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Can we move this bumper crop in a timely way?

Farmers will need to sharpen their marketing skills, while the grain industry works hard to keep the grain moving

By Dave Bedard and Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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anada’s corn and soybean industry are ready to meet proposed new safeguards to reduce bee deaths related to neonicotinoid insecticide seed treatments, industry officials say.

H e a l t h C a n a d a’s P e s t Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) hopes to have the new measures in place by 2014. “We have concluded that current agricultural practices related to the use of neonicotinoid treated corn and soybean seed are not sustainable,” the See INSECTICIDE on page 7 »

Railcars await loading at the Pioneer terminal near Brunkild southwest of Winnipeg. photo: Laura Rance

By Allan Dawson and Laura Rance co-operator staff

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estern Canadian farmers are smiling as they harvest a bumper crop, but grain shippers are nervous about getting it to market in a timely way.

Grain prices are also down as stocks build globally.

“This year is going to put the logistical system to the test,” Mike Jubinville, president and lead analyst of ProFarmer Canada said, noting he’s seen projections of a 17-million tonne canola crop, 33 million

tonnes of wheat, and six million tonnes of durum.

“It looks to me like it’s a binbuster of a crop coming off … I’m getting numbers from growers that are off the charts.

God help us if we run into some kind of transportation issues.”

The railways are ramping up, said Mark Hemmes, president of Quorum Corporation, the firm hired by the federal government to monitor the West’s grain handling and transportation system.

“Canadian Pacific is ready for the 2013 crop year,”

which represents the major elevator companies.

“This year with a larger crop... it stands to reason that there could potentially be greater logistical problems,” he said.

“We hope the railways have put in measures that deal with winter that comes every year and... are prepared.”

What a difference a year makes. Last year it was a demand-pull or grain seller’s market, this year it’s a supply-push or buyer’s market,

company spokesman Ed Greenberg said in an email.

“We are well positioned to access major gateways in North America for Canadian wheat farmers looking for new domestic and export markets.”

The issue isn’t so much if the railways can move the crop, it’s whether they can work with the grain companies to get the right grain at the right place at the right time, Hemmes said.

Grain shippers are nervous, said Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grains Elevator Association,

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A third of the world’s food is wasted

Rain makes hay But it can also affect quality

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CROPS Canadian GM alfalfa coexistence plan approved But U.S. finds evidence of cross contamination after just two years

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FEATURE Old prairie barns reduced to rubble But their wood is reincarnated into new heirlooms

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CROSSROADS Rural living unplugged A Southern Manitoba co-operative lives off the grid

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Editorials Comments What’s Up Livestock Markets

In effect, 30 per cent of the world’s farmland is being used in vain

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he food the world wastes accounts for more greenhouse gas emissions than any country except for China and the United States, the United Nations said in a report Sept. 11.

Every year about a third of all food for human consumption, around 1.3 billion tonnes, is wasted, along with all the energy, water and chemicals needed to produce it and dispose of it.

Almost 30 per cent of the world’s farmland, and a volume of water equivalent to the annual discharge of the River Volga, are in effect being used in vain.

In its report entitled “The Food Wastage Footprint,” the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimated that the carbon footprint of wasted food was equivalent to 3.3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.

If it were a country, it would be the world’s third-biggest emitter after China and the United States, suggesting that more efficient food use could contribute substantially to global efforts to cut greenhouse gases to limit global warming.

In the industrialized world, much of the waste comes from consumers buying too much and throwing away what they do not eat. In developing countries, it is mainly the result of inefficient farming and a lack of proper storage facilities.

“Food wastage reduction would not only avoid pressure on scarce natural resources but also decrease the need to raise food production

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by 60 per cent in order to meet the 2050 population demand,” the FAO said.

It suggested improving communication between producers and consumers to manage the supply chain more efficiently, as well as investing more in harvesting, cooling and packaging methods.

It also said consumers in the developed world should be encouraged to serve smaller portions and make more use of leftovers. Businesses should give surplus food to charities, and develop alternatives to dumping organic waste in landfill.

The FAO estimated the cost of the wasted food, excluding fish and seafood, at about $750 billion a year, based on producer prices.

The wasted food consumes about 250 cubic km of water and takes up about 1.4 billion hectares — much of it diverse natural habitat that has been cleared to make it arable.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 19, 2013

Turtle Mountain residents fuming over spray plane incident Turtle Mountain acreage owners complain of illness after crop duster swoops over their homes

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff / near Turtle Mountain Provincial Park

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group of residents in the Turtle Mountain area is up in arms after a family fell sick after a crop duster allegedly sprayed a hazardous pesticide on their rural acreage.

Lorna Canada said her two children, her husband and herself were ill for several days after an aerial applicator made repeated passes over her home while spraying an adjacent canola field on Aug. 17.

“The spray was so thick that you couldn’t even go outside without tasting it — it was nasty,” said Canada, who is a nurse and lives along Highway 450 just north of Lake Metigoshe.

Her youngest child, aged 11, vomited constantly for an entire day, and then suffered from severe diarrhea on the following two days, while her older child had a bout of diarrhea and nausea that lasted for five days, she said.

Neighbour Marie Denbow, who videotaped the crop duster flying over the cluster of three homes, said she is outraged by the incident.

“If I went over to their house and sprayed Warhawk all over their yard, children and pets, I’d go to jail,” said Denbow.

Anthony Raes, a farmer from Deloraine who rents the field, confirmed he hired an aerial applicator to spray a generic brand of chlorpyrifos on the canola field to control bertha armyworms. The active ingredient is an organophosphate that can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, cramps, headache, blurred vision and other health issues.

But Raes said he gave residents advanced warning and told the applicator to stay away from the cluster of three homes near the highway.

“I did tell them to avoid that corner because there’s a few houses there. I left it up to them,” he said. “We just hired them to do the job.”

Steven Kiansky, of Altonabased Southeast Air Services, said he couldn’t confirm if one of his applicators sprayed the three homes, but said it’s sometimes necessary to fly over yard sites.

“I would take every precautionary measure to make sure spray doesn’t get in their yard,” said Kiansky.

Aerial applicators avoid spraying when the windspeed exceeds 15 kilometres per hour. But sometimes the weather, especially in hilly, b u s h y a re a s c a n c h a n g e quickly, he said.

“Say you’re flying 50 to 60 miles to a field, it’s impossible for us to know, so we have to rely on the farmer to tell us that it’s good, it’s safe,” he said.

This is the first complaint about spray drift he’s had all year, he said, adding his company maps “sensitive” areas

Holding a bundle of documentation she compiled of this past summer’s spraying and its effects on her health, Elizabeth Lavallee stands next to the canola field across the road from her home in the Turtle Mountains. photo: Daniel Winters

“If I went over to their house and sprayed Warhawk all over their yard, children and pets, I’d go to jail.”

Marie Denbow

such as organic farms and yard sites as “no-fly zones.”

Anyone can have their property put on the map by calling his company, he said.

“We mark those fields off on the map and we’ll never be back there for the rest of eternity,” said Kiansky. “We don’t need the trouble, nor do we need the work that badly.”

But area residents and local organic farmers are banding together to ensure their is no repeat of the incident and held a meeting on Aug. 28 at the Turtle Mountain Metis Local hall.

Among them was Elizabeth Lavallee, who has a 2.2-acre property filled with fruit trees and roaming cats a few miles away from the others.

She said pesticides applied to a canola field across the road drifted onto her property several times this summer, sickening her cats, killing dragonflies and bees, and leaving her with a sore throat, difficulty in breathing, and burning skin.

“I’m tired of some farmers putting people and the environment at risk to line their own pockets,” Lavallee wrote in an email.

“I’m not against spraying, I’m against getting sprayed.”

A spray plane flies over a cluster of three yard sites on Aug. 17. photo: Marie Denbow

Dale Goethals, the owner of the canola crop across from Lavallee’s home, said he does his best to give residents advance warning, and doesn’t take a decision to spray lightly.

“Do they want us to just let the berthas come in and ruin a year’s worth of income?” he asked.

As for the complaints, he said “some people seem to get sick a lot easier than others.”

He also said he uses the more costly insecticide Coragen (that only kills pests which eat plants that have been sprayed) in order to avoid problems with local beekeepers and acreage owners.

The federal Pest Management Regulatory Agency has devel-

oped easy-to-use software called the Buffer Zone Calculator to assist crop dusters in preventing drift. But if there is a problem, the onus is on property owners to prove they’ve suffered health problems or damages, said David Neufeld, an organic farmer who lives in the Turtle Mountains and has studied regulations covering spray drift.

The best option is to be proactive, said Neufeld, who spoke at the Aug. 28 meeting.

“It’s really important for us to confront people as its happening, including the farmer, and say, ‘Look, this is not reasonable, we’re neighbours, we’ve got to get along,’” he said.

Crop dusters are keen to do everything they can, said John

Bagley, owner of Westman Aerial Spraying, adding his company constantly updates its list of “no-fly zones” and shares it with any spray company that asks for it.

Even if a spray plane flies over a yard, it doesn’t mean pesticide is actually being released and aerial sprayers also use a “suckback valve” to prevent drips, he said.

Aerial applicators are required to stay 2,000 feet away from built-up areas, but there are no rules covering rural yard sites.

“That would cripple aviation,” said Bagley. “It would be like saying a truck can’t drive past somebody’s driveway.” daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 19, 2013

OPINION/EDITORIAL

It’s a local thing

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he headlines of late have been all about consolidation, mergers and acquisitions and about the global players like Agrium and Glencore moving in on Prairie agriculture.

But there’s been a quiet evolution taking place beneath the radar that has turned into a competitive force on the Prairie farm supply scene.

The same day earlier this month that Laura Rance Glencore announced it had received Editor regulatory approval to transfer 210 former Viterra farm retail outlets to Agrium, making it the largest farm retailer in Canada, another celebration was taking place in Winnipeg.

Univar’s agricultural division, which supplies products and services to independent retailers across Western Canada was celebrating 55 years in business with its staff and business associates.

Why a 55-year celebration? Because five years ago, when the company could have celebrated its 50th anniversary, quite frankly, no one felt much like celebrating.

“You had Viterra flexing their muscle thinking they were going to buy up the independents and take over the world, you had this scary entity that we didn’t really understand or know much about called CPS (Crop Production Services) that was coming across the West, and there was the independent dealer kind of caught in the middle,” Neil Douglas, general sales manager for the agricultural division, told about 150 invited guests.

“And if the independent dealer was threatened and it looked like extinction was on the horizon, then that meant that Univar wasn’t going to be around much longer either, so we really weren’t in the mood to celebrate our 50th,” he said.

Instead, it was Viterra that didn’t survive. Formed as a publicly traded company through three mergers of four former Prairie grain co-operatives, it was swallowed by Swiss commodities trader Glencore in 2012. Glencore kept most of Viterra’s grain storage and processing sites in Canada and Australia, but the rest of the company was carved up and resold — most of it to the likes of Richardson International Inc. and Agrium.

But 17 of its retail outlets are now finding their way back to local co-operatives through a transfer deal with Federated Co-operatives Ltd. Under the deal, FCL is buying the 17 sites from Viterra, and will then transfer those sites’ ownership and operations to local retail co-ops that have already agreed to accept the facilities. FCL’s 235 retail co-op owners already operate over 140 ag retail centres in the West through the Cooperative Retailing System (CRS).

Meanwhile, Univar — the company who thought its sun was setting — is experiencing its second year of unprecedented growth.

What just happened?

To borrow from Mark Twain, reports of the independents’ death have been greatly exaggerated.

“With all the consolidation in the industry, nay sayers said the independents wouldn’t survive,” said Rick Pierson, vicepresident at Univar Canada. “We’ve seen two consecutive years of record growth. Independent retail sales are stronger than ever.”

Things have changed, no doubt. Univar, for example, defines itself as much more than a middleman, but rather a supply chain partner to the corps of independents across the West, providing stocking services, rapid delivery, inventory protection, supply management and dealer financing.

The independent dealers it works with have parlayed their local connections into a market share Pierson estimates of nearly 45 per cent.

“I think part of that is growers like to shop local and the independent dealer lives in the town, he spends money in the town, his kids go to school there and he raises his family there. It’s a local thing.

“People like to spend their money locally,” he said. “I think that’s a big part of it.” But he’s also found the independent dealers are on the forefront in offering new technology and agronomic support that is tailor-made to their service area.

It seems that as farms grow larger, and farming becomes more time sensitive, having access to local advice becomes more essential. If that local dealer can remain price competitive via its supply chain partnerships, all the better. It probably doesn’t hurt if he or she is on a couple of local volunteer boards as well.

Above all else, the independent is invested in the industry.

“They’ve put their own money and sweat into making it successful,” Pierson said.

The big players aren’t going away. In fact, they keep getting bigger. But it appears the smaller players continue to get stronger.

Farmers apparently see value in maintaining local expertise and access to supply, whether it is through local independent retailers, or local co-ops. laura@fbcpublishing.com

Ban neonicotinoids?

Not if you’re concerned about the facts

By Terry Daynard

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he Ontario Bee Association and the Sierra Club of Canada is seeking a ban on treating seeds with neonicotinoid insecticides.

But science and statistics do not support their position.

Consider the following: Statistics Canada data show that the number of honey bee colonies was up, not down, in both Ontario and Canada in 2012. While some beekeepers have experienced excessive losses in recent years, most have not, including many with hives immediately adjacent to fields where neonicotinoid-treated corn has been planted. On the Prairies, home to 80 per cent of honey production and usage of neonicotinoids (also used to treat canola) is much higher than in Ontario, there has been no linkage between neonics and bee deaths.

Despite claims to the contrary, there has been no shortage of pollinator bees for horticultural crop producers across Ontario, and the province continues to send many thousands of hives to Atlantic Canada each year for blueberry pollination.

Bees are always dying in large numbers and while the percentages vary widely from year to year, recent Ontario numbers are not that different from historical patterns.

The real cause of increased bee mortality for some beekeepers in recent years is the arrival of varroa mites, which like malaria-carrying mosquitoes, suck blood (or its insect counterpart) and also inject deadly viruses into the host. Their arrival also means chemical controls must be applied just right. Casual bee management practices, which worked well before varroa arrived, mean excessive bee mortality now.

Varroa management keeps changing as the mite develops resistance to formerly effective miticides. Part of the problem in Ontario could

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be a new miticide called Mite Away Quick Strips, derived from toxic formic acid. Widely used in Ontario but not in Western Canada, it is not recommended at higher temperatures. Ontario had many days with higher temperatures in May 2012 when some Ontario beekeepers reported high losses.

Ontario bees have also been affected by a recently arrived strain/species of a serious fungal disease, nosema. Other stresses also weaken bees, such as when the nectar and pollen supply is inadequate or is far away from hives.

Dust from corn seed treatments may be a factor, but efforts are underway in the corn industry to alter the seed treatments and planter design (or the choice of equipment purchased).

The Canadian Honey Council, representing beekeepers all across Canada, actively opposes the ban requested by the board of the Ontario Beekeepers Association, arguing the harm to other farmers would be substantial, with no notable change in bee mortality.

A neonic ban could lead to a situation where the bee-death problem is just as bad as before, but with corn farmers experiencing serious losses due to damage caused by insects now controlled by neonic seed treatments. If that happens, there’s a high probability many corn farmers would switch to other insecticides much more harmful to themselves and the environment.

Finally, the demand for a neonic ban could extend to horticultural farmers who are highly dependent on foliar spray applications of neonics for insect control.

Successful, careful beekeepers in Ontario say that skilled bee and varroa management coupled with quality hygiene (the same principles which apply for livestock and poultry producers) is what is needed to ensure hive survival and productivity.

Terry Daynard is former executive vice-president of the Ontario Corn Growers Association.

September 1984

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ood prices at six per cent financing were offered on Belarus tractors in our Sept. 13, 1984 issue.

Manitoba was in a fortunate position that year. While Statistics Canada had estimated total Prairie crop production down 16 per cent from the year earlier, Manitoba had harvested 11 per cent more than the previous year and almost a million tonnes more than the previous five-year average.

We reported that the Crown had dropped its appeal of the acquittal of Carman-area farmer Don Bargen, who had been charged with advertising “semi-dwarf” wheat in the Co-operator. A provincial court judge had earlier ruled that since the variety was not named, the advertisement (for an unlicensed variety) was not in contravention of the Seeds Act. Manitoba Pool had announced a capital program of $13.5 million for 1985, its largest ever. Manitoba Crop Insurance had paid a claim of $6.4 million for a single hailstorm affecting 100,000 acres between St. Claude and Morris.

In the following issue, we reported that Keystone Agricultural Producers had drafted its first constitution and appointed a three-man committee to run a membership drive aiming for 3,000 members for 1985.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 19, 2013

COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Manitoba Hydro versus Manitoba farmers: billions at stake Hydro is milking farmers for all it can, but in the end Hydro will have egg on its face

By Jim Collinson

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anitoba Hydro is in for a shock: farmers will not accept token compensation for reduced productivity from the operational impacts of Bipole III lines.

A significant group of farmers is now working with the Canadian Association of Energy and Pipeline Landowners Association (CAEPLA) to protect their rights and options. And, Hydro had best not forget their other new high voltage lines about to be constructed in Manitoba (e.g. Minnesota connection) will meet similar resistance.

Take note Hydro, it’s time an acceptable and realistic process was established to compensate farmers whose livelihood is affected.

The licence issued to Manitoba Hydro for Bipole III contains only two provisions dealing with impacts on farmers.

The first requires Manitoba Hydro “to consult with agricultural landowners to determine tower placement that would have the least impact on agricultural operations, and incorporate those into the final design.”

It goes on to provide Hydro a back door, by indicating “unless there is compelling rationale to depart.”

Farmers can be prepared to hear a lot of “compelling rationale,” but Hydro had better expect to hear a lot of “locate it outside agricultural areas.”

Underground lines through agricultural areas combined with an east side route would have reduced impacts on farming and saved Hydro and taxpayers billions.

The Bipole III Coalition provided compelling evidence to the Clean Environment Commission (CEC) about impacts on farming, but these were largely ignored. The pace of technological change is increasing, so one cannot expect the same farming technology to be in place 60 years from now. Just consider the difference today from 1950, and that will confirm that, unlike caribou and ducks, agriculture is changing rapidly. A fair compensation framework needs the capacity to respect evolving technology and farming practices.

The 100-foot plus width of equipment used today will pale when compared with that in use 60 years from now, and a system must be in place to assure fair compensation in the context of operational cost changes and competitiveness in light of new technologies.

We welcome readers’ comments on issues that have been covered in the Manitoba Co-operator. In most cases we cannot accept “open” letters or copies of letters which have been sent to several publications. Letters are subject to editing for length or taste.

We suggest a maximum of about 300 words.

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Underground lines in southern Manitoba may very well turn out to have been the least expensive alternative.

Farmers are currently required to spread manure according to a provincially approved plan. The best technology today utilizes an eight-inch diameter umbilical hose containing the liquid fertilizer dragged behind a tractor from the holding tank to the fields. Fields cut in two by a towers will force farmers to acquire additional suitable lands to comply with their approved plan, or to lose either all or some of their intensive livestock operation.

Spraying for insects, fungi or weeds, especially in the clay soils, cannot be done by ground equipment when wet, so aerial spraying is often the only option. It is unsafe to operate a spray aircraft closer than a half mile from high wires, depending on the wind, and farther if the crop is seeded perpendicular to the line. The line, then, affects crops at least one half mile on either side, even when the owner on one side may not actually have the line or towers on his or her land. In some years and with some crops, this could spell disaster.

These are only two examples illustrating the pervasive impacts

Why stop overcharging now?

John De Pape’s letter in the Aug. 29 Manitoba Co-operator makes the claim the bulk of elevation fees were the result of the single-desk Canadian Wheat Board. This is total nonsense.

In fact, all grains are subject to elevation fees charged by the inland terminals. This is why they are called elevation fees. The same companies that own inland eleva-

of Bipole III and how it will affect a much wider area than the immediate location of the towers and just beneath the lines.

Throughout the entire Bipole III review process, starting with token “consultations” through to the Environmental Impact Statement and CEC hearings, Hydro has taken a dismissive view of any agricultural impacts.

Presumably, this is because Hydro feels that affected farmers are few relative to the total, and not well organized to fight back. The EIS itself spent more time on birds and snakes than on rural Manitoba’s basic industry.

Hydro clearly intends to make quick individual deals and use them to bludgeon the rest into submission.

The second provision in the licence that applies to farmers requires Hydro to develop a policy to provide an option for annual compensation payments instead of one lump sum.

There are three reasons why annual payments should be mandatory.

First, it’s impossible to accurately estimate losses over a period extending over 25 years, let alone 60 years or longer.

Second, a lump sum is likely to be only a fraction of actual losses, but nonetheless will be subject to income tax the year it is received (an incidental benefit to the provincial coffers)!

Third, even if the current owner decided to accept a lump sum payment, future owners will receive no consideration at all, even though in theory they received it in the form of a reduced price for the land when

they bought it. Losses occur annually in varying degrees, thus, compensation should reflect the loss in the year it actually occurs.

It is not just to the farmers’ benefit that losses be compensated annually. Given rapidly evolving technologies, it’s conceivable in the future that aerial spraying will be done by drones accurately guided by GPS. It is also possible that newer technologies for injecting liquid manure to avoid entanglements with towers will be developed. In both cases, Hydro would face reduced annual compensation payments, as losses would be lower.

Given the way Hydro has been hogging revenue from Manitoba agriculture, it’s no wonder farmers are frustrated and ready to revolt. They clearly have a legitimate beef.

Hydro is milking farmers for all it can, but in the end Hydro will have egg on its face: Consequently, Hydro can expect landowners, through CAEPLA, to mount a well-organized, logical and persuasive campaign to protect their investments and future livelihood.

The fight’s not over yet, not by a long shot. Other proposed transmission lines will increase the numbers of farmers affected, thus making many more aware that their impacts are not just in someone else’s back yard.

When the smoke clears, underground lines in southern Manitoba may very well turn out to have been the least expensive alternative.

tors levy terminal fees including cleaning, and let’s not forget the freight rates charged by the railways. All of which are registered with the CGC. De Pape’s claim the single-desk CWB was “complicit” in these costs confuses cause with effect. The CWB was purchasing services from the private trade and now the costs of most of those services are the secret costs of the private trade.

De Pape implies the small group of grain companies was overcharging the farmer-controlled wheat board

so why would they stop now that everything is secret?

Speaking of secrets, wasn’t it just a couple of weeks ago De Pape was complaining about a lack of transparency now that the single desk is dead? Has he suddenly developed X-ray vision or is his letter an attempt to divert farmers from the fact their cost of getting grain to port has increased to a historic high now that the single-desk CWB is gone?

Jim Collison is an Ottawa-based consultant

Kyle Korneychuk Pelly, Sask.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 19, 2013

FROM PAGE ONE BUMPER CROP Continued from page 1

said Greg Kostal of Kostal Ag Consulting.

With grain companies at full capacity they’ll widen their basis (difference between the cash and futures price) and earn higher margins because of a lack of competition, he said.

Last year with strong grain prices companies had to coax the grain from farmers by cutting basis.

Farmers need do more market planning this year, Kostal said.

John De Pape, president of Farmers Advanced Risk Management Company, agrees.

Farmers can get paid to store grain by locking in higher deferred prices, he said.

So m e t i m e s f a r m e r s f e e l forced to sell grain early to pay bills despite poor prices. Cash advances are a tool to avoid distress selling, he said.

Jubinville said basis levels have widened to reflect the

“It looks to me like it’s a bin-buster of a crop coming off …

I’m getting numbers from growers that are off the charts.

God help us if we run into some kind of transportation issues.”

Mike Jubinville

Unloads were progressing smoothly at this southern Manitoba terminal Sept. 19 but some analysts fear this year’s grain handling logistics will be complicated. Photo: Laura Rance

surge of “off-the-combine” sales.

“The transportation flow is locked up tight over the next three months,” he said.

According to one industry official it’s over sold.

“I think the first hiccup is already happening,” said the official who asked not to be named. “The number of orders being placed with the railways is far exceeding what they can get done.

“Everybody is desperate to sell, markets are falling and I think capacity is going to be really constrained, especially at the West Coast, but also to the east. It’s going to be tougher to move grain this year.”

The railways will be blamed, but the real story, according to

the official, is grain companies selling more than the railways can handle.

A poor quality wheat crop will just compound logistical problems, said De Pape. So far wheat quality is good, but the CWB’s pool manager David Przednowek, expects lower than average protein levels.

“Watch out for grade and protein discounts,” he said.

Last fall the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly ended creating an open market. Grain m ov e m e n t w a s re l a t i v e l y problem-free for the first few months, but between January and April 2013 there were times when grain shippers received less than half their car orders, Sobkowich said.

Record snowfalls were partly

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to blame, but grain shippers say the railways should’ve been better prepared.

Farmers who were able to deliver wheat straight from the combine for $9 a bushel last fall are in for an unpleasant surprise if they are looking for quick cash this fall, Jubinville said. Wheat prices have dropped to around $6 a bushel, and while that’s historically good, it’s still a lot lower than what they were receiving this time last year.

While many believed prices were up because the board’s monopoly ended, Jubinville said it had more to do with global forces, including the historic drought in the U.S. pushing corn prices to new highs.

Last year’s wheat was also

high protein, which is unlikely to be repeated this year. Many farmers have contracted wheat at 13.5 per cent protein and while protein premiums have yet to resurface, there could see some huge discounts on wheat that doesn’t meet specifications.

The marketing story isn’t all doom and gloom, Jubinville said. He anticipates markets will take a post-harvest bounce once the size of this year’s crop is known, but pricing and delivery opportunities could be short-lived, so farmers will have to be on their toes to make the best of their options.

“There is money to be made farming this year and good money at that,” he said. allan@fbcpublishing.com

Prairie co-ops to own 17 Viterra retail outlets The deal includes the former Viterra outlet in Roblin Staff

Seventeen Prairie farm retail supply outlets are headed back to the co-operative model from whence their former owner came.

Federated Co-operatives Ltd. (FCL) recently signed a deal to buy 17 fertilizer, seed and agriculture chemical supply centres from Viterra, the Prairie grain arm of Swiss commodity firm Glencore Xstrata, for an undisclosed sum.

The lone Manitoba outlet included in the deal will be Viterra’s facility at Roblin.

The sale, expected to close by the end of this month, also includes eight sites in Sa s k a t c h e w a n ( C a n w o o d , Cupar, Leoville, Lloydminster, North Battleford, Prince Albert, Strasbourg, White Star) and eight in Alberta (Barons, Claresholm, Crossfield, Grimshaw, High River, Manning, Stettler, Viking).

The deal is a “two-step” transaction, in which FCL will buy the 17 sites from Viterra, and will then transfer those sites’ ownership and operations to local retail coops that have already agreed to accept the facilities.

FCL, whose 235 retail co-op owners already operate over 140 ag retail centres in the West through the Co-operative Retailing System (CRS), said staff at all 17 Viterra centres will be

offered similar terms of employment within the CRS. Customers “will be contacted about the changes and informed about the benefits of buying their products from Co-op,” FCL said.

Customers who don’t already have co-op memberships will be “welcomed and encouraged” to do so, which would provide them with equity accounts and the opportunity for cash back on overall purchases, FCL added.

Further details are to be announced once the deal closes, Saskatoon-based FCL said.

Viterra was formed as a publicly traded company through three mergers, between 1998 and 2007, of four former Prairie grain co-operatives: Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, United Grain Growers, Manitoba Pool Elevators and Alberta Pool. Glencore formally took over Viterra in December.

Viterra agreed in a side deal in May last year to sell about 90 per cent of its ag retail network, among other assets, to Calgarybased fertilizer and ag retail giant Agrium. That deal only recently picked up approval from Canada’s Competition Bureau.

None of the 17 Viterra outlets destined for FCL were originally part of Glencore’s deal with Agrium, Richard Downey, Agrium’s vice-president of corporate relations, said Aug. 30.

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agency said in a consultation document released Sept. 13.

“For the 2014 planting season, we intend to implement additional protective measures for corn and soybean production.”

The public has 90 days to comment on the proposals, which include changes to the pesticide label.

PMRA has found a link between the insecticide and bee deaths in Ontario and Quebec.

It suspects dust created by lubricant used on seed to prevent it from clumping is carrying the insecticide to the bees.

CropLife Canada, which represents the companies that make neonicotinoids, supports reducing that dust.

“We’re a little disappointed in some of the language around those (PMRA) recommendations, but overall this focuses on the dust issue, which is a resolvable issue with the collaboration of the growers, our industry and other players,” said CropLife vice-president of chemistry Pierre Petelle.

“There’s a new product that should be available in 2014 that reduces dust by up to 90 per cent so that’s an innovation

that should really help with the overall dust issue with corn and soybeans.”

PMRA noted bee mortality is complex and other factors including parasites, disease and climate. CropLife agrees, Petelle said “We would’ve liked to see an initiative by the federal government to address some of these other factors of bee health,” he said. “That’s one disappointment.”

Neonicotinoids have been used in Canada for more than 10 years and benefit farmers.

As seed treatments, they are intended to reduce the risk to beneficial insects such as bees, Petelle said.

“If we can deal with this one limited area of exposure through the dust then I think it’s a win-win for the industry,” he said.

The Manitoba Corn Growers Association hopes PMRA gives corn seed companies enough time to adjust, said association secretary-manager Theresa Bergsma.

“We don’t want to kill bees that’s for sure, we need them for pollination, but we need time to adjust,” she said.

Bergsma said she’s surprised

that Manitoba is included in PMRA’s proposed changes given Manitoba beekeepers haven’t reported bee deaths from neonicotinoids. That could be because most corn in Manitoba is seeded before bees are active, she added.

Canola is not affected by PMRA’s proposals because treated canola seed doesn’t create as much dust, said Debbie Belanger, communications manager for the Canola Council of Canada.

The Manitoba Pulse Growers Association was still assessing PMRA’s proposal at press time.

PMRA said it will require updated value information be provided to support the continued need for neonicotinoid treatment on up to 100 per cent of corn seed and 50 per cent of soybean seed.

PMRA also announced it is “expediting” its previously announced re-evaluation of neonicotinoids, in co-operation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). PMRA proposes to implement label changes similar to EPA’s E PA’s p l a n n e d c h a n g e s , announced Aug. 15, calls for new pesticide labels that “prohibit use of some neonicotinoid

pesticide products where bees are present.” The planned U.S. labels are to have a bee “advisory box and icon” with information on routes of exposure and drift precautions.

I n F e b r u a r y, P M R A announced a review of Canada’s approved neonicotinoids, which include clothianidin, thiamethoxam and imidacloprid, following reports of bee kills in Ontario and Quebec during the 2012 corn-planting season.

Then it proposed label amendments to take effect this year in time for 2014 planting, pointing out the potential hazard treated seed dust poses to bees and ways to mitigate it.

The amended labels include Bayer CropScience’s clothianidin seed treatment Poncho, Valent Canada’s clothianidin treatment NipsIt Inside, Syngenta Canada’s thiamethoxam-based Cruiser seed treatments, Bayer‚‘s imidaclopridbased Gaucho insecticides and Mana Canada‚‘s imidacloprid product Sombrero 600.

About 70 per cent of the affected dead bee samples PMRA tested contained neonicotinoids used to treat corn, while neonicotinoids were only detected in unaffected bees in

“We have concluded that current agricultural practices related to the use of neonicotinoid treated corn and soybean seed are not sustainable.”

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one sample at “very low” levels.

PMRA concluded the majority of bee deaths resulted from exposure to neonicotinoid insecticides, likely through contaminated dust at planting.

Unusually warm and dry weather conditions in early spring were thought to be a contributing factor, PMRA said.

Despite a more typical spring in 2013 PMRA said it “continued to receive a significant number of pollinator mortality reports from both corn- and soybeangrowing regions of Ontario and Quebec, as well as Manitoba.” daveb@fbcpublishing.com allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Manitoba watershed initiative praised Farmers have played an integral part in developing the Tobacco Creek Model Watershed

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff / miami

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he south branch of Tobacco Creek murmurs in the background as Don Cruikshank, standing on a weir, addresses a group of 30 who stand in the dark coolness of a thick canopy of trees on the bank.

“From the top of the watershed, the elevation drops 600 feet in five miles,” the manager of the Deerwood Soil and Water Management Association explained to the visitors, who have come from across the country to learn about this Manitoba watershed.

Most of the land in the watershed is farmed despite the slope, which brings the danger of erosion and washout from spring run-off and heavy summer downpours. That’s why a group of area farmers got together in the 1980s, first forming a management association, which led to the building of 26 small dams slowing the flow along the creek’s south branch, a subwatershed of just 47 square miles with its headwaters atop the Manitoba Escarpment west of Miami.

Those efforts brought researchers, who first looked at the effectiveness of the dams in reducing peak flows, then sediment loading, and, more recently, how farming is affecting water quality.

Data researchers collected on

“We’re trying to do something very much like what they’re trying to do in Tobacco Creek (with monitoring water quality).”

Simon Courtenay

this watershed is now being put to use in other ways, specifically by scientists seeking ways to reduce the amount of phosphorus getting into Lake Winnipeg.

The research has revealed some surprises — most of the sediment in the creek comes from stream bank erosion, not farmers’ fields — and some very precise and useful data. For example, snow accounts for just 25 per cent of the precipitation in the watershed, but 80 per cent of run-off. The dissolved phosphorus from the run-off comes from wooded areas and pastures as well as forage fields and cropland. And more phosphorus comes from no-till fields than tilled ones.

The Tobacco Creek stop in late August was part of a weeklong Lake Winnipeg Basin workshop organized for students and young professionals by the Canadian Watershed Network.

Most are working on their masters or PhDs or are fairly new

Thomas Dyck, Naeem Abbasi and Simon Courtenay participated in the workshop. photo: allan dawson

in their water management careers.

“The purpose of the week is to expose that group to the broad spectrum of perspectives and challenges of water management,” said Bernadette Conant, executive director of the 12-year-old network, which connects centres of excellence in water-related research.

Tobacco Creek is a long way from P.E.I., but there are some common issues, said Simon

Courtenay, co-ordinator for the Northumberland Straight Environmental Monitoring Partnership.

“We’re trying to do something very much like what they’re trying to do in Tobacco Creek (with monitoring water quality),” said Courtenay, who also works for the Department of Oceans and Fisheries and in the University of New Brunswick’s biology department.

“There’s a lot of concern about

the Northumberland Strait and the declining quality of the fishery and the environment.”

As in the Tobacco Creek watershed, his group views community involvement as crucial to tackling water issues.

“Agriculture is a big part of the solutions we’re looking at right now,” Courtenay said.

“Certainly we need them to be at the table and we need to

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Don Cruikshank, manager of the Deerwood Soil and Water Association, talks about watershed research to people from across Canada participating in a workshop organized by the Canadian Water Network. photo: allan dawson

washington / reuter The U.S. government spent nearly $62 billion on disaster relief in the two-year period ending Sept. 30, 2012.

The money helped Americans recover from severe storms, droughts, heat waves and wildfires — but more than half went to farmers, with the crop insurance program eating up $28.2 billion alone.

Under the taxpayersubsidized crop insurance system, the government pays 62 cents of each $1 in premiums and shares losses with insurance companies during catastrophic years, such as the two just past.

Outside of the farm sector, Washington wasn’t as giving. The total price tag for natural disasters in the calendar years was $188 billion. There were 25 natural disasters that each caused more than $1 billion in damage, with last October’s Superstorm Sandy topping the list and ranking as one of the most costly weather disasters in modern times.

Private insurance, individuals and businesses paid for damages not addressed by federal disaster aid.

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be working with them and have the kind of relationship that has been successful here in Manitoba.”

That aspect of the Tobacco Creek initiative also impressed Thomas Dyck, a PhD candidate at Wilfred Laurier University who is working in Ontario’s Grand River watershed near Kitchener-Waterloo.

“I don’t think we can solve all of these challenges by ourselves,” said Dyck. “We need to work at involving all actors in the decision-making.”

Tobacco Creek, Grand River, and Northumberland Strait were three of six projects (chosen out of 29 applications) awarded research funding by the watershed network in 2011. The network is providing researchers at the universities of New Brunswick and Saskatchewan with $600,000 of funding over three years to monitor and measure the effects of improved farming practices on water quality. That money is being matched with in-kind support bringing the total investment to $1.3 million.

What impressed the expert panel adjudicating the funding applications about Tobacco Creek was the local support and commitment of the watershed’s partners, Conant said.

“I think they were impressed with the ability to build in all the past data they had.”

It’s expected this latest funding will trigger more so Tobacco Creek will continue to add to our understanding of watersheds and how to protect them.

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS Cattle Prices Winnipeg

September 13, 2013

Strong demand, cheaper corn support feeder values

Steers & Heifers 105.00 D1, 2 Cows 74.00 - 82.00 D3 Cows 70.00 - 76.00 Bulls 86.00 - 92.50 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.)

110.00 - 138.00 (801-900 lbs.)

135.00 - 153.00 (701-800 lbs.)

142.00 - 163.00 (601-700 lbs.)

145.00 - 160.00 (501-600 lbs.)

150.00 - 181.00 (401-500 lbs.)

155.00 - 171.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

100.00 - 111.00 (801-900 lbs.)

128.00 - 139.00 (701-800 lbs.)

130.00 - 140.00 (601-700 lbs.)

125.00 - 139.00 (501-600 lbs.)

130.00 - 140.00 (401-500 lbs.)

120.00 - 135.00 Alberta South $ 118.00 - 120.50 118.00 72.00 - 82.00 63.00 - 74.00 — $ 130.00 - 143.00 136.00 - 150.00 142.00 - 156.00 145.00 - 160.00 152.00 - 170.00 163.00 - 188.00 $ 120.00 - 133.00 126.00 - 137.00 129.00 - 141.00 133.00 - 145.00 137.00 - 147.00 140.00 - 159.00

($/cwt) (1,000+ lbs.)

(850+ lbs.)

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

Heifers

Futures (September 13, 2013) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change October 2013 124.82 -0.40 December 2013 128.62 -0.50 February 2014 130.72 -0.28 April 2014 132.02 -0.38 June 2014 127.10 0.43 August 2014 126.10 0.45

Feeder Cattle September 2013 October 2013 November 2013 January 2014 March 2014 April 2014

Cattle Slaughter Week Ending September 7, 2013 Canada 47,023 East 9,692 West 37,331 Manitoba NA U.S. 569,000

Relatively fewer cattle around helps underpin prices

Ontario $ 109.93 - 125.92 109.38 - 124.54 54.52 - 82.24 54.52 - 82.24 75.25 - 91.85 $ 135.54 - 151.82 129.01 - 156.06 139.11 - 165.55 136.04 - 173.67 128.45 - 186.25 153.12 - 201.75 $ 121.78 - 134.57 128.26 - 142.70 122.80 - 146.96 129.56 - 154.58 127.46 - 161.15 123.47 - 165.98

Close 157.02 158.60 159.55 157.10 159.70 159.70

Change 0.27 -0.20 0.00 -1.17 2.13 1.55

Cattle Grades (Canada) Previous Year­ 46,587 9,918 36,669 NA 551,000

Week Ending September 7, 2013 459 21,797 17,518 1,005 1,059 4,880 178

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 271 19,794 17,680 1,063 1,241 5,381 511

Source: Manitoba Agriculture

(Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg) Current Week 180.00E 166.00E 173.94 176.03

Futures (September 13, 2013) in U.S. Hogs October 2013 December 2013 February 2014 April 2014 May 2014

Last Week 182.97 169.11 174.56 178.80

Close 90.20 87.27 88.25 86.95 90.75

Last Year (Index 100) 138.84 127.44 122.86 130.84

Change 0.80 1.35 0.68 0.15 0.30

Other Market Prices Sheep and Lambs $/cwt Ewes Choice Lambs (110+ lb.)

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

Winnipeg (660 head) (wooled fats) — Next Sale Sept. 18 — —

Chickens Minimum broiler prices as of May 23, 2010 Under 1.2 kg................................... $1.5130 1.2 - 1.65 kg.................................... $1.3230 1.65 - 2.1 kg.................................... $1.3830 2.1 - 2.6 kg...................................... $1.3230

Turkeys Minimum prices as of September 15, 2013 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.020 Undergrade .............................. $1.930 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.005 Undergrade .............................. $1.905 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $2.005 Undergrade .............................. $1.905 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.910 Undergrade............................... $1.825 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

Toronto 71.15 - 99.21 131.22 - 153.73 163.92 - 173.71 152.22 - 175.58 143.49 - 188.47 —

SunGold Specialty Meats 40.00

Eggs Minimum prices to producers for ungraded eggs, f.o.b. egg grading station, set by the Manitoba Egg Producers Marketing Board effective June 12, 2011.

New Previous A Extra Large $1.8500 $1.8200 A Large 1.8500 1.8200 A Medium 1.6700 1.6400 A Small 1.2500 1.2200 A Pee Wee 0.3675 0.3675 Nest Run 24 + 1.7490 1.7210 B 0.45 0.45 C 0.15 0.15

Goats Winnipeg (210 head) Toronto (Fats) ($/cwt) Kids — 144.88 - 224.46 Billys — — Mature — 81.67 - 184.15

Horses <1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

“Lots of guys are saying that they’ll just dump their calves at these prices.”

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Hog Prices E - Estimation MB. ($/hog) MB. (All wts.) (Fri-Thurs.)

MB. (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.)

ON (Index 100) (Mon.-Thurs.)

P.Q. (Index 100) (Mon.-Fri.)

$1 Cdn: $ .9625 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.0390 Cdn.

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(Friday to Thursday) Slaughter Cattle

Slaughter Cattle Grade A Steers Grade A Heifers D1, 2 Cows D3 Cows Bulls Steers

EXCHANGES: September 6, 2013

Toronto ($/cwt) 8.00 - 18.71 20.00 - 43.00

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ctivity at Manitoba’s cattle markets continued to pick up steam during the week ended Sept. 13, with both feeder and slaughter cattle seeing good demand. Yearlings accounted for the bulk of the activity, with the height of the fall calf run still some time away.

“The cattle market is hot… and demand for feeder cattle is strong,” said Buddy Bergner of Ashern Auction Mart. Declining grain prices, together with the fact that fewer cattle are around, helped underpin prices, he said.

Expectations for a record-large U.S. corn crop have sent corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade to their lowest levels in three years. December corn ended the week at about US$4.58 per bushel. Last year at this time, that same bushel of corn would have cost about US$8. Canadian feed costs have also come down, with forage supplies looking sufficient heading into the winter.

Cheaper feed costs leave more profits on the table for the cattle sector, which makes buyers more willing to pay up. The futures also bear that out, with feeder cattle values in Chicago about US20 cents per pound better than they were at this time a year ago.

Demand for cattle in Manitoba came from across the board during the week, with animals moving “south, east, and west,” said Bergner. Slaughter cattle were also moving out in all directions.

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The better feed supplies could have some producers looking to background more cattle over the winter, rather than move them in the fall. However, Bergner said, cattle prices were just so attractive right now that the opposite would likely hold true.

“Lots of guys are saying that they’ll just dump their calves at these prices,” he said, adding that the mentality is “‘Why work?’

If they can get so many dollars for their calves, they’ll just let them go.”

Top-end feeder cattle prices were steady to as much as $10 per hundredweight higher during the week, depending on quality. Slaughter cattle values generally held steady.

Overall volumes were also higher, with a number of yards seeing over 1,000 head move through the rings for the first time this season.

Harvest operations are moving forward across the province. As the harvest winds down and cattle move off pasture, activity will pick up at the auction yards as well.

Increased volumes have the potential to weigh on values, but for now the demand is there.

Phil Franz-Warkentin writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

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EU subsidy cheques in the mail brussels / reuters / European Union governments are fast tracking farm-subsidy payments by six weeks to help farmers hit by poor weather earlier in the year.

The move follows harsh winter conditions across much of the EU, as well as heavy rainfall and flooding in parts of central Europe in May and June that affected farming.

“Past experience shows that an adjustment like this can be a major boost for a farmer’s cash-flow situation, which is needed in some regions after difficult weather conditions earlier in the year,” said EU farm commissioner Dacian Ciolos.

The bloc’s annual direct payments to farmers are worth about 40 billion euros (C$55 billion).

Iowa sizzles in September heatwave chicago / reuters / A late summer heatwave has expanded the drought area in the U.S. Midwest.

Temperatures were warmer than normal across the region, with Iowa and southern Minnesota seeing temperatures 10 F above normal.

More than 70 per cent of Iowa is rated as having moderate to severe drought, following the hottest September since 1953. Temperatures in southern Iowa hit 102 F last week.

“Crops are very stressed,” said Harry Hillaker, the state climatologist for the Iowa Department of Agriculture.

“Even if it starts to rain, it’s too late for corn and in many cases it’s too late for soybeans in terms of improving yield potential.”

That played a role in the USDA’s latest soybean production estimate, which is down three per cent from last month. However, the nationwide corn forecast was up slightly. That sent corn futures tumbling, but traders were skeptical as it was two per cent about their estimates.

“You have to take it with a grain of salt,” said Alan Brugler of Brugler Marketing and Management. “It is probably accurate for what we know today, but when we get more objective yield data it might go down.”

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GRAIN MARKETS Export and International Prices

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USDA report bullish for soybeans, canola alike CNSC

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anola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform finished the week ended Sept. 13 slightly firmer, with a bullish U.S. Department of Agriculture report helping the market avoid plunging to new lows.

USDA on Sept. 12 released a crop production report that proved to be bullish for both the Chicago soybean and Canadian canola markets.

USDA pegged 2013-14 ending stocks for U.S. soybeans at 150 million bushels, which compares with its August estimate of 220 million and estimates of 165 million. The government agency pegged U.S. soybean production at 3.149 billion bushels for 2013-14, which fell in line with expectations of 3.15 billion.

But traders seemed to throw the report out the window on Sept. 13 and turned their focus back onto the fundamental situation in Canada, causing the market to give back some of its gains.

The reality is that western Canadian producers are in the midst of harvesting a record-large canola crop, and supplies are going to continue to increase as more and more of the crop comes off the combine.

Statistics Canada pegged the Canadian canola crop at a record-large 14.7 million tonnes, but because many farmers are reporting recordlarge yields so far, a lot of people expect the crop to exceed that estimate. Some believe Canadian canola production could be as large as 16.5 million tonnes for 2013-14.

In Manitoba, early canola yields range from 15 bushels per acre, in regions that had adverse conditions, to as high as 65 bushels per acre in areas that had good weather, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives’ weekly crop report said Sept. 9.

The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture’s weekly crop report noted the provincial average canola yield was 35 bu./ac. as of Sept. 9.

In Alberta, early average yields were looking about 10 to 15 per cent above average, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development’s crop report said Aug. 27.

Statistics Canada estimated the average Canadian canola yield for 2013-14 would be 33.7 bu./ac. in its production report on Aug. 21, which compares to an average yield of 28.1 bushels per acre in 2012-13.

With above-average yields being reported in every province, farmers will most likely sell their grain right off the combine because a lot of them won’t have enough bin space to store it.

Exporters and crushers know the result will be

Year Ago

Wheat

Chicago wheat (nearby future) ($US/tonne)

235.78

230.45

322.94

Minneapolis wheat (nearby future) ($US/tonne)

259.20

259.38

345.17

Chicago corn (nearby future) ($US/tonne)

188.58

192.72

305.81

Chicago oats (nearby future) ($US/tonne)

237.97

242.83

249.48

Chicago soybeans (nearby future) ($US/tonne)

529.79

522.81

640.56

Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne)

941.31

952.34

1,244.94

Coarse Grains

Futures are vulnerable, however, as harvest continues Terryn Shiells

Week Ago

oilseeds

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Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business September 13, 2013 barley

a lot of canola delivered to elevators during harvest, likely keeping them from being aggressive buyers until at least mid-October.

Because Canadian producers are in the midst of harvesting one of the best canola crops in history, canola futures are very vulnerable and prices could easily drop sharply if the market loses the underlying support it’s been getting from the strong Chicago soybean market.

Last Week

Week Ago

October 2013

164.60

189.00

December 2013

169.60

194.00

March 2014

169.60

194.00

Last Week

Week Ago

November 2013

Canola

499.40

498.20

January 2014

507.40

505.90

March 2014

514.20

511.70

Soybean supplies

Dry weather during the key stage of development for soybeans in the U.S. lowered yields and production for the crop, which has been the main source of support for the firm Chicago soybean market.

But, looking ahead, global supplies won’t be as tight in 2013-14 as they were in 2012-13, as a decent sized crop is still expected in the U.S., and South America will likely plant a very large crop as well.

Chicago corn futures moved lower, with pressure from the advancing harvest in the U.S. and a bearish USDA report responsible for the price weakness.

USDA upped its U.S. corn yield and production estimates for 2013-14, while the trade expected the government agency to lower them due to unfavourable dry weather in August.

U.S. wheat futures on all three trading platforms moved lower during the week, as USDA upped its global ending stocks estimate by more than expected. USDA pegged 2013-14 global wheat ending stocks at 176.28 million tonnes, up from its August estimate of 172.99 million.

Pressure from the advancing wheat harvests in the U.S. and Canada also weighed on prices, though things are nearly complete in the U.S. Going forward, harvest pressure in Western Canada will continue to be bearish for wheat prices. However, some chart-based buying could come in to support futures as they start to look oversold.

Special Crops Report for September 16, 2013 — Bin run delivered plant Saskatchewan Spot Market

Lentils (Cdn. cents per pound)

Other ( Cdn. cents per pound unless otherwise specified)

Large Green 15/64

22.50 - 23.50

Canaryseed

Laird No. 1

20.50 - 22.50

Oil Sunflower Seed

Eston No. 2

15.25 - 18.75

Desi Chickpeas

24.00 - 26.00 — 20.90 - 22.00

Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)

Green No. 1

9.05 - 10.00

Fababeans, large

—

Medium Yellow No. 1

6.15 - 7.25

Feed beans

—

Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans

39.00 - 40.00

Feed Pea (Rail)

No. 1 Great Northern

—

5.50 - 8.60

Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)

No. 1 Cranberry Beans

62.00 - 62.00

Yellow No. 1

36.75 - 38.75

No. 1 Light Red Kidney

50.00 - 50.00

Brown No. 1

34.75 - 37.75

No. 1 Dark Red Kidney

55.00 - 55.00

Oriental No. 1

27.30 - 28.75

No. 1 Black Beans

37.00 - 38.00

No. 1 Pinto Beans

39.00 - 40.00

No. 1 Small Red Source: Stat Publishing

No. 1 Pink

SUNFLOWERS

— 40.00 - 42.00

Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

20.85

20.10

32.00* Call for details

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Report for September 13, 2013 in US$ cwt NuSun (oilseed)

Terryn Shiells writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

Spot Market

Confection Source: National Sunflower Association

Russia and Kazakhstan face more wheat quality problems The crop is huge but quality is lower due to rain moscow/astana / reuters

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oncerns are growing in Russia and Kazakhstan over a shortage of high quality wheat — already a major issue for Russia this season — that could undermine their plans to increase exports, traders and analysts said.

Both countries, which together with Ukraine are the three main wheat exporters of the Black Sea re g i o n , a re b o o s t i n g t h e i r 2 0 1 3 wheat harvest this year after last year’s drought, but the wheat is lower in quality than last year due to rain.

“There are endless problems with the quality of Russia’s wheat, which have emerged during the harvest,” Russia’s Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR) said.

A lack of high quality milling wheat makes it harder for Russian exporters to negotiate with farme r s w h o a re h o l d i n g b a c k s u c h grain — classified as thirdclass — in anticipation of further price growth. “ ( Gl o b a l ) i m p o r t e r s a re w a i t ing for wheat of high quality — of t h e t h i rd c l a s s,” D m i t r y Ry l k o, the head of IKAR, said. “They are not interested in the fourth class and in feed wheat, they can buy

it from Ukraine, Romania or Bulgaria.”

More problems may appear as the campaign shifts to Siberia, where the harvest is significantly delayed, he added.

R u s s i a’s 2 0 1 3 w h e a t c r o p i s expected to rise by one third to around 50 million tonnes, of which 43 million tonnes have already been harvested from 66 per cent of the sown area with yields at 2.60 tonnes per hectare, up from 1.85 last year.

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How rain affects hay quality and yield Rain does more damage to hay that is almost cured than when it is freshly cut

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By John McGregor Extension Support, Manitoba Forage & Grassland Association

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hat causes weather-related losses in hay quality?

Rained-on hay can lose quality due to: • Leaching of soluble carbohydrates, proteins and certain minerals as rainwater falls on and moves through the cut forage.

• Increased and prolonged plant respiration due to the rewetting of hay above 30-40 per cent moisture. This leads to losses in yield, soluble carbohydrates and overall energy content.

• Leaf shattering and loss due to increased raking to dry the windrow after a rain. Frequent wetting-drying cycles also increase leaf loss.

• Microbial activity continues in wet hay, resulting in the breakdown of the plants and consumption of their nutrients. Mould growth can also occur.

• Colour bleaching. This effect, though, is more an esthetic issue than a quality issue.

How much can rain reduce hay yield?

There have been many studies done looking at the effects of rain on hay.

One study conducted in Wisconsin recorded dry matter losses as high as 22 per cent when alfalfa hay was exposed to one inch of rain one day after being cut. Similar alfalfa hay never exposed to rain only lost six per cent of its potential dry matter yield. Alfalfa hay exposed to 1.6 inches of rain over a few days lost 44

per cent of its potential dry matter yield.

In another study in Michigan, the effects of one- to seven-hour rains were examined on alfalfa hay. Here, dry matter losses ranged from four to 34 per cent, and were greater the longer the rain lasted.

Grass hay often will not experience the same degree of loss as alfalfa hay. The majority of yield loss in alfalfa hay is due to leaf loss. Grass leaves are not as easily lost.

How does rain reduce my hay yield?

Rain reduces dry matter hay yields through its effects on: leaching, plant respiration and leaf loss. Leaching is when water-soluble components of cells move out of them. Most of these compounds are easily digested by livestock and include: carbohydrates, soluble nitrogen, minerals and lipids. They are leached out and lost when cut forage is rained on.

Plant respiration is the breakdown of soluble carbohydrates by enzymes.

It occurs even when plants don’t receive rain. Respiration losses occur from the time the plant is cut until the forage reaches 30 to 40 per cent moisture.

Each time cut forage is rained on, respiration either continues or starts again if the forage was already less than 40 per cent moisture. In both cases, dry matter is lost, although the exact amount is difficult to estimate.

Studies differ when it comes to the impact of rain on leaf loss. In the Wisconsin studies, leaf loss ranged from eight to 20 per cent.

In Michigan, leaf losses where only

HAY QUALITY LATE BUD Effects of rain and plant maturity on alfalfa hay quality cut at late bud

1.6 Inches of rain during drying

No Rain

2.4 Inches of rain on dry hay

% of Dry Matter (DM) Crude Protein (CP)

26.3

24.6

23.1

Digestibility

72.7

57.2

49.3

Total Non-structural Carbohydrates (TNC)

4.65

2.0

1.21

Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF)

32.4

45.4

54.8

Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF)

27.5

38.5

46.2

Source: Collins. 1983. Agronomy Journal. 75:523-527.

0.5 to four per cent. Based on experience, most producers know that rain-damaged hay is more at risk to leaf shatter after it dries. Extra raking or tedding is often needed to speed up drying, which also increases leaf loss.

Does rain intensity and forage moisture make a difference?

The studies tend to agree on this issue. Given the same amount of rain, a low-intensity rainfall causes more leaching of soluble carbohydrates than a high-intensity rainfall.

Plus, as the moisture content of the cut forage decreases, the more dry matter will be lost when rained on. Hay that is almost dry enough to be baled will lose more dry matter when rained on than hay that has just been cut.

In the Wisconsin studies, up to 54 per cent of the potential dry matter yield was lost when almost-cured hay received 2.5 inches of rain.

How does rain affect the quality of my hay?

Most of the studies have shown that there is little impact on crude protein levels when field-cured hay is rained on. It is common to see high crude protein values compared to fibre levels. However, due to the leaching of soluble carbohydrates, acid detergent fibre and neutral detergent fibre levels will increase. This lowers the digestibility of the hay and its overall forage quality. It is always a good idea to get a forage analysis done on your hay before feeding it to your livestock.

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Be realistic about replacement rate The rule of thumb that replacing one-third of your sows each year doesn’t hold up when you analyze productivity Bernie Peet Peet on Pigs

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here is a popular misconception that replacing about one-third of a sow herd each year is a good target, despite the fact that I rarely see or hear of a herd achieving it.

This probably stems back to the dim and distant past when sows were less productive and rather more hardy than today’s high-octane females. These days, a replacement rate of 50 per cent is a lot more realistic.

Replacement rate can b e c a l c u l a t e d , p r ov i d i n g the average number of litters weaned per sow lifetime is known. Most herd-recording systems show this figure, although it is seldom used as a performance indicator. Personally, I find it a valuable measure of how well producers are doing at keeping sows in the herd and achieving a long, productive lifetime.

Unfortunately, over the last 10 to 15 years, litters per sow lifetime has been going down, due to higher culling rates and death loss. The fewer litters a sow produces over her lifetime, the quicker she will have to be replaced. Also, the more productive she is, in terms of litters/sow/year, the shorter the time she will stay in the herd, assuming that litters/sow lifetime is constant.

Therefore, knowing these numbers allows the correct replacement rate to be calculated and set as a target for the herd.

Herd-recording schemes show that the average litters/ sow lifetime is probably in the region of 4.5, with better

farms achieving 5.0 to 5.5. (I have rarely seen a farm where the average is more than six.)

Assuming a figure of 4.5 and a farrowing index of 2.4, the whole herd will be replaced in 4.5/2.3 = 1.96 years. That will lead to a replacement rate of 100/1.95 = 51 per cent.

If the farm is able to keep sows in the herd so that they have an average of 5.5 litters per lifetime, that number will drop to 44 per cent. In a 500sow herd, that would reduce the number of gilts required each year by 35 which, at a cost of $350 per gilt, would result in savings of $12,250. That saving, though, pales into insignificance compared to the value of the performance benefits from keeping more females through the most productive parities, 3 to 6.

If a figure for litters/sow lifetime is not shown in the herd-recording program, it can be calculated from litters/ sow/year and replacement rate. If 50 per cent of sows are replaced each year and sows average 2.4 litters weaned per year, then they produce an average of 100/50 x 2.4 = 4.8 litters per sow lifetime.

This is certainly a figure worth knowing and benchmarking against industr y standards.

Many producers think that their sows produce more litters in a lifetime than they actually do! The target should be to achieve a minimum number of 5.0 and, ideally, 5.5.

Replacement rate is defined as the sum of culling rate and death rate, assuming the herd size stays constant. Clearly, the fewer sows die, or are removed from the herd, the lower the replacement rate and the higher the litter per sow lifetime. Herd-recording systems show that reproduc-

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tive problems and lameness, especially in young females, are the most important reasons for enforced culling. An analysis of one’s own herd data will indicate not only the reasons for culling, but also the age profile of culled females.

If the dropout rate is too high in gilts and second-litter sows, then a review of feeding and management from gilt introduction through the first two parities should be carried out.

Areas such as body weight at first breeding, body condition scores, lactation feed intake, flooring quality and health management routines should be checked. I like to use the weaning-to-breeding interval as an indication of the quality of management of young females. If the interval for gilts weaning their first litter is more than one day higher than the herd average, then action needs to be taken. The best herds achieve a figure of about 0.5 days and this small difference can result in a significant improvement in lifetime performance.

One situation where replacement rate may be increased above the normal

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level is when parity structure is poor. This may be the result of inadequate numbers of gilts entering the herd, perhaps due to economies being made during a period of poor profitability. The end result is most likely a parity profile with a higher number of older sows — typically defined as parity 8 and over. In order to remove these sows, additional gilts will need to be phased in according to the numbers of sows that will need culling after their next farrowing.

Deter mining the appropriate replacement rate for the individual herd is an important part of breeding herd management. Getting it wrong can mean herd size drops below the target level if enforced culling is higher than planned. This is one area where being generous is the correct strategy because it helps to ensure that the target output of piglets from the breeding herd is maintained.

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting of Lacombe, Alberta and a director of U.K.-based Pig Production Training Ltd.

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he province is organizing workshops in several communities this fall to assist livestock producers in protecting their stock from wildlife.

“C o m p e n s a t i o n p a i d t o Manitoba livestock producers for damages due to predator attacks reached more than $1 million last year,” said Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh in a release. “These new workshops will build capacity at the community level to help prevent wildlife from attacking livestock.”

The initiative grew out of a livestock predation protection working group formed last spring with representatives from the Manitoba Beef

Producers, Manitoba Sheep Producers, Manitoba Trappers Association, Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

The group developed the w o rk s h o p s t o re s p o n d t o requests for information from producers, hunters and trappers. Workshop agenda items include presentations from government agencies, experts demonstrating predator trapping and snaring techniques, and predator calling and hunting techniques.

The sessions are open to producers, hunters and trappers at no charge, but pre-registration is required: • Sept. 18 in Boissevain at the

Beckoning Hills Activity Club.

To pre-register, call the Boissevain district office at 204534-2028.

• Sept. 19 in La Broquerie at the La Broquerie Hotel. To preregister, call the Steinbach district office at 204-346-6110.

• Sept. 25 in Fisher Branch at the Ukrainian National Home. To pre-register, call the Hodgson district office at 204372-6296.

• Sept. 26 in Rossburn at the town hall. To pre-register, call the Shoal Lake district office at 204-759-4080.

• Oct. 2 in Swan River at the Super 8 Motel. To pre-register, call the Swan River district office at 204-734-3429.

• Oct. 3 in Ste. Rose de Lac at the Ste. Rose Jolly Club. To pre-register, call the Dauphin district office at 204-622-2106.

A Montreal biotech firm specializing in non-antibiotic products to fight bacterial infections in livestock has reached an exclusive distribution deal with Elanco for a vaccine against post-weaning diarrhea in hogs.

Elanco Animal Health recently announced it will be the Canadian distributor for Prevtec Microbia’s swine vaccine Coliprotec, as of Aug. 1.

“With its outstanding customer service and great field technical support, Elanco will be able to respond quickly and effectively to the needs of current and future Coliprotec users‚” stated Prevtec Microbia CEO Michel Fortin in a release.

Noting the product’s “proven track record,” Elanco business development manager Brent Difley described Coliprotec as “a great addition to our line of swine products.”

Coliprotec, a live bacterial vaccine available in Canada since 2008, is marketed for preventing post-weaning diarrhea, a condition known to hinder animal growth, lead to the onset of other infectious diseases and potentially kill a “significant” number of animals, the company says.

Coliprotec can be administered orally in drinking water, which Prevtec Microbia said cuts down on the handling of piglets and thus cuts down on labour costs.

The product is billed as providing “a long-awaited safe and effective solution to producers and veterinarians, while offering an alternative to antibiotics.”

Prevtec Microbia is a spinoff company of the Faculte de medecine veterinaire at the Universite de Montreal.

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A striking pose

Pork producers warned to adhere to new U.S. regulations on penicillin use The Canadian Quality Assurance program will soon be updated to include new guidelines for cull sows heading south of the border

By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

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White throated sparrow pauses to pose. photo: hermina Janz

anitoba pork producers will need to update management practices after the U.S. agricultural officials found penicillin G lingers much longer in hogs than previously thought.

Guidelines for cull sows had put the withdrawal period at about 15 days, but the USDA’s food safety and inspection service has now extended it to 51 days.

“This is fairly new news to us,” said Miles Beaudin, quality assurance manager at the Manitoba Pork Council.

The change came after the U.S. began testing cull sows f o r t h e p e n i c i l l i n re s i d u e more frequently, using new, more sensitive testing methods. The pork council is still attempting to find out more, including what part of the animal (muscles or organs) the residue is being found in.

But it’s advising producers to adhere to the new withdrawal period to avoid any positive tests when shipping to the U.S., the destination for most Manitoba cull sows.

“They’re being very stringent on penicillin residue,” Beaudin said. “So what we’re trying to do is tell our producers about that, and let them know they’re going to have to come up with different types of protocols in their barns to adjust to this.”

Although the producer organization doesn’t track penicillin G use in Manitoba,

photo: reuters

Beaudin said it is used across Canada.

M o s t p r o v i n c e s d o n’t require a prescription for onlabel use of penicillin, said Dr. Glenn Duizer, an animal health veterinarian with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives.

“But if producers use it in an extra-label fashion, then they must have a prescription from a veterinarian,” he added. “If there is a particular condition or disease that requires a higher or longer duration of treatment that what’s on the label, a veterinarian may prescribe it at that dosage (and) they will also provide an estimated withdrawal time.”

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency also tests for the residue. The maximum residue limit for penicillin in swine is 0.05 parts per mil-

“This is manageable, there’s no doubt about it.”

Miles Beaudin

NOTICE TO CATTLE PRODUCERS IN MANITOBA. EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2013 MCEC HAS STOPPED COLLECTING THE $2.- PER HEAD LEVY ON CATTLE SOLD. CATTLE PRODUCERS ARE ENTITLED TO APPLY FOR A REFUND ON ALL LEVIES COLLECTED BETWEEN:

1 SEPTEMBER 2012 – 31 AUGUST 2013 THE REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT THE APPLICATION MUST BE RECEIVED

BY MCEC WITHIN 1 YEAR AFTER THE MONTH END IN WHICH THE FEE WAS DEDUCTED. However, we would like for those eligible to apply for refunds within this time period, to do so as soon as possible, in order for MCEC to be able to process as many refunds as possible in a timely manner.

THE REFUND FORM IS AVAILABLE ON THE MCEC WEBSITE: Go to www.mancec.com then click on “Forms”. Please ensure that in order to process your application quickly, all supporting documents ( receipts) are included, and the name of the applicant(s) is the same as the name on the receipts. The application also needs to be signed by the applicant(s).

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lion. However, there is zero tolerance for penicillin in kidney tissue. “(Producers) are going to have to be very forward thinking, because if you want to be able to treat an animal with this medication for whatever purpose, they’re going to have to make sure that that animal is not culled for at least 55 days or so,” Beaudin said.

The Canadian Quality Assurance program will be updated to reflect the change as well, he added.

“This is manageable, there’s no doubt about it,” he said.

“Our food-safety program is very good and we can adjust quickly. It’s quite nimble.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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Indonesian company looking to buy Aussie ranches jakarta / reuters / State-owned PT Rajawali Nusantara Indonesia (RNI) plans to invest in Australian cattle estates and is targeting live imports of 120,000 head per year from that country, its chief executive said.

RNI’s plans come after Indonesia recently relaxed rules on beef and cattle imports and are part of an effort by Southeast Asia’s biggest economy to curb rising food inflation.

“We got the government green light on this a month ago and since then we have sent a team to Australia to explore the investment possibilities,” said RNI CEO Ismed Hasan Putro. “We are seeking 10,000 Australian cattle per month.”

Australia halted live cattle exports in 2011 after the airing of footage showing harsh treatment of animals. The ban was lifted, but Jakarta then imposed restrictions on Australian beef and cattle imports in a failed bid to become selfsufficient.

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Feeder Steers

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Sep-11

Sep-10

Sep-10

Sep-10

Sep-11

Sep-09

Sep-12

Sep-13

851*

200*

146

1,900

1,633*

160*

1,207

1,000

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

105.00-117.00

n/a

900-1,000

100.00-143.50

113.00-138.00

125.00-137.00

125.00-140.00

128.00-142.00

n/a

127.50-129.00

126.00-142.00

800-900

105.00-145.75

118.00-152.00

130.00-143.00

135.00-149.00

135.00-149.00

137.00-149.50

30.00-142.00

137.00-148.00

700-800

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135.00-162.00

135.00-148.00

140.00-158.00

140.00-156.50

140.00-154.00

105.00-140.00

140.00-159.00

600-700

116.00-166.50

135.00-163.25

140.00-151.00

145.00-160.00

143.00-161.50

145.00-159.00

85.00-147.50

150.00-159.00

500-600

90.00-167.00

135.00-163.25

148.00-160.00

150.00-165.00

148.00-166.00

n/a

75.00-145.00

145.00-163.00

400-500

n/a

150.00-175.75

155.00-170.00

160.00-180.00

160.00-195.00

n/a

75.00-155.00

147.00-167.00

300-400

n/a

n/a

160.00-180.00

200.00-220.00

175.00-215.00

n/a

125.00-168.00

150.00-190.00

n/a

102.00-122.75

n/a

110.00-126.00

117.00-129.50

n/a

110.00-142.00

105.00-124.00

100.00-136.25

126.00-144.50

115.00-124.00

126.00-137.00

123.00-138.00

n/a

101.00-145.75

120.00-135.00

No. on offer Over 1,000 lbs.

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

800-900 700-800

116.00-144.00

115.00-138.25

120.00-134.00

130.00-140.00

128.00-142.00

128.00-138.00

90.00-162.00

125.00-136.00

600-700

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115.00-138.25

122.00-140.00

130.00-143.00

130.00-143.00

130.00-140.00

100.00-170.00

125.00-138.00

500-600

110.00-142.50

122.00-140.50

125.00-145.00

133.00-145.00

130.00-144.50

n/a

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130.00-138.00

400-500

n/a

126.00-144.50

130.00-155.00

145.00-155.00

135.00-157.00

n/a

120.00-187.00

135.00-145.00

300-400

n/a

n/a

130.00-155.00

155.00-190.00

138.00-170.00

n/a

85.00-193.00

145

n/a

n/a

78

91

n/a

n/a

179

200

D1-D2 Cows

up to 81.00

60.00-82.00

n/a

79.00-85.00

74.00-79.00

65.00-72.00

54.50-82.50

68.00-80.00

D3-D5 Cows

20.00 and up

n/a

60.00-68.00

68.00-78.00

57.00-73.00

n/a

n/a

58.00-65.00

Age Verified

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

75.00-83.25

70.00-79.00

n/a

63.00-72.00

Good Bulls

Slaughter Market No. on offer

50.00-91.50

80.00-93.25

82.00-90.00

90.00-101.25

90.00-98.00

85.00-93.25

87.00-97.75

85.00-94.75

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

105.00-110.00

105.00-109.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

103.00-108.00

103.00-108.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

72.00-80.00

n/a

77.00-87.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

70.00-78.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

60.00-68.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

* includes slaughter market

(Note all prices in CDN$ per cwt. These prices also generally represent the top one-third of sales reported by the auction yard.)

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 19, 2013

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Temperature rollercoaster continues Issued: Monday, September 16, 2013 · Covering: September 18 – September 25, 2013 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

T

he cold air pushed in last weekend as expected, but most areas were able to dodge frost as the center of the high pressure slid by to our east.

The quick movement of this high, combined with a rebuilding upper ridge to our west, allowed temperatures to recover quickly early in the week. The warmest day of this forecast period looks to be Wednesday, as an area of low pressure deepening to our southwest helps to pull up warm air.

Highs on Wednesday should be in the upper 20s, but it does look to be quite windy.

The weather models are having a bit of a rough time trying to figure out how to handle this mid-week low. Currently, the models are lifting this low to the northeast during the day on Thursday. Should this happen we’ll see showers and thunderstorms develop late Wednesday and into Thursday morning. Most of the rain should push through

by Thursday afternoon before a cold front moves in on the back side of the low late in the day. The low will then slowly drift to the east on Friday, which means most areas will likely remain cloudy

with scattered showers. Temperatures will be cool on Friday, with the high only expected to be in the low teens.

Skies should clear out on Saturday but temperatures will stay on the cool side as Arctic high pressure once again drifts by to our east. Sunday morning has the best chance for frost as the models now predict overnight lows to drop below freezing. A weak trough of low pressure is expected to push through on Sunday, bringing with it an increase in clouds, with a small chance of the odd shower late in the day.

Next week looks to be a repeat of this week. Low pressure is expected to develop to our southwest early in the week. This low will help to pull up warm air into our region by the middle of the week. High temperatures will be around 18 C on Monday and they should warm up a couple of degrees each day, with highs of around 25 C expected by Wednesday or Thursday.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, 12 to 22 C; lows, 0 to 9 C. Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park. Contact him with your questions and comments at daniel@ bezte.ca.

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

Precipitation Compared to Historical Distribution (Prairie Region) September 1, 2012 to August 31, 2013

Record Dry Extremely Low (0-10) Very Low (10-20) Low (20-40) Mid-Range (40-60) High (60-80) Very High (80-90) Extremely High (90-100) Record Wet Extent of Agricultural Land Lakes and Rivers

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

Copyright © 2013 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS). Data provided through partnership with Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and many Provincial agencies.

Created: 09/09/13 www.agr.gc.ca/drought

This issue’s map compares the amount of precipitation that fell across the Prairies during the past agricultural year (Sept. 1, 2012 to Aug. 31, 2013) with the historical distribution of precipitation. Central and eastern regions had a fairly dry year, with a good portion of this region recording low to extremely low amounts. There were even a few record dry locations in the northern Interlake. Over western regions of Manitoba there was an arc of mid-range to high amounts of precipitation stretching from Dauphin to Brandon and then southwestward into southern Saskatchewan.

Longer-than-average growing season?

A thermometer set up well above ground level might not tell you when frost hits your crop

By Daniel Bezte CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

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s some regions exper ienced their first fall frost this weekend, I felt it was time to revisit this topic.

The first question I am usually asked about fall frost is “When should the different areas of agricultural Manitoba expect to receive their fist fall frost?” To analyze this, we must first determine how frost is to be measured or recorded. The typical measurement we use to record whether frost has occurred is when the temperature recorded by a thermometer hits or falls below 0 C. However, some of us have already had the unfortunate firsthand opportunity to realize frost can occur even when the thermometer shows temperatures above the freezing mark. In fact, research has shown ground-level frost can occur at thermometer readings as high as +2 C, and in some cases, as high as +5 C! This can occur for a number of reasons, most of which largely depend on where the thermometer is located. As most thermometers are placed above the ground, they record air temperature several feet above the ground and may not accurately reflect actual ground temperature.

If you can remember back to previous discussions we‘ve had about how air cools, you may recall air near the

It will often take temperatures lower than -2 C to kill off most crops.

ground can cool to a greater degree than the air several feet above. The reason for this is that cold air is denser than warm air, so it tends to settle or flow to the lowest points. If the area is relatively flat, the coldest air settles around the ground, resulting in ground-level temperatures cooler than the air several feet above.

While this is the norm, there are occasions when temperatures measured above the ground, at the level of the thermometer, are actually cooler than those recorded at ground or crop level. Also, as some of us may have already noticed, a frost with temperatures near the freezing mark may not severely damage or kill a crop. It will often take temperatures lower than –2 C to kill off most crops.

For these reasons we will look at a few different temperatures, namely: +2 C, 0 C, and –2 C, to determine when we may expect the first fall frost. Looking at the data for several sites around southern Manitoba, we obtain the

TABLE: DATE OF AVERAGE FIRST FALL FROST Location

+2 C

0C

-2 C

Dauphin

Sept. 9

Sept. 16

Sept. 30

Swan River

Sept. 7

Sept. 13

Sept. 28

Birtle

Aug. 30

Sept. 7

Sept. 20

Minnedosa

Aug. 30

Sept. 7

Sept. 21

Russell

Sept. 2

Sept. 12

Sept. 23

Emerson

Sept. 12

Sept. 21

Oct. 3

Sprague

Aug. 29

Sept. 7

Sept. 19

Winnipeg

Sept. 12

Sept. 21

Oct. 1

Morden

Sept. 17

Sept. 25

Oct. 7

Portage

Sept. 15

Sept. 24

Oct. 6

Brandon

Sept. 9

Sept. 12

Sept. 24

Boissevain

Sept. 12

Sept. 19

Sept. 30

Virden

Sept. 12

Sept. 19

Oct. 1

results shown in the table here. These dates are the average dates for which these temperatures may be anticipated, based on the entire record of climate data for each location.

Now, we need to remember this is the average date and the standard deviation around these dates is somewhere around three to five days, depending on the location. While most locations should not see any frost until early to mid-September, it would not be that unusual to see a

frost in early September at most locations.

So far this fall (up to Sept. 15), three main regions (Dauphin, Brandon and Winnipeg) have not yet seen frost.

There was some scattered light frost on Monday morning (Sept. 16) but most regions stayed just above the freezing mark, with only the frostprone areas dropping below 0 C. With the next chance of frost coming next weekend, it looks like most areas will either see an average first frost date, or even a later-than-average date.

If we look at the date of the first fall frost and the date of the last spring frost, we can determine the length of this year’s frost-free season. Both the Brandon and Dauphin regions saw a late frost this spring, with temperatures dropping below the freezing mark in early June. Winnipeg stayed about a degree above freezing during this early June cold snap and thus had a much earlier last spring frost, with the previous frost occurring May 12.

This would put the length of the frostfree season for the Winnipeg region at about 127 days, which is above the long-term average. Both Brandon and Dauphin have seen about 107 frost-free days so far this year, which puts them near average to date.

If these two regions can dodge frost for another week or two, they will also have a longer-than-average growing season.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 19, 2013

CROPS Origins of coexistence plan remain hazy Manitoba’s alfalfa growers are concerned contamination by GM varieties would kill off export opportunities

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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“coexistence plan” for genetically modified and conventional alfalfa in Eastern Canada is drawing criticism from farm groups in Manitoba, after being released by the Canadian Seed Trade Association earlier this month.

To prevent contamination of conventional hay by GM alfalfa, the plan advises producers to eradicate all living and dead GM alfalfa plants when a stand is finished, burn leftover seeds and store GM hay separately.

“We know that doesn’t work, we know that you can’t do that — you’re always going to have stuff escaping, so it’s just a matter of whether it happens immediately, or whether it take three years,” said Jim Lintott, chairman of the Manitoba Forage Council, which opposes the introduction of GM alfalfa.

“It grows wild everywhere... and once it’s in your ditch, and then you get it across from the field to the ditch, then it just becomes part

of the wild environment, and how do you control that?” asked Lintott. “With an annual crop, it dies off every year and you have some hope, but with a perennial crop you have to kill the plant, you just can’t mow it and then wait for winter.”

Paul Gregory of Interlake Forage Seeds Ltd. is also concerned about the impact GM alfalfa will have on his business, and notes in parts of the United States, GM alfalfa has already gone feral.

“Right now we have a true trade advantage for legume forage seeds in Canada... but it’s a large 100 million dollar industry that’s being threatened here because of this GM trait,” he said. “Why would we do this to our forage industry?”

A move to GM alfalfa will shut Canada out of the European market, Lintott said, adding the legacy of GM flax still casts a long shadow over Canadian exporters.

Two years into GM alfalfa production in the U.S., and one Washington-state farmer has already had his alfalfa seed rejected for export due to a GMO presence, according to a report by Reuters. (See sidebar)

Although the cause of that contamination is still under investigation, Lintott said the very nature of a bee-pollinated crop makes genetic modifications impossible to contain.

The National Farmers Union has also raised concerns about the how the Canadian Seed Trade Association developed its Coexistence Plan, and points out the first page of the document is a disclaimer intended to protect the association from liability.

“The CSTA’s disavowal of any liability indicates they have zero confidence in the plan themselves, and are seriously concerned that when —not if — it fails, they could be sued,” said Phil Woodhouse, an Ontario-based NFU representative.

He adds that the association has said the coexistence plan was developed by a value-chain group, but won’t say who the participants were.

“Obviously, the CSTA is unwilling to accept responsibility for their co-existence plan— and neither is anyone else,” said Woodhouse, describing the association as a lobby group for large seed

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According to the Canadian Seed Trade Association’s website, its top priority is working towards the “unrestricted trade of seed around the world.”

Lintott said it’s not too late to prevent the formal introduction of GM alfalfa, but it will take political to do so.

“We’re always hopeful that common sense will prevail and that they won’t introduce it, but that’s not the history up until now,” he said.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is evaluating whether or not to take action in the case of a Washington state farmer whose alfalfa crop was contaminated with a genetically modified trait that some export customers will not accept, a spokesman said Sept. 16.

“We’re still in discussion with the Washington State Department of Agriculture to determine what if any actions are warranted, what our next steps will be,” said USDA spokesman Ed Curlett.

Washington agriculture officials notified the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) late Sept. 13 that they had confirmed a “low-level” presence of a genetically engineered trait in what the farmer thought was a non-GMO crop.

The “Roundup Ready” alfalfa is approved for commercial production in the United States. But many foreign and domestic buyers require that supplies not be genetically modified.

The grower in this case, who farms near Royal City, Washington, reported to state officials in late August that his alfalfa hay was rejected for export because it tested positive for GMO, and he had only been growing non-GMO alfalfa.

It was unclear if the farmer bought seed that was genetically modified and mislabeled or if his field was contaminated by some other means, Washington state agriculture officials said.

Curlett said that because the alfalfa is legal, the government could decide just to let the marketplace handle the mixup.

Roundup Ready alfalfa was approved by USDA in 2011 to be planted without restrictions after several years of litigation and complaints by critics. The critics had warned for more than a decade that, because alfalfa is a perennial crop largely pollinated by honeybees, it would be almost impossible to keep the genetically modified version from mixing with conventional alfalfa. Cross-fertilization would mean lost sales for conventional and organic growers’ businesses, they said.

USDA and GMO proponents have said biotech and nonbiotech crops can co-exist successfully. But opponents said the incident in Washington state shows that non-GMO farmers have to bear the burden and cost of any lost sales.

“Co-existence is a myth,” said Andrew Kimbrell, executive director for the Center for Food Safety, which sued USDA to try to stop its approval of biotech alfalfa. “We don’t know how to control contamination. They say biotech is just another tool in the toolbox. That is not true. It’s a tool that takes over all the other tools and makes them worthless.”

Alfalfa is the fourth-most widely grown U.S. field crop, behind corn, wheat and soybeans, and is used as food for dairy cattle and other livestock. The crop, worth roughly $8 billion, was grown on more than 17 million U.S. acres in 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Exports of hay, including alfalfa, have been rising, hitting a record $1.25 billion in 2012, according to the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service.

Steve Norberg, regional forage specialist at Washington State University, said he is warning farmers that they should test every bag of alfalfa seed for purity before they plant it.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 19, 2013

Farmers continue to fight Monsanto ruling

CELEBRATING 55 YEARS IN BUSINESS

The company says the farmers’ fear of prosecution is groundless

By Carey Gillam reuter

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Rick Pierson (left), vice president of the Univar Agricultural Division visits with Ray Redfern, president of Redfern Farm Services during Univar’s celebration of 55 years in business. Univar, a supply chain partner for independent agricultural retailers, is also celebrating its second year of unprecedented growth as the market share held by independent retailers surges. Photo: Laura Rance

Take steps to prevent treated seed contamination When harvest and seeding operations overlap, contamination can be a problem Canadian Grain Commission Release

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estern Canadian grain producers are harvesting their crops, and some are planting winter wheat. Because producers may be handling seed and har vested grain at the same time, there is a risk that treated seed may contaminate harvested grain intended for delivery.

The Canadian Grain Commission reminds producers they can prevent treated seed

contamination by following these precautions: • When possible, store treated seed in separate bins.

• Clean all equipment and bins after seeding and before harvest.

• Visually inspect equipment and bins for treated seed: before harvest, before transferring grain between bins, a n d b e f o re t r a n s f e r r i n g grain to a truck or railcar for delivery.

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Under the Canada Grain Act, a licensed grain handling facility cannot receive grain that is contaminated and may refuse to accept delivery of any grain that is believed to be contaminated. As well, the Canada Grain Act prohibits delivery of grain that is contaminated.

If treated seed is found in a shipment at the terminal

elevator, the shipment will be held until the Canadian Grain Commission completes a chemical analysis.

Any delays caused by treated seed can result in additional cost to grain handlers or producers. For example, if a producer car is contaminated, extra charges such as storage charges or costs related to poten tial contamination of other grain in the facility, resulti n g i n l o s s o f t h e g r a i n’s value, could be passed on to the producer.

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group of U.S. farmers, seed companies and others challenging patents on genetically altered crops held by biotech seed giant Monsanto Co. appealed their case to the U.S. Supreme Court Sept. 4.

The group, made up of 73 organic and conventional family farmers, seed companies and public advocacy interests, sued Monsanto in March 2011 seeking to prohibit the company from suing them if their fields became contaminated with Monsanto’s patented genetic traits for corn, soybeans, cotton, canola, and other crops.

The biotech crops are widely used throughout the United States, and Monsanto has sued more than 100 farmers for patent infringement, winning judgments against farmers found to have made use of its seed without paying required royalties.

Monsanto has said it will not sue farmers if they do not intentionally use the technology without paying for it. In June, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a previous r u l i n g t h a t f o u n d o rg a n i c growers had no reason to try to block Monsanto from suing them as the company had pledged it would not take them to court if biotech crops accidentally mixed in with theirs.

Monsanto said in a statement issued Sept. 4 that the farmers were trying to create a controversy where none exists.

“The District Court ruled and Court of Appeals affirmed that there was no controversy b e t we e n t h e p a r t i e s,” t h e company said in a statement.

“There is neither a history of behaviour nor a reasonable likelihood that Monsanto will pursue patent infringement against farmers who have no interest in using the company’s patented seed products.”

But those pushing the court action said Monsanto’s patents were invalid, and its biotech crops damaging to the environment and to farmers who suffer contamination.

“It behooves the Supreme Court to hear this important c a s e t o p r o t e c t A m e r i c a’s farmers from abusive patent infr ingement lawsuits and invalidate Monsanto’s flawed patents as their products have been shown to be damaging to human health and the environment and failed to live up to the marketing hype,” Dave Murphy, founder of the advocacy group Food Democracy Now, a plaintiff in the case, said in a statement.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 19, 2013

CGC revamping “ Grains Statistic Weekly” Ending mandatory inward inspection has forced the Canadian Grain Commission to collect and report data differently

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

T

he Canadian Grain Commission is revamping its “Grains Statistics Weekly,” a publication the industry uses to monitor the flow of Canadian grain from country elevator to export due to changes in the Canada Grain Act that took effect Aug. 1.

When mandatory CGC inward inspection ended at terminal elevators, so did the CGC’s ability to collect the weight and grade of all the grain entering those terminals.

“When you pull the plug on mandatory inward inspection you pull the plug on the whole accounting system,” said Ahn Phan, the CGC’s chief statistician.

Now grain companies are compelled under the grain act to provide the CGC will the data as a condition of licensing, he added.

The CGC is still not publishing all the data it used to, but is work-

briefs

FCC Ag Safety Fund accepting applications $100,000 available to charitable and nonprofit organizations staff / The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) in partnership with Farm Credit Canada has announced a call for applications to the FCC Ag Safety Fund.

The $100,000 fund will be disbursed among successful applicants in early 2014.

For the past three years, the fund administered

by CASA has provided charitable and nonprofit organizations with funding to deliver farm safety training programs.

More than $300,000 has been distributed to 28 recipients undertaking everything from safe livestock-handling workshops to tractor safety training and sleepimprovement seminars.

“FCC is an excellent partner. Their investment in safety through the FCC Ag Safety Fund and other CASA initiatives is helping to make farms safer in Canada,” CASA executive director Marcel Hacault said in a release.

“Through our partnership with CASA, we are proud to be helping producers effectively manage safety risks in their operations through ongoing education and training,” said Rémi Lemoine, FCC’s executive vice-president and chief operating officer.

Applications will be accepted online from Sept. 16 to Oct. 27, 2013.

To apply, go to: http:// casa-acsa.ca/fcc-agsafety-fund.

“We are definitely willing participants in the providing of data for transparency.”

Wade Sobkowich

ing towards that goal and more.

Terminal Receipts and Shipments by sector and historical statistics for week ago and year ago will be coming, he said.

“At the end the end of the day changes to the Grain Stats Weekly should be improvements,” Phan said. “The changes will be more in the format, related to the need to include more information and facilitate automation.”

The old publication was restricted to the so-called major grains. Phan said the new publication will include almost all crops

and provide historical data going back more than a year.

Changes to how eastern terminals are classified render historical comparisons between this and last crop year invalid, said CGC statistician Kevin Morgan. Previously eastern “transfer terminals” reported stocks separately, but as of Aug. 1 there are only “terminals.” And eastern terminals are grouped together in such categories as “Bay and Lake Ports and “St. Lawrence Ports.”

“You’d be comparing apples to oranges,” he said.

Given the changes in how the data are gathered, this fall the CGC will seek input from the industry on changes it would like to see to the publication.

The data being released now is preliminary pending user feedback, which might sway the decision makers, Phan said. “What we’re doing is based on current marching orders, but once we get all the input that could change.”

Timely and accurate grain sta-

tistics are critical to understanding supply and demand and determining grain prices, say market analysts.

“It’s important to get the data as soon as possible,” said Mike Jubinville, president of ProFarmer Canada.

The speed that grain moves through the system affects the basis (difference between cash and futures prices) and the spread (the difference between nearby and further out futures prices), said John De Pape, president of Farmers Advanced Risk Management Company.

Both Jubinville and De Pape want the grain commission or Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to emulate the U.S. Department of Agriculture and collect and publish grain sales soon after they’re made. Grain companies in the U.S. are required to report sales. The information is viewed as critical to a well-functioning open market.

De Pape said he has raised the issue with the grain commission

and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, but to no avail.

“I know the big grain companies do not support this,” De Pape said.

The grain commission is working on a plan to report loaded grain ships providing information that used to come from Canada Ports Clearance, Phan said.

The Western Grains Elevator Association, which represents the major grain companies in Western Canada, supports market transparency, said the association’s executive director Wade Sobkowich.

“We are definitely willing participants in the providing of data for transparency,” he said.

“We came up with an agreedupon set of data the companies would provide to the Canadian Grain Commission from the terminals to replace what the CGC would have captured on their own doing the unloads.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 19, 2013

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Plaintiffs to appeal U.S. court’s COOL ruling A U.S district court judge has refused to grant an injunction blocking new COOL rules

By Dave Bedard CO-OPERATOR MANAGING EDITOR

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anadian, U.S. and Mexican livestock producer and processor groups will appeal a U.S. court ruling last week that denied granting an injunction to changes to the U.S. government’s final countryof-origin labelling (COOL) rule plan.

Plaintiffs including the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) and Canadian Pork Council (CPC) learned Sept. 11 that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. district court, District of Columbia, had denied their motion.

The groups had filed a suit with the district court July 8 seeking to strike down the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s May 23 revisions to the COOL regulation. On July 22, they filed separately with Judge Jackson asking for a preliminary injunction to block implementation of the COOL regulation, pend-

ing their suit’s outcome. USDA’s revised COOL rule is due to take effect in November.

“We disagree strongly with the court’s decision and believe that several aspects of the ruling are susceptible to challenge,” Patrick Boyle, CEO of the American Meat Institute, one of the suit’s co-plaintiffs, said in a release.

“We intend to pursue them on appeal.

“The CCA has a compelling case and we look forward to the appeal,” CCA president Martin Unrau said in a separate release. “The cost of COOL to Canadian producers and industry is unacceptable and we will continue until a viable remedy is reached.”

“The court’s denial of our request for a preliminary injunction is disappointing, but we look forward to the arguments presented to the court about why the court should vacate this rule,” CPC chairman Jean-Guy Vincent said in another release.

“Based on our consultations and analysis by our legal advisers the decision appears to be badly flawed. It is being recommended to us that we appeal the decision.”

Third channel

The CPC noted that its case before the district court is a “third channel” by which the CPC is seeking a resolution to COOL. The council said it will continue to work with the Canadian government to pursue a World Trade Organization compliance panel, and with producers affected by COOL to prepare affidavits and witness statements that could lead to retaliatory tariffs if the revised U.S. COOL rule isn’t made compliant with U.S. WTO obligations.

The Canadian government is booked to appear Sept. 25 before the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) to seek a compliance panel on COOL.

Secondly, the CPC said, it “will continue to look for the U.S. Congress to make a legislative change that would remove the discriminatory impact of COOL.” The CCA said the only outcome that will bring the U.S. into compliance with the WTO DSB and Appellate Body rulings on COOL would be for the U.S. Congress to amend the COOL legislation.

Such an amendment would have to require either a single mandatory label for all meat produced in the U.S. or to allow for voluntary labelling, the CCA said.

As it is, USDA’s May 23 regulatory change is expected to lead U.S. packers to require even more specific segregation of Canadian livestock, the CCA said. For the cattle sector alone, the association said, the revised rule will “nearly double” COOL’s negative impact from the current $25 per head to $40.

The move will make the product more widely available in Canada Staff

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o c h I n d u s t r i e s’ f e r tilizer manufacturing arm plans to dial up its Canadian sales of its nitrogen-stabilized product SuperU, by producing it in Manitoba. Koch Fertilizer Canada has announced it will start production of SuperU this month at its nitrogen plant at Brandon.

On top of Koch Fer tilizers’ existing production in the U.S., SuperU is expected to be “more widely available in Canada” through production at Brandon, from which distribution will be handled

by Koch Agronomic Services.

SuperU is billed as “the only ready-to-use stabilized nitrogen fertilizer containing both urease and nitrification inhibitors... protecting against all three forms of nitrogen loss: volatilization, denitrification and leaching.”

By law, the USDA is obliged bal supplies and avoid the as a way to reduce a mammoth WASHINGTON / REUTERS Unlike a controlled-release highest sugar subsidy costs in surplus that could force proces- to assure growers of a minifertilizer, which stores the sors to default on government- mum price for sugar, but foodor the fourth time this 13 years. urea within a fertilizer pellet’s The USDA offered to swap backed loans. Re-export credits makers often complain that year, the U.S. governcoating, Koch’s SuperU prodm e n t i n t e r ve n e d i n up to 85,375 short tons of gov- give refiners the right to import government keeps the sugar uct is a “stabilized” fertilizer, the sugar market to bolster ernment-owned sugar for re- sugar, so limiting them would supply too small, which drives which allows the urea to conup the price. prices depressed by large glo- export credits held by refiners reduce supplies. vert to plant-available nitrogen while protecting it from enzymes in the soil that break down nitrogen, the company said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 19, 2013

crop report

First frost Sept.16, but minimal damage reported Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives crop report for Sept. 16, 2013 Weekly Provincial Summary

Warm, dry conditions across most of Manitoba allowed for excellent harvest progress.

Reported spring wheat yields range from 30 to 85 bushels per acre, barley 60 to 140 bushels per acre, oats 85 to 180 bushels per acre, canola 15 to 65 bushels per acre, and edible beans 2,000 pounds per acre. The first acres of soybeans were also harvested with early yield reports of 35 to 55 bushels per acre.

Most areas of Manitoba reported frost events throughout the weekend. To date, minimal damage to crops has been reported.

Seeding of winter wheat continues across Manitoba. In the Central and Eastern Regions, some seeded acres have emerged. It is currently anticipated winter wheat acres will decrease from the previous year as a result of decreased availability of stubble prior to seeding deadlines, and good yields and quality of the 2013 spring wheat crop.

Southwest Region

The spring cereal harvest is in its final stages with 75 to 85 per cent of the crop harvested. Yield reports continue to come in well above-average with aboveaverage bushel weights and generally lower protein levels.

The canola harvest saw good progress at 30 to 40 per cent

completed. Yield reports for canola continue to be variable.

The majority of flax fields have seen pre-harvest desiccation applied. The field pea harvest is complete with generally aboveaverage yields and quality.

Corn and soybeans continue to benefit from the warmer temperatures. Sunflowers are in the R7 stage of development.

Winter wheat and fall rye seeding increased slightly last week with the increase in harvested acres. However, many growers remain concerned with the dry soil conditions and have delayed planting.

Producers continue to move cattle to fall pastures and harvested crop stubble as supplemental pasture. Grass cattle and weaned calves are being moved to feedlots and/or marketed.

The second cut alfalfa harvest is 75 to 80 per cent complete with the remainder of the crop still awaiting a killing frost prior to being harvested. Slough and marsh hay continue to be harvested to supplement winter feed supplies across the region.

Northwest Region

With the favourable harvest weather, an estimated 45 per cent of total acres are combined.

An estimated 45 per cent of canola acres are in swath and 35 per cent is combined and yielding from 15 to 65 bu./acre. Overall quality and grade is very good.

Up to 75 per cent of spring wheat harvest is complete and yields range from 30 to 85 bu./ acre with overall average of 65 bu./acre. Spring wheat is grading mostly No. 1 and No. 2 with many bushel weights up to 65 lbs./acre and protein levels at around 13.5 per cent.

Soybeans around the Dauphin and Ste. Rose areas are maturing with many fields dropping leaves.

A limited amount of winter wheat and fall rye acres are seeded.

Straw is being baled and removed. Some post harvest herbicide weed control treatments are being done.

Some forage shortfall still exists through the early season moisture and flood impacted lands in the Westlake and The Pas areas. Regional surpluses of forage and straw are available.

Pastures conditions are rated as 20 per cent good, 55 per cent fair and 25 per cent poor. Livestock water levels remain adequate.

Central Region

Another good week of weather will see the majority of cereals and canola harvested.

Ha rd Re d Sp r i n g w h e a t yields range from 40 to 80 bu./ acre; general purpose wheat 80 to 105 bu./acre; barley 75 B:10.25” to 140 bu./acre, oats 90 to 180 bu./acre andT:10.25” canola from 25

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High yields in general purpose wheat are combined with low protein levels in some cases.

There are a few reports of downgrading due to ergot.

Edible bean harvest continues with yield reports in the 2,000 lb./acre range.

The first acres of soybeans have been harvested with early yield reports of 35 to 55 bu./ acre.

Winter wheat seeding continues. Seeded acres are expected to be similar to lower than last year.

Livestock producers are working on greenfeed and cereal silage harvest. Haying continues.

Eastern Region

Harvest is estimated at 60 per cent complete in the Eastern Region. Average yields for the region are: winter wheat 70 to 80 bu./acre, spring wheat 45 to 60 bu./acre, barley 85 bu./acre, oats 100 to 125 bu./acre and canola 40 bu./acre.

Soybeans are at R7 stage of development. The most advanced, short-seasoned varieties are almost fully mature.

Some preliminary harvesting may start this week. Corn is in the dent (R5) stage with

the milk line moving down the kernel. Corn silage harvest is underway with yields well above-average. Sunflower development is at R8 with bract browning in progress.

Winter feed supply status is: hay at five to 10 per cent surplus, 80 to 90 per cent adequate and five to 10 per cent inadequate; straw at 100 per cent surplus, greenfeed at 100 per cent adequate and feed grains at five to 10 per cent surplus, 80 to 90 per cent adequate and five to 10 per cent inadequate.

Interlake Region

Cereal and canola harvest is nearly complete. A few crops remain as persistent green kernels are slow to ripen. Soybean harvest is set to begin in the south and is about a week away in the north. Frost will accelerate the dry down of soybeans and may have damaged some of the crops that were not yet mature.

Alfalfa seed harvest started in drier areas of the region.

Winter wheat seeding is continuing with seeding deadlines approaching.

Haying continues with good quality being reported. Access to low meadows is better than expected and will help to boost feed supplies. Pastures are in good condition, although some farms are feeding cattle on pastures. Pasture water supplies are still adequate.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 19, 2013

In Africa growth story, don’t forget the aid Aid will continue to be a significant contributor to economic growth for the region

By Ed Stoddard johannesburg /reuters

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frica’s robust economic growth over the past decade has raised hopes the world’s poorest continent can reduce reliance on aid.

The problem with this scenario is its failure to consider the role aid may be playing in the “Africa Rising” narrative.

Looking for a link between aid and growth, an unmistakable pattern emerges from the numbers.

World Bank data shows foreign donor aid to Africa from the OECD group of wealthy countries was just under $13 billion in 2000 and soared to $41 billion in 2006, and then slipped, before rebounding and hitting over $46 billion in 2011.

Net official development assistance per capita was just $19.50 in 2000 and almost tripled to a peak of $53.29 in 2006.

It then declined, but in 2011 was back just below $53.

Other sources suggest different, though similar, numbers.

Chinese official inflows also surged during this period, though much of this was credit support or “oil-backed loans” and would not count as aid by the OECD definitions, according to AidData, a research initiative tracking over $5.5 trillion in development finance from over 90 donors, including China.

The first decade of this century saw a concerted effort to

boost western aid to Africa, marked by anti-poverty campaigns headed by celebrities such as Irish rocker Bono, which featured debt forgiveness on a large scale and other initiatives.

It was also the decade when African growth took off.

Growth surges

From 2001 to 2010, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

said six of the world’s 10 fastest-growing economies were in Africa: Angola, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Chad, Mozambique and Rwanda.

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Africa’s top oil producers and Chad a recent petrostate, so surging crude prices had a lot to do with their growth. But Continued on next page »

Peasant farmer Joseph Mhlanga with his crop of maize in 2011. International aid is credited with helping countries like Zambia boost production of staple crops. Photo: REUTERS/Mackson Wasamunu

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it is instructive to look at aid flows into Ethiopia, Mozambique and Rwanda, which did not have oil dollars.

Rwanda and Mozambique both saw net aid from richdonor countries roughly triple between 2000 and 2011 — in the case of the former from $341 million to almost $1.3 billion, close to 18 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP).

We s t e r n a i d t o Ethiopia soared almost fourfold from $906 million in 2000 to a peak of over $3.8 billion in 2009.

Much of Africa’s growth is consumption driven, and aid can stimulate that, such as when used to support national budgets.

E x a m p l e s o f re c e n t a i d linked to growth in Africa include subsidies to peasant farmers in Zambia and Malawi, credited with lifting harvests for the staple maize crops in countries where farming still makes a massive contribution to GDP. Of course, aid can hamper growth if squandered, if it is pilfered or if it creates a culture of utter dependence.

In her 2009 book Dead Aid, Zambian economist and aid critic Dambisa Moyo noted that in the previous 50 years, “over $1 trillion in development-related aid has been transferred from rich countries to Africa,” with little to show.

But the past decade or so has seen a difference in the sheer scale of flows into Africa, with AidData estimating it at $404 billion from wealthy western donors from 2000 to 2011.

AidData has also tracked another $75 billion in official flows from China — most of which would not be technically defined as aid over the same period, for a total of almost half a trillion dollars surging into Africa from donors.

And there has been a change in emphasis. Good governance and other conditions — at least from the West — have been placed on aid with more vigour than in the past, and increased transparency has helped to ensure some of it is better spent.

Laggards and chicken counters

But seen through the prism of the region’s laggards, the link between aid and growth is not so apparent.

Zimbabwe’s economy contracted sharply in the first decade of this century, but aid flows actually increased to $718 million in 2011 from $177 million in 2000.

Much of this would have been humanitarian aid as Zimbabwe has suffered periodic food shortages related to a wider economic collapse triggered in part by the seizure of white-owned commercial farms for redistribution to landless blacks.

Eritrea from 2003 to 2011 had average GDP growth of only 0.7 per cent but saw its aid coffers swell from $67.5 million in 2000 to $163.27 million in 2011, with a peak in 2005 of $350 million.

An influential 2011 paper, ‘Counting Chickens When They Hatch,’ concluded that “increases in aid have been followed on average by mod-

est increases in investment and growth.”

“Aid causes some degree of growth in recipient countries, though the magnitude of this relationship is modest, varies greatly across recipients, and diminishes at high levels,” wrote the authors of the study, published in the Economic Journal.

Then there is the old trade versus aid argument.

The value of exports from the region soared to $420 billion — about 10 times annual aid flows — from $100 billion between 2000 and 2011, according to the World Bank.

But the linkage between trade and GDP expansion is also not cut and dry. Three-quarters of the region’s exports are natural resources — and these have been stoked by a now cooling commodity boom — while 60 per cent of Africa’s recent economic growth has come from consumption.

Minerals and metals account for the lion’s share of regional giant South Africa’s exports, but mining only six per cent of GDP. Meanwhile, the annual value of the region’s manufactured goods from 2000 to 2011 only rose from $13 billion to $33 billion — so aid flows still outpace manufacturing revenue.

This is worrying as it essentially means Africa still relies more on handouts than it does on making things that its own inhabitants or the rest of the world wants to buy.

While the exact influence of aid on the African growth story cannot be pinned down precisely, what is certain is that it will continue to play a crucial role in the growth story.

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Danish grass and clover seed firm DLF-Trifolium recently closed its deal to buy the Ontario-based Pickseed Companies Group, with operations across Canada and in Oregon, for an undisclosed sum.

Pickseed’s owners Tom and Martin Pick, sons of company founder Otto Pick, signed a sale agreement with DLF in July for the company and all its operations across North America, which today represent about US$100 million in annual sales.

“We felt that it was important to sell to an entity that would have a good cultural fit with Pickseed. We are confident that DLF-Trifolium as a dedicated turfgrass and forage crop seed company will be able to carry forward and develop the Pickseed business and legacy,” the Pick brothers said in a release.

DLF CEO Truels Damsgaard in July described the Pickseed deal as “a major strategic step forward” for his company.

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Pickseed started in 1947 as Otto Pick Agricultural Service, focused on direct sales of improved forage seed to southern Ontario livestock producers, based on the then relatively new concept of “permanent pasture.”

Otto Pick’s sons and his wife Marie took over the business following his death in 1959, expanding into turfgrass products and expanding both west and east.

The company later expanded into the U.S. in the 1970s through Oregon-based Pickseed West, and took over one of Canada’s biggest forage and turfgrass seed businesses, the seed division of Maple Leaf Mills, in 1981.

Having moved its head office to Lindsay, Ont. in 1993, Pickseed’s acquisitions have since included Oregon-based Roberts Seed Co.; Agribiotech Canada; Land o’ Lakes’ forage and turf arm Seed Research of Oregon; and, in 2008, the Nipawin, Sask. forage seed business of Regina’s FarmPure Seeds.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 19, 2013

news

First frost

U.S. firm buys Prairie corn, soy seed company

Frost early September 16 touched their soybeans but was expected to cause minimal damage. photo: john dietz

Staff / A Minnesota corn, soybean and grain seed production and marketing company has expanded its footprint in Western Canada by buying a Prairie competitor.

Thunder Seed, based at Dilworth, just east of Fargo, N.D., recently announced it’s bought Prairie Pacific Seeds, which operates from offices at Delta, B.C. and Souris, Man., for an undisclosed sum.

Prairie Pacific Seeds’ owner, Alexis Arthur, will remain with Thunder Seed as its new corn sales manager for Western Canada.

“The strategic acquisition of Prairie Pacific Seeds gives us access to its full complement of silage hybrids,” Thunder Seed

owner Paul Adams said in a release.

Also, he said, “The expansive distribution channels of Prairie Pacific Seeds allow us to bring Thunder Seed to a broader market.”

Thunder Seed, Arthur noted “is continuing the testing and genetic work that Prairie Pacific Seeds has been doing in silage, and is committed to focusing on customer needs and product performance.”

Owned by three Minnesota seed farms, Thunder Seed has supplied seed to growers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Western Canada for over 15 years.

Quarry Seed at Stonewall, Man., which distributes for both Thunder Seed and Prairie Pacific Seeds, will continue to be the exclusive distributor for Thunder Seed products in Canada, Thunder Seed said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 19, 2013

Cargill picks new CEO to take over Dec. 1 David MacLennan will take the helm as part of a scheduled succession plan

By Christine Stebbins and Tom Polansek chicago / reuters

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gribusiness Cargill Inc. announced David MacLennan, its president and chief operating officer, will be its new chief executive officer Sept. 12.

MacLennan replaces CEO Gregory Page, 62, who is stepping down.

MacLennan told Reuters that Cargill will keep on the same path set under Page’s leadership, focusing on investments outside of North America while expanding its energy business to include more physical trade.

“Overall, we like our mix of hard asset businesses, primary and secondar y processing, value-added foods, trading relative to risk management for our customers and our own busi-

“To the outside world this may come about as news — amongst our leadership team this has been a well-vetted process.”

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nesses,” he said.

Minneapolis-based Cargill is one of the world’s largest privately held corporations and a top commodities trader. It reported earnings of $2.31 billion for the fiscal year that ended May 31, compared with $1.17 billion a year ago.

Cargill, a leading global grains exporter, is among four “ABCD”

co mp an ies t ha t d om ina te the flow of agricultural goods around the world. The others are Archer Daniels Midland Co., Bunge Ltd. and Louis Dreyfus Corp.

The chief executives of Louis Dreyfus Commodities and Bunge stepped down this summer.

MacLennan said he sees Cargill’s greatest growth opportunities in Brazil — as the country expands crop production and shipping infrastructure — and in Africa and China where demand for food will continue to rise.

“Seventy-five per cent of our capital in the last five years has been invested outside the United States,” MacLennan said. “It will continue to be more outside of North America rather than inside of North America.”

MacLennan, 54, joined Cargill in 1991 and has worked in its financial, risk management, energy and animal protein businesses in the United States, London and Geneva. He became president and COO in 2011.

“The challenge is navigating a world that has a lot of volatility,” MacLennan said.

Volatility has been a factor in Cargill earnings in recent years, most notably fiscal 2012 when profits fell 56 per cent to $1.17 billion as Cargill was squeezed by soft economies and market volatility.

Company officials said the leadership change was not related to recent volatility and noted the 148-year-old company had record earnings five out of the last six years with Page at the helm.

Page, who has worked for

Cargill for 39 years and is stepping down from chief e x e c u t i v e b e f o re C a r g i l l ’s mandatory retirement age of 65, will become the company’s executive chairman. In that role, Page will lead the board and be a resource to the company.

“To the outside world this may come about as news — amongst our leadership team this has been a well-vetted process,” said Page, adding the transition began more than two years ago to “maintain continuity in Cargill.”

Cargill remains privately held by descendants of the founders from the Cargill and MacMillan families.

Asked if Cargill will go public in the near future, MacLennan said: “No. The families’ commitment to staying private is unchanged.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 19, 2013

Buildings tomorrow’s heirlooms — with yesterday’s wood Character and patina of old barn boards, posts and beams shines through in the country-style furniture made by this Morden company

By Lorraine Stevenson CO-OPERATOR STAFF / MORDEN

M Blayne Wyton is the founder of the Morden-based company, Prairie Barnwood, a new Manitoba company producing high-end design furniture from salvaged Manitoba barns. PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON

any see beauty in something old, faded and worn — but few can find uses for it.

Blayne Wyton does both.

His four-year-old company, Morden-based Prairie Barnwood, does a brisk business handcrafting fine furniture from boards, beans and posts salvaged from old barns in the Pembina Valley.

The idea came to him during a road trip a few years ago as he was admiring the char-

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“I often make the joke it was sort of like when God told Noah to build the ark,” he said.

He couldn’t wait to get back to Manitoba to find a barn and turn its wood into country-rustic style furniture, he said.

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Four Manitobans receive Deere scholarships The Canadian 4-H Council has announced the 15 recipients of the 2013 John Deere Canada 4-H Scholarships. Each will receive $2,000 toward their post-secondary education this fall.

The funding for these scholarships was made possible by John Deere Canada and the participating dealerships’ commitment of $30,000.

Manitoba recipients and sponsoring dealerships are Rachel Verwey of Portage la Prairie (Enns Brothers); Laura Horner of Minnedosa (Greenland Equipment); Cassie Scott of Boissevain (Greenvalley Equipment) and Amy Pizzey of Binscarth (Maple Farm Equipment).

Grain Growers appoints new executive director Grain Growers of Canada has appointed Jim Facette as executive director in the wake of former administrator’s Richard Phillips’ departure to take the helm at the Canada Grains Council.

Facette, who until recently was president and CEO of the Canadian Propane Association, is an an 18-year veteran of industry association experience. “Jim is an experienced government and public relations professional that knows his way around Ottawa,” said Gary Stanford, vice-president of the Grain Growers of Canada.

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tables, chairs, beds, living room furniture and accessories, countertops and flooring in a 9,000-square-foot facility on the edge of town.

Their products are sold online (www.prairiebarnwood.com) to customers throughout western Canada.

All the wood is salvaged from barns, wooden structures, and dilapidated homesteads landowners agree to have taken down, including one house that yielded some very valuable oak. It is then pressure-washed, treated if required, and sorted by size and grade.

The first was a barn from near Rosengart, an old pitched roofed structure dating back to the 1920s. Some of it became small hall table — and the beginning of much bigger things. So far they’ve taken apart about 25 barns in the Pembina Valley, all found through word of mouth, said Wyton.

Usually some of the building is rotted beyond usability, and more can be destroyed in the deconstruction process,

but there’s still plenty of good wood to be had. “ Yo u c a n t y p i c a l l y g e t anywhere from 50 to 80 p e r c e n t u s a b l e l u m b e r,” said Wyton.

Owners often view their old building as “a piece of history” and may have an emotional attachment to it, but they often don’t see much value in the wood itself.

That’s where Wyton begs to differ — and has proven with handcrafted furniture appealing to buyers precisely because of the character and patina derived from the wood’s knots, burrs, and nail holes.

“What’s so interesting about barn wood is that the value is actually in the wear, and almost the abuse, that the wood took over the years,” said Wyton. “That’s actually what makes it so beautiful in furniture.”

It’s valuable for another reason — there isn’t much oldgrowth fir around anymore, said Wyton. The tight grain of old timber makes it quite different from what you find in lumber yards today.

“Nowadays when you look at a board, it’s a wide grain,

“What’s so interesting about barn wood is that the value is actually in the wear, and almost the abuse, that the wood took over the years. That’s actually what makes it so beautiful in furniture.”

Blaine Wyton

and it makes the wood softer,” he said.

While barn wood is fairly easy to find right now, Wyton has already noticed a decline in the amount of useable wood.

“We’re definitely pushed by Mother Nature.” he said. “Rot is probably our biggest competitor.”

As well, the inventory of old barns is diminishing as landowners clear homesteads to make fields bigger.

Tommorows heirlooms today

Fur niture made by Prair ie Barnwood borrows from the designs of William Morr is and his Arts and Crafts movement, which Wyton has long admired. It suits reclaimed wood perfectly, he said.

“It blends into a modern home but it has that authen-

tic look with a lot of character to it,” he said.

No two pieces are alike, there’s no assembly line at the company, and the finished products reflect the talents of the craftsmen. Wyton said he doesn’t even like to talk in terms of ‘employees.’

“I like to say we all work t o g e t h e r,” h e s a i d . “R i g h t now we have six people and myself, and each person b a s i c a l l y r u n s a d i f f e re n t department or section of the company.”

Everyone enjoys the craft of creating unique pieces that are essentially “tomorrow ’s heirlooms today,” he said. “ T h e re’s a n a r t i s t i c e l e ment to this — the thing has been to find the job that fits the person, not the other way around,” he said.

“When people start working in the back, I always ask them, as a piece comes up, ‘Don’t just build a piece of furniture. Build a stor y.

T h i n k o f a s t o r y. I f y o u build a bench, maybe that bench sat outside a general store in 1910 and there was an old man that sat on it every day.’”

The business also fits in with the moder n era. Two years ago it won an award for outstanding contribution to green initiatives and sustainable practices under the Community Led Emissions Reduction Program from the MSTW Planning District (the towns of Morden and Winkler and RMs of Stanley and Thompson). lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

New first aid app puts lifesaving help on your phone It’s no substitute for training, but it can help in an emergency Staff

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he Canadian Red Cross has launched a first aid app to increase Canadian’s skills and confidence to intervene in health emergencies.

“This app will allow people to learn what to do in multiple medical emergencies, from severe bleeding to broken bones to heart attacks,” said Don Marentette, an official with the Canadian Red Cross in Manitoba in a release. “Knowing how to recognize the signs of a medical emergency is not enough; people need to know what to do.”

According to recent polling on behalf of the Canadian Red Cross, nearly 40 per cent of Canadians say they’ve been in an emergency situation where they’ve had to perform first aid.

Although more than two-thirds of Canadians say they can recognize the signs of a life-threatening health emergency like choking or a heart attack, only half are confident in their skills to help.

The free app is available for Android, iPhone and iPad. It can be found in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store for Android by searching “Canadian Red Cross.” It is also available on the Red Cross website at www.redcross.ca/apps. Users can sharpen their skills through interactive quizzes and videos, or access simple step-by-step advice to help them respond to an emergency.

“Although full of useful information, the new app is not a substitute for training,” adds Marentette. “The best way to be prepared for a medical emergency is still by taking a Red Cross first aid course, supplemented by this easy app in your purse or pocket.”

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Recycled goods are put to use in a garlic patch at Northern Sun Farm Co-op.

Gerhard Dekker’s home at Northern Sun Farm Co-op is equipped with solar power. photos: Shannon VanRaes

Co-op members opt for an off-the-grid, simpler existence It’s not for everyone, but co-op members say their simple way of life is deeply satisfying

By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff / sarto

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e d w i g g l e r w o r m s a r e t r ying to make a break for it from the clump of compost in Mitch McGuire’s hands.

Bu t , a h e m , i t’s n o t yo u r u s u a l compost.

“We deal with our human manure in a very user-friendly way — we don’t have septic systems, we compost everything,” explained McGuire, tour guide at Northern Sun Farm Co-op, an off-the-grid community 15 miles south of Steinbach.

The co-op’s dozen or so permanent residents aren’t shy about telling visitors about their tidy system for turning their “deposits” into a safe, nutrientrich fertilizer.

“It’s the most sustainable fertilizer I know of,” said Dawn Buchanen, McGuire’s partner and a 20-year resident of the community.

And it seems to be working.

Lush gardens of tomatoes, garlic, peppers, cauliflower, beans, and a host of other vegetables and herbs abound, nestled in between small homes, meadows, and woodland paths. Pigs, cows and goats are also raised on site.

“Really, almost everything we need is grown here,” Buchanen said, adding what they can’t produce is bought in bulk from organic producers.

Re s i d e n t s a l s o b u i l t t h e i r ow n homes, often repurposing old materials in the process. Some are straw-bale construction, others made from used timber, and one is a recycled boxcar.

“I’d never built anything before,” said Buchanen, who spent four months disassembling a barn before using the pieces to construct her compact and

cosy wooden home with not much more than a saw and hammer. And she did it all with her infant son in tow.

“My second son Noble was born here, I gave birth to him in the loft,” she said.

Later, a straw-bale addition was added to provide a separate bedroom.

“Most of our houses are relatively small, because we heat them with wood,” said McGuire. “We have a fivecord limit because we harvest our firewood on the land... so people don’t build ridiculous homes.”

In 2009, Northern Sun added a large three-season community kitchen and meeting area. It was built by members using recycled and local wood, and has a compacted clay floor.

Instead of shingles, the roof was painstakingly and beautifully sheathed with old tin litho-sheets once used to print the Steinbach Carillon.

A membership share in the co-op (which currently isn’t taking new members) costs $2,000, along with $300 annually for rent.

“It’s not for everyone, but personally I love it, it’s all about freedom,” said Gerhard Dekker, who co-founded the community nearly three decades ago.

It’s also about reducing the impact people have on the earth, and living a simpler, more self-reliant lifestyle.

Although the Internet has made some inroads, one phone line is shared by almost all residents, and any electronic devices rely on solar panels and a small wind turbine for their energy.

“We’re trying to do the right thing, preserve the environment, preserve what we have, and look after it in a way that it will continue to serve us,” the 66-year-old said. “We’re trying to build an alternative economy here, and find a different way of doing things. It’s a big

job and it’s slow going... but we’re moving in the right direction.”

Co-op members are also part of a group called the South Eastman Transition Initiative, which advocates for a less resource-intensive lifestyle and offers advice to those “anticipating a less opulent future.”

Cheap energy has fuelled the North American lifestyle but “it’s becoming obvious that it’s not going to last,” Dekker said.

That said, co-op members own vehicles and work outside the community, and additional income is also generated through workshops and tours of the 240-acre land-based co-op — part of their mandate for education.

“Not all of our members are free of consumerism, but by and large, this is not a consumerist lifestyle, it’s pretty minimalist,” said Dekker. “It’s production oriented rather than consumption oriented.”

“Because we provide a lot of things for ourselves — power, heat with firewood, and our own water — our output costs are fairly minimal, so having to work full time is unnecessary,” added McGuire, who joined the co-op four years ago.

Dekker said he has lived on as little as $3,000 per year.

Currently, co-op members are raising money to complete a cold storage facility so more food can be put up for the winter.

A seniors’ residence for members and a winterized community centre have also been talked about.

But for the most part, they’re content with what they have, Dekker said.

“It’s really good living here, it’s very rewarding,” he said. “I can’t think of a better place to live.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

A large solar oven sits next to Northern Sun’s community kitchen.

Gardens abound at Northern Sun Farm Co-op earlier this summer.

A skull becomes art at Northern Sun Farm.

Mitch McGuire shows off his home compost system at Northern Sun Farm Co-op.

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RecipeSwap

Send your recipes or recipe request to: Manitoba Co-operator Recipe Swap Box 1794, Carman, Man. ROG OJO or email: lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

Get ’em while they’re crunchy This is the third year schools and daycares are selling fresh vegetables as a fundraiser Lots Of Veggies Soup 2 tsp. olive oil 1 onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, chopped 8 c. water 4 chicken or vegetable cubes 2 c. broccoli florets, slightly chopped 2 c. carrots, sliced 1-1/2 c. celery, sliced 1 c. green beans, cut in half 1 red pepper, thinly sliced 1 yellow pepper, thinly sliced Salt and pepper to taste

Lorraine Stevenson Crossroads Recipe Swap

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ith the kids back in school, club and classroom fundraisers begin again.

One is the Farm to School Manitoba Healthy Choice Fundraiser — a way to raise money while sending a message that cookies and candy aren’t the only good things to eat.

Now in its third year, the program allows Manitoba schools and daycares to sell potatoes, carrots, onions, parsnips and cabbage in $10 or $20 bundles, with half the cash staying with the school or daycare.

The program, a joint venture, quickly gained traction after it was rolled out in 2010 by the Manitoba Home Economics Association; the province and its Buy Manitoba Program; and Peak of the Market.

It turns out vegetables sell like hotcakes — the initial 66 schools in the first year expanded to 432 schools and daycares last year, which collectively sold a whopping 60,000 bundles of veggies to households across the province, including northern Manitoban communities where vegetables can be expensive and harder to get.

I don’t know how this compares with sales of chocolate bars. But aside from fundraising, it’s a darned good idea as the vast majority of kids — and lots of adults, too — don’t eat nearly enough vegetables.

You can find out more about this fundraiser, including how to enrol a school or daycare, at www.farmtoschoolmanitoba.ca.

Orders will be taken after Sept. 16, with a 2013 goal of selling an additional 5,000 bundles — so get ’em while they’re crunchy.

In a large pot; heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic. Cook, stirring, until golden, about three minutes. Add water, chicken cube and vegetables. Bring to boil.

Simmer until vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

Serves 6.

Source: Peak of the Market PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

Apple And Parsnip Soup 2 lbs. parsnips, peeled and cut into chunks 2 apples, cored and quartered 1 onion, diced 5-1/2 c. chicken broth 1/2 tsp. salt

In a large pot; add parsnips, apples, onion, chicken broth and salt. Bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer for two hours or until parsnips are tender. Let cool. Blend mixture in blender. Reheat and serve.

Serves 6.

Vegetable Soup A hot soup is a perfect autumn meal and a great way to use homegrown vegetables. This recipe is off the Farm to School Fundraiser’s website.

1-1/2 c. potatoes peeled and cubed 1 c. parsnips, peeled and cubed 1/2 c. carrots, peeled and sliced 1/4 c. onions, chopped 4 c. water 1 tbsp. vegetable bouillon powder 1/2 c. elbow macaroni 1/4 tsp. garlic powder 1 tbsp. parsley Pepper to taste

Add all ingredients except parsley and elbow macaroni into the slow cooker. Cover and cook on high for 3.5 hours or on low for 5.5 hours or until vegetables are done to desired tenderness. Add parsley and elbow macaroni into the slow cooker for 30 minutes until the pasta has reached desired doneness. Stir until well blended. Enjoy! Makes four 1⁄2-cup servings.

Source: Peak of the Market (www.peakmarket.com)

Curried Zucchini Soup 2 tbsp. butter or margarine 1 large onion, chopped 1 apple, peeled, cored and chopped 2 tsp. curry powder 4 c. chicken stock 1/4 c. uncooked rice 2 c. zucchini, unpeeled and diced 1/2 tsp. salt 1 c. milk

In a saucepan, melt butter; sauté onion and apple until soft. Sprinkle with curry powder; cook, stirring, for a few seconds. Pour in chicken stock; bring to a boil. Add rice, zucchini and salt. Cover and cook until rice and zucchini are tender, about 30 minutes. Using a hand mixer, blend until smooth. Return to pan and add milk. Heat through. Serves 8.

Source: Peak of the Market

Vegetable Basil Soup 3 tbsp. water 1 c. fresh basil leaves 2 tbsp. Parmesan cheese, grated 1 tbsp. olive oil 2 large cloves garlic, peeled 2 small onions, chopped 6 c. water 2 large tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped 4 small potatoes, washed and quartered 3/4 c. fresh green beans, trimmed 3 small zucchini, cubed 1/2 c. broken, uncooked spaghetti noodles

In blender, place three tablespoons water, basil, cheese and oil; process. With blender running, drop in garlic; process until smooth.

Add more water if too dry. Set aside.

Coat large sauce pot with cooking spray; place over medium heat. Add onions, cooking until tender. Add six cups water, tomatoes, potatoes, green beans. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, partially cover and simmer 15 minutes.

Add zucchini and spaghetti; cook 12 to 15 minutes more or until vegetables and spaghetti are tender. Just before serving, stir in basil-garlic mixture. Serves 6.

RECIPE SWAP If you have a recipe or a column suggestion please write to: Manitoba Co-operator Recipe Swap Box 1794 Carman, Man. R0G 0J0 or email Lorraine Stevenson at: lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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What to do with all that parsley Here’s a couple of ideas to enjoy it through the winter

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

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always grow at least a couple of plants of parsley in my vegetable patch and ever y fall the plants have grown into huge mounds of beautiful, dark-green foliage.

Not being one to waste anything from the garden, in the past I always pondered what to do with the excess after all the parsley that was needed for canned soups and salsa had been picked. This late-fall parsley is such a lovely colour — deep green — so useful in the kitchen, and so full of nutrients that I hate to simply compost it.

A l t h o u g h m a n y g a rd e n ers (and cooks) prefer Italian parsley, I grow the moss-curled type, as I like the appearance of this variety best but the methods that I have devised to use excess parsley can be used with either.

The last few years I have done two things. The first is that I take a parsley plant that has pretty much had all its foliage harvested, except for the very centre where young shoots are emerging, and I pot it up into a 10-inch pot. I cut back the roots somewhat and trim off any bits of foliage, leaving just the emerging leaves in the centre of the plant. I put the pot on the windowsill in the sunroom — eventually it makes its way down to the basement light garden when I get around to

setting it up, which is usually late October. Fresh parsley is harvested from this potted plant all winter.

After the “parsley cubes” have frozen solid I put them into a plastic bag and into the deep freeze.

I keep the plant well watered and well fed, and I give it good, strong light right beneath the fluorescent lights of the light garden. It produces enough fresh parsley for use as garnish or in other fresh dishes. It’s not used in cooked dishes because there is other parsley for that purpose (read on). I compost the plant in the spring when my new plants begin to produce usable leaves in the garden — there is no use planting it as parsley is a biennial and so it would just bolt and go to seed the second summer.

There is usually still a lot of excess parsley remaining in the autumn garden, so when cold temperatures threaten (parsley can endure quite heavy, earlyfall frosts without ill effect) I harvest it and freeze it to use in soups and stews during the winter. I wash the parsley, chop it up and pack it tightly into ice

Ice cube trays filled with chopped parsley and covered with water are ready for the freezer. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

cube trays. I then cover the parsley with water and put the trays into the freezer. After the “parsley cubes” have frozen solid I put them into a plastic bag and into the deep freeze. When parsley is wanted to add to a dish during the winter, a parsley ice cube is added to the pot.

Of course, this frozen parsley is of no use as a garnish or in fresh dishes (the plant in the light garden is used for that) but it adds good flavour and nutrients to cooked dishes all winter long.

If you have extra parsley in your garden this fall, perhaps you

will make some parsley cubes or pot a parsley plant up to sit on a sunny windowsill from which you can harvest pieces of this aromatic and tasty herb during the long, cold winter.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

Dry soil may cause structural problems Soil can shrink creating gaps around basement wall NDSU Agriculture Communication

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he drought not only affects crops and plants, it also may cause problems for your home.

“Sticking doors or windows and cracks in walls or ceilings may be indications that the building is shifting due to soil shrinkage,” says Ken Hellevang, North Dakota State University Extension Service agricultural engineer.

As clay or other fine-particle soils dry, they shrink, creating gaps around the basement wall. This space exposes more of the soil to airflow, which increases the amount of moisture removal. A gap along the wall, through time, may allow airflow that will dry the soil under the foundation.

The foundation’s support is removed as the soil shrinks, which may stress the concrete enough to cause a crack to form.

This also will occur around concrete slabs if the support base is clay or other fine-parti-

cle soil that swells and shrinks with changes in moisture con-

“Sticking doors or windows and cracks in walls or ceilings may be indications that the building is shifting due to soil shrinkage.”

tent, according to Hellevang.

The gap between the soil and basement wall also allows water from rain to run down the wall and may result in water seeping into the basement. To minimize these problems, Hellevang recommends maintaining a relatively constant moisture content in the soil around the house. Water the soil evenly around the entire foundation during extended dry periods

if the soil is pulling away from the basement wall.

“Do not apply water directly into the gap because this may cause water intrusion into the basement,” he says. “Instead, apply water one to two feet away from the foundation edge. A soakertype hose permits applying water to the soil without getting it on the house wall.

Apply the water slowly with rest periods of several hours to permit the water to gradually soak into the soil to a depth of several feet.”

Sometimes people place plastic under rock next to the house as part of landscaping or to minimize water infiltration next to the house. This will prevent you from applying water next to the house.

However, water added to the soil even three feet from the wall will migrate through the soil profile and wet the soil near the basement wall. It likely will not migrate enough to close the crack or gap near the surface, but it will wet

the soil at greater depths and minimize the potential for soil shrinkage that may affect the structure.

“Do not fill the crack next to the basement wall with soil,” Hellevang says. “When the soil gets wet, it will expand, pushing on the basement wall, possibly with enough pressure to crack the wall.”

Even if cracks have appeared in walls or doors a re s t i c k i n g , yo u s h o u l d apply water now to keep the soil from drying further and to rewet the soil to a normal level.

Because keeping the soil at a relatively constant moisture content is the goal, having a drainage system to remove excess moisture also is important. This includes making sure you have drainage pipe that’s encased in granular material along the footing and a drainage plane along the exterior of the basement wall.

You generally can use the size of the cracks in the basement walls to determine if

you need to hire a contractor to repair the foundation or basement.

Hellevang suggests you also look for changes in alignment by sighting along the length of the wall to see if it is straight.

Alignment problems are more common with soil expansion, but they also can occur when the wall is not supported laterally due to the soil shrinking away from the basement.

The amount of distortion in alignment can be used to determine the need for a contractor.

Cracks in the basement wall should be repaired to reduce the potential for water intrusion. You should wait to repair cracks in other walls and ceilings until the soil moisture returns to normal.

“Remember that if the crack occurred due to soil shrinkage, the soil will expand when it gets wet,” Hellevang says.

Problems with doors and windows binding may correct themselves when the soil expands as it gets wet.

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MORE QUESTIONS FOR REENA Plus, a reader shares some tips Reena Nerbas Household Solutions

Hi Reena,

I hope you can help me out. I have inherited a large, oval (10x10) heavy, wool braided rug this year which I grew up with in my family home. My grandmother made two of them in 1956 for my parents’ house. When I laid it out in my living room, I became aware of how much odour it has retained, since my mother smoked for 58 years in her home. I never noticed it in her home since the smoke smell permeated everywhere. It is too big to dry clean and I am afraid the colours would run if it got wet.

Someone suggested I spray it with vodka to absorb the smells. Have you any suggestions? The braids are thick, the colours rich, and I would like it to be usable again in a non-smoker’s home. Many thanks for any advice.

– Sincerely, Sherry

Hi Sherry,

A professional carpet-cleaning company will advise you on whether the carpet is wettable (my new word of the day). If so, my first suggestion is to steam clean the carpet (or have the carpet professionally cleaned) and the second suggestion is to spray the carpet with vodka. Test everything on a small, inconspicuous area first. But nothing will help until the carpet is well cleaned.

Dear Reena,

I have a white mark on a polished dining room table, presumably made by water on the bottom of a plate, left sitting out. I tried mayonnaise but the stain remained. Do you have any suggestions in any of your books? I would be very grateful as this table was left to me by my mother and has sentimental value and is now covered by a tablecloth.

– Thank you, Elma

Dear Elma,

Your best bet is to place a tea towel over the area and press the spot with a hot iron (be careful not to scorch). If that doesn’t work you will have to refinish the area.

Hello Reena,

We have a bit of a dilemma, as yesterday we had some of our family over for dinner and one of our grandtwins got into the dry erase markers and drew all over one of the cushions on my hide-a-bed.

If you prick the round end of an egg it will help to prevent cracking while boiling.

The colour of the marker was black.

We tried Murphy’s Oil Soap (which by the way was good) but you can still see parts of the marker, and today I tried rubbing alcohol and put the removable cover outside in the sun. The final result is “not bad” and I can turn the cushion if need be, but was wondering if I could try anything else. Any help I receive will be much appreciated Reena.

– Maureen

Dear Maureen,

If the cushion cover is not washable then Murphy’s Oil Soap is your best bet for cleaning the cushions. Since you noticed that when you used it, the stain faded, this tells you that it is working and to continue using it.

Dry erase marker is tricky to get out but try not to keep switching products because some products will set the stain and make it impossible to remove.

Dear Reena,

I have ordered your book series for gifts this year and I am keeping a copy for myself too! My question is about bread making. My dough does not rise and my mom seems to think that my yeast is too old. What do you think?

– Vander

Welcome to Country Crossroads

Hi Vander,

Too old or not stored properly is my guess. Yeast should be stored in absolutely dry, airtight containers in the refrigerator. Also make sure that the water you are adding to the yeast is the correct temperature; overly hot water will kill the yeast and cold or tepid water will not activate the yeast.

The correct water temperature for Active yeast is 37.7 C to 43.3 C (100 F to 110 F) water and for Quick Rise yeast 48.8 C to 54.4 C (120 F to 130 F).

As well, avoid adding too much flour to the dough. It should not be crumbly or hard, it should be elastic and pliable.

Feedback from One Fabulous Reader: Dear Reena,

• With regards to tearing up while cutting onions; I used to put a metal sewing needle between my teeth while cutting onions but I find that putting an unlit wooden match between my teeth as you suggested works much better.

• When cooking vegetables, use a small amount of water and place a piece of wax paper directly under the lid. The vapours will hit the wax paper and fall back onto the veg-

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If you have any stories, ideas, photos or a comment on what you’d like to see on these pages, send it to: Country Crossroads 1666 Dublin Ave. Winnipeg, Man. R3H 0H1 Phone 1-800-782-0794 Fax 204-944-5562 Email susan@fbcpublishing.com.

I’d love to hear from you.

Please remember we can no longer return material, articles, poems or pictures.

– Sue

PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

Time out for a berry break. PHOTO: LILLIAN DEEDMAN

etables. This helps trap flavour and prevents vitamins from evaporating.

• If your kids refuse to eat cooked carrots, add a bit of sugar to enhance their flavour.

• Prick the round end of an egg before boiling it to prevent cracking while cooking.

• Cut back on sugar but don’t give up flavour. Mix frozen orange juice according to the directions on the container. When serving, fill the glass halfway with O.J. and the remainder with cold water.

– Tips submitted by M.G.

Let me leave you with one final thought for the week.

When Dad came home he was astonished to see Vic sitting on a horse, writing something. “What on earth are you doing there?” he asked.

“Well, the teacher told us to write an essay on our favourite animal,” answered Vic. “That’s why I’m here and Sara’s sitting in the fishbowl.”

– Reena I enjoy your questions and tips, keep them coming. Missed a column? Can’t remember a solution? Need a speaker for an upcoming event? Check out my videos/blog/website: reena.ca.

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Huge canola crop boon to crushers, exporters after off year This year’s harvest could top 14.7 million tonnes, which will make up for last year’s skimpy 13.9-million-tonne harvest

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anada’s expected record-large canola crop looks to restock the country’s seed exporters and crushers after a disappointing previous harvest, and top up already growing global oilseed supplies, industry sources said.

Canada is the world’s biggest producer of canola, which is mainly used to make vegetable oil for foods like potato chips and salad dressings. Statistics Canada pegs this year’s harvest at 14.7 million tonnes, but many traders and analysts expect output to be even higher.

A bountiful harvest is just what Canadian crushers and seed exporters need after last year’s 13.9-mill i o n - t o n n e h a r v e s t l e f t s k i m py supplies by summer that inflated prices.

“We should have a fairly consistent or fluid pipeline for this entire year,” said Dean McQueen, vice-president of merchandising and transportation at Viterra, one of Western Canada’s two biggest crop handlers and owner of a canola plant in Manitoba.

This year’s bumper crop comes amid concerns that hot, dry weather will trim production of U.S. soy-

beans, a rival to canola in the global vegetable oil market.

Even so, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts global soybean production of nearly 282 million tonnes in 2013-14, an increase of five per cent from the previous year. The world canola-rapeseed harvest is forecast around 66 million tonnes, up nearly seven per cent, while global palm oil output of 58 million tonnes also looks to rise five per cent, according to USDA. There are few worries, however, that canola demand can keep pace with supply.

“The cupboard was pretty bare at the end of (2012-13), so I don’t see us having a huge excess of production lying around,” said Kevin Price, senior trader for the Canadian office of Singapore-based Agrocorp International.

“Canola can differentiate itself in the market quite well.”

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada estimates that Canadian canola exports will climb by 450,000 tonnes or six per cent in 2013-14 due to larger supplies and strong global consumption.

Canada exported 7.2 million tonnes of canola seed in 2012-13, down 16 per cent from the previous

year. China was the biggest export destination, followed closely by Japan.

Japanese purchases should remain steady, Price said, while Chinese buys are harder to predict.

“If the price is right, (China) will continue to buy,” he said.

Canada accounts for about 59 per cent of global exports of canola, also known as rapeseed, followed by Australia and Ukraine.

Crushers see rebound

The crushers who belong to Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA) processed 6.7 million tonnes of canola seed in 2012-13 (AugustJuly), falling short of the previous year’s record-high seven million tonnes.

“You’re going to see a much higher crush number this year than we saw last year,” said Ken Campbell, vicepresident of North American softseed crushing for Archer Daniels Midland.

The Illinois-based agribusiness giant, which operates two Canadian crushing plants, sees Canadian crushings of up to 7.5 million tonnes in 2013-14.

Crushers only used about 83 per cent of their capacity in 2012-13,

down from nearly 89 per cent in the previous year. That was partly due to high canola prices that pinched margins.

But with prices tumbling as the new har vest arrives, margins on Wednesday were around $109 per tonne based on nearby futures contracts, up 43 per cent from a month ago.

“I’m optimistic that the crushers are going to battle it out versus the exporters for seed,” Campbell said, adding that exporters will still likely claim most of the new crop.

The United States and China were the biggest importers in 2012-13 of Canadian canola oil, used for producing vegetable oil and biodiesel, and look to be big buyers again, McQueen said.

The U.S. also accounts for about 90 per cent of exports of canola meal, used largely as animal feed.

Down the road, Canadian crushers will need even bigger supplies. ADM expects to complete construction of Canada’s largest biodiesel plant at Lloydminster, Alberta within weeks, while Louis Dreyfus Commodities, Bunge Ltd. and Richardson International are all expanding.

Cargill Ltd. is building a new plant at Camrose, Alta.

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Demand, however, will soon become the chief determinant of price, as the harvest begins in earnest across the Corn Belt.

With ethanol demand topping out, exports threatened by competition, and feed demand constrained by poor margins, corn bears look set to dominate the market.

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U.S. ethanol production should play a more subdued role in corn demand growth after driving it for the past five to seven years as refiners approach the government’s mandated alter native fuel production targets and the 10 per cent “blend wall” caps the amount of ethanol that can

While ethanol has had the fastest-growing share of corn use over the past decade, the feedlot sector remains the largest, and is projected to account for four out of every 10 bushels consumed this year, or around 5.1 billion bushels.

legally be blended into the U.S. fuel stream.

Indeed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is already projecting corn demand from the ethanol industry to come in below the five-billion-bushel mark for the second year running. It peaked at 5.02 billion bushels in 2010-11 and then eased to 5.01 billion the year after, before dipping to 4.65 billion last year as high corn prices forced a number of refiners to halt production for several weeks.

This levelling off means the ethanol industry is clearly no longer growing at the rates that redefined usage in the 2005-09 era, when corn used in etha-

nol production vaulted from around 14 per cent to more than 35 per cent of total corn demand.

What’s more, the general contraction in U.S. fuel demand in recent years due to greater vehicle-fleet efficiency and more prudent driving patterns means that demand for ethanol itself is likely to slow.

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sumed this year, or around 5.1 billion bushels.

That total is down by about one billion bushels from the high levels of corn feed use seen in 2004-05, but is still up more than 600 million bushels from last year’s levels, which were also affected by the historically high corn prices that then prevailed.

Corn bulls are keen to cite the upside potential of feed demand in the low corn price environment, and argue that the days when cattle feeders routinely chewed through more than six billion bushels annually could return if the price level spurs cattle production.

Such thinking overlooks the irreversible changes in the cattle industry wrought by the evolution of the ethanol industry. Not only have corn prices shifted but so has the feed-supply ingredient list by dint of dried distillers grains (DDGs), which are a byproduct of ethanol production.

Animal herds have shown favourable growth rates while consuming DDGs, and feedlot managers have grown reliant on them to provide an element of risk diversification as a competitively priced alternative to feed grains.

Furthermore, whereas fresh corn supplies only come at harvest time, DDGs are created daily through the ethanol production process, resulting in a regular supply stream.

For all these reasons, DDGs are apt to act as a constraint on corn feed use.

Permanent shifts in exports

One of the most high-profile shifts in the international corn trade lately has been China’s gradual transition from a net exporter to a net importer.

Some important changes on the supply side of the market may have more longer-lasting repercussions.

Argentina, Brazil and Ukraine have all aggressively increased corn production over the past decade and have emerged as large-scale exporters offering an alternative in terms of seasonal availability and point of origin.

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by Ukraine have allowed it to penetrate European and South Asian markets, while Argentina and Brazil have also exploited Asia’s growing interest in corn and other crops and could carve out growing shares of global grain and oilseed trade after having expanded production and logistics capabilities across the region.

Argentina has also made progress on corn quality agreements with China that could mean larger shipments there. If Brazil follows suit, U.S. exports will slow, especially since its corn production schedule is the same as China’s, whereas South American growers can deliver in the off-season when corn is often needed most.

All told, once the corn market’s focus shifts away from supply in the weeks ahead, bearish traders may gain the upper hand as corn consumption expands amid a mixture of heightened competition from alternative grain supplies and slowing overall growth.

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“The whole pulse industry is struggling when you have currency instability, large crops and decent growing conditions,” said Greg Kostal, president of Kostal Ag Consulting.

“In terms of chickpeas, Pakistan had a massive crop, so instead of it importing 300,000 tonnes of seven- or eight-millimetre Kabuli-type equivalents, it could be exporting that much.”

Recent monsoons should result in good production in the Indian subcontinent, but that won’t necessarily reduce imports, he said.

“It’s all about price and margin,” he said. “Typically, you would associate larger crops requiring lower imports. But often what happens when you have larger crops, it means that farmers have more income, so they can eat and spend more money on food imports. Therefore, it doesn’t matter much.”

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aggressive, urgent and fearing — that prices will go higher — into one of passiveness,” said Kostal. “Tonnage consumed and traded may not change a whole lot, but it’s just the attitudes towards how price discovery evolves.”

As of Sept. 10, Prairie Ag Hotwire had Kabuli seven millimetre at 19.5 cents per pound, with Desi fetching as much as 22 cents per pound.

The Prairie chickpea harvest, centred in Saskatchewan, is just getting underway as the crop was slow to mature this year, said Daphne Cruise, regional

crops specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture.

“I’d say it’s a week to 10 days behind what it normally is,” she said. “Usually chickpeas need to hang on longer than peas and lentils do because they need a bit more growing time.”

Despite the late harvest, frost isn’t a big worry at this point, said Cruise.

“I think we should be able to avoid frost,” she said. “There might be a few of those laterseeded crops that might see damage, but I’m suspecting we should be OK for the most part.”

Oats forecast to slip under $3 a bushel

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he harvest is promising, but the price outlook for oats isn’t.

“I wouldn’t think the oats

themselves are going to rally, so it would have to be outside market influences that would have to make prices go up,” said Ryan McKnight of Linear Grain in Carman. “Everything has been going down the last two or three weeks.

“ We’ l l m o s t l i k e l y s e e (prices) below $3 per bushel, but I’m not sure where the support line is.”

Unlike Saskatchewan, the Manitoba oat harvest is well a d va n c e d , b u t m u c h o f i t seems to be going into the bin. “ We’re not seeing a huge amount of farmer selling, especially in Manitoba,” said McKnight. “There’s lots of oats out there and I think the quality is pretty good.”

U.S. imports could lend support to prices, he added.

“They could try to buy lots of oats due to the fact that their terminals don’t have a lot of oats on hand,” he said.

“That’ll certainly try to keep basis levels strong.”

Carr y-over stocks are expected to be up from last season, but will still be tight compared to past years.

“It’s still going to be tighter carry-over than what we saw in 2008-09, when there was well over one million tonnes carr y-out,” said McKnight.

“We’re obviously not going to get to those levels, but it’s still relatively tight because wester n Canadian far mers have grown more canola and wheat.”

As of Sept. 11, Prairie Ag Hotwire had f.o.b. farm oats topping out at $3.10 per bushel, down 20 cents from a week earlier.

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Agricultural outlook good, but is there an appetite for risk?

Lower grain prices might have a positive effect in dampening land prices

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rom drought to hail to flooding, from BSE to swine flu, and from an elevated Canadian dollar to sky-high input costs, agriculture has taken its share of hits over the past decade. But those who can stay in the game have a bright future ahead, says J.P. Gervais, the chief economist at Farm Credit Canada (FCC).

“The overall message is that though there are challenges in the agriculture industry, the outlook is positive,” says Gervais.

“We are selling commodities that have high demand in world markets especially because the middle class keeps expanding.

When incomes go up in emerging markets, that’s good for Canada because the demand increases for meat proteins and for feed grains.”

Though grain prices are unlikely to stay at the U.S.drought-induced highs of last year, Gervais expects they will remain higher than the 1980 to 1995 average.

“The key thing for grain and oilseed producers is to have realistic expectations. You can’t look at the last year or two and make your choices based on those numbers,” says Gervais. He adds that a slight dampening of prices would be in one way beneficial.

“High (crop) prices are resulting in an increase in farmland values. If you own farmland, that’s a good thing. But, we have such high asset values in our sector right now that it is difficult for producers looking to start out or to expand. If the prices come down a little, younger producers may have a better chance to get in.”

Gervais says that after several tough years due to BSE, a high dollar and trade restrictions, it looks as though better days are on the horizon for livestock producers.

“Beef consumption is projected to increase six per cent worldwide over the next 10 years,” says Gervais. “Add to that, we’re much better off compared to the U.S., which is still going through the effects of drought in the southwest. Our (cattle herd) numbers have declined a little in the last two to three years, but the U.S. numbers have dropped a lot, which means we are in a better position than the U.S. to capture some of the demand growth.”

Gervais says that while domestic demand has levelled out, that’s positive after a decline for several years.

“The only question is, after so many years of thin profit margins given high feed prices and not great prices, is there an appetite for risk?” Gervais says. “Will producers consider expanding? The outlook is positive and the opportunity is there.”

Similarly, demand is growing steadily for pork, led by a huge increase in Asia. Gervais says that if export market demand continues to increase and grain prices come down, profits should improve for the hog industry.

But as with beef, the big question remains. “Will producers choose to stay in the pork production game, or have the impossibly tough recent times pushed many beyond the point of return? Time will tell.”

Supply management

While the supply-managed sector is seen as stable, it is far from boring and mature. “There are lots of things happening,” says Gervais.

First, domestic consumption is rapidly changing. While the greatest profit margin is for fluid milk, consumers are decreasing

their consumption of milk in liquid form but are increasing their specialty cheese and yogurt purchases.

Second, new technology is increasing operating costs, thereby demanding an everincreasing scale of production to offset the cost. Third, international trade negotiations may force some degree of change upon supply-managed commodities. “Being a nation that exports more of our commodities than we sell at home, we need to have access to foreign markets. Protecting an industry like dairy or poultry is one of the challenges during

trade negotiations. What will be the end result? No one knows. At some point they are likely to be faced with more competition in Canada,” says Gervais.

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AUCTION DISTRICTS Parkland – North of Hwy 1; west of PR 242, following the west shore of Lake Manitoba and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis.

Westman – South of Hwy 1; west of PR 242.

Interlake – North of Hwy 1; east of PR 242, following the west shore of Lake Manitoba and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis.

Red River – South ofHwy 1; east of PR 242.

The Pas

Birch River

ANTIQUES Antiques For Sale RED BARN ANTIQUE SALE Oct 1st, 3:00pm-7:00pm, Oct 2-5th, 11:00am-5:00pm, Hwy 59 South to Grande Pointe. www.theredbarnantiques.blogspot.com

ANTIQUES Antique Equipment

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

HIQUAL INVENTORY REDUCTION & FACTORY SECONDS AUCTION SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 28th 10AM

Location: 399 Ravenhurst St. Winnipeg, MB (1/2 mile west of the perimeter hwy on Dugald Rd.)

Swan River Minitonas

2 JOHN DEERE ANTIQUE tractors: JD R 1950 model, Serial R4332; JD AR 1952, Serial 283014.

Original good running condition. Contact Ken: (204)467-2982.

Durban

Winnipegosis

Roblin

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac Russell

Parkland

Birtle

Riverton Eriksdale

McCreary

Gimli

Shoal Lake

Langruth

Neepawa

Gladstone

Rapid City Virden

Melita

1

Carberry

Brandon

Treherne

Killarney

Pilot Mound Crystal City

Elm Creek

Sanford

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

Lac du Bonnet

Beausejour

ANTIQUE EQUIPMENT: 1960 1-TON Chev truck, 9-ft box & hoist. Good power train. Needs body work & brakes.

Priced to sell.

Phone (204)537-2455, Belmont MB.

Winnipeg

Austin

Souris

Boissevain

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage

Westman

Waskada

Interlake

Erickson Minnedosa

Hamiota

Reston

Arborg

Lundar

St. Pierre

242

Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

Steinbach

1

Red River

ANTIQUES ANTIQUES Antiques For Sale 1901 EATONS 248-PAGE CATALOGUE; Sears 1900 & 1923; Seth Thomas clock; Steel wheels; 5000 hub caps; Auto & truck emblems; Barn pulley w/ropes; Buggy steps; Carousel horse; much more.

Offers (204)482-7251.

MULVEY “FLEA” MARKET. Osborne & Mulvey Ave E. Wpg. Sat-Sun-Hol. 10:00a.m. to 5:00p.m.

40+ vendors. A/C. Debit, Visa, M/C. Table/Booth rental info:(204)478-1217. mulveymarket.ca

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland

AUCTION SALE

Leawood Enterprises Contact Chad Friesen(cell) at 204-476-4720 leave messages on voicemail

Sat., Sept. 28, 2013 at 10:00 AM Birnie, MB (28 km North of Neepawa)

Directions: From Neepawa, travel north on Highway #5 to Birnie junction (approx 28 kms) and continue north one mile past this junction. Sale site is on east side of highway. Watch for signs.

TRACTORS: • JD 3130 with loader • JCB Telehandler • Loadlifter forklift • L120 John Deere 48” lawn mower • Pallet fork for loader • Cancade blade TRAILER: • New 16 ft car hauler, 3500 lb, tandem axle, 2 electric braking axles, LED lights, drop leg jack, 5 ft slide-in ramps, black metallic paint TRAILER SUPPLIES AND PARTS (large assortment of this inventory is new): • 14--12 ft insert trailer trim • Wall sheets for grain trailers • 3--3500 lb Torflex trailer axles • 2--5 ft car hauler ramps • New and used truck mud flaps • Aluminum and steel trailer fenders-single and tandem • Aluminum and steel fender skirts • Checkerplate fenders--single and tandem • Super B tarps--28 ft and 32 ft (off Doepker trailer) • Marker lights--LED and standard • 14 gauge and 16 gauge wire • Plugs • Gladhands • Tarp straps • Handles • Trailer cord • Wheel studs and nuts • Jack swivels • Weld on hangers • Hitch pins • Straps and winches • Brake controllers • Ball mount hitches and hitch balls PAINTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES: • Undercoating gun • Paint guns • Paint pressure pail--2 1/2 gallons with 35 ft hose • Water separators • Paint hooks--assorted lengths and sizes • Painting jigs and stands • Air regulators--partial and full face • Mixing lids • Masking paper and plastic • Masking tape • Sanding blocks • Silicone sealant • Body filler • Hand cleaner and dispenser • Towel holders • Large assortment of paint--spray cans and pails • SHOP AND TOOLS: • 110 volt air pump w/50’ hose & full face mask • • Stihl trimmer/brush cutter • 2--255 Lincoln MIG welders • Spool gun • Thermal Dynamic plasma cutter • Cutting torch with cart • Stick welder • 7 x 12 band saw with roller stand • 18.5 cfm Eagle air compressor • 50 ton hydraulic press • 20 ton tubing bender • Drill press • • wood planer • Banding tool kit with 1/2 inch steel banding • 3/4 inch Jet composite impact wrench • 45 cc Echo chain saw • 1/2 inch air line--50 ft and 20 ft • Welding cords--50 ft and 25 ft • 1 1/2 ton chain hoist • Trolley and chain hoist--3 ton, 15 feet • Metal stands • Metal cutting and grinding discs • Metal work benches • Various socket sets--1/2 and 3/4 inch • Extension cords • Hydraulic hoses--1/2 and 3/4 inch • Large assortment of hand tools • Miscellaneous shop supplies eg. oils, nuts, bolts, fasteners, etc STEEL AND METAL: • 4 ft x 10 ft--14 gauge aluminum sheets--plain and painted white • End pieces and aluminum cut-offs • 4 x 10--.04 white aluminum • Auger flighting--13 inch and 16 inch--13 to 20 feet • I-beam • Pipe--4 inch, 6 inch, 10 inch, and 14 inch--various lengths • Extremely large selection of steel shaft, flat bar, angle iron, square tubing, oil field tubing, sucker rod, metal sheets, pipe--various gauges, sizes and lengths • Scrap metal MISCELLANEOUS: • Office building 14x18 R20 insulation • • 300 6 cylinder Ford engine and auto transmission • CCM 21 speed bike • Homemade outdoor wood boiler • 2 coal stokers • Scaffolding • Scaffolding cage--20 ft for loader • 8 ft fork extensions • Walk-over garden bridge • Metal clothesline poles • Aluminum ladders • PTO parts and shafts • Cable • No. 9 wire • Hydraulic cylinders • Electric motors--7.5 HP, 3/4 HP, 1/3 HP • Steel and plastic pails • One inch water line • Tarps • Shelving units • Pallets • 6 x 6 wood blocking • 2--18.4 x 26 tires and rims with spindles • JD hoe drill spikes • Hog loading chute • Hog sorting scale • Hog troughs • Hog waterers • 200 ft geotech--17 ft wide • Fuel tanks and stands • Wood slabs • Fifth wheel dolly • 12 ft x 16 ft wooden grainery • 5 rolls wooden snow fence • Truck fuel tank (diesel) Auctioneer’s note: Leawood Enterprises was established approximately 10 years ago. This business was a custom manufacturing welding shop known for its gooseneck and bumper hitch trailers and car haulers. The company also provided repair work and had a paint shop on site as well. Due to health reasons, the owner will be seeking new endeavors and moving out of province. All of the merchandise, stock, and supplies associated with this business will be sold by auction to the highest bidder. A large portion of the inventory related to this business is new. Also, there will be a very large selection of new steel and sheets of metal on offer. There are numerous items of interest for everyone. Hope to see you there!

John Lamport 204-476-2067 Tim Dowler 204-803-6915 www.lamportanddowler.com

AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland MEYERS AUCTION 10:00am Sun., Sept. 29th, 2013 Arden , MB. Coins, Antiques & Collectables, Vehicles, Tools, Farm Items, Appliances & Household, MUCH MUCH MORE. Meyers Auctions & Appraisals, Arden, MB. Bradley Meyers Auctioneer (204)368-2333 or (204)476-6262 cell. Detailed List & Pictures at meyersauctions.com

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman FARM AUCTION FOR ROBERT BUTTERFIELD Sat., Sept. 28th at 12:00noon from Junction Hwy 1 & 34 at Austin, MB. 3-mi Eat till Rd 62W 1-mi South 1/4-mi East, till yard 61111 Farm land: 1 quarter section w/yard site, approx 140 cult. acs SW 26-11-11W will be up for auction at 2:00PM. The Bidders will rely on their own inspection of this property $10,000 down on sale day non refundable the balance on transfer. Owner reserves the right to accept or reject the final bid. Owner (204)685-2899 Tractors: 1967 806 Intl TA 2 hyds PTO; 1967 706 Intl 690 Leon Ldr/grapple; 2 hyds dual PTO; 1966 730 Case-o-matic 707 Leon Ldr; 8-ft. Bucket; *26 Cows mostly Black & Reds w/calves bred Black Angus* Cattle & Tillage Equip: 825 Gehl Mixmill; Henke 240 Feed Wagon (3 auger); 14 Rd Bale Trailer (Johnson wagon); HD Farm Wagon; Farm wagon; Rea’s Welding Squeeze chute w/palpation cage & 1/4 turn tub; Sven 8-in. grain Roller w/3-HP elect motor; 15-ft. Glencoe Cult; 14-ft. JD 100 Deep Tiller; 5-16 JD Plow & Pony Press; 2, 16-ft. Coil Packers & Bars; 14-ft. AC Tandem Disc; 15-ft. #10 Vers Swather; 9-ft. JD 37 trailer sickle mower; MF 36 Side del Rake; 325 Gehl Manure Spreader; 125bu. gravity Grain Wagon; 8-ft. 204 Melroe Drill; 5 section Harrow & bar; 7x11-ft. flatdeck 1-Ton trailer w/hoist; Hyd Wheatheart Posthole auger w/8-in. bit; 6x36-ft. Westfield auger w/13-HP Honda; 5-in. Drag auger w/elect motor; Pencil augers; Buildings: 1950 bu Behlen Grain Bin; 1205CE Friesen hopper Bin; 12x16-ft. Wood Bin; Misc Equip: 500-gal & 300-gal fuel Tanks & Stands; 500-gal Water Tank; 15.5x38-in. Tractor Tire; 15-19.5 implement tire & Rim; Ariens Riding Mower; Lawn Mower; Garden Tiller; 5-HP 60-gal upright Air Compressor; carry Air Tank; 225amp Miller Welder; Makita Chop saw; Propane Cutting Torch; 8-in. Bench Grinder; Side grinders/ drills; Air Greaser; 3/4-in. Socket Set; Metal Bolt Bin; Pressure system; 2-Ton Chain Hoist; Turbo Fence Reel; elect Fence wire; Dehorning Saw; Burdizzo, EZE Bander; Ritchie Water fountains; Rd Bale Fork; Wheel Barrow, Coal Bucket; Misc. Terms Cash or Cheque Lunch served website www.nickelauctions.com Subject to additions & deletions. Not responsible for any errors in description. GST & PST will be charged where applicable Everything Sells AS IS Where Is All Sales Final, Statements made on sale day will take precedence over all previous advertisements. Auction company and owner are not responsible for any accidents on sale site. Sale conducted by Nickel Auctions Ltd Dave Nickel auctioneer Ph (204)637-3393 cell (204)856-6900 owner (204)685-2899.

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake McSherry Auction Service Ltd

CLOSE OUT AUCTION The Trophy Cup & Picture Framing Shop

Sun., Sept. 22 @ 10:00 am Gimli, MB

Directions: JCT 8 - 231 West 2 Miles then South 1/2 Block (into Industrial Park) Auction Note: Bld & Property Sold So All Retail & Manufacturing Items Will Sell to the Highest Bidder !!

Contact: (204)995-3379 Email: mcsherry@mts.net

Trailer: 2002 Titan 5’x8’’ Enclosed BH Trailer * Specialty Tools Cassesa Model CS 939 Double Mitre Saw, Fiveo 45 w/ Multi Angle * Mitre-Mite VN2 Pneumatic Pic Frame Corner Jointer * Mitenmite VN 4 * Programmable Pneumatic or Elec Corner Jointer * Pistoius MN 200 4S Double Mitre Saw w/ Power Head Single /or 3 Phase * 1 Phase to 3 Phase Convertor Pic Framing Clamps * “Wizard” CMC 8500 Computerized Mat Cutter * “Fletcher” 3600 Wall Mt Glass/ Plastic Cutter * “Excelibur 1000 Glass/Mat Cutter * 43” Paper/Cardboard Shear * “Idea Eng’” Case Disitel Engraving Lathe * Computerized Engraver * Trophy Stamping Machine * 2) Hot Stamping 1) Semi-Auto * “New Herman” Plastic Beaver * Button Adv Making Machine * 36” Metal Roller Tools: Husky 3.2 HP 60 gal Upright Air Comp * Makita 400 mm Planer * Counter Drill Press * Table Saw 10” * Radial Arm Saw * Delta Mitre Saw * Double Mitre Saw * Jet Band Saw * Delta 1 1/2 HP Dust Collector * Job Site Air Comp * 2) Air Paint Sprayer * Battery Charger * Belt/ Disc Sander * Power Tools * Side Grinder * Cordless Tools * Hand Tools & Yard * Air Hose * Reel Push Mower Misc 2 Port Air Car Ports * 18 Cells 36 Volt Winches * 2) Ridget AF3600 Air Purifier * 2) Pallet Jacks * Load Strapping * Chains & Hooks * Loading Parts & Ramps * Pallet Racking * Warehouse Carts * Dolly * Elec Heaters * Stepladders * 1st Aid Kit * 10’x10’ Tents * Tarps Material: Wildlife Prints Various Artist * Pic Framing Moulding & Mats * Quantity Moulding * Lumber * Plywood * Light Fixtures * 40 gal Hot Water Tank * New Pic Frames * 32”x40” Glass * Trophy Supply * Columns, Figures, Plaques * Nails * Screws * Stains * Paints Office: Prep Tables * Store Counter w/ Drawers * Prints * 2) Leather Swivel Chairs * Desks * Office Chairs * Folding Leg Table * Upright Vac * Elec Sewing Machine * Bar Fridge * Microwave * Water Cooler * Coffee Room Supply * More Items Than Listed *

Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027

www.mcsherryauction.com

This is a Partial Listing

• 12ft Original Front • 20ft 1 1/2” 4 Rail C.F. • 10ft 1 1/2” 4 Rail C.F. • 20ft 2” 5 Rail C.F. • 10ft 2” 5 Rail C.F. • 20ft 2” 4 Rail C.F. • Bunk Feeders • Sileage Bunks • Calf Chute • Curved Alley Panel

• 10ft Frame Gates • 12ft Frame Gates • 10ft Range Panels • 10ft Flex Panel 6 Rail • 12ft Range Panel • 12ft PG4 Flex Panels w/ 4ft Personal Gate • 10ft PG4 Flex Panels w/ 4ft Personal Gate • 10ft Traditional Stall Front • 10ft Traditional Rail Divider • 10ft Traditional Solid Divider • 12ft Traditional Stall Front • 16ft Cattleman • 4ft General Duty Gate • 6ft General Duty Gate • 8ft General Duty Gate • 10ft General Duty Gate • 16ft General Duty Gate • 20ft Heavy Duty Gate • 10ft Heavy Duty Gate • 12ft Heavy Duty Gate • 18ft Heavy Duty Gate • 10ft Heavy Duty Panel • 12ft Heavy Duty Panel • 16ft Heavy Duty Panel • 16ft Heavy Duty Panel 6R • 4ft Heavy Duty Panel • 10ft Super Six Gate • 16ft Super Six Gate • 10ft Orignal Front

• Fabric Buildings • Building Supplies (Metal Trusses, Rafters etc) • 24X32 New Complete Fabric Covered Building • 30X45 New Complete Fabric Covered Building

Plus Much More!!

www.pennerauctions.com

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake McSherry Auction Service Ltd

AUCTION SALE Donna Riley (Late Lewis)

Sat., Sept. 21 @ 10:00 am Stonewall, MB

Directions: 3 Miles North on 236 then East 1 Mile on 323 then 1/4 South

Contact: (204)467-5743 Tractor, Combine: MF 860 4WD Combine, 2822 Engine Hrs * MF 760 Combine, 3435 Engine Hrs * sold after MF 24’ Straight Cut * Case 2294 Cab 3PH 540/1000 Dual hyd, Gd Rear Rubber, 9000 hrs Equip: White 271 24’ Tandem Disc * Friggstad 26’ Deep Tiller * 2) 50’ Diamond Harrows * Westward 3000 30’ * PT Swather * Westfield 10” 61’ Mk Auger * 2) Coop G100 18’ Discer Seeder SAFA * Flexicoil 28’ Air Seeder w/ Flexcoil 110 Tank * Flexicoil Model 62 100’ Sprayer * Inland 65 Harrow Packer * Farm King / Buhler 3PH 8’ 2 Stage Snowblower * JD 4 Row Corn Planter * Int 4B Plow * Jeffery 16’ Chisel Plow * Ajax Stack Mower * MH 55 Side Del Rake * Lewis Cattle Oiler * Head Gate * Hasting Creep Feeders * 16’x20’ Insulated Blding * 8’x15’ Insulated Truck Box Cooler w/ Comp & Hanging Rail * Wall Mt Scale * Com Meat Grinder * Bird Com Meat Band Saw * Digital Scale * Gas 2900 lb Pressure Washer * Slip Tank w/ 12 Volt Pump * Shop Supply * Air Comp * Mig Welder * Sand Blaster * MH Hse Sickle Mower * Hse Dump Rake * Steel Wheels * PARTIAL List Go to Website for Full Listing *

Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027

www.mcsherryauction.com

PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD. 218 Brandt Street Steinbach, MB Ph: 204.326.3061 Fax: 204.326.3061 Toll Free: 1-866-512-8992 www.pennerauctions.com

FARMING IS ENOUGH OF A GAMBLE...

Sale Conducted by: PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD.

UNRESERVED ESTATE FARM

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AUCTION SALE OF Paul McCaughan Farms

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

1100 Hwy. # 26, St. Francois Xavier, Manitoba (1/4 Mile West of Town)

Mathew Stewart

Saturday, September 28th at 11:00 am (Viewing Friday Only 9:00 am - 6:00 pm) Rain Date Sunday, Sept. 29th at Noon (SIGN’S POSTED)

TRACTORS

1982 Versatile 895 Series 3 tractor w/dual wheels on front, rear triple wheels (7039 hrs.) 310 Horse power* 1979 Steiger Bear Cat 4-wheel drive w/front end loader w/3208 Cat (nice shape)* I.H.C. 574 diesel tractor w/3-PH* John Deere model AR w/hyd.* Hook-up (Very Nice Shape)*

SWATHER

1993 Westward model 9300 self-propelled, cab, air, Cummins 4-cyl. (1640 hrs.) w/MacDon 960 header 21ft.*

SWATHER HEADER

1998-29 ft. MacDon 960 header (like new)*

AIR SEEDER & OTHERS

Homemade air seeder Airflow w/Case I.H.C. 4900 Vibra tides air seeder 42ft. w/wings* I.H.C. 620 press drill, 2-10ft. (used 1-time only) very nice shape*

COMBINES

25-STEEL GRAIN BINS & HOPPERS 2-1500 bushel hopper bottom grain bins* 2-1200 bushel hopper bottom grain bins* 2-180 bushel hopper bottom grain bins* 3-compartment 250-500-250 bushel grain bin* 1-1800 Westfield bin hopper bottom* 1-9000 Rush air grain bin* 1-8500 bushel bin* 9-Rosco bins 5000* 3-4700 bushel bins* 2-4400 bushel grain bins* 1-8000 bushel grain bin* 3500 bushel grain bin* 4- 4000 bushel bin* 1-2500 bushel bin* 1-2000 bushel grain bin*

GRAIN DRYER Hume grain dryer (Parts Only)*

HIGHWAY TRACTOR 1988 Aero Max L-9000 highway tractor w/Wet kit (showing 674,000 km) runs good*

TRUCKS

Farm King 10”x70’ P.T.O. driven auger* 40 ft. 8” electric grain auger*

1976 White tandem 2-speed axle w/20ft. Grain box & hoist (runs good)* 1971 Ford dump 6-cyl. diesel, tandem, 2-speed w/18ft. box & hoist w/roll tarp (Runs good)* 1992 Chev 1/2 ton extended cab, 4x4 (Runs Good)* 1992 GMC 1/2 ton, 4x4 (needs trans.) Runs good* 1979 Ford 9000 tandem w/14ft.

Gravel box & hoist w/Detroit engine (Not running)*

GOLF COURSE MOWERS

STORAGE TRAILERS

1987 Case IHC 1680 combine diesel w/Melroe 388 pick-up* 1979 I.H.C. combine 1440 w/Melroe 351 pick-up (needs drive trans.) Runs good*

GRAIN AUGERS

Jacobsen mower w/cab* Jacobsen mower w/V-8 G.M. motor* Jacobsen mower 3-cyl. Diesel* Hackendorn mower w/air cooled motor* Toro mower w/air cooled motor* Yazoo 17-HP (Parts Only)*

FARM MACHINERY

46ft. Case I.H.C. chisel plow w/wings* 64ft. Flex-Coil hanging harrows model 82* 62 Inland hanging Packer Harrows (nice shape)* 5ft. Rotary mower 3-PH* Du-al end loader 340

AMMONIA TANKS

1980 Westeel Rosco 4-wheel W.C-1500* 1976 Westfield Rosco 4-wheel W.C-1000*

42ft. Storage van trailer w/contents*

MISCELLANEOUS Joy-125 air compressor w/2-wheel trailer, 6-cyl. Flat head Dodge* Lincoln 200 welder on 2-wheel trailer* eaves trough frame machine maker* Chev. 6-cyl. Water pump & motor on 2-wheel trailer (Pump no good)* Yamaha gas golf cart (not running)* 2-fans for grain bins* plus lots of other miscellaneous too numerous to mention

KIT CAR Volkswagen chassis & motor (not complete)*

FORKLIFT

FERTILIZER TANK

2-compartment fertilizer tanks*

Allis Chalmers 4,000 lbs. lift, propane, all terrain forklift*

TERMS: Cash, Visa, Mastercard or Debit paid in Full Same Day of Sale.

SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS & DELETIONS “Everything Sold As Is, Where Is” with no warranties implied or expressed.

KAYE’S AUCTIONS (204) 668-0183 (WPG.)

www.kayesauctions.com McSherry Auction Service Ltd

CONSIGNMENT/ BUILDING SUPPLY Sun., Sept. 29 @ 10:00 am Stonewall, MB - #12 Patterson Dr

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

ESTATE & MOVING AUCTION Wed., Sept. 25 @ 4:00 pm Stonewall, MB - #12 Patterson Dr Rec & Yard * Tools & Misc Antique Furniture * Antiques Adv & Collectibles * Household Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 For full listings visit

www.mcsherryauction.com

Tractor * Equipment * Vehicles * Recreation * Building Supply * Lumber * Metal * Tools *

To Consign Call

(204) 467-1858 or 886-7027 Email: mcsherry@mts.net Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027

www.mcsherryauction.com

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AUCTION SALE Sat., Sept. 28 @ 10:00 am Tyndall, MB

Directions: Hwy #44 1 Mile East Then South 4 Miles on Hwy #12 then 2 East on Rd 69 Contact: (204)894-5002 Email: mcsherry@mts.net

Wheel Loader: Int Pay Loader Model H30 Detroit dsl 3 Cyl w/ Forks & Bucket * BH 14’ Tandem Flat Deck Trailer w/ Ramps * 88 Fruehauf 48’ Freight Trailer w/ No Under Carriage (Storage) Tools & Misc: Upright 3 Stage 60 gal 5HP Air Comp * Stihl 026 Chainsaw * Floor Jack * Power & Hand Tools * Shop Supply * Oman 12 K Watt Generastor on Trailer * Gas Water Pump * Plywood * Sheet Metal * 2D Paint Cabinet * Shelving * Work Bench * 06 Chev Cobalt Auto Right off 05 Mitishibish Lancer 1700 km, auto per right off * 86 GMC 3/4 Ton Runs but rusty * Roof Top Car Carrier * Truck Cap * 2) 350 Engine * Auto Tires * Lge Amt of Car Parts * 1990s + Up Body Parts * Bumpers * Lights * Power Train Antiques: 59 Pontiac Parisen 2D Complete, nr Stored Indoors * 7up Upright Cooler * Buggy * Steel Wheels * Pop Bottles Yard & Rec: 93 Skidoo Mach1 6700 cc Snowmobile * Simplicity 700 Garden Tractor w/ Mower, Snowblower, Roto Tiller & Plow Attachments * MTD 10HP 28” Snowblower * Wheel Barrel Buckets * Hand Yard Tools * Pedal Bikes House Trailer: North West 12’x60’ 2 BR House Trailer Household: Sec * 3 Bar Stools * More Items will be Added !!!

Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River ESTATE FARM & ANTIQUE AUCTION for the late Robert Thomson Miami Sat., Oct. 5th at 11:00am from West side of Miami, 1/4-mi South on Rd 35W from Hwy 23. Yard 24104 long driveway to the West pre-auction viewing dates Oct 3rd & 4th. Equipment: 1976 886 Intl dual PTO 2 hyds 18.4x34 clamp on duals, 3,100-hrs; 2350 INT Load-er; 1975 Dodge 600 w/14-ft. Box & Hoist; Chev 30 dually 4x4; 20-ft. Hales Gooseneck Stock Trailer; 2, 2,000-bu Friesen Hopper Bins; Haying Equip-ment: 605XL Vermeer Rd Baler 949 bales; 1475 NH Mower conditioner; Post Pounder; 20-ft. 400 Vers Swather; 15-ft. 400 Vers swather w/PU Reel; H-4250 Laurier double arm Rd Bale Mover; 1033 NH Bale Wagon; Tillage Equipment: 16-ft. INT Tandem Disc; 16-ft. 45 INT Vibra Shank; 14-ft. 645 Vibra Chisel; 5-16 INT Plow; 4-14 JD Plow on rub-ber; 595 INT Manure Spreader; 530 INT Manure Spreader; 357 NH Mixmill; Portable cattle Loading chute; 209, 41 Westfield PTO Auger; Misc Equip-ment: 6-ft. 80 INT 3-PTH snowblower; Danuser 3-PTH Posthole Auger; Cattle Scale; 782 Cub Ca-det Riding mower & Tiller; 240-gal Flat Poly Tank; approx 50, 10 & 12-ft. Corral Panels; Western Sad-dle; Show Halters; Tack Box; Air Compressor; Air Tank; 26 boxes of 28,000-ft Baler Twine; JD A18 elect Pressure washer; Power Hack Saw; 2 bottom Sulky plow w/cast iron Seat; Harrow cart w/cast iron seat; Assort of Hand Tools; 3/4 socket set; Socket sets; Hoof Trimmer; Metal Gun Cabinet; Antique & collectable Furniture: Drop Leaf Kitchen Table w/4 chairs; small Kitchen Table; Double bed/ Dresser & wash stand; wrought Iron Bed Frame; Chest of Drawers; 4 tiered “What Not” Corner shelf w/turned columns; Wash Stand; Dresser w/porce-lain handles; Server court cupboard; Butlers Cabi-net; High Side board w/lamp holders & bevelled mirror; Curved front China Cabinet; China Cabinet; Kid’s wood Rocking chair; Galvanized bath tub w/Brass feet; Short Wave Radio; Sheet music cabi-net; 2 immigrant Trunks; Old picture frames 28x32-in. & 26x30-in.; Nickolaus Amati Violin w/case & bow; Button accordion; Floor Lamps; lamp Shade; old elect Table Lamp; CNR Lantern; Stable Lan-terns; Rotary Butter Churn; Wonder 5 string Rope Maker, Catchers mitt; 3-HP Viking outboard motor; Cross cut saw; Misc. Terms Cash or Cheque w/I.D. Lunch served. Subject to additions & deletions.

Not responsible for any errors in description. GST & PST will be charged where applicable Everything sells AS IS Where Is All Sales Final. Any state-ments made on sale day will take precedent over all previous advertisements. Owners & auction compa-ny are not responsible for any accidents on sale site. Sale conducted by Nickel Auctions Ltd Dave Nickel, Auctioneer Ph (204)637-3393, cell (204)856-6900 website www.nickelauctions.com executor Rae Thomson, cell (204)871-0331.

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions

MOVING RETIREMENT AUCTION FOR JOHN & MONICA REMPEL FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH 3:00 PM

Location: From Kleefeld, MB 1 mile east on Hanover Road, then 3/4 mile south. Marker 33050 This is a Partial Listing

• Ferguson 35 Tractor, 3 pth, (always shedded) • Woods 3 PTH 7’ Angle Blade • 7’ Massey Ferguson 3 pth Cultivator • 1986 Chevy Wrangler Pickup 167K • 1985 Honda 200cc 3 Wheeler (excellent shape)

• John Deere L118 20 HP Lawn Tractor, 42” Deck (limited edition) • John Deere 130 Lawn Tractor, 32” Deck, Rear Bagger • Crary Bear Cat Chipper Shredder w/ Gas Engine (like new) • Husqvarna Chain Saw 359 • Turfpower 3HP Garden Tiller • John Deere 2 Wheel Trailer • 2” Honda Water Pump w/ Hoses

FULL LISTING AT

www.pennerauctions.com

PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD. 218 Brandt Street Steinbach, MB Ph: 204.326.3061 Fax: 204.326.3061 Toll Free: 1-866-512-8992 www.pennerauctions.com

Sale Conducted by: PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD.

EVENING AUCTION GHISLAIN DUPUIS WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25, 4 PM Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433 • 1972 CCIL Model 650 tractor 72 horse power, cab, 540 and 1000 pto, add on 3 pth, and Leon 626 loader • Farm King 96’’ dual auger snow blower rebuilt shear bin bushing • 16 ft. PJ Car hauler trailer • Land Pride 72’’ Rotary 3pth mower • 10 ft. Land Leveler single hydraulic • 3 pth Log splitter tractor hydraulic • Tractor tires on 21’’ x 16’’ rim • 2 wheel yard trailer • 12 ft. harrow king • Foam marker, Grass seeder and Yard sprayer • Fuel service tank with 12 volt pump • 500 gal fuel tank with Bowser pump • Electric start auger engine • ½’’ drill press with hand tight chuck

AUCTION LOCATION: 6 MILE EAST OF MORRIS ON HWY. #23 AND 1 SOUTH

• 300 amp Hobart welder wire welder • 180 amp Lincoln stick welder • 3000 watt Honda generator • ¾ ‘’ 600 lb. torque wrench and others • Welder table with 5/8’’ deck and Vise

See our website: www.billklassen.com or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS FARM AUCTION JAKE AND LIZ REMPEL

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433 Harvesting: • 2009 Case IH 7088 Combine. Pickup head, electric lift hopper extension, loaded unit only 380 hrs.

• 2009 Case IH Flex head 30 ft model 2020 • 2011 Hew Holland 8040 Swather EZ Steer, with 30 ft Honey bee header, Pickup reel, factory Transport Tractors: • 2009 Kubota M126X FWA, cab, 3pth, dual pro M55 Loader, only 314 one owner hrs. at listing • 1998 Case IH Steiger built 9370 tractor 3000, one owner hrs., 12 speed standard, 4 remote Hydraulic return line, 20.8 x 42 duals and weight package • 2006 McCormick XTX 185, FWA, 3pth, dual pto, 24 speed, only 3827 hrs.

• 1978 Case 1370 Tractor 20.8 x 38 duals, new Rad etc $4000, working order, 7000 total hrs.

Trucks: • 1996 IHC 9200 Eagle Tandem, 60 series Detroit, 10 speed, 20 ft cancade box 66 in sides, air ride, 11 x 22.5 tires • 1995 Ford LTA Tandem, M11 Cummins 10 speed, 20 ft x 8 ft cancade box 60’’ sides, air ride, 11 x 22.5 tires

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 11 AM AUCTION LOCATION: 7 MILES NORTH OF ELM CREEK, MB ON HWY. #13

Seed & Tillage: •EZEE ON 40 ft seeding tool 350 lb trip shanks single chute 8’’ space with bourgault openers, with Packers, sells complete with 1996 Concord 2300 Tank 230 bushel cap • Atom jet openers 60 @ sell after air seeder • 2004 Bourgault 40 ft model 9800 Chisel plow, 600 lb Trip shanks with mulchers • Sprayer Flexicoil system 62, 100 ft hyd. pump, etc.

See our website: www.billklassen.com or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Doors & Windows

FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins

1975 GMC 6500 heavy duty grain truck, 16-ft. box hoist, roll tarp, 1020 tires, 5x2 trans, 366 engine.

Phone (204)745-2784.

BEHLIN 3750-BU GRANARY; BOURGAULT coil packer, 28-32 ft. adjustable, w/hyd lift. Phone (204)386-2412, Plumas.

1976 CHEV C70, 5&4-SPD trans, 427 motor, full tandem, w/20-ft box & roll-tarp. Asking $3100.

Phone (204)728-1861.

BIG BINS & FLOORS at old prices, 20,000-56,000bu. bins holding prices until spring. NEW MOISTURE CABLES! Call Wall Grain for details (204)269-7616 or (306)244-1144 or (403)393-2662.

1989 FORD L8000 TANDEM, air brakes, safetied, DSL, 20-ft. box, 10-SPD. For more info phone (204)868-5040 or (204)638-0998.

• Rear Tine Walk Behind Tiller • Ariens Delux 30 Platinum Series Walk Behind Snowblower, electric start ALSO A GOOD SELECTION OF SHOP TOOLS INCLUDING MAKITA, BOSTICH, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, ANTIQUES & MUCH MORE!!

AUTO & TRANSPORT Trucks

2004 FORD 350 DUALLY, 4x4 diesel w/11-ft flat deck, set up for towing trailer, one owner, good farm truck, safetied, $9000. Phone:(204)857-8403.

MACK AUCTION CO. presents an antique tractor & vehicle auction for Don & Shirley Bryant (306)577-7362. Sun., Oct. 6th, 2013 at 12:00pm Noon. Over 100 tractors & vehicles for restoration various conditions. Directions from Carlyle, SK. 12-mi South on Hwy. 9 & 3.5-mi East. Watch for Signs! Large Ford Mercury dealer sign; Massey Harris 44G; Massey Harris 102 Junior; Case VA; 2, Case LA; McCormick Deering W6 DSL; IHC W4; 2, Case 930; JD 70; JD B; 2, JD G; JD B; JD H; 5, JD AR; JD A; JD D; 2, Cockshutt Super 570; Case C; Minneapolis Moline U; Minneapolis Moline U Special; Minneapolis Moline UB; Case SC; Massey Harris 444 Special; Massey Harris 44 GS; IH Farmall M; 2, Wallis Steel Wheels; Long F162; Minneapolis Moline Z; Minneapolis Moline U; Massey Harris 102 Junior; Oliver 88; IH Farmall M; IH Farmall H; Cockshutt 80; Massey Harris 102 Senior; Case D; Fordson Major DSL; Case V; JD A; Minneapolis U; JD A; Minneapolis Moline U; JD AR; Farmall Super M; 3, JD G; Case S; Case D; IH 4366 4WD for parts. 1958 Chev Delray 4 door car; Ski Bee snow machine; 1964 IH Loadstar 2-Ton; Ford 2-Ton w/box & hoist; 1951 Dodge 300; 1952 GMC 9300 1/2-Ton; 1966 GMC 950 2-Ton; 1975 Chev 10 Custom Deluxe; 1972 GMC 1500 Custom truck; 2, 1950 GMC 9700; 1952 Chev 1430; 1960’s Ford Van; 1964 IH 1200; 1958 Mercury 4WD truck; 1972 IH 1110 truck; Austin 2-Ton truck; 1936 Chev 2 door car body; 1952 GMC Truck; 1952 Chev 1430 truck; 1964 Chev 30 truck; 1952 GMC 450; 1947 Mercury 3-Ton truck; 1953 Ford truck; Ford 600 Cab over truck; IH cab over tandem semi truck; 1957 Chev 1-Ton truck; 1947 Dodge 2-Ton truck; 1947 Ford 1-Ton truck; 2, 1947 IH KB-7 trucks; 1956 Chev Bel Air 4 door car; WD 45 AC; 101 VA Case Tractor; 2, JD 12A PTO combines; IH combine; Minneapolis Moline combine; Case A-6 combine; Cockshutt 431 combine; Cockshutt 522 combine; MF model 72; THE ESTATE OF VIC EAGLES (306)634-4696. JD dealership sign; JD 210 Industrial; JD 1010; JD D; IH 300, McCormick S; Fordson Major; IH B414; JD D STEEL SPOKED WHEELS; JD 820; JD 620; MF 44; JD A; 2, JD AR, MH model GC, IH road grader U2A, plus much much more!

Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter.

(306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962 TOM & NETTIE BATES Auction Sat., Sept. 28th, 2013 11:00am WROXTON CORNER JUNCTION 8 & 10 WROXTON, SK. CONTACT: (306)783-6204.

TRACTORS: Vers 145 DSL 4WD cab, hyd, 23.1x30 rubber; Vers 125 Gas 4WD cab, 23.1x30 rubber w/Leon’s 909 loader w/9-ft. bucket, rear weights; TRUCKS: 1976 GMC 6500 Gravel Truck 327 V8, 5x4 trans, 14-ft. gravel box, good tires, good shape cab & interior; 1947 Chev Maple Leaf 2-Ton shedded, hoist, wood box, reinforced w/steel, good tires, real nice tin work for the year; DISC: Terra 16-ft. tandem disc; SWATHER: CCIL PTO 15-ft. Swather, shedded; MISC EQUIPMENT: Crown fork type stone picker; IHC 14-ft. deep tillage; JD 14-ft. deep tillage; JD 16-ft. discer; Auger & motor; RECREATION: Yamaha year ? 350 2WD quad ES, air cooled, 850-km, excellent; 12-ft. aluminum boat (flat bottom) duck boat; PLUS MISC: Air compressor; Truck air hose; Truck parts; Grinders; Tools; Assortment of lumber; Steel barrels; Truck tool box; 1,000-gal skid tank w/12V pump; Spare truck tires & rims; New disc blades; Grease guns, nuts, bolts, etc. PLUS HOUSEHOLD. NOTE: Tom sold the farm. Machinery up for sale. Gravel hauling equip looks good for the year. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for updated listing & pictures. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #915851

AUCTION SALES Auctions Various BE AN AUCTIONEER. (507)995-7803 www.auctioneerschool.com

AUTO & TRANSPORT Auto & Truck Parts GREAT PRICES ON NEW, used & remanufactured engines, parts & accessories for diesel pickups.

Large inventory, engines can be shipped or installed. Give us a call or check us out at www.thickettenginerebuilding.ca Thickett Engine Rebuilding.

Ph (204)532-2187, Russell MB.

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Doors & Windows

NEW MERIDIAN HOPPER BINS available, In Stock aeration fans, moisture/temperature cabels to go w/your new hopper bin. Call Valley Agro (204)746-6783 or visit www.valleyagro.com

AUTO & TRANSPORT Semi Trucks & Trailers

PLAN FOR 2014, ORDER your new Brock bin with winter discounts. Pour concrete now w/bin set up as early as May. Call Valley Agro (204)746-6783.

2005 PETERBILT 379 CAT CIS 475 HP, 13-Spd, 355 Ratio, good tires all around. Asking $26,000.

Call (204)857-1700, Gladstone MB.

• Quality Commercial/Agricultural/Residential Overhead Doors & Operators.

• Aluminum Polycarbonate Doors Available.

• Non-Insulated and Insulated Sectional Doors Available.

• Liftmaster Heavy Duty Operators.

• Mullion Slide Away Centre Posts.

• Commercial/Agricultural Steel Man Doors and Frames.

• Your washbay door specialists. • Quality Installation & Service.

• 24 Hour Service. • Replacement Springs & Cables.

Phone: 204-326-4556 Fax: 204-326-5013 Toll Free: 1-855-326-4556 www.reimeroverheaddoors.com email: kurtis@reimeroverheaddoors.com

SUKUP GRAIN BINS: Flat bottom & hopper, heavy built, setup crew available. Call for more info.

(204) 998-9915.

AUTO & TRANSPORT Vehicles Various

FARM MACHINERY Grain Carts

OVER 200 VEHICLES LOTS OF DIESELS www.thoens.com Chrysler Dodge (800)667-4414 Wynyard, SK.

GRAIN CARTS: BRENT 976, $29,000; Brent 974, $28,000; Brent 874, $23,000; Brent 1084, $29,000; Brent 774, $16,500; Brent 770, $15,000; Brent 674, $15,500; UFT Hydraulic drive #750, $14,000; UFT 725, $17,000; Ficklin 200 Bu, $13,000; Gravity Wagons, 250-750 Bu. Phone (204)857-8403.

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

FARM MACHINERY Grain Cleaners

PRICE TO CLEAR!!

BUHLER-SORTEX FULL COLOUR SORTER Model 90,000. Demo Machine - Never been used $65,000 OBO. Please call (519)631-3463, ON.

75 truckloads 29 gauge full hard 100,000PSI high tensile roofing & siding. 16 colours to choose from.

FORSBERG MODEL 14 GRAVITY table, Commercial unit. $9,500, OBO. Phone:(204)471-3418.

B-Gr. coloured......................70¢/ft.2

FARM MACHINERY Grain Dryers

Ask about our blowout colours...65¢/ft.2

NEW SUKUP GRAIN DRYERS in stock and ready for immediate delivery. Canola screens, 1/3ph, LP/NG. Call for more info. www.vzgrain.com (204) 998-9915.

Multi-coloured millends.........49¢/ft.2

Also in stock low rib white 29 ga. ideal for archrib buildings BEAT THE PRICE INCREASES CALL NOW

FOUILLARD STEEL SUPPLIES LTD.

NEW MC DRYERS IN STOCK w/canola screens 300-2,000 BPH units. Why buy used, when you get new fuel efficient & better quality & control w/MC. Call Wall Grain for details (204)269-7616 or (306)244-1144 or (403)393-2662.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Elevators

ST. LAZARE, MB. 1-800-510-3303

80-FT. BUCKET ELEVATING LEG w/3 phase 10-HP electric motor. Phone (204)886-3304.

BUILDINGS

FARM MACHINERY Grain Testers

AFAB INDUSTRIES IS YOUR SUPERIOR post frame building company. For estimates and information call 1-888-816-AFAB(2322).

Website: www.postframebuilding.com

FOR SALE: MODEL 919 Labtronics Grain Tester complete w/charts, Ohaus scale & official bushel weight pint measure. Canola Roller & canola stick, $700; Farmex hay probe (moisture tester), $75.

Owner retired. Phone:(204)368-2226.

CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in place & finish of concrete floors. Can accommodate any floor design. References available. Alexander, MB. 204-752-2069.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Endless Opportunities

251 Main St. Carman.

Turnkey Special Crop Crushing Plant in Carman, MB. Options to crush several different crops. Includes land, buildings, equipment, client list & owner will help w/transition.

MLS#1306629. Call Chris:(204)745-7493 for info.

RE/MAX Advantage.

BUSINESS SERVICES BUSINESS SERVICES Crop Consulting

FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS We also specialize in: Crop Insurance appeals; Chemical drift; Residual herbicide; Custom operator issues; Equipment malfunction; Yield comparisons, Plus Private Investigations of any nature. With our assistance the majority of our clients have received compensation previously denied. Back-Track Investigations investigates, documents your loss and assists in settling your claim.

Licensed Agrologist on Staff.

For more information Please call 1-866-882-4779

CONTRACTING CONTRACTING Custom Work

MANITOBA BASED CUSTOM HARVESTING operation equipped w/Case IH & John Deere combines. Peas, cereals, canola, & soybeans. Flex heads, straight heads & PU headers. Professional operation fully insured. Phone:(204)371-9435 or (701)520-4036.

Serving Manitoba, Saskatchewan, NW Ontario & Alberta....Since 1937

FOR SALE: WESTFIELD ROSCO grain bin 2,400bu., like new, used 1 yr. Phone (204)768-9090.

81 FORD S600 W/5-YD dump box; 5th wheel hitch for camper trailer, stabilizer for bumper hitch trailer; 18.4x34 tractor tire. Phone (204)855-2212

FOR RENT: 24-FT. PULLDOZER daily & weekly rates avail. Call (204)745-8909 or (204)242-4588.

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a farm equipment auction for Evan & Mary Goranson (306)861-1511 Sat., Oct. 12th, 2013 at 10:00am. Live internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com Directions from Weyburn, SK 5-mi Southeast on Hwy 39 and 1.5-mi East. Ford Vers 846 Designation 6 4WD tractor w/3,162-hrs; Case 1070 2WD tractor; Case 900 2WD tractor; Case C tractor for parts; 39-ft. Morris Maxim air drill double shoot & 6180 Morris air tank; 45-ft. Morris Magnum CP-743 cultivator; 27-ft. Morris cultivator; MF 12-ft. & 18-ft. discers; 60-ft. Herman tine harrows; NH TR 86 SP combine w/recent work orders; 25-ft. NH 971 straight cut header; 20ft. Vers PT swather; Head Catcher sunflower pans; Crary air reel; 1979 Chev C60 3-Ton grain truck; 1998 Chev Silverado 1500 extended cab 4WD truck; 1965 GMC 960 grain truck; 100-ft/ Brandt QF 1000 field sprayer; EZ Guide & EZ Steer GPS units; Cushion Air 300 grain vac; Westfield 10-61 swing auger; Pool 7-41 auger w/Kohler engine; Rosco 2,750-bu. grain bin on cement; Rosco 2,200-bu. grain bin on cement; JD 8-ft. land leveller; Riteway 2 batt rock picker; oilfield drill bits; chemical transfer pump; antique forge; cream separator; horse harness; hay sling; saddles beam scale; Club Car electric golf cart, complete line of shop tools. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter (306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962

CUSTOM BIN MOVING Book now! Fert Tanks.

Hopper Bins/flat. Buy/Sell. Call Tim (204)362-7103 or E-mail Requests binmovers@hotmail.com

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 1985 CASE 450C CRAWLER Dozer, 6-way blade, ROP canopy, hydrostatic trans, 16-in pads, 65% undercarriage, Cummins engine rebuilt, 0-hrs, $18,500. Phone:(204)525-4521 www.waltersequipment.com 2007 621D WHEEL LOADER 3-yd bucket, VGC. Call (204)447-0184.

HYD PULL SCRAPERS, 6-40 yards, Caterpillar, AC/LaPlant, LeTourneau, Kokudo, etc. Pull-type & direct mount available, tires also available. Pull-type pull grader, $14,900; 2010 53-ft step deck, $24,995; New Agricart grain cart, 1050-Bu, complete w/tarp, $27,500. Phone (204)822-3797, Morden MB.

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Baling 1998 CASE IH 8455 rd baler, dual elect tie hyd bale kicker; 2003 Case IH RBX462 rd baler, extra-wide PU, chain oiler. Ph Richard (204)383-5875.

FOR SALE: 4910 HESSTON large square baler (4x4x8), field ready; 900 NH forage harvester, 3row adjustable corn head & PU, rebuilt gear box.

Call (204)685-2470.

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Swathers 9260 HESSTON SWATHER W/2210 HEADER, like new, 36-ft. Big Cab power unit, 2005. W/Swath roller. Very nice shape, best swather for Canola. $70,000. (204)871-0925.

FARM MACHINERY Hay & Harvesting – Swather Accessories 25-FT U2 PU REEL, w/metal teeth, good condition.

Phone (204)746-5605.

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Various 14 WHEEL RAKE, $6,500; Vermeer R23 Hyd. rake NH166 swath turner, $3,500; JD 535 baler, $5,900; JD 530, $3,500; JD 510 $1,250; Gehl 2270 Haybine, $3,900; NH 116, $3,000; Several hay conditioners, $800 & up; JD 15-ft #1518 batwing mower, $8,500; Woods 7-ft, $3,000; Woods 6-ft, $1,600; 5ft 3PH, $1,000, 6-ft, $1,150. Phone: (204)857-8403.

CASE 430 DSL, GOOD condition, $3,000; Case 630 DSL, good condition, $3,500; Vers. swather, 20-ft, PTO, good condition, $700. Open to offers.

Call:(204)827-2162.

FOR SALE: FARM KING 13x70-ft. Swing Auger w/hyd winch & hopper mover, reverser, 540 PTO, new price $23,000, asking $13,800; Also 9600 JD Combine Cyl spiders, used. Good condition. Phone (204)526-7829, Holland, MB. MORRIS 881 HAY HIKER, hauls 8 bales, in good condition, $7500 OBO; Older pull-type hay crimper, NH 351 mixmill.

Offers?

Phone Allan (204)842-5141

Combines FARM MACHINERY Combine – Case/IH 1985 Case IH 1480 3,950 engine hours, specialty rotor, 2 sets concaves, chopper, rock trap, new front tires, stored inside, 12-ft. PU head w/large auger Phone (204)362-4532 1997 CIH 2188 COMBINE, Green Light in 2011, Too Many Updates To List, Well Maintained, Good Solid Machine. $39,500 OBO. Call:204-348-2294.

915 IH COMBINE W/810 header, a/c, excellent working condition; 715 IH combine, working condition. Call (204)383-0068.

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Caterpillar Lexion

TD9 4-CYL NEEDS ENGINE, good v.c. & running gear. Has 8-ft IH farm dozer, Farmall Super C, Super H & M. Phone (204)736-2619, Oak Bluff.

CORN HEADER 2009 16X30 Cat Lexion, C15 16row low profile w/littel change or adaptor, it would fit Case IH or JD w/contour head, HYD deck plates & knife rolls, $55,000. Nice condition. (204)871-0925, Macgregor, MB

FARM MACHINERY

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Ford/New Holland

FARM MACHINERY Grain Augers

1988 TR96 COMBINE, FORD motor, 2300-hrs, shedded, good condition. Phone (204)745-6231, cell (204)745-0219.

8X70 WESTFIELD PTO AUGER, excellent shape, $2,500 OBO. Phone (204)476-6907.

93 TX36 SWATHMASTER PU, 1 w/3,250 engine hrs, shedded. Call: (204)767-2327.

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FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

NH TX66 1994, 2400 separator hours, Lots of recent work. 971 PU header. Shedded, excellent condition. With or w/o 24-ft straight cut header. Phone (204)476-6137, Neepawa.

FYFE PARTS

230 TIMBERJACK LINE SKIDDER, manual trans, new starter, new injectors, runs great, c/w set of chains for front, $10,500 OBO. Phone (807)548-4435 or (807)466-1349.

FARM MACHINERY Combine – John Deere 1)1984 JD 7721, $5000; 1) 1986 JD 7721 Titan 2, $6000. Both machines shedded & in good condition. Jim Abbott (204)745-3884, cell (204)750-1157 Carman.

1994 JD 9600 COMBINE, 2175-hrs, 4-aft, DAS, DAM, finecut chopper, 2-spd cylinder, shedded, VGC, asking $51,000; 2001 9650 STS, 2595-hrs, finecut chopper, $81,000; JD 8-row 22-in all-crop header, $6700; ALSO: IHC 5000 swather, 24.5-ft DSL U2 PU reel, $7500. Phone (204)325-8019.

2, 2008 JD 9870’s for sale. First complete w/Fine cut chopper, duals, Harvest Smart Feed rate, Starfire auto guidance & 915 PU, 842 sep hrs. Second w/Fine cut chopper, 915 PU, 696 sep hrs. Both w/2 sets of concaves. VGC. Starting at $195,000. Call: (204)799-7417.

JD 1977 7700 COMBINE, decent condition, always stored in a shed, $5000. (204)324-6353 Ask for Jake, call after 5:00pm.

JD 7700 COMBINE 212 & 224 headers, it c/w duals, it almost floats! Always shedded, in family since new, $6,500 OBO. Earl Cunningham (306)452-7245, Redvers, SK.

1-800-667-9871 • Regina 1-800-667-3095 • Saskatoon 1-800-387-2768 • Winnipeg 1-800-222-6594 • Edmonton “For All Your Farm Parts”

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Various

WaTRoUs, sK. Fax: 306-946-2444

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Various Case 1070,107-HP, std trans, 6,180-hrs, $7,500; 1978 White 2-105, 6,780-hrs, 100-HP, Hydro-shift, $7,500; 1982 IHC 5088, 8979-hrs, triple hyd, 1000 PTO, 18.4x38 duals, 1100 front, W/Leon 707 FEL, $17,500. Phone (204)525-4521 www.waltersequipment.com

NEW WOBBLE BOXES for JD, IH, MacDon headers. Made in Europe, factory quality. Get it direct from Western Canada’s sole distributor starting at $1,095. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

Large Inventory of new and remanufactured parts

Combine ACCessories FARM MACHINERY Combine – Accessories 1989 1010 HEADER 25-FT., $3,000; 83 810 header 24.5-ft. w/sunflower attachment pans, $3,000; 83 820 header 20-ft. flex header, $3,000; E Vandevelde (204)523-4471, Killarney, MB. 1997 JOHN DEERE 925 Flex Head w/CIH Adaptor Plate & Drive Shafts, 800-ac on New Knife & Guards, Newer Poly, Works Great. $7,500 OBO. Call:204-348-2294. #800 30-FT FLEX HEADER, used on our 72, $6000; 30-ft straight cut header, PU reel, both good. Phone (204)745-3773, (204)745-7654.

CIH FLEX PLATFORMS: 1988 CIH 1020, 25-ft., $4,900; 1997 CIH 1020, 25-ft./ 30-ft., $11,900; 1997 CIH 1020, 30-ft., Air Reel, $17,900; 2007 CIH 2020, 30-ft./ 35-ft., Reconditioned, $19,900-21,900; 2009 CIH 2020, 35-ft., $23,900; 2010 CIH 2020, 35-ft., $25,900. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer @ (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com Flex header with air reel. JD 930F flex head w/AWS air tube with one full season, header in nice shape, stored inside, plastic in good condition. $15,500 OBO. (204)325-4658 info@ensfarmsltd.com FLEXHEADS CASE IH 1020: 30-ft, $8,000, 25-ft, $5,000; JD925 $6,500; JD930, $6,000; Straight heads CaseIH 1010: 30-ft, $4,500, 25-ft $4,000; IH820, $2,000; IH810 w/sunflower pans & header cart $3,000; 4-Wheel header trailer, $2,200.

Phone:(204)857-8403.

FLEX PLATFORMS ALL MAKES IN STOCK: CAT, CIH, JD, AGCO. Cat FD40Flex Draper; CIH 820, 1020, 2020 JD 920, 925, 930, 630, 635; AGCO 525. We have adapters in stock to fit JD platforms on CIH, AGCO, NH Combines. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 North, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer @ (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com JD FLEX HEADS AT wholesale prices. 98’ 930F, $8,900; 03’ 930F, $12,200; 04’ 635F w/carry air reel, $21,900; 05’ 635F, $13,750; 06’ 635F, $19,650; 09’ 635F, $23,900; HEADER TRAILERS, 30-ft full frame w/flex bar kit, $2950; 30-ft 4-wheel dolly style, flex kit, $4095; 36-ft w/wheel dolly w/flex fit, $4850; 36-ft 6-wheel frame type, $6500; (204)325-2496 (204)746-6605.

JD FLEX PLATFORMS: 2004 JD 630, $17,900; 2007 630, $20,900; 2004 JD 635, $17,900; 2007 JD 635, $19,900; 2009 JD 635, $21,900; 2010 JD 635, $24,500; 2010 JD 635, $26,500; 2011 JD 635, $27,900. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer @ (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com

8-FT FARM KING SWATH roller, good condition, $650; 30-ft Intersteel sunflower attachment, was mounted on JD 930, 9-in pans excellent cond, $2000; JD 9600 straw chopper rotor, very good, $275; VDuct aeration sections for bins or machine shed; 420/70R-24 9 bolt swather mud tires, like new. Phone (204)324-3647.

WATROUS SALVAGE

NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS NEW COMBINE PARTS

COMBINE WORLD located 20 min. E of Saskatoon, SK on Hwy. #16. 1 year warranty on all new, used, and rebuilt parts. Canada’s largest inventory of late model combines & swathers.

1-800-667-4515 www.combineworld.com

4WD IHC TRACTOR 3588; 1982 Tractor 1486 Bucket & loader; 23-ft cultivator; 8480 IHC Case round baler; Kenworth semi-truck, flat bed; Farm King grain auger & hopper (tractor driven); JD combine turbo 7720; One slip tank; 1982 1086 IHC. Contact Shirley (204)748-1109

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FARM MACHINERY Combine – Massey Ferguson 1985 860 MF D8 hydro 24-ft. straight cut header, field ready, VGC. Call (204)447-0184.

37-FT. CASE IH 4900 vibra tiller w/Degelman harrows & ammonia kit w/MicroTrack metering system; 32-ft. Wilrich chisel plow w/Degelman harrows; Westfield 7x36-ft. auger; 8-ft. dozer blade. Phone (204)564-2699, Inglis.

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JD 8820 COMBINE, good condition, 2-SPD cyl, 212 PU header, $10,000; JD 224 straight header w/PU reel, $2,500. Phone (204)362-2316 or (204)362-1990.

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FARM MACHINERY Salvage GOODS USED TRACTOR PARTS: (204)564-2528 or 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB. MF 760 COMBINE FOR parts, good engine & many new parts. Phone (204)770-0040.

MURPHY SALVAGE New & used parts for tractors, combines, swathers, square & round balers, tillage, press drills & other misc machinery. MURPHY SALVAGE (204)858-2727 or toll free 1-877-858-2728.

Tillage & Seeding FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Tillage 1985 CCIL 35-FT. DEEP tiller, $6,000; 1986 CCIL 40-ft. Deep Tiller /NH3 applicator, $11,000; 1982 Frigstad 41-ft. Deep Tiller w/NH3 Applicator, $7,000. E Vandevelde (204)523-4471, Killarney.

5500 INTERNATIONAL CHISEL PLOW, 39-ft walking axle, 2 row harrows, $4500. Phone (204)324-7622.

FOR SALE: 5600 CASE IH chisel plow, 37-ft, new mounted harrows, will sell w/or w/o Raven NH3 kit, $17,000. Phone (204)529-2411.

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Various FOR SALE: JD 610 25-ft chisel plow, (1-1/4-in shanks), Degelman harrows, anhydrous kit w/hitch, low acres. Phone (204)773-2868, Russell MB.

TracTors FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Case/IH 1982 CASE IH 5288, 160-hp, cab w/heater & A/C. New 20.8 x 38 rear tires w/factory duals, 1000 PTO. Tractor’s in very nice condition, w/9,300-hrs, engine & trans. just recently rebuilt. Asking $18,500. Phone Rob:(204)743-2145 Mornings & evenings or Days (204)526-5298. Cypress River, MB.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – John Deere 1974 JD 4430, CAB w/heater & A/C, new 18.4 x 38 rear tires w/factory duals, 540 & 1000 PTO. 12,500-hrs on tractor, engine was rebuilt at 9,000-hrs. Comes w/158 JD loader, manure bucket, dirt bucket & bale prong. W/joystick control. Asking $24,500. Phone Rob:(204)743-2145 Mornings & evenings or Days (204)526-5298. Cypress River, MB.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

DISCS: Kewannee 12-ft breaking disc, $18,500; JD #330 22-ft, $9,500; Bushog 21-ft, $7,000; Krause 16-ft, $5,000; JD 15-ft, $5,000; DMI ripper, 7 shank, $11,900; Harrows Dalmar 70-ft 18-9 Summers 70ft, $12,000. SCRAPERS: Crown 6-yd, $5,000; Soilmover 7.5-yd, $7,500; Ashland 4.5-yd, $4,500; New 10-ft Land Levelers, $2,250, 12-ft $2,450; SKIDSTEERS: Gehl #4510, $7,000; NH865, $12,900; 3PH 9-ft blade, $900; Artsway mixmill, $1,500; 36-in Rollermill, $5,000.

PHONE:(204)857-8403.

FOR SALE: 41-FT 6-IN Westfield grain auger w/Kohler 16-HP motor w/starter, excellent condition, $850; 6-ft Swath roller, good shape, $175.

Phone (204)748-1024 GRAVITY WAGONS NEW: 400B, $7,100; 600B $12,000; used 250-750-bu, used grain carts, 450-1100-bu, EZ475 $7,900; JM875, $20,000; weigh wagon, $2,500; dual stage & Kwik Kleen screeners; REM 552 Grainvac $3,500; REM 2500, $9,500; Brandt 4500, $8,000; Valmar applicator, $1,500; Phoenix harrow, 42-ft, $9,500; Summers 72-ft, $12,000; used fertilizer spreaders, 4-9 ton.

Phone:(204)857-8403.

IHC 1480 ACTUAL FLOW combine; IHC 4000 swather, 24-ft, a/c, big tires. Both in good shape.

Phone:(204)352-4249.

IHC 55 DT, 35-FT w/harrows, 150-bu Kenton hopper w/Farm King wagon, 41-ft x 8-in Versatile auger, hydraulic lift. Phone (204)827-2011.

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Harvest Salvage Co. Ltd. 1-866-729-9876 5150 Richmond Ave. East BRANDON, MB. www.harvestsalvage.ca New, Used & Re-man. Parts

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JD PULL TYPE COMBINE; JD 4000 tractor with F11 loader, manure bucket & grapple fork; Vicon Lily 6 wheel rake; C.I. deep tiller 16-ft. Phone (204)733-2253.

• Sprayed foam insulation • Ideal for shops, barns or homes • Healthier, Quieter, More Energy Efficient®

ONE ROCK-MATIC 14-FT ROCK rake; One RockMatic rock picker both PTO drive, in good working condition. Phone (204)371-7599.

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1967 930 CASE TRACTOR, runs good; 12-ft. deep tiller Co-op; 3, 2,000-bu. Westeel Rosco bins, newer; 1 chore time hopper bin 250-bu; 1967 Intl 3-ton truck w/12x8.5-ft. steel box w/gravel hoist; Westfield grain auger 41-ft.x7-in. w/16-HP Briggs & Stratton electric start engine. (204)886-2461 1977 IHC 3-TON GRAIN box & hoist; 27-ft R-7st. cut w/trailer; N-6 & R-7 gleaner parts, chopper,fan, spreader, pulleys, chains, bars, rollers, rear axle, etc.; 6-ft Woods rotary mower; 7x41 & 8x46FarmKing augers; JD 8820 Concave & upper sieve;New Hydro belt for 750 MF; New guards for MF 200& MacDon swather; Melroe pick-up parts; Swathercanvas; 25-ft swather reel; 16.9x24 Diamond gripon 8 hole rim; 11.2x24 on 8 bolt rim; fuel slip tanks;1000x15 trailer tire & rim; R-22.5x16-in wide newfloatation recaps; Single & 3 phase motors; Water &fuel pumps; Tools: 50-ton press, brake drum & disclathe, grinders, welder, 8-ton winch, hyd. pumps,control & hoses; Electric & gas furnace; Selkirkchimney; oil space heater; water & fuel pumps; Bullfloat power trowel; Big cement mixer; 1988 LeSabre, 126,000 orig. kms; 7 new rolls 6-ft chain linkfence.

Phone:(204)785-0498.

1998 JD 9610 COMBINE, 2360-hrs; 1998 JD 925, 25-ft flex header. Phone days (204)764-2544, evenings (204)764-2035.

2 1/8, 2 3/8, 2 7/8, 3 1/2-in oilfield pipe; 3/4, 7/8, 1in sucker rod; 4.5, 5.5, 7-in., 8 5/8, 9 5/8s casing pipe. (204)252-3413, (204)871-0956.

ROTARY DITCHER: Cut and/

or maintain drainage channels. 4 models w/flywheels from 32”, 42” 62” and 72” in diameter and power requirements from 50 - 350 HP. For larger channels make multiple cuts. Cut new ditches or maintain existing ones.

Digs and spreads up to 600 cu. yds. per hr. max. Dirt is spread up to 150’ away for superior drainage. Works in all conditions including standing water and overgrown ditches.

2008 DEGELMAN BALE KING 3100 bale shredder. RH discharge, w/controls, not used last 2 seasons, as new, asking $12,500. Phone(204)534-7401.

204-436-2469, Fannystelle, MB.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

FREE STANDING CORRAL PANELS, Feeders & Alley ways, 30ft or order to size. Oil Field Pipe: 1.3, 1.6, 1.9, 1 7/8, 2-in, 2 3/8, 2 7/8, 3 1/2. Sucker Rod: 3/4, 7/8, 1. Casing Pipes: 4-9inch. Sold by the piece or semi load lots. For special pricing call Art (204)685-2628 or cell (204)856-3440.

FULL LINE OF COLORED & galvanized roofing, siding & accessories, structural steel, tubing, plate, angles, flats, rounds etc. Phone:1-800-510-3303, Fouillard Steel Supplies Ltd, St Lazare.

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HEADER TRAILERS & ACCESSORIES. Arc-Fab Industries. 204-355-9595 charles@arcfab.ca www.arcfab.ca

HOPPER BOTTOM BIN, SMOOTH wall, approx 2500-3000-Bu capacity. Phone (204)367-8341

JD 780 MANURE SPREADER for sale, field ready, $7000 OBO. Sanford (204)736-3250.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous 1086 TRACTOR C/W BUCKET & hay $13,500. Phone (204)857-7156, Portage.

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FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Various TRACTOR ALLIS CHALMERS CA. Comes w/3-PTH for a 2-sheer plow, rear cultivators, plus side cultivators. $2250; 12-ft wide cultivator, must be pulled by a tractor, $100, OBO. (204)661-6840.

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LIVESTOCK Poultry For Sale EXOTIC BIRD & ANIMAL Auction, Sun. Oct 6th, 11:00am, Indian Head skating rink.

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Specialty LIVESTOCK Livestock Equipment ALTERNATIVE POWER BY SUNDOG SOLAR, portable/remote solar water pumping for winter/summer. Call for pricing on solar systems, wind generators, aeration. Carl Driedger, (204)556-2346 or (204)851-0145, Virden.

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BLUE HEELER PUPPIES for sale parents very good cattle dogs. Phone (204)853-2080.

BORDER COLLIE STOCK DOGS from Champion working lines. First shots, CBCA Registration, Microchip, $700. Born May 7th, 2013. www.wall2wallsheep.com for pics, video & pedigrees.

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FOR SALE: PB BLUE Heeler puppies, apx 10 weeks old, 1 male & 3 females left, no shots. Asking $150/each. Call:(204)886-7510.

PB AUSTRALIAN BLUE HEELER pups for sale, parents excellent cattle dogs, have been raising pups for 30 yrs. Phone (204)365-0066 or (204)365-6451.

REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE Houses & Lots 1788-SQ-FT BUNGALOW IN HEADINGLY, custom built (1989) for local retired farmer, is now available. Enjoy urban conveniences w/rural views.

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HOUSE & ACREAGE TENDER & phone auction, Mon Sept 23rd at 1:00pm. 2 separate properties will be sold, pictures & all info at www.fraserauction.com or call (204)727-2001 for information.

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba EXCELLENT LAND FOR HUNTING, conservation, quad biking or horse riding only 20-min from Brandon in the Assiniboine Valley. 478-acres is hillside w/mainly bush & some pasture & 270-acres of valley bottom w/creek, bush & pasture/hay. Land can be bought in separate quarter sections. Tel: Gordon Gentles (204)761-0511, HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc. www.homelifepro.com FARMLAND FOR SALE BY Tender: The following farmland is hereby offered for sale by tender. The NOTRE USED OIL toSE1/4 6-5-6 EPM,DAME consisting of approx. 160-ac gether w/hog located thereon; the S1/2 of the & barn FILTER DEPOT NE1/4 6-5-6 EPM consisting of approx. 80-ac; the NW1/4 of approx. 160-ac & • Buy 31-4-6 Used OilEPM consisting • Buy Batteries the SE1/4 8-4-5 EPM consisting 160-ac.

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204-873-2395

www.cudmorebros.com

CAREERS CAREERS Help Wanted F/T FARM MANAGER FOR 3,800-ac pedigree seed production & seed cleaning plant west of Wpg. Degree or diploma in agriculture essential, must have graduated within the last 3 yrs, farm experience a necessity, seed production knowledge preferred. The successful applicant will be a selfmotivated, problem solving individual. Knowledge of Excel, Word & Quickbooks an asset. E-mail resume to krym@mts.net HALARDA FARMS IS SEEKING an employee to work w/cattle & in crop production. Valid drivers licence required. The successful applicant will be self-motivated & a team player. No experience needed. Competitive wages & an extensive health & benefit package offered. Halarda Farms is a modern large mixed farm located in the Elm Creek area.

Fax resume to (204)436-3034 or call (204)436-2032.

CAREERS Professional

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Licensed & Bonded Winkler, MB.

Zeghers Seed Inc. is a food grains Processing and Packaging facility. We are currently looking for

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Hay & Straw 200 1st Cut 2013 Alfalfa Round Bales. Feed tested, 16% protein, NO rain & weigh 1250 lbs. Notre Dame, MB. Call:(204)248-2643 or: colletfarm@gmail.com DAIRY & BEEF HAY for sale, 3x4 square bales, delivery available. Phone (204)827-2629 before 9:00am or leave message.

BUY AND SELL without the effort

CLASSIFIEDS 1- 800 -782- 0794

mbclassif ieds@fbcpublishing.com

FOR SALE: 2ND & 3rd cut Alfalfa, large square bales, tested. Can deliver. Phone Alvin Plett: (204)355-4980 or (204)371-5744.

WISH TO BUY BALED hay & feed barley. Phone hay (204)638-5581, Dauphin.

Hay Tarps All Tie Downs Included

10 Available Sizes

PEDIGREED SEED

PEDIGREED SEED Cereal – Wheat

75.76-ACS. BEAUTIFUL LARGE treed yard. Several large buildings, Hydro & Water. 10-mi NE of Selkirk. Reduced to $144,000. Call Harry (204)482-7251.

STOCK TRAILERS: 6X16 GN, $3,500; 7x20 GN $3,200; Flat bed w/ramps, 24-ft, $5,500; Single axle converter, $1,900, Double $2,000; 48-ft Loboy, $6,500; 9-ft deck for 1-ton truck, $2,350.

Phone:(204)857-8403.

Holland, MB

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Wanted

REAL ESTATE Land For Sale

SEED / FEED / GRAIN

Tel: 204-248-2110

REGISTERED & CERTIFIED HAZLETT rye & seed rye. Contact Boissevain Select Seeds at: (204)534-7324.

GRAIN & CATTLE FARMS wanted for both overseas & Canadian buyers. Call me to discuss all options & current farmland market prices. Rick Taylor: (204)867-7551. rtaylor@homelife.com Homelife Realty, Brandon, MB.

TRAILERS Trailers Miscellaneous

WATER PUMPS

Manitoba

GRANT TWEED Your Farm Real Estate Specialist.

Developing a successful farm takes years of hard work. When it’s time to sell there are many factors to consider. I can provide the experience & expertise to help you through the process. To arrange a confidential, obligation free meeting, please call (204)761-6884 anytime.

Website; www.granttweed.com

GOOD QUALITY GRAIN & Cattle Farms wanted for Canadian & Overseas Clients. For a confidential meeting to discuss the possible sale of your farm or to talk about what is involved, telephone Gordon Gentles (204)761-0511 www.homelifepro.com or Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753, www.homelifepro.com Home Professional Realty Inc.

We are buyers of farm grains.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

For Sale: SE 9-18-15 PTH #5 RIDING MOUNTAIN, 156-acs, 93 grainland, 1,816-sq.ft. bungalow, scenic property, $260,000. 2) RM of MCCREARY 719-acs farm (cattle, elk, bison) 1,064-sq.ft. bungalow & yard site, outbldgs. 3) PLUMAS 1,156-sq.ft.

2+ BDRM MODERN HOME 4.17-ACS, ca c vac, WORKSHOPS & MORE! 4) ARDEN 5-acs 2+ bdrm renov. Home dbl garage. Also 2-ac lot only $8,000.

Phone Liz:(204)476-6362 or John: (204)476-6719.

Gill & Schmall Agencies.

HODGSON MB 2061-ACS BLDGS. 600 Grain, Dallas MB. 1260-acs 500-acs Hay; Narcisse 1440-acs Ranch 640 dd. Oak Bluff 40-acs barn, Bung, Shed; Komarno Ranch 480-1200-acs, Fisher Branch 470-acs, Ashern 160-acs w/230-ft Barn, Ranches, Grain Land, Pastureland, Hunting, Recreation Land, Homes, Farms, Cottages, Suburban & Rural Property. www.manitobafarms.ca Call Harold at Delta Real Estate (204)253-7373.

WE BUY OATS Call us today for pricing Box 424, Emerson, MB R0A 0L0 204-373-2328

W1/2 & SE1/4 30-10-26 WPM except mineral rights in RM of Wallace only a few miles West of Virden & South of HWY #1. Certified organic. Currently in pasture & hay but majority has been cultivated in the past. Substantial 3-strand fencing. Water source for animals. No buildings. General soil classifications are Oxbow Loam, Clay Loam, & Miniota Sandy Loam; A 2.96-acs parcel in the SE1/4 is on a separate title. Persons tendering are advised to verify all info & title status. Tenders may be submitted on individual parcels and/or for all parcels together. Tenders are to be submitted in a sealed envelope to the law office of McNeill Harasymchuk McConnell, Box 520, 243 Raglan St W, Virden MB, R0M 2C0, Attn: R. McNeill; accompanied by a cheque for 5% of tender payable in trust to the law firm. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Cheques for unsuccessful tenders will be returned. Please include name, address & phone number. Tenders close Tue., Oct. 15th, 2013 at 4:00pm. Closing to be within 30 days of acceptance. Further info may be obtained from Bette Scott: (204)748-1778

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES All Terrain Vehicles

TRAILERS Livestock Trailers EXISS ALUMINUM LIVESTOCK TRAILERS. NEW stock - all 7-ft wide x 16-ft, 18-ft, 20-ft & 24-ft lengths. All come w/10-yr warranty. SOKAL INDUSTRIES LTD. Phone (204)334-6596. Email: sokalind@mymts.net

MALT BARLEY

PETS & SUPPLIES

The following PRIVATE LAND is being offered for sale: All of: NE 31-24-12W; NE 30-24-12W; SW 32-24-12W. The following CROWN LANDS have been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural Initiatives for transfer to the purchaser of the private lands listed as these lands are part of the ranch unit held by Larry & Phyllis Henry of Ste. Rose du Lac, MB. Section 7-23-11W; S1/2 18-23-11W; W1/2 20-24-12W; Section 29-24-12W; S1/2 31-24-12W; NW 31-24-12W; W1/2 31-24-12W; NE 18-23-18W; W1/2 12-25-31W. If you wish to purchase the private land & apply for the Unit Transfer contact the Lessees Larry & Phyllis Henry at RR #1, Ste. Rose du Lac, MB R0L 1S0.

If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this Unit Transfer write the Director, MAFRI, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0; or Fax (204)867-6578.

*6-Row* Celebration & Tradition We buy feed barley, feed wheat, oats, soybeans, corn & canola

PETS

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Grain Wanted

COME SEE US AT AG DAYS IN THE CONVENTION HALL BOOTH 1309

TRUMPET, $199; CLARINET, $250; Flute, $250; Trombone, $299; Saxophone, $600; Ukeleles, $29.95-$139; Ibanez base guitar, $399; Lapsteel, $99.95; Acoustic amps, 10 watt $79.95, 40 Watt $199.95, 180 watt $399; Base amps $89.95-$500; Marshall stack 100 Watt $650; Octave Mandolin, $299; Randall 100 Watt tube stack, $1200; 6+12 string double-neck electric guitar w/case, $500; Mandolin, $99.95; Mandolin-Banjo, $499; GuitarBanjo, $250; Guitar-Mandolin, $399; Electric Autoharp, $399; Keyboard, $150; Violins, $69.95-$1295; Wireless music system, $125; Wireless mic, $125.

Hildebrand Music, Portage La Prairie Mall, (204)857-3172.

REAL ESTATE Land For Sale

2013 Malt Contracts Available Box 238 Letellier, MB. R0G 1C0 Phone 204-737-2000 Toll-Free 1-800-258-7434 Agent: M & J Weber-Arcola, SK. Phone 306-455-2509

MUSICAL

PEDIGREED SEED Cereal – Rye

CERTIFIED ACCIPITER & wheat. Contact Boissevain (204)534-7324.

FLOURISH winter Select Seeds at

DURAND SEEDS - Foundation & certified AC Flourish Winter Wheat. Phone (204)248-2268 or (204)745-7577. Notre Dame, MB.

PEDIGREED SEED Cereal – Various COURT SEEDS CERTIFIED WINTER Wheat: CDC Buteo & New AC Flourish. Phone (204)386-2354, Plumas, MB. FOR SALE: CERTIFIED FLOURISH winter wheat.

Phone James Farms Ltd. at 1-866-283-8785, (204)222-8785 or email seed@jamesfarms.com for additional info.

FOR SALE TO PEDIGREED Seed Growers: Foundation & Select Emerson Winter Wheat, Flourish Winter Wheat, & Select Hazlet Rye. Phone (204)526-7829, Holland, MB.

Call Mark @ Haybusters:

FARMERS, RANCHERS, SEED PROCESSORS BUYING ALL FEED GRAINS Heated/Spring Threshed Lightweight/Green/Tough, Mixed Grain - Barley, Oats, Rye, Flax, Wheat, Durum, Lentils, Peas, Canola, Chickpeas, Triticale, Sunflowers, Screenings, Organics and By-Products √ ON-FARM PICKUP √ PROMPT PAYMENT √ LICENSED AND BONDED SASKATOON, LLOYDMINSTER, LETHBRIDGE, VANCOUVER, MINNEDOSA

1-204-724-6741

(800) 371-7928 Dealer inquiries welcome

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Grain Wanted

HEATED & GREEN CANOLA • Competitive Prices • Prompt Movement • Spring Thrashed “ON FARM PICK UP”

1-800-782-0794 Stretch your ADVERTISING DOLLAR!

TIRES 2, 24.5X32 FIRESTONE RICE tires, on JD rims, VG cond., $3,000. Phone (204)347-5244.

FEDERATION TIRE: 1100X12, 2000X20, used aircraft. Toll free 1-888-452-3850

1-877-250-5252

Licensed and Bonded Grain Brokers

Andy Vanderveen · Brett Vanderveen Jesse Vanderveen

A Season to Grow… Only Days to Pay!

Applicants can email resumes to Email: shawnz@zeghersseed.com Fax: 1-204-526-2145

www.zeghersseed.com CAREERS Trades / Tech

NOW HIRING MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR

• Knowledge of HACCP/GMP • Knowledge of safety in a food plant environment • Knowledge of maintaining production equipment • Welding and electrical knowledge an asset • Forklift, first aid, food safety, WHMIS certification an asset • Ability to troubleshoot problem areas • Experience in documentation of maintenance programs • Knowledge of conducting maintenance in a food facility

Contact: Email: smcharg@shapefoods.com Fax: (204) 728-3529 Mail: 2001 Victoria Avenue East Brandon, MB R7A 7L2

Vanderveen Commodity Services Ltd. 37 4th Ave. NE Carman, MB R0G 0J0 Ph. (204) 745-6444 Email: vscltd@mts.net

Experience is an asset, but is not necessary.

Eligible employ would receive full training in operations, quality, food safety, and personal safety. Zeghers Seed Inc. is located near Holland, MB.

Terms of Employment: Full-time Start Date: Immediately Positions Available: 1 Skill Requirement:

haybusters.com

BUYING:

PROCESSING AND PACKAGING PERSONNEL

New 30.5L-32 16 ply, $2,195; 20.8-38 12 ply $795; 18.4-38 12 ply; $789; 24.5-32 14 ply, $1,749; 14.9-24 12 ply, $486; 16.9-28 12 ply $558, 18.4-26 10 ply, $890. Factory direct. More sizes available new and used. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

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