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On many farms calving season is well underway, and the next several weeks are guaranteed to be busy for producers . Cattlemen in the area have already seen many new

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By Murray GreenTwo Alberta MLA’s will be addressing the annual Alber-

ta Surface Rights Federation meeting at the Norsemen Inn on Friday, Feb. 26, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

After registration, the meeting begins with the appoint-ment of a resolutions committee and the presentation of the treasurer’s report by Bernie von Tettenborn.

At 10:30 a.m. Peter Dobbie and Michele Del Colle of the Farmers’ Advocate office will share thoughts on items com-ing through the department.

Wild Rose Party agriculture critic Drumheller-Stettler MLA Rick Strankman will be the guest speaker at 11 a.m.

The reading of resolutions will be on the agenda right after lunch. NDP Edmonton-Castle Downs MLA Nicole Goehring, chair of the all party standing committee, will talk about resource stewardship.

Surface rights board director Jill Mason takes the floor at 2:15 p.m. until the resolutions are ready to be voted on.

All acreage and landowners, as well as interested per-sons, are welcome to attend to share concerns regarding surface rights problems.

For more information on the meeting contact vice-pres-ident Stephan Hodgetts at 780-672-6494, or secretary Tom Nahirniak at 780-672-6021.

February 8 to 14A concerned resident

attended the RCMP detach-ment to report stop signs had been stolen at the intersec-tion of Hwy 854 and Hwy 13, along with signs around Hwy 609. A total of four signs were reported missing.

A motorist on Hwy 854 and TWP 462 called to report a flat deck trailer in the middle of the road. The complainant saw a truck driving away from the trailer but was unable to obtain a description or licence plate. Upon arriving on scene, RCMP contacted the regis-tered owner of the trailer who

was unaware the trailer had gone missing. The owner of the trailer arrived to retrieve his missing property.

RCMP were requested to attend a county school when harassing texts were reported being exchanged between two students. A meeting was held with the students, RCMP and school officials with permission of the parents. RCMP had the opportunity to discuss the severity and consequences of such actions.

RCMP received a com-plaint of a theft of a white enclosed 30’ trailer from the yard of a business located

off of Highway 21 in Cam-rose County. This occurred sometime between February 12 and February 14. This matter is still under investi-gation.

RCMP responded to four dangerous driving com-plaints, two 911 hang ups, two false alarms and three animal related collisions.

If you have any infor-mation regarding any of the above mentioned incidents that may lead to an arrest, please contact your local RCMP Detachment at 780-672-3342 during business hours or Crime Stoppers Tips at 1-800-222-8477.

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The Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) is a free, confidential and voluntary self-assessment tool that allows agricultural pro-ducers to evaluate their current farm practices. On completion, each pro-ducer has an action plan to address areas of environ-mental risk.

The Alberta Environ-mental Farm Plan (AEFP) program began in 2003 and has been delivered by the Agricultural Research and Extension Council of Alberta (ARECA) since 2013.

Since 2009, just shy of 2,000,000 acres of Alberta agricultural land has been covered by an EFP.

Approximately 13,000 Alberta producers have con-tacted AEFP about the pro-gram (24 per cent of regis-tered Alberta farms).

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MERIDIAN 4 RANGE 21 TOWNSHIP 49SECTION 16QUARTER NORTHEASTCONTAINING 64.7 HECTARES (160 ACRES) MORE OR LESSEXCEPTING THEREOUT: HECTARES (ACRES) MORE OR LESSA) PLAN 8821060 – ROAD 0.808 2.00B) PLAN 0224194 – SUBDIVISION 7.55 18.66EXCEPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALS

There are no buildings on the land. The land is fenced and cross fenced and has three (3) surface leases on it. Annual lease payments are approximately $6,350.00 but are not guaranteed by the seller. Seller will retain all lease payments made before closing, without adjustment.

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One of the roles of the Farmers’ Advocate Office is to respond to landowner inqui-ries around well site reclama-tion issues.

“As an example, an inter-esting situation concerning well site reclamation was recently brought to our atten-tion,” said Jeana Les, research and communications special-ist at the Farmers’ Advocate Office. “Reclamation certifi-cates are issued once a com-pany has met its legislated reclamation obligations at the end of the life of development. In this case, the reclamation certificate was issued in 2011 and, after an audit on the site in 2012, the certificate was cancelled.”

The company and land-owner went through the medi-ation program at the Envi-ronmental Appeals Board and a resolution agreement was signed with terms and condi-tions for both parties to follow.

“The conflict came up in 2015 when the new reclama-tion certificate was issued,” says Les. “The company didn’t believe that they were obli-gated to pay the surface lease rental from 2012-15, stating that their rights and obliga-tions ceased with the issuance of a reclamation certificate in 2011.”

The Environmental Pro-tection and Enhancement Act states that a cancelled cer-tificate is considered to have never been issued. “In this case, it was determined that the company was responsible for the three years of rental payments because the 2011 reclamation certificate was considered non-existent.”

Landowners with similar issues or other questions about reclamation may call the FAO at 310-FARM (3276) for more information.

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Clark puts Albertans first by opposing Bill 6By Murray Green

George Clark isn’t happy that the provincial government is not putting Albertans first, so he is lob-bying for support to stop two important bills in the legis-lature.

Clark gathered signa-tures at the Best Western Plus Camrose Resort Casino on Feb. 11 to force a plebi-scite on Bill 6 and the carbon tax.

“We have a simple way to force Premier Rachel Not-ley to not just reverse course, but to effectively have her finally rule for Albertans, not for the NDP national mani-festo. Albertans deserve better than she’s given and on March 8 we will force her and her entire caucus to defend their actions, rather than arrogantly ignore the wishes of the majority,” said Clark.

He hoped for 1,000 vol-unteers in December but received more than 2,500 supporters and canvassers. Over the last three months he has toured across the province.

Clark credits his mother for giving him a mandate after waking from a week of unconsciousness.

“She told me, on her deathbed, to not just oppose something I believe in, but to use my knowledge and share my voice to protect the people of Alberta. I did some research and became more passionate about giv-ing the majority their say,” he shared.

Three days later, she passed away. He’s now doing his best to honour her wish. No one could have imagined it would lead him to the point where he was threatening to peacefully bring down the Alberta government.

“They are bills that clearly the majority of people oppose,” he said.

Clark plans to present the signatures to the lieuten-ant governor on the steps of the Alberta legislature.

The petition is asking

for a plebiscite regarding the proposed carbon tax and the controversial Bill 6. If the request for a plebiscite is denied Clark will enact a clause in the Elections Act that will see the end of the NDP reign. He’s keeping the clause a secret until he final-ly pulls the trigger.

He is tackling two bills at once.

“Both issues affect all of us, nobody more so than farmers,” he said. “We are encouraging everyone to get signatures for both issues as they both have very high public disapprovals (less than 23 per cent for Bill 6 and 24 per cent for carbon tax) and the NDP govern-ment did not expose these agendas during the spring election campaign.”

Although there is no set number of signatures required to force the Lieu-tenant Governor to act upon the petition, Clark wants the

weight of public pressure to be strong.

Once a plebiscite is called it has to be held within 60 days. The results, while not technically legally binding, have never been ignored.

However, if two or more such questions were put to the people in a plebiscite and the elected government were to lose two or more such plebiscites, prior parliamen-tary tradition would suggest that they would need to seek a new mandate to govern.

“We protested at the legislature on Monday with 1,800 people. By Thursday, we were over 3,000 people. That can’t be ignored. That gave me encouragement to keep going,” said Clark. “With our rallies and town hall meetings, we have had about 250,000 come out to oppose the bills. The govern-ment has no case in claiming democracy.”

The Alberta First group

is opposing the government without using anger.

“We are using positive methods to get our points across and Albertans have embraced that,” said Clark. “We give a positive course of action with the knowledge that we don’t have to sit back and be frustrated.”

Although the number of family farms have gone down over the years, people still have that close-knit con-nection to family farms.

“A lot of people are just one generation removed from family farms, so Bill 6 still has a deep connection to the land that many people have,” explained Clark. “The right to own land to produce food is the envy of the world. The accident involving three young girls was tagged as a safety issue. In fact, WCB could only come up with three cases in the last two decades that had still ongo-ing issues with the way they

(claimants) were treated as far as agriculture was con-cerned. Those were not even family farms.”

About 65,000 family farms were being targeted for other reasons.

“It is a waste of money going through WCB when private insurance can do a better job,” said Clark. “The ultimate protection is being able to sue anyone of wrong doing. I don’t think the gov-ernment did this for a cash grab. I just don’t think they have a concept of what fam-ily farms are about. Firstly, they (farmers) grow prod-ucts to feed themselves, then the community and then the rest of the world.”

Clark has indicated he is not doing this for personal gain and has said repeatedly that he will not be running for office. He just wants to help people.

Murray Green, Camrose BoosterDeb Martin of Slave Lake signs a petition to force a plebiscite on Bill 6 and carbon tax. Alberta First held an information meeting in Camrose Feb. 11.

BRCF grant assists Bosmans Memorial GardenThe Battle River Com-

munity Foundation has awarded a grant to the Emile Bosmans Memorial Garden at Round Hill to assist with the costs of fenc-ing an addition to the cem-etery.

The grant is from income from the Founda-tion’s Community Funds. The Community Funds were created by donors to allow the Foundation board to select projects for fund-ing based on applications received.

The Battle River Com-munity Foundation exists to support projects in East Central Alberta which ben-efit communities and have

a positive impact on the future.

Grants from the Battle River Community Founda-tion are primarily made possible through the gen-erosity of individual donors and organizations who have created endowment funds. The principal of these endowment funds is kept intact and the income is made available annually to support local projects and organizations.

Since it was founded in 1995 the Battle River Com-munity Foundation has granted over $3,900,000 to support community facili-ties and programs such as the Emile Bosmans Memo-rial Garden.

Battle River Community Foundation executive director Dana Andreassen, presented a cheque to Jeanne Campbell, treasurer, Jane Oracheski, director, and Dianne Campbell, director of the Emile Bosmans Memorial Garden at Round Hill.

Done — Murray

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FIVE GENERATIONSSubmitted

Daysland/Strome area family posed for a milestone photo of five generations, from top to bottom Lillian Koehli, Priscilla Hawkins, Gerald Hawkins, Korey Harrison, and baby Zander Anderson. Lillian also celebrated her 99th birthday last week in Strome.

Travelling throughout Alberta couldn’t be better this yearBruce Hinkley, MLA,Wetaskiwin-CamroseConstituency

With gasoline pump prices being the lowest we have seen in a long, long time we now have reason to travel Alberta. By visiting places in our own province we can help stimulate local economies.

One of the committees of which I am a member (Standing Committee on Families and Communi-ties) is reviewing the Men-tal Health Amendment Act, 2007. If you are concerned about involuntary admis-sions or community treat-ment orders you can make a submission online at assem-bly.ab.ca/committees/fami-liesandcommunities by Mon-day, Feb. 29.

Join the conversation on mental health!

To help with job cre-ation and diversifying our economy a new program was announced in early Febru-ary. The new program will encourage companies to invest in value added facili-ties in Alberta. Part of that announcement included a petrochemicals diversifica-tion program which will pro-vide economic incentives up to $500 million in royalty credits. There is potential for two to three new facilities to be built in Alberta, requiring up to 3,000 new jobs dur-ing construction and more than 1,000 jobs in a variety of related industry sectors once a new facility begins production.

This type of diversifi-cation can create jobs and

economic activity that will help to increase and broaden Alberta’s tax base over the long term, supporting impor-tant services for Albertans such as health care and edu-cation. From methane and propane to be used as feed-stock for the manufacture of a variety of consumer prod-ucts – everything from toys and plastic cups to deter-gents, textiles, antifreeze, fertilizer and carbon fibre.

Speaking of jobs Alyssa Haunholter, the vice-presi-dent of government rela-tions at North West Refin-ery at Redwater, has given this website which lists job opportunities. North West Refineries currently employs over 3,000 workers and is expecting to have 5,000 at peak production during the next two years. Visit http://www.nwrpartnership.com/careers for such openings as industrial hygienist/occu-pational hygienist, process operator/field operator, elec-trical technicians, control room operator, instrument technician, rotating equip-ment/millwright, pipefitters, pressure equipment engi-neer and crude supply coor-dinator. When I was last on the website there were over 20 jobs to choose from and there will be more coming.

You can visit govern-ment jobs at www.jobs.Alber-ta.ca/jobs-dynamic.html. For example, six positions are needed for the Appeals Com-mission for Alberta Workers’ Compensation. The Commis-sion is presently recruiting six part-time appeals com-

missioners for both Edmon-ton and Calgary.

Another one is at the Health Disciplines Board (needs a public member). To learn more about Alberta Health and what it has to offer, follow this link www.health.alberta.ca/.

Four more infrastruc-ture announcements which will help provide stable, pre-dictable funding to munici-palities and counties to ensure communities have the resources to meet their local infrastructure priori-ties and strengthen those communities were made in December to the County of Wetaskiwin.

The MSI (the Munici-pal Sustainability Initiative remains a provincial priority and continues to assist with building strong, safe, and resilient communities.

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ArmenabackstopBy Murray Green

The Armena Athletic Association is making major upgrades to its recreation grounds.

President Ernie Lange wrote a letter to County council indicating the Association would like assistance in constructing a new backstop for the baseball diamond.

“The backstop for the ball diamond is now unsafe. There are several holes in the backstop. If a ball hits the hole just right the ball will go through. There are bends in the metal, which causes the ball to take weird bounces. This can be dangerous for the players,” he pointed out in the letter.

“We have been advised that repairing the backstop properly is not possible. We request that the Camrose County budget for a new backstop to be installed in 2016.”

Councillor Doug Lyseng moved to have the item included in the budget, but other council-lors and administration agreed that the project falls under the Legacy Grant and that the

organization has to apply. The amount requested for the mate-rials and construction was about $25,000. Association spokesper-son Angie Selin said the Asso-ciation used the money it had for other projects and didn’t have

any left over for the backstop project.

Administrator Paul King indicated that the whole Leg-acy Grant process was formed to treat all recreation areas the

same when it came to funding requests.

“The Legacy Grant covers 25 per cent of the project and the group has to come up with the rest,” explained corporate ser-vices manager Teresa Gratrix.

“The community takes over the ownership of the project.”

Councillor Trevor Miller recommend that the Armena Athletic Association apply for the full amount to help pay for the $15,000 worth of materials.

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Truck inspections help keep County roads safeBy Murray Green

Camrose County will join forces with a Commer-cial Vehicle Enforcement crew to conduct free farm truck inspections March 30 and 31 at the east end Wil-drose Co-op bulk gas sta-tion.

Last year the annual inspection ran into some bad weather but the trucks rolled in at a steady pace.

Of the 38 trucks inspect-ed in 2015, 12 were found to have defects that would place them out of service. If stopped on a highway, those same trucks could easily have been towed and the drivers ticketed.

Nine trucks required attention and 17 trucks passed the inspection.

“Because this is a free farm truck check no vehicles will be towed and no tickets will be issued,” said officer Manie Germushuysen, of County Protective Services. “Camrose County would like to encourage farmers to take advantage of this inspection program in order to avoid any on-highway problems.”

Inspections will include critical safety items such as brakes, steering, lights, frames, fuel systems and drive shafts.

Prizes will be available for producers who have their trucks inspected. Wildrose Co-op will allow Camrose County to utilize its card

lock parking area and pro-vide refreshments during the inspection.

Camrose County and Commercial Vehicle

Enforcement perform truck inspections on an annual basis, usually near the end of March or the beginning April.

Last year, inspec-tions were made by Alan Doutre, Gurpreet Bajwa, Todd Thompson, Sgt. Dan de Melo from Justice and

the Solicitor General Com-mercial Vehicle Enforce-ment program, and Cam-rose County peace offi-cers.

Soil sampling and test-ing can give an excellent inventory of plant available nutrients and other soil chemical factors important for crop production.

“Soil nutrient levels vary from year to year, and frequently will vary within fields, even on fields that seem to be uniform,” said Camrose County Agricul-ture Services manager Mark Millang. “It is there-fore necessary to follow cer-tain recommended steps for soil sampling and testing to develop a sound ongoing soil fertility management pro-gram.”

“Soil testing is a con-trollable you have as a land manager,” said Camrose County Agriculture Servic-es assistant manager Wil-liam Davies.

Changing levelsNitrogen levels can

change with environmental conditions such as rainfall and temperature patterns during a growing season, type and yield of crop har-vested, date of harvest, fall tillage, amount of fertilizer applied to the previous crop.

Potassium and phos-phorus levels do not change substantially in a soil over a period of several years. Therefore, sampling for phosphorus and potassium

may be conducted every two or three years, or when changing crop type.

Sampling for sulphur should be done annually in anticipation of future legume and oilseed crops.

Reduce guessworkWhile it is recognized

that soil testing is not an infallible guide to crop pro-duction and that other fac-tors also come into play, soil tests help to reduce the guesswork in fertilizer practices.

“In the past, Alberta farmers that have soil test-ed, have generally applied significantly more fertil-izer than farmers that did not soil test,” said Millang. “Past observations suggest that Alberta farmers that do not soil test in many instances may be applying less nitrogen fertilizer than needed to obtain the most economical yield.”

Being familiar with the proper soil sampling proce-dures is important whether you are doing the sampling yourself or it is being done by a custom operator.

Determine whereand how to soil

sample each fieldSoil sampling should

be done on an individual field basis. Samples from

different fields should not be mixed.

“Begin by evaluating each field to determine representative areas,” said Millang. “Sample hilly fields with knolls, slopes, or depressions, separately from mid slope positions to ensure any potential sul-phur or other nutrient prob-lem is detected.”

Major areas within fields having distinctly dif-ferent soil properties such as texture should be sam-pled and fertilized as sepa-rate fields because of differ-ent nutrient requirements.

Problem areas such as saline spots, poorly drained depressions, and eroded knolls should not be sam-pled unless they represent a significant portion of the field. If they do, separate samples should be obtained. In addition, other abnormal areas such as old manure piles, burnpiles, haystacks, corrals, fence rows or farm-stead sites should be avoid-ed.

“At least 15 to 20 sam-pling sites are required for each field to give a good rep-resentative sample,” said Millang. “Samples taken from only four or five sites in a field are generally not representative and often

result in incorrect fertilizer recommendations.”

There are four basic methods for taking soil samples:

1. Benchmark Soil Sam-pling. This method involves selecting uniquely differ-ent areas within a field and sampling each area separately. Unique areas are selected based on soil types, topography and crop growth.

“Once sites are selected, the producer will take soil samples from each specific area each year to use as a guide of fertilizing all simi-lar areas within the field,” said Millang. “This method is rapidly gaining popular-ity in Alberta, particular-ly with farmers that are adopting precision farming techniques. This is the cur-rent recommended method which has the best chance to maximize your economic yield.”

2. Grid Soil Sampling. With this method, a field is sampled in an organized grid pattern. Soil sample frequency may range from taking one sample in 0.5 acre units of the field to one sample for each five acre units of the field. The small-er the soil sampling unit the greater the accuracy of the sample. The advantage

of this method is that a field map that can be pre-pared for each nutrient and be used for variable rate fertilization and precision farming. The cost of taking the soil samples and the soil analysis is very high and therefore is not economical for many producers.

Topographic Soil Sam-pling. With this method, a producer selects the sepa-rate soil sampling sites based on topography. A set of soil samples is taken from each uniquely differ-ent topographic area within a field.

4. Random Soil Sam-pling. This involves taking soil samples in a random pattern across a field, gen-erally avoiding unusual or problem soil areas within a field.

“Normally, 15 to 20 sites must be sampled to obtain a representative soil sample of the field,” said Millang.

Sample at the propertime of the year

Ideally, samples should be taken just prior to seed-ing. However, from a practi-cal standpoint, this is dif-ficult because little time is left to plan a fertilizer pro-gram and purchase fertil-izer in time for seeding.

Continued on page 11

County Ag Services provides soil sampling advice

Camrose County Protective Services conducts a yearly truck inspection to assist producers with safety issues and warn drivers about future problems they may encounter on the road.

The COUNTRY BOOSTER, February 23, 2016 – Page 11

Soil sampling advicefrom Camrose CountyContinued from page 10

“The best alternative is to obtain soil samples taken in the fall once soil microbial activity has declined,” said Millang. “The proper sample time in the fall is after the soil surface temperature drops to less than 7°C. At this temperature soil processes such as mineralization (breakdown of soil organic matter into plant available nutrients) that cause changes in soil nutrients proceed quite slowly and therefore changes in plant available nutrient levels are normally not great.”

Obtain soil samples from the correct depthsMany soil testing labs suggest that a zero to

30 cm (zero to 12 in) depth sample is adequate for developing fertilizer recommendations. However, for ideal plant nutrient evaluation it is suggested that samples be taken from the zero to 15 cm (zero to six in) and 15 to 30 cm (six to 12 in), separately and also take samples from the 30 to 60 cm (12 to 24 in) depths. Keep samples from each depth in a separate container.

Phosphorus and potassium recommendations are based on a measure of the amounts of the avail-able forms of each of these nutrients contained in the zero to 15 cm (zero to six in) depth sample. Gener-ally, most of the plant available P in soil is confined to the plow layer as P is very immobile. Nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N) and sulphate-sulphur (SO4-S) are both mobile nutrients may be found in signifi-cant amounts in the 30 to 60 cm depth. Therefore, N and S fertilizer recommendations based on a zero to 15 cm (zero to six in) depth sample usually sug-gest a higher than necessary fertilizer application rate. For this reason, recommendations regarding nitrogen and sulphur are based on a measure of the amount of nitrogen and sulphur from depth (zero to 60 cm) soil samples.

Handle soil samples properlyAs mentioned, soil from each depth should be

placed in separate containers. Immediately after the samples have been taken:

1. Mix the soil in each container thoroughly in order to obtain a homogeneous mixture.

2. Remove the soil and spread on a piece of clean paper.

3. Allow the soil to completely air dry at a tem-perature of not more than 30°C. Do not dry in an oven or at a high temperature since this can change the levels of some nutrients.

4. Care should be taken to avoid contamina-tion of the samples with fertilizer materials such as commercial fertilizers, manure, salt, water and dust.

“Samples should be air dried on clean paper or on an unused paper bag,” said Davies.

Fertilizerrecommendations

Fertilizer recommendations are based on the results of the soil test analyses and on the nutrient requirement of the crop to be grown. Recommenda-tions on time and method of fertilizer application are also included. Each soil testing lab has its own philosophy for making fertilizer recommendations. Two examples are:

1. Recommendations which indicate the nutri-ent requirements and yield potentials for optimum economic production based one or more moisture conditions of the field.

2. “Target Yield Recommendations” which indi-cate the nutrient requirements for a range of various lower and higher yield potentials under the same moisture conditions. With this information the producers have the flexibility of selecting a fer-tilizer application rate or target yield that best suits their individual situation.

Producers must keep in mind that optimum yields of high quality crops can not be obtained without adequate fertilization if the crop to be grown on soils deficient in essential elements.

“Keep in mind that fertilizing and soil testing is important but many variables can still affect the outcome,” said Davies. “Fertilization will neither increase yield or quality of wheat if other manage-ment inputs and cultural practices are not optimal, nor will it increase yield if the added nutrients are not required. Therefore, the most successful fertil-izer program will be based on a knowledge of soil nutrient status combined with optimum crop and fertilizer management practices.”

By Dan JensenMurray Van Petten

was named manager of the Camrose seed clean-ing plant on Jan. 4.

He has worked at the plant for the last nine years, so is familiar with all parts of the operation.

As the manager he will be responsible for booking grain for cleaning, the grading of pedigreed seed, and overall plant mainte-nance.

Van Petten’s goal is to maintain or improve the services that are provided to local farmers.

“I feel we have devel-oped a great relationship with the farmers of this area over the years and I am very proud of that fact,” he said.

Although it isn’t one of the biggest in the prov-ince, the Camrose seed cleaning plant ranks highly in the amount of seed that is cleaned every year.

“We cleaned over 800,000 bushels of seed in 2015,” said Van Petten.

By Dan JensenThe Camrose County

seed cleaning plant has been upgrading all of its equipment over the last five years.

“We have installed and are using a new debeard-er, grader, indent and screen machine, and this spring will be upgrading our treating system with a G-40,” explained seed cleaning plant manager Murray Van Petten.

The G-40 will double the treating rate from around 20 bushels per minute to around 40 bushels per min-ute.

“This will dramatically increase the wait time for our customers looking to

treat their seed,” said Van Petten.

One final piece that’s still to come is a new grav-ity table, which is scheduled to be installed this June or July.

The plant’s Buhler Sor-tex Z+ sorter uses fluores-cent lighting and high res-olution cameras to detect, separate and clean grain.

“Say for example we don’t want any ergot, heat-ed kernels blackpoint or unripened grain,” said Van Petten. “We simply enter that information into the computer and jets of air from a compressor elimi-nate them from the main sample.”

The Buhler Sortex

Z+ sorter cuts losses to between six and eight per cent, compared to eight to 10 per cent with a gravity sorter.

“The dockage is less because we are going after a selected colour and not separating by the weight or the size of the grain,” said Van Petten.

“The equipment is able to process about 400 bushels of seed an hour.”

The Camrose County seed cleaning plant cleaned just over 800,000 bushels in 2015. All profit goes into a reserve fund for the pur-chase of new equipment.

Camrose County has operated a seed cleaning plant since 1947.

Seed Cleaning Plant upgrades equipment

Van Petten new manager of seed plant

Murray Van Petten is proud of the relationship the Camrose County Seed Cleaning Plant has built with farmers.

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