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Investor says land-grab fears not justified Bonnefield Financial has raised more than $300 million to buy and lease back Canadian farmland

Sky-high prices spark a boom in pulse production Drought in India has sent prices to record highs, but the challenge for Alberta growers is finding yellow pea and red lentil seed

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e’ve all heard it: rumblings in coffee shops and at conferences about land grabbers buying up good farmland. And those rumblings have only grown louder over the past few years, as investors such as the Canadian Pension Plan buy large parcels of cropland in the Prairies. But by and large, those fears can be put to rest — at least for

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xpect to be hearing a lot more about pulses in 2016. And seeing a lot more of them, too — as western Canadian pulse acreage is set to soar this year. “Red lentils and yellow peas will be the leaders,” said Wes Reid, purchasing manager for WA Pulse Solutions, an Innisfailbased commodity buyer and seller. “Prices are very high, probably the highest we’ve ever seen.” In the past year, yellow peas have soared from an average price of $6.75 all the way up to $12.50 a bushel — a sharp drop even from the fall, when growers were thrilled to be getting $9.50 a bushel. Pulse acres have increased exponentially in the last five years, and are expected to grow across Western Canada, and the northern U.S., as far down as South Dakota. Turkey is also expected to grow a lot of red lentils, while Russia, Ukraine and Pakistan will be growing lots of yellow peas. Australia is planting large yellow pea and red lentil crops. “India is under the worst drought conditions that it’s seen in a long time, so it’s going to need all it can get,” said Reid.

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Alberta producer Allison Ammeter (right) joined celebrity chef Michael Smith and culinary author Anita Stewart at the launch of the International Year of Pulses in Toronto earlier this month. Ammeter is the Canadian chair of the IYP as well as chair of Alberta Pulse Growers. The trio was photobombed by cookbook author Julie Van Rosendaal at the event, part of this year’s worldwide effort to promote pulse consumption. PHOTO: Courtney Hirota

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New gene-based fungicide could combat fusarium Their method? Target the gene that allows the pathogen to reproduce and ‘knock it down’

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pilot project being launched this year aims to put some muscle behind the notion of farming with ‘military precision.’ Operation Ag Careers is targeting the thousands of men and women retiring from the armed forces every year as potential recruits for the thousands of jobs available in agriculture. The joint project of the Canadian Association of Agri Retailers and the Canadian Agricultural Resource Council wants to ensure retiring military personnel know there are great careers in agriculture — and having a background in agriculture isn’t necessarily a prerequisite. The online resource is designed to help retiring army, navy and air force personnel explore new agricultural careers and match individual’s skills to any one of the tens of thousands of jobs available in the sector. An estimated 5,000 men and women retire each year from the military, said Delaney Ross Burtnack, president and CEO of the Canadian Association of AgriRetailers. These aren’t people in their later lives. They are young persons with highly transferable skills and many productive years still ahead of them, she said. “They’re retiring after 10 or 15 or 20 years in the military and are typically between ages 28 and 35. They’re looking to have full second careers.” Meanwhile, the agricultural sector badly needs these highly trained individuals. Statistics from Ag More Than Ever project as many as 50,000 jobs to open up in the agricultural sector over the next five years, she said. In the lead-up to the launch of Operation Ag Careers, Ross Burtnack has met with hundreds of potential candidates. It’s to get them thinking about the jobs agriculture offers in areas such as mechanics, marketing, training, sales and communications and the prospects for a meaningful career in these fields. “We share that our future in agriculture is promising and so is theirs for a second career,” she said.

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Most retiring military personnel don’t think of agriculture as a second career, but their skills — including teamwork skills — are highly transferable, says the head of the Canadian Association of Agri Retailers. PHOTO: Canadian Armed Forces Those meetings also dispel the commonly held idea among many in the military that they should have a background in agriculture first. “That’s been a restricting factor for them,” she said. “This concept of being anything other than a farmer in agriculture is fairly new to them.” But the reality is that agriculture needs people with a wide diversity of skills and experience and that employers will train the candidates who have the right mix, she said. For more information, see www.caar.org (search for ‘operation ag careers’). lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

team of University of Lethbridge students has developed a potentially game-changing product that could wipe out a widespread problem for cereal growers — fusarium graminearum. “It’s a really pertinent local issue, but it’s also a global issue, so it expands the potential impact (of our project,)” said Graeme Glaister, a fourth-year neuroscience student at the University of Lethbridge. The students presented their findings at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition in Boston, Mass. in November, where they took home a gold medal for their work. “It’s a really, really unique opportunity that made me a lot more interested in research than I was before,” said Glaister. “Normally in classes, you learn about theoretical stuff, but you don’t get that ability to touch it and play with it and work with it like you do with iGEM. “Applying it and looking at how it works in the real world isn’t something you get exposed to normally in your undergrad.” Using double-stranded RNA, the team targeted the specific gene responsible for fusarium production in a cell and “knocked it down,” killing the organism. “The big benefit of something like that over traditional pesticides is that you’re targeting a specific (gene), so you don’t have off-target effects where it gets into every cell and affects different organisms differently, some more lethally than others,” said Glaister. “It’s more species specific, and it’s also a little more environmentally friendly because it degrades within about 36 hours in the environment, so it won’t accumulate in higher levels.”

This group of students recently won top prize at an international competition by creating a new type of gene-based fungicide. From left to right are Seme Mate, Andy Hudson, Graeme Glaister, Taylor Luchanski, Rhys Hakstol, Suneet Kharey, Chris Issac and Michelle Kwan. PHOTO: UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE Another “really cool feature” of this RNA-based product is how quickly it can respond to any breakdown in resistance — a growing problem for traditional fungicides. “Traditionally, if you want to design a new fungicide or other small molecule like that, you either start from the drawing board or modify the old molecule a little bit, so you have the problem of testing off-target effects,” said Glaister. “With ours, what we can do is switch where we’re targeting in the (gene) if any kind of resistance develops. If it evolves, it’s a very small thing to design a new target.” Normally, the costs of developing a product using RNA are “prohibitive,” but the team was able to find a cheaper alternative, using E. coli. “It’s really expensive to make chemically, so we designed a system where we could produce it in E. coli to significantly reduce that cost and make it realistic for market applications,” said Glaister. “Once you have an E. coli cell that’s actually making what you want, you can take a small amount and add it to a culture, where it will make tons and tons more. It just gets cheaper and cheaper as you make it.”

After their early successes, the team is now working with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to see if its product will work in field trials. “We’ve shown some really nice results on plates, and now we’re going to move into a plant model where we actually take infected wheat and spray our RNA on it,” said Glaister. “We want to commercialize it eventually, but we also really want to test it out and then work on the optimization of getting the RNA for cheaper.” The team also got to see first hand how its product might work for the people who are combating fusarium on their farms. “We got to meet a lot of farmers and actually find out whether they would be willing to use something like this,” he said. “It was nice being able to interact with people who could potentially use your product.” And as for Glaister, who didn’t grow up on a farm, his first foray into agriculture research may have opened the door to some new career options once he’s done school. “I never really realized agriculture research was so interesting until I got to participate in this.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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Concerns about hormones in beef fuelled by myths, says expert Reynold Bergen says producers need to use facts to contest ‘myths’ about hormones used in cattle production By Alexis Kienlen AF STAFF

ears about hormones in beef production are completely unwarranted, says the science director of the Beef Cattle Research Council. “There are no health risks associated with growth promotants, but producers spend a lot of time answering the public’s questions to explain the facts and dispel some of the myths,” Reynold Bergen said during a recent Beef Cattle Research Council webinar. Hormonal implants in cattle have been around for about 60 years and contain natural and synthetic hormones, he said. They have been rigorously tested for efficacy and are safe for humans and animals, he said. Common hormones include progesterone, estrogen, and testosterone; and are administered in a small pellet implanted between the skin of the ear and the cartilage. The implants dissolve very slowly over time, releasing a small amount of hormones that boost growth rates. They do not end up in the food chain following slaughter, said Bergen. “If there were any residual hormones in there, it wouldn’t find its way into meat,” he said. According to a recent survey done by the Western Beef Development Centre, about a third of cow-calf producers use implants on a regular basis. A set of ear implants that would commonly be used in a feedlot situation contains 200 milligrams of trenbolone (a steroid used in beef cattle to increase muscle growth and appetite) and 20 milligrams of estradiol (estrogen). That implant would last a feedlot steer for 120 days and would have no effect on a human, who produce more hormones in a single day than they could possibly absorb from beef, said Bergen. “A prepubertal boy produces so much estrogen on his own that he would have to eat eight entire cows’ worth of beef every single day to get as much hormone as he is already producing. An adult female would have to eat 95 cows’ worth a day to replace what she is already producing,” he said. Many plant and animal foods naturally contain hormones and estrogens with hormonal activities.

Numerous studies have found there are no health risks from using hormones as growth promotants in cattle, says Reynold Bergen of the Beef Cattle Research Council. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK “Those are called phytoestrogens and so you hear the comment that the bun has more hormones than the burger and that’s true,” he said. Some foods may contain more hormones than beef, but there is no cause to worry about those, because of a concept called ‘oral bioavailability,’ which means that it is easier to absorb hormones when they are injected rather than ingested orally, he said. “If you eat hormones, only a tiny fraction of it ever reaches the tissue,” said Bergen. “The other 90 to 95 per cent gets broken down and inactivated in the digestive tract and liver, and it never reaches your tissues. That’s why bodybuilders inject themselves with this stuff rather than eating implants.” The fear that beef hormones can cause early puberty has been dispelled by a number of studies, he added. In one study, pigs — who have digestive systems, anatomy and physiology similar to humans, — were given four different diets. The control

group was given a diet of corn and canola meal. One group was given 200 grams of tofu burger every day, while the third group was given a quarter-pound burger from an implanted steer, and the fourth a quarter-pound burger from an unimplanted steer. The piglets were fed this diet until they reached puberty, when their blood was monitored for hormone levels. They were then slaughtered and their reproductive tracts were measured. The scientists found no difference between the control and the pigs that had been given the unimplanted beef burger. The pigs that had received the implanted beef burger had low levels of estrogen activity, while the tofu burger diet had the highest level of estrogen activity, due to the phytoestrogens in tofu. (Phytoestrogens are much weaker than human estrogen, and do not pose a health risk to humans.) “Even when there was a different level of estrogen in the diet, there was no difference as to when those pigs came into

“A prepubertal boy produces so much estrogen on his own that he would have to eat eight entire cows’ worth of beef every single day to get as much hormone as he is already producing. An adult female would have to eat 95 cows’ worth a day to replace what she is already producing.” Reynold Bergen

puberty,” said Bergen. “That goes back to bioavailability. When you eat hormones, 95 per cent of them get broken down before they reach the body.” Nor were there any differences in the weight of the pigs, muscling, fatness, and serum progesterone and serum estrogen levels.

“Their conclusion was that these pigs could eat a quarterpounder every single day and they’re not going to hit puberty any faster. And pigs are very similar to people and so this same thing is true for girls as well.” akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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Currently, scientists are using CRISPR in the laboratory to edit complex strings of pig genes so the animals might grow transplantable human organs. Complex cancer tumours are also being tackled by CRISPR and so is Lyme disease. These aren’t miracles; they are the very near future. This future, however, will arrive with some very new dilemmas. If, for example, we can cure a disease with drug therapy, should we use CRISPR to edit the diseasecausing gene from the human genome? “If CRISPR helps unravel the mysteries of autism, contributes to a cure for a form of cancer, or makes it easier for farmers to grow more nutritious food while reducing environmental damage, the fears, like the many others before them, will almost certainly disappear,” Michael Specter writes. A friend, a noted geneticist who has spent his entire career on the front lines of science, isn’t so sure. “We older scientists have seen many, many ‘new’ technologies come and go,” he explains. “But this is different. CRISPR doesn’t set new boundaries; it removes boundaries.” What happens if, in our rush to new “cures” we “go past some tipping point we didn’t even know was there?” he asks. The price for that mistake “might very well be our extinction.” And that would make our children mosquitoes. The Farm and Food File is published weekly through the U.S. and Canada www.farmandfoodfile.com.

The number of acres tells the tale when it comes to crop breeding More than 200 new varieties of wheat and barley have been developed with support from the Western Grains Research Foundation

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dary given CRISPR, a new genetic tool, that when “properly adapted… allows scientists to edit strings of DNA inside living cells with astonishing precision,” explains Dawn Field in a September essay titled “Perfect genetic knowledge” in Aeon magazine. The editing is so precise, in fact, that the world can “edit” female mosquitoes out of nature right now and all mosquitoes a year from now should society want it. “In laboratories, agricultural companies have already begun to use CRISPR to edit soybeans, rice, and potatoes in an effort to make them more nutritious and more resistant to drought. Scientists might even be able to edit allergens out of foods like peanuts,” writes Michael Specter in a Nov. 16 New Yorker story titled “The Gene Hackers.” This is exactly what ag’s gene jockeys promised farmers and consumers nearly 25 years ago when genetically modified crops came to the commercial market. What they delivered, however, were genetically modified seeds that made farmers’ lives easier — mostly through pesticideand herbicide-resistant crops — and consumer choices more complicated. Better food did not accompany the easier farming. Now, however, scientists can use this new tool to precisely alter almost any single or any combination of genes in any plant or animal. Rice, a key food staple in the developing world, could grow in more saline-heavy soils or chicken eggs might deliver necessary childhood vaccines.

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f you like the fact you have a lot of wheat and barley varieties to choose from when you plan out a cropping season, give yourself a pat on the back — you helped make it happen. Since 1995, the WGRF has invested more than $90 million in wheat and barley variety development through partnerships with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada institutions and three Prairie universities (Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba), and Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. The results speak for themselves with over 88 per cent of CWRS acres, and a whopping 94 per cent of CWAD acres, seeded to WGRF-supported varieties. “In all, over 200 new varieties of wheat and barley have come out of WGRF-supported programs, offering greater yield gains, better pest and disease resistance, stress tolerance and higher-qual-

ity characteristics... and farmers’ bottom lines have benefited,” says WGRF board chair Dave Sefton of Broadview, Sask. A return-on-investment study commissioned by WGRF estimated that investment in wheat varietal research is providing producers with a very high return on their investment. This study calculates that, on average, every producer checkoff dollar invested into wheat varietal research has returned $20.40 in value to the producer. The importance of stable long-term funding, particularly from producers, cannot be overestimated. “The WGRF is a fantastic supporter of the breeding programs here at CDC,” says Curtis Pozniak, head of the Crop Development Centre’s wheat- and durum-breeding program. “It provides what I think of as the foundation of funding for our breeding programs and that’s allowed us to leverage additional dollars from different levels of government as well as our industry partners.”

The more than $90 million invested by Prairie farmers into wheat and barley variety development has paid big dividends. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK He adds that feedback from the industry stakeholders — including farmers and endusers of western Canadian grain — is extremely important because it ensures that plant

breeders are developing varieties that address the needs of growers and processors. Producer-led board helps set breeding priorities. “That’s the other nice thing about our relationship with the WGRF,” says Pozniak. “We meet on a yearly basis to discuss breeding targets. The WGRF board consists of producers from all across Western Canada who can provide input and guidance in terms of setting breeding priorities, so that’s an important role that WGRF plays beyond the funding.” Approximately $56 million is invested annually in wheat and barley variety development, with taxpayers providing 72 per cent of the funding and producers and the private sector investing the remainder in similar amounts. WGRF is working closely with provincial wheat and barley commissions and associations to map out a future for continuing producers’ investments.

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Each year brings many gifts and each new one promises more The simple things are truly wondrous and we should cherish all the precious moments of our lives By BRENDA SCHOEPP AF columnist

t is the beginning of a new year and I have often contemplated how I would spend my time if given just a portion of it. I would go dancing. My cousin would sing in the band and all the extended family would be there — four generations of us. We would sing and chat and eat, and I would drown in Dianne’s laugh, hug aunties and uncles, and hold new babies. I would visit with my daughter Amie and be amazed again by her beauty, grace, and strength of character. She is an extraordinary woman with a deep intellect and soul. She is wise. During our conversation, our nails would end up polished and the latest in fashion critiqued while she effortlessly bakes a cake, sews a new handbag, sells one of her exclusive photos, feeds a baby, and calculates a business decision. I would not want the day to end as I look at her with the same

awe that I did the day she was born, utterly enchanted. I would dance and play with her four extraordinary daughters. After a discovery walk outdoors using our imagination to build forts or castles, I would read to them and them to me. We would dance in their tiny living room. To close the day — I would sing their favourite songs while stroking their heads until they fall into a deep sleep. I would cry in my prayer for angels to protect them. I would go see my son Benjamin. He is a special man — fun, smart, committed, kind, and loyal. He always greets me at the airport and I would embrace his children who run shouting, “Grandma, Grandma!” I would cave to their excitement to see the gifts in my suitcase despite the parents’ objections and play Lego on the floor for hours. Each child would be allowed a day off from school or daycare to spend privately with me and I would count every second of these special times. In the evening, I would smile when I hear the laughter of my daughter-in-law. I like that

laugh. My son and I will then chat until late as we are close and safe in each other’s company. We will retire to the deck for our Hendricks and Fever Tree, listen to the sounds of the city, and let the evening languish slowly. I am in no rush to say goodnight or goodbye. I would go to see my brother Jim and just listen to the conversation that goes on when you have five adult children. I would let his daughters hold me in their arms like they always do and share my gratitude for their love. When my nephew’s baby is born, I will exclaim in wonderment the same words I said when I first held him: “Oh, this child is perfect!” He will be an amazing daddy. I would go to my sister’s bright home and sit in her ancient rocker, the one that I rocked all her babies in, and enjoy the sounds of her now grown family. We would laugh a lot because this tight-knit clan debates everything from weather to politics and those discussions are entertaining and refreshing for me.

I would order Chinese food for my brother David and he would make instant coffee. Then we would go out to a music concert and I would bring a new handkerchief for him as he is certain to cry from the emotion of it. I would tell him he has a beautiful soul. I would have a long conversation about farming and business with Dad just as I have been doing for over 50 years. He would make popcorn in a big old iron pot and it would be the best conversation and popcorn in the world. I would take mother on a day trip away from the farm to do whatever she desired. We would drink strong coffee and eat sushi while she brings me up to date on my hometown. She would love it and I would get great pleasure in being with this very special woman. I would have a long and highlevel discussion with my stepdaughter Sarah, soon to be Dr. Sarah, and pretend that I knew what I was talking about. We would drink London Fog and let the afternoon slip away. I would marvel at Holly’s artistic work

and funky soul. I would call my friends and tell them they are the air I breathe and their love is my strength. I would go home to be close to the fire in winter or the sun in summer and to listen to the birds in the trees. I would walk the farm with my dogs just as I do each and every day — admiring the beauty and the sanctity of it. I would sort a pen of cattle. I would ride my horse of 30 years. We have a special and private love for each other and of all the creatures on earth — it is he who has the deepest understanding of who I am. He would carry me with great pride. I would pray for forgiveness. I would hold the hand of my partner and he mine. And then I would leave without fear for I have lived — and that in itself was gift enough. Brenda Schoepp is a farmer from Alberta who works as an international mentor and motivational speaker. She can be contacted through her website www.brendaschoepp.com. All rights reserved. Brenda Schoepp 2015

Bill 6 is law — now we need a plan to move forward Designing practical workplace rules is a complex process that will take time, but farm groups will advocate on behalf of their members Alberta Barley Commission release

lberta Barley is very disappointed that the Government of Alberta chose to force the passage of the amended Bill 6 through the legislature on Dec. 10. The voice of farmers was consistent regarding the lack of consultation and especially the lack of clarity about how the bill would impact farmers and ranchers across the province. Alberta Barley joined with other ag boards and commissions, as well as farmers and ranchers, to request that the provincial government delay Bill 6 until there was appropriate discussion and consultation with the farm community. Unfortunately, despite repeated attempts to delay it, the bill was passed. Clearly, the unprecedented response by farmers resulted in amendments to Bill 6 that clarified it as primarily directed at farm labour, not farm safety. Going forward, Bill 6 is now law. What do we know? • The government has announced that there will be consultations,

led by the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry. • The regulations will be written by the Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour Ministry. • The timeline for completion of the consultation is not fixed. • Occupational Health & Safety legislation is now applicable to Alberta farms and ranches, although we still have no clarity about what that means in practical terms. What is our plan going forward? At our annual meeting, Alberta Barley heard from our directors and delegates that we need to be engaged in developing a solution and that any consultations must be set up to allow for your voice to be heard. Your views should be considered and included in the legislation. We are hopeful that there will be real consultation, unlike the information sessions that were called consultations in 2015. Bill 6 is law, but that doesn’t mean amendments are not possible, and that clarity can’t be provided. We will meet with other boards, commissions and associations that represent farmers on Jan. 22, and following that, provide advice to the government on a go-forward plan. We will also be working with

other crop commissions to provide farm-safety sessions for our stakeholders, re-enforcing our often repeated assertion that education is more important than legislation. We know that you have always placed the safety of your family, your employees, and yourselves as a top priority, and hope to provide you with further information and tools to use on your farm. Although we understand the frustration felt by producers, we are optimistic that the upcoming consultations can be meaningful. We will commit to working with other crop and livestock boards and commissions in an effort to hold the government to its promise of allowing meaningful input regarding the development of the regulations for employment standards, labour regulations, farm worker insurance, and the Occupational Health & Safety Code. We encourage you to contact your elected provincial government members to ensure that the opinion of the farm community is listened to and respected. Talk to your commission or board members if you have specific concerns or recommendations. While we have not been provided the opportunity to influence

Now that Bill 6 has become law, the focus has to be on creating practical regulations that work on farms, says Alberta Barley. REUTERS/Mike Sturk the process to this point, we ask for your patience and support as the work begins to design the legislation that directly affects your operation on a day-to-day basis. The bill has passed, and we cannot change that. We will put our best efforts into making sure that legislators understand the impact of their decisions, and assist them

in designing practical rules that recognize the unique nature of farm and ranch work. This will take time, and will be a complex process. We look forward to working with our members, and the rest of the agricultural community, to develop legislation that is practical for your farming operation.

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But there are a few challenges that new growers face when they are growing pulses. Pulses need to be taken off early enough that the rain doesn’t affect the grades, and the crops don’t tolerate frost well. Lentils need high heat units to grow properly, and do best in the southern parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Peas don’t need the same amount of heat units and are the most popular pulse crop grown throughout Alberta.

“Prices are very high, probably the highest we’ve ever seen.” Wes Reid

Until three years ago, peas used to be difficult to combine because they were so low to the ground. Many growers picked up dirt and rocks trying to get their peas into the combine. “The newer varieties of green and yellow peas are standing up better, so that challenge is gone,” said Reid. But another one has emerged — finding seed for yellow peas and red lentils. “The seed is in short supply,” said Reid. “There’s really not too much seed out there to be purchased. Finding yellow pea seed is amazingly difficult, and the same is true for red lentils.” While seed for green lentils will be easier to find and that pulse crop is also fetching good prices,

photo: istock it doesn’t yield as much as red lentils. Pulses offer a few benefits in addition to their ability to fix nitrogen in the soil. They require less water and fertilizer than some other crops and can be harvested earlier, so that part of the harvest is done before wheat, barley, or canola. Aside from the economic and agronomic benefits, world demand for pulses is growing. The United Nations has designated 2016 as the International Year of the Pulse, and it’s hoped

that boosting international awareness about pulses will drive demand. Pulses are used in dishes around the world, and have become an ingredient in foods such as breads, noodles, snacks and gluten-free foods. Canada is the world’s largest pulse-exporting nation, with 77 per cent of all pulses produced exported to 150 countries. In 2014, those pulses exports were valued at more than $3 billion. Pulses are a low-fat, high-fibre source of protein, that can be used to help manage health

issues like diabetes and heart disease. Pulse crops are Canada’s fifth-largest crop, after wheat, canola, corn, and barley. Chris Chivilo, owner of WA Pulse Solutions, is one of the speakers at Agronomy Update in Red Deer on Jan. 19-20. The conference will also feature presentations on red lentil agronomy and on aphanomyces, which cause root rot in peas and lentils and are now widespread across the Prairies.

hinking of growing pulses this year? Alberta Agriculture and Forestry has a number of fact sheets and other information at www. agriculture.alberta.ca. (Click on the information tab along the top, and then on ‘Crops’ and ‘Peas & Pulses’ on the left-hand menu.) Some of the documents were done several years ago, and the information is not comprehensive. But the last document in the list — Varieties of Pulse Crops in Alberta — was published a year ago and contains extensive data on the variety testing program in the province. The program, done in conjunction with Alberta Pulse Growers, lists results from trials conducted by numerous applied research associations in the province. Alberta Pulse Growers also has an extensive database of agronomic information on its website: www.pulse.ab.ca (click on the Producers tab) for field peas, dry beans, chickpeas, lentils, fababeans, and soybeans. Among the topics covered are field selection, field preparation, inoculation, seeding, disease control, harvest, and storage. — Staff

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Funding retirement

The greatest demand Eisenhauer has seen so far has come from farmers getting set to retire. As the older generation moves off the farm, young farmers are looking for a way to grow their operations — without buckling under their debt load. “There’s this old hackneyed thing that you hear all the time, that there’s not enough young farmers in this country. I would beg to differ,” said Eisenhauer. “I would say there’s not enough young farmers who want to farm like their parents and grandparents did.” That’s simply because they can’t afford the cost of landownership. “If you’re a landowner — if you’re the dad — that increase in land prices has been pretty good for you. It’s going to help finance your retirement,” said Eisenhauer. “If you’re a young farmer who wants to farm at scale, and you want to buy out your dad’s farm, you need some alternatives.” That’s where Bonnefield’s leaseback financing model comes in. The company buys the land and then leases it back on a long-term basis. “They still farm the same land they’ve always been farming, but it’s just on a lease basis now,” he said, adding rents are based on “market demands” and vary depending on the value of land and the value of the crop that can be grown on it.

Leaseback financing

But why would a farmer sell his land, only to lease it back? There are a couple of good reasons for that, said Eisenhauer. The first is debt reduction. “A farmer who has got a heavily indebted balance sheet and needs to reduce debt would sell us a piece of their farmland, and we would lease it back to them on a long-term basis. They would then use the proceeds of that to reduce debt. That’s one example.” But more typically, Bonnefield works with farmers who are in the middle of a farm transition. “The older generation owns the land, and there’s a younger generation that’s coming along that is trying to figure out how to raise sufficient capital to buy out the previous generation,” he said. “With farmland prices being what they are today, that’s not often possible.” Ten years ago, he said, financial advisers could make succession plans work for “80 or 90 per cent” of farm families. “Given the value of the land and the interest rates at the time, they could figure out a way where the younger generation would be able to buy out the senior generation, Ad Number: SEC_PENH15_AB_R Publication: Alberta Farmer Express Size: 3col x 133 Trim: 6x 9.5”

now, says the head of one of those companies buying farmland. “I think there’s this impression that somehow there’s some fundamental, dramatic change taking place in the ownership of land in Canada. I just don’t see it,” said Tom Eisenhauer, president of Bonnefield Financial, a Toronto-based property management firm. “If you look at Statistics Canada data, somewhere between 35 and 40 per cent of land that farmers farm right across the country has always been rented. You might see one or two per cent on the edges being leased from institutions or pension funds, like we are, but I don’t see a wholesale change in that number. “Farmers renting farmland is not new.” What is new, though, is “who they’re renting the land from,” said Eisenhauer. “Yes, there are some new players like Bonnefield who are entering the fray and getting involved in leasing land, but in the overall picture, farmers already lease a huge amount of their land,” he said. “The amount of institutional money that’s flowing into this sector is minuscule in comparison to the amount of land that’s already being leased farmer to farmer.” Since forming in 2008, Bonnefield has spread across seven provinces and provided about $325 million to around 50 farmers in leaseback financing — a type of financing that’s been “used for decades” in the trucking, hotel, and airline industries, but is relatively new to the agriculture industry in Canada. Using this model of financing, Bonnefield first purchased land in Alberta in 2011, spending $2.5 million to buy a 498-acre parcel near Taber (that land is now worth $4.2 million). Since then, Bonnefield has completed another 3,346-acre purchase in the Special Area No. 3 (valued at $2.2 million at the time of purchase; today, at $4.2 million) and “dipped a toe in the water” north of Edmonton. According to company documents, it spent nearly $40 million to buy 25,717 acres of land (mostly on the Prairies with smaller holdings in Ontario and New Brunswick) and the value of that land had risen to $57 million as of June 30. A third offering, which closed two years ago, raised an additional $261 million. “We’re seeing huge demand from the agriculture community for the kind of leaseback financing we offer,” he said. “There’s far more demand from the farm community out there than we’ve been able to satisfy. Our restriction has really been in the amount of money we can raise.” Bonnefield is primarily funded through pension funds and private investors, and both are cautious about investing in farmland, said Eisenhauer “Those kinds of individuals and institutions are much more used to investing in stock markets and bonds and things like that — this

idea of investing in farmland is kind of a new idea for them, and they’re tiptoeing into it,” he said. “It’s growing, but it’s going to take a long time to get up to a significant number. It’s still a pretty minor drop in the bucket compared to what farmers are telling us about the amount of capital they need to try and finance their businesses.”

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“The amount of institutional money that’s flowing into this sector is minuscule in comparison to the amount of land that’s already being leased farmer to farmer.” Tom Eisenhauer

and there would be enough money left over that they could still make their farm work,” said Eisenhauer. “Now they tell us that they can only make about 10 or 20 per cent of those work because of the value of the land and interest rates. “They need an alternative, and that’s where we come in.” Bonnefield buys the land so the older generation “can finance their retirement and do their estate planning,” he said. “We then lease it to the younger generation on a long-term basis so they know they’ve got continued access to it for as long as they want, but they don’t have to go to the bank and lever up on debt in order to make that succession plan work.” Even so, leaseback financing is meant to be “complementary” to bank debt, not a replacement. “For most farmers, the only capital they have is their sweat equity and their bank debt,” said Eisenhauer. “This introduces a third alternative to finance some of their land and ensure they can farm more land without the risk of the debt or without having to dip into their own equity to try and finance it. “It’s a much more flexible, lowerrisk approach, especially when it’s blended with a judicious use of debt and equity.”

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The grocery bill is going up again U of Guelph report says the average consumer paid $325 more for groceries last year and it will go up about the same amount this year BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Staff

new report from the University of Guelph’s Food Institute predicts consumers will pay an additional $345 on their food bill this year. That’s an increase over the $325 additionally paid for food in 2015 when a falling Canadian dollar resulted in price increases for many food products, especially meats, fruits, nuts and vegetables, the sixth annual report says. Last year, food prices in stores rose by 4.1 per cent, which was significantly above inflation. For 2016, the forecast is for slightly smaller food price increases — anywhere from two to four per cent. Once again, the dollar is mostly to blame, said Sylvain Charlebois, a professor of consumer studies and the report’s lead author. “For every cent the dollar drops, foods that are imported likely increase one per cent or more, Charlebois said in a news release. “For fruits and vegetables, unlike with meats, it’s more challenging to find substitutes in Canada, so shoppers will have to cope with higher prices.” The cost of foods such as fruits, vegetables and nuts jumped by as much as nine to 10 per cent last year and it is expected retail prices for these foods could go up by as much as 4.5 per cent again this year if the Canadian dollar continues to decline as expected. However, climate change and consumer trends also play key roles in food pricing. Climate change will remain one of the most significant, unpredictable influences, the report says. El Niño could have a positive benefit, bringing more rainfall to southern and western regions, and potentially boosting production for drought-affected crops such as fruits, nuts and vegetables. More rainfall isn’t expected to make a significant dent in beef prices, however, because cattle inventories will remain at current low levels for a while yet, the report said. “Since rebuilding inventories is a very long process, this could keep beef prices high but not at record levels as we saw in 2015,” it said. Meat prices rose five per cent in 2015 and could rise again by 4.5 per cent in 2016. High meat prices are likely to prompt more consumers to seek out alternative protein sources more often, the report says. Last year, a survey by the Food Institute found higher beef prices led one-third of consumers to seek alternatives to meat. International Year of Pulses in 2016 will continue to influence consumers’ explorations of other proteins, it adds. Major trends for 2016 alongside a quest for vegetable proteins and improved “gut health” are consumer demand for supply chain transparency and expressed ongoing concern for animal welfare, the report said. “Supply chain transparency will continue to be a focus in 2016,” the report says, citing 2015 examples of food businesses revisiting their procurement strategies and ingredient lists. More consumers want to know where their food comes from, how it was made and under what conditions, the report said. “The good news is that the industry is showing signs of its will to adapt,” it says. “The not-so-

“For fruits and vegetables, unlike with meats, it’s more challenging to find substitutes in Canada, so shoppers will have to cope with higher prices.” SylvaIn Charlebois

good news for food corporations is that the revolution has only begun, and it will become more complicated.” Consumers’ curiosity “has now moved up the food chain of the industry, probing into the practices of processing plants and farms,” it said. “The adage suggesting that consumers believe food just shows up on store shelves is passé,” it said. The report notes the ongoing

conversation agriculture will continue to have with regard to transparency as it relates to animal welfare. “A commitment to transparency goes a long way in the age of instant information, especially when the intent is to reduce concerns about the practices of an industry that is remotely located from 98 per cent of the population,” it says. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Cattle leader says the future looks bright Tim Oleksyn says more research dollars and a national strategy will pay rich dividends for cattle producers BY GLENN CHEATER STAFF

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ore research and a new team approach in the beef sector is going to put money in the pockets of producers, says the chair of the Beef Cattle Research Council. “The collaboration in the industry is refreshing,” said Tim Oleksyn, a cow-calf producer from Shellbrook, Sask. “Actually, it’s more than refreshing. I think it’s the new business model — that there’s an understanding that all sectors of the industry have to work together.” That collaborative approach is evident in the renewed interest in forage and grassland research and in the ambitious targets laid out in the National Beef Strategy, which was unveiled one year ago, said Oleksyn. Funding for forage research, particularly from the federal government, started declining in the

mid-1990s, but that’s now being reversed, he said. “There has been a renewed interest and more funds flowing towards research in the past five years — no doubt about it,” he said. “I’m very comfortable with where we are and where we’re going as we make solid, strategic decisions as we come into the next cluster.” Forage and grassland research received increased funds under the Beef Cattle Research Council’s second “science cluster,” which began three years ago and runs to March 2018. The $20-million fund — three-quarters from government and the rest from the national checkoff and provincial cattle organizations — has funded 26 research projects, including nearly $5 million in forage and grassland research. Equally important, said Oleksyn, is that there is a growing group of people — producers, researchers, government officials, and others

— who understand the many benefits of more productive and better managed forage and grasslands. “This is not just ‘let’s boost productivity and we get more beef,” he said. “This is about agriculture, but also about the environment and innovation. There are millions of acres of forages and grasslands that impact on the public good.” The research council’s efforts to build a comprehensive database will improve the effectiveness of future research efforts, he added. The database, which is still in development but currently available to researchers, is designed to make it easy to share data, avoid duplication, and identify gaps in research areas.

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“It’s a great approach,” said Oleksyn. “I know we’ve got this one solved, and we’ve got tremendous buy-in from the research community at all different levels both nationally and provincially.” The same co-operative spirit is increasingly seen in what has been a fractured beef industry, and Oleksyn predicts that will allow the sector to achieve the goals set out in the National Beef Strategy. Those goals include increasing production efficiency by 15 per cent and also reducing cost disadvantages by seven per cent by 2020. The Calgary-based beef research council has developed a funding plan to achieve those goals, and as long as research funding continues to increase, “I think we can more than comfortably hit those targets,” said Oleksyn. “We’re in a new time of profitability and hopefully we can sustain that,” he said. “Those improvements are doable.” At the ranch level, producers need to be on the lookout for innovations and advancements that can boost their bottom line, he added. Although being chair of the research council frequently takes him away from his family’s operation, he offsets this by bringing new ideas back to the ranch. For example, Oleksyn and his family are currently re-evaluating their feeding regime for cows in their second trimester because of new research on how that can influence the meat quality of their calves when they eventually go to slaughter. “That’s where we are on some of our management practices,” said Oleksyn. “My brothers, wife and family have to pick up the slack when I’m away, but they can see it returns value right back to the farm gate.”

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Want to sell in Japan?

Top conference one province over

Alberta value-added food companies interested in the Japan market can send product samples and marketing materials with provincial government officials to FOODEX Japan. The March 8-11 event is the largest food and beverage trade show in the Asia-Pacific, attracting 3,000 companies and 77,000 visitors. As well, companies can apply to join a walking program that includes tours of Japanese retail and/or food-service outlets and the potential for prearranged meetings with Japanese buyers. For more info, contact Katie Meredith at 780-4276057 or Katie.Meredith@gov.ab.ca. The application deadline is Jan. 22. — AAF release

The continent’s top farm direct-marketing event is coming to Canada for just the fourth time in its 31-year history. The North American Farmers’ Direct Marketing Association convention runs from Jan. 31 to Feb. 5 in Vancouver and Abbotsford. It attracts about 1,000 attendees and more than 40 per cent of event participants said their farm income increased by over $20,000. Visit www. farmersinspired.com to sign up and immerse yourself in five days of in-depth learning through the highly acclaimed bus tour farm visits, educational sessions, workshops, and a business exchange trade show. — AAF release

Canola and soybeans move in different directions in choppy trading market China’s stock market upheaval spills into ag markets even though Chinese demand for canola, soybeans, and corn expected to remain strong By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CE Futures Canada canola contracts were up and down during the choppy week ended Jan. 8, with losses in the front months and a firmer tone in the more deferred positions. The situation was the exact opposite in CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soybeans, with the nearby months up and the deferred contracts down, as the two North American oilseeds moved in different directions. Wheat futures in the U.S. moved higher during the week, with speculative shortcovering the feature there. Corn futures, meanwhile, held reasonably steady but drifted lower overall. With no real fresh fundamental news to speak of at this time of year, the grains and oilseeds were taking a great deal of direction from outside financial markets. The big news globally during the week was a sell-off in the Chinese stock markets, which put pressure on ag markets at times as well. China is a major customer for canola, soybeans and corn; any signs of economic troubles there raise concerns over potential demand for grains and oilseeds as well. However, the counter-argument still holds that ‘people will still need to eat,’ and many analysts remain of the

opinion that the demand side of the balance sheets will remain strong overall. The U.S. Department of Agriculture releases a slew of much-anticipated reports on Jan. 12, including monthly supply/demand estimates, quarterly stocks and U.S. winter wheat acreage numbers. Surprises one way or the other in those reports could break prices out of their relatively rangebound ruts, but without any bullish news on that front, the path of least resistance generally points lower. From a chart standpoint, the most active March canola contract fell below the psychological C$480-per-tonne level during the week. With that level breached, the next downside target comes in at the C$468- to $470-pertonne area. For soybeans, the March contract hit a low of US$8.52 per bushel during the week, with the contract low of US$8.47 per bushel not that far off. Corn futures actually hit fresh contract lows during the week, but did manage to see a modest short-covering correction off of the US$3.485 mark in the March contract. Depending on the reaction to the USDA reports, both soybeans and corn have as much as 20 to 30 cents room to the downside. While canola is also trending lower, the Canadian market is finding some under-

Photo: Thinkstock lying support from the weakness in the country’s currency. The Canadian dollar fell to its lowest levels relative to its U.S. counterpart in 12 years during the week, which makes canola more attractive to export customers and also helps underpin domestic crush margins. This means that while canola prices may continue to drift lower on a U.S. dollar basis, the price a farmer sees in Canadian dollars may hold up a bit firmer, or even improve, depending on the exchange rates.

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Liberal government seen as dawdling on ratifying TPP trade deal It’s expected Canada will sign on but is waiting to see whether Congress does BY DAVID LJUNGGREN AND KRISTA HUGHES Reuters

anada is set to hold back on ratifying a key Asia-Pacific trade treaty, a move that would assuage critics but might hamper Washington’s bid to build domestic support for the deal, according to sources close to the talks. Canada is one of 12 nations that initialled the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in early October, agreeing in principle to create a trade zone covering 40 per cent of the world’s economy. TPP members are now talking about signing the deal in February,

a crucial step which paves the way for ratification. But the new Liberal government, now under pressure from labour unions worried about big job losses once TPP comes into effect, have launched widespread consultations on the deal and this could take considerable time. One source directly familiar with government thinking said Canada has effectively decided it would sign, even though resistance in the U.S. Congress means the prospects for eventual ratification are unclear. “As it stands, Canada will most likely sign the treaty but won’t move to ratify it until the situation in Congress becomes clearer,” said the source. U.S. Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, recently told the Wash-

ington Post he had “serious problems” with the deal and it should not go to Congress before the U.S. elections in November 2016. “It would certainly be helpful if other nations moved to ratify,” said a U.S. official familiar with the matter. Canada appears in no rush and its view is shared by at least one other TPP state. “Why would you expend any political capital on ratification if the whole process isn’t going anywhere?” said an official from a third TPP nation. Canada’s Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, pressed on Ottawa’s strategy, said signing the treaty would keep the door open to becoming a full member.

“Not signing at this stage would have very significant consequences… we would lose our status as one of the original TPP signatories and that would be giving up some significant privileges,” she said in a phone interview. Freeland declined to say what effect a potential stalemate in Congress would have on the government’s thinking. Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s chief TPP negotiator, said “every country around the table will be looking to see what happens in the U.S. as they head into their election.” Canadian ministers are talking to a wide range of business interests as well as critics like Jerry Dias, who heads the labour union

Unifor and calls TPP “a complete mess from top to bottom.” TPP provisions making it easier for Japanese automakers to export duty free into North America will lead to tens of thousands of job losses in Canada, said Dias, who also worries about opening up Canada’s protected dairy market. Dias said he told Freeland and her team: “Is it better to be part of a terrible deal or is it better to be part of no deal?” Hassan Youssef, head of the Canadian Labour Congress, says he could not support TPP without changes. The U.S. administration has ruled out renegotiating the deal and warned that small tweaks could unravel the whole pact.

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Dealing with a plunging currency A lower loonie has some advantages but it’s a myth that a high American dollar is good for grain and oilseed prices

Downtrending channel

In a downtrend, the market declines and then reacts, but quickly runs into overhead resistance where an increase in selling turns the market back down. This process, once set in motion, develops a momentum which strengthens the trend and makes it persist.

Market psychology

As a new downtrend begins to emerge, sell orders materialize, but many are at a limit price above the market. In the normal ebb and flow of the market, some of this selling is satisfied when prices move up. However, a portion of the selling is not satisfied and when prices again begin to move down, some of these sellers jump in for fear of missing the move. The balance of unfilled sell orders will continue to trail the market in hopes of catching a reaction. However, most of these sellers will gradually lower their offers as the market declines. Eventually, the decline will accelerate sharply when much of the patience of those waiting for a big break will have worn thin. This results in more selling being thrown into the market at the prevailing price level. There is an old saying, “The trend is your friend.” When a trend can be identified and followed to its conclusion, it translates into opportunity.

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he Canadian dollar continues to erode on the heels of falling commodity prices. A year ago, the Canadian dollar was 86 cents against the American dollar, but is now trading closer to 70 cents U.S. The weakness in crude oil and gold have contributed to the collapse of the loonie. Canada is a country rich in resources, so when the metal and energy markets drop, so goes the Canadian dollar. This weakness may have come as a surprise to some people, but technical analysts were alerted to an impending downturn in July 2014, when a two-month reversal developed on the monthly nearby gold and crude oil futures charts. Since then gold has lost $300 an ounce and crude oil has slipped $70 per barrel. Subsequently, the Canadian dollar has dropped 22 cents U.S., as it continues to establish lower lows and lower highs within a downtrending channel. This is illustrated in the accompanying long-term chart.

A declining Canadian dollar impacts Canadian agricultural producers. A lower Canadian dollar makes it more expensive to import goods from the United States such as fertilizer, machinery, soybean meal and corn, but there are also some advantages of a lower dollar. Canadian grain and livestock producers selling to companies in the United States and being paid in U.S. dollars can take advantage of a declining Canadian dollar by waiting to convert those greenbacks to the loonie when the Canadian dollar is lower. A low Canadian dollar also serves to offset some of the weakness in U.S. grain and livestock futures markets pressured by the strong U.S. dollar. Some individuals are under the impression grain and oilseed prices are higher when the Canadian dollar is low. This is a myth! Grain prices are higher when the U.S. dollar is low. A weak U.S. dollar makes U.S. exports more competitive in the global market, increasing demand for U.S. commodities, which draws down stocks and increases prices. This recently occurred in 2007-08, an era which experienced recordhigh grain prices. At that time the U.S. dollar was low and the Canadian dollar was in turn up at par. A lower Canadian dollar can also help to improve spring wheat basis levels when the exchange rate is incorporated into the basis. This is in part the reason spring wheat prices have been holding relatively steady to slightly lower in the cash market, even though the daily MGEX spring wheat futures contracts are at new lows. Although many factors influence the price of grain, producers identifying the trend in the Canadian dollar are better able to determine marketing and hedging opportunities for their grain and livestock operations. Send your questions or comments about this article and chart to info@ag-chieve.ca. David Drozd is president and senior market analyst for Winnipeg-based Ag-Chieve Corporation. The opinions expressed are those of the writer and are solely intended to assist readers with a better understanding of technical analysis. Visit Ag-Chieve online at www.ag-chieve.ca for information about our grainmarketing advisory service and to see our latest grain market analysis. You can call us toll free at 1-888-274-3138 for a free market consultation.

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Cattle ID workshops coming

Lots to learn at beef conference

The Canadian Cattle Identification Program is putting on traceability workshops in seven Alberta communities for cow-calf producers, backgrounders, and feedlot operators. There will be presentations on the impact of age verification and how that impacts Canadian beef in international markets, discounts suffered by feedlots, determining age at packing plants, and the importance of premises ID. There will also be a refresher session on data entry of age verification and move-ins; where to get help and buy tags; and the latest research and developments in tags and retention. For a list of locations and dates, see What’s Up on page 53. — AAF release

Industry trends, animal health, and the prospects for Alberta’s economy are on the agenda at the 2016 Alberta Beef Industry Conference in Red Deer next month. The Feb. 17-19 event will feature presentations from Gary Haley (CEO of Vantage Foods), Brian Evans (deputy director general, the World Organization for Animal Health), and Todd Hirsch (ATB Financial chief economist). Other speakers are McGill professor, Joe Schwarcz (Nutritional Advice: Is there a solution to the confusion), consultant Jim Bottomley (Beef Producers in the Innovation Age), and Agri-Trend CEO (Know Meat). — Staff

Want to up your grazing game? Disrupt, diversify, and stock high Use a rich mix of forage species, build organic matter, and fight that urge to do the same things year after year, says expert BY Alexis Kienlen AF STAFF

ore of the same is not a good thing when it comes to pastures. “When you have a monoculture above the ground, you have a monoculture below the ground,” said grazing consultant Allen Williams. “In most monoculture situations, you have mined out many of the available minerals within the first two or three strata of soil.” But below those monoculture root depths are a lot of minerals not being used by the plants, Williams told attendees at the Western Canada Conference on Soil Health last month. In diverse pastures, plants can grab the deeper minerals and when animals graze these plants, they remineralize the top strata of the soil, said Williams, a farmer and president of Livestock Management Consultants. When combined with bale grazing, winter stockpile grazing, and high-density grazing, the result is more organic matter and soil microbes. “In the trials we’ve done, we’ve built soil organic matter at about one per cent annually,” he said. “It is very easily achievable with the right management practices.” Diverse forages also improve animal health. Williams pointed to studies by Utah State professor, Fred Provenza, that found different forages have different nutrient and chemical compositions. Researchers have also found that livestock like a varied diet. When given the opportunity, they will select and browse up to 50 or more plants in a single day. And those animals were healthier, performed better, and had fewer parasites. Different plant species also emit chemicals that can ward off pest insects, so one plant growing beside another can prevent insect predation on a neighbouring plant. “Diversity and complexity allows us to be able to significantly reduce our reliance on chemicals such as pesticides and herbicides,” said Williams.

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“Our natural tendency is to settle into a routine and have a recipe. We need to fight that tendency.” Allen Williams

Diverse pastures and mixing up intensive grazing routines are two of the key practices of grazing consultant Allen Williams. PHOTO: Alexis Kienlen Everything a producer does in agriculture has multiple effects, he said. “Whether for good or for bad, every decision we make has a compound effect on our land, never a singular effect. We need to remember what else we are impacting when we make poor management decisions.” For example, the majority of soil microbes exists in the root zone of plants, and if plants are overgrazed, the roots will not grow as quickly. But changing your practices can bring relatively quick results. Five years ago, Williams bought a farm that had been very poorly managed. Since then he’d increased soil organic matter; reduced weed populations; increased forage species and water infiltration; and seen a resurgence in earthworms, pollinators, soil insects and wildlife populations. And soil

carbon levels were higher than his neighbours — one of whom rotated his cattle every two weeks and the other allowed his cattle to roam all over the entire farm. Williams compared his grazing practices to the workout routines of high-performance athletes. “For elite athletes to perform at a high level on a consistent basis, they do not do the same exercise routine every day because they would plateau. They start by resting. The human body, to continue making progress and performing athletically, must have disruptions. Nature is the same.”

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Williams practises disruption on his farm by changing up his stocking densities and using different rest periods. “Our natural tendency is to settle into a routine and have

a recipe,” he said. “We need to fight that tendency. Don’t move through your farm or ranch in the same rotation every time. “Altering the patterns of movement through your farm or ranch is another way to be disruptive.” Williams also alternates the grazing heights of his forages, but makes sure that if they are being cropped shorter, there is plenty of soil moisture for regrowth. Producers can also alternate the order of grazing species if they practise multispecies grazing. “There are a whole host of ways we can be disruptive. But being disruptive is important because you will keep your soil and plants guessing and keeping them from plateauing and becoming stagnant. One of the reasons we have explored this is because we had people coming to us after doing high-stock density grazing for three or four

years, but things weren’t changing rapidly anymore. They’d settled into a system or recipe, and when we started introducing disruption, we moved past it.” The right animals can make grazing more productive, he added. Bulls should have a modern frame with thick, easy fleshing, depth in the flank and good capacity in the midsection. When viewed from behind, the widest part of the body should be the lower third of the midriff. Cows need to be sound in the feet, legs, eyes, and udders, and also deep in the heart, girth and flank. They should also have good capacity in the midsection and have a wide lower third midriff. For optimal animal performance, it’s good to graze forages that are slightly beyond midstage maturity, he said. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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Crypto presents a number of challenges for vets and producers These protozoa are difficult to detect so vigilance is needed to spot and deal with outbreaks By Roy Lewis DVM

he incidence of ‘crypto’ diarrhea is most definitely higher on dairy farms where calves are raised in close confinement and the wet or moist environment is conducive to the transmission of these protozoa. But large-animal veterinarians are also detecting it more often in our beef herds out west. Crypto is a protozoa with a very similar life cycle to coccidia, which is probably much more familiar to Canadian cattlemen. The detection can be difficult, but with newer tests and other methods, you may find it even in well-managed cattle operations. Dairymen watch for it diligently and beef producers should discuss it with their veterinarians. Be especially vigilant if scours crops up in older calves that seem unresponsive to traditional scour treatments. Bringing in dairy calves to be adopted onto beef cows can be a source of infection. I always suggest using calves from your own herd if possible. Crypto usually is caused by the species C. Parvum in cattle and it is also zoonotic — meaning it is transmissible to humans, with most cases resulting from exposure to sick calves. So watch when handling diarrheic calves and be extra vigilant when cleaning and disinfecting the area calves have been in. As with all zoonotic diseases, people under stress or immunosuppressed are highly susceptible. Make sure — especially after dealing with any diarrheic calves — to clean boots, coveralls, and wash your hands thoroughly. Treat the diarrheic calves last to avoid carrying the oocysts (eggs) between calves. The organism is very similar to coccidia in the sense oocysts are passed in the manure in very large numbers (up to 10 million

per gram of manure). Oocysts are ingested by the calf and in completing the life cycle cause damage to the large intestine and the end of the small intestine. We see it primarily in calves anywhere from three to 30 days of age. The clue is calves, which seem unresponsive to treatment and the diarrhea is generally yellow and sort of foamy. The organism destroys the inner lining of the intestine, so the milk comes through essentially undigested and calves dehydrate. Keep in mind that half the time crypto is involved in mixed infections with other scour organisms, so you may be dealing with essentially two diseases at the same time. That is why one must use all the preventive steps in your power to avoid a scours outbreak. All the tools we have talked about in other articles such as new calving area; lots of room and bedding; and good nutrition of the dam (leading to high-quality colostrum) all help in prevention. Make sure the calves are up and sucking within a couple of hours and if in doubt, supplement with homestored frozen colostrum or the good colostrum substitutes such as HeadStart. Scours vaccinate your cows and heifers, but keep in mind good scours vaccines cover the most common causes of viral and bacterial scours in calves but not ones caused by protozoan (coccidia and cryptosporidiosis). Initial diagnosis has been an issue in the past. Veterinarians investigating scours outbreaks have often suspected crypto was involved but it was hard to prove. There are several ways to prove its existence. Fecals can be done and the labs are getting better at spotting it but like coccidia, its oocysts are much smaller than worm eggs and are hard to see even with a microscope. Now there is a check done with a strip inserted into the manure called Entericheck

by Biovet Labs, which is a fairly sensitive and specific check. We learned from a recent veterinary student from Calgary (now Dr. Dayna Goldsmith) attending our clinic on a rotation that crypto is what they call an acid-fast organism. This means it takes up acid-fast stain, so another test the vet clinic can do is smear a sample of the manure on a microscope slide, stain it and — like magic — the oocysts become very visible when they take up the stain. This worked very well at our clinic. (Veterinary clinics can order the acidfast stain.) The combination of these three methods has greatly improved the diagnostic rate of crypto. The next issue with crypto has been treatment — or should I say lack of treatment — options. Standard treatments such as electrolytes are always warranted. Vets would prescribe sulfa drugs similar to coccidiosis treatment but the best way is to cut down the number of organisms being excreted. A Merck Animal Health product called Halocur — which has been used in Canada for a few years under an experimental drug release — controls crypto by breaking the life cycle and substantially reducing the number of oocysts produced. Halocur is an oral product (given at two cc per 10 kg daily), and it is very important to dose it carefully as unlike most products, the safety margin is quite low. At twice the dose, you could get depressed calves, blood in the diarrhea, and other signs very similar to

Crypto can quickly spread so you need to be vigilant and use good management practices. GRAPHIC: Dr. Guy Boisclair the disease itself so discontinue medication if those signs show up. At four times the dose, the medication can be fatal. Always treat calves on a full stomach and don’t start treatment if they are already feeling sick. Isolation of sick calves and a good cleaning, washing and disinfection of the isolation area are also necessary. The oocysts are very resistant and are killed by high temperatures. The key is keeping the oocysts numbers down. With age, resistance develops and that is why you never see this disease in older cattle. There are other coccidiostats, which have been tried against cryptosporidiosis on an experimental basis with some decent

success (in fact Halocur was developed as a coccidiostat for chickens). If you see unusualappearing diarrhea with the frothy content appearing like undigested milk, make sure your veterinarian rules out cryptosporidiosis because the treatment is much different than the other neonatal diarrheas. Your local veterinarian would be best to help diagnose crypto and give you the treatment options most likely to be successful in your operation. Here’s hoping for a crypto-free calving season. Roy Lewis practised large-animal veterinary medicine for more than 30 years and now works part time as a technical services veterinarian for Merck Animal Health.

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Quality winter feed Cattle will likely remain is key, says expert profitable, just not as much

When the mercury dips, cattle need more feed but more native hay or straw may not be the answer BY JENNIFER PAIGE Staff / Brandon, Man.

aving profitable calves next fall starts with not shortchanging their mothers now, said a livestock extension specialist. “Based on research conducted by the Western Beef Development Centre, reproduction is five times more important than growth rate and 10 times more important than carcass quality when it comes to profit,” said Tim Clarke, livestock extension specialist with Manitoba’s Agriculture Department. “Thin or underfed cows are only half as productive as cows in optimal condition and thin cows at calving can negatively affect weaning weights, breeding potential, overall herd performance and profit. Another thing is that having higher-quality colostrum just after birth will produce a healthier calf beyond weaning.” Clarke recommends testing rations to be able to evaluate the energy and protein levels, as well as the mineral content, specifically calcium and phosphorus levels.

“Most silage has enough energy for our cows, however, we often need to provide additional energy and protein to our young stock,” he said. Clarke also recommends keeping an eye on the thermometer, as cattle require more energy intake as temperatures drop. “Normally in the winter, we target feed consumption at 2.5 per cent of body weight, per day, per cow,” said Clarke. “But, for every 10° below -20 C the nutritional requirements should be increased by 15 per cent or by 6.5 pounds of hay per day or 4.5 pounds of grain per day.” However, it is important to know your ration contents as feeding a lot of native hay or straw can also affect the cow’s degradable intake protein. “Beef cows can only consume 1.8 per cent of body weight per day of wheat straw due to low digestibility,” said Clarke. “If you are going to feed a lot of native hay or straw it is a good idea to mix in a bit of alfalfa. He recommends about seven pounds of alfalfa every second day to keep the rumen operating effectively.

A larger U.S. herd ‘is really the major market driver,’ says CanFax analyst Brian Perillat By Jade Markus

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anadian cattle producers are likely to see a new normal in 2016, according to one analyst. Futures prices will continue to be under pressure, but the sector should remain profitable, said Brian Perillat, manager and senior analyst at CanFax. “Certainly there will be a lot more cattle in the U.S., which is really the major market driver,” said Perillat. That trend will likely be echoed in Canada, he said. Canada isn’t in expansion mode, but producers have been holding on to cattle, which will drag on the market. “And we’ve hardly exported any feeder cattle; our exports are just down to a crawl,” he said. The feeding sector will be most challenged by managing and buying cattle, he added. “It’s just important to have solid risk management when buying these cattle in this downward-trending market.” Despite those bearish factors, Perillat said cattle producers

should still see another profitable year, though the market likely won’t touch the highs seen in 2015. “Hopefully we’re through the majority of the decline, but there could be more pressure on local prices.” U.S. and Canadian cattle prices saw record highs over the last two years, and in 2016 the market will come down further from cycle highs, said Anne Wasko, market analyst at Taber-based Gateway Cattle Marketing. Canada’s cycle highs were in the first half of 2015, and the U.S. made cycle highs near the end of 2014 and into the beginning of 2015, she said. She also expects increased beef supplies to add pressure next year, in addition to the cyclical nature of the cattle market. “We know there’s going to be more protein available in North America, and so that’s going to lead to lower prices,” said Wasko, but added much depends on “what kind of year Mother Nature throws at us, from a weather perspective.” The North American beef herd has been aggressively

“Hopefully we’re through the majority of the decline, but there could be more pressure on local prices.” Brian Perillat

expanding, and producers should prepare for lower price trends ahead, she said. But how much lower those cattle prices go depends on exchange rates, trade flows and deals into next year. Due to freight and country-oforigin labelling (COOL) costs, fat cow prices in Western Canada are typically weaker than in the U.S. But thanks to a ruling from the World Trade Organization, Canadian beef and pork producers can expect to be free of COOL, which could be another market influencer in 2016.

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Emergency PEDv protocol to remain in place Hog producers fear virus may hitch a ride with trucks cleaned on the U.S. side STAFF

mergency federal protocols that allowed empty hog trucks coming into Manitoba from the U.S. to be cleaned and disinfected on the Manitoba side of the border will now continue until May. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency had previously planned to end the emergency protocol effective Jan. 13, but has now agreed to extend that period until May 2, said Manitoba Pork chair George Matheson. Fearing transmission of the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv), Manitoba Pork, the Canadian Pork Council and other provincial hog industry groups “strongly objected” to CFIA’s plans to return to full enforcement of previous hog trailer regulations at the Canada/U.S. border, Matheson said. Without the emergency proto-

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Keen to improve your management and profitability in 2016? The Beef Cattle Research Council wants to help. But the organization says it needs producers to tell it what topics interest them or would be most useful on their operation. “Feedback helps us deliver the information cow-calf producers, feedlots, veterinarians, meat packers and other industry players across the country need to make informed decisions to profitably and responsibly produce top-quality Canadian cattle and beef,” the organization says in a web post highlighting its 10 most popular web blogs. The most popular topic last year was the 2014-15 western Canadian cow-calf survey. The survey, conducted last winter, was completed by 411 producers (half from Alberta) who collectively managed 76,000 cows. The survey had a number of interesting findings, including that only 24 per cent of respondents stayed within the recommended 63-day breeding season and just 26 per cent of respondents bred heifers before the cows (and even that group was well under the four to six weeks recommended for heifers). Other popular blogs looked at hormone use, antibiotic resistance, pain mitigation, and body condition scoring. The Top 10 blogs can be found at www.beefresearch. ca. Producers wanting to suggest topics for future articles can email their requests to info@beefresearch.ca.

col in place, empty hog trailers returning to Canada after delivering hogs in the U.S. would have to be cleaned and disinfected at U.S. facilities before being allowed to enter Canada. Manitoba Pork officials have previously argued that U.S. highways used by livestock truckers have few such truck washes, and the ones en route have poor water quality and lower standards for cleaning and disinfection. Under the emergency protocol, CFIA has allowed those trucks to be sealed in the U.S. and disinfected once in Manitoba. Federal Border Services officials have been tagging empty livestock trailers and submitting the tag numbers to CFIA. Tagged trailers would then go to a certified wash station in Canada and be washed and disinfected as per Canadian Swine Health Board standards. “This had worked relatively well for the last 18 months,”

Manitoba Pork general manager Andrew Dickson said during a recent telephone town hall with Alberta Pork. “You can see from the number of cases that we got in Manitoba, that we had relatively few cases compared to other parts of Canada and compared to the U.S.” Canada hadn’t seen a new case of PED on a hog farm in over four months, up until a new case was detected Dec. 2 on a finisher operation in southern Ontario’s Lambton County. However, winter increases the risk of PED transmission. The U.S. is the main source of the PED virus for Canadian herds and remains established or endemic, Alberta provincial veterinary epidemiologist Dr. Julia Keenliside warned recently on the industry-sponsored program “Farmscape.” Thus, she said, “we have to remember that it’s going to be there for quite a long time and still provides a risk for Canada.”

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has said the arrival of porcine epidemic diarrhea in Canada no longer merits the level of “emergency response” now affecting federal rules on swine truck cleaning. pHOTO: tHINKSTOCK

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Rains finally come to Oz

Snowpack return welcomed

Recent heavy rains are expected to help Australian ranchers in Queensland rebuild herds devastated by a three-year drought, although meat supplies and exports are not likely to recover for some time. Farmers have been selling cattle for slaughter in record numbers, cutting the size of the national herd to a two-decade low. But with the heavy rains aiding pasture growth, farmers are now likely to focus their efforts on rebuilding herd numbers. “It could take two, three years at least to rebuild stocks,” said Phin Ziebell, an agribusiness economist with the National Australia Bank. — Reuters

A cold, wet start to California’s winter dumped nearly five feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains earlier this month, fuelling hope that 2016 will bring enough precipitation to help offset four years of drought. “There’s hope that we will have much more than we had last year,” said Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program. His measurements confirmed data gathered earlier by electronic snow sensors showing that the snowpack, which provides a third of the state’s water when it melts in the spring, was above normal for the first time in three years. — Reuters

The year in numbers — a quick look back at 2015 Two things stand out when reviewing data from across Alberta — it was a little drier than normal and consistently warmer

BY DANIEL BEZTE

ith the ending of one year and the beginning of a new one, we traditionally take a look back at what was and then look ahead to see what the new year might have in store for us. From a weather point of view there a number of ways we can do this — from a local Alberta point of view, to Canada-wide, and then the world. We’ll soon take a look at what the different weather agencies considered the top weather stories for Canada and around the world in 2015, but for this issue we’ll go back and take a brief overview of what 2015 was like weather-wise across agricultural Alberta. As you probably already know, to summarize our weather I use three different weather stations — Calgary, Edmonton, and Peace River. In reality, if I was just going to look at the yearly totals and averages we could probably get away with just looking at one or maybe two stations, but I thought it would be interesting to list the average monthly high and low temperatures, the monthly mean temperatures and total monthly precipitation for all three stations. For those of you who would prefer to see the data in a more visual format, I included a couple of graphs of temperatures in Peace River and Calgary over the last 365 days. (Edmonton’s graph was missing data.) Temperatures in the following tables are provided in degrees Celsius and precipitation is in millimetres. I’ve also included up and down arrows following the mean temperature and precipitation values. An up arrow indicates an above-average value while a down arrow indicates a below-average value. I’m not going to try to discuss all of the data — I’ll leave that for you to check out. A couple of points of interest are that it was a fairly warm year, with all three locations reporting mean yearly temperatures that were between 0.7 and 1.7 C above average. The Peace River region did not report a single month with a colder-than-average monthly

pHOTO: thINKSTOCK reading. The fall and early winter were even warmer, with temperatures averaging about 2.0 C above average over the last three months of the year. Secondly, it was a bit of a dry year, with all three locations reporting below-average amounts of precipitation. In the next issue we’ll hopefully be able to start our look back at the top weather events of 2015.

The figures in this issue show the temperatures for both Peace River and Calgary over the last year. The top graph shows the daily departure from average, with red meaning above-average temperatures and blue below average. The middle graph shows the 31-day running average, which helps to smooth out the data and show the general trend in temperatures. The bottom graph shows the actual daily high and low temperatures.

Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park. Contact him with your questions and comments at daniel@bezte.ca.

Peace River 2015

Edmonton 2015

Avg. high Avg. low Mean

Jan

-7.1

-16.5

-11.8↑

Feb

-7.2

-15.7

-11.5 ↑

Mar

4.1

-6.0

-1.0↑

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18.3↓

Jan

Avg. high Avg. low Mean -4.3

-14.8

-9.6↑

23.2↑

Ppt

Jan

Avg. high Avg. low Mean 2.5

-8.5

-3.0↑

32.8↑

Ppt

26.2↑

Feb

-4.9

-16.0

-10.5↓

22.0↑

Feb

0.9

-10.1

-4.6↑

8.0↓

29.4↑

Mar

5.0

-6.9

-0.9↑

22.0↑

Mar

9.5

-3.6

3.0↑

6.8↓

Apr

12.1

-1.7

5.2↑

17.0↓

Apr

12.7

-4.4

4.1↓

14.6↓

Apr

14.4

-2.0

6.2↑

11.2↓

May

18.7

2.7

10.7↑

45.2↑

May

18.2

0.6

9.4↓

17.3↓

May

17.2

3.0

10.1

33.9↓

Jun

23.0

8.0

15.5↑

65.3↓

Jun

23.0

7.3

15.1↑

40.5↓

Jun

22.2

9.5

15.9↑

58.1↓

Jul

24.5

9.8

17.2↑

69.9↑

Jul

24.3

9.9

17.2↑

95.1↓

Jul

25.2

11.3

18.3↑

56.3↓

Aug

22.3

8.5

15.4↑

31.0↓

Aug

23.3

6.5

14.9↓

25.3↓

Aug

23.6

10.2

16.9↑

129.0↑

Sep

15.8

2.0

8.9↑

40.0↑

Sep

16.5

2.2

9.4↓

66.3↑

Sep

16.9

4.4

10.7↓

67.0↑

Oct

11.6

-0.9

5.4↑

23.0↓

Oct

13.8

-1.8

6.0↑

12.5↓

Oct

14.6

1.4

8.0↑

5.6↓

Nov

-0.5

-9.7

-5.1↑

10.4↓

Nov

1.6

-9.8

-4.1↑

12.2↓

Nov

4.5

-6.4

-1.0↑

13.2↑

Dec

-7.2

-15.8

-11.6↑

13.7↓

Dec

-5.3

-15.9

-10.6↑

10.0↓

Dec

-0.5

-11.2

-5.8↑

30.3↑

Year

9.2

-2.9

3.1↑

389.4↓

Year

10.3

-3.6

3.4↑

361.0↓

Year

12.6

-0.2

6.2↑

452.2↓

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Barley chair and vice-chair re-elected

Mike Ammeter

Mike Ammeter has been re-elected as chairman of Alberta Barley and Jason Lenz as vice-chair. “I had a great first year as chairman with Alberta Barley and I am honoured to have been re-elected,” said Ammeter. “This next year will be one filled with opportunities and challenges, and I am looking forward to continuing my role as an advocate for Alberta’s barley farmers.” Ammeter grows barley, wheat, oats, canola, and peas with his wife and three children near Sylvan Lake and Lenz farms near Bentley. Both Ammeter and Lenz will serve for one-year terms. — Alberta Barley release

Margins are tight — will you be able to squeeze out a profit this year?

Farm business experts are always saying, ‘Know your cost of production.’ But this year, ignoring that advice could quickly get you into the red. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK From there, producers need to determine their break-even prices, which go “hand in hand” with developing a marketing plan. “If you know what your break-even prices are, you can set your marketing targets,” said Dyck. “Do some research and once you hit your breakeven prices, do some forward selling or sell a certain percentage of your crop when you hit your trigger point.” Timing is also important when purchasing inputs. “If you don’t get a handle on your budget, you’ll probably be buying inputs at a time when they’re more expensive,” he said. “It’s rare that input costs go down. The question is how much are they going to go up?” Right now, fertilizer prices are “kind of stagnant,” so Dyck recommends buying fertilizer as soon as possible. “It will probably be lower this time of year rather than waiting until spring.”

The same goes for seed and fuel purchases. “Take a look at that and maybe pre-purchase some inputs, which is a standard thing we talk about at this time of year. Come springtime, they have a tendency to increase.”

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Another thing to cut back on is cash rent, if possible. “If you’re renting land, that really shrinks the margin. If you need to go back and renegotiate cash rent with your landowner, that might not be a bad idea.” But now is not the right time to buy machinery. “I know a few years ago when prices were good and yields were up, a lot of guys made some machinery purchases, and some are thinking about that now,” said Dyck. “But take a second look at that. The Canadian dollar is really having an

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he weak Canadian dollar and a drop in prices are going to make it tough for crop producers to make a profit this year. Tough, but not impossible, says a provincial farm business management specialist. “You can make a profit this year,” said Dean Dyck. “I took a look at the four major crops in Alberta — wheat, canola, barley, and peas — and if canola stays at a cash price of where it is now, which is around $10 a bushel, you can make a little bit of a profit.” It’s the same story with wheat. “If prices stay where they are at right now, around $6.50 a bushel, and you get a good yield, you can make a profit.” And there’s “definitely some profit to be made” on pulse crops. “If your land and machinery can handle pulses and you can forecast some decent yields, you may want to look at pulses,” said Dyck. But in order to make the most of tight crop margins, producers will need to have a plan heading into the growing season — a job made tougher by the low loonie, which pushes up prices for imported inputs and American-made machinery. “They really need to get a good understanding of their costs, both variable and fixed,” said Dyck. “Most of them have a really good idea on their variable costs — seed, fertilizer, chemicals, fuel, repairs, operating interest — but they really need to get a good hold of their fixed costs, such as depreciation and taxes.”

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effect on where the price of machinery is going. That’s a long-term investment and quite expensive. It’s going to impact your cash flow if you don’t have the money to put down.” Producers need to be thinking about conserving cash when margins are tight, not expanding their debt load. “You don’t want to go into debt too much when margins are thin and crop prices soften a little bit,” he said. “These days, you want to minimize your debt. Cash is king, and you don’t want to get caught with too much debt.” If prices continue to sink, crop margins could go into the negative, especially if yields are poor. “If you don’t get the yield and you don’t get the price, your margins start to go into the negative fairly fast — not so much for things like canola, but for things like wheat or barley where you’re probably on the fine line of going into the negative if you don’t get your average yield or the prices start to sink a little bit further,” said Dyck. “If you’re not paying attention to your costs and you’re not paying attention to your break-even prices, then you could sink into negative territory and then it could get into a little bit of a cycle.” Producers can use tools like the Alberta government’s CropChoice$ software to help determine their break-even points, but ultimately, it comes down to having a budget — and sticking to it, said Dyck. “Do some planning. That’s the key.”

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Farmers, hit that snooze button — spraying later is your best bet For pre-seed burn-down and broadleaf weed control, it’s better to spray during the day rather than early morning or nighttime By JENNIFER BLAIR AF staff / Lethbridge

plant in the morning dew is a little like a man stepping out of a shower — wet and cold, and that much colder because it’s wet. “The phase change between a liquid and a gas sucks heat energy out of the plant. That practice will actually hurt the plant,” said Ken Coles, general manager of Farming Smarter. “It’s not growing actively, and therefore it doesn’t absorb as much as it could.” That might explain why the Farming Smarter team has found that, by and large, early

Dew makes mornings the worst time to spray, Farming Smarter researchers have found. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

morning is the worst time of day to spray. “We tended to see reduced efficacy in that time period,” said Coles. “Sometimes early morning does work, and sometimes nighttime does work, but if you’re looking at your best management strategy, day is always the best if you can swing it.” Producers — especially those in southern Alberta — like to “wake up early to beat the wind.” “I think we need to rethink that model,” said Coles. “Your best chance of success is spraying during the daytime.” On Farming Smarter’s preseed burn-down trials, “the largest difference in efficacy was about 18 per cent” when

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they compared spraying during the day to spraying at nighttime or the morning. “That would be going from about 98 per cent with the control down to 80 per cent, and we had an average difference of about 10 per cent,” said Coles. “Visually in a field, you would probably never notice it unless you were comparing it to something else. But that’s still meaningful in yield and the amount of weed seeds that you’re putting back into the soil.” For broadleaf weed control, there was an average of 12 per cent difference in efficacy, and on visual ratings, “100 per cent showed that daytime was best.” “With our quantitative weed biomass data, 75 per cent of the time (spraying during the) day was best.” It’s a bit of a different story for grassy weeds, which saw only an average of eight per cent difference in efficacy between daytime and nighttime spraying. And the visual ratings showed that day was best only 50 per cent of the time. “For products that are known to photodegrade in the sun, night might be better,” said Coles.

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Grazing winter cereals can work First-year results of study on grazing winter cereals found both grain and silage yields were affected By JENNIFER BLAIR AF staff / Lethbridge

ixed farmers looking to cut costs may be able to hit two birds with one stone — by grazing the fall growth of a winter cereal. “This is a practice that’s quite common in other parts of the world, but it’s one that we haven’t really delved into, likely because we’re a little bit light on the growing season, as well as precipitation,” said Ken Coles, general manager of Farming Smarter. “It’s a flexible system that makes use of the ground year round, and there’s quite a significant amount (of feed value) that a producer is able to capture. On top of that, they’re able to keep the animals out in the field longer, so the manure is being spread out in the field and they’re saving costs there.” Working with a producer on irrigation in the Medicine Hat area, Farming Smarter looked at how fall rye, winter wheat, and winter triticale performed after being grazed in fall and winter. “The crops were planted early August. They were allowed to grow right up until the end of October, and then the cattle were put on them,” said Coles. “They were grazed throughout the winter, until about April, and then removed.” First, the team looked at the crops’ survival and found that grazing did affect it — but not as much as might be expected. “We had 60 per cent survival on the grazed end, and basically perfect survival on the non-grazed,” said Coles. “But despite being down to 60 per cent, we still had a stand that was basically good

enough. The results ended up being that we had 1.73 tonnes per hectare of material that was able to be grazed.” Then the crop was silaged in the summer, and silage yield measured. “The result was that where we did graze, we ended up with 9.17 tonnes per hectare versus the 7.78 tonnes — or an increase of 18 per cent,” he said. When Farming Smarter looked at the grain yield from the crop, “there was no statistical difference” between the crops that were grazed and those that weren’t. “We had 56 bushels per acre (grazed) versus 54 bushels per acre (not grazed),” said Coles, adding yields were “somewhat low” because of lodging. “The thought there, was that the farmer would have the option whether he wanted to silage the crop or perhaps take it to grain. It’s nice to know that the grazing didn’t negatively impact the yield.”

“It’s nice to know that the grazing didn’t negatively impact the yield.”

Ken Coles

And though the study is only in its first year, there may be some “value in the practice” for mixed producers who have the right growing conditions — irrigation, low snow cover, and mild winter temperatures. “So far, based on one year’s results, it seems like a fairly interesting and promising practice.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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Railways exceeded the regulatory revenue cap moving record volumes The railways were allowed to earn $1.46 billion shipping grain in 2014-15, but exceeded their maximum revenue entitlement by 22 cents a tonne BY ALLAN DAWSON Staff

he nation’s two main railways moved a record volume of western Canadian grain in the 2014-15 crop year, but collected more from grain shippers than regulations allow. CN and CP Rail together shipped 41.3 million tonnes of western grain to export position and were supposed to do it for $1.46 billion or less under the Canada Transportation Act’s maximum revenue entitlement (MRE) regulation. But CN and CP exceeded the MRE, or revenue cap, by almost $6.9 million and $2.1 million, respectively, the Canadian Transportation Agency said. That surplus revenue, plus a five per cent penalty, will go to the Western Grains Research Foundation. CN moved six per cent more grain in 2015 and CP moved eight per cent more than the previous crop year. Total movement was up 7.4 per cent from 201314’s 38.4 million tonnes, which was the previous record.

Back-to-back record grain shipping followed in the wake of 2013’s record 78-million-tonne western Canadian crop harvest. While the railways struggled in 2013-14 with shipping backlogs, the “sun and stars aligned” in 2014-15 allowing them to break the previous year’s record, one industry observer said. Improved winter weather helped and “the railways were more focused.” While the railways exceeded the revenue cap, the $9-million overage was just 0.6 per cent of the total revenue allowed. The weighted average the railways were allowed to collect in 201415 was $35.35 a tonne — up five per cent from 2013-14. They collected an average of $35.57, or 22 cents a tonne too much.

Maximizing revenues

For years, the railways have been just under or just over the revenue cap. Farmers and shippers say this proves the railways are maximizing revenues, rather than competing. However, the railways and some economists say the cap is blunting market forces and discouraging invest-

Railway Maximum Revenue Entitlement (MRE) compared to railway revenues earned from shipping grain during the 2014-15 crop year Maximum Revenue Entitlement

Revenue Earned

Amount Over MRE

Per Cent Over

Distance Hauled in Miles

CN CP

$738,202,311.00 $721,908,606.00

$745,068,906.00 $724,045,744.00

$6,886,598.00 $2,137,168.00

9.3% 3%

1,011 885

20,347,455 20,958,736

Total

$1,460,110,917.00

$1,467,114,680.00

$9,023,763.00

0.6%

947

41,306,191

Railway

Tonne Hauled

Per Tonne CN

$36.27

$36.62

$0.35

$34.44

$34.55

$0.10

Weighted Average

$35.35

$35.57

$0.22

Source: Canadian Transportation Agency, necessary calculations

ment, which will result in poorer service, lost markets, and ultimately less returns to farmers. The future of the revenue cap will presumably soon be clearer when a review of the Canadian Transportation Act — which was given to Transport Minister Marc Garneau last month — is released later this winter. The MRE is based on a formula the CTA uses before April 30 each year. It’s adjusted to cover the railways’ inflationary costs, the expected volume of grain

to be hauled and the distance hauled. The more grain the railways move, the more revenue they are entitled to collect. In April 2014, the volumerelated composite price index was raised 4.2 per cent, but it was cut 5.6 per cent in April 2015. However, railway costs in the formula haven’t been updated since 1992. When the cap was implemented in 2000, the formula was designed to give the railways a 20 per cent return on variable costs. But a study by

Travacon, prepared recently for a number of Saskatchewan farm groups, estimates grain pays a 61 per cent return due to increased rail efficiency. And farmers say most of those efficiencies have cost them money due to longer trucking distances to elevators. “Grain is paying its fair share and then some,” Harvey Brooks, general manager of the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission, said last month. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Wheat genome sequencing takes leap forward The complete sequence could point breeders to genes for stress response and improved yields STAFF

equencing the infamously complex genome for bread wheat — a game-changing task for wheat breeding that’s been estimated to take four or five more years — may now just take another couple of years. The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium, a team co-led by Canadian researchers, recently announced it has produced a whole genome assembly for Chinese Spring bread wheat. The assembly “represents a major breakthrough,” project leader Nils Stein, of German plant research centre IPK Gatersleben, said in a release. The group had planned to study wheat one chromosome at a time, but used a combination of software, computer programming, and bioinformatics tools to look at virtually the entire genome of 21 bread wheat chromosomes. The new data can now be integrated with physical map-based sequence data to produce a “high-quality, ordered sequence” for each wheat chromosome, precisely locating genes and other markers along the chromosomes and providing “invaluable” tools for wheat breeders, the consortium said. It now expects to have a complete picture of the wheat genome — 17 billion base pairs in all — with a clear idea of how the genes are ordered, within two years. Given that the wheat genome is five times the size of the human genome, earlier estimates had suggested such work would take four or five more years, the University of Saskatchewan said in a separate release. The new sequence “is an important contribution to understanding the genetic blueprint of one of the world’s most important crops,” said another project leader, Curtis Pozniak of the U of S Crop Development Centre. “It will provide wheat researchers with an exciting new resource to identify the most influential genes important to wheat adaptation, stress response, pest resistance and improved yield.” The digital work, he said, has “generated a version of the wheat genome sequence that is better ordered than anything we have seen to date. We are starting to get a better idea of the complex puzzle that is the wheat genome.” The result, he said, will be greater precision in wheat breeding. “Imagine that you have a blueprint for the order of important pieces of the wheat genome puzzle. With that information, it becomes far easier to assemble the puzzle more quickly into new and improved varieties.” However, “there is still much work to do to define the function of each of the genetic pieces so that breeders can identify the very best genes in the gene pool,” Pozniak added. While the work was done on just one variety, it’s expected to serve as the backbone to unlock the genetic blueprint for traits in other varieties as well, he said.

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Canada’s organic market to focus on special crops in 2016 Wheat and soybeans have been in high demand, but now it’s crops like mustard and malt barley By Jade Markus

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The spotlight is on special crops in Canada’s organic market, as new-crop bids for 2016 start to appear. “It’s a bit of a switch from normal,” said Laura Telford, organic sector development specialist with Manitoba Agriculture Department. Normally producers see high demand and prices for organic soybeans and wheat, but that’s not the case this year, she said. “Maybe it’s because farmers have kind of flooded the market.”

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Competing regions are also driving prices for those commodities lower as Canada imports organic grains from Argentina and Ukraine, and organic soybeans from India. “Just from looking at the prices that are on offer right now, it seems like some of the specialty crops like organic mustard are really big,” Telford said. Organic malt barley is another crop that’s seeing strong newcrop bids. “Barley is a good one,” Telford said. “There’s a lot of organic craft breweries starting up, so organic malt barley has been in high demand.” Organic oats and flax are also crops to watch. The organic industry has seen strong demand, but has struggled to find the producers to meet it, but that has shifted, Telford said. “Things have improved, particularly in the Prairies,” she said. Telford estimates last year’s seeded organic grains in Manitoba was 60,000 acres, and she expects it will increase to about 100,000 acres in 2016.

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rairie pea prices are steady, but farmers are holding out, according to one trader, as emerging newcrop bids grow in strength. “I think what’s moving prices is simply the expectation that (they) can’t go that much lower,” said David Newman of Victoriaarea pulse-trading and -processing firm Commodious Trading. A lack of farmer selling, in anticipation of stronger prices, is also keeping pea prices firm. Delivered elevator pea prices are about $8.80 to $9.25 per bushel for green in late Decem-

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Seed companies cracking down on illicit seed sellers The Canadian Plant Technology Agency has undertaken 70 investigations with ‘a number of cases going to court’ BY ALLAN DAWSON Staff

ndercover private investigators are helping nab seed dealers suspected of contravening Canadian Plant Breeders’ Rights regulations. The Canadian Plant Technology Agency has co-ordinated 70 investigations resulting in “a number of cases going to court,” all of which were settled prior to trial, executive director Lorne Hadley said at a seed growers’ meeting in Manitoba last month. In four cases, alleged violators paid seed companies $200,000 in compensation, Hadley said. His agency sometimes turns to private investigators, usually retired police officers, to go undercover to buy seed from suspected violators, he said. “To pursue a lawsuit in Canada you must present the facts as you know them,” he said. “So in a Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) case that involves the sale of seed, the best evidence is for you to make a purchase.” But more often, it just takes a warning letter or phone call to get compliance from people on the wrong side of the seed laws, Hadley said. His agency has sent 700 warning letters and emails to alleged PBR violators, he said. Either way, the goal is to convince farmers that breeders need compensation for their innovation, which will encourage more and ultimately benefit farmers, he said. The agency, which was set up in 2002, has 25 seed company members. “No CPTA member makes a profit out of enforcement,” Hadley said. “It’s too expensive.”

Longer reach

New Plant Breeders’ Rights rules under the international treaty UPOV ’91 ratified in Canada almost a year ago allow seed companies to enforce their rights throughout the grain system. The change has important implications for farmers, grain buyers and seed cleaners. UPOV ’91, which is designed to compensate breeders for their work through seed sales, is not retroactive. Only a few varieties to be grown commercially this spring on the Prairies, including spring wheats Prosper and Elgin ND, are protected under it. But going forward, virtually all new varieties will fall under UPOV ’91. One of the most important changes under UPOV ’91 is that breeders’ rights have a longer reach. The new rules don’t apply only to illegally purchased seed as they did under UPOV ’78; they also apply to the grain produced from that illegal seed. As well, seed companies can now go after those who sell seed illegally by not paying the breeder a royalty, plus the farmers who buy it and those who buy, store and/or condition grain grown from illegally purchased seed. “Before (UPOV ’91), I had to catch someone selling brown bag seed,” said Hadley. “Now all we have to do is find where it is.”

Compliance

The easiest way for farmers to comply with PBR is to buy certified seed, Hadley said. Those sell-

Pedigreed seed growers need to help communicate new Plant Breeders’ Rights regulations to their farmer-customers, says Lorne Hadley. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON ing certified seed collect and remit a royalty to the varieties’ owner. Farmers who buy certified seed can keep and grow that seed indefinitely, but cannot sell or give it away to another farmer to grow, even as common seed. The exception is when they have signed a contract preventing them from saving their own seed. That’s common with Roundup Ready and Liberty Link varieties. Elevators and seed-cleaning plants that buy or treat grain grown from illegally purchased seed protected under UPOV ’91 can be held liable, Hadley said. If that happens it could prompt elevators and cleaners to sue the farmers who delivered that grain. It’s a message Hadley says pedigreed seed retailers must get out to their farmer-customers.

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What you can do to comply with seed laws The first step is buying certified seed, the second is documenting it BY ALLAN DAWSON Staff

he simplest way for farmers to avoid breaching Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) rules is to buy certified seed. The rules boil down to preventing the sale of seed that doesn’t return a royalty to the variety’s owner. And the breach, under UPOV ’91, even carries over to crops grown from that seed. Under UPOV ’91, farmers who buy certified seed have the “privilege” of keeping back seed from subsequent crops indefinitely, so long as they haven’t forfeited that privilege through a contract with the seed seller. “You qualify for farmers’ privilege by making a legitimate purchase,” said Lorne Hadley, executive director of the Canadian Plant Technology Agency. “From then on you can save the seed for your own farm. You can’t transfer it to anybody else.” An online tool at http://cdnseed.org/ library/crop-kinds-database/ makes it easy to find out whether a variety is protected under UPOV ’91, UPOV ’78 or isn’t protected. It also shows which company has the rights to the variety.

Farmers can also get more PBR information from their local pedigreed seed retailer or at www.PBRfacts.ca.

Keeping records

In addition to buying certified seed, farmers should keep a record of the purchase for at least seven years, Hadley said. Pedigreed seed retailers should also keep a record of their sales and include the variety name and its level of pedigree on the buyer’s invoice. Seed retailers need to explain PBR rules to their farmer-customers, Hadley said. “There are times when you need to mention this more than once,” he said. “We want you to understand you have to have the conversation and we want you to have the background to do it well. “You guys (retailers) are on the front line. If you get a bad feeling, do something about it. Talk to somebody. If you had a bad experience in the past, don’t go and sell to the guy again.” When varieties are protected under UPOV ’91, seed companies can hold seed conditioners (those who clean and/ or treat seed) liable when they process illegal seed or crops produced by illegal seed.

Find out the type of Plant Breeders’ Rights a variety has and who has those rights at http://cdnseed.org/library/crop-kinds-database. To protect themselves, Hadley recommends seed conditioners get farmers to sign a declaration stating the common seed they are delivering was originally lawfully purchased from the company holding the rights to the variety. (Most grain elevators have already added this provision to their variety declarations.) The declaration should also state the

farmer plans to use the conditioned seed “solely for planting purpose” on the farmer’s own farm, Hadley said. If seed conditioners or elevators are found with illegal seed or grain grown from illegal seed, they can be compelled to reveal the names of the farmers who delivered, Hadley said. It costs about $1 million to develop a new crop variety, Hadley said.

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its lien on the crush plant, Legumex said in a separate release Tuesday. AgCountry Farm Credit Services, as the representative for PCC’s lenders, agreed to repayment terms for its credit facility, which has now been “repaid and terminated,” Legumex added. PCC, which opened at Warden in 2013 and had previously dealt with Scoular for its canola supply, is billed as the largest expeller-press canolaprocessing facility in North America, with crush capacity for 1,100 tonnes of canola per day. The company’s product lines include non-GMO, halal- and kosher-certified oils, plus canola meal as feed for dairy cattle and other livestock. “We look forward to helping PCC achieve its full potential,” Viterra’s North America CEO said in a release. Viterra in recent years has snapped up a pair of Canadian oilseed crush plants, including the former Canadian Agra cold-press canola plant at Ste. Agathe, south of Winnipeg, and, in late 2015, the former TRT-ETGO canola- and soybean-crushing and refining plant at Becancour, Que., near Trois-Rivieres. The PCC deal also effectively shuts the book on Legumex Walker, which was created in 2011 from the merger of two family-owned Prairie companies, Tisdale, Sask.-based Walker Seeds and Roy Legumex of St. Jean Baptiste, Man. The two companies had brought their special crop-processing assets and the plan for the PCC plant into the new firm, which later expanded to take in Canada’s biggest sunflower processor, Keystone Grain of Winkler, Man., and stakes in the U.S. dry bean and sunflower seed markets, with deals for St. Hilaire Seed Co. and the sunflower-processing assets of Anderson Seed Co.

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DuPont plans to cut 1,700 jobs in Delaware — its home for more than 200 years — as part of its US$130billion megamerger with Dow Chemical. DuPont intends to slash about 10 per cent of its workforce of about 63,000. CEO Ed Breen said the company decided to announce the Delaware job cuts just prior to New Year’s because it was legally required to file a notice with the state government. “Especially given that we are in the middle of the holidays, we would have preferred to wait until individual notifications were complete before reporting the full local impact,” Breen said in a letter to the company’s employees Dec. 29. Delaware Governor Jack Markell said in a statement that the news of the job cuts was “deeply disappointing.” DuPont and Dow agreed to merge in an all-stock deal earlier in December in a first step toward breaking up into three separate businesses. The three-way split into material sciences, specialty products, and seeds and agrichemicals, is likely to occur 18 to 24 months after the deal closes. The deal is expected to face intense regulatory scrutiny, especially over combining their agricultural businesses. — Reuters

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1996 Bourgault 5710/3225 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,000 1996 Bourgault 5710/4350 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$49,000 1994 Flexi-Coil 5000/1720 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$25,000 1995 Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$49,000 1997 Flexi-Coil 5000/2320 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,000 1998 Flexi-Coil 5000/3450 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$59,000 1997 Flexi-Coil 5000/SC380. . . . . . . . . . . . . .$55,000 2008 Flexi-Coil 5500/4350 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $139,000 2009 Morris C1/8370 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$210,000 2010 Morris CONTOUR/8650 . . . . . . . . . . $225,000 2006 New Holland 500/2340/234 . . . . . . $115,000 2009 New Holland P2060/P1060 . . . . . . . $149,000 2010 New Holland P2070/P1060 . . . . . . . .$185,000 2011 New Holland P2070/P1060. . . . . . . . .$185,000 2002 New Holland SD440/SC380 . . . . . . .$69,000

BALE WAGON

1950 Misc HAAKUS WGN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,500

BALER/ROUND

2008 New Holland BR7090 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$23,000 2008 New Holland BR7090 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$23,000 2009 New Holland BR7090. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$25,000 2011 New Holland BR7090 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$29,000 2011 New Holland BR7090 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$32,000 2012 New Holland BR7090. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$29,000 2012 New Holland BR7090. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$29,000 2012 New Holland BR7090. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$32,000

COMBINE

2008 Case IH 2588 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $159,000 2013 Case IH 8230 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $349,000 2011 Massey Ferguson 9895 . . . . . . . . . . . . $250,000 2008 Massey Ferguson 9895 w/4200 Pickup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $220,000 2011 Massey Ferguson 9895 w/ 4200 Pickup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $295,000

16’

Auto Wrap, Narrow, Twine $29,000 SC

Eng Hrs 361, Sep Hrs 279, Duals, Elec Trap, $409,000 SC

DEEP TILLAGE

2012 Horsch Anderson RT370 . . . . . . . . . . . .$85,000

DISK

John Deere 335 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$29,000

HEADER COMBINE

2011 AGCO Gleaner 9250-35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75,000 2008 Case IH 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 2012 Case IH 3016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$24,000 2014 Honey Bee 4036 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75,000 2003 Honey Bee 94C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,000

130 HP, 600/65R28 Tires

CALL FOR PRICING SC

‘14 NEW HOLLAND L213 - C238,

24HP, 23x8.50-12, 12-16.5, Ind Tires $10,900 SC

MOWER CONDITIONER

VARIABLE - NEW & USED, 46-84 HP CALL FOR PRICING SC

2006 AGCO Hesston 1275 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$17,000 1994 Case IH 8370 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 1990 John Deere 1600. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,500 1992 New Holland 116 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,900 2008 New Holland 1441 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$25,000 1999 New Holland 1475. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$17,000 2001 New Holland 1475/2300 . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,000 2005 New Holland 1475/HS18 . . . . . . . . . . . .$23,000

SHAUNAVON

’09 NH P2060/P1060,

RAKE/WHEEL

2009 Misc 14 WHEEL RK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,000 2015 New Holland 1225. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$23,000

SKID STEER LOADER

2013 John Deere 329D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$49,000

SPRAYER

2011 New Holland S1070 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$45,000 2009 New Holland S1070 (S/B) . . . . . . . . . .$35,000 2012 New Holland S1070 (W/B) . . . . . . . . . .$25,000

SPRAYER/HIGH CLEARANCE

2008 Apache 1010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $139,000 2013 Apache AS1220 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $215,000 2013 Apache AS1220 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $215,000 2014 Apache AS1220. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $215,000 2011 New Holland SP.365F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $245,000 2014 New Holland SP.365F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $319,000

SWATHER

1995 New Holland 2450. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$29,000

TRACTOR

1984 Case IH 886. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,500 2003 Case IH STX375 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $129,000 1996 Massey Ferguson 6180 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$45,000 2010 New Holland 3040 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$23,000 2013 New Holland T9.615 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $329,000 2003 New Holland TC21DA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 1998 New Holland TV140 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$49,000

WINDROWER

1998 Case IH 8825HP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$29,000 1989 New Holland 1118. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,500

MOOSE JAW

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306-692-7844

403-528-2800

SWIFT CURRENT

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403-223-4437

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403-362-6256

JANUARY 18, 2016 • ALBERTAFARMEXPRESS.CA

Manitoba corn and beans set record despite rough year The weather was far from ideal, the province’s farmers saw bumper crops nevertheless BY ALLAN DAWSON Staff

Average Manitoba corn yields in 2015 hit a new record high of 136 bushels an acre. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

anitoba farmers enjoyed record yields for corn and soybeans in 2015, and nearly set one for canola. The average corn yield was 136 bushels an acre — beating the 2013 record by three bushels and well above the 10-year average of 108 bushels, according to yield data collected by the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation. Soybeans averaged 39 bushels an acre, also narrowly surpassing the previous record of 38.5 also set in 2013. Canola averaged 42 bushels an acre — just one bushel shy of the 2013 record. Other major crops, save for feed wheat, also exceeded the 10-year average.

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“What stands out from 2015 is that yields were pleasantly surprising given the extreme weather that was random and spread out across the province.” Doug Wilcox

“What stands out from 2015 is that yields were pleasantly surprising given the extreme weather that was random and spread out across the province,” said Doug Wilcox, manager of research administration for Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation. “The northwest was dry, other areas were wet. There was hail, there was lodging. We were thinking we’d do well to get an average yield, and here we are above average. We’ve got records for soybeans and corn. I think everyone would be surprised by that.” At 51 bushels an acre, hard red spring wheat was 10 per cent above the 10-year average, but well short of the record 61 bushels achieved in 2013. Manitoba farmers started seeding cereals and canola early last spring, but a killing frost May 30 in many areas resulted in almost a million acres — most of them canola — being reseeded, Wilcox said. Statistically late-May and early-June plantings are still early enough to achieve near-normal yield potential, he added. Manitoba farmers suffered more hailstorms in 2015 than the year before. While some storms hit in June the most devastating were in August when crops were more mature and had less time to recover before harvest, Wilcox said. There were almost 3,400 hail claims registered in 2015 compared to just over 1,400 in 2014. Dennis Lange, a provincial pulse crop specialist, expects Manitoba farmers will seed at least 1.5 million acres of soybeans in 2016, up from 1.3 million last year. Plantings could even hit 1.6 million, he said. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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USED EQUIPMENT

725253 2015 NH Rollbelt 560 Round Baler, Excellent cond., 1000 PTO, Specialty Crop, 500 bales, warranty

743809

740209

2009 Case IH RB564 Round Baler, Good cond., Twine,4500 bales

2014 NH BB340S Square Baler - Large, 14000hrs, Good cond.

$29,500

$119,500

$52,500

HARVEST EQUIP

0% 30 MON USED COMBINES

NH CR8090,2013,400sep,dsp,gps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $350,000 NH CR8090,2012,625sep hrs,gps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300,000 NH CR9060, 2008,940 sep hr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $175,000 NH CR9080,2011,950 sep hr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $265,000 NH CR9070,2010,950 sep hr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $215,000 NH CX8090, 2007,1850 sep hr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $175,000 NH CX8080,2012,730 sep hr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $265,000 NH TR95 combine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 CIH 2388,2005,1650sep hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $95,000 CIH 2188,1997,2350sep hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,500 NH 840CD-30 like new,crossauger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $64,500 NH 840CD-30, header height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $59,500 NH 94C-30,trspt,cross auger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,000 MacDon 972-30’ header,TR/TX adptr . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000 NH 971-30’,header,batt reel trspt TR-TX adapter . . . $4,500 CIH 1010-25’,trspt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000

743446 2011 NH SP275F High Clearance Sprayer, 1445hrs, 275HP, Good cond., std& flotation tires,1600 gal SS,Trimble,dividers

$269,000

736427

711354

2009 New Holland S1070 Sprayer, Good cond., screens,ISO,boom height

2009 Case IH PS160 Sprayer, Good cond., 1600 gal,100’, dual wheels, ISO control

$45,000

$38,500

NH T9.450HD,2013,2250hrs,1000pto . . . . . . . . . . . $250,000 NH T7.235,2260hrs,ldr,3pt,2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $131,000 NH T7.235,2575hrs,ldr3pt,2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $129,500 NH T7.200,1650hrs,ldr,3pt,2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $129,500 NH TJ530HD,2007,mega flow,6 hyd,GPS . . . . . . . . . $229,500 CIH Puma 140,1000hrs,PS,2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $110,000 CIH 9270,6300hrs,PS,20.8R42 duals . . . . . . . . . . . . . $65,000 Steiger Panther 1000, PS, 14’ blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . $58,500

SWATHERS

TRACTORS

NH H8040-30’,2 roto shears,Trimble easy pilot, 2013.410hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $129,500 NH M130-30’ swather,2 roto shears, auto steer . . $149,000 Macdon M150-30’,2RS,canola roller, 2011,850hrs,(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $115,000 Macdon M155-25’,2012,auto steer,2 RS, canola roller (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125,000 Prairie Star 4920-25,1998,1020hrs,2RS . . . . . . . . . . $32,500 Westward 7000-25’ 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 Westward 3020-25’ pto swather,pur . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 Swath Rollers available 8” steel & polly . . . . . . . . . . . $1,200

NH T9.450HD ,2013,1000PTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $265,000 NH T9.450HD,2014,1000pto,620hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . $310,000

Deines 1800KT-60” front mower,320hrs . . . . . . . . . . . $4,900 Cub Cadet RZR50, zero turn mower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,950

0% 36 MON USED 4WD TRACTORS

LAWN GARDEN

740601

$355,000

NH G4050 xero turn mower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,250 Grasshopper T616-48” front mower, powerfold . . . . . $7,900

SEEDING & TILLAGE

Bourgault 6000-70’ mid harrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000 Morris 725-25 cutivator,harrows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,900 NH P2060-60’-10” air drill, P1060 tbtwn cart . . . . $220,000 NH P2060-70’-10” air drill, P1060 tbhd cart . . . . . . $150,000 Flexicoil 5000-33’ 7”air drill, 2320 tbtwn cart ,ss . . . $35,000 Wil-Rich 24’ double disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,900 Rockmaster R-77 pto rock picker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,500

SPRAYERS

NH SP275F-120,2011,1450hrs,loaded . . . . . . . . . . $295,000 FlexiCoil S67XL-100,scrns,SP655 monitor . . . . . . . . $11,500 NH S1070-100’, suspended boom, scrns, auto hght, Trimble control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45,000 CIH PS160-100’ suspended sprayer,duals . . . . . . . . $38,500

HAYING & LIVESTOCK

519766

740600

2013 New Holland CR8090, 2008 New Holland CR9060, 2011 New Holland CR9080, 1030hrs, Excellent cond. 1100hrs, 480HP, Good 575hrs, Good cond., cond., GPS, MAV chopper Leather, GPS

Tycrop 12 ton 16’ hidump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,500 Sitrex 10 wheel V-rake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,500 NH RB560 net/twine, specialty,2015. . . . . . . . . . . . . $52,500 NH BB340S 2014, 14000bales,tandem . . . . . . . . . . $115,000 NH BR7090,net/twine round baler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,500

$179,000

$265,000

CIH RB564 round baler, twine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,500 CIH DC132 13’ discbine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,500 NH 240FP forage harvesto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,500 NH 489-9 mower conditioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,500 Highline 8100 bale processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,500 Haybuster 256T bale processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,900 JF Stoll 1360 for age harvestor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,500

AUGERS

Sakundiak HD8x1200, mover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,500 Sakundiak HD8x1400,27hp,mover,clutch . . . . . . . . . . $9,900 Sakundiak HD8x39’,27hp,mover,clutch . . . . . . . . . . . $7,900 Sakundiak HD8x1400.27hp,mover clutch. . . . . . . . . . $5,900 Sakundiak HD8x46, mover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,900 Sakundiak HD8x1600, mover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,900 Sakundiak HD12x2400 swing auger . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,000 Wheatheart R8x41,25HP,mover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,900 Westfield MK130x71,hyd swing & lift . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,500 Westfield J207x41’ pto, hyd winch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500 Farm King 1370,electric swing & lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,500 Farm King 1370,hyd winch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,500 Turbo 990 grain vac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,900 Rem 552 grain vac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,950

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(403)546-3814

www.lindenag.com

(403)263-4688

Sales Manager - Ken Toews 888-8109 (cell) 546-2634 (res) • Ian Anhorn 888-8121 (cell) 631-2260 (res) • Kevin Helmer 373-5554 • Andy Nelson 588-4355

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USED TRACTORS

NH T9040HD, ’10, 435 hp, 2765 hr, Degelman 4-way bl w/silage guard, 0% - 12 mon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$235,000 NH T9020, ’10, 4WD, 335 hp, 2635 hr, 14’ 6-way Degelman blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$185,000 NH T4050, ldr/backhoe, pallet forks, rough cut mwr, post pndr, rear snow bl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$81,000 NH TM 115, 5324 hours, 72la Loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$52,500 NH Boomer 50 260TL, snow blade, bkt, whl weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$32,000 White 2-60, 140 ldr, bkt, bale spear, 3PT, rear remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$11,000

USED SEEDING & TILLAGE

F/C 2070 Precision hoe drill, ’12, 60’, 10” sp, dbl shoot, P1060 430 bu TBT cart, vari. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$241,500 F/C 5000 hoe drill, 37’, wings for 51’, 7.5” sp, single sht, 2.5” rub, 2320 230 bu mech TBH cart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$57,000 F/C 5000 hoe drill, 39’, 9” sp, steel pckr, dbl shoot, 2340 vari cart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$55,000 F/C 820, 29’, 12” sp, single sht, 4 bar harr, 75 pckr bar, 1330 cart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$27,000 F/C 1720 air card, 170 bu, dbl shoot, 7” aug, 2 tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Bourg 330 air seeder, 42’, 8” sp, single sh, 2” steel, Bourg 180 bu TBH mech cart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$17,000 Concorde, 56’ 9” sp, Gen boots, 4” rub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 JD 1830, 41’, 7.5” sp, 1910 270 bu TBT cart, single shoot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$69,000 JD 1900 cart, 270 bu, single shoot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$17,250 Morris Maxim, 39’, 10” sp, steel pckrs, 7180 cart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$14,000 Kongskilde Vibro Till 2900 vert tillage, 40’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$54,000 .

Bills

FARM SUPPLIES

4004 44th Ave. – Stettler, AB Phone: (403) 742-8327 Fax: (403) 742-1282

www.billsfarm.com

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Scientists say it’s a new era: the Anthropocene Researchers say the term — which means the human period — recognizes the extent of human-caused change to the planet over the last 60 years University of Alberta release

haracterized by the mantra “better living through chemistry,” the time immediately following the Second World War was steeped in a euphoric state of consumption of mass-manufactured materials. Now a new paper argues that this time should be formally recognized as the beginning of a new epoch by calling it the Anthropocene — or human period. “This new paper is a major step before we provide evidence and recommendations to the gatekeepers of geological time, the International Commission on Stratigraphy, on whether the Anthropocene should be formally entered to the time scale as a new unit of Earth history beginning in the mid-20th century,” said Alexander Wolfe, adjunct professor of biological sciences at the University of Alberta and the lone Canadian co-author of the new study published in the journal Science.

Anthropocene is already informally used, not only by geologists and paleobiologists, but also anthropologists, archeologists, historians, and social scientists. But there’s no agreed-upon formal definition, said Wolfe. “We hope that such a common definition will have ramifications well beyond the arcane rules of stratigraphy,” said Wolfe, including, for example, ecology, economics, policy, and the law of the sea. The effort to formally recognize a new epoch has been driven by human-caused “wholesale” changes to the Earth’s surface layer, including radioactive dust from nuclear tests, and materials such as plastic, metals, and concrete. Wolfe and the other authors of the paper — two dozen in all — reviewed the stratigraphic record of these so-called “anthropogenic markers” that have been found in sediment. The human-created materials were so common, they concluded the planet operates under fundamentally different boundary conditions than during the Holocene (the epoch that began

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about 12,000 years ago after the last major ice age). The Anthropocene “is the first proposed geological boundary that will have been witnessed directly by advanced human societies,” said Wolfe. “We are optimistic that this will raise awareness of the global character of human impacts on the Earth system and the way humans have and are changing the planet,” he said. “How far can we or should we go in terms of modifying the planet, our only viable home?”

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Neonic pesticide poses small risk, says Health Canada Review finds slim risk to bees from imidacloprid, two other neonics to be reviewed this year STAFF

abel directions and rules in place for in-crop and on-seed use of imidacloprid pesticides should either prevent or limit the risks to honeybees and other pollinators from the chemical, Canadian and U.S. regulators say. Earlier this month, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released their preliminary risk assessments for imidacloprid, both of which show some situations where the neonicotinoid pesticide poses risk to pollinators. The two agencies will run new risk assessments later this year on clothianidin and thiamethoxam, the other two neonics available in Canada. Imidacloprid is marketed in Canada in seed treatments, such as Bayer’s Admire, Gaucho and Stress Shield and Adama’s Alias and Sombrero, and in other insecticides such as Bayer’s Concept and Cheminova’s Grapple. “No potential risk to bees was indicated for seed treatment use,” the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) said in its preliminary assessment. The full version has since been released for a 60-day public comment period. Residue levels in crop pollen and nectar from imidacloprid seed treatments are “typically below levels expected to pose a risk to bees at both the individual bee and colony levels,” the agency said. Exposure via dust kicked up during planting of treated seed was also considered, the

agency said, noting new risk-reduction rules were put in place in 2014 for planting of corn and soybean seed treated with neonics. “Dust generation is related to multiple factors including the planting equipment and seed types, and at this time planting of other seed types in Canada is not associated with dust generation or harm to pollinators.” For some soil treatments, meanwhile, a “potential risk to bees was identified” with imidacloprid because higher application rates and timing closer to blooming “appears to result in higher residue levels.” Also, crops grown in coarser soils “tended to have higher residues than those grown in medium or fine soils.” Field studies for soil treatment applications, expected to be done this year, “will help further inform the pollinator risk assessment,” the PMRA said. In foliar applications of imidacloprid, meanwhile, the potental risk “varies with application timing,” the agency said, noting current label restrictions help cut down that risk. Specifically, foliar applications made during bloom “are expected to pose a risk to bees” but those products’ current labels “prohibit or reduce application during bloom for most bee-attractive crops.” Residue information for pre-bloom applications was only available on crops not grown in Canada, PMRA said, but also noted pre-bloom applications are already prohibited for some uses, such as in orchard crops that are “highly attractive” to bees. Post-bloom foliar applications to crops harvested at the end of the season “are not

Neonic seed treatments have come under fire out of concern for pollinators such as honeybees. Ontario has set up new restrictions on the products’ use and Quebec plans to follow suit. photo: Thinkstock expected to pose a risk to bees, as pollen and nectar are no longer available for forage.” The U.S. EPA found imidacloprid “potentially poses risk to hives when the pesticide comes in contact with certain crops that attract pollinators.” Citrus and cotton “may have residues of the pesticide in pollen and nectar above the threshold level” of 25 parts per billion, above which effects on pollinator hives were likely to be seen.

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This year’s Alberta Federation of Agriculture’s AGM features presentations on emerging technologies; climate change; and farm labour and safety legislation. The event runs from Jan. 21-22 in Red Deer. Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier will speak Jan. 22 and lawyer Tom Ross will give a legal perspective on Alberta’s farm labour legislation. Other speakers include researcher Andre Erler (Western Canada’s climate), Markus Weber of AgEagle (drone technology and profitability), risk management expert Rick McConnell (innovations in pasture technology), and Daryl Bennett (surface rental issues in Alberta). — AFA release

More than two dozen speakers will be offering their insights at Agronomy Update in Red Deer on Jan. 19-20. Topics include aphanomyces, clubroot, fungicide timing, P and K decline, straight combining canola, insect control, and managing herbicide resistance. The conference kicks off with presentations on field crops pathology followed by soil management, grain marketing, and crops agronomy. Day Two features presentations on field crops entomology, industry pesticide label updates, and weed management in field crops. For the full lineup, go to www.agriculture.alberta.ca and search for ‘agronomy update.’ — AAF release

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Corn seed and traits sales fell 20 per cent last year, herbicides were worse, and now the company plans to axe one in six jobs By P.J. Huffstutter and Tom Polansek Chicago / Reuters

A sharp drop in sales of corn seed and traits, as well as chemicals, is prompting massive cuts at Monsanto. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

onsanto said a souring farm economy and currency woes will push its 2016 earnings to the lower end of expectations, while a cost-cutting drive will lead the world’s largest seed company to slash more jobs. Low commodity prices also should lead to more consolidation in the agricultural sector, CEO Hugh Grant said, about a month after rivals Dow Chemical and DuPont said they would merge. However, Monsanto’s recent attempts to re-engage Syngenta about a potential takeover have been difficult since the Swiss agrochemical company shot down a proposed $45-billion deal last year, Grant said (all figures US$). He told analysts on a recent earnings call that company executives still believe there is “a significant opportunity” for integration between the two companies, and given tougher market conditions there is a greater need to figure out what those opportunities might be. “We haven’t seen much progress on that front,” Grant said.

Investors and Wall Street analysts have wondered what Monsanto would do to boost its portfolio of farm chemicals — particularly after it abandoned a bid for Syngenta in August. Monsanto reported a smaller-than-expected loss in its most recent quarter, thanks in part to soybean sales rising in Brazil and growing demand in the company’s new soybean seeds and product lines. But currency concerns, low commodity prices, and farmers keeping a tight grip on their wallets have continued to create a tough marketplace for the St. Louis-based company. A global glut of corn and soybeans has kept grain prices depressed for a third straight year, while pressure from investors and a desire to bolster profits — and product portfolios — has sent many of the world’s largest agricultural companies scrambling to cut deals. Late last year, DuPont and Dow announced an all-stock merger valued at $130 billion. Monsanto expects to continue to have licensing deals with the merged company, Grant said. “We expect industry consolidation to continue, and it should,” he said.

For the quarter ended Nov. 30, two of Monsanto’s key revenue generators saw sales drop. Corn seed and traits sales dropped nearly 20 per cent to $745 million from a year ago. Sales in the company’s agricultural productivity segment, which includes its Roundup brand weed killer, fell 34 per cent to $820 million. In October, Monsanto said that it would slash 2,600 jobs worldwide as part of a global restructuring effort to cut costs and boost savings, including consolidating some business and research centres and getting out of the sugar cane business. The company now plans to cut a total of 3,600 jobs, or about 16 per cent of its global workforce, through fiscal 2018, and expects to record $1.1 billion to $1.2 billion in restructuring charges. Monsanto had previously said it expected those charges to be between $850 million to $900 million. The company’s net loss was $253 million, or 56 cents per share, in the first quarter ended Nov. 30, compared with a profit of $243 million, or 50 cents per share, a year earlier. On an adjusted basis, Monsanto reported a loss of 11 cents per share. Analysts on average had expected a loss of 23 cents.

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Niche commodities did best in 2015 Cocoa, cotton, sugar and orange juice were the only gainers in a year when most commodities were battered By Luc Cohen

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Global orange juice production dropped to its lowest level in nearly two decades, but that helped it avoid steep price drops suffered by most commodities. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

ome of the smallest niche agricultural commodities were the biggest winners in 2015 as weather and disease raised concerns about tightening supplies, spurring a buying spree as an exodus of institutional cash punished oil, metals and grains markets. Cocoa, cotton, sugar and frozen concentrated orange juice on ICE Futures U.S. were the only gainers this year in the 19-component Thomson Reuters Core Commodity Index. The index was down by a quarter over the year. In December, it hit its lowest level since 2002 as commodities ranging from iron ore to oil took a battering on concerns over excess supply. Soft commodities were among the few bright spots. Dry weather in West Africa,

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Egypt says will reject imported wheat with ergot fungus Traders say it is ‘impossible to guarantee zero ergot’ and no one will bid on tenders if it’s enforced BY ERIC KNECHT AND MAHA EL DAHAN Cairo/Abu Dhabi/Reuters

Egypt says it will reject any imported wheat shipments with any level of contamination with ergot wheat fungus. Alarmed traders warned Egypt, the world’s biggest wheat importer, that the zero-tolerance policy would be impossible to bid in its purchase tenders and disrupt the country’s supply chain for bread, traders said. Wheat is a strategic commodity that has triggered mass riots during even marginal price rises. President Anwar Sadat triggered riots when he cut the bread subsidy in 1977. And when Egyptians rose up against autocrat Hosni Mubarak’s rule in 2011, one of their signature chants was “Bread, freedom and social justice.” Egypt’s state grain buyer, General Authority for Supply Commodities, allows for a 0.05 per cent ergot level, but the agricultural quarantine authority said all incoming shipments above zero would be barred. “Any wheat that we inspect that has any level of ergot will be rejected,” said Saad Moussa, head of the central administration of the agriculture quarantine authority. However, the state grain buyer said the new ergot requirement was under discussion and not yet changed its tender specifications. However, it also said a cargo of French wheat was rejected late last month at an Egyptian port for having marginal traces of ergot. “With a zero per cent ergot rule, no trader would bid in a tender, it would be too risky to make an offer. It is impossible to guarantee zero ergot,” a European trader said. Both European and Egyptian traders told Reuters they would not participate if the new requirements are applied to upcoming tenders. “This is something that is impossible to do. There are always traces of (ergot)… It’s clear that no one would bid in a tender like that,” one trader said.

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ore time has been bought for a northern Ontario agricultural research station on the brink of closing to come up with a new operating plan. The Ontario government is providing $350,000 in bridge funding for the notfor-profit that operates the Thunder Bay Agricultural Research Station to “develop a sustainable, co-ordinated, long-term plan for agricultural research in the north.” The province said its funding will give the association an opportunity to work on its plan with the Northern Ontario Farm Innovation Alliance and “other northern agricultural and research stakeholders.” Set up by the provincial Ag Department in 1991 and once managed by the University of Guelph, the research station relied on provincial funding which has since dried up. It has screened and evaluated cereal and pulse varieties and cover crops for use in northern Ontario, and is credited with boosting the number of canola growers in the area. — Staff

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Brief Food security fears prompt Chinese land reforms China will take steps to ensure sufficient food supplies as it pushes forward with land reforms. Beijing has identified food security as one of its biggest challenges over the next decade, with its population still rising and vast tracts of its farmland already swallowed up due to rapid urban and industrial growth. “Food security is the bottom line of agricultural structural reform,” the Xinhua news agency reported. China has in recent years unveiled a series of reforms to ease restrictions on the transfer of collectively owned land. The government will protect farmland and ensure grain output in major producing regions, trying to ensure food self-sufficiency, Xinhua said. That will include preferential policies to large-scale farms, lower production costs, and reduce inventories of farm products, it said. The government has also pledged to launch a pilot program allowing farmers to use their land and property as collateral for loans, in a bid to bolster support for the cash-starved farm sector. China has stuck to a ‘red line’ in arable land, a minimum area mandated by the government to be reserved for growing crops to ensure food security. — Reuters

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Groups that eat together perform better together Those field suppers are about more than good grub — they’re ‘social glue’ Staff

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etting the farm crew together for a sitdown meal — even if it’s in the field or machinery shed — is about more than getting people fed a hot meal with a minimum of downtime. It’s also good for business. Cornell University researchers say workplaces that invest in good eats as well as good places to eat actually get a return on that investment. And what could be better than a home-cooked meal served in the great outdoors? The Cornell research was focused on firefighter platoons, but the study’s authors say their findings have implications for any organization that wants to enhance team performance. Researchers found that firefighter platoons who eat meals together have better group job performance compared with firefighter teams that dine solo. “Eating together is a more intimate act than looking over an Excel spreadsheet together. That intimacy spills back over into work,” said study author Kevin Kniffin, a visiting assistant professor in the Charles

H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. “From an evolutionary anthropology perspective, eating together has a long, primal tradition as a kind of social glue. That seems to continue in today’s workplaces.” Given the findings, organizations would do better to consider their expenditures on cafeterias as investments in employee performance, Kniffin said. Over the course of 15 months, Kniffin and his colleagues conducted interviews and surveys in a large city’s fire department, which included more than 50 firehouses. The platoons that ate together most often also got higher marks for their team performance. Conversely, the platoons that did not eat together got lower performance ratings. In interviews, firefighters said daily group meals were a central activity during their shifts. In fact, the researchers noted firefighters expressed a certain embarrassment when asked about firehouses where they didn’t eat together. “It was basically a signal that something deeper was wrong with the way the group worked,” Kniffin said.

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Drought impact on world’s cereals seen rising Production takes a bigger hit in North America compared to developing countries BY MEGAN ROWLING Barcelona/Thomson Reuters Foundation

Farmers spread fertilizer by hand in a wheat field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India on Dec. 15. India’s crops have recently suffered back-to-back droughts. photo: reuters/amit dave

roughts and extreme heat have cut national cereal production by nine to 10 per cent on average around the world in the last half-century, and the impact has worsened since the mid-1980s, researchers said. Cereal production losses averaged 13.7 per cent in drought years from 1985, compared with 6.7 per cent during earlier droughts, a new study published in the journal Nature found. It examined the effects of some 2,800 weather disasters on 16 cereals in 177 countries from 1964 to 2007. The trend could be due to any combination of rising drought severity — although whether droughts have got worse is still under debate — increasing

vulnerability and exposure to drought, and greater reporting of drought events, the researchers said. The study highlights the urgency for the global cereal production system to adapt to extremes in a changing climate, they added. “Our findings may help guide agricultural priorities and adaptation efforts, to better protect farming systems and the populations that depend on them,” said senior author Navin Ramankutty, professor of global food security and sustainability at the University of British Columbia. The analysis did not identify any impact on crop production from floods and extreme cold in national data, they noted. While the damage to cereal production from droughts and extreme heat was considerable, the effect was short term, as agricultural output rebounded and continued to grow after the disasters, the study said. Droughts — which can last for several years — appear to be more harmful, reducing cereal yield and causing complete crop failure in some areas, whereas extreme heat only affected yield, it added.

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Environmental ‘hoofprint’ of beef getting smaller New study says greenhouse gas emissions from Canadian beef production are shrinking on a per-kilo basis Staff

fficiencies in cattle production and feeding have allowed Canada’s beef industry to produce the same weight in beef as 30 years ago with smaller breeding herds, less land, and smaller greenhouse gas (GHG) output, says a new study. The study, led by research scientist Tim McAllister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Lethbridge, found a “significant reduction in GHG intensity” when comparing 2011 figures with those from 1981. It credits “continual improvements in production and feed efficiencies, crop yields and management strategies.” GHG emissions have long been a contentious issue for the livestock sector. According

to the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, Canada’s beef industry today accounts for 3.6 per cent of Canada’s greenhouse gas production and 0.072 per cent of global greenhouse gas production. At the same time, lands that grow grasses and legumes for cattle sequester carbon, thereby reducing GHGs, the group said. GHG emissions in the study were estimated using life-cycle assessments (cradle to farm gate) based mainly on Holos, a Canadian whole-farm emissions model, the researchers wrote in their paper. Compared with 1981, in 2011 the same amount of slaughter weight was produced, with a 14 per cent decline in methane emissions, 15 per cent decline in nitrous dioxide emissions and a 12 per cent decline in carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use.

Enteric methane production — that is, from the animals’ digestive systems — accounted for 73 per cent of total GHG emissions in both years. In all, the study found, the estimated intensity of GHG emissions per kilogram of live weight that left the farm was 14 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalents for 1981, but 12 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalents for 2011, down 14 per cent. Past that, the study found that in 2011, beef production in Canada required only 71 per cent of the breeding herd (such as cows, bulls, calves and replacement heifers) and 76 per cent of the land needed to produce the same amount of live weight for slaughter as in 1981. “These results indicate that the footprint per kilogram of beef produced is getting smaller,” McAllister said in a release.

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New system to disinfect swine trailers New hydrovac system aims to cut back labour and water use while maintaining biosecurity standards BY JENNIFER PAIGE Staff / Brandon, Man.

ew technology for cleaning swine transportation trailers is showing promise in reducing labour and water requirements while maintaining or even improving biosecurity standards. “We believe that the system we are proposing is not an ultimate solution, but it certainly represents a good solution to better handle biosecurity concerns,” said Hubert Landry, a research scientist with the Prairie Agriculture Machinery Institute (PAMI).

The institute is partnering with the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Engineering to develop the hydrovac system — an initiative prompted by the spread of the porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus. “Given the PED crisis, the industry wants to move rather quickly on these kinds of studies,” said Landry. The current methodology for cleaning livestock trailers involves removing material, a flood wash, a pressure wash, sanitization and a dry time — which not only uses a lot of water but is labour intensive. “As you can imagine all of these steps take a fair bit of time… anywhere between four and 12 per-

son-hours,” said Landry. “We have decided to look into a better way to go about this with the ultimate goal of developing an automotive system.” PAMI has completed the first phase of the project, where it

worked with a prototype to clean the floors of a straight, 53-foot, twolevel trailer. “With our trials we did not clean entire trailers, we focused on the floor surfaces, conducted a time trial and extrapolated the results,” said Landry. “Within those assumptions, cleaning the floors of that straight trailer requires about 40 minutes. Obviously there is a need to look after the walls and ceiling but we are still looking at significant time savings.” The cleaning process for the floor only would require approximately 30 gallons of water. “It is difficult to get very accurate data, but it is estimated that current practices would require between 600 and 1,800 gallons per wash. Now the understanding here is that is for the entire system, the trailer as well as the truck.”

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File Photo tional, Ducks Unlimited, and now the Mosaic foundation to build awareness and credibility of winter wheat with the goal of making it a major crop in Western Canada. It has five agronomists working on the Prairies, including Janine Paly in Alberta. The Mosaic Company Foundation is an offshoot of fertilizer producer Mosaic. — Staff

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Global food prices drop in 2015 Drop in prices for meat, dairy and cereals push down FAO’s food price index Rome/Reuters

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MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, stumps, caraganas, etc. 12 years of enviro friendly mulching. Call today! 306-933-2950. Visit: www.maverickconstruction.ca 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. REGULATION DUGOUTS: 120x60x14’, $2000; 160x60x14’, $2950; 180x60x14’, $3450; 200x60x14’, $3950. Gov’t grants available. 306-222-8054, Saskatoon, SK.

5- BARUDAN EMBROIDERY MACHINES, single head, 15 color, less than a year old. Owner wants to retire. Call 780-862-8575, Tofield, AB. WELL ESTABLISHED FRANCHISED retail tire store located east central AB. in thriving centre. High volume. Owner retiring. For information call 780-842-8443. ELK FARM/ HUNT FARM for sale or rent. NEUFELD ENT. CORRAL CLEANING, Call 306-621-7310, Yorkton, SK. payloader, Bobcat with rubber tracks and vertical beater spreaders. Phone HOTELS FOR SALE: Bassano, AB. 24 306-220-5013, 306-467-5013, Hague, SK. renovated rooms, bar, 6 VLT’s, new liquor store, Will train. 2 adjacent lots for sale; CUSTOM LIQUID MANURE hauling, 3 available. Contact George Nanton, AB: Tavern, 5 VLT’s, restaurant, 6 tanks rooms, liquor store on Hwy. Will train. 306-227-5757, Hague, SK. Gravel Pit: Crossfield, AB. Priced to sell. Bruce McIntosh, Re/Max Landan, Calgary, 403-256-3888, bruce_bmac@yahoo.ca PROVINCIALLY INSPECTED ABBATOIR for sale. Located in East Central Alberta. TEREX TS-14B parts: 13 UOT, 17 UOT, and Fully equipped. Call Art 780-806-3175. 053 series, complete drop in planetary, STRONG INVESTMENT IN BUSINESS water jacket, drop box, sun and axle gears, And Real Estate in Saskatoon. Minimum new blower, rear engine hood, 4 complete $80,000. High return of 10%. Call Pat at rear fenders. Call 306-692-3407 evenings, 306-221-7285. Moose Jaw, SK.

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MACKIE EQUIPMENT LTD. New, used and surplus parts including attachments. Using our worldwide locating system, let us help you locate Caterpillar, various others and even hard to find parts. Contact us today at 306-352-3070, Regina, SK. or visit our website at: www.mackieltd.com 2011 HITACHI ZX270 LC-3 hyd. excavator, brand new UC, hyd. thumb, 2 buckets, catwalks, positive air shutoff. 587-991-6605, Edmonton, AB. VOLVO G990 GRADER, 2007, 20.5 tires, ripper, 6700 hours, $110,000. Call 403-291-1010, Calgary, AB. 2003 D7R w/semi U blade, angle blade and ripper; 2002 Trailtech 20 ton, pintle hitch, tilt deck trailer w/new decking and tires. 306-845-3407, Turtleford, SK. HYDRAULIC SCRAPERS: LEVER 60, 70, 80, and 435, 4 to 30 yd. available, rebuilt for years of trouble-free service. Lever Holdings Inc., 306-682-3332, Muenster SK

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QUALITY WINDOWS and DOORS, All Weather Windows. See Home Hardware in North Battleford, SK 306-445-3350 ext 250 windowsanddoors@nbhomehardware.com ALL WEATHER WINDOWS energy efficient lower your heating costs. Home Hardware, in North Battleford 306-445-3350 ext 250. windowsanddoors@nbhomehardware.com BUILDING RTM’S OVER 30 years! We ship all over SK and AB. Home Hardware Building Centre, North Battleford 306-445-3350 ext. 225. www.nbhomehardware.com

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

RTM MODEL 1885 sq. ft., only 1 in stock $209,000 taxes in. Home Hardware Building Centre, North Battleford 306-445-3350 ext 225. www.nbhomehardware.com

SKID STEER SNOW BUCKETS, new 90” and 96” buckets made with Grade 50 high tensile steel, 1/2”x6” cutting edge, back is 27” high and 36” deep, $1500 and $1600. Call Brian 306-331-7443, Dysart, SK.

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

FARM AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL motor sales, service and parts. Also sale of, and repairs to, all makes and sizes of pumps and phase converters, etc. Tisdale Motor Rewinding 1984 Ltd., 306-873-2881, fax 306-873-4788, 1005A111th Ave., Tisdale, SK. tmr@sasktel.net Website: www.tismtrrewind.com

2011 BRENT 2096 grain cart, PTO, scale, walking axle, electric tarp, $95,000. Call SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR SALE. 20’- 306-537-9636, Riceton, SK. 53’, delivery/ rental/ storage available. For inventory and prices call: 306-262-2899, 2014 EASY TRAIL 710 cart, tarp, PTO, Saskatoon, SK. www.thecontainerguy.ca 30.5/32 tires, $25,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment Ltd. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks

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ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS- Stick Frame building designed with longevity in mind. Call 306-225-2288 or go to www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote. WINTER BOOKING SPECIALS IN Effect Up to 20% off Steel Farm Buildings built in Clavet, SK., by Prairie Steel: 50’x125’x20’ $46,800; 60’x150’x20’ $61,800; 70’x150’x 20’ $71,900; 80’x150’x20’ $83,600. Includes 26 GA colour walls/galvalume roof. Many other sizes available. 888-398-7150 buildings@prairiesteel.com

WANTED: SMALL GRAIN deck for Kipp Kelly model 200 gravity table. Sandercock Seed Farm, 306-334-2958, Belcarres, SK. DUAL SCREEN ROTARY grain cleaners, great for pulse crops, best selection in Western Canada. 306-946-7923, Young SK

NEW - NEVER USED 2013 GSI 1116 dryer, continuous or batch 710 bus. per hour, $65,000 OBO. 780-888-1258, Lougheed AB NEW SUPERB GRAIN dryers available. Also have Moridge parts. Grant Service Ltd. 306-272-4195, Foam Lake, SK. WANTED: TOX-O-WIK MODEL 370 grain HORNOI LEASING NEW and used 20’ and dryer with canola screens. Will consider 40’ sea cans for sale or rent. Call larger model all in good condition. 306-757-2828, Regina, SK. 306-764-8198 evenings, Henribourg, SK. 20’ AND 40’ SEA CONTAINERS, for sale in Calgary, AB. Phone 403-226-1722, 1-866-517-8335. www.magnatesteel.com SELLING GRAIN LEGS, distributors, con20’ AND 40’ SHIPPING CONTAINERS, veyors and truck scales. Also other elevalarge SK. inventory. Ph. 1-800-843-3984, tors parts. 403-634-8540, Grassy Lake, AB. 306-781-2600. 20’ TO 53’ CONTAINERS. New, used and modified. Available Winnipeg, MB; Regina TIM’S REPAIR has REM grain vacs. Used and Saskatoon, SK. www.g-airservices.ca 3700’s, VRX, and a Brandt 5200EX. 306-933-0436. 306-784-2407, 306-772-1004, Herbert, SK

BOND INDUSTRIAL SEA CONTAINERS. The best storage you can buy. New/used and modified sea containers for sale. Secure, portable, weather and rodent proof. Guaranteed 8’ to 53’ available. Ask a rep. STRAIGHT WALL BUILDING packages or about our modifications. Bond Industrial built on site. For early booking call 306-373-2236, joe@bondind.com or visit 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website our website at www.bondind.com www.warmanhomecentre.com CONTAINERS FOR SALE OR RENT: All ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS- fea- sizes. Now in stock: 50 used, 53’ steel and turing 60x120x16’ post buildings for insulated SS. 306-861-1102, Radville, SK. $73,400. Call 306-225-2288 or website: www.zaksbuilding.com request a quote.

YEAR END SALE: Ardox nails and fence staples 5016 Case, $30 plus tax or 4/$100. no tax. Phone 780-542-5667.

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HYDRAULIC PULL SCRAPERS 10 to 25 yds., exc. cond.; Loader and scraper tires, custom conversions available. Looking for Cat cable scrapers. Quick Drain Sales Ltd., 306-231-7318, 306-682-4520 Muenster SK

malfunction. Ph. Back-Track Investigations sizes avail. PD14(Ft), $38,500; PD18(Ft), 1-866-882-4779 for assistance and $42,500. SK- Neil Fleischhacker, Humboldt CAT C13 ENGINE, low mileage, 40,000 306-231-8300. AB- Gord Basnett in Stony kms, from 2007 Sterling. Call James at On compensation. backtrackcanada.com Plain, 780-913-7353. www.landmaster.ca Track Company Inc. at 780-672-6868, SKIDSTEER ATTACHMENTS: Buckets, rock Camrose, AB. www.ontrackinc.net buckets, grapples, weld-on plates and CAT C12 MBL engine, 435 HP, rebuilt drop much more large stock. Top quality equip- in, exchange, $24,885. On Track Company ment. Call Quality Welding and Sales Inc. at 780-672-6868, Camrose, AB. 306-731-3009, 306-731-8195, Craven, SK. www.ontrackinc.net LARRY HIEBERT TRUCKING: equipment ATTACHMENTS PARTS COMPONENTS hauling, farm machinery. Serving western for construction equipment. Attachments Canada. 780-720-4304, Willingdon, AB. for dozers, excavators and wheel loaders. Used, Re-built, Surplus, and New equip- WANTED: OLDER STEEL quonsets, any ment parts and major components. Call size, std. steel Behlen of Fairford. Myles Western Heavy Equipment 306-981-3475, 306-745-6140 306-745-7530 Esterhazy SK Prince Albert, SK. POST BUILDING packages or built CAT MODEL 58 WINCH for D8R Cat, in- WOOD site. For early booking call cludes pump and controls, $6500. Contact on 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website 403-846-6400, Sundre, AB. www.warmanhomecentre.com LOG GRAPPLE FOR Komatsu 500 size load- ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS- farm er; Ripper for Champion grader; Deck for 1 post buildings designed with longevity in ton; V plow and snow wings for graders; mind. Call 306-225-2288 or go to Rippers for D6 and D7G’s; Blades for D6, www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote. D7 and D8’s. Call Danny Spence, 306-246-4632, Speers, SK. 2 CRATED BRAND new steel buildings, 30x34x18’, gauge AAAA; 30x40x18’ gauge EQUIPMENT HAULING. Serving Western CLIFF’S USED CRAWLER PARTS. Some AAAA. $55,000 OBO. Fax 1-800-268-4241, Canada and Northwest USA. Call Harvey at older Cats, IH and Allis Chalmers. AB. or email: 5buildings555@gmail.com 1-877-824-3010 or cell 403-795-1872. 780-755-2295, Edgerton, AB. Vandenberg Hay Farms Ltd., Nobleford AB. ROAD GRADERS CONVERTED to pull AFAB INDUSTRIES POST frame buildings. For the customer that prefers quality. Email: logistics@vandenberghay.ca behind large 4WD tractors, 14’ and 16’ 1-888-816-AFAB (2322), Rocanville, SK. ANDRES TRUCKING. Heavy Equipment, blade widths available. Call 306-682-3367, Enterprises, Humboldt, SK. ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS- feacombines, bins, hay, grain, Canada/USA. CWK www.cwenterprises.ca turing 80x160x18’ post buildings for Call/text 306-736-3454, Windthorst, SK. $143,460. 306-225-2288 or go to LOWDERMILK TRANSPORT IS providing EQUIPMENT SALE: Dozers, rock trucks, www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote. one call service for all Equipment/Hay excavators, compactors. Call Conquest DIAMOND CANVAS SHELTERS, sizes hauling. Very experienced, multiple trucks Equipment, 306-483-2500, Oxbow, SK. serving AB., SK., and MB. 780-872-0107, 2008 JD 270D LC hyd. excavator, Q/C, 2 ranging from 15’ wide to 120’ wide, any Call Bill 780-986-5548, Leduc, AB. 306-252-1001, Kenaston, SK. buckets, hyd. thumb, AC, forestry package, length. www.starlinesales.com LONG LAKE TRUCKING custom hay haul- catwalks, pro-heat, positive air shut-off, 8240 hrs. 587-991-6605, Edmonton, AB. PRE-ENGINEERED STEEL BUILDINGS for ing, 2 units. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. all your agricultural, equestrian, industrial, EQUIPMENT TOWING/ HAULING. Rea- 2005 CAT D6N LGP, cab, air, heat, bush shop or storage needs. Call 306-249-2355 sonable rates. Contact G H Wells Services ready, 6-Way, 3 shank ripper, 85% UC, for a free quote. Montana Construction $90,000. 306-921-9462, Melfort, SK. and Trucking, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK. www.montanasteelbuilders.ca Saskatoon.

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FROST RIPPER/STUMP puller attachment for excavators, available with QA or pin-on option. Western Heavy Equipment, 306-981-3475, Prince Albert, SK.

RECLAMATION CONTRACTORS: Bigham 3 and 4 leg mechanical trip 3 pt. hitch Paratills in stock; parts for Bigham and Tye Paratills. Call Kelloughs: 1-888-500-2646. FINANCING AND RE-FINANCING proposals, lender negotiations and succession plans. Art Lange PAg, CAFA, 12 yrs experience. 780-467-6040, Sherwood Park, AB www.ajlconsulting.ca art@ajlconsulting.ca

BUILD YOUR OWN conveyors, 6”, 7”, 8” and 10” end units available; Transfer conveyors and bag conveyors or will custom build. Call for prices. Master Industries Inc. www.masterindustries.ca Phone 1-866-567-3101, Loreburn, SK. BATCO CONVEYORS, new and used, grain augers and SP kits. Delivery and leasing available. 1-866-746-2666. ARM RIVERPOLE BUILDINGS, 40’x60’ to 80’x300’, Sask. only. Call 306-731-2066, BATCO-REM CONVEYOR and VACUUM: 1545FL Batco conveyor, $23,500. Rem Lumsden, SK., metalarc@live.ca VRX grain vac, $23,500. 306-648-3321, INSULATED FARM SHOP packages or Gravelbourg, SK. built on site, for early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website www.warmanhomecentre.com 8300 GAL. IMP VERT. LIQUID Fertilizer tanks, $6250. Also in stock, transport tanks in various sizes. 1-888-435-2626 U-WELD HOPPER BOTTOMS, sizes from www.flaman.com 12’ - 24’, Middle Lake Steel, 306-367-4306, 11,000 U.S. GALLON tank, 10 year limited 306-367-2408, Middle Lake, SK. warranty, competitive pricing. Call LIFETIME LID OPENERS. We are a stock- 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. While ing dealer for Boundary Trail Lifetime Lid supplies last! www.hold-onindustries.com Openers, 18” to 39”. Rosler Construction LOOKING FOR A floater or tender? Call me 2000 Inc., 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK. first. 36 years experience. Loral parts, new WESTEEL, GOEBEL, grain and fertilizer and used. Call 403-650-7967, Calgary, AB. bins. Grain Bin Direct, 306-373-4919. WANTED: LIQUID FERTILIZER dribble 2015 CIM BIN Cranes (Westeel design), bar. 306-862-8518, Choiceland, SK. 8000 lb. capacity. For factory direct pricing and options call 306-682-2505, Humboldt, SK. or www.cim-ltd.ca FARM KING 16X104 swing away grain CHIEF WESTLAND AND CARADON BIN auger loaded, excellent condition, extensions, sheets, stiffeners, etc. Now $25,000. 306-441-1684, Cut Knife, SK. available. Call Bill, 780-986-5548, Leduc, MERIDIAN GRAIN AUGERS: Fully AB. www.starlinesales.com equipped with engines, movers, clutches, CUSTOM GRAIN BIN MOVING, all types reversing gearbox and lights. HD8-39, up to 22’ diameter. 10% spring discount. $15,350; HD8-46, $15,995; HD8-59, Accurate estimates. Sheldon’s Hauling, $17,250; TL10-39, $16,500; HD10-59, 306-961-9699, Prince Albert, SK. $18,750. 306-648-3321, Gravelbourg, SK. BINS SPECIAL PRICING on remaining in- REMOTE CONTROL SWING AUGER ventory of 10,000 bu. Twister hopper bins. movers, trailer chute openers, endgate See your nearest Flaman store for more and hoist systems, wireless full bin alarms, details 1-888-435-2626. swing belt movers, wireless TractorCams, BIN AND TANK MOVING. Call or text motorized utility carts. All shipped directly to you. Safety, convenience, reliability. 306-736-3454, Windthorst, SK. Kramble Industries at 306-933-2655, 2015 CIM BIN TRANSPORT TRAILER Saskatoon, SK. or www.kramble.net 17,000 lb. cap., 32’ bed accommodates up to 21’ dia. bin. For factory direct pricing AUGERS: NEW and USED: Wheatheart, and options call 306-682-2505, Humboldt, Westfield, Westeel, Sakundiak augers; Auger SP kits; Batco conveyors; Wheatheart SK. or www.cim-ltd.ca post pounders. Good prices, leasing BROCK (BUTLER) GRAIN BIN PARTS available. Call 1-866-746-2666. and accessories available at Rosler Con- DECEMBER MERIDIAN SPECIALS: New struction. 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK. 12x72’ and 12x79’ SLMD swing augers plus FOR ALL YOUR grain storage, hopper other sizes in stock. Used 2008 Sakundiak cone and steel floor requirements contact: 12x85’ S/A; Brandt 10x60’ S/A; 8x59’ SaKevin’s Custom Ag in Nipawin, SK. Toll kundiak PTO drive. Plus new 45’ ConveyAll in stock. Leasing available. Call Dale at free: 1-888-304-2837. Mainway Farm Equipment, 306-567-3285, 24’ HOPPER CONE w/triple skids and 24” 306-567-7299, mainwayfarmequipment.ca inverted V cross air, $13,500. Call Middle Davidson, SK. Lake Steel, 306-367-4306, 306-367-2408, SAKUNDIAK GRAIN AUGERS available Middle Lake, SK www.middlelakesteel.com with self-propelled mover kits and bin WITH BIN SENSE installed, you can check sweeps. Contact Kevin’s Custom Ag in Nithe temperature of the grain in your bins pawin, SK. Toll free 1-888-304-2837. on your Smart phone from anywhere in the world. Call Flaman Sales for more info. MERIDIAN AUGERS IN STOCK: swings, truck loading, Meridian SP movers. Con306-934-2121. tact Hoffart Services Inc., Odessa, SK., TOP QUALITY MERIDIAN BINS. Book 306-957-2033. now for best prices. Example: all prices include skid, ladders to ground, manhole, set-up and delivery within set radius. Meridian Hopper combos: 3500 bu., $10,450. SPECIAL: 5000 bu., $13,990. We manufacture superior quality hoppers and steel FLAMAN PRO GRAIN bag roller - clean up floors for all makes and sizes. Know what used bags easily. Avail. in skidsteer mount you are investing in. Call and find out why or pull behind trailer mount at Flaman Sasour product quality and price well exceeds katoon. Starting at $8,330 and $8,980. the competition. We also stock replace- 1-888-435-2626. www.flaman.com ment lids for all makes and models of bins. Leasing available. Hoffart Services Inc., RENT OR BUY at Flaman! 1610 PRO grain 306-957-2033, Odessa, SK. extractor. Unload bags easily and ecoSee your nearest Flaman store BIN MOVING, all sizes up to 19’ diameter, nomically. w/wo floors; Also move liquid fert. tanks. or call 1-888-435-2626. 306-629-3324, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK. BEHLEN STEEL BUILDINGS, quonsets, convex and rigid frame straight walls, grain tanks, metal cladding, farm - commercial. Construction and concrete crews. Guaranteed workmanship. Call your Saskatoon and northwest Behlen Distributor, Janzen Steel Buildings, 306-242-7767, Osler, SK.

KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD Aeration Sales and Service. R.J. Electric, Avonlea, SK. Call 306-868-2199 or cell: 306-868-7738. KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD/ OPI STORMAX. For sales and service east central SK. and MB., call Gerald Shymko, Calder, SK., 306-742-4445 or toll free 1-888-674-5346.

POLE BARNS, WOODSTEEL packages, hog, chicken, and dairy barns. Construction and concrete crews available. Mel or NEW BATCO 45’ conveyor with mover kit. Scott, MR Steel Construction, 29 HP motor, $23,900. Ph Flaman Sales Saskatoon, 1-888-435-2626. 306-978-0315, Hague, SK.

CONVEYAIR GRAIN VACS, parts, accessories. Call Bill 780-986-5548, Leduc, AB. www.starlinesales.com REM GRAIN VACS. New inventory in stock now. Call us 1-888-435-2626 for pricing or visit your nearest Flaman store for details.

WANTED: JD 7810 c/w FEL & 3-PTH; SP or PTO bale wagon; JD or IHC end wheel drills. Small square baler. 403-394-4401. 2003 NH 688 round baler, bale command and monitor, good shape, $11,500 OBO. 306-621-4428 after 5 PM, Stornoway, SK. 2015 JD 569 baler, 0 bales, JD warranty to November 2016. Large tires, twine and net, rear light kit, variable core kit, megawide PU, bale push bar, $60,000. 780-352-4947, Millet, AB.

2012 NH H8060 w/36’ HoneyBee header, 509 hours, air spring suspension, full cab with AC, $105,000. Call 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK. Online: www.farmworld.ca

56 2014 MACDON M155 35’ draper header, 270 header hours, $119,000 OBO. 306-552-4905, Eyebrow, SK. 2012 MF WR9740, c/w 36’ MF 5200 CD header, 324 hrs., suspended axle, deluxe air ride cab, 620-75R26 fronts, 16.5L-16L rears, GPS ready, gauge wheels, $105,800. Call 780-632-2514, Vegreville, AB. roly_dennill@dennill.com 2015 MACDON M-155 40’ D65 double knife drive, GPS, hyd. roller, 47 cutting hrs., shedded. 306-287-7707 Quill Lake SK 2013 MACDON M155 #W22645A with 40’ draper header, 442 hours, $137,700. Call 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or view us online at: www.farmworld.ca 2008 JD 4895 30’, 883 hrs., GreenStar ready, JD AutoTrac, new knife and guards, c/w warranty. 36’ header avail. $59,800. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2014 MACDON M155, 40’ double knife drive, GPS, free form roller, 132 cutting hrs, $140,000. 306-436-7727 Milestone SK 2011 MF 9430 swather, 36’, $80,000 OBO; 2010 MF 9895 combine, $180,000 OBO; both exc. condition. 306-260-5802, 306-231-8212, Humboldt, SK.

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MACDON CA20/CA25 and Honeybee flex or rigid adapters and completion kits, plenty in stock, we want your trade! Call 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2004 NH 94C #HW3359A, 39’, integral axle and hitch, single knife drive, UII split reel, $29,900. 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 2011 IH 3016 pickup and header, all updates done, belts, auger and floor all excellent, under 350 hours use, $24,850. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2014 MD D65-D unused, 40’, factory transport, Auto HHC, hydraulic tilt, JD, CNH, Lexion completion, $74,800. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com RECONDITIONED rigid and flex, most makes and sizes; also header transports. Ed Lorenz, 306-344-4811, Paradise Hill, SK www.straightcutheaders.com 2012 MD FD70 40’ flex draper, pea auger, transport, HHC, new knife and guards, with warranty, $69,800. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

2008 JD 4895 30’, 633 hrs., GreenStar ready, nice header overall very good cond. with warranty, $64,800. 1-800-667-4515. 3- CASE/IH 2015 pickup heads with Swathmaster pickups, exc., shedded, www.combineworld.com $19,000 ea 403-823-9976, Drumheller, AB 2007 MASSEY FERGUSON 9430 with 30’ centre delivery header, 1108 hrs., UII PU reel, $59,000. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK www.farmworld.ca ARMOR PLATE CONCAVES an improved element for JD S series. Please 2012 MACDON M155 with 30’ D50 header, threshing us Wildfong Enterprises Ltd., Russ 236 hours, single reel fore and aft, call 306-260-2833 or Rick 306-734-7721 or $123,600. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or the shop 306-734-2345, Craik, SK. www.farmworld.ca RECONDITIONED COMBINE HEADERS. RIGID and flex, most makes and sizes; also header transports. Ed Lorenz, 2005 CASE/IH SC100 discbine #PN3169B 306-344-4811, Paradise Hill, SK. or web16’, 12,300 hrs., hydro swing, rubber cond. site: www.straightcutheaders.com rolls, 1000 PTO, $12,300. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca NEW HOLLAND 357 MIXMILL, good condi- PUMPS, PRESSURE WASHERS, Honda/Kotion, ready to work, $3850. 306-796-2178, shin pumps, 1-1/2” to 4”, Landa pressure Chaplin, SK. washers, steam washers, parts washers. M&M Equip. Ltd. Parts & Service, Regina, SK. 306-543-8377, fax 306-543-2111.

SMITH’S TRACTOR WRECKING. Huge inventory new and used tractor parts. 1-888-676-4847. AGRA PARTS PLUS, parting older tractors, tillage, seeding, haying, along w/other Ag equipment. 3 miles NW of Battle2011 IH 9120, 1005 hrs., duals, deluxe ford, SK. off #16 Hwy. Ph: 306-445-6769. cab, AutoSteer, c/w warranty, $188,800. LOEFFELHOLZ TRACTOR AND COMBINE 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com Salvage, Cudworth, SK., 306-256-7107. We sell new, used and remanufactured parts for most farm tractors and combines. 2009 CASE/IH 7120, 900 tires, 2016 PU header, field ready, $200,000; 2013 FD75 MacDon 30’ flex header with pea auger, $85,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

2003 NEW HOLLAND CR970, $125,000. Call Raymore New Holland, 306-746-2911 or visit: www.raymorenewholland.com 2007 NH CR9070 #HN2912B w/MacDon PW7 Swathmaster PU, 1770 eng. hrs., 1403 sep. hrs., $128,500. 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 2015 NEW HOLLAND CX8090. For info. call Raymore New Holland, 306-746-2911 or visit: www.raymorenewholland.com 2009 NH 9070, 1644/1350 hrs, IntelliView II display, Y&M, remote sieve adjust, elec. stone trap, duals, diff. lock, long auger, PSD, deluxe chopper, chaff spreader, c/w 76-C 14’ Swathmaster PU plus 2003 NH 94-C 36’ draper header, fore/aft, split PU reel, single knife drive, gauge wheels, transport, all stored inside, $220,000 OB0. Call 780-608-9290, Strome, AB. 2003 NH CX840, $76,900. Call Yorkton New Holland, 306-783-8511 or visit: www.yorktonnewholland.com 2013 NEW HOLLAND CX8090, $344,000. Call Yorkton New Holland 306-783-8511 or visit: www.yorktonnewholland.com 2013 NH CR9090 #PN3305A with 790 CP PU, 945 eng. hrs., 672 sep. hrs., $347,200. Call 306-922-2525, Prince Albert, SK. or online: www.farmworld.ca 2013 NEW HOLLAND CX8080, $175,000. Call Watrous New Holland, 306-946-3301 or visit: www.watrousnewholland.com

2005 JD 9760 STS, 1821 hrs., GreenStar, auto HHC, reel speed, chopper, good tires, really clean combine w/warranty, $99,800. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

2008 JD 3975 c/w PU header, kernel processor, 40” vert ext. Just through shop in excellent shape w/new knives and shear bar! $26,400. Call Jordan 403-627-9300, 2004 JD 9760 STS 2062 hrs, GreenStar, Pincher Creek, AB. auto HHC, reel speed, factory chopper, pickups available with warranty, $92,800. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2004 JD 9760 STS, 20.8x38 duals, hopper cover, with 1300 PU header, $125,000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment Ltd., FLEXI-COIL 67XL PT sprayer, 1250 tank, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. 100’ boom, new hydraulic pump. 2002 JD 9650 Walker, 2254 hrs., auto 306-464-2046, Lang, SK. HHC, reel speed, exc. tires, good cond., 2010 NH, 80’, 800 gallon, wind screens, pickups available with warranty, $59,800. fenders, autorate, mint condition, $28,000. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com Call 306-648-7618, Gravelbourg, SK.

2012 JD 4940, all options, 380x105R50’s 375 machine hrs., 1000 engine hrs., $229,000. Call 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK. 2014 NEW HOLLAND SP.240R, 240 HP, 100 gal. poly tank, tier 3 eng., SmarTrax AutoSteer, $229,000. Call 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca

2009 BOURGAULT 3310 65’ drill #B22180A, mid-row banders, easily converted to DS, $139,000. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. www.farmworld.ca

CASE MX135, loader, 6800 hours, $58,900. Call Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 1987 IH 9150 4 WD, 280 HP, 520/85R38 Firestone radials- 80%, vg, 8000 hrs., nice solid tractor, $39,800. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com WINTER DISCOUNTS on new and used DTE SYSTEMS CHIPTUNING #1, will fit rollers, all sizes. Leasing and delivery 600 quad or TJ New Holland, $800. Call David 306-463-4255, Kindersley, SK. available. 403-580-6889, Bow Island, AB.

2012 SEED HAWK Series 45, 50-10 w/500 bu. TBH tank, quick adjust depth control, dual casters, new seed knives, liq. Alpine kit, var. rate w/Viper monitor and Raven GPS, dual fans, shedded. Dave at: 2008 JD 4830, 100’ 1000 gal. SS tank, 306-783-7584, 306-621-1155 Yorkton, SK. Raven AutoBoom, Swathmaster, Green- 2001 39’ FLEXI-COIL 5000, 12” spacing, Star, AutoTrac, 420/80R46, 1471 hrs, 2340 TBT tank, var. seed rate, var. flow an2013 DEGELMAN 82’ heavy harrow, load$185,000 OBO 306-834-7204 Kerrobert SK hydrous. 306-747-3635, Shellbrook, SK. ed; 2013 84’ Bourgault, loaded. $45,000 each. Call 306-441-1684, Cut Knife, SK. 2011 JD 4730, low hrs., 100’ booms, fold 2011 MORRIS CONTOUR C1 drill; 2002 GPS, JD boom heights, sectional control, 2630 3000 receiver, 2 sets of tires, always Flexi-Coil 3450 TBH cart, 51’, 12” spacing, 2015 DEGELMAN 7000 Strawmaster, 82’, shedded, $165,000 306-327-4756, single shoot drill, $110,000. 306-922-2525 Endura tip tines, hyd. tine adj. w/Valmar 3255, low acres. 306-231-8060, Englefeld Prince Albert, SK. www.farmworld.ca 306-327-8803 cell, Kelvington, SK. 2008 MILLER CONDOR A40 100’, 1728 hours, 1000 gallon, sectional control, Trimble GPS and EZ-Steer, $99,900. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 1998 JD 4700 90’, 800 gal. tank, 3650 hrs., Trident booms, JD GPS, 18.4x26, 12.4x38, $90,000 OBO. 780-645-0537 St Vincent AB 2009 SPRA-COUPE 4660, 80’, std. trans., hitch, 400 gal. tank, foam marker, flood light kit, EZ-Steer 500, 3 sets of rear tires, $65,000. 306-768-7399, Carrot River, SK. 2008 CASE 4420, 100’ booms, Aim command, AutoBoom, AccuBoom, active susp., HID lights, regular cab, 1200 gal. SS tank, 2250 hrs., shedded, inspection done, well maintained, 2 sets tires, $175,000. Kindersley, SK. 306-463-7527, 306-463-3228. 2008 ROGATOR 1286C HC sprayer, 1200 gallon SS tank, 120’, 3989 hours, HID lites, Viper Pro, AccuBoom, AutoBoom, SmarTrax, Cat eng, 380-90R46 tire set, 24.5R32 tire set, $145,900. Phone 780-632-2514, Vegreville, AB. roly_dennill@dennill.com

2009 SEEDMASTER 8012, 80’, 12” spacing, double shoot, run blockage, new seed boots, smart hitch, exc. cond., $115,000 OBO. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK

2015 MORRIS C2 air drill, 41’, 10” spacing, 9450 tank, 450 bu., 2000 acres on unit. Call 306-460-7767, Eatonia, SK. 4300 BOURGAULT, single shoot, cameras in alll 3 tanks, new back tires, rear hitch, new auger, tube, and hyd. motor on fill auger 3 seasons ago, $17,000 OBO. For more info 306-246-4442, Hafford, SK. 2008 BG 6450 air tank #HS34820, 3 tank metering, double shoot, 591 Monitor, always shedded, $83,500. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca DON’T LEAVE MONEY on the tablecreate the perfect seed bed. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 2014 SEEDHAWK 8412, c/w P1060 and P1070, $355,000. For info call Raymore New Holland, 306-746-2911 or website: www.raymorenewholland.com

2007 SPRA-COUPE 4655, 80’, 1080 hrs, JD AutoTrac, sectional control, $64,800. 2005 FLEXI-COIL 4350 TBH AIR CART, DS, variable rate, good shape, asking 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com $40,000 OBO. 780-385-5064, Killam, AB. CONCORD 56’, 12” spacing, SS, Bourgault 3” paired row tips, duals on wings, scraper TRIDEKON CROP SAVER, crop dividers. on packer wheels, exc. cond., $18,000; Reduce trampling losses by 80% to 90%. 3400 Concord tank, $8000; both for Call: Great West Agro, 306-398-8000. $25,000. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK.

2001 51’ FLEXI-COIL 5000, 9” space, DS, 3” rubber, 2320 TBH cart, $26,000 OBO. Can separate. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. COMBINE WORLD NOW carries Atom Jet openers! We want your old ones on trade! 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2011 70-12 SEEDMASTER, c/w 2012 Nova air tank, includes 300 bu. onboard tank, exc. cond., low acres, $220,000 OBO. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK.

2010 65’ BOURGAULT 3310 paralink, 12” spacing, mid row shank banding, DS, rear hitch, $148,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm EquipTRIPLE B WRECKING, wrecking tractors, ment Ltd. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. combines, cults., drills, swathers, mixmills. DID YOU HAVE CANOLA DAMAGE from etc. We buy equipment. 306-246-4260, Frontline Tank contamination in 2014/ 306-441-0655, Richard, SK. 2015? Contact Back-Track Investigations MEDICINE HAT TRACTOR Salvage Inc. 1-866-882-4779 for assistance and Specializing in new, used, and rebuilt agri- compensation. backtrackcanada.com cultural and construction parts. Buying ag 2013 MORRIS 51’, C2, 12” space, SS air, and construction equipment for disman- paired row openers, c/w 8370XL TBT cart, tling. Call today 1-877-527-7278, low acres, vg, $249,000. Warranty. Camwww.mhtractor.ca Medicine Hat, AB. Don Motors Ltd, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK COMB-TRAC SALVAGE. We sell new and 2008 BOURGAULT 5710, DS, AtomJet used parts for most makes of tractors, openers, 74’, w/2008 Bourgault 6550 tank, combines, balers, mixmills and swathers. c/w deluxe 10” auger, dual rear wheels. Phone 306-997-2209, 1-877-318-2221, Battleford, 306-937-7368, 306-441-1648 Borden, SK. www.comb-tracsalvage.com We buy machinery. DRILL POINTS AND air drill openers ready to be shipped as needed. For more info.: www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350. Dunmore, AB. NEW 2014 SCHULTE 2500 rockpicker, #HS3429, large 2.5 cu. yard hopper, 1998 MORRIS MAXIM drill and 7180 trail$29,600. Call 306-682-9920, Humboldt, ing tank #B21999C, 7.5” spacing, 3.5” steel packers, $25,000. Ph 306-864-3667, SK, or view online at: www.farmworld.ca Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca 2008 JD 1890 43’ air drill, 10” spacing, exc. cond., asking $65,000. 2004 Morris never pin drill 34’, JD 787 tank, exc. cond. 306-842-6246, Weyburn, SK. 2011 FRONT MOUNT Schulte snowblower, Model SDX960, 9’, like new, used only one 2001 BOURGAULT 4710 40’ disc drill, 10” season, $12,650. 306-423-5476, space, mid row banders, 3” steel packers, liquid fertilizer $15,800. 1-800-667-4515. 306-960-2274, Domremy, SK. www.combineworld.com 2005 SCHULTE 9600, 96”, 3 PTH snowblower, $4,900. Call Nelson Motors & FLEXI-COIL 2320, air tank, double shoot, Equipment, 1-888-508-4406 or website: up to 8 runs, excellent condition, $15,000 OBO. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. www.nelsonmotors.com

2005 NH CR970 #PN32028, with 76C Swathmaster PU, 2156 eng. hrs., 1590 sep. hrs., $89,900. Call 306-922-2525, 1993 INLAND DA92, 92”, 3 PTH snowblower, $1,900. Call Nelson Motors & Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca Equipment, 1-888-508-4406 or website: 2009 NH CR9070 1287 hrs, Intelliview www.nelsonmotors.com Plus II, RWA, $129,800; 2009 NH CR9060 1298 hrs, Intell Plus II, lat. tilt, $89,800. FARM KING SNOWBLOWERS Y960, rear mount 96”, dbl auger, $4795. Flaman Sas1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com katoon. 1-888-435-2626 www.flaman.com 8’ SCHULTE 9600 snowblower, 540 PTO, 3 PTH, $3750 OBO; Allied 7’, $1250 OBO. JD 9650 COMBINE, long auger, 14’ PU, Call Grant 306-746-7336, Semans, SK. chaff spreader, 2500 hours, $52,000. SCHULTE SNOWBLOWERS- your heavy 306-786-6510, Rhein, SK. duty blower for the tough jobs in 3 PTH 1998 JD 9610 2653 hrs., GreenStar, auto and front mount options. In stock at FlaHHC, reel spd, 2 spd cyl., XL hopper exten- man 1-888-435-2626. www.flaman.com sion, headers avail. w/warranty, $48,800. 2009 SDX 110 SCHULTE snowblower, 3 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com PTH, rear mount, bought new 2010, only MUST SELL: 1999 JD Maximizer 9610, only used 3 winters. New HD chain, two cross 2800 hrs., JD PU, chopper, duals, hopper augers, $9000. 306-529-7574, Rouleau, SK exts., nice cond. 306-654-7772, Saskatoon 2011 FRONT MOUNT Schulte snowblower, 2005 JD 9760 STS GreenStar, reel speed, Model SDX960, 9’, like new, used only one $12,650. 306-423-5476, Auto HHC, chopper, 2317 hrs., extra for season, pickup, $89,800. 1-800-667-4515. View 306-960-2274, Domremy, SK. www.combineworld.com 2- BOLT-ON 3 POINT HITCHES from Case 2013 JD 615P PU header, overall 8.5/10, tractor. Grant 306-746-7336, Semans, SK. trades wanted, $24,800. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

2006 MF 9690, 954 sep hrs, Y&M, exc. tires, field ready, extra for PU, $89,800. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2011 MF 9430 swather, 36’, $80,000 OBO; 2010 MF 9895 combine, $180,000 OBO; Both in excellent condition. 306-260-5802, 306-231-8212, Humboldt, SK.

MUNICIPAL SPRAY TRUCK FOR SALE. 2001 Ford F450 XLT 4x4 6.8L V10, 139,620 kms, includes a deck mounted sprayer system with boom, handgun capabilities as well as Raven SCS 4400 controller and injection system. Full details about the truck and spray system can be found on at www.mdwainwright.ca or you can call 780-842-4454, Wainwright, AB.

HIGH QUALITY and value for money. Carbide drill points and openers. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. EXCELLENT QUALITY and value for your dollar with our carbide air drills. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 2011 NEW HOLLAND P2050, 58’, 12”, c/w (2) P 1040’s, $125,000. Call Watrous New Holland, 306-946-3301 or visit website: www.watrousnewholland.com 2009 SEEDMASTER TX8, 66’, 12”, c/w P1060 TBH, $160,000. Call Raymore New Holland, 306-746-2911 or visit website: www.raymorenewholland.com 2013 NH P2050 with P1060, double shoot, side banding, 430 bu. air cart, exc. cond., $142,000 OBO. 306-297-7400, Shaunavon.

2010 CHALLENGER MT645C, 240 HP, MFWD, 1193 hours, $155,900. Call Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406 or www.nelsonmotors.com 2013 CHALLENGER MT965C 4 WD, 602 hrs., 525 HP, Cat C18 eng., 800-70R38 Goodyear duals, PTO, HID lites, diff. lock, DRILL POINTS AND air drill openers ready hi-flow hyd. pump, GPS ready, deluxe cab, to be shipped as needed. For more info.: $329,500. 780-632-2514, Vegreville, AB. www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350. roly_dennill@dennill.com Dunmore, AB. HAYBUSTER 107, 1000 DRILLS, rebuilt; Haybuster 1206’s for parts. WANTED: well 1993 JD 7800, duals, 740 FEL, 3 PTH, used Haybuster drills and discs from 1000 11,800 hours, $55,900. Nelson Motors & drill. 403-627-5429, Pincher Creek, AB. Equipment, call 1-888-508-4406 or visit: HIGH QUALITY and value for money. Car- www.nelsonmotors.com bide drill points and openers. Find out 2012 JD 9560R, triples, 770 hrs., more at: www.vwmfg.com or $374,000. Nelson Motors & Equipment, 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com DON’T LEAVE MONEY on the table - 2012 JD 9560RT, 1443 hrs, 18/6 powercreate the perfect seed bed. Find out shift, AJ hitch, deluxe, Command View, more at: www.vwmfg.com or call $400,200. South Country Equipment, 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 306-746-2110, Raymore, SK. 2014 SEEDMASTER 70’, 12”, 20 bu. canola 2007 JD 7520, loader, 8500 hours, tank w/ultra Pro, 800 rears, $227,000. $87,900. Call Nelson Motors & Equipment, 12,000 acres done. 403-505-9524, Ponoka 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com EXCELLENT QUALITY and value for your 2003 JD 7320, MFWD, loader, 9750 hours, dollar with our carbide air drills. Find out $73,500. Nelson Motors & Equipment, more at: www.vwmfg.com or 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 2013 JD 9460R, 460 HP, 346 hrs, JD Link, hi flow hyd system, 710/70R42, HID lights premium cab, $432,800. South Country 2013 7450 LANDOLL vertical tillage Equipment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK. #N22357. New! 39’ wide, 22” disc, 7” 2003 JD 6420 w/640 loader, 5392 hours, blade spacing, $105,000. 306-864-3667, MFWD, AC, trans- Infinitely variable, 3 Kinistino, SK. or www.farmworld.ca hyd. outlets, $65,500. South Country 2014 MORRIS FIELD PRO 70’ harrow. New Equipment, 306-424-2212, Montmartre SK 9.16” tines, #HR3447, $36,500. Call: 2014 JD 7210R, 1091 hrs., 710/70R38, 306-682-9920, Humboldt, SK. or view us MFWD front axle, JD link, $232,500. online at: www.farmworld.ca South Country Equipment, 306-354-2411, KELLO-BILT 8’ to 20’ offset discs w/24” Mossbank, SK. to 36” notched blades; Kello-Bilt 24’ to 38’ 2009 JD 7330, MFWD, 4500 hrs., w/741 tandem wing discs w/26” and 28” notched loader, grapple, $118,900. South Country blades and oil bath bearings. Red Deer, AB. Equipment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK. www.kelloughs.com Call: 1-888-500-2646. 2014 JD 6140R, 1076 hrs, MFWD, w/2014 2015 CASE/IH 600, 60’ cultivator, 12” JD H360 FEL, 520/85R38, $168,900. spacing, 4-bar harrows, NH3 hitch, 600 lb. South Country Equipment, 306-354-2411, trips. 306-231-8060, Englefeld, SK. Mossbank, SK 1996 JD 8870, 6600 hrs., w/Deg 6600 14’ blade, diff. lock, 710/70R38, $99,100. South Country Equipment, 306-746-2110, Raymore, SK. 1982 JD 4640, approx. 7800 hours, very good cond., $21,000 OBO. 306-260-5802, 3” & 4” 306-231-8212, Humboldt, SK. OPTIONS JD 310A, utility, loader, 3 PTH, turf tires, $9,500. Call Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com

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2009 JD 9630T, 2167 hours, $232,000. Call Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com (2) 2014 JD 6150R, MFWD, 877 hrs. up, deluxe cab, w/H360 loader, $181,100 up. South Country Equipment, 306-354-2411, Mossbank, SK. JOHN DEERE 8630 tractor, 4WD, not running, 18x38 tires, PTO, good tin and cab. Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK.

1997 39’ MORRIS Maxim air drill, 10” spacing, Atom Jet boot with Morris 180 cart, $23,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 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. TECHNOTILL 2015 62’ on TBH Case 600 cultivator (Flexi-Coil), 12” spacing, FlexiCoil air pack, Intelligent blockage monitor, superior setup, ready to go, can hook to Bourgault or Flexi-Coil cart, like new cond. 306-421-9909, Estevan, SK. 2008 JD 1910 430 bu., tow behind, 8 run, vari-rate, double shoot, $49,000; 1998 JD 1900, 3 comp, 430 bu., 8 run, $24,800. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2011 JD 1870 Conserva Pak 40’, double shoot, primary blockage monitors, newer seed and fertilizer knives, 430 bu. JD 1910 air cart, 10” auger, excellent condition, $155,000 OBO. 306-221-2190, Perdue, SK.

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KELLO-BILT SERIES 176 10’ tandem disc, 24” notched blades, clean unit, some new bearings, $7,980. Call 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

2012 LEMKEN RUBIN Gigant 105/800 26’ tillage disc, very good condition, $59,800. 1993 BOURGAULT 3225 air tank 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com #PB2965D, 2 tank metering, 225 bu. TBH, new 820 monitor, $9,700. 306-922-2525, 2014 GREAT PLAINS 3500 TM vertical tillage #PS3147. New, 36’ 3 section Cat V Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca hitch, $101,000. Phone: 306-922-2525, 2008 FLEXI-COIL 7500, 60’, 10” spacing, Prince Albert, SK. or www.farmworld.ca single shoot, 3” steel packer, no tank, ready for TBT tank, exc. cond., like new, 1999 FLEXI-COIL S85 70’ heavy harrow, $17,500 OBO. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK. DON’T LEAVE MONEY on the tablecreate $19,900. Call 1-800-667-4515. View 2009 NEW HOLLAND P2070, 70’, 12”, the perfect seed bed. Find out more at: www.combineworld.com $65,000. For more info call Yorkton New www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350. Holland, 306-783-8511 or visit website: Dunmore, AB. www.yorktonnewholland.com DRILL POINTS AND air drill openers ready 2011 BOURGAULT 66’ air drill #B22480A, to be shipped as needed. For more info.: 12” spacing, mid-row shanks, double www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350. DON’T LEAVE MONEY on the table create the perfect seed bed. Find out shoot, $143,000. 306-864-3667, Kinistino, Dunmore, AB. SK. or view online at www.farmworld.ca EXCELLENT QUALITY and value for your more at: www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. dollar with our carbide air drills. Find out 2004 NH (FLEXI-COIL) SD440, 40’, SC230 at: www.vwmfg.com or DRILL POINTS AND air drill openers ready cart, mech. drive, SS, camera, 9.8” space. more to be shipped as needed. For more info.: Also 2008 Pattison FB2100 liquid tank, 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. variable rate nozzles, excellent, shedded, HIGH QUALITY and value for money. Car- www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350. $65,000 OBO. 306-932-2306, Plenty, SK. bide drill points and openers. Find out Dunmore, AB. at: www.vwmfg.com or 2013 CASE/IH EARLY RISER planter, 2014 SEEDHAWK 8412, $205,000. Call more 15/30” rows, air pressure packers, sectionYorkton New Holland, 306-783-8511 or 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. al control, liquid kit, centre fill seed bins, visit: www.yorktonnewholland.com Yetter row cleaners, used very little, only 2007 BOURGAULT 5725 47’, 10” spacing, seeded soybeans, $110,000. Series II w/DS, MRB’s, Raven NH3, exc. 2015 BRANDT 8200, 82’, chrome wear re- 306-421-9909, Estevan, SK. cond., field ready, w/warranty, $54,900. sistant tines, hyd. tine adj., low acres. EXCELLENT QUALITY and value for your 306-231-8060, Englefeld, SK. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com dollar with our carbide air drills. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB.

JD 9400, 9420, 9520, 8970 JD 9860, 9760, 9750, 9650, 9600 JD 9430, 9530, 9630 Case sTX 375, 425, 430, 450, 480, 500, 530 CIH 8010-2388, 2188 combine CIH 435Q, 535Q, 450Q, 550Q, 600Q pto avail. JD 4710, 4720, 4730, 4830, 4920, 4930 SP sprayers JD 9770 & 9870 w/CM & duals CIH 3185, 3230, 3330, 4430, 4420 sprayers

s670/680/690 JD Combine low hrs 4730 JD sprayer, 100 ft. 854 Rogator sP sprayer, complete with JD auto steer, swath pro special 450 CIH Quadtrac with big pump 554 Rogator sprayer sP 4840 JD 2WD, low hours, new tires GOOD SELECTION OF JD & CASE SP SPRAYERS AND 4WD TRACTORS

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HIGH QUALITY and value for money. Carbide drill points and openers. Find out more at: www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. FLEXI-COIL DRILL 5000 HD, 40’, 12” spacing, DS and 4350 tank; 1996 NH 9482, 2823 hrs., shedded. All in good cond. 403-901-4431, Strathmore, AB.

1991 IH 9280, 375 HP, new 24.5x32 duals, powershift, Cummins 855, 4 hyds., 6434 hrs., $64,800. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com 2005 STX 450 quad, high cap. hyds., 4500 hrs., newer tracks, no PTO, $160,000. 306-442-7512, 306-454-2402, Ceylon, SK. LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We buy 90 and 94 Series Case, 2 WD, FWA tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have rebuilt tractors and parts for sale. 306-784-7841, Herbert, SK.

2011 JD 7230, MFWD, 4300 hrs, 480/80R38, w/JD740 loader, $113,100. South Country Equipment, 306-424-2212, Montmartre, SK. 2001 JD 7810 and 7410 MFWD, 3 PTH, powrQuad w/LHR, JD 740 loaders, grapple forks, joysticks very clean. 780-674-5516, 780-305-7152, Barrhead, AB. 2011 JD 9630, 980 hours, diff. lock, 520/85R46, deluxe comfort, $345,100. South Country Equipment, 306-424-2212, Montmartre, SK. 1990 JD 4755, MFWD, rebuilt powershift trans., triple hyds., 180 HP, good rubber, work ready. For pricing call Medicine Hat Tractor Salvage Inc., 1-877-527-7278, 403-548-1205. www.mhtractor.ca 2014 JD 9510R 560 HP, 1148 hrs, 2630 GreenStar, SF1 activation, JD Link, 800/70R38, $469,300. South Country Equipment, 306-354-2411, Mossbank, SK. 7400 JD MFWD, 3 PTH, c/w 740 loader, all new tires, premium condition. 403-585-1910, Rockyford, AB. 2012 JD 7230R, MFWD, 2730 hrs., JD link, 710/70R42, with H480 SL loader, $229,900. South Country Equipment, 306-424-2212, Montmartre, SK. (4) 2014 JD 9560R, 562 hrs. up, 800/70R38, JD Link, 18/6 powershift, $468,000 up. South Country Equipment, 306-354-2411, Mossbank, SK. 2002 JD 9320, 5076 hrs., diff. lock, 4 SCV’s, 710/70R42, 24/6 manual shift, $137,500. South Country Equipment, 306-642-3366, Assiniboia, SK. 2011 JD 9430, 2389 hrs., GreenStar, SF1, diff. lock, 800/70R38, $289,700. Call South Country Equipment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK. 2014 JD 9510R, 1505 hours, 800/70R38, JD Link, 18/6 powershift, $405,400. South Country Equipment, 306-692-2371, Moose Jaw, SK. (2) 2014 JD 6125R, 551 hrs up, MFWD, 460/85R38, w/2014 JD H340 loader, $146,500 up. South Country Equipment, 306-354-2411, Mossbank, SK. 2007 JD 9420, duals, 2700 hrs., $206,500. Call Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com G.S. TRACTOR SALVAGE, JD tractors only. Call 306-497-3535, Blaine Lake, SK. 1980 JD 4440, rebuilt powershift trans., exc. cond., field ready, 10,000 hrs. For pricing call Medicine Hat Tractor Salvage Inc., 1-877-527-7278, 403-548-1205. 2012 JD 9560R, triples, PTO, 1585 hrs., $384,300. Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 2009 9530, c/w 800 tires, 4 hyds., 48 GPM, 2500 hrs., shedded, exc. cond., $220,000 OBO. 306-831-8963, Rosetown. 2014 JD 6190R, 890 hrs., MFWD, JD Link, 480/70R30, with H380 loader, $222,700. South Country Equipment, 306-354-2411, Mossbank, SK.

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2014 JD 9560RT, 1193 hours, 2630 GreenStar 3, SF1 receiver, JD Link, Deluxe cab, $471,800. South Country Equipment, 306-424-2212, Montmartre, SK. 2010 JD 9630T, 530 HP, 4341 hrs., deluxe comfort pkg., 1000 PTO, deluxe track pkg., Cat 5 DB, $260,800. South Country Equipment, 306-721-5050, Regina, SK.

1999 NH 9682, 24.5x32 rubber, 4 hyd., 4873 hrs., Cummins N14 power, vg cond., $75,000. 306-743-7622, Langenburg, SK. 1998 NH 9682 4 WD, 3877 hrs, 20.8R42 tires w/triples or duals, Trimble AutoSteer 750 monitor, $90,000 OBO. 306-768-3442, Carrot River, SK. or jclcfarm@gmail.com

NEW 2015 VERSATILE 2375, 710’s. Own for $10,265 semi-annually. Call KMK Sales Ltd. 306-682-0738, Humboldt, SK. 875 VERSATILE, complete with dozer, very well maintained, asking $26,500 OBO. Call 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB.

2009 JD 2320 COMPACT utility tractor, loader, backhoe, 179 hours, $23,500. Call Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com

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GRATTON COULEE AGRI PARTS LTD. Your #1 place to purchase late model combine and tractor parts. Used, new and rebuilt. www.gcparts.com Toll free 888-327-6767. 2006 JD 2305, 573 hours, $12,500. Contact Nelson Motors & Equipment at 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com JD 1840 with loader 3 pth JD 3150 FWA, with loader 3 pth JD 4430 comes with loader JD 4440 comes with loader JD 4455, FWA, loader available JD 7600, FWA, loader available JD 7710 FWA, loader available JD 7720 FWA, loader available Clamp on Duals, 20.8x38-18.4x38 FINANCE, TRADES WELCOME 780-696-3527, BRETON, AB

LEON 3530, 14’, 6-way, JD 7200 mounts, $24,000. Call Nelson Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com 10’ DEGELMAN BLADE w/JD mounts; Grader V plows and snow wings; Blades for D6, D7 and D8. Call Danny Spence, 306-246-4632, Speers, SK. 2008 NH L190 skidsteer, enclosed cab, AC, heat, smooth bucket w/quick attach, 3800 hrs., pilot controls, $29,000 OBO. 306-621-4428 after 5:00 PM, Yorkton, SK.

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MANITOU MAINE-ANJOU BULLS, since 1970. We offer the real Maine bulls, all fullblood breeding, low birthweight with good performance. Off farm sales only. Gary and Sandy Graham, 306-823-3432, Marsden, SK. grahamgs@sasktel.net Website www.manitoumaineanjou.ca

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LAZY S BULL POWER 2016, January 30th, at the ranch, Mayerthorpe, AB. 240 polled red and black Simmental, Angus and Beefmaker (SimAngus) bulls. 780-785-3136. Video online www.lazysranch.ca

40 BLACK ANGUS HEIFERS, bred to Black Angus heifer bulls starting July 2nd. Bulls out August 20. Nice, quiet, average weight 1100 lbs. 306-322-7905, Archerwill, SK. TOP QUALITY PUREBRED Black Angus bred heifers. Call Spruce Acres, 306-272-3997, Foam Lake, SK. PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling bulls, replacement heifers, AI service. Meadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK.

TROPHY ZONE TANNERY. State of the art facility. Hair on tanning for both taxidermy and domestic hides. Quality work with fast turn around. Call anytime 403-653-1565 or cell 406-450-6300, Cardston, AB. Email: bunnage@shaw.ca BRED HEIFERS PUREBRED Black Angus, papers available. Exposed to light birthweight Angus bulls, July 5 to Sept 5th. Contact Ernest Gibson, Everblack Angus, Vermilion, AB., 780-853-2422. BIRD WATCHERS CALL To The Far North! Bird stands and natural locations available. Year round bird and wildlife watching. Tree stands, ground blinds, and natural locations available. North Western Saskatchewan. Ron Kisslinger 306-822-2256 or email: p.r.service@sasktel.net

• Swath grazing or rotational grazing TUBING FROM 1-1/4” to 3-1/2”. Sucker rod 3/4”, 7/8” and 1”. Line pipe and Casing also available. Phone 1-800-661-7858 or NORDAL LIMOUSIN AND ANGUS 2016 Bull Sale, Thursday, Feb. 18th, Saskatoon LiveRolls wire evenly across the full 780-842-5705, Wainwright, AB. stock Sales, Saskatoon, SK. 30 Black Angus width of the spool automatically 2 year old bulls. Board available till April 1st. View catalogue and videos at as the wire is pulled in! www.nordallimousin.com Call Rob Garner, Call for Local Dealers in BLUE WATER IRRIGATION DEV. LTD. Simpson, SK., 306-946-7946. Reinke pivots, lateral, minigators, pump Sask., Alta. and B.C. and used mainline new Bauer travelers 11 REG. PB open Black Angus heifers, dealer. 22 yrs. experience. 306-858-7351, $2500; 16 registered PB bred Black Angus Central Alberta cows, $3500. 306-236-6952 Rapid View SK Lucky Lake, SK. www.philsirrigation.ca Machinery MOVE WATER OR IRRIGATE? 4” to 12” alSales & Service Ltd um. pipe, pumps and motors. 50 yrs. expe- BLACK ANGUS BULLS on moderate Ken Lendvay 403-550-3313 growing ration, performance info. rience. Dennis 403-308-1400, Taber, AB. available. Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. Red Deer, Alberta WESTERN IRRIGATION: Cadman travel- 306-342-4407. www.valleyhillsangus.com ling gun dealer. One used Cadman 4000S e-mail: kﬂendvay@hotmail.com traveller; Used 2 miles of 6” ring lock used BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, sewww.levelwind.com alum. pipe; Used diesel pumping unit. We men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery HIGH QUALITY and value for money. Car- buy and sell used irrigation equipment. available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. skinnerfarmsangus.com bide drill points and openers. Find out 306-867-9461, 306-867-7037, Outlook, SK more at: www.vwmfg.com or 5 PB ANGUS heifer calves, average weight 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. 650 lbs., excellent blood lines; also coming EXCELLENT QUALITY and value for your 2 year old PB virgin Angus bull. dollar with our carbide air drills. Find out 306-345-2046, Pense, SK. more at: www.vwmfg.com or 403-528-3350, Dunmore, AB. SELLING: BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Wayside RETIRING: 1980 JD 4640 tractor, recent 2013 JD Z445, zero turn mower, 54” cut, Angus, Henry and Bernie Jungwirth, drop-in 50 Series eng. and trans. service; 117 hours, $4,200. Call Nelson Motors & 306-256-3607, Cudworth, SK. 30’ Premier swather; Rite-Way 50’ harrow Equipment, 1-888-508-4406 or website: packer bar; New Holland 1033 automatic www.nelsonmotors.com bale wagon; 1979 GMC 3 ton grain truck w/roll tarp. 306-638-4550, Findlater, SK. 85 YEARLING RED ANGUS bulls. Guaranteed, semen tested, and delivered in the spring. Phone Bob Jensen, 306-967-2770, Leader, SK. WANTED USED, LOW hours, self propelled forage harvester. Contact Gord at: 780-831-6872, Sexsmith, AB.

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GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner Preservers Ltd., ask for Ron 2004 ROGATER 1264, 1200-GAL., 80’ Wood outback auto steer, Raven auto rate, Ra- 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. ven GPS w/mapping, rear duals, 2 sets of SOLIDLOCK AND TREE ISLAND game wire tips, $60,000; 2007 Lexion 570W, 1420 and all accessories for installation. Heights sep. hrs, Swath Master, chaff spreader, from 26” to 120”. Ideal for elk, deer, bison, Outback autosteer, $90,000; 2006 MacDon sheep, swine, cattle, etc. Tom Jensen 873 adaptor to fit on 500 series combine, ph/fax: 306-426-2305, Smeaton, SK. $4,500; 2004 Agco RT 150, FWA loader, TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. grapple, joystick, 150 PTO HP, front & rear MULCHING3-PT, CVT & front axle suspension, 2339 Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: hrs., $90,000. Call 403-665-2341, Craig- www.maverickconstruction.ca myle, AB. CABLE 5/16” and 3/8” used, .10¢ to DON’T LEAVE MONEY on the table- .12¢/ft; galv. aircraft cable 1/8”, 5/32” create the perfect seed bed. Find out and 3/16” Save $. 403-237-8575, Calgary. more at: www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350. Dunmore, AB. DRILL POINTS AND air drill openers ready to be shipped as needed. For more info.: SEASONED SPRUCE SLAB firewood, one www.vwmfg.com or call 403-528-3350. cord bundles, $109, half cord bundles, Dunmore, AB. $72; Blocked and split wood also available. BOURGAULT 5710 64’ air drill; 535 Buhler V&R Sawing, 306-232-5488, Rosthern, SK. Vers. tractor; Farm King 70x13 grain au- BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood ger; 9120 Case/IH combine. Located at and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood PreLuseland, SK. Call 587-296-0588. servers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, ACREAGE EQUIPMENT: 3-PT. CULTI- SK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer. VATORS, Discs, Plows, Blades, Harrows, POPLAR - $50/cord; Dry pine - $75/cord; Etc. 780-892-3092, Wabamun, AB. Tamarack - $85/cord. Trucking $5/loaded 1999 GMC T8500 DSL tow truck, 20’ tilt km. with picker truck. Spruce rails also & wheel lift, $14,500; MF 2675, cab, dsl., avail. Call 306-764-0584, Prince Albert, SK w/Degelman dozer, A1; Sewer pump & tank for a truck; Ford Major dsl. loader, snowblade, 3pth & bale spear; 1960 Edsel for re-building; Field Marshall & Bull Dog tractors, running. Phone 306-236-8023. FROZEN HASKAP BERRIES for sale. DeliHORSE POWER? Fuel economy? Ph Smoke cious, palatable and tasty. Canada’s new‘Em Diesel to safely add both on your farm est super fruit. CFI approved. 9.5 kg. hand equipment! 306-545-5911, Regina, SK. sorted boxes. 306-960-3306, Birch Hills SK ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New Degelman equipment, land rollers, Strawmaster, rockpickers, protill, dozer blades. 306-957-4403, 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK. NEW AND USED PTO generators. Diesel 2- BOLT-ON 3 POINT HITCHES from Case and natural gas sets available as well. Call tractor. Grant 306-746-7336, Semans, SK. 1-888-300-3535, Airdrie, AB.

RANCH READY HORNED Hereford Bull Sale, March 11, 1:00 PM, at the ranch, Simmie, SK. 18 two year old bulls; 25 yearling bulls and 6 purebred open heifers. View catalogue and sale videos online at: www.braunranch.com Contact Craig Braun at: 306-297-2132. MISTY VALLEY FARMS 40th Annual Production Sale of Horned Herefords, Wednesday, February 10th, 2016 at the ranch, 1:00 PM MST. On offer: 70 long yearling bulls including Lanni Bristow’s sale group; 45 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. Harold Oddan 306-893-2783; Maurice Oddan 306-893-2737; Lanni Bristow 780-943-2236; Mark Law 204-743-2049.

9th SUN COUNTRY SHORTHORN SALE, 1 PM, Mar. 8th, 2016 at Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK. On offer will be 40 polled Shorthorn yearling and two year old bulls and 25 open replacement heifers. They have been selected for soundness, fleshing ability and performance. Sale will be broadcast live at: www.dvauction.com Check out our websites for more info. Contact any of the owners to get on catalog mailing list: Horseshoe Creek Farms Ltd. Weyburn, SK. call 306-456-2500 or website: www.horseshoecreekfarms.com Anwender Cattle Company, Radville, SK. call 306-442-2090 or visit website: www.anwendercattlecompany.com Rocking L Cattle Company, Wawota, SK. 306-739-2598, www.rockinglcattleco.com

RED AND BLACK YEARLING SIMMENTAL BULLS, polled, moderate, good temperaments. All bulls sold Private Treaty. Bill or Virginia Peters, 306-237-9506, Perdue, SK. DOUBLE BAR D FARMS Best of Both Worlds Annual Bull Sale on Tuesday, March 1, at the farm, 1:00 PM, Grenfell, SK. Offering 175 Simmental and Simm/ Angus bulls as well as a select group of open Simmental and Simm/Angus heifers. For more info contact Ken 306-697-7204, 306-697-2474 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 403-363-9973. View catalogue online at: www.doublebardfarms.com PL #116061.

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

WELSH BLACK- The Brood Cow Advantage. Check www.canadianwelshblackcattle.com Canadian Welsh Black Soc. 403-442-4372.

36 TOPCUT RED Angus cross heifers, bred to easy-calving Red Angus bull, all AI bred June 10, exposed to Redman Son. Battleford, SK. 306-937-2880 or 306-441-5010. 76 GOOD QUALITY bred heifers, bred to low BW Black Angus. Bulls out June 22. Black, Red, Brown. Preg checked, vaccinated and Ivomeced, $2500. Near Plunkett, SK., 306-682-3717, eves. 306-682-3066. BRED HEIFERS: 60 Black, BWF, and Red Angus cross, bred to easy calving Black Angus bulls. Start calving April 1. FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale. 306-493-2969, Delisle, SK. Cows and quota needed. We buy all classes of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F 150 BLACK ANGUS BRED HEIFERS, Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. bred to low birthweight Black bulls, exPhone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620. posed July 4, 2015, vaccinated with VL5 plus 7 Som, Safeguard/Ivomec, $2500. Call 306-476-7996, Rockglen, SK. 50 BRED 2nd and 3rd calvers for sale. 306-773-1049 or 306-741-6513, Swift Current, SK. BANNERLANE HORNED HEREFORDS Annual Sale, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2:00 PM CST (1:00 PM MST) at the farm, Livelong, SK. 30 coming 2 yr. old bulls, semen tested; 32 bred Hereford cross heifers, preg checked. Dinner at noon. Central point free delivery. Rob Bannerman, 306-845-2764, bannerlane@littleloon.ca View online: www.hereford.ca

BRED HEIFERS: Simmental and Simm. Red Angus cross. Big, strong, top quality heifers. All one iron bred Red and Black Angus. Complete vaccination program incl. first dose of Scourguard and Ivomec. Call 3J Simmental Farms, 306-325-4622, 306-327-8005, Lintlaw, SK. TOP QUALITY PUREBRED Black Angus heifers. Call Spruce Acres, NORDAL LIMOUSIN AND Angus 2016 Bull bred Sale, Thurs, Feb. 18th, Saskatoon Live- 306-272-3997, Foam Lake, SK. stock Sales, Saskatoon. 20 two year old BRED HEIFERS: 9 Simmental/Angus Red and Black Polled Limousin bulls. Board heifers, due March 1st, 1100 lbs., $2400. available till April 1. View catalogue and Phone 306-717-3297, Hafford, SK. videos at www.nordallimousin.com Rob Garner, Simpson, SK., 306-946-7946. CUSTOM WINTERING COWS and feeders. For details call: Eric 306-717-8905, Cam 306-339-7840, Carnduff, SK. WELL BRED BLACK Angus/Simmental BIG ISLAND LOWLINES Premier Breeder. cross and Black Angus open replacement Selling custom designed packages. Name heifers. Call 306-726-2151, Southey, SK. your price and we will put a package to- 30 BRED CHAR./Red Angus cross cows, 4 gether for you. Fullblood/percentage LowNORDAL LIMOUSIN AND ANGUS 2016 Bull line, embryos, semen. Black/Red carrier. bred heifers, bred to Char. and Red Angus bulls. Start calving March 20th; Also 3 year Sale, Thursday, February 18th, Saskatoon Darrell 780-486-7553, Edmonton, AB. old Char. bull. 306-867-8410, Outlook, SK. Livestock Sales, Saskatoon. 20 Red Angus 2 year old bulls. Board available till April 1. Contact Rob Garner, Simpson, SK., 306-946-7946. View catalogue and videos at www.nordallimousin.com

WANTED: MASSEY discers, Model 36. Sask., Alberta or Manitoba. Top dollar. 306-625-3369, 306-750-0642, Ponteix, SK.

WANTED: NH BALE WAGONS and retrievers, any condition. Farm Equipment Finding Service, P.O. Box 1363, Polson, MT DEGELMAN 7900, 16’, 6-way, Case/Stei- 59860 406-883-2118. ger 500 mounting, $35,900. Call Nelson WANTED: USED LOW HR self propelled Motors & Equipment, 1-888-508-4406, forge harvester. Please contact Gord at www.nelsonmotors.com 780-831-6872. 2009 DEGELMAN 6900 14’ blade for WANTED: JD 100 field conditioner. mounting on Case STX 275/280/325/330 306-383-2546, 306-229-8638, leave msg., or 335 4 WD tractor, hyd. angle, silage Rose Valley, SK. ext., $20,000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly tracNewer models too! Smith’s Tractor DEGELMAN 12’ late model 5700 blade, tors. mounts for JD 7720, $13,500; Degelman Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847. 16’ blade, 6-way, mounts for Steiger Panther KM325. 780-679-7795, Camrose, AB.

DAVIDSON GELBVIEH/ LONESOME DOVE RANCH, 27th Annual Bull Sale, Saturday, March 5, 2016, 1:00 PM at their bull yards. Complimentary lunch, 11 AM. Pre-sale viewing and hospitality, Friday, March 4th. Selling 100+ purebred yearling Gelbvieh bulls, Red or Black. Performance and semen tested. View catalog and video at: www.davidsongelbvieh.com or www.lonesomedoveranch.ca Vernon and Eileen 306-625-3755, 306-625-7863; Ross and Tara 306-625-3513, 306-625-7045, Ponteix, SK.

SPRUCE FOR SALE! Beautiful locally grown trees. Plan ahead and renew your shelterbelt or landscape a new yardsite, get the year round protection you need. We sell on farm near Didsbury, AB. or deliver anywhere in Western Canada. 6 - 12’ spruce available. Now taking spring bookings while supplies last. Phone 403-586-8733 or check out our website at REG. RED ANGUS BULLS: calving ease, www.didsburysprucefarms.com quiet, good growth, will be semen tested. Little de Ranch, 306-845-2406, Turtleford

RED ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, semen tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, Englefeld, SK. skinnerfarmsangus.com RED ANGUS BULLS on moderate growHEARTLAND LIVESTOCK, Prince Albert, ing ration, performance info. available. SK, Special Bison Sale, Saturday, January Valleyhills Angus, Glaslyn, SK. Call 30, 2016, 1:00 PM. Featuring 10 lots of bi- 306-342-4407. www.valleyhillsangus.com son calves. Brennin Jack 306-981-2430. DOUBLE BAR D FARMS Best of Both Worlds Annual Bull Sale on Tuesday, March 1, at the farm, 1:00 PM, Grenfell, BISON WANTED - Canadian Prairie Bison SK. Offering 175 Simmental and Simm/ is looking to contract grain finished bison, Angus bulls as well as a select group of as well as calves and yearlings for growing open Simmental and Simm/Angus heifers. markets. Contact Roger Provencher at For more info contact Ken 306-697-7204, 306-697-2474 or T Bar C Cattle Co. 306-468-2316, roger@cdnbison.com 403-363-9973. View catalogue online at: WANTED: ALL KINDS of bison from year- www.doublebardfarms.com PL #116061. lings to old bulls. Also cow/calf pairs. Ph Kevin at 306-429-2029, Glenavon, SK.

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KICKIN’ ASH BUFFALO Meat Products is currently looking for all classes of bison for expanding North American market. Call CHAROLAIS BULLS, YEARLING and two Paul 780-777-2326, Athabasca, AB. or year olds. Wintering available. LVV Ranch, 780-582-2254, Forestburg, AB. email to cabi1@telus.net CURRENT RAIL PRICES: Bulls $5.60/lb. HHW CAD; Heifers $5.40/lb.; Culls $4.50/lb. Call or text: 306-736-3454, Windthorst, SK.

YEARLING AND 2 YEAR old Charolais bulls, tan and white. Call Ervin Zayak, Creedence Charolais Ranch, Derwent, AB., 780-741-3868, 780-853-0708.

40 GOOD QUALITY bison calves, average of 500 lbs., ready for shipping end of Jan. REGISTERED CHAROLAIS BULLS, 2 year olds and yearlings. Polled, horned, some Offers. 780-831-5750, Beaverlodge, AB. red. Quiet hand fed, hairy bulls. 40+ head BUYING: CULL COWS, herdsire bulls, available. Wilf at Cougar Hill Ranch yearlings and calves. Phone Elk Valley 306-728-2800, 306-730-8722, Melville, SK Ranches, 780-846-2980, Kitscoty, AB. QUILL CREEK BISON is looking for finished, and all other types of bison. COD, paying market prices. “Producers working with Producers.” Delivery points in SK. and MB. Call 306-231-9110, Quill Lake, SK. NILSSON BROS INC. buying finished bison on the rail at Lacombe, AB. for winter delivery and beyond. Smaller groups welcome. Fair, competitive and assured payment. Call Richard Bintner 306-873-3184.

GELBVIEH STOCK EXCHANGE BULL AND FEMALE SALE, March 8, 2016 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.

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CUSTOM WINTERING COWS and feeders. For details call: Eric 306-717-8905, Cam 306-339-7840, Carnduff, SK. $5000 REWARD LEADING up to or in finding 14 missing Simmental cows and 13 calves. Cows have brand “TLX” on left rib and possibly a brand of “P” and backwards “G” on left rib. Calves probably not branded. Went missing in Alliance/Sedgwick, AB area. Call 780-386-3745, 780-888-1258. 70 ANGUS CROSS 2nd and 3rd calving bred cows, bred to Angus bulls, start calving April 1st; 50 Angus bred heifers, bred Angus. Vaccinated with FP5 and Ivomec. Call 204-851-0745, Elkhorn, MB. MJ PETERSEN TRANSPORT Ltd. has for hire ground load 53’ cattleliner and a 53’ stepdeck hay trailer. Mortlach, SK. Call Dakota 306-891-1380 306-631-2023 Miles

WINTER WATERING: FREEZE proof, motion eye, 24”/36” drain back bowl. Call toll free 1-888-731-8882, Lumsden, SK. Or visit: www.kellnsolar.com

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

GATEWAY COUNTRY SPRING HORSE And Longhorn Auction, Saturday, May 14, 2016, Silver Sage Community Corral, Brooks, AB. Call Gateway Auction Services Ltd., 1-866-304-4664 to consign and for details or go to: www.gwacountry.com

TEAM OF JOHN MULES, 16.3 HH, 1500 lbs., good dispositions, work well together. been on most hitch combinations and implements, $6000 OBO. 403-885-5546, Blackfalds, AB.

PERCHERON CANADIAN CROSS black filly, 3 year old, 16 HH tall, broke to drive. Call 306-862-5975, Codette, SK.

B&W PAINT GELDING, broke, 8 yrs, $2600 firm. Appaloosa sorrel gelding, broke, 8 yrs, $3000 firm. 306-386-7713, Cando, SK.

NEW BUGGY, WAGON, sleigh, cutterwood and metal parts. Wooden wheel manufacture and restoration. Wolfe Wagons, Saskatoon, SK. Phone 306-221-1017 after 6 PM weekdays.

SELLING LAMBS AND GOATS? Why take one price from one buyer? Expose your lambs and goats to a competitive market. Beaver Hill Auctions, Tofield, AB. Sales every Monday, trucks hauling from SK, BC, AB. www.beaverhillauctions.com Call: 780-662-9384. 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

SASK. SHEEP DEV. BOARD sole distributor of sheep ID tags in Sask., offers programs, marketing services and sheep/ goat supplies. 306-933-5200, Saskatoon, SK. www.sksheep.com

BUY ALL: Pigs/swine/wild boar, raised outside, all sizes. Most $. 1-877-226-1395. www.canadianheritagemeats.com

WANTED: ELK BULLS, various ages. 306-845-7518, Turtleford, SK.

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WANTED: ELK, WHITE-TAILED Deer and Bison. Rob at 780-871-1056, Lloydminster

ALBERTA ELK RANCHERS Production Sale 5th Annual. Friday, February 12, 2016 7:00 PM, Nisku Inn, Nisku, AB. Call Gateway Auction Services Ltd. for details, 1-866-304-4664, www.gwacountry.com

GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPS, ready to go. Phone Ed 306-269-7745, leave message if not in, Foam Lake, SK.

PB AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD PUPS, working parents, ready to go mid January. Call 780-853-2783, Vermilion, AB. KUVASZ PUPPIES, 6 females, 2 males, vet checked, first shots, ready to go Jan 21. Call Barb, 403-637-2192, Water Valley, AB. PAYSEN LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT INC. GREAT PYRENEES/AKBASH CROSS pups, We manufacture an extensive line of cattle born Oct. 3, with sheep, both working parhandling and feeding equipment including ents, $200. 306-845-2404, Livelong, SK squeeze chutes, adj. width alleys, crowding tubs, calf tip tables, maternity pens, gates and panels, bale feeders, Bison equipment, Texas gates, steel water troughs, rodeo equipment and garbage incinerators. Distributors for El-Toro electric branders and twine cutters. Our squeeze chutes and headgates are now avail. with a neck extender. Ph 306-796-4508, email: ple@sasktel.net Web: www.paysen.com ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: FeaSVEN ROLLER MILLS. Built for over 40 turing 80x160x18’ post buildings for years. PTO/elec. drive, 40 to 1000 bu./hr. $143,460. Visit: www.zaksbuilding.com or Example: 300 bu./hr. unit costs $1/hr. to ph 306-225-2288 to request a quote today run. Rolls peas and all grains. We regroove ZAK’S COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS- featurand repair all makes of mills. Call Apollo ing 60x104x16’ post buildings for $63,850. Machine 306-242-9884, 1-877-255-0187. 306-225-2288 or www.zaksbuilding.com www.apollomachineandproducts.com to request a quote today. FROSTFREE NOSEPUMPS: Fully sustainable livestock watering. No power required to heat or pump. Prevents contamination. Grants available. 1-866-843-6744. BUILDING RTM’S OVER 30 years! We ship all over SK and AB. Home Hardware Buildwww.frostfreenosepumps.com ing Centre, North Battleford 306-445-3350 GREG’S WELDING: Freestanding 30’ 5 bar ext. 225. www.nbhomehardware.com panels, all 2-7/8” drill stem construction, $470; 24’x5.5’ panels, 2-7/8” pipe with 5- LOG POST AND BEAM shell package for 1” sucker rods, $350; 24’x6’ panels, 2-7/8” sale. 26’x34’ with loft 1220 sq. ft. total. pipe with 6- 1” rods, $375; 30’ 2 or 3 bar Douglas fir logs. Call 306-222-6558 cell, jeff@backcountryloghomes.ca windbreak panels c/w lumber. Gates and email double hinges avail. on all panels. Belting or visit www.backcountryloghomes.ca troughs for grain or silage. Calf shelters. RTM MODEL 1885 sq. ft., only 1 in stock Del. avail. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK. $209,000 taxes in. Home Hardware Build195 NEW HOLLAND manure spreader, ing Centre, North Battleford 306-445-3350 1000 PTO, hydraulic double floor chain, ext 225. www.nbhomehardware.com double beaters, $12,000. 306-268-2627 or OWN A ZAK’S custom built home in the 306-268-7750, Bengough, SK. brand new subdivision in Neuanlage, SK, FREESTANDING PANELS: 30’ windbreak just minutes from Saskatoon. Go to: panels; 6-bar 24’ and 30’ panels; 10’, 20’ www.zaksbuilding.com or 306-225-2288. and 30’ feed troughs; Bale shredder bunks; Silage bunks; Feeder panels; HD bale feeders; All metal 16’ and 24’ calf shelters. Will MEDALLION HOMES 1-800-249-3969 custom build. 306-424-2094, Kendal, SK. Immediate delivery: New 16’ and 20’ QUALITY 5 BARS, windbreaks, gates and modular homes; Also used 14’ and 16’ feeders, plus more. Many satisfied long homes. Now available: Lake homes. term customers. 306-485-8559, Oxbow SK Medallion Homes, 306-764-2121, Prince Albert, SK. FFS- FUCHS FARM SUPPLY is your partner in agriculture stocking mixer, cutter, RECENTLY REDUCED. 1800 sq. ft. home feed wagons and bale shredders and in- to be moved off lot. 3 bdrm, 1 bath, large dustry leading Rol-Oyl cattle oilers. porch, office, 2 family rooms, $50,000. 306-762-2125, Vibank, SK. www.fuchs.ca Must see! Jason 306-642-3315, Assiniboia. ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS- featuring 32x40x16’ post buildings for $25,700. Call 306-225-2288 or go to ZAK’S RTM HOMES and cottages, custom www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote. built- every time!! www.zaksbuilding.com 2004 HIGHLINE 7010 bale processor, big or call our talented staff at 306-225-2288 square, Right-hand delivery, $6500. Call to help design your new home. 403-793-1302, Brooks, AB. RTM MODEL 1507 sq. ft., 3 bedroom. STOP WASTING GRAIN! Try our grain Home Hardware Building Centre, North troughs: 30’ c/w skids, made of conveyor Battleford, SK., 306-445-3350 ext. 225. belting and pipe, $750 ea. 306-538-4685, www.nbhomehardware.com 306-736-7146, Kennedy, SK. RTM MODEL 1885 sq. ft., only 1 in stock ARROW LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT: Port. $209,000 taxes in. Home Hardware Buildwindbreaks, custom panels. Mossbank, SK. ing Centre, North Battleford 306-445-3350 ext 225. www.nbhomehardware.com 1-866-354-7655, www.shadowranch.ca RTM MODEL 1436 sq. ft., only 2 in stock $142,000 taxes in. Home Hardware Building Centre, North Battleford 306-445-3350 ext. 225. www.nbhomehardware.com NEW TUPPERWARE, liquidating, no tax, RTM MODEL 1347 sq. ft., 3 bdrm, vaulted discount prices. 306-516-7890, Yorkton, ceiling, garage 24x24. Home Hardware SK. everything-on-sale.weebly.com Building Centre 306-445-3350 ext. 225, N. Battleford. www.nbhomehardware.com RTM MODEL 1217 sq. ft., 3 bedrooms. Home Hardware Building Centre, North Battleford, SK., 306-445-3350 ext. 225. 2002 10’x30’ WELLSITE trailer, propane www.nbhomehardware.com pig, AC, bedroom with bunk beds, fresh CVIP, $35,800. Stk #UV1026. Camrose, RTM’S AND SITE built homes. Call 1-866-933-9595 or search pictures and AB., 780-672-6868. www.ontrackinc.net pricing at: www.warmanhomes.ca BUILDING RTM’S OVER 30 years! We ship all over SK and AB. Home Hardware Building Centre, North Battleford 306-445-3350 ext. 225. www.nbhomehardware.com AQUA THERM A pasture proven trough. Winter water problems? Solved! No electricity required. 3 sizes - 100, 200 and 525 gallon. Kelln Solar, Lumsden, SK. 1-888-731-8882, www.kellnsolar.com

2008 HIGHLINE BALE Pro 8100, feed chopper series, EZ Feed II grain tank, very good condition, used 4 years, $18,900. WANT THE ORGANIC ADVANTAGE? 780-853-7205, Vermilion, AB. Contact an organic Agrologist at Pro-Cert for information on organic farming: prospects, transition, barriers, benefits, certifi- LAND OPPORTUNITY: 1) 70 acres develcation and marketing. Call 306-382-1299, opment property west of Lloydminster. 2) Saskatoon, SK. or info@pro-cert.org Brand new feedlot and cattle headquarters, approx. 2000 head cap., attached to 2700 acres of cattle country, West of Edmonton. 3) 960 acre rolling pasture, great hunting, will carry approx. 180 cow/calf pairs, $37,850 surface lease revenue. West of Leduc. 4) 6800 acre ranch north of ORGANIC FEED GRAIN. Call DMI Smoky Lake, 2 modern homes, $30,000 surface lease revenue. 5) 800 acres prime 2000 HARSH 575 feed box complete for 306-515-3500, Regina, SK sale, $15,000. Call Jeff at 403-371-6362, ORGANIC GROWERS WANTED. Grow property just west of Edmonton, north of Brant, AB. quinoa! Total production contracts Cougar Creek Golf Course and South of Alavailable for 2016. Premium returns, guar- berta Beach. 6) Deluxe recreational quarZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS- Cattle anteed markets and delivery. Call ter west of Caroline. Fronts on Clearwater shelter and barn packages. Call 306-933-9525 or view www.quinoa.com River. Call Don Jarrett, Realty Executives 306-225-2288 or www.zaksbuilding.com Leading, 780-991-1180, Spruce Grove, AB. to request a farm building quote today! TRADE AND EXPORT Canada buying all CENTRAL ALBERTA FARMS, acreages, grades of organic grains. Fast payment LUCK NOW 200 silage wagon, used to feed and pick up. Call 306-433-4700. businesses (all sizes). Information avail. oats, augers/box like new, w/weigh scale on request! Central Agencies Camrose Ltd. $8500. 306-743-7717, Langenburg, SK. BEST COOKING PULSES accepting samples 4870-51 St., Camrose, AB. 780-672-4491. of organic and conventional pulses for MOLE HILL DESTROYERS: 2015 Demo 2014/2015 crop year. Matt 306-586-7111, WATER PROBLEMS? ELIMINATE rust, Unit, Series 4, 50’; also used Series 4, 40’. Rowatt, SK. smell, bad taste, hardness, sodium odor. Order your 2016 Units now. Call: The Water Clinic, 1-800-664-2561, 306-542-7325, molehilledestroyer.com www.thewaterclinic.com 3000 ACRES DEEDED farmland for sale in CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on site. For early booking call WANTED: CERTIFIED ORGANIC feeder 1 block. Sections 5, 6, 7, 8 and 18, all 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website cattle. Call Peter Lundgard, Nature’s Way 22-2-W4, Bindloss, AB. h.field@shaw.ca Farm at 780-338-2934, Grimshaw, AB. Call 403-528-5425 or 403-548-1299. www.warmanhomecentre.com

FOR SALE BY OWNER: 5200 ACRE RANCH in east central AB. Ranch yard 1/2 mile off pavement, shelterbelts, 1400 sq. ft. bungalow, 2 car garage, 40x80’ shop, 2 barns, 20,000 bu grain storage, abundance of water, 500 head feedlot w/cement feed bunks. All working corrals and feed alleys are pipe construction. Situated 3 miles from school K-12. Excellent community. Great neighbors. The ranch (except for 3 quarters of cult. land) is in 1 piece bordering north side of Hwy #12, 43 kms east of Consort, AB. There are no roads or obstacles dissecting this entire area. The ranch hosts a good mix of prairie, developed grass and silage acres. 8 miles of water pipeline, from a well, services pastures w/tire water troughs at 14 locations. Rolling landscape w/aspen and willow shelter is abundant in all areas. Lanes lead into the ranch yard from all directions, making easy cattle gathering. This is a rare opportunity to purchase a well developed, well maintained and functional ranch that requires low labor operation. 403-552-2191, cell 780-753-1959.

BISON RANCH/LAND FOR SALE MLS® 556997, $1,250,000. 1,007 acre ranch SW of St. Louis with cedar log home, 8’ and 5’ game fence on 5 quarters, 2 not fenced, excellent bison handling facilities for sorting and loading. MLS® 529815, RM of Aberdeen, $249,900. 40 acres partial Hwy #41 frontage. MLS® 530816, RM of Bayne, $879,900. 474 acres with potential for aggregate source. MLS® 546502, RM of Fish Creek, $199,900. 369 acres natural topography, wildlife and cultivated land. MLS® 553388, RM of Vanscoy, $99,900. 40 acres good building site 20 kms from Saskatoon. MLS® 557183 RM of Laird, $199,900. Organic land. Seller willing to rent back. For further details check out listings at: www.EdBobiashTeam.com or contact Ed Bobiash RE/MAX Saskatoon, at: 306-280-2400.

GRAIN LAND TO RENT, 35 mile radius of Rouleau, SK. Call 306-776-2600 or email: kraussacres@sasktel.net

FARM LOCATED IN the center of 800 RM OF CANAAN: Approx. 160 acres of acres, 755 cultivated. Yard fully serviced farmland. John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd., with 2013 1675 sq. ft. house, 70,000 bu. 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com aerated grain storage, 30x30’ heated shop, steel clad machine shed, other NEVER...HAUL OR purchase those heavy 120x48’ storage sheds. 306-287-7928, bags of water softening salt or expensive modern bottle water again! The Water Clinic, Quill Lake, SK. www.thewaterclinic.com 1-800-664-2561. RM OF CALEDONIA #99 480 acres. 40 LAND FOR SALE RM Buchanan: NE-24-32-5 mi. SE of Regina. Assess 256,400. Asking W2, 109 cult. acres. NW-24-32-5-W2, 101 $1190/acre. Keith Bartlett 306-535-5707, cult. acres, power, 3 air bins, 3 steel bins. Sutton Group Results Realty, Regina, SK. NW-25-32-5-W2, 133 cult. acres, machine shop, 2 steel bins. SW-19-32-4-W2, 131 DID YOU HAVE CANOLA DAMAGE from cult acres. 306-563-7455 or 306-563-7534 Frontline Tank contamination in 2014/ 2015? Contact Back-Track Investigations SELLING BY TENDER: RM of Glen Bain 1-866-882-4779 for assistance and 105. Approx 1280 acres of grain land with compensation. backtrackcanada.com steel quonset, grain bins and an old farm house. For information on placing an offer please call John Cave with Edge Realty at RM OF GRANT #372, 30 miles east of Saskatoon off Hwy #5. SE-29-37-28-W2, 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com 153 acres, 82 cult., 54,700 assessment. RM BIRCH HILLS #460, 2033 total acres MLS® 556060, $152,000. Garry Frie, Royal in 2 blocks, 4 miles apart. Prime farmland. LePage Saskatoon, SK. 639-480-7254. Turnkey home quarter operation with park like setting. 2 yardsites. 2 storey, 3300 sq. RM SPIRITWOOD. What a property! This ft. newer home. Quonset, shop, bins. Will 307 acre grain farm offers a 1204 sq. ft., 3 sell whole or parcels, yardsite may sell bdrm home w/full basement, nat. gas heat and well. 40x60 quonset, 5 steel bins, separate. 306-960-1478, Birch Hills, SK. 22x42 garage/shop, plus other yard buildMINERAL RIGHTS. We will purchase and ings. Approx. 220 acres cultivated. Located or lease your mineral rights. 8 miles East of Spiritwood and 1/2 mile 1-877-269-9990. cndfree@telusplanet.net South. Bring your pets and farm animals and enjoy this peaceful area. MLS® DWEIN TRASK REALTY INC. Grass Lake, 556862. Call Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the SK. RM #381: NW-05-38-24-W3, Battlefords, 306-446-8800, 306-441-0512, SW-07-38-24-W3 and NE-06-38-24-W3, North Battleford. remaxbattlefords.com total 480 acres. Reward, SK. 6 oilwell leases and long term land renter. Please call Dwein Trask: 306-221-1035 for more info. RM of HOODOO #401, SW-36-43-26-W2. 158 acres, 155 cultivated. New scale assessment, 107,600. Taxes $1,142/yr. Asking price, $275,000. Contact Omar Gomaa by phone at: 403-407-1700, or email to: gomaanm@gmail.com Wakaw, SK.

2005 MONACO CAYMAN 34PDD, 35’, 5.9 Cummins, 300 HP, 21,500 miles, auto, satellite, air over hyd. brakes, 5.5 KW Onan dsl. gen.- 148 hrs, exc. cond., 2 slides, $75,000. More photos on our website www.can-amtruck.com Can-Am Truck Export Ltd 1-800-938-3323. DL #910420.

2016 PALAZZO 36.1, Stock #K4419, 340 HP, 2 slides, fully loaded. $292,022. MSRP, cash price $224,000. save $68,022. Shop online 24/7 at: www.allandale.com or 1-844-488-3142.

2016 TUSCANY 45AT, Stock #H5312, 450 HP, independent front susp., Aqua hot and many more options available. Call for a quote: 1-866-346-3148, or shop online 24/7: www.allandale.com

2015 CHALLENGER 37ND, Stock #16341, WATER PROBLEMS? Multi-Tech no salt ($223,623. MSRP), Sale $144,900. (Save softening system. Never purchase or haul $78,723!) Call: 1-866-346-3148, or shop water or softener salt ever again! Call The online 24/7 at: www.allandale.com Water Clinic, 1-800-664-2561.

RURAL water, farms, acreages. Multi-pure 10,000 ACRES CULTIVATED farmland for membrane system; 2000 gal./day. No PARTS FOR VINTAGE snowmobiles, 1990 sale in the Luseland, SK. area. Call more water softeners. The Water Clinic, and older. Call Don at 780-755-2258, Wainwright, AB. doncole@mcsnet.ca 587-296-0588, Calgary, AB. www.thewaterclinic.com 1-800-664-2561. 2014 ARCTIC CAT XF7000 LXR, 1049 cc DWEIN TRASK REALTY INC., St. BeneYamaha, 4-stroke, 200 miles, like new, dict south, 325 acres of 32-40-24-W2 $10,500. Call 306-561-7780, Davidson, SK. with grain storage, very good 2 storey house just complete with $100,000 renos! PASTURE FOR RENT for 300 pairs or 500 WANTED: 1970 SKI-DOO Olympique for Barn and extensive corrals. New price yearlings, supervised, lots of gass, corrals, restoration. Call 306-278-7344, Porcupine $699,900! Ph Dwein Trask 306-221-1035. water, 4-wire fence. 306-445-0099, Plain, SK. 306-317-4577, North Battleford, SK. BEAUTIFUL 160 ACRES, 17 miles NW of WANTED: 2001-2007 SKI-DOO Skandic Meadow Lake, SK., 1/2 mile S of Beaver TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. 440LT. 306-278-7344, Porcupine Plain, SK. River. Can be used as recreation land, hay MULCHINGor grains. NW-31-18-60-W3, RM 588. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca $142,000. 306-240-5997. RURAL WATER, FARMS, acreages. Multipure membrane system, 2000 gal./day. The Water Clinic, www.thewaterclinic.com RURAL water, farms, acreages. Multi-pure 1-800-664-2561. membrane system, 2000 gal./day. No RM ROSEMOUNT, CANDO: $630,000. more water softeners. The Water Clinic, 352 acre livestock ranch with 317 acres www.thewaterclinic.com 1-800-664-2561. grass, 25 acres cultivated, 10 acres yard w/1950 sq. ft. bungalow, detached double RM OF CORMAN PARK. 80 acres suitable garage, 44x80’ quonset w/overhead door, for acreage or pasture, power and water. N barn with hay loft, calving barn, 3 shelter 1/2-36-38-09-W3, $160,000, or rent for barns, watering bowls, new water well pasture. 306-222-0991, 306-466-4442. 2014. MLS®550607. Wally Lorenz, Realtor Re/Max of the Battlefords 306-843-7898. BUILDING RTM’S OVER 30 years! We ship HAMMOND REALTY. Excellent ranching all over SK and AB. Home Hardware Buildopportunity featuring 1,916 acres deeded ing Centre, North Battleford 306-445-3350 w/320 acres Crown lease. Includes 425 ext. 225. www.nbhomehardware.com cropped, 886 hay, 607 native pasture/wet land acres. Features: 1700 sq. ft. home 20 ACRES ZONED Industrial 5 bdrm. bun(2012), 40x60 pole shed (2011) and live- galow, barn, 40x60 shop, 15 acres pasture, stock facilities. Located in west central SK. fully fenced. Locate Hwy 22, Caroline/Sun(2.2x assessment) Asking $1,500,000. dre, AB area 403-352-6953, 403-348-3589 http://www.timhammond.ca/Listing_ 168959680.html Call 306-948-5052. RTM MODEL 1885 sq. ft., only 1 in stock $209,000 taxes in. Home Hardware Building Centre, North Battleford 306-445-3350 ext 225. www.nbhomehardware.com

ELIAS SCALES MFG., several different ways to weigh bales and livestock; Platform scales for industrial use as well, nonelectric, no balances or cables (no weigh like it). Shipping arranged. 306-445-2111, North Battleford, SK. www.eliasscales.com

RTM MODEL 1436 sq. ft., only 2 in stock $142,000 taxes in. Home Hardware Building Centre, North Battleford 306-445-3350 ext. 225. www.nbhomehardware.com

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a Land Auction for the Estate of Ron Carriere, Thursday, March 31, 2016, 7:00 PM at the Days Inn, Estevan, SK. Up for Unreserved Auction are 8 quarter sections of farmland in the RM of Benson #35. Some of the land will sell with surface lease oil revenue. View www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill and photos. 306-421-2928 or 306-487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL311962 WANTED FARMLAND TO RENT in the Raymore/ Semans area, North of Hwy. 15. Call 306-528-7875 or benrhb@gmail.com PRICE REDUCED. RM of Leask #464. What a ranch! 4342 acres in a block, 4-wire fences and treated, posts. Over 3000 acres in tame pasture. 36x112’ hip roof calving barn w/boxstalls, 3 large open end cattle shelters, corrals systems, well, pasture water. Plus a 36x51’ metal clad building. 36x20’ adjoining ranch hands living quarters w/in-floor NG heat, power, phone, sewer. What a location! One hour to Prince Albert and just over an hour to Saskatoon and North Battleford. MLS® 557460. For more info. or viewing, call Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battlefords, 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512. RM 225: IRRIGATION potential! Approx. 800 acres of grainland which can be irrigated from the South Sask. River according to the owner. Excellent opportunity to own irrigated land. John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd., 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com

RIVER FRONT PROPERTY, MLS® 540626, $1,599,000. 99 acres only 30 kms. NW of Saskatoon, just off 4 lane Hwy #16. Currently a personal private paradise with a beautiful log home. Opportunity for further subdivision for 4 residential acreage lots; potential vacation or outdoor travel destination, eg. B&B (subject to RM approval). MLS® 544015, $499,900. 80 acres with home, shop and possible 2 additional 5 acre residential lots, just SW of Saskatoon off Valley Road. MLS® 536159, $429,900. 77 acres with 2010 built home, pole shed, corrals and outdoor riding arena, Hwy #12 near Blaine Lake. MLS® 554055, $649,900. 19 acres, home with suite, processing facility, shop, barn. Just north of Saskatoon. Visit www.EdBobiashTeam.com Ed Bobiash RE/MAX Saskatoon 306-280-2400.

CERTIFIED MEREDITH BARLEY. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. CERT. #1 AAC Synergy, CDC Copeland, CDC Meredith. Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. TOP QUALITY CERT. #1 CDC Copeland, AC Metcalfe, Newdale, CDC Meredith. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977 Watson SK CERTIFIED #1 AAC SYNERGY, AC Metcalfe and Legacy. Hetland Seeds, Naicam, SK. 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com

2014 JD 825i XUV Gator, 73 hours, CERT. CDC COPELAND, Cert. AC Metcalfe $18,900. Call Nelson Motors & Equipment, malt barley. Call for large and early order 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com discounts. Treating available. Visa or M/C. www.llseeds.ca 306-530-8433, Lumsden. 2012 JD 825i XUV Gator, 582 hours, $11,900. Call Nelson Motors & Equipment, WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified CDC Austenson, highest yielding feed barley on 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com market. Call 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. 2011 JD 825i GATOR, diff. lock, electric CERT. #1 AAC Synergy (2-row malt), CDC tilt box, half windshield, excellent cond., Austenson, CDC Maverick. Exc. quality. Ph stored inside, 2850 kms, $9000 OBO. Ardell Seeds Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415. 306-529-7574, Rouleau, SK. CERT. AC METCALFE, CDC Copeland, CDC 2013 JD RSX850i Gator, 150 hours, Meredith. 97% plus germ., 0% fusarium $18,800. Call Nelson Motors & Equipment, graminearum. Fraser Farms, Pambrun, SK. 306-741-0475, foc@sasktel.net 1-888-508-4406, www.nelsonmotors.com

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CERTIFIED #1 LEGACY (6R). Call Fenton CWRS WHEAT GROWERS: Gregoire Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. Seed Farm Ltd., has Registered/ Cert. AAC Brandon, good FHB rating, semi dwarf, MALT BARLEY GROWERS Gregoire Seed very high yielder and test weight. Breeze Farm Ltd., has Certified CDC Copeland. to straight cut. Also good supply of Reg./ May be malters top choice 2016/17. Also Certified Carberry. Volume discounts. Cert. CDC Meredith, CDC Kindersley. 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516, North 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516, North Battleford, SK. gregfarms@sasktel.net Battleford, SK. gregfarms@sasktel.net CERT. CARDALE WHEAT. Midge tolerant CERTIFIED, REG. AND FOUNDATION CDC Shaw-AC Domain VB wheat; Prosper; FallMaverick, Gadsby, AC Rosser, Amisk. er high yielding new class wheat; Andrew Haralie Seeds, 780-662-2617, Tofield, AB. soft wheat. Call for large and early order WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified CDC discounts. Treating available. Visa, M/C. Copeland, AC Metcalfe. Call Trawin Seeds, 306-530-8433, Lumsden. www.llseeds.ca 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. CERTIFIED #1 AAC BRANDON, AC Shaw VB, AC Vesper VB, CDC Utmost VB and Conquer VB. Call Hetland Seeds at Naicam, SK. 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com CERT., REG. AAC Marchwell VB durum. Sean Miller, Avonlea, SK., 306-868-7822. CERT. TRANSCEND DURUM, good germ. and vigor. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. CERT. TRANSCEND, AAC Marchwell VB, AAC Raymore, Eurostar and Strongfield. All germs. are 90% plus, 0% fusarium graminearum. Fraser Farms 306-741-0475, Pambrun, SK. foc@sasktel.net MIDGE TOLERANT DURUM now available. Cert. AAC MARCHWELL. Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., 306-380-7769, 306-648-3511. CERT. DURUM SEED, AAC Current, AAC Raymore, AAC Marchwell, Transcend. Printz Family Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., 306-380-7769, 306-648-3511.

CERT. #1 CDC Limerick and Cooper. Call Northland Seeds Inc., 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. CERT. CDC GREENWATER and CDC Limerick green peas, good germ. and vigor. Call Shaun at: 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. CERTIFIED CDC LIMERICK green pea seed. Sunset Farms, Pennant, SK. Phone: 306-626-3388, or 306-741-1523 cell, or email: sunset@sasktel.net

CERTIFIED CDC AMARILLO and Limerick peas. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK FOUNDATION REG. CERT. #1 CDC Limerick, CDC Greenwater. Also, CDC Marble (french green lentil). Ardell Seeds Ltd. Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415. CERT. CDC AMARILLO, CDC Greenwater, exc germ. and disease. Fraser Farms, Pambrun, SK., 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net CERT. CDC AMARILLO and CDC Hornet yellow peas, good germ. and vigor. Call TOP QUALITY CERTIFIED alfalfa and grass Shaun at: 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. seed. Call Gary or Janice Waterhouse CERTIFIED PATRICK, HIGH germ. Early 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. booking discount. Terre Bonne Seed Farm 306-921-8594, 306-752-4810, Melfort, SK.

HYBRID AND OPEN-POLLINATED canola varieties. Certified #1 Synergy (Polish), Dekalb, Rugby, Cafe. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK.

CERTIFIED #1 CS CAMDEN and Triactor. CERTIFIED CDC BETHUNE flax. Call Grant, Seeds, 306-746-7336, Call Hetland Seeds at Naicam, SK., Greenshields 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com CDC BOYER CERT. #1, 96% germ., early BROWN FLAX GROWERS: Gregoire Seed maturity, plump seed. Stoll’s Seed Barn, Farm Ltd., has Reg./ Cert. CDC Glas, high yielder, easy harvesting. Vol. discounts. 306-493-7409, Delisle, SK. 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516, North CERTIFIED #1 CDC Orrin, Leggett, CDC Battleford, SK. gregfarms@sasktel.net Ruffian. Call Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, CERT. AAC BRAVO, CDC Sanctuary, CDC Tisdale, SK. Sorrel, CDC Bethune. Fraser Farms, PamWWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified AC brun, SK. 306-741-0475. foc@sasktel.net Morgan, Souris, Triactor, CS Camden oats. CERT. CDC SORREL flax seed, Triffid free. Trawin Seeds 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. Call for large and early order discounts. CERTIFIED SEABISCUIT OATS. Call Grant, Visa or M/C. 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, www.llseeds.ca 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified CDC TOP QUALITY CERT. No. 1 CDC Minstrel, Sorrel, CDC Bethune, Glas. Call Trawin Souris, CDC Orrin, Summit, Leggett. Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. Frederick Seeds, 306-287-3977 Watson SK CERTIFIED #1 CDC SORREL. Call Hetland CERT. #1 CS CAMDEN, Triactor, Souris. Seeds at Naicam, SK., 306-874-5694. Call Northland Seeds Inc., www.hetlandseeds.com 306-324-4315, Margo, SK. #1 CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo. CERT. #1 SUMMIT, Souris, Leggett, CDC CERTIFIED Haymaker (forage) Excellent quality. Ardell Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. Seeds Ltd., Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415. CERT. CDC SANCTUARY flax, #1 variety CERTIFIED, REG. AND FDN. NO. 1 AC in the brown soil zone. Printz Family Morgan, large volume discounts, also for- Seeds, Gravelbourg, SK., 306-380-7769, age varieties Murphy and CDC Haymaker. 306-648-3511. Haralie Seeds, 780-662-2617, Tofield, AB. CERT. AAC BRAVO brown flax, good germ. and vigor. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK.

WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA CWRS AAC Brandon, CDC Plentiful, CDC Utmost VB, Shaw VB. Call 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. CARBERRY CERT. #1, 99% germ., good for fusarium and very good for lodging. Stoll’s Seed Barn, 306-493-7409, Delisle, SK.

CERT. CDC MAXIM. Excellent germ. and disease. Fraser Farms, Pambrun, SK. 306-741-0475, email: foc@sasktel.net

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LARGE ROUND HAY and large round alfalfa bales. Delivery available. Call or text: 306-408-0038, Moosomin, SK. SMALL SQUARE HAY bales, horse quality, grass or alfalfa. Contact 306-290-8806, Dundurn, SK.

ICE FISHING SHACKS- portable, insulated shacks. Fit easy into truck box or hitch option available. SK made by Koenders, Shacks and full accessory line in stock at Flaman, 1-888-435-2626 www.flaman.com

HAILED WHEAT BALES, very good feed, average weight 1400 lbs. 306-937-2880 or 306-441-5010, Battleford, SK. ROUND SOLID CORE hay and straw bales, 6x5 delivered. Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK.

3,600 U.S. GALLON 10 year limited warranty heavy duty ribbed tank. Call 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. While supplies last! www.hold-onindustries.com 5,000 U.S. GALLON 10 year limited warranty heavy duty ribbed tank. Call 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. Check our website: www.hold-onindustries.com

CUSTOM BALE HAULING. Will haul large squares or round. Phone 306-567-7199, Kenaston, SK. BIG ROUND MIXED hay bales, approx. 1000, $50 each. Call Warren Fair at 306-927-2732, North Portal, SK. GREENFEED OATS OR barley round bales, $80/ton; Also round straw bales. 306-867-8418, 306-867-7632, Outlook, SK LARGE ROUND HAY bales, netwrapped. Phone 306-283-4747, 306-291-9395, Langham, 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.

CERTIFIED CANTATE, highest yielding variety. Hansen Seeds, Yellow Grass, SK., 306-465-2525, 306-861-5679. Email: jsh2@sasktel.net

MUSTARD SEED! We can supply you with new cert. treated or untreated seed. We can upgrade your low grade mustard. Ackerman Ag Services, 306-638-2282, Chamberlain, SK.

DIVERSIFY WITH A frost tolerant specialty crop. Grow quinoa! Total production contracts available for 2016. Premium returns, guaranteed markets and delivery. View www.quinoa.com or call 306-933-9525.

OATS, TOP YIELDING and milling variety, grown from certified, 94% germ, no off types. 780-387-6399, Wetaskiwin, AB.

TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses and custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK.

RED LENTIL SEED grown on our farm, CERTIFIED CDC DAZIL CL Red lentil. 98% germ., 0 Asco., 0 Anthracose, Hansen Seeds. Phone: 306-465-2525, cleaned. Lionel 306-567-7929, Elbow, SK. 306-861-5679 (cell), Yellow Grass, SK. COMMON GREEN PEAS, high germ. Early WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA New- CPS AAC Email: jsh2@sasktel.net Foray VB, Penhold, Conquer VB. Call CERT. CDC CHERIE, CDC Dazil, and CDC booking discount. Terre Bonne Seed Farm 306-921-8594, 306-752-4810, Melfort, SK. Trawin Seeds, 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. Proclaim red lentil seed, good germ. and RED LENTIL- 2 varieties, excellent germ. vigor. Shaun 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. CERTIFIED BRANDON WHEAT. Call Grant, and vigor, 0% disease. Ph. Byron Blackwell, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-846-7222, Dinsmore, SK. CERTIFIED CDC MARBLE, dark speckled 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. lentils. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, EXCELLENT QUALITY CERT. No. 1 CDC 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK Plentiful, CDC Utmost VB, Cardale, Muchmore, Harvest, Elgin ND, AAC Elie, AC An- REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED Greenstar drew, Conquer VB. Frederick Seeds, lentils, no disease. 306-395-2652, Chaplin, SK. 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. REG., CERT. #1 CDC Utmost, CDC Plenti- CERT. CDC GREENSTAR large green lentil, ful, Cardale, AAC Brandon, Conquer. Ardell good germ. and vigor. Call Shaun FALL RYE, DURUM and oats for sale. Call 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK. Seeds Ltd., Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415. 306-283-4747, Langham, SK. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Plentiful, Cardale, CERTIFIED #1 CDC Impala (Small Red) WANTED: FEED GRAIN, barley, wheat, Goodeve VB, Vesper VB, CDC Utmost VB. Clearfield. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, peas, green or damaged canola. Phone Tisdale, SK. Fenton Seeds, 306-873-5438, Tisdale, SK. Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK. WHY NOT KEEP MARKETING SIMPLE? You are selling feed grains. we are buying feed grains. Fast payment, with prompt pickup, true price discovery. Call Jim Beusekom, Allen Pirness, David Lea, Prairie-Wide Display Classifieds Vera Buziak or Matt Beusekom at Market Place Commodities Ltd., Lethbridge, AB. MORE OPTIONS TO Email info@marketplacecommodities.com SAVE YOU MONEY or phone 1-866-512-1711. Buy one province, buy two PASKAL CATTLE in Iron Springs area is looking for Feed Barley. Put more $$$ in provinces or buy all three. your pocket and sell direct to us with no Great rates whatever brokerage fee. Please call 403-317-1365.

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BUYING HEATED/DAMAGED PEAS, U-DRIVE TRACTOR TRAILER Training, FLAX & GRAIN “On Farm Pickup”. Westcan 30 years experience. Day, 1 and 2 week upgrading programs for Class 1A, 3A and Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252. air brakes. One on one driving instructions. BUYING SPRING THRASHED CANOLA & 306-786-6600, Yorkton, SK. GRAIN “On Farm Pickup”. Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252.

115 BIG SQUARE bales, grass mix. 306-364-4700, 306-320-1041, Leroy, SK. ROUND RYE STRAW bales; Greenfeed hailed rye bales; Round oat straw bales; GREEN! GREEN! GREEN! Gregoire Seed Greenfeed oat bales. All netwrapped. Farm Ltd., has Fdn., Reg., Certified CDC 306-283-4747, 306-291-9395 Langham SK Greenwater, CDC Limerick, CDC Raezer, CDC Striker. Greens may be the dark horse BARLEY AND WHEAT 4x5 edge wrapped 2016. Volume discounts. 306-441-7851, bales, clean, no weeds. Lab test available. 306-445-5516 or North Battleford, SK. 306-834-5193, 306-834-7710 Kerrobert SK gregfarms@sasktel.net DURUM STRAW BIG square bales, no rain, CERTIFIED #1 CDC LIMERICK and CDC very clean, no weeds, w/some durum Greenwater. Hetland Seeds at Naicam, SK., seed, $30/bale. 306-861-4592 Fillmore SK 306-874-5694. www.hetlandseeds.com LONG LAKE TRUCKING custom hay haulCERTIFIED GREENWATER PEAS. ing, 2 units. 306-567-7100, Imperial, SK. 306-395-2652, Chaplin, SK. WHEAT AND OAT straw bales, baled with CERTIFIED 40-10 FORAGE peas, 99% 568 JD baler with net wrap. For more info germ., high protein, perfect for blending 306-246-4442, Hafford, SK. with cereals. Van Burck Seeds, WHEAT GRAIN FEED bales, weed free, 306-863-4377, Star City SK. beardless, lots of grain, 1400/1600 lb. Del. available. Call 403-664-0420, Oyen, AB. 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD cut alfalfa 3x4x8 square bales, wheat and triticale greenfeed. Delivery available in southern AB. 403-633-3777, 403-363-3318, Tilley, AB.

WWW.TRAWINSEEDS.CA Certified #1 Gazelle Spring Rye. Call Trawin Seeds 306-752-4060, Melfort, SK. CERTIFIED McLEOD R2Y soybeans from CERT., REG. AND FDN. AAC Redwater, AC SeCan; 33003R2Y soybeans from Thunder. Shaw (VB), Stettler, 0 fusarium. Haralie Rebates for orders in 2015. Call for large Seeds, 780-662-2617, Tofield, AB. and early order discounts. Visa or M/C. CERT. CDC PLENTIFUL HRSW, good germ. www.llseeds.ca 306-530-8433, Lumsden and vigor. Call Shaun at 306-831-8963, Rosetown, 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. LACKAWANNA PRODUCTS CORP. Buyers and sellers of all types of feed grain and grain by-products. Call 306-862-2723, Nipawin, SK.

WANTED FEED BARLEY- Buffalo Plains Cattle Company is looking to purchase barley. For pricing and delivery dates, call Kristen 306-631-8769, Bethune, SK.

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.

11,000 U.S. GALLON tank, 10 year limited warranty. Best pricing! Call 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. While supplies last! www.hold-onindustries.com POLY TANKS: 15 to 10,000 gal.; Bladder tanks from 220 to 88,000 gallon; Water and liquid fertilizer; Fuel tanks, single and double wall; Truck and storage, gas or dsl. Wilke Sales, 306-586-5711, Regina, SK. 6,000 U.S. GALLON 10 year limited warranty heavy duty ribbed tank. Best pricing! Call 306-253-4343 or 1-800-383-2228. www.hold-onindustries.com

SHUR-LOK TRUCK TARPS and replacement tarps for all makes of trucks. Alan, 306-723-4967, 306-726-7808, Cupar, SK.

SCRAPER AND LOADER TIRES available. All sizes. Quick Drain Sales, Muenster, SK. Ph 306-682-4520, 306-231-7318.

2 SEASONAL FARM MACHINERY operators required. Must be able to operate grain cart, tandem grain truck, FWA tractor w/rockpicker, 4WD tractor for harrowing. Also manual labour for upkeep of leafcutter bees and general servicing of equipment. May 1 to October 31. $15-$18/hr. 101008187 SK Ltd., 303 Frontier Trail, Box 372, Wadena, SK., S0A 4J0. Fax: 306-338-3733, phone: 306-338-7561, or email: cfehr9860@hotail.com WILLNER-ELBOW GRAZING CORP. (WEG), established by pasture patrons, is seeking 2 seasonal riders to work with an experienced Manager caring for approximately 2100 pair of cattle on 41,000 acres of pasture. WEG is centrally located in the Prov. between Saskatoon, Regina and Moose Jaw. Applicants must have their own horse/tack and must display horsemanship and good roping skills. Work includes cattle take-in and take-out, diagnosis/treatment of sick or injured cattle, low stress cattle checks and field moves, water checks and general maintenance. We offer accommodation, competitive compensation along with opportunity for career growth and advancement. For more info. contact Ross Sigfusson at 306-567-4709 or jansig@sasktel.net or Doug Vollmer at 306-567-7616 or Brent Griffin at 306-867-3714, Bladworth, SK. PERMANENT FULL-TIME POSITION Grace Hill Farms Ltd. invites you to come join our team on our 10,000 acre family owned certified organic grain farm and seed cleaning operation located in SW Sask. We currently have an opening for a Mechanic/Maintenance Technician. Grace Hill comes with a well equipped shop and service truck. If you are interested, we are looking for the following qualifications: Journey person status an asset. Equivalent experience will be considered. Thrive on fast pace and daily challenge of keeping farm machinery running during peak season. Obey safety guidelines. Maintain parts inventory. Clean and organize shop. 1A license preferred but not required. Participate in field operations as required. Work well with other team members building and maintaining positive working relationships. We offer competitive salary based on experience. Bonus program. Modern housing close to farming operation. Send a resume by email to: wefarm@gracehill.ca fax 306-264-3726 or ph 306-264-3721 for more information.

MR. TIRE CORP. For all your semi and PERMANENT FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE half ton tire needs call Mylo 306-921-6555 for Potato Farm in Fort Saskatchewan, AB. Applicant should have previous potato Serving all of Saskatchewan. farm experience. Must be reliable, detail GOOD USED TRUCK TIRES: 700/8.25/ oriented and have Class 3 driver’s licence. 900/1000/1100x20s; 11R22.5/11R24.5; Mechanical experience a must. Duties incl. 9R17.5, matched sets available. Pricing working on and around potato handling from $90. K&L Equipment and Auto. equipment and other farm equip., directPhone Ladimer at: 306-795-7779, Ituna, ing seasonal employees, irrigation duties. GREEN 3RD CUT alfalfa, 52 bales, 3x4x8’ SK; Chris at 306-537-2027, Regina, SK. Family housing available. Salary depends big squares. Also 250 big squares, greenupon experience. www.norbestfarms.com feed, triticale underseeded to alfalfa. 122 Email resume: norbest@albertacom.com flax straw bales. 403-501-1837, Tilley, AB. FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 400 BIG SQUARE FLAX STRAW BALES, on Grain Operation and Ag Business near ideal for shelters, Hwy and road water eroEarl Grey, SK. Equip. operating exp. and sion protection, mix off w/other feed, etc. mechanical ability essential. Remuneration 306-364-4700, 306-320-1041, Leroy, SK. pkg incl. competitive salary, benefits, beIreland & Scotland ~ June 2016 ing located close to city and rec. activities. ROUND STRAW BALES for sale: wheat, oats, barley. Call 306-947-4603 or cell Newfoundland/Maritimes ~ Multiple Dates Email: stephen@brewster.ag.com 306-947-7550, Hepburn, SK. GRACE HILL FARMS LTD. is currently Yukon/NWT & Alaska ~ July 2016 looking for a Farm Production Operator Switzerland & River Cruise to join our team. We are a 10,000 acre Italy Villa Experience ~ Oct 2016 family owned certified organic grain farm and seed cleaning operation located in SW Egypt Land/Nile Cruise ~ Nov 2016 Sask., Mankota area. Essential Competen12% COW & CALF PELLETS. Cramer Australia /New Zealand ~ Jan 2017 cies. Operate large machinery for field opLivestock Nutrition, Swift Current, SK erations to assist in achieving farm goals. Kenya/Tanzania ~ Jan 2017 306-773-1323 Doug 306-520-3553, Roger Maintain equipment including daily pre306-741-7094. cramerlivestock.com South America ~ Feb 2017 ventative and repair maintenance. Main15% PROTEIN PURE alfalfa cattle feed peltain building and appearance of farm as Costa Rica ~ Feb 2017 lets. No waste, no spoilage, 8% moisture. assigned. Obey all safety guidelines. Able 17% dehy pellets also available. Western Vietnam/Cambodia/Thailand ~ Mar 2017 to work in a team environment and indeAlfalfa Milling Company Ltd., Norquay, SK. pendently when required. Must be able to *Portion of tours may be Tax Deductible 306-594-2362 or sales@wamcoltd.ca build and maintain positive working relationships. Qualifications: High School diploma or equivalent. Must maintain a valid Class 5 driver’s license (Class 1A or 3A an 1-800-661-4326 asset). Experience in grain farming, GPS technology and heavy equipment maintenance preferred. Ability to work long hours during peak season. Ability to work in extreme dusty conditions and outside weather conditions. We offer exc. compensation package including a competitive wage of RURAL WATER, FARMS, acreages. Multi- $21- $26/hr based on experience, Sundays pure membrane system, 2000 gal./day. off and bonus program. Send resume to • Competitive Prices The Water Clinic, www.thewaterclinic.com wefarm@gracehill.ca or fax 306-264-3726 1-800-664-2561. • Prompt Movement or for more info. phone 306-264-3721. HELPER WANTED ON mixed farm. Steady • Spring Thrashed job for right person. Room and board avail. 403-631-2373, 403-994-0581, Olds, AB. “ON FARM PICK UP” 1-877-250-5252 WATER PROBLEMS? ELIMINATE total dissolved solids and E.Coli, plus many more! Water Clinic, www.thewaterclinic.com FULL-TIME MEAT CUTTER required. BOW VALLEY TRADING LTD. The 1-800-664-2561. Prefer experience. Apply with resume to WE BUY DAMAGED GRAIN NEVER...HAUL OR purchase those heavy Sobeys South Albert, 4250 Albert Street, bags of water softening salt or expensive Regina, SK. or wayne.zook@soybeys.com bottle water again! The Water Clinic, WANTED: EXPERIENCED RANCH Wheat, www.thewaterclinic.com 1-800-664-2561. HAND to help calve commercial cows. Barley, Oats, High Prairie, AB. Call for more info. WATER problems? Canada’s Largest rural 780-523-2952. Peas, etc. water purification company. No more water softeners or bottles. The Water Clinic, Green or Heated 1-800-664-2561, www.thewaterclinic.com Canola/Flax ROADEX SERVICES LTD. requires Owner Operator 3 tons and 1 tons for our RV division and Owner/Operator semis for our RV 1-877-641-2798 and general freight deck division to haul KORNUM WELL DRILLING, farm, cottage throughout North America. 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AIR DRILL

Bourgault 3310, 2009 .................. $148,000 Bourgault 3310, 2011 .................. $158,000 Bourgault 3710, 2013 .................. $198,000 Bourgault 5710, 2002 .................... $55,800 Bourgault 5710, 2008 .................. $108,000 Bourgault 5710, 1997 .................... $48,000 Bourgault 5710, 1998 .................... $59,900 Flexi-Coil 5000/3450, 2003 ........... $89,000 Flexi-Coil 6000 / 3450, 2002 ....... $115,000 Flexi-Coil P2060, 2010 .................. $68,000 New Holland SD550, 2008 ............ $59,000

AIR TANK/CART

Bourgault 3225, ............................. $13,500 Bourgault 3320/L6550, 2013 ....... $289,000 Bourgault 5440, 2001 .................... $48,000 Bourgault 6450, 2012 .................. $125,000 Bourgault 6450, 2010 .................. $108,000 Bourgault L6550, 2009 ................ $105,000 Bourgault L6550, 2011 ................ $105,000 Bourgault L6550, 2009 ................ $105,000 Case IH ATX700/3430, 2007 ......... $79,000 Flexi-Coil 2320, 1995 .................... $13,500 Flexi-Coil 3450, 2000 .................. $115,000

BALER/ROUND

Case IH RBX562, 2004, 12 600 Bales ......................................... $13,800 New Holland BR7090, 2009 .......... $29,800 New Holland BR780, 2003 .............. $7,900 New Holland BR780, 2005 ............ $13,500 New Holland BR780, 2003 ............ $11,800 New Holland BR780A, 2006 .......... $14,500 New Holland BR7090, 2011 ........... $26,000

BLADE

Leon Q5000, 2012 ......................... $33,000 Leon Q5000, 2013 ......................... $33,000 Leon Q5000, 2013 ......................... $33,000

COMBINE

AGCO Gleaner S77, 2012 Eng Hrs: 423 Sep Hrs: 323 ............. $298,000 AGCO Gleaner S77, 2012 Eng Hrs: 446 Sep Hrs: 346 ............. $298,000 Case IH 2388, 2000 Eng Hrs: 1986 $58,000 Case IH 8010, 2000 Eng Hrs: 1728 Sep Hrs: 1322 ................ $189,000 Claas 760, 2013 Eng Hrs: 361 Sep Hrs: 233 ........................... $389,000 John Deere 9860STS, 2007 Eng Hrs: 1627 Sep Hrs: 1161 ......... $208,000 John Deere 9860STS, 2005 Eng Hrs: 1497 ................................. $148,000 New Holland CR8090, 2012 Sep Hrs: 480 ................................... $339,000 New Holland CR9070, 2009 Sep Hrs: 920 ................................... $239,000 New Holland CR9070, 2007 Eng Hrs: 1710 Sep Hrs: 1253 ......... $179,000 New Holland CR9070, 2008 Eng Hrs: 1434 Sep Hrs: 1023 ......... $189,500 New Holland CR9070, 2007 Eng Hrs: 948 Sep Hrs: 780 ............. $198,000 New Holland CR9070, 2008 Eng Hrs: 1489 Sep Hrs: 1020 ......... $195,000 New Holland CR9070, 2010 Eng

Hrs: 1654 Sep Hrs: 1240 ......... $189,000 New Holland CR9070, 2010 Eng Hrs: 1616 Sep Hrs: 1190 ......... $189,000 New Holland CR9070, 2010 Eng Hrs: 1655 Sep Hrs: 1239 ......... $189,000 New Holland CR9070, 2008 ........ $179,000 New Holland CR9080, 2011 Eng Hrs: 945 Sep Hrs: 692 ............. $309,000 New Holland CR9080, 2009 Eng Hrs: 1347 Sep Hrs: 980 ........... $249,000 New Holland CR9080, 2011 Eng Hrs: 1067 Sep Hrs: 824 ........... $289,000 New Holland CR9090, 2012 Eng Hrs: 546 ................................... $369,000 New Holland CR9090, 2012 Eng Hrs: 677 Sep Hrs: 542 ............. $369,000 New Holland CR9090, 2011 Eng Hrs: 1069 Sep Hrs: 827 ........... $308,000 New Holland CR9090, 2010 Eng Hrs: 1165 Sep Hrs: 796 ........... $318,000 New Holland CR9090, 2012 Eng Hrs: 860 Sep Hrs: 630 ............. $359,000 New Holland CR9090, 2012 Eng Hrs: 635 Sep Hrs: 458 ............. $369,000 New Holland CR970, 2006 Eng Hrs: 1861 Sep Hrs: 1300 ......... $169,500 New Holland CR970, 2006 Eng Hrs: 1547 Sep Hrs: 1219 ......... $189,500 New Holland CR970, 2005 .......... $138,000 New Holland CR970, 2006 Eng Hrs: 1400 Sep Hrs: 1100 ......... $178,000 New Holland CR970, 2005 Eng Hrs: 2459 Sep Hrs: 1821 ......... $138,000 New Holland CX8080, 2007 Eng Hrs: 1002 Sep Hrs: 785 ........... $189,000 New Holland CX8080, 2012 Eng Hrs: 977 Sep Hrs: 790 ............. $289,000 New Holland CX8080, 2008 Eng Hrs: 2009 Sep Hrs: 1522 ......... $238,000 New Holland CX8080, 2008 Eng Hrs: 2005 Sep Hrs: 1538 ......... $238,000 New Holland CX8080, 2012 Eng Hrs: 1029 Sep Hrs: 836 ........... $289,000 New Holland CX840, 2002 Eng Hrs: 3700 Sep Hrs: 2500 ........... $78,000 New Holland TR98, 1997 Eng Hrs: 2740 Sep Hrs: 1934 ........... $48,000 New Holland TR98, 1997 Eng Hrs: 3058 Sep Hrs: 2357 ........... $28,000 New Holland TR98, 1996 Eng Hrs: 2931 Sep Hrs: 2211 ........... $39,000 New Holland TX36, 1993 Eng Hrs: 3079 ................................... $25,000 New Holland TX66, 1996 Eng Hrs: 2796 Sep Hrs: 2188 ........... $48,000 New Holland TX66, 1997 Eng Hrs: 3754 Sep Hrs: 2781 ........... $38,500 New Holland TX66, 1998 Eng Hrs: 3438 Sep Hrs: 2643 ........... $39,500 New Holland TX66, 1999 ............... $48,000 MacDon FD70, 2012, 45’ ............... $75,000 New Holland 94C, 2008, 30’ .......... $39,500 John Deere 635D, 2012, 35’ transport ..................................... $68,000

VERTICAL TILLAGE

SPRAYER

Mandako MT3620RB, 2013 .......... $65,000 Flexi-Coil S65, 1993 ........................ $7,900 Salford I-2141, 2013, 41’ ............... $99,000 Flexi-Coil S67, 2003 ...................... $19,500 Salford I-4141, 2014, 41’ ............. $115,000 New Holland SF115, 2008 ............. $24,900 Salford 570 RTS, 2010, 30’ ............ $68,000

FEED WAGON/BALE PROCESSOR

SPRAYER/HIGH CLEARANCE

Case IH Patriot 3320, 2008 Eng Cattlelac 330, 2002 ....................... $18,500 Hrs: 3030 ................................. $148,000 Bale King 3100, 2003, RH discharge $9,800 John Deere 4830, 2011 Eng Hrs: GRAIN AUGER 1820 ........................................ $218,000 Brandt 1390, 2001 ........................... $9,000 New Holland SP240F, 2011 Eng NuVision 5395, 2010 ..................... $21,000 Hrs: 747 Spray Hours: 542 ...... $238,000 NuVision 6395, 2011, 95’ TeleRoGator 1396, 2011 Eng Hrs: scoping....................................... $19,500 900 .......................................... $288,000 Richiger 9’ Bagger with auger, New Holland SP240 FXD, 2013, 2010 ........................................... $33,000 Hours: 515, 1200 Gall, 100’ ..... $258,000

GRAIN VAC

REM Mfg 3700, 2008 .................... $22,000 SWATHER REM VRX, 2013, Hours: 90 ............ $16,500 MacDon M105, 2013 Hours: 170 $138,000 MacDon M150, 2010 Hours: 950 $109,500 HARROW HEAVY Bourgault 7200, 2011, 84’ ............. $47,000 MacDon M150, 2009 Hours: 911 .. $89,000 Bourgault 7200, 72’, 2500 acres .... $44,000 MacDon M150, 2011 Hours: 871 $125,000 Degelman 7000, 1995, 70’ ............ $24,800 Massey Ferguson 9740, 2012 ....... $98,000 Riteway 8100, 2010, 78’ ................ $36,000 New Holland H8060, 2010 ............ $89,000 Premier 2952, 2003 Hours: 2098 .. $48,000 HEADER COMBINE Honey Bee HB36, 2008 ................. $48,000 Westward 9352, 2005 Hours: 1450 $69,000 Honey Bee SP25, 1996 ................. $18,500 MacDon M150, 2010 Hours: 973, 35’ .................................... $118,000 Honey Bee SP36, 1994 ................. $19,500 John Deere 936D, 2008 ................. $39,900 MacDon M155, 2012 Hours: 462, 35’ .................................... $138,000 MacDon 960, 1998 ........................ $25,000 MacDon 960, 1998 .......................... $9,500 MacDon D60, 2009 ....................... $30,000 MacDon FD70-45, 2011 ................ $75,000 TRACTOR MacDon FD70-45, 2012 ................ $78,000 John Deere 4850, 1986 Eng Hrs: MacDon FD75 -35, 2013 ............... $78,000 11460 ........................................ $58,000 Massey Ferguson 5100-35, 2010 .. $58,000 McCormick TTX230, 2009 Eng New Holland 88C-36, 2006 ........... $58,000 Hrs: 1640 ................................... $99,000 New Holland 88C-42, 2009 ........... $68,000 New Holland T6030 - LDR, 2009 New Holland 94C-30, 2008 ........... $39,500 Eng Hrs: 4550 ........................... $89,000 New Holland 94C-30, 2009 ........... $39,800 New Holland T7.170 - LDR, New Holland 94C-36, 2008 ........... $49,500 2011 Eng Hrs: 2005 ................ $119,000 New Holland 94C-36, 2003 ........... $39,500 New Holland T7.270 AutoComNew Holland 994-30, 2000 ............ $38,000 mand - LDR, 2011 Eng Hrs: New Holland 994-30, 1999 ............ $29,500 2360 ........................................ $178,000 New Holland 994-36, 1998 ............ $19,000 New Holland TG210, 2004 Eng New Holland 994-36, 1998 ............ $19,000 Hrs: 5845, LDR ........................... $84,500 New Holland HB30, 2006 .............. $26,000 New Holland TM125 - LDR, New Holland SP30, 1992 ................ $5,800 2001 Eng Hrs: 7435 .................. $48,000 New Holland SP30, 1998 .............. $28,500 New Holland TV6070 - LDR, New Holland SP30, 1994 ................ $9,800 2009 Eng Hrs: 4660 .................. $95,000 MOWER CONDITIONER New Holland TV6070 - LDR, John Deere 1600, 1992 ................... $5,800 2008 Eng Hrs: 4555 .................. $79,500 MacDon 5010, 2000 ...................... $12,000 New Holland TM175, 2004, MacDon R85, 2012, 16’ ................. $29,500 Hours: 5200, LDR ....................... $68,000 New Holland 1475, 2006 ............... $21,500 TRACTOR 4WD New Holland 2216, 1995 ................. $7,500 Case IH STX535Q, 2009 Eng New Holland 2216, 1995 ................. $9,500 Hrs: 3103 ................................. $278,000 New Holland 2300, 2000 ............... $10,500 New Holland H7150 / HS16, 2010 $29,500 New Holland T9.615, 2014 Eng Hrs: 1263 ................................. $338,000 New Holland H7460, 2013 ............ $37,500 New Holland H7560, 2012 ............ $28,000 New Holland T9.615, 2012 Eng Hrs: 2706 ................................. $259,000 New Holland HS18, 2006 .............. $24,500 New Holland TJ450, 2002 Eng New Holland H7150/H818, 2010, 18’ .................................... $29,500 Hrs: 9000 ................................. $138,000

BOX 89, PARADISE HILL, SK. S0M 2G0

1-306-344-4448 • 1-877-344-4433

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11th Annual Family Day Sale

p.m. at the farm near Athabasca, AB February 15, 2016 1:00 Lunch at 11:30 a.m. SELLING:

January 2016

190 RED & BLACK ANGUS TWO YEAR OLD BULLS. STRONG SET OF 200 COMMERCIAL RED & BLACK ANGUS BRED HEIFERS. DUE TO START CALVING MAY 1ST

CANADA’S LARGEST SELECTION OF 2 YEAR OLD ANGUS BULLS

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BONCHUK FARMS BULL SALE Western Canada’s Comprehensive Bull Buyers Guide

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2016 AT HEARTLAND LIVESTOCK, VIRDEN, MB SALE AT 1:00 • JOIN US FOR LUNCH AT 11:00

Dave Bonchuk 204-773-0467 or 204-842-3706 Wayne Bonchuk 204-796-0004

25 Angus Long yearlings

70 BULLS REDS, BLACK, FULLBLOOD/FLECK SIMMENTAL BULLS YEARLINGS AND 2 YEAR OLDS

Check catalogue online at

www.bonchukfarms.com or www.bouchardlivestock.com

March 05, 2016 1:00pm Fairgrounds

Pincher Creek, AB

50 Charolais Two’s & Yearlings

3 Ranch Horse Prospects Blaine & Moira Pickard 403-627-4766 Turnbull Charolais 403-627-6951 A&L Robbins Ranching January 2016 403-627-7398 Char-Lew Ranch 403-627-9412 View the catalogue online @ www.charolaisbanner.com Western Canada’s Comprehensive Bull Buyers Guide

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AnnuAl Bull SAle

Friday, March 11, 2016 | 2:00 PM cST | on The FarM | VanScoy, SK

Winn Mans lanza

Winn Mans Skaggs

watch for updates on our Facebook Page and at

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Sale broadcast by

Cam Sparrow | 306-668-4218 | Vanscoy, Saskathchewan | asparrowfarms@yourlink.ca

Davidson Gelbvieh & Lonesome Dove Ranch

BULL SALE

Annual

Saturday MARCH 5

2016

Vernon & Eileen Davidson Box 681, Ponteix, Saskatchewan Canada S0N 1Z0 Home Phone (306) 625-3755 Cell (306) 625-7863 • Cell (306) 625-7864 www.davidsongelbvieh.com davidsongelbvieh@sasktel.net

BULL YARDS SOUTH OF PONTEIX, SK

Watch for signs

Selling...100+

Purebred Red & Black Gelbvieh bulls for both progressive commercial & seed-stock operations. Consistent & Predictable! Plus amazing NEW genetics!

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Ross & Tara Davidson, Ash, Cameron & Jaime PO Box 147 Ponteix, SK S0N 1Z0 Canada Home Phone (306) 625-3513 Ross (306) 625-7045 • Tara (306) 625-7345 Fax (306) 625-3782 www.lonesomedoveranch.ca lonesomedoveranch@sasktel.net

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January 2016

RANGEBull READY Sale

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SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2016 – 1:00 PM

HEARTLAND LIVE STOCK SERVICE S - YORKTON, SK Catalog can be viewed on line at www.buyagro.com

GUTEK LIMOUSIN AND CHAROLAIS

PHANTOM FARMS

PK HEREFORDS

PRAIRIE VIEW CHAROLAIS

HIGHWAY 5 SIMMENTALS

Trent Wolkowski cell# 306-563-7509 Colby Wolkowski cell# 306-563-7567 email hwy5simmentals@gmail.com

January 2016

Darren Odowichuk Shortdale, MB (204) 546-2995 Home (204) 937-7680 Cell PrairieView@hotmail.com

MEADOWVALE “M” RED ANGUS

Cam and Esther Morgan Box 371, Saltcoats, SK S0A 3R0 Morgan.ai.services@gmail.com 306-744-7411

Dan, Karen, Mackenzie & Garren Skeels

Box 1638 - Rimbey, AB T0C 2J0 (403) 843-4756 • (403) 783-1217 anchordranch@albertahighspeed.net

Rg Rd #21

Clint & Meridee Kopelchuk Canora, SK pkherefords@sasktel.net (306) 563-6337 home (306) 563-8304 cell

Jeff Sznerch & Family Canora, SK phantomfarms@hotmail.com 306-563-4155/ 306-562-7993

Hwy 20

Jeffrey and Bonnie Gutek Hendon,SK (306) 338 2112

Rimbey

Anchor D Ranch TWP Rd #433A Hwy 53

Directions: From Rimbey 1 1/2 miles North on Hwy #20, 3 miles East on Hwy 53, 3 1/2 miles North on Rg Rd #21, 1/4 mile East on Twp Rd #433A

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31st Annual Bull Sale February 27, 2016

LFE 3161B Limitless x 514N

LFE 3026B Black Advance x Bacardi

140 Simmental Yearlings 120 Simmental Extra Age

LFE 745B Chesapeake x Stimulation

LFE 3262B Chunk x Cross Fire

45 Angus Yearlings 45 Angus Extra Age LFE 3056B The Goon x Red Tanker

LFE 3018B JL Kelly x Pioneer

LFE 3074B Turbulence x Canyon

Kyle Lewis: 780-220-9188 Jordan Buba: 780-818-4047 Ken Lewis: 780-818-3829 kyle@lewisfarms.ca jordan@lewisfarms.ca lewis@xplornet.com January 2016 Fullblood Bulls: Mark Land & Cattle , Lenny Mark 780-842-7207

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100 RED & BLACK SIMMENTAL BULLSS IMMENTAL R PLUS S

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6.634.80 30Sons Ross LeBlanc Marlin & 6.421.2470 30 l Cel Box 1476 Estevan, SK S4A 2L7 Ross

Marlin 306.634.8031 306.421.9909 Jason Cell 306.421.2470

Marlin 306.63 Cell 306.42

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January 2016 RoB HoLowAyCHUK 780.916.2628

MARK HoLowAyCHUK 403.896.4990

780.916.2628

MARLIN LEBLANC Mark Holowaychuk (CELL) 306.421.2470 403.896.4990 (CELL) 306.421.9637 (HoME) 306.634.8031

306.421.1824

Ross LeBlanc Box 1476 Estev

OBI

780.916.2628

Mark Holowaychuk 403.896.4990

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Selling

TOP QUALITY Bulls in Volume for more than

115 years

Horned Hereford Bulls Polled Hereford Bulls Angus Bulls Ranch Horses

new location NOW IN A

Mar 2 & 3 For more information contact ALBERTA CATTLE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION (403)852-0154 finsethjudy@gmail.com

January 2016

On-line bidding with DLMS

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REICH ANGUS & K3 RANCH 2 YEAR OLD BULL SALE

MARCH 16, 2016 CALNASH AG CENTRE - PONOKA AB

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KOLTON KASUR (780-387-8376) • HAROLD REICH CELL (403-783-0207) • REICH RANCH (780-372-2175)

STOP BY ANYTIME

LLB Angus

30th AnnuAl

Bull & FEMAlE SAlE

at the farm Erskine AB

MARCh 12, 2016

Offering over 700 head of Quality Black & Red Angus Cattle

• 100 yearling heifers • 300 commercial heifers • 60 purebred & commercial bred heifers • 150 yearling bulls • 100 two year old bulls

Black & Red two year old Bulls

Black & Red Yearling Bulls

January 2016 Lee, Laura & Jackie Brown Trish & Tim henderson Phone: 403-742-4226 Fax: 403-742-2962

Box 217, erskine, alberta T0c 1G0 catalogue online www.llbangus.com

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January 2016 Western Canada’s Comprehensive Bull Buyers Selling 75 Rising TwoGuide Year

Olds:

25 Polled Limousin • Red & Black

30 Black Angus 20 Red Angus

View the catalogue online at

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PO Box 85 Simpson, SK S0G 4MO Rob Garner Cell: 306-946-7946 nordallimousin@sasktel.net

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DMF 436B IPU Red Chakota X Titan

DMF 441B STF Royal Affair X Twain

DMF 424B Wheatland Terminator X Driver

DMF 488B IPU Red Chakota X Crocket

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Family Day Bull Sale 11th Annual

February 15, 2016 With 2000 females exposed in 2015, we at Ole Farms know what it takes to raise trouble free cattle. In order to be pro�itable we believe that a cow must be able to: *Feed herself on forages for as many days as possible with minimal mechanical intervention *Re-breed each summer and wean a calf every year. All of our cattle must be deep-bodied, easy �leshing and have solid feet. This enables them to hold condition and breed without being pampered. Our sale bulls are 21 months of age. They are moderate, forage developed and ready to make your operation more pro�itable.

January 2016

1:00 p.m. at the farm near Athabasca, AB – Lunch at 11:30 a.m.

190 Red & Black Angus Two Year Old Bulls Strong set of 200 Commericial Red & Black Angus Bred Heifers Due to start calving May 1st

CANADA’S LARGEST SELECTION OF 2 YEAR OLD ANGUS BULLS

“Sharing in the Excitement of Agriculture”

Sale Managed by:

Kelly & Anna Olson: 780-675-4664 – Kelly Cell: 780-689-7822 Travis: 780-689-8324 – Graham: 780-675-0112 P.O. Box 420, Athabasca, Alberta T9S 2A4

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Black Angus Bull Sale

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Year Old

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

FORT MACLEOD AUCTION FEATURING:

Rugged Rising Two Year Olds! Summer grazed on grass from April 26 to October 15 for development of their future. Many 1�/2and 3�/4 brothers. Bred & Owned STACEY & MICHEL STAUFFER & FAMILY Contact Us For A Catalogue

Box 2377, Pincher Creek, AB T0K 1W0

sranches@telus.net Office: 403-627-2190 Stacey’s Cell: 403-627-8229

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Carlrams Ranching Ltd

7th Annual Bull Sale ~ 2:00 ‘Sask Time’

Thursday - February 11th view live online

CARLRAMS 87R STD ROYAL170A ~ Son of Elk ~ 1/2 Interest purchased by Braun Ranches at 2015 Sale ~

- large volume -

‘ELK’ CARLRAMS 139L STD 87R ~ Sons in 2016 sale ~

- uniformed -

CARLRAMS 87R STD 103Z ~ Son of Elk ~ Working on Carlrams Ranching ~ ~ Sons in 2016 sale ~

- rugged ranch bulls -

Please be our guest for lunch at noon before the sale! Carl & Dalynn’s Yard - 5 miles North of Cut Knife, SK ~ Black Angus Bulls from RNRFlicek Angus ~ ~ Hereford Bulls from Flicek Herefords ~ Heifers ~

Cal & Marilyn Carl & Dalynn (306) 398-7343 (306) 398-7879

Cut Knife, Saskatchewan, Canada ~ Catalgoue will be online January 4th ~

January 2016 www.CarlramsRanching.com

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Plan now to attend...

Rawes Ranches Ltd.

 calving ease  grass-based

33rd Annual Performance Tested Charolais Bull Sale

 strong maternal  longevity  moderate frame

Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at the ranch, Strome, AB On offer: 150 TWO YEAR OLDS

Shellmouth, MB 204-564-2540

2 yr old bulls sold private treaty off the ranch!

BUY A BULL..WIN A HEIFER! Check website for contest details!

www.nerbasbrosangus.com Stewart Cattle Co. & Guests

8th Annual Black Angus Bull Sale 50 Black Angus Bulls & Simmental x Angus Bulls

FEBRUARY 25 / 2016 1:00pm This is your opportunity to purchase bulls from a family that has been breeding Charolais cattle for over 50 years. We offer you the largest selection of Two Year Olds from a program that guarantees sound, functional, uniform bulls, with built in performance to sire calves that will top the market.

Neepawa Ag-plex, Neepawa, MB

Phone or email for catalogue: stewartcows@wificountry.ca

Philip & Marie Harty (780) 376-2241

John & Myrna Rawe (780) 376-3598

January 2016 www.rawesranches.com

The Ranch where performance is no accident!

Sale catalogue & video will be available from consignors or online @

www.stewartcattle.com

FREE BOARD on all bull purchases until April 1, 2016

Stewart Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.773.6392 DJ Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.841.3880 Legaarden Livestock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.648.5254

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R ivercrest Valleymere Sons sell:

KBJ PREDO 105A

BW 2.5 WW 38 YW 74 MILK 22 TM 41

Sire: Atlasta Predominacnt 31W MGS: FRL Traveler 416

DURALTA 307R UPDRAFT 45A

January 2016

13 th Annual

Spady Bull Sale Wednesday, April 13th, 2016

Selling 120 Black Angus Bulls

1:30 pm at the Ranch, Alliance, AB

BW 5.6 WW 59 YW 100 MILK 24 TM 54

BW 0.8 WW 47 YW 84 MILK 29 TM 53

PEAK DOT ELIMINATOR 780Z 2nd High Selling Yearling at Peak Dot 2013 Sale

Sire: SAV Eliminator 9105 MGS: SAV 004 Predominant 4438

BW 3.1 WW 73 YW 123 MILK 31 TM 68

BROOKING STIMULUS 332

2nd High Selling Yearling at Brooking 2014 Sale

Sire: Connealy Stimulus 8419 MGS: SAC 004 Density 4336

* All Bulls Semen Tested * Sight Unseen Purchase Guarantee * Volume Buyer Incentive * Delivery or Credit

Sire: SITZ Upward 307R MGS: KMK Alliance 6595 187 Visit our websites for more details www.rivercrestangus.com and www.valleymereangus.com or give us a call.

FV MANDATE MAN 146Y High Selling Yearling at Fertile Valley 2012 Sale

Sire: Sydgen Mandate 6079

BW -1.9 WW 60 YW 112 MILK 23 TM 53

MGS: FV 20K King 308M

Craig Spady 403-740-4978 Travis Spady 780-879-2298 Tom Spady 780-879-2180 Brian Spady 780-879-2110

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January 2016

C R y z a L h c n Ra BULL SALE 50

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Red Lazy RC Logic 146Y

Red & Black Long Yearling Bulls (coming twos)

Red Brox Zanzoo 252Z

Feb r u a r y 1 , 2 0 1 6 2:00 PM CST S a l e L o c at i o n : L a z y RC R a n ch , B e e ch y, S K

Red Lazy RC Thor 019X

Lazy RC Ranch

Red McRaes Top Cut 78X

Russ, Cindy, Jade, Cody and Hailey Sibbald Box 329 • Beechy,SK • S0L 0C0

306-859-2244 home 306-859-7726 cell lazyrcranch@xplornet.ca

Infor mation and Catalog

Crowfoot Logic 4019P

www.lazyr cr anch.com January 2016

Remington Lock N Load 189Y

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Multi-Breed Bull Sale SASKATOON LIVESTOCK SALES - SASKATOON, SK.

MARCH 19, 2016 • 1:00 PM MAYERTHORPE AG BARN

E rixon Lad 20C

E rixon Lad 54C

VIEWING: 10:00 AM • LUNCH: 12:00 PM

BULLS ON OFFER

COME AS U R RED ROCKET X WHEATLAND RED ACE Inaugural group of Red Rocket Bulls sell on March 2.

THESE ARE ALL PAPERED, 100% GUARANTEED BREEDING BULLS. BLACK ANGUS RONAN R ANGUS

SIMMENTAL

HMR GELBVIEH

HORNBANK SIMMENTALS

Henry & Michelle Roy (780)723-2361

TRI A ANGUS

RED ANGUS CARSON RANCH

Jason & Carla Rand (780)725-3775

Auctioneering By

E rixon Lad 45C

60 bulls 10 heifers

GELBVIEH

Ralph & Lorree Erdell (780)786-2961 Andy & Darlene Becker (780)723-2683

On Offer

NUG ROYAL RED X ERIXON TRADITION 83T Inaugural group of Royal Red Bulls sell on March 2.

red, red baldies, black, black baldies

Dave Holroyd (780)723-3974

NOLARA FARMS

Larry, Nola & Sara Van Sickle (780)786-4341

Dave & Krista Erixon Dave 306-270-2893 :: Krista 306-270-1263 Clavet, SK :: erixonsimmentals@sasktel.net View Catalogue online at www.erixonsimmentals.com Sale Managed by: www.BOHRSON.com

ERIXON DEALER 63Z X LBR CROCKET Erixon Dealer calves were a standout set in our 2015 sale.

(780)542-7323

VIEW THE CATALOG ONLINE AT WWW.TIMBERLINDAUCTIONS.COM

On the ranch Russell, Manitoba

Thursday, February 18, 2016 Year Old Bulls 70 Two Black and Red Simmentals, Angus and Simm-Angus bulls

SIMMENTAL

ANGUS

SIMMENTAL

ANGUS

Sale managed by:

January 2016

Miles Glasman Bonnie Glasman Jared Glasman

(204) 773-6275 (204) 773-0094 (204) 796-0999

(204) 773-3279

Box 1179, Russell, Manitoba R0J 1W0, Canada mjfarms@inetlink.ca www.mjsimmentalangus.com

GLASMAN FARMS

Matthew & Leanne Glasman Cell: (204) 773-6055

(204) 773-3209

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Denbie Ranch

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BULL SALE

Saturday, Feb 13th, 2016 1:00 P.M. @ Ste. Rose Auction Mart Selling:

Denbie Ranch 18 Two Year Old and 28 Long Yearling Red Angus and Red Angus X Simmental Hybrid Bulls

Myhre Land and Cattle 12 Two Year Old Charolais Bulls

Bar J 9 Yearling Charolais Bulls 5 Black Angus X Simmental Composite Bulls

Contact: Denbie Ranch

Myhre Land and Cattle

Bar J

Denis and Debbie Guillas

Hans Myhre

Jack Robertson

204-447-2473

204-638-5664

204-843-2246

Cell: 204-447-7608

Cell: 204-648-6416

Justin Robertson 204-871-3086

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August 3, 2015

Farm leaders say workers’ compensation coverage is a good thing Mandatory enrolment could be announced this fall, but leaders say cost and paperwork won’t be onerous

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2010 NH CR9080 WAS $269,900 NOW $199,900

BY ALLAN DAWSON

JOHN DEERE COMBINES

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USED INVENTORY LIQUIDATION OUT BLOW

JD S670 - 2012, Duals JD S670 - 2012 JD S670 - 2012 JD S680 JD T670 JD 8820 - 1983 JD 8820 JD 8820 - Titan II JD 9501 - PT JD 9650 - Walker JD 9660 - Walker JD 9760 - STS

WAS

$339,500 $341,500 $349,900 $389,900 $232,900 $21,900 $15,900 $27,900 $29,900 $115,900 $177,900 $144,900

NOW

$290,900 $295,900 $285,000 $319,900 $199,900 $13,900 $7,950 $12,900 $25,900 $110,900 $149,900 $119,900

LEASE JD T670, 615PU FOR $13,500 Semi-Annual 0 Down OTHER HEADERS

CIH 1010 - 30’ BATT REEL CIH 1010 - 30’ BATT REEL HONEY BEE - 21’ JD ADAPTER MF 9700 - 30’ PU REEL

WINDROWERS

WAS

NOW

$7,900 $8,900 $18,900 $10,900

$4,900 $5,250 $12,900 $5,200

WAS

NOW

JD W150 - 2013, 430D $149,900 $141,900 JD W150 - c/w 430D Platform 2014 DEMO$179,900 $164,900 JD W150 - c/w 430D Platform 2013 $144,900 $129,900 MACDON M150 - 2009, D60, 30ft $119,900 $104,900 MACDON M150 - 2008 $114,500 $103,500 MACDON M150 - D60 25ft 2008 $115,900 $104,900 $9,900 MACDON 960 HDR - 21ft, 1997 $15,900 $99,900 PREMIER M150 - 25ft, 2008 $159,000 PREMIER M155 - 30ft, 2012 $145,900 $134,500 PREMIER M155 - 30ft, 2012 $145,900 $134,500 PREMIER M155 - 30ft, 2012 $153,900 $144,500 PREMIER M155 - 30ft, 2012 $155,900 $144,500 $69,900 WESTWARD 9352 - 2002, 30ft $75,900 $24,900 CIH 8820 - 25ft Rotosheears $29,900

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OTHER COMBINES

CIH 2388 - 2003 CIH 2388 MF 8780 NH CR9080 - 2010, 1031/790 HRS NH TR98 - 2218 HRS NH CX8080 MF 9790 -

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tors for workers’ compensation.” Oneil Carlier, the new NDP agriculture minister, has vowed to extend workplace safety regulations to farm workers who aren’t currently covered by workers’ compensation or Occupational Health and Safety regulations. Today, only around seven per cent of Alberta farm employers voluntarily carry workers’ compensation for their operations. But offering that protection — both for employers and employees — is one of the realities of farm-

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WAS

$119,900 $99,900 $61,500 $269,900 $69,900 $195,900 $159,900

WAS

$65,900 $67,900 $41,900 $41,900 $44,900

NOW

$89,900 $79,900 $48,750 $199,900 $49,900 $169,900 $99,900

NOW

$57,500 $58,900 $29,900 $36,900 $29,900

JOHN DEERE 2WD

JD 2550 - o/s MFWD, loader JD 2950 - 2WD, Cab, recent wo JD 4450 - 2WD, JD 725 JD 4455 - MFWD, PST, JD 265 JD 4960 - duals, MFWD, 3 PTH JD 5075E - Cab, MFWD, H240 loader JD 5075M - DEMO

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$23,500 $25,900 $71,900

$58,900

NOW

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LEASE 2003 CIH 2388 FOR $5,950 Semi-Annual 0 Down WAS

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$106,900 $59,900 $224,900 $249,900 $250,500 $250,900 $249,900 $59,900 $75,900 $107,900 $139,900 $332,900

WAS

JOHN DEERE 4WD JD 9460R JD 9430 - 3pth, PTO JD 9430 - PS

$315,900 $227,900 $289,900

WAS

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$139,900 $62,900 $24,900 $25,900 $119,900

NOW

$23,900 SOLD $95,900 $49,900 $214,900 $228,900 $229,900 $230,900 $229,900 $49,900 SOLD $62,900 $99,900 $129,900 $299,900 Coming In

NOW

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NOW

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