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Prince Rupert needs to be part of rail transport revamp Expanding the northern B.C. port should be a key part of $10.1-billion plan to improve transportation

Quarantine comes with a ‘devastating’ cost There are roughly 10,000 cattle under quarantine, and every animal can cost as much as $3 a day in feed and yardage

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he Port of Prince Rupert should be a major beneficiary of Ottawa’s $10.1-billion pledge to revamp transportation routes to international markets, says one of the world’s biggest pulse exporters. “Prince Rupert is a major opportunity — when we look at Pacific gateway access, we need a balanced approach between Vancouver and the Port of Prince Rupert,” said AGT Foods president and CEO Murad Al-Katib. “These are very critical elements for the next 40 to 50 years.” Major grain companies have invested heavily in grain terminals at Vancouver, but more needs to be done, said Al-Katib, who in addition to heading one of the world’s largest pulse trading companies was a senior adviser to the panel that reviewed the Canada Transportation Act (CTA). “We need to ensure the continued investments and port infrastructure improvements that have been undertaken by large players

Many of the cattle now under quarantine would have been sold this fall. Now cash-strapped ranchers must feed them at a time when cattle prices are moving downward. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK BY JENNIFER BLAIR

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anches under quarantine in southeastern Alberta could be collectively losing $15,000 to $30,000 per day feeding and caring for the roughly 10,000 cattle they can neither move nor sell. And much of that money may never be recovered, which is prompting calls for a new approach to compensating producers whose herds are being investigated for bovine tuberculosis. “These are cow-calf producers, and they’re not able to move their calves at exactly the time of year that you would be moving them to sell them,” said Rich Smith, executive director of Alberta Beef Producers.

“Now they’re having to hold and feed their calves, and they don’t have facilities or feed for wintering their calves. And because they haven’t made any sales, they don’t have any money to purchase feed. “It’s been devastating for those producers.” In late September, the USDA confirmed a case of bovine tuberculosis in one cow from a farm near Jenner, and since then, around 33 farms in Alberta and two in southern Saskatchewan have been quarantined. The positive case of the disease will not change Canada’s tuberculosis-free status and should not affect trade, said Smith. “The tuberculosis case does not have huge significance for the industry as a whole, but it’s devastating for those producers who are affected by it,” he said.

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“We’ve asked the provincial government to look at AgriRecovery — which is disaster funding — to offset the costs to producers and also look at some short-term financial support to get them through this crunch.” Producers receive fair market value for any animals that test positive for the disease and are destroyed, but “there’s no federal compensation in place to pay for those animals in terms of yardage and feed,” said veterinarian Dr. Cody Creelman. “There are some resources available within each province — like AgriStability — that can potentially help offset some of those costs, but it’s very difficult,” said Creelman of Veterinary Agri-Health Services in Airdrie.

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Looking for foreign workers? Express Entry program has 60,000 of them The website has profiles of more than 60,000 foreign workers who qualify for permanent residency mum entry criteria for one of those programs,” said Jorgenson. “You tell us a bit about who you are, how old you are, where you’ve gone to school, what sort of work you’re currently doing and have done, and then we give you points for that.” Candidates can earn up to 1,200 points based on their education, proficiency in English or French, and Canadian work experience — including 600 points if they have a valid job offer from a Canadian company. Once they create a profile, they then register for the Canada Job Bank. “This is a way for applicants to sell themselves to Canadian employers, and also for Canadian employers to get a sense of who’s interested in immigrating to Canada to see if there’s someone in the pool who might meet your labour needs,” said Jorgenson. “People in the pool are preapproved for meeting the minimum requirements for one of these programs. These are people who would already potentially qualify for immigration.” After that, the highest-ranking candidates in the pool will receive an invitation to apply for permanent residency. “Every couple of weeks, the department will determine that we have capacity in our system to process X number of applications — say 1,000. We would look at the top 1,000 candidates in the pool and invite them to apply,” he said, adding that since the

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n this day and age, finding skilled foreign workers is a little like Internet dating. “Jobbank.gc.ca is the best way to find foreign workers,” said Dean Jorgenson, employer liaison officer with Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada. “You’re given an opportunity to essentially fish from the Express Entry pool, as well as other job seekers who are already here in Canada.” Launched in January 2015, the Express Entry program contains profiles for more than 60,000 foreign job seekers, Jorgenson said at the Agriculture Labour Summit last month. “It’s the first point of contact for people who are interested in immigrating to Canada as an economic migrant,” said Jorgenson. “It’s an application management system that we use to manage intake for a number of different economic immigration streams.” The program manages application intake for the Federal Skilled Worker Program, the Federal Skilled Trades Program, Canadian Experience Class, and certain provincial nomination programs (excluding Alberta). It is a step up from the old paperbased system that worked on a first-in, first-out basis, said Jorgenson. “With Express Entry, we’ve

The federal government’s Job Bank is touted as “the best way” to find skilled foreign workers. moved to an entirely online electronic processing system, which means we can really take advantage of our global network and use resources that we might have in one part of the world to process applications that are submitted in another,” he said. “We’re no longer obligated to process applications in chronological order. It’s given us the ability to prioritize candidates who are more likely to succeed economically once they arrive in Canada.” As a result, applications are processed “much more quickly now,” he added. “The processing commitment for Express Entry applications is six months or less.” Farmers who hope to use the Express Entry program still need to complete a labour market impact assessment (LMIA), which is now free for employers

who are going down the permanent residency path. “If you’re interested in providing someone in the Express Entry pool with a job offer and are interested in pursuing the LMIA route, there is no processing fee,” said Jorgenson. “If, however, you want to bring in the person to work temporarily while their permanent residency application is ongoing, you can apply for a dual-intent LMIA, and there’s a $1,000 fee.”

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So how exactly does this job matchmaking system work? As it goes with online daters, the first step for foreign job seekers is creating a free profile on the Express Entry site. “Candidates go online and create a free profile, and in order to create a profile, you have to make sure you meet the mini-

program launched, more than 54,000 invitations to apply have been issued.

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Express Entry is only for permanent residency applications for jobs that are permanent, non-seasonal, and “skilled” — including management jobs, professional jobs, technical jobs, and skilled trades. The federal government is reviewing the program to allow for semiskilled workers in the future. “Some of you may have employed temporary foreign workers in the past, and some of them might be interested in transitioning from temporary residency to permanent residency,” said Jorgenson. “In many cases, this would be the most appropriate pathway for them.” Jorgenson “strongly encourages” farmers who are unable to find “suitable talent here in Canada” to look into the Canada Job Bank. “Pretty much everybody who is in the pool has a Canada Job Bank profile, so it’s a good way for you to start connecting with overseas pools of talent,” said Jorgenson. “From what I gather, people aren’t having problems finding workers right now. But keep this in mind for when it might be time to look outside of Canada for someone who meets your needs.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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Alberta producers aren’t sold on sustainability certification programs Only 30 per cent of farmers believe sustainability certification will be part of doing business in the next five years BY JENNIFER BLAIR AF staff / Red Deer

lberta producers don’t know much about sustainability certification programs — but they don’t think it matters much anyway. Those were the key findings of a survey of 400 Alberta producers who were asked about sustainability practices on their farms. While producers are making headway on adopting sustainable production practices, they’re not yet sold on the need to prove it through certifications like the Environmental Farm Plan or Verified Beef Production programs. “Customer standards and certification programs rank low on the list of producer concerns,” said Colin Siren, research director at Kynetec, the agri-food market research firm that conducted the survey on behalf of Alberta Wheat, Alberta Canola, Alberta Barley, and Alberta Pulse Growers. “Only 30 per cent of farmers believe that these programs will be a normal part of doing business in the next three to five years. If other issues are more important, then commitment to these types of programs is quite low.” Producers from across the province — from all age groups and farm sizes — were asked about the issues that would impact them most over the next five years. Cost of inputs topped the list, but after that, the key concerns were envi-

ronmental regulation, changing weather patterns, animal care requirements, trade barriers, and biosecurity. Customer on-farm standards — the driving force behind sustainability certification — was “way down at the bottom of the list.” “On the surface, this seems to be a pretty low-level concern at this time — until you really look at what’s at the top of the list,” said Siren, who presented these findings at the All Crops Breakfast earlier this month. “When you look at the things that are keeping farmers up at night, five of the things on the list relate to certification standards.” Still, more than half of Alberta producers haven’t even considered applying for these programs. “There’s some openness within the industry at this time for these types of programs, but most of them are in the mushy middle of ‘wait and see,’” said Siren, adding younger farmers and larger farms have higher adoption rates for sustainability certification programs. Forty per cent said they would only undergo sustainability certification if required, and threequarters said they need additional training to be better prepared for sustainability certification. Only 22 per cent indicated that they want to learn more about sustainability certification. The good news is nearly everyone had heard about the programs.

“One of the ways we can demonstrate to society that we have a high degree of standards is to be compliant with certification programs.” Colin Siren

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The industry will need to link certification programs to key producer concerns if it hopes to increase buy-in, said Siren. “It’s one thing to show farmers that, theoretically, these practices do pay,” said Siren. “Increasingly, we’re being challenged to demonstrate that. A significant proportion of farmers acknowledges the importance of consumer benefits, but only one in five acknowledges that there are farmer benefits as well.” For producers, the benefits of participating largely come down to meeting changing consumer demands. “Sustainability is a word we’re hearing more and more, and it holds a lot of clout with consumers — the end-users who are buying our products,” said Jolene Noble, extension co-ordinator for the Farm Sustainabil-

ity Extension Working Group. “We’re dealing with misperceptions and misinformation, and one of the ways we can deal with that is by having a certified product in one of the sustainability standards.” Certification programs help “balance the debate for agriculture” when “strong emotional sentiments” trump sciencebased discussions with consumers, Siren added. “One of the ways we can demonstrate to society that we have a high degree of standards is to be compliant with certification programs,” he said. “This is something that’s of growing importance. It’s a priority. And if there are indicators that these types of certification programs are going to become mandated in the future, the best time to start building that infrastructure is now.”

Alberta producers have already adopted various sustainable production practices, but the industry “needs to measure that,” said Noble. “We want to be able to say, ‘Alberta producers are already doing this, and they’re doing a heck of a good job,’” said Noble. Certification is one way of doing that, but “whether that brings value to your operation is a decision that needs to be made at the farm level,” said Noble. “As we look at other commodities and see the writing on the wall there, our group wants to bring information to Alberta producers so that if and when you ever decide to enter into one of these sustainability standards, it’s not a monumental leap. It’s more of a small step.” In many cases, Alberta producers are already meeting recognized production standards — particularly with practices like low tillage and soil testing — but there’s still room for improvement, “even in the low-hanging fruit, those things where you have 90 per cent adoption,” said Siren. “It’s those 10 per cent of producers who are going to sink the industry because they break social licence,” said Siren. “The one in 10 who’s not adopting or following regulations that 90 per cent of the industry has adopted — those guys are a real weakness.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

New era of traceability needs to involve the consumer A system created to deal with food safety issues should also be a ‘conduit’ connecting consumers and farmers BY ALEXIS KIENLEN AF staff/CALGARY

ne of Canada’s best-known food experts says that while farmers and the ag sector are trying hard to connect with consumers, they’re not pulling it off. And they’ll need to do better because customer engagement is critical in the new “era of supply chain transparency,” Sylvain Charlebois told the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency’s inaugural Traceability Symposium. “I meet a lot of producer groups and they do great work — they want to connect with people,” said Charlebois, a professor and the dean of management at Dalhousie University. “But a lot of what I see are farmers talking to themselves on social media or in groups. They try to connect with consumers, but they are really advocating. They aren’t listening to what consumers are concerned about.” While enhancing food safety and being able to quickly respond to an emergency were the main reasons for creating traceability programs, they have also opened the door to a closer connection between farmers and consumers, who are increasingly demanding to know how their food is pro-

duced. Traceability systems can not only include that information, but also stories about the people who grow and raise food. “The marketplace is changing and it’s changing fast, and you’re dealing with consumers looking for different stories,” said Charlebois. “If you’re selling locally grown beef or pork but you don’t have the story to back it up, they will move on. That’s what traceability can do.” Part of that process is listening and responding to what consumers want, he added. And even though consumers often rely on inaccurate or incomplete information they’ve come across on the Internet or through social media, the agri-food industry needs to accept that they now have enormous power, he said. Traceability systems can also be a “conduit” to show consumers how farmers are responding to their concerns.

Food fraud

Traceability can also combat food fraud, which should be a concern for everyone in the food sector, said Charlebois, who sits on advisory boards for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Washington-based Global Food Traceability Center. “If we don’t deal with food fraud, everything we try to do — value added, organic, fair trade, local —

Traceability is about more than food safety — it’s a way to establish a new relationship with consumers, food expert Sylvain Charlebois told attendees at the recent Traceability Symposium. PHOTO: ALEXIS KIENLEN everything we try to achieve as a group to grow the business will be compromised. If we lose the trust of the consumer, how can we grow the business?” Charlebois pointed to a recent case of conventionally raised poultry being labelled organic. “There are going to be more cases (like this),” said Charlebois. “Thank goodness, because we need to check into this and it’s a big problem. “The challenge we have is that

most people aren’t talking about food fraud. We need to talk about food fraud, because that’s how you make sure that the entire food chain has a high level of integrity.” It’s an issue that’s just beginning to move into the public arena. A recent poll found only 26 per cent of Canadians were concerned about food fraud, yet twice that number said they were pretty sure that they had bought food that was falsely labelled. “That’s a bit of a paradox —

Canadians are not concerned, but they know there’s a problem.” However, that will change as consumers become more knowledgeable about food production, he added. Last year, Charlebois did research in Austria using a portable device that consumers can use to trace the history and origin of their food. The device is still too expensive for mainstream use, but the technology is coming. “What will happen the day we all have access to that technology?” asked Charlebois. “The marketplace will have to discipline itself. It will be forced upon them. If you know that the police is actually the consumer — all of them — then at some point, the fraudulent companies will disappear. They have to. This is what’s coming.” The agri-food industry needs to align with consumers on this issue, he added. “There are good companies and there are bad companies — we want to take care of our bad companies,” he said. “You need to address the problem and if they can’t comply, they need to get out as soon as possible. The more focus we put on accountability, the better off we will be. I don’t think we can do that without a proper traceability system that connects the consumer.” akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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s a slightly curmudgeonly older father, raised in the free-range parenting heyday of the 1970s, I will admit that it’s not uncommon to find myself rolling my eyes at kids today. With their “everyone gets a medal” and “safe spaces,” I’ve found myself wondering just how prepared these kids will be for the real world. It turns out the answer might be that they’ll fare pretty darned well, and even find some solutions to thorny problems that have eluded all us old fogeys for generations. That’s because it appears there are some real benefits to be had from this way of educating and raising kids — their greater empathy for example, and the near-total disappearance of bullying in the schools. It’s been going on quite a while and we now find ourselves in the position that some of these younger folks are not only in the workforce, but are just now taking on positions of power and influence. I think they’ll have a positive impact on our future, and also that there is a case of this unfolding right before our very eyes in the agriculture sector. One of the key differences they bring to their table is a bred-to-the-bone desire to find consensus. That might seem like a modern fairy tale at times, but one only needs to look at the recent announcement from the federal government about transportation legislation to see how it can play out positively in the real world. It would seem a vast swath of agriculture’s wish list made it into the upcoming legislation

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legislation. It also drew together the farm and commodity groups and expanded the tent to include other industry associations like the Western Grain Elevator Association and Canadian Oilseed Processors Association, to name just two. The shape of the effort was much different too. In the past there was never much of a concerted and co-ordinated effort. The message was dispersed and unfocused and therefore confusing and hard to follow. This time out, the young policy people were instrumental in boiling things down to a few key points that everyone could agree upon. They wanted reciprocal penalties for shippers and railways, a better definition of what adequate and suitable rail service actually meant, and a greater and more proactive role for the Canadian Transportation Agency to look into complaints. They also asked for extended interswitching, and its competitive effect on railways to continue, and a full costing review of the maximum revenue entitlement to ensure railways haven’t just been pocketing the efficiency gains of the last 15 years or so. It was an easily digestible package of requests and the various parties spent years hammering it home. It’s true there’s some distance to go between a political speech and implementation, but there’s little doubt this strategy had its desired effect. For the first time the message has reached the ears of policy-makers and there’s a fighting chance that some problems will be solved. I think it’s time to embrace this approach, and stop silently wishing these darned kids would get off our lawns.

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promised for 2017, something I find unexpected, to say the least. In the run-up to the announcement farm leaders were struggling to get a meeting with Transport Minister Marc Garneau. A cynical observer — myself for example — might look at that and accept it was going to, once again, be legislation that looked like it was written by the legal department of the country’s major railways. Of course that was never the case, previous legislation was formed drip by drip by the tremendous lobbying power of the railways. They can and will expend an enormous amount of resources shaping their regulatory environment to their benefit. While we might not like it, it’s neither illegal or, if we’re honest, even unethical. They’re commercial companies and of course they have the right to advocate for their best interests. On the other side of the grain transportation debate has always been a motley assortment of farm groups with little by way of central messaging. They might have had shared interests, but they did a terrible job of advocating them and were too often distracted by the industry’s own internal political debates. It was in many ways like watching American revolutionary Benjamin Franklin’s exhortation that “We must all hang together or, assuredly, we shall all hang separately” brought to life. This round was different, right from the start, and in my opinion the key to that difference can be found in the policy departments of the farm groups and commodity associations. This is where a younger generation is well represented and their new ways can be seen. This time, the effort from the agriculture sector began years in advance of the proposed

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n 2014, I published a detailed report on the development of mentorship programs for women in agriculture from a global perspective. This report (which can be found at http://brendaschoepp.com/ author/) has since given flight to a number of global study topics with other Nuffield Scholars. Recently, a report in Alberta published by the Agriculture & Food Council (www. agfoodcouncil.com) entitled Success for Women in Agri- Food (S4WAg) looked at barriers and needs of women in agri-food and related businesses. In my global research, I found that at all levels, access to financing and financial literacy were the key drivers in the success of women entrepreneurs. The respondents in S4WAg also called out finance as the main barrier in business. Despite what we think is happening in the world of banking, ladies felt they were not taken seriously when seeking a loan. S4WAg states that respondents felt “their role within the business was not understood and accepted or respected from the lender.” This reminds me of the day my mother went to buy a new pickup. She is meticulous in her research and knew exactly what she wanted. My

brother went with her because she was going to buy a truck and drive it home. Regardless of articulating exactly what she wanted, the salesman kept talking to my brother. Finally in frustration my brother blurted out, “She’s buying the truck — not me. Talk to her!” I look back on my own challenges as I had always independently owned my own land and personal property. The children and I had a lovely little farm we were fixing up and making pretty good money from when the bank called. The new manager wanted to let me know she was calling the loan. I found this unusual since we were in good shape and I had never missed a payment. Her argument was that she noticed I did not have a university education, and was a woman and a single mom and therefore “there is no hope you will succeed.” This was demoralizing and stressful. (The bank next door thought I would do just fine — and I did.) Later when I owned a larger ranch, I decided to get a small “just in case” operating loan. I had been able to meet all my operating obligations with cash but was thinking about improvements to improve efficiency. All the paperwork was done but the loan was refused. I asked why and the response was, “I talked to the boys down at the coffee shop and they said you were grazing alfalfa so all your cattle are going to die and that’s why I think you should not have a loan.”

That was almost laughable but really a very serious breach of trust, and it highlighted the lender’s lack of knowledge. It is costly and challenging to be the innovator when lenders do not understand your business. In the S4Wag report, women were honest in their approach to obtaining financing. They felt they did not have the financial acumen they needed and admitted to a lack of knowledge. This was perpetuated when they were out of the workforce raising children. In my global report, I found that universally, banks would most certainly agree. Women in First World countries will receive financing 58 per cent of the time compared to males with the same proposal. This is based on gender — American banks say they discriminate on gender on a full 20 per cent of applications because they can with equivalent proposals. Another factor is weaker business plans. It is vitally important that boys and girls receive education and become financially literate before going out in the workforce. Canada’s high credit card debt reflects our overall inability to manage debt. (Farm debt in Alberta now totals $20 billion). Early financial literacy would create a foundation for continuous learning and give women the skills and confidence for applying for a loan. Ensuring there are experts or training in place is vital because

of the current education gap. In S4WAg study, women reported feeling “inadequate,” but did not necessarily know where to get training or help. I found banks also tended to shun proposals from women because they asked for too little — there would be less revenue from that loan. Lenders said they would like to see highly detailed and bolder proposals with a bigger ask. Women have a much better payback history than men so the risk for the bank is not actually in the gender, but in tying up too much time processing a small loan. As soon as they can cash flow, I advise that girls and women own urban or rural real estate that can be used as revenue streams. Equity is important. Dream big, be bold, and take the time for much needed education in financial literacy. (There are a host of books available at libraries; free learning events with FCC and others, and online training.) Most importantly: Take your daughter on the journey so she feels empowered and more than adequate when it is time to build her agri-business. 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

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Prairie farmers need to face the fact that climate change is real Growing a 60-bushel wheat crop puts 600 kilograms of greenhouse gases into the air — and that has to change BY DAVID ROURKE

he solution to pollution is dilution is an old saying, but unfortunately there is a limit to its truth. For well over a century we have been mining, drilling and burning fossil fuels as if Mother Nature intended us to. One gallon of gas can give the equivalent of 600 man-hours of labour. Coal and petroleum products have changed the world, allowed us to move faster, farther and carry and pull heavier loads, in other words do more work in less time. Nobel prizewinner Norman Bourlaug, father of the Green Revolution, observed that on his parents’ poor Iowa farm, four things happened to pull it from being a subsistence farm with lots of human drudgery and periodic food shortages to a productive farm business with surplus production and labour. The four innovations were greatly improved genetics, tractors, commercial fertilizers, particularly nitrogen, and electricity. Three of the four were largely made possible by cheap, powerful petroleum fuels. Today, these wonder products, used for the last 100 years, have also had huge negative consequences for our planet. As a whole we have ignored the ‘canary in the coal mine,’ but the truth is mankind has — and continues to — release huge amounts of greenhouse gases, resulting in rising global temperatures. Scientists are not making this up. The facts are clear but like the ostrich we — and particularly politicians, spurred on by special interest groups — have tried to ignore the facts for too long. Unless mankind stops using fossil fuels or can find safe ways to capture greenhouse gases, the earth’s temperature will continue to rise and with it will come catastrophic consequences. Melting ice caps and glaciers will cause sea levels to rise, threatening and destroying low-lying islands and coastal cities.

Rising temperatures may allow heat-loving crops like corn and soybean to be grown farther north, but in many parts of the world, the temperatures will become too hot to support agriculture. Food shortages will become even more of a reality, despite our best efforts to adapt. As temperatures rise, methane trapped in the permafrost is released, further contributing to the rise in temperature. Oceans will begin to acidify, releasing even more CO2. The temperature rises and species start to fail. Some scientists say we are doomed, we will not be able to act fast enough and far enough to prevent the catastrophe. Others say we can win if we act collectively, urgently and purposefully. Not just say we are going to do it someday. There is a concept in biology called carrying capacity. For any species at any point of time, the ecosystem will only support a certain population. Ancient civilizations collapsed because their population exceeded the local food supply. Mankind has in the last 200 years, with huge reliance on petroleum products, been able to increase the ability of the earth to feed, house and transport a massive population. And through innovation and cooperation we can continue to do that, but not if our climate is compromised. In my own personal journey to try to understand if global warming was real, I started at a point of disbelief. Then I moved to dismay as ice caps and glaciers are melting and shrinking. Then it was “so what,” after all, the world supported dinosaurs when the world was 4 C warmer than today. Plant growth had to be abundant to be able to support such enormous species. Nothing can grow to be 10 to 90 tonnes in size without food. So what’s the problem? Time is. It took millions of years of evolution for the dinosaurs to develop, then BANG, an asteroid collision caused global cooling. Dinosaurs went extinct and today’s species evolved again over millions of years. Humans as a species have extraordinary

minds and ability do to what the earth has never experienced before. But how fast can we adapt to our own “asteroid” of our own making? The impact of ours is not instantaneous as it was with the dinosaurs, it is insidious, incremental and exponentially impacting our climate, our ecosystem, our food supply. If we continue, the impact of our “asteroid” will be no less profound, a collapse of ecosystems worldwide. In order to stop the global temperature from rising 2 C above the benchmark temperature, and we’re already about halfway there, we are told we need to reduce fossil fuel use by 90 per cent as soon as possible, as early as 2020. Of course the challenge is, we like what we have. Nice houses, powerful engines, little human drudgery, abundant and cheap food and ample leisure time. Why should we change? It is hard to change, to accept reality when we are so comfortable. Is carbon pricing the solution? The answer is it is sort of easy but also very hard. To reduce our fossil fuel use by 90 per cent by 2020 we’d need to either price carbon at $500 a tonne or even resort to outright bans. We can’t adapt that quickly. At $10 a tonne, no one will care. It’s just a few cents a litre difference, less of a change than routinely occurs in a given week on petroleum markets. There’s no reason for us to change or innovate. We may have to apply reverse engineering to this problem, the same way we were able to put a man on the moon. Set the goal and work backwards to get to targets and work schedules for innovation and adoption to happen. We may have to adopt a war mentality. As during wars, factories and their management are seconded to build war machines. In our war, these factories would stop building machines that use fossil fuels and instead build machines that produce and use renewable fuels and other alternatives or machines which capture and store GHG.

Closer to home, what do we as Manitoba farmers do? We have bills to pay, existing infrastructure and no easy off-the-shelf alternative to allow us to substitute non-polluting energy. There is lots of innovation in energy alternatives, alternative farming systems, alternative crops, but little can be taken off the shelves and be implemented next year without a huge impact on the amount of food produced, the number of people required to do the work, the type of food produced and our ability to survive financially. The impact of the solution would be too fast to absorb. But the “asteroid” is coming, we can see it. How do we do our part along with the rest of the world to reduce or avoid the impact? As farmers we can argue about the right price for carbon pollution, or maybe even argue we should be exempt, after all, we produce the food that feeds the world. But we use about 600 kilograms of greenhouse gases an acre to produce a 60-bushel wheat crop. Only 100 kilograms are sequestered into the soil. Some of our farms are huge net emitters. The problem requires everyone to act. No one will get a pass on this one in the long term, which really has only a short term to solve. The solutions will affect how we fertilize our crops, how we work our fields, how we harvest, what we harvest, where our markets are, and how we get it to market. From our grandfathers’ time to today, agriculture has changed immensely. But that change is small compared to what we must do in the next five to 10 years. We can do this. We must do this. The stakes are too high not to. Don’t we want to be able to tell our grandchildren, when they ask us in the future, that we did our part? David Rourke farms near Minto, Man. and is the founder of AgQuest, a company that provides research in product and fertilizer efficiency, variety development, and environmental trials.

The U.S. election was ugly but nowhere near the worst ever It wasn’t the bloody nightmare we saw in ’68, and corruption is an old, old story By Alan Guebert Farm & Food

he cold, grey drizzle of November finally found central Illinois on Election Day. No one complained, however, because the warm, dry harvest season had ended weeks before. Fifty or more years ago, that was never the case on the southern Illinois dairy farm of my youth. In fact, if we were half done with harvest on Election Day, we were very lucky. Back then, in the 1960s, Election Day was like a Sunday. My mother, a poll judge, would put on a church dress to earn, maybe, $10 over the 13- or 14-hour day. And like Sunday, work stopped long enough for

you to do your sacred duty. Moreover, in Illinois then, when the polls were open the taverns were closed. That was a minor distraction to a local deputy who was the Democratic precinct boss as well as the owner of a well-known local watering hole. Officially, it was always closed on Election Day; unofficially, its back door was always open to anyone “who voted right.” Not surprisingly, most everyone, either out of blind loyalty or blind thirst, did vote right and the precinct never went Republican while that deputy wore a badge, a gun, and a knowing smile. It took little convincing; most southern Illinois farm folks had been Democrats since the election of Franklin Roosevelt in 1932. It was Roosevelt, after all, whose hopeful words carried them

through the Depression, who brought electricity to their dark corner of nowhere, and who delivered a monthly pension cheque so a lifetime of hard work left no one broken and broke. That loyalty, like America itself, began to crack in 1968, the worst election year ever. The Tet offensive came that February, then Martin Luther King’s murder in April, and Bobby’s in June. Summer ended in clouds of tear gas and pools of blood at the Democratic convention in Chicago. The ugly emptiness of the 2016 election was bad but, by comparison, 1968 was a bloody nightmare. My father, a thoughtful, informed voter for almost 70 years, backed Richard Nixon in 1968 because Nixon had promised to raise milk price supports.

Nixon kept his word; he increased milk price supports before announcing his re-election bid in 1972. Shortly thereafter, Watergate investigators discovered he had done so only after pocketing at least $1 million in unreported campaign cash from the dairy lobby. My father never commented on Nixon’s criminal deeds or the dairy lobby’s dirty schemes. I suspect, however, it deeply offended him because he was a rules person. To him, breaking the rules to win wasn’t winning. It was, in fact, losing because it meant you had first lost your dignity, then your honour. Republicans didn’t have the corner on the corruption market. Two years before Watergate, a wellknown Illinois Democrat, Secretary of State Paul Powell, died. Within

weeks, his executor discovered several shoeboxes filled with $800,000 in cash in Powell’s Springfield hotel room, as well as 49 cases of whiskey. That was quite a haul for a southern Illinois boy who never made more than $30,000 a year as an elected official. Powell, like Nixon and the “vote right” sheriff, weren’t — aren’t — the only scoundrels to hold public office. In fact, it’s quite likely we elected more than a few crooks, cheaters, and knuckleheads this Election Day. We usually do. These folks, however, come and go. We, the people, however, always persevere. The Farm and Food File is published weekly through the U.S. and Canada. www.farmandfoodfile.com.

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Quarantine } from page 1 “These guys are going from day to day, and these applications aren’t processed overnight. You have living creatures that need these resources, and I don’t know of a good solution in terms of making sure these farmers are taken care of.” And as the quarantine stretches on, the costs will continue to climb, he added. Costs will vary depending on the price of feed and the type of winter feeding system used, but at a minimum, producers can expect to pay around $1 to $2 per head per day to feed cattle over the winter — not counting yardage costs. “You could expect on a peranimal basis to be running between 50 cents and $1 per animal per day to keep those animals in terms of yardage,” said Creelman. “Then it’s really dependent on what you have available for feed — whether you’re buying it, able to use some forage, or still have some saved. But it gets more and more expensive as you get into the winter.” And for those producers who don’t have the facilities or cash flow to feed their cattle over the winter, this quarantine is quickly becoming a crisis. “The majority of the producers on the cow-calf side is going to be lucky to break even with every factor working in their favour,” said Creelman. “For producers, cash flow is strapped already right now because calf markets are down, but these guys have lost the ability to sell into the higher markets earlier on. “Emergency is the perfect word for it.”

“The tuberculosis case does not have huge significance for the industry as a whole, but it’s devastating for those producers who are affected by it.”

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And the CFIA doesn’t yet know how long the quarantine will last as it begins testing the 10,000 cattle, but in a Nov. 10 statement, it said it “is not expected to be completed for several months.” “We don’t know what the final timelines will be, but I don’t see the timelines shortening up,” said Creelman. The “sheer size” of the herds being tested is slowing down the process, he added. “We’re talking about very progressive producers who are running very large operations, so the logistics of being able to move those animals and implement protocols — well, I don’t think this scale was ever imagined from a regulatory standpoint,” said Creelman. The protocols were likely designed for average cattle herds of around 100 to 200 cows, he said, and with that number, “it’s logistically feasible to run those animals through and do the tests.”

“But now we’re talking about very large herds, and I don’t think anyone thought of this scenario,” he said. Initially, the CFIA sent only two teams to test the animals, but it has since added three more. “That will speed the process along, but once again, we’re talking about massive amounts of cattle, and it’s very difficult to scale that test. There’s nothing you can really do to speed up the results either.” But it’s unlikely that many more farms will be quarantined in the weeks ahead, said Smith. “They think they’re getting close to the number of herds that will end up being quarantined, though they may have a few more,” he said. “They will be doing trace-outs of the animals that were part of the infected herd over the last five years, but that typically won’t result in quarantines of facilities. It will just identify specific animals that need to be watched.” But the CFIA has committed

to improving the “information flow” to affected producers, said Smith. “Producers are concerned and they have a lot of questions about how the investigation is proceeding,” he said. “They made a commitment to us that they’re going to do a better job of communicating with the producers who are affected by the investigation. “The challenge is that they’re doing an investigation, so until you get the results of the investigation, you don’t have much information to impart to people.”

Too early to blame elk

One of the unknowns is the origin of this particular case of bovine tuberculosis. “We have no sense of where this came from,” said Smith. “This is a strain of TB that hasn’t been detected in Canada before in either livestock or wildlife, so we don’t have any sense right now of the origin of this disease.” But the industry needs to be careful about drawing conclusions from that, said Dr. Eugene Janzen, a professor at the University of Calgary faculty of veterinary medicine.

“Other countries in the world have reported different strains than we’re familiar with,” he said. “The science of examining those organisms — the molecular tests that we’re able to do — have probably pointed out differences that we might not have been aware of in the past. “We’re still awaiting completion of that investigation, and while we’re awaiting that, we’re speculating quite a bit.” The prime suspects are the 7,000 or so wild elk that roam on the Suffield military base directly south of where the infected cow came from, said Janzen. “There’s lots of precedent for wildlife acting as a reservoir or contributing to the persistence of the problem within the cattle herd,” said Janzen. “But we have to be careful not to incriminate wildlife simply because, at this stage, we don’t know. “Until we know for sure, (culling) is probably not a discussion we want to have.” Creelman agrees “It’s too soon to tell, and really, without evidence of TB within that native herd of elk or deer by culling or testing, it would be impossible to tell or do any tests on the cows to determine if that’s the case.” Right now, the CFIA is focused on testing cattle — not elk — and aside from some “advanced passive surveillance during this hunting season,” that’s unlikely to change, said Smith. “Ultimately, we expect that the investigation will extend out to the wildlife, but other than this enhanced passive surveillance, the current focus is on trying to get the cattle tested.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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When it comes to bovine TB, a closed herd is a safer herd Bovine tuberculosis usually isn’t discovered until an animal reaches the packing plant BY JENNIFER BLAIR AF staff

I Ottawa’s pledge to dramatically upgrade rail corridors is a chance for the grain supply chain to think big — and learn to co-operate, says AGT Foods CEO Murad Al-Katib. PHOTO: AGTFOODS

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nitial symptoms for bovine tuberculosis can be “quite vague” and hard to spot. “The general symptoms for an animal infected are depression, lethargy, and chronic weight loss,” said Dr. Cody Creelman, who works at Veterinary Agri-Health Services in Airdrie. “You may or may not see a fever, and as it progresses and gets quite severe, that’s when you may notice respiratory issues like pneumonia, where you have difficulty breathing or decrease in respiration.” But there are very few symptoms early on, making it difficult to detect and diagnose, said Creelman. “There are really no outward

signs — they’re so mild or nonexistent,” he said. “Any time there’s ever been an animal diagnosed with TB, we haven’t seen it clinically. It’s been diagnosed in the kill plant,” added Dr. Eugene Janzen, a professor at the University of Calgary faculty of veterinary medicine. A type of bacteria, tuberculosis is spread through inhalation and direct contact among cattle or wildlife that are also carriers for the disease. “You could transmit from cow to cow, but having wildlife nearby might increase transmittal,” said Creelman. “There is the potential for fenceline contraction, so if you have the ability to not have your animals in adjoining pastures with other animals, that’s a good biosecurity measure. But in some cases, that’s not at all practical.” Following the “general prin-

ciples of herd biosecurity” is the best bet for protecting a herd from infectious diseases. “It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about tuberculosis as the disease or infectious bovine rhinotracheitis or bovine virus diarrhea or any of the ones that are transmissible,” he said. “A closed herd makes your herd safer in general — being very selective about the animals you’re bringing in and keeping your own replacements.” Janzen agrees. “The biggest risk to a herd is another herd, so be aware of where you’re buying animals from. When you’re bringing other cattle into your herd, be sure that they’re coming from a TB-free herd. “That’s probably the only thing that’s within your control.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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But the biggest requirement is a new mindset in the entire supply chain — one that encourages participants to work together and ensure everyone profits, said AlKatib. “Canada is a major supplier of grains, oilseeds, and pulses to the world and we’re going to grow further,” he said. “If we want to prepare for the next 30 to 40 years, we need to ensure that those infrastructure bottlenecks, policy, information, and surge capacity are all aligned to give us that predictable, efficient access to the world markets.” And standing still could be costly. Economists who conducted a study for the Saskatchewan Wheat Development commission found producers could lose about $10 billion if capacity isn’t improved over the next 10 years. “Farmers uniquely feel the effects of inadequate capacity,” said Harvey Brooks, general manager of the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission. “It reduces the on-farm price that they receive when capacity is rationed out.” Morneau’s budget, which will spell out details of the $10.1 billion in transportation corridor spending, will be delivered in the spring.

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like Richardson’s, Viterra, and Cargill are continued,” he said. “They’ve done a great job of creating material changes in capacity at ports.” In his recent economic update, federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau pledged to spend $10.1 billion over the next 11 years on “more efficient transportation corridors to international markets.” The details won’t be known until the next budget, but the goal is to fix congestion and bottlenecks along essential corridors, transportation hubs, and ports that access world markets. Rail lines to the Vancouver fit that bill. “My understanding is that some of the areas that could use some attention have to do with the (Port of) Vancouver,” said Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association. “We understand that there’s a tunnel and a bridge that need some work. I’m not hugely familiar with the specifics of what they need to debottle them. My understanding is that most of that would fall into Vancouver or just outside Vancouver and that’s where the focus would need to be in terms of debottlenecking the system with infrastructure dollars.” But fixing problem areas to Vancouver isn’t enough, said Al-Katib. Rather, Ottawa should think strategically and long term, and that means moving more grain, oilseeds, and pulses through Prince Rupert. “We need to utilize all corridors,” he said, adding, “it’s not just about the railways.” “We have a tendency in our business where everyone just points at the link in the supply chain directly ahead or behind them,” he said. “Farmers need to plan and market into windows in the entire crop year. We’re not necessarily going to have the infrastructure to move the entire crop in four months a year. We have to use all the ports.” The federal government should also look at leveraging its infrastructure investment by partnering with the private sector, said Al-Katib. “One of the things we recommended in the (CTA) report was that the government should be looking at whether they can partner with industry on tax credits that would be aimed at first- and last-mile improvement infrastructure in rail,” said Al-Katib. The CTA panel, led by former cabinet minister David Emerson, also controversially recommended lifting the revenue cap on CP and CN to encourage them to invest more, such as renewing the hopper car fleet, which is nearing the end of its useful life. Rail sidings, newer locomotives, and track improvements could also boost the capacity of the railways to carry more grain and other bulk commodities.

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Grain sector hails Garneau’s promises for grain transportation reform But some farm groups are worried about the lack of detail on the future of the revenue cap BY ALLAN DAWSON Staff

Grain shippers of all types are heralding promised changes to the transportation regulatory environment announced by Transport Minister Marc Garneau. PHOTO: CANADIAN PACIFIC

arm groups, grain shippers, crop processors, and supply chain organizations are all praising Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s plan to make Canada’s grain transportation system more competitive. But some farm groups are uneasy about the future of the revenue cap, a.k.a. the maximum revenue entitlement (MRE). Garneau announced earlier this month that he will introduce legislation in the spring to establish reciprocal penalties between shippers and railways in servicelevel agreements, better define adequate and suitable service, improve access to the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) and

improve the timeliness of CTA decisions. He also said the government would “address the future of the maximum revenue entitlement and extended interswitching.” Many farm groups are not opposed to tweaking the revenue cap to address some of its shortfalls, including how it affects car purchases by the railways. But they want it to continue. “It remains unclear what the government’s intentions are for the (MRE) regulation that protects farmers, who lack competitive options when it comes to shipping grain,” said the Canadian Federation of Agriculture and its Prairie affiliates, including Alberta Federation of Agriculture. The revenue cap allows the railways to charge whatever rate they want so long as total annual grainshipping revenues don’t exceed

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the amount determined by a formula created in 2000, which gave the railways a 20 per cent contribution to grain-shipping revenue over variable costs. While his plans for the revenue cap are unclear, Garneau couldn’t have been clearer on reciprocal penalties as well as adequate and suitable service, which everyone in the grain industry, except the railways, have been seeking for years. “We are extremely pleased to see the government state its intention to introduce legislation that will facilitate reciprocal penalties in service-level agreements,” said Kevin Auch, chair of the Alberta Wheat Commission. “Shippers need the ability to negotiate penalties and contract terms equal to those being charged by the railways in order to create a more competitive marketplace.” Those comments were echoed by Lynn Jacobson, president of the Alberta Federation of Agriculture. “Renewing the grain transportation system is vital not only for farmers, but also the rural communities they live in, seeing as the economic gains in the grain industry strengthen rural economies,” he said. “Take the figures from the 2013-14 backlog in grain shipping as an example — losses to the Prairie economy were estimated at more than $5 billion.”

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The executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association, which represents the big grain companies, said his members were “very, very pleased.” “Of course the devil will be in the details,” said Wade Sobkowich. Rick White, CEO of the Canadian Canola Growers Association, said in a release: “Incorporating reciprocal penalties into service-level agreements has the potential to elevate the accountability in the supply chain to include the railways.” The WGEA agrees. “In a true commercial environment, competition motivates a service provider to meet their clients’ needs,” Sobkowich said. “Without competition, the railways feel no such obligation.” — With staff files

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mployers in the ag sector with an environmental focus are being urged to consider a program that subsidizes the salaries of new graduates by up to $13,500 per year. “Agriculture is a natural fit for this green jobs initiative,” says Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst, executive director of the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council. “Canada’s primary producers are the front-line caregivers for much of our nation’s lands and

waters and are therefore also the most invested in making sure heathy ecosystems are maintained.” The Career Focus Green Jobs program targets small- and medium-size businesses by subsidizing the salary of new grads by 50 per cent (to a maximum of $13,500 yearly). To qualify, the job must have a green mandate or the employer needs to have an environmental focus. For agriculture, a company needs to meet one of the following specifications: • Has a sustainable mandate or focus which helps protect and restore ecosystems.

• Has developed and implemented systems to reduce waste within the industry. • Produces organic products which reduce the use of chemicals. • Conducts research on the environmental impact and resolutions within the industry. • Be an agricultural manufacturing company that develops equipment that reduces emissions and energy use. Such opportunities may be found in nonprofit environmental organizations; solar and wind technology companies; environmental science centres; watershed and water resource agencies, farms and farming

co-ops; conservation organizations; museums and educational institutions; waste management companies; and information technology companies, among others. The program is being administered by BioTalent Canada and applications must be submitted by Dec. 12 to offset employment costs until June 2017. For more information on the Career Focus Green Jobs program contact Jennifer Ash at 613-234-1402 ext. 221 or jash@biotalent.ca or visit https://www. biotalent.ca/en/career-focus-green-jobs. This initiative is funded in part by the Government of Canada’s Youth Employment Strategy.

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Margin-wise, they’re crushing it

Where will they put it all?

Canola processors in Western Canada are operating at a record pace. A total of 2.91 million tonnes of canola have been crushed as of early November, which compares with 2.01 million at the same point a year ago. In October, a weekly record of 198,859 tonnes was set, part of a string of eight weeks when the crush surpassed the 170,000-tonne mark — something that only happened 16 times in the entire previous crop year. However, given the amount of unharvested and downgraded crop, crushers may be front loading their processing activity. Crush margins are sitting at $114 per tonne above the nearby futures, compared to only $53 at the same point a year ago. — CNS

The USDA has raised its already record-high forecast for U.S. corn and soybean harvests in its latest crop estimate. “This tells us that the corn and soybean markets are not going to run out of supplies any time soon,” said Brian Hoops, analyst at Midwest Marketing Solutions. “I don’t think we should expect any sustained, meaningful rallies.” U.S. corn production is estimated at 15.226 billion bushels based on an average yield of 175.3 bushels per acre. The soybean estimate now stands at 4.361 billion bushels after the government raised its yield estimate to 52.5 bushels per acre from 51.4. — Reuters

Grain markets plunge, then settle after Trump’s unexpected win After a flurry of excitement, canola traders go back to watching Prairie weather and ongoing harvest By Dave Sims

CE Futures Canada canola futures dropped by nearly $10 during the week ended Nov. 14, as a bearish U.S. Department of Agriculture report on U.S. soybeans weighed down oilseeds. Canadian markets were closed on Nov. 11 for Remembrance Day while U.S. markets remained open. A recent bout of warm, dry weather across Western Canada allowed farmers to make limited progress on the remainder of the canola harvest, which kept values in check. Previous estimates pegged this year’s canola crop at 18 million tonnes, but wet weather led some analysts to believe as little as 14 million tonnes could be taken off. Other bearish factors affecting canola included the steady trickle of freshly harvested U.S. soybeans onto the market. Conditions for the South American crop are also said to be good, which added to the downside. The week was full of uncertainty for many traders before and after the U.S.

election. Most analysts predicted a Clinton victory leading up to the election, which was expected to bring stability to world markets. However, as ballot counting progressed the night of Nov. 8, Asian markets plummeted as Trump’s victory grew more certain. The next day saw a similar trend, with North American markets and analysts quickly trying to fully understand what would happen to agricultural trade. One of Donald Trump’s biggest pledges during the campaign was to renegotiate trade with China, the world’s biggest buyer of agricultural stocks. However, by Thursday, markets had settled down for the most part and the technical picture began to favour canola once more. Some of the factors underpinning canola included the slow pace of harvest across Western Canada due to soggy conditions; gains in vegetable oil; and some speculative trading. December corn futures declined by six cents per bushel during the week on the Chicago Board of Trade. The market was pressured by USDA’s supply/

demand report estimating the U.S. crop at a record 15.23 billion bushels. Crop conditions in Brazil are said to be good, which led to ideas this year’s crop will be bigger than initially expected, which was also bearish. December wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade fell by seven cents

per bushel as USDA pegged wheat ending stocks at 1.43 billion bushels, which topped analysts’ estimates of 1.41 billion bushels. Dave Sims writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

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Oat bids rising on harvest fears, but may be near top Restarted harvest is showing surprisingly good quality despite terrible weather By Phil Franz-Warkentin Commodity News Service Canada

ats futures at the Chicago Board of Trade and cash bids in Western Canada have shown some strength over the past month, but may not have much more room to the upside. “There was a bit of a panic in late October that pushed cash prices higher,” said Scott Shiels, grain procurement merchant with Grain Millers Canada in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. He said most of the strength was tied to buyers scrambling due to the late harvest. Spot bids as high as $3 per bushel were being offered in Shiels’ area, with prices a bit higher farther out. About a quarter of the Saskatchewan oats crop was still in the fields as of Oct. 24, but weather conditions have finally improved and farmers are making some progress bringing in the last of the crop. Shiels said one surprising thing was how much of the oats being

“There was a bit of a panic in late October that pushed cash prices higher.”

Scott Shiels

harvested now were still making milling quality. “We thought we would see nothing but garbage, but it’s amazing,” said Shiels adding that “there will be more adequate quality oats than we were expecting.” That better-than-expected quality will likely keep a cap on the upside, at least in the short term until the full state of this year’s crop is known.

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ALBERTAFARMEXPRESS.CA • NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Sideways trading has spring wheat futures stuck in a rut MGEX spring wheat futures are rangebound and going nowhere fast BY DAVID DROZD Ag-Chieve

he nearby MGEX spring wheat futures have been stuck in a US$.60-per-bushel trading range since July 2015. Prices have thus far been unable to exceed resistance in the US$5.42 area, as the selling overcomes the buying. Subsequently, the US$4.82 level is proving to be support, an area where the buying picks up and the market begins to turn back up. This sideways trading range has developed into a rectangle formation. Rectangles are important to note, as they provide a measurement of how far a market will move in the direction of the breakout.

Rectangles

Rectangles, or box formations as they are sometimes called, are found frequently on futures price charts. In the majority of cases they prove to be continuation or sideways consolidation patterns in which prices, having been in an obvious trend, will pause for several weeks without making progress. In the example I am using in the accompanying chart, the market is digesting its decline. The MGEX spring wheat weekly nearby futures have been in a sideways, US$.60-per-bushel trading range for the past 16 months. Less than one-third of the time this formation will evolve into a legitimate trend reversal. As a general rule, rectangles as reversal patterns are most likely to occur after a downtrend. Thus, they form a bottom prior to the start of a new advance. A rectangle formation consists of a trading range which is bounded on both the top and bottom by horizontal lines (see accompanying chart). Within this range, the price fluctuations must form at least two tops and bottoms. Volume will normally taper off as the rectangle lengthens in time. The pattern reaches completion when the price exceeds either the upper or lower boundary. The breakout from a rectangle is considered to be highly reliable as a forecasting tool. A minimum measurement is determined by the vertical distance of the rectangle projected at the point of breakout. Rectangle completion can be premature, as prices will sometimes exceed the formation’s boundary only to return to the pattern before moving in the direction of the original breakout.

Between these two extremes the market is in relative balance, with neither buyers nor sellers able to gain a lasting advantage. Prices remain trendless for a time until either the buying at the upper boundary exceeds the selling, or the selling at the lower boundary exceeds the buying. When either occurs, the scales are tipped and prices break out of the formation. One should realize that a breakout through the upper boundary not only cleans out the supply of contracts which had previously halted the advance, but it puts all shorts into a losing position. Similarly, in a downtrend, when prices break through the lower boundary of this formation all longs are placed on the defensive. To understand where, on a chart, the anxiety level of shorts or longs increases is

very useful, for it is shortly thereafter that their contracts become fuel for the fire. Wheat producers who were selling wheat as the nearby futures approached the area of resistance at US$5.42 were able to avoid having to sell at the market lows. Send your questions or comments about this article and chart to info@agchieve.ca.

MGEX SPRING WHEAT WEEKLY NEARBY Chart as of November 2, 2016

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 grain-marketing advisory services, or call us toll free at 1-888-274-3138 for a free consultation.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2016 • ALBERTAFARMEXPRESS.CA

Milling wheat is cheap enough to feed

Swine sector dodges a bullet

Brazil’s poultry and pork industries are turning to milling-quality wheat as a cheaper substitute for dearly priced corn. Brazil is the world’s leading poultry exporter, a major corn producer, and importer of wheat. But a record wheat harvest and abundant international supply has pushed prices lower while corn prices are stubbornly high in the aftermath of a disappointing harvest and bumper exports earlier in 2016. New-crop wheat is trading at 580 reais (US$178.50) per tonne in Rio Grande do Sul state, while corn is at 733 reais ($225.50) per tonne. A year ago, it was nearly reversed, with wheat at 700 reais and corn at 580 reais. — Reuters

Canada’s swine industry appears to have dodged a significant economic blow with quick action on senecavirus A. In August, 13 Ontario animals were identified with lesions on their snouts or hooves at a U.S. processing plant, triggering a memo from the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service. As a result, 10 loads of Canadian cull sows were turned back in September when lesions were found. Due to quick action and extensive testing in Ontario, no loads have been rejected due to lesion concerns since. Senecavirus A causes scours and mortality in pre-weaned piglets and lesions on the snouts and the area around the hooves in sows that can cause lameness. — Glacier FarmMedia

Let cattle do the seeding When cattle graze on mature legumes, they will distribute species such as cicer milk vetch to areas where there were few or none before keep re-establishing themselves then these really become permanent pastures that won’t have to be reseeded.”

Beef Cattle Research Council release

attle can be managed to produce calves, beef and milk — but can they also be put to work reseeding pastures? As long as you’re not in a hurry, the answer is ‘yes,’ say producers who have managed beef cows and yearlings so they distribute legume seeds through their manure. There doesn’t appear to be a handy term to describe this reseeding technique, and on many farms and ranches with late-season grazing it probably happens naturally anyway. But several Alberta producers are managing pastures so cattle are consuming mature forage seeds, in hopes at least some are shed in manure and germinate to establish the species on other parts of the pasture. And from their observations over the past few years, it works. Ian Murray, who owns Shoestring Ranch at Acme, northeast of Calgary, says over the past three years he is seeing more desirable grazing species such as cicer milk vetch on areas of his pasture where there were few or none before. Alex Robertson who ranches at Longview, south of Calgary also says he is seeing more legumes on his tame pastures. And Graeme Finn, who ranches with family members at Crossfield, just north of Calgary, has taken it a step further. Finn adds a “bean can full” of raw seed to each bag of mineral mix in hopes of getting more seed established on pasture, without having to pull out the seed drill. The concept makes sense, says Alberta Agriculture grazing and forage specialist Grant Lastiwka, although he has some caveats to feeding extra seed through the mineral mix.

Legume inoculants

This manure/seeding technique is best suited for hard-coated forage seed such as legumes. But while legumes can germinate and grow without inoculants, they cannot fix nitrogen into the soil unless they are inoculated with the right bacteria. Some soils contain natural bacteria that can inoculate the legume roots and promote nitrogen fixation. Effective inocula-

Encouraging reseeding

Most of the cicer milk vetch in this pasture was established by cattle depositing seed through their manure. Since it takes three days for feed to completely go through a cow’s digestive system, moving these cows to a new paddock will bring seeds to that area. Photo: Graeme Finn tion and nitrogen fixation will most likely occur in pastures that already contain some established legumes whose roots have nodules that are well developed and pink or reddish inside. Alfalfa, clovers, sainfoin, trefoil and cicer milk vetch all produce hardcoated seed and many can pass through an animal’s digestive system without being damaged. (Grass seeds such as brome and orchardgrass seed are typically softer seeds and can be damaged in the rumen.) Cicer milk vetch is one legume that is targeted for the manureseeding technique. It’s a highyielding, palatable, high-protein legume, that is also a prolific seed producer. It is a bloat-resistant legume that works well in a grazing system. Ian Murray definitely sees improved distribution of cicer milk vetch since he has focused on the program. “No doubt there has been some of this happening all along, but I have made a conscious effort to stockpile pastures for seed distribution since 2014,” said Murray. Murray runs a 180-head cowcalf and yearling operation and grazes nearly 12 months a year. He moves cattle through about 40 different paddocks, ranging from 20 to 45 acres, during the year. Most of the long-established pastures on his ranch are grass based with varying degrees of cicer milk

vetch mixed in. He would like to see more. “For example, we had a quarter section that was cross-fenced into paddocks,” he said. “The south end of the quarter had more cicer milk vetch than the north end. So we make a point of letting some of the paddocks mature and go to seed, then we can let the cattle in to fall graze — they take seed with them, as they move through other paddocks.” Research shows it can take up to three days for feed to completely move through a cow’s digestive system. So as animals move, the seed moves too. Murray said he had a better look at some of the manure patties last year after a big rain and “there are hundreds of seeds” in the manure. He’s not sure how many will germinate and grow, but even some is good. “And I believe it is working,” he said. “We are starting to see more cicer milk vetch in areas where we didn’t have that much, so it is being moved around.” While grass seeds may not survive a trip through the cow’s digestive system, allowing the plants to mature on mixed stand pastures provides an opportunity for them to drop seed and fill in the pasture around them. “I look at a pasture as a permanent resource,” said Murray. “So if we can fill in, and distribute these grasses and legumes so they

Alex Robertson is seeing a similar response on his southern Alberta ranch. His pastures include grasses such as orchardgrass, meadow brome, and tall fescue, along with cicer milk vetch, sainfoin, bird’s-foot trefoil, and some alfalfa. “Unintentionally there has been some reseeding by the cows for about 20 years,” said Robertson. “But for the past five years we have been changing pasture management to encourage more reseeding.” His cattle are out on native grass range for most of the winter and move onto stockpiled tame forage in April and May. “We start calving in later spring and as soon as the cow-calf pairs are mothered up, we move them out to this stockpiled pasture, which has gone to seed, and there is also some new growth coming underneath,” he said. As cows eat that stockpiled forage, seed is distributed over the pasture. “I am seeing more of the legumes, such as cicer milk vetch, appearing in different parts of our pastures,” he said. “I don’t know if it will ever build to where we have more grass, but hopefully it will at least maintain these stands as productive pastures.”

Boosting the process

Graeme Finn is also seeing some of these desirable legumes establish themselves on land that has been annually cropped for 30 years. “Our cattle will move from paddocks with stockpiled forage onto fields where annual crops have been cut for swath grazing, and now we are starting to see these legumes on the swath grazed fields,” he said. While Finn stockpiles forage so cattle can fall graze and move seeds in manure, he also feeds raw seed to cattle throughout the year. Any time a mineral box is being refilled, he mixes in one or two “bean cans” — roughly one pound of seed per bag of mineral — of sainfoin, cicer milk vetch and alfalfa seed.

“We do this summer and winter, with cows, yearlings, and bulls and we are starting to see these legumes popping up all over,” said Finn. The system works well on open pasture and especially well in bushland, where tillage or mechanical seeding wouldn’t be an option anyway. “We’ve been doing this for a while and last year I went out with the quad to spray some thistle and toadflax in one bush area and I had to quit,” said Finn. “There was so much sainfoin coming in among the grass I stopped because I didn’t want to spray it out. Driving by you might not notice, but when you stop and look the legumes are coming.” Finn estimates he uses about two bags of seed (about $300 per bag) for each pallet of mineral. Seed fed to cattle must be raw, untreated, and with no mechanical injury or scarification from harvest. Salt and some other minerals could potentially damage the seed coat as well, added Lastiwka. He said he’s not sure how many ranchers will actually “feed” seed to cattle, but there is nothing wrong with cattle harvesting mature legume stands on their own. “Research shows these hard seeds will pass through the animal and can establish themselves on pasture,” said Lastiwka. Planning to have cattle distribute seed is all part of a well-managed grazing system. “If you look at the whole picture, a well-managed grazing system that allows for a longer grazing season, is good economics as it can help reduce winter feeding costs,” he said. “And generally as you develop that type of system, you’re going to have some pastures that get mature and go to seed. So it’s really the point where management for a highly productive and healthy forage stand and longer season of grazing come together.” Seeding via manure isn’t a fast way to establish plants and renew a pasture, but at the same time it costs little or nothing, he added. “It’s a slow process and we don’t know how many seeds in that fecal deposit will germinate and sometimes they can be quite a distance apart. But over time these legumes can be distributed and pastures renewed over the long haul.”

ALBERTAFARMEXPRESS.CA • NOVEMBER 21, 2016

We need to do better when it comes to castration Doing it early and properly brings benefits to the producers, addresses animal welfare concerns, and prevents problems later on By Roy Lewis DVM

e now have many tools at our disposal when it comes to castration of calves in the beef and dairy sectors of our industry. When used together in skilled hands, newer techniques at castration along with NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatories) will ensure welfare issues are addressed. Much has changed in the feedlot industry. Cattle are not dehorned — a few may be just tipped and the polled bulls look after the rest. Cattle are not branded unless required by finance companies, for border crossings, or by community pastures. The feedlots really don’t want to castrate either and quite frankly it is not the place to get that done. Over the years especially with high markets, calves identified as bulls were probably not discounted as much as they should be. Bigger older bulls on average have bigger testicles so right away we have compounding problems. For the good of the whole value chain and the cattle industry, producers must get much better at castrating on farm. I don’t think we will ever evolve to not castrating as many European countries do. The smaller and younger the calf the better, especially when he is still nursing. Using rings when they are

a day old is the easiest method and it causes the least stress. And since it can be done when tagging and giving shots, it doesn’t take much additional time. If you use a calf implant at this time, growth will be about as good as an intact bull and you don’t have the worry of castrating when it’s older. But there are too many ‘belly nuts’ showing up in our Canadian feedlots. We must all examine how these apparent misses happen and what can be done to prevent them. Many producers may not even realize they are shipping some steer calves with a retained testicle. If we go back to castration time, we may discover where the errors are happening. If you’re using bands at birth and a testicle has not descended, that calf should be left, marked, and rechecked later. You always need to recheck once the band is released to make sure both testicles are still contained in the scrotum. You may want to ensure the person processing the newborn calves has time without an overly aggressive mother cow in close proximity. We do more things now to newborns, including vaccinating, so we must take our time and do it right (including castrating). Older calves can be knife castrated at a few months of age at the proverbial ‘branding time’ before the turnout to pasture.

Ensure the most skilled individual is performing the castration. The quicker the procedure with a sharp scalpel or knife, the less the chance of infection, excessive bleeding or inflammation. It is starting to become commonplace where an NSAID — such as banamine or meloxicam (s.c. or oral) — is given. Because of the other stressors on the calf at this time, it is money well spent. The anti-inflammatories have come down in price and provide up to two days’ benefit. Since younger calves don’t weigh as much, less product is required. Implanting will also provide better growth and should definitely be considered. If the knife is not used at this age (three to five months) a bander has been developed by Callicrate for these middlesize calves. It is a middle-size band put on the same way as bands at birth. This technique is easy to use but be warned, it is imperative calves have a tetanus vaccine. Tetanus is found in some of the eight-way and nine-way clostridial (blackleg) vaccines. The two brands I am most familiar with are Covexin Plus or Tasvax 8 (it should say tetanus on the label). At this age calves are often given their first or second blackleg vaccine, so this does not become a duplication. But just make doubly sure the blackleg vaccine contains tetanus. Ideally they should be

given the tetanus vaccine two weeks before the stressful event. For older calves with big testicles, banding with the larger bands is becoming the more preferable route — although best not to leave them this long and tetanus is a real problem. Purebred producers raising breeding bulls may not know until bulls are culled at semen evaluation time, so these larger bulls enter the feeding system and we need to do something about them. Currently there is a small study comparing the differences between knife and banding at this age and using or not using NSAIDs which may tell us more about which method is preferable. In my experience with older calves to yearlings I use both methods castrating with a knife on the smaller-testicled calves and using bands on the larger calves where I am worried about bleeding. The cut calves are also covered with antibiotics and both groups receive blackleg with tetanus and a painkiller anti-inflammatory shot. It has been found that with all these painful procedures the antiinflammatory drugs help to keep the calves eating. So from an economic standpoint the calves do better. They are also healthier and less prone to succumb to things such as pneumonia or digestive upsets. The real problems at the feedlot are the ‘belly nuts’ high flank-

ers, which get bought as steers but are discovered partially intact (usually one testicle) at the feedlot. These are a real risk to the feedlot as they are much more difficult to cut as they are usually very big and staggy looking. Quite frankly the feedlots really don’t want them. I found out recently that a very large lot in the U.S. will turn back intact or partially intact bulls if they are discovered at processing. We all as producers must work with our veterinarian as to the most appropriate method of castration for our farm based on age of calf, time of year, and resources at our disposal. We need to aim for as close to 100 per cent success rate as possible and use painkillers when advised. This will save needless problems down the line. Feedlots have figured out what bulls cost them and learned that often not much else preventive-wise (such as vaccinating) has been done to these calves. If we diligently work to do the best job we can when castrating and look after these calves they will return dividends to us in the long run; animal welfare issues will be addressed; and the entire industry will benefit. 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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Simple strategies can help reduce pregnancy loss in cattle Feed testing, good nutrition, exercise, low-stress handling, and biosecurity are all beneficial for pregnant cows BY ALEXIS KIENLEN AF staff

he best way to reduce pregnancy losses in pregnant cows is to take a multipronged approach. First, it pays to test both feed and water. “It is surprising how much variability in our forages occurs year to year and season to season,” veterinarian Steve Hendrick said during a recent Beef Cattle Research Council webinar. “It could be the same stand, but there are those yearly differences. Part of that is due to when we harvest. “Even water quality changes over time. Periodic testing is definitely worthwhile. Use that information to your advantage and balance rations accordingly.” Be cautious with grain screenings, which can be contaminated with ergot or fusarium. Monitoring the body condition of cows can also help a producer track the cows’ health. “By the time of weaning, energy requirements have dropped,” he said. “That’s the time when if we are going to put weight on the thin cows, we need to do some sorting. Fall time is when we’re preg checking and weaning, and we can use this time for sorting.” This strategy prevents feed wastage, and overconditioned animals. Growing fetuses can take a lot of minerals from cows in the last trimester so a mineral supplement can be worthwhile. “I’d like to see (minerals) in front of the cows all year round, but if you have to pick a time, start two to three months before calving and extend it as they start calving and lactating, to turnout and beyond, if possible,” said Hendrick. “Producers are doing a better job of feed testing and getting energy and protein values, but I’d also encourage you to periodically look at a mineral panel as well in your feeds to get a better gauge of what you’ve got.” Exercise is good for people and it’s good for cows too. Walking to water or around a pasture can help cows maintain muscle tone and promote weight control, which could reduce stillbirths. Good vaccination protocols should be viewed as insurance, but work with a vet who knows both your herd and prevalent diseases in your area. Proper livestock-handling systems reduce animal stress which could result in abortions or stillbirths. Finally, biosecurity goes a long way. Bulls should be screened for trichmoniasis if they are in communal grazing pastures and dry cows that have aborted shouldn’t be sent to pasture. Animals that abort could be infectious, and it might be a good idea to cull them, said Hendrick. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

Adjusting inventory value can pay off in the future Making this adjustment during an unprofitable or low-profit year can save taxes when cattle prices go up again Alberta Agriculture and Forestry release

ow-calf producers should consider taking advantage of the optional inventory adjustment, says a provincial farm business management specialist. “Economic returns for cow-calf operators this year will probably not be all that profitable,” said Ted Nibourg. “High feed costs in the winter of 2015 coupled with reduced calf prices this fall may result in negative margins for some producers and sharply reduced income for others.” Cattle prices go through a cycle but are expected to increase over time. And because they tend to plateau at a higher level after peaking, producers can be proactive in dealing with the tax implications of increased profits, said Nibourg. “Using the optional inventory

If you suffered a loss or earned little income, this could be a good year for an optional inventory adjustment. PHOTO: CANADA BEEF adjustment can help reduce tax payable in years of higher returns,” he said. “Farmers using the cash basis of accounting can include in their income any amount up to the fair market value of their inventory. This will result in an equivalent deduction in subsequent years

when income is higher. The bump-up can not only move net farm loss to zero but should also be sufficient to cover a producer’s personal exemptions (which is $18,214 for the 2015 tax year).” For purchased inventory such as feeder cattle, the mandatory

inventory adjustment (MIA) applies. “A producer is required to reduce the income loss to the extent that inventory was purchased and still on hand at yearend,” said Nibourg. “The required adjustment only needs to be sufficient to reduce net farm loss to zero. The MIA will be the lesser of the net farm loss or the value of the purchased inventory on hand at year-end unless the specified animals rules apply. Specified animals are horses or registered cattle. A producer may elect to add in the MIA of specified animals at 70 per cent of their cash costs.” Using these adjustment tools can not only help manage taxes but can also be useful for someone establishing a cow herd. “Creating an optional inventory adjustment reserve will allow a producer to reduce the tax burden should the producer wish to liquidate the herd sometime in the future,” he said.

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La Niña not packing a punch

Trump win sparks fears about climate deal

La Niña will have minimal impact on Argentina soy, wheat, and corn crops this season, setting the stage for ample harvests, say local meteorologists. The La Niña phenomenon tends to bring dryness to Argentina’s Pampas Farm Belt, but weather experts say this year’s version is “of very low intensity” and won’t have much impact. Wheat flowering in southern Buenos Aires province has been hurt by dry conditions, but in the north soy planting has been slowed by above-normal rainfall. La Niña is marked by colder ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean and occurs every two to seven years. — Reuters

Donald Trump’s election has triggered fears that his view that global warming is a hoax invented by China might lead other nations to scale back their efforts to combat climate change. Trump’s victory came as representatives from 200 nations met in Marrakesh to celebrate the start of the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global warming. Trump has threatened to tear up the Paris accord for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, worked out in two decades of negotiations by countries as diverse as China, Pacific islands, and OPEC oil producers. Some delegates expressed concern that Trump could cause other nations to reconsider their position on global warming. — Reuters

Will it be a typical La Niña winter on the Prairies this year? La Niña usually brings more snow and colder temperatures, but some forecasts are painting a different picture for this year BY DANIEL BEZTE

fter nearly 11 months of global record-setting temperatures, North America has had its turn seeing the warmest weather on the planet — at least when compared to average. I’ll have to admit: It really bugs me when people use the infamous line, “Where is global warming now?” every time temperatures in their region are colder than expected. These same people seem to shut up pretty quickly when temperatures are warmer than expected. But again, the term is ‘global’ — not ‘what’s happening in my backyard’ — warming. This is exactly what we have seen across a large part of North America during the last part of October and the first half of November. While temperatures across Siberia have been colder than average, temperatures across central North America and the high Arctic have soared to record levels. Temperatures during the period have, on average, been between 5 C and 20 C above long-term averages. That’s right, as much as 20 C above average over the Arctic Ocean. What we do have to remember is that short-term warmer periods and cold snaps are weather. The frequency and duration of such events are climate. We will continue to see both warm and cold snaps, but as the records are showing, the warm snaps are beginning to significantly outnumber the cold ones. This leads us to this issue’s topic, the winter forecast. Or rather, the latest guesses as to what might unfold for us weather-wise this winter. With what looks to be a shift to a much more winter-like pattern taking place across the Prairies, I figured it was time to take a look at this. To begin, let’s look at the current conditions across the Pacific Ocean. The El Niño that helped drive record-breaking global temperatures over the last couple of years came to an end late this spring and ocean temperatures across the equatorial Pacific have been near to slightly below average

2 Month ( 60 Days) Percent of Average Precipitation (Prairie Region) September 8, 2016 to November 6, 2016

< 40% 40 - 60% 60 - 85% 85 - 115% 115 - 150% 150 - 200% > 200% Extent of Agricultural Land Lakes and Rivers

Produced using near real-time data that has undergone initial quality control. The map may not be accurate for all regions due to data availability and data errors.

This map shows the total amount of precipitation, compared to average, that has fallen across the Prairies during the 60-day period ending Nov. 7. This gives us a good idea of moisture levels heading into freeze-up. The map shows a large portion of the Prairies has seen above-average rainfall (blue regions) with the wettest areas found in Saskatchewan and western Manitoba. The only below-average areas are found in south-central Alberta and extreme far northwestern Alberta.

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since then. In early November, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officially declared that La Niña conditions have been met and that we should expect a weak La Niña to remain for much of this winter. What is interesting with this La Niña setup compared to previous ones, is that ocean temperatures to the north of the La Niña region are much warmer. What effect this will have on our weather is uncertain. La Niña winters tend to be colder and snowier than average across the Canadian Prairies. But with only a weak La Niña in place, combined with the warmer waters over the mid-latitude Pacific, it is hard to say what will happen. Another part of the world that seems to have a connection to us in determining our winter weather is northern Eurasia. This region has seen an early start to winter with plenty of cold and snow. This often creates a pat-

tern that brings colder weather to our part of the world later in the winter. Again, time will tell if this will occur this year. Interestingly, the longer-term weather models that try and predict this are calling for warmer-than-average temperatures across our region for most of the winter. Now, let’s look at some of the actual forecasts to see if there is any kind of consensus between them. Starting off with Environment Canada, its current long-range forecast is calling for aboveaverage temperatures to start off the winter, slowly cooling to nearly to slightly above average by the end of the winter. Its forecast shows the best chances of warm weather over the eastern Prairies. As for precipitation, it is calling for near-average amounts early on, with near- to slightly above-average amounts later on. NOAA’s winter outlook is calling for near-average temperatures across all three Prairie

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provinces, with above-average amounts of precipitation over the southern half of both Alberta and Saskatchewan and nearaverage amounts over Manitoba. The Weather Channel is also calling for above-average temperatures to start the winter, with the eastern Prairies transitioning to near- to slightly below-average temperatures during the second half of winter. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any precipitation forecast from it. Accuweather’s Canadian winter forecast is calling for belowaverage temperatures across the Prairies, with below-average precipitation across Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Alberta is expected to see near-average amounts, with above-average amounts over extreme western regions. Now on to our two almanacs. The Canadian Farmers’ Almanac appears to be calling for near- to below-average temperatures as it mentions fair and

frigid several times. It also looks like it will be a snowy winter as it mentions storms with heavy snow in every month. The Old Farmer’s Almanac is calling for a very cold winter with near- to slightly above-average snowfall. Last but not least is my forecast. I think that we’ll see an upand-down winter with several shots of cold weather, with nearto above-average temperatures in-between. Precipitation will be above average overall, with the central and eastern Prairies having the best chance of seeing above-average snowfall. Now, as usual, we will just have to sit back and see what Mother Nature throws at us this year. 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.

ALBERTAFARMEXPRESS.CA • NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Wheat commission directors acclaimed

Fababeans get a reality check Fabas were on a tear until this year, but experts expect the crop to have a solid, but modest, future in Alberta BY JENNIFER BLAIR

“We could probably support 200,000 acres if we had a half-decent export program and maintained or grew the feed side of things even marginally.”

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Chris Chivilo

Growing demand for plant-based proteins could drive up fababean acres, said provincial pulse unit head Mark Olson. PHOTO: SUPPLIED as were lentils and chickpeas, for anybody who could have seeded fababeans. “The risks of growing fabas compared to peas in most cases just weren’t enough to justify seeding fababeans.”

Global competition

Producers who did seed fababeans this year saw average yields, said Chivilo, but those yields were still less than that of peas. “Peas probably averaged 55 bushels per acre, and fababeans likely averaged 50 bushels per acre, which also isn’t a big help in increasing acres,” said Chivilo. But quality was up from last year. “We had a longer grower season and the crop matured, so we’re seeing nice, good-quality seed,” said Olson.

Despite that, fababean producers “aren’t selling a lot” so far. “We’ve got about the same amount at this time as we did last year,” said Chivilo. “We’re being shown a lot of samples, but with the quality being better, we expected more selling. Pricing is not as attractive at this time as producers would want, so they’re tending to sit on them right now.” But there’s “very little potential” for higher prices, he said. “You might see an extra $10 or $20 (a tonne) throughout the winter, but there’s not a lot on the horizon to tell us that we’re going to see a price pop up $30 or $40.” Prices are largely set by Egypt, which imports more than half of all food-grade fababeans traded annually. “You’re kind of hung out to dry with one customer, and they can buy cheaper from the Baltic states — which have become

Other markets

The feed market for fababeans is also hurting Canada’s export market — “but that’s not necessarily a bad thing,” said Chivilo. “Most of last year’s crop went into feed, and it got a lot of new users using fababeans because of the protein benefits compared to peas,” he said, adding a reliable feed market has been helping increase acres over the past five years.

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ith the sharp drop in Alberta fababean acres in 2016, has the clock struck midnight for last year’s Cinderella crop? Maybe, maybe not, says a provincial pulse expert. “I just can’t see them going away,” said Mark Olson, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry’s pulse crops unit head. “I don’t think the acres are going to go down to 1,000 (acres) or even 5,000. We did take a drop this year, but I think we’re going to gradually build the acres.” Alberta fababean acres exploded over the past five years, climbing from just 8,000 acres in 2012 to about 20,000 acres in 2013, and then 80,000 in 2014. But after peaking at around 100,000 acres in 2015, acreage fell by half this year. Last year’s drought is partially to blame, he said. “It was no secret. We told farmers that, if you’re in a drier area of the province, you’re better off to grow lentils or peas,” said Olson, adding faba yields plummet when it’s dry. “You’ll see yields in the mid- to high 20s bushels per acre when you don’t have the moisture, and when you have the moisture, you get upwards of 60 to 70 bushels per acre.” As well, other pulse crops were more attractive at the start of the year, said Chris Chivilo, president of W.A. Grain and Pulse Solutions. “Producers switched away from fabas after a poor year into crops that were a little more reliable and higher priced,” he said. “Peas were far more attractive price-wise to put in the ground this past spring,

very competitive over the last two years — as well as Great Britain, France, and Australia, which has higher-quality beans than all of the rest of the countries,” said Chivilo. “Unless there’s a bad crop in a couple of the competing nations, we’re really price dependent on Egypt.” On average, Canada exports about 6,000 tonnes of fabas — a drop in the bucket compared to other producers that are closer to major customers in northern Africa and the Middle East. As a result, prices will fluctuate from year to year, and so will acreages, said Chivilo. “We’re a small, small supplier compared to almost everybody else, so we don’t really have any impact on pricing at all,” he said. “I’d like to say that we should see a gradual trend toward higher prices over time, but it’s totally dependent on these other countries. If the Baltic states decide to grow something else, our price will go up. If Australia cuts back on acres, our price will go up. “But we have no impact whether we seed 100,000 acres or 50,000 acres.”

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Alberta Wheat Commission directors and reps from Regions 1 and 5 have been acclaimed to three-year terms. In Region 1, Jason Saunders from Taber and Gary Stanford from Magrath join the board along with Cole Siegle from Clyde and Warren Sekulic from Rycroft in Region 5. Henry Vos in Region 5 and Lynn Jacobson in Region 1 are the departing directors. Otto Rottier and David Bartlett will return as regional reps in Region 5 while Jacob Kodde and Arthur Eckert are the new reps in Region 1. Kodde served as a rep when the wheat commission was first established in 2012. Both Regions 1 and 5 have an open rep position. “It is great to see some new faces on our board and some new regional reps as well,” said board chair Kevin Auch. — AWC

NOVEMBER 21, 2016 • ALBERTAFARMEXPRESS.CA

Construction of Bowden grain terminal delayed until spring Paterson Grain says it is disappointed it couldn’t start building the $40-million terminal this fall BY JOHNNIE BACHUSKY

“It is unfortunate, but it does not change our view of the project and we continue to press on.”

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aterson Grain is delaying construction of its Bowden grain terminal until spring. The family-owned Winnipegbased grain-handling company had hoped to begin construction this fall but meeting Alberta Environment requirements in regards to wetlands is taking longer than expected, said the company’s corporate development officer. “It is unfortunate, but it does not change our view of the project and we continue to press on,” said Shane Paterson. “We are very bullish about the project. As far as I am concerned everything is proceeding well. I am very confident we will be able to work through these relatively minor challenges.” Paterson Grain announced in March it wanted to build an ultramodern 55,000-tonne grain-handling facility that could cost up to

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The site of the planned Paterson Grain terminal just outside of Bowden. The Winnipeg company now says construction will not start until spring in order to comply with all provincial wetlands regulations. Photo: Johnnie Bachusky $40 million to construct. Shane Paterson and president and CEO Andrew Paterson came to Red Deer County last month to speak with Mayor Jim Wood and other

county officials. Along with the environmental challenge, they discussed the intersection at Highway 587 and Range Road 12, a kilometre west of Bowden and

where the grain terminal project will be accessed. Wood said Alberta Transportation, which won’t be involved in any costsharing agreement, has ordered the upgrade at the intersection. He said Paterson Grain and the county are now in negotiations on how much both sides will contribute to the cost, which is expected to be between $500,000 and $750,000.

“Typically in Red Deer County, development pays for itself because that is where we are at and how we do things, but I believe that intersection had problems in the past and is not the best intersection to start with,” said Wood. “Because we know that intersection is not all Paterson, what would be the appropriate contribution? We are still under negotiations.” Shane Paterson also said the intersection shouldn’t be a stumbling block. Wood added that he’s pleased the Paterson project is moving forward, especially since GrainsConnect Canada said in August that its Niobe grain terminal, a kilometre north of Innisfail, has been put on hold. “There was no talk of this elevator not taking place, or anything like that. It was just normal conversations that just happen during big projects,” said Wood. “It’s very much a go.”

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While faba prices could drop this year with the abundance of feed grains hitting the market, livestock feeders still need a protein source, and fababeans fit the bill. “They need some kind of a feed protein, whether it’s soybean meal or canola meal, and fababeans and feed peas replace that to a certain extent,” said Chivilo. “The main competition to fababeans and feed peas is soybean meal. If soybean meal goes up, the feed fabas and the feed peas will go up.” There are also plans for fractionation plants in Alberta, which could help boost acres. “If you break it into its protein, starch, and fibre, fababean has got some really nice qualities about it,” said Olson. “We were hoping that the fractionation of the crop would really help with the market. The plants that were on the books are progressing, but not as quickly as we had hoped.” Global demand for plantbased protein is set to double by 2024, and as high-protein ingredients, fababean fractions work better than pea fractions to replace cereals in baked goods, pastas, and other food products where wheat or barley are traditionally used. “We have a huge world population to feed, and they need protein,” said Olson. “I think it’s going to be a no-brainer. We’re very well situated. I don’t have a crystal ball, but I just can’t see fababeans going away.” But Alberta producers shouldn’t hang their hats on a fractionation plant, which would increase fababean acres in the province only marginally, cautioned Chivilo. “If someone built a fractionation plant for fababeans, that could increase the acreage, but it likely wouldn’t impact things more than 10,000 or 20,000 acres overall,” said Chivilo. “We could probably support 200,000 acres if we had a halfdecent export program and maintained or grew the feed side of things even marginally, but that would be the limit right now.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

ALBERTAFARMEXPRESS.CA • NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Promote pulses and breed even healthier varieties, says expert Somehow these healthy options are overlooked even in a world suddenly concerned about healthy food record at adopting other products, such as whole grains or oat bran, and ground pulses could fit that model — and give much greater health benefits while that happens. Thompson spent much of his time at the podium telling researchers and pulse breeders at the meeting about the substantial differences his research is revealing about the functional traits of varieties. It all points to a need to better understand the benefits of the crops and breed for these functional traits, he said.

BY GORD GILMOUR

Manitoba Co-operator editor/Winnipeg

ulses have an image problem. They’re healthy and hearty fare. At times they can even seem like a wonder food, contributing to lower cholesterol, overcoming dietary fibre shortages and perhaps even slowing the spread of some cancers. Despite this, however, they’re also seen as unglamorous, and even at times something to be a bit embarrassed about, according to one dietary specialist. Henry Thompson heads up the University of Colorado’s Cancer Prevention Laboratory and he’s a dietitian by training. He says frequently the crops are viewed as poverty food and the first choice of consumers when they earn a bit more money is to replace them with animal protein. “They’re seen as poor-people food,” Thompson said in an interview at the recent Canadian Pulse Research Workshop in Winnipeg. “But I tell people that’s wrong. They’re not poor-people food. They’re smart-people food.”

Underconsumed

Getting the full dietary value of pulse crops means consuming enough of them, Thompson told the conference, something almost nobody does. He cited U.S. figures, but added the Canadian numbers would be almost identical. A diet containing 200 to 300 grams of pulses every day would completely eliminate the well-understood dietary fibre shortfall of most North Americans. However, the actual daily consumption is about 10 grams a day. “If it should be around 200 or 300 grams a day, that’s a thirtyfold increase in consumption levels,” Thompson said. North Americans and Europeans once ate far more pulses. For example, there were regional recipes like Boston-baked beans and French Canadian pea soup. As the population became more affluent, however, that began to change. Meat replaced beans and many of the woes of our modern diet began to surface. For the pulse producer, the risk is this trend could continue in other locations as customer countries become more affluent. Brazil, for example, has long been one of the

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Pulse crop breeder Tom Warkentin says grower funding has been the key to expanding acres. PHOTOs: GORD GILMOUR

Dietitian and health researcher Henry Thompson wants everyone to understand the value of pulse crops in their diet.

“When I talk to farmers the two most common traits they tell me they’re interested in are yield and standability.”

“I tell people that’s wrong. They’re not poor-people food. They’re smart-people food.”

Tom Warkentin

Henry Thompson

largest edible bean producers and consumers. But in recent years per capita income has risen and almost in lockstep, per capita consumption has fallen. “Brazil is turning away from beans,” Thompson said. “I talk to its public health officials, and they’re quite concerned about it because they know they’re a very healthy dietary option and they’re worried about the public health implications.”

Promotion helps

One recent development that may help turn this around is the current International Year of the Pulse, as declared by the United Nations.

Thompson said he was very pleased to hear the UN make the declaration back in 2013, and he’s been even more pleased to see it seems to be helping penetrate the public consciousness. Prior to the start of the year, just 12 per cent of those surveyed knew about pulse crops and their benefits. A followup study conducted this past spring saw that climb to 30 per cent, he said. “I think it’s really having an impact,” Thompson said. “That’s quite the jump in just five months.” Another thing that could help is bringing the food industry on board as a partner to boost consumption. It has a long track

Tom Warkentin of the University of Saskatchewan, widely recognized as Western Canada’s pre-eminent pulse crop breeder, told the meeting that breeding these crops is a delicate balancing act of competing interests from consumers to processors and, of course, the farmers who actually grow the crops and fund much of the research and breeding programs. One of the crops he’s worked on most is field peas. “When I talk to farmers, the two most common traits they tell me they’re interested in are yield and standability,” Warkentin said. “They want to grow more bushels and they want them to stand up so they can harvest them efficiently.” That’s not to say the other traits that are desirable to other members of the industry aren’t important or can’t be bred for, but rather that breeders like himself need to know what to breed for and begin working those priorities into breeding programs. In an interview, Warkentin said he’s proud of the advances the sector has made in recent years, and the growing number of acres the crops have captured. “It’s a real success story,” he said. Warkentin hopes to see the crops become the third rotational pillar, in addition to cereals and oilseed crops, for growers in the region. “We’re not there yet, but we’re getting closer,” he said. He also credited grower organizations with their willingness to fund research as a key reason the crops have been successful. “Without farmers funding this research, the progress we have seen wouldn’t be possible,” Warkentin said. gord.gilmour@fbcpublishing.com

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NOVEMBER 21, 2016 • ALBERTAFARMEXPRESS.CA

Is the revenue cap on moving grain a lifesaver or an anchor? One leading ag economist says a lack of rail investment has dampened grain prices while another predicts rail rates would double if the cap was removed BY ALLAN DAWSON Staff

oth grain farmers and the railways would be better off if the revenue cap was scrapped, says an expert in grain transportation. “Farmers may be losing more on (grain) prices than they ever gain from the lower freight rate they might be encountering,” said Barry Prentice, an agricultural economist and professor of supply chain management at the University of Manitoba. “There are lots of reasons why this should be changed and I think it really is in the farmers’ interest to do that.”

Heading his list of reasons is that Canada may be losing grain sales or having to discount prices because it’s viewed as an unreliable supplier. Prentice also argues that farmers are no longer captive to the railways as they were a century ago. “Today you can grow canola,” Prentice said. “Half the canola is sold to local crushing plants. You can sell to the feed mill. It can be trucked across the border to the U.S. “If the railways did try to extract more than what was competitive, farmers would respond by selling more to these other areas and the railways would lose that volume, which is very important to the railways. I think the worries about

the railways exceeding their power and taking advantage of the situation is a misplaced view.” Rather the maximum revenue entitlement (MRE) that caps the amount that CN and CP can receive for moving grain is discouraging the railways from investing more in the rail system and offering better service, Prentice said. “There needs to be an incentive for the railways to actually make the expansion… and we can see right now that’s not happening,” he said. “If there’s not the incentive… why should they do it? I think it’s in producers’ interest that the railways have the incentive and do make those investments.”

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“I think the worries about the railways exceeding their power and taking advantage of the situation is a misplaced view.” Barry Prentice

Although farmers ultimately pay the cost of shipping grain, it’s a transaction between railways and grain companies — and those companies have power, he said.

“We have some really big grain companies. In fact a couple of these grain companies — Glencore (which owns Viterra) and Cargill — could buy and sell our railways.” If one of those companies diverted just 10 per cent of its grain handle to elevators it owns on a competing rail line that would have a huge impact on the railway losing that business, he said. Prentice’s view stands in stark contrast to those held by another agricultural economist at the same university. In a recent presentation, Derek Brewin said rail rates would more than double if Ottawa accepted the recommendation of the Canada Transportation Act Review Panel to phase out the revenue cap. “The increase is somewhere between 100 and 150 per cent in real rates if we remove the MRE,” said Brewin. He estimates the cost of shipping a tonne of grain would jump from the current average of $36.60 to somewhere between $78 and $110. Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau is still considering whether to phase out the revenue cap, but Brewin said he should keep the regulation, calling it “almost inspired.” It protects farmers from paying excessive rates while allowing the railways to ration shipping demand and encourage increased shipper efficiency through price signals, he said. But Prentice said that’s not so. He said the railways effectively charge a flat rate all year so as not to exceed the revenue cap, which would trigger a fine and the forfeiture of the overage. And if the cap is resulting in lower freight costs for farmers that means other shippers are cross-subsidizing farmers, he said. “I don’t think farmers want to be freeloaders and depend on potash and coal and other commodity shippers to pay their share of the capital investment needed to move their grain,” Prentice said. The revenue cap also discourages the railways from shipping grain in containers, which is more expensive but not reflected in the MRE formula, he said. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Ag apprenticeship program opening doors for high school students Two-thirds Alberta’s Green Certificate program grads find work and one-quarter go on to an agricultural post-secondary program BY JENNIFER BLAIR AF staff / Olds

wo-thirds of high school students who complete Alberta’s Green Certificate program end up working in the agriculture industry. In a survey of recent program graduates, the province found that 67 per cent of students were successful at finding employment in agriculture after finishing the Green Certificate program and 63 per cent are still employed in an agriculture-related role. And 91 per cent of those students said that the skills they learned while taking their Green Certificate directly applied to their role in agriculture. “The purpose of Green Certificate is to assist the development of a skilled, safe, and trained agriculture workforce in the province,” said Raelene Mercer, Green Certificate program co-ordinator with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. “Our niche is that critical connection point for students finishing their high school program and either directly entering the workforce or going into a post-secondary agriculture program. “And we’re working.” Not only are Green Certificate graduates more employable, they’re also more likely to go on to a post-secondary program, said Mercer, who spoke at the Agriculture Labour Summit last month. “In the province of Alberta, 31 per cent of the graduating force ends up in post-secondary immediately upon exiting

high school. In Green Certificate, that number is at 47 per cent,” she said. “Of that 47 per cent, 25 per cent of Green Certificate students are in an agricultural post-secondary program of study, in comparison to only one per cent of the general population.” First launched in 1975, the Green Certificate is now available in over 300 communities across the province, said Mercer. “On average, we have anywhere between 1,300 and 1,500 trainees actively working on a Green Certificate right now in the province,” she said, adding that students must be at least 15 and entering into Grade 10 to apply. “We have about 450 new registrations every year, and we graduate about 425 students every year.” Green Certificate is one of the first dual-credit programs in the province, making its benefits “unique” for students. “Students get their high school credits for taking Green Certificate and agriculture production training, while also receiving a certificate.” The certificate offers specific training in 10 production areas, including cow-calf, feedlots, sheep, swine, dairy, field crops, irrigated crops, beekeeping, equine, and greenhouse. Next year, Mercer plans to add poultry to the list of options for students. “Trainees select a specialization, of which we have 10, and they work under the guidance of a trainer through their on-the-job training and work toward mastering all the skills

“We really work with these students on developing these competencies and mastering the skills that have been identified by the industry for an entry-level worker.” Raelene Mercer

Photo: Thinkstock and competencies within their training program to receive their Green Certificate,” she said, adding that upon completion, students earn 16 Grade 12 credits.

Hands-on learning

And the program is “very action oriented,” said Mercer. “It’s applied learning, so it’s often very different from the types of learning that these students are taking in high school,” she said, adding the program is delivered off campus on farms and at agricultural colleges across the province. “That’s one of the key components of Green Certificate — they’re actually doing these things and showing their development, and at the end of the day, they can competently perform whatever it is they’ve been required to do.”

While students are able to take up to three years to complete the program, most finish their certificate much sooner. “In general, it takes about 14 months for a student to finish a Green Certificate because we want them to have an entirety of a production cycle,” said Mercer. “But it’s competencybased learning. Depending on their ability level coming into the program, there are some students who can finish it in three months.” Depending on the production area, students learn between 60 to 130 skills that are designed specifically for the area they’ve chosen. “The training within each of these areas is very specific around production training,” said Mercer. “We teach farm safety, employability skills, animal health, animal husbandry, general agronom-

ics, the biology of how plants grow, watering systems, feeding systems — the actual doing of what they’re doing on those farms.” Students work with trainers — generally producers, including their own parents — to learn the “key points of competence for the program.” “We really work with these students on developing these competencies and mastering the skills that have been identified by the industry for an entry-level worker,” she said. “And we’re always looking for producers. This is an opportunity to get involved in becoming a mentor with Green Certificate, bringing students to your farm, and helping teach them the skills they need to operate on a farm.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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NOVEMBER 21, 2016 • ALBERTAFARMEXPRESS.CA

Canadian canola meal sales to China spike The increased trade makes Canadian crushing even more profitable and firms prices By Rod Nickel and Hallie Gu WINNIPEG/BEIJING/Reuters

anadian canola meal shipments to China have jumped to their highest level in five years, boosting profits of crush plants and firming prices as farmers slog through a difficult harvest. Canada shipped 415,000 tonnes of canola meal to China from January through August, the most since 2011 and following zero shipments last year, according to Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA). The shipments are worth $132.1 million. Several Canadian plants were registered this year for trade by Chinese authorities,

a process that took more than a year for Canadian canola crush margins last week some, said Chris Vervaet, executive direc- were more than double those of a year ago, tor of COPA, whose members include ICE Futures Canada said. Bunge and Cargill. China’s canola meal demand reflects a Stronger canola meal demand from trade dispute through much of this year China comes as Canadian crushers between Canada and China over canola steadily expand capacity. Cargill opened seed. The dispute created additional last year a new Alberta plant, and Richard- demand for canola meal until it was resolved son International is expanding a facility in in September. the province. Beijing also announced in September “Finding alternative markets to the U.S. anti-subsidy duties on imports of U.S. aniis huge for our continued growth, Vervaet mal feed ingredient distillers dried grains said. (DDGs), which look to build demand for Strong meal demand lifts crusher prof- canola meal if China’s stance against DDGs, its, increasing the prices they are will- a byproduct of corn-based ethanol, remains, ing to pay farmers, many of whom have said Lu Yun, an analyst with consultancy JCI struggled to complete harvesting in snowy, in Shanghai. B:10.25” autumn weather. Through August, the United States had T:10.25”

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niversity of Saskatchewan researchers are using a virtual reality flight simulator to measure how locusts are affected by pesticides. Rachel Parkinson, a biology master’s student, is trying to see how insects react to neonicotinoids. “There is a lot of controversy over these pesticides,” said biology professor, Jack Gray, Parkinson’s supervisor. “They are used on a large scale because they are considered safer than other pesticides, but many recent studies show it is more complicated.” Parkinson’s results suggest that the pesticide, even at low doses, may affect an insect’s ability to visually detect moving objects such as trees and predators, and possibly play a role in the “colony collapse disorder” responsible for the deaths of millions of bees worldwide. Bees and locusts both have complex social and flying behaviours, which makes anything that can disorient them a potential threat. During his post-doctorate in Arizona, Gray modelled the simulator’s software after the 1995 video game “Descent,” a spaceship shoot-’em-up and an early precursor to 3D gaming. The simulator works much like old rear projection televisions, but instead of a flat screen, images are projected onto a curved dome that sits in front of a tethered locust. Once the locust is in the simulator, images of looming objects and trees are projected onto the dome, immersing the insect in a virtual world that it can “move through” and “explore.” By using a small electrode in the insect’s thorax, Parkinson measured the electrical signals directly from a neuron in the insect’s nervous system that

Rachel Parkinson and Professor Jack Gray use a “video game” to study pesticide effects on insects. PHOTO: UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN/DAVID STOBBE detects visual motion and controls flight. The reaction time of locusts treated with the pesticide slows down, impairing their ability to avoid objects for as long as one day after treatment, Parkinson said. “This is a serious problem. Locusts’ behaviour seems to be affected by the pesticide, even at very low doses,” he said. Gray said he is interested in testing the pesticide’s effects on bees. “We don’t have as much information about bees’ ability to detect and avoid moving objects in motion as we do for locusts,” he said. “But if we applied our previous research using the same techniques, we could do similar experiments on bees.”

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If Trump pulls out of NAFTA — something that requires six months’ notice — it would hurt the U.S., Masswohl said. “Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Americans owe their jobs to trade — particularly trade with Canada — and they can only come up to that one logical conclusion, that is, campaign rhetoric is not good policy for the United States,” he said. “I think people should just take a breath, calm down.” In the meantime, staff at Canada’s embassy and consulates across the U.S. will be reminding U.S. leaders about the importance of trade agreement with Canada, he said. North America’s cattle-breeding, feeding and processing industries are already integrated, Masswohl said. When a load of Canadian cattle enters the U.S. it’s sustaining jobs in either feedlots or packing plants, he said. The same applies when U.S. cattle come north. While all those interviewed feel NAFTA is safe, they agree TPP isn’t, even though most U.S. and Canadian farm groups support it. To enter into force, six of the 12 TPP countries need to ratify the deal. They must account for at least 85 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product of the original 12 participating countries. The U.S. alone represents nearly 62 per cent of the GDP. And Trump has said he won’t ratify it. “If the TPP is not going to proceed, our position will be to strongly encourage the Canadian government to secure some bilaterals starting specifically with Japan,” Dahl said, adding that Australia already has such an agreement. If the U.S. pulls out of TPP it will leave a big hole, said Brian Innes, the Canola Council of Canada’s vice-president, government relations. “We’ll see a major need for Canada to be more assertive and more aggressive on the international scene if the U.S. pulls back from its leadership role in promoting rules-based more liberal trade,” he said. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he is willing to discuss NAFTA with Trump. He also said Canada will continue plans to price carbon, even though Trump has vowed to pull out of the Paris accord on climate change. Critics, including Conservative opposition leader Rhonda Ambrose, say a carbon price will make Canadian farmers and other businesses uncompetitive. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Obama administration suspends Pacific trade deal vote effort With the election of Donald Trump the future of any trade deals suddenly seems very uncertain lame-duck session of Congress. However, Trump’s stunning election victory that sends him to the White House in January and retains Republican majorities in Congress has stymied those plans. “We have worked closely with Congress to resolve outstanding issues and are ready to move forward, but this is a legislative process and it’s up to congressional leaders as to whether and when this moves forward,” USTR spokesman Matt McAlvanah said in a statement. On Nov. 9, the day after the election, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would not take up TPP in the weeks before Trump’s inauguration and said its fate was now up to Trump. House Speaker Paul Ryan had earlier said he would not proceed with a lame-duck vote.

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.S. President Barack Obama’s administration has suspended its efforts to win congressional approval for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, saying the fate of the trade deal is now in the Trump administration’s hands. Administration officials also said Obama would try to explain the situation to leaders of the 11 other countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact next week when he attends a regional summit in Peru. Obama’s cabinet secretaries and the U.S. Trade Representative’s office had been lobbying lawmakers for months to pass the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership deal in the post-election,

Trump made his opposition to the TPP a centrepiece of his campaign, calling it a “disaster” and “a rape of our country” that would send more jobs overseas. His anti-free trade message and pledges to stem the tide of imported goods from China and Mexico won him massive support among blue-collar workers in the industrial heartland states of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, helping to swing the election his way. Trump has said he will scrap TPP, renegotiate the 22-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement and adopt a much tougher trade stance with China. The TPP agreement, negotiated for more than five years and signed in October 2015, was aimed at reducing trade barriers erected by some of the fastest-growing economies in Asia

and boosting ties with U.S. allies in the region in the face of China’s rising influence. White House Deputy National Security Adviser Wally Adeyemo told reporters on Nov. 11 that Obama will tell TPP member countries at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit that the United States will remain engaged in Asia, and that it recognizes the benefits of trade and such deals still make sense. “In terms of the TPP agreement itself, Leader McConnell has spoken to that and it’s something that he’s going to work with the president-elect to figure out where they go in terms of trade agreements in the future,” Adeyemo said. “But we continue to think that these types of deals make sense, simply because countries like China are not going to stop working on regional agreements.”

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2007 New Holland TJ480

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2005 New Holland 94C-30

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800/38 duals, PTO, 4400 hrs, high cap hyd, diff lock

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1580/1031 hrs, dsp, duals, leather, HID

$299,000

USED COMBINES

$220,000

2014 Case IH 9230, 620/481 hrs, loaded, hop top, SM tube rotor .................................................................$420,000 2014 Case IH 9230, 605/455 hrs, loaded, hop tops, SM tube rotor................................................................. $420,000 2013 Case IH 9230, Pick Up Header 3016, 1180/880 hrs, guidance L/A, Duals, Small tube ......................................$299,000 2012 NH CR9090, 1240/910 hrs, Guidance DSP, diff, duals........................................................................$299,000 2011 Case IH 9120, 1280/980hrs, duals ...........................$265,000 2008 Case IH 7010, duals, fine cut chopper, L/A, 1661/1249 hrs ................................................................$185,000 2007 NH CR9070, 900 singles, L/A, 2200/1700hrs ...........$139,000 2007 NH CR9070, L/A, 1768/1430 hrs ..............................$199,000 2006 NH CR960, 2300/1900 hrs, 800 singles, work done in 2015 ..........................................................$119,000 2006 Case IH 8010, 2500hrs, hopper top, singles .............$159,000 2006 Case IH 8010, 21’ auger, deluxe cab, yield & moisture, 2016 pickup header .............................$125,000 2004 Case IH 8010, 2006 2016, L/A, singles, 2663/1968 hrs ................................................................$169,000 2004 Case IH 2388, AFX rotor, chopper, AFS, 2357/2028 hrs., L/A, 2015 swathmaster PU......................$99,000 1999 Case IH 2388, hopper top,4100/2876 hrs, ......................................................... $89,000 1015 PU header, L/A .........................................................$89,000 1986 Case IH, 1680, 4200 hrs, PU header ...........................$15,000

USED WINDROWERS

$139,000

USED 4WD TRACTORS 2014 Case IH 600, loaded, 920 hrs ...................................$439,000 2013 NH T9.670, PTO, 2 Hyd pumps HY Capacity, guidance, diff lock, cab suspension, hid roof lights, 36” tracks ........$349,000 2001 Case IH 440Q, 5540 hrs, 4hyds ................................$129,000 1995 NH 9880, 4 Hyds, 5330 hrs, outback gps, 20.8/42 duals ...................................................................$80,000 1995 Case IH 9270, 4970 hrs, STD, 20.8/38 duals, 4 remotes, Guidance .........................................................$85,000

USED HEADERS 2014 Case IH 3162, 45’, auger, transpeed...........................$89,000 2012 Macdon FD70, 45ft, auger, transport, JD Adapter .......$69,000 2011 Case IH 2152, 40ft,SKD,auger,transport, AFX adapter, $65,000 2010 Case IH 2152, 45 ft, auger, transport, aft & adapter ....$59,000 2009 NH 94C-36, 36ft PU reel, transport, cr adapter ...........$49,000 2009 Case IH 2152, 40ft .....................................................$40,000 2008 MacDon D60, 40 ft, adapter, auger, trans ...................$49,000 2005 NH 94C-30, 30 ft hyd fore/aft.,trans, gauge wheels ...$39,500

USED BALE PROS 2007 Highline 800, left hand discharge ...............................$13,900

USED ROUND BALERS 2004 New Holland BR780, standard pickup, 540 pto, 4 new belt with it, auto wrapped .......................................$16,900

$39,500

$279,000

USED SPRAYERS

2012 Case IH 3330, 100ft, Aim, 2 sets tires, autoboom, accuboom, 1300 hrs .......................................................$269,000 2011 Case IH Sprayer 3330, 100ft, aim, 2 sets tires, dividers, autoboom, etc ...................................................$225,000 2009 Case IH 4420, 120 ft, Aim, 2 sets tires, viper, 2550 hrs .........................................................................$199,000 2009 Case IH 4420, Guidance, 120ft, Aim, auto box, 2 sets tires, 2200 hrs ......................................................$199,000 2007 Case IH 3320, 100ft, aim, epro, autoboom, accuboom, smartraks, 650/380 ......................................$199,500 1995 Tyler Patriot XL, 5147 hrs, 750 gal, 90’ booms, 12.4/38 tires, 3 way nozzle bodies ....................................$39,000 1994 Tyler Patriot XL, 75ft, 5500 hrs, ex steer/500..............$39,000

USED AIRDRILLS

2011 Case IH PH800, 60on10, DS, VR, TBT 2010 3430 ....$200,000 2009 Morris Contour, 60’, 10”, TBT, new book/knives .......$129,000 2009 Morris Contour, 71 ft, 12”, 2011 8370 TBT, 3 tank, NH3 kit, blockage ................................................$169,000 2007 Seedhawk SH60-10, 60’, 10”, NH3 kit, TBT 3380 tank, V/R .........................................................$129,000 1997 Bourgault 4300 Tank, DS ...........................................$35,000

USED DISCS

2010 Lemken, Rubin 12S/1200,40ft new blades...............$120,000

NEW GRAIN CARTS

2016 Unverferth 1050, tarp, scale .......................................$71,500

USED HARROWS 2011 MF 9430, 36’, PU Reel, 480 hrs, header transport ......$95,000 USED SKIDSTEER 2011 MF 9430, 36’, PU Reel, 530 hrs, header transport ......$95,000 2010 Degelman strawmaster, 82’, hyd adjust, 24” tine .......$43,000 2013 Case SV250, cab/AC,heat, radio, 2 spd, 2775 hrs, 2009 Challenger SP115C, 30ft, PU reel, 2260hrs ................$65,000 1994 Degelman, 70ft, mechanical adjust, one yr old tines ...$21,000 new tires, hyd coupler, H controls......................................$35,000 * See Dealer for Details, Restrictions May Apply.

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Balancing copper content a challenge Some soils have too much, some too little. Both can be deadly BY JENNIFER PAIGE Staff

arying rates of copper in the soil across Canada have been giving sheep producers a tough go. In June and July, processing plants in Ontario saw an increase in the number of adult carcasses being condemned due to jaundice. “Copper toxicity is what is causing the jaundice being found at the slaughter plants in Ontario, which is caused by an overload of copper in the animal’s system,” said Jonathon Nichol, chair of the Manitoba Sheep Association. Copper toxicosis can occur when sheep are fed rations that are high in copper. If animal feed is grown in soil containing high levels of copper, chances are copper levels in the feed are also high. Complicating things further, copper content in soil varies greatly, with some areas deficient in copper. “The symptoms of a copper deficiency look similar to that of a high parasite load,” said Nichol. “The animal becomes anemic, some of them will go lame and some will get what is called wire wool, which creates a difference in the wool texture. But the end result, if the animal is too low in copper for too long, they start to do very poorly and if you do not catch that problem they won’t survive. If producers are seeing several anemic animals and have been deworming regularly but have not seen an improvement, Nichol recommends talking to a vet about testing for copper deficiency.

Alberta Beef Producers delegates for the coming year ABP release

T Too much or too little copper in feed rations can both cause health problems for sheep. PHOTO: Thinkstock Producers can test soil and feed to get an inkling of the trace levels of copper the herd is receiving, however, the only way to determine the true level of copper in the animal’s system is by testing a liver sample. “A blood sample can’t really tell you. The only true way to find out what your copper level is in your sheep is through a liver sample and typically that is post-mortem,” Nichol said. “Liver samples are the best bet. It costs me approximately $200 a lamb to send in a piece of liver to be sampled and that will tell me pretty quickly the amount of mineral and the amount of copper I am feeding them. The expense of having a couple of samples taken and tested is far less expensive than losing a bunch of animals.” After testing liver samples and getting an understanding of copper levels, sheep can be supplemented copper, however, it takes time for the copper to both accumulate or leave the animal’s system. “Copper builds slowly and also takes a long time to get out of the

animal’s system. You can’t cure it overnight. It is not going to be a fiveday course of antibiotics to solve the problem, it will take an extended period of time.” On his own operation, after taking a number of liver tests and consulting his veterinarian, Nichol began supplementing his herd with copper and has seen positive results. “I have had a lot of people who are concerned about what I have been doing on my operation, in terms of managing the copper deficiencies,” he said. “Some people were very skeptical, as we have been told for many years not to feed copper to sheep. But I have done a lot of liver tests to see where my animals are at and why my problem is where it is. “I have noticed significant changes in the animals since I began supplementing copper. It takes three to five weeks to notice the big change but the anemia goes away and there are certainly less deaths.” jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

HOW CUSTOMERS USE CANADIAN FIELD CROPS

here was only one vote required in Alberta Beef Producers delegate selection process this fall. Zone 3 was the only zone with an election this year with the delegates in the remaining eight zones acclaimed. There are vacancies in Zones 2, 4, 5 and 9. Here is the list of delegates (an asterisk denotes those elected, acclaimed or appointed): Zone 1: Brodie Haugan,* Orion; Garth Porteous,* Bow Island; Brad Osadczuk, Jenner; Kevin Stopanski, Jenner; Rick Friesen, Vauxhall; Howard Bekkering, Vauxhall. Zone 2: Fred Lozeman,* Claresholm; Bob Lowe, Nanton; Darren Bevans, Raymond; Tyler Sawley, Nanton. Zone 3: Heinz Lemmer,* Calgary; Kevin Krebs,* Didsbury; Chris Israelson, Didsbury; Jeff Havens, Madden; John Buckley, Cochrane; Bryan Thiessen, Strathmore. Zone 4: Garth Johnson,* Killam; Walter Suntjens,* Hanna; Judy Fenton, Irma; Tim Smith, Coronation; Mark Crowle, Hanna. Zone 5: Kelly Fraser,* Red Deer County; Devon Sengaus,* Rumsey; Cam McLerie, Red Deer County; Dick Wymenga, Leslieville; Stuart Somerville, Endiang.

Zone 3 was the only zone with an election this year with the delegates in the remaining eight zones acclaimed.

Zone 6: Assar Grinde,* Bluffton; Raymon Boeve,* Gwynne; Ralph Buhler, Armena; Tim Sekura, Rocky Rapids; Kolton Kasur, Bashaw; Cecil Anderson,* Drayton Valley. Zone 7: Buck Eden,* Barrhead; Lorrie Jesperson,* Barrhead; Colin Campbell, Bon Accord; Penny Patton, Westlock; Stan Smigelski, Niton Junction. Zone 8: Gordon Anderson,* Cold Lake; Danny Hozack,* Streamstown; Gordon Graves, Iron River; Lyndon Mansell, Innisfree; Melanie Wowk, Beauvallon; George L’Heureux,* Lac La Biche. Zone 9: Roland Cailliau,* Valleyview; Nico Van Der Giessen,* Bezanson; Maarten Braat, Fort Vermilion; Linda Messner, Berwyn; and John MacArthur, Fairview.

Alberta Lamb Producers forms new group with Ontario and Quebec The trio, which has three-quarters of the national flock, had all quit the Canadian Sheep Federation Staff

Pasta in Italy is made with durum – or else! The best pasta is made with durum wheat, just ask Italy. A decree from the President of Italy in 2001 declared that Italian pasta manufacturers are forbidden by law to use any wheat other than durum in dried pasta for domestic consumption. That’s a good thing for Canada, the world’s leading exporter of high quality durum wheat.

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heep farmers in Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec have formed a new partnership called the National Sheep Network. Alberta Lamb Producers, the Ontario Sheep Marketing Agency, and Federation des producteurs d’agneaux et moutons du Quebec represent 75 per cent of the ewe-flock in Canada. The new alliance “will leverage the resources of the sheep industries in the three provinces to continue to move the sheep industry in Canada forward,” Alberta Lamb Producers said in a news release, adding the group will join the Canadian Federation of Agriculture as a member, effective Jan. 1. “The Alberta Lamb Produc-

ers welcomes the opportunity to join the Canadian Federation of Agriculture with our National Sheep Network partners,” said Erin Yaremko, chair of Alberta Lamb Producers. “We are excited to see an increased emphasis of advocacy for the sheep industry in Alberta on a national stage.” Alberta Lamb Producers announced this summer it was pulling out of the Canadian Sheep Federation effective Oct. 20. At the time, Yaremko cited “a lack of communication, action on key issues, and transparency” in the national body along with the $25,000 annual cost of dues. Ontario also left the federation this year while Quebec quit the national body several years ago. Other provinces will be eligible to join the network, the new group said.

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5’ X 6’

BALING CAPACITY

CLIMBS EVEN HIGHER.

NEW HOLLAND L175 SKID STEER 2010, 560 hours, air, heat, as new

31,900

2006 HIGHLINE BALE PRO Left hand discharge

9,700

The Roll-Belt™ 560 is built to increase your baling capacity by 20% compared to previous models. Higher baling capacity results from these SMART, field-tested innovations:

5’ X 6’

• Activesweep™ 82-inch pickups

• Better windrow feeding in a wide range of crops and baling conditions

BALING CAPACITY • Proven combination of rolls and belts for fast core starts and dense, uniform bales in any crop

CLIMBS EVEN HIGHER. • Simplified twine and net wrapping systems

The Roll-Belt™ 560 is built to increase your baling capacity by 20% compared to previous models. Higher baling capacity results from these SMART, field-tested innovations:

RENN 1316

1998, 4 auger mixer, like new

18,000

HIGHLINE 8000 BALE PRO FEED CHOPPER 2006, grain tank, 1000 p.t.o.

18,900

• Activesweep™ 82-inch pickups • Better windrow feeding in a wide range of crops and baling conditions • Proven combination of rolls and belts for fast core starts and dense, uniform bales in any crop

MOST CONSISTENT, EVEN DRY-DOWN.

THE GOLD STANDARD

• Simplified twine and net wrapping systems

HAS BEEN RAISED.

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2015 NEW HOLLAND POWERSTAR T4.75 NEW HOLLAND 230 SKID STEER 700 hrs, cab air, heat, radio, loader, bucket

46,900

2012, 84” bucket, 90 HP cab air, high flow, 3500 hrs, new tires, excellent condition

32,000

MOST CONSISTENT, EVEN DRY-DOWN.

THE GOLD STANDARD

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NEW HOLLAND BR780 ROUND BALER

NEW HOLLAND BOOMER 20

2005, w/ twine wrap, recent work

2013, hydro 3 point loader and bucket

18,900

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’11 NEW HOLLAND H8040/36WS, 64 hrs, Prairie Special, Swath Roller, 36’ Header

$139,000 TA

’09 NEW HOLLAND BR7090,

’14 NEW HOLLAND ROLLBELT 560,

’15 NEW HOLLAND 880CF,

$24,000 SC

$49,000 SC

$85,000 SC

Bale Command, Net & Twine, 1.5m pickup, Laced Belts, 1000 RPM PTO

Bales: 4000, Net & Twine, 2.07m Pickup, Laced Belts, Special Crops

40’, w/ Cross Auger

D L O S ‘14 NEW HOLLAND CX8080,

’10 NEW HOLLAND CR9070,

$369,000 SC

$269,000 SC

Eng: 224, Sep: 124, 900/60R32, Mech Trap, 75mm Cyl, GPS Ready

‘14 NEW HOLLAND CR8090,

Eng: 705, Sep: 519, Duals, Elec Trap, 80mm cyl, Dlx Chopper, Elec G/T Covers, Extended Wear Elev, HID Lights $359,000 SH

AIR DRILL

Eng:450, Sep: 350, 620/70R42 Duals, Mech Trap, 90 mm, Cylinders, Ext Wear Pkg, LED Light Pkg

’14 NEW HOLLAND CR8090,

‘14 NEW HOLLAND T9.390,

Eng: 721, Sep: 555, 620/70R42 Duals, Dlx Chopper, 80mm Cylinders, Ext Wear Elev, HID Lights

$409,000 MH COMBINE

2006 Flexi-Coil 5000/4350 . . . . . . . . . $75,000 TA

1997 Case IH 2188 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40,000 SC

2008 Flexi-Coil 5500/4350 . . . . . . . . $139,000 MJ

2010 John Deere T670 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $199,000 SH

2004 Misc 7550/4350 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000 SC 1997 Morris MAXIM/7240. . . . . . . . . . . $35,000 SC 1998 Morris MAXIMII/7300 . . . . . . . . . $65,000 TA 2009 New Holland P2060/P1060 . . $149,000 SH 2010 New Holland P2070/P1060 . . $189,000 MJ 2011 New Holland P2070/P1060 . . . $135,000 SC

BALER/ROUND

2012 New Holland CR8090 . . . . . . . .$320,000 SC 2013 New Holland CR8090 . . . . . . . $349,000 MH 2014 New Holland CR8090 . . . . . . . .$359,000 SH 2014 New Holland CR8090 . . . . . . . $409,000 MH 2014 New Holland CR8090 . . . . . . . .$425,000 SC 2010 New Holland CR9060 . . . . . . . . $159,000 SC 2010 New Holland CR9065 . . . . . . . . $189,000 TA 2008 New Holland CR9070 . . . . . . . . $219,000 BR

2002 Case IH RBX561 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,900 MJ

2010 New Holland CR9070 . . . . . . . . $219,000 SC

2008 New Holland BR7090 . . . . . . . . . $23,000 SC

2010 New Holland CR9070 . . . . . . . . $219,000 SH

2009 New Holland BR7090 . . . . . . . . . $24,000 SC 2012 New Holland BR7090 . . . . . . . . . $29,000 MH 2009 New Holland BR7090 (BALE COMMAND) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,000 SC

2011 New Holland CR9070 . . . . . . . . . $219,000 SH 2011 New Holland CR9070 . . . . . . . . . $219,000 SH 2011 New Holland CR9070 . . . . . . . . . $219,000 TA 2005 New Holland CR960 . . . . . . . . . . $99,000 MJ

2011 New Holland BR7090 (BALE COMMAND) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,000 SC

2003 New Holland CX860 . . . . . . . . . .$99,000 SH

2012 New Holland BR7090 (BALE COMMAND) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,000 MJ

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

2013 New Holland BR7090 (BALE COMMAND) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000 SC 2003 New Holland BR780 . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 SC 2003 New Holland BR780 . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 SC

‘15 NEW HOLLAND CR8.90,

Eng: 1308, Sep: 1023, 620/70R42 Duals, Dlx Chopper, 75mm Cylinders, Dlx Cab

DEEP TILLAGE

$460,000 SC

‘14 NEW HOLLAND CR8090,

Eng: 400, Sep: 300, Duals, Mech Trap, 80mm Cyl, Dlx Chopper, 8.3m Auger, HID Lights

$425,000 SC

’16 NORBERT 7.5’ X 24’ STOCK TRAILER,

Hours: 335, 30.8R42 Duals, Radar Ground Sensor, Monitor Display

Gooseneck, Pewter, 3x 7000LB Axles, Pen Config: 8/8/8, Rubber Floor Mats

$265,000 TA

1995 Honey Bee SP30 30’W. . . . . . . . . $12,000 SC 1996 Honey Bee SP36 36’W . . . . . . . . . $15,000 SH 1998 Honey Bee SP36 36’W . . . . . . . . . .$15,000 TA 2004 Honey Bee SP36 36’W . . . . . . . . $32,000 SH 2005 Honey Bee SP36 36’W . . . . . . . . $25,000 SC

$22,990 SC MOWER CONDITIONER

2006 AGCO Hesston 1275 . . . . . . . . . . .$17,000 MJ 1996 New Holland 1475/2200 . . . . . . . $14,000 SH 1999 New Holland 1475/2328 . . . . . . . $15,000 SC

2008 Honey Bee SP36 36’W . . . . . . . . $35,000 SH

2011 New Holland H7150/HS18 . . . . . . $32,000 SC

2011 Honey Bee SP36 36’W . . . . . . . . .$45,000 SH

2011 New Holland H7460 . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,000 MJ

1998 Honey Bee ST30 30’W . . . . . . . . . $12,000 MJ

RAKE/WHEEL

1999 John Deere 914 14’W . . . . . . . . . . .$10,000 MH 2011 MacDon D60-S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,000 SC

2015 New Holland 1225 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $23,000 SC

2009 MacDon FD70 35’W . . . . . . . . . . $55,000 SH

SKID STEER LOADER

2010 MacDon PW7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$19,000 BR

2008 New Holland C185 . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000 MH

2009 New Holland 74C 35’W. . . . . . . $29,000 MH

SPRAYER

2009 New Holland 74C 35’W. . . . . . . . $37,000 MJ 2014 New Holland 790CP 15’W . . . . . . $29,000 SC

2009 New Holland S1070 . . . . . . . . . . . $39,000 MJ

2014 New Holland 790CP 15’W . . . . . . $29,000 SC

2010 New Holland S1070. . . . . . . . . . . . $29,000 TA

2014 New Holland 790CP 15’W . . . . . . $29,000 SC

2012 New Holland S1070 (W/B) . . . . $25,000 MH

2014 New Holland 790CP 15’W . . . . . . $29,000 SC

TRACTOR

2012 New Holland 880CF 45’W . . . . .$60,000 SC 2014 New Holland 880CF 40’W . . . . . $99,000 SC 2015 New Holland 880CF 40’W . . . . . $85,000 SC

2010 New Holland 3040 . . . . . . . . . . . . $23,000 SC 2013 New Holland T4.105 . . . . . . . . . . . $65,000 SC

DISK

2015 New Holland 880CF 40’W . . . . . $85,000 SC

2011 Versatile TD600 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45,000 MJ

2015 New Holland 880CF 40’W . . . . . $85,000 SC

2007 New Holland TC35DA . . . . . . . . . $21,000 SH

2003 New Holland 94C 36’W . . . . . . . $19,000 SC

2002 Versatile 2360 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$115,000 SC

2012 Buhler TD600 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $52,000 MJ

HEADER COMBINE

2015 New Holland 880CF 40’W . . . . . $85,000 SC

2014 New Holland T9.390. . . . . . . . . .$265,000 SC 2003 New Holland TC21DA. . . . . . . . . . $15,000 SC

2004 New Holland BR780 . . . . . . . . . . $19,000 SC

1999 Case IH 1020 30’W . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,000 SC

2004 New Holland 94C 36’W . . . . . . . $29,000 SH

2014 New Holland ROLL-BELT 560:SPECIAL CROP 2.07M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,000 SC

2010 Case IH 2142 35’W . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,000 BR

2006 New Holland 94C 36’W . . . . . . . $27,000 SC

2013 Honey Bee 36GB 36’W . . . . . . . . .$45,000 SH

2007 New Holland 94C 36’W . . . . . . . $35,000 SH

2013 Honey Bee 36GB 36’W . . . . . . . . .$45,000 SH

2010 New Holland 94C 40’W. . . . . . . . $49,000 BR

2011 New Holland H8040/WS36 . . . $139,000 TA

2008 Honey Bee HB30 30’W . . . . . . . . $29,000 TA

2012 New Holland 94C 40’W . . . . . . . . $55,000 SC

2011 New Holland H8040/WS36 . . . $139,000 TA

2016 New Holland ROLL-BELT 560:SPECIAL CROP 2.07M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $52,000 SC

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Learning how to get more done faster

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Interested in learning how to save time and money while increasing productivity and profitability? If so, the Closing the Gap: Creating a More Profitable Business workshop may be what you need. Attendees get two full-day workshops (on topics such as how to incorporate the latest technology and create a culture of continuous improvement), a one-day on-site assessment, a half-day on-site progress visit, a half-day wrap-up workshop, monthly phone coaching, and training materials. The workshops are held in Airdrie on Feb. 8 and March 8. To register, call the Ag-Info Centre at 1-800-387-6030 by Nov. 30. — AAF

The Farmers’ Advocate Office (FAO) is warning landowners to watch their electricity bills if they have surface leases with insolvent companies. EPCOR has collected payment from landowners for providing three-phase electric power to a surface lease after an oil and gas company became insolvent. The company relied on a clause in its service agreement where owners are liable when a tenant defaults. But the FAO, Utilities Consumer Advocate, and Alberta Utilities Commission all agreed that clause applies to regular tenancy relationships, not oil and gas surface leases. Landowners who believe they have been mistakenly charged should contact the FAO. — FAO

HEARTLAND Ottawa needs to do more to protect farmland, say farm leaders Better tracking of farmland sales is needed along with measures to keep good land in production, leaders say BY ALEX BINKLEY AF contributor

etter data on who owns farmland and what they’re doing with it is critical to protecting this key Canadian resource, say the leaders of three Prairie provincial farm groups. “We urge the federal government to consider devoting more resources to collecting more comprehensive data on this issue,” Dan Mazier, president of Manitoba’s Keystone Agricultural Producers told the Senate agriculture committee. “Such information is needed to make clear, factually based claims of what the main causes of the problem are.” Ottawa also needs to encourage provinces and municipalities to institute clear, consistent, and robust rules to protect this important resource, said Mazier. Farmland needs to be recognized as a valuable — but limited — natural resource in need of substantial protections. The threat can clearly be seen in Alberta, said Lynn Jacobson, president of the Alberta Federation of Agriculture. Much of the province’s population growth has occurred from Calgary to Edmonton, which is also where much of its best farmland is located. Expanding food production elsewhere means using poorer-quality soils. Alberta also faces a challenge with 150,000 abandoned well sites on agricultural land that need to be reclaimed, he said. “Reclamation procedures can greatly improve crop production

The expansion of Calgary and other cities, particularly along the Highway 2 corridor, is one of the big reasons why farmland is going out of production or becoming prohibitively expensive. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK potential,” Jacobson said. “However, the soil cannot be returned to its original state. Industrial growth in the form of oil and gas wells, plus batteries, gas plants, windmills, electrical transmission, and the roads that lead to the industrial sites, all continue to utilize farmland in the province.” Government should limit farmland ownership by non-farmers and protect farmland from incursions such as pipelines “and place limits on those intending to repurpose farmland for other, non-farming uses,” said Mazier. Land prices have risen in the last few years driven by higher commodity prices, low interest

rates, and the interest in non-farm groups in acquiring land. “The simple principle of supply and demand leads to a situation where people are paying higher and higher prices to buy the limited amount of farmland that is available for sale,” said Mazier. “Bidding wars are becoming common when it comes to the sales of farmland.” At the same time, “many farmers are seeking to acquire additional land so when they retire and pass on the family farm to their children or other family members, they will be in a position to divide it up into multiple parcels of land that can financially sustain a family.”

Other players are institutional investors such as well-financed conservation, environmental groups and foreign buyers who can outbid farmers for land. Then there are the municipalities seeking to expand. “Obviously, there is a limited supply of farmland available to those seeking to purchase it,” said Mazier. “There is no doubt that a substantial portion of the approximately four million hectares of farmland lost between 1971 and 2011 was tied to urban development.” Farmers who can afford to buy land now might not be able to withstand the shock of a sudden rise in interest rates, he added.

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national traceability system covering the entire country would pay major benefits — but it currently has far too many gaps, says a senior traceability official. “The creation of a system has to be national in scope,” said Rick Frederickson, director of animal welfare and national traceability initiatives with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. “We need system consistency across jurisdictions so we can respond province to province in a larger event.” For example, although premises identification is mandatory in Alberta, not everyone in the province is registered. And in most of the country, premises identification is voluntary. (The other provinces with mandatory registration are Manitoba, P.E.I., and Quebec.) “If someone is not engaged in being part of the traceability system, we don’t know they are there,” Frederickson said at the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency’s recent Traceability Symposium. “And subsequently, we’re not able to react on their behalf as perfectly as we might.” A national system has been slow to develop because of the diversity of animal agriculture and regulatory differences between provinces. But it’s worth the effort, said Frederickson, because a robust national system would allow a disease outbreak to be controlled more quickly, protect public health, reduce the impacts of zoonotic diseases, and enhance food safety. It would also have economic benefits. “Trading partners are looking for traceability systems and consumers are looking for source verification,” he said. “There are all kinds of drivers that come into play right

There are too many gaps in Canada’s traceability system, provincial expert Rick Frederickson said at the recent Traceability Symposium. pHOTO: alexis kienlen now... It’s important for us to have the mechanisms in place if there are other countries looking for evidence of traceability systems. If we need to respond to get back into markets, it’s critical for us as a province.” On the flip side, a national system offers better protection from foreign animal diseases, which are an increased risk because of globalization and the speed with which a disease can travel from one country to another. “It’s about risk recognition, risk mitigation, and our response capacity,” said Frederickson. The premises identification system was used to get an early warning out to livestock owners during the Slave Lake and Fort McMurray fires as well as in flood events and an oil pipeline leak on the Red Deer River. Alberta needs to make the information in the premise identification system more current and track changes in ownership, he said. Mapping capability and the ability to query the system and determine species and species at risk is also desirable. A national traceability system will not be a reality before 2018, Frederickson said. akienlen@fbcpublishing.

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New York Times findings on GM crops disputed A Times study concludes GM crops don’t yield more than conventional ones, but two Canadian agricultural economists found GM crops are worth billions BY ALLAN DAWSON

“There are a lot of acres of this happening and that is why we are close to $1 billion (annually) in gain.”

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anadian researchers are disputing a study conducted by the New York Times that found genetically modified crops haven’t increased yields or reduced pesticide use as promised by developers. The newspaper used United Nations data to compare GM yields and pesticide use in Canada and the U.S. to conventional crops in Western Europe. It concluded yields rose at the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic. And using data from France, it also said Europe has done far better in reducing chemical use. “Since genetically modified crops were introduced in the United States two decades ago for crops like corn, cotton and soybeans, the use of toxins that kill insects and fungi has fallen by a third, but the spraying of herbicides, which are used in much higher volumes, has risen by 21 per cent,” the Times story stated. “By contrast, in France, use of insecticides and fungicides has fallen by a far greater percentage — 65 per cent — and herbicide use has decreased as well, by 36 per cent.” The story, published in late October, triggered a lot of criticism on social media and charges of biased reporting. One weed specialist at the University

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A New York Times study says French farmers, like this one near Cambrai, use less pesticides. But experts are calling the study flawed and its findings misleading. Photo: REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol of Wyoming said the paper used data in a “convoluted and misleading” fashion. “The pesticide amounts are not standardized per unit area, which is critically important since the U.S. has over nine times the amount of farmland that France does,” Andrew Kniss wrote on weedcontrolfreaks. com. “It would be shocking if the U.S. didn’t use far more pesticide when expressed this way.” And a Canadian study shows biotechnology, which includes genetic modification and new

hybridization techniques in canola, has found the technology boosted yields and put billions of extra dollars into farmers’ pockets. “We calculated the cumulative benefit of this adoption at $30 billion from 1996 to 2012 and it has been on an upward trend for most of that period,” agricultural economists Stavroula Malla (University of Lethbridge) and Derek Brewin (University of Manitoba) wrote in a paper published last year in AgVio Forum. Most of those benefits came

from genetic modifications to different varieties of canola resistant to the herbicides glyphosate (Roundup) and glufosinate (Liberty) as well as resistance to Clearfield herbicides developed through mutagenesis. Farmers gain about $100 a hectare more with canolas developed through biotechnology versus conventional canola, Brewin said in an interview. “There are a lot of acres of this happening and that is why we are close to $1 billion (annually) in gain,” he said.

Brewin said there was only a brief period, right after the introduction of herbicide-tolerant canolas, when farmers were worse off because higher seed costs ate up all the gains. He also said stronger plant breeders’ rights are helping farmers because some of what they pay for seed is being reinvested in new canola by private canoladeveloping companies. Kniss said gains for corn and soybeans weren’t as great because there are other ways to control pests. He acknowledges GM crops may not have lived up to the hype, but wrote the debate is detracting from more important agricultural issues. “GMOs have not and will not result in an agricultural panacea,” he wrote, “but that doesn’t mean they don’t have value.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Researcher hopes to breed sweet potatoes suitable for Prairies The highly nutritious crop would be a good rotational choice for potato growers looking to break disease and pest cycles BY SHANNON VANRAES

“My goal is to engage farmers now and to hopefully enrol them in this crop so they have some know-how.”

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alloween is over, but Sajjad Rao is still working on something sweet and orange for Prairie producers. The Assiniboine Community College faculty member and Brandon University adjunct professor has been researching the viability of Prairie-grown sweet potatoes at the college’s three-acre research plot. Working with students in the school’s horticulture production and sustainable food systems program, he has narrowed his research down to four short-season varieties that show promise in Manitoba’s climate. “When I started three years back, I had eight or 10 varieties which were from Nova Scotia and other varieties from the eastern side of the country,” said Rao. “So I basically started screening from 20 varieties... and I came up with the four varieties we are working with now.” He is also working with Vineland Research and Innovation Centre in Ontario, which has already developed sweet potato varieties for other regions of the country. But the Prairie provinces present unique challenges in terms of a shorter growing season and cooler temperatures, which Rao believes is part of the reason sweet potatoes haven’t been seen as a viable option for Prairie producers in the past. “I think it’s because the crop itself doesn’t give the impression that it can be grown here, because it is a

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Students at Assiniboine Community College’s horticulture production and sustainable food systems program harvested sweet potatoes in October. Photo: Submitted purely tropical crop and we are in a temperate region of the world,” he said. “I mean they grow them in North Carolina but that is an entirely different climate.” The vast majority of sweet potatoes produced today is grown in China. But after three years of testing and trials, the researcher doesn’t see any reason why the supernutritious vegetable can’t be grown in Manitoba, even if he is a few years away from pinpointing the perfect variety.

“One thing I think of is crop diversification, it is always important for any cropping system. I mean continuously growing one crop in an area is not an ideal situation, so there should always be that need to add something different to the cropping system... for some that could be sweet potatoes,” said Rao. Because sweet potatoes don’t belong to the same family of plants as conventional potatoes, but are planted and harvested with some similar equipment,

they could potentially provide a buffer against disease and pests, without a farmer having to reinvent the wheel, he said. “This is a root crop and not a tuber crop, so it is a different family and there are entirely different requirements, but the good thing is that they both grow underground so there is some awareness and there is the technology due to potato growers that are already out there and due to the awareness of other crops like carrots and onions,”

Rao said. “I think there is good adoptability.” He hopes to begin field trials in Manitoba next summer. “I have interested growers who are very much interested in growing sweet potatoes and probably, if everything works well in terms of planting material and everything else, could begin next summer,” he said, adding the first grower in line for test plots already grows some potatoes near the college. As for who might adopt sweet potatoes on a commercial scale, Rao said it is still far too early to tell. But he believes it will depend more on market forces than agronomy concerns once research has wrapped up and a variety is available. “For my project I think it will be another three to four years till we have the agronomy package,” he said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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CaseIH 2188, 1995, 3405/2784 hrs, Bigtop topper, singles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,500 NH TR96, 1987, 3090 hrs, P.U., chopper, Singles, AS IS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,900 NH TR99, 2000, 2457/1693 hrs, SM P.U., Elec stone Trap, Redekop Chopper, Chaff Spreader, Terrain Tracer, Crary Ext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $59,000 NH TR99, 2002, 2417/1770 hrs, SM P.U., Elec stone Trap, Chopper, Chaff Spreader, Terrain Tracer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $65,000 NH CR960, 2003, 1975/1405 hrs, 14’ SWM P.U. Singles, 2 speed rotors, Std Chop, moisture sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $92,000 NH CR960, 2005, 1998/1437 hrs, 14’ SM P.U. Singles, Dlx Cab, Dlx Chopper, Remote sieve Adj, Elec Mirrors, Yield Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $99,900 NH CR960, 2003, 2305/1686 hrs, 14’ SM P.U., Singles, dlx chopper, moisture sensor, Reconditioned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $115,000 NH CR970, 2004, 2388/1767 hrs, 14’ SM P.U., Dlx Chopper, Singles . . . . . . . . . $125,000 NH CR9070, 2008, 2478/1805 hrs, Pick Up, Duals, SCTS, Diff Lock, Redekop Chopper, GPS Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $149,000 NH CR9070, 2008, 1991/1480 hrs, 14’ Rake up, Singles, deluxe chopper, dlx cab, Long Auger, Elec Mirrors, LCTS, yield monitor, . . . . . . . . . . . . . $165,000 NH CR9080, 2009, 1272/907 hrs, 790CP, Singles, long auger, dlx chopper, diff lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $226,000 NH CR9070, 2011, 1049/877 hrs, 790CP, Singles, Dlx Chopper, HID, Diff Lock, Full Ready, LCTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $245,000 NH CR9070, 2011, 920/723 hrs, 16’ SM P.U., Dlx chopper, Singles, long auger, diff lock, intellisteer ready, Y&M, SCTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $249,000 NH CR9070, 2011, 1229/878 hrs, 14’ SM P.U., Duals, Dlx Cab, Dlx Chopper, Full GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250,000 NH CR9070, 2011, 1062/848 hrs, 790CP, singles, diff lock, HID, long auger, Dlx Chopper, Elec Mirrors, Air Comp, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $256,000 NH CR9080, 2011, 598 hrs, 790CP, Duals, Dlx Chopper, HID, LCTS, Full GPS, Long Auger, Leather Seat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $299,900 NH CR8090, 2013, 1003/719 hrs, 790CP, 900 Singles, DSP, diff lock, dlx chopper, HID Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $305,000 NH CR8.90, 2015, 285 hrs, 790CP, Deluxe Chopper, 900 Singles, HID Lights, Full GPS, DSP, Twin Pitch Rotors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $435,000 NH CX840, 2003, 2630/1920 hrs, 14’ Rake Up, Singles, Dlx Chopper, Chaff Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $110,000 NH CX840, 2003, 2155/1660 hrs, 14’ Rake Up, Singles, Dlx Chopper, Chaff Blower, Remote Sieve Adj.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $115,000 NH CX840, 2004, 1804/1473 hrs, 14’SM P.U., Singles, Dlx Chopper, Y & M, Chaff Blower, Beacons, Remote sieve adj.,, Reconditioned, Reman Engine $120,000 NH CX860, 2006, 2450/2200 hrs, 14’ SM P.U., Singles, Long Auger, Diff Locks . $125,000 NH CX8080, 2010, 1385/1037 hrs, 14’ SM P.U., Singles, Dlx Chopper, long auger, SCTS, diff lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $225,000 NH CX8080, 2010, 875/706 hrs, 76C-14 SM, Singles, Dlx Chopper . . . . . . . . . $235,000 NH CX8080, 2012, 930/750 hrs, 790CP, Singles, Dlx Chopper, Electric folding covers, Full GPS, Diff lock, LCTS, long auger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $265,000

COMBINE HEADERS

Michel’s ProTech, 2013, Electric Hopper Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,300 CaseIH 1010, 1997, 22.5’, auger, no transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,500 NH 971-25, 1994, 25’, Auger Header, Bergen Transport, HCC Pick Up Reel . . . . . . $9,900 HONEYBEE ST25, 1998, 25’ UII reel, DK TR/TX adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,900 NH 76C, 2009, 76C-14’, swathmaster p.u. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,500 NH 76C, 2009, 76C-14’, swathmaster p.u. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,500 HB SP36, 2000, 36’, cat adaptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,000 HONEYBEE ST30, 2004, 30’, JD Adapter, Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,500 HONEYBEE ST30, 1997, 30’, CNH Adapter, Transport, steel teeth . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000 NH 790CP, 2013, 15’ Pick Up Header, Castoring Wheels, Hyd Windguard NH 74C-35F, 2009, 35’ Auger Flex, Pick Up Reel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,000 NH 94C, 2004, 36’, SK, Pick Up Reel, CNH Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,000 HB SP36, 1999, 36’ draper, transport, CNH Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,000 MACDON 973, 2004, CaseIH only adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,000 NH 74C-35F, 2009, 35’ Auger Flex Header, Skid Shoes, Pick Up Reel, Transport . . $37,500 NH 94C, 2008, 36’, CR/CX Adapter, DK, F & A, Hyd Tilt, UCA, AHHC, UII Reel . . . . . $42,500 HONEYBEE SP30, 2013, 30’, SK, HCC Reel, CNH Adapter, AHHC, UCA, Hyd Tilt, Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $62,500 HONEYBEE SP30, 2013, 30’, SK, HCC Reel, CNH Adapter, AHHC, UCA, Hyd Tilt, Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $62,500 HB SP30, 2013, 30’ DK, Hyd Tilt, Transport, AHHC, CNH Adapter, Brand New HCC P.U. Reel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $67,500 HB SP30, 2013, 30’ DK, Hyd Tilt, Transport, AHHC, CNH Adapter, Brand New HCC P.U. Reel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $67,500 HONEYBEE SP36, 2013, 36’, DK, HCC Split Reel, CNH Adapter, AHHC, UCA, Hyd Tilt, Transport, Hyd F&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $67,500 MACDON D6035, 2011, 35’, DK, Transport, UCA, 6 Bat Reel, Double Draper Drive, CNH Adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $69,000 MACDON D6035, 2010, 35’ SK, Transport, UCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $63,000 MACDON FD7040, 2012, 40’ DK, Transport, UCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75,000

HAYING EQUIPMENT

JD 890, 2002, Hay Header, 14’, DK, New knives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,500 NH 688, 2002, 17000 hrs, Bale Command, Hyd P.u., Net & Twine . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,500 JD 566, 1997, 18000 hrs, Bale Kicker, 1000 pto, twine only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,500 NH 499, 1991, Haybine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 HESSTON 956, 2004, 5421 hrs, Auto cycle, bale kicker, twine only . . . . . . . . . . . $16,000 Hesston 956A, 2006, 11195 hrs, Twine Only, Auto Cycle, Bale Ejector, Hyd P.U. . . $16,000 NH BR780A, 2007, BC, Narrow pick up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,000 MF 1375, 2011, 16 discbine’, pivot tongue, steel rolls, guage wheels . . . . . . . . . . $35,500 Macdon A40D, 2013, 16’ Sickle Header, bought new in 2015, used for only 250 acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $36,500 NH BB9080, 2010, 35000 ? hrs, Big Square Baler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,000 NH Rollbelt 560, 2014, 3692 hrs, 2.07 P.U., 21.5L-16.1 Tires, Hyd P.U., Twine Only, Deliuxe Wrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $51,000

SWATHERS

NH WS25, 1998, 25’, Single Knife, Transport, Fits JD 4895/4995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 IH 4000, 1980, 19.5’ Draper, Gas Engine, One Owner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 HB WS30, 2006, 30’, DK, HCC reel, transoport, came off of JD 4895 . . . . . . . . . . $16,000 MF 220, 1997, 3806 hrs, 22.5”, UII Reel, Guage Wheels, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,500 CaseIH 8825, 1997, 3169 hrs, 21 ft. Draper Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,000

MF 220XL, 2002, 1450 hrs, 22’, SK, Pick Up Reel, Guage Wheels, Shiftable Table $37,000 JD 4895, 2002, 3660 hrs, 30ft. HB transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $41,000 MF 9220, 2006, 25’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,500 MACDON 4952i, 2005, 1934 hrs, 30’, DK, UCA, Hyd F & A, Triple Del, Turbo, Large Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $64,000 MACDON 9352i, 2005, 1677/1333 hrs, 30’, split reel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $65,000 MF 9435, 2009, 1267 hrs, 30’, SK, UII Reel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $69,000 MF 9435, 2011, 1441 hrs, 30’, SK, UII Pick Up Reel, Elec F & A, Guage Wheels, 480/85R26 Frt Tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $71,500 MACDON M150, 2011, 925/711 hrs, Traction Unit Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $72,500 JD 4895, 2009, 1055/770 hrs, 25’, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $73,000 NH H8040, 2008, 2675 hrs, 25’, SK, Hyd F & A, P.U. Reel, Dlx cab, electric mirrors, Prairie Special, 21Lx28 tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75,000 MF 9430, 2010, 1285 hrs, 25’, p/u reel, elec F&A, guage wheels, SK . . . . . . . . . $79,000 MF 9435, 2011, 977 hrs, 30’, 5200 Header, SK, Elec Fore & Aft, Triple Del. . . . . . $89,000 NH H8060, 2011, 701 hrs, 25’, SK, UII Reel, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $95,000 CaseIH WD1203, 2012, 367 hrs, 30’, DK, Hyd F & A, Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . $109,000 MF WR9740, 2013, 325/176 hrs, 36’, SK, Susp Cab & Axle, 21mph speed . . . . $109,000 MF WR9740, 2012, 544 hrs, 25’ Draper, roto shears, UII Reel, guage Wheels, GPS, hyd roller, 9126 Auger header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $134,000 MACDON M155, 2012, 650 hrs, 35’, Triple Del, DK, 6 Bat Reel, . . . . . . . . . . . . $139,000 MACDON M155, 2013, 701 hrs, 35’, SK, Transport, Hyd F & A, HID Lights, 600 tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $139,000 MACDON M205, 2011, 546 hrs, 35’, DK, Transport, UCA, 6 Bat Reel . . . . . . . . . $149,000

SEEDING EQUIPMENT

JD 787, 1997, 170 Bushel 2 Comp tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,000 FC 3450, 1998, Mech tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,000 FC 5000, 1998, 57’, 12”, 3.5” stealth, 4” pneumatic, TBH, DS, AS IS . . . . . . . . . . $19,500 FC/JD 5000/787, 1992, 45’,, DS, 9”, steel packers, TBH 230 Bush, 4 run, AS IS . $25,000 NH SC430, 2007, DS, Mech, TBH, Flex ctrl momnitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $44,500 Seedhawk 4012/357, 1999, 40’ x 12”, Single Knife, DS, 357 On board tank, NH3 Kit also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,000 NH SD440A/P1040, 2005/2009, 40’x10”, DS, 4”PrdStealth, Harrows, Steel Pkrs, 6 run, TBH, Mech Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $72,500 NH SD440A, 2007, 46’x12”, 550lbs., 5.5” Rubber, single shoot, TBH. . . . . . . . . . $84,000 NH SD550/P1060, 2007/2009, 60’x12”, 5.5” Rub, DS, 3.5” Dutch, VR, TBH, Liquid hoses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $99,900 NH SD440A/P1060, 2004/2013, 58’x9”, DS, 4”Stealth, 4.5” Steel, TBH, VR, Hyd Auger, Duals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125,000 NH P2060/P1060/P1060, 2009, 70’x12”, DS, 4” Prd Stealth, 4.5” steel pkr, VR, NH blockage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $169,000 NH P2060/P1060/P1060, 2009, 70x10, DS, 4” prd row Stealth, steel pkr, harrows, VR, NH blockage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $175,000

SPRAYERS

BOURGAULT 850 Centurion II, 1990, 82’ boom, single nozzle, foam marker . . . $11,000 Miller/Nitro 2275HT, 2006, 2500 ? hrs, 100’ Boom, 1400 Gal SS Tank, Raven GPS, Air Dividers, 320 Tires, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $109,000 Hagie STS12, 2000, 2721 hrs, 1200 Gal SS Tank, 90’ Boom, 320 Tires, Crop Div, Ind tank, Triple Nozzles, Outback S with E Drive and 360 Mapping $109,000 NH SP.275F, 2012, 642 hrs, 1200gal SS, 120’ boom, Norac, FM750 control, 380 tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $259,900 NH SP.365F, 2013, 749 hrs, 1600gal, SS, 120’ boom, intelliview monitor, ultraglide, accuboom, intellisteer, electric flush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $329,000 NH SP.345F, 2015, 199 hrs, 1200 gal, 120’ boom, Lux Cab, Elec Mirrors, Boom Blowout, Ultraglide, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $420,000 JD R4038, 2014, 940 hrs, 1000 Gal Stainless, 2 sets of tires- 380 & 620, 120’ boom, sectional control, boom height level, full GPS w/ SF2 . . . . . . . . $425,000

AUGERS

Wheatheart 10x60, 2003, swing Auger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,900 Buhler 13X70, 2004, TMR, Reverser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,000 SAKUNDIAK 12X85, 2010, 12X85, electric mover, reverser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,900

MISC

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BFK EB7, 1998, 7’ 3-Point hitch blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $450 Maletti PCV3, 1990, 4’ Rototiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $900 REM 1026, 1995, Grain Vac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,900 White 256, 1975, 21’ Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,900 Kongskilde 1000, 2009, Grain vac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 Krause 2143, 1979, 40’ Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,500 REM 2700, 2008, 214 hrs, Rubber & Steel Hose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,000 Degelman 2036, 2007, 20’ Land Roller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,900 Brandt 5200EX, 2011, 149 hrs, Bin Snake, Dust Hose Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,500 REM 2700, 2011, 105 hrs, Rubber & Steel Hose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,500 DEGELMAN SM7000, 1996, 70’, 1/2” tines x 20’ long, mechanical adjust. . . . . . $21,500 REM 3700, 2008, 181 hrs, grain vac, clean up nozzle, New Fan installed.. . . . . . . $26,000 REM 3700, 2011, 238 hrs, Grain Vac, Dust Collector, New Hoses . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,000 NH C238, 2011, 600 hrs, 84” Bucket, Hi Flow Plus, Cab with Heater and AC, Hyd. Coupler, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $54,500 Lemken Heliodor 8/600KA, 2014, High Speed Disc, 6 Metre (20’) Working width, 5” Spacing, semi mounted, hydraulically folding, suggested 150-240 HP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $55,000 Salford RTS570, 2011, 41’ Vertical Tillage, 8 wave blades, 3 bar harrows, 7.5” spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $91,500

CONSIGNMENT

FC 820/1720, 1994, 35’ x 12” Spacing, NH3 Kit, 3” Stealth Openers . . . . . . . . . . $25,000 HONEYBEE SP36, 2005, JD Adapter, Pea Auger, New Canvasses, Reel Foreaft, SK $30,000

NOVEMBER 21, 2016 • ALBERTAFARMEXPRESS.CA

Community news and events from across the province

Ghosts get elbowed aside what’s up on Pizza Night in Rowley

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BY JOHNNIE BACHUSKY AF contributor/Rowley

henever Rowley has faced oblivion, locals have always come up with a plan — sometimes mischievous ones — to save their dusty locale on the central Alberta prairie. The hamlet, located 38 kilometres north of Drumheller, was fading away in the mid-1970s, when a group of men staged the now famous break-and-enter party into a boarded-up Sam’s Cafe. They symbolically stapled dollar bills to the ceiling to initiate a Save Rowley campaign. Twenty years later, following a rebirth — that included the town being used in 1988 for the filming of “Bye Bye Blues” (a rare Canadian hit movie) — the boys brainstormed once again. Rowley was about to lose a private railway tourism operation that delivered thousands of tourists and their badly needed dollars since 1990. But then came another inspiration. “I think the boys were looking for something to eat and somehow they ended up with a pizza crust. They made up a pizza and thought, ‘Maybe we should start selling these things, eh?” said local Doug Hampton, official caretaker of the hamlet whose family has lived in the Rowley area for more than a century. It worked and one night a month, Rowley is the busiest ghost town on the Prairies. On the last Saturday evening of every month, it hosts Pizza Night. Up to 150 Rowley lovers from across the region and as far away as Calgary pack Sam’s, now lovingly restored into an old-fashioned saloon on Main Street. “In the summertime we get more people than can fit in here,” said Leroy Avramento, the saloon’s grizzled bartender for more than 15 years. “It’s Rowleywood. It’s history.” By 5 p.m. on Oct. 29, the hooting and hollering had already started. It’s two days before Halloween, and many are dressed

Pizza Night at Rowley’s Sam’s Saloon can attract up to 150 people in the town that has only eight permanent residents. PHOTO: JOHNNIE BACHUSKY

Volunteers Shirley Bremer and Christopher Foesier make pizza for the crowd that will pack Sam’s Saloon. PHOTO: JOHNNIE BACHUSKY

Emily and Dan Overes from Cochrane have come to Pizza Night in Rowley three times since they were married a year ago. Photo: SUPPLIED

for the special spooky occasion. The beer is flowing. Dancing has started. Thanks to the granting of a special licence, children are free to roam the saloon. Early arrivals order their pizzas, homemade creations prepared by volunteers in the nearby community hall. “My heart is in Rowley. I want to see the little town stay alive,” said volunteer Shirley Bremer, who was born and raised in Rowley, adding the resilient ghost town offers an opportunity to “step back in time.” “You can’t find this kind of

cause to keep the town looking good. I love to see the local folks dancing, having fun, and just enjoying themselves.” Most importantly for out-oftowners, Pizza Night in Rowley is a unique experience that can’t be replicated anywhere else. “It’s a bit of an adventure,” said Calgarian Harry Brugmans, who discovered Rowley by accident five years ago while geocaching. “It’s different, rustic. You don’t have to put on any airs to come here, that is for sure.”

socializing and atmosphere just anywhere. You come out here and it’s special.” That’s especially so for American Emily Overes, who moved permanently to Canada just over a year ago to be with husband Dan. They live in Cochrane and the couple has already attended three pizza nights. “I just love the spirit of the community, no pun intended,” said Overes, who just secured a copy of “Bye Bye Blues.” “They love putting it on. The money goes to a great

Nov. 22: Powering Your Profits, Lacombe Memorial Centre, Lacombe (also Nov. 23 in Stony Plain, Nov. 29 in Fairview, Nov. 30 in Guy, and Dec. 1 in Grande Prairie). Contact: Rick Taillieu 780-678-6167 Nov. 22: Getting Into Local Foods, Agriculture Centre, Lethbridge (also Nov. 23 in Airdrie and Nov. 24 in Parkland County). Contact: Karen Goad 780-538-5629 Nov. 22: Ration Balancing Workshop, Ag Society Hall, Valleyview (also Nov. 23 in Spirit River). Contact: Jen 780-835-6799 ext. 3 Nov. 22: Working Well Workshop, Location TBD, Kneehill & Mountain View Counties (also Nov. 24 in Tofield and Dec. 1 in MD of Bonnyville). Contact: Megan Lethbridge 403-443-9312 Nov. 22-24: Advanced Soils School (Nicole Masters), Vermilion Regional Centre, Vermilion. Contact: Eric Neilson 780-582-7308 Nov. 22-24: Agricultural Excellence Conference, Sheraton Cavalier, Calgary. Contact: Heather Oakley, 1-888-232-3262 Nov. 23: From Shelterbelts to Ecobuffers: Attracting Beneficial Insects to Your Property, TeePee Creek Hall, County of Grande Prairie. Contact: Jill Henry 780-532-9727 Nov. 24: Dugout Workshop, Grimshaw Legion, Grimshaw. Contact: Jen 780-835-6799 ext. 3 Nov. 30: East Peace Beef Cattle Day, Triangle Hall, High Prairie. Jen 780-835-6799 ext. 3 Nov. 30-Dec. 2: Foodovation: food+innovation, Royal Executive Inn, Leduc. Contact: Melissa Bourgoin 780-469-3714 Dec. 6: Environmental Farm Plan and Growing Forward 2 Workshop, Seniors Centre, Hines Creek (also Dec. 8 in Eaglesham). Contact: Jen 780-835-6799 ext. 3 Dec. 6-7: Farming Smarter Conference, Medicine Hat Lodge, Medicine Hat. Contact: Jamie Puchinger 403-317-0022

Farmers help 18 Alberta groups win $2,500 grant Monsanto Fund release

ighteen Alberta chari ties and non-profits will receive $2,500 grants from the Monsanto Fund as part of the 2016 Canada’s Farmers Grow Communities program. Each non-profit was nominated by a local farmer who applied on behalf of their favourite cause. The program received more than 500 entries this year and 66 groups were chosen by a draw to

receive a share of the $165,000 in grant money. “You hear $2,500 and you might think that’s just a drop in the ocean,” said Kelly Funke, public affairs manager at Monsanto Canada. “What I’ve learned from speaking with farmers and charities across Canada is that this can be a huge amount for some, or even just enough to push a fundraising project to meet its goal. And all because a farmer believed in the cause enough to take action.” Farmers living and work-

ing in the Maritimes, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and northeastern B.C. have from mid-January to the end of September to submit their entries at www.CanadasFarmers.ca. The Alberta organizations receiving $2,500 grants this year (and the farmers who nominated them) are: Hussar & District Agricultural Society (Pam Collett, Hussar); Standard Community Facility Enhancement Society — Memory Lane (Michael Rasmussen, Standard); Wetaskiwin

Curling Association (Deanne Bye, Wetaskiwin); Daysland Public Library (Brian Spiller, Daysland); Moos on the Moove Dairy 4H Club (Bart Bikker, Barrhead); Eleanor Hall School Enhancement Society (Carrie Ruch, Tawatinaw); Sexsmith and District Museum Society (Jason Anderson, Sexsmith); Eaglesham Volunteer Fire Department (Fiona Love, Eaglesham); Alberta Birds of Prey Foundation (Boston Farms, Coaldale); Vulcan County Health & Wellness Foundation (Ron Markert, Vulcan); Giroux-

ville Enhancement Committee (Alexandra Brochu, Girouxville); Fabulas — Falher & Area Beautification & Leisure Activities Society (Selena Sliger, Falher); Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre (Jennifer Griffin, Red Deer); Penhold Fire Department (Steven Harris, Penhold); Lamont Figure Skating Club (Mark Fedyniak, Star); Beaver District 4-H (Rob Roulston, Bruce); 3 Cities 4-H Equine Club (Chris Adams, Paradise Valley); and Paradise Valley & Districts Agricultural Society (Dean Davidson, Kitscoty).

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Environmental stewardship program gets funding boost ALUS Canada also recognizes Parkland County rancher Gerry Taillieu with producer innovation award Staff

“I believe that the desire to look after your own land is almost universal. ALUS helps you take that concern and put it into action.”

n organization that supports farmers and ranchers who provide ecosystem services has received $5 million in funding from the W. Garfield Weston Foundation. ALUS Canada has also awarded Alberta rancher Gerry Taillieu its inaugural Producer Innovation Award. The $5 million in funding will allow expansion of the ALUS (short for Alternative Land Use Services) program and to launch its New Acre program, in which individuals and organizations can sponsor “ecosystem services.” These include creating or preserving wildlife and pollinator habitat; erosion and flood control; water filtration; and carbon sequestration. Taillieu, manager of the 14,000-acre Tomahawk Cattle Ranch, helped implement Parkland County’s first ALUS project — fencing off a creek and the drainage channel running through the ranch to the North Saskatchewan River. “I’m humbled and honoured to be recognized with this

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award,” Taillieu, an ALUS Parkland committee member, said in a news release. “But I can tell you that I’m not unique. I believe that the desire to look after your own land is almost universal. ALUS helps you take that concern and put it into action.” ALUS was founded a decade ago as a division of Delta Waterfowl, and was relaunched as an independent organization in May. It partners with county councils, landowners, and other community groups to provide farmers and ranchers with financial incentives to produce ecosystem services specific to their area.

“As a Weston Initiative, ALUS Canada has been able to expand very rapidly,” said Bryan Gilvesy, an Ontario rancher and the organization’s CEO. “We launched in Quebec this summer, bringing our program to six provinces, with more than 18,000 acres devoted to producing ecosystem services. We plan to open in Nova Scotia and in several more communities throughout Ontario and Alberta, with the aim of reaching 25,000 acres by the end of 2017.” The New Acre initiative, which will be rolled out in the coming months, is intended to be a major source of ongoing funds for the organization.

Couple protects picturesque Porcupine Hills ranch

eno and Corine Welsch have ensured their 3,034-acre ranch in the Porcupine Hills won’t be turned into a subdivision or see its native cropland put to the plow. The couple recently finalized a conservation agreement with the Nature Conservancy of Canada. “This conservation agreement gives me the freedom to run the ranch the way I always wanted it run, and to protect it for future generations — and not necessarily just my future generations,” Reno Welsch said in a news release. “It also protects the land for agricultural use at a time where agricultural land, especially good ranchland, is getting harder and harder to find.” Welsch Ranch is just 20 kilometres north of Pincher Creek and its scenic location means it is under “significant pressure for residential development,” said the Nature Con-

servancy. It is located in a wildlife corridor and is home to the endangered limber pine, a five-needled pine that can live up to 1,000 years, and ferruginous hawks, a threatened species and one of only two birds of prey that use grasslands as their main habitat. The Welschs established the ranch in 1988 and are currently in the process of handing the property over to their daughter. — Staff

Reno and Corine Welsch wanted to preserve their land for future generations. PHOTO: Brent Calver

Marketplace November Update FoR MoRE iNFoRMATioN 165, 6815 – 8 Street NE Calgary, AB Canada T2E 7H7 tel 403.275.4400 fax 403.274.0007 www.albertabeef.org famoustaste.albertabeef.org

AlbertA beef Producers fAll meetings And delegAte election results Another successful round of Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) Fall Producer Meetings concluded November 3. We held 24 meetings in the nine zones across the province with over 1,100 producers in attendance. Directors in each zone opened the meetings with an engagement activity to encourage conversation among producers. We heard common themes throughout the zones about the impact of government policies and legislation on our competitiveness, consumer preference trends and effects on our production systems, and succession concerns in attracting and financing young producers.

There was one delegate election in Zone 3 during the meetings and official counting of the ballots took place November 9. The remaining eight zones elected delegates by acclamation with vacancies in Zones 2, 4, 5 and 9. “We are a producer organization and our greatest strength is the contribution of grassroots producers who become delegates and directors of the organization. Elections are a fundamental element of a democratic organization and we are pleased to have had at least one election for zone delegates this year. We encourage producers to get involved and fill the positions we still have available. We look forward to the fresh input new representatives offer and thank them for their interest in the industry and ABP,” said Rich Smith, Executive Director.

ABP represents the collective interests of Alberta’s beef cattle producers and is a proud reflection of this industry. Run by producers for producers, ABP is dedicated to enhancing the image of the beef and beef producers industry, educating the beef consumer, driving the sale of Alberta Beef, and maintaining a truly sustainable, competitive industry for the benefit of all Albertans. A full list of delegates can be found on our website at albertabeef.org. You can sign up for our weekly news updates online at albertabeef.org/page/news/ or by contacting katelynl@ albertabeef.org. ABP is on twitter @albertabeef. Our account has a great community of ag-minded people sharing information and love for Alberta Beef.

AbP AnnuAl generAl meeting dec 5-7 Producers, media, industry and all interested people are welcome to attend this year’s Alberta Beef Producers Annual General Meeting on December 5-7 in Calgary at the Sheraton Cavalier Hotel. The three-day session is two half days and one full day that will feature speakers, industry updates and resolutions debate. Elections will take place for various council, director, chair and executive positions. The 2017 Environmental Stewardship Award will be presented at the Tuesday evening banquet, where we will also celebrate the 25-year anniversary of the award. For more information and registration go to albertabeef.org.

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AUTOSHIFT TRUCKS AVAILABLE: Boxed tandems and tractor units. Contact David 306-887-2094, 306-864-7055, Kinistino, SK. DL #327784. www.davidstrucks.com 2002 IH 2600 w/B&H; 2009 Mack AutoPRECISION TRAILERS: Gooseneck and Shift, B&H; 2009 IH ProStar 8600, Cumbumper hitch. You’ve seen the rest, now mins eng, AutoShift, B&H. Call Merv at own the best. Hoffart Services, Odessa, SK. 306-276-7518 or 306-767-2616, Arborfield, SK. DL #906768 306-957-2033 www.precisiontrailer.com 2008 WABASH 51’ tandem axle dry van, 2009 MACK, 460 HP, AutoShift trans., low miles, current SK. safety, $12,500. Call new BH&T, real nice shape, $71,500; 2007 Kenworth, C13 425 HP Cat, AutoShift Larry at 306-563-8765, Canora, SK. trans., 13 spd., new 20’ BH&T, $71,500; 2002 IHC 1654, 350 HP IH engine, 10 spd. trans., new 20’ BH&T, 220,000 kms, $49,500; 1990 Kenworth T600, 450 HP Detroit, 10 spd., alum. front wheels, good tires, pulls good w/1996 36’ Cancade 2 hopper grain trailer, nice shape, $35,000. 2017 RAM CUMMINS diesel Dually Crew Trades accepted. Merv at 306-276-7518, SLT 4x4, $60,775. Call 1-800-667-4414, 306-767-2616, Arborfield, SK DL #906768 Wynyard, SK. www.jackmallymotors.ca 2004 PETERBILT 330, tandem axle, C&C, 2016 RAM 3500, HD, CrewCab, 4x4, load- long WB, Cat dsl., 10 spd trans, AC, low ed, U Connect, sat radio, great cond. miles, alum. wheels, $26,900, w/new B&H 306-525-6700, Auto Gallery Subaru. $48,900. K&L Equipment and Auto. Ph www.autogallery.com DL#917632. Ladimer, 306-795-7779 Ituna. DL#910885

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BEAVER CONTAINER SYSTEMS, new and used sea containers, all sizes. 306-220-1278, Saskatoon and Regina, SK. 20’ TO 53’ CONTAINERS. New, used and modified. Available Winnipeg, MB; Regina and Saskatoon, SK. www.g-airservices.ca 306-933-0436. 20’ and 40’ SHIPPING CONTAINERS, and storage trailers. Large Sask. inventory. Phone 1-800-843-3984 or 306-781-2600.

FARM AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL 19.5L-24 TOP TRUST new industrial motor sales, service and parts. Also sale tires, 12 ply, tubeless, $599. of, and repairs to, all makes and sizes of pumps and phase converters, etc. Tisdale 1-888-278-4905. www.combineworld.com Motor Rewinding 1984 Ltd., 306-873-2881, fax 306-873-4788, 1005AStretch your advertising dollars! Place an ad 111th Ave., Tisdale, SK. tmr@sasktel.net in the classifieds. Our friendly staff is waiting Website: www.tismtrrewind.com for your call. 1-800-665-1362. DIAMOND CANVAS SHELTERS, sizes ranging from 15’ wide to 120’ wide, any length. Call Bill 780-986-5548, Leduc, AB. HORNOI LEASING NEW and used 20’ and 40’ sea cans for sale or rent. Call www.starlinesales.com 306-757-2828, Regina, SK. WOOD POST BUILDING packages or built SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR SALE. 20’on site. For early booking call 53’, delivery/ rental/ storage available. For 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: inventory and prices call: 306-262-2899, www.warmanhomecentre.com Saskatoon, SK. www.thecontainerguy.ca STRAIGHT WALL BUILDING packages or CONTAINERS FOR SALE OR RENT: All built on site. For early booking call sizes. Now in stock: 50 used, 53’ steel and 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: insulated SS. 306-861-1102, Radville, SK. www.warmanhomecentre.com

EXCAVATOR ATTACHMENTS IN STOCK. WBM/CAT/CWS. Western Heavy Equip- INSULATED FARM SHOP packages or ment, 306-981-3475, Prince Albert, SK. built on site, for early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: 2004 JD 270LC excavator, 2 buckets, 1- www.warmanhomecentre.com 48” dirt and 1- 60” rake, low hrs., exc. cond, $75,000. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, 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.

EXTREME DUTY BRUSHCUTTER. Made in Canada, 1/4” steel, 66” cut Omni HD gearbox & Parker hyd. motor. Cuts up to 4” trees, two 1/2”x3”x24” blades on a stump jumper, c/w hyd. hoses and flat face couplers. Std. flow operation, open rear discharge prevents under deck build up, fits most skidsteers, $4995. 72” & 80” also in stock. Agrimex, 306-331-7443, Dysart, SK. SKIDSTEER ATTACHMENTS: Buckets, rock buckets, grapples, weld-on plates, hyd. augers, brush cutters and more large stock. Top quality equipment, quality welding and sales. Call Darcy at 306-731-3009, 306-731-8195, Craven, SK. ATTACHMENTS: Skidsteer snow buckets, blowers, blades, brooms, forks. Conquest Equipment, 306-483-2500, Oxbow, SK. MAGNUM 8.0 KW light tower generator, Kubota diesel, $4400. Call Larry at 306-563-8765, Canora, SK.

2012 JD 250G-LC excavator, 5866 hrs, 32” shoes, 11’10” arm, 64” bucket, attachments avail. Good cond. $114,000 1-888-606-6362. www.combineworld.com

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.

100’x200’x22’ Steel Farm Building. Ready for set-up on your farm today. Foundation specs can be supplied. Includes 26 gauge ext. sheeting and trims, $153,900 plus tax. Add doors and insulation as needed. Other sizes available. 1-888-398-7150 or email buildings@prairiesteel.com AFAB INDUSTRIES POST frame buildings. For the customer that prefers quality. 1-888-816-AFAB (2322), Rocanville, SK.

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2011 4520 1-bin, 70’ booms, $145,000; 22010 Case 4520’s, 70’ booms: 3-bin, 3100 hrs., $168,000; SPECIAL- 2010 Case 4520, 1-bin, 5100 hrs., $98,500; 22007 Case 4520’s, 3-bin, 70’ booms, 3300 hrs., AutoSteer, $134,000 and $98,000; 2006 Case 4510, AutoSteer, FlexAir 70’ booms, 7400 hrs., $77,000; 2005 Case 4520 w/70’ FlexAir, 4000 hrs., $78,000; 2004 Case 4010, 80’ SPRAYER, 7000 hrs., $58,000; 2- 2004 Loral AirMax 1000s, 70’ booms, immaculate, $76,000 and $93,000; 2006 2-bin AgChem, 70’ booms, $58,000; 2002 KBH Semi tender, self-contained, $32,000; 2009 and 2012 Merritt semi belt tender, self contained, $32,000 and $42,000; 2- 24 ton Wilmar tender beds, $17,500 ea; 2012 Wilmar Rangler 4560, 780 hrs., $28,500; 2009 Rangler, 2400 hrs, $23,500; 1974 10,000 gal. NH3 transport, $38,500; 18,000 gal. NH3 holding tank, $34,500. USD prices. 406-466-5356, Choteau, MT. www.fertilizerequipment.net

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NEW 2014 MD PW7 w/16’ Swathmaster 2012 RICHIGER 10’ grain bagger, bought to fit JD STS/S series, $24,900. new in 2013, has truck unloading attachment, also elec. bag lifting cradle, used 2016 MACDON M205 (No DEF), 35’ and 40’ 1-888-278-4905. www.combineworld.com DK headers, c/w transports. Call Cam-Don very little. Troy 306-867-7719 Glenside SK Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. 2001 JD 9650 STS, 2843 thres. hrs, 4108 eng., 2 sets of concaves, very nice, PICKUP REEL PARTS WAREHOUSE: $77,000. 306-648-2801 or 306-648-7848, MacDon, UII, JD, Hart Carter, CNH, AGCO. Gravelbourg, SK. 2013 BRENT 882 grain cart, 875 bu., 20” We distribute parts for all PU reels. Call auger, 1000 PTO, hydraulic kit available, 1-888-278-4905. www.combineworld.com 2009 JD 9770, 1205 hrs., 175 hrs. since tarp, like new, shedded, $39,000. extensive Greenlight, duals, 615P header, 306-428-2847, 306-862-7731, Choiceland. 1995 30’ MACDON Premier 2900, PU reel, $190,000; 36’ MacDon 973, $19,500 OBO. 960 MacDon header, 21.5-16.1 tires, exc. Call 306-736-7782, Kipling, SK. cond., $19,500. 306-861-4592, Fillmore SK 2008 9770 STS, dual wheels w/2010 615 CUSTOM COLOR SORTING chickpeas to 1998 35’ WESTWARD 9300, 960 header, PU header, $195,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm mustard. Cert. organic and conventional. PU reel, turbo, big tires, excellent cond., Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. $29,500. Call 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK 306-741-3177, Swift Current, SK. 2010 JD 9870 STS, loaded, 4 WD, only 2 MONOCHROMATIC COLOUR Sorters. 1995 CASE 8820, 30’ header, PU reel, 480 sep. hrs, 600 eng. hrs, $285,000 Ideal for removing Ergot from cereal 21.5-16.1 tires, excellent condition, CAD OBO. 2010 JD 9870 STS, fully loaded, ProDrive, 5 spd. feeder house, HD lift grains. Each machine mounted in an insu- $16,500. Call 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK cylinders, HD final drives, HD rear axle, lated container, c/w air compressor and premium cab, IMS, grain tank ext., HD unwiring. Satake AlphaScan II, Hi Flow 160. load auger, long auger, Contour-Master, Machine #2- Delta I-IC/CCD-5. Both maonly 550 sep. hrs., 650 straddle duals, chines capacity- 500-700 bu./hr. Lars NH 1033 BALE wagon; Massey 124 baler; $259,000 CAD OBO. Both combines would 306-937-2575, 306-441-0242 BattlefordSK Wheel rake; McKee forage Harvester; Bale have 100 hour, up to $7500 parts and la36’ PT swather. 306-283-4747, bour warranty. Call 218-779-1710. DUAL SCREEN ROTARY grain cleaners, spear; great for pulse crops, best selection in 306-220-0429, Langham, SK. Western Canada. 306-946-7923, Young SK

2010 CASE/IH 7120, 2016 PU header, long auger, always shedded, field ready, 1167 hrs., exc. cond., $165,000 OBO. Call Jim at 403-575-0069, Coronation, AB. 1996 2188, 1015 PU, 30’ auger header, 2800 sep./3287 eng. hrs, exc. cond., always shedded. Will trade for bred bison. 780-888-2245, 780-888-1217, Hardisty AB 1994 1688, 4300 eng. hrs., newer sieves, rails, feeder house, and bushings, $20,000 OBO. 306-220-1533, Saskatoon, SK.

1996 JD 9600, 2575 hrs, 2 spd. cyl, hopper ext’n, chopper, good tires, pickups avail. $32,800 1-888-606-6362. www.combineworld.com

2007 7010 Case/IH, dual wheels, w/2016 header, $170,000. Call A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

2008 MF 9895, duals, MAV, PU header, 1900 hrs., AutoSteer, just gone through 2000 CASE/IH 2388 w/1015 header, shop, shedded, 0% OAC, $159,000. Cam$65,000; 2004 2388 w/2015 PU header, Don Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. $115,000; 2006 2388 w/2015 PU header, $130,000; 2009 7088 w/2016 PU header, $180,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

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RECONDITIONED rigid and flex, most makes and sizes; also header transports. Ed Lorenz, 306-344-4811, Paradise Hill, SK www.straightcutheaders.com

LIFETIME LID OPENERS. We are a stocking dealer for Boundary Trail Lifetime Lid Openers, 18” to 39”. Rosler Construction 2000 Inc., 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK.

BIN MOVING, all sizes up to 19’ diameter, 3406B, N14, SERIES 60, running engines w/wo floors; Also move liquid fert. tanks. and parts. Call Yellowhead Traders, 306-629-3324, 306-741-9059, Morse, SK. 306-896-2882, Churchbridge, SK. GRAIN BIN SERVICES. Concrete, turnkey installation, remodel, repair. We specialize in large diameter setup and wind damage repair. Call Quadra Development Corp., 1-800-249-2708, or d.lonseth@sasktel.net

CONVEYAIR GRAIN VACS, parts, acces- 2009 NH 9070, 1793/1474 hrs, Intellisories. Call Bill 780-986-5548, Leduc, AB. View II display, Y&M, remote sieve adjust, www.starlinesales.com elec. stonetrap, 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, WANTED: JD 7810 c/w FEL & 3-PTH; SP transport, all stored inside, $210,000 OB0. or PTO bale wagon; JD or IHC end wheel Call 780-608-9290, Strome, AB. AUGERS: NEW and USED: Wheatheart, drills. Small square baler. 403-394-4401. Westfield, Westeel augers; Auger SP kits; Batco conveyors; Wheatheart post pound- HARD TO FIND! John Deere 346 square ers. Good prices, leasing available. Call baler, nice shape, $5500 OBO. NOW SALVAGING GLEANER S77, low 1-866-746-2666. 780-888-7152, Lougheed, AB. hrs., duals, cab, tons of good parts. Call us! 1-888-278-4905. www.combineworld.com NEW MERIDIAN AUGERS with motor, clutch, reversing gearbox and lights. HD8-39, $15,350; HD8-59, $17,250; TL10-39, $16,995; HD10-59, $18,995. 1998 WESTWARD 9300, 25’, c/w 972 header, PU reel, 2 speed, 3530 hrs, exc., 2011 JD 9770 STS, Contour-Master, 26’ 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK. $29,500. 780-352-3012, Wetaskiwin, AB. unloading auger, MacDon fore/aft switch, 615 PU, AutoTrac ready, Y&M, axle ext., MERIDIAN AUGERS IN STOCK: swings, always stored inside, 1,111 eng/835 sep truck loading, Meridian SP movers. Call hrs., $237,500 OBO. 403-485-0262, Vulcan Hoffart Services Inc., Odessa, SK., 306-957-2033. 2011 JD 9770 STS, pro-drive trans., 615 PU, Contour-Master 26’ unloading auger, SAKUNDIAK: 8”x55’, 10 HP elec. motor; MacDon fore/aft switch, AutoTrac ready, 8”x45’, 24 HP Kohler motor; 8”x50’, PTO Y&M, axle extensions, hopper ext., 1,009 drive; 7”x35’, 10 HP elec. motor; 6”x35’, engine/787 sep. hrs, always stored inside. B&S motor. BRANDT: 7”x35’, 24 HP Kohler $247,500 OBO. 403-485-0262, Vulcan, AB. motor; 7”x35’, Wisconsin motor; 8”x50’ blue auger, hyd. auger mover, hyd. winch, 2010 9870, ProDrive, Harvest Smart, selfflex spout, elec. clutch, Wheatheart binsweep, 24 HP motor. Ed 306-272-3848 or 2012 MASSEY FERGUSON 9740, 36’, 400 level shoe, Rice dual tires, 615 PU, exc., 306-269-7745, Foam Lake, SK. hrs., vg., 0% OAC, $89,900. Call Cam-Don c/w 2010 JD 635D draper header, $251,000. Henry 403-588-0958, Alix, AB. Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. R10-41 WHEATHEART AUGER, excellent 1990 JD 9500, 4100 engine hrs., 912 PU condition with mover and new clutch, header, many new parts, harvest ready, $8800. Call 306-272-4451, Foam Lake, SK. $27,500 OBO; JD 930 rigid header with hyd. adjustable reel, good condition, $5000 OBO. 306-946-7928, Watrous, SK.

DRYAIR GRAIN DRYING SYSTEM. 1.2 million BTU boiler on propane, mounted on trailer. Also 4 large heat coil radiators on wheels. Large quantity of hose w/quick couplers. Shedded, exc. cond., used very BUILD YOUR OWN conveyors, 6”, 7”, 8” little, $42,500. Phone 306-873-9221 or and 10” end units available; Transfer con- 306-323-2099, Archerwill, SK. veyors and bag conveyors or will custom build. Call for prices. Master Industries HOMEBUILT PORTABLE, coal fired, hot waInc. www.masterindustries.ca Phone ter aeration system. Includes 5 HP, 220 1-866-567-3101, Loreburn, SK. volt centrifical fan. Automatic electronic controls for coal stoker and water temperature, $1500 OBO. Call 306-449-2412 evenings, Redvers, SK. 2015 VALMAR 7600 66’ boom, PTO fan dr., var. rate JD control, secondary mech. me- MORIDGE 400 BUSHEL batch grain dryer, FALL SPECIAL on all post or stud frame tering, large floatation tires, 3 mtd. came- with canola screens, good condition, $2200. Call 306-795-7618, Ituna, SK. farm buildings. Choose: sliding doors, ras, $65,000. Luseland, SK, 306-372-4521. overhead doors, or bi-fold doors. NewTech Construction Ltd. call 306-220-2749, FARM FAN AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC grain Hague, SK. dryer, Model CMS10E, single phase power, canola screen, propane heat, holds 240 STEEL CLADDING SALE: New Grade A bu., transport wheels, shedded since new, 29 gauge white-white metal cladding 3/4” good condition. Phone Ed 306-272-3848 high rib cut to your length for only or 306-269-7745, Foam Lake, SK. .75¢/sq.ft. All accessories, fasteners and flashings are available. Call Prairie Steel in Clavet, SK., 1-888-398-7150, or email buildings@prairiesteel.com

BROCK (BUTLER) GRAIN BIN PARTS and accessories available at Rosler Con290 CUMMINS, 350 Detroit, 671 Detroit, struction. 306-933-0033, Saskatoon, SK. Series 60 cores. 306-539-4642, Regina, SK CUSTOM GRAIN BIN MOVING, all types WANTED DIESEL CORES: ISX and N14 up to 22’ diameter. 10% spring discount. Cummins, C15 Cats, Detroits Ddec 3, 4, Accurate estimates. Sheldon’s Hauling, 306-961-9699, Prince Albert, SK. DD15. Can-Am Truck 1-800-938-3323.

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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.

ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: Stick Frame building designed with longevity in mind. Call 306-225-2288 or go to BATCO CONVEYORS, new and used, www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote. grain augers and SP kits. Delivery and ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: Farm leasing available. 1-866-746-2666. post buildings designed with longevity in NEW BATCO 1545FL field loader with mind. Call 306-225-2288 or go to mover w/EFI Kohler engine. Reg. $29,000, www.zaksbuilding.com to request a quote. Cash $23,000. Only 1 left; One used 2013 1545FL Batco, exc. cond., $17,000 cash. POLE BARNS, WOODSTEEL packages, 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK. hog, chicken and dairy barns. Construction and concrete crews available. Mel or Scott, NEW BATCO 2075 w/gas motor kit. ReMR Steel Construction, 306-978-0315, tail $36,500. Blow-out Special, $28,500. Hague, SK. 306-648-3622, Gravelbourg, SK.

Hit our readers where it counts… in the classifieds. Place your ad in the Alberta Farmer CHIEF WESTLAND AND CARADON BIN Express classifed section. 1-800-665-1362. extensions, sheets, stiffeners, etc. Now available. Call Bill, 780-986-5548, Leduc, AB. www.starlinesales.com USED, REBUILT or NEW engines. Specializing in Cummins, have all makes, large inventory of parts, re-powering is our specialty. 1-877-557-3797, Ponoka, AB.

KEHO/ GRAIN GUARD Aeration Sales and Service. R.J. Electric, Avonlea, SK. Call 306-868-2199 or cell 306-868-7738.

REMOTE CONTROL SWING AUGER movers, trailer chute openers, endgate and hoist systems, wireless full bin alarms, swing belt movers, wireless TractorCams, motorized utility carts. All shipped directly to you. Safety, convenience, reliability. Kramble Industries at 306-933-2655, Saskatoon, SK. or www.kramble.net

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SPECIAL! 4WD 2008 Ag-Chem 8244, airflow bed, 70’ booms, $69,500. 2006 AgChem 8204, 2-bin, $58,000. USD prices. 406-466-5356. Choteau, MT. View website www.fertilizerequipment.net

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WANTED: CONVEYOR w/MOVER, 15”x75’, 20’ AND 40’ SEA CONTAINERS, for sale gas engine preferred, new or used. Call in Calgary, AB. Phone 403-226-1722, Trent 403-934-8765 or Don 403-901-5427, 1-866-517-8335. www.magnatesteel.com Standard, AB.

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PUMPS, PRESSURE WASHERS, Honda/Koshin pumps, 1-1/2” to 4”, Landa pressure washers, steam washers, parts washers. M&M Equip. Ltd. Parts & Service, Regina, SK. 306-543-8377, fax 306-543-2111.

MEDICINE HAT TRACTOR Salvage Inc. Specializing in new, used, and rebuilt agricultural and construction parts. Buying all sorts of ag and construction equipment for dismantling. Call today 1-877-527-7278, www.mhtractor.ca Medicine Hat, AB.

LOEFFELHOLZ TRACTOR AND COMBINE Salvage, Cudworth, SK., 306-256-7107. We sell new, used and remanufactured parts for most farm tractors and combines. COMB-TRAC SALVAGE. We sell new and used parts for most makes of tractors, combines, balers, mixmills and swathers. Phone 306-997-2209, 1-877-318-2221, Borden, SK. www.comb-tracsalvage.com We buy machinery.

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We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the Alberta Farmer Express classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today. We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800665-1362. 2004 JD 7520, MFWD, quad shift, LHR, 3 PTH, 741 SL loader, grapple, good tires, 9086 hrs, $70,000 OBO. 306-869-3113, Radville, SK

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2010 65’ 3310 BOURGAULT Paralink, 12” spacing, mid row shank banding, double shoot, rear hitch, tandem axles, low acres, $145,000. 2002 49’ Morris Maxim air drill, 12” spacing, w/7240 Morris grain cart, NEW VERSATILE SD550 offset disc, 15’, $52,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, 550 lbs./ft., spring cushion gangs, HD 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK. bearing option, 26”x3/8” notched. CamDon Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK. JD 1820, 61’ air drill, 10” spacing, Atom Jet paired row boots, 4” pneumatic pack- 1992 37’ CASE/IH 5600 HD cultivator, ers, NH3 Raven controller, sectional, JD w/Degelman mounted 4-row harrows, 1910 430 cart, var. rate, 3 meters, $25,000. A.E. Chicoine Farm Equipment, $59,000. 306-743-7622, Langenburg, SK. 306-449-2255, Storthoaks, SK.

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JOHN DEERE 8630, PTO, tires like new, excellent condition, $19,500. 306-861-4592, Fillmore, SK.

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1993 FLEXI-COIL 5000, 33’, 12” spacing, steel packers, DS, Dutch paired row openers, 1720 TBH tank, $16,500. 306-739-2442, Moosomin, SK.

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HEAVY HARROWS YEAR END CLEARANCE! 2016 Morris 70’, 26”x9/16” tine; 2014 50’ Morris, 26”/9/16” tine, 800 acres, looks like new. Cash finance or lease. Cam-Don Motors Ltd., 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

KELLO-BILT 8’ to 20’ offset discs w/24” to 36” notched blades; Kello-Bilt 24’ to 38’ tandem wing discs w/26” and 28” notched blades and oilbath bearings. Red Deer, AB. www.kelloughs.com Call: 1-888-500-2646.

RECONDITIONED COMBINE HEADERS. RIGID and flex, most makes and sizes; also header transports. Ed Lorenz, 306-344-4811, Paradise Hill, SK. or website: www.straightcutheaders.com PICKUP REEL PARTS WAREHOUSE: MacDon, UII, JD, Hart Carter, CNH, AGCO. We distribute parts for all PU reels. Call 1-888-278-4905. www.combineworld.com

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2012 9510R, 960 hrs, PS, 17’ 6-way blade, premium cab, 9030 lb. cast, ext. warranty, 2013 JD 9460R PS, 753 hrs., PTO, Hi-Flow too many extras to list, $370,000 OBO. hyd., 710/70R42’s, HD Gudgeon, weight 780-808-3141, Lloydminster, AB. pkg., PowerGard warranty until 2018, $209,500. USD. www.ms-diversified.com JD 7810, MFWD, LHR, JD 840 loader, 320-848-2496, 320-894-6560, Fairfax, MN grapple fork, joystick, shedded, very clean tractor. Call 780-674-5516, 780-305-7152, Barrhead, AB. JD 7710 MFWD, with 740 loader, LHR, premium condition, 20.8x38 tires. Call 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. JD 8440, PTO, 5800 orig. hrs., quad trans, premium condition, call Call 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. JD 4010, c/w FEL, new tires, batteries and injectors, very clean. Call 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB. JD 8440, PTO, 5800 orig. hrs., quad trans, premium condition, $26,000 OBO. Call 403-823-1894, Drumheller, AB.

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LOOKING FOR JD 4430 TO 7000 Series 1983 CASE 2290 w/Leon 707 FEL, 4700 tractors in good condition with mechanical hrs., rebuilt PS and diff., 4 remotes, dual issues. Call 403-876-2542, Big Valley, AB. PTO, good tires, duals, $19,500. Prince Albert, SK. 306-922-8155, 306-960-3230. 2013 JD 6140D, FWA, cab, 3 PTH, PTO, 640 hrs., c/w H260 loader and joystick, 1998 CIH STEIGER 9390, 425 HP, approx. $87,500. 780-877-2513, Ferintosh, AB. 6500 hrs., 850 Trellberg duals, 24 spd., vg cond., $89,000. 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK. 1977 JD 4430 w/606 PT mower behind, very low hrs., always shedded, exc. cond., LIZARD CREEK REPAIR and Tractor. We $30,000 OBO. 306-717-2971 Saskatoon SK buy 90 and 94 Series Case, 2 WD, FWA tractors for parts and rebuilding. Also have 1990 JD 4755 tractor, 2 WD, quad range, 2009 T9060, CUMMINS, AutoSteer, 800 rebuilt tractors and parts for sale. 1000 PTO, approx. 6900 hrs., $37,500. Call duals, 3990 hours, $211,000. Cam-Don 306-784-7841, Herbert, SK. 306-948-7223, Biggar, SK. Motors, 306-237-4212, Perdue, SK.

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BIG GULLY FARM Bull and Heifer Sale Thursday, Dec. 8th, 5:30 PM MST, 12 miles North of Maidstone, SK. Horned and Polled, Long-yearling bulls, bull calves and bred heifers. Free wintering, delivery and carcass ultrasound. Volume discount of 5% MFL RANCHES selling 20 bred 2014 heifers on 2 or more. View videos, information at Kramer’s Season Opener Sale, Dec. 7, and catalogue at: www.biggullyfarm.com North Battleford, SK., 403-747-2500. Lance Leachman, 306-903-7299, or email: WALLENSTEIN WOOD PROCESSOR # 830. biggullyfarm@gmail.com Online bidding 1 man machine for cutting, splitting and BUYING: CULL COWS, herdsire bulls, at: LiveAuctions.tv piling, 50 hrs. 403-346-7178, Red Deer, AB yearlings and calves. Phone Elk Valley Ranches, 780-846-2980, Kitscoty, AB. BLOCKED SEASONED JACK Pine firewood and wood chips for sale. Lehner Wood Preservers Ltd., 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, BRED HEIFERS FOR SALE, 77 Plains, 11 FRESH AND SPRINGING heifers for sale. Wood cross. The top herd bull is from Cows and quota needed. We buy all classSK. Will deliver. Self-unloading trailer. Wolverine Bison sired to the yearling re- es of slaughter cattle-beef and dairy. R&F serve Grand Champion bull in Denver in Livestock Inc. Bryce Fisher, Warman, SK. 2016. This is an impressive group of heif- Phone 306-239-2298, cell 306-221-2620. ers ready to go this fall. Bulls may be purchased as well. Come view any time, or call Blair 306-231-9980, Plunkett, SK.

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JACK PINE FIREWOOD: split and blocked in mini bulk bags $100/bag. Other lengths DOLITTLE ANGUS DISPERSAL Sale on Saturday, December 10, 2016 at Heartland available. 306-277-4660, Ridgedale, SK. Red Deer, Alberta Auction Services, Swift Current, SK. e-mail: kﬂendvay@hotmail.com Cow/calf pairs sell (including bull calves) www.levelwind.com at 11:00 AM. Herd bulls and rising 2 yr. olds sell at 3:00 PM. “A Special Herd that you may not have heard of!!!” Viewing of cattle at the Auction Mart from December 7th to Sale Day. Offering: 434 lots: 11 herd bulls, 32 rising 2 yr. olds, 219 cows, 37 WANTED: USED, BURNT, old or ugly trac- BEV’S FISH & SEAFOOD LTD., buy di- bred heifers, 61 heifer calves, 74 bull tors. Newer models too! Smith’s Tractor rect, fresh fish: Pickerel, Northern Pike, calves. Contact: Rob and Lorna Story Wrecking, 1-888-676-4847. Whitefish and Lake Trout. Seafood also 306-460-8520; Rob Holowaychuk, OBI, available. Phone toll free 1-877-434-7477, 780-916-2628. View catalogue online at: www.cattlemanagement.ca Email for cata306-763-8277, Prince Albert, SK. logue to: o.b.i@shaw.ca Ken Lendvay 403-550-3313

ACREAGE EQUIPMENT: 3-PT. CULTIVATORS, Discs, Plows, Blades, Etc. GRATTON COULEE AGRI PARTS LTD. Your 780-892-3092, Wabamun, AB. #1 place to purchase late model combine and tractor parts. Used, new and rebuilt. ON THE GO Haul & Tow farm equipment www.gcparts.com Toll free 888-327-6767. hauling (air drills). Prairie provinces. 306-540-9400, White City, SK. FLAX STRAW BUNCHER and land levelers. 707 LEON FEL, will fit JD 4020 Case or Int. Building now, taking orders. Don’t delay, Also 2 JD cabs, will fit 4020. $2000 for all. call now! 306-957-4279, Odessa, SK. Phone Keith 306-532-4892, Wapella, SK.

ODESSA ROCKPICKER SALES: New Degelman equipment, land rollers, Strawmaster, rockpickers, protill, dozer blades. MF #36 DISCERS. Will pay top dollar and pick from anywhere. Phone Mike NEW AND USED PTO generators. Diesel 306-957-4403, 306-536-5097, Odessa, SK. 306-723-4875, Cupar, SK. and natural gas sets available as well. Call 1-888-300-3535, Airdrie, AB.

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NH 1060 tbt air cart, Dual 20.8 x 38 tires, No monitor, used 1 season, as new .........$79,500 25’ Hesston PT Swather ......................................................................................$3,000 25’ 725 CIH (MacDon) PT Swather ....................................................................$3,000 40’ Morris 3100 Hoe Drills, mover and hitch .......................................................$10,000 946 Versatile Ford Tractor, 5,000 hrs, 24.5 x 32 D .............................................$50,000 560 Hesston Round Baler, 1,000 PTO ................................................................. $5,500 660 NH Round Baler, 540 pto, nice shape ...............................................................$5,500 60’ S82 Flexicoil Harrow Draw Bar, Nice shape ..................................................$5,250 44’ 820 F.C. Deep Till Air Seeder, harrows ...............................................................CALL 2320 F.C. TBH Air Tank, complete with 320 - 3rd tank .................................................CALL 40’ 340 F.C. Chisel Plow & 75 Packer Bar, P30’s ..........................................$27,500 41’ Flexicoil 300 B Chisel Plow, 3 bar harrows ...................................................$12,500 100’ 65XL Flexicoil Sprayer, complete with windguards, elec. end nozzles single tips, auto rate, excellent condition ...........................................$12,500 29’ 225 DOW Kello- Bilt Tandem Disc, 28” smooth front & rear blades, 10.5” spacing, oil, bath bearings, as new ................................................................. $60,000 47’ 820 Flexicoil Chisel Plow, 4 bar harrow, low mileage......................................$67,500 2009 GMC Topkick 20 ft. Grain Truck, automatic, silage gate, air ride suspension,approx. 7,000 kms................................... $105,000 New E-Kay 7”, 8”, 9”Bin Sweeps available..........................................................CALL 8-46’ Meridian Grain Auger 27 HP Kholer, E-Kay mover, belt tightner, power stearing, lights, no spill hopper, as new ............................................................$12,800 10”-50’ Sakundiak Hydraulic Swung Auger......................................................$1,750 8” Wheat Heart Transfer Auger ..........................................................................$1,250 New Outback MAX & STX Guidance & mapping..................................................... In Stock New Outback E-Drive, TC ..................................................................................... In Stock New Outback E-Drive X, c/w free E turns.............................................................. In Stock New Outback S-Lite guidance .............................................................................$1,250 New Outback VSI Steering Wheel Kits.............................................................. In Stock Used Outback E-Drive Hyd. kits ............................................................................... $500 **Outback GPS Systems, E-Kay Custom Augers, Movers, Clutches, Bin Sweeps & Crop Dividers, Kohler, Robin Subaru & Generac Engines, Headsight Harvesting Solutions, Greentronics Sprayer Auto Boom Height, Kello-Bilt Discs**

DISPERSAL OF KBJ Round Farms on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at Clyde, AB. at 11:00 AM. “The Sale is final this time.” Viewing of cattle at the Auction Mart from December 12 to Sale Day or at the farm anytime. Offering: 412 lots: 9 Herd bulls, 145 cows, 83 bred heifers, 67 heifer calves, 84 bull calves (guaranteed), 15 preg. recips, 5 embryos, 40 semen lots. Contact: Jim Rounds, KBJ, 780-307-1657; Rob Holowaychuk, OBI, 780-916-2628. View www.cattlemanagement.ca for online catalog. Email o.b.i@shaw.ca for catalog.

WANTED: NH BALE WAGONS & retrievers, any condition. Farm Equipment Find- EX-GOVERNMENT STAND-BY UNITS: ing Service, P.O. Box 1363, Polson, MT 12V92 w/400 KW, 600 volts, 388 hrs, 59860. 406-883-2118. $25,000; 12V92 w/400 KW, 600 volts, 419 hrs, $25,000; 12V92 w/400 KW, 600 volts, 638 hrs, $25,000; 16V92 w/500 KW, 600 volts, 700 hrs, $25,000; 16V92 w/800 KW, 600 volts, 700 hrs, $30,000; KT450 CumONE TIME FENCING, sucker rod fence mins w/250 KW, $15,000. Can-Am Truck CROOKED CREEK ANGUS Production posts (solid steel), steel corners for sale. Export Ltd, 1-800-938-3323, Delisle, SK. Sale on Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 at www.onetimefencing.ca 1-877-542-4979. 1:00 PM at the Innisfail Auction Mart, Innisfail, AB. Featuring daughters of EXAR Upshot, Special Focus, SAV Angus Valley MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. and SAV Final Answer. Many bred to HA Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: 2-7/8” OILFIELD TUBING, $40 each; 3/4” Outside 5307, Brother to the HA Cowboy www.maverickconstruction.ca sucker rods, $6 each. Truckload quantities Up 5405 ($350,000 Herd bull). Offering: only. Call 306-861-1280, Weyburn, SK. 100 lots: 50 bred cows, 45 bred heifers, 5 Fancy open heifer calves, 1 semen interest GUARANTEED PRESSURE TREATED fence (HA Outside 5307). Contacts: Rick and posts, lumber slabs and rails. Call Lehner Sharon Gabert 780-998-1963; Valentina Wood Preservers Ltd., ask for Ron Gabert 780-916-7218; Rob Holowaychuk, 306-763-4232, Prince Albert, SK. OBI, 780-916-2628. View catalogue online at: www.cattlemanagement.ca Email for catalogue to: o.b.i@shaw.ca BLACK COW DISPERSAL: 25 head, all young, quiet and productive. Exposed to Black Angus bulls for May and June calving. Vaccinated and home raised. $2100 each. 780-494-2460, Hines Creek, AB.

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JL LIVESTOCK FALL FEMALE SALE on December 13, 2016. Offering: 200 PB heifers and 200 commercial heifers. Sired by Density, Net Worth, and Final Answer. AI’d to Final Answer, Angus Valley, and JL Preferred. Call 306-736-7393 or 306-736-8698, Peebles, SK.

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TEXAS LONGHORN yearlings and 2 yr. old bulls; Pairs; Bred cows; Bred 2 yr. old heifers and Open yearling heifers. Well established herd of top quality, quiet cattle. Call Dean at Panorama Ranch, 403-391-6043, Stauffer, AB.

27 ANGUS HEIFERS bred Wagyu. Bull turned out June 15th, taken out August 3rd. Call 403-644-2247, Standard, AB.

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

BRED HEIFERS: 75 Red and Black Angus; 25 Hereford. Excellent ranch raised females. Bred to top quality bulls. Call Dean at 780-855-2580, New Norway, AB. 75 SECOND AND THIRD Black and Red Angus young bred cows. Call 306-773-1049 or 306-741-6513, Swift Current, SK. 15 QUALITY HEREFORD influence heifers, very quiet. Preg checked. Erwin Lehmann 306-232-4712, Rosthern, SK. RANCH RAISED F1 Red Angus cross Simm. bred heifers, bred Red Angus. Have had all shots. Calving mid April. Harvey Verishine 306-283-4666, Langham, SK. 20 EXCELLENT HOME raised Simm/Angus bred heifers, very quiet, exposed to Red Angus bull June 1st. Mitch 306-467-4975, 306-467-7912, Duck Lake, SK. RANCH RAISED ONE IRON UNIFORM HEIFERS. Black Angus and BBF, bred June 17 to low birth bulls, full vaccination, asking $1800 each. Chanig Ranch, 306-478-2658, Mankota, SK.

BRED COW HERD REDUCTION, by half. 150 head. Would trade for light or tough BURNETT BRED HEIFER SALE on Sunday, feed grain. Call 306-432-4803, Lipton, SK. December 4, 2016, 2:00 PM at the ranch, 12 miles Southwest of Swift Current, SK. Purebred and commercial Black Angus heifers bred Black Angus, F1 Black Angus cross Tarentaise heifers bred Black Angus, F1 Red Angus cross Hereford heifers bred Red Angus. Heifers bred to easy calving Burnett Bulls. Commercial heifers start calving April 1, 2017. Contact Wyatt: 306-750-7822 or Bryce 306-773-7065 email wburnett@xplornet.ca

PUREBRED BLACK ANGUS long yearling bulls, replacement heifers, AI service. H. S. KNILL TRANSPORT, est. 1933, speMeadow Ridge Enterprises, 306-373-9140 cializing in purebred livestock transportation. Providing weekly pick up and delivery or 306-270-6628, Saskatoon, SK. service across Canada/USA and Mexico. Gooseneck service available in Ontario, JOHNSTON/FERTILE VALLEY Black An- Quebec and USA. US and Canada customs gus Female Sale: December 15th, 2016 at bonded carrier. Call 1-877-442-3106, fax Heartland Livestock, Swift Current, SK. 519-442-1122, hsknill@pppoe.ca or 125 bred females, sell mostly AI to calve www.hsknilltransport.com 155 King EdMarch through May. View the cow herd ward St., Paris, ON. N3L 0A1. on-line: www.johnstonfertilevalley.com and Dennis Johnston 306-856-4726, WESTERN IRRIGATION: CADMAN Dealer. David Fall discounts. Full line of new and used Conquest, SK. equipment. 1 cadman 4000S wide body big gun, like new; Also aluminum pipe, BLACK ANGUS BULLS, two year olds, se- WANTED: 200 Red or Black Angus cross pumps and motors. If we don’t have it, we men tested, guaranteed breeders. Delivery younger cows, lease to own. References will get it for you! Call 306-867-9461, available. 306-287-3900, 306-287-8006, available. 306-542-2575, 306-542-7007, Englefeld, SK. www.skinnerfarms.ca Veregin, SK. 306-867-7037, Outlook, SK. We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the Alberta Farmer Express classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today. We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800-665-1362.

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LOOKING FOR WORK horse and cow savvy, FREESTANDING METAL CORRAL PANELS, have modern equipment experience, clean HD 5.5’Hx24’L, starting $280/panel; Bale abstract. Ranch or farm posting. Call feeders avail. 780-208-3602, Vegreville AB 780-836-6151. viking5505@hotmail.com FROSTFREE NOSEPUMPS: Fully sustainable livestock watering. No power required to heat or pump. Prevents contamination. Grants available. 1-866-843-6744. www.frostfreenosepumps.com BLACK TEAM mare and gelding 7 and 9 yrs. old; Percheron QH, very well broke; SVEN ROLLER MILLS. Built for over 40 Harness; Covered wagon; Sleigh with cab; years. PTO/elec. drive, 40 to 1000 bu./hr. Horse mower. 306-862-3533, Nipawin, SK Example: 300 bu./hr. unit costs $1/hr. to run. Rolls peas and all grains. We regroove and repair all makes of mills. Call Apollo Machine 306-242-9884, 1-877-255-0187. www.apollomachineandproducts.com HORSE COLLARS, all sizes, steel and aluminum horseshoes. We ship anywhere. 2014 HIGHLINE BALE PRO CFR651, with chopper and grain tank, processed 1000 Keddie’s, 1-800-390-6924 or keddies.com bales, asking $27,000. Call 306-397-2653, 306-441-2663, Edam, SK. CATTLE SHELTER PACKAGES or built on site. For early booking call 1-800-667-4990 or visit our website: www.warmanhomecentre.com ZAK’S AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS: Cattle FLOCK REDUCTION: Kathadin ewes for shelter and barn packages. Call sale. Call 780-658-2415, Vegreville, AB. 306-225-2288 or www.zaksbuilding.com to request a farm building quote today!

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 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.

PAYSEN LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT INC. We manufacture an extensive line of cattle handling and feeding equipment including squeeze chutes, adj. width alleys, crowding tubs, calf tip tables, maternity pens, gates and panels, bale feeders, Bison equipment, Texas gates, steel water troughs, rodeo equipment and garbage incinerators. Distributors for El-Toro electric branders and twine cutters. Our squeeze chutes and headgates are now avail. with a neck extender. Ph 306-796-4508, email: ple@sasktel.net Web: www.paysen.com FFS- FUCHS FARM SUPPLY is your partner in agriculture stocking mixer, cutter, feed wagons and bale shredders and industry leading Rol-Oyl cattle oilers. 306-762-2125, Vibank, SK. www.fuchs.ca

QUALITY HAMPSHIRE and DORSET ram STOP WASTING GRAIN! Try our grain lambs from proven flock. Heeroma’s troughs: 30’ c/w skids, made of conveyor 306-823-4526, Neilburg, SK. belting and pipe, $750 ea. 306-538-4685, 306-736-7146, Kennedy, SK.

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

TIMBER FRAMES, LOG STRUCTURES and Vertical Log Cabins. Log home refinishing and chinking. Certified Log Builder with 38 years experience. Log & Timber Works, Delisle, SK., 306-717-5161, Email info@logandtimberworks.com Website at www.logandtimberworks.com

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BEST CANADIAN HOMES built by Moduline Best prices! 1520 sq. ft., $111,900; 1216 sq.ft. $91,900; 1088 sq.ft. $87,900. Ready for delivery. Custom orders welcome. Onsite consultation. Yellowhead Modular Home Sales, 306-496-7538, 306-849-0002 weekend calls. Personalized service. BONAFIDE REGISTERED AUSTRALIAN www.affordablehomesales.ca Kelpie pups, Australian bred. Parents make a living on cow/calf operation at community pasture. Also started working Kelpies. Call Watkinson Working Kelpies, 306-692-2573, Moose Jaw, SK. We know that farming is enough of a gamble IRISH WOLFHOUND and GREYHOUND so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in pups for sale, ready to go. Call the Alberta Farmer Express classifieds. It’s a 306-290-8806, Dundurn, SK. Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today. We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800BLUE HEELERS PUPS for sale, ready to go. 665-1362 $300. ea. Call 306-290-8806, Dundurn, SK. RED HEELER PUPS: 2 females, 2 months old, ready to go with first shots, asking $500. Call 306-725-4510, Bulyea, SK.

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WANT THE ORGANIC ADVANTAGE? Contact an organic Agrologist at Pro-Cert for information on organic farming: prospects, transition, barriers, benefits, certification and marketing. Call 306-382-1299, Saskatoon, SK. or info@pro-cert.org

FREESTANDING PANELS: 30’ windbreak panels; 6-bar 24’ and 30’ panels; 10’, 20’ and 30’ feed troughs; Bale shredder bunks; Silage bunks; Feeder panels; HD bale feeders; All metal 16’ and 24’ calf shelters. Will WANTED: ORGANIC LENTILS, peas and custom build. 306-424-2094, Kendal, SK. chickpeas. Stonehenge Organics, AssiniGREG’S WELDING: Freestanding 30’ 5 bar boia, SK., 306-640-8600, 306-640-8437. panels, all 2-7/8” drill stem construction, $470; 24’x5.5’ panels, 2-7/8” pipe with 51” sucker rods, $350; 24’x6’ panels, 2-7/8” TRADE AND EXPORT CANADA BUYING pipe with 6- 1” rods, $375; 30’ 2 or 3 bar all grades of organic grains. Fast payment windbreak panels c/w lumber. Gates and and pick up. Call 306-433-4700. double hinges avail. on all panels. Belting troughs for grain or silage. Calf shelters. Del. avail. 306-768-8555, Carrot River, SK.

ATTENTION ELK PRODUCERS: If you have elk to supply to market, please give 1998 BALE KING 880 shredder, LHD, 2 AWAPCO a call. $10 per kilo. Hot hanging. new tires, great condition, $6000. Call ORGANIC FEED GRAIN. 306-487-7525, Lampman, SK. Call 780-980-7589, info@wapitiriver.com 306-515-3500, Regina, SK.

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RETIREMENT - HIGH END TOWNHOME, walk-out, 1580 sq. ft., East side Saskatoon, SK. Upscale, award winning complex. Priced $589,900 MLS. Florence Fofonoff, Royal LePage Hallmark, 306-221-7866. BRIGHT FURNISHED CONDO. 2 bdrm, 2 SHOWHOMES & CUSTOM RTMs by J&H bath, 926 sq. ft., convenient South Regina, Homes at www.jhhomes.com. RTM Builder SK. location. All amenities nearby. Asking since 1969. 306-652-5322, Saskatoon, SK. $155,000. Call 306-536-2357. RTMS AND SITE built homes. Call 1-866-933-9595, or go online for pictures and pricing at: www.warmanhomes.ca LOG HOMES AND CABINS, sidings, paneling, decking. Fir and Hemlock flooring, ZAK’S RTM HOMES and cottages, custom timbers, special orders. Phone Rouck built, every time!! www.zaksbuilding.com Bros., Lumby, BC. 1-800-960-3388. or call our talented staff at 306-225-2288 www.rouckbros.com to help design your new home.

CERTIFIED ORGANIC BISON RANCH: LS&B. 5 quarters. Some marketable timber, fenced and cross fenced, good handling facilities, 35x60 storage shelter, 1500 bu. grain bin, cabin w/all amenities, good well, good roads. Animals born since 2006 certified organic, closed gentle herd. Excellent customers for meat sales. 2005 3/4 ton Chev diesel, 20’ Sundowner alum. stock trailer. Be a part of exciting, growing industry. I don’t want to sell but married to same gal for 52 years. Fort St. John, BC. 250-785-5794, 250-262-1254. janandharveykvile@gmail.com

FARMLAND FOR SALE BY TENDER: Approx 10 miles East of Viking, AB. The following are offered for sale by tender subject to the encumbrances and interests as are recorded on the existing Certificate of Titles. SE 16-48-11-W4, 155.4 acres, approx. (130 crop land and 25.4 slough/native land); NW 16-48-11-W4, 160 acres (approx. 140 crop and 20 slough/native); NE 16-48-11-W4, 155.7 (approx. 90 tame grass, 65.7 slough/native). All have newer 4 wire fence. For more info. 780-777-5227 (leave message). Bids will be considered on the total package or by individual quarter section. The highest and/or any bid will not necessarily be accepted. If the successful bidder does not complete the purchase after the acceptance of the tender, the deposit shall be forfeited. Cheques from unsuccessful bidders shall be returned to them. Tenders in sealed envelopes marked ‘Camp Lake Lands’ must be received by 11:00 AM on Dec. 19, 2016 in the office of Nickerson, Roberts, Holinski & Mercer, 608-10th St, Wainwright, AB, T9W 1E2, accompanied by a certified cheque or bank draft in the amount of 10 percent of the value of the bid payable in trust to Nickerson, Roberts, Holinski & Mercer, Barristers and Solicitors. HALF SECTION FARMLAND: West of Viking, AB. 310 acres cultivated. Contact Barb Chrystian, Realtor, Swan City Realty 780-385-0631. MLS# ca0093984.

RM OF MAYFIELD No. 406. Approx 950 acres due to 10 acres out for acreage. 324 acres of cultivated grain land. Approx 626 acres of natural pasture and prairie wool pasture and spring feed pasture water. 2.5 miles south of Maymont on 376. Fenced with 3 wires and treated post. What a property!! Overlooking the North Saskatchewan River and the River Valley. Excellent big game hunting in the area white tail deer, moose and geese. MLS® 591593. For further info or to view call Lloyd Ledinski/Elaine Elder, Re/Max of the Battlefords, 306-446-8800, 306-441-0512.

OWN A ZAK’S custom built home in the brand new subdivision in Neuanlage, SK. VEGAS TIMESHARE. INT’L exchanges, FARMLAND FOR SALE in RM No. 2: 1 quarDMI just minutes from Saskatoon. Go to: avail. 2 bdrm., full kitchen washer/dryer, ter, SW 35-01-34 W1. Offers. Mail to: Box 188, Carnduff, SK. S0C 0S0. 306-483-7477 www.zaksbuilding.com or 306-225-2288. living/dining room. 306-453-2958, Carlyle.

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BIG RIVER, SASK AREA. This gorgeous home is approx. 3100 sq. ft. on 3 levels incl. attached garage. Very tastefully done. In-floor heat with propane on 2 levels plus solar panels and windmill. Most furniture is included, c/w 154 acres of bush type land with 140 acres fenced with a 8’ high game fence plus 1 elec. wire. Major equip. incl. to operate this turnkey hunt/production farm. MLS® 561901. More info or to view call Lloyd Ledinski at Re/Max of the Battlefords, North Battleford, SK. 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512. RM CANWOOD #494- just listed. This 140 acre scenic property is close to the Cookson pasture and the Prince Albert National Park. 1232 sq. ft. home built in 1960, 30x32 hip roof horse barn. Approx. 65 acres of tame hay. Balance is some harvestable spruce timber plus pasture openings. Just a great well sheltered yard. Fenced with 3 wires and treated post. MLS® 584810. For further info or to view call Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battlefords, 306-446-8800, 306-441-0512.

WHY NOT KEEP MARKETING SIMPLE? You are selling feed grains. We are buying feed grains. Also buying chickpeas, lentils and golden flax. Fast payment, with prompt pickup, true price discovery. Call Jim Beusekom, Allen Pirness, David Lea, Vera Buziak or Matt Beusekom at Market Place Commodities Ltd., Lethbridge, AB. Phone 1-866-512-1711. Email info@marketplacecommodities.com or

BUYING SPRING THRASHED CANOLA and grain “On Farm Pickup” Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252.

VAN RAAY PASKAL Farms in Iron Springs 2016 MIRAMAR 34.1. #F0A06284, area is looking for Feed Barley. Put more $139,900. Special! Save $15,000! AMVIC $$$ in your pocket and sell direct to us Lic. Dlr. Call 1-866-346-3148 or shop on- with no brokerage fee. Call 403-732-5641. line 24/7 at: Allandale.com WANTED: OFF-GRADE PULSES, oil seeds We know that farming is enough of a gamble and cereals. All organic cereals and speso if you want to sell it fast place your ad in cialty crops. Prairie Wide Grain, Saskatoon, the Alberta Farmer Express classifieds. It’s a SK., 306-230-8101, 306-716-2297. Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today. We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800- WANTED: FEED BARLEY Buffalo Plains Cattle Company is looking to purchase 665-1362. barley. For pricing and delivery dates, call Kristen 306-624-2381, Bethune, SK. 2016 MIRAMAR 34.2’, outside kitchen, V10 auto., 1 large slide, 3700 miles, used WANTED: FEED GRAIN, barley, wheat, very little. 403-854-0583, near Oyen, AB. peas, green or damaged canola. Phone Gary 306-823-4493, Neilburg, SK.

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.

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

RM of GRANDVIEW No. 349: Handel, SK. NE quarter of 32-35-19 W3. Offers accepted to 5:00PM November 28, 2016. MLS® $260,000. For information package call Eugene Kohle, 306-291-5544 or Lyle McCallum, 306-222-8263 at Coldwell Banker Signature, Saskatoon, SK. FARMLAND FOR RENT. Wascana Centre Authority in Regina has a property available for agricultural crop use. The land consists of 400 tillable acres of previously cropped land immediately east of the Trans Canada Bypass and is located immediately south, east and north of the Sask. Polytechnic Campus. The legal land descriptions are: 5-17-19-W2 and Plan Health Centre, Block C, Lot PTS of 5, 6, 8-17-19 W2. The Authority is prepared to enter into a multi-year agreement for this property commencing in Dec. 2016. If you are interested, please contact Michelle Paetsch at: phone 306-347-1829 or email michelle.paetsch@wascana.ca Expressions of interest are being accepted until the date: December 15, 2016 for this property.

12% COW AND CALF PELLETS/BACKGROUNDING PELLETS. Cramer Livestock CERTIFIED CDC CALVI. Phone Grant at Nutrition, Swift Current, SK., Doug at Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, 306-520-3553, www.cramerlivestock.com 306-524-4339, Semans, SK

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.

GRAIN LAND TO RENT, 35 mile radius of Rouleau, SK. Call 306-776-2600 or email: kraussacres@sasktel.net FARMLAND NE SK(Clemenceau) 4 quarters plus 36 acre riverside parcel w/5 bdrm. home. Featuring: bins on concrete with direct hit on railroad cars, 40 acres of mostly 20,000 BU. FALL RYE, high falling number. 306-283-4747, 306-291-9395, mature spruce timber, 2 farmyards- 1 bor- Phone dering Etomami River and 50 miles of pro- Langham, SK. vincial forest, excellent elk hunting and other big game and goose. 580 acres cult. Full line of farm equipment and sawmill also available Reg Hertz, 306-865-7469. TOP QUALITY ALFALFA, variety of grasses and custom blends, farmer to farmer. Gary Waterhouse 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. MULCHING- TREES, BRUSH, Stumps. Call today 306-933-2950. Visit us at: www.maverickconstruction.ca

MAGNUM TOUGH FUEL tanks and Magnum tough livestock products avail. at Dougan Service, Sundre, AB., call 403-638-3730.

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.

WANTED: TOUGH OR LIGHT feed grain to trade for bred cows. Herd reduction. Call SHUR-LOK TRUCK TARPS and replacement 306-432-4803, Lipton, SK. tarps for all makes of trucks. Alan, 306-723-4967, 306-726-7808, Cupar, SK. LACKAWANNA PRODUCTS CORP. Buyers and sellers of all types of feed grain and grain by-products. Call 306-862-2723, Nipawin, SK. FARM SPECIAL!! Haybine/Baler: 31/13.50-15 Titan Flo Trac, 10 ply, $199. Swather: 16.5-16.1 Firestone Traction I-3, $649. Combine Front: 30.5L32 FireROUND ALFALFA/ALFALFA GRASS solid stone SAT23, 14 ply, $2945; 30.5LR32 core greenfeed 5x6 JD hay bales for sale. (800/65R32) Firestone Radial AT23, Call 306-237-4582, Perdue, SK. $3285; 460/85R38 (18.4R38) Alliance R-1W, $1199; 20.8R42 (520/85R42) Alli1700 GOOD TO EXCELLENT 1st cut ance R-1W, $1599; 520/85R38 (20.8R38) 1500 lb. brome/alfalfa netwrapped round Firestone AT23, $1949. Combine Rear: bales, 4.5¢/lbs.; 1000 exc. 2nd cut 1500 12.4-24 BKT R-1 8 ply, $299; 16.9R26 Allilbs., .6¢/lbs. 306-834-7204, Kerrobert, SK. ance Radial R-1, $1079; 18.4-26 Firestone TF&R 8 ply, $865; 600/65R28 BKT Radial SHEDDED DAIRY AND FEEDER HAY, R-1, $1599. WHEEL: 27x32 10 hole wheel 3x4x8 square bales; Greenfeed and straw. fits Case/IH $799. While quantities last! Tests available. 403-633-8835, Tilley, AB. Looking for wheels? Call OK Tire toll free 1-855-865-9550. MIXED ALFALFA HAY, big round bales, no rain. Boyle, AB. area. 780-525-2482, TIRES TIRES TIRES! Radial, bias, new, 780-519-7544. used. 20.8x42, 18.4x42, 20.8x38, 18.4x38, 18.4x34, 900/60R32, 800/65R 260 ALFALFA AND OAT bales, weighing 20.8R34, 24.5x32, 18.4x30, 23.1x30, 16.9x28, 1300 lbs., asking 5¢/lb. 306-280-8994, 32, 28Lx26, 18.4x26, 19.5Lx24. Semis, skid Hanley, SK. steers. Best price and value guaranteed! www.combineworld.com 1-888-278-4905 HAY BALES ROUND mixed 5x5, hard core, no rain, net wrapped, horse quality, MR. TIRE CORP. For all your semi and $100/bale. Near Regina, SK 306-539-6123 half ton tire needs call Mylo 306-921-6555 400 BROME/ALFALFA 6x6 round hay bales, Serving all of Saskatchewan. .04¢ per lb., no rain. 306-634-7920, 306-421-1753, Estevan, SK. GOOD USED TRUCK TIRES: 700/8.25/ 900/1000/1100x20s; 11R22.5/11R24.5; 2250 BALES: alfalfa, alfalfa grass, slough 9R17.5, matched sets available. Pricing hay, little to no rain, netwrapped. Baled from $90. K&L Equipment and Auto. Ph w/JD 569, 1175-1300 lbs., 3¢-5¢ lb., Ladimer, 306-795-7779, Ituna, SK; Chris volume discount. Call 306-867-7716, at 306-537-2027, Regina, SK. 306-867-8249, Outlook, SK.

CERTIFIED AAC BRANDON, AAC Jatharia 600 ALFALFA/ GRASS mixed hard core Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, round bales, 1335 lbs., no rain, excellent 306-524-4339, Semans, SK. cow or horse feed, .5¢/lbs. 306-834-2809 or 306-834-7252, Kerrobert, SK. Hit our readers where it counts… in the classifieds. Place your ad in the Alberta Farmer LAND AUCTION, Stoney Run Cattle Corp., Thursday, December 22, 2016, Express classifed section. 1-800-665-1362. Days Inn, Estevan, SK., 7:00 PM. Join Mack Auction Company, Dec. 22 for your chance to own 6 quarter sections of prime grass and hay land in RM of Enniskillen #3. There is unlimited potential for TOP QUALITY CERTIFIED alfalfa and grass this land with the close proximity of The seed. Call Gary or Janice Waterhouse Ceres Northgate Terminal, a multi-com- 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. modity logistics center strategically located on the Canada/US border in SE Sask! The tame hay, native grass, water sources SHAVINGS: Cattle Feedlot/horse/poultry and perimeter barb wire fences are in exc. bedding. Bulk pricing and delivery condition. 1. NW-8-1-3-W2 RM#3, FVA available. Vermette Wood Preservers, 64,800. 160 acres tame hay and native Spruce Home, SK. 1-800-667-0094. Email grass, partially fenced. 2016 taxes info@vwpltd.com View www.vwpltd.com $380.28. 2. NE-8-1-3-W2 RM#3, FVA 58,200. 160 acres tame hay and native CERT. #1 CDC IMPULSE CL red lentil. ROUND ALFALFA/ GRASS MIXED and grass, partially fenced, shallow dugout. Highest yielding Clearfield red lentil Call green feed, hard core, 5x6. 306-736-2445 2016 taxes $341.55. 3. SW-8-1-3-W2 306-465-2525, 306-861-5679 Hansen or 306-577-7351, Kipling, SK. RM#3, FVA 80,600. 160 acres tame hay, Seeds, Yellow Grass SK. jsh2@sasktel.net partially fenced, dugout. 2016 taxes 190 - 2nd CUT ALFALFA bales. Baled with $473.00. 4. SE-8-1-3-W2 RM#3, FVA no rain. Feed analysis done, 6.5¢/lb. Can 67,800. 160 acres tame hay, partially CERTIFIED CDC MARBLE, dark speckled deliver. 306-567-7199, Kenaston, SK. fenced, dugout. 2016 taxes $397.88. 5. lentils. Call Grant, Greenshields Seeds, NW-1-1-3-W2 RM#3, FVA 49,000. 160 306-746-7336, 306-524-4339, Semans, SK LONG LAKE TRUCKING, two units, custom acres native grass, partially fenced. 2016 hay hauling. Call 306-567-7100, Imperial, taxes $234.13. 6. NE-1-1-3-W2 RM#3, SK. FVA 48,100. 160 acres native grass, partially fenced, dugout. Direct access to Hwy ALFALFA BROME and crested wheat hay 9, located adjacent to Ceres Commodity CERTIFIED CDC AMARILLO, CDC Lime- big round bales, $50 each. Phone Brian Logistics Hub. 2016 taxes $230.29. Visit rick, CDC Greenwater, CDC Mosaic. Call 306-531-3382, Craven, SK. www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale Grant, Greenshields Seeds, 306-746-7336, bill and photos. Join us on Facebook and 306-524-4339, Semans, SK ROUND NET WRAPPED Alfalfa/Brome Twitter. Mack Auction Co., your land bales. No rain. Approx 1500 lbs., 4¢/lb. Auctioneers. 306-421-2928 or 306-482-7492, Carnduff, SK. 306-487-7815. PL #311962. LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM of Biggar #347. 3 quarters of tame mixed grass pasture, NE-28-34-17 W3, NE-33-34-17 W3; SE-33-34-17 W3. 460 acres fenced with some cross fencing, dugout, 2002 bored well, on SaskPower service, approx 40,000 yards gravel deposit. Tender closes December 2nd, 2016. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Sold as is. Bidders must do own inspection of property. Submit bids to: Bob Atkinson Box 271, Landis, SK. S0K 2K0. For more information call 306-658-2042.

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HELPER WANTED ON mixed farm. Steady job for right person. Room and board avail. 403-631-2373, 403-994-0581, Olds, AB.

U-DRIVE TRACTOR TRAILER Training, 30 years experience. Day, 1 and 2 week upgrading programs for Class 1A, 3A and air brakes. One on one driving instructions. 306-786-6600, Yorkton, SK.

FULL-TIME FARM LABOURER required for mixed farm. Valid drivers license required. Housing avail. Provost, AB. Fax resume: 780-753-2962 or ph 780-753-2952.

FARM EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN, full-time permanent wanted to repair, maintain and operate farm equipment. 3 yrs. of experience w/farm equipment and valid drivers license required. No formal education needed. Wage $32.07/hour, 40 hrs./wk. Location: 960002 Rge Rd 213, Manning, AB. Fax resume: 780-836-7701. Dechant Farms Ltd, Box 636, Manning, AB T0H 2M0

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LARGE YEARLING COW/Calf Operation has available a full-time position including family home. Qualifications include: A background in herd health, operation and maintenance of modern equipment, Class 1 and welding experience an asset. Wages and benefits negotiable. Horses not needed. Scott, 306-536-2157, Indian Head, SK.

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ADVANCED PURE WATER: EcoSmarte dealer. For the newest technology, now available in Canada. No salts. No chemicals. Pure water. No expensive upkeep. 306-867-9461, 306-867-7037, Outlook, SK

SLEIGH DRIVERS NEEDED for winter season in Lake Louise, AB. Must have horse experience preferably driving horses but not necessary. Must have great people skills and work well with others. Housing supplied. Please send resumes with references to horses@brewsteradventures.com

LOOKING FOR CLASS 1 Drivers to haul Hit our readers where it counts… in the clas- EXPERIENCED LIVE-IN CAREGIVER with livestock. Experience required. Benefits sifieds. Place your ad in the Alberta Farmer over 12 yrs experience, is looking to care and safety bonuses. Year round employfor a senior. Please call 306-551-7300. ment. Call 403-625-4658. Express classifed section. 1-800-665-1362.

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LOOKING FOR OLD and new crop soybeans FOB Western Canada. Licence and bonded grain company. Call, email, text Now for competitive pricing at the farm! Market 2013 FOREST RIVER Rockwood Signature, Place Commodities Ltd, accurate real time FEED GRAIN WANTED! Also buying light, SN #8289WS, excellent cond., used only marketing. 403-394-1711; 403-315-3930 tough or offgrade grains. “On Farm Pickup” once, $39,900. 403-932-7327 Cochrane AB Westcan Feed & Grain, 1-877-250-5252. info@marketplacecommodities.com

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AIR DRILL 2009 Bourgault 3310, 65’, 10” ..... $128,000 2011 Bourgault 3310, 65’, 10” ..... $138,000 2010 Bourgault 3310, 75’, 12” ....... $95,000 2013 Bourgault 3320, 76’, 12” ..... $169,000 2013 Bourgault 3320, 75’, 12” ..... $139,000 2013 Bourgault 3710, 50’, 10” ..... $189,000 2002 Bourgault 5710, 47’, 10” ....... $49,900 2008 Bourgault 5710, 64’, 10” ....... $89,000 1997 Bourgault 5710, 54’, 9.8” ...... $38,000 1998 Bourgault 5710, 54’, 9.8” ...... $38,000 2003 Flexi-Coil 5000/3450, 57’, 9” . $89,000 2000 Flexi-Coil 6000/3450, 40’, 10”, Piller Openers ............ $115,000 2010 Flexi-Coil P2060, 60’, 10”...... $68,000 2011 NH P2070, 70’, 10” ............... $85,000 2008 NH SD550, 70’, 10” ............... $59,000 2008 CIH 700, 70’, 12” ................... $29,500 2007 CIH 700, 70’, 10” ................... $28,000

AIR TANK/CART 2010 Bourgault 6700, Tow Behind Conveyor, 3 meters ...... $118,000 2013 Bourgault L6550 .................. $115,000 2013 Bourgault L6550 .................. $115,000 2013 Bourgault L6550 .................. $115,000 2008 Bourgault 6550 ...................... $89,000 2012 Bourgault 6450, .................. $115,000 2012 Bourgault 6350, Tow Behind . $58,000 1995 Flexi-Coil 5000/1330 ............. $28,000 2015 Bourgault L7800 .................. $251,800 2011 NH P1070, Tow Behind ......... $98,000 2010 Case IH 3430 ......................... $45,000 Bourgault 3225, ............................. $13,500 2010 CIH 3430 ............................... $45,000 2008 CIH 3430 ............................... $39,500 2007 CIH 3430 ............................... $35,000 1996 Bourgault 4300 ...................... $13,800

BALER/ROUND 2004 CIHRBX562, 12,600 Bales ... $13,800 2005 NH BR780, ........................... $13,500 2003 NH BR780, ........................... $11,800 2006 NH BR780A, ......................... $14,500 2010 NH BR7090 ........................... $29,500

BLADE 2007 Leon 4000 STX425- Frameless$13,800 2011 Leon Q5000 STX Quad ......... $30,000 2007 Q4000 6 way TJ450 .............. $19,500 2013 Leon Q5000, ......................... $33,000 2012 Leon Q5000, Versatile 500 .... $19,500 2002 Bobcat S185.......................... $23,500

2015 Salford I-4160, 60’ ............... $178,000

COMBINE

SPRAYER/HIGH CLEARANCE

2015 NH CX8080 , 135 Thr Hrs ... $419,000 2010 Salford 570 RTS, 30’ ............. $68,000 2008 Miller A75............................ $139,500 2015 NH CX8080, 135 Thr Hrs ..... $419,000 1994 Degelman 7000, 50’ .............. $17,500 2012 NH SP240 ........................... $258,000 2012 NH CX8080, 1037/748 hrs .. $278,000 FEED WAGON/BALE PROCESSOR 2009 Rogator 1084, 3160 hrs....... $159,000 2010 NH CX8080, 1875/1348 hrs $249,800 2005 Haybuster 2650 ..................... $14,900 2011 JD 4830, 1820 hrs ............... $218,000 2010 NH CX8080, 1755/1237 hrs $249,800 2002 Cattlelac 330, ....................... $18,500 2010 NH CX8080, 1722/1240 hrs $249,800 2003 Bale King 3100, RH discharge $9,800 2009 NH CX8080, 1858/1430 hrs $215,000 2003 Lucknow 285 ......................... $12,800 2011 NH CX8080, 1072/854 hrs .. $258,000

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SWATHER

2011 MacDon D60, 35’ .................. $34,000 2014 NH SR200/440HB ............... $169,000

1999 NH 994, 25’ ........................... $15,000 2010 NH CX8080, 1000/900 hrs .. $228,000 2001 Brandt 1390, ........................... $9,000 2011 MacDon M150, 35’ .............. $118,000 2012 NH CR8090, 1144/917 hrs . $289,000 2011 NuVision 6395, 95’ 2010 MacDon M150, 950 Hrs ..... $109,500 2012 NH CR8090, 1314/1041 hrs $299,000 Telescoping ................................ $19,500 2010 MacDon M150, 2004 NH CX860, 2688/2035 hrs .. $119,000 HEADER COMBINE 2053/1440 hrs ............................ $85,000 2004 NH CX860, 3685/2869 hrs .... $98,000 2010 Honeybee, HB30, Gleaner 2010 MacDon M150, 35’, 2006 NH CX860, 2545/1895 hrs .. $118,000 adaptor, 30’ ................................ $49,500 1848/1213 hrs ............................ $85,000 1997 NH TX66, 3754/2781 hrs ....... $28,500 1999 Honeybee SP36, 36’ ............. $29,000 2012 MF 9740, .............................. $98,000 1998 NH TX66, 2796/2188 hrs ....... $48,000 2007 Honeybee SP36 .................... $29,800 2003 Premier 2952, 2098 Hrs......... $48,000 1996 NH TR98, 2931/2211 hrs....... $39,000 2003 Honeybee HP30 .................... $48,000 1998 MacDon 960, ........................... $9,500 1997 NH TR98, 2740/1934 hrs....... $38,000 1994 Honeybee SP30, .................... $9,800 1998 MacDon 960, 25’ ..................... $9,500

1997 NH TR98, 3058/2357 hrs....... $28,000 2009 NH 88C, 42’ ........................... $68,000 2013 MacDon M155/D6540, 1997 NH TR98, 2391/1622 hrs....... $39,000 2001 NH 94C .................................. $29,000 520 hrs ..................................... $138,000 1998 NH TR98, 3341/2305 hrs....... $18,000 2006 NH 94C .................................. $29,500 2007 NH HW325, 1200hrs ............. $58,000 2008 NH CR9070, 2279/1562 hrs $228,000 2008 NH 94C .................................. $29,500 1999 MacDon 9300 ........................ $28,000 2010 NH CR9070, 1622/1199 hrs $179,500 2010 NH 94C, 30 CX/CR ................ $36,500 2014 NH SR200............................ $175,000 2007 NH CR9070, 948/780 hrs .... $198,000 2003 NH 94C, 30 CX/CR ................ $29,500 2013 MacDon M105, 170 Hrs ..... $138,000 2007 NH CR9070, 1710/1253 hrs $179,000 2011 JD 630D, 30’.......................... $58,000 2008 NH CR9070, 1434/1023 hrs $189,500 2012 JD 635D, 35’.......................... $68,000

TRACTOR

1995 Ford 8240 .............................. $35,000 2008 NH CR9070, 1489/1020 hrs $195,000 1998 MacDon 960, ........................ $25,000 2012 Case IH U105 ........................ $59,000 2009 NH CR9070, 1597/1208 Hrs $179,000 1998 MacDon 871 TX Adaptor ......... $6,000 2012 NH T7.170 ........................... $109,000 2010 NH CR9070, 1300/1153 hrs $198,000 2010 MF 5100-35, ......................... $58,000 2011 NH T7.170 - LDR, 2005 hrs . $119,000 2010 NH CR9070, 1616/1190 hrs $189,000 2009 NH 94C, 36 CX/CR ................ $39,500 2011 NH T7.270 AutoCommand 2007 NH CR9070 ......................... $148,500 2008 NH 94C-36, .......................... $49,500 - LDR, 2360 hrs ........................ $178,000 2009 NH CR9080, 1347/980 hrs .. $249,000 2003 NH 94C-36, .......................... $39,500 2009 NH TV6070 - LDR, Eng 2011 NH CR9090, 1087/837 Hrs $299,000 1999 NH 994-30, ........................... $29,500 Hrs: 4660 ................................... $95,000 2012 NH CR9090, 868/632hrs ..... $339,000 1998 NH 994-36, ........................... $19,000 2010 NH T7040 ............................ $129,000 2012 NH CR9090, 811/576 hrs .... $369,000 1995 NH SP25 ................................ $15,000 2011 Versatile 305, 1800 hrs ........ $149,500 2005 NH CR970, 2459/1821 hrs .. $138,000 1997 Westward 9030........................ $4,000 2010 Kubota BX1860 ....................... $9,000 2006 NH CR970, 1861/1300 hrs .. $149,000

MOWER CONDITIONER

2006 NH CR970, 1495/1159 hrs .. $178,000 2004 NH 1475, Toung only ............... $6,500 2006 NH CR970, 1547/1219 hrs .. $159,000 2006 NH 1475, .............................. $21,500

2008 Kubota B2320 c/w loader & mower ................... $12,500

TRACTOR 4WD

2015 NH CR9.90E, 430/309 hrs ... $519,000 2002 NH 1475, Toung only ............... $2,000 2009 CIH STX535Q, 3103 hrs ...... $278,000 2015 NH CR9.90E, 366/268 hrs ... $529,000 1995 NH 2216, ................................ $7,500 2014 NH T9.615, 1263 hrs ........... $338,000 2000 CIH8010, 1728/1322 hrs ..... $189,000 1995 NH 2216, ................................ $9,500 2014 NH T9.645, 963 hrs, 2013 JD S680, 933/653 hrs.......... $387,000 2012 NH H7460 .............................. $33,500 Tracks/PTO/2 Pumps ............... $385,000 2007 JD 9860STS, 1627/1161 hrs$208,000 1999 MF 670 ,16’ Hay Head .......... $10,000 2014 NH T9.645, 681 hrs, Tracks/PTO/2 Pumps ............... $398,000 VERTICAL TILLAGE SPRAYER 2007 Bourgault 6000 ...................... $25,800 1993 Flexi-Coil S65, ........................ $7,900 2012 NH T9.615, 2706 hrs ........... $259,000 2013 Salford I-2141, 41’ ................ $99,000 2003 Flexi-Coil S67, ...................... $19,500 2002 NH TJ450, 9000 hrs ............ $138,000 2014 Salford I-4141, 41’ .............. $115,000 2008 NH SF115, ............................ $24,900 2012 Versatile 500 ........................ $285,000

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