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SERVING MANITOBA FARMERS SINCE 1925 | Vol. 72, No. 9

Manitoba PEDv case not linked to feed: CVO There are 24 farms affected in Eastern Canada

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff

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he effort to contain the outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) seems to be working.

An investigation of 45 farms that had contact with Manitoba’s only infected hog premises to date, a weaning-to-finish operation in the southeast, have found no further infections, said acting chief veterinary officer Dr. Glen Duizer.

“We are working through all of those farms and to date we have conducted sampling on a fair chunk of them with no positive cases,” said Duizer, in a town hall conference call hosted Feb. 19 by the Manitoba Pork Council.

The exact source of PED to the farm has not been pinpointed, however, possible entry points are being followed up, and as of Feb. 21, steps were being taken to make PED a reportable disease in Manitoba.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency revealed Feb. 18 that live PED virus capable of infecting pigs had been found in samples of a shipment of porcine plasma-based feed ingredient sourced from the United States.

Duizer said that spray-dried porcine plasma had been used in the feed on Manitoba’s only infected farm, but he said that it

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Farmers swarm first annual CropConnect More than 1,100 farmers paid to attend over two days

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ore than 600 farmers attended the first annual CropConnect Conference at Winnipeg’s Victoria Inn Feb. 18 and more than 530 showed up for the second day Feb 19.

“Everything I’m hearing about the conference has been pretty positive,” said CropConnect committee chair, Theresa Bergsma, who is also secretarymanager of the Manitoba Corn Growers Association.

CropConnect — a joint effort of the Manitoba corn, pulse, flax and can-

ola grower associations and National Sunflower Association of Canada — evolved from the annual Special Crops Symposium. But the symposia were free; farmers had to pay to attend CropConnect — $75 a day if they registered early and $100 if they didn’t.

Bergsma admitted the committee was nervous about the change.

“We had some concerns we’d get some push-back on that, but we were really pleasantly surprised with the support from producers,” she said. “The speakers have been awesome. I think that’s what did it. We had a good program lined up and farmers responded.”

Speakers included Br ian Hefty of Ag PhD from Baltic, South Dakota and British author Mark Lynas, who switched from campaigning against GM crops to becoming biotechnology promoter.

Former National Hockey League player Dennis Hull entertained the banquet.

There were several reasons behind the decision to charge admission, Bergsma said. One was so organizers would know how much food to order. Another was to spend more on high-calibre speakers.

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UPOV ’91: Manitoba canola growers debate merits » Pg 17

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Irish scientists develop rapid animal-doping test

Trouble managing your sheep?

It’s all in your head, a veteran herder says

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CROPS Going to seed Canola growers narrowly defeated a resolution opposing UPOV ’91

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FEATURE A lifetime of changes But retiring CropLife president Lorne Hepworth says farming now is better

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CROSSROADS Small farms can be beautiful And profitable too, a speaker at CropConnect says

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Editorials Comments What’s Up Livestock Markets

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Grain Markets Weather Vane Classifieds Sudoku

Potential to screen large numbers of animals quickly and efficiently Staff

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c i e n t i s t s a t Q u e e n’s University Belfast and the Irish Equine Centre say they are developing a new way to test for illegal drugs used in animals.

The tests could be used for banned growth promoters, hormones and antibiotics used on animals destined for the food chain as well as those involved in sport.

In a release, the scientists say it will be the first animal-doping test to work by detecting and monitoring the known biological effects o f a b a n n e d s u b s t a n c e, rather than the presence of the substance itself. It also has the potential to revolutionize animal drug testing by enabling the screening of large numbers of animals more quickly and efficiently than is currently possible.

“Current testing methods focus on detecting the presence of illegal substances in animals. These tests are expensive, time consuming and have failed to keep pace with black market developments in producing, distributing and administering banned substances,” said

Test will detect the effects of the drugs, not the drugs themselves. photo: thinkstock.com

Dr. Mark Mooney of the university’s Institute for Global Food Security.

“By identifying the unique biochemical fingerpr ints that banned substances leave behind in an illicitly treated animal’s blood or urine, we will be able to quickly identify horses or cattle that have been treated with an illegal drug,” he said.

“Despite being banned for over 20 years, the use of

illegal growth promoters, hormones and antibiotics is believed to still occur across parts of Europe and further afield,” said Professor Chris Elliott, the institute’s director. “The criminal gangs that operate the global trade in illegal animal drugs have developed the means of avoiding detection by conventional testing methods and new ways to detect this illicit trade are urgently required.”

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Poor rail service blamed for some Canadian mills closing temporarily after running out of grain The transportation crisis is hurting domestic grain customers too, says CNMA president Gordon Harrison

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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estern Canada’s grain train backlog is hurti n g t h e i n d u s t r y ’s Canadian customers too with some millers forced to close due to a lack of supply, the president of the Canadian National Millers Association (CNMA) says.

“Prolonged interruptions of up to three to four weeks in wheat and oat delivery by rail to mills have literally forced some mill locations in Canada to cease production,” Gordon Harr ison said in an email Feb. 20. “This represents lost running time, lost business for producers and processors, lost wages to employees and potentially lost customers. The economic harm is mounting daily and is potentially irreparable.”

Canadian millers are heavi l y d e p e n d e n t o n we s t e r n Canadian grains.

“In the 2012-13 crop year about 78 per cent of all wheat milled in Canada was of western Canadian origin,” Harrison said.

Most of the oats processed in North America are grown in Western Canada too.

“North American oat processors have been hit particularly hard,” Harrison said.

“Rail movement of Canadian oats to U.S. mills has been all but halted entirely, according to CNMA member sources.”

Not subject to cap

Moreover, the grain moved to eastern Canadian and American mills is deregulated and doesn’t fall under the revenue entitlement, also known as the revenue cap, which the railways claim is a disincentive to shipping grain.

T h e C N M A’s c o m p l a i n t s underscore the seriousness of the current grain trans-

“Prolonged interruptions of up to three to four weeks in wheat and oat delivery by rail to mills have literally forced some mill locations in Canada to cease production.”

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portation problem, Keystone Agricultural Producers’ president Doug Chorney said in an interview.

“It’s cutting into the entire economy, so all the efforts the government makes can be wiped out quite fast by just one player in the value chain — and that’s the railways,” Chorney said.

“It clearly shows that this is an issue that requires government oversight. Simply allowing CN and CP to operate without any type of federal authority or oversight is not only a business hazard for the companies affected, but it’s a danger to the whole economy of the country. We can’t spend any more time analyzing it. We need action as fast as possible.”

Chorney said he’s heard of canola-crushing plants having trouble shipping out oil and meal and that Louisiana Pacific in Swan River had shut down its OSB plant recently due to a lack of rail service.

CNMA’s 13 member companies operate 55 wheat and oat mills across Canada, processing about 3.5 million tonnes a year, of which usually two million tonnes are wheat.

Moreover, Canadian millers pay premium prices, making them valued customers.

Premium customers

Domestic milling demand is consistent one year to the next. The fact the railways

are failing to properly service mills shows the problem isn’t just the West’s record crop, said Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association. “ We h a v e a 5 5 , 0 0 0 - c a r shortfall and over half of that is a shortfall to the U.S. and domestic, which is non-regulated corridors,” Sobkowich said. “The fact that millers are having a problem just punctuates the fact that the grain revenue entitlement has nothing to do with this.”

Chorney agrees. The notion that the entitlement is the problem “needs to nipped in the bud.”

“They don’t provide good service to anybody,” he said.

The railways have blamed last year’s record crop and bad winter weather. Earlier in the crop year they also noted shipments were ahead of last year’s pace.

That’s not the case now.

Shipments are down seven per cent from the same time last year, Sobkowich said.

“Seven per cent less is significant,” he added. “People put in orders well in advance, even before we knew how big the crop was, and the railways are underperforming relative to those projections even if we’d had a regular-size crop.”

Two weeks ago a record 50 ships were waiting for grain at the West Coast — 13 anchored at Prince Rupert and 37 at Vancouver.

Poor rail service has forced some Canadian millers to temporarily shut down, says Gordon Harrison, president of the Canadian National Millers Association.

Tough talk

Meanwhile, there’s tough talk f ro m A l b e r t a’s A g r i c u l t u re Minister Verlyn Olson who planned to meet Ritz when he was in Winnipeg to meet with industry officials Feb. 24. Last week, Olson called on the federal government to fine railways that don’t meet service obligations.

Saskatchewan’s Economy Minister Bill Boyd led a delegation to Montreal to meet with the railways last week.

The new Fair Rail Freight Ser vice Act provides for fines, but Olson said the act is inadequate and subject to

a lengthy arbitration process and fines go to the federal government, not farmers or grain companies.

North American millers and bakers work on a just-in-time delivery schedule nearly every day of the year — something the railways don’t seem to understand, Harrison said.

“Unlike grain importers in offshore markets who have a choice in where they source their grain, North American consumers do not have alternative suppliers of fresh bakery products to turn to.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

Correction: A story about the railways cutting producer sites last week incorrectly reported that CN Rail had dropped the site at Eckville, Alta. It should also be noted that while CN cut producer car loading sites at Rivers, Man., Bashaw, Alta., and Rycroft, Alta., other loading sites remain in those communities. CN spokesman Mark Hallman says some sites were cut because the lines they were on were discontinued. In another case a bridge was out and in another, the site was dropped by a private leaser.

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Mind games

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o be honest, we had never heard of Mark Lynas and we suspect a lot of others hadn’t either, until he changed his mind — and became a biotech believer.

Don’t get us wrong. After covering the news and views around genetically modified crops since their inception, we were well aware there are people out there who radically oppose GMOs, so passionately that they are prepared to break the law Laura Rance by tearing down fences and ripping the Editor offending plants out of the ground.

Lynas, who was in town last week addressing the first annual CropConnect Conference, can point to himself in a photo doing just that — although we have to take his word for it, because the activists are disguised in haz-mat-type overalls and head covers.

Then his world view changed. The British author and environmentalist describes experiencing something akin to an epiphany as he buried himself in the scientific research surrounding the concept of climate change. He became convinced the science supporting human-induced climate change was irrefutable.

And if he believed the science around climate change, how could he then dismiss the science supporting the safety of genetically modified crops? He logically concluded he couldn’t.

That was almost five years ago. However, it wasn’t until he “came out” at a major industry conference in the United Kingdom last year that he became a household name — at least among those who follow such things.

Since then, Lynas has been making the rounds to all sorts of exotic places — such as Manitoba in February — getting paid handsome fees to tell the story of his conversion, advising companies on how to promote biotechnology, and consulting, in some cases at no charge, for universities and nongovernment aid organizations.

Our society doesn’t make it easy for public figures to change their minds, especially when it involves controversial issues. In our digital world, words are forever etched in time, ready to be pulled out as a reminder of what an individual believed in the past.

But if we look to nature, adaptation is necessary for survival. Species that fail to evolve falter in the face of those that do, which is why some would suggest it will be bacteria that rules our world in the future, rather than humans.

So changing one’s mind can be a good thing, especially when it is based on a thorough review of the available evidence.

Lynas insists his support for biotechnology is independent of that industry. He says he refuses to accept corporate speaking gigs and he ensures that his speaker fees come out of general conference funds rather than company donations.

We don’t doubt him.

And yet, he has embraced the industry line — trotting out the familiar rhetoric about “feeding the world” and the pressing necessity of doubling world food production within the next 30 years in order to feed 9.5 billion people. There was not a mention in his formal remarks of the other complexities of world food security — or the evidence that suggests the world is quite capable of sustainably producing the required calories with or without GM crops.

Prairie farmers have gained new appreciation this winter for the reality that increasing production without all the infrastructure needed to get that good work to those who need it, is simply a waste. Thankfully, our climate means little spoilage will occur while their bumper crop of grains and oilseeds waits for rail cars. But in other parts of the world, up to 80 per cent of what farmers produce is lost.

So we had a guy who has done some groundbreaking analysis on climate change — but who was admittedly passionately poorly informed on GM crops — in town promoting GM crops to an audience that has been growing them for 20 years, and which has embraced speakers in the past who deny climate change is real.

It was a classic case of telling people what they want to hear, not what they need to know.

Where Lynas starts to make sense, at least to us, is his support for labelling foods that contain GM ingredients. He believes the industry should embrace labelling — not because these ingredients are substantially different, but as a means of winning over public opinion. By labelling these foods, companies can go on the offensive by marketing their benefits, such as crops produced with no or fewer pesticides, rather than having to defend themselves against allegations they are hiding something sinister under a cloak of invisibility.

They can’t win by hiding, and it leads to nonsensical marketing ploys such as companies sticking non-GM labels on foods that never really contained them in the first place.

While we don’t subscribe to Mark Lynas’s wholesale conversion, we think he’s on the right track. And we wish him well on his journey. laura@fbcpublishing.com

New Chipotle campaign: ‘Farmed and Dangerous’ NewStream Farm Animal Care

It kicked off around the Super Bowl and is building momentum.

Chipotle Mexican Grill has announced the next phase of its “Farmed and Dangerous” campaign, which has gained high profile as a satirical approach to targeting ‘big animal agriculture’ through glitzy Hollywood-style production and storytelling.

Who’s laughing?

That’s part of the strategy. It’s partly a comedic approach and the question is who’s laughing?

Likely not many in mainstream animal agriculture, but it’s clear that’s part of the strategy. If you don’t “get it,” the campaign implies, you’re likely part of the out-of-touch crowd including modern large-scale livestock production that Chipotle is making fun of for its own gain.

Even those who don’t agree with Chipotle’s tactics and message have to concede the campaign is remarkable in its sophistication, particularly targeting key young adult demographics, and represents a formidable challenge. The company, with its use of irony and subtle, playful humour mixed with highend production values, has clearly positioned itself to win the ‘cool’ battle for the allegiance of the media-savvy modern consumer.

The battle of perception

New, edgy and at the front line of social and digital media are all key elements of the approach. According to a release from the company, Chipotle has designed “Farmed and Dangerous” as an original comedy series, with the current four-episode phase available on the next-generation content-sharing websites Hulu and Hulu Plus.

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Those behind the production are no slouches. The series is produced in conjunction with Piro, a New York-based studio and stars actors Ray Wise (“24,” “Mad Men,” “Twin Peaks”) and Eric Pierpoint (“Parks and Recreation,” “Big Love”).

Industry portrayed as hiding

The narrative is designed to paint the agriculture industry as a bloated money-hungry entity with something to hide. Chipotle says the series “provides a satirical look at the lengths the agriculture industry goes to manage perceptions about its practices.”

“Our goal in making the show was to engage people through entertainment and make them more curious about their food and where it comes from,” said Mark Crumpacker, chief marketing and development officer at Chipotle and an executive producer of the show.

“It’s not a show about Chipotle, but rather integrates the values that are at the heart of our business. The more people know about how food is raised, the more likely they will be to choose food made from better ingredients — like the food we serve at Chipotle.

It’s a message designed to sell through a unique approach. But will consumers buy it?

One thing certain is the agriculture industry has its work cut out for it to counter the potentially damaging rhetoric that Chipotle and surely others to follow are spinning.

The article was prepared by Meristem Resources on behalf of the Information Leadership Initiative from Alberta Farm Animal Care and the Alberta Livestock Industry. While Hulu is not yet available in Canada, a promotional video of the Chipotle series can be seen here: http://farmedanddangerous.com.

February 1926

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he February 1926 issue of The Scoop Shovel offered these labour-saving devices from Fairbanks-Morse.

It seems there is a long history of Prairie farmers being keen on U.S. varieties which may yield well but do not meet Canadian quality standards. In 1926 a variety of wheat named “Quality” from famed U.S. breeder Luther Burbank was being grown by some farmers who were skeptical of industry claims that it was of inferior quality. To resolve the controversy, the Pools’ Central Selling Agency shipped two bushels to Europe for tests by millers. Britain’s Joseph Rank millers reported that protein was lower than No. 1 Northern, and it seemed close in quality to Australian and Russian wheat. However, it was much different than Manitoba wheat and had “not the capacity to build up such a high-piled loaf as No. 1 Northern wheat would do.”

Grande Moulin de Paris was less charitable, saying it was of poor quality. The Pools’ Paris office concluded that Quality wheat did not appear to equal No. 3 Northern for baking, but that it might have value for the manufacture of products other than bread.

U.S. growers were apparently less keen on Quality wheat. A USDA bulletin from 1933 reported that it shattered so easily that it could not be harvested with a combine harvester with much loss, and that in North Dakota it was outyielded by Marquis and Ceres.

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Meeting the consumers’ demand for sustainable beef production Producers can show they are already taking steps, as well as doing more

By Fawn Jackson

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he market appears to be sending a strong signal that consumers want sustainable products, and furthermore, they want proof.

McDonald’s has announced a commitment to source verified sustainable beef by 2016. A&W currently claims their beef has been raised by producers at the leading edge of sustainable production practices and Walmart continually promises to deliver more sustainable agricultural products.

Although the precise definition of sustainable beef and how sustainable beef production is proven continues to be a mystery, the role of research, technology, innovation and communication holds steadfast as the foundation for making “sustainable” decisions by all members of the value chain.

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) has been taking great strides to ensure that Canadian cattle producers are appropriately prepared to address this growing demand. For instance, the CCA joined the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) in 2013 and is now forming a Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB), which is set to launch later this year.

The CCA helped lead the development of the 2013 Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle, leads the Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS), an economically viable traceability and information transfer system, and developed a verifiable on-farm food safety program, Verified Beef ProductionTM (VBP). The CCA is currently expanding the VBP program with the addition of animal care, environment and biosecurity modules. The Environmental Stewardship Award ( TESA) also recognizes cattle producers that are exemplary leaders in conservation, and the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC), a division of the CCA, invests in and promotes the adoption of research and innovation that contributes to sustainability.

Five key things

Letters

• Keep doing what you’re doing. Cattle producers in Canada are by and large sustainable already. For example, the use of growth promotants produces more high-quality, safe beef while using less land, water, feed, fuel and fertilizer, and producing less manure and greenhouse gas.

A study to be completed as part of the second Beef Science Cluster will help to better define the

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environmental footprint of the Canadian beef industry with recognition of the role of cattle production in the provision of healthy ecosystems, the ability of cattle to convert low-quality forages into high-quality protein, that pasture lands are major stores of carbon, and that grasslands preserve wetlands and provide habitat to many species at risk.

• Make continual improvements. We can all get behind on keeping up to date on potential improvements and it’s easy to do things the way you’ve always done. However, striving to continually improve production practices contributes to the economic, environmental and social viability of your operation and the industry as a whole. Consider spending some time learning from the resources on BeefResearch.ca like the Beef Research School video series, attend field days or conferences in your area, update your Environmental Farm Plan or get involved with an organization such as Cows and Fish.

• Capture what you do. There is a large and growing gap between primary production and consumers and therefore it is important to capture what you do on your farm so industry groups can leverage that information. Utilizing programs like VBP and BIXS will put you in an ideal position to capture your sustainable production practices. The information may be valuable when marketing your products, and helps

Farmers should oppose UPOV ’91 I have just received my 2014 Saskatchewan Seed Guide. I have counted approximately 70 different wheat varieties and approximately 24 different barley varieties, which are mostly Plant Breeders’ Rights protected, which really means farmers have to pay more.

There is also a so-called new farm organization calling itself Partners in Innovations. This group is hardly anything new; it is just another collection of the same old Astroturf farm groups and their industry spokespeople none of whom have won an open and fair vote to represent farmers.

Why in the world do producers need so many costly private varieties when producers only seed one or two varieties at a time? What is wrong with so-called farm groups that lobby against democratic producer organizations and push insane farm policy on behalf of seed companies? Why are groups like this

the industry record the broader story that can be shared with regulatory bodies and interested consumers.

• Become a part of the conversation about sustainability. The conversation around the definition and the systems needed to validate sustainable beef production is happening right now and you can be a part of it. Individual operations can become members of the GRSB, and the GRSB principles and criteria will be open for public comment in March of this year.

• Talk to the public. Consumers want to know where their food comes from. It’s our job to make sure they get the right information. Consider taking the Masters of Beef Advocacy program (a Canadian version, Beef Advocacy Canada, is soon to be released) to advance your communication skills.

You can also participate in conversations on social media, write or comment on newspaper articles, or talk to consumers directly. The future of sustainable production sourcing and verification might be a bit blurry yet, but Canadian producers have established themselves as world leaders in animal care, production efficiencies and land management, and are in an excellent position to respond to future market demands.

Fawn Jackson is manager of environmental affairs for the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association

out to destroy the publicly owned varieties that we have now?

Bill C-18 will put producers under the authority of the UPOV ’91 treaty.

Producers will not only pay a big price when they buy the seed, but the seed companies are given rights to collect royalties on the crops that farmers want to sell that are grown from that seed. These ‘end-point royalties’ could amount to $1 to $4 per tonne for the next 20 years on the grain that is harvested. And there is no guarantee that the seed companies will spend these huge windfalls on new development or new varieties.

This insane Bill C-18 has to be stopped by producers. They must take action against the federal government by talking, phoning or emailing their MPs and voicing their opposition to this bill. Remember your Conservative MP will retire with a fat lifetime pension while we and our grandchildren will go on paying for UPOV ’91 forever.

Eric Sagen Melville, Sask.

Difference between rights and privileges What is the difference between a right and a privilege? While some of Canada’s senators may not understand the difference, most farmers do. Rights are worthy of legal protection and enforcement. Privileges are more like gifts, relying on special treatment that can easily be withdrawn or erased.

Agriculture researchers Keith Downey and Bryan Harvey in the Feb. 13 article “Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) and Bill C-18” don’t seem to get this difference. Arguing in favour of Bill C-18, they explain that the bill “protects the producers’ right to save, store, condition and propagate the seed of a protected variety for his or her own use. It is termed the “Farmers’ Privilege.”

Bill C-18 reduces farmers’ rights over seeds to easily erase privileges.

The language says it all.

Nettie Wiebe Delisle, Sask.

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“Folks need to realize some of these speakers are costing us $10,000 and $15,000 and that’s a lot of money and we need a commitment from farmers that they are going to come,” Bergsma said.

“This is something that not all farmers come to, so a little bit of user-pay doesn’t hurt and that way those who don’t come aren’t paying for those who do (through their association checkoffs).”

Some industry players who set up displays were initially uneasy about the event expanding beyond strictly special crops and charging admission, Bergsma said. But they were happy with the show, which they say attracted “serious farmers.”

Bergsma said the committee will review complaints from some that holding the annual meetings for all the commodity associations concurrently meant farmers could only attend one.

The idea for holding them at the same time was so farmers wouldn’t miss any conference presentations, she said.

They also hoped more farmers would attend at least one of the annual meetings. Still, most of the annual meetings were poorly attended by farmers.

“We’re definitely going to try and figure it out,” Bergsma said. “Maybe we’ll just have to suck it up and say we’ll do it (at different times) and if people don’t come, it’s a coffee break.”

The newly formed Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association also hopes to be part of CropConnect next year.

Adding a third day has also been suggested so some presentations can be repeated.

However, the Victoria Inn, the only hotel large enough to handle the event outside of the downtown, can’t accommodate a three-day event in February due to other events. And it’s not clear whether farmers would commit to a third day.

Some of the crop symposia were held at the convention centre, but farmers complained about parking problems, Bergsma said.

“They told us loud and clear that they did not like going downtown,” she said.

The CropConnect committee is also considering ways to report to farmers about the cost of the event, which is partly paid for through checkoff dollars, Bergsma said.

“There was skepticism going into this year, but hopefully we’ve taken that head on and had a pretty good show,” she said. “We can only improve from here.”

In l i e u o f s p e a k e r g i f t s CropConnect organizers donated $2,500 each to Ag in the Classroom and STARS Air Ambulance.

The second annual CropConnect Conference will be held Feb. 17 and 18, 2015 at the Victoria Inn in Winnipeg. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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was not considered the source of infection.

Dr. Doug McDougald, chair of the Canadian Swine Health Advisor y Board, said that “strong epidemiology, and now bioassay” by the CFIA directly links the feed ingredient commonly used in piglet diets and the majority of the outbreaks in Ontario and P.E.I. The product that was used in feed sold by Ontario-based Grand Valley Fortifiers was recalled on Feb. 9.

But because the first sweep of sampling after the first reported case on Jan. 22 found a positive sample at an assembly yard, McDougald said that feed supplies might not be the only source of infection.

“We don’t know if we’ve had multiple introductions of virus through this period of time or not. I doubt if we’ll ever be able to answer that,” he said.

McDougald was optimistic that an end of the outbreak may be in sight now that the primary source of infection has been identified.

Over 1,000 samples taken throughout Ontario in the past four weeks have largely turned up negative, with the exception of a handful of assembly yards, and sites that have been hauling positive pigs to slaughter.

Random testing of market hog trailers and slaughter plants has been mostly negative.

“We’re on track to contain and eliminate by site and continue the focus on early detection, surveillance and biosecurity,” he said.

Nursery and finisher pigs shed the virus for seven to nine

days, but sow herds can take up to 90-120 days to recover, he added.

Since the first case was reported on in late January, it has so far spread to 24 farms in Ontario, P.E.I. and Quebec.

Dr. Steve Dritz, a professor and swine specialist at Kansas State University, had warned about the risk of contaminated feed via the university’s website on Feb. 9.

He was still urging caution last week, especially for sow creep feeds and breeding stock farms.

“It certainly is up to the individual producer. I believe it would be prudent to remove porcine origin proteins from diets until we understand the magnitude of the risk better,” he said.

Pig blood-derived plasma was first identified as a potential feed ingredient by researchers at Iowa State University in the early 1990s, said Dr. Gary Cromwell, a retired professor of swine nutrition at the University of Kentucky.

Since then, the practice of using spray-dried porcine plasma in starter diets has become a global phenomenon, and the largest manufacturer in the United States is the American Protein Corporation based in Ames, Iowa.

Louis Russell, CEO of American Protein Corporation (APC), emailed that his company is committed to providing safe products for the livestock industry.

Russell wrote that the CFIA’s test results are “preliminary” and could be due to “postprocessing contamination.”

“Spray-dried plasma protein has been used extensively around the world for the past 30 years. It is recognized as a critically important protein ingredient for baby pig diets,” he wrote.

Russell admitted that spray drying by itself does not kill all viruses, but stated that the commercial production process in its entirety, including collection, spray drying, and post-dry processing has been proven to inactivate even heatstable viruses.

“Based on published research, spray drying has been shown to inactivate other viruses that are much more heat stable than is the PED virus. Therefore, if this sample of spray-dried plasma does contain infective virus, postprocessing contamination is the most likely explanation,” he wrote.

However, the CFIA is continuing to test the pelleted feed.

“Testing has already determined that the plasma ingredient in the affected feed contains PED virus capable of causing disease in pigs,” said Rachael Burdman, a CFIA spokesperson Feb. 24. “To date, testing has not shown that the feed pellets are capable of causing disease. However, testing continues.”

She said that there are currently no restr ictions on imports of pig plasma because they are approved products for use in pig feed.

“As the investigation continues, if further actions are needed, we will take them,” she said. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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Cross-contamination might be to blame, says Iowa State University professor

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The use of spray-dried porcine plasma, an ingredient in weanling rations derived from the blood of slaughtered pigs, has been used without incident in the hog sector since the 1990s.

But it has now come under intense scrutiny as a possible cause of the PED outbreak in Canada that began on Jan 22.

“It’s real common in starter diets when pigs are weaned pretty early,” said Dr. Gary Cromwell, a retired professor of swine nutrition at the University of Kentucky.

“There’s really good solid evidence that it gets those pigs started off a lot faster. It has some real benefits at that stage.”

The blood, collected from large slaughter plants, is transported in chilled tanker trucks to a processing plant where the plasma and red blood cell components are separated and then spray-dried.

Dried blood plasma is “fairly expensive, said Cromwell, and is only used in the Phase 1 diets of very young pigs weighing less than five pounds for about 10 days.

The dried red blood cells, which are rich in protein and

amino acids, are fed to piglets later on, in so-called Phase 2 diets that cover an additional two to three weeks.

Cromwell said that newly weaned piglets have difficulty adapting to solid food, and typically lose weight for the first two to three days postweaning before gaining it back within five to seven days.

But if plasma is fed, the piglets have a vastly reduced “growth lag” during the transition, continue growing sooner, and gain at the same rate as they did while nursing on the sow.

Researchers are unsure exactly why it works, but Cromwell said that immunoglobulins in the product appear to enhance immunity in piglets, but bovine blood plasma seems to work just as well.

Whether the spray-drying process is able to kill all the pathogens in the plasma, Cromwell wouldn’t comment, saying it was not his area of expertise.

Dr. Pat Halbur, a professor at Iowa State University’s veterinary diagnostics department, noted that his department had found in 2009 that porcine circovirus 2 could survive a spray-drying process and infect pigs.

“We determined — in the lab spray dryer — that the

circovirus in the plasma was infectious,” said Halbur.

However, the results of that study were challenged on the grounds that the “tabletop” spray-drying apparatus they used did not accurately reflect the commercial processing method, and a followup study in 2011 that “more closely mimicked” the commercial process found that the final product “did not contain infectious virus.”

“If (PED) is spread through the feed, we need to understand what component of the feed contains it,” said Halbur.

Cross-contamination from some other source offers a likely explanation, he added, because even if PED could sur vive the spray-dr ying process, steam treatment during the pelleting stage that follows should kill any remaining virus.

Could this be a BSE moment for the hog industry, one that demonstrates the folly of feeding pig parts to pigs? “ T h a t’s p o s s i b l e,” s a i d Halbur. “But I’m not convinced yet that it has been proven ineffective here. We have a lot of work to do to confirm that it is related to spreading this disease.” daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 27, 2014

Cargill to reject new GMO corn trait

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Corn seeds containing Syngenta’s Agrisure Duracade trait for corn rootworm control 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 delivery 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 merchants against Swiss-based Syngenta, the world’s largest crop chemic a l s c o m p a n y. So m e U . S . growers say they need access to the new trait to fight rootworm, while exporters warn it threatens to disrupt trade.

Bunge Ltd. also signalled it will refuse to handle crops containing Duracade unless t h e p ro d u c t i s c l e a re d by China.

Since November, China’s a u t h o r i t i e s h a v e re j e c t e d more than 600,000 tonnes of U.S. corn and corn products containing another unauthorized 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 Feed 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.

Even if corn containing Duracade is planted on a s m a l l n u m b e r o f a c re s, it could accidentally be shipped to China, expor ters have noted. Varieties are often mixed with each other because they are grown in fields close to each other and then harvested, transported and stored together.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 27, 2014

Dave Hickling Canola Award of Excellence recipient The animal nutritionist was the one who came up with the idea of boosting dairy production with canola meal

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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good education and teamwork — that, says Dave Hickling, was key to his success researching the nutrient value of canola meal for livestock feed.

Hickling was presented with this year’s Canola Award of Excellence by the Manitoba Canola Growers Association at the CropConnect banquet in Winnipeg Feb. 18.

“A n y t h i n g t h a t I h a v e accomplished over the years with the canola industry has been due to the support of the people in the industry around me,” Hickling said. “I do have to mention it also extends to my family.”

They were patient with my long hours of work and overseas travels, he said.

“You’ve heard about that one litre of milk more per cow per day (if the dairy cows are

Dave Hickling (l) was presented with the Manitoba Canola Growers Association’s Canola Award of Excellence by association president Ed Rempel at the CropConnect banquet in Winnipeg Feb. 18. photo: allan dawson

fed canola meal) thing? Yep, Dr. Dave came up with that,” Canola Growers’ president Ed Rempel said.

Hickling, who has had a

long career in animal nutrition, joined the Canola Council of Canada in 2002 and recently retired.

His career began as a nutri-

tionist with Cargill in Brand o n . He t h e n w e n t o n t o the Canadian International Grains Institute. Over the years he has conducted trials in China and Mexico.

“It’s all about teamwork,” Hickling said. “And teamwork comes from people who are committed and enthusiastic about what they do and want to carry their work to the next level.

“That’s something I have found to be very true in the canola industry.”

Canada’s canola industr y is recognized for its co-operation, he said. The Canola Council of Canada represents the entire value chain, from far mer to expor ter and in between.

“They make collective decisions for the benefit of the industry not just for their own sectors,” Hickling said. “That really is teamwork.”

Hickling said he was also

fortunate to get a good education. In the 1970s university tuition cost him $300 a year and room rent was $100 a month. Hickling said he was able to support himself working in the summer and on weekends.

“It’s ver y tough for kids today to support themselves at university and they need all the help they can get so I’m happy to see there will be a donation towards a scholarship (as part of the award).”

The Manitoba Canola Growers Association presents the Canola Award of Excellence annually to a person or group who has contributed to the sustained growth and prosperity of the canola industry.

The first award, presented in 2008, was to Baldur Stefansson, one of the scientists credited with developing canola. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Feb. 25-27: Canola Council of Canada annual convention, San Antonio, Texas. For more info visit www.canolacouncil.org.

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Feb. 26-27: Manitoba Young Farmers Conference, Canad Inns, 2401 Saskatchewan Ave., Portage la Prairie. For more info call 204825-4245 or email danielle.caber nel@gov.mb.ca.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 27, 2014

Federal government invests $3.4 million in farm safety

The funds will help the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association support education of farmers

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff /Carman

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Minister of State for Social Development Candice Bergen on behalf of federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced a five-year funding commitment to farm safety. Marcel Hacault CASA executive director said the funds will help extend the reach of the Canada FarmSafe Plan among other farm safety education initiatives. photo: lorraine stevenson T:8.125”

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federal investment of $3.4 million over five years in the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) will fund more farm safety training and monitoring progress towards safer farms, officials said here last week.

The funds support CASA efforts to implement the Canada FarmSafe Plan as well as initiatives such as annual national agricultural safety weeks held each March.

Federal Minister of State for Social Development Candice Bergen shared details of the funding, which is through the Fostering Business Development Stream of AgriCompetitiveness — a $114-million program under Growing Forward 2 — here last week.

“Farm safety is a critical part of risk management for farmers,” Bergen said while speaking to reporters at Greenland Equipment in Carman. “Our government takes farm safety very seriously.”

Yet, while the rate of fatalities and injuries is decreasing, Canada cannot have a competitive industry without more improvements to its farm safety record, she said.

“In 2012, 25 farming workers lost their lives, and 15 were related to farm equipment,” she said. “Those numbers are too big. And there are many more injuries that affect people’s lives.”

CASA, headquartered in Winnipeg, co-ordinates, develops and leads national initiatives to help farmers, their families and workers recognize and manage safety risks.

The funds will go towards programs aimed at injur y reduction, said executive director Marcel Hacault.

The funds will target the country’s ongoing agricultural surveillance program, the Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting (CAIR), which is tracking trends in where injuries occur and where farm safety education needs focus, he said. Also to continue is a major initiative towards farm safety education of rural youth through Progressive Agricultural Safety Days.

Since 2002 the program has reached over 69,000 children and other participants.

CASA will also be able to put the Canada FarmSafe Plan in front of more farmers, he said.

The business risk-management tool helps farmers write and implement health and safety plans for their operations. Farmers and students in Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia have been introduced to the plan and farmers are using components of the plan to identify hazards on their farms, Hacault said.

But the last Farm Credit Canada survey on uptake of the plan shows there’s still a long ways to go. It showed while most Canadian farmers (85 per cent) flag safety as their priority, only nine per cent actually had a written safety plan. Another survey this year will determine

if those numbers are changing, Hacault said.

“That is the million-dollar question,” he said.

The theme for the upcoming farm safety week March 9 to 15 is ‘Let’s Talk about It’ and will feature producers’ stories about both injuries they’ve experienced as well as things done to prevent them. “ We’v e a l s o d e v e l o p e d resources for farmers that will help them conduct safety meetings and explore topics like talking to your kids about safety or overcoming language and cultural barriers with migrant workers,” Hacault said. “The idea is to get people talking about farm safety as a first step towards a safer, more successful farm.”

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS Cattle Prices Winnipeg

February 21, 2014

U.S. interest pushing feeder prices to record levels

Steers & Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 81.00 - 86.25 D3 Cows 76.00 - 80.00 Bulls 90.00 - 95.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.)

100.00 - 155.00 (801-900 lbs.)

145.00 - 165.00 (701-800 lbs.)

158.00 - 181.00 (601-700 lbs.)

172.00 - 193.00 (501-600 lbs.)

180.00 - 205.00 (401-500 lbs.)

185.00 - 216.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

105.00 - 128.00 (801-900 lbs.)

140.00 - 151.00 (701-800 lbs.)

147.00 - 160.00 (601-700 lbs.)

152.00 - 168.00 (501-600 lbs.)

162.00 - 184.00 (401-500 lbs.)

165.00 - 186.00

Heifers

Alberta South $ — — 82.00 - 96.00 72.00 - 86.00 92.13 $ 150.00 - 163.00 157.00 - 171.00 135.00 - 181.00 180.00 - 199.00 192.00 - 216.00 200.00 - 225.00 $ 130.00 - 144.00 142.00 - 157.00 151.00 - 167.00 160.00 - 177.00 170.00 - 190.00 177.00 - 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 21, 2014) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change February 2014 144.60 1.45 April 2014 141.87 -0.53 June 2014 133.25 0.50 August 2014 131.70 0.28 October 2014 134.72 -0.08 December 2014 136.05 -0.25 Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

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

Prices are seen staying strong until the end of March

Previous Year­ 49,234 10,744 38,490 NA 596,000

Ontario $ 114.22 - 156.40 114.77 - 150.47 67.78 - 91.27 67.78 - 91.27 87.89 - 105.21 $ 148.56 - 168.98 148.34 - 167.65 139.40 - 175.09 156.56 - 188.13 156.78 - 202.71 159.12 - 212.31 $ 130.28 - 146.10 134.67 - 152.62 125.06 - 151.87 125.77 - 166.82 135.91 - 177.19 136.15 - 174.45

Close 171.12 171.80 172.60 174.30 173.87 172.95

Week Ending February 15, 2014 560 24,529 16,196 595 528 9,895 76

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Change 0.37 0.20 0.73 0.60 0.87 0.65

Previous Year 433 23,191 14,260 432 634 9,579 31

Hog Prices Source: Manitoba Agriculture

(Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg) E - Estimation MB. ($/hog) MB. (All wts.) (Fri-Thurs.)

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

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

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

Current Week 182.00 E 170.00 E 176.34 176.29

Futures (February 21, 2014) in U.S. Hogs April 2014 May 2014 June 2014 July 2014 August 2014

Last Week 176.31 164.27 170.03 172.00

Close 97.82 105.90 107.77 107.50 105.65

Last Year (Index 100) 166.44 155.02 167.29 169.04

Change 2.90 2.75 2.87 2.80 3.10

Other Market Prices 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) — — 145.00 - 153.00 150.00 - 165.00 150.00 - 165.00 —

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 March 2, 2014 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.925 Undergrade .............................. $1.835 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.905 Undergrade .............................. $1.805 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.905 Undergrade .............................. $1.805 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.810 Undergrade............................... $1.725 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

Toronto 69.49 - 110.86 154.66 - 171.51 171.35 - 184.95 167.58 - 195.11 185.27 - 237.64 —

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eeder cattle prices continued to be strong at auction yards across Manitoba during the week ended Feb. 21, reaching record-high levels in some areas.

Heavier feeder cattle prices had hit resistance and come down from their highs a few weeks ago, but have now bounced back to previous levels, said Rick Wright of Heartland Buying Order Co. “The lightweight cattle, under 750 pounds, that are going to grass basically, are extremely strong,” he added. “And we’ve seen some of the 500- to 550-weight cattle increase another couple of cents a pound.”

Strong demand and competition from the U.S. are helping to push prices to record-high levels, Wright said.

“The U.S. market is very, very strong. Cost of gain down there — they’ve got a bit of an advantage over us,” he said, and the Canadian dollar “is behaving in their favour, so we’re seeing lots of fundamentals are pointing towards a lot of interest from the U.S.” Once a cow is sent across the border to the U.S., there’s no chance of Canadian buyers being able to capture it again in the markets.

As a result, Canadian buyers are upping their bids on cattle in order to keep some inventory on this side of the border.

“If you’re going to compete with the U.S., you’re going to have to buy some cattle away from them, and that’s driving the price up a bit as well,” Wright added.

Canadian buyers may not be comfortable with the extremely high prices they’re paying, but are doing it anyway because they know they need to cover their needs now before there are no cattle left to buy.

“We are seeing cattle moving probably 30 to 45 days earlier than normal. And we know in the industry that there is a limited supply of cattle out there, and with them moving forward we expect that by the end of March, that there will be very few cattle available for public trade,” Wright said.

Prices will likely stay strong until the end of March, when farmers start to run out of cattle to sell, he said.

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“We expect that the volume of cattle will be considerably lighter, and it’s going to be lighter than the five-year average once we get to” the end of March, he said.

Volumes continued to be above average at the province’s auction yards for feeder cattle during the week, as farmers take advantage of the extremely strong prices.

Higher-than-normal numbers of feeder cattle are being sent to auction yards because many farmers are selling them to fulfil cash flow needs.

“A lot of our producers in Manitoba are mixed farmers, which have grain and cattle both, and it’s no secret that the grain’s not moving. So, there’s no cash flow coming in from the grain side of it,” said Wright.

“Therefore, some of these guys are having to move their cattle a little bit earlier.”

But unlike past years when farmers sold cattle earlier than usual because of cash flow needs, they aren’t resistant this year and are happy with the profits they’re making.

Farmers selling cows into the slaughter market are also making good profits, with continued strong demand helping to push prices higher.

“Again it is demand from the U.S. that’s made the market very, very strong,” said Wright. “The price of beef is going up in the stores every week, and as that price goes, we start to see a little bit of consumer resistance to (higher-end cuts) and more of a drive to the ground beef and some of the cheaper cuts.

“Between the demand for the hamburger and the exchange at the U.S. market, the cows are very, very strong. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen the price of cows that we’re seeing right now.”

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

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

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

Goats Winnipeg ( 15 head) Toronto (Fats) ($/cwt) Kids 170.00 - 200.00 80.82 - 315.98 Billys 170.00 — Mature — 58.93 - 180.27

Horses <1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

CNSC

SunGold Specialty Meats 35.00

Eggs

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

“We are seeing cattle moving probably 30 to 45 days earlier than normal.”

Terryn Shiells

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending February 15, 2014 52,936 12,268 40,668 NA 539,000

$1 Cdn: $0.8987 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.1128 Cdn.

COLUMN

(Friday to Thursday) Slaughter Cattle

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

EXCHANGES: February 21, 2014

Toronto ($/cwt) 12.00 - 25.00 32.13 - 54.63

Pig virus fears pump U.S. pork stocks to record high chicago / reuters / The amount of pork in U.S. cold storage warehouses in January hit a record high for a second month in a row, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly cold storage report issued Feb. 21.

Analysts in part attributed last month’s record stocks to processors and packers who likely stockpiled product in anticipation of tighter supplies as a deadly pig virus spreads on U.S. farms.

USDA’s Feb. 21 report showed pork inventories last month totalled 623.7 million lbs., up 69.4 million from December and up 17.3 million from a year ago. It was the most ever for the month of January after surpassing

the 554.3-million record in December and January 2013’s record of 606.425 million.

“Pork stocks fed off December’s record and inventories usually increase in January,” said independent market analyst Bob Brown.

Pork bellies, which are processed into bacon, represented the lion’s share of that increase as end-users stocked up for peak summer demand.

Looking for results? Check out the market reports from livestock auctions around the province. » PaGe 14

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 27, 2014

GRAIN MARKETS Export and International Prices

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Logistics on Prairies keep canola underpriced Oats futures have booked big gains on Prairie rail woes USDA’s outlook

Phil Franz-Warkentin CNSC

I

CE Futures Canada canola contracts saw a corrective bounce during the week ended Feb. 21, moving off t h e 3 - 1 / 2 - ye a r l ow s h i t t h e p re v i o u s w e e k a s s p e c u l a t o r s c ov e r e d s h o r t positions.

The overarching fundamental issues of a record-large crop and logistical problems moving it out of the Prairies did temper the upside potential. However, canola is still extremely underpriced, as evidenced by crush margins that remain at record levels.

Processing a tonne of canola in the current pricing environment would net over C$200 per tonne, according to ICE data.

Processors aren’t actually making that kind of money, as logistics issues continue to hamper how much canola is actually being processed.

Canada’s canola crush continues to run behind the year-ago pace, despite the larger supplies to work with. Exports are also lagging, which means very large supplies will be carried through into the next crop year.

Demand is there for canola, and a rally is expected if/when the logistics problems eventually sor t themselves out.

However, when that happens — and how high canola can actually go — remains to be seen.

From a purely technical standpoint, the overall downtrend is still very much in place for both old- and new-crop canola. Speculators are also still holding large short positions in the commodity, and will be looking to increase those holdings as the opportunity presents itself.

May canola hit a contract low at $403.70 per tonne on Feb. 13, while nearby upside resistance can be found around $435 to $440.

In the U.S., soybeans, corn, wheat and oats were all up on the week, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s annual outlook conference at the forefront of the markets.

Corn plantings in 2014 are forecast at 92 million acres by the government agency, while soybean seedings were pegged at 79.5 million. Soybean intentions are up by three million acres from 2013 plantings and corn was down by 3.4 million.

While U.S. corn acres may be down on the year, USDA predicts a sizable jump in yields and expects ending stocks by Aug. 31, 2015 of the grain at 2.111 billion bushels. Soybean ending stocks are also predicted to rise to an equally burdensome 285 million bushels.

Corn prices, USDA said, are forecast to decline to an average of US$3.90 per bushel in 2014-15 — a 60-cent decline from the previous 12-month average.

Average soybean prices in the upcoming crop year are also forecast to be well off the 2013-14 level; USDA is working with an average price of US$9.65 for 2014-15, down from US$12.70.

However, USDA officials at the outlook conference also acknowledged the relative tightness of the global supply situation. If any production problems do arise, due to weather issues or other unforeseen problems, USDA cautioned there was the potential for price spikes as last seen in 2010-11.

Oats continued to post some of the biggest gains in the U.S. futures markets during the week, up over 40 cents per bushel in the old-crop contracts, but with more subdued gains of nine to 11 cents in the more deferred months. The logistics issues bringing Canadian oats into deliverable U.S. positions remain a major supportive influence on that market.

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

Last Week

All prices close of business February 21, 2014

Week Ago

Year Ago

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

226.43

218.81

287.03

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

250.50

243.34

319.36

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

179.42

173.42

285.24

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

303.78

266.34

230.19

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

499.08

493.93

525.47

Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne)

894.57

871.86

1135.35

oilseeds

Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business February 21, 2014 Last Week

Week Ago

March 2014

barley

126.50

126.50

May 2014

128.50

128.50

July 2014

128.50

128.50

Canola

Last Week

Week Ago

March 2014

141.60

398.20

May 2014

424.90

408.80

July 2014

434.70

418.40

Special Crops Report for February 24, 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

10.80 - 11.00

Medium Yellow No. 1

5.00 - 6.25

—

Feed beans

—

Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans

42.00 - 42.00

Feed Pea (Rail)

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

5.00 - 5.50

No. 1 Small Red Source: Stat Publishing

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

SUNFLOWERS

No. 1 Pink

— 40.00 - 40.00

Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

19.80

18.80

32.00* Call for details

—

Report for February 21, 2014 in US$ cwt NuSun (oilseed) Confection Source: National Sunflower Association

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U.S. heads for another big sugar surplus washington / reuters / The United States is heading for another large sugar surplus in 201415 as imports rise from Mexico and elsewhere and domestic beet and cane production also rise, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Feb. 22.

The closely watched stocks-to-use ratio was forecast at 17.9 per cent for 2014-15, up from 14.9 per cent currently pegged for 2013-14.

USDA said it “may have to take action to reduce supply, such as purchasing sugar for resale to ethanol producers.”

USDA looks for bin-busting U.S. soybean crop this year washington / reuters / The United States is on track for record-large soybean and corn crops in 2014-15, pushing ending stocks higher

and prices sharply lower, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Feb. 21.

Soybeans will be the real bin buster in the coming season, based on projected record-high acreage and rising yields.

USDA forecast a soybean crop of 3.550 billion bushels, large enough for U.S. ending stocks to almost double in 2014-15, to 285 million bushels.

Corn plantings are forecast to fall, but with strong projected yields would still be high enough for the U.S. to eke out a record harvest of 13.985 billion bushels.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 27, 2014

LIVESTOCK h u s b a n d r y — t h e s c i e n c e , S K I L L O R ART O F F AR M IN G

COOL back at WTO but no resolution in sight Taking retaliatory action against the U.S. won’t be possible until 2015

By Alex Binkley Co-operator contributor

pHoto: ©thinkstock

Stupid is as stupid does, says veteran shepherd Stress-free approach is key to flock – and shepherd – longevity

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff / Neepawa

R

aising sheep is seen by many as the easiest and cheapest way to get started in the livestock business, but anecdotal evidence suggests that most newbie shepherds give up within five years.

Contrary to popular belief, it’s not due to poor economics, said Gord Schroeder, member relations manager for the fledgling Canadian Lamb Co-op.

“The No. 1 reason people give for getting out of sheep is ‘those stupid sheep,’” he said, in a recent presentation on sheep behaviour hosted by the Manitoba Sheep Association.

Many acreage owners who may or may not have any experience with livestock, are seeking some way to turn a few acres of grass into cash, and look to sheep as a small, docile animal that is easily handled and managed.

“Easy entry, easy out,” said Schroeder, former chair of the Saskatchewan Sheep Development boards and a shepherd for 28 years.

On paper at least, the economics look attractive because six ewes can be raised on the same land base as one cow.

“But if you go out and buy 60 sheep, that’s like 10 cows. So how much money are you going to make with 10 cows?”

A would-be shepherd who starts off with 50 ewes, for example, and then adds a tractor, baler and handling shed may quickly find that the lamb crop can’t provide cash flow to support his capital outlay, he added.

Schroeder places sheep intelligence

on par with cattle, but below a pig. A strong herding instinct suggests witless conformity, but if behaviour is an animal’s response to its environment, then the human role in shaping it cannot be ignored.

Key to understanding sheep, or horses or cattle for that matter, he adds, is the fact that as prey animals, their eyes are placed far apart on their head. Depth perception, therefore, has been traded off for wide peripheral vision in excess of 270 degrees, and anything unusual or unfamiliar that appears within their field of vision triggers the instinct to flee.

“Stress is not good for man or beast. So if you feel stressed, you can bet they will feel stressed, too.”

Gord Schroeder

Shadows, sharp contrasts, uneven floor surfaces – or even a coat hanging on a wall – can create uncertainty and hesitation that will interrupt the flow of sheep through a chute, said Schroeder.

Their hearing is acute, which means that shouting is a waste of breath, and could cause them to “freeze.” To encourage movement, he shakes a broomstick with a plastic bag stapled on the end to make a soft, rustling noise.

Handling facilities don’t have to cost thousands of dollars, but they need to be well thought out to match the flock’s tendency to avoid dead ends, puddles or light-to-dark changes. Staging a practice run through it from time to time where no needling is done to the flock can help alleviate their anxiety, he added.

Sheep bunch up at corners, so gentle curves are better. Uphill movement is always easier than downhill, and wherever stress is created, sheep need to be enclosed by solid wall panels. Where long, straight runs are necessary, having a decoy sheep at the front of the chute gives them more confidence to move forward.

“They love routine. They balk at change,” said Schroeder. If something that worked yesterday doesn’t work today, that’s a dead giveaway that something has changed and a good, careful shepherd will take the time to figure out what it is and remove it.

Handling facilities are an investment, not a cost, because they can make or break a sheep operation. Having a good design means that vaccinations, deworming and body condition scoring ahead of lambing are more likely to be done in a timely fashion.

Successful shepherds will take the time to observe their sheep’s behaviour and regard the operation as a “working partnership” that must accommodate the needs of both parties.

“Stress is not good for man or beast.

So if you feel stressed, you can bet they will feel stressed, too,” said Schroeder. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

Canada has made its latest case to the World Trade Organization in its ongoing battle against the U.S. country-of-origin labelling (COOL) program for meat products but no one is expecting a quick resolution.

Canada, Mexico and the United States presented their arguments to a WTO panel in Geneva Feb. 18-19 composed of the same members who ruled in 2009 that COOL violated international trade.

Even if the panel upholds the latest complaint against COOL in a decision expected in the spring, Washington can appeal to the full WTO which will delay a final decision until the end of 2014. That would hold up any retaliatory action until 2015.

At the latest hearing, the U.S. acknowledged that COOL as amended last year still discriminates against Canadian and Mexican livestock, says Martin Unrau, president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. “This means that the U.S. position is as long as consumer information is a legitimate objective, they can discriminate against their trading partners.”

Jean-Guy Vincent, chairman of the Canadian Pork Council, added that, “The blatant protectionism of the U.S. position was clear throughout the hearings. It was very satisfying to hear the chairman of the panel tell the U.S. lawyers that big countries and small countries in the WTO have the same obligations. It is taking much longer than we believe it should, but we are confident that we will prevail,” he said.

Canada had hoped the U.S. would modify COOL as part of its Farm Bill legislation but it didn’t, moving the dispute back to the WTO. Canada needs the WTO sanction to impose threatened $1-billion annual retaliatory tariffs against U.S. consumer and food products. Mexico has also threatened to impose millions of dollars in retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products.

The dispute over COOL dates back to 2008 and has cost Canadian farmers and processors close to $6 billion in lost sales and lower prices. Canada first complained to the WTO about COOL in 2009.

In 2012, the trade body found COOL to be out of compliance with the U.S.’s international obligations. In early 2013, the U.S. announced changes that it said brought the program into compliance with the WTO. Canada and Mexico said the changes made the situation worse.

Vincent said taking the dispute through the WTO is complicated. “We have now been to Geneva four times to fight these unfair U.S. labelling regulations. We won nearly two years ago and the U.S. introduced a new system which is even worse for Canadian livestock exports.”

Another option the U.S. could use to delay the process is suspend COOL if the WTO rejects it and start another rulemaking process for a new version of the meat label program. That could leave Canadian livestock producers facing renewed discrimination.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | February 27, 2014

SHEEP & GOAT COLUMN

Lamb prices holding steady for February sale The market lamb prices were slightly higher, while feeder lamb bids were lower

By Mark Elliot Co-operator contributor

T

he Winnipeg Livestock Auction had approximately 375 sheep and goats for the Feb. 18 sale. In most cases, the lamb prices are similar to the last sale. The market lambs slightly increased, while the feeder lambs saw slightly lower bids.

No new-crop lambs were delivered for this sale.

The ewe classification was represented by wool ewes. The ewes were healthy and uniform, causing some strong bidding.

The weight ranged from 105 to 163 pounds, with a price ranging from $0.80 to $0.93 per pound.

A 195-pound Dorper-cross ram represented the classification. This ram brought $161.85 ($0.83 per pound).

The heavyweight classification was represented by three 123-pound Rideau-cross lambs.

These lambs brought $173.43 ($1.41 per pound).

The buyers had two groups of market-size lambs for bidding.

The 98-pound lambs brought $155.82 ($1.59 per pound).

Tw e n t y 1 0 6 - p o u n d l a m b s brought $159 ($1.50 per pound).

The feeder lambs dominated this sale and the buyers did some serious bidding on the wool lambs. No hair feeder lambs were delivered.

The weight ranged from 81 to 94 pounds, with a price range from $1.41 to $1.615 per pound.

The lightweight lambs continued with strong bidding.

The price ranged from $1.53 to $1.60 per pound, with a weight ranging from 73 to 78 pounds.

An exception was 41 70-pound Dorper-cross lambs which brought $103.95 ($1.485 per pound).

Dorper-cross lambs dominated the lambs in the 60-plus-pound range. Thirtyeight 62-pound Dorper-cross lambs brought $95.48 ($1.54 per pound) and 26 68-pound Dorper-cross lambs brought $105.40 ($1.55 per pound).

Ten 68-pound Suffolk-cross lambs brought $112.20 ($1.65 per pound). Seven 64-pound Rideau-cross lambs brought $87.04 ($1.36 per pound).

Fourteen 57-pound Cheviotcross lambs brought $79.80 ($1.40 per pound).

Eleven 49-pound Dorpercross lambs brought $69.58 ($1.42 per pound).

February 5, 2014 Ewes

$90.30 – $143.80

$97.30 /$100.30

$173.43

$190.35

95 - 110

$155.82 – $159.00

$146.51 – $148.00

80 - 94

$117.03 – $143.35

$128.00 – $140.76

70 - 79

$103.95 – $124.80

$109.90 –$120.03

62 - 68

$87.04 – $112.20

$109.20 (65 lbs.)

57

$79.80

n/a

49

n/a

$66.38 (45 lbs.)

Lambs (lbs.)

110+

Under 80

A group of six 106-pound Alpine-cross and Boer-cross does showcased excellent husbandry. These does had good structure and uniform frames.

The group of does brought $165 ($1.56 per pound).

An 80-pound Alpine-cross buck brought $160 ($2 per pound). An 80-pound Boercross buck brought $160 ($2 per pound).

Two 70-pound Boer-cross goat (kids) brought $144 ($2.06 per pound).

Three 58-pound Boer-goat (kids) brought $102.50 ($1.77 per pound).

GOAT DOES

/ lb.

animal weight

meat

$1.56

106 lbs.

dairy

$1.56

106 lbs.

meat

$2.00

80 lbs.

dairy

$2.00

80 lbs.

meat

$2.06

70 lbs.

meat

$1.77

58 lbs.

BUCKS

KIDS - Under 80

USDA sees pig virus limiting hog supply; cattle prices up Southern Plains drought also limiting herd expansion

T

he U.S. Department of Agriculture said Feb. 20 that the spread of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) through the U.S. hog herd will “sharply limit” the supply of hogs compared to earlier expectations.

“Mortality rates due to PEDv have been highest among young piglets which have curtailed the growth in the number of pigs per litter and will likely slow expansion,” said Joseph Glauber, USDA’s chief economist.

At its annual Agricultural Outlook conference, the USDA said expansion in the U.S. red meat sector would re m a in s l ow due to the decline in cattle inventory. “ While cattle numbers have been trending down since the 1970s, the continued drought in the Southern Plains has resulted in large declines in the cattle herd,” Glauber said.

The USDA projected that U.S. steer prices would rise eight per cent in fiscal 2014 to a record $136 per hundredweight, while hog prices would fall two

per cent. Prices for broilers were seen falling 2.2 per cent and milk prices rising six per cent.

USDA said meat and poultry prices would rise three to four per cent in 2014.

USDA lowered its FY 2014 forecast for exports of livestock, poultry and dairy to $31.6 billion, down $100 million from its November estimate.

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Feeder Steers

Feb-19

Feb-18

Feb-18

Feb-21

Feb-19

Feb-17

Feb-20

Feb-21

No. on offer

2,000

1,257*

811

1,120

1,931*

563*

1,497*

1,280

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

110.00-131.00

Over 1,000 lbs.

900-1,000

n/a

140.00-160.00

130.00-146.00

140.00-162.00

148.00-161.00

n/a

148.00-156.00

130.00-154.00

800-900

140.00-168.50

155.00-165.00

140.00-160.00

158.00-172.00

155.00-164.00 (167)

157.00-165.00

155.00-166.00

148.00-165.00

700-800

145.00-177.00

160.00-180.00

155.00-174.00

170.00-185.00

162.00-174.00 (177)

162.00-177.00 (182)

165.00-183.00

158.00-178.00

600-700

162.00-195.00

175.00-196.25

170.00-183.50

180.00-197.00

175.00-194.00 (197)

177.00-195.50

175.00-200.00

170.00-190.00

500-600

160.00-219.00

180.00-217.50

185.00-220.00

190.00-215.00

189.00-205.00 (210)

190.00-205.00 (209)

180.00-218.00

185.00-214.00

400-500

180.00-224.00

185.00-227.00

190.00-230.00

195.00-220.00

195.00-218.00

200.00-220.00

185.00-220.00

200.00-233.00

300-400

n/a

190.00-219.00

190.00-215.00

190.00-220.00

n/a

n/a

185.00-201.00

200.00-238.00

n/a

130.00-143.00

n/a

130.00-142.00

129.00-142.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

800-900

140.00-149.00

135.00-151.50

120.00-140.00

140.00-152.00

139.00-149.00

n/a

130.00-160.00

132.00-155.00

700-800

122.00-167.00

120.00-156.00

138.00-158.50

145.00-158.00

144.00-160.00 (163.5)

160.00-184.00

140.00-163.00

148.00-170.00

600-700

130.00-179.00

150.00-174.00

150.00-170.00

150.00-167.00

152.00-173.00

165.00-182.00

150.00-170.00

148.00-170.00

500-600

150.00-186.00

160.00-185.00

165.00-190.00

163.00-178.00

159.00-182.00

165.00-176.50

160.00-185.00

165.00-188.00

400-500

160.00-195.00

160.00-184.00

170.00-188.00

170.00-183.00

164.00-188.00

155.00-169.00

160.00-187.50

180.00-192.00

300-400

n/a

165.00-176.25

170.00-184.00

175.00-195.00

n/a

n/a

145.00-178.00

180.00-192.00

208

n/a

155

120

n/a

n/a

n/a

270

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

Slaughter Market No. on offer D1-D2 Cows

70.00-79.00

70.00-85.00

n/a

80.00-89.00

78.00-84.00

69.00-76.00

65.00-88.00 (91.00)

83.00-88.00

D3-D5 Cows

60.00-70.00

n/a

60.00-68.00

65.00-79.00

55.00-77.00

n/a

n/a

80.00-85.00

Age Verified

80.00-86.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

80.00-85.00 (86)

72.00-81.00

n/a

n/a

Good Bulls

75.00-95.50

78.00-86.50

90.00-96.00

86.00-96.00

90.00-98.00

83.00-94.00

87.00-95.00

92.00-96.00

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

75.00-88.00

n/a

78.00-90.00

75.00-83.00 (95.00)

n/a

75.00-89.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

76.00-83.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

62.00-74.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

* includes slaughter market

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

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COLUMN

Semen evaluation — is it worth doing?

Since reproduction has the biggest economic return on the farm, it’s important to know the bull is up to snuff Good vision important

Roy Lewis, DVM Beef 911

Around 20 per cent of bulls can have fertility issues. Problems worsen in large herds with multiple bulls if the dominant bull is infertile.

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here are still some producers skeptical of the merits of having a semen evaluation on breeding bulls prior to turnout. This article will attempt to highlight the positive points and hopefully lay to rest the misconceptions.

Ve t e r i n a r i a n s a re re a l l y doing much more than just checking the semen, which is why it is really called a breeding soundness evaluation (for obvious reasons we’ve stopped calling it a BSE exam). We check live sperm to check for motility as well as stained sperm for morphology, which is the percentage which is defective. Vets can see these defects when looking under the microscope.

Certain defects are caused from faulty formation. Others crop up when the bulls are not active and the sperm becomes stagnant. These defects result from improper maturation of the sperm.

While the bull is restrained for collection, body condition is assessed and the feet and legs are checked. We can see the undercarriage, so what better opportunity to check out the feet and sheath. We observe the bull walking so any structural defects are also identified.

A big part of any evaluation is the measurement of the scrotum, which indicates semen production. Generally the larger the scrotum up to a maximum of 39 cm, the more semen will be produced.

After that semen production does not go up much. As well as the testicles the spermatic cords and epididymis (area where the sperm mature) are also palpated for any signs of abnormality.

The testicles are compared for size and shape to the opposite testicle and any differences noted including their firmness or softness.

Abnormalities may indicate a problem, which will show up in the sperm or may indicate you are only getting normal sperm from one testicle. If this is the case, serving capacity will be markedly dimini s h e d . We w a n t t o a l w a y s select bulls for higher-serving capacity.

The sperm is collected using a probe inserted in the rectum, which gives a very, very low electrical impulse.

This small current is brought up very smoothly and causes t he b ul l to be co me e rec t,

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Global output has doubled in five years

By Teis Jensen copenhagen / reuters

The price of mink fur has dropped almost 40 per cent at auction in Denmark this year after hosts of new breeders piled into the business, attracted by the record sums China’s middle class had been willing to pay for the luxury item.

The price had tripled over five years to reach an average of 570 Danish crowns ($100) per skin, a record high, last year at Kopenhagen Fur, the world’s largest fur auction house.

But at the mid-February auction, which is the second of five this season, the average price for the 7.1 million skins under the hammer is set to fall to around 350-360 crowns per skin, Kopenhagen Fur said.

“The price last year was crazy because the world demand has been rising explosively in some years and the production has lagged behind,” its chairman, Tage Pedersen, said.

“Now the production is getting into gear, and so we are experiencing more normal prices.”

Pedersen said global output of mink skins has doubled in five years as farmers got into the lucrative business.

A worker hangs bundles of mink fur inside a store at a fur market in Chongfu township, Zhejiang province on September 13, 2013. The 100-squarekilometre Chongfu township, which houses over 100,000 residents in Eastern China’s Zhejiang province, is known as the biggest fur designing, researching, producing and exporting centre in China. The township is the home of 1,469 fur companies, according to its government website. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

protrude his penis from the sheath and then ejaculate. It is important we try and get the bull to protrude the penis so it can be visualized for such things as cuts, warts or a frenulum, which is a ligamentous tie down between the penis and sheath. Most of these conditions are found on yearling bulls though at a fairly low percentage. But all these conditions can render a bull infertile or subfertile.

Blood, which is often present because of these conditions, is very detrimental to semen quality.

Just before inserting the probe all the internal sexual organs are palpated for differences is size, infection, scarring etc. The seminal vesicles are the dominant organs, much as the prostate gland is in humans. If these become infected either from bloodborne infections or infections ascending from an infected navel, they are all detrimental to lively sperm. Infections in these areas will show up as pus in the semen. In some cases these infections can be treated but usually these bulls will be culled.

The eyes are always examined closely as ideally we want a bull with two fully functioning eyes in order to identify cows in heat. Binocular vision is important for depth perception. A bull can breed with one eye but he can miss cows in a large pasture.

If you can eliminate these infertile or subfertile bulls by a breeding soundness evaluation, conception rates should definitely improve. Around 20 per cent of bulls can have fertility issues. Problems worsen in large herds with multiple bulls if the dominant bull is infertile. Wrecks can develop in single-bull pastures. I have seen instances of a 100 per cent open rate.

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Ideally, test all breeding bulls ever y year. If not the new young bulls should definitely be tested. Normally purebred breeders test yearlings as a condition of sale.

Older bulls past their prime (beyond four-five years) are prime candidates for testicular degeneration and other conditions a f f e c t i n g t h e i r re p r o d u c tive ability. Any bulls, which have been sick, injured or gotten frostbite or swelling on their testicles should most definitely be examined as well.

The last group would be bulls in their prime breeding age with no previous problems. Infertile bulls can still

be found in this group but less likely.

The only breeding prerequisite that is not tested is the libido or sex drive. This we often leave up to the producer. Watching bulls breed the first one or two times in the season is always a good idea. Yearlings especially can be awkward and have a hard time entering and completing the breeding. Ensure they are entering the cow and ejaculating before turning them out into the herd. Always watch for other signs during the breeding season such as swellings on the sheath or scrotum, indicating a broken or cut penis.

Problems can and will happen dur ing the breeding season, necessitating replacing bulls in order to get the cows bred. Breeding soundness exams should be an integral part of any beef herd health program. Any vaccines such as foot rot or pink eye tagging might as well be done at the same time bulls are being processed to eliminate that headache in the future.

Hopefully the breeding season this spring will go uneventfully. Getting all bulls fertility tested is a great start.

Remember reproduction has the biggest economic return on your farm.

Roy Lewis is a Westlock, Alberta-based veterinarian specializing in large-animal practice. He is also a part-time technical services vet for Merck Animal Health.

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ou know that cold, annoying feeling you get when someone leaves the door open on a cold winter day? Well, that’s exactly what is going to happen to us over the next couple of weeks, just on a much larger scale!

In the words of the weather forecasters, “the weather models have grossly underestimated the strength of a developing ridge of high pressure over the West Coast.” This will result in the central and eastern part of North America once again being open to cold arctic air pouring over the polar region, bringing at least two more weeks of well-belowaverage temperatures. In fact, on some days we’ll be hard pressed to make it into the usual temperature range for this time of the year, so this is truly some unusual weather. Interestingly, it doesn’t look like we’ll be breaking any cold records during this period though.

The first arctic high pressure will move to our southeast by Wednesday of this week. This will be followed by another arctic high

moving in on Friday and Saturday.

This high will slowly move off to our southeast over the weekend, only to be followed by another arctic high early next week — oh, yay! On the negative side, this will mean well-below-average temperatures with highs on the coldest days only making to around -20 C and overnight lows pushing -30 C. On the bright side, for those of you who are tired of snow, we shouldn’t see any measurable snow during this period.

With this long, cold winter seeming to be holding on forever, I thought I would start a spring outlook, which is exactly what it sounds like: when will spring, or spring-like conditions, finally arrive? In the longer-range weather models there was some hint of near- to above-freezing temperatures moving in around March 10, but the models are already pulling back on that.

Expect winter to continue until at least the middle of March.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, -14 to 0 C; lows, -27 to -11 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.

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This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation (snow, for the most part) that has fallen across the Prairies so far this winter compared to the long-term average. A large part of the agricultural Prairies has seen a relatively wet winter, with areas in dark green and blue reporting high to extremely high amounts. There are even a few pockets of record amounts in western and northwestern Alberta and southeastern Manitoba. Not all areas have been wet, though; southern and east-central Alberta and extreme southern Manitoba have been dry, with some areas of Manitoba even reporting record-dry conditions.

How El Niño impacts us

El Niño or La Niña events tend to go unnoticed in the summer months on the Prairies

By Daniel Bezte co-operator contributor

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f you remember back to my last article on El Niño, we discussed how the Pacific Ocean is kind of like a giant heat battery, storing the sun’s energy and then releasing it in the form of heat and moisture. We also discussed (very generally) how the atmosphere likes to try to even out areas that are warm with areas that are cold, and this results in a general pattern of winds around the world (easterly winds in the tropics, westerly in the middle latitudes, and easterly winds in the Arctic).

If we are going to understand El Niño and the cold or opposite version known as La Niña, we need to keep these wind patterns in mind, and go back to the Pacific Ocean to examine what effect these winds have.

For anyone who has watched the effect that wind can have on a body of water, you’ll probably recall seeing how wind can push water around. If you have ever spent any time at one of Manitoba’s larger lakes (Lake Winnipeg, for example) you’ll know that if you get a strong wind coming from the north, the lake level at the south end of the lake will rise. Have a strong

As anyone who has ever gone swimming in a lake already knows, the temperature of the water is way colder down near the bottom of the lake than it is at the top.

south wind and the water level in the south end will fall, while the level in the north rises. This occurs because the wind is actually pushing the water in the direction that it is blowing.

Now, transfer this idea to the Pacific Ocean, except instead of having a water body a few hundred kilometres long, we are now talking about thousands of kilometres long. In tropical regions, the winds in the Pacific are almost always blowing from east to west. They push the water away from the west coast of North and South America and pile it up on the far side of the Pacific. What does this have to do with El Niño and La Niña?

I’m getting to it!

As the easterly winds in the tropics blow offshore of the Americas, they push the water with them. Now, you just can’t push all this water away from the shore and not have water

want to come in and replace it.

Since the wind is pushing the surface water, the replacement water can’t come from there, at least not directly. Where the replacement water comes from is from below. This is known as upwelling — and as anyone who has ever gone swimming in a lake already knows, the temperature of the water is way colder down near the bottom of the lake than it is at the top. So this water rising up to replace the water being pushed away by the wind is cold.

OK, we now have cold water along the west coast of North and South America and the surface water is being pushed across the Pacific, piling up on the far side. As the surface water travels across the Pacific it is heated under the tropical sun, so the pile of water on the far side is very warm. Now, cold water will usually keep the

air above it cooler, while warm water will keep the air above it warmer. Also, cold water won’t evaporate as easily, whereas warm water will. This means we don’t see as much in the way of clouds and precipitation in the area with cold upwelling as we do in the area of warm water on the far side of the Pacific. This is the general setup that would be considered “normal” across the Pacific Ocean.

Pattern changes

During an El Niño event, for reasons still not fully understood, the pattern of winds and pressure over the Pacific Ocean changes. The easterly winds weaken and, in some cases, even reverse themselves. The cold upwelling is slowed or even blocked, and warm water starts to build up in the eastern Pacific.

This results in the movement of the area of clouds and precipitation from western regions to more eastern locations.

During a La Niña event, the “normal” pattern is amplified, as colder-than-average water temperatures occur over eastern regions of the Pacific.

So how does this changing of weather patterns over the Pacific Ocean affect us? Well, to make a long story short,

the overall pattern of pressure across the Pacific is altered in an El Niño or La Niña year. This change in pressure patterns is reflected downwind, as the path of the jet stream is altered.

When the jet stream is pushed northward, warm air is allowed to flood northward. When the jet stream is sent plunging southward, cold air follows right along.

El Niño patterns tend to bring warm, dry winters to the Prairies — something that we really could have used this winter.

During the summer, its effects are not noticed to the same degree, as there is very little correlation between El Niño and our summer weather. That said, El Niño is also the stronger of the two different patterns and it tends to have the greatest impact on our weather. La Niña winters tend to be snowier, and again, as is the case with her big brother, the effect during summer is not as noticeable.

Since a possible El Niño event isn’t expected to develop until late spring or summer we can’t really count on it impacting our weather any time soon. The one piece of good news is that we may end up having a mild winter next year — oh, we can only hope!

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Canola growers debate UPOV ’91 A resolution opposing the treaty was narrowly defeated

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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Manitoba Canola Growers Association president and annual meeting chair, Ed Rempel, voted to break a tie vote on a resolution on UPOV ‘91. photos: allan dawson

seed companies only invest 10 per cent of their seed sale revenues into research, he added.

Directors Brian Chorney of East Selkirk and Chuck Fossay of Starbuck spoke against the resolution. Chorney argued more money needs to be invested in variety development and UPOV ’91 will encourage that.

Both farmers and plant breeders will benefit, he said, quoting from a recent opinion piece written by public plant breeders Keith Downey and Bryan Harvey.

Rempel cited work by consultant Carman Read that estimated end-point royalties will raise $40 million for public research conducted by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

St. Francois Xavier farmer Ed Hiebert questioned whether directors should debate resolutions, suggesting it should be left to the membership.

Minto farmer David Rourke said if UPOV ’91 is implemented farmers could consider investing in their own variety research, recouping on the investment resulting from the royalties collected from them.

“It seems to me that the federal government has made up its mind and when the Harper government makes up its mind on something it tends to stay made up,” Rempel said later in an interview. “Now we can tilt against wind-

Deleau farmer Ian Robson fears UPOV ’91 will cost farmers more money.

mills all we want, but I don’t know where it will get us.”

Robson and Hiebert also complained the annual meeting was too rushed. It was held during the CropConnect conference and had to end at a specific time to avoid conflicting with a conference session.

The Manitoba corn, pulse and flax grower associations and the National Sunflower Association of Canada all held their annual meetings at the same time, preventing farmers from attending more than one meeting.

Rempel said the canola association would work with the conference committee to try and address the complaints.

Rempel also thanked retiring directors Ernie Sirski of Dauphin and Harder.

Sirksi was a director for 18 years, during which time he held many positions on the board.

Harder stepped down after eight years, even though directors are allowed to serve for up to 12 years. Harder said later he felt it was time to move on and let someone else fill the position.

Rempel, who farms near Starbuck, was re-elected president for 2014, with Selkirk farmer Brian Chorney serving as vice-president, Hugh Drake of Elkhorn as treasurer, and Charles Fossay of Starbuck as secretary. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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resolution in favour of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) opposing Canada’s plan to implement UPOV ’91 was narrowly defeated at the association’s annual meeting in Winnipeg Feb. 18.

It took a tie-breaking vote from the MCGA president and meeting chair Ed Rempel to defeat the resolution put forward by Deleau farmer Ian Robson nine to eight.

Robson warned UPOV ’91 will result in farmers paying more for seed, boosting seed company’s profits.

UPOV ’91 (Union for the Protection of Plant Varieties 1991 Convention) gives plant breeders stronger rights over the varieties they produce. It will also allow them to collect end-use royalties from farmers when they deliver grain to elevators, even if they don’t buy new seed.

That, the federal government says, will return more revenue to plant breeders who then will invest more in developing new varieties.

Provisions for implementing UPOV ’91 are part of Bill C-18, the Agricultural Growth Act, an omnibus bill currently before the House of Commons.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says UPOV ’91 will allow farmers to save seed as they do now, so long as they don’t sign contracts prohibiting it. But according to Robson, breeders would have to grant farmers the privilege to save seed, which isn’t a guarantee. He noted there is a long tradition of farmers saving seed and growing it or selling it to neighbours.

“We need to take a stand,” he said. “UPOV ’91 is not farmer friendly.”

Robson said variety development through the public sector has served farmers and taxpayers well. Farmers got good varieties and taxpayers enjoyed food security.

He called UPOV a private club of seed companies.

“For some reason (Agriculture) Minister (Gerry) Ritz goes along with their rules that are anti-democratic,” he said later in an interview. “What about the minister writing rules for us as farmers and for the Canadian public?

“Either you’re for a shareholder investor or you’re for a farmer.”

MCGA directors Larry Bohdanovich of Grandview and Butch Harder of Lowe Farm spoke in favour of the resolution.

Harder said UPOV ’91 will cost farmers a lot more money. With canola seed $550 a bushel, they already pay too much, he said.

University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist Richard Gray has determined

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Non-commercial traders can influence prices and market trends Commodity prices won’t be what they have been for the last few years as farmers enter the 2014 crop year, but a dip in price doesn’t mean a crop is unprofitable

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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he bloom may be off the rose for those forging ahead in commodity production, but it’s not all thorns, according to Cliff Jamieson of The Progressive Farmer. During the first annual CropConnect conference in Winnipeg, the market analyst shared his outlook for some of the province’s specialty crops.

Corn

The ears will remain golden, but the price? Not so much.

“The thing about corn is that there is a lot of corn out there,” Jamieson told producers. “We have high ending stocks, just about double what it was in the States last year.”

The Canadian grains analyst believes that corn will be selling for between $2 and $3 per bushel by the end of the year.

“Old crops trading at a weak carry at best, and the market response is tepid,” he said.

But there has been a recent, if small, uptick in corn prices with nearby markets seeing prices in the $4.50 range. It’s something Jamieson attributes to a variety of factors, including poor

weather in much of the United States that has prevented some farmers from actually selling or delivering their corn.

The growing involvement on non-commercial investors is also influencing prices, according to the analyst.

“Their actions often create trends, and you’ll see here as they went net short... futures fell,” he said.

“Time will tell, but flax may find some support from the outside oils, we’ve seen corn oil move, we’ve seen soybean oil move, so some of that may spill over into the flax market.”

CLIFF JAMIESON

Soybeans

Lower corn prices are expected to push producers towards other crops such as soybeans in the coming season, even if returns on that crop are also predicted to drop.

“End-users are fighting for stock,” Jamieson said. “It’s an interesting time for the soybean market right now... this is the time of year where the Chinese would normally cancel U.S. contracts and move their boats to Brazil for cheaper supplies, and we haven’t seen that.”

But that doesn’t mean soybeans will maintain at the strong prices seen in 201314. Farmers can expect prices closer to $9.70 per bushel in 2014-15 year.

“But again lots can happen between now and then,” he

Cliff Jamieson speaks to producers at CropConnect in Winnipeg.

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added, noting that dry conditions in South America could affect supplies in the coming year.

Non-commercial traders are also affecting soybean prices, Jamieson said, adding that they are more likely to engage in selloffs.

Flax

Producers looking to diversify as commodity prices fall may

also want to consider flax as an option.

Despite an increase in acres both globally and in Canada, Jamieson believes flax will continue to be profitable, even if prices have dipped in recent months.

“There was a chance that canola could have dragged flax down with it, but it didn’t and that’s a positive sign,” he said.

“We came from a low in 2007... but we’ve since rallied to about $98.31 over canola.”

Seeds from the blue-flowered plant garnered prices in the $1,200-per-tonne range a year ago, and have since fallen to about $1,095.

“Time will tell, but flax may find some support from the outside oils, we’ve seen corn oil move, we’ve seen soybean oil move, so some of that may spill over into the flax market,” the

analyst said.

And while the number of flax acres is expected to grow in 2014, demand is also growing.

Couple that with the fact that yields are expected to return to normal this season, and Jamieson said demand should remain relatively close to supply.

Dry beans

Supplies of dry beans are tight, but don’t expect lower stocks to increase prices, said Jamieson.

Canada and the U.S. saw a decrease in production in 2013, but both Mexico and Brazil have seen production increases.

Currently, dr y beans are averaging 37 cents per pound but that is expected to drop to about 31 cents by 2015-16.

“But again, a lot can happen... so don’t necessarily put a lot of weight on those forward projections,” he added.

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Canola missing global opportunities People want it, we can grow it, but getting canola to market in a reliable way will prove to be challenging

By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

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t’s an ambitious goal — 26 million tonnes of canola by 2025.

But the big question these days isn’t whether producers can grow it, it’s whether they can get it to market.

“We think there is strong demand in the industry and... we want to be able to make s u r e w e’r e m ov i n g m u c h larger crops in the future.

It’s really a matter of having

CN bumps up 2014 capital spending to $2.1 bln

“We need to get the logistics in place to get our production to the world.”

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the whole value chain — and the transportation industry — sort out how we’re going to accomplish that,” said Jim Everson, a vice-president with the Canola Council of Canada.

It’s c l e a r t h a t e v e n t h e

bumper 2013 crop is straining the system, said Cliff Jamieson, a market analyst with The Progressive Farmer.

“Canada is missing out on a huge opportunity right now, the global trade in canola is

actually increasing,” he said, adding that in particular China’s demand for the oilseed continues to grow.

“But somebody else is going to capitalize on that opportunity,” said Jamieson.

Previously, canola was seen as an 18-month crop, then it became known as a 24-month crop and now the analyst said it’s more like a 30-month crop.

“But I don’t believe at all that we’re growing too much canola, the demand is there;

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anadian National Railway Co. plans capital spending of $2.1 billion in 2014, the country’s largest rail operator said Feb. 19, slightly more than it invested last year on its track, fleet, facilities and safety equipment.

The Montreal-based railway, which spent approximately $2 billion on such projects in 2013, has earmarked the bulk of its budget for track infrastructure, and to improve the safety and productivity of the network.

CN will spend more than $1.2 billion to replace and upgrade rail, ties, bridges and branch lines in Canada and the United States.

T h e r a i l w a y, w h i c h expects double-digit growth in earnings per share this year, has been hit hard by extreme winter in December and January, which has bloated its costs for labour, services and materials.

Chief executive Claude Mongeau said the investments will position CN to take advantage of opportunities in intermodal, energy, and other resource and manufacturing markets.

The company budgeted about C$300 million to improve its fleet, with the purchase of 45 new highhorsepower locomotives. In 2013, it took delivery of 44 new and 37 second-hand high-horsepower locomotives.

CN plans to spend C$600 million on facilities to grow its business, including transloading terminals, distribution centres and the completion of its Calgary Logistics Park. Money is also earmarked for technology to improve service, efficiency and productivity.

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the problem is, we can’t get it to them,” he said.

The United States is also poised to become a heavy user of canola oil, according to the market analyst. Jamieson said the possibility of anti-trans fat legislation south of the border has the potential to further increase demand.

“But we need to get the logistics in place to get our production to the world,” he said.

Everson said the council is working with government and the rail industry to improve rail transport.

“Transportation is a challenge for us this year, and particularly in terms of having rail cars in order to be able to move product, it has an impact on opportunities to sell,” he said.

In the meantime, other countries are stepping in to fill the global demand.

“Australia for example is going to capitalize on our lack of ability to get it there,” Jamieson said, adding that while demand isn’t going to dry up, the inability of Canadian producers to meet it will hurt Canada’s brand.

“We’re losing credibility with some of our international customers because we just can’t capitalize on the opportunity,” he said.

The council is optimistic international buyers will continue to look to Canada.

“We hope it doesn’t have a large impact on reputation, but any time you are reduced in the amount you can ship, that’s a potential problem,” Everson said.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is predicting a record 16.8 million acres of canola will be planted this spring, following on the heels of a record yield of 15.48 million tonnes in 2013.

In order to meet its goal of 26 million tonnes, the council is now looking to increase yields to 52 bushels per acre, up from this year’s recordbreaking average of 40 bushels per acre.

“We are confident that we have a target that we can reach,” Everson said. “But you can see that one of the issues that is going to have to be addressed successfully to achieve that, is ensuring that we can predictably get the product to market.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

Obama pledges $1 billion for climate change Will help communities deal with extreme weather events, such as floods, drought, heat waves and wildfires

By Valerie Volcovici Reuters

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resident Barack Obama on Feb. 14 unveiled a $1-billion fund in his 2015 budget to help communities across the United States prepare for the impact of climate change.

The fund, announced in Fresno, California, is part of Obama’s pledge to speed federal assistance to the most populous U.S. state.

California is attempting to cope with its worst drought in recorded history, which is

threatening its critical agriculture industry, energy production and other industries.

The fund is part of a broader approach to deal with climate change that Obama outlined in his Climate Action Plan in June 2013.

The proposal will be formally introduced when Obama unveils his fiscal 2015 budget in March.

It will help communities deal with extreme weather events, such as floods, drought, heat waves and wildfires, according to the White House. Such disasters include Superstorm Sandy

in 2012; the April 2011 tornado outbreak in Southern, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States; and California wildfires in October 2007.

Funds would be used to research how to better prepare for climate change-related effects like rising sea levels and extreme temperatures and encourage local initiatives. Other investments would include “breakthrough technologies and resilient infrastructure” such as building sea walls and more resilient electricity delivery systems to protect vulnerable cities and towns.

The fund is part of a broader approach to deal with climate change that Obama outlined in his Climate Action Plan in June 2013.

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Fewer young people farming

By Lorraine Stevenson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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In a room with a dozen farmers just one will be under the age of 35, according to the 2011 Census of Agriculture data showing the proportion of young farmers nationally at just 8.2 per cent.

Get to Know Canadian Farmers and Their Families, released late last year, also shows those over 55 now make up nearly half of all farm operators (48.2 per cent), a percentage sharply higher than the one in three of the same age in the rest of Canada’s self-employed labour force.

Manitoba, which has 7.6 per cent of all the farmers in the country, mirrors the national trend, with just 8.8 per cent of its farm operators under the age of 35 and 45.3 per cent over 55.

The median age of farm operators in 2011 was 54 years.

Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Doug Chorney, the statistics show fewer young people are stepping in where the senior farmers leave off.

KAP staff also crunched farm population data earlier this year, and found while 20 years ago (1991) there were about 7,200 farmers under age 35 in Manitoba, by 2011 there were fewer than 2,000.

“We find a shockingly low number of young farmers (under age 40),”Chorney said. “When you look at the hard facts of how many young farmers there are versus what we had a few years ago, it’s a much smaller group. That worries me as to who is going to be farming in the future.”

Among the provinces, Quebec currently has the largest proportion of under 35 farmers (10.9), while British Columbia has the lowest (5.4).

Nationally, the total farm population in Canada is two per cent or 650,395, a number representing about one farmer for every 50 Canadians, the report reveals.

Ontario is home to over a quarter (26.9 per cent) of Canada’s farm population, with another 20 per cent, Alberta, 16 per cent in Saskatchewan, 7.6 per cent in Manitoba, and 15.6 per cent in Quebec.

Farm households are slightly larger than the Canadian average — at 2.9 persons, compared with 2.5 in the total population. In 2012, the median income for a farm family was $74,604 compared to the median income of $76,458 in a non-farm household.

The 2011 Census shows most of Canada’s farm population continue to live rurally, with 90 per cent living in a statistically defined rural area.

The entire report is found on www.statcan.gc.ca. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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USDA’s lower crop acreage forecast baffles analysts Many doubt the accuracy of the agency’s first acreage forecast

By Christine Stebbins chicago / reuters

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he U.S. Department of Agriculture’s first 2014 acreage estimates for the eight major crops shocked veteran grain analysts as they expected spring plantings to be up by several million acres from 2013, not down.

At its annual Agricultural Outlook conference in Washington Feb. 20, USDA forecast a total of 253.8 million acres would be planted to corn, other feed grains, wheat, rice, cotton and soybeans in 201415, down 1.7 million from 2013.

Given the 8.3 million acres of cropland that went unseeded in 2013 as heavy rains, especially in northern states like Minnesota and Iowa, prevented plantings and the 1.5 million acres released from the conservation reserve program (CRP) last autumn, analysts are asking: Where are all the acres?

“It is a head scratcher,” said Don Roose, president of farm advisory U.S. Commodities.

“We had over a million acres come in from CRP — where are they going to go? What’s going to happen to prevent acres from last year?

“You could make a case that acres should be up seven million to eight million, here they are down a million,” Roose added. “It’s probably going to be one of the big debates out of this outlook meeting.”

A rise in soybean, cotton and rice plantings in 2014 was met by an unexpected total decline in corn, other feed grains and wheat, USDA forecast at its annual outlook forum now in its 90th year, which kicks off the start of the U.S. planting season.

Corn prices have fallen 30 per cent since last June when the United States, the largest food exporter, recovered from the historic 2012 drought and had a record harvest last year.

“There is a feeling that lower prices result in lower planted area as farmers in the fringe production areas respond to lower prices. That’s USDA’s opinion — we’ll see,” said Dan Cekander, a grains analyst with Newedge USA in Chicago. USDA is forecasting prices for most row crops to fall to the lowest level since 200910, expecting bigger-yielding crops to weigh on prices. Corn, the largest U.S. crop, is projected to fall 60 cents to $3.90 a bushel.

some 85,000 farmers conducted over the next several weeks and released on March 31.

“The big questions are how much failed winter wheat acres we have in the Plains due to drought and winterkill, how many of those go to grain sorghum and soybeans?” said Suder man, adding that at recent farmer meetings he held in Minnesota and the Dakotas many were still undecided on final planting decisions. “My guess is that the all-crop area will be higher because farmers love to grow, and are coming off record farm income years,” Rich Feltes, director of research with brokerage R.J. O’Brien, said.

“Their net worth is record high. They are going to shoot the marbles and go for max production,” Feltes added. Last year farmers posted a record net farm income of $130.5 billion despite a sharp drop in corn prices the last half of the year.

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Analysts said the biggest puzzle in the Feb. 20 numbers was how USDA was factoring in the huge number of acres that went unplanted in 2013 into their 2014 forecast.

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Baker Colony wins 2013 corn competition; 252.74 bushels an acre Manitoba’s corn yield averaged 136 bushels — a new record

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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Baker Colony of MacGregor won the Manitoba Corn Growers Association’s 2013 corn yield competition. Mack Waldner (c) was presented with the award by DuPont Pioneer’s Wilton Billing and Morgan Cott of the Corn Growers at the CropConnect banquet in Winnipeg Feb. 18. photo: allan dawson

aker Colony of MacGregor won the Manitoba Corn Growers Association’s 2013 corn yield competition with a yield of 252.74 bushels an acre.

Froese Enterprises of Winkler and Rolling Prairie Inc. of Niverville placed second and third, respectively with yields of 210.03 and 209.18 bushels an acre.

Baker Colony grew Pioneer 39D97. Froese Enterpr ises and Rolling Prairie Inc. grew Pioneer 39V07 and Pioneer 39D97, respectively.

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Baker Colony set the comp e t i t i o n re c o rd o f 2 7 1 . 6 9 bushels an acre set in 2011.

The top five yields in the 2013 competition yielded more than 202 bushels an acre.

Yields in the competition do not represent the average from a field or even an acre of corn. Instead competitors are allowed to select parts of rows, which are hand picked and harvested. The idea when the competition first began in 1971 was to demonstrate the yield potential for corn in Manitoba. Since the methodology is consistent one year to the next, the results track the steady climb in field-scale yields.

1992 was the first year yield in the contest exceeded the 200-bushel-an-acre mark.

Despite a delayed spring and a couple of cool weeks in July Manitoba corn yields set a new record, up 12 per cent from the 121-bushel record set in 2012. The 10-year average is 96.

Crop insured acreage was up 16 per cent to almost 306,000 from 2012 and well ahead of the 10-year average of 167,287. allan@fbcpublishing.com

Top 10 winners in 2013 corn yield competition 1) Baker Colony, MacGregor, 252.74 bushels an acre 2) Froese Enterprises, Winkler, 210.03 3) Rolling Prairie Inc., 209.18 4) Suderman Bros., Winkler, 206.16 5) Thiessen Acres, Morden, 202.46 6) WesMar Farms Ltd., Altona, 197.62 7) Ryan Schwartz, Altona, 192.56 8) R&G Voth Farms, Altona, 190.95 9) Ens Farms, Reinland, 189.06 10) 4A Farms, Rosenfeld, 188.43 allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Changes coming to Cigi Executive director Earl Geddes says it needs more space

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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ing Canadian crops. It also trains foreign millers, bakers and food processors at its Winnipeg facility, which has a pilot flour mill, bakery as well as extrusion and analytical equipment.

The federal government spent $1 million to equip Cigi in 1972.

“This perhaps is the best $1 million the Government of Canada has ever spent in an infrastructure sense,” then wheat board chief commissioner Lorne Hehn said June 12, 1997 during Cigi’s 25th anniversary banquet. “It has paid dividends beyond what we could ever imagine.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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he Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) will move to new digs in the not-so-distant future, but it will remain in Winnipeg, its executive director says.

The not-for-profit agency created in 1972 to promote Canadian field crops worldwide, has outgrown its digs at 303 Main St., which is also headquarters for the Canadian Grain Commission, Earl Geddes said at the CropConnect conference in Winnipeg Feb. 19.

“The goal is more than refurbishing, it’s repositioning,” Geddes said in an interview later.

“We simply just can’t find (more) space in the building we are now in to do the work we want to do, so then you start sending pieces out and away.”

More details will be announced in March, but Cigi won’t be leaving the city that’s been its home for the past 42 years, Geddes said.

The City of Saskatoon invited Cigi to move there two years ago just as the federal government was preparing to end the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly.

Many feared Winnipeg might lose its position as the centre of Canada’s grain sector.

Before that, there was talk of creating a centre of excellence for grain research in Winnipeg, putting the grain commission, Cigi and Agriculture and AgriFood Canada’s Cereal Research Centre under one roof. But in 2012, Ottawa announced the centre’s closing, casting a pall over the plan.

Until the farmer-funded Canadian Wheat Board’s demise, it provided around 40 per cent of Cigi’s funding and the federal government covered the rest.

During the last fiscal year that ended March 31, 2013, Ottawa provided about two-thirds of Cigi’s income, while farmers, through a 15-cent-a-tonne checkoff, contributed a third.

In a response to a question from Dave Sefton, chair of the Western Grains Research Foundation, Geddes said he sees grain companies eventually supporting its work.

“I do know there will be a significant investment by the industry to Cigi to refurbish our facility,” Geddes said. “And I can’t go much further than that right now.

“I need to get through my (Cigi) board meeting the 28th of March and at the end of that I think you’ll see the whole piece come out on how you’re going to raise the funds to do what the industry really needs Cigi to do to be able to continue to provide the service,” he said later in an interview.

When Cigi works exclusively with a grain company on a project now, the company pays for it, Geddes said.

When the wheat board was helping fund Cigi, farmers captured the benefits, at least from wheat and barley exports, because the board was the only seller. Farmers still benefit when grain sales are made, but so do grain companies. And that’s prompting questions about who should pay for Cigi.

“Farmers, at times, are getting tired of paying the bill,” Sefton said.

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Analysis: U.S. crop acreage guessing game gets underway USDA planting estimates are often well off the mark, but still serve as indicator of developing trends

By Gavin Maguire REUTERS

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he U.S. Department of Agriculture has kicked off the U.S. spring crop acreage guessing game with the release of its baseline projections for U.S. row-crop production.

While the baseline projections are not an official USDA forecast, they mark the first of a series of high-profile estimates of crop-planted area that traditionally dominate market chatter until early summer. Another major estimate was to be presented at the annual USDA Outlook Forum.

The problem with such assessments is that they are nearly always wrong and misleading, as actual planted area totals will remain unknowable until planting is completed in late spring. Even then totals will be tough to assess accurately due to discrepancies in reporting deadlines and accounting techniques.

Nonetheless, given the importance of planted area in determining overall production potential, heated debates over area footprints will likely emerge as the chief pastime of grain and oilseed traders for the next several months, or at least until yield estimating takes over that mantle in the summer.

Off the mark

While a slew of private forecasters using sophisticated technology and methodologies have gained in prominence in recent years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to be the main tone-setter in terms of market expectations when it comes to area estimates, chiefly because the government’s enormous scope and resources offer it

Of all the major USDA area estimates, corn is usually the one that is furthest from the final total.

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Even so, most of the USDA’s highest-profile area estimates have missed the final assessed acreage tally, usually by millions of acres.

Of all the major USDA area estimates, corn is usually the one that is furthest from the final total, while the USDA Outlook Forum estimates fare only slightly better.

The estimate with the strongest track record has been the Prospective Plantings report released in March, though even these estimates were close to two million acres above the final total last year and 1.3 million too low the year before.

All together, since the 200809 crop year the USDA has tended to overstate cornplanted area in its major estimates reports (versus the final actual acreage total), even with the large misses to the downside seen in 201213 when quickly rising corn

prices spurred farmers to plant a much larger area to corn than had been anticipated.

In soybeans, the USDA has understated actual soybean plantings in four of the past six years in its major area estimate releases. Again, the baseline estimates have proved to be further off the mark, while the March intentions report has tended to be a little closer to the final total.

Still, over the last three years the USDA March intentions report has missed the actual soybean-planted area total by an average of more than 2.4 million acres, revealing a persistent weakness in USDA earlyseason soy area estimates.

Thankless task?

While the consistent inaccuracy of the USDA’s area estimates may suggest that such estimations are somewhat pointless, there would be an uproar among traders, producers and crop consum-

ers should they disappear as many rely on the agency’s estimates as a starting point for area assumptions.

Further, USDA presents its estimates as mere guidelines rather than absolute statistics.

The trading community fully expects each estimate to be adjusted over time as greater clarity over actual sowings becomes available.

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So while acreage estimations may indeed seem to be a frivolous and pointless exercise at this juncture — and can be nearly guaranteed to differ from the actual totals — they provide useful and irresistible signposts that will play a critical role in helping market players make informed projections on crop availability come harvest.

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This economist predicts higher grain prices coming soon

By Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

Not every economist is bearish about nearby grain prices.

Texas-based market analyst Don Reynolds predicts wheat, corn and soybeans will hit (in American dollars) $7.25, $5.50 and $16 a bushel by year’s end.

“It’s the old story of the middle class drives the ag market,” Reynolds told the CropConnect Conference in Winnipeg Feb. 19.

Reynolds’ positive forecast caused a small stir in the audience.

World grain prices have slumped in recent months following bigger crops around the world.

Western Canadian values have fallen even more as elevator companies widen their basis to discourage deliveries to a plugged grain-handling system.

Still, Reynolds said the world’s middle class continues to grow and is looking for a better diet.

Canadian agricultural economists are less sanguine. Most predict the backlog in grain exports following last year’s record-size crop, won’t be cleared until 2015, assuming average crop production this year.

Reynolds also said livestock prices have “upside” potential.

However, the recent decline in grain prices will slow the rise in farmland prices, he predicted.

“It may take a year or two to develop,” Reynolds said. “I would not be a buyer of ag land at this point in time.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

Retiring CropLife Canada president reflects on how agriculture has changed Lorne Hepworth says the agriculture sector has progressed a great deal over the past 50 years

By Alex Binkley

“We need to speak to the desire of people to know more about it. The agriculture industry needs to be better equipped than it was. It has to be an integrated approach in the agri-food community.”

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orne Hepworth has had a lot of front-row seats on agriculture over the past 50 years, starting with windstorms that filled the air with dirt during his youth on a Saskatchewan farm.

“The storms would go on for days and fill the fencelines with soil,” he recalled in an interview. That has changed for the better with the introduction of conservation tillage and modern farm practices along with the end of summerfallowing.

“The soil is in better shape than it ever was. You can feel the organic matter in it as you walk across the fields.”

As Hepworth, who turns 67 later this year, leaves CropLife in the hands of Ted Menzies, a former federal cabinet minister and farm leader, he says agriculture overall is in much better shape than it was 50 years ago.

Hepworth became a veterinarian in the 1970s while remaining involved in the operation of the family farm near Assiniboia. From 1982 to 1991, he represented Weyburn in the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly as a Progressive Conservative, including a stint as agriculture minister.

From 1993 to 1997, he held several executive positions with the Canadian Agra group of companies specializing in agri-food and feed production, processing and marketing. He became president of CropLife Canada, the trade association for manufacturers of pesticides and other farm inputs in 2006.

O n e o f t h e re m a r k a b l e changes in agriculture since his youth has been the revolution in equipment and technology that far mers have access to including computer-guided planting and harvesting machines along with precision farming techniques, he explains. “There’s so much m o re s c i e n t i f i c e x p e r t i s e involved in farming including all sorts of new breeding technologies,” he said.

Lorne Hepworth has recently retired as president of CropLife Canada.

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Sustainability has become a popular catchword for agriculture and the other natural resources-based industries, he said. Canada has been a world leader in adopting sustainability and “it was all done voluntarily. We understand the importance of stewardship and sustainability practices.”

New farming technology boosts sustainability and the efficiency of farms by eliminating overlaps and missed spots in the application of fertilizers and pesticides, he adds. “Agriculture is at the top of its game in terms of sustainability and it can only get better,” he said.

But he said continued training and education for farmers and farm workers is essential to keeping up with technological change.

Hepworth thinks that Canadian universities and colleges should increase their training in agriculture to meet demand for crop and animal husbandry expertise in Canada and overseas. “Human resources are

an important ingredient in increasing food production around the world.”

One aspect of agriculture that has also improved in recent years is the improved ability of farmers to explain their operations to consumers. Being fractured in the past into a swath of often disparate groups left farmers without a common voice. While that remains a problem, the industry has made progress in educating consumers about how their food is produced. Along with the Agriculture More Than Ever and Farm & Food Care programs, CropLife has launched a program called Confident Conversations.

They began as an effort to ensure its own staff and the employees of member companies could discuss modern agriculture with consumers. Now that program is being offered to farm groups, Hepworth said.

“We need to speak to the desire of people to know more about it. The agriculture indus-

try needs to be better equipped than it was. It has to be an integrated approach in the agrifood community.”

The other great change in the agri-food industry is it has gained recognition as one of the main employers and economic engines, Hepworth said.

He believes Canada can play a significant role in feeding the world’s growing population.

Over the years, Hepworth has been involved with a variety of agriculture-related organizations including the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund Scientific Advisory Committee, the Expert Panel on Sustainability Management of Water in Agriculture, the Advisory Board of the National Research Council of Canada, the Plant Biotechnology Institute, the Canadian Agri-Food Research Council, the federal Pest Management Advisory Committee and the National Biotechnology Advisory Committee.

Hepworth may be retiring from CropLife, but he isn’t quietly riding off into the sunset.

He will remain chairman of Genome Canada, which funds agriculture research, and a director of CARE Canada and the Global Institute for Food Security. “This ought to keep me out of trouble,” he said.

What excites him is that “agriculture is the common denominator in all of them.”

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Wild weather puts climate back on global agenda Kerry says climate change a ‘weapon of mass destruction’

By Alister Doyle and Nina Chestney oslo / london / reuters

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itter cold in the United States might appear to contradict the notion of global warming, but with Britain’s wettest winter and Australia’s hottest summer, extreme weather events have pushed climate change back on the political agenda.

A spluttering world economy had sapped political interest in the billion-dollar shifts from fossil fuels that scientists say are needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but rhetoric is changing in 2014, one year before a deadline for a new UN climate deal.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry went furthest, calling climate change “perhaps the most fearsome weapon of mass destruction” and ridiculing those who doubt that climate change is man made.

Almost 200 governments have agreed to work out a deal at a summit in Paris in December 2015 to combat rising global temperatures which a UN panel of scientists has predicted will cause increasing extreme weather and rising seas.

The deal would replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which was spurned by the United States and which did not impose limits on rapidly developing economies like India and China.

With wild weather hitting some of the most developed parts of the world, politicians in rich nations are once again under pressure to address the issue.

“Attention has been increasing... sadly because of the increase in the frequency and intensity of natural events and disasters,” UN climate change chief Christiana Figueres told Reuters.

“The scale and speed of action needs to improve,” she said, adding that disasters in the past two or three years including 2013’s Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines had also focused minds.

U.S. President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande last week urged an “ambitious” climate deal in 2015, which would come into force from 2020.

Large parts of the United States and Canada suffered bone-numbing cold last month that some scientists say could be a paradoxical side-effect of disruptions to the jet stream linked to climate change. Britain has had the wettest December to January on record, with widespread floods.

British opposition leader Ed Miliband said Britain was “sleepwalking to a climate crisis.”

Last year was the warmest on record in Australia with heat

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (r) meets with Phillip and Di Ridge on their property near Bourke in western New South Wales Feb. 16. Abbott was taking part in a drought tour with Australian Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce.

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Prime Minister Tony Abbott is skeptical of a link to man-made global warming.

“If you look at the records of Australian agriculture going back 150 years, there have always been good times and bad,” he told reporters during a tour of drought-stricken farming regions Feb. 16. “This is not a new thing in Australia.”

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“It’s very good that international leaders are increasingly

recognizing the threat of climate change,” Connie Hedegaard, the European Union’s climate commissioner, told Reuters.

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U.S. proposes new safety rules for farm pesticide use

The U.S. EPA wants to better protect approximately two million farm workers from exposure to pesticides

By Carey Gillam reuters

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arm workers, children and other people working or living near farm fields would have more protection from hazardous pesticides under changes proposed on Feb. 20 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

“Today marks an important milestone for the farm workers who plant, tend and harvest the food that we put on our tables each day,” Gina McCarthy, EPA administrator, said in a statement.

EPA is proposing revisions to the agency’s 22-year-old “Worker Protection Standard” that EPA officials say will help protect approximately two million U.S. farm workers and their families from exposure to pesticides used to protect crops from weeds, insects and disease.

The EPA said pesticides are beneficial tools in agriculture when used in proper concentrations and with proper protections.

U.S. scientists are studying how human health is affected by the use of herbicides, insecticides and other farm chemicals in growing a variety of crops. Some consumer and environmental groups have been calling for greater controls on pesticide use.

The EPA, the United States Department of Agriculture, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health have been overseeing an “Agricultural Health Study” of nearly 90,000 people in Iowa and North Carolina tracking the impact of factors including pesticide use.

The studies have linked a series of health problems to pesticide use, including various cancers and Parkinson’s disease.

“Current medical research suggests that while farmers are generally healthier than the general U.S. population, they may have higher rates of some cancers, including leukemia, myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and cancers of the lip, stomach, skin, brain and prostate,” the study states.

Among the changes proposed Thursday, the EPA would require annual training in pesticide protection, instead of once every five years. It would expand mandatory posting of signage warning people from entering fields newly treated with pesticides; prohibit children under 16 from handling pesticides unless they are part of a family farm; and set no-entry buffer areas of 25 feet to 100 feet around pesticide-treated fields to limit exposure from overspraying and fumes.

The EPA is seeking public comments on the proposed changes before making a final decision.

Also Feb. 20, a coalition led by residents of rural Minnesota announced a campaign to convince fast-food restaurant chain McDonald’s to reduce pesticide use on farms where potatoes are grown for its french fries. The group said studies of air quality have shown contamination by the fungicide chlorothalonil, a farming chemical listed by the EPA as a probable carcinogen.

McDonald’s said in a statement that it was working with suppliers to reduce pesticide use along with reduced water and fertilizer use and was making “significant progress.”

“Current medical research suggests that while farmers are generally healthier than the general U.S. population, they may have higher rates of some cancers, including leukemia, myeloma, nonHodgkin lymphoma, and cancers of the lip, stomach, skin, brain and prostate.”

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

Small farms can be profitable too Staying small has benefits in the farming world: less costs, more time and greater agility

Small farms don’t have to invest in the newest or the biggest equipment to get the job done. photo: thinkstock

By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

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t’s not the size of your farm that counts, it’s what you do with it.

“It comes down to attitude,” said Kevin Hursh, a Saskatoon-based farm consultant. “Sometimes I think we feel inferior to the guys who are 5,000, or 10,000 or 15,000 acres, and running all the brand new equipment with the best technology, but we just need to look at the numbers and ask, are we happy with what we’re making? Is it profitable and can it be sustainable?”

Sp e a k i n g a t t h e f i r s t a n n u a l CropConnect conference in Winnipeg last week, Hursh told producers that farm size isn’t necessarily indicative of productivity or profit, and yet many producers get caught in a keeping up with the Joneses scenario.

“There’s no reason for that, to hell with what everyone else thinks, as long as we’re making a good living,” he said.

The desire to link success to farm size may be rooted in the question that all producers have been asked countless times.

“We’re a funny society, you meet another farmer or even someone from the city and you tell them you’re a farmer, and the first thing they ask is, ‘oh, how many

Kevin Hursh talks about the benefits of small farms at CropConnect in Winnipeg. photo: Shannon VanRaes

acres do you plant?’” Hursh said. “Well, I wouldn’t go up to someone in the city and ask them how much money do you make, or how big is your house? But it seems fair game to ask how many acres do you grow.”

And while he understands why people are curious, Hursh would like to see greater emphasis on the benefits moderately sized farming operations can provide.

Smaller operations often provide a more manageable work and life balance he said, and can make finding equipment easier and cheaper, because the newest and largest implements won’t be as necessary.

“Your equipment costs can be competitive and maybe even lower on a per-acres

basis, and that’s a big part of being able to compete,” he said. “I think you’re also probably a little more nimble to try other crops, and identity preserve crops that might take a little more time and effort.”

That’s not to say smaller producers don’t face challenges. Hursh notes that discounts for high-volume purchases may be out of reach, and that small farms aren’t generally offered the kinds of demonstration equipment that larger farms might get.

But because smaller producers tend not to be as throughput oriented, those drawbacks don’t always matter in the day-today operations of a farm.

“They’re not worried about getting 400 acres seeded a day,” he said. “I can get 160 seeded, but seeded right and do the things I need to do.”

And while large farms are often renting land and financing the purchase of additional acres, Hursh points out that most operators in the 1,000- to 2,000-acre range own all of the land they farm, which further reduces expenditures.

Smaller operations are also less likely to be spread out over large distances, cutting transportation costs and travel time. Being closer to your land can mean being more familiar with its characteristics as well, allowing for targeted land management practices.

“Small can be profitable,” Hursh said.

But he added it’s every bit as important to track farm profits and expenses regardless of farm scale.

“Probably the best way of looking at it is as gross return per acre. I would say to have a farm operation in the grain industry... and to actually have the majority of your family income come from the farm, I would think you’d have to be at least $250,000 a year gross,” he said.

“But you can do that with a 1,000-acre grain farm.”

Co m m u n i c a t i o n i s a l s o k e y. If the vision is to keep a farming operation small or moderately sized, all parties need to be on the same page, including spouses, business partners and any children planning to return to the farm.

However, staying small doesn’t mean becoming stagnant.

“You’ve got to do your numbers and you’ve got to manage, you’ve got to figure out what is realistic from your land base and the crops you’re suited to grow... But then look for new opportunities, look for things you’re willing to do that maybe the larger-scale operators are not willing to do,” he said. shannon.vanraes@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

More than SOUP

A cookbook of restorative recipes and comforting ideas

Lorraine Stevenson Crossroads Recipe Swap

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hile getting my hair cut awhile back, my hairdresser began to talk about how ill her child was and how anxious their extended family was. She described dropping in one afternoon to update her elderly mother-inlaw, and found her making a big pot of soup to send over.

“I needed to do something,” the older woman told her.

How many of you have done likewise when things have gone terribly wrong, and someone needed care and comforting?

Winnipeg mom and educator Wendy Erlanger was out riding her bike in the spring of 2011 when her thoughts turned to those near to her recently diagnosed with cancer, including her closest friend, her stepmother and three other dear friends. Her thoughts swirled around how to be a support to everyone.

“I was feeling incredibly helpless, trying to think of what I could do in those circumstances,” said Wendy. “And then I realized that everything I was doing to support people was around making soup.”

She was making a lot of it, and so was everyone else she knew reaching out to help their loved ones get through a tough time.

That realization became the key ingredient for More Than Soup, a cookbook Wendy began putting together with contributed recipes from friends and family. Having lived in California for several years, she had a large network in both Canada and the U.S. She asked them for their best recipes and for the ways they’ve shown support and care in times of need. As Wendy writes on her website, we so often say “let me know what I can do” when we’re uncertain of how to offer support.

There are about 100 soup recipes in More Than Soup as well as about 50 ideas her contributors shared about how they’ve helped out others, from stopping by to do a family’s laundry to delivering a CD of soothing music.

Wendy self-published and released More Than Soup in November 2012. Sales of about 1,200 copies have to date raised $16,000 and all proceeds are donated to Cancer Care Manitoba, which is using the money to support its Soup Cart Program.

That program provides a choice of soups for patients in the chemo rooms and waiting rooms at Health Sciences Centre, St. Boniface Hospital and Sherbrook Cancer Centre.

You can read more about this cookbook or order your own copy from Wendy’s website www.MoreThanSoup.net.

What makes soup the ultimate comfort food? Nourishing and delicious, soup is easy to make, and when we’re ill, or in circumstances that make food the last thing on our minds, it’s also easy to eat (and digest). All cultures have soup traditions, and by combining two or more recipes together you make something entirely original and special.

Here’s a sampling of some of the wonderful soup recipes found inside More Than Soup.

Hungarian Mushroom Soup Kimberly Massaroni of Winnipeg contributed this recipe to More Than Soup.

4 tbsp. unsalted butter 2 c. chopped onions 2 lbs. fresh mushrooms (all types), sliced Fresh dill (a lot) 1 tbsp. paprika 1 tbsp. soy sauce 2 c. chicken broth 1 c. milk 3 tbsp. all-purpose flour 1 tsp. salt Ground pepper to taste 2 tsp. lemon juice 1/4 c. chopped fresh parsley 1/2 c. sour cream

Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat.

Sauté the onions in the butter for five minutes.

Add the mushrooms and sauté for five more minutes. Stir in the dill, paprika, soy sauce and broth. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. In a separate small bowl, whisk the milk and flour together. Pour this into the soup and stir well to blend. Cover and simmer for 15 more minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in the salt, ground black pepper, lemon juice, parsley and sour cream. Mix together and allow to heat through over low heat, about three to five minutes. Do not boil. Serve immediately. Serves 6.

Source: More Than Soup

Wild Rice Soup Carol Ploen-Hosegood of Winnipeg contributed this recipe to More Than Soup.

1/2 c. butter 1 c. flour 2 c. chicken broth 2 c. half and half or milk 1-1/2 c. cooked wild rice 1 c. cubed chicken 1 c. cubed turkey About 3 c. sautéed vegetables (carrots, onions, celery and parsley) Salt and pepper to flavour

Melt butter in saucepan. Add flour, with wire whisk add chicken broth and milk stirring constantly — keep sauce warm and thick.

Add meat, rice and vegetables — season to taste. Makes 6 large servings.

Source: More Than Soup

Zucchini And Potato Soup With Dill Lisa Wall-Urgero of Thousand Oaks, California contributed this recipe to More Than Soup.

1 quart chicken or veggie broth 2 large potatoes 2 zucchini 1/2 c. fresh or frozen peas 2 tbsp. chopped fresh dill Salt and pepper 1/2 c. sour cream 1 egg yolk Thin lemon slices (optional)

Scrub the potatoes and cut in half-inch cubes. Cut zucchini into half-rounds, 1/4 inch thick. Bring broth to a boil in a large pot. Add the potatoes and cook 10 minutes. Stir in the zucchini and cook another five minutes. Add the peas, half of the dill and salt and pepper to taste and cook an additional five minutes. In a separate bowl, combine the sour cream and egg yolk. Gradually stir a cupful of hot soup into this mixture, and then incorporate the mixture into the rest of the soup. Do not allow the soup to boil.

Check the seasoning. Serve the soup in individual bowls, garnished with fresh dill and if desired, a thin slice of lemon.

Tip: Zucchini can be cut ahead of time, which can be useful if you’re making a double or larger batch, and refrigerated.

Potatoes should not be cut ahead; they turn grey in the fridge. Also one tablespoon dried dill can be substituted if fresh dill isn’t available.

Source: More Than Soup

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

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Brighten up the home A croton will add colour to the indoor landscape

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

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ne foliage plant that is useful for creating exciting colour in the interior landscape is the croton. In tropical areas they are used outdoors and my wife and I saw lots of them during a winter vacation in Hawaii.

The stiff large leaves have a wax-like feel, and are highly variegated with lots of reds, oranges and golds.

In the interior landscape, crotons need high light levels to maintain their strong c o l o u r a t i o n . I f t h e y a re placed in low light areas of the home, they will gradually lose their vigour and their bright colour and new foliage will be pale and/or plain green.

A croton’s soil must be kept constantly moist and should not be allowed to dry out.

If the plant gets too dry (or too cool) it will drop leaves.

It will not do well, however,

if the soil is sodden — the edges of the leaves will turn brown, signalling that the roots are objecting to too much moisture. The best way to deal with water issues is to ensure regular watering while providing good drainage, using a well-drained soil, and using a large pot so that the soil will not dry out too quickly.

Crotons also like high humidity and so the use of a pebble tray will increase the humidity around the foliage, but be sure the pot doesn’t

A croton’s soil must be kept constantly moist and should not be allowed to dry out.

sit in the water in the pebble tray. During the winter when homes generally suffer from low humidity, it is a good idea to give the plant a shower once a week, both to refresh the dry foliage and to rid the leaves of dust and any lurking insects such as spider mites which these plants are susceptible to.

Cro t o n s a l s o l i k e h e a t .

They will perform well in t h e t e m p e r a t u re s o f o u r houses during the wint e r, b u t k e e p t h e m a w a y from drafts and cold spots.

Although a croton will appreciate being placed in front of a sunny window, don’t put it so close to the window that it gets chilled at night, causing it to drop its lower leaves.

Brighten up a plant grouping in your indoor garden with the brilliant foliage of a croton this winter.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

This croton was subjected to low light levels as the new growth has lost its brilliant colour. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONs

One lick could make you sick Eating raw cookie dough or cake batter may make you feel ill

By Julie Garden-Robinson NDSU Extension Service

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hile in college, I had a friend who preferred raw cookie dough to baked cookies. Once in a while, she’d make a batch of chocolate chip cookie dough and keep it in the refrigerator as a snack.

She seemed to have stomach aches and flu-like symptoms more often than other people I knew. I suspected her cookie dough habit might have played a role.

You may be tempted to taste cookie dough and cake batter. Kids may compete for the opportunity to lick the beaters of the mixing bowl after the cook has made a cake or cookies.

According to a national campaign message from the Partnership for Food Safety Education at http://www.fight bac.org, “just a lick can make you sick.” No one of any age should eat raw cookie dough or cake batter because it could contain ger ms that cause illness.

The cookie dough in ice cream or other commercial desserts is made with pasteurized eggs, so it is safe to eat.

However, the cookie dough in ready-to-bake rolls or the dough sold as preformed cookies needs to be baked.

The heat from baking is required to kill germs that might be in the raw ingredients.

The finished, baked product is far safer and tastes even bet-

It may be tempting to lick the spoon or beaters when baking, but it’s not a good idea. photo: thinkstock

ter. Remember that kids who eat raw cookie dough and cake batter are at greater risk of getting food poisoning than most adults are.

Which ingredients and germs are we most concerned about?

Cookie dough and cake batter usually contain raw eggs, which may be contaminated with salmonella.

Salmonella is the most common bacterial cause of foodborne illness. Raw and undercooked eggs, undercooked poultry and meat, fresh fruits and vegetables, and unpasteur-

ized dairy products also have been linked with salmonella outbreaks.

Often, cross-contamination in the kitchen can lead to the contamination of other foods. For example, if you did not clean the mixing bowl or beaters properly and then you made ready-to-eat frosting, you could have contaminated frosting. That’s a good reason to wash all your kitchen utensils and bowls thoroughly.

So, what is the risk to you if you want to lick some beaters?

You cannot see, taste or smell salmonella. As with speeding

on the highway or crossing the street without looking both ways, sometimes you are lucky and nothing happens.

However, about two million to four million cases of salmonellosis (the illness associated with salmonella infections) occur yearly in the U.S., and the number of cases has risen in the past decade. Salmonellosis causes symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, cramps, diarrhea, fever and headaches. The acute symptoms may last two days or longer, depending on the amount of the food you ate, the

strain of salmonella and how susceptible you are.

Scientists now know that salmonellosis may have long-range effects, including reactive arthritis. As with all types of foodborne illness, anyone can be affected.

However, the very young and old, and those with compromised immune systems are most at risk.

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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Alcoholism:

Study looks at who is most vulnerable Brain may experience large response in reward-seeking pathway McGill University release

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problematic. Our study suggests that a tendency to experience a large dopamine response when drinking alcohol might contribute to one (or more) of these pathways.”

For the study, researchers recruited 26 healthy social drinkers (18 men, eight women), 18 to 30 years of age, from the Montreal area.

The higher-risk subjects were then identified based on personality traits and having a lower intoxication response to alcohol (they did not feel as drunk despite having had the same amount). Finally, each participant

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e s e a r c h f r o m Mc G i l l University suggests that people who are vulnerable to developing alcoholism exhibit a distinctive brain response when drinking alcohol, according to a new study

by Professor Marco Leyton, of McGill University’s department of psychiatry.

Compared to people at low risk for alcohol-use problems, those at high risk showed a greater dopamine response in a brain pathway that increases desire for rewards.

T h e s e f i n d i n g s, p u b l i s h e d in the jour nal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, could help shed light on why some people are more at risk of s u f f e r-

ing from alcoholism and could mark an important step toward the development of treatment options.

“There is accumulating evidence that there are multiple pathways to alcoholism, each associated with a distinct set of personality traits and neurobiological features,” said Prof. Leyton, a researcher in the Mental Illness and Addiction axis at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC). “These individual differences likely i n f l u e n c e a w i d e ra n g e o f behaviours, both positive a n d

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underwent two positron emission tomography (PET ) brain scan exams after drinking either juice or alcohol ( a b o u t t h re e d r i n k s i n 1 5 minutes).

“We found that people vulnerable to developing alcoholism experienced an unusually large brain dopamine response when they took a d r i n k ,” s a i d L e y t o n . “ T h i s large response might energize reward-seeking behaviours and counteract the sedative effects of alcohol.

Conversely, people who experience minimal dopamine release when they drink might find the sedative effects of alcohol especially pronounced.

“A l t h o u g h p rel i m i n a r y, t h e results are comp e l l i n g ,” s a i d Leyton. “A much larger body of research has identified a role for dopamine in reward-seeking behaviours in gene r a l . Fo r e x a m p l e, in both laboratory animals and people, i n c re a s e d d o p a m i n e transmission seems to enhance the attractiveness of reward-related stimuli. This effect likely contributes to why having one drink increases

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The higher-risk subjects were then identified based on personality traits and having a lower intoxication response to alcohol.

the probability of getting a second one — the alcoholinduced dopamine response makes the second drink look a l l t h e m o re d e s i r a b l e. I f some people are experiencing unusually large dopamine re s p o n s e s t o a l c o h o l , t h i s might put them at risk.

“Pe o p l e w i t h l ove d o n e s struggling with alcoholism often want to know t w o t h i n g s : How d i d t h e y develop this problem? And what can be done to help?

Our study helps us answer the first question by furthering our understanding of the causes of addictions. This is an important step toward developing treatments and preventing the disorder in others.”

This study was funded by McGill University and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

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El Niño threatens to return, hit global food production

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Unpaid Thai farmers call off airport tractor protest

he El Niño weather pattern that can trigger drought in some parts of the world while causing flooding in others is increasingly likely to return this year, hitting production of key foods such as rice, wheat and sugar.

El Niño — the Spanish word for boy — is a warming of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific that occurs every four to 12 years. The worst on record in the late 1990s killed more than 2,000 people and caused billions of dollars in damage.

A strong El Niño can wither crops in Australia, Southeast Asia, India and Africa when other parts of the globe such as the U.S. Midwest and Brazil are drenched in rains.

While scientists are still debating the intensity of a potential El Niño, Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology and the U.S. Climate Prediction Center have warned of increased chances one will strike this year.

Last month, the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization said there was an “enhanced possibility” of a weak El Niño by the middle of 2014.

“The world is bracing for El Niño, which if confirmed, could wreak havoc on supply and cause prices of some commodities to shoot up,” said Vanessa Tan, investment analyst at Phillip Futures in Singapore.

Any disruption to supply would come as many crops have already been hit by adverse weather, with the Northern Hemisphere in the grip of a savage winter.

The spectre of El Niño has driven global cocoa prices to 2-1/2 year peaks this month on fears that dry weather in the key growing regions of Africa and Asia would stoke a global deficit. Other agricultural commodities could follow that lead higher if El Niño conditions are confirmed.

Some farmers have waited months for payment for rice

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Workers at the Udon Permsin rice mill pile up sacks full of rice for storage in the northeast province of Udon Thani, Thailand Jan. 21, 2014. Thailand now sits on stockpiles of 18 million tonnes, almost double a normal year’s exports and nearly half of annual global trade of 38 million tonnes, and has had little success in off-loading its mountains. PHOTO: REUTERS/NIR ELIAS

By Pairat Temphairojana and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK / REUTERS

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hai farmers, angry at not being paid under a rice subsidy scheme, called off a protest tractor drive to Bangkok’s main airport Feb. 21 after an assurance they would get their money, some welcome news for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

The subsidy program was among the populist policies pioneered by Yingluck’s billionaire brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, a former prime minister central to a conflict that has divided Thais for years and triggered protests, violent at times, that have paralyzed parts of the capital for weeks.

The farmers had said they wanted to make a symbolic protest, with no plans to block air traffic as in 2008, when protesters forced Bangkok’s two main airports to close.

Former member of parliament Chada Thaiseth, speaking for the farmers gathered in Ayutthaya province, said they had been assured of payment.

“The government will make payment next week. The farmers will head back now and will see whether the government will pay as promised,” he told Reuters. “If it isn’t delivered, we will return.”

Payments coming

He said payments would be made via the state-owned Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Co-operatives from next week.

“The government will make payment next week. The farmers will head back now and will see whether the government will pay as promised, if it isn’t delivered, we will return.”

CHADA THAISETH

speaking for the farmers

The government said it would sell bonds to pay for the rice, but that it would take seven or eight weeks for the sale to start, a move likely to prompt criticism that it is acting beyond its remit.

Yingluck has headed a caretaker government with limited spending powers since calling a snap election in December. Voting this month was disrupted by her opponents, and it could be months before a new government can be installed.

But in further good news for Yingluck, Moody’s Investors Service affirmed Thailand’s government bond rating at Baa1 with a stable outlook.

“Moody’s affirmation is based on the view that Thailand’s credit fundamentals have withstood the political turbulence in the country since the September 2006 coup,” it said, referring to Thaksin’s overthrow by the army.

“The stable rating outlook reflects the expectation that the recent resurgence in political infighting in

Bangkok will not undermine Thailand’s credit strengths to a material degree.”

Rice stockpile

The much-maligned rice program is critical to Yingluck’s support base in the poorer north and northeast.

Generous subsidies for farmers were a centrepiece of the platform that swept her to power in 2011, but they have left Thailand with vast stockpiles of rice and a bill it is struggling to fund.

Op p o s i t i o n l e a d e r s s a y t h e scheme is riven with graft. Losses to the taxpayer, estimated at 200 billion baht ($6 billion) a year, have fuelled urban anger with Yingluck.

She and her government are being investigated by an anti-corruption panel for alleged irregularities in the subsidy scheme.

The farmers’ anger over not being paid and the investigation into the subsidy program come as Yingluck faces a campaign of street protests to oust her that has been going on for nearly four months.

“Production estimates for several crops which are already under stress will have to be revised downwards,” said Phillip Futures’ Tan. “Wheat in Australia may be affected by El Niño and also sugar in India.”

In India, the world’s No. 2 producer of sugar, rice and wheat, a strong El Niño could reduce the monsoon rains that are key to its agriculture, curbing production.

“If a strong El Niño occurs during the second half of the monsoon season, then it could adversely impact the production size of summer crops,” said Sudhir Panwar, president of farmers’ lobby group Kishan Jagriti Manch.

El Niño in 2009 turned India’s monsoon patchy, leading to the worst drought in nearly four decades and helping push global sugar prices to their highest in nearly 30 years.

Elsewhere in Asia, which grows more than 90 per cent of the world’s rice and is its main producer of coffee and corn, a droughtinducing El Niño could hit crops in Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and China.

In North America, crops in the U.S. Pacific Northwest could suffer as El Niño tends to cause rain to the area, with the major white wheat region already abnormally dry.

But El Niño doesn’t spell bad news for all farmers. It could bring rain to drought-hit California’s dairy farms and vineyards.

“El Niño has a bad connotation, undeservedly so in the U.S.,” said Harry Hillaker, state climatologist in Iowa.

“Given the water supply issues they are having in California, more rain would be helpful.”

And in Central America, while dryness associated with El Niño would curb coffee production, it would also help drive back the leaf rust that has blighted crops in the region.

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Wal-Mart’s China syndrome a symptom of international woes The superstore giant is having to rethink its approach to the Chinese consumer

By Nandita Bose and Adam Rose mumbai/beijing / reuters

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A customer walks past empty shelves under a clearance notice at a Wal-Mart store which is scheduled to close on March 4 due to underperformance, in Chongqing municipality. photo: REUTERS/Stringer

al-Mart Stores Inc., f a m e d f o r i t s l ow prices, has stumbled in the one major market where consumers say price is less of a driver in their buying decisions: China.

There, consumers say they want food that is safe and authentic, and, after 17 years, Wa l - Ma r t i s c h a n g i n g i t s approach, closing some big-box stores that never quite caught on with locals. Instead, it’s focusing on private-label products and imports, putting its stamp on quality and safety.

“We’re closing some stores because we got enamoured with growth,” said Raymond Bracy, head of corporate affairs at Walmart China. “We’re not

going to do that again. We’re focusing on quality first.”

“If you went out and asked members or customers, ‘What’s your single biggest worry?’ they’ll tell you trust and authenticity,” said Greg Foran, who took over as Walmart China CEO in 2012.

“Once you’ve got their trust, the next question they ask themselves is, ‘How much is it?’”

Walmart International, which contributes less than a third of net sales, has suffered from aggressive expansion and is a big concern for new CEO Doug McMillon, who previously led the international unit.

The retailer Feb. 20 forecast lower full-year profit than analysts had expected for fiscal 2015. Walmart International net sales in the Continued on next page »

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Grainworld: Pulse and special crop area to increase

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The area seeded to pulse and special crops is expected to increase in Western Canada this spring, according to an outlook presented at the Grainworld conference in Winnipeg Feb. 24.

Jon Driedger, market analyst with FarmLink Marketing Solutions in Winnipeg said favourable input costs and some decent new crop contracts for certain pulses will encourage farmers to plant more of the specialty crops that have been put on the back burner for the past few years.

Lower prices for some of the bigger crops, including wheat and canola, is also helping renew some interest in special and pulse crops, Driedger said.

He projected that Canadian oats acreage would increase to 3.50 million acres in 2014-15, from the 2.78 million grown in 2013-14. Flax area for 2014-15 was pegged at 1.14 million acres, from 1.04 million acres.

Pea acreage was pegged at 3.70 million, from 3.29 last year, while lentils are expected to increase their area to 2.70 million acres, from the 2013-14 figure of 2.39 million.

Mustard, canaryseed and sunflower crops were also expected to see more acres. Another crop that is expected to continue to grow in popularity for western Canadian growers is soybeans, with Driedger expecting Manitoba acres to expand to 1.30 million acres, from 1.05 million in 2013-14.

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fourth quarter dipped 0.4 per cent to $37.67 billion, and NovemberJanuary operating income fell 45.8 per cent, hit by store closures in Brazil and China and a charge related to terminated agreements in India.

“We have initiated actions in Mexico, Brazil and China to improve our operating performance and this is a priority for fiscal 2015,” David Cheesewright, president and CEO of Walmart International, said in a statement.

Foran told reporters during a December tour of Sam’s Club stores — where members bulk buy — that Wal-Mart aims to have private labels make up a fifth of its China sales within the next decade, up from less than one per cent now. Private labels typically price at 10-40 per cent below local brands, but profit margins are higher for the retailer. They make up close to half of sales in Britain.

Bracy said the retailer is rationalizing its supply chain in China and building its own distribution centres to manage quality, while also lowering costs. “Our costs have come down so much on pork that peo-

ple ask us, ‘Gee, is it too low?’

They wonder, ‘Is it legitimate?

Can we trust it?’” he said.

Mixed messages

Chinese consumers seek out large foreign brands for reliability and quality, said James Roy, an associate principal at Shanghaibased China Market Research.

“Yet they’re seeing mixed messages from Wal-Mart because they have tried to sell the ‘every day low prices’ concept and Chinese consumers equate ‘every day low prices’ with being cheap and not very safe.”

Wal-Mart has previously exited markets such as Germany and South Korea where its cheap prices and large stores model failed to work, but it has stuck it out in China, the world’s secondlargest economy, for nearly two decades, struggling with its brand positioning.

Food safety scandals — from fatal tainted milk to recycled ‘gutter oil’ used for cooking — have also hurt it. In January, Wal-Mart recalled its popular “Five Spice” donkey meat after tests showed traces of fox meat.

Food, especially fresh produce and meat, is an acknowledged traffic driver for Chinese hypermarkets, making it a bigger part

of the retail equation than elsewhere. “That’s the most fundamental thing about getting food right,” said Bracy. “If you... say, ‘I’m not satisfied with the quality,’ then you may go to another store.

So we lose not just the food purchase, but also the jean purchase.”

Just to make things tougher, though, Chinese “will walk a block to save one renminbi on a kilo of rice,” said Bracy.

Wal-Mart’s share of China’s hypermarket segment dropped to 10.4 per cent last year from 11.3 per cent in 2008. It was overtaken as market leader in 2009 by Sun Art Retail, which is now tied for first place at 14 per cent with CRE, according to Euromonitor, whose data indicates that hypermarkets make up 15 per cent of China’s grocery retail market. Wal-Mart’s grocery retail value in China has grown 50 per cent since 2008.

Even as it plans to open 110 new stores by 2016, Wal-Mart has announced the closure of at least 29 stores in China.

“For the first year a lot of my attention, and my team’s attention, has been focused on just getting the foundation fixed, sorting out what stores we need to exit, being much more clever about where we’re going to open stores,” Foran said.

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anada and the U.S. have agreed on harmonized terminology for wholesale cuts of meat, said the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Feb. 24. The usage of common terms will reportedly benefit the industry through reducing costs of maintaining separate inventories, easing trade and reducing red tape and regulatory burden, said the release.

As of Feb. 24, 2014, selected meat cut names including chicken breast fillets, beef hip and lamb leg and chops can be used interchangeably with their U.S. equivalent. The full list of eligible names that can be used interchangeably with the U.S. equivalent are listed in the CFIA’s Meat Cuts Manual and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Institutional Meat Purchase Specifications document.

The CFIA’s current Meat Cuts Manual remains in effect and must be used for all other meat n a m e s w h e n c e r t i f ying and verifying these names for wholesale trade purposes.

“Our government recognizes that the North American livestock industry is based on the integration of Canadian and U.S. sectors and this initiative will render benefits for stakeholders on both sides of the border,” said Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz in the news release.

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Floods in Britain threaten farm output and investment Submerged crops, pastures and lost feed and bedding will have far-reaching impacts

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A horse stands in a flooded field in Hambleden, southern England February 12,T:8.125” 2014. Photo: REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

loods in southwest England and elsewhere have submerged crops and destroyed cattle bedding and feed, with the consequences likely to be felt for months, or even years, in terms of lower production of both crops and meat.

Thousands of acres of farmland in Britain are under water, with some submerged for weeks, although agricultural economists say it is too early to forecast how output might be affected.

“Of course there is a big cost to this but at the moment the big worry is making sure the cattle are fed and dry,” said Chris Mallon, chief executive of the National Beef Association.

Some farmers have turned to social media with #Tractoraid on

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“At the moment people will be helping and people will be interested but once the flood water disappears and it is not as visible, farmers will be having to make sure their business survives and it will be very difficult,” Mallon said.

The National Farmers Union called on members to make longer-term commitments rather than immediate donations.

“What we now need are the pledges of fodder or straw, rather than the actual deliveries, so that we can call upon people’s generosity as and when it is required over the coming weeks and months, when the waters finally abate and farmers return to face a fetid swamp,” NFU regional director Melanie Squires said.

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The country’s then farming and environment minister, Caroline Spelman, called a drought summit in February 2012, a year which turned out to be the second wettest on record in Britain.

The rains led to Britain’s harvesting its smallest wheat crop in more than a decade last summer and the latest drenching is expected to lead to more disease in crops and increased indebtedness among farmers.

“The fiscal impact will last long after the flood waters recede,” NFU chief economist Phil Bicknell said, adding that the erratic weather has coincided with increasingly volatile prices for agricultural crops and created “a new set of challenges.”

“It is difficult for them (farmers) to plan ahead. Where is the incentive for them to invest consistently, and we need consistent investment,” he said.

Livestock farming is barely profitable in Britain for even the most efficient producers and cattle numbers have been falling by about three per cent a year.

“The average livestock farmer last year made just over 16,000 pounds ($26,000) in terms of farm business income so any sort of repair operation (or) reseeding is going to significantly eat into those sort of margins,” Bicknell said.

Dairy cows in parts of western England and Wales also normally start to graze in February as grass begins to grow, Derrick Davies, vice-chairman of the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers said.

Davies said some farmers may, therefore, be running short of winter stocks of food.

The rains may also have disrupted potato planting which began in Cornwall in December and would normally be underway across southern England.

“It is too early to understand the impact of the recent wet weather. It may have delayed plans to plant some new potatoes in the south,” a spokeswoman for the Potato Council said.

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AUCTION DISTRICTS Parkland – North of Hwy 1; west of PR 242, following the west shore of Lake Manitoba and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis.

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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

LIVESTOCK/POULTRY/PETS Pets & Supplies WANTED: AUSTRAILIAN SHEPHERD STUD, tricolor, white & black, ready to breed. Phone (204)836-2751 MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS/SERVICES

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FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS We also specialize in: Crop Insurance appeals; Chemical drift; Residual herbicide; Custom operator issues; Equipment malfunction; Yield comparisons, Plus Private Investigations of any nature. With our assistance the majority of our clients have received compensation previously denied. Back-Track Investigations investigates, documents your loss and assists in settling your claim.

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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.

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Land For Sale FARMLAND FOR SALE BY TENDER IN THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF DUFFERIN. NE1/4 35-7-5 WPM Excepting- Nly 1,096-ft of Ely 874 & 3/10ths ft The farmland is currently owned by Marcel & Cheryl Lehmann. SEALED TENDERS TO PURCHASE the land will be received by: LEE & LEE LAW OFFICE 5 Centre Ave W PO Box 656 Carman, MB R0G 0J0 until 5:00pm Mar. 18th, 2014. TERMS OF TENDER 14-01-10 1:57 PM ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. Each Tender shall be in writing & in a sealed envelope, plainly marked as to its contents & shall be submitted w/a cheque payable to Lee & Lee, IN TRUST, in an amount equal to 5% of the tender price. 2. If the Tender is accepted, the cheque shall become a non-refundable deposit. If the Tenderer fails to complete the purchase of the property the Seller shall retain the deposit as liquidated damages. The successful Tenderer shall immediately enter into an agreement for sale setting out the terms of the Tender. 3. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by cash, certified cheque, or lawyer’s trust cheque on Apr. 15th, 2014 (the Closing Date). 4. Vacant possession will be provided on the Closing Date. 5. The Buyers will pay the 2014 taxes. 6. The Vendors will pay all the property taxes & penalties relating to taxes accruing to Dec. 31st, 2013. 7. The Tenderer will pay the applicable Goods & Services Tax or provide an acceptable undertaking to self-assess. 8. Time is to be of the essence in submission of the tender & closing of sale. 9. Highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. 10. The Purchasers rely entirely on their own knowledge & inspection of the property independent of any representations made by or on behalf of the owners. For further particulars contact: Brock G. Lee, Q.C. Lee & Lee Law Office 5 Centre Ave W PO Box 656 Carman, MB R0G 0J0 Phone (204)745-6751.

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 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.

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MACK AUCTION CO. presents a large premium farm equipment auction for Maple Ridge Farms Ltd. John & Jakki Stephhenson (306)331-7625 or (306)331-9682 Sat., Apr. 5th, 2014 10:00am. Directions from Abernethy, SK 5-mi South, 1-mi West, 2.5-mi South. Watch for signs! Live internet bidding @ www.bidspotter.com JD 9630 4WD tractor w/2,100-hrs & Green Star ready; JD 9420 4WD tractor w/2,360-hrs & Green Star ready; JD 7820 FWA tractor w/2,940-hrs & Green Star ready; JD 7210 FWA tractor w/5,940-hrs; JD 6410 FWA tractor w/JD 640 FEL & 3-PTH; IH 1086 2WD tractor w/duals; White 1270 2WD DSL tractor w/3-PTH; 2010 Case IH 8120 SP combine w/Case IH 2016 PU header w/680 sep hrs; 2009 JD 9770 STS SP combine w/895-hrs & Green Star ready; 2009 JD 9770 STS SP combine w/620-hrs & Green Star Ready; 2010 Case IH 2152 36-ft. draper header; 2009 Macdon D60-S 36-ft. draper header w/JD Adapter; 2009 JD 635D 36-ft. draper header; 2009 Brent 1082 grain cart w/scale & roll tarp; 2008 Brent 620 grain cart w/scale & roll tarp; 65-ft. Bourgault 3310 PHD air drill w/Bourgault 6450 air cart & Atom Jet openers; Pattison CB 3200 liquid fertilizer caddy w/Honda pump; 70-ft. Degelman Strawmaster 7000 heavy harrow w/3255 Valmar; Degelman 7651 land roller; 39-ft. Degelman 2000 DT cultivator; 2010 Case 120-ft. IH Patriot 4420 SP sprayer w/1,570-hrs; 4 Goodyear 380/90R-46 sprayer tires & rims; Vale Solutions sprayer tire jack, Chem Handler III, 2, 1,400-gal poly tanks, Star ITC, Star Fire 300; 2006 IH 9400i tandem axle grain truck w/autoshift & Cancade box; 1997 Freightliner tandem grain truck w/Newstar box; 2003 Volvo tandem axle highway truck w/sleeper; 1997 IH Eagle 9400 tandem axle Hwy truck w/13-SPD; 2007 Dodge Cummins 3500 1-Yon dually automatic 4WD; 2001 Dodge Cummins 2500 extended cab 4WD truck; 2009 53-ft. Wilson tri axle grain trailer w/3 compartments; 2000 Doepker 53-ft. tandem axle step deck trailer w/high clearance sprayer cradle; 2009 Tailtech 30-ft. triple axle gooseneck flat deck trailer w/beaver tail & ramps; 2009 18-ft. Trailtech tandem axle bumper pull flatdeck trailer; 2008 Silverlite Freedom tandem axle 2 horse bumper pull trailer; Marshall S-5 single axle utility trailer w/hyd dump; Loftness GBL grain bagger; Loftness GBL grain bag extractor; 2009 REM 27 hundred grain vac; 2010 Brandt 13x90 swing auger w/remote; Wheatheart 8-51 auger mover & Kohler engine; Brandt 10-60 swing auger; Westfield 10-61 swing auger; Sakundiak 7-41 auger w/Honda engine; Kendon 150-bu hopper wagon; Graham Seeds G-3 stainless 7-10 seed treater, galvanized upright seed treater; Schulte XH-1500 20-ft. rotary mower; Schulte 9600 3-PTH snow blower; Degelman ground drive rock picker; Frontier bale spear; Agrator 3-PTH box scraper; 3-PTH cultivator; Corral panels & gates. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter. (306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962

AUTOS/TRUCKS/TRAILERS Autos 1980 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL, 2-DR, 352 motor, could be easily restored. $750 OBO Phone: (204)669-9626.

AUTO & TRANSPORT Semi Trucks & Trailers 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 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 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 2006 Western Star 4900 Mercedes 450 HP, 10 SP Eaton Autoshift, 12000-lbs Front, 40000-lbs Rear, 22.5-in Aluminum Wheels, New 20-ft Cancade Grain Box, Remote Gate & Hoist, 1,045,311-kms. $65,000.00 TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2007 IHC 9900I Cummins ISX 500 HP, 18 SP, 3:58 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, 40000 lbs Rear, 22.5in Aluminum Wheels, 244-in Wheel Base, 72-in Mid-Rise Bunk, Three-Way Differential Locks, 1,356,565-kms. $37,000.00

Feb 25th Lethbridge - Feb 27th Portage la Prairie March 4th Regina - March 6th Saskatoon March 11th Yorkton - March 13th Edmonton

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PUGH SEEDS: CERT AC Barrie, Cardale, Kane Wheat, Conlon Barley, Souris Oats. Phone (204)274-2179 or (204)871-1467, Portage.

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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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MACK AUCTION CO. presents a real estate & farm equipment auction for Robert Moffat (306)695-7795 Fri., Apr. 4th, 2014 @ 10:00am. Directions from Abernethy, SK. 11-mi South. Watch for signs! Live internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com 1,196-sq.ft. home situated on 12-acs of land NE-2-19-11-W2. Also 40x60 quonset & 24x26 garage surrounded by mature shelter belt. Case 9270 4WD tractor w/7,890-hrs; Case 2390 2WD tractor; 40-ft. Morris Maxim II air drill w/Morris 8336 triple compartment air tank w/Midrow anhydrous banders; MF 180 2WD DSL tractor w/Robin FEL; IH 706 DSL tractor; Massey Harris 44 tractor; 2. Massey Harris tractors; Case IH 2388 SP combine & Case 1015 PU header w/2,290 sep hrs; Case 2188 SP combine & Case 1015 PU header w/2,720 sep hrs; 30-ft. Case IH 1042 straight cut draper header; 30-ft. Macdon 960 straight cut draper header; 26-ft.

Co-op 550D DSL SP swather; 25-ft. Case IH 8220 PT swather; 30-ft. Prairie Star 4600 PT swather; Co-op 550D SP swather for parts; Vers 18-ft. PT swather; Koenders swath roller; 70-ft. Degelman Strawmaster 7000 heavy harrow w/curved tines; 29-ft. Morris CP-725 Magnum cultivator; MF 35-ft. cultivator w/anhydrous kit; Morris 36-ft. rod weeder, MF 14-ft. cultivator; Co-op discers; 1983 DSL GMC 3500 1-Ton flat deck truck; 1974 Chev C-60 grain truck w/steel box & hoist; 1975 Ford F-700 flat deck truck; 100-ft. Brandt QF 1000 field sprayer w/850gal pol tank; EZ Guide Plus Lightbar; EZ Steer 500 Auto Steer; 9-Goebel 2,495-bu bins on wood floors; 4, Westeel 2,070-bu bins on steel floors; 3, Westeel 5,500-bu bins on steel floors; 4, Rosco 1,600-bu bins hopper bottom bins; 3, Butler 2,400-bu bins on steel floors; Westeel 4,300-bu bin on steel floor; Brandt 10-60 swing auger; Wheatheart 8-51 auger & mover; Johnson transfer auger w/Honda engine; Haul All 2 compartment tote tank; antique grain wagons; JD 445 EZ Trak 27-HP Zero turn mower; Swisher 60-ft. PT mower; Case 446 garden tractor & tiller; acreage sprayers; Degelman 10-ft. dozer blade; Degelman ground drive rock picker; Farm Eze HD 170 manure wagon; Anderson square bale wagon; Cockshutt hay rake; sickle mower; 1, 1,000gal water tanks; 2, 150-gal slip tanks w/electric pumps; Sandborn 220V air compressor, plus much more! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter.

(306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962

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 TITAN TRUCK SALES (204)685-2222 2012 Peterbilt 386 Cummins ISX 450 HP, 13 SP, 3:90 Gear Ratio, 12000-lbs Front, 40000-lbs Rear, 22.5-in Aluminum Wheels, 206-in Wheel Base, Three-Way Differential Locks, Wet Kit, 168,566-kms. $79,000.00

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FOUILLARD STEEL SUPPLIES LTD. MACK AUCTION CO. presents a real estate auction for Robert Moffat (306)695-7795 Fri., Apr. 4th, 2014 @ 10:00am. Directions from Abernethy, SK 11-mi South. Watch for signs! Live internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com 1,196-sq.ft. home situated on 12-acs of land NE-2-19-11-W2. Also 40x60 quonset & 24x26 garage surrounded by mature shelter belt. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. (306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962.

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West Fargo

Red River Valley Fairgrounds, 1805 West Main Ave, West Fargo, ND. I-94 & Exit 343.

Enter Fairground from the East at Grand Stand Avenue.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2014 • 10AM

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Auctioneers will run multiple rings with live online bidding. There will be no loading assistance until 2:00PM on sale day. Cars and pickups may enter grounds at 12:00 Noon for self-loading. Registration, terms, and details at SteffesGroup.com. Equipment removal by Friday, March 14, unless other arrangements are made. Hauling and loading are available. Contact auctioneers for owner information, new consignments, or changes at 701.237.9173 or 800.726.8609.

TRACK TRACTORS TRACK TRACTORS 2012 JD 9560RT, deluxe cab, 36” tracks, shows 534 hrs., full warranty 6/19/14 extended to 6/18/2017, S/N1RW9560RVCP901515 2012 JD 9560RT, deluxe cab, Durabilt 5500 30” tracks, shows 1,015 hrs., warranty until 4/4/15, S/N901212 2012 JD 9560RT, deluxe cab, Durabilt 5500 36” tracks, shows 1,320 hrs., S/N901074 2002 JD 8520T, powershift, 16” tracks, 4,583 hrs., S/NRW8520T901587 1996 Caterpillar 75C, powershift, 30” tracks, 5,953 hrs., S/N4KK02291

Details at SteffesGroup.com

4WD TRACTORS

2012 JD 9510R, premium cab, shows 802 hrs., warranty until 7/26/15, S/N003415 2012 JD 9410R, premium cab, shows 1,261 hrs., S/N002297 2005 JD 9520, deluxe cab, 3,250 hrs., S/NRW9520P032208 2009 JD 9430, deluxe cab, 2,300 hrs.

2002 Buhler Versatile 2310, 3,150 hrs. w/Degelman 12’ dozer 1997 Case-IH 9390, New Cummins engine at 3,400 hrs., shows 7,392 hrs., S/N0069341 1982 JD 8640, quad range, 1000 PTO, no 3 pt., shows 3,840 hrs.

1981 Versatile 835, shows 9,820 hrs., S/N035186

MFWD TRACTORS

2013 JD 7215R, MFWD, IVT, deluxe cab, shows 704 hrs., warranty until 12/28/2016, S/N003067 2013 JD 6170R, MFWD, IVT, premium cab, shows 165 hrs., warranty until 2/26/2015, S/N006722 2013 JD 6210R, MFWD, deluxe cab, IVT, shows 390 hrs., full warranty 1/2/2015, S/N1RW6210RTCD005515 2012 JD 8285R, MFWD, premium cab, shows 261 hrs., S/N053240 2012 JD 8285R, MFWD, IVT, ILS, premium cab, shows 421 hrs., warranty until 9/21/2014, S/N062753 2011 JD 8335R, MFWD, IVT, ILS, premium cab, shows 997 hrs., warranty until 9/25/15, S/N042050 2011 Case-IH Magnum 260, MFWD, 807 hrs., S/NZBRD04012 2003 JD 7810, MFWD, deluxe cab, IVT, 4,418 hrs., S/NRW7810D080686 2002 JD 8120, MFWD, deluxe cab, shows 3,764 hrs., S/NRW8120P004815

2010 JD 9770, Contour-Master, deluxe cab, 1,735 sep. hrs., 2,332 engine hrs., S/N1H09770SCA0738176 2009 JD 9770, STS, ContourMaster, deluxe controls, 1,040 sep. hrs., 1,410 engine hrs., S/NH09770S732417 2007 JD 9860, STS, ContourMaster, premium cab, 1,357 sep. hrs., 2,120 engine hrs., S/NH09860S720663 2004 JD 9860, STS, ContourMaster, deluxe controls, 1,907 sep. hrs., 2,716 engine hrs., S/N706054 2004 JD 9760, STS, deluxe controls, 2,926 sep. hrs., 4,345 engine hrs., S/NH097605706382 2003 JD 9750, STS, ContourMaster, deluxe controls, 2,173 sep. hrs., 2,868 engine hrs., S/NH009750S701523 1998 JD 9610, DHH, DAS, 3,000 sep. hrs., 4,215 engine hrs., S/N677961

FLEX HEADS

2012 JD 635 flex head, S/N745539 2012 JD 635 flex head, S/N745400 2012 JD 635 flex head, S/N745397 2011 JD 635 flex head, S/N742459 2010 JD 635 flex head, S/NH00635FCA0736587 2010 JD 635 flex head, fore/aft, poly, low dam, stubble lights 2010 JD 635 flex head, 35’, fore/aft, heavy duty lift cyl.

2010 AWS air bar, 70 Series hookup, S/NH00635A0736655 2008 JD 635 flex head, S/NH00635F726582 2007 JD 635 flex head, S/NH00635F721484 2006 JD 635 flex head, S/NH00635F716987

FLEX DRAPER, DRAPER & RIGID HEADS

2012 MacDon 2162 flex draper, 40’, S/NYCZN16382 2007 JD 936D draper head, fore/aft JD 220 rigid head w/4-wheel header trailer, S/N497774

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brake, air ride, air slide 5th, twin aluminum fuel tanks, 11-24.5 tires, outside aluminum rims, shows 921,000 miles 1993 Volvo, integral cab, 3176 Cat, 10 spd., air ride, 11-22.5 tires on aluminum 1993 Kenworth T600 twin screw FIELD CULTIVATORS w/3rd axle lift, 3406 Cat, 425 hp., Eaton Fuller 13 spd., jake 2008 JD 2210 field cultivator, brake, air ride, air slide 5th, twin 64-1/2’, S/NN02210X008155 aluminum fuel tanks, 11-24.5 2008 JD 2210 field cultivator, tires at 95% on steel rims 60’, 9” space 1992 Peterbilt, small removable JD 985 field cultivator, 54’, sleeper, 3176 Cat, 10 spd., air tandems across, 6” space, 7” ride, 24.5 tires sweeps, S/NN00985X000998 NON-SLEEPER 1998 JD 980 field cultivator, SEMI TRACTORS 42-1/2’, tandems across 1997 JD 980 field cultivator, 2006 IHC, day cab, Cummins, 44-1/2’, walking tandems across, 170” WB, 310,000 miles 6” space, 7” shovels, (2) 2005 Mack CXN163 tandem S/NN00980X007230 axle day cabs, Mack engine, 7 JD 1060 field cultivator, 60’, spd., air ride, 204” WB tandems across, 3-bar harrow 2004 Freightliner Columbia, day JD 1000 field cultivator, 36’, hyd. cab, Mercedes engine, 10 spd., fold, 7” sweeps, 3-bar mtd. harrow full screw, air ride cab & susp., Wil-Rich field cultivator, 38’, power steering, engine brake, air tandems across, 3-bar harrow slide 5th 2004 Freightliner Columbia, day OTHER TILLAGE cab, 450 hp. Mercedes, 10 spd., EQUIPMENT air ride, jake brake, dual 80 gal.

2014 Accessories Unlimited aluminum tanks, dual exhaust land roller, 1/2” thick 36” OD 2003 IHC 9200, day cab, C12 Cat, drums, New 10 spd., full screw, air ride cab & 2011 Empire Ultrapacker land susp., power steering, air slide 5th roller, 45’, 42” drum, light pkg.

2001 IHC 9100, day cab, 12.7 Mandako land roller, 50’, 42” liter Detroit, 430 hp., Rockwell 10 drum, 5/8” steel, hyd. leveling spd., air ride, jake brake, fixed hitch, light pkg.

2009 Salford RTS 570, 30’, rolling 5th plate, diff lock, 446,205 miles baskets, factory weight kit, 3-bar 2001 Kenworth T800, day cab, C12 Cat, 9 spd., air ride, fixed harrow, New coulters plates, shows 388,000 miles, 2009 JD 512 disc ripper, 9 shank, 22-1/2’, hyd. fold, walking complete front end rebuild 2000 Peterbilt 377 day cab tandems, single pt. depth JD 2700 disc ripper, 9 shank, 24” conventional, Series 60 Detroit, 10 spd., full screw, air ride cab space, front & rear discs, cover & susp., power steering, engine boards, single pt. depth, walking brake, air slide 5th tandems, hyd. rear disc levelers 2008 Wil-Rich 5830 chisel plow, 2000 Peterbilt 378, day cab, 3406E Cat, Eaton Fuller 10 spd.

35’, full floating hitch, tandems 1999 Volvo VNL64T conventional, across, single pt. depth, 4-bar Series 60 Detroit, 10 spd., full Gates harrow screw, air ride cab & susp., power Case-IH 4900 Vibratiller, 39’, steering, engine brake, air slide 5th walking tandems, (2) sets 1999 Volvo VNL64T conventional, shovels, 3-bar harrow Series 60 Detroit, 9 spd., full screw, 2002 DMI crumbler, 40’, air ride cab & susp., power steering, expandable hitch, hyd. fold engine brake, air slide 5th Alloway RTS, 29-1/2’, crumblers Summers coil packer, 42’, down 1998 Peterbilt 379 tandem axle day cab, C10 Cat, 10 spd., jake pressure springs brake, wet kit, 212” WB JD 630 disc, 25’ 1997 Volvo WCA64T tandem Wishek tandem disc, 16’ axle day cab, M11 Cummins, 9 Melroe harrow, 60’, hyd. fold, spd., full screw, air ride good tines Summers SuperWeeder, 3-rank, 1995 Mack CH613 tandem axle day cab, Mack, 400 hp., 9 spd., 5-bar harrow full screw, air ride, PTO, wet kit, Summers multiweeder, 40’, 3 187” WB rank, 4-bar harrow 2001 JD 1780 MaxEmerge Plus planter, 16x31” split row, S/NA01780C690209 1997 JD 1760 planter, 12x30”, S/NH01760R670718 JD 7300 planter, 18x22”, S/N201045 JD planter, 2 row

2012 JD 618C chopping corn head, 18x22”, S/N745313 2011 JD 612C chopping corn head, 12x22”, S/N1H0612CCJB0740124 2009 JD 612C chopping corn head, 12x20”, S/NH0612CC730231 2008 JD 612C chopping corn head, 12x22”, S/N725187 2010 JD 608C, 8x30”, S/N1H0608CCEB0740320 2009 JD 608C chopping SLEEPER SEMI corn head, 8x30”, TRACTORS 2WD, 50 HP & LESS, S/NH0608CC730511 & COLLECTIBLE 2002 JD 1291 corn head, 12x22”, 2005 Kenworth T800B, 5 window TRACTORS cab, C11 Cat, 400 hp., Merritt S/NH01291X695712 Ultrashift 10 spd. autoshift, Case 2390, 3 pt., PTO, 9,300 hrs., GRAIN CART air ride, jake brake, fixed 5th New transmission 2008 Brent 1194 grain cart, plate, tilt, cruise, power mirrors, 1984 Case 2090, CAH, 12 spd., 1,100 bu., S/NB24750107 aluminum tanks, 171” WB, 4:10 Westendorf TA46 loader, 84” AIR DRILLS & DRILLS ratio, 295/75R22.5 front tires on bucket, 4,207 hrs. aluminum rims, 11-22.5 tires on 1973 IHC 1466, open station, 2003 Case-IH SDX40 air drill, 40’, 3 pt., shows 8,426 hrs.

7-1/2” spacing, 3-section fold, 2320 steel rear rims, 701,629 miles 2005 Mack CH613 tandem axle, 2001 Jacobson Turfcat T628D, tow-behind commodity cart, 230 sleeper, Mack engine, autoshift, 4WD, cab, 72” mower deck, bu., 7” fill auger adapted to semi, PTO, wet kit, 22.5 tires, damaged S/N95723400130 optional firming wheels, factory 2004 Mack CX613, mid-rise Big Dipper tractor, 4 cyl. engine, control box and manual, 23.1-26 sleeper, Mack, 480 hp., 13 spd., w/loader tires on cart, flotation tires on drill 11R22.5 tires on aluminum rims, 1948 IHC H tractor w/loader Case-IH 8600 air drill, 33’, hyd.

IHC H, narrow front, PTO, loading auger, 115 bu. tank, row 768,451 miles 2003 Mack CX613, mid-rise sleeper, S/N197722 monitor, rubber press wheels, Mack, 460 hp., 10 spd., air ride, wet markers, 1,000 acres on discs COMBINES kit, 11R22.5 tires, 810,759 miles Concord 3310 air seeder, 33’, 2012 JD S670, Contour-Master, 2000 Kenworth W900L, Studio stiff shank, 3-bar harrow with premium cab, shows 1,116 sep. newer red 2300 commodity cart, Sleeper, C15 Cat, 550 hp., 13 hrs., S/N746414 twin compartment, 230 bu., hyd. spd., engine brake, air ride, air 2012 JD S670, Contour-Master, slide, twin aluminum fuel tanks, fan, hyd. fill auger premium cab, shows 1,150 sep.

JD 9350 drills, four 10’s, 6” spacing, 3:55 ratio, 295/75R24.5 tires hrs., S/N746347 on aluminum rims, excellent black press wheels, markers, 2010 JD 9870, Contour-Master, maintenance, New clutch factory swing around transport deluxe cab, 1,972 sep. hrs., 1999 Kenworth T600, 12.7 Detroit, JD 9350 drills, four 10’s, dry 2,668 engine hrs., fertilizer, grass seeders, transport 15 spd., air ride, air slide 5th, S/N1H09870SLA0735853 jake brake, dual exhaust, dual PLANTERS 2009 JD 9870, Contour-Master, 120 gal. aluminum tanks, 3:70 deluxe controls, 1,400 sep. hrs., 2010 Case-IH 1250 central fill ratio, (10) aluminum wheels, 22.5 1,823 engine hrs. planter, 16x30”, New firming points tires, 870,000 miles, New cam & 2010 JD 9770, Contour-Master, and fertilizer discs 1,400 acres ago injectors w/warranty on injectors, deluxe cab, 1,735 sep. hrs., 2009 JD DB88 CCS central fill many other New parts including 2,272 engine hrs., planter, 48x22”, shows 19,800 alternator, water pump, clutch, rear S/N1H09770SPA0736379 acres, S/NA0DB88X730115 seal, rear susp. bushings, work 2010 JD 9770, Contour-Master, 2008 JD DB80 planter, CCS, orders available deluxe cab, 1,528 sep. hrs., 32x30”, S/NA0DB80X725108 1998 Peterbilt 379, ext. hood, 63” 2,148 engine hrs., 2008 JD DB44 planter, CCS, sleeper, C15 Cat, 550 hp., 18 spd., S/N1H09770SKA0736383 24x22”, 420 gal. tank, Promax 40 engine brake, air ride, air slide, twin 2010 JD 9770, Contour-Master, corn & soybean plates aluminum fuel tanks, 3:36 ratio, deluxe cab, 1,329 sep. hrs., 2004 JD 1770NT vacuum planter, 11-22.5 tires on aluminum rims, 1,785 engine hrs., CCS, 16x30”, S/NA01770M705105 New rods & mains S/N1H09770SCA0737951 2002 Kinze 3700 planter, 36x20”, 1993 Peterbilt 379, flat top sleeper, S/N750514 Cummins, 435 hp., 10 spd., engine

STEP DECK & IMPLEMENT TRAILERS

CONVEYORS & AUGERS

HEADER TRAILERS

ATTACHMENTS

SELF-PROPELLED SPRAYERS & SPREADERS

WAREHOUSE FORKLIFTS

2013 Convey-All transloader, 40’, self-propelled, Honda power Rapat F6018 belt conveyor, 60’x18”, 7.5 hp., 3 phase, S/NB5879 DRY VAN & WATER TRAILERS Rapat F6018 belt conveyor, 60’x18”, 7.5 hp., 3 phase, 1993 Stoughton aluminum van S/NB60219 trailer, 45’ Shop-built belted conveyor, (2) 1993 Stoughton aluminum 31’x10”, PTO van trailers, 45’ 2010 Brandt auger, 81’x10”, low (2) 1998 Strick single axle pro swing hopper aluminum van, 28’x102” wide Feterl auger, 60’x10”, swing hopper 1999 Trailmobile aluminum van Westfield auger, 56’x8”, 7-1/2 water trailer, 53’x102” wide hp., single phase electric 1998 Strick aluminum van single SKID STEER axle water trailer, 28’x102” wide LOADERS & RSI single axle van trailer, 26’ 2005 Transcraft step deck, 53’, combo

2008 NH C185 track skid steer (6) 2014 tandem axle header loader, 7,286 lb. cap., hyd. quick trailers, 36’, New tach, 84” dirt & foundry bucket, (2) 2014 tandem axle header 17.7” tracks at 80%, 1,591 hrs., trailers, 32’, New S/NN8M470006 2011 Unverferth header trailer, 2006 JD CT322 track skid steer 36’, 4-wheel loader, 6,400 lb. cap., 78” dirt 2010 MD tandem axle header trailer, 38’, brakes, 2-5/16” hitch bucket w/New cutting edge, tracks 60%, 2,309 hrs., New final 2010 Stud King tandem axle drive on right side, New belts header trailer, 38’ S/NT0322TB125447 HOPPER BOTTOM 1997 Case 1845C skid steer & OTHER TRAILERS loader, hand controls, 12,751 2010 Magnum hopper bottom, 40’ hrs., S/NJAF0240858 Bobcat 632 skid steer loader, 1996 Wilson hopper bottom, gas, aux. hyd., 55” bucket 41’x60” sides NH LX885 skid steer loader, aux.

1989 Featherlite gooseneck hyd., New computer aluminum horse trailer 1968 Trailmobile 8750 tandem ROUGH TERRAIN axle aluminum tanker CRANE & 2007 H&H gooseneck trailer, TELESCOPING 35’, 30’ deck FORKLIFT 2001 PJ tandem axle trailer, 1982 Grove RT518 rough terrain 20’, steel ramps Shop-built tandem axle car trailer crane, 15,158 total hrs., S/N51892 Steel utility trailer, 5x8, treated Gradall 534B-8 telescoping forklift, 4x4, 8,000 lb. cap., 34’ reach plywood bed

2011 JD 4830 self-propelled sprayer, 100’ booms, 20” space, 1,000 gal. SS tank, 744 hrs., S/N1N04830XJA0013217 2008 JD 4930 self-propelled sprayer, 120’ booms, 20” space, 1,200 gal. SS tank, 1,467 hrs., S/NN04930X004369 2001 Case-IH SPX4260 selfpropelled sprayer, 90’ booms, 1,200 gal. SS tank, 2,830 total hrs., S/NJFG0003878 2001 Ag Chem Rogator 854, 90’ boom, 4,500 hrs.

1998 Ag Chem 8103 Terragator, 70’ boom 1996 Ag Chem Rogator 854, 90’ boom, 750 gal. SS tank 1996 Ag Chem Rogator 854, OTHER TRUCKS 2003 Chevrolet C4500, Duramax 90’ boom, 4,500 hrs. diesel, Knapheide service body, 1998 Loral 4400, Air Spread, 70’ boom, 4,300 hrs. shows 204,587 miles 1996 Freightliner FLD120 cab & Melroe 220 high-clearance sprachassis, 3406E Caterpillar, 9 spd. coupe, 50’ boom, 20” space, 960 hrs.

PULL-TYPE 1996 IHC 8100 cab & chassis, L10 Cummins, 9 spd.

SPRAYERS 1995 GMC Topkick single axle, 2010 Summers UltraBoom pull3146 Cat, automatic, 20’ flatbed, type sprayer, 120’ boom, 1,500 shows 208,143 miles gal. tank 1990 IHC 2554 S Series twin Flexi-Coil S62 pull-type sprayer, screw gravel truck, L10 120’ boom, 1,000 gal. poly tank Cummins, 300 hp., 10 spd., 16’ Fast pull-type sprayer, 90’, 1,500 box, 228,000 miles gal. poly tank w/track system 2007 GMC 7500, diesel, Allison River Bend suspended hyd. automatic, 22’ van body w/ boom pull-type sprayer, 90’, Tommy lift, 327,000 miles 1,200 gal. fiberglass tank 1999 Sterling Y10142, ISB River Bend pull-type sprayer, Cummins, 190 hp., Allison AT545 90’ boom, triple nozzles, 1,200 automatic, 20’x8-1/2’ wide steel gal. fiberglass tank flatbed 2008 River Bend pull-type 1998 Ford F800 single axle, 5.9 sprayer, 88’, 1,200 gal. tank liter diesel, 20’ flatbed, shows Summers sprayer, 3 pt., 80’ SS 195,001 miles boom, 500 gal. poly tank 1995 Ford F800 single axle cab Redball 680 sprayer, 80’ & chassis, 5.9 liter diesel, 6 spd. suspended boom manual, shows 167,217 miles Elmers band sprayer, 24 row, 1992 IHC 4900 single axle, DT466, 500 gal. poly tank 7 spd., 490,730 actual miles Jake band sprayer, 24 row, 500 1991 IHC 4900 flatbed truck gal. poly tank

END DUMP, BELLY DUMP & BOTTOM DUMP TRAILERS

Caterpillar T40 warehouse forklift, shows 8,612 hrs.

Yale forklift, LP, 10’ mast, 4,000 lb. cap., S/N428140

LAWN & GARDEN

2010 JD X724 lawn tractor, 27 hp., S/NM0X724A050428 2010 JD X540 lawn tractor, 26 hp. 54” deck, shows 270 hrs., warranty until 10/8/2014, S/NM0X540A051821 2006 JD 324 lawn tractor, 22 hp. air-cooled, 48” deck, shows 418 hrs., S/NM0X324A013042 2002 JD X485 lawn tractor, 25 hp. liquid-cooled, 54” deck, shows 1,600 hrs., S/NM0X485B010021 2002 JD 345 lawn tractor, 18 hp. liquid-cooled, 54” deck, shows 870 hrs., S/NM0G345B107359 2002 Woods S5180 zero turn lawn tractor, 50” deck, 2 yr.

VanGuard engine 1993 Toro Groundmaster 325D lawn tractor, 4WD, 72” front deck, 3,056 hrs. Echo Bearcat 77413 chipper Pull-type lawn sweeper, 42” Ag Fab pull-type lawn vacuum, gas Black & Decker lawn trimmer, gas Garden hose cart, residential reel-type, on rollers

ATVS & VAN

2012 JD 825I UTV, 4x4, EFI, 131 hrs., 1,000 miles 2010 Polaris Ranger 800XP, Special Edition, fuel injected ATV sprayer, 14 gal., 12v, hand wand, 8’ boom 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan automatic, 286,000 miles

OTHER EQUIPMENT

To include: 2007 Eagle ditcher, Rockpickers, Rotary hoe, Snowblowers, JD 777 cart, Singleaxle converter dollies, Crisafulli water pumps & Gator water pump

HAY & LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT

PICKUPS NH3, FERTILIZER, NH 258 side delivery rake, 9’, & CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT New teeth 2000 Loadline tri-axle end GRAIN HANDLING Deutz-Fahr roller baler, small 4x5 dump, 34’ EQUIPMENT 1989 Summit tri-axle end dump, round bales, 540 PTO SKID STEER ATTACHMENTS (2) Bale spears, 48” tines, New air ride, damaged SCRAPERS & BLADES 1997 Roadmaster tri-axle steel 2008 Central City portable TRUCK ATTACHMENTS belly dump gravel trailer, 44’2”, livestock scale, single animal, SHOP EQUIPMENT missing scale head 102” wide CONSTRUCTION ITEMS (4) 1984 Load King 2030 tandem (120) Continuous fence panels, TANKS 20’, 6-bar, w/clips & connectors, axle bottom dump gravel TIRES New, sold price each, must take 10” trailers, 40’, (2) hoppers PARTS (60) 12’x5’ corral panels, New, FARM SUPPORT sold price each, must take 10 & MISC. ITEMS Hyd. fence wire winder, 3 pt.

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. ND Sales Tax laws apply. Canadian buyers need a bank letter of credit to facility border transfer.

Auctioneers & Clerk: Steffes Group, Inc., 2000 Main Avenue East, West Fargo, ND 58078 Scott Steffes ND81, Brad Olstad ND319, Bob Steffes ND82, Max Steffes ND999, Ashley Huhn ND843, Eric Gabrielson ND890, Randy Kath ND894 | 8701.237.9173 | 800.726.8609 | SteffesGroup.com

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AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

CHEMICALS

Large Equipment

FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories

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.

WISCONSIN MOTOR PARTS FOR VG4D: crank shaft, heads, fly wheel, starter, manifold & carb, $750 OBO. Phone:(204)669-9626.

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

OPENS: Monday, February 24 CLOSES: Tuesday, March 4 PREVIEW: Mon.-Fri., 9AM-4PM / LOADOUT: Mon.-Fri., March 10-21

For custom herbicides as unique as your fields, visit: Crop Production Services Inc.

Hargrave - 204-748-1126

See complete lot listing & photos at SteffesGroup.com

precisionpac.ca LINKBELT LS98 CRAWLER CRANE 50-ft. boom, CAT D318 motor, long under carriage c/w all rigging including 1 1/4-yd & 1 1/2-yd buckets for dredging gravel machine, ready to go to work, $15,000 OBO. Phone:(204)669-9626.

FARMING

562 PPAC Classified 2014 MB.indd 8

IS ENOUGH OF 4WD TRACTORS / MFWD TRACTORS 2WD TRACTORS / SKID STEER LOADER COMBINES / CORN HEAD & FLEX HEADS GRAIN CART & GRAVITY BOXES PLANTERS / FIELD CULTIVATORS TILLAGE EQUIP. / ROW CROP EQUIP. TRUCK / SPRAYER / HAY & LIVESTOCK EQUIP. / AUGERS / OTHER EQUIP. LAWN EQUIPMENT

TJOSVOLD EQUIPMENT

JON 320.564.2331 IQBID is a division of Steffes Group, Inc. 24400 MN Hwy 22 S, Litchfield, MN Eric Gabrielson MN47-006, Ashley Huhn MN47-002, Randy Kath MN47-007, Scott Steffes ND81 320.693.9371 | SteffesGroup.com

FARM MACHINERY Grain Dryers 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 12 WHEEL KUHN speed rake model SR112, $6,500; JD 3130 w/Leon loader, $5,900; WANTED: Cockshutt 560 & Cockshutt 1250 tractors for parts or complete. (204)685-2124 VERMEER REBEL BALER W/GATHERING wheels & electric tie, made less than 2,500 bales, $15,000; Also JD 6 wheel hay rake, $1,100. Phone (204)571-6258, Brandon.

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FARM MACHINERY Irrigation Equipment

PREVIEW: Monday - Friday, 8AM - 5PM at Steffes Group, Litchfield facility.

LOADOUT: Friday, March 7, 8AM - 5PM. Free loading available.

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: This is a condensed listing. Watch for complete details & photos coming soon.

Keith, 320.282.5786 IQBID is a division of Steffes Group, Inc. 24400 MN Hwy 22 S, Litchfield, MN 55355 Eric Gabrielson MN47-006, Ashley Huhn MN47-002, Randy Kath MN47-007, Scott Steffes ND81 320.693.9371 | SteffesGroup.com 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.

It doesn’t get any better than this. Prepay your ad for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free! Call today! 1-800-7820794.

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

herbicides

Advertise in the Manitoba Co-operator Classifieds, it’s a Sure Thing!

1-800-782-0794 FARM MACHINERY

For custom herbicides as unique as your fields, visit: Crop Production Services Inc.

Franklin - 204-476-2668

precisionpac.ca FARM MACHINERY Combine – Accessories

FARM MACHINERY Fertilizer Equipment

herbicides

For custom herbicides as unique as your fields, visit:

TRACTOR / SKID STEER LOADER & Glenboro - 204-827-2842 ATTACHMENTS / GRAIN CART precisionpac.ca SEMI TRACTORS & SERVICE PICKUP TRAILERS / TILLAGE EQUIPMENT GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT / NAVIGATION SENSOR APPLICATION EQUIPMENT 562 PPAC Classified 2014 MB.indd 7 OTHER EQUIP. / SHOP EQUIP. / PARTS

AMERICAN GRAIN LLC

Tractors Combines Swathers

Large Inventory of new and remanufactured parts

Crop Production Services Inc.

Complete terms, lot listings and photos at SteffesGroup.com

1-866-729-9876 5150 Richmond Ave. East BRANDON, MB. www.harvestsalvage.ca New, Used & Re-man. Parts

NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS NEW COMBINE PARTS

A GAMBLE...

562 PPAC Classified 2014 MB.indd 6

OPENS: Tue., February 25 | CLOSES: Wed., March, 5

Harvest Salvage Co. Ltd.

HEADER TRAILERS & ACCESSORIES. Arc-Fab Industries. 204-355-9595 charles@arcfab.ca www.arcfab.ca

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories GOODS USED TRACTOR PARTS: (204)564-2528 or 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB. MURPHY SALVAGE New & used parts for tractors, combines, swathers, square & round balers, tillage, press drills & other misc machinery. MURPHY SALVAGE (204)858-2727 or toll free 1-877-858-2728.

PARTING OUT TRACTORS: CASE 830, 930, 1270; Cockshutt 30 & 40; Oliver 70 & others.

Trucks: Ford 900, 800 & 700; CL 9000 & other older trucks 1/2-Ton to 1-Ton. Lots of good truck & combine axles, tires & rims. Good 1020 truck tires.

(204)685-2124

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Doors & Windows

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 Snowblowers, Plows SCHULTE SDX960 SNOWBLOWER W/HYD deflector, like new, $6750. Phone (204)436-2049. matt_tkachyk_sons@mymts.net

Spraying EquipmEnt FARM MACHINERY Sprayers 2009 SpraCoupe 4660 80-ft. booms, 400-gal tank, three sets of tires, 14-01-10 1:57 PM 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

Tillage & Seeding FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Seeding 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.

FARM MACHINERY Tillage & Seeding – Various CARBIDE DRILL POINTS & openers for air drills.

VW Manufacturing Ltd Dunmore (Medicine Hat) (403)528-3350 US: Loren Hawks Chester, Montana (406)460-3810 www.vwmfg.com

TracTors FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Case/IH 1981 MODEL 1086 W/DUALS 3-PTH, Ezee On FEL. Phone (204)797-7049.

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.

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Serving Manitoba, Saskatchewan, NW Ontario & Alberta....Since 1937 • Quality Commercial/Agricultural/Residential Overhead Doors & Operators.

• Aluminum Polycarbonate Doors Available.

• Non-Insulated and Insulated Sectional Doors Available.

• Liftmaster Heavy Duty Operators.

• Mullion Slide Away Centre Posts.

• Commercial/Agricultural Steel Man Doors and Frames.

• Your washbay door specialists. • Quality Installation & Service.

• 24 Hour Service. • Replacement Springs & Cables.

Phone: 204-326-4556 Fax: 204-326-5013 Toll Free: 1-855-326-4556 www.reimeroverheaddoors.com email: kurtis@reimeroverheaddoors.com

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – John Deere 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.

FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Versatile 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.

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FARM MACHINERY Tractors – Various

Big Tractor Parts, Inc. Geared For The Future

STEIGER TRACTOR SPECIALIST

RED OR GREEN 1. 10-25% savings on new replacement parts for your Steiger drive train.

2. We rebuild axles, transmissions and dropboxes with ONE YEAR WARRANTY. 3. 50% savings on used parts.

1-800-982-1769 www.bigtractorparts.com

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 QUIT FARMING: 08 8010 4WD Combine, 30-ft.

Flex draper, $200,000; 011 Massey Swather 36-ft.

9260 Big cab w/swath roller, $65,000; 05 STX 450 quad new traks, $130,000; 08 STX 430 4WD, new tires, $160,000; 05 2, IH 9100 Hyway tractor, 550 Cat, 13-SPD, 4-way lock, $30,000 each; 03 Advance SuperB grain, $28,000; 95 Super B Flat, $10,000; 011 13x85 Farm King Aug, $20,000; IH sprayer 3320, $200,000; 012 CovyAll Tender unit, $10,000; 01 JD1780= 15x31 planter, $50,000; 010 41-ft. Salford as new, $70,000; Hvy Harrow, $16,000; 013 corn header 8x30 Gearinghof chopping head, $86,000; 013 Killbros Grain cart, scale, tarp, lights, $45,000; 2, 105 White rebilt, $9,000; Hutchmaster tandem, $8,000; 10x70 FarmKing, $6,000; 10x85 Convyall Belt con, $6,000; Roadrunner Header Hauler, $8,000; 30-ft. MacDon Drap Hd, Tandem w/duals Trailer $20,000; To haul sprayer, $5,000; IH 4240 tractor w/15-ft mower, $12,000; 16x30 Westco cult, $3,000; 16x30 band sprayer, $3,000; 06 320 Cat Excavator, 10,000-hrs, nice, $60,000; 98 T-800 Kenworth stainless steel paving Box 30-in. Live Belt, $30,000; 04 Chev 4x4 4-dr w/8-ft. deck, new tire, new safety, $6,500; 3= 10,000-gal., Poly fert tanks; 18-yd. Reynolds pushoff scraper, $30,000. Call:(204)871-0925, Macgregor, MB. 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.

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FOR SALE: 2-YR OLD Charolais Bulls, polled, quiet, low birth weights, tested & delivered, $2300-$2500.

Wayne Angus (204)764-2737, Hamiota MB.

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REGULAR BUTCHER & FEEDER SALE Every Friday 9AM

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.

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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.

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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.

BRED COW SALE 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 Looking for a hand around the farm? Place a help wanted ad in the classifieds. Call 1-800-782-0794.

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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.

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NON-REGISTERED 2-YR OLD ANGUS Bulls & bred Heifers for sale. Phone (204)467-5093.

REGULAR CATTLE SALES

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

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Saturday March 1st

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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.

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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.

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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.

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WANTED: 20-FT JOHN DEERE or Morris Hoe Drill. Phone Keith (204)873-2240 or (204)825-7196.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais

Harold Unrau (Manager) Cell 871 0250 Auction Mart (204) 434-6519 MB. Livestock Dealer #1111

FARM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE ONLY A FEW PIECES LEFT

PRICED TO SELL!

John Deere1830 41 Ft Air Seeder with 1910 Seed Cart Seeded approx 5000 acres

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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 FORAGE BASED Black Angus Bulls. Virgin 2-yr olds & herd sires available www.nerbasbrosangus.com (204)564-2540 or (204)773-6800 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.

Out of easy calving sires. LT Bluegrass, Kaboom, JWX Silver Bullet. Quiet dispostitons, no silage, pail fed for quality and longevity. Sunny Ridge Stock Farm Wawanesa, MB. Call Ken (204)725-6213 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.

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.

Call Wendell Reimer: (204)379-2773. Located at St. Cloud, MB. POLLED HEREFORD & BLACK ANGUS 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.

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.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Maine-Anjou 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.

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.

In Pursuit of Perfection Bull Sale Selling 130 Red & Black Simm, Red & Black Angus & Hybrid bulls on Mar. 6th/14 at 1:00pm at the Spring Creek Ranch near Moosomin, SK. Contact Brian McCarthy, Spring Creek Simmentals at (306)435-3590 or Craig Davidson, Black Sand Cattle Co. at (204)761-5991.

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 PROUDLY WESTERN *NEW DATE* MAR. 22nd, 1:00PM, Whitewood Auction Mart. Selling 60 Simm yearling bulls & a select set of replacement heifers.

Wintering & delivery avail. For a catalogue or more info contact T Bar C Cattle Co. (306)220-5006.

View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com

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403-638-9377 Fax: 403-206-7786 Box 300, Sundre, AB TOM 1X0 Jay Good: 403-556-5563 Darren Paget: 403-323-3985

Catalog can be viewed on line at: www.transconlivestock.com

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various 28 BLACK ANGUS 3 yr old cows, calving Apr 1st, bred Horned Hereford. Call Wendel Reimer (204)379-2773, St Claude.

60 BLACK & RED Angus 8-850-lb open replacement heifers. Very quiet, pail fed, had all shots.

Asking $1,250 choice, or $1,200 take-all.

Phone:(204)825-2799 or Cell:(204)825-8340. Pilot Mound,MB. BUYING ALL CLASSES OF livestock. Phone George (204)278-3564. Dealer license #1152.

BRED COW SALE at 10:30 am Monday, March 10

REGULAR BUTCHER FEEDER SALE at 9:00 am This sale will feature: • 160 Black Cows Bred Black Angus, Bred Heifers to 8 Year Old Cows - March 25 to June Calving • 20 Mixed Cows Bred Limousin or Red Angus

***More Consignments Are Welcome Call 204-694-8328***

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WE BUY CATTLE DIRECT ON FARM

We come out to your farm and price cattle towards condition and quality we pay “PREMIUM PRICES FOR PREMIUM CATTLE”

WE ALSO BUY SHEEP, LAMB AND GOATS DIRECT ON FARM We are you “ONE STOP” livestock marketing facility For more information call: 204-694-8328 Scott Anderson: 204-782-6222 Mike Nernberg: 204-807-0747

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LIVESTOCK Cattle Wanted WANTED: ALL CLASSES OF feeder cattle, yearlings & calves. Dealer Licence# 1353. Also wanted, light feed grains: wheat, barley & oats.

Phone:(204)325-2416, Manitou.

TIRED OF THE HIGH COST OF MARKETING YOUR CALVES??

300-700 LBS. Steers & Heifers Rob: 528-3254, 724-3400 Ben: 721-3400

PB RED ANGUS BULL, born Jan 30th 2011, birthweight 75-lbs, $2,400. Phone (204)372-6588.

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.

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Shorthorn

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais

Offering 100 semen tested bulls Red, Black & Fullbloods

WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT selection of PB Charolais bulls, both Red & white. Pictures & info on the net www.defoortstockfarm.com. Call Gord or Sue: (204)743-2109. Celebrating 34 years in Charolais.

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.

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.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1PM NEEPAWA, MB

800-1000 LBS. Steers & Heifers Don: 528-3477, 729-7240

WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT group of Polled Red, Black & Red Blazed Face Simm Bulls. Select your Bull now & at our Expense we will Feed them, Semen test & Deliver them when you need them. All Bulls are Fully Guaranteed. Riverbank Farms, just 5-mi South of Wpg. Ray Cormier (204)736-2608.

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.

Contact: D.J. (Don) MacDonald Livestock Ltd. License #1110 LIVESTOCK Sheep Wanted WTB FEEDER (204)761-3760.

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FARM LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER: In the rural municipality of Dufferin. Approx. 300-ac, (290-ac suitable for potatoes) plus 10-ac for farmyard. Adjacent to #3 Highway, SE of Pioneer Research Station, 3/4-mi from Boyne River. Includes house, approximately 1,200-sqft, w/fully finished basement, attached insulated & finished garage, 22-ft x18-ft, & machine shed & workshop, 50-ft x80-ft. (2)5,000-bu bins w/full aeration floors, (5)1,650-bu metal bins.

Barn 30-ft x40-ft. Two car garage. Interested parties must rely on their own inspection & knowledge of the property. TENDER MUST BE for the entirety of the land described above, & all buildings attached thereto until 4:30 pm March 19, 2014. INTERESTED BUYERS MUST COMPLY WITH COURT ORDERED TERMS OF TENDER which may be obtained from John A. Jones, Greenberg & Greenberg, Box 157, Portage la Prairie, MB, R1N 3B2, Phone:(204)857-6878 Fax:(204)857-3011.

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.

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Global warming turned anti-GMO activist Mark Lynas into a promoter The environmentalist and author spoke at CropConnect last week

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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ark Lynas, the British author who made headlines a year ago by reversing his opposition to genetically modified crops says it was the compelling science on climate change that made him do it.

“You can’t take a position saying, ‘I am defending climate change on the basis of the scientific consensus, but I’m opposing GMOs and I am opposing the scientific consensus,’” Lynas, an award-winning author and journalist based in Oxford, England said at CropConnect in Winnipeg Feb. 19.

“Either you listen to the scientists or you don’t.”

Lynas touched on climate change d u r i n g h i s p re s e n t a t i o n , s a y i n g it’s a serious threat. But most of his speech was on the benefits of genetically modified (GM) crops and how they can help feed the world’s exploding population, especially in developing nations.

Lynas, a lean, boyish 41-year-old, also supports nuclear power, arguing it is less harmful to the environment than other energy sources.

In h i s m i d - 2 0 s Ly n a s w a s s o opposed to GM crops he helped destroy GM test plots in the United Kingdom — something he apologized for at a farm conference in Oxford, England last January, sparking stories in the New York Times and other renowned publications.

“I was convinced that GMOs were something unnatural, something polluted, something despicable, which had to be removed in their totality, even involving criminal activities...,” he said in an interview.

“That was misinformation, even though I didn’t know that at the time, that persist still to this day.”

Ninety-nine per cent of climate scientists agree the earth is getting warmer because of human-caused increases in carbon dioxide, Lynas said. The same consensus exists around the safety of GM crops.

Lynas said science and empiricism are being pushed aside by emotion.

That’s why he also campaigns against those who oppose vaccinations.

Lynas said he spent hours studying in Oxford University’s library researching the evidence on climate change. “ When I first began to realize I got this wrong (about GMOs) my immediate instinct was to lapse into denial... because I thought once you go down this path there is no going back and it will make me a lightning rod for controversy and opposition and accusations of treachery, and all of that stuff has happened,” he said in the interview.

Critics have questioned Lynas’s motives, accusing him of being a biotechnology cheerleader.

Environmental writer Mark Lynas spoke with reporters while in Winnipeg attending the CropConnect Conference. photo: laura rance

“I’m constantly requested to speak for a substantial fee for one or another big company and I always say no.”

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Biotechnology is good because it creates higher-yielding crops that can protect themselves from pests, reducing the need for toxic pesticides, he said.

But he said he’s not interested in becoming a “travelling salesman for GMOs,” stressing that his speakers’ fee for appearing in Winnipeg was paid for by farmers, rather than corporate sponsors.

“You’ve only one shot at retaining your credibility,” he said. “I’m constantly requested to speak for a substantial fee for one or another big company and I always say no.

“I’m not here to defend industrialized monoculture,” he said. “That model isn’t what’s going to feed Africa in the next two or three decades because you’re talking about a continent of subsistence farmers... and there are plenty of ways where biotechnology can assist there.”

While he stopped short of calling Golden Rice, a GM which is vitamin A enhanced, a solution to blindness, he said it can save children while work continues towards a more nutritionally diversified diet.

Lynas has joined Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences as a visiting fellow. Cornell, with Gates Foundation funding, is working on GM crops such as Bt eggplant. Unlike conventional eggplant the GM version won’t have to be sprayed 120 times a year with toxic organophosphates, he said.

Free seeds are distributed to small Bangladeshi farmers.

Two vir uses thre a t e n c a s s a va , an important food crop in parts of Africa, but there is a biotech solution, Lynas said.

He said the anti-GM campaign is highly targeted and culturally specific. In Africa, opponents claim GM crops cause sterility or homosexuality. In the West, they claim it causes autism or cancer.

Although the biotechnology industry has been dead set against labelling, Lynas said openness is how it will build trust.

“You can’t hide the presence of biotech products in people’s food supplies and just expect them to just trust you,” Lynas said. “When people

know that something is being hidden from them they think it’s more risky...”

With labelling there should be no exceptions, he added.

“Ubiquity is our friend here.”

W i t h t h e w o r l d ’s p o p u l a t i o n expected to hit 9.5 billion by midcentury food production over the n e x t 3 0 ye a r s n e e d s t o d o u b l e, according to Lynas. The world needs a second green revolution and biotechnology will be key.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug, the father of the first green revolution, warned against eschewing innovation, before dying in 2009, Lynas said.

“He was saying if we reject the potential to improve our crops then we really are likely to consign people to a future of food insecurity, famine and also a crisis of global biodiversity,” Lynas said. “So that’s what we’ve got to not do.”

While organic farming encourages biodiversity it is less productive, he said.

“Half of humanity would starve if we tried to go organic...,” he said, alluding to the importance of chemically produced nitrogen fertilizer.

“Biotechnology is one of many tools, of course,” Lynas said later.

“This is a complex area and I don’t know anyone who is simplistically advocating just GMOs.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Buying last year’s hay — is it a good deal?

A WINTER COAT

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a c h y e a r, a s s p r i n g approaches and hay stocks begin to dwindle, hay prices increase and some year-old stored hay comes on the market.

Producers should test before buying, says Barry Yaremcio, beef and forage specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development. “While the feed may have initially been put up very well, sitting in the yard or field for an extra year has likely changed the feeding outlook of the forage.”

He says hay is perishable and deteriorates when exposed to weather. Ninety days after cutting, the vitamin precursors lose strength and animals will require supplementation. The fat-soluble vitamins A, D and E are the first nutrients to oxidize.

“Injecting or feeding vitamins 90 days after animals are taken off fresh forage is necessary until they are put back on pasture the following spring,” Yaremcio says.

Bales that are stored under a shed, covered or wrapped in plastic do not deteriorate over the winter as much as hay stored outdoors. A feed test in the spring, compared to the results from the previous fall, would likely show the protein, fibre (energy) and mineral content of the hay stored under cover to be very similar.

This is not the case for hay that is stored outdoors, uncovered and on the ground.

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“In a six-foot-diameter round bale, 27 per cent of the bale weight is found in the outer five inches of the bale,” says Yaremcio. “For every inch of rain, 180 pounds of water will land on the bale. Some will run off, but some will enter the bale.

When the exterior of the bale is rain soaked and is exposed to weather, it rots.”

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“Because of possible quality reduction, the best advice is to feed test – even if you see last year’s feed test results, retest the hay before purchasing and/or feeding,” says Yaremcio. “For that year-old hay, when exposed to the elements, damage occurs. Digestibility of the outer five inches of the bale is reduced by 20 per cent. Overall forage digestibility in a round bale is reduced by 10 per cent. If the hay is kept over for a second year, additional weight loss occurs and digestibility is reduced even further. In some situations, this older hay could be no better than feeding cereal straw.”

If you expect this older feed will be the majority of this year’s feeding program, protein and energy supplementation will likely be required to meet animal requirements. As a guideline, hay made in 2012 should not be more than 25 to 30 per cent of the forage in the ration for cows in early to midpregnancy, and 15 to 20 per cent in late pregnancy. Depending on quality, year-old hay may not be suitable to include in lactating cow or newly weaned calf rations.

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Compare the price of year-old hay to greenfeed or straw — pay according to quality, not forage type.

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Production shortfalls and transportation woes could result in nitrogen shortage Experts say there’s still time to close the supply gap, but farmers should be talking to their suppliers about booking their orders

By Alexis Kienlen staff

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oncern is mounting as transportation and production issues point to a serious shortage of nitrogen supplies this spring.

“If it was Apr il, I would b e p a n i c k i n g ,” s a i d Br i a n Kenyon, director of sales and marketing with Yara Canada.

H o w e v e r, e v e n t h o u g h nitrogen shipments to Western Canada are down by an estimated 750,000 to one million tonnes this fall and winter, there’s still time to salvage the situation, he said.

“A shortage is only a shortage if the demand is there and they can’t get it,” said Kenyon.

“There’s still time for people to bring supplies in from other markets to make up for the production shortages that have occurred in Western Canada.”

It’s rumoured CF Industries suffered a lengthy production shutdown at its Medicine Hat plant last year, but a company official wouldn’t confirm it, citing stock market regulations that limit what companies can say about events that can affect financial performance. While Kenyon wouldn’t identify any specific plant, he

said, “I know one of our competitors was down for 40 days and that’s 120,000 tonnes of lost production.”

But there’s sufficient nitrogen fertilizer elsewhere and the market will respond to demand, he added.

“If urea is going to be tight, then the market will naturally work itself into a price that will allow other product from other sources and other countries to enter this market. That’s effectively what will happen.”

Nitrogen prices have a l re a d y i n c re a s e d s i g n i f i cantly since fall — $50 to $100 depending on the retailer — and that caught many producers flat footed, said Remi Schmaltz, chief executive officer of Decisive Farming, an Irricana-based company that helps grain and oilseed farmers make crop-marketing decisions.

The latest jump was a surprise because fertilizer prices have been pretty flat over the last two years and many farmers reasoned they would follow grain and oilseed prices lower, he said.

“They just sat there waiting and all of a sudden, grain prices went down and fertilizer went up,” said Schmaltz.

“There’s still time for people to bring supplies in from other markets to make up for the production shortages that have occurred in Western Canada.”

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Moving fertilizer to Western Canada given the congested rail system has been the big factor, he said.

“It’s a bit premature to suggest that there’s a shortage in the market,” he said. “There’s certainly a logistics bottleneck.”

Kenyon said he’s been conducting straw polls at meetings this winter and most farmers have told him they plan to maintain or even increase their fertilizer use this year.

“What this means is that f r o m Ja n u a r y t o M a y, w e have to increase our shipping significantly more than last year in order to hit an objective that says we want to put on the same amount or more than last year,” he said.

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However, any further drop in grain and oilseed prices will likely result in a significant drop in fertilizer use, added Schmaltz.

“If grain prices drop and fertilizer prices go up, guys are going to put less on,” he said. “That’s what’s going to happen if they can’t pencil it.”

A l l t h e u n c e r t a i n t y ove r supply and prices is putting fertilizer dealers in a tough spot as they try to estimate how much farmers are willing to pay.

“The retailers and fertilizer manufacturers understand the economics of the farmer,” said Schmaltz. “If things are out of whack, it’s no good for them either.”

Figuring out what happens next is a challenge, both men said. The Nor th Amer ican fertilizer market is currently quite tight, with about half

a million tonnes of nitrogen being imported each month.

And while current rail bottlenecks are adding to the problem, Western Canada is a difficult market to service, said Schmaltz.

“There are a fair bit of logistics that occur to get it to the farmer,” he said. “We’ve just seen this isolation happen earlier because of the grain backlog and the logistics that’s occurring between moving grain and fertilizer and all those other commodities that are causing this bottleneck and isolating the market here, as well as production issues in Wester n Canada, of course.”

The best thing farmers can do right now is keep in regular contact with their suppliers, Kenyon said. “ What I would tell farmers is to be in touch with your supplier of your nitrogen products and make sure you’ve got your forecast of what you intend to do with them,” he said.

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California governor announces $687-million drought package Cutbacks in irrigation could force farmers to idle hundreds of thousands of acres

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“Unlike a lot of problems we face here in Sacramento, this drought is not caused by partisan gridlock or ideology, it’s caused by Mother Nature herself,” Brown said. “This is serious. Today is a call for action.”

Even as much of the United States has been pummelled by a series of snowstorms, California is in the grip of a d ro u g h t t h a t t h re a t e n s t o inflict the worst water crisis in recorded state history.

Drastic cutbacks in irrigation water could force farmers to idle hundreds of thousands o f a c re s o f c ro p l a n d i n a record production loss that industry officials say could cause billions of dollars in damages.

California grows half the U.S. fruits and vegetables and is the top state by value of agricultural goods produced.

Large-scale crop losses in the state could lead to higher consumer prices, especially for tree and vine produce grown only there.

Brown has already urged Californians to reduce water consumption by 20 per cent voluntar ily, and irr igation districts and municipalities up and down the most-populous U.S. state are bracing for sharp cuts in deliveries.

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Rural communities where residents rely on wells are at particular risk because contaminants in groundwater become more concentrated when less water is available to dilute them, officials said.

Earlier, President Barack Obama announced nearly $200 million in aid for California, including $60 million for food banks to help workers in agriculture-related industries who have lost their jobs.

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USDA sees tight U.S. cattle supplies persisting; beef prices to rise

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Although U.S. cattle producers plan to retain two per cent more beef heifers and have one per cent more heifers calve in 2014, cattle inventory is expected to keep shrinking through this year.

As a result, U.S. beef exports could fall almost 10 per cent this year, while beef imports will grow about two per cent. Consumers will probably see higher prices at their grocery meat counter, as retail choice beef prices are expected to jump two to three per cent over the 2013 record high.

The USDA also cautioned that there would be “considerable uncertainty” in its 2014 U.S. hog forecasts, as the deadly porcine epidemic diarrhea virus reduced growth in pig farrowings in recent months and is expected to keep

hog supplies tight through the first half of the year.

“Producers this far have not dramatically expanded the number of sows farrowing to compensate for the losses in litter size,” the USDA said.

Hog prices are forecast to average $61 to $65 per hundredweight in 2014, down from last year’s $64.05.

Prices will likely average above year-ago levels in the first half, when supplies of market-ready hogs are the tightest, but slip later in the year as supplies increase.

U.S. pork exports are forecast to rise about three per cent in 2014, helped by economic growth in many foreign countries and by lower prices, the USDA said.

Broiler prices are also expected to slip a bit, to between 94 cents to $1.01 per pound versus an average of $1 in 2013.

“Tight supplies of beef and improving economic conditions are likely to support stronger demand for broiler meat,” the USDA said. That will push retail prices up about one per cent.

Broiler meat production is forecast to rise three per cent in 2014.

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Plastic bags make up a sizable portion of the plastic debris in giant ocean garbage patches that are killing wildlife and littering beaches. Plastic bags “have been detected as far north and south as the poles,” the researchers wrote.

“Over a period of time, this material starts breaking into tiny pieces, and is ingested along with plankton by aquatic animals,” Sharma said. Fish, birds, ocean mammals and other creatures have been found with a lot of plastic particles in their guts.

Whole shopping bags also threaten wildlife, Sharma said.

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Growth of biotech crops plateaus in U.S., climbs in Asia

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The growth of biotech crops in the United States appears to have hit a plateau, but farmers are accelerating plantings in Asia, according to an industry report released this month.

Farmers around the world grew a record 175.2 million hectares (433 million acres) of biotech crops in 2013, up three per cent from 2012, with American and Brazilian farmers continuing to be the dominant users, according to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), a pro-biotech industry organization.

While growth at one per cent was hitting a plateau in the United States, where biotech crops were first introduced in 1996, plantings in China grew five per cent in 2013 to 4.2 million hectares (10 million acres), the report said.

Overall, ISAAA said the global value of biotech crops was estimated at $15.6 billion in 2013, up from $14.6 billion in 2012.

The European Union continued to be a difficult market for biotech crop.

Five European Union countries planted a record 148,013 hectares, or 365,000 acres, of biotech corn last year, up 15 per cent from 2012, the ISAAA report said.

Not all countries where farmers have been trying biotech crops were expanding their use. Biotech crop plantings dropped seven per cent in Canada in 2013 compared to 2012; and plantings held steady or dropped in South Africa, Australia and Mexico.

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Canola growers invest $130,000 in new lab The new Pathogen Surveillance Initiative will focus initially on clubroot detection

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a n i t o b a ’s b a t t l e against clubroot just kicked up a notch.

The Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) is investing $130,000 in the new Pathogen Sur veillance Initiative, which will see a new laboratory set up at the University of Manitoba, MCGA president Ed Rempel announced at the association’s annual meeting in Winnipeg Feb. 18.

The farmer-led effort funded through the canola checkoff, will initially focus on technologies for the detection of low concentrations of clubroot in Manitoba soils.

The Manitoba and Canadian governments are also contributing. “ We h a v e s e e n t h e re a l impact clubroot infections (CR) have on Brassica crops, including canola, in other areas of Western Canada and want to be proactive to protect the income of Manitoba’s 9,000 canola growers from this devastating soil-borne plant pest,” Rempel said.

“2013 was the first time Manitoba had experienced CR-positive plant samples and so the time to act is now.”

A new laboratory is being set up because there isn’t enough room at the Manitoba government’s Plant Diagnostic Laboratory, said Anastasia Kubinec, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development’s oilseed specialist.

“The initial focus is on clubroot but we hope to be able to look eventually for soybean cyst nematode and potentially other pests in crops like potatoes that currently we can’t look for,” Kubinec said in an interview. “ We’re e i t h e r s e n d i n g i t elsewhere to be looked at or commercial labs, in the case of clubroot, are only looking for it in certain concentrations. With this lab we’ll look at high concentrations but we’re focused on looking for low concentrations so we can act as a kind of early protection for producers and then we can move for ward with research and management practices before it is yield limiting.”

The Manitoba government, through the Manitoba AgriHe a l t h Re s e a rc h Ne t w o rk , is purchasing five Polymera s e C h a i n Re a c t i o n ( P C R ) machines for the lab, Kubinec said.

PCRs have the ability to produce DNA copies of a specific segment that can range from thousands to millions in numbers.

“We have seen the real impact clubroot infections (CR) have on Brassica crops, including canola, in other areas of Western Canada and want to be proactive to protect the income of Manitoba’s 9,000 canola growers from this devastating soilborne plant pest.”

Ed Rempel

The Manitoba government will also staff and train technicians already with the diagnostic lab to work in the new facility.

“In addition to that we are also applying for Growing Forward 2 funding through Growing Actions to also support this lab and this initiative until 2018,” Kubinec said.

“We hope to have the lab up and running for this growing season specifically for testing clubroot. Then in the future

we are going to be talking to the pulse growers and the other groups to try and get to the different pests and have more grower dollars going in there so we have a multi-functioning lab for multiple pests.

“It’s very exciting. It’s fantastic that the canola growers identified that this is something they wanted and we were able to work along with them and get this running.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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2 yr old bulls sold private treaty off the ranch!

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NOW here!

“Buy the BEEF Bull Sale” The Future is

COME ON DOWN TO THE 10TH ANNUAL

April 1, 2014

1:00 p.m., Neepawa Ag Complex Neepawa, MB

Home Phone (306) 463-3225 Lorna’s Cell (306) 460-8520 Rob’s Cell (306) 460-7620

JAS

Red Angus

Doug & Jason McLaren

Ph: (204) 476-6248 or (204) 476-6723 Guest Consignors: SUNSET RIDGE ANGUS

www.dolittleangus.com Directions from Kindersley, SK 10 miles East on Hwy. #7 and 1.5 miles North

Selling

Registered Black Angus

by Private Treaty off the Farm Offering a Great Selection of Two Year Old (Virgin) & Yearling Bulls

DelivereD Free 1St 150 MileS

Featured AI Sires: • SAV 707 Rito 9969 • SAV Brand Name 9115 • SAV Providence 6922 • Mohen Dynamite 1356 • BJ’s Fort Walsh 823

• All bulls semen tested and delivered • Bulls are available for viewing anytime

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PRAIRIE GRASS RED ANGUS BULL SALE

MARCH 29TH, 2014 1 PM at the farm, Swan River MB

50 TWO YEAR OLD & YEARLING RED AND BLACK ANGUS BULLS

24TH ANNUAL

SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2014 1:00 P.M. The Bull Pen Arena Thorlakson Feedyards Airdrie, Alberta 4.5 Miles East of Airdrie on #567 & 2 Miles North on RR 284

Inte rn Avaet Bid ilab din le g

www .dlm

s.ca

Bulls Sired by: Anderson’s Next Generation 20U Anderson’s Who’s Next 39S Brookmore Upward 116Y Red Baker’s Wild Card 814W Red McRaes Mohican 40X Feddes Big Sky R9

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SELLING: PERFORMANCE TESTED YEARLING BULLS

Bulls can be viewed at Thorlakson Feedyards

View Color Catalogue & Video Preview Online at www.dlms.ca

B

Bruce: (204) 734-2073

www.andersoncattle.ca

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RED ROCK RED ANGUS

BEISEKER RED ANGUS

Peter & Maxine Schmaltz

R.R. #2 Airdrie,A B T4B 2A4

(403) 912-1025

John, Karen, Jim, Laurie Brigan & Families RR #2, Site 8, Box 8, Airdrie,A B T4B 2A4

(403) 948-5215

(403) 948-5412

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Registered (est. 1963) & Commercial (est. 1948) Black Angus Cattle • APHA & AQHA Horses

r e u c o i o Y Ch B ULL S ALE Friday

1:00 pm (CST)

•

A pril 18 • 2014

• Cowtown Livestock • Maple Creek SK

From the Delorme’s: South Shadow Angus Boundary Angus Kay Dee Angus

Yearling Bulls

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All Semen Tested

From Boundary to repeat customer Earl Grosfield

Visitors & Inquiries Are Always Welcome

Breeding Quality Red Angus Since 1972

April 9, 2014 80 Yearling Red Angus Bulls Sale at the Ranch - 14 miles SW of Swift Current, SK

plus Guest Bear Creek 2 Yr. Olds

Visit Our Web Site For: Photos • Videos • EPDs • Performance Data Sale Catalog plus the ‘Watch & Bid Online’ details.

DLD UPWARD 24Z

Flying K Ranch Ltd.

* Performance, Semen, & CUP Ultrasound Tested * Sight Unseen Plan - Satisfaction Guaranteed! * All Bulls Fed at Home on the Ranch * Free Delivery in Western Canada

THUNDER 80Z 2013 FromSSASouth Shadow to repeat Sale customer Triple L Ranch Highlights

SSA GRIDIRON 98Z

From South Shadow to repeat customers T & C Leismeister

T hank You to all our Previous Customers

Home-Raised Ranch Stock Available: In April • Commercial Replacement Heifers In the Fall • Top-Cut Breds by private treaty Always • APHA/AQHA Horses Standing APHA 2x NRCHA Champion and AQHA Son of NCHA Hall of Famer

n informatio t s e u q e r o t call today our mailing list.

Give us a dded to or to be a Don and Connie Delorme Box 28, Robsart, SK S0N 2G0

dcdelorme@sasktel.net HOME: 306.299.4494 CELL: 306.299.7778

Darby and Sarah Delorme boundaryranch@sasktel.net HOME: 306.299.2006

www.D elormeR anch.ca

View catalog & videos online mid-March www.flyingkranch.ca For more information or a catalog give us a call Brian, Christine, Dylan & Shane Hanel (306)773-6313

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Quality affordable ranch raised Bulls For ranchers

Mon. March 17, 2014 VJV Foothills auction Stavely, aB

Gloria Blades Nanton AB 403-646-2101

If you are interested in Genomics we genotype tested 84 bull calves for the most important traits in beef production resulting in Leptin - Feed Efficiency 58% homozygous TT 42% CT PMCH Tenderness & Marbling 82% AA 18% AT Catalogue Online After Feb 20th

www.coyotepub.com/blades or at vjvfoothillsauction.com

It PAYS to Study Ag

CABEF offers six $2,500 scholarships to Canadian students enrolling in agricultural or agri-business related programs.

TAKE A CLOSER LOOK 3rd Annual Sale Wednesday March 26, 2014 1:30 pm at the Ranch Kisbey

Selling 40+ Red & Black Angus Yearling Bulls by video sale

Deadline for applications: March 1, 2014

Apply at cabef.org @CABEFoundation

Merit 77X CABEF is a registered charity (#828593731RR0001). For more information on all registered charities in Canada under the Income Tax Act, please visit: Canada Revenue Agency www.cra-arc.gc.ca/charities.

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SPRUCE VIEW ANGUS Yearling Black Angus Bull Sale

Stout bulls with extra thickness, depth and hip.

70 BULLS ON OFFER! Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at the Ranch, Killam, AB, 1 PM (4kms S of Killam on HWY 36) Herd Sires and Dams on site Be our guest for lunch prior to sale, Spruce View Hospitality after.

E TO M I T Y N A N I STOP VIEW BULLS Call for more Information:

Wayne Grant: 780-385-2216 • Dallas Grant: 780-385-1443 spruceviewangus@icloud.com Killam, AB

Shane Castle 306-741-7481

Preview catalogue and video at www.spruceviewangus.com

Bulls sired by the leading AI sires in the industry such as Special Focus, Imprint 8317, Connealy Consensus, Hoover Dam, Basin Excitement, Triple V Glanworth, EXAR 263C, S A V Mustang 9134 & S A V Brand Name 9115.

They are impressive!

Saskatoon, SK

Selling 90+ Black Angus Yearling Several Calving Ease & Carcass Bulls • Complete Performance & Carcass Information Since 1989 • Deferred Payment Plan 60% Down Sale Day 40% December 1, 2014 No Interest • Sight Unseen Purchase Program

It’s not right with us, until it’s right with you!

View the catalogue online at www.BuyAgro.com Dennis and David Johnston Conquest, SK S0L 0L0 (306) 856-4726 (306) 856-2027 (Fax) Dennis’ Cell (306) 227-2344 • David’s Cell (306) 867-7959 www.johnstonfertilevalley.com • ranchers@sasktel.net Call or email for a catalogue Dave Sanborn (306) 860-7073 JFVAd.indd 1

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60 BULLS ON OFFER!

Wednesday, March 12 1:00 p.m. at Triple V Ranch

1 mile west of Medora on Hwy #3, then 2 1/2 miles south on Road 144W

This will be a video sale, come early to view the bulls.

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Red & Black Angus Two-Year-Old Bull Sale

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41st Annual Performance Test Bull Sale 50+ Yearling Bulls

April 8th, 2014 | 1pm

Perlich Bros. Auction Market Lethbridge, Alberta

For Catalogue or Information Contact

Practical

Profitable

Genetics

Website: www.vvvranch.com

Videos of the bulls and catalogue are available online.

The Van Steelandts – Dan, Alana, Matt, Chris, Jess, Kelsey & Cheyenne Phone: Dan/Alana (204)665-2448 • Dan Cell (204)522-0092 • Matt Cell (204)264-0706

Shawn: 403.642.2041 bandkr@live.ca Mike: 1.877.888.BULL www.rodgersredangus.com Perlich Brothers: 403.329.3101

FEATURING: Open heifers from Monique and Matt Slingerland

ENTER OUR DRAW FOR A $250 BULL CREDIT Join us for complimentary lunch prior to the sale

Northern Alliance Bull Sale

MURPHY RANCH

at the Spiritwood Stockyards in the heart of North Central Saskatchewan

2 YEAR OLD RED AND BLACK

March 14, 2014 – 1:30 pm CST

POLLED LIMOUSIN BULLS

FOR SALE MXS 333A

JRAU 14Z

at our Ranch near Altario, AB

TOP GENETICS AND TOP QUALITY PROUD OWNERS OF 2 OF THE TOP 5 CANADIAN SHOW SIRES OF 2013

MXS 320A

JRAU 72A

• 35 Charolais Bulls • 34 Simmental Bulls • Semen evaluated • Guaranteed Breeders For catalogues or more info contact:

Martens Cattle Co.

Aumack Simmentals

Sylvan & Karen Martens Glenbush, Sask 306-382-2099 Home 306-883-7967 Cell

Randy & Kathy Aumack Russell & Brenda Aumack Spiritwood, Sask Rabbit Lake, Sask 306-824-4717 Home 306-883-8155 Cell 306-883-8617 Cell

www.aumacksimmentals.com

View our catalogue online at www.buyagro.com

CONTACT:

MURPHY RANCH

403-552-2191

FRANK’S CELL

780-753-1959

www.murphyranch.ca

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Rivercrest - Valleymere 11 th Annual

Spady Bull Sale

Black Angus 120 Yearling Bulls

Wednesday, April 9th, 2014

at the Ranch

Herd Sires: BW WW YW MILK

Lead Off Bull & 2nd High Selling Bull at LLB 2012 Spring Sale

Bar e-L executor 23x

soo Line koDiak 9169

Sire: SAV Eliminator 9105 MGS: SAV 004 Predominant 4438

Sire: HF Kodiak 5R MGS: Bon View New Design 878

BW +1.8 WW +61 YW +114 MILK +27

BW +3.4 WW +65 YW +106 MILK +30

Sire: HF Tiger 5T MGS: Rainbow Hills Prime Cut 114P

BW +2.3 WW +58 YW +103 MILK +17

Peak Dot eLiminator 780z

2nd High Selling Yearling Bull at Peak Dot 2013 Spring Sale

Sire: Limestone Darkhorse U322 MGS: SAV Net Worth 4200

High Selling Yearling Bull at Bar E-L 2011 Spring Sale

BW +3.3 WW +54 YW +103 MILK +24

+4.2 +46 +92 +23

LLB Darkhorse 328y

Alliance, AB

FV manDate man 146y Sire: Sydgen Mandate 6079 MGS: FV 20K King 308M

* Volume Buyer Incentive * Sight Unseen Guarantee * Semen Tested * Free Delivery or $50 Credit if you take your bulls home Sale Day Visit our website for more details www.rivercrestangus.com

Craig Spady 403-740-4978 Travis Spady 780-879-2298 Tom Spady 780-879-2180 Brian Spady 780-879-2110

10th AnniversAry

Focus on the Future Bull Sale

WheaTland Bull 364a

Lock N Load X Wheatland Lady 752T

WheaTland CIRCuIT BReakeR 325a

Wheatland High Voltage X Wheatland Lady 81X

Selling 30 Red & Black Simmental Herd Builders - Purebred & Simm Angus

Tried - Tested - True In The Ring - In The Pasture - In The Progeny

WheaTland Bull 319a

Wheatland High Octane X Wheatland Lady 168Y

all Grand Champion Females at the 4 major shows sired by different Wheatland bulls.

View the catalogue online at www.wheatlandcattle.com

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Vernon, Denise, Riley & Cody-Ray Lafrentz Ph: 306.634.7765 Cell: 306.421.2297 Email: wheatlandcattle@sasktel.net

2/11/2014 11:48:50 AM

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28 ANNUAL EDITION TH

Bar

3R Limousin The Rea Family Marengo, SK

19th AnnuAl

Bull SAlE march 20, 2014 • 1:00 pm (mST) croSSroadS cenTre – oyen, ab

SELLING RED bLACK POLLED 20 YEARLINGS & 20 2 YEAR OLDS

UNDER PRESSURE

KEVIN

306-463-7950

KEN

306-463-7454 306-968-2923

r3bar@hotmail.com

TITANIUM

Date: Sat. April 12, 2014 Place: Eionmor Stock Farm (The Morison’s) Time: Viewing of the Cattle at 10:00a.m.

Dinner @ noon, Sale @ 1:00 p.m.

On Offer: 30 yearling bulls, and 20 - 25 open purebred yearling heifers. At the farm 26 miles west of Innisfail, watch for signs

XIbIT

Free Delivery!

Consignors: Eionmor Stock Farm Shepalta Shorthorns

Talk to us about our Sight On Seen Purchase & Boarding Program

YOUNG GUN

ELVIS

www.shorthorn.ca or for more info, call Ken @ 403-728-3825 sale day: 403-877-3293 or 587-876-2544

TOLEDO

www.bohrson.com

CATALOGUE ON-LINE IN COLOUR AT www.LivestockXchange.ca CATALOGUE ON-LINE IN COLOUR AT:

Gray 305A

RSL Red Angus

Robert & Sharon Laycock 306-937-2880 306-441-5010 (c)

RSL 281Z

Spittalburn Farms

Michael & Sandi Gray 306-237-4729 306-227-1017 (c) www.spittalburnfarms.com

RSL 305A

Castlerock Marketing Shane Castle 306-741-7485 (c) Dean McAvoy 306-612-3326 (c)

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SDC 5A BW: 98 lbs.

Polled EPDs: CE: 91 BW: 1.0 WW: 34 YW: 70 Milk: 22.6 TM: 40

SDC 13A BW: 111 lbs.

Polled EPDs: CE: 25 BW: 6.0 WW: 51 YW: 85 Milk: 14.3 TM: 40

Sight unseen purchase program

â&#x20AC;˘ Vet inspected

View catalogue online at www.sandancharolais.com

SDC 31A BW: 101 lbs.

Polled EPDs: CE: 63 BW: 1.0 WW: 47 YW: 94 Milk: 27.7 TM: 51

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SDCP 301A BW: 106 lbs.

Full French Horned (PE) EPDs: BW: 6.5 WW: 55 YW: 98 Milk: 15.4 TM: 43

SDC 52A BW: 111 lbs.

Polled EPDs: CE: 38 BW: 4.0 WW: 52 YW: 94 Milk: 15.0 TM: 41

SSS

SDC 63A BW: 108 lbs.

Polled EPDs: CE: 51 BW: 3.8 WW: 51 YW: 93 Milk: 16.5 TM: 42

2/12/2014 10:24:19 AM

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Bulls for Sale - private treaty -

Yearling and Two-Year-Old Bulls

Godfrey Ranch CANADA’S NEWEST BREED

FOR SAlE BY pRIvATE TREATY

IRISh BlACkTM & IRISh RED CATTlETM

For Sale Top Quality High Performance Bulls

sired by excellent performance and carcass data sires easy calving - moderate birth weights - quiet disposition

Bulls sired by: Red Lazy MC Redman 35x & Red Red Rock Armada 513W

Also offering an outstanding set of females for sale private treaty!

Home: 403-578-2220 Cell: 403-740-9576 • Castor, AB

www.canadairishblack.com

JSJ GELBVIEH IS OFFERING TOP QUALITY YEARLING AND TWO YEAR OLD BULLS

For sale off the farm by Private Treaty.

Contact James @ 204-741-0763

Four West Cattle Company - Red Angus -

Box 1167 Drumheller Ab T0J 0Y0 Aaron Stanger 403-820-4855 - fourwestcattle@gmail.com

www.fourwestcattle.com

JSJ Gelbvieh

James & Shayla Jasper Hartney, Manitoba Purebred and Fullblood Gelbvieh Cattle 204-858-2476 - James cell 204-741-0763

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Peak Dot Ranch Ltd.

A reputation source for Angus seed stock that have been bred for performance, maternal traits and superior phenotype. Featuring large sire groups and affordable genetics for the cowman. Free delivery in a 500 mile radius of the ranch.

Spring Bull and Female Sale

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

At the Ranch, Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan

205 BULLS - 130 HEIFERS For Sale now at the Ranch ...

Peak Dot Ranch has 64 head of registered Angus heifers for sale by private treaty from our fall program .

This is a seldom offered chance to acquire some of the top females from our program. Many daughters of SAV Eliminator 9105, SAV Bullet 0473, Peak Dot Dominator 42U, Peak Dot Pioneer 9X and Iron Mountain from the most popular cow families at Peak Dot.

Peak Dot Eliminator 1013Z

SAV Eliminator 9105 X Mohnen Dynamite 1356 BW: +3.7 WW: +59 YW: +107 M: +23 BW: 87 205 WT: 891

Peak Dot Bullet 1011Z

SAV Eliminator 9105 X Mohnen Dynamite 1356 BW: +4.1 WW: +60 YW: +116 M: +26 BW: 88 205 WT: 932 Peak Dot Unanimous 588A

Peak Dot Radiance 163A

SAV Eliminator 9105 X HF Power-Up 72N BW: +1.1 WW: +62 YW: +116 M: +27 BW: 64 205 WT: 943

SAV Eliminator 9105 X SAV 004 Predominant 4438 BW: +2.3 WW: +58 YW: +106 M: +23 BW: 86 205 WT: 823 Peak Dot Unanimous 551A

Peak Dot Unanimous 776A

Vision Unanimous 1418 X Peak Dot Predominant 92S BW: +2.5 WW: +62 YW: +116 M: +19 BW: 83 205 WT: 833 Peak Dot Unanimous 414A

SAV Eliminator 9105 X Stevenson Bruno 6371 BW: +2.5 WW: +51 YW: +102 M: +27 BW: 84 205 WT: 792

SAV Eliminator 9105 X Mohnen Dynamite 1356 BW: +2.8 WW: +55 YW: +108 M: +21 BW: 82 205 WT: 786 Peak Dot Eliminator 788A

SAV Bullet 0473 X Mohnen Dynamite 1356 BW: +3.2 WW: +52 YW: +97 M: +24 BW: 58 205 WT: 820

Peak Dot Pioneer 1087Z

SAV Eliminator 9105 X SAR New Trend 4100 2080 BW: +3.8 WW: +57 YW: +112 M: +21 BW: 86 205 WT: 829 Peak Dot Unanimous 603A

SAV Eliminator 9105 X SAV 004 Predominant 4438 BW: +3.1 WW: +54 YW: +100 M: +25 BW: 82 205 WT: 906 Peak Dot Unanimous 367A

SAV Eliminator 9105 X SAV 004 Predominant 4438 BW: +2.9 WW: +54 YW: +103 M: +25 BW: 81 205 WT: 859

Peak Dot Eliminator 718A

SAV Bullet 0473 X Mohnen Dynamite 1356 BW: +4.3 WW: +52 YW: +96 M: +25 BW: 89 205 WT: 818

View Sale Book and Sale Cattle Photo Gallery at www.peakdotranch.com or phone Carson Moneo 306-266-4414 Clay Moneo 306-266-4411 Email:peakdot@gmail.com

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