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TRANSPORTATION | RAIL SERVICE

Rail service gets Ottawa’s ear Parliament to hear complaints | Car shortages, unsatisfactory service cause food supply issues BY BARRY WILSON OTTAWA BUREAU

As Parliament opens a new session next week, the government can expect political pressure over inadequate rail service that has left many prairie farmers unable to deliver their crop. Grain Growers of Canada wrote a letter to the minister last week urging the Conservative government to “seriously assess the evolving rail capacity issues for Canadian farmers and provide recommendations for alleviating (our) concerns.” The concerns included significant farmer income loss, increased costs and an impact on food manufactur-

ers unable to obtain the grain feed stocks they need. “Rail service is beginning to have an effect on the national food supply, too, as millers, food manufacturers and maltsters are receiving unsatisfactory service and real shortages moving grain to plants and then to market.” Meanwhile, New Democratic Party opposition agriculture critic Malcolm Allen said Jan. 20 his party will be pressing for parliamentary hearings on the issue as well as trying to hold government feet to the fire in question period. “We certainly will be raising this, and the calls we are getting indicate this is a huge issue for farmers,” he

said. “I think the government has to be prepared to take some responsibility for this. (It’s) a major part of the economy and many farmers are missing out on taking advantage of a great crop because they can’t move it. That’s money out of their pocket.” Agriculture minister Gerry Ritz said politics are not the answer. “The short answer is if the (parliamentary committee) wants to look at it, they can,” he told a Jan. 20 teleconference with reporters. “But at the end of the day, we are looking for pragmatic, practical solutions and not political interference.” He insisted that the issue of stored crop, frustrating service and lost

sales after last year’s record crop does not lend itself to simple or quick fixes. It will take a “holistic” approach working with the railways, he added. He did not talk about it, but the federal government and some grain groups will announce this week an Ottawa-supported research project on how to measure railway performance. Ritz said some producer groups have suggested that the government revise or drop legislation that limits rail revenues from grain movement. A higher limit or no limit would increase railway revenues, which could then be reinvested. SEE RAIL SERVICE, PAGE 2

Pork producers must enhance biosecurity Officials flag increased risk of deadly PED virus BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

Pork producers must learn to be more vigilant than a Russian security guard at the Sochi Olympics if they want to keep porcine epidemic diarrhea out of Canada. Pork officials and veterinarians believe the deadly PED virus, which became a reportable disease in Alberta Jan. 20, will likely sneak across the border from the United States on a cattle or pig truck. “Trucking is one of our biggest risks, especially from the U.S. where there is this disease,” swine veterinarian Dr. Egan Brockhoff said during an Alberta Pork telephone conference call on PED Jan. 17. SEE PED RISKS INCREASE, PAGE 2

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Rail service a hot topic It is an issue to be discussed with Transport Canada, he said. “It is one of the options on the table, but at the end of the day there is a terrific amount of discussion to be done,” said Ritz. “This is one solution some farm groups have been musing about that we should look at, but I’m not about to support giving the railways freedom to charge whatever the market will bear.” Allen said opposition MPs would demand answers if the government ever raised that proposal. “This would just be another cost on farmers, and what are the guarantees the money would be invested back into the system by the railways?” he said. GGC president Gary Stanford said his group is arguing for lifting the revenue cap. “There is no short-term fix and there are many parts to this, includ-

ing increased use of available cars for oil movement at the expense of grain movement, but this will not be fixed in the near term,” he said. “We just want the government to realize how big this problem is.” In a letter to Ritz and transport minister Lisa Raitt, Stanford said it is a problem for the future. “Farmers across Canada are anxious to learn if the railways are formulating plans to accommodate the immediate needs with action and if they are working on a long-term future plan to accommodate larger volumes for grains and oilseeds for next year and going forward.” The GGC said rail carriers should expect larger volumes as a regular occurrence in the future as improved varieties are introduced. “Last year’s harvest is the new normal.”

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» how quickly it spread, Dr. Lucie Verdon, a veterinarian with the Canadian Swine Health Board, said on the conference call. PED doesn’t infect humans and is not a food safety or public health concern. Alberta Pork is working with its counterparts across the country to keep the virus out of Canada, which includes hosting telephone conference calls with farmers about the disease. Almost 134 pork producers and industry officials logged on to the call to learn more about PED. Alberta Pork chair Frank Novak said PED might be the defining moment for the pork industry this year. “It’s really important we do everything to protect our industry,” said Novak, who farms near Sherwood Park. “The message is pretty clear. There will be a moment when the bug finds its way across the border. The important thing is to keep it from grabbing hold and spreading from there. We all have to do our part.” Alberta Pork executive director Darcy Fitzgerald said PED is one of the biggest threats to the industry. He said the most important thing producers can do is work with veterinarians and audit their biosecurity practices around transport trucks.

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PED risks increase “Enhanced biosecurity is the best way to prevent this virus from entering Canada and certainly from entering your farm.” PED was discovered in the U.S. nine months ago and has since killed three million pigs. It is believed to have affected 15 to 20 percent of the U.S. pork industry, causing millions of dollars in damage. “It has been insanely devastating to the U.S. pork industry,” said Brockhoff of Prairie Swine Health Services. Brockhoff said the results can be devastating if the virus gets into a new herd especially in a sow barn. Mortality in young pigs is almost 100 percent. Infection can cause acute outbreaks of severe watery diarrhea and vomiting. The disease is often more subtle in a grower finisher barn, where it’s harder to identify and mortality rates are low. As a result, the infection can be missed. “We encourage producers to take responsibility themselves to ensure all trucks coming onto their farms have been cleaned, disinfected and dried adequately,” said Brockhoff, who has worked with the PED virus in the U.S. and Asia. “This is something you should be asking your trucker, especially if they have any connection at all with the U.S.” It’s estimated that PED could cause $13 to $50 million of damage to the Quebec hog industry, depending on

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TRANSPORTATION | FROM PAGE ONE

Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission supports longer rotations. 4 NO-TILL REDUCTION: Zerotillage wheat farmers are told they can cut nitrogen use by 50 pounds per acre. 26 SOYBEAN MATURITY: Soybean production in Saskatchewan is still a race against the clock. 28 GREEN PEAS: New green pea varieties are giving the popular Striker a run for its money. 28

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A research scientist warns against using glyphosate as a standalone product. 30 THEN AND NOW: Rural electrification dramatically changed farming on the Prairies. 38 PEACEMAKER: CropLife Canada’s new president wants to bridge the organicconventional divide. 70 GM LABELS: The consumer push for labelling genetically modified food is growing in the United States. 72

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monitor their children’s internet use. 22 RURAL DOCTORS: A program introduces medical students to rural practice. 23

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» COVERING UP: Canadian farmers haven’t embraced cover crops like in the U.S.

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» RETIRING BULL: A champion Hereford bull will retire to Saskatchewan.

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Alberta lists PED as reportable disease in hogs A ‘serious threat’ | But diagnosis of porcine epidemic diarrhea won’t trigger quarantine BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

Brad Shura, a worker at the Sexsmith Seed Cleaning Co-op in Sexsmith, Alta., loads grain and peas into a rail car that will be shipped to Abbotsford and Vancouver. The crew is busy loading cars as their rail line had been closed for repairs after a train derailment last fall. | RANDY VANDERVEEN PHOTO

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The hog disease that has been devastating U.S. pigs has become a reportable disease in Alberta. The province officially declared porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus and transmissible gastroenteritis (TGE) reportable diseases in Alberta, said Alberta Agriculture veterinarian Dr. Julia Keenliside. Only PED is a serious threat, but it is impossible to tell the difference between PED and TGE without lab tests, and both will be reportable in Alberta. Both suspected and known cases of the two diseases must be reported to Alberta’s chief provincial veterinarian within 24 hours. However, unlike the discovery of swine flu in a hog barn in Alberta in 2009 that halted movement of pigs, there will be no disruption with the discovery of PED. “Reportable doesn’t mean there is going to be a quarantine or stop movement orders,” Keenliside said during a telephone conference call with pork producers and veterinarians Jan. 17. A reportable designation allows the government to help producers control the spread of the disease, which has killed an estimated three million pigs in the United States since it was first discovered nine months ago. “We won’t stop the movement of hogs.” Producers can still ship pigs to slaughter plants or between provinces. The federal government will not be

PED FACTS • Symptoms include acute, watery diarrhea with no evidence of blood or mucous. • Diagnosis is made by testing fecal samples, clinical symptoms or post-mortem examination. • Barns may be decontaminated using disinfectants or peroxides. • Infected animals recover without treatment unless there are secondary infections. Source: www.thepigsite.com

involved in the disease control. PED is not listed with the World Organization for Animal Health as a reportable disease and it’s unlikely any countries will stop imports because of it. “If we get PED in Canada, the U.S. already has it so we don’t expect border closures,” she said. “We really need early detection and reporting to be able to work co-operatively to stop this disease.” A farm’s veterinarian and a provincial veterinarian would try and trace the source of the infection if the virus was discovered. “We are going to give it our best shot here in Canada because I think we have a lot better biosecurity than in the U.S. I think we have a chance of stopping this.” Keenliside also said Alberta will soon have a laboratory that can test for PED. Officials are “validating” procedure and will soon have the test available. Veterinarians can send fecal samples from pigs suspected of having PED.

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Saskatchewan ranchers win grand champion bull class at Denver stock show Fir Mountain Ranch | Young bull comes from a long line of winners BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

DENVER, Colo. — Callie Gibson skipped her first week of university classes to go to a cattle show. The decision to travel to the National Western Stock Show in Denver paid off when her family won grand champion Red Angus bull Jan. 13. The young bull is owned by Gibson’s 12-year-old brother, Coy, who has entered it in junior projects. It comes from a long line of winners. “His mom has sired three of our high selling bulls on the farm,” said Callie, whose family operates Six Mile Red

Angus near Fir Mountain, Sask. The red youngster, named Six Mile Taurus 519A, was also spring bull calf champion at the Denver show. The family has won grand champions at this show before and sums up the value of it in one word: advertising. The bull goes up for sale this spring when the family holds its annual production sale in April, said Clayton Gibson. Six Mile also won reserve champion junior bull and was named premier breeder of the show. The reserve grand champion bull award went to Daniel LaDoux of Agenda, Kansas. Other Canadian breeders also did well.Northline Angus, owned by Hector Schneider and family of Ardrossan, Alta., had the reserve champion intermediate heifer and intermediate

champion bull with a young sire named Red Northline Goodfella. Clinton Morasch, owner of Lazy MC Red Angus at Bassano, Alta., won senior champion bull. Born in 2011, the bull was named Red Lazy MC Trooper 21Y. At the Black Angus show held Jan. 15, Jon Fox of Justamere Farms near Lloydminster, Sask., won reserve winter bull calf champion with Justamere 406S Big Gun 414A. The Gelbvieh show was also held Jan. 13. Rodney and Tanya Hollman, owners of Royal Western Gelbvieh at Innisfail, Alta., won intermediate champion bull with RWG War Admiral 2528. FOR MORE EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE OF THE NATIONAL WESTERN STOCK SHOW IN DENVER, SEE OUR LIVESTOCK SECTION, WHICH BEGINS ON PAGE 80.

The grand champion bull award went to Clayton and Corrine Gibson of Six Mile Red Angus. At the halter are Tyler Hertz and Callie Gibson. | BARBARA DUCKWORTH PHOTO

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CROP SHOW | CANOLA PRODUCTION TARGETS

Shorter rotation advice shocks agronomists Improved genomics, agronomy considered better way to achieve production targets BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

There is a big divide between two influential canola groups on the issue of crop rotations. The Canola Council of Canada says more intensive rotations can be managed sustainably, but Joan Heath, past chair of the Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission, is uneasy with the suggestion. “SaskCanola thinks differently,” she said during an inter view at the group’s annual general meeting last week while she was still chair of the organization. The council is no longer promoting a universal recommendation of a one-in-four-year rotation. It says a one-size-fits-all approach no longer works and that tighter rotations may be appropriate on some farms. It is a significant policy departure for a group that has long warned growers about the dangers of tightening rotations. The council recently announced it has set a new target of achieving 26 million tonnes of production by 2025. In a document accompanying the announcement, the council said growing canola crops back-to-back results in a 20 percent reduction in yields, but research shows there is a recovery of yield potential with a oneyear break between canola crops. “Our best wisdom is changing, and growers are leading the way,” said the council. Heath said there has been no such change in philosophy in Saskatchewan.

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“At SaskCanola, we’re really uninterested in looking at that (production) target through the lens of tighter rotations,” she said. “We remain firmly behind our Agriculture Canada scientists that tell us there’s a risk in shortening canola rotations.” Some agronomists were startled by the council’s policy change, but it

didn’t come as a surprise to Heath. “Behind the scenes, we’ve been having conversations for months about what we’re all thinking about rotations,” she said. Heath was pleased the council emphasized that getting more yield out of every seed through improved genomics and better agronomic practices is the main way to achieve its “bold” production target. “I think the rotation piece was a pretty secondary message because I think that the plan did make a lot of effort to show that the increased production was not going to be on the back of shorter rotations,” she said. “But they did reference what they

were thinking (on rotations).” Heath said there has been a lot of grower feedback on the council’s 26 million tonne target. “They think it’s pretty high.” Growers also thought it was a poor time to be telling farmers they need to produce another eight million tonnes of canola over the next 12 years. “We’re faced with a massive crop that is posing all kinds of delivery and cash flow problems for farmers at the grassroots level,” said Heath. “Right now, do we really think that they want to hear about bigger tonnage?” Growers have piles of canola on their farms that they can’t move and are watching prices steadily erode.

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“When you get all these things happening so closely together, it just doesn’t put them in a mood for that message. It doesn’t mean the message is wrong, necessarily,” said Heath. “It’s just the timing: more tonnes at a time when farmers are struggling to deal with the tonnage they have.” She also wonders if the new target is realistic. Some people point to the record 2013 harvest of 18 million tonnes as proof that new genetics will pave the way to 26 million tonnes in 2025. “I don’t know if we have over-valued the potential of genetics and agriculture research and undervalued the impact of weather.”

CROP SHOW | CANOLA OIL PREMIUM

Canola sector ponders risk in pushing for oil premium BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

The Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission has passed a resolution to determine whether farmers should push for premiums based on oil content of their canola. SaskCanola will be investigating the positives and negatives of component pricing and reporting back to growers. The group has contracted an independent industry expert to study the issue. Results are expected in early spring. Gerrid Gust, a farmer from Davidson, Sask., tabled the resolution at SaskCanola’s annual general meeting held at CropSphere 2014. “As an industry, we’re aiming for high oil content and farmers are not getting paid for it,” he said in an interview. The mean oil content of the 2013 crop was 44.9 percent, which is close to the record of 45.2 percent set in 2011. Gust said crushers are the ones

benefitting from the steady trend toward high oil canola. “I think they’ve been getting a pretty good deal for a while,” he said. Gust believes it is time growers received financial encouragement for producing canola with high oil content. “The Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission has to really focus on the growers. The big companies of the world have no problem staking out their territory,” he said. Joan Heath, who was chair of SaskCanola when the debate on the resolution took place last week, said the board of directors is divided on the issue. Some growers on the board wonder if marketing canola based on oil content might come back to bite them. “Say I have a drought and that’s going to mean that my oil content is really low: that’s a double whammy for me,” she said. The Alberta Canola Producers Commission supports component pricing, while Manitoba Canola Growers says it depends on where

As an industry, we’re aiming for high oil content and farmers are not getting paid for it. GERRID GUST SASK. CANOLA GROWER

the cut-off percentage is located. Gust said it’s an east-west issue because oil content tends to be higher the further west one goes. He believes the divisions on the SaskCanola board are split along similar geographic lines. SaskCanola director Frank Groeneweg, new chair of the commission, said research shows growers have little impact on oil content. “It’s mainly a weather component,” he said. “There is a risk for us to just put another variable that we don’t

control into the pricing of canola.” He said it’s not like wheat, where growers can influence protein content through agronomic practices, such as how much nitrogen they apply. Groeneweg also worries growers will take additional risk when they contract to deliver a specific oil content but are unable to meet the specifications come harvest. Wayne Bacon said higher oil content means lower protein content in the meal. The two can offset one

another, resulting in the grower being paid the same amount for his seed. Heath said the lack of agronomic influence on oil content is the primary concern for many board members. “We’re just a little conservative on this right now because we don’t see that science, and we’re science based,” she said. Larry Weber, analyst with Weber Commodities Inc., has advocated for a shift to component pricing. He said growers are leaving millions of dollars on the table. Weber said component pricing is used in Australia and the European Union. His calculations show that Canadian growers would have received an extra $18 to $20 per acre this crop year if Canada had the same oil premiums Australia has in place. “Farmers can voice their discord with the industry’s position they have taken or sit back and watch money being extracted from their pocket, just as protein wheat was in the 1970s,” he said.

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CROP SHOW | GRAIN MOVEMENT

Farmers urged to demand better grain movement Hold ag minister accountable | Gov’t has role to play in fixing transportation problems BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Grain growers are not demanding enough from their federal agriculture minister on the transportation file, according to two CropSphere 2014 presenters. Glen Hodgson, chief economist of the Conference Board of Canada, was asked for his thoughts on rail transportation during a question and answer session following his presentation. He said he delivered a similar global economic outlook presentation in November at a Canada Grains Council symposium in Ottawa. Federal agriculture minister Gerry Ritz also spoke at that event and Hodgson was surprised he wasn’t taken to task for the shoddy performance of the country’s grain transportation system. “Frankly, I think the producers were way too soft on the minister because he’s your champion,” said Hodgson. “Maybe we’ve invested inadequately in transportation in this country, so I think to some extent you have to really make your champion be your champion and go to battle for you.” Hodgson was surprised as an independent observer to see the easy ride Ritz got at the meeting. “I think there are times when you have to hold the minister accountable,” he said. Larry Weber, analyst with Weber Commodities Inc., also attempted to marshal the forces.

You didn’t have to be a Rhodes Scholar to know that Vancouver was going to be a wreck at some point in time. LARRY WEBER WEBER COMMODITIES INC.

“I’ve been hard on our agriculture minister over the past five years because we haven’t had a vision for the future,” he told farmers listening to his pulse market outlook. “You didn’t have to be a Rhodes Scholar to know that Vancouver was going to be a wreck at some point in time.” Grain companies are trying to ship 6.1 million tonnes of grain stored at primary elevators through 1.1 million tonnes of west coast terminal capacity. “Most of you guys think we’ve got these huge, massive terminals in Vancouver and we don’t,” said Weber. He said 22.73 million tonnes of Western Canada’s 75 million tonne crop had been moved through December. At that pace there will be an additional 20 million tonnes of

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carryout as of July 31 on top of the five million tonnes carried in. “We need 77,500, 10,000 bushel bins to store what we’re not going to move this year.” Weber urged farmers to complain to Ottawa about the shortcomings of Canada’s grain transportation system. “Farmers have to make the difference on this file and if they don’t here’s what you’re up against — the railways have 170 lobbyists registered in Ottawa. 1-7-0,” said Weber. Joan Heath, former chair of the Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission, said growers are frustrated but they are not the types who pick up placards and start marching. She said many farmers want to hold Ritz’s feet to the fire. “I guess my worry is we have a lot of finger pointing right now. That’s not necessarily helpful,” said Heath. Grain transportation woes are not a quick fix and while government has a role to play in finding a long-term solution, it can’t resolve all the problems. “It’s so much more complex and bigger than that,” she said. Farmers are agitated and wondering what commodity groups are doing on their behalf. Heath said a lot is going on behind the scenes but progress is so minimal that there is nothing worth reporting back to growers, which leaves them with the impression that nothing is being done. “This is an ongoing issue for us and we’re as worried as any other farmer out there,” she told growers attending SaskCanola’s annual general meeting held at CropSphere 2014. Heath believes the fight for federal rail service legislation took a lot out of farm groups and their leaders. They are disappointed with the outcome of the legislation. “There is a lot of farm leaders that have worked in transportation for well above 25 years and to me they seem to have transportation fatigue,” said Heath. “They were discouraged and they were worn out. It’s hard to get reignited. I guess the mess we’re in right now is going to reignite us.” Heath hopes progress can be made on the grain transportation file during the legislative review of the Canada Transportation Act scheduled for 2015. She said Ritz has indicated the review may be bumped up to 2014. “We will definitely be all behind that,” she said.

A member of the audience converses with Garth Patterson, right, executive director of the Western Grains Research Foundation, at the Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association 25th annual conference held during Crop Production Week in Saskatoon, Jan. 16. For more from the event, see pages 14-15, 28-36. | WILLIAM DEKAY PHOTO

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CROP WEEK | PEDIGREED SEED SUPPLY

High yields make quality pedigreed seed easy to find Disease down from 2012 | Hike in herbicide use reduced fusarium losses BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Saskatchewan’s pedigreed seed growers followed a difficult and disease-filled 2012 by harvesting an exceptional seed crop last year. Saskatchewan Seed Growers Association president Laurie Wakefield says certified seed for most crops and varieties should be in plentiful supply in 2014. “This year, with the exception of one or two very isolated areas and one or two crop kinds in those areas, germination was excellent and quality was excellent, “ said Wakefield, a seed grower from Maidstone. “This would be an excellent year for producers to access excellent quality seed because there is seed of most varieties in sufficient quantities to meet (demand).” He said the quantity and quality of this year’s pedigreed seed crop was above average. High yields, above average quality and a reduction in disease related losses resulted in ample inventories across the province. “Clean-out losses are down from the past two or three years and pri-

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marily, that was due to the high quality of the crop and fewer disease issues,” he said. Wakefield said some products, most notably reconstituted flax seed varieties, could run short in some areas. However, there might be enough to meet demand if supplies are moved from one area to another. “There are good supplies in some areas,” he said. “It just needs to get moved around a bit so if a producer can’t find it right around home, he might need to widen his circle a bit. But as far as quality goes, there is good quality (flax) seed available, at least at this time.” Bruce Carriere, owner of Discovery Seed Labs in Saskatoon, said the pedigreed seed samples arriving at his lab

show excellent germination levels. “The germs coming off this year are quite a bit higher than last year, and the disease levels in some crop districts are down 10-fold over what they were in 2012,” Carriere said. “Last year was a complete disaster. This year, we were back to more of a normal harvest. Everything came off in good condition and disease levels were quite a bit down. Fusarium graminearum, which had a significant impact on pedigreed seed production in 2012, was still evident in most areas, but its impact on yield and seed quality was significantly lower. Lower fusarium losses were the result of improved environmental conditions and increased fungicide use by seed growers, he said. David Gehl, head of Agriculture Canada’s seed increase unit at Indian Head, Sask., said seed production at Indian Head was vastly improved over 2012. “We had a good year … as a lot of producers did in 2013,” Gehl said. “I anticipate that we will have ample quantities of high quality breeder seed of our newer varieties for distribution this spring.”

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CROP SHOW | PULSE EXPORTS

Slow pulse exports may boost carryover Slow sales | Analyst says growers may be wise to jump on new crop bids BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Pulse exports are lagging well behind where they need to be, says an industry analyst. Bulk pea shipments in the first four months of 2013-14 were 739,413 tonnes. Pea exports will fall 500,000 tonnes short of Agriculture Canada’s expectations if that pace is maintained. “That’s not happy news,” Larry Weber, analyst with Weber Commodities Inc., told growers attending CropSphere 2014. “We can’t carry forward half a million tonnes of peas next year and expect the price to stay at $6.” He is more concerned about lentils. Bulk exports through the end of November were 170,674 tonnes, a pace that would result in exports being 1.1 million tonnes below Agriculture Canada’s target. Weber said another 100,000 tonnes have probably been shipped by container. “We’re about one million tonnes behind where we should be at the end of the year, and that’s huge,” he said. India’s winter crop will be harvested in about three months, which puts additional importance on moving lentils quickly. However, the prospects of shipments catching up to export targets is not good, considering the backlog of competing crops waiting to be moved through the West Coast and grower unease about selling. “The bad thing about this transportation debacle that we’re in is it’s going to get tougher to make spot sales because everybody is scared to do it because they don’t know if they’re going to get transportation,” he said in an interview following his presentation. The slow pace of exports is why Weber believes growers should be

There are dozens of vessels in Vancouver’s English Bay and elsewhere on the West Coast waiting to pick up grain. The railways are unable to keep up with a huge sales program sparked by a record large crop. | PHOTO COURTESY OF PORT METRO VANCOUVER jumping on new crop bids that surfaced at the Crop Production Show of $6 per bu. for yellow peas, $10 for green peas, 19 cents a pound for red lentils and 18 cents for greens. “At $6, you can make a profit with peas. Think profit, not price. Everything has changed this year,” said Weber. He expected old crop yellow pea prices of $5.50 to $6.50 per bu. for the remainder of the crop year, greens in the range of $10 to $12, large green lentil prices of 20 to 23 cents per lb. and red lentils in the 18 to 21 cent range. Weber is forecasting significant acreage increases for peas and lentils this year despite his prediction for slumping prices because they are still more attractive than spring wheat values. His original thought was that pea plantings would increase to 3.55 million acres from 3.29 million

acres last year. “I’m probably low. You can book $6 yellow peas today off the combine for fall 2014. You can only book $4.50 red spring wheat number one 13.5 (percent) today,” said Weber. Any time the spread between those two commodities reaches $1.50 per bu., there is usually a big pulse acreage response. Weber wouldn’t be surprised to see four million acres of peas next year. He expects 2.8 to three million acres of lentils in 2014, up from 2.4 million acres last year. New crop bids of 19 cents per lb. for lentils is far more attractive than $4.50 per bu. spring wheat bids. “That’s also a no-brainer,” said Weber. He believes 19 cent bids for new crop red lentils will be fleeting. “If you get an opportunity to lock some in there, take it because it’s not going to be there long.”

CANADA’S SLOW PULSE Canada’s pulse crops are being shipped around the world, but at a pace too slow to match Agriculture Canada’s forecasts for 2013-14 exports and ending stocks. If the same rate was carried through the crop year, lentil exports would fall 1.1 million tonnes short of the target and peas would be 500,000 tonnes short. Canadian pea exports, Canadian lentil exports, Aug.-Nov. 2013: Aug.-Nov. 2013: Total: 739,413 tonnes Total: 170,674 tonnes Turkey

India

59%

37% India

22%

China

50%

Bangladesh

10%

Egypt

11% U.S.

Mexico Bangladesh

Cuba

3% U.S.

Mexico

(1,938 tonnes)

(1,190 tonnes)

Source: Source: Canadian Grain Commission, Weber Commodities | MICHELLE HOULDEN GRAPHIC

CROP SHOW | GRAIN MOVEMENT

Is investment in railway, port capacity sufficient for the future? MARKET WATCH

D’ARCE McMILLAN

here are shocking statistics about the gap between what grain companies and farmers want to move from this year’s record large crop and what the railways are able to deliver. David Przednowek, CWB pool manager, provided the data in his presentation at Crop Production Week in Saskatoon Jan. 17.

The grain companies have ordered 40,000 more rail cars than what the railways have delivered. Traditionally, 10,000 cars a week is considered excellent grain car movement, so the backlog is the equivalent of about four weeks of shipping. Forty ships will be waiting at anchor at Vancouver and Prince Rupert this week. They want to load grain, but

the terminals don’t have the grain they need. Thank goodness demurrage rates are a fraction of what they were a few years ago when ocean freight costs were much higher. Grain prices in the country have fallen sharply because of the oversupply, but prices at port are not falling because the grain companies are

asking for large premiums over the futures market from any buyer who wants to squeeze in an order in this maxed out system. Looking at these numbers, Canada’s grain logistics system looks like an old steam heating system with an overtaxed boiler trying to keep up to CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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an arctic cold snap: shaking, banging, leaking, wheezing and generally a source of frustration. The rail companies would prefer that critics look at their performance relative to recent experience. They are doing better. The railways unloaded 12.2 million tonnes of grain at all ports in the crop year to Jan. 5, up 1.7 percent or 200,000 tonnes from last year at the same time. The figure is eight percent ahead of the five year average of 11.3 million tonnes. Unloadings are ahead despite a slow start to the crop year. Little grain was available to move until the harvest came in because grain stocks were so low at the end of the old crop year. The railways performed well, from a traditional perspective, once harvest generated the grain needed to ramp up movement. Each company ran 5,000 cars a week to handle grain, beginning in about October, but it then fell off steeply in December’s abnormally cold conditions. The question is: what is reasonable to ask of the rail companies when there is a nearly unprecedented 25 percent increase in the size of the western Canadian crop from 2012? Is eight percent ahead of the five year average OK or should it be 25 percent? Farmers and grain companies want the railways to pull out all the stops, but other sectors of the economy also want rail service, and there is a finite number of rail cars and locomotives. The Canadian railway industry loaded 303,338 cars in October, according to the most recent Statistics Canada numbers, which is an increase of almost seven percent over the same month in 2012. Of that, 33,190 cars carried coal, an increase of 18 percent over 2012, and 37,083 carried iron ore, an increase of 10 percent. There is much controversy over moving oil by rail, which increased 34 percent from October 2012 to October 2013, when the railways loaded 14,689 cars with fuel oil and crude petroleum. The railways loaded more wheat but less canola and other cereals. They loaded 39,783 cars with wheat, other cereals and canola, an increase of 1.8 percent. Canada’s regulated grain hauling system doesn’t allow grain companies to offer a premium to get more rail cars allocated to them. Grain companies can bid over the base tariff in the United States, and those bids have soared from zero in November to an average now of $2,000 per car for a shuttle train. Ending or changing the grain hauling revenue cap will likely be discussed in the coming months, but caution should be taken about making policies to address exceptional situations. Nevertheless, most forecasts show Western Canada’s grain production will increase over time, and shipping from the West Coast is the most economic way to reach the growing demand from Asian countries. We need to find out whether current investment levels in expanding railway and port capacity in Western Canada are adequate to meet the rising opportunities. Follow D’Arce McMillan on Twitter @darcemcmillan.

A poor harvest of less than 100,000 tonnes in the United States will make it Canada’s top flax buyer this year, followed by China. |

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CROP SHOW | FLAX PRICE OUTLOOK

Flax price rebound coming: analyst St. Lawrence Seaway closed | Prices are expected to climb once exports to the EU resume BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

The recent nosedive in flax prices will be short-lived, says a grain analyst. Bids have fallen to as low as $10 per bushel at some elevators from highs of $13 to $14 in December. “I think we’ll see a recovery,” Chuck Penner, an analyst with LeftField Commodity Research Inc., told growers attending his CropSphere 2014 presentation. “We may not be able to get back all the way to $13.50 or beyond, but I think $13 is going to become more widely available again.” The softening in flax prices is a temporary response to a lull in exports. “When grain elevators don’t want grain in the elevator, they’re going to tell you loud and clear, and this year they have to tell you even louder and clearer,” said Penner. Another factor is the return to a seasonal price tendency now that the European Union is re-emerging as a major buyer of Canadian flax. Flax can’t be shipped to the EU in winter when the St. Lawrence seaway is closed, which has a price-damping effect. Penner anticipates strong demand from the EU when the seaway reopens because Saskatchewan flax prices are well below European prices. “That would suggest that we’re going to see those prices rebound in anticipation of this probably in the middle of March,” he said. High European flax prices are a response to a disappointing Black Sea harvest. Analysts once expected 800,000 tonnes of production from Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, but that has been scaled back to 650,000 tonnes and could be even lower. Penner said 20 to 40 percent of Kazakhstan’s crop wasn’t harvested before the snow fell. He believes flax will be one of the top revenue generating crops in

CHUCK PENNER LEFTFIELD COMMODITY RESEARCH INC.

2014-15 for Canadian producers. Penner is forecasting prices in the $11 to $13 per bu. range throughout the coming crop year. “There is more optimism around flax than there has been for years,” he said. His optimism is based on solid export demand. He was nervous about Chinese demand that started off strong and then tailed off to nothing, but the Chinese have re-emerged as a major buyer the last three weeks. “China has not gone away as a customer, and that’s really reassuring because there have been years where China has essentially saved our bacon in the flax market,” said Penner. China is expected to account for 30 percent of Canada’s 515,000 tonnes of estimated exports. The United States will be Canada’s top flax customer this year because of a terrible harvest of less than 100,000 tonnes. Penner expects the U.S. to take 41 percent of Canada’s exports. Shipping to the U.S. is attractive because it can be done by truck, avoiding rail congestion. “It looks like (that) is happening in a fairly big way,” said Penner. The EU is returning as a major customer after nearly disappearing following the Triffid incident, when an unauthorized genetically modified flax variety was found in Canadian shipments to Europe. The region is expected to buy 23 percent of Canada’s exports. Penner is forecasting 150,000 tonnes of carry-out, up from 71,000 tonnes in 2012-13. “This isn’t a burdensome picture by any means, even though it’s a big

rebound from last year,” he said. The one possible bearish factor for the flax market is that meal has been a major contributor to crush margins this year, which could be in jeopardy. Flax meal has been supported by sky-high soy meal prices, which could be on the way down if South America produces the record crop that analysts are expecting. Penner had penciled in a 25 percent increase in flax acres before attending the Crop Production Show, but consulting with growers and processors has convinced him it could be closer to 50 percent. A 50 percent increase in acres

would result in a crop of a little more than 800,000 tonnes, if yields are average. “Historically (that is) not a massive crop and certainly manageable,” he said. Penner think global flax production will be down because growers in the Black Sea region will switch to corn and soybeans after their recent harvest frustrations with flax. “What that suggests is that prices where we’re at now are probably fairly sustainable,” he said. “Steady as she goes” is a lot better outlook than what exists for most competing crops, he added.

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WHEAT OUTLOOK

Grain markets could get worse

Canadian farmers will likely trim wheat acreage this spring, but a large carryin from the 2013 bumper crop will keep total supply high. Domestic use and exports will likely increase only a little in the new crop year, resulting in a still burdensome supply by the end of the 2014-15 crop year.

BY D’ARCE MCMILLAN SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Grain prices look terrible in the context of the last few years, but they could fall further because of mounting supplies. It means Canadian farmers should consider using marketing tools to price 2014 production and arrange delivery opportunities for new crop, said Neil Townsend, director of market research for CWB. The previous shortages in grain were solved this crop year with its huge global corn and wheat crops, so the lingering supply squeeze in soybeans will likely end soon. Record large soybean crops in South America are developing without major weather threats, and American farmers are gearing up to seed a record large soybean acreage. U.S. winter wheat looks good. “There is only one statistic that mat-

ters in the globe … and in Canada too about the general direction of prices, and that is, what are stock levels doing, how are they changing?” Townsend said. “This year we have a perfect storm of bad news. The magnitude of stocks is huge and the direction is up.” Canada will carry a record large canola supply into the new crop year, exacerbating the global problem. “The crop we grew this year is not a 12 month issue. It is a 12 to 24 to 36 to 48 month issue. We are going to be dealing with the tail of this crop for many years.” Townsend suggested locking in values now available in the November 2014 canola futures market. “I want to stress that this is still a great opportunity … it is on the way down if everything behaves normal,” he said. “We expect the same amount of (total) acres next year. Applying a

trend yield analysis, we get a slightly smaller corn crop and slightly smaller wheat crop, but we get an all time record soybean crop.” Townsend thinks wheat futures could trade below $5 per bushel in 2014-15. Corn could also fall. “I think that in 2014-15, we trade corn below $3. People forget we did trade below $3 in 2009-10, so it has happened in the so-called post 200708 era.” Other factors are also working against a grain price recovery. The big annual increases in ethanol production that triggered demand for corn and helped force prices higher have now leveled off. The North American cattle herd is the smallest in decades, meaning less demand for feed grain. Also, the big investment funds that poured into commodities as crude oil and metals rose are now draining their money out, pursuing better

(000 tonnes) Beginning stocks Production Total supply Domestic use Exports Ending stocks

2012-13 5.932 27.205 33.211 8.715 19.439 5.057

2013-14 5.057 37.530 42.651 9.575 20.775 12.30

2014-15 12.30 30.102 42.403 9.650 21.000 11.753

Source: CWB | WP graphic

opportunities in the stock markets. Townsend said the experience of the past few years, when markets allowed opportunities to lock in profitable prices for several years into the future, should prompt a change in thinking. He said he was in Kansas last spring and saw an American farmer sell 2016 corn at an excellent return over production costs. From today’s vantage point, that was a spectacular deal. “We tend to think in 12 month

chunks, but we should think longer in terms of risk management. “We should get comfortable doing some hedging, should get comfortable using options, getting comfortable protecting prices when they are high.” Farmers always worry about locking in a sale but then not producing enough to meet the commitment. That risk is diminished this coming crop year because there will be lots of grain in the bin even before harvest.

CROP SHOW | MUSTARD

Mustard a solid bet for prairie growers in 2014: analyst BY MICHAEL RAINE SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Mustard is one of the few crops that

has maintained prices into 2014. Farmers can expect to see a fairly reliable market for their crops this year, Kevin Dick of All Commodities

Trading said last week during the Saskatchewan Mustard Development Commission meeting at Crop Production Week in Saskatoon.

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Dick said prices for brown mustard should remain in the 35 to 38 cents per pound range, as long as supply and demand remain in balance. Yellow mustard’s spot price is about 35 cents per lb. and could remain there for the medium term, while oriental types will likely bring 31 to 32 cents per lb. Mustard yielded well in 2013, with brown averaging about 1,100 lb. and yellow 900 lb. “There is some talk of a few producers trying to move crop directly to end users in hopes of cutting out the middleman,” he said. “There is a risk with that approach. French’s might get the idea there is a lot around or they could pay less. The price could go soft either way.” Dick said there was little to no carryover last year, and by late August brown types were moving directly from the combine to waiting buyers. Demand has been good for the large crop, which was planted on 340,000 prairie acres. Agriculture Canada’s December summary did not forecast a big increase in 2014-15 stocks. Dick said producers with old crop should look to sell it before the new crop is harvested. The higher than average yields in the 2013 crop should return to more typical levels this year, but Dick said mustard growers will likely increase acreage. As well, the crop’s solid returns will attract new growers. Kevin Hursh, a grower who works for the mustard commission, isn’t expecting a big acreage jump. “I was thinking more producers would be showing interest in the crop, but it seems so far that acreage might not leap up too high.” Dick expects farmers to seed 425,000 to 450,000 acres this year. “Combined with the average yields, we likely will see similar production to 2013, up maybe 15,000 tonnes, and shouldn’t push prices too low,” he said. “We won’t have to buy or compete with other crops for acres this year.” Unstable supply and demand in

2001-02 saw several mustard brokers leave the business after being caught with low priced sales and high priced mustard. At that time the harvested area had fallen to slightly more than it is today and yields were poor. Dick cautioned growers about the perils of over or under production. He said much of the meat packing industry found alternatives to mustard after 2002 for their spiced prepared meats because of suddenly high prices and short supplies . They haven’t returned to the crop. International production is difficult to predict. The key question is whether European Union countries will add acres this season. Some new members of the bloc were formerly significant mustard producers. “As they enter the EU, they tend to stop growing mustard,” Dick said. “Almost all is now grown in the Ukraine. They export about 15,000 tonnes of yellow and 2,000 of brown, down from a high of 10,000.” France has grown the crop with limited success, and Ukraine has seen low yields. However, the threat of oversupply might come from one of the other emerging grain and oilseed exporting countries. “If a Kazakhstan suddenly gets into it, then all bets are off,” he said. North America remains the biggest buyer for the crop, mainly yellow for table and food industry use. Brown mustard is in demand in Europe, and the region has been producing less of it, so demand for the Canadian seed is rising. Oriental mustard feeds a Japanese market. Traditional buyer Bangladesh is taking little of the crop because it typically looks for the lowest priced, lower quality product. Dick cautioned growers to avoid fields where canola was grown because even one to 1.5 percent canola will turn a mustard crop from a 35 cent, No. 1 crop to a 15 cent sample grade. That might keep a lot prairie farmers out of mustard, despite the need for a profitable crop in 2014, and add to the stability of the mustard market.

MARKETS CROP SHOW | OATS

CANFAX REPORT

Market conditions for oats grim: analyst

MORE RECORDS FALL

Ending stocks high | Prices are dropping and growers will have a tough time moving crop BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

What a difference a year makes. When oat industry analyst Randy Strychar stood in front of Saskatchewan oat producers in January 2013 to offer his annual market outlook, he suggested that the crop could be one of few bright spots in an otherwise gloomy global market, at least relative to other Canadian cereal crops. Fast forward 12 months and the optimism surrounding oats has definitely faded. Canadian oats hit near record cash prices early in the 2012-13 crop year, Strychar said last week during a presentation at CropSphere. Since then, however, cash prices have dropped by roughly one-third, a decline of $1.32 a bushel. On top of that, domestic ending stocks as of July 31, 2014, are expected to be 1.3 to 1.5 million tonnes, Strychar said, which is well above the five-year average of one million tonnes. Combine that with good oat production in Mexico and Australia, a weak U.S. horse market and ongoing domestic rail problems that show no signs of improving, and Canadian farmers could be sitting on a big pile of oats this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a challenge for us to try to move what could possibly be record ending stocks as of July 31, 2014,â&#x20AC;? said Strychar, a Vancouver based grain trader and oat market analyst. Returns for oats show virtually no signs of improving in 2014, he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still sitting second from the

bottom (in crop planning budgets), so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not encouraging to acres this spring.â&#x20AC;? Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s massive crop is one the key factors casting a shadow over the Canadian oat market. Western Canadian yields were 20 to 25 bu. above the long-term average in most areas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would say, from an oats perspective, it was the yield of lifetime,â&#x20AC;? Strychar said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a record high 92 bu. per acre versus an average of 72, so there were huge yields.â&#x20AC;? Those stocks will weigh heavy on domestic markets for months. Strychar asked for a show of hands last week from producers who intended to plant the crop again this year and was surpr ised by the response. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was stunned â&#x20AC;Ś by the number of hands that I saw go up in the room,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got one of the largest oat crops youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had in years, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got ending stocks that are heading towards the record high and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got no way to get that crop to the marketplace.â&#x20AC;Ś That tells me donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t grow oats.â&#x20AC;? The prospect of Canada signing a trade agreement with the European Union does hold hope for the Canadian oat industry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It could be â&#x20AC;Ś hugeâ&#x20AC;Ś if we can get that implemented pretty quickly,â&#x20AC;? Strychar said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, if you want to put Canadian oats into Europe, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking at an 89 Euros ($132) per metric tonne import tariff,â&#x20AC;? he said, which translates into more than $2 per bu.

WP LIVESTOCK REPORT HOGS STEADY U.S. hog prices were little changed last week with supply ample relative to the demand. Packers closed Jan. 20 for Martin Luther King Day. Pork prices rose, helping packers improve their profit margins. Hog futures gained support from expectations that record beef prices will start to push consumers toward buying more pork and chicken. Iowa-southern Minnesota hogs delivered to packing plants sold at about $59 US per hundredweight Jan. 17, mostly steady with Jan. 10. The estimated pork cut-out value was $87.51 per cwt. Jan. 17, up from $84.05 Jan. 10. Estimated weekly U.S. slaughter to Jan. 18 was 2.26 million, up from 2.075 million in the previous week. Last year in the same week, slaughter was 2.206 million.

BISON PRICES RISE The Canadian Bison Association said Grade A bulls younger than 30 months in the desirable weight range were in ample supply, but prices rose, reaching as high as $3.85 Cdn per lb. hot hanging weight. Grade A heifers sold at prices up to $3.70.

Animals outside the desirable buyer specifications may be discounted.

SHEEP PRICE RISES Beaver Hill Auction in Tofield, Alta., reported 903 sheep and 171 goats sold Jan. 13. Wool lambs lighter than 70 lb. were $125-$164 per cwt., 70-85 lb. were $135-$154, 86-105 lb. were $135$146 and 106 lb. and heavier were $135-$144. Wool rams were $55-$90 per cwt. Cull ewes were $47-$95 and bred ewes were $70-$135 per head. Hair lambs lighter than 70 lb. were $115-$149 per cwt., 70-85 lb. were $130-$155, 86-105 lb. were $128$146 and 106 lb. and heavier were $128-$135. Hair rams were $60-$80 per cwt. Cull ewes were $41-$81. Good kid goats lighter than 50 lb. were $160-$205. Those heavier than 50 lb. were $177.50-$227.50 per cwt. Nannies were $62.50-$87.50 per cwt. Billies were $85-$110. Ontario Stockyards Inc. reported 1,660 sheep and lambs and 61 goats traded Jan. 13. All light and heavy lambs sold steady. Sheep sold $3 to $5 higher. Goats sold actively at slightly higher prices.

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and D3 prices rise almost $3. D1, D2 cows ranged $77-$88 to average $82.30. D3s were $69-$79 to average $73.75. The rail grade range was $159-$164 per cwt. Butcher bulls rose more than $5 higher to average $88.10 per cwt. Weekly western Canadian non-fed slaughter to Jan. 11 rose 12 percent to 8,554 head. More slaughter cows are anticipated at market in the next few weeks as the weather moderates.

Canadian fed cattle jumped higher last week but failed to keep pace with the surging U.S. market, which set new records on the tight supply of market ready cattle. The Canfax fed steer average rose to $138.51 per hundredweight, up $4.87 in thin cash trade. There was no heifer price trend. Some of the buying interest was from the United States at a good premium over Canadian prices. Cash cattle in the U.S. Plains fetched up to $144 US per cwt. The Alberta fed cash to futures basis closed the week slightly weaker at -$14.66 Cdn. The Chicago February live cattle contract closed above $140 US per cwt., taking out the previous high of $138.40 set in December of 2012. U.S. wholesale beef prices also set new record highs, raising the question of when consumers will balk and turn to cheaper pork and chicken. Cattle weight gains have not been spectacular this winter. Producers who thought they would have more cash cattle on hand are instead delivering only against contracts. With current cash supplies and packers lifting cattle within a week, some producers were hesitant to list cattle last week as dressing percentage has started to decline. Western Canadian fed slaughter totalled 28,958 head, up 13 percent from the same week last year.

Profitable feeding margins fueled strong buyer interest in feeders, and prices surged more than $10 per cwt. Steer calves 300-600 pounds rose $10-$16, and comparable heifers rose $14.50-$19. Feeders 600-700 lb. rose $9.50$10.50. Those heavier than 700 lb. were $4-$9 higher. Auction volumes got back to normal as warmer weather facilitated shipping. Alberta auction volumes rose to 24,592 head, up 34 percent over last year at the same time. Ample supplies of feed grain and attractive insurance and forward priced contracts will stimulate feeder demand. Competition should intensify. A wide feeder basis is also attracting U.S. buyer attention.

COW PRICES UP

BEEF HITS RECORDS

A moderate offering saw D1, D2

FEEDER PRICES JUMP

U.S. boxed beef prices soared with

Choice up $16.74 US per cwt. to $228.79 and Select up $16.46 to $225.51. However, packer margins were squeezed by the strong fed cattle price. Canadian weekly cut-out values to Jan. 11 rose with AAA up $1.10 Cdn at $212.11 and AA up $4.16 at $209.99.

CATTLE ON FEED The number of cattle in Alberta and Saskatchewan on feed Jan. 1 was 990,333, up three percent from last year at the same time but steady with the five year average. Record fed prices during December encouraged producers to market short fed yearlings. Fed marketings rose seven percent to 98,067, but that number is still low by historic standards. Ample cow supplies allowed packers to add them to the slaughter mix. We s t e r n Ca n a d i a n f e d e ra l l y inspected cow slaughter was up 18 percent compared to the previous year. Feeder exports to the U.S. in December were brisk. Placements in December were 80,066 head, the lowest since reporting began in 2000. This cattle market information is selected from the weekly report from Canfax, a division of the Canadian Cattlemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association. More market information, analysis and statistics are available by becoming a Canfax subscriber by calling 403275-5110 or at www.canfax.ca.

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

CANOLA ROTATIONS | COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS

CRAIG’S VIEW

Council should re-evaluate nod to shorter canola rotation

lyphosate resistant cotton has been grown without rotation for years in the deep southern United

States. Today, in the state of Georgia alone, $150 million is spent fighting herbicide resistant palmer amaranth through more and different herbicides, using rye crop coverage and pulling weeds by hand. Palmer amaranth can tower over a six-foot man. Imagine hand weeding that beast. If this is not a cautionary tale for managing glyphosate resistance in Western Canada, nothing is. In light of the rotation-free GM cotton story, it is surprising that the Canola Council of Canada is supporting shorter canola rotations of only two years. “Growers have taught us that more intensive rotations can be managed sustainably and profitably in many soil zones and regions of the Prairies,” said the council’s document. It would be interesting to see the full scientific rationale behind this recommendation, which may be based on switching canola systems within the rotation. At CropSphere in Saskatoon last week, the scientific panel on herbicide-resistant weeds showed evidence that resistance in Western Canada is a growing problem, in large part because of chemical fallowing. The panel did not specifically address the council’s shorter rotation guideline and showed glyphosate resistance is not limited to canola systems. However, the herbicide remains in high use among canola growers. Agriculture Canada scientist Hugh Beckie said glyphosate surpasses the total of the next 12 top herbicides in Western Canada in percentage of use. Glyphosate is used 52.7 percent of the time while the next 12 herbicides are used 51.7 percent. “That’s a scary situation,” Beckie told reporters. Furthermore, he said, there will not be a new herbicidal “silver bullet” in the future. Eric Johnson, weed biologist at Agriculture Canada’s Scott Research Station, had the same view. “The problem (of resistance) will not be

resolved by chemistry alone,” he said. Crop competition, crop rotation and managing weed seed production will all have to come into the battle against resistant weeds, Johnson said. Philip Westra, professor of weed science at Colorado State University, said there is a serious problem of gene amplification in glyphosate-resistant weeds. In the case of palmer amaranth, the plant originally had one copy of the gene that produces the protein to which glyphosate attaches. Today, some palmer plants have 200 copies of the same gene. You can not apply enough glyphosate to kill it, he said. Worryingly, the same thing is occurring in glyphosate resistant kochia, the first major resistant weed in Western Canada. Canadian kochia plants are showing up with three to 10 copies of the protein that accepts glyphosate. When the canola council says rotations should be left up to individual producers, it does not adequately address the fact that there are not only environmental concerns but also neighbourly concerns. Glyphosate resistant kochia in one field can easily spread to nearby fields. Furthermore, what works for some growers in some soil zones should not be the basis for a general recommendation. Beckie said many options are left to manage weeds, and Western Canada is not yet in crisis. However, he also said twoyear canola is not sustainable against weeds or disease. Weed resistance is a powerful reason for using longer rotations, but there are many others: canola yields are much better in longer rotations and blackleg, clubroot and sclerotinia are easier to manage. In addition, biodiversity is always better than monoculture. Hopefully, the canola council’s recommendation has good research behind it, but considering the evidence-based opinions provided by a long list of agricultural scientists at CropSphere and elsewhere, it may be worth revisiting.

RAIL CONGESTION | GRAINS AND OILSEEDS

The issue is that western Canadian farmers have grown the biggest grain crop in history, and the supply chain, including country elevators, rail and port terminals, cannot move a whole year’s crop in three months. MARK HALLMAN CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY SPOKESPERSON

Farmers across Canada are anxious to learn if the railways are formulating plans to accommodate the immediate needs with action and if they are working on a long-term future plan to accommodate larger volumes for grains and oilseeds for next year and going forward. GARY STANFORD GRAIN GROWERS OF CANADA PRESIDENT

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

TRADE | FAST TRACKING

Free trade deal negotiations prompt familiar debate south of the border NATIONAL VIEW

BARRY WILSON

t is a familiar Canadian trade argument with a distinct American twang. In January, Michigan Republican congressman Dave Camp, Republican senator Orin Hatch from Utah and Montana Democratic senator Max Baucus teamed up to introduce into Congress legislation authorizing ‘fast track’ treatment of any trade deal legislation introduced by the government.

The essence of “fast track” is that Congress must consider any trade deal as a whole and vote to approve or reject it. After months or years of negotiation to reach a compromise, congressmen and senators would not be able to amend a specific clause that a U.S. legislator considers bad for his state or district. To do so would send the entire deal back to the negotiators and fast track proponents argue that no country would sign an agreement with the U.S. if the deal could be cherrypicked by Congress. So legislators should approve it or reject it but not amend it. Trade proponents such as the American Farm Bureau insist fast track is essential. “The trade promotion authority bill will restore the president’s authority

to negotiate trade deals that Congress can pass or reject but cannot amend,” the AFB said when the legislation was introduced. “Without it, other countries are reluctant to finalize negotiations with the United States for fear that any hard-won trade agreement could be undone (by Congress).” At almost the same time, the U.S. Citizens Trade Campaign issued a plea to its members to pressure their politicians to kill the bill, arguing it is undemocratic and corporate-weighted. With the negotiations on deals such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership and U.S.- European Union free trade held in secret but with corporate representatives being consulted on texts and how they would be affected, it excludes citizen interests, argued the trade-skeptic citizens’ group. “Together, we can defeat this out-

dated Nixon-era policymaking process,” the group told supporters in mid-January. Fast-track approval is likely but in the dysfunctional U.S. political system, anything is possible. However, a Canadian watching this debate can’t help but see the parallels, even though Parliament does not typically try to tinker with details of trade agreements. When the Canada-European Union trade deal was announced late last year and Canada joined the TPP talks, trade advocates, which included exporting agricultural groups, were in favour and briefed along the way. At World Trade Organization talks, industry groups regularly are briefed about developments. Yet self-designated civil society groups including the Council of

Canadians, aboriginal groups and trade-skeptics typically are not. At recent WTO talks in Bali, dissidents could get inside the building as non-governmental organizations but just as often were outside protesting. Industry leaders, while also accredited as NGO representatives, had far better access to negotiation insiders. It is human nature that negotiators who spend their lives trying to craft deals would rather talk to people who support their efforts than people who believe they are doing the devil’s work. That tension between industry insider status and dissident outsider status is a legitimate part of the debate and undoubtedly will continue on both sides of the 49th Parallel. So far, though, the pro-trade side of the argument has been winning on both sides of the border.

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& OPEN FORUM CWB | GOVERNMENT NOT IN THE WRONG

HOT TOPICS | SHARING VIEWS

CWB critics need to get their facts right

Look at canola, cackling cow — and costly bull

BY JEFF NIELSEN

he Friends of the CWB is misguided in attempting to redefine history, court decisions and the various acts of Canadian Parliaments. The Canadian Wheat Board Act of 1998 outlined a corporation with farmers making up the majority of the board of directors. Several lawyers paid by the CWB clearly defined to these directors that “the CWB and its assets and liabilities belong to the Government of Canada.” Ideologically driven individuals have blatantly misrepresented this to western Canadian producers. To suggest the CWB Act allowed for a vote on its future is false, yet the FCWB and others still insist on misleading Canadians. They continue to reject the Supreme Court of Canada ruling, which refused to hear an appeal of judge Shane Perlmutter’s decision, which soundly overturned judge Douglas Campbell’s. Concerning the democratic voting argument in the CWB Act, Perlmutter said, “The wording of s. 47.1 refers to the addition or subtraction of particular grains or types of grains from the marketing regime.” Judge Daniele Tremblay-Lamer, in a Nov. 29 ruling striking down FCWB’s $17 billion class action suit, said “the government cannot be said to have acted wrongfully by enacting the (marketing freedom) act and there has been no deprivation of property. Losing the single desk to changes in the CWB regulatory scheme is not enough in itself to claim a loss of a property interest.” In terms of CWB property or assets,

The new CWB’s role should be as a competitive player in the grain industry, says the author. | FILE PHOTO funds for renovations of the building and refurbishment of the rail cars, which extended the life of these depreciating assets, came from remortgaging these assets. Any value would simply be the difference between market value and the amount of the mortgage, which is most likely little. Purchase of the lakers was a decision of the board of directors. The federal government refused to

approve financial support. Even when lawyers defined clearly that the CWB, its liabilities and assets were owned by the crown, the majority of elected directors decided to use the pool account to buy these ships. The contingency fund allowed the CWB to build a reserve to backstop programs. It earned more from Producer Payment Options after payments to farmers, which was deposited into the contingency fund,

according to the act. These retained earnings were not pool account funds. These assets were not taken from farmers. Farmers who signed onto the programs were paid in full. The government of Canada invested close to $350 million to allow the new CWB to fulfill its obligations, including staff changes, pension funding and contractual agreements. This ensured that money wasn’t taken from farmers during the transition to a voluntary corporation. Any suggestion of misappropriation of farmers’ money lies squarely on some directors, who abandoned their legal responsibilities such as the duty of care and duty of loyalty owed to the CWB and its marketing of grain. This is the real scandal. These directors are responsible for the millions of dollars of farmers’ money wasted while attempting to prove their superiority over the government of Canada, which created the CWB Act. I did not want to be associated with what I viewed as a misappropriation of farmers’ money. These decisions were at the heart of why I resigned. Some might like to recoup costs from those who held back change, but most, including myself, want the new CWB to be part of a competitive grain industry. The real justice is that the people challenging change must now use their own money. They do not have access to farmers’ money under the category of marketing costs and administration to fund their political battle. Jeff Nielsen is a former CWB farmerelected director from Olds, Alta.

EDITORIAL NOTEBOOK

JOANNE PAULSON, EDITOR

ebate was lively last week over the Canola Council of Canada’s change of heart on canola rotations, which, the council says, can be a one-in-two year proposition for some farmers. Our headline on the story, Shorter canola rotations said OK, was declared inflammatory and inaccurate by some in the Twitter universe. I would argue it was as close to objective and accurate as five words could be. It’s true, perhaps, that adding the words “for some” at the end might have improved matters. Lyndsey Smith of RealAg suggested the headline, Use 1/2 canola rotation with caution, which is another good idea. It depends on what you think is the main angle of the story. Our perspective is that the story is as much about the canola council’s altering their policy as it is about the change itself. It’s quite significant to go from one-in-four to one-in-two years. Still, the great canola rotation debate on Twitter was an interesting and, I trust, healthy airing of points of view. I think we can expect the debate to rage on in the coming months. ❇

COMMODITY OUTLOOK | MONEY CRUNCHING

Prices are down, belt tightening time is here HURSH ON AG

KEVIN HURSH

longtime farmer, an elder statesman in the industry, caught my eye from halfway across the meeting room. He undid his belt and cinched it up a couple notches tighter, knowing I’d catch his meaning. I had seen him in a number of the Crop Production Week meetings in Saskatoon, and the presentations in this CWB meeting were perhaps the most poignant of all. Leaner times will be here for a while, and it’s time for a proverbial belt tightening. Say and think what you like about whether the new CWB should be buying grain handling assets and

whether it has a viable future, but it certainly has capable and articulate people at the helm. At this meeting, David Przednowek and Neil Townsend gave presentations relevant to every grain farmer, no matter where and how they sell their grain. Przednowek described how railway service has dropped dramatically in the cold weather. Rail car unloads were ahead of the previous year through much of the fall, but the service crash the past four or five weeks has left movement only slightly ahead with a monster crop in the bin. Open car orders totalling 5,000 used to be a big deal. This year, 40,000 unfilled car orders have piled up. Meanwhile, stocks in-store at the West Coast are half that of last year at this time. The grain isn’t arriving in time to meet sale orders. The number of waiting ships has climbed to 37 with more vessels on the way. International buyers are bidding large premiums above the Minneapolis futures price in an attempt to

secure product. However, back in the country, farmers are being paid far less than the futures price. Country basis levels are record high. With basis levels widening and futures prices dropping, the decline in grain prices has been precipitous. No. 2 Canada Western Red Spring wheat that had a cash bid in the Saskatoon area of $250 per tonne ($6.80 per bushel) in August was $175 a tonne ($4.76 per bu.) by early January. In Townsend’s presentation, he made the case that the commodity party is over. While corn has crashed and wheat is coming down hard, the Dow Jones industrial average is bullish. Money is flowing out of commodities and into stocks. The carry-out of Canadian wheat was five million tonnes at the end of the 2012-13 crop year. Given average yields, Townsend believes the carryout will balloon to more than 12 million tonnes by the end of the current crop year. Barley is set to go from one million tonnes to well over three. The canola carry-out is expected to

increase from around 600,000 tonnes to more than three million. And this won’t be a one year problem. The projected carry-out for 2014-15 remains high as well. Townsend admits that some catastrophic event could change the direction of world grain prices. While that’s always a possibility, the probability is that stocks will remain burdensome for quite some time. Corn, he says, could drop below $3 per bu. in 2014-15. So the prices we see now could get even worse. A November canola futures price that has declined by $55 a tonne since Dec. 1 might still be an opportunity compared to where the price ends up. Townsend is advising producers to book new crop basis levels if they can and to even consider margin protection for 2015. And we should also get ready to tighten our belts. Kevin Hursh is an agricultural journalist, consultant and farmer. He can be reached by e-mail at kevin@hursh.ca.

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Speaking of Twitter, if you still haven’t seen Janet Kovich’s hilarious posting, check it out at @J_Ko__. “No matter how bad ur day is at least ur not stuck in a fence getting laughed at by a cow,” Kovich tweeted. Don’t miss the “photo” that goes with this. ❇

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Speaking of humour, page editor Catherine Rumancik was walking by my office door when she heard me say, apparently rather loudly, “Holy cow.” Just to be clear, it wasn’t intended to be a pun, but only an involuntary expostulation. In any case, she poked her head in and asked what was up. I held up my proof of the front page of the Livestock section that featured the $600,000 bull that had won grand champion at the Denver stock show. “Owning this bull is kind of like winning the lottery,” I said. “If it was my bull,” said Catherine, “I wouldn’t want to leave it out in some barn. I would be staying out there right next to it.” My feelings exactly. ❇

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Some time ago, I noted that The Western Producer building was up for sale. It has now been sold, but we are staying put. I thought that might be helpful information for those of you who drop in from time to time.

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News articles and opinions will keep adding up over the weeks on the not-so-strong Conservative leadership of prime minister Stephen Harper. My only hope in this saga for his succession is that Harper will make a great move towards the people in need before leaving. The death of Nelson Mandela reminded us of Brian Mulroney’s huge contribution to end apartheid in South Africa. Wouldn’t it be great to also remember Stephen Harper for something huge, like maybe being the world leader in the fight against poverty,

here in Canada and around the world? It would be quite a turnover, I must agree, but it was also quite a turnover for Mulroney to stand against apartheid over 20 years ago. Bruno Marquis, Gatineau, Que.

FIGHT FOR TRUTH To the Editor: Thank you for profiling the recent stop on the GE-Free B.C. tour in Lethbridge, “North America called out of step with rest of world on GM food” by Barb Glen (WP, Jan. 2).

I have not attended any of these events so I can only rely on Barb Glen’s reporting for a portrayal of the mistruths shared on this tour. And I have no reason to believe Glen’s reporting is anything but accurate. It is too bad those of us who have different viewpoints on how farmers grow food cannot find a way to engage in dialogue rather than combative discourse. Alternatively, why not ask farmers why they make the choices they do? I have had the honour of meeting many farmers in my 30-year career in agriculture and I have yet to meet a single farmer who is out to do anything but manage a profitable farming business — whether they grow an organic, conventional or GM crop —

while growing a healthy, safe and abundant crop. All this while sustainably protecting their land for future generations. I know I will continue to make the choice to defend the farmer’s right to make safe, regulated and approved choices that work for them on their land. And I will continue to share positive messages about farmers and agriculture and the work they do to feed you and me. Generating fear is easy. Fighting for the right to the truth is much harder. Trish Jordan public and industry affairs director, Monsanto Canada Ltd., Winnipeg, Man.

POSSIBLE SCENARIO To the Editor: Re: Northern Gateway pipeline approved by Canada’s National Energy Board, www.mining.com. Another oil spill. We all know that it will happen. It’s only a matter of time? Is this what we can look forward to: “It has been reported by news media that Enbridge did not plan for a major oil spill as it was ‘unlikely’ that an accidental surface or sub-surface oil spill would occur. “However, regardless of plans, a Northern Gateway pipeline leak has been discovered in a pristine area of northern British Columbia. “It has been called a recipe for a crisis and that an ecological disaster is looming. Unlikely as it may have seemed at the time, the inexcusable has happened and now there is one more catastrophic oil rupture and spill that people are struggling to deal with. “And who knows what the future is for the coastal shorelines and the environmental impacts in the threatened area of the river delta? “… This disaster was an undertaking by humans and allegations have been raised that an improper welding process may have been a contributing factor and compromised a safety feature. Investigations are presently underway to establish the cause and until that has been determined, the transfer of bitumen has been suspended. “There have been calls for a full public inquiry. Let us hope that there are many valuable lessons to be gained from this grim and tragic event, and let us hope that countries and all governments recognize that exploration/drilling for oil, mining, etc. must include all risk factors that could be destructive and detrimental to our world environment, our water sources and all the creatures that share this earth with us humans.” Now would be an excellent and opportune time to re-write the book on taking care and protection of our planet from the devastation of events that we are now witness to. A role, perhaps for the United Nations Assembly to consider and implement… Until you know the harm you are causing or could be causing, it is best to avoid such action. The consequences are far too devastating to ignore. This constant economic greed will leave a shameful footprint that mankind will not be able to erase…. John Fefchak, Virden, Man.

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OPINION DEEP WATER WELLS To the Editor: This last summer was very dry. My well failed me for water for the first time ever. I figure it is because we keep more stock and do more things with water than before. I had to put in a new well here at Pleasant Farm. I called for a quote and the well driller from the area said a well in Fernwood would be easy to do. He said he never had to drill beyond 80 feet. When the job got done, he ended up drilling 180 feet to hit water. He was most apologetic and couldn’t understand what happened. Here in greater metro Fernwood there were already three deep water wells. All were being used daily. Two are for irrigation of potato land and one is in the industrial park. I realize this is not hard scientific

evidence that the water table is losing critical mass, but I certainly wonder if there is a correlation. I am concerned that if (P.E.I. premier) Robert Ghiz lifts the moratorium on deep water wells for irrigation of potato land, then more people and industry that need water may not be able to get it. Moreover, if it turns into a drilling competition to secure water, how deep will my next well have to be? The last one nearly broke me. I am opposed to deep water well irrigation. Ranald MacFarlane, Fernwood, P.E.I.

A DISGUISED WOLF To the Editor: (Agriculture minister) Mr. (Gerry) Ritz claims he is working for the

farmer, but all of his actions and bills he brings to Parliament are benefitting multinationals and chemical companies, taking power and wealth out of farmers’ hands. He must not be allowed to gain approval of his Bill C-18 for expanded plant breeders’ rights. No private company should make money from a staple such as seed that feeds the world population. The world population benefits from plant improvements so the whole population should pay for seed development business, such as we had before the Conservatives came in under Brian Mulroney and now Stephen Harper. The multinational grain companies make money from handling grain volumes. If they can pressure the government to allow lower quality, higher yielding wheat to be grown, that is more money in their pockets and that is their main aim in promot-

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ing the plant breeders’ rights bill. We have high quality wheats recognized throughout the world. They don’t yield as much as lower quality wheats, but we have a higher value market for them. Now we will see that we will be producing more bushels, but we are in the same market as everybody else and won’t be able to sell into a higher market and gain more value, and quite likely won’t be able to sell it all unless the bottom gets knocked out of the price. Mr. Ritz claims that farmers will still be able to save seed and plant it next year, but that is in direct contradiction to the bill he is proposing. Talk to your MPs and MLAs so they will be able to see what is being proposed and defeat this proposed bill. Mr. Ritz is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Bernie von Tettenborn, Round Hill, Alta.

COMMUNITY | VISION

Amazing ideas for small churches SPIRITUAL VIGNETTES

JOYCE SASSE

he 21st century could be the century of small churches, Cam Harder writes in Discovering the Other. Congregations and local communities are faced with shrinking numbers, increasing costs, over-stretched clergy and a failure to carry out the work expected of them. Some communities fold while others have amazing resilience. Harder gives us new ways of thinking about how the church can understand its role and carry on. Based on solid theology and biblical references, this teacher and storyteller helps refresh our understanding about the work of the church. Churches that willingly move outside the stained glass windows and “ask people not connected with the church to talk about their experience of awe, wonder, mystery, God” can have an interesting future. They are challenged to “think about how the church’s gifts might connect, interact and overlap with the elements of community life that we don’t normally think are spiritual.” For example, the church treasurer can help advise the farmer who has declared bankruptcy and secluded himself. The style of leadership that a church offers is important. A participatory-style community-building process is most effective. “It is not the leader’s job to cast a vision or imagine a future for the congregation/community,” writes Harder. When people are brought together to share a concern, “ideas emerge as people listen to each other and talk to each other.” The relationships builds. “A leader’s task is to … stimulate the development of a vision.” Power and decisions reside in the people, inspired by the Spirit. They are the ones who can best make the vision become a reality. The possibilities of building and working with these extended relationships are endless. The two processes for achieving this are spelled out in the book. “In the grocery store, the post office, the hospital … (the people) can work out what it means to be a follower of Jesus.” Joyce Sasse writes for the Canadian Rural Church Network at www.canadian ruralchurch.net.

“Maybe I have the heat up too high.”

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NEWS

CROP SHOW | INSECT MANAGEMENT

Cabbage seedpod weevil on the move Canola pest | 2013 saw an expansion of the pest north of the South Saskatchewan River BY WILLIAM DEKAY SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Some insect pests are projected to be on the decline this growing season, but others need to be closely monitored, said an insect control specialist. It’s reasonably good news overall, said Scott Hartley of Saskatchewan Agriculture. “Cabbage seedpod weevil is one that is becoming a real up and coming pest in the province,” he said during an integrated canola pest panel discussion at CropSphere in Saskatoon, which was held as part of the Crop Production Show that ran Jan. 13-16. “A good amount of their life cycle can be detrimental to canola crops.” The pest has been migrating east and north from southwestern and south-central Saskatchewan since 2000. Like the flea beetle, it over winters as an adult and starts feeding and flying once temperatures warm up to 12 C. Hartley said the weevils are edge feeders that gradually spread into the crop. They lay their eggs in the developing pods and the larvae grow and emerge from the pod. They then pupate in the soil and start feeding again in the fall. Hartley said 2013 was a banner year for the insect. Higher numbers than ever seen before were obser ved in Saskatchewan with a major expansion north of the South Saskatchewan River. On the other hand, the diamondback moth wasn’t a problem last year, thanks to a late spring of cool weather. Wind trajectories typically play a significant role in bringing the pest north from Mexico and Texas. Not as m a n y w i n d c u r re n t s l a s t y e a r brought them in from April to the end of May. Last year followed an especially bad year for both the diamondback moth and the aster leafhopper. Wind currents carried them in at high numbers. Both insects are also capable of some degree of overwintering. “This past winter … I don’t think will be very favourable for overwintering. Therefore, those wind currents become a lot more important for bringing the pests into the province,” he said. Hartley said the bertha armyworm has already started to fizzle out, according to feedback from pheromone bated survey traps. “I think the (insect) is one of the better news ones,” he said. Numbers will remain high this year but are trending downward, as the worm is biologically controlled through parasites, disease and viruses, he said. Traditionally, grasshoppers have not been a big issue with canola. “When they have been a big problem with yield is when they are feeding on canola pods,” he said. “Although we did see high numbers into the fall (embryo development) this last year, grasshoppers don’t

appear to be of high risk for most of the province in 2014,” he said. Hartley describes Swede midge as “an up and comer,” with infestations increasing. The year 2012-13 was the first time it was seen in high numbers, particularly in northeastern Saskatchewan. He said the insect is generally found in crop perimeter areas and favours high moisture. The mild winter of 2011-12 was also a contributing factor, combined with its existing populations.

The problem is with increasing generations, and Hartley said there are at least three now in the province. Research indicates it’s a concern at or before bolting because it affects the growing point. Glued together flowers that form a lantern shape are a telltale sign that larvae are inside. “For sure, you know you’ve got it if those flowers are split apart and you can actually see the larvae in them. Ultimately the florets die and turn brown,” he said. Research is expected to get under-

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way this year. However, “There’s not a lot of good answers for the Saskatchewan situation at this point.”

Scott Hartley gave an insect overview for Saskatchewan during CropSphere 2014. | WILLIAM DEKAY PHOTO

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CROP SHOW | WEATHER

Levies could be combined, says outgoing chair

Forecaster sees dry growing season ahead

BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

A Saskatchewan farm leader says it is time for farm groups to consider how they can work together to reduce the growing levy load. “We know all the talk that’s out there about how commissions have to get together and do more things together and share resources,” Joan Heath said in her final speech as chair of the Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission. “We know that farmers think that there is a lot of money being spent on a lot of levies.” Heath told delegates attending SaskCanola’s annual general meet-

ing at CropSphere 2014 that the new conference put on by the province’s canola, pulse, flax, oat, wheat and barley groups is an example of how commissions can work together on joint ventures to reduce costs. “This event is just one small step towards so many opportunities that we need to take as commissions to work together on every single front,” said Heath. She said the SaskCanola board is divided on the issue of doing more joint projects with other commissions. In an interview following her presentation, Heath said growers are suffering from levy fatigue and it might be worth studying what is happening in Ontario.

“I don’t know where we’re going to go with this and I don’t know how long it’s going to take, but it wouldn’t hurt for us to look at what farmers in Ontario have done, where they have pulled wheat and soy and corn together,” she said. Heath said the benefits of groups working together extend beyond administrative cost savings. Farm groups can have more clout with provincial and federal politicians if they have a unified voice on key policy issues. She said most producers grow most crops, and they are not necessarily best represented by a multitude of commodity groups. “Siloing ourselves out, in my opin-

ion, is not necessarily best serving (the farmer).” High grain prices have helped growers afford all the levies they are paying. Eight percent of the province’s canola growers requested a refund on SaskCanola’s 75 cents per tonne levy four years ago, but it fell to 4.9 percent last year. “Before we get all crazy and start congratulating ourselves, we need to remember that trend line also follows the uptrend for canola prices,” said Heath. She said it will be interesting to see what happens with refunds this year with canola prices well off 2013 levels.

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Farmers wanting to know what the weather will be like this spring and summer should reflect back on 1960, 1978 and 1996, says a weather expert. Drew Lerner, president of World Weather Inc., said the 18 year cycle will have the biggest influence on weather patterns in 2014. “I’m very much into cycles,” he said during CropSphere 2014. “I believe completely that our weather is cyclical.” He said 1960, 1978 and 1996 were in the top 30 percent of drier years on the Canadian Prairies. “The weather pattern is going to shift a little bit, and we’re not going to see the repetitive 1950s-style abundance of rainfall we’ve been having in recent years,” said Lerner. The second half of winter will be a mirror image to the first half with excess snowfall and warmer than normal temperatures in western Alberta and cooler and drier than normal conditions in the eastern Prairies. The first half of spring will be much the same because there will be a continuation of the northwest to southeast pattern of the upper airflow, which influences storm activity. It means cool and dry conditions in the eastern Prairies. The upper airflow switches to a west to east pattern in the second half of spring, which means it will be warmer and drier than normal, especially in western Alberta and eastern Saskatchewan. Summer weather patterns will be favourable for the southern Prairies but not so good for the north because the storm track will be located in the south. “Northern parts of Alberta and northwest portions of Saskatchewan are probably not going to see a tremendous amount of moisture during the growing season,” he said. It’s a concern because the Palmer Drought Severity Index shows there has been moderate to severe drought in portions of northern Alberta for six years. “It concerns me a little bit that down hidden deep below the surface we still have some dryness issues building up out there,” said Lerner. He is also worried about a prime growing area in southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan that is low on topsoil and subsoil moisture. “We’re going to come into the growing season with a sponge in the middle of the Prairies that is going to be able to absorb some moisture.” He said a lot will depend on how the snow melts. There is an overabundance of snow in western Alberta that could recharge soil moisture levels in northern Alberta and elsewhere if there is a gradual thaw. However, Lerner is concerned about the periods of unusually warm conditions such as last week, which cause the snow to melt at a time when the soil is too frozen to absorb moisture. There is a distinct possibility that El Nino could materialize by late spring, which would exacerbate dry conditions in the western United States and reinforce the drier bias in Alberta.

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CROP VARIETIES | BREEDERS’ RIGHTS

NFU starts campaign against UPOV 91 changes Royalties worry NFU | Group believes change to plant breeders’ rights legislation would cost grain farmers millions BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

The National Farmers Union is fighting back against a federal government plan to ratify UPOV 91. The NFU says the controversial international agreement could cost prairie grain farmers millions of dollars and jeopardize their ability to use farm-saved seed on a royalty free basis. Terry Boehm, a former NFU president and current chair of the group’s seed and trade committee, said Ottawa’s plan to ratify UPOV 91 rep-

resents a significant shift of power away from farmers and into the hands of multinational seed and biotechnology companies. Ratification would set the table for expanded plant breeders’ rights legislation in Canada, granting seed developers greater proprietary control over the seed products they develop. Many farmers, including Boehm, believe UPOV 91 ratification would open the door for a new royalty collection mechanism known as endpoint royalties, in which farmers who plant farm-saved seed would be

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required to pay seed companies a per-tonne royalty on all production derived from a PBR protected seed variety. Federal agriculture minister Gerry Ritz has already indicated that Ottawa intends to ratify UPOV 91 and update Canada’s PBR legislation to ensure seed companies are properly compensated for the new varieties that they develop. Meanwhile, Ottawa is reducing its role in developing and commercializing new wheat and barley varieties and is leaving cereal breeding and varietal development activities to other groups, including multinational seed companies. Boehm said it is imperative that farmers voice their opposition to UPOV 91. “UPOV 91 is a way to transfer enormous amounts of money from farmers’ pockets into corporate coffers,” he said. “Farmers — in fact Canadians — cannot allow giant corporations to

take control of our seed resources.” The NFU is mounting a campaign aimed at raising awareness about the potential impact of UPOV 91 and mobilizing opposition. Last week, the NFU released a document outlining principles that should be contained in a farmerfriendly seed act. It calls for Ottawa to refrain from making any changes to the current Seeds Act and Plant Breeders’ Rights Act. It also calls for Ottawa to take steps that would protect farmers’ right to save, reuse, select, exchange and sell seeds. The document says farmers’ rights to clean and store seed and prepare it for planting should be unrestricted. The NFU is also advocating: • The retention of a variety registration system that ensures new crop varieties are as good or better than existing ones • Federal legislation that allows seed developers to collect royalties only

at the time the seed is sold to a farmer • Legislation that makes it illegal for seed companies to collect end-point royalties on harvested crops • Measures that ensure farmers will continue to have access to existing cereal varieties that were developed by public plant breeders. Boehm said the deregistration of existing crop varieties in the public domain also poses a significant threat to the economic well-being of farmers. He said public varieties that are registered in Canada should not be withdrawn from the marketplace unless there is a compelling reason to do so. “Canada’s world-recognized research programs have been torn apart … while corporations have been given carte blanche over the seed industry,” he said. “There are other ways (besides UPOV 91) to ensure that farmers have access to new seed varieties.”

The National Farmers Union says farmers’ rights to use farm-saved seed may be threatened if Ottawa ratifies new regulations for patented seeds. | FILE PHOTO

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The European Union remains one of the most GMO-skeptical markets in the world, but agriculture minister Gerry Ritz figures he is making progress on opening doors for Canadian products. However, he acknowledged during a Jan. 20 telephone news conference after a weekend meeting of world agriculture ministers in Berlin that there are holdouts, who he ridiculed as countries “looking in the rearview mirror” rather than the future. “Certain states within the EU, I will let them speak for themselves about why they are looking in the rearview mirror and they have political solutions instead of practical, pragmatic ways of moving forward,” he said. “But there are a growing number of farm organizations in the EU finding themselves falling behind, but unfortunately there is a smattering of nonscientific fear-mongering that’s going on.” Canada’s recent agreement-inprinciple with the EU on a comprehensive trade deal does not propose new access for genetically modified

p ro d u c t s b u t c o n s i d e r s a n e w approval process for GM products. Ritz said he used the Berlin meeting to promote the need for science-based rules on the trade of GM food. He said he received support from German and United Kingdom agriculture ministers on the need to revise and loosen rules on GM food in Europe. German minister Hans-Peter Friedrich said he will promote a better system for registering GM products that have been registered in other countries with credible science-based food safety inspection systems. As well, Ritz said the British government is becoming more GMOfriendly. He quoted United Kingdom agriculture minister Owen Paterson as saying that if the U.K. and Europe do not embrace biotechnology, it would become “the museum of world farming.” Ritz said he agreed. “I emphasized the importance of innovative, open and science-based trade,” he said. “Our government knows that a science-based approach to trade is key to securing sustainable access to

food while attracting new investment into agricultural sectors.” He said part of his pitch was to promote a scheduled meeting in Rome of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, which will consider rules governing international trade in commodities that have a low-level and inadvertent GMO content. “Canada is a strong proponent of biotechnology as a useful tool to increase productivity while reducing agriculture’s environmental footprint,” said Ritz. Regulations restricting low-level presence import barriers “are creating new barriers to trade and access to food, which is particularly critical to the developing world.” Ritz said he also used the Berlin meetings to promote approval of the Canada-EU trade agreement in Europe, touting its export opportunities for European and Canadian farmers and food companies. He said he had face-to-face meetings with 70 agriculture ministers from around the world to promote Canada’s mantra of liberalized trade and less politics in setting trade policy. “I do think we are making some progress.”

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BEEF PRODUCTION | HORMONES, STEROIDS

Better Beef campaign a hit with consumers: A&W Burger sales up | Canadian cattle producers irked by commercials hinting cattle given growth promotants are a health threat BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

A&W Canada is pleased with customer response to its Better Beef campaign, nearly four months after its controversial decision to serve beef from animals given no added hormones or steroids. Susan Senecal, chief marketing officer with the fast food chain, said the marketing campaign has exceeded expectations. “(We’ve) received an unprecedented number of communications, directly from our guests, about how excited they are and how happy they are with the change.” She said the marketing initiative has boosted sales at A&W restaurants but would not provide specifics. “We always look at burger sales … and we’ve seen a great response from that perspective, as well.”

Senecal said it’s difficult to know if customers think the beef is healthier or if they assume beef produced without hormones is better for cattle or more sustainable. “There’s a sense they want food that meets their description of how they think it should be handled (produced),” she said. “It seems to be striking a chord, and I’m not sure of all the reasons why that is, but it certainly seems to be something that resonates as well in real life as it did when we did our initial consumer research.” A&W announced in September that it had changed its procurement policy and would buy beef only from cattle raised without added hormones or steroids. The announcement and subsequent television commercials promoting the Better Beef angered cattle producers. Groups such as Alberta Beef Pro-

ducers said the ads were misleading because the tagline suggested that hormones, or growth promotants that increase feed efficiency and rate of gain, were a threat to human health. Producers were also annoyed that A&W was buying a large share of its beef from Australia and the United States because the company said there wasn’t a sufficient supply of beef without added hormones in Canada. Asked about the backlash, Senecal said the Better Beef campaign generated calls from Canadian ranchers who want to sell beef to A&W. “We have a few dozen, at least, ranchers who have reached out to us in addition to the ones we are already contacting and in discussions with, in terms of expanding our supply in Canada.” Senecal expects A&W to buy more Canadian beef in the future to serve

its more than 770 locations. Given the success of the campaign, the company will continue to buy beef without added hormones or steroids, she added. Jim Clark, executive director of Ontario Corn Fed Beef, an Ontario Cattle Feeders’ Association brand, said the beef market in Canada is segmented. Certain customers will want corn fed beef, others prefer organic and many are satisfied with commodity beef. Still, the sectors within the larger

beef industry should collaborate instead of disparaging a particular production practice. “I have no problem with them (A&W) making a business decision and doing what they believe is right for their customers and their business,” he said. “The problem I have is lots of times we see the different niches (within) the industry throwing each other under the bus. At the end of the day, we all lose because there are a group of consumers sitting on the fence (about beef).”

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Prairie dog communication attracting new interpretations BY DAN YATES SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Prairie dogs are famous performers, known for a rapid and animated display described by one biologist as the wave. The exhibition has long been documented by researchers and observed by others, although its precise purpose has remained unclear. After studying black-tailed prairie dogs, a species with a small population in southern Saskatchewan’s Grasslands National Park, James Hare of the University of Manitoba says the display illustrates an intricate kind of communication. The jump-yip, as it’s called, is a common sight in black-tailed prairie dog towns. One animal stands on its hind legs and rears back its head, which is then mimicked, one after another, by others nearby. The motion circulates throughout the group like fans in a sports stadium waving their arms. Hare, a specialist in animal behaviour, calls it contagious communication. The motion, unique to two kinds of prairie dogs, spreads like a yawn. It has been proposed that the jumpyip sends a sign to others that the area is free of predators, but in a recently published study, Hare suggests something more. He said the animals are, in essence, taking attendance, assessing both group size and the need for vigilance. By responding, individual prairie dogs are letting others know they’re alert. A larger display of jump-yips will lead to greater efforts foraging for food. “Beyond just a mechanism that allows them to optimize that tradeoff between forage and vigilance is

Black-tailed prairie dogs have unique communication skills that researchers are starting to reinterpret. | JEFF VANUGA\USDA PHOTO that in assessing others it tells us effectively that they are able to distinguish between themselves and those other individuals,” said Hare. “They effectively have evolved to recognize that their perception of the world is distinct from that of other individuals and they are actively probing those other individuals for their perspective.” Hare has studied other kinds of ground squirrels, including Richardson’s ground squirrels, a known nuisance to agricultural producers for which there are numerous controls, including chemicals. He said his research makes the case for stewardship and conservation. “We have historically persecuted this species,” said Hare. “There are people, well educated people, who like nothing more than to run around killing prairie dogs and

gophers, as they call them.” He acknowledged the damage that ground squirrels can do in an agricultural setting, but said the animals can offer benefits on pastureland, including the elimination of invasive species. “If you exterminate all of the ground squirrels, you’re going to lead to a collapse of natural predator populations and indeed then a major exponential increase in populations of non-target species,” he said. “Understanding the basic biology of these species, whether we consider them to be pests or not, is of critical importance to managing ecosystems and understanding our place in them. That’s why I think some respect here is critical for the natural landscape.” Hare’s study can be found in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

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HORTICULTURE RESEARCH | PASSIVE SOLAR ENERGY

Low cost lettuce in January goal of passive solar research Greenhouse owners welcome idea of heating with cheaper passive energy BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

Brian Rozmahel is monitoring results from the passive solar greenhouse on his farm near Viking, Alta. He hopes to plant cold season vegetables such as bok choy in February. | MARY MACARTHUR PHOTO

VIKING, Alta. — A passive solar greenhouse project began when Brian Rozmahel wondered: “Wouldn’t it be great to grow food all year round and not spend an arm and a leg?” Growing food year round and living in central Alberta may no longer be impossible if Rozmahel’s prototype passive solar greenhouse is a success. “If we can grow food in the winter

and not have huge costs, we will be better off and food stays relatively inexpensive,” Rozmahel told a workshop about the passive solar greenhouse. “My hope is to have fresh produce year round. We know it’s possible with our preliminary results.” Construction of the 12 by 24 foot greenhouse began in the fall, and Rozmahel will monitor temperature and humidity this winter as he looks for better ways to manage it through-

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out the year. A half metre deep trench along the base of the greenhouse was insulated to prevent cold from coming in through the bottom. As well, a concrete pad was poured along the back wall, and water barrels on top of the heated pad will act as a thermal mass to collect heat from the sun. Along the back wall, black concrete and hemp blocks filled with chipped rock also add thermal mass to collect heat. Rozmahel estimated that the north wall has an R60 rating, while the south wall and roof are made from clear polycarbonate panels to allow in the maximum amount of sunlight. “We want to get as much heat as we can throughout the year.” Rozmahel said he has discovered during this project that the Prairies sometimes have limited sunlight. “Despite Alberta’s reputation for sunny weather, now that I have a solar greenhouse I realize how many cloudy days we get.” He will need an additional heat source to regulate the temperature on cold, cloudy days. Lakeland College, which is also developing and building a passive solar greenhouse, has installed monitoring equipment at Rozmahel’s greenhouse. The temperature was 20 C inside the greenhouse and -30 C outside during the day when the monitors were installed in December, said Rob Baron, a Lakeland instructor with a focus on renewable energy He hopes to develop ways to capture some of the daytime heat and release it at night. “We need to bring the bottom temperature up and top temperature down,” he said. The equipment will also monitor the integrity of the building with its warm, moist air and condensation. Dieter Kuhlman of Cullman’s Market Gardens and Greenhouses said a passive solar greenhouse is long overdue. “This idea is fantastic.” He said plenty of work must still be done before the small greenhouse can be used at his commercial operation, but it’s a good start in the search for alternatives to plastic covered greenhouses. Judy Kesanko of the Multicultural Heritage Centre in Stony Plain, Alta., said a passive solar greenhouse would be a great addition for its organic master gardeners program. “The message here is it’s quite doable.” Rozmahel said he plans to plant cold season crops such as bok choy and lettuce in February. “We want to learn as much as we can.” Don Ruzicka of Killam, Alta., said the ongoing research will help determine what changes need to be made to the prototype greenhouse, but other people will eventually tweak the design and soon they will be across the Prairies. “This is a classroom right now,” he said. “This is a starting point. It’s at the aha moment and someone will come along and take it to the next step.”

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HEALTH | INFLUENZA

Sask. flu numbers near 2009 pandemic Alberta tops Prairies for H1N1 | Manitoba reports only 45 cases and no deaths as of Jan. 9 BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Alberta and Saskatchewan continue to be hot spots for seasonal influenza as both provinces reported more confirmed cases and related deaths last week. Saskatchewan had recorded 12 deaths associated with influenza as of Jan. 17, while Alberta reported 10 as of Jan. 15. Alberta has far more confirmed cases, at 2,200, than Saskatchewan’s 797, but each had 49 people in intensive care units plus hundreds of others hospitalized. Dr. Denise Werker, Saskatchewan’s deputy chief medical health officer, said she is surprised with the province’s high numbers, which are nearing what was recorded during the 2009 pandemic. Fifteen people died that year. “We are experiencing something different in Saskatchewan,” she told reporters. “The good news is that because H1N1 has circulated previously, we know there is some immunity.” Werker expected 100,000 doses of nasal mist vaccine to arrive from the United States Jan. 20 and said they might be made more widely available than just the target populations. It would depend on whether all the doses survived the trip at the correct temperature and were still usable, she added. H1N1 is the predominant strain of the seasonal flu in all provinces this year. Manitoba confirmed 45 cases and no deaths as of Jan. 9. Werker said Saskatchewan may be seeing more cases because H1N1 began circulating during the holiday season when people were mixing at gatherings and parties. She said most of the people in ICU

have underlying health conditions, ranging in age from younger than five to 86 with an average age of 45. The average age of those who died is 60. “There are some people in ICU currently who are seriously ill and we can anticipate having more deaths in the coming weeks,” Werker said. However, she said there is some indication that the rate of infection might be nearing its peak because laboratory confirmed positives are slowing. More information was expected this week after deadlines for this issue. Europeans are coping with H3N2 this year, which was the predominant strain in Canada last year. A fatal case of H5N1 avian influenza that was recorded in Alberta Jan. 8 is considered rare. The person had travelled to China, was hospitalized in Canada Jan. 1 and later died. The Public Health Agency of Canada said the patient’s close contacts are showing no signs of infection. H5N1 is not easily transmitted from person to person. Meanwhile, Saskatchewan issued a warning last week to make sure people are immunized for measles. Werker said two cases have been reported this year. An infant on a flight from Manila to Vancouver and then to Calgary and Regina has been diagnosed and was infectious during the flights between Jan. 2 and Jan. 7. The infant is recovering. Werker said the Philippines, the Netherlands and Brazil are all experiencing measles outbreaks. Travel to and from those countries could present a risk for those who aren’t vaccinated. Measles is highly infectious and can lead to brain inflammation, disability and death, she said. Two doses of vaccine are required, and children in Saskatchewan are usually offered the vaccination at 12 and 18 months.

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RESEARCH | LENTILS

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Lentils lower cholesterol, blood pressure: study

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Diets rich in lentils could lower high blood pressure and reverse damage to blood vessels without drugs. New research conducted by University of Manitoba researchers Carla Taylor and Peter Zahradka has shown that eating lentils can help prevent the increases in blood pressure that come with age and correct changes occurring in blood vessels due to high blood pressure. Julianne Curran, director of nutrition, scientific and regulatory affairs for Pulse Canada,

said Canada is the world’s largest producer and exporter of red and green lentils. “It’s exciting because it’s a nutritional intervention than can potentially have this effect and it’s a homegrown one as well,” she said. The study, which used rats as subjects at the Canadian Centre for AgriFood Research in Health and Medicine in Winnipeg, will require further testing in animals before research begins in humans. Health Canada recommends consuming three-quarters of a cup of lentils and pulses as meat alternatives per day, while U.S. guidelines suggest half a cup per day or three cups per week. Curran said lentils are a lower fat

option rich in fibre and vitamins, which can help lower cholesterol levels. “It does seems that eating one-half cup per day is associated with positive health and nutritional effects,” she said. The latest study builds on previous research, which indicated eating legumes such as beans and lentils can improve blood flow to the legs of people with peripheral artery disease. Another study showed lentils were effective in preventing high blood pressure.

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delinquent behaviour among vulnerable youth with clinically elevated mental health symptoms,” said Ferguson. If that is the case with young people who have previously existing mental health problems, then I think we can assume that there are also no harmful effects on normal children.

There have been myths and stories about violent video games leading to antisocial and aggressive behaviour in teenagers. I believe it is one of those chicken versus egg scenarios. Do the games lead to violence and bullying or are already aggressive kids more likely to want to play these types of games? Competitiveness may be the main video game characteristic that influences aggression,reports research published by the American Psychological Association in 2011. On the other hand, a new study by Christopher Ferguson of Stetson University and independent U.S. researcher Cheryl Olson published in Springer’s Journal of Youth and Adolescence found that playing such games as Halo and Grand Theft Auto had a calming effect on youth with attention deficit symptoms and helped reduce aggressive and bullying behaviour. “We found no evidence that violent video games increase bullying or

There is a possibility that eating too much red meat could contribute to the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Other well known factors are the proteins tau and beta-amyloid. Red meat contains iron, which in large quantities can be toxic to the brain and other organs. Dr. George Bartzokis and colleagues at the University of California at Los Angeles conducted a research project to determine whether high tissue iron might cause the tissue breakdown associated with Alzheimer’s. They compared the hippocampus, an area of the brain that is involved in the formation of new memories, to the thalamus, which is largely unaffected until the late stages of the disease. An MRI technique was used to measure how much iron there was in the brain stored in a protein known as ferritin. The study included 31 Alzheimer’s patients and 68 healthy individuals of the same age as controls. This is a small sample, so more research is needed. Other research also shows the toxicity of iron may be partly responsible for the development of other neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Clare Rowson is a retired medical doctor in Belleville, Ont. Contact: health@producer.com.

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insist the world was created just a few thousand years ago. If that’s what they want to believe, far be it from me to try to dissuade them. Carbon dating would suggest otherwise, but carbon dating could be a grand illusion of the militaryindustrial complex. If you think about it, it makes sense that the story of the cosmos, Earth and the emergence of humans can be explained in a mere 89 minutes. If we can lose 20 pounds in 20 days, if our teeth can be turned from yellow niblets into white pearls in a couple of weeks, if the four-minute mile is now the three minute and 43 second mile, if fish can play chess, then it shouldn’t be all that difficult to explain the universe to PBS viewers in less than 90 minutes. Confession: When I say fish can play chess, I am referring to people who evolved from fish, flopping onto dry land a few million years ago, eventually walking upright and inventing the can opener, et cetera. Conspiracy theorists, feel free to substitute “a few hundred years” for “a few million.” Michael Gillgannon is the former news editor of The Western Producer and managing editor of Western People. Contact: humour@ producer.com

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ON THE FARM | PRODUCERS, VOLUNTEERS

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both involved with Prairie Women on Snowmobiles cancer fundraisers and Spencerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love of skiing has led to Cherylâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s executive position on the Regina Alpine Ski Club. After a tornado a few years ago, they organized about 300 volunteers to walk 20 fields north of Raymore to pick up debris and make the fields safe to farm. In 2005, Dan was the only one home when a tornado came through their farmyard, taking out bins and ripping off the Quonset door but sparing the livestock. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like to pick up behind myself,â&#x20AC;? he said.â&#x20AC;? Last week, the family was replacing shingles and repairing corrals after strong winds tore across the Prairies. Volunteer response is critical in the Raymore area because the nearest

ambulance is in Lestock, 90 minutes away by car. There is a health centre in town but a doctor is there only two days per week. The necessity of STARS hit home for Dan in September 2012. A neighbour had a heart attack and friends were there to call for help. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be here today without

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RAYMORE, Sask. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; At 3 a.m., Dan Lorenz could be checking a calving cow or driving 20 kilometres to Raymore to help land a STARS helicopter. In the last two years, STARS has landed five times at Raymore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I did the training to land it,â&#x20AC;? Dan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s knowing where to set up the base and not be scared to get blown over.â&#x20AC;? He is one farmer willing to abandon his farm chores if an emergency call comes in during busy times. He said most rural people go to fires or accidents to see if they can help. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be there, so you might as well be there knowing what to do,â&#x20AC;? he said of his 29 year association with the volunteer fire department. Dan has been chief for two years, with about half of the 19 firefighters drawn from the rural region. His wife, Cheryl, who works parttime for the credit union, is a volunteer for STARS and helps raise money for the service that came to the province about two years ago. At age 18, Cheryl suffered head and neck injuries and a collapsed lung in a car accident in Manitoba. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I waited three hours for the ambulance to come back for me because they took the more critical person first,â&#x20AC;? she said. Dan feels able to handle some of the scenes that other responders would rather not see. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I pulled my buddy out of a fire in 1982,â&#x20AC;? he said. In those days, Dan was working off the fourth-generation family farm his great-grandfather homesteaded in 1904. His grandfather and father each took their turns and now he, Cheryl and their nine-year-old son, Spencer, live on that same quarter. They grow wheat, canola, peas, barley and oats on about 1,500 acres and have a 100 cow predominantly Red Angus-Charolais cross commercial herd. Cheryl, who grew up in a town, owns about one-third of the cows, and the first two calves, which arrived a few weeks earlier than expected in January thanks to a persistent bull butting against a gate, are hers. In earlier days, the farm had pigs, milk cows and chickens, and generations of Lorenzes sustained themselves on the farmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I worked (off farm), it was down to 10 or 15 cows,â&#x20AC;? Dan said. O ver the years, he worked at machinery dealerships, in carpentry and at a pipeline welding shop, among others. He said there wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough quality land available to make grain farming a full-time occupation for him, and now land prices have skyrocketed while grain prices are plummeting. Wheat that was $8 is now $4, peas that were $12.60 might fetch $10 and barley that was $6 is $3.10. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How much do you lock in?â&#x20AC;?

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CYBERBULLYING | PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Parents told to take cyberbullying by the horns Set rules on internet use | Parents need to monitor online activities and teach children empathy BY WILLIAM DEKAY SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Brian Trainor has created a book to educate parents and kids on cyberbulling. | TRAINOR ILLUSTRATION

Parents who want to stop cyberbullying must do a better job of monitoring and enforcing their children’s activities on the internet, says a retired police officer. “One third of Grade 7-11 students have been cyberbullied. Threequarters don’t call the police and 25 percent tell no one,” said Brian Trainor, a former sergeant with the Saskatoon Police Service who is on a crusade to help counter the explosion of cyberbullying by educating chil-

dren and their parents. Cyberbullying, which covers the targeting of individuals through social media, has been blamed on a number of high profile teen suicides in recent years. The federal government hopes to pass anti-cyberbullying legislation by spring that would make it a crime to distribute intimate images on the internet without the consent of the subject. It will also update the Criminal Code’s wiretapping guidelines for electronic communication. Trainor said numerous studies show that a child develops bullying

tendencies at a young age, which often lead to bullying behaviour as a teenager. Studies show a high percentage of high school bullies eventually come in contact with the police and the criminal justice system. “It makes sense because they haven’t learned of any other way of getting what they want.” He said almost everything he experienced during his 27 years as a police officer involved some aggression and abuse. Bullying was pervasive. “That why I’m doing this now because I saw the terrible results of bullying. I’ve gone to 16 suicides in my

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RURAL HEALTH | DOCTOR RECRUITMENT

Program introduces medical students to rural practice Shadow program familiarizes students with pros and cons of small town living SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Third year medical student Chris Young has his sights set on a practice in rural Saskatchewan. To gain insight and hands-on experience, he signed up for the Physician Recruitment Agency of Saskatchewan’s Rural Externship program (PREP), offered by saskdocs, an organization that helps doctors who want to work in Saskatchewan, in conjunction with the Saskatchewan Medical Association and the University of Saskatchewan’s college of medicine. The 2013 summer program allowed him to shadow Dr. Jessi Warren in Weyburn, Sask., share notes with her and conduct supervised medical procedures. “Rural family medicine, for me right now, it’s at the top of what I’m considering,” Young said. He said the experience revealed the pros and cons and dispelled many myths about rural health care. Resources and quick access to laboratories are limited, but Young said that meant doctors rely more on their expertise, diagnostic tools and lab skills for diagnoses. “Doctors there have found ways to rely on their own skills,” he said. Resources are limited, retirements and departures strain the remaining staff, doctors are on call more, the lifestyle is different than in urban settings and caseloads are large. “Doctors do their best to cover, but it’s a struggle,” he said. Provincial regulatory bodies cap the number of patients a doctor can accept. In addition, outside doctors are sometimes seconded to cover for local doctors on weekends. Heavy caseloads mean keeping to a tight schedule when seeing patients, which Young said presents challenges. “You try to maximize the time with patients,” he said. “That was a big difficulty for me because I want them to go away feeling they got something from me.” Young said rural doctors balance work and home life. His supervising doctor took a weekday off to spend time with her two children and also made time to pursue her professional interests in women’s health at a Regina hospital. “It might take a little bit of work, but you can make it happen,” said Young. He received strong support from the medical community in Weyburn, had a good look at the city by living there and was encouraged to consider it upon graduation. “I felt the love,” said Young, who is from Regina. Seventy-two medical students have participated in PREP since its inception in 2011, receiving about $400 per week in wages and a weekly $250 tax-free living allowance. Supervising physicians receive $1,500 per week. Last year, students working up to 12 weeks were placed in 22 communities ranging from as small as Arcola to as large as Tisdale. James Winkel and Jennifer Grunert

of saskdocs said the program is an attempt to stem the tide of medical graduates leaving the province. Fiftyeight percent of those in family medicine remain in Saskatchewan after graduation, but only 29 percent of specialists stay. “What I can say for sure is that we have one of the lowest graduate retention rates in the country, and PREP is one of the tools in our tool chest that we hope will help improve those

results,” Winkel said. Grunert cited several studies that show increased exposure increases the likelihood of medical students practising in rural communities. Working alongside a doctor in rural clinics and hospitals exposes students to a typical work life and what the community has to offer. “They see everything a family physician would see in rural Saskatchewan,” she said.

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CHANGES FOR 2014 | IMPROVING BODY AND SURROUNDINGS

Easy ways to improve body and soul TEAM RESOURCES

JODIE MIROSOVSKY, BSHEc

“Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” — Oprah Winfrey

e are three weeks into the new year and I have heard mutterings of the January blahs and disappointment from resolutions that have already gone down the tubes. Think of this time of year as a chance to make small changes that will bring renewal during the long winter. We should always take time to reflect on past mistakes and make changes in the year ahead. Why not make four easy changes? • Spice up your life with cinnamon. A study reported in Diabetes Care indicates that adding this spice to food will help lower blood sugar naturally, fight off bacteria and deliver antioxidants to the body. Just add as little as 1/2 teaspoon (2 mL) a day to the diet. Enjoy hot tea

with whole grain toast, covered with honey and cinnamon. Source: www.medicalnewstoday. com. • Ditch the polluting air fresheners. Use that almost empty bottle of vodka left over from the holidays in green cleaning. Vodka will combat germs while freshening and disinfecting the home. In a clean spray bottle, mix 1/2 cup (125 mL) each of water and vodka, and 20 drops of essential oil and mist away. • Shine things up. Take a clean damp sponge, sprinkle with baking soda and a few drops of dish soap and start scrubbing. Adding soda to the wash cycle and bath water will soften fabrics and skin. • Add a punch with colour. It can be as little as adding some vibrant colours to a favourite vase or purchasing a throw pillow. Bring out Grandma’s old serving plates or pick up something new to brighten the table. Here are some menu ideas to put on one of those plates.

MUSHROOM BEEF ROAST Serve with baked or mashed potatoes and steamed green vegetables like green beans, brussels sprouts or broccoli. 3 lb. boneless beef cross 1.4 kg rib pot roast 1/2 tsp. salt 2 mL 1/2 tsp. pepper 2 mL

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oil 30 mL onion, diced carrots, sliced chopped pepper, 125 mL color of your choice cloves garlic, minced or garlic seasoning oregano 5 mL sliced mushrooms, 284 mL not drained beef stock 75 mL ketchup 30 mL Worcestershire sauce 10 mL flour 45 mL

Preheat the oven to 325 F (160 C). Season the beef with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, heat one tablespoon (15 mL) of the oil and sear the meat over medium-high heat approximately four minutes per side. Transfer to a roasting dish. In the same skillet, saute the onion, carrots, pepper, garlic, and oregano over medium heat until softened, about five minutes. Add mushrooms, cook for an additional five minutes. Scrape vegetable mix over the beef roast. Pour the stock into the skillet and bring to a boil. Let bubble for one minute. Remove from heat and stir in the ketchup and Worcestershire sauce. Pour over the meat mixture and roast for two hours or until beef is tender and a thermometer shows that meat is done. Remove the roast to a platter to let rest for 10 to 15 minutes, then slice across the grain. While meat is resting, combine the flour with approximately 1/4 c. (60 mL)

Serve saucy mocha chocolate pudding with fresh fruit and ice cream for a colourful dessert. | JODIE MIROSOVSKY PHOTO of water; whisk into remaining roasting juices. Put the roasting pan back in the oven for about 10 to 15 minutes or until gravy has thickened. Adapted from Canadian Living Magazine: January 2008 and www.allrecipes.com. Slow cook on low for seven hours as an alternative to oven roasting. Serves six.

SAUCY MOCHA CHOCOLATE PUDDING There are few things more delectable than a warm chocolate dessert. S e r ve wa r m w ith ice crea m o r whipped cream and top with fruit. Grate dark chocolate over the top if desired. 1 c. 1/4 c. 1 1/2 tsp. 1/4 tsp. 1/4 c.

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margarine, melted dash of ground cinnamon sugar 125 mL egg vanilla 5 mL milk 125 mL brown sugar 250 mL cocoa 75 mL hot water 375 mL cold coffee 125 mL

Mix flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt and cinnamon together in a bowl. In a separate bowl, combine the butter and sugar. Blend in the egg and vanilla. Add to dry ingredients alternately with milk. Spread into a greased nine x nine inch (22 cm) square baking pan. To make sauce, combine the brown sugar and cocoa. Add hot water and coffee, mix and pour over the batter. Bake at 325 F (160 C) for 45 minutes. Jodie Mirosovsky is a home economist from Rosetown, Sask., and a member of Team Resources. Contact: team@producer.com.

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AGRONOMY | ZERO-TILL

Cut nitrogen by 50 lb. zero-till farmers told Wheat and durum only | Research was carried out in North Dakota and is not recommended for the Canadian Prairies BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

MINOT, N.D. — Dave Franzen of North Dakota State University believes in following the data. So when North Dakota field data indicated that long-term, no-till fields require less nitrogen than conventionally tilled soils, the extension soil specialist told no tillage farmers to cut their nitrogen rates by 50 pounds per acre. “That’s the just way it worked out in the data. The data said 50 (lbs. per acre), so I used 50,” Franzen said. The recommendations apply to only wheat and durum. “I only put out recommendations on things that I test,” he said. “I don’t have any numbers to support (this) for sunflowers or anything else…. Unless I have any numbers, I’m not going to pull anything out of my back pocket. I’ve done the wheat and durum (research), so that’s out there.” NDSU has said for the last several years that farmers growing wheat on fields with continuous no-till for more than five years require 50 lb. less nitrogen per acre than conventionally tilled fields. Franzen is also developing nitrogen guidelines for corn grown on long-term zero-till fields. He devised the wheat recommendation after studying North Dakota

But (zero tillage farmers) can’t be too shocked, because you’re taking all these steps to make that happen…. You’re doing things that are beneficial and now you’re starting to see some results from it. MARK JENNINGS NORTH DAKOTA ZERO TILL FARMER

zero-tillage data going back to the 1970s and conducting his own research from 2005-10. “I started working on it in 2005 and we gathered another 50 to 60 sites,” he said. “No preconceived ideas. I just divided the sites into those that I knew were on a long-term no till and those that I knew were conventional.” Franzen initiated the research after speaking to long-term no-tillage farmers in the state who claimed they could produce normal yields with less nitrogen. “I started (working) on the response curves and I’ll be damned that they weren’t right,” Franzen said. “If you look at a certain yield and the nitrogen it took to produce it in a notill (system) and the protein at a certain level and the nitrogen it took to

reach that level in the no till, it took about 50 lb. of N less with the longterm no till.” Avid supporter Mark Jennings, a zero-till farmer from Washburn, N.D., hadn’t heard of the NDSU recommendation until it was mentioned at the ManitobaNorth Dakota Zero Tillage Farmers Association annual meeting in Minot in early January. However, he has already reduced the amount of nitrogen he applies to his fields, so the recommendation wasn’t a surprise. “Can you jump on it and say it’s exactly 50 lb.? I don’t know,” he said. “From my anecdotal data and from what I see in my soil tests, I know

there’s something happening.” As an example, post harvest nitrogen tests on one of Jennings’ high yielding sunflower crops showed 90 to 130 lb. of nitrogen remained in the soil. “You don’t expect to see (that) after a really good crop. You expect to see a lot of removal,” he said “But (zero tillage farmers) can’t be too shocked, because you’re taking all these steps to make that happen…. You’re doing things that are beneficial and now you’re starting to see some results from it.” Franzen said he doesn’t know why long-term no-till fields need less nitrogen. His theory is that no-till soil uses nitrogen more efficiently, thanks to the diverse population of organisms. “That’s the thing that changes after about six years…. You double the amount of bugs that are there and the nature of bugs is more diverse as well,” he said. “When you apply nitrogen … it’s utilized by micro-organisms and every organism in between. They slime and they poop and they do all this stuff, so it’s in a more organic form for a longer time during the season. It kind of acts like a slow release N.” Cultivating a diverse community of soil organisms requires more than just zero tillage, Franzen added. Growers also need a varied crop

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rotation, perhaps with five or six crops. “I think it’s only in those situations that you’re going to get this enhanced biology and the (nitrogen) efficiency factor.” Franzen said NDSU is the only state extension service that recommends less nitrogen for zero-till fields. He cautioned that the 50 lb. recommendation is for committed no-tillage farmers who “stick to it through thick and thin.” As for Western Canada, Franzen said growers north of the border shouldn’t act on his recommendations. Instead, prairie wheat farmers should encourage Canadian scientists to study the fertility of no-till systems. “It will probably be different than here. It might be better or might be worse,” he said. “(But) I’d be shocked if something wasn’t going on there.”

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Experts question effects of steep nitrogen reduction Scientists skeptical | Micro-organisms need nitrogen, says ecologist BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

MINOT, N.D. — It ’s tr ue that healthier soil cycles nutrients more efficiently and makes it possible for farmers to apply less nitrogen to long-term no-till fields, says a University of Manitoba soil scientist. However, Mario Tenuta said a 50 pound per acre reduction for no-till fields is astronomical. “In the short term, they may be able to get away with the 50 (fewer pounds of nitrogen), but in time I wonder if there’s going to be a decrease in productivity,” said Tenuta, commenting on a North Dakota State University extension recommendation that a field that is zero tilled for five years or more requires 50 lb. less nitrogen per acre than a conventionally tilled field. “I think that it would be a mixture of the fact that mineralization has gone up and the (plant) is going to be in a better state physiologically,” said Tenuta, who hadn’t previously heard about the NDSU recommendation. “The question becomes 50. Fifty, to me, is quite astronomical…. I would have expected a number like 10 or 15.” Cindy Grant, an Agriculture Canada soil fertility specialist in Brandon, was also astonished by the NDSU recommendation. Like Tenuta, Grant was skeptical. She said no-till systems do increase soil organic matter, and plants can tap into the nitrogen from that source through mineralization. However, she hasn’t seen field data to justify a 50 lb. per acre nitrogen reduction. “It’s releasing the nitrogen because it’s breaking down organic matter, and that’s kind of contrary to what you want. There’s no free lunch.” Tenuta said a healthy community of soil micro-organisms can help plants tap into nutrients within the soil, but bacteria and fungi can’t make nitrogen. “I would agree there would be some benefit in terms of nitrogen use efficiency in a healthier soil system,” said Tenuta, who specializes in soil ecology. “The key thing is, where are they (organisms) going to get the nitrogen from? They have to get the nitrogen from somewhere.” John Heard, a Manitoba Agriculture crop nutrition specialist who has known about the NDSU recommendation for a while, said it’s well known that farmers who adopt zero tillage must add more nitrogen for the first several years “to account for the immobilization” of nitrogen in the soil. They can eventually back off the higher rates and apply nitrogen at a rate similar to conventional tillage,” he added. “But (NDSU) is the first one where there’s been a recognition (of) better nitrogen efficiency. What has people surprised is the very liberal credit associated with it.” Heard, who spoke at the 2013 Manitoba-North Dakota Zero Tillage meeting, surveyed North Dakota farmers and concluded that not many are acting on the recommendation. “Zero tillers appreciate the recogni-

tion that their system … no longer needs more nitrogen than a conventional system, but I don’t think very many are seriously cashing in on this reduction,” he said. “I think they’re too cautious to do that.” Heard said the late Guy Lafond of Agriculture Canada compared fields with zero till, continuous cropping and mixed rotations to a conventional system with summerfallow. “(Guy) showed higher yield potential and better nitrogen use efficiency in the zero till system,” Heard said.

“But it wasn’t just a zero till system.… it’s a cropping system approach.” While he remains skeptical, Heard said Canadian no-tillage farmers who are curious about the NDSU nitrogen guidelines could test out the concept on their farms. “Are you game to try a strip like this?” he said. “If you do, there are a couple of things you look at (on) your strip when you harvest. You look at yield and you look at protein. If you’ve lost on either of those, (then) 50 lb. is too much.”

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Breeders strive for early maturing soybean varieties Race against frost | Breeders want to improve on the 121 day variety TOM WARKENTIN

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Growing soybeans in Saskatchewan is still a race against the clock. To succeed, producers must carefully consider the variety’s heat units and days to maturity as well as their area’s frost-free growing period. “Look for as much info as you can if you’re interested in this crop.… Especially in these kind of frontier areas like Saskatchewan and Alberta, we need to pick those that have the earliest possible maturity,” Tom Warkentin of the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre told CropSphere in Saskatoon Jan. 15. “If you do the math on 124 days to maturity, that’s four months, and how often do we get four months? You have to take that very seriously.” In Saskatchewan, the soybean variety with the earliest maturity is 121 days. Soybeans are classified into maturity groups. The double zero and triple zero groups, which are the earliest maturing, are a must in Saskatchewan. Warkentin is involved in an initiative to breed soybeans for short-season regions. As part of the project, material from an Ottawa breeder will be grown in Saskatoon and Rosthern, Sask. The researchers will make selections for maturity based on plants that perform best in those regions. “It’s better if we can make the selections here,” said Warkentin. The U of S is also contributing to soybean trials co-ordinated by Manitoba Agriculture. Twenty-five varieties were tested across the Prairies and Ontario last year. The U of S managed Saskatchewan plots in Saskatoon, Rosthern, Floral and Yorkton. All plots were seeded in late May and harvested Sept. 30, which was ahead of the first killing frost in early October. “That was very beneficial, fortuitous, for soybeans,” said Warkentin. “Typically, first frost comes earlier than that.” Average yields for all varieties and sites were 24 to 38 bushels per acre, generally matching what is seen in commercial fields in eastern Saskatchewan. The yield range was the greatest at Floral and Yorkton, where the spread between varieties was 13 to 35 and 16 to 42 bu. per acre. Frost has been an issue in trials in previous years in mid-September. “There is a company that buys frosted soybeans, so in a sense it’s not like all is lost, but something is lost when this kind of thing happens,” said Warkentin.

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favourite of green pea producers in Saskatchewan. CDC Striker, which was released more than a decade ago, dominates acres dedicated to the specialty crop. “It does underline that Striker is a good performer, has good seed quality, that is appreciated by the industry,” Tom Warkentin, a pulse breeder at the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre, told CropSphere in Saskatoon Jan. 14. Striker yields well and has positive lodging and bleaching resistance. Fewer green peas are produced in the province than yellow. Warkentin said 100,000 insured acres of Striker were grown last year, while CDC Meadow, a popular variety of yellow peas, pushed 600,000 acres. This year, the CDC will be releasing a new green pea variety dubbed Greenwater. “Sounds a little like algae, but it’s also one of the parks in the province,” said Warkentin. The new variety is yielding as much as 12 percent more than the check. Its lodging rating matches Striker’s, although seed weight is slightly smaller. “It’s good yielding, both in the south and the northern part of the province,” Warkentin said. “With the data that we have so far, it’s the highest yielder of the green types.” Other varieties that the CDC has released recently and are on their way to commercial production, such as Raezer and Limerick, also show better yields. For yellow peas, the CDC has two experimental lines that look promising, said Warkentin. Early signs show one line may out yield Amarillo in southern Saskatchewan, which already outperforms the check variety, but the decision to release them will be made following another growing season. He said breeders have been able to effectively manage powdery mildew, but better root rot and ascochyta blight resistance, as well as improved heat tolerance, remain long-term goals. “My theory is the reason we had such good yields in 2013 is because the temperature was hovering around 23, not 29, for most of July,” said Warkentin. “The lack of the nice hot weather led to the good yields.”

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CROP SHOW | WEED RESISTANCE

Producers urged to limit glyphosate Chem-fallow fields an issue | Growers advised to stop using glyphosate as standalone herbicide ERIC JOHNSON

BY DAN YATES SASKATOON NEWSROOM

An Agriculture Canada weed scientist is praising farmers two years after a new herbicide resistant weed was discovered in Western Canada. However, while Hugh Beckie said many growers are taking the necessary steps to delay the spread of herbicide resistant weeds, some may want to rethink how they employ chem-fallow fields in their cropping systems. Beckie, who updated growers on the spread of glyphosate resistant kochia Jan. 14 during CropSphere in Saskatoon, recommended tank mix herbicides to help farmers manage the weed. “We’re seeing a trend of growers tank mixing their glyphosate with another herbicide mode of action,” Beckie said following his presentation. “Industry gets a lot of credit for providing incentives to do that.” Agriculture Canada officials confirmed the first cases of glyphosate resistant kochia in Alberta’s Warner County in 2011. Since then, surveys and testing have identified more populations of the resistant tumbleweed: in Saskatchewan, further north and in the province’s southwestern corner, and

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one case in Manitoba. Surveys for 2013 aren’t complete, but Beckie expected them to reveal a greater spread of the weed. Chem-fallow fields, which receive multiple applications of glyphosate over a growing season, are in most cases ground zero for resistance. Fields appear barren except for long strips of kochia. “A few years ago farmers were tank mixing glyphosate in the burndown treatment to control the early emerging weeds, and then when the price of glyphosate dropped, we got into a bad habit of just using glyphosate alone at very high rates,” Beckie said. He presented sales figures from 2012 that showed glyphosate making up more than half of all herbicide purchases. He urged growers to avoid using glyphosate as a standalone herbicide whenever possible. “We’re not going to find another glyphosate in the future and there’s

not going to be any silver bullet when it comes to weed management in the future because the rate of herbicide discovery has just dropped off to almost zero,” said Beckie. Officials are quick to point to the southern United States, where the frequent cropping of Roundup Ready cotton has led to the widespread presence of glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth, which has had a dramatic effect on production to the point where farmers are forced to pull weeds by hand. “Kochia is sort of our Palmer amaranth in the north,” said Beckie. “There is still a number of options to control it, to manage it, and I think growers are doing the best they can to keep it under control and not to impact yields and quality too much.” Managing glyphosate resistant weeds may require tillage or additional herbicides, which increases costs. Options are available for tank mixes that use Group 4 and 14 modes of action for chem-fallow, canola, wheat and barley. However, repeated use of those chemicals could lead to multiple levels of resistant. It’s already seen in kochia that is resistant to Group 2 and 9 herbicides. “We are running a risk, then if we keep chem-fallowing frequently,”

said Eric Johnson of Agriculture Canada, who estimated chem-fallow acres in Western Canada at six million. “I’m afraid we’re going to end up with three or four resistances. I think we have to re-evaluate chem-fallow. If you don’t think that’s possible, go to Australia. There are biotypes there with seven modes of action that they are resistant to.” Johnson cautioned against tank mixing with 2,4-D. “Tank mixing with 2,4-D is not an option in chem fallow or in pre seed burn off,” he said. “You have to use something much stronger than that.” Crop rotations are important to delaying resistance, said officials. Beckie said the two-year canola rotation that is common in Western Canada is unsustainable for weed and disease management, but the region’s overall crop diversity is positive. However, the introduction of corn and soybeans in Western Canada could alter the dynamics. “We don’t want to get into a Roundup Ready corn-Roundup Ready soybean rotation that’s common in the Midwest U.S.,” said Beckie. “That really creates tremendous selection process for glyphosate resistance.”

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750,000 to one million acres this year. CDC’s newest Triffid-free varieties, CDC Sanctuary and CDC Glas, are already sold out or close to it in some parts of the province. Total flax acreage on the Prairies was close to 1.6 million acres in 2008-09, the year that traces of CDC Triffid were identified in Canada’s flax supply. Hyra said farmers will also have access to Agriculture Canada varieties such as Hanley, Prairie Blue and Prairie Grand, all of which have been tested and proven GM free. “We’re just getting a handle on overall seed supplies,” said Hyra. “We’ve estimated that we have roughly a third to a half more of

Net returns on flax were among the highest of any crop grown in Western Canada last year, and the outlook for next year is also promising, say industry analysts. However, farmers who are thinking of increasing their flax acreage this year or bringing it back into their rotations should be securing seed as soon as possible. The Canadian flax industry is in the final stages of a multi-year process aimed at clearing all traces of the genetically modified flax variety CDC Triffid from Canada’s commercial and pedigreed flax supplies. As part of that process, the industry is encouraging producers to plant their entire 2014 flax crop with certified seed, including seed from reconstituted CDC flax varieties and Agriculture Canada varieties that have been tested and proven GM free. However, there are already signals that certified seed supplies could be in short supply this year. Farmers looking for a specific variety should be putting out feelers as soon as possible, said Venkata Vakulabharanam, an oilseed specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture. Supplies of some reconstituted varieties are running short in certain areas, and low supplies and high demand could result in rising prices as spring approaches. SeCan is recommending that its members sell reconstituted CDC flax varieties for $24.50 per bushel, but there is no guarantee prices won’t increase above that level. “So far, according to SeCan … and other seed suppliers, it seems like we will have enough … certified seed to go around,” Vakulabharanam said. “But two years in a row, flax has come out on top … in terms of a net return per acre basis … so that means a lot of growers are looking at this option.”

Vakulabharanam said Saskatchewan producers planted flax on 900,000 acres last year, which could exceed one million acres this year, particularly if projected returns for other crops do not improve. Todd Hyra, SeCan’s business manager for Western Canada, said the industry is optimistic it will have enough certified seed to plant the entire 2014 crop. Seed production among pedigreed seed growers was good last year, he said. Higher than expected yields mean certified seed supplies will be greater than anticipated. Nonetheless, SeCan thinks certified seed supplies of its reconstituted flax varieties will accommodate

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Flax council targets doctors, touts health claim Health claim allowed | Food producers can officially say flax lowers cholesterol and risk of heart disease BY DAN YATES SASKATOON NEWSROOM

The Flax Council of Canada hopes to win new customers by appealing to both their hearts and their doctors. The organization announced last week that its submission to Health Canada for a health claim that links daily consumption of flaxseed to lower cholesterol has been approved. Industry and food producers can now use flaxseed to appeal to Canadians concerned about cholesterol levels and the risk for heart disease. It becomes one of a handful of ingredients, including oats and barley, which can be marketed in Canada with a health claim on its label. Will Hill, president of the Flax Council of Canada, is confident the claim,

and subsequent promotional efforts, will be a boon for the flax industry. “We spend a lot time promoting the health benefits of flax, so we’ve always been focused on that. What this does is really gives us that validation of what we’re saying,” said Hill. “So how are we different from someone else that’s saying their product is healthy? Well, we have a health claim and they don’t.” Acres dedicated to flax dipped in 2011 and 2012 after the presence of Triffid, a genetically modified variety, shut down exports to Europe. Acres have started to rebound recently, in part because of growing demand for flax from food processors. “That part of our business is growing,” Hill said at CropSphere in Saskatoon last week.

“It’s gone from zero to about 25 percent of the market if you go back historically, and that trend is going to continue.” Kelley Fitzpatrick of Nutritech Consulting, who worked with the council on the submission, said the label approval will differentiate flaxseed in a “messy market,” where healthconscious consumers are inundated with information, claims and science of varying quality and accuracy. The Health Canada claim, which puts daily flaxseed consumption at five tablespoons, lends credibility to the promotional efforts, said officials. Fitzpatrick hopes the claim will gain the attention of physicians and health-care professionals. “Let’s not forget how important it was when canola first went into the

U.S. with the low saturated fat. We went after dieticians at that point,” she said. “That’s what we will do with this flax health claim.” The health claim covers only the marketing of flaxseed in Canada, but Fitzpatrick was enthusiastic about the value of the Canadian claim on social media, which could have a widespread effect. Flax was a hot topic at CropSphere, where industry officials and analysts touted the demand for the crop as well as its competitive pricing. Agriculture Canada is forecasting flax supplies to rise 23 percent following the 2013-14 growing season, offsetting low carry-in stocks. Chuck Penner of LeftField Commodity Research told CropSphere that flax acres will grow 30 to 50 per-

cent with prices of $11 to $13 per bushel, making it a money maker for growers. More than one million acres of flax were seeded in Canada last year, 85 percent of which was in Saskatchewan “I’m not worried about over-producing flax for the marketplace because the growth potential is very good,” said Hill. “As long as we’re at a spread to current market conditions to canola, which we’ve seen in the last two and three years, we could easily have a doubling of acreage before we’re going to have a price impact.” Canadian producers seeded more than 1.6 million acres to the crop in 2009, before Triffid was discovered. Acres bottomed out at 740,000 acres in 2011.

CROP SHOW | REFUND CHANGE

Sask. flax commission to provide refund cheques annually to reduce costs BY DAN YATES SASKATOON NEWSROOM

The Saskatchewan Flax Development Commission will be handing out fewer cheques in the upcoming crop year. Beginning in 2014-15, producers applying for a refund of their flax levy

will see the funds returned annually rather than twice a year, similar to the canola levy. Members approved the motion Jan. 15 at the organization’s annual general meeting, which was held in conjunction with the CropSphere show in Saskatoon. The levy remains unchanged at

$2.36 per tonne of seed and 50 cents per tonne of straw. Producers previously had two windows in which to submit requests for refunds, which saw cheques delivered by April 30 and Oct. 31. Producers will now have only the Aug. 31 deadline to make requests for payment that year. Refunds will be

issued by the end of October. Officials said the move will reduce paper work and administration costs. Refunds issued by the commission for the 2013-14 crop year totalled $12,519 as of the end of October. “Even though it seems like a smaller dollar amount, it is time consuming,”

said board member Erwin Hanley. Commission members also approved an increase in remuneration for its chair and directors. Commission officials said the organization will begin succession planning this year because executive director Linda Braun is stepping down at the end of July.

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GRAIN DELIVERY DELAYS | CASH FLOWS

RUSSIA | GRAIN RESTOCKING PROGRAM

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Debt flexibility | Money is tight without December or January delivery contracts BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Slow grain movement that is affecting farm cash flows has prompted a call for greater flexibility among agricultural lenders. Last week, the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan called on agricultural lenders to allow farmers extra time to meet their debt obligations. APAS president Norm Hall said the current grain transportation backlog has slowed grain deliveries across the province and may be affecting farmers’ ability to meet their debt obligations. APAS said some producers are facing delays of up to three months for delivery of grain that has already been contracted. “In a normal year, a guy might go out and get a December or a January delivery contract to make his (debt) payment for the end of February, but there are very few contracts out there right now,” said Hall. “A lot of grain companies have pulled their bids on wheat until May, June, July or even August. They’re just not taking any more grain. Basically those December-January contracts just aren’t out there and … even contracts that were made earlier, October-November, haven’t been delivered yet.… And with canola bids where they are, there’s a lot producers holding back now.” S o m e f i n a n c i n g a g re e m e n t s impose heavy financial penalties if farmers’ do not settle their accounts before a certain date. Other agreements stipulate that farm clients in default may be denied operating credit the following year. Hall encouraged growers to contact their lenders rather than waiting for lenders to offer relief. “Producers should take the initiative.” he said. “They shouldn’t be waiting for that letter to come saying, ‘yes, we are going to (alter repayment terms).’ They need to go in and talk to their financing organization and let them know what’s going on.” Hall said slow grain movement is also affecting farm input retailers, service companies and machinery dealerships who are experiencing slow or deferred sales. Rick White, general manager of the Canadian Canola Growers Association, said the number of farmers requesting cash advances through the federal government’s Advance Payment Program has never been higher. Applications received so far in the 2013-14 program year are up 20 to 25 percent. Under the program, producers who need immediate cash can apply for an advance of up to $400,000. Repayment of advances taken during the 2013-14 program year, which ends March 31, are not due until Sept. 1, 2014. Repayment is not due until Sept. 1, 2015, if growers can wait until after April 1 to apply for an advance during the 2014-15 program year. “We know that farmers are having trouble getting their grain delivered

and … they’ve got some big bills coming up here in February,” White said. “We’re abnormally busy right now for this time of year.… Usually it starts to taper off at this time of year … but we’re going strong right now and I think it’s going to get even busier before it does slow down.… Farmers are starting to worry about their cash flow situation and so they are taking out advances like they never have before.”

Farm Credit Canada, has confirmed it will discuss flexible payment options with its more than 16,000 customers that may have been affected by delays in grain delivery. “We are aware that this situation could impact our customers’ ability to run their operations, so we’re reaching out to inform them of the various options available to reduce the impact on their business,” said Rémi Lemoine, FCC’s chief operating officer.

MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) — Russian agriculture minister Nikolay Fyodorov played down concerns about low state grain stocks, which could leave the government with little ability to sway domestic grain prices in the event of a harvest failure next year. Russia uses its state grain stocks to boost the supply on the domestic market in years of poor harvests and to support prices in years of heavy crops via so called “interventions”, indirectly making grain more or less attractive for export. Government grain stocks tumbled during last year’s drought to 1.2 million tonnes from 4.7 million tonnes and were expected to be replenished this year. But they are far short of

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target as the prices the government offers are too low. “We can see that it would be good to have five million tonnes (of grain) in the intervention fund,” Fyodorov told a briefing in Moscow. He expected the ministry to have bought about half a million tonnes of grains by Jan. 1 bringing stocks to 1.7 million tonnes. But he said the ministry has no plan to make any changes to the restocking program. The ministry planned to buy up to six million tonnes on the domestic market this 2013-14 marketing year, which started on July 1, including up to three million tonnes by January. “Interventions have fixed the situation (with domestic prices) very quickly,” Fyodorov said.

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DOWNSIDE RISK

CROP WEEK | CANOLA OUTLOOK

Technical analysis of canola price trends shows that 2013-14 crop futures have the potential to fall to around $375 per tonne, a level last hit in early 2010.

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Canola prices might be getting close to the lows for the crop year, but don’t expect a significant improvement in the market until 2015. That’s the assessment of Mike Jubinville, head analyst at Pro Farmer Canada. “We are carving out the bottom (of the market). We are seeing potentially the worst of it in this current environment right now,” he told CropSphere in Saskatoon Jan. 14.

“In three to six months time, we are not going to have the fluid delivery system that we saw last year by any means, or the kind of basis levels. Basis is going to stay poor all year long, but I think it might start getting better. Some fluidity will come to the system as we move out of winter and into the summer.” However, marketing will be a challenge even with modest improvement. Jubinville said canola ending stocks could hit a record high of three million tonnes, up from 608,100 tonnes

last year. “There is demand offshore to move more canola, but we can’t sell more,” he said. “Our booking schedule is set right out to spring time, the early part of summer.” This crop year started off slow for domestic crushers because of a lack of seed until after harvest. Weekly crush has since picked up, but the total to date still runs behind last year’s pace. Transportation problems are keeping canola values lower than what

they should be given the wider oilseed complex. The falling futures price is compounded by an exceptionally wide country basis, which knocks the cash price down even more. That contrasts sharply with U.S. soybean prices, which held up well this fall thanks to a tight supply, a robust export program and strong soy meal prices. U.S. soybean export sales on the books could exceed this year’s production and draw down year end stocks, but Jubinville expects some of

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Mustard researchers are gearing up for a foot race of sorts with their canola counterparts. Pete Desai, president of Mustard 21 Canada, which manages research funding from government and industry partners, said the long-term goal is to attain 85 percent of the yields achieved by canola, whose funding dwarfs what mustard receives. It’s a 50 to 75 increase from what growers are seeing now, he said last week at Crop Production Week. Mustard yields averaged 944 pounds per acre in 2013, according to Statistics Canada. The yields are the highest in a decade, but the specialty crop hasn’t seen the same incremental growth as other crops. “It’s becoming very obvious that if we are going to stay in the condiment business and maintain our position as a global supplier, then we absolutely have to increase yields,” said Desai. The Canola Council of Canada recently announced its yield objectives, targeting an average of 52 bu. per acre by 2025. Desai said a more diverse germplasm, the introduction of synthetic hybrid varieties and improved agronomy can help mustard remain a competitive cropping choice in the dry areas of Saskatchewan where mustard is grown. The biggest yield gains, as high as 20 and 25 percent, will come first. It can take eight to 10 years to bring a new variety to market. The first of these, funded through the federal government’s first Growing Forward initiative, could be on the market in two years, said Desai. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

NEWS those sales will be cancelled or delayed once South America’s harvest is ready to move. Palm oil values are coming off recent highs in December as production prospects improve in Malaysia. Also, India increased its duty on processed palm oil products to 10 percent from 7.5 percent, reducing the amount that key producers Malaysia and Indonesia will export. Soy oil prices have also fallen. “My gut feeling tells me a breakdown is coming here,” Jubinville said. Soybean futures could drop if cancellations and delays become common. The impact on canola futures would be limited because they have already fallen so much, but there still is the potential for them to fall further, possibly to a long-term technical support level of $375, which was last seen in early 2010.

However, it shouldn’t stay at those lows because it is grossly underpriced compared to soybeans. Jubinville said canola tends to carry about a $50 per tonne premium over soybeans, but it is now at about a $100 discount. “Canola is dirt cheap from the buyers’ perspective,” he said. The already wide discount means there is little further downside risk for canola prices, but the potential for a rally is unclear. “Something is going to change in a short period of time. Is it going to be soybeans going down to canola, or canola going up to soybeans or meeting somewhere in the middle? That is yet to be seen.” He said Canada’s transportation problems have not only caused negative basis in the countryside to widen, but grain companies are increasing the positive basis at port. Positive basis is the premium over

the futures that buyers pay. The premium is to account ship demurrage costs and risk over the grain companies’ ability to meet any new sales commitments. He said farmers don’t like selling at prices well below what was available in the last couple of years, but most of them will have to move crop, if for no other reason than to clear up bin space for this year’s coming harvest. “We are going to have to work a little harder in terms of our marketing,” he said. “We’ll have to look at deferred delivery opportunities for remaining old crop to try to capture some of that carry in the market … that is paying you to store. And you are going to have to watch for sporadic basis opportunities that will materialize in your local markets from time to time.” Even with its lower price, canola is still among the top crops in terms of

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outlooks for revenue per acre in 2014-15. Special crops such as red lentils, canaryseed and yellow mustard also appear relatively stronger than wheat, durum and oats. However, they are niche crops and can’t be

counted on to take significant numbers of acres. Jubinville said farmers who are considering growing those specialty crops should take steps now to lock in prices because of the risk of overproduction in 2014-15.

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“The first few would be big jumps, but then obviously you would have smaller jumps,” he said. “It’s not that out of line.” Long-term funding has been identified as a concern, but Mustard 21 has received another round of funding through Growing Forward 2. Desai said research efforts don’t favour condiment (yellow and brown) or industrial carinata development. “We’re not saying we want to do one only,” he said. “We’re saying both have to get going because the technologies would apply to both of them.” Limited herbicide options make production agronomy another research target. Eric Johnson of Agriculture Canada told growers that breeders are developing novel herbicide tolerance for the crop. They are avoiding genetic modification and instead will use mutagenesis, the same technique used to produce resistance to Clearfield herbicides in canola. “It’s really starting to show some promise over the last year, and now we’re going to move into juncea (brown mustard),” said Johnson. “If they can make the progress that they’re making with napus in juncea, I’m pretty optimistic that we’ll get something.” He said breeders will try to introduce tolerance to fluroxypyr in carinata and brown mustard varieties and stack it with Group 2 resistance. Fluroxypyr is a Group 4 herbicide ingredient not sold as a standalone product in Canada. Concerning yellow varieties, he said officials may pursue a registration for the Group 4 herbicide dicamba.

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CROP SHOW | CANARYSEED OUTLOOK

Canaryseed supply not so bad: processor StatsCan forecast questioned | More planted acres than first projected are said to be main reason for estimate disparity BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Canaryseed isn’t as hard to come by as Statistics Canada suggests, says a processor of the crop. “There is sufficient supply,” Elyce Simpson of Simpson Seeds Inc. told the canaryseed portion of Crop Production Week 2014. “It is not in a shortage as originally thought.” Statistics Canada was forecasting 75,000 tonnes of production last summer, but it has since bumped up its estimate to 119,000 tonnes. Simpson said that is still too low. She believes growers harvested 138,500 tonnes of the birdseed, based on conversations she has had with Saskatchewan farmer customers in Swift Current, Rosetown, Kyle and southern corners of the province. “We’re thinking there is a little bit more crop out there than what they are saying there is,” said Simpson in an interview following her presentation. “We felt pretty comfortable bumping it up a little bit based on some of our discussions.” She said one of the main reasons for the disparity is that growers planted 245,000 acres of the crop rather than the 200,000 acres that

WORLD BRIEFS MARKETS

Black Sea grain unhurt by warm winter MOSCOW/KIEV, Russia (Reuters) — Abnormally warm winter has not affected winter grain plantings in Russia and Ukraine so far, while snowfall in parts of Russia is expected to ease risks for the 2014 crop. Russia and Ukraine, the two main Black Sea grain exporters with customers in North Africa and the Middle East, are on track for a good harvest of winter grains despite a lower sowing area. There are no concerns about the condition of plantings in Russia’s main sowing regions, including Krasnodar, Stavropol, Rostov and Volgograd, the agriculture ministry said on its website.

Statistics Canada estimated. Prices were as high as 28 cents per pound early in 2013. “That did persuade a few more acres to go in,” said Simpson. She thinks yields averaged 1,200 to 1,300 pounds per acre compared to Statistics Canada’s estimate of 1,100 lb. Simpson believes total supply is 153,500 tonnes compared to Agriculture Canada’s estimate of 141,000 tonnes. She is forecasting 23,700 tonnes of carryout, which is not nearly as tight as Agriculture Canada’s 5,000

tonne estimate. Canaryseed prices have drifted down to 21 to 22 cents per lb., which she blamed on the better than anticipated Canadian output, a recovery in U.S. millet production and generally slumping agricultural commodity markets. However, the price decline hasn’t been as drastic as it has been with other crops, a trend that Simpson sees continuing. “I don’t anticipate (canaryseed prices) to go too much lower, and I think the pressure on other crops

per absorbing all the costs. “This seems to be the bottom line. As far as we can tell, there is really not going to be any more movement on the side of Mexico,” said Simpson. Exporters have no recourse in terms of having the shipment resampled or re-graded. “Once it is rejected, it is rejected. There is no way an exporter can challenge the result,” said Simpson. It has prompted some Canadian processors to permanently leave the Mexican market because the business risk is too great.

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will continue,” she said. It is why she expects acreage to increase this year. Canaryseed exports have been strong, with 59,662 tonnes shipped through November. It is a 58 percent improvement over the same fourmonth period a year ago despite having a smaller crop to ship. Mexico is still the biggest buyer despite continuing frustrations shipping into that market. Any shipment containing 15 or more quarantine weed seeds per kilogram will be rejected with the ship-

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RESEARCH | WHEAT FUNDING

BUSINESS | FERTILIZER FIRM

Viterra agrees to fund wheat breeding Crop Development Centre | Other donors are Bayer CropScience, Dow AgroScience and FP Genetics BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

The University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre has signed another plant breeding partnership agreement with a private sector company. The CDC announced Jan. 16 that it has reached a $5 million agreement with Viterra aimed at developing new wheat and durum varieties with enhanced yield potential, better end-use quality characteristics and improved resistance to disease and insects.

Viterra plans to invest $5 million in the CDC’s wheat breeding programs to support wheat breeding work being led by CDC wheat breeders Pierre Hucl and Curtis Pozniak. The agreement is the latest in a list of partnership agreements involving the CDC and private sector companies. Other partnership agreements recently signed by CDC include: • A project with Bayer Crop Science looks at integrating fungicide strategies and genetic resistance to control stripe rust of wheat. • A project with Dow AgroSciences

$5 million PLEDGED BY VITERRA WILL SUPPORT EXISTING PROGRAMS aims to improve the agronomic performance of wheat varieties and developing other undisclosed wheat-related products; • A 10-year, $1.5 million deal with FP

Genetics aims to produce high yielding CPS wheat varieties with improved agronomic performance, better resistance to major diseases and pests and enhanced milling and baking characteristics. In the past year, the CDC and private sector partners have signed wheat breeding agreements valued at more than $10 million. Kyle Jeworski, Viterra’s president and chief executive officer for North America, said in a news release that the latest deal will benefit Viterra, the CDC and Saskatchewan wheat growers.

Former Yara executives face bribery charges One of the accused is a PotashCorp director OSLO (Reuters) — Norwegian police have indicted four former executives of fertilizer maker Yara with paying $8 million in bribes in Libya and India. Police said that Yara executives, including its former chief executive officer and top legal counsel, bribed officials, including the family of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s oil minister and the family of a financial adviser in India’s chemicals and fertilizers ministry. They allege that the executives committed gross corruption, which carries a maximum prison term of 10 years. The national police’s economic crime unit said it had indicted former CEO Thorleif Enger, former chief legal officer Kendrick Wallace, former head of upstream activities Tor Holba and former deputy CEO and current PotashCorp director Daniel Clauw for either directly negotiating the payments or consenting as the firm tried to establish joint ventures in the two countries. Enger, Holba and former chief financial officer Hallgeir Storvik were first detained and charged in May 2012. Yara said the charges against Storvik have been dropped. The formal indictment means the case will now go to trial. Yara, one of the world’s biggest fertilizer companies and the owner of a plant in Saskatchewan, was fined $48.5 million in the case earlier in the month. The firm acknowledged that improper payments had been made and accepted the fine. However, it said all persons involved in the case “are considered innocent until proven by a court to be otherwise.” Enger and Holba have denied all charges. Wallace and Clauw could not immediately be reached for comment. PotashCorp declined to comment. Holba, the only one of the four to remain with Yara, has been placed on paid leave. Yara launched an internal investigation in 2011 because of irregularities that might have occurred before 2008 and then contacted the police. The case has attracted strong criticism from some Yara shareholders, including the Norwegian government and the state-owned pension fund Folketrygdfondet.

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Electricity changed the nature of farm work forever

rnest J. Dyck doesn’t have to think twice about how electricity changed life on the farm. Electric lights inside the house were the first change: no more fumbling in the dark for matches and filling or cleaning oil lamps. “It was so easy to get used to. You could just flip a switch. Before, you had to fumble around on the shelf for the matches,” said Dyck, who never got power on the farm until the 1960s. The family had moved from southern Saskatchewan to the LaCrete area of northern Alberta, and the isolated farming area was one of the last areas to get power. Electricity on the farm put rural families on an equal footing with those in town, said Herman Schwenk, former president of the Alberta Federation of Rural Electrification Associations. “Power really did allow farmers to have the same amenities as people in town. They had running water and lights that turned on with a switch,” said Schwenk. Schwenk’s family farm had a small 32-volt electric plant and a wind charger, but having power come to the farm on high wires was a positive change. “Before we had to pump water by hand for cattle. Now there was an electric motor to drive the pump. Power got rid of an awful lot of hand work.” Electricity also eliminated the

Only five percent of Alberta farmers had electricity of any kind in 1941, including gas, wind or electric pumps. | FILE PHOTO worry about fire in houses and barns. Early morning milking required a lamp in the barn that could easily be knocked over. “You had to be very careful,” said Schwenk. A welder was the first electric machine bought for the Dyck farm. “It became a very important tool on the farm and we used it a lot.” Before the farm got electricity and

its own welder, Dyck would take apart the equipment and drive to town in search of someone who could weld it back together. “Electric welders weren’t the best welder but you could put things back together and make it work,” said Dyck, who soon added bench grinders, drills and saws to the list of handy electric tools that made life easier.

“Before the skill saw, we just had a hand saw. Now you could cut a two by six with hardly any effort.” It didn’t take long before electricity was taken for granted. When the power went out once in his house, Dyck headed out to the shop to weld, but that didn’t work. Next he went to the grinder, but that wouldn’t work either. “That was when I realized how a

person gets used to it so easily.” Along with the electricity came a monthly bill that was sometimes hard to pay, said Dyck. “There were times when I didn’t always have the cash to pay the bill. That was the reality of the convenience of having power,” said Dyck, who believes the benefits of electricity outweigh the problems. Electricity meant farmers were no longer tied to the farm 24 hours a day worrying about barns and houses freezing. “It’s easy to go on vacation when you have all these conveniences.” Walter and Myrtle McNary got power on their farm near Bittern Lake, Alta., in 1952. After lights in the house, one of the first changes was switching the milking machine from gasoline to electricity. The motor on their cream separator did double duty, also running the electric washing machine on wash days. One of the biggest treats for the family was an electric dryer. Walter had worked in North Dakota one winter and came back to Alberta raving about a machine in which clothes were put in wet and came out dry. “I saw them on a farm and thought it was magic,” he said. With a house full of small children in diapers, the dryer was a lifesaver. “We lived in an old shack, but we had a clothes dryer,” said Myrtle. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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NEWS In the introduction of the book Country Power: The Electrical Revolution in Rural Alberta, Schwenk wrote: “Electricity broke the dawn-to-dusk shackles of the farm work cycle.” In the book, a member of the Hays Rural Electrification Association (REA) wrote: “Just think, no more going to bed with the chickens, or using kerosene lamps, gas lamps or even candles.” Only five percent of Alberta farmers had electricity of any kind in 1941, including gas, wind or electric pumps. The Alberta government wasn’t prepared to spend big money to bring power to the country, and the large power companies said they couldn’t afford to do it. In 1952, the Alberta government introduced legislation to help small REAs form, and together farmers brought power to their area. Within 10 years, more than 90 percent of

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Alberta farms were electrified. Schwenk said it cost farmers in his Coronation REA $1,250 each to bring power to their farms. In Manitoba, only 500 farms had power in 1945, but the government paid all costs to build lines to farmyards. In 1947, the Saskatchewan government bought three privately owned utility companies and began bringing power to farms.

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The Western Grains Research Foundation plans to review agronomic research capacity in Western Canada. The WGRF announced Jan. 10 that it is seeking outside proposals to assess the capacity for agronomic research across the West. The foundation has set aside $100,000 to pay for the review, which it wants to complete by May. The process was launched in collaboration with the western Canadian farm and commodity organiza-

tions that form the WGRF’s membership. Executive director Garth Patterson said outside organizations with an interest in agronomy research are also invited to contact the WGRF to see if they can participate in the process. “Through our membership, we’ve really been hearing concerns that in the public sector, agronomy research capacity is not keeping pace with the growth in our industry,” Patterson said. “If we have check-off dollars, for example, to invest and support public researchers, will the public

researchers physically be in place and will they have access to the infrastructure that they need to carry out research that’s important to farmers? We want to get an assessment from a western Canadian perspective of what’s out there and what’s needed.” Patterson said the assessment will measure agronomic research capacity in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia’s Peace River region. It will examine capacity at research facilities run by the federal government, provincial governments, universities and private contractors as

well as producer operated facilities. It is also expected to provide a basis for future WGRF investments in agronomic research capacity covering crop management, fertility management, pest management and harvest practices. “(The review) will allow us to begin having discussions with other farm groups about what we want to do about meeting any capacity needs that (are) … identified in the report,” Patterson said. Industry responses to the assessment could include increasing investments in physical infrastructure such as research equipment,

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CHICKEN FARMERS OF CANADA | ANTIBIOTIC USE

New rules for antibiotics In ovo treatment | Beginning in May, the Chicken Farmers of Canada will restrict the use of Category 1 antibiotics for preventive uses BY DAN YATES SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Chicken Farmers of Canada has adopted a new policy that will restrict farmers’ use of some antibiotics. Beginning May 15, the organization will no longer allow Category 1 antibiotics to be used for preventive purposes. The change is included in the organization’s national on-farm food safety program. Category 1 antibiotics are those deemed to be the most critical for human health. Officials said the move will affect mortality rates in some operations, at least at first, while others are already functioning without using antibiotics in these ways. “Will there be some impact on some of the producers out there? Yes,” said Jenny Fricke, a poultry extension veterinarian at the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine. “It’s an intervention that has helped in some cases where we know we have challenges.” The change arrives as antimicrobial resistance becomes a hot button issue within the livestock sector. Antibiotic use by livestock producers has come under scrutiny as concern grows that resistance to antibiotics could develop in livestock and move to humans, where it would reduce the efficacy of treatments. Regulatory agencies in Europe and the United States have taken steps to control antibiotic use in livestock production, from outright bans on some drugs to voluntary label changes on others. “This is one step that was seen as important to be able to demonstrate that responsible use,” said Steve Leech, national program manager for Chicken Farmers of Canada. Clinton Monchuk of Chicken Farmers of Saskatchewan called it a proactive approach. “ You always have to meet the demand of the consumers,” he said. “Right now, with some of the concerns around antibiotic resistance, industries have taken different stances,” he said. “And one of our stances is to reduce the use of antibiotics and specifically look at these Category 1 drugs.” For poultry producers, the ban on preventive uses will restrict the use of ceftiofur (Excenel) and enrofloxacin (Baytril). Baytril is rarely if ever recommended, even for therapeutic reasons, because of its value to human medicine, said Fricke, who called it a drug of last resort. “It’s always a drug that I will attempt

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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

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RENTALS & 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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2014 SASKATOON INDOOR RV Sale!! Prairieland Park, Saskatoon, SK. January 31February 9, 2014. Glenwood, Lardners, Sherwood. www.saskatoonrvsale.com

1959 CESSNA 172A, TTSN 1312.4, new dual channel radio w/dual intercom, transponder Mode C, new GPS mapping, clean inside and out, 8/10. 306-838-2131 or 306-460-8530, Kindersley, SK.

BORDER CITY COLLECTOR SHOW, Lloydminster Stockade Convention Centre, SK-AB, Sat. Mar. 8, 9AM to 6PM, Sun. Mar. 9, 10AM to 4PM, 2014. Featuring antiques, farm toys, coins and more! Mark your calendar now. Special this year, large model train display courtesy of the Edmonton Model Train Club. Must be seen. Brad: 780-846-2977, or Don: 306-825-3584.

1991 RANS S-10 Sakota, midwing two place aerobatic taildragger, 304 TTAF, 583 Rotax, 90 HP, 110 MPH, inverted capability, affordable aerobatics, $24,000 OBO. Call 306-625-3922, Ponteix, SK. CESSNA 414, 9046 AFTT, engines Ram Series VI, 1048/482 TSO, 1057/471 TSO, S-Tec autopilot; PIPER Aztec C, 4280 AFTT, engines 1245/409 hrs. TSO, props 269/269 TSO, new paint and int. 2007; 3 TRAVEL AIRs, 1964, 1966 and 1968, former flight school aircraft, IFR cert.; BEAVER, 1959, converted from US military L-20A Model, 8184 AFTT, eng. 274 hrs. TSO, overhauled by Covington aircraft eng. 2007; PIPER Navajo, 8859 AFTT, Cleveland wheels and brakes, cargo door, Kannad ELT. 403-637-2250, Water Valley, AB.

1973 S2R-600 THRUSH 8498 TT, geared engine with albatross prop., 804 SPOH, 910 SMOH Covington, fresh annual, AC, metal tail, cool seat, Satloc 99, VGs, radio and more. Morden, MB., ph 204-362-0406, pembina.air@gmail.com LYCOMING 0-320, 150/160 HP, excellent condition, 2200 hours. 403-327-4582, 1964 CESSNA 172E, TTA 2731.9, 130.9 403-308-0062, Lethbridge, AB. prop, 1434.2 TT. New: glass, paint, seats head liner, full orig. panel, Nav/Com, ELT, NDH, $43,000. 204-322-5614, Warren, MB

PERKINS POWERED DSL. airplane, tugger rated for 12.4 tonnes towing capacity, 274 hrs., $10,500. 306-668-2020, Saskatoon, WIRELESS DRIVEWAY ALARMS, calving barn cameras, backup cameras for RVs, www.northtownmotors.com DL #908171. trucks and combines, etc. Home and shop 1977 CESSNA 182Q, 3246 TT, 430 SMOH, video surveillance. View from any computEdo 2960s, Sportsman STOL, wing ext. er or Smart phone. Free shipping. Call 306-230-9258 or lcsharp@sasktel.net 403-616-6610, Calgary, AB. Saskatoon, SK. LYCOMING 0-290-D, 135 HP, 1100 SMOH, FWF c/w mount and exhaust, exc. cond. Lethbridge, AB., 403-327-4582, 403-308-0062.

WANTED DECOYS: duck, geese and wood birds. I can refurbish. 403-933-2833, Black Diamond, AB. WORKING STEAM TRACTORS! Double acting brass cylinder and piston, forward, reverse and neutral controls, plus working whistle. Flywheel has grooved pulley to run accessories! Runs 15 min. per fueling (fuel supplied). D405 Steam Tractorregular $449.95. Winter Sale $299.96. Shipping $18.95. Our 40th year! www.YesteryearToysCanada.com Ph. 1-800-481-1353.

NEW TRACTOR PARTS. Specializing in engine rebuild kits and thousands of other parts. Savings! Service manuals and decals. Also Steiner Parts dealer. Our 40th year! www.diamondfarmtractorparts.com Call 1-800-481-1353.

ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES, Piapot Lions Club 15th Annual Show and Sale at Maple Creek Armories, Maple Creek, SK. Feb. 1, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Feb. 2, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Call 306-558-4802.

TRACTOR MANUALS, sales broJD 830, 820, H, A, AR, 3010 gas, Hart Parr WANTED: tractor catalogs. 306-373-8012, 1836, Cockshutt, IHC, Massey, Case, Ford. chures, Saskatoon, SK. Model A chassis, T28 Chev, IHC motors, IHC trucks. 306-627-3445, Blumenhof, SK.

WANTED: 18-35 ROCK Island tractor parts. Also MM Jetstar series tractors. 204-522-8456, Melita, MB. O L D M O T O R C Y C L E S O R PA R T S WANTED, any condition, size or make. BRITISH DORMAN DIESEL engine, 130 HP, 1979 or older. Will pickup, pay cash. Call used 18 hrs., early 1950’s, stored inside, Wes 403-936-5572 anytime, all enquiries answered. Calgary, AB. $7500. 306-854-2030, Elbow, SK.

CHOICE OF 2 ice resurfacers: Zamboni or Olympia, x-government, $17,500 - natural gas, $20,500 - propane. Call 306-668-2020 www.northtownmotors.com DL #908171.

WANTED: 1958 PONTIAC or Chev 2 door ANTIQUE CATERPILLAR COLLECTION, hardtop in restorable condition. Call (1932 and up) 35 machines, running, parts 204-223-0923, Winnipeg, MB. books and toys. 204-748-1567, Virden MB

ADRIAN’S MAGNETO SERVICE GuaranFEDERAL 1850 SKIS, excellent, w/rigging, 1948 JD D, complete, running, shedded, teed repairs on mags and ignitors. Repairs. WHEELOCK (NEW YORK Pianola) upright asking $1250. Call 306-247-4808, Unity, $2500 OBO. Located in Regina, SK. Email Parts. Sales. 204-326-6497. Box 21232, piano, refinished, good condition. Contact Steinbach, MB. R5G 1S5. SK. jackseitz@mac.com Phone 832-799-9008. 306-735-7250, Whitewood, SK.

HUGE FARM TOY AUCTION: Friday Feb. 7th, Legion Hall, Yorkton, SK. Doors open 4 PM, auction starts at 6 PM. Pictures and info. at www.jakz.ca or ph: 306-641-5850.

ANNUAL WINTER AUCTION: Sat., Jan. 25th, 2014 9 AM. Nelson’s Auction Centre at Meacham, SK. Trucks: 2006 Ford F350; SUV’s: 2006 Pontiac Montana, 2001 GMC Yukon SLT; Cars: 2006 Chev Impala LS, 2006 Ford 500 SE, 1998 Chev Cavalier. Equipment: 2009 H&H 35’ flat deck trailer. Tools: shop, yard, garden; Furniture for house and yard. Recreation, Antiques, much, much more. PL #911669. Consign now. Call 306-944-4320 or visit our website: www.nelsonsauction.com Spring 2014 Upcoming Auctions: Sat., Feb. 22, Antique and Collectibles Auction; Sat. Apr. 19, 22nd Annual Spring Auction; Sat. Apr. 26, Harvey and Marilyn Jackson Farm Dispersal; Sat. May 3, Exotic Bird and Animal Auction.

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PBR FARM AND INDUSTRIAL SALE, last Saturday of each month. Ideal for farmers, contractors, suppliers and dealers. Consign now. Next sale January 25, 9:00 AM. PBR, 105- 71st St. West, Saskatoon, SK., www.pbrauctions.com 306-931-7666.

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22nd ANNUAL WINTER AUCTION, Sat., Jan. 25th, 2014, 9 AM. Nelson’s Auction Centre at Meacham, SK. Trucks: 2006 Ford F350. SUV’s: 2006 Pontiac Montana, 2001 GMC Yukon SLT. Cars: 2006 Chev Impala LS; 2006 Ford 500 SE; 1998 Chev Cavalier. Tools: Shop, yard, garden. House and yard furniture. Antiques and much, much, more. Consign now: 306-944-4320 or www.nelsonsauction.com PL #911669. Spring 2014 Upcoming Auctions: Sat., February 22: Antique and Collectibles Auction; Sat., April 19: 22nd Annual Spring Auction; Sat. May 3: Exotic Bird and Animal Auction. McSHERRY AUCTION SERVICE LTD. GUN AUCTION. Close Out Gun Store and Personal Collection, Sat., Feb. 15 at 9:30 AM. Stonewall, MB., #12 Patterson Drive. 400 guns. 75% are brand new or new old stock. All calibres, modern, vintage. Including 45 restricted hand guns, approx. half of the guns are brand new. Also accessories and mounts. Go to website: www.mcsherryauction.com Call: Stuart McSherry 204-467-1858 or 204-886-7027.

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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

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MANY TRAILERS TO CHOOSE FROM. 2005 Doepker tri-axle, $34,000; 2007 Doepker tri-axle, $36,000; 1995 Doepker tandem 31’, $11,000; 2014 new PLG tandem grain end dump 32’, $34,000. Fresh arrivals Neville trailers fully Loaded with options. 36’ tandem, $34,900; 38.5’ tandem, $35,300; 45’ tri-axle, $45,000; 45’ tri-axle, elec. tarp and traps, $49,750. Corner Equipment 204-483-2774, Carroll, MB.

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BERG’S GRAIN BODIES: When value and durability matter, ph. Berg’s Prep and Paint for details 204-325-5677, Winkler, MB. COMING SPRING 2014: The Industry’s strongest/ lightest alum. Super B trailer. Pre-Order today, get the best advantage! www.warnerindustries.ca DL #913604. 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. REMOTE CONTROL ENDGATE AND hoist systems can save you time, energy and keep you safe this harvest season. Give Brehon Agrisystems a call at 3 0 6 - 9 3 3 - 2 6 5 5 o r v i s i t u s o n l i n e at www.brehonag.com Saskatoon, SK. WANTED: 3 TON GRAIN TRUCK, GM or Ford, in good shape, 1980’s-1990’s. Brian 306-873-2437, 306-873-7067, Tisdale, SK.

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1995 VOLVO BIG Shack, wet kit, alum. budd rims, 12/22.5 rubber, good running order, needs body work; 1998 S-Can trailer 48’-53’, safety expired end of October, excellent condition. Will part out or as sell as unit 306-466-2261, Leask, SK.

2011 WESTERN STAR, small sleeper, 18 spd. trans., 46 rears, 400,000 kms, Detroit 15, 550 HP, new safety, exc. cond. Call 780-871-4743, Lloydminster, AB. 2012 FREIGHTLINER CORONADO. Warner Ind. Moose Jaw 306-693-7253, Swift Current 306-773-3030, Regina 306-359-1930. www.warnerindustries.com DL #913604. 2013 KENWORTH W900, 27,000 kms, 18 spd. Eaton auto., wet kit, Webasto heater, like new, $149,900. Pro Ag Sales anytime 306-441-2030, North Battleford, SK. 2014 DOEPKER TRIDEMS. Call Warner Ind. Moose Jaw 306-693-7253, Swift Current 306-773-3030, Regina 306-359-1930. www.warnerindustries.com DL #913604. 3- INT. 8600’s, S/A, 10 spd., Cat and Cumm i n s p owe r. C a l l Ye l l ow h e a d S a l e s 306-783-2899, Yorkton, SK. DL #916328.

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1989 INT S-1900, Allison auto, 502 Harsh, rebuilt, painted, good cond. Wayne, Shaunavon, SK., 306-297-2095, 306-297-7996. 1984 IH BULK fuel truck, 18,600 litre capacity, 5 compartments, N14, 18 spd., $32,000. 306-861-7294, Weyburn, SK. COMING SPRING 2014: The Industry’s strongest/ lightest alum. Super B trailer. Pre-Order today, get the best advantage! www.warnerindustries.ca DL #913604. 1981 INTERNATIONAL DIESEL single axle livestock truck w/aluminum body, 400,000 kms. $9000. 780-305-3547 Neerlandia, AB. SCHOOL BUS SERVICE TRUCK, w/Lincoln welder gen., air comp., fuel tank, work bench and water tank, $6800. Call Central Alberta Precision Seeding 403-505-9524. CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used highway tractors, view information at www.titantrucksales.com

2004 HONDA CR-V AWD, new studded winter tires, leather, heated seats, power CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used everything, A/T/C, sunroof, command highway tractors, view information at start, 161,000 kms (mostly highway), $12,500. 306-497-2710, Blaine Lake, SK. www.titantrucksales.com COMING SPRING 2014: The Industry’s strongest/ lightest alum. Super B trailer. Pre-Order today, get the best advantage! www.warnerindustries.ca DL #913604. HEAVY DUTY 2007 Mack, daycab, 500 HP, 14/46 axles, 18 spd., 460,000 kms, 4-way lockers, new wet kit, hi/low pressure, $48,000. 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. LIVING QUARTERS/ truck storage, 2400 sq. ft., 2006 built. West of Saskatoon 10 m i n s . 2 a c r e s u b fe n c e d l o t . M L S $479,000. Coldwell Banker Rescom Realty, Tom Neufeld 306-260-7838.

1997 FORD F250 Supercab, 4x4, 7.3 diesel, 5 spd, A/T/C, service truck, w/wo equipment, $7,000. 306-861-1680, Griffin, SK. X-GOVERNMENT AND fleet trucks, single axle, Detroit dsl., power pumper truck, extra cab, telesquirter, auto train, $17,500; 1997 Ford F450 4x4 pumper truck from British helicopter base at Suffield, 7.3 dsl. eng., auto, low kms; X-SaskPower digger and bucket trucks, service trucks, tandem axle picker trucks; F450 Haul-All, side load/end dump, 7.3 dsl. eng., auto; 2006 Freightliner M2 with Mercedes diesel eng., $34,500. 306-668-2020, Saskatoon, SK. www.northtownmotors.com DL #908171.

2000 IH 8100, daycab, tandem, 370 HP Cummins, 10 spd., air ride, premium, no rust truck, only $24,500. Call for details, 306-946-8522, Saskatoon, SK. 2000 IHC 9200, C12 Cat, 430 HP, 10 spd. AutoShift w/clutch petal, 3-way locks, 51” flattop sleeper, 60% rubber, new rear brakes, cold AC, new AB safety, $15,000. Email pics avail. 403-638-3934, Sundre AB Western Star Bale Truck 2006 FREIGHTLINER Columbia, Mercedes 2001 FREIGHTLINER, 12.7 Detroit, 13 spd. 460 HP, 12 spd. AutoShift, new 20’ Berg’s trans., 40,000 rears, good running truck, grain box w/remote chute/hoist, good $12,500 OBO. 306-397-2599, Meota, SK. · 2005 Western Star, 460 HP rubber, full lockers, complete pintle plate, Mercedes, Allison auto, 4 way lockers, good clean truck. Contact Henry for price 2005 KENWORTH T-800, 13 spd., 40 air ride suspension rears, C-13 engine w/recent rebuild, full at 204-324-7593, Altona, MB. history for past 3 years, $39,980. Golden 2006 MACK, 460 HP, 10 spd. Eaton Auto- West Trailer, call 1-877-999-7402. 403-977-1624 Shift; 2006 IHC 9200 Eagle, ISX Cumor 306-740-7771 mins, 12 spd. Meritor auto. Both w/new 2005 KENWORTH W900B tractor, 530 Located at Medicine Hat, AB 20’x65” B&H and fresh SK. safeties. Cummins, 18 spd., 46 rears, 4-way locks, new bearing roll, oil pump and clutch, Bea306-270-6399, www.78truxsales.com Sascons, headache rack and chain hangers, SPECIALTY TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Fire/ katoon, SK. DL# 316542. 60% rubber, new AB. safety, $51,000. Call emergency trucks, garbage, bucket, deck and dump trucks. See us at our new locaJeff 403-638-3934, Sundre, AB. tion on Cory Rd., Saskatoon, SK. Summer 2005 PETERBILT 379L, 63” bunk, C-15, of 2013. 306-668-2020. DL #90871 1,245,000 kms., 24.5 rubber, 13 spd. trans., good cond.; 2007 Peterbilt 378 daycab, heavy spec. truck, C-15, 411,000 kms., full lockers, wet kit, 14,000 front, 46 rears, 22.5 rubber, 18 spd. trans., good condition. Call 204-638-1068, Sifton, MB. 2006 KENWORTH T800, mechanic’s special, needs cab, rebuilt ISX 475 Cummins 2007 AND 2010 KENWORTH T800 trucks, engine w/6000 kms, 13 spd., $10,000. Call AUTOSHIFT, 10 spd., new B&H, ISX Cum- Terry 306-554-8220, Dafoe, SK. mins, very clean. Also trucks available with no box. 2010 trucks have Cat engine. Call 2007 FREIGHTLINER CLASSIC, 820,000 2002 PETERBILT FUEL AND LUBE kms, 11x24.5 rear tires, 12,000 fronts, 204-673-2382, Melita, MB. DL #4525. 40,000 rears (supers), 1 owner, only used Truck, Cat C15, 475 HP, 102,000 kms, 6 CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used in long haul. Certified until November, spd. Allison, 46,000 rears, 20,000 fronts, 200 gal. fuel tank, 7 oil tanks w/air operathighway tractors, view information at 2014. 780-387-1172, Wetaskiwin, AB. ed pumps and hose reels. Open to trades www.titantrucksales.com 2007 FREIGHTLINER CLASSIC. Warner and offers. 780-679-7062, Camrose, AB. Ind. Moose Jaw 306-693-7253, Swift Current 306-773-3030, Regina 306-359-1930. www.warnerindustries.com DL #913604. 2007 IHC 9200 Eagle, C13 Cat, 625,000 kms. 2006 IHC 9200 daycab, ISX Cummins, 650,000 kms. Both w/13 spd. Eaton UltraShifts and fresh SK safeties. Phone 306-270-6399, www.78truxsales.com at Saskatoon, SK. DL 316542. 1993 INTERNATIONAL w/Wilmar fertilizer 2007 PETERBUILT 379L Super B spec., tender, 3406 Cat eng., 15 spd., $18,000 ISX 525, 700,000 kms, full locks, 54” mid- OBO. 403-894-0435, Lethbridge, AB. Trucks, Trailers, rise, excellent rubber, leather guts, fresh 3 MANURE SPREADER TRUCKS 2011 Truck Bodies, safety, shedded, premium truck, $70,000; IHC 7600 tandems, 350 HP, auto. trans., “The right choice, Also 2001 aluminum Lode King super B, air ride, full lockers, w/two McKee 800 is AUTOMATIC!” new virgin caps, shedded, real nice, manure spreaders, full hyd., one w/Burley $35,000. 403-823-1987, Standard, AB. Ironworks 20’ full hyd. swing out beaters. Specializing in top quality, affordably2007 WESTERN STAR, daycab, 550 Cat, 18 Approx. 3000 hrs. on units. $145,000/ea. priced, work-ready trucks with boxes or spd., 720,000 kms, 46 rears, wet kit. Call Trucks and boxes can be sold separately; as tractors, mostly 10-speed Autoshift or Hyundai 757 loader, skidder tires, 3000 780-990-8412, Edmonton, AB. Ultrashift transmissions. Most trucks are hrs. Dennis 403-308-1400, Taber, AB. 2008 PETERBILT 387, DPF Delete, 13 from large American fleets: very little rust, spd., $39,980. Golden West Trailer, call strictly maintained, and all highway miles. 1-877-999-7402. Also a dealer for Cancade, 2008 STERLING DAYCAB tandem, 750,000 truck bodies and trailers. kms, C13 Cat, 13 spd., 4-way lockers, wet kit, Webasto, new clutch, fresh safety, Grain Trucks, Silage Trucks, Bale Trucks, $34,000. 306-554-8220, Dafoe, SK. Highway Tractors 2008, 2- 2007, 2005, T800 KWs, 500 Cat, 18 spd., 46 diffs, 4-way locks w/Roobar bumpers; 378 and 379 Pete, 4- 2006s, 2005, 2004, 2003, Cat, 18 spd., 4-way locks, all w/Roobar bumpers; 2006 W900 Hwy. 3, Seven Persons, AB KW daycab, Cat, 18 spd; 2007 T800 KW, Cat C15, 13 spd. UltraShift; 2003 Freigh- 2005 FREIGHTLINER M2 Business class (Medicine Hat, AB) tliner Classic, Cat, 18 spd, new rubber; single axle truck w/24’ Barett livestock PH. 403-977-1624 1999 9300 IH, dual stacks, dual breathers, box, moveable divider, hog lock, 356,000 rawlyn@automatictruck.com 60 Detroit, 13 spd; 1996 T800 KW 500 Cat, kms, 320 HP Mercedes dsl., Fuller 8 spd., recent work orders. 306-356-4550, Dods- A/T/C, PW, air ride cab, susp., brakes, full www.automatictruck.com land, SK. DL #905231 www.rbisk.ca lock-up. Call 403-556-0795, Innisfail, AB.

F U T U R E S T E E L B U I L D I N G approx. 30’x30’x14’. No front or back walls. Cert. engineered drawings and manuals for SK. Complete assembly instructions. Stock #C8957465T. CSA A660-04. Cert. gauge AAAA steel. Delivered, never assembled, t o o b i g fo r o u r y a r d ! $ 9 0 0 0 fi r m . 306-352-3052, Regina, SK.

2000 FREIGHTLINER FL80 with 24’ flatdeck, 300 HP diesel 9 spd., safetied, vg cond., no rust, $19,500. Call for details, 306-946-8522, Saskatoon, SK. 2005 IH 4300, 24’ van truck, Allison auto., 466 eng., 3000 lb. lift gate, premium California truck, no rust, 118,000 miles, only $24,500. 306-946-8522, Saskatoon, SK. CAN-AM TRUCK EXPORT LTD., Delisle, SK, 1-800-938-3323. 1992 Ford LN7000, 7.8 dsl., 6 spd., C&C will take 15-16’ box, new safety, $10,000; 2007 Freightliner Classic, 60 DT, 18 and 40’s, 24” sleeper, wet kit, new 22.5 tires, $45,000; 1995 KW T800, 475 Cat, 18 and 46’s, pintle hitch, $38,000; 1982 JD 644D wheel loader, 6800 hrs., nice machine, $32,000; 2002 KW T300, 3126 Cat, 6 spd., hyd. brakes, 26’ reefer van, $16,000; 2006 IHC 7600, DT 466, Allison auto, 76,000 miles, C&C, $40,000; Cat V110 forklift, propane, good cond., 11,000 lbs., $10,000; 2005 GMC W4500 diesel, auto, cube van w/power lift gate, hyd. brakes, $14,000; 1988 Fruehauf, spring susp., highboy curtain, $7,500; 1993 T600 KW N14, 13 and 40’s, W19 grain box, $28,000; Gravel boxes 13’, 14’, 15’, $2500-$4500; Two sander units, $2000-$3000; Single axle dolly converters, A Model $1800; 1998 Manac highboy trailer 53’, air ride, tandem, $9,000; Gensets available. Financing available, OAC. www.can-amtruck.com DL #910420.

HAND CRAFTED, STURDY solid pine pole/ storage sheds, can be built to suit your needs. Metal exterior roof, color options available. Call 780-645-4455, ext. 241, St. Paul, AB, or check out our website at: www.bqlogcabins.com for more info. or to request a quote.

BOWSMAN HOTEL, PRICED below professionally appraised value. Call Mac 204-238-4949 for info. Bowsman, MB. THRIVING ABATTOIR and catering business on 15 acres near Strasbourg, SK. Included with the fully equipped shop are: 1628 sq. ft. home, a hip roof barn and outbuildings. Couple looking to retire. Find out more at: leaningmaplemeats.com or call 306-725-4018. BENITO FOODS FOR sale: This well established business is the only grocery store in the community. Call Bill or Darlene 204-539-2583, Benito, MB. WELL ESTABLISHED 3456 sq. ft. Autobody Repair business located in the heart of potash country in East Central SK. Excellent Clientele, large area to draw from with unlimited potential. 72x146’ lot with adjacent 80x146’ lot, next to Yellowhead Hwy at major intersection. 306-621-7722, 306-399-7723, Churchbridge, SK.

CONCRETE COMPANY in central Alberta. Includes 2 trucks, trailer, and all tools too many to mention, asking $65,000. Growing clientele yearly. Gary 403-843-3546. ABOVE AVERAGE WAGE opportunity to operate you own business. Be your own boss representing, Lifetime Cookware, kitchen products. Consider a rewarding and exciting commission based career with Lifetime (Since 1909). Complete training will be provided. Serious persons only apply please. Mail resume to: Brian Kakuk, CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used PO Box 2378, Drumheller, AB. T0J 0Y0. highway tractors, view information at Or e-mail to: bmkakuk@hotmail.com Contact Brian for additional information www.titantrucksales.com 403-820-2789. COMING SPRING 2014: The Industry’s strongest/ lightest alum. Super B trailer. TURNKEY LOG FURNITURE BUSINESS. Pre-Order today, get the best advantage! 3000 sq. ft. heated shop w/all tools. 2 homes. On 6 fenced lots. Trailers for haulwww.warnerindustries.ca DL #913604. ing logs. 24’ custom built trailer for moving furniture. No shortage of wood or work. Best steelhead fishing in the world. 2002 FORD F350, 12 passenger van, 7.3 Lots of mountain life, mountains and rivdiesel, 282,000 kms, good heater/AC, no ers. Selling for health reasons. Hazelton, rust, excellent condition, private owned. BC. 250-842-0005, 250-842-8996. 403-393-0219, 403-833-2190. WANTED: GAS BARS/ CONVENIENCE Stores. Bill Nesteroff, Re/Max Saskatoon, 306-497-2668, billnesteroff@sasktel.net THRIVING APPLIANCE STORE FOR SALE in beautiful Kelowna, BC. Specializing in used appliances, parts and a full service department. Est. 1978, owner retiring. Call 250-765-3769 or 250-765-1511. HAULING COMPANY: 3 2013’s, 1 2006 truck w/pumps to haul oil. Shop and living quarters all on same lot, c/w client base AUSTRALIAN PACKAGE BEES, mite $900,000. Pat 306-460-6024, Conquest SK free. April delivery. Australian and US SMALL MANUFACTURING SHOP and resiqueens available. Morley at 306-534-2014, dence. 40 yrs of operation with established 306-534-4462, Spy Hill, SK. product line. Owner retiring. Turnkey opSTRONG SINGLE HIVES OR NUCS for eration. 306-445-5562, Delmas, SK. sale. Andy Loewen 204-326-1500, email: HOME PLUS INCOME! Live in the Resort andyloewen@hotmail.ca Steinbach, MB. Village of Manitou and live for next to HONEY RANCH! Turnkey honey operation nothing. The Canadian dream is to earn recomes fully equipped with everything retirement income owning this small motel quired for beekeeping and 2 residences. with principal residence. Contact Lorne Sellers willing to train. Val Marie, SK. Purdy 306-222-5984, Remax Saskatoon or view online at: www.homebuyerconnect.ca MLS® ID#481220. Real Estate Centre, w w w. f a r m re a l e s t a t e . c o m o r c a l l MEAT PROCESSING PLANT - Abattoir. 1-866-345-3414. 11,600 sq ft building (2007) located on 7.3 industrial acres in Vegreville, AB. Business is showing positive growth with excellent Please do not approach business SELLING LEAFCUTTER BEE incubation returns. Craig Stenersen, 780-233-9939, trays wood and poly units, 200 of ea, good directly. Realty Executives Devonshire (the park), cond. FOB in Shell Lake, SK. 306-477-1021 craig@working4u.ca WANTING TO PURCHASE Leafcutter bees. MANUFACTURING BUSINESS FOR SALE. Will consider all live count and parasite Welding, light fabricating. Rare opportunumbers, but will pay a premium over nity! Unique patented product. Mainly Ag. market price for good quality bees. Phone: Peak sales Sept.-Mar. Owned 29 yrs., room 306-287-7800, Watson, SK., or email to: for growth. Relocatable. North American percyeggerman@hotmail.com or email to: markets. $195,000, plus inventory. 50x70’ jordoneggerman@hotmail.com shop on 157x370’ lot, $295,000. Can be WILL DO STYROBLOCK cocoon harvesting; turnkey operation or addition to existing Wanted: plastic shelters. Call Maurice business. Must sell! 306-446-4462, North Wildeman 306-365-4395, 306-365-7802, Battleford, SK. glelias@hotmail.com Lanigan, SK. TURNKEY BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY! New state of the art, 8-bay carwash for sale in thriving Saskatchewan community. Located on 1.5 acres with great location on highway. Great customer base! Selling due to health concerns. Serious inquiries only please! Call 306-232-4767. CONTINUOUS METAL ROOFING, no ex- RAMSAY PONY RIDES and Concession posed screws to leak or metal overlaps. have for sale concession bus (blue), Ideal for lower slope roofs, rinks, church- 1982 IHC propane bus, 5 spd. std., great es, pig barns, commercial, arch rib build- concession bus or would make great ing and residential roofing; also available camper. 2- 1983 supply buses, Detroit dsl., Allison trans. 306-386-2490, Cochin, SK. in Snap Lock. 306-435-8008, Wapella, SK.

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CUSTOM SEEDING/ BALING/ SWATHING. Also parting 567 baler; Some hay for sale. Call Alan: 306-463-8423, Marengo, SK. FARMERS NEED FINANCIAL HELP? Go to: www.bobstocks.ca or call 306-757-1997. 245- 1055 Park Street, Regina, SK.

BUSH CLEARING AND DUGOUTS. Trackhoe and dozer combo works great. Providing the services of yard site clean up, bush clearing, basements, dugouts, rock piles, building demolition, well hook ups, septic systems, sewer and water lines, gravel and dirt hauling, directional drilling. Serving South East Sask. 306-529-1875, Sedley, SK. vosindustries@gmail.com REGULATION DUGOUTS: 120x60x14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; $1900; 160x60x14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; $2700; 180x60x14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; $3100; 200x60x14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; $3500. Government grants available until 2018. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon, SK.

DEBTS, BILLS AND charge accounts too high? Need to resolve prior to spring? Call us to develop a professional mediation plan, resolution plan or restructuring plan. Call toll free 1-888-577-2020. FARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. Management Group for all your borrowing and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, Regina, SK. BRUSH MULCHING. The fast, effective to clear land. Four season service, NEED A LOAN? Own farmland? Bank says way competitive rates, 375 HP unit, also avail. n o ? I f y e s t o a b o v e t h r e e , c a l l trackhoe w/thumb, multiple bucket at1-866-405-1228, Calgary, AB. tachments. Bury rock and brush piles and fence line clearing. Borysiuk Contracting, www.borysiukcontracting.ca Prince Albert, SK., 306-960-3804. FARM CHEMICAL/ SEED COMPLAINTS MULCHING - TREES, BRUSH, stumps, We also specialize in: Crop insurance ap- caraganas, etc. 12 years of enviro friendly peals; Chemical drift; Residual herbicide; mulching. Call today! 306-933-2950. Visit: Custom operator issues; Equipment mal- www.maverickconstruction.ca function. Qualified Agrologist on staff. Call Back-Track Investigations for assistance regarding compensation, 1-866-882-4779.

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2005 CAT 950 G LOADER, 6100 hrs., new Michelin tires, quick attach, sweeper, forks, and snow blade, $125,000. Call 403-818-8615, Nobleford, AB.

290 CUMMINS, 350 Detroit, 671 Detroit, Series 60 cores. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK 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

KIR-ASH CONTRACTING LTD. Hauling farm equipment of all types, throughout BC., AB., SK. Call us to book today, 780-978-2945, Grande Prairie, AB. RANCH OIL CONTRACTING LTD. is in the grain hauling business. Truck and Super B, looking for work in NW SK and NE AB. Call 306-238-4800, Goodsoil, SK.

O3 EQUIPMENT HAULING Ltd. Professional transportation of equipment in Western Canada and NW USA. Call 780-305-3547, Barrhead, AB. www.o3hauling.com

EQUIPMENT RENTALS: loaders, dozers, excavators, compactors, etc. Conquest Equipment, 306-483-2500, Oxbow, SK. 1996 JD 648G skidder, 10,300 hrs, rear chains, ready to work, excellent condition, a s k i n g $ 3 0 , 0 0 0 . P i c s ava i l a b l e . 780-926-9540, Buffalo Head Prairie, AB. 30x70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; RADIAL STACKING conveyor, dsl. power, hyd. lift, scale, new tires, $32,000. 306-369-2669 leave message, Bruno, SK. ATTACHMENTS: skidsteer, pallet forks, buckets, augers, hay spears. Conquest Equipment, 306-483-2500, Oxbow, SK. WINTER CLEARANCE. Wheel loaders, trackhoes, skidsteers, backhoes, crawler dozers. Larry at 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. EXCAVATORS FOR SALE/RENT: JD 270D, JD 240D, Cat 320D. Conquest Equipment, 306-483-2500, Oxbow, SK. CHAMPION GRADER model 720, snow wing, in good operating cond, ready to go, $21,000. Call 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. 2005 HITACHI 270, hyd. excavator, w/hyd. thumb. Pacesetter Equipment, Westlock, AB., 780-983-0936. 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 6-WAY MINI PULL DOZER; 16â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 6-Way Supreme pull dozer; 8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; to 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; tilt land levelers. Call 403-312-4202, Linden, AB. SKIDSTEER ATTACHMENTS: rock buckets, dirt buckets, grapples and more top quality. Also have truck decks in stock. Quality Welding and Sales 306-731-3009 or 306-731-8195, Craven, SK.

CUSTOM BALE HAULING, 34 bales per trailer. Contact Troy at 306-867-7719, Glenside, SK. CHAMPION 730 GRADER, c/w snow wing ROUND BALE PICKING and hauling, small and V-plow, clean, orig. paint. Pacesetter or large loads. Travel anywhere. Also hay Equipment, 780-983-0936, Westlock, AB. for sale. 306-382-0785, Vanscoy, SK. 2008 HITACHI 350 hyd. excavator, hyd. CUSTOM BALE HAULING have 2 trucks and thumb. Pacesetter Equipment, Westlock, 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 AB., 780-983-0936. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. 2002 JD 850C Series II WT, 11,270 hrs, 6-way dozer c/w riser, sweeps, vail ripper, c/w 3 shanks, UC 70%, 30â&#x20AC;? pads w/new ice lugs, cab w/good working AC/heat, air CUSTOM TUB GRINDING: operate a ride seat. History file on Cat. Work ready, Haybuster H1100E- 425 HP machine. excellent condition, asking $75,000. Phone Greg 306-947-7510, Saskatoon, SK. 403-646-5848, Nanton, AB. JIMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TUB GRINDING, H-1100 Haybuster HYDRAULIC EXCAVATORS: 2008 Hitachi with 400 HP, serving Sask. 306-334-2232, ZX350 LC-3. 587-991-6605, Edmonton, Balcarres. AB. 2012 DEERE 544K wheel loader, 259 hrs., CAH, ride control, Michelin 20.5R25 tires 90%, Hi-Viz coupler c/w 3 yd QA bucket, Warranty till Aug. 17, 2015! Like new! $169,500. Jordan anytime 403-627-9300, Pincher Creek, AB. 2011 MIDLAND TRI-AXLE quarter frame end dump, w/vibrator and liner, 2 air lift axles, $45,000. 306-726-7938, Southey SK CAT 60, 70, 80 and 463â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s available. Also Allis Chalmers direct mount scrapers. Call 306-338-7114, Clair, SK.

MASTER STONE MASONRY. Custom fireplaces and stone masonry. Specialize in fieldstone and restorations. Willing to travel for work in rural areas. WETT Certified Inspections. Call 306-280-1845, Saskatoon, SK. E-mail: adam_kent@live.com

DX110, 13006 DEUTZ; 90 dsl. Massey, 318 Perkins; 2705 Massey, 354 Perkins; 2675 Massey, 354 Perkins; 2290 Case, 504; 3394 Case, 504; 1070 Case, 451; 1586 IHC, 436; 8430 JD complete OH. All above engines in good running condition. 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB. GREAT PRICES ON new, used and remanufactured engines, parts and accessories for diesel pickups. Large inventory, engines can be shipped or installed. Give us a call or check: www.thickettenginerebuilding.ca Thickett Engine Rebuilding. 204-532-2187, Russell, MB.

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www.nuvisionfhs.com TORMASTER NH3 WAGON, with 2- 1750 gal. tanks, 21.5L-16.1SL front, 900/60R32 rear, new safety, $50,000. 306-486-4826, Frobisher, SK. ARE YOU LOOKING for a pressurized, pump-assisted anhydrous ammonia fertilizer application system? I have several on hand, including some good-used systems. I am very familiar with NH3 application systems, as I have developed two of the pump-assisted systems for sale in Western Canada. I am one of Western Canada’s largest independent MaxQuip dealers and have new and some used traditional and Pump NH3 systems and used ammonia tanks as well. Contact Double HH Ag. Sales n Services at 780-777-8700 or email me at: doublehhag@shaw.ca Fort Sask., AB. 2000 GALLON NH3 tanks on an offset axle, Wadena steel trailer, rear fill, $21,500. 306-873-7349, Tisdale, SK. WANTED: 4 TO 8 ton fertilizer spreader. Call 306-837-4493, Loon Lake, SK.

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CARTER DAY 24” aspirator, recent rebuild at Flaman’s. Cyclone and 5 HP 240V single phase motor available also. 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. augers, seed cleaning plants, BALE SPEAR ATTACHMENTS for all grain cleaners, combine loaders and skidsteers, excellent pricing. DUAL SCREEN ROTARY grain cleaners, Call now 1-866-443-7444. bubble-up augers. great for pulse crops, best selection in Rosetown Flighting Supply Western Canada. Phone 306-259-4923 or NH 855 round baler, $2000 OBO; NH 849 round baler w/gathering wheels, $1200; 1-866-882-2243, Rosetown, SK 306-946-7923, Young, SK. F o r d 5 5 1 r o u n d b a l e r, $ 5 5 0 O B O . www.flightingsupply.com SORTEX-Z CLASS 1V color sorter, sin- 306-395-2668, 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK. MERIDIAN GRAIN AUGERS: SP kits and gle module w/2 monochromatic cameras, BALE SPEARS, high quality imported clutches, Kohler, B&S engines, gas and very low hrs., in new cond., c/w Ingersoll- from Italy, 27” and 49”, free shipping, exdiesel. Call Brian ‘ T h e A u g e r G u y ’ Rand rotary compressor, 10HP, w/cooler c e l l e n t p r i c i n g . C a l l n o w t o l l f r e e and dryer. Call 204-724-6673, Souris, MB. 204-724-6197, Souris, MB. 1-866-443-7444, Stonewall, MB.

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NEW SAKUNDIAK AUGERS in Stock: Used: Brandt 10”x60’ S/A, $6500. In stock: New Convey-All TCSNH-1045 hydraulic drive, c/w mover kit, and 38 HP Kohler diesel, list $38,900. Leasing available. Call D a l e at M a i n w ay F a r m E q u i p m e n t , 306-567-3285 or 306-567-7299. Davidson, SK. View www.mainwayfarmequipment.ca

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2006 NEW HOLLAND 1475 haybine, 16’, FORSBERG VACUUM GRAVITY table, f i e l d r e a d y, v e r y g o o d c o n d i t i o n . model 250V w/Forsberg industrial fan 306-845-2406, Turtleford, SK. model 23HA. Both refurbished and ready to work. Call 204-724-6673, Souris, MB. 2012 MACDON M155, 35’, 380 engine hours, 317 header hours, single knife SUKUP GRAIN DRYERS: 1 or 3 phase, liq- drive, $125,000. Phone: 780-933-2585, uid propane or nat. gas, canola screens. 780-876-2667, Debolt, AB. Early order discount pricing now in effect. WANTED: VERSATILE SP swather model For info call: 204-998-9915, Altamont, MB. 4700 or 4750, 25’, double knife drive. Call 204-635-2600, Stead, MB. NEW SUPERB GRAIN DRYERS and Moridge dryer parts in stock. Call Grant Service Ltd. 2012 MACDON M155, 1013 engine hrs, 600-65R28 drive tires, HID, hyd. center 306-272-4195, Foam Lake, SK. link, c/w MacDon 35’ D60 header w/new canvas, slow spd. transport pkg., $105,000 OBO. Call 306-861-1046, Weyburn, SK.

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 SERIES grain carts, 450-1050 bu. 1-866-938-8537. SELLING GRAIN LEGS, distributors, con- 2005 PRAIRIE STAR 4940, MacDon 972 TELESCOPIC veyors and truck scales. Also other eleva- 25’ Draper header, orig. owner, 1543 headwww.zettlerfarmequipment.com SEE VIDEO ON WEBSITE SWING AUGER tors parts. 403-634-8540, Grassy Lake, AB. er hrs., 2114 eng. hrs. Very clean and well maintained, field ready, $68.000. Enchant, AB., 403-634-3593. www.stampseeds.com Email: nathan@stampseeds.com OPI TEMPERATURE and moisture cables 2008 MF 9435 25’ swather, 445 hours, PU accurately monitor grain in the bin. Inte- reel, Roto-Shears. Phone 204-723-0277 or USED AUGER SPECIAL. 2009 BH 8x51 gris system monitors from your computer. 204-248-2372, Notre Dame, MB. Wheatheart w/30 HP, Kohler, mover and Start $265/bin. Flamans 1-888-435-2626. clutch, $8500; 2012 R 8x41, Wheatheart, slightly used w/29 EFI Kohler, mover, clutch and light kit, $10,900. 306-648-3321, Gravelbourg, SK. 1476 16’H esston CONEYAIR GRAIN VACS, parts, accessoM ow er Conditioner S A K U N D I A K A U G E R S I N S TO C K : 2011 BRENT 1594 grain cart, OEM, 36” HD ries. Call Bill 780-986-5548, Leduc, AB. swings, truck loading, Hawes Agro SP tracks, like new condition; tarp, hyd. door, www.starlinesales.com Clear out Price - $37,000 movers. Contact Hoffart Services Inc. scale, 22” auger, $105,000. two to choose Odessa, SK, 306-957-2033. 2856 5x6 H esston 2700 REM grain vac, 51 hours, shedded, f r o m . C a n d e l i v e r. C a l l a n y t i m e , exc. cond., $15,900 OBO. Grandview, MB, H ard Core Baler -$36,900 NEW BUHLER FARM King 1385 swing au- 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. ger, $21,500. Call RJ Sales & Service, BRENT AVALANCHE 1594 grain cart, TA, 204-546-2131, 204-572-5032. Financing Available 3 0 6 - 3 3 8 - 2 5 4 1 , W a d e n a , S K . o r floater tires, auto. scale, tarp, mint cond., 2011 BRANDT 7500 HP grain vac hose www.rjsales.ca for more information. used 2 seasons. Call Ron 204-626-3283 or arm, dust exhaust kit, approx. 145 hrs., Please Callor Visit nice condition, $22,000 OBO. N ick’s Service Ltd. SAKUNDAIK 8x44’ AUGER with Hawes 1-855-272-5070, Sperling, MB. 780-787-8293, Vermilion, AB. mover in excellent shape, 25HP. First #2 South Plains R oad W . $9500 takes. 780-768-2294, Two Hills, AB. 2001 TURB-O-K VAC 990, super deluxe, Em erald Park, Sk. NEW BUHLER FARM King 1370 swing au- PHOENIX M4 ROTARY mobile grain clean- excellent shape. Contact 306-488-4683, S4L 1C6 ger, $17,500. Call RJ Sales & Service, er, 1700 hrs., comes with extra screens. Penzance, SK. 306-781-1077 3 0 6 - 3 3 8 - 2 5 4 1 , W a d e n a , S K . o r 204-867-7225, Minnedosa, MB. GRAIN VACS: REM 552, $3000; REM www.rjsales.ca for more information. FOR CULTIVATED acres to rent MOBILE GRAIN CLEANING business for 2500 HD, $9500; Brandt 4000, $7000; LOOKING Leduc, Wetaskiwin, Panoka for hay prosale: 2 self contained grain cleaners plus Brandt 4500, $7500; Weigh wagon with in duction will pay up to $100/acre for miniclientele in West Central SK., c/w screens, digital scale, $3500. 1-866-938-8537. mum 5 year contract. Call 780-991-3616. Never Clim b A B in A ga in in-feed, discharge augers, scale, bin sweep mounted on Isuzu cab-over trucks. Quick Equip yo ur a uge r to s e n s e w h e n set up and total clean out. Will provide th e b in is full. 2 ye a r w a rra n ty. training. 306-463-5955, Kindersley, SK. Ca ll Brow n le e s Truckin g In c. KIPP KELLY 300 gravity table, less motor, $3200. Call evenings, 306-795-3314, ItuUn ity, SK na, SK.

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2- 2010 CASE/IH 8120 w/634 sep. hrs, c/w 2016 Swathmaster, PU headers, exc. cond., always shedded, $218,000. Located in Kamsack, SK. can deliver. 204-526-0321 2- 8120 CASE COMBINES, 1006 and 1256 sep. hrs., small tube rotor c/w 2016 Swathmaster PU, dual wheels on front, near mint cond., shedded, $190,000 ea. 306-695-8162, Indian Head, SK.

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www.thehopper.ca FERTILIZER STORAGE TANKS- 8300 Imp. gal. tanks available. Contact your nearest Flaman store or call 1-888-435-2626 or visit www.flaman.com LOOKING FOR A floater or tender? Call me first. 34 years experience. Loral parts, new and used. Call 403-650-7967, Calgary, AB. 1995 TERRAGATOR 1844 floater, 60’ boom, micro-bin, second owner, vg cond., $37,000. Call 780-853-7205, Vermilion, AB

2010 4520 AutoSteer, 1100 hrs., 70’ booms, $223,000; 2008 CASE 4520, 3 bin system, 70’ booms, AutoSteer, 2780 hrs., $180,000; 2006 Case 4510, AutoSteer, FlexAir 70’ booms, 7400 hrs., $114,000; 2005 Case 4520 w/70’ flex air, 4000 hrs., $129,000; 2005 Case, 3000 hrs., $138,000; 2005 Case 4010 w/3020 G4 New leader bed, $93,000; 2004 Loral AirM a x 1 0 0 0 , 7 0 ’ b o o m s , i m m a c u l at e , $93,000; 2002 Case 4260 w/1100 gal. tank, 80’ booms, $96,000; 2004 AgChem Rogator, w/air bed, $66,000; 2003 Sterling spreader w/AgForce spinner spreader, $75,000; 2002 Dempster w/spin spreader, 2300 hrs., $58,000; 1999 Loral, w/AirMax 5 bed, 5700 hrs, $51,000; 1999 AgChem, 70’ booms, $64,000; 1997 AgChem, 70’ booms, $38,000; 2008 Adams Semi tender, self contained, $39,500; 25 ton Wilmar tender w/spread axles, $39,500; 1987 Ford w/22 ton Raymond tender w/vertical auger, $44,000; 8 ton Doyle vertical blender with scale, 40 HP, new auger, $18,500; 5 ton Tyler blender, 40 HP, $7500; 2000 Skidsteer Wrangler loader, w/quick detach bucket, $18,500; 1993 Wrangler loader, $14,500; 10 propane trucks in test date with 2800-3000 gal. tanks, w/hose reels, pumps and meters from $16,000 to $33,000. Northwest’s largest used selection of fertilizer equipment. 406-466-5356, Choteau, MT. For more equipment and photos view website www.fertilizerequipment.net

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‘01 TR99 Combine New rear tires, new chopper blades on 4150 Redekop, hopper cover, lateral tilt, Yield & Moisture, sold w/ 971 & Rake up! $39,800. Trades welcome. Financing available. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

2011 NH CR9090E, 482 threshing hrs, shedded, loaded, 0 hrs. on NH Triple Inspection. Call 780-210-3799, Myrnam, AB. 2003 CX 840, 1950 eng./1500 threshing hours, Rake-Up, very good shape, $95,000 OBO. 403-652-7980, High River, AB. 2006 CR960, 1800 hrs, 76C 15’ PU header, 200 hrs. on bars and concaves, shedded, vg. 306-648-3511, 306-648-7695, 306-380-7769, Gravelbourg, SK.

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w w w .fullb in s upe rs e n s o r.co m 2007 FARM KING 13x70 swing auger, hyd. swing mover, 12V winch for swing lift, never spill spout, full bin sensor, lights, $8500. 306-882-3509, Rosetown, SK. REMOTE CONTROL SWING AUGER movers, trailer chute openers, endgate and hoist systems, wireless full bin alarms, digital wireless tractorCam, the Simpler Sampler portable combine. All shipped directly to you. Doing it right, keeping you safe, by remote control. Phone Brehon Agrisystems at 306-933-2655 or visit us at www.brehonag.com Saskatoon, SK.

USED SEED CLEANERS: Clipper 668 air screen, 400 BPH, $38,000; Carter 32 Uniflow, 300 BPH, reconditioned w/brand new cylinders, $28,500; LMC Marc 300 gravity, 200 BPH, $25,000; LMC model 401 gravity, 100 BPH, $5,000; LMC model 641 gravity, 200 BPH, $14,000; Carter 6 roll grader, $3000; Superior T4B indent, 300 BPH, $3500; Northland trommel dockage cleaner, $2200; Crippen J-254 bean polisher system, $35,000; Clipper SX5868D, 300 BPH, $15,000. Call 1-800-667-6924 or 306-222-6173, LMC Canada, Saskatoon, SK. www.lewismcarter.com

NEW 10x51 WHEATHEART auger, comes with 38 HP motor and mover kit. Get more capacity! Call your nearest Flaman Sales store or call 1-888-435-2626.

SAKUNDIAK GRAIN AUGERS available with self-propelled mover kits and bin sweeps. Contact Kevin’s Custom Ag in NiJOHNSON NH3 WAGON, with 2- 1250 gal. pawin, SK. Toll free 1-888-304-2837. tanks, 19L-16.1 tires, cert. July 2012, NEW “R” SERIES Wheatheart Augers: $21,000. 306-486-4826, Frobisher, SK. With engine, mover and electric clutch. R-8x41, cash price $12,250; R-8x51, cash FERTILIZER SPREADERS: 4- 8 ton. Large $12,750; R-10x41, cash $13,240. Call selection. 204-857-8403, Portage la Prai- 306-648-3321, Gravelbourg, SK. rie, MB. www.zettlerfarmequipment.com AUGERS: NEW and USED: Wheatheart, FERTILIZER TANKS, 10 year limited war- Westfield, Westeel, Sakundiak augers; Auranty, 5000 US gallons on sale. Call ger SP kits; Batco conveyors; Wheatheart 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. While post pounders. Good prices, leasing supplies last. www.hold-onindustries.com available. Call 1-866-746-2666.

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1-866-497-5338 2004 GJESDAL FIVEinONE, M400X, exc. cond., extra screens, hopper extension, electric eye, $13,500. 306-773-9058, Stewart Valley, SK. WANTED: 15” CARTER disc inserts- any sizes especially V and R sizes. Will consider entire disc cleaners but separate disc inserts are what we are looking for. Cracked spokes acceptable. Phone 204-227-5679, email riddellseed@mts.net Warren, MB. DUAL STAGE ROTARY SCREENERS and Kwik Kleen 5-7 tube. Portage la Prairie, www.zettlerfarmequipment.com or call 204-857-8403. WANTED: SPELT DEHULLER. Also Clipper seed cleaner, any size. Call toll free 1-866-563-2180.

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2001 TR99 Combine w/ $50,000 work order, 1757 sep. hrs...$69,800. Financing available. Trades welcome. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

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â&#x20AC;&#x2122;09 CIH 2016 head w/ Swathmaster pick-up. Overall 85% condâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;n. $19,800. Trades welcome. Financing available. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

â&#x20AC;&#x2122;92 914 JD Header & Pick Up Call for detailsâ&#x20AC;Ś.$7,280. Trades welcome. Financing available. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

WANTED: 1996 or 1997 R72, must have Cummins engine; also looking for a corn header to fit a Gleaner R series combine. Chris at 306-628-7840, Eatonia, SK.

USED PICKUP REELS - 36â&#x20AC;&#x2122; HB HCC $5,980, 36â&#x20AC;&#x2122; MD $6,980, 36â&#x20AC;&#x2122; HB UII $6,980. 42â&#x20AC;&#x2122; HB UII $7,800, 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; MD $2,780. Trades welcome. Call 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com PUMPS, PRESSURE WASHERS, Honda/Koshin pumps, 1-1/2â&#x20AC;? to 4â&#x20AC;?, Landa pressure washers, steam washers, parts washers. M&M Equip. Ltd. Parts and Service, Regina, SK., 306-543-8377, fax 306-543-2111.

Harvest Salvage Co. Ltd. 2006 JD 9760 STS, 1800/2300 hrs., Greenlighted yearly, new injectors, concave, feeder house, Y&M, vg cond., $145,000. 306-230-2736, Assiniboia, SK. 2008 JD 9870 STS, c/w 615 PU, gone through shop, shedded, 1 owner, $175,000 OBO. 306-231-8969, Humboldt, SK.

40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; MacDon FD70 w/ transport, dbl knife drive, new knife, new adapter canvas, overall 8.5/10 condition. Incl: choice of adapters JD STS, CNH, CAT... $56,800.00 w/ warranty. Trades welcome. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

ROUND BAR CONCAVES for 50, 60 and 3- 2005 HONEYBEES, 36â&#x20AC;&#x2122; with transports, 70 series STS JD combines, $1500 OBO for gauge wheels, 1 piece PU reels, pea authe set. 306-552-4905, Eyebrow, SK. gers, includes adapters for 2388 Case; JD 635F, HydraFlex, 35â&#x20AC;&#x2122; with pickup reel. 306-622-2069, Gull Lake, SK.

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SCHULTE SNOWBLOWERS remaining units on sale: BX62 was $3950, now $3600; BX84 was $5100, now $4240! Call Flaman Sales, Nisku, AB. 1-800-352-6264 PARTIAL LIST ONLY. Snowblowers and attachments: JD Spitfire snowmobile, $999; NEW Cub Cadet 54â&#x20AC;? snowblowers, $599; NEW 8â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 2-stage, 3 PTH, PTO snowblower, $2999; 8â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 3PH, PTO snowblower; 2- walk behind snowblowers, Toro and Airens; NEW 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; front drive 3PH snowblower; Trackless 4WD diesel w/5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; blower; 6- Sicard and Oshkosh trucks w/blowers; Holder Combine World 1-800-667-4515, www. 4WD diesel w/5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; blower; snow blades for combineworld.com; 20 minutes E. of trucks and loaders; snow buckets from 1 Saskatoon, SK on Highway #16. Used Ag & to 10 yard; snow buckets for skidsteers; Industrial equipment, new, used & rebuilt parts, & premium quality tires at unbeatable 10- fire engines, many types; parting out prices! 1 yr. warranty on all parts. Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 18- graders. Attachments of all types, hunlargest inventory of late model combines & dreds of items on 2 yards, over 50 acres. Over 75 sets of pallet forks in stock; severswathers. Exceptional service. al Crawler loaders; large stock of construction tires; over 25 forklifts, man lifts and scissor lifts; 12- loaders from 1.5 to 9 yard. Over 50 Gensets from 3.5 to 193 KW. 12- sets of forks for loaders and dozers. New replacement parts. Central Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gallantsales.com Large inventory of new largest wreckers of construction equipand used potato equip. Dealer for Tristeel ment. Cambrian Equipment Sales Ltd. Mfg. wash line equip. Dealer for Logan 204-667-2867, fax: 204-667-2932. Equipment. Call Dave 204-254-8126, MB. SCHULTE 8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; FRONT mount rotary snow plow, hydraulic deflector, new cutting edge, $3,000. 306-963-2722, Imperial, SK.

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8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; GEOFFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SNOW BOX, FEL mount, old stock, must sell, $2100. 1-800-352-6264, or visit: www.flaman.com Flaman Sales, Nisku, AB. 9â&#x20AC;&#x2122; ERSKINE INDUSTRIAL universal front mount blower, 540 RPM, good condition, $8500. 306-268-7400 or 306-268-7550, Bengough, SK.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;97 JD CTS Combine 2,117/2,861 hrs., Big Top, 2 spd cyl, long auger, hyd F/A, F/C chopper, chaff spreader, pickup included. $39,800. Trades welcome. Financing available. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

1997 9600 BIG engine, 260 HP, 2617 sep. hrs., all options, shedded, excellent condition, $50,000. 306-587-7477, Abbey, SK. 2007 9760 STS 300 bu., 340 HP, chopper, topper, 1000 hrs., c/w 2010 FD70 36â&#x20AC;&#x2122; flex draper $200,000 OBO; Also, 1998 9610, new separator, feeder house, chains, belts, tires. Hopper topper, fine chopper c/w MacDon 974 36â&#x20AC;&#x2122; flex draper, $70,000 OBO 406-895-2527, Plentywood, MT. 2009 JD 9770, duals, Contour-Master, shedded, 1290 hrs., $159,000. Call 204-822-3797, Morden, MB. 1992 JD 9600, 3500 threshing hrs, dual range cylinder, new tires, hopper ext, 9610 sieve updates, c/w 914 header, always shedded, exc. cond., $45,000 OBO. 930 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; straight cut header c/w transport, $6500 OBO. 403-345-3770 or 403-634-2048, Coaldale, AB. 2005 JD 9660W, 2453 eng. hrs, 1798 sep hrs, 80065R32/42085R26, inspected by mechanic yearly, field ready, hopper ext., $110,000 US. 701-263-1467 Sherwood ND 1998 CTS II, 3785 eng./ 2707 sep. hrs., GreenStar Y&M monitor, new tires and many new parts in the last 4 yrs., always shedded. Must be seen to be appreciated. $45,000; 1994 9600, 4812 eng./ 3429 sep. hrs., 1 season on new concave and rub bars, 3 yrs. on Firestone tires, always shedded, $45,000. Both machine owner operated. 403-575-5783, Veteran, AB. 2010 9770 STS JD, w/1615 PU header, 20.8x42 duals, large rear tires, $275,000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment Ltd., 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

1-888-327-6767 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;13 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; MD D65 Header Split reel, hyd. tilt, dbl knife drive w/ JD adapter. $59,800. Trades welcome. Financing available. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;09 35â&#x20AC;&#x2122; IH 2142/MD D50 Header w/ transport, new knife, header in good condition. $39,800 for CNH or extra for JD or CAT. Trades welcome. Financing available. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

JD 216 16â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, $1950; JD 920 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, poly skids, recond. $6900; JD 924 24â&#x20AC;&#x2122; steel pts., poly skids, $4950; JD 925 25â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, steel pts., poly skids $4500â&#x20AC;&#x2122;; 2001 JD 925 25â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, poly pts., poly skids, full finger auger, recond., $13,950; 3 JD 930 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, steel pts., poly skids, start at $3950; two 2003 JD 930 poly skids, full finger auger, recond. $15,900; 2003 JD 930 air reel, poly skids, full finger auger, recond., $20,900; 2004 to 2006 JD 630 Hydra Flex, poly skids, HD auger, start at $14,900; 2004 to 2011 JD 635 Hydra Flex, poly skids, mint, start at $14,900. www.reimerfarmequipment.com Reimer Farm Equip, Hwy. 12 North, Steinbach MB. Gary Reimer at: 204-326-7000.

2011 JD 9770, 990 sep. hours, 520x42 duals, 28Lx26 rears, 26â&#x20AC;&#x2122; high cap. unload SP30 HONEYBEE DRAPER header, new auger, Contour-Master, HD var. spd feeder k n i fe , a l w ay s s h e d d e d , e x c . c o n d . , house, Y&M, GreenStar ready, $205,000. $28,000. Call 780-678-6054, Daysland, AB. 204-362-1337, 204-325-8019, Winkler, MB 2005 9660 STS, 2350 eng. hrs., 1750 threshing, duals, high cap. unload auger, 1500 Precision header w/Rake-Up pickup. Howard concaves, hopper cover, shedded, Greenlighted every year, JD AutoSteer ready, $130,000 OBO. 306-843-7070, 306-658-2122, Wilkie, SK. 2010 JD 9770 STS, 774 sep. hrs., c/w 2012 JD 615P PU header w/only 100 hours on header, Contour-Master high torque variable spd. feeder house, high cap lift cyl., 22â&#x20AC;&#x2122; high cap unload auger, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;11 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; MD FD70 Flex Draper Header Split wide spread fine cut chopper, 800/70R38, reel, transport, hyd. tilt, adapter to fit CAT, JD, small and large grain concaveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, always or CNH included. $62,800. Trades welcome. available. 1-800-667-4515. shedded, exc. cond., $235,000. Call Jordan Financing www.combineworld.com anytime 403-627-9300, Pincher Creek, AB. 2013 S680, 258 hrs, 650 duals, 750 rear, 29â&#x20AC;&#x2122; unload auger, 615 PU, loaded, never done pulse crops. 2012 45â&#x20AC;&#x2122; MacDon flex, used 1 season, double knife, pea auger. Call 306-834-7610, Major, SK.

1993 NH 973 flex, PU reel, 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, good working order, $8900; 1998 NH 973 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, Crary air reel, poly skids, $12,900. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy. 12 North, Steinbach MB. reimerfarmequipment.com Call Gary Reimer, 204-326-7000. JD 843 flex, 8 row, 30â&#x20AC;?, totally reconditioned, mint, $14,500; JD 893 flex, 8 row, 30â&#x20AC;?, field ready, $19,500. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy. 12 North, Steinbach, MB. reimerfarmequipment.com Gary Reimer 204-326-7000. WANT TO SELL 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Honeybee adapter, as new, for Int. 2388 combine, $700 OBO. Call 306-939-4509, Earl Grey, SK. 2006 JD 635F w/wo AWS air reel, $25,000 OBO; 1998 JD 930F w/wo AWS air reel, $16,000 OBO. 306-587-7477, Abbey, SK.

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1993 FLEXI-COIL 65 100’ high profile wheeled, 800 gal. windscreens w/endcaps, chem tank, dual nozzles, foam markers, clean water tank, adj. axles, lug tires, 2 seasons on pump, 1 season on solonoids, $7500. 403-878-6985 cell, Richmound, SK. 2006 TOP AIR TA2400 suspended boom sprayer, 120’ booms, duals, $44,500. 306-981-5489, Prince Albert, SK.

HY-TRUX HIGH clearance sprayer, under 1991 Dodge Ram 250 w/Cummins dsl., 80’ booms, 400 gal. tank, triple nozzle, crop dividers, some work req’d, $10,000. Lampman. SK. 306-487-2712 or 306-487-7966.

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JD 4920, 2005, 1600 hrs, 120’ boom, 1200 gal. SS tank, Autotrac, swath control, Norac, 710/70R42 Michelin and 380/105R50 Firestone tires, $169,900. 519-949-2351, Hensall, ON.

2012 JD 4940, 622/246 engine/spray hrs., fully loaded. 2nd set of wheels and tires 2011 CASE/IH 3230, 4 WD, SS tank, (710’s) avail. 403-892-3303 Carmangay AB 100’ boom, shedded, 0 hrs, 2 sets tires, loaded. 306-764-7760, Prince Albert, SK. 2006 JD 4920, 120’, loaded, exc., hi-flow, 1998 WILLMAR 785 Special Edition, 5.9L eductor, Trac control, Raven powerglide, Cummins engine, 600 gal. SS tank, 90’ ultra-glide, 5-Ways, 380s, 15” spacing, booms, c/w Trimble AutoSteer crop div- $139,500. 204-242-4074, Manitou, MB. ders, 2 sets of tires, 3600 hrs., farmer 2009 CIH 3185 high clearance, 90’, 2 sets o w n e d s i n c e n ew. A s k i n g $ 4 7 , 5 0 0 . of tires, AIM command, inspected, 1452 306-874-7474, Naicam, SK. hrs., $148,000. 306-738-4603, Gray, SK. SPRAYTEST REMOTE BOOM CONTROL Use wireless remote to turn on individual boom sections for nozzle checks. TRIDEKON CROP SAVER, crop dividers. Easy install with plug and play harness to Reduce trampling losses by 80% to 90%. fit your sprayer. Order your SprayTest today. Call Great West Agro, 306-398-8000, Cut Knife, SK. Ph: 306-859-1200 BEHNKE DROP DECK semi style and pintle hitch sprayer trailers. Air ride, spraytest@sasktel.net tandem and tridems. Contact SK: www.spraytest.com 306-398-8000; AB: 403-350-0336. 2013 CASE 4430, loaded, Aim command, 2 sets tires, 361 hrs., $340,000. 306-967-2534, Eatonia, SK. 2009 1286 ROGATOR, 1540 hrs., 1280 gal. tank, 100’ boom, chem. inductor, floodlight kit, Raven Viper Pro, AccuBoom, Smart-Trax, 2 sets of tires, recent dealer winter service, field ready, $210,000. Call 306-722-3894, 306-861-3268, Fillmore, SK

2005 PREDATOR 2010, 103’ conventional and AirBoom, 1000 gal tank, 3-way nozzle bodies, AutoBoom shut-off, GPS EZ-Steer 500, crop dividers, 2 sets tires, 1800 hrs, $110,000. 780-307-5023, Neerlandia, AB. 1999 APACHE 790, 2600 hrs., all new tires, new solution pump, new hydraulic pump, EZ-Steer GPS, always shedded, excellent condition, $70,000. Call 306-642-5632 or 306-536-9811 cell, Assiniboia, SK. NEW 2013 MILLER CONDOR SPRAYER, 120’ booms, 1200 gal. SS tank, 4WD, Raven GPS and boom levelers, loaded, new sprayer at used price, $299,000. Call 208-267-1973, Bonners Ferry, Idaho.

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2010 CASE/IH PH800, c/w TBT 3430 air tank, 70’, double shoot dry, var. rate, like new, low acres, $159,900. 306-749-7731, Birch Hills, SK. fhagmann@sasktel.net 2011 SEED HAWK, 60-10, semi-pneumatic packers c/w 2010 6700 Bourgault tank, D S, c o nveyo r, l ow a c r e s , $ 3 2 5 , 0 0 0 . 204-522-5189, Waskada, MB.

1999 33’ FLEXI-COIL 5000, double shoot, 12” spacing, 3.5” steel packers, 1720 TBH cart, excellent condition, $40,000 OBO. 780-986-3356, Leduc, AB.

’97 AG Shield P/T sprayer, 1,250 gallon 2007 JD 4830, 1000 gal. SS tank, 100’, 2 tank, 100’ boom. $8,800. Trades welcome. Financing available. 1-800-667-4515. sets tires, GPS: 2600 SF1, auto-sect. shutwww.combineworld.com off, exc. cond., 3200 hrs, 2nd owner, loaded, $157,000. 204-355-8305 Ste Anne, MB TRAILTECH SPRAYER TRAILER, pintle 2007 APACHE 1010, 1275 hrs., 103’, Ra- hitch, new paint and tires, $9,000. Call ven Envisio Pro monitor w/hyd. SmarTrax 306-874-7474, Naicam, SK. steering, Phoenix 200 receiver, Raven AccuBoom and Raven AutoBoom, sharp shooter nozzle control, five nozzle body, shedded, well maintained $162,500 OBO. Lumsden, SK. Call Jim 306-530-8433 or email: info@LLseeds.ca for photos 2000 BOURGAULT 5710, 25’, 10” space, single shoot, w/2000 2155 tank. Drill and tank shedded, seeded 400 acres yearly, $34,000. 403-533-3810, Rockyford, AB. WANTED: FLEXI-COIL 6000, 30’ tool bar, prefer 7.5” spacing, SS, in good working condition. 780-205-3322, Lloydminster, SK 2006 K-HART DRILL and 2006 ADX 3430 tank (Flexi-Coil), 60’, 10” spacing. New and rebuilt parts, some new tires for drill also included, $100,000 OBO. 306-463-9229 or 306-460-7426, Eatonia, SK. MORRIS MAXIM II, 2002, 34’, 10” spacing, liquid kit, w/7180 TBT cart, $42,000. Call RJ Sales & Service, 306-338-2541, Wadena, SK. or www.rjsales.ca for info. 2001 39’ FLEXI-COIL 5000, 12” spacing, 2340 TBT tank, var. seed rate, var. flow anhydrous. 306-747-3635, Shellbrook, SK. 2011 AMITY SD50, no till disc drill, MRBs, weight kit, 350 bu. cart, 10” fill auger, liquid fert. var. rate distribution kit. 50’. Used 2 seasons $170,000 OBO. Plentywood, MT.

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WANTED: 5-1/2” RUBBER packers for Flexi-Coil 5000, 9” spacing. Will trade 4-1/2” steel. 403-793-1705, Brooks, AB. 40’ MORRIS MAXIM air drill, 10” spacings, 7240 TBH tank, double shoot, one season on Atom Jet boots, asking $36,000. 306-443-2437, Alida, SK.

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1999 BOURGAULT 5710, 64’, single shoot, 3” rubber packers, w/2003 5350 tank, 3 comp., double fans, hitch for liquid cart, $55,000. 306-243-4242, Macrorie, SK

2008 MILLER A75, full load, 103’ Spray-Air boom, hypro nozzles, 1000 gal., crop dividers, AutoSteer, AutoBoom, AccuBoom, $145,000. 780-674-7944, Barrhead, AB.

2009 JD 4830, 1000 gal., $199,000; 2009 CIH SRX160, 120’, 1600 gallon, $39,900; 2010 CIH 3230, $219,000; 2000 RoGator 1254, 1200 gal., $89,900; Brandt 4000, 100’, 1600 gal., $29,900; 2013 CIH 4430, loaded, $365,000; BG 1450, 100’, 1200 gallon, $5,900; 2004 RoGator 1064, 1000 gal., $117,500; BG 850, 112’, $4,900. Call Hergott Farm Equipment 306-682-2592, Humboldt, SK.

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2003 MORRIS NEVER PIN 34’, 7180, 3 comp. air cart, 10” spacing, side band, low acres, $38,000.780-685-2042 Cleardale AB WANTED: 6450 or 6550 Bourgault air cart w/dual shoot. Must be in good shape. 204-234-5375, Oakburn, MB. 70’ FLEXI-COIL 7500, DS dry c/w 3450 TBT tank, $55,000; 5300 Bourgault air cart TBH, $28,000. 306-247-4818, Scott, SK. 65-10 SEEDMASTER with dual liquid and dry manifolds, active wing brace, Smart hitch, Agtron blockage monitor, JD 1900 air cart TBH dual shoot, asking $130,000. 306-742-5912, 306-742-4772, Churchbridge, SK. ALMER’S NEW TRANSFER tracks, avoid compaction. Call now for spring delivery. Central Alberta Precision Seeding, Shop 403-783-8880, 403-505-9524, Ponoka, AB. 2013 K-HART AIR Drill 66’, 560 bu., SS w/4612 openers, 10” spacing, deluxe packers, 560 bu. Salford w/variable rate, ISO controller and scales. Selling because we a g o i n g t o K - H a r t w i t h M R B ’ s . 306-378-7709 or 306-378-7759, Elrose, SK 1999 FLEXI-COIL 2340 TBH cart w/3rd tank, variable rate, semi hopper, $24,000. 306-587-2764, 306-587-7729, Cabri, SK. 2001 BOURGAULT 54’ 5710 Series II, 9.8” spacing w/newer 3.5” steel packers and MRB’s, NH3 tip, all new main frame tires, c/w 2002 L-5350 Bourgault tank, DS, tank always shedded, $130,000. 306-231-8229, Watson, SK.

2010 P1050 NH 380 bu. air tank, TBH, SS, dual fans, bin level, velocity. Intelliview II monitor, hitch, hoses, shedded; 2002 Case/IH 32-12 Edge-on spring shanks w/Farmland boots, disc closers, shedded. 2001 SEED HAWK 357 Magnum, 40’, 12” spacing, 350 lb. 3rd tank, vg cond, some Call 204-734-2526, Swan River, MB. extra parts. Delivery may be possible. Ask2005 JD 1820 10” spacing, 4” steel packing $65,000 204-785-0457 East Selkirk MB ers, double shoot, w/Bourgault opener, BG 2155H, $2500; BG 2195H, $7900; BG 1920 JD air cart, 430 bu. triple tank, con- 54’ 5710 w/5350, $79,900; BG 5710 74’, veyor, TBH, very clean, $78,000. Call $89,900; BG poly packers, $6900; CIH 780-841-1496, Fort Vermilion, AB. PH800 60’ w/3430 TBT, $179,000; BG 65’ 2011 BOURGAULT 65’ 3310, 10” spacing, 3310 w/6700ST, $329,000; BG 4350, PDM MRB, 2” tips, 4.8” semi-pneumatic packers, auger, $27,500; BG 5710 64’ w/5440, primary blockage, stored inside, mint $110,000; 2013 BG 3320 76’ w/6700ST, cond., $155,000. Contact 306-662-3388, loaded, $415,000; Morris Contour w/8370, 47’, $135,000. Ph Hergott Farm Equipment Maple Creek, SK. 306-682-2592, Humboldt, SK. 1997 BOURGAULT 5710, 60’, 7” spacing, 36’ JD 730 double disc with 1900 TBT SS, speed lock adapters, 3/4” carbide cart, $30,000 or 1900 cart $24,500; JD knives, 3” steel packers w/mud scrapers, 787 TBT cart, $12,500. Can deliver. Macgranular kit, 2004 5350 TBH tank, center Gregor, MB. 204-856-6119, 204-685-2896. tank metering, DS, 2 fans, rear tow hitch, 2005 52’ SEED HAWK, 10” spacing, 1000 $85,000. 306-264-3721, Mankota, SK. gal. on board, newer knives/packers, 2009 55’ MORRIS MAXIM, 10” spacing, blockage 3315 Ezee-On TBT cart, var. rate, 315 bu., monitor, Atom-Jet openers, 7300 TBT $85,000. Stockton, MB. 204-526-5017. tank, exc. cond. Phone: 306-291-9395, or 2008 SEEDMASTER TOOLBAR, 64’ on 12” 306-283-4747, Langham, SK. spacing, c/w Flexi-Coil 3450 var. rate cart, brand new fert. knives, asking $150,000. 306-421-1086, 306-634-9330, Macoun SK MOON HEAVY HAUL pulling air drills/ air seeders, packer bars, Alberta and Sask. 30 years experience. Call Bob Davidson, Drumheller, AB. 403-823-0746.

2009 BOURGAULT 55’ Paralink drill, c/w MRB’s, excellent condition. 306-666-2153 or 306-662-7471, Fox Valley, SK. 2013 JD 1870 Conserva Pak, 57’, c/w full run blockage monitor and 430 JD TBT cart, seeded only 3000 acres, $225,000 OBO. Ph. 780-778-0796, Mayerthorpe, AB. 1997 FLEXI-COIL 5000 w/1995 JD 787 air cart, 170 bu, 33’, 9” spacing, 3.5” steel packers recapped, single shoot, 550 lb. trips, markers, $30,000 OBO. Warner, AB. Call: 403-642-3762.

2013 BOURGAULT 3320 76’ XTC drill with 7950 cart. 4.5” V-style packer, double shoot air kit for mid row shanks, liquid kit for side band with 1” knife, full blockage seed and fert. ISO adapter, X30 monitor, MORRIS MAXIM II, 55’, 10” spacing, 12” auger and bag lift. Call 306-746-7638 w/7300 TBT, 3rd tank, NH3 coulters, for info., Raymore, SK. $79,900. Call for info: RJ Sales & Service, 306-338-2541, www.rjsales.ca Wadena SK 2002 BOURGAULT 5710 drill w/mid-row banders, 54’, 9.8’’ spacing, 3’’ rubber packers, $50,000. 780-678-6054, Daysland, AB. 2007 72’ SEEDMASTER, 12” spacing, semipneumatic tires on shank w/Bourgault 6700 ST cart, dual wheels, conveyor, $230,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equip. Ltd. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 2010 65’ 3310 Bourgault paralink, 12” 2010 40’ Case Precision disk air spacing, mid row shank banding, DS, rear drill w/ matching 3430 tank & liquid fertilizer kit. Field ready w/ warranty. hitch, $157,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm EquipTrades welcome, transportation ment Ltd. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. available. $138,800.00. 1-800-667-4515, MORRIS MAXIM II, 34.5’ air drill, double www.combineworld.com shoot, carbide tips, 7180 tank, excellent 66’ SEEDMASTER, 2009, slim fold, tire in shape w/low acres, asking $39,000. tire, lift hitch, smart hitch, dual caster on 403-647-7827, Foremost, AB. wings and main frame, big floatation tire on main frame, tips are at 50%, with TBH MORRIS MAXIM II, 49’, 10” spacing, DS, 430 JD cart. Cart has duals, conveyor, rear w/7300 TBT, 3rd tank, $64,000. Call RJ hitch. Call Martin at 780-220-8144, Legal, Sales & Service, 306-338-2541, Wadena, SK. or www.rjsales.ca for more info. AB. or email for pics: at cyrmr@telus.net 2001 JD 1920 drill, 41’, 12” spacing, 4” 2012 BOURGAULT 3320 PHD, 60’, 10” steel packers, double shoot, new openers, spacing, 4.5” V-Style packers, MRB-III, 2001 JD 1900 270 air cart, new fertilizer 6550ST tank, X20 monitor, var. rate, 491 meter box. Will take grain on trade. drill control, like new! $339,000. Jordan, 306-831-7782, Harris, SK. anytime 403-627-9300, Pincher Creek, AB. 2010 64’ 5710 Bourgault air drill, MRBII, 2012 SEED HAWK, 80-12 w/sectional 9.8” spacing, dual castor wheels, 3/4” tips, control, conveyor, blockage, 800 bu. triple 6550 ST tank, 591 monitor and deluxe autank, shedded, low acres, $335,000. Call ger, exc. cond., field ready, $220,000 OBO. 306-483-7829, Oxbow, SK. Ph. 780-753-4406, Provost, AB.

2013 BOURGAULT 7200, 84’ heavy harrow, loaded, like new, $46,000. Millhouse Farms Inc. 306-398-4079, Cut Knife, SK. ALMER’S 70’ SUPER 7 harrows. Call now for spring delivery. Central Alberta Precision Seeding, Shop 403-783-8880, 403-505-9524, Ponoka, AB. 2000 BRANDT COMMANDER 5000 50’ h e a v y h a r r o w, l i k e n e w. C o n t a c t 306-488-4683, Penzance, SK. 2002 FLEXI-COIL 3450 TBH, 10” auger w/air seeder hopper, very good condition, 55’ LAURIER HARROW packer bar, P20 double shoot, mechanical drive, rear hitch, packers, $3500 OBO. Call 306-297-7624, Shaunavon, SK. $37,000. Call 780-221-3980, Leduc, AB. DEGELMAN 80’ LANDROLLER, $54,500; 2010 Degelman 82’ heavy harrow, Valmar, $ 4 8 , 5 0 0 ; B r a n d t 7 0 ’ h e av y h a r r ow, BOURGAULT 64’ 5710, MRB’s and 6350 $24,900; 2011 BG 7200 72’ heavy harrow, Bourgault air cart w/in-cab controls. $38,900. Call Hergott Farm Equipment 306-277-4503, Gronlid, SK. 306-682-2592, Humboldt, SK. 2 0 1 1 B O U R G A U LT 3 3 1 0 P H D, S t k # 2009 DEGELMAN LR8080 landroller, 80’, PB2965, DS, MRB II’s, rear duals, couple new condition, used only 6000 acres, walking casters, rear drop hitch, $355,000 $55,000. 306-533-4891, Gray, SK. cash. 1-888-462-3816, www.farmworld.ca BRANDT 7000 HEAVY harrow, 70’, hydraul1999 BOURGAULT 5710 Stk# B21677D, ic tilt, mint condition. Call 306-277-4503, 54’, 9.8” spacing, 3” carbide tips, MRBs, Gronlid, SK. u p d at e d w i d e p i vo t , $ 3 8 , 5 0 0 C a s h . 1-888-442-6084 or www.farmworld.ca BOURGAULT 8810, 52’, 330 trip, 9” spacing, 3/4” carbide knives w/2.5” independent packers and 4 bar harrows and 5350 DS tank, w/wo MRBs. Cudworth, SK. Call Gary 306-256-3510, or cell 306-233-7348. 1999 FLEXI-COIL 2320, double shoot, TBH, excellent condition, $14,900 OBO. HARROWS AND MORE HARROWS: 72’ 306-563-8482, 306-782-2586, Yorkton, SK H H B o u r g a u l t 1 9 9 9 7 2 0 0 Va l m a r, 2004 JOHN DEERE 1820 41’, single shoot $25,500; 84’ HH Bourgault 7200 2005 and w/1910 270 bu. cart, 25,000 acres. 2007 choice, $26,500; 84’ HH Bourgault 7200 2004, $25,000; 84’ HH Bourgault 306-784-2903, Main Center, SK. 7200 2004, $25,000; 72’ HH Degelman BOURGAULT 5350 air tank, dual fans, 3 7000 2004, $24,500; 72’ HH Delmar HH, tanks, Rice tires, 491 HP monitor, 2008 NH $16,500; 60’ gates HH new, $30,000; 72’ ST830 tillage tool, 50’, 12” spacing, 530 gates HH new, $34,500; 84’ gates HH trip, w/Technotill seeding system, unit demo, $37,500; Bergen 72’ HH, $10,000; shedded, sold as unit. Contact Gregoire Delmar mid harrow with air kit, $16,500. S e e d F a r m s L t d . , 3 0 6 - 4 4 5 - 5 5 1 6 o r Selection can’t be beat. Corner Equipment 306-441-7005, North Battleford, SK. 204-483-2774, Carroll, MB. 2011 BOURGAULT 9400 60’ deep tillage NEW AGRI-TECH 45’ land roller, $36,000. cultivator, heavy trips, rear hitch, $78,000. C a l l f o r d e t a i l s 4 0 3 - 3 3 0 - 7 9 8 2 o r A . E . C h i c o i n e F a r m E q u i p m e n t L t d . 403-824-3737, Nobleford, AB. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. BOOKING SPECIALS for all makes of harBOURGAULT 8800 48’ w/front spreader, row tines: mounted, std. drawbars and harrows and poly packers, 4250 dual shoot heavy harrows. Ex: 9/16x26” straight, (Deair cart, asking $35,000. 306-742-5912, gelman, Brandt, Bourgault, Flexi-Coil, RiteWay) 100 or more, $21.95 ea.; 3/8x15” 306-742-4772, Churchbridge, SK. bent, (Rite-Way, Morris, Herman) 100 or 2012 Bourgault 3320QDA Stk# B21999A, more, $8.60 ea. Special ends Feb. 14, single shoot, rear duals, liquid knife, liquid 2014. March delivery. Fouillard Implement VR kit, Edge-on frnt knife holder, $198,000 Ltd., St. Lazare, MB., 204-683-2221. Cash. 1-888-442-6084, www.farmworld.ca FLEXI-COIL 85 HEAVY harrows, 70’, excel1995 BOURGAULT 3195 Stk# HR3113B; lent condition. 403-321-2105, Blackie, AB. trailing mechanical drive, single fan, RTH, $13,300. Call 1-888-446-9572 or visit our FLEXI-COIL SYSTEM 95 harrow packer drawbar, 80’, 5-bar tine harrows, P20 website: www.farmworld.ca packers, $10,000. Rouleau, SK., phone 40’ FLEXI-COIL 400 cultivator, 9” spacing, 306-776-2394, 306-537-0615. knock-on shovels, c/w 1110 air cart, 1998 RITE-WAY 70’ harrow packer bar, $7500 OBO. 306-297-7624, Shaunavon, SK very good condition, low acres, $6500. 2009 JD 1830 40’ c/w 1910 350 bu. cart, 306-963-2722, Imperial, SK. only 6500 acres, like new cond., 3.5’’ split row Dutch openers, Pattison liquid kit, 2009 DEGELMAN 82’ harrows with Valmar, 5/8” tine, 26” length, new hoses, great $105,000. 204-574-6401, Brandon, MB. shape, $48,000. 306-533-4891, Gray, SK. 2010 McFARLEN HARROWS, 16 bar, forward fold, $26,000. Call Central Alberta WANTED: HOE DRILL, JD 930, 30’ to 60’ Precision Seeding, Shop 403-783-8880 or wide in good seeding condition. Call King Ranch 250-827-3901, Montney, BC. 403-505-9524, Ponoka, AB. CASE/IH 3580 TBH tank, 2013, dual shoot, Deluxe auger c/w remote, 3 tank var. rate, Ultrasonic bin level sensors, air velocity meter, rear folding ladder, 3 c o a r s e r o l l e r s , 1 e x t r a fi n e r o l l e r, 800/65R32 front tires, 650/75R32 rear duals. Gord 403-308-1135, Lethbridge, AB. FLEXI-COIL 1720 SEED cart, 18.4x26 rears, 16.5x16.1 fronts. 306-622-2069, WINTER DISCOUNTS on new and used Gull Lake, SK. area. rollers, all sizes. Machinery Dave, Bow IsJD 7200 PLANTER Alpine fertilizer kit, 16 land, AB., 403-545-6340, 403-580-6889. row, 30” spacing, all runs have been tested WANTED: SYSTEM 82 Flexi-Coil or any and maintain 99% accuracy, 1.75 bu. hopharrow bar w/4”x6” frame. 204-655-3458 per, 3 PTH pull. 306-436-7566, Regina, SK. or 204-648-7215, Sifton, MB. 2011 JD 1790 32 row 15” planter, drawbar DEGELMAN STRAWMASTER 7000 harrow hitch, Esets w/corn, sunflower, soybean drawbar, 50’, $22,000. Gerard Zdunich and canola plates, in-furrow fert. $130,000 306-252-2910, 306-241-2839 Kenaston SK OBO. 306-452-7931, Redvers, SK.

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2 4 0 VA L M A R G R A N U L A R ap p l i c at o r, $1700. Phone 306-395-2668 or 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK. JD 750 SEPARATE placement no-till drill c/w grass seed attachment. 100 acres on new discs. 780-842-7981, Wainwright, AB. HAYBUSTER ZERO TILL DRILLS: 107, 147, 1000, 1068, 3107 air drill. Looking for worn down 1000 drill discs. Call Rudy 403-627-5429, Pincher Creek, AB.

KELLO-BILT DISC PARTS: Blades and bearings. Parts to fit most makes and models. 1-888-500-2646, Red Deer, AB. 2011 FENDT 933, GPS, front and rear www.kelloughs.com weights, duals, eng brake, 710/42â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 1130 hrs., warranty till March, 2014. Fendt maintained, $210,000. 806-717-7337, Hartley, Texas. drostland15@gmail.com 2007 CHALLENGER MT865B, 525 HP, Cat C18, 3953 hrs., exc. cond., HD tracks 80%, PTO, big pump, 6 SCVs, RTK GPS and much more. 780-206-1234, Barrhead, AB. 2010 FENDT 712, 900 hrs., 580/42 rear, 540/26 front, 3 PTH, exc. shape, fast, great on fuel, $95,000. Call 403-652-7980, High River, AB. AGROPLOW MODEL 19SAP2H, all options, including tow hitch or 3 PTH, used on 350 acres so like new. Pics available or google DUETZ 9170 MFWD, 5900 hrs., good conthe model no., $38,000 OBO. Bruce at dition and good rubber, $24,000. Call 780-405-8638, Fort Saskatchewan, AB. 780-305-3547, Neerlandia, AB. SALFORD 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; RTS, 2011, $69,500. For m o r e i n fo c a l l R J S a l e s & S e r v i c e , 306-338-2541, Wadena, SK. or 2002 STX 375, Firestone triples, powerwww.rjsales.ca shift, PTO, AutoSteer, shedded, 3100 hrs., SALFORD 50â&#x20AC;&#x2122; RTS, 2011, new bearings $150,000. Rosetown, SK. 306-831-8808. and discs, $88,000. For more info contact RJ Sales & Service, 306-338-2541 at LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We Wadena, SK. or www.rjsales.ca buy 90 and 94 Series Case, 2 WD, FWA tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have KELLO-BILT 8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; to 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122; offset discs w/24â&#x20AC;? 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 . to 36â&#x20AC;? notched blades; Kello-Bilt 24â&#x20AC;&#x2122; to 38â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 306-784-7841, Herbert, SK. tandem wing discs w/26â&#x20AC;? and 28â&#x20AC;? notched blades and oil bath bearings. Red Deer, AB. 1986 CASE/IH 4894, 7100 hrs., asking www.kelloughs.com 1-888-500-2646. $25,000. 306-287-4243 or 306-287-7573, Watson, SK. USED 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; WISHEK disc, 842NT - Serial #670214, $29,500. Located at Flaman in 2000 CASE/IH 9370 powershift, 4534 Nisku, AB. New blades and bearings. Call hrs., 710 metrics (80% plus), N14 Cum1-800-352-6264 or visit: www.flaman.com mins, 400 HP, 60 GPM hyd. MaxFlo, well RT-300 JOKER! 2011, 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; wide, approx. maintained, many new parts, $95,000 3500 acres, asking $69,500. Please Con- OBO. Clifford 780-632-2975, Vegreville, AB tact James 403-312-0776, Calgary, AB. 24â&#x20AC;&#x2122; KELLO-BILT DISCER, $18,000 OBO. 780-888-2245, or 780-888-1217, Hardisty, 1992 CASE/IH 7110 Magnum, 1285 origiAB. nal hrs., 18.4x38 duals, 3 hyd., 18 spd. LEMKEN RUBIN 8 meter 26â&#x20AC;&#x2122; disc, demo power shift, premium condition. Phone: model, as new, $95,000. 204-574-6401, 306-291-9395, 306-283-4747 Langham SK Brandon, MB. 1983 CASE 2294, 2WD, 10,300 hrs., c/w FRIGGSTAD C5 47â&#x20AC;&#x2122; cultivator, mounted 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122; blade, good condition for itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s age, harrows, Beeline chem applicator, nice $14,000. Call 403-740-6316, Castor, AB. shape, $8500. 306-963-2722, Imperial, SK CASE/IH STEIGER built, 4 WD/Quads; MORRIS CONCEPT 2000 DEEP TILLER. Plus other makes and models. Call the New, arrived late. 0 acres. 42â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 12â&#x20AC;? spacing, Tractor Man! Trades welcome. We deliver. 755LH auto trips, 4 bar harrow. Less than Gord 403-308-1135, Lethbridge, AB. new price. 204-825-4465, Crystal City, MB. 2010 CIH 485, 800 duals, PTO, $269,000; 2010 CIH 435 Quad, PTO, $269,000; 2011 CIH 450, 800 duals, $263,000; 2009 CIH 535 Quad, 36â&#x20AC;? tracks, $283,900; 2012 JD 9460R, PTO, $279,000; NH Boomer 3045 COMPLETE SHANK ASSEMBLIES: JD 1610, w/FEL, $31,900; CIH Magnum 210, 3 PTH, $135; JD 610, black, $180; JD 1600, $90; $139,000; CIH Magnum 235, low hrs., Morris 7-series, $135. 306-946-7923, $165,000; 2003 JD 9520, PS, $169,000; 306-946-4923, Young, SK. 1986 CIH 4494, $23,900; 2012 CIH 550Q, PTO, $359,000; 2011 CIH Maxxum 125 2008 6012 SEEDMASTER CT toolbar w/FEL, $97,500; 2004 NH TJ500, PS, w/2004 NH 430 bu. seed tank, $147,500. $175,000; 2009 CIH 535 Quad, 36â&#x20AC;? tracks, Call Central Alberta Precision Seeding $296,000. Call Hergott Farm Equipment 403-505-9524, Ponoka, AB. 306-682-2592, Humboldt, SK. BOOK YOUR RITEWAY landroller for spring delivery. Be ready for seeding. Call Flaman WANTED: CASE/IH 2294 FWA. Also older Case and JD tractors in need of repair. today- 1-888-435-2626. www.flaman.com 306-395-2668, 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK. WANTED: 49 - 2â&#x20AC;? shank mount packers; Selling JD 737 air drill, 31â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, SS, 7.5â&#x20AC;? spac- 2013 CASE/IH 550 HD wheeled tractor, ing w/787 TBH cart 160 bu., $16,500, just 1280 hrs., warranty until Spring 2015, $292,000. Call Terry at 204-746-4131, cart $10,000. 306-867-8477, Outlook, SK. Rosenort, MB. equipmentpeople.com 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; JD 9350 hoe drills w/transport, $2000; 48â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Leon rod wheeler w/harrows, $850; 35â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 1992 CASE/IH 7120 Magnum, 7147 Morris cultivator w/harrows, $1200. hrs, original owner, 20.8x38 singles, 3 hyd., 18 spd. power shift, exc. cond. 306-395-2668, 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK. 306-291-9395, 306-283-4747 Langham SK 2010 JD DB60 PLANTER, 24/47 row, Precision air force, E-sets, 20/20 monitor, WANTED IHC TRACTORS: 1206, 1026, row command, row cleaners, Keaton seed 1456, 826, 4 WDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4166, 4100, 4156, firmers, liquid kit. Call 306-456-2749, 4186. Must have 3 PTH and PTO, running or not. Call 204-665-2461, Melita, MB. 306-861-2013, Oungre, SK. INTERNATIONAL 1086. Call Hodgins Auctioneers Inc., 1-800-667-2075 or visit: www.hodginsauctioneers.com PL#915407

CASE 2594, 3600 hrs., 24 spd., IHC 684 1976 JD 4430 quad, 3 hyds., 85% rubber, c/w FEL, 3 PTH, 2400 hrs., 403-394-4401, excellent. Call 306-744-8113, Yorkton, SK. Lethbridge, AB. 2012 JD 9410R, 1300 hrs., 18 spd., power2003 CASE STX 450, PTO, 16 spd. powershift with efficiency manager, 710x70R42 shift, weights, GPS, 710-42â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 3600 hrs., tires, PTO, warranty. 306-752-1948 or 306-921-6693, Melfort, SK. $158,000. 403-443-1207, Trochu, AB. QUAD TRAC AND PTO, 2006 STX500 HD, 1986 JD 4450, approx. 6200 hrs., factory very nice, 36â&#x20AC;? tacks, 2900 hrs, $209,000. d u a l s , q u a d r a n g e . 3 0 6 - 7 2 6 - 2 1 5 1 , Southey, SK. Located Yorkton. 306-948-7223, Biggar SK WANTED: 1026, 1456 or 826 IH tractors 1998 JOHN DEERE 9400 4 WD, 4370 hrs., any condition. Call 701-240-5737, Minot, 12 spd, weight pkg, 750x65x38 Treleborg dual tires, $109,000 OBO. 403-529-7134, North Dakota. Medicine Hat, AB. CASE 2290â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, rebuilt trans., brand new dually tires, interiors totally redone, exc. STEVEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TRACTOR REBUILDER looking shape, 5500/8000 hrs. Two to choose for JD tractors to rebuild, Series 20s, 30s, from. Call 250-263-5992, Charlie Lake, BC. 40s or 50s, or for parts. Will pay top dollar. selling JD parts. 204-466-2927, 2011 CASE MG340, 1350 hrs., loaded, Now duals front/rear, exc. cond. Tractor will do 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. almost anything you would like! $180,000 OBO. 403-652-7980, High River, AB. 1983 2090 CASE tractor w/1988 Leon 790 FEL, FWA, newer tires, 9500 hrs, 1000 rpm dual PTO, c/w joystick, good cond.., $12,000 OBO. Call RM of Arm River No. 252 office, 306-567-3103, Davidson, SK. 2002 STX 450 quad, power shift, PTO, 7500 hrs., $125,000. 306-831-8963, 2005 JD 6420 MFWD, w/640SL loader, 3 Rosetown, SK. PTH, 2991 hrs, 95 HP, 540/1000 PTO, 3 CASE 4494, 4WD. Call Hodgins Auction- hyds, good rubber, shedded, nice tractor. eers Inc., 1-800-667-2075, PL# 915407, Ph or text 403-741-2099, Stettler, AB. or visit: www.hodginsauctioneers.com JD 7810 MFD, 3 PTH, 740 loader, 5600 hrs., mint. Call 780-990-8412, Cherhill, AB. FOR SALE BY TENDER: 1998 JD 7410 self1997 CAT 75D, 36â&#x20AC;? tracks, 4396 hrs., nice levelling loader, 10,500 hrs., 3 hyds., all condition, $60,000. Call 204-825-8121, new tires May 2012. Equipment sold as is. Highest or any tender not necessarily acMorden, MB. cepted. Tenders close February 11, 2014. 1980 CATERPILLAR D7G Crawler trac- Send tenders to: RM of Auvergne #76, Box tor. Eng. recently overhauled, UC redone 2 60, Ponteix, SK. S0N 1Z0. For more info ph yrs. ago, tracks redone, showing 4965 hrs., John 306-625-7152 or Dale 306-625-7797. all bills of service avail. Reason for selling: Upgrading, $65,000. Call Gilbert for more 4020 JD, SYNCRO range, cab, JD 730 HD FEL, joystick, motor overhauled including info., 204-745-8029, Somerset, MB. injection pump, nozzles, new clutch assembly, steering overhauled, like new rear tires, new batteries, rebuilt 12V starter, 2002 JD 9120 powershift, 1000 PTO, 3 $10,000. 306-774-6300, Herbert, SK. PTH, 900 metric duals, 6065 hrs, $119,000 9630T JOHN DEERE, premium cab and www.reimerfarmequipment.com Reimer lighting pkg., 530 HP, 3500 hrs., tracks at Farm Equipment, Hwy. 12 North, Stein- 8 0 % , g r e at s h ap e , a l w ay s s h e d d e d . bach MB. Gary Reimer at: 204-326-7000. $208,000. Ron 204-941-0045, Rosser, MB. 2007 JD 7520, IVT trans., 741 loader, de- NEW JD 741 front end loader, frames for tachable grapple fork, FWD, 3 PTH, 4400 20/30 Series, $13,900. Reimer Farm hrs, $85,000. 780-853-7205 Vermilion, AB. Equipment, Hwy. 12 North, Steinbach MB. 2004 JD 9420, mint cond., 3150 hrs. Call: Gary Reimer at 204-326-7000. showing, weight pkg., shedded, Greenstar, www.reimerfarmequipment.com GPS ready, bought new, orig. owner. 1976 JD 4430 quad range trans., 18.4x38 306-229-7149, Osler, SK. duals, good running order, $12,900. DIGITAL HOUR METER repair and pro- www.reimerfarmequipment.com Reimer gramming on heavy equip. and farm trac- Farm Equipment, Hwy. 12 North, Steinbach MB. Gary Reimer at: 204-326-7000. tors. 403-809-3903 Prospeedo Calgary, AB 2 0 0 8 J D 9 5 3 0 , 4 W D, 2368 hours, JD 4640, 8965 hrs., quad shift, 20.8x38 800/70Rx38 Firestone duals, Greenstar duals, 8 front weights, excellent condition. ready, instructional seat, vg cond., warran- 306-283-4747, 306-291-9395 Langham SK ty until 2015, $218,500. Kindersley, SK. WANTED: JOHN DEERE 4020 with front 306-463-3023, 306-463-8774. e n d l o a d e r a n d s i d e e n t r a n c e c a b. 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Inc., 1-800-667-2075, PL# 915407, JD 7130, MFWD w/740 Classic loader, eers bale spear, like new, 870 hrs., $92,500. or visit: www.hodginsauctioneers.com Phone 306-726-7455, 403-308-4200. 1976 4630, 6100 original hrs., duals, all new rubber, immaculate. 306-744-8113, 2005 JD 9520, 3700 hrs., powershift, Saltcoats, SK. PTO, 800 duals, weights, serviced, mint, $179,500. 204-574-6401, Wawanesa, MB. JD 3140 w/sound guard cab, AC, quad range, dual hyds., 540/1000 PTO, $15,000 LOOKING FOR: JD 30, 40, 50 Series trac- OBO. 306-743-7622, Langenburg, SK. tor in good cond. with mechanical issues. Call 306-621-7170, Yorkton, SK. 2007 7420 Stk# HN3300A, 6000 hrs, 135 8420T, 2005, 3325 hrs., 24â&#x20AC;? tracks, GPS HP, MFWD, 3 hyd. 3 PTH, dual PTO, c/w ready, 4 remotes, powershift, vg cond. 741 JD loader, bucket, grapple, $69,000. 1-888-446-9572 or www.farmworld.ca 780-954-2005, 780-283-2005,Westlock AB FOR: 4230, 4430, 4240 or 4440, JD 7810; JD 7710; JD 7410. 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8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; LEON 3 point hitch blade, $500 OBO. Call: 306-377-4726, Fiske, SK. 84â&#x20AC;? UNUSED SNOWBEAR quick attach snow blade, electric winch, manual angle, $2500. Call 780-922-3960, Ardrossan, AB. D6R CRAWLER TRACTOR. Call 1-800-667-2075, PL# 915407. Or visit: www.hodginsauctioneers.com WANTED: USED CASE L655 self-levelling loader, to fit MX120. Call 780-967-3634, Onoway, AB. WE SPECIALIZE in manufacturing all kinds of buckets including large snow buckets to fit any loader. Call Reimco Industries, 403-312-4202, Linden, AB. STILL OVER 25 2 WD and 4 WD loaders and crawlers in stock. We have dismantled many units for parts. Large stock of new and used parts. 2 locations, over 60 years in business. Cambrian Equipment Sales, phone 204-667-2867, fax 204-667-2932, Winnipeg, MB. D5H CAT, CAB, winch, 6 way dozer; Steel quonset, in crate, 52â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x35â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x18â&#x20AC;&#x2122;; Ford 5000 dsl w/loader. 306-236-8023, Goodsoil, SK. 18â&#x20AC;? EXTENSIONS FOR Ezee-On bucket; 224.5x32 rims fit high clearance NH PT, 306-463-4866, Kindersley, SK. EZEE-ON LOADER to fit 1100 or 1105 MF t r a c t o r. N o b u c k e t , $ 1 5 0 0 O B O . 306-395-2668, 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK. 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122; REM DOZER with hoses and hydraulic cylinders, off a JD 4440, $1000. Gerald 306-962-4505 or 306-460-8780, Eston, SK

â&#x20AC;&#x2122;09 NH T7040 180HP FWA tractor 3PTH & PTO w/ FEL & grapple, 2,600 hrs. Excellent condition w/ warranty! $104,800. Trades welcome. 1-800-667-4515. Financing available. www.combineworld.com 2013 T9.560, 280 hrs, 800 metric tire, deluxe cab, 6 hyds., tow cable, weights, $330,000; 2013 T9.390, 270 hrs, 480x50â&#x20AC;? row crop tires, PTO, 4 hyds., powershift, tow cable, cloth seat, $280,000; 2012 T7.185 MFWD loader grapple, 460 rear, 420 front 70% tread, weights, CVT trans, 3 h y d s . , 5 4 0 / 1 0 0 0 P TO , 1 2 2 0 h r s . , $100,000. 204-534-7651, Boissevain, MB. 2012 T9.560, Stk# PN2993A, 440 hrs., 500 HP, 4 WD, 16 spd trans, 6 hyd outlets, luxury cab, cold weather start, $347,500. 1-888-462-3816 or www.farmworld.ca 2011 NH T7060, 210 HP, FWA tractor, 3 PTH, 20.8x42 duals, front fenders, 18 spd. p owe r s h i f t t r a n s , S u p e r S t e e r, f r o n t weights, cab susp., sidewinder console, 4 elec. hyd. remotes, Outback AutoSteer, 1183 hrs., exc. cond., $109,500. Reason for selling: buying 4 WD tractor. Somerset MB, 204-825-7160, 204-825-8078.

1998 FORD/NH 9682, 710 rubber, 12 speed, low hours, excellent condition. 306-277-4503, Gronlid, SK. FORD 7700 w/FEL and Ford 7710. Both with cabs, 3 PTHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, good cond., $14,000 to $24,000. Call 204-322-5614, Warren, MB.

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NH 358 MIXMILL w/Forrester auger attachment, not rusted out, excellent shape. 306-291-9395, 306-283-4747 Langham SK 1993 Ford 9880 4WD Tractor 400HP, 7,886 hrs., $48,800.00 as is, or $59,800 with duals + 8 new radial tires. Sold w/ warranty. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New Degelman equipment, land rollers, Strawmaster, rockpickers, rock rakes, dozer blades. Phone 306-957-4403, cell 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK. 1979 FORD FW60, Stock # C22221, 5405 SUNFLOWER HARVEST SYSTEMS. Call hrs., 335 HP, 4 WD, new starter, 20 spd., for literature. 1-800-735-5848. Lucke Mfg., duals, $25,500. 1-888-442-6084, or www.luckemanufacturing.com www.farmworld.ca

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D145 VERSATILE WITH 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Degelman blade, runs good, $6500 firm. Call: 306-397-2599, Meota, SK. VERSATILE 2525, 525 HP, 2 track, air ride, 1400 hrs., $75,000. Call 204-822-3797, Morden, MB. 2002 BUHLER VERSATILE 2270, 4 WD, GPS, 3100 hrs., vg cond., $78,000 OBO. 306-445-5551, North Battleford, SK. ESTATE SALE: 8-row Monosem corn planter c/w liquid fert. kit, $10,000; New 946 VERSATILE, 24.5x32 duals, Atom Jet Idea power unit w/4-row SP corn harvesthyds., Outback Guidance, $53,500 OBO. er, $15,000; 2-row SP corn harvester, 403-823-1894, 403-772-2156, Drumheller. $5000. Dennis 403-308-1400, Taber, AB. 2010 BUHLER VERSATILE 485, 900-42 SOYBEAN SEED TREATER, USC LP2000 duals, 1940 hrs, 4 SCV, 12 spd., $170,000. portable seed treater, c/w seed wheel, Call 204-825-8121, Morden, MB. peat, liquid applicator, spare conveyor 1981 835 VERSATILE, 7100 hrs., asking belts, great cond, used last season, shed$20,000. 306-287-4243 or 306-287-7573, ded. 2000 lbs per min. treating speed, can be used to treat all crops/seed, asking Watson, SK. $55,000. Call 204-746-0391, Arnaud, MB. 2006 VERSATILE 435, 4700 hours, 800 rubber, $129,000 OBO. 306-563-8482, 306-782-2586, Winnipeg, MB. VERSATILE 875 TRACTOR w/duals, 700 hrs on major $19,000 engine overhaul. Re- WANTED: 160 to 200 HP 2 WD tractor, in cent new tires, return line for air drill, field good condition. 306-210-8901, Unity, SK. ready $35,500. 780-307-8571 Westlock AB WANTED: FLEXI-COIL or JD 50-60â&#x20AC;&#x2122; cult.; Also Ford 9030 4 WD tractor in good cond. 306-452-3955, Bellegarde, SK.

2012 T9.670, Stk# HN3227A, 450 hrs., 670 HP, 4 WD, diff. lock, 6 hyd. outlets, high cap. drawbar, lux cab, $345,000. McCORMICK MTX125, 4000 hours, with 1-888-442-3816 or www.farmworld.ca loader and grapple, $65,000. Call RJ Sales & Service, 306-338-2541, Wadena, SK. or www.rjsales.ca for more information. McCORMICK MC120, w/cab and loader, 630 hrs., $84,900. Call RJ Sales & Service, 306-338-2541, Wadena, SK. or www.rjsales.ca for more information. BIG BUD 360/30 powershift, new paint, cab upholstery and 8 new tires. Call 403-504-0468, Medicine Hat, AB. WATCH FOR UPCOMING on-line only auctions. Call 1-800-667-2075, or visit: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;09 NH TV6070 Tractor 105hp, www.hodginsauctioneers.com PL#915407 new tires, loader w/ new bucket, McCORMICK MTX110, with loader, 4850 3,812 hrs., $59,800. Trades welcome hours, $59,000. Call RJ Sales & Service, Financing available. 1-800-667-4515. 3 0 6 - 3 3 8 - 2 5 4 1 , W a d e n a , S K . o r www.combineworld.com www.rjsales.ca for more information.

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CUSTOM BUILD TO OUR PLAN OR YOUR PLAN Delivering homes ON TIME to happy customers in Sask., Alta., and Man. for over 25 years

JOB 1206 1217 1259 1275 1306 1310 1329 1350 1371 1355 1369 1364 1372 1367 1382 1379 1396 1395 1394 1380

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2014

175,000

FOR MORE HOMES AVAILABLE NOW SEE OUR WEBSITE OR CALL FOR DETAILS

HOUSE NAME MT CHAPMAN MT BLANCHARD MT ROBSON MT VANIER MT MICHENER MT FOSTER MT COLUMBIA MT RAE MT FOSTER MT DOUGLAS MT RAE MT ASSINIBOINE MT DOUGLAS MT WHITMORE MT DALHOUSIE MT AVERILL MT AVERILL MT KALLEIGH MT BRETT MT HAYDEN

SQ. FT. 1712 1296 1443 1680 1644 2144 1341 1319 1702 1254 1319 1393 1267 1710 1650 1129 1129 1395 1619 1470

PRICE $189,991 $191,285 $161,715 $222,083 $200,425 $376,264 $152,174 $151,000 $229,528 $142,000 $139,367 $164,432 $140,314 $217,087 $207,516 $125,198 $134,609 $212,911 $208,223 $187,303

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Toll-Free 1-866-933-9595

SASKATCHEWAN

NEW HOME WARRANTY

SALE PRICE $183,143 $175,000 $155,943 $215,363

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NEW WILSON GOOSENECK, FOREMAN & GROUNDLOAD LIVESTOCK TRAILERS On Order & Special Order Available Various Options Available

NEW WILSON DECKS AVAILABLE

NEW MUVALL EQUIPMENT TRAILER HYDRAULIC BEAVER TAILS & HYDRAULIC OR MANUAL DETACH TRAILERS

Various Options Available

Available in 8 ½’ or 10’ Wide On Order – Custom Spec Available

WESTERN CANADA'S ONLY FULL LINE MUV-ALL DEALER

CANADA’S ONLY

NEW WILSON SUPER B, TANDEM & TRIDEM GRAIN 2 & 3 HOPPERS AVAILABLE

FULL LINE WILSON DEALER

Moose Jaw, 877-999-7402

Saskatoon, 866-278-2636

Moose Jaw, 877-999-7402

Brian Griffin, Harvey Van De Sype, John Carle

Bob Fleischhacker | Cell: 306-231-5939

Michael Dueck | 888-395-7667

www.goldenwesttrailer.com

Water Line Tanks

Fertilizer Tanks

10 Year limited warranty 8,400 Imperial gallons - 10,080 U.S. Gallons Reg. $742800

Sale $5600 Made in Canada

270 US GAL. 225 IMP. GAL.

Reg.

Reg. 2200

Sale

265

Reg.

575

Sale

375

Tanks will ﬁt through standard door and are food grade safe with a 10 year limited warranty

1500 US GAL. 1260 IMP. GAL.

• 6’ 8” in height from front to back - Plenty of seating area • 8’ Long - Reflective decals located all around • Three vents - Built in tow hooks and tie downs • Tinted window front and back - Molded runners for easy movement • Lockable heavy duty door- Large built in shelf • 5 fishing holes Optional spring loaded hitch

370

Sale

Large Deluxe Ice Hut

360 US GAL. 300 IMP. GAL.

Reg.

Sale

1700

895

625

Plus a free all-in-one banjo ball valve

plus free shipping or $100 off pick up at factory

Some conditions apply for free shipping

306.253.4343 or 1.800.383.2228 www.hold-onindustries.com While supplies last.

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Sales and Service

Highway 5 East, Wadena, SK

(1991 Ltd.) AIRDRILLS Morris Contour II - 71’, (2013) w/8650 TBT cart, demo ...................................................... CALL Morris Contour I - 71’, (2010) double shoot, w/8370 TBT ............................................ CALL Morris Contour I - 61’, (2008) dbl shoot, w/8370 VR TBH tank ............................... CALL Morris Maxim II - 60’, 10” sp, single shoot, 7300 tank............................................... CALL Morris Maxim II - 55’, 10” sp, w/7300 TBT, 3rd tank,NH3 coulters .............................. $79,900 Morris Maxim II - 49’, 10” sp, DS, w/7300 TBT w/3rd tank ......................................... $64,000 Morris Maxim II, (2002) 34’, 10” sp, liquid kit, w/7180 tow between cart .................. $42,000 Morris Maxim I, 49’, 10” sp, liquid kit, 7300 tank............................................... CALL Morris Maxim 49’AD,10”sp, packers ....... $24,900 SeedMaster (New 2013) TXB-50’, 12” SP .... CALL SeedMaster (2004) TXB - 44’, 10” spacing, DS, dry, 5 plex .......................................... $76,000 Flexi-Coil 7500, 60’ air drill .................... $24,000 Flexi-Coil 5000, 57’, 9.8” sp, DS , w/3450 tank ........................................... CALL Harmon 4480, 44’ AD, DS w/3100 air cart$28,000 Ezee-On 36’ FH cultivator, 8” sp, mtd pkrs, w/4000 TBT cart (240bu) & liquid cart............. $28,000 JD 1820 - 52’, 10” sp, SS, 3” Rbr, w/JD 1910 340 bus VR tank ................................ $70,000

NEW SALFORD RTS VERTICAL TILLAGE • • • • •

60 FT 525 DISC DRILL 50 FT RTS SHD 1-2100 41 FT RTS SHD 1-2100 41 FT RTS HD DEMO 29 FT 5100 DEMO

Salford 50’RTS (2011), new brgs and disks ........................................... $88,000 Salford 40’ RTS (2011) ........................... $69,500 NEW Degelman 7200 rockpicker ............ $27,500 NEW Degelman 82’ heavy harrow ............... CALL NEW Degelman 70’ heavy harrow ............... CALL NEW Rite Way 55’ heavy harrow, hyd tine ............................................. $35,500 Rite Way 90’ heavy harrow, hyd tine ............ CALL Rite Way 78’ heavy harrow, hyd tine, Demo ................................................ $47,500 NEW Kello-bilt 225,16’,w/26”discs.............. CALL Morris 70 ’heavy harrow ........................ $22,500 Morris 50’ heavy harrow ............................. CALL Salford RTS Heavy Duty 41’ (Demo) ........ $88,000 Bourgault 8810, 40’, w/3225 tank.......... $40,000 Bourgault 8810, 52’, liquid kit, Atom Jet openers, w/4350 tank ...................................... $60,000 Bourgault 8800, 28’, harrows, packers, w/2115 tank ...................................... $22,500

USED TRACTORS McCormick MC120, w/cab & loader, 630 hrs .............................................. $84,900 McCormick MTX125 4000 hrs, w/loader & grapple ............................ $65,000 McCormick MTX110, w/loader, 4850 hrs $59,000

AUGERS

CALL CALL CALL $88,000 CALL

306-338-2541 2013 Morris Contour C2,

C2 CONTOUR

MISCELLANEOUS

NEW Buhler Farm King 1385, swing auger ....................................... $21,500 NEW Buhler Farm King 1370 swing auger ....................................... $17,500 Buhler Farm King 1370, 70’ swing auger .. $8,900

Independent Opener Drill

61’ w/8370 XL TBT

$CALL

www.morris-industries.com

THE C2 CONTOUR SHEDS TRASH LIKE NEVER BEFORE The next generation C2 Contour let you cut through trash and makes opener adjustments easier. The independent opener features parallel linkage for ultra-precise seed and fertilizer placement. Adjustable packing pressure lets you pull through damp spots. Opener spacing options are 10” and 12”. At the heart of the C2 Contour’s improved ability to shed trash is the design of the single shank. The reclined 12-degree angle moves trash up and off the shank faster. The distance from the ground level to the catch point has been increased to 21 inches on the C2 Contour, greatly reducing the potential for straw bunching.

Sales and Service (1991 Ltd.) Wadena, SK

306-338-2541

:$51(5 ,1'8675,(6 Trucks & Trailers — New & Used Visit our website: www.warnerindustries.ca — Sales, Parts & Service NEW & USED

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2005 INTERNATIONAL 9400 GRAIN $

75,990

2007 FREIGHTLINER CLASSIC $

35,599

:$51(5 ,1'8675,(6 Moose Jaw, SK: Jct. Hwy #2 & North Service Road Contact Greg Krahn — 306-693-7253

Regina, SK: 330 – 4th Avenue East For New Truck Sales Call 306-359-1930 • For Used Truck Sales Call Chris Beaton 306-359-1930 For New Trailer Sales Contact Danny Tataryn — 306-541-8564

2012 FREIGHTLINER CORONADO $

97,500

DL #913604

Swift Current, SK: #1 Hwy. West, 2525 South Service Road West Contact John Shaver — 306-773-3030

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Choose New Holland T9 Series 4WD tractors, and not only do you get powerful new engines with EcoBlue™ technology to meet stringent Tier 4A emissions standards, you also get the award-winning Sidewinder™ II armrest, the largest cab in the industry and high-performance choices like optional MegaFlow™ hydraulics.You get the power you need with the comfort you want. BEST-IN-CLASS POWER AND PERFORMANCE INDUSTRY-LEADING HYDRAULIC FLOW AND PERFORMANCE BALANCED CHASSIS DELIVERS MORE POWER TO THE WHEELS INDUSTRY-FIRST COMFORT RIDE™ CAB SUSPENSION OPTION INBOARD PLANETARY DRIVE AXLES FOR ADJUSTABLE WHEEL SETTINGS 2 WIDE FRAME MODELS FOR BROAD ACRE WORK 4 STANDARD FRAME MODELS ARE ROW-CROP READY

YOU’LL BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND 670 HORSES THIS WELL TRAINED S/A Payment

7,718 + GST

2012 NEW HOLLAND T7.170

AutoCommand CVT, suspended front axle, 125 HP, 30 mph road speed, 20.8R38 tires, electronic joystick loader ready, PTO engage on rear fender, suspended cab

347,500

2012 NEW HOLLAND T9.560

440 HRS, 500 16 SPEED PS TRANSMISSION, 6 HYDRAULIC OUTLETS, LUXURY CAB, ELECTRIC MIRRORS, COLD WEATHER START

25,500

1979 FORD FW60

5405 HRS, 335 NEW STARTER, 5405 HRS, HEAT, AIR, 4 REM, 20 SPD, DUALS

6,000

S/A Payment

2013 NEW HOLLAND LM5020

75,000

5801 HRS, 150 3 POINT HITCH, POWER SHIFT TRANSMISSION, 3 HYDRAULIC OUTLETS, AIR SEAT

17,600

2005 FLEXI-COIL SF115

120’ WHEEL BOOM, SINGLE NOZZLE BODIES, END BOOM NOZZLES, AUTOFOLD, RINSE TANK, 1250 GAL

7,662 + GST

36,000

17,479 + GST

2013 NEW HOLLAND T9.505

85 HP, 71” total width, 3750 lb lift cap. to full height, 5500 lb max cap., 1750 lift cap. at full reach, 19’ max lift height, aux hyd. on boom, air cond., bucket and pallet forks incl in price

2006 JOHN DEERE 7520

Powershift, 800’s, diff lock, 57 gpm pump, HID lights, full Omnistar Intellisteer, demo use 187 hrs

TRACTORS

13,300

1995 BOURGAULT 3195 TRAILING, MECH DRIVE, SINGLE FAN, REAR TOW HITCH

2 TANK, 300 BU, 23.1X26 REAR RICE LUG, 16.5X16.1 LUG FRONT, 6 RUN, IN CAB RATE ADJUST, $33,000 CASH

54,000

2003 MORRIS MAXIM II 49’, 10 SPACING, LIQUID KIT, 4 STEEL PACKERS, SINGLE SHOOT, C/W 7300 MORRIS TANK

3,783 + GST

2013 NEW HOLLAND L220

12 spd mech controls, enclosed cab and heater, suspension seat, high flow package, 78” low profile bucket w/bolt on cutting edge

2012 NEW HOLLAND T9.670

2008 BOURGAULT 6450

450 HRS, 670 DIFF LOCK, 6 HYD OUTLETS, HIGH CAP DRAW BAR, LUX CAB, MEGA FLOW HYD, MONITOR $ DISPLAY..........................................

3 TANK METERING, STD AUGER WITH LISFELD HOPPER, NH3 LINE, CTM, SINGLE $ FAN, 900 SINGLES ................................

2011 NEW HOLLAND T9050

TRAILING, SINGLE FAN, CTM $ & CRA, RICE TIRES, R.T.H ......................

345,000

1215 HRS, 485 POWERSHIFT / 800 FIRESTONE TIRES, INTELLIVIEW PLUS II WITH OMNISTAR $ UNLOCKED, HID LIGHTING...............

238,000

BOURGAULT 8800

32’ AIR KIT W/ 2130 $ TANK S/N 5030 .....................................

1215 HRS, 485 PWR SHIFT, INTELLIVIEW II PLUS, HID LIGHTS, FULL INTELLISTEER, $ OMNISTAR UNLOCKED ....................

2001 FLEXI-COIL S85

2007 JOHN DEERE 7420

W/HYD TINE ADJUSTMENT, $ 16.5X16.1 CART TIRES..........................

FLEXI-COIL 5000

238,000

6000 HRS, 135 3 HYD, POWER GUARD, 3 PT HITCH, DUAL PTO, CAST REAR WHEELS, C/W 741 JD $ LOADER, BUCKET & GRAPPLE ...............

69,000

1996 NEW HOLLAND 9882

5900 HRS, 425 TIRES 710/70R38 INNER & DUALS, PERFORMANCE MONITOR, $ 12 SPD TRANS ................................

103,000 195,000 10,000

96,900

2012 MORRIS 8370

VR TBH TANK, TOPCON EAGLE MONITOR, 3RD TANK, SINGLE 17 FAN, TOW BEHIND, FIELD HITCH

19,500 39,000 56,000

MISCELLANEOUS

1500 GAL, 90’ BOOM, WINDSCREENS, SINGLE NOZZLE BODIES, WIND CONES, $ FOAM MARKER .....................................

24,500

C/W FL SC380 TANK, MIDROW, SINGLE SHOOT, 3 RUB PACK, NH3, $ VARIABLE RATE .....................................

SPRAYERS

1999 BRANDT QF2000

55,000

57’, 12 SPACING WITH MID ROW SHANKS, 4 OPENERS/PACKERS, DICKIE JOHN NH3, $ LEAD 3450 TANK ..................................

1995 FLEXI-COIL 5000

5,900

2005 JOHN DEERE TRAIL BUCK 650

2008 HLA 3000

96 HYD ANGLING SNOW BLADE, $ WITH FLIP UP END PLATES..........................

www.farmworld.ca

3,500

2005 SUZUKI KINGQUAD 700

4100 HRS, GREEN, WINCH, WINDSHIELD, NEW RUBBER @ 3300 KMS

Paul .................. 306-231-8031 Tyler.................. 306-231-6929 Perry ................. 306-231-3772

4,665 + GST

2013 HONEY BEE SP36

16’ cross auger, hyd header tilt, F/A, CR or CaseIH adapter, transport, UII reel

95,000

1998 BOURGAULT 5710 DOUBLE SHOOT AIR KIT, REAR TOW HITCH, 9.8 SPACING, TANK HAS DUAL FAN, 591 MONITOR, $95,000 IS CASH

125,500

2010 BOURGAULT 3310 PHD 55’, 12 SPACING, DBL WALK CAST, DUAL REAR TIRES, LIQUID KIT, SINGLE SHOOT AIR KIT

38,500

CALL!

SCHULTE BX-62 3PTH SNOWBLOWERS CALL FARM WORLD AT 306-682-9920 ABOUT OUR SPECIAL PRICING!

1999 BOURGAULT 5710 54’, 9.8 SPACING, 3 CARBIDE TIPS, MRBS, UPDATED WIDE PIVOT, $38,500 IS CASH, 330 TRIPS

50,000

1998 MORRIS MAXIM 60’ DRILL, CARBIDE TIPS, REAR TOW HITCH, SS AIR KIT, COMES WITH MORRIS 6300 TBH CART, $50,000 CASH

Hwy. #3, Kinistino Hwy. #5, Humboldt Hwy. #2 South, PA 306-864-3667 306-682-9920 306-922-2525 Bill .................... 306-921-7544 David H ............. 306-921-7896 Jim ................... 306-864-8003 Kelly.................. 306-961-4742

25,000

1996 BOURGAULT 5710 54’, SERIES 20 MRBS, RAVEN NH3 KIT, 3/4 CHROME TIPS, 3 RUBBER PACKERS

198,000

2012 BOURGAULT 3320QDA

SINGLE SHOOT, REAR DUALS, LIQUID KNIFE, LIQUID VR KIT, EDGE ON FRONT KNIFE HOLDER

355,000

4,950

FOR MORE PHOTOS AND DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL OUR USED EQUIPMENT VISIT

S/A Payment

94,000

2005 BOURGAULT 6350

2011 NEW HOLLAND T9050

1200 GAL POLY, 100’ TRUSS BOOM, 1 INLINE FILTERS, FENCE ROW NOZZLES, $ FOAM MARKER ............................... 2001 JOHN DEERE 1900

S/A Payment

SEEDING & TILLAGE

2010 MILLER CONDOR G75

FLEXI-COIL S82

Brent................. 306-232-7810 Aaron ................ 306-960-7429

Sprayer Dept., Kinistino David J. ............ 306-864-7603

2011 BOURGAULT 3310 PHD

DOUBLE SHOOT, MRB IIS, REAR DUALS, DOUBLE WALKING CASTERS, REAR DROP HITCH

56,000

2004 MORRIS MAXIM II 60’, 10 SPACING, ATOM JET OPENERS 4, PACKERS, LIQUID KIT, DRILL ONLY

Check out our website at www.farmworld.ca

THE WESTERN PRODUCER, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014

WANTED: Older and newer tractors, in running condition or for parts. Goods Used Tractor Parts, 1-877-564-8734. WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly tractors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847.

MULCHING - TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner Wo o d P r e s e r ve r s L t d . , a s k fo r R o n 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. HEAVY HITTER POST POUNDER used, good shape, $8500 OBO. Serious inquires only. 587-877-7711, Bowden, AB. SOLIDLOCK AND TREE ISLAND game wire and all accessories for installation. Heights from 26” to 120”. Ideal for elk, deer, bison, sheep, swine, cattle, etc. Tom Jensen ph/fax 306-426-2305, Smeaton, SK.

CLASSIFIED ADS 59

PHIL’S IRRIGATION SALES: Reinke pivots, lateral and minigators, pump and used mainline travelers and pivots. 22 years experience. 306-858-7351, Lucky Lake, SK. www.philsirrigation.ca

1-888-92 0-1507

ELK VALLEY RANCHES, buying all ages of feeder bison. Call Frank 780-846-2980, Kitscoty, AB. or elkvalley@xplornet.com QUALITY BISON for sale, grass fed calves, yearlings, 2 year olds and exposed cows. 250-489-4786 leave msg., Fort Steele, BC.

IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT or move water? 6”-10” pipe, 4 cyl. motor and pump BISON AUCTIONS- Kramer Auctions Ltd on cart, $4500. 403-308-1400, Taber, AB. will be having our New Year’s Bison Auction on Jan. 29 and Sweetheart Bison AucRAIN MAKER IRRIGATION Zimmatic by tion on Feb. 12, 2014. See under Auctions Lindsay pivots/Greenfield mini pivots, K- fo r m o r e d e t a i l s c a l l o r v i s i t u s at Line towable irrigation, spare parts/acces- www.kramerauction.com 1-800-529-9958. sories, new and used equipment. 33 years in business. www.rainmaker-irrigation.com BISON CALVES FOR sale, mixed; Also bred Call 306-867-9606, Outlook, SK. cows for sale. Clairside Bison, 306-383-4094, Clair, SK. 2013 BISON CALVES wanted. Call Ryan at: 306-646-7742 cell, 306-646-4974 home, Fairlight, SK.

FOR SALE: One 3 yr. old bull; three cows; two spring calves; one 2 yr. old heifer. SANCTUARY LANDSCAPE CONSULTATION Make an offer. 306-672-7618, Hazlet, SK. Services. Shelterbelt design, yard/acreage tree planning, 35 years experience. Phone NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for over 15 years, is looking for finished Bison, 306-695-2019, Indian Head, SK. grain or grass fed. “If you have them, we USED BANDIT TREE chippers, 65XL, 24HP want them.” Make your final call with Honda, 6” material, $6900; 95XL, 50HP Ku- Northfork for pricing! Guaranteed prompt bota dsl., 9” material, $22,900. Flaman payment! 514-643-4447, Winnipeg, MB. Sales, Nisku, AB. 1-800-352-6264. SASKOTA NATURAL is looking for finished bison and cull cows. COD, paying GENERATORS: 20 KW to 2000 KW, low market prices. “Producers working with hour diesel and natural gas/ propane units Producers.” 306-231-9110, Quill Lake, SK. Abraham Generator Sales Co. Phone: 701-797-4766 or 701-371-9526, Cooperstown, ND. www.abrahamindustrial.com

Swift Current, Sask.

B R ED C OW & HEIF ER S A L E

Th urs da y, Fe b rua ry 13 , 2014 1 p .m . Com p le te He rd Dis p e rs a l for Ke n Fra ze r, Silton , SK

76 Fa n cy Sim m e n ta l Cow s - In clu d in g 40 - 2n d a n d 3rd Ca lvers Bred S im m en ta l- Bu lls o u tJu n e 23, 2013

Com p le te He rd Dis p e rs a l for Ra ym on d & Lillia n Ch ris tm a n n , Ch a p lin , SK 150 Youn g Ch a r X Cow s - In clu d in g 56 - 2n d a n d 3rd Ca lvers Bu lls o u tJu n e 16, 2013

Com p le te He rd Dis p e rs a l for Dua n e La rs on , Kyle , SK

50 Youn g Re d & Ta n Cow s Bred Red An gu s - Bu ll o u tJu n e 15, 2013

Gle n n ie Bros , Ca rn duff, SK 18 Pure b re d Blk He ife rs A.I.’ed - M a rch 15, 2013

FOR FURTHER INFORM ATION: 3 06 -773 -3 174

TRIMBLE EZ-BOOM SECTIONAL control, works only with Trimble 500 display, $1000 OBO. 306-424-7312, Candiac, SK. CANADA’S EQUIPMENT LEASING EXPERTS

NEW AND USED Outback STS, S3 mapping units. Baseline, AutoSteer and VSI units. Trades welcome. 306-397-2678, Edam, SK BIRCH FIREWOOD, Sold in bags of approx. 1/2 cord, split and seasoned, $200; Pine also avail. in same quantity, $120. 306-763-1943, Prince Albert, SK. BLOCKED AND SPLIT seasoned Spruce firewood. Call V&R Sawing, 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK. 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, 306-862-3086, Nipawin, 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 WWW.NOUTILITYBILLS.COM - Indoor website at www.didsburysprucefarms.com coal, grain, multi-fuel, gas, oil, pellet and propane fired boilers, fireplaces, furnaces and stoves. Outdoor EPA and conventional wood boilers, coal / multi-fuel boilers. Chimney, heat exchangers, parts, piping, pumps, etc. Athabasca, AB, 780-628-4835.

BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Pre- WHOLE HOUSE INSTANT on demand waservers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, ter heater, approved for Canada, only SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer. $689, 4.3 GPM, propane or natural gas. Replace your hot water tank, 780-952-4884, Edmonton, AB. Visit our website: www.shop.firepitfundamentals.ca 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.

H EAVY DU TY

BU RN IN G IN CIN ERATO RS OVER 20 FORKLIFTS in stock, many parted out. Over 75 sets of pallet forks from small to large. Cambrian Equipment Sales, phone 204-667-2867, fax 204-667-2932, Winnipeg, MB.

’00 LULL 644D34 TELEHANDLER, 6,000 lbs., 34’ reach, w/ cab, well maintained, good shape. $26,800. Trades welcome, financing available. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com. FORKLIFTS FOR RENT/SALE: JCB 940, 8000 lbs; JCB 930, 6000 lbs, RT 4x4. Ph. Conquest Equip., 306-483-2500, Oxbow SK

C OM P LETE W ITH : Chim n ey, F ro n tDo o r & Ven tin g. W ire m es h flo o r a p p ro x. 2 ft fro m the b o tto m . S ep a ra te d o o r a t b o tto m fo r ea s y a s h rem o va l. Ho o ks fo r ea s y u n lo a d in g. Ap p ro x. 5-6 ftta ll. W eight: a p p ro x. 1600 lb s ea ch.

W ILL LAST A LIFETIM E

BISON WANTED - Canadian Prairie Bison is looking to contract grain finished bison for growing markets. Roger Provencher at 306-468-2316. roger@cdnbison.com HERD DISPERSAL, 40 exposed cows, 30 two and three year old heifers, 35 calves, 3 bulls. Call 250-785-4674 , Fort St John, BC NILSSON BROS. INC. buying finished bison on the rail at Lacombe, AB for Feb delivery and beyond. Fair, competitive and assured payment. Richard Bintner 306-873-3184. 12- MATURE PURE PLAINS bred bison cows, $1300 each. MFL Ranches, 403-747-2500, Alix, AB. YOUR PICK: 2011 bred heifers. One to 150 head. Contact Bruce 403-651-7972, Youngstown, AB. 15- 2011 BRED Plains Bison heifers, pasture raised, preg checked Oct. 22, 2013, $2200/ea. 250-782-0124, Tomslake, BC.

$1,600 each

WANTED TO PURCHASE cull bison bulls and cows for slaughter. Oak Ridge Meats 204-835-2365 204-476-0147 McCreary MB

Ava ila b le in Ca m ro s e AB a n d S a s ka to o n S K C a ll: (306) 95 5 -3091 o r e m a il: a w pipe @ s a s kte l.n e t

PREMIUM BREEDING STOCK, $1500 to $2000/head. Dr. Marshall Patterson, 306-475-2232, Moose Jaw, SK.

60- 2011 WOOD cross bison heifers. ExDRILL STEM PIPE: 2-7/8” $35 each, posed to Wood cross bison bulls pur2-3/8” $37 ea. 30’ pieces. Sucker rod also. chased at 2012 MGM Grand Genetics Sale. Call Justin 306-621-0487, Yorkton, SK. $2500. Derrick 306-441-5209, Meota, SK.

BISON AUCTIONS WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29 - NEW YEAR’S BISON AUCTION sBe sure to attend! We have over 330 head of bison consigned from some top quality producers sUp for bids are a good selection of Wood X & Plains calves, yearlings, bred heifers, exposed cows, young bulls and butcher stock

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 12 - SWEETHEART BISON AUCTION 2008 GRADALL/JLG TELEHANDLER 534D9 DSL, 4WD, 9000 lbs, c/w heated cab, 45’ reach w/auxiliary hydraulic lines to articulating swing carriage c/w adjustable HD forks, full block heater, hydraulic tank heater, 1800 hrs, $89,000. 403-580-0649, Medicine Hat, AB.

NEW AND USED generators, all sizes from 5 kw to 3000 kw, gas, LPG or diesel. Phone for availability and prices. Many used in stock. 204-643-5441, Fraserwood, MB. DIESEL GENSET SALES AND SERVICE, 12 to 300 KW, lots of units in stock, used and new, Perkins, John Deere, Deutz. We also build custom gensets. We currently have special pricing on new John Deere units. Call for pricing 204-792-7471. 1999 CUMMINS LTA10-G1 Standby gen plant, 280 hrs, 250 KW, single and/or 3 phase, 120/240 volt, c/w 1000 amp, 3 phase robonic transfer switch, very nice shape! $16,000. Call Jordan anytime 403-627-9300, Pincher Creek, AB.

sMark this date on your calendar! Over 350 head of bison already consigned sThis auction will feature top notch genetics of Registered Canadian Wood Bison from the LIVING LEGENDS Consignors: BEAVER CREEK WOOD BISON RANCH, PROVIDENCE WOOD BISON, RIOELTA BISON RANCH sAuction also includes +/-175 head of bison from ELK ISLAND NATIONAL PARK sWe have many other producers also included in this auction with excellent Wood X and Plains Bison

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BRED HEIFERS: Bred to easy calving Angus bulls. Start calving April 1st. 306-287-3900 or 306-287-8006, Engelfeld, SK. SELLING: BLACK ANGUS bulls. Wayside Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK.

NORDAL LIMOUSIN AND ANGUS Bull Sale, Thursday February 20, 2014. Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon, SK. Selling: 50 Red and Black Angus 2 yr.old bulls. Rob Garner, Simpson, SK. 306-946-7946. Catalogue at: nordallimousin.com PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling bulls, replacement heifers, AI service. Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. 33rd ANNUAL EARLY Sunset Ranch Bull and Female Sale on Friday, February 28, 2014 at 1:30 PM at the farm near Edam, SK. “Only the good ones sell.” Offering: 62 lots, 23 Angus yearling bulls, 14 Simmental yearling bulls, 11 Angus yearling heifers, 14 Simm. yearling heifers. Contacts: Jim and Peggy Grant 306-441-3590, Rob Holowaychuk, OBI 780-916-2628. View www.cattlemanagement.ca for catalogue. Online bidding with DLMS. 43 BLACK ANGUS cross one iron bred heifers, calving April/May, $1300. 39 Black Angus cross one iron breeding heifers, $900. 204-981-6953, Oak Bluff, MB. YOU ARE INVITED to Carlrams 5th Annual Bull Sale, Friday, Feb. 7th 5 miles North of Cut Knife, SK. Come for dinner. Sales start at 2:00 PM. 14 Super Angus Bulls, from RNR Flicek. Bred right and fed right. Call Rick or Ruby 306-823-3933, or Larry 306-823-3957. Bid or watch on dlms.ca Catalogues online at: buyagro.com

OLE FARMS 9TH Annual Family Day Sale: 170 top Red and Black Angus 2 yr. old bulls, 180 commercial Black Angus bred heifers. Monday, February 17, 2014, 1:00 PM at the farm. Athabasca, AB. Phone: BRED HEIFERS, PB Black Angus, calving MADER RANCHES, Pearson Simmen- 780-675-4664. www.olefarms.com April/May, papers available. Call Everblack tals and Diamond T Cattle Co. 25th Angus, Ernest Gibson, Vermilion, AB. Annual Bull Power Sale, Friday, Feb. 780-853-2422. 14, 2014, On the Farm. 1 PM Sale Time. 90 Polled, Red and Black Simmental, Salers, and Angus bulls. Also 19TH ANNUAL Cattleman’s Connection 10 Simmental heifers. Easy calving bulls Bull Sale, March 7, 2014, 1 PM Heartland for heifers, high performance bulls for Livestock, Brandon, MB. Selling 100 yearcows, 85 lb. average birthweight, gaining ling Black Angus bulls. For catalogue or almost 4 lbs per day. Free wintering until more info. call Brookmore Angus, Jack April 1st, delivery assistance, 2/3 down Hart, 204-476-2607 or 204-476-6696, option. You can watch and bid online at: email brookmoreangus@gmail.com Guest www.liveauctions.tv Free catalogue or consignor, HBH Farms manager, Barb Airey view at: www.maderranches.com Ryley 204-566-2134 or 204-761-1851, email rbairey@hotmail.com Sales Management 403-337-4014, Carstairs, AB. Doug Henderson 403-350-8541 or RANCH READY BULL SALE on March 20, 403-782-3888. 1:00 PM at Heartland, Swift Current, SK. ISLA BANK ANGUS CONSIGNING TO 23 tanky 2 yr. old Angus bulls from Bar CR Ward’s Red Angus and Guests Bull Angus and 30 Hereford bulls from Braun Sale, Sat. March 1, 2:00 PM, Saskatoon Ranch. Catalogue at www.braunranch.com Livestock Sales. Selling 50 pasture two Contact Linda Froehlich 306-221-4088, year olds, super long yearlings and top cut caledonian@sasktel.net yearlings. As well as 50 open commercial BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, seheifers. Wintering and volume discounts men tested, guaranteed breeders, delivery available. For a catalogue or info. contact available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Iain 306-280-4840 or T Bar C Cattle Co Englefeld, SK. skinnerfarmsangus.com 306-220-5006. View the Catalogue online LAZY S BULL POWER 2014, January 25, at www.buyagro.com PL #116061. GLENNIE BROS. 18 reg. bred heifers, sell at the ranch, Mayerthorpe, AB. 200 plus at Heartland, Swift Current, Feb. 13. AI’d polled red and black Simmental, Angus 20 TOP BRED Black Angus heifers for sale. to Krugerrand 410H and Cedar Ridge to and Beefmaker (Sim/Angus) bulls. Call Spruce Acres, 306-272-3997, Foam Lake, start calving March 15. Cattle located in 780-785-3136, text 780-674-1048. Video SK. Carnduff, SK. Call Wes at: 403-862-7578. online in January www.lazysranch.ca BLACK AND RED ANGUS bulls on moderate growing ration, performance information MJT Cattle Co. Ltd. available. Adrian or Brian Edwards, Valley- 90 YEARLING AND 2 year old Red Angus hills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. 306-342-4407. bulls. Guaranteed semen tested and delivM ick & D eb Trefiak ered in spring. Bob Jensen 306-967-2770, Leader, SK. 2 0th Annua l

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JOHNSTON/FERTILE VALLEY Black Angus Bull Sale, Friday, April 11 at 1:00 PM, C.S.T. at Saskatoon Livestock Sales. 90 thick, easy fleshing bulls, sired by the leading AI sires in the industry including: Special Focus, Excitement, Imprint, Consensus, Hoover Dam, EXAR 263C, SAV Mustang, Impression, SAV Brand Name and Stiz Upward. Many of these bulls are suitable for heifers. All bulls are semen tested with complete performance and carcass information available. Deferred payment program with 60% sale day, 40% interest free, due Dec. 01, 2014. Dennis and David Johnston, 306-856-4726, or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-933-4200. Call for a catalogue or view on our website at: www.johnstonfertilevalley.com

DOUBLE BAR D FARMS BEST OF BOTH Worlds Annual Bull and Female Sale, Saturday, February 15 at the farm, 1:00 PM, Grenfell, SK. Offering 200 head of Simmental and Red Angus bulls and females. Ken 306-697-7204, 306-697-2474, Brian 306-451-7205. View catalogue at www.doublebardfarms.com 17 REGISTERED RED Angus open heifers, excellent brood cow prospects. Call Little de Ranch, 306-845-2406, Turtleford, SK. SOUTH VIEW RANCH has Red and Black Angus coming 2 yr. old bulls. Shane at: 306-869-8074, 306-454-2688, Ceylon, SK. BRED HEIFERS: Bred to easy calving Angus bulls. Start calving April 1st. 306-287-3900 or 306-287-8006, Engelfeld, SK. RARE OFFERING. PACKAGE of 2 bred heifers and 3 open yearling heifers out of our “Lassie” cow family. No other cow has influenced our herd as much as Red KBJ Lassie 836F (daughter of KBJ Round Lassie 18T) $12,999. B-elle Red Angus, 306-845-2557, Turtleford, SK. Email: evandglen@littleloon.ca

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BANNERLANE HORNED HEREFORDS Annual Sale, Tues., Feb. 4, 2014, 2:00 PM CST (1 PM MST) at the farm, Livelong, SK. On offer: 60 head: 26 coming 2 yr. old bulls, semen tested; 18 bred commercial heifers; 5 bred reg. heifers, preg checked; 1 reg. heifer calf; 10 BBF open heifers. Lunch at noon. Central point free delivery. bannerlane@littleloon.ca Rob Bannerman, 306-845-2764. View at: www.hereford.ca

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RAWES RANCHES LTD. 31st Annual Performance Tested Charolais Bull Sale, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, 1:00 PM at the ranch, Strome, AB. On offer: 132 two year olds. Calving ease, performance, longevity. All built into one superior package! Bull videos and catalogue online at: www.rawesranches.com Call Philip at 780-376-2241 for more info. CREEK’S EDGE LAND and Cattle Purebred Charolais Bulls for sale off farm. Our largest selection yet. 20 two year olds and 40 yearlings. Thick, hairy, good feet, and quiet. Call Stephen 306-279-2033, cell 306-279-7709, Yellow Creek, SK. Website www.creeksedgecharolais.ca to learn more about our program. CHAROLAIS BULLS for sale, yearlings and 2 year olds. Wintering available. 780-582-2254, Forestburg, AB. REG. CHAROLAIS BULLS, 2 year olds and yearlings, polled and horned, some red, quiet, hand fed. 40 plus bulls available at the ranch. Call Wilf, Cougar Hill Ranch, 306-728-2800, 306-730-8722, Melville, SK

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50 PUREBRED CHAROLAIS cows, white and red factor; also yearling and 2 yr. old Charolais bulls. Creedence Charolais Ranch, Ervin Zayak, Derwent, AB. 780-741-3868 or cell, 780-853-0708.

KENRAY RANCH OPEN HOUSE, Feb. 22 on offer 35 yearling and 5 two year old Red Angus bulls. Sheldon 306-452-7545, Redvers, SK. www.kenrayranch.com OVER 20 YEARS of raising and selling sound quality Registered yearling bulls. Natural and AI sires. Calving ease, solid feet, thick hair coats. Vet inspected, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. B-elle Red Angus. Glen and Evelyn Bloom, 306-845-2557, Turtleford, SK. E-mail: evandglen@littleloon.ca

PUREBRED DEXTER HERD: Selling herd of approx. 20 Dexter cows and heifers. Exposed to Reg. Polled bull, due to calf early spring. Ages range from 1-9 yrs. old. Asking $775 OBO for bred horned; $875 OBO for Polled; 3 year old Reg. polled bull $1800 OBO; 2 non Reg. 2 yr. old polled bulls $1400/ea. OBO. Would consider package deal. 306-287-3181, Watson, SK. 40 OLDER COWS bred Angus/Shorthorn; 30 2nd/3rd calvers bred Dexter; 25 heifers bred Dexter; Dexter bull and heifer calves. 403-845-5763, Rocky Mountain House, AB.

GENUINE GENETICS GALLOWAY Internet Bull Sale, March 6 - 10th, 2014. Contact Russell at 403-749-2780. Visit website: www.bigdealgalloways.com NORDAL LIMOUSIN AND ANGUS Bull Sale, Thursday February 20, 2014. Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon, SK. Selling: 50 Red and Black Angus 2 yr.old bulls. Rob Garner, Simpson, SK. 306-946-7946. Catalogue at: nordallimousin.com RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders, delivery available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. skinnerfarmsangus.com WARD’S RED ANGUS AND GUESTS Bull Sale Sat. March 1, 2:00 PM, Saskatoon Livestock Sales. Selling 50 pasture two year olds, super long yearlings and top cut yearlings. As well as 50 open commercial heifers. Wintering and volume discounts available. For a catalogue or info. contact Clarke 306-931-3824 or T Bar C Cattle Co 306-220-5006. View the Catalogue online at www.buyagro.com PL #116061.

DAVIDSON GELBVIEH/ LONESOME DOVE RANCH 25th Anniversary Bull Sale Saturday March 1, 2014 at Our Bull Yards (heated facility), Ponteix, SK. Dinner at 11:00 AM, Sale at 1:00 PM. Selling 85+ stout, semen and performance tested, easy fleshing purebred bulls both Red and Black. View the bull sale video at our websites or for online bidding access, register 2 days prior to the sale at www.DLMS.ca Presale viewing all day Friday, Feb. 28th. Call us anytime for catalogue or further info Davidson Gelbvieh Vernon and Eileen Davidson 306-625-3755, 306-625-7863, 306-625-7864 www.davidsongelbvieh.com or email davidsongelbvieh@sasktel.net Lonesome Dove Ranch Ross and Tara Davidson and Family, phone 306-625-3513, 306-625-7045, 306-625-7345. Website: www.davidsonlonesomedoveranch.com SELECT NOW. Get later. Superior quality. lonesomedoveranch@sasktel.net For sale. DKF Red and Black Angus bulls at: DKF RANCH, Anytime, Gladmar, SK. PUREBRED GELBVIEH HERD dispersal. Will Agent for: Solar and Wind Water Systems sell whole herd or packages. All dark red in and Allen Leigh Calving Cameras. Dwayne color. Due to start calving Feb. 18th, 2014. Hanna, AB. 403-854-2474 for more info. or Scott Fettes, 306-969-4506. For pics: www.whiskeycreekranches.com REGISTERED 2 YEAR OLD BULL. Used sparingly last summer. Sound, quality bull. BECK McCOY BULL SALE, Sat., Feb. 22, B-elle Red Angus, 306-845-2557, Turtle- 2014 at 1 PM, Optimum Genetics, Regina, ford, SK. Email: evandglen@littleloon.ca SK. 100 CHAROLAIS, HEREFORD and 2 YEAR OLD and yearling Red Angus Bulls, G E L B V I E H B U L L S o n o f fe r. Wa d e calving ease, semen tested. Little de 306-436-4564 or Chad 306-436-2086. Catalogue online at www.mccoycattle.com Ranch, 306-845-2406, Turtleford, SK. 20 TOP BRED RED Angus heifers for sale. SASKATOON GELBVIEH BULL and FeSpruce Acres, 306-272-3997, Foam Lake, male SALE: March 22, 2013, Saskatoon, S K . To r e q u e s t a c a t a l o g u e c a l l SK. 306-865-2929, www.gelbviehworld.com 2 YEAR OLD RED ANGUS BULLS. Easy calving, high performance and structurally REG. AND COMMERCIAL Gelbvieh cows, sound. Semen tested and guaranteed. De- vet checked, safe in calf. Chad at McCoy livery available and can keep until spring. Cattle Co., Milestone, SK. 306-436-2086. Prices $3500 and up. Bulls are ranch raised and come from a working cowherd. Call TWIN BRIDGE FARMS 3rd Gelbvieh Rock Creek Ranching, Jordan Newhouse Bull and Female Sale, Monday, March 17, 2014, 1 PM at the Silver Sage Commu306-276-2025, White Fox, SK. nity Corral, Brooks, AB. Selling 40 yearling Gelbvieh Bulls and a select group of open Purebred heifers. Red and black genetics BECK McCOY BULL SALE, Sat., Feb. 22, on offer. Guest Consignors Carlson Cattle 2014 at 1 PM, Optimum Genetics, Regina, Company and Keriness Cattle Co. For info. SK. 100 CHAROLAIS, HEREFORD and contact: Ron and Carol Birch and family G E L B V I E H B U L L S o n o f fe r. Wa d e 403-792-2123 or 403-485-5518 or Don 306-436-4564 or Chad 306-436-2086. Savage Auctions 403-948-3520. Catalogue online at: www.donsavageauctions.com Catalogue online at www.mccoycattle.com REGISTERED POLLED YEARLING bulls, performance and semen tested. Guaranteed breeders. Will keep until May. $2200-2500. Charrow Charolais, Marshall, SK. 306-387-8011 or 780-872-1966. 12 REGISTERED WHITE CHAROLAIS heifers bred to easy calving Kaboom Son for sale. Call 306-492-4634, Dundurn, SK.

BECK McCOY BULL SALE, Sat., Feb. 22, 2014 at 1 PM, Optimum Genetics, Regina, SK. 100 CHAROLAIS, HEREFORD and G E L B V I E H B U L L S o n o f fe r. Wa d e 306-436-4564 or Chad 306-436-2086. Catalogue online at www.mccoycattle.com

BENDER SHORTHORNS and Star P Farms will be selling 40 Shorthorn bulls, 2 yr. olds and yearlings, also replacement heifers, Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 1:00PM, at the East Central Bull Power Sale at Yorkton, SK., Exhibition Grounds. Internet bidding DLMS: www.dlms.ca Call Ryan 306-748-2876 or 306-728-8613, Neudorf, SK. Rayleen 306-682-3692, Humboldt, SK. website: www.bendershorthorns.com SHORTHORNS FOR ALL the right reasons. RANCH READY BULL SALE on March 20, Check out why and who at website 1:00 PM, Heartland, Swift Current, SK. 30 www.saskshorthorns.com Secretary soggy, stout, Hereford bulls from Braun 306-577-4664, Carlyle, SK. Ranch and 23 Elite 2 yr. old Angus bulls 5th ANNUAL BATTLE RIVER SHORTfrom Bar CR Angus. Catalogue online at HORN BULL & FEMALE SALE, Saturday, www.braunranch.com Contact Craig Braun March 8th, 2014, Ponoka, AB. Selling a top at 306-297-2132. selection of 2 year old and yearling ShortMISTY VALLEY FARMS 38th Annual horn bulls and a select group of open yearProduction Sale of Horned Herefords, ling heifers. For info. contact Ken Hehr Wednesday, February 5th, 2014 at the 403-783-4350, Kirk Seaborn 403-729-2267 ranch, 1:00 PM MST. On offer: 50 coming or Don Savage Auctions 403-948-3520. 2 yr. old bulls; 35 bred registered heifers; Catalogue www.donsavageauctions.com 60 bred commercial Hereford heifers; 8 SELLING GLENFORD Just Right 4W grand open heifer calves. Bulls semen tested. champion at Agribition 2010. Bender Heifers preg. tested. Misty Valley Farms, Shorthorns 306-748-2876, Neudorf, SK. RR #1, Maidstone, SK., S0M 1M0. Harold Oddan 306-893-2783; Maurice Oddan 306-893-2737. DOUBLE BAR D FARMS BEST OF BOTH Worlds Annual Bull and Female Sale, Saturday, February 15 at the farm, 1:00 PM, Grenfell, SK. Offering 200 head of Simmental and Red Angus bulls and females. Ken 306-697-7204, 306-697-2474, Brian 306-451-7205. View catalogue at www.doublebardfarms.com 20 YOUNG RED AND BLACK Registered Simmental cows, to calve Jan/Feb. Pairs also available. For info. and pricing call SQUARE D BULLS for sale: over 60 to 306-736-7877, Windthorst, SK. choose from, spring and fall yearlings and two year-olds, performance and semen BONCHUK FARMS ANNUAL Bull Sale ,on tested, halter broke and quiet, kept until February 16th at 1:00PM, Heartland LiveJune 1. Delivered. 306-538-4556, Lang- stock in Virden, MB. On offer: 70 Reds, bank, SK. View videos and pictures at: Blacks and Fullblood yearling and 2 year old Simmental bulls. For more information www.square-dpolledherefords.com call Dave at 204-773-0467. View the cata15TH ANNUAL MID-WEST Horned Here- logue online: www.bonchukfarms.com ford Sale, Thursday, Feb 6, 2014. Lloydminster Exhibition Grounds, Lloydminster, 20 PUREBRED SIMMENTAL and SimmenSK, at 1:00 PM MST. On offer: 41 two yr. tal/Angus open cross heifers. Call Curtis old bulls; 2 purebred heifers; 25 bred com- Mattson, 306-944-4220, Meacham, SK. mercial heifers; 5 Black Baldy heifer calves. 1ST ANNUAL YOUNG GUNS and Guests For catalogues or more info: Lanni Bristow Simmental Bull Sale, Feb. 12, 1:00 PM, 7 8 0 - 9 4 3 - 2 2 3 6 , o r To d d B y g r o v e Wainwright, AB, Equine Centre. Offering 3 0 6 - 8 2 5 - 3 5 7 7 , o r D a v i d M i t c h e l l 60 Full Fleckvieh and Purebred yearling 306-893-2838. and 2 year old Simmental bulls. For catalogue or for more info call Winston Ford 780-842-9623, Greg Arneson 7 8 0 - 7 5 5 - 2 4 6 8 , M a r k Tr a b y s h 780-208-2375 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-220-5006. View the catalogue online YOU ARE INVITED to Carlrams 5th Annual at www.buyagro.com Bull Sale, Friday, Feb. 7th 5 miles North of Cut Knife, SK. Come for dinner. Sales start at 2 PM. 35 Hereford bulls from Carl and Cal Ramsay and Robin and Randy Flicek. SPECKLE PARK AND Polled Hereford yearBig thick bulls, lots of hair, not over fed ling and two year old bulls, low BW, high and guaranteed. Carl 306-398-7879, performance, semen tested, delivered. R a n dy o r R o b i n 3 0 6 - 8 2 3 - 3 9 1 2 , C a l Johner Stock Farm, David: 306-893-2714, 306-398-7343. Sale on dlms.ca Catalogues or Justin: 306-893-2667, Maidstone, SK. online at: buyagro.com

COMPLETE DISPERSAL of 25 Lowline Angus cross cows bred Red Angus. Very efficient and hardy cattle. Bull out March RANCH ROPING CLINIC with Canadian 2 0 t h . $ 8 0 0 - $ 1 1 0 0 y o u r p i c k . C a l l Champion Scott Sapergia, Feb. 8 and 9th. Email beavercreekranch.ca@gmail.com or 306-322-7789, Spalding, SK. call 306-731-2943, Lumsden, SK. GOOD BRED SIMMENTAL cross cows for sale. Call 306-984-4606, Leoville, SK. BRED COWS BRED Black or Red Angus and Charolais. Pick from 300. Start calving March/April. Cochin, SK., phone 306-386-2213 or 306-386-2490. 150 QUALITY RANCH raised Red and Black Angus heifers, bred to the same bull out May 20th. You pick $1450, gate, $1400. 403-308-4200, Arrowwood, AB.

200 GOOD BLACK Angus Bred Heifers. All one herd, home raised, preg. checked, SADDLE & HARNESS MAKING SCHOOL calving in May and Ivomeced, $1400. Call Phone: 780-576-2756, Newbrook, AB. Bernard 306-984-7272, Spiritwood, SK. www.rodssaddlemakingschool.com Email for photos: tetrb@hotmail.com 450 AGE VERIFIED cows, 1 owner, 2/3rds black, 1/3 red, bred for May 1st calving. $1300/ea. 204-522-5428, Deloraine, MB. BRED HEIFERS, black and BWF, and Red SHEEP AND GOAT SALE, Sat., Feb. 15, Angus cross heifers, bred Black Angus, due 1:00 PM, Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw. Accepting all classes of sheep and Apr. 1st calving. 306-493-2969, Delisle, SK goats. Sheep ID tags and pre-booking 80 SIMMENTAL and Simmental Red Angus mandatory. www.johnstoneauction.ca cross, start calving March 1, bred Simm. or 306-693-4715, Moose Jaw SK. PL#914447 Red Angus. Will keep until February 15. Call 306-762-4723, Odessa, SK. 150 SIMMENTAL ANGUS cross cows, start calving April 1st, $1300 take all, $1400 6 0 0 S H E E P, 3 0 0 R a m b i o u l l e t ewe s , $225/ea. Award winning wool. 300 Rambiyou pick. 780-774-2287, Woking, AB. oullet/Suffolk lambs, $130/ea. AverageRED SIMMENTAL CROSS HEIFERS, weight 75-80 lbs. 250-457-1199, Clinton, Bodybuilder bloodlines, bred to 6 Mile BC. www.outlawmeats.com bulls. Exposed June 1 to August 1st. Home SUNGOLD SPECIALTY MEATS. We want raised. Fir Mountain, SK., phone Kai your lambs. Have you got finished (fat) 306-266-4505 or Kim 306-266-4848. lambs or feeder lambs for sale? Call TOP QUALITY home grown bred heifers. Dwayne at: 403-894-4388 or Cathy at: 30 Red Angus cross, 9 Hereford and 11 1-800-363-6602 for terms and pricing. Black Angus cross. Bred to calving ease www.sungoldmeats.com Black Angus bulls. Preg. checked, mid 12 NORTH COUNTRY Cheviot ewe lambs March calving start. Up-to-date vaccina- and 5 Suffolk ewe lambs. To lamb mid tions and Ivomeced. Winston or Meggan April. 306-648-3568, Gravelbourg, SK. Hougham 306-344-4913, Frenchman Butte, SK. magnumranching@gmail.com BLACK, RED AND BALDIE Angus bred h e i fe r s fo r s a l e , g o o d q u a l i t y. C a l l 306-466-4428, Leask, SK. SHEEP DEVELOPMENT BOARD offers HERD DISPERSAL: 85 young Charolais extension, marketing services and a full cross cows bred Char and red Simm, l i n e o f s h e e p a n d g o a t s u p p l i e s . $1350. 15 tan bred heifers bred red Gelb- 306-933-5200, Saskatoon, SK. vieh, $1450. All start calving March 5. Full IF YOU HAVE sheep that need shorn, call herd health, like to sell as complete lot. R o d o r B r y c e a t 4 0 3 - 5 7 9 - 2 5 2 0 o r 306-231-9755, Viscount, SK. 403-863-8937, Byemoor, AB. Will travel. 30 BRED HEIFERS Black Angus Simmental cross, bred Black Angus. Choice $1400 or all $1250. 306-698-7787, Wolseley, SK. COMPLETE HERD DISPERSAL: 220 bred cows and 30 fancy bred heifers. Char/Red Angus influence closed herd, hardy and moderate sized. Bred to easy calving Char and Red Angus bulls, start calving 3rd week of April. Full vaccination program, Ivomeced and preg checked. Approx 85 red mix, 80 tan mix, 35 white and 20 black or gray. Truckloads preferred. Call: 306-728-3488, Melville, SK. or email: zlranch@yourlink.ca 500 QUALITY ANGUS cross ranch heifers to mature cows w/calves. Pick up starting April 1st as they calve on ranch SE of Strathmore, AB. On full health program. Bulls also available. Call 403-308-4200.

WANTED: CULL COWS for slaughter. For YEARLING PUREBRED REGISTERED bull bookings call Kelly at Drake Meat ProcesFRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale. and 4 month old purebred bull calf. Call sors, 306-363-2117, ext. 111, Drake, SK. Cows and quota needed. We buy all class- 306-225-4546, Hague, SK. es of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620. ALBERTA TEXAS LONGHORN Association OPEN HOLSTEIN HEIFERS for sale. Also 780-387-4874, Leduc, AB. For more info. some short breds available. Please call www.albertatexaslonghorn.com HORSE SALE, JOHNSTONE Auction Mart, John at 403-382-1963, Fort Macleod, AB. Moose Jaw, SK, Thurs., Feb. 6, 2014. Tack sells: 2:00 PM, Horses sell: 4:00 PM. All classes of horses accepted. 306-693-4715. PUREBRED WAGYU AND F1 cattle, bull www.johnstoneauction.ca PL #914447. QUALITY 2 YEAR old and yearling bulls for prospects. Call 587-877-2649, Red Deer, WESTERN HORSE SALES UNLIMITED, sale. Also open and bred females. Merv AB. E-mail: aherron@ualberta.ca May 2nd and 3rd, Saskatoon, SK. Entry Springer, Leslie, SK. 306-272-0144 d e a d l i n e M a r c h 1 s t . F o r m o r e i n fo w w w. we s t e r n h o r s e s a l e s . c o m o r c a l l 306-436-4515. 185 CHAROLAIS CROSS and Simmental Red Angus cross cows. 40 2nd calvers, 50 3rd and 4th calvers, bred to Simmental bulls. Start calving Feb. 25. 2nd to 4th cal- TWO REGISTERED BELGIAN herdsires for v e r s , $ 1 5 0 0 . M a t u r e c o w s $ 1 4 0 0 . sale. Proven pasture breeders. Ph Robert 306-834-2809, 306-834-7252 Kerrobert SK 204-821-5011, Birtle, MB. 85 BLACK ANGUS cross Simmental heifers, bred to small birthweight Black Angus bulls. All one herdm home raised, herd NORDAL LIMOUSIN AND ANGUS Bull health program. Calving start date March QUALITY MAMMOTH DONKEYS for sale. Sale, Thursday February 20, 2014. Saska- 20th, for 42 days and bulls polled. View: www.bigearsdonkeyranch.ca or call toon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon, SK. Sell- 780-645-0022, Vilna, AB. 204-535-2141, 204-825-0113, Baldur, MB. ing: 30 Polled Black and Red 2 yr. old LimMAMMOTH DONKEYS, $500 each. Yearling ousin Bulls also 50 Red and Black Angus. Jacks and Jennys. Call 204-434-6132, Rob Garner, Simpson, SK. 306-946-7946. Steinbach, MB. Catalogue at: nordallimousin.com POLLED RED AND black thick hairy Limous i n b u l l s fo r s a l e . Pay n e L i ve s t o c k 306-825-4056, Lloydminster, SK. PLEASURE DRIVING MARE 14.3 HH, sorrel w/star, asking $4000 OBO, or part trade. 306-643-2117, Rocanville, SK. BIG ISLAND LOWLINES Premier Breeder. Selling custom designed packages. Name your price and we will put a package together for you. Fullblood/percentage Low- COZY CAPS! Ear protection for newborn line, embryos, semen. Black/Red carrier. calves! Ph. 306-577-4664, Carlyle, SK. Darrell 780-486-7553, Edmonton, AB. gerrybettywyatt@gmail.com BRED HEIFERS: 8 Red and 53 Black Angus and Angus cross, full health program, bred CANADIAN MAINE-ANJOU ASSOCIATION. to proven easy calving bulls, exposed 60 Power, performance and profit. For info on days max. starting June 14. Choice $1550 Maine-Anjou genetics. Call 403-291-7077, or all $1500. St. Lazare, MB. 204-683-2208 or 306-434-6980 cell. Calgary, AB., or www.maine-anjou.ca 2 0 0 YO U N G A N G U S b r e d c o w s . 306-773-1049, Swift Current, SK. POLLED POLLED POLLED- Salers bulls 12 BRED COMMERCIAL cows, due to calf for sale. Call Spruce Grove Salers, Yorkton, e a r l y s p r i n g , b r e d B l a c k A n g u s ; 306-222-7709, Saskatoon, SK. SK, 306-782-9554 or 306-621-1060. REG. PB RED or Black Salers bulls, bred BLACK ANGUS, 2nd time calvers, bred heifers and replacement heifers. Elderber- back to Black, calving March and April. Call ry Farm Salers, 306-747-3302 Parkside, SK 204-745-7917, St. Claude, MB.

REBUILT MASSEY BOBSLEIGH w/caboose, 10’x5’; Single 2-horse covered cutter for two people. 780-398-2098, Redwater, AB. THE LIVERY STABLE, for harness sales and repairs. Call 306-283-4580, 306-262-4580, Hwy #16 Borden Bridge, SK.

CERT. EQUINE MASSAGE THERAPIST offering massage for injury, behavioral problems and better performance. Call Anna 306-466-2068, Shellbrook, SK. WILL BREAK HORSES to drive. Call or text 306-814-0014, Preeceville, SK. TRIM BOSS: The Power Hoof Trimmer. Take the work out of hoof trimming. Trim wall, sole and flare on saddle horses, drafts and minis. Call 780-898-3752, Alder Flats, AB. www.trimboss.ca RAMSAY PONY RIDES have for sale wellbroke kids ponies and saddle horses. All broke horses sold with a written guarantee. Also new and used saddles and tack. 306-386-2490, Cochin, SK. WWW.ELLIOTTCUTTINGHORSES.COM 35 plus years of training, showing, sales, clinics, lessons. Clifford and Sandra Elliott, Paynton, SK. Phone 306-895-2107.

BUYING WILD BOAR pigs/swine for 20 years, all sizes. 1-877-226-1395. Highest $$$. www.canadianheritagemeats.com

BUYING: PIGS/SWINE, raised outside, all sizes. Highest $$$. 1-877-226-1395. www.canadianheritagemeats.com BERKSHIRE BOARS AND Gilts; Also Tamsworth. Delivery avail at cost. Troy Collingridge, 204-828-3317, St. Claude, MB.

ALBERTA ELK RANCHERS Production Sale. Live Video Auction- Online bidding available Feb. 14, 2014, 7 PM Nisku Inn, Nisku, AB. Watch www.gwacountry.com for updates and online catalogue or call Gateway Auction Services 1-866-304-4664 ATTENTION ELK PRODUCERS: If you have elk to supply to market give AWAPCO a call today. No marketing fees. Non-members welcome. info@wapitiriver.com or phone 780-980-7589. 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.

CATCH THE HABIT, eat Sask. rabbit. For sale: oven ready meat, breeding stock, and furs, colored and white. Call Joy at 306-744-2508, Saltcoats, SK.

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 troughs, rodeo equipment and garbage incinerators. Distributors for El-Toro electric branders and twine cutters. Our squeeze chutes and headgates are now avail. with a neck extender. Ph. 306-796-4508, email: ple@sasktel.net Web: www.paysen.com 5800 GAL. LIVESTOCK trough systems, FDA/Food grade approved polyethylene. 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. While supplies last. www.hold-onindustries.com

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TRAILER TYPE PTO drive hydraulic post pounder, $1750. Phone 306-395-2668 or 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK. FREESTANDING WINDBREAK PANELS, up to 30’ (2-3/8” oilfield pipe); Square bale feeders, any size; Can build other things. Elkhorn, MB. 204-851-6423, leave msg. 14’ SUDENGA 3 compartment feed box, w/top unloading auger, very good for filling tall bins. 204-871-4365, Oakville, MB.

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WANTED: 425 LEON manure spreader, must be in good shape. Call 306-386-2490, Cochin, SK.

READY TO MOVE HOMES WELL ESTABLISHED 3456 sq. ft. Autobody Repair business located in the heart of potash country in East Central SK. Excellent Clientele, large area to draw from with unlimited potential. 72x146’ lot with adjacent 80x146’ lot, next to Yellowhead Hwy at major intersection. 306-621-7722, 306-399-7723, Churchbridge, SK.

2007 HIGHLINE 8000 bale processor, big tires, PTO update, $9500. Take bred heifers on trade. 306-883-2935, Spiritwood SK 6600 HIGHLINE BALE shredder, upgraded to 6800 w/new PTO, good shape, $5000. Pictures available. Phone 306-463-3132, 306-460-7837, Kindersley, SK.

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CLASSY COUNTRY GAL, 60 going on 50, 5’2”, 140 lbs, active, NS, SD, widowed, enjoy horses, travel, dancing. Looking for 1-8 00-8 03 -8 3 46 strong man with spunk, between 58 and w w w .yo u n gs eq u ip m en t.co m 65, 5’9” plus, into horses, friends first, with DOUBLE FACED LIGHT up SIGN, 10’Wx6’H recent photo please. Edmonton, AB. area. COMPLETE CALVING CAMERA package with aluminum case and 35’ pole. Offers. Reply to: Box 2008, c/o The Western Prowith two wireless cameras, cables and 306-446-1398, North Battleford, SK. ducer, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 2C4. controller, used two seasons, $2750. 306-456-2596, 306-861-6849, Tribune, SK GENTLEMAN WOULD LIKE to meet an attractive lady between 50 and 60, NS, who LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT: Feed alley would like to travel. Send photo and phone panels, super size bale feeders, steel frame number. Box 2007, c/o The Western Procalf shelters, freestanding panels. Planning s o m e t h i n g b i g ? A s k a b o u t l e a s i n g . 2014 SASKATOON INDOOR RV Sale!! Prai- ducer, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 2C4. 306-485-8559, 306-483-2199, Oxbow, SK. rieland Park, Saskatoon, SK. January 31- ACTIVE, SPORTS MINDED Gentleman HARSH 375H SILAGE WAGON, always February 9, 2014. Glenwood, Lardners, would like to meet an attractive lady beshedded, rubber and wagon in vg cond. Sherwood. www.saskatoonrvsale.com tween 30 and 45, NS, who would like to 403-575-0712, 403-577-2243, Consort, AB travel this winter and maybe long term. Send photo and phone number. Reply to: 1999 BALE KING 2000 bale processor, Box 2010, c/o The Western Producer, good condition, $3000. 306-726-2151, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 2C4 Southey, SK.

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ELECTRONIC SENSTEK LIVESTOCK scale w/cage, 2000 lbs; Livestock trailer; Steel panels, 1” tubing, 8 and 10’; 15” saddle and new blanket. 204-877-3346, Reston, MB. PRO-CERT ORGANIC CERTIFICATION. USED JIFFY SLIDE-IN round bale handler, Canadian family owned. No Royalties! Ph. in good condition. Phone 403-627-2601, 306-382-1299 or visit www.pro-cert.org Pincher Creek, AB. AQUA THERM A pasture proven trough. Winter water problems? Solved! No electricity 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 STEEL VIEW MFG: 30’ portable wind breaks, HD self-standing panels, silage/ hay bunks, feeder panels. Quality portable 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 306-493-2300, Delisle, SK. 950 JIFFY BALE shredder, $7000 OBO. Phone 306-342-4447 or 306-441-1410, Glaslyn, SK. GREG’S WELDING: Free standing corral panels, windbreak panels, calf shelters, belting troughs, etc. Many different styles to choose from. Call for pricing, delivery available. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK. 250 JIFFY BUNK feeder with scale, 1000 PTO, good shape, $6500. 780-853-2275, Vermilion, AB. 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. PORTABLE PANELS 30’ freestanding 3bar windbreak frames, 5-bar, 4-bar panels w/wo double hinge gates and more. On farm welding. Oxbow, SK., 306-485-8559, 306-483-2199. 2003 REM BALEMAX 3600R bale shredder, used very little, done 800-900 bales, not used last 4 years, sold cattle, $6500 OBO. 306-358-4620, 306-753-7682, Denzil, SK. JIFFY BALE SHREDDER, good condition, $5800. 780-305-3547, Neerlandia, AB.

2 - J B S 2 4 ’ W I D E B O DY m a n u r e spreaders c/w vertical beaters, rear axle steering, 700/40R22.5 rubber, silage endgate and ext. , $78,000/ea. Serious inquiries only. Call 780-777-7765, Calmar, AB. ROUND BALE FEEDERS, custom made panels, windbreaks and easy roll wire rollers. Call 306-984-7861, Mistatim, SK.

SINGLE? WINTER IS the perfect time to fall in love and hibernate with someone! Meet the Matchmaker! In-person interviews January 28th and 29th in Regina and Saskatoon. 19 years successful matchmaking. Call to book your appointment: Camelot Introductions, 204-888-1529 GOT GRAIN FOR SALE? All organic www.camelotintroductions.com wheats, durum, feed oats, brown flax and spelt. Call Growers International today PSYCHIC READING by Jessica. Helps in all problems! Immediate results within 12 306-652-4529, Saskatoon, SK. hrs. Call for free reading, 305-456-9714. BEST COOKING PULSES accepting samples of organic and conventional green/yellow peas for 2013/2014 crop year. Matt 306-586-7111, Rowatt, SK LOOKING FOR CERT. organic feed oats and feed barley. Call Bryce at Pristine Prairie Organics 204-522-0842, Pipestone, MB. WANTED: BUYING ORGANIC GRAINS. FOB farm or delivered, Loreburn, SK. Call F.W. Cobs Company ph. 1-888-531-4888.

FROSTFREE NOSEPUMPS: Energy free solution to livestock watering. No power required to heat or pump. Prevents contamination. Grants avail. 1-866-843-6744. www.frostfreenosepumps.com FOR SALE: SLIDE IN 40 bushel hopper fe e d e r fo r p e l l e t s o r g r a i n . P h o n e 403-627-2601, Pincher Creek, AB. ARROW FARMQUIP LIVESTOCK handling solutions: Portable windbreaks. Custom built panels and gates. 1-866-354-7655, www.shadowranch.ca Mossbank, SK. NH 358 MIXMILL w/Forrester auger attachment, not rusted out, excellent shape. 306-291-9395, 306-283-4747 Langham SK FOR SALE: ROLLER mill, 5 HP electric motor. Phone 306-845-2665, Turtleford, SK. 1964 CHEV 2 ton w/mounted feed wagon, $ 2 0 0 0 ; P TO fe e d w a g o n , $ 5 0 0 . 306-395-2668, 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK.

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WARMAN HOMES RTM homes ready to go! Mt. Robson, 1443 sq. ft. was $161,715. Sale price $155,943. Call 1-866-933-9595, www.warmanhomes.ca HOUSE FOR SALE, near Hague. To be 3300 ACRES OF pasture for rent. 800 moved. 985 sq. ft., asking $25,000 OBO. cow/calf pair capacity, multiple pastures, Needs to go. 519-983-2484, Osler, SK. handling facilities, Hwy 16 access, $35 per TO BE MOVED: 1963 bungalow with 2 car acre. 403-819-2000, Niton Junction, AB. attached garage, 1300 sq. ft., main floor LOOKING FOR CULTIVATED acres to rent fully renovated, 2/3 hardwood floor. Sell- in Leduc, Wetaskiwin, Panoka for hay proing with stove, fridge, furnace, water duction will pay up to $100/acre for minitreatment system, hot water heater and mum 5 year contract. Call 780-991-3616. sewage pump, asking $80,000. Call 3800 + 14,000 ACRES: Cattle, bison and 306-338-7114, Clair, SK. elk operations, fenced and cross fenced, LOG HOMES, builders of quality hand- Wabumun Lake, west of Edmonton, AB. crafted log and timber frame homes. Call 780-915-1735, roperrealtyltd@aol.com Jeff at 306-493-2448, Saskatoon, SK. 298 ACRES CULT. farmland 2.5 miles east www.backcountryloghomes.ca of Tofield, AB. on 626. Good #2 soil, no TO BE MOVED: 1440 sq. ft. bungalow, bush, no stones, very flat, annual surface very well built, open floor plan, 10’ walls, lease revenue $3200. MLS MH0026833 oak kitchen, make excellent cabin or S o u t h l a n d R e a l t y, c a l l L e n R e m p e l home. 306-281-8398, Saskatoon, SK. 306-741-6358, Medicine Hat, AB.

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RM LEASK #464: 4499 acres all but one quarter in a block. Has approx. 3164 acres tame hay cultivated pasture mix. Mainly fenced with 3 and 4 wire fencing and treated post. 36x51 straight wall shop, with attached 20x36 ranch hand living quarters, heated with nat. gas in-floor heat. Power, sewer system and good well. With talk of community pasture closing and higher beef prices, this may be the p r o p e r t y fo r yo u . Wat e r i s l o c at e d throughout the pasture and mainly stone free. Good bluffs of bush for shelter. MLS ®468365. For viewing call Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battlefords, and take control of your own pasture needs. North Battleford, SK 306-446-8800, 306-441-0512.

FOR SALE BY TENDER: 3 adjoining quarters of farmland, in the RM of Chesterfield #261. 2 of these quarters lie beside hwy. #21, 3-5 miles South of Eatonia, SK. Bids will be received on any quarter or any combination of quarters. Closing date for bidding is February 10, 2014. Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. SW-35-25-25-W3, (approx. 110 cult.); NE-26-25-25-W3 (approx. 120 cult.); SW-26-25-25-W3 (approx. 150 cult.). Subbids to: Ken Martin, Box 103, Eatonia, 5 QUARTERS OF FARMLAND, fenced, mit South of Sunset House, AB. Contact SK. S0L 0Y0. 306-967-2235 for more info. 780-524-2578. DWEIN TRASK REALTY INC. RM of Rudy all of Sec-36-30-06-W3, West of PASTURE FOR SALE, 4 quarters deeded, 3 #284, SK. Approx. 590 acres cult., C.I. leased, Section 16-83-2-W6, NW-, NE- and Hanley, soil, Class L and M, FMV 255,000. Level SE-17-83-02-W6. Some logging, round-up and stone-free with renter available, corrals, hunting, quading, $375,000. $785,900. Call Dwein today 306-221-1035. 780-596-0000, Peace Country, AB. FARMLAND FOR SALE in Cypress County. Two quarters of cultivated farmland and option for long term lease of adjacent 80 acres. Includes grain bins and surface lease on NE quarter, except 11 acre homestead subdivision on NE quarter. NE/SE 04-07-11-W4. Call 780-460-0313 for info. Submit written bids to: 206, 51 Inglewood Drive, St Albert, AB. T8N 4E7.

LAND FOR SALE: RM Mountain View. NW-10-32-16 assessment 74,900, NE10-32-16 assess. 85,800. For more info., call Stuart prior to January 31, 2014 at Busse Law Professional Corp., Biggar, SK., 306-948-3346, busselaw@sasktel.net LAND FOR SALE: RM OF Grandview SE-23-35-18-W3, 2013 Assessment 67,500 SW-23-35-18-W3rd, 2013 Assessment 70,000. Please contact Stuart at Busse Law Professional Corp. prior to January 31, 2014. Phone 306-948-3346. Fax: 306-948-3366. busselaw@sasktel.net

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GRAINLAND SW24-03-09-W2nd in RM of Estevan. Seven miles west of Estevan, off Hwy. #39, $200,000. 306-634-7949. FARM/RANCH/RECREATION, buying or selling. Call Tom Neufeld 306-260-7838, FOR SALE OR RENT in RM of Milton 292, Coldwell Banker ResCom Realty. SE-21-30-28-W3, NW-27-30-28-W3. 290 acres cultivated. Gas revenue $4300/year. Submit written tenders to PO Box 277, Medicine Hat, AB. T1A 7G1. Closing date Feb. 15, 2014. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Info. 403-580-1053. O ver25,000 acres forsale

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LAND: NW 11-32-6 W2 150 cultivated acres Sealed bids clearly marked “FOFONOFF Tender”, c/o the address below to be received no later than 5:00 pm on January 31, 2014. The highest or any bid not necessarily accepted. Public Guardian and Trustee of Saskatchewan 100-1871 Smith Street REGINA SK S4P 4W4 For more information please contact Jack Pool @ 787-8115

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RM SPIRITWOOD #496 and RM Meeting Lake #466. This amazing 2988 acre ranch does have approx. 802 acres of cult. tame pasture. The balance is natural and bush pasture, mainly fenced with 4 wires, 2 sets of corrals, power, well, older house. There is a good supply of pasture water. The RM road runs through the centre of the property with pasture on each side and very easy to move cattle. Also an amazing big game hunting area. For info on this EXCL Listing 188, call Lloyd Ledinski. I am in need of grain land in most of my trading a r e a s . R e / M a x o f t h e B at t l e fo r d s , 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512, North Battleford, SK.

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LAND FOR SALE, RM of Kingsley #124: Written tenders only will be received for SE-26-13-05-W2, 160 cultivated acres (2013 crop was flax); NE-26-13-05-W2, 140 cultivated acres (2013 crop was flax); NW-26-13-05-W2, 126 cultivated acres (2013 crop was oats). Quarter sections will not be sold separately. Submit written tenders to: Randy and Mary Lou Seier, Box 783, Kipling, SK. S0G 2S0. Deadline for tenders February 20th, 2014. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. “PIVOT IRRIGATION”: APPROX. 218 acres of grain land. Phone 306-773-7379, John or Joel Cave, Edge Realty Ltd., Swift Current, SK. www.farmsask.com

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FOR SALE IN RM PRAIRIE ROSE: 150 cultivated acres, NW-31-33-18-W2, near BHP Potash mine. Assessment at $50,200. Easy access off Hwy 6. Make an offer. Call 306-287-3785, Watson, SK.

3 06 -9 55-226 6 FOR SALE BY TENDER: Located RM Excel #71. NE-32-8-26-W2, NW-32-8-26-W2. Prospective purchasers must rely on their own research of the property to determine acreage, condition, improvements, and assessment. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Please submit certified cheque for 5% of bid with tender, payable to Lewans & Ford In Trust, Barristers & Solicitors, Box 759, Assiniboia, SK. S0H 0B0 and clearly mark envelope “Schneikart Land Tender”. Tenders will close February 21, 2014 at 2:00 PM. FOR RENT: 8 QUARTERS- RM of Kingsley 124. One quarter pasture, approx. 1100 cultivated acres ready for seeding. Contact 306-735-7250, Whitewood, SK.

RM OF McCRANEY. A total of 6 quarters of good farmland. Approx. 30 miles east of Kenaston, SK. Call for details. Call Mike Walz, Royal LePage Landmart, Moose Jaw, SK, 306-694-8082, 1-877-694-8082 or cell 306-631-7232. Visit our website at www.royallepagelandmart.com RM 45: APPROX. 4160 acre ranch. 2 yard sites. Full set of buildings. 306-773-7379, John or Joel Cave, Edge Realty Ltd., Swift Current, SK. www.farmsask.com APPROX. 5400 ACRES prime SW Sask. farmland, includes buildings, bins and 2 yardsites. Call Laural Hunt 306-630-3910, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Signature Service.

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RM 184: Approx. 160 acres farm land. QUARTER SW-34-35-32-W1, 16 miles NE Phone 306-773-7379. John or Joel Cave, of Norquay, SK. 115 cultivated, 45 forEdge Realty Ltd., www.farmsask.com est/creek, assess. $59,900. 306-781-4988, 306-537-3772 cell, Pilot Butte, SK. FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM of Orkney No. 244: NW- and SW-13-26-6-W2nd and FOR RENT FARMLAND, approx. 100 cult. SE- 24-26-6-W2nd, with 3- 2000 bu. West- acres, SW-33-17-17-W2. Located near eel Rosco steel bins. Conditions of Offers: Edenwold, SK. More in call 480-998-1924. All offers to be submitted in writing on or before January 31, 2014. Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. Mineral rights not included. No offers will be considered which are subject to financing. RM OF MERVIN 499, quarter of land Please forward all bids and enquiries to: SE-04-54-21-W3, 155 acres broke, asking Beaty Beaubier, Q.C. at Stevenson Hood $175,000. 6 miles East of St. Walburg, SK. Thornton Beaubier LLP, 500- 123- 2nd and 5 miles West of Brightsand Lake. Call Ave. South, Saskatoon, SK., S7K 7E6. Joe Helperl 306-862-6880, 306-862-5127. 306-244-0132, bbeaubier@shtb-law.com RM OF LOREBURN, SK, taking offers until ONLINE LAND AUCTION: NW-35-9-11-W2 Feb. 28th on Section 21-26-5-W3. Total quarter in RM of Griffin. PL #914816. Info assesement 307,100. Approx. 635 cult. at paslawskiauctions.ca or 306-722-3752 acres. Phone: 306-867-3716. Griffin Fillmore, SK. FARMLAND FOR SALE BY TENDER. Approx. RM 241 CALDER, CATTLE OPERATION 774 acres, RM North Qu’Appelle #187. by owner. Nine quarters deeded in grass NE-15-21-13-W2, Ext. 1, 105.07 acres; and hay. Full cattle facilities, calving barn, NW-15-21-13-W2, Ext. 0, 159.98 acres; shelters, Morand handling system, etc. SW-15-21-13-W2, Ext. 1, 26.10 acres; Will handle 200 plus cows. 3 bdrm. 1-1/2 NW-22-21-13-W2, Ext. 0, 160.24 acres; storey house, exc. water, $1,100,000. Near SE-22-21-13-W2, Ext. 0, 160.32 acres; SW-22-21-13-W2, Ext 0, 162.04 acres. Wroxton SK. 306-786-2121, 306-621-8551 Bids must be for ALL lands, individual parcels will not be considered. Bids must include: Full legal name, mailing address and phone number; Purchase price for all w /Aggrega te Potentia l above lands with signature and date; Cert. cheque, money order or bank draft payIn Sa ska tchew a n able to McKercher LLP for 10% of total bidthe Deposit. Send bid in sealed envelope Ca ll PO TZU S LTD. with Deposit addressed to: McKercher LLP, Barristers and Solicitors, 500- 2220 12th Phone: 306-782-74 23 Ave., Regina, SK., S4P 0M8. Attn: Daniel P. Kwochka. All bids must be received no latFa x: 306-786-6909 er than 5:00 PM, Friday, January 31, 2014. Em a il: info@ potzu s.com Highest or any bid will not necessarily be accepted. If bidder does not complete the SASK. LAND FOR SALE. UP FOR BIDS sale within 30 days of notification by sign2014, Dinsmore, SK. 8 quarters of prime ing an unconditional Agreement for Sale Sask. land in the RM of Milden. Call for a the Deposit will be forfeited. Seller will decomplete bidding package. ID#1100169. liver clear title to the lands to the successGrain Farm Close To Estevan. (Offer ful bidder subject only to existing registrapending). Large home, second yard, hip t i o n s r e s p e c t i n g u t i l i t y a n d s i m i l a r roof barn, shop, quonset, prime land, ap- easements. Bidder will be entitled to sign prox. 3178 acres, organic status. MLS® revenue after April 30, 2014. Deposits of ID#2064. Best View in the Maple unsuccessful bidders will be returned. For Creek area. 25 acres on a hill beside the i n f o c o n t a c t M r. D a n i e l K w o c h k a highway on the way to the Cypress Hills 3 0 6 - 5 6 5 - 6 5 2 8 , f a x : 3 0 6 - 5 6 5 - 6 5 6 5 , Interprovincial Park. Bare land perfect for d.kwochka@mckercher.ca new construction, 2 wells, power and telep h o n e i n p l a c e , g o o d w at e r. M L S ® RM 49: APPROX. 640 acres irrigation and ID#479810. Real Estate Centre, phone dry land with buildings. 306-773-7379, 1-866-345-3414, or view website John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd, Swift Current, SK. www.farmsask.com www.farmrealestate.com RM 139: 6720 acre ranch, good set of FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM #260, buildings. Call 306-773-7379, John Cave, NE-16-27-24-W3. W-1/2-22-27-24-W3. Edge Realty Ltd. www.farmsask.com Highest or any tender will not necessarily accepted. Closing date January 29, 2014. 16 QUARTERS GRAINLAND FOR RENT/ Please forward bids to: Colin Craney, Edge Sale, RM of Livingston #331. Can be rent- Realty Ltd., Box 1324, Kindersley, SK., S0L ed or purchased in smaller parcels. Con- 1S0. MLS# 484114. tact Justin Yin at 306-230-1588, Sutton Group Norland Realty, Saskatoon, SK: 2 QUARTERS FOR RENT IN RM 187, Email: info@JustinYin.com For land de- south of Dysart, SK., 250 acres, $42/acre tails visit: www.JustinYin.com OBO. Call 306-269-7791. RM OF KINDERSLEY: All of Section IRRIGATION LAND FOR RENT: 2 irrigat26-30-23-W3rd, total assessment 232,900. ed farms for rent- RM #284 near Outlook, Oil revenue approx. $8400 annually, asking SK. RM #224- near Elbow, SK. Ph Harry $1,288,400. Brad Edgerton 306-463-7357, Sheppard at 306-530-8035, Sutton GroupEdge Realty Ltd., Kindersley, SK. Results Realty, harry@sheppardrealty.ca www.sheppardrealty.ca Regina, SK. RM OF 442 Manitou Lake SE-03-46-26-W3 farmland, canola last crop, 145 cultivated FOR SALE RM OF KELVINGTON #366, acres. 306-821-7541, Neilburg, SK. NE-18-38-12-W2. Cert. Organic 159 acres, 120 open. Submit offers by Feb. 15, 2014. RM OF BATTLE RIVER: 2 quarters within Highest or any offer not necessarily ac- the town of Battleford limits. Unlimited decepted. Clearly state any buyer conditions. velopment potential, beautiful rolling hills. Send signed offer to Brian/Brenda Finch, For more information on MLS® 474403 Box 566, Kelvington, SK., S0A 1W0. Fax call Dorothy Lehman, Re/Max of the Battlefords, 306-446-8800 or 306-441-7782. 306-327-4379.

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RM of LOREBURN #254: NW35-26-4-W3 2013 assess 76,600; SW6-27-4-W3, 2013 assess 79,900; SE6-27-4-W3, 2013 assess 84,100. All adjacent to Hwy. #44 truck route (Skudesnes Road) SE6 has yardsite w/natural gas. Water line and power available. For more info. contact Ken 250-837-4572 or email kjb01@sasktel.net Taking written offers until Feb. 28th, 2014. Ken and Jan Brown, 1757 Piotrowski Rd, Revelstoke BC V0E 2S1. MINERAL RIGHTS. We will purchase and or lease your mineral rights. 1-877-269-9990. cndfree@telusplanet.net WANTED: LAND TO RENT in RM 261 Chesterfield or neighboring areas. Contact Francis Family Farms, Ryan 403-391-1728, Bill 306-463-9103 or Chris 403-597-0366, Mantario, SK. E-mail: ryan.francisfamilyfarms@outlook.com

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RM BAYNE, 2 adjoining quarters, NWand SW-12-38-26-W2. Submit sealed tender to: Box 74, Bruno, SK, S0K 0S0 or email rbendig@sasktel.net by 1:00 PM, January 30, 2014. For more info call 306-369-2835. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

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FARM FOR SALE: Avonlea, SK. 640 acres in one block, 488 acres of cultivated land, 152 acres of pasture w/dugout. 7 grain bins, 3 steel, 2 with hopper bottoms, 4 plywood; 24x40 shop/garage; 32x60 cattle shed; older 2 bdrm, 1-1/2 bath house w/newer shingles, well water system, large yard overlooking scenic valley. Located 2 miles north and 2 miles east of Avonlea, SK., RM of Elmthorpe: Section 36, Twp 12, Range 23-W2, known as Jake Jaschinsky farm. Close to Dunnett Dame Provincial Park and Long Creek Golf Course. Offer to include all land and buildings, bids accepted. Include name, address and phone number. Possession date April 16th, 2014. For info contact L.S. Schikowsky, Lethbridge AB. 403-327-5631.

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w w w .m eadow north.ca LAND FOR RENT: RM of South Qu’Appelle #157, Productive farmland for cash rent, 14 quarters in one location, all quarters connected. See www.RentMyLand.ca for tender process. Qu’Appelle, SK. FARM CHEMICAL/ SEED COMPLAINTS We also specialize in: Crop insurance appeals; Chemical drift; Residual herbicide; Custom operator issues; Equipment malfunction. Qualified Agrologist on staff. Call Back-Track Investigations for assistance regarding compensation, 1-866-882-4779. LAND FOR SALE in RM 250 Last Mountain Valley, NE-1/4-13-26-22-W2 approx. 90 cultivated acres. FMV 55,900. For more info. ph. 306-484-4443 or 306-725-7413. All offers mailed to Sheila Wilde, 38 Searle Bay, Regina, SK. S4R 7L9. Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. RM CANWOOD #494, 4 quarters, grain, pasture and hay, lots of water, 400 acres cultivated. On school bus route. Power on 2 sites. House, 2 large garages, grain storage on home quarter. Close to lakes and Parkland. 306-747-2775, Shellbrook, SK.

LOOKING FOR CULTIVATED acres to rent in Leduc, Wetaskiwin, Panoka for hay production will pay up to $100/acre for minimum 5 year contract. Call 780-991-3616.

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2008 DUTCH STAR 4304 Class A diesel pusher, 43’ long, 4 slides, beautiful cabinetry, rear bath and bedroom, washer and dryer, island king bed, mint! Stk# 4416 $182,500. Call 1-866-346-3148 or shop online 24/7 at: allandale.com

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2003 HARLEY DAVIDSON Ultra Classic Anniversary, mint, has reverse gear, asking 2005 YUKON XL Denali, 7 passenger, fully $12,500. 306-247-4808, Unity, SK. loaded. Please call John at 403-382-1963 Fort Macleod, AB. NEW 2013 POLARIS Sportsman 500 ATV’s, with 2500 lb. winch installed, $5999. plus PARTS FOR VINTAGE snowmobiles, 1990 taxes while inventory lasts. Call Corey at and older. Call Don at 780-755-2258, Montgomery & Son Sales, 306-672-3395 Wainwright, AB. doncole@telus.net or 306-672-3617, Gull Lake, SK. TOY BOX II large ice fishing shacks, 80”Hx97”L. While supplies last!!! Call 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. www.hold-onindustries.com 2014 SASKATOON INDOOR RV Sale!! Prairieland Park, Saskatoon, SK. January 31- PARTING OUT Polaris snowmobiles, 1985 February 9, 2014. Glenwood, Lardners, to 2005. Edfield Motors Ltd., phone: Sherwood. www.saskatoonrvsale.com 306-272-3832, Foam Lake, SK.

CERTIFIED CDC AUSTENSON high yielding s e e d . E n n i s S e e d s , G l e n avo n , S K . , 306-429-2793.

REGISTERED CERTIFIED MEREDITH, germ 9-1/2’ GILBERT TRAIL groomer/leveller 99%, vigour 96%; Certified Copeland, high pull type, $2500. Call 306-960-3000, St. germ and vigour. Redman Seed Farm, 306-324-4235, 306-272-7878, Margo, SK. NEW 2014 CROSSROADS 5th wheel, 28’, Louis, SK. 3 slides, now only $34,500. Several other LOCATED NORTH OF TREHERNE, MB. models in stock. 1-800-735-5846 Minot, Malt Barley/Feed Grains/Pulses on Assiniboine River, 300 acres cultivated North Dakota. www.swensonrv.com best price/best delivery/best payment land w/8 tower pivot and buried pipe to river. Christianson Soils Ltd. 204-239-6086 FOR SALE BY OWNER: 11,500 acre mixed farm and ranch. Located 50 miles from Ste. Rose du Lac, 7000 acres cleared, 8960 Licen s ed & bon d ed acres fenced, 3000 acres cropland, 4000 FULLY FURNISHED PARK model trailer in acres hay and pasture. 65,000 bu. grain 1- 800- 2 58- 7434 ro ger@ seed - ex.co m Apache junction, AZ. Available March and storage. Two modern homes, 1 shop, 1 April, $1200/mo. Call Glen 306-795-2806. cattle shelter, 28 pen feedlot, 3 wells, 40 REG., CERT. CDC MEREDITH, AC Metcalfe, dugouts. Dyck Enterprises Ltd. Contact: 9 9 % g e r m . Te r r e B o n n e S e e d F a r m Gordon, 204-656-5000, Waterhen, MB. 306-921-8594, 306-752-4810, Melfort, SK. LAKE MANITOBA RANCH: This ranch FOUNDATION, REGISTERED and/or Certilisting consists of 3 parts: 320 deeded fied: CDC Copeland; AC Metcalfe, CDC acres with yardsite and cattle handling faMeredith, CDC Kindersley, Legacy. Berscilities; 2057 acres Crown leases of pascheid Bros Seeds, Lake Lenore, SK. ture/hayland; and 1/2 mile of developable 2014 TUSCANY 36MQ Class A dsl. pusher 306-368-2602. lakefront property with road and hydro ac- 37’.9” long, 360 HP ISB, Cummins turbo cess. Key Dyck, Broker, Mountain View Re- dsl. eng., 4 slide-outs, king bed, fireplace, WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified CDC alty, Dauphin, MB., 204-638-0057. lar ge over-size shower. Stk# 8418. Austenson highest yielding feed barley. $192,000 CND. Call 1-866-346-3148 or 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. MIXED FARM FOR SALE- retiring, The Pas, MB. Clean, well maintained, all in one shop online 24/7 at: allandale.com FDN., REG., CERT., CDC Austenson, CDC piece, no rocks. 1470 deeded acres, 900 Cowboy, CDC Copeland, AC Ranger. Ph. cultivated; 2640 acres long term Crown Ardell Seeds, Vanscoy, SK, 306-668-4415. rental, 500 cult. acres. 2 houses- 5 bdrm. house, wheelchair accessible and 1 bdrm. house. Heated shop, machine shed, hay shed, pole barn, Hi-Hog chute system, 40,000+ bu. grain storage, large 30,000 sq. ft. insulated tinned barn, machinery and cattle available. Call 204-623-5029.

CORN SEED THUNDER SEED has grazing and silage corn varieties for SK. TH2146, TH8781, TH3378, TH3382, TH4574RR for grain (2075 CHU). Call Thunder Seeds at 888-274-9243 or 306-744-2332 for local retails. www.thunderseed.ca Saltcoats, SK CERT. CONVENTIONAL AND ROUNDUP ready grazing corn. Early maturing, leafier for increased grazing yield. For ruminant livestock including cattle, sheep, bison and wildlife food plots. CanaMaize Seed Inc., 1-877-262-4046, www.canamaize.com

CERTIFIED #1 AC STRONGFIELD. Wiens Seed Farm, call Brennan at 306-377-2002, Herschel, SK. CERT. STRONGFIELD, AAC Current, CDC Verona durum. Order early for max discounts. Visa/MC. www.llseeds.ca 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. FOUNDATION, REGISTERED, CERTIFIED Transcend Durum. Call Craswell Seeds, Strasbourg, SK., 306-725-3236. FOUNDATION, REGISTERED, CERTIFIED, AC Transcend Durum. Ace Crop Care Ltd., 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. CERT. #1 CDC Verona and Strongfield Durum. Call Shawn Fraser 306-741-0475, Pambrun, SK. Email: foc@sasktel.net FDN., CERT. AC STRONGFIELD durum. Sean Miller, Avonlea, SK., 306-868-7822.

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FOUNDATION, CERTIFIED Leggett, Souris. Ardell Seeds, Vanscoy, SK, 306-668-4415. AVAILABLE FOR THE 2014 Season: 12-1/2 quarters of tame pasture and one quarter farmland for rent near Melville, SK. All quarters are adjoining, individually fenced with good barbed wire and have deep dugouts. Approx 400 - 450 cow/calf capacity. Working corrals and a solar water system are also available. Call 306-728-3488 or email: zlranch@yourlink.ca

LOOKING FOR PASTURE in Southern Alberta or Southern Sask. Long term or short term. Will pay top dollar for right location. RM 342, COLONSAY, SK. 1100 acres. 403-362-0672. Located only a few miles N of Hwy 16 E. N W- a n d S W- 1 9 - 3 5 - 2 7 - W 2 , S e c t i o n HANLEY/ KENASTON, SK. PASTURE, 17-35-27-W2, NW-5-35-27-W2. $1900 per Dwein Trask Realty Inc. E-1/2-36-30-29 acre. All within close proximity. Section 17 W2 and W-1/2-31-30-28 W2. Full section presently fenced and seeded to hay. Well very good pasture with “community pasand power in yardsite, 8900 bu. storage. ture”, quality fencing and lots of water for All land details available on request. Call stock. Not over used, $399,900. 1/2 mile west is E-1/2-35-30-29-W2 w/same pasJoanne at 306-255-7602. ture, water and fence, $199,900. Prefer to sell in package. Call Dwein 306-221-1035.

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RM 137. APPROX. 40 acres w/2 houses, quonset, adjoins City of Swift Current on Hwy #4 South. 306-773-7379, John or Joel Cave, Edge Realty Ltd., Swift Current, SK. www.farmsask.com 20 ACRE YARD next to 40 hunting Crownland quarters. House, barn with hayloft. Good water. 204-858-2555, Hartney, MB.

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RM OF REFORD: 327 acres, 80 verified to have gravel, possibly more; 188 acres cult. w/60 planted to wheat, remaining cult. acres seeded to tame grass, balance is partly fenced native pasture. 2300 sq. ft. bungalow built 1985. MLS®470122. Call Wally Lorenz, Re/Max of the Battlefords, 306-446-8800, North Battleford, SK. WANTED: LAND TO rent and/or buy in the www.remaxbattlefords.com surrounding areas of Moose Jaw, Marquis, Chamberlain and Craik. Ph 306-631-8454. TIM HAMMOND REALTY Johnston Farm located by Grenfell, RM #155. 1829 acres cultivated and 635 acres hay as per SAMA. Great livestock operation, corral system, 34x60 barn, excellent water supply. Yard includes 1356 sq. ft. home (1945), 4 beds, 2 baths, asking $3,495,000. MLS#478193. Call G u y S h e p h e rd , 306-434-8857, http://Johnston.FarmsofCanada.com THREE QUARTERS Jedburgh SK, grid road, 2 fenced, 1 in grass, corrals, shed, good well. Offers. 306-627-3445, Blumenhof, SK FARMLAND FOR SALE: RM of Lajord. NE-27-13-18-2 ext 0, NW-27-13-18-2 ext 0. January, 2014 possession. Canola stubble, no storage, well farmed, $700,000 OBO. Contact 306-536-6611, Regina, SK. RM 126: Approx 640 acres pasture, full set of buildings. John or Joel Cave. Edge Realty Ltd. 306-773-7379, www.farmsask.com

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CERTIFIED SEABISCUIT. Greenshields Seeds, Semans, SK., 306-524-2155, 306-524-4339.

2014 PALAZZO 33.2 Class A diesel pusher 34’.8” long, 300 HP Cummins ISB dsl. eng., 2 slide-outs, dream booth dinette, sideaisle bathroom with oversized shower Stk# 7962, $149,900. 1-866-346-3148 or shop online 24/7 at: allandale.com 2005 MONACO CAYMAN 34PDD, 35’, 5.9 Cummins, 300 HP, 21,500 miles, auto, satellite, air over hyd. brakes, 5.5 KW Onan dsl. gen.- 148 hrs, exc. cond., 2 slides, $85,000. More photos on our website www.can-amtruck.com Can-Am Truck Export Ltd 1-800-938-3323. DL #910420.

CERT. AC METCALFE and CDC Meredith barley, excellent germ. and disease. 306-741-0475, Pambrun, SK. CERTIFIED CDC MEREDITH, Newdale, AC Metcalfe, CDC Copeland, Legacy, CDC McGwire, CDC Cowboy, CDC Austenson. Va n B u rc k S e e d s , S t a r C i t y, S K ., 306-863-4377.

SOLD!!! DELISLE/ DONOVAN, SK. PAST U R E , D w e i n Tr a s k R e a l t y I n c . SE-30-32-07-W3 and NW-30-32-07-W3. 320 acres good pasture with smooth high tensile electric fencing, catch corral, water well and access agreement to neighbor’s power. Located between O’malley Rd and Donovan, $229,900. Dwein 306-221-1035

LOOKING FOR CULTIVATED acres to rent in Leduc, Wetaskiwin, Panoka for hay production will pay up to $100/acre for minimum 5 year contract. Call 780-991-3616. WANTED: 1) IRRIGATED or dry land Outlook/ Hanley area. 2). Land in RM of Hoodoo. 3). Bushland. 4) Natural pasture. Bill Nesteroff 306-497-2668 Re/Max Saskatoon, email: billnesteroff@sasktel.net WANTED TO PURCHASE FARMLAND with lots of oil wells and battery sites on property. 780-499-2367, Edmonton, AB.

8.9 ACRES, 1-1/2 storey home handyman special, foundation good, stone veranda, 45x50’ shop w/20x14’ door, well treed, well graveled, no high water issues, Craigmyle, AB. area. 2 miles off #9 Hwy, good neighbours, beautiful setting in the Handhills, 15 minutes to Hanna, 45 from Drumheller. Please call for photos and more info 403-358-8933, nelsontruckandtractor.com VARIOUS SIZES AVAILABLE, West of Saskatoon, SK. Call 306-384-4512, leave a message.

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WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Cert. CDC Meredith, CDC Copeland, AC Metcalfe, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. H I G H Q UA L I T Y C E RT I F I E D B a r l ey Seed: CDC Copeland, Newdale and CDC Meredith. High germination with low disease levels. Call Wilfing Farms Ltd. 306-236-7797 or 306-236-6811. Meadow Lake, SK. E-mail: rjwilfing@sasktel.net

2014 TUSCANY 42WX Class A diesel pusher, 43’.2” long, 450 HP ISL Cummins turbo diesel engine, 3 slide-outs, full hi-gloss porcelain tile throughout. Stk# 6426. $264,000 CND. Call 1-866-346-3148 or RM OF CARON #162, pasture for rent shop online 24/7 at: allandale.com SW-01-T16-R29-W2. Interested parties WANTED: TOWABLE RV vehicle, SUV or call 306-631-4782, Moose Jaw, SK. car. 780-663-2201, Ryley, AB. MULCHING - TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca

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CERTIFIED AC MEREDITH, AC Metcalfe, CDC Copeland malt barley. Conlon, Sundre feed barley. Order early for max discounts. Visa/MC. www.llseeds.ca 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK

KELOWNA, BC. CONDO WINTER rental. Furnished dishes, towels, bedding. 2 bdm, 2 bath. 55 plus bldg. Walking distance to groceries, restaurants, doctor and pharm. $1450/month. Nice bldg./neighbourhood with free undgrd. parking. Call Gene 403-826-5636, gsarmaga@gmail.com

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CERTIFIED AND REG. Souris, Leggett. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. FDN, REG. AND CERTIFIED #1 CDC Orrin, Leggett. Fenton Seed Farm Ltd., Tisdale, SK. 306-873-5438. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Cert. AC Morgan, Souris, Triactor, milling oats; CDC Baler forage oats 306-752-4060 Melfort SK

SORGARD SEEDS, Feed Barleys: Cow- CERTIFIED AC MORGAN and CDC SO-1 boy and Conlon. 306-896-2236, Church- Oats: High germination and low disease. Call Wilfing Farms Ltd. 306-236-6811 or bridge, SK. seeds@sorgardseeds.com 306-236-7797, Meadow Lake, SK. E-mail: CERTIFIED METCALFE and Meredith. Call rjwilfing@sasktel.net Greenshields Seeds Ltd., 306-524-2155, C D C B OY E R , CERT., early maturity, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. straight cut, 99% germ., 98% vigor. Stoll’s CERTIFIED #1 AC Newdale (2R), Legacy Seed Barn 306-493-2534, Delisle, SK. (6R). Call Fenton Seed Farm Ltd., Tisdale, CERTIFIED AND REG. Metcalfe, Copeland, SK. 306-873-5438. Newdale, Meredith barley. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. CERT. #1 AC Metcalfe, CDC Meredith, CDC PolarStar. Wiens Seed Farm, call CERTIFIED CDC ORRIN. Berscheid Bros. Seeds, 306-368-2602, Lake Lenore, SK. Brennan 306-377-2002, Herschel, SK.

2010 WOODMIZER LT40 hyd. bandsaw sawmill, can be seen working, c/w sharpener and tooth setter, $18,000 OBO. Phone 403-638-6536, Caroline, AB. WOOD-MIZER PORTABLE SAWMILLS, eight models, options and accessories. 1-877-866-0667. www.woodmizer.ca SAWMILLS from only $4897 - Make Money and Save Money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock, ready to ship. Free info. and DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/168 or call 1-800-566-6899 ext. 168.

2009 DISCOVERY 40X Class A dsl. pusher, 40’ long, 350 HP Cummins diesel engine, 3 slide-outs, sleep number queen island bed, solar panels, satellite system. Stk# 2951. $139,900. Call 1-866-346-3148 or shop ELIAS SCALES MFG., several different online 24/7 at: allandale.com ways to weigh bales and livestock; Plat2014 SASKATOON INDOOR RV Sale!! Prai- form scales for industrial use as well, nonrieland Park, Saskatoon, SK. January 31- electric, no balances or cables (no weigh February 9, 2014. Glenwood, Lardners, like it). Shipping arranged. 306-445-2111, North Battleford, SK. www.eliasscales.com Sherwood. www.saskatoonrvsale.com

Pedigreed Seed Growers & Processing *Wheat: Various Varieties *Green Peas: CDC Raezer, CDC Striker *Barley: CDC Kindersley, CDC Meredith R.R. 3 North Battleford, SK S9A 2X4 Email: gregfarms@sasktel.net FAX (306) 446-2997

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FDN., REG., CERT. AC Morgan. Terre Bonne Seed Farm 306-921-8594, 306-752-4810, Melfort, SK. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified CDC Meadow yellow peas. Call 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. SORGARD SEEDS, Leggett, Souris, CDC Baler feed oats. Call 306-896-2236, E-mail: s e e d s @ s o rg a rd s e e d s . c o m Churchbridge, SK.

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SORGARD SEEDS, WHEAT: Carberry, Glenn, AC Vesper, CDC Utmost, Cardale, CERTIFIED AC SHAW VB, midge resistant; CPS Conquer and Pasteur. Churchbridge, Certified AC Carberry. Ennis Seeds, S K . P h o n e 3 0 6 - 8 9 6 - 2 2 3 6 , E - m a i l : seeds@sorgardseeds.com 306-429-2793, Glenavon, SK. CERTIFIED #1 AC Vesper VB, AC Shaw VB. Wiens Seed Farm 306-377-2002, Herschel, SK. CERTIFIED SHAW, 98% germ. Hansen Seeds, Yellow Grass, SK., 306-465-2525 or 306-861-5679. Email jsh2@sasktel.net AC UNITY VB, certified, 99% germ., 96% vigor, 0% Graminearum fusarium. Stollâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Seed Barn 306-493-2534, Delisle, SK. AC ANDREW SOFT white wheat. Most popular variety, very good quality. Wilkie, SK. Phone 306-843-2934, www.herle.ca CERTIFIED AND REGISTERED Utmost VB, Harvest, Andrew, Conquer VB. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. CERTIFIED SHAW-AC DOMAIN MTW, AC Unity-Waskada MTW, AC Andrew high yielding wheat. Order early for max discounts. Visa/MC. www.llseeds.ca 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. CERTIFIED UNITY WASKADA and Carberry wheat, exc. germ. and disease. Pambrun, SK., 306-741-0475. Email foc@sasktel.net

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AC CONQUER VB (new) midge tolerant CPS wheat. High yields, very good quality. Wilkie, SK. 306-843-2934, www.herle.ca CERT. CDC UTMOST, Carberry, Cardale, AC Splendor, Pasteur, AC Enchant. Van Burck Seeds, Star City, SK., 306-863-4377. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Cert HRS. CDC Utmost VB, Carberry, Shaw VB, Harvest. 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. FDN., REG., CERT. CDC Utmost VB, AC Shaw VB, AC Vesper VB, AC Carberry, Cardale, Conquer VB (CPS red). Ardell Seeds, Vanscoy, SK, 306-668-4415. FDN, REG. AND CERTIFIED #1 Vesper VB, Goodeve VB, CDC Utmost VB. Fenton Seed Farm Ltd., Tisdale, SK. 306-873-5438. CERTIFIED SADASH WHEAT for sale. Phone Antelope Creek Ent. Ltd., 306-395-2652, Chaplin, SK. CERTIFIED VESPER/ WASCADA midge resistant, Stettler, Carberry. Greenshields Seeds Ltd., Semans, SK., 306-524-2155, 306-524-4339. M&M SEEDS LTD. has Certified No. 1 AC Goodeve VB, CDC Utmost VB and AC Shaw VB. Cash and volume discounts. 306-258-2219, St. Denis, SK. FOUNDATION, REGISTERED and/or Certified: AC Vesper VB, AC Unity VB; CDC Utmost VB, Certified Andrew and Sadash. Berscheid Bros Seeds, Lake Lenore, SK. 306-368-2602. LARGE QUANTITY OF Certified Harvest wheat, wholesale pricing, selling in truck load lots only; Also, Certified Newdale 2row malt barley. Phone 204-683-2316, Inland Seed Corp., Binscarth, MB. H I G H Q UA L I T Y C E RT I F I E D W h e a t Seed: CWRS, CPSR and CWSW. Harvest, CDC Utmost VB, AC Shaw VB, Alvena, AC Enchant VB, AC Crystal, AC Foremost and AC Sadash. Call Wilfing Farms Ltd. 306-236-7797 or 306-236-6811, Meadow Lake, SK. E-mail: rjwilfing@sasktel.net WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Cert. SWW Sadash, GP Pasteur and CPS Crystal, Enchant VB. 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. REG., CERT. AC Shaw VB, AC Vesper VB, C D C O s l e r. Te r r e B o n n e S e e d F a r m 306-921-8594, 306-752-4810, Melfort, SK. FOUNDATION AND/OR CERTIFIED CDC Utmost VB and Lillian Wheat. Call Craswell Seeds, Strasbourg, SK., 306-725-3236. FOUNDATION, REGISTERED, CERTIFIED, AC Muchmore, AC Shaw VB. Ace Crop Care Ltd., 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK.

CERTIFIED IMPOWER, INVINCIBLE, New CDC Scarlet Lentils, high germ, low disease. Phone Antelope Creek Ent. Ltd., 306-395-2652, Chaplin, SK. CERTIFIED CDC DAZIL., CDC Impower, Ace Crop Care Ltd., 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK.

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LENTILS, CANARY AND CHICK PEAS. Call GrainEx International Ltd. for current pricing at 306-885-2288, Sedley SK. Visit us on our website at: www.grainex.net CERT. CDC IMPOWER CL large green; New CDC Scarlet reds. High germ. Fast Seed Farm, 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. FOUNDATION, REGISTERED, CERTIFIED CDC Redcliff and CDC Maxim CL. Craswell Seeds, Strasbourg, SK., 306-725-3236. CERTIFIED CDC DAZIL, CDC Maxim, CDC Impower, CDC Greenland lentils. Pambrun SK., 306-741-0475, foc@sasktel.net

CDC UTMOST VB Midge Tolerant HRS wheat. Early maturity, high yield. Wilkie, SK. Phone 306-843-2934, www.herle.ca CERTIFIED #1 UNITY, Waskada, Lillian. REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED #1 CDC S h ew c h u k S e e d s , B l a i n e L a ke , S K . Meadow. Fenton Seed Farm Ltd., Tisdale, SK. 306-873-5438. 306-290-7816, or 306-497-2800. CERT. VESPER VB, Pasteur GP wheat. AC EARLYSTAR NEW YELLOW PEA. P r e c i s i o n A g S e r v i c e s , G r i f f i n High germination. Contact 306-843-2934, 306-457-2220, Carlyle 306-453-2255, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca Carnduff 306-482-4343. FOUNDATION, REGISTERED and/or Cert. CDC Meadow and CDC Saffron peas. Ph. Berscheid Bros Seeds, Lake Lenore, SK. 306-368-2602. FDN, REG, CERT, CDC Hornet, CDC Patrick (green), CDC Limerick (green). Ace Crop TOP QUALITY CERTIFIED alfalfa and grass Care Ltd. 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. seed. Call Gary or Janice Waterhouse SORGARD SEEDS: CDC Meadow yellow 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. peas. 306-896-2236, Churchbridge, SK. Email: seeds@sorgardseeds.com CERTIFIED MEADOW. Call Greenshields Seeds Ltd., 306-524-2155, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. REG., CERT. CDC MEADOW, CDC Treasure. HYBRID AND OPEN-POLLINATED Canola Ardell Seeds, Vanscoy, SK, 306-668-4415. varieties at great prices. Cert. #1 Synergy CERTIFIED CDC MEADOW, and 40-10, (Polish). Call Fenton Seeds, Tisdale, SK. CDC Leroy silage peas. Va n B u rc k 306-873-5438. Seeds, Star City, SK., 306-863-4377. CERTIFIED FOREMOST CONVENTIONAL, NEW CERTIFIED CDC Saffron, high germ. Rugby Round-up Ready, Canterra canola and vigor. Volume discounts. Fast Seed va r i e t i e s . G r e e n s h i e l d s S e e d s L t d . , Farm, 306-463-3626, Kindersley, SK. 306-524-2155, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK M&M SEEDS LTD. Has Certified No. 1 CDC Treasure and Meadow. Cash and volume discounts. 306-258-2219 St.Denis, SK CERTIFIED PRAIRIE GRANDE flax. Ph. CERT. CDC PATRICK, CDC MEADOW. Greenshields Seeds Ltd., 306-524-2155, Order early for max discounts. Visa/MC 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. www.llseeds.ca 306-530-8433Lumsden SK FDN, REG. AND Certified #1 Reconstituted H I G H Q UA L I T Y C E RT I F I E D Ye l l ow CDC Sorrel, Fdn and Reg. AAC Bravo. Call Peas: CDC Meadow, CDC Treasure, CDC Fenton Seeds, Tisdale, SK. 306-873-5438. Saffron and Abarth. High Germination with low disease levels. Call Wilfing Farms Ltd. FOUNDATION, REGISTERED and/or Certi- 306-236-7797 or 306-236-6811, Meadow fied CDC Sorrel reconstituted flax. Bers- Lake, SK. Email: rjwilfing@sasktel.net cheid Bros Seeds, Lake Lenore, SK. 306-368-2602.

SORGARD SEEDS, Prairie Sapphire BUYING CANARY SEED, farm pickup. Churchbridge, SK. Phone 306-896-2236, Call 1-877-752-4115, Naber Specialty Email: seeds@sorgardseeds.com Grains Ltd. Email: nsgl@sasktel.net REG., CERTIFIED RECONSTITUTED CDC CERTIFIED CANTATE, highest yielding Sorrel (2014) flax. Order early for max. variety. Hansen Seeds, Yellow Grass, SK., discounts. Visa/MC. www.llseeds.ca 306-465-2525, 306-861-5679. 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. RECON., REG. AND CERT. CDC Sorrel, CDC B e t h u n e . Te r r e B o n n e S e e d F a r m 306-921-8594, 306-752-4810, Melfort, SK. CERTIFIED PRAIRIE SAPPHIRE and Reconstituted CDC Bethune flax. Pambrun, SK., 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net BUYING BROWN FLAX farm pickup. Call 1-877-752-4115, Naber Specialty Grains Ltd. Email: nsgl@sasktel.net

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1-877-250-5252 TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses and custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. CERISE RED PROSO COMMON MILLET. Book early to avoid disappointment. 93%+ germ., 0% Fusarium Graminearum, makes great cattle feed, swath grazed, silage, dry and silage bales, drought tolerant, very high in protein and energy. Delivered in 50 lb. bags at nearest points in SK. and AB. Call Reynald at Millet King Seed of Canada Inc., St. Claude, MB., 204-526-2719 or 204-379-2987, leave msg. Cell and text 204-794-8550, all calls returned. Over 2000 satisfied producers and our 11th year in business. www.milletkingseeds.com or email: reynald@milletking.com

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CERT. #1 CDC Impala (Red) CL lentil. Call Fenton Seed Farm Ltd., Tisdale, SK. 306-873-5438. C E RT I F I E D ANDANTE YELLOW. Call Greenshields Seeds Ltd., 306-524-2155, CERTIFIED CDC DAZIL, CDC Imax, CDC 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. Impower. Hansen Seeds, Yellow Grass, BESCO GRAIN LTD. Buyer of all varieties SK., 306-465-2525, 306-861-5679. of mustard. Call for competitive pricing. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Impower, CDC Call 204-736-3570, Brunkild, MB. Greenland. Wiens Seed Farm, Brennan, MUSTARD SEED: We carry a full line of 306-377-2002, Herschel, SK. high quality cert. mustard seed. Bare, CERT. CDC MAXIM CL, CDC Impower treated, large or small bags. Can arrange CL Clearfield lentils. Order early for max delivery anywhere. Great pricing!! (Looking d i s c o u n t s . V i s a / M C w w w. l l s e e d s . c a for low grade mustard). Call Ackerman Ag Services 306-638-2282, Chamberlain, SK. 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK.

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SOLID CORE ROUND alfalfa, alfalfa grass, green feed, grass and straw. Delivered. Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK. 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. 2500 ROUND WHEAT/ STRAW BALES, net wrapped for sale. Ph: 780-878-4655, Ferintosh, AB. LARGE ROUND JD bales, alfalfa/grass, $45 each OBO. 306-537-4465, Estevan, SK. LARGE SQUARE BALES, alfalfa Brome crested wheat. Call 306-630-3078, Moose Jaw, SK.

WANTED: ALFALFA/GRASS, large round bales and feed barley. We are interested in all quantities of hay and feed grain delivWHY NOT KEEP MARKETING SIMPLE? ered to the ranch. Call 306-734-9001, You are selling feed grains. We are Brownlee, SK. buying feed grains. Fast payment, with prompt pickup, true price discovery. Call 15,000 SQUARE ALFALFA and alfalfa/grass Gerald Snip, Jim Beusekom, Allen Pirness, mix bales, 3x4x8, no rain, feed test done. David Lea, or Vera Buziak at Market Place Phone 306-648-7540, Gravelbourg, SK. Commodities Ltd., Lethbridge, AB. Email: info@marketplacecommodities.com or WA N T E D : A L FA L FA / G R A S S lar ge round bales. We are interested in all phone: 1-866-512-1711. qualities of hay delivered to the ranch. Call 306-638-3051, Bethune, SK.

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XPELLER PRESSING. Offgrade oilseeds needed! Lethbridge crusher looking for offgrade canola, flax, camelina and canola or flax screenings. Prompt payment. Phone: Darcy at: 403-894-4394, Lethbridge, AB. or email: xpellerpressing@gmail.com

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W e a re b uyin g a ll gra de s of ca n ola . #1, 2, a n d 3 a s w e ll a s h e a te d, gre e n , s p rin g th re s h e d. Top p rice s , fre igh t op tion s , de live ry con tra cts , p rom p t p a ym e n t. Bon de d a n d in s ure d.

CERTIFIED TAURUS. Van Burck Seeds, Star City, SK., 306-863-4377.

CDC ORION kabuli chickpea, registered. Sean Miller, Avonlea, SK., 306-868-7822.

BORAGE WANTED. Dandilee Spice Corp. is buying Borage seed for prompt delivery. Very attractive prices. Also offering 2014 Production Contracts with early season movement and Act of God clause. Contact Jack Valleau, Ridgedale, SK. 306-277-4208 WANTED HEATED CANOLA. No broker or Dandilee Spice Corp. 306-585-9080. involved. Sell direct to crushing plant. Also limited amount of #1 canola. Cash on delivery or pickup. 306-228-7306 or 306-228-1502, Unity, SK.

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WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Cert. Recon CDC Bethune, CDC Sorrel flax. 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK.

S OY B E A N S F O R S A S K AT C H E WA N TH29002, TH33003R2Y and TH32004R2Y. Grown in SK. Call Thunder Seeds at 888-274-9243 or 306-744-2332 for a retailer near you. We know it. We grow it. www.thunderseed.ca Saltcoats, SK.

CANARYSEED, COMMON CLEANED. Wiens Seed Farm, call Brennan, 306-377-2002, PARTNER WITH NORTHERN QUINOA. Herschel, SK. Competitive returns, 20 years agronomic experience, guaranteed markets. Conventional and organic contracts available. 306-933-9525, Saskatoon, SK.

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BUYING YELLOW AND GREEN PEAS, all grades, farm pickup. Naber Specialty Grains Ltd., 1-877-752-4115, Melfort, SK. NUVISION COMMODITIES is currently purchasing feed barley, wheat, peas and email: nsgl@sasktel.net milling oats. 204-758-3401, St. Jean, MB. GREEN PEA SEED, new variety, 99% germ. OFFERS ON A large volume of heavy oats Phone Antelope Creek Ent. Ltd., and feed barley for sale. Call 306-395-2652, Chaplin, SK. 306-874-7590, Naicam, SK.

RM #369, FIRST cut alfalfa, no rain, 1500 lb. bales, net wrapped, 123 RFV. Call: 306-682-1704, Humboldt, SK. LARGE ROUND ALFALFA brome mixed hay. Call 306-764-6372, Prince Albert, SK. 480 ALFALFA GRASS round bales and 80 alfalfa round bales. Asking $70/ton. 306-478-2625. Located at Mankota, SK. APPROX. 400 ROUND hay bales, 1300 lbs., exc. horse hay, no rain, $70/bale in yard. Can deliver. 306-466-2261, Leask, SK.

WANTED: ALFALFA HAY. Call Brenton Mundt, 403-664-9734, Oyen, AB. FABA BEANS, zero tanin variety, $10/bu. WANTED: FEED GRAIN, barley, wheat, for sale at the bin. Contact 780-909-6108, peas, green or damaged canola. Phone HAY FOR SALE. Call Roger Britnell at 306-243-4215, Macrorie, SK. Calmar, AB. Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK.

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CRAMER LIVESTOCK NUTRITION, backgrounder pellets, cow maintenance pellets, feedlot supplements and cattle minerals. Available in bulk, across southern SK. Doug 306-520-3553, Tony 306-520-4277, Jenn 306-741-5577. cramerlivestock.com

LIQUID HUMIC ACID. Add Humika or PlantXL to existing fertility program to protect your liquid phosphorus (ie. Alpine/10-34-0) or nitrogen fertilizer investment from tie-up and allow your fertilizer to work more efficiently. Promote the growth of larger healthier root systems. Improve your soils health. Increase your crops yield. Ph. 519-749-5488, Bright, ON. E-mail: mosburgerfarms@hotmail.com

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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. BE A U of S student here! Small class sizes, less tuition, more personalized attention from Profs! On-campus residence. Start your university education for: Ag, Vet Med, Education, Nursing, Social Work, Engineering, Commerce, Pharmacy, Kinesiology and more! Fitness centre, rink. Over $40,000 in SPC scholarships available plus eligible U of S scholarships! Muenster, SK. E-mail: lholowaty@stpeters.sk.ca or www.stpeterscollege.ca

SCRAPER AND LOADER TIRES available. All sizes. Quick Drain Sales, Muenster, SK. BUYING GOOD QUALITY hay, picked up or Ph: 306-682-4520, 306-231-7318. delivered, large or small quantities, p r o m p t p ay m e n t ! 3 0 6 - 2 4 5 - 3 3 1 0 o r 701-340-3607, Tyvan, SK.

WANTED: ONE LOAD of Hemp seed, clean and of good quality. Immediate payment in full. Ph: 204-218-7425, Sifton, MB. WANTED LARGE YELLOW peas and Triticale. Call Norbert at Saskcan Parent 204-737-3002, St. Joseph, MB.

BUYING WILD FURS, coyote, fox, coon, beaver, etc. in the whole or finished. Fur license or treaty number required. DL#5971. Call 306-889-2070 or cell 306-852-8802, madtrapper@hotmail.ca Mistatim, SK.

LOW PROFILE LIQUID fert. comp. tanks 100-2500 US gal., $175-$2250. While supplies last. 306-253-4343, 1-800-383-2228, www.hold-onindustries.com

PERMANENT FULL TIME help required to start as soon as possible by a family owned grain and cow/calf farm by Milden, SK. Requires helping and working with others at all aspects of the operation. Avg. 40+hrs/wk. Starting $15/hr., accommodations avail., vehicle supplied for work. Located 1/2 mile from Milden with school bus to the door. Willing to train. Please contact Gordon Head 306-831-8296.

BULK FUEL TANK Clearance Sale at Saskatoon Co-op Agro Center. Single wall and double wall bulk fuel storage tanks, brand new but older models, some have slight cosmetic damage. From 500-7500 gal. in stock and ready to go. Pumps and accessories available. Call 306-933-3834 or 306-385-3434 for details and prices.

COMBINE DUAL KITS IN STOCK, JD 94009600/10/CTS/CTSII kit w/o tires starts from $9,850; JD STS dual kit w/ new 20.8x38 tires, $15,046; CIH 1680-2588 kit w/ new 20.838 tires, $13,900. Trade in your singles for duals. Financing available. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

FULL-TIME AND SEASONAL help needed in operating a large modern grain farm. Preference given to experience as a Mechanic’s helper and Class 1 driver’s license an asset. Wages based on experience, range $12-20/hr. but not limited to. Housing available. Galvin Farms Ltd., Virden, MB., 204-748-8332, john@galvinfarms.com

FULL-TIME OR SEASONAL POSITIONS on cow/calf and grain farm. Class 5 license required. Class 1A an asset. Modern equip. Duties include: operating and REMOTE PIPE CRUSHER with 6” ram, 5 HP JD equipment, working with cattle, TURTLE TANKS, 225-480 US gallons 230V, remote hyd. system; 3 HP 230V 14” servicing field work and other general farm duties. a v a i l a b l e , s t a r t i n g a t $ 2 3 0 . C a l l HD cut-off saw. 780-663-2201, Ryley, AB. Housing available. Call 306-648-8081, fax: 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. While 306-264-5179, Kincaid, SK. hts4@live.com supplies last. www.hold-onindustries.com GOT FROZEN PIPES? We can help. www.arcticblaster.com Call 403-638-3934, CERTIFIED ORGANIC MIXED FARM in the north Okanagan, with beef, sheep, and Sundre, AB. dairy, hay, irrigation looking for experienced farm help. Duties in all areas of the farm. $40,000 per year. Housing available. Meat allowance. Apply with references to: valefarms@telus.net Fax 250-547-6080, • U P TO 1 000 call 250-547-2382, Lumby, BC. GAL L O N THE PATRICIA GRAZING Association, Pa• ISO 9001 :2008 Ja pa n ~ M ay 2014 tricia, AB. now accepting applications for a Appro ved Lease Rider for the 2014 season and beIrela n d & S co tla n d ~ June 2014 • SINGL E W AL L SQ U AR E TANK yond. Please send resumes before Feb 1, Uk ra in e ~ June 2014 2014 to Nanette, at: nanettew@telus.net • TR ANSP O R T CANAD A AP P R O V ED Call 403-378-4855 for more information. Yu k o n /N W T ~ July 2014 Available at Magnum Fabricating & our dealers Icela n d /Green la n d ~ July 2014 SHEWCHUK FARMS is looking for experiw w w .m a g n u m fa brica tin g .com enced help on mixed grain and cattle farm, M id -w es t US A ~ O ctober 2014 Class 1A and farm experience is an asset, M AGN UM F ABR ICATIN G LTD . wages based on experience. Call Shawn at Au s tra lia /N ew Zea la n d ~ Jan 2015 M a ple Creek, SK P h: 306-662-2198 306-287-7880 or farm at: 306-287-3763, K en ya /Ta n za n ia ~ Jan 2015 Watson, SK. Portion oftours m a y b e Ta x Ded uc tib le. BEEKEEPER’S HELPERS (5), for the 2014 season May to Oct, $12-$15/hr depending Se le ct Holida ys on experience. Contact Ron Althouse, 1- 800- 661- 432 6 TARPCO, SHUR-LOK, MICHEL’S sales, 306-278-2747, Porcupine Plain, SK. service, installations, repairs. Canadian w w w .selectho lid a ys.co m company. We carry aeration socks. We GENERAL FARM LABOURER for our now carry electric chute openers for grain 4000 acre contemporary grain farm trailer hoppers. 1-866-663-0000. w/current equipment. We are looking for a self-motivated experienced Farm LabourSHUR-LOK TRUCK TARPS and replacement er. Experience in all farm activities includtarps for all makes of trucks. Alan, ing driving trucks, tractors and using farm 306-723-4967, 306-726-7808, Cupar, SK. 6” FAIRBANKS MORSE water pump w/4 equipment an asset. Other duties would cylinder Ford Industrial engine on trailer, be: machinery and building maintenance, approx. 1/2 mile lay flat 4” Cam Lock con- yard and farm work. Must be able to work nector hoses. 780-663-2201, Ryley, AB. with limited supervision. Would be willing to train. Valid drivers license is required. Position can be full-time or seasonal, negotiable. 8 hours a day unless dictated by the season or weather. Some weekend WAT E R T R E AT M E N T for the whole work is required. Wages $17-$21/hr. dehouse to commercial units, hot tubs and pending on experience and ability. Contact pools. Over 50 years experience. No salt, S t a n o r D o n n a Ya s k i w, B i r t l e , M B . chemicals or chlorine. 99% pure, 100% sat- 204-796-1400, 204-842-5252. isfaction or your money back. Also offering 800 HEAD RANCH immediately requires WWQ ionizers and portable ultra-sonic Cowboys with calving experience, also for flow meters. Contact Bob 403-620-4038, range riding in summer. Farm Laborers Prairies Water, High River, AB. in spring for irrigation and machine operaCLAMP ON DUALS 20.8 x 38 Titans in very good cond’n, adapts to 30.5x32 inside NEW TO CANADA, Ecosmarte/Advanced tion. Drivers license preferred. Housing available for both. References required. rims, w/ adapters & hardware. $5,250. Trades welcome. Financing available. pure water. Guarantee 99% pure, no salts, Email: fordpj5@xplornet.ca or phone/fax: chemicals, or chlorine. Good for residen- 250-453-2550, Ashcroft, BC. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com tial, farm and town systems, hot tubs and CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used swimming pools. Phone 306-867-9461, FULL-TIME PERMANENT FOREMAN position on 10,000 acre grain farm in Lamphighway tractors, view information at Outlook, SK. Dealer inquiries. man, SK. Must be willing to work long hrs www.titantrucksales.com during seeding, spraying and harvesting REDUCED TO CLEAR: Over 1500 new and seasons. Successful applicant should have: used tires. About 300 for farm applicaClass 1A license w/clean abstract; Farm tions, balance industrial construction type, management education including basic many sizes up to very very large. Cambrian STAUBER DRILLING INC. Water well Agronomy and Farm Apprenticeship trainEquipment Sales. Phone 204-667-2867, drilling and servicing, Geotechnical, Envi- ing; Experience operating modern JD fax 204-667-2932, Winnipeg, MB. ronmental, Geothermal. Professional ser- equipment w/ability to program and opervice since 1959. Call the experts at ate John Deere’s AMS technology. Other GOOD USED TRUCK TIRES: 700/8.25/ 1-800-919-9211 info@stauberdrilling.com duties include: Hiring, training and manag900/1000/1100x20s; 11R22.5/11R24.5; ing farm employees; Maintenance of all 9R17.5, matched sets available. Pricing farm equipment; All crop spraying operaKORNUM WELL DRILLING, farm, cottage from $90. K&L Equipment and Auto. Phone Ladimer at: 306-795-7779, Ituna, and acreage wells, test holes, well rehabili- tions and coordinating swathing and harvest operations, $3600/month. Phone Ole tation, witching. PVC/SS construction, exSK., or Chris at: 306-537-2027, Regina, SK. pert workmanship and fair pricing. 50% Michaelsen at 306-487-7816 or fax: 8- 24.5X32 TAKE-OFF tractor tires, 20-40% government grant now available. Indian 306-487-2770, Michaelsen Farms Ltd., Box tread, 403-393-0219, 403-833-2190. 291, Lampman, SK., S0P 1N0. Head, SK., 306-541-7210 or 306-695-2061

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WANTED YEAR AROUND experienced Farm Ranch Help. Class 1 license an asset. Must be non-smoker. Living accommodations provided. Aden, AB. Call Gary 403-647-7853 or Bill 403-647-4761. 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

SENIOR GENTLEMAN, WIDOWED, country man, semi retired has beautiful home in Red Deer. Desires to locate a lady to keep NEW 20.8-38 12 PLY $765; 16.9-30 12 ply, house, yard, cook, be friendly, neat and be a companion. All expenses paid to an hon$595; 18.4-38 12 ply, $789; 24.5- 32 14 est, sincere and trustworthy person. Be inply, $1,495; 14.9-24 12 ply, $486; 16.9-28 12 ply, $558. Factory direct. More sizes terested to travel. Describe your past hisavailable, new and used. 1-800-667-4515, tory and future desires. Send return phone www.combineworld.com no. and hand written letter to: Gentleman, Box 28083 Highland Green, Red Deer, AB., 2- 7.10/70R38 used tires, 60% tread, $550 T4N 7C8. each. Call 306-395-2668, 306-681-7610, Chaplin, SK.

POLY TANKS: 15 to 10,000 gallons; Bladder tanks from 220 to 88,000 gal; Water and liquid fertilizer; Fuel tanks, single and double wall; Truck and storage, gas or dsl. Wilke Sales, 306-586-5711, Regina, SK.

WANTED: DELAGE FARMS LTD., a large modern grain farm north of Indian Head, SK. requires 1A Truck Drivers and Equipment Operators for modern, well maintained machinery. Duties may include seeding, spraying, swathing, combining, trucking (Super B, tridem axle trailers) and general farm duties. Farm experience preferred. Competitive wages base on experience. Send resume to: Marc Delage, email: marc@delagefarms.ca Fax: 306-695-2608 Call: 306-695-3959.

MARDELL FARMS LTD., a large, modern grain farm operation, located at Snowden, Hoey, Aberdeen and Colonsay, SK, is currently seeking Seasonal Farm Labourers/Equipment Operators for the 2014 cropping season. Duties may include: O p eration and maintenance of equipment; Regular maintenance of farm yards, buildings, etc; Construction of farm buildings; General day to day tasks for operations of the farm and farm camp; Other duties as they arise. Requirements: Excellent communication skills; Extensive farm experience with modern machinery; Mechanically inclined; Energetic; Self-motivated; Work independently and/or in a team atmosphere; Willing to work long hours when necessary; Valid driver’s license mandatory w/clean driver’s abstract; Class 1A an asset. Employment Details: Room and board avail.; Salary $3200-$5000/mo. based on experience; Work commences April 1 - October 31, 2014. Seeding and/or harvest only positions also available. Email detailed resumes to Mardel Farms Ltd at: mardellfarmsltd@sasktel.net

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Gen era lFa rm La bou rer W e a re cu rren tly recru itin g fo ra Fu llTim e Fa rm La bo u rer.The su ccessfu lca n d id a te w illbe in vo lved in a llfa rm in g pra ctices fro m seed in g a n d ha rvestin g to eq u ipm en t m a in ten a n ce w ith em pha siso n ha u lin g gra in a n d ca ttle.Cla ss1A licen se ispreferred , bu t n o t req u ired a slo n g a syo u w o u ld be in terested in o bta in in g o n e.Ifin terested plea se feelfree to ca llTylerto d iscu sssa la ry a n d ben efits. Plea se su bm it you rresu m e or requ est a n Em ploym en t Applica tion : Tyler Ha n la n Bo x 264,Briercrest,S K ,S 0H 0K 0 Em a il: hicko ryco rn erfa rm s@ sa sktel.n et Pho n e:(306)799-2006, Fa x(306)799-2060 PINHORN GRAZING ASSOCIATION requires a full-time rider/manager for the 2014 season. To begin immediately. For info. call 403-647-2284 or 403-867-3166, Manyberries, AB, area. ESTABLISHED AG RETAIL centre located in Mossleigh, AB. seeking full-time agricultural equipment operator; also, seasonal equipment operators and truck drivers. Email: cneustaeter@pandh.ca or call Cornelius at: 403-534-3961. PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT Opportunity on large family owned grain farm with large modern equipment. Duties include all aspects of farming. Experience and Class 1A an asset or willing to obtain. Separate yard with house, company vehicle, benefits and competitive salary. Families welcome. Call 306-293-2714 or fax 306-293-2715, kaliciakfarms@sasktel.net Bracken, SK.

RANCH HAND for large cow/calf operations in south AB. and east central SK. Duties: calving, feeding, haying, etc. Relevant experience required. Wages as per experience. Start Feb. 1st. Ph. 403-308-4200. HELP NEEDED TO calve 130 cows, starting March 1st, room and board available. 403-652-7253, High River, AB.

FAMILY RUN GRAIN farm in Lipton, SK area, is hiring for a full-time position. Wanted, an experienced individual with 1A license and farming background. Must be able to work with large, modern equipment. Housing available. Wage based on experience. Start date: April 2014. Call 306-675-5703 or email tltlutz@sasktel.net LARGE MIXED FARM in Alberta’s peace country looking for: Manager/Operator/ Joint Venture Partner. Farm is combination of agriculture land and cattle operation. Unique opportunity for the right individual. Flexible on structure, anything from salaried Manager to Joint Venture Partner, in crop and/or cattle operation. Do you have your own equipment or cattle, but can’t afford land? We can help. Interested parties please send resume to: Unit 720, 903-8th Ave SW, Calgary, AB. T2P 0P7. Or e-mail: dkaye@postellenergy.com

PERSON REQUIRED TO work with farm management on an irrigation farm located in the east Saskatoon, SK. area. Operating knowledge of seeding and harvesting equipment mandatory, 1A an asset, fulltime year round employment available. Reply to timmermanj@yahoo.com CUSTOM HARVEST HELP wanted for 2014 USA harvest. Combine and truck drivers needed as well as grain cart operators. Must have clean driving record. Full room and board provided plus wages. Fill out application www.carlsonharvesting.com Goodridge, MN. WANTED FULL-TIME FARM worker for large semi-remote NE BC ranch. Must be able to work flexible hours under various weather and environmental conditions. Strong mechanical aptitude is required for operating equipment, repair and maintenance. Wages are $15.50/hr. and housing is available. For more information, or to apply, email: cfl@pris.ca Fort St. John, BC.

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AARTS ACRES, 2500 sow barn near Solsgirth, MB is seeking experienced Breeding and Farrowing Technicians. The successful applicant must possess necessary skills, an aptitude for the care and handling of animals, good communication skills and ability to work as part of a highly productive team. Fax resume to: 204-842-3273. or call 204-842-3231 for application form. KEJA FARMS IS looking for individual or family interested in relocating to work on large South Sask farm with small fabricating business. You will be operating red and blue new line of equipment w/ a big new shop to work in. We have brand new housing on-site for year round employees. Wages will vary upon experience. Call Jason 306-642-3315, Assiniboia, SK. LESANN LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY looking for a full-time employee on mixed grain and cattle farm. Duties include operating and maintaining all cattle and grain machinery, haying, calving, and grain related duties. Cattle experience a must, valid driver’s licence needed and Class 1 an asset. Wage between $18 to $25 an hour. based on skills and experience. Call Joel at 204-623-4357, The Pas, MB or email us at: lesannjp@gmail.com References required.

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WE ARE LOOKING for a Ranch Foreman. Our operation consists of purebred beef cow/calf, bull backgrounding feedlot for our annual bull sale. We do a tremendous amount of work with rotational grazing and electric fence as well as perimeter wire fencing. The ability to find and treat animals is very important. We are not looking for someone who just wants to ride, this is a modern working ranch that uses horses, but also uses quads, trucks and your ability to walk. You would be responsible for supervising several other ranch employees, delegating work and ensuring the work is completed. We do farm and crop about 1000 acres for feed but most of our land is pasture. We bale hay and straw. A Class 1 would be very useful, but not necessary as long as you are willing to obtain it. We truck our own cattle and haul our own feed. Mechanical ability would prove to be an asset. We have modern housing in the yard for the right candidate. We live close to Lloydminster so work or school is 15 minutes away. Wages paid according to experience and ability. Company Health Care Plan offered. Scheduled days off with the exception of busy seasons. Please email your resume, references and driving abstract to the following: info@hill70quantock.com or fax to: 780-875-8332 or you can call us: Hill 70 Quantock Ranch Ltd., Lloydminster, AB. 780-875-8794 ask for Bill or Sherry.

GRAIN FARM SUPERVISOR required on Hartman Farms, Elrose SK. Send resume with 3 references to: Box 568, Elrose, SK, S0L 0Z0. Email sales@khartindustries.com Full-time experienced. Co-ordinating workers, grain operations, production records, work schedules. 75% duties: planting, harvesting, spraying and equip. maintenance. 25% at K- Hart Industries in winter. Duties: basic welding, fabrication and assembly. Work hours: 8 hrs/day, 40 hrs/week, Cdn $22-$24/hr. See www.khartindustries.com

MACHINERY OPERATOR NEEDED for our farm, full or part-time. Must have some operator and basic mechanical skills. Wages dependant upon level of experience. Phone 306-642-5806, Assiniboia, SK. LOOKING FOR FARM help? Looking for farm work? Agemploy.com can help with both. We are the top Ag Employ site for farm employment. Serving Western Canada, MB, SK, AB, BC. Phone 403-732-4295 or e-mail: agemploy@gmail.com LARGE MIXED FARM near Chauvin, AB. w/newer equipment, looking for full-time farm workers. Must have proof of valid driver’s license. Housing is available. Email resume: schopferfarms@gmail.com or call 780-842-8330 for more info. HELP WANTED ON MIXED FARM: Some cattle experience an asset. New shop for anyone mechanically inclined. Driver’s licence a must, 1A an asset. Must be willing to do manual labour and operate and maintain equipment. Paynton, SK. Send resume to: buggfarms@hotmail.com Ph/fax 306-895-4601. FARM HELP REQUIRED for grain farm in Eatonia, SK. area. Must be able to operate all types of equipment and work independently. 1A and high clearance sprayer experience preferred. Email resume and references to gguidinger@hotmail.com or fax Greg at 306-967-2380. WANTED: FARM LABOURERS able to run farm equipment on cattle/grain farm. 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 306-469-7741, Big River, SK. FARM HELP WANTED: Two positions available for general farm work, Alsask, SK. Class 1 license needed, training possible. Wages negotiable depending on experience. Call 403-664-9878 or send your resume to: heathermundt@gmail.com

FARM FOREMAN: ONE full time permanent position available at K5 River Ranch in Canora, SK. Must be able to carry out all operations and procedures for mixed grain and cattle farm. Organize and carry out maintenance schedules, general farm duties, operate equipment and supervise workers. 1-2 yrs related experience required. Class A1 licence an asset. Wages $15.50 to $25.00/hour, depending on experience. E-mail cover letter and resume to: kraynickfarms@hotmail.com or fax to: 306-563-4220. FARM MANAGER/ LABOURER for our 4000 acre contemporary grain farm with current equipment. We are looking for a self-motivated experienced person to run our farm. Experienced in all farm activities including seeding, spraying, harvesting, etc., as required. Mechanical aptitude and welding skills considered assets. Applicant should have good communication skills and be able to manage one or more employees. Valid driver’s license is required. Nine hour days, except variations dictated by season, and weather, or job timeliness. Weekends off except when the farm work dictates otherwise. Position can be full-time or seasonal, negotiable. Wages $20-$30/hr. We would consider, for the right employee, help in getting started farming or a co-farming arrangement. Contact Stan or Donna Yaskiw, Birtle, MB., 204-796-1400 or 204-842-5252.

LOOKING TO HIRE RANCH MANAGER/ Assistant Manager. We are a family run Black Angus purebred/ commercial ranch. Looking for a person or couple wanting to be hands on operator/s with all aspects of the day to day ranch operations. Position available ASAP, wages negotiable depending on experience. Housing available on site, but in a separate yard. Email resume to: 66@66ranchltd.com or fax to: 403-378-4320, Duchess, AB.

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IMMEDIATE POSITIONS FOR • CLASS 1 DRIVERS • EQUIPMENT OPERATORS *SEEDING, SPRAYING, HARVEST AND FALL OPERATIONS, GRAIN/BALE HAUL* Full time or Seasonal, Excellent Wages & Benefits, Advancement Opportunities. Submit resume with references to resumes@highway21group.com or fax 403-546-3709

FEED LO T P ERS O N N EL REQ UIRED Rid ers , Pro ces s o rs , Feed Crew , M a in ten a n ce/Equ ipm en t Crew Opera tio n n ea r Acm e, AB. Ba ck g rou n d in beefca ttle & k n ow led g e ofva ccin es p referred a lthou g h w illin g to tra in . Com p etitive W a g es & Ben efits . S u b m itresu m e w ith referen ces to resu m es@ highw ay21grou p .com F ax 403 546- 3709

FARM MANAGERS/ SUPERVISORS with post secondary diploma or university equivalent (NOC Code 8251). Three fulltime permanent positions on larger grain farm, Terrador Farms Inc., near Oxbow, SK Duties include: planting, fertilizing, spraying and harvesting crops as well operating, maintaining all farm machinery, supervising and training farm employees. Wages $3600/mos. Fax resumes: 306-483-2776. Mail: Box 368, Oxbow, SK. S0C 2B0. Email: terrador.farms@sasktel.net Call Gerry at 306-483-7829 for more info.

FULL-TIME 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 A MIDDLE AGED couple running a 200 701-263-1300, Antler, North Dakota. head cow herd NE of Edmonton are looking for a young person or couple to assist LARGE CATTLE RANCH in Southern Alberta with the responsibilities of operating a requires a full-time year round hand. successful cow/calf operation. An excel- Must be experienced at moving cattle on lent opportunity to develop your own herd horseback and able to work with others. and experience a way of life. To schedule a Requires own tack and horses. The job enp e r s o n a l i n t e r v i e w, p l e a s e p h o n e tails feeding cattle in the winter, haying in the summer and riding horses to move 780-656-5665, Newbrook, AB. cattle the rest of the year. Resume and HELP WANTED FOR 1800 acre grain farm, references required. Call 403-344-2205 or April 15 to Oct. 31. $12-$18/hr, depending 403-344-4333, Milk River, AB. or contact milkrivercattle@rossranch.ca on experience. 306-335-2777, Abernethy.

ALL CANADIAN GRAIN, INC. Lafleche, SK. is seeking a full-time equipment operator in South West Sask. Duties include organizing and performing maintenance tasks, hauling inventory, and all tasks relevant to seeding, spraying, and harvest operations. The successful candidate will be a self-motivated team player capable of working independently. A valid driver’s license is required, a Class 1A license is an asset. Training will be provided along with medical benefits and holiday time. Starting wage $20/hr. Email resume and references to: shawn@allcanadiangrain.com SCOOP LAKE OUTFITTERS is hiring Sheep/Elk Guides for our season. We operate in NE BC in Region 751/52. Applicant must be comfortable in a remote location (100 air miles from town) for 3 months. Must have guiding experience for sheep and elk. Horse experience an asset. Successful applicant should have experience with international clients, outdoor cooking skills and wilderness living. Good communication skills and working as a team essential. Wages are based on experience and meet current industry standards. Due to our remote location room and board is supplied. Please email resume to info@scooplake.com Watson Lake, YT. FULL-TIME BOOKKEEPER. Bookkeeping duties including accounts payable and receivables, payroll and general journal monthly entries. Experience with Microsoft Office and familiar with Sage 50 Accounting. Experience in agriculture an asset. Salary depending on qualifications and experience. Accommodations provided. Fax resume to: 250-459-2624, Attn Larry, email: admin@gangranch.infosathse.com Gang Ranch, BC. DIDSBURY SPRUCE FARMS: Seeking two full-time permanent farm supervisors. Near Disbury, AB. Must have experience in agriculture and horticulture. Must be able to operate and service equipment. Capable of supervising and working well with others. Required to have experience in tree care tree harvesting and landscaping. Will be required to perform all general farm duties. Wages $13.50/hr. For inquiries contact Brett at: 403-586-8733, fax: 403-335-4423, RR #2, Site 11, Box 2, D i d s b u r y, A B . T 0 M 0 W 0 . e m a i l : brett@didsbury sprucefarms.com 6 PERMANENT FULL-TIME Positions available at Rolling Acres Greenhouses in Medicine Hat, AB. Job includes daily picking and pruning of vegetable plants. Work is in a greenhouse environment with some lifting required. $10.03/hour, 40-50 hrs/ week, may vary according to crop cycles. No experience required. Must have transportation. acramer@canopycanada.net

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FULL-TIME SALES POSITION: ACE is looking for individuals interested in selling and managing vegetation control projects for our clients across western Canada. Assets include: strong interpersonal skills, sense of humour and ability to communicate. Service is key to this position. Email your resume to: acemail@acevegetation.com or fax: 780-955-9426, Nisku, AB.

APIARY WORKERS: 3 positions available, applicants should have a minimum of one yr. experience in commercial beekeeping. Duties include general work related to the management of honey bee colonies, such as: feeding, applying medication, requeening, splitting, starting nucs, harvesting and processing of honey. Full-time seasonal April to Sept., $11.35/hr. Apply to: Hilbert BEEKEEPERS WANTED for 2014 season. 2 Honey Co. Ltd., Humboldt, SK., phone positions available, experience necessary, 306-682-3717, fax 306-682-3096. $11.35/hr. Fax 306-937-2095 or email Stuart, Stuhoney@yahoo.com Battleford. 10 PERMANENT FULL-TIME POSITIONS available at County Fresh Farms Greenhouses in Cypress County, AB. Job includes daily picking and pruning of vegetable plants. Work is in a greenhouse environment with some lifting required. Is a pro gre s s ive , e xpa n d in g $10.03/hr. for 40-50 hrs./wk., may vary according to crop cycles, no experience rea gric u ltu ra l s a lva ge pa rts quired, must have transportation. Email: c o m pa n y s pe c ia lizin g in la te countyfreshfarms@hotmail.com

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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. Va lid d rivers licen s e. Previo u s exp erien ce a n a s s et. 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 GC JENSEN ACRES INC. seeking multiple general farm workers to assist with seeding and harvest operations near Milden, SK. Duties include: operating machinery, maintenance, yardwork. Minimum hours 8 AM- 5 PM, Monday to Friday, Apr. to Oct. Starting $15/hr+, includes accommodation. Must be able to work well and communicate with others. Farm exp an asset. Box 10, Milden, SK. S0L 2L0. Call 306-935-4523, fax resume: 306-935-2201.

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.

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SALES REPRESENTATIVE REQUIRED. F/T HEAVY EQUIPM ENT/TRANSPORTATION Ap p lica n ts m u s t b e highly m o tiva ted . In d u s tria l exp erien ce a n d kn o w led ge n eces s a ry. Qu a lified p ers o n s to s en d res u m e a n d s a la ry exp ecta tio n s to : 9 3 20 52n d St. SE, Ca lga ry AB T2C 2R5 Fa x: 403 -26 6 -6 754

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NELSON MOTORS & EQUIPMENT LTD. 2 full-time Heavy Equipment Ag Mechanics required. Duties: repair, overhaul, troubleshoot and maintain JD heavy duty agricultural equipment; Use testing equipment to diagnose malfunctions and determine extent of repair required; Test repaired equipment to ensure compliance with JD specifications. Salary: $27-$29/hr. Education: Completion of Secondary School; Experience: Minimum 4 years of experience. Qualified candidates would be assigned to one of the branches listed: Estevan, Redvers, Oxbow, Avonlea, Radville. To apply send resume by email, fax or mail to: P.O. Box 300, Avonlea, SK. S0H 0C0. Contact Ken at fax: 306-868-4840 or by email to: service@nelsonmotors.com

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For the first time in a decade, the silo at Donovan Holsteins, a third generation dairy farm operated by Garth, Elaine, Neales and Dayna Hockley near Brandon Man., had frozen. The province had been suffering its longest cold spell in memory, starting around Dec. 3 and breaking for three days around Christmas. | Sandy Black photos ABOVE: Hungry cattle are glad to finally see Neales â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and food. The warm barn is engulfed in fog as the frigid air rushes in. LEFT: Steam from the three-year-old dairy barn rises as Hockley backs up the feed wagon. It is flanked by the lower barn built in 1981, which replaced the red hip barn built in 1951. BELOW: Frozen hydraulics caused a delay as the tractor took longer to warm up to operating temperature.

CENTRE: A heater is used to keep the gear box oil at the base of the silo from freezing so it will be ready when the silo thaws. RIGHT: Hockley pulverizes a block of frozen grain in the boot of the grain bin before starting the feed mixer.

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HEMP | PROCESSING

Hemp fibre processors plan facilities in Alberta BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

One hemp fibre plant will be built and another is probable in southern Alberta, according to officials from two different companies. Cylab International plans to move its operations from China to an undetermined location in southern Alberta. “It’s definitely going ahead,” said Cylab chief executive officer Brett Boag Jan. 17. “We are still determining the place. We have a lab pretty much set up in Springbank.” Boag said the $32 million plant will process hemp fibre into construction materials, animal bedding and other products. Biofuel will be a byproduct. Plant decortication capacity will be 10 tonnes per hour. The plant will also extract oils from hemp leaves and stalks for use as a binding agent. In the longer term, there are plans to extract cannabidiol from the oil for pharmaceutical use in pain relief and weight control medications. Cylab expects to employ 70 people. Boag has already spoken to farmers in the Lethbridge and Taber areas about growing hemp this year for use when the plant is operational in 2015. “They are highly receptive. Its quite amazing actually.” The purchase price is still in negotiation, Boag said. Cylab has operated a plant in China for eight years. In the last five years, it began to replace cheap Chinese glass fibre with hemp fibre, much of it impor ted from G er many via Manitoba. Manufactured product was then shipped to the United States, the primary market. “Doing it here, for us it makes so much sense,” he said, noting the region’s proximity to the U.S. The other plant likely to build in Alberta is called Stemia, which has identified a site near Chin, as the location for a flax and hemp straw decortication plant that will make products for construction, automotive and paper industries. Mike Duckett of Stemia said its proposed $32 million plant is probable but not yet confir med, and he expects to know more in two to three months. “Everything is moving forward slightly slower than I’d hoped, but it is moving forward positively at the moment.” He anticipates construction will start in April if all goes according to plan. Manitoba Harvest, which produces edible hemp seed products, is also seeking to increase contracted acreage in southern Alberta this year. “We’re very optimistic about the dual income stream possibilities for building both the grain and the fibre at the same time so that farmers can take advantage of both those income streams,” said Alberta Agriculture biomaterials development officer Lori-Jo Graham. “If we get these two (manufacturing plants) established, we will really be the centre for hemp straw processing.”

Manitoba Harvest hopes to expand acres to meet its goal of processing 25 million pounds of hemp seed this year. | FILE PHOTOS

HEMP PRODUCTION | ACRES SOUGHT

Hemp firm eyes Alberta to diversify Processor offers contracts | Manitoba Harvest wants to contract 20,000 more acres HEMP ON THE RISE

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Hemp is still a minor crop on the Prairies in terms of planted acres, but it has seen a gradual rise in recent years as more hemp products have been developed and marketed. The production spikes of 1999 and 2006 are attributed to an immature market that couldn’t accommodate production. Producers are attracted to the crop for its potential as a dual income stream from both seed and fibre. Prairie hemp production (000 acres)

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A Manitoba hemp company is seeking to increase its contracts and acreage in southern Alberta. Clarence Shwaluk, director of farm operations for Manitoba Harvest, spoke with farmers at a number of meetings in early January seeking to increase the company’s contracted acreage to 50,000 acres from 30,000. “We’re looking to diversify,” he said. “We have a fairly good pocket of production in Manitoba. We have a strong pocket in the Carrot River area northeast of Saskatoon. Looking out here is going to help us diversify.” Manitoba Harvest is said to be the largest vertically integrated hemp manufacturer in the world and is based in Winnipeg. It is one of two major hemp seed buyers in Canada. The other is Hemp Oil Canada in St. Agathe, Man. Manitoba Harvest contracts, processes and markets hemp-based products. The most well known might be Hemp Hearts, which are raw, shelled hemp seeds available in most major Canadian grocery chains.

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Shwaluk said the company is offering contracts with prices of 75 to 84 cents per pound, depending on quality and the timing of delivery. Organic hemp prices are $1.26 to $1.35 per lb. Prices are based on clean seed picked up at the farm or at the seed cleaning plant, with the company paying the freight to Winnipeg. Shwaluk said the company bases its plans on average anticipated yields of 500 lb. per acre but added that the

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Canadian hemp production (000 acres) Hemp hearts are raw, shelled hemp seeds. Nutritional information indicates they are high in dietary fibre and protein. They are slightly smaller than sesame seeds and have a nutty flavour. | BARB GLEN PHOTO figure is “a conservative dryland yield.” Yields of 1,000 to 1,800 lb. per acre are possible for organic growers with good soil and irrigation, while yields of more than 2,000 lb. per acre are possible with fertilizer and irrigation, said Evan Berger of Alberta Agriculture, who attended a Lethbridge meeting Jan. 10. Under contract, Manitoba Harvest has the first right to buy extra product beyond the expected 500 lb. per acre, and Shwaluk said it has always done so when that situation has occurred. He said the company’s plant runs year-round, and its goal is to process 25 million lb. of hemp seed this year. It anticipates burgeoning demand for its products in the U.S. health food market. “In the U.S., we’re just scratching the surface. The potential for growth is just huge.” Hemp does not tolerate standing water or salinity but is otherwise versatile in terms of soil type. Shwaluk

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said it should be fertilized the same as a high-yielding canola crop, with 80 to 120 lb. of nitrogen and 40 lb. of phosphorus. No chemicals are registered for weed, insect or fungal infection, but hemp is competitive against weeds and has few insect issues, Shwaluk said. Bertha armyworms, grasshoppers and wireworms have caused damage. The crop should be shallow seeded into warm soil. Conventional seeding equipment works well, but cylinder types of combines work better than rotary. Some Alberta hemp growers swath the crop first, but it can also be straight combined, said Shwaluk.

Stored seed should be dried to nine percent moisture, and the process must be done slowly to avoid yellowed kernels. Manitoba Harvest wants the seed, but there are no major Alberta buyers for hemp fibre, of which the crop produces plentiful amounts. Lori-Jo Graham of Alberta Agriculture’s food and bioprocessing division said two companies have expressed interest in building fibre plants in southern Alberta within the next few years. A company called Stemia is planning a $33 million plant near Chin, which would process hemp fibre into mats, panels and building materials. Another company, Cylab International, is considering a plant near Nanton, which would buy longfibre hemp for production of biocomposites. Canadian farmers planted a record 66,671 acres of hemp last year, which is up from 8,000 acres in 2008. The Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance projects acreage will reach 100,000 by 2015 and 250,000 by 2018.

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AGRIBUSINESS | CROPLIFE CANADA

CropLife head eyes organic-conventional divide Ted Menzies new CropLife Canada president | Former cabinet minister wants to help change the ‘them vs. us’ debate BY BARRY WILSON OTTAWA BUREAU

Ted Menzies starts his new job as chief promoter of Canada’s seed and farm input industry with an optimistic message. As president of CropLife Canada, he says he wants to bridge the public debate gap between organic and conventional agriculture. He took the new job Jan. 6 after resigning as a Conservative MP from Alberta late last year. “I start with a smile. I am hoping I can be part of changing that ‘them versus us’ debate,” said Menzies, who was junior finance minister when he was in office. “It shouldn’t be farmer against farmer. It should be food producers working hand in hand, even if we have different production models.” CropLife Canada represents the major seed development and farm chemical companies, including companies creating genetically modified seed varieties. Menzies said he will use his onfarm experience as a debating point. He said he was an environmentalist when he farmed close to 6,000 acres of wheat, barley, peas and spices near Claresholm, Alta. He will promote that as part of the CropLife brand.

“Stewardship is going to be a huge issue for me, stewardship of the land, and that’s why this job is a very good fit for me because I took my farm from a tillage-intensive operation to minimum till to zero tillage and I saw the benefits,” he said. “There were reduced greenhouse gases by cutting my tractor fuel by 50 percent, carbon sequestration went up exponentially and my soil quality increased. That is the sustainability message I will be promoting.” However, Menzies will be restricted by conflict-of-interest rules in his ability to lobby former government colleagues on key issues important to his members, including this winter’s parliamentary debate on Bill C-18, which will strengthen plant breeders’ rights legislation and is strongly supported by his corporate members. “I will not be able to comment on it, but I have staff and members who will carry the case,” he said. Menzies said part of his goal is to convince the Canadian Food Inspection Agency that it should be more proactive in selling itself as a protector of food safety and not just the voice of doom when there are food recalls. “Should CFIA be out more in public in a positive fashion? I really think so because we have one of the best food safety systems in the world and that

message is not getting out,” he said. “Do people want to listen to that message? I’m not sure, but I do think CFIA should be more up front about how good the system is and less defensive. It shouldn’t be that the only time CFIA is part of the public debate is when there is a crisis.” Menzies said his story to the public and the organic sector will include the fact that he realized the benefits of more ecologically responsible production when it did not seem worth the investment. “I was cultivating too much, using too much chemical, I didn’t know where my fertilizer was going or how effective it was,” he said. “I found equipment and methods to manage it. My costs went down, my soil improved and it was my choice. No one paid me a quarter -million dollars to buy a zero-till drill, but it was a good investment for my farm and my land. The bonus was that it also cut my costs.” He said the experience will inform his promotion of his members. “If people choose to produce organic, that is their choice and they have a market,” he said. “My choice was to farm in a sustainable manner that produces safe crops, and that is the story I will be bringing.”

Ted Menzies says he is confident he can bring farmers together in his new role as president of CropLife Canada. | BARRY WILSON PHOTO

GENETIC MODIFICATION | CHINESE PLANS

China won’t commit to GMO timetable BEIJING, China (Reuters) — China’s agriculture ministry says there is still no timetable for the commercialization of domestically developed genetically modified strains of corn and rice. The country is already the world’s top buyer of GM soy. The ministry granted safety certificates for its first GM rice and corn in 2009 but has refused to authorize commercial production. “For GMO products, we are taking active but cautious measures,” vice agriculture minister Chen Xiaohua said. Imported GM soy and corn are already used as livestock feed in China, but winning acceptance for

the more widespread use of GMOs is hard to accept in a country frequently hit by food scares. Chinese scientists have criticized the ministry for not moving forward on commercializing the technology. They claim China is facing a growing f o o d gap t hat c a n b e p ro p e r l y addressed only through the use of genetic modification. “We will actively strengthen scientific research and develop new strains with our own intellectual property rights ... while we will be cautious in commercialization and application to ensure safety of the products,” said Chen.

Join Us At Our AGM Alberta Wheat Commission Annual General Meeting January 29, 2014 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Hall E – Edmonton Expo Centre, Northlands Park

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WILDLIFE | DUCK DEATHS

Ducks fall victim to power lines Collisions deadly | AltaLink plans to install more bird flight diverters near Pincher Creek BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

The death of dozens or possibly hundreds of ducks on ranchland near Pincher Creek, Alta., is raising questions about the environmental impact of overhead electrical lines. Carcasses, dismembered wings and skeletal remains of numerous ducks lying beneath a 240 kilovolt power line were reported in early January to AltaLink, the electrical system provider, by area resident and environmentalist David McIntyre. The number and age of the duck body parts seems to indicate a longer-term problem with power line collisions rather than a one-time anomaly. “I was just rather amazed by the number of dead ducks that I saw,” said McIntyre, who visited the area along Highway 785 north of Pincher Creek at the end of December. Local residents had told him about the dead birds. “This looks to me like wave upon wave of dead ducks … and I think that it’s likely that far more ducks have died than we have any kind of real picture because so many have been taken by either scavengers or people.” McIntyre said golden and bald eagles, ravens, magpies and coyotes are frequenting the area, eating or carrying away bodies of ducks. That makes it difficult to estimate the number killed. Alberta Fish and Wildlife and AltaLink have examined the area and reportedly collected some of the ducks. Scott Schreiner, director of external engagement with AltaLink, said the company had a crew on site the day after McIntyre reported the problem. “We found a number of birds had come into contact with the line,” he said. “It’s difficult to say exactly how many because it wasn’t necessarily a

recent contact and there was a lot of scavenger activity.” AltaLink continues to investigate and has decided to install additional bird flight diverters in hopes of reducing duck collisions with lines. The devices wrap around lines to make them more visible. However, some of the lines that killed the ducks already had diverters installed. “We will be installing additional bird diverters and we are going to do more regular environmental patrols in that area now that we’ve had an event because we clearly want to reduce the likelihood of an event like this happening again,” Schreiner said. The power line that killed the ducks went into operation in spring 2012, said Schreiner. Another AltaLink line is now under construction immediately east of that one, though wire has not yet been strung. The area is within two kilometres of the Oldman Reservoir. Water below the dam remains open, providing a wintering area for mallards, Canada geese and other species. McIntyre said it appears the ducks must fly over or under power lines to reach nearby feeding areas, which they do most often at dawn and dusk. He met with AltaLink’s environmental advisers last week to discuss the issue and said he asked for copies of the company’s environmental assessment for the line along Highway 785 and the new line being installed. However, he doesn’t yet know if he will get them. Schreiner said an environmental assessment was done on the line that killed the ducks, which is why part of it already had bird flight diverters. “We haven’t seen anything like this before, which is why we’re taking it seriously.” Jim Devries, a regional research

The number of duck deaths caused by collisions with power lines in southern Alberta has prompted an investigation. | MARTIN L PHOTO/ WWW.FLICKR.COM/CREATIVECOMMONS/ biologist with Ducks Unlimited, said duck collisions with power lines are not uncommon, particularly around wetlands. Though it is difficult to say whether high winds and poor weather conditions this winter have exacerbated the problem in the Pincher Creek area, he noted ducks do not have good forward vision. “Their ability to see forward when they’re flying is not great,” he said, though their peripheral and low light vision is keen. Those who have observed the dead duck carcasses agree they are mostly mallards, which Devries said makes sense in terms of bird habits. “Mallards most commonly overwinter, if there’s open water. Other types are more tenacious about migrating.” Kevin Zahara, press secretary for Alberta environment minister Robin Campbell, confirmed the minister was aware of the matter. “He hasn’t been to the site, but we know that AltaLink is working on solutions and investigating what happened down there, so they’re keeping us apprised of the situation,” Zahara said Jan. 15. McIntyre said he is worried that

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duck deaths will continue and increase when additional power lines are strung. “It’s an ongoing killing machine, and they’re now creating a sister component to that, going off to the east, which would appear to be just as dangerous, and they are proposing yet another one.” A third electrical line is planned to the north, but AltaLink has encountered delays because of objections from the Livingstone Landowners Group, an organization of ranchers,

farmers and other landowners who say they want to protect native grassland and vistas around the Porcupine Hills. Opponents to electrical lines often suggest the wire should be buried, an option AltaLink said is substantially more expensive. That doesn’t sit well with McIntyre. “Why not go underground because it would serve society in so many ways to go underground and follow established disturbance lines already,” he said.

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GM LABELLING | FOOD SECTOR, GOVERNMENT RESPONSE

Consumer push for GM labelling growing in U.S. Canada will feel pressure | Consumers are becoming more leery about safety issues and food makers are listening BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

The push for GM labelling is gaining momentum in the United States and could spill over into Canada, says a consumer group. “There is growing consumer, food chain and political interest in GM labelling at this time,” said Charlie

Arnott, chief executive officer of the Center for Food Integrity, which builds consumer confidence in the food system. “Most consumers can’t articulate a specific concern related to GM, but it tends to be an icon for what they don’t like about today’s food system.” He said they don’t like that the system has become larger and more

integrated, industrialized and processed. They also worry that food manufacturers are putting profit ahead of public interest. Arnott thinks that distrust is leading to heightened interest in labelling of genetically modified food, despite the fact that the American Medical Association says there is no difference between GM and non-GM food in terms of food safety. Connecticut and Maine have passed GM labelling legislation, but it won’t come into effect in either state until four other states have implemented similar measures. Voters in California and Washington narrowly rejected GM labelling ballots in referendums held in those two states. DTN reports that biotechnology companies and other supporters spent nearly $70 million over two years to defeat the labelling ballots. According to Just Label It, 20 states are poised to pass GM labelling legislation this year. The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), one of the groups that has been funding the fight against GM labelling initiatives, has drafted legislation to create a federal legal framework for voluntarily labelling GM food. “That is a very clear sign that the grassroots demand for labelling has huge traction,” said Lucy Sharratt, co-ordinator of the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network. She believes the GMA is doing what the Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors did 15 years ago when mandatory labelling was a hot topic in Canada.

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“The idea of voluntary labeling is a diversionary tactic to disperse momentum for mandatory labelling and to allow governments to excuse themselves from the debate,” said Sharratt. She thinks it is only a matter of time before there is mandatory labelling in the U.S. “There is a ground swell of action to make it happen,” said Sharratt. “If there is mandatory labelling in the United States, it will roll up to Canada, there is no question. We have an integrated North American food industry.” Mandatory labelling legislation was defeated in Canada in 2001, and since then a number of private member bills have been rejected. NDP MP Murray Rankin tabled the latest bill Dec. 4. Arnott is not convinced labelling is a fait accompli south of the border. “How it gets resolved is still to be determined,” he said. Arnott believes there needs to be a national solution because a patchwork of state labelling laws would be untenable for food manufacturers and consumers. Governments are not the only enti-

ties weighing in on the GM labelling issue. General Mills recently announced it has reformulated Original Cheerios and is advertising that the product is GM-free. Catherine Adams Hutt, chief regulatory and science officer for Sloan Trends Inc., which monitors food trends, said GM labelling is definitely a hot topic in the U.S. “It has perhaps more traction and a little more media attention right now than it has in the past,” she said. She believes other food manufacturers will follow General Mills’ lead and start reformulating and labelling products as GM-free because consumers are demanding it. But she thinks it will happen with only a certain category of products. “I would suggest they will probably be products that are typically consumed by young consumers,” said Adams Hutt, who has been the chief quality officer at McDonalds Corp., Coors Brewing Co., H.J. Heinz and Campbell’s Soup. She said GM products are safe, but mothers are under the impression that children will develop allergies if they consume them. Sharratt said the Cheerios decision provides more fuel for the GM labelling fire. “It’s another clear indication that consumer demand is being heard by food companies because it is very loud. The consumer is always right, and General Mills acknowledges that,” she said. “Companies need to protect their brands, and right now GM ingredients is threatening brand loyalty.”

NEWS ANTIBIOTIC USE | USER FEE PROPOSAL

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Antibiotic user fee proposed to curb use, prevent resistance Veterinarian suggests more education, stricter producer access to drugs BY DAN YATES SASKATOON NEWSROOM

A University of Calgary economist is calling for user fees for antibiotic use in livestock. Aidan Hollis, who studies pharmaceutical markets, believes an additional fee on all antibiotic use in livestock would deter low-level uses of antibiotics, reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance and generate funds to encourage the development of new drugs. Specifically, the policy he proposes aims to reduce antibiotic use by discouraging its use for growth promotion. The concern is that antimicrobial resistance could develop in livestock and spread to humans, creating a health risk when an antibiotic is no longer effective. It’s a common topic at farm meetings, where livestock producers are told that resistance can be selected anytime antimicrobials are used, whether it’s for growth promotion and feed efficiency or for serious therapeutic reasons. There is already a ban on growth promoting antibiotics in Europe, and the United States has seen several regulatory changes, most recently in December when the Food and Drug Administration introduced a plan to encourage companies to voluntarily change their labels. The issue has seen greater attention in the U.S. since a large number of cases of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus was found. Canada hasn’t seen similar regulatory changes, and no jurisdiction employs a user fee system. “The resistance issue is a huge one and I would be obviously quite wrong to suggest that the main problem in resistance is agricultural use. That’s obviously not true,” Hollis said in an interview. “Nevertheless, it’s likely to be a problem.” He made his case for the user fee in an editorial recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, where he and a co-author liken it to royalties paid by the logging and oil industries. “Basically, if you’re using antibiotics to make money, which is what I think farmers do — and it’s perfectly legitimate — but if you’re using antibiotics to make money and you’re thereby essentially enhancing the probability of resistance developing … then maybe you should be paying for that,” said Hollis. Leigh Rosengren, who operates an epidemiology consulting firm in Saskatchewan, said the risk of resistance spreading is real but small. “While we do definitely want to decrease antimicrobial use, not all antibiotics are created equal.” Rosengren said Class 1 drugs, which are most important to human health, are already expensive and used with oversight from a veterinarian. “I guess I really believe that it’s education and information that’s going to change the way we use products, not necessarily a fee,” she said. “Or to that matter, things like the U.S. have done, which have been

making them more and more difficult to access.” Regulations on withdrawal times from drugs are designed to keep antimicrobials out of the food chain. “Already the more ‘important’ antibiotics are under veterinary prescription only and we don’t see any new products coming to market that aren’t veterinary prescription and I think we will maybe even see some of the older products shift that way,” said Rosengren.

In the editorial, Hollis doesn’t propose a price or a model for the fee. Calling it an “economically rational solution,” the authors favour a fee over a stricter ban, which they say could increase food prices. “It could be set up to basically raise a targeted amount of money or maybe more plausibly, it could be set up so that it basically increases the price just enough to make growth promotion uses relatively unappealing or unprofitable,” said Hollis.

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WEATHER | PRAIRIE WIND

FOOD SECTOR | RETAILERS DEMAND

Food makers feel Roofs, trees, grain bins destroyed by raging winds retailers’ strength BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Wind toppled trees, downed power lines, blew semi-trailers off the road and generally wreaked havoc on the Prairies Jan. 15. Gusts were clocked at up to 117 km-h in Prince Albert, Sask., and Saskatoon. All three prairie provinces were under a wind warning throughout the day. The winds also blew excep-

tionally warm air for this time of year into the region, resulting in icy roads and blowing snow. At Plenty, Sask., the wind lifted a bin off the ground and onto a semitrailer unit. Owner John Dipple said he was at the Crop Production Show in Saskatoon when it happened. The trailer was damaged but the truck was OK. The bin was expendable, he added. “That was one of the very few empty bins in the yard,” he said.

He talked to a few others in the area but said no one else experienced any damage. A school bus with seven students on board went off a grid road near Biggar, Sask., because of road conditions. No one was hurt. The roof from a hotel in Foam Lake, Sask. was ripped away, and many reported lost shingles. RCMP warned drivers to stay off highways in Alberta, while blowing snow was a problem in Manitoba.

Big and powerful | Supermarket chains are demanding food suppliers to cut prices BY BARRY WILSON OTTAWA BUREAU

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In recent weeks, Canada’s secondlargest supermarket chain, Sobey’s Inc., indicated that it expects suppliers to cut prices by one percent and hold that level through 2014. The largest grocery chain, Loblaw Cos. Ltd., is expected to follow suit. Fo r y ea r s, f a r m lea der s hav e warned that growing food retail concentration increases the imbalance between food producers and buyers. However, Canadian Federation of Agriculture president Ron Bonnett doesn’t think these demands for reduced food product costs will work their way back to pressure farmgate prices. “I really see this as more of a public relations exercise than a real attempt to lower food prices in stores,” he said. “I’m not convinced they can deliver on that, and I think it would be difficult to deliver. This is an example of one sector of the value chain thinking it is bigger than the rest of us.” Kevin Grier, senior market analyst at the George Morris Centre in Guelph, Ont., agreed. He said major traditional retailers such as Sobey’s and Loblaw are under pressure because of low-cost grocery retailers such as Walmart and Target. “Letters like this demanding a deal on prices are nothing new, but these guys are facing a much more challenging environment now than two or three years ago,” he said. “They are trying to push the costsqueeze down, but that is an old story.” It is not likely to have an impact. “In terms of the farmer, their price is based on supply and demand so cattle prices have gone through the roof while other commodity prices are softening,” said Grier. “All the letters in the world are not going to impact that at all. The mark e t d e ma n d s w hat t h e ma rke t demands.” He said the retailer pressure to lower supplier prices could have more influence on packaged and processed products rather than farmgate prices. “It isn’t that these grocery chains are not large or don’t have influence, but in terms of raw product, how are grocers going to influence wheat prices, and that is what the farmer is concerned about,” said Grier. “I wouldn’t agree with Ron Bonnett that it is a PR stunt, but I agree with his conclusion that this will not have a major impact at the farm level.” However, major food companies such as McDonald’s, Tim Horton’s and A&W are having a major impact on farm practices by demanding products that are produced sustainably, in some cases with environmental requirements or hormonefree status. “I think that is where the impact will come, and they can enforce that,” he said. “In many ways, I think that is where industry should be focusing its efforts in terms of overall costs and regulations and not on prices.”

NEWS RUSSIAN IMPORT BAN | GROWTH STIMULANT

Russia halts Australian beef MOSCOW/SYDNEY (Reuters) — Russia is temporarily banning the import of beef byproducts from Australia, citing the detection of a growth stimulant it prohibits. The decision throws into doubt exports that brought in about $10 million last year for Australia. The ban, which will be imposed starting Jan. 27, was prompted by the detection of the growth stimulant in several shipments, Russia’s Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service said. “The suspension has been put in place following the detection of residues of the hormonal growth promotant trenbolone in a small number of export consignments,” said a spokesperson for Australia’s agriculture department. Most countries permit the use of trenbolone, but Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States prohibit their presence in beef imports, analysts said. Australia’s agriculture department has reiterated Russia’s requirements to meat exporters and moved to strengthen its certification requirements for products exported to Russia, the spokesperson said. Russia imported 12,435 tonnes of beef offal from Australia in the first 11 months of 2013, according to industry data, worth $10 million. Meat and Livestock Australia said the Russian market was worth 10 percent of annual Australian beef offal exports.

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association said trenbolone is approved for use in Canada and the United States, but Canada has shipped virtually no beef to Russia since it banned beef produced with the growth stimulant ractopamine last year. The ban also affected U.S. beef. “Just throw it on the pile of issues, things that Russia is doing and not abiding by science, not abiding by (trade) rules,” said John Masswohl, the CCA’s director of government and international relations. The use of trenbolone is a nonissue in the U.S. because of the Russian ban on U.S. beef, but it could indirectly affect U.S. beef sales efforts to other counties, said Livestock Marketing Information director Jim Robb. “Australia will likely need to redirect their exports in the short term to other countries where the U.S. currently competes,” he said. Australia is the world’s third largest beef exporter after the United States and Brazil. More than 30 Australian firms are allowed to supply beef and byproducts to Russia. Trenbolone has not been allowed for the purpose of enhancing growth in animals in Brazil since 2011, a spokesperson at Brazil’s agriculture ministry said. Russia imported 1.1 million tonnes of red meat worth $4.9 billion in January-November 2013, according to official customs data.

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CORN | VALUE-ADDED

Tapping corn for sugar mulled Selling corn stock biomass | Sugar would be used for industrial purposes BY JEFFREY CARTER FREELANCE WRITER

RIDGETOWN, Ont. — Ontario corn growers are eyeing a growing opportunity: bio-succinic acid. The idea is to collect corn stalks, extract the cellulosic sugar and market the sugar for industrial purposes. Charlie Lalonde, a biomass marketing specialist from Guelph, Ont., said BioAmber Inc. of Sarnia, Ont., is creating local demand. It is expected to have an annual production capacity of 17,000 tonnes within 12 months. BioAmber plans to market the succinic acid to Lanxess, a multinational company that produces plastics, rubbers and specialty chemicals. “We need investment here in Ontario so we can provide BioAmber with both grain-based and cellulose-based sugars,” Lalonde told the Southwest Agricultural Conference in early January. According to the National NonFood Crops Centre in the United Kingdom, the global production of succinic acid is 30,000 to 60,000 tonnes per year and expected to grow. Reports put the price of succinic acid at $2,000 to $8,000 per tonne. Dale Cowan, an agronomist with Southern Co-operative Services, said the potential sugar yield of the

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dried corn stover was 40 percent in Ontario trials. Yields of more than one dry tonne per acre are likely. It is estimated that more than 500,000 dry tonnes are available in the four counties closest to the BioAmber plant. However, the proposed business model calls for an annual delivery of 250,000 tonnes. A recent study estimated that stover prices could be $35 to $185 per dry tonne, depending on yield, sugar content and other factors. Soil organic matter is one possible drawback because only so much stover can be safely removed without affecting biomass levels. The study indicated corn should be grown every third year, yields should exceed 150 bu. per acre and growers should minimize tillage so that stover removal is sustainable. “You need to look seriously at your entire crop rotation if you’re going to look at selling biomass from corn stover,” Cowan said.

“In our trial, we managed to take about a third of the stover off the fields. I don’t know how much more could be removed.” Processing and marketing stover is another challenge. The preferred model under consideration is a bio-processing cooperative with multiple stakeholders: farmers, custom operators, transporters and industry partners. The return on investment was “conservatively” estimated at 15 percent. Prices paid for stover would be tied to the financial performance of the cellulosic sugar producer, and there would be the potential for dividends through the co-operative. “A large amount of stover is needed and so the price needs to be stable. The producers we talked to indicated they wanted to be participants in the value chain. They didn’t want to just sell stover,” said study co-author Randy Duffy. The capital cost of building a sugar plant with a 250,000 tonne capacity is estimated at $70 million. It could produce 115,000 tonnes of sugar and 90,000 tonnes of lignin, which could be used as a fuel source. A process to separate the nitrogen, phosphorus and potash could eventually be incorporated to create a third revenue stream.

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PRODUCTION

WHY ARE COVER CROPS LESS COMMON IN CANADA? Whatever the reason, Canadian growers could keep it simple and use alfalfa as a cover crop, says one crop specialist. | Page 78

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MACHINERY | AIR DRILLS

Bourgault cuts the product but keeps the flow Sectional control new for the St. Brieux company’s drills BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

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Bulk Boom hastens seeding Extra hours spent filling the tank can mean lost profit at the end of the season BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

The Bulk Boom aims to help producers with faster seeding. The boom, introduced by Bourgault, is designed to load bulk bags of seed and fertilizer weighing up to 2,400 pounds from the ground or a truck box. It eliminates the need to have a front end loader in the field

during seeding. The boom is mounted at the front left of the cart and can reach the saddle tank and tank three of the main cart. It can also reach the platform, thus allowing the operator to carry an extra bulk bag in the field. “Our platform is beside the saddle tank, so you can load one bag into the air seeder and have the other bag waiting for you on the platform.

Again, it’s one of those time saving things we do,” said Bourgault marketing specialist Rob Fagnou. “We had it at the show in Red Deer and it seemed to generate a lot of interest.” The dedicated remote allows the operator to manoeuvre the boom while another person on the other side of the cart manages the auger or conveyor.

In one-man filling operations, the person can run both remotes while standing on top of the tank. The boom will be visible on the left side of the cart and the filling auger or conveyor on the right side. The boom is now available on new 7700, 7950 and L7800 seeders and as a retro-fit option on existing seeders. It is not available on 7550 machines.

It was a challenge, but engineers have come up with a way to shut off one section on a Class A air distribution system without giving the other sections an extra blast. Bourgault recently launched its new Automatic Section Control (ASC) product delivery system, which the company says is the first of its kind. The main reason for developing the new system was to maintain a balanced airflow from one section to the other as some sections turned off and on. Seeding systems that provide sectional control have been in the marketplace for years, but the company from St. Brieux, Sask., developed its approach based on keeping the air and product flows stable no matter what is on or off. Bourgault said it was inspired by “tramlining kits common in Europe and Australia, where individual runs can be either diverted or turned on and off.” Those systems blocked multiple runs at the same time, but Bourgault’s system allows “clean air” to continue to flow to sections that are off. This serves to purge product from a run once it is turned off and maintain balanced airflow to the remaining runs. Bourgault marketing specialist Rob Fagnou said ASC is not the same as existing section control systems. “This is the first section control on an A Class distribution system we know of,” he said. “The system is installed on the primary distribution line that comes from the air seeder (product cart). By providing sectional control when moving into seeded areas, it accomplishes the same thing as section control from all the other companies. It’s doing pretty much the same CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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RESEARCH | CANOLA

Canola disease survey shows changing disease pressure Proper field management helps | Field surveys show sclerotinia cases dropped 31 percent in Saskatchewan in 2013

Favourable canola growing conditions last year resulted in less conducive conditions for some plant diseases, says a plant disease specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture. “Actually, 2013 wasn’t a huge year for diseases,” Faye Dokken-Bouchard told Cropsphere in Saskatoon last week. Dokken-Bouchard, who presented the findings from an annual canola disease survey that looked at 268 fields last year, said more canola fields, producers and agronomists are included in the survey every year. Fields are either volunteered by growers or randomly selected. In each field, canola diseases are recorded as either present or absent on 100 plants. The final report is sent

to the Canadian Plant Disease Survey at www.cps-scp.ca/cpds.shtml. The results help show how major disease information changes under different conditions. The survey found that 60 percent of crops had at least a trace of sclerotinia in 2013 compared to 91 percent in 2012. Less moisture last year helped reduce the incidence of sclerotinia from 2012 and 2010. “This is a disease that really prefers moist conditions,” she said. “If we have a year with more excess moisture, we have more disease.” Management practices such as scouting and proper application of fungicides also help the percentage. Now in its 14th year, the survey has revealed a trend in which sclerotinia levels go up and down from year to year depending on moisture conditions. “We have a rule of thumb where we

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BOURGAULT’S AUTOMATIC SECTION CONTROL

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thing as the others.” Fagnou said ASC maintains an air balance from section to section by releasing air flow on the sections that are shut off. He said the controller stops product flow when it shuts off one section, but it can’t shut off the air flow because that would send the extra air blasting to the other sections. Section control systems need to keep the same volume of air moving through all the lines all the time. “That was our biggest challenge. We had to design it so it diverts what we call ‘clean air’ instantly back into the line where we shut off the product,” he said. “Even though the product is shut off, we keep the same amount of air flowing down the line so we don’t get a sudden surge down the other lines. The ASC valve is located right at the primary manifolds. It’s a hydraulically operated gate style valve. We tried air, but that was too slow, and air doesn’t have as much power to close the gate as hydraulics.” The valve diverts clean air flow to the opener even when it’s closed to product, which flushes out residual seed or fertilizer as soon as the section is shut off. The ASC system is controlled by the Topcon monitor, which does not raise the openers on sections that shut off. This prevents the skewing that creates unbalanced drag when some sections are raised and others remain in the soil. “The X30 controller includes a headland management feature, which allows the farmer with a preexisting shape file of the field to select the number of headlands he wants,” Fagnou said. “He seeds the centre first, then seeds the headlands last to minimize travelling through seeded ground.” Most existing 7000 air seeders are being retrofitted with ASC before seeding begins this spring.

take the incidence and we divide it by two to get the expected yield loss,” Dokken-Bouchard said. “So if you had 40 percent incidence of sclerotinia in your field, you might expect a 20 percent yield loss.” A sclerotinia check list on the Canola Council of Canada website helps producers determine if they should spray. It factors in the number of years since the last host crop, disease incidence in the last host crop, crop density, rain in the last two weeks and the weather forecast. Aster yellows is another major disease in the survey. Dokken-Bouchard said 2007 and 2012 were big years for the disease, but symptoms dropped off to normal levels in trace amounts last year. “The issue with aster yellows is the insect factors that bring the phyto-

plasma into the canola fields, as well as other crops that are susceptible to this disease issue,” she said. The survey has found that blackleg numbers may be increasing. Resistant varieties are available, but the disease can have devastating effects on crops. She said it was observed in 31 percent of the canola crop last year, but the overall severity was low. “The important thing is to watch out for it because if we start to see it in increasing numbers, we might be concerned that the resistance that we have in the good varieties is breaking down,” she said. Clubroot is the newest major plant disease in the survey and continues to be taken seriously because of the effects it has had in Alberta. The first potential positive in Saskatchewan was confirmed in 2008

when the first DNA test was done on soil. The last survey collected soil samples from 110 fields, but the results are not yet confirmed. “We haven’t seen any symptoms in the field with our survey thus far,” she said. Farmers can send samples for any of the disease issues to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s crop protection lab in Regina. There are similar programs in other provinces Producers may also participate by volunteering in the clubroot survey, which tests soil samples, and doing their own testing with private labs.

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AGRONOMY | COCKTAIL OF PLANTS

Cover crops less common in Canada than U.S. Plenty of reasons for the difference | U.S. crop insurance and Canadian growing conditions are among the explanations BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

MINOT, N.D. — It’s difficult to attend an agricultural meeting in North Dakota without someone praising the virtues of cover crops. North of the border, planting a cocktail of plants to aid soil fertility and build more resilient soil remains an unorthodox coffee shop topic and a rare on-farm practice. Scott Day, who was a Manitoba Agriculture crop diversification specialist in Melita before taking a job

with a farm investment firm in California last year, said one reason for the difference is American crop insurance programs, which are more lucrative than Canadian policies. “You have a prevent planting program in the U.S. If you’re wet and just don’t plant, you get paid a lot of money,” Day said during a panel discussion on cover crops at the Manitoba-North Dakota Zero Tillage Farmers Association annual meeting in Minot in early January. “It’s a pretty easy decision to not plant and plant your cover crop

(instead)…. (U.S. farmers) also get subsidized to plant cover crops…. That plays a big role whether you’re going to grow a cover crop in a grain farming system.” As well, Manitoba’s growing conditions are not the same as they are in central North Dakota, where a slightly warmer climate provides an extra week or more for cover crops to develop in the fall. Day said logistics are also a factor because farmers don’t have the workers to seed a cocktail of radishes and vetches during the harvest crunch.

He said prairie farmers grow thousands of acres of alfalfa, which may provide soil benefits comparable to an exotic cocktail of vetches and black medic. Canadian growers could keep it simple and use alfalfa as a cover crop. “We know what alfalfa does. We know it kicks out a lot of nitrogen. We know it’s very nutritious and it’s a great rotation crop,” he said. “We know all the other aspects about it: the weed control, the seed availability, how to seed it…. Sometimes getting back to the basics is important.”

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Garry Richards, a farmer from Bangor, Sask., who attended the zero-till meeting in Minot, has seeded cover crops on his farm for the last six years. He could think of only one other farmer in his part of Saskatchewan who is using cover crops. Richards seeds cover crops in the spring because he doesn’t think it’s feasible to seed crops such as radishes or hairy vetch in the fall. “If it was me growing cover crops after we harvest, I probably wouldn’t grow them,” said Richards, who is also a pharmacist. “But if I can grow full length cover crops, seeded at the end of May, and graze them once or twice … then that really works….. You put cattle into that system (cover crops), I think the land improvement benefit just jumps another level.” Richards said complex practices such as cover crops aren’t appealing when commodity prices are high. “It’s a higher degree of management. It’s not an easy thing,” he said. “If (a producer) can make awesome profits from growing wheat and canola and not having to complicate life with anything else, I think a lot of guys have done that.” Soil scientists and advocates of holistic management often point to farmers around Bismarck, N.D., who pioneered the use of cover crops as the gold standard for such practices. However, Day said the Bismarck model is based on mixed farming. “Those farms that are talked a lot about … two-thirds of those acres are dedicated to livestock. It’s really easy to put cover crops … into a mixed farming system.” Jon Stika, a U.S. Department of Agriculture soil scientist in Dickinson, N.D., said that’s because farmers can use the crops to rejuvenate the soil and feed cattle. “The adoption rate is a lot higher with producers that have livestock because they can always get some of their money grazing those in the fall … and save the time that they have to feed hay.” However, he said grain farmers should realize that certain cover crop species are extremely hardy and will persist into November. “Some of vetches, the clovers, they won’t die until the temperature gets down to 10 F (-12 C),” he said. “If you look at that, we may have another month (in the fall) where these things could be alive in the soil.”

THE BUFFETT CONNECTION Advocates of cover crops, which are used to boost soil health, have a powerful ally in the United States. Howard Buffett, Warren Buffett’s eldest son, owns farms in Illinois, Arizona and South Africa and is a vocal proponent of sustainable agriculture practices. Through the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, Buffett focuses his philanthropy on food security, water security, conflict mitigation and a program called harvesting the potential, which promotes conservation agriculture. Buffett and U.S. agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack will be the opening speakers at a national conference on cover crops and soil health in Omaha, Nebraska, in February.

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A Weyburn, Sask., farmer is considering installing tile drainage to move water from several low spots into one area to allow seeding in the depressions. | FILE PHOTOS

DRAINAGE | NEW APPROACH

Farmer ponders tile drainage to amalgamate low spots Make slough from potholes | The depressions could then be seeded BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

A Saskatchewan grower is considering a unique use for tile drainage: moving water from low spots on his cropland and consolidating it in larger sloughs. Marcel Van Staveren, who grows canola, soybeans, wheat, durum, flax and pulses on 16,000 acres with his brothers, John and Vincent, near Weyburn, Sask., said they, like most producers, shifted to GPS and autosteer for their tractors many years ago. Now they would like to improve upon that efficiency by removing excess water from depressions and small sloughs on parcels of their large land base. “We used to feel that GPS in our farm equipment was a luxury item, or some neighbours or city people felt it was a luxury item, but … it’s a necessary tool in terms of making money (with) high priced inputs,” Van Staveren said in an interview during the Manitoba-North Dakota Zero Tillage Farmers Association annual meeting in Minot in early January. “We’re also seeing the potential to improve soils. We’re seeing saline rings on the perimeters of sloughs,” he said. “Clearly we have to look at opportunities (for) where we can move the water. (Maybe) we can look at some sort of tiling opportunity where we can move water slowly and carefully into larger depressions that are on our own property (and) minimize these spaces we need to drive around in a wet spring.” Van Staveren farms in the prairie pothole region and said wet conditions last spring filled more than 26 depressions with water on a single quarter-section. He has previously seeded crop into those low-lying areas, only to see a 75 millimetre rain fill the depressions with water and drown the crop a few weeks after planting.

Moving the water from pothole to pothole with subsurface drainage could reduce the need to drive around depressions, improve soil and allow him to consistently grow crops in the wet spots. “With long-term zero tillage, we’re seeing better water absorption,” he said. “There’s a better opportunity to farm those depressions because they’re not as wet as they used to be because we’re reducing surface water movement.” Chris Unrau, who owns Precision Land Solutions, a tile drainage installation firm in Winkler, Man., said he’s never worked on a project that used drainage tile to move water from one pothole to another on a field. “But the concept has been floated, and I can’t see why it wouldn’t work,” he said in an email. “I like the idea of holding drainage water (surface and tile) in sloughs, but I think it would be most efficient if it was done in a regional approach, something that conservation districts could implement in a larger scale.” Michael Champion, manager of industry and government relations for Ducks Unlimited in Saskatchewan, said the organization opposes wetlands consolidation. He said small, ephemeral wetlands, which are wet in the spring and dry up early in the summer, are not suitable habitat for nesting birds such as ducks but are an important component of the larger ecosystem. “They (birds) are not going to be able to hatch ducklings and raise their ducklings on a wetland that goes dry,” he said. “Their importance isn’t necessary for habitat for migratory birds… it’s for invertebrate (insect) hatch. Early in the year those wetlands are the first to thaw … so it’s a food source for migratory birds in the spring.” Champion said draining small potholes could also affect water storage and the performance of the larger water system. “We think having more basins out

there provides more opportunity for (water) storage. The larger body of water (where water is consolidated) doesn’t function the same way as it did before.” Champion said Saskatchewan regulations allow landowners to move water on their own property. “I believe if a farmer is not moving water off (his) quarter section, (he’s) in compliance with the regulations.” Ducks Unlimited isn’t opposed to all drainage, but it would prefer if farmers grew crops around existing wetlands, Champion said. “We think the best management practice is to just leave water on the landscape where it is and manoeuvre around (potholes),” he said. “There are instances where some drainage is beneficial, for protection of property and infrastructure. DU doesn’t view convenience the same as infrastructure or property.”

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$600,000 bull racks up another win Grand champion at Denver show | The genetically superior bull is “a once in a lifetime sort of deal,” says owner BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

DENVER, Colo. — The Colyer family of Bruneau, Idaho, may have sold a Hereford bull for a world record price of $600,000 last year, but they have remained down to earth. That bull, C Miles McKee 2103 ET, went on to win grand champion honours at the National Western Stock Show in Denver Jan. 16. Between grooming cattle and hauling away litter at the stock show, Kyle Colyer took the time to talk about what the family has achieved at its ranch since it got into the purebred business in 1976. Kyle works with his parents, Guy and Sherry, and grandparents Ray and Bonnie. His two young children make up four generations on the ranch. The Colyers have changed their operation from a large commercial ranch where cattle ran on federal lease land to a well respected seed stock operation where ultrasound, performance records, artificial insemination and embryo transfers guide the program. It was Guy who led the shift. “I wanted to be able to collect more performance data and have an idea what each individual cow was doing,” he said. Herefords were an easy choice. “At that time, they were the most popular breed and we are in a real arid area,” he said. “Hereford cattle have always been able to withstand a lot of different conditions.” The Colyers have been showing cattle in Denver since 1983 and have always done well with a long list of grand champions on their ranch resume. The big payday, however, happened last February when C Miles McKee 2103 ET, named after a Kansas State University professor, sold for $600,000 for a three quarter interest to Sullivan Farms of Dunlap, Iowa, and Curtis and Jackie Castle of Crawford, Oklahoma. The youngster debuted at Denver last year as part of a pen of bulls and captured attention from the start. “I never had a bull that had so much interest and so many fans,” Kyle said. “I knew he was good, but to know that they are elite and good are two different things. There are a lot of good cattle here, but elite ones are rare.” He figured the 13-month-old would fetch $100,000 to $200,000, but his heart started pounding as he listened in disbelief on sale day as the bids progressed over 10 minutes. The bull is considered phenotypically superior with a sound pedigree of proven cattle. “His mother was a no miss kind of

Kyle Colyer of Bruneau, Idaho, displays C Miles McKee 2103 ET at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colo., held Jan. 11-26. The young bull was proclaimed grand champion Horned Hereford and is owned in partnership with Curtis and Jackie Castle of Oklahoma and Sullivan Farms of Iowa. The bull has also been a grand champion at the Southwestern Livestock Show in Fort Worth, Texas. | BARBARA DUCKWORTH PHOTO cow,” Kyle said. It probably earned the family about $1.6 million over the last decade, his father added. The cow, which died last year, was a national champion female in Denver in 2004 and the mother of champions. “This bull is a once in a lifetime sort of deal. You could spend another lifetime trying to get a bull like him,” Kyle said. “We are just lucky we had one. Genetics are a funny thing. We’ll have 80 some calves out of him this spring and we will be lucky if we have one that is as good or better than him.” The bull was grand champion at the Southwestern Exposition in Fort Worth, Texas, last year. The Colyer ranch, 100 kilometres southwest of Boise, requires special management because it is dry country that receives 200 millimetres of rainfall a year. Summer time temperatures can easily hover around 40 C. The family relies on irrigation from the Snake River to water crops such as alfalfa and silage corn. “If it wasn’t for the Snake River, there wouldn’t be a whole lot going

on in our area,” Kyle said. “Because of the river we can irrigate and grow crops. Other than that it would be a desert.” They have suffered from the super drought that has affected the western U.S. and expect this year to be equally dry. They keep 300 Hereford and 150 Angus and manage an extensive artificial insemination and embryo transfer program to keep the quality high and consistent. “We are trying to utilize the best genetics that we can to make the most of consistency, and eliminate the bottom end all the time,” said Kyle, who is taking over more of the breeding decisions as the farm passes from one generation to the next. “By doing a lot of AI and embryo work, we feel we can eliminate the bottom and get more profitable cattle.” The culls are sold at the auction market. They also sell show heifers, which has become a large sideline for breeders. Junior breed association members buy the young females. “It has opened a whole new business for a lot of breeders that really wasn’t in existence 10 years ago,” he said.

The Colyers sold a heifer out of their sale that became national junior champion female in Denver. “Most all of our heifers that we have sold have had good show careers and were able to produce ones that came back here and won as well,” he said. Angus were added in 1994, but the family remained loyal to Herefords, even as the breed slipped in popularity. “Until the last five or six years, Hereford cattle were kind of struggling for a while,” Kyle said. “They have really gained back all the popularity they had before or more.” He said the females have improved with more milk, a more moderate body frame and more muscle added to where it was needed. The entire family is active in agriculture. Kyle’s sister, Katie, is involved with the ranch but also works with LiveAuctions.tv and travels to sales across the country. Guy was active with the Owyhee County Cattle Association, the Idaho Cattle Association and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and was an American Hereford Associa-

THE NATIONAL WESTERN STOCK SHOW 1906: The first show opened Jan. 29 and ran for six days. Attendance was estimated at 15,000 and the grand champion steer sold for 33 cents a pound US, 23 cents over market price. 1931: The 25th National Western presented the first rodeo in conjunction with the Livestock and Horse Show. 1954: The Westernaires horsemanship organization made their first appearance at the rodeo. 1981: The show increased to 12 days and included 21 rodeo performances. A still-standing record of $301,000 US was paid at auction for a Hereford bull. 2006: National Western celebrated its 100th anniversary. The show’s attendance reached 726,972 for the 16 day event and the grand champion steer sold for $75,000 or $58 per pound. tion board director. Sherry is involved with the American Hereford Auxiliary. They have both been American Junior Hereford Association national advisers.

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NATIONAL WESTERN STOCK SHOW | SASKATCHEWAN BULL RETIRES

Hereford brings home prize despite tough competition Maidstone, Sask., producer says Denver is the place to show their cattle BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

DENVER, Colo. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; This last year has been a good run for a bull called Great Divide, but now it is time to retire. Owned by Buddy and Lance Leachman of Big Gully Farm near Maidstone, Sask., and Joel White of Buffalo, Wyoming, the mature bull is moving to Canada after winning the senior championship at the National Western Stock Show. WCC/CC 1009 Great Divide 102 was grand champion at Canadian Western Agribition in Regina and a supreme

champion over 11 breeds at the Nebraska Cattlemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Classic. It was up against tough competition with large classes at the Denver show. The Leachmans also had grand champion female at Agribition, and the calf at side was sired by this bull. White met the Leachmans at the Nebraska show when they bought a half interest in Great Divide for $15,000. They knew going into the Denver event they were up against formidable competition, including a young bull from Colyer Herefords named C Miles McKee 2103 ET, which went

on to win the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top honour. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what makes it fun because he was the one to beat,â&#x20AC;? White said. It was a large and highly competitive show with big classes of quality bulls parading before the judges. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For Herefords, this is the place to be,â&#x20AC;? said Leachman. Added White: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was a nice win. It is right up there.â&#x20AC;? White has 70 registered Herefords, and part of his business includes selling show heifers for as much as $10,000 to junior and 4-H members. In his other business life he is an emergency first responder and a mortician.

Great Divide is set for retirement after winning the senior championship at the National Western Stock Show in Denver. | BARBARA DUCKWORTH PHOTO

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EAR TAG RESEARCH | APPLICATION

Warm tags for better retention Avoid freezing | Warm ear tags also require less force to be inserted BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Calving season has begun for some prairie ranchers, and the advice when it comes to ear tags is this: keep them warm. A study by the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute shows that radio frequency identification (RFID) tag retention rates drop if they are applied when cold. Retention is lower even if cold tags are warmed up before application. Exposure to freezing temperatures reduces their strength. “Keep the tags in your pocket until right before you apply them,” said PAMI project lead Joy Agnew. She said researchers believe new tags that are frozen at any time before application develop small fissures or fractures, making them more likely to fall out or break once in an animal’s ear. RFID tag use is a requirement for national traceability policies, and the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency tests and approves various brands for readability and retention.

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PAMI conducted enhanced tests to obtain more information for better retention. The temperature findings are not necessarily a surprise to ranchers, although confirmation is useful. “Everybody knows if you’re tagging in cold weather, you throw them on the dash of the truck and turn the heater up and keep them warm,” said Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association chair Mark Elford. He heads an ongoing CCIA study on tag retention prompted by numerous producer complaints about lost tags and the problems it creates with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Among CCIA requirements is that tags must require no more than 100 pounds of force to correctly insert in cattle ears.

“When inserted in the warm, all of the tags met that requirement, but when inserting in the cold, it was harder to insert every single one of them, and the average insertion force in the cold was over 120 lb.,” Agnew said. PAMI also tested the force required to break a tag and pull it apart and is examining the effect of pneumatic tag applicators on retention rates. Six types of RFID tags were tested using either cattle ears obtained from slaughter plants or equivalent material. Sufficient ears were not available for the thousands of tests required. CCIA tests the tensile strength of tags, meaning the force required to pull the front button from the back portion. PAMI tested that as well as sheer and impact force. “The tags are weaker in sheer than they are in tension, but the forces required to break the tags are still well above the thresholds set by the CCIA for both cold and warm inserted tags,” said Agnew. Research also showed that force beyond 70 lb. per sq. inch has an effect.

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Exposure to freezing temperatures reduces the strength of the ear tag, making it more susceptible to breakage after application. | PAMI PHOTOS “Any force on the tag that could potentially make the hole (in the ear) bigger, or anything that can generate an impact force of more than 70 lb. can cause trouble,” she said. “That’s where we’re finding where most of the ears are ripping, is around the 70 or 75 lb. impact force.” Repeated tugging, which might occur if cattle are grazing in bushy areas or banging their ear tags against feed bunks, could result in larger ear holes, which increases the chance for loss. Some brands of RFID tags are more susceptible than others to ripping through ears because they stretch to form a thin wire that slices through cartilage. PAMI advises producers not to mix and match tag brands. The front and back of the tag should be the same brand, and the applicator should be suited to that brand. Agnew said PAMI may have recommendations for tag manufacturers once studies are complete, but the main goal is to provide producers with useful information. “We still maintain that if the best management practices are followed, then tag retention should be in that 90 to 95 percent retention

PAMI tests the force required to break an ear tag. range,” Agnew said. Jim Lynch Staunton, a cow-calf producer from Lundbreck, Alta., said he has few problems with tag retention. “If you put them in the place where they’re supposed to be put in the calf’s ear, they stay in, so if people are having problems, they’re not applying them properly,” he said. “The issue I’ve had a lot more than retention is whether or not they read.” RFID tags can be read with a wand, but Lynch Staunton said older ones can present problems because of wear.

EAR TAG STUDY | IMPROVING RETENTION

Ear tag retention study faces funding changes BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

An ongoing study on cattle ear tag retention has been tagged with problems involving funding and cattle access. The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) organized the study four years ago in response to cattle producer complaints about poor retention of mandated radio frequency identification tags. Loss of tags can be a problem because they are required when an animal leaves the home ranch. “It’s been fraught with problems, I can tell you that, and it’s all been money problems,” said Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association chair Mark Elford, who is leading the study. The plan, which was to be funded by the federal government, involved sample testing of young cattle, cows and bulls from across Canada. Elford said Agriculture Canada officials supported the plan, and the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration was going to administer it. “We were promised enough money to get it done, and we’re short of

money. We’ve been short of money all the way along,” Elford said. The federal government then changed the PFRA mandate and name, and access to study data that had already been compiled became temporarily unavailable. That problem has since been rectified. A later decision to sell PFRA pastures meant the 2,000 PFRA bulls used in the tag study were no longer available. “We’ve lost the bull side, which is unfortunate,” said Elford, because anecdotal evidence suggests bulls have a higher tag loss than other cattle. The CCIA applied for five-year funding last summer to complete the study and received enough funding for two years. On the positive side, Elford said the study on young cattle is mostly complete. It confirms the importance of proper application techniques, location on the ear and brand consistency. Elford said the study continues, and he hopes it will provide useful information on improving retention. He is also enthused about new tag technology with improved design that could help.

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Higher minimum acceptable scrotal size based on age, breed ANIMAL HEALTH

ROY LEWIS, DVM

he Western Canadian Association of Bovine Practitioners has slightly changed the accepted minimal scrotal circumference for different breeds at different ages. The association also publishes the standard breeding soundness exam forms used in Western Canada and perhaps most of Canada. I have also seen forms from the Society for Theriogenology in the United States, as well as one used in Australia. They all have similarities. I would say average scrotal circumference for all breeds has increased since the standard was last updated in 2000, and it makes sense to try and select for it because scrotal circumference is moderately to highly heritable. These changes were based on the compilation of thousands of scrotal circumference submissions made from veterinarians in Western Canada from 2001-06, so the measurements were current, covered a large geographic area and were age and breed specific. Most of the veterinarians would have graduated from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon and trained by Dr. Albert Barth, the key researcher in the project. Barth is also the inventor of the Reliabull Scrotal Tape, which is the only one I am aware of that operates on a spring type mechanism for greater consistency between practitioners. The tape even has a plunger on it, which shows red when it is time to stop and take the measurement. Other younger researchers also helped on the project, including Dr. Steve Hendrick, so the research information and subsequent recommendations were derived locally from western Canadian purebred cattle. Producers have done a great job selecting for increased scrotal size, which is reflected in what the numbers showed. Few changes were made, but the values are minimum acceptable standards based on age. The WCABP put in a new category specifically for 15 months because it is generally the end of the rapid growth spurt in testicle size. Veterinarians generally would not start testing until a bull calf is at least a full year of age, which is why minimum requirements are shown for each breed in month intervals up to 15 months of age. Veterinarians and producers need to keep this in mind when buying purebred bulls. A 15-month bull and a 12-month bull that are evaluated on the same day may have differences in scrotal size and morphology of sperm, even though they may end up being equivalent bulls in the end. Producers should always be cognizant of birth dates when bulls are evaluated at a younger age. The time of year also plays into this with increased riding and sexual activity

in the spring. Doing a May born calf in May the next year will usually be better than doing February born calves in February the next year, simply because of the lack of activity in a cold winter and a shortage of cycling females. Other changes saw the Charolais and Angus breeds move up one centimetre to where the Simmental and Gelbvieh breeds were. This makes sense to those of us who semen test large groups of purebred bulls because these breeds are all similar in average size. Veterinarians know that most failures in semen quality occur once the measurement gets close to or on the minimum standard.

Hereford and Shorthorn bulls also move up one cm in all their categories. Some breeds appear to have a smaller lower scrotal size and yet their mature size is up there with the other breeds. All breeds do not need the same scrotal size, which means we can’t compare Limousin with Gelbvieh because scrotal size will be different, and Limousin will need less scrotal size than other breeds to do the job. Watch the semen forms when buying bulls, and remember that the U.S. has a different system. As well, keep the WCABP’s minimum standards in mind. I commend the association for tak-

Scrotal size is heritable, and efficient breeding has prompted a change in the minimum acceptable size for different breeds. | FILE PHOTO ing this approach to improving the quality of all cattle breeds, and I am sure purebred producers do as well.

Roy Lewis works part-time as a technical services veterinarian with Merck Animal Health in Alberta.

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Quarterly corporate earnings were mixed, adding a note of caution as U.S. indexes sit near record highs. The TSX composite rose about one percent last week, partly on hopes for better results from commodity producers. The Dow rose 0.13 percent, the S&P 500 dipped 0.20 percent and the Nasdaq rose 0.55 percent.

Privatization plan | Farmers’ stake remains unclear as CWB invests in another grain handling asset

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BY BRIAN CROSS

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CWB will continue to expand its network of grain handling assets in Western Canada, but company executives are offering few details on where they might be located or how big the network is likely to become. Gord Flaten, vice-president of grain procurement, said the company is negotiating asset acquisition or equity deals with several parties. “We are in discussions with a number of parties about some other facilities,” said Flaten, who spoke to producers at Crop Production Week in Saskatoon Jan 17. “It’s not something that has been announced to date but we’re a long way down the road on those.” CWB announced late last year that it had bought Mission Terminal, whose assets include a 136,000 tonne export terminal at Thunder Bay, Ont., a 110,000 tonne transfer elevator at Trois Riviere, Que., a small elevator at Alexander, Man., and equity in a collection of producer car loading sites and short-line railway companies in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Last week, it announced it had acquired a 10 percent ownership stake in Prairie West Terminal at Dodsland, Sask., whose assets include a 47,000 tonne concrete terminal near Dodsland and four older wooden elevators located at Dodsland, Kindersley, Plenty and Luseland, Sask. It already owned two percent through Mission Terminal, so it now controls 12 percent. Flaten said CWB intends to maintain grain handling agreements with other companies as it acquires its own assets and builds its own network. “We’re really looking at these assets that we would own directly as supplementing (the volumes) … we already have in the country.” Fl a t e n s a i d C W B i s a h e a d o f schedule in efforts to privatize the company. Federal legislation stipulates it must submit to the federal agriculture minister a plan to privatize CWB on or before Aug. 1, 2016. The plan must be executed by Aug. 1, 2017, pending ministerial approval, but Flaten said privatization is likely to occur well before then. The corporate structure of the privatized CWB has yet to be determined, but ownership will comprise farmer equity and outside investors. Farmers can acquire equity in the CWB by selling grain through the company’s sales programs. Farmers gain $5 worth of equity in the privatized company for each tonne of grain sold through CWB this year. Flaten said it has yet to be determined

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CWB has purchased a stake in several port terminals and inland elevators and officials say the company will do more as it approaches privatization. | FILE PHOTO how much equity farmers will own in the privatized CWB, saying only that farmer ownership will constitute a significant but minority interest. The farmer equity component of a privatized CWB is expected to be held in a farmer trust, which would be controlled by farmers and give them an opportunity to influence decisions made at the board level. However, w ith far mer equity expected at less than 50 percent, it is unlikely, although not impossible, that farmers would retain control of the company. “First of all, I would say there are no guarantees,” Flaten said. “It’s going to be written into the

composition of the privatized CWB what role this farmers’ trust is going to play. Ultimately, the people who own companies, including the farmers who are going to own a portion of (the privatized CWB), are going to have to make decisions as time goes by as to how we should govern this company.” Flaten said it is possible CWB could launch an initial public offering to sell shares in a publicly traded company to outside investors. However, CWB executives currently view this option as unlikely. CWB has had a number of discussions with foreign firms that see an investment in the company as a way of ensur-

ing access to Canadian grain stocks. However, Flaten said he would like the company to remain a Canadian entity. Bill Warrington, a farmer and wheat board supporter from the Kindersley area, said he supports CWB’s plan to acquire grain handling assets but would like to see farmers retain a controlling interest in a privatized wheat board. “They have to get some elevators out in the country,” Warrington said. “The other elevator companies that we deal with … are going to look after themselves first. There’s no doubt about it. Why wouldn’t they?”

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AGT buys canner Alliance Grain Traders has bought most of the assets of Quebec-based Clic International, a food packager and distributor, for an undisclosed price. Clic’s packaging and canning lines in Laval and Saint-Léonard, Que., will help Alliance to distribute a broad line of pulses and ethnic foods to the North American and global retail and food service sectors, AGT president Murad Al-Katib said in a news release.

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FARM LABOUR | MAXIMIZING EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION

LETHBRIDGE TERMINAL | SHAREHOLDERS VOTE

Benefits big part of compensation

LIT sale to Viterra OKed

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS

COLIN MILLER

There are also opportunities to offer an additional non-cash gift of up to $500 for performance related reasons such as service awards. These gift policies do not apply to non-arm’s length employees such as spouses or children, so care should be taken when dealing with these circumstances. Taxable benefits, on the other hand, are benefits offered to employees that are taxable in the hands of the employee and deductible by the farm. It is important to understand which benefits are being offered to employees to make sure they are being reported correctly to the government. Examples of such benefits could include free or low rent housing, personal use of the employer’s automobiles or cellphones, and interest free or low interest loans to employees. Effectively including both taxable and non-taxable benefits into a compensation package could be the difference between losing or retaining employees. Consider speaking with employees about their interests and the options that are available to help create a plan that is the best for both parties. As well, consider contacting a professional to ensure the plan is appropriate and that all options have been considered. Colin Miller is a chartered accountant and partner with KPMG’s tax practice in Lethbridge. Contact: colinmiller@kpmg.ca.

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Viterra will take ownership of Lethbridge Inland Terminal Feb. 28 after shareholders voted overwhelmingly to sell the terminal to Viterra. Norman Fodness, LIT chief executive officer, said 99.8 percent of the 89.9 percent of the shareholders represented in person or proxy voted in favour of selling Jan. 17. “Our board of directors unanimously recommended the sale, and the shareholders agreed with the transaction,” said Fodness. “It was an excellent turnout. Obviously people agreed with the board and that’s what happened.” A purchase agreement for the 42,000-tonne grain facility was reached with Viterra in December. LIT is Alberta’s second largest farmer-owned grain terminal. It is located on 220 acres 20 kilometres southeast of Lethbridge near the junction of highways 4 and 845 on a main rail line to the United States. It was built in 2008 for an initial capital investment of $23 million. Kyle Jeworski, Viterra’s chief executive officer, said while the company has facilities throughout southern Alberta, Lethbridge was a gap. “We saw it as a hole within our network and an opportunity to fill it with a very good asset and with high quality people there.” Fodness said Viterra’s new ownership would give farmers access to a

package of services and products, which was an important consideration in recommending the sale to its shareholders. LIT also operates a fertilizer plant on the site, which is co-owned by UFA. A decision hasn’t been finalized yet, but Fodness expects UFA to be the sole owner of the fertilizer plant. “It’s highly likely UFA will continue on as sole owner.” Fodness said the end of CWB’s monopoly on export wheat and durum will continue to affect the grain industry. “Having a port terminal on salt water is extremely important,” he said. “If you don’t have a salt water port on the west, east or north, it will be pretty difficult,” he said. “We grow a lot of grain in Canada and not all of it can go south. It has to flow somewhere.” Fodness predicts tough days ahead for grain movement with the combination of the bumper prairie crop and “sluggish” grain movement. In his 40 years in the industry, it’s the first time Fodness has seen no bids at grain elevators. With the CWB there was always a bid. “There was a price discovery mechanism, not now. There are going to be some lean times ahead.” Jeworski said Viterra will keep all 14 employees at the facility who he said have worked hard to grow the business.

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that the farm can still use as deductions. Such benefits include supplementary employment benefit plans, moving allowances, reimbursement of moving expenses, contributions to a private health service plan, paying for language courses, social events, meal allowances and special clothing required for the job. These benefits can be significant to the employee. For example, assume an employee is buying $1,000 worth of private health insurance and has a tax rate of 25 percent. He would have to earn $1,333 to be able to pay for the health premiums and the taxes owing on the earned income. Alternatively, the payment is made with pre-tax dollars if the farm provides a health insurance plan and pays for the plan. The farm pays $1,000 and the employee receives the same benefit. The employee saves $333 and the farm receives another expense that can be deducted to offset future income. There are also opportunities to provide non-cash gifts and awards to employees as non-taxable benefits. Up to $500 of a non-cash gift can be made to employees each year and would be non-taxable to the employee but deductible to the farm. The gifts cannot be cash or a cashequivalent, which rules out gift cards. However, buying the latest iPad or video game system would qualify as long as the $500 limit is not exceeded.

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

GRAINS Slaughter Cattle ($/cwt)

Grade A

Live Jan. 10-16

Previous Jan. 3-9

Year ago

Rail Jan. 10-16

Previous Jan. 3-9

134.00-140.00 113.18-145.08 n/a n/a

133.00-134.50 127.96-144.17 n/a n/a

115.26 116.30 n/a n/a

n/a 226.00-234.00 n/a n/a

220.00-225.75 218.00-229.00 n/a n/a

n/a 130.38-143.04 n/a n/a

n/a 122.57-137.31 n/a n/a

n/a 116.29 n/a n/a

n/a 225.00-233.00 n/a n/a

221.50-225.75 217.00-228.00 n/a n/a

$170

Steers Alta. Ont. Sask. Man. Heifers Alta. Ont. Sask. Man.

$160

*Live f.o.b. feedlot, rail f.o.b. plant.

$190 $180 $170 $160 n/a n/a $150 12/16 12/23 12/27 1/6

1/13 1/20

Saskatchewan $180

$150 n/a

n/a

$140 12/16 12/23 12/27 1/6

Feeder Cattle ($/cwt)

n/a 1/13 1/20

Manitoba $190 $180 $170 $160 n/a

n/a

$150 12/16 12/23 12/27 1/6

Canfax

n/a 1/13 1/20

Heifers 500-600 lb. (average $/cwt) Alberta $180

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.

130-153 142-164 152-176 163-183 177-204 181-206

136-156 147-164 155-175 160-187 170-201 175-204

141-158 148-166 155-175 161-185 175-201 183-208

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127-147 138-158 144-163 152-176 154-180 155-188

130-149 132-158 138-168 150-178 160-183 150-180

135-152 140-158 145-165 153-178 157-184 164-193

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$170 $160

Average Carcass Weight

$150 n/a

n/a

$140 12/16 12/23 12/27 1/6

1/13 1/20

Jan. 11/14 850 794 665 909

Canfax

Steers Heifers Cows Bulls

Saskatchewan $170 $160 $150

Jan. 12/13 883 836 664 1001

YTD 14 849 788 672 916

YTD 13 885 829 668 1009

n/a n/a $130 12/16 12/23 12/27 1/6

n/a 1/13 1/20

Manitoba $180 $170 $160 $150 n/a n/a $140 12/16 12/23 12/27 1/6

n/a 1/13 1/20

Slaughter cattle (35-65% choice) National Kansas Nebraska Nebraska (dressed) Feeders No. 1 (800-900 lb) South Dakota Billings Dodge City

Steers 142.22 141.48 142.75 227.36

Heifers 142.07 141.23 141.53 226.97

Steers n/a 157-162.50 160-165

Trend n/a steady firm/+2 USDA

Basis Cattle / Beef Trade

Cash Futures Alta-Neb Sask-Neb Ont-Neb

-19.24 n/a -22.92

-14.66 n/a -18.42

Canadian Beef Production million lb. YTD % change Fed 54.9 +1 Non-fed 13.6 -5 Total beef 68.5 0

Exports % from 2012 n/a (1) n/a n/a (1) n/a 183,207 (3) -1.6 257,902 (3) +1.3 Imports % from 2012 n/a (2) n/a 55,634 (2) +8.4 n/a (4) n/a n/a (4) n/a

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 Dec. 28/13 (2) to Nov. 30/13 (3) to Nov. 30/13 (4) to Jan. 4/14

Canfax

Agriculture Canada

To Jan. 4 Fed. inspections only Canada U.S. To date 2014 n/a n/a To date 2013 n/a n/a % Change 14/13 n/a n/a

Close Jan. 17 Live Cattle Feb 140.35 Apr 139.30 Jun 131.45 Aug 129.55 Oct 132.50 Feeder Cattle Jan 170.00 Mar 167.93 Apr 168.65 May 169.50 Aug 171.10

136.70 136.98 130.25 128.30 131.90

+3.65 +2.32 +1.20 +1.25 +0.60

124.95 129.83 126.25 126.53 130.83

168.65 167.65 168.55 168.90 170.68

+1.35 +0.28 +0.10 +0.60 +0.42

143.90 146.35 148.85 151.13 157.05

Index 100 Hog Price Trends ($/ckg) Alberta $160 $155 $150 $145 n/a n/a $140 12/16 12/23 12/27 1/6

1/13 1/20

Feb 02-Feb 15 Feb 16-Mar 01 Mar 02-Mar 15 Mar 16-Mar 29 Mar 30-Apr 12 Apr 13-Apr 26 Apr 27-May 10 May 11-May 24 May 25-Jun 07 Jun 08-Jun 21

Canfax

Sheep ($/lb.) & Goats ($/head) Jan. 10 Base rail (index 100) 2.78 Range 0.12-0.13 Feeder lambs 1.20-1.30 Sheep (live) 0.25

Previous 2.48 0.06-0.17 1.20-1.30 0.25

Export n/a (1) 334,049 (2) 1,085,989 (2)

$165

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

$160 $155 $150 $145 12/16 12/23 12/27 1/6

(1) to Dec. 28/13

(2) to Nov. 30/13

Jan. 13 1.85-2.65 1.70-2.32 1.80-2.07 1.90-2.05 1.70-1.90 1.30-1.70 0.85-1.00 0.85-1.00 60-100

New lambs 65-80 lb 80-95 lb > 95 lb > 110 lb Feeder lambs Sheep Rams Kids

Ontario Stockyards Inc.

$160 $155 $150 $145 12/16 12/23 12/27 1/6

1/13 1/20

Feb Apr May Jun

Close Jan. 17 86.18 91.90 99.60 101.58

Close Jan. 10 85.83 91.00 98.88 100.90

1.35-1.40 1.45 1.25-1.35 0.25-0.40

Wool lambs >80 lb Wool lambs <80 lb Hair lambs Fed sheep

To Jan. 4 Canada n/a n/a n/a

+0.35 +0.90 +0.72 +0.68

Year ago 85.35 88.08 94.70 96.85

To date 2014 To date 2013 % change 14/13

Agriculture Canada

155.20 155.79

Man. Que.

158.00 161.51 *incl. wt. premiums

$245

$235 12/16 12/23 12/27 1/6

1/13 1/20

Milling Wheat (March) $195 $190

$175 12/16 12/23 12/27 1/6

1/13 1/20

Cash Prices

Import n/a n/a (3) n/a (3)

% from 2012 n/a n/a n/a Agriculture Canada

Close Jan. 17 100.20 97.78 84.63 79.85

Jan. 20 19.50-22.00 13.75-17.50 16.50-19.00 16.00-18.00 12.75-15.00 18.25-20.00 14.50-18.00 10.30-11.00 9.30-9.50 5.65-6.25 5.55-5.80 11.25-12.50 5.00-5.50 34.00-35.75 33.00-34.75 27.30-28.75 18.75-23.50 20.90-22.00 14.00-18.00 9.00-14.00 9.00-18.00

Avg. Jan. 13 20.63 20.63 15.54 15.54 18.10 18.10 17.16 17.41 13.90 13.65 19.46 19.25 16.25 16.25 10.56 10.56 9.46 9.46 5.83 5.83 5.71 5.71 11.96 11.96 5.15 5.15 35.17 35.17 34.31 34.31 28.27 28.27 20.50 21.14 21.63 21.63 14.00 19.40 9.00 13.88 12.00 16.00

Cash Prices

Canola (cash - March) $410 $400

Jan. 15 Jan. 8 Year Ago No. 3 Oats Saskatoon ($/tonne) 149.19 138.89 185.26 Snflwr NuSun Enderlin ND (¢/lb) 19.30 19.40 22.40

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

$380 $370 12/13 12/20 12/26 1/3

1/10 1/17

Canola (basis - March) $-35 $-40 $-45

$-55 12/13 12/20 12/26 1/3

1/10 1/17

Feed Wheat (Lethbridge) $220 $200 $180 $160 $140 12/13 12/20 12/26 1/3

1/10 1/17

$550 $500 $450 $400 $350 12/13 12/20 12/26 1/3

$180 $170

Basis: $25

$150 $140 12/13 12/20 12/26 1/3

1/10 1/17

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

Corn (March) $440 $435 $430 $425 $420 12/16 12/23 12/27 1/6

Trend +0.55 -0.17 +0.38 -0.15

1/13 1/20

$1340 $1320 $1300 $1280

Year ago 96.65 96.05 86.03 82.93

1/13 1/20

Oats (March) $400 $380

Jan. 17 6.28 5.66 6.85 4.56 3.12

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

Grain Futures Jan. 20 Jan. 13 Trend Wpg ICE Canola ($/tonne) Mar 435.50 425.90 +9.60 May 444.70 435.00 +9.70 Jul 453.40 443.50 +9.90 Nov 467.30 456.70 +10.60 Wpg ICE Milling Wheat ($/tonne) Mar 182.00 182.00 0.00 May 186.00 188.00 -2.00 Jul 188.00 190.00 -2.00 Wpg ICE Durum Wheat ($/tonne) Mar 243.00 243.00 0.00 May 247.00 247.00 0.00 Wpg ICE Barley ($/tonne) Mar 127.00 136.50 -9.50 May 129.00 138.50 -9.50 Chicago Wheat ($US/bu.) Mar 5.6350 5.7350 -0.1000 May 5.7050 5.8050 -0.1000 Jul 5.7700 5.8725 -0.1025 Dec 5.9850 6.1075 -0.1225 Chicago Oats ($US/bu.) Mar 3.9950 3.9300 +0.0650 May 3.5725 3.4600 +0.1125 Dec 2.9825 2.9950 -0.0125 Chicago Soybeans ($US/bu.) Mar 13.1650 12.9425 +0.2225 May 12.9725 12.7425 +0.2300 Jul 12.8200 12.6075 +0.2125 Nov 11.2500 11.1400 +0.1100 Chicago Soy Oil (¢US/lb.) Mar 37.74 37.84 -0.10 May 38.06 38.18 -0.12 Jul 38.43 38.55 -0.12 Chicago Soy Meal ($US/short ton) Mar 434.5 421.9 +12.6 May 420.7 408.7 +12.0 Jul 411.9 401.5 +10.4 Chicago Corn ($US/bu.) Mar 4.2400 4.3450 -0.1050 May 4.3175 4.4250 -0.1075 Jul 4.3850 4.4925 -0.1075 Dec 4.4900 4.5850 -0.0950 Minneapolis Wheat ($US/bu.) Mar 6.1775 6.1775 0.0000 May 6.1500 6.2150 -0.0650 Jul 6.2250 6.2900 -0.0650 Dec 6.4275 6.5025 -0.0750 Kansas City Wheat ($US/bu.) Mar 6.2325 6.1975 +0.0350 May 6.2100 6.1875 +0.0225 Dec 6.4200 6.4575 -0.0375

Year ago 597.50 586.70 576.70 543.20 291.00 294.00 296.00 312.40 316.40 241.50 242.50 7.9125 7.9975 8.0450 8.2675 3.5550 3.6125 3.6300 14.2925 14.1675 14.1000 12.9225 51.68 52.07 52.33 414.4 408.5 404.4 7.2750 7.2925 7.2150 5.9050 8.7400 8.8525 8.9325 8.9700 8.4375 8.5325 8.8350

$360

Canadian Exports & Crush

$340 $320 12/16 12/23 12/27 1/6

Close Jan. 10 99.65 97.95 84.25 80.00

1/10 1/17

Barley (cash - March)

$1260 12/16 12/23 12/27 1/6

% from 2012 n/a +13.9 -1.3

EXCHANGE RATE: JAN. 20 $1 Cdn. = $0.9123 U.S.. $1 U.S. = $1.0961 Cdn.

$250

Soybeans (March)

Index 100 hogs $/ckg

Jul Aug Oct Dec

$255

Chicago Nearby Futures ($US/100 bu.)

Fed. inspections only U.S. n/a n/a n/a

(3) to Jan. 4/14

Trend

Durum (March)

$160

Jan. 20

Chicago Hogs Lean ($US/cwt)

$165

1/13 1/20

Flax (elevator bid- S’toon) 1.70-2.60 1.90-2.15 1.80-2.10 1.80-2.05 1.70-1.95 1.30-1.50 0.80-0.95 0.80-1.00 n/a

1/13 1/20

Manitoba

$120 12/16 12/23 12/27 1/6

SunGold Meats

Hogs / Pork Trade

Saskatchewan

$130

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)

$-50

n/a

Hog Slaughter

Alta. Sask.

$140

$390

Est. Beef Wholesale ($/cwt)

Fixed contract $/ckg Maple Leaf Thunder Sig 3 Creek Pork Jan. 17 Jan. 17 166.45-166.45 163.58-166.62 167.46-171.33 154.24-172.04 172.84-174.85 169.05-170.41 171.33-173.84 168.32-172.06 173.74-174.75 171.61-174.66 177.27-180.30 176.25-184.57 188.64-192.17 189.74-192.88 195.70-199.74 191.33-196.15 194.70-196.21 195.93-197.40 197.72-198.73 199.49-201.02

$150

$180

Close Trend Year Jan. 10 ago

HOGS (Hams Marketing)

$160

$185

Chicago Futures ($US/cwt)

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)

$240

This wk Last wk Yr. ago Montreal n/a n/a

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

$140

Pulse and Special Crops

ICE Futures Canada

1/13 1/20

Minneapolis Nearby Futures ($US/100bu.) Spring Wheat (March) $680 $660 $640 $620 $600 12/16 12/23 12/27 1/6

1/13 1/20

To (1,000 MT) Jan. 12 Wheat 86.72 Durum 20.53 Oats 8.63 Barley 8.19 Flax 0.37 Canola 66.79 Peas 13.26 Lentils 0.04 (1,000 MT) Jan. 15 Canola crush 135.6

To Jan. 5 272.48 114.87 13.6 3.49 18.16 106.4 26.29 0.49 Jan. 8 134.0

Total Last to date year 6926.4 6085.6 1972.86 2097.2 471.93 608.8 469.49 749.9 166.7 147.6 3281.5 3768.6 980.82 875.9 148.79 n/a to date Last year 3089.0 3318.0

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4.2 5.6 5.8 5.4 5.0 10.1 8.6 6.5 5.6 9.3 8.0 4.4 5.6 7.5 5.6 5.0 5.8 5.5

-12.9 -21.3 -11.1 -17.9 -14.0 -3.6 -22.6 -22.4 -26.5 -19.9 -23.0 -20.9 -10.9 -20.4 -10.9 -14.5 -20.2 -18.5

Precipitation last week since Nov. 1 mm mm %

1.5 3.2 0.2 1.1 2.1 0.7 1.7 1.8 6.3 0.3 4.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.7 1.0 2.1 0.9

27.6 47.8 30.9 55.9 60.4 42.5 58.1 56.8 79.8 71.8 100.2 43.0 37.7 58.7 33.2 53.1 42.5 52.9

74 88 62 110 181 93 121 129 164 170 214 104 95 148 85 144 78 112

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7.5 12.8 9.1 7.3 8.8 7.0 7.9 10.9 7.8 8.2 9.2 7.6 8.9 8.5 10.9 9.8

-8.1 -8.3 -17.5 -8.6 -10.2 -5.2 -26.7 -11.2 -14.8 -3.5 -12.4 -15.5 -9.7 -10.8 -5.0 -10.3

Precipitation last week since Nov. 1 mm mm %

0.8 7.1 3.1 2.9 3.0 0.6 0.4 1.1 0.5 1.7 2.6 1.2 3.5 3.5 5.9 1.3

42.5 102.2 107.6 43.4 115.5 201.9 42.9 29.4 59.6 49.8 37.2 112.8 63.0 142.0 64.4 54.4

129 315 228 122 247 310 68 74 133 130 79 189 89 329 140 130

Temperature last week High Low

Brandon Dauphin Gimli Melita Morden Portage La Prairie Swan River Winnipeg

5.5 4.5 3.2 5.1 6.3 5.6 5.1 3.3

Precipitation last week since Nov. 1 mm mm %

-25.2 -25.1 -31.1 -21.4 -23.3 -23.4 -23.4 -27.5

9.6 14.7 8.8 6.6 9.7 9.2 10.4 4.9

72.6 42.7 45.4 38.0 39.9 39.6 46.9 36.7

132 76 76 68 62 60 76 59

-10.8 -16.9 -4.3 -4.5 -10.7

4.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 4.6

93.8 222.6 84.5 90.9 164.5

80 324 111 89 119

BRITISH COLUMBIA Cranbrook Fort St. John Kamloops Kelowna Prince George

8.1 7.2 7.5 12.0 6.4

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