The World's Top Plowmen and Women Descend on Olds in 2013
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GREAT AG DEALS INSIDE NEW WORLD COMBINING FLAX RECOVERING UFA.com RECORD » PAGE 28 FROM TRIFFID » PAGE 29 Prices in effect from October 15 to October 31, 2012 Publications Mail Agreement # 40069240 19555_01b UFA WinterLube_Earlug_3.083x1.833.indd 1 12-10-04 2:44 PM VOLUME 9, NUMBER 22 OCTOBER 22, 2012 The world’s top plowmen and women descend on Olds in 2013 SERIOUS BUSINESS international plowing event will be held on BY SHERI MONK campus July 19 - 20. The 60th World Plowing OLDS / AF STAFF “We expect 60 plowpersons from 31 dif- Championship is a ferent countries. It’s more than just plow- he countdown until the 60th World ing. There’s going to be horse plowing, we’ll big deal to people Plowing Championship is on, and have about 400 vintage displays, we’re going T Alberta’s very own Olds College is to have entertainment, demonstrations in and fans all around hosting the event as part of its centennial the dirt, a farmers’ market, and a trade show, the world celebrations. Olds College turns 100 in 2013, so it will be a big activity taking place at the and a series of major events is being held to college,” said Kerry Moynihan, centennial commemorate it throughout the year. The general manager at Olds College. SEE WORLD PLOWING page 6 Tractors from several countries lined up to compete at the World Plowing Championship in Croatia earlier this year. XL CLOSURE LEE NILSSON SAYS CO-OPERATED FULLY WITH CFIA PAGE 16 clean up your stubble with fall-applied prepassTm Xc. performance uaranteeD. applied in fall. Lasts to spring. Nothing hits harder or lasts longer in stubble. Only fall-applied PrePass XC provides superior SoilActiveTM control of winter annuals, dandelions and volunteer canola for three weeks next spring. For weed-free stand establishment and maximum growth of your cereal crops. Guaranteed. 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He took up skeleton just notified of it by the beekeep- “to get to the level we’re at, outside of town,” he said. funds raised in the Harvest a week after seeing it for the ers. you need to have a firm cerebral although he’s not from a Gold for canada will be used first time. “We discovered the understanding of what’s going hunting family, he hopes to to develop new equipment for according to Wikipedia, skel- problem at the same time on and how your body is react- spend some time in a duck the canadian skeleton team eton racing originated in the they did. We quickly put in ing,” said Montgomery, adding blind. — including a carbon fibre 1880s after british gentlemen place a procedure to stop that on corners, competitors “I’d like to try it, but only if I helmet, low-drag suit, aerody- began racing on sleds down it,” Philippe Meinrad, co- must deal with a force equal get to eat the bird that I shoot.” namic sled, and special shoes the busy, winding streets of manager of agrivalor, told to five Gs, or five times normal brettYoung has been a spon- for getting a better grip at the st. Moritz, switzerland, and Reuters. gravity. sor of Montgomery since 2010, start. “causing an uproar among He said the company had In preparation for the 2014 and he has done appearances “We’re trying to find some citizens because of the dan- cleaned its containers and Olympics in sochi, Russia, for the company, as well as sponsorship to help pay for ger to pedestrians and visiting incoming waste would now Montgomery, like all ama- radio spots. these projects because right tourists.” Salford_SFM10_01-10.25x3PSO_AFE.qxdbe stored in a covered hall. 9/29/12 2:35 PM Page 1 SFM09_28-10.25x3PSO Client: Farm Salford Machinery Alberta Expres/ Famer Manitoba Cooperator Size: 10.25” x 3” Ad#: Call your Salford dealer today, or visit www.salfordmachine.com Salford, Ontario • 1-866-442-1293 Ad#: SFM09_28-10.25x3PSO ALBERTAFARMEXPRESS.CA • OCTOBER 22, 2012 3 Cattle industry braces for crisis in face of possible plant closure TRUCK SHORTAGE } There are not enough trucks to carry all the fat cattle south of the border right now by sheri monk af staff / pincher creek hile better news may have arrived by the time W this newspaper reaches the mailbox, the prolonged clo- sure of the XL foods beef plant at Brooks has had some wonder- ing not when it will reopen, but whether it will reopen at all. “if it doesn’t reopen, that will devastate the canadian indus- try. it’s disappointing this thing couldn’t move faster and with more answers. if we could have progressed quicker to a resolu- tion versus laying people off — it sounds like a prolonged process to get relisted,” said alberta Beef producers (aBp) chairman Doug sawyer. for producers, the timing couldn’t be worse. the fall calf run is gearing up and the year- ling run is on. Not alla trucking companies are approved to enter the U.S. “producers need to know what’s going to happen and what it’s crucial infrastructure to our the U.s. that we’re back in the thorlakson feedyards near aird- scott fears the crisis will result to do and feedlots need to know canadian industry and it’s very same situation we were back in rie, is concerned the plant will in the loss of as much as 20 per where they can market these cat- important to the economy of this 2003.” stay dark because of what he feels cent of alberta’s feedlots.