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THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2015

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Verticillium wilt finds its way into Manitoba canola field Previously thought to be a European problem, this damaging fungus has now been officially verified in Canada

P.4 When is it a good time to buy diesel? P.4 Winter wheat: what’s in a year? P.5 Wheat midge and sawfly predictor maps for 2015.

P.6 How will reduced U.S. winter wheat acres affect prices? P. 8 Falling ethanol profits will weigh on corn prices P.14 Both national railways fined for missing their weekly grain movement targets.

BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

Farm and agriculture leaders are urging farmers not to panic about the discovery of a dangerous new canola disease in Manitoba. However, farmers should spend the winter learning all about verticillium wilt: how to spot it and how to prevent it spreading. With only one known field infected, there is a chance it can still be eradicated. “We’ve got it quarantined, isolated,” said Ed Rempel, president of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association. Canola Council of Canada president Patti Miller said eradication might be possible. “If this is a completely isolated incident, maybe there is something that can be done,” she said. “If there are other locations, you would look at other risk mitigation factors.” Verticillium wilt, which is the No. 1 canola disease in Sweden, was spotted in one field at harvest time, with patches of crop showing a strange wilting pattern. Manitoba Agriculture and Canadian Food Inspection Agency officials visited the field, took samples, organized quarantine measures and chased down the identity of the pathogen.

P.27 Canola industry hits back at some long-standing myths. P.74 COLUMN: Which crops are looking profitable for the year ahead?

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Verticillium found in Man. It was verified a few weeks ago as verticillium wilt, a brassica disease so far not found in any North American oilseed crops. It is not the same verticillium that affects crops such as sunflowers, alfalfa and potatoes, but it does affect other brassica plants. The disease becomes evident near crop maturity and damages crop yields, causing significant losses based on the degree of field infection. Manitoba Agriculture crop management specialist Holly Derksen said verticillium wilt can appear to be similar to fusarium wilt and blackleg, but has differences that can reveal its true nature. The disease appears as a long brown or grey lesion on the green stem, like fusarium wilt, and leaves “black peppering” of sclerotia on the plant. However, verticillium’s spots appear underneath the dried outer skin of the plant rather than on top of it like blackleg.

• Verticillium longisporum is not the same species as the one that causes verticillium wilt in sunflower and potatoes, which is a common disease in Manitoba. • Symptoms include chlorosis (insufficient chlorophyll production) of lateral branches or leaves, plant death and early stunting. At later stages, the outer stem may peel back to reveal small thickened black knots called microsclerotia. • The best time to scout for verticillium wilt in canola is at swathing, but it is also possible to identify this disease after harvest as microsclerotia will continue to develop. • Verticillium is a soil-borne pathogen that can survive in the soil for 10 to 15 years, so biosecurity practices similar to those recommended for clubroot are critical to prevent spread.

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For more information on how to identify verticillium wilt, visit the Canola Council of Canada or Manitoba Agriculture websites. The CFIA will be overseeing a prairie-wide farmer survey this spring to see if other cases are appearing. Rempel, who does not know the location of the field or the identity of the farmer, wants farmers to co-operate with control efforts and for reporting to remain voluntary. “Manitoba canola growers do not want triple-S: shoot, shovel and shut up,” said Rempel. “We need our 9,000 members’ cooperation in this.” Miller said the canola council’s agronomy experts will be working to understand, spot and control the disease. “The important thing to understand is now that it’s here, to understand if it’s in other locations and how it spreads,” said Miller. “It’s been found in one location, it’s

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• Fungicides are not effective against this disease and host resistance in canola is not yet available.

Manitoba canola growers do not want triple-S: shoot, shovel and shut up. We need our 9,000 members’ co-operation in this.

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contained and we have a lot of experts working together right now to figure out what needs to be done next, what the best risk mitigation strategies are and how we go forward from here.” The best thing farmers can probably do during winter when the disease is dormant is learn about the disease and think about how to lower their risk, experts said. The disease is soil-borne, like clubroot, so it’s vital to focus on stopping the transportation of soil from one field to another. If farmers find a suspicious disease, they should contact a provincial crop advisor. Doubling down on good agronomic practices is the best long-term risk control, Miller added. “Canola-snow-canola is not a rotation.”

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midge counts in soil samples in Alberta’s Peace district surprise researchers. 5 RAILWAYS FINED: Canada’s two major railways are fined $150,00 for missing their shipping targets. 14 TRAINING SCHOOL: A planned college for Lethbridge would train people in the art of horse training. 24 BEEF STRATEGY: A new national beef strategy hopes to increase demand and productivity. 25

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are getting speaker training to help better present their message to the public. 29 THE MISFITS: A vegetable co-op finds a way to market misshapen produce that was once rejected. 32 NEW PED STRAIN: A new strain of porcine epidemic diarrhea has been discovered in the United States. 35 CLEAN MACHINES: An influx of machinery from the U.S. increases the risk of spreading new diseases. 37

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» WHEAT PRICES: A smaller than expected

U.S. winter wheat crop didn’t lift prices. 6

» GRAIN-OIL LINK: The link between crude oil and grain prices has been broken.

FARM LIVING 19

» HEALTH & SAFETY: A farm safety program

targets producers’ health.

» ON THE FARM: A Saskatchewan farm goes

smaller to get better.

PRODUCTION 74

» CROP CHOICES: It looks like winter wheat

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will be the most profitable in 2015-16. 74

» HIGH TUNNELS: Vegetables can be grown

year round in high tunnel greenhouses. 77

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» PREVENTING SCOURS: Producers can take steps to prevent scours in new calves.

» CORN GRAZING: Limited access is key

when allowing cattle to graze cornfields. 81

AGFINANCE 84

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» LABOUR SHORTAGE: Western Canadian

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GETTING READY FOR THE BIG SHOW

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New show to feature field demos

Sask. to fall back on agriculture as oil prices decline, says Wall

Ag in Motion outdoor farm show set for July near Saskatoon

BY KAREN BRIERE

BY MICHAEL RAINE SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Western Canadian farmers will see roots, steel and rubber meet the dirt at a new farm show near Saskatoon this year. The new event, called Ag in Motion, will offer producers a first-hand view of machinery in the field and plots tied directly to farm show trade booths. Extension agronomy programs are also possible. Rob O’Connor, who manages the new farm show, said it adds a new dimension of interactivity for producers looking to get ideas about future investments and technology for their operations. “This is a public opportunity for producers to attend a machinery or crops field day, with multiple companies there,” he said. “It is one thing to hold a show in a city, on concrete. It is very different to see the equipment in its natural environment, in this case prairie soil.” At least one major western Canadian farm show previously had a field demonstrations component, early in the transition to reduced tillage and continuous cropping. However, that event was held in an urban setting and

required a separate field location. Smaller, specialized field days also took place during that time, but attendance fell along with farm margins and adoption of the technology. This year’s Ag in Motion will run July 21-23, allowing crop plots to be well advanced for producers to view. “Early discussions with exhibitors have been very positive,” O’Connor said. “They will have to change the way they approach a farm show, though.” The show is owned by Glacier FarmMedia, which also operates a long running farm event in Woodstock, Ontario. Glacier owns The Western Producer, Manitoba Cooperator, Grainews, Canadian Cattlemen, Alberta Farmer Express and LeBulletin. “We are repeatedly told by farmers and exhibitors that the Outdoor Farm Show (in Ontario) is the one they get the most (information) out of. Our goal is for (Ag in Motion) to capture that feel that we have from Woodstock,” said Doug Wagner, who has more than 20 years experience operating Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock and now heads up Glacier’s expanding show division. “Farmers get a lot out the show the

way we have it structured there, with field demos, plots and trade show laid out so they can compare products and companies that help them make decisions on their farms.… We’ve learned a lot about running a show over the years, and we’ll bring that experience to a western Canadian event.” Organizers say the Ontario show is focused on agriculture rather than being an all-things-to-all exhibitors venue, which means the grounds can make the visitor experience more productive. O ’C o n n o r s a i d t h e s i t e n e a r Saskatoon will provide exhibitors new opportunities, but it will also be a challenge to work with the field level format. “That is something that farmers can identify with,” he said. The new event will capitalize on the experience of the Ontario show. “The agriculture here in the West is different, but the elements of a good show and how to manage it, that is very much the same, and we will leverage that in creating a professional farm show for producers,” he said. For more information, contact O’Connor at 306-550-4890. michael.raine@producer.com

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Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall says the agricultural sector will help the province weather precipitously declining oil prices. He told the Western Equipment Dealers Association meeting in Regina last week that the government is looking realistically at the challenge of low oil prices as it prepares its March 18 budget. A barrel of U.S. crude was selling for less than $50 late last week, while the 2014-15 budget assumed a price of $92 per barrel. However, he also said Saskatchewan has been in this position before. In 2009, oil dropped from more than $120 per barrel to $38, and that was coupled with a collapse in potash prices and no sales. The private sector responded by creating jobs and the province pulled through. “We are in a strong position to meet the challenges that face us because of agriculture, to a great degree,” Wall said. Oil and potash get the coverage, but agriculture is an unsung hero, he added. “It’s a rock star in terms of our economy,” he said. Wall said nearly twice as many people work in agricultural primary production than in oil and gas and

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mining combined. As of November, 42,000 Saskatchewan residents worked in agriculture compared to 27,400 in the other industries. In the agricultural value-added sector, 7,000 people work for 300 companies to represent the largest manufacturing segment in the province, he added. Wall said the fastest growing countries are looking to Saskatchewan for food security. For example, India bought 79 percent of its lentils and 61 percent of its peas from 18,000 Saskatchewan farmers in 2013. He said people often talk about the need for mega-projects. In 2014 there were two, he said: “$4.5 billion was the first one when Saskatchewan farmers went seeding, and $1.1 billion in the fall when they took the crop off. And guess what? It will happen again next year.” karen.briere@producer.com

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CROP WEEK

Large decline in winter wheat acres expected Winter wheat seeding down on the Prairies from 1.2 million acres following a late harvest in 2014 BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

After a significant reduction in seeded acreage during the fall of 2013, the Saskatchewan Winter Cereals Development Commission was hoping that 2014 would be a rebound year. Unfortunately, that was not the case, according to SWCDC chair Dale Hicks. By all accounts, winter wheat plantings in Saskatchewan were down again in the fall of 2014. Smaller plantings last fall were primarily the result of a late, wet harvest, Hicks said. Provincial winter wheat plantings are estimated at about 260,000 acres. Western Canadian acreage was also sharply down. Prairie-wide plantings will likely come in at about 650,000 acres, down from more than 1.2 million acres in 2012. “The long wet harvest was not good … for winter wheat seeding, and we ended up with similar acres to (2013), which is about half of the normal,” Hicks said his 2014 chairman’s report to SWCDC members. “Despite that, “the interest in winter wheat remains strong and acres will rise again given a normal fall, so planning for the 2015 season should begin now.” Due to its often-tricky seeding window, winter wheat acreage hinges on timely crop maturity and co-operative weather throughout the late summer and early fall. Hicks said early-maturing canola varieties are an ideal rotational fit. The reduction in acreage during the past two years has presented financial challenges for the SWCDC, he added.

Activity around the Crop Production Show started early as exhibitors rushed to set up. Here, Peter Fehr of Davidson, Sask., carries a section of hose for the Walinga Grain-Vac Jan. 12. | WILLIAM DEKAY PHOTO Producer levies collected in 2014 came in at roughly $121,000, down from $234,000 a year earlier. Despite that, the commission expects to fulfill its research funding obligations, said SWCDC executive director Jake Davidson. Growers also faced additional marketing challenges in 2014. A number of growers had difficulty

delivering against CWRW contracts for high quality milling grain. Delivery opportunities for small contracts were limited or delayed, largely because railways and elevator companies were focused on moving bigger crops, including canola and spring wheat. Many winter wheat growers who were planning to fill contracts with

producer car deliveries faced significant delays, Hicks added. Fusarium levels were also unusually high in much of the CWRW crop that was harvested last fall. Hicks said significant quantities of grain were being blended and sold into lower value feed and ethanol markets. Nonetheless, there is cause for opti-

mism. Yield potential of CWRW varieties is already assumed to be 20 to 25 percent higher than most CWRS varieties. That yield differential could widen as new CWRW varieties come on line. brian.cross@producer.com

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Farmers should keep eye out for diesel price discounts BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Farmers who are wondering when to make their next big fuel purchase will likely see a break in the price of bulk diesel in the near future. Jason Parent, vice-president with MJ Ervin & Associates, says diesel prices are usually highest in November, December and January and usually start to fall in February, March and April as the period of peak demand for diesel fuel and heating oil passes. “When you talk about diesel relative to gasoline, you’re going to see that gap between the two products start to narrow pretty soon and even more so when you get into February and March,” Parent said. The price of unleaded gasoline has dropped significantly in Western Canada over the past few weeks, but the price of diesel has remained relatively stable. In Saskatoon, unleaded gasoline was selling for less than 80 a litre this week in Saskatoon, while the price at some stations in Calgar y was approaching 70 cents a litre. By comparison, retail diesel prices

have been holding in a range of $1.05 to $1.20 per litre, depending on the location. Prices for diesel and gasoline are closely linked to the price of crude oil, but Parent said the supply and demand fundamentals for the two refined products are different. In North America, peak demand for gasoline occurs in spring and summer, while peak demand for diesel and heating oil occurs in winter. That seasonality of demand partly explains why prices for the two products have not declined proportionately during the past few weeks. Parent acknowledged that the price differential between gas and diesel has been unusually high this winter. The difference between gas and diesel at some retail outlets has exceeded 30 to 35 cents a litre. However, the gap between the two should begin to narrow in the next few weeks. “The price differential between gasoline and diesel this year isn’t unprecedented and it isn’t out of the ordinary, but it is slightly more exaggerated this year and there’s a couple of factors why,” Parent said.

“One is the big drop in price of gasoline and crude oil and the other is the fact that diesel inventories across North America are relatively tight in comparison to most years.” Many analysts predict crude oil prices of $50 to $60 for much of this year, which had led diesel users to wonder how low fuel costs might go in 2015. Parent said too many factors are involved to offer a definitive prediction on prices. “That being said, if crude prices stay in the range they are in now, it is safe to say that diesel prices will likely sit well below where they were last year throughout 2015,” he said. Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis for the Oil Price Information Service, said in an email that the trend for crude oil and all petroleum products remains lower throughout 2015. “Crude oil prices are under intense global pressure that has yet to abate, and most crude oil blends have lost more than 50 percent of their value since last June,” Kloza said. “It’s a safe bet to predict that diesel numbers will come down appreciably this month.” In a recent analysis, Kloza said

WILL DIESEL PRICES COME DOWN? Farmers waiting to buy bulk diesel should keep a close watch during the next few weeks. Diesel prices typically start to fall in February as peak demand periods pass and the price gap between diesel and gasoline starts to narrow. Many analysts predict crude oil prices to hit $50 to $60 for large parts of this year, which has diesel users wondering how to save.

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Canadian heavy sour crude from the Alberta oilsands is selling for slightly more than US$30 per barrel, down from the $90s last summer. Most of the North American production, including shale and oil-

sands projects, will continue to expand for a while, although at a slower rate than what might have been expected with $60 to $90 crude. brian.cross@producer.com

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FORECASTS: Alberta has released its outlooks for sawﬂy, wheat midge and clubroot (see page 73). Saskatchewan and Manitoba are expected to release their outlooks later this winter.

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Sawfly outlook Wheat midge outlook good for Alta. gives cause for optimism Field surveys show low populations of the insect in most surveyed areas WHEAT STEM SAWFLY 2014 SURVEY Alberta’s risk of economically significant sawfly populations in 2015 is limited to a few areas. The 2014 field margin survey shows low populations in most areas. One field in the municipal district of Acadia had a moderately elevated infestation, while seven fields in the counties of Lethbridge and Forty Mile and the MD of Taber had elevated but low sawfly numbers. Overall, the sawfly concern remains very low.

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BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

Wheat stem sawfly damage in Alberta is expected to be limited to small pockets of the southern part of the province this year. Field surveys show low populations in most of the surveyed areas, including the traditional sawfly areas in the Special Areas and the County of Forty Mile. The damage rates are based on surveys of 75 fields in 16 municipalities, said a report by the Alberta Inspect Pest Monitoring Network. One field in the Municipal District of Acadia was found to have a “moderately elevated” infestation, while seven fields in the counties of Lethbridge and Forty Mile and the MD of Taber had elevated but still low numbers. Female sawflies lay eggs inside wheat, rye, triticale and some vari-

eties of barley. The larvae tunnel inside the stems until the crop starts to dry down. They then migrate to the stem base as the crop begins to ripen and cut a notch most of the way through the stem. This can result in yield losses of 10 to 15 percent. Spring wheat is the most susceptible to sawfly in Alberta, but winter wheat and durum can also become potential hosts. The percent of stems cut by sawfly give an indication of the number of reproductive adult sawflies that will emerge in late June and early July. Winter conditions have little impact on sawfly populations. Producers in areas with moderate to high levels of sawfly cutting should consider using solid stem wheat as part of their control strategy. mary.macarthur@producer.com

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WHEAT MIDGE FORECAST

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A surprisingly small number of wheat midge larvae have been found in Peace River area soil core samples, which suggests the insect likely won’t be a problem this year. However, Agriculture Canada entomologist Jennifer Otani says farmers need to continue monitoring for the pest, which can cut wheat yields in half. The Alberta Insect Pest Monitoring Network forecast indicates that large wheat midge populations in the eastern Peace River region have collapsed. “We’re rather surprised at the numbers,” she said. Researchers took 310 soil samples last fall from fields in 61 Alberta counties. Larval cocoons were washed from the soil, counted and dissected to see if they suffered from parasitism or were attacked by beneficial wasps. The larval counts are used to predict wheat midge levels for the following year. Otani said soil core samples have historically been an accurate way to predict what wheat midge will do the following season. “But the Peace is always different.” She said officials were expecting higher wheat midge numbers in the soil samples, based on the number of wheat midge found in pheromone traps across the Peace region and the large number of insects in 2013. “Frankly, I’m very surprised. I don’t want people to think wheat midge is not a problem. We were a bit surprised that the numbers in the soil core samples are so low after a year when we saw wheat midge flying.” The wheat midge is a small orange fly about half the size of a mosquito that emerge from the pupal stage in late June and early July. The females lay their eggs in the evening in the newly emerged wheat heads when conditions are humid, and larvae feed on the developing wheat kernels when the eggs hatch. The larvae will remain in the heads and stop developing if the weather is dry. Otani doesn’t know if the drop in

Alberta’s wheat midge forecast show the midge population has fallen to very low levels in most areas with High Level some pockets of high risk. Field variation has proven considerable in recent years, so producers should pay attention to midge Peace River downgrading in their wheat samples and use it as a further indication of midge Grande risk. Forecasts should not Prairie take the place of individual ﬁeld monitoring. Edmonton

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wheat midge numbers is the result of farmers using more midge resistant wheat varieties or because more parasites were present. “Parasitoids that feed on wheat midge were also not evident in the soil core samples. We do know parasitoids are out there,” she said. Tanya Bogdanek, an agronomist with Cargill in McLennan, Alta., said the company noticed a dramatic reduction in the amount of wheat midge in the Falher area compared to the previous year. Falher had previously been a hot spot for wheat midge. She believes some of the reduction can be attributed to farmers growing midge resistant wheat varieties. “A lot of farmers around here are growing it because the year before it was really bad,” she said. “It’s hit and miss. There is not a lot out there as we thought there would be.” Trent Whiting, a marketing representative for SeCan, said he doesn’t have good statistics on how many acres were planted to midge tolerant SeCan wheat varieties in the Peace region’s heavily

Lethbridge

affected areas. “There was probably a little bit more midge tolerant wheat up there than normal. I would bet, still, the majority is conventional wheat,” he said. “I would say Mother Nature had more influence than midge tolerant wheat did. A big part of the area was dry, and midge doesn’t like that.” The forecast suggested that farmers not discount the danger of wheat midge to next year’s crop because of the higher population in the region in previous years. A number of factors influence wheat midge’s ability to survive the winter, but the survey provides a snapshot of potential infestation. Weather conditions and moisture determine the extent and timing of midge emergence. The risk of wheat midge damage is increasing in central Alberta this year with the areas east of Edmonton expected to see the most damage. Populations in southern Alberta are expected to fall to low numbers. mary.macarthur@producer.com

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Analyst more upbeat about wheat than canola

Big stocks offset acreage cut American winter wheat acres down five percent, but exports sluggish BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

BY ED WHITE

U.S. farmers planted less winter wheat than expected, but it didn’t lift wheat futures. Producers seeded 40.45 million acres of the crop, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture survey of more than 83,000 farmers in December. It is well below the average trade estimate of 42.57 million acres and last year’s crop of 42.4 million acres. However, a smaller U.S. winter wheat crop did not spark a wheat price rally. “Even though that looks supportive, in all honesty I think wheat prices are going to continue to go down,” said Errol Anderson, analyst with ProMarket Wire. “What’s trumping it is the strength of the U.S. dollar.” A strong U.S. dollar provides a competitive advantage to wheat priced in the weaker Russian ruble or the European Union euro. “In order to compete, the U.S. has to drop their price,” said Anderson. It also didn’t help that world wheat ending stocks blossomed to 196 million tonnes in January’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, up from trade estimates of 194.6 million tonnes. “When you look at the world wheat market, it’s bearish,” said Anderson. “The drop in the American acreage doesn’t mean very much.” Derek Squair, president of AgriTrend Marketing, believes reduced wheat acres will be the trend around the world this spring. “We’ve got some lower prices now, and it’s hard to make money on wheat today,” he said. “Wheat is one of the (crops) that are lagging behind in the profitability department.” The USDA is forecasting 29.5 million acres of hard red winter wheat, down three percent from 2014, 7.5 million acres of soft red winter wheat, 12 percent below last year, and 3.48 million acres of white winter wheat, up two percent from 2014. Hard red winter wheat acres were down significantly in Colorado, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Texas, but there were large increases in Nebraska and South Dakota. Conditions in the hard red winter wheat crop varied across the states, with most of the acreage rated in fair to good condition. Squair said it is going to take more than a decline of a couple million acres in U.S. winter wheat plantings to pull prices out of the doldrums. Markets need something like Russia further curtailing exports or a

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Wheat looks sweet, but 2015-16 canola prices should be “flat, at best,” says analyst Chuck Penner. That’s despite canola’s supply and demand situation being relatively good compared to soybeans. “I think we have about $50 to $100 relative gain in the market (compared to soybean futures), but if we see soybean futures drop by two bucks (per bushel), that kind of wipes out that,” Penner said in an outlook presentation at the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association annual convention. “You could (have canola) gain $2 relative to soybeans, but soybeans drop $2 and canola prices end up where they are now.” Other analysts might be down on wheat, but Penner is more optimistic because he thinks wheat stocks aren’t burdensome and demand is good.

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weather disaster in North America or Europe to boost prices to profitable levels. Squair expected more market drama out of the January WASDE report because it is the first report of the year to incorporate actual quarterly stocks numbers into its ending stocks estimates. “Typically this is a very dynamic report,” he said. “The market usually reacts very strongly one way or the other at this report, but there was really not a whole lot of surprises in this one.” Corn prices responded positively to news that U.S. production was 14.22 billion bushels, down from the pre-

report trade estimate of 14.35 billion bu. Average yield was reduced to 171 bu. per acre from 173.3 bu. per acre in the December WASDE. However, the soybean numbers in the USDA report were bearish with a forecast for 410 million bu. of U.S. carryout, which was higher than trade expectations of 393 million bu. Anderson advised growers to quickly jump on any price rallies, given today’s fundamentals. “When you get those opportunities, like $10 canola, in an environment like this, that’s actually a good price,” he said. sean.pratt@producer.com

WHEAT ACRES DOWN U.S. winter wheat acreage is the smallest since 2010, down ﬁve percent from 2014 and down about ﬁve percent from what traders expected. However, the bullishness of the acreage report was dulled as the USDA increased its outlook for both U.S. and world 2014-15 year end wheat stocks.

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Penner thinks wheat prices should be flat to a bit better for the rest of this crop year, and damage to vulnerable U.S. and Russian winter wheat crops would create a bullish situation. As well, things should be better still next year. “I’m actually calling for some good upside potential in the coming year for wheat,” Penner said. The same goes for durum, with bullish possibilities later in this crop year as processors, who are now covered for a couple of months, move to secure more supplies. Farmers around the world don’t seem to want to grow durum much anymore, which Penner said “is a good opportunity, friendly, for us.” Chinese demand is behind the firm barley prices in Western Canada, he added. The price here would be weaker if China wasn’t sweeping malt and feed barley off of world markets. Penner thinks canola prices could end up flat, regardless of bullish fundamentals, because soybeans have rebuilt large stocks around the world. As well, more huge crops are likely coming in South America and the U.S., and canola can’t independently push the oilseeds complex higher. ed.white@producer.com

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BIG PICTURE

Rising stocks end the good times in commodities Production of most raw materials exceeding demand as global economy languishes BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

Commodities’ time as the object of investors’ affection is over for the foreseeable future, says analyst Brad Magnusson. And that doesn’t bode well for the crop price outlook for the next few years, especially when considering crude oil’s plunge. “We expect, ladies and gentlemen, that this trend is going to continue,” Magnusson said about the dropping value of crops, metals, oil and other commodities, which began two years ago. The only things that will reverse the trend are worse times in the U.S. stock market and better fundamentals: more demand and less supply. Unfortunately for crop growers, the world is well-stocked with most commodities, and some are glutted. As well, demand is weak in many areas and speculative money has fled commodities and jumped into U.S. stocks. “Everybody’s bailing out of commodities and into the U.S. stock market,” Magnusson, principal of Magnusson Consulting Group, told the recent St. Jean Farm Days in St. Jean Baptiste, Man. Magnusson said many are wondering when commodities will hit bottom and when the funds will go back into commodities. He said the question highlights the points at which general commodity prices are likely to strengthen rather than grind lower. Magnusson said commodity prices tend to trend together, with aberrations between commodities based

We anticipate $30 a barrel oil. BRAD MAGNUSSON ANALYST

on specific supply and demand fundamentals. Where the complex goes is where crops will go. Last year at this time at Manitoba Ag Days, Magnusson predicted crude oil would drop to $70 per barrel from about $90, and it promptly rose. But after that, the fundamentals on which he based his call came into play and the slump from more than $100 per barrel to today’s prices of less than $50 began. Magnusson thinks oil might stick for a while around $40 but that lower prices are likely, at least temporarily. “We anticipate $30 a barrel oil,” he said. Magnusson thinks general commodity market fundamental strength won’t recover until Europe’s and China’s economies bounce back from recent slumps. That would reignite real demand. Overall, farmers should not expect generally stronger crop prices unless a massive event causes serious shortages. The market-wide impact of the commodity boom is gone. “We’re definitely on the back side,” said Magnusson. ed.white@producer.com

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Direct relationships create opportunities with new wheat customers, says Cargill BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

The upside to the downslide of wheat prices in the last two years is new and hungrier buyers for Canadian wheat, says a senior Cargill marketer. Big crops and more company control of the supply chain have led Canadian wheat into markets where it previously wasn’t strong or competitive, John Buboltz told the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association annual convention in Winnipeg Jan. 8. For example, he said African buyers have purchased more Canadian wheat than they did during the CWB monopoly days. “There are new customers, and it seems that we are finding new

JOHN BUBOLTZ CARGILL MARKETER

demand. Commercial firms in Canada are finding new demand, consistent demand, that’s flowing into Africa,” said Buboltz. He said the ability of companies like his to control origination to delivery is helping boost demand. “You can find new markets that you can identify and work directly with those customers,” said Buboltz.

“That’s been the biggest eye-opener for us at Cargill. We can go direct to those customers instead of always working through a third party to make that happen.” He said Canada has been successful in keeping market share in the new world reality of eight major wheat exporters, including the Black Sea exporters,as opposed to the pre-2005 situation of five major exporters. The U.S. share has declined, but Canada’s has stayed firm. Part of that strength is a result of the Canadian system focusing more on capturing demand and moving crop rather than forcing the highest premiums possible. “As the market becomes more free, instead of having this high price island, you’ve been able to still

extract some premium, but you’ve increased the volume,” Buboltz said about recent Japanese demand. He said the 2007-08 price spike in spring wheat prices had a lasting effect on many buyers, causing them to learn to use 13 percent protein wheat rather than 14 percent protein. Many are sticking with that percentage, even though wheat is cheaper now. “You continue to see every miller and baker across the globe trying to do more with less,” said Buboltz. “Thirteen pro(tein) is the common grade, from a quality standpoint, in the world,” he said. “What is the cheapest way to get to a 13 pro?” He said that’s true in markets from Europe to Asia to the United States. Fortunately, Canada has learned to

better market its Canada Prairie Spring and other lower-protein wheat varieties and is now finding customers in markets that formerly bought little from Canada. Buboltz said western Canada’s varieties of wheat classes and protein levels can compete head-to-head with U.S. “grocery boat” shipments from the Pacific Northwest to South America, which contain high-protein spring wheat and lower-protein wheat in different compartments of the same vessel. “We have that now in Canada,” said Buboltz. “We have direct competition to that type of combo vessel out of the PNW. We didn’t have that before.” ed.white@producer.com

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BIOFUELS

SOUTH AMERICA

Analyst says corn prices could fall when ethanol-gas relationship normalizes

Monsanto data questions corn area assumption

BY SEAN PRATT

SASKATOON NEWSROOM

The link between crude oil and grain prices is broken, say analysts. Corn moved in lockstep with crude from 2008-10, when the U.S. ethanol industry was expanding and biofuel use mandates in the U.S. and elsewhere were rising. However, that is no longer the case now that no new plants are being built and mandates are tapering off, said Rich Nelson, chief strategist with Allendale Inc. Corn prices have fallen, but the decline is nowhere near the magnitude of the crude oil price fall. It doesn’t mean the two commodities are unconnected because plummeting crude prices have pushed ethanol prices down, reducing profit margins for plants. As a result, there is less corn demand from the ethanol sector, which was expected to account for 38 percent of U.S. corn demand in 2014-15. Nelson is concerned that ethanol is selling at a premium to gasoline, which is an unsustainable situation. Ethanol should be priced at 70 percent of gasoline because the alternative fuel has 70 percent of the energy of gasoline. “It’s (the price relationship) not going to last, and that’s the problem for us,” said Nelson. When ethanol prices fall to their normal relationship with gasoline, it will put further strain on already thin profit margins. “Our model has an Iowa ethanol plant running at about a nine cents per gallon profit right now,” said Nelson. “That’s going to switch to a loss here by the end of this month, and they’re going to see losses probably through June and July.” Ethanol demand had been a bullish factor in the corn market in 2014-15, with production up five percent since Sept. 1. Much of the demand is mandated, but there is a discretionary element that could be curtailed when plants start losing money. Also, some of the mandated demand can be met by paper credits rather than actual production. Ethanol stocks are starting to escalate as refiners refuse to blend the fuel. “We’re going to see ethanol be a drag on corn rather than being a lifting effect,” said Nelson. He thinks corn is overvalued, primarily because of large U.S. stocks and farmer reluctance to move the crop at today’s break-even prices. Flagging ethanol demand will be a secondary factor that will help push corn prices down as farmers head into spring planting. Oilseeds are also mostly insulated from falling crude oil prices, said Glen Pownall, managing director of Peter Cremer Canada Ltd. Ninety percent of biodiesel consumption is based on government mandates and subsidies, which means it doesn’t matter what happens to crude oil and diesel prices. “You’ve dropped crude oil by 50 percent, but you haven’t seen anywhere near the same percentage drop in the vegetable oil markets,” he said. The only impact comes from that

if the fruits do get harvested, they may not reach mills on time due to infrastructure damage from the flooding.”

There is considerable uncertainty about how much corn is going in the ground in South America. One of the world’s largest seed companies thinks the region’s corn acreage is going to be much smaller than the U.S. Department of Agriculture and some analysts are anticipating. “In Latin America, the corn acres were softer in (quarter) one than we originally anticipated with Argentina down an estimated 20 percent compared to last year and Brazil down 10 percent in the summer season,” Monsanto president Brett Begemann said in a Jan. 7 conference call discussing the company’s first quarter results. Those reductions are much larger than the USDA’s forecast of a 12 percent acreage cut in Argentina and a 4 . 5 p e rc e n t d e c l i n e i n B ra z i l , although the USDA’s Brazil number is for the country’s summer and winter corn crops while Monsanto’s estimate is only for summer. If Monsanto is correct, it could provide a bullish boost for corn and other grain prices. Brazil is expected to be the world’s second largest corn exporter in 201415 behind the United States. Argentina holds down the fourth spot, so both South American countries are major players when it comes to setting global corn prices. Analysts anticipated much smaller declines in seeded acreage. For example, Alastair Stewart, DTN’s South American correspondent, saw a five to 10 percent contraction in Brazil’s corn acres and a two percent reduction in Argentina’s at DTN’s annual Ag Summit last month. There is support for Monsanto’s outlook. With three-quarters of the crop in the ground, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange expects Argentina’s plantings will fall 21 percent to 7.4 million acres in 2014-15, which is well below the official government estimate of 13.7 million acres. However, there are also detractors. Conab, which is the Brazilian equivalent of Agriculture Canada, is forecasting 79 million tonnes of Brazilian corn production, which would be the same size as last year’s crop. The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects 75 million tonnes in Brazil and 22 million in Argentina. Arlan Suderman, senior market analyst with Water Street Advisory, doesn’t dispute Monsanto’s Argentina acre number. Acreage is down substantially because of persistent wetness in the state of Buenos Aires at seeding and rampant inflation, which has tempered farmer interest in a high input crop such as corn. However, he questions the estimate of a 10 percent drop in Brazil’s corn acres. His sources on the ground are forecasting a three to five percent decline, though the number could easily blossom if there is a wet February. Delayed soybean planting will shrink the seeding window for Brazil’s second crop of corn, which is planted after soybeans are harvested. The second crop is the big crop, accounting for two-thirds of the country’s annual corn production.

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remaining 10 percent of discretionary biodiesel consumption, which requires a profit margin. That discretionary blending was a critical factor last year in mopping up some of the excess palm and sunflower oil on the market. A lot of palm oil moved to Europe. However, Pownall said there isn’t a huge glut of vegetable oil weighing down the market this year, so it doesn’t matter that biodiesel profit margins are shrinking. It’s why vegetable oil prices have not been reacting to slumping crude oil prices. “I think that relationship will continue due to the fact that we’ve seen quite a bit of flooding in the palm oil regions here recently,” he said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that Malaysia’s palm oil production declined up to 15 percent in December because of the worst flooding in 50 years in three states that produce 17 percent of the country’s palm oil. “The most significant negative

CORN-CRUDE DIVERGE This chart shows the percentage change in corn and West Texas crude oil prices relative to where they were at the start of 2014. Corn fell through the spring and summer but then rallied and is now only 13.4 percent lower than the price a year ago. Crude oil rallied into the early summer but has fallen sharply since and is now about 45.5 percent lower than at the start of 2014. +20 % West Texas crude oil prices

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impact of the flooding is delayed collection and crushing of fresh palm fruits,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Jan. 6 in a report. “The delays, or the complete inability to harvest, will cause lower yields. Even

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TRANSPORTATION

Grain shipments are in much better shape than last year MARKET WATCH

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rain movement appears much better in the first few weeks of this winter compared to the same point last year. The Canadian Grain Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s combined weekly report for Weeks 21 and 22 of the crop year, which include Christmas and New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, showed that port terminals received almost 1.3 million tonnes of grain and oilseeds this year compared to only 826,200 tonnes in the same

Total exports are 18,328 million tonnes so far this year, up from 16.137 million tonnes last year. period last year. Terminals exported 1.059 million tonnes in the two weeks, compared to only 599,300 tonnes in the same period last year. Total exports to date, as tracked by the CGC, are 18.328 million tonnes,

up from 16.137 million at the same time last year. Part of the reason for the improved exports this crop year is that there was strong movement in August and September, unlike the previous crop year when bins were almost empty

The outlook for the fed market this week was bearish because retailers and consumers are reluctant to buy beef at these high prices. Packer margins are deep in the red, and Chicago futures are falling. Packers were expected to reduce kills to try to maintain the recent cutout rally. Recent fed show lists have offered few heifers, indicating market-ready yearling supplies are tightening

strengthen or feeder basis levels will have to strengthen substantially over the next 90 days if western Canadian feeder prices are to rise into March as they have in the past. The futures sell-off in December caused some producers to carry cattle into January, but overall supply should remain manageable. Eastern buyers were showing good interest in load packages of feeders last week.

WILL FEEDERS RALLY?

COWS SET RECORDS

third week in December, and new record highs were established. D1, D2 cows ranged $120 to $140 to average $131.17, and D3 cows ranged $110-$123 to average $116.17. Rail grade cows were $252-$257. January of both 2013 and 2014 w a s t h e l a r g e s t c ow s l au g ht e r month of the year at western Canadian packers. A flush of cows could hit the market over the next couple of weeks, but that should not be a problem because they will be needed to help fill in for tight fed cattle supplies.

Few feeder cattle were offered, and prices were largely quality driven. Calves and light stockers traded steady to lower while feeders heavier than 700 pounds saw improved buying interest compared to the second half of December. In recent years, 850 lb. steers prices have tended to rise from January to March. Feeder exports to the U.S. were strong in the fall, and shipments are expected to remain strong, supporting Canadian prices. However, the futures market must be watched. The spot feeder contract Jan. 9 was at an $8 premium to March, the largest premium seen over the past year. The futures market has ignored strengthening cash prices because the nearby feeder contract is at a sizeable discount to the U.S. feeder index. Chicago summer month live cattle f u t u re s c o nt ra c t s w i l l hav e t o

Commercial auctions saw few cattle offered because of the cold. Packers have likely worked through most of their holiday inventory and are entering the new year relatively short bought. Butcher cow prices rose $3 from the

going into harvest. However, it is good to know that winterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cold and snow are not causing the transportation foul ups that roiled the industry in 2013-14. Major buyers of Canadian wheat this crop year are Indonesia, Columbia, Bangladesh and Japan. Italy is the major buyer of durum, followed by Algeria. Canola exports are going mainly to China, Japan and Mexico.

CANFAX REPORT SPLIT WEEK FOR FED CATTLE A light volume of Alberta direct cattle sales saw weighted average steer prices jump $8.50 per hundredweight higher than the previous week. There were premiums for larger lots. A few heifers sold at prices comparable to steers. Steers averaged $188.92 per cwt., while heifers were $186.04. Dressed sales were reported at a mind boggling $315-$320 delivered. Strong U.S. cash prices early in the week at US$168-$172 per cwt. set a bullish tone, and the falling loonie also supported Canadian prices. American buyers enhanced local market competition. However, the bull market abruptly turned bearish midweek when fund managers started to aggressively sell cattle futures, anticipating lower live cattle prices in the coming weeks and rebalancing their portfolios for a new year. Chicago live and feeder cattle closed limit down Friday. The weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cash to futures basis strengthened sharply to -$6.35. Western Canadian fed slaughter for the week ending Jan. 3 rose 39 percent to 25,125 head. Canadian fed cattle exports to the United States for the short holiday week ending Dec. 27 were a modest 2,399 head. Total fed exports for the year to Dec. 27 rose 11 percent to 385,739 head.

reduced slaughter in the past two holiday weeks, resumed buyer interest and higher cash cattle prices. The supply situation should ease as the slaughter schedule returns to normal. Canadian cut-out values were unavailable. The Montreal wholesale price for delivery this week was C$316-$318 per cwt.

US BEEF RISES U.S. Choice cutouts rose US$5.67 to $254.57, and Select climbed $6.77 to $245.34. The increase was supported by

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CRAIG’S VIEW

WATER

Room for private investment to expand Sask. irrigation

ne of the great frustrations in prairie agriculture is the failure to fully capitalize on the irrigation resource of Lake Diefenbaker in Saskatchewan. The reservoir on the South Saskatchewan River, completed in 1967, has the capacity to irrigate 500,000 acres, but only about 100,000 acres are now served. Preliminary plans are in place to add two more irrigation districts— the Westside and Qu’Appelle South projects — but each would likely cost at least $2 billion and government funding is unlikely any time soon, given the many other competing infrastructure priorities such as hospitals, schools and roads. However, considering the potential economic benefits of increased irrigation and the increased global interest in food security, it may be time to investigate the potential for private investment in the irrigation possibilities from Lake Diefenbaker. As global food demand grows in step with increased prosperity and a growing population, never before has agriculture presented such an investment opportunity. The interest is clear from the activities of individual, fund and pension based investors, who have in the past few years put money into domestic farmland. Internationally, many billions of dollars from China and the Middle East have been invested into agricultural opportunities in Ukraine and Africa. Irrigation development in Western Canada could tap into this trend, paying long-term dividends to outside investors. A report prepared for the Saskatchewan Irrigation Projects Association in 2008 laid out the broad benefits of a plan to fulfill the Lake Diefenbaker opportunity. It estimated the economic return at $12 billion in increased employment and income over the 40 years.

The benefits include drought proofing and reduced taxpayer support to crop insurance and disaster programs, higher crop yields, production of higher value crops, increased livestock production, feeding and processing and the potential for value added processing. Benefits would extend beyond agriculture with spin-off economic activity and improved drinking water quality for the people of Regina and Moose Jaw and smaller communities. Advocates of Saskatchewan irrigation note that new irrigation opportunities in other parts of the world are limited because of declining water resources. Groundwater tables in China, India and even the United States are rapidly falling. A reliable source of irrigation water becomes even more valuable when considering global climate change, with its potential for more frequent extreme events such as drought. Prairie irrigation development to date has relied on government and farmer investment because of the slow payback. Attracting nonfarm private investment will require a new strategy and targeted sales pitch likely associated with a specific project with a shorter payback horizon. The proposed Upper Qu’Appelle canal might be particularly appropriate for a publicprivate partnership (P3) funding model. It would move water from Lake Diefenbaker 90 kilometres to Buffalo Pound Lake, creating irrigation opportunities on 100,000 acres and improving the quantity and quality of water for Regina and Moose Jaw, the industrial corridor between the cities and the region’s fast growing potash sector. This diversity of users and sources of potential revenues could be the catalyst for a successful P3 development.

CANOLA DISEASE

It’s been found in one location, it’s contained and we have a lot of experts working together right now to figure out what needs to be done next, what the best risk mitigation strategies are and how we go forward from here. PATTI MILLER, CANOLA COUNCIL OF CANADA PRESIDENT, PAGE 1

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GRAIN TRANSPORTATION

Railway fines can be seen as part of gov’t ‘clean-up’ campaign CAPITAL LETTERS

KELSEY JOHNSON

ransport Canada has levied $150,000 in fines against the country’s two major railways for failing to move enough grain. The monetary penalties come after transport minister Lisa Raitt admitted in September that Canadian National Railway had missed several weeks of mandatory grain targets. At the time, Raitt told reporters CN had missed three weeks of targets. Canadian Pacific Railway was still in compliance, she said. Now, Transport Canada officials say CN missed only two weeks of federal targets, while CP failed to move enough grain in one week. Both railways are now facing fines

of $50,000 per violation totalling $150,000. It’s worth noting that the latest penalties are half the value of the maximum fines outlined under the Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act, which stipulates fines can be up to $100,000 per violation. Raitt and agriculture minister Gerry Ritz came under heavy political fire last fall after it was revealed that the maximum penalty that could be levied had been quietly reduced from $100,000 per day to $100,000 per violation, which both ministers now interpret as per week. CN officials said in a statement the railroad will pay its $100,000 worth of penalties,but CP plans to appeal. Word of the penalties triggered delight from industry groups, including Grain Growers of Canada executive director Bryan Rogers, who said in an interview with iPolitics that the fines were “good news” and sent a clear message to CN and CP that poor service will not be tolerated. Still, controversy over the federal government’s toughness with the railroads is unlikely to dissipate any

time soon, particularly given the current political climate. Dealing with the railroads is unlikely to be a national election issue. Still, depending on the outcome of the ongoing federal rail review, mounting frustrations with CN and CP services in rural areas could bring fuel to the campaign fire. With the NDP and the Liberals positioning themselves to try and win a few more seats in Western Canada — especially in Saskatchewan where seat redistribution has left several ridings up for grabs — hammering the Conservatives on their handling of 2014’s grain crisis should be expected. The federal Conservatives promised to stand tough against the railroads, which farmers and other agricultural folk have been demanding continue at every industry conference this fall. While the fines will likely be seen as a step in the right direction, industry shouldn’t pop the champagne just yet. Federal promises to hold the railroads to account hinge largely on the

outcome of the ongoing rail review, particularly when considering that neither railroad is facing the maximum penalty. If industry demands for mandatory service level agreements and a better definition of service are not delivered, government accountability on the file warrants serious pondering. Several MPs, including Ritz, have said they have faith in David Emerson, the former Conservative trade minister now in charge of overseeing the review, to come up with a solution that will appease all. Industry expectations remain high, given that this is the Conservatives’ third attempt at solving shippers’ lingering transportation problems. Failure to deliver, they say, is no longer an option. Meanwhile, tensions between the federal government and the railroads remain strained. Friction between the two groups was bolstered recently when Ritz accused the railways of “overplaying their hand.” The railway lobby has always been a powerful group in Ottawa, one that

is used to getting its way, notably in election years. With the federal government ramping up for a national election, which is expected no later than Oct. 19, it is unclear whether that trend will continue. For now, the latest word in Ottawa is “clean-up.” The missing fines against the railways were a constant thorn in the government’s side last fall, with the opposition repeatedly raising the issue in question period alongside queries of Julian Fantino’s treatment of veterans and Canada’s unwillingness to accept more Syrian refugees. Fantino has since been demoted to a junior cabinet position and the country’s immigration minister is expressing a willingness to welcome 10,000 more refugee claimants over three years. Now, with the recent fines against the railroads, the “clean-up” pattern is almost impossible to ignore. Kelsey Johnson is a reporter with iPolitics, www.ipolitics.ca.

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FARMING SMARTER

Canada should focus on Taiwan trade

Farmers urged to pay attention to BMPs

BY LAURA DAWSON

anada can find its diversified economic future in Asia, but will it take the risks it needs to grow? While Canada focuses its effort and energy on the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, international trade experts are turning their attention to widening the TPP list. Canadian agricultural opportunities in Taiwan demonstrate why that needs to happen. Our October 2014 report, Finding the Hidden Dragon: Why Taiwan Matters to Canada’s Economic Future, concludes that Taiwan is an essential future trading partner for Canada and should join the TPP table. The growth potential shows itself prominently in the agricultural and lumber sectors. Taiwan relies on imports for much of its food. In 2012, it imported $14 billion in agricultural products and exported $40 billion. Taiwan is a strong producer of horticultural products, particularly tropical fruit and flowers, but Taiwan’s small land mass makes it difficult to produce grain for animal feed and to meet the growing demand for western-style breads and pastas. Grain and oilseeds are strong growth markets for Canadian prod u c e r s. T h e re i s a l s o g row i n g demand in the specialty, processed, and healthy choice markets. Canada exported more than $210 million in agri-food products to Taiwan in 2013. Leading Canadian agricultural exports are typically meat products, animal hides, cereals and oilseeds. Taiwan is an excellent potential market for Canadian agri-

Canada exported more than $210 million in agri-food products to Taiwan in 2013, but there is an opportunity for expansion. | FILE PHOTO cultural products, particularly meat products if certain food safety issues can be worked out. Canadian agricultural companies hoping to export their products to Taiwan will want to pay particular attention to branding. As Agriculture Canada notes: “Although Canada has a positive reputation regarding quality products, the country is not as familiar in Taiwan. Through positioning and labelling of products, branding can help exporters build a Canadian image.” Should Taiwan join the TPP, a closer trade relationship will allow Canadian producers to take advantage of the opportunity to establish a reputation as a high-quality producer of agricultural products. Canada and Taiwan reached an

agreement last February to restore access to Taiwan for Canadian bonein beef from cattle younger than 30 months of age. Exports of this type of beef had been disrupted by the BSE crisis of 2003. Annual exports are expected to exceed $20 million. Taiwan was Canada’s fifth largest market for beef before the BSE ban more than a decade ago. Domestic producers supply 80 percent of Taiwan’s demand for poultry products, but this sector represents an important opportunity for Canadian poultry producers. Disruptions in pork imports have led to increased demand for imported poultry products. The United States is the largest exporter permitted to export to Taiwan, but products

from Canada threaten this market share because Canadian chicken products are air-chilled, resulting in less water weight. Seafood, another potential market,plays an important role in the Taiwan diet, and the average consumer eats an estimated 35 kilograms of fish and seafood products annually. Taiwan consumers are sophisticated and prefer fresh fish and seafood, followed by high quality frozen products. There are also opportunities in the softwood lumber sector. Taiwan has significant restrictions on domestic logging, which means nearly all of its wood market is served by imports. Canada is Taiwan’s largest supplier of softwood lumber, followed by the U.S. S o f t w o o d l u m b e r d e ma n d i s increasing because of high hardwood prices in Southeast Asia and new legislation in Taiwan to encourage the use of more sustainable building materials. Taiwan’s wood product uses include flooring, decks, fences, marinas, sidings, patio and mountain trails. Sector by sector, Canadian companies see the potential in trade with Taiwan, and the growth potential is tangible. Freer access to Taiwan’s markets would create investment opportunities, increase demand for Canadian goods and services and facilitate partnerships for Canadian innovators looking to commercialize their products. Taiwan’s accession to the TPP would benefit Canada, Taiwan and all TPP partners. Laura Dawson is president of Dawson Strategic and an expert in international trade and cross-border issues

DIFFERING PHILOSOPHIES

Conventional ag wages losing war on organics HURSH ON AG

KEVIN HURSH

onventional agriculture is fighting back in the public relations battle against the disciples of organic and non-genetically modified agriculture. Unfortunately, it is likely too little, too late. Rob Saik, founder of the Agri-Trend Group of Companies, is spearheading an effort to raise $1 million to produce a movie to set the record straight about the safety of GM crops. Rob Wager, a long-standing faculty member at Vancouver Island University’s biology department, methodically destroyed all the anti-GMO arguments perpetrated on an unsuspecting public during a recent speech at a farm conference in Saskatoon.

Wager implored farmers to become active in the debate. The public, he argued, wants to hear from actual farmers, and farmers have a great deal of credibility. I admire warriors like Saik and Wager. I hope they can make a difference. I hope grassroots producers mobilize to counteract the nonsense propagated by those who are either scientifically illiterate or hopelessly dogmatic, or both. Trouble is, anyone who supports genetic modification is accused of being a shill for Monsanto. Wager gets that all the time, even though he claims to have never accepted anything from the company. In reality, the new public relations initiatives from conventional agriculture are like a popgun against a cannon. Celebrities with millions of Twitter followers and daytime television hosts with even more millions of viewers are exponentially more powerful in the war of public opinion. The battle to explain genetic modification is being lost and so is the battle to preserve the use of crop protection products. How many new

GMO traits are being launched? How many new herbicides are being registered? Precious few, because we’ve made the process so time consuming and expensive. Science may be on our side, but there will always be rogue studies and scientists with an agenda to muddy the picture. And some people truly believe that they feel better or have regained health because they have switched to organics. No amount of arguing will change their minds. Just go into your local supermarket or an upscale restaurant. You can scarcely avoid organic products anymore. Look what happened in Ontario with the debate over neonic seed treatments. Beekeepers, aided by environmental groups such as the Sierra Club, won the public relations battle. Ontario corn and soybean growers thought science was on their side, but in the end it didn’t matter. The Ontario government has decided that neonics will be dramatically curtailed. Look at how many jurisdictions now prohibit the sale and use of lawn chemicals. Last year, Manitoba followed in the footsteps of Nova Scotia,

Ontario, New Brunswick and Quebec. Some municipalities have declared themselves GMO-free zones. Agriculture is being forced to adjust. Non-GM canola is seeing increased demand. Clearfield canola was not the result of gene splicing, so it isn’t technically a GM crop. It doesn’t make it any safer, but it does impart special status. And organic agriculture continues to advance. Organic producers are responding to the increased consumer demand, which is how the marketplace is supposed to work. Herbicides and GM crops will be around for the foreseeable future, but anti-GMO and organic advocates have fear on their side. At best, a concerted communications effort by conventional farmers will only slow the tide. Where this all ends up is anyone’s guess, but long term it may be a battle that isn’t winnable. It may be prudent to incorporate that into our farm business planning. Kevin Hursh is an agricultural journalist, consultant and farmer. He can be reached by e-mail at kevin@hursh.ca.

EDITORIAL NOTEBOOK

MICHAEL RAINE, MANAGING EDITOR

est management practices are something farmers hear about often. There are BMPs, as the jargon goes, for nearly every aspect of agriculture, and most other professions for that matter. In many cases, producers might tend to shrug off a set of practices suggested by governments or associations as unenforceable rules suggested by those who don’t do the work, while only pretending to do it on an ideal farm. Typically BMPs are suggested and not legislated. But legislation often starts out life as a set of BMPs and whether followed or not, wind up becoming laws at a future date. Usually, however, the more industry tries to follow the prescribed path, the longer it takes for the BMPs to become publicly popular laws. Fertilizer falls into a category where governments create laws to meet voter demands, whether based on good science and practical application, or not. When it comes to fertilizer use and misuse, real problems were created by outdated practices that cost the environment and the farmer. Specifically, when it came to nitrogen, valuable nutrients were being lost in huge amounts in areas where too much moisture carried away products for which farmers had paid good money. Or in the case of manure, farmers had devoted a lot of time, effort and money into raising the animals, making the manure usable and getting it to fields. In the EU and many parts of the U.S., farmers must meet tight application standards as a result. The fertilizer industry has been proactive in giving growers some BMPs that meet a variety of needs. The Four Rs, right product at the right rate, time and place, is now omnipresent in the farming community. For farmers who operated before 2007, those rules were learned the hard way, with negative margins as their guide. Any time that nitrogen is not reaching plant roots, it costs money in lost production and application. This set of BMPs can put up to $65 per acre on the bottom line and drop greenhouse gas emissions by 15 to 25 percent. Those emissions are paid for by the producer, so if they can be avoided avoided, farms turn greener on many levels. Producers already following those BMPs in Alberta can be paid for off-set credits under the Nitrous Oxide Emissions Reduction Protocol. But prairiewide NERP is for another column.

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Agriculture minister Gerry Ritz has a reputation for sometimes folksy, occasionally absurd and always partisan remarks. In testimony before the Commons agriculture committee regarding the Stephen Harper government’s plan to gift CWB assets to a multinational grain company willing to partner with CWB, Ritz stated that “there were no assets” or implied that the assets were so heavily leveraged that the farmer controlled CWB was insolvent. Very little is known about CWB’s financial position since Aug. 1, 2012, when the government summarily

removed the elected farmer directors and ended the single desk. Since then, no financial statements have been made available, no information has been provided on sales or costs or the financing of CWB’s elevator buying and building spree, but let’s be clear where things stood when farmers were in control. The single desk CWB paid out all its revenues, less the cost of operations, every crop year so it had no capital base other than a contingency fund to backstop pricing options, a special account of uncashed cheques and capital assets used to carry out its business. Those capital assets included a recently renovated office building and furnishings, computer hardware and software, vehicles, hopper cars

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and two lakers under construction. The cost of these assets was spread over past, current and future pool years as prescribed by the relevant accounting standards, and the CWB’s financial statements always received unqualified (clean) audits from the external auditor. Also worth mentioning was the CWB’s fully funded pension plan, that left no unfunded pension liability in the event of wind-up. The net fair market value of CWB assets on July 31, 2012, might be a matter of some debate but it was certainly not zero. The $145 million cash in the contingency fund alone was indisputably $145 million. It is also indisputable that the assets were all paid for by farmers. Of course, the greatest CWB

asset was its single desk, and its value remains the subject of legal action. The enormity of the Stephen Harper government’s actions regarding the CWB must not be forgotten. The government ousted democratically elected farmer directors and ended farmer control of the CWB. They killed the single desk, even though farmers supported it in seven consecutive director elections and the CWB plebiscite — the equivalent of torching the factory. Those actions made employees, office space and computer systems redundant, triggering untold millions in severance, write-downs and broken contracts. The government acknowledged this by committing $349 million (in) taxpayer dollars (The Canadian Press, June 28, 2012) to add to the fire and is now apparently ready to hand over whatever is left and whatever has been purchased with farmer and taxpayer funds to a grain company willing to “partner” with CWB. … The facts are that on our watch, the CWB was financially sound, with significant assets held on behalf of farmers and a mandate from farmers supporting the single desk. It is minister Ritz and the Harper government that must answer for the debacle that has followed. Former elected CWB directors: Allen Oberg, Forestburg, Alta.; Larry Hill, Swift Current, Sask.; Ian McCreary, Bladworth, Sask.; Bill Nicholson, Shoal Lake, Man.; Bill Toews, Kane, Man.; Bill Woods, Eston, Sask.; Rod Flaman, Edenwold, Sask.; Cam Goff, Hanley, Sask.; Stewart Wells, Swift Current, Sask.; John Sandborn, Benito, Man.; Kyle Korneychuk, Pelly, Sask.

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Your Capital Letters column written by Kelsey Johnson (WP, Dec. 11) is quite disturbing (my view). Here Kelsey is quoting Brian Mulroney’s views on how we have to dismantle supply management for dairy and poultry farmers in Canada. While he was prime minister, he wanted to get rid of the Canadian Wheat Board. He promoted the idea that farmers would make more money. Harper just got rid of the Canadian Wheat Board for Mulroney and this past crop year, farmers in Western Canada were getting just over $4 per bushel for wheat and the grain companies were selling that same wheat to overseas customers for over $11 per bushel. This sure looks like a loss to me. The newspapers tell us that this is the same Brian Mulroney that had business dealings with Karlheinz Schreiber and Mulroney received cash payments under the table for influencing Air Bus contracts. Mulroney denied taking any money from Schreiber or doing any business dealings with him and even went to court for defamation of character. We, Canadian taxpayers, paid Mulroney approximately $1 million. A few years later it was proved that Brian Mulroney got money from Schreiber, and Revenue Canada revealed that Mulroney had not paid income tax on this money. Mulroney should have had to pay the taxpayers of CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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» CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Canada the $2 million back. Conclusion: How can we trust Mulroney when he wants farmers to get rid of supply management? David Bailey, Saskatoon, Sask.

WHAT A YEAR To the Editor: Prime Minister Stephen Harper, (agriculture minister) Gerry Ritz and (MP David) Anderson stole the farmer-owned Canadian Wheat Board, which was run by farmers, paid for by farmers and returned all profits to farmers. It is now in the process of being given to its largest competitor. Harper reduced the role of the Canadian Grain Commission, which protected

farmers from unscrupulous grading by multinational grain companies. He cut funding and eliminated the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s role in protecting consumers from unsafe drugs and food products, false advertising and enforced labelling. He cut the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration, which operated 85 community pastures, water management, grants for wells and dugouts and provided trees for farms, community development, municipal governments, etc., affecting not only those employed at Indian Head, Sask., but those that benefited from the nursery. In the spring of 2011, the shelter belt program shipped nearly three million seedlings to 7,500 rural people to create 1,200 kilometres of field shelter belts, 2,218 km of yard and 134 km of riparian shelter belts. These shelter belts not only provide habitat for wildlife but also combat pollution. Then Ritz announced that the gov-

ernment was setting up a $25 million (taxpayer) grant to boost grain shipping through the Port of Churchill — a real windfall for OmniTrax Rail and multinational grain corporations. In 2011-12, Harper announced $418 million was being cut from agriculture and agri-food budget. And now, the federal government has issued a call for proposals to transfer and possibly sell off Agriculture Canada cereal crop research and plant breeding germplasm related to the devastating plant disease fusarium. Can the fate of our public research stations be far behind? The federal government has already stopped funding public plant breeding beyond the development of germplasm, which must then be sold to private breeders to develop varieties for commercialization. … Farmers, whose check-off dollars support this research, will pay yet again through the increased royalties that

would be granted under UPOV 91. This system of private interests benefitting twice — first by using public research funding and then by collecting royalties on seed and production — is unjust and against the public interest.… In the words of Winnipeg MP Pat Martin, “Has the minister lost his freaking mind?” Joyce Neufeld, Waldeck, Sask.

AGRIBITION COVERAGE To the Editor: It was nice to see your coverage of Agribition 2014. Almost everyone enjoys livestock shows and photos of the livestock, but I feel you and your readers need a gentle reminder of the significance of the trade show area.

The trade show has a huge footprint at Agribition with some 400 exhibitors exhibiting many Canadian innovations. Many come long distances to see these exhibits and exhibitors travel extensively to be there. There are some 800 international guests from approximately 70 countries visiting, many of whom also appreciate the trade show area. The trade show has an estimated $10 million impact on the Saskatchewan economy, either through direct or indirect sales. It seems an oversight to give zero coverage to this aspect of Agribition. Jim Anderson, Rimbey, Alta. Editor’s note: The Producer’s Dec. 4 story “Attractive prices help boost show atmosphere” noted the show “pumps an estimated $37 million into the provincial economy, and Regina is the main beneficiary.”

NURSING HOMES

Because we care SPIRITUAL VIGNETTES

JOYCE SASSE

o way,” I replied when my investment adviser told me I could make fast money by investing in U.S. nursing home companies. Twenty percent dividends might have sounded good at a time when our economy was faltering, but I was horrified. How many corners had to be cut to make these kinds of returns? How well were senior residents cared for? How did the companies treat their staff? Who oversaw these institutions? This abrupt encounter made me think even more deeply about the seniors’ lodges in my own small community. Our community foundation operates one of them, and the other is church-based. Both are places where I love to spend time offering programs for the residents and chatting with the staff. I’m also aware of the numerous volunteers who help make life as pleasant as possible for these guests. This year, our ministerial and funeral home folks held communitybased Blue Christmas services at each lodge in recognition that seniors have lived through so many losses and can be mentors to all of us. Family members, staff and volunteer workers have grown up in the same community as their elders, and their first commitment is to see to their comfort and care. That’s special. If you come from away, you are soon welcomed as “part of the family.” I’ve noticed over the years that more seniors are choosing to spend their retirement years in smaller communities where the cost of living can be cheaper and community involvement and support are found in abundance. These wise sentiments acknowledge the spiritual values found in rural communities.

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

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GRAIN TRANSPORTATION

Railways fined $150K for missing grain shipping targets Farm groups continue to support penalties, but size of the fines and where the money goes raises frustrations BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Canada’s two largest rail companies have been fined $150,000 for failing to meet the weekly grain movement targets that the federal government established last year. However, based on reactions from Western Canada’s farming community, it’s unlikely prairie grain growers will be uncorking the champagne any time soon. General farm groups in Alberta and Saskatchewan said last week that the fines levied by Ottawa will do little if anything to enhance railway account-

ability or ensure better service. The penalties — $100,000 against Canadian National Railway and $50,000 against Canadian Pacific Railway — are small compared to revenues derived from moving grain, they added. CP has already indicated it will dispute its $50,000 fine. Alberta Federation of Agriculture president Lynn Jacobson said there is no reason to believe that fines of $50,000 or $100,000 will influence the performance of companies that collect billions of dollars annually moving western grain. However, a fine of any size is prob-

ably better than no fine at all, he added. “It’s more about the principle — the fact that Ottawa can fine them — rather than the amount of the fine itself,” said Jacobson. “The fact that CP is appealing the fine is no surprise really.… If they don’t appeal, then it sets a precedent and sends the message CP is accepting the fact that government is allowed to issue fines against them. “That’s been one of (CP’s) key talking points, is that they don’t think government has any right to regulate railways, in any way, shape or form.” Agricultural Producers Association

of Saskatchewan president Norm Hall offered a similar view, saying the fines against CN and CP send a message that Ottawa is watching railway performance. That said, the size of the monetary penalties is probably irrelevant, he added. “We’re a little disappointed with the size of the fines, but overall, at least there was a fine imposed,” he said. Hall said the $50,000 penalty imposed against CP is less than what CP president Hunter Harrison earns in a single afternoon. “I think farmers would at least feel a

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bit better if the money collected through fines didn’t go directly back into government coffers,” Hall said. “That’s something that needs to be fixed.” Under a federal order that took effect last March, CN and CP were required to move 536,000 tonnes a week of western Canadian grain during most of the 2014 calendar year or face fines as high as $100,000 per week for non-compliance. Last week, Transport Canada announced that CN twice failed to meet the weekly grain movement target: the last week of July and the second week of September. CP’s only infraction occurred between Sept. 7 and Sept. 13. CP said a day after Transport Canada announced the fines that it will dispute the $50,000 penalty. Company spokesperson Jeremy Berry said in an email that his company’s failure to meet federally imposed grain targets were the result of “broader supply chain issues, specifically the Labour Day holiday shutdown at the Port of Vancouver the week before. “These events outside of CP’s control in the supply chain contributed to delays in the movement, loading and shipping of railcars on CP.… CP has stressed and will continue to stress that the Canadian grain supply chain must operate on a 24-7 basis to support balanced pipelines, reduce congestion and drive velocity.” CN spokesperson Mark Hallman said “CN will pay (its) two fines totaling $100,000 and will move forward, continuing to focus on efficiently moving western Canadian grain to market.” The company said it was pleased Ottawa issued fines of $50,000 per infraction rather than the $100,000 maximum. “CN is heartened that the Transport Canada enforcement officer’s investigation appropriately took into account factors beyond CN’s control and also reflected the important role that others play in the grain supply chain.” Jacobson said grain farmers and agricultural shippers are pinning their hopes for better rail service on a review of the Canada Transportation Act, which is currently underway. “We’ve got some high hopes in the ag community that the CTA review process is maybe going to make a difference,” Jacobson said. Farm groups have been pushing for a system that allows shippers to sign contracts based on reciprocal financial penalties. Under that scenario, shippers and rail carriers would be subject to financial penalties if they fail to uphold the terms of a negotiated shipping contract. Meanwhile, CP and CN said grain shipments during the 2013-14 crop year exceeded all previous records. “In 2014, (CP) moved re cord amounts of grain: 21 percent over the three year average and up 16 percent over the previous record crop year of 2008-09,” the company said. Added CN: “… By the end of December 2014, CN had just 1,500 grain orders on its wait-list to fulfill, the equivalent of only about three days of grain movements.”

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CROP DISEASE

Farmers urged to watch for fungal toxin in cereal Millers and bakers are growing increasingly concerned about the presence of ochratoxin A in food made from cereals BRANDON BUREAU

Canadian cereal growers should be interested in a little known fungal toxin called ochratoxin A, says a baking industry representative. Ochratoxin A (OTA) can contaminate grain stored in bins when moisture conditions and temperature encourage growth of the causal fungus, Penicillium verrucosum. It may increase the risk of developing kidney and urinary tract cancer when concentrations reach high enough levels in cereal-based foods, such as bread and oatmeal. One exposure is extremely unlikely to cause cancer, but repeated consumption of cereal products with high OTA levels may amplify the risk. Canada’s farmers, milling companies and the food industry knew little about OTAs until 2008, when Health Canada proposed maximum limits for the naturally occurring toxin in breakfast cereals, baby food and other grain-based products. Paul Hetherington, president of the Baking Association of Canada, said the milling industry and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency responded to the Health Canada proposal. They analyzed grain samples and conducted studies to understand the prevalence of OTAs in processed cereal food. Results indicated that the mycotoxin is present in wheat and cereal food at levels well below proposed Health Canada levels and existing European standards of five parts per billion. However, Hetherington said bakers and millers remain concerned about OTAs. “We, collectively, have been dealing with mycotoxins since 2008,” he told the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association annual meeting, which was held in Winnipeg Jan 7-9. “(But) after six years of discussion … OTAs still remain a significant issue.” Regulatory agencies are asking questions about OTA levels in flour and how baking firms plan to reduce the presence of OTAs in baked goods. “Our simple response is we can’t…. This is an on-farm and transportation issue.” Hetherington said the fungal toxin is worrisome because of the power of social media. Foodies, mommy bloggers and activists are scrutiniz-

ing the food industry like never before. He said millers, bakers and government agencies have taken action to understand OTAs, but Canadian farmers must do their part because the baking process doesn’t kill the mycotoxin. Growers need to take steps to mitigate the on-farm development of OTAs, such as bin cleaning. “(Maybe) new storage bins can be built with double walls, for insulation, so you don’t get mycotoxins occurring because of the tempera-

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ture and moisture changes,” he said. “Those type of practical steps … need to be communicated back down.” A milling industry representative said in an interview that a retired Canadian Grains Commission scientist and a North Carolina biologist studied the presence of OTAs in Canadian grain samples and prepared a report for the Canada Grains Council. They took samples from three crop years and concluded in their report, published in 2014, that OTA

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detectable levels of OTAs. David Miller, a Carleton University chemistry professor, said the risk to a consumer is exceptionally low even if one random breakfast cereal exceeded the five p.p.b. threshold because the standard is highly conservative. “The Europeans have had a guideline for ochratoxin A since 2006 … and it is ridiculously strict,” said Miller, a research chair in fungal toxins and allergens. robert.arnason@producer.com

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GRAIN TRANSPORTATION

Thunder Bay grain shipments rise Port’s shipping season due to end this week after moving 8.3 million tonnes of grain, the most since 1997 BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Grain movements through the Port of Thunder Bay reached their highest level in nearly 20 years last year, according to figures released by the port authority Jan. 9. The Ontario port moved 8.3 million tonnes of grain despite a late start to shipping because of heavier-thannormal ice cover. It was more than any other season since 1997. Strong grain numbers were further

buoyed by a busy December, in which 1.1 million tonnes of grain moved through the port. The Thunder Bay shipping season will end this week when the final three lakers of the season leave the port. The Sault Locks are scheduled to close by mid-January. Tim Heney, chief executive officer with the Thunder Bay Port Authority, said the strong grain numbers were the result of expanded capacity at the port, an increase in outbound ocean

vessels and a record harvest in 2013, most of which was shipped during the 2014 calendar year. “I think the (2013) harvest was the largest in history by about 25 percent, so that was certainly a factor,” said Heney. “And of course, we also had the Richardsons opening another terminal in Thunder Bay. That doubled their capacity, so that was definitely a factor as well.” Heney also cited a federal government order that required Canada’s

major railways to move a combined total of more than a million tonnes of western Canadian grain per week throughout most of the 2014 shipping season. “The order to the railroads to move grain had an impact,” Heney said. “It was more a factor of the capacity in Thunder Bay. We have a very fast car turnaround time and a very short distance (from key growing areas), so if the railroads were to accomplish that (task), Thunder Bay was the place to … do it in the most efficient (way).”

He said Vancouver’s port facilities were already congested by the time the federal order was implemented in late March, Heney added. Thunder Bay grain movement in 2014 easily surpassed shipments the previous year. Grain shipments in 2013 came in a hair below 5.5 million tonnes, according to the port authority. Wheat and canola still accounted for the bulk of the shipments. brian.cross@producer.com

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Camelina meal has been approved in Canada for use in broiler chicken feed, paving the way for development of a processing plant in Saskatchewan. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has approved feeding coldpressed, non-solvent extracted camelina meal to chickens at up to 12 percent inclusion. “It’s a huge step forward for the crop,” said Jack Grushcow, chief executive officer of Smart Earth Seeds, an affiliate of Linnaeus Plant Sciences. It means the company can now pursue building a crush facility in Canada rather than exporting the product to the United States for processing. Smart Earth Seeds ships all of the camelina it contracts in Canada through its partner, Chaplin Grain Corp. in Chaplin, Sask., to Willamette Biomass Processors in Oregon for processing. It is a costly and frustrating endeavour, Grushcow said. “Our margins, that are not huge to begin with, are getting beat up by the transport costs.” The company has talked with two Saskatchewan communities and Western Economic Diversification Canada about building a crush facility capable of processing 50,000 tonnes a year of camelina. Smart Earth Seeds is working with a feed formulator that views camelina as a good substitute for flax in feed rations because it contains omega 3 oil but stores better than flax. He expects the broiler chicken approval to be followed by approval for layer hens and then aquaculture feed. The company hopes to contract 100,000 acres of the crop in a few years. Growers have been slow to sign contracts for this year, but Grushcow anticipates 7,500 to 15,000 acres. A Saskatchewan plant could be processing camelina within 18 months if everything goes according to plan. sean.pratt@producer.com

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Viterra seeking tax break for restoration project Company planning multimillion-dollar upgrade to former Sask Pool office in Regina BY KAREN BRIERE REGINA BUREAU

Viterra has asked the City of Regina to help pay for a $4.6 million heritage restoration of the former Saskatchewan Wheat Pool head office. City council will decide at a Jan. 26 meeting whether it will contribute $2 million through a 10-year property tax break under its Heritage Building Rehabilitation Program. The program offers the lesser of the tax break or half of eligible restoration costs. Viterra declined to comment until after council decides. However, a report filed by Jessica Gibson, designer at the architectural firm hired to develop the restoration plan, said the building at the corner of Albert Street and Victoria Av e n u e w a s b u i l t i n 1 9 1 3 f o r $350,000 as the C.W. Sherwood Department Store. The department store closed in 1916 and the building then sat vacant

until Sask Pool bought it in 1925. It was home to other businesses over the years, including several automobile dealerships, Bank of Mo nt re a l , t h e f e d e ra l nat u ra l resources department and even a Sask Pool cigar stand at one point, the report noted. It was designated a municipal heritage property in 1983 because it is the last remaining department store building that was built before the First World War in the downtown area. However, it has also been subject to several renovations and the effects of time and weather. “The work will involve the conservation of the terracotta components, the exterior brick face, the cast iron spandrel panels and main floor and upper storey windows,” said a report to council from the finance and administration committee. “In addition, a virtual air-vapour barrier system will be installed to

preserve the terracotta façade and prevent further degradation of the wall system due to moisture penetration.” The architectural report said the glazed terracotta and decorative gargoyles on the building are unique to Regina. It has heritage value for those details as well as the overall design. “Designed in the Gothic Revival style, with Chicago School influences, the building features an elaborate brick, ornamental iron and glass façade, highlighted by sculptured pilasters, coloured tiles and intricately formed gargoyles made from glazed terra cotta,” said

Plans for work on the former Saskatchewan Wheat Pool head office in Regina, home to Viterra today, include efforts to conserve the building’s exterior and features, which include gargoyles. | KAREN BRIERE PHOTOS

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New PED strain identified in Minnesota The discovery is a sign that the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus will keep mutating as producers work to keep it under control CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — U.S. researchers have identified a new strain of a hog disease that has killed millions of baby pigs. It’s a sign that the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus will keep mutating as producers work to contain it. A third strain of PED was detected in a Minnesota hog herd and found to be at least as virulent as an original strain that emerged in the United States in early 2013, said Douglas Marthaler, assistant professor of veterinary population medicine at the University of Minnesota.

Marthaler, who reported on the strain last month in a journal from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, believes the strain is a mutation of the original. A second less-virulent strain had previously been identified. The original strain may have mutated in response to increased immunity in herds, Marthaler said. It is also the nature of viruses like PED to evolve as they replicate. “The virus is always changing,” Marthaler said. PED has killed at least eight million

pigs in the U.S., which is 10 percent of that country’s hog population, in the past two years. The subsequent pork supply reduction was largely responsible for pushing prices to record highs. It is unknown how the virus, which causes extreme diarrhea in piglets, came to the United States. It was previously found in parts of Asia and Europe. The impact on hog production from the emergence of the new strain, which was first identified last year, is unclear. It could have existed

in the U.S. without being detected since early 2013 or could be a new mutation, experts said. It is also unknown whether the third strain exists outside of the Minnesota herd in which it was found, Marthaler said. Similar precautions Hog producers need to take the same precautions to prevent the new strain from spreading as they did for the previous two strains, including washing trucks and other equip-

ment. Researchers previously determined that PED can spread from pig to pig by contact with manure, which contains the virus. It can also be spread from farm to farm on trucks. “Whether or not exposure to one of the earlier strains provides protection against this strain, I don’t think anybody knows the answer to that question,” said Harry Snelson, a veterinarian who represents the American Association of Swine Veterinarians.

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OXFORD, U.K. (Reuters) — A referendum on European Union membership is the biggest threat facing British farming, says the cabinet secretary responsible for agriculture in Scotland’s parliament. “Westminster’s in-out referendum on the EU is a 20 billion pound gamble ($36 billion) with the future of Scottish and British farming,” R i c ha rd L o c h h e a d s a i d at t h e annual Oxford Farming Conference. Britain’s Conservative Party, the leading partner in the current ruling coalition, has said it will renegotiate the terms of EU membership if it wins a general election to be held in May and then hold an in-out referendum before the end of 2017. “The stakes are high, especially for Scottish farmers and crofters for whom CAP (the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy) support is a vital lifeline,” said Lochhead, who belongs to the Scottish National Party. He estimated direct EU support for British farmers was worth $36 billion during the current 2014-20 CAP period. “It is more difficult to make a living from the land in Scotland, of which 85 percent is classified as Less Favoured Area, and we have a predominance of livestock sectors which often face the biggest challenges in terms of profitability.” George Eustice, Britain’s junior farming minister, said it was important to have a renegotiation and referendum. “Those who say you shouldn’t have a referendum because people might want to leave have got to have a little bit more confidence in our democracy,” said Eustice, who is a Conservative. “I think the right thing to do is carry out a renegotiation, get them to return some powers, go to the country, get a mandate and settle this debate once and for all.”

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EDUCATION

Farm safety about more than machinery Alberta’s Farm Safety Centre expands to provide health and stress workshops for farmers BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

RAYMOND, Alta. — Laura Nelson keeps a newspaper clipping posted in her office that always brings her near to tears. It is the tale of a farm tragedy involving a farmer, his child, a tractor and an industrial mower. The child did not survive. As executive director of the Farm Safety Centre, it is Nelson’s job to find ways of meeting the centre’s mandate — to reduce injuries and deaths on Alberta farms. Tales of tragedy provide high motivation. But so do stories about children encouraging parents to employ safer farm work practices, after the kids learned about it through the centre’s elementary school program. The centre has been providing farm safety programs in Alberta schools for 17 years, reaching 50,000 to 60,000 children per year. Now the centre is testing a program developed in Australia that is designed to reach the farmers themselves.

bottom line, human resources, gets comparatively little notice. However, comments by participants indicated the course hit home. “One woman said she and her husband talked a lot about it,” said Nelson. “She said, ‘what if we knew we only had a single feed truck. We’d have that truck in the shop every night doing maintenance. My husband is our farm’s only feed truck and we never do maintenance on him. Maybe we should.’ That’s exactly the point that this whole thing is about.” This year’s sessions were funded by Growing Forward 2 funds made available by the provincial and federal governments. Assessments are now being evaluated and Nelson said they will factor into whether funding is available for years two and three of the three-year pilot.

ABOUT RURAL HEALTH Health challenges for farmers: • Long hours of work. • Seasonal pressures, stress and a tendency to live at work. • No paid sick leave. • Limited access to medical services. • Diet and nutrition factors. • Rural men have a life expectancy three years less than urban men. • Rural residents have higher per capita rates of cardiovascular disease, cancer, suicide, motor vehicle accidents and drowning.

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“It’s a bit of a different twist for adults. This program is about health, well-being and safety. It doesn’t just thin-slice it to safety,” said Nelson. Contrary to popular belief, rural people are not as healthy as their urban counterparts. Canadian statistics indicate the life expectancy for men in rural areas is three years less than men who live in cities. Similarly, rates of cardiovascular disease, cancer, suicide, motor vehicle accidents and drowning are all higher per capita in rural health zones. Nelson admits an approach that emphasizes health along with farm safety is a new direction, but she said it makes a lot of sense. “It matters not one bit to your farm operation whether you lose an arm to an auger or to diabetes. It has exactly the same impact.” Four two-day workshops were held in Alberta in late 2014. The 42 registrants began with an individual health assessment done by a registered nurse. That was followed by information on the state of rural health, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, diet and nutrition. The second day included a supermarket visit where participants learned how to read food labels. “I don’t think especially some of the men had ever read a label,” said Nelson. Many were amazed at the “trifecta of fat, salt and sugar” contained in many foods. Sessions on farm safety, stress and a meditation session followed, rounded out by individual meetings with nurses on personal health. Nelson said there is a triple bottom line involved in farming. The first is financial and the second is natural resources like land and water. Farmers pay attention to those two but the third

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RECIPES REVISITED

Old favourites continue to stand the test of time TEAM RESOURCES

BETTY ANN DEOBALD, BSHEc

e received many recipes that readers saved from The Western Producer and continue to use. We wanted to share a few more with you.

OVEN BAKED CARROTS Clara Fouillard of Kamloops, B.C., has enjoyed and shared with friends this oven baked carrot recipe that she found in an article on fowl suppers by Liz Delahey in the Oct. 25, 1979, Western People. 2 lb. carrots, pared and cut into 1/4 inch sticks 1 tbsp. green onion, chopped 1 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. sugar 1/4 tsp. sweet basil 1/4 c. butter 1/2 c. boiling water

1 kg 15 mL 7 mL 5 mL 1 mL 60 mL 125 mL

Put carrots into a greased casserole. Sprinkle with onion, salt, sugar and basil. Dot with butter. Pour boiling water over and mix gently. Cover tightly. Bake at 350 F (180 C) for about 45 minutes (30 minutes if they are to be reheated). This recipe can easily be doubled or more for larger groups.

BEST BREAD Laura Hughes of Edmonton once thought she could never make bread. She tried Emmie Oddie’s bread recipe printed in the March 17, 1983, Western Producer, and 31 years later it is still her favourite and best bread. It makes two loaves or one loaf and a pan of buns. 1 8 g pkg. active dry 11 mL traditional yeast 1/3 c. lukewarm water 75 mL 1 tbsp. sugar 15 mL 6 1/2 c. all-purpose flour 1625 mL or 4 1/2 c. all-purpose 1,125 mL flour and 2 c. whole wheat flour 500 mL 1/4 c. butter, at room temperature 2 tsp. salt 1/3 c. dry skim milk powder 2 1/4 c. ice water

60 mL 10 mL 75 mL 560 mL

Add sugar to warm water, stir to dissolve, add yeast and mix just to dissolve. Cut butter into four pieces. Insert dough-kneading blade into food processor or bread maker. Add flour, butter, salt and milk powder and process for 20 seconds. Remove cover and add yeast mixture. With machine running, pour in water through feed tube in a steady stream as fast as the flour mixture absorbs it. This should take about 35 seconds. Continue processing until dough begins to form a ball and then

TOP: This basic stir fry recipe is Carol Sandau’s go-to recipe when she needs a quick meal. LEFT: Oven baked carrots recipe can easily be increased for larger groups. ABOVE: This “best bread” recipe has been used for more than 30 years by Laura Hughes. | BETTY ANN DEOBALD PHOTOS let the machine run for 60 to 90 seconds or until surface of the dough is smooth and barely sticky and dough cleans side of bowl. Shape dough into a smooth ball. Place in an oiled bowl and turn to coat. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until double in bulk, about 1-1 1/2 hours. Punch dough down and turn out onto a lightly floured board. Shape into two loaves and place each in a greased six cup (1.5 L) loaf pan. Cover with oiled plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until dough rises just above the top of pans. This should take about 45 minutes. Bake on middle of rack in preheated 375 F (190 C) oven for 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from pans and cool on wire racks.

BASIC STIR FRY Carol Sandau of Calgary loves the basic stir fry recipe in Betty Ann Deobald’s Team Resources article from Oct. 5, 2010. She makes her go-to recipe using chicken or beef and

has received rave reviews from family and friends. Pre-slice chicken breast or beef strips and freeze meal size packages so they are ready to make a quick meal. Both uncooked and precooked meats can be used. Having vegetables cleaned and sliced speeds the preparation time. An alternative is to use a frozen vegetable stir fry mix. Precook rice the night before so it is ready to be heated or used to make fried rice. 1 lb. boneless, 500 g chicken breast, round or sirloin tip steak or pork tenderloin 1 tbsp. cooking wine 15 mL 2 tsp. soy sauce 10 mL 1 tsp. ginger root, 5 mL peeled and grated (optional) 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 tbsp. cornstarch 15 mL 1 onion 2 c. fresh vegetables, 500 mL any combination of at least two of the following: broccoli,

1/2 c. 1/2 c. 1 tbsp. 2 tsp. 2 tbsp. 1 tsp. 1 tsp. 1 tbsp. 1/4 c.

cauliflower, carrots, celery, zucchini, peppers, snow peas or baby corn fresh mushrooms, 125 mL sliced chicken or beef 125 mL broth cornstarch 15 mL soy sauce 10 mL oyster sauce 30 mL or hoisin sauce (optional) sugar 5 mL salt 5 mL oil 15 mL almonds or 15 mL cashews (optional)

Cut the meat into thin strips. Mix cooking wine, ginger root, garlic and first amounts of cornstarch and soy sauce together, add to the meat and mix. Marinate while preparing the vegetables or for five minutes if the vegetables are prepared. Cut the onion in half and slice. Cut the broccoli and cauliflower into small florets. Slice the carrots and celery diago-

nally and cut the zucchini and peppers into chunks. Use the snow peas and baby corn whole or slice in two. Clean and slice the mushrooms. Mix together broth, cornstarch, soy sauce, oyster sauce or hoisin sauce, sugar and salt and set aside. Heat wok or large non-stick frying pan on medium high heat until hot. Add oil, meat, marinade and onion. Stir fry mixture with a wooden spoon for about five minutes until meat is cooked. Fry one minute if meat is pre-cooked. Add all vegetables except the mushrooms to the meat mixture. Stir fry and then cover for three minutes to steam vegetables. Add mushrooms and stir fry one minute. Add broth mixture and stir for two minutes until sauce is thickened and vegetables are tender crisp. Add nuts, stir and serve immediately over rice or rice vermicelli. Garnish with extra nuts.

Betty Ann Deobald is a home economist from Rosetown, Sask., and a member of Team Resources. Contact: team@producer.com.

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ON THE FARM

Couple focuses on raising livestock the natural way Farmers raise heritage breeds on 320 acres while working off-farm jobs BY CHRISTALEE FROESE FREELANCE WRITER

INDIAN HEAD, Sask. — Ranching is in Jeff Bovee’s blood. His great-grandfather was largescale rancher John Minor from the Abbey, Sask., area. Bovee is following in his footsteps but doing it in a different fashion. Jeff and his wife, Sabrina, a registered dietitian, are raising livestock on a smaller scale with close attention paid to what they eat. “Whether it’s our beef, pigs, chickens, turkeys, ducks or geese, we’re raising each animal on pasture, so everything is grass fed and grass finished,” said Jeff. The Bovees are not interested in large-scale farming to make a living, but rather on establishing an operation that produces nutritionally superior meat. They chose the name Primal Pastures for their farm to reflect their philosophy of raising food in as natural a setting as possible “Our number one goal in raising our livestock is to match each species of animal with a pasture environment, which best fits their physical and mental attributes, rather than fitting them into a more controlled farm plan,” said Jeff. “Right now, we’re just getting our feet wet and seeing if it might be feasible for us to live out this dream and raise animals closer to the way they would live in the wild,” said Jeff. Jeff, a geologist, and Sabrina both hold off-farm jobs to support their farm goals of producing animals without using antibiotics or added hormones while also residing in freerange settings. The focus is on producing more nutritional cuts of meat that are high in omega 3 fatty acids and low in less healthy omega 6 and 9 fatty acids. “Our cattle are strictly grass fed, which gives them a nutritional profile that is superior to grain-fed cattle,” said Sabrina, a full-time nutritionist with the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region.

Our goal is simply to raise the kind of meat that we would want to eat ourselves. SABRINA BOVEE DIETITIAN AND FARMER

“Our goal is simply to raise the kind of meat that we would want to eat ourselves,” she said. Jeff said his goal is to produce meat with health benefits so he raises ducks on a creek, pigs in the forest and cattle on the grass. The Bovees found the ideal setting for their dream farm in 2010 when they bought 320 acres of land in the Red Fox Valley near Indian Head, Sask. The former cattle operation consisted of pastureland, wooded areas, a creek and numerous large corrals overgrown with grass. This setting has provided the perfect home for their heritage breeds of pigs, geese, ducks, chickens and cattle, which forage on the rich nutrients left from the feedlot setting. “We plan to plant a number of apple trees in the wooded area reserved for the pigs so they can eat apples in August and September and small groups of ducks and geese will be on the creek this summer where they can take advantage of the marshland buffet,” said Jeff. “I’ve always wanted to do this since I was little and now that we have a farm, we want to live that beautiful way of life where a farmer can supply their local people with the food they’ve raised,” he said. The Bovees currently sell meat from their farmgate with the largest segment of their clientele coming from within a 100-kilometre radius. The Bovees charge a premium price for their naturally raised meat at $4, $5 and $6 per pound. They depend on word of mouth to market their products, which has resulted in more demand than supply.

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DIET

Food intolerances require trial and error HEALTH CLINIC

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lem. Are there other metabolic disorders that I could consider? Any advice would be appreciated.

A: CLARE ROWSON, MD

Food challenges like allergies or intolerances can be tough to diagnose

I read the Dec. 4, 2014, article about phenylketonuria (PKU) with great interest. I have been struggling with a likely metabolic disorder for years without a definitive diagnosis. The best guess so far has been the catch-all term of food intolerance. I get bad dreams and feel like I have a terrible hangover. It has been extremely difficult to pin down which foods are the problem. I’ve identified a few things that are clearly culprits — chocolate, alcohol, nuts — and I also suspect the nightshade family. During the bad periods, I stay on a strict rice, pulses and vegetable diet. When I feel better, I add in a greater variety of food, and if nothing happens for a week, I add more (including desserts, which I love) and then, bingo, I’m sick again. When this happens, I’m quite sure it’s not the last thing alone that I have added that is the problem. I suspect that it’s a case of low level intolerance to many foods but once a certain level is reached I hit the tipping point. As you can tell, it’s been difficult to pin down what to eat and what to avoid. Is there a simple test for PKU? It’s not likely that I have this exact prob-

The only way to find out for sure about food intolerances is to cut back to just rice and water.

I think it is extremely unlikely that you have PKU because you would most likely have severe brain damage and seizures by now if it was left untreated. There is a simple blood or urine test for PKU, which is routinely done on newborn babies in this country. Each inherited metabolic disorder is rare in the general population. Even all of them added together only affect about one in 1,000 to 2,500 newborns. Certain ethnic populations, such as Ashkenazi Jews, have a slightly higher incidence. My guess is you are mostly suffering from gastrointestinal symptoms like bloating, indigestion and diarrhea. Some doctors believe that chocolate, cheese and alcohol can be trigger factors in migraine headaches. Shellfish or strawberries may cause rashes, and nut allergies can be severe and life threatening due to anaphylaxis. Egg allergies are also fairly common, which may be a problem for getting certain vaccines because eggs may be used in their manufacture. Other well known forms of food challenges include gluten sensitivity and lactose intolerance. Nightmares and bad dreams may be related to eating a late night snack, certain medications or withdrawal from drugs or alcohol. Re-living previous traumatic events can produce nightmares, as in patients with post traumatic stress disorder. The only way to find out for sure about food intolerances is to cut back to just white rice and water. After a day or two, you could add some plain meat like chicken or beef. Then gradually add in more foods one by one, allowing at least a week in between before making another change.

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

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You have a difficult problem on your hands. I think that it is fair to assume that someone who sits at home all day and makes no attempt to engage in her community is in some kind of personal trouble. Your daughter probably needs help. The problem is that she needs not only to recognize her need but also to be open to support from some professional services. If she goes for counselling just to please you, she will not get much out of it. She has to

do it for her own reasons. At the moment, she does not seem to believe that seeing a counsellor would be of much value to her. Your problem is that you are narrow in your assessment of your daughter. You grew up with a remarkable woman — who could ever argue against that? Just reading about what your mom achieved after your dad died triggers overwhelming admiration for her. Other women have other talents. They too need to be appreciated and I think that we can admire them without degrading praise for your mom. This is certainly true for your daughter. I have no idea why she is choosing to withdraw, but whatever the reasons, I can be fairly certain that she is not appreciating herself for whatever strengths and talents she has. My guess is that you are going to make a lot more headway with your daughter if you shift from what is clearly a negative stance to her and search for those positive moments highlighting her personal strengths. Shifting to the more positive approach has two benefits for you. One is that it encourages your daughter to leave the basement and try her luck in the community. The second, and most important, is that it gives you and your daughter a chance to rebuild your relationship with each other.

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

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Guide dog trained to assist autistic children Sask. school and service club help family access guide dog program BY SYLVIA MACBEAN FREELANCE WRITER

CARNDUFF, Sask. — Service dogs for the blind are well known, but one autistic preschooler in Saskatchewan has also been paired with a fourfooted helper. Joscelin Lethbridge of Gainsborough, Sask., will get help from a specially trained dog named Winfield. Gail Lethbridge, Joscelin’s mother, called the guide dog life changing for the family. “We already see some changes in Joscelin,” she said. During 10 days of training in Ontario to learn about the autistic guide dog, she saw first-hand what one dog could do for a 20-year-old man. Gail said Joscelin and Winfield are now getting out as much as possible. “Everyone in the community has been welcoming to him. It is hard for people to understand that they can’t pet him,” she said. Gail has particular concerns about Gainsborough Creek, across the street from her home. “Next summer, I am hoping he will be able to keep Joscelin away … She is very attracted to water,” she said. During training, Gail saw how Winfield did not move while harnessed to a young girl and given the command to stay. “So, I know that Joscelin will be safe when I say stay,” she said. Next year, Gail said trainers will work with Joscelin’s educational assistants to prepare for when she begins school. “I am looking for ward to that because that will be full-time work for (Winfield). When I was training with him, he was focused and on every single command,” Gail said. Autism spectrum disorder includes neurodevelopment disorders, characterized by social impairments, communication challenges and restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behaviour. The program, Autism Assistance Dog Guides, provides dogs to help give safety, companionship and love to children aged three to 18. They often calm those in high anxiety

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about applying to the autism guide dog program in 2013. “So, they were all for it. I said let’s put the application in and see where it goes and a year and a half later, with the Lethbridge family doing a lot of hard work getting veterinarians, interviews, paperwork and doctors to sign up for it. Luckily, they are one of the only families chosen in Sask-

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The Lethbridge Community Equine College campus is currently an open field dotted with snow-filled holes ready for concrete footings. However, this spring the college plans to offer classes that will put the training into horse trainers. Entrepreneur and horse trainer and owner Ernie Knibb said it has taken him three and a half years to apply for private college status through the Alberta government for his $7.4 million institution, which will be the first of its kind in Canada. “There is no industry standard as far as a horse trainer,” said Knibb. “We’ve created an industry standard as far as curriculum.” He said enrolment for the first year is full. About 120 students will be accommodated annually, with 15 at a time rotating through the campus in courses such as colt starting, saddle fitting, equine health, acupuncture, reining, trick riding, show jumping and problem solving. Initial classroom work will be followed by in-the-saddle training. Tuition for the eight month course is $18,000, and students must bring two horses to the college, one of them unbroken. They will work with both horses at the college before returning home for a month of further work. Then they will come back to the college for three other sessions. Knibb said he has spoken with more than 60 instructors who will provide expertise. “The idea is to expose students to different ideas and methods,” said Knibb. Fifty trainers helped devise the curriculum. “I’m not going to teach you one method. I want to teach you five or six methods because one method might not work for you but it might work on that horse,” he said. “If you have five or six methods of accomplishing the same thing, the same end result, you’re far better off.” The 95-acre site northwest of Lethbridge on Highway 25 will eventually have several two-storey barns that include student housing above the horse stalls, plus a 125 by 350 foot indoor arena, a 10-acre outdoor arena and classroom space. Some of the buildings have been built off-site and will be moved in coming months, Knibb said. Classes will begin this spring regardless of building completion, said Knibb, who has made arrangements to use other facilities if his aren’t done in time. He said he has received 350 inquiries since sod was turned on the project. Prospective students are required to have been out of high school for at least two years and must have some knowledge of horses, including an ability to ride. Alberta Advanced Education was unable to confirm by press time that the college has been accredited by the department. barb.glen@producer.com

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Canada’s national beef strategy includes numerous statistics that support goals for the cattle and beef industry: • Canada is 11th on a list of the top beef producing nations at 1.8 percent of the global total. The United States is No. 1 with 18.7 percent, followed by Brazil at 16.6 percent.

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A new national beef strategy hopes to increase beef demand by 15 percent, increase productivity by 15 percent and reduce costs by seven percent by 2020. The plan, released Jan. 7, was devised with input from national and provincial cattle and beef organizations. It was more than a year in the making and designed to capitalize on what industry players say is “unprecedented opportunity” to increase demand for Canadian beef. Trevor Atchison, co-chair of the beef strategic planning group, said a growing global demand for protein presents possibilities for higher production and exports, but the national herd is at its smallest in decades. “We’re going to need more product to maintain the markets that we have,” he said. “It’s at the point where we need to hopefully get people to buy back in, or stay in or come back to the cattle industry to build the numbers back up in the system to allow us to have the numbers of cattle to supply the market.” The overall mission is to position the industry “to be the most trusted and competitive high quality beef cattle producer in the world, recognized for our superior quality, safety, value, innovation and sustainable production methods.” Co-chair Martin Unrau said in a news release that the strategy is intended to address chronic issues such as infrastructure and capacity in a more holistic way. Atchison said in an interview that the methods to achieve that remain to be identified, but the goals will provide the direction. The strategy examined producer investment but didn’t recommend increasing the per head checkoff to fund industry goals. “It is recognized by all the stakeholders that it’s going to take funds to accomplish this,” said Atchison, but future meetings will determine whether check-off fees, funding redirection or government programs, for example, can be tapped to meet the goals. “There hasn’t been an increase in the national checkoff since its inception. Now, with the increase in cattle prices, there’s more of an appetite to look at it.” The document states that cattle marketings are the smallest since the early 1990s. A national checkoff of about $19 million, or $2.50 per head, will be needed to meet strategy goals.

FOUR PILLARS The four pillars of the national beef strategy: • Beef demand: Increase carcass cutout value by 15 percent. • Competitiveness: Reduce cost disadvantages compared to main competitors by seven percent. • Productivity: Increase production efficiency by 15 percent. • Connectivity: Enhance synergies within industry and connect positively with consumers, the public, government and partner industries.

The national checkoff of $1 has been in place since 1999. “If the NCO (national checkoff) was adjusted for inflation, such that in 2014 we had equivalent purchasing power to what we had when the $1 was implemented, the current NCO would be $1.30 per head in 2014,” said the strategy document. The strategy said reducing trade barriers, including those imposed by other countries after BSE, would increase carcass cut-out value by 15 percent. It also wants to enhance consumer confidence in beef, promote its health benefits and publicize the

sustainability of the industry. Under the goal of competitiveness, the strategy calls for a seven percent reduction in cost disadvantages compared to Canada’s main competitors. It said this will require regulatory cooperation with trading partners, national traceability, better access to skilled labour, competitively priced inputs and enhanced research capacity. Target increases in productivity will require a focus on genetic selection, research and enhanced information flow, including BIXS 2.0 as the common database. Connectivity will require attention

to industry communication, both internally and with government, industry and global partners. This goal incorporates some of the information compiled by the Strawman group, an initiative launched by industry players to identify and provide solutions to problems in the cattle industry. He said the next steps in implementing the strategy include a faceto-face meeting of stakeholders later this month. For more information, visit beefstrategy.com. barb.glen@producer.com

• Every day that the grazing season is extended saves the cow-calf sector $3.6 million. • A 30 percent increase in forage production reduces cow-calf operations’ cost of production by 15 percent. • A two percent increase in reproduction efficiency lowers production costs by $16.50 per calf. • Cattle industry investment relative to revenue is less than that invested by the dairy, chicken and turkey industries.

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Bayer CropScience Inc. has appointed Garth Hodges as its vicepresident for marketing and business development. The position is effective Feb. 1. He will be based in Calgary. Hodges is global head of Bayer CropScience’s business development and licensing department responsible for mergers and acquisitions, licensing, investments and divestments. He is based in Monheim, Germany. He replaces Al Driver, who was recently appointed Bayer CropScience’s new president and chief executive officer. Hodges previously led Bayer’s global oilseeds and wheat seeds and traits business, based in Calgary, from 2002-11.

Agriculture Canada researchers have concluded that vitamin B12 is better absorbed when drunk in cow’s milk than when taken in vitamin supplements. The study, which was conducted in Sherbrooke, Que., at the department’s Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, was recently published in the British Journal of Nutrition. Researchers conducted their study on pigs, which have a similar digestive system to that of humans. They gave pigs either cow’s milk or vitamin B12 supplements to compare the absorption rates of the vitamin and found that vitamin B12 that is naturally present in cow’s milk is absorbed two times better than synthetic vitamin B12.

Other studies on feeding vitamin B12 and folic acid to cows and breeder sows in the form of supplements concluded that they enable cows to produce more milk and sows to give birth to a larger number of stronger piglets. AGCO FOUNDER JOINS HALL OF FAME Agco Corp. founder Robert J. Ratliff is one of the 2014 inductees into the Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ Hall of Fame. Ratliff turned a struggling $200 million farm equipment business into a major, global manufacturer of agricultural equipment and established more than 20 agricultural machinery companies under the Agco umbrella. Ratliff is a life honorary director of the AEM and has fulfilled numerous

leadership roles for the National Association of Manufacturers, including chair of its Manufacturing Institute, which focuses on manufacturing revival and education. The Robert J. Ratliff Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Incentive Awards Fund was established to fund annual student scholarships through the University of Maryland’s Incentive Awards Program. Other 2014 inductees into the AEM Hall of Fame are E.G. Melroe and the Melroe family of the Melroe Manufacturing and Bobcat Company; Agustin “Gus” Ramirez of Husco International; John West of the Manitowoc Co.; and Rollin Henry White of the Cleveland Tractor Company. The AEM hall of fame recognizes outstanding individuals in the industry.

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Canola industry in fight against bad information Misinformation abounds about the healthfulness of canola oil BY SEAN PRATT SASKATOON NEWSROOM

A recent email to The Western Producer warned that vegetable oil does far more harm to human health than good and that canola oil was the worst offender. It said the “GMO oil” has been linked to muscular disorders and fatty degeneration of the heart, kidneys, adrenal and thyroid glands. The email contained no research references or any other support of the claims. This kind of misinformation is nothing new for Shaunda DuranceTod, CanolaInfo program manager with the Canola Council of Canada. Her job is to promote the healthy attributes of canola oil and debunk some of the myths that are rampant on the internet. “It’s hard to unravel where it’s coming from,” she said. “I expect part of it is related to the high market share that canola oil has and that it is well accepted and used in a number of food products. People like to take aim at success, I guess.” The biggest misconception about canola oil is that it is the same as rapeseed oil and contains high levels of erucic acid, which is toxic to certain strains of mice. Durance-Tod said CanolaInfo conducted an advertorial campaign directed at U.S. health care professionals last year that said the defining feature of canola is that it is low in erucic acid. Another rumour that has been making the rounds for years is that mustard gas is made from canola oil. Durance-Tod said mustard gas got its name from its mustard-like odour but is not made from mustard or any of its relatives, including canola. “We have information on our website that is in response to some of those crazy myths that are out there,” she said. She is perplexed how some vegetable oils, such as canola oil, are vilified on the internet while praise is heaped on others, such as coconut oil. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted canola oil a qualified health claim for its ability to reduce the risk of heart disease when used in place of saturated fat. Clinical studies have shown that the oil, which is high in monounsaturated fat and low in saturated fat, can help lower LDL, which is the bad cholesterol in the blood, and can control blood glucose, which is helpful for people with Type 2 diabetes. However, Durance-Tod said there is little research to support the health claims surrounding coconut oil, which is all the rage on the internet. She said there is a “vocal misinformed” segment of the internet that seems to have a lot of sway with consumers, despite little research to back their claims. It’s the nature of the web. “Information gets passed along and it doesn’t seem to matter whether it’s right or wrong,” said DuranceTod. “Consumers have a hard time because they hear this kind of stuff

and they’re not sure what to believe.” It’s why she is glad groups such as the Center for Science in the Public Interest and websites such as Snopes. com are helping dispel the myths surrounding canola oil. Reader’s Digest columnist Dr. Dean Ornish also tackled the issue in a recent column, in which he extolled the health benefits of canola oil versus olive oil and addressed some of

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The World Wildlife Fund says it doesn’t want to be one of those environmental groups that complains a lot about agriculture but offers little practical help. The organization hopes to become more relevant by helping companies and stakeholders in the food supply chain develop strategies that make food production more sustainable. Jason Clay, WWF’s senior vicepresident for markets and food, took positions on biotechnology that may surprise some producers during a lecture at the University of Saskatchewan late last year. He also offered ideas that may help the world’s food systems become more efficient. “I think international trade is one of the ways that we can achieve global food security,” Clay said. “Comparative advantage is real.” For example, Clay said Canada has a significant comparative advantage over countries such as China when it comes to producing animal protein such as meat, dairy and eggs. This is because Canadian producers have access to resources such as cereal grains and can reintegrate animal waste back into the soil, creating a closed loop system. As a result, it makes economic and environmental sense to produce animal proteins in Canada for Asian markets. “Whereas, if China tries to produce all of the animal protein it needs, it produces a lot of pollution as well.” Clay also focuses on the productivity of the world’s food system, including technologies and genetics. He said genetic modification has to be one of the options when attempting to make the world’s food systems more productive. However, it’s important to make sure genetic innovations are safe and monitor their impact, he added. “Using marker-assisted breeding on traditional food crops and having all that information in the public domain, so that producers of seed can really select for drought tolerance or disease resistance in real time: this is going to be a tool that we’re going to need to adapt to climate change,” he said. “I don’t think we can take it off the table.” Using marker-assisted breeding is much different than using transgenics, which is a bigger concern to the WWF. Clay said the location of the transgenic organism makes a big difference to the level of threat it poses to the environment. For instance, a transgenic salmon that could escape into the environment is a much greater threat than a fermentation agent produced in a closed environment with more control. Clay said transgenics is a part of sci-

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ence, and science-based discussions about its use are needed. “Probably about 55 to 60 percent of all GMOs today are for medicines: all the insulin on the planet really is GMO today,” he said. “Another 30 percent or so are for food additives: fermentation agents, French red wine, California wine, beer, yeast, etc. The substitute for animal rennet that’s used for cheese is a GMO. These are things that people aren’t aware of and don’t seem to care too much about. And we’ve eaten certainly billions of meals of these things.” Clay said the WWF is becoming increasingly interested in food production because it is the biggest reason for species extinction. Population growth is significantly increasing the demand for food. While demographers say the end of population growth is within sight, there will still be 25 to 30 percent more people on the planet when growth levels off at nine to 10 billion people. However, Clay said increased individual consumption will be a significant problem in the future as worldwide consumption doubles. “What nobody is really looking at is that each of these people are going to have about 2.9 times as much income per capita by 2050, and they’re going to buy more things, including food,” he said. As a sign of things to come, Clay said China doubled the gross domestic product of a billion people in 12 years, which is linked to the commodity price spikes of 2006-08. “India, Indonesia, Brazil, all these countries are improving their GDP,” he said. “They’re coming online as middle class consumers, or at least getting people above the poverty line. That has real implications for resources on the planet.” Clay said climate change will also significantly affect the world’s food systems, including Canadian producers. “It’s important to realize that what you produce is probably going to change,” he said. “Adaptation to climate change in the short term is about being more efficient. Adaptation to climate change, even within 10 years, probably is changing crops.” Grain will continue to be crucial to the world’s food systems, even though diets are shifting in some western countries toward fruits and vegetables.

“Oilseeds and cereals are about 70 percent of the calories (consumed in the world), if you throw in sugars and a few other things,” he said. “Fourteen plants basically provide about 70 percent of the calories. Three of them provide more than half.” Farmers who produce animal protein, including poultry, pork, eggs, dairy and beef, are increasingly feeding grain to their animals, which drastically boosts worldwide grain demand. Clay said Canadian scientist Vaclav Smil has determined that animal protein can be produced with onfarm waste if humans obtain 10 percent of their calories from this type of protein. However, the world’s cereal grain production has to double if humans obtain 20 percent of their calories from animal protein. Thirteen to 14 percent of the planet’s calories now come from animal protein, he added. Clay said the increase in the number of grain-fed animals in the world is resulting in more soybean acres in Argentina and Brazil and more interest in expanding cereal grain production in Africa. “I think that we’ve got to figure out how to produce animal protein with less grain, how to produce animal protein differently and maybe how to consume different kinds of animal protein that are less dependent on grain,” Clay said. He said the challenge of the 21st century is figuring out how to stop the agricultural frontier from expanding through the rest of the planet’s natural habitat. “As long as environmental values are externalities to our current food production system, then they’re going to be lost because we’re going to convert them to produce more food because that’s what farmers are paid for,” Clay said. “So how can we figure out how to pay farmers for wetland, or pay farmers for carbon, or pay farmers for things that they don’t currently sell at a market price. That’s the challenge of the 21st century.” robin.booker@producer.com

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Kendra Template realized last January that she had to do something about groups that defame the dairy industry. Template, who operates a 60-cow dairy herd and farms 900 acres of cash crops near Cornwall, Ont., with her husband, was attending the Dairy Farmers of Ontario annual general meeting in Toronto. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals responded by organizing a demonstration outside the hotel where the convention was being held to call attention to the systemic “animal abuse” within Ontario’s dairy industry. Emily Lavender, a campaigner for People for the Ethical Treament of Animals, told an interviewer that maltreatment of dairy cattle is commonplace on Ontario farms. “The animals do end up getting hurt … during their confinement on factory farms,” she said.

“We see (that) bad conditions have become normal and horrific cruelty has become standard.” Template said other PETA comments made outside the dairy farmers meeting were similarly extreme. “That all the (dairy) cows should run free, we shouldn’t keep them in barns,” she said. “And then a lot of people believe that (message).… Some people don’t see it as ridiculous.” Template decided she needed to refine her skills and knowledge so she could talk to the public and counter the negative and false information about agriculture. Last fall she participated in a speakers bureau program hosted by Ontario Farm & Food Care. The course, which was launched in November, provides training for farmers and agricultural business professionals who want to give presentations on agriculture topics. Ontario Farm & Food Care has developed speakers bureau presentations based on its publication, The Real Dirt on Farming. The latest version of the document, released in November, contains basic information on agricultural practices and information about animal care and the environmental impact of farming. Kelly Daynard, communications manager with Farm & Food Care, said farmers who take speakers bureau training are not expected to deliver a canned presentation from Real Dirt on Farming. Instead, they are encouraged to customize the information to suit their needs. “It’s about being comfortable in telling your story and telling it in a way that the average, urban Canadian … will understand it.” The speakers bureau training isn’t about media interviews. Rather, it’s designed to prepare farmers who want to talk to gatherings such as the local Rotary Club or a municipal

council meeting. Daynard said the agricultural industry desperately needs farmers with public presentation skills. “I don’t think the pressure has ever been higher on all sectors of Canadian ag than (it is) right now.” Template is already a farm leader. She is involved in 4-H and her local agricultural society, is the secretary of the local dairy producers association and is organizing the International Plowing Match, which will be held in September near Finch, Ont. Consequently, she isn’t terrified by public speaking. Instead, she was looking for information to support her positions, such as the scientific data and facts on controversial topics such as genetic modification, pesticides and antibiotics that are included in Real Dirt on Farming. “There’s a whole lot of information but in a little package,” Template said. “They (the presentations) are very easily understood by someone … knowing absolutely nothing about farming.” Template said she intends to share her new knowledge but will start slow. Her first presentation may be to the local dairy producers organization so that she can build up her confidence. “I want to make sure that when I give a presentation … I want to provide accurate information,” she said. “I really want people to see that we (farmers) go above and beyond, providing safe food for Canada.” Daynard said Ontario Farm & Food Care also plans to offer speakers bureau training to farmers outside of Ontario. It is planning workshops for Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island this year and would like to add other provinces to the list. For more information, visit www. realdirtonfarming.ca/speakers.php. robert.arnason@producer.com

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Manitoba farmers live without farm animal council Province takes a different approach to promoting animal care than other livestock producing regions BY ROBERT ARNASON BRANDON BUREAU

In a time when activists regularly sneak into dairy, hog and chicken barns to film alleged livestock abuse, Manitoba doesn’t have an organization dedicated to farm animal welfare. The Manitoba Farm Animal Council dissolved in 2010, after commodity groups decided they would rather encourage and promote animal care on their own. Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario, the other major livestock produc-

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Manitoba Egg Farmers, said the animal care committee is distinct from a farm animal council, but producer groups like the structure. “There are no fees. There are no hired staff people and no overhead with a structure of bricks and mortar,” said Bazylewski, who chairs the committee. “I think this is a really good model, and for us in Manitoba it’s working really well.” Bazylewski said there are no plans to revive the Manitoba Farm Animal Council. A particular commodity group would respond to the crisis if an activist group released a provocative video or if a high profile investigation was held into animal abuse at a farm. “If there was an issue with the humane treatment of hens, for example, people would come to our organization (for answers), but they would also go to poultry specialists that are separate from our industry.” Other provinces have farm animal councils or similar organizations partly because the groups operate at an arm’s length from the livestock industry. In theory, that projects more credibility when it comes to messages around farm animal care. Joe Stookey, a professor with the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine who specializes in animal behaviour and animal welfare, said commodity groups fund farm animal councils and farm and food care organizations in Canada. He’s not convinced they have more credibility than producer groups. “In some sense they are a vocal representative of the commodity groups that support them.” Nonetheless, someone needs to broadcast information about farm animal care, Stookey said. “If it’s never up there on the billboard, how do you get the message out that farmers are caring about their livestock?” Stookey said Manitoba has a good reputation on animal welfare compared to other provinces. The provincial government employs its own animal protection officers, who enforce animal care regulations. In other provinces, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or other non-profit organizations respond to complaints and enforce animal welfare laws. Stookey said the Manitoba model is more reliable and stable. “SPCAs are always holding a bake sale every weekend to raise money,” he said. “Manitoba seems to have taken responsibility on as a government … of policing of abuse.” Still, Stookey said commodity groups and farm animal councils should engage people who are concerned about farm animal welfare. People from the agricultural industry dominate the boards of organizations and sub-committees responsible for farm animal care. Contrary voices and perspectives are necessary to move the industry forward on animal welfare practices. “You all believe you’re doing just wonderful. But are you in tune or in touch with the general public?” robert.arnason@producer.com

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FOOD SECURITY

Women key to growing global food production Women lack resources in developing world LONDON, U.K. (Thomson Reuters Fou n d at i o n ) — Wo m e n c o u l d increase yields on their farms by more than 20 percent if they had the same access to land, credit, advice and markets as men, says a leading land rights researcher. This would boost total global agricultural production by up to four percent, added Elisa Scalise, director of the Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights. Women produce nearly half of the food grown in the developing world, yet women farmers receive only five percent of all agricultural extension services, including credit, training, marketing and research, according to the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization. The UN’s World Food Programme says women farmers could help reduce the number of hungry people in the world by up to 150 million people if they were given more resources. Campaigners have argued for years for more investment in women farmers and better recognition of their land rights. Scalise said the situation for women farmers had improved in many countries and regions. “The global trend is positive,” she said.

“Regional bodies and national governments are at least talking about women’s land rights now, and just five to 10 years ago this was not the case.” For example, Kenya used its 2010 constitution to provide protections for female property rights. In China, where women are estimated to account for more than 70 percent of the agricultural workforce, the need to protect women’s land rights was, for first time in its modern history, included in a major policy document released earlier this year. Scalise said research shows that land does better under the management of women farmers. For example, capital investment in rural Vietnam is higher when women hold land title, and in Rwanda, female-headed households are more likely to invest in soil conservation measures. David Norman, senior manager for sustainable development for SABMiller, a multinational beer company, agreed that improving women’s land rights can boost economic growth. “There is a return on investment” when female farmers are empowered, he said. Landesa says women who own

Increasing access to agricultural credit, training and other services for women in the developing world could help boost global production. | FILE PHOTO land have 3.8 times more income than those who don’t, their children are 33 percent less likely to be severely underweight and they are eight times less likely to face domestic violence. Yet women are still battling to secure their land rights. “We have a real challenge that could push back women’s rights to land — the commercialization of agricultural land,” said Mark Goldring, the chief executive officer of OXFAM.

“Land equivalent to eight times the size of the U.K. has been sold to major companies in the last decade,” he said. “As agriculture becomes more commercial ... the traditional status of women gets worse.” Thirty-seven of the 143 countries surveyed by the World Bank earlier this year still have discriminatory land laws in place. Changing this needs to “start with understanding that land rights are part of a cultural system, and that

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Campaign helps find homes for misfit veggies Alberta’s Red Hat Co-op uses creative advertising to market misshapen products to customers BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

Hail to the twisty tomato. And cheers for the bulbous-nosed green pepper and the boomerangshaped cucumber. These misshapen vegetables, labeled “the misfits” by southern Alberta’s Red Hat Co-op, were snatched off the shelves last year in a novel promotion slated for expansion this spring. T h e Mi s f i t s : R i s e o f t h e Rejects, marketed vegetables from growers in the Medicine Hat and Redcliff areas of Alberta that were not quite perfect. Cucumbers, minicukes, tomatoes and peppers were offered at a 30 percent discount, for a limited time, in 11 Calgary and Medicine Hat grocery stores. They sold out. Now Mike Meinhardt, who works in sales and marketing at Red Hat, is planning the 2015 promotion, which might expand the range of misshapen produce that is available. “We definitely will repeat it. The question becomes, how do we expand it,” said Meinhardt. “I can see there being this misfit brand that is sort of rotating through a variety of different products throughout the growing season.” The promotion is based on a similar one, called Inglorious Fruits and Vegetables, which was launched by Intermarche, the third largest supermarket chain in France. Like that campaign, the Misfits attracted considerable media and consumer attention. Meinhardt said some shoppers drove across the city to buy the ugly veggies. “We had a feeling once consumers knew what this was and were educated a little bit, it would ring a bell with them,” he said. “We’ve launched a few new products in the produce section and as much as we’d like to think produce is

as sexy as soft drinks and beer and salty snacks and all that kind of stuff, there’s typically not things that are fun and sexy happening from a marketing standpoint. This really got the produce teams in the grocery stores excited.” Red Hat Co-op president Albert Cramer said growers were pleased to find a market for produce rated No. 2. Some greenhouses make deals with processors or operate small stores where they sell odd-shaped

vegetables at a discount to walk-in customers, but some of the less attractive produce inevitably ends up in landfills. The Misfits promotion improves grower returns and reduces food waste. “In the cucumber world, it’s no different from planting in the garden. Cu k e s d o n ’ t n e c e s s a r i l y g row

s t r a i g h t ,” s a i d Cramer, a cucumber grower. The promotion won’t eliminate vegetable waste because some produce is damaged in the picking, transport or packing process and can’t be marketed. As well, specific grading requirements eliminate some vegetables. For example, a long English cucumber that is one-quarter inch too short cannot be graded No. 1, even though its shape and quality are fine. “It’s ridiculous, is what it is,” said Cramer. “But every system has to have a standard.”

Meinhardt said Red Hat’s 50 grower members were initially hesitant about the promotion, fearing it would affect sales of No. 1 grade produce. “They gave me the rope to run with the program … but they were being cautious. Then as the program went on, I think they got quite a bit more excited about it. Consumers were gobbling the product up.” Nerves were also soothed by the knowledge that misshapen vegetables make up only half to one percent of the total marketed by Red Hat. Meinhardt said retailers also had concerns at first. They wondered about the benefit of selling a discount vegetable as opposed to one at market price. An increase in store traffic eased those fears. So did Red Hat’s 40 percent wholesale discount, while retailers offered a 30 percent discount to consumers. Now Meinhardt envisions marketing a wider array of ugly produce from a larger geographic area. “There’s no reason that carrots and onions and potatoes and the fruit out of the Okanagan … that all of that stuff can’t be part of this. Every produce has its misfits.” He isn’t worried that the novelty of buying weirdly shaped vegetables will wane because the Misfits promotion offers a nutritious staple, as opposed to gimmicks devised to sell the latest brand of potato chip. The other positive aspect is consumers’ continuing desire to reduce food waste and be more environmentally responsible, he added. The 2015 promotion will begin in March and April, when southern Alberta’s greenhouses start harvesting their next crop. barb.glen@producer.com

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a growing appetite for noodles, bread and other baked products as incomes rise. “Hard red spring wheat is in extremely short supply here in the domestic market because China’s own production of high quality wheat was not satisfactory despite higher output,” said an analyst with an official think-tank. More demand for high protein wheat could bolster prices for spring wheat traded on the Minneapolis Grains Exchange, as well as support hard red winter wheat futures in Kansas. BIRD FLU

The quarantine restricts the movement of eggs, poultry or poultry products out of the quarantine zone, which makes up roughly 30 kilometres around Benton and Franklin counties, the Washington State Department of Agriculture said. A highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza, the H5N2 virus, was confirmed this month in two flocks of mixed poultry and other birds in the region, agriculture officials said. The virus has not been found in commercial poultry and there was no immediate public health concern, the state agency said in a statement. AGFINANCE

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Food safe from pesticide residues: USDA (Reuters) — More than half of the food that the U.S. government tested for pesticide residues last year showed detectable levels of pesticides, though most were within levels the government considers to be safe, according to a report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA looked at fresh and processed fruits and vegetables as well as infant formula, apple juice and other products. The Environmental Protection Agency sets “tolerance levels” for how much of a pesticide can remain in the food that reaches consumers. The USDA’s sampling is designed to help ensure that pesticide residues are kept within those tolerance levels. As has been the case with past analyses, the USDA said it did not test this past year for residues of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide and the world’s most widely used herbicide. A USDA spokesperson said that the test measures required for glyphosate are “extremely expensive ... to do on an regular basis.” Concerns about glyphosate and other pesticide residues on food have been a hot topic of debate in the United States recently and contributed to the passage of the country’s first mandatory GMO labelling law in Vermont earlier this year. Many states are pursuing similar labelling laws, and some local governments have been trying to rein in pesticide use on food because of health concerns. Monsanto, which developed Roundup, requested and received EPA approval last year for increased tolerance levels for glyphosate. The USDA said 99 percent of the samples showed residue levels within tolerance levels for the pesticides that it did test for. It said more than 40 percent showed no detectable pesticide residue, and residues exceeding tolerance levels were seen in only 23 samples out of 9,990. Additionally, residues of pesticides with no established tolerances were found in 301 samples, USDA said. Of the total samples analyzed, 8,526 were fresh and processed fruit and vegetable samples, 356 were infant formula samples, 756 were butter samples, and 352 were salmon samples. There were also 14 groundwater samples and 100 drinking water samples.

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Leave fuel reserves, says study LONDON (Reuters) — A third of the world’s oil reserves, half of the gas reserves and 80 percent of current coal reserves should not be used in the coming decades if global warming is to stay below an agreed 2 C target, scientists said. In a study published in the journal Nature, researchers said the vast majority of coal reserves in China, Russia and the United States should stay in the ground, as well as more than 260,000 million barrels of oil reserves in the Middle East, equivalent to all of Saudi Arabia’s oil reserves. The Middle East should also leave more than 60 percent of its gas reserves in the ground, the study found. “Policy makers must realize that their instincts to completely use the fossil fuels within their countries are wholly incompatible with their commitments to the 2 C goal,” said Christophe McGlade, who led the study at University College London’s Institute for Sustainable Resources.

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Rise of Chinese protectionism a threat to trade China using non-tariff barriers to slow imports of corn, cotton and dried distillers grain as country’s economy slows SHANGHAI (Reuters) — As China lobbies world leaders to back its free trade plan, businesses are complaining about Beijing’s use of non-tariff barriers from customs clearance to quality restrictions to curb raw material imports. Amid a slowdown in economic growth, the world’s top commodities buyer is facing a supply glut that has sent local prices tumbling and miners deep into the red. Inventories of iron ore, coal and cotton are bulging at ports across the country and state granaries are overflowing.

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anti-monopoly law to launch a flurry of investigations targeting foreign companies, including Microsoft and Volkswagen AG, sparking concerns it is seeking to support domestic firms. China’s premier Li Keqiang has said that those investigations were conducted “transparently and fairly” and were not targeted at foreign companies. Australia has played down the impact of China’s coal tariffs and says it will win an exemption through a free trade agreement that is widely expected to be signed next week. But veteran coal traders point to Indonesia, warning that Beijing still has many ways to keep foreign supplies at bay. In recent months, Chinese customs have stepped up checks on Indonesian coal and held up shipments, traders said, even though China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations already have a free trade agreement. “The customs office will find fault with how the coal is classified, whether it is lignite or steam coal, and will hold up shipments when they are deemed to be labelled incorrectly,” said an executive at a large international trading house. Importers need to provide fresh certification documents when such issues arise, leading to delays of more than a month. “This is clearly a tactic to restrict imports and it works. Some of our clients have cut back on Indonesian coal and switched to local supplies instead because they think the small discount is not worth the hassle,” said a Shanghai-based broker. Imports of Indonesian lignite have been falling since the second quarter, with September arrivals down nearly a quarter from April. China’s customs office did not respond to a faxed request for comment. The government has said that controls on coal were necessary to tackle pollution. Beijing’s shift in attitude was first noticed in November last year, when authorities rejected a U.S. corn cargo after finding an unapproved strain of genetically modified grain. What was at first perceived as a oneoff issue because similar shipments had gone through in the past has become a multibillion-dollar trade disruption that has caused more than 1.25 million tonnes of U.S. corn to be sent back. China’s agriculture ministry has said that the measures were necessary to prevent genetically modified strains from taking a toll on food and environmental safety. As a list of commodities is confronted by increased import hurdles, a surge in China’s exports of steel and aluminium has sparked complaints of unfair subsidies, many of which tend to come from provincial governments. China’s steel industry has denied it is being supported by Beijing. “Our main message to the Chinese government is please stop subsidizing the unprofitable aluminium smelters,” said Vladislav Soloviev, first deputy chief executive at Russian aluminium giant Rusal. “China is a member of the WTO and needs to comply with the rules.”

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World’s giant cities embrace urban farming Rooftop garden plots could help produce food in India’s large urban areas, where real estate comes at a premium LONDON, U.K. (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — On a cold and rainy Friday afternoon, Steven Dring is tending his baby carrots in a somewhat unusual setting. The green shoots are in a tray of volcanic glass crystals under LED lights, and the tray is in a tunnel 33 metres underneath a busy London street. Dring is the co-founder of Zero Carbon Food, one of a clutch of projects trying to help feed the world’s booming cities by farming in local spots — and often unexpected ones. Social businesses in India are setting up small farms on the rooftops of crowded apartment blocks, while China’s government has built urban farming “showcases” to encourage city-dwellers to start projects at home. Cities in rich and poor countries are set to swell in the coming decades and cause ever more pollution by transporting food from rural areas. Two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050, compared to slightly more than half now, according to United Nations forecasts. “Thirty million meals are served a day in London. We’ve got to get all that stuff into the city, along with all the packaging needed to bring it in,” Dring said. “So if you can bring any food production into the city, then that’s good.” Zero Carbon Food started farming in an abandoned Second World War bomb shelter in Clapham North, an upper middle class neighbourhood, in January 2014. The company has been growing salad leaves and root vegetables in a small test plot, using LED lights instead of sunshine and perlite crystals or thin fibre matts instead of soil. The venture is now setting up its full site, which will fill the steel and con-

A roof top apiary at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel is an example of what can be done to produce food in the world’s largest cities. | FILE PHOTO crete tunnels with vertically stacked trays that have 100,000 sq. feet of growing space. Dring said it will start selling to restaurants and homes in the second quarter of 2015, although it will only ever meet a minute fraction of the city’s demand. London’s population is set to grow by one-fifth by 2030, when the number of residents will hit 10 million, according to the mayor’s office. The projected growth rate is much higher than that of New York and around double the United Kingdom average, although it is below forecasts for many cities in the developing world. “A city, of course, cannot grow all its produce, but it’s about combining this with other farming,” said Chungui Lu, a plant scientist and expert on urban agriculture at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. “You can’t grow wheat in a city, but

you can grow a lot of high-value, fresh veg.” In India, where the urban population is forecast to double to more than 800 million people by 2050, the idea of fitting farms into cities that already heave with people might seem impossible. However, the lack of space on the ground has spurred an increase in rooftop farming, using

the flat tops of apartment blocks. Fresh and Local, a social business in Mumbai, has run an organic farm on top of a low-income building since 2012. The 2,000 sq. foot farm grows pomegranates, chillis and bay leaves for the building’s 50 families and 20 small businesses. Fresh and Local is being hired to help set up two to three new urban farms in the city every six months, said founder Adrienne Thadani. “There’s a lot of misconceptions (such as) that there’s no space, which isn’t true,” said Thadani. “For every building in Bombay, you have that square footage of flat roof.” Gardens of Abundance, a project in Hyderabad, a southern Indian city of 8.7 million people, has set up 10 organic roof top vegetable gardens since 2012 and has held workshops at 20 apartment blocks over the past year. Garden plots can produce up to 20 kilograms of food per sq. metre per y e a r, a c c o rd i n g t o t h e U n i t e d Nations. Many urban farming groups do not provide such figures for their production because yields vary with factors such as location and seed quality, they said. Urban farming remains a niche sector, partly because setting up a

mid-sized plot requires time and money. London’s high property prices drove Dring to an underground site that will cost £3 million ($5.3 million) to develop, using money partly raised on the equity crowd funding website Crowdcube. Thadani, meanwhile, has to bring in basic materials from as far away as 150 kilometres outside Mumbai. Governments sometimes step in to help. Some Indian states provide subsidized growing kits, while China’s government has partially funded a three-storey farm in Beijing, said Lu, who is working on a research project at the site. Showcases for indoor farming have been set up in recent years in smaller cities such as Nanjing. However, when it comes to agriculture, China’s spending priority for now remains providing subsidies for poor rural farmers, said Lu. He points to Singapore as an Asian success story for urban farming. In London, Dring’s visitors often think his farm is unusually high-tech, but LED lights and trays are common in U.K. agriculture. “There’s such a huge disconnect between people and where their food comes from,” he said. “Some kids in London probably think spaghetti grows on trees.”

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Rains arrive in Brazil, but crop concerns remain Irregular rains aren’t enough as farmers in southeastern region recover from historic drought SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) — Southeastern Brazil is getting some rainfall a year after a record drought started, meteorologists say. However, it isn’t enough to eliminate worries about an energy crisis, water shortages or another season of damaged export crops. Record-high temperatures and the most severe drought in at least 80 years punished southeastern Brazil last year, which accounts for 60 percent of the country’s gross domestic product. Despite rain in recent weeks, the country’s climate challenges could threaten a tepid

economic recovery. Private weather forecaster Somar warned of irregular rainfall in the centre-west soybean belt as well as the southeast as an atmospheric blockage prevents a cold front from advancing over key crop regions in the world’s largest exporter of coffee, sugar, soy and beef. That is especially worrisome in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, which produces half of Brazil’s coffee. Drought there last year wiped out as much as a third of the crop in some areas, causing global arabica prices to rise 50 percent over the year, even

as most other commodity markets tumbled. Scientists said coffee trees would not quickly recover from the extreme heat and drought, and forecasts pointing to below-average rain this month recently triggered another arabica price rally. Somar meteorologist Marco Antonio dos Santos expressed concern about the 2015 coffee crop, which will be harvested between May and August. “It’s not like 2014, when the whole crop was affected, but I am sure there will be regional damage,” he said.

“Some red flags are going up.” The Reuters weather dashboard showed Jan. 9 that by Jan. 23, rainfall would be about half the historical average in the southeast region and 300 millimetres behind in Minas Gerais. Rain is not likely to bring reservoirs back to comfortable levels in southeastern Brazil, which is responsible for 70 percent of the country’s hydroelectric generation. The country, which has the world’s largest fresh water supply, usually relies on hydro power to generate 75 percent of its energy needs,

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although that rate has fallen over the past year. “Even with normal or above-average rains, it won’t be enough to reverse the current scenario,” Somar meteorologist Willians Bini said. Reservoir levels in the southeast recently fell to 19.72 percent capacity. The national grid operator said they would probably rise to 29.8 percent by the end of January, still below 41 percent a year ago and well short of the 60 percent level specialists consider ideal ahead of the dry season. Even so, the government has ruled out electricity rationing as power distributors turn to expensive alternatives such as thermal. The president of the CCEE spot market electricity clearinghouse said last month that he expected thermal plants in the southeast to remain active for two more years. Rising energy prices have increased costs for electrical distributors, and the government is in the process of approving a nearly $1 billion loan from state-run banks to help companies cover costs. It would be the third such loan in less than a year. Climatempo meteorologist Alexandre Nascimento said potable water shortages in 2015 are possible for the 20 million people of Sao Paulo, South America’s largest city. “In the best hypothesis,” he said, “we will be able to recover the dead volumes,” which are the muddy reserves at the bottom of the city’s main reservoir that state-run utility Sabesp has relied on for months to keep taps running. Sabesp recently received authorization to implement steep fines for above-average water use, but some fear the measure came too late. The Cantareira reservoir was at 6.8 percent capacity as of Jan. 8, even after several afternoons of violent summer rainstorms in Sao Paulo.

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Farmers can help slow spread of new diseases by having new machinery cleaned BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG NEWSROOM

Lots of steel moves around the Canadian Prairies and up from the U.S. Midwest. But as Red River Valley farmers retool their farms, are they also introducing new diseases? “Who here bought a great new

h e a d e r at a n au c t i o n d ow n i n Nebraska?” Manitoba Agriculture crop management specialist Anastasia Kubinec asked Jan. 7 in a session at St. Jean Farm Day in the heart of the southern valley. “Or (how about) a seeder from Alberta or a sprayer from Alberta? If you did, I hope you did clean it because it could be carrying some of

these pests.” Kubinec urged farmers to take reasonable steps to reduce the spread of soybean cyst nematode, clubroot, blackleg and verticillium wilt, a new disease for canola in No r t h A m e r i c a, w h e n m ov i n g equipment. Many Manitoba farmers who have started growing soybeans and corn

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DUBLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) — Ireland has become the first European Union country to receive permission to export beef to the United States, 17 years after Washington banned EU imports over BSE. This follows a successful inspection by U.S. authorities of Ireland’s beef production system, which was completed in July, the Irish agriculture department said Jan. 5. The ban on EU imports had formally been lifted in March. “This isn’t just a new market, it’s the highest value market in the world now. I’d be very disappointed if we weren’t selling somewhere between 50 and 100 million euros ($70 million to $100 million) worth of beef into the U.S. this year,” said Irish agriculture minister Simon Coveney The United States banned imports from the EU in 1998 following a BSE epidemic that spread from Britain to mainland Europe. The latest U.S. decision clears the way for Irish authorities to approve individual beef plants to export to the U.S., the Irish government said. It did not give a date for when beef exports to the United States might resume but said it would step up work with Irish beef plants so the trade could start as soon as possible. A report on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s audit of Ireland’s beef slaughter inspection system concluded that Ireland had “consistently and effectively implemented a beef slaughter inspection system that satisfies all criteria for equivalence with the United States system.” The EU has urged the U.S. to act quickly to extend the approval to the rest of the 28-nation bloc. “This announcement sends an important and positive signal to the other EU member states who have requested the U.S. to re-establish access to the U.S. beef market,” it said in a statement.

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U.S. farm subsidies called unfair to Canada Analyst says American programs guarantee higher prices despite forecasts for lower commodity returns BY JEFFREY CARTER FOR THE WESTERN PRODUCER

RIDGETOWN, Ont. — Subsidies under the 2014 U.S. farm bill are not farmer friendly for Canada, particularly when combined with low commodity prices, says a government policy analyst from Michigan State University. “Every cent of budget costs paid to our farm programs is a subsidy against which Canadian farmers must compete,” David Schweikhardt told the Southwest Agricultural Conference in Ridgetown Jan. 6. “This bill is going to guarantee payments for relatively high prices for the first three or four years of the bill.… We’re going right back to where we were in the middle of the last decade, when U.S. prices were said to distort international trade.” Schweikhardt said U.S. farmers have until March 31 to join the program. A wide range of crops are covered, including corn, wheat and soybeans. Farmers have a choice between Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) for e a c h c ro p t h e y p ro d u c e. S c h weikhardt said many will go with ARC because it is likely to provide greater levels of support in the first few years of the program. The PLC sets reference prices for the program, which covers the 201418 marketing years. Payments are made whenever prices fall below those numbers. The reference prices for corn, wheat and soybeans are $3.70, $5.50 and $8.40, respectively, for all five years. The ARC is more complicated, using an Olympic average of a county’s previous five-year prices and yields and throwing out the low and high prices and yields. The program guarantees 86 percent of the resulting benchmark revenue figure. Using actual numbers for a specific county, Schweikhardt said farmers would be guaranteed $4.56 for corn for 2014 and 2015, $4.14 in 2016, $3.41 in 2017 and $3.18 for 2018. The respective numbers for wheat were $5.61, $5.61, $5.56, $5.06 and $4.73, while those for soybeans were $10.46, $10.46, $9.63, $8.46 and $7.22. The PLC provides a price guarantee for all five years, but the ARC often provides higher levels of support for the first two or three program years. Farmers can weigh their options, choosing ARC for some crops and PLC for others. Schweikhardt said the bill is like a “slap in the face” for countries like Canada, but there’s no particular concern within Congress or the agricultural lobby. “These subsidies could be viewed as counter to the WTO (World Trade Organization) rules,” he said. “You might well ask, how can the U.S. go into negotiation for the next WTO round with any kind of straight face?” The U.S. occasionally lose trade challenges. One example involves a Brazil challenge over cotton, in which the U.S. is paying more than $100 million a year in compensation, Sch-

weikhardt said. The alternative would have been to halt the unfair practice or give Brazil the right to set up countervailing tariffs in any area it wished. Schweikhardt said the level of market prices will determine whether the subsidies will kick in. As well, the question of unfair government support in the U.S. will be moot if prices are strong over the next four years. “You can hide a lot of sins with high commodity prices, but they all come back when prices go low.”

There is some indication that grain and oilseed prices will soften, driven down by falling demand from countries such as China, Schweikhardt said. David Kohl, economist and professor emer itus at Virginia Tech, agreed. He advised farmers to look at fixed costs, including the renegotiation of land rental and lease agreements this winter, because there are signs that interest rates may rise by mid-summer. He warned that large farmers who

have expanded aggressively in recent years may face the greatest risk. Most farmers are efficient producers, but many lack sufficient skills in marketing and risk management, he added. “In the agricultural industry, the worse mistakes are often made during the best of times,” he said. The 2014 U.S. farm bill is designed to deal with a downturn in prices. Schweikhardt said it took more than two and a half years to negotiate and demonstrates its political importance and the strength of the U.S. farm lobby in the face of the most dysfunctional U.S.

Congress since 1948. House of Representatives leader John Boehner, Senate majority leader Harry Reid and president Barack Obama had to come to a consensus for the legislation to pass. Schweikhardt said the farm bill also affects Ontario sugar beet producers because U.S. producers remain protected through a system of import controls. However, he said that could change in the future because of the decision to re-establish relationships with Cuba.

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U of S strikes deal for U.S. pea distribution Canterra Seeds signs 10 year deal, which could generate $100,000 per year in royalties BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM

Canterra Seeds has signed a deal that gives it exclusive U.S. distribution rights for field pea varieties developed at the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre. The Winnipeg-based seed company announced Jan. 6 that it had acquired the distribution rights in an open bid competition. CDC’s yellow and green pea varieties will be sold in the United States primarily through Canterra’s American affiliate, Meridian Seeds. The 10-year deal will take effect Sept. 1 and will include existing and future CDC varieties. “This relationship was built on our strong track record, both with the CDC and with U.S. farmers,” said Canterra president David Hansen. “We’ve established a robust distribution network in the U.S. that has served us well in marketing a wide range of crops, and have previously proven our expertise to the CDC by successfully marketing their chickpea varieties in the U.S., in addition to distributing many of their other crop varieties in Canada.” The distribution deal will include CDC’s most popular pea varieties: CD C Patrick, CD C Golden and

Canterra Seeds will sell CDC field pea varieties in the United States through its American affiliate, Meridian Seeds. | FILE PHOTO CDC Meadow. The deal is expected to generate as much as $100,000 per year in royalties in a good year, which will flow back to the CDC to support existing breeding programs. Kofi Agblor, managing director at

the CDC, said the new agreement gives the university an opportunity to collect royalties on pea varieties that would eventually make their way across the U.S. border, with or without a distribution deal. “The genetics will cross the border,”

Agblor said. “What we’re trying to do is … manage the varieties and collect royalties that can be invested back into the program.” Under an existing arrangement with Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, CDC’s new pea varieties will contin-

ue to be distributed and multiplied in Canada for two years before they are made available for distribution south of the border. This arrangement gives pulse producers and pedigreed seed growers in Western Canada a two-year headstart on their American counterparts and allow Meridian a chance to assess the performance of new varieties and decide if they will be suitable for U.S. production. Like Canterra in Canada, Meridian Seeds is a network of seed-grower shareholders and licensees. It has doubled in size over the past two years and is now represented by seed growers in 12 U.S. states. Canterra owns 50 percent of Meridian and is also a managing partner. Hansen said the U.S. market for dry peas has been growing rapidly over the past few years. “It’s an expanding market,” he said. “Particularly in the Midwest and even into the southwestern states … dry pea production has been increasing significantly over the past two or three years.… It seems to be working well for American growers in their rotations and I think agronomically, some of the varieties have been coming from the northern areas have been performing very well in the States.” brian.cross@producer.com

Technotill Helps With Transition To Full-Time Grain Farm As Abe Unrau converts long-time pasture and hayland to annual crop production he has developed a one-pass seeding system that is not only economical, but works in all kinds of field conditions. The 2014 growing season was the first year the Unraus did not run cattle on their long-time mixed farming operation west of Prince Albert. For many years they ran a 350 head commercial cow-calf operation and cropped about 1,500 acres of grain. About four years ago they began phasing out of the cattle business. As the herd was downsized, hay and pasture land were brought into annual crop production. Whether it is the sandy soil at his north-central Saskatchewan farm near Parkside or the heavier clay soil he has further north near Debden, the Ezee-On air seeding equipment outfitted with Technotill works through all types of field conditions. “When I can direct seed canola into sod and get a 40 bushel canola crop, as I did in 2013, that’s pretty respectable,” says Unrau, who along with his wife Judy crop about 2,500 acres of grain and oilseeds. “In a conventional system I don’t know how many passes I would have to make

to disc that sod and then cultivate to prepare a nice seed bed. With Technotill I can spray out the hay field or pasture in the fall then seed directly into the sod the next spring with one pass.” “Before we went to this Technotill system my wife used to put down the anhydrous ammonia , then I would seed and then my wife would follow behind and do the harrow/packing — now she is out of a job!” “Whether we are converting hay and pasture land to annual cropping, or seeding into stubble, the Technotill system works equally well,” says Unrau. “I usually go with canola the first year I am converting grass to annual cropping,” says Unrau. “I go with a Roundup Ready variety and that way if there is still some grass coming back it can be controlled. It is ideal if you have moisture in the ground or a rain just before seeding — it really works nicely in sod. With that narrow opener it just makes a slit through the grass. It works well even when it is dry, but a bit of moisture makes it smoother.”

While Unrau prefers to spray out the field in the fall well before spring seeding, he has had good success waiting to kill the forage stand in the spring. “In 2013 and 2014 I really pushed the limits when I sprayed out some old pasture in the spring ONLY,” he says. “ I seeded my crops and fertilized as usual. In fall I harvested 40 bushels of canola. I was pretty pleased.” Unrau’s Ezee-On air seeder with Technotill technology works in all soil types, with sod or stubble and even under adverse conditions. “In the spring of 2014 my son was seeding with the equipment at the Debden farm and it started raining,” says Unrau. “Other farmers had to stop, but he just kept going, they thought he was crazy. The rain didn’t affect the operation of the Technotill seeding system. We had to make sure the fertilizer didn’t get wet and cake up, but aside from that everything worked well despite the rain.” Unrau says that Technotill has been a valuable part of transitioning the farm from cattle to crop production. “It is a very affordable way for us to get an air drill, and it creates a farming system I can handle myself,” says Unrau. “My crops look just as good as anyone else’s and yield just as well. In many respects it has revolutionized the way we farm — I just go out there and seed and my wife is retired.”

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Warmer world boosting nordic wine industry A Swedish winery that has won international awards is on the same latitude as Siberia, Alaska and Greenland GVARV, Norway/BLAXSTA, Sweden — Farmers on one of the world’s northernmost frontiers are starting to talk about terroir and aroma as global warming and new technology push the boundaries of wine growing. “Maybe a touch of raspberry?” opined Wenche Hvattum, one of two farmers at the Lerkekasa vineyard west of Oslo as they debate aromas in the ruby-red juice from their freshly pressed grapes. “This is good. I’d say a hint of blackcurrant,” said her husband, Joar Saettem. The vineyard is on the same latitude as Siberia, southern Greenland and Alaska, and such talk would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. However, warmer temperatures and new, cold-resistant vines are helping push wine production into Nordic countries in a rare positive spinoff from climate change. Goran Amnegard of the Blaxsta winery near Stockholm has won international awards for his ice wine based on the Vidal grape. He sells 3,000 bottles a year to customers as far afield as Hong Kong, and proudly shows off his red Merlot wine and white Chardonnay. The farm is further north than Moscow or Aberdeen, Scotland. “There is this myth about the cold weather here, the moose and the polar bears,” said Amnegard. “We have had more or less Mediterranean summers.” Blaxsta won a gold at the World Wine Cup in 2012 for its 2009 Vidal Ice Wine. Financial Times wine critic Jancis Robinson gave it a “distinguished” 16.5 points out of a maximum 20. “The tendency is ... the climate is going to be warmer summers and colder winters,” Amnegard said. “That seems to be the way it is heading and that will benefit us.” The 1,000 vines at the Lerkekasa vineyard lie in neat rows on a southfacing hillside at Gvarv in Telemark in southern Norway. “We want to demonstrate ... that we believe the climate is getting warmer and it is more possible to grow and make wine in northerly areas,” Saettem said. Still, Nordic vineyards are a highrisk investment because many sum-

mers are still soggy. “They are certainly slowly improving, though being at the limit of viticulture are more prone to disaster than vineyards closer to the equator,” Robinson said in an email. Seagulls had destroyed one Norwegian vineyard’s crop, he added. “I’m sure we will continue to see more Scandinavian wines,” Robinson said. “Though I would be very surprised to encounter naturally ripened Scandinavian Cabernet Sauvignon (a late ripening variety) in my lifetime.”

Hvattum, who was tasting the first pressingoftheyearoneautumndayafter one of the warmest summers on record in southern Norway, said 2014 seemed a good but not outstanding year. “We struggled with frost and damage we had last year,” she said, when temperatures plunged in winter to almost -30 C. “We hope next year will be tremendous.” Hvattum’s winery, which has been producing since 2007, expects to make 50 to 60 bottles this season and hopes to expand to 1,000 in coming years.

Crops grow better in the Nordic region than at similar latitudes elsewhere because the sea is warmed by the gulf stream current. A comparable latitude in the southern hemisphere would be far south of New Zealand, toward Antarctica. Britain was the northernmost frontier for vineyards a generation ago. Nowadays, the title of the world’s most northerly vineyard is a moving target. Several wine experts list Lerkekasa as the world’s most northerly commercial outdoor vineyard because visitors can spend the night at the

farm and sample the wines. Producers in Finland, Sweden and Norway have vines slightly further north but do not take guests or have vines in greenhouses to shield them from the cold. Bjorn Bergum, a producer further north than Lerkekasa, grows his grapes by the sea in Sogndal in western Norway under labels called “Fjord Red” and “Fjord White.” He marks his vineyard’s latitude as 61.2 degrees north. “We Nordic grape growers are all crazy,” he said with a laugh.

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WRECKING LATE MODEL TRUCKS: 1/2 tons, 3/4 tons, 1 tons, 4x4’s, vans, SUV’s. Also large selection of Cummins diesel motors, Chevs and Fords as well. Jasper Auto Parts, Edmonton 1-800-294-4784, or Calgary 1-800-294-0687. We ship anywhere. We have everything, almost. WRECKING SEMI-TRUCKS, lots of parts. Call Yellowhead Traders. 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK.

MORE AND MORE FARMERS are choosing Mack Auction Co. to conduct their farm equipment auctions!! Book your 2015 auction today! Call 306-634-9512 today! www.mackauctioncompany.com PL311962

2007 MUSTANG, V6, std. trans., A/T/C, mag wheels, 2 sets of tires, 124,000 kms, exc. shape, $10,900 OBO; 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix, 4 dr. sedan, V6, auto., remote start, new: tires, exhaust, battery, steering pump and steering rack. Lady driven, exc. shape, 172,000 kms, $7950. Call Merv 306-276-7518 or 306-767-2616 leave message, Arborfield, SK.

2014 DODGE DART, Stk #P1607, up to 50 MPG. Clearout price, $16,998, $49 Bi-wkly. 1-800-667-4755, www.dodgecityauto.com SOUTHSIDE AUTO WRECKERS located DL #911673. in Weyburn, SK. 306-842-2641. Used car parts, light truck to semi-truck parts. We 2015 CHRYSLER 200 Ltd. Stk# R1404, buy scrap iron and non-ferrous metals. clearout price $26,942, $154 bi-weekly, 1-800-667-4755, www.dodgecityauto.com SLEEPERS AND DAYCABS. New and used. DL #911673. Huge inventory across Western Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. TRUCK PARTS: 1/2 to 3 ton. We ship anywhere. Phoenix Auto, 1-877-585-2300, Lucky Lake, SK. GRAIN MASTER pup 18’ tandem VS TRUCK WORKS Inc. Parting out GM 1995 trailer, stiff pole, completely rebuilt, 1/2 and 1 ton trucks. Call 403-972-3879, grain new cond., new paint, $18,500; 1996 MidAlsask, SK. www.vstruckworks.com land 24’ tandem pup, stiff pole, completely SASKATOON TRUCK PARTS CENTRE rebuilt, new paint and brakes, like new, Ltd. North Corman Industrial Park. $ 2 0 , 5 0 0 . M e r v 3 0 6 - 2 7 6 - 7 5 1 8 o r New and used parts available for 3 ton 306-767-2616 leave message, Arborfield, highway tractors including custom built SK. DL #906768. tandem converters and wet kits. All truck makes/models bought and sold. Shop ser- SANDBLAST AND PAINT your grain trailvice available. Specializing in repair and ers, boxes, flatdecks and more. We use incustom rebuilding for transmissions and dustrial undercoat and paint. Can zinc coat differentials. Now offering driveshaft for added rust protection. Quality workrepair and assembly from passenger manship guaranteed. Prairie Sandblasting vehicles to heavy trucks. For more info and Painting, 306-744-7930, Saltcoats, SK. call 306-668-5675 or 1-877-362-9465. 2009 LODE-KING 40’, Prestige tandem www.saskatoontruckparts.ca DL #914394 grain trailer (white), $31,980. Golden West SLEEPERS AND DAYCABS. New and used. Trailer, 1-877-999-7402. Huge inventory across Western Canada at 2013 PRESTIGE LODE-KING Super Bs, www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & fresh safeties, exc. cond., no lift axles, air Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. ride, on-board weigh scales, alum. wheels, WRECKING TRUCKS: All makes all flat alum. fenders, $75,000 OBO. Call models. Need parts? Call 306-821-0260 1-866-236-4028, Calgary, AB. or email: junkman.2010@hotmail.com Wrecking Dodge, Chev, GMC, Ford and 2010 MAUER 35’ TA, springride, roll tarp, others. Lots of 4x4 stuff, 1/2 ton - 3 ton, new tires, exc. cond., SK. trailer, new safebuses etc. and some cars. We ship by bus, ty, $19,900. 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. mail, Loomis, Purolator. Lloydminster, SK. 2009 DOEPKER SUPER B grain trailers, air C H E C K O U T O U R p a r t s s p e c i a l s at ride, good shape, good rubber, $60,000 www.Maximinc.Com/parts or call Maxim OBO. Call 306-252-2227, Kenaston, SK. Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. CHEAP LODE-KING GRAIN trailers, good H E AV Y D U T Y PA R T S o n s p e c i a l at tarps and tires, holds about 1000 bushels. www.Maximinc.Com/parts or call Maxim Only two left. Buy for year end. Call 306-654-7772, Saskatoon, SK. Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. TRUCK BONEYARD INC. Specializing in FOUR SETS 2014 AHV Lode-King Super Bs, obsolete parts, all makes. Trucks bought all aluminum, smooth sided, closed end, fresh safety, exc. cond., no-lift axles, air for wrecking. 306-771-2295, Balgonie, SK. ride, on-board weigh scales, alum. wheels, WRECKING VOLVO TRUCKS: Misc. axles round alum. fenders, all approx. 125,000 and parts. Also tandem trailer suspension kms, $94,000 each. New trailers arriving axles. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK. d a i l y. S w a p p i n g o u t o u r f l e e t . ONE OF SASK’s largest inventory of used 1-866-236-4028, Calgary, AB. heavy truck parts. 3 ton tandem diesel mo- 2012 DOEPKER SUPER B grain bulkers, tors and transmissions and differentials for premium shape, 0 rust, $73,000 OBO c/w all makes! Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., 12 brand new tires. Call 306-874-7696, 1-800-938-3323. Quill Lake, SK. C H E C K O U T O U R p a r t s s p e c i a l s at www.Maximinc.Com/parts or call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. H E AV Y D U T Y PA R T S o n s p e c i a l at www.Maximinc.Com/parts or call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946.

K&K ENTERPRISES: 2015 BERG’S GT345 tridem grain trailer, $53,000; 2015 Berg’s GT238 tandem grain trailer $38,800; 2015 Berg’s Super B $83,300. We Take Trades! See our full line up at www.kandkent.ca 1-888-405-8457.

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2010 DOEPKER TRIDEM, 3 hopper grain trailer, $41,980. Golden West Trailer, 1-877-999-7402. 2011 WILSON TANDEM, 2 hopper grain trailer (White), $39,890. Golden West Trailer, 1-877-999-7402. 2012 WILSON AD-1080 48’, full aluminum fixed tandem, no slider w/rear lift step deck, really loaded up, $32,980. Golden West Trailer, 1-877-999-7402. ALL ALUMINUM TANDEMS, tridems and Super B Timpte grain trailers. Call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946 or see www.Maximinc.Com 2005 LODE-KING HYDRAULIC detach tridem, 9’x53’ flips to 11’ wide, $36,980. Golden West Trailer, 1-877-999-7402. NEW 2015 NEVILLE tandem and tri-axles; Used 2010 Mauer tandem, $20,000. 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. 2014 WILSON TRIDEM 45’, 2 hopper w/reverse openers (Pewter), $53,980. Golden West Trailer, 1-877-999-7402. 2012 WILSON TRIDEM 45’ 2 hopper grain trailer (black), $49,980. Golden West Trailer, 1-877-999-7402. 1997 LODE-KING TRIDEM, 90% tread on new tires, farm use only, shedded, approx. 200,000 kms, no rust bubbles, $30,000 OBO. 403-502-2380, Richmound, SK. ALL ALUMINUM TANDEMS, tridems and Super B Timpte grain trailers. Call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946 or see www.Maximinc.Com 2005 LODE-KING WELLCO Super B grain trailer (white/red frames), $45,980. Golden West Trailer, 1-877-999-7402. 2013 WILSON TANDEM 34’, 2 hopper w/Shurco openers (Pewter), $39,980. Golden West Trailer, 1-877-999-7402.

ALL TRAILERS COST LESS IN Davidson PRECISION TRAILERS: Gooseneck and 1-800-213-8008 www.fasttoysforboys.com bumper hitch. You’ve seen the rest, now own the best. Hoffart Services, Odessa, SK. TRAILERS, TRAILERS. Low beds, hi-boys, 306-957-2033 www.precisiontrailer.com flatdecks, drop decks, vans, grain, gravel C H E C K OUT OUR parts specials at: trailers, detachable. 306-563-8765, Canora www.Maximinc.Com/parts or call Maxim ALL ALUMINUM TANDEMS, tridems and Truck & Trailer toll free 1-888-986-2946. Super B Timpte grain trailers. Call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946 or see 1998 DOEPKER TRIDEM detachable neck trailer, 26’ working deck, fresh safety, www.Maximinc.Com $25,500. 306-960-3000, St. Louis, SK. 80 MISC. SEMI-TRAILERS. Pictures and prices at: www.trailerguy.ca For more 2002 10’x30’ WELLSITE Trailer. Propane pig, AC, bedroom w/bunkbeds, fresh CVIP info call 306-222-2413, Saskatoon, SK. $35,800. Stk #UV1027. 780-672-6868, Camrose, AB. www.ontrackinc.net 2005 10’x60’ NATIONAL Wellsite trailer. Propane pig, AC, bathroom w/shower, $48,575. Stk #UV1027. 780-672-6868, Camrose, AB. www.ontrackinc.net 2015 NEW SIDUMP’R SDR 344-60 side dump triple axle trailer, 44’ overall length, 38’ tub - 1/4” hardox, triple axle on 60” spreads, scale, rear lift axle, 24.5 rubber on dual steel wheels, 2 spd. landing gear, elec. Sidekick II tarp. 3 year tub warranty, $72,900. Available now! Call Jordan anytime at 403-627-9300, Pincher Creek, AB.

DECKS, DRY VANS, reefers and storage trailers at: www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. 2009 POLAR TC407 Conical tri-axle alum., epoxy lined, Titan gages, auto greaser, 4” roper pump. 306-921-7721, Melfort, SK.

ALL ALUMINUM TANDEMS, tridems and Super B Timpte grain trailers. Call Maxim 2008 REITNOUER STEPDECK tandem axle Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946 or see trailer. Stock #L-6605. Astro Car, AB. www.Maximinc.Com 780-567-4202, Clairmont, AB. website www.astro-sales.com

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GOOD TRAILERS, REASONABLY priced. Tandem axle, gooseneck, 8-1/2x24’, Beavertail and ramps, 14,000 GVW, $6900; or triple axle, $7900. All trailers custom built from 2000 to 20,000 lbs., DOT approved. Call Dumonceau Trailers, 306-796-2006, Central Butte, SK.

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BEHNKE DROP DECK semi style and pintle hitch sprayer trailers. Air ride, tandem and tridems. Contact SK: 306-398-8000; AB: 403-350-0336.

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24’ GOOSENECK tridem 21,000 lbs, $7890; Bumper pull tandem lowboy: 18’, 14,000 NORMS SANDBLASTING & PAINT, 40 lbs., $3975; 16’, 10,000 lbs., $3090; 16’, years body and paint experience. We do 7 0 0 0 l b s . , $ 2 6 5 0 . F a c t o r y d i r e c t . metal and fiberglass repairs and integral to 888-792-6283. www.monarchtrailers.com daycab conversions. Sandblasting and paint to trailers, trucks and heavy equip. Endura primers and topcoats. A one stop Norb ert’s M fg. ha s a shop. Norm 306-272-4407, Foam Lake SK. full line ofHigh Qua lity CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used S teel Tra ilers on ha nd highway tractors. For more details call 7 x 20 G N S tock Tra ilers 204-685-2222 or view information at www.titantrucksales.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . startin g @ $15,540 25’ G N Fla td eck EISSES GRAIN TRAILER Rental & Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . startin g @ $10,255 Super B grain trailers for rent by the day, week or month. Contact 403-782-3333 or 53’ G rou n d Loa d Henry at 403-350-8777, Lacombe, AB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . startin g @ $55,300

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Booth 509 Hitching Ring YEAR END PRICING still available on all in stock alum. and steel W-W, Titan and Ca ll 204-827-2015 or Circle-d trailers. Grassland Trailers, Assiniboia SK. 306-640-8034 gm93@sasktel.net w w w .n orb e rts .c om SANDBLASLTING AND PAINTING. We do welding, patching, repairs, rewiring of trucks, trailers, heavy equip., etc. We use epoxy primers and polyurethane topcoats. Competitive rates. Agrimex 306-432-4444, TOPGUN TRAILER SALES “For those who Dysart, SK. demand the best.” PRECISION AND AGASSIZ TRAILERS (flatdecks, end dumps, enclosed cargo). 1-855-255-0199, Moose Jaw, SK. www.topguntrailersales.ca

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2013 WILSON SUPER B, C Spec (Black), $ 8 9 , 9 8 0 . G o l d e n We s t Tr a i l e r, c a l l C H E C K OUT OUR parts specials at: 1-877-999-7402. www.Maximinc.Com/parts or call Maxim ALUMINUM SUPER B’s and tri-axle tankers. Truck & Trailer toll free 1-888-986-2946. MC306/407. Air and spring rides. Crude 50 TON RGN 10’ wide, new tires, brakes fuel, asphalt or water. Ph 306-752-4909, and floor, $16,500; Lode-King double drop, Melfort, SK. $10,500. Ph. 204-822-3797, Morden, MB. DECKS, DRY VANS, reefers and storage YEAR END SALE at Desert Sales on all END-DUMP TRAILER, 1996 Cobra, 36’ 2 trailers at: www.Maximinc.Com or call horse and stock trailers. We carry Wilson, axle, plastic lined, tarp, $22,000; GRAIN Maxim Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. Sundowner and Maverick trailers. Call for TRAILER, 2010 Maurer 38’ tandem, tarp, $21,000. Call 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. pricing 1-888-641-4508, Bassano, AB.

WWW.TITANTRUCKSALES.COM to view information or call 204-685-2222 to check out our inventory of quality used highway tractors! ECO DIESEL 2015 Ram 1500 SLT, 4x4, 8 spd., air susp., remote, loaded, 3000 kms, $41,600. 306-982-4888, Prince Albert, SK.

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2015 CADILLAC ESCALADE 4 door SUV, eng. 6.2L V-8 cylinder, 270 kms, $93,287. V184614. D&D Vehicle Sales, Camrose, AB., 780-672-4400. 2014 RAM Express, quad cab 4x4 Black Ram Edition, Stk # P7098, Clearout Price $32,947 or $188 bi-wkly. 1-800-667-4755 or www.dodgecityauto.com DL #911673. 2014 RAM 3500 DUALLY, crew cab, 6.7L diesel, auto, 32,000 kms., $48,000 + taxes. Call Hendry’s Chrysler 306-528-2171, Nokomis, SK. DL #907140. 2014 RAM 1500 quad cab, SXT 4x4, 8 spd., Stk# P8803. Clearout price $42,995 or $243 Bi-weekly. Call 1-800-667-4755 or www.dodgecityauto.com DL #911673. 2014 FORD F250, Lariat, 6.2 L, 4x4, 24,000 kms. Save $$$! Greenlight Truck & Au t o , S a s k at o o n , S K . D L # 3 1 1 4 3 0 . www.GreenlightAuto.ca 2014 DODGE RAM 3500 crew cab, 4x4 stock# P332. Clearout Price $49,705 or $284 Bi-weekly. Call 1-800-667-4755 or www.dodgecityauto.com DL #911673. 2014 DODGE RAM 2500 HD, crew, SLT, 4x4. Stk# P9041. Clearout Price $46,989 or $268 bi-weekly. 1-800-667-4755 or www.dodgecityauto.com DL #911673. 2014 DODGE RAM 1500. Now $28,900. No payments for 6 months OAC. Rosetown Mainline King of Trucks, 306-882-2691. DL#311284. www.rosetownmainline.net 2014 DODGE RAM, 1500 Sport Hemi, 4x4, fully loaded, 6.7 L, only 7000 kms. Just In! Greenlight Truck & Auto, Saskatoon, SK. DL #311430. www.GreenlightAuto.ca 2013 CHEV SILVERADO 1500 LT, 5.3 L, 4x4, loaded, 32,000 kms. Fresh trade. Greenlight Truck & Auto, Saskatoon, SK. DL #311430. www.GreenlightAuto.ca 2013 CADILLAC ESCALADE Platinum SUV 6.2L V8, 6 speed auto. Nav, 30,345 kms, $69,900. V213292 D&D Vehicle Sales, Camrose, AB., 780-672-4400. 2012 GMC SIERRA Denali. Now $32,900. No payments for 6 months OAC. Rosetown Mainline King of Trucks, 306-882-2691. DL#311284. www.rosetownmainline.net 2012 GMC SIERRA 2500 HD, 6.0L gas. Was $32,900, is $30,400. Call Rosetown Mainline King of Trucks, 306-882-2691. DL#311284. www.rosetownmainline.net 2012 GMC SIERRA 1500 SLT, 5.3 L, 4x4, leather, sunroof, from $28,995! Greenlight Truck & Auto, Saskatoon, SK. DL #311430. www.GreenlightAuto.ca 2012 DODGE RAM 3500, Mega dually, Longhorn, 6.7 L, 93,300 kms., $53,995. Greenlight Truck & Auto, Saskatoon, SK. DL#311430. www.GreenlightAuto.ca 2012 DODGE RAM 1500 Big Horn, loaded, Hemi, Black Beauty, PST PD $26,995. Greenlight Truck & Auto, Saskatoon, SK. DL #311430. www.GreenlightAuto.ca 2011 GMC SIERRA 3500 SLE, dually, 6.6 L loaded, diesel, 4x4, 116,000 kms., PST PD. Greenlight Truck & Auto, Saskatoon, SK. DL #311430. www.GreenlightAuto.ca 2011 GMC SIERRA 2500 HD, Duramax. Was $35,900, is $34,900. Rosetown Mainl i n e K i n g o f Tr u c k s , 3 0 6 - 8 8 2 - 2 6 9 1 . DL#311284. www.rosetownmainline.net 2011 GMC SIERRA. Now $20,900. No payments for 6 months OAC. Rosetown Mainl i n e K i n g o f Tr u c k s , 3 0 6 - 8 8 2 - 2 6 9 1 . DL#311284. www.rosetownmainline.net 2011 CHEV SILVERADO 2500 HD, Duramax. Was $44,500, is $42,900. Rosetown Mainline King of Trucks, 306-882-2691. DL#311284. www.rosetownmainline.net 2011 BMW 328 Sedan 4 dr., 3.0L 1-6 cyl., 6 speed auto., 87,531 kms, $22,900. V818617. D&D Vehicle Sales, Camrose, AB., 780-672-4400. 2010 GMC SIERRA. Now $19,954. No payments for 6 months OAC. Rosetown Mainl i n e K i n g o f Tr u c k s , 3 0 6 - 8 8 2 - 2 6 9 1 . DL#311284. www.rosetownmainline.net 2009 FORD F150 Lariat, 5.4L, loaded, leather, sunroof, was $29,995, is $25,995. Greenlight Truck & Auto, Saskatoon, SK. www.GreenlightAuto.ca DL#311430. 2009 4X4 CHEVROLET Silverado, crewcab, 174,000 kms, auto. trans., 6L gas engine, shortbox, cloth int., A/T/C, PW, spray-in boxliner. 306-240-6966 or 306-236-1641, Meadow Lake, SK.

2007 FORD F150 Lariat 4x4, loaded, 5.4L, 90,347 kms, red with black interior, Stk #SK-U0460, $26,495. 1-877-373-2662, www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. 2015 CHEV SILVERADO 3500 HD LTZ Du- 2007 CHEV SILVERADO, 2500 HD, 6L, ext ally, fully loaded! Nav, Sat. radio, DVD, Stk cab, A/T/C, 4x4, new tires and windshield, #V111425180, $71,900. D&D Vehicle 249,134 kms, $9995. 306-567-4790, DavSales, 780-672-4400 Camrose, AB. idson, SK. 2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD 2006 GMC DURAMAX diesel 4x4, ext. cab, LTZ 4 door, eng. 6.6L V-8 cyl., Nav, 23,536 runs very nice, 310,000 kms, good rubber, kms, $65,900. V105912. D&D Vehicle $9000, new safety. 204-871-0925, McGreSales, Camrose, AB., 780-672-4400. gor, MB.

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2007 PETERBILT 386 and 2006 Freightliners w/Eaton AutoShifts, new grain boxes, SK. safeties. 306-270-6399, Saskatoon, SK. www.78truxsales.com 2008 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA, 460 Detroit, 13 speed automatic, new 20’ B&H, remote control, Michel’s elec. tarp, air ride, RARE FIND IS this 2001 Chev Silverado A/T/C, $82,500. 306-963-7691, Imperial, 2500 ext. cab 4x4 with 8’ box. Has the rare SK. E-mail: l.hart@hotmail.com 8.1 litre V8 gas motor with Allison auto tranny. Fully loaded including heated pow- ALLISON AUTOMATICS. New arrival: er leather seats. Sale Price $6999, all taxes 2004 M2 Freightliner, C7 Cat Allison, C&C, and a 1 year warranty included. Incredible $39,900, w/B&H $59,900. 2004 IHC 7400 pulling power. Resource Auto, 401 Albert DT 530, w/new 20’ box, fresh engine, St., Regina, SK. Call: 306-522-7771. $69,900; 2001 IHC 4900 tandem, DT 466, long WB, C&C, low miles, $19,900. K&L Equipment 306-795-7779, 306-537-2027 Ituna, SK. Email: ladimer@sasktel.net 2012 RAM 3500 SLT, Cummins diesel, DL#910885. Crew, dually, 4x4, $23,999. DL #909250. AUTOSHIFT TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Boxed 1-800-667-4414, www.thoens.com tandems and tractor units. Contact David NEW INTERNATIONAL TERRASTAR 3 ton 306-887-2094, 306-864-7055, Kinistino, 4x4 at www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim SK. DL #327784. www.davidstrucks.com Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. 4X4’S IN STOCK! We take trades. Best financial rates. Greenlight Truck & Auto, Saskatoon, SK. www.GreenlightAuto.ca DL #311430. CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used highway tractors. For more details call 204-685-2222 or view information at www.titantrucksales.com ECO DIESEL 2015 Ram 1500 SLT, 4x4, 8 BERG’S GRAIN BODIES: Custom grain, spd., air susp., remote, loaded, 3000 kms, silage and gravel bodies. Berg’s Prep and $41,600. 306-982-4888, Prince Albert, SK. Paint for details, 204-325-567 Winkler, MB NEW INTERNATIONAL TERRASTAR 3 ton CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used 4x4 at www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim highway tractors. For more details call Truck & Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. 204-685-2222 or view information at www.titantrucksales.com 1980 IHC TANDEM grain truck, auto. trans., $30,000. Call for details 306-398-7713, Cut Knife, SK. erika.veikleseeds@sasktel.net 1998 IHC TANDEM grain truck, auto., electric tarp, air ride, good cond., $45,000. Call for more details 306-398-7713, Cut Knife, SK. erika.veikleseeds@sasktel.net CIM TRUCK BODIES, Grain, silage, gravel, decks, service and installation. For factory 2007 FREIGHTLINER 120, 450 HP Mer- direct pricing and options, call Humboldt, cedes 10 spd., AutoShift, alum. wheels, SK., 306-682-2505 or www.cim-ltd.ca A/T/C, 20’ BH&T, new paint, very nice, $63,500; 2006 Peterbilt, 475 HP, Detroit 18 spd., A/T/C, alum. wheels, tanks, chrome bumper, like new tires, new paint, 2 0 ’ B H & T, e x c . s h ap e , s h o w t r u c k , TANDEM AXLE GRAVEL trucks in invento$69,500; 2005 Freightliner 120, 500 HP, ry. New and used, large inventory across Detroit, 18 spd., AutoShift, A/T/C, 4-way Western Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or lockers, 14 fronts/46 rears, alum. wheels, call Maxim Truck & Trailer 1-888-986-2946 exc. tires, 20’ BH&T, alum. tanks and TANDEM AXLE GRAVEL trucks in inventostacks, show truck, $61,500; 2007 Mack ry. New and used, large inventory across CH613, 460 Mack eng., 13 spd., AutoShift, Western Canada at www.Maximinc.Com or alum. wheels, new tires, A/T/C, new paint, call Maxim Truck & Trailer 1-888-986-2946 20’ BH&T, very nice, $67,500; 2007 Mack, 460 Mack eng., 12 speed, auto trans., alum. wheels, good tires, 20’ BH&T, rear controls, pintle plate, $67,500; 1990 Kenworth T600, 450 HP Detroit, 10 spd., alum. front wheels, good tires, pulls good with 1996 36’ Cancade 2 hopper grain trailer- nice shape, $35,000; 1999 Mack CH613 tractor, 460 Mack power, 18 spd. trans., flattop sleeper, 24.5 tires, in real nice shape, safetied, $21,500. Trades accepted. Call Merv at 306-276-7518 or 306-767-2616 leave message, Arborfield, SK. DL #906768. 2004 MACK CH613 daycab, 217” WB, SFA, 12 front, 40 rears, air ride, double lockers, AC 460, 18 spd. Eaton, 8937 hrs, 351,000 kms, wet kit 1 yr. old, 70,000 kms on new 11.22.5 rubber, 6000 kms on new safety. Very nice low km daycab, $45,000 + GST. Larry 306-221-4563, Perdue, SK. 2007 FREIGHTLINER CST120, T/A power unit, auto, sleeper. 306-291-4043, Saskatoon, SK. 2007 IHC 9400 Cummins power, 10 spd., 495,000 kms, new CIM BH&T, fresh Sask safety, vg Western truck, $69,900. CamDon Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

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2014 JEEP Grand Cherokee Summit, 4x4 Stk# P6088, fully loaded. Clearout Price $63,696 or $363 bi-wkly. 1-800-667-4755 www.dodgecityauto.com DL #911673.

HUGE ASSORTMENT OF windows to clear out! Example - vertical slider insert, was $399. Now $150. Wetaskiwin Co-op, AB. Craig 780-361-6178. 2014 SUBARU OUTBACK, low finance MERIDIAN 4600L AG double wall fuel rates from 0.5% or $3000 cash discount, tank, ULC approved, powder coated, starting from $28,495. 1-877-373-2662 $2995. Delivery available. Wetaskiwin Coop, AB. John 780-352-9155. www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. 2009 PETERBILT 388, 600 HP ISX Cummins, 4-way lockers, 244” WB, 46000 rears, 4.10 ratio, exc. cond., 35 gallon wet kit, stainless steel bumper, loaded DPF delete, approx. 742,000 kms, leather seats, in dash GPS, $95,000. Call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

2014 SUBARU XV Crosstek, $1000 cash discount, starting at $24,995 (MSRP). For more info. call 1-877-373-2662 or view at ROUGH SPRUCE: 1x6 8’ $2.15; 2x6 16’ www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. $8.80; 2x8 12’ $9.50. Other sizes available. Warman Home Centre, 306-933-4950 or 2015 JEEP WRANGLER 4x4 Sport, Stk# www.warmanhomecentre.com R5133. Clearout Price $33,998 or $194 BiCUSTOM PLANTING AND SEEDING, with wkly. Call 1-800-667-4755, or visit: 40' and 60' early riser planters w/in row www.dodgecityauto.com DL #911673. starter. Seeding with Flexi-Coil 5000, 4" paired row w/liquid fert. Lemken and heavy JEEP DIESEL: 2006 Cherokee, 4x4, harrow also available. Call for rates 130,000 kms, in above average cond., 306-381-7689, Saskatoon, SK. $10,900. K&L Equipment 306-795-7779, 306-537-2027, ladimer@sasktel.net Ituna, SK. DL #910885.

JUST ARRIVED! 2014 Forester, 46 MPG, starting from $25,995 (MSRP). For more CONTINUOUS METAL ROOFING, no exinfo. call 1-877-373-2662 or view at posed screws to leak or metal overlaps. www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. Ideal for lower slope roofs, rinks, churchSUV’S IN STOCK. Trades, best financial es, pig barns, commercial, arch rib build2010 KENWORTH T-800, 236 wheelbase, rates, biggest selection. Greenlight Truck ing and residential roofing; also available 550 Cummins (deleted), 13,200 front axle, & Auto, Saskatoon, SK. DL #311430. in Snap Lock. 306-435-8008, Wapella, SK. 46,000 rears, 4-way lock, tires all 75% plus, www.GreenlightAuto.ca replaced head, replaced cams, remanufactured tranny, lots of new parts, gov't every CANEXEL SIDING ON clearance! All in3 mos. Working it until end of Jan., but can go earlier if needed. 1,130,000 kms, CAN-AM TRUCK EXPORT LTD., Delisle, SK, stock, mist grey and almond siding, $65,500. Prince Albert, SK., 306-981-5242. 1-800-938-3323. 1998 KW T600, N14, 13 $4.99/pc. Call 1-800-667-4990, Warman Home or www.warmanhomecentre.com trucker5040@hotmail.com spd., 40 rears, sleeper, SK. truck, $18,000; 2011 FREIGHTLINER M2106 Cummins, 2004 IHC 4300, DT 466, auto, w/16’ grain ISC 300 engine, Eaton Fuller 10 spd. unit, very nice, $40,000; 2002 IHC 4300, trans., 12 fronts, 23 rears with air brakes, DT 466, 6 spd., hyd. brakes, w/26’ steel air ride, tires- 50%, 216” WB, 147” cab to deck, $19,000; 6” water pump, diesel, on BRITESPAN BUILDING SYSTEMS Inc. axle. $40,000. Call Wayne 403-556-0641, trailer, $3500; 1998 CH Mack, 427, 18 offers pre-engineered, steel-framed fabric spd., 40 rears, w/20’ deck and crane, covered buildings from 26’ to 160’ wide. office 403-556-2060, Didsbury, AB. 873,000 kms, Sask. truck, very nice, 2012 IH PROSTAR Plus, 475 HP, 18 spd., $30,000; 2001 Western Star 4964 tridem 18 years of industry experience. Visit us 40 rears, lockers, only 675,000 kms., load- gravel truck, C15 Cat, 18 spd., 69,000 lb. online at www.britespanbuildings.com or c a l l u s t o d a y fo r a f r e e q u o t e a t ed, $49,500. 306-921-7721, Melfort, SK. rears, w/6-way lock, 19’ box, $65,000; 1-800-407-5846. 2003 Pete 379, C15, 18 spd., 46 rears, CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used highway tractors. For more details call 4-way locks, $37,000; 1987 KW900, 350, STEEL BUILDINGS, Factory year end write 204-685-2222 or view information at 13 spd., 40 rears, 20’ deck and Hiab 260 off to lower pricing. Call for deal. Can crane, $28,000; 2001 FL80, 3126 Cat Alli- erect. 1-800-964-8335. www.titantrucksales.com son auto, w/new 15’ gravel unit, $42,000; SLEEPERS AND DAYCABS. New and used. 1974 Kenworth water truck, 555 Cummins, Huge inventory across Western Canada at auto, tandem, 3000 gal. alum. tank, www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & $15,000; Tandem dolly converter, $5,500; Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. 1986 JLG 80HX boom lift, $14,000; 1998 SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING of heavy IHC 4700, DT 466, auto, w/20’ deck, WELDING AND MACHINE Shop. Very well trucks, trailers and equipment. Please call $16,500; 2005 GMC W4500 diesel, auto, equipped welding shop located in Moose for details. Can-Am Truck Export Ltd., cube van with power lift gate, hyd. brakes, Jaw, SK. Close to Mosaic Potash, new K+S $12,000; Two sander units, $2000-$3000; Potash (under construction), Yara fertilize 1-800-938-3323, Delisle, SK. Gensets available. Financing available, plant, only blocks away from Moose Jaw OAC. www.can-amtruck.com DL#910420 Refinery (doing an expansion now) and CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used other near by sites. 306-631-6052, Moose Jaw, SK. MACK PARTS, TRUCK or components, highway tractors. For more details call 306-693-8556, need 3:86 or 3:87 diffs, 427 or 454 engine, 204-685-2222 or view information at imcmec@sasktel.net non-electronic. 306-960-3000, St Louis, SK www.titantrucksales.com LIQUOR STORE FOR SALE: Thriving busiSLEEPERS AND DAYCABS. New and used. COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL MFG. for ness in a small town of central AB. ComHuge inventory across Western Canada at grain box packages, decks, gravel boxes, puter system, security cameras, plus other www.Maximinc.Com or call Maxim Truck & HD combination grain and silage boxes, security system etc. For more info. call Trailer, 1-888-986-2946. pup trailers, frame alterations, custom 780-879-0003 or taffy81@telus.net paint, complete service. www.cim-ltd.ca ECONO LODGE, 48 rooms, Innisfail, AB., For pricing ph 306-682-2505 Humboldt SK $4,200,000; Imperial Hunter Hotel, Bassano, AB.; Double D Motel, 18 rooms, NanLOOKING FOR: 1-2 tandem manure ton, AB.; Lamplighter Inn, Three Hills, AB. trucks. Mid 1990’s to early 2000’s, must Call Bruce McIntosh, Re/Max Landan, be in good cond., w/wo manure spreader. 2006 FREIGHTLINER M2 106 cargo van, 403-256-3888, Calgary, AB. Call 780-842-2909 or 780-842-7812. 26’ with tail lift, air brakes; 2005 ISUZU CHECK OUT OUR inventory of quality used 16’ cargo van with tail lift, priced to sell. highway tractors. For more details call Please call 306-291-4043, Saskatoon, SK. 204-685-2222 or view information at HANDICAPPED? 2006 DODGE Caravan, www.titantrucksales.com with Medi-Chair on passenger side, excep2006 STERLING TRI-DRIVE spreader truck tionally clean interior, $5500. Call: w/2007 roto-mix spreader box. 444,340 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. FARMERS NEED FINANCIAL HELP? Go to: kms, 4536 hrs., floater tires. Automatic www.bobstocks.ca or call 306-757-1997. powered by Cat eng. Well maintained and 245- 1055 Park Street, Regina, SK. looked after. Used to spread manure and wood chips, $105,000. Please call Jeff at 403-371-6362, Brandt, AB. NEED A LOAN? Own farmland? Bank says 2000 HINO FF3020, 6 cyl. diesel, 6 spd., no? If yes to above three, call 30,000 lb. GVW, 24’ dry freight box with ramp, Stock #UV1019, $16,885. Camrose, WILL DO STYROBLOCK cocoon harvesting. 1-866-405-1228, Calgary, AB. Wanted: Plastic Leafcutter shelters. Phone FARM/CORPORATE PROJECTS. Call A.L. AB. 780-672-6868. www.ontrackinc.net Maurice Wildeman, 306-365-4395 or Management Group for all your borrowing 2003 F350 DIESEL service truck, auto 306-365-7802, Lanigan, SK. and lease requirements. 306-790-2020, trans, good running condition, $12,000. Regina, SK. Can finance. 306-291-4043, Saskatoon, SK DEBTS, BILLS AND charge accounts too 1978 FORD 9000 tandem, Detroit 6-71 high? Need to resolve prior to spring? Call diesel engine, 10 spd. transmission , parts us to develop a professional mediation or whole, runs and drives, $3000 OBO. plan, resolution plan or restructuring plan. 306-823-4561, Neilburg, SK. Call toll free 1-888-577-2020. MERIDIAN’S NEW 10,000L 70/30 split double wall fuel tank, ULC approved, powder coated, $2995. Delivery available. Wetaskiwin Co-op, AB. John 780-352-9155.

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1999 IHC 4900 300 HP, 10 spd., air ride, 22’ deck, fresh Sask safety, $21,900. Leasing or financing OAC. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

2008 SUBARU TRIBECA Ltd. Premier, 3.6L 67,626 kms, Stk. #SK-U0898 $29,995. For more info. call 1-877-373-2662 or view at www.subaruofsaskatoon.ca DL #914077. 2012 BUICK ENCLAVE. Now $30,500. No payments for 6 months OAC. Rosetown Mainline King of Trucks, 306-882-2691. DL#311284. www.rosetownmainline.net 2012 GMC ACADIA. Now $34,500. No payments for 6 months OAC. Rosetown Mainline King of Trucks, 306-882-2691. DL#311284. www.rosetownmainline.net 2014 DODGE Journey SXT ultimate family value, Stk# P6352. Clearout Price $28,212 or $159 bi-weekly. 1-800-667-4755, www.dodgecityauto.com DL #911673. 2014 GRAND CHEROKEE. Now $32,900. No payments for 6 months OAC. Rosetown Mainline King of Trucks, 306-882-2691. DL#311284. www.rosetownmainline.net 2014 JEEP Cherokee Sport, new design, 9 spd, auto. stk# P4062. Clearout Price $24,690 or $137 bi-wkly. 1-800-667-4755 or www.dodgecityauto.com DL #911673.

FARMTOOL - Farm Accounting Software, Farmtool Companion - field, service and inventory records for Windows 7 and 8. Integrated help. Automatic back-ups, print or export data from any screen. Wil-Tech Software Ltd., Ph/fax 306-679-2299, email: wiltech@sasktel.net Box 88, Burstall, SK., S0N 0H0. www.wil-techsoftware.com/

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LOWDERMILK TRANSPORT IS providing one call service for all Equipment/Hay hauling. Very experienced, multiple trucks serving AB., SK., and MB. 780-872-0107, 306-252-1001, Kenaston, SK. LONG LAKE TRUCKING custom hay hauling, 2 units. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK.

EQUIPMENT HAULING. Serving Western Canada and Northwest USA. Call Harvey at 1-877-824-3010 or cell 403-795-1872. Vandenberg Hay Farms Ltd., Nobleford AB. Email: logistics@vandenberghay.ca CUSTOM BALE HAULING with semi. Call: 306-867-7719, Glenside, SK.

JIM’S TUB GRINDING, H-1100 Haybuster w i t h 4 0 0 H P, s e r v i n g S a s k at c h ew a n 306-334-2232, Balcarres, SK. CUSTOM TUB GRINDING: operate a Haybuster H1100E, 425 HP machine. Phone Greg 306-947-7510, Saskatoon, SK.

BRUSH MULCHING. The fast, effective way to clear land. Four season service, competitive rates, 275 HP unit, also avail. trackhoe with thumb, multiple bucket attachments. Bury rock and brush piles and fence line clearing. Borysiuk Contracting Inc., www.bcisk.ca Prince Albert, SK., 306-960-3804. CUSTOM BALING/ SWATHING/ SEEDING, Contour, double shoot; also parting 567 baler. Alan at 306-463-8423, Marengo, SK. NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, payloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and vertical beater spreaders. Phone 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK. REGULATION DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’, $2000; 160x60x14’, $2950; 180x60x14’, $3450; 200x60x14’, $3950. Gov’t grants available. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon, SK.

ROME PLOW AND KELLO DISC blades and bearings; 24” to 36” notched disc blades. 1-888-500-2646, Red Deer, AB. www.kelloughs.com 1998 JOHN DEERE 270 LC excavator with quick attach bucket, hyd. thumb, $40,000. 204-871-0925, McGregor, MB. HYDRAULIC SCRAPERS: LEVER 60, 70, 80, and 435, 4 to 20 yd. available, rebuilt for years of trouble-free service. Lever Holdings Inc., 306-682-3332, Muenster SK CAT 2007 966H loader, 4.75 yard bucket, weigh scale, 5700 hrs. Phone Bruce 403-837-2343, Calgary, AB.

NEW MULTIQUIP LT-6K, 6.6 KW light tower genset, Kohler Model KDW1003 dsl. engine, 4 metal halide lamps. Containers & Chains, 780-910-3542, St. Albert, AB. CASE 125B DELIMBER, good working order; IH 3964 Feller Bungler; 2- new Pemberton tree shears to fit Cat 320 and Cat 300; Sawmill all steel 48” blade, 50’ long; 450 Timberjack Grapple skidder; Clark 668 Skidder, Cat 966C Hi-Lift w/pulp clam. Parting out several skidders. Acres and acres of salvage. 2 yards over 50 acres. MEAT SLICERS - Refurbished - Berkel and Cambrian Equipment Sales Ltd., Winnipeg, Bizerba - With Warranty. Call for Quote: 1- MB. Ph: 204-667-2867, fax: 204-667-2932. 888-477-7701. www.Raimac.com

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1998, 15X36 JAW, 5x12 3 deck screen, 10 cu. yd. hopper c/w hyd. dump grizzly, power cords, excellent cond., $149,000. Call 780-678-4703, Camrose, AB. or don.p@pennerlewis.ca www.pennerlewis.ca SKIDSTEER ATTACHMENTS: rock buckets, 2007 SULLAIR 225 CFM air compressor, dirt buckets, grapples and more top with 462 hours, CAT turbo diesel, 4 cyl. quality. Also have truck decks in stock. engine, $12,800. Call 1-800-667-4515, Quality Welding and Sales 306-731-3009 or 306-731-8195, Craven, SK. www.combineworld.com

COMPRESSOR: INGERSOLL-RAND, REBUILT 50 HP stationary shop compressor. 1985 model. Have new inspection report available, good condition, $5,000 OBO. Call 780-995-4522, Edmonton, AB. or email: brad@summit-memorials.com

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FARM AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL motor sales, service and parts. Also sale of, and repairs to, all makes and sizes of pumps and phase converters, etc. Tisdale Motor Rewinding 1984 Ltd., 306873-2881, fax 306-873-4788, 1005A - 111 Ave., Tisdale, SK. www.tismtrrewind.com CAT HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS: ROTARY PHASE CONVERTERS, run 220V 3 463, 435, 80 and 70, all very good cond., phase motors, on single phase. Call new conversion. Also new and used scrap- 204-800-1859, Winnipeg, MB. er tires. Can deliver. 204-793-0098, Stony Mountain, MB.

ATTACHMENTS PARTS COMPONENTS for construction equipment. Attachments for dozers, excavators and wheel loaders. Used, Re-built, Surplus, and New equipment parts and major components. Call Western Heavy Equipment 306-981-3475, Prince Albert, SK.

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USED FERTILIZER SPREADERS: 4-8 ton USED BATCO 1545FL - Serviced and field large selection. Ph. 204-857-8403, Portage 2013 J&M GRAIN cart, 1000 bu., 900 ready! See your nearest Flaman store or MB., www.zettlerfarmequipment.com tires, exc. cond. Rented for 1 season. Can call 1-888-435-2626. rent to own program or purchase $51,400. BATCO CONVEYORS, new and used, Flaman Sales, Nisku, AB., 1-800-352-6264. grain augers and SP kits. Delivery and BUHLER 1385 SWING AUGER, 13â&#x20AC;?, 85â&#x20AC;&#x2122; au- 2006 J&M CART, 875 bu., $28,000 OBO. leasing available. 1-866-746-2666. ger, hydraulic winch, overall good, ser- 306-252-2227, Kenaston, SK. viceable auger, $8980. 1-800-667-4515, GRAVITY WAGONS: New 400 bu, $7,400; www.combineworld.com 600 bu., $12,500; 750 bu., $18,250. Large selection of used gravity wagons, 250-750 SAKUNDIAK GRAIN AUGERS available bu. Used grain carts, 450 to 1110 bushel. with self-propelled mover kits and bin View at: www.zettlerfarmequipment.com sweeps. Contact Kevinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Custom Ag in Ni- 1-866-938-8537, Portage la Prairie, MB. pawin, SK. Toll free 1-888-304-2837. 2005 UNVERFERTH 9250, 17â&#x20AC;? auger, tarp, MERIDIAN GRAIN AUGERS equipped scale, 900 tires, nice shape, asking with engines, movers, clutches, reversing $ 3 3 , 9 0 0 . F l a m a n S a l e s , N i s k u , A B . gearbox and lights. HD8-39 $14,800 cash, 1-800-352-6264. HD8-46 $15,750, HD8-53 $16,550, TL10-39 $16,500. Used HD8-1600 w/34 HP, mover, clutch, exc. cond., $8500. Call 2012 CASE, 4520, 3 bin, 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; booms, 1100 306-648-3321, Gravelbourg, SK. STORM SEED TREATER for sale! Used 1 hrs, extended warranty, $242,000; 2- 2007 season, excellent shape, $27,500. Flaman Case 4520â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 3 bin, 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; booms, 3300 hrs., Sales Saskatoon, 1-888-435-2626. AutoSteer, $154,500 and $142,500; 2009 Case 4520, 2860 hrs., $163,000; 2006 106 DELTA CIMBRIA Super Cleaner. All Case 4510, AutoSteer, FlexAir 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; booms, wear points rebuilt, new blast fans. Firm HIGH CAPACITY AUGERS 7400 hrs., $102,000; 2005 Case 4520 $20,000. 204-746-2026, Morris, MB. w/70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; flex air, 4000 hrs., $129,000; 2005 8 MODELS TO CHOOSE FROM Case 4010 w/3020 G4 New Leader bed, DUAL SCREEN ROTARY grain cleaners, $74,000; 2009 International GVM, 1000 great for pulse crops, best selection in hrs., 4WD, auto., $127,000; 2- 2004 Loral Western Canada. Phone 306-259-4923 or SERIES AirMax 1000â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122; booms, immaculate, 306-946-7923, Young, SK. TELESCOPIC $93,000; 2004 AgChem Rogator, with air SEE VIDEO ON WEBSITE SWING AUGER bed, $66,000; 2008 Adams Semi tender, self-contained, $39,500; 1992 Wrangler loader, $15,500. 406-466-5356, Choteau, MT. For more equipment and photos view website: www.fertilizerequipment.net

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2004 PATTISON 1300 gal. liquid fertilizer wagons, pull behind, John Blue pump, new 2â&#x20AC;? Honda motors, excellent cond., always shedded, choice of 2 wagons, $15,000 ea. MERIDIAN MD12x79 auger, c/w low proCall 306-549-4701, Hafford, SK. file hopper, reverser kit, hyd. winch swing 1990 ACRO SS bulk tanker, stainless steel, for hopper, $22,500. #1640481. Wetaski6000 gallons, good condition, $22,000. win Co-op, AB. Ron 780-361-6169. 306-398-7713, Cut Knife, SK. NEW WESTFIELD TFX (2) 8x41 auger, c/w 2014 NEW LEADER 3020 SPREADER, mover kit, 29HP Kohler motor, electric new wagon, tires, hydraulic hoses and clutch, $12,000. Wetaskiwin Co-op, AB. Ron 780-361-6169. pump, $60,000. 306-338-7114, Clair, SK. 5000 US GALLON tank, 10 year limited warranty. Sale $2900. Call 306-253-4343, or 1-800-383-2228. While supplies last. www.hold-onindustries.com

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WANTED: JOHN DEERE 8820 Titan II combine. Must be clean and good. Call 780-672-3755. 9660 WALKER, 2300 eng. hrs., new Mac Don PU header, 1999 36’ draper header. Call 306-436-7703, Milestone, SK. 2005 JD 9760 STS w/PU, 1980 sep. hrs., bullet rotor, excellent condition, $109,000. 306-948-9870, Biggar, SK. 2001 9650 WALKER w/PU, loaded, hopper topper, Contour Master, large w/o, 2900 sep. hrs, $59,000. 306-948-7223 Biggar SK

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2001 CAT 470, 1693 sep. hrs., 2129 eng. 2007 JD 9660 WTS Walker combine, 974 hrs., w/14’ Swathmaster, $49,800. Call sep. hrs., $134,800. with 615P pickup. Call 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2010 JD 9770 STS, w/1615 PU header, 20.8x42 duals, large rear tires, $260,000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment Ltd., 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 2009 CR9060, 1176 sep. hrs., Intelliview Plus II, F/A, auto HHC, lateral tilt, 900 1997 JD 9600, 3557 hrs., hopper topper, rubber, pickups available, $124,900. Kirby chaff spreader, fine cut chopper, 914 PU, Y&M monitor, $45,000 OBO. Call 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 306-743-7622, Langenburg, SK.

1997 TR98 AND headers, great cond., c/w 36’ HoneyBee draper header and 971 12’ PU header. New rubber, well maintained, always shedded, c/w grain hopper tarp, upgraded seat (CR9070 seat) installed last yr., also 3150 Redekop chopper. 3880 total engine hrs., 2658 threshing hrs., $35,000 OBO. Steven 306-297-8846, Shaunavon SK 2010 NH CR9070, 520/85R42 duals, Intelliview Plus II, lateral tilt, auto HHC, chopper and spreader, $139,900. Call 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2009 NH CR9060 900/60R32 Goodyear radials, Intelliview Plus II, lateral tilt, auto HHC, chopper/spreader, $129,900. Call 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

1997 TR98 AND headers, great cond., c/w 36’ Honeybee draper and 971 12’ pickup headers. Well maintained, always shedded. Equipped with grain hopper tarp, upgraded seat (CR9070 seat) installed last year, 2150 Redekop chopper, 3273 engine hrs., 1937 threshing hours, $35,000 OBO. Call Steven 306-297-8846, Shaunavon, SK.

2013 MACDON FD75-D 40’ FLEX D R A P E R H E A D E R , P U r e e l , hy d . , fore/aft, pea auger, dual knife drive, c/w 2013 MacDon adapter to fit JD S-Series combine, mint cond., $66,000 OBO.; 2013 Horst 40’ header trailer 4 wheel steer, $6000. 780-841-1060, Saskatoon, SK. WANTED: NEW HOLLAND 76C pickup header. Call 403-350-9088, Red Deer, AB. neal749@gmail.com 2013 HORST CHC36, 35’ header transport, $5880. Contact 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com JD 630F HYDRAFLEX c/w 30’ PU reel, air reel, poly skids, header height control, $25,000 OBO. 306-539-5473, Kendal, SK.

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WILDFONG ENTERPRISES at Craik, SK. Introducing Armor Plate concaves that are tough enough to shrug off rock damage, hard enough to hold their edge, and designed with no dead spots or jagged edges for a smoother more complete thresh. Reduce white caps and chop straw trouble. We offer the best warranty in North America along with the best prices. JD STS and S Series, $2100, all Case/IH rotaries, $2100, other models available upon request. 10% discount on orders placed before February 1, 2015. Airfoil chaffers $750 for most models. Manitoba customers and anyone needing installation services please call Dale Paul in Yorkton, SK, 306-783-0255. Please order early to ensure supply. Call Rus 306-260-2833 or Rick 306-734-7721 or the shop 306-734-2345.

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2012 NEW HOLLAND SP 365F, N21752A, 2014 BOURGAULT 3320-76, 7700 tank, 700 hrs., 10 section control kit, 120’ boom, 10” space, liquid, loaded, high float option, 1600 gal. tank, $269,000. Kinistino, SK. very low acres. 306-483-7829, Oxbow, SK. Call 306-864-3667 or www.farmworld.ca 2010 MORRIS CONTOUR 47’ drill and 2010 MILLER G40 PN3063A, 988 hrs., 8300XL TBT tanks #HR3331A, 12” spac100’ boom, 5 sect. 3-way bodies, 1000 gal. ing, DS, one owner, $169,900. Prince AlSS product tank, $175,000. Humboldt, SK., bert, SK, 306-922-2525 www.farmworld.ca 306-682-9920 or www.farmworld.ca 2000 FLEXI-COIL 5000 #PB2983B 45’, 9” 2008 CASE/IH 3320, 100’ boom, Viper spacing, 3-1/2” steel packers, Pattison liqPro, AutoHeight, AutoSteer, AIM, 380 uid S/S air, $22,250. 306-922-2525, tires, crop dividers, 1515 hrs, shedded. Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 306-488-4517, 306-529-0887, Dilke, SK. 2007 72’ SEEDMASTER, 12” spacing, 2010 APACHE 1010, N22561A, 1251 hrs., semi-pneumatic tires on shank with Bour100’, 1000 gal. poly, 5 way bodies, 5 boom gault 6700 ST cart, dual wheels, conveyor, sect. control, Raven, $144,000. Kinistino, $210,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment Ltd. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. SK. 306-864-3667 or www.farmworld.ca BOURGAULT 5710 air drill, 54’, w/MRB’s, $20,000 OBO. Bour gault 4350 tank, $20,000 OBO. 306-252-2227, Kenaston, SK

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2008 MILLER A-40, N21753B, 1986 hrs., 100’ boom, 1000 gal. tank, front fill product, side fill rinse, $139,000. Humboldt, SK. 306-682-9920 or www.farmworld.ca

2005 APACHE 850 HN3176A, 90’ boom, 800 gal. tank, set of 380’s - 60%, floats, Trimble 500 mapping, $95,000. Prince AlPROTECH SNOW PUSH 10’, like new, bert, SK 306-922-2525 www.farmworld.ca $1600. off retail, $4500. Call 2005 ROGATOR 1274C PN3072B, 3286 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com hrs, 120’ boom, 7 sect., 10” spacing, dbl. NEW! FARM KING snowblowers in stock nozzle bodies w/tips, $161,000. Humboldt now- 50”, 60”, 72”, 84”, 96”! Reserve yours SK. 306-682-9920, www.farmworld.ca before winter. Starting at $1,995. See y o u r n e a r e s t F l a m a n s t o r e o r c a l l 2013 NH GUARDIAN SP, 240F XP, inc. 1-888-435-2626. PDI, freight and 5 yr. 2500 PPP first pmt down, no trade, $19,456, S/A PMT. Hum1995 SCHULTE 9600 8’ snowblower, 540 boldt, 306-682-9920, www.farmworld.ca PTO, 3 PTH, $5950. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2012 NH SP 365F, N22365A, 591 hrs., 10 ARTS WAY 3PTH snow blowers, oil bath, section control kit, 120’ boom, 1600 gal. made in Ontario, 48”, 72”, 78”, 84”, 96”, stainless tank, $346,000. 306-922-2525, 102” and 120”. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 2010 MILLER G-40, N22046A, 736 hrs., SCHULTE SNOWBLOWERS in stock now! 240 HP Cummins, 100’ truss boom, 3-way Front and rear mount. See your nearest nozzles, 1000 gal, $168,000. Prince Albert, SK. 306-922-2525 or www.farmworld.ca Flaman store or call 1-888-435-2626.

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JD 1900/1910 air carts, 350/340/270 bushel, all in good condition, $29,800, $34,800, $16,800. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 2006 NEW HOLLAND SF115, N22363C, 90’ Dis m a n tlin g a ll m a jor m a ke s susp. boom with break away tips, 1250 1997 FLEXI-COIL 6000 with Pillar double a n d m ode ls of tra ctors , Imp. gal. poly tank, $33,500. Humboldt, shoot disc/hoe openers, $84,000. Warman, com b in e s , s w a th e rs , b a le rs SK. 306-682-9920 or www.farmworld.ca SK. Call Mike for details 306-242-4955, a n d fora ge h a rve s te rs . NEW HOLLAND SF115, 90’ suspended 306-371-7116, mike@pillarlasers.com boom, Raven AutoBoom, double nozzle, www.pillarag.com Plu s M u ch M o re! autorate, 1250 gallon tank, hyd. pump, BOURGAULT 64’ 5710, MRBs and 6350 $35,000. 403-379-2423, Buffalo, AB. Bourgault air cart with in-cab controls. 2005 NH 115, Flexi-Coil, suspended boom, More info. call 306-277-4503, Gronlid, SK. 1250 gal, 90’, AutoBoom, AutoRate, rinse Bu yin g Fa rm Equ ipm en t tank, foam marker, $19,900. Cam-Don Mo- 2001 MORRIS MAXIM 35’, 240 TBH, 10” Fo rD ism a n tlin g spacing, single shoot, 3.5” Morris twin row tors Ltd., Perdue, SK. 306-237-4212. CAT LEXION SALVAGE, parts only, off 2001 FLEXI-COIL 67XL sprayer, 130’, 1200 carbon tip seed boots, w/liquid kit, 4” 470, 480, 485R, 590 combines. Call for Imp. gallons, in good condition, $5000. steel packers, excellent cond., low acres. 306-435-7893, Moosomin, SK. availability 1-800-667-4515 or view 306-473-2627, Willow Bunch, SK. www.combineworld.com 2002 SPRAYAIR 3490 high clearance, suspended boom, PT, 90’, 850 US gal. tank, control with speed sensor, $9980. Call 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

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2013 BOURGAULT 3320, 76' XTC air drill, Vstyle 4.5" packers, double shoot air kit for mid row shanks, 1" carbide tips and 76 run liquid kit, full blockage sensors, Bourgault 7950 cart w/rear duals and hitch for liquid tank. 306-746-7638, Raymore, SK. 2000 FLEXI-COIL 2340 air cart, 230 bushel, in very good condition, $16,800. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

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2009 MORRIS CONTOUR 61’ drill and 2012 8370 TBT tank #B21999B, 12” space, DS paired, 3 tanks, $209,000. Kinistino, SK, 306-864-3667, www.farmworld.ca IT’S NOW TIME to order your carbide drill points for next season! Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com Phone 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB.. 2009 FLEXI-COIL 5000 HD 40’ w/3350 TBT CART, 10” spacing, 5” rubber packer, variable rate, double shoot, cart shedded. Call: 403-556-7257, Olds, AB. CONCORD 48’ air drill, 2300 TBH cart, good condition. Call for pricing. 306-298-4445, Bracken, SK. 1997 FLEXI-COIL 5000, 57’ w/mid-row NH3, 3.5” rubber packers, blockage monitor, good condition, tanks avail., $15,800. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 1998 BOURGAULT 5710, 64’, mid-row shanks, 3/4” openers, 12” spacing, 3.5” steel packers, 4350 tank, new style monitor, will separate, $50,000. 306-473-2627, Willow Bunch, SK. 2008 SEED HAWK 55’, 10” spacing, 500 bu. tank w/3 compartments. Duals across front, big tires on back, duals on tank. Remote 10” auger, blockage monitors, 1200 gal. liquid tank (set up for Alpine if needed), exc. cond., field ready, possible delivery. 306-485-7843, Alida, SK. 2006 SEEDMASTER 50’, 10” spacing, DS, anhydrous kit, Alpine kit, setup for FlexiCoil, $55,000. 306-921-7411, Melfort, SK. 2009 MORRIS MAXIM II 50’ drill, 10” spacing, 8370XL 3 comp. tank, very good condition, $97,900. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 1997 BOURGAULT 5710, 40’, 2002 Bourgault 5350 cart, 3.5” steel packers, spd lock adapters, 3/4 carbide openers, Series 1 MRB’s. Hoses/openers in good shape, $67,000. 780-214-3432 Paradise Valley AB JD 1820 AIR Drill, 52’, 10” spacing, 4” pneumatic packers, c/w 1910 cart, 340 bu., double shoot, TBH, $45,000 OBO. 306-743-7622, Langenburg, SK.

2003 JOHN DEERE DB44 Planter, S/N #AODB44X700114, 3 bu. seed hoppers, 24 row, 22" spacing, corn and soybean plates, Com trak monitor, liquid fertilizer system, clean, stored inside, field ready, $80,000. Call 204-981-3570, 204-436-2589, Elm Creek, MB. wingham@winghamhb.com www.winghamhb.com

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2012 SALFORD RTS disc, concave and wavy discs, harrows, roller. 780-220-4590 Spruce Grove, AB. ckjespersenfarms@gmail.com WISHEK- USED 22’ 842NT. New front blades. Serviced and field ready! See your nearest Flaman store or call 1-888-435-2626.

2014 BOURGAULT 8910, 70’ cultivator, 10” 2 0 1 1 7 2 ’ B O U R G A U LT p a c ke r s f o r spacings, 450 trips, 4 bar harrow, 200 Se5810/5710, 9.8” space, 3.5” steel, vg cond, ries speed lock clips. Phone 306-231-8060, $14,000 OBO 204-648-7085 Grandview MB Englefeld, SK. 1992 46’ BOURGAULT 8800, 330 trips, 3 bar harrows, vg condition, $27,000 OBO. 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB.

WANTED: 40-42’ BOURGAULT chisel plow, 12” spacing, rear hitch, must be in good condition. 780-554-0929, Spruce Grove AB 2006 JD 1770 NT, Central fill system, 12 row 30” spacing, Dawn row cleaner- fert. combo, single pass seeding, Pro-Max 40 and soybean discs, liquid starter 225 gal. and 1450 gal. liquid N Bandit cart, c/w brown box monitor. Field ready. Will sell planter and caddy separate. Call for price. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB.

2006 SCHULTE XH1000, 1000 RPM, aircraft tires, cutter in good shape, ready to use, asking $7500. Flaman Sales, Nisku, AB. call 1-800-352-6264. NEW EXCEL 50’ 3 section landroller, 42” drum, $37,500. Also 5 and 7 section landrollers avail. 204-822-3797, Morden, MB.

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FLEXI-COIL 6000 air drill, 40’, 3450 TBH tank, double shoot, 7.5” spacing, rubber packer wheels. All new discs, bearings, air hoses 3 yrs ago. Shedded and unused for 3 seasons, $60,000 OBO. 403-784-3633 or 403-304-2266, Tees, AB. 2008 44’ SEED HAWK air drill, w/400 TBH Seed Hawk seed cart, 12” spacing, paired row openers, seed and fert. kit, $125,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment Ltd. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, 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.

1999 FLEXI-COIL, 45', w/3450 TBT, DS, 12" spacing, 3.5" steel packers, 10" deluxe loading auger, var. rate. Good clean unit, always shedded, $50,000 OBO. 306-472-7663, 2004 BOURGAULT 5710, Series 25 MRB, Lafleche, SK. massjust@gmail.com NH3/dry, 9.8" spacing, 3.5" steel packers, Speed-Loc adapters, 2 seasons on 3/4" 2006 JD 1820, 45’, 5 fold, 10” spacing, carbide openers, Raven Supercooler, c/w DS, 3.5” steel V style packers, 2.5” DS 4300 single shoot cart w/rear tow hitch, opener, Dutch seed brakes. 2006 1910 TBT shedded, $65,000 OBO. 204-526-7805, 2006 APACHE #859 high clearance spray- tank, 250 bu., 3 compartment, conveyer, Cypress River, MB. er, 90’ booms, only approx. 1549 hours, variable rate, always shedded, $65,000 850 gal. poly tank foam marker, Raven OBO. Call 780-679-5723, Daysland, AB m o n i t o r, g o o d c o n d i t i o n , $ 7 4 , 9 0 0 . 1997 MORRIS MAXIM 39’, double shoot 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. drive, AtomJet openers (w/liquid tubes), HIGHER YIELDS WITH our advanced cargallantsales.com Large inventory of new and used potato equip. Dealer for Tristeel 2012 JD 4940, 670 hrs., 2 sets tires, Auto- 300 bu. TBH cart w/Rice tires, seed meter- bide drill points for air and tillage equipMfg. wash line equip. Dealer for Logan Boom traction control, full GPS Greenlight- ing box rebuilt, fert. metering box new 2 ment. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com ed, $299,000. 306-535-5707, Milestone SK yrs. $26,900. 306-398-2624, Cut Knife, SK. or call 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. Equipment. Call Dave 204-254-8126, MB. COMB-TRAC SALVAGE. We sell new and used parts for most makes of tractors, combines, balers, mixmills and swathers. Phone 306-997-2209, 1-877-318-2221, Borden, SK. www.comb-tracsalvage.com We buy machinery.

STORM SEED TREATER for sale! Used 1 season, excellent shape, $27,500. Flaman Sales Saskatoon, 1-888-435-2626. 1997 FLEXI-COIL 2320, 230 bu., double shoot, c/w all rollers and monitor, TBH, and always cleaned out, $12,000. 306-297-9226, Shaunavon, SK. 2 0 1 1 7 4 ’ B O U R G A U LT p a c ke r s f o r 5810/5710, 9.8” spacing, 5.5” rubber, vg, $20,000. 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB. 60 VW 10 4” carbide spread tips, done 150 acres, as new. Will fit Bourgault brackets, $75 OBO. 204-648-7085, Grandview, MB.

2005 BOURGAULT 8810 mid row banding system, anhydrous kit included, 60’W, 9.08” spacing, mid row NH3 or dry fert. or anhydrous ammonia kit is installed. 3/4” carbide tips, shank openers, c/w 2011 Bourgault 6550ST cart, 591 monitor, double fans, DS 4-metering system on cart, $174,000. 204-526-0321, Kamsack, SK. NEW 2014 MORRIS now in stock!! 50’ heavy harrows 9/16” tines. For pricing and special financing options, 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK, or www.farmworld.ca 2010 MORRIS 70’ Field Pro Heavy harrow #HR3306A 1/2” tines, 16.5x16/1 main KELLO-BILT DISC PARTS: Blades and frame tires, $26,900. 306-682-9920, Hum- bearings. Parts to fit most makes and models. 1-888-500-2646, Red Deer, AB. boldt, SK. or www.farmworld.ca www.kelloughs.com NEW 2014 MORRIS now in stock!! 70’ heavy harrows 9/16” tines. For pricing and BREAKING DISCS: Kewanee #2000 12’, special financing options, 306-864-3667, 15’ & 16’; Towner 18’; 16’ Kello #210; WiKinistino, SK, www.farmworld.ca chek Rock Cushion #842, 14’, 26’ & 30’; Versatile #1800 36’, $25,000; JD #330, 28’, $10,000; Bush Hog, 25’ & 30’, $7500; JD 15’, $5000; Phoenix harrows, 35’, 42’ & 2014 FLEXI-COIL 4350, mech, TBT and 53’. 1-866-938-8537, Portage la Prairie MB TBH. Fall specials. Cam-Don Motors Ltd. KELLO-BILT 8’ to 20’ offset discs w/24” 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. to 36” notched blades; Kello-Bilt 24’ to 38’ BOURGAULT C-SHANK OPENER bodies, tandem wing discs w/26” and 28” notched seventy 610-ASY-4020 bodies, 15,000 blades and oil bath bearings. Red Deer, AB. acres, exc. cond., no tips, half the price of www.kelloughs.com 1-888-500-2646. new, $100. 306-867-4205, Dinsmore, SK. LOOKING FOR: 60’-70’ Bourgault cultivakdbeattie18@hotmail.com tor, 8” or 10” spacing. Must be in good to 2012 MORRIS 8370 tank #PR3327A VR great shape. Call 780-928-2538. TBH tank w/Topcon Eagle monitor, 3rd tank, single fan, $72,250. 306-682-9920, 2013 HORSCH ANDERSON RT370, Mechanical depth adjustment, 3500 acres, $88,500. Humboldt, SK, or www.farmworld.ca 306-981-5489, Prince Albert, SK.

2006 TOP AIR suspended boom sprayer, Raven height and section control, 380 90Rx54 duals, $52,500. 306-981-5489, Prince Albert, SK.

2014 NH GUARDIAN 333F, S/A payment. $24,665.91 + GST, 6 year lease. Includes PDI, freight, 5 year/2500 hour warranty. Prince Albert, SK., 306-922-2525. 2014 NH GUARDIAN SP 240 XP, inc. PDI, freight and 5 yr. 2500 hr. PPP, first pmt down, no trade, $22,876.50 S/A PMT. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK.

IT’S NOW TIME to order your carbide drill points for next season! Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com Phone 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. FLEXI-COIL P1040 AIR tank, 325 bu., exc. condition, asking $46,000. 306-690-8829, 306-631-8854, Moose Jaw, SK.

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JD 7810 AND 7510, both w/740 loaders and MFD, excellent condition. Call for HIGHER YIELDS WITH our advanced car- more info. 780-990-8412, Cherhill, AB. bide drill points for air and tillage equipment. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com 2011 9530 1300 hrs, 800 metrics, no PTO, or call 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. AutoSteer, powershift, lease, $230,000. 306-436-7727, 306-436-4438, Milestone, NEW 2014 MORRIS now in stock!! Con- SK. matthewrwinkler@hotmail.com tour 9550 Air TBH tank. For pricing and special financing options, 306-922-2525, 2001 JOHN DEERE 330LC, w/36â&#x20AC;? digging Prince Albert, SK, or www.farmworld.ca bucket, 72â&#x20AC;? church blade, Stock #L-5838. ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NOW TIME to order your carbide drill Astro Car & Truck Sales Ltd., Clairmont, points for next season! Find out more at: AB. 780-567-4202. www.astro-sales.com www.vwmfg.com Phone 403-528-3350, 1972 JD 4020, turbo charge, cab, heat, 3 Dunmore, AB. PTH, diff. lock, powershift, FEL- plumbed separate, joystick, triple hyds, good shape, $12,500. Call 204-773-3044, Russell, MB. 1999 JD 9100 4WD, 260 HP, 24 speed, Greenstar ready, 6450 hours, rent $85/hr., $77,800. Contact 1-800-667-4515, 7145 DEUTZ, FWA, low hours, can be re- www.combineworld.com paired or for parts. Call 306-842-6360, 1993 JOHN DEERE 8570, 4 WD, 6335 hrs., Griffin, SK 24 spd., 20.8x38, fresh $10,244 Greenlight, diff. loc, stored inside, excellent condition, $60,000. 306-648-7654, Gravelbourg, SK. 2005 MXU 125 MFD, 5600 hrs., L156 load- MITCHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TRACTOR SALES LTD, St. er, bucket and grapple, 3 PTH, $57,000. Claude, MB. Call: 204-750-2459 (cell). 306-594-7224, Pelly, SK. Mitchestractorsales.com JD 1840, hi/low, 2009 385 QUAD TRACK, with 12.9 Eviko 3 pt; JD 2130, hi/low, 3 pt., with FEL; JD 425 peak HP, double diff. lock, Pro 600 Au- 2750, 2 WD, O.S., 3 pt., hi/low shift toSteer, 16 spd powershift, luxury cab, 30â&#x20AC;? w/146 FEL; JD 2750, MFWD, CAH, 3 pt., tracks, always shedded, exc. cond. Kelv- w/245 FEL; JD 2955, MFWD, 3 pt., CAH, w/265 FEL; JD 4020, PS, 3 pt.; JD 4055, ington, SK., 306-327-4550, 306-338-8231. MFWD, PS, 3 pt.; JD 4240, quad shift; JD 4440, (two) quad shifts; JD 4450, MFWD, 3 pt., PS; JD 4640, quad, add on 3 pt., w/FEL; JD 6400, MFWD, CAH, 3 pt., PQ, ATTENTION FARMERS: Get what your w/640 FEL; JD 6420, MFWD, 3 pt., 24 spd. trades are worth! Tired of getting short w/LHR, loader; JD 7710, MWD, PS, 3 pt., changed on your used trades? Call us. We w/740 FEL; JD 7810, MFWD, PS, 3 pt., fachave customers looking for your equip- tory duals; JD 8650, 4 WD, PTO, quad. All ment. Our flat fee is much less than auc- tractors can be sold with new or used tion or what dealers charge. No up front loaders. fees. We take care of it all: ads, calls, transporting, etc. Call now and letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s move JD 4430, 18.4x38 tires, quad trans., very p r e m i u m c o n d i t i o n , $ 2 2 , 5 0 0 O B O. your equipment. 780-352-9292. 403-823-1894, 403-772-2156, Morrin, AB. IHC 656 WESTERN Special Farmall diesel, STEVEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TRACTOR REBUILDER looking $6000. 780-929-9300, Sherwood Park, AB. for JD tractors to rebuild, Series 20s, 30s, CASE/IH STEIGER built, 4 WD/Quads; 40s or 50s, or for parts. Will pay top dollar. Plus other makes and models. Call the Now selling JD parts. 204-466-2927, Tractor Man! Trades welcome. We deliver. 204-871-5170, Austin, MB. Gord 403-308-1135, Lethbridge, AB. LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We buy 90 and 94 Series Case, 2 WD, FWA tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have r e b u i l t t r a c t o r s a n d p a r t s fo r s a l e . 306-784-7841, Herbert, SK. 1995 CASE/IH 9270, 5000 hrs, 2nd owner, $58,000 OBO. 306-252-2227, Kenaston, SK. 2006 STX330 CASE, 4 WD, approx. 6000 hrs, diff. locks, 710x38 tires, 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Degelman blade. Call 780-826-0143, Cold Lake, AB. 1981 2090, 5270 hrs., PS, dual PTO, Buhler 795 FEL, joystick, very nice cond. Gravelbourg, SK., 306-648-3511, 306-648-7695. 2008 STX 430 Case/IH tractor, just over 3000 hrs., new 620-70-42 tires, $150,000. 204-871-0925, McGregor, MB.

2013 JD 7200R, MFWD, 446 hours, 3 PTH, 1975 VERSATILE 750 Series II, 4 WD, PTO, 3 hyds., GS3, warranty, $149,800. $14,000 OBO. Trades welcome. Flaxcombe SK, 306-460-9027, 306-463-3480. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com 1985 4250, powershift, 3 PTH, 2 WD, 2014 VERSATILE 2375 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Classicâ&#x20AC;?, 375 HP, 6400 hrs, new rubber, excellent. Call 710 duals, front and rear WTS, 2 yr. warranty. Lease/Finance programs OAC. Cam306-744-8113, Saltcoats, SK. Don Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. JD 8440, PTO, 18.4x38 duals, rebuilt eng. etc., exc. for grain cart, $18,500 OBO. 875 VERSATILE 4WD, 4700 orig hrs, leather seat, all new Michelin radials, 20.8x38, Dozer available. 403-585-1910, Airdrie, AB fluid in back 4, AC, good shape, field ready 2010 7330 JD, MFD, 3300 hrs., 20x20 Asking $35,000. 204-851-5026 Cromer MB powerquad trans., 3 PTH, 20.8x38 tires, NEW 2014 VERSATILE 2375, 710â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Own with 741 JD loader and grapple, $110,000. for $10,125 semi-annually. Call KMK Sales Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment Ltd. Ltd. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 2013 JD 9460R, 4 WD, powershift, 875 hrs, 520/85R42 triples, prem. HID lights, Hi-Flow hyds., 5 remotes, PTO, 7â&#x20AC;? color display, PowerGard warranty til April 2016, $229,500. 320-848-2496, 320-894-6560, www.ms-diversified.com Fairfax, MN. LOOKING FOR JD 4430 TO 7000 Series tractors in good condition with mechanical issues. Call 306-621-7170, Yorkton, SK. 2004 JOHN DEERE 7720, MFWD, IVT, left hand reverser, 3 PTH, 3 SCV's, 746 loader c/w forks, bucket/grapple, extra bucket. 204-534-0637, Boissevain, MB. 2011 JOHN DEERE 7930, 4 WD, 3 PTH, f r o n t w e i g h t s , c l e a n t r a c t o r. 780-983-0936, Westlock, AB. 1997 9400, 4 WD, very good tires, exc. cond., always shedded, 7000 hrs., $95,000 OBO. 204-745-7445, Carman, MB.

USED MF 255 tractor, 4 cyl. Perkins dsl. motor, dual hyd. couplers, 3 PTH, 6.5x16 front tires, 16.9x30 rear tires. New: starter, battery, seat, cushions, brake job and PTO clutch, only 1295 hrs., $11,900 OBO. 204-683-2479 evenings, St. Lazare, MB. 1994 MF 3660, FWA, 2105 Ezee-On loader 140 PTO HP, good cond., $26,000 OBO. Phone 204-325-5264, Winkler, MB. 2009 MF 8680, MFWD, 1148 hours, 3 P T H , P TO, 5 h y d s , $ 1 1 9 , 8 0 0 . C a l l 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

TRACK AND 4 WD loaders, ready to work, 966 with pulp loader, Fiat-Allis 346, 605, 840; Clark 45; Dresser 530; Case 621-B; Nine yard Volvo; Five 2 wheel loaders (track type)- need work; TD92 w/loader; Cat D2 w/loader; Fiat-Allis FL9 w/loader; Cat 941 w/loader; 955 H w/loader; Dresser 175-C. Over 900 tires and over 500 new and used hydraulic cylinders, have dismantled loaders for parts. New parts for low prices. Acres of salvage. Cambrian Equipment Sales Ltd., Winnipeg, MB. Ph: 204-667-2867, fax 204-667-2932.

1976 STEIGER WILDCAT ST210, 4WD with 18.4x38 duals, triple hyds., 10 gears, runs nice, $9750. Call 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

1982 JD 8640 tractor, exc. shape, c/w 1999 JD 9100 4WD, 260 HP, 24 speed, like new 6-Way 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Degelman 7200 dozer Greenstar ready, 6450 hours, rent $85/hour. $77,800. Trades welcome. blade. 306-741-7012, Swift Current, SK. 1-800-667-4515. Financing available. JD 8970 4WD, 400 HP, 7200 hrs., new www.combineworld.com tires 2014, new injectors and EFC unit last 2 yrs., strong tractor, exc. shape, $72,000. 4020 JOHN DEERE c/w loader, new tires, premium condition, $11,000 OBO. Call Call 403-485-8198 cell, Arrowwood, AB. 403-585-1910, Carbon, AB. 2007 9620, 4 WD, powershift, AutoTrac ready, hi-flow hyds., 800 metrics, 3200 G.S. TRACTOR SALVAGE, JD tractors only. Call 306-497-3535, Blaine Lake, SK. hrs., $179,000. 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK.

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WANTED: DEGELMAN LANDROLLER 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 45â&#x20AC;&#x2122; or 62â&#x20AC;&#x2122;; Medium duty tandem discer, 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; to 35â&#x20AC;&#x2122;. 306-773-6761, Swift Current, SK.

TELEHANDLERS: 2004 JLG G6-42A; 2005 Cat TH330B; 2005 Cat TH360B; BOOM LIFTS: 2000 JLG 800AJ; 2003 JLG 400S. Owner motivated to sell. Can finance. 306-291-4043, Saskatoon, SK. 2007 SKYTRAK 10054, 10,000 lbs., 54â&#x20AC;&#x2122; reach, w/heated cab, stabilizer bars, pivoting forks, $59,800 Trades welcome. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

1-800-667-7770 classifieds.producer.com 2006 NH TJ380, 380 HP, 4 WD, 5 hyds, 16 speed powershift, 7000 hours, rent $95/hour. $119,800. Trades welcome. Financing available. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

2006 NH TJ380, 380 HP, 4 WD, 7121 hours, 5 hyds, front weights, rent to own $95/hrs, $119,800. 1-800-667-4515, www.combineworld.com

1993 946 FORD VERSATILE tractor, 4500 hrs, 20.8x42 duals, 1 owner, $58,000 OBO. 306-252-2227, Kenaston, SK. 1994 FORD 9880, 20.8x42 triples, 4 hyds., 7000 hrs., good shape, $69,000 OBO. Call 306-743-7622, Langenburg, SK.

GENIE AWP-403, 2013 Manlift, self-supporting and rated for 300 lbs., w/40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; of height, 110 volt. New value of $11,375 but will sell for $7900. Carlisle Liquid Starters, OK Tire, 204-483-2774, (C)204-729-5612 darrel@cornerequipment.com Carroll, MB.

1991 FORD/ VERSATILE 946, 4950 hrs., tires good, Outback E-drive, shedded, $50,000. 403-548-8928, Richmound, SK.

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MB and Eastern SK, call Brent at (204) 771-8244 AB and Western SK, call Larry at (403) 510-7894 www.versatile-ag.com/seeding Based on the 40' DH730 air drill and AC400 air cart on a retail lease contract amortized over 60 months at 4.49% APR. Other product configurations available. See dealer for details.

WANTED: MF #36 and #360 Discers, all sizes, any condition. Also parts discers. Prompt pickup. Call anytime at 306-946-7923, 306-946-9669, Young, SK.

WANTED: MF #36 DISCERS. Will pay top LEON 707 FEL with 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122; bucket, $2800. Call dollar and pick from anywhere. Phone 306-723-4875, Cupar, SK. 306-960-3000, St. Louis, SK. WANTED: OLDER 60- 80 HP tractor with live PTO, 2 or 3 spool hyd. 306-834-5195, 306-834-2808, Kerrobert, SK. GRATTON COULEE AGRI PARTS LTD. Your #1 place to purchase late model combine SUNFLOWER HARVEST SYSTEMS. Call and tractor parts. Used, new and rebuilt. for literature. 1-800-735-5848. Lucke Mfg., www.gcparts.com Toll free 888-327-6767. www.luckemanufacturing.com 3PTH TO BOLT ON, $1300 OBO. Contact SOLIDLOCK AND TREE ISLAND game wire Grant, 306-524-2155, 306-746-7336 or and all accessories for installation. Heights from 26â&#x20AC;? to 120â&#x20AC;?. Ideal for elk, deer, bison, 306-524-4339, Semens, SK. sheep, swine, cattle, etc. Tom Jensen 1989 WRANGLER COMPACT wheel loader, with 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122; float beam, JD 4 cyl. diesel, 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NOW TIME to order your carbide drill ph/fax 306-426-2305, Smeaton, SK. buckets, $15,800. Call 1-800-667-4515, points for next season! Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com Phone 403-528-3350, GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence www.combineworld.com posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner Dunmore, AB. Wo o d P r e s e r ve r s L t d . , a s k fo r R o n ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New De- 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. gelman equipment, land rollers, Strawmaster, rockpickers, protill, dozer blades. FENCE CABLE very good used 5/16â&#x20AC;? and 3/8â&#x20AC;?. Very smooth and suitable for horses, 306-957-4403, 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK. cows, buffalo, etc. Economic way to build SNOWBLOWER, JD 7â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, $1250; Schweis 8â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, low maintenance long life fence. Safe for $1000. Grain vacs: Brandt 4000, $8000; animals and humans. Calgary, AB., call Remm 2500HD, $9500; Leon 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; front 403-237-8575. blade, $3500; Waldron 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, $1500; JD 8-30 corn planter, $6000; Artsway mixmill, 1981 TD 20 E dresser dozer V8 IH 220 HP $1500; Champion 20â&#x20AC;? roller mill, $2000; engine, twin tilt angle blade, full guarded Henke 30â&#x20AC;? PTO roller mill, $3500; 1500 canopy, bush ready, rebuilt transmission watt PTO generator, $1800; New land le- 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 torque, steeringâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, like new UC, ripper, ex- vellers, 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, $2450. 1-866-938-8537, Port- available. 306-862-7831, 306-862-3086, Nipawin, SK. cellent working condition, 26â&#x20AC;? pads, War- age la Prairie, MB. ranty, $69,000. Trades considered. Can HIGHER YIELDS WITH our advanced car- BLOCKED AND SPLIT seasoned Spruce Deliver. 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. bide drill points for air and tillage equip- firewood. Call V&R Sawing, 306-232-5488, 2010 DEGELMAN 7200, 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 6-Way dozer ment. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com Rosthern, SK. blade, like new. Contact 306-741-7012, or call 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood Swift Current, SK. and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, LOADERS: 2006 CAT 928GZ, 2005 Cat SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer. 930G, 2000 Cat D6M crawler, 13,600 hrs., $73,000 OBO. Can finance. 306-291-4043, 2003 WINDSTAR VAN; 970 or 1070 Case tractor; 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Massey Harris 1-Way disc; WD9 Saskatoon, SK. tractor. 306-344-4453, Paradise Hill, SK. CRAWLER DOZERS: CAT D8H. Bush equipment: Old D7, good runner, D6 high track WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly trac- BEVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FISH & SEAFOOD LTD., buy diand old D6 9U Series, D4 40. Now wreck- tors. Newer models too! Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tractor rect, fresh fish: Pickerel, Northern Pike, ing mini truck type dozers and loaders. Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847. Whitefish and Lake Trout. Seafood also New parts, low, low prices. Salvage of all available. Phone toll free 1-877-434-7477, types on 2 yards over 50 acres. Cambrian WANTED: DOZER BLADE and assembly for 306-763-8277, Prince Albert, SK. Equipment Sales Ltd., 204-667-2867, fax: older 7020 JD 4WD tractor. Contact Ken Catherwood, 306-454-2782, Ceylon, SK. 204-667-2932, Winnipeg, MB.

2013 NEW HOLLAND T8 390, MFWD, only 313 hours! Luxury cab, cab suspension, class 5 std. axle, 18F PS, hi-flow hyd. system, 5 remotes, drawbar, 1000 PTO, 3 PTH w/quick hitch, top link, manual mirrors, 16 front weights, 4000 lb. rear weights, 480/70R34 front duals, 480/ 80R50 rear duals. GPS controller, antenna JOHN DEERE 840 LOADER c/w grapple, WANTED: FLEXI-COIL OR FRIGGSTAD and monitor, exc. condition, $190,000. mounts off 7000 Series, excellent condi- ( G r a y ) , 6 5 0 l b s . t r i p s ( 4 1 ) . C a l l Please call Andy, Preem Industrial Inc. tion. Call 780-990-8412, Cherhill, AB. 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 403-866-4220, Medicine Hat, AB. andywagman@gmail.com 2014 JD 7200-R row crop, IVT trans., 540/1000 PTO, 4 hyd., 3 PTH, 200 HP, 165 hrs., HID light pkg., 2630 touchscreen, premium cab, Goodyear duals 380/90R50, The best machinery Producer Classifieds front 380/85R34, front fenders, full coverage rear fenders, dual beam radar sensor, Your first choice, guidance-ready, $185,000. Can deliver. Call 204-743-2324, Cypress River, MB. your best choice!

2010 CASE/IH 485HD, 4 WD, 2743 hrs., GPS AutoSteer, 16 spd. powershift, 710/ 70R-42 duals 90%, Pro 700 monitor, beacon, 5000 lb. weight pkg., exc. cond., 2004 JD 9420, 4430 hrs, 24 spd., 4 very solid tractor, $170,000. 403-485-8116, hyds., 710/42 duals, Outback AutoSteer, Vulcan, AB. gflittontwinvalleyfarms.ca 6-way Degelman 7900 high lift blade, very 2008 IH MAGNUM 335, MFWD, 330 HP, good, $175,000. Phone 780-203-9593, 4100 hours, PTO, 3 PTH, rent $110/hr., 780-963-0641, Stony Plain, AB. $119,900. Contact 1-800-667-4515 www.combineworld.com

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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. 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.

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LOWEST PRICES IN CANADA on new, high quality generator systems. Quality diesel generators, Winpower PTO tractor driven alternators, automatic/ manual switch gear, and commercial duty Sommers Powermaster and Sommers/ Winco portable generators and home standby packages. 75+ years of reliable service. Contact Sommers Motor Generator Sales for all your generator requirements at 1-800-690-2396 sales@sommersgen.com Online: www.sommersgen.com

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10 PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS 1st calvers, 10 purebred 2nd calvers, $3000 each. Call 306-236-6952, Rapid View, SK. YEARLING BLACK ANGUS Bulls: Angus Valley, Priority and Brilliance. All are from ‘SAV’ genetics. Call: 780-367-2483 or visit: RavineDriveCattleCo.com, Willingdon, AB.

BISON WANTED - Canadian Prairie Bison is looking to contract grain finished bison for growing markets. Roger Provencher at 306-468-2316. roger@cdnbison.com ELK VALLEY RANCHES, buying all ages of feeder bison. Call Frank 780-846-2980, Kitscoty, AB. or elkvalley@xplornet.com

BLACK ANGUS HEIFERS for sale sired by Networth and Density. AI’d to Final Answer. Call 306-736-8698, Peebles, SK. PAY NOW, GET LATER! DKF Black or Red Angus bulls. Gladmar, SK. For info: D w ay n e 3 0 6 - 9 6 9 - 4 5 0 6 , S c o t t ’ s c e l l 306-815-7023. www.dkfredangus.ca

NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for over 15 years, is looking for finished Bison, grain or grass fed. “If you have them, we want them.” Make your final call with Northfork for pricing! Guaranteed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, Winnipeg, MB.

LAZY S BULL POWER 2015+ females, January 31, at the ranch, Mayerthorpe, AB. 200 polled red and black Simmental, Angus and Beefmaker SimAngus bulls and bred heifers. 780-785-3136. Bull/female PREMIUM BREEDING STOCK starting at video online in Jan. www.lazysranch.ca $2000 per head. Dr. Marshall Patterson, WANTED: APR INDUSTRIES LTD. Model 306-475-2232, Moose Jaw, SK. 85 YEARLING AND 2 year old Red Angus Kozi 50 space heater, solid fuel fired, must LOOKING FOR ALL class of bison from bulls. Guaranteed, semen tested, and debe excellent condition. Ph. 306-342-4968. yearling to cow/calf pairs and big bulls. PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling l i v e r e d i n s p r i n g . B o b J e n s e n bulls, replacement heifers, AI service. 306-967-2770, Leader, SK. KIRK’S AUTOMATIC COAL stoker, com- Phone Kevin 306-429-2029, Glenavon, SK. Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 plete for $960. Phone 306-825-2863, SELECTION OF REGISTERED Red Angus NILSSON BROS. INC: Wanted 200 young or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. Lloydminster, SK. heifer calves. Bob Jensen 306-967-2770, (2 to 5 years) bred bison cows. Richard Bintner, Tisdale, SK, 306-873-3184, cell BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, se- Leader, SK. men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery 780-349-9717, email rbintner@nbinc.com available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, DISPERSAL OF PUREBRED bred Red and Black Angus cows and open heifer calves. Englefeld, SK. skinnerfarmsangus.com TROPHY ZONE TANNERY. State of the PURE WOOD AND Wood cross 2013 bison Sired by top AI herdsires. 306-272-7841, art facility. Hair on tanning for both taxi- breed bulls. Top end. Performance data 10 REGISTERED ANGUS heifers, bred to 306-272-3997, Foam Lake, SK. dermy and domestic hides. Quality work available. Call Viking Bison, 306-874-7590, son of HF Tiger, due to calve April 27th, with fast turn around. Call anytime Naicam, SK. $3750. Mantei Farms Angus, Estevan, SK. PAY NOW, GET LATER! DKF Red or Black Angus bulls. Gladmar, SK. Call for 403-653-1565 or cell 406-450-6300, 306-634-4454 or 306-461-5501. NATURAL ORGANIC CATTLE and bison info: Dwayne 306-969-4506, Scott’s cell Cardston, AB. Email: bunnage@shaw.ca for sale, lease or calf crop share. Phone YEARLING BLACK ANGUS heifers: Angus 306-815-7023. www.dkfredangus.ca or fax 250-630-2524, Fort St. John, BC. Valley, Priority and Harvester. All are from RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, se‘SAV’ genetics. Call: 780-367-2483 or visit: men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery WANTED TO PURCHASE cull bison bulls RavineDriveCattleCo.com, Willingdon, AB. available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, and cows for slaughter. Oak Ridge Meats Englefeld, SK. skinnerfarmsangus.com 204-835-2365 204-476-0147 McCreary MB DOUBLE BAR D FARMS BEST OF BOTH NILSSON BROS INC. buying finished bison Do you have Worlds Annual Bull Sale, Saturday, on the rail at Lacombe, AB. for January deFebruary 21 at the farm, 1 PM, Grenfell, a gate that livery and beyond. Fair, competitive and SK. Offering 175 Simmental and protects your assured payment. Call Richard Bintner Simm./Angus bulls. Ken 306-697-7204, farm, acreage 306-873-3184. 306-697-2474, Brian 306-451-7205. View or business? catalogue at www.doublebardfarms.com KICKIN’ ASH BUFFALO Meat Products is currently looking for all classes of bison Lok Pot will REG. RED ANGUS bulls, calving ease, good for expanding North American market. Call growth, quiet, will be semen tested. Little keep your Paul 780-777-2326, Athabasca, AB. or de Ranch, 306-845-2406, Turtleford,SK. padlock clean email to cabi1@telus.net and dry. RANCH READY BULL SALE on March 19, 1:00 PM at Heartland, Swift Current, SK. lokpot.com 30 elite 2 yr. old Angus bulls from Bar CR Angus and 35 horned Hereford bulls from Braun Ranch. Catalogue and sale videos at www.braunranch.com Linda Froehlich 306-221-4088, caledonian@sasktel.net USED OILFIELD PIPE for sale, in Alberta O N E S TO P and Saskatchewan. All sizes available. Excellent for fencing, corrals, etc. Call CATTLE FIN AN CIN G 780-918-8100 for details. BC, ALBER TA, S AS K. NORDAL LIMOUSIN AND ANGUS 2015 Bull “ Fa rm e rs He lping Fa rm e rs ” Sale February 15th, Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon, SK. Selling 20 rising 2 year old Red Angus Bulls and 50 Black AnPUMP UNITS: Diesel; propane; nat. gas. gus and Limousin Bulls. Catalogue on-line 6” to 10” alum. pipe. Taber, AB. Dennis: at www.nordallimousin.com Contact Rob LIV ESTO C K C O - O P 403-308-1400. dfpickerell@shaw.ca Garner, Simpson, SK. 306-946-7946. Visit: Bred cow program ! nordallimousin@sasktel.net FOR SALE: TWO 1/4 mile wheel lines, 44 NORDAL LIMOUSIN AND ANGUS 2015 Bull pairs, 7”x30’ mainline; 2000’ of 10” gated Feeder Program ! Sale February 15th, Saskatoon Livestock pipe; 1400’ T/L pivot. Call 306-858-7351, Saskatoon, SK. Selling 30 rising 2 Toll Free 1-8 66-8 48 -6669 Sales, Lucky Lake, SK. year old Black Angus and 40 Red Angus YEARLING AND TWO year old Charolais and Limousin Bulls. Catalogue on-line at bulls, white and red factor. Creedence No Res triction s ; Pu rcha s e a n d PHIL’S IRRIGATION SALES: Reinke pivwww.nordallimousin.com Contact Rob Charolais Ranch, Ervin Zayak, Derwent, AB. ots, lateral and minigators, pump and used m a rk etin g - You rchoice Garner, Simpson, SK. 306-946-7946. Visit: Call 780-741-3868, 780-853-0708. mainline travelers and pivots. 22 years exw w w.foothills lives tock.ca nordallimousin@sasktel.net perience. 306-858-7351, Lucky Lake, SK. CHAROLAIS AND Charolais cross cows, www.philsirrigation.ca Roc k y M ou n ta in Hou s e , AB SELLING: BLACK ANGUS bulls. Wayside 46 to start calving March 1st. Call Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, 204-732-2681, Toutes Aides, MB. 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK.

MISTY VALLEY FARMS 39th Annual Production Sale of Horned Herefords, Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 at the ranch, 1:00 PM MST. On offer: 65 long yearling bulls including Lanni Bristow’s sale group; 35 bred registered heifers; 65 bred commercial Hereford heifers; 15 open heifer calves from Mark Law. Bulls semen tested. Heifers pregnancy tested. Misty Valley Farms, RR #1, Maidstone, SK., S0M 1M0. Harold Oddan 306-893-2783; Maurice Oddan 306-893-2737; Lanni Bristow YEARLING AND 2 year old Charolais bulls, 780-943-2236; Mark Law 204-743-2049. also 5 purebred Charolais heifers, bred Red Angus. 780-582-2254, Forestburg, AB. BANNERLANE HORNED HEREFORDS Annual Sale, Tues., Feb. 10, 2015, 2:00 PM CST (1 PM MST) at the farm, Livelong, SK. On offer: 60 head: 24 coming 2 yr. old bulls, semen tested; 32 bred commercial NORTH STAR DEXTERS selling 5 registered heifers; 3 bred reg. heifers, preg checked; heifers, done, open. Call 250-747-3864, 1 reg. heifer calf. Dinner at noon. Central Quesnel, BC. E-mail: nstar@goldcity.net point free delivery. Rob Bannerman, 306-845-2764, bannerlane@littleloon.ca View at: www.hereford.ca REGISTERED CHAROLAIS BULLS, 2 year olds and yearlings. Polled, horned, some red. Quiet hand fed, hairy bulls. 40+ head available. Wilf at Cougar Hill Ranch 306-728-2800, 306-730-8722, Melville, SK

PUREBRED AND 3/4 Highland cow dispersal. 9 mid-aged purebred registered and 24 3/4 Highland cows for sale. Bulls turned out Sept. 1st for end of May calving. They are amazingly hardy animals and well suited for year round grazing, $2200. Call 403-638-4226, Sundre, AB. Email: info@reddeerriverranches.com Davidson Gelbvieh/ Lonesome Dove Ranch 26th Bull Sale, Sat, Mar 7th 2015, 1:00 PM at their bull yards, Ponteix, SK. Lunch at 11:00 AM. Presale viewing and hospitality Fri, Mar 6th. Selling 100+ PB yearling bulls, red or black. Performance and semen tested. View catalog and video on-line at: www.davidsongelbvieh.com or davidsonlonesomedoveranch.com Contact 306-625-3755 or 306-625-3513. GELBVIEH STOCK EXCHANGE BULL AND FEMALE SALE, March 10, 2015 at 1:00 PM, at Medicine Hat Feeding Co., Medicine Hat, AB. For more info or for a catalogue call Don at Jen-ty Gelbviehs, jentygelbviehs.com 403-378-4898; Nolan, Towerview Ranch, towerviewranch.com 403-977-2057.

NORDAL LIMOUSIN AND ANGUS 2015 Bull Sale Feb 15th, Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon, SK. Selling 20 rising 2 year old Red and Black Polled Limousin bulls. Catalogue at www.nordallimousin.com Contact Rob Garner, Simpson, SK. 306-946-7946. Visit: nordallimousin@sasktel.net

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FORD/NH TN55S, 55HP, FWA, turf tires, 3 PTH, mower, roto-tiller, sprayer, auger, cult., pallet forks, 3-way blade. Taber, AB. dfpickerell@shaw.ca, 403-308-1400. 2011 LEON 650 land scraper, 6.5 cubic yard, scraper is in excellent shape, asking $19,900. Flaman Sales, Nisku, AB. 1-800-352-6264.

RAVENWORTH CATTLE CURRENTLY has a quality group of 5 registered Black Angus replacement heifers for sale. Some AI sired, average current weight 800 lbs. Call Garry 306-231-7567, Middle Lake, SK.

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NEBRASKA BISON BUYING ALL CLASSES Bison calves, yearlings, adult bulls, cows, pairs. All export requirements processed by Nebraska Bison. Contact Randy Miller, 402-430-7058, Nebraska, NE. or e-mail: RandyMiller@Miller95Enterprises.com

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FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale. Cows and quota needed. We buy all classes of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620.

PUREBRED PAPERED LIMOUSIN cow herd for sale at Vegreville, AB. 30 years of breeding and selection, preg checked. Ph. 780-632-7433.

RANCH READY BULL SALE on March 19, 1:00 PM, Heartland, Swift Current, SK. 35 horned Hereford bulls from Braun Ranch and 30 Elite 2 yr. old Angus bulls from Bar CR Angus. Catalogue and sale videos at www.braunranch.com Contact Craig Braun at 306-297-2132.

BIG ISLAND LOWLINES Premier Breeder. Selling custom designed packages. Name your price and we will put a package together for you. Fullblood/percentage Lowline, embryos, semen. Black/Red carrier. Darrell 780-486-7553, Edmonton, AB.

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TWO YEAR OLD and yearling red, black and full blood Simmental bulls. Moderate birthweights, excellent temperaments. All HORSE SALE - Johnstone Auction Mart, bulls sold Private Treaty. Bill or Virginia Moose Jaw, SK., Thurs., February 5, 2015. Peters, Perdue, SK., 306-237-9506. Tack Sells: 2 PM; Horses Sell: 4 PM. All BLACK SIMMENTAL BULLS by Private Trea- classes of horses accepted. PL# 914447 ty. For info on bulls, check out our website www.johnstoneauction.ca 306-693-4715. www.hertersimmentals.com or call Travis at 306-662-5006, Golden Prairie, SK. DOUBLE BAR D FARMS BEST OF BOTH Worlds Annual Bull Sale, Saturday, February 21 at the farm, 1 PM, Grenfell, SK. Offering 175 Simmental and Simm./Angus bulls. Ken 306-697-7204, 306-697-2474, Brian 306-451-7205. View catalogue at www.doublebardfarms.com

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BEAUTIFUL REGISTERED MAMMOTH donkeys. Including one 2 year old black jack ready for breeding. Can be seen on the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;for sale pageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; at: www.bigearsdonkeyranch.ca or call 204-535-2141, Baldur, MB. ATTENTION ELK PRODUCERS in AB. and SK: Call AWAPCO today to market your elk. Not sure if you are eligible to ship? Give us a call. We will help with the YEARLING FOALS AND rising 2 year olds. paperwork. Non-members welcome! For Excellent team prospects. 306-682-2899, info 780-980-7589, info@wapitiriver.com Humboldt, SK. NORTHFORK- INDUSTRY LEADER for over 15 years, is looking for Elk. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you have them, we want them.â&#x20AC;? Make your final call with Northfork for pricing! GuaranFOURTH ANNUAL DIAMOND M Ranch SELLING TEAMS:Stallion, young Percheron teed prompt payment! 514-643-4447, Bull and Female Sale, Sunday, February Quarterhorse cross, Black Registered Mare Winnipeg, MB. 15 at 1:30 PM, 1 1/2 miles west of Estevan, and 2 fillies. 306-387-6572, Marshall, SK. SK. 45 Red and Black Two Year Old Simmental and Half Cross Bulls, 18 Open Commercial Heifers. View videos, info and CONCEPT ROLLER mixmill, very good catalogue at bouchardlivestock.com or 2 YEAR OLD standard bred/Friesen cross NEW Brian McCarthy, 306-435-3590 or dlms.ca Online bidding on DLMS. Call Bay mares and geldings. Halter broke. cond. 306-435-7527 cell, Moosomin, SK. Jordan 306-421-1915, Estevan, SK. 306-682-2899, Humboldt, SK. diamondmranch@sasktel.net 2010 DEGELMAN BALE KING bale procesTRIM BOSS: The Power Hoof Trimmer. s o r, X - r o t o r, m i n t c o n d . , s h e d d e d . Take the work out of hoof trimming. Trim 306-745-3851, Esterhazy, SK. wall, sole and flare on saddle horses, drafts and minis. Call 780-898-3752, Buck SOLAR POWERED Watering station, 1000 gal. tank w/2 troughs, solar panel and batWELSH BLACK- The Brood Cow Advantage. Creek, AB. www.trimboss.ca teries, good shape, $4500. 306-867-9454, Check www.canadianwelshblackcattle.com Outlook, SK., bartrobin67@gmail.com Canadian Welsh Black Soc. 403-442-4372. EZE-FEEDER: Quality built grain feeders BOBSLEIGH, good condition, $1200; Hay w/auger for range or bulk feeding. From w a g o n , g o o d c o n d i t i o n , $ 8 0 0 . C a l l 15 - 95 bu. Optional scales, 3 PTH frames, 4 BLACK BALDY, 4 Red Angus, 2nd calvers, 306-731-2943, Lumsden, SK. etc. 1-877-695-2532, www.ezefeeder.ca one iron, April 1st calving. L. Verishine 2 JOHN DEERE SANTA CLAUS SLEIGHS HIGHLINE 7000 HD bale processor, like 306-283-9276, Langham, SK. (cutters), shedded, excellent cond., $5000, new condition, less than 1000 bales. and $3500. 204-859-2508, Rossburn, MB. $9000 OBO. 306-264-7742, Kincaid, SK. COMPLETE HERD DISPERSAL: 1250 Black Angus cows, start calving April 15th; Also 50 Black Angus bulls. Phone: 204-638-5581 eves., Dauphin, MB. #280 EAMOR SADDLE, 15-1/2â&#x20AC;?, like new, $1750. Phone 306-478-2526, McCord, SK.

SUNGOLD SPECIALTY MEATS. We want your lambs. Have you got finished (fat) lambs or feeder lambs for sale? Call Rick at: 403-894-9449 or Cathy at: 1-800-363-6602 for terms and pricing. www.sungoldmeats.com COZY CAPS! Ear protection for newborn calves! Ph. 306-577-4664, Carlyle, SK. gerrybettywyatt@gmail.com NOW PURCHASING AT Roy Leitch LiveGOOD BRED SIMMENTAL cross cows for stock Co. Ltd. fat lambs, cull ewes/goats. sale. Call 306-984-4606 evenings, Leoville, 204-727-5021, 204-729-7791,Brandon, MB SK.

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HERD DISPERSAL: 105 Red, Black and cross bred Angus younger cows, May/Jun calving, bred easy calving Red Angus bulls, $2500 firm. 204-966-3895, 204-476-0643, Eden, MB. Email: gbsawchuk@gmail.com 150 RED AND Black Angus bred cows, 2nd, 3rd and 4th calvers. Call 306-773-1049, Swift Current, SK. HERD DISPERSAL: YOUR pick from 100 red and 100 black cows, 4 pot loads. Will winter. 306-432-4803, Lipton, SK.

CATTLE WANTED ON SHARES, calf crop. Preferably 50-75 head. Kenaston, SK. Call Mitch 306-561-7576. WANTED: 100 ANGUS CROSS Hereford or Angus cross Simmental open replacement heifers. Call 306-542-2575, Veregin, SK.

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2008 CHEVROLET 3500 HD 1 ton dually reg. cab truck w/Falcan multi-deck bale deck, 171,570 kms, 4x4, Duramax dsl., Allison auto, loaded. Brand new rubber, excellent condition! $34,900. Call Jordan anytime 403-627-9300, Pincher Creek, AB. FROSTFREE NOSEPUMPS: Energy free solution to livestock watering. No power required to heat or pump. Prevents contamination. Grants avail. 1-866-843-6744. WANT THE ORGANIC ADVANTAGE? Contact an organic Agrologist at Pro-Cert www.frostfreenosepumps.com for info on organic farming: prospects, transition, barriers, benefits, certification PAYSEN LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT INC. and marketing. To contact one of our We manufacture an extensive line of cattle Agrologists call 306-382-1299, Saskatoon, handling and feeding equipment including SK. or wallace.hamm@pro-cert.org 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 in- BEST COOKING PULSES accepting samples cinerators. Distributors for El-Toro electric of organic and conventional pulses for branders and twine cutters. Our squeeze 2014/2015 crop year. Matt 306-586-7111, chutes and headgates are now avail. with a Rowatt, SK. neck extender. Ph. 306-796-4508, email: ple@sasktel.net Web: www.paysen.com TRADE AND EXPORT Canada buying all grades of conventional and organic grains. X BOX 2 bale feeder, excellent cond.; Turn Fast payment and pick up 1-877-339-1959 tire feeders. 403-854-4555, Hanna, AB. WANTED: BUYING ORGANIC GRAINS. 2- BUNNING 105 MANURE spreaders. Ver- FOB farm or delivered, Loreburn, SK. Call ticle beaters, ready to go, $32,000/each F.W. Cobs Company, 1-888-531-4888. OBO. 204-379-2843, St. Claude, MB. ORGANIC CROPS WANTED: Growers International is buying all wheats and Durum, barley, oats, spelt, peas, mustard and flax. SK./AB. producers call 306-652-4529; Manitoba producers call 204-806-1087.

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GREAT PYRENEES PUPS, ready to bond with your children, pets, livestock. Born Nov. 15th. First shots, vet checked on Dec. 23. $150 after rebate. Call Olson Ranch, 306-643-2117, Rocanville, SK. PUREBRED BORDER COLLIE pups, red/white, and black/white, good working bloodlines, $300/ea. Call 306-764-7920, 306-961-4649, Prince Albert, SK. PUREBRED BORDER COLLIE puppies from hard working stock parents, good bloodlines. Born November 19, some tri-colored, $600. Call 306-759-2262, Eyebrow, SK. READY TO GO tri-color and red and white Border Collie pups, from working parents, $450. 306-587-7169, Success, SK. GOOD WORKING PYRENEES/AKBASH cross pups, born Aug., 2014, well bonded w/chickens, ducks and sheep, $125; 1 year old female Pyrenees/Akbash female dog, $175. Tyrel 306-293-2218, Climax, SK LGD SARPLANINAC AKBASH Pyrenees born with sheep, $250. 306-237-9223, Perdue, SK.

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RESTAURANT/ MOTEL BUSINESS opportunity development land, 15.85 acres. Established restaurant, lounge, banquet and conference room, 29 unit motel. Turnkey family business operating as KMotel. Great location with highway frontage. Potential to subdivide for additional new development. Len Rempel at 306-741-6358 or lenrempel@sasktel.net Royal LePage Southland, 2065 N Service W, Swift Current, SK. Road www.royallepageswiftcurrent.ca

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GREGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S WELDING: Freestanding 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 5 bar panels, all 2-7/8â&#x20AC;? drill stem construction, $440; 24â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x5.5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; high panels, 2-7/8â&#x20AC;? pipe with 5- 1â&#x20AC;? sucker rods, $310; 24â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x6â&#x20AC;&#x2122; high panels, 2-7/8â&#x20AC;? pipe with 6- 1â&#x20AC;? rods, $350; 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 2 or 3 bar windbreak panels c/w lumber. Gates and double hinges available on all panels. Belting troughs for grain or silage. Delivery available. For more info. call SWM CATTLE RANCHER, East Central 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK. Sask. Early 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, seeking female who enjoys travel, country living and sharing fun Please include photo and phone #. UARY 31, 2015 12 n o o n M S T times. Reply to: Box 2010, c/o The Western Producer, Saskatoon, SK., S7K 2C4.

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MOUNTAIN VIEWS, 1935 sq. ft. on .46 acres, $275,000. MLS #383418. 888-954-4433, Qualicum Beach, BC. www.brendanicolls.com

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75 Red Super B aldies (Tw oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s)

BORDER COLLIE PUPS, out of working parents, guaranteed instincts. First shots, and dewormed. 3 females, 2 males. 306-843-7606, Wilkie, SK.

RENN 24â&#x20AC;? PTO roller mill, discharge auger, transport, vg condition. 780-877-2339 or 780-877-2326, Edberg, AB.

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75 Red A ngus (Tw oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s & Falls)

SVEN ROLLER MILLS. Built for over 40 years. PTO/elec. drive, 40 to 1000 bu./hr. Example: 300 bu./hr. unit costs $1/hr. to run. Rolls peas and all grains. We regroove and repair all makes of mills. Call Apollo Machine 306-242-9884, 1-877-255-0187. www.apollomachineandproducts.com

NORALTA FARMS LTD. HD free standing panels and wind fence. Made from 3-1/2â&#x20AC;? washed pipe, notched with 6 square tubing stringers, straight leg design, 24â&#x20AC;&#x2122; long. 2007 HIGHLINE 8000 bale processor, Wind fence $750, panels $350 plus GST. right hand discharge, big tires, exc. cond. Call Danny 780-853-7637, Vermilion, AB. Call 780-916-2333, Spruce Grove, AB. LARGE SELECTION OF freestanding corral BALE PICKER, TRUCK mount; Hopper feed- panels starting at $199. 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122; bull panels, ers, Cattle scales; New and used bale $99; 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122; cattle panels, $89; Round bale scales. 306-445-2111, North Battleford, feeders; Horse hay savers, $459; 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122; bunk SK. Website: www.eliasscales.com feeder panels, $399; 30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Windbreak BUYING: PIGS/SWINE, raised outside, all FOR ALL YOUR livestock equipment and f r a m e s , $ 3 9 9 . J a c k T a y l o r sizes. Highest $$$. 1-877-226-1395. agriculture supply needs- www.fuchs.ca 1-866-500-2276. For pictures and more go to www.affordablebarns.com www.canadianheritagemeats.com We repair scales. 306-762-2125 Vibank SK

60 TOP QUALITY bred heifers, home grown. Preg. checked, calving start March 15th. Bred to calving ease Black Angus bulls. Ivomec and vaccinated. Contact Winston Hougham 306-344-4913, 306-825-0358, Frenchman Butte, SK.

WANTED: CULL COWS and bulls. For bookings call Kelly at Drake Meat Processors, 306-363-2117, ext. 111, Drake, SK.

STEEL VIEW MFG. Self-standing panels, windbreaks, silage/hay bunks, feeder panels, sucker rod fence posts. Custom orders. Call Shane 306-493-2300, Delisle, SK. www.steelviewmfg.com

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HERD DISPERSAL: 170 top quality Charolais Simmental cows. Younger herd, very quiet to work with, mostly white/tan/reds. Due mid March. Prices upon request. SSDB PRODUCER MEETINGS will be held in January throughout the province. 306-742-4410, Wroxton, SK. C a l l 3 0 6 - 9 3 3 - 5 2 0 0 , v i ew d e t a i l s at 2 5 H O M E G R O W N C h a r o l a i s a n d www.sksheep.com/events.htm or email Char./cross heifers, bred Red Angus, calv- sheepdb@sasktel.net Agenda includes info on Premise ID. ing end of Mar. 306-548-4340, Stenen, SK. BRED â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;MONOPOLYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; AND â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Eye Candyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; heifers: 2 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Monopoly sired bred heifers from Sullivan Dams; 1 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Eye Candyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sired bred heifer. All bred to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;SAVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Brilliance 2513. Phone: 780-367-2483, Willingdon, AB. Or SASK. SHEEP DEV. BOARD sole distributor of sheep ID tags in Sask., offers visit: RavineDriveCattleCo.com programs, marketing services and sheep/ NATURAL ORGANIC CATTLE and bison goat supplies. 306-933-5200, Saskatoon, for sale, lease or calf crop share. Phone SK. www.sksheep.com or fax 250-630-2524, Fort St. John, BC.

BUY TUBS AND MINERAL DIRECT. Top quality...low cost...delivered direct. Call us to discuss your supplement needs and your specific situation. Once we have determined a cost effective fit for your operation, you can simply order over the phone. We ship it right to your ranch freight free (min. 3 ton). 306-500-8093, Maple Creek, SK. tlc@rionutrition.net www.rionutrition.net

WARMAN HOMES RTM homes ready to go! Mt. Robson, 1443 sq. ft. was $161,715. Sale price $155,943. Call 1-866-933-9595 or www.warmanhomes.ca

QU'APPELLE VALLEY HOME on 22 acres, 1,980 sq. ft., 3 bdrm, 2.5 bthrms, $759,000, Craven, SK. Quick commute to Regina. MLS #515786. For sale by Agent/Broker. 306-541-8777, Regina, SK. mwalsh@royallepage.ca FIND LOVE THIS WINTER! 20 years successful Matchmaking! In-person interviews January 20-23rd in Regina and Saskatoon. Camelot Introductions, 204-888-1529, www.camelotintroductions.com

WARMAN HOMES LOTS for sale in Langham, SK. or Warman Legends or Southlands. www.warmanhomes.ca to view or call 1-866-933-9595.

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See You at the Farm Show in Brandon Tandem Axle Grain Truck, Detroit S50 engine, Eaton Fuller transmission (9 speed), Air brakes, 807000 mi, 12000 lbs front axle capacity, 36000 lbs rear axle capacity, Diff Lock rear lockup, A/C, getting new 20 foot grain box,hoist and pto. Brandon, MB. Stock #9733-99A

Tandem Axle Grain Truck, Detroit Diesel engine (475 HP), Eaton Fuller D/O transmission (13 speed), Air brakes, 838000 km, 12000 lbs front axle capacity, 40000 lbs rear axle capacity, 4-Way rear lockup, A/C. Brandon, MB. Stock #7038-09A

79,900

2009 INTERNATIONAL 8600 4X2

Tandem Axle Grain Truck, Paccar PX8 engine (330 HP), Eaton Fuller transmission (10 speed), Air brakes, 380000 km, 14000 lbs front axle capacity, 46000 lbs rear axle capacity, 3-Way rear lockup, A/C, new Cancade box and hoist. Saskatoon, SK. Stock #5149-08A

85,000

Tandem Axle Grain Truck, Cummins ISM engine, Eaton Fuller Ultra Shift transmission (10 speed), Air brakes, 865000 km, 12000 lbs front axle capacity, 40000 lbs rear axle capacity, A/C, New 20 foot grain box. Calgary, AB. Stock #V291145

73,900

2009 INTERNATIONAL 8600 4X2 Tandem Axle Grain Truck, Cummins ISM engine (320 HP), Eaton Fuller Ultra Shift transmission (10 speed), Air brakes, 856750 km, 12000 lbs front axle capacity, 40000 lbs rear axle capacity, A/C, 20 foot brand new box, hoist and pto. Regina, SK. Stock #V291180

73,500

69,900 2009 INTERNATIONAL 8600 4X2

2007 PETERBILT 386 Tandem Axle Grain Truck, Cummins ISX engine (450 HP), Eaton Fuller D/O transmission (13 speed), Air brakes, 1147000 km, 12000 lbs front axle capacity, 40000 lbs rear axle capacity, Diff Lock rear lockup, A/C. Saskatoon, SK. Stock #8216-07A

2009 INTERNATIONAL 9200I 6X4 Tandem Axle Grain Truck, Cummins ISM engine, Eaton Fuller Auto Shift transmission (10 speed), ABS brakes, 412000 km, 12000 lbs front axle capacity, 40000 lbs rear axle capacity, 3-Way rear lockup, A/C, Getting a White Cancade 20 foot grain box. Saskatoon, SK. Stock #V492718

45,750

2008 KENWORTH T300

Tandem Axle Cab & Chassis, Cummins ISM engine (320 HP), Eaton Fuller Ultra Shift transmission (10 speed), Air brakes, 853000 km, 12000 lbs front axle capacity, 46000 lbs rear axle capacity, 4-Way rear lockup, A/C, Long Wheel Base. Brandon, MB. Stock #V291179

54,000

74,500

2015 TIMPTE GRAIN HOPPER AVAILABLE 2015-01-05. Grain, Hopper, Air suspension, Tandem axle, Aluminum rims, 20” king pin, Tarp: Rollover Black, Hoppers: AG Black w.Int access 5 steps, Width: 96in, Length: 40ft. Stock #FB150071

See this trailer at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon, MB Jan 20 - 22

1.888.986.2946

2009 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA

1999 FREIGHTLINER FL106

2007 INTERNATIONAL 9400 6X4 Tandem Axle Grain Truck, MaxxForce 9 engine, Allison (Auto) transmission (6 speed), Air brakes, 14000 lbs front axle capacity, 40000 lbs rear axle capacity, 4-Way rear lockup, Brandon Ag Days Special !. Brandon, MB. Stock #6214-15

133,900

See at Bradon Ag Days “SPECIAL” 2001 LODE KING FLATDECK Deck, Flatdeck, Air suspension, Tandem axle, Steel rims, Wood floor, Width: 102in, Length: 48ft. Regina, SK. Stock #1A034839U

10,500

2013 CANUCK END DUMP Gravel, End Dump, suspension, Tandem axle, Steel rims, Hardox 450 floor, 20 king pin, 2 x 12 planks, Tarp: Mesh Cable Black, Width: 102in, Length: 28ft. Winnipeg, MB. Stock #DC181626U

39,900

CALL Start your career with us in our brand new state-of-the-art shop at 501 Middleton Ave., Brandon, MB Maxim Truck & Trailer is a Canada-wide company in business for 30 years. We provide job stability with 15 locations and over 500 employees and are Canada’s only full-service truck and trailer dealer with a national presence.

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You spend more time in your sprayer than any other piece of machinery on the farm. That’s why Guardian™ front boom sprayers are the SMART choice. They offer an intelligent design to make operators more comfortable and efficient, even after long hours on the job. So why not give your body a break…and never look back. • No shifting your body or stretching your head required. The ability to see all your nozzles means you will ‘Never look back’ with the Guardian front boom sprayer. • 50/50 weight distribution and centre tank design provide equal load on all four tires with unmatched power transfer. • Largest sprayer in the world — 400 hp, combined with a 1600 US/gal tank and a 120’ boom. • 6-foot crop clearance for season-long versatility. • Unmatched New Cab Design — Quiet, spacious and comfortable. • Smoothest Ride in the Industry — the innovative suspension system 20” of total travel.

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S/A payment

19,456

22,876 50

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+ GST

346,000

100’ front boom, 1000 gal SS tank, 275 HP Cummins, 4WD, complete with set of 380/90R46 tires & 650/75R38 ﬂoat tires, Raven Envizio Pro XL controller with AutoRate, Phoenix 300 & mapping, 10 section auto control, UltraGlide boom height, SmarTrax autosteer.

100’ rear boom, 2WD, 1000 gal poly tank, 240HP Cummins, complete with set of 380/90R46 tires and pair of 520/85R38 rear ﬂoat tires, Raven Envizio Pro XL controller with AutoRate Phoenix 300 & mapping, 5 section AccuBoom control, UltraGlide boom height, SmarTrax AutoSteer. includes PDI, freight and 5 year/ 2500 hour Purchase Protection Plan (ﬁrst payment down, no trade) MSRP $274,500

+ GST

120’ front boom, 1600 gal SS tank, 4WD, 10 section control, Raven Envizio Pro XL controller with AutoRate mapping, steering & UltraGlide boom height control, complete with a set of 380/90R46 tires and a set of 650 ﬂoat tires. includes PDI, freight and 5 year/ 2500 hour Purchase Protection Plan (ﬁrst payment down, no trade) MSRP $485,000

269,000

144,000

S/A payment

24,665 91

2008 MILLER A-40 N21753B. 1986 HRS., 100’ BOOM WITH 1000 GAL. TANK, FRONT FILL PRODUCT SIDE FILL RINSE, TOOL BOX, FOAM MARKER, 5 SPD AUTO., 240HP CUMMINS, 380/90R46 SKINNT TIRES, 620/70R42 REAR FLOATS, E-Z GUIDE 500 W/E-Z STEER/E-Z BOOM, RAVEN 460 AUTORATE CONTROLLER.

N22561A. 1251 HRS, 100’, 1000 GAL. POLY, 5 WAY BODIES, 5 BOOM SECTIONAL CONTROL - RAVEN, ULTRAGLIDE BOOM HEIGHT 3 SENSOR SYSTEM, CHEM INDUCTOR, ENVISIO PRO AUTO STEER, 380/80R38 FRONT, 520/85R42 BACK TIRES, ADDS 380 FOR DUAL 65% TREAD WEAR.

16,908 02

120’ front boom, 1200 gal tank, 4WD, 10 section control, Raven Envizio Pro XL controller with AutoRate, mapping, steering & UltraGlide boom height control, complete with set of 380/90R46 tires and a full set of 520 ﬂoat tires. includes PDI, freight and 5 year/ 2500 hour Purchase Protection Plan (ﬁrst payment down, no trade) MSRP $403,000

CASH

2010 APACHE 1010

CASH

2014 NEW HOLLAND GUARDIAN SP.333F

N21752A. 700 HRS, 10 SECTION CONTROL KIT, 120’ BOOM, 1600 GAL. TANK, RAVEN ACCUBOOM CONTROLLER, AUXILIARY LIGHTING, BOOM TILT ACCUMULATOR, FENCE LINE SPRAY KIT, FENDERS POLY, PRESSURE WASHER, RAVEN ULTRAGLIDE BOOM HEIGHT, RAVEN SMARTRAX AUTOSTEERING CASH

S/A payment

2014 NEW HOLLAND GUARDIAN SP.240F XP

2012 NEW HOLLAND SP.365F

2012 NEW HOLLAND SP.365F N22365A. 591 HRS., 10 SEC. CONTROL KIT, 120’ BOOM, 1600 GAL STAINLESS TANK, ACCUBOOM CONT., AUX. LIGHTING, BOOM TILT ACCUMULATOR, ENVIZIO PRO SMART TRAX AUTOSTEER, FENCE LINE SPRAY KIT, FENDERS POLY, PRESSURE WASHER, ULTRAGLIDE BOOM LEVELLER, 650/75R38 169 A8 FLOAT TIRES.

2014 NEW HOLLAND GUARDIAN SP.240R

includes PDI, freight and 5 year/ 2500 hour Purchase Protection Plan (ﬁrst payment down, no trade) MSRP $394,000

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ON QUALITY PRE-OWNED SPRAYERS

2013 NEW HOLLAND GUARDIAN SP.240F XP

139,000

2010 MILLER G-40 N22046A. 736 HRS., 240 HP CUMMINS, 100’ TRUSS BOOM, 3 WAY N-B’S, ANGLE DRIVE, FENDER KIT, 1000 GAL. POLY, FOAM MARKER, RAVEN RADAR, FENCE ROW NOZZLES, 380/90R46 SKINNY RUBBER X 4, RAVEN 5000 AUTO RATE CONT., TRIMBLE FM 500 MAPPING, SECTIONAL CONTROL, E-Z STEER

CASH

168,000

2010 MILLER G-40 PN3063A. 988 HRS, 100’ BOOM 5 SEC 3 WAY NOZZLE BODIES, 1000 GAL S/S PRODUCT TANK, DUALS 380, CROP DIVIDERS X 2, ULTRAGLIDE, BOOM DRAIN VALVES, BOOM BLOW OUT, FOAM MARKER, HYD TRACK ADJUST., ENVIZIO PRO RATE CONTROL, ACCUBOOM, SMART TRAX.

CASH

Hwy. #3, Kinistino 306-864-3667 David H ........... 306-921-7896 Jim .................. 306-864-8003 Kelly ................ 306-961-4742 David J. ........... 306-864-7603 SPRAYER DEPT. Mike ................ 306-921-5070 PRECISION FARMING DEPT. Brad ................ 306-864-2660

175,000

+ GST

2006 NEW HOLLAND SF115 N22363C. 90’ SUSP BOOM WITH BREAK AWAY TIPS, 1250 IMP GALLON POLY TANK, DUAL NOZZLE BODIES - NO TIPS, HYD DRIVE PUMP, 380/90R46 SINGLES, MIX AND FILL KIT, AUTO RATE, 20” SPACING, FOAM MARKER KIT

33,500

2005 APACHE 850

2005 ROGATOR 1274C

HN3176A. 90’ BOOM, 800 GAL POLY TANK, SET OF 380’S - 60%, PAIR OF 620 FLOATS 70%, TRIMBLE 500 MAPPING& EZ STEER, 5 SECTIONAL CONTROL

PN3072B. 3286 HRS., FOAM MARKER, 120’ BOOM 7 SECTIONS ON 10” SPC, DOUBLE NOZZLE BODIES W/TIPS, CHEM INDUCTOR, 3” SIDE FILL, 380/90R46 TIRES, 24.5-32 FLOAT TIRES, RAVEN SMART TRAX, RAVEN ACCUBOOM, RAVEN AUTOBOOM, RAVEN VIPER PRO MONITOR

CASH

95,000

Hwy. #5, Humboldt 306-682-9920

Hwy. #2 S., Prince Albert 306-922-2525

Perry ............... 306-231-3772 Shane .............. 306-231-5501

Brent ............... 306-232-7810 Aaron .............. 306-960-7429 Tyler ................ 306-749-7115 SPRAYER & GPS DEPT. Chris ............... 306-960-6519

CASH

161,000

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38,980

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39,980

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79,900

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79,900

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95,000

79,900

2004 710G BACKHOE 69,900

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49,900

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39,900

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99,900

New box and hoist, new tires, low hours. Great condition.

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Only 48 hrs In nice shape

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2004 FREIGHTLINER FL60 4X4

1995 WESTERN STAR GRAIN TRUCK

6.0 L engine, diesel, cab & chassis, automatic, AM/FM radio, 94051 km Stock# L-5891

4000 hrs, c/w duals

05 EAGLE 8650 SPRAYER w/two sets of tires

69,900

2008 TIFFIN ALLEGRO Motorhome 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 4 slides only 20,000 miles

1991 FOREMOST 4X4 13,900

2007 GMC C5500 W/ Amco Veba picker & deck stock #L-6688

1995 GMC C7500 2WD, white, 148,000 km Stock# L-6748

1998 SAMSUNG SL180 LOADER 4X4

ONLY 50,000 KM

2000 DAMON ESCAPER MOTORHOME Stock #L-7129

2006 CASE 450 SKIDSTEER

82 Hp low hours.

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2014 DODGE RAM EXPRESS QUAD CAB 4X4

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• Fuel Pumps • Injectors • Turbos • Injector Testing • Diesel Diagnostics & Repairs

Stanadyne Fuel Conditioner Protect your Fuel System Increase your Fuel Economy Stock up and save. Case Lot Special.

Average % Improvement Horsepower - 7.5% Torque - 9.8% Miles per Gallon - 9.6%

PARTS NEW, USED & REBUILT

SPECIAL ENGINE PRICING

Rebuilt Detroit Engine

Starting at:

11,885

4,885

ENG471N – TS14. Sold with warranty.

Exchange

We sell IPD and Interstate McBee

Great Pricing!

Call us with your specific engine needs!

Email: ontrack@ontrackinc.net

1994 FORD L9000

Used Truck Parts 2002 MountainView Wellsite

3406C Cat Engine, 425 hp. 13 spd. RTLOF16713A Transmission, 46 Rears with Lockers, 11R24.5 Rubber, Dual Aluminum Fuel Tanks, Hendrickson Air Ride Suspension, c/w 100 Barrel Water Tank, PTO Shaft Driven Bowie Pump / hot box, Rear Spray Bumper, Pintle Hitch Apron,Truck has Fresh AB Safety and

•Tires •Wheels •Cabs, Frames, Hoods, Bumpers •Engines, Transmissions, Rear Ends •Hard-to-find Parts CALL US WITH YOUR NEEDS! LET US WORK FOR YOU!

28,885

is Ready to Work!$ Stk # UV1032

We Stock:

Inframe kits, Cylinder Heads, Turbos, Waterpumps, Oil Pumps, Oil Coolers & Injectors

Qualified CAT ACERT Diesel Engines BXS, MXS and NXS sold with warranty

CAT, CUMMINS, DETROIT, IHC, HINO

ISX & C15 ENGINES

NEED A DIESEL ENGINE? 210 HP, good running take out Sold Exchange

780-672-6868

”

DIESEL INJECTION

Cat 3208N Engine

w / 2 Year Warranty Complete Drop in Units: 7.3 Ford Powerstroke DT466E – 230 IHC ISB 5.9 Cummins 3126/C7 Cat

Call for Pricing & Details

12,885

1995 Ford LTL9000 Water Truck

3406C Cat Engine, 425 Hp, w/superjakes, 18 spd, 14600 lbs front, 46 rears w/ lockers, Has 100 Barrel (16000 L) Jasper Water Tank. Truck has fresh Alberta Safety and is READY TO WORK Stk # UV1031

M & M Potable 2005 National Water Pup Trailer Wellsite

Box 299 MacGregor, MB R0H 0R0

204-685-2222 2011 PETERBILT 386

485 HP Cummins ISX, 18 sp, 12/40, 3:55 gears, 3x4 diff. locks, 236” WB, 22.5” alloy wheels, 70” bunk, APU.

65,000

2007 WESTERN STAR 4900SA

515 HP Detriot, 18 sp, 12000 front super 40 rear, 4x4 diff. locks, 209” WB, 48” bunk, 979,831 km.

40,000

2007 PETERBILT 379

470 Cat C13, 13 sp, 12/40, 3:36 gears, 244” WB, 70” bunk, 22.5” alloy wheels, 1,548,131 km.

45,000

2011 KENWORTH T800

500 HP ISX Cummins, 18 sp, 14,600 front, 52,000 rear, 4x4 diff. locks, 22.5” alloy wheels, 4:30 gears, 190” WB, 840,137 km.

69,000

2005 10’ x 30’ National Wellsite Trailer, Propane Pig, A/C, Bathroom with shower stall, Washer & Dryer, Microwave, Stove, Fridge, ....Fresh CVI In excellent condition. Stk # UV1027 $

Rayco Spring Suspension, 11R22.5 Rubber. Unit has Fresh AB Safety! Stk # UV1035

28,885

2002 10’ x 30’ Wellsite Trailer, Propane Pig, A/C, Bedroom with bunk beds – queen on the bottom. Fresh CVIP. In great condition $ Stk # UV1026

35,800

2002 Freightliner FL112 Vac Truck

C12 Cat, 355 HP, 10 spd RTL014913A Trans, Air-ride Susp., 44 Rears, 20 Fronts, 11R22.5 Rubber c/w Cusco Vac Tank w/Transway Vac Pump Model TSI 1200 (2005). Unit sold with New AB Safety Inspection Stk # UV1012 $

8,800 48,575 48,885 Customer Driven | Quality Focused $

Titan Truck Sales

JCT. OF HWYS 13 & 21 4 miles west of Camrose, AB

Inframe or Overhaul Kits

2012 IH PROSTAR

45,000

2007 FREIGHTLINER COLUMBIA

490 HP Detriot, 18 sp, 13 front super 40 rear, 4:11 gears, 4x4 diff. locks, 209 WB

35,000

2007 PETERBILT 386

430 HP Cat C13, 10 sp, 12/40, 22.5” alloy wheels, 3:55 gears, 70” bunk, 236” WB. 1,137,740 km.

www.titantrucksales.com 2010 PETERBILT 386

475 HP Maxxforce, 18 sp, 14,600 front 46,000 rear, 4x4 diff. locks, 3:73 gears, 22.5” alloy wheels, 212” WB, warranty till Sept. 2016, 423,408 km.

35,000

485 HP Cummins ISX, 13 sp, 14.6 front super 40 rear, 391 gears, 232” WB, 22.5” alloy wheels, 63” bunk, 828602 km.

55,000

2010 PETERBILT 386

485 HP Cummins ISX, 13 sp, 14.6 front super 40 rear, 4:10 gears, 244” WB, 22.5” alloy wheels, 63” bunk, 775,694 km.

55,000

2009 PETERBILT 388

475 HP Cummins ISX, 18 sp, 12/40, 22.5” alloy wheels, 3-way diff. locks, 3:55 gears, 244” WB, 63” midrise bunk, 1,145,366 km.

45,000

2007 PETERBILT 386

430 HP Cat C13, 13 sp, 12/40, 22.5” alloy wheels, 3:55 gears, 70” bunk, 236” WB. 1,181,480 km.

39,000

2009 KENWORTH T800

525 HP Cummins ISX, 18 sp, 12 front super 40 rear, 4x4 diff. locks, 4:10 gears,196” WB, 22.5 alloy wheels, 780,991 km.

55,000

2007 WESTERN STAR 4900FA

450 HP Mercedes MBE4000, 10 sp Eaton Autoshift, 12/40, 22.5”alloy wheels, New 20’ Cancade grain box, remote shute and hoist, 1,287,500 km.

65,000

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$12,995

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VW1C

Original 3/8” JD Acraplant Great Plains - Morris 310

VW2CC

Has two front carbides. Shown on JD opener.

VW2CC

This drill point - The VW2CC also fits this opener.

VW4C

Bourgault Spoons

WV7CC - 2 carbides

Fits IH Eagle Beak opener IH 7200 - IH 8500

VW5FC - 3¼” + VW6FC 2¼” for 200 Series. VW8FC - 3¼” + VW9FC 2¼” for 400 Series.

Shown on Bourgault opener Also fits Flexi Stealth opener

Shown on VW14FB. Also shown on VW14FB is VW21DSF

VW3C

Fits Versatile - Cereal.

DL#311430

VW10FC - 4¼” full carbide

VW10FC full carbide

VW11FC - 3¼” full carbide

VW11FC - 3¼” drill point

VW12FC - 2¼” full carbide

VW12FC drill point

VW13CC chrome - carbide

Front and sides - single shoot - up to 3½” spread - shown on VW14FB opener. Also fits Bourgault and Flexi Stealth.

Show on Bourgault opener.

Shown on Bourgault opener. Also fits VW14FB opener and Flexi Stealth opener. Very popular single shoot drill point - up to 2½” spread.

Shown on VW14FB opener. Also fits Flexi Stealth and Bourgault openers.

Up to 1.5” spread. Shown on Bourgault opener. Also fits on VW14FB and Flexi Stealth.

Shown on VW14FB. Also fits Bourgault and Flexi Stealth - single shoot drill point.

Weld on drill point - use to replace almost all weld-on drill points. Cut worn out off and weld new one on for big savings. Shown on Bourgault weld-on point opener.

VW18 HDS

VWHC1

VWHC2

VW46 J.D.S.T.

VWJ.D. 1870 fertilizer knife

VW27

VW32 P.R.D.S

Harmon double shoot seed boot. Carbides protect seed opening.

Small Harmon point large carbide.

Large Harmon point - slides over adapter - bolt head and nut are recessed. Large carbide - long wear.

Carbide tipped - two carbides for J.D. strip till.

Large carbide - long wear

1/8 shim - for all C shanks. Tip opener up or down.

Paired row - double shoot for C shank. Fertilizer delivered between seed rows.

VW13CC

Morris Double Shoot

VWJD1870PR

VWJD1870F

Use the VW13CC to replace worn point on this bolt-on opener.

Opener shown with VWM1C - main front drill point with two carbides. VWM3C and 4M4C - side plates with carbide imbedded and full carbide M2C deflector.

With three carbides along wear edge to prevent wear. Will likely outlast your drill!!

JD 1870 paired row drill point with full carbide.

JD 1870 Fertilizer Knife with replaceable carbide point.

VW16 B 2C

VW17FS

VW22G1B

VWJD1870SC

VWSMF

JD spear point and Danish tine, three carbides - many times life of original.

JD 1870 Wheel Scraper with carbide for extended wear. Also available for JD 1830.

SeedMaster Fertilizer Knife with replaceable Carbide Tip.

Fits Bourgault KNH599 and KNH600 knives. Two large front carbides.

Flexi scraper - carbide tip. Many times life of original.

JD 1890 seed boot

Dunmore, Alberta, (Medicine Hat), AB

Equip your drill with VW. Call today! Visit us at: www.vwmfg.com

403-528-3350 In U.S.A. call Loren Hawks at Chester, Montana -

406-460-3810

Call now for custom carbide and repairs

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22,900

2015 CADILLAC ESCALADE

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4 door SUV, Engine 6.2L V-8 cyl, Transmission6 speed automatic Navigation, Satellite Radio

Stk #VA96882 15,500 kms

Stk #V235705 19,987 kms

43,900

2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 LTZ 4 door, Engine 6.6L V-8 cyl Transmission, 6 Speed Automatic OnStar, Navigation System, Power Memory Heated & Cooled

Stk #V184614 270 kms

32,900

75,900

2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 LTZ

4 Dr.Sedan 3.0L 1-6 cyl, 6 speed Auto Sunroof

2014 FORD F-150 XLT XTR

93,287

65,900

Stk #V105912 23,536 kms

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NEW 6550 AIR SEEDERS THREE IN STOCK! ORDERED THROUGH SPECIAL SPRING PROGRAM.

2014 BOURGAULT 66’ AIR DRILL

1995 BOURGAULT 3195 TRAILING TANK

274,000

! EDUCED

HR3113B. MECHANICAL DRIVE, SINGLE FAN, REAR TOW HITCH

13,300

NEW! NOW ON THE LOT! 2014 BOURGAULT 7550 AIR SEEDERS, 7220 HEAVY HARROWS, 3320 AIR DRILLS & 6000 MID HARROWS 2014 BOURGAULT 3320 66’ DRILL

B22519A. 66’ QDA, HIGH FLOTATION PKG, 4.5” ROUND PROFILE SEMI-PNEUMATIC PACKER WHEELS, SINGLE SHOOT, 8 PORT6000 TRAILING, SINGLE SHOOT TRAILING AIR KIT, S/S SINGLE RUN BLOCKAGE REQUIRES 491, 491 HP $ OR 591 MONITOR, ...............

274,000

110,000

2014 BOURGAULT 3320 66’ DRILL

B225519A. HIGH FLOTATION PKG., 4.5” SEMI-PNEUMATIC PACKER WHEELS, 8 PORT-6000 TRAILING, SINGLE SHOOT TRAILING AIR KIT

2011 BOURGAULT 6350 TANK

B22520A. 66’ QDA, HIGH FLOTATION PKG, 4.5” ROUND PROFILE SEMI-PNEUMATIC PACKER WHEELS, SINGLE SHOOT, 8 PORT6000 TRAILING, SINGLE SHOOT TRAILING AIR KIT, S/S SINGLE RUN BLOCKAGE, INCLUDES HIGH FLOTATION PACKAGE $ REDUCED ..........................

274,000

2012 CASE 3430 TANK

PB3088C. 3 TANK METERING, DOUBLE SHOOT 2 FANS, DUAL TIRES, BAG LIFT, LEADING TANK, LOW PROFILE HOPPER $ ON AUGER.................................

80,000

2012 BOURGAULT 6450 TANK B22514A. 450 BU LEADING CART $ 3 T METERING ..........................

95,000

PB3091A. 91 MONITOR, C.T.M, C.R.A, 21.5-16.1 FRONTS, 800/65R32 REARS, DOUBLE SHOOT, 2 FANS, R.T.H, $ NH3 LINE HOLDER.................

69,000

2010 BOURGAULT 3310 66’ DRILL & 2004 BOURGAULT 6550 TANK B22480A. 6550, 2004, ZYNX, 4 TANK METERING, DUALS, RTH, 2 HIGH SPEED FANS, 66’, 12” SPCG, MID ROW SHANK, SEMI-PNEUMATIC PACKERS DOUBLE SHOOT DRY .......................

$258,000

2010 BOURGAULT 6550 TANK

PB3266A. TRAILING 591 W/CRA 4 TANK METERING, DBL SHOOT C/W2 FANS, BAG LIFT, DELUXE $ AUGER, 900 REAR” ...............

Hwy. #3, Kinistino 306-864-3667 David H ..................306-921-7896 Jim .........................306-864-8003 Kelly .......................306-961-4742 David J. ..................306-864-7603 SPRAYER DEPT. Mike .......................306-921-5070 PRECISION FARMING DEPT. Brad .......................306-864-2660

2007 SEEDMASTER TXB5012 50’ DRILL

PS3155A. 12” SPCG, DUAL SHOOT BG AIR KITS, FULL AGTRON BLOCKAGE MONITORS SEED & FERT., BG REAR HITCH, 50’ TXB SEEDMASTER DRILL, 12.5X15 TIRES, CASH TANDEM MAIN FRAME, SINGLES WINGS

117,000

NEW 2013 BOURGAULT 60’ DRILL

D! REDUCE

DEMO UNIT!

224,000

PB2984

CASH

2011 SEEDMASTER TXB6012 60’ DRILL & BOURGAULT 6350 LEADING TANK

! EDUCED

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190,000

2009 BOURGAULT 3310 65’ DRILL & 2009 BOURGAULT 6350 TBH TANK

2005 NEW HOLLAND SD440 40’ AIR DRILL

B22180A. 65’, 10” SPCG, MRBS NH3 WITH DICKEY JOHN LAND MANAGER, 4.8 PNEUMATIC PACKERS, 1” CARBIDE TIPS, APPROX. 6000 ACRES, UNIT ALWAYS SHEDDED, CRA, 3 TANK CTM, HI SPEED SINGLE FAN, 28L REAR TIRES, 540 FRONT TIRES, STD. AUGER, NO BAG LIFT REDUCED ........... CASH

$215,000

2008 BOURGAULT 3310 48’ DRILL

PB2965B. 48’ WITH 10” SPCG, REAR TOW HITCH PKG, 3/4” CARBIDE KNIVES RAVEN NH3 KIT TO MRB’S, 3 TANK METERING 277 MONITOR $ REDUCED .............. CASH

110,000

Hwy. #2 S., Prince Albert 306-922-2525 Brent ......................306-232-7810 Aaron .....................306-960-7429 Tyler .......................306-749-7115 SPRAYER & GPS DEPT. Chris ......................306-960-6519

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S22393A. 60’ 12” SPCG, LIQUID KIT, 12.5LX15 BACKS, DUAL 12.5LX15 FRONTS, HYD LIFT KIT, S/S BOURGAULT AIR KIT, LEADING 6350, 16287 ACRES, CTM, CRA, NOT CLUTCHES, SINGLE FAN

W22414A. 40’ 9” SPCG, 3/4’ DUTCH OPENER WITH SIDE BAND $ LIQUID, 550 TRIPS, ..................

41,200

2000 FLEXI-COIL 5000 45’ DRILL

PB2983B. 45’, 550 LB TRIPS, 9” SPCG, 3 1/2” STEEL PACKERS, PATTISON LIQUID, 6 RUN $ MANIFOLD, .................................

22,250

1995 BOURGAULT 3195 TANK

HR3113B. TRAILING AIR TANK, MECHANICAL DRIVE, SINGLE FAN, REAR TOW HITCH. $ REDUCED .................. CASH

10,900

1993 BOURGAULT 3225 TANK

PB2965D ...........................................

9,700

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2007 Ford F-150 Lariat

5.4L, 4x4, Chrome and leather, A/C, alloy wheels, box liner, keyless entry, 57,707 kms

25,995

2007 Ford F-150 Lariat

2007 Ford F-250 Lariat

2007 Jeep Wrangler X

5.4L, 4x4, remote start, sunroof, loaded, heated seats, Tonneau cover, 90,347 kms

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26,495

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2007 Subaru Tribeca LTD

2011 Subaru Outback

2013 Ford Escape SE

2013 Ford F-150 SVT

3.0L, AWD, Premier, 7 passenger, 3rd row seating, keyless entry, leather interior, 127,000 kms

3.6L, loaded, keyless entry, park assist, 26,310 kms

2.5L, Sport pkg, loaded, 30,700 kms

1.6L, I-4 Turbo, 12,042 kms

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22,995

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34,995

30,995

32,995

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OLDER HIP ROOF barn, 1,250 sq. ft. to be moved. Can send pics. For sale by owner, $10,000. 306-981-5489, Prince Albert, SK.

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LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER: Take notice that the following lands are hereby offered for sale by tender: 1. SW-31-49-11 W4, (approx 151 acres); 2. NW-32-49-11 W4 (approx 143 acres); 3. SW-32-49-11 W4 (160 acres); 4. NW-33-49-11 W4, (160 acres); 5.SW-33-49-11 W4 (160 acres). General description of the property: These five quarter sections of land are located in the County of Minburn, AB. The primary use of the land historically has been for agricultural purposes. Each of the parcels is subject to one or more Surface Leases. The Owner makes no representations or warranties of any kind in respect to any Surface Lease or Utility Right of Way. Interested Bidders are expected to conduct their own investigations concerning the suitability of the land for the use intended by any prospective Bidders. The parcels may be sold individually or in some combination. Rules for bidders: 1) I n tended Bidders shall submit their sealed bids to: Engelking Wood #403, 9426 - 51 Avenue, Edmonton, AB, T6E 5A6. Attention: Murray L. Engelking. 2) Bids must be received at the offices of Engelking Wood no later than 4:30 PM on Friday, February 13, 2015. Bids received after that time on that date will not be considered. 3) B i d s may be made for any individual parcel, any combination of parcels or all five parcels as a collective whole. 4) Bids must be unconditional stating the aggregate cash purchase for all of the parcels which are the subject of the Bid. 5) Bids must be accompanied by a deposit consisting of a bank draft or certified funds equivalent to ten (10%) percent of the Bid amount. In the event such Bid is accepted the deposit will be applied against the purchase price. In the event the Bid is not accepted the deposit will be returned to the unsuccessful Bidder. Deposits shall be payable to: Engelking Wood in Trust. 6) Bids must be accompanied by the Goods and Services Tax Registration Number of the Bidder. 7) Bids must be accompanied by an e-mail address to which notice can be provided to the Bidders. 8) The successful Bidder will be required to purchase the land subject of the successful Bidder’s Bid for the amount stipulated in the successful Bid. Closing will take place within 30 days of acceptance. If the successful Bidder fails to close within 30 days of the notice of acceptance of the Bid, the deposit paid shall be forfeited. All usual adjustments will be made on Closing. 9) A ny b i d s w h i c h a r e not compliant with these rules will be rejected as ineligible. 10) The highest or any Bid will not necessarily be accepted and the Owner reserves the right to reject any Bid. 11) Notice of Acceptance of any Bid will be communicated by e-mail to the successful Bidder by 4:30 PM on Wednesday, February 25, 2015. 12) O n c e s u b m i t ted a Bid which otherwise complies with these rules may not be withdrawn. Inquiries may be directed to: Engelking Wood, #403, 9426 - 51 Avenue, Edmonton, AB. T6E 5A6, Attention: Murray L. Engelking. Phone: 780-434-7787, Fax: 780-434-7424, E-mail: mengelking@engwd.ca

FOR SALE OR LEASE: 1400 acres deeded, 40,000 leased (grazing), fenced, cross fenced, irrigation sites and licenses, corrals, cattle handling facilities, 2500 sq. ft. calving barn, 2500 sq. ft. shop. Newer ID#1100354 LETHBRIDGE: 150.13 house. Turnkey operation. 250-567-8971, acres of prime land for sale, with 147 acres of SMIRD Water Rights, Reinke PivVanderhoof, BC. ot, 460 Pumping Unit, underground mainline and genset. Land currently rented out for the next 2 growing seasons/years. ID#1100351 LACOMBE: 156 acres of PERMANENT WATER RIGHTS: 25 ac/ft along Oldman/South SK Basin within AB. vacant crop land with #1 soil on the cls soil inventory map incl. 2x8600 bu. grain Reply to Box 508, Fort Macleod, AB, T0L 0Z0. Include approx. location within wa- bins. Good location and solid investment tershed and a demonstration of your fea- parcel for long term holding or a great ag p r o p e r t y fo r f a r m i n g . C O A L D A L E sibility as a possible transferee. ID#1100352: Farm/acreage 4 miles AGRICULTURAL LAND FOR SALE, 2880 North of Coaldale, 39 acres SMIRD water acres on Hwy. #23, beautiful mountain rights and 1 Unit Water Coop share. 1400 view, lots of water (3 artesian wells and sq. ft. home, heated shop, hay shed, garlarge creek). Private sale, brokers wel- age, 1/2 mile wheel lines 4” and 5”, 2 come. Call Don 403-558-2345, Brant, AB. movers and 35 HP electric pump. 39.1 todondepaoli@yahoo.ca tal acres. ID#1100353 ROLLING HILLS: FARM FOR SALE, Smoky Lake, AB. 160 160 acres of vacant irrigated land incl. 139 acres subdivided 2- 80 acre parcels, with acres EID water rights. Machine levelled 34 year old energy efficient bungalow, two and currently flood irrigated, portable 24x36’ shops, 22x60’ machine shed, fenced buildings are not included. ID#1100346 VAUXHALL: JUST SOLD. Crop farm with and cross fenced. Phone 780-656-6141. 995 acres, 640 acres deeded, 355 acres LARGE SW ALBERTA ranch, 10,000+ leased, 511.5 acres of BRID water rights, 4 acres, exc. improvements, lots of water, Zimmatic pivots. Older home, quonset, a chinook climate, good production area, d o u b l e g a r a g e a n d g r a i n b i n s . $6,250,000. 403-308-4200, Mossleigh, AB. ID#1100343 BROILER QUOTA: This won’t last! 5000 units broiler quota for HARDISTY, ALBERTA. NE-5-42-9-W4th; sale. Currently with Sunrise. Call for more S E - 5 - 4 2 - 9 - W 4 t h ; S W- 9 - 4 2 - 9 - W 4 t h ; info! www.farmrealestate.com Real NW-4-42-9-W4th; NW-33-42-9-W4th; Estate Centre, 1-866-345-3414. SW-33-42-9-W4th; SE-33-42-9-W4th. $4,900,000 OBO. 780-888-1258.

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1. CATTLEMAN’S DREAM, large cattle and grain farm, great yardsite, lots of water, 5760 acres, in a productive area, West central AB. 2. Half section farm North of Newbrook w/yardsite. 3. Beautiful quarter West of Red Deer, log buildings, Clearwater River frontage, Alfred Creek, cattle pasture. Don Jarrett, Realty Executives Leading, 780-991-1180, Spruce Grove, AB.

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RM OF MOOSE RANGE #486. Four quarters, approx. 640 cultivated acres. N E - 1 2 - 5 0 - 0 9 - W 2 , S W- 3 5 - 4 9 - 0 9 - W 2 , NE-34-49-09-W2, SE-34-49-09-W2. Also have land to be rented. Closing Date: March 20, 2015. For more info. call 306-768-3442. Please submit offer to email: jascal.janet@gmail.com Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. RM OF MOUNT HOPE No. 279, SE-32-29-18-W2, assessment 74,900, NE-29-29-18-W2, assessment 62,000. Soil Class G. Grant 306-746-7336, Semans, SK. HAMMOND REALTY RM 186. Lyster Farm For Sale by Tender. 2 excellent quarters in prime farming area that have been well managed. Crop history available upon request. 313 cultivated acres, w/IH-HC and OX CL soil. Total assess. 249,000. Closes 5PM, Tues., Jan. 27, 2015. For details call Alex Morrow at 306-434-8780 or visit: Http://Lyster.HammondRealty.ca Rm o fS ta nley/ K elro s s / Beng o u g h/ K ey W es t/ Elm es tho rp e, 7252 Acres M LS #498734...................$8,1 50,000 Rm o fM o o s e Ra ng e (S eed pla nt) 1337 Acres M LS #513446 $2,7 50,000 Rm o fP a d d o ckw o o d / G a rd en River 3,818 Acres M LS #515430 $2,7 00,000 Rm o fS p iritw o o d 2644 Acres M LS #520338...................$2,3 50,000 Rm o fP o rcu p ine (Feed Lot), 640 Acres M LS #503793. .$1 ,7 50,000 Rm o fTo rch River792 Acres M LS #515435.......................$7 90,000 Rm o fK inis tino 468 Acres M LS #499416.......................$600,000 Rm o fFis h C reek 317 Acres M LS #513672.......................$3 60,000 Rm o fTo rch River319 Acres M LS #519273.......................$3 1 0,000 Rm o fBa rrierV a lley 319 Acres M LS #487855.......................$299,000 Rm o fP o na s s L a ke 160 Acres M LS #516740.......................$1 89,000 Rm o fBu ckla nd / G a rd en River 320 Acres M LS #514131. . . . .$1 7 0,000 Rm o fS a s m a n 160 Acres M LS #520444.......................$1 60,000 Rm o fW illo w C reek 153 Acres M LS #518339.......................$1 55,000 Rm o fP a d d o ckw o o d 161 Acres M LS #519597.......................$1 1 0,000 Rm o fBa rrierV a lley 146 Acres M LS #487853.........................$89,000 Rm o fW refo rd 136 Acres M LS #486980.........................$83 ,000

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Co n ta ct: H a rry S h e ppa rd Pho n e: 306-352-1866 F a x: 306-352-1816 E-M a il: s a s kla n d 4re n t@ gm a il.co m S utto n G ro up - R e s ults R e a lty R e gin a , S K R M O F L E A S K N O. 4 6 4 . W H AT A PROPERTY! 1334 acres all adjoining with 1148 acres cultivated, balance bush and slough. Medium rolling, stone free land. Fenced with treated and steel posts, 3 and 4 wires plus cross fences. Power, phone, two wells, pasture water. Main road access and 2 miles off Hwy #40. A farmer or ranchers dream. I think you need to act quickly on this one! MLS® 520032. Call Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battlefords, North Battleford, SK. 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512. Also desperately needing a ranch with buildings for 1000 cow/calf operation. WANTED MINERAL RIGHTS producing potash or petroleum mineral rights. 306-244-6721, 306-220-5409, Saskatoon. RM CANA #214. 560 acres ideally located on #15 Hwy. and Agri Park Road just on the outskirts of Melville, SK. Land currently seeded for alfalfa and is completely fenced. Gravel potential. Asking $899,000. Call Paul Kutarna, 306-596-7081, Sutton Group Results Realty. MLS #517931. Ha m m ond Rea lty - A cres ofExpertis e

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RANCH: RM WOLVERINE #340 and RM Viscount #341. Located beside Hwy. 16 and the railroad just over an hour East of Saskatoon. 1479 acres with approx. 1169 acres of tame pasture. Balance 328 acres with rolling hills, sloughs, 7 dugouts and fairly heavy bush. Possibility of aggregate as well as special type of sand (serious buyers can do their own testing). Fences are in need of repair. Great property located near the potash mines. MLS® 516438. Call Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battlefords, 306-446-8800, 306-441-0512, North Battleford, SK. D W E I N T R A S K R E A LT Y I N C . SE-12-45-25-W2 RM of St. Louis. SAMAVIEW reports 115 acres aerable. FMV ass e s s m e n t 6 8 , 0 0 0 . P r i c e d t o s e l l at $119,900. Please call Dwein 306-221-1035 FSBO RM CRAIK 222, SE/SW-35-23-29-W2, grainland, 300 seeded acres, no lease. SAMA assess 156,500. 5860 bu. steel bins. Offers by Jan 31, no agents. More info. call Greg at 403-921-1604, Calgary, AB.

RM OF LEASK #464. 4341 acres, mainly all adjoining with 3071 acres seeded to tame grass, balance bush and natural pasture. Mainly 3 and 4 wire fences. 4 sets of corrals, endless water and very few stones. The headquarters have a 36x51 straight wall metal clad shop with 2 overhead doors and 2 walk-in doors, plus 36x20 Ranch hand living quarters with sewer, water and natural gas heat. With today’s cattle prices this 550 cow/calf operation will draw a lot of interest, MLS #520590. For further information call Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battlefords, 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512, North Battleford, SK. HAMMOND REALTY: Shire Farm, RM 92 Walpole, near Moosomin, SK. 1280 acres, featuring 610 cult. acres and 625 hay/pasture acres (300 acres could be cropped), $61,863 avg 2013 assessment. Grass carries 100 pair. Yard includes: 1180 sq. ft. bungalow (1983), 4 bdrm, 2 bath, 12,850 bu. steel bin storage, exc. water and cattle facilities. MLS #501213. Reduced to $1,240,000. Alex Morrow 306-434-8780 http://Shire.HammondRealty.ca RM OF SHELLBROOK No. 493. Just listed one quarter 17 miles NE of Shellbrook on No. 240. Approx. 155 acres cultivated, 2 acres of partially sheltered yard with a 1-1/2 storey older home built in 1925 with a closed-in veranda. Power, sewer, water, phone, internet and bored well. 2 hopper bins and 1 steel flat bottom bin (approx. 5200 bu). A 53x8x9’ sea can storage container, wired 220. What an investment and a quiet retreat. MLS®520347. Call Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battlefords, North Battleford 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512.

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LAND FOR SALE: 9 quarters in the RM of Bayne #371, with yard. 75,000 bu. grain storage. Fall anhydroused. Fairly level w/few stones. Also available a full line of newer machinery. Send offer to: Edwin Wollmann, Box 402, Bruno, SK. S0K 0S0. Call 306-369-2861. Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. Closing date February 7, 2015.

WE INVITE OFFERS to purchase river lots, 19-24 and E-1/2-30- and S-1/2-29-, all in 46-26-W2, Sask., RM Prince Albert #461. Approx. 10 kms. South of Prince Albert. River lots overlook the South Sask. River. Total assessment of $824,300. Approx. 1300 cult. acres (cult. acres are estimates). Purchasers must verify to their satisfaction. No buildings. Offer on all land or on individual parcels. Offer must be accompanied by a certified cheque for 5% of offer as non-refundable deposit. Payable to: Wilcox and Chovin, submitted to the address below not later than January 23rd, 2015. Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. Deposits on rejected offers will be returned. Terms on accepted offers are: Payment of balance within 30 days; Taxes adjusted January 1st, 2015; GST additional unless purchaser is a GST registrant. Send offer to: Attention: Kim Bradley, Wilcox and Chovin, Box 820, 52 Main Street, Shellbrook, SK. S0J 2E0. Further inquiries can be sent to: johnj7488@gmail.com

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RM OF MILDEN #286: 320 acres of mixed grain and grass land. Milden Lake runs through the land. John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd. 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com

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FARMLAND FOR RENT: RM of Torch River #488, 2 quarters: NE-18-53-15W2, NW-18-53-15W2; 232 acres under cultivation. 2013 assessment, 115,900; type H. $8000/year. Will consider share-cropping. Direct inquiries to: robrert.lucas@usask.ca or call 306-230-0037, or 306-343-1091. BIDS WILL NOW be accepted, on a cash rent basis, for the following land: NE PTN 32-39-28-W2nd, NW PTN 32-39-28-W2nd, NE E-1/2 05-40-28-W2nd, NE W- 1/2 05-40-28-W2, NW PTN 05-40-28-W2, SE E-1/2 05-40-28-W2, SW-09-40-28-W2, SE-15-40-28-W2, NE S-1/2 17-40-28-W2, SW-17-40-28-W2, NE-12-40-01-W3. All land is located in the RM of Grant 372. Rentee reserves the right to accept and refuse the right to accept or reject any and all bids. Please submit bids by February 1, 2015. 3 year agreement. One half payment June 1, balance due August 15 of each year. Can be packaged together or split up. Mail: Robert Mantyka, Box 3, Alvena, SK. S0K 0E0, or by phone: 306-654-4815. Email: bridgit.morrissey@gmail.com RM OF MANITOU LAKE HILLSDALE: One block of 8 quarters with over 900 cult. acres. Tender closes Feb. 5, 2015. Details at www.hindetender.ca Vern McClelland, Associate Broker Re/Max, Lloydminster, 306-821-0611.

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306-530-8035 Or Visit: www.sheppardrealty.ca Or Email: harry@sheppardrealty.ca Sutton Group - Results Realty - Regina, SK RM FOAM LAKE: SW-6-29-10-W2, 155 cult acres, power, water, phone, 40x60â&#x20AC;&#x2122; wood arch rib shop, 4- Westeel 3300 bu. bins, 2Butler 4200 bu. bins; SW-7-29-10-W2, 157 cult. acres. Eric 306-272-7038, Foam Lake. RM of ELDON, 159 acres quality farmland. Details at www.campbelltender.ca Tender closes Feb. 24, 2015. Call: Vern McClelland, Associate Broker, ReMax of Lloydminster, 306-821-0611.

NW SK, DEEDED quarter and 5 quarters grazing lease all connected, 3 miles borders forest. Great hunting, good water, crossfenced, 2 access roads. NW26-56-20-W3rd; S1/2-26-56-20-W3rd; S1/2-25-56-20W3rd; NE25-56-20-W3rd. Highest and any bid not necessarily accepted. Tenders close Feb. 27th. RM of Loon Lake #561. 306-837-7766. mudbomb.rb@gmail.com Makwa, SK. RM #74: APPROX. 470 acres farmland located near Woodrow, Sask. John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd., Phone: 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com RM OF DUFFERIN: NW-26-21-24 W2 and NW-25-21-24 W2, comes with 80x50 arch rib steel quonset with cement floor. Send sealed bid with 10% down payment in confidence to: PO Box 190, Bethune, SK., S0G 0H0. Bids close January 15, 2015. Sale finalized January 31, 2015.

L US E L AND AR E A... 100 Qua rte rs Gra in la n d for Sa le . N eighb o u rs sellin g a tthe sa m e tim e b u tn o tn ecessa rily to gether. La rge a n d sm a ll pa cka ges fo rsa le. Bu y 1 o r 2 qu a rters o r100 if yo u like.

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FARMLAND FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM of Miry Creek #229: All section 22-21-21 -W3. Heavy clay soil. Total assessment 410,700, includes gas well surface lease, wood quonset, 3 hopper bins, 1 fertilizer bin. One mile East of Lancer, SK. on #32 C a ll Jim o r S h e rry to d a y Highway. Tenders to be submitted on or 3 06 -46 3 -6 6 6 7 before 2:00 PM, February 19, 2015. Tender o r e m a il fo r m o re in fo rm a tio n details may be viewed on re m a xkin de rs le y@ s a s kte l.n e t www.royallepageswiftcurrent.ca or contact Len Rempel at 306-741-6358 or ÂŽ G ro up W e s t R e a lty lenrempel@sasktel.net. Royal LePage Southland, 2065 N Service Road W, Swift Kin d e rs le y, S K SK. S9H 5K8. Current, w w w .kin d e rs le yre a le s ta te .co m www.royallepageswiftcurrent.ca LAND FOR CASH rent by tender: RM of InMINERAL RIGHTS. We will purchase and singer #275, NE-10-29-9 W2; NW-10-29-9 o r l e a s e y o u r m i n e r a l r i g h t s . W2; SW-10-29-9 W2. Submit offers, for 3 1-877-269-9990. cndfree@telusplanet.net year term to: bettylin2000@hotmail.com

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LAND FOR SALE OR RENT BY TENDER, RM of Snipe Lake 259, Section 3-26-21, SW-10-26-21, Sec. 33-25-21, E1/2-3525-21, NE-36-25-21, SW-36-25-21, Sec. 6-26-20, S1/2-30-26-20. Written tenders accepted to February 20, 2015. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Send tenders to: 28 Sundance Rd SW, Medicine Hat, T1B 4V5. For more info 403-529-7134 RM WOOD RIVER #74. Approx. 320 acres high producing land. Two quonsets, some other outbuildings. Some older equipment included. Located 5 miles from Lafleche, SK. Call Bryan Gilbert 306-631-4790, RE/MAX of moose jaw, 306-694-5766.

Phone: 306-782-74 23 Fa x: 306-786-6909 Em a il: info@ potzu s.com WWW.SASKLANDFORSALE.COM SE of Saskatoon, SK. Davenport grainland MLSÂŽ in RM of Morris #312. Section of grainland Sec. 24-33-27-W2, 630.98 +/- acres. Davenport school quarter MLSÂŽ in RM of Viscount #341, SE-17-33-26-W2, 159.47 acres grainland. All offers will be presented on January 20, 2015, 1:00 PM. Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. For more information contact Ed Bobiash RE/MAX Saskatoon, 306-280-2400 or email: ed@ebteam.ca

HUDSON BAY, SASK. Leaf Lake Area: 3 adjoining quarters, prime hunting, mar- THREE QUARTERS FARMLAND: W-1/2ke t a b l e t i m b e r a n d p e at . N E , N W, 01-31-18-W3, RM of Mountain View, about SE-06-46-01-W2. Phone 250-427-6036. 300 cult. acres and 20 acres yardsite, with grain bins. Also SE-1/4-17-30-18-W3, RM FARM CHEMICAL/ SEED COMPLAINTS Pleasant Valley. All on good grid roads. We also specialize in: Crop insurance ap- Taking offers until Jan. 31, 2015. Highest peals; Spray drift; Residual herbicide; Cus- tenders not necessarily accepted. Please tom operator issues; Equip. malfunction. send offers: John Fehr, 102- 206 Pioneer Call Back-Track Investigations for assis- Pl., Warman, SK., S0K 4S0. 306-956-6744. tance and compensation 1-866-882-4779.

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ATTENTION CATTLEMEN! Need to expand? RM of Keys #303, South of Hyas, SK. 11 quarters in 1 block, 300 acres cult., rest in hay and pasture with good water supply and fences, very neat and clean 3 bdrm. bungalow, good cattle facilities. Call 780-361-6879 or 780-361-6426.

WANTED: GRAZING FOR 100 to 300 cow/calf pairs, will consider leasing complete outfit, corrals, house, etc. Let me RM OF ARM River 252, 2400 acres. One know what you have, it may work. Please block. Between Davidson and Imperial. call 306-580-3271, leave msg if no answer Mostly J soil. House, quonset, shop, cattle facilities, 64,000 bu. bins, lots of water, SUPERVISED GRAZING! THE Foam Lake newer fences. erin.kinder@yahoo.ca or Community Pasture Inc. will be taking 306-561-7335. applications for the 2015 grazing season. Phone 306-554-7097, 306-272-7418, Foam IRRIGATION FARM FOR Sale. Irrigation Lake, SK. farm with 5 centre pivots all in one block! Part of the Riverhurst Irrigation District DWEIN TRASK REALTY INC. 2 quarters of which supplies water to over 10,000 acres quality pasture just west of the forces base in the area from a centralized pump station north of Dundurn. SW-18-33-04-W3 and on Lake Diefenbaker, SK. MLS# 517472. SE-13-33-05-W3 priced to sell! $224,900. Call Laura Sawatzky RealtorÂŽ $2,750,000. Dwein for details 306-221-1035, Saskatoon, SK 306-631-2529, Riverhurst, SK. DWEIN TRASK REALTY Inc RM of Perdue laura@globaldirectrealty.com SE-26-35-12-W3 pasture c/w spring and www.globaldirectrealty.com some bush, $74,900. 2 miles S. and 2 mi. West of Perdue. Quarter next could be avail. as well. Call Dwein at 306-221-1035. LAND FOR SALE By Tender: RM of Desalaberry, MB., St. Pierre area, 40 kms south of Winnipeg, MB. NW-10-6-4E, 77 acres; NE-6-6-4E, 160 acres; NW-11-6-3E, LOOKING TO RELOCATE in Saskatchewan. 160 acres; SW-24-5-3E, 80 acres. Rat Riv- Ranch wanted for 250 head. Reply to: Box er Lots: 8 and 9, 115 acres; A and B 215 5001, c/o The Western Producer, Box acres, 15 and 16, 155 acres; 18, 69 acres, 2500, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 2C4 21, 22 and 23, 340 acres. Written tenders accepted to Feb. 20/2015. Highest or any WANTED: HAYLAND TO rent, prefer in SK. tender not necessarily accepted. Send Reply to: Box 2007, c/o The Western Protenders to: Marc Rioux, 1670 St. Anneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ducer, Box 2500, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 2C4. Rd., Winnipeg, MB, R2N 4K7. For more in- WANTED: (1) Up to 3 - 4 sections formation on properties and tenders call or farmland, Outlook, SK. area or others. text: 204-746-4631. Turnkey farm with (2) Farmland: RM Colonsay, Viscount, buildings and equipment also an option. Hoodoo, (3) Bushland. (4) Natural pasture. LAND FOR SALE: 2.5 quarters, 400 acres, Phone Bill Nesteroff, Re/Max Saskatoon, NW-28-21-26, NE-28-21-26, RM of Silver 306-497-2668, billnesteroff@sasktel.net Creek. 7 miles North of Angusville, MB. on PR #476. Call Allen 204-773-3711, 204-773-3711, Russell, MB. gnfarms@mynetset.ca RM OF CHESTERFIELD, 7.95 acres with 1060 sq.ft. bungalow, 30x50 quonset, douQUARTER SECTION, NE-11-35-29, RM of ble heated garage, barn, nat. gas., asking Swan River. Was in crop and ready for $329,000. Contact Brad Edgerton at Edge spring. Please send offers to: 5512957 MB Realty, 306-463-7357, www.edgerealty.ca Ltd., Box 339, Swan River, MB., R0L 1Z0. GREAT PLACE TO start farming. Large home, 5 bdrms, 2 baths, good size kitchen w/large dining room and living room, FOR SALE BY OWNER, Smooth Rock open concept, partially finished basement Falls, ON, in great clay belt. Excellent value w/laundry room, heating elec./wood boil- for new farmer, or farm relocate. Any type er, barn 24x73â&#x20AC;&#x2122; currently used for raising of farm allowed. Taxes $500/yr. 617 acres calves, cattle shelter 30x60â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, other out- w/approx. 144 workable, more to clear. All buildings, nice treed yard, all found on 240 new buildings: Garage #1 50x32â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, heated; acres, approx. 140 cult. 20 min from Stein- garage #2 16x32â&#x20AC;&#x2122;; implement shed, bach, MB. MLS #1425126, $399,990. Cliff 48x24â&#x20AC;&#x2122;; barn, 50x28â&#x20AC;&#x2122;; boiler shed, 16x16â&#x20AC;&#x2122;; Martens 204-346-4117, Delta Real Estate. new bungalow, 1984 sq. ft., 3 bedroom, 2 baths, AC, extras. $18,000 solar income BEEF RANCH IN SE Manitoba, in the heart 2013, $997,000. Call 705-338-1074. of cattle country. Available: 4.5 quarters deeded land and 3 quarters Crown land. Included are full set of outbuildings. Most corrals are steel corralling. 1500 sq. ft. home, att. double garage. Equipment and cows can be negotiated at the time of sale. Land can easily produce feed and grazing for 150 cows. This can be purchased for only $610,000. Cliff Martens, Delta Real 2006 JAYCO SENECA 36â&#x20AC;&#x2122; dsl. motorhome, 3 slides, only 50 miles. Stock #L-7134. Estate, 204-346-4117, Steinbach, MB. Astro Car & Truck Sales. 780-567-4202, Clairmont, AB. www.astro-sales.com PASTURE SPACE AVAILABLE at the following Manitoba Community Pastures: Alonsa, Gardenton-Pansy, Lenswood-Birch River, McCreary, Mulvihill, Narcisse, Pasq u i a , S y l va n - D a l e . C a l l B a r r y R o s s , 204-841-1907, email: amcp@pastures.ca LOOKING FOR PASTURE? Five quarters pasture for 2015 grazing season, good water, Dodsland area. 306-962-4491 or 306-463-8362, Eston, SK.

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HAVE THE FOLLOWING ACREAGES FOR SALE: RM of Keys 10.86 acres $197,000 MLS #512628 numerous upgrades, newer barn RM of Keys 79.23 acres $399,000 MLS #511018 house completely finished, move in ready, great outbuildings, paddocks for small animals RM of Saltcoats 15.02 acres $365,000 MLS #502403 beautiful home, great Yorkton location, set up for horses RM of Sliding Hills 156.10 acres $399,000 MLS #487185 Exquisite yard site, overlooking the Whitesand river RM of Wallace 155.98 acres MLS #515718 Newer, large home, new large heated shop, natural gas LAND ONLY: RM of Sliding Hills MLS# 519866, 519865, 519864. 11 quarters of high producing farm land all in a block and 2 quarters close by. Beautiful yard site with 1588 sq ft home with recent updates. 63,000 bushel steel grain storage. 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x42â&#x20AC;&#x2122; shop, 48â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x78â&#x20AC;&#x2122; storage shed. RM of Cana 278 acres $425,000 MLS #518380 good producing half section of land in between Yorkton and Melville, SK with a partial yard site including well, septic, gas line and 50X120 Quonset. RM of Wallace 319.94 acres $1,800,000 MLS #511683 Modern feed lot facility, set up for 6000 head and an overflow capacity and wired pens for an additional 2500 head. Licenced for up to 25000 head. Complete with weigh scale, sorting barn/ hospital pens, dual roller mills, feed bins and more!

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WANTED HEATED CANOLA. No broker involved. Sell direct to crushing plant. Cash on delivery or pickup. 306-228-7306 or 306-228-7325, Unity, SK. WANTED: OFF-GRADE PULSES, oil seeds and cereals. All organic cereals and specialty crops. Prairie Wide Grain, Saskatoon, SK., 306-230-8101, 306-716-2297. WANTED: FEED GRAIN, barley, wheat, peas, green or damaged canola. Phone Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK.

CERTIFIED #1 CDC Meadow. Call Fenton Seeds, Tisdale, SK., 306-873-5438. CERTIFIED CDC Hornet Yellow peas. High g e r m , z e r o d i s e a s e . C a l l S h a u n at : 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. GREEN IS THE COLOR. Reg. and Cert. CDC Raezer, CDC Striker, high germ, vigor, low disease. Volume discounts. Booking for spring pickup. Gregoire Seed Farm Ltd., North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net CERTIFIED CDC Amarillo, CDC Limerick. Also, CDC Imvincible Lentil. Excellent quality. Ardell Seeds Ltd. Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415. NEW CERT. AC EARLYSTAR early maturing yellow pea. High germ., good yield. 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca CERTIFIED CDC SAFFRON, high germination. Printz Family Seed Farm, Gravelbourg, SK., 306-380-7769, 306-648-3511. CERT. CDC MEADOW and CDC Horizon peas. Van Burck Seeds, Star City, SK., 306-863-4377.

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WANTED: FEED BARLEY, 48 lbs. plus. CERTIFIED CDC LIMERICK green peas, Phone Larry Hagerty 306-345-2523, Stony high germ, low disease. Call Shaun at: Beach, SK. 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK.

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NUVISION COMMODITIES is currently purchasing feed barley, wheat, peas and milling oats. 204-758-3401, St. Jean, MB. CERTIFIED CANTATE, highest yielding variety. Hansen Seeds, Yellow Grass, SK., 306-465-2525, 306-861-5679. Email: jsh2@sasktel.net BUYING CANARY SEED, farm pickup. Call 1-877-752-4115, Naber Specialty Grains Ltd. Email: nsgl@sasktel.net

CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo. BESCO GRAIN LTD. Buyer of all varieties of mustard. Call for competitive pricing. Fenton Seeds, Tisdale, SK., 306-873-5438. Call 204-736-3570, Brunkild, MB. CERT. TAURUS, CDC Sorrel. Van Burck CERT. ANDANTE YELLOW. Greenshields Seeds, Star City, SK., 306-863-4377. Seeds Ltd., Call 306-524-2155 or CERTIFIED RECON Bethune flax. Ph 306-524-4339, 306-746-7336, Semans, SK Greenshields Seeds Ltd., 306-524-2155, WANTED: LOW GRADE Mustard! We can 306-524-4339, 306-746-7336, Semans, SK upgrade your low grade mustard! Can supply you with new certified Andante treated or untreated. Contact Ackerman Ag Services, 306-638-2282, Chamberlain, SK.

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CERTIFIED CDC GREENSTAR large green lentils. High germ, zero disease. Call Shaun at: 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK.

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C E RT I F I E D C D C DA Z I L CL. Hansen Seeds, call 306-465-2525, 306-861-5679, Yellow Grass, SK. Email: jsh2@sasktel.net

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GOOD MALT PRICES. CDC Meredith, Reg., Cert. 2013 seed, 99% germ., 0% F.G. Very high yielder. Volume discounts. Booking for spring pickup. Gregoire Seed Farm Ltd., North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851, 306-445-5516. gregfarms@sasktel.net CERTIFIED AC METCALFE, CDC Copeland malt barley, Conlon feed barley. High germ, 0% gram. Early order/large order discounts. Visa, MC, FCC financing. 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. LLSeeds.ca

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CERTIFIED #1 CDC Impala (extra small TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses red) Clearfield. Fenton Seeds, Tisdale, SK., and custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. 306-873-5438.

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NORTH EAST PRAIRIE GRAIN, broker- LONG LAKE TRUCKING custom hay haulage and consulting. Get more for your ing, 2 units. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. grain. Devon at: 306-873-3551 for no obliLARGE ROUND BALES, alfalfa and grass gation price quote! neprairiegrain.com mixed, 1500+ lbs., no rain, twine or net wrapped. 306-542-4401, Kamsack, SK. TOP PRICES HEAVY LARGE ROUND Oat and wheat straw bales, baled in fall of 2013. 1.5¢/lb. PAID FOR OBO. 306-931-1256, Clavet, SK. FEED BARLEY, LARGE ROUND ALFALFA brome mixed hay. Call 306-764-6372, Prince Albert, SK.

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ALFALFA/GRASS MIX, 470 big square alfalfa grass mix bales. Brenton, 403-664-9734, Sibbald, AB. heathermundt@gmail.com GOOD QUALITY 1st and 2nd cut hay; also green feed. Can deliver in southern AB. 403-633-3777, 403-363-3318, Tilley, AB. GRASS HAY AND grass/alfalfa round bales, dry and wrapped, starting at 2.5¢/lb. Lyle Lumax, 204-525-2263, Swan River, MB. HAY FOR SALE: Can deliver. Belle Plain Colony, Belle Plain, SK, ask for Paul 306-501-9204. CAN LOAD- HAUL 44 large 5x6 round bales. Can style and 36 pipe style/64 large 3x4x8/load. Free snow removal. Call Hay Vern, 204-729-7297. SMALL SQUARE HAY bales, horse quality, grass or alfalfa. Call 306-492-4751, or 306-221-0734, Dundurn, SK. 300 ROUND GRASS bales, 1600 lbs. Call: 306-634-7920 or 306-421-1753, Estevan, SK. FULL SIZED 2ND cut alfalfa bales, put up dry, no rain, $65/bale. 306-981-2766, Mayview, SK. 1500 LARGE 3x4 SQUARE bales alfalfa, alfalfa/mix, flax straw. Feed test available. Protein up to 18.9%. Leroy, SK., call 306-364-4700, 306-320-1041. 600- BROME ALFALFA, 1000 lb. round bales, $40 each. 306-725-3449, 306-725-7441, Strasbourg, SK.

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SHUR-LOK TRUCK TARPS and replacement tarps for all makes of trucks. Alan, 306-723-4967, 306-726-7808, Cupar, SK. TARPCO, SHUR-LOK, MICHEL’S sales, service, installations, repairs. Canadian company. We carry aeration socks. We now carry electric chute openers for grain trailer hoppers. 1-866-663-0000.

GOOD USED TRUCK TIRES: 700/8.25/ 900/1000/1100x20s; 11R22.5/11R24.5; 9R17.5, matched sets available. Pricing from $90. K&L Equipment and Auto. Phone Ladimer at: 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK., or Chris at 306-537-2027, Regina, SK. WANTED: USED 20.8x46 or 520x46 rear tractor tires and rims, steel disc rims only. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment Ltd. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

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SOLID CORE ROUND alfalfa, alfalfa grass, greenfeed, grass and straw. Delivered. Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK. 2014 ALFALFA, conventional and organic, 1500 lb. bales, net wrapped, hard core, JD baler. 306-370-8897, Tessier, SK. BALE PICKER, TRUCK mount; Hopper feeders, Cattle scales; New and used bale scales. 306-445-2111, North Battleford, SK. Website: www.eliasscales.com

LARGE DELUXE ICE hut, 6’-8” in height, 8’ SCRAPER AND LOADER TIRES available. long, 5 fishing holes, $1650. While sup- All sizes. Quick Drain Sales, Muenster, SK. plies last. 306-253-4343, 1-800-383-2228. Ph: 306-682-4520, 306-231-7318. www.hold-onindustries.com

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FULL-TIME CATTLE CHECKING Positions. Buffalo Plains Cattle Co. has pen checking positions available for our expanding feedlot w/new facilities. Job also includes pasture work in the summer. Owned horses and tack preferred. No green horses allowed. Competitive salary a n d g r o u p b e n e fi t s . F a x r e s u m e t o 306-638-3150, or for more info. ph Kristen SEEKING QUALIFIED FARM HELP for the at 306-631-8769, Bethune, SK. 2015 growing season. Wages will reflect experience. Accommodations nearby. Holi- RANCH HAND/HUNTING GUIDE. Permaday time available in July. Requirements: nent full-time position in the beautiful 1A license, experience with large equip- Robson Valley, West of McBride, BC. 150 ment. 306-461-9322, 306-450-4907. Send cow/calf operation. Drivers licence (Class 1 resume to progressacres@gmail.com an asset); Mechanical skills: Guide duties Woodrow, SK. during hunting season. Housing available. Wages negotiable based on experience. FARM MACHINERY OPERATOR. Experienced Send resume to: barwkranch@gmail.com machinery operator with a Class 1 drivers or call 250-553-2355. license. Class 1 is not a necessity but will include an increase in wage. Needed for GRAIN FARM OPERATOR NEEDED. Looking April to Nov. Wage between $20-25. Hous- for a farm equipment operator. Experience ing available. Possibility that the position with operating large farm equipment. may be offered permanently after one year Needed for driving tractor with seeder, and if desired. 587-988-1423. driving combine at harvest with various jobs in between. Mechanical skills and Class 1 licence is an asset but not required. Good AARTS ACRES 2500 sow barn near Solsgirth, MB. is seeking experienced Breeding wages and benefits. Call 780-934-6384, and Farrowing Technicians. The successful Fort Saskatchewan, AB. applicant must possess necessary skills, an aptitude for the care and handling of ani- FARM MACHINE OPERATOR: Zak Farms mals, good communication skills and Partnership, PO Box 35, Fir Mountain, SK, ability to work as part of a highly produc- S0H 1P0, seeking full-time permanent farm tive team. Fax resume to: 204-842-3273 machine operator with previous experience or call 204-842-3231 for application form. operating and maintaining large modern farm equipment, valid driver's licence, FULL-TIME FARMHAND REQUIRED on (Class 1A) an asset, mechanical repair large cattle operation for feeding cattle. knowledge and/or experience. Plant, cultiMust be able to operate wheel loader and vate and harvest crops. Wage: $17-$19/hr. mix wagon. Livestock experience an asset, Company vehicle and modern housing but willing to train a person with the right available. 306-266-4889. attitude and work ethic. Wages negotiable. Accommodation available. Call Wolfe FARM LABOUR REQUIRED for mixed farm. Farms 780-524-9322, Valleyview, AB. Grade 12, driver’s license, experience in driving and servicing machinery. Smoke PERMANENT FULL-TIME WORKER for free environment. $15/hr. Housing avail. farm/feedlot, in Moose Jaw/Regina, SK Lyle Lumax 204-525-2263, Swan River, MB area. Must have valid driver’s license, be mechanically inclined, physically fit, and DO YOU THRIVE IN A FAST-PACED work well with others. Duties will include: challenging environment? Grace Hill penchecking, cattle processing, mainte- Farms Ltd. is currently looking for a pernance of farm machinery and assisting in manent FT Mechanic/Maintenance other areas of the farm. Competitive wag- Technician to join our team. We are a es and house in separate yard available. 10,000 acre family-owned cert. organic References required. Ph: 306-345-2523 or grain farm and seed cleaning operation, fax resume to Larry Hagerty 306-345-2085 located in Southwest Saskatchewan. Grace Hill comes with a well-equipped shop and service truck. If you are interestFULL-TIME RANCH HAND REQUIRED on large, progressive cow/calf opera- ed, we are looking for the following tion near Williams Lake, BC. Previous qualifications: Responsible for conducting farming and cattle experience preferred, and ensuring all preventative maintenance but willing to train the right individual. is complete; Repair and fix all equipment; Valid driver's license required. Newer fleet Create and maintain parts inventory and JD equipment. Single or family housing communicate inventory needs with superprovided. Position available immediately. visor; Maintain all maintenance logs; Obey Please fax resume to 250-989-4244 or safety guidelines; Participate in field opemail to: springfieldranchltd@gmail.com erations as required; Work well with other team members building and maintaining 250-989-4281. positive working relationships; JourneyHELP NEEDED TO calve 120 cows, starting person status an asset, equivalent experiMarch 1st. Room and board available. ence will be considered. 1A license prefe r r e d , b u t n o t r e q u i r e d . We o f fe r : 403-652-7253, High River, AB. Excellent compensation package including HELPER WANTED ON mixed farm. Steady a competitive wage of $65,000 to $85,000 job for right person. Room and board avail. annually based on exp., Sundays off yearround. Bonus program and subsidized 403-631-2373, 403-994-0581, Olds, AB. modern housing! Please forward resume CATTLE HERDSMAN/ FARM LABOURER: 10 t o w e f a r m @ g r a c e h i l l . c a o r f a x : min from Camrose, AB. Full-time yr. round 306-264-3726. Call 306-264-3721 for position requires: Cattle knowledge; Feed- more information. ing; Pen checking; Medicating and Calving. Ability to operate and maintain equipment RIDER POSITION AVAILABLE on southan asset. Opportunity for advancement. east Alberta grazing reserve. Roping skills Salary position, based $25-30/hr depend- are required, must provide own horses ing on qualifications. Please send resume (3-5). May through October. Send resume and references to: info@cornranches.ca or w/references to: Pinhorn Grazing Reserve, RR 1, Etzikom, AB. T0K 0W0. Contact Jon call Rodger at: 780-679-7203. at 403-868-2626. FULL-TIME FARM/RANCH WORKER DAIRY AND GRAIN FARM requires fullNeeded. Full-time position available on a time employee. Duties include milking large cattle ranch in southern BC. Looking cows, feeding calves, general maintefor an honest, reliable individual who is nance. Highly competitive wages. Please mechanically inclined with equipment and call 306-259-2171, Young, SK. livestock experience. Duties include, but are not limited to: feeding, calving, haying, FULL-TIME POSITION ON mixed grain as well as other general farm maintenance. farm. Must have experience with large Wages negotiable depending on experi- e q u i p m e n t . H o u s i n g ava i l a b l e . C a l l ence. Housing available. 250-378-5061. 306-436-7703, Milestone, SK. 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.

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COWBOY REQUIRED FOR LARGE cow/ calf operation near Williams Lake, BC. Experience with calving, range riding and doctoring cattle required. Must have own tack and be able to rope. Ranch horses supplied, plus you can bring your own. Valid driver's license required. Single or family housing provided. Position to start WOULD YOU BE interested in working full- March 1st. Fax resume to 250-989-4244 or time on a working ranch? We are looking email: springfieldranchltd@gmail.com for someone who has a farm/ranch back- 250-989-4281 ground. We use horses, but not all the time. Some mechanical skills would be FULL-TIME FARM LABOURER HELP. beneficial. We use and operate some Applicants should have previous farm exequipment. Experience with baling, load- perience and mechanical ability. Duties ers and a feed wagon would be useful. We incl. operation of machinery, including are located north of Lloydminster, AB. and tractors, truck driving and other farm housing is a possibility. Health Care Plan is equipment, as well as general farm laborer available after 3 months. We pay by the duties. $12-$18/hr. depending on experihour. Every 2nd weekend off (excluding e n c e . C o n t a c t W a d e F e l a n d a t busy times). Please call, phone or email 701-263-1300, Antler, North Dakota. with your resume, including work references plus a driver’s abstract. Hill 70 BEEKEEPER’S HELPERS (6), for the 2015 Quantock Ranch, Bill and Sherry Creech, season May to Oct, $12-$15/hr depending 7 8 0 - 8 7 5 - 8 7 9 4 , 7 8 0 - 8 7 1 - 4 9 4 7 , f a x on experience. Contact Ron Althouse, 306-278-2747, Porcupine Plain, SK. 780-875-8332, info@hill70quantock.com

FULL-TIME GRAIN FARM and Seed Plant worker needed near Meyronne, SK for a self -motivated person interested in grain farming and seed plant operating. Class 1A an asset. Housing available. Wages depend on experience. 306-264-7600, 306-264-5146.

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2 FULL-TIME PERMANENT FOREMAN positions, on 12,000 acre grain farm in Lampman, SK. Must be willing to work long hours during seeding, spraying and harvest seasons. Successful applicant should have: Driver’s license with clean abstract; Farm management education, including basic Agronomy and Farm Apprenticeship training; Experience operating modern JD equipment with ability to program and operate JD’s AMF technology. Other duties include: Hiring, training and managing farm employees; Maintenance of all farm equipment; All crops spraying operations; And Coordinating swathing and harvest operations. $3600/month. Phone Mark Walter 306-487-2702

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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS required on a larger grain farm located in central Sask. We are looking for reliable, creative, and hard working individuals to join our team. The ideal candidates would have a farm background and a Class 1A drivers license. Previous farm experience is also an asset. Duties include operation of farm machinery, hauling grain, loading and unloading grain and fertilizer. Other duties include general yard duties, and some construction projects. We offer a comprehensive benefits package and negotiable housing assistance. These positions are a full-time employment opportunity and wages will be very competitive, but also based on experience level of applicant. Please email resume to: hr.wpf@hotmail.com or call 306-554-7777 BEEKEEPER HELPERS SEASONAL fulltime, April to Oct., 2015. Must have no bee sting allergies, valid driver’s license and physically fit. $12-$15/hr. Duties include: all aspects of hive management, prepare colonies for honey production and pollination, queen rearing, load and unload trucks, repair and maintain trucks and equipment. Ph/fax Neil 306-967-2841, Eatonia, SK. Email resume and references to: janeil@sasktel.net 2 SEASONAL FARM MACHINERY operators required. Must be able to operate grain cart, tandem grain truck, FWA tractor w/rock picker, 4WD tractor for harrowing. Also, manual labour for upkeep of Leaf cutter bees, and general servicing of equipment. May 1 to October 31. $15-$18/hr., 101008187 SK Ltd., Wadena, SK. Fax or email Corey Fehr at: 306-338-3733; cfehr9860@hotail.com 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 $3700/mth. 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. GRAIN FARM HELP WANTED: Some mechanical abilities necessary, driver’s license required, previous farm experience helpful but not essential. Will train. $16/hr negotiable. Apr 15th-Nov 30th, 2015. Applicant will hopefully repeat for several seasons. Fax resume to: 306-545-0923 or call 306-335-2777 for more info, Abernethy SK PERMANENT FULL-TIME POSITION on cattle and hay ranch, near Merritt, BC. Involves: Calving; Range riding: Hay and silage crops: Feeding and machinery operation. Experience necessary. Great career opportunity for a young motivated person interested in all aspects of ranching. Opportunity for advancement. Housing and benefits included. Please send resume to: info@ranchland.ca or fax to 250-378-4956

ONE STOP SERVICES LTD. seeking 4 Medical Lab Assistants. Full-time, permanent, $24.61/hr., 40 hrs/wk. Completed secondary school. On the job training for collecting oral fluids/urine for screening. English mandatory. Work in mobile setting and extend time. Fax resume to: 306-649-2553 or mail to: 5-510 Circle Drive East, S7K 7C7. Saskatoon, SK. Call 306-649-2552, E-mail: annie@onestopltd.ca or visit us on-line at: www.onestopltd.ca IMPERIAL HUNTER HOTEL, Bassano, AB. requires Working Manager, hotel tavern s t a f f, e x p e r i e n c e d . A c c o m m o d at i o n available. Phone Bruce 403-837-2343. FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE NEEDED for grain farm at Milden, SK. Experience operating large equipment and Class 1A an asset. Must be able to work well with others. Email resume to: jensen@yourlink.ca or call Graham 306-935-4523, 306-831-7514.

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RM FOREMAN: THE RM of Stonehenge No. 73 is offering a competitive salary and full benefit package for the full-time position of Foreman. The successful candidate Oil Pressure Services Ltd. will be required to have or take all necessary training to be certified. Such courses Now hiring for include: Powered mobile equipment; FULL TIME JOURNEYMAN Ground disturbance; WHMIS; And any or 3RD YEAR HEAVY other applicable training to fulfill the job requirements. Self-motivation, the ability to DUTY MECHANIC. lead by example and good communications Full benefit package. Competitive skills are an asset. Preference will given to wages. Regular schedule. those candidates that have prior road mainSteel View is a rapidly expanding tenance and construction experience. Oilfield Trucking Company with Interested candidates are invited to submit branches in Chauvin AB. and resumes by February 5, 2015 stating their Macklin SK. Position will be based education/training, past and present work experience, salary expected, three referout of Chauvin AB. ences and any other pertinent information. Mail to: RM of Stonehenge No. 73, Box 129, Please email resumes to Limerick, SK., S0H 2P0. Ph: 306-263-2020. john@stlview.ca Email: rm73@sasktel.net Only applicants HELP WANTED! CLASS 5 drivers licence selected for an interview will be contacted. required. Ability to operate tractor an asset, but not required. Good physical condition. Be prepared to do menial work. Duties include: maintenance of machinery, buildings and yard. On the job training in personal safety practices. April to November term. $16/hour. Apply to: ml.selinger@sasktel.net or 306-488-4511. AGRICULTURAL APPRAISER. Our top part-time Livestock and Equip. Appraisers earn $60,000/yr. Agricultural background required. Contact 1-800-488-7570 or www.amagappraisers.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 BEEKEEPERS WANTED for 2015 season. 2 positions available, experience necessary, $11.60/hr. Fax 306-937-2095 or email Stuart, Stuhoney@yahoo.com Battleford. LILY AND ROSE Seed Processors located at Lemberg, SK. is looking for hard working, reliable person to assist in operating our seed cleaning plant. Full-time, will train, starting $15/hr. Call Chuck/Marion 306-335-2280, fax resume 306-335-2281. REQUIRED: LICENSED PROFESSIONAL Agricultural Pilot for May 1 - Oct. 1, 2015. 1000 hours turbine agriculture work, insurable, proficient in SATLOC, proficient in spraying herbicides, insecticide and fungicide. Commercial Pilot’s License and Sask. Aerial Pesticide License required. Location: Leask, Sask. Duties/Responsibilities: Operate turbine Air tractor 402, 502. Proficient in English (read, write, speak). Perform elementary maintenance tasks and servicing, and misc. duties related to the business. Create work orders as requested by our agricultural customers. Starting wages: $70/hour, 40 hrs/week, some overtime required. 306-497-7401.

LAMB INDUSTRY CAREER OPPORTUNITY SunGold Specialty Meats Ltd. has an immediate opening for the newly created position of Manager - Producer Relations and Field Procurement. Based in Central/Southern Alberta the successful candidate will be willing to spend considerable time on the road developing relationships, and utilizing their lamb and ag-business knowledge and experience to execute on the business requirements of the position. Salary and other terms of employment are negotiable and include benefits. For a more in depth description of the opportunity go to our website at www.sungoldmeats.com under the careers tab. Provide your cover letter and resume to Dwayne Beaton, CEO by January 26, 2015 by: Email: dwayne.beaton@sungoldmeats.com Fax: (403) 227-1661 Mail: 4312 - 51 Street Innisfail, AB T4G 1A3

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HD TRUCK MECHANIC required for small trucking co. in Lloydminster, AB area. License an asset, but not necessary. John 780-846-0002 or fax 780-846-0005, actiontowinglloyd@hotmail.com

DHI Field Technician CanWest DHI is currently accepting applications for a Permanent Full Time Field Technician position in the Greater Camrose and East Area of Alberta. The successful applicant will be responsible for the regular weighing and sampling of milk from cows in DHI herds, keeping records and statistical data, and promoting Dairy Herd Improvement. Applicants should have a thorough knowledge of the Alberta Dairy Industry and excellent interpersonal skills. In view of our commitment to Electronic Data Capture, PC skills would be a definite asset as well as having high speed internet capabilities. A degree/diploma in agriculture would also be an asset. The above position could require occasional heavy lifting.

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BASIC MECHANIC: • Pre-1980’s equipment repair knowledge. No computer diagnosis requirements. • Dismantle and repair gearboxes, transmissions and components. • Basic mechanical, structure, electrical and hyd. Trouble shooting. • Equipment maintenance, grease jobs, oil changes, preventative maintenance. • Operate forklifts, telehandlers, FEL tractors, etc. • Lots of “nuts and bolts” practical experience. If you can fulfill the job duties, we will pay you 250.00 to come in for an interview. We pay above industry standards, provide health and pension benefits and a safe, clean workplace. Check out our job video on www.youtube.com and search

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Please forward written applications containing qualifications and experience to: Mr. Larry Ouimet Director - Human Resources & Administration CanWest DHI 660 Speedvale Avenue West Suite 101 Guelph ON N1K 1E5 Fax: 1.519.824.1330 louimet@canwestdhi.com Only successful candidates for an interview will be contacted. CanWest DHI is an equal opportunity employer.

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4 CONCRETE FINISHERS Foremen needed. Full-time year-round work in Saskatoon, $29. - $32. per hour to start, depending on experience. Minimum 3 years experience forming and placing concrete sidewalks and curbs. Foreman experience is an asset. Will supervise crews, coordinate and schedule activities, ensure productivity, quality and safety. Apply to: Sautner Concrete Services, Suite 214-220-20th St. West, Saskatoon, SK. S7M 0W9 or email to: info@scsconcrete.com or fax to: 306-242-3548. FULL-TIME HD OR AG Journeyman and Apprentice mechanic needed. JD Ag Equipment experience is an asset. Will pay up to $35/hr. depending on experience, year end bonus, overtime available. Call Jamie at 306-259-1212, 306-946-9864, Young, SK. or jamie640@hotmail.com 8 CONCRETE FINISHERS needed Full-time seasonal starting April 1 until Nov. 30, 2015 in Saskatoon. $23. - $28. per hour to start, depending on experience. Minimum 3 years experience with setting forms, placing concrete, and finishing concrete sidewalks and curbs. Apply to: Sautner Concrete Services, Suite 214-220-20th St. West, Saskatoon, SK. S7M 0W9 or email to: info@scsconcrete.com or fax to: 306-242-3548.

WANTED: DRIVERS/OWNER Operators for grain and fertilizer hauling, based in Kenaston, SK. Phone Leon at TLC Trucking 306-252-2004 or 306-567-8377.

OWNER OPERATORS NEEDED immediately. Roadex Services requires O/O 3/4 ton, 1 ton or 3 tons for our RV division, O/O semis and Company Drivers for our RV and general freight deck division. Paid by direct deposit, benefits and company fuel cards. Border crossing required with valid passport and clean criminal record. 800-867-6233, www.roadexservices.com SELECT CLASSIC CARRIERS immediately requires Leased Operators with new model 1 ton and 5 ton straight trucks/ tractors, and Company Drivers. One ton operators that will run just AB, BC, and SK. Tr a n s p o r t i n g RV ’ s / g e n e r a l f r e i g h t , USA/Canada. Clean abstract required. Competitive rates. Fuel surcharge/benefits. Call 1-800-409-1733. CLASS 1 DRIVER WANTED. Seeking motivated Class 1 driver. Should be able to cross the border. We offer both local and long distance work. Loader experience an a s s e t . N o S u n d ay wo r k . C a l l H a r r y 403-382-1082. Fax or email resume and abstract to: 403-824-3040, Nobleford, AB. harry@vandenberghay.ca CLASS 1 DRIVERS, year round work, top wages, safety bonuses, new equipment, health plan. Will also train new drivers for hauling livestock or gravel in Canada or to USA. 403-625-4658, Claresholm, AB. SASKATOON HOTSHOT TRANSPORTER is now hiring 3/4 and 1 ton diesel trucks, for RV hauling throughout Canada and U.S. Year round work, lots of miles and home time, fuel subsidies, benefits, excellent earnings. 306-653-8675, Saskatoon, SK. www.saskatoonhotshot.com LOOKING FOR LEASED Operators to run flatdeck across Canada, province wide and the US. Call Denise 306-757-1448, Regina, SK. or email to: denise@shadowlines.com

CANADIAN PACIFIC (CP) CONDUCTORS MEDICINE HAT REQUISITION # 35964 Tired of the same old thing? At CP you can be part of something historic. You have a chance to make a difference, to see Canada, and build a future. CP is one of Canada’s most iconic companies. We move the goods that keep the world turning, and we’re on our way to doing it better than anyone else. To get there, CP is looking for some adaptable, hard-working, safety-conscious, and results-driven people to join our force of conductors. You don’t need: Railroading experience Connections You do need: Great Attitude Willingness to learn To work in and around Medicine Hat Competition closes on March 1, 2015 For additional information on Canadian Pacific and this career opportunity, visit us online at www.cpr.ca. Only those candidates contacted will be considered. All communication will be directed to the email address you use on your online application form. The journey has begun but is far from over.

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ANIMAL HEALTH

Veterinarians’ ties to drug industry under scrutiny Resistance threat will force U.S. veterinarians to balance interests of animals, farmers and public NEW YORK, N.Y. (Reuters) — A new U.S. Food and Drug Administration policy will give veterinarians a key role in combating a surge in antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Starting next year, the agency will require veterinarians rather than farmers to decide when antibiotics used by people are given to animals. Medical doctors issue antibiotics by prescription only, yet farmers and food companies have been able to buy the same or similar drugs over the counter to add to feed and water. The drugs not only help prevent disease but enable livestock to grow faster on less feed. The new directive is meant to guard against the overuse of the drugs in American meat production. However, a Reuters investigation has found that it will be empowering a profession that not only has allegiances to animals, farmers and public health but also pervasive and undisclosed financial ties to the makers of the drugs. The relationships between medical doctors and the pharmaceutical industry are subject to strict rules that require the public disclosure of payments for meals, trips, consulting, speaking and research. No laws or regulations, including the new FDA directives, require veterinarians to reveal financial connections to drug companies. It means veterinarians can be wined and dined and given scholarships, awards, stipends, gifts and trips by pharmaceutical benefactors without the knowledge of the FDA or the public. About 11,000 of the 90,000 veterinarians who practice in the United States work in food animal production, according to a 2013 workforce study. Livestock and poultry specialists advise growers on health issues such as insemination, birth, weaning, fattening and euthanasia. They also treat a variety of illnesses and injuries. Many train farm employees how to spot disease and administer drugs. For a veterinarian, the patient is the animal but the client is the owner. In the case of food production, those clients are seeking to maximize profit, and part of the veterinarian’s job is to help them do so. Veterinary medicine is a little-regulated corner of the medical profession, more dependent on industry funding than its human counterparts, and Reuters found that drug companies support veterinarians at

Under new U.S. Food and Drug Administration rules, veterinarians, not farmers, will decide when antibiotics are given to animals. | every stage of their careers. Sometimes the payments are small — $10 for a meal or $250 for an hour’s talk. However, larger funding arrangements, such as $100,000 for research, are not uncommon. Eleven of the 22 veterinarians who advised the FDA in recent years on how to use antibiotics on farms received money from pharmaceutical companies. Many of these details weren’t disclosed by the FDA, which wasn’t required until 2007 to post on its website “the type, nature and magnitude of the financial interests” of its advisers. Reuters identified payments to FDA advisory group members by reviewing veterinary journals, industry publications, meeting transcripts, conference programs and resumes The influence of drug companies also extends to the training that current and future veterinarians receive.

For example, pharmaceutical companies routinely suggest topics and speakers for the continuing education events that veterinarians must attend to keep their licences. Such involvement is forbidden in human medicine, according to the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. Zoetis, the world’s largest animaldrug company, has also extended its reach into high schools. In 2011, the company gave $50,000 to help fund a weeklong Purdue University veterinary camp for grades 10-12 students. The American Veterinary Medical Association also benefits from contributions from the pharmaceutical industry. The association’s ethics code calls on veterinarians to divulge all potential conflicts of interests. However, only after Reuters asked did the group disclose that it has accepted

$3.3 million from drug companies over the past four years. It declined to say which pharmaceutical companies contributed to the group. “I’m very concerned that the profession is poised to lose public trust,” said Michael Blackwell, a former deputy director of the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine. “I don’t think we can gain public trust if the perception exists of a conflict of interest.” Told of the Reuters findings, U.S. House of Representatives member Louise Slaughter said she will introduce legislation to require public disclosure of drug company payments to veterinarians. She said transparency is essential as veterinarians prepare to take an important new role for public health. The upcoming FDA directive means that “now there will be a gatekeeper” between drug companies

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and food producers, said Steven Henry, a Kansas veterinarian. Henry predicted that the new rules will do little to stanch the flow of antibiotics to farmers because drug companies need to maintain volumes and profits. Colorado cattle producer Mike Callicrate said he expects veterinarians to follow the wishes of the ranchers who employ them. “These guys are going to fight to the death to keep their antibiotics,” Callicrate said of ranchers who operate the largest farms. Fred Gingrich, a veterinarian in Ashland, Ohio, and the incoming president of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, said that is a cynical view of the ethics of veterinarians and cattle producers. “I’m proud of what we do,” he said. “We welcome the responsibility and the discussion.”

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Relationships between American veterinarians and drug companies lack external oversight (Reuters) — The relationships between veterinarians and drug companies can sometimes appear at odds with the ethics code that the profession has embraced. That code, adopted by the American Veterinary Medical Association, calls on veterinarians to disclose all potential conflicts of interest to clients. However, neither the government nor the veterinarian association tracks or enforces the provision. The association itself accepts mon-

ey from the pharmaceutical industry and mentions on its website its “partnerships” with drug companies. Executive vice-president Ron DeHaven said the association accepted $3.3 million from pharmaceutical companies over the past four years. DeHaven said sponsorships by drug manufacturers improve the association’s educational offerings, even though the amount the group accepted last year — $706,000 — is

just two percent of the group’s $33.6 million budget. He said such contributions have no effect on the group’s policy positions, and any conflicting financial interests of the group’s own board, staff or volunteers are managed through disclosure forms that the association keeps private. “The AVMA policy is veterinarians should disclose,” he said. In 2009, the association appointed an Antimicrobial Use Task Force to

respond to rising concerns about antibiotics in animal agriculture. Although its 15 members filled out disclosure forms, the association will not make their responses public. By reviewing other records, Reuters found that six of the 15 task force members had financial ties to drug makers. One of them, Michael Apley, is a leading veterinary pharmacologist and professor at Kansas State University. Apley has been paid to speak, con-

sult or research for most of the leading antibiotics companies. He supports continued use of the drugs to prevent and treat illness on farms and ranches. Apley described himself in an email as “someone who lives at the intersecting agendas of animal agriculture, the veterinary profession, the pharmaceutical industry, academia, the consumer, and anti-animal agriculture groups. I live there with regulatory and legislative people.”

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CLIMATE CHANGE

New approaches helping farmers beat drought Organizations working with herders in Kenya to adapt herd size to climate and collect hay ALAGO ALBA, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Ibrahim Hassan would usually be preparing his livestock at this time of the year for a 100 kilometre trek toward greener pastures along the River Tana in northern Kenya. Like many here, Hassan knows his livestock will die if he does not move the herd ahead of the looming dry season, which hits between January and March. However, the 58-year-old has decided not to move this year. His reason is stacked in heaps of hay protected under a grass-thatched shed at his home in Alago Alba. “When the rains have fallen and there is pasture, I collect as much as I can and then store it in bales to prepare for the dry season,” said the father of six. “This saves me the long and dangerous journey in search of pasture.” The old technology of cutting and baling hay is making inroads as a form of climate change adaptation in northern Kenya, where worsening droughts have increased the length and uncertainty of migrations to find pasture and at times led to worsening conflict over scarce water and grass. The problems faced by livestockowning families in northern Kenya is clear at a remote automated weather station at the Dertu Millenium Village centre, which shows that rainfall readings can remain at zero for many days during the dry season. The solar-powered unit also shows that wind speeds can be as high as 40 km-h and daytime temperatures increasingly high. The station operates as “a drought early warning system,” said Samuel Mbalu, a database manager at the station. Without such help, “herders lose their livestock to the drought while families flee their homes in search of food and water,” he said. The Dertu Millennium Village is one of the communities testing ways to end extreme poverty through sustainable development. The villages were established by organizations such as the Earth Institute at Columbia University and the United Nations Development Programme. For the decade or so he has worked at Dertu, Mbalu has repeatedly tried to convince the community to reduce their herds to manageable levels when the dry season is about to set in. Few have been persuaded. “The herders believe that reducing

Dertu Millennium Village has been outfitted with telecommunication technology designed to improve mobile communication in remote areas. Officials at Dertu are attempting to convince livestock owners to reduce herds during times of drought or bale hay to get them through. | REUTERS/ ANTHONY NJUGUNA PHOTO

the livestock is taking away (their) livelihood and prestige in society,” Mbalu said. “They would rather have their stocks die than sell.” However, a few, like Hassan, have taken up some of Mbalu’s other ideas, including baling hay to get animals through the dry times. Saving more animals in drought periods is having far-reaching effects in the community. Classrooms at the Dertu Boarding Primary School are full of children busy with lessons, which is a change from the times when boys would have been home assisting their families with preparations for the migra-

tion in search of pasture, said Sofia Ali, the school’s head teacher. She said the girls would previously have been married off to reduce families’ burden of coping with drought. One of these would have been 13-year-old Halima Hassan, who is in Class 4. She is Ibrahim Hassan’s daughter. “I was tempted to marry her off, but I am happy I did not. She is now getting an education thanks to a settled life,” Hassan said as he rationed handfuls of hay to his healthy looking cattle at his home. Other changes are also underway. Nunow Rage, 35, said her hus-

band’s decision to reduce his herds and cut hay rather than migrating has allowed her to invest in a clothing business at the Dertu shopping centre. “When my husband sells the livestock, he gives me a share of the money to buy stock for the business,” said the mother of four. “When the drought is too much, I use the savings to buy food for my family.” Nunow said a settled life has also helped reduce child mortality in the area, partly because she and other mothers can take their children to the Dertu Health Centre if they face problems.

Northern Kenya isn’t the only place where hay baling is winning converts. Youth groups at the Mwea irrigation scheme in central Kenya are baling dry rice straw and selling it as livestock fodder, said David Bundi, chair of the Kiratina Hay Product youth group. He said a 14 kilogram bale of hay can fetch as much as $7, and some of the group’s production has been transported as far as northern Kenya to feed livestock dying of drought. Bundi hopes the government will begin supporting such innovations, both to provide jobs for young people and help the country deal with worsening drought.

MICROBIAL-BASED PRODUCTS

Ex-pharmaceutical executive to head new crop input company (Reuters) — A start-up agricultural plant health company that plans to tweak the capabilities of crops to improve their yields, has named a former pharmaceutical executive as its president. David Perry joined Symbiota in early January after leaving Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc., which he cofounded and ran from 2002 until last year. Perry founded two other compa-

nies in the life sciences industry before starting Anacor, which develops products to treat infectious and inflammatory diseases. Perry will lead Symbiota’s work in advanced agricultural seed products, specifically using microbes found naturally in plants for seed coatings to help crops resist pests and handle drought and other stress so that they can yield more. The company, whose board mem-

bers include Robert Berendes, former head of global business development at Syngenta, has spent the last two years building up its research capabilities. It now has field trials underway on microbes that should help crops yield more with less water and fertilizer while fighting disease. “The field trial data was so compelling,” Perry said of his decision to join Symbiota.

“We have a lot of data supporting the idea that we can have doubledigit impacts on yield across multiple crops. If that holds up, it’s a real step change for agriculture.” O t h e r c o m p a n i e s, i n c l u d i n g Monsanto and Syngenta, are also researching and developing microbial-based products for agriculture. Perry would not say how quickly the company might bring a product

to market, but added that development time and regulatory hurdles were low compared with pharmaceutical products and genetically modified crops. “We’re not modifying nature in any way,” he said. “We’re simply identifying microorganisms that are already beneficial to the plants and applying them in high concentrations to the seed.”

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The varied thrush, left, fox sparrow, below, and clark’s nutcracker, bottom, are unusual birds sought by an upcoming bird book. | ROGER GOLUB, KELLY COLGAN AZAR AND HARVEY BARRISON | FLICKR PHOTOS

BIRD WATCHING

WATCH LIST

‘Odd and unusual’ images sought for updated Alberta bird book

Ellis Bird Farm is looking for photographs of the following birds: • Clark’s nutcracker • varied thrush • wild turkey • chipping sparrow • fox sparrow • golden-crowned sparrow

Ellis Bird Farm working on new, expanded book about bird feeding

• gray–crowned rosy-finch • Golden-crowned kinglet

BY MARY MACARTHUR

It is also looking for images of the following birds and animals at feeding stations and birdbaths: • black bear

CAMROSE BUREAU

Ellis Bird Farm is looking for photographs as it updates its backyard bird feeding book. Farm manager Myrna Pearman said she has plenty of pictures of common birds eating at feeders but is looking for odd and unusual pictures. “I know photographers may have spent time at feeders and may have captured some of the pictures I am looking for,” she said. Pearman said she is looking for larger birds displacing smaller birds at feeders as well as interesting bird behaviour such as saw whet owls at feeders looking for mice. “I want odd and unusual,” she said. Pearman has a picture of a black bear eating at a feeder but would like a good picture of a bear eating at a suet or hummingbird feeder. Ellis is a working farm near Lacombe, Alta., as well as a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of native cavity-nesting birds. It published its second book, Winter Bird Feeding: An Alberta Guide, in 1991. The book sold thousands of copies, but is now out of print and local bird stores want an updated version. Instead of limiting the pictures and information to birds at feeders, the

• weasel, any species • saw-whet owl • flying squirrel • yellow-headed blackbird • yellow-bellied/red-naped sapsucker • northern or loggerhead shrike While not at the bird feeder, the farm is seeking the following photographs: • Bald eagle on road kill. • Townsend’s solitaire at a birdbath. • Mobbing behaviour by feeder birds. • Crows washing/dipping food in a birdbath.

LEFT: The chipping sparrow is a species for which publishers are seeking images. RIGHT: The golden-crowned sparrow population is difficult to monitor. The birds breed in mountainous regions in Jasper and Banff national parks. | DAVID MITCHELL AND DON BEATTIE | FLICKR PHOTOS new book will include backyard bird feeding in all seasons. For example, the expanded book has a section on birds at road kill. “A dead animal is the ultimate bird feeder,” she said. “A bald eagle isn’t a backyard bird, but having a carcass out is a good way to attract different species.”

Pearman hopes the new book, with its high-quality photographs, will be an important resource for birders across the province. “There are so many excellent photographers with digital cameras,” she said. “I am astounded at the quality of the pictures being submitted.”

The deadline for submitting digital photos to Pearman is Jan. 31. Photographers will receive credit for their photos and a copy of the book, which is expected to be published in May. Photographs can be sent to mpearman@ellisbirdfarm.ca. mary.macarthur@producer.com

• Any bird bathing in winter. • Any bird drinking at a birdbath. • Any bird eating grit/oyster shell/ eggshells. • Displacement behaviour at a feeding station. • Woodpeckers pecking at siding/ window sills and causing damage. • Any interesting/unusual feeder bird/birdbath behaviour.

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CANOLA DISEASE

Clubroot continues spread across Alberta Survey shows 36 counties and municipalities have found 383 new infected fields BY MARY MACARTHUR CAMROSE BUREAU

Four new Alberta municipalities reported clubroot for the first time last year, bringing the total to 28 with confirmed cases of the disease. The new municipalities are the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River and the counties of Clearwater, Smoky Lake and St. Paul. It’s a sign that clubroot is continuing to spread across Alberta from its epicentre near Edmonton, said University of Alberta plant pathologist

Steven Strelkov. A 2014 survey of 36 counties and municipalities found 383 new clubroot-infested fields, which brought the total of number fields confirmed to have clubroot to 1,868 since the survey began in 2003. It is the second largest single-year increase in the number of new cases since the survey began. The severity of clubroot infestation ranged from mild to severe. All cases of severe clubroot were found in susceptible canola varieties or varieties of unknown resistance.

Of the 35 fields confirmed to be resistant hybrids, 12 had no symptoms of clubroot and 17 were very mild cases. “It’s not surprising we found it in the fields, and it will not be surprising if more turns up,” said Strelkov. In 2013, clubroot was found in a field of a resistant variety. Strelkov said researchers tested samples from the infected field on all resistant canola varieties and found that the new strain was able to overcome resistance in most of the clubroot resistant varieties. “Unfortunately, everything we

tried it on, we could break down the resistance. It has overcome resistance to all the cultivars,” he said. Pathogens found on six resistant cultivars last year will be tested in the greenhouse for virulence patterns. Strelkov said discovery of more strains of clubroot overcoming resistant varieties is a worrying trend and cautions farmers not to grow resistant varieties in close rotation in heavily infested fields. “Try to move to a healthier rotation,” he said. Clubroot remains uncommon in

southern Alberta, despite its increasing prevalence. Except for three unconfirmed reports of the disease in the County of Newell near Brooks, no other new clubroot infestations were identified south of the counties of Red Deer and Stettler last year. The sole confirmed clubroot infestation in Cypress County was identified in 2009, just inside the city limits of Medicine Hat. The disease was also discovered in the town of Stettler in 2013. mary.macarthur@producer.com

VARIETY DEVELOPMENT

Investment in wheat growing BY ED WHITE WINNIPEG BUREAU

The future looks good for seed companies and increased wheat variety development, unless a nightmare scenario develops, says a Canadian seed development leader. “What I’m scared about is Mr. (Stephen) Harper may wake up tomorrow morning and say, ‘I think it’s time we went to the polls,’ ” said Canterra Seeds president David Hansen. “That’s not going to be a good day for most of us in the plant breeding world if this was to fall by the wayside.” He was referring to Bill C-18, an omnibus bill that will give seed companies more rights and powers to be paid for varieties they have developed, which is now before Parliament. The legislation will die if prime minister Harper calls an election, and the next government will have to re-start the process of approval, if it even chooses to do so. Hansen said the bill will likely become law sometime in March, “touch wood.” He told the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association annual convention in Winnipeg Jan. 8 that wheat breeding in particular suffers because of seed companies’ inability to be paid for their research and development. He said only 18 percent of the acres on which cereal grains are grown in Western Canada are paying any sort of fees, so little money is going back to companies. As a result, he added, they aren’t investing much into wheat variety development. “The return on investment is certainly not there,” said Hansen. Private companies invest $65 million per year developing canola varieties for Canada but only about $8 million into wheat. The once king of crops receives half the investment of canola when that is combined with $25 million from farm checkoffs and governments. Hansen said the variety registration process, which he called costly and unpredictable, is another disincentive for seed companies to invest in Canada. “Canada’s not doing very well in this area,” he said. ed.white@producer.com

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rairie producers have few choices that will generate profit for the upcoming crop year. However, a lot of math and phone calls and a little polishing of the crystal ball can deliver a plan for cropping choices that might put some black back in the pen. Manitoba Agriculture released its profitability analysis for the year last week, and Saskatchewan will deliver its cropping guide this week. Provincial help is also available for Alberta producers. Online worksheets and calculators allow farmers to look at the provincial averages of projected production, inputs costs, business costs and crop prices. More importantly, pro-

ducers can enter their own data and come up with personalized estimates that allow for real-world costing and margin analysis. Cash flow simulations can then be created and borrowing estimates constructed. These tools are available online at provincial agriculture department websites and via a set of links in the producer.com version of this story. Lower fertilizer and fuel prices and a soft Canadian dollar are helping producers, but generally that is the only assistance that grain and oilseed growers can expect from the market this year. Like last year, winter wheat will be the star in 2015-16. It’s too bad that so few acres were planted last fall because of the late harvest. Yellow mustard and green peas both have a chance at a profit, based on average yields, currently available contracts, projected prices and a few guesstimates. Yellow mustard could deliver a margin of $100 per acre and peas $120, as long as growers don’t count labour and machinery and storage investments and depreciation in their calculations. However, the profit from these minor crops falls to $50 per acre or

break even when those capital items and labour are taken into account. These calculations assumed average yields, $50 per acre for land and recommended input rates. However, each farm is different and these numbers are aimed at providing a relative guide, nine months before a bushel is harvested and likely 11 months before much of it goes to the elevator. Increase yields by a few bushels and many crops could join the Top 2 and leave red ink behind. Experience a tough growing season and weed problems in the mustard or pea or significant over-production and these crops could join the rest of the pack. Many producers found during the commodity boom that ended last year that they could profitably shift away from multiple crops to a canola and spring wheat or barley rotation. Lower profits and more potential for timely sales and shipping are now prompting many growers to return to a pre-2008, wider crop mix. What a difference a dollar makes in canola. Growers were optimistic about a profit when commodity canola sold for $10.50 per bushel. However, after

delivering the crop at $9 or less, many are now happy to find contracts in the low to mid $9 range and instead aim for producing higher yields and trimming costs at seeding time. A 38 bu. crop and a $9.45 price could yield $70 per acre before labour and equipment costs. Fortyfive bu. would allow for nearly all the bills to be paid, no matter how the calculation is made. As well, canola has far fewer quality risks than most crops that can finish in less than 115 days. Soybeans looked good last year, and still might, depending on costs of production and whether a grower can exceed yields of 30 bu. per acre. The higher yields have so far been found at only a few locations outside of southern Manitoba. For most farmers, $9.10 a bu. produces tight margins of about $30. Hard red spring wheat could deliver returns of $43 per acre at yields of 45 bu. per acre. Lower prices are offsetting the benefit of higher yields with some of the soft white wheat varieties, but some producers are growing bigger crops and might be able to grow their way to profitability.

2015 CROP COSTS AND MARGINS FOR PRAIRIE CROPS crop

cost ($/acre)

yields (per acre)

Spring wheat Durum wheat Winter wheat Rye Malt barley Feed barley Oats Canary seed (lb.) Corn Canola

250.00 260.00 234.00 195.00 220.00 235.00 211.00 212.50 360.00 290.00

45 48 60 48 60 75 90 1,200 100 38

price gross return net return ($/bu.) ($/acre) ($/acre) 6.50 7.00 6.00 5.75 5.00 3.80 2.95 0.22 3.85 9.45

292.50 336.00 360.00 276.00 300.00 285.00 265.50 264.00 385.00 359.10

42.50 76.00 126.00 81.00 80.00 50.00 54.50 51.50 25.00 69.10

crop

cost ($/acre)

yields (per acre)

Flax Soybeans Peas (green) Peas (yellow) Sunflowers (oil) (lb.) Lentils (red) (lb.) Lentils (green) (lb.) Mustard (brown) (lb.) Mustard (yellow) (lb.) Chickpeas (Kabuli) (lb.)

220.00 244.00 220.00 205.00 255.00 215.00 222.00 165.00 160.00 280.00

24 30 38 42 1,530 1,300 1,200 810 840 1,350

price gross return net return ($/bu.) ($/acre) ($/acre) 12.20 9.10 7.00 7.00 0.20 0.23 0.24 0.27 0.33 0.24

292.80 273.00 294.00 294.00 306.00 299.00 288.00 218.70 277.20 324.00

72.80 29.00 89.00 89.00 51.00 84.00 66.00 53.70 117.20 44.00

Costs of production based on average fertilizer rates and pesticide applications for Western Canada. Land costs are set at $50 per ac. No labour, machinery investment or depreciation or storage costs are included. Those expenses typically run from $50 to $100 per ac. Grades of crops are for average, high quality and wheat protein levels of 13 percent or better. Nov./Dec. delivery. Every farm is different. Costs of operations are variable. This chart is meant as a relative guide. Cost of production calculators are available from provincial agriculture departments. Source: Agriculture Canada, Statistics Canada, Sask. Agriculture, Man. Agriculture, Alta. Agriculture, staff research | WP GRAPHIC

Durum is a good bet with early harvest deliveries, but things will likely fall fast after that and the crop will be under pressure for quality once buyers cover their short-term positions. Good yields and great quality will be needed to keep the crop profitable after September. However, many growers like having a bin or two around, if they can afford it, for when markets grow short. Malt barley might be a spring cereal worth looking at, but its tendency to become feed barley without the big yield scares off many producers. Oats also need a big yield to pay off in 2015, but this has often been the case for the crop. Red lentils are a good bet this year, potentially delivering more than $80 per acre. Greens are also a decent bet. However, weather can play havoc with quality, and most of these prices depend on high grades. Chickpeas can do well for growers in the south, but low prices and high input costs will keep them out of many fields this year. Corn has a lot of risk this year because of high growing costs that nibble away at the margins. It needs about 85 bu. per acre at $3.85 per bu. just to cover operating costs and 125 bu. per acre to be profitable. Some growers in Manitoba achieve this regularly, but west of there it doesn’t happen that often. Growers with little debt and reliable machinery will achieve positive cash flow from the usual mix of crops, as long as the weather, transportation systems and markets don’t interfere too much. However, crop choices will be critical for those with higher costs, and the provincial guides can provide localized insight into what the season might provide. That, and a crystal ball.

Michael Raine is managing editor and Production editor at the Western Producer. Contact him at 306-665-3592 or e-mail michael.raine@producer.com.

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MACHINERY

ReCon crushes stems to keep in moisture Re-conditioners help forage growers get the most from their crops BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

FARGO, N.D. — Some hay farmers count the days between cutting and baling. Serious forage producers, such as dairy farmers, count the hours. A grower who bales 48 hours sooner stands to gain $67 per ton, or $17.50 per acre, on hay quality, says Dan Undersander of Wisconsin State University, a frequent speaker at Manitoba Forage Days. Undersander’s studies have found that dry matter weight drops by two to three percent for every day a swath lays respiring in the field at higher than 35 percent moisture. Re-conditioning is the best option farmers have for protecting the quality of a hay crop before it is baled and put up in a shelter. Calculating high-end hay at $200 per ton and 1.75 ton per acre results in a single cut being worth $350 per acre. A 2.5 percent drop in the value of dry matter amounts to $8.75 per acre for a single day or $17.50 per acre for two days. Using these calculations, the price of a re-conditioner can be recovered by rescuing a hay cut from just one rainfall. Ag Shield recently raised the bar on re-conditioners with the introduction of its ReCon 400, said company owner Tom McCrea. “We’ve taken the ReCon 300 technology and adapted it to a three point hitch platform,” said McCrea while explaining that the new ReCon 400 retains the 300 model’s ability to cut drying time by 30 to 65 percent. “Both machines crush the stems extensively,” he said. “We crush one inch, then leave one inch. Crush one inch, then leave one inch. Over and over. Moisture never has more than a half inch to go to exit a non-crushed portion of the stem.” McCrea said alfalfa has less leaf loss because the stems dry nearly as fast as the leaves. Cows quickly take to coarse baled crops such as corn stover because they like the way the

stems are split full length. “Uniform drying prevents hot spots in larger bales, minimizing reject bales and barn fires,” McCrea said. He said a big drawback of conventional mower conditioners is that their swaths often collapse after five hours. The collapsed spots are more dense and do not dry as well. “Our ReCon 400 re-fluffs the swaths to promote airflow. The thoroughly conditioned stems move moisture out to the open air quickly.” McCrea said the largest single complaint he heard from growers who bought a ReCon 300 was that it required one extra pass over the field with the rake to consolidate windrows for large balers. The extra pass wastes time and fuel. The arms that re-shape the swath can hydraulically swing 20 degrees left or right in small increments, giving the operator a number of options to relay the windrow for maximum drying in minimum time. The adjustments can be made on-the-go from the cab. “The 400 does the same job as the 300 but does it more efficiently in the field,” he said. “It takes two 18-foot swaths and brings them into a single 36 -foot swath for your baler. We’ve eliminated that annoying pass with your rake. He said the ReCon 400 can also move cut hay to dry ground adjacent to the original swath. “The ground below the cutting swath remains damp because the windrow protects it from sun and breezes,” he said. “So I go out the day after cutting and use my ReCon 400 to re-condition the hay and move it over to dry ground. We fluff it up so it has plenty of air movement. And, depending on how our operation is organized, we might combine two windrows into a single large windrow. Or maybe not.” McCrea said faster drying time and a shorter time gap between cutting and baling are just the obvious benefits of using a re-conditioner. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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» CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Softer forage that’s gone through re-conditioning is also more palatable, he added. The farmer can also make tighter bales when harvesting coarser forage, which results in heavier bales and fewer of them. That equates to less wrap or twine as well as less hauling. “Swath inversion is a problem associated with the side deflectors on more conventional re-conditioning machines,” said McCrea. “We have a small amount of inversion with the ReCon 400. The 400 does have the same side deflectors as we put on the 300, but they aren’t used nearly as much on the 400.” Mounting the rig on a three point hitch platform creates advantages, the most obvious being manoeuvrability. The reality is that the best fields are typically dedicated for cereals, corn and canola. Hay is grown in the little odd-shaped, leftover pieces of ground.

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The three point hitch lets the operator get into those little triangular corner fields to extract the most value from the field. McCrea said the three point hitch also works well in irrigated hay fields. It lets the producer make better use of his big, high horsepower field tractor, which easily carries the weight of the ReCon 400. Plus, the large tractor carries the re-conditioner across irrigation ruts without damaging it. Seven feet was the most popular size in the previous ReCon 300 model, but the new ReCon 400 model is manufactured only with a nine foot, three inch head. However, the number is deceiving because the head ends up only slightly wider than the ReCon 300

A lot of the hay in the world is grown on small, odd-shaped fields that are difficult to work with big machinery, which is why the new ReCon 400 is designed as a three-point hitch unit. when it is turned to the full 20 degree angle left or right. The Ag Shield ReCon 400 is priced

at $27,000. For more information, contact McCrea at 204-539-2000 #100 or visit

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Dairy producer sees better performance with farm’s own hay Alberta farmer says re-conditioner boosted both hay quality and butterfat content produced by dairy cows BY RON LYSENG WINNIPEG BUREAU

Butterfat content from Jim Harper’s dairy cows increased from 3.8 per-

cent in 2013 to a highly profitable 4.2 percent last year when he fed them hay treated with his new ReCon 400. Dairy farmers make money on butterfat, and butterfat numbers like

those at Harper’s Rose City Dairy near Camrose make other farmers stand up and take note. Harper knew when he bought the reconditioner that it would give him bet-

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ter hay and butterfat numbers, but this much of a jump came as a surprise. “The hay we made ourselves this year (2014) is far better than what we were forced to buy the past four years when ours wasn’t good enough. Our butterfat went from 3.8 with purchased hay last year up to 4.2 with our own hay this year,” Harper said. “That’s just pure money in the bank when it comes to dairy. If I was feeding beef, I wouldn’t be so picky about it. But in dairy, that’s our profit.” The quality of hay in a dairy barn translates directly to a farm’s profit. “When you’re forced to buy hay, you’re letting someone else control your destiny, but if you can put up quality hay yourself, then you’re in control,” he said. “This is the first time in four years I’ve made my own hay that’s good enough quality for dairy. I’ve had to buy hay for the past four years, and that hurts.” Harper said the weather hasn’t been kind to his hay for the past four years. Rain often fell a day before the crop would have finished curing. Rose City Dairy has 200 acres of hayland, which is cut three times a summer. While researching re-conditioners, Harper decided he could be selfsufficient in hay if he could just shorten the drying time by two days. He’s convinced the ReCon purchase may have been one of his smartest farming decisions, but said he still hasn’t tapped the full potential. The machine is designed specifically to turn two individual 18 foot windrows into a single windrow for more efficient baling.

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The economic threshold for a new piece of equipment like this is the point where the operator eliminates one field pass with one machine. In this instance, the ReCon 400 twin swath feature is intended to eliminate one pass with the rake. “I didn’t do that,” he said. “I didn’t even try the twin swath feature. I wanted to, but in the end, I chickened out. It’s a new machine and I wasn’t familiar with it, so this year I just wanted to make sure the hay was cured before baling.” Another touted benefit of the machine is its ability to gently lift a swath and set it on dry ground next to the strip where it had been laying. “When I get out of the cab and touch the ground where the swath had been, then touch the ground next to the swath, there’s no comparison. The ground where the swath had been is very damp. Very moist,” he said. “The swath retains its shape and its form when the machine sets it back down again. It’s still fluffy and airy. There doesn’t seem to be any rough treatment of the hay and we’re not losing any leafy material.” However, Harper had one unhappy surprise. Ag Shield recommends that the ReCon 400 be run within six hours after cutting to avoid the hay sticking to the rollers as the syrupy sap is squeezed from the stems. However, he ignored the advice the first time he used it. “That sap really sticks to the crimper. Lots of grief. It’s about 20 minutes wasted every time you stop to clean it off. That’s a lesson we learned the hard way,” he said. “Now, in all fairness, I have to admit they warned us. They made it clear we’d be sorry if we didn’t do our reconditioning right away. It’s nobody’s fault but our own. In fact, they were so sure we’d gum it up that they left me with a scraper that looks like it’s made just for that purpose.” For more information, contact Harper at 780-672-0337 or visit www. agshield.ca. ron.lyseng@producer.com

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HORTICULTURE

High tunnels help growers harvest year-round In the right greenhouse, some cold-hardy vegetables can be grown in winter without additional heating BY JEFFREY CARTER FOR THE WESTERN PRODUCER

ORILLIA, Ont. — High tunnels are not just about extending the growing season for market gardeners. In latitudes where the sunlight allows, some are now harvesting crops year round with no supplemental heat. Adam Montri operates Ten Hen Farms at a latitude of 42.8 degrees north in central Michigan with his family. He is also the hoop-house outreach specialist at Michigan State University. He said kale, spinach, root crops and certain salad greens can be grown under such a system, but the crops need to be able to freeze above ground overnight and survive if they are to make it in the dead of winter. Patience is required. You’ll never achieve the short planting-to-harvest interval as in summer, Montri said. “If there’s just four hours of warm temperature during a day, it really doesn’t do much for plant growth,” he told the Dec. 6 Ecological Farmers Association conference. Light intensity is far lower during winter, especially December and January, and even a single layer of plastic will reduce that intensity by 15 percent. University of Minnesota extension says the north wall of greenhouses in more northerly latitudes should be opaque with thermal storage and insulating qualities. Alternatively, the north wall could be attached to an existing structure or be built into an earthen slope. High tunnel greenhouses intended for winter production should ideally be laid out east to west to capture the maximum amount of sunlight. “But that doesn’t mean that if your greenhouse is north-south it’s not going to work. I’ve seen them and they do work,” Montri said. As well, avoid locations where structures or trees will shade the greenhouse space. For the same reason, space multiple tunnels seven to nine metres apart. Tunnel shape is another consideration. Montri prefers the gothic cathedral-style of tunnel on his farm because it is able to support a snow load. Strength should also be considered when choosing the metal structural components. Montri said heavier gauge is better, while structural bracing reduces sway in a high wind. He recommended 13-gauge steel for the ground anchor posts and suggested that growers not “chintz out” by building less-than-solid end walls. Montri also said growers should pay a bit extra for a higher roof line. This increases the capacity of a hoop house to hold warmth and allows pathways to be located along the walls where plant growth is more challenging. “You’re going to lose two feet along the walls in a 20-foot-wide greenhouse because of the cold creeping in, and it’s the same for a 30-footwide structure,” he said. “But with the wider structure, there’s more growing space as a percentage of the total area.” Growers, especially those with

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more sensitive crops, use an interior cover system to create a greenhousewithin-the-greenhouse effect to trap heat near the plants. Plastic requires more management, which is why Montri prefers durable, 30-weight, row-cover fabric held up by a system of high-tensile wires one metre above ground level. Covers are normally pulled aside, but plants can be har vested on extremely cold days by crawling underneath. Fortunately, that occurs only once or twice over the winter season at Montri’s farm. Ventilation is important both summer and winter. During warm weather it’s usually achieved by rolling up the tunnel sides. In winter, Montri opens the end doors as the weather permits to reduce humidity. For watering, he uses underground lines with frost-free hydrants that drain when the water is turned off. It’s important to disconnect and drain all hoses before leaving for the night. He said producers can grow three or four crops in the same space over 12 months in a winter hoop house system if they are willing to be flexible. For instance, spinach might be harvested from early December until March, or until it bolts. A crop such as peas might follow with beans and radishes planted in summer and kale by summer’s end. “Whatever you do, make sure you have a market before you start growing in winter,” he said. “I can’t stress that enough.”

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Will the hungry benefit from falling prices? Falling oil prices will lower food costs, but chronic hunger will continue to affect hundreds of millions of people ROME, Italy (Thomson Reuters Foundation) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A slump in global oil prices has brought cheaper food to many of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poorest. However, the benefits are not universal. Globally, 805 million people still face chronic hunger, according to the United Nationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Food and Agriculture Organization. The poorest in cities may see a reduction in food bills, but those in rural areas, who arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t integrated into world food markets, may not. The price of oil dropped by half last

year, the second-biggest annual decline ever, hitting a five-and-a halfyear low. Oil prices affect the price of food, which fell for a third straight year in 2014. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For many poor people who spend a lot of their budget on food, this is good news,â&#x20AC;? said Shenggen Fan, director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute. â&#x20AC;&#x153; T h e re i s a h i g h c o r re l a t i o n between oil and food prices.â&#x20AC;? Oil is the key fuel for transporting food between field and market, but it also affects food prices because

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fertilizers, pesticides and other key farm inputs are derived from petroleum. Energy and transportation costs represent eight percent of the price of domestically produced food, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture. On the supply side, energy related costs such as fertilizers, chemicals, lubricants and fuel account for 50 percent of the production costs for crops such as corn and wheat in developed countries. However, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a catch for the extreme poor. Many hungry people, who are often subsistence farmers, are not plugged into global commodity markets. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use much fertilizer when growing crops and they might receive less money for their products because of declining global food prices. Fan said urban consumers in developing countries will be some of the biggest winners because two of their biggest expenses â&#x20AC;&#x201D; food and transpor tation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will become cheaper. Poor city dwellers rioted from Haiti to Cameroon to Bangladesh when oil prices spiked in 2007-2008 in tandem with food prices,.

Now that markets have swung in the other direction, oil-importing states should take the opportunity to reduce fossil fuel subsidies and invest the money in rural infrastructure instead, said Arif Husain, chief economist for the World Food Programme. The poorest of the poor could benefit from current trends if the money saved by lower energy expenditures is invested in agricultural research, roads and new technology. Global subsidies for fossil fuel consumption totalled $548 billion in 2013, according to the International Energy Agency. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The political costs for lowering these subsidies will be lower (now that oil prices have dropped),â&#x20AC;? Husain said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This money should be freed up for rural infrastructure, public services and irrigation projectsâ&#x20AC;? Falling prices could provide relief for people in conflict-hit regions, including Syria, South Sudan, Somalia, the Central African Republic and Mali. Many will continue to face hunger, although declining oil and food prices will make it a little easier for humanitarian groups to supply aid. Syria, the Central African Republic,

three Ebola hit countries in West Africa, Iraq and South Sudan faced â&#x20AC;&#x153;large-scale emergenciesâ&#x20AC;? last year, said the WFP. The tide seems to have turned in the fight against Ebola in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, and the UN said those states could see food production rebound this year if farmers can access credit and seeds. As well, the cost to hire ships to bring food to emergency zones has dropped for aid groups because of falling oil prices. The price of bunker fuel used for container ships has fallen more than 20 percent since the third quarter of 2014, meaning the WFP has been saving $30,000 per month for the three vessels it has been chartering. However, these savings are comparatively small when compared to the full cost of running massive international food aid programs into countries such as Iraq and South Sudan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe lower oil prices will allow us to get more aid to people, but its (impact) is quite marginal,â&#x20AC;? said Thierry Kesteloot, an agriculture adviser to Oxfam. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am not sure that 2015 will see a shift in terms of improving poverty and food security.â&#x20AC;?

$548 billion SPENT ON GLOBAL FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES IN 2013.

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Farmers need an integrated pest plan American researcher says neonicotinoids aren’t an answer to every insect problem BY JEFFREY CARTER FOR THE WESTERN PRODUCER

RIDGETOWN, Ont. — The neonicotinoid interaction between soybeans, slugs and predatory ground beetles provides an argument for integrated pest management, says a Penn State researcher. “I didn’t come here to bang on neonicotinoids. I came here to talk about pesticides in general,” John Tooker told the recent Southwest Agricultural Conference in Ridgetown. “There can be unintended consequences. If they’re not used thoughtfully, they can cause problems.” North America neonicotinoids are used in North America as a kind of insurance policy against crop pests. In contrast, integrated pest management (IPM) relies on a combination of techniques. Pesticides are used only when monitoring demonstrates that they are needed. “I’m not advocating for no insecticides. I’m advocating for IPM,” Tooker said. The entomologist was involved in a study published late last year in the

Journal of Applied Ecology, which investigated neonicotinoids and the soybean-slug-ground beetle dynamic. The research, carried out in the laboratory and in large field plots, showed that the common grey slug, which is a major crop pest in soybeans, is unaffected by thiamethoxam, the most popular, seed-coat insecticide for soybeans in the United States. Worse, the insecticides accumulated in the bodies of the slugs to the point that they became toxic to Chlaenius tricolour, a species of ground beetle that attacks them. The field trial found that rather than providing a yield benefit, seed-coat neonicotinoids in no-till, slug-prone fields actually reduced yields. The insecticide depressed the activity of insect predators, which in turn relaxed their predation of slugs. Soybean densities were reduced by 19 percent and crop yield by five percent. “In most cropping systems, neonicotinoid seed treatments are being used outside of an IPM framework and, as we show here, this indiscriminant use can have unintended consequences, with measurable costs

LEFT: Neonicotinoid insecticides can collect in the bodies of slugs with no ill-effect for the mollusks. RIGHT: Chlaenius tricolour is the type of insect that supports agriculture by attacking slugs. | TOOKER LAB PHOTO for farmers,” the study said. The study may be the first to show that a natural insect predator can be exposed to neonicotinoids through their prey. A study published by Michael Seagraves of the University of Kentucky and U.S. Department of Agriculture researcher Jonathan Lundgren in 2012 found a direct negative impact on an omnivorous predatory insect: the minute pirate bug. Tooker showed videos of ground beetles exposed and not exposed to a neonicotinoid. A non-exposed beetle demonstrated its speedy behaviour and voracious appetite for slugs, while an exposed beetle lay on its back, legs twitching. Exposure to the neonicotinoids killed some of the ground beetles. Others eventually recovered but were

incapacitated for three or four days. Tooker described another situation in which the use of pesticides can backfire. Farmers in Pennsylvania often control potato leaf hoppers in alfalfa with regular insecticide spray treatments. Unfortunately, the regimen can also reduce the population of lady beetles, which control another pest, the cowpea aphid. Tooker said integrated pest management, a broader crop rotation and maintaining living plants on the soil year-round can encourage the presence of farmer-friendly insects. “If you put the cover crops in there, that’s providing habitat and it’s also driving the food web for a higher population of predators,” he said. Tooker cited the work of Lucas Criswell, a farmer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, who plants corn into

strips of rye as a way to control slugs. The young corn stalks are largely unaffected because the slugs prefer rye over corn. As well, populations of predatory ground beetles tend to be higher when rye is present. Criswell establishes his rye in the fall and corn is planted in spring. The rye is killed with an herbicide three to seven days after the corn is seeded. Even when dead, the rye still serves as a diversion for the slugs. “If you’re going to try this, do an acre before you do 100 acres,” Tooker said. The farm equipment sector has got on board by providing planter modifications to make the Criswell system practical, Tooker said. The neonicotinoid study, Neonicotinoid insecticide travels through a soil food chain, is available online.

ENVIRONMENT

As global climate rises, wheat yields will fall

A N O T H E R I N C R E D I B L E G I V E A W AY F R O M T H E W E S T E R N P R O D U C E R

Report says climate change will affect supply OSLO, Norway (Reuters) — Global warming will cut average wheat yields by six percent for every degree of temperature rise, says a recent study. It is a bigger-than-expected brake on food production in a hotter world. The report, by a U.S.-led team of scientists, said a six percent drop would have been 42 million tonnes of 701 million tonnes of wheat production worldwide in 2012, highlighting a need to breed more heat-tolerant crops. The study found that wheat yields have declined in recent decades in hotter locations such as India, Africa, Brazil and Australia, more than offsetting yield gains in cooler sites, such as parts of the United States, Europe and China. “Global wheat production is estimated to fall by six percent for each degree Celsius of further temperature increase,” according to the scientists, who used wheat crop computer models and field experiments. They said developing new types of wheat to tolerate extra heat, especially in warm regions, would help limit damage from higher temperatures. The study examined only temperatures. For example, it did not deal with the fact that more carbon diox-

ide, the main greenhouse gas emitted by burning fossil fuels, is an airborne fertilizer. It also did not try to assess possible changes in rainfall patterns. “Wheat yield declines in response to temperature impacts only are likely to be larger than previously thought and should be expected earlier, starting even with small increases in temperature,” they wrote. Jorgen Eivind Olesen, a professor at the University of Aarhus in Denmark who was one of the authors, said the focus on temperature alone meant the study “is not the complete picture.” “Even so, in many parts of the world there would still be a decrease in yields,” even with small temperature rises, he said. In March, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change projected that wheat, rice and corn yields would fall overall with temperature rises of 2 C above late 20th century levels. It is a higher threshold than in the new study. Average world temperatures have risen by about .9 C since the Industrial Revolution and are projected to rise by .3 to 4.8 C this centur y, depending on whether governments cut emissions or let them keep rising.

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Take steps to keep calves scours free Producers can keep young animals healthy by minimizing their exposure to manure BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

Calf prices have reached record highs, so keeping each one healthy is a good investment. Scours is a common threat to young calves, and diligent biosecurity, cow immunization and a good dose of colostrum at birth are among the best defence tactics to prevent sickness. “Scours is the blanket term we refer to when calves have diarrhea, and that can span anywhere from just having loose stool and still being happy to being flat out and near death,” said Claire Windeyer of the University of Calgary’s faculty of veterinary medicine. “It embodies that whole spectrum of disease, and it can be caused by a lot of different pathogens. A lot of times you don’t know which pathogen it is. Often it is a combination of pathogens. It is rarely just one.” The first three weeks of life are the primary challenge. Bacteria and viruses can spread through the herd and cause diarrhea. The weakened calf is then subject to secondary problems. “Babies are the most vulnerable, and part of their growing up experience is becoming immune to some of those everyday pathogens that are in feces,” Windeyer said. “When they are young and they are compromised or naïve, they are overwhelmed by the amount of pathogens.” COLOSTRUM Good colostrum management, good pregnant cow nutrition and vaccines should provide a calf with adequate protection. This is known as passive immunity. Calves that did not get enough colostrum are at high risk. Their guts are open to antibodies from the colostrum as well as any pathogens that may be present during that first day of life. They need to receive a litre of colostrum within the first four hours of life and another litre within 12 hours. “The ideal situation is they are up and drinking from their moms within an hour and you don’t have to worry about it,” Windeyer said. Extra diligence is required if calving was difficult and the cow and calf are wobbly. The calves may eat manure from the cow’s leg, the ground or the udder while they are trying to find the mother’s teat. “Reducing calves’ exposure to the manure is almost more important than what bugs are in it,” she said. Therefore, it is important to keep cows, bedding and surrounding pens

Scours, a common affliction in beef herds, can vary in severity. Calves are most susceptible in the first weeks of life. | FILE PHOTO

SCOURS IN CALVES: AN OVERVIEW Scours encompasses a range of diseases caused by different pathogens. Usually, it is caused by several diseases afflicting the calf at the same time. The risk factors for the various diseases vary with the age of the animal, but calves are particularly susceptible during the first three weeks of life. With good sanitation practices and ample doses of colostrum, many calves are able to fend off infections that can lead to diarrhea or respiratory disease. Risks of various diseases in calves, by age Enterotoxigenic E. coli ......................................... <5 days Clostridium perfringens (uncommon) ................... 5 – 15 days Rotavirus ............................................................. 5 – 15 days Coronavirus ......................................................... 5 – 21 days Cryptosporidium .................................................. 5 – 35 days Salmonella ........................................................... 5 – 42 days Giardia (uncommon) ............................................ 10 – 30 days Attaching & effacing E. coli (uncommon) .............. 20 – 30 days Coccidia ............................................................... >21 - 30 days

Causes of enteritis in calves: viral

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clean. Reducing exposure to manure, wind and wetness gives calves a better start. TREATMENT Treatment depends on how sick the calf is. Talk with the veterinarian about the best approach for treatment and whether it can be done by the producer or a veterinarian. Antibiotics may not help because the cause of the illness is usually unknown. However, calves can recover within 12 hours if the problem is caught early and they receive

sure to it and trying to make sure that calf is as strong and healthy,” she said. The length of the calving season is also important to consider. The first calves of the season are probably exposed to low concentrations of whatever pathogens are present. The later calves face more exposure to accumulated pathogens and greater risk of disease. On-farm biosecurity is another good defence. Veterinarians from Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine suggested the following: • Remove late gestation cows from areas heavily contaminated with feces, such as winter feeding grounds, a month before calving to reduce manure on the hides and further spreading infectious agents by carriers. • Separate cows requiring more intensive monitoring, such as first calf heifers. • Avoid moving cows into calving areas until immediately before delivery, or as late as practical. • Ensure that calving pens are sanitized and well bedded before and between successive calving. • Clean the perineum and particularly the udder of cows before delivery. • Collect colostrum from clean, sanitized udders into clean containers. Refrigerate it immediately or freeze in volumes no larger than four litres. Do not pool between cows.

oral electrolytes. “Calves are amazingly resilient and they can surprise you, even when they look like they are near death,” she said. THE DISEASES A host of pathogens lurk in manure, and many may be difficult to diagnose. Calves may have picked up an infection from the many forms of E. coli or viruses such as rotovirus and coronavirus. They may also have been exposed to parasites such as cryptosporidium and coccidiosis. Rotovirus can cause a mild diarrhea,

protazoal

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dehydration and depression and open the door for other bugs to enter the system and sicken the animal. Coronavirus tends to destroy more of the gut lining and can be more severe. Both forms of the virus are present in scours vaccines, which are given to cows before calving. BIOSECURITY The environment and housing conditions must be considered to reduce risk. “Management is important to dilute the amount in the environment, trying to avoid the calf’s expo-

• Group heifers separately from cows during at least the last trimester of gestation. • Use designated calving grounds, and calve heifers separately from cows. Such areas should not have been used by animals since the previous year’s calving season and should have been groomed shortly after the close of the calving season. It should be well drained and situated away from bottomlands, which tend to collect contaminants in standing water. • Minimize the population density of cows as much as practical and reduce group size to less than 50 animals. • Remove beef cow-calf pairs to a separate nursery area after bonding but within 24 hours of calving. • Rotate feeding areas during the calving season to avoid fecal contamination and pathogen buildup. • Calves demonstrating signs of lethargy or diarrhea should be removed from the group as soon as possible and placed into an isolation area. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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Cows on corn need attention Standing corn can be beneficial, but producers must monitor what the animals are eating BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — The cobs in a field of grazing corn are like ice cream for cattle. Left to their own devices, cows and beef calves new to a field of standing corn will go straight to the cobs, eat them first and then consume the rest of the plant later. That’s why Bart Lardner, senior research scientist at the Western Beef Development Centre in Lanigan, Sask., recommends limited access for cattle in grazing corn, at least in the early stages. Lardner told the Farming Smarter conference in early December that W BD C re s e a rc h ha s p rov i d e d insights into the practice, which is gaining popularity on the Prairies now that corn breeding allows plant maturity with lower heat units. “Some of the advantages of corn … is because it really is producing two and half, three, three and a half times the biomass that small grain cereals do per acre, and so that’s the attraction in terms of dry matter,” said Lardner. “So there’s a potential there to reduce your cost per cow per day.” Corn can provide adequate energy and protein for gestating cows in fall and winter, although supplements may be required depending on the stage of pregnancy. “One thing we have noted with the nutritive value of whole plant corn is that it can be a little bit low on protein. Certainly work with a nutritionist to look at the protein requirements of that cow in the third trimester of pregnancy and even getting very close to calving,” he said. “The corn crop may not be meeting those protein requirements of that cow in late gestation.” The ice cream effect is also a risk because loading up on corncobs with high starch content can lead to rumen acidosis and possibly death. Lardner said producers should use portable fencing to limit cattle access. Cows need to consume 30 to 40 pounds of feed per day, so producers can calculate a three or four day feed allocation based on herd size. Gordon Frank, a farmer and Pioneer representative in Brooks, Alta., said the acidosis risk might become less of a worry in herds accustomed to corn grazing. “Once they figure out that you’re not going to take them away from it, and they know there’s going to be cobs there tomorrow and there’s going to be cobs the next day, they don’t get quite so greedy to go after just cobs,” he said. “It’s just the first week or two, and then they kind of settle in more.” Frank said feeding cattle well before turning them into a new cornfield can help, as can supplemental hay in the same field. Lardner made a similar recommendation. “What we tend to do at Western Beef is that with cows that have grazed

corn, or even naïve cows, we’ll put them out there and we’ll supplement with a fibre source, some round bales.” Frank said corn grazing has increased in southern Alberta, primarily because of the availability of new hybrids. There are jokes about “holiday corn,” meaning cattle producers with standing corn crops can take a winter vacation while the cattle feed themselves. “It does reduce the maintenance,” said Frank. “You’re not starting tractors. You’re not hauling out bales, you’re not doing a lot of that stuff … plus you’re getting more yield per acre than any other crop we can grow.” The tricky part is choosing a variety that will provide the best feed value at freeze up. Because that date varies, some producers plant an early variety and a later variety.

Cows feeding standing corn should consume 30 to 40 pounds of feed per day, says Bart Lardner of the Western Beef Development Centre. | FILE PHOTO “You can juggle it a bit. You’re sort of hedging your bets,” he said. “It works good for quite a few of our guys (customers).” Lardner suggested planting a variety that requires 100 to 200 heat units more than the area’s average. That way, the corn might have the right level of maturity for best feed value when the first killing frost comes. “That plant is hopefully in that early milk line or half milk line state,” he said.

“We feel that the half milk line, or the R5 stage, is somewhere equivalent in terms of the amount of starch per acre and the amount of fibre per acre.” Corn that is too mature at freeze-up doesn’t offer as much to grazing cattle. It may have more energy content, but more grain will likely pass through the cattle without being fully digested and used. Frank urged growers to get their variety choice and agronomy right.

Corn is more expensive to grow than other cereals and forage. The seed alone can be about $100 per acre, and there are other inputs after that. It means it has to pay off if grazing is the plan. “It is a little more costly to grow than barley or alfalfa, but what else stands there through thick and thin and is grazable,” he said. barb.glen@producer.com

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EPIZOOTIC HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE

Climate change helps disease expand north ANIMAL HEALTH

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disease found in the southeastern United States is spreading toward Western Canada. Dr. Kathryn Berger, a former postdoctoral fellow at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, was investigating the emergence of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) in these new areas. It is a viral disease of wild and domestic ruminants, which is transmitted to susceptible animals by small biting insects called midges. As a result, the disease is limited to locations where there is habitat that can support these insects. There is no direct animal-to-animal spread. Using high-tech computer mapping to study the midges, Berger was able to identify where they live and where they will spread under various climate change projections. “We collaborated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to better understand the risk of EHD in southern Canada in the future,” she said. EHD is primarily a disease of deer, and small outbreaks occur in that species every few years in the southeastern U.S. However, elk, moose, pronghorn antelope and caribou are also susceptible. Understanding the distribution of EHD in southern Canada is important because it is a foreign disease, can cause devastating losses in wildlife and can affect domestic cattle. Severe cases of EHD mimic footand-mouth disease and bluetongue. Manifestations of all three diseases in cattle include sores in the mouth and lips, lack of appetite, fever, lameness and abortion in pregnant cows, but most infected cattle don’t usually show outward signs of disease. Veterinarians must report suspected cases of EHD to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Outbreaks occur outside of their normal southeastern area every five

to seven years. “Animals outside the normal range of EHD have less immunity. During these outbreaks, up to 90 percent of deer can die,” said Berger. Some of these broader outbreaks have historically occurred in the southeastern Alberta-southwestern Saskatchewan area and British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley. Southeastern Alberta experienced an outbreak in deer in 2013. Dr. Berger and colleagues found a distinct, cyclical pattern of EHD outbreaks occurring every five years. “These outbreaks span a diagonal band from the southeastern U.S.A. all the way up to the U.S.A.-Canada border.” Their next step was to build computer models to understand which geographical locations have suitable habitats for the midges that carry the EHD virus because understanding the insect is crucial to predicting where the disease will occur. Berger worked with an integrated team including entomologists, veterinarians, ecologists, climatologists and experts in risk assessment. Obtaining quality data was a particular challenge for the study. “Disease modeling is only as good as the data you put into it,” Berger said. EHD is not a reportable disease in the U.S., which means patchy information was available for some states. However, researchers were able to detect trends in disease spread at the countrywide level. They also identified areas for improvement. “EHD is rare in southwestern Canada, but with projected climate change, Canada will likely see more incursions of EHD as the midge insects move further north from the United States,” said Berger. More midges will make their homes in southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan as these regions heat up with climate change. An increase in insects to spread the virus means we should expect more cases of EHD in deer and cattle. However, it’s still unclear how widespread the disease will become, how Canada will respond and what the impact will be on wildlife and cattle health. Dr. Jamie Rothenburger is a veterinarian who practices pathology and a PhD student at the Ontario Veterinary College. Twitter: @DrJamieR_Vet

Deer are the main target of epizootic hemorrhagic disease, but cattle are also susceptible. | FILE PHOTO

Customers buy cattle at an open-air livestock market in Pengpu township in China’s Yunnan province Jan. 3. The market, biggest of its kind in the province, sells more than 2,000 cattle per week. | REUTERS/WONG CAMPION PHOTO

MONEY CRUNCH

Check-off refunds cut into Alberta beef research Alberta Beef Producers has less funding because of check-off changes BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH CALGARY BUREAU

Alberta Beef Producers must pick and choose which research projects it can fund because it no longer has a secure income. “We are looking at a 63 percent decrease in research funding since the loss of income from the refundable checkoff,” said Karin Schmid, the organization’s beef production specialist. ABP is funded with a $3 checkoff on each animal sold in Alberta. A $1 levy is subtracted for national projects, but the remaining $2 has been refundable by request for the last five years. Alberta has been a large supporter of the national research strategy since it was formed. The Beef Cattle Research Council, which was formed in 2001, oversees projects. Of the $1 remitted to the national check-off agency, Alberta designates 20 cents for the research council and the rest goes to Canada Beef Inc. The research council oversees the beef science cluster, which includes government, beef associations and private groups such as the Grey Wooded Forage Association, Elanco and Pioneer. ABP provided the science cluster with $100,000 per year for the first five years after it began in 2009. It also

contributed another $250,0000 to individual projects. “Right now we are in a funding environment if industry has money on the table, government adds money,” she said. The science cluster concept was renewed in 2013 and has $15 million from government and $5 million from the industry. Most support is directed toward forage, grasslands and environmental studies, as well as feed efficiency, animal health and well being. Other areas of research include beef quality, feed grains, food safety and technology transfer. ABP had previously committed $1.5 million over five years to help fund feed grain research in Alberta, but that funding ended at the beginning of this year. It will provide another $200,000 this spring. Schmid said the feed grains research has paid off with a number of new varieties registered, including six new barley varieties, three new spring triticale and one new wheat. She said a call for research projects went out this year, but only three were approved because of funding limitations. One of them is a protein supplementation project. It is believed that many cows are protein deficient in the last stages of gestation, which affects the fetus and early

development of the calf. Another study is examining the effects of trace minerals on cows. It is funded by the beef research council and will test cows to see what they might be deficient in and if that affects pregnancy and calving outcomes. Researchers also want to know if there are regional differences in mineral deficiencies. The other project will investigate the benefits of using sainfoin and cicer milk vetch for grazing. The ABP also helped create the Alberta Forage Beef Centre to close the research gap that occurred when the Western Forage Beef Group collapsed. Both levels of government support rebuilding a centre to co-ordinate beef and forage research in the province. Projects are likely to include reducing winter feeding costs, cow efficiency and expanding research and extension capacity. It will be based at Lacombe, but work will also be done at other centres. The government has agreed to provide staff, facilities and expertise through extension networks, while the industry will provide cash, expertise and direction. ABP said it would contribute $25,000 for the next two years as funds are available. barbara.duckworth@producer.com

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THE GIFT OF CULLING

Record keeping and analysis helps bottom line

Big, mean cows can make small gifts

Producers can fine tune their herd’s performance by recording data on every cow BY WILLIAM DEKAY SASKATOON NEWSROOM

LANIGAN, Sask. — Improving an existing herd’s production performance is more important to a farm’s bottom line than expansion, says a beef economist. “In this era of considering expansion and growing your herd, one way, rather than to simply just adding more cows, is to get better rather than getting bigger,” said Kathy Larson of the Western Beef Development Centre. She told a Dec. 16 winter field day at the Termuende Research Ranch near Lanigan that it is important to maintain good production records. ‘If you can improve your production performance and just simply wean more pounds of calf with the same amount of cows, you’d be better prepared for the next downturn in the price cycle,” she said. “I know that sounds very doom and gloom to be saying that at these record high price times, but we know that it happens. We know that we have cyclical prices and eventually we’ll have a decrease in prices.… Anything that you can do to better prepare yourself for that time is a bonus.” She said strong record keeping should serve as the centerpiece of any good beef management program, but the job of collecting, maintaining and using records often receives the least attention. “The ability to review historical information and use it in the decision-making process is the single factor that separates the premier managers from those who just do a good job,” she quoted from a recent University of Kentucky study. T h e s t u d y f o u n d t hat p ro p e r records can help farmers make decisions about their herd’s reproductive, productive and financial status. “Ultimately, when you look at the equation for cost of production and your price that you need to sell your calves — your break-even price — it’s your total cost for your cow-calf operation divided by your total pound of calf weaned,” said Larson. Conception rate, calving rate, calving distribution, calf death loss, wean rate and weight influence pounds of calf weaned. “If you can track those production indicators for your herd, you can see where you have possibilities — strengths and weaknesses — areas where you can improve your production and increase your total pounds of calf weaned, and that makes you more money,” she said. Herd level analysis is good, but records on a per cow basis are better. “Ideally, I’d want a producer to track each calf that they know who the dame of the calf is,” she said. “They know its birth date, its birth

weight, its sex, its weaned rate; calving ease is always useful.” Information-gathering techniques vary widely between farms from annual subscriptions using the latest digital tools to homemade spreadsheets to pen and paper. However, Larson said that no matter what method farmers use, they seldom do anything with the infor-

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mation. A new calving pocketbook from Saskatchewan’s agriculture ministry says cow herd reproduction is five times more important than growth rate and 10 times more important than carcass quality when it comes to contributing to income. “Front load your breeding season so at least 60 percent of your herd calves during the first 21 day cycle and the profitability in your herd will improve,” it said. Calving apps and programs continue to help producers store information on smartphones so that the information can be used electronically. Record keeping tools vary from free to thousands of dollars for annual subscriptions, although a 70 percent traceability rebate is now available for higher-priced programs. Larson said it’s possible to easily recoup the annual cost of a program. “Cost production is about $650 per cow, so if you can identify one poor performer each year and sell her, and cull prices are strong right now, it makes better sense to get her out of the herd,” she said. “That $650 saving to get one lower producing female out, oftentimes you’ll cover the cost of those higher priced programs.” Producers are also encouraged to complete the Western Canadian Cow-Calf Survey at www.wbdc.sk.ca/ wcccs.htm to help develop better production benchmarks. The survey was last conducted in 1998. “Sometimes even if you’re doing all of the analyses on your own operation and looking from year to year in your own herd, it’s useful to be able to look at other numbers,” she said. “To look at averages from your region, within your herd size, your province, to say, ‘am I on track, am I doing things OK, is there any areas I can improve, or what areas am I doing really well?’ ” william.dekay@producer.com

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RYAN TAYLOR

t’s been quite a year to be in the cattle business. I’m not trying to brag, but I’m sure not complaining either. It’s the kind of year where you can update equipment, pay down debt, put a little money away and prepare for a day when the markets aren’t so rosy. We had enough to donate to our favourite causes and buy a few gifts for our family and others. It was the kind of year where I knew I owed a nice gift to my partner, who always helps me sort the cows and keep the ranch going. For years, my wife has asked me to sell a half dozen cows in the herd who would just as soon mash me into the ground as let me near their calves in the spring. On my four point mean and nasty rating scale, they would consistently get a four. My wife keeps telling me that should mean “four sale.” They are good cows, though : always fat, always bred and always bringing in an above average calf. However, I’m also always dragging their calves underneath the tractor so I can get them ear tagged and vaccinated without having my bones busted by their four-star mother. I figured it would be a nice gift to my wife to sort those cows into the sale

The writer found a perfect time to get rid of some of his problem cows. | FILE PHOTO pen as we pregnancy checked this year, even if they were bred and not old and not thin. I consulted my little red calving book, and if I wrote a “four” in the cow’s not-so-docile scoring column, it was getting a ride to the sale barn. I sold the cows as culls because I wouldn’t wish them into anyone else’s herd. If someone wanted to find out if they were pregnant and calve them out, it was their risk to take. They would get along fine until calving time. I came home from the sale barn with those little pink slips of paper they give you when you unload your trailer and leave the cows for the next day’s sale. I looked at those pink slips and decided they would make nice wrapping paper for a Christmas gift for my wife. The only problem was that the pink

slips were pretty small. Even if I taped a couple of slips together, I would have to find a small gift for my wife. I tried to think of something small to get her. Maybe a can of snoose? That would sure be a surprise. I could get her a deck of pinochle cards, which would be small enough to wrap in a pink sale barn slip but probably not a qualifier for special or romantic. I decided if a person was looking for something small and special, I’d have to do what jewelers have been banking on us to do for generations: go with something small and shiny that sits under a glass store case and comes with it’s own handy little hinged box suitable for wrapping with a small piece of paper. I like to support local economies while I’m shopping. I figured the closest shiny gem I was going to find in my northern plains neighborhood were the yogo sapphires from the Yogo Gulch in the Little Belt Mountains of central Montana. I knew if I bought Montana gems I wouldn’t have to worry about funding bloody civil wars or rebel warlords, which is what can happen if you buy those “blood diamonds” or “conflict diamonds” from Africa like I’ve read about. Nope, I’ve been to the Judith Basin in Montana and it was pretty peaceful country. I could buy with a clean conscience from conflict-free central Montana. And when my wife opened that little pink wrapped box, our time around the Christmas tree was also conflict free. Ryan Taylor is a rancher, writer and senator in the state legislature from Towner, North Dakota.

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Equipment dealers in Western Canada face a labour shortage that won’t likely be eased anytime soon. The shortage of trained mechanics is the main issue for members of the Western Equipment Dealers Association, who met in Regina last week for their annual convention. “Our recent surveys show that we need 1,000 in Western Canada right now, and that’s even before we account for eight percent that are leaving the industry every year,” said chief executive officer John Schmeiser. “There are 450 in Saskatchewan alone that our dealers would take right now with the existing capacity they have with the size of their shops and the demand that’s coming from the customer.” He said the slowdown in the oil sector might help agricultural dealerships in the short term. The association has been doing what it can to encourage more people to enter the industry for the long haul. It has provided $250,000 to Parkland Regional College’s Trades and Technology Centre to support the training of 24 agricultural mechanics. It also contributed $57,000 to double the intake in Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s agricultural machinery technician program in 2013, premier Brad Wall said in a speech to delegates. He said government appreciates the efforts of industry and will do what it can to make it easier for businesses to find and keep workers. For example, Saskatchewan asked the federal government to raise the cap on the provincial immigrant nominee program from 4,725 to 6,000. In December, Ottawa said it would increase the province’s nominations to 5,500, and those 775 new nominees would be eligible for new Express Entry applications. “The labour shortage is not a shortterm proposition,” Wall said. “We need more skilled workers in this province. That’s not a passing fad.” Schmeiser said trade missions have successfully recruited workers in the past and will continue to do so. Consolidation at the ownership level in the equipment industry belies the fact it is still an expanding business in need of workers, he added. “That’s being driven by the manufacturers,” he said. “They’re suggesting the ideal dealership model is an ownership group that’s well capitalized, that has numerous locations as opposed to each individual store being individu-

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ally owned.” Dealers are also concerned about inventory. “In some areas on new equipment sales, we’ve seen a drop off in 2014 of about 20 percent over the previous year,” Schmeiser said. He believes it is a minor correction after the best year ever in 2013. However, he said dealers take trades in 95 percent of transactions. “There is a little bit of excess inventory, and what our dealers are looking for are ways to move that excess inventory,” he said. In Saskatchewan, dealers are also looking for a regulatory change at SaskPower to eliminate a five-day

waiting period to move equipment that is over the maximum height allowance of 18 feet, six inches. “If we have a combine that breaks down in a farmer’s field and it has a hopper extender on top of it, if we put that on a truck and transport it into the dealership to fix it, it takes us up to five days to get a permit before we can move it legally down the highway,” he said. “Then once we fix the combine, we have to wait another five days before we can transport it back to the farmer.” Saskatchewan dealers want a blanket permit similar to what their Manitoba counterparts receive from Manitoba Hydro once a year.

WEDA is a new moniker for the former Canada West Equipment Dealers Association, which merged last Sept. 1 with the SouthWestern Association representing dealers in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. It now represents 1,000 dealerships, including 400 in Canada. Peter Lacey, executive chair of Cervus Equipment, was named 2014 Canadian Dealer of the Year at the c o nv e nt i o n . C e r v u s ha s 1 , 8 0 0 employees at 68 dealerships around the world and is the only publicly traded John Deere dealership group. karen.briere@producer.com

Buhler profit down Buhler Industries posted a profit of $12.5 million in the year ending Sept. 30 2014, down from $19.9 million last year. The company makes Versatile and Fa r m Ki ng products. Revenu e slipped to $325.5 million from $340.3 million. The company said lower crop prices and farm income hurt demand, and exports to Ukraine and Russia fell on political uncertainty. Decreased margins and increased selling and administration expenses were partially offset by gains on sale of excess property and equipment, as well as decreased interest expenses resulting from new financing agreements.

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Young and ambitious: Here’s how you can get ahead THE BOTTOM LINE

GLENN CHEATER

igh grain prices haven’t just strengthened the balance sheet. They have also brought an infusion of youth into a sector where 40-year-olds are considered young farmers. However, will ambitious young people find that Mom and Dad aren’t so open to new ideas now that prices are dropping? Mike Fata hopes not. “Farming is no different than any other business: innovate or perish,” says the chief executive officer of Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods. “The younger generation isn’t intimidated by change and are willing to try new things and innovate. So it’s good to see farmers in their 20s and 30s being aggressive in pursuing growth opportunities.” It’s easier to be aggressive in prosperous times. These days, the next generation’s ambitious plans to expand, acquire cutting-edge technology or move into new ventures or crops may elicit a curt “not now” from the parents. Fata faced similar skepticism when he was a passionate but inexperienced 21-year-old bent on making hemp the next big thing. Seventeen years later, Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods is indeed big, with annual sales topping $50 million and still growing by leaps and bounds. His experience holds lessons for any ambitious young producer wanting to push the envelope but facing resistance. Passion is always key, and Fata had more than most. As a teen, he weighed nearly 300 pounds, and “not fitting into the social scene at high school” was a big reason why he dropped out after Grade 10. In his bid to lose weight, he went on fad diets with no fat allowed, exercised like crazy and promptly suffered serious health problems. That’s when he learned about good fats, and that hemp was an excellent source of omega 3 and omega 6 essential fatty acids. Hemp seed became a key part of his diet and fuel for an exercise program that allowed him to get — and keep — his weight under 200 lb. Cue the creation of Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods, which Fata started with two partners, and critically, the support of his mother. However, others figured it was doomed to f a il . Af t er a l l , Fata wasn’t just launching one business but three: a hemp processor, food manufacturer and marketing company trying to create demand for an obscure product that was wrongly linked to its cannabis cousin. “As I look back, I wonder if I had had a business degree and understood what a challenging landscape we faced, whether we would have taken the risks we did,” says Fata.

Products such as Hemp Protein Powders and Hemp Hearts (raw shelled hemp seed) are now in the big grocery chains, but Fata started out with hemp oil and cold-calling small health food stores in Winnipeg. “I wandered around with some taster spoons and a bag with the hemp oil and some sales literature,” he says. “My pitch was, ‘you’ve got to try this. It’s nutritious and tastes really good.’ ” It was a start but wouldn’t have been enough if Fata hadn’t taken it to the next level. And that’s his first piece of advice: turn your vision into a business plan.

“After those first couple of years when we went from credit cards and loans from friends and family out into what I call ‘the real world,’ I was able to speak with ease about where we were going and the opportunity,” he says. “You need a strong story, but also a strong financial story. What are the costs? What sales levels do you have to reach? How much cash will you burn?” Next up should be “small wins,” he says. “Young entrepreneurs need to prove themselves. Then people — whether that’s your parents or mentors or lenders — are going to have more trust in you.”

The two things are intertwined. A key milestone for Fata was convincing 20 Manitoba hemp growers to become shareholders, each putting up $20,000 toward Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods’ first processing plant. The company originally produced batches at a food development centre. Finally, he says, know your strengths and weaknesses. “Sometimes ego gets in the way, and so it’s important to identify those things you’re not good at and build support around you,” says Fata. “I don’t have a university degree, but I had a lot of professors — it’s just that they were people in the industry that I could ask for help.”

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The group included other young entrepreneurs in the health food sector, and Fata is quick to add you need to share your learnings, contacts and experiences to make it a win-win. The bottom line? Sure, your parents might be riskaverse, but if you don’t have a sound business plan, some sort of track record, and a strong support network, can you blame them? Archived columns from this series can be found at www.fcc-fac.ca/learning. Farm Credit Canada enables business management skill development through resources such as this column, and information and learning events available across Canada.

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Trend steady/-2 n/a n/a USDA

n/a

Canadian Beef Production million lb. YTD % change Fed 1914.9 +6 Non-fed 290.3 -7 Total beef 2205.1 +4 Canfax

EXCHANGE RATE: JAN. 12 $1 Cdn. = $0.8389 U.S. $1 U.S. = $1.1908 Cdn.

Cattle / Beef Trade Exports % from 2014 718,754 (1) +2.3 437,719 (1) + 41.7 183,430 (3) + 11.2 262,730 (3) + 12.7 Imports % from 2014 n/a (2) n/a 38,037 (2) -9.7 133,550 (4) -21.6 199,254 (4) -8.4

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. 13/14 (2) to Oct. 31/14 (3) to Oct. 31/14 (4) to Dec. 20/14 Agriculture Canada

Close Trend Jan. 2

Year ago

165.68 164.58 157.05 155.03 156.13

-5.08 -5.15 -6.40 -6.78 -6.55

136.70 136.98 130.25 128.30 131.90

223.95 221.45 222.33 223.43 224.70

-1.52 -8.90 -9.85 -10.65 -9.97

168.65 167.65 168.55 168.90 170.68

Est. Beef Wholesale ($/cwt) This wk Last wk 316-318 n/a

Montreal

Steers 169.82 169.67 170.38 271.16

1/12

Close Jan. 9 Live Cattle Feb 160.60 Apr 159.43 Jun 150.65 Aug 148.25 Oct 149.58 Feeder Cattle Jan 222.43 Mar 212.55 Apr 212.48 May 212.78 Aug 214.73

Sheep ($/lb.) & Goats ($/head) Dec. 26 3.50-4.00 0.12-0.19 1.75-2.20 0.50 SunGold Meats

Jan. 5 2.85-3.10 2.50-3.00 2.20-2.65 2.30-2.45 1.98-2.35 n/a 1.20-1.30 1.20-1.30 65-135

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

Dec. 29 2.85-3.40 2.60-2.80 2.45-2.60 2.25-2.50 2.00-2.20 n/a 1.15-1.25 1.20-1.30 65-135

n/a n/a n/a n/a

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

Index 100 Hog Price Trends ($/ckg) Alberta $190 $180 $170 $160 $150 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5

1/12

Fixed contract $/ckg

Feb 01-Feb 14 Feb 15-Feb 28 Mar 01-Mar 14 Mar 15-Mar 28 Mar 29-Apr 11 Apr 12-Apr 25 Apr 26-May 09 May 10-May 23 May 24-Jun 06 Jun 07-Jun 20

Export 810,439 (1) 318,169 (2) 959,630 (2)

$190 $180

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

$170 $160 $150 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5

1/12

(1) to Dec. 13/14

(2) to Oct. 31/14

Canada 19,364,679 19,731,981 -1.9

To date 2014 To date 2013 % change 14/13

Fed. inspections only U.S. 103,945,443 108,929,952 -4.6 Agriculture Canada

Index 100 hogs $/ckg Alta. Sask.

160.10 160.33

Man. Que.

$175 $170 $165 1/12

Feb Apr May Jun

Close Jan. 9 79.03 80.05 85.30 89.20

Close Jan. 2 81.30 83.50 88.70 92.00

Trend -2.27 -3.45 -3.40 -2.80

Year ago 85.83 91.00 98.88 100.90

$240 $220 $200 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5

1/12

% from 2014 n/a -15.5 -14.3 Agriculture Canada

Close Jan. 9 88.03 87.75 76.38 72.15

$440 $420

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

$410 11/28 12/5 12/12 12/19 1/2

1/9

$-5 $-10 $-15 $-20 $-25 11/28 12/5 12/12 12/19 1/2

1/9

Feed Wheat (Lethbridge) $215 $210 $205 $200 $195 11/28 12/5 12/12 12/19 1/2

1/9

Flax (elevator bid- S’toon) $540 $520 $500 $480 $460 11/28 12/5 12/12 12/19 1/2

1/9

$215 $210

Basis: $25

$205 $200 $195 11/28 12/5 12/12 12/19 1/2

1/9

Chicago Nearby Futures ($US/100 bu.)

Corn (March) $420 $410 $400 $390 1/12

Soybeans (Jan.) $1080

Jul Aug Oct Dec

$1000 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5

-3.25 -2.45 -0.92 -0.85

Year ago 99.65 97.95 84.25 80.00

1/12

Oats (March) $330 $320

$290 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5

ELEVATOR SHIPMENTS

Jan. 4 400.5 471.8 196.5

Dec. 21 170.5 367.6 155.6

YTD 6233.5 9241.8 2780.2

Year Ago 5146.7 8194.8 3089.6

1/12

Minneapolis Nearby Futures ($US/100bu.) Spring Wheat (March) $640 $620 $600 $580 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5

Grain Futures Jan. 12 Jan. 5 Trend Wpg ICE Canola ($/tonne) Jan 460.40 461.70 -1.30 Mar 446.60 448.60 -2.00 May 444.00 441.70 +2.30 Jul 441.90 439.40 +2.50 Wpg ICE Milling Wheat ($/tonne) Mar 217.00 226.00 -9.00 May 220.00 228.00 -8.00 Jul 222.00 230.00 -8.00 Wpg ICE Durum Wheat ($/tonne) Mar 365.00 365.00 0.00 May 355.00 355.00 0.00 Wpg ICE Barley ($/tonne) Mar 182.00 177.00 +5.00 May 184.00 179.00 +5.00 Chicago Wheat ($US/bu.) Mar 5.5550 5.8900 -0.3350 May 5.6000 5.9375 -0.3375 Jul 5.6475 5.9600 -0.3125 Sep 5.7125 6.0275 -0.3150 Chicago Oats ($US/bu.) Mar 2.9825 3.0600 -0.0775 May 3.0025 3.0800 -0.0775 Jul 3.0525 3.1075 -0.0550 Chicago Soybeans ($US/bu.) Jan 10.1350 10.3975 -0.2625 Mar 10.1600 10.4525 -0.2925 May 10.2175 10.5200 -0.3025 Jul 10.2675 10.5750 -0.3075 Chicago Soy Oil (¢US/lb.) Jan 32.45 32.70 -0.25 Mar 32.60 32.87 -0.27 May 32.75 33.04 -0.29 Chicago Soy Meal ($US/short ton) Jan 356.5 369.0 -12.5 Mar 341.2 354.0 -12.8 May 335.4 346.5 -11.1 Chicago Corn ($US/bu.) Mar 4.0200 4.0600 -0.0400 May 4.1000 4.1475 -0.0475 Jul 4.1675 4.2125 -0.0450 Sep 4.2050 4.2350 -0.0300 Minneapolis Wheat ($US/bu.) Mar 5.9525 6.2150 -0.2625 May 6.0250 6.2850 -0.2600 Jul 6.0975 6.3500 -0.2525 Sep 6.1650 6.4000 -0.2350 Kansas City Wheat ($US/bu.) Mar 5.9050 6.2475 -0.3425 May 5.9550 6.2950 -0.3400 Jul 6.0025 6.3125 -0.3100

Year ago 416.90 425.90 435.00 443.50 182.00 188.00 190.00 243.00 247.00 136.50 138.50 5.7350 5.8050 5.8725 5.9675 3.9300 3.4600 3.2425 13.2675 12.9425 12.7425 12.6075 37.57 37.84 38.18 446.9 421.9 408.7 4.3450 4.4250 4.4925 4.5375 6.1775 6.2150 6.2900 6.3725 6.1975 6.1875 6.1825

Canadian Exports & Crush

$660

(000 tonnes) Alta. Sask. Man.

Jan. 9 6.15 5.24 10.70 5.76 no bid

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

$300

Trend

Jan. 5 36.41 22.36 32.70 29.16 20.83 27.18 24.79 8.66 7.46 7.11 7.47 8.37 4.38 32.47 24.70 30.63 24.25 15.73 17.00 12.75 15.19

$430

$310

Close Jan. 2 91.28 90.20 77.30 73.00

Avg. 39.19 22.92 35.58 31.44 21.40 29.61 27.17 8.66 7.46 7.98 7.97 9.25 4.38 32.47 24.70 30.63 24.14 15.73 19.29 15.57 16.69

Jan. 7 Dec. 31 Year Ago No. 3 Oats Saskatoon ($/tonne) 152.29 148.77 135.01 Snflwr NuSun Enderlin ND (¢/lb) 19.40 18.85 19.40

$450

$1020

Import n/a 171,922 (3) 186,519 (3)

Jan. 12 37.50-41.00 19.50-25.00 35.00-36.00 29.00-33.00 20.00-23.00 28.00-33.00 27.00-28.00 8.30-9.50 7.30-7.50 7.90-8.00 7.90-8.00 8.50-10.00 4.35-4.45 31.40-33.00 23.80-25.00 29.50-31.00 23.00-24.50 15.20-16.00 18.00-20.00 14.00-18.00 14.00-20.00

Cash Prices

Canola (cash - March)

$1040

% from 2014 +2.4 +6.1 -2.0

Laird lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) Laird lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) Richlea lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) Eston lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) Eston lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) Sm. Red lentils, No. 2 (¢/lb) Sm. Red lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) Peas, green No. 1 ($/bu) Peas, green 10% bleach ($/bu) Peas, med. yellow No. 1 ($/bu) Peas, sm. yellow No. 2 ($/bu) Maple peas ($/bu) Feed peas ($/bu) Mustard, yellow, No. 1 (¢/lb) Mustard, brown, No. 1 (¢/lb) Mustard, Oriental, No. 1 (¢/lb) Canaryseed (¢/lb) Desi chickpeas (¢/lb) Kabuli, 8mm, No. 1 (¢/lb) Kabuli, 7mm, No. 1 (¢/lb) B-90 ckpeas, No. 1 (¢/lb)

Cash Prices

$1060

Chicago Hogs Lean ($US/cwt)

$180

$260

$380 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5

163.00 179.00 *incl. wt. premiums

(3) to Dec. 20/14

Manitoba

$160 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5

To Dec. 20

Hogs / Pork Trade

Saskatchewan

Milling Wheat (March)

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

Hog Slaughter

Maple Leaf Thunder Sig 3 Creek Pork Jan. 9 Jan. 9 160.69-160.69 159.45-162.10 156.01-159.60 154.55-158.11 157.64-159.82 156.93-157.56 160.91-161.45 160.23-161.10 162.32-163.41 162.75-165.10 163.41-165.59 157.36-168.71 176.88-179.06 170.21-173.06 180.15-184.51 175.32-175.67 182.33-182.33 176.19-182.70 185.60-188.87 187.40-189.05

1/12

Barley (cash - March)

HOGS (Hams Marketing)

$355 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5

Ontario Stockyards Inc.

Sask. Sheep Dev. Bd.

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

$360

Canola (basis - March)

Yr. ago n/a Canfax

Jan. 2 Base rail (index 100) 3.30-3.80 Range 0.12-0.19 Feeder lambs 1.69-2.17 Sheep (live) 0.50

$365

$280

Chicago Futures ($US/cwt)

Average Carcass Weight

$265

$370

To Dec. 20

Canfax

$270

$375

Cattle Slaughter

Alberta

$255

$190

Durum (March)

$280

$255

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) $180

Heifers Alta. Ont.

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

$265

Pulse and Special Crops

ICE Futures Canada

Previous Dec. 12-18

1/12

To (1,000 MT) Jan. 4 Wheat 397.7 Durum 141.8 Oats 31.1 Barley 90.6 Flax 0.6 Canola 176.6 Peas 23.4 Lentils 1.1 (1,000 MT) Jan. 7 Canola crush 127.6

To Dec. 21 136.2 162.5 23.6 41.9 45.3 230.8 3.9 Dec. 24 144.1

Total Last to date year 6993.4 6802.4 2399.5 1876.9 473.9 445.9 632.5 463.2 179.8 149.4 3657.3 3156.8 1309.5 929.2 329.3 148.8 To date Last year 3087.1 2953.5

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16.1 36.9 20.8 38.2 68.6 31.2 45.1 31.0 45.2 70.6 83.2 28.3 27.6 38.5 20.8 19.8 16.7 41.3

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63.7 61.8 77.3 53.6 41.5 129.8 27.0 83.3 49.5 50.6 46.6 67.3 86.0 87.1 49.7 31.4

211 205 178 169 98 222 48 230 122 145 110 126 133 228 117 83

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3.6 1.7 0.3 0.6 1.5 1.5 0.0 1.1

35.5 38.5 20.9 23.5 24.0 24.1 30.6 16.0

71 78 38 46 40 40 55 28

-12.4 -35.5 -9.1 -6.6 -21.0

9.2 17.2 26.5 29.1 16.5

107.5 149.6 92.3 91.5 136.6

99 240 131 98 110

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