with dampening from a high-pressure nitrogen charged shock absorber at each corner. As well, Panard rods and sway bars control sway of the cab.

The tractor also sports a suspension system that softens the ride and stabilizes the Rowtrac so that it stays precisely on course between the narrow rows.

Rubber doughnuts in the undercarriage suspension serve as shock absorbers to keep the system from shifting side to side.

A mount at each end of the roller beam controls pitch, roll and yaw as well as some of the vertical load. Two mounts in the centre of the roller beam control vertical load.

The tractor oscillates in the middle, but each of the four tracks is allowed to move independently. Each track oscillates up and down 10 degrees on an incline to maintain optimal contact with the soil.

“In addition, there’s more suspension in the drive system,” he said.

“The three rollers on each drive track have their own carriers. They connect to the tractor with their own suspension blocks.”

The combination of these systems reduces physical abuse on the operator and machine while helping the tractor work accurately between the rows There are a number of track and width configurations. Belt widths are 16, 18 and 24 inches, which allows the Rowtrac to get into 20, 22, 30 and 40 inch row spacings.

Getting into different row widths requires different tractor stances, and the Rowtrac width can be 80, 88 or 120 inches.

“The drive axles are the same for all three widths,” he said.

“The drive axle goes from the differential into the up box. To get the right stance, we simply put a spacer between the final drive up box and the differential housing. This is a dry spacer. There’s no oil. Once the decision is made that a certain tractor will have a certain width, then that’s it. It stays that way.”

Priel said the Rowtrac shouldn’t be seen as just a row crop tractor. He said the typical prairie buyer will be a farmer who has made a commitment to row crops but will use the tractor for other purposes.

“It’s not exclusive to row crops. It’s perfect for grain carts and haying operations. And with all that horse-

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MACHINERY | SIDE DRESS DISCS

Side dressing nitrogen gives options Timing of nitrogen applications | Making final nitrogen decisions in June can save money and bump yields STORIES BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

BRANDON — North Dakota corn growers have found that summer side dressing allows them to reduce nitrogen rates while increasing yields.

Side dressing is the norm in the heart of the U.S. corn belt but has only recently moved into the northern border states, said Todd Botterill, distributor for Thurston Blue-Jet application equipment.

Two summers ago, Botterill toured the farm of Shane Kyllo, the Blue-Jet dealer at Mayville, N.D. Kyllo was conducting a field scale, side-byside comparison pitting side banded nitrogen against the all-at-once

nitrogen regime that is common in his area.

“When I saw the fields, cobs on the field with side dressed N were 20 to 25 percent larger,” said Botterill.

The side dressed plants were also 60 centimetres taller and a deeper shade of green.

“The results were so impressive that he sold 25 Blue-Jet injection applicators the next year.”

Botterill said corn growers in the Mayville area commonly expend 1.2 pounds of nitrogen for each bushel of corn.

“Some of those same growers are now putting down .9 and even .85 pounds of nitrogen per bushel of corn with no sacrifice in yield. Across the board, they average a 10 percent

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reduction in nitrogen input costs,” he said. “Yes, it’s an extra pass over the field, but consider that side dress gives you options you otherwise don’t have.”

He said the more nitrogen farmers put down in the fall, the more they need to worry about losing money

over the winter.

The less nitrogen they put down, the less risk they have.

Corn growers who have become accustomed to the side dress concept generally put down one-third of their nitrogen in the fall and one-third at seeding time.

They hold off on the final one-third until June when they can do a fair assessment of the crop. If things are looking bleak, they save money by not wasting the nitrogen. If it looks good, they put down the final third.

“And if it looks like a really great stand and you’ve got good moisture, then you can really pour on the nitrogen. That’s why farmers view side dressing as a management tool.

It gives them options.”

Botterill said most growers side dress with liquid fertilizer because it’s the most convenient, although they can also use granular or anhydrous.

However, he said anhydrous has added risks, not only from the product itself but also because the inground working tool can cut the roots.

“Even with 30 inch row spacing, the roots will have grown to the middle between the two rows by the time you go in to side dress,” he said.

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roots. Anytime you do that, it’s a step backwards for the plant.”

The 1,200 lb. down pressure is higher than other side dressing machines, while liquid tank options go as high as

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3,100 U.S. gallons, running on tracks 14 inches wide and 73 inches long.

A basic 12 row side dress machine on 30 inch spacing costs about $38,000.

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Side dressing proves profitable in flood or drought Shane Kyllo’s corn yields increased 25 to 60 bushels per acre when he side dressed nitrogen in a year when rain leeched away much of the expensive input.

Kyllo farms at Mayville in eastern North Dakota, where he also runs Advance Grain Handling. Having read about the benefits of side dressing corn, Kyllo decided to run field trials on his farm in 2011, which turned out to have more rainy than sunny days.

Kyllo said he normally fertilizes for a 160 bu. corn crop, which is a realistic target for his area. All the nitrogen is in the ground by the time the crop is planted, which is also a normal practice for the area.

In 2011, he held back on the nitrogen in the trial field until the corn was about 30 centimetres high. The stand looked good, so he hooked up his new side dressing rig and went to work.

“We came in and side dressed an extra 10 to 12 gallons per acre of 28 percent nitrogen,” said Kyllo.

“We had a lot of rain that year. Awful lot of rain. We lost a lot of nitrogen from all our fields. But in the corn where we side dressed, we were seeing a 25 to 60 bu. benefit over the other fields. We were getting 150 to

170 bu., so we were hitting and exceeding our target, despite losing so much nitrogen.”

He said the fields that they fertilized in the conventional manner yielded 110 to 120 bu.

Last year’s dry conditions also presented challenges for side dressing trials, but Kyllo continued with the comparisons.

“It wasn’t a great year for anything, but we still realized a benefit of 13 to 17 bu. of corn where we side dressed our nitrogen. So it’s not hard to see the financial benefit.”

Kyllo said 70 percent of the corn growers in the area switched to side dressing after the washed out trial in 2011, which he conceded was good for his other business.

“Based on what we learned in the flood year 2011, we sold 25 Blue-Jet machines last year, and so far this year, I’ve already sold 15 units based on our dry year in 2012.”

Kyllo said some of his customers are doing side dressing for maximum yield, while others are doing it to reduce their fertilizer bills.

“For example, if you normally put down 100 units of nitrogen to hit your goal, a lot of guys around here now are cutting back 25 to 30 percent up front. They want to see what they

In a 2011 field trial washed out by rain, the corn that received June sidedressed nitrogen yielded 25 to 60 bu. better than corn that received the normal nitrogen treatment. The side-dressed cobs were also 20 to 25 percent larger. | SHANE KYLLO PHOTO

have for a stand first,” he said.

“If the field looks like shit, don’t throw any more money at it. If it’s a nice stand, invest in more nitrogen.”

Kyllo said he did his homework on his machine choice. While other units run 700 to 750 pounds down pressure, Blue-Jet runs 1,200 lb.

For more information, contact Kyllo at 701-866-9864 or visit www. advancedgrainhandling.com.

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AG PROGRAMS | TENSE MEETING

Sask. growers urged Ag policy critics raise Tory tempers to get crop insurance

BY BARRY WILSON OTTAWA BUREAU

Premiums up 12 percent, insured prices up 14 percent

BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

The Saskatchewan agriculture ministry is once again urging producers to sign up for crop insurance, saying there will be no ad hoc payment if a weather-related disaster occurs this year.

This is the second time that the province’s agriculture minister has said farmers should not expect payments through AgriRecovery.

Participation in crop insurance rose to 77 percent of all seeded acres, which was the highest level since 1992, after then-minister Bob Bjornerud made a similar announcement last year.

“I hope to see this trend continue in 2013,” said the current minister, Lyle Stewart, as he announced details of this year’s crop insurance program Feb. 11.

Farmers who buy crop insurance will pay more this year but will also see much higher coverage levels.

The average premium rate is $9.98 per acre, up from $8.91 last year. Generally, premiums are going up 12 percent.

However, average coverage levels have risen to $194 per acre from $174 last year, and insured prices are rising about 14 percent.

As always, Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. provides average figures. Individual producers’ situations will vary.

The higher numbers mean the governments also contribute more to the program. The province has allocated a record $198 million for its 24 percent share of premiums.

Producers pay 40 percent of the premium and the federal government pays 36 percent.

Higher commodity prices increase the liability held by the corporation, and this year the corporation will buy private reinsurance, as recommended in a 2008 review of the program.

Chief executive officer Shawn Jacques said private reinsurance is a way to share risk in the event of a large claim year. The corporation does reinsure with the province and Ottawa but will add private reinsurance into the mix to stabilize premiums in the future if there are lots of claims this year.

“Back in 2008, when it was looked at, liability was a little over $2 billion,” he said. “Liability is projected to be closer to $5 billion this year.”

Stewart added that there is a cost associated with reinsurance. This has been built into the premium rate.

“We feel that the potential benefits outweigh the costs now,” the minister said.

Stewart noted that the yield trending feature, which was added for canola, identity-preserved canola, fall rye and winter wheat after the 2008 review, increases coverage to producers to reflect improved yields from agronomic or technological advances.

Individual yields for both types of canola have increased 16 percent this year, while fall rye increased 18 percent and winter wheat 21 percent.

As well, yield trending will now

apply to three more crops.

“Yields will increase nine percent for hard red spring wheat, 7. 8 percent for hard white spring wheat and 13 percent for oats,” Stewart said.

Other changes for 2013 include expanding the insurable areas for soybeans and corn and increasing the establishment benefit values for field peas, canola and identity-preserved canola.

The ability remains in place to top up the $70 unseeded acreage benefit by purchasing either $15 per acre or $30 per acre additional coverage.

Meanwhile, the corporation did not act specifically on a resolution from last fall’s Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities convention asking that it refuse insurance to farmers who plant canola in consecutive years and thereby help prevent the spread of clubroot.

Jaques said the corporation would continue to review the risks of short rotations.

Producers have until March 31 to apply for insurance or make changes to their existing contracts.

The House of Commons agriculture committee heard some unusually blunt criticism of Conservative agriculture policy last week, and it made some Conser vative MPs downright cranky.

The witnesses, invited by the committee as “individuals,” included University of Saskatchewan agricultural economics professor Ken Rosaasen, former National Farmers Union president Stewart Wells and current Manitoba NFU director Ian Robson from Brandon.

Rosaasen argued that last year’s federal-provincial cuts to the farm support AgriStability program, slated to take effect April 1, mean farmers will have “minimal support” when the next income downturn happens.

He said farmers will be “the weak link” in the grain value chain.

Wells and Robson criticized Conservative policies that ended the CWB single desk and the effect that has had on farmer income, stability and farmer power.

Among many criticisms, they argued more federal commitment to public research is needed and Conservative policies have eroded farmer power in favour of corpo-

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rate interests.

At one point, when Liberal MP Frank Valeriote asked if last year’s higher prices were not a boon for farmers, Wells said high commodity prices are a “mixed blessing” for farmers because input prices also rise and stay high when commodity prices decrease.

Some Conservative MPs on the committee pounced. High prices are good for farmers and the end of the CWB monopoly has given farmers m o re c a s h u p f ro n t a n d m o re options, they argued.

Some Conservatives used most of their allotted time asking hostile questions or making statements that attacked witness testimony without leaving time for a response.

Alberta MP Blake Richards made a point of confirming that Wells is a former NFU president and chair of the Friends of the Wheat Board and that Robson is an NFU director who was quoted as calling the CWB bill

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“jackboot legislation.”

Ontario Conservative Pierre Lemieux, parliamentary secretary to agriculture minister Gerry Ritz, complained that since both Wells and Robson were affiliated with anti-Conservative farm groups, they should be identified by their affiliation and not as “individuals.”

Alberta MP Brian Storseth argued that “individuals” should be nonaligned and not mouthpieces for activist groups with a political agenda. He said the NDP was trying to stack witnesses against the government.

Wells accused Conservatives of trying to smear witnesses.

Committee chair Merv Tweed from Brandon said the two prairie farmers had been invited as individuals rather than representatives of organizations.

One of the few moments of levity in a generally tense meeting came when Storseth said that while Wells and Robson claimed to represent the majority of prairie farmers who supported the CWB single desk, Conservative MPs represent most rural prairie ridings.

“Could you explain this to me?”

Robson drew laughs, at least from the opposition side, when he quickly shot back: “I’m just as puzzled as you are.”

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POS BIO-SCIENCES | FUNDING

POS funding to create value-added products

BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Surrounded by hungry cattle, Janet Yule prepares to roll out a bale of hay on her farm west of Gleichen, Alta. | KEVIN LINK PHOTO

The POS Pilot Plant in Saskatoon will receive $911,000 in government funding to buy and install equipment that purifies ingredients derived from plant-based feedstocks grown in Western Canada.

The equipment will be used in a process known as short path distillation (SPD) and will produce purified ingredients that can be used by the agri-food, biofuel, functional food and nutraceutical industries.

When the equipment is operational, the POS Pilot Plant will be the first commercial organization in Canada to offer short path distillation services on a contract basis.

Funding for the project includes $461,000 through Agriculture Canada’s Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program and $450,000 from Western Economic Diversification.

“Commercial scale short path distillation equipment in POS would be the first of its kind in Canada,” said Rick Green, vice-president of technology at POS Bio-Sciences.

“Small and medium sized businesses in Western Canada will ben-

efit by finally being able to export value-added extracts from feedstock grown in Western Canada.”

Green said several companies in the West have products ready to export, but they require access to commercial scale SPD equipment to realize the full potential of those products.

“This project … will help Canadians capture those opportunities,” he said.

Short path distillation separates specific substances or fractions from feedstocks in a process that involves repeated evaporation and condensation.

Short path distillation reduces the distance that a liquid or distillate must travel between vaporization and condensation, which allows greater volumes of material to be processed in a shorter period of time.

Applications would include purification of vegetable oil derived from oilseeds or the removal of pesticide residues from other liquid ingredients derived from plants.

The equipment is expected to result in greater value-added processing of grain, fruit and oil produced in Western Canada.

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Public hearings begin this week.

Bill C-52 was approved on a voice vote without opposition Feb. 8 and the Commons transport committee began to examine details of the bill Feb. 12 with transport minister Denis Lebel the first witness.

Conservatives say they want swift passage.

During Commons debate, opposition MPs said they support the bill in principle but expect that committee hearings will give full voice to shippers, including those who would like the bill strengthened.

Shippers are lining up to appear before the committee, chaired by rural Ontario MP and former agriculture committee chair Larry Miller.

Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway are expected to use the hearings to argue that legislation is not necessary.

Bill C-52 requires carriers to entertain a request from a shipper that they negotiate a level-of-service agreement with penalties if either side does not live up to the commitments.

If an agreement cannot be reached, the shipper can apply to the Canadian Transportation Agency for an arbitrated settlement that imposes service obligations on carriers with penalties for non-compliance.

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NATIONAL CATTLEMEN’S BEEF ASSOCIATION | BEEF LABELLING

U.S. traceability rules, requirements outlined

Slow revisions to COOL annoy beef trade adviser

Rules in effect March 11 | Official says more improvements needed STORIES BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

TAMPA, Fla. — The latest attempt at building a livestock traceability system in the United States is a compromise after years of debate on whether identification is even necessary.

“Right now we do not have full traceability. We have better traceability,” John Clifford, chief veterinarian of the U.S. Department of Agricultures’ Animal and Plant Inspection Service, said during an animal health meeting at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association convention held in Tampa Feb. 5-9.

“This is the first time I am happy to talk about traceability.… I think this is very much needed by this industry.”

The final rule on animal disease tracking was published Jan. 9 and goes into effect March 11. The first few months will educate the public about the system, which applies only to livestock moving between states or across tribal boundaries.

Cattle younger than 18 months are exempt from the rule following intense pressure from the beef and marketing sectors to exclude them.

That group will be handled in a

JOHN CLIFFORD U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

later rule once the first regulation is operating.

Clifford said changes or improvements could take as long as five years.

Official identification is required for all sexually intact cattle and bison that are 18 months or older.

All female dairy cattle of any age and all dairy males born after March 11, 2013, must be permanently identified.

“Within a short period of time, all dairy cattle must have official identification,” he said.

The U.S. has recognized 60 tags, which is different from the Canadian program’s electronic system that is streamlined with few tag choices.

The U.S. tags can be visual or electronic and must be imprinted with the official U.S. shield and include unique numbers.

The rule will be administered by states and tribes.

APHIS will also distribute silver metal tags called “brite” tags at no cost to certified veterinarians, who will then pass them onto producers.

Brands, back tags and paperwork can also be accepted, as long as there is agreement between the states involved in shipping or receiving bison or cattle.

There are 14 brand states, while 36 do not have brand inspection.

“Brands would be allowed as long as they are recognized by the shipping and receiving state,” Clifford said.

A state cannot ask for specific identification from other states. For example, Michigan uses radio frequency tags to track tuberculosis within its herds, but it cannot ask other states to provide electronic ID. Tattoos and other identification methods accepted by breed associations may also be used.

APHIS will administer the national database and wants to control information on tag retirement because it is easier to do a traceback when it knows if animals are already dead. For example, knowing this ahead of time could eliminate thousands of animals from the search if a tuberculosis traceback is conducted.

TAMPA, Fla. — Mandatory country-of-origin labelling could be fixed with a provision in the U.S. farm bill, says a trade adviser to the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.

Instead, Gary Horlick said, the controversial law that has required all imported beef and pork to indicate country of origin on retail labels since 2008 is being revised in a rule that could take time to approve.

“There is no reason on earth we can’t put something in that farm bill to get rid of COOL or at least modify it to satisfy Mexico and Canada,” Horlick said at the NCBA annual convention held in Tampa Feb. 5-9.

A new farm bill was scheduled for 2012 but was extended to Sept. 30, 2013.

Canada and Mexico challenged COOL legislation at the World Trade Organization and won in 2011. The U.S. appealed and lost.

“The May 23 deadline is approaching without a lot of sense of urgency.

We would sure like to have everything done that is possible. The farm bill would be the best,” Dave Solverson, vice-president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, told an international trade session of the NCBA meeting.

“We do not want to get into retaliatory options, which is within our right within the WTO. Can you imagine what a 25 percent tariff on your largest export market would do?”

The most recent numbers from the U.S. Meat Export Federation showed Canada accepted more than 162,205

… It is in no one’s interest to drag this out.

GARY HORLICK TRADE ADVISER TO THE NATIONAL CATTLEMEN’S BEEF ASSOCIATION

tonnes of beef worth $1 billion between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30, 2012.

The NCBA sided with Canada and Mexico in their WTO challenge, and Horlick had predicted earlier they would win their case.

He said U.S. producers who want the COOL legislation changed need to visit their members of Congress to push for a speedy rule change.

“The golden rule works in trade just like a lot of other things. In trade agreements, we both agree how to treat each other,” said Horlick.

“We have to comply with these agreements when we sign them.”

He said the U.S. Department of Agriculture could offer an interim rule until a revision is placed in the farm bill.

“They could come up with a regulation in the interim phase, but that doesn’t mean they will.… It is in no one’s interest to drag this out.”

Meanwhile, a group of senators from Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota are leading a coalition to pressure the USDA and trade representatives to make sure the new rule can still tell consumers the origins of their food.

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WINTER GRAZING | MANAGEMENT

Flexibility needed in swath grazing plan Grain ration, hay | When temperatures drop below -20 C cattle need extra food energy to stay warm

WINTER GRAZING Daily feed required (lb. per head) for a 1,400 lb. cow in late pregnancy: Temperature -20 C

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BY WILLIAM DEKAY SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Producers who swath graze their cattle in the winter need to have a contingency plan.

“Plan B is the option of what do you need to do when the cows are not able to break through the snow to get at the swath grazing or dormant foraging for grazing,” says Barry Yaremcio, Alberta Agriculture’s beef and forage specialist.

Even cattle that can continue to find food in the field will need nutrients added to their diet when the temperature plummets.

Yaremcio said -20 C is the point where cattle cannot produce enough heat from fermenting or digesting their feed to keep warm.

“They’re actually getting hungry.…

Anything colder than that, you need to add extra grain to the ration or high energy feeds so that they’re getting more calories per day just to keep warm and prevent weight loss,” he said.

“Granted, as the temperature goes down they can eat more, but they’re never able to eat enough feed of hay or straw and lower energy density forages to meet the requirements.

There always has to be some extra grain put in there.”

Yaremcio uses cattle rationing software called CowBytes, which is designed to match an animal’s energy requirements to different weather conditions.

“For example, at -20 C with a five km-h wind, you can get away feeding a 1,400 pound cow 28 lb. of hay and 7.5 lb. of straw. That will generally take care of their requirements.

But at the same temperature and a 30 km-h wind, they need 30 lb. of hay and eight lb. of grain just to maintain body condition.… The rule of thumb that I use is if your noon temperature is -30 C with minimal wind, then you need to add an additional two lb. of grain to your existing ration just to maintain the animal.

So if it’s -40, you have to add four lb. of grain.”

Individual management strategy Glen Smith is well into his Plan B this year, with Plan C on standby. He said every producer’s system is different and what works for one doesn’t necessarily work for another.

“There is no recipe.”

Crusting snow has reduced the amount of grazing that Smith’s commercial herd of Angus based cows can do on his farm near Vermilion, Alta. The cows are now getting by on feeding bales, straw and pellets.

Smith said this winter ’s high humidity and temperature fluctuations have been challenging for many cattle producers.

“There’s always a plan,” he said.

“I learned quite a number of years ago that you have to have flexibility in

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If you don’t have that plan in place, that’s where you’re going to get caught…. I can see where a person can get into trouble on a year like this.

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the plan. It means having bales in the feed yard as well.”

He said the lower hay quality this year has compounded the feeding challenges.

“Lots of us are feeding two-year-old hay, even three-year-old hay in some cases,” he said.

“We recognize it doesn’t pack the forage value or feed value of younger forage, but it’s one of those things that you have to deal with what you’ve got and if you need to throw in a little extra supplement here or there to make up the difference, that’s what you do.”

Mark vanHaastert, who runs a 550 commercial Angus-Simmental cross operation near Bjorkdale, Sask., said having extra feed as insurance never hurts.

“If you don’t have that plan in place, that’s where you’re going to get caught…. I can see where a person can get into trouble on a year like this,” he said. “There’s always going to be a thin one here or there. You want to look at the overall condition of the cow herd from A to Z.” Weight loss in pregnant cows is of particular concern and needs to be monitored more closely 30 to 60 days before calving. Yaremcio said three things could happen if an animal is short of energy and protein before calving.

“Their ability to produce colostrum, both quality and quantity, is going to go down so the immunity passed onto the calf is reduced,” he said.

“So at calving time, they may have a whole bunch of sick calves. The second thing is the total amount of produced milk will be lower throughout the entire lactation.

“The third thing to happen when you have a cow that’s losing weight prior to calving is that she’ll continue to lose weight pretty well up to the time the bulls are put out. Their conception weight is going to drop by 30 to 40 percent.

“You could have a calf crop that’s only two-thirds as big this year as it was last year because these cows are skinny. That’s a huge loss.”

He said cows’ nutritional requirements increase by 25 percent at calv-

ing because they’re producing milk and repairing their reproductive systems so that they can conceive 90 days later.

Yaremcio said it’s beneficial for producers to get a second educated opinion on their animals’ condition.

VanHaastert agreed.

“Work with your livestock guys, the ones that are selling your feeds, and use your agrologist,” he said.

“Don’t just go by what you think is right. There’s free advice out there.”

Yaremcio said the most important thing is for producers to watch their cows to see what they’re doing.

“If they’re having troubles, or if there is difficulties of them keeping their weight on, you’re going to have to change something and make it better for them.”

Grazing cattle can support themselves through winter and maintain proper body condition if they are given extra grain or high energy rations during the coldest days. These heifers were leading the herd to their daily allotment of oats on the Froshaug Ranch in the Big Muddy Valley in southern Saskatchewan Feb. 4. | CARLA FROSHAUG PHOTO

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Pain assessment in animals important for welfare research ANIMAL HEALTH

JOHN CAMPBELL, DVM, DVSC

Many animals mask pain so assessment is challenging

P

ain control for routine management procedures has become an important animal welfare

concern for the beef industry.

It can be achieved in several ways: • Local anesthetics can cause a lack of sensation in the affected area.

This may eliminate pain during a procedure but will usually not provide long-term pain control.

• Analgesics are drugs that are used to reduce pain, but they do not eliminate all sensation. We are using an analgesic when we take ibuprophen or aspirin for a headache.

Veterinarians have access to four analgesics that are licensed for use in cattle: • Sodium salicylate (aspirin boluses) • Meloxicam (Metacam) • Flunixin (Banamine) • Ketoprofen (Anafen)

The type of procedure and the age of the animal may also significantly determine the degree of pain.

There is no doubt procedures such as branding, castration and dehorning cause pain in cattle. A great deal of research has been published in the last few years looking at strategies that would minimize pain for these procedures.

Researchers have looked for an ideal age at which to carry out these procedures, which technique is least painful and what drugs can be used to block the pain or provide pain relief afterward.

Each of these research studies have added another piece of information, but one of the major challenges is the

ability to accurately assess and quantify pain in cattle.

Pain assessment in humans is relatively straight forward. Doctors can ask you about your pain levels and you can report how you are feeling.

However, accurately assessing pain is not nearly as straight forward.

As well, cattle and other food animals are prey species that have evolved to mask the pain they feel. As a result, they are less likely to show obvious signs of pain, which would allow a predator to identify them as a potential target.

Researchers tend to use two major categories of pain assessment when tr ying to evaluate pain control strategies:

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Behavioural responses Livestock producers have used behavioural responses for centuries to identify animals that are sick or in pain. We learn to evaluate normal behaviour and look for clues such as posture, movement (or lack of movement), eating and drinking behaviour.

However, many of these visual evaluations are subjective, and researchers need to more precisely measure the degree of pain.

Production response, such as average daily gain and feed intake, has been one of the primary means to assess eating and drinking behaviour and is often a practical measure of behavioural response used by producers and veterinarians.

Many researchers have used digital video recording and analysis to measure the time that animals spend walking, lying, eating and drinking.

Pedometers can be used to measure the amount of walking an animal does before and after a procedure and a device known as an accelerometer can record walking, standing and lying behaviour.

Strain gauges and load cells can be used in chutes to quantify the amount of struggling that occurs.

Physiological responses The method used to measure stress can cause a physiological response.

For example, simply handling cattle can stimulate the “fight or flight” response and may change some of their physiological responses.

Heart rate monitors and changes in body temperature or brain activity can be used to assess the pain response in cattle.

Cortisol levels in the blood have also been used as a measure of stress, but care must be taken in interpretation because genetics, previous experience with handling and other factors can also affect animals’ cortisol levels.

Some researchers have recently examined the measurement of a specific neuropeptide called “Substance P” in the bloodstream of calves after castration. Substance P has been shown to be much higher in people with soft tissue injuries compared to healthy controls, and it may also have some benefit in assessing pain in animals.

We need pain control strategies that are effective, economical and practical to administer.

Scientists must continue to work on improving the techniques for assessing pain in animals so progress can be made in this area.

John Campbell is head of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine.

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Innovation focus Groups debate brand inspection aims to boost livestock sector Sask. outlines agriculture spending priorities STORIES BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

SASKATOON — Saskatchewan has the potential to expand its cattle industry further and faster than Alberta, says a provincial deputy agriculture minister who has worked in both provinces.

Nithi Govindasamy, associate deputy minister in Saskatchewan for the last several years, said the opportunity for a stronger livestock industry is greatest in Saskatchewan.

“I think this province is well placed — land base, producers, weather, water supply — to become the largest cow-calf province in Canada,” he told the Saskatchewan Beef Industry Conference Jan. 23.

“Some of the guys that I’ve worked with in Alberta for 30 years may not like hearing this but…”

Govindasamy said regulator y reform is helping promote the province as the place to be.

The government’s decision to feature agricultural goals in the province’s growth agenda also sends a critical message.

He challenged producers to think about how they can work to make the industry all it can be, but he also said governments will help spur development through non-business risk management programs in Growing Forward 2.

Saskatchewan has been consulting with industry as it develops the programs it intends to roll out April 1.

The province and Ottawa are currently negotiating the bilateral agreement.

Govindasamy said the broad theme of innovation will break down into programs that increase competitiveness, adaptability and sustainability.

“Innovation is going to be a central feature of the programming,” he said.

“We’re going to be using every dollar available to focus on innovation.”

Saskatchewan will spend its money in eight key areas: • Agricultural research and innovation • Environment • Farm business management • Rural water infrastructure • Food safety, plant and animal health • Value added business development • Agricultural awareness • Trade and market development The first Growing Forward invested $250 million in the non-BRM programs. The greatest percentage of money went toward research (31 percent), followed by environment (24), farm business management (22) and rural water (19).

However, both governments are increasing the money available to $71.2 million on average per year, or $350 million over the five-year life of the agreement.

The province is accepting written

feedback on its Growing Forward proposals until Feb. 15.

Govindasamy said he is concerned about the federal government’s withdrawal from agriculture, evidenced by the offloading of community pastures on the province, cutting the tree nursery at Indian Head and withdrawing from irrigation projects in the southwest.

“From my vantage point, there are some really good things that Agriculture Canada has been doing that may no longer be done,” he said.

“Who is to fill the gap? I suspect that more is coming.”

Brad Wildeman of Pound-Maker AgVentures said the non-BRM programs are important but the reduction in government spending on BRM programs means an effective disaster relief program remains elusive.

SASKATOON — Saskatchewan’s brand inspection system is supposed to change this year, but it appears producers aren’t yet sure how they would like the service to be provided.

One option is for Alberta’s Livestock Inspection Services (LIS) to take over from the provincial employees who currently do the work.

However, Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association members attending their semi-annual meeting Jan. 24 defeated a resolution to develop a western Canadian livestock inspection system in collaboration with LIS. Later that same day, Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association members passed a resolution at the annual meeting calling for a made-in-Saskatchewan service controlled by the industry.

The chairs of both organizations co-chair a committee advising agriculture minister Lyle Stewart on how to proceed. Keeping LIS along with Saskatchewan oversight is one of the recommendations.

SSGA chair Harold Martens said Stewart has made it clear he believes a regional service would work best.

Saskatchewan inspectors have already been providing Manitoba with the service for years.

The industry committee concluded the greatest efficiencies could be achieved if our system were closely aligned with Alberta.

NITHI GOVINDASAMY SASKATCHEWAN ASSOCIATE DEPUTY AGRICULTURE MINISTER

Stewart announced last summer that the province intended to stop providing brand inspection because the costs were too high and cheaper, more efficient options were available.

Legislation was passed in November that authorizes the minister to enter into an agreement with another agency to provide brand inspection. Martens said any outside agency would be responsible to a Saskatchewan board.

The committee has had three meetings with LIS. “We are told that they have the capacity in their computer system as it relates to inspection and brand manifests,” Martens told the meeting.

However, a fair amount of administrative work would be required before LIS could take on Saskatche-

wan’s work as well.

“We are hesitant to say we can get it done in 2013,” Martens said.

SCA chair Mark Elford said the committee is waiting for information from LIS before it proceeds further. This includes costs and more details about what services LIS could provide.

Associate deputy minister Nithi Govindasamy said LIS is an attractive, workable option.

“Seventy to 80 percent of slaughter animals from Saskatchewan go to Alberta, and 50 percent of feeders go to Alberta feedlots,” he told a Saskatchewan Beef Industry Conference session.

“The industry committee concluded the greatest efficiencies could be achieved if our system were closely aligned with Alberta.”

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Archer Daniels Midland has owned its Medicine Hat facility since 1992. After operating since 1912, the facility is now closing, with ADM moving services to a plant in Calgary. | FILE PHOTO GRAIN | FLOUR MILLING

Medicine Hat facility | Closure comes as Archer Daniels Midland realigns operations LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

A century of flour milling operations will end in Medicine Hat when Archer Daniels Midland closes its landmark facility at the end of May. The mill’s 40 employees were told of the plan at the end of January.

Although it was unwelcome news, it was not entirely unexpected.

“We had suspected it was coming for about the last seven years,” said Ben Hermann, a 33-year employee at the mill.

“They kept trying to move equipment to Calgary, but customers didn’t like the Calgary flour. They preferred our flour.”

Jackie Anderson, spokesperson for ADM in Decatur, Illinois, said the company is closing the mill to optimize its milling operations.

“The decision had nothing to do with the quality of work being done in Medicine Hat,” she said in an email.

She said customers will continue to be served from ADM’s Calgary mill, where warehouse space and more

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packaging capability will be added to accommodate the changes.

The Medicine Hat mill will be gradually idled and then closed at the end of May, Anderson added.

“We are considering our options beyond that.”

Hermann, who is the unit chair for United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1118, acknowledged ADM would likely be reluctant to sell the mill to a competitor, but he doesn’t want to rule it out.

“We are sort of hoping somebody might step in and buy the place because we’re profitable and all of our customers like us and our product,” he said.

“There’s a lot of pride and effort in our work.”

Hermann said ADM officials told employees that the larger Calgary plant was not running at capacity, which was one of the reasons for the change.

As well, the Calgary plant can process hard red spring wheat, soft wheat and rye, while the Medicine Hat facility processes only hard red spring.

He said the mill has been recog-

nized in the past for its ability to extract up to 80 percent value from each kernel of wheat.

It produces 12 products ranging from various types of flour to bran, wheat germ, wheat granules and feed.

The current employee contract expires at the end of February, and Hermann’s union duties will now entail severance package arrangements and other assistance to employees.

“It’s slowly starting to sink in. Some of the guys, they are in their 50s, so it’s sort of hard to step out and find another job. Not too many places are looking for 50-year-old people,” he said.

“And we’re all pretty close knit.

We’ve worked together for years.”

Lisa Kowalchuk, executive director of the Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce, said the unemployment rate in the region is low, which bodes well for mill workers who will soon be looking for jobs.

However, news of the closure was disappointing.

“It is disheartening when you see a business close after they’ve been in

existence for 100 years,” Kowalchuk said.

“It’s certainly not something that we want to see, but we also understand that certain businesses have to make business decisions and we certainly can’t comment as to what affected their decisions or what had transpired to come to that conclusion.

“It obviously does have an economic impact on our community.”

ADM declined to provide data on the capacity and output of the mill, but Hermann said it produced 390 tonnes of product per day for customers in British Columbia, Quebec and Alberta.

The facility has a rail car siding and there are two gas wells on the property.

ADM has owned the plant since 1992. It began its life in 1912 as Ogilvie Flour Mills Co., which was well known for its Five Roses Flour brand.

ADM reported second quarter earnings Feb. 5 of $510 million, or 77 cents per share. Much of that came through its oilseed crushing operations, which include a plant in Lloydminster, Alta.

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ADM profit soars CHICAGO, Feb 5 (Reuters) — Archer Daniels Midland Co. reported a six-fold increase in quarterly profits to $510 million US as strong demand for oilseeds helped the agricultural giant shake off the drag of a historic U.S. drought.

Results topped Wall Street estimates, sending shares up.

ADM’s U.S. soybean operations ran at record capacity during the quarter ended Dec. 31, because of export demand for soybean meal.

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Pulse processor secures credit, offers bonds Long-term financing | Alliance Grain Traders consolidates loans and seeks new funds for emerging market initiatives

BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

The world’s largest pulse crop processor has restructured its finances.

Alliance Grain Traders has secured $300 million in credit facilities from a consortium of banks and has launched a $125 million bond offering.

“It’s really a long-term financing strategy for AGT,” said company president Murad Al-Katib.

The $300 million comprises a $150 million revolving line of credit, $90 million of long-term debt to consolidate previous loans for acquisitions and expansions, $30 million for future acquisitions and expansions and a $30 million “accordion” to grow the credit facil-

ity at the discretion of the lenders.

Al-Katib said the new credit facilities solidify AGT’s working capital and financing requirements for its business operations in Canada, the United States and Australia. They have a maturity date of Jan. 24, 2016.

“It really gives us balance sheet certainty,” he said.

In the past, the company’s available credit would fluctuate from year to year based on an annual review by lenders. The new credit facility gives AGT three years of peace of mind.

The $125 million bond issue also provides financial certainty. The principal amount of the notes, which offer a nine percent annual rate of return, is due in 2018.

Al-Katib said it was time to rebalance the company’s balance sheet by

This is kind of the tip of the iceberg to start this initiative.

MURAD AL-KATIB AGT PRESIDENT

adding more long-term debt.

“If you look back at our history, we’ve raised a lot of our capital in the equity markets prior to this,” he said.

AGT raised close to $200 million through share offerings in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

The company said the bond offering has been well received and is expected to close this week. Money raised will repay existing debt and the remainder

will be used as working capital.

“Cash will be key in the next 30 years,” said Al-Katib.

“The $125 million will be largely deployed into our emerging markets business.”

It will be used to bolster the company’s distribution network in Turkey, Russia, India and southern Africa.

Al-Katib expects pulse demand is on the rebound after suffering a setback during the Arab Spring, the European debt crisis and a period of currency devaluation in importing countries.

“A lot of those factors have started to resolve themselves and we’re expecting 2013 and 2014 to be much more positive,” he said.

“We’re now financed, we’re ready and we think the world is recovering. We’re very excited about the next two years.”

AGT bought 14 companies over the past five years, but there were no acquisitions in 2012.

Al-Katib said the funding is in place for future acquisitions, but the focus for the time being remains boosting asset use in Canada and expanding into the food ingredient business.

The first step down the food ingredient road will happen in the first quarter of 2013 with the commissioning of AGT’s pulse protein extraction facility in Minot, North Dakota.

AGT signed an agreement with Cargill Inc. in January to be the exclusive North American marketer of AGT’s pulse-based pet foods, branded feeds and aquaculture feeds.

“This is kind of the tip of the iceberg to start this initiative,” said Al-Katib.

FARM MANAGEMENT | EARLY ADOPTERS

Do what is necessary to gain a competitive edge THE BOTTOM LINE

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t might be a good idea to increase your production costs next year.

As silly as that sounds, it could be a smart move if it boosts profitability.

It’s a fine line. Most producers spend serious cash to maximize profits, but some seek to invest even more on the latest innovations to gain an edge.

Geoff Gyles knows a number of these farmers. His company, Wolf Trax from Winnipeg, is making waves with a unique seed nutrition product. Part of the appeal for this product is, ironically, the high cost of putting a crop in the ground.

“I think attitudes toward seed nutrition are starting to change as the price of seed moves up,” says Gyles, who founded Wolf Trax in 1998 with partner Kerry Green.

“What’s emerging are high-performance farmers who, because they’re investing more money on seed and other inputs, have much higher expectations when it comes to yields.”

Wolf Trax is best known in areas where soil is deficient in micronutrients such as copper, zinc and manganese.

Gyles and Green developed an innovative way to apply micronutrients by processing them into a fine, dry powder that clings to other objects through electrostatic adhesion, similar to how a balloon sticks to a surface after rubbing it on your hair.

However, their new product is aimed at an entirely different audience: farmers who Gyles says are trying “to reach the maximum potential for their crop.”

Company reps describe Protinus (a latin word meaning “forward”) as

baby food for seedlings. The idea is to give seedlings a nutrient boost from the moment they germinate to produce swifter root development, more even emergence and a more robust and higher-yielding crop. It can be applied to everything from grains and oilseeds to vegetables and forages.

Wolf Trax was cautious in bringing the product to market. It spent four years doing field trials, mainly by universities and independent researchers, before initiating a limited commercial roll-out in 2010.

This approach reflects the mindset of those high-performance producers who are early adopters of new technology. They are willing to spend extra money on something new but first want to know the product has been thoroughly tested and evaluated, says Gyles.

“These types of farmers are looking for all the different ways to unlock the true potential of the seed they’re investing in,” he says.

“They are looking for different things than what their grandfathers were looking for.”

This column is not a pitch for this particular product. What’s key here is the fact that there is a category of farmers actively seeking, and finding, ways to gain an edge. They have taken to heart the advice of farm business experts such as Danny Klinefelter, who says “the only truly sustainable competitive advantage is the ability to learn and adapt faster than your competition.”

It doesn’t matter whether it’s trying out an innovative input, mastering precision ag techniques, taking better advantage of today’s high-tech equipment or finding a way to attract and retain skilled employees. It’s all about finding a way to stay in the forefront.

This is the high-performance mentality. It’s why Canada’s Olympic program created its Own The Podium initiative.

Of course, this approach doesn’t suit everyone. Most are content to let the early adopters sort out what innovations work and how best to use them.

But you also have to be aware that

competition in agriculture is fierce and unrelenting. Although Wolf Trax is a relatively small company, it has salespeople across North America, Latin America and Europe for the

simple reason that there are highperformance producers in almost every corner of the globe.

Farmers around the world are looking for an edge. What’s yours?

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GRAINS Slaughter Cattle ($/cwt)

Steers 600-700 lb. (average $/cwt)

Grade A

Alberta

Live Feb. 1-7

Previous Jan. 25-31

Year ago

Rail Feb. 1-7

115.50-116.75 96.41-127.89 n/a 97.00-103.00

115.50-117.00 112.07-130.59 n/a 100.00-104.00

110.79 123.68 n/a 103.25

192.50-194.85 202.00-205.00 n/a n/a

191.50-196.75 202.00-205.00 n/a n/a

116.50 114.48-128.10 n/a 95.00-102.50

117.00 115.45-126.93 n/a 95.00-102.50

110.76 118.35 n/a 101.50

192.50-194.85 201.00-204.00 n/a n/a

191.85-194.75 201.00-204.00 n/a n/a

$145

Steers Alta.

Ont. Sask.

Man. Heifers Alta.

Ont. Sask.

Man.

$140

*Live f.o.b. feedlot, rail f.o.b. plant.

$150 $145 $140 $135 n/a $130 1/7 1/14 1/21 1/28

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2/11

Saskatchewan $150

$135 $130 1/7

1/14 1/21 1/28

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Manitoba $150 $145 $140 $135 n/a n/a

$130 1/7

Canfax

Feeder Cattle ($/cwt)

n/a

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Heifers 500-600 lb. (average $/cwt) Alberta $150

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

Cattle Slaughter

Sask.

Man.

Alta.

B.C.

120-129 123-133 127-140 133-148 142-165 150-179

110-127 120-133 124-143 130-148 140-160 147-177

120-131 124-136 130-140 135-151 147-168 160-185

110-125 112-128 115-141 125-144 139-167 143-175

110-123 115-124 120-132 125-148 135-154 140-156

107-119 110-124 115-129 123-140 128-150 135-155

116-127 118-130 125-139 131-149 138-164 150-170

105-123 110-125 115-132 120-142 128-150 no sales Canfax

$145 $140

Average Carcass Weight

$135 n/a $130 1/7 1/14 1/21 1/28

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2/11

Feb. 2/13 890 811 671 893

Canfax

Steers Heifers Cows Bulls

Saskatchewan $145 $140 $135

Feb. 4/12 886 824 676 991

YTD 13 885 818 675 917

YTD 12 881 819 677 982

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

$130 n/a $125 1/7 1/14 1/21 1/28

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Manitoba $140 $135 $130 $125 n/a n/a

$120 1/7

1/14 1/21 1/28

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2/11

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

Steers 124.81 125.00 124.27 200.00

Trend -2/-5 steady/+3 -1/-2

Cattle / Beef Trade

Alta-Neb Sask-Neb Ont-Neb

-8.42 n/a -7.28

-11.02 n/a -9.94

Canadian Beef Production million lb. YTD % change Fed 146.8 -17 Non-fed 38.2 +1 Total beef 185.0 -14

Exports % from 2011 49,792 (1) +37.1 8,799 (1) +14.4 186,202 (3) -19.3 254,613 (3) -17.7 Imports % from 2011 n/a (2) n/a 41,938 (2) -38.6 17,775 (4) +25.4 22,717 (4) +13.5

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

(1) to Jan. 26/13 (2) to Nov. 30/12 (3) to Nov. 30/12 (4) to Feb. 2/13

Canfax

Agriculture Canada

Close Feb. 8 Live Cattle Feb 126.45 Apr 130.13 Jun 125.70 Aug 126.48 Oct 130.30 Feeder Cattle Mar 145.00 Apr 148.20 May 150.53 Aug 156.70 Sep 157.83

127.10 132.18 127.75 128.68 133.00

-0.65 -2.05 -2.05 -2.20 -2.70

123.95 126.80 125.95 128.03 131.70

149.20 152.13 154.70 160.08 161.40

-4.20 -3.93 -4.17 -3.38 -3.57

153.63 155.75 157.30 158.85 158.35

Est. Beef Wholesale ($/cwt) This wk Last wk Yr. ago 215 215 211-213 Canfax

Sheep ($/lb.) & Goats ($/head) Feb. 1 Base rail (index 100) 2.40 Index range 101.10-107.70 Range off base 2.41-2.67 Feeder lambs 1.15-1.30 Sheep (live) 0.40-0.60

Previous 2.40 95.67-106.28 2.26-2.56 1.15-1.30 0.40-0.60 SunGold Meats

Feb. 4 1.75-2.20 1.70-2.00 1.35-1.45 1.30-1.44 1.20-1.30 1.20-1.50 0.75-0.95 0.80-1.00 70-110

New lambs 65-80 lb 80-95 lb > 95 lb > 110 lb Feeder lambs Sheep Rams Kids

1.60-2.20 1.41-1.85 1.30-1.49 1.35-1.41 1.30-1.35 1.20-1.40 0.75-0.90 0.85-1.00 70-110

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Index 100 Hog Price Trends ($/ckg) Alberta $160 $155 $150 $145 $140 1/7

n/a 1/14 1/21 1/28

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2/11

Export 61,296 (1) 293,247 (2) 1,100,425 (2)

$160

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

$155 $150 $145 $140 1/7

(1) to Jan. 26/13 1/14 1/21 1/28

2/4

(2) to Nov. 30/12

$160 $155 $150 $145 1/7

1/14 1/21 1/28

To Feb. 2 Canada 1,957,832 2,029,267 -3.5

To date 2013 To date 2012 % change 13/12

Fed. inspections only U.S. 10,746,127 10,783,310 -0.3 Agriculture Canada

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2/11

Feb Apr May Jun

Close Feb. 8 86.45 86.13 93.50 94.50

Close Feb. 1 87.65 88.75 96.60 97.50

n/a 159.87

Man. Que.

160.00 165.48 *incl. wt. premiums

-1.20 -2.62 -3.10 -3.00

Year ago 86.85 88.30 97.30 97.85

% from 2011 -20.3 +2.6 +4.2

Import n/a 19,170 (3) 19,805 (3)

% from 2011 n/a -1.7 -2.4 Agriculture Canada

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2/11

2/4

2/11

Durum (March) $320 $315 $310

$300 1/7

1/14 1/21 1/28

Milling Wheat (March) $305 $300

$285 1/7

Close Feb. 8 94.10 94.00 85.43 82.10

1/14 1/21 1/28

2/4

2/11

Trend -3.63 -3.15 -2.00 -1.68

Year ago 98.40 98.13 89.08 84.73

Feb. 11 18.25-21.00 14.75-17.00 17.75-19.00 21.00-24.00 15.00-17.75 17.25-20.75 15.00-18.00 15.30-16.50 13.80-14.00 8.15-9.00 8.05-8.30 13.00-13.25 5.00-9.00 38.70-40.75 34.75-36.75 26.40-27.75 25.25-28.00 27.00-28.75 25.70-27.00 20.90-22.00 20.90-22.00

Avg. 19.73 16.07 18.31 22.59 16.29 18.97 16.58 16.22 13.95 8.48 8.21 13.17 6.50 40.07 35.42 27.30 26.66 27.88 26.78 21.82 21.63

Feb. 4 20.40 16.00 18.43 23.22 16.38 18.94 16.39 16.06 13.95 8.44 8.21 13.17 6.50 40.07 35.42 27.30 26.91 27.88 5.88 0.88 19.67

Cash Prices

Canola (cash - March) No. 3 Oats Saskatoon ($/tonne) No. 1 Rye Saskatoon ($/tonne) Snflwr NuSun Enderlin ND (¢/lb)

$660 $640

Feb. 6 Jan. 30 Year Ago 203.54 191.87 172.41 156.75 156.75 189.98 22.25 22.70 25.25

$600 $580 1/4

1/11 1/18 1/25

2/1

USDA

No. 1 DNS (14%) Montana elevator No. 1 DNS (13%) Montana elevator No. 1 Durum (13%) Montana elevator No. 1 Malt Barley Montana elevator No. 2 Feed Barley Montana elevator

$40 $30 $20 $10 $0 1/4

1/11 1/18 1/25

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

2/8

Canola (basis - March)

2/1

Feb. 8 7.94 7.78 8.00 5.76 4.80

2/8

Grain Futures Feed Wheat (Lethbridge) $310 $300 $290 $280 $270 1/4

1/11 1/18 1/25

2/1

2/8

Flax (elevator bid- S’toon) $590 $580 $570 $560 $550 1/4

1/11 1/18 1/25

2/1

2/8

Barley (cash - March) $290 $285

Basis: $42

1/11 1/18 1/25

2/1

2/8

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

Corn (March) $740 $720 $700 $680 $660 1/7

1/14 1/21 1/28

2/4

2/11

$1500 $1470 $1440 $1410 1/14 1/21 1/28

2/4

2/11

Oats (March) $400 $380 $360

Feb. 11 Feb. 4 Trend Wpg ICE Canola ($/tonne) Mar 629.50 633.10 -3.60 May 615.20 621.60 -6.40 Jul 600.00 611.30 -11.30 Nov 549.90 565.50 -15.60 Wpg ICE Milling Wheat ($/tonne) Mar 291.00 291.00 0.00 May 294.00 294.00 0.00 July 296.00 296.00 0.00 Oct 296.00 296.00 0.00 Wpg ICE Durum Wheat ($/tonne) Mar 309.20 312.40 -3.20 May 313.20 316.40 -3.20 July 316.20 319.40 -3.20 Wpg ICE Barley ($/tonne) Mar 241.50 241.50 0.00 May 242.50 242.50 0.00 July 243.00 243.00 0.00 Chicago Wheat ($US/bu.)

Mar 7.4150 7.6300 -0.2150 May 7.4925 7.7075 -0.2150 Jul 7.5075 7.7600 -0.2525 Dec 7.7150 8.0225 -0.3075 Chicago Oats ($US/bu.)

Mar 3.8100 3.5975 +0.2125 May 3.7250 3.6525 +0.0725 July 3.6950 3.7025 -0.0075 Dec 3.6550 3.6675 -0.0125 Chicago Soybeans ($US/bu.)

Mar 14.3150 14.8875 -0.5725 May 14.1725 14.8025 -0.6300 Jul 14.0700 14.7050 -0.6350 Nov 12.6850 13.4400 -0.7550 Chicago Soy Oil (¢US/lb.)

Mar 51.24 53.11 -1.87 May 51.67 53.54 -1.87 Jul 51.97 53.84 -1.87 Chicago Corn ($US/bu.)

Mar 7.0225 7.3425 -0.3200 May 7.0150 7.3625 -0.3475 Jul 6.9200 7.2750 -0.3550 Dec 5.5875 5.9375 -0.3500 Minneapolis Wheat ($US/bu.)

Mar 8.2600 8.4700 -0.2100 May 8.3925 8.5975 -0.2050 Jul 8.4925 8.6950 -0.2025 Dec 8.5750 8.7625 -0.1875 Kansas City Wheat ($US/bu.)

Mar 7.8875 8.1700 -0.2825 May 8.0025 8.2875 -0.2850 Dec 8.3550 8.6450 -0.2900

Year ago 538.80 542.50 545.30 521.20 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.4125 6.4650 6.5725 6.9350 3.2500 3.1400 3.1125 3.1550 12.5200 12.6000 12.6875 12.5900 53.05 53.42 53.80 6.3950 6.4300 6.4600 5.6700 8.1550 8.0675 7.9600 7.7450 6.8325 6.8975 7.2875

$340 $320 1/7

Close Feb. 1 97.73 97.15 87.43 83.78

Laird lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) Laird lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) Richlea lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) Eston lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) Eston lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) Sm. Red lentils, No. 2 (¢/lb) Sm. Red lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) Peas, green No. 1 ($/bu) Peas, green 10% bleach ($/bu) Peas, med. yellow No. 1 ($/bu) Peas, sm. yellow No. 2 ($/bu) Maple peas ($/bu) Feed peas ($/bu) Mustard, yellow, No. 1 (¢/lb) Mustard, brown, No. 1 (¢/lb) Mustard, Oriental, No. 1 (¢/lb) Canaryseed (¢/lb) Desi chickpeas (¢/lb) Kabuli, 8mm, No. 1 (¢/lb) Kabuli, 7mm, No. 1 (¢/lb) B-90 ckpeas, No. 1 (¢/lb)

Cash Prices

$1380 1/7

(3) to Feb. 2/13

Trend

2/4

Soybeans (March)

Index 100 hogs $/ckg

Chicago Hogs Lean ($US/cwt)

$165

1/14 1/21 1/28

Chicago Nearby Futures ($US/100 bu.)

2/11

Manitoba

$235 1/7

$270 1/4

Hogs / Pork Trade

Saskatchewan

$240

$275

Hog Slaughter

Alta.

Sask.

$245

$280

Feb. 11 Wool lambs >80 lb. 1.15-1.18 Wool lambs <80 lb. 1.21-1.25 Hair lambs 1.10-1.15 Fed sheep 0.40-0.55

Fixed contract $/ckg

Mar 03-Mar 16 Mar 17-Mar 30 Mar 31-Apr 13 Apr 14-Apr 27 Apr 28-May 11 May 12-May 25 May 26-Jun 08 Jun 09-Jun 22 Jun 23-Jul 06 Jul 07-Jul 20 Jul 21-Aug 03

$250

$620

HOGS Maple Leaf Hams Mktg.

Feb. 8 Feb. 8 146.40-147.32 146.95-147.87 144.56-145.02 145.11-145.57 146.19-150.80 146.80-151.41 155.87-158.17 156.48-158.79 159.88-162.64 160.41-163.17 165.87-168.63 166.40-169.17 164.94-166.33 165.48-166.86 166.79-169.55 167.32-170.09 167.25-169.07 167.78-169.89 167.22-169.53 168.05-170.35 168.01-169.53 168.64-170.35

$255

$290

Close Trend Year Feb. 1 ago

Sask. Sheep Dev. Bd.

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

Source: STAT Publishing, which solicits bids from Maviga N.A., Legumex Walker, CGF Brokerage, Parrish & Heimbecker, Simpson Seeds and Alliance Grain Traders. Prices paid for dressed product at plant.

Barley (March)

$295

Chicago Futures ($US/cwt)

USDA

Basis

Pulse and Special Crops

ICE Futures Canada

$305

To Feb. 2 Fed. inspections only Canada U.S. To date 2013 226,861 621,000 To date 2012 260,783 591,045 % Change 13/12 -13.0 +5.1

Montreal Heifers 124.92 125.00 124.00 200.00

Feeders No. 1 (800-900 lb) Steers South Dakota 132-144.50 Billings 135.75-139.50 Dodge City 137-142.50

Cash Futures

Previous Jan. 25-31

1/14 1/21 1/28

2/4

2/11

Minneapolis Nearby Futures ($US/100bu.)

Spring Wheat (March) $900 $880 $860 $840 $820 1/7

1/14 1/21 1/28

2/4

2/11

Canadian Exports & Crush (1,000 To tonnes) Feb. 3 Wheat 249.1 Durum 55.1 Oats 11.7 Barley 91.9 Flax 0.6 Canola 169.5 Peas 10.4 Canola crush 122.0

To Jan. 27 264.7 102.6 18.8 8.5 2.2 93.8 115.4

Total to date 6917.7 2388.0 648.6 885.4 155.6 4203.0 895.8 3698.1

Last year 6991.8 1876.4 738.2 617.1 113.9 5004.6 1070.1 3431.1

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104.7 120.7 72.3 99.9 76.7 80.7 39.9 65.9 72.7 86.7 89.0 132.1 55.9 109.5 61.0 57.0 117.4 87.9

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0.8 0.3 6.4 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.3 2.2 3.6 3.2 1.5 3.3 5.5 2.4 1.1 2.1

50.7 52.2 84.1 50.5 92.3 90.9 66.5 25.7 39.2 64.5 49.7 106.5 57.1 70.3 61.9 69.9

131 130 144 114 156 109 86 52 71 142 83 141 66 132 110 134

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6.6 3.6 2.0 8.5 4.3 3.6 0.9 3.3

90.9 106.3 80.9 75.9 63.5 75.2 93.1 91.1

134 157 117 111 82 97 124 122

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1.2 1.6 0.3 0.6 2.4

130.7 125.7 83.5 89.0 79.1

94 142 91 73 47

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