Western Producer 2015-01-08

THE WESTERN PRODUCER, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2015 CLASSIFIED ADS 51

MALE FARMER, CENTRAL AB. looking for CERTAINTEED INSULATION **Liquidating AGRICULTURAL LAND FOR SALE, 2880 RM 51: 480 acres of farm land. Farmed
female 45 to 60 years for companionship acres on Hwy. #23, beautiful mountain half and half. John Cave, Edge Realty Ltd.
CLASS A 1st GRADE PRODUCT view, lots of water (3 artesian wells and 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com

or more. Reply to Box 2003, c/o The 2014 Stock** large creek). Private sale, brokers wel-
Western Producer, Saskatoon, SK S7K 2C4 R20-15 NEW HOMES come. Call Don 403-558-2345, Brant, AB. RM CANA #214. 560 acres ideally locat-
ed on #15 Hwy. and Agri Park Road just
$17.99 [email protected]
on the outskirts of Melville, SK. Land cur-

LARGE SW ALBERTA ranch, 10,000+ rently seeded for alfalfa and is completely

ARRIVING DAILY!!BAG acres, exc. improvements, lots of water, fenced. Gravel potential. Asking $899,000.
chinook climate, good production area, Call Paul Kutarna, 306-596-7081, Sutton

WINDOWS! WINDOWS! 16, 20, 22 & 24 Wide’s $6,250,000. 403-308-4200, Mossleigh, AB. Group Results Realty. MLS #517931.

FIND LOVE THIS WINTER! 20 years suc- MOUNTAIN VIEWS, 1935 sq. ft. on .46 A COMPLETE FULL LINE OF WINDOWS!!! Ready to Go!! ID#100141 NEW DAYTON: 110 acres of RM OF GARDEN RIVER 490, 2 quarters of
cessful Matchmaking! In-person interviews acres, $275,000. MLS #383418. grassland in the County of Warner. All h i g h p r o d u c i n g c u l t i v a t e d l a n d ,
January 20-23rd in Regina and Saskatoon. 888-954-4433, Qualicum Beach, BC. See our Showroom for the best 3 & 4 Bedrooms – 2 Baths fenced and has water from a coop. SE-09-51-24-W2, NW-03-51-24-W2. Call
Camelot Introductions, 204-888-1529, www.brendanicolls.com selection & savings in Sask. Endless Options - ID#2067 LEGAL: Broiler Breeder farm in Linda 306-929-4624, Albertville, SK.
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Take Home Windows Feature! Gorgeous Upgrades! an excellent location on Hwy. #2 North of RM OF MILDEN #286: 320 acres of mixed
Edmonton. 60 acres, 3 newer barns, and a grain and grass land. Milden Lake runs
Low E Argon No Charge well kept home and yard. Quota not in- through the land. John Cave, Edge Realty
cluded. 18,131 annualized quota and in Ltd. 306-773-7379. www.farmsask.com
Sealed Picture Window ............From $39.95 lease 1451 quota for one year contract
Horizontal Gliders......................From $69.95
Vertical Gliders........................From $115.00
FOR LEASE 22,000 sq. ft building- welding, Casement Windows ................From $199.99 Visit Us Online available to purchase separately. THREE QUARTERS FARMLAND: W-1/2-
sandblasting, mechanical, graveled yard. Basement Awning Windows ...From $144.79 www.dynamicmodular.ca ID#1100256 LETHBRIDGE: Investment 01-31-18-W3, RM Mountain View, about
Six miles from Port of Entry, Scobey, MT. 300 cult. acres and 20 acres yardsite, with
Phone 306-267-4552. INSULATED STEEL DOORS RTM’S - North American Homes. See our opportunity. 160 acres of bare land only grain bins. Also SE-1/4-17-30-18-W3, RM
In the Jamb With Brickmold ad in this issue! Call us at 204-757-4654, Pleasant Valley. All on good grid roads.
149$2/8 and 3/0 99 Winnipeg, MB. 1/2 mile away from the present West Taking offers until Jan. 31, 2015. Highest
tenders not necessarily accepted. Please
4”and 6” Jamb From Lethbridge city limits. Seller is willing to send offers: John Fehr, 102- 206 Pioneer
Pl., Warman, SK., S0K 4S0. 306-956-6744.
sell this together with the adjacent 160
acres to the West. ID#1100324 CAVEN-
DISH: Crop farm, approx. 160 acres. 140

acres cultivated, 10 acres grass and 10

acres yard. 1500 sq. ft. 2 storey home,

PRIMED MDF MOULDINGS!!! FLORIDA. Homes, Villas, Condos; Gulf older barn, corrals, and grain bins. MLS®. RM OF MANITOU LAKE HILLSDALE:
Coast, Clearwater, New Port Richey, Hud- ID#1577 STIRLING: Starter Farm in an One block of 8 quarters with over 900 cult.
.25 .49¢ ¢21/4” CASING #356 31/4” CASING #3140 son, Ft. Lauderdale. From $120’s. Ed and acres. Tender closes Feb. 5, 2015. Details
FT. FT. Alarene Knight, Florida Luxury Realty, excellent location on paved road. 1725 sq. at www.hindetender.ca Vern McClelland,
VINYL SIDING CLASS “A” #1 PRODUCT 727-251-1515. [email protected] Associate Broker Re/Max, Lloydminster,
ft. house, garage, second home (mobile), 306-821-0611.

pivot, 3 poultry barns, grain storage, and a

shop. Total of 99 acres with 80 acres irri-
gated. ID#1100247 FAIRVIEW: 10,000

CEDAR LOG HOMES AND CABINS, sid- .65¢• Popular Profile Sq. Ft. 7 RTM’S - North American Homes. See our Head Hog finishing facility. Two 5000 head RM OF SHELLBROOK No. 493. Just list-
ings, paneling, decking. Fir and Hemlock ad in this issue! Call us at 204-757-4654, barns, service building, liquid manure la- ed one quarter 17 miles NE of Shellbrook
flooring, timbers, special orders. Rouck • Good Colors! Winnipeg, MB. goons, 7.5 million gallon fresh water on No. 240. Approx. 155 acres cultivated,
Bros., Lumby, BC. www.rouckbros.com • 1st Grade source. 45 acres treed, 20 acres building 2 acres of partially sheltered yard with a
1-800-960-3388. • Matching
Accessories Available!!! COLORS site, 95 acres cultivated. Barns are empty. 1-1/2 storey older home built in 1925 with
RTM’S - North American Homes. See our Real Estate Centre, 1-866-345-3414 a closed-in veranda. Power, sewer, water,
ad in this issue! Call us at 204-757-4654, www.farmrealestate.com
Winnipeg, MB. Burron Lumber phone, internet and bored well. 2 hopper

WARMAN HOMES RTM homes ready to 306-652-0343, Saskatoon, SK PERMANENT WATER RIGHTS: 25 ac/ft bins and 1 steel flat bottom bin (approx.
go! Mt. Robson, 1443 sq. ft. was 5200 bu). A 53x8x9’ sea can storage con-
FOR SALE/RENT: RV lot in Happy Wander- along Oldman/South SK Basin within AB. tainer, wired 220. What an investment and
er Park, Indio, California (Palm Springs Reply to Box 508, Fort Macleod, AB, T0L
area). Full concrete, cable TV, water, pow- 0Z0. Include approx. location within wa- a quiet retreat. MLS®520347. Call Lloyd
Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battlefords, North
er, sewer, shed, 2 pools, library, club tershed and a demonstration of your fea-
house. One of the best parks in the area. sibility as a possible transferee. Battleford 306-446-8800 or 306-441-0512.

$161,715. Sale price $155,943. Call 306-221-9284. LAND FOR CASH RENT by Tender:

1-866-933-9595 or www.warmanhomes.ca RTM’S - North American Homes. See our 1. CATTLEMAN’S DREAM, large cattle NW-13-10-21 W2, SK., RM of Caldeonia
ad in this issue! Call us at 204-757-4654, and grain farm, great yardsite, lots of wa- No. 099. Please submit tenders in writing
LOG POST AND BEAM shell package for Winnipeg, MB. ter, 5760 acres, in a productive area, West to: Dellene Church Law Office Inc., Box
sale. 26’x34’ with loft 1220 sq. ft. total. central AB. 2. Half section farm North of 742, 200 Garfield Street, Davidson, SK.
BORDER COLLIE PUPS, out of working Douglas fir logs. Call 306-222-6558 cell, MEDALLION HOMES 1-800-249-3969 Newbrook w/yardsite. 3. Beautiful quarter S0G 1A0. Tenders will be accepted until
parents, guaranteed instincts. First shots, email [email protected] Immediate delivery: New 16’ and 20’ West of Red Deer, log buildings, Clearwa- 4:00 PM January 30th, 2015. Highest or
and dewormed. 3 females, 2 males. or visit www.backcountryloghomes.ca modular homes; Also used 14’ and 16’ ter River frontage, Alfred Creek, cattle pas- any tender not necessarily accepted.
306-843-7606, Wilkie, SK. homes. Now available: Lake homes. ture. Don Jarrett, Realty Executives Lead-
WARMAN HOMES LOTS for sale in Lang- Medallion Homes, 306-764-2121, Prince ing, 780-991-1180, Spruce Grove, AB. WANTED MINERAL RIGHTS producing
FEMALE CHOCOLATE LAB, 3 years old, has ham, SK. or Warman Legends or South- Albert, SK. potash or petroleum mineral rights.
obedience commands, pleasing disposi- lands. www.warmanhomes.ca to view or HARDISTY, ALBERTA. NE-5-42-9-W4th; 306-244-6721, 306-220-5409, Saskatoon.
call 1-866-933-9595. RENO’D MOBILE HOMES FOR SALE SE-5-42-9-W4th; SW-9-42-9-W4th;
starting at $29,900. Homes to be renovat- NW-4-42-9-W4th; NW-33-42-9-W4th; MINERAL RIGHTS. We will purchase and
ed starting at $19,900. For more info call SW-33-42-9-W4th; SE-33-42-9-W4th. or lease your mineral rights.
306-249-2222, Saskatoon, SK. $4,900,000 OBO. 780-888-1258. 1-877-269-9990. [email protected]

tion, $450. 306-845-2202, Turtleford, SK. RTM’S - North American Homes. See our

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GREAT PYRENEES/AKBASH CROSS pups, BEST CANADIAN HOME built by Moduline. BARONS AB. MLS LD002880, 2080 acres, 13 Royal LePage Premier Realty
born Aug. 28, currently living with feeder Best prices! 1520 sq. ft. Temora, Yorkton SK
lambs, both working parents, $200. Call
Rick 306-845-2404, Livelong, SK. $99,900; 1200 sq. ft. Oasis/Villa, $79,900; Office: 306-783-9404
960 sq. ft. Tuscan, $69,900. Order your
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READY TO GO tri-color and red and white QU'APPELLE VALLEY HOME on 22 acres, Call Stan, Ner-Ken 306-496-7538, Yorkton, quarters of irrigated land. $13,000,000 Yvette Syrota Murray Arnold
Border Collie pups, from working parents, 1,980 sq. ft., 3 bdrm, 2.5 bthrms, $759,000, OBO. 403-308-1612, Barons, AB.
$450. 306-587-7169, Success, SK. Craven, SK. Quick commute to Regina. MLS SK. for Your Affordable Home Sales.
www.affordablehomesales.ca WATER PROBLEMS? ELIMINATE rust,

#515786. For sale by Agent/Broker. NEW MOBILE HOMES FOR SALE 3 bed- smell, bad taste, hardness, color, sodium HAVE THE FOLLOWING ACREAGES FOR SALE:
rooms, 2 bathrooms, $99,900. For more o d o r. T h e Wat e r C l i n i c , t o l l f r e e
PB AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD PUPS, 306-541-8777, Regina, SK. info call 306-249-2222, Saskatoon, SK. 1-800-664-2561, www.thewaterclinic.com RM of Keys 10.86 acres $197,000 MLS #512628 numerous upgrades, newer barn
from working parents, new litter due Dec.
23rd. Call 780-853-2783, Vermilion, AB. [email protected] RM of Keys 79.23 acres $399,000 MLS #511018 house completely finished, move in ready,
great outbuildings, paddocks for small animals
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with your children, pets, livestock. Born Winnipeg, MB. set up for horses

BU ILD ING W ITH CO NFID ENCE!!!Nov. 15th. First shots, vet checked on Dec. RM of Sliding Hills 156.10 acres $399,000 MLS #487185 Exquisite yard site, overlooking
23. $150 after rebate. Call Olson Ranch, the Whitesand river

306-643-2117, Rocanville, SK. RM of Wallace 155.98 acres MLS #515718 Newer, large home, new large heated shop,
natural gas
PUREBRED BORDER COLLIE pups, LAND ONLY:
red/white, and black/white, good working
bloodlines, $300/ea. Call 306-764-7920, RM of Sliding Hills MLS# 519866, 519865, 519864. 11 quarters of high producing farm
306-961-4649, Prince Albert, SK. land all in a block and 2 quarters close by. Beautiful yard site with 1588 sq ft home with recent
updates. 63,000 bushel steel grain storage. 40’x42’ shop, 48’x78’ storage shed.
PUREBRED BORDER COLLIE puppies from • E N G IN E E R E D F L O O R S Y S T E M • JE T T E D T U B S
hard working stock parents, good blood- • T R IP L E P A N E , L O W E A R G O N W IN D O W S RM of Cana 480 acres $629,000 MLS #516638 Good farm land, yard site started, great location
lines. Born November 19, some tri-colored,
$600. Call 306-759-2262, Eyebrow, SK. • T IL E , C A R P E T & L A M IN A T E • O P T IO N A L V E R A N D A RM of Wallace 319.94 acres $1,800,000 MLS #511683 Modern feed lot facility, set up for
6000 head and an overflow capacity and wired pens for an additional 2500 head. Licenced
MASTER STONE MASONRY. Custom for up to 25000 head. Complete with weigh scale, sorting barn/ hospital pens, dual roller mills,
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IRRIGATION FARM FOR Sale. Irrigation LAND AND HOUSE for sale by tender: 14 Rm o fS ta nley/ K elro s s / Beng o u g h/ F AR M L AND FARMLAND FOR SALE. RM 77 and 107, 860 RM #76 -1,76 0 a c re s
farm with 5 centre pivots all in one block! kms North of Pelly, SK. 160 acres, NW 02- K ey W es t/ Elm es tho rp e, 7252 Acres F OR R E NT acres, 6 quarters located near Cadillac, SK.
Part of the Riverhurst Irrigation District 35-32-W1. The land owners will accept M LS #498734...................$8,1 50,000 Sec 18-09-13-W3, approx 550 acres, N-1/2 High P rod ucing Gra in La nd
which supplies water to over 10,000 acres written tenders until December 31st, 2014 8-10-13-W3, approx. 310 acres. Has creek
in the area from a centralized pump station at 4:00 PM. The purchase will include the Rm o fM o o s e Ra ng e (S eed pla nt) running through it, would make exc. in S W S a s k
on Lake Diefenbaker, SK. MLS# 517472. above noted farmland, house and outbuild- pasture, currently mostly farmed. Accepting

Laura Sawatzky Realtor® $2,750,000. ings "as is". Bids are subject to the following 1337 Acres M LS #513446 $2,7 50,000 # o f QTR S RM offers until January 15, 2015. Highest offer
not necessarily accepted. 306-625-7841,
306-631-2529, Riverhurst, SK. conditions: Right is reserved to reject any Rm o fP a d d o ckw o o d / G a rd en River 5 68 Swift Current, SK. [email protected]
3,818 Acres M LS #515430 $2,7 00,000 25 72
[email protected], or all bids; A certified cheque for five per 2 69 RM OF DUFFERIN: NW-26-21-24 W2 and
Rm o fS p iritw o o d 2644 Acres 18 69 NW-25-21-24 W2, comes with 80x50 arch
www.globaldirectrealty.com cent (5%) will be submitted with written M LS #520338...................$2,3 50,000 34 42 rib steel quonset with cement floor. Send
14 44 sealed bid with 10% down payment in con-
tenders payable to: Audrey Johnson, Box Rm o fP o rcu p ine (Feed Lot), 10 224 fidence to: PO Box 190, Bethune, SK., S0G
640 Acres M LS #503793. .$1 ,7 50,000 3 254 0H0. Bids close January 15, 2015. Sale fi-
93, Leask, SK. S0J 1M0. Unsuccessful 7 284 nalized January 31, 2015.
L O O K I N G F O R L A N D bidders will have their cheques returned. Rm o fTo rch River792 Acres 13 284
Please email: [email protected] for more M LS #515435.......................$7 90,000 HAMMOND REALTY: Shire Farm, RM 92 W ell Treed Bea u tifu l Ya rd S ite w ith
Walpole, near Moosomin, SK. 1280 acres, fu lly m od ern 1,293 s q ft bu n g a low
w /Aggrega te Potentia l info. or call 306-321-6468. Rm o fK inis tino 468 Acres featuring 610 cult. acres and 625 hay/pas- w ith m a n y u p g ra d es . 24’X24’
M LS #499416.......................$600,000 ture acres (300 acres could be cropped), H ea ted Deta ched C a r G a ra g e.
In Sa ska tchew a n WWW.SASKLANDFORSALE.COM SE of $61,863 avg 2013 assessment. Grass car- 28’X40’ H ea ted W ork s hop . A ll
Rm o fFis h C reek 317 Acres ries 100 pair. Yard includes: 1180 sq. ft. a bove bu ild in g s ha ve been u p d a ted
Ca ll PO TZU S LTD. Saskatoon, SK. Davenport grainland MLS® M LS #513672.......................$3 60,000 bungalow (1983), 4 bdrm, 2 bath, 12,850 in the p a s t3 yea rs . 50’x100’ S teel
bu. steel bin storage, exc. water and cattle Q u on s et, 140,000 bu s teel g ra in
in RM of Morris #312. Section of grainland Rm o fTo rch River319 Acres facilities. MLS #501213. Reduced to s tora g e. A irs trip , 30’x90’ Ha n g er
M LS #519273.......................$3 1 0,000 $1,240,000. Alex Morrow 306-434-8780 w ith S tora g e.
Phone: 306-782-74 23 Sec. 24-33-27-W2, 630.98 +/- acres. Dav- http://Shire.HammondRealty.ca
enport school quarter MLS® in RM of Vis- Rm o fBa rrierV a lley 319 Acres O p p ortu n ity for a tu rn k ey op era tion
M LS #487855.......................$299,000 GRAIN LAND TO RENT, 25 mile radius of a s S eller w ill s ell a com p lete lin e of
Fa x: 306-786-6909 count #341, SE-17-33-26-W2, 159.47 F o rm o re in fo rm a tio n p lea s e vis it Rouleau, SK. Call 306-776-2600 or email: very w ell m a in ta in ed n ew er JD
acres grainland. All offers will be present- Rm o fP o na s s L a ke 160 Acres w w w .s h e ppa rd re a lty.ca [email protected] eq u ip m en t, etc.
M LS #516740.......................$1 89,000
Em a il: info@ potzu s.com ed on January 20, 2015, 1:00 PM. Highest Co n ta ct: ID#1100341 MANKOTA: 960 acres with T his land and yard s ite
or any offer not necessarily accepted. For Rm o fBu ckla nd / G a rd en River H a rry S h e ppa rd 945 acres cultivated. 1664 sq. ft. home, is a m us ts ee!
320 Acres M LS #514131.....$1 7 0,000 Pho n e: 306-352-1866 F a x: 306-352-1816 quonset, shop, 2 dugouts, barn, grain stor-
FARMLAND FOR RENT: RM of Torch Riv- more information contact Ed Bobiash E-M a il: s a s kla n d 4re n t@ gm a il.co m age, 2 cattle waterers and hydrants. Nu m erou s pictu res of bu ildings
er #488, 2 quarters: NE-18-53-15W2, RE/MAX Saskatoon, 306-280-2400 or Rm o fS a s m a n 160 Acres MLS®. ID#1100312 DINSMORE: 14 as w ell as detailed inform ation
NW-18-53-15W2; 232 acres under cultiva- email: [email protected] M LS #520444.......................$1 60,000 S utto n G ro up -R e s ults R e a lty acres with old yardsite and mature trees
R e gin a , S K located on the outskirts of Dinsmore. This u pon requ es t.
tion. 2013 assessment, 115,900; type H. Rm o fW illo w C reek 153 Acres parcel is subject to subdivision approval
M LS #518339.......................$1 55,000 from the RM of Milden #286 and subdivi- Call: HARRY SHEPPARD
$8000/year. Will consider share-cropping. L US E L AND AR E A... sion completion. Seller is licensed to sell 306-530-8035
Direct inquiries to: [email protected] Rm o fP a d d o ckw o o d 161 Acres Real Estate in Alberta. ID#1100191 Or Visit:
M LS #519597.......................$1 1 0,000 RUSH LAKE: 309.73 acres irrigated land.
or call 306-230-0037, or 306-343-1091. 100 Qua rte rs Gra in la n d Valley pivots, natural gas pumping unit, 3 www.sheppardrealty.ca
Rm o fBa rrierV a lley 146 Acres phase power. Located south of Hwy #1 Or
for Sa le . M LS #487853.........................$89,000 Beckett Farm right along the Highfield Reservoir.
ID#1100311 DINSMORE: For Lease! Email: [email protected]
RM OF ARM River 252, 2400 acres. One N eighb o u rs sellin g a tthe Rm o fW refo rd 136 Acres RM ofSnipe Lake #259 150 acres at $75/acre on the outskirts of Sutton Group - Results Realty
block. Between Davidson and Imperial. sa m e tim e b u tn o tn ecessa rily M LS #486980.........................$83 ,000 Eston,SK. Dinsmore. Owner is licensed to sell Real
Mostly J soil. House, quonset, shop, cattle - Regina, SK
facilities, 64,000 bu. bins, lots of water, to gether. La rge a n d sm a ll C o n ta ctTed C a w kw ell 5 q u a rters , 793 a cres .
newer fences. [email protected] or pa cka ges fo rsa le. Bu y 1 o r fo rd eta ils .
306-561-7335. 2 qu a rters o r100 if yo u like. $2,101,450 M LS ®
 
LAND FOR CASH rent by Tender: RM of In- C a ll Jim o rS h e rry to d a y Form ore in fo con ta ct
singer #275, NE-10-29-9 W2; NW-10-29-9 EUGENE KOHLE
W2; SW-10-29-9 W2. Submit offers, for 3 3 06 -46 3 -6 6 6 7 Co ld w ellBa n ker
year term to: [email protected] R esco m R ea lty, S a ska to o n
o re m a il fo rm o re in fo rm a tio n
re m a xkin de rs le y@ s a s kte l.n e t 306- 2 91- 5 5 44

VAL MARIE RANCH: 3360 acres with full ® G ro up W e s tR e a lty eu gen e- ko hle@ co ld w ellb a n ker.ca
Kin d e rs le y, S K
set of buildings. Can run 250 pairs and put
w w w .kin d e rs le yre a le s ta te .co m
up your own feed. Very good ranch! Call

John Cave, Edge Realty, 306-773-7379,
www.farmsask.com

Estate in Alberta. MLS®. ID#1100257

GOT OIL? Ted C a w kw ell WE INVITE OFFERS to purchase river lots, OSLER: Modern Dairy Farm near Saska-
Ag ricu ltu re S p ecia lis t 19-24 and E-1/2-30- and S-1/2-29-, all in toon with 145 acres. 90 cow free stall barn
Free property analysis for w/state of the art auto identifying double
mineral rights owners. 46-26-W2, Sask., RM Prince Albert #461.
Top royalties paid on Approx. 10 kms. South of Prince Albert. 10 milk parlor and attached calf-heifer LAND FOR SALE: 9 quarters in the RM of
barn. 154.79 kg daily milk quota. 1614 sq.
suitable drilling locations. w w w .ted ca w kw ell.co m River lots overlook the South Sask. River. Bayne #371, with yard. 75,000 bu. grain
ted @ted ca w kw ell.co m Total assessment of $824,300. Approx. ft. home and insulated workshop. MLS®. storage. Fall anhydroused. Fairly level
Have your land co-ordinates available. ID#1100283 CARMICHAEL: 70.5 acres
1300 cult. acres (cult. acres are esti- w/few stones. Also available a full line of
Call 403-291-0005 1 -3 06-3 27 -7 661 mates). Purchasers must verify to their pasture of which much would be arable. newer machinery. Send offer to: Edwin
satisfaction. No buildings. Offer on all land Water not far below the surface, ac- Wollmann, Box 402, Bruno, SK. S0K 0S0.
Toll Free 1-877-784-9696 cessible by sand point well.
www.briskenergy.com or on individual parcels. Offer must be ac- Call 306-369-2861. Highest or any offer
SK. Licensed Operator FARMLAND FOR SALE BY TENDER: RM companied by a certified cheque for 5% of 1-866-345-3414, Real Estate Centre, not necessarily accepted. Closing date
Making the process a positive experience for landowners of Miry Creek #229: All section 22-21-21 offer as non-refundable deposit. Payable www.farmrealestate.com February 7, 2015.
-W3. Heavy clay soil. Total assessment to: Wilcox and Chovin, submitted to the
)$50/$1')25/($6( 410,700., includes gas well surface lease, address below not later than January 23rd, FSBO RM CRAIK 222, SE/SW-35-23-29-W2, DWEIN TRASK REALTY INC.
wood quonset, 3 hopper bins, 1 fertilizer 2015. Highest or any offer not necessarily grainland, 300 seeded acres, no lease. SE-12-45-25-W2 RM of St. Louis. SAMA-
bin. One mile East of Lancer, SK. on #32 accepted. Deposits on rejected offers will SAMA assess 156,500. 5860 bu. steel bins. VIEW reports 115 acres aerable. FMV as-
VHULRXVLQTXLULHVRQO\
Highway. Tenders to be submitted on or be returned. Terms on accepted offers are: Offers by Jan 31, no agents. More info. call sessment 68,000. Priced to sell at
before 2:00 PM, February 19, 2015. Tender Payment of balance within 30 days; Taxes Greg at 403-921-1604, Calgary, AB. $119,900. Please call Dwein 306-221-1035
details may be viewed on adjusted January 1st, 2015; GST additional
www.royallepageswiftcurrent.ca or contact unless purchaser is a GST registrant. Send HUDSON BAY, SASK. Leaf Lake Area: 3 RANCH: RM WOLVERINE #340 and RM
Len Rempel at 306-741-6358 or offer to: Attention: Kim Bradley, Wilcox adjoining quarters, prime hunting, mar- Viscount #341. Located beside Hwy. 16
[email protected]. Royal LePage and Chovin, Box 820, 52 Main Street, ketable timber and peat. NE, NW, and the railroad just over an hour East of
Southland, 2065 N Service Road W, Swift Shellbrook, SK. S0J 2E0. Further inquiries SE-06-46-01-W2. Phone 250-427-6036. Saskatoon. 1479 acres with approx. 1169
Current, SK. S9H 5K8 can be sent to: [email protected] acres of tame pasture. Balance 328 acres
www.royallepageswiftcurrent.ca NEVER...HAUL OR purchase those heavy with rolling hills, sloughs, 7 dugouts and
bags of water softening salt or expensive fairly heavy bush. Possibility of aggregate
bottle water again! The Water Clinic,
www.thewaterclinic.com 1-800-664-2561. as well as special type of sand (serious
buyers can do their own testing). Fences
~ Justin Yin ~ RM WOOD RIVER #74. Approx. 320 acres are in need of repair. Great property locat-
high producing land. Two quonsets, some ed near the potash mines. MLS® 516438.
Top Farmland Agent in other outbuildings. Some older equipment Call Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battle-
included. Located 5 miles from Lafleche, fords, 306-446-8800, 306-441-0512, North
2012, 2013, 2014 SK. Call Bryan Gilbert 306-631-4790, Battleford, SK.
RE/MAX of moose jaw, 306-694-5766.
I have various buyers across RURAL water, farms, acreages. Multi-pure

Canada looking to buy farmland R M O F L E A S K N O. 4 6 4 . W H AT A membrane system; 2000 gal./day. No
PROPERTY! 1334 acres all adjoining with more bottled water.The Water Clinic,

all over SK. Single or large blocks 1148 acres cultivated, balance bush and www.thewaterclinic.com 1-800-664-2561.
are wanted.
Approximately 4,000 acres slough. Medium rolling, stone free land. RM OF MOOSE RANGE #486. Four
Riverhurst / Central Butte, SK Area Interviewed/Reported by CTV Fenced with treated and steel posts, 3 and quarters, approx. 640 cultivated acres.
Regina NEWs, CTV Saskatoon 4 wires plus cross fences. Power, phone, NE-12-50-09-W2, SW-35-49-09-W2,
Competitive Crop-Share Terms NEWs, Global Saskatoon News, two wells, pasture water. Main road access NE-34-49-09-W2, SE-34-49-09-W2. Also
The Western Producer, The and 2 miles off Hwy #40. A farmer or have land to be rented. Closing Date:
Globe and Mail. ranchers dream. I think you need to act March 20, 2015. For more info. call
quickly on this one! MLS® 520032. Call 306-768-3442. Please submit offer to
Lloyd Ledinski, Re/Max of the Battlefords, email: [email protected] Highest or
North Battleford, SK. 306-446-8800 or any offer not necessarily accepted.
306-441-0512. Also desperately needing

a ranch with buildings for 1000 cow/calf


6XEMHFW7R$YDLODELOLW\ Call: 306-230-1588 or Email: [email protected] operation.

www.JustinYin.com Sutton Group – Norland Realty RM CALEDONIA #99- 480 acres. Assess. GREAT PLACE TO start farming. Large
256,400. Asking $1275/acre. Call Keith home, 5 bdrms, 2 baths, good size kitchen

Bartlett, 306-535-5707 at Sutton Group w/large dining room and living room,

Q u ick Closu re –N o Com m ission Regan Martens Results Realty, Regina, SK. open concept, partially finished basement
w/laundry room, heating elec./wood boil-
er, barn 24x73’ currently used for raising

calves, cattle shelter 30x60’, other out-

CALL 306-5 84 -364 0 Farmland Specialist DID YOU EXPERIENCE high green count buildings, nice treed yard, all found on 240
in fo @ m a xcro p.ca in Dekalb canola? For more info contact acres, approx. 140 cult. 20 min from Stein-
Former Carlea Dehy Site - 3 phase, NG, 60x100 shop, 20 car rail bach, MB. MLS #1425126, $399,990. Cliff
PU RCH ASIN G spur on site, 1.4 M bu flat storage ................................$1,199,000 Back-Track Investigations 1-866-882-4779 Martens 204-346-4117, Delta Real Estate.
FARM LAN D RM Torch River - 641 ac Titled, 544 Cult ......................... $499,000
w w w .m a xcro p.ca RM Bjorkdale - 292 ac Titled with 1668 sq ft Home ...... $349,900 RM LOST RIVER #313: 261.5 acres, RURAL water, farms, acreages. Multi-pure
RM Bjorkdale - 158 ac Titled with 1064 sq ft Home ...... $299,900 south of Bradwell. Power, natural gas and membrane system; 2000 gal./day. No
RM Grayson - 639 titled acres, 485 cult...................... $598,900 public water line run alongside property. more water softeners. The Water Clinic,
RM Barrier Valley - 314 titled acres, MLS #519162. Call Jeff Kwochka, Realty www.thewaterclinic.com 1-800-664-2561.
w 2400 sq ft home........................................................... $439,000 Executives Saskatoon, 306-280-6408.

BEEF RANCH IN SE Manitoba, in the heart
LAND FOR SALE OR RENT BY TENDER, of cattle country. Available: 4.5 quarters

RM of Snipe Lake 259, Section 3-26-21, deeded land and 3 quarters Crown land.

SW-10-26-21, Sec. 33-25-21, E1/2-35- Included are full set of outbuildings. Most

25-21, NE-36-25-21, SW-36-25-21, Sec. corrals are steel corralling. 1500 sq. ft.

6-26-20, S1/2-6-26-20. Written tenders home, att. double garage. Equipment and

accepted to February 20, 2015. Highest or cows can be negotiated at the time of sale.

any tender not necessarily accepted. Send Land can easily produce feed and grazing

tenders to: 28 Sundance RD SW, Medicine for 150 cows. This can be purchased for

306-852-7998 Hat, T1B 4V5. For more info 403-529-7134 only $610,000. Cliff Martens, Delta Real

[email protected] RM #74: APPROX. 470 acres farmland lo- Estate, 204-346-4117, Steinbach, MB.

TISDALE AGENCIES www.TC21.ca cated near Woodrow, Sask. John Cave, RTM’S - North American Homes. See our
Edge Realty Ltd., Phone: 306-773-7379. ad in this issue! Call us at 204-757-4654,
www.farmsask.com
Winnipeg, MB.

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WATER problems? Multi-Pure membrane FDN., REG., CERT., Leggett, Souris, CDC CERTIFIED RECON Bethune flax. Ph CERTIFIED CDC RAEZER, CDC Patrick
system. Never purchase or haul water or Haymaker (forage) Excellent quality. Ardell Greenshields Seeds Ltd., 306-524-2155, green peas. High germ, low disease. Early
softener salt ever again! The Water Clinic, Seeds Ltd. Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415. 306-524-4339, 306-746-7336, Semans, SK order/large order discounts. Visa, MC, FCC
1-800-664-2561, www.thewaterclinic.com
CERTIFIED SEABISCUIT. Ph Greenshields CERT. TAURUS, CDC Sorrel. Van Burck financing. 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK.
Seeds, Semans, SK., 306-524-2155 or Seeds, Star City, SK., 306-863-4377. LLSeeds.ca

LAND FOR SALE: 2.5 quarters, 400 acres, 306-524-4339, 306-746-7336. CERTIFIED FLAX. CERTIFIED #1 Glas, CERTIFIED CDC LIMERICK green peas,

NW-28-21-26, NE-28-21-26, RM of Silver BUYING OATS, all qualities, farm pick up. Sorrel flax seed available. Volume and early high germ, low disease. Call Shaun at:

Creek. 7 miles North of Angusville, MB. on Naber Specialty Grains 1-877-752-4115 order discounts available. Shewchuk Seeds, 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK.

PR #476. Call Allen 204-773-3711, Melfort, SK. [email protected]

204-773-3711, Russell, MB. 306-290-7816, Blaine Lake, SK.

[email protected] CERTIFIED #1 CDC Orrin, Leggett, CDC

Ruffian. Fenton Seeds, Tisdale, SK.,

2015 PALAZZO 35.1 STK#9999 340 HP 306-873-5438.

Cummins diesel, Onan generator, king CERT. CDC UTMOST, Carberry, Cardale, CERTIFIED MCLEOD R2Y, TH33003R2Y,
DWEIN TRASK REALTY Inc RM of Perdue bed, 3 TVs, residential refrigerator, MSRP Pasteur, AC Harvest, CDC Plentiful, AAC short season Soybeans. Early order/large
SE-26-35-12-W3 pasture c/w spring and $214,000. Now $173,000. See website: Redwater, AAC Proclaim. Van Burck order discounts. Visa, MC, FCC financing.
some bush, $74,900. 2 miles S. and 2 mi. www.allandale.com 1-866-346-3148. 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. LLSeeds.ca
West of Perdue. Quarter next could be Seeds, Star City, SK., 306-863-4377.

avail. as well. Call Dwein at 306-221-1035.

ROSETOWN, SK. DWEIN Trask Realty Inc. CERTIFIED SHAW-AC Domain VB, AC
2080 acres quality pastureland, 14 miles
north of Rosetown, just off #4 Hwy. All Unity-Waskada VB, Cardale, Andrew. High
quarters touching with good 4 wire fence,
5 dugouts and very good steel catch cor- germ, 0% gram. Early order/large order CERT. CDC ORION Kabuli chickpea. Sean CERTIFIED #1 CDC Meadow. Call Fenton
rals. Lots of grass and ready for the 2015 discounts. Visa, MC, FCC financing. Miller, Avonlea, SK., 306-868-7822.
306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. LLSeeds.ca Seeds, Tisdale, SK., 306-873-5438.

season. Call Dwein: 306-221-1035. CERTIFIED WHEAT. CERTIFIED #1 CERTIFIED CDC SAFFRON, high germina-

DWEIN TRASK REALTY INC. 2 quarters of 2015 TUSCANY 42WX Stk.#3488, Carberry, Unity, Waskada, Lillian wheat CERTIFIED CDC DAZIL Red lentils. High tion. Printz Family Seed Farm, Gravel-
quality pasture just west of the forces base 450HP Cummins dsl., 6 spd. Allison trans., seed available. Most with 0% fusarium. germ, zero disease. Call Shaun at: bourg, SK., 306-380-7769, 306-648-3511.
north of Dundurn. SW-18-33-04-W3 and Volume and early order discounts available. 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK.
SE-13-33-05-W3 priced to sell! $224,900. Call king bed, washer/dryer, 3 slides, MSRP Pickup and delivery offered. 306-290-7816, NEW CERT. AC EARLYSTAR early ma-
Dwein for details 306-221-1035, Saskatoon, SK Blaine Lake, SK. [email protected] NEW CERTIFIED CDC Greenwater large turing yellow pea. High germ., good yield.
$383,000. On sale now for $296,000. green lentil. Early order discounts. Visa, 306-843-2934, Wilkie, SK. www.herle.ca
www.allandale.com 1-866-346-3148. CERTIFIED MEREDITH. Greenshields 0.0% FUSARIUM GRAM., top quality MC, FCC financing. Call 306-530-8433,
Seeds, 306-524-2155 or 306-524-4339, 2013 crop, high germ., Cert. #1 Conquer Lumsden, SK. LLSeeds.ca GREEN IS THE COLOR. Reg. and Cert.

VB, AC Andrew, Harvest, CDC Utmost VB,
Pasteur, Muchmore, CDC Plentiful. Call
Frederick Seeds 306-287-3977, Watson SK

CERT. VESPER/ WASCADA midge resist-
ant, Carberry, AAC Brandon. Greenshields
GrainEx International Ltd.306-746-7336, Semans, SK. CDC Raezer, CDC Striker, high germ, vigor,
low disease. Volume discounts. Booking
CERTIFIED AC METCALFE, CDC Copeland for spring pickup. Gregoire Seed Farm
malt barley, Conlon feed barley. High Ltd., North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851,
germ, 0% gram. Early order/large order 306-445-5516. [email protected]
discounts. Visa, MC, FCC financing.
WANTED: HAYLAND TO rent, prefer in SK. CERTIFIED CDC GREENSTAR large green
Reply to: Box 2007, c/o The Western Pro- lentils. High germ, zero disease. Call
ducer, Box 2500, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 2C4. Shaun at: 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK.

306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK. LLSeeds.ca Seeds Ltd. Call 306-524-2155 or CERTIFIED CDC Hornet Yellow peas. High
germ, zero disease. Call Shaun at:
306-524-4339, 306-746-7336, Semans, SK
CERTIFIED #1 LEGACY (6R). Call Fenton WANTED 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK.
CERT. CARBERRY, 0% fusarium, 98%
Seeds, Tisdale, SK., 306-873-5438. germ. Printz Family Seed Farm, Gravel- Call GrainEx International Ltd. CERTIFIED CANTATE, highest yielding
bourg, SK. 306-380-7769, 306-648-3511. for current pricing at variety. Hansen Seeds, Yellow Grass, SK.,
HIGH MALT PRICES. CDC Meredith, Reg., 306-465-2525, 306-861-5679. Email:
Cert. 2013 seed, 99% germ., 0% F.G. Very REGISTERED, CERTIFIED CDC Plentiful, 306-885-2288, Sedley SK. [email protected]
high yielder. Volume discounts. Booking CDC Utmost VB, Lillian. Craswell Seeds Visit us on our website at: BUYING CANARY SEED, farm pickup.
for spring pickup. Gregoire Seed Farm Ltd., Strasbourg, SK., 306-725-3236. Call 1-877-752-4115, Naber Specialty
Ltd., North Battleford, SK., 306-441-7851, www.grainex.net Grains Ltd. Email: [email protected]
306-445-5516. [email protected] #1 CERTIFIED MUCH More Hard Red CERTIFIED RED: CDC Scarlet, high yield-
Spring Wheat, low fusarium. Call Ace Crop
FDN., REG., CERT., CDC Austenson, CDC Care, 306-831-8963, Rosetown, SK.
Cowboy, CDC Maverick, AC Ranger. Excel-
lent quality. Ardell Seeds Ltd. Vanscoy, FDN., REG., CERT., CDC Utmost VB, Vesper
SK., 306-668-4415. VB, Conquer VB, Cardale, AAC Brandon, AC
Carberry. Excellent quality. Ardell Seeds
CERT. #1 CDC Meredith barley. Volume and Ltd. Vanscoy, SK., 306-668-4415.
early order discounts available. Shewchuk
Seeds, 306-290-7816, Blaine Lake, SK. EXCELLENT QUALITY CERT. #1 Cardale,
RM OF CHESTERFIELD, 7.95 acres with
1060 sq.ft. bungalow, 30x50 quonset, dou-

LENTILS,ble heated garage, barn, nat. gas., asking

$329,000. Contact Brad Edgerton at Edge
Realty, 306-463-7357, www.edgerealty.ca

CANARY ANDRTM’S - North American Homes. See our
CHICK PEAS.ad in this issue! Call us at 204-757-4654,

Winnipeg, MB.

RURAL water, farms, acreages. Multi-pure
membrane system; 2000 gal./day. No
more water softeners. The Water Clinic,
www.thewaterclinic.com 1-800-664-2561.
2015 MIRAMAR 32.1 STK #1533 362
HP Triton V10, Onan gen., 3 TVs, queen ing variety. CDC Imax CL. Printz Family
bed, residential fridge. MSRP $146,000. Seed Farm, Gravelbourg, SK.,
Our Price $114,900. 1-866-346-3148.
www.allandale.com

TWO YEAR OLD Yamaha, fuel injected,
EXUPAPX, power steering, 4 stroke, load-
ed. big windshield, less than 90 kms. No

snow for 2 years and I’m 91-1/2 yrs old. CERTIFIED CDC MEREDITH, Newdale, AC Vesper VB, Goodeve VB, CDC Utmost VB.
Offers. 306-662-3753, Golden Prairie, SK. Fenton Seeds, Tisdale, SK., 306-873-5438.
Metcalfe, CDC Copeland, Legacy, CDC 306-380-7769, 306-648-3511.

2008 ARCTIC CAT 800 Crossfire, 1015 McGwire, CDC Cowboy, CDC Austenson, FOUNDATION, REGISTERED, CERTIFIED WANTED: LOW GRADE Mustard! We can
miles. 306-240-4100, Meadow Lake, SK. CDC Maverick. Van Burck Seeds, Star CDC Maxim CL, CDC Redcliff. Craswell upgrade your low grade mustard! Can
City, SK., 306-863-4377. Seeds Ltd, Strasbourg, SK., 306-725-3236. supply you with new certified Andante

FOR SALE BY OWNER, Smooth Rock 2006 RED SKI-DOO GSX600, ready for NEW MALT VARIETY. CDC Kindersley, TOP QUALITY CERTIFIED alfalfa and grass CERTIFIED #1 CDC Impala (extra small treated or untreated. Contact Ackerman Ag
the trails. Grandpa purchased new, one Reg., Cert., early maturing, high yielder. seed. Call Gary or Janice Waterhouse red) Clearfield. Fenton Seeds, Tisdale, SK., Services, 306-638-2282, Chamberlain, SK.
owner, $4500. 306-536-2523, Regina, SK. Volume discounts. Booking for spring pick- 306-873-5438.
up. Call Gregoire Seed Farm Ltd., BESCO GRAIN LTD. Buyer of all varieties

Falls, ON, in great clay belt. Excellent value 306-441-7851 or 306-445-5516. North 306-874-5684, Naicam, SK. of mustard. Call for competitive pricing.
for new farmer, or farm relocate. Any type Battleford. Email: [email protected]
• CDC Greenstar (LG Lentil) Call 204-736-3570, Brunkild, MB.

of farm allowed. Taxes $500/yr. 617 acres 0.0% FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM, exc. • CDC Amarillo (Yellow Pea) CERT. ANDANTE YELLOW. Greenshields
w/approx. 144 workable, more to clear. All • CDC Leader (Large Kabuli) S e e d s L t d . , C a l l 3 0 6 - 5 2 4 - 2 1 5 5 o r
quality 2013 crop, high germ., Cert. #1
new buildings: Garage #1 50x32’, heated;
CDC Copeland, AC Metcalfe, CDC Meredith 306-524-4339, 306-746-7336, Semans, SK
garage #2 16x32’; implement shed,
and Newdale. Frederick Seeds Jim Moen, Moen Farms Ltd.
48x24’; barn, 50x28’; boiler shed, 16x16’;
306-287-3977, Watson, SK.
new bungalow, 1984 sq. ft., 3 bedroom, 2 Cabri, Saskatchewan
baths, AC, extras. $18,000 solar income SAWMILLS from only $4397 - Make
Money and Save Money with your own
2013, $997,000. Call 705-338-1074. bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In (306) 587-2214
stock, ready to ship. Free info. and DVD: Cell: (306) 587-7452
www.NorwoodSawmills.com/168 or call #1 CERTIFIED TRANSCEND durum seed, DID YOU EXPERIENCE high green count [email protected] Located in Dafoe, SK.
1-800-566-6899 ext. 168. low fusarium. Call 306-831-8963, Ace in Dekalb canola? For more info contact
Crop Care, Rosetown, SK. Back-Track Investigations 1-866-882-4779 CERTIFIED CDC DAZIL CL. Hansen Buyers of
WOOD-MIZER PORTABLE SAWMILLS, Seeds, call 306-465-2525, 306-861-5679, All Special Crops Including
eight models, options and accessories. CERT. AC STRONGFIELD durum. Sean HYBRID AND OPEN-POLLINATED canola Yellow Grass, SK. Email: [email protected]
1-877-866-0667. www.woodmizer.ca Miller, Avonlea, SK., 306-868-7822. varieties. Certified #1 Synergy (Polish), Brown, Yellow,
Dekalb, Rugby, Cafe. Call Fenton Seeds, Oriental Mustard,
CERT. AAC CURRENT, ACC Raymore, Tisdale, SK., 306-873-5438.
Transcend. Printz Family Seed Farm, Gra-
Peas, Lentils,
velbourg, SK. 306-380-7769 306-648-3511

BUYING BROWN FLAX farm pickup. Call CERT. CDC MEADOW and CDC Horizon Canary & Flax Seed.
peas. Van Burck Seeds, Star City, SK.,
1-877-752-4115, Naber Specialty Grains • Licensed & Bonded • Quick payment
ELIAS SCALES MFG., several different CERTIFIED AC MORGAN, CDC Minstrel. Ltd. Email: [email protected] 306-863-4377.
ways to weigh bales and livestock; Plat- Van Burck Seeds, Star City, SK., For all deliveries call
form scales for industrial use as well, non- 306-863-4377. CERTIFIED #1 CDC Sorrel, AAC Bravo. CERT. MEADOW, AMARILLO, Limerick. 1-877-550-3555
electric, no balances or cables (no weigh Fenton Seeds, Tisdale, SK., 306-873-5438. Greenshields Seeds Ltd., 306-524-2155 or For daily bids and prices call
like it). Shipping arranged. 306-445-2111, 0.0% FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM, high 306-524-4339, 306-746-7336, Semans, SK
North Battleford, SK. www.eliasscales.com quality 2013 crop, high germ., Cert. #1 CERTIFIED CDC SORREL flax seed. Early
order/large order discounts. Visa, MC, FCC CERTIFIED CDC Amarillo, CDC Limerick.
Also, CDC Imvincible Lentil. Excellent
Souris, CDC Orrin, and Leggett. Frederick financing. 306-530-8433, Lumsden, SK.
2015 WINDSPORT 34E STK #6557, 6.8L NEW! PORTABLE TRUCK SCALES, Seeds 306-287-3977, Watson, SK. LLSeeds.ca quality. Ardell Seeds Ltd. Vanscoy, SK., 1-306-541-4838 or 1-877-550-3555
Triton V10, 362 HP, back-up monitor, $19,900. Save time and money by weigh- 306-668-4415.

Onan generator, AC. MSRP $147,000. Our ing on the farm. Accurately weigh inputs
price $106,000 www.allandale .com and avoid overweight fines. See your near-
est Flaman location or 1-888-435-2626. AC® Muchmore
1-866-346-3148.

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common bunt

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Domaine, MB Plumas, MB
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DO YOU THRIVE IN A FAST-PACED WOULD YOU BE interested in working full- BEEKEEPER’S HELPERS (6), for the 2015 GRATTON COUL EE WE HAVE OUR EYES 4 EXCAVATOR OPERATORS Required.
challenging environment? Grace Hill time on a working ranch? We are looking season May to Oct, $12-$15/hr depending ON YOU! $23-26/hour to start depending on experi-
Farms Ltd. is currently looking for a per- for someone who has a farm/ranch back- on experience. Contact Ron Althouse, AGRIPARTS L TD. ence plus disability, dental and extended
manent FT Mechanic/Maintenance ground. We use horses, but not all the 306-278-2747, Porcupine Plain, SK. DRILLING RIG HANDS medical benefits after 3 months probation.
Technician to join our team. We are a time. Some mechanical skills would be Is a pro gre s s ive , e xpa n d in g NEEDED Full-time seasonal starting April 1, 2015
a gric u ltu ra l s a lva ge pa rts until November 30, 2015, in Saskatoon
10,000 acre family-owned cert. organic beneficial. We use and operate some FULL-TIME FARMHAND REQUIRED on c o m pa n y s pe c ia lizin g in la te If you are … and various locations in Saskatchewan. 2
m o d e l tra c to ra n d c o m b in e pa rts Safe, Accountable, an Excellent years experience with pipeline (water and
grain farm and seed cleaning operation, equipment. Experience with baling, load- large cattle operation for feeding cattle. a n d lo c a te d a tIrm a , Alb e rta . sewer), trackhoe or trade certificate is re-
located in Southwest Saskatchewan. ers and a feed wagon would be useful. We Must be able to operate wheel loader and Performer & a Team Player quired and clear drivers abstract. Apply
W e a re looking for We want you - today with resume to: Rite Choice Construction
Grace Hill comes with a well-equipped are located north of Lloydminster, AB. and mix wagon. Livestock experience an asset, TO JOIN THE Ltd., 104-502 Cope Way, Saskatoon, SK.,
M E CH ANICAL S7T 0G3 or e-mail: [email protected] or
shop and service truck. If you are interest- housing is a possibility. Health Care Plan is but willing to train a person with the right AS S E M BL E R S PREDATOR DRILLING FAMILY fax to: 306-937-1737.

ed, we are looking for the following available after 3 months. We pay by the attitude and work ethic. Wages negotiable. (4 va ca n cies ) 3 Ways to Apply

qualifications: Responsible for conducting hour. Every 2nd weekend off (excluding Accommodation available. Call Wolfe

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FULL-TIME CATTLE CHECKING Posi- RANCH HAND, EXPERIENCE necessary. Fu ll-Tim e Po sitio n , $15 to $20 per flatdeck across Canada and province wide.
tions. Buffalo Plains Cattle Co. has pen Work involves: calving, range riding, hay ho u r.Ben efits,(a fter6 m o n th perio d ).
checking positions available for our ex- and silage crop, machinery operation, gen- Call Denise at 306-757-1448, Regina, SK.
panding feedlot w/new facilities. Job also eral ranch work; Irrigation Boss/ranch Plea se Fo rw a rd Resu m esto M a rca t
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up to $35/hr. depending on experience, long distance work. Loader experience an
year end bonus, overtime available. Call asset. No Sunday work. Call Harry
Jamie at 306-259-1212, 306-946-9864, 403-382-1082. Fax or email resume and
Young, SK. or [email protected]
abstract to: 403-824-3040, Nobleford, AB.

RANCH HAND/HUNTING GUIDE. Perma- WANTED: FARM LABOURER for mixed repair and maintenance on farm equip- [email protected]
nent full-time position in the beautiful farm operation in SW Sask. Experience ment and trucks. Ticket not required, but
Robson Valley, West of McBride, BC. 150 running machinery and working with cattle experience is. Applicant could run equip. in CLASS 1A TRUCK drivers needed. Minimum
cow/calf operation. Drivers licence (Class 1 preferred. Must have Class 5 driver’s li- busy time of year, but not a requirement. 1 year experience with Super B. We haul
an asset); Mechanical skills: Guide duties cence. Class 1 preferred. Housing New shop, competitive wages, WMC, grain and fertilizer throughout SK. and AB.
during hunting season. Housing available. available. Wages negotiable depending on benefit package, housing available. Farm Please send resume via email:
Wages negotiable based on experience. experience. Kincaid, SK. 306-264-3834. located near Stony Plain, AB., 45 minutes [email protected] or call for info.
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PARTS MANAGER
or call 250-553-2355. GENERAL FARM WORKER: April 1st, 2015 - 780-968-0681, [email protected] SASKATOON HOTSHOT TRANSPORTER
needed for multi-location is now hiring 3/4 and 1 ton diesel
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positions, on 12,000 acre grain farm in Weyburn, SK. Seasonal. Duties include: at Lemberg, SK. is looking for hard work- No.73 is offering a competitive salary and and U.S. Year round work, lots of miles
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stract; Farm management education, in- experience preferred. Non-smoker. Must include: Powered mobile equipment; Benefits and RRSP program. CLASS 1 DRIVERS, year round work, top
cluding basic Agronomy and Farm Appren- be reliable and able to work long hours REQUIRED: LICENSED PROFESSIONAL Ground disturbance; WHMIS; And any wages, safety bonuses, new equipment,
ticeship training; Experience operating during busy season. Send resumes to: Box Agricultural Pilot for May 1 - Oct. 1, 2015. other applicable training to fulfill the job Wage to be negotiated. health plan. Will also train new drivers for
modern JD equipment with ability to pro- 2008, c/o The Western Producer, Saska- 1000 hours turbine agriculture work, in- requirements. Self-motivation, the ability to hauling livestock or gravel in Canada or to
gram and operate JD’s AMF technology. toon, SK., S7K 2C4. surable, proficient in SATLOC, proficient in lead by example and good communications Apply to: USA. 403-625-4658, Claresholm, AB.
skills are an asset. Preference will given to
Other duties include: Hiring, training and
WANTED: DRIVERS/OWNER Operators
Tri-Ag Implementsmanaging farm employees; Maintenance for grain and fertilizer hauling, based in
Kenaston, SK. Phone Leon at TLC Trucking
of all farm equipment; All crops spraying 306-252-2004 or 306-567-8377.
operations; And Coordinating swathing
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Phone Mark Walter 306-487-2702 ly requires Leased Operators with new
model 1 ton and 5 ton straight trucks/
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summer. Class1 licence an asset. Accom- Competitive rates. Fuel surcharge/bene-
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Needed. Full-time position available on a cide. Commercial Pilot’s License and Sask. tenance and construction experience. Wainwright, AB.
large cattle ranch in southern BC. Looking Aerial Pesticide License required. Location: Interested candidates are invited to submit T9W 1L5
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mechanically inclined with equipment and ate turbine Air tractor 402, 502. Proficient education/training, past and present work (780)842-4408
livestock experience. Duties include, but in English (read, write, speak). Perform experience, salary expected, three refer-
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Wages negotiable depending on experi- ness. Create work orders as requested by Limerick, SK., S0H 2P0. Ph: 306-263-2020. area. License an asset, but not necessary.
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east Alberta grazing reserve. Roping skills
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SHEEP SHEARING

Bags roll into Alberta wool collection site

Fibre comes in from depots across the province, as well as B.C. and Saskatchewan, for grading and shipping to Ontario

BY BARB GLEN ABOVE: A truckload of wool is delivered to
the Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers
LETHBRIDGE BUREAU outlet in Lethbridge. Wool will later be
compressed for more economical shipping
The wool comes in from all points on to the grading facility in Carlton Place, Ont. |
the compass, leaving flocks of sheared
sheep in its wake. MIKE STURK PHOTO

On this day, a truckload of wool from LEFT: The co-operative’s branch manager
north-central Alberta is unloading Brian Shaw examines a handful of wool.
while another semi-trailer sits on the
street outside, waiting its turn in the BELOW LEFT: Anne Shaw gathers toy
dock. sheep she and her husband donated to
the children’s cancer ward at Lethbridge
It is a busy time for Canadian Co- Regional Hospital. They are made with wool
operative Wool Growers branch man- provided by sheep producers in Western
ager Brian Shaw, whose Lethbridge Canada.
facility is a primary destination for
much of the wool gathered in British BELOW: There is still a need for shepherd’s
Columbia, Alberta and parts of Sask- crooks, and the co-op supplies them. | BARB
atchewan.
GLEN PHOTOS
Shearing has been under way on
sheep farms across his collection area Visit us online at
and the wool is coming in, packed into www.producer.com to
large burlap bags weighing several see a video about this story.
hundred pounds each.

“There is a use for every fleece pro-
duced in Canada,” Shaw said as he
examined some of the wool near the
unloading dock. It all depends on what
purpose the user has in mind.

The co-op was once strategically
located on a rail spur near the Leth-
bridge main line. From there, wool
would arrive in boxcars for grading and
further distribution.

Today, the location is the same but it is
not quite so strategic. The rail spur is
long gone and the building is a few
blocks from what is now this prairie
city’s downtown shopping area.

It’s one reason why the co-op has a
satellite location on the city’s outskirts
and will meet people outside the city if
necessary. Wool also comes here from
21 depots in the three prairie provinces.

Once accepted and recorded, the
wool is compressed and shipped to the
co-op’s head office in Carleton Place,
Ont., where it is graded. Nearly three
million pounds of wool a year flow
through the CCWG network.

Grading also used to be done in
Lethbridge, but Shaw said selecting
wool into 20 different grades is a spe-
cialized skill that few now possess.

“Grading in itself is a lost art,” said
Shaw as he adjusted the old tags once
used for that purpose.

“Three to five grades per farm is not
uncommon, but we probably get all
gradesinAlberta.Forthemost part, the
wool that we get in here is quite good.”

The wool is bought at greased weight
and sold on the yield weight, which is
the weight after cleaning.

Material that is graded as range wool
is the finest of the fine and is used in
high-end textiles, said Shaw. Canadian
range wool is equivalent to Australian
merino, although the latter has several
quality gradations.

Range wool comes mostly from pure-
bred sheep, primarily Rambouillet,
Columbia and Targhee breeds, said
Shaw.

“When some of that wool comes in, it
is so clean that it’s almost white.”

The Lethbridge site is also a collection
point for musk ox hair, partly because it
has a machine capable of compressing
the material for more economical ship-
ment.

The co-op also maintains an exten-
sive inventory of livestock supplies,
sheepskins, wool and wool products,
clothing, lanolin and lanolin-based
products.

[email protected]

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Wetlands, which have jokingly been called Mother Nature’s outhouse because they flush out impurities as water flows through, are now being used around the world to clean polluted
water. | FILE PHOTO

CONSERVATION

Are wetlands Mother Nature’s outhouse,
or do they deserve more respect?

BY RON LYSENG “But it’s been functioning as treatment cell through an under- requiring no changes or modifica-
planned since 1983 without a glitch. ground pipe. There had been some tions, he added.
WINNIPEG BUREAU It’s turned out to be quite a boon to concern in past years about the qual-
the town.” ity of water in that third wetland, so “It really has been a sewage treat-
N ature plays a major role in we’ve had it tested many times. ment system we don’t have to think
one Saskatchewan village’s Vonda had built a small, single cell about. Most people in town don’t
waste water management facility in the 1960s, but 20 years later “You could literally drink that water know where it is. In fact, most people
system. it couldn’t handle the volume as the from the third wetland with no harm in town don’t even know anymore
population increased. Engineers to yourself. I wouldn’t want to, but I that it exists.”
Vonda treats its waste water with said a second cell would not only could if I wanted.”
two cells plus a man-made wetland, increase the overall liquid capacity Ducks Unlimited provided cost-
all of which are heavily populated but would help make the effluent He said the heavy population of cat- sharing deals for Saskatchewan com-
with bulrushes and cattails, says cleaner. As well, a third larger over- tails and bulrushes in all three cells munities such as Vonda, Prud’Home
mayor Dan Sembalerus. flow wetland would ensure that the absorbs phosphates and nitrates in and Humboldt and others, building
local environment was protected the waste water. wetlands that create duck nesting
Sembalerus, who was born and and that the water would be pristine. habitat in conjunction with waste-
raised in this small community Sembalerus said the past few years water treatment systems.
northeast of Saskatoon, said he After some debate at the local level, have been wet, and the village has
recalls the debate surrounding the village entered into a cost-shar- had to drain off the first two cells Sembalerus said Lakshman Laksh-
expansion of the sewage treatment ing agreement with Ducks Unlimited more often than its management man, a scientist at the Saskatchewan
system in 1983. in 1983 for the construction of shal- plan allows. Research Council in the 1970s, did
low retention basin. This man-made much of the research into the use of
“I remember when they were wetland was created by building a “But when the effluent leaves the bulrushes and cattails.
deciding what to do. There was a lot dike on sloping land near the prima- second cell and flows into the Ducks’
of argument at the time about the ry treatment facilities and would wetland, it’s pretty well 95 percent His studies proved that aquatic
cost and whether we need to expand serve as an overflow for the second good to go anyway.” plants have the capacity to extract
the treatment system,” he said. cell if needed. nitrates and phosphorous from water.
“There’s been no harm to wildlife,
You could literally The original design allows for the and this wetland has given us a third That same conclusion has been
drink that water from occasional release of water in peri- filter before any water is ever released reached hundreds of times around
the third wetland ods of high runoff, but Sembalerus into the environment. But even in the the globe in recent decades and put
with no harm to said this has never been necessary wettest years, we’ve had no concern into practice in thousands of sewage
yourself. I wouldn’t because the wetland has proven to about the third cell wetland over- treatment projects.
want to, but I could if have enough capacity. flowing. It wasn’t even close. The
I wanted. wetland has a huge capacity.” Researchers at the leading edge of
“The Ducks wetland project func- waste water treatment technology
DAN SEMBALERUS tions as a third cell for us,” he said. He said the plan calls for overflow to say the North American livestock
VONDA MAYOR run by gravity into Buffer Lake, a low- industry is lagging far behind the rest
“The two main cells are located lying salt lake into which the entire of the world in putting this natural
fairly close to town. This Ducks wet- area drains naturally, if the wetland treatment method to work.
land receives water from our second ever does reach capacity.
[email protected]
The system has been trouble-free,

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INCREASE VIGILANCE $150,000 ANNUALLY FOR PROJECTS

Poultry producers hike biosecurity Alta. rancher
donates
Prairie poultry officials urge producers to take care after bird flu discovery in B.C. $4.4 million

BY MARY MACARTHUR spread across the province, unlike in ises may test positive for the disease Testing in wild birds has not detect- endowment
B.C., where poultry barns are clus- because of its highly contagious ed this strain in Canada, although
CAMROSE BUREAU tered in the Fraser Valley. nature. CFIA officials believe the outbreak The rural life fund
may be linked to wild birds.
Poultry producers are re-examin- Chicken Farmers of Saskatchewan On Dec. 19, about 100 birds in a supports community
ing their biosecurity measures to chief executive officer Clinton Mon- backyard flock near Winston, Ore- U.S. Department of Agriculture
prevent avian influenza from spread- chuk said the province’s already tight gon, were found to be infected. officials confirmed that the H2N5 groups and services
ing across the country. security measures would be double and the H5N8 avian flu strains have
checked. The CFIA has established a primary been found in northern pintail ducks BY BARB GLEN
Producers in Alberta have been control zone around most of south- and captive gyrfalcons in Washing-
warned to increase their biosecurity “It’s not going to be any different. ern B.C. in an effort to contain the ton state, just south of B.C. LETHBRIDGE BUREAU
measures, said Alberta Chicken Pro- We follow it to a T anyway,” said Mon- virus.
ducers executive director Karen chuk. The pintail samples were con- Bill Long was a man so humble that
Kirkwood. Nine countries have implemented firmed after wildlife officials noticed he didn’t even want his name on a
He said producers are encouraged a range of partial and full export bans increased waterfowl deaths at Wiser donation — a $4.4 million donation.
Alberta’s emergency management to postpone audits that require visi- on poultry and poultry products Lake in Washington.
team, which represents the prov- tors entering the barns when a dis- from Canada. The rancher from Pincher Creek,
ince’s chicken, turkey, hatching egg ease outbreak hits one area. The gyrfalcon samples were col- Alta., who died in December 2013,
and table egg sectors, implemented The CFIA confirmed that the virus lected after a falconer reported instead organized an endowment in
emergency procedures when the “The less people that get onto the detected in B.C. poultry is H5N2, a signs of illness in his birds. The gyr- the name of his uncle and long-time
first case of avian influenza was dis- farm, the better.” highly pathogenic strain of avian falcons were fed hunter-killed wild ranching partner, Henry Stewart
covered in British Columbia at the influenza. birds. Varley, who died in 1990.
beginning of December. As of Dec. 19, the Canadian Food
Inspection Agency had confirmed The virus contains gene segments Neither virus has been found in The Community Foundation of
“Poultry producers were warned to that 11 commercial premises in from a highly pathogenic Eurasian commercial poultry flocks in the Lethbridge and Southwestern Alber-
increase their vigilance, especially Chilliwack, Langley and Abbotsford H5N8 virus, including the H5 gene United States. ta will administer the endowment,
with visitors to the farm,” said Kirk- and one non-commercial flock in and segments from the typical North which will generate $150,000 a year
wood. Aldergrove had tested positive for American virus, including the N2 German authorities reported an in grant funds in perpetuity.
avian influenza, which forced the gene. outbreak of the highly pathogenic
“Our biosecurity practices are destruction of 245,085 chickens, tur- avian influenza H5N8 on a turkey “It’s a forever gift,” foundation chair
already very high.… We’ve done keys, ducks and geese. It is the first time a Eurasian-lin- farm in November. It was the first Dianne King said during a Dec. 19
everything we can to ensure produc- eage, highly pathogenic H5 virus has time the virus was detected in announcement of the donation.
ers have that extra vigilance.” A single non-commercial flock of caused an outbreak of avian influen- Europe.
85 ducks, chickens, geese and tur- za in poultry in North America. The “(Long) found a forever way to
The 240 barns represented by keys, was identified Dec. 19. virus has the ability to cause high [email protected] ensure that rural life will thrive in
Alberta Chicken Producers are mortality rates in domestic poultry. southern Alberta.”
CFIA officials warned more prem-
Long was born in Fort Macleod,
NO BUTTING IN AT THE BUFFET Alta., in 1934 and orphaned one year
later when his parents were killed in a
Cattle don’t waste time filling up as they surround a tractor with a bale a farmer is unloading near Beaverlodge, Alta. | RANDY VANDERVEEN PHOTO car accident. He survived three days
in the wreck before he and his par-
BUDGET SQUEEZE ents were found.

Alberta cuts ag research in wake of low oil prices It was a tragic beginning, but Long
found a home with his grandparents,
BY BARB GLEN One thing it does do, though, “One thing it does do, though, it Olson said agriculture would be a Tom and Connie Varley, and then
it does kind of reinforce the does kind of reinforce the notion that suitable field for economic diversifi- with his uncle Henry.
LETHBRIDGE BUREAU notion that we have to diversify we have to diversify because we do cation.
because we do need to get away need to get away from such heavy The two men, neither of whom
The Alberta government has quietly from such heavy reliance on our reliance on our oil and gas industry.” “While we have had to kind of take married, raised Hereford cattle on
cancelled a plan to provide $200 mil- oil and gas industry. our foot off the pedal a little bit, I their ranch in the Fishburn district of
lion in agricultural research funding. Olson said $2.5 million has already think it has made us even more deter- the Municipality of Pincher Creek.
VERLYN OLSON been allocated and won’t be clawed mined that we’re going to work very
Bill 11, the Savings Management ALBERTA AGRICULTURE MINISTER back. hard on diversification,” he said Long’s cousin, Maxiene Bodgener,
Repeal Act, received royal assent about provincial spending. described him as “a very, very shy
Dec. 17. belt-tightening in light of low oil Researchers were reluctant to com- man, but very intelligent. Anything
prices. ment on the changes, citing fears that “This is in no way a judgment of the that he was going to do, it was
The bill eliminates the Agriculture future funding might be jeopardized. value of the things that we wanted to checked out.”
and Food Innovation Endowment “Obviously we would have pre- do. We really do need to support
Account, which was established last ferred to just carry on with the origi- “Oil prices drop, ag takes the pun- research, both the industry needs to Bodgener said Long’s donation to
March by former premier Alison Red- nal plan, but we have to live in the real ishment, but everyone is probably support it and governments need to help rural people, communities and
ford’s government and would have world and I’m certainly not the only getting belts tightened,” said one. as well.” activities is entirely suitable.
allocated $9 million per year to agri- minister who will be facing these
cultural research over three years. kinds of challenges,” Olson said. The agriculture endowment was Research priorities developed in “I think it is just what Bill would
supposed to expand grant programs consultation with the industry remain have wanted and it’s going to the
The same bill eliminated the $200 for local applied research associa- in government hands, and Olson said agriculture section to help younger
million Alberta Future Fund and the tions and assist in value-added prod- the department would still like to ones out and I know he’d be very
$500 million Social Innovation uct development and commercializa- implement them when able. proud.
Endowment Account. tion. It was also intended to expand a
plant health laboratory to help devel- [email protected] “The only thing is, he would not like
Alberta agriculture minister Verlyn op new resistant plant varieties. to hear us talking about him. He’d
Olson said the move is a reflection of think we should be talking about
Henry Varley.”

Long sold his ranch in 2000 and
moved to town but maintained his
interest in agriculture and in giving
people “a hand up, not a hand out,”
said King.

The donation will serve to create a
rural life fund within the community
foundation. King said the board has
yet to determine where and how the
endowment will be spent.

The foundation comprises 12
municipalities in southern Alberta. It
invests donations and provides
grants to community groups and
causes.

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GUN LAWS COUCH FARMING

Changes to firearm rules Video game allows
expected to cut paperwork everyone to be a farmer

Proposed legislation will eliminate the possession-only licence Players of Farming Simulator 15 from Giants Software
can start with the basics and then expand the farm

BY DAN YATES The SWF and other wildlife groups WHAT’S A RESTRICTED GUN? BY TARYN RIEMER and seed it with canola, wheat, corn
are supporting the changes, although or barley.
SASKATOON NEWSROOM Illerbrun had hoped for licences that According to Canada’s criminal code, a FREELANCE WRITER
wouldbevalidformorethanfiveyears. restricted firearm is: It’s up to the players to decide if they
Proposed changes to firearm regula- • A handgun that is not a prohibited Farmers who miss being out on the want to buy more equipment or ani-
tions in Canada will reduce paper- The five-year period remains, but land during winter now have a relief mals right away, but these items
work, not safety, says an official with the new legislation would grant firearm. valve. come with maintenance costs.
theSaskatchewanWildlifeFederation. licence holders a six month grace
period after its expiration to renew. • A firearm that is not prohib- Farming Simulator 15, from The game manual suggests starting
Introduced to Parliament late this ited, has a barrel less than 470 Giants Software, provides a chance with chickens and beehives because
fall,theConservativegovernment’sBill The Conservatives, who previously millimetres in length and is to go farming without leaving the they provide good income with little
C-42 would eliminate the possession- dismantled the country’s controver- capable of discharging centre-fire couch. maintenance. Players can also bor-
only licence (POL) for firearm owners. sial long-gun registry, are also look- ammunition in a semi-automatic row money from the bank.
ing to loosen restrictions on trans- manner. Users can take tutorials to learn the
The POL was available to firearm porting firearms “by making them a basic keys and then learn to plow, Players decide whether to buy more
owners before 2001 and prohibits condition of a licence for certain rou- • A firearm that is designed or harvest or make bales. fields, seed crops or buy animals.
owners from acquiring more firearms. tine and lawful activities.” adapted to be fired when reduced
to a length of less than 660 mm by Players who are already avid gam- They can also carry out missions to
POLs are now available only as a The changes include restricted folding, telescoping or otherwise. ers can go straight to career or multi- make money, but they must have the
renewal of an existing licence. Every- firearms, which has drawn criticism player mode. right equipment.
one else has a possession and acquisi- from opposition parties and gun • A firearm of any other kind that is
tion licence (PAL), which is acquired control supporters. prescribed to be restricted. In career mode, they can choose to Steering the equipment takes a
by completing the required courses. go to Bjornholm or Westbridge Hills. while to get used to, but it gets easier
Another organization, the National Source: RCMP with practice.
“Most of them were older people in Firearms Association, has con- In Bjornholm, users can choose
society that got these POLs,” said demned the legislation for not offer- the taxpayer money, all the different their level of difficulty. In multiplayer Figuring out the map also takes
Greg Illerbrun of the SWF. ing even greater relief from “irritating bureaucratic paperwork that folks mode, they can join a game or create time. Symbols are available to show
bureaucratic processes.” havetodotocomplywiththelaw,”said their own and invite up to 15 people where things are, but players will
“We’re running this separate sys- Illerbrun. “Because they have to have to join. have to look them up in the manual.
tem to run the POLs. In the mean- Under the new legislation, authori- an Authorization to Transport to go to
time, the rest of us have PALs.” zation to transport a firearm won’t the range and they have to go to the In this mode, players can help and Farming a field manually takes a lot
require separate documentation. It range to shoot the guns because they communicate with other players. of time. Hiring a worker to cultivate
The proposed legislation would also expands the places of travel to have to use it to keep it.” or seed is easier but costs money.
convert all existing POLs to PALs. include gun shops, gun shows and Users start with the basics — trac-
port of exit leaving the country. dan [email protected] tors, a combine,graincart,cultivator, There are also glitches, such as the
“As far as public safety goes, noth- seeder and plows — as well as one tractors not moving when pressing
ing changes,” said Illerbrun. “They’resayingwejustshoulddothis field that is ready to be harvested. the forward key and the hired work-
together and tie them together. Save ers missing crop when combining.
“They still have to have a licence. Players can harvest the field and
You’re just going to have one licence sell the grain to make quick mon- The system requires an operation
instead of making two.” ey. system of Windows Vista or later for
the PC version.
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PRODUCTION Growth regulators may have a place in
increasing wheat yields. However, recent
analysis has shown that producers should
choose and apply carefully. | Page 62

PRODUCTION EDITOR: MICHAEL RAINE | Ph: 306-665-3592 F: 306-934-2401 | E-MAIL: [email protected]

Danielle and Russ Wildfong are working with their father, Rick, to build replacement combine parts from their Craik, Sask., farm. | MICHAEL RAINE PHOTO
MACHINERY

Wildfongs combine business with family

Saskatchewan farmers who operated Harvest Services release new concave for Deere STS

BY MICHAEL RAINE Grandfather Bert got the family into replacements last winter and added had to find a way to cut it,” she said. handles many of the assembly welds
the business when he teamed up a few modifications to the basic AR400 steel resists abrasion and of the toughened material.
SASKATOON NEWSROOM with Californian Ray Stueckle to de- Deere design.
sign and build a line of precision toughens the metal through a combi- “The fit and finish of our con-
REGINA — A family with a storied bored, replacement concaves. The The family found that only one nation of alloy choices and quench- caves is to a very high standard.
history making replacement com- Wildfongs sold their company, Har- aftermarket company was building ing and tempering. Our wire spacing is exactly equal,”
bine concaves and parts is back in the vest Services, in 1995. It is still in busi- high wear replacement units and Russ said.
business after a 19 year hiatus. ness. decided to get back into the busi- Russ said they are sending the steel
ness. out for laser cutting to avoid milling “I can’t say that the OEM (original
Rick Wildfong’s family began build- “We went to replace some (STS) and drilling at their farm shop near equipment manufacturer) stuff is as
ing concaves and other combine Deere concaves and the price caused Danielle said the family’s choice of Craik, Sask. good.”
parts in the early 1980s. a bit of an ouch,” Russ said. steel made manufacturing a chal-
lenge. “We assemble and weld the con- The Wildfongs’ units also allow
Last fall’s release of a new, high-wear “The high wear ones were a lot caves and ensure they are true,” he more depth between the top of the
concave for Deere STS machines more. And we said, ‘why not build “We went AR400, military grade said. bars and wires, which allows more
brought another generation of Wild- them ourselves?’ ” metal. It means the cross bars won’t room for grain-on grain threshing.
fongs into the enterprise: son Russ fold over if a rock gets in there or melt “This stuff would take a long while
and daughter Danielle. The Wildfongs built their own away in sandy land, but it meant we to cut ourselves.” »CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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PRODUCTION COSTS

Planning for next year starts now

The Wildfong John Deere STS replacement, high wear concave sets the PRECISELY AGRONOMY requirements for $45 per acre. As • Selling the product: Farmers have
frame bars below the surface of the cross bars, acting like another wire well, a well-prepared worksheet often said to me over the years:
in the concave. This allows for more grain movement. The wires are set THOM WEIR will be well received when request- “But I need $10 per bushel for my
lower than in the OEM design. | MICHAEL RAINE PHOTO ing an operating loan or line of canola.” However, they usually
Preparing a cost of production credit from a lending institution. don’t really know what they need
» CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE tag for the comparable high wear worksheet for the farm is one of • Planning the season: Cost of pro- for their canola. It’s just that they
units from the manufacturer. themost rewardingNewYear’s duction worksheets are also good think $10 sounds like a nice num-
Frame bars are continuous and set resolutions that producers can make. roadmaps to follow as farmers ber. Let’s say farmers have pre-
lower than the OEM version, acting The company also makes replace- move through the growing season. pared a cost of production work-
more like wires. ments for Case IH rotaries and plans Grain farmers, with whom I am They now have a budget that they sheet that indicates their total pro-
to expand into other lines in the com- most acquainted, will find this infor- can use to guide them when mak- duction costs and cost of living
The $2,000 price is more than ing year. mation invaluable when making ing in-season purchases. The requirements total $9.25 per bu.
$1,500 lower than the standard decisions. worksheet should not be a static The worksheet gives them the con-
Deere replacements and consider- Formoreinformation,contactRussor document. Farmers should enter fidence to sell if they have an
ably cheaper than the $5,400 price Danielle at 306-734-2345 or email Russ Templates are available that can the actual costs as they move opportunity to lock in production
[email protected]. prepare a cost of production work- through the season and compare at this level. Yes, they may not pro-
sheet for eachcrop and eachfield. An them to their predicted costs. This duce what they have predicted, but
[email protected] analysis of the entire enterprise can allows them to see if they are ahead this number should be conserva-
be prepared once these worksheets or behind in their predictions. The tively based on long-term produc-
have been assembled. expected return on the commodity tion. As well, they have insurance
they are growing should also be options. The cost of production
Let’s not discuss the preparation of updated as prices move. This will worksheet gives signals at prices
a worksheet. Instead, let’s talk about result in a clearer picture of their that will provide a return for the
how a well-prepared cost of produc- net return. farm rather than an “I need” price.
tion analysis can be used to make a
farm more profitable: • Looking back: Farmers should
• Preparing input purchases: also prepare a cost of production
worksheet for last year’s produc-
Farmers who have prepared the tion. If they are ahead of the curve
worksheets with a limited budget and have already done so, then
in mind will now have a template to now is the time to finalize the num-
follow when making purchases. bers. Farmers can add in the pro-
For example, it becomes a lot easi- duction they have already sold and
er for farmers to make fertilizer the prices they have sold for to cal-
purchasing decisions if they have culate what they really need for the
budgeted $50 per acre for fertilizer remaining grain on hand to cover
and are able to pre-buy their their costs and make a profit.

Thom Weir is an agronomist with Farmer’s
Edge. He can be reached by emailing thom.
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CROP TRIALS

Growth regulator no silver bullet for lodging

Trials show Engage Agro’s Manipulator reduced lodging and increased yields on some spring wheat varieties, but not all

BY ROBERT ARNASON lished growth regulator that inhibits having that perception, when they stem elongation. widow is a unique feature. It’s the
the production of plant growth hor- (companies) know … that it’s not nec- “When we have nice warm growing main reason why we are having such
BRANDON BUREAU mones. essarily going to perform like that.” good results.”
conditions, you have a couple of days
A new plant growth regulator is not Trials suggest Manipulator can Strydhorst said growth regulators to get this staging right.” Tregunno said data is limited, but
going to solve all wheat-lodging boost Canada Western Red Spring are popular in the United Kingdom, trial results suggest Manipulator “at
problems in Western Canada, says an wheat yields by five to 15 bushels per where 90 percent of winter wheat Tom Tregunno, product manager flag leaf is working very well.”
Alberta Agriculture agronomist. acre, but growth regulator perfor- crops receive one or two treatments for Engage Agro, said Manipulator’s
mance depends on variety, climatic during the growing season. formulation allows farmers to apply Besides Strydhorst’s concerns about
Engage Agro’s Manipulator was conditions and the timing of appli- the product before and after growth application timing, she said growth
registered in 2014 and can be used cation. However, plants grow faster in stage 31. regulators are also not consistent.
on wheat crops in Canada this year. Western Canada than in the U.K., They reduce the height of certain
Like other plant growth regulators, it “The perception is out there that which makes it tricky to apply growth “We would prefer to get it on at that wheat varieties but don’t work on
shortens and strengthens plant these are going to solve every (lodg- regulators at the right time. five to six leaf stage, but with Manipu- other varieties.
stems and makes crops less likely to ing) problem,” Sheri Strydhorst told lator, we’ve done some work throw-
fall over. the Manitoba Agronomists Confer- “Staging is absolutely critical with ing it on at herbicide timing and at a Trial data from Engage Agro indi-
ence in Winnipeg in mid-December. plant growth regulators,” she said. flag (leaf ). It still works and you just cates that Manipulator is most effec-
Manipulator’s active ingredient is lose a little bit of efficacy,” he said. tive on CWRS spring wheat. Four
chlormequat chloride, an estab- “Companies don’t want growers The ideal time to apply them is at years of plot data on CWRS varieties
growth stage 31, the beginning of “Manipulator’s wide application in Western Canada show:
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Manipulator is less effective on
Canada Prairie Spring wheat. Trials
show it increases yields by five per-
cent only 33 percent of the time.
“We want growers to be aware of
this,” Tregunno said.
“If they choose to use Manipulator
on a CPS variety, they know to expect
a height reduction and lodging resis-
tance, but they may not see a yield
increase compared to untreated.”
Strydhorstsaidweatherandsoilcon-
ditions can affect the performance of
growthregulators.Thelabelstellgrow-
ers not to apply the products when the
crop is suffering from excess water or
under drought stress.
“Whatdowedefineasdrought?What
do we define as excessive moisture?”
Strydhorst said. “There are many
unanswered questions about (growth
regulators) and more work is needed.”
Trials from Alberta indicate that
growth regulators may reduce yield
when conditions are dry. Manipula-
tor cut yields by about six bu. per acre
compared to a check plot in test plots
near Bon Accord and Falher.
Despite the need for more studies,
many cereal growers are desperate
for help with crop lodging, Strydhorst
said. “It (Manipulator) won’t be used
on widespread acres, but in areas
under irrigation in southern Alberta
… they’re pushing fertility, they have
the moisture, they need to improve
standability.”
Tregunno said prairie wheat grow-
ers are curious about Manipulator.
“The interest is a lot higher than we
originally expected,” said Tregunno,
who is encouraging farmers to exper-
iment with the product this year.
“See how it works in your fields,
with different varieties. We know
some varieties perform better than
others.”
Engage Agro hopes to register the
product for barley and other cereals
in time for the 2016 growing season.

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GRAIN INSECTS

Radio frequencies can clean pests from grain

The heat generated by radio frequency waves targets moisture, which means it works best on insect pests in stored grain

BY REBECA KUROPATWA The final stage will be to build a Baik said the technology will Heating grain to the necessary temperature to kill insects doesn’t affect
heater for use in grain elevators or eliminate the need for using toxic its quality. | FILE PHOTO
FREELANCE WRITER large storage bins on big farms. materials and will be more eco-
nomical. Take charge of your resistance concerns by
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said Baik.
The RF waves interact with mois- The main heating unit can be sepa-
ture contained in the product being rate from the application, but by no “I expect the cost will start high and
heated. More moisture means more more than nine metres. drop significantly, like a microwave.”
interaction, which means more heat.
Address the
The heat is used to kill pests in Elephant in the Field.
stored grain. It is focused on insects
because of their higher moisture
content and ions.

“(However,) we cannot avoid some
heating of the grain, as it too contains
moisture,” Baik said.

The moisture content off the grain
in Baik’s experiment was 12 to 18
percent, while the moisture of the
insects was 50 to 80 percent.

“Ifyoulookat theheatingrate of the
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grain and maximize the heating of
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Baik’s preliminary tests have discov-
ered that insects need to reach a tem-
perature of 60 C for three minutes to
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stages: the egg, pupa, larva and adults.

The tests also found that heating
grain to those temperatures didn’t
significantly change its ability to ger-
minate or the flour properties when
milled.

“We found no significant quality
degradation.”

Baik is using a 1.5 kilowatt RF heater
to conduct his experiments. He has
received financial support from the
Saskatchewan agriculture ministry
and the Western Grain Research
Foundation to develop a prototype
10 times greater than that.

“We are actually developing a semi-
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COMMUNITY PASTURES

Pasture transition proves bumpy

Lone Tree Grazing officials say uncertainty over partners was the biggest challenge in taking over former community pasture

BY KAREN BRIERE ing into the Future conference. fields are perennial concerns. should not have to commingle any- STEVEN GRANT
“It’s not going to be so bad for the Then there’s the 15 kilometres of more, providing grass growth is good. LONE TREE GRAZING LTD.
REGINA BUREAU
next bunch.” Canada-U.S.borderfencetomaintain. However, one of the biggest oppor- bull field,” Grant said.
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — With He said the biggest challenge was Grant said the shareholders don’t tunities Grant sees is for new genera- He advised future transition teams
one year of operating a former feder- tions of ranchers to get into the busi-
al pasture under their belts, the not knowing who the partners would know exactly what would happen if ness. In his own case, his family has to get bylaws in place as soon as pos-
shareholders of Lone Tree Grazing be until the final moment. cattle escaped to the United States. been using the pasture since 1941 sible because they can be amended if
Ltd. are sharing their experience. and both he and his son are now necessary. They should also budget
Twenty-five potential partners “We’ve got to make sure we keep shareholders. high during the planning process
Lone Tree in southwestern Sas- were originally involved, but in the that fence up,” he said. “Most of our and shadow the federal pasture man-
katchewan was among the first 10 end there were only 15 shareholders. exterior fence, and a lot of our interi- Grant bristles at claims that ranchers agers and riders during the last graz-
pastures to be turned over to the or fence, is 70 years old.” won’tbeabletooperatethepasturesin ing season to see how everything is
province and then to patrons after “So you’ve got guys at the table say- an environmentally friendly way. done.
the 2013 grazing season. ing yea or nay, you’ve already set your He also said the pasture location
future and then they choose not to be makes it hard to get contractors and “We’ve got resources, we’ve got “Put together a level-headed ambi-
Ten more are transitioning this involved,” Grant said. service personnel on site. lands branch, we’ve got a scientific tious transition team. You’re going to
year: Brokenshell 1 and 2, Coalfields, community out there and we’re all need them,” he said.
Foam Lake, Gull Lake, Hearts Hill, “But there’s no other way to do it.” “We’re not at the end of the world born and raised in this area,” he said.
Hillsburgh, Kelvington, The Gap, Lone Tree includes 33,000 acres of but you can damn sure see it from the “Stay positive and understanding.”
Royal and Usborne. grass, 22,000 of them native. porch,” Grant said. “If we run our ranch into the
Most of the tame grass was seeded ground, we’re done.” [email protected]
Steven Grant, secretary-treasurer in the 1930s and 1940s, and Grant He said the business plan didn’t
of Lone Tree, said there were chal- said it isn’t that productive. work until the province assured the Schmidt said the first year seemed
lenges, including dealing with two The pasture is in an area that doesn’t shareholders they could have a to go fairly smoothly after he famil-
levels of government simultane- always get much snow or runoff. It has 15-year lease and would not have to iarized himself with 210 km of fence
ously, a lack of money for start-up two water pipelines, one from the buy the improvements. line and the pipeline system.
and administrative overload, con- Judith River and one from a shallow
sidering that the people involved well at the pasture headquarters, so “We were at $2.75 a day because we There are still a few things to sort
were also operating their own there is potential to expand. were going to have to buy 75-year-old out. Lone Tree contains five quarters
ranches. “In our country we’re always dry, improvements,” Grant said. “When of non-reversionary land that has to
just some years we’re drier,” he said. we had the options, all of a sudden go through the federal disposal pro-
“The timelines for decisions were Drought, wildfire and the invasion our business plan made sense.” cess before it can be offered to the
damn tight for us,” he told the Forag- of crested wheat grass into native shareholders.
He said herd health should be more
manageable. The 15 shareholders “That’s crucial to us because it’s our
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PASTURE MANAGEMENT

Sask. rancher sings praises of intensive grazing

By seeding all of their land to grass, the McElroy family was able to sell their farm equipment and make the cattle do the work

BY KAREN BRIERE fall during the growing season, and
an early June frost took the promise
REGINA BUREAU out of the alfalfa.

SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — Art The McElroys use a system of intensive grazing similar to the operation shown here. | FILE PHOTO “Most of our land only gets grazed,
McElroy is a fan of intensive grazing. trampled, manured and peed on
wife and nine children, were still to high intensity, or mob grazing. threeandsixtimesadayonaverage.” between two and four hours per year,
It took him and his family some cropping 4,000 acres. McElroy had attended a conference The farthest the mob has to go for except for some dormant winter
time to get to that point, but he now grazing,” he said.
says the benefits of putting more McElroy was combining in the fall where Neil Dennis, a strong propo- water is a quarter-mile. Water is
cattle in smaller areas for shorter of 2005 when he realized grain farm- nent of the concept, had challenged pumpedoutofwellsanddugoutsusing He believes he is able to run at
periods are obvious. ing was “no longer viable physically, him to improve his soil by increasing a propane-powered, remote-start gen- double the suggested stocking rate
emotionally or spiritually.” stock density for more hoof action on eratorandsubmersiblepump. for his region because the cattle
“We now have double the farm we the ground to stimulate plant growth aren’t allowed to graze selectively.
started with without buying one The family decided to move com- and shortening grazing periods for The McElroys use an all-terrain
more acre,” he told producers at the pletely to a forage-based cattle more recovery time. vehicle fitted with an A-frame rack on “Our goal is to take one-third of the
Foraging into the Future conference. operation. Two thousand acres were the front to move and lift wires. He plant, tramp down one-third, and
seeded to grass the next spring and “For us, that is putting 350,000 to said he doesn’t build gates. The cattle leave one-third to collect free solar
He describes the journey as a “tre- the remainder the following year. 400,000 pounds per acre on average learn that a machine lifting wire energy,” McElroy said.
mendous leap of faith.” in one grazing mob,” McElroy said. means new feed on the other side.
Every piece of machinery was sold “This must all be accomplished
The McElroys moved from the rich as soon as it wasn’t needed, includ- “Thismobstaysonbetween2.7and5.4 The McElroys had 750 paddocks of without ever compromising animal
black soil zone east of Calgary to the ing the bins. acres between two to four hours. They 5.4 acres each this past year because performance.”
thin brown soil zone at Frontier, receive a new break of feed between they had only 200 millimetres of rain-
Sask., in 1996. Electric fencing was installed, and A mob containing cows and year-
water lines were laid down the centre lings moves to accommodate the lat-
They continuous cropped most of of every quarter or half-section of ter’s needs because yearlings require
the land for 11 years while running a newly seeded fields in 2007. more nutrition. Both the animals and
cow herd and yearlings. the plants are monitored constantly.
“We began rotational grazing, even
The move to a grass-based operation though we didn’t full understand it,” McElroy said the soil organic mat-
began in 1998 when land that he said McElroy said. ter was just .5 percent when the fam-
should never have been broken was ily moved to Frontier.
seededbacktograss.Thefollowingyear They started custom grazing for a
the first 5.5 kilometres of 3.8 centimetre neighbour, which still continues. “Now the top six inches is a mass of
water pipeline went in the ground. teeming life that needs carbon to live
Therearenownearly30kmofline. They also realized they needed to on,” he said.
change their animals’ genetics so
The spring of 2002 was a turning that they were smaller, better-adapt- The soil holds more water and pro-
point as McElroy picked up newborn ed and could graze year-round. duces more forage because the ani-
calves outside in - 29 C. mals are building it, he said.
Bale grazing has improved the
“This was late March, early April, poorest land. [email protected]
and I was thinking, ‘this is stupid,’ ”
he said. “That was the year the bulls The past five years have seen a shift

went out for the first time on Aug. 20

for a June 1 calving.”

The 3,200-acre native lease was
split into six paddocks to encourage
the cattle to graze areas that were
under-grazed and allow over-grazed
areas to recover. Dugouts were
established in each paddock.

“This was the beginning of our
thinking about rotational grazing,”
McElroy said.

About 600 acres of cropland had
been seeded to grass by this time,
and the family, which includes his

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ANIMAL HEALTH CATTLE SALE

Vaccine in works for swine dysentery Heifers rule

Identification of a new bacteria linked to the disease could pave the way for better control option at Friday

BY DAN YATES Alberta and Manitoba, making it the market, the only way to control it once share $260,000 in federal funding Night Lights
most common cause of the disease on youareaffectedbyitisthroughantimi- with beef researchers studying
SASKATOON NEWSROOM the Prairies, said John Harding of the crobials, antibiotics fed through feed bovine genital campylobacteriosis, BY BARBARA DUCKWORTH
University of Saskatchewan’s Western and water,” said Harding. which significantly reduces preg-
ASaskatchewanresearcherwhoiden- College of Veterinary Medicine. nancy rates in breeding cattle. CALGARY BUREAU
tified a new bacteria linked to swine “Clearly in this day and age with
dysentery is hopeful further work will The disease isn’t a major cause of antimicrobial resistance … we’re not Harding said B. hampsonii can be OLDS, Alta. — It wasn’t so long ago
leadtoavaccineforthedisease. death like porcine epidemic diar- anxious to be feeding more antibiot- found in healthy and sick animals. when people couldn’t give a heifer
rhea, which has high mortality rates ics. Once a farm is affected, there is away.
Swine dysentery and bloody diar- in piglets. However, it does affect the no way of eliminating it from the farm “I think the question is still out
rhea were discovered in the 1970s, performance of grow-finish pigs. unless you feed fairly high levels of there, whether this is an opportunis- That was not the case recently in a
but two cases in Saskatchewan in antibiotics for a long period of time tic (pathogen) or almost a normal sales barn at Olds, Alta., where the bid-
2009 led to the discovery of Brachy- Animals can recover over a period of and you basically clean out certain pathogen ... and for some reason dingwasfastandfuriousforaselectset
spira hampsonii, a “cousin” of the weeks, but intestines are damaged, areas of the barn and do a very thor- some pigs get sick and other pigs of registered Simmental females.
bacteria tied to earlier cases. affecting feed conversion and growth. ough sanitation program.” don’t,” he said.
The Friday Night Lights sale, held
Subsequent monitoring has identi- “The difficulty with this particular Harding’s research program will dan [email protected] Dec. 19, offered 50 bred and open
fied further cases in Saskatchewan, disease is that without a vaccine on the heifers that averaged $16,910. The
heifer calves averaged $18,360 while
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Kochia and cleavers were put to rest by a group 14 mode of action with “Since the upturn in the cattle mar-
extended residual weed control. Lamb’s quarters, redroot pigweed, wild ket, we are seeing an increased inter-
buckwheat and others met the same fate. Authority is registered in peas, est in purebreds,” said Scott Bohrson
flax, soybeans, chickpeas and sunflowers. who managed the sale.
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“All the breeds are seeing an
increase in interest,” Bohrson said.

“There is excitement out there.
Livestock producers have been wait-
ing a long time since BSE.”

An international embargo on
Canadian cattle led to rock bottom
prices after the disease was found in
Canada in 2003.

The night belonged to Garth and
Ang Rancier of Killam, Alta. They
offered four females, including the
heifer calf that was part of the win-
ning pair to win the Supreme cham-
pionships at Farmfair International
in Edmonton and Canadian Western
Agribition in Regina.

The youngster, named RF Not Just a
Flirt 404B, topped the sale at $44,000
and sold to Rust Mountain View
Ranch of Mercer, North Dakota. This
three generation ranch ended up buy-
ing seven females at the Olds sale.

The Ranciers also sold an open
heifer for $26,000 and two other
calves for $13,000 each.

The young family holds a March
bull sale, which this year will offer
half and three-quarter brothers to
the Supreme heifer. They sell only a
few select females each year and are
always looking for new sires.

“This is the top sale of the year,” said
Rancier.

However, good animals always
earn more money, he added, even
when the markets dip.

“The top end never changes. Qual-
ity always pays,” he said.

The Ranciers run 85 mostly black
purebred Simmentals and are
already making plans for 2015.

“We always have some we are
excited about every year,” he said.

Other top females at the sale in-
cluded a solid black, polled consign-
ment from Erixon Simmentals of
Clavet, Sask. The January 2014 calf
sold for $34,000 to Rust Mountview.

A bred polled, full Fleckvieh female
from Sunny Valley Simmentals of
Hanley, Sask., sold for $32,000 to
Hoegl Livestock of Lloydminster,
Sask., and Y-Coulee Land and Cattle
of Frenchman Butte, Sask.

Lundago Livestock and Gardner
Livestock, of Olds consigned a for-
mer champion to earn $31,000. It
sold to Rock Star Cattle and Lone Star
Angus of Sylvan Lake, Alta.

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RUMEN ACIDOSIS

Liver abscesses still significant challenge for cattle industry

ANIMAL HEALTH abscesses in 32 percent of the popu- improved nutritional management, The study found that most of epi- cant economic loss at the slaughter
lation and found that 18.5 percent of vaccines or pharmaceutical sodes of ruminal acidosis happened plant because of the economic value
JOHN CAMPBELL, DVM, DVSC the abscessed livers would equate to approaches to reduce the occur- during the finishing phase of the of the liver.
an A+ score. rence of rumen acidosis and liver feeding period, particularly toward
The condition represents a abscessation. the end of the finishing period. Few They also indicate rumen health
sizable economic loss and The U.S. National Beef Quality Audit episodes of acidosis were found dur- during the feeding period, and the
presents animal welfare of 2011 found condemned livers in A recent study by Dr. Castillo-Lopez ing the study’s backgrounding and increases we have seen in recent
challenges almost 21 percent of slaughter cattle. and Dr. GregPenner at theUniversity transition phases. audits suggest that this may continue
of Saskatchewan used specialized to be both a significant economic and
R ecent studies have demon- Studies that have examined rumi- in-dwelling pH measurement sys- The study also found that 10.7 per- animal welfare challenge that the
strated that liver abscesses nal health at slaughter in fed beef tems in the rumen to measure the pH cent of the steers in this study had liver dairy and beef industries need to
are still a common occur- cattle have found that 10.5 percent of of the rumen on an ongoing basis scores that would be considered A+, addressed.
rence among cattle at slaughter. fed cattle at slaughter had severe throughout the backgrounding and which is similar to the 9.9 percent level
ruminal scars caused by episodes of finishing period of feedlot cattle. reported in the 2010-11 BCRC audit. This type of research may give us
Liver abscesses are associated with ruminal acidosis. more insights into the nutritional,
episodes of rumen acidosis caused These measurement systems The study also demonstrated that animal and environmental factors
by carbohydrate overload. It is most These audits have shown that liver allowed researchers to record the the number and duration of episodes that contribute to rumen health.
commonly observed in feedlot cattle abscesses are still a significant eco- number and duration of episodes of ruminal acidosis negatively affect-
and in dairy cattle that are fed high nomic and welfare challenge for the when the pH dropped below a criti- ed average daily gain and feed effi- John Campbell is head of Large Animal
level grain diets. beef industry to overcome. There is a cal level of 5.5, which represents ciency. Clinical Sciences at the University of
significant opportunity to look for rumen acidosis. Saskatchewan’s Western College of
Risk factors include the amount of specific interventions, such as Liver abscesses represent a signifi- Veterinary Medicine.
carbohydrate ingested, the type of
grain being fed and the degree to
which the grain has been processed.

The adaptation of the rumen bac-
teria to a carbohydrate-based diet is
also an important factor in deter-
mining the severity of the acidosis.

Eating excessive levels of carbohy-
drates such as grain can change the
rumen bacteria and drop the pH of
the rumen. The lowered pH can
damage the rumen wall and allows
bacteria to pass into the blood-
stream and enter the liver, where
they can cause abscesses to form.

The National Beef Quality Audit
carried out by the Beef Cattle
Research Council in 2010-11 used
the Elanco scoring system to assess
livers for abscessation:
• 0: no abscesses.
• A-: One or two abscesses or

abscess scars.
• A: Two to four abscesses that are

generally less than an inch in
diametre.
• A+: One or more large active
abscesses along with associated
inflammation of the liver.
A+ liver scores have been associat-
ed with reduced performance in
feedlot cattle.
The 2010-11 audit found that 9.9
percent of livers from fed cattle had
A+ liver scores, compared to two
percent in 1999.
As well, 69 percent of the livers
were deemed suitable for human
consumption in 2010-11, down from
76 percent in 1999.
The audit estimated that liver
abscesses cost the cattle industry a
loss of almost $30 million a year.
A recent survey in the U.S. Great
Lakes region, which was published
in the Journal of Dairy Science, evalu-
ated 1,461 cull cows at slaughter, of
which 87 percent were classified as
dairy cows. The study observed liver

32 %

OF 1,461 CULL COWS
WERE FOUND TO HAVE

LIVER ABSCESSES

Source: Beef Cattle Research Council 2010-11
study

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5.93 5.40
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pulses in mainstream food products, such as Cheerios. | WILLIAM DEKAY PHOTO
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Food ingredients work for AGT NAME EXCH CLOSE LAST WK

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83.49 85.15
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45.59 45.84
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45.77 46.00
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BY SEAN PRATT That compares to $66 of EBITDA beverages and convenience meals. TRANSPORTATION
per tonne for the traditional pulse AGT signed a deal in June appoint-
SASKATOON NEWSROOM processing segment of the business. NAME EXCH CLOSE LAST WK
ing Ingredion Inc. as the exclusive
The move by a major pulse proces- “We’re talking about a very signifi- distributor of its ingredients in the CN Rail TSX 80.23 77.42
sor to diversify into the food ingredi- cant value lift,” said Al-Katib. United States, Canada, China, CPR TSX 222.03 219.97
ents business is paying off. Europe, the Middle East and North
AGT’s board of directors recently Africa. MURAD AL-KATIB List courtesy of Ian Morrison, financial adviser with the
Shares of AGT Food and Ingredi- approved the addition of a third pro- AGT FOOD AND INGREDIENTS Calgary office of Raymond James Ltd., member of the
ents, the company formerly known duction line at the Minot plant, As well, it signed a five-year agree- Canadian Investor Protection Fund. The listed equity
as Alliance Grain Traders, were up 70 which will be operational in the first ment with Cargill to be its exclusive Al-Katib would like to expand the prices included were obtained from Thomson Reuters
percent over a year ago as of early quarter of 2015. North American agent for pulse pro- food ingredient business to 300,000 and the OTC prices included were obtained from PI
December. tein products for the pet food and tonnes of annual capacity over the Securities Ltd., Assiniboia Farmland LP. The data listed
It will bring the plant to full capaci- animal feed markets. next four to five years. in this list has been obtained from sources believed to
That is the best performance of the ty, with the ability to produce 105,000 be reliable, but accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Within
11 North American food companies tonnes of food ingredients annually. AGT operates its own sales pro- The likely candidates to follow the the last 12 months, Raymond James Ltd. has undertaken
tracked by Bloomberg. gram in regions not covered by those Regina conversion would be AGT’s an underwriting liability or has provided advice for a fee
“That’s a lot. That’s not a niche. This agreements. plant in Williston, N.D., and a portion with respect to the securities of Alliance Grain. For more
“There’salotofexcitement over the is becoming a big-scale business,” of the company’s huge splitting information, Morrison can be reached at 403-221-0396
positioning of the company,” said said Al-Katib. Al-Katib estimated that half of the operation in Mersin, Turkey. or 1-877-264-0333.
AGT president Murad Al-Katib. pulses used in the Minot plant come
He said interest from the major from southern Saskatchewan. It takes nine to 12 months to con- DuPont, Monsanto
“The earnings have dramatically food companies has been terrific. vert existing plants, compared to 18
recovered from the 2012 trough.” He said he recently spoke to a months to build a new facility. It also settle lawsuits
They like that the pulse ingredients grower from Craven, Sask., who costs less.
Al-Katib attributes the turnaround are non-genetically modified, high in received a premium from AGT for his (Reuters) — DuPont and Monsanto
largely to the company’s decision to protein and fibre, gluten-free and high protein peas, which were picked The food industry’s alternative have agreed to dismiss patent
diversify into the food ingredients rich in micronutrients. up from his farm and shipped to flour segment, which includes pulse infringement lawsuits against each
business. The first production line at Minot. flour, is forecast to grow almost four other over seed development tech-
its food ingredients plant in Minot, They also like that pulses don’t times faster than wheat flour in the nologies.
North Dakota, was commissioned in require as much fertilizer to grow as That same grower could soon be sweet and savory snack category
June 2013. other crops. supplying another food ingredient from 2012-17 in North America and Monsanto had alleged that DuPont
plant closer to home. Europe, according to Euromonitor infringed some of its seed chipping
The facility produced 75,000 “There were over 700 product International. patents, while DuPont had claimed
tonnes of pulse flour, protein, starch launches in the United States last AGT is conducting a feasibility Monsanto infringed patents related
and fibre concentrates in 2014. year using pulse ingredients, and I study on converting excess capacity [email protected] to seed processing.
would venture to say we have very at its flagship lentil splitting plant in
The company’s packaged food and strong presence in a large number of Regina into a second food ingredient The two companies have been rac-
food ingredients segment delivered those products,” he said. facility. The project would also ing to develop improved crops
$103 of earnings before interest, tax- involve new construction. through the use of genetic modifica-
es, depreciation and amortization The fractionated products are used tions and other means.
(EBITDA) per tonne in the fourth in a variety of applications, including It will be presented for approval by
quarter. baking, cereals, meat products, AGT’s board of directors in March.
snacks, extruded foods, dips, soups,

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ENJOYING LIFE

Here’s why tomorrow is going to be a good day

THE BOTTOM LINE He fell in love with farming as a kid, Members can also come by six days to be a millionaire, although I could “Not every day is happy, happy, but
when he and his two sisters sum- a week to use the picnic sites and have been.” you’ve got to find the joy where you
GLENN CHEATER mered at the Alberta farms of his nature trails or walk the raspberry can. And when you farm, there are
grandparents and uncle. labyrinth on the 125-acre farm. Non- Oh yes, there’s that. Along with lots of opportunities for that.”
Not everyone is an members pay an entrance fee ($6 for being a master carpenter and archi-
optimist by nature, but “It was just so much fun — even the adults but younger children are free). tectural technologist, Girouard is an A born optimist? Fair enough.
sometimes we have to be chores were fun,” he says. in-demand project manager known Most of us aren’t cut from that cloth,
reminded that taking time The farm also offers events, work- for getting behind-schedule and tending to obsess when things go
to count our blessings can “Our cousins thought we were crazy shops and activities such as “farmer’s over-budget construction projects wrongandbecomingfearfulof trying
be a better approach because they lived it all the time. But golf.” back on track. Companies have even new things.
we only got to come in summer, and sent workers to Rivendell to help with But optimists remind us that taking
there was more fun on the farm than It costs a lot to bring in power, build harvest so they can get him on site time, even once in a while, to count
anywhere else.” roads and make improvements such earlier. our blessings is a better approach.
as a gravity-fed irrigation system, but
A lot of their customers might say they “wouldn’t have traded it for any- “I love construction and farming, I Archived columns from this series can be
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The highly innovative couple, who “It’s been an incredible life, most “I’ve driven into the elk enclosure development through resources such as this
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Steers 600-700 lb. Slaughter Cattle ($/cwt) ICE Futures Pulse and Special Crops
(average $/cwt) Canada
Grade A Live Previous Year Rail Previous Source: STAT Publishing, which solicits bids from Maviga N.A.,
Alberta Dec. 12-18 Dec. 5-11 ago Dec. 12-18 Dec. 5-11 Barley (March) Legumex Walker, CGF Brokerage, Parrish & Heimbecker, Simpson
Steers Seeds and Alliance Grain Traders. Prices paid for dressed product
$275 Alta. 178.00 n/a 127.88 298.50-300.50 n/a $180 at plant.
$270 Ont. 157.48-185.40 171.38-187.63 122.16 298.00-302.00 298.00-302.00 $175
$265 $170 Jan. 5 Avg. Dec. 29
$260 n/a n/a $165
Heifers n/a n/a n/a 297.00-301.00 297.00-301.00 $160 Laird lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) 35.00-40.75 36.41 36.41
n/a Alta. 161.33-183.31 125.15 Laird lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) 19.50-25.00 22.36 22.36
$255 Canfax 11/24 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5 Richlea lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) 28.00-36.00 32.70 32.70
Ont. 155.81-182.26
11/24 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5 Durum (March) Eston lentils, No. 1 (¢/lb) 27.00-31.00 29.16 29.16
*Live f.o.b. feedlot, rail f.o.b. plant. Eston lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) 20.00-21.00 20.83 20.83
Saskatchewan $375 Sm. Red lentils, No. 2 (¢/lb) 25.25-29.00 27.18 27.18
$370
$280 Feeder Cattle ($/cwt) Cattle Slaughter $365 Sm. Red lentils, Xtra 3 (¢/lb) 23.00-27.75 24.79 24.79
$275 $360
$270 $355 Peas, green No. 1 ($/bu) 8.30-9.50 8.66 8.66
$265
Sask. Man. Alta. B.C. To Dec. 13 Fed. inspections only 11/24 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5 Peas, green 10% bleach ($/bu) 7.30-7.50 7.46 7.46
n/a
$260 Steers Canada U.S. Milling Wheat (March) Peas, med. yellow No. 1 ($/bu) 6.90-7.75 7.11 7.11
900-1000 2,595,032 28,642,270 7.47
11/24 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5 800-900 no sales no sales 215-229 no sales To date 2014 2,506,096 30,748,135 $260 Peas, sm. yellow No. 2 ($/bu) 6.90-7.00 7.47 8.37
700-800 210-240 215-235 225-235 206-236 To date 2013 $250
Manitoba 600-700 240-251 228-250 238-249 220-251 % Change 14/13 +3.5 -6.8 $240 Maple peas ($/bu) 8.10-8.50 8.37
500-600 252-278 240-275 254-275 235-270 $230
$270 400-500 273-309 275-305 277-303 251-306 $220 Feed peas ($/bu) 4.35-4.45 4.38 4.38
$265 Heifers 296-350 290-337 307-339 295-338
$260 800-900 11/24 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5 Mustard, yellow, No. 1 (¢/lb) 31.40-33.00 32.47 32.47
$255 700-800
600-700 Chicago Futures ($US/cwt) Cash Prices Mustard, brown, No. 1 (¢/lb) 23.80-25.00 24.70 24.70
n/a 500-600
$250 400-500 Close Close Trend Year Canola (cash - March) Mustard, Oriental, No. 1 (¢/lb) 29.50-31.00 30.63 30.63
300-400
11/24 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5 Jan. 2 Dec. 26 ago $450 Canaryseed (¢/lb) 23.75-25.00 24.25 24.25
Canfax $440
Steers 202-224 190-215 210-220 200-219 $430 Desi chickpeas (¢/lb) 15.20-16.00 15.73 15.73
Heifers 210-238 203-232 220-234 215-234 $420
Cows 235-251 220-250 235-253 226-250 Live Cattle +3.20 136.30 $410 Kabuli, 8mm, No. 1 (¢/lb) 16.00-20.00 17.00 17.00
Bulls 244-275 248-280 254-274 245-275 Feb 165.68 162.48 +3.10 136.58 Kabuli, 7mm, No. 1 (¢/lb) 11.00-18.00 12.75 12.75
264-306 270-310 276-308 262-292 Apr 164.58 161.48 +4.25 130.05 11/21 11/28 12/5 12/12 12/19 1/2 B-90 ckpeas, No. 1 (¢/lb) 11.00-20.00 15.19 15.19
280-330 no sales 299-325 280-310 Jun 157.05 152.80 +4.88 128.15
Heifers 500-600 lb. Aug 155.03 150.15 +4.58 131.33 Canola (basis - March) Cash Prices
(average $/cwt) Canfax Oct 156.13 151.55
Feeder Cattle +10.22 167.63 $-5 Dec. 31 Dec. 24 Year Ago
Alberta Average Carcass Weight Jan 223.95 213.73 +9.55 168.10 $-10 No. 3 Oats Saskatoon ($/tonne) n/a 151.73 135.01
Mar 221.45 211.90 +9.63 168.95 $-15 Snflwr NuSun Enderlin ND (¢/lb) 18.85 18.60 19.40
$275 Apr 222.33 212.70 +10.13 169.70 $-20
$270 Dec. 13/14 Dec. 14/13 YTD 14 YTD 13 May 223.43 213.30 +9.70 171.00 $-25 U.S. Grain Cash Prices ($US/bu.) Jan. 2
$265 Aug 224.70 215.00
$260 881 857 862 875 11/21 11/28 12/5 12/12 12/19 1/2 USDA 6.16
816 769 795 814 Est. Beef Wholesale ($/cwt) 5.16
n/a 686 654 684 674 Feed Wheat (Lethbridge) No. 1 DNS (14%) Montana elevator 11.45
$255 946 813 929 890 No. 1 DNS (13%) Montana elevator 5.76
$215 No. 1 Durum (13%) Montana elevator no bid
11/24 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5 U.S. Cash cattle ($US/cwt) Montreal This wk Last wk Yr. ago $210 No. 1 Malt Barley Montana elevator
n/a n/a 225-226 $205 No. 2 Feed Barley Montana elevator
Saskatchewan Slaughter cattle (35-65% choice) Steers Heifers $200
166.50 Canfax $195
$275 166.03
$270 National 166.60 168.36 Sheep ($/lb.) & Goats ($/head) 11/21 11/28 12/5 12/12 12/19 1/2
$265 265.53
$260 Kansas 166.00 Dec. 26 Dec. 19 Flax (elevator bid- S’toon) Grain Futures
3.50-4.00
n/a Nebraska 168.21 Base rail (index 100) 3.50-4.00 0.12-0.19 $540 Jan. 5 Dec. 29 Trend Year ago
$255 1.75-2.20 $520
Nebraska (dressed) 265.79 Range 0.12-0.19 $500 Wpg ICE Canola ($/tonne) 433.20
11/24 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5 0.50 $480 442.10
Feeders No. 1 (800-900 lb) Steers Trend Feeder lambs 1.75-2.20 Jan 461.70 453.60 +8.10 450.70
Manitoba South Dakota 201-236.50 n/a n/a 458.60
Billings n/a Sheep (live) 0.50 $460 Mar 448.60 439.60 +9.00
$275 Dodge City n/a n/a 183.00
$270 n/a SunGold Meats 11/21 11/28 12/5 12/12 12/19 1/2 May 441.70 435.20 +6.50 191.00
$265 USDA 195.00
$260 Dec. 29 Dec. 22 Barley (cash - March) Jul 439.40 433.20 +6.20
242.00
n/a $215 Wpg ICE Milling Wheat ($/tonne) 246.00
$255
New lambs 2.85-3.40 2.30-2.90 $210 Basis: $25 Mar 226.00 231.00 -5.00 146.00
11/24 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5 65-80 lb 2.60-2.80 2.25-2.62 148.00
Cattle / Beef Trade 80-95 lb 2.45-2.60 1.95-2.45 $205 May 228.00 234.00 -6.00
> 95 lb 2.25-2.50 1.95-2.16 $200 6.0575
Exports % from 2014 > 110 lb 2.00-2.20 1.65-1.77 $195 Jul 230.00 237.00 -7.00 6.1125
Feeder lambs 1.50-2.30 6.1425
Canadian Beef Production Sltr. cattle to U.S. (head) 700,915 (1) +2.2 Sheep n/a 1.10-1.20 11/21 11/28 12/5 12/12 12/19 1/2 Wpg ICE Durum Wheat ($/tonne) 6.2375
Feeder C&C to U.S. (head) Rams 1.15-1.25 1.20-1.30
million lb. YTD % change Total beef to U.S. (tonnes) 419,639 (1) + 40.0 Kids 1.20-1.30 Canola and barley are basis Mar 365.00 380.00 -15.00 3.5075
Total beef, all nations (tonnes) 65-135 par region. Feed wheat basis 3.2325
Fed 1835.7 +4 183,430 (3) + 11.2 65-135 Lethbridge. Basis is best bid. May 355.00 370.00 -15.00 3.1525
Non-fed 276.2 -7
Total beef 2111.9 +3 262,730 (3) + 12.7 Chicago Nearby Wpg ICE Barley ($/tonne) 12.9675
Futures ($US/100 bu.) 12.7675
Mar 177.00 177.00 0.00 12.6150
Corn (March) 12.5100
Imports % from 2014 May 179.00 179.00 0.00
$440 37.87
Canfax Sltr. cattle from U.S. (head) n/a (2) n/a Ontario Stockyards Inc. $420 Chicago Wheat ($US/bu.) 38.12
$400 38.48
Feeder C&C from U.S. (head) 38,037 (2) -9.7 $380 Mar 5.8900 6.1550 -0.2650
$360 428.8
EXCHANGE RATE: Total beef from U.S. (tonnes) 124,096 (4) -22.6 Wool lambs >80 lb n/a May 5.9375 6.1900 -0.2525 413.8
JAN. 5 11/24 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5 405.3
Total beef, all nations (tonnes) 182,464 (4) -11.0 Wool lambs <80 lb n/a Jul 5.9600 6.2025 -0.2425
$1 Cdn. = $0.8489 U.S. Hair lambs n/a Soybeans (Jan.) 4.2775
$1 U.S. = $1.1780 Cdn. (1) to Dec. 6/14 (2) to Oct. 31/14 (3) to Oct. 31/14 (4) to Nov. 29/14 Fed sheep n/a Sep 6.0275 6.2725 -0.2450 4.3575
Sask. Sheep Dev. Bd. $1050 4.4250
Agriculture Canada $1040 Chicago Oats ($US/bu.) 4.4875
$1030
$1020 Mar 3.0600 3.0325 +0.0275 6.3050
$1010 6.4000
May 3.0800 3.0625 +0.0175 6.5050
11/24 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5 6.5900
HOGS Jul 3.1075 3.0975 +0.0100
Oats (March) 6.4400
Due to wide reporting and Chicago Soybeans ($US/bu.) 6.4550
collection methods, it is $320 6.4450
misleading to compare hog $315 Jan 10.3975 10.4175 -0.0200
prices between provinces. $310
Fixed contract $/ckg Hog Slaughter $305 Mar 10.4525 10.4875 -0.0350
Index 100 Hog Price $300
Trends ($/ckg) May 10.5200 10.5600 -0.0400
11/24 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5
Alberta (Hams Maple Leaf Thunder To Dec. 13 Fed. inspections only Jul 10.5750 10.6175 -0.0425
Minneapolis Nearby
$185 Marketing) Sig 3 Creek Pork To date 2014 Canada U.S. Futures ($US/100bu.) Chicago Soy Oil (¢US/lb.)
$180 To date 2013 18,935,848 101,622,989
$175 Jan 25-Feb 07 Jan. 2 Jan. 2 % change 19,289,013 106,564,968 Spring Wheat (March) Jan 32.70 32.79 -0.09
$170 Feb 08-Feb 21 164.81-166.43 n/a
Feb 22-Mar 07 165.35-166.43 n/a 14/13 -1.8 -4.6 $690 Mar 32.87 32.93 -0.06
n/a Mar 08-Mar 21 163.95-165.57 n/a $660
$165 Mar 22-Apr 04 167.73-168.80 n/a Alta. $630 May 33.04 33.14 -0.10
Apr 05-Apr 18 169.34-170.22 n/a Sask. $600
11/24 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5 Apr 19-May 02 171.30-171.30 n/a $570 Chicago Soy Meal ($US/short ton)
May 03-May 16 173.46-182.90 n/a
Saskatchewan May 17-May 30 185.06-186.14 n/a 11/24 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5 Jan 369.0 377.4 -8.4
May 31-Jun 13 188.30-190.46 n/a
$190 188.30-191.54 n/a Agriculture Canada Mar 354.0 358.3 -4.3
$180
$170 Index 100 hogs $/ckg May 346.5 350.1 -3.6
$160
$150 Chicago Corn ($US/bu.)

11/24 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5 n/a Man. 163.00 Mar 4.0600 4.1275 -0.0675
160.40 Que. n/a
Manitoba May 4.1475 4.2125 -0.0650
*incl. wt. premiums
$180 Jul 4.2125 4.2800 -0.0675
$175
$170 Sep 4.2350 4.3075 -0.0725
$165
$160 Minneapolis Wheat ($US/bu.)

11/24 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 1/5 Hogs / Pork Trade Mar 6.2150 6.3725 -0.1575

Export % from 2014 Import % from 2014 May 6.2850 6.4425 -0.1575

784,200 (1) +0.8 n/a n/a Jul 6.3500 6.5200 -0.1700
318,169 (2) +6.1 158,835 (3) -17.0
Sltr. hogs to/fm U.S. (head) 959,630 (2) -2.0 171,755 (3) -14.8 Sep 6.4000 6.5800 -0.1800
Total pork to/fm U.S. (tonnes)
Total pork, all nations (tonnes) (3) to Nov. 29/14 Agriculture Canada Kansas City Wheat ($US/bu.)

(1) to Dec. 6/14 (2) to Oct. 31/14 Mar 6.2475 6.4750 -0.2275

May 6.2950 6.5100 -0.2150

Jul 6.3125 6.5600 -0.2475

Chicago Hogs Lean ($US/cwt) Canadian Exports & Crush

Close Close Trend Year Close Close Trend Year To To Total Last
(1,000 MT) Dec. 21 Dec. 14 to date year
Jan. 2 Dec. 26 ago Jan. 2 Dec. 26 ago
203.8
Feb 81.30 81.55 -0.25 86.68 Jul 91.28 89.43 +1.85 99.75 Wheat 136.2 117.7 6538.5 6395.0
41.1
Apr 83.50 84.20 -0.70 91.58 Aug 90.20 89.20 +1.00 97.63 Durum 162.5 36.1 2257.7 1703.7
Oats 23.6 16.0 442.8 431.1
May 88.70 87.70 +1.00 98.70 Oct 77.30 75.93 +1.37 84.15 100.2
Barley 41.9 20.2 503.9 448.8
Jun 92.00 90.78 +1.22 101.00 Dec 73.00 71.28 +1.72 79.70 Flax 45.3 24.2 179.2 131.2
Dec. 17
ELEVATOR (000 tonnes) Dec. 21 Dec. 14 YTD Year Ago Canola 230.8 3479.5 2988.5
SHIPMENTS Alta. 170.5 246.5 5830.0 4709.7 Peas - 136.3 1282.3 889.5
Sask. 367.6 330.2 8755.0 7602.1
Man. 155.6 104.8 2581.8 2876.6 Lentils 3.9 328.2 142.2

(1,000 MT) Dec. 24 To date Last year

Canola crush 144.1 2828.4 2686.0

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Assiniboia 1.0 -30.7 0.6 14.9 50 Brooks 3.2 -30.1 2.0 57.0 215 Brandon -3.9 -34.5 5.4 31.9 69
Broadview -3.7 -34.9 7.5 35.9 79 Calgary 1.5 -25.5 -34.7 2.1 36.8 81
Eastend -0.7 -30.8 2.4 17.0 42 Cold Lake -3.5 -31.2 5.1 50.6 187 Dauphin -3.7 -33.3 2.4 20.6 42
Estevan 0.2 -32.5 7.4 37.6 93 Coronation 1.4 -35.9 -31.8 5.2 22.9 49
Kindersley 0.9 -35.1 8.2 66.6 244 Edmonton 3.2 -35.8 7.0 75.1 189 Gimli -5.7 -31.4 9.9 22.5 41
Maple Creek 2.1 -30.3 2.2 25.5 69 Grande Prairie 2.5 -40.1 -33.4 5.3 22.6 41
Meadow Lake -3.5 -37.1 2.5 43.7 108 High Level -6.4 -35.7 4.4 51.7 182 Melita -2.4 -32.7 0.7 30.6 60
Melfort -4.9 -32.8 1.6 30.0 83 Lethbridge 4.9 -27.4 -34.3 2.2 14.9 28
Nipawin -4.5 -34.3 0.2 44.9 110 Lloydminster -1.4 -34.4 9.4 41.1 110 Morden -3.5
North Battleford -2.0 -34.7 3.8 70.1 199 Medicine Hat 1.1 -29.7 -25.5
Prince Albert -3.5 -33.5 2.9 79.7 204 Milk River 3.9 -30.0 14.3 106.2 210 Portage La Prairie -3.0 -32.0
Regina -1.8 -35.8 4.0 27.9 83 Peace River 0.4 -34.0 -17.0
Rockglen 0.2 -29.6 1.0 24.7 79 Pincher Creek 0.0 -29.1 2.9 25.9 50 Swan River -4.6 -17.6
Saskatoon -2.1 -37.6 1.8 38.1 118 Red Deer 3.9 -32.2 -24.8
Swift Current 0.3 -32.1 1.0 19.2 60 Stavely 4.8 -24.8 6.7 78.1 240 Winnipeg -4.7
Val Marie 1.1 -30.4 0.8 16.0 54 Vegreville 2.6 -34.6
Yorkton -4.2 -33.6 1.8 16.4 36 2.9 49.1 132
Wynyard -4.0 -33.7 4.0 40.5 103
3.5 38.7 124 BRITISH COLUMBIA

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8.0 60.3 127 Cranbrook -5.0 34.6 132.4 99
12.7 65.8 238
3.5 81.2 136 Fort St. John 1.5 9.5 62.4 102
15.3 120.1 74
9.5 70.1 210 Kamloops -0.9 109

4.2 47.6 122 Kelowna -0.8

4.4 31.4 91 Prince George 0.9

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Our innovations do more than solve everyday problems
– they maximize output while saving your operation
money. That’s why Case IH continues to innovate
with proven, efficient and reliable solutions. Be ready
with innovations like the Axial-Flow® rotor that started
the rotary combine revolution; Quadtrac® technology
that gives you less compaction and better traction;
Advanced Farming Systems – a less complex precision
farming solution; and an SCR-only emissions solution
that gives you more power with less fuel. To learn more,
visit your local dealer or caseih.com.

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