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Railways cut producer car sites CP Rail says the points it dropped weren’t being used, but KAP says farmers need more options, not less

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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he railways recently cut 19 producer car loading sites across the West even though farmers are using producer cars more than ever as they struggle to get a record crop to market.

“If anything we need more producer car sites, not less,” Keystone Agricultural

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Vigilance needed more than ever now that PED in province While industry and provincial officials work to keep it contained, investigations continue into the source of the spread

By Shannon VanRaes, Daniel Winters and Dave Bedard co-operator staff

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h i l e p rov i n c i a l a n d industry officials worked to contain Manitoba’s first case of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PEDv) this week, attention shifted to a pig plasma feed ingredient as a possible source of transmission.

L a n d m a r k Fe e d s , w h i c h is owned by Nutreco, issued a statement late last week saying a plasma-based feed additive for newborn piglets is suspected as a possible source in the Ontario outbreak, which has now spread to 16 farms.

The outbreak on at least 10 of those farms has been linked to a single feed source, which included spray-dried porcineorigin plasma ingredients.

“This concern was raised as a way of explaining how multiple farms without close geographic or other epidemiological connections could become See PED on page 7 »

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Olympic gold dream funded one cow at a time

Giving TB the boot The man co-ordinating eradication efforts hopes to make his job obsolete

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Snowboarding-cowgirl champion stands out from the herd

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CROPS The four Rs of nutrients Right source, time, rate and place can keep farmers in charge

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FEATURE Dispelling spraying myths The top 10 things to think through before you head to the field

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CROSSROADS Municipal amalgamations Some mergers aren’t even close to the 1,000 population threshold

he only thing more surprising than American Kaitlyn Farrington winning half-pipe gold at the Sochi Olympics Feb. 12 is the story of how her early career was funded — by selling the family’s livestock.

Snowboarders like Shaun White can command millions of dollars in endorsements, but the woman from Sunny Valley, Idaho had to make do with more modest means when she set out on the path to Olympic gold.

As her stature as a snowboarder grew, the only way for her family to fund her burgeoning career was to sell off the cattle on their ranch, one at a time.

“When I started competing in bigger events, my dad had to sell his cows just to get me to those bigger events across the country,” the 24-year-old told a news conference.

“I think the cattle sales were Wednesday, so before I’d go to school, I’d help my dad load a cow up into the trailer, maybe two, and he’d take them to the cattle sale and auction them off.

“My parents have been backing me from Day 1, and I’m sure they do not miss those cows today.”

Kaitlyn Farrington of the U.S. grabs her snowboard on her way to winning the women’s snowboard half-pipe finals at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. Photo: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

A surprise winner ahead of Australia’s defending champion Torah Bright and compatriot Kelly Clark, who won gold in 2002 and bronze in 2010, Farrington told reporters that her background as a cowgirl helped her become an Olympic champion.

Farrington had to come through both rounds of qualifying before reaching the final, but that was by no means the first obstacle she had faced in her career.

She suffered several knee injuries in her teenage years,

and finished the 2011-12 season with her wrist in a protective cast following a fracture.

A year later, she broke her thumb so badly in a training run fall in Quebec that she required surgery to insert pins. She was back riding the following day.

“Growing up on a ranch made me the person I am today,” she said. “It definitely made me a tough girl. As my parents have been saying this whole journey, ‘just cowgirl up.’ That’s kind of what I’ve gotta do.”

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Some freight is moving

Blowing snow was heavy enough to block out daylight and cause havoc in the Central Plains Region, but poor weather didn’t slow down this train, travelling near Elie. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

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Manitoba Beef Producers announces new general manager Staff / Melinda German has been appointed general manager of Manitoba Beef Producers effective March 3.

German comes to MBP after serving as the director of the Livestock Knowledge Centre for Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development.

She holds a master of science from the University of Saskatchewan, specializing in beef animal nutrition, grazing and pasture management, the association says in a release.

“Her passion for the beef industry and the producers who make production possible combined with her industry knowledge, experience and skills, makes her ideally suited to lead our organization,” said MBP president Heinz Reimer.

German is replacing Cam Dahl, who left the organization to take a new position as president of Cereals Canada.

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Manitoba joins the livestock price insurance club New livestock price insurance program will run as a pilot program for four years, then be assessed for effectiveness

By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

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n a move that surprised no one, the provincial government formally announced Manitoba will take part in the newly created Western Livestock Pr ice Insurance Program last week.

The province’s intention to create a livestock insurance program for hog and beef producers was outlined in last November’s speech from the throne, and representatives from Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives have been discussing the plan’s details at producer events over the past two months.

Still, the formal announcement is a welcome confirmation for those in the beef industry.

“Most (producers) are very happy that there is going to be an insurance program, right now cattle prices are strong, but if something crazy happens down the road, hopefully

they’ll have themselves covered with the insurance,” said Heinz Reimer, president of Manitoba Beef Producers. “Once the federal announcement was made that the program was a western thing, we were pretty positive that it was going to come across here... but it’s good to hear it.”

The insurance program was first announced in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Br itish Columbia in mid-Januar y, Manitoba had to wait for two byelections to wrap up before making its own announcement.

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“This is new territory for the Manitoba livestock sector... it’s something producers have been asking for from the province for a number of years,” said Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn.

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“Most (producers) are very happy that there is going to be an insurance program, right now cattle prices are strong, but if something crazy happens down the road, hopefully they’ll have themselves covered with the insurance.”

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a price insurance program following the BSE crisis in 2003.

“I hope we’re going to get a good uptake,” said Reimer, adding current prices may deter some producers from signing up at first.

“But once they realize what all is involved and once we hear more exactly what the program is, we’ll have a fairly good uptake of it,” he said.

The Western Livestock Price Insurance Program is based on an existing livestock insurance program in Alberta and that province’s Agriculture Financial Services Corporation will be the central admin-

istrative centre for the program, according to Agriculture Canada. However, Kostyshyn said producers in Manitoba will be able to access information on the program through the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation.

Products will include insurance for both pork and beef producers, encompassing fed cattle, feeder cattle and cowcalf operations.

Policies will provide an insurable floor price on cattle, allowing producers to manage risk and reduce price volatility. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Getting the basics right first

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nless you’re a beef producer (and goodness knows, it was about time you got a break), things are looking a bit tough out there these days.

Crop producers are frustrated by low prices and slow deliveries, and hog producers — who also deserved a break — are now getting swatted down by the fear or reality of PEDv. Not that it helps solve those immediate John Morriss problems, but on the other hand it also Editorial Director doesn’t hurt to put the problems here in context of the problems faced by farmers elsewhere. I serve as a director of Farm Radio International (FRI), a Canadian organization that provides radio scripts and broadcasting training to farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, many of whom have no other source of agricultural extension information. Therefore I receive the weekly newsletters that are sent to about 500 radio station partners and others in the region. Reading the stories from last week’s newsletter certainly gets your attention.

One is about Mr. Dubé, a cattle farmer in Zimbabwe facing an outbreak of ticks after heavy rains in the area in 2012. He lost 15 of his 25 cows to tick-borne diseases, and then had to sell five of the remaining animals.

Another farmer, Mrs. Mavis Sibanda, a widow, received eight cows as a bride price for her daughter, but five also died from tick diseases.

The next story in the newsletter is about Umaru Musa, a farmer in northeastern Nigeria.

“I was on my way to work on the farm with my four children when I sighted five men,” he says in the story.

“Their faces were covered with turbans, and they were wielding their AK-47 rifles.” Recognizing the gunmen as Boko Haram militia, Musa hurriedly got his children away before they were spotted.

The story explains that since 2009, a series of attacks by Boko Haram in this part of predominantly Muslim northern Nigeria has left thousands dead. Musa says that at least eight farmers were killed during the peak of harvest.

Some villages are spared the attacks in return for payment of the equivalent of US$6,000 to $18,000.

Unfortunately, there are too many such stories in the weekly newsletters, and they certainly put the farming problems here into perspective.

We’re not just saying “things could be worse.” This also illustrates that those of us in the developed world sometimes get a bit too focused on our own problems and solutions, assuming they apply elsewhere. The controversy over genetically modified organisms is a good example. On one hand there are the opponents who make baseless comments that they are hazardous to health. On the other are those who claim that the world will starve without them. This week the Crop Connection conference in Winnipeg heard from Mark Lynas, a U.K. author who has switched from one side to the other.

Debates such as this are a convenient distraction from the real issues in world food security. GM varieties, no matter what their merits, are not particularly helpful if AK-47-toting militia burn the fields before harvest. Nor are they of any advantage in fields that have lost their topsoil, or which lack proper fertility, or if most of the crop is lost to insects or mould because of poor storage facilities.

The FRI newsletters don’t only report the problems.

They talk about successes, some of which are dramatic.

The farmers who have lost so many cattle are learning about how to control ticks with insecticides, and they have decided to rebuild their herds. In Ethiopia, a project has demonstrated that seeding tef (a small-seeded cereal) in rows instead of by broadcasting can double yields.

In Malawi, one family has started intercropping peas and corn, and yields have increased enough to provide them with enough income to put seven children through secondary school. In Zambia, farmers have learned to increase yields by mixing crop residue with manure to make compost, rather than burning the stubble after harvest.

In other words, there is great potential to increase production by following basic agronomic practices such as crop rotation, conservation tillage, insect control and proper storage. There are literally millions of farmers who have yet to adopt them. Many of those farmers are women, who often do most of the work but have no ownership rights of the land or their production. Correcting that, along with providing girls with equal access to education, is another key to increased food security.

So the lesson from Africa isn’t only that things here could be a lot worse, but that you have to get the basic stuff right first. Given that we have problems such as a big crop that we can’t get to market, maybe that’s not a bad lesson to remember here either. john.morriss@fbcpublishing.com

Access to lower-cost pesticides paralyzed Canada is the toughest country in the world in which to register generic pesticides

By Bob Friesen

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t appears that original registrants of pesticides in Canada have done an effective job of spreading a message that is not market reality, and flies in the face of what is happening in other countries. This is impeding Canadian farmers’ access to a whole array of lower-cost generic pesticides such as they have in the U.S. Let me explain.

Readers are well aware of the diligent and ongoing efforts of concerned stakeholders to modify generic registration regulation and improve the Pest Management Regulatory Agency’s (PMRA) management of that regulation. As well, to eliminate a rather glaring contradiction between PPIP (Protection of Proprietary Information on Pesticides) policy and PPIP regulation, perpetrated on us by the architects of the same.

However, according to certain reliable sources, one of several things that has paralyzed the process, has the PMRA running scared, and has affected the willingness of some farm organizations to fight for massive cost savings to farmers, is the rhetoric spread by certain original registrants and organizations representing those same companies that “if you change the regulations, if you make it easier to register generics in Canada, we will stop investing in Canada.”

That is ludicrous and will never happen. If someone ever tells you that, call them on it.

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Some of the same companies that would have you believe the threat of ending investment in Canada operate cheerfully in countries such as Ukraine where there is an $850-million market and no compensable data legislation.

Canada has a $2.5-billion market and mandatory data compensation. The companies that invest in the registration of original products are not going anywhere.

Furthermore, no one has ever questioned or tried to undermine the main pillars of protection for original products and the registrants of those products: a 10-year exclusive period and fair compensation for legitimate data.

Beyond those basic protections however, maximum effort should be exerted to promote the PMRA’s own policy guideline: “... favourable conditions for generic pesticide producers to enter the pesticide market and to increase the selection of products available to the user.”

Farm organizations need to ignore the empty threats made by these companies and the PMRA should know better. Farmers face a far bigger threat. Some generics have already pulled out of the process because Canada is the most difficult country in the world in which to register a generic pesticide.

The paralysis at the PMRA is costing Canadian farmers hundreds of millions of dollars a year: the result of one of the biggest hoaxes ever perpetuated in the Canadian agriculture industry. Don’t allow the farm organizations that represent you to be a party to it.

Bob Friesen is CEO of Farmers of North America Strategic Agriculture Institute.

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telephone answering machine was still a novelty in 1975, but if you wanted one, this model was available on lease for $28.30 a month ($126 in 2014 dollars).

Our Feb. 21 issue that year featured full text of the outlook for 1975 prepared by the Manitoba Department of Agriculture. Realized net farm income was expected to be above average, but $77 million below 1974.

Livestock income was seen up, but crop income down.

While prices were near historic highs, the 1974 crop was poor in yield and quality. Accordingly, a shortage of quality seed was expected.

The same excess moisture that caused quality problems was raising flood concerns, and a municipal floodfighting workshop was scheduled in Gimli.

We reported that Justice and Wheat Board Minister Otto Lang had announced that 6.283 miles of Prairie branch lines had been added to the “protected” network pending a review of the implications for their abandonment.

Another story talked about the search for a nonbloating alfalfa. Two Agriculture Canada scientists in Saskatoon were searching for a tannin, including in wild forms of alfalfa, that could be bred into the plant to block the formation of foam.

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Farm, community leader Bert Hall honoured One of the founders of KAP is being remembered for his ability to find consensus and get things done

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff /manitou

“My dad said life has no meaning unless you can be of some help to some people.”

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rthur Edmund (Bert) Hall was an outstanding farm leader, tireless community builder and devoted family man, who used his diplomatic skills to help build a better Canada, said some of those attending the 94-year-old’s funeral Feb. 10.

The soft-spoken chicken farmer helped bring in supply management in the 1960s and decades later became one of the founders of Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP).

Hall came of age during the Great Depression. Most people were poor but hospital bills made the Halls, who farmed near New Haven northeast of Manitou, even poorer. In a 1999 interview, Hall said hard times influenced his outlook on the need for publicly funded health care and education and farmer co-operation.

“My dad said life has no meaning unless you can be of some help to some people,” Hall said. “He felt that’s what we were on this earth for.”

Hall was also a veteran of the Second World War and member of the Royal Canadian Legion.

Hall’s long farming career began when he was still a teenager. He and his older brother started Manitoba’s first turkey hatchery.

After the war Hall and his wife Clara took over the family farm. In 1956, they and their three sons moved to Manitou where Bert was a shareholder, director and general manager of Manitou Broiler Farms until retiring in 1985.

Despite Hall’s busy schedule, family was his top priority, his son Derryl Hall said in his eulogy. Hall credited his late wife Clara for helping him with his achievements. She died suddenly in 1986 after 44 years of marriage. Hall married Beth McLean in 1988 and they spent 25 happy years together.

He was inducted into the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1999.

“Agriculture has sure lost a pillar,” Gordon MacKenzie, Manitoba Agriculture’s former director of boards, commissions and legislation said following Hall’s funeral.

Hall had many qualities but his ability to respect those who disagreed with him, and gain their respect, stands out, MacKenzie said.

The late farm organizer Bob Douglas summed up Hall’s strengths saying: “I want to thank Bert Hall for teaching me how to negotiate so that both sides would win.”

Hall, a diminutive man, but with big farmer hands, said he was most proud of helping establish KAP. Those efforts were recognized in 1985 when the University of Manitoba presented him with a Distinguished Service Award and Special University Medal.

Hall, who led the Manitoba Farm Bureau in 1974,

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Farmers should own assets they funded In the Feb. 6 Manitoba Co-operator opinion piece “Let’s get the facts right on CWB” Jeff Nielsen claims critics of Minister Ritz’s killing of the farmerowned and -directed CWB need to get their facts straight. I would contend Mr. Nielsen’s article is a poorly concealed attempt to mislead farmers.

For example, Mr. Nielsen confuses the Federal Court with the Supreme Court. It was the Federal Court that ruled the Friends of the CWB is free to

BERT HALL

Farm and community leader Bert Hall, 94, died Feb. 1. He accomplished much but was especially gratified to have helped found the Keystone Agricultural Producers. photo: allan dawson

went to work canvassing farmer support for a new general farm organization after it collapsed over the Crow subsidy payment debate. Hall chaired 25 meetings across Manitoba in January 1984 discussing the model of direct farm membership with commodity group representation that eventually became KAP. Hall agreed to be provisional president until KAP held its first annual meeting in January 1985.

“I’m a great believer in KAP because it gives farmers a voice,” Hall said.

But even 15 years ago, Hall could see storm clouds on the horizon, with pressure building against supply management and the Canadian Wheat Board’s single marketing desk.

“We’re coming full circle,” he warned. “I’m concerned with where it’s all going.”

For Hall it was simple: farmers need and deserve the tools to get some economic clout in the market.

“Democracy is based on a capitalistic system that operates under some rules,” he said. “I think uncontrolled capitalism is just as dangerous as uncontrolled communism. I think there has to be some rules. And there has to be competition. And how big do you have to get before you destroy competition?”

Too much competition among chicken farmers was the problem in the 1960s, resulting in depressed prices.

Hall decided to do something about it by helping to

go ahead with the class-action lawsuit on the allegation that Pool funds were misallocated during the windup of the farmer-controlled CWB. However, the Friends have appealed this partial victory to the Federal Court of Appeal.

Most people understand that those who supply the money for an investment have a right to own that investment. It would appear that Mr. Nielsen is so intent on supporting the ideology of the Harper Government he apparently does not agree with this basic right.

Mr. Nielsen claims that Ottawa opposed the decision of the elected directors to purchase grain ships just as the CWB had purchased grain cars in the past. The elected directors were standing up for farmers and moving them up the value chain, yet Mr. Nielsen claims to have resigned over this issue.

Instead of defending the government against farmers, Mr. Nielsen should be quietly and soberly assessing the damage done by those who destroyed the CWB. As a farmer, I am happy to support the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board to recover the assets that were taken from farmers by Ottawa.

Ken Larsen Benalto, Alta.

create the Manitoba Broiler Industry Association in 1964, which he chaired. It went on to help organize supply management for chicken in Manitoba. Hall was the Manitoba Chicken Broiler Producers’ Marketing Board’s first chair — a job he held for 15 years. Until then chicken farmers had no bargaining power.

“The people who had the laying flock, the hatchery would tell them what they would pay for their eggs, the hatchery told us what we had to pay for the chickens and the feed manufacturer told us what we had to pay for feed,” Hall said. “And the processor told us what he’d pay for the chicken. The only one who didn’t have a voice to try and determine what the price was, was the farmer. We argued we needed a bargaining position in the chain.”

Hall’s involvement in agricultural policy development was closely matched by his local community work.

In recognition of his volunteerism, Hall received the Queen’s 25th and 50th anniversary medals and a medal commemorating Canada’s 125th anniversary.

“He was a good leader,” Manitou citizen and volunteer Bette Mueller said following Hall’s funeral. “He was really highly respected.”

Her husband Walter, who served on town council with Hall agreed.

“I think if I had to pick an all-star team from my days here he’d be the captain,” Walter Mueller said. “I can’t think of anybody who has done more and done it properly.”

Local farmer Bill Howatt said Hall was an inspiration.

“I always looked up to him,” Howatt said. “It didn’t matter what committee he was on, when he spoke all would listen.”

KAP recognized Hall’s contribution in 2007 naming its meeting room “The Bert Hall.”

In a 2004 interview Hall said he had no regrets.

“If I had just stuck my nose to making money and done nothing else and didn’t contribute in any other way I could’ve been a lot more wealthy than I am today,” he said. “But, boy I would tell you I would not change it for anything. I am such a strong believer in the farmers being together and having the farmers’ voice and if they would just do that they would have a great political power.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

How would licensing plan affect small producers?

Now that the Cavers can resume making prosciutto at their small onfarm meat shop, is their future viable if the Manitoba Pork Council succeeds in licensing all hog producers to “stabilize” and control the supply of hogs to large processors?

Will smaller producers be able to raise hogs to supply processors like the Cavers, or continue to be able to directly market pork processed in small abattoirs?

Can small operators afford food safety systems designed for large processors? The standards are the same even if they are “outcome based.” The Cavers call them “onerous.”

How long will farmers be able to raise and sell free-range pork and poultry when CFIA protocols are designed for confinement operations? Growing Assurance program carrots for pork and poultry do not apply to small producers.

Except for the Greens, all parties pay lip service to the value of smaller farmers and local food while imposing policies that undermine the

capacity for smaller operations to survive in a marketplace controlled by the big boys.

Green Party policies recognize industrial food systems are not environmentally or economically sustainable. If they were, why would the pork industry want more loan guarantees and to license pork producers?

Now that industrial barns and manure storages are aged, requiring updates and replacement, MPC seeks more government financial aid to, once again, prop up a failed system.

Any aid must require sows to be housed in groups on straw and eliminate gestation crates.

Let’s be honest. Government isn’t really interested in helping the small guy. But, at least it can end the egregious suffering endured by sows confined in crates on concrete and get rid of environmentally damaging liquid manure systems instead of further propping up the inhumane and unsustainable industry that has made it economically non-viable for thousands of smaller farmers to raise and sell pigs.

Ruth Pryzner Alexander, Manitoba

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Producers’ (KAP) president D o u g C h o r n e y said in an interview.

“KAP’s policy is regardless of whether they are being used or not we want producer car loading sites to be there as an alternative to farmers.”

Tim Coulter, former president of the Canadian Pr o d u c e r Ca r Sh i p p e r s o f Canada, agrees and suggests the federal government consider a moratorium on site abandonments.

“I’ve had more phone calls in the last month (from farmers about producer cars) than since I became president of the association (three years ago),” Coulter said.

CP recently cut five sites leaving 94 and CN cut 14, leaving 48.

“CP cut sites that weren’t being used,” CP spokesman Ed Greenberg said in an email.

“CP still has coverage for local producers to order and ship producer cars with our network of producer car SEC_OATS_14_T.qxd 12/28/13 loading sites across Western Canada,” he wrote.

CN Rail did not respond by press time.

The railways must notify the public through local newspaper ads 60 days before closing a producer car loading site.

The hard-won right of farmers to order and fill rail cars with their own grain goes back more than 100 years and is enshrined in the Canada Grains Act. Not only are producer cars giving farmers an opportunity to move their grain, bypassing elevators plugged because of a lack of trains, but they are also returning higher prices, Chorney said.

Chorney, who farms near East Selkirk said he will net $5.75 a bushel — 32 per cent more than the local elevator is paying — for his No. 1 Canada Western Red Spring wheat (12.5 per cent protein) being exported to an American buyer in producer cars being loaded this week.

“That’s unbelievable,” he said, adding a farmer in northwestern Manitoba with the same wheat was offered just 10:47 PM Page 1 $3.89 a bushel by the local elevator.

“That’s a joke,” Chorney said.

“We know wheat is worth $10 a bushel in Vancouver...”

Producer car shippers traditionally saved money by avoiding elevator charges, loading the cars themselves or hiring someone to do it for them. But the bigger saving now is on the basis (difference between cash and futures prices.)

Gra i n p r i c e s a t we s t e r n Canadian elevators are low because the railways are not moving grain fast enough, said Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association, which represents the major elevator companies. Lower elevator prices are meant to discourage farmers from delivering, he said.

“There’s a 55,000-car shortfall right now and we know there are 50 vessels waiting off the West Coast right now for grain — 50,” Sobkowich said.

“It’s a record.”

It ’s t h e r a i l w a y s’ f a u l t , according to Chorney. They chose not to invest more in surge capacity confident they will eventually move most of the grain anyway.

“If anything we need more producer car sites, not less.”

Doug Chorney

“A single act by (rail) companies in Canada has taken m o re w e a l t h f r o m Pra i r i e agribusiness and farmers... it’s criminal,” he said. “But the fact that the federal government is not holding some sor t of Royal Commission to investigate this is disappointing because no single act has done more damage to both grain companies and farmers.”

The railways blame a record crop and bad winter weather for the delays.

B u t i t ’s n o t j u s t f a r m ers and grain companies that are suffering — millers and canola crushers are too.

One grain industry official said some mills in Eastern Canada and the northeast United States are r unning dangerously low.

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Jim Everson, executive director of the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association, said he couldn’t say whether the report was true or not. However, he did say crushers are encountering delays in moving canola oil and meal to their customers.

Pro d u c e r c a r s a re p roving to be an important option for farmers this crop year, Chorney said.

“I’m getting calls every single day (from farmers) trying to find producer car sites,” he said.

Canadian Grain Commission statistics show producer car orders so far this crop year are up more than 60 per cent from the same time last year to 13,494. It’s almost certain producer car shipments in the 2013-14 crop year ending July 31 will shatter the previous modern record of 14,341 set in 2011-12.

Even though access to prod u c e r s i s a f a r m e r’s r i g h t Coulter fears the railways will try to discourage them.

Meanwhile, the railways told MPs last week removing the cap on what the railways can earn shipping western grain to export would result in better service. The WGEA doesn’t believe it.

Half of the shortfall in grain car deliveries are to destinations the cap doesn’t apply to, Sobkowich said.

“So the railways can charge whatever they want and we still can’t get service to those areas, so how does the revenue cap have anything to do with it?”

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Ironically even though producer cars are more popular than ever the Producer Car Shippers of Canada (PCSC) is dissolving.

The decision was made at the organization’s annual meeting in Moose Jaw in November, said retiring association president Tim Coulter.

“I wanted to retire and do some other things and nobody stepped up,” Coulter said in an interview.

Funding was another issue. The old Canadian Wheat Board collected a voluntary checkoff on producer cars to finance the association. The board’s successor, the federal government-

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“This has not been an easy decision and it is with mixed feelings that we have arrived at this point in history,” Coulter said in a letter posted on the association’s website.

“I do feel that PCSC has been an effective voice over the last seven years and has contributed to the success of producer car shippers...”

Coulter said he hopes farm organizations and short line railways will continue to promote and defend producer cars.

It isn’t easy winding down the association, Coulter said, but members agreed it should be done while it still has the funds to do so. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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infected in such a short time,” the Landmark statement said.

The link has not been confirmed, but in the meantime, the company said it will only be sourcing the feed additive from Canadian suppliers and it will be testing all of its plasma for the presence of PEDv RNA prior to using it in feed.

“Sources of plasma protein from the United States of America may be sourced from slaughter plants where pigs previously infected with PEDv are handled,” the company said. “Canadian slaughter plant sources of plasma protein do not contain plasma from infected pigs as the virus was only detected in Canada (Ontario) for the first time about three weeks ago.”

Valuable feed ingredient

As well, it said customers that preferred not to use the plasma product at all in their piglet rations would be supplied with alternatives, but the company warned “piglet performance may be compromised and cost of diets may increase.”

“Spray-dried plasma protein is a highly valuable and effective feed ingredient in baby pig diets, encouraging feed intake and better post-weaning performance,” the statement says.

“The spray-dry process used to dry plasma ingredients is able to destroy all recognized swine pathogens.”

Local officials said their first priority is preventing the virus from spreading to more farms in Manitoba.

“Secondarily, they will be investigating the route of infection on to the farm,” a provincial spokesperson said Feb. 18. “They may be looking (at plasma) as well, but as I understand it, it’s not currently their focus.”

First case

Officials quoted in the same story emphasized that finding genetic material is not the same as finding a live virus.

M a n i t o b a’s o n l y k n ow n case to date is on a wean-tofinish farm in southeastern Manitoba.

“The veterinarian and the producer are working very hard to implement measures on the farm to make sure it doesn’t spread off the farm,” said Dr. Glen Duizer, the province’s acting chief veterinary officer.

All animal movement on and off the affected farm has been restricted.

Now staff from the chief vet’s office are working to identify any and all farms that may have had contact with the affected operation so they can be surveilled for signs of the virus that causes PED. How the virus arrived at the farm is still unknown. It is believed to be transmitted via fecal matter.

“This strain has not been identified yet, fully, that’s a process that’s underway... in Canada and North America so far it’s been one strain, there is an additional strain now present in the U.S., but in

Canada it’s all been one strain,” stop the spread of the virus via livestock trailers.

Duizer said.

“What this case has illusT h e v i r u s’s a r r i v a l w a s an unwelcome one for the trated is the continuing need Manitoba Pork Council, but not for producers to be vigilant about what vehicles and what unexpected.

“The council feels it’s very people are coming onto their unfortunate we’ve had this properties, entry into barns case, but we’re not surprised, should be severely restricted as we’ve been planning for this well,” he said. “Vehicles must eventuality,” said Dickson. also be washed and disinfected “We’re working very closely if they come into contact with with the provincial and the a potential source of the virus.” federal government to ensure that this site is isolated and Vigilant the disease contained on this In addition to the confirmed farm, and we’re supporting all farms in Ontario there is one efforts.” in Quebec and one on Prince Last fall, the council worked Edward Island. South of the with the province to develop an border nearly 300 barns in emergency response plan in the 23 states have been infected, event PED arrived in the prov- resulting in the deaths of ince. Then, in the first week of approximately four million February, they jointly launched pigs. a rapid-detection monitoring If Manitoba — which proprogram for the disease. The duces 30 per cent of all the hogs program targets facilities that in Canada — saw an outbreak handle large volumes of pigs, of the disease similar to that but hasn’t detected any signs of seen in the U.S., the industry the virus yet. could lose upwards of $170,000 Producers meanwhile have million, said Dickson. been provided detailed inforDuizer added that PED is not mation on the virus, and biose- currently a reportable disease curity protocols. in the province, but that discusDickson stressed that proper sions are underway to change cleaning and disinfecting pro- that. cedures are vital in order Trim: to 8.125”

Andrew Dickson of the Manitoba Pork Council listens while acting chief veterinary officer Glen Duizer confirms the presence of the PED virus in Manitoba. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

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“We’re guided by our veterinarians. If they tell us there’s a problem with blood plasma, then we’ll pass that on to our p r o d u c e r m e m b e r s ,” s a i d Manitoba Pork Council general manager Andrew Dickson.

Pinpointing the exact source of infection is a “big detective project,” he said, because it could have arrived via trucks, ser vice personnel, feed or some other way.

“There’s been a lot of finger pointing and speculation, and that’s why you’re seeing companies like Landmark going out of its way to have its products tested to see if it contains the virus and whether it’s a potential source of infection for farms.”

However, Ontar io’s chief veterinarian Dr. Greg Douglas was quoted Feb. 13 on Better Fa r m i n g m a g a z i n e’s w e b site as saying the provincial Agriculture Department had detected PEDv genetic material in swine feed samples from several farms confirmed to have the virus. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, he added, had offered to test for infectivity in those samples.

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Scientific claims won’t counter ethical questions about animal welfare Pork producers can say that consumers don’t get it, that science is the basis for welfare and that castration doesn’t hurt, but the public won’t buy it — and that’s bad for business

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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f you’re a pork producer trying to convince someone your welfare practices are up to snuff, the last words you should pull out of your phrase book are “science” and “based.”

Speaking to representatives of Manitoba’s pork industry during the annual Swine Seminar in Winnipeg, Dr. Tim Blackwell outlined the pitfalls and missteps that hurt the image of pig farmers, including attempts to use scientific claims to answer ethical questions.

“People say if you want to know what to do with animal welfare, you have to be science based. Well, no. Animal welfare is not science determined,” he said, asking producers if they would consult a scientist to determine human rights or answer other moral dilemmas.

Rather, animal rights are rooted in a number of tradi-

Dr. Tim Blackwell speaks to producers about their public image during the annual Manitoba Swine Seminar in Winnipeg. PHOTO: SHANNON VANRAES

tions — some ancient, some modern — that are based on trust and expertise. “ When we tr y to decide w h a t ’s r i g h t a n d w h a t ’s wrong... I think the simplest

way to determine this, is to try to define discomfort or pain as either necessary, or unnecessary,” the Ontario-based swine extension veterinarian said.

“And what the public does

not want, where the public thinks you break your contract, is when you cause unnecessary suffering to an animal. We all know there is a certain amount of suffering — in our lives, in animals’ lives, you can’t make it perfect... but when it’s unnecessary for something to suffer, people get upset.”

He pointed to the current hot-button issue of sow gestation crates as an example.

When first introduced in the early 1970s, the argument could be made successfully that gestation crates were the safest, best method of housing sows at the time. Yes, they may have caused some discomfort, but it was a necessary discomfort, the veterinarian said.

But with new research and fresh technologies now allowing for successful group-housing models, it’s difficult to make that case any longer.

Especially when, as Blackwell points out, all of Europe has gone stall free and coun-

tries like Denmark are averaging 29.6 pigs per sow, per year. “ To d a y I t h i n k we h a v e alternatives. We can provide all the things gestation crates do and we can let them turn around. And the public says, we really prefer those sows to turn around, seems only natural that a 400-pound animal ought to be able to turn around and spread out her legs,” he said.

Howe ve r, h e a d d e d t h a t swine producers don’t struggle with animal welfare issues, so much as they struggle with public relations issues.

“Sometimes we don’t communicate well and sometimes we ignore our customers at our peril,” he said. “So the message is, we don’t really have problems with animal welfare, we have a problem where we aren’t always communicating well.”

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Not communicating well includes using terms like “science based,” or responding to concerns over practices like castration by saying things like, “it’s standard industry practice” and “it doesn’t hurt.”

Bl a c k w e l l s a i d c o n s u m ers need to be given credit, and they aren’t going to buy an explanation as simple as it doesn’t hurt the pigs. What that glib and unlikely answer will do, is damage any trust the consumer had in the producer and their industry, he said.

“So the answer isn’t ‘it’s standard industry practice,’ the answer is we don’t like doing that... we understand that it hurts them, we wish there was an alternative — we’re looking for alternatives — but that’s a necessary discomfort that we would like to turn into an unnecessary discomfort,” Blackwell said, adding producers should also be open and honest about why male piglets need to be castrated.

And if a video surfaces of farm animals being abused?

Don’t obfuscate. “ What we don’t do when they find some sort of abuse, we don’t hand the video to experts to analyze. It’s easy to know that kicking a sow in the head is wrong,” he said, adding that the people who raise swine should be the experts on the issue — experts who

“Good welfare is your brand. But brands can drift, and your brand drifts every time you start to talk about animal science instead of animal husbandry... maintaining trust is key.”

DR. TIM BLACKWELL

don’t need to outsource their opinions.

Dwelling on negative media coverage, or lamenting the fact the positive things pork producers do don’t end up on the news won’t help either.

“The media covers plane crashes, they don’t cover successful landings... get used to it,” the swine expert said.

Another non sequitur used by those in the industry to justify production practices, is to say swine welfare must be improving because productivity keeps improving. But Blackwell cautioned industry representatives from making that causal relationship.

“That’s like saying some kid in a sweatshop in Bangladesh used to make 50 T-shirts and now you’ve got him making 75, so now he must be better off — nobody believes that. There’s no connection between how hard you push a worker and how well the worker is treated,” he said.

Making the argument that city-dwellers don’t understand agriculture, and they would starve without the industry is counterproductive as well.

“The old, ‘if you start telling us how to farm we’re all going to starve to death’ — it’s just not true, we could live on pig feed. I mean pork is a wonderful food, but it isn’t necessary to feed the world,” said the veterinarian.

Producers do good work, but they need to be honest with the public and not write off those concerned with animal welfare as fringe extremists, Blackwell said, adding that he would consider himself among those interested and concerned with animal rights.

“G ood welfare is your brand,” he said. “But brands can drift, and your brand drifts every time you start to talk about animal science instead of animal husbandry... maintaining trust is key.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

MPs berate railways over grain shipments The railways say they size their fleet based on what they think ports can handle

By Alex Binkley CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

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fter weeks of being harangued by constituents about grain transportation snafus, Prairie Conservative MPs finally got a chance to unload on CN and CP executives.

During a session of the Commons agriculture committee, the railways stuck to their arguments that a prolonged cold snap and heavy snow had affected all freight, not just the record grain crop, in Western Canada.

Not only do western MPs hear about the problem whenever they’re back home, there has been a persistent lobbying campaign on Parliament Hill by Prairie farm groups about all the delays and demurrage, which some estimates say could cost farmers $2 billion in low prices and lost sales. When the situation didn’t rate a mention in the 2014 budget speech, the lobbying campaign grew more intense.

The NDP and Liberals joined in during the committee and an earlier emergency debate in the Commons.

Randy Hoback, a Saskatchewan farmer and former president of Western Canadian Wheat Growers, said the railways should be compensating farmers. Cold and snow are staples of winter.

The railways should be prepared for those conditions as well as being ready to handle growing agriculture, potash and energy traffic. Instead they have cut capacity.

“The reality is, those challenges are things that you faced in previous years, and will face in years to come,” he said. “The reality is, you went and laid off… 4,500 employees and reduced your service by 400 locomotives and 2,700 rail cars.”

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He said the potash, lumber and steel mills in his province are also suffering from lack of service. “You’re not taking seriously the growth that’s going on in Western Canada. You’re actually going to do severe damage to the western Canadian economy unless you smarten up.

“You look at it from your shareholders’ perspective.

I respect that. But look at it from the customers and what’s going on in Western Canada. You haven’t done that.”

Earl Dreeshen, Conservative MP for Red Deer and a grain farmer, said the grain companies are running day, night and weekends but are unable to get the cars they need.

He noted that the American rail system seems more responsive to shippers than Canadian carriers. “You have had significant support from

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the Government of Canada over a number of years and I’m wondering if you feel that you should perhaps provide at least the same level of service to Canadian shippers despite the lack of competition in the Canadian rail market?”

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David Miller, CN’s assistant vice-president for government affairs, said American railways were more deregulated and not constrained by anything like the revenue cap. He said the railway was taking the problem seriously and had already added 1,000 hoppers to its fleet.

“We size our fleet really based on what we believe the ports can handle,” he said. “The reason we’ve increased the number of cars is because, in effect, we saw in the fall that Prince Rupert and Vancouver were able to move more grain through than we had previously thought they were going to be able to. And so we said, OK, if they can move the grain, we’d better add more cars.”

January 2014 was much colder than the first month of 2013, he added. “There were times in January where we had as many as 35 trains sitting because it was too cold to get the air up to get them moving again.”

Michael Murphy, CP’s vicepresident of government affairs, said grain shippers haven’t been as willing to work out contracts with the railways as other industries and that complicates the carriers’ efforts to plan for traffic loads.

CP retired a bunch of older locomotives in 2013 because it had newer and more efficient motive power, he added.

At CP, crude oil amounts to “a little over three per cent of our business,” he noted. “In the case of grain and grain products, it’s a little under 20 per cent of our business.

Grain and grain products are six times the size of the business. They’re really not comparable at all.”

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS Cattle Prices Winnipeg

February 14, 2014

High prices didn’t take holiday at cattle markets

Steers & Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 75.00 - 83.00 D3 Cows 68.00 - 76.00 Bulls 86.00 - 95.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.)

130.00 - 152.00 (801-900 lbs.)

150.00 - 166.00 (701-800 lbs.)

155.00 - 177.00 (601-700 lbs.)

175.00 - 195.00 (501-600 lbs.)

190.00 - 222.00 (401-500 lbs.)

190.00 - 232.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

115.00 - 135.00 (801-900 lbs.)

128.00 - 142.00 (701-800 lbs.)

135.00 - 155.00 (601-700 lbs.)

145.00 - 175.00 (501-600 lbs.)

155.00 - 183.00 (401-500 lbs.)

165.00 - 190.00

Heifers

Alberta South $ 135.50 - 136.00 — 80.00 - 95.00 73.00 - 85.00 91.36 $ 154.00 - 164.00 157.00 - 170.00 164.00 - 183.00 176.00 - 195.00 190.00 - 210.00 200.00 - 220.00 $ 130.00 - 146.00 140.00 - 157.00 148.00 - 164.00 156.00 - 175.00 165.00 - 186.00 175.00 - 195.00

($/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.)

Futures (February 14, 2014) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change February 2014 143.15 3.60 April 2014 142.40 3.33 June 2014 132.75 1.55 August 2014 131.42 1.70 October 2014 134.80 1.90 December 2014 136.30 2.45 Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

Feeder Cattle March 2014 April 2014 May 2014 August 2014 September 2014 October 2014

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Previous Year­ 48,978 11,884 37,094 NA 592,000

Ontario $ 120.56 - 149.34 114.55 - 147.46 65.13 - 91.32 65.13 - 91.32 89.32 - 108.05 $ 155.73 - 177.61 154.50 - 172.54 148.89 - 175.58 150.73 - 190.97 171.79 - 213.02 157.57 - 208.10 $ 139.85 - 150.97 134.43 - 149.77 132.18 - 158.99 132.10 - 164.98 135.87 - 169.60 139.77 - 173.88

Close 170.75 171.60 171.87 173.70 173.00 172.30

Week Ending February 8, 2014 605 23,941 14,870 604 525 8,637 89

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Change 2.95 3.03 1.45 4.03 3.90 3.65

Previous Year 584 21,425 14,729 563 632 10,380 11

Hog Prices Source: Manitoba Agriculture

(Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg) Current Week 177.00 E 165.00 E 169.80 172.00

Futures (February 14, 2014) in U.S. Hogs February 2014 April 2014 May 2014 June 2014 July 2014

Last Week 177.10 164.48 167.29 169.04

Close 86.35 94.92 103.15 104.90 104.70

“We all want to believe this thing is here for more than one turn, but people are nervous.”

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Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending February 8, 2014 49,842 12,600 37,242 NA 561,000

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: $0.9076 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.0981 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: February 14, 2014

Last Year (Index 100) 172.71 159.68 161.09 167.85

Change -0.15 0.72 0.65 -0.15 0.45

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olumes of cattle sold at auction marts across Manitoba remained strong during the week ended Feb. 14, as farmers were attracted by continued high prices.

Feeder cattle continued to come in mass numbers, with unfavourable winter weather holding some farmers back.

Allan Munroe with Killarney Livestock Markets noted its Feb. 10 sale would have been even bigger if it wasn’t for extremely cold temperatures.

“We’re going to have a pretty good sale this coming Monday (Feb. 17),” he said, adding the sale will have some cattle pushed ahead from the previous week.

Feb. 17 was Louis Riel Day in Manitoba, but Munroe said they’ve had pretty good luck holding sales on holidays.

“There are still people who want to see their cattle sell, and when they’re not working on Monday they can actually come in to watch them sell,” he said. “And maybe their kids are home for the long weekend and can give them a hand on Sunday.”

At calving season, there are also a lot of slaughter cows coming to market; if a cow loses a calf, she’s being sold because of the high prices being seen on that side of the market.

Strong demand is the key factor in the higher prices keeping volumes high across the province for both feeder and slaughter cattle. Cattle were being sent east and west, Munroe added, with continued good demand also coming from the U.S. due to weakness in the Canadian dollar.

The Canadian currency saw a bit of a recovery during the week, moving back above US91 cents but still much weaker than it has been in recent history.

And buyers aren’t hesitating to come out to sales because they have been getting a good selection of cattle.

The number of cattle coming on to Manitoba’s markets is almost unseasonably high for this time of year, but farmers don’t want to miss out on the strong prices offered so far in 2014.

allan munroe

“We all want to believe this thing is here for more than one turn, but people are nervous.

They don’t want to see this come and not have sold anything,” Munroe said.

Overall, 2014 has been a good year so far for Manitoba’s cattle producers, with strong prices and low feed costs helping increase profitability.

A new insurance program announced by the Canadian and Manitoba governments during the week should provide even more optimism for producers. Manitoba will be participating in the Western Livestock Price Insurance Program ( WLPIP), Canada and Manitoba’s agriculture ministers announced on Feb. 13.

Details of the program are still being finalized, but will be announced to producers before the spring. The program will help Manitoba livestock farmers reduce their risk, as it gives them the opportunity to insure their herds against unexpected price drops.

Munroe described the program as “tremendous,” adding it will be very beneficial for farmers with smaller operations who may be thinking about expanding their herds.

“The risk on these cattle is huge and they need some sort of risk management other than just hoping for the best,” he said. “We can see feeder cattle on the futures board at (strong prices), but unless you actually lock something in, it really is irrelevant.”

The program, he added, “will help some of the smaller guys who want to feed cattle, because the risk management has been difficult for them… The bigger guys, they can forward-contract significant numbers of cattle and when they get to a certain size they can use the futures.”

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

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

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

Winnipeg (00 head) (wooled fats) — Next Sale Feb. 19th —

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 February 23, 2014 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.915 Undergrade .............................. $1.825 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.900 Undergrade .............................. $1.800 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.900 Undergrade .............................. $1.800 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.800 Undergrade............................... $1.715 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

Toronto 73.31 - 103.49 143.35 - 163.19 164.09 - 174.89 173.31 - 193.91 190.57 - 244.59 —

SunGold Specialty Meats 35.00

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 Kids Billys Mature

Winnipeg (head) (Fats) — — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 92.49 - 321.22 — 86.89 - 249.45

Horses <1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 22.81 - 30.69 24.43 - 42.43

briefs

European poultry producers give in to GMO soy hamburg, /reuter / German poultry producers have given up a promise to consumers to avoid feeding birds with soy containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) because of lower supplies of non-GMO soybeans, poultry producers association BBH said Feb. 18.

Brazil, the main bulk

supplier of GMO-free soybeans, was likely to cut its supplies of GMO-free soybeans by 50 per cent this year partly because of cross-pollination with conventional beans, the association said.

The danger of cross-contamination between GMO and conventional crops during transport has also risen, it said.

“Feeding for chicken and turkey production in Germany without use of genetic technology can no

longer be undertaken,” the association said. “Specialist feed factories for production of poultry feed requires a seamless supply chain with impeccable GMO-free soybeans, but supplies can no longer be guaranteed in the required volumes.”

The association said Germany was not alone with such problems and some British and Danish poultry producers had in the past year also given up commitments not to use GMO soybeans.

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Gap wide beyond compare for soybeans over canola A lack of available supply boosts interest in oats Phil Franz-Warkentin CNSC

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CE Futures Canada canola prices took a tumble during the week ended Feb. 14, dropping to their lowest levels since June 2010. The losses may have been overdone by most sensible standards, but canola is not playing by the normal rules for now and further declines are a definite possibility.

The March canola contract fell below $400 per tonne, losing more than $25 over the course of the week. During the same time, soybeans in the U.S. posted gains of five to nine cents per bushel. The spread between the two oilseeds, which traditionally trade more in sympathy with each other, has widened to unprecedented levels. Cash bids for canola in Western Canada are now about half of what a bushel of soybeans goes for in the Midwest. Canadian crush margins, which provide a measure of the profitability of the product values relative to the seed cost when processing canola, are also at record levels.

The nearby crush margin was pegged at C$225 above the futures on Feb. 14 by ICE Futures Canada. On the same day a year ago the crush was only at C$25. However, the crushers aren’t necessarily cashing in on those wide margins, as the rail issues causing problems across the Prairies are also limiting how much oil and meal they can move.

Canada’s record-large canola crop and the well-documented problems moving it out of the country this year have taken much of the blame for the declining prices. Adding to those bearish fundamentals is heavy speculative selling. The large fund traders have taken advantage of the lack of buying interest to put on short positions and keep pushing prices

Week Ago

Year Ago

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

218.81

213.39

287.03

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

243.34

234.52

319.36

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

173.42

174.40

285.24

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

266.34

296.00

230.19

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

493.93

487.13

525.47

Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne)

871.86

852.45

1135.35

oilseeds

lower while playing the widening spread between canola and soybeans.

A corrective bounce is inevitable, as buyers around the world are said to be “drooling” at the cheapness of Canadian canola. But in the meantime, they are being forced to pay more for Australian supplies or alternative oilseeds as Canada’s crop remains stuck in the Prairies. When the pipes will start flowing again remains to be seen, and any relative strength in canola could be a long time coming, given the large supplies that will be carried over into next year.

Oats activity

In the U.S., good export demand helped underpin soybeans during the week, while all three wheat markets managed to move up to their highest levels in a month.

Good export demand for U.S. wheat, together with the adverse winter weather conditions hitting much of the country, helped underpin wheat values. Further strength in wheat, however, is uncertain as any outside demand will quickly move elsewhere if U.S. prices get too high.

For soybeans and corn, large South American crops will soon be more readily available, which should limit the upside potential. Meanwhile, the annual fight for acres across the Midwest will also move the markets as early area forecasts start to be released.

The Chicago oats market saw some mixed activity during the week, with the March/ May spread narrowing in as traders exit the front month. A lack of available supplies in deliverable positions has propped up U.S. oats prices lately, with the nearby contracts continuing to trade a premium to the more deferred positions.

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

For three-times-daily market reports from Commodity News Service Canada, visit “Today in Markets” at www.manitobacooperator.ca.

Last Week

All prices close of business February 13, 2014

Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business February 14, 2014 barley

Last Week

Week Ago

March 2014

126.50

126.50

May 2014

128.50

128.50

July 2014

128.50

128.50

Canola

Last Week

Week Ago

March 2014

398.20

425.60

May 2014

408.80

435.60

July 2014

418.40

444.80

Special Crops Report for February 18, 2014 — Bin run delivered plant Saskatchewan Spot Market

Spot Market

Lentils (Cdn. cents per pound)

Other ( Cdn. cents per pound unless otherwise specified)

Large Green 15/64

19.00 - 20.00

Canaryseed

Laird No. 1

19.00 - 20.00

Oil Sunflower Seed

Eston No. 2

16.75 - 18.50

Desi Chickpeas

19.00 - 21.00 — 19.00 - 20.00

Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)

Green No. 1

Fababeans, large

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Feed beans

—

10.80 - 11.00

Medium Yellow No. 1

5.00 - 6.25

Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel) Feed Pea (Rail)

No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans

5.00 - 5.50

42.00 - 42.00

No. 1 Great Northern

60.00 - 60.00

Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)

No. 1 Cranberry Beans

64.00 - 64.00

Yellow No. 1

34.00 - 35.75

No. 1 Light Red Kidney

55.00 - 55.00

Brown No. 1

33.00 - 34.75

No. 1 Dark Red Kidney

60.00 - 60.00

Oriental No. 1

27.30 - 28.75

No. 1 Black Beans

35.00 - 35.00

No. 1 Pinto Beans

30.00 - 30.00

No. 1 Small Red Source: Stat Publishing

No. 1 Pink

SUNFLOWERS

— 40.00 - 40.00

Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

19.55

18.45

32.00* Call for details

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Report for February 14, 2014 in US$ cwt NuSun (oilseed) Confection Source: National Sunflower Association

Exporters refuse to accept Syngenta corn trait Cargill has joined Bunge in saying they don’t want the risk until the trait is approved in China and the EU

By Tom Polansek chicago / reuters

C

argill Inc., the top exporter of U.S. grain and oilseeds, said Feb. 14 it will reject crops containing a new genetically modified Syngenta AG corn trait that are delivered to its grain elevators for export contracts.

Corn seeds containing Syngenta’s Agrisure Duracade trait are available for planting in the United States for the first time this year after U.S. authorities cleared the trait in 2013. The trait has not been approved for import by China or the European Union, both major buyers of U.S. crops.

Duracade has import approval from some other big buyers, including Mexico, South Korea and Japan.

“For export contracts, we will not accept deliver y of any commodity containing the Duracade trait,” Cargill told Reuters in an email.

“Cargill reserves the right to reject and/or require testing of deliveries and any acceptance, rejection or testing for the presence of Duracade will be determined by Cargill in its sole discretion at the time of delivery,” the company said.

The commercialization of Duracade has split the U.S. farm sector and pitted global grain

m e rc h a n t s a g a i n s t Sw i s s - b a s e d Syngenta, the world’s largest crop c h e m i c a l s c o m p a n y. So m e U . S . growers say they need access to the new trait, which is engineered to fight pests called rootworms, while exporters warn it threatens to disrupt trade.

Bunge Ltd., one of the world’s top agricultural trading houses, has also signalled it will refuse to handle crops containing Duracade unless the product is cleared by China.

Since November, China’s authorities have rejected more than 600,000 tonnes of U.S. corn and corn products containing another unauthor-

ized genetically modified Syngenta corn trait, Agrisure Viptera. Known as MIR 162, the trait has been awaiting Beijing’s approval for more than two years.

T h e Na t i o n a l G ra i n a n d Fe e d Association and North American Export Grain Association last month asked Syngenta to suspend the commercial use of Duracade and MIR 162 in the United States until China and other U.S. export markets have granted regulatory approval.

Syngenta has declined the request, saying Duracade will be available in limited quantities and that growers need new technologies.

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TB co-ordinator confident disease can be beaten RMEA testing of 5,000 head this year finds reactor rate stable at 3.3 per cent, but no positives

Genetic find might lead to cattle that are more resistant to TB Researchers have identified the genetic signatures associated with TB resistance University of Edinburgh release

Allan Preston gives a progress report at the recent Manitoba Beef Producers annual general meeting. photo: Daniel Winters

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff / Brandon

P

rovincial TB co-ordinator Allan Preston’s stated goal is to put himself out of a job, and so far he claims that he’s making good progress.

In an update of ongoing efforts aimed at wiping out the disease that has dogged cattle producers around Riding Mountain National Park for decades, Preston expressed optimism that the end of the program that costs $2 million per year is “in sight.”

“We’ve made considerable progress,” said Preston, who noted that Manitoba lost its bovine tuberculosis-free status in 2003, but gained it back in 2006.

Despite being officially a TB-free zone since then, the province’s ongoing fight against the chronic disease that affects cattle, elk and whitetail deer has seen a number of setbacks in recent years.

The last TB positive in a cattle herd was recorded in 2008, but the disease has proven to be stubbornly resistant to eradication in the wild population of elk and whitetail deer.

The last confirmed TB-positive case in whitetail deer was found in 2009, and in 2011 in elk.

This year’s cattle surveillance testing by Canadian Food Inspection Agency staff of about 55 herds or roughly 5,000 head, for bovine tuberculosis in the Riding Mountain Eradication Area using the two-stage caudal fold test is about halfway through, with the incidence of so-called “reactors” stable at about 3.3 per cent.

About half of the testing is being done within the so-called core area, mainly the rural municipalities of Grandview, just north of the park, and Rossburn, which borders it to the south.

About 70 reactors were retested using the Bovigam test. Two were removed and slaughtered, but post-mortem testing showed no indication of TB. Surveillance in elk and deer has centred largely on submissions of hunterkilled samples, however, the number of these has fallen short.

Of the stated goal of 110 elk and 135 whitetail deer samples, so far only six elk and 91 deer have been collected.

“That indicates to us that the elk and deer populations have been reduced from where they were a number of years ago,” said Preston.

Last year, a plan to cull and test 100 elk and 40 whitetail deer within RMNP was derailed over concerns that the herd had been reduced to unsustainable levels.

But as of last week, Parks Canada has begun augmenting hunter-submitted samples by culling 50 elk and capturing, testing, and radio collaring a further 50 mature elk within RMNP with helicopters.

No elk born after 2004 has tested positive for the disease, and if another older animal is found to have TB, that would simply indicate a lingering presence of the pathogen left over from the peak of infection that is believed to have occurred in 2000.

However, if TB is confirmed in an elk born after 2004, that would show that the disease may still be “percolating” within the area, said Preston.

If prevalence of the disease fades as expected, cattle herd surveillance may shift from regular testing to focusing only on the traceback of animals from the RMEA that go to slaughter as well as ongoing hunter surveillance, he added.

But a recent study found that due to incomplete premises identification data,

“I want to see this thing through to a reasonable end point. My goal in life is to make my position redundant.”

Allan Preston

only about half of the slaughtered animals from the area were traceable back to their farm of origin.

Research into a new, blood-based method for testing cattle that was hoped might replace the 100-year-old caudal fold test has been disappointing due to the test’s unacceptable level of accuracy, said Preston.

Preston said that his job of co-ordinating the TB control effort has been akin to “herding cats” due to the diverse array of stakeholders that include two federal departments, two federal agencies, two provincial departments, First Nations in the park area, local ranchers and the provincial association, and the Manitoba Wildlife Federation.

“Trying to keep all these people going in the same direction some days is indeed a challenge,” said Preston.

His one-year term as provincial TB co-ordinator officially ends on March 31, but Preston is hopeful that it will be extended by another year.

“I want to see this thing through to a reasonable end point. My goal in life is to make my position redundant,” said Preston. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

Scientists have identified genetic traits in cattle that might allow farmers to breed livestock with increased resistance to bovine tuberculosis (TB).

The study, which compared the genetic code of TB-infected animals with that of diseasefree cattle, could help to impact on a disease that leads to major economic losses worldwide.

The research, led by the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute, has identified a number of genetic signatures associated with TB resistance in the cows that remained unaffected.

The study builds on previous research by The Roslin Institute, which showed that some cattle might be more resistant to bovine TB as a result of their genetic makeup.

Researchers at The Roslin Institute say the latest finding is significant as it sheds further light on whether it might be possible to improve TB control through selective breeding.

The team used the latest gene identification techniques to compare the genes of healthy and infected female Holstein-Friesians.

Bovine TB, caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium bovis, not only infects cattle, but other livestock and wildlife. It also remains a risk to humans.

Despite intensive efforts over many decades, bovine TB continues to have a serious impact on livestock at home and abroad, affecting farm profitability and animal welfare. In 2010-11, its effects cost the U.K. government £152 million.

This latest research, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the EU, is published in the journal Heredity.

Lead researcher professor, Liz Glass said of the results: “Differences between cattle in their genes is not the only factor in determining whether the animal will get bovine TB or not; various environmental factors as well as differences in the TB bacteria may also affect susceptibility.

“If we can choose animals with better genotypes for TB resistance, then we can apply this information in new breeding programs alongside other control strategies. It is hoped that can help us to more effectively control TB in cattle.”

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Real-time information improves production efficiency Continuous monitoring through the growth process provides useful information Bernie Peet Peet on Pigs

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ndustrial manufacturing processes, whether for producing food or cars, are closely monitored in real time in order to ensure that efficiency is maximized and product quality maintained.

However, in pig production, most information used for management of the business is historic.

For example, if the performance of a group of grow-finish pigs is calculated, it requires the end weight and carcass data in order to be able to calculate efficiency factors and costs per pig. But now, a British project called PIVIT (Pig Improvement Via Technology), which started at the beginning of 2012, is demonstrating how producers and farm staff can benefit from real-time barn monitoring.

Funded by government agency the Technology Strategy Board under its “sustainable protein production” program, it is already beginning to bear fruit.

“Achievable improvements include a reduction of five to 10 days in time taken to finish pigs, a narrowing in weight variation, a 50 per cent reduction in fossil fuel use and an 80 per cent cut in water waste,” says Hugh Crabtree, managing director of ventilation control and monitoring equipment company Farmex Ltd., one of the partners in the project. The other participants are building manufacturer ARM Buildings Ltd., and Dicam Technology Ltd., which

The pig growth sensor captures weight data, providing the producer with an average pig weight each day. Photo: Ruth Downing, Rural Pictures, U.K.

developed the control and monitoring technology.

“The basis of the system is a series of sensors, which monitor a range of building environment parameters, such as temperature, humidity, fan speed, heater operation, feed auger run times, feed bin weight and water consumption,” Crabtree explains.

“These are connected to a central monitoring device on the farm, which uploads the data on to a remote server, from where it can be accessed by the farm’s staff.”

A proprietary data analysis program, called Barn Report, allows staff to make a quick review of what is happening in the barn, in real time and from wherever they are. It is also possible to create alarms when a particular parameter deviates from the normal range, in which case the producer or

farm staff are quickly notified.

For example, out-of-feed events and reduced water flow rates are surprisingly common and are a significant cause of reduced performance, Crabtree says.

Energy saving has been one area where Barn Report has been very successful in identifying areas for improvement, particularly through better management of control systems.

“A 1,200-place piglet nursery in eastern England saved £8,877 ($16,000) in annual heating costs, or 86p ($1.55) per pig produced, through monitoring and, at the same time, reduced CO2 output by 55 tonnes a year,” Crabtree says.

Data capture

Data capture and display was an important part of monitoring, he suggests. “Actually seeing energy consumption tak-

ing place immediately influences behaviour,” he says.

“Also, data logging has shown that the system operator has the most profound influence on environmental control so on-farm training is a key to getting the best out of it.”

Crabtree says that, in reality, although various aspects of the barn environment and pig performance are being measured, it is actually the people operating the barn who are being monitored.

“So far, none of this is new; Farmex and Dicam have been recover ing and processing data from remote production sites for 18 years,” Crabtree says. “However, while a considerable amount has been learned, farmers don’t have the time or expertise to make profitable use of the systems easily. The real challenge for the PIVIT project is to make it easier to get value from real-time measurement on farm.”

Continuous weighing

A l s o, h e a d d s, w h i l e f e e d auger run time and feed bin weight data has been available for many years, the missing part of the equation has been pig weight. This problem has now been solved by the development of an inpen weigh scale, which the development team prefers to call a “growth sensor.” This is because, by using a wireless module to connect the scale to the data capture network, the growth sensor produces a rolling average weight to the producer.

“A pen of 50 pigs will pro-

duce 200-300 valid weight readings each day,” Crabtree says. “By May, a daily report of feed conversion and daily live weight gain should be available to producers who are taking part in the trial, providing them with real-time growth and efficiency numbers.”

He feels that having information about growth provides motivation for producers and farm staff to understand the value of monitoring the pigs’ environment as well as feed and water intake.

When the PIVIT project is completed at the end of this year, it will have yielded a substantial amount of inform a t i o n a b o u t h ow b u i l d ings are managed and how this influences performance and input costs, notes Crabtree. “If a building is continually monitored, it’s easier to identify problems, initiate management changes and monitor whether those changes have been successful,” he says. “A constant ‘eye on the sty’ enables a swift response that can optimize performance or minimize loss.

“Within 10 years, most professional pig units will be online and monitoring such factors as temperature, water, feed, growth and pig flow,” Crabtree believes. “You can’t control what you don’t measure and, happily, a new generation of pig producers is recognizing this.”

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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Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

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Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Feeder Steers

Feb-12

Feb-11

Feb-11

Feb-14

Feb-12

Feb-10

Feb-13

Feb-14

No. on offer

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1374*

1,175

2,638

3,204*

534*

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147.00-160.00

n/a

148.00-159.00

135.00-155.00

800-900

133.00-162.00

140.00-164.50

140.00-162.50

147.00-167.00

154.00-164.00 (166)

155.00-165.00

155.00-165.00

145.00-165.00

700-800

140.00-178.50

150.00-176.75

155.00-174.50

165.00-178.00

162.00-174.00 (177)

162.00-177.00

165.00-183.00

158.00-181.00

600-700

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177.00-193.00

172.00-193.00 (195)

175.00-195.00

175.00-197.50

172.00-193.00

500-600

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175.00-214.00

175.00-237.00

180.00-208.00

187.00-202.00 (206)

190.00-205.00

180.00-202.00

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400-500

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180.00-215.00

190.00-235.00

185.00-215.00

193.00-215.00

200.00-220.00

185.00-205.00

185.00-216.00

300-400

n/a

180.00-216.00

190.00-143.00

190.00-220.00

n/a

n/a

185.00-201.00

185.00-220.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

120.00-138.00

129.00-142.00

n/a

n/a

105.00-128.00

800-900

113.00-156.00

120.00-152.50

120.00-138.00

134.00-148.00

138.00-149.00

n/a

130.00-160.00

140.00-151.00

700-800

120.00-162.00

130.00-156.00

135.00-156.00

140.00-152.00

143.00-157.00

n/a

140.00-163.00

147.00-160.00

600-700

135.00-170.00

145.00-175.50

140.00-162.00

150.00-165.00

152.00-170.00

154.00-167.00

150.00-170.00

152.00-168.00

500-600

140.00-182.00

150.00-180.00

160.00-180.00

163.00-177.00

157.00-177.00

161.00-176.00

160.00-185.00

162.00-184.00

400-500

150.00-185.00

160.00-205.00

170.00-195.00

165.00-186.00

162.00-184.00

165.00-185.00

160.00-187.50

165.00-186.00

300-400

n/a

165.00-188.00

180.00-255.00

170.00-190.00

n/a

n/a

145.00-178.00

165.00-186.00

271

n/a

81

74

n/a

n/a

n/a

180

Over 1,000 lbs.

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

Slaughter Market No. on offer D1-D2 Cows

72.00-80.00

50.00-80.50

n/a

76.00-83.00

76.00-82.00

65.00-70.00

65.00-84.00 (85.50)

81.00-86.25

D3-D5 Cows

65.00-71.00

n/a

55.00-69.00

62.00-75.00

55.00-75.00

n/a

n/a

76.00-80.00

Age Verified

82.00-89.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

78.00-83.00 (85.00)

72.00-81.00

n/a

n/a

Good Bulls

80.00-98.00

78.00-92.25

86.00-93.25

87.00-96.00

90.00-98.75

83.00-94.00

87.00-96.00

90.00-95.00

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

115.00-122.00

113.00-119.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

112.00-120.00

111.00-118.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

80.00-88.00

n/a

78.00-90.00

75.00-83.00 (95.00)

n/a

78.00-85.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

75.00-82.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

65.00-72.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

* includes slaughter market

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 20, 2014

Few options for pain relief in beef cattle, vets say By 2016, pain control must be used when castrating and dehorning, but the list of available drugs is short

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n cowboy lore, a painkiller used to mean a swig of whiskey and a lead bullet to bite.

But in just 22 months, ranchers will be obligated to provide more modern means of pain relief than that when castrating bulls older than nine months. By 2018, that age limit drops to six months under the newly updated beef industry code of practice that was introduced last year.

Unfortunately, there’s not a whole lot of solutions in the doctoring bag, according to two veterinarians who participated in a panel discussion on the science behind the code at the recent Manitoba Beef Producers annual general meeting.

“That’s a dilemma. I was a little concer ned when the code came out with timelines, because we have limited products available,” said Dr. Joyce Donkersgoed, who specializes in feedlot medicine.

Currently, the list of available painkillers is limited to Tylenol-like analgesics such as Metacam and Banamine, and local anesthetics such as Lidocaine that resemble the drugs used in dentistry.

None of them are legally available over the counter from vet clinics.

In her practice, Donkersgoed prefers Metacam, but it requires a 20-day withdrawal period prior to slaughter, and it costs $20 per dose.

“We need the pharmaceutical industry to step up. It’s one thing to tell us to do it, but another when you don’t have the products available to do what you need to do,” she said.

Catching up

Dr. John Campbell, a professor from the Western College o f Ve t e r i n a r y Medicine in Saskatoon, said that the beef industry needs to catch up to the dairy industry, which has taken significant strides in pain relief mainly due to the fact that most Holstein calves are born with horns that need to be removed.

“It’s important to understand that the animal welfare people and the public don’t see the difference between a dairy calf and a beef calf,” said Campbell.

In a dair y environment, administering pain relief to calves is simple. But on a large beef ranch that hasn’t incorporated polled genetics, the process can be daunting.

“Dairy calves, for one thing, are used to people. They are hand fed and handled more,” he added.

Analgesics such as Metacam and Banamine provide longer-lasting pain relief, but Banamine must be applied intravenously, and hitting a vein buried under fur on a struggling animal is often difficult even for trained vets, said Donkersgoed.

Instead of specifically requiring either an anesthetic or analgesic, the new code

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offers some leeway with its requirement for “pain control.”

“That was purposeful. You can either give an anesthetic to cover the pain while you’re doing the procedure, or you can give an analgesic that will help with the pain afterwards,” said Campbell.

For dehorning beef calves on a tipping table, Campbell applies a Lidocaine “block” once the animal is restrained, then does vaccinations while he waits for the drug to kick in.

“Maybe it’s 35 seconds or a minute at the most to wait,” he said. “I would say 95 per cent of them don’t struggle at all.

They don’t feel any pain.”

Campbell noted there are some issues with dispensing the drug — which is commonly used to dilute illicit cocaine — to the general public.

Another issue is the fact that it wears off in a few hours.

Ideally, he said, both a local anesthetic and an analgesic that lasts 24 to 48 hours would be used, but the code only requires that one be used.

“Unfortunately, we don’t have great, practical anesthetic methods for castration,” said Campbell.

Calves

Using rubber bands to castrate newborn calves is recommended in the code, but that method may cause the majority of the pain to simply be delayed for up to three weeks, and there are no medications that last that long.

On the br ight side, new painkillers are under development, such as an oral Metacam that could be administered via a rumen bolus,

“Unfortunately, we don’t have great, practical anesthetic methods for castration.”

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alter native castration-viainjection drugs that last several weeks, and a topical local anesthetic gel that could be rubbed onto a calf ’s scrotum immediately before the castration incision.

Ryder Lee, a manager with t h e Ca n a d i a n Ca t t l e m e n’s Association based in Ottawa, said that changes to the way beef cattle are treated are necessary in order to preserve the industry’s “social licence” in the eyes of the public and policy makers.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 20, 2014

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Forecast calls for more snow – no surprise Issued: Monday, February 18, 2014 · Covering: February 19 – February 26, 2014 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

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n the positive side of things, we did get a few days of milder weather, but for a number of us the big question is, “Will the snow ever stop coming?” Well, after one last clipper system moves through our region around the middle of the week, it looks like we won’t see any snow for a while, but it also means we’ll see a return to colder conditions.

A system is expected to track across south-central Manitoba late Wednesday, bringing clouds and around five centimetres of snow with it. The exact track is a little uncertain at this point, but it does look like it will move through pretty quickly, so I don’t expect this to be a big, long-lasting storm.

Behind this system we are going to see a large area of arctic high pressure begin to slowly slide southward. This will result in our temperatures slowly cooling down toward the weekend, with highs by Saturday only expected to be

around -16 C, with overnight lows around -25 C. Luckily, it looks like our winds will be relatively light. This area of high pressure will be centred right over southern Manitoba

by Monday, bringing plenty of sunshine along with cold temperatures. I wouldn’t be surprised if high temperatures on Monday struggle to make it to -20 C. It does look like this high will push off to the east on Tuesday of next week, which will allow temperatures to moderate a little bit. The bad news is that the general flow pattern will remain northwesterly, and it looks like we’ll continue to lie on the dividing line between cold air to our northeast and milder air to our west. Currently, the extended forecast shows the cold air winning out, but I’m going to cross my fingers and hope it’s wrong.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, -16 to -1 C; lows, -29 to -10 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

This issue’s map shows the total amount of snow cover across the region. This map was originally created by Environment Canada, but I did a fair bit of interpreting to tidy it up and make it easier to read. For this map I didn’t include most of Alberta, as varying snow amounts made it almost impossible to read the map. This was also true for extreme southern Manitoba, so snow amounts in this region are greatly simplified and may not be very accurate.

Possible El Niño developing this summer Any large-scale change in the state of the Pacific is bound to have an impact elsewhere

By Daniel Bezte CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

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re c e i v e d a n e m a i l t h e other day asking about El Niño and what effect it might have on our part of the world, should one develop. For quite a while now the Pacific has been in a neutral El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phase, but there is some mention of an El Niño event possibly forming some time this summer. Here is a summary of the current El Niño forecast put out by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Nearly all model forecasts indicate the persistence of ENSO-neutral conditions throughout the Northern Hemisphere for spring 2014, but after ward, an increasing number of models suggest the possible onset of El Niño.

Strong surface westerly winds in the western Pacific, and the slight eastward shift of aboveaverage temperatures in the subsurface western Pacific, potentially signify warming in the coming months. However, spring is also historically associated with lower forecast skill, so the chance of an El Niño event developing after the spring is not that likely.

“Water is like a battery that stores heat — therefore, the Pacific is a really big heat battery.”

Before I go into what effect this might have on us, I figured it has been several years since I’ve looked at this topic, so I think a bit of a lesson in El Niño is in order — I guess it’s the teacher in me.

Just what is EL Niño and why can it have such a profound impact on our weather?

Well, to put it simply, El Niño is a change in ocean surface temperatures across the tropical and subtropical Pacific Ocean. This change in ocean temperatures then creates a change in the weather patterns across the Pacific Ocean.

Now the big question is, why does a change in weather over the Pacific Ocean have any impact on us?

The first and most simple reason is that the Pacific Ocean just happens to cover half of our planet, so any large-scale change in it is bound to have an impact elsewhere. Actually, maybe it’s not that simple.

Even though the Pacific Ocean

is huge, why should changes in weather in that area of the world impact us? Keeping in mind just how big the Pacific is, let’s now look at what the Pacific Ocean is made of: water.

Lots and lots of water.

That still doesn’t explain why changes in it affect the weather way over here. To really understand why, we need to remember it takes a whole lot of energy to warm up water, and conversely, water releases a whole lot of energy when it cools. In essence, water is like a battery that stores heat — therefore, the Pacific is a really big heat battery.

Imbalances

From a general point of view, weather is the atmosphere’s attempt to equal out heat imbalances. You see, just like most of us, the atmosphere likes things to be equal. If there is too much heat in one place or too much cold in another, the atmosphere tries to make

things equal by sending cold air southward and warm air northward. The tropical areas of our planet rarely, if ever, see or feel the cold air trying to move southward. If you live in the Arctic regions, you would rarely, if ever, see the really warm air try to move northward. Those of us in the middle are constantly feeling and seeing this movement of cold and warm air — and we call it weather.

Now, back to the Pacific Ocean, our big heat battery. If the Pacific is storing heat and releasing it into the atmosphere, that heat energy has to go somewhere. Some of it simply warms the air, but then the atmosphere wants to equal out that warm air, so off that warm air goes. A big chunk of the heat energy coming out of the Pacific goes into developing clouds, precipitation and storm systems. These storm systems are an efficient way for the atmosphere to move heat around and equalize it, because you can move a lot more energy by moving warm water around (remember, clouds are made up of water) than you can by moving warm air.

This overall movement of warm air and storm systems

over the Pacific Ocean creates a general pattern of winds a ro u n d t h e w o r l d . If yo u remember back to our articles about general atmospheric circulation, we know the general movement of air around the planet comes about by the Earth trying to equal out warm and cold regions — and this creates the westerly winds in our region of the world, the tropical easterlies to our south and, finally, the polar easterlies in the high Arctic.

Under normal temperature conditions across the Pacific, the general flow of the atmosphere follows this simple pattern, and since a large portion of our weather comes off the Pacific (because we live in the generally westerly flowing part of the atmosphere) our weather tends to be rather average. If we change the amount of heat over a large portion of the Pacific, either by warming up the Pacific Ocean (El Niño) or cooling it down (La Niña), this disrupts the general flow of air across this region and can start to impact how air flows across our region.

Next issue we’ll take a closer look at exactly what happens over the Pacific to allow El Niño to form, and examine how these events are classified.

The Manitoba Co-operator | February 20, 2014

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CROPS husbandry — the science , S K I L L O R A R T O F F A R M I N G

Four Rs keep the regulators at bay, MSSS hears Right source, rate, time and place are the best guides for staying on the straight and narrow

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff / Winnipeg

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To encourage more adoption of the four Rs, the IPNI, farm groups and state governments have created stewardship awards for farmers and retailers and developed educational videos to spread the message.

But what is the “right” way of doing things, and who decides?

The bottom line, said Don Flaten, a soil science professor at the University of Manitoba, is that “banding is better” for nitrogen, phosphorus and potash, but elemental sulphur needs to be surface broadcast well in advance of the growing season.

Farmers have a huge array of options and strategies for feeding crops. As proof, Flaten held up a hefty copy of what soil scientists call the “Red Book.” At 527 pages and first published in 1993, it summarizes the collected insights gleaned from 75 years of nutrient management in Western Canada.

While there may be no single best combination of the four Rs for a particular situation, some are obviously poorer choices than others.

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Tom Jensen, a director with the International Plant Nutrition Institute, explains how the “four Rs” of nutrient management connect soil and water at the recent Manitoba Society of Soil Science annual conference. photo: Daniel Winters

“We do not recommend using the source, anhydrous ammonia, with the placement method of broadcast. It’s not a good idea to broadcast a gas, right?”

Don Flaten

“We do not recommend using the source, anhydrous ammonia, with the placement method of broadcast. It’s not a good idea to broadcast a gas, right?” said Flaten, with a smile.

There’s no one-size-fits-all fertilization system because every farm field and year has unique demands, resources and conditions.

However, matching rates to crop requirements and removal rates, and using a combination of placement, timing and source that maximizes chemical availability while minimizing losses, is the key to success and staying out of trouble, he said.

What if the source happens to be manure?

It annoys Kathy Buckley, an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada soil scientist based in Brandon, whenever she sees the acronym “FYM” used to describe agriculture’s most valuable byproduct.

“Farm Yard Manure,” a catch-all term used in scientific literature, does a poor job of characterizing a substance in chemical terms that could be from multiple species or processed in a variety of ways that could change its properties dramatically.

“It makes it a whole different ball game when you’re trying to use them in agronomic systems,” said Buckley.

Different ball game

Aside from that, “right” timing of application is a big issue when trying to move thousands of tons of a bulky product across the landscape, she said, noting that the provincial government’s guidelines for fall and spring windows for application don’t always mesh with the weather or soil conditions.

“Spring application is very, very difficult,” she said. “If you have a heavy manure tanker, it’s wonderful to get out on frozen soil because you’re not compacting it.”

Phosphorus loading from heavy rates of manure, is the “gift that keeps on giving,” she added.

Her own studies, and those of others, show that attempts to “mine” the nutrient out of soils with annual and perennial cropping are slow to show results, even after a decade.

“It’s going to be a long endeavour, so don’t put it there in the first place,” said Buckley. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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idespread adoption of voluntary protocols for balancing soil fertility requirements with the need to protect surface water quality will be far more effective than legislation, the director of the International Plant Nutrition Institute says.

Tom Jensen told the recent Manitoba Soil Science Society’s annual conference farmers can maintain crop yields and minimize adverse environmental effects by following the four Rs — right source, right rate, right time and right place.

“If we follow the principles of the four Rs, and apply them to the area, we can often do a better job than if we had to follow legislation,” Jensen told the conference.

Sticking to the four main principles is a way of showing the public that farmers are mindful of their impact on the landscape, and it helps fend off criticism that could lead to onerous regulation, he added.

“Basing your nutrient management on principles gives you some flexibility to be creative,” said Jensen.

It’s not just about Lake Winnipeg. For example, in the Lake Erie area, where the lake is turning an eerie green at an alarming rate, farmers have been watching the weather forecast more closely to ensure that the timing of broadcast phosphorus applications is done a few days ahead of major rainfall events.

Near Chesapeake Bay in Maryland state, farmers are also timing applications better while switching to various fertilizer banding methods to prevent nutrient loading, he added.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 20, 2014

Soybean pest dragnet turns up empty Recent soybean cyst nematode survey finds that Manitoba fields are still clean

By Daniel Winters CO-OPERATOR STAFF / WINNIPEG

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herever soybeans are grown, the dreaded y i e l d - r o b b i n g s oybean cyst nematode eventually follows.

But luckily for Manitoba farmers, a recent survey shows that Heterodera glycines is not here yet, said Mario Tenuta, a soil science professor at the University of Manitoba.

“There are three things that are forever: diamonds, taxes and soybean cyst nematodes,” said Tenuta, in a presentation at the recent Manitoba Soil Science Society’s annual conference.

Once it arrives, the only way to cope with the “No. 1 economic impairment for soybean growing in Nor th America” that can cause 30 to 50 per cent yield loss is to plant tolerant varieties and more diverse crop rotations.

“It’s inevitable that we’re going to have it in Manitoba. There’s no stopping it.”

MARIO TENUTA

The female soybean cyst nematode lives in the soil and feeds by penetrating soybean roots. After breeding, its body fills up with up to 300 eggs before dying. Once dead, its skin changes into a leathery, dor mant capsule that can survive for decades without a soybean host.

Soybean root exudates signal the eggs to hatch, and tiny worms emerge to begin the life cycle anew.

Migrating bug

The bug, first discovered in North Carolina in 1953, has migrated to all the major soybean-growing areas in North

America, and has been resident in southern Ontario since the 1980s.

It was found in Minnesota in 1978, and has been gradually migrating northward through the Red River Valley and via North Dakota all the way up to the Canada-U.S. border. “ We think that it’s going to keep coming and pop up somewhere in the Emerson area,” said Tenuta.

In the fall of 2012 and the s u m m e r o f 2 0 1 3 , Te n u t a’s researchers took 3,000 soil s a m p l e s f r o m 4 8 s oy b e a n fields based on their proximity to Red River flows up from the U.S.

University of Manitoba soil science professor, Mario Tenuta presents the findings of a recent soybean cyst nematode survey at the recent Manitoba Soil Science Society conference. PHOTO: DANIEL WINTERS

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is an alternate host for the nematode, was also taken into account.

T h e s a m p l e s w e re t h e n lightly crushed, water added, and the floating nematode cysts were screened out amid vast amounts of soil detritus.

Students then spent days peering through microscopes trying to find and identify the cysts. Thirty-seven composite samples from 22 fields had cysts, with a total of 60 individual cysts recovered.

Of the 26 of the cysts that were “not damaged” and filled with eggs, 23 were identified as non-pest nematode species.

“Only three were identified as having a structure that was similar to Heterodera, the soybean cyst nematode,” said Tenuta.

Further molecular testing, however, ruled out positive identification as a pest species.

To cause economic losses, soybean cyst nematodes must be present as juveniles numbering in the “thousands per kilogram of soil,” he added.

In such cases, the soybean plants are dwarfish, yellow and exhibiting root health problems due to limited water and nutrient uptake.

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Mehrdad Madani, who led a related study, has developed a DNA melt analysis method for quickly identifying Heterodera glycines using specimens gathered in Ontario. “ Ne m a t o d e s p e c i e s a r e very similar, so it’s not very easy to discriminate between them based on morphology,” said Madani.

In s t e a d o f d a y s p e e r i n g through a microscope, Madani’s technique allows sameday, positive identification for the pest that is estimated to cause $1.5 billion in losses to soybean growers in the U.S every year.

Te n u t a s a i d t h a t m a n y growers in the province are tempting fate by growing tight rotations and even continuous soybeans.

“It’s inevitable that we’re going to have it in Manitoba.

There’s no stopping it,” he said, adding that it appears many farmers want to “cash i n” a s m u c h a s t h e y c a n before the soybean cyst nematode shows up in their fields. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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Manitoba grasshopper forecast for 2014 Most areas appear low risk except some areas in western Manitoba and north of Winnipeg gory (more than eight to 12/m2).

The only counts greater than 12/ m2 were a count of 18 grasshoppers per m2 southwest of Crystal City, and a count of 22 grasshoppers per m2 about six miles east of Wawanesa.

Grasshopper outbreaks usually develop after a few years of conditions favourable for a steady increase in numbers of those species of grasshopper that can become pests of crops. Comparing the current August grasshopper counts with those of previous years can determine if the populations tend to be rising or falling.

This is an edited version of MAFRD entomologist John Gavloski’s grasshopper forecast for 2014. The full version is available at http://www.gov.mb.ca/ agriculture/crops/insects/pubs/ hopperforecast14_writeup.pdf.

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he grasshopper population map for Manitoba is based on counts of adult grasshoppers per square metre done by farm production advisers, agronomists and entomologists in August 2013.

Grasshopper counts from 101 locations in Manitoba were used to produce the map. The legend on the map shows the average grasshopper counts in an area, and relates these to risk for many of our crops. Factors affecting grasshopper development, survival and behaviour will determine whether these August populations are likely to increase, decrease, or remain fairly stable for the next year and are also important factors in the overall

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forecast for 2014. The small circles on the map show where data was collected. White areas are areas where data was not collected.

Most of the surveyed area (73 out of 101 counts) rated as very

light risk, having counts from zero to four grasshoppers per square metre (m2). Nineteen counts were in the light-risk category (more than four to eight/m2). Six counts were in the moderate-risk cate-

The grasshopper populations were generally very light to light across most of Manitoba during the August survey, although there were some areas that were in the moderate- or severe-risk categories. Weather in August and September was quite favourable for the grasshopper populations that were present to lay eggs. The risk

of economic populations of grasshoppers developing in 2014 is quite variable, depending on location, with some areas in western Manitoba and north of Winnipeg having higher risks. If weather is favourable for grasshopper survival and development there may be localized areas where grasshoppers are a concern to crops.

When they have the opportunity, farmers and agronomists are encouraged to monitor grasshopper populations along roadsides, field edges, and other areas where populations tend to be concentrated or at high levels early in the season. This monitoring should begin in late May or June. Given that there were good conditions for egg laying last year, warm and dry conditions next year could result in grasshopper populations continuing to build.

For more information on the grasshopper forecast or monitoring for grasshoppers, please contact John Gavloski at (204) 745-5668.

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AgFunder crowd funding for agriculture, launches first deal

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The online site will also offer up investments in other countries, including Canada

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AgFunder, an online platform for agriculture-related companies to seek capital through a form of crowd-sourced fundraising, said Feb. 12 it was launching its first campaign by focusing on a California agricultural data company.

Through the online platform, Fresno, California-based OnFarm is looking to raise $400,000 in capital to grow a farm data software service, AgFunder said.

The offering is the first to go live on New York City-based AgFunder, which started up late last year and is offering both debt financing and equity offerings for individual and institutional investors to play in the ag space, according to Rob Leclerc, AgFunder co-founder and CEO. The crowd-sourcing strategy got a boost from recent federal legislation that eases securities regulations to encourage funding of small businesses.

Leclerc said AgFunder has $1 billion in more than 70 different deals in the pipeline to match with investors who want to gain equity in agricultural-related companies.

“It’s an interesting challenge,” he said.

Most of the deals, like OnFarm, are U.S. based, but the online site will also be offering up investments in Australia, Canada and South America, said Leclerc, a former partner at SeedRock Capital Group, a venture capital firm focused on natural resources and agriculture.

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Farmers need to question claims A lot of products make a lot of different promises, but when it comes to how research is analyzed, farmers need to look for results that are statistically significant

By Shannon VanRaes

“I’m not there to be the policeman and say yay or nay on anything, but I think people can arm themselves with questions that will allow them to figure out whether they think they’re being sold something that is actually real, and going to work for them.”

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armers need to ask more questions and demand better answers when confronted with new products promising yield gains based on sketchy data, a Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development official says.

Terry Buss, a farm production adviser, told an Ag Days seminar he is getting more calls from farmers about the c l a i m s m a d e by d i f f e re n t product developers — calls that should be directed to the product developers themselves.

The increased interest is in part due to an influx of new products, par ticularly soil fertility products, soil conditioning agents as well as fungicides.

“There’s a lot less regulation in the product market now, there’s been federal changes in regulations, and I’ve really seen an explosion,” Buss said.

“And I’m not there to be the policeman and say yay or nay on anything, but I think people can arm themselves with questions that will allow them to figure out whether they think they’re being sold something that is actually real, and going to work for them.”

Companies may be providing a lot of tables and graphs, but they aren’t always giving producers the information farmers need to make an informed decision, Buss said.

“I think we’re at a point in the industry where we’re going to see people becoming more and more aware of the fact that they have the ability and the right or the responsibility to actually ask questions when a graph gets slapped up there.

Things like — How was it analyzed? How was it done?” Buss said.

People need to take an especially close look at a seemingly growing category of products promising yield increases of

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less than 10 per cent for $10 or less an acre.

“I’ve had people say to me, well it’s cheap, so I’ll take a spin of the wheel. I’m saying, ask the right questions,” Buss said. “Do you have $5,000 to throw away? I know I don’t.”

And while phrases like “positive yield response” may sound upbeat, they don’t hold

any actual meaning — even if they are being used more often.

“There’s not a standard definition to it, I don’t know what it means...

Is it statistically significant?

Or is it greater than zero?” asked the adviser. “If I’m going to accept that there is a difference between one bar and

another on a graph — and it’s a real difference — for me that means that it was done in such a way that we can do statistics and that I’ll be able to know the level of confidence the person has in what they’ve done, that’s the way that research works.”

But even as more products and claims enter the mar-

ketplace, Buss believes the kind of information provided should be driven by farmer demands, not government regulation.

“I think that we’re at an interesting time in the industry... we’re getting to that point now where producers can ask these questions and can understand these concepts quite readily. I have clients who have kids that are coming into the business who have gone through a diploma or degree program, who understand this stuff, and are puzzled when they don’t see the things they feel need to be presented when it comes to data,” he said. “I think it’s time for (producers) to raise that bar, and say OK, now we want a certain kind of research and we want a certain level of quality.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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The top 10 myths that could make or break your spraying program There are more products and new technology, but it still comes down to operator decisions

By Angela Lovell Co-operator contributor

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t’s n o t t h e s i z e o f t h e sprayer, the type of nozzle or the products used that will determine the success of spraying season — it’s how and when the operator puts those tools to work in the field, a spraying expert told the recent Manitoba Agronomists Conference.

“The fundamental challenge of spraying is it’s a compromise game,” said Tom Wolf of AgriMetrix Research and Training. “As operators and advisers we need to always balance the opposite needs of coverage, efficacy and drift.”

Wolf said the trend is towards more fungicide use and more efficient equipment such as wider booms, faster speed

capability, complex monitors, auto boom heights and bigger tanks.

But it still comes down to the operator. Wolf said there remains a number of popular myths about spraying that can get operators into trouble.

Myth No. 1: More pressure forces the spray into the canopy.

“There’s an element of truth to this but it’s the least thing that pressure does,” says Wolf. Pressure changes the flow rate. If you increase the pressure you will need to travel faster to allow the carrier volume to stay constant, and that travel speed works against canopy penetration. Another important change is that spray quality will become finer. Finally droplet exit velocity will be changed.

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Even at higher pressure, small droplets still move slowly.

“If you want to force a fine spray into the canopy the best way to do that is to lower your boom, slow down and increase the carrier volume,” he said.

Myth No. 2: Higher water volumes lead to run-off.

There are two things that govern run-off; droplet size and surface morphology of the leaf surface. “Anyone who says that anything more than three gallons/acre runs off the leaf surface is not telling you the whole picture,” says Wolf. “We’ve been unable to induce run-off from up to 200 US gpa in our tests.

Don’t be afraid of water. It’s a very good way of covering the canopies. Water gives you flexibility to use coarser sprays and that allows you to spray when it’s windier.”

Myth No. 3: Spray drift is no issue for fungicides and insecticides.

Aquatic organisms are extremely sensitive to most fungicides and insecticides. It’s important to observe the buffer zones shown on product labels.

Myth No. 4: Faster travel speeds save time and boost productivity.

At faster speeds you lose control of the spray cloud and the finest droplets will go wherever the wind goes. Other problems with higher speeds are canopy penetration, pattern uniformity and pressure management.

If you have an 800-gallon tank with an 80-foot boom and you are going 12 m.p.h. at 10 gallons/ac. and your fill rate is 50 gallons per minute, you are going to do 84 acres/hour not including turns. If you go faster — 18 m.p.h. — you can do 110 acres/hour. But if you increase your fill speed and decrease the time spent filling you can increase productivity just as much. If you also increase your boom width you also increase productivity.

Myth No. 5: Double nozzles produce more droplets and improve coverage.

“It’s the droplet size and water volume that drives the droplet numbers produced. It doesn’t matter how many nozzles produce this size,” says Wolf.

Although some double nozzles produce finer droplets, and therefore improve coverage, others produce coarse sprays which may decrease coverage.

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This is one of the biggest myths out there, says Wolf, and it’s all because of a condition called an inversion, which usually occurs during clear nights and which can certainly linger into the early-morning hours.

Under normal, sunny daytime conditions air currents rise, fall and disperse spray clouds rapidly but under inversion conditions they don’t. This can lead Continued on next page »

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to severe drift issues, even significant distances away from the treated field.

Producers should never spray when an inversion is present, and a good indication might be if fog or smoke hang in the air and is not dispersing.

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Myth No. 7: A rate controller calibrates the sprayer.

“Even with a $400,000 sprayer the rate controller still relies on a single flow metre that sits at the back of the sprayer and measures the total flow to the boom. The operator has no idea where that total flow is going,” says Wolf. As a result there is still no substitute for individual nozzle calibration.

There are various new tools on the market to assist with that but they still need to be done individually. Wolf also reminds producers to check screens regularly as they calibrate.

Myth No. 8: Good spraying can fix bad agronomic decisions.

A spray application has to be on time to be truly effective, says Wolf. In studies spraying on time produced a yield advantage, even with a spray quality that was too coarse, than spraying late. “If it’s breezy use a low-drift nozzle and that allows you the opportunity to spray on time,” he adds.

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Myth No. 9: Ammonia is a good generalpurpose tank cleaner.

Ammonia raises pH and some chemicals like sulfonylurea products dissolve better at a higher pH. But if you have an oily, emulsifiable concentrate (EC) formulation, either as a product or adjuvant, a soapy cleanout product will be needed. “Liberty creates tank cleanout issues because the adjuvant in Liberty is such a cleaner,” says Wolf. “After use of an oily product, the use of a wetting agent such as AgSurf will assist in removing oily residue and many soap-based commercial cleaners are available.”

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“Right now a sprayer costs approximately 100,000 times more than the nozzle and the nozzle is still the part that makes you happy or sad,” says Wolf. “If we inverted the investment trend and said let’s build a better atomizer there would be an optimal nozzle. But although we’ve made progress with low-drift nozzles recently, the industry still looks for inexpensive, simple ways to atomize sprays.”

Manufacturers publish spray quality charts for their nozzles that also give recommended pressures to produce different spray qualities using a particular nozzle type. They are colour coded and generally speaking the redder the colour code the finer the spray produced. There are many nozzle choices and designs and typically grassy targets and contact products require n oz z l e s t h a t w i l l p ro d u c e medium to coarse spray quality. For broadleaf targets and systemic products a coarse to very coarse spray quality can be used successfully. Selecting the right nozzle to produce the quality of spray required is important, said Wolf. He recommends coarse as a generalpurpose spray quality.

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FISHING FOR A GOOD CAUSE The Rapid City Ninth Annual Ice Fishing Derby was held Feb. 9, with 170 fish caught in four hours by 146 anglers of all ages. The family-oriented event is a non-profit event that is helped by donations from the community and surrounding area merchants.

Donations from the fishermen this year went to a play structure in Rapid City.

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Cars line up along the Little Saskatchewan River as anglers with their pails make their way to and from the fish-measuring station. The largest was 24 inches.

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Pro-GMO group intensifies social media push The web campaign is designed to counter efforts to force GMO food labelling

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group of biotech companies battling to increase U.S. consumer acceptance of genetically modified foods is increasing paid advertising efforts as it expands a social media marketing website it started last year.

The paid ads will seek to drive traffic to the www.GMOAnswers. com website started last year by agrichemical industry players that want to allay concerns about GMO foods, according to an executive who helps to run the site.

The web campaign is part of a broad strategy by the biotech industry to try to beat back growing calls for GMO food labelling and for tighter regulation of the biotech seed industry in the United States.

A consortium backed in part

by Monsanto, DuPont, and Dow AgroSciences, a unit of Dow Chemical, launched the website in July. So far, the site has logged more than 650 questions from an array of interested parties, chiefly focused on the impact of GMOs on health and nutrition.

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A pilot project for the new web effort was completed recently and the expansion is being rolled out now, Dow AgroSciences spokesman David Sousa said. He said the ad campaign should raise the profile of the website for individuals searching for information about GMOs on the Internet.

The group is promoting the site with Google AdWords (www. google.com/AdWords) and Outbrain (www.outbrain.com).

“There will be continuous updates to the website itself,

Sousa said. “It’s not about advocacy. It’s about transparency.”

The group is also adding to its roster of “experts,” which now is largely made up of GMO-friendly academics and executives who work for the biotech seed companies. The experts answer questions posted on the website.

Commentators with opposing views can weigh in and debate the issue.

Sousa said the group hopes that mothers, nutritionists, medical professionals and others will participate.

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But some scientific studies have cast doubt on the safety of these biotech crops.

Grocery retailer Whole Foods Markets Inc. said last year it would require suppliers to label any product made with genetically modified ingredients.

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BEIJING / REUTERS / China will need to plant genetically modified corn if it is to cope with the growing challenge of food security, said a leading biotech scientist, even as the country continues to reject imports of GMO corn from the United States.

China’s rapid urbanization and rising wealth has triggered a rapid growth in demand for food and feed, and despite annual increases in crop yields, food security remains one of the government’s top concerns.

However, China has so far refused to allow planting of major GMO food crops over public concern around the safety of the technology.

Despite investing billions of yuan in research over 20 years and granting safety certificates for its first genetically modified corn and rice in 2009, China has still not authorized their commercial production, with papaya the only GMO food allowed to be grown in the country.

De m a n d f o r c o r n , u s e d widely in food, feed and processed products, is set to outstrip domestic supply, making adoption of GMO technology more pressing, said Huang Dafang, professor at the Biotechnology Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), and formerly on the biosafety committee at the Ministry of Agriculture.

“Corn is currently the genetically modified crop we most urgently need to develop,” he said.

While acknowledging that corn imports are “inevitable” for China in the long run, Huang

added that they should not be allowed to reach the level currently seen with soybeans. About 80 per cent of China’s soybeans are imported.

“We need to speed up development (of GMO corn) and we look forward to faster development,” he said.

China is already the world’s third-largest corn buyer, importing more than three million tonnes in 2013. However, its imports were expected to be higher before Beijing rejected more than 600,000 tonnes of corn from the United States containing Syngenta’s genetically modified MIR 162 strain.

Huang said he was not aware of the specific details of this case, but stressed that Beijing’s support for GMO technology had not changed. If anything, the leadership was showing more “clearcut” support for GMOs, he said.

“Because the government believes that technology is needed to resolve the food security problem and promote sustainable development of agriculture, making its position known, and this is leading to a change in the direction of public opinion,” he added.

The next step is for the government to demonstrate its food security strategy by pushing forward commercialization, he continued.

“Promoting commercialization, I believe is currently more important than anything else because if you just talk about research and don’t promote commercialization, you cannot go further with research, and you also can’t make the public really believe that this is necessary.”

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No flour? No fish? Venezuela’s chefs get creative amid shortages Soviet-style dearth in the country with the world’s largest oil reserves

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sushi bar in Caracas m a k e s t e m p u ra w i t h ground oats and cornstarch to replace increasingly scarce wheat flour.

A Spanish restaurant, seeking to keep its fare affordable, revamps its paella recipe by re m ov i n g e x o r b i t a n t l y priced prawns.

Restaurateurs selling “arep a s” — t h e g r i l l e d c o r n pancakes that are a staple across the country — make them a bit smaller to stretch their unsteady supplies of corn flour.

Ve n e z u e l a n d i n e r s c o n tinue to eat well despite soaring inflation and chronic food shortages, largely thanks to herculean efforts by chefs to

obtain prized foodstuffs and j u g g l e m e n u s t o s l ow t h e rising prices.

In working-class canteens and high-end bistros, staff say finding basics such as flour, milk or chicken — all scarce, in large part, because of currency and price controls — requires making repeated trips to markets and harassing providers.

“I haven’t been able to buy wheat flour or corn flour for more than a month. I’m working with what I had last year,” said Eduardo Castaneda, 45, owner of La Guayaba Verde, or The Green Guava, in Caracas, which offers a modern spin on traditional Venezuelan food.

Venezuela’s price controls require staple goods be sold at fixed rates that are at times below production cost, which

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Eduardo Castaneda, 45, chef and owner of La Guayaba Verde restaurant, prepares dishes at the restaurant’s kitchen in Caracas. Venezuelan diners continue to eat well despite soaring inflation and chronic food shortages, largely thanks to herculean efforts by chefs to obtain prized foodstuffs and juggle menus to slow the rising prices.

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o f t e n l e a v e s t h e m s c a rc e because of the reduced incentive for companies to make or import them.

Even the most ethical of restaurateurs are finding themselves dabbling in the black market to skirt the strict regulations created by the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez and extended by President Nicolas Maduro.

Ve n e z u e l a’s f o o d s h o r t ages are nowhere near as bad as the situation painted by opposition critics, who revel in the idea that government incompetence has created Soviet-style dearth in the country with the world’s largest oil reserves.

Restaurants remain packed despite a rise of about 70 per cent in the cost of eating out last year and the waiters’ mantra: “Sorry, we don’t have that.”

The average Venezuelan eats more and better than they did before Chavez took power in 1999.

One of the most applauded achievements of his 14-year rule was to make food affordable through price controls and subsidized grocery stores, a triumph recognized in 2013 by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

S i n c e 1 9 9 0 , Ve n e z u e l a achieved a 50 per cent reduction in the number of citizens facing hunger, the UN said — two years ahead of a global target date for reaching that goal.

But without broad economic reforms to ease state control over the economy and boost importers’ access to dollars, food shortages may worsen — and eating out may get more difficult.

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Venezuela’s reputation for political conflict and violent crime has upstaged that of a vibrant restaurant scene built up over decades by immigrants from Europe and the Middle East drawn to oildriven economic opportunity.

“I haven’t been able to buy wheat flour or corn flour for more than a month. I’m working with what I had last year.”

EDUARDO CASTANEDA Chef

Diners who learn a menu item has gone missing often offer waiters a knowing smile or sympathetic eyeball roll as they share their own travails of chasing down groceries.

Others are less charitable.

“People have said, ‘ This is a fish restaurant and you don’t even have fish? What the hell is wrong with you?’” commented one maitre d’. His restaurant specializes in fishfocused Basque food but has struggled to find fish such as grouper, traditionally one of their popular menu items.

Like nearly all those interviewed, he spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals from the government or stepped-up inspections by state agencies.

Sushi bars have been among the hardest hit because they rely heavily on imports including salmon, s e a we e d a n d ro e t h a t a re difficult to acquire because importers cannot obtain dollars, owing to delays in the exchange control system that requires businesses to obtain hard currency through the government.

Tr a c k i n g d o w n s t a p l e s such as chicken or flour requires having networks of “friends” at supermarkets or mea t - p a c k i n g h o u s e s w h o sell scarce products above regulated prices in transactions that are kept off the books or disguised through fake receipts.

O n e w e l l - l ov e d l o u n g e style Caracas bar and restaurant stopped ser ving sushi because of the seaweed scar-

city. The kitchen switched to making ceviche, only to find shrimp was too expensive and many of the red onions were arriving rotten.

For months the bar did not serve popular cocktails such as Cosmopolitans for lack of cranberry juice.

“What’s sad is that people stop complaining, or straightaway ask, ‘What do you actually have?’ rather than waiting to hear the list of what’s missing,” said the restaurant’s owner.

Black market pork

Chavez’s efforts to make food affordable have come at a price. In times of shortage, unethical entrepreneurs buy discount groceries and resell them on the black market.

Author ities last month detained four people at the Budare del Este restaurant in the chic but gaudy Caracas neighbour hood of Las Mercedes on charges of illegally buying subsidized food, including nearly a tonne of pork and half a tonne of chicken.

“Those products are meant to meet the needs of Venezuelan families, not to line the pockets of scoundrels,” wrote Maduro in a series of incensed tweets announcing the operation.

Bakers often seek to protect themselves from wheat flour shortages by building up stocks to meet holiday demand for breads and cakes.

If they get inspected, however, they risk accusations of hoarding.

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Domestic food processing battered but still has bright spots

NEWS

U.S. grocer sued for deceiving label Broilers are raised in open barns not cages

By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO / REUTERS

To be globally competitive, domestic processors must increase their scale and lower costs

By Alex Binkley CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

T

he domestic food-processing industry had been rocked by the closing of the Heinz and Kellogg plants in southwestern Ontario, but overall trends in the sector are positive, the chairman of Agri-Food Innovation at the University of Guelph says.

David Sparling told the Canadian Agriculture Economics Society the industry remains the No. 1 employer among Canadian manufacturers and is No. 2 in revenue. “ The industr y has a pretty exciting future,” he said. “It is far different than it was 10 years ago. It’s under considerable pressure, but it is changing.”

Among its challenges are “rising costs, increased foreign competition and consumer demands for healthy and sustainable products,” he said.

The Ivey School at University of Guelph is studying structural change in the processing industr y including a look at plant closings and the level of investment by domestic and foreign multinational firms.

Among the preliminary findings is that the industry is generally making low-value products “and not doing as well as it could at increasing productivity,” he said. Still the sector is growing except in the Atlantic provinces. Quebec and British Columbia had the biggest gains.

Companies with more than 200 employees account for three per cent of all the food businesses but produce half the product.

About 90 per cent of the food plant closings have been multinational firms consolidating their operations in lost-cost areas.

Among domestic operations, it has been smaller and less productive plants that have closed.

After a round of foreign companies leaving Canada or consolidating their operations between 2007 and 2009, there has been more investment in the sector, Sparling said.

To be globally competitive, companies need to increase their scale and lower costs, using better information systems, getting the most value from inputs and paying close attention to food safety and quality.

The declining value of the Canadian dollar could be a competitive boost for the sector.

Spencer Henson, professor of the economics of food, health and development at the University of Guelph, noted that most food safety problems occur at the food-service level, but governments fo c us on a gr ic u lt ure in pu t su pp li e rs, farmers, processors and the retail sector.

The government is moving toward more emphasis on risk-based standards and conformity assessments as both food imports and exports rise and agri-food supply systems become more complex.

However, the food industry is shifting to increased use of international food safety standards and in many cases businesses are setting their own standards usually at higher levels than governments require, he said. The result is a complicated system that is hard to judge in terms of its impact.

At the same time, polls show consumers have a high degree of confidence in the safety of the food supply, he said. Almost 70 per cent say they trust it while 23 per cent were neutral and only seven per cent had doubts.

Government regulatory systems are the most burdensome on small companies that cannot afford to hire staff just to cope with it, he said. “This really affects the viability of smaller firms.”

The United States gives a much greater role to third-party food safety inspection than Canada does which complicates the close relationship between them, he noted.

CFIA should consider extending recognition to the private standards, which are only going to increase, and could reduce the amount of inspections work the agency has to conduct.

“There’s still a lot of thinking needed on the evaluation food safety regulation also has to work,” he said. “We’re probably at the start of a fundamental shift in the role of government in food safety.”

Kroger Co., the biggest U.S. supermarket operator, faces a lawsuit claiming it deceived consumers by marketing a store brand as humanely raised chicken products when the animals were raised under standard commercial farming.

The complaint, filed in Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County, is seeking class-action status against Kroger for allegedly misleading California consumers with claims about the grocer’s “Simple Truth” premiumpriced store brand of chicken.

Kroger spokesman Keith Dailey told Reuters Feb. 12 that the company has not had an opportunity to review the lawsuit. However, Dailey said: “What we have on our Simple Truth chicken label is information for our customers that we believe is accurate, and we intend to vigorously defend our label.”

The “Simple Truth” chicken products were packaged with labelling that stated the animals were raised “in a humane environment” and “cage free,” according to the lawsuit.

However, standard industry practice for broiler chickens is to house them inside large buildings, not cages, according to industry experts.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 20, 2014

COUNTRY CROSSROADS CON N EC T I NG RU R A L FA M I L I E S

The music is just starting Some are just over the 1,000 mark, but more mergers likely ahead, say some leaders New mergers

Loyalty to local identity is one reason why municipalities are loath to amalgamate. photo:

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff

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he Village of Waskada was the tiniest municipality in Manitoba before amalgamation and is still in close contention for the title — even with its new partner. Its combined population post-merger with its surrounding RM of Brenda will now be 652.

That’s well below the 1,000-person threshold stipulated by the province’s Municipal Modernization Act. Some new municipalities have been allowed a combined population of less than 1,000 so long as they’ve amalgamated with at least one partner, according to a provincial spokesperson.

But Duncan Stewart, reeve of the RM of Brenda, supported amalgamation and hoped to see much bigger entities emerge. He now accuses the province of breaking its own rules. The end result he predicts will not be substantially different than what existed before, he said.

“One of the main reasons they wanted us to amalgamate in the first place was to make larger municipalities,” he said. “But it’s made very little change as far as we’re concerned.”

Brenda-Waskada isn’t the only amalgamated entity that remains small.

At just 629 persons, the new Municipality of Ethelbert, with a combined RM and village population will be even smaller than Brenda-Waskada.

Other mergers recently approved by the province are just barely over 1,000.

St e w a r t s a y s t h e y t r i e d u n s u ccessfully to bring a third partner into Brenda-Waskada. But as just a twosome, there’s been “no practical change in the governance of the municipality,” he said. The two entities have long shared an office and joint staff.

More to come

But this is just the beginning of mergers, predict other municipal leaders who’ve been on the amalgamation road awhile.

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“I honestly think we’ll all be getting bigger. It just may take another 15 or 20 years,” said Don Yanick, mayor of the Municipality of Shoal Lake, which was produced from a voluntary merger in 2011 between the RM and town. They’re now taking in the RM of Strathclair to become the RM of Yellowhead.

“I think the first step is the towns and rurals amalgamating first,” Yanick said.

“And that’s all happening now.”

Many of the new town-RM combinations to date are calling themselves ‘municipality of’ and opting for hyphenated names of the former entities. Part of that is about holding on to identity, added Yanick.

But some are choosing entirely new names. Lawrence and Ochre River will form the RM of Lakeshore. Strathcona and Riverside are combining to form the RM of Prairie Lakes.

The RM of Grassland will be a larger municipality formed between the RMs of Whitewater, Cameron and town of Hartney.

Whitewater Reeve Blair Woods said leaders with the three councils have only reluctantly agreed to go forward — “we had no choice,” — but in discussions also agreed not to hyphenate names to reflect the past.

“Everyone agreed if we were forced to do something new we’d try and do something totally new, with a new name,” Woods said.

They’re also loath to close municipal offices or lay off staff — a sentiment expressed by many local leaders. Their plan is to keep the Whitewater office open in Minto as well as have an office in Hartney, Woods said.

“They’re both very important to the community.”

Wo o d s a d d e d i t w i l l b e u p t o Grassland’s new council for Grassland after January 1, 2015 to forge ahead with any further changes.

“Everything will be reviewed in the years ahead,” he said.

Public opinion

Time will also give rural Manitobans a chance to see how they are affected by amalgamation. Woods said they’ve heard “the whole gamut” of opinions about what they should do as they began to broach the amalgamation subject with residents.

“We’ve heard everything from ‘don’t go with this RM or that RM’ to ‘don’t do anything’ to ‘move ahead,’ he said. There hasn’t been negative feedback about forming a new municipality between Cameron and Hartney, but then most know there’s not much point protesting, he said.

“This (provincial) government passed the legislation,” he said. “There’s not much we can do.”

Yanick said public sentiment expressed at a Shoal Lake ratepayers’ meeting about joining with Strathclair was definitely in favour of getting larger.

“People said it just made sense,” he said, adding that residents of the area already share a health centre, a school division and credit union.

Court ruling awaited

Meanwhile, other councils who have plans on the books say they’re waiting to see what a judge rules next month when the Association of Manitoba Municipalities takes the province to court. The AMM declared in December that it would challenge the implementation of the Municipal Modernization Act and has a court date set for March 10.

Denis Carter, reeve of RM of Woodworth said his council complied with the legislation and has put forward a plan to merge with neighbouring RM of Wallace and the Village of Elkhorn. But they’re awaiting the court ruling before they get into the details.

“I think that if we (AMM) were to win the court case, I’d go back to our public, and have another town hall meeting and see if we wanted to retain our municipality the way it was,” he said.

Rural Municipality of Harrison is one of five municipalities named in the legal action.

• Rural Municipality (RM) of Sifton and Oak Lake forming the new RM of Sifton, • RMs of Strathcona and Riverside forming the new RM of Prairie Lakes, • Village of Glenboro and RM of South Cypress forming the new Municipality of Glenboro-South Cypress, • RM of McCreary and Village of McCreary forming the new Municipality of McCreary, • RMs of Minto and Odanah forming the new RM of Minto-Odanah, • RMs of Langford and North Cypress forming the new Municipality of North Cypress-Langford, • Town of Ste. Rose du Lac and RM of Ste. Rose forming the new Municipality of Ste. Rose, • Town of Boissevain and RM of Morton forming the new Municipality of Boissevain-Morton, • Town of Erickson and RM of Clanwilliam forming the new Municipality of Clanwilliam-Erickson, • RM of Ethelbert and Village of Ethelbert forming the new Municipality of Ethelbert, • RM of Brenda and the Village of Waskada forming the new Municipality of Brenda-Waskada, • RMs of Shellmouth-Boulton and Silver Creek forming the new RM of Riding Mountain West, • Town of Treherne and RM of South Norfolk forming the new Municipality of Norfolk-Treherne, • Town of Rivers and RM of Daly forming the new Riverdale Municipality, • RM of Rossburn and Town of Rossburn forming the new Rossburn Municipality, • RM of Russell, Village of Binscarth and Town of Russell forming the new Municipality of Russell-Binscarth, • Village of Winnipegosis and RM of Mossey River forming the new RM of Mossey River, • RM of North Norfolk and Town of MacGregor forming the new Municipality of North Norfolk, and • RMs of Lawrence and Ochre River forming the new RM of Lakeshore.

Reeve Murray Davies said the province’s plan for them was to form a super-municipality including Harrison with the RMs of Park, Blanchard, Saskatchewan, Town of Rapid City and Strathclair.

Harrison and Park have agreed to merge, said Davies, adding the new entity will have a combined population of nearly 4,000 including summer residents.

“We had to put a plan in,” said Davies.

“If we didn’t put one in by Feb. 1 we’d have been breaking the law. But we’ve stated that that (plan) is subject to the legal action.”

The province said in early February that a total of 85 municipalities with populations under 1,000 are required to submit plans for amalgamation. It has named 19 mergers among 36 municipalities as being near completion.

A 30 per cent reduction in the number of municipalities outside Winnipeg is expected after all municipalities have submitted their merger plans. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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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

Two heads (of cabbage) are better than one Lorraine Stevenson Crossroads Recipe Swap

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t is said than an idealist is someone who, upon noticing roses smell better than cabbage, concludes they also make better soup.

That might be the closest cabbage ever got to a compliment. Poor cabbage. This cruciferous vegetable is a humble staple of many cultures. It’s been with us a long, long time and was essential winter food for many of our predecessors. But with so many other vegetables available year round, I’m guessing fewer eat it today, and there are possibly those who never cook with it.

I’ve always loved borscht, but I do admit cabbage wasn’t my go-to vegetable either for a long time. It was growing red and green cabbage in our garden each summer that dispelled my prejudice for cabbage. We made really delicious sauerkraut one year, and with lots of it available each fall, I began searching for recipes to make something else besides coleslaw. Now I’m convinced two heads of cabbage are better than one; there are so many ways to cook with it.

Look for cabbage in your grocery store, where it is both reliably available no matter where you shop and a terrific low-cost mid-winter vegetable to cook creatively.

These four recipes are found on the website of ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen http://www.atcoblueflamekitchen. com), where home economists have been providing household advice and thousands of recipes in Alberta for more than 80 years.

Braised Green Cabbage 1/4 c. butter 1/2 c. finely chopped onion 8 c. thinly sliced green cabbage 1 c. shredded carrots 1 c. apple juice 1/4 c. apple cider vinegar 1 tbsp. grated fresh ginger 1/4 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. freshly ground pepper 1/8 tsp. red pepper flakes

Melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat.

Add onion and sauté until softened, about five minutes. Add cabbage and sauté until it starts to soften. Stir in remaining ingredients (carrots through red pepper flakes). Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, for 12 to 15 minutes. Uncover and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 10 to 15 minutes or until cabbage is tender and most of liquid is evaporated. Serves 6 to 8.

Cabbage Soup with Garlic Sausage This delicious and filling soup is perfect for a cold February supper.

1 tbsp. oil 1 ring (300 g) garlic sausage, halved lengthwise and sliced crosswise (1/4 inch/6 mm) 1 c. chopped onion 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. freshly ground pepper 4 c. chopped green cabbage 1 tbsp. whole-grain mustard 6 c. chicken broth 2 c. cubed unpeeled red potatoes (1/2 inch) 2 tbsp. white wine vinegar 4 c. coarsely chopped fresh spinach

Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add sausage and cook, stirring, until browned, about five minutes. Transfer sausage to a bowl; set aside. Add onion, salt and pepper to pan; sauté until onion is softened, about five minutes. Add cabbage and mustard; cook, stirring, until cabbage starts to soften, about three to five minutes.

Return sausage to pan. Stir in broth, potatoes and vinegar. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, until cabbage and potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes. Add spinach and cook, stirring, until spinach wilts. This soup does not freeze well.

Serves 6 to 8.

Source: ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen

Grilled Red Cabbage with Mustard Cream 1 tbsp. butter 1 clove garlic, crushed 1/4 c. dry white wine 1 tbsp. whole-grain mustard 1 c. whipping cream 1/4 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. freshly ground pepper 2 tbsp. finely chopped green onion 1 small red cabbage, trimmed 2 tbsp. oil

To prepare mustard cream, melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic and sauté for 30 seconds. Stir in wine and mustard. Bring to a boil. Boil, uncovered, until mixture is reduced by half, about two minutes. Stir in cream, salt and pepper.

Return to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until mixture is thickened and reduced, about seven to 10 minutes. Stir in green onion; keep warm.

Cut cabbage into four wedges, leaving core intact. Brush all sides of wedges with oil.

Grill wedges over medium heat on natural gas barbecue, turning once, until tender and lightly browned, about seven to eight minutes per side. Serve with mustard cream. Serves 4.

Source: ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen

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Cabbage Rolls I associate cabbage rolls with special occasions but they can be the centrepiece of a simple, delicious meal any time. A blanched three-pound green cabbage or napa cabbage or sour cabbage leaves is recommended for this recipe.

1/2 lb. bacon, diced 1-1/2 c. finely chopped onions 1/2 lb. lean ground beef 1/2 lb. lean ground pork 2 c. cooked rice 1/4 tsp. freshly ground pepper Salt 1 head of cabbage, blanched 1 can (28 ozs./796 ml) crushed tomatoes

Preheat oven to 350 F. To prepare filling, cook bacon in a large non-stick frypan over medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon; drain bacon on paper towels. Add onions and sauté for three or four minutes. Add beef and pork; cook, stirring, to break up meat, until browned, about seven to 10 minutes.

Drain off excess fat. Combine bacon, meat mixture, rice and pepper. Season to taste with salt. Carefully trim the outer portion of the thick centre rib on each cabbage leaf by cutting parallel to the rib. This procedure makes the cabbage leaf easier to roll. Spoon about 1/2 cup of filling into each trimmed leaf. Smaller leaves will require less filling. Fold sides toward centre and roll up leaves jelly-roll fashion.

Place rolls, seam side down, in a single layer in a greased 9x13-inch baking dish.

Pour tomatoes over top. Bake, covered, for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until cabbage is tender.

Serves 6 to 8.

Cook’s Note: To blanch a head of cabbage, cut out the core and then place the cabbage head, core side down, in a Dutch oven. Add about two inches of water to Dutch oven. Simmer, covered, removing cabbage leaves as they soften and become pliable. Use a three-lb. green cabbage or napa cabbage. Alternatively, sour cabbage leaves may be used; these do not require blanching.

Source: ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 20, 2014

COUNTRY CROSSROADS

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ell, that was a fun day!” said Rose as Karen turned the car into the Jacksons’ driveway.

“It was wasn’t it?” Karen manoeuvred the car carefully into the snow-covered yard and came to a stop at the end of the sidewalk leading up to the back porch. “I was pretty excited when Grant suggested it. He said he couldn’t think of a better Valentine’s Day present than to send me off on a shopping trip without him.” She laughed. “I had to agree. It’s definitely a win-win situation.”

“I didn’t even remember that it was Valentine’s Day until you mentioned it on the drive this morning,” said Rose. “Andrew and I have just never made a big deal of Valentine’s Day. Usually I get him a card, and then he apologizes for not getting me one and that’s good enough for us.” She paused. “I should have got him a card,” she added. “Oops.”

Karen pointed suddenly toward the dining room window of the house. “Look at that, Rose,” she said.

“Look at what?” said Rose.

“There appears to be a lit candle on your dining room table,” said Karen.

Rose peered out of the car window. “Good Lord, I think you’re right,” she said. “What is that man up to now?”

“I see wineglasses,” said Karen.

“Dammit,” said Rose. “I really should have bought a card.”

“Oh don’t worry about it,” said Karen. “Just give him back one of his apologies.”

“Good idea.” Rose opened the car door and got out, reaching into the back seat to grab a half-dozen loaded shopping bags to take with her. “Thanks for the ride Karen,” she said.

“No problem. It was fun.”

Rose gave the car door a nudge with her hip to close it and Karen turned the car around and headed back up the driveway. Rose turned and headed up the sidewalk, noticing as she did so that the walk was newly and quite thoroughly cleared. As she climbed the steps up to the back door, the door swung open and Andrew stepped out.

“Hey darling,” he said, “let me get those for you.” He reached out and took the shopping bags and then stood aside and held the door for Rose

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so she could step inside. “How was your day?” he asked as he followed her in.

Rose shook off her coat and hung it on its hook.

“Excellent,” she said. “All kinds of crazy good clearance sales.”

“I see that,” said Andrew carrying the bags into the dining room and setting them down on the floor in the corner. Rose followed him in, but stopped in the doorway, staring.

“What’s all this?” she said.

“What’s all what?” Andrew grinned impishly.

“The candle,” said Rose. “And the wine, and the good china and the flowers and the romantic

music and whatever it is in the oven that smells like I’ve died and gone to heaven.”

“Oh, that.” Andrew took his wife in his arms and gave her a kiss. “Happy Valentine’s Day,” he said.

Rose looked up at her husband. “You’re crazy,” she said. “We don’t do Valentine’s Day. I didn’t even get you a card.”

“I am crazy,” said Andrew. “Crazy about you. I got you a card. I got you the mushiest, sappiest most sentimental card I could find, just to make up for all the cards I didn’t get you over the years. Here. Go ahead, read it.”

Rose took the card and read it.

“Yikes,” she said. “That’ll do it. But you shouldn’t have.”

“Ha,” said Andrew. “You’re not the boss of me.

You don’t get to tell me what I should have and what I shouldn’t have. If I decide to give my wife a special Valentine’s Day, there is nothing you can do to stop me.”

“That’s true,” said Rose. “You are kind of unstoppable.”

“Exactly,” said Andrew. “Which is why you might as well just go with the flow. We’ll have dinner, and then we’ll get into our comfy clothes and we’ll watch last week’s episode of “Downton Abby” while I give you a foot massage and a back rub.”

Rose tilted her head back. “Where’s Jennifer?” she asked.

“Jennifer is sleeping over at Kendra’s,” said Andrew.

“So we have the house to ourselves?”

“Indeed we do.”

“So we can get into any kind of shenanigans we want?” Rose’s eyes twinkled.

“We can,” said Andrew. “What kind of shenanigans did you have in mind?”

“Crazy stuff,” said Rose. “Like going to bed early.”

“Whatever you like,” said Andrew. “I’ll have you in bed by eight if you want.”

“You will?”

“I will.”

“You know what we have here?” said Rose.

“What?” said Andrew.

Rose stood on her tiptoes and gave him a long kiss. “We have a win-win situation,” she said.

Add an exotic touch to your interior A corn plant a.k.a. dragon tree may be just what you need

By Albert Parsons FREELANCE CONTRIBUTOR

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he houseplant Dracaena fragrans “Massangeana” is often given the common name corn plant, but if you have one or intend to add one to your indoor landscape, why not call it by its other — more interesting — common name, dragon tree?

Whatever name you give this plant, you will be pleased with the exotic touch it adds to your home. It is a tall, narrow plant so it doesn’t take up much space in terms of width although it can reach heights of over two metres.

The corn plant has long, narrow leaves that have interesting striping of various shades of green and yellow. They are not erect but tend to hang down from the stems, much like the leaves on corn plants — thus its common name. Sometimes the leaves are slightly wavy, which adds even more interest.

The plants begin their existence as a 1-2-3 plant. This means that the potted plant you purchased probably will have started off as three stems planted into the pot; one would have been one foot tall (30 cm), the next two feet (60 cm) tall and the next three feet (100 cm) tall.

When these bare stems arrived as cuttings at the greenhouse where they are grown, they were planted and in about a month, taps or heads emerged from near the tops of the woody stems. Two or three taps might have developed on each stem. These shoots grew upright and became the growing stems above the original woody stem cuttings of the plant you buy.

Corn plants like even moisture and high humidity. Lacking either, the leaf tips will turn brown and brown markings might even appear on the leaf surfaces themselves. Keep the planting medium evenly moist and do not allow it to dry out. The plant will appreciate being misted but at the very least sit the pot on a pebble tray and have other plants nearby to add moisture to the surrounding air. Over time, the plant will gradually have more and more brown-tipped leaves and when they begin to detract too much from the beauty of the plant, cut it back. You can cut back any stalk just above a leaf axil, as far down as just above the first axil above the original woody stem. New taps or heads will emerge from the leaf axil to form new stems.

If you wish to start a new plant, remove a tap that is in good con-

dition and not too tall and place it in dampened soilless mix. It will form a new plant. You may want to follow the 1-2-3 rule and plant three stems that are of differing heights to get a nice full pot.

Corn plants like heat as they are originally from tropical Africa. They become almost dormant when subjected to temperatures much below 20 C. Do not locate a corn plant near a cold window during the winter or near a doorway where it will get drafts of cold air. Water these plants with pure water as they are sensitive to fluoride and chlorine. They also are sensitive to salt buildup in the soil so flush the soil periodically.

Besides getting brown leaf tips from dry soil or air, this condition also can result from fertilizer burn. Use fertilizer cautiously at low doses.

A dragon tree is an interesting architectural plant to work into an interior landscape.

Commonly used in offices and other public spaces because of its tolerance for low light levels, one of these plants will add height and a bit of the exotic to your indoor spaces.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

Whichever name you call this plant, it will add a nice touch to your home.

PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

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‘Coke’ house filled with nostalgia Extensive collection chronicles times and events

By Darrell Nesbitt Freelance contributor

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o many, Coca-Cola is a beverage that is refreshing year round.

To Garry Williamson, owner of the Bigway Foods store in Shoal Lake, it’s a product that is dear to his heart from a collecting standpoint as well, as Coca-Cola advertising has chronicled our times and events for more than a century.

Prior to building his new grocery store in Shoal Lake, storage was at a premium for product let alone countless pieces of memorabilia with the Coca-Cola signature on it. Due to this, the “Coke” house came to be in a neighbouring community.

“Looking for storage space, the house, garage and property was purchased at a great price,” said Williamson. “With the house sporting white paint with a red trim, it’s fitting for the range of product I have displayed inside.”

And the product he talks about is more than the odd Coke bottle — empty or full — sitting on a kitchen cupboard.

Classic memorabilia pieces run the gambit from vintage signs to rare pins; signed artwork to retro trays of the past.

True Coke memorabilia is very collectible and very hard to find.

While a selection of Williamson’s collection has come through purchases, other pieces have been donated by friends. A former CocaCola salesman who was retiring, asked Williamson if he would like his selection of ties with the Coke signature on them. These unique pieces now hang on a wall, as do pictures, trays, and boxed die-cast toys, to name just a few of the items.

“When I speak of the Coke house, some people get the wrong idea, until they walk through the door,” said Williamson with a chuckle. “I have been collecting for a long time, and the range of memorabilia is quite extensive, with some antique coolers working and some not.”

Coca-Cola is popular within the collector community because it is a memory generator — a brand associated with happy times.

That’s what appeals to Williamson — a father, business owner, community-minded friend and true CocaCola memorabilia collector — that is told in story form in its own national museum known as the World of CocaCola or simply on the local level — the “Coke” house.

Darrell Nesbitt writes from Shoal Lake, Manitoba

Shoal Lake business owner has a large Coca-Cola memorabilia collection. photo: DARRELL NESBITT

Active in all seasons

It’s tempting to stay indoors in the winter, but you still need exercise

By Julie Garden-Robinson NDSU Extension Service

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ike most people, I have remained warm and content staying indoors as much as possible during our unusually cold winter, but we all need to stay physically active in all seasons. Regular physical activity can help maintain our blood pressure and blood cholesterol at normal levels, which can reduce our risk of heart disease, and may help reduce our risk of diabetes and some cancers. Regular activity can strengthen our bones and muscles, and having strong muscles and bones can help prevent

falls as we age. It can improve our mood, our ability to sleep and our overall mental health.

Physical activity may help prevent dementia in the long run.

Doing any amount of physical activity has health benefits.

For significant benefits, fitness experts recommend 150 minutes per week. That equates to 30 minutes per day on five days of the week, and the activity can be accumulated in 10- or 15-minute segments.

We do not have to leave our homes to exercise. All we need is a radio or CD player so we can put on some music and dance.

Consider renting, borrowing or buying an exercise DVD. They

are available at levels ranging from beginner to advanced, including exercises you can do while seated. Remember that household tasks count as fitness, too. Vigorous vacuuming burns calories and takes care of dust bunnies, as well.

If possible, leave your home and check out communitybased indoor fitness opportunities, such as open gyms at schools or faith communities.

Go for a walk at a shopping mall, go swimming at a community fitness facility, or enjoy bowling or ping-pong.

Brave the cold and try outdoor activities such as cross-country skiing, snowshoeing or sledding.

Make a wine tote

By Eva Krawchuk Freelance contributor

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t’s always appreciated when invited to dinner, that you bring along a bottle of wine. An added gift is the tote bag and appropriate fabric adds to the charm.

This is simple and quick to make and a good way to use up those smaller pieces of left ove r m a t e r i a l . A l l t h a t’s required is two small pieces of fabric, one print and one plain.

Cut two pieces of fabric 12x17 inches. Use the print for the outside and the plain for the lining.

Cut one of each for the handle — 3x13 inches.

Yes, I know, I am purposely not listing one of the primary means of getting exercise in winter — snow removal! Be aware of these snow removal tips: • Be f o re s h ove l l i n g , d r i n k plenty of water and avoid caffeine or nicotine, which are stimulants that may increase your heart rate and cause your blood vessels to constrict.

• Dress in several layers. If you get too warm, you can remove a layer.

• Wa r m y o u r m u s c l e s by stretching before you begin shovelling.

• Pick the right shovel for you.

One with a smaller blade will

require you to lift less snow and put less strain on your body.

• Start at a slow pace, and stop if you feel pain.

Check out http://www.ndsu. edu/boomers for informa tion about staying active. The “muscles” section has links to free online videos and workout guides. Moving our bodies regularly needs to be a health priority regardless of the season.

Julie Garden-Robinson, PhD, R.D., L.R.D., is a North Dakota State University Extension Service food and nutrition specialist and professor in the department of health, nutrition and exercise sciences.

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Sew long edges of bag together. Fold bag to have the seam centred. Stitch bottom seam. Mitre corners. Turn right side out. Do the same with the lining piece but do not turn. Fold under one inch on top of each section. Press.

With right sides together, stitch handle pieces together at sides. Turn and press. Mark centres of handle and centres of bag pieces. Place lining inside the bag and pin strap at centre between pieces of front and back. Baste in place then topstitch. Insert a favourite bottle of wine and you’re ready to go.

Eva Krawchuk writes from Winnipeg

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EU weighs competitiveness and climate policy There are risks associated with getting too far ahead in clean energy

By John Kemp london / reuters

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don’t want us to be the only people out there in front of the rest of the world,” Britain’s finance minister, George Osborne said last September, speaking about the country’s role in tackling climate change.

“I certainly don’t think we should be further ahead of our partners in Europe,” Osborne went on, in comments that were seized on by the government’s critics to question its commitment to reducing greenhouse emissions and be “the greenest government ever.”

The finance minister infuriated environment campaigners, climate scientists and the clean tech industry by daring to imply there might be a trade-off between economic competitiveness and weaning the country off fossil fuels.

In doing so, Osborne was breaking the taboo that insists being an early adopter in clean energy confers a competitive advantage: countries can become richer by doing the right thing.

His comments reflect growing doubts among some politicians in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the EU about how far to go unilaterally in adopting policies to tackle climate change if the rest of the world shows no sign of following.

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Green energy race

Most senior politicians frame talk about climate change and clean energy in terms of “leadership” or a “race,” knowing that their hearers want to be leaders rather than followers, and that no one wants to be left behind in a race.

Framing energy and climate change issues this way is meant to imply that adopting early and aggressive targets for switching to wind, solar and even nuclear, while making more efficient use of energy, will confer a competitive advantage over countries that move more slowly and continue to rely on polluting fossil fuels.

The Obama administration is particularly fond of framing issues in terms of leadership. President Barack Obama used the word leader or leadership 16 times in various contexts in his speech to Congress last month.

“It’s not just (American) oil and natural gas that’s booming; we’re becoming a global leader in solar too,” Obama told Congress in his annual state of the union address on January 28.

This was his only reference to leadership in the context of clean energy this year. But in the past the president has discussed at much more length how he wants the country to be a clean tech leader.

In 2013, Obama told Congress: “The good news is that we can make meaningful progress on (climate change) while driving strong economic growth.”

“Four years ago, other countries dominated the clean energy mar-

A worker inspects solar panels at a solar farm in Dunhuang, 950 km (590 miles) northwest of Lanzhou, Gansu Province.

ket and the jobs that came with it.

And we’ve begun to change that,” the president went on. “As long as countries like China keep going all in on clean energy, so must we.”

The president’s “Bluepr int for a secure energy future,” published in 2011, promised the United States would “win the future through clean energy research and development.”

“Maintaining our leadership in research and development is critical to winning the future and deploying innovative technologies that will create quality jobs and move towards clean energy economy that reduces our reliance on oil,” it emphasized.

“A global race is under way to develop and manufacture clean energy technologies, and China and other countries are playing to win,” the president’s blueprint warned.

America invented the photovoltaic solar panel and installed the first megawatt-size wind turbine. “Yet today, China has moved past us in wind capacity, while Germany leads the world in solar.”

Twenty years of pain

The concept of a race is not confined to the United States. EU politicians, too, have often spoken about the bloc’s ambitious emissions targets and deployment of renewables as a source of economic advantage. If anything, the EU has been an even more ardent user of the leadership and race metaphors.

But doubts are starting to creep in.

EU politicians have begun to express concern about high energy costs and the damage it is doing to competitiveness, especially in energyintensive sectors like iron, steel and petrochemicals.

Much of the problem stems from differences in the price of gas as a

result of the U.S. shale revolution and the EU’s continued dependence on importing gas from Russia and other suppliers on long-term contracts at oil-linked prices.

But the cost of subsidies to support wind and solar power generation, most of which are added to customers’ energy bills, is also a growing source of anxiety for European industrialists and policy-makers.

Even the International Energy Agency (IEA), which has strongly supported the EU’s action to tackle climate change, has started to sound more cautious.

The IEA’s chief economist Fatih Birol has warned the EU could face an energy price gap for at least 20 years. “ To o m u c h o f t h e b l a m e f o r Europe’s high energy prices is being directed at its ambitions on climate change while the main factor — the high cost of imported energy — is being all but ignored,” Birol complained at a conference at Imperial College, London.

Nonetheless, he acknowledged the EU didn’t realize the seriousness of the competitive challenge. “Europe needs to pay more attention to the competitiveness agenda while keeping the climate agenda alive,” Birol said in the Financial Times Jan. 29.

Fossil fuel prices

In the first decade of the 21st century, U.S. and EU policy-makers were successfully convinced renewables would provide a cheaper, less volatile alternative to burning fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal, as well as being better for the environment.

But that prediction assumed oil and gas prices would continue rising inexorably as reserves ran out, and all countries would put an extra cost on

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burning fossil fuels through carbon taxes or emissions trading to limit greenhouse gases.

In p ra c t i c e, t ra d i n g p ro g ra m s have failed to generate sufficiently high carbon prices; an international agreement has not been concluded; taxes remain deeply unpopular; and the shale revolution has upended assumptions about the exhaustion of gas and oil reserves.

Official projections, such as those drawn up by Britain’s Department of Energy and Climate Change, continue to show fossil fuel prices rising in the medium and long term.

But in the real world, renewables and nuclear generation are struggling to compete against cheaper gas and coal.

Commitments to renewables have not produced the hoped-for boom in manufacturing and employment either. Wind and solar technologies are fairly simple to build. Most of the manufacturing has already shifted to low-cost factories in China.

Clean tech firms in the United States and the EU have responded by filing complaints about dumping and subsidies in China. The reality, however, is that neither economy has a durable comparative advantage in making photovoltaic cells or wind turbines.

If the cost of relying on fossil fuels does rise in the medium and long term countries that switch to wind, solar and nuclear will get an enor mous boost. But if fossil fuel prices stay low, renewables could start to look like an expensive disadvantage.

Britain’s Osborne is right. There are risks from getting too far ahead of the pack on clean technology and climate issues if the rest of the world does not follow.

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Brazil’s Coffee Belt grapples with rare threat: dry heat An unexpected heat wave has thrust many of Brazil’s coffee farmers into the unknown

By Reese Ewing espirito santo do pinhal, brazil / reuters

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n Brazil’s Coffee Belt, frost has long been the biggest risk for farmers and commodities traders alike. But after years of migrating to warmer regions, farmers here now find themselves scrambling to overcome an unusual phenomenon: blistering heat.

January was the hottest and driest month on record in much of southeastern Brazil, punishing crops in the country’s agricultural heartland and sending commodities prices sharply higher in global mar-

kets. As signs emerged that the world’s largest coffee crop was withering, futures prices shot up 26 per cent over a seven-day stretch to a nine-month high.

The heat wave has thrust many Brazilian coffee farmers into the unknown. January, typically the wettest month for the Coffee Belt, caught most farmers off guard, leaving them with few options but to count their losses.

A few, such as Marcio Diogo, a t h i rd - g e n e r a t i o n c o f f e e farmer in Espirito Santo do Pinhal in Sao Paulo state, are scrambling to install irrigation lines to limit those losses,

which may have reached 30 per cent of output on his 75-hectare (185.2-acre) farm, according to his count.

“My g ra n d f a t h e r s t a r t e d here 80 years ago... never seen a January like this,” Diogo said walking through a field of 25,000 freshly planted coffee trees that he ordered six months ago.

“I’ve had to water this field six times by tractor,” he went on, something he normally doesn’t have to do.

The drought couldn’t come at a worse time for Diogo and other farmers, who have struggled with weak global coffee

A fully formed coffee berry (l) is pictured next to a damaged coffee berry due to drought, in a coffee farm in Santo Antonio do Jardim February 6, 2014. photo: reuters

prices over the past two years.

It’s still unclear whether the recent spike in prices, in part driven by Brazil’s drought, will eventually offset the loss in output from the dry weather.

Celso Scanavachi, an agronomist at the local coffee co-operative Coopinhal, said farms in the region got only 10-12 centimetres (3.94.7 inches) of rainfall in January, less than half the month’s average precipitation.

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Espirito Santo do Pinhal, nestled along the border between two of Brazil’s biggest arabicagrowing states, Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo, is not alone.

Two hours to the north in southern Minas Gerais, which produces 25 per cent of Brazil’s coffee crop, between 4.5 and 8.6 centimetres of rainfall fell last month, when 26.5-30.1 centimetres are average. No doubt, 2014 will go down as the worst drought in recent history in Brazil’s Coffee Belt.

The impact, however, is still hard to gauge. The government estimated the crop at up to 50 million 60-kg bags before the drought, while market estimates put it at 60 million bags.

Future estimates will likely fall for several months as analysts and farmers get a more precise understanding of the damage.

“It’s clear there will be losses but nobody knows yet how big because this has never happened. We are in uncharted territory,” Lucio Dias said, a grower and sales director at Cooxupé, Brazil’s biggest coffee co-operative.

Whatever the damage, the world is unlikely to run out of coffee any time soon, thanks to the large stockpiles of beans amassed in recent years.

Accurately estimating the losses to the entire crop in Brazil, the world’s main supplier of natural — or sun-patio-cured — arabicas, is a monumental task fraught with complexity.

Overseeing a crew installing an irrigation line to a slope of three-year-old trees that are particularly at risk to dry weather due to their less developed roots and foliage, Diogo s u r ve ye d t h e yo u n g t re e s deceptively full of coffee fruit.

He reached down and stripped a bowlful of unripe coffee fruit and cut cross-sections through several of the fruit with his pocket knife showing voids inside where pale-green beans would normally be forming if there had been rain.

After testing coffee fruit on several trees of varying ages, Diogo estimated that he would harvest less than 40 bags a hectare this year, if he’s lucky, and not anywhere close to the 65 bags a hectare he brought in last season.

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Mix of farm innovations could take a bite out of world hunger An IFPRI study looked at the potential impact a range of technologies could have

By Karl Plume chicago / reuters

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tailored mix of farming technologies could significantly improve global food security by midcentury as the world’s population swells to a projected nine billion and the risk of adverse weather from climate change threatens crops and disrupts trade, according to a study published Feb. 12.

Global corn yields could jump by as much as 67 per cent by 2050, while wheat and rice yields may rise around 20 per cent if certain innovations are paired, the International Food Policy Research Institute said in a study titled “Food Security in a World of Natural Resource Scarcity.”

Wi d e s p re a d a d o p t i o n o f technologies, including biotech seeds, irr igation and no-till farming, could slice world food prices by nearly half and cut food insecurity by as much as 36 per cent, IFPRI said.

The study weighed the impacts of 11 different technologies on corn, rice and wheat yields, crop pr ices, trade and world hunger and found that certain combinations worked better than others. The findings could help identify practices that cashstrapped developing nations should target to combat hunger.

“The reality is that no single agricultural technology or farming practice will provide sufficient food for the world in 2050,” said Mark Rosegrant, the study’s lead author.

Farmers in the developing world would see the biggest overall yield gains. Droughttolerant grain should be targeted by producers in the Mi d d l e E a s t a n d p a r t s o f Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, while heat-tolerant varieties offer promising yield results in North America and South Asia, IFPRI said.

Yield gains from specific technologies were higher when combined with irrigation.

“We also find that a lot of these technologies can make really large impacts on the e n v i ro n m e n t a l s i d e,” s a i d Claudia Ringler, co-author of the study.

“We find reductions in harvested area needed to feed the world. We find much better outcomes on calorie availability, the number of malnourished children and generally the population at risk of hunger, and they use less natural resources,” she said.

IFPRI parsed the world’s arable farmland into 60x60kilometre (37.3x37.3-mile) squares and gauged the impact of 11 different technologies and practices on yields of staple grains corn, wheat and rice under two different climate change scenarios.

Positive yield findings were then plugged into an economic model that projected their impact on commodity pr ices, trade and food security.

IFPRI found that no-till farming boosted corn yields by 20 per cent. But when combined with irrigation, yields could rise 67 per cent. Corn yields in sub-Saharan Africa could double by 2050 with widespread adoption of irrigation and no till.

Drought-tolerant corn could bolster yields by 13 per cent in the United States and China, the top two corn consumers.

Heat-tolerant varieties of wheat could raise grain yields by 17 per cent and, when combined with irrigation, yields may jump 23 per cent.

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Senate hearing gets an earful about bees Some producer groups want access to imported replacements from the U.S.

By Alex Binkley CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

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anadian beekeepers need access to imported U.S. bees to help replace losses due to pesticides, overwintering stress, disease and parasites, beekeeping associations told the Senate agriculture committee recently.

Allan Campbell, president of Manitoba Beekeepers’ Association, said the number of bee colonies in the province had dropped to 73,000 from 85,000 a few years before high winter losses set in. The loss of colonies has knocked about 100 beekeepers from the business even though honey prices are higher. “Canada’s honey exports are down 7.4 per cent and the value of bee imports into Canada has increased from $2 million annually to nearly $7 million.

“This last winter, we lost 46 per cent of our bees,” he said. “We are in dire need in Manitoba, and we asked the government for an immediate end to the embargo on U.S. packaged bees. We are asking to be allowed to give the American packaged bee industry the chance to be measured against a health standard equal to the health level of the Canadian bee industry.

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“In Canada, we simply do not have the climate to produce enough new bees early enough in the year. Replacement hives are needed in April to give them time to grow strong for our nectar flow,” he said.

Weak colonies

Beekeepers are trying to overwinter weak bee colonies when it would be better to leave some hives empty for the winter and let the cold kill off mites and bacteria before restocking in the spring, he added. Canadian beekeepers “are expected to maintain our numbers by keeping these beehives fully stocked year

round, without a chance to place the equipment into cold storage, thereby breaking the pest cycle. With these hives in use by bees 365 days a year, they are also housing nosema spores, small-hive beetle and varroa mites year round.”

Beekeepers should be able to import “packaged bees that were treated for mites chemically before they were in our equipment. We would cut chemical residues from our hives, at the same time eliminating the risk of our miticide acting in synergy with neonicotinoids and other ag pesticides and overdosing our bees.

We must get off the chemical treadmill.”

The CFIA’s ban on imported American bees hasn’t prevented the introduction of mites and diseases into Canada, he said.

Jake Berg, president of the Saskatchewan Beekeepers’ Association, ranked disease control and pesticide poisoning as the biggest challenges facing the industry.

Both cause large risks to honeybees, beekeepers and the rest of agriculture. The varroa mite is the leading culprit because it has developed a resistance to the most common insecticides.

However, he urged caution in allowing bee imports into Canada as that will just bring new problems for beekeepers.

Pesticides

To mitigate damage to beehives from pesticides applied to field crops, farm and industry groups in Saskatchewan have developed a program called Driftwatch “to identify areas that need special care, to avoid bee damage and eventually other sensitive crops.”

“We do not expect that implementing of this program will resolve all the pesticide incidences, but we hope it is a step in the right direction.”

Kevin Nixon, a director of Alberta Beekeepers Commission, noted that a large number of hives from north-

ern Alberta are moved to British Columbia for the winter to improve their odds of winter survival.

Imported bees, covered by clearly written protocols, “could provide Canadian beekeepers with an attractive option for bee replacement,” he said. “Currently, we have been getting bees from New Zealand and Australia, and you can have too many eggs in one basket. Accessing bees from the U.S. may not be a fix but it may create another option for beekeepers.”

The bee industry across Canada had a rough year during 2013 mostly related to the weather, he said. In Alberta, pesticides aren’t nearly the problem that varroa mites and a parasitic infection called nosema cause.

“Another important factor is bee nutrition,” he said, noting intensive farming and loss of pollinator habitat is limiting bees’ diet. “When we are all well nourished, we are healthier. It’s the same for the bees.”

The CFIA needs to recognize that “regions within Canada are different and need to access packaged bees specifically from the U.S. so we have replacement stock to rebuild our beehives. Of course, this would be under protocols to ensure we are importing healthy bees.”

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Fertilization destabilizes global grassland ecosystems Adding nutrients — either intentionally or unintentionally — reduces species diversity University of Minnesota release

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new study led by University of Minnesota researchers demonstrates that fertilization of natural grasslands — either intentionally or unintentionally as a side-effect of global farming and industry — is having a destabilizing effect on global grassland ecosystems. Using a network of natural grassland research sites around the world called the Nutrient Network, the study represents the first time such a large experiment has been conducted using naturally occurring sites.

Led by Yann Hautier, a Marie Curie Fellow associated with both the department of ecology, evolution and behaviour at the University of Minnesota and the Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies at the University of Zurich, the research team

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included associate professors, Eric Seabloom and Elizabeth Borer, and research scientist Eric Lind, along with scientists from institutions around the world including Andy Hector at Oxford University’s department of plant sciences.

The findings were published on February 16 in the journal Nature.

The researchers found that

plant diversity in natural ecosystems creates more stable ecosystems over time because of less synchronized growth of plants.

“This is sometimes called the portfolio effect,” says Seabloom.

“If you have money in two investments and they’re both stocks, they’re going to track each other, but if one is a stock and one is a

bond, they’re going to respond differently to the overall economy and are more likely to balance each other.”

The researchers collected plants from each of the sites, then sorted, dried and weighed them to monitor the number of species of plants and total amount of plants, or “biomass,” grown over time.

They used this information to quantify species diversity and ecosystem stability.

“The results of our study emphasize that we need to consider not just how productive ecosystems are but also how stable they are in the long term, and how biodiversity is related to both aspects of ecosystem functioning,” says Andy Hector.

The researchers also found that grassland diversity and stability are reduced when fertilizer is added. Fertilizers are intentionally

used in grassland to increase livestock fodder.

Fertilizer addition is also occurring unintentionally in many places around the world because nitrogen, a common fertilizer, is released into the atmosphere from farming, industry, and burning fossil fuels. Rainfall brings nitrogen out of the atmosphere and onto grasslands, changing the growth and types of plant species. This study placed measured amounts of fertilizer on a portion of their research sites and measured the changes that ensued.

“What we find is that the stabilizing effect (of species diversity) is lost, and we have less stable ecosystems when we have more nutrients coming into that system,” says Borer. This, the researchers found, was due to more synchronized growth of plants, eliminating the “portfolio effect.”

Ohio Department of Agriculture finds new pig virus SDCV produces similar symptoms as PEDv but is a different virus reuters

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new swine virus, distinct from the deadly PEDv pig virus, has been found in pig fecal samples taken from four different farms in Ohio during January and early February, the Ohio Department of Agriculture said Feb. 12.

While the pigs that contracted the new virus, designated as Swine DeltaCoronavirus (SDCV), suffered from diarrhea, which is also a symptom of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) and transmissible gastroenteritis (TGE), the virus is different, state officials said.

Of the four Ohio farms where the virus was discovered, one tested positive for Swine DeltaCoronavirus, but negative for PEDv and TGE. The other three farms tested positive for both PEDv and Swine DeltaCoronavirus.

“This virus is closely related to a coronavirus detected in Hong Kong in 2012,” the Ohio Department of Agriculture said.

The discovery of the new virus strain comes as the U.S. pork industry is battling the spread of PEDv, which has killed up to an estimated four million pigs across 23 states since it was first discovered in the United States in April 2013.

A second strain of PEDv was identified last week by researchers at Iowa State University.

The virus cannot spread to humans or other species and poses no risk to food safety and further research needs to be completed in order to determine whether or not this virus is the cause of diarrheal disease in affected pigs, the Ohio Department of Agriculture said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 20, 2014

France moves to ban GM maize planting in short, long term

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Politicians are working on a permanent ban paris / reuters

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rance published a decree Feb. 17 to prevent the planting of genetically modified maize as a stopgap measure, while the government works on changes to domestic and European laws to ensure a longer-term ban.

The French gover nment, which maintains that GM crops present environmental risks, has been trying to institute a new ban on GM maize (corn) after a senior court twice str uck down similar measures.

But in a surprise move, the French Senate rejected a proposed domestic law banning GM maize crops with a majority of voters adopting a motion of inadmissibility claiming the attempt as unconstitutional.

The decree was timed to avert any sowing of GM maize by farmers before a law banning planting of GMOs (genetically modified organisms).

After the rejection at the Senate a new attempt to pass a domestic law banning GMO crops would need to be submitted through the other assembly, where the ruling party has a clear majority.

The gover nment said its decree would come into force following a three-week consultation period that runs to March 9. Annual sowing of maize in France gets underway in the second half of March. “ This will prevent there being a period during which GM maize could be sown,” a Farm Ministry spokesman said.

The current Socialist government, like its conservative predecessor, has opposed the growing of GMO crops in light of public suspicion and widespread protests from environmentalists.

Only one GMO variety is currently authorized for cultivation in the European Union — Monsanto’s MON810 insectresistant maize. A GM potato was cleared by the European Commission, but later blocked by a court.

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Dairy farmers seek co-operation in dealing with European cheese The new competition could cost the dairy sector $150 million if it can’t become more competitive

By Alex Binkley CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

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airy Farmers of Canada is hoping to team up with dairy processors to confront new competition for specialty cheese markets expected under the Canada-EU trade agreement, the organization’s president says.

Wally Smith told the recent DFC annual meeting that the extra access given to European specialty cheese makers came as a surprise but the challenge it presents is not unsurmountable.

The federal government has assured the dairy and poultry sectors that “it will stand firm in support of supply management. We still have full confidence that the government will do everything it can to assure our success.”

DFC will reach out to the Dairy Processors Association of Canada (DPAC) for talks on how two groups can adjust. “If the extra cheese imports aren’t managed properly, they will disrupt our processors just as much as us because they won’t be able to forecast how much milk they will need.”

DPAC president Don Jarvis said Smith’s comments were a welcome overture and agreed the influx of European cheese will be significant. “This amounts to an unprecedented

breach in the supply management system and we have to find a way to deal with it,” he said.

He noted that 20 years ago, the processors, farmers and Canadian Dairy Commission agreed that in the event of a major increase in dairy product imports, they should be allocated to the cheese companies so they could control their release into the market and prevent complete disruption.

“It’s our objective to work with the producers on this,” he said. “We’re reaching out to ever yone on this. It’s a wake-up call to our industry about becoming more cost competitive.”

When the preliminar y details about the European trade agreement were released last fall, dairy farmers were

shocked and fearful about the impact on supply management, Smith said. “We could see a giant wave of cheese coming across the water into our market.”

Under the deal the EU would receive an additional tarifffree access of 18,500 tonnes in addition to the 13,471 tonnes of access the EU already has. In the end, European access will reach 7.5 per cent of the Canadian cheese market. Imports from all countries will account for nine per cent of the Canadian market.

DFC has estimated that the extra cheese will lead to a $60,000-a-year drop in farm income. The total impact for the dair y sector would be about $150 million a year.

To add insult to injury, DFC spends $30 million a year

Poultry research gets a federal boost

of farmers’ money on product promotion, which helps imported cheese sales.

Canada faces ongoing international and domestic pressure to scrap its supply management system, Smith noted. But critics ignore the fact that Canadian retail dairy prices are lower than in most countries without a regulated production system.

“Everyone likes to say small business drives the economy, but then they try to leave dairy farms out of the equation,” he said. The Canadian dairy sector increased its number of Canadian jobs from 2009 to 2011 to just over 218,000. It contributes annually more than $3 billion in local, provincial and federal taxes.

Smith said the industry must focus on becoming

more competitive, modernizing its production system. “We have become too comfortable with the status quo and fear of doing things differently. If we continue down that path, it will lead to supply management becoming irrelevant.

Supply management is not an entitlement. It’s a privilege envied around the world. We are competitive and adjust to changing circumstances every year.”

The growing consolidation in the processing sector, where three companies control 80 per cent of the production, and in retail grocery business where three companies have 75 per cent of the market, is another reason for dairy farmers and processors to think about how to produce and sell their products, he added.

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Institutional interest in farmland grows Institutional investment can change crop mix, management and labour practices

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There is an estimated $10 billion in institutional capital looking to acquire U.S. farmland, and over the next 20 years, as the current generation of farmers retires, an estimated 400 million acres will change hands, according to the report issued by The Oakland Institute, a Calforniabased think-tank with a focus on agriculture.

“Driven by everything from rising food prices to growing demand for biofuel, the financial sector is taking an interest in farmland as never before,” said the report, which analyzed proper ty records

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“Driven by everything from rising food prices to growing demand for biofuel, the financial sector is taking an interest in farmland as never before.”

and other county and local property data, and other public records.

The repor t cited several “case studies” and says that the institutional investment influence in some situations alters decisions about which crops to plant, land management and labour practices.

The report acknowledged that individual farmers are still the biggest buyers of U.S. farmland, and says the trend of institutional ownership of farmland is still too new to draw general conclusions about its impacts. But the report said it is “crucial” for policy-makers to monitor the trend and “help ensure that farmers, and not absentee investors, are the future of our food system.”

The report cited three groups as being particularly influential so far in acquisitions of U.S. farmland: The Te a c h e r s I n s u r a n c e a n d Annuity Association-College Re t i re m e n t E q u i t i e s Fu n d ( TIAA-CREF), one of the largest pension funds in the world; Hancock Agricultural Investment Group (HAIG), part of the Hancock Natural Resource Group, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Manulife Financial Corp; and U B S A g r i ve s t , a l s o k n ow n as UBS Global Real EstateFarmland and a part of the Swiss-based UBS financial services company.

HAIG manages $2.1 billion of agricultural real estate and oversees roughly 290,000 U.S. farmland acres, according to its officials. UBS Agrivest has 113 farms totalling 183,000 acres in 15 states under management. The farms grow over 25 different crops, according to UBS. And TIAA-CREF said that it has roughly 125,000 acres of U.S. farmland.

James McCandless, head of UBS Global Real Estate, said that its properties are leased to local farm operators, mostly family farmers.

Institutional investors are driven by a desire to diversify portfolios and achieve the steady income stream benefits associated with farmland, he said.

Pr ices for U.S. far mland have been rising rapidly in recent years, driven partly by i n c re a s e d d e m a n d f o r food and livestock feed for an expanding global population and by the burgeoning biofuels industry. Prices have started to stabilize but are still sharply higher than they were a year ago, particularly for fertile ground in the Midwest w h e re c o r n a n d s oy b e a n s are grown.

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China to spend $330 billion to fight water pollution The goal is to improve water quality by 30 to 50 per cent beijing / reuters

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The plan is still being finalized but the budget has been set, exceeding the 1.7 trillion yuan ($277 billion) China plans to spend battling its more publicized air pollution crisis, the China Securities Journal reported, citing the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

It will aim to improve the quality of China’s water by 30 to 50 per cent, the paper said, through investments in technologies such as waste water treatment, recycling and membrane technology.

The paper did not say how the funds would be raised, when the plan would take effect, or what time frame was visualized, however.

Groundwater resources are heavily polluted, threatening access to drinking water, Environment Minister Zhai Qing told a news conference in the capital, Beijing, last week.

According to government data, a 2012 survey of 5,000 groundwater checkpoints found 57.3 per cent of samples to be heavily polluted.

China emits around 24 million tonnes of COD, or chemical oxygen demand, a measure of organic matter in waste water, and 2.45 million tonnes of ammonia nitrogen, into its water each year, Zhai said.

Over the next five years, China has previously estimated it will need to spend a total of 60 billion yuan to set up sludge treatment facilities, and a further 10 billion yuan for annual operation, the Environment Ministry says.

China is short on water to begin with but its water prob-

lems are made worse by its reliance on coal — which uses massive amounts of water to suppress dust and clean the fuel before it is burnt — to generate nearly 70 per cent of its electricity while self-sufficiency in food remains a key political priority.

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precisionpac.ca SEED/FEED/CROP INPUTS Specialty Crops Various CONTRACTS AVAIL FOR CARAWAY crop production, good return potential. For more info call Giesbrecht Seed Farm Ltd (204)829-3365.

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.

562 PPAC Classified 2014 MB.indd 9 1-800-667-4515 www.combineworld.com

Specialty Equipment FOR SALE BY TENDOR Unit #1- BEI Berry Cleaner & BEI Grading Conveyer Table Variable Speed Incline Conveyor & Blower Assembly, 120V 60HZ (15amp) circuit, approx. footprint 8x8-ft.

Used approx 5 seasons BEI Grading Conveyor table 15-ft.x40-in., adjustable table height (3-ft. to 5-ft.), Variable SPD, Main track 28-in. wide, Waste (reverse direction) track (each side) are 3-in. wide, 120V 60Hz (15 amp). Used 5 seasons Unit #2 - Lakewood Manufacturing Berry Destemmer Wet Destemmer w/SS & Rubber rollers, Capacity up to 10K lbs/hour, 120V or 240v, 60Hz, Purchased new in 2008 All equipment is in working condition & being sold as is. Items will be picked up at Warren, MB. Tenders may be submitted to Eastern Plains Saskatoons Inc. Equipment Tender c/o Box 1400 Stonewall, MB R0C 2Z0 Deadline for tenders March 7th, 2014 4:00pm

SEED/FEED/CROP INPUTS Pedigreed Pulses Various

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Shoal Lake - 204-759-2917

precisionpac.ca AUCTIONS/ANTIQUE SALES Antiques For Sale 1954 S CASE FULLY restored. Asking $2,000 OBO. Phone(204)825-2799 or Cell:(204)825-8340.

MULVEY “FLEA” MARKET. Osborne & Mulvey PPAC Classified Ave 2014E. MB.indd 4 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 SUN., MAR. 9TH, 10-4 MB Antique Association Sale. Browse our many tables to find a treasure.

Glassware, collectibles, Nostalgia. CanadInns Polo Park 1405 St Matthews Ave. Contact Kelly for more info (204)981-9616. Vendor spaces avail. Antiques & Collectibles (no crafts)

AUCTIONS/ANTIQUE SALES Antiques Wanted DOWNSIZING, BUYING OLD ADVERTISING sign, Gasoline & Oil, Soda Pop, Porcelain, Tin, Calenders, pre 1920 license plates. Old Red Wing Crocks, old cans & gas pumps. Coca-Cola machines. Antique & Collectible Collections. Anything w/Advertising on it. Oak furniture, Silver Coins, Pinball Machines, old toys & Collectible tins. Kelly (204)981-9616 or cccollector@hotmail.com Looking for a hand around the farm? Place a help wanted ad in the classifieds. Call 1-800-782-0794.

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LARGE FARM EQUIPMENT

Tuesday, March 4 | 10AM

17059 2nd St NE, Hillsboro, ND

LOCATION: From I-94 Exit 104 (Hillsboro, ND), east through town, take left on County Rd. 11, 6 miles east, 2 miles north, 1/4 mile east.

(County Rd. 11 goes north then east).

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AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: The Jennens’ are downsizing their farming operation. Most equipment has been shedded, and an excellent maintenance program is in place. Major equipment sells at 11:30 AM. Live online bidding available on major equipment.

Registration, terms, complete lot listing, photos & details at SteffesGroup.com

Lac du Bonnet

Beausejour

Winnipeg

Austin

Souris

Boissevain

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage

Westman

Waskada

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

Arborg

Interlake

Langruth Gladstone

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FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS

Lundar

Erickson

Hamiota

Reston

Crop Consulting

Gimli

Shoal Lake

Minnedosa

Virden

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Bioriginal Food & Science Corp., based in Saskatoon, are looking to contract Borage acres for the upcoming 2014 growing season.

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Great profit potential based on yield, prices and low input costs.

Attractive oil premiums and free seed delivery and on-farm pick-up.

Flexible contracting options available as well.

For more information, please contact Carl Lynn P.Ag. of Bioriginal at:

306-229-9976 (cell) 306-975-9295 (office) crops@bioriginal.com

SEED/FEED/CROP INPUTS Pedigreed Cereals Various DURAND SEEDS: CERT CARDALE, Carberry & Harvest wheat; Souris & Stride Oats; Conlon Barley; CDC Glas Flax; Mancan, Koma Buckwheat; Canola, Forage & lawn seed. (204)248-2268, (204)745-7577, NotreDame, MB. GREAT VOLUME DISCOUNTS on truck load Carberry Wheat & Tradition Barley. Also consider the solid yield advantages of Pinnacle Oats. Krym Farms Ltd (204)955-5562, Rosser.

JAMES FARMS LTD AC Carberry Wheat, Tradition Barley, Souris & Summit Oats, Hanley Flax, Forage seeds, various Canola, Sunflower & Soybean seed varieties. Custom processing, seed treating & delivery avail. Early payment discount. For info call (204)222-8785 or toll free 1-866-283-8785, Wpg. djames@jamesfarms.com LARGE QUANTITY OF CERTIFIED harvest wheat for sale, wholesale pricing & selling in truckload lots only. Also certified Newdale 2-Row malt barley. Inland Seed Corp. Binscarth MB. (204)683-2316.

PUGH SEEDS: CERT AC Barrie, Cardale, Kane Wheat, Conlon Barley, Souris Oats. Phone (204)274-2179 or (204)871-1467, Portage.

REAL ESTATE/RENTALS Land For Sale THE FOLLOWING PRIVATE LAND is being offered for sale: SE 2-24-11W, NW 26-25-12W, SW 35-25-12W, NW35-25-12W, SE 2-26-12W, NW 2-26-12W, SW 31-25-11W, NW 31-25-11W, SW 6-26-11W, NE 1-26-11W, SE 12-26-12W, SW 19-25-11W. The following Crown lands have been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural Development for transfer to the purchaser of the private lands listed as these lands are part of the farm unit held by Regan Wilkinson of Eddystone, MB. NE 28-23-11W, NE 02-26-12W, SE 33-23-11W, SE 35-25-12W, SE 34-23-11W, NE 35-25-12W, SW 34-23-11W, SW 35-23-11W, NW 35-23-11W, SE 35-23-11W, NW 02-24-11W, SW 01-24-11W, NE 02-24-11W, NW 01-24-11W, SW 12-24-11W, NW 19-25-11W, SE 12-24-11W, SW 19-25-11W, NE 12-24-11W, SW 30-25-11W, NW 36-23-11W, NE 36-25-12W, SW 36-23-11W, NW 14-01-10 1:57 PM 36-25-12W, NE 35-23-11W, NW 06-26-11W, SE 26-25-12W, SE 06-26-11W, NE 26-25-12W, SW 07-26-11W, NE 27-25-12W, SE 01-26-12W, NE 34-25-12W, NE 31-25-11W, SE 34-25-12W, SE 31-25-11W, NW 01-26-12W, NE 30-25-11W, SW 01-26-12W, NW 30-25-11W, SE 02-26-12W, SW 02-24-11W, SE 11-24-11W. If you wish to purchase the private land & apply for the Unit Transfer contact the Lessee: Regan Wilkinson at Box 1, Group 20, 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, MAFRD, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa, MB R0J 1E0; or Fax (204)867-6578.

4WD TRACTORS 2005 JD 9620, powershift, 4 hyd., 3,478 hrs., S/N030997 2006 JD 9520, Scraper Special, powershift, 4 hyd., 5,135 hrs., S/N042756 2010 JD 9430, deluxe cab, powershift, 5 hyd., 2,329 hrs., S/N016840 2008 JD 9230, deluxe cab, 6 hyd., 4,463 hrs., S/N002473 2006 JD 9120, deluxe cab, 5 hyd., 2,828 hrs., S/N9120040949 2003 JD 9120, deluxe cab, 5 hyd., 3,273 hrs., S/N010914 2002 JD 9120, deluxe cab, 5 hyd., 3,671 hrs., S/NP002038 14-01-10 1:57 PM MFWD TRACTORS

2002 JD 8420, MFWD, deluxe cab, 5,225 hrs., S/N009352 2006 JD 8130, MFWD, deluxe cab, 3,117 hrs., S/N005320 2004 JD 7820, MFWD, deluxe cab, JD 746 quick tach self-leveling loader, 6,622 hrs., S/N10452 1993 JD 4960, MFWD, shows 0575 hrs., S/N005214

2WD TRACTORS 2003 JD 6220, CAH, power quad, 2 hyd., 3 pt., 540 PTO, JD 620 loader, joystick control, S/N363430 1978 JD 4640, powershift, 3 hyd., power beyond, 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, 3,478 hrs., S/N002588R 1981 JD 4440, quad range, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 15,027 hrs., S/N045493R 1975 JD 4430, quad range, 2 hyd., 3 pt., 11,393 hrs., S/N047012R 1970 JD 4020, factory cab, gear, 2 hyd., 3 pt., shows 6,717 hrs., S/N231434 1963 JD 4010, open station, gas, 1 hyd., 3 pt., shows 2,659 hrs., S/NT43611 SKID STEER LOADER & ATTACH. 2007 JD 320, CAH, aux. hyd., quick tach, 70” bucket, rear weight pkg., 2,320 hrs., S/N153880 Skid steer loader bucket, 74”, grapple tine GPS EQUIPMENT To include: 2600 & Brown Box Displays COMBINES 2012 JD S690, Contour-Master, deluxe controls, PRWD, 26’ high cap. unloading auger, 591 sep. hrs., 962 engine hrs., S/N745655 2012 JD S670, Contour-Master, deluxe controls, PRWD, 26’ high cap. unloading auger, 595 sep. hrs., 936 engine hrs., S/N747012 2002 JD 9750, STS, ContourMaster, deluxe controls, PRWD, 3,561 sep. hrs., 5,484 engine hrs., S/N695954

1992 JD 9600, DAS, 4,525 sep. hrs., 2014 JD 2700 disc ripper, 7 shank, 7,527 engine hrs., S/N645536 30” front & rear discs 2012 JD 512 disc ripper, 9 shank, HEADS 30” space, S/N014631 To include: (2) ‘12 JD 618C, 2008 JD 3710 auto reset plow, 10 ‘09 JD 612C, ‘12 JD 640 flex draper, bottom, S/N004537 (2) JD 635, JD 630, JD930 ROW CROP EQUIPMENT GRAIN CARTS & 2013 Loftness Crop Logix pullGRAVITY WAGONS type stalk shredder, 1000 PTO, 2013 Brent Avalanche 1596 grain S/N59-125 cart, 1,500 bu.

1988 Yetter minimum till rotary 2002 Brent 876 grain cart, corner hoe, 40’ auger, S/NB18-850-141 SEMI TRACTORS 2002 Brent 620 grain cart, side & TRUCKS auger, S/N86-620264 1994 Peterbilt 377, flat top sleeper, 3176 Cat, 10 spd., shows 951,491 AIR DRILL, miles CARTS & DRILL 1990 Peterbilt 377, day cab, Series JD 1820 air seeder, 62’, cart 60 Detroit, Eaton Fuller 13 spd., S/N675324, seeding tool shows 1,035,290 mi.

S/N695322 1987 Freightliner day cab 2000 JD 1900 tow-behind twin screw, Formula 855 commodity cart, 350 bu.

Cummins, 9 spd., shows 913,789 3 compartment, S/N675324 miles JD 750 no till drill, 20’, set up for 1974 Ford 9000 twin screw cab & 15” space, S/N018986 chassis, Super 250 Cummins, 10 PLANTERS spd., Berts 18’ flatbed, 3,000 gal.

2009 JD DB88 CCS planter, fiberglass tank, 217,368 miles 48x22”, S/N730102 PICKUP & SUVS 2009 JD DB88 CCS planter, 2007 GMC 2500HD, Z71 crew cab, 48x22”, S/N735107 173,735 miles 2006 JD DB60 converted 36x22” 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe LT, shows planter, S/N700110 approx. 125,423 miles 2005 JD MaxEmerge XP DB 2003 Cadillac Escalade, loaded, planter, 48x22”, S/N110106 2WD, alum. wheels 1990 JD 7300 vacuum planter, 12x22”, S/N100863 HOPPER BOTTOM FIELD CULTIVATORS & OTHER TRAILERS 2004 JD 2210 field cultivator, 1995 Timpte aluminum hopper 64’, S/N000354 bottom, 42’x66” sides 2004 JD 2200 field cultivator, 1992 Wilson aluminum hopper 54’, S/N001235 bottom, 42’x66” sides 2003 JD 2210 field cultivator, 1992 Wilson aluminum hopper 54’, S/N000334 bottom, 48’x78” sides 2003 JD 2200 field cultivator, 50’ 1984 Wilson aluminum hopper JD 1060 field cultivator, 60’ bottom, 42’x66” sides 1986 Heil tandem axle water trailer HARROWS Mattson single axle header trailer, 2013 Unverferth 1225 rolling 30’ harrow, 60’ Unverferth Roadrunner HT 2013 Unverferth UM rolling tandem axle header trailer, 38’, harrow, 55’, S/NA57120104 S/ND43750120 Unverferth 1225 rolling harrow, Unverferth Roadrunner 636 55’, S/NA51140125 tandem axle header trailer, 36’, Unverferth 1235 rolling harrow, 50’ S/NA46960139 Summers Super Harrow, 40’, Unverferth 542 tandem axle S/NI1166 header trailer, 42’ Herman harrow, 60’, hyd. fold May tandem axle bumper hitch trailer, 22’, 17’ bed OTHER TILLAGE EQUIPMENT SPRAYERS & 2011 Summers Super Roller, 45’, ATTACHMENTS hyd. fold, 42” drum 2007 JD 4930 self-propelled 2004 JD 2400 chisel plow, 43’, full sprayer, 120’ boom, 1,200 gal. floating hitch, AccuDepth SS tank, 3,600 hrs., S/N002186 1993 JD 1650 chisel plow, 50’, JD L3220G4-11, New Leader twin tandems across spinner box for 4930 2012 JD 637 rock flex tandem 2011 JD 4830 self-propelled disc, 45’, 9” space, 24” blades sprayer, 100’ boom, 1,000 gal.

SS tank, 760 hrs., S/N013753

Summers Ultra Super Sprayer, 132’ boom, 1,250 gal. poly tank, S/NI0211 FERTILIZER & NH3 EQUIPMENT JD DN345 tandem axle fertilizer spreader, S/N002107 Mobility tandem axle fertilizer spreader Shop-built fertilizer tender Shop-built dry fertilizer bander applicator Horvick HT1325 tandem axle liquid caddy Alloway NH3 side dresser, 40’ HAY EQUIPMENT Frontier WR-2114 rake, S/N001195 2013 JD 569 Premium baler, S/N1E00569DLCD390097 Haukaas Quick Pick tandem axle bale hauler, S/N079019 GRAIN & CORN HANDLING EQUIPMENT REM 2500 heavy duty grain vac, shows 189.6 hrs., S/N8983 MC 690 continuous flow dryer Portable grain cleaning system, S/N14768, Crippen Model M-5472RH cleaner, with all discharge & fill augers, complete power panel, 4,952 hrs. on generator Kwik Kleen 7 tube cleaner, 7-1/2 hp.

Loftness GBI corn bagger, pulltype, 540 PTO, S/N52-172 Corn crop sweeper, 12x22”, for JD 612 corn head SCRAPER & DITCHERS JD 1810E direct hitch pan scraper, 18 yd.

Eagle 4-A ditcher, 1000 PTO, S/NST04650 KeWay rotary ditcher, 38”, 3 pt., 1000 PTO TRACTOR FORKLIFT JD 480A tractor forklift, shows 1,714 hrs.

CORVETTE & TRAVEL TRAILERS 2006 Chevrolet Corvette convertible, loaded, shows 29,650 miles 2012 Innsbruck Supreme 28 RLS tandem axle bumper hitch travel trailer 2006 R-Vision Trail Sport TS27QBS tandem axle bumper hitch travel trailer AUGERS & CONVEYORS UNVERFERTH SEED TENDERS OTHER EQUIPMENT TIRES & HUBS FARM SUPPORT ITEMS PARTS

JEREMY & SARA JENNEN, 218.770.9392 or Brad Olstad of Steffes Group, 701.237.9173 Steffes Group, Inc. 2000 Main Avenue East, West Fargo, ND 58078 Brad Olstad ND319, Scott Steffes ND81, 701.237.9173 | SteffesGroup.com TERMS: All items sold as is where is. Payment of cash or check must be made sale day before removal of items.

Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. $35 documentation fee applies to all titled vehicles. Titles will be mailed.

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REAL ESTATE/RENTALS

Land For Sale

Land For Sale

THE FOLLOWING PRIVATE LAND is being offered for sale: SE 31-31-15W, SW 32-31-15W. 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 farm unit held by Frank & Mervin Bass of Waterhen, MB. NE 30-31-15W, NW 30-31-15W, NW 31-31-15W, SW 31-31-15W, NW 12-33-15W, SE 12-33-15W, SW 12-33-15W, SW 01-32-16W, NE 02-32-16W, NW 02-32-16W, SW 02-32-16W, SE 13-32-16W, SW 13-32-16W. If you wish to purchase the private land & apply for the Unit Transfer contact the Lessee: Frank & Mervin Bass GD, Waterhen, MB R0L 2C0.

If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this Unit Transfer write the Director, MAFRD, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa, MB R0J 1E0; or Fax (204)867-6578.

The following Private Land is being offered for sale: SE 1-29-17W, NW 31-28-16W. 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 farm unit held by Steven Sliworsky & Tracy Bartels of Rorketon, MB. NE 19-28-16W, NW 19-28-16W, SE 19-28-16W, SE 30-28-16W, SW 30-28-16W, NE 31-28-16W, SW 31-28-16W, SW 05-29-16W, NW 17-29-16W, SW 17-29-16W. If you wish to purchase the private land & apply for the Unit Transfer contact the Lessee Steven Sliworsky or Tracy Bartels at Box 83, Rorketon, MB R0L 1R0. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this Unit Transfer write the Director, MAFRD, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0; or fax (204)867-6578.

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REAL ESTATE/RENTALS Land For Sale FARM LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER IN THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF DUFFERIN. PARCEL I: SE 1/4 19-6-4 WPM EXCEPTING - ALL THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY OF MANITOBA. PARCEL II: SW 1/4 19-6-4 WPM EXCEPTING FIRSTLY - THE NLY 1287-FT OF THE WLY 880-FT. SECONDLY - ALL THAT PORTION DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT A POINT IN THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF SAID QUARTER SECTION DISTANT ELY FROM THE WESTERN LIMIT OF SAID QUARTER SECTION 880-FT; THENCE EAST ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF SAID QUARTER SECTION 713-FT; THENCE SOUTH PARALLEL TO THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF SAID QUARTER SECTION 1221FT; THENCE WEST PARALLEL TO THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF SAID QUARTER SECTION 713-FT; THENCE NORTH AND PARALLEL WITH THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF SAID QUARTER SECTION 1221-FT TO THE POINT OF COMMENCEMENT. THIRDLY - ROAD PLAN NOS. 1086 MLTO AND 1173 MLTO. PARCEL III: ALL THAT PORTION OF SE 1/4 19-6-4 WPM TAKEN FOR RAILWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY PLAN 779 MLTO (C DIV) EXCEPTING THEREOUT - ALL MINES AND MINERALS AS IN DEED 92-7809 MLTO. TENDER MUST BE for the entirety of the land described above, and all buildings attached thereto.

SEALED TENDERS TO PURCHASE the land will be received by: QUEEN’S BENCH B28-25 Tupper Street North Portage la Prairie MB R1N 1M9 until 4:30pm March 19, 2014. SEALED TENDERS will be opened at a session of the Court of Queen’s Bench at 12:00 noon March 20, 2014 or so soon after as this matter may be heard at: QUEEN’S BENCH COURT HOUSE 20-3rd Street South East Portage la Prairie MB R1N 1M9. TERMS OF TENDER ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. Each Tender shall be in writing and in a sealed envelope, plainly marked as to its contents and shall be submitted with a certified cheque payable to GREENBERG & GREENBERG, IN TRUST, in an amount equal to 5% of the tender price. 2. If the Tender is accepted, the certified cheque shall become a non-refundable deposit.

If the Tender fails to complete the purchase of the property the Seller shall retain the deposit as liquidated damages. On March 21, 2014 unsuccessful Tenders will have their certified cheques returned to them by regular mail. 3. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by cash, certified cheque, or lawyer’s trust cheque and trust conditions on May 1, 2014 (the Closing Date). 4. Vacant possession will be provided on Closing Date. 5. The Buyers will pay the 2014 taxes. 6. The Vendors will pay all the property taxes and penalties relating to taxes accruing to December 31, 2013. 7. The Tenderer will pay the applicable Goods and Services Tax or provide an acceptable undertaking to self-assess.

8. Time is to be of the essence in submission of tender and closing of sale. 9. Highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. 10. The Purchasers rely entirely on their own knowledge and inspection of the property independent of any representations made by or on behalf of the owners. 11.

This sale is by order of the court in the matter of Derksen v. Derksen, Queen’s Bench File No. FD 13-03-00909. For further particulars and inspection contact: John A. Jones Greenberg & Greenberg Box 157 Portage la Prairie MB R1N 3B2. Phone (204)857-6878.

ANNOUNCEMENTS BASF KNOWLEDGE HARVEST -- Join growers from your area to watch live plant demonstrations, speak to experts about what is new with biologicals & get strategies for managing herbicide resistance from industry leaders. Hear from acclaimed visionary & financial analyst Richard Worzel about the future of agriculture. Register now at www.agsolutions.ca/knowledgeharvest Feb 25th Lethbridge - Feb 27th Portage la Prairie March 4th Regina - March 6th Saskatoon March 11th Yorkton - March 13th Edmonton If you want to sell it fast, call 1-800-782-0794.

AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland MEYERS GUN AUCTION. 10:00am Sat., Mar. 1st, 2014 Arden, MB. Handguns; Rifles; Shotguns; Ammunition. To Consign call (204)476-6262 Bradley Meyers Auctioneer www.meyersauctions.com

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AUTO & TRANSPORT Auto & Truck Parts

BUILDINGS

STEEL SERVICE TOOLBOX FOR 1/2, 3/4 or 1-ton truck, 6-compartment, 79-in wide, 8-ft long, front of box to middle of axle 58-59-in, good shape, $750 OBO. Phone:(204)669-9626.

FOR SALE: 1 FUTURE steel building X frame model, dimension 110-ft. long x 40-ft. wide x 21-ft. high, all steel building, asking $55,000.

(204)867-2436, (204)868-1212.

AUTOS/TRUCKS/TRAILERS Autos

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1994 Peterbilt 377 N14 Cummins 460-HP, 18-SPD, 60-in. sleeper mid roof, American Class interior, 11R24.5 tires, new front tires, 4,400 US gal stainless steel tank, 285-in. wheelbase, tandem (204)534-0070 TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2005 Freightliner Columbia Mercedes 450 HP, 13 SP, 3:90 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, 40000-lbs Rear, 22.5-in Aluminum Wheels, 244-in Wheel Base, 1,184,389-kms. $18,000.00 TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2005 IHC 9900I Cummins ISX 500 HP, 18 SP, 3:73 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, 40000-lbs Rear, 22.5in Aluminum Wheels, 244-in Wheel Base, 72-in Mid-Rise Bunk, Four-Way Differential Locks, 1,428,989-kms. $29,000.00

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TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2005 IHC 9900I Cummins ISX 475 HP, 13 SP, 3:73 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, 40000-lbs Rear, 22.5in Aluminum Wheels, 244-in Wheel Base, 72-in Mid-Rise Bunk, 1,409,137-kms. $19,000.00

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TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2006 Volvo 630 D12 465 HP, 18 SP Autoshift, 4:30 Gear Ratio, 14600-lbs Front, 46000-lbs Rear, 22.5in Aluminum Wheels, 240-in Wheel Base, 927,814-kms. $27,000.00

TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2007 Western Star 4900SA Detroit 515 HP, 18 SP, 3:91 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, Super 40000-lbs Rear, 22.5-in Aluminum Wheels, 209-in Wheel Base, Four-Way Differential Locks, New Rebuilt Engine, 759,564-kms. $40,000.00 TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2008 Peterbilt 388 Cummins ISX 450 HP, 13 SP, 3:55 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, 40000-lbs Rear, 22.5-in Aluminum Wheels, 244-in Wheel Base, 63in Mid-Rise Bunk, Three-Way Differential Locks, 1,005,456-kms. $39,000.00 TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2009 Kenworth T800 Cummins ISX 525 HP, 18 SP, 4:10 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, Super 40000-lbs Rear, 22.5-in Aluminum Wheels, 196-in Wheel Base, Four-Way Differential Locks, 866,438-kms. $59,000.00 TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2009 Peterbilt 388 Cummins ISX 450 HP, 18 SP, 3:55 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, 40000-lbs Rear, 22.5-in Aluminum Wheels, 244-in Wheel Base, 63in Mid-Rise Bunk, Three-Way Differential Locks, 1,145,366-kms. $49,000.00 TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2010 Peterbilt 388 Cummins ISX 550 HP, 18 SP, 4:10 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, Super 40000-lbs Rear, 22.5-in Aluminum Wheels, 244-in Wheel Base, 63-in Mid-Rise Bunk, Three-Way Differential Locks, 779,362-kms. $65,000.00

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027

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CONSIGNMENT GUN AUCTION Sat., Mar. 22 @ 9:30 am

Stonewall, MB - #12 Patterson Dr Book Your Guns in NOW !! to Receive our Coast to Coast Advertising Program

Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027

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For custom herbicides as unique as your fields, visit: Crop Production Services Inc.

Hargrave - 204-748-1126

precisionpac.ca CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT D6C CAB LGP, NEED motor work; D7, had fire under seat; 96 EX200 LC Hitachi excavator, Q/C bucket, will take feed grain in trade. (204)352-4306.

FARM MACHINERY FARM MACHINERY Fertilizer Equipment

PRICE TO CLEAR!!

B-Gr. coloured......................70¢/ft.2

* Yard * Tools * Household * Antiques *

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.

SUKUP Grain Dryers For Sale: 1 or 3 ph, LP/NG, canola screens. Discount pricing now in effect. Call for more info (204)998-9915

FARM MACHINERY Grain Elevators 80-FT. BUCKET ELEVATING LEG w/3 phase 10-HP electric motor. Phone (204)886-3304.

FARM MACHINERY Haying & Harvesting – Various

Rebuild hydraulic cylinders Roller mills regrooved MFWD housings rebuilt Steel and aluminum welding Machine Shop Service Line boreing and welding

Penno’s Machining & Mfg. Ltd. Eden, MB 204-966-3221 Fax: 204-966-3248

Check out A & I online parts store www.pennosmachining.com

Combines FARM MACHINERY Combine – Case/IH 2011 CASE IH 8120 Combine. 569 Sep Hrs. Field ready. Lge Tube rotor, long auger. Lux Leather cab, Pro 600 Display. Fine cut chopper, Bean concaves avail. Can store & Defer Pay until Aug 1, 2014. $234,000. David (204)746-4779.

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Caterpillar Lexion

2008 LEXION 585R COMBINE. 1,121 Sep Hrs. Ag TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 leader 1:57 autosteer/Y&M, 35-in tracks, RWA, P516 Classified 2014 MB.indd 8 14-01-10 PM 2012 Peterbilt 386 Cummins ISX 562 450PPAC HP, 13 SP, LINKBELT LS98 CRAWLER CRANE 50-ft. boom, header, auto contour, HP Fdr, MAV chopper, Cebis, 3:90 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, 40000-lbs Rear, CAT D318 motor, long under carriage c/w all rigSm. Grain & Corn Sieves, 2 sets APS Grates. Elec.

22.5-in Aluminum Wheels, 206-in Wheel Base, ging including 1 1/4-yd & 1 1/2-yd buckets for Hopper Fold. Excel shape. Field ready. Full dealer Three-Way Differential Locks, Wet Kit, dredging gravel machine, ready to go to work, service history available. $239,000.

David 168,566-kms. $79,000.00 $15,000 OBO. Phone:(204)669-9626.

(204)746-4779.

AUCTION SALE Stonewall, MB - #12 Patterson Dr

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

FARM MACHINERY Grain Dryers

Franklin - 204-476-2668

precisionpac.ca FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories GOODS USED TRACTOR PARTS: (204)564-2528 or 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB.

Multi-coloured millends.........49¢/ft.

93 NH 973 FLEX, PU reel, 30-ft. good working order, $8,900; 98 NH 973 30-ft., crary air reel, poly skids, $12,900. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com

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Ask about our blowout colours...65¢/ft.2 Also in stock low rib white 29 ga. ideal for archrib buildings BEAT THE PRICE INCREASES CALL NOW

FOUILLARD STEEL SUPPLIES LTD. ST. LAZARE, MB. 1-800-510-3303

BUILDINGS AFAB INDUSTRIES IS YOUR SUPERIOR post frame building company. For estimates and information call 1-888-816-AFAB(2322).

Website: www.postframebuilding.com CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in place & finish of concrete floors. Can accommodate any floor design. References available. Alexander, MB. 204-752-2069.

herbicides

For custom herbicides as unique as your fields, visit: Crop Production Services Inc.

Glenboro - 204-827-2842

precisionpac.ca Do you want to target Manitoba farmers? Place your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator. Manitoba’s best-read farm publication.

562 PPAC Classified 2014 MB.indd 7

Harvest Salvage Co. Ltd. 1-866-729-9876 5150 Richmond Ave. East BRANDON, MB. www.harvestsalvage.ca New, Used & Re-man. Parts

Tractors Combines Swathers The Real Used FaRm PaRTs sUPeRsToRe Over 2700 Units for Salvage • TRACTORS • COMBINES • SWATHERS • DISCERS Call Joe, leN oR daRWIN (306) 946-2222 monday-Friday - 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

WATROUS SALVAGE WaTRoUs, sK. Fax: 306-946-2444

FYFE PARTS

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”

www.fyfeparts.com

FARM MACHINERY Combine – Accessories

CIH 820 20-FT., $1,500; 95-99 CIH 1020 25-ft., poly skids, nice start $7,900.00; 96-02 CIH 1020 30-ft., poly skids, nice start, $10,900; 010-CIH 2020 30-ft., poly skids, recond., $18,900; 07-010 CIH 2020 35-ft., poly skids, recond., start $18,900.

Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com JD 216 16-FT. $1,950; JD 920 20-ft., poly skids, recond. $6,900; JD 924 24-ft. steel pts., poly skids, $4,950; JD 925 25-ft., steel pts., poly skids $4,500; 01 JD 925 25-ft., poly pts., poly skids, F/F auger, recond., $13,950; 3, JD 930 30-ft., steel pts., poly skids, start at $3,950; 2, 2003 JD 930 poly skids, F/F auger, recond. $15,900.00; 03 JD 930 air reel, poly skids, F/F auger, recond. $20,900; 04-06 JD 630 Hydra Flex, poly skids, HD auger, start at $14,900; 04-011 JD 635 Hydra Flex, poly skids, mint start at $14,900. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com JD 843 8 ROW, 30-in., totally reconditioned, mint $14,500; JD 893 8 row, 30-in., field ready $19,500.

Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com

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AUTO & TRANSPORT

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.

Crop Production Services Inc.

Combine ACCessories

BE AN AUCTIONEER. (507)995-7803 www.auctioneerschool.com

AUTO & TRANSPORT Auto & Truck Parts

For custom herbicides as unique as your fields, visit:

Rebuilt Concaves

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

Sat., Mar. 1 @ 10:00 am

Landmark - 204-355-4061

CUSTOM BIN MOVING Book now! Fert Tanks.

Hopper Bins/flat. Buy/Sell. Call Tim (204)362-7103 or E-mail Requests binmovers@hotmail.com

herbicides

MURPHY SALVAGE New & used parts for tractors, swathers, square & round balers, tillage, 14-01-10 1:57 562 PPAC Classified combines, 2014 MB.indd 6 AUTO BODY SHOP AND Equipment in Baldur MB. press drills & other misc machinery. MURPHY SAL12 WHEEL KUHN speed rake model SR112, 60-ft x 30-ft, wood frame w/metal roof, built in 1980.

VAGE (204)858-2727 or toll free 1-877-858-2728. $6,500; JD 3130 w/Leon loader, $5,900; WANTED: Would sell building only, Priced right.

TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 Cockshutt 560 & Cockshutt 1250 tractors for parts (204)245-0165.

PARTING OUT TRACTORS: CASE 830, 930, 2006 Western Star 4900 Mercedes 450 HP, 10 SP or complete.

562 PPAC Classified 2014 MB.indd 3 14-01-10 1:57 (204)685-2124 PM 1270; Cockshutt 30 & 40; Oliver 70 & others.

Eaton Autoshift, 12000-lbs Front, 40000-lbs Rear, Trucks: Ford 900, 800 & 700; CL 9000 & other old22.5-in Aluminum Wheels, New 20-ft Cancade VERMEER REBEL BALER W/GATHERING CHEMICALS er trucks 1/2-Ton to 1-Ton. Lots of good truck & Grain Box, Remote Gate & Hoist, 1,045,311-kms. wheels & electric tie, made less than 2,500 bales, combine axles, tires & rims. Good 1020 truck tires. $65,000.00 $15,000; Also JD 6 wheel hay rake, $1,100. Phone (204)685-2124 TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 (204)571-6258, Brandon.

2007 IHC 9900I Cummins ISX 500 HP, 18 SP, 3:58 WISCONSIN MOTOR PARTS FOR VG4D: crank Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, 40000 lbs Rear, 22.5shaft, heads, fly wheel, starter, manifold & carb, in Aluminum Wheels, 244-in Wheel Base, 72-in $750 OBO. Phone:(204)669-9626.

Mid-Rise Bunk, Three-Way Differential Locks, Rebuild combine table augers 1,356,565-kms. $37,000.00

75 truckloads 29 gauge full hard 100,000PSI high tensile roofing & siding. 16 colours to choose from.

Estate & Moving

For custom herbicides as unique as your fields, visit:

FARM MACHINERY Irrigation Equipment

4 TWISTER 5,650-BU HOPPER bins, Rocket Aeration, $11,500 each. Will negotiate for mult bins. To be moved or would negotiate to be used on site.

Would consider renting as well. Two 5,000-bu Westeel’s on hoppers, $8,900 each. Have cross channel for aeration. David (204)746-4779.

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.

1980 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL, 2-DR, 352 motor, could be easily restored. $750 OBO Phone: (204)669-9626.

AUTO & TRANSPORT Semi Trucks & Trailers

FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins

HEADER TRAILERS & ACCESSORIES. Arc-Fab Industries. 204-355-9595 charles@arcfab.ca www.arcfab.ca We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the Manitoba Cooperator classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today. We have friendly staff ready to help.

1-800-782-0794.

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

NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS NEW COMBINE PARTS Large Inventory of new and remanufactured parts

STEINBACH, MB. Ph. 326-2443 Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727 Fax (204) 326-5878 Web site: farmparts.ca E-mail: roy@farmparts.ca FARM MACHINERY Sprayers 2009 SpraCoupe 4660 80-ft. booms, 400-gal tank, three sets of tires, crop dividers, automatic, trimble autosteer, raven rate control, teejet overlap control, tow hitch, 800-hrs, also have custom made trailer for hauling sprayer, water & chemical, semi pull, $90,000.

Call with any questions (204)534-0070

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LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – John Deere

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Maine-Anjou

BRED COW SALE

2002 JD 9120 P.S., 1,000 PTO, 3-PTH, 900 metric duals, 6,065-hrs, $119,000. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com

2 SETS 4-FT FLEXI-COIL mounted packers w/12in spacing. Call (204)662-4432, cell (204)264-0693 Sinclair, MB.

STEWART CATTLE CO. & GUESTS BULL SALE 40 Black Angus bulls & 8 Simm Cross Angus bulls, 11 PB Angus Heifers, February 27th, 2014 at 1:30pm Neepawa Ag-plex, Neepawa, MB. Contact Brent Stewart (204)773-2356 home, (204)773-6392 cell. View catalogue online at www.stewartcattle.com stewartcows@wificountry.ca

WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM BULL sale April 12, 1:00pm Grunthal Auction Mart, featuring 18 Red & Black polled yearling Maine-Anjou Bulls. 18 yearling Red Angus Bulls. Also new this year 18 yearling & 2-yr old Charolais Bulls from Walking Plow Charolais, videos of the bulls will be online at www.wilkinridge.blogspot.ca early in March. For more info call Sid Wilkinson (204)373-2631.

GLADSTONE AUCTION MART Friday, March 7th at 11:00am

Complete Herd dispersal for JAG Farms Ltd of Gladstone, MB 60 Limo Shorthorn cross cows Most are age verified & home raised 25 cows are bred Black Limousin the rest are bred Shorthorn The Bulls where expose July 1st Plus one, 2 year old PB Black Limousin Bull & one, 4 year old papered PB Shorthorn bull To consign to this sale Phone Tara Fulton manager at the mart (204)385-2537 the cows should be in the mart by 1:00pm on Thurs. for Preg checking License # 1108

4630, 3-PTH, FRONT WEIGHTS 20.8x42 w/hob duals; 4250 w/3-PTH; 4240 w/cab, good tires; 3010 w/48 FEL; 280, 158 & 148 loaders; F11 Farmhand FEL. (204)828-3460 850 JD COMPACT UTILITY tractor, DSL, 3-PTH, 2155-hrs, $4500; 2010 tractor DSL jobber, 3-PTH, VGC, 4755-original hrs, original paint, $4500.

Phone(204)522-5428.

FOR SALE: JD 2555 MFWD, CAH, 3pt, w/245 loader; JD 2755 MFWD, CAH, 3pt, w/245 loader; JD 2950 MFWD, 3pt, painted, w/265 FEL; JD 4250 MFWD, powershift; JD 4440 82, Quad, 7,000-hrs; JD 4450 MFWD, Quad; JD 4640 Quad, 3pt; JD 6420 MFWD, Auto-Quad w/LHR, 24spd, 3pt, w/640 loader; JD 6430 MFWD, 3pt, 20-spd, w/LHR, premium, w/673 loader, grapple, 5,800-hrs; JD 7720 MFWD, 3pt, 20spd, w/LHR, w/746 FEL, grapple. All tractors can be sold w/new or used tractors. Mitch’s Tractor Sales Ltd. Box 418, St.Claude, MB, R0G 1Z0. Phone:(204)750-2459.

NEW JD 741 FEL, frames for 20/30 series. $13,900. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com

SEE AD UNDER CATTLE VARIOUS FOR CONSIGNMENTS

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Ford

REGULAR BUTCHER & FEEDER SALE

FORD 7700 W/FEL, 7710 w/cabs & 3-PTH. Good condition, $14,000- $24,000. Phone (204)322-5614.

SPECIAL CHAROLAIS FEEDER SALE

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Versatile

Every Friday 9AM

Friday, March 7

NEXT SHEEP & GOAT SALE Wednesday, March 5 @ 1:00 pm Gates Open: Mon.-Wed. 8AM-4PM Thurs. 8AM-10PM Friday 8AM-6PM Sat. 8AM-4PM

We have 7 to 10 local buyers and orders and 7 to 8 regular order buyers on our market.

“Where Buyers & Sellers Meet” For more information call: 204-694-8328 Jim Christie 204-771-0753 Scott Anderson 204-782-6222 Mike Nernberg 204-807-0747

www.winnipeglivestocksales.com Licence #1122

GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK AUCTION MART. LTD.

Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519

GRUNTHAL, MB.

AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING

REGULAR CATTLE SALES

every TUESDAY at 9 am Feb 25th Monday, February 24th Sheep & Goat Sale with Small Animals 12:00 Noon

Sales Agent for

HIQUAL INDUSTRIES

We also have a line of Agri-blend all natural products for your livestock needs. (protein tubs, blocks, minerals, etc)

For on farm appraisal of livestock or for marketing information please call

Harold Unrau (Manager) Cell 871 0250 Auction Mart (204) 434-6519 MB. Livestock Dealer #1111

WWW.GRUNTHALLIVESTOCK.COM

Tillage & Seeding

FOR SALE:1985 836 Designation 6. Very nice condition, next to new radial tires all around, 15-spd trans, w/PTO. Asking $35,000 OBO. Phone: (204)743-2145 or (204)526-5298.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – 2 Wheel Drive STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER specializing in JD tractors in need of repair or burnt, or will buy for parts. JD parts available. Phone: 204-466-2927 or cell: 204-871-5170, Austin.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous 24-FT OCEAN STORAGE CONTAINER, excellent shape, asking $3850, can be delivered; 45-ft extendable Hallin semi rafter trailer, good shape, asking $3900; Case 730 gas tractor, good tires, 3-PTH, w/7-ft Allied snowblower, asking $3700; 48-ft Fruehauf semi storage trailer, good condition, asking $4000. (204)728-1861 DISCS: JD 335 30-FT, $10,500; JD 300 22-ft $9,500; Bushog 21-ft $7,000, 25-ft $7,500; IH #490 25-ft $7,500; Krause 16-ft $5,000; JD 15-ft $5,000; Rowcrop cultivators 4-12R, Call; Lilliston 6-8R DMI rippers 5 & 7 shank $8,900 up; JD 7000 planter 8-30 $5,500; #7100 3PT 8-30 $4,000; Phoenix harrow 42-ft $9,500, 53-ft, as new, $18,000; Summers heavy harrow 70-ft $12,000; Scrappers Midland 8.5-yd $8,000; Soilmover 7.5-yd $8,000; Eversman 6.5-yd $6,500; Fieldmaster 4-yd $3,900.

Phone:(204)857-8403.

FOR SALE: 1975 SILAGE truck Chev 366 5-SPD, 2-SPD axle, tilt hood w/attached David batch mixer (approx 4,000-lbs) w/scale, $4,000 OBO. Phone (204)672-0061 SCREENERS DUAL STAGE HICAP 5-48 $2,500; DMC 54 $5,000; Hutch 3000 $5,000, Hutch 1500 $2,200; Kwik Kleen 5 tube $4,000, 7 tube $5,000; Small Screener $200; Eversman V-Ditcher $2,000; UFT 3PH Rotary Ditcher $1,250; Degelman 14-ft rock rake $7,900; Double axle dolly $2,000, Single Axle dolly $2,000; 35.5 x 32 tires w/rims off log skidder $4,000 OBO; JD rops canopy $450; Tractor cab $600; Pallet fork for skidsteer 48-ft new $850, extensions $475. Phone:(204)857-8403.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

• Sprayed foam insulation • Ideal for shops, barns or homes • Healthier, Quieter, More Energy Efficient®

www.penta.ca

1-800-587-4711

IRON & STEEL 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.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus ANDERSON CATTLE CO Bull Sale, Mar. 29th, 2014 1:00pm at the farm, Swan River, MB. 50, Two Yr Old & Yearling Red & Black Angus Bulls. www.andersoncattle.ca or (204)734-2073 for a catalog.

EDIE CREEK ANGUS has 30 Meaty, Moderate, Maternal, Black & Red Angus bulls for sale. March 15th at Ashern Auction Mart. Easy Calving, Easy Fleshing. Developed as 2 yr olds to breed more cows for more years! Great temperaments, many suitable for heifers. www.ediecreekangus.com (204)232-1620 F BAR & ASSOCIATES: Angus bulls for sale.

Choose from 20 two-year old & yearling Red & Black Angus bulls. Great genetics, easy-handling, semen-tested, delivery available. Call for sale list.

Inquiries & visitors are welcome. We are located in Eddystone, about 20-mi E of Ste. Rose, or 25-mi W of Lake Manitoba Narrows, just off Hwy #68. Call Allen & Merilyn Staheli at (204)448-2124 or Email: amstaheli@inethome.ca HAMCO CATTLE CO. 16TH Annual Angus Bull Sale, Sat. March 15th, 2014 (1:00pm) at the farm South of Glenboro, MB. Selling approx. 60 yearling & 20, 2-yr old Red Angus & 40 yearling & 2, 2-yr old Black Angus bulls. Many are AI & some are ET. Semen tested, free delivery, delayed payment plan.

Call for catalogue or view online at: www.hamcocattleco.com. Albert, Glen & Larissa Hamilton (204)827-2358 or (204)526-0705; Dr David Hamilton (204)822-3054 or (204)325-3635 JOIN US WED., MAR. 12th at 1:00pm for Triple V Ranch 2 yr old Red & Black Angus bull sale. On offer 60, 2 yr old Red & Black Angus & Simm Angus bulls. This will be a video sale, come early to view the bulls. Lunch will be served at 12:00pm noon, followed by the sale in our heated sale barn. Triple V Ranch is located 1-mi West of Medora & 2.5-mi South on Rd 144W. For more info contact Dan (204)665-2448, cell (204)522-0092 or Matt (204)264-0706.

RIDGE SIDE RED ANGUS: (3)2-yr old, 15 Reds & 1 Black yearling bulls for sale. From top AI sires, semen tested, guarented, will keep & feed till you need & deliver. Call Don:(204)422-5216 or visit our website@ ridgesideredangus.com

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

John Deere1830 41 Ft Air Seeder with 1910 Seed Cart

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Case/IH

1976 JD 4430 QUAD Range Trans, 18.4-38 duals, good running order, $12,900. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com

The Icynene Insulation System®

PRICED TO SELL!

TracTors

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – John Deere

HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING

ONLY A FEW PIECES LEFT

JD 1997 750 15-FT no-till drill. Rebuilt w/new blades, seed boots, & rubber. All bearings & seals checked over, very nice machine, $24,000 OBO. Phone (204)822-3005, Morden.

1993 7140 MFD 4-SPD reverse w/710 loader & gravel, 4 new radial tires & 60% duals, new seat, runs good, $40,000 w/loader. Phone (204)827-2629 or (204)526-7139.

WANTED TO BUY #6200 International press drill w/factory transport, must be field ready, other makes will be considered. Call Cliff:(204)423-2195 (204)269-1481.

FARM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Seeding

1981 MODEL 1086 W/DUALS 3-PTH, Ezee On FEL. Phone (204)797-7049.

WANTED: 20-FT JOHN DEERE or Morris Hoe Drill. Phone Keith (204)873-2240 or (204)825-7196.

Seeded approx 5000 acres

John Deere TRACTOR 8360 R 1104 Hrs FWA

2013 Harriston 8 Row Potato Planter – “NEW” Never Used 36” spacing , Rear GPS Steering Axle

Contact: 204-834-3704 home | 204-476-0480 cell

WWW.REDDIAMONDFARM.COM 18 MTH OLD PB Black& Red Angus bulls for sale. Check out our bull catalogue online. We guarantee & deliver.

Phone Michael Becker:(204)348-2464, Whitemouth.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus 19TH ANNUAL CATTLEMAN’S CONNECTION BULL SALE, March 7, 2014, 1:00pm, Heartland Livestock, Brandon, MB. Selling 100 yearling Black Angus Bulls. For catalogue or more information call: Brookmore Angus, Jack Hart (204)476-2607 or (204)476-6696, email at brookmoreangus@gmail.com; quest consignor, HBH Farms, manager Barb Airey (204)566-2134, (204)761-1851, email rbairey@hotmail.com Sales Mgmt: Doug Henderson (403)350-8541 or (403)782-3888.

5 2-YR OLD/15 YEARLING Registered Black Angus Bulls, semen tested & delivered within 100-mi.

(204)741-0070, (204)483-3622, Souris.

BLACK ANGUS & POLLED HEREFORD bulls for sale. Yearlings & 2-yr olds available, natural muscled bulls developed w/high forage rations. Semen tested, delivery available. Call Don Guilford (204)873-2430.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Shorthorn FOR SALE: YEARLING & 2-yr old bulls. Polled, mostly Red. Birthweights starting at 63-lbs. Developed on a growing ration. Out of practical, hardworking cows. Phone (204)764-2382.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental BLACK & RED YEARLING PB Simm bulls. Thick & Solid coloured. Sired by A.I. Sires: Full Throttle, 680S, IPU Revolution, Poker Face & Red Force.

Heifer bulls also avail. Valleyfield Simmentals, Larry Dyck (204)822-3657, Morden.

PRAIRIE PARTNERS BULL & FEMALE SALE, MARCH 11/2014 Killarney Auction Mart, 40 low birth weight, Polled power house meat machines.

Red, Black, Fullblood Fleckvieh. And also a select group of 20 PB & commercial open hfrs. View bulls on line at www.bouchardlivestock.com For Info. Or catalogue call Fraser Redpath (204)529-2560, Gordon Jones (204)535-2273, Brian Bouchard (403)813-7999, Wilf Davis (204)834-2479. For updates check our NEW website www.SimmentalBreeders.ca

BOTANY ANGUS FARM & Leaning Spruce Stock Farm have for sale yearling Black Angus bulls.

Come early, a deposit will hold your purchase until Spring. For more info & prices contact Ryan Shearer (204)824-2151 or Cell:(204)761-5232.

CRANBERRY CREEK ANGUS REGISTERED bulls for sale. Sired by HF Tiger 5T, SAV Pioneer, Cranberry CRK Dynamite, Cranberry CRK Highlander, J Square S Tiger. Bulls are easy doing with great dispositions. Hand fed for longevity. Semen tested, guaranteed & delivered. Will hold until the end of April. All weights & EPD’s available. Call (204)534-2380, or cranberrycreek27@gmail.com for more info, David & Jeanette Neufeld, Boissevain FOR SALE: 2 1/2-YR old Black Angus bull, sired by Iron Mountain. Asking $2,800 OBO. Phone: (204)743-2145 or (204)526-5298.

FOR SALE: REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS bulls low birth weight, very quiet, hand fed, no disappointments, EPD’s & delivery avail. Amaranth (204)843-2287.

KEMBAR ANGUS HAS REGISTERED Black Angus yearling bulls for sale, EPD’s available, good dispositions. Kodiak, Peacemaker & KMK Alliance bloodlines. Phone:(204)725-3597. Brandon, MB. OSSAWA ANGUS AT MARQUETTE, MB. For sale: yearling & 2-yr old bulls. Also, a couple of herd sires.

Phone: (204) 375-6658 or (204)383-0703.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus 13 PB RED ANGUS open heifers for sale w/o papers, $1,200 each pick, or $1,075 each take all, can deliver. Phone (204)641-5725, Arborg.

PB RED ANGUS BULL, born Jan 30th 2011, birthweight 75-lbs, $2,400. Phone (204)372-6588.

WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM BULL sale April 12, 1:00pm Grunthal Auction Mart, featuring 18 yearling Red Angus Bulls. 18 Red & Black polled yearling Maine-Anjou Bulls. Also new this year 18 yearling & 2-yr old Charolais Bulls from Walking Plow Charolais, videos of the bulls will be online at www.wilkinridge.blogspot.ca early in March. For more info call Sid Wilkinson (204)373-2631.

WWW.REDDIAMONDFARM.COM 18 MTH OLD PB Red Angus bulls for sale. Check out our bull catalogue online. We guarantee & deliver. Phone Michael Becker (204)348-2464, Whitemouth.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais FOR SALE: 2 COMING 2-yr old PB Registered Charolais bulls, also yearlings. Will be easy calving, good hair coats, good feet & good dispositions.

Guaranteed. K.E.H. Charolais, Keith Hagan: (204)748-1024.

FOR SALE: PUREBRED CHAROLAIS bulls, 2-yr old, 1 1/2-yr old & yearlings. Polled, some Red Factor, some good for heifers, semen tested in spring, guaranteed & delivered. R & G McDonald Livestock, Sidney MB. (204)466-2883, (204)724-2811.

PB BULLS & HEIFER calves born Feb & Mar. Also 1 1/2-yr old bulls. Phone Jack: (204)526-2857. Holland, MB. WALKING PLOW CHAROLAIS IS consigning 18 yearling & 2-yr old Charolais bulls to Wilkinridge Stock farm Maine-Anjou Red Angus bull sale. April 12, 1:00pm Grunthal Auction Mart. Videos of the bulls will be online at www.wilkinridge.blogspot.ca early in March. For more info call Cliff or Warren Graydon (204)427-2589.

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford 2 PB LONG YEARLING bulls sired by Reserve Senior Champion from Toronto Royal Winter Fair, very quiet, heavy muscled, from good uddered heavy milking dams; 1 Herdsire from Crittenden herd from SK. 3 Polled Bull Calves, same sire. 54 yrs of Raising Quality Herefords. Francis Poulsen (204)436-2284, cell (204)745-7894, Elm Creek.

HORNED HEREFORD 2-YR & yearling bulls for sale. Performance tested; fertility tested; guaranteed & delivered. Raising & selling Horned Herefords since 1973.

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WLB LIVESTOCK, DOUGLAS, MB, 10th Annual Bull Sale 2:00pm. Mar. 25th, 2014. 50 Polled Herefords & Black/Red Simm sell. ALL BULLS SEMEN TESTED. Free board till May 1st. Catalogue & video avail online, www.wlblivestock.com or call Bill Biglieni (204)763-4697 or (204)729-7925.

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WLB LIVESTOCK, DOUGLAS, MB, 10TH Annual Bull Sale 2:00pm. Mar. 25th, 2014. 50 Black/Red Simm & Polled Herefords sell. ALL BULLS SEMEN TESTED. Free board till May 1st. Catalogue & video avail online, www.wlblivestock.com or call Bill Biglieni (204)763-4697 or (204)729-7925.

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FARM LAND FOR SALE by tender. Purchase of property in the RM of Thompson described as 160 cultivated acres on SE 2-6-7-W, E-12 soil type. For possession this spring. Sealed written tenders to be received by: Cornie A. Thiessen, on or before March 15,2014. P.O. Box 370 Miami, MB, R0G 1H0. Email: cornieathiessen@gmail.com. Phone: (204)745-0176. Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. Fall fertilizer has been applied, (ESN nitrogen 90-40-15-0). Wheat seed available.

FARM PROPERTY FOR SALE by tender. Sealed written tenders for the purchase of property in the RM of Thompson described below will be received

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160-ac. Individual tenders to be submitted for each property #1-8. CONDITIONS OF TENDER: Interested parties must rely on their own inspection & knowledge of the property. Any specific questions pertaining to the property should be directed to Rae Thomson at (204)267-7020 or by email @rhthomsonestate@hotmail.com. Tenders must be received on or before February 28th, 2014. Tenders must be accompanied by a deposit of 5% of the amount offered, payable to Jerry Dykman, Law office. Deposit cheques accompanying unaccepted bids will be returned. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. TERMS & CONDITIONS OF SALE: The bidder(s) whose tender is accepted will be required to complete an agreement covering terms & conditions of the sale. Possession date will be April 2014, negotiable. The successful bidder will be responsible for all property taxes as of the date of possession. The purchaser shall be responsible for payment of GST or shall self assess for GST. HAY LAND 160-ACS OF Alfalfa 1/2-mi off 418 Deer Line average production last few yrs about 350 large bales; Inwood 1,020-acs ranch, only $550,000; Eriksdale 640-acs right on Hwy 68m $135,000; Dallas 1,000-acs presently hayland good for grain; 2,061-acs North of Fisher Branch 600 cult, very reasonable; 1,260-acs Red Rose 500 in hay only $360,000 offers. See these & others on www.manitobafarms.ca Call Harold at (204)253-7373 Delta Real Estate .

MLS 1323498 160-ACS FENCED pasture, 1982 bungalow, 1056-sq.ft, Woodside, $164,000; MLS 1320867 156-acs Lakeland Clay Loam fenced, outbuildings, older home, mun. water, Gladstone $350,000; MLS 1400601 716-acs mixed farm, fenced elk, bison, cattle, 1,064-sq.ft. bung, outbuildings, 2nd yard site, McCreary $400,000; MLS 1320985 24-15-11 RM Lakeview Section of pastureland in block, fenced, 4 dugouts, $259,000; SW 9-18-15 RM of Rosedale Rdg Mtn., Erickson clay loam, ideal grain/forage. Beautiful bldg site, 2-mi to RMNP, $145,000. Call Liz (204)476-6362, John (204)476-6719. Gill & Schmall Agencies.

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TOUGH WEEDS, MEET EXPRESS . ®

Crank up the rate all you want, glyphosate alone still misses a number of hard-to-kill weeds like narrow-leaved hawk’s-beard, flixweed, stinkweed, dandelion and volunteer canola. With hotter-than-hot systemic activity, DuPont™ Express® herbicides don’t just control weeds, they smoke them from the inside out, getting right to the root of your toughest weed challenges with performance that glyphosate alone can’t match. It’s no wonder Express® goes down with glyphosate more than any other brand in Western Canada!

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