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Another cool, wet spring delays Manitoba seeding Farmers are anxious to get in the fields, but know from last year late seeding doesn’t necessarily mean reduced yields

By Daniel Winters co-operator staff / Portage la Prairie

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or weanling producers in Manitoba, the devastation wrought by porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) elsewhere has a very silvery lining.

As their counterparts south of the border and in Eastern Canada haul dead piglets out of their barns by the wheelbarrow, the industry here is getting $90$100 per head for isoweans and up to $135 for 40-pound piglets.

With a provincial average of 28 piglets per sow per year, that makes keeping a sow nowadays almost three times more profitable than a beef cow, even with calf prices at the current record highs.

But that lasts for only as long as the industry here can keep it out of production facilities.

James Hofer of Starlite Colony fears Manitoba’s luck will run out sooner rather than later unless small abattoirs and assembly yards act quickly to tighten up their biosecurity.

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by EMF (formerly Eastman Feeds) and feed additive giant Alltech, Hofer cited the latest See PEDv on page 6 »

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t was sunny, but there was a chilly north wind as the two corn planters — one 24 row and the other 16 — made their way across a field May 9, against a backdrop of leafless trees lining the Pembina Hills.

“Conditions are borderline,” says James Waldner, Rosebank Colony’s farm manager. “They are less than ideal.”

The soil was colder than the 10 C recommended for seeding corn but it was the second week of May and there was more rain and colder temperatures in the forecast.

“It’s got to warm up soon,” Waldner said.

That is a logical assumption given the date, but Environment Canada was forecasting a high of just 6 C for Wednesday, which is the normal low this time of year and a low of -2 Thursday morning this week.

The normal high is 20, which isn’t expected until next week — along with more rain, according to an AccuWeather forecast issued May 12.

For the second year in a row spring seeding in Manitoba is delayed, following one of the coldest winters on record.

“We are way behind normal,” CWB weather and crop analyst Bruce Burnett said in an interview May 12.

On average, 25 per cent of Western Canada’s crop is seeded by May 12, but this year Burnett puts it at six or seven per cent.

Western Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan are the most behind, he said.

The Dauphin-Riding Mountain area was hit with wet snow, May 11. There hasn’t been any seeding in the Parkland region so far as he knows, Ste. Rose du Lac farmer Rob Brunel said May 12.

Seeding was late for many farmers last year too, due to a long winter, followed by wet weather. In 2013, parts of south-central Manitoba received up to 13 inches of rain over several weeks at the end of May forcing some farmers to replant in June.

But despite those delays western Canadian farmers harvested a record 76-million-tonne crop thanks to a warmer-than-normal August and September, Burnett said.

Manitoba farmers broke average yield records for spring and feed wheat, oats, barley, corn and soybeans and tied the records for canola and flax, according to crop insurance data.

Seeding delays could see Manitoba farmers plant more soybeans — if there’s still seed available — and less wheat, Burnett said. Later-seeded wheat is more susceptible to fusarium head blight, a fungal disease that cuts wheat yields and quality.

When seeding conditions are less than ideal, farmers should increase their seeding rate, say crop specialists with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD).

“For cereals (seedling mortality) can range from anywhere from five to 20 per cent,” said MAFRD’s cereal specialist Pam de Rocquigny.

Seed treatments can help cereal crops withstand cold, wet soils and the seedling diseases that come with them.

“But seed treatment is not going to rescue a poor seed lot,” she added. “I think that’s something to keep in mind.”

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Rosebank Colony was sowing corn with two planters May 9 southwest of Carman trying to beat the forecasted wet, cold weather, which has already delayed seeding in Manitoba.

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Rising CO2 levels may cut nutrient levels in crops, study finds

Entry denied Pullet producers’ bid to join the supplymanaged club rejected

Wheat and rice were lower in zinc, iron and protein at higher levels of CO2

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CROPS Flax is back Prices are up and yields have been good

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FEATURE Chalk one up for clubroot It overwhelmed resistant varieties in just four years

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By Will Dunham washington / reuters

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ising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may cut the nutritional quality of some of the world’s most important food crops, researchers reported May 7 after conducting experiments simulating conditions expected by mid-century.

The amounts of two important nutrients, zinc and iron, were found to be lower in wheat, rice, soybeans and field peas grown in open-air fields where the scientists created CO2 concentrations at the level they forecast for Earth by roughly 2050, about 550 parts per million.

They grew 40 varieties of six different grains and legumes, also including corn and sorghum, at seven locations on three continents, in Japan, Australia and the United States.

“This is important because almost two billion people globally receive most of these two nutrients (zinc and iron) by eating crops,” said University of Illinois plant biology professor, Andrew Leakey, one of the researchers.

The researchers said these findings point to one of the most important health threats shown to be linked to climate change.

Dr. Samuel Myers of the Harvard School of Public Health, who led the study published in the journal Nature, said there already is a significant public health problem in parts of the world due to inadequate intake of zinc and iron.

Myers noted that inadequate zinc intake affects the immune system and makes people more vulnerable to premature death from maladies like malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea.

Myers said iron deficiency is linked to increases in maternal mortality, anemia, reductions in IQ and reduced work productivity.

Scientists simulated higher CO2 levels in open-air fields using a system known as Free Air Concentration Enrichment (FACE), which pumps out, monitors and adjusts ground-level CO2 in the air to simulate future conditions. Photo: Don Hamerman, University of Illinois

Earth’s atmospheric CO2 concentration currently is about 400 parts per million and continues to rise.

The study found that in wheat grown under elevated CO2 conditions there were about nine per cent lower levels of zinc and five per cent lower levels of iron compared to wheat grown under normal conditions. The rice grown with elevated CO2 levels had three per cent less zinc content and five per cent less iron.

In wheat and rice, there also was lower protein content at the elevated carbon dioxide levels, the researchers said.

Leakey said rice, wheat and soybeans made more sugars through photosynthesis at the elevated CO2 levels and produced about 15 per cent more seeds but had decreases in zinc and iron content.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 15, 2014

KAP says do homework before selling grain to unfamiliar buyers History shows sometimes even trusted companies burn farmers

By Allan Dawson CO-OPERATOR STAFF

“People will spend two weeks researching which cultivator shovel to buy so it doesn’t wear out, but they’ll sell $400,000 worth of grain based on a phone call and a handshake.”

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ellers beware!

In the post-monopoly wheat board era many new, unfamiliar grain buyers, often American, are offering to buy western Canadian grain. The Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) says farmers should do their homework before striking deals to avoid getting burned.

“Pe o p l e w i l l s p e n d t w o w e e k s researching which cultivator shovel to buy so it doesn’t wear out, but they’ll sell $400,000 worth of grain based on a phone call and a handshake,” KAP president Doug Chorney said in an interview May 8.

And it’s not only about ensuring payment. It’s also knowing what grades, dockage and specifications are expected and how disputes will be resolved.

“If you don’t have that spelled out you could be in for a helluva surprise when your cheque comes,” Chorney warned.

Seventeen American grain buyers are licensed as grain dealers by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC), commission spokesman Remi Gosselin said last week. That means they must post security to cover what they owe Canadian farmers for the grain they buy.

However, not all American buyers are licensed and bonded by the CGC. Moreover, CGC safeguards such as ‘subject to inspectors’ grade and dockage’ don’t apply to American companies, even if they are licensed and bonded grain dealers.

“Contracts are really important when dealing with producer cars and delivering grain to the U.S., even using a truck,” said Don McLean, a KAP member at Manitou involved with the short line Boundary Trails Railway Company (BTRC). “You’ve got to make sure you’ve got yourself covered. Contracts are the easiest way to cover yourself. If you don’t have a contract, regardless of whether the company is bonded the CGC won’t help you out if you have disputes over what you thought you delivered.” (See box) The BTRC has eight companies vying to buy grain shipped in producer cars.

Four of those are American with no Canadian handling facilities, but all are bonded by the CGC.

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KAP’s advice for grain farmers to protect themselves: •

Check on the Canadian Grain Commission website (https://www. grainscanada.gc.ca/licensee-licence/ licensed-agreees-eng.htm) to see if the company is licensed with the CGC. As a condition of licensing, a company must provide security to the CGC, which will be used to compensate producers in the event they are not paid for the grain they deliver to that company.

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Insist on a contract and read the details before signing. In particular, see what the deductions are for changes in grade.

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Before shipping keep grain samples and have them graded by an independent third party for reference in the event of a dispute. The CGC also provides this service.

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Be aware that paperwork must be completed with the CGC before a producer car can be issued. Generally, the grain buyer does this, but it’s a good idea to ensure it has been done.

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Farmers shipping on the BTRC haven’t had a problem, McLean said. But there are a lot of companies in the market now farmers have never heard of.

“It’s just good practice to know the world of marketing grain is different and you need to make sure you’ve got yourself covered,” he added.

Chorney, who for the first time recently sold grain to an American buyer using producer cars, agrees.

“Assured payment was top of mind for me,” he said.

Several companies wanted to make a deal. Chorney used the CGC’s website to see which were bonded. The company he selected wasn’t offering the highest price, but seemed less risky.

“I sold my grain to a company I never dealt with in my life and I think I will again because it all went really well,” Chorney said. “I was happy with it. We aren’t against small dealers or small companies. We think there are opportunities out there but farmers need to keep their eyes open and do their

homework. Make sure you have a contract that spells out your grades and deductions.”

When it comes to getting paid for delivered grain, there are no guarantees.

For example, in 2011 Puratone, which as a feed mill wasn’t bonded by the CGC, went down owing farmers around $1 million.

Over the years a number of CGCbonded grain companies have had insufficient security to cover all what farmers were owed. That’s why the CGC recommends farmers get paid when they deliver and cash the cheque right away.

Farmers who deliver grain to a CGClicensed buyer have 90 days to make a claim for non-payment. After that there’s no protection.

After a cash purchase ticket or cheque is issued farmers have just 30 days to make a claim if they bounce. If the cheque is cashed on the 31st day and bounces the farmer is out of luck. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Coming clean on antibiotics

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anadian health and veterinary authorities have been discussing the virtually unregulated and poorly monitored antibiotic use in farm animals since the late 1990s.

Now Health Canada is starting to do something about it.

In new protocols to be phased in over the next three years, producers wishing to use antibiotics considered important to human Laura Rance medicine will have to obtain a veterinarEditor ian’s prescription to get them.

There will also be restrictions on how these drugs are used. For example, beginning this month, poultry producers won’t be able to use certain antibiotics as preventive therapy, a change that will predominantly affect hatchery producers.

Drug companies will be asked to no longer market medically important antimicrobials for growth promotion and there will be continued development of “options to strengthen the veterinary oversight of antimicrobial use in food animals,” a Health Canada notice says.

If the recommendations of the Ad-Hoc Committee for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Canadian Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine are followed, it is likely farmers will see more restrictions on own-use importation and off-label use.

The committee of academics, veterinarians and industry representatives petitioned Canada’s auditor general in 2012 citing the rising threat of antibiotic resistance “as a result of inadequate regulations, and the impact of poor regulatory oversight on sustainable development, including the protection of the health of Canadians, through failure also to meet international obligations in the form of current international standards.”

The petition highlights the hodgepodge of regulatory oversight of antibiotic use on the farm, with federal authorities regulating their approval and monitoring for food residues, and provincial authorities regulating their sale. On the federal side alone, the oversight over antimicrobial use in farm animals involves Health Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Canada Border Services Agency.

The ad hoc committee’s priority recommendations were to develop a policy on extra label use and to require producers importing for their own use to obtain a permit.

If you have been following what’s been going on in the U.S., which is still the largest market for Canadian livestock, efforts are underway to phase out the use of antibiotics as growth promoters in livestock production altogether, while requiring veterinary prescriptions for antibiotics to treat animals that are sick.

Some farmers will protest the push to give veterinarians more control over their access to these drugs as an imposition and unnecessary cost. Others will point to the need for more judicious use of antibiotics in human medicine.

But Canada can’t afford to lag on this issue. One could argue the slow pace of change in this country exposes farmers here to even greater costs.

Firstly, there is the alarming surge in superbugs, a phenomenon the World Health Organization has warned raises the spectre of common infections becoming untreatable.

“The world is headed for a post-antibiotic era, in which common infections and minor injuries which have been treatable for decades can once again kill,” said Keiji Fukuda, the WHO’s assistant director general for health security in a Reuters report. In many countries commonly prescribed drugs such as fluoroquinolones are no longer effective for more than half of the patients, the WHO says.

Aside from the implications for human health, as this resistance problem grows, the likelihood rises that these antimicrobials will lose their effectiveness on the farm as well.

Secondly, if producers in major importing countries transition away from their use, it is likely they will require the same of foreign producers competing in their marketplace.

Thirdly, antibiotics — both in human and animal health — have been so remarkably effective, there hasn’t been much interest in finding alternatives, either by preventing illness and infection, or managing it when it occurs. At least not until now.

Producers in the European Union, for example, were once among the highest users of antimicrobials in animal industry. Now, they are among the lowest, with producers in some countries on the verge of phasing out their use altogether.

The Netherlands is on track to achieve a 70 per cent reduction in use by 2015. It was accomplished by a multi-faceted policy that involved legislation, proactive farm leadership and policies aimed at helping producers maintain productivity through alternative herd management.

The question isn’t whether livestock producers in Canada can afford to make these changes. Rather, can they afford not to? laura@fbcpublishing.com

Rare act of House of Commons co-operation praised

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omething rare occurred in the House of Commons May 1 while MPs debated Bill C-30, the Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act — mutual praise between opposing MPs. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz thanked the opposition parties for supporting the bill and help in expediting its progress through the House of Commons.

Here is some of what NDP Agriculture Critic Malcolm Allen said in response: “Mr. Speaker, let me start by suggesting... as the minister has acknowledged, the hard work by this side of the House in working on a piece of government legislation.

When... the opposition parties and the government, seize the opportunity to work on legislation, that can happen.

This is a prime example of how the House can actually function when it comes to legislation, without the need to ram it through under time allocation or closure. That should be the model the government members look to when they bring in legislation...

I would suggest that the Conservatives should look to the minister of agriculture and agri-food in the future, in the sense of seeing how that could happen, as well as looking to those of us on the opposition benches who may be responsible for those particular portfolios, who could help them do that.

What we witnessed today with the Speaker’s ruling is that when we get into a time crunch, albeit a time crunch that we put on ourselves, we make mistakes. As members of the committee, opposition and government, we agreed to try (and) contract the time because of the emergency need of Prairie farmers to move grain. Even though we agreed to get this done expeditiously, mistakes happened, at least from the perspective of the Speaker, who ruled that it was an inadmissible amendment. (A) mistake slipped through, but was then caught.

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“We want to work together and help the government with legislation. However, perhaps those members ought to also understand that when we put forward amendments, they are not frivolous, but are actually helpful and there are times when maybe they should accept them.

The minister (Ritz) has very graciously acknowledged that, which I appreciate and extend back to the minister. His co-operation from the get-go was absolutely first rate.

He ensured that we were informed ahead of time, so we knew it would come. (W)e greatly appreciate that.

The next step is that sometimes our amendments are worth considering.

I would hope in the future that there will be other opportunities to do this again. It would go a long way to making things function the way they should, and we could actually take the next step where we really do consider all amendments from all parties. They may well indeed be worthwhile and helpful.

The commitment to the minister was to try to help in the best way we knew how. We believe we have fulfilled and kept the promise...

It is about helping those farmers on the Prairies who have been suffering for a long period of time, and some may continue to suffer. I think the minister and I recognize that, and I am sure my colleague from the Liberal party also recognizes that. Unfortunately, there will be some farmers who will get caught in this... which is the real pity of it all.

I look forward to the bill being implemented and to other opportunities where the government extends a welcoming helpful hand. We look forward to working with government members, and if the legislation would indeed help farmers, we will be there to make sure farmers get that help.

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he name “Letellier” is under water in this photo from our May 10, 1979 issue, and so was much of the Red River Valley. The story underneath said that flood waters had begun to drop slowly, and that 8,000 farmers and town residents might begin to move back the following weekend. We also reported that Premier Sterling Lyon had sent Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau a letter asking for assistance with long-term flood-control measures.

Wheat board minister, Otto Lang said the government would press ahead with construction of a new grain terminal at Prince Rupert, regardless of the outcome of negotiations with a consortium of Vancouver grain terminal owners.

There was a backlog of 1,340 producer car orders, and officials said most would not move until mid-June.

The president of Burns Meats said that despite pleas from producers in western Manitoba and requests from the marketing board, there was not enough hog production to reopen the killing line at Burns’ Brandon plant.

Burns had also closed its plant in Edmonton, laying off

400 workers, and was to lay off 135 workers at its beef operation in Toronto. Canada Packers had also laid off 100 workers across the country because of a shortage of slaughter cattle.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | May 15, 2014

COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Ecological farming has bright future Natural systems agriculture offers a practical alternative to ‘command and control’ production models

By Martin Entz

the growing processing capacity for organic farm products.

One farmer told me that after switching to organic, his soil “smells more like garden soil.” This farmer was experiencing what we have been documenting in our long-term (22year) study, that organically managed soils are more biologically active than conventionally managed soils.

You cannot “command and control” life in the soil. We have to allow soil organisms to “be themselves.”

Excitement in organic processing has also been building. In addition to our organic milk processing facility at Notre Dame des Lourdes, this province is also the place where all of President’s Choice organic flour is milled. Who knew we were doing so much?

I want to end with the most hopeful observation.

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ndustrialized countries use a “command and control” model in agriculture — where we try to control many of the biological processes in farming. But, problems like herbicide and antibiotic resistance, water pollution and loss of wildlife and biodiversity demonstrate that no matter how hard we try, the most diligent “command and control” approach cannot keep up.

Failure of “command and control” approaches are sometimes due to ecological realities such as evolution of resistance, and sometimes because they simply cost too much money to sustain over the long term.

Natural systems agriculture, on the other hand, represents a different view of farming. The system’s ecology is the focus and a major aim is to “naturalize” all the biological steps within the managed process, including crop nutrition, plant improvement (breeding), and pest management.

Laurie Drinkwater of Cornell University calls this Ecologically Integrated Agriculture while Wes Jackson of the Land Institute calls it Natural Systems Agriculture.

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The best-developed form of ecological agriculture is organic farming.

Organic often gets a bad rap for being a fringe movement based on idealistic production practices.

Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the rules for organic agriculture have been developed over the past 100 years, mostly in Europe and Asia. “Organic” farming has common-sense ecological processes built right into its rules.

Some examples include: diverse crop rotations and cover crops to conserve soil and feed soil organisms like mycorrhiza; dairy animals must be pastured in summer and

Anne Kirk co-ordinates a participatory plant-breeding project that assists farmers with developing varieties that are best suited to their local environment and individual management practices.

always require a high proportion of forage in the diet; and manure must be composted before land spreading in order to stabilize nutrients and control disease.

In Manitoba, organic agricult ure h a s move d fro m n ic h e t o mainstream. Manitoba is home to one of Canada’s largest organic p o t a t o p ro d u c e r s a n d we n ow p ro d u c e a n d p ro c e s s o u r ow n organic milk and dairy products.

Manitoba is producing significant amounts of organic grains, beef and other animal products and there is rapid growth in organic vegetable production.

Significant benefits

Southwestern Manitoba farmers Ian Grossart and family combine organic and certified grass-fed beef production practices. The environmental

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NDP paranoia over direct food sales must stop All across Manitoba, farm families are developing markets for locally produced farm products through direct relationships with urban consumers. These markets are built on trust, quality and the interest of consumers in knowing how and where the food consumed by their family is being produced.

Food safety is paramount, whether you buy your food at your favourite supermarket or directly at the farm gate from a local producer.

Unfortunately, this NDP government is using the threat of food safety as a means to impose more rules and regulations on the growing relationship between producers and consumers.

and human health benefits of their work are significant. They are putting into practice what academics and bureaucrats are mostly just talking about — and criticizing.

Manitoba is a terrific place for ecological agriculture. First, Manitoba farmers have excellent management skills. When farmers apply these management skills to ecological systems such as cover cropping, grass-fed beef production or organic soybean production, for example, their investment of time and effort can be very profitable.

I teach “Organic Crop Production” to diploma and degree students and their farm plans are always terrific — and doable. There are now over 150 graduates with some formal training in organic agriculture.

Other advantages include our favourable soils and climate and

The “rules” do not allow consumers to purchase food products directly from a community website.

The “rules” do not allow farmers to work together to deliver their products to consumers’ doors. Why is the NDP government so paranoid about direct sales to consumers of wholesome food products?

Rather than build bridges, this tired NDP government issues more rules and regulations. It is time this NDP government began to work with farm families and urban consumers who build relationships based on trust, quality and food safety.

This can be a winning formula for both the agricultural community and urban consumers across Manitoba. The NDP just doesn’t get it. It is time for a change.

Blaine Pedersen Critic for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development MLA for Midland

Get corporations out of the way Efficient and modern agriculture has nothing to do with economies of scale, industrializing food production and ‘innovations’ such as genetically modified plants and animals. True modern farming is doing, supporting and applying public research that improves the health of the soil, water and climate, using production practices that work with, and mimics nature as much as possible, while being tailored to local conditions.

A genuine, innovative, efficient and modern

Growing community

We have the pleasure of interacting with ecological farmers, and the growing ecological agricultural industry, at our annual “Ecological and organic” events at Carman. Over the past two years we have had an average 160 visitors to the summer field days and about 85 people at the winter event, which is planned together with our agroecology students. Farmers represent a significant part of the program, so the farmers are participating as teachers.

This is exactly what Sir Albert Howard, Britain’s organic guru of 100 years ago, instructed us to do. What makes me most hopeful, however, is that a community of ecological farmers has emerged from these interactions. Using social media and other tools, these farmers are now supporting each other in this exciting new chapter of Manitoba agriculture.

Martin Entz is an agronomy professor specializing in natural systems agriculture with the University of Manitoba.

advance for agriculture will include widespread cultivation of perennial grains such as those being developed in the U.S. by ethical farmers.

Unfortunately, too many North American farmers will keep buying into Cargill’s Greg Page’s deadend offer of the corporate solution, which in the end, only serves to enrich one of the world’s most powerful vertically integrated food companies at the expense of all the world’s farmers.

To some extent I agree with Laura Rance. Success for the world’s poorest farmers (most of whom are women wielding hoes), will result in their “feeding themselves and their neighbours, not by buying from us.”

Their lesson to Canadian farmers: localize our food production and markets instead of looking to and producing for export markets. Doesn’t work for them; it doesn’t work for us. It only works for the likes of Cargill.

It’s clear in Manitoba that vertically integrated, multinational corporations leave only enough wealth in the hands of farmers to keep them producing, so that investor’s coffers are well fed. In the 1970s and ’80s hog farmers got six times what they are getting now and were able to feed more than all Manitobans without the likes of Maple Leaf and Hy-Life Foods and their inhumane, environmentally damaging, publicly subsidized and wealthextracting systems.

It’s not our job to feed the world. The world’s farmers can feed themselves and their communities. We just have to get the corporations and their investors out of our way.

Ruth Pryzner Alexander, Man.

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results of environmental surveillance by Manitoba’s chief veterinary office that have found a total of eight swabs taken from high-traffic areas that were PED positive.

“My question is how does it get there?” said Hofer, noting that so far none of the tracebacks by the CVO from those operations have led back to PED-positive farms in Manitoba.

“We should be standing up to them and saying that if you’re accepting unwashed trucks at your facility, we’re not supporting your business anymore.”

Given the high profits that can be gained from “staying clean” and the devastating consequences of bringing the virus back onto the farm, a sow operation would be better off shooting cull sows at home than bringing them to a location where PED is present, added Hofer.

Weanling producers have good reason to be concerned, said Dr. Peter Provis, of Elanco Animal Health.

Contaminated

He cited a study that found 20 per cent of the trailers arriving at U.S. killing plants were contaminated with PED. That finding wasn’t particularly surprising, he said, given the extent of the outbreak.

But what shocked researchers was their discovery that 11 per cent of the trailers deemed clean at arrival were found to be contaminated with PED by the time they had left the plant.

That makes cleaning and drying trailers critical for halting PED, and last winter’s brutally cold weather made that task especially difficult.

“You can’t disinfect shit. So you have to get rid of the shit. If you don’t get rid of the shit, you can’t get rid of the virus,” said Provis.

The fact that Manitoba and the western provinces haven’t “broken” is a source of amazement for many, especially in the U.S. where thousands of farms have lost an estimated seven million pigs.

That’s because even just a speck — a millilitre — of infected piglet feces contains a billion viruses, and only six are needed to make a pig come down with the disease that is 100 per cent fatal in newborn piglets.

Highly infectious

One gram of PED virus — that’s about the size of a pencil eraser — diluted in two large swimming pools will result in water capable of infecting a pig, he added.

“There’s not many viruses that we know of that are that infectious,” said Provis.

The PED virus is so insidious — it can persist in fecal slurry at

room temperature for two to four weeks and withstand anywhere from -20 C to 40 C – that some of his colleagues in the United States have come to regard it as an “evil spirit” that spreads on the wind.

There may be some truth to that, he noted, because studies have shown that if a barn is more than three miles away from an infected premises, it has no more chance of getting infected than if it were hundreds of miles away.

“If you’re downwind, you’re more likely to get it than if you’re upwind,” said Provis, who added if PED does become established here, spreading manure will become problematic.

Unlike bird flu, which can jump from birds, hogs or humans and back, and other Corona viruses such as MERS and SARS, which are deadly to humans, PED can only infect pigs.

That means it can only spread by hitching a ride on boots, fingernails or on the feet of birds, flies or vermin.

Plasma

In the early stages of the outbreak in Canada, feed made from a single lot of porcine plasma was the only identified common link between the first 18 infected farms.

But for the American industry at this point, it is “academic”

Second onfarm case of PEDv in Manitoba High-traffic sites continue to be the source of spread Dr. Peter Provis

Photo: Danile Winters

whether the initial source of infection was contaminated feed or some other vector, said Roger Kinsey of Iowa-based U.S. Feeds, who gave a disturbing overview of the horrific losses seen by pig farmers down south.

Virtually all feed companies have pulled the plasma product out of piglet starter feeds as a precaution, but now, with an estimated 200 new farms getting infected every week, there’s enough of the virus present to sustain the carnage even without feed as a potential vector.

“I think it’s a safe product if it’s processed properly, but you know, things can happen,” said Kinsey. daniel.winters@fbcpublishing.com

Higher bacon prices still to come: analyst The PEDv is affecting North American hog supplies

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, Commodity News Service Canada

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ising pork prices and shrinking bacon packages have made headlines across Canada recently, but consumers should prepare to spend even more for bacon over the next few months, an industry analyst says.

Western Canadian hog producers are currently experiencing “some of the best prices they’ve ever seen for this time of year,” said Tyler Fulton, director

of risk management with Hams Marketing in Manitoba. He said the strength in the hog sector was primarily a short-term phenomenon linked to the porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus. The virus is not a threat to humans, but it can kill young pigs and has led to a reduction in hog supplies across North America.

While rising bacon prices have been in the mainstream news before, Fulton said the quickness of the story coming to light this time around was somewhat unprecedented. He said there is

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usually more of a lag between what is happening in the countryside and rising prices in the grocery store.

Packers are currently in the middle. They are seeing some short-term pain, as the prices they receive for the pork are not enough to pay for the animal, said Fulton. As a result, he expected to see pork prices rise another 15 per cent to 20 per cent over the next few months, as all of the production issues have not yet been factored in to the end prices.

Consumer prices are fairly sticky, which means what goes up may not necessarily go down as quickly in the grocery store, said Fulton. However, the same can’t be said on the farm side and the hog supply situation will eventually normalize.

In the meantime, he expected western Canadian hog producers would continue to see good prices for their animals, especially as most of the country has been able to ward off the PED virus fairly well so far.

Staff A second farm in Manitoba has tested positive for porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED), office of the chief veterinary officer said May 9.

Pigs in a finisher barn in southeast Manitoba tested positive for the virus, but none of the animals on the farm are showing symptoms, officials said in a release.

The chief veterinarian’s office is working to identify other premises that have been in contact with the farm and investigate how it got there. The case was identified as part of an investigation related to a previously reported positive sample from a high-traffic site.

To date, eight high-traffic or environmental sites have tested positive for PED including two cases where it is likely pigs contracted PED at high-traffic sites and not on farm. High-traffic sites move or handle large numbers of pigs and include livestock assembly yards, federal and provincial abattoirs, truck wash stations and livestock trailers. So far, a total of 1,187 samples were submitted for PED testing from 18 hightraffic sites.

There are now 62 farm premises that have tested positive for PED across Canada including two in Manitoba, one in Prince Edward Island, one in Quebec and 58 in Ontario.

SEEDING Continued from page 1

Farmers should aim for a plant population that offers the best yield potential. To do that, farmers need to know the germination rate of their seed and expected plant mortality.

Under normal conditions, 30 per cent of canola plants won’t survive, said MAFRD oilseed specialist Anastasia Kubinec.

That jumps to 50 per cent when conditions are cold and wet.

Farmers should aim for a canola plant population of seven to 10 plants per square foot and no fewer than five, Kubinec said.

As of May 12, most Manitoba soils were still too cold for seeding canola. The soil temperature should average at least 5 C, Kubinec said. That average is based on temperature readings taken at seeding depth at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. over three days.

One soil temperature reading at Gladstone May 12 was just 2 C, she said.

Cereal crops can tolerate colder soils. That’s why farmers usually plant them first.

He’d rather be seeding, but Ste. Rose du Lac farmer Rob Brunel was making snowballs instead in Riding Mountain National Park on Mother’s Day May 11.

On May 12 Brunel said he didn’t know of any seeding that has taken place so far in the Parkland region. photo: Erin Brunel

Some farmers prefer not to plant corn until the soil hits 10 C, while others, including Waldner say the new varieties have improved cold tolerance.

“I’ve been told by some (farmers) ‘seed doesn’t grow in the bag,’” de Rocquigny said.

Although farmers are anxious to get to the field, de Rocquigny said she hasn’t heard of anyone panicking yet.

“I think with the equipment

producers have, and they’ve probably got everything lined up, so when they can go they’ll be working from morning till night,” she said.

“Manitoba producers have seen it all. Some years they seed early and some years they seed later and the growing season the rest of the way is the final dictator of what the yields will be.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Vermont becomes first state to mandate GMO labelling The law is expected to be challenged in court by food and agriculture companies

By Carey Gillam REUTERS

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er mont became the first U.S. state to mandate labelling of foods made with genetically modified organisms May 8 as Governor Peter Shumlin signed a law that is expected to be challenged in court by some food and agriculture companies.

The law, set to take effect July 1, 2016, would for the first time align at least a small part of the United States with more than 60 other countries that require labelling of genetically engineered foods.

And it sets the stage for more than two dozen other states

that are currently considering mandatory labelling of such GMO foods.

“Vermonters will have the right to know what’s in their food,” Shumlin told cheering supporters in a speech on the state House steps. “We are pro-information. Vermont gets it right with this bill.”

Shumlin said the state had set up a “food fight fund” to take online donations to help defend the law from litigation.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) said after the bill was signed into law that it would file suit in Federal Court to try to overturn the law.

Consumer groups and lawmakers supporting manda-

tory labelling say there are concerns about the safety and the environmental impacts of genetically engineered crops, and labels would help consumers easily distinguish products containing GMOs so they can avoid them if they wish.

The consumer sentiment has pushed a growing number of U.S. food companies to start using non-genetically modified ingredients for their products because of the consumer backlash against GMOs. But the move away from GMOs has upset the food and agriculture industries, including the makers of genetically modified corn, soybeans, canola and other crops widely

used in packaged foods.

They say their products are proven safe, and that mandatory labels will imply they are unsafe, confuse consumers and increase costs.

“Scientific bodies and regulatory officials around the world recognize that foods made from genetically modified (GM) crops are as safe as their non-GM counterparts,” said Cathleen Enright, executive vice-president of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). “GM crops have enabled farmers to produce more on less land with fewer pesticide applications, less water and reduced onfarm fuel use.”

BIO, a trade group whose

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The Environmental Farm Plan program is a voluntary, confidential, self-assessment process that helps producers identify the agri-environmental assets and risks on their operations, and develop an action plan to reduce the identified risks. Once a producer completes an EFP and receives a statement of completion, he or she is eligible to apply for assistance to execute the action(s) identified.

If you farm in Manitoba and have knowledge/experience of environmental farming practices, please consider applying. Duties include:

The EFP program addresses the effects of agriculture on quality and supply of water resources, health and quality of soils, air and atmospheric quality, and biodiversity and agricultural landscapes.

• Responding to producer requests for workbook reviews.

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• Examining workbooks to ensure all relevant sections are complete.

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• Discussing with producers possible actions they could take to mitigate environmental risks they have identified in their EFPs. • Submitting the completed and signed workbook to the KAP office, along with expenses.

You should be easily reached by phone or email, willing to assist producers as necessary, and willing to travel as required. Areas of travel are: • The Pembina Valley region (Carman in the north, Emerson/Cartwright in the south, Neelin/Baldur west and east to Morris/St. Jean Baptiste).

• The Southeast Interlake region (Teulon in the north, Beausejour to the east, and areas close to Winnipeg – Steinbach, Dugald, Starbuck, etc.)

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members include Monsanto Co., Dow AgroSciences, a unit of Dow Chemical Co., and other biotech seed companies, said food costs for an average household would rise as much as $400 per year due to mandatory labelling.

BIO and the GMA are backing a proposed federal law that would nullify Vermont’s labelling law and any other mandatory labelling of GMOs in the United States.

They say there is scientific consensus on the safety of GMOs. But last October, a group of 93 international scientists issued a statement saying that claim is false, and more independent research is needed.

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June 17: Hay and Silage Day, Friedensfeld Community Centre, Highway 303 (1.6 km east of Hwy. 12). For more info or to register call MAFRI before June 6 at 204346-6080.

June 22-25: World Congress on Conservation Agriculture (WCCA6), RBC Convention Centre, 375 York Ave., Winnipeg. For more info visit www.wcca6.org.

July 6-8: Pulse and Special Crops Convention, Sheraton Cavalier, 612 Spadina Cres. E., Saskatoon. For more info visit www.specialcrops. mb.ca.

July 19: Springfield Country Fair, Dugald. Judging July 18. Call 204755-3464 or visit www.springfieldagsociety.com.

July 24-27: Manitoba Threshermen’s Reunion and Stampede, Manitoba Agricultural Museum, Austin. For more info visit http://ag-museum.mb.ca/ events/threshermens-reunionand-stampede/.

Oct. 6-9: International Summit of Co-operatives, Centre des Congres de Quebec, 1000 boul. ReneLevesque E., Quebec City. For more info visit http://www.sommetinter. coop.

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Two recognized for contributions to Manitoba agriculture Ed Tyrchniewicz and Marg Rempel received merit awards at the recent School of Agriculture’s convocation

This year’s graduating class numbered 58 University of Manitoba release

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he University of Manitoba’s faculty of agricultural and food sciences recently honoured two Manitobans for their outstanding contributions to the province’s agricultural community.

Ed Tyrchniewicz, agricultural educator, and Marg Rempel, farmer and community leader, received Certificates of Merit from the faculty of agricultural and food sciences at the May 2 School of Agriculture convocation in recognition of leadership with agricultural organizations and outstanding service to the community.

Rempel is a lifelong farmer who operates a 500-sow farrow to finish hog operation along with producing grains and oilseeds, meat goats and pasture poultry in partnership with her son Jason on the family farm near Ste. Anne.

She and her late husband Ron worked in community development in Brazil in the late 1970s before returning to Manitoba to farm. Rempel has continued to serve her local and the agricultural communities in multiple capacities ranging from 4-H to Keystone Agricultural Produc-

Diploma in agriculture graduation

From l to r: Michele Rogalsky, School of Agriculture director; Michael Trevan, faculty of agricultural and food sciences dean; Marg Rempel; Ed Tyrchniewicz; David Collins, University of Manitoba vice-provost. supplied photo

ers, the Manitoba Pork Council, and the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.

Tyrchniewicz, formerly the head of agricultural economics at the University of Manitoba, was the founding director of the Transport Institute. He later moved to the University of Alberta, where he served as the dean of the faculty of agriculture and forestry.

He returned to his roots

when he was appointed a senior scholar in the department of agribusiness at the University of Manitoba in 2008. He is currently involved in teaching in the Internationally Educated Agrologists Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in the faculty of agricultural and food sciences, a one-year program aimed at helping immigrants with degrees in agriculture from foreign countries get their credentials recognized in Manitoba.

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Tyrchniewicz has participated in numerous provincial and national public inquiries into agricultural policy issues ranging from sustainable livestock production, grain handling and transportation, and natural resource management. He has also undertaken short-term assignments in countries including Ukraine, Bangladesh, Thailand, Kenya, India, Argentina and China.

ifty-eight graduates received their diplomas in agriculture at the 2014 convocation of the School of Agriculture May 2.

Fiona Jochum of St. Francois Xavier received the Governor General’s Bronze Medal, an award given to the graduate with the highest academic standing in the two-year Diploma Program in Agriculture. Fiona was also the recipient of the President’s Medal, given annually to a student who combines scholarship with outstanding qualities of leadership.

Diplomas with Distinction, awarded to students who obtain a Grade Point Average of 3.75 or better out of a possible 4.5, were presented to Kayla Antonowich (Morden), Nathan Beichter, (Carman), Michelle Gaudry (Linden), Cody Ireland (High Bluff), Fiona Jochum, Alyson Johnson (Killarney), Alexandra Leishman (Carman), Karin Muellr (Oak Bluff ), Dylan Sanders (Manitou), Matt Sawatzky (MacGregor), Jennifer Temmer (St. Williams, Ont.) and Matthew Wiebe (Morden).

The Teacher of the Year Award was presented by the graduating class to Gary Martens, an instructor in the department of plant science. Gary, who will be retiring this summer, has impacted hundreds of agriculture students over the years with his personable and hands-on teaching style.

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS Cattle Prices

Heifers

Alberta South 149.00 — 100.00 - 116.00 86.00 - 104.00 113.46 $ 157.00 - 170.00 170.00 - 192.00 192.00 - 207.00 207.00 - 225.00 217.00 - 240.00 220.00 - 244.00 $ 144.00 - 160.00 160.00 - 176.00 172.00 - 190.00 185.00 - 203.00 195.00 - 216.00 199.00 - 223.00

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

(850+ lbs.)

Futures (May 9, 2014) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change Feeder Cattle June 2014 137.92 -0.66 May 2014 August 2014 137.60 -4.95 August 2014 October 2014 142.25 -2.10 September 2014 December 2014 144.27 -1.16 October 2014 February 2015 145.47 -0.03 November 2014 April 2015 145.55 8.05 January 2015 Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

May 9, 2014

Interest from West, U.S. supports cattle values Feed supplies may be an issue until grass returns Dave Sims

Ontario $ 136.32 - 162.52 132.60 - 156.36 80.00 - 111.97 80.00 - 111.97 98.45 - 124.33 $ 153.51 - 181.97 166.76 - 190.84 173.49 - 219.66 181.45 - 235.76 189.90 - 241.15 194.73 - 248.56 $ 143.40 - 159.22 140.89 - 168.59 152.62 - 188.46 162.10 - 205.78 157.49 - 218.98 169.17 - 224.24

$

(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.)

Week Ending May 3, 2014 54,943 12,753 42,190 NA 608,000

$1 Cdn: $0.9174 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.0900 Cdn.

COLUMN

(Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg Slaughter Cattle Steers & Heifers D1, 2 Cows $ 98.00 - 106.00 D3 Cows 90.00 - 98.00 Bulls 110.00 - 115.50 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) $ 155.00 - 173.50 (801-900 lbs.)

160.00 - 189.00 (701-800 lbs.)

178.00 - 215.00 (601-700 lbs.)

190.00 - 225.00 (501-600 lbs.)

200.00 - 237.00 (401-500 lbs.)

210.00 - 250.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

— (801-900 lbs.)

160.00 - 180.00 (701-800 lbs.)

155.00 - 196.00 (601-700 lbs.)

185.00 - 208.00 (501-600 lbs.)

205.00 - 225.00 (401-500 lbs.)

210.00 - 235.00 Slaughter Cattle Grade A Steers Grade A Heifers D1, 2 Cows D3 Cows Bulls Steers

EXCHANGES: May 9, 2014

Close 183.50 190.27 190.65 191.02 190.37 187.40

Change -6.97 -0.70 -0.32 0.27 3.12 2.55

Cattle Grades (Canada) Previous Year­ 52,955 12,319 40,636 NA 622,000

Week Ending May 3, 2014 791 28,410 17,148 826 780 6,421 82

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 1,480 28,004 13,209 692 823 7,948 136

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rices remained strong at Manitoba stockyards for the week ended May 9, with feeder cattle reporting topend bids. On a province-wide basis, over 7,000 animals were marketed during the week, roughly 1,000 fewer than the previous week’s levels. Yards at Killarney and Gladstone were closed after switching over to biweekly sales schedules.

Heartland Livestock at Brandon nearly quadrupled its total volume, welcoming over 2,000 animals through the rings compared to 512 the week before.

Marketing representative Brad Delgaty chalked up the resurgence in cattle numbers to drier conditions in the region. “(The May 2 sale) was so muddy the guys couldn’t get out.”

Heifers under 500 pounds topped out in the $236 per hundredweight (cwt) area for top quality. Steers, also under 500 lbs., topped out in the $256/cwt area. Good bulls were in the $102 to $111 range.

As markets go, Delgaty said, they continue to see strong interest from the West and South, and moderate interest from the East.

“Everything’s straight across the board

(and) seemed to be up a couple of cents, I think. It didn’t matter what they were,” said Delgaty, adding the slaughter and feeder markets are both still strong. He noted the recent cow-calf pair sale went off without a hitch and firm prices were received.

Flows are remaining steady despite the fact many herds are depleted and some farmers have begun to think about seeding.

“After a big run like this I would venture to guess it will drop off.”

If there is one concern Delgaty has, it lies in the amount of feed still available to herds in the area.

“Everybody thought they had lots of feed through the winter but it was such a cold, harsh winter that everybody used more feed than they expected.”

With cold overnight temperatures still being reported in several areas, it could be awhile until the grass starts to grow, Delgaty said, so some producers will be scrambling to find feed.

“The way the spring has been, guys are still feeding so there’s a lot of guys starting to get pretty short; if we don’t see grass within the next couple of weeks, guys are going to be looking to buy some feed.”

A string of sunny days and dry weather is what producers would really like to see now, he said.

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

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.)

PQ (Index 100) (Mon.-Fri.)

Futures (May 9, 2014) in U.S. Hogs May 2014 June 2014 July 2014 August 2014 October 2014

Current Week 231.00 E 214.00 E 225.49 230.31

Last Week 236.77 218.88 229.63 236.19

Close 114.90 120.15 123.42 121.85 104.10

Last Year (Index 100) 172.78 159.17 164.05 165.42

briefs

Change -7.90 -2.55 0.52 17.90 10.70

bei j i n g / r e u te r s / China will start a second round of stockpiling of pork for state reserves as part of efforts to shore up falling domestic prices, the country’s state planning body said May 6.

T h e N a t i o n a l Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) did not say how much would be purchased after a first round of buying in March failed to support prices, which have fallen for 19 weeks in a row.

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

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

Winnipeg (345 head) (wooled fats) 80.00 - 94.00 — 100.00 - 110.00 125.00 - 140.00 — 180.00 - 202.00

Chickens Minimum broiler prices as of April 13, 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 May 11, 2014 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.980 Undergrade .............................. $1.890 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.970 Undergrade .............................. $1.870 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.970 Undergrade .............................. $1.870 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.880 Undergrade............................... $1.795 Prices are quoted f.o.b. farm.

Toronto 66.59 - 91.14 138.71 - 154.17 172.38 - 205.53 157.48 - 211.79 184.96 - 252.56 —

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

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

Goats

China to stockpile more pork

Brazil confirms second case of atypical mad cow disease sao paulo / reuters / Brazil has confirmed a second case of atypical mad cow disease, a year after several countries banned Brazilian

beef imports when a similar case of the disease was confirmed.

The Agriculture Ministry said May 9 that a lab in We y b r i d g e , E n g l a n d approved by the World Animal Health Organization confirmed it was a spontaneous case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, with no link to contaminated feed.

The 12-year-old cow found dead in March in a slaughterhouse in Mato Grosso state was born and never left the same farm where cattle are fed by pasture grazing and mineral salts, and not feed, according to a ministry statement.

Classical cases of mad cow are caused when cattle are fed brain or spinal tissue of other ruminants, which is now forbidden in nearly all beef-producing countries, including Brazil. In atypical cases, the animal contracted the protein spontaneously, rather than through the feed supply.

The ministry said the dis-

eased animal was incinerated and none of its parts entered the feed chain.

In late 2012 tests showed that a cow that died two years earlier in Parana state had developed the protein that causes mad cow disease, though the animal never developed the disease and died of natural causes.

The World Animal Health Organization maintained Brazil’s status as a country with an insignificant risk of BSE after it confirmed the atypical Parana case in tests carried out in England in 2012.

Even so, several countries including South Korea, China and Egypt banned some or all beef imports from Brazil, the world’s top exporter.

Humans can develop what is known as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from consuming animals with mad cow, and more than 150 people have died from it.

Mad cow was first discovered in Britain in 1986, but strict controls have tempered its spread.

Winnipeg (110 head) Toronto (Fats) ($/cwt) Kids 200.00 - 240.00 60.46 - 334.63 Billys 200.00 - 300.00 — Mature — 66.35 - 206.90

Horses <1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 21.14 - 41.94 37.26 - 56.23

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GRAIN MARKETS Export and International Prices

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StatsCan confirms Canada’s burdensome canola stocks The U.S. drought can only take wheat futures so far Phil Franz-Warkentin CNSC

I

CE Futures Canada canola contracts moved up and down during the week ended May 9, but edged higher overall as uncertain production prospects and supportive technical signals were enough to counter the large supplies that continue to overhang the market.

Statistics Canada confirmed the burdensome supply situation in Wester n Canada on May 5, reporting Canadian canola stocks as of March 31 at nine million tonnes. The stocks set a new record for that time of year, and were roughly double the supplies on hand at the same point in 2013. Those big supplies mean that even with a return to average yields in 2014, there should still be more than enough canola to meet the demand through the crop year ahead.

However, seeding of that new crop is only in its early stages across Western Canada, and there is enough uncertainty to keep some weather premiums in the futures for the time being. Conditions remained wet and cool in many areas into the first weeks of May, which kept seeding at a minimum so far.

Meanwhile, the U.S. soybean situation is a little more bullish, which helps prop up canola as well. Old-crop U.S. supplies are so tight that the country is seeing unprecedented imports of Brazilian beans to fill the domestic demand, with barges moving north along the Mississippi.

That supply tightness, and resulting price strength, has definitely generated some interest planting soybeans and the

Week Ago

Year Ago

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

270.16

256.75

263.15

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

296.06

275.12

316.14

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

203.34

198.12

273.42

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

228.89

271.04

267.80

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

539.95

541.42

547.89

Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne)

906.70

902.29

1,081.99

oilseeds

U.S. Department of Agriculture is currently forecasting a record-large crop this year. As a result, new-crop beans remain at a sizable discount to the old crop.

CBOT corn futures were underpinned by the slow U.S. Midwestern planting pace, but held rangebound overall as weather forecasts were improving and USDA also forecast rising supplies of the grain. Cool and wet conditions have slowed corn seeding this year, but a turn to warmer and drier likely helped producers make some good progress.

All three U.S. wheat futures hit their best levels in over a year dur ing the week, but did run into some resistance to the upside.

Drought conditions reminiscent of the dust bowl era have cut into production prospects for hard red winter wheat in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Meanwhile, Minneapolis spring wheat futures got a bit of a boost from reports of seeding delays in the northern-tier states.

Wheat is a staple crop the world over, with a crop usually being harvested somewhere at any given time. The U.S. markets may have their own fundamental reasons for moving higher, but the sustainability of that strength in an internationally traded commodity may be questionable.

As one example, Canada is still holding on to very large old-crop wheat supplies, with StatsCan reporting total stocks in the country as of March 31 of just over 21 million tonnes. Australian wheat crops are also in good shape, with reports out of that country during the week predicting record exports.

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

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

Last Week

All prices close of business May 8, 2014

Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business May 9, 2014 barley

Last Week

Week Ago

May 2014

139.50

139.50

July 2014

140.50

140.50

October 2014

140.50

140.50

Canola

Last Week

Week Ago

May 2014

495.10

493.40

July 2014

481.10

480.40

November 2014

485.90

469.30

Special Crops Report for May 12, 2014 — Bin run delivered plant Saskatchewan Spot Market

Lentils (Cdn. cents per pound)

Spot Market

Other ( Cdn. cents per pound unless otherwise specified)

Large Green 15/64

23.00 - 24.00

Canaryseed

Laird No. 1

21.00 - 23.00

Oil Sunflower Seed

Eston No. 2

15.00 - 16.50

Desi Chickpeas

19.00 - 21.50 — 15.20 - 16.00

Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)

Green No. 1

Fababeans, large

—

Feed beans

—

Medium Yellow No. 1

12.80 - 13.00 6.25 - 7.00

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

No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans

4.25 - 4.35

38.00 - 38.00

No. 1 Great Northern

55.00 - 55.00

Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)

No. 1 Cranberry Beans

38.00 - 38.00

Yellow No. 1

36.75 - 38.00

No. 1 Light Red Kidney

54.00 - 54.00

Brown No. 1

32.10 - 33.75

No. 1 Dark Red Kidney

56.00 - 56.00

Oriental No. 1

27.30 - 28.75

No. 1 Black Beans

38.00 - 38.00

No. 1 Pinto Beans

29.00 - 32.00

Source: Stat Publishing SUNFLOWERS

No. 1 Small Red

40.00 - 40.00

No. 1 Pink

40.00 - 40.00

Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

21.35

18.85

Report for May 9, 2014 in US$ cwt NuSun (oilseed)

32.00* Call for

Confection

details

—

Source: National Sunflower Association

Rare U.S. wheat futures spread trade may persist A stressed 2014 Kansas winter wheat crop and a stuck 2013 spring wheat crop caused a price inversion

By Christine Stebbins chicago / reuters

A

n unusual and historically wide price gap between U.S. hard red winter wheat and spring wheat prices may last awhile longer even though the spread began shrinking this week, traders and analysts said May 9.

Kansas City Board of Trade hard red winter wheat (HRW) futures for July delivery closed at $8.28-3/4 a bushel May 9, 33-1/2 cents above the Minneapolis Grain Exchange July spring wheat futures contract.

A week ago that spread trade closed at a 46-3/4 cents premium for

Kansas City, the widest gap in at least 25 years. The spread narrowed this week as deliveries were made against the KCBT May contract, pressuring futures, and rains delayed spring wheat planting in North Dakota, lifting MGEX futures on concerns about supplies.

“Can it sustain record discounts if the hard red crop continues to be threatened? Yea, I think it can,” Joe Christopher, grain merchant with Crossroads Co-op, said of the spread.

“You might get a bounce in the spread but until the size of winter wheat crop is determined — it’s going to stay fairly wide.”

The current situation is very unu-

sual, since spring wheat is almost always priced higher than winter wheat.

HRW, grown in Kansas and the southern Plains, usually averages 11-12 per cent protein, while spring wheat grown farther north — Canada and North Dakota are top producers — averages 13-14 per cent protein.

But the unusual inversion began in February.

“Certainly, Kansas City has been supported by the major issue of weather in western Kansas and Oklahoma,” said analyst Terry Roggensack of The Hightower Report advisory firm in Chicago. “You can only kill the crop so many times and

eventually the market is going to price that in.”

At the same time, much of the huge spring wheat crop in Canada and North Dakota stuck in bins last fall due to rail car shortages and winter storms has begun to move to commercial millers and exporters, pressuring MGEX with hedge selling.

“Minneapolis is at a discount and the short-term reasons are clear — the massive, massive Canadian crop that couldn’t get out of there is now getting out and some of it is flowing down over the border,” Roggensack said.

The trends may be shifting back, as seen this week. But it will take time, and weather will be key, analysts said.

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Pullet farmers seek answers after marketing agency denied The government turned their application down, but hasn’t given a reason

By Alex Binkley

“This is the right time for PGC to come under supply management and would have been a positive change for Canadian pullet growers.”

Co-operator contributor

C

anadian pullet producers are trying to find out why their application for a national marketing board was denied by Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz.

“We are awaiting the official written response from the minister’s office in that regard and in the meantime we are considering our options,” said Andy DeWeerd, chairman of the Pullet Growers of Canada. “We have come too far to just give up. Now is the time to regroup, examine our options and forge ahead.

The status quo simply doesn’t work anymore and one way or another, PGC will lead Canadian pullet growers into a stable future.”

There are 550 pullet producers across Canada.

In an email, Agriculture Canada’s media section said, “After reviewing the Farm Products Council of Canada report and recommendation and giving it due consideration, the government determined that the assessment of merit was not compelling.”

The email said the government still supports supply management for dairy and the rest of the poultry sector. It insisted pullet farmers, who supply young hens for farms that produce eggs for grocery stores and food processors, would continue to prosper.

Andy DeWeerd

The producers who raise the pullets used in egg production are the only part of the sector not under supply management. photo: laura rance

Howe ve r, De We e rd s a y s his members sought marketing board status to stabilize the sector and be able to afford the growing cost of government regulations and food safety standards.

The report posted on the council’s website summarizes its public hearings on the pullet growers’ application, but doesn’t contain any recommendations.

It notes there was far more sup-

port than opposition to a pullet board.

The main criticisms were that international trade would be constrained and consumer prices would rise. The report doesn’t dispute the pullet growers’ contention that a marketing board could lead to a one- to two-cent-a-dozen increase in the price of eggs.

Egg Farmers of Canada, whose members are the main custom-

ers of pullet growers, supported the proposed board.

“This has been a long and involved process,” DeWeerd said. “This is the right time for PGC to come under supply management and would have been a positive change for Canadian pullet growers.”

The growers spent more than four years going step by step through the legal process of applying for marketing board

status, which would give them some control over production and prices. Pullets are the dayold chicks raised to 19 weeks that become layer hens. They are currently the only part of the poultry system that is not in supply management.

A successful application would have given PGC the required legal powers to represent and make decisions on behalf of member provincial pullet grower organizations on issues related to cost of production, disease control and animal welfare, among many other issues facing the industry. Stable pricing under supply management would have allowed pullet growers to reinvest in their farms and address social and environmental responsibilities to the standards expected by Canadians with consistent national programs, the association said.

EU toughens rules on imports in response to deadly pig virus Blood byproducts must be heated and stored for six weeks before export

By Barbara Lewis and Tom Polansek brussels/chicago / reuters

T

he European Commission has approved new rules aimed at limiting the spread of a virus that has killed millions of piglets in the United States, highlighting the risk of animal feed products as a potential transmission agent.

Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) has wiped out more than 10 per cent of the U.S. pig population since it appeared a year ago and has also struck in Canada, Mexico and Japan. The European Union has not been affected by this strain.

In the United States, the world’s biggest pork exporter, losses from P ED v c o u l d c u t p o r k p r o d u c tion as much as seven per cent in 2014, according to research firm Rabobank, much steeper than gov-

ernment estimates of a two per cent fall.

While the commission stopped short of an outright ban of pig byproducts, which France considered, the new rules include a requirement that any pig blood products imported to the European Union for use in pig feed must have been treated at 80 C and then kept in storage for six weeks at room temperature to ensure any PEDv is deactivated.

Clarity sought

The United States said its Animal and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS) would be working with the EU to get clarity on the rules and when they would take effect. APHIS said no changes were being considered to U.S. regulations for treating feed.

“Ongoing research will help determine the possible role of feed in the

domestic transmission of PED,” Abby Yigzaw, a spokeswoman for APHIS, said in an email.

The USDA finally responded to calls for more reliable data and classified PEDv as a reportable disease last month, a step that requires the pork industry to track its spread. The virus is not a risk to human health and is not a food safety issue.

The highly contagious virus is known to be transmitted among pigs through feces, but the possibility of a link with pig blood products used in feed is not proven, and scientists continue to search for its origins and a cure.

Canada alarmed the farm and feed industries in February when it said it had determined the virus was present in samples of U.S.-origin plasma. It was unclear whether the feed was capable of causing the disease in piglets.

Canada’s agriculture minister, Gerry Ritz, said it was “disappointing” that the EU had taken the measures, which he said were not founded in science.

Protein source

Spray-dried pig plasma is mixed with feed and fed to piglets as an extra source of protein. U.S. p l a s m a p r o d u c e r s a re a l re a d y largely using the temperature benchmark, but the storage requirements are more extensive than current practice.

“Six-week storage before release is not typical,” Louis Russell, president of APC Inc., which processes blood products, said in an email.

The EU imports about 2.2 tonnes of pig blood from the United States a n n u a l l y, a s p o k e s m a n f o r t h e European Commission said.

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NEWS

catching some rays

EU should halve meat, dairy consumption to cut nitrogen

By Nina Chestney london / reuters

People in the European Union, who according to a United Nations body eat way more protein than necessary, could prompt big cuts in nitrogen pollution if they halved their meat and dairy consumption, a UN-backed report said in late April.

Currently, 6.5 million to eight million tonnes a year of nitrogen escape into the environment due to agricultural practices. That represents around 80 per cent of nitrogen emissions from all sources, said the study by the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) Task Force on Reactive Nitrogen.

Around 79 to 88 per cent of total emissions in the EU related to nitrogen are from livestock production. The nitrogen footprint of meat and dairy is considerably higher than that from plant-based products, the report added.

“If all people within the EU would halve their meat and dairy consumption, this would reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture by 25 to 40 per cent, and nitrogen emissions by 40 per cent,” lead author Henk Westhoek, program manager for Agriculture and Food at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, said in a statement.

On average in Europe, a person eats 83 grams of protein a day and 60 per cent of this comes from animals, the study showed.

The current average per capita protein intake in the EU is about 70 per cent higher than necessary, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations.

The reduction in dairy and meat consumption would also reduce the need for soybean imports, currently used in animal feed, by 75 per cent.

“The EU could become a major exporter of food products, instead of a major importer of, for example, soybeans,” Westhoek added.

Agriculture, through meat production, is one of the main contributors to greenhouse gas emissions which are believed to fuel global warming. Estimates vary but scientists say animal agriculture could account for between 10 and 25 per cent of total global emissions.

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SHEEP & GOAT COLUMN

Herd dispersal draws buyers seeking new stock The first auction after Easter attracted 450 sheep and goats

By Mark Elliot co-operator contributor

E

wes dominated this sale. The herd dispersal of ewes were well structured, very apparent and could possibly start a fall breeding program. The producer took the time to sort his animals into smaller groups and based up quality conditions.

The price ranged from $0.92 to $1 per pound for these ewes.

The other ewes sold in a price ranging from $0.59 to $0.90 per pound. The sheared ewes followed this price range as well.

There was an exception of seven 119-pound Rideau-cross ewes sold for $1.03 per pound.

There was a good selection of rams on offer. Some buyers were looking for new breeding stock. The strong bidding kept the ram prices at a strong price. The price ranged from $0.84 to $0.97 per pound.

There were no heavyweight lambs, market or feeder lambs delivered.

An exception was a group o f 1 5 8 8 - p o u n d n e w - c ro p lambs which brought $2.05 per pound. These lambs had been grain fed for a period of time, to reach the quality.

The selection of lightweight lambs was limited, as the newcrop lambs supplied this classification. Seven 71-pound Katahdin-cross lambs brought $126.38 ($1.78 per pound).

A 60-pound Katahdin-cross lamb brought $94.50 ($1.575 per pound). Seven 64-pound Katahdin-cross lambs brought $83.20 ($1.30 per pound).

Buyers were restocking and a sheep and lamb herd dispersal attracted solid interest.

Seven 41-pound Dorpercross lambs brought $49.20 ($1.20 per pound).

New-crop lambs prices were lower compared to the last sale. But buyers were interested in the quality of these lambs. The very light lambs at 28 pounds were too small but brought $32.20 ($1.15 per pound).

The selection of goat does was higher than the last sale.

The dairy does were slightly on the thinner quality, but the demand was driving the exciting bidding. Buyers with an interest in the meat does kept prices strong.

The young goat kids were too small to separate from the does, to have separate sales.

A slightly lower-developed Alpine-cross goat doe with a kid brought $0.81 per pound.

The Boer-cross doe with a kid or kids attracted buyer bidding. The Boer-cross doe with a kid brought a price range from $0.97 to $1 per pound.

The Boer-cross goat doe with two kids brought $1.44 per pound.

A 150-pound Alpine-cross

Ewes Lambs (lbs.)

110+ 95 - 110 80 - 94 Under 80 71 60 / 64 50 - 59 41 New-Crop Lambs

$98.60 - $144 $73.83 - $76.70

April 16, 2014 $116.10 - $161.25 $76 - $113.10

n/a n/a n/a

n/a $93.50 - $151.05 $124.95 -$173.91

$126.38 $94.50 / $83.20 n/a $49.20

n/a $89.11 (67 lbs.) $63.75 (50 lbs.) n/a

$1.87

$1.86/$41.84 /$1.91 71/76/79 lbs.

79 63 / 66

$1.60 / $1.71

54 / 59

$1.78 / $1.76

41

$1.60

28

$1.15

goat buck brought $300 ($2 per pound). An 85-pound Boer-cross goat buck brought $200 ($2.35 per pound). The heavier Boer-cross bucks did not reach this price range.

The price ranged from $1.22 to $1.86 per pound for the heavier goat bucks.

The lightweight goat kids were creating some exciting bidding from the buyers.

Future supplies might be limited, so the demand kept the constant prices.

The Ontario Stockyard Report indicated that after the Easter season sales, the prices have been dropping for all lamb classifications.

The bidding on goat kids has remained constant between sales.

GOAT DOES meat

dairy DOELINGS meat BUCKS meat

DAIRY

$1.98/$1.87/$2.16/$1.77 60/63/63/65 lbs. $1.98/$1.99/$1.99 54/56/59 lbs.

price / lb. $1.26 $1.32 $1.20 - $1.15 $1.59 - $1.38 $1.11

animal weight 92 - 98 lbs.

100 lbs.

104 - 110 lbs.

81 - 82 lbs.

111 lbs

$1.77 $1.86

72 lbs.

64 lbs.

$2.35 - $1.86 $1.46 $1.22 - $1.26 $2.00

85 - 86 lbs.

120 lbs.

160 - 190 lbs.

150 lbs.

KIDS - Under 80 MEAT

$1.025

55 lbs.

$2.65/$1.86/$2.44

43/43/45 lbs.

$2.50

38 lbs.

Two-stage weaning reduces stress on calves Plastic nose flap prevents nursing while allowing calves to stay with their mothers, which reduces stress Meristem Land and Science release

T

wo souther n Alber ta ranches are among those that have found a twostage calf weaning program is less stressful for livestock and improves rate of gain.

The two-stage weaning system involves processing calves about a week before the actual weaning day to apply a plastic guard, or nose flap, in the nose of each calf. The guard, about the width of the muzzle and three inches deep, just clips into the nostrils, similar to the plastic closers found on many bread bags. The Canadianmade flaps are marketed by Saskatchewan company Quiet Wean.

Calves are then released back into the cow herd. In the majority of cases, the nose flap prevents the calf from nursing its mother.

Within four or five days the calf forgets about trying to nurse, and then calves and cows can be separated. On weaning day, calves can quickly be run through the chute again to remove the reusable nose flaps.

“It is natural for calves to be weaned — to stop nursing their mothers,” says Dr. Joe Stookey, a

researcher and professor in animal behaviour at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon. “But in a natural environment the cow will simply dry up and discourage the calf from nursing, but the calf is still with its mother. What is not natural for a calf is for mother and milk to disappear on the same day. Conventional weaning is probably the most stressful event ranch calves will experience in their lives.”

Research shows conventionally weaned calves — those removed from milk and their mothers on the same day — will spend the next two days pacing and walking as much as 25 miles, bawling and looking for their mothers. Among calves weaned with the two-stage system using the nose flap, walking is reduced to about 10 miles, and there is very little bawling.

“It is such a simple system, yet so effective,” says Stookey. “The stress on the animals is greatly reduced and that leads to all sorts of benefits related to improved calf health and improved rates of gain, not to mention it is much quieter.”

Chad Monner, who ranches with his uncle, Michael Monner,

has been using the system with their 240-head commercial cowcalf herd at Milo, in southern Alberta, for about six years.

“Since we have been using this two-stage system, weaning day doesn’t even seem to phase the calves one bit,” says Monner.

“They go on to feed the first day — get right into it. There is no bawling, no pacing, no wasting time.

From an animal welfare perspective, you can see it is much less stressful for the calves.”

Monner says the tags, which cost about $2 each, are easy to install and remove. He says there is very good retention, estimating they replace about 10 per cent each year.

“The odd calf will lose one, and some calves will figure out a way to nurse the cow even with it on,” he says. “And you can certainly identify those calves on weaning day. Everyone else is quiet and eating, and the ones that were still nursing look pretty sad, and they’re bawling and looking for their mothers.”

The Blades family began using the two-stage weaning program last year on their 600-head cow herd on Rocking P Ranch.

A plastic guard, or nose flap, discourages calves from nursing while allowing them to stay with their mothers. Photo: Courtesy Quiet Wean

“ We w e re re a l l y h a p py because you could see the difference,” says Mac Blades. “We background our calves every year, bring the calves home from pasture and put them in the corral for a couple days or more to allow them to settle down and then put them out on pasture again.”

They also say calves that “cheated” and continued nursing were distressed while the rest were calm.

Mac and Renie Blades operate Rocking P Ranch with son Justin, daughter-in-law Mida, and daughter and son-in-law Monica and Blake Schlosser. While the ranch headquarters are just west of Nanton, they have a second place and most of the summer pasture south of Chain-of-Lakes.

“We manage the cattle in three herds, and do any sorting right

on pasture,” says Blades. “Handling the smaller groups is less stressful, and after sorting we haul calves back to the ranch by truck and trailer, which is also easier on the calves.”

In late October, they moved portable corrals to the three pastures to capture calves and apply the nose flaps and vaccinate about a week before weaning.

Calves rejoined their mothers for five to seven days before being sorted, weaned and hauled home to corrals at the main ranch.

The day they were weaned, calves were brought home to the corral and didn’t miss a beat.

“There was virtually no bawling, they seemed content and just started eating,” says Blades. “By removing that stress calves were much healthier, there was very little sign of sickness or respiratory disease.”

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Feeder Steers

May-07

n/a

May-06

May-06

May-07

n/a

May-08

May-09

No. on offer

1223*

n/a

383*

2014*

1,848

n/a

708

890*

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

153.00-167.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

900-1,000

n/a

n/a

n/a

145.00-172.00

162.00-182.00 (185)

n/a

n/a

n/a

800-900

n/a

n/a

160.00-175.00

175.00-195.00

185.00-204.00 (209)

n/a

155.00-175.00 (193.00)

170.00-199.00

700-800

180.00-214.00

n/a

170.00-199.00

192.00-213.50

196.00-225.00 (229)

n/a

175.00-188.00 (205.00)

180.00-215.00

600-700

190.00-235.00

n/a

190.00-222.00

195.00-228.00

212.00-232.00 (238)

n/a

190.00-218.00 (225.00)

190.00-228.00

500-600

210.00-237.00

n/a

215.00-240.00

219.00-240.00

222.00-258.00

n/a

195.00-238.00 (257.00)

205.00-235.00

400-500

209.00-221.00

n/a

220.00-245.00

225.00-256.00

n/a

n/a

200.00-235.00 (258.00)

200.00-231.00

300-400

n/a

n/a

235.00-270.00

230.00-265.00

n/a

n/a

190.00-240.00 (260.00)

200.00-231.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

140.00-158.00

137.00-154.00

n/a

n/a

115.00-133.00

146.00-175.00

n/a

140.00-160.00

147.00-166.00

149.00-163.00 (168)

n/a

145.00-150.00 (177.00)

150.00-168.00

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

800-900 700-800

150.00-192.75

n/a

155.00-182.00

168.00-190.00

163.00-183.00 (190)

n/a

160.00-176.00 (194.50)

160.00-190.00

600-700

190.00-206.00

n/a

170.00-219.00

187.00-208.00

182.00-206.00

n/a

175.00-187.00 (204.00)

175.00-197.00

500-600

196.00-219.00

n/a

190.00-226.00

200.00-226.00

194.00-216.00

n/a

180.00-198.00 (212.00)

188.00-220.00

400-500

n/a

n/a

200.00-242.00

205.00-236.00

200.00-230.00

n/a

185.00-205.00 (242.00)

200.00-224.00

300-400

n/a

n/a

220.00-267.50

230.00-260.00

n/a

n/a

180.00-195.00 (247.00)

n/a

No. on offer

200

n/a

72

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

250

D1-D2 Cows

90.00-100.00

n/a

n/a

96.00-107.00

96.00-103.00

n/a

90.00-108.00 (1.10)

95.00-103.00

D3-D5 Cows

80.00-90.00

n/a

n/a

83.00-94.00

89.00-95.00

n/a

75.00-95.00

88.00-94.00

Age Verified

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

97.00-104.00 (106)

n/a

n/a

n/a

Good Bulls

Slaughter Market

90.00-115.00

n/a

102.00-111.00

103.00-111.00

107.00-121.00 (125)

n/a

105.00-118.00 (121.00)

110.00-115.50

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

118.00-130.00

124.00-134.75

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

117.00-128.00

122.00-133.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

100.00-117.00

n/a

96.00-104.00

n/a

n/a

105.00-118.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

98.00-111.25

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

80.00-94.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Heiferettes

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

110.00-128.00 (131.00)

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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Seasonable weather after cold start Issued: Monday, May 12, 2014 · Covering: May 14 – May 21, 2014 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

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ast week’s forecast played out pretty much as expected, with the only minor difference being the warmer-than-expected temperatures that moved into our region last weekend. For a number of locations it was the first +20 C day since late last September.

I am hoping this will be the last time for a while that I have to use these terms in a forecast, but this forecast period is going to start off with cold arctic high pressure building in from the north behind the area of low pressure that brought rain to many regions late last weekend and early this week. Wednesday looks like it will be the coolest day, with widespread frost expected on Wednesday night.

As this high slowly slides to the southeast it will modify under the strong late-spring sunshine, allowing temperatures to warm up a couple of degrees each day. By the weekend, with the high to the east, we’ll see our winds become

more southwesterly, which will help to boost temperatures even more, with highs expected to close in on the 20 C mark.

Another area of low pressure will begin to deepen to our west over the weekend and this will likely cause it to become quite windy on Sunday. This low is not expected to track into Ontario and deepen like all of the other lows we’ve seen over the last seven months. Instead, it’s forecast to drift to the northeast and weaken. We could see some showers or maybe even a rumble of thunder on Monday and Tuesday of next week as this low drifts by. There does not look to be any cold air ready to move in behind the low, as the weather models predict high temperatures to be in the upper teens to low 20s for most of next week. So maybe, just maybe, we are finally breaking out of this cold pattern!

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, 13 to 25 C; lows, 0 to 10 C. Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park.

Contact him with your questions and comments at daniel@bezte.ca.

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This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that has fallen across the Prairies so far this growing season. Pretty much all of Saskatchewan and western Manitoba have seen above- to well-above-average precipitation. The rest of Manitoba and much of Alberta have seen near-average amounts, with the only dry region being over extreme west-central Alberta.

Closing in on thunderstorm season It takes a big difference in temperature between two areas to create a severe thunderstorm

By Daniel Bezte co-operator contributor

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or this issue’s article I was supposed to continue our look into how to become your own weather forecaster.

However, if you are anything like the kids in my classes at school, then I know most of you did not do any homework! So, I’m going to give you a one-week extension and we’ll cover that topic in the next issue. In the meantime, with warmer temperatures finally starting to show up, I think it’s time to do our yearly look at thunderstorms.

To start, I need to talk about one of my weather pet peeves, which is when people mix up weather watches and weather warnings. Basically, when we are talking about thunderstorms, a severe thunderstorm watch is when the potential exists for severe thunderstorms to occur.

This means severe thunderstorms have not yet formed.

There may be some thunderstorms around, and you need to be wary of them, but so far none of them have become severe. A severe thunderstorm warning means severe thunderstorms have developed and conditions which meet the “severe” criteria have been recorded either by observers directly or by radar.

When you hear a warning, it

Severe thunderstorm watches are typically issued when the ingredients are in place, but forecasters aren’t sure where or even if thunderstorms will develop.

means you need to take immediate precautions.

Severe thunderstorm watches are typically issued when all the ingredients for severe storms are in place, but forecasters are not sure where, or sometimes even if, thunderstorms will develop.

An analogy you can use is a pot of water on the stove. If you turn on an element and put on a pot of water, eventually the water will boil, but the big question is, where will that first bubble form and break away from the bottom of the pot? That would be our thunderstorm: you knew it was going to form, but exactly where is the hard part.

Just what are the ingredients for severe thunderstorms? First of all, you need rising air, and to get that you need heat, or rather, you need a large difference in temperature between two areas. There are a couple of ways you can achieve this difference in temperature. One way with which most people are familiar is to have a very

hot day. But just having a very hot day does not mean there’s a large difference in temperature.

To get thunderstorms on a hot day you need to have cool air aloft (up above the ground).

When this occurs, the hot air at the surface begins to rise and encounters cool air as it continues to rise up. This means our rising air will remain warmer than the air around it and will continue to rise up. The cooler the air around it, the faster it goes up; the faster it goes up, the stronger the storm (typically).

Now, sometimes we can get severe thunderstorms when we don’t have particularly warm air at the surface. Two different scenarios can play out when this happens which can still lead to severe thunderstorms.

The first scenario would be that there is very warm air a few thousand feet up from the ground. This warm air then has cold air above it, and just like the hot day on the ground, this warm air in the upper atmos-

phere can rise up giving us elevated thunderstorms.

The second scenario is when there is a strong contrast of warm and cool air at the surface or, in other words, we have some type of front cutting through an area. On one side of the front it is cool and on the other side it is warm. The cold air acts like a wedge and forces the warm air up. Sometimes this occurs when a cold front is moving into an area, so the day starts off warm and then the cold air pushes in, lifting the warm air up in front of it, giving us thunderstorms. The other way is when warm air moves into a region. The day starts off cool, then storms develop as the warm air rises up over the cool air.

Now, simply having a big difference in temperatures will not give you a thunderstorm, or at least will not give you a severe thunderstorm. There are still a couple more ingredients needed.

The next key ingredient is water vapour, or humidity. It takes energy to evaporate water, so the more water vapour there is in the air, the more potential energy there is. To get at this energy the water vapour needs to be changed back into a liquid form; it needs to condense.

As our warm air rises, it cools,

and as it cools, water vapour will begin to condense. When it condenses it releases the energy it absorbed when it evaporated.

This energy is released in the form of heat.

Our rising air is cooling as it rises, but not as fast as the air around it, so it continues to rise.

Then condensation starts taking place, which releases heat into the air. This makes our rising air even warmer than the air around it, so it rises even faster.

Now it is starting to sound like we have everything in place for a severe storm… but not quite.

If you have air continually rising up, eventually the amount of air accumulating at the top of the storm will become so great it just has to fall back down again, wiping out the storm in the process. To get around this problem we need some kind of vent at the top of the storm that takes away all the rising air accumulating there. We need a strong jet stream of air over top of the storm, which will help to “suck” away the accumulating air.

There; we now have the key ingredients for a severe storm, but like any good chef, Mother Nature has additional ingredients she can use to make some storms truly awesome — something we’ll explore in the months ahead.

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CROPS

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Making a comeback, but seed is tight

Canada’s flax industry is slowly recovering from the damage caused by contamination from CDC Triffid

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lax is back in farmers’ good books this spring, so much so that many flax dealers have sold right out of seed.

Five years after traces of genetically modified CDC Triffid flax were discovered in Canadian flax exports to Europe, Statistics Canada predicts Canadian farmers will seed 1.7 million acres of the blue-flowered oilseed this spring — the biggest acreage since the 2006-07 crop year when almost 1.99 million acres were planted.

“We’ve reconstituted the CDC (Crop Development Centre) varieties (contaminated with Triffid) and that means farmers are taking the stewardship program to heart,” Will Hill, president of the Flax Council of Canada said in an interview May 8. “They’re planting certified seed ensuring their seed supply is as free of Triffid as it possibly can be. And that’s a good thing.”

The industry has been working hard to get Triffid out of the system since its discovery temporarily shut down Canadian flax exports to Europe and cost it premium food markets. Since then, farmers have been urged to grow only certified flaxseed, which is tested to be sure it’s Triffid free.

The Canadian Seed Growers Association has a web-based search tool farmers can use to find certified seed at www.seedlocator.net.

Farmers considering reverting to farm-saved seed are urged to test to ensure it’s Triffid free before planting because buyers insist on that

information, Hill noted. Tests take three to four days to turn around.

Strong prices, lower production costs and crop rotation have all contributed to renewed interest in flax, farmers said.

“Prices for flax are high, the health benefits of flax are great, we’ve got three good customers now — China, Europe and the United States, so we’ve broadened out our base,” Hill said. I think the industry really has an opportunity to start to look forward again.”

StatsCan expects Saskatchewan will seed almost 1.5 million acres of flax this year, up 72 per cent from 2013.

It predicts Manitoba will seed 120,000 acres of flax, up 42 per cent from last year’s 85,000 acres.

Manitoba flax acreage averaged almost 379,000 between 2003-04 and 2006-07.

Triffid wasn’t the only reason Manitoba farmers had lost interest in flax. The last few years other crops, including soybeans, had the potential to earn more profit.

But fungicides have helped increase yields.

Manitoba flax yielded just 20 bushels an acre, on average, the last 10 years. Last year that jumped to 28 bushels an acre, tying the record set in 2009.

Foxwarren producer George Graham said he has applied Headline fungicide to his flax the last four years and it boosted his yields.

“Last year my flax weighed out at 45 bushels an acre, which is the best crop of flax I’ve ever grown,” he said.

“We just never realized how much (the fun-

gal disease) Pasmo is taking from the crop. For me flax is the one crop Headline was made for.

They talk about a two- or three-bushel-an-acre yield increase on cereals or canola, but on flax it makes an eight- to 10-bushel-an-acre difference.”

As well, flax doesn’t require seed treatments at planting, Graham said. “You just fertilize it, spray herbicides and a shot of fungicide. You can grow a good crop of flax for under $200 an acre.

Old-crop flax is bringing around $14.50 a bushel and farmers can lock in $11.50 to $12 on new crop, he said. “The canola-wheat rotation is starting to fight back. When farmers saw the flax prices it was a perfect fit.”

The silver lining in the wake of Triffid is Canadian flax exports are now more diversified, Hill said. Europe used to buy 70 per cent of Canada’s flax, the United States 20 per cent and domestic and other buyers made up the rest. Now exports are divided evenly between China, Europe and the U.S. Canada hasn’t regained the European food market because buyers remain nervous.

“But we will be working on a plan to regain that part of the market,” Hill said. “I think the Europeans would like to have an alternate source. It’s just a matter of time for building confidence and... we’ll find a way to make it work.

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New resistant clubroot pathogen raising questions about rotations Alarms are sounding after clubroot-resistant variety breaks down in just four years

By Alexis Kienlen staff

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he breakdown of a clubroot-resistant variety just four years after it came on the market is a “nightmare” — but doesn’t mean growers in clubroot-free areas can’t plant canola every other year, say industry officials.

“It’s unfortunate that this had to happen,” said Ward Toma, general manager of the Alberta Canola Producers Commission.

“We had a tool in resistance and it’s a nightmare that it broke down so fast.

And it broke down so fast because it was not used properly, from what we understand.”

Late last summer, several growers in the Edmonton area who planted resistant varieties developed in 2009 reported finding dead patches and infected plants in their fields.

“We were hoping that we would get maybe eight to 10 years from the current sources of resistance, but we got four,” said Clinton Jurke, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada. “But that’s not to say that all resistance has failed out there.”

The canola council came under criticism earlier this year from some, including the past chair of the Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission, for backing tighter rotations in some circumstances. In announcing a new target of 26 million tonnes of production by 2025, the council released a document stating crop insurance data showed “in many areas, growers are maintaining canola yields while growing the crop more frequently.”

A minimum one-in-four-year rotation is still recommended for clubrootinfested fields, but many farmers find themselves in a grey area.

Round Hill, Alta. grain farmer Humphrey Banack is located 80 km from Leduc County, which is a clubroot hot

“We were hoping that we would get maybe eight to 10 years from the current sources of resistance but we got four. But that’s not to say that all resistance has failed out there.”

Clinton Jurke

spot. While he hasn’t found any clubroot on his land, he plans to plant resistant varieties for the first time.

“We wanted to try it out this year and see how it performs,” said Banack, who is vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture.

Some of his fields are on three-year rotations, but most are on a canolawheat rotation.

“There is more return from a canola and wheat rotation, than there would be if we went to a four-year rotation,” he said. “It’s harder for us to compete with a land base if we’re being more cautious for clubroot.”

And while Banack is adhering to the council’s recommendation of “more intensive monitoring and management of diseases and insects” when using tight rotations, some wonder if enough farmers are doing the same.

“They’re assuming that with all our tools, we should be able to manage risk,” said Murray Hartman, oilseed specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development.

“That may be overplaying the role of new varieties and new products, and downplaying the role of cultural tools, like rotation. Not everyone agrees with that message.”

Since no one knows how quickly

A two-year rotation is OK, as long as you aren’t in a clubroot-infested area, says Ward Toma, general manager of Alberta Canola Producers Commission. supplied photos

new strains of resistant clubroot might appear, longer rotations might be a better path to follow, he said. With a one-infour rotation, resistance might last eight or 10 years, and give breeders more time to create new resistant varieties.

“We’re not prepared with more resistant varieties,” he said. “Now there’s guys with resistance breaking down, and we don’t have anything to offer them.”

And farmers should not be gambling with resistant varieties, he said.

“Guys who have clubroot on their field shouldn’t be growing a resistant variety more than once every four years,” said Hartman.

The canola council agrees.

“We don’t want this resistance to be lost in a short amount of time, but it looks like not all growers were heeding that recommendation,” said Jurke.

His organization is only saying shorter

Humphrey Banack practises due diligence and knows about the danger of living in a clubroot-infested county.

rotations work in areas where there is not a concern about disease or pest issues, he said.

“A two-year rotation is OK if you’re not in the blackleg zone or the clubroot zone,” added Toma. “If your risk of disease from pathogens and insects is very limited, then a two-year rotation or break is probably OK.” “Producers have to be very aware of whether or not they have it,” Banack said. “We can’t bury our heads in the sand and say we won’t have it if we don’t look for it.”

Among the canola council’s recommendations are rotating resistant varieties, scouting fields seeded to other crops (since volunteers and susceptible weeds can harbour clubroot), and scouting right up to swathing. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

Agribusiness companies help end hunger through CFGB Several companies are providing free inputs to growing projects across Canada cfgb release

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pring planting has not yet begun, but Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) growing project organizers across Canada are already thinking about what they will grow this year to help end hunger.

Their efforts will be greatly aided by support from some of Canada’s agribusiness companies. Businesses lined up to provide free seed, fertilizer, chemicals and other products are Agrium, Arysta Life Science, Bayer Crop Science, Brett Young Seeds, Cargill Ag Horizons Canada, Cheminova, Dow Agrosciences, DuPont, DuPont Pioneer, Monsanto, Novozymes BioAg Limited, SeCan and Syngenta.

Altogether, the companies have donated over $300,000 of inputs for the growing projects, which find farmers coming together to plant,

The Acres of Hope growing project in Rivers, Man. Photo: CFGB

tend, harvest and then donate the proceeds of the sale of the crop. In 2013-14, 236 growing projects from Atlantic Canada to B.C. raised $5.3 million

from the sale of 19,217 tonnes of grain for CFGB. “We are grateful for the ongoing support for our growing projects,” says CFGB mar-

keting and donor relations co-ordinator Sandra Dudych, noting the provision of free inputs and services helps the projects keep their expenses low so they can donate more to CFGB. “The regular donations of products and services from these major companies greatly aids the work of hundreds of our volunteers, enabling them to raise more funds to help people in the developing world who don’t have enough to eat.”

In addition to support from these companies, CFGB also receives many other donations of products, services and cash from hundreds of other local and regional businesses across Canada. This includes services from over 120 elevator companies that handle crops on behalf of CFGB for free, or at reduced prices.

“We know it has been a challenging year for the compa-

nies that faithfully work with us to end global hunger,” says Dudych, adding that “their commitment to help us has been steadfast. Each expression of corporate support is appreciated.”

In its 2013-14 budget year, which ended March 31, CFGB provided $42 million of assistance for 1.28 million people in 42 countries.

Canadian Foodgrains Bank is a partnership of 15 churches and church agencies working together to end global hunger. Founded in 1983, it has provided over half a billion dollars for programs to millions of people in 78 countries that offer food assistance, improved agriculture and livelihoods, and nutrition for millions of people in the developing world.

Canadian Foodgrains Bank projects are undertaken with support from the Government of Canada.

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CFA joins coalition supporting plant breeders’ rights changes The bill to update Canada’s plant breeders’ rights provisions is before Parliament

By Alex Binkley Co-operator contributor

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he Canadian Federation of Agriculture has joined a coalition of farm and seed industry groups supporting controversial changes to plant breeders’ rights.

The CFA wasn’t included in the Partners in Innovation when the coalition was formed last year to support C-18 the Agriculture Growth Act. While it supported the breeders’ provisions, the country’s main farm group was seeking clarifications to other provisions in the legislation before endorsing it.

The bill also amends eight other agriculture acts including rules on fertilizers, animal health, plant protection and farm debt mediation. CFA came out in support of the bill before Christmas.

“The legislation strikes a good balance between giving developers the ability to see a return on their investment and research efforts while also preserving the right for farmers to save and condition seed for their own use,” said Ron Bonnett, president of Canadian Federation of Agriculture.

“It’s a win-win situation and key to continued growth for the agriculture sector.”

The bill would bring Canada in line with an international convention on plant breeders’ rights and that “will address obstacles that impede the competitiveness of Canadian farmers,” he added. “Accessibility to research is incredibly important to keep our farmers on the forefront — moving forward in the marketplace and maintaining productive harvests.”

When C-18 was introduced last Dec. 9, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said he wanted the bill passed in time for its various provisions to come into effect this Aug. 1.

The bill underwent a few

hours of debate on March 3 and nothing has been said about it since. A Ritz spokesman said the government hasn’t decided when debate will resume.

The Par tners coalition, which now has 17 member organizations, is locked in a noisy public debate with the National Farmers Union, several environmental groups and the United Church of Canada, which say the bill will give seed companies unwarranted control over Canadian farmers.

The NFU says the legislation will make “it much more difficult (for farmers) to save and

reuse seed forcing them to pay more for seed.” As well, it will jack up seed costs for farmers and “consolidate the power and control of the world’s largest agribusiness corporations over seed, and thus over the Canadian farming and food system.”

The coalition, seed companies and Anthony Parker, the commissioner of the Plant Breeders’ Rights Office at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, insist the legislation won’t burden farmers with higher costs or restrict their rights to save seed from one crop to plant the following year.

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The company is rolling out the corn, which has been modified to tolerate its Enlist Duo herbicide, a proprietary blend of glyphosate and 2,4-D. Using its Canada Field Forward program, Dow will allow selected growers to grow the corn on commercial-scale fields but under stewarded conditions.

“Growers will manage the technology according to the herbicide label and product use guide, and will employ best management practices from Dow AgroSciences,” Dow says in a release.

“Farmers participating in the program will be engaged with Dow AgroSciences throughout the season as they evaluate and steward the technology on their farms.”

Enlist corn and soybeans were approved in 2012 and Enlist Duo was approved in 2013. “Dow AgroSciences anticipates a full commercial launch of Enlist corn will occur in Canada after regulatory approvals in additional key import geographies are secured,” the company says.

In addition to the Field Forward sites planned for Canada, Dow AgroSciences will be conducting a full Canadian plot program in 2014 consisting of Seed Hybrid Sites and Dow AgroSciences Learning Sites in Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba. Growers, retailers and seed sellers will take part in field-based tours designed to familiarize them with all aspects of the Enlist technology, from product performance, to application and best management practices, the company says.

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crop report

A cold, damp and late start to spring seeding Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development GO Teams & Crops Knowledge Centre crop report for May 12 Weekly Provincial Summary

Despite continuing cool and wet conditions across Manitoba some limited seeding took place, as well as tillage operations and fertilizer applications. For other areas, warm and dry weather is needed in order for field work and seeding operations to start.

Manitoba’s winter cereal crops continue to be assessed for winter survival and establishment as fields break dormancy and resume growth.

Winterkill and injury is being reported in some fields, although it is too early in some areas to determine the extent of the damage.

Pa s t u re a n d h a y g r ow t h continue to be slow due to the cooler weather conditions, a n d i n s o m e c ases excess moisture. Some producers are moving cattle to pasture.

Southwest Region

Pasture growth continues to Rainfall amounts ranged from be slow and feed shortages con10 to 25 mm in Hamiota, Rus- tinue to be an issue. sell, Souris, Melita and Virden areas and 30 to 35 mm in the Northwest Region Carberry, Brandon, Forest and The Pas and Dauphin areas Minnedosa areas. Some of this report the highest surplus soil moisture was wet snow as five moisture conditions. There is to 10 cm fell on May 11 in areas localized ponding on many surrounding Riding Mountain fields across the region. WinNational Park. ter wheat survival ranges from A few fields were seeded on good to fair; majority of winhigher, lighter soils in the Riv- ter wheat acres are located in ers, Neepwa, Binscarth and the southern part of the region.

Russell areas. There was very lit- Weed and volunteer crop tle field work and seeding south growth is very slow. of Highway No. 1. Weeds are Growth on pasture and haygrowing slowly, especially win- fields is limited due to cool conter annuals. Soil temperatures ditions over the past week. continue to be relatively cool.

Winter wheat and fall rye Central Region crops continue to break dor- Sun, wind and warm temperamancy and some fields are at tures late in the week allowed the two- to three-leaf stage with for some seeding progress healthy crown roots. However, in the Central Region. Soils growth is slow due to the cool are gradually warming. Rain Trim: 8.125” temperatures. early in the week saw much

of the region receive five to 15 mm. Higher accumulations included Treherne with 17 mm, Pilot Mound 23 mm, Gladstone 20 mm, and Carberry 38 mm.

Seeding activity picked up towards the end of the week, with many producers in eastern areas able to seed at least a field or two. Most progress was made with cereals, canola and corn, with a few fields of soybeans seeded.

There are more reports of rotting crowns in winter wheat and no new root growth in some fields. It is anticipated that winterkill will result in a number of fields being reseeded.

Cattle are being taken to pasture and being supplemented with feed.

Eastern Region

Cumulative rainfall varied from zero to 25 mm. Fields in the

southeast part of the region are starting to see standing water.

Temperatures continue to be below normal and soils remain relatively cool. Minimal seeding has taken place to date; a few reports of wheat, canola and corn being seeded over the weekend. There are reports of some producers considering a switch from planned grain corn acres to canola as seeding gets delayed into mid-month.

Winter wheat development is very slow due to the cold weather. Some producers are concerned about winter wheat survival. Field inspections, which involve assessing root growth and crown health, not just above-ground growth, is ongoing.

The majority of hay and pasture conditions are rated as good to fair. On most farms, producers are preparing to move cattle out to pasture. Pasture growth is minimal due to the cool weather so cattle will need to be supplemented with feed.

Interlake Region

Rainshowers middle of the week resulted in four to 12 mm.

Soil temperatures increased throughout the week averaging 5 to 10 C in the region. Snowdrifts are still present in the North Interlake.

Broadcasting fertilizer on forage seed and winter wheat fields has started but progress is slow due to wet field conditions. Select fields in the South Interlake were dry enough to be seeded.

Hay and pastures are slowly starting to show signs of new growth. Livestock that have been moved to pasture are being fed because of the poor growing conditions this spring.

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Volunteer birdwatchers keep tabs on local species The Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas is a scientifically designed, five-year project to assess the status, distribution and abundance of bird species that breed within Manitoba

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff

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five-year effort to identify breeding bird species in Manitoba has confirmed golden eagles are back, snowy egrets have made unexpected appearances, and several species of native grassland birds are all but gone from most of agro-Manitoba.

“We’re certainly seeing things that are indications of change,” says Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas co-ordinator Christian Artuso, who has overseen the project that now involves about 1,000 volunteers gathering comprehensive data on bird species in the province.

There are records of golden eagle’s nests that date back to the early part of the last century, but like other raptors, their numbers took a deep dip from hunting, trapping and poisoning from DDT, says Artuso.

“There are earlier historical records of them nesting, in the early part of the 20th century, in various places in Manitoba, but no recent records,” said Artuso. “This is essentially the first time we’ve confirmed nesting sites in pretty much a century.”

The nest of the snowy egret, a small white heron, sighted at Whitewater Lake near Boissevain, is only the second confirmed nest in Canada.

“Depending on how old your field guide is, it would look like it’s a long way away,” he said, adding most of the range of that bird has been along the Gulf of Mexico, although there are known scattered populations sighted in the U.S. “Probably the closest breeding range, prior to this atlas finding was South Dakota,” he said.

Ordinary Manitobans

The Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas project began in 2010 to engage ordinary Manitobans with an interest in birds to gather comprehensive data on what bird species may be breeding in the province.

The distribution and abundance of birds is a good indicator of what changes may be taking place in the ecosystems across the North American continent.

They are still about two years away from being able to make firm conclusions about what those changes are, because they have a massive amount of data to analyse after the completion of the five years’ record gathering, Artuso said.

“After we look at the analysis we’ll have a lot to say on that topic,” he said. “But in broad sweeping strokes we have certainly documented a lot of birds in places we didn’t expect.”

There are bird species being sighted much farther north than expected, and species thought to breed only in Saskatchewan now confirmed to be breeding in Manitoba too. The western tanager, the black-headed grosbreak, the long-tailed jaeger have all been sighted in the southwestern corner of Manitoba.

Last home

The extreme southwest is proving to be the last home of several native birds that need open grasslands for nesting. Volunteers have only found birds such as the Sprague’s pipit, and the loggerhead shrike in the extreme southwestern corner of the province, where they still have grassland to nest, Artuso said.

“Those birds have pretty much disappeared from a lot of their former range,” he said, adding that their demise is generally believed to be due to agricultural practices since the 1960s wiping out their habitat.

Range maps still show these birds should extend throughout the entire southwest up to Riding Mountain National Park and east towards Winnipeg.

“The vast industrial scale of modern agriculture is not leaving these birds much room on the margins to cope,” Artuso said. “Much of the central Red River Valley and south-central Manitoba, with its massive crop fields has become unusable to them.”

This spring Manitobans begin their final year of record-keeping to add to a data set that now includes over 230,000 records logged via about 32,000 hours of volunteers’ time.

These two barn swallows were photographed by atlas volunteer and Winnipegger Katharine Schulz as she travelled the back roads of southwestern Manitoba doing her atlas survey work in 2012. This photo was taken on a July evening along a rural road just a few miles north of her hometown of Hartney.

Photo: Katharine Schulz

Different roles

Volunteers participate in a variety of ways, from being assigned one of 6,996 atlas squares from the habitat map compiled for the project, to recording sightings in a very localized area, including their own backyards. Others have gone on point counts and travelled widely. Volunteers’ motivations may vary widely but it seems to be a sense of wanting to contribute something combined with their own personal interest in birdwatching that’s brought them to this, Artuso said.

“I still consider myself fairly amateur at this, but you learn more every year,” said Katharine Schulz, a Winnipeg volunteer who took on an assigned square in Manitoba’s southwestern corner so she could visit the part of Manitoba she grew up in.

“I grew up in Hartney, and my father farmed east of Hartney,” said Schulz, adding she only wishes she’d paid more attention as a child to birds he’d point out to her.

Training offered through workshops with the atlas project helped deepen her appreciation for the birdlife around us, she said. “And it feels good to be part of this group of people who’ve come together to try and get all this information rounded up.”

They’re still looking for volunteers to get involved during this final year collecting bird data, Artuso said.

The bird atlas is a project undertaken as a partnership between federal and provincial governments, non-government organizations, private corporations, individual citizens and communities with a steering committee including Environment Canada, Manitoba Conservation, Bird Studies Canada, Nature Manitoba, the Nature Conservancy of Canada and the Manitoba Museum.

Manitoba Hydro is providing financial support for the project.

To learn more log on to: http://www.birdatlas.mb.ca/.

How do you ‘atlas’ for birds?

The first, and most basic bird atlassing method, called “general atlassing,” consists of finding evidence of breeding for as many species as possible in a 10x10-km square. For example, singing birds in their breeding habitat in their breeding season are recorded as “possible” breeders; pairs of birds, agitated or displaying birds are “probable” breeders; and nests, distraction displays or fledged young are recorded as “confirmed” breeding. These data provide information on the distribution of birds throughout Manitoba.

Source: Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas

lorraine@fbcpublishing.com photo: linda boys

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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

It’s time to get moving Lorraine Stevenson Crossroads Recipe Swap

M

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y friend and I live far apart, and only occasionally see each other, but when we do, she sees more of me than I of her. That’s because there is, um, more of me to see.

Once upon a time we were both sticks. Then we learned to cook. She’s been able to burn off her calories, by cycling to work, walking almost everywhere, swimming and regular visits to a nearby gym. Even during this long winter, she never gained an ounce.

I, on the other hand, have done diddly squat for exercise these long past months. It shows. Everything in my closet shrank this winter.

I’m one of that 77 per cent of Canadian women (and 74 per cent of men) who are not physically active enough.

This isn’t a good place to be, and not just because of weight gain. A desk-bound, car-dependent, couchpotato life- and work-style is unhealthy, and the experts tell us that long periods of inactivity increase our risk of heart disease and stroke. Our sedentary ways cost the health-care system big time too.

My friend keeps so fit because of where she lives — a leafy, walkable neighbourhood, with access to safe, well-lit bike paths to get to and fro, not to mention nearby indoor public pools and a good gym. She’s

committed to being healthy, but her active living is simply part of her daily routine.

That’s more problematic when we live where we must depend on our vehicles to go most places, and weather keeps us indoors long periods of the year.

Then it requires a more intentional commitment to a lifestyle of active living.

Thank goodness it’s May. We winter-weary Manitobans are long overdue for the physical renewal and social connection that comes with getting outside and increasing our physical activity.

It’s time to get walking, cycling, hiking, running, gardening, forming ball teams, or taking tai chi classes.

Just how much physical activity is enough? The more the better. Canada’s Physical Activity Guidelines recommend at least 150 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity per week, in bouts of 10 minutes or more, which is only about 30 minutes five days a week. I’ve also heard we should aim for a lot more — at least 60 to 90 minutes per day.

It may sound like a lot, but it’s not. We think exercise is something we must set aside time for, and fit into our busy schedules, but active living is supposed to be part of our daily living. Housework, yard work, and opting to ride our bikes or take a brisk walk to get from A to B all count too.

That’s my friend’s secret to a healthy weight. She’s always experimenting with new recipes and loves a cream sauce and fancy dessert as much as I do. But she’s always moving.

Buckwheat Shepherd’s Pie

Three Seed Yogurt Muffins

Here’s a nutritious take on an old favourite and a filling meal to serve everyone during seeding time.

Tasty muffins chock full of colourful and crunchy seeds make a satisfying breakfast with a glass of milk and a piece of fresh fruit.

1-1/2 lbs. potatoes, peeled 1/3 c. sour cream 1-1/2 c. Canadian Monterey Jack, grated Freshly ground salt and pepper 1-1/2 c. red onion, chopped finely 1 200-g container crimini mushrooms, sliced 3 tbsp. butter 1/2 c. toasted buckwheat 2 tbsp. fresh coriander, chopped 1 tbsp. chipotle in adobo, chopped 1 c. canned, diced tomatoes 1 c. vegetable stock 3 c. corn kernels

1 c. whole wheat flour 2/3 c. all-purpose flour 1/2 c. wheat germ 1/2 c. unsalted green pumpkin seeds 1/2 c. unsalted roasted sunflower seeds 2 tbsp. flaxseeds, cracked 2 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. ground ginger or cinnamon 1/4 tsp. each baking soda, and salt 1 egg 1 c. milk 2/3 c. liquid honey or packed brown sugar 1/2 c. plain yogurt, (not fat free) 1/4 c. butter, melted

Cook potatoes in salted water. Mash and set aside in a bowl. Add sour cream and cheese.

Season with salt and pepper and mix well.

Refrigerate. Preheat oven to 375 F. In a large skillet, sauté onion and mushrooms in butter for 10 minutes without browning. Add buckwheat, coriander, chipotle, tomatoes and stock.

Bring to a full boil, reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, six minutes. Transfer to an eight-inch square baking dish. Top with corn kernels. With a fork, spread mashed potato evenly over the top.

Bake in the middle of the oven 40 minutes. Serve promptly.

TIPS: Chipotle in adobo sauce can be found in jars or cans in the Mexican products section of major supermarkets. Chipotles are red jalapeño peppers that are smoked and dried and preserved in a sauce. In recipes, the peppers are usually drained and chopped before using.

Preparation time: 40 minutes. Cooking time: 1 hour. Serves: 4 to 6.

Source: Dairy Farmers of Canada

Topping: 1 tbsp. unsalted green pumpkin seeds 1 tbsp. sunflower seeds

Preheat oven to 375 F. Butter non-stick muffin pans or line with paper liners. In a large bowl, whisk together whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, wheat germ, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, flaxseeds, baking powder, ginger, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, whisk together egg, milk, honey, yogurt and butter. Pour over dry ingredients; stir just until moistened. Spoon into prepared muffin pan; sprinkle tops with pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds. Bake for about 25 minutes or until tops are firm to the touch. Let cool in pan for five minutes. Transfer to rack to cool completely.

TIP: Cracked flaxseeds add a nice texture and allow the nutrients to be digested better than in whole flaxseeds. To crack them, pulse a few times in a coffee or spice grinder or use a mortar and pestle to crack the seeds without grinding them to a powder.

Add 1 tbsp. grated orange zest with butter. Use 1/4 c. hemp seeds and/or chia seeds in place of an equal amount of pumpkin or sunflower seeds; add 1/2 c. dried cranberries, blueberries, raisins or chopped cherries.

Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 25 minutes Makes: 12 muffins Source: Dairy Farmers of Canada

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ose Jackson stepped into the café and quickly scanned the room. It took her only a second to find Karen who was seated at the table by the window looking out over Main Street.

She headed over and slid into the chair across from her friend.

“Well hello,” said Karen. “You made it.”

“Sorry I’m late,” said Rose. “I took too long getting out of the house. I’m blaming it on Andrew.”

“Of course,” said Karen. “It’s always the husband’s fault.”

“I didn’t say it was his fault,” said Rose, “I just said I was blaming him.” She slid her coffee cup across the table as the waitress came by with the coffee pot.

“Anything else for you?” the young lady wanted to know.

Rose looked at Karen. “You having breakfast?”

Karen nodded.

Rose turned back to the waitress. “I’ll have the waffles please,” she said. “With strawberries and whipped cream of course.”

“Of course,” said the waitress with a smile. “How else would you have them? I’ll be back,” she added as she trotted off to deliver coffee to the other patrons in the café.

Rose reached for the cream.

“So,” said Karen. “You all ready for summer?”

“Summer?” said Rose. “What summer?”

Karen laughed. “Fair question,” she said. “I’m still hoping it gets here eventually.”

“I’m not holding my breath,” said Rose. “But that being said, I’m as ready as I’m ever gonna be.

How about you?”

“It’s going to be crazy,” said Karen. “My sister’s getting married in Toronto in June and then in August it’s my parents’ 50th anniversary in Victoria… which means there’s not going to be any time for a holiday.”

“Aw, you poor thing,” said Rose. “Look at it this way, you won’t mind so much if we don’t get summer if you wouldn’t have time to enjoy it anyway.”

“Small consolation,” said Karen.

“Tell you what,” said Rose taking a good long

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sip of coffee. “You can live vicariously through our holiday.”

“Gee thanks,” said Karen sarcastically. “That’s generous of you. What have you got planned? Two weeks in the south of France?”

“Not quite,” said Rose, “but that does sound nice. No, we’re going to Victoria Beach for a week in August. Andrew and I are going from Monday to Sunday and the kids are coming from Friday to Sunday. I can’t wait.”

“Now I’m jealous,” said Karen. “What kind of a place are you staying in?”

“Jennifer’s boyfriend’s family has a cottage,” said Rose. “It’s about the size of our house but way nicer. And they offered it to us for the week.”

Karen looked skeptical. “Goodness,” she said. “Is this guy serious about Jen, or what?”

Rose grinned. “I guess maybe,” she said. “And I hope he stays that way at least till August.” She picked up her coffee cup to have another drink but stopped with the cup halfway to her mouth. “I just had the best idea ever,” she said, eyes wide.

“Really?” said Karen, the skeptical look still on her face. “What idea might that be?”

“You and Grant should join us!” Rose said excitedly. “At least for a couple of days! Andrew and Grant can go golfing and you and I can lie around on the beach! Or, if the weather’s not great we can sit in the hot tub and drink gin and tonic and eat Doritos! It’ll be awesome!”

Karen was silent for a moment. “Well,” she said, “I don’t know if it’s the best idea you’ve ever had, but it’s a pretty damn good one.” She paused again. “We wouldn’t want to infringe on your and Andrew’s alone time though.

“Good lord, don’t even think about that,” said Rose. “With the kids all grown up we get more alone time than we need. Give us one day in the cottage by ourselves and we’ll be just happy to have company. Otherwise we’ll end up playing Scrabble which will just make both of us cranky.”

“Why would playing Scrabble make both of you cranky?” Karen was confused.

Rose laughed. “I’ll get cranky because Andrew will get all the good letters and Andrew will get cranky because I’ll beat him anyway. So you have to come. For the good of our marriage!”

“Well, when you put it like that,” said Karen, “I don’t see how I could say no.”

“Good girl!” said Rose.

“I’ll have to run it by Grant of course,” said Karen.

“Well obviously,” said Rose, “but if you tell Grant he needs to save Andrew from a horrible week of Scrabble-related crankiness, Grant won’t say no.

He’s too good a friend for that.”

“All right then.” Karen raised her coffee cup.

“Here’s to summer!” she said. “It’s going to be a good one!”

Rose raised her cup in response. “Short but sweet,” she said.

Microwave ovens in most households First making an appearance in 1967, they are now used almost daily

By Julie Garden-Robinson NDSU EXTENSION SERVICE

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he first countert o p m i c r ow a v e ov e n appeared in 1967. Today, most households have one and use it nearly every day. They cook food using a magnetron to convert electric power to very short radio waves of about 2,450 megahertz. At this frequency, water, fats and sugars absorb the waves and vibrate very fast to create high temperatures that cook the food.

Do you ever use margarine tubs, take-out containers, foam trays or brown paper bags to heat food in your microwave?

These are considered unsafe unless they are labelled “microwave safe.” The concern is that the container could melt and leach chemicals into the food.

Instead, reheat foods in glass, ceramic cookware and those labelled safe for microwave use. Microwave-safe plastic wraps, wax paper, cooking bags, parchment paper and white microwave-safe paper towels also are considered safe.

However, be sure to discard containers that hold prepared microwavable meals after you use them because they are meant for one-time use.

Although microwave ovens have been around for a long time, we still have to use them safely.

Do you know the wattage of your microwave oven? Cooking times vary depending on the wattage. Follow the package label or recipe instructions to be sure you are heating microwaveable foods properly.

Ha ve yo u e ve r t r i e d t h e “marshmallow test” to determine hot spots in your microwave? If not, here’s how to do it. Use a microwaveable plate or flip the turntable upside down so it does not

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rotate. Line the plate or turntable with miniature marshmallows. Place in the microwave, then set the timer for one minute. Watch carefully.

If the marshmallows begin to burn, turn off the micro-

wave. The marshmallows that expand first show where your microwave oven’s hot spots are. Remember that uneven cooking (hot and cold spots) can lead to undercooked food that is unsafe to eat.

Because of the uneven cooking that can occur, be sure to rotate the container during the cooking process and stir the food if possible, even if your microwave has a turntable. Covering the dish with a microwave-safe lid or plastic wrap also promotes even cooking.

After heating food in a microwave oven, be sure to allow a standing time of at least three minutes. During the standing time, the food continues to cook. Many microwaveable packaged foods list an endpoint temperature, such as 73.8 C (165 F ) . Me a s u re t h e t e m p e ra ture using a food thermometer to ensure that the food has reached a safe internal temperature.

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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Mark June 3 on your calendar!

Seniors’ Day at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum is worth a visit

By Donna Gamache FREELANCE CONTRIBUTOR

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t’s nearly time for the Manitoba Agricultural Museum’s Seniors’ Day, held each year at the museum, south of Austin, on the first Tuesday of June (June 3 this year). Hosted by the museum and the Austin Chamber of Commerce, it’s a day of companionship, entertainment, demonstrations and food. It is dedicated to seniors, and most attendees will fit that category, but younger people are welcome too, especially those interested in Manitoba’s rural history or farm life. My husband and I attended last year for the first time and quite enjoyed it.

Most years a few hundred people attend, some from quite a distance. Last year there was a whole busload from Winnipeg. We also noticed handivans from seniors’ residences and care homes.

Van loads from Oak Lake, Shoal Lake and even Argyle, Saskatchewan had come for the day.

Registration begins about 9 a.m. with most people arriving a little later.

However, if it’s your first visit, and you want free time to explore the grounds and buildings, try to arrive in good time.

The buildings are all open, although usually without volunteers during this event.

Definitely plan to take a walk through the Homesteaders’ Village. Explore the two one-room schools, the blacksmith shop, the churches and the pioneer houses.

Be sure to check out the Transportation Building, a newer exhibit showing the history of transportation in Manitoba, which is very interesting. There is also the huge display of vintage machinery, particularly numerous tractors.

For those who aren’t up to a lot of

Rides are provided for those not up to much walking.

walking, rides are provided through the Homesteaders’ Village and around the museum grounds in horse-drawn and tractor-drawn wagons. Transportation includes shuttle service for those in wheelchairs.

This year the cost for the day will be $15.

This includes complimentary coffee and a doughnut when you register; a cold plate lunch with beverage and dessert at noon; and cinnamon buns and coffee around 3 p.m. The first round of buns is baked in the museum’s outdoor oven, while later ones come from a bakery.

Various demonstrations are given throughout the day. In the main building we watched one volunteer demonstrate spinning while another spent all morning hand-washing and wringing clothing items with an old-fashioned wringer — over and over and over. We also enjoyed the various tables of local artwork, crafts

The sheep seem to enjoy being sheared — probably glad to get rid of their heavy coat.

PHOTOS: DONNA GAMACHE

and books. One corner of the building displayed beautiful quilts which will be shown again this year, and also, displays will be adding woodcarving to the mix.

Other demonstrations we enjoyed included the old-time threshing where a couple of volunteers tossed a rack load of sheaves into the threshing machine.

Despite dust in the air, this was a good opportunity to take photos of history in action. It takes place around 11 a.m. so arrange your day to fit this in.

The sheep-shearing demonstration was also particularly interesting. The shearers had brought several sheep which seemed to relax back against the shearer and actually enjoy the procedure — probably happy to be rid of that thick, warm coat.

Musical entertainment by various groups was provided following the luncheon. Last year’s entertainment included the Métis Prairie Steppers, a group of

young dancers from the Portage and Elie area. With their colourful costumes and lively dancing, they were a crowd favourite. Because of their popularity, these dancers will return for this year’s program.

If you’re interested in attending the Seniors’ Day, it is held at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum, three kilometres south of the junction of Hwy. No. 1 and PTH No. 34. Check the website for further details at www.ag-museum.mb.ca or telephone 204-637-2354. Those planning to attend, especially with a group, are asked to pre-register with Don Makinson at 204637-2533 (or dmak@mymts.net) by May 22 to help in meal plans. However, individuals who haven’t pre-registered may still attend as extra meals are always prepared.

Mark June 3 on your calendar for this event, and plan to attend!

Donna Gamache writes from MacGregor, Manitoba

Early-spring bloom Two perennials that never disappoint

By Albert Parsons FREELANCE CONTRIBUTOR

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pril and May are busy months for home gardeners as we go about the business of rejuvenating our gardens and preparing them for the upcoming season. I am always happy when some of my plants put forth bloom at this time of year, and there are two that never disappoint me.

The first is my Adonis Vernalis, commonly called pheasant’s eye or false hellebore. It is a wonderful herbaceous perennial that not only has attractive flowers but also wonderfully fine and delicate foliage. The plant grows only about 24 cm tall and forms a mound of light-green foliage which is capped in late April and May by bright-yellow daisy-like blooms. Adonis Vernalis blooms for over a month, providing a bright light to an otherwise rather drab spring landscape. I have it planted in a raised bed beside the sunny back patio, and the foliage stays attractive all summer.

Adonis Vernalis is rated Zone 1 so it is very hardy and is easy to care for. It likes full sun and good drainage, but other than that is

not a demanding plant. It is not bothered by insect pests or disease problems, is a relatively slow-growing plant and can be left undisturbed for a long time. The clump simply gets a bit bigger each year. A mature clump of Adonis Vernalis will produce innumerable brightyellow blooms over an extended period of time.

The second plant that brightens my early-spring garden with its blooms is the fritillaria (Fritillaria meleagris). I have several of these plants located in the front garden where it is visible from the driveway. Their cheery pale-yellow blooms add a soothing yet beautiful note to the bed of hardy roses that I have planted in this part of the landscape. The fritillarias bloom before the roses put forth much new growth so they have lots of space to “show their stuff.” As the roses grow, the fritillaria foliage fades and by early summer the foliage will dry down much like tulip foliage does and be hidden by the increasingly abundant rose foliage. Fritillarias grow about 30 cm tall and have green leaves with a bit of a bluish cast.

Fritillarias are members of the lily family so they grow from bulbs and come in a variety of colours. The bulbs multiply and every three or four years the clumps can be lifted and divided. A dozen bulbs, planted four or five cm apart in a 10-cmdeep planting hole will make a nice-size clump. I never give my fritillarias winter protection and they always come through the winter just fine.

The cheery yellow flowers of Adonis Vernalis and fritillaria are just the tonic I need in my earlyspring garden to energize me into performing all of those gardening tasks that are so pressing at this time of year.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

Inset: Adonis Vernalis, above: pale-yellow Fritillaria meleagris.

PHOTOS: ALBERT PARSONS

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AUCTION DISTRICTS Parkland – North of Hwy 1; west of PR 242, following the west shore of Lake Manitoba and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis.

Westman – South of Hwy 1; west of PR 242.

Interlake – North of Hwy 1; east of PR 242, following the west shore of Lake Manitoba and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis.

Red River – South ofHwy 1; east of PR 242.

The Pas

Birch River

Swan River Minitonas Durban

Winnipegosis

Roblin

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac Russell

Parkland

Birtle

Riverton Eriksdale

McCreary

Lundar

Langruth

Neepawa

Gladstone

Rapid City

Melita

1

Brandon

Treherne

Killarney

Pilot Mound Crystal City

Elm Creek

Sanford

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

Lac du Bonnet

Beausejour

Winnipeg

Austin

Souris

Boissevain

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage Carberry

Westman

Waskada

Interlake

Erickson

Hamiota

Reston

FARM & LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT Auction, Len & Marilyn Nykoliation. Virden, MB. Fri., May 30th at 10:00am DST. Located 9-mi north of junction of #1 & #83 highways at Virden. JD 4630; Case 930; Thomas 93 skid steer; Case IH 1486 w/795 loader; MF 760 SP combine; JD 7720 SP combine; 1994 MacDon 14-ft. hydro swing; Vermeer 605J round baler; MF #12 sq. baler; 1999 Dodge dually ext. cab (saftied); 1981 Trail King stock trailer; Livestock panels & feeders; 2 Cypress creep feeders w/wheels & panels; Case IH 8480 round baler; Plus a full line of other equipment, Large quantity of shop equipment & tools. For information call Len or Marilyn at (204)748-1056 Ross Taylor Auction Service (204)877-3834 Pl #909917. Full listing & photos www.rosstaylorauction.com

Gimli

Shoal Lake

Minnedosa

Virden

Arborg

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

St. Pierre

242

Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

Steinbach

1

Red River

ANTIQUES ANTIQUES Antiques For Sale 12-FT JOHN DEERE SURFLEX discer Serial#1; Case 300 tractor. Phone (204)263-5392.

MULVEY “FLEA” MARKET. Osborne & Mulvey Ave E. Wpg. Sat-Sun-Hol. 10:00a.m. to 5:00p.m.

40+ vendors. A/C. Debit, Visa, M/C. Table/Booth rental info: (204)478-1217. mulveymarket.ca

ANTIQUES Antique Equipment AUGUST 9 &10, 2014 the Eighth Annual IHCC Ch 38 show will be held on the grounds of the Western Development Museum in North Battleford Sask.

We will be joining WDM to celebrate their annual “Those were the days” & join them on the occasion of their 65th birthday. www.nbattleford@wdm.ca All IH machinery, trucks, tractors, household, stationary engines, power units, cub cadets & anything else marketed by IH are welcome. Membership annual meeting w/banquet & guest speaker. More information available from show chairman Gary Algot.

(780)741-2115. www.ihc38.com FORD 801, S/N 307052, 3-PT, $2750.00 OBO. Phone (204)429-2073.

Minneapolis Moline, model U’s diesel & gas, Model R & Model Z. Running order; 6 Minneapolis Moline plows, discer, 1-ways. Phone (204)326-6016

AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland GARTON’S AUCTION SERVICE will be conducting a Farm Estate Auction for the Late Arnold Holowachuk on Sat., May 24th, 2014 @ 10:30am located 5.5-mi W of Rorketon, MB. Auction will include: Hesston 100-90 FWA tractor; IH 1066 Farmall tractor; IH 1066 tractor; David Brown 1210; Farm trucks; Haying Equipment; Livestock feeding & handling equipment; Grain handling equipment; 80x30 pole frame cattle shed (to be removed); 2, 1,750-bu Westeel bins (to be removed); 2-ft. storage semi trailer & portable garages (new in box). For complete listing & photos please visit www.gartonsauction.com or call Larry @ (204)648-4541.

MEYERS AUCTION ESTATE OF HERBERT LEYLAND 10-ACRES PROPERTY BY AUCTION #517 SASKATCHEWAN AVE, ARDEN, MB. 1:00PM MAY 25th, 2014. SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION OF FINAL BID. The Subject property is approx a 10-acres parcel located within town limits in the Village of Arden, MB. The property has a 5/8 water line & a septic tank- installed at a cost of approx $12,500 when the service came to Arden. There is a older two story house & 3 wood framed out buildings situated on the property. The property has mature trees & is landscaped. It is estimated that the property is 50% treed & 50% open spaces. All of the above descriptions are for information purposes & are not deemed to be accurate. Potential purchasers must verify all information to their own satisfaction. NOTE: THE CABIN & STORAGE SHED ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY. THEY WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN OFFERED FOR AUCTION. MEYERS AUCTIONS & APPRAISALS BRADLEY MEYERS, AUCTIONEER (204)368-2333 OR (204)476-6262 www.meyersauctions.com MEYERS SPRING CONSIGNMENT AUCTION Estate of Herb Leyland & Consignors Arden, MB. 10:00am Sun., May 25th, 2014. Coins & paper money will start the auction at 10:00am. Cabin: 24x16-ft. w/10x8-ft. Bdrm & Storage Shed: 12x16-ft.

Both Situated at #517 Sask Ave, Arden, MB. To be removed no later than June 30th. Cabin & Storage Shed to be sold around 1:30pm. 2013 Maxey Tandem Axel Gooseneck 30-ft. Deck Trailer w/Beaver Tails 10,000-lb axels, AS NEW; 2001 Starcraft Tent Trailer, Subject to confirmation of final bid; 16-ft.

Anchor Tri Hull Open Bow Boat w/70-HP Johnson Seahorse 2 stroke Outboard Motor, Hummingbird Fish Finder & EZ Load Boat Trailer; 4.5-HP Johnson Trolling Motor- to be sold separate; JD Z445 Zero Turn Mower; MTD 18.5-HP/ 46-in. cut w/Rear Bagger; Craftsman LT2000 Riding Mower 18.5-HP 42-in. cut; Husqvarna YTH1746 Hydrostatic Mower; Toro 12-HP Riding Mower; Troy-Bilt Rear Tine Roto Tiller; JD TRX 26 Tracked Snow Blower; MTD Roto Tiller; Stihl Weedeater; Stihl MM55 Roto Tiller; 1983 Ford F150 PU, Stnd; 1993 Taurus GL Car Auto 242,328-km; Both not saftied; 3-PTH Ford 6-ft.

Rotivator 105A; NH 328 Manure Spreader; Brandt 735 Auger w/11-HP Honda; Red Jacket 1/2-HP Submersible Pump w/control & approx 50-ft. hose; Bale Conveyors; Overhead Power Line; Railway Ties; Fence Posts; Turtle Tank; Poly Tank; 25-ft. & 20-ft. Hoses; 2 Briggs & Stratton Engines; Cement Mixer; Simplex Drill Press; Pwr Hack Saw; Floor Jack; Air Tank; Construction Heater; Bench Grinder 3/4-HP; Miller M-180P Welder; Jack Stands; Electric Fence Wire; Sm Air Compressor; Elec Heater; Kerosene Heater; Hand Tools; Mastercraft 10-in.

Bench Saw; Mastercraft 10-in. Chop Saw; Dewalt Saw; Husqvarna 345 Chain Saw; Tow Behind Lawn Sweep; Assorted Tires; Assorted Lumber; Super Cycle Bike; HOUSEHOLD: Make Up Table; Wardrobe w/Mirrored Doors; Kenmore Portable Air Cond; Book Shelf Stereo; Queen Bed; Frost Free Fridge; Stove; Drop Leaf Apt Tables & Chairs; China Cabinets; Coby 23-in. LED TV; Frigidaire Microwave; Chesterfield & Chair; Kenmore Deep Freeze; Electrolux Vacuum; ANTIQUES: Dresser; Vases; Paper Weights; Tin Toys; Binoculars; Wood Toys & Cars; Cabinet Radios; Large Jars of Marbles; Beer Steins; RR Caboose Chair; Silver Ware Set. MEYERS AUCTIONS & APPRAISALS BRADLEY MEYERS, AUCTIONEER (204)368-2333 OR (204)476-6262 www.meyersauctions.com

HAYING & LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT AUCTION Terry, Mavis, Elaine Philips & The Estate of Randy Philips. Pipestone, MB Thurs., May 22nd, 2014 at 11:00am DST. Sale includes 1996 Case IH MX100 w/MFD w/Allied loader, bucket & grapple, 3-PTH; 1981 Case 2090 w/6200-hrs; 1978 Case 970 w/6200-hrs; 1976 Case 1070; 1972 JD 4030 w/13,000-hrs; 2005 MacDon A30S 16-ft hydro swing; 2000 NH 688 round baler; 2001 Buhler 12 wheel V rake;1989 Laurier 12 bale bale picker; 1981 Glendale 20-ft stock trailer; 1989 Case IH 8610 bale shredder; Case IH 575 & 1580 manure spreaders; JD 700 mixmill; High Hog maturity pen; 4 Ranchers 2 bale feeders; 2 Easy Way 2 bale feeders; HutchMaster 12-ft tandem disc; Quantity of panels, vet supplies, misc. equipment & shop related. For information call Terry (204)854-2951 or Elaine (204)854-2547, Ross Taylor Auction Service (204)877-3834, Toll free (877)617-2537 www.rosstaylorauctionservice

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake ESTATE AUCTION for the Late Robert Dyck Sat., May 31st at 12:00 noon South of Portage la Prairie from the Jct #331 & 240; 1 & 1/2 mi East on #331, then south on Rd 34W till yard 62143. **Property: 4-ac frontage w/768-sq.ft. Bungalow 2 bdrm house has a crawl space plus a 22x24-ft. double detach garage w/work area back of the Garage Roll #0678290.000 Terms of this property: $10,000 non refundable down payment upon agreement to purchase. Plus GST & PST where applicable Property tax will be paid till sale day. The buyer will have satisfied him or herself upon their own inspection as to condition of property & buildings before bidding on auction day. The Executor will reserve the right to accept or reject the final bid. The property will be up for auction at 2:00pm. For property viewing Ph (204)834-3542** Yd equip: Sure Trac 14-ft. tandem axle (7,000-lb ea) Dump Trailer w/tarp & remote; 2010 2305 JD yd Tractor w/54-in. mower, 3-PTH PTO 265-hrs; 3-PTH Frontier 3-PTH 48-in. mower; 3-PTH Frontier 48-in. Tiller; 3-PTH 54-in.

Frontier Snowblower; Shop Bilt 3-PTH 5-ft. Blade; 2 section 3-PTH Harrows; 1979 Chev 10 truck 4x4 350 auto (for restoration); 1984 Ford School bus back end converted to a flatdeck, V8 5-SPD; 4, 8 bolt Chrome 15-in. rims; Shop bilt Quad tilt Trailer; Loading ramps; Alum trifold Loading Ramps; 354 Perkins DSL eng (from 760 MF combine); 2, 1,250-gal poly Tanks; 4, 225-gal square Poly Tanks; 3-in. gas Water Pump w/hoses; 2-in. gas water pump w/hoses; Pressure pump; ATV Yard Sprayer; 2 ATV winches; Shop Tools: (some of these tools are like new); 12-ft. wood work bench; 5-HP 60-gal 8.5cm high out put Air Compressor; Household. Check website for full listing www.nickelauctions.com Terms Cash or Cheque.

Lunch served. Subject to additions & deletions. Not responsible for any errors in description Everything sells AS IS Where Is all Sale Final. GST & PST will be charged where applicable. Owners & auction company are not responsible for accidents on sale site. Sale conducted By Nickel Auctions Ltd Ph (204)637-3393 cell (204)856-6900. Executor Bev Walker (204)834-3542 cell (204)841-0612.

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 7 PM 4 MILES EAST OF POPLAR POINT ON HWY 26 YARD #5236

FARM AUCTION FOR DON & LINDA BOWDENS Sat., May 30th at 12:00 noon. Take 240 South of Portage La Prairie from Junct 331 & 240 3.5-mi West & South till Rd 62N & 2-mi West till yard #39146. Be on time no small selling. Terms Cash or Cheque. Lunch served. **70 Char X & Simm X & Black cow/calf pairs.

These are mostly younger cows not been exposed to bulls. Team of Black Percheron Mares w/colt at side 9 & 13 yr old. 1 Horse drawn Wagon** Tractors: 2010 M135X Kubota MFWD M55 Kubota Ldr/grapple fact 3-PTH 3 hyds PTO 14.9R24 & 18.4R38 2,330-hrs; 1976 2670 Case 18.4x34 Duals 4hyds; 1983 5288 INT fact 3-PTH 2 hyds 1000 PTO, 20.8x38 fact duals, 8,424-hrs; 1086 INT 2350 IHC Ldr/grapple fact 18.4x38 duals dual PTO 3 hyds has rebuilt eng; 1952 W6 McCormick (not running); 1977 Cougar ST250 3306 Cat eng, 20.8x38 clamp on duals 3 hyds, 3,530-hrs (consigned); 1953 CA Allis Chalmers (consigned); Trucks & Combines: 1995 INT M11 Cummins 13-SPD trans, Tandem 24-ft. Grain/sileage box, Pintol Hitch Hyd Tail gate clock reads 403,743-km; 1978 INT 1600 Loadstar 14-ft. Stl Box & hoist 345 eng 5 & 2 SPD, clock reads 124,401-km; 1981 1480 INT Axial flow Combine 3,544hrs, 100-hrs on new drop in eng; 1979 1460 INT Axial Flow Combine 3,397-hrs; 1982 22-ft. 4400 Vers swather w/PU reel Cab, air; Haying Equip: 2756 MF Rd Baler; 595 Owatonna roller Rd Baler; H&S Hay Machine; Enoross Harvestman 18 wheel V Rake; 14 Rd Bale Hayliner 2000 Rd Bale Mover; 14T JD Baler; 20 Bale Hay Trailer; Seeding & Tillage Equip: 20-ft. M-10 Morris Press Drill; 22-ft. AC Tandem Disc; 6-16 Case Plow; 38-ft. IHC Cult w/mulchers; 21-ft. Case Deep Tiller w/ mulch-ers; 60-ft. Inland Sprayer w/500-gal Poly Tank; 25-bu Gravity Wagon; 2007 15-ft. Schulte 1500 Series 2 Rotary Mower; 16-ft. Hyd Drill Fill; 4 yd Dirt Scraper; 10-ft. JD 3-PTH Cult; 8-ft. Farm King 3-PTH Snowblower; Grain Bins & Augers: 1, 2,200-bu Westeel Rosco Hopper Bins; 1, 1,200-bu Friesen Hooper Bin; TR10061 Westfield swing out hyd lift; 7x40-ft. Vers PTO auger elect lift; 60-36 Westfield auger w/12-HP B&S; Cattle & Misc Equip: 14, 24-ft. Free standing Panels; 920 Jiffy Bale Shreader; 5-ft. 3-PTH King Kutter mower; 1 set of Nylon draft Harness (like new); Add on 3-PTH; 8 Suite Case weights; 135-gal. Slip Tank; 8/26 MTD Snowblower; **Consigned: 20-ft. M48 IHC Tandem Disc; 1010 NH Bale Wagon; Trailer w/8x12-ft. Box & hoist; 516 NH manure Spreader; 7-ft. New Idea trailer type sickle Mower; 5-ft. S Tine 3-PTH Cult; 8/28 Sno Power Snowblower; 225amp Lincoln elect Welder; Cement Mixer; Bed room Suite** Website www.nickelauctions. com Be on Time no small selling Livestock sells after the equipment. Subject to additions & deletions. Not responsible for any errors in description. Everything sells AS IS Where Is all sales Final GST & PST will be charged where applicable. Owners & auction company are not responsible for any accidents on sale site.

All statements made on sale day will take precedent over all previous advertising. Sale conducted by Nickel Auctions Ltd Dave Nickel Auctioneer Ph (204)637-3393 cell (204)856-6900. Owner Ph (204)428-5509 cell (204)871-1068.

STORAGE CONTAINER 44 ft. storage container

FORKLIFT

Yale propane 4000 lbs., all terrain wheels (runs good)*

WELDERS

Miller Delta weld 651 DC-power source boom w/wire feeder* Hypertherm Power Max 1250 G-3 Series plasma cutter* Westinghouse 300 welder w/Miller feeder* Canox Red Master 300 CC/CV-AC/DC arc welder w/feeder* Miller 251 mig aluminum gun* Esab cutting welder table w/4torch system* Lincoln 250 welder R35-250 arc welder* Hobart 250 welder* Lincoln gas welder, 250 amp w/trailer*

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS UPCOMING AUCTION COLLECTOR TRUCK & TRACTORS PLUS LARGE ANTIQUE COLLECTION FOR BEA & DON TYMKO SATURDAY MAY 31TH 10:00 AM

Location: Near Belair, MB. From jct Hwy #44 & 59 go approx 40 miles north to Belair rd, then 2 miles west on belair rd, 1 mile south on Lakeshore drive & 1/2 mile east on first st.

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COLLECTOR TRUCK & TRACTORS • 1942 Chevrolet 1 Ton Truck (restored) • 1949 Model M John Deere (restored) • 1950 Model W4 International Harvester (restored)

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES

• Antique Furniture including Press Back Chairs • Antique Glassware • Railway Lanterns • Barn Lanternsower

YARD EQUIPMENT & TOOLS

• Woodworking Tools • Shop Tools • Suzuki 250 Quad • John Deere Riding Lawn Mower • Chipper/Shredder

EQUIPMENT

120-ton Accurpress 12’Brake w/dies* Accurpress shear 1/4 cap., 10’Bed, 550-V* Hyd-Mech mod. S-20 band saw* Edwards 50-ton iron worker w/dies w/Edwards pipe bender (up to 3”)* TOS Kurbin milling machine 4-HP motor, type FNK25* Wesmac floor gear drill press* Jet Howard press* Ingersol-Rand upright air compressor w/dryer, 14.9 CFM mod. 2540* electric 36” plate roller* heavy duty press* small press* 2-hyd. Electric pipe benders*

STOCK CARS 2-street stock cars*

MISCELLANEOUS

2-20’, 1/2” steel welding tables* 45’ jig table* 2-4 wheel railway carts* 4-sections 26” rollers* air compressor 5-HP* floor grinder* belt sander* cold cut saw* parts washer* 2-Stihl gas cut-off saws* Ridgid cut-off saw* 2-Kaverit 1/2-ton chain hoists* elect. 1/2-ton chain hoist w/mono rail* truck rack* 8-Sala fall arrest horizontal safety lines* 2-large tool boxes w/tools* assort. hammer drills, dies, other Specialty tools, grinders, etc.* 2-Hilti laser levels* bear straps* floor Jacks* bin new nuts & bolts* deck crimpers* loading belts & chains* assort., safety equipment, harnesses, belts, etc., 8” to 18” I-beams* 2-lots approx. 30-tons of: steel, iron, channel iron, grip strut, uni-strut, steel grading, etc.* plus other misc. items too numerous to mention.

Please visit our website www.kayesauctions.com for complete listing & pictures TERMS: Cash, Visa, Mastercard or Debit paid in Full Same Day of Sale.

SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS & DELETIONS “Everything Sold As Is, Where Is” with no warranties implied or expressed.

KAYE’S AUCTIONS (204) 668-0183 (WPG.)

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Sale Conducted by: PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD.

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

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To Numerous to list this is a large collection including: • 5ft Round B/A Sign • Approx 25 Crocks including Redwing • Selection Of Old Metal Toys • Full Size Horse Buggy • Multiple Butter Churns

Stonewall, MB - #12 Patterson Dr

(Viewing Friday, Only at 11:00 am Until 5:00 pm) (RAIN OR SHINE) (SIGN’S POSTED)

2003 Saturn GVW 27,000 lbs. tandem w/loading ramps, 16” wheels, goose neck (very good shape) Safetied* 16 ft.

Atco trailer x 8ft. Single axle*

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Wed., May 21 @ 4:00 pm

Saturday, May 31 at 11:00 AM

TRAILERS

• IH M with Loader • JD 14 T SQ Baler • Ci Swather 550 • JD 100 deep tiller 14 ft And More.....

ESTATE & MOVING

974 Selch Dr. (Industrial Park) - East Side of Beausejour, MB

CRANE

• 1949 Chevrolet 1 ton corner windows cab, pickup style box and hoist, no seized, • JD MODEL AR Tractor

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

OF J.V.S. Welding Ltd. Crane, Trucks, Shop Equipment, etc.

P.H. 22-ton crane, 80 ft. boom, cab, 4-wheel drive, crab steering, diesel, Certified w/7-Year breakdown*

D E L L E CANC Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

AUCTION SALE

1974 Kenworth tandem w/8-ton boom truck with 5th wheel (good shape) Safetied* 1987 Freightliner single, axle, Detroit 6-cy. with 5th wheel (good shape) Safetied* 2000 Ford F-350, 4x4 extended cab, gas, V-10 (runs good) Safetied*

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EVENING AUCTION FOR TERRY ESAU

UNRESERVED CLOSE-OUT

TRUCKS

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

(204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027

www.mcsherryauction.com

UNRESERVED FARM AUCTION for JimBern Farms Ltd

Sat., June. 14, 2014 at 11:00 AM Grosse Isle, MB - NE 12-13-1W

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

Directions: From Winnipeg North Perimeter Hwy, take Hwy#6 north for 11 miles. (Sale site is 1.5 miles past or north of Grosse Isle on Hwy#6) Watch for signs

Doreen Emms (Late Bert)

PLEASE VIEW OUR WEBSITE www.lamportanddowler.com FOR PHOTOS AND FULL LISTING!!!

FARM AUCTION

Sun., May 25 @ 11:00 am 2 Miles North Hwy #17

Then West 12 Miles on RD 229 then South 4 Miles on 518 Contact: (204) 278-3349 Tractors: Int 300 Utility dsl Torque Amp 3PH 540 hyd showing 3919 hrs * JD 710 dsl 3PH 540/1000 hyd * 2) Farmall Super C Narrow Frt Row Crop hyd PTO * Farmall Super C Wide Frt Row Crop hyd * Farmall A hyd PTO Pulley * MM Z Hand Clutch PTO Pulley * MM Z Equip: Land Packer 8’w 36” H * Gehl 2230 12’ Hyd Swing Hay Bine * Vicon 6 Wheel Rake * Coop 7’ Tandem Disc Notched F&B * JD #5 7’ Mower * Diamond Harrow * 3PH Bale Forks * Saw Mandrel * Yard & Rec: 14’ Fibreglass Boat, 40 HP Johnson & Trailer * Utility Trailer * Yardman 5HP Roto Tiller * Wheel Barrow * Hand Yard Tools * Tools & Misc: Chain Saw Gas & Electric * Battery Charger * Tiger Torche * Various Power & Hand Tools * Hyd Jacks * Grease Gun * Galv Tin * Lumber * Truck & Tractor Tire Chains * Tarps * 15 Rolls New Barb Wire * Baler Twine * Antiques: Horse Scraper * Steel Wheels * Pedestal RD Table * Enamel Table * Duncan Phyfe Stand * Enamel Table * Hoosier Top * RD Back Trunk * High Chair * Treadle Sewing Machine * Tobacco & Oil Cans * Sprite Garbage Cans * Wood Crate * Hand Water Pump * Metal Butterchurn * Cream Cans * 8 Place Setting * Enamelware * Radios * Tonka Toys * License Plates * Saw * Implement Manuals * Cow Bells * Household: 2) Wood Heaters * Various Household Items *

Featured items: • 2003 New Holland CX840 Combine c/w 76c pickup, 12,000 lb axle, 2641 engine hours, 2107 separator hrs (premium unit, one owner, bought new) • 2004 Honeybee 94c straight cut header 36 ft • 1977 John Deere 8430 4wd tractor 6132 hrs. • Case Cruise air Drott 40 Rubber tire, 2 buckets and finger • and MUCH MORE well maintained equipment!

www.lamportanddowler.com John Lamport 204-476-2067 Tim Dowler 204-803-6915

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(204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027

www.mcsherryauction.com Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

FARM AUCTION Doug & Barb Juenke

Sat., May 24 @ 10:00 am

SATURDAY, MAY 24 2014

320 9TH STREET, MORDEN, MB

Gunton, MB - 1 Mile South on Hwy #7 Then 8 miles West on RD 88 then1 1/4 Mile North on RD 1 Well Kept ITEMS ! Contact: (204) 461-0238

Tractors: 2012 Kubota M135X, MFWA Cab P Shift w/ Left Hand Rev 3PH 540/1000 Triple hyd w/ Kubota M50 FEL 1750 hrs * 2000 Belarus 5490 MFWA Cab HL Range 3PH 540/1000 Triple Hyd w/ Quicke 415 FEL 3940 hrs * Case DB 990 HL 3PH 540/1000 Dual Hyd w Allied 660 FEL * Haying Equip: 2 NH 1431 13’ Disc Bine * 02 NH 688 Auto Wrap RD Baler * Hay Saver 12 Wheel V Hay Rake * PTO Drive Seed Broadcaster * 4 Wheel 16’ Hay Trailer * 3PH Bale Spears * Tillage: Allied 3PH 7’ Snowblower * Rockomatic TM 20 Rock Rake * Rockomatic 57 High Lift Rock Picker * Int 51 10’ Offset Disc * Int 490 24’ Tandem Disc * Coop 806 18’ Deep Tiller * Ford 131 10’ Deep Tiller * Farm King 45’ Hyd Diamond Harrows * Livestock Equip: 2013 Highline Bale Processor CFR 650 R Hand W/ Auto Gate & Twine Cutter * 07 Exiss Fifth Wheel Al 24” Tandem Stock Trailer * New Idea 3638 Tandem Manure Spreader * NorthStar Squeeze Chute w/ Palp * 2) Alleys * Northstar Tub * Pearson Squeeze Chute * Lewis Oilers * 25) Self Standing Fence Panels * 30) 10’, 12’ Corral Panels * 3) 25’ Wind Break Panels * 8) RD Bale Feeders * Wood Self Feeder * 2) 16’ Calf Shelters * Calf Hot Box * Water Troughs * 500 gal Steel Water Trough * 3) Battery 3) Elec Fences * Wire & Insulators * Posts * Vehicles & Yard: 02 Dodge 2500 Cummings dsl 4x4 Ext Cab Sft * 92 Dodge 250 dsl * 02 Polaris 325cc 4x4 Quad * MFC 90cc Quad * 93 AC Puma 340 cc * Cub Cadet 1180 18 HP 46” R Mower * Rear Tine Tiller * Yard Items * Misc & Tools: 48’ Container * Graffel * Manure Forks for FEL * Wood Splitter * 2011 Westeel 2273 Litre Fuel Tank w/ Pump * Pressure Washer * Gas 2” Water Pump * Metal Band Saw * Welder * Drill Press * Air Comp * Power Tools * Hand Tools * Some Household & Antiques *

(204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027

www.mcsherryauction.com

• 2000 Buick, 108,000 km sells • 2003 Chevy Sonoma, 30,000 km • 1988 Dodge 1/2 ton, very good, 6 guns etc.

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

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FARM AUCTION FOR JOHN & JAN REMPEL SATURDAY, MAY 31, 10 AM ELM CREEK, MB Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433 • 1992 JD 8560 tractor, 225 hp, 6893 hrs, 12 speed syncro, 20.8 X 38R tires, JD Universal Auto Steer, tractor purchased new • 1990 JD 9600 combine, 5108 engine hrs, 3723 separator hrs, 914 PU head, 30.5 X 32 rice tires, 2 spd cyl • Fine cut 2 spd chopper, chaff spreader, hopper topper, auto pick-up and reel spd, auto hdr ht control, 110 hrs, after full “Green Light Service” ($14,000) • 2001 Air seeder JD1810 cultivator, 31’ 10” spacing, 750 lb trip, JD 1900 Air Cart,195 bus, purchased new • 2003 IH 9400 truck, 6 X 4, 10 spd trans, Cummins ISM 370/410 hp, 58” X 20’ Cancade Box, 481,045 kms, pintle hitch with air ride • 1979 GMC C70, 366 eng, 5 X 4 trans, 54” X 19’ box 79,308 kms • 1994 Premier 2900 30’ swather, 2485 hrs, 960 MacDon head • 2003 JD 630F flex head, pick up reel, fore and aft reel • 1996 Flexicoil 65 x 80’ sprayer, auto rate control, wind screens, 3 way nozzles

2 MILES EAST OF ELM CREEK, MB ON ROAD 46N. WATCH FOR SIGNS AUCTION DAY

• 3 – 1500 bus Behlen bins • 3 – 3300 bus Behlen bins with full-floor aeration, fans and unload augers • 2 – 2400 bus Load-King hopper bins • 1 – 2500 bus Butler bin on hopper aeration tube • 2 – 5300 bus Meridian 1820 hopper bins with aeration tube • 1 – 5300 bus Meridian 1860 hopper bin.

24” 3hp aeration fan Owners 204-436-2322

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

UPCOMING AUCTION AG EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENT AUCTION SATURDAY MAY 24TH 10:00 AM Live Internet Bidding Location: 218 Brandt St. Steinbach, MB

FEATURING:

*Gable Truss 40X60X21 & Canvas Buildings Various Sizes *New Skid Steer Attachments (Stump Grinder, Forks, Grapples, Buckets, Augers, Hitch Plates) *4430 John Deere Tractor w/ cab & Loader *Model “M” McCormick Tractor w/ Loader, *AR John Deere Tractor*499 New Holland & 514 New Idea Mower Conditioners *3 Point Equipment *New Holland BR740 Round Baler w/ Bale Slice & Xtra Sweep *New Idea 486 Round Baler*2009 Horst 55ft Round Bale Trailer*Selection Tillage Equipment*Cub Cadet Zero Turn Mowers *Kubota Law Tractors 48” & 42” Decks*Cub Cadet Lawn Tractors 17HP & 22HP 54in Decks *Ford Lawn Tractor w/ Mower & Tiller*New Farm Supplies Including Farm Fence, Gates, Panels, Squeeze Chute *TRUCKS Including 2004 Ford F350 Lariat Crew Cab, Diesel Plus Much More!!

THIS FULL LISTING & LIVE INTERNET BIDDING AT www.pennerauctions.com

PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD. 218 Brandt Street Steinbach, MB Ph: 204.326.3061 Fax: 204.326.3061 Toll Free: 1-866-512-8992 www.pennerauctions.com

Sale Conducted by: PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD.

RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION GARRY & BONNIE PALMER

See our website: www.billklassen.com for complete listing or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS

SATURDAY, MAY 17, 10 AM

FROM HWY. #59 AT ROSEAU RIVER TAKE ROAD #12 WEST FOR 6 1/2 MILES

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

ESTATE FARM AUCTION FOR THE LATE RUDOLF SELLGE SATURDAY JUNE 7TH 10:00 AM

2 Locations: Site 1: From Arnaud, MB 3 miles south on 16E then 1/2 mile east.

Site 2: From Grunthal, MB 3km north on 216, then 4km west on hwy #205. Marker 23091.

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• 1978 Case 2090 diesel standard shift, 18,4x38, dual hyd.

• 1991 Ford 6610 diesel, FWA, with 3 pth, Aillied 694 loader • 1966 Case 530 gas, Power steering with case Front end loader, 3 pth, pto • John Deere 385 Round baler

• • • •

New Holland 1457 Mower conditioner 16 ft John Deere 640 side Delivery rake John Deere #39 sickle mower, needs pto shaft Two John Deere 953 Trailers 4 wheel with 8x16 ft Decks • New Holland model 1044 small sq., Bale picker, consigned neighbor Carl Mueller See our Spring 2014 Catalog for more detailed listing. Owners 204-427-2003

MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a farm equipment auction for Adeline Senft & the Estate of Elmer Senft Sat., June 14th, 2014 at 10:00am. Directions from Lemberg, SK go 2-mi West on Hwy 22 & 4-mi South on Mile 19 road. Live internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com Case IH MX 200 FWA tractor w/2,923-hrs; Valtra 900 FWA tractor 1,070-hrs w/Buhler 2595 FEL & 3-PTH; MF 90 2WD tractor w/front mount snow blower; MM G tractor; McCormick Deering steel wheel tractor for restoration; 2002 Dodge 4WD 1500 truck w/leather interior; 1967 GMC 950 grain truck w/wood box; 1965 Chev C 60 grain truck; 1984 Ford F150 4WD truck; 1993 Plymouth Voyager minivan; Morris 14-ft. TD 81 tandem offset disc; Morris Magnum II CP 731 cultivator; 30-ft. Morris M-10 press drills; 50-ft. Flexi Coil tine harrows; Rockomatic 546 rock picker; Degelman 14-ft. rock rake; Jeffery 3-PTH cultivator; 20-ft.

Vers 400 SP swather; Co-op 9600 PT combine; 3, Twister 2, 750-bu grain bins; 2, Westeel 1,650-bu grain bins; Farm King 8-46 PTO auger; 100-bu hopper wagon; King Kutter 3-PTH mower; Snow Cruiser snow machine; Kohler auger engine; 2200 PSI gas powered pressure washer; 100-gal slip tank & pump; Craftsman lawn tractor; Farm King roller mil; Canada Machinery Ltd. 12-in. swing 5-ft. bed lathe; Canada Machinery Ltd. Shaper, milling machine; Omni band saw; HD shop built hyd press; Goodwill drill press; Marquette welder; McClarey wood stove; collectable & household 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

See our website: www.billklassen.com for complete listing or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

FEATURING:

Partial List for Site 1: Very Few Small Items site 1 will be donebefore 12-Noon.

• New Holland TR95 Diesel Combine • Massey Ferguson 1100 Diesel Tractor • IHC 4000 Windrower • 18ft 4400 Versatile Hydro Swather •Magirus-Deutz 6 Wheel Drive Military Type Truck w/ Grainmaster B&H • Daimler Benz 4 Wheel Drive Truck w/ Dump Box • Large Industrial Metal Lathe(dominion Auto Drive, The Hamilton Machine Tool Co) • Westfield Transfer Auger • W80-51 Westfield Auger, PTO Drive • 3 Furrow 3 PTH Plow • 7”X51” Auger, Gas Mower (electric start)

• Newer 80in Buhler #8 3 pth Angle Blade • Shop Tools: (Drill Press, Welders, Large Compressor, Floor Jacks) Partial List for Site 2: Starts at 1:00 PM • 3366 Massey Ferguson Track Loader Crawler • 1976 800 Versatile 4WD Tractor 7551 Hours • 18ft Car Hauler Trailer w/ Steel Ramps • 96in Allied Double Auger Snowblower • Deutz Diesel Tractor w/ Cab, FWA, 3 PTH • 10ft 247 Cochsutt Deep Tiller • Heid Large Industrial Metal Lathe • Extensive List Of Good Shop Tools • Newer Husqvarna Lawn Tractor • Newer Ariens Walk Behind Snowblower • Stihl Chains Saws

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THIS FULL LISTING AT www.pennerauctions.com

PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD. 218 Brandt Street Steinbach, MB Ph: 204.326.3061 Fax: 204.326.3061 Toll Free: 1-866-512-8992 www.pennerauctions.com

Sale Conducted by: PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD.

RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION FOR JERRY & ANN BUTLER THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 10 AM ELM CREEK, MB

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433 Tractors • 1995 Case IH Steiger 9280 4x4 with original 20.8 x 42 triples, 12 speed standard trans, 4 hyd, remotes, 4880 hrs, serial #34554 • White 8410 Mfwd tractor, 3 pth, triple hyd, quickie loader, with Grapple, 6290 hrs • Antique WD Allis Chalmers running tractor • NOTE: Trimble auto steer unit has been used with swather, and 9280 so will sell separate after power units have been sold Trucks • 1983 Ford 9000, Cummins, 15 speed, spring suspension, 20 ft unibody grain box • 1995 IHC Tandem M11 Cummins, 10 speed, w/19 ft Midland unibody grain box and hoist • 1972 IHC Fleet star, tandem with 671 Detroit Diesel, 13 speed, newer, 20 ft Midland unibody grain body with Head lift hoist • 1977 Dodge Power Wagon 4x4 300 ton, V8 4 speed, with service deck • 1979 IH 1900 tandem 5 speed automatic, current water truck with two 1200 gal tanks pump, chem. Handler • 1884 Ford Truck Combines & Harvesting • Shulte 10 ft wing batt Rotary mower, real good • Vertec model 5 teir Grain dryer 220 single phase electric, also load auger • 2001 Massey Ferguson model 220 xl swather 30’ head with pickup reel, 1136 hrs, serial #HK70111 • Massey Ferguson Model 8680 Conventional combine, swath master pickup, 1374 separator hrs, serial # 65137 • Gleaner model R 72 Combine, with swath master pickup on universal head, 30.5 x 32 tires, 1800 separator hrs • CIH Model 730 pto swather • 10 ft tapered swath roller • Gleaner combine heads = 27 ft Ridged batt reel.

Two 8 row corn heads 30 and 36 in, will fit N6,N 7, etc • Morris 750 Grain cart pto or hyd drive • Rotary screener • Conveyair model 3000 Grain vac • Farm King 13’’ x 70 grain auger • Westfield 7 x 41’ woith electric motor • Sakundiak 8’’ x 1400 auger • Westfield 10’’ x 51 pto auger Seed & Tillage: • Sunflower 40 Tandem Disc, newer, blades • John Deere 7200 Maximerge 2 row crop planter 12

DUE TO BRIDGE CLOSED NEW DIRECTIONS  FROM ELM CREEK MANITOBA, 2 MILES WEST ON #2 THEN 4 MILES NORTH ON BUTLER ROAD AND 3/4 MILES WEST. COMING FROM NORTH ON #13 TURN WEST ON MILE #52 THEN SOUTH ON BUTLER. SIGNS UP AUCTION DAY

row 30 in dry fertilizer,insecticide • Two sets seeding cups, end transport • 47 ft Concord 4710 air seeder tool, single chute, 10 in space, complete with concord 3400 air seeder cart • Flexicoil 40 ft packers • Morris 3 units M11 Press Drill seeder. Total 30 ft unit • New noble 8000 Deep Tiller 41 ft with mulchers & NH3 Kit • IHC Model 645 vibra chisel 50 ft, cultivator with mulchers • Power matic 110 ft Diamond harrow autofold bar • Tormaster 130 ft Diamond Harrows, auto fold • Row crop cultivators 3 pth, rolling 12 row x 30’’ and IH Model 1830, 12 row x 30 ‘’ • JD 6 X 16’’ kick back plow • Farm King 80 ft 5 bar Tine harrows • 28 ft Crow foot packer Misc Farm/Yard • Crop Dividers off Hi Clearance sprayer • 5 ton Mobility fertilzer spreader • Douglas 5 ft rotary tiller • 6ft Graham deep tiller • Smaller 3 pth spot sprayer • 1000 gal us tank on cradle • 2400 gal low profile fuel tank • 3 Welded metal industries 50 ton hopper bins, a mile from farm will sell by photo • FM TWO RADIOS with base and 6 older GE UNITS • 31/2 ‘’ grain moisture tester • 3pth Lily Rake • Allis quick hitch 6 ft cultivator will fit WD etc Owners 204-436-2218

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MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a large auction for the Estate of Calvin Avery Sun., June 8th, 2014 @ 10:00am. Directions from Stoughton, SK 1-mi West on Hwy 13 & 1/2-mi North. Watch for Signs!

Live internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com Real Estate: SW 28-08-08-W2 RM of Tecumseh #65; 138+/- Acs, 3-bdrm, 1,990-sq.ft. Bungalow, Double Attached Garage, 50x54 Storage Shed, Garden Shed, Fenced Pasture, Dugout, 2013 Taxes $1,910 Oil Surface Lease Revenue of $12,900 per annum; Real Estate: Also selling a house at 120 Government Rd, Stoughton, SK. 900-sq.ft. Home, Handyman Special, Great Starter or Revenue Home, Interior Is Stripped To Bare Studs, 45x130-ft. Lot Size, 2013 Taxes $1,271.82; NH T7030 FWA tractor w/front & rear PTO & 3-PTH & 1,210-hrs; NH TM175 FWA tractor w/front & rear PTO & 3-PTH w/1,465-hrs; Kubota L4630 FWA tractor w/Kubota LA853 FEL & 3-PTH showing 215-hrs; JD 8450 4WD tractor & JD 12-ft. dozer blade w/8,430-hrs; 15-ft. Schulte XH-1500 Series 3 rotary mower; Schulte SDX 110 3-PTH snow blower w/double auger; Schulte RDX 960 snow blower single auger; unused Normand 3-PTH snow blower double auger; NH zero turn mower; JD 322 lawn tractor w/mower & tiller; Kubota 3-PTH rototiller; Kubota 3-PTH ballast box; Mighty Mac 3-PTH wood chipper; Farm King 3-PTH wood chipper; Farm King 3-PTH finishing mower, unused 3-PTH cement mixer; 3-PTH angle blade; 20-ft. 2006 Lund 2000 Fisherman Boat w/5.0L Merc Inboard & 9.9-HP trolling motor; 2001 Yellow Dodge Viper sports car w/46,000-mi; 2009 Harley Davidson black Ultra Classic w/Screaming Eagle 110 Big Bore showing 72,690-mi; 2009 Harley Davidson red Road King w/4,550-km; 2009 Roadstar motorcycle trailer; 2007 blue Harley Davidson Ultra Classic disassembled SGI total loss w/many new parts; 2009 Ski Doo MXZ Renegade 800R E-TEC w/2,055-mi; 2009 Ski Doo MXZ Renegade Rotax 800R w/1,443-km; 2011 Polaris Ranger RZR 800 EFI side by side quad; 2012 gas Yamaha golf cart w/lift kit & custom wheels; 1982 Yamaha street bike; 2009 Landmark 35-ft. 5th wheel camper w/3 slides & rear living room fireplace; 29-ft. 2005 Keystone Challenger 5th wheel camper w/2 slides; 2011 Chev Camaro LS Coupe 6-SPD w/11,320-km; 2011 Chev Silverado black Duramax crew cab w/113,168-km; 2007 GMC Sierra 3500 1-Ton dually Duramax w/leather & air safe 25K 5th wheel hitch showing 96,650-km; 2007 Chev 2500 crew cab Duramax DSL w/leather & GFX package; 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 crew cab 5.7 hemi w/139,810-km; 2005 Dodge Ram 4WD 2500 quad w/5.9L Cummins; 2009 Dodge 1500 crew cab w/5.7L Hemi; 2005 Dodge Ram Cummins 5.9 2500 Quad Cab; 1997 GMC 1500 regular Cab 4WD; 2013 American Hauler 22-ft. V nose snow trailer w/front & rear ramps; 2013 Triton aluminum single axle utility trailer w/ramp; 2012 Par Carr golf cart trailer; 20-ft. 2008 Demby tandem bumper pull w/beaver tail & ramps; 2007 H&H 14-ft. V nose car-go trailer; 2006 Trailtech 20-ft. tandem axle bumper pull flat deck trailer; 2005 30-ft. Trailtech 5th Wheel triple axle trailer; 2005 Trailtech Dump box trailer w/electric hyd dump; brand new Bend Pac auto hoist; Snap On tire changer; Snap On tire changer; Snap On tire balancer; Hotsy steam cleaner; portable gas powered air compressor; Honda GX270 pressure washer; Craftsman mechanics chest; upright air compressor; numerous hand tools; motorcycle lift; new Home & Garden spas 6 person hot tub, new Kenmore SS kitchen appliances. 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 We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today. We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800-782-0794.

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MACK AUCTION CO. presents a very large multi farm Equipment-RV-Vehicle Auction Sat., June 21st, 2014 at the Estevan Motor Speedway @ 9:00am. Consign your items now by calling (306)421-2097 or email info@mackauctioncompany.com NH 9030 Bidirectional tractor w/NH 7414 FEL; JD 4555 2WD tractor w/duals & 5,300-hours; JD 2550 2WD tractor w/JD 245 FEL & 3-PTH; IH 5288 2WD tractor w/duals; Case 970 tractor w/FEL; Co-op Implements 810 2WD tractor; IH 684 DSL 2WD w/Leon 636 FEL; JD 318 garden tractor w/mower & rototiller; JD 316 garden tractor; JD Sabre garden tractor rear bagger; Case 446 garden tractor; Craftsman garden tractor w/blower; Deutz Allis 5220 FWA tractor w/21-HP engine & 3-PTH; 1985 Mack tandem axle gravel truck; 2003 Sierra 1500 extended cab truck 4WD w/134,167-kms; 2001 Chev 2500 HD regular cab 4WD Duramax DSL; 1988 Chev 1500 regular cab PU; 1980 GMC 7000 single axle grain truck w/15-ft. silage box; 1977 Chev C-60 grain truck w/30,500-kms; 1976 GMC 3-Ton grain truck; 1983 20-ft. Keen aluminum gooseneck stock trailer; Lift Off stock trailer w/8 bale lift off bale rack; 2010 Teagle Tomahawk 8080WB straw/feed chopper; 2004 NH BR780 round baler; NH 660 round baler; NH 1475 16-ft. haybine; NH 900 forage harvester w/metal detector; NH 1033 bale wagon; NH 311 square baler; Jiffy Blow Deck silage blower w/live floor; Green Belt silage feed wagon; high dump silage wagon; IH forage blower; Jiffy silage feed wagon; 30-ft. HD corral panels; 8-ft. & 10-ft. corral panels; round bale scale; grain troughs; Farm King 12-in. roller mill; calf tip table; Lift Off bale self-unloading carrier; 80-bu hopper wagon; Sovema 12 wheel hay rake; Summers 50-ft. heavy harrows w/2055 Valmar; Noble 15-ft. 1409 tandem disc; 20-ft. tandem disc; MF 360 18-ft. discer; Haybuster rock picker; 3-PTH fertilizer spreader; Degelman hyd rock picker; granular chemical hopper transfer; Vers 10-61 swing auger; Westfield 10-60 swing auger; Sakundiak 7-140 auger; hyd transfer auger; 50 KVAPTO generator; Farm King 7-ft. snow blower; MTD 45-in. walk be-hind snow blower; 3, 36in. cement power trowels; gas powered jack hammer; gas powered jacks; plate tampers; tree chipper; gas powered post hole; auger; 3-in. water pump w/gas engine; Kubota 2200W generator; construction heaters; stipple ma-chine; lumber planer; insulation blower; tree chipper; rototillers & garden power tools; cement mixers; lawn power rake; cement mixers; concrete viabrators; 3-Ton truck box trailer; Leon FEL; 1,250gal poly water tank; Poly water tank 1/2-Ton size; natural gas furnace for shop; 2007 Polaris Ranger 500 UTV; 1995 Trav L Mate 24-ft. travel trailer bunk model; 1988 Honda Goldwing motorcycle; Harley Davidson golf cart; antique gravity gas bowser pump; wooden garden sheds. Visit www.mackauc-tioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter (306)4212928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962.

MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a farm & livestock equipment auction for Elmer Aichele (306)744-2721 Fri., June 13th, 2014 @ 10:00am.

Directions from Saltcoats, SK. 7-mi East on #725 grid, 1-mi South & 1/4-mi East. Vers 835 4WD tractor; JD 4240 2WD tractor; AC XT 190 2WD tractor; JD 4020 tractor; JD 3020 tractor; Caterpillar D-4 crawler tractor w/dozer; Caterpillar D-4 crawler tractor for parts; AC XT 190 tractor for parts; 1996 JD 9600 SP combine w/2215 sep hrs & JD 914 PU header; Gleaner M DSL combine w/3,391-hrs; 1988 CCIL 722 SP DSL 26-ft. swather; Farm King 10-50 swing auger; NH 116 haybine; Vermeer 605 round baler; NH 351 mix mill; JD 11 mower; JD 14T square baler; JD 5 wheel rake; NH square bale thrower; Brandt 7-35 auger w/Kohler engine & mover; Speed King 6-33 auger; shop built hopper box & trailer; JD D 1527 unstyled on steel; JD D styled; JD styled spoke rims; JD AR styled & overhauled; JD AR; JD #12 combine motor; JD feed cutter; Allis B w/3-PTH; Allis B & Bell mower; Allis CA restored; Allis WF w/dozer; Allis WF; Allis WD tricycle; Allis WD for parts; Allis WD45 w/dozer; Allis WD45 w/Allis 2-PTH plow; Allis WD 45; Allis D17 & loader; Allis PTO row crop combine; Allis B motor & welder on trailer; Allis 2-PTH 10-ft. cultivator; 1953 Ford Golden Jubilee; Ford 2 N; Fordson tractor on steel wheels; Case S tractor; McCormick WD-6 DSL w/factory cab; Massey 44; IHC SWD6 DSL; SW6 parts tractor; McCormick A; McCormick 10-ft. PWR binder; McCormick threshing machine; 1981 Ford F700 grain truck w/Cancade box; 1973 IHC 1700 grain truck; Ford F500 grain truck; 1986 GMC 1500 truck; 1975 Chev PU; 1953 Fargo one tone step side; Older Pus for parts; IHC hay rakes; tandem axle manure spreader; Killbury mount post pounder; tandem axle bumper pull stock trailer; various size corral panels; Lewis cattle oiler; round bale feeders; Pool head gate; new fence posts; new 15in. saddle; saddles bridles & harness; 37-ft. Morris L233 Challenger cultivator; Morris 36 & 48-ft. rod weeders; 24-ft. Morris Challenger cultivator; Melcam 27-ft. cultivator; 500-gal TBH liquid fertilizer tank; Massey 14-ft. tandem disc; computer sprayer; Vers 56-ft. sprayer; Flexi Coil 60-ft. tine harrows; Degelman 3 batt rock picker; Melcam 10-ft. cultivator; 12-ft.

Ford cultivator; JD 3 bottom plow; 8-ft. Minneapolis one way plow; 3-PTH equip consists of Inland 6-ft. snow blower; 5-ft. finishing mower; post hole auger; bale spear; 2 wheel swath turner; JD 6-ft. finishing mower; IHC 15-ft. cultivator; shop built tandem axle gooseneck trailer; shop built dolly con-vertor; Leon FEL for 4020 JD, banjo pumps; 1,250-gal water tanks; JD 316 lawn tractor w/tiller; MTD riding lawn tractor; Westward yard sprayer; Honda Foreman 450 quad; Honda 650 motorcycle; Anchor 14-ft. boat w/40-HP gale motor & trailer; double wide snow machine trailer; complete selection of shop tools; various antique items & hidden treasures! 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

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AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions

FARM MACHINERY FARM MACHINERY Fertilizer Equipment

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.

(1)16-FT TANDEM BEAVER tail, 3,500-lb trailer, Retail $3,620, Special, $3,140; New 20HWP Honda GX620, loaded, Retail $2,390, Special $1,840; New 13HWP GX390, rope start, Retail $1,359, Special $810; New 24HWP Honda GX690, electric, Retail $2,764, Special $2,175; New Black Equinox liquid tank 1,250-G, Retail $492, Special $410; New Yellow HD 1,250-G tank, Retail $840, Special $590 OBO; New Equinox CSA certified holding septic tanks, 1,150-G, Retail $2,020, Special, $2,680; Can Deliver. For sizes & options, please phone. New Saga 50cc scooter for sale, Retail $2,490, Special $1,830; A&T Sales:(204)822-1354 Cell: (204)823-1559.

CUSTOM BIN MOVING Book now! Fert Tanks.

Hopper Bins/flat. Buy/Sell. Call Tim (204)362-7103 or E-mail Requests binmovers@hotmail.com

Do you want to target Manitoba farmers? Place your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator. Manitoba’s bestread farm publication.

GRAIN BINS WANTED: 1000 or 2000-bushel hopper bottom bin. Also Wanted: 1680 Case combine for parts. Phone (204)636-2637.

1, 67-FT. PT SPRAYER; 1, 24-ft. PT swather. Both in good operating condition, always shedded. Norman Dashevsky Brunkild (604)428-4970 long distance call, e-mail ndayy@yahoo.com

FERTILIZER SPREADERS 4-8-TON: 4T Tyler stainless, $4000; 5T Tyler Stainless, $4500; 6T Simonsen, $6000; 8T Willmar, $7000; 8T Willmar 65-ft spread, $8500. (204)857-8403. www.zettler-armequipment.com

FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a farm & livestock equip auction for Dayle & Lana Chuckry (306)861-6133 or (306)861-5171 Mon., June 16th, 2014 @ 10:00am. Directions from Weyburn, SK @ Junction Hwy 13 & Hwy 39 go 5-km Northwest & 1-km West. Watch for signs! Live internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com 2007 Case IH Puma 125 FWA tractor w/Case IH L760 FEL & 3PTH w/3,650-hrs; 2007 MF 5455 FWA tractor w/MF DL 289 FEL bucket & grapple plus 3PTH w/2,900-hrs; Case IH 7110 2WD tractor w/dual PTO & 2,588-hrs; 2012 16-ft. Hesston MF 1375 Disc Bine w/steel crimpers; Hesston 956A round baler net & twine wrap; 2010 NH BR7090 net wrap round baler w/inoculant liquid applicator & moisture tester; 16-ft. JD 1600A mower conditioner haybine w/rubber crimper; 2012 Kuhn SR 112-SPD V hay rake; 2010 Kuhn GA 4120 TH trailed gyrorake; Highline Bale Pro 7000HD bale processor; Easyway 85-bu creep feeder portable tin clad calf shelters; JD 346 square baler; NH 1034 bale wagon single bale unload; 2005 GMC Duramax 4WD 3500 1-Ton dually extended cab w/5-SPD; 2003 Southland gooseneck 7x20 stock trailer; 30-ft. 2005 Trailtech gooseneck flat deck trailer w/beaver tail & ramps; 25-ft. Westward 7000 SP swather w/674-hrs (Jerry Trobert (306)861-0638) 1987 JD 318 garden tractor w/PTO & 3PTH rototiller; 1992 F250 XLT Ford F250 DSL PU (Johnstone (306)861-6281) 1987 GMC Wrangler 2WD PU w/V6 (Johnstone (306)861-6281) 1978 IH Loadstar 3-Ton grain truck (Al Watson Estate); JD 1610 31-ft. seeding tool & Harmaon 1830 air cart (Al Watson Estate); JD 610 DT cultivator w/Degelman harrows (Al Watson Estate); Flexi Coil tyne harrow bar (Al Watson Estate); Kirchner V Ditcher (Al Watson Estate); 2 MF 360 discers; Sakundiak 7-33 grain auger w/Honda engine (Al Watson Estate); Brandt 7-40 auger (Johnstone); Allied 7-40 auger Bush Hog 5-ft. gyro mower; 3, 1650 & 2, 2,750-bu grain bins on cement (Johnstone) 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

MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a farm & livestock equip auction for Maple Wind Farms Ltd. Ron Jacobs & late Elsie Jacobs Sat., June 7th, 2014 10:00am. Directions from Stoughton, SK 4-mi South on Hwy 47, 2-mi East, 1/2-mi South, 1/2-mi East. Watch for signs! Live internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com JD 4840 2WD tractor; JD 4640 2WD tractor; JD 4020 w/Ezee On FEL; JD 4010 2WD tractor; JD 9600 SP combine w/JD 212 PU header & 2,899 sep hrs; JD 7721 PT combine; 27ft. Co-op 722 SP DSL swather w/UII PU header; 30-ft. Premier Macdon 1900 PT swather; 16-ft. JD 1600A mower conditioner; Case IH 8460 round baler; Wheatheart hyd post hole auger; Ezee On trailer type post pounder; hyd wire roller; 100-bu poly feed bin; hyd tip hoof trimming chute; quantity of panels, gates, & bale feeders; Texas gates; rolls of barb wire, fence post & power poles; livestock show display & tack box; Circuiteer II blower; ABS nitrogen tank; 24-ft. 2008 Blue Hills gooseneck flat deck trailer w/7,000-lbs axles; 1989 GMC 4WD 2500 regular cab truck w/6.2 DSL; 1976 GMC 6500 grain truck w/39,765-km; 1972 Ford 500 grain truck w/wood box & hoist; 1983 Buick LaSabre Ltd. 4 door car; Chev 30 1-Ton truck w/steel box & hoist; 35-ft. JD seeding tool & JD 787 air tank w/Dutch on row packers; JD 1610 cultivator w/Valmar 1620 granular applicator; 28-ft. JD 360 tandem disc; Morris 70-ft. tine harrows; diamond harrow drawbar; 80ft. Bourgault 1450 PT field sprayer; Sakundiak 8-60 PTO auger; Sakundiak 8-47 PTO auger; hyd transfer auger; Pool 5-HP aeration fan; JD Star Fire ITC; JD auto trac Universal steering kit; Crown 10-ft. land leveller; JD GX 75 lawn tractor; JD GX 85 lawn tractor; AG Fab utility garden tractor; Ag Fab utility garden cart; 1,000-gal water tank & trailer; Honda 90 ATC, electric & gas powered cement trowels; cement mixer; B-Lifters pallet jack, 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

AUTO & TRANSPORT

FARMING IS ENOUGH OF A GAMBLE...

AUTO & TRANSPORT Auto & Truck Parts GREAT PRICES ON NEW, used & remanufactured engines, parts & accessories for diesel pickups.

Large inventory, engines can be shipped or installed. Give us a call or check us out at www.thickettenginerebuilding.ca Thickett Engine Rebuilding.

Ph (204)532-2187, Russell MB.

AUTO & TRANSPORT Autos

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2009 MONTANA SV6 SPORT wagon, 7 passenger quad seats, A/C, speed control, stereo disc wire, tilt steering wheel, alloy wheels, power driver seat, 3900 V6 engine, 44,000-kms, excellent condition.

Price:$15,000 OBO. Phone:(204)697-9398.

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.

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

PRICE TO CLEAR!!

75 truckloads 29 gauge full hard 100,000PSI high tensile roofing & siding. 16 colours to choose from.

B-Gr. coloured......................70¢/ft.2

Multi-coloured millends.........49¢/ft.2

Ask about our blowout colours...65¢/ft.2 Also in stock low rib white 29 ga. ideal for archrib buildings BEAT THE PRICE INCREASES CALL NOW

FOUILLARD STEEL SUPPLIES LTD. ST. LAZARE, MB. 1-800-510-3303

BUILDINGS AFAB INDUSTRIES IS YOUR SUPERIOR post frame building company. For estimates and information call 1-888-816-AFAB(2322).

Website: www.postframebuilding.com CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in place & finish of concrete floors. Can accommodate any floor design. References available. Alexander, MB. 204-752-2069.

2010 FORD F150 XLT Supercrew, 4WD, Silver, Box liner, box cover, 96,788-km, beautiful shape, Safetied, SN 1FTFW1EV7A00840, Asking $21,900.

Open to offers. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

FARM MACHINERY Grain Vacuums CURT’S GRAIN VAC SERVICES, parts & repair for all makes & models. Craik SK, (306)734-2228.

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.

Harvest Salvage Co. Ltd. 1-866-729-9876 5150 Richmond Ave. East BRANDON, MB. www.harvestsalvage.ca New, Used & Re-man. Parts

Tractors Combines Swathers The Real Used FaRm PaRTs sUPeRsToRe Over 2700 Units for Salvage • TRACTORS • COMBINES • SWATHERS • DISCERS Call Joe, leN oR daRWIN (306) 946-2222 monday-Friday - 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

WATROUS SALVAGE WaTRoUs, sK. Fax: 306-946-2444

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AUTO & TRANSPORT Trucks

“For All Your Farm Parts”

www.fyfeparts.com • FARM • STORAGE SHEDS • COMMERCIAL • FOUNDATIONS | FLOORS • WORK SHOPS

From The Ground Up BUSINESS SERVICES

FRIDAY, MAY 30 | 10AM MDT

Location: 11961 41st St SW, South Heart, ND. From I-94 Exit 51 (South Heart, ND), 2 miles south into South Heart, ND, cross tracks, turn left 1 mile, 3 miles south, 3/8 mile east.

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Almost all equipment was purchased new and has been shedded. Major equipment begins selling at 11:30AM MDT. Live online bidding available on major equipment. Registration, terms, & details at SteffesGroup.com.

TRACTORS, LOADERS, & LOADER ATTACHMENTS HARVEST EQUIPMENT / SWATHER & HEADS TILLAGE EQUIPMENT / TRUCKS, PICKUP, & TRAILER / SPRAYERS / HAY EQUIPMENT LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT / HAY / HOPPER BIN & GRAIN HANDLING EQUIP. / BLADES & SCRAPERS MOWERS / OTHER EQUIP. / SHOP EQUIP. RegistRation, t eRms, P hotos, & D etails

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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. Canadian buyers need a bank letter of credit to facilitate border transfer.

KEN & NOREEN KUDRNA 701.290.9566

Steffes Group, Inc., 2000 Main Ave E, West Fargo, ND 58078 Brad Olstad ND319, Scott Steffes ND81, Bob Steffes ND82, Ashley Huhn ND843, Eric Gabrielson ND890, Randy Kath ND894

701.237.9173 | SteffesGroup.com

BUSINESS SERVICES Crop Consulting

FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS We also specialize in: Crop Insurance appeals; Chemical drift; Residual herbicide; Custom operator issues; Equipment malfunction; Yield comparisons, Plus Private Investigations of any nature. With our assistance the majority of our clients have received compensation previously denied. Back-Track Investigations investigates, documents your loss and assists in settling your claim.

Licensed Agrologist on Staff.

For more information Please call 1-866-882-4779

CONTRACTING CONTRACTING Custom Work CORRAL CLEANING AVAILABLE W/VERTICAL beater spreaders. Phone (204)827-2629 (204)526-7139.

BUILDINGS

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

NEW WOBBLE BOXES for JD, IH, MacDon headers. Made in Europe, factory quality. Get it direct from Western Canada’s sole distributor starting at $1,095. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS NEW COMBINE PARTS Large Inventory of new and remanufactured parts

STEINBACH, MB. Ph. 326-2443 Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727 Fax (204) 326-5878 Web site: farmparts.ca E-mail: roy@farmparts.ca BUILDINGS

2011 8100 HIGHLINE BALE processor w/chopper, grain tank, large tires, $17,500; Westfield 8x50 swing auger, $2500; Brandt 7x28 auger w/bin sweep, $1,300.

Contact (204)851-0732 or (204)851-0730, (204)748-2022.

2 12-FT IHC 620 press drills, fair shape. $600 Phone:(204)737-2275 between 6-7pm.

2, 28-FT GRAIN AUGERS; 60-in 3-PTH John Deere mower; 500-bu Grain trailers; 8-ft Hyd dozer blade; bale wagon; 16-ft land packer. Phone (204)385-2751.

3-120V ELECT FENCERS, TEST A-1, also wanted a Monarch Grain crusher in good cond. & set of 6 shares for older Oliver/White plow. Also selling super millet @.50 /lb in totes. D. White Morden.

(204)822-3649 32-FT. FRUEHAUF FLAT DECK trailer, single axle, safetied, asking $3,500; 24-ft. Ocean container, can be delivered, asking $3,800; 45-ft. Morris deep tiller, has NH3 tips, asking $1,650; 40-ft. Haullin semi rafter trailer extendable, asking $3,400. Phone (204)728-1861.

Stretch your advertising dollars! Place an ad in the classifieds. Our friendly staff is waiting for your call.

1-800-782-0794.

DISCS JD 22-FT #330, $9500; 30-ft, $10,500; Versatile 36-ft, $25,000; Bushog 25-ft, $7500; JD 16-ft, $5000; Krause 14-ft, $3500; Krause 15-ft Bifold, $5000; Degelman Rock picker, $2500; JD V Drainage plow, $1500; Phoenix Harrow 53-ft, $12,000; Summers 72-ft Harrow, $12,000; Scrapers 4 yd, $3900; 6 yd Eversman, $6000; 8.5 yd Midland, $8000; 6 yd crown, $5500; Rotary Ditcher 3 PH, $1250. (204) 857-8403.

FARM KING 10-FT HYD drill fill auger; Phone (204)386-2412, Plumas.

FOR SALE: 2006 NH 1475 haybine w/16-ft HS header, $24,000 OBO; 1010 NH bale wagon, $1000 OBO; International tandem disc 20-ft model #48, $2,000 OBO; Truck frame trailer w/8x12 box & hoist, $1,200 OBO. 3) 15.5x38 tractor tires, $100 ea OBO. Phone (204)428-5185 leave msg.

FOR SALE: 4840 MF tractor; 1100 MF; 40-ft. Hesston heavy disc; 40-ft. JD field cultivator; band wagon. Phone (204)346-2224.

FOR SALE: 903 CUMMINGS motor & trans., From 1984 4840 MF tractor. Phone:(306)896-2817 Churchbridge, SK. GAS BOWSER; SMALL CANCADE loader; Blade for a Bobcat; 5th Wheel hitch. Phone (204)855-2212 We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today. We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800-782-0794.

GRAVITY WAGONS NEW 400-BU, $7400; 600 Bu, $12,000; 750 Bu, $17,750; Tarps available used; 350 Bu, $3200; 500 Bu, $6000; 750 Bu Parker, $14,000; Used Graincarts: 750-Bu JM, $12,000; 675 EZ, $11,000; JM 650 Bu, $10,500; Brent 450Bu, $7500; Grain Screeners: Hutch 1600, $2500; Hutch 3000, $5000; DMC 54, $5000; Kwik Kleen 5 Tube, $4000; 7 Tube, $5000; 7 Tube Hyd drive, $6500; Extra screens, $150. www.zettlerfarmequipment.com (204)857-8403.

IHC 6 BOTTOM PLOW, 3-PTH, 4-tonne fertilizer spreader, corn cultivator; 30-ft swather; standing poplar; pasture & hayland for rent; Three sheep for sale plus much more. (204)268-1888.

QUIT FARMING: 2008 CIH 8010 4WD combine, 30-ft flex draper, $200,000; 2008 STX 430 4WD, new tires, $160,000; 1995 front trailer off a Super B, $5000; 2011 Farm King Auger, 13x85, hyd. swing & hyd. lift on swing, $18,000; 2013 Geringhoff corn chopping header, 8x30-in, w/row stompers, $80,000; (2) 105 White tractors, rebuilt eng., $7,000; Hutchmaster tandem, $5,000; Roadrunner header haul, $8,000; 30-ft MacDon draper header, $20,000; IH 4240 tractor w/15-ft mower, $12,000; 16x30 Westco cult., $1,500; 16x30 Band sprayer, $1,500; 1998 T-800 Kenworth w/N14 Cummins, 18-spd, 4-way locks, SS paving Box, 30-in. live belt, $33,000; 2006 CAT 320 excavator, 10,000-hrs w/QA cleaning bucket, nice, $60,000.

Call:(204)871-0925, Macgregor, MB. QUONSET NEW, 35X52X18; JD 2420 DSL, 25-ft & 16-ft hay; JD 7410 FWA, w/loader; MF 860 p/u $5000, & 20-ft straight cut; Ford 5000 w/loader; Vac, sewer tank & pump; Rotex SR7 power parachute for parts; Chev tandem gravel box & hoist; C7 tree farmer skidder; Bison head squeeze (complete); 2004 Rumblebee shortbox; 16-ft dual axle cattle trailer gooseneck, like new. Cyclone PTO Fert spreader; Skid mount Cummins motor w/transmission; D343 CAT motor for parts; Bantam C366 w/471 Track hoe for parts; 21-ft Carter Hart PU/reel; 1-tonne truck hoist; Ford 6-ft, 3-PT angle blade for 40-HP & bigger tractor; CAT IT 28G loader, 2.5-yd. (306)236-8023.

WANTED: 14x16.1 front tire tractor, FOR SALE: 2 good 10.00x16 tires, $100 each; 30.5x32 Firestone rice tires, good, $1000; 2 older 30.5x32, $200 each; Good 5th Wheel, $250; 6-ft swath roller, $100.

(204)373-2502, please leave msg, cell (204)304-0270, Emerson.

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Advertising Feature

Kugler Comes to Western Canada In May of 2012, canola and corn growers in Western Canada using Pioneer® brand products were encouraged to join other farmers in North America and participate in the ‘Proving Ground Yield Challenge.’ Birch Hills farmer Florian Hagmann decided to enter.

“Judges came out,” Hagmann says, “they weighed the grain and determined that my canola crop yield was 54.5 bushels/acre.” That was enough to make him a Challenge winner.

“It was a very good yield for that year,” Hagmann says, “but not the highest in the province, so I set myself a personal challenge to increase my yield the following year.”

The 2012 win included a trip for two to the Commodity Classic in Kissimmee, Florida. While there, Hagmann compared notes with other winning growers including the producer with the highest corn yield in all of the United States. He was interested to learn that the farmer used Kugler products on his fields.

The Kugler Company is a longestablished, family-owned American agricultural business that was started in 1924 and specializes in liquid specialty fertilizers.

Kugler had a booth at the Commodity Classic and Hagmann stopped in. During conversations, Kugler expressed an interest in expanding their company beyond the U.S., and shortly afterward, made the corporate decision to distribute Kugler product in Western Canada.

In 2013, Hagmann applied Kugler’s signature XRN-Technology fertilizers to his field: KQ-XRN, a nitrogen formulation with 72% nitrogen slow-released for up to six weeks in the soil and 35 days on the leaves, and KS-2075, a slow-release fertilizer with nitrogen, potassium and sulfur.

“There was no problem getting them into the ground,” he says. “I didn’t need any specialized equipment. I applied it with ordinary seeding equipment and a ground sprayer.”

Hagmann had no idea how or if the Kugler product would impact his canola yield, but he couldn’t dispute the results.

The field on which he used the Kugler products yielded a whopping 84.5

bushels/acre, and won him the 2013 Proving Ground Challenge.

“Everywhere I used Kugler I could see a significant difference for the good,” he says. “I wished I’d used it on all my fields, and definitely plan to do that this year.”

A neighbour who also tried Kugler fertilizers had similar results and saw a six-to-one return on his input investment.

Given those kinds of results, Hagmann and Kinistino farmer Warren Hanson were more than willing to become Western Canadian distributors of Kugler fertilizers.

They already have a team of dealers in place in Saskatchewan and are seeing higher sales volumes than they expected.

The potential, they say, is tremendous.

“Switching to Kugler did not increase our cost per acre, but it did mean a little more in terms of management,” Hagmann says. “Kugler emphasizes the 4Rs: the Right Fertilizer Source at the Right Rate at the Right Time in the Right Place.”

Kugler management is based on research which reveals that only 10 to 12 percent of dry phosphorus fertilizers are taken up by plants in the first year. It also shows that farmers should fertilize according to soil test recommendations, employ ‘starter solutions’ or ‘pop-up’ fertilizers, and finish with foliar applications. The benefit of foliar application is that it spreads from tip to root within a few hours. As much as 95 percent of the nutrients sprayed on the leaves is used immediately by the plant, whereas the roots take up no more than 10 percent of the same quantity of dry fertilizer placed in the soil.

“Every farmer wants to increase their yield and make their operation more profitable,” Hagmann says. “We believe Kugler gives a good return for your investment.”

“We’re not looking to change the world. We just want to help farmers become more efficient and increase their production. We believe this is the future of fertilizer.”

For a complete Kugler product line, visit KuglerCompany.com. See a list of Western Canadian Kugler dealers below.

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FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

EDGE EQUIPMENT SALES 3-170 Murray Park Rd Winnipeg, MB

204-837-1660

www.edgeequipmentsales.com

Exclusive PowerFold® feature allows operators to lift DuraMax® decks with their fingers not with their backs.

USED GRASSHOPPERS AVAILABLE HAYING & HARVESTING Baling Equipment

COMBINES Accessories

2009 JD 4895 SP wind roller, bar ties, HID lights, long wiper, variable speed reel w/16-ft 896 hay header, non-clog guards, steel skid shoes, 330 cutting hours, $69,000; 2011 A30D MacDon mower conditioner, 16-ft pull-type w/stub guards on cutting bar, $20,000; 2009 JD 568 Mega-wide round baler, 1000 PTO, w/net wrap, high-moisture kit, auto oiler & Gandi hay preservative applicator, approx 10,000 bales, $29,000; 2005 Morris 1400 Hay hiker, 14 bale w/divide stop, $17,000; 2006 Matador swath turner, model 7900 hyd drive, $3000. Contact (204)851-0732 or (204)851-0730, (204)748-2022.

WE STOCK MOST SIZES & makes of Flex Platforms, some PU platforms, & rigid platforms. We also have adapters in stock to fit a JD Platform onto CIH, NH, or Agco-MF Combines. In Stock JD 920, 925, 930, 630, 635 flex, JD 843, 893 Corn heads, JD 653 all crop, NH 973 w/wo air reel, NH 94 C Draper 25-ft., CIH 1020, 2020 Flex, 1010 rigid, MF 9750 Flex, Cat Lexion & Agco avail. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com

570 NH SMALL SQUARE baler, with or w/o farm hand bale accumulator & fork. VGC, always shedded. Call (204)736-4227, La Salle.

FOR SALE: 2005 CASE IH baler, RBX562, wide PU, belts VG to New, shedded, excellent cond, auto-tie. (204)476-0100, Carberry.

FOR SALE: JD 466 small square baler, in excellent shape, field ready. $3,000 OBO. Phone: (204)373-2730.

HAYING & HARVESTING Swathers

Rebuilt Concaves

Rebuild combine table augers Rebuild hydraulic cylinders Roller mills regrooved MFWD housings rebuilt Steel and aluminum welding Machine Shop Service Line boreing and welding

Penno’s Machining & Mfg. Ltd. Eden, MB 204-966-3221 Fax: 204-966-3248

Check out A & I online parts store www.pennosmachining.com

Combines COMBINES Ford/New Holland 1998 NH TR98, 900 Trellborg on front, & 600 Trellborg on rear, terrain tracer, long auger, electronic stone trap, dual chaff spreader, 971 PU header, 30ft 994 draper header, tunnel covers & H frame, rotor gear boxes & Bubble-up auger gear box. Recently rebuilt, $65,000 OBO. Can also be viewed on Kijiji.

Phone (204)632-4390, cell (204)797-4821.

COMBINES Combines - Various

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COMBINE WORLD located 20 min. E of Saskatoon, SK on Hwy. #16. 1 year warranty on all new, used, and rebuilt parts. Canada’s largest inventory of late model combines & swathers.

1-800-667-4515 www.combineworld.com

COMBINES Accessories JD 635 HYDRAFLEX W/PU reel, $23,500. Brian (204)856-6119 or (204)685-2896, MacGregor, MB.

TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Equipment MODEL 6000-90 BOURGAULT MID-HARROW bar, 18.5-in tines, in excellent shape, $25,000 OBO. Can also be viewed on Kijiji. Phone (204)632-4390, cell (204)797-4821.

TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Various 28-FT CASE HOE DRILL, always shedded, in great shape. Phone (204)295-8417.

60-FT FLEXI-COIL SYSTEM 92 harrow packer; 4865 New Idea round baler - reconditioned. Phone (204)842-3675.

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 CASE IH 900 CYCLO planter, tow behind, rear fold, liquid kit, $8,000; 500 US gal. liquid caddy, $1,500. Phone (204)791-4573 or (204)268-5629, Hazelridge, MB. FOR SALE: 21-FT EDWARDS no-till drill, 4-row hoe drill, w/1-in carbide openers, w/double shoot green drop liquid kit.

Lloyd Atchison, (204)854-2947, Pipestone.

INDIVIDUAL SHANK MOUNTED PACKERS; New Dutch knives, half-price also Misc used boots & knives. Phone (204)263-5392.

TRACTORS Case/IH HEADER TRAILERS & ACCESSORIES. Arc-Fab Industries. 204-355-9595 charles@arcfab.ca www.arcfab.ca

Spraying EquipmEnt SPRAYING EQUIPMENT Sprayers 2013 Rogator RG1300

2007 JD 4895, 18.4x26 Firestone Champion Spade grip tires, 30-ft. Honeybee header, double knife drive, PU reel, 581 swathing hrs, 747 eng hrs, always shedded. Asking $79,000; Vers 4750 w/30-ft. double knife drive & PU reel, 2,760-hrs, always stored inside.

Asking $12,000 Phone: (204)782-2846 or (204)488-5030.

HAYING & HARVESTING Various

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

TracTors

CASE IH 8450 BALER, 4-ft wide, 6-ft tall. Spare parts, always shedded. Asking $5000. Phone (204)467-5093, ask for Doug.

Corey Bossuyt 204-771-9204

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FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

08 STX 430 brand new 620-70-42 tires, delux cab, heated leather seat, $160,000.

Phone (204)871-0925, McGregor.

1987 CASE IH 3394 FWA, 160-hp, PTO, 7600-hrs, 24-spd, 3-PTH, 4-hyd, used only for row crop seeding & spraying, very good mechanically, clean tractor, always shedded, $25,500.

Phone:(204)373-2502.

1989 7130 3-PTH large PTO, 20.8x38 rear tires, good shape, runs excellent, $30,000 OBO. Phone (204)526-7139.

886 IHC TRACTOR, 4,135-HRS, VGC, OBO. Call (204)736-4227, La Salle.

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410-hrs, 132-ft recirculating aluminum boom, Raven Viper Pro, 7 section autoboom shutoff, autoboom height control, Smarttrax steering, 800 & 380 series tires, 2-yr warranty. $348,000 (204)824-2290 ellisseeds@mts.net

Tillage & Seeding TILLAGE & SEEDING Air Drills 36-FT JD 730 270-BU. w/1900 TBT, $28,500; 44-ft.

JD 730 230-bu., 787 TBT, $15,900; 57-ft. Flexicoil 5000, no cart, $10,000; JD 787 TBT Carts, $9,000-11,500; 1900 TBT, $23,500. Can Deliver.

Call Brian (204)856-6119 or (204)685-2896. MacGregor, MB. FO SAEL 33-FT FLEXCIOIL 5000 air drill, 7.5 in spacting heavy trips, 1-in carbide tiped hoe openeers,, steel packers, 1730 pull behind air tank, good condition, (204)867-2087 or 7117.

TILLAGE & SEEDING Air Seeders 32-ft. Bourgault Air Seeder 528-34 w/2155 tow behind tank- no rust inside. Tank has hitch for liquid caddy, cultivator has 2-in. knockon spoons, green drop liquid kit, 3 bar harrows. Very good shape, field ready, $22,500. Phone (204)851-2516.

BOURGAULT FH-32-FT AIR SEEDER, 2115 tank, augern packers, Atom jet openers, low acres; Herman harrows, 53-ft, good shape. Phone:(204)867-5363.

Minnedosa, MB. MORRIS MAXIM AIR DRILL, 34-ft, double chute w/paired row seed openers, 10-in spacing, 4.5-in steel packers, markers, 7180 Morris tow-behind cart w/3 tanks. $33,000 OBO; Flexi-coil 820 air seeder, 35-ft, double chute w/paired row seed openers, 12-in spacing, knock-on shoes, mulchers, 2320 Flexi-coil tow-behind cart. $20,000 OBO; 1998 Flexi-coil 5000 air drill, 57-ft, single chute, stealth boots w/carbide Eagle beak openers, 7.2-in spacing, 3.5-in rubber packers, 3450 Flexi-coil towbehind cart, 3 tanks, manual meter adj. $50,000 OBO; Flexi-coil 5000 air drill, 45-ft, single chute, 9.2-in spacing, 4-in steel packers, factory markers, mulchers, Flexi-coil 2320 tow-between cart. $25,000 OBO. Phone Joe:(204)641-4478. Gimli, MB.

1985 STEIGER KR 1225, 4WD, 225-HP, PTO, 4 hyds, 8,800-hrs, tires 70%, $28,000 OBO. Eric (204)878-2732 cell (204)470-8969.

TRACTORS John Deere 04 JD 7320 IVT trans., MFWD, 3-pt., JD 741 Loader 8,400-hrs, $64,900 OBO. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com 1989 JD 8760 4WD 24-SPD trans, 4 SCV’s, 20.8x38 duals, no heavy pulling, only on grain cart harrows & PT sprayer, green lighted 2013 ($7,300), 5,515 org hrs, wired for auto steer. (204)248-2364 cell (204)723-5000, Notre Dame.

1997 JD 8970 425-HP, bottom end on motor done 1,000-hrs ago, tires 90%, injectors tested, 24-SPD, 8,400-hrs, field ready, best offer. (306)524-4567 or (306)726-3203.

JD4430, QUAD SHIFT, 23.1 tires, $12,250; JD4430, 8-spd, 20.8-34 tires, $11,250; JD4230, 8-spd, 18.4-34, $12,250; JD3130, cab & ad-on 3-Pt, 18.4-34 tires, $9,500; 420 Crawler w/blade, $3,950; D1929 on Steel, $3,500; D1942 Handstart, $2,250; B Fenders Rock shaft, $1,750; G, $1,750; JD60 electric start, $1,950; 820 Pup start, $6,500; 720 Pup start, $4,500; 730 electric start, $4,750; JD730, parade ready, $6,250; JD730, cab, $4,750; JD830, $6,950; JD820, $3,500; JD420T, 3-Pt, single front wheel, $3,500; M 3-Pth, $2,750; JD420, 3-Pt, rearpulley, $3,750; JD1010, 3-Pt & loader, $4,550. For pics see www.hlehmann.ca (204)746-2016, (204)746-5345, Morris MB.

TRACTORS Versatile 1985 SERIES 3 835 VERSATILE, 6500-hrs, new 18.4 x 38 tires. Atom set hydraulic pump for air seeder. New batteries, new clutch, re-cored radiator. Always shedded. Immaculate condition. Priced to sell. Phone (204)537-2455.

835 VERSATILE W/RETURN LINE for air seeder, field ready, new inside tires, VGC, asking $20,000.

Phone (204)425-3837.

TRACTORS 2-Wheel Drive

TILLAGE & SEEDING Seeding Various

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.

FOR SALE: 24-FT MELROE press drill, always shedded, field ready; Also, 28-ft all hyd. drill carrier Phone:(204)526-2543.

TRACTORS Various

TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Equipment

2006 MF 6485, 6600-HRS, dyna-shift transmission, 18.4 R42 duals, cab suspension, electronic joystick, 4 remotes, MF 975 loader. Call (204)745-7864, (204)379-2640.

12-ROW, 30-IN ALLOWAY 2130 row crop cultivator, w/tunnel shields. $3500 OBO. Can also be viewed on Kijiji.

Phone(204)632-4390, cell (204)797-4821.

SWAP 500 VERSATILE FOR International 806 or 856. Phone(204)855-2212

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TRACTORS Various

LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Shorthorn

IHC706, CAB, LOADER, VG 18.4-34, $3,950; CASE1200, 4-WD, VG 18.4-34, $4,750; Oliver770,RC, Dies, $2,500; Oliver OC-3, Crawler, loader &blade, $3,950; Satoh S650G, turf tires & 3-Pt,$2,950; Ruston Hornsby, stationary, $2,250; Oliver88 rowcrop, Dies, $2,250; Deutz 3-cyl, $2,000; Fiat, FWA, VG tires, 3-Pt, $3,750; AC190XT, 23.1 tires, $3,750; Ford8N, VG tires, $1,350; CASE800, VG tires, 3-Pt, $2,750; IHC606, VG tires & loader, $3,000; MH44 w/blade, $1,350; IHCWD-6, Dies loader, $1,950; IHC560, Dies, $2,250; Minneapolis MolineJB, 6-cyl, dies, $1,950; Minneapolis MolineU, Dies, $1,500; Minneapolis MolineGTB, $1,250; Minneapolis Moline, needs starter, $1,250; IHCW9, gas, $1,250; Various loaders & tires. For pics www.hlehmann.ca (204)746-2016, (204)746-5345, Morris MB.

GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK AUCTION MART. LTD.

FOR SALE: PUREBRED YEARLING Shorthorn bulls. Red & Roan, thick & beefy w/moderate birth weights. Get the maternal edge w/Shorthorn sired females. Call Uphill Shorthorns. (204)764-2663 cell, (204)365-7155, rgray4@mymts.net

GRUNTHAL, MB.

AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING

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.

REGULAR CATTLE SALES

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus

HOUSEHOLD ITEMS WANTED: INSTANT FREEZER FOR homemade fries. Phone:(204)638-8415

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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.

LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions Friday, May 30th

70 Cow/ Calf pairs at Don Bowdens Farm Auction

Check Website www.nickelauctions.com For Details Nickel Auctions Ltd (204)637-3393 D. Bowden (204)871-1068

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May 6th Closed May 13th Regular Feeder Cattle Sale Plus a Cow/Calf Sale 9:00am May 20th Closed May 27th Regular Cattle Sale 9:00am June 3rd Closed June 10th Regular Cattle Sale 9:00am June 17th Closed June 24th Regular Cattle Sale 9:00am July 1st Closed July 8th Regular Cattle Sale 9:00am August 19th Reopen for our Regular Weekly Sales For More Info Phone the Mart at (204)385-2537 License # 1108

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2 Pure Bred Scottish Highland Bulls & 7 Scottish Highland Cows to calf July through Oct.

SHEEP, LAMB & GOAT SALE Wednesday, May 21 @ 1:00 PM

Butcher Cows bring a premium in Winnipeg as we have 6 to 7 Cow buyers.

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We Buy Cattle Direct on Farm For more information call: 204-694-8328

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2 SEMEN TANKS FOR sale, 1 empty, 1 full of semen. Mostly Angus sires. Phone (204)467-5093, ask for Doug.

BATTLE LAKE FARM HAS for sale Black & Red PB Angus yearling bulls & 2-yr olds. EPD’s & semen tested. (204)834-2202.

HAMCO CATTLE CO. HAS for sale Reg Red Angus & Black Angus yearling bulls & 2 yr olds. Good selection. Semen tested, performance data & EPD’s available. Top genetics. Contact Glen, Albert, Larissa Hamilton (204)827-2358 or David Hamilton (204)325-3635.

RED & BLACK PUREBRED Registered Angus Cows & Heifers For Sale. Will sell part or whole herd; Jan & Feb calves @ foot, rebred AI to Top Sires. Please only serious inquiries (204)422-5216 RIDGE SIDE RED ANGUS: Yearling bulls for sale.

From top AI sires, semen tested, guaranteed, will keep & feed till you need & deliver. Call Don: (204)422-5216 or visit our website@ ridgesideredangus.com TWO YEAR OLD RED & Black Angus Bulls. Contact Triple V Ranch, Dan cell (204)522-0092, home (204)665-2448 or Matt (204)264-0706.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus 3 REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS bulls, 3-yrs old, birthweight 80-84-lbs. Bismarck, Alliance, Stout bloodlines. Phone Marcel (204)981-6953, Oak Bluff.

6 YEARLING REGISTERED BLACK Angus Bulls, semen tested & delivered within 100-mi.

(204)741-0070, (204)483-3622, Souris.

9 PB BLACK ANGUS yearling bulls, sired by KLM Everclear, birth weights 78-82-lbs, $19,00- $2,100 Phone Les Case:(204)428-3625.

ANGUS QUALITY WITH OPTIONS! I have the cows if you have the bull. (No B.S.) Option to buy.

More details (204)534-6185 & leave message.

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.

BLACK HAWK ANGUS HAS Reg yearling bulls for sale hand fed & quiet bulls, semen tested & delivery avail. Call Kevin (204)529-2605, Mather, MB. 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.

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-YR OLD & yearling Black Angus bulls, bunk fed, fertility tested, weigh sheets available, low birth weights, many industry leading bloodlines, delivery available, Black Meadows Angus. Call Bill (204)567-3782.

FOR SALE: 5YR OLD herd bull, KLM Everclear, bought at Douglas test station Apr 2010. very easy calver & good gainer. $3,000, Phone Les Case:(204)428-3625.

KEMBAR ANGUS HAS REGISTERED Black Angus yearling bulls for sale. Thick w/lots of hair, good disposition & EPD’s available. 70% will work on heifers, Kodiak 5R, FAV Peacemaker & KMK Alliance bloodlines. Also for sale, a select group of Registered Black Angus open replacement heifers.

Phone Colin (204)725-3597, Brandon.

N7 STOCK FARM HAVE 30 top quality yearling Black Angus Bulls for sale by private treaty. Sired by some of the breed’s leading AI sires, bulls are developed on a homemade oat ration & free choice hay. Performance records available, will be semen tested, delivery available, contact Gerald & Wendy Nykoliation (204)562-3530 or Allan’s cell (204)748-5128.

OSSAWA ANGUS AT MARQUETTE, MB. For sale: yearling & 2-yr old bulls. Also, a couple of herd sires. Phone: (204) 375-6658 or (204)383-0703.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus 2 RED ANGUS BULLS for sale. 3-yr old, both heifer bulls. $2,500/each. Jim Abbot, Carman, MB. Phone:(204)745-3884 or (204)750-1157.

2 YR OLD BULLS at (204)371-6404, Ste Anne.

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FOR SALE: REG RED Angus bulls yearlings & 2 yr olds. For more info (204)773-3252 FORSYTH’S F BAR RANCH have for sale 25 2-yr old & yearling Red Angus Bulls. Bulls are semen tested & delivered. For more info, call Roy Forsyth (204)448-2245. Eddystone, MB. WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM STILL has several yearling & 2-yr old Red Angus &Maine-Anjou bulls.

All bulls are semen tested, vaccinated, can be delivered. Phone:(204)373-2631 or check us out at www.wilkinridge.logspot.com

Bioriginal Food & Science Corp., based in Saskatoon, is actively buying Organic Flax from the 2013 crop year.

If interested, please send an 8lb sample* to the following address: Attn: Sandy Jolicoeur Bioriginal Food & Science Corp.

102 Melville Street Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7J 0R1 *Please state the Variety & Quantity for Sale

For more information, please contact Sandy at:

306-975-9251 306-975-1166 purchasing@bioriginal.com

POLLED 2 YR OLD & yearling Red factor Simm bulls from AI sires. Acomb Valley Simmentals (204)867-2203, Minnedosa.

For on farm appraisal of livestock or for marketing information please call MB. Livestock Dealer #1111

ORGANIC Organic – Grains

FOR SALE: TWO, 2 yr old Black Simm bulls, sired

by Cut Above, out of Wheatland 680S daughters.

Also 1 Hereford Simm X Black blazed faced bull, sired by Designer Jeans. Call (204)873-2430.

Sales Agent for

Harold Unrau (Manager) Cell 871 0250 Auction Mart (204) 434-6519

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FOR SALE: 6 QUALITY (2 yr old), 2 long yearling, 2 yearling Simm Bulls. These bulls should add growth & performance, & produce excellent females. Polled & horned, Semen tested. Willing to keep the bulls till May 30th. Delight Simmentals Ph: (204)836-2116 or e-mail: G.Delichte@gmail.com

May

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Blonde d’Aquitaine BELLEVUE BLONDES HAS AN excellent group of performance & semen tested, polled Purebred Reg. Blonde yearling bulls for sale. Reasonably priced.

Call Marcel (204)379-2426 or (204)745-7412, Haywood MB.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais FOR SALE: 2-YR OLD Charolais Bulls, polled, quiet, low birth weights, tested & delivered, $2300-$2500.

Wayne Angus (204)764-2737, Hamiota MB. FOR SALE: POLLED YEARLING Charolais bulls, Silverado grandsons, will be semen tested. Jack Bullied:(204)526-2857.

FOR SALE: PUREBRED CHAROLAIS bulls, 2-yr olds & 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.

MARTENS CHAROLAIS EXCELLENT YEARLING & 2-yr old bulls for sale. Dateline sons for calving ease & performance. Specialist sons for consistent thickness. Also Pleasant Dawn Marshall sons. Call Ben (204)534-8370.

PB CHAROLAIS YEARLING BULLS for sale.

Sired from easy calving bulls, fed hay ration, excellent growth. Call Ken (204)824-2115, Wawanesa.

Red Factor Charolais Bulls. They are easy calving & being hand-fed an oat/pea ration w/free choice grass hay. Semen tested & delivered. 2-yr olds available.

Cory Burnside (204)841-0018 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.

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; 3 Polled Bull Calves, same sire.

54-yrs of Raising Quality Herefords. Francis Poulsen (204)436-2284, cell (204)745-7894, Elm Creek.

FOR SALE: REGISTERED HORNED Hereford bulls, 2-yr olds & yearlings. Semen tested & delivered when needed. Also, yearling open Hereford heifers. Phone Morley Wilson:(204)246-2142.

FOR SALE: REG POLLED Hereford bulls, yearlings & 2 yr olds, current Pedigrees, reasonably priced. Phone Martin (204)425-3820 or Lanard (204)425-3809, Vita, MB. 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.

POLLED HEREFORD BULLS 20-30 months, quiet, broke to tie, guaranteed delivery avail, naturally developed on forage based feeding program. Catt Brothers (204)723-2831 Austin, MB.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Limousin BULLS FOR SALE RED or Black Polled, semen tested, delivered. Sell your old bulls, record prices, & get a new one now. Amaglen Limousin (204)246-2312.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various 2 YEARLING CHAROLAIS BULLS, good disposition, will semen test. Phone (204)428-5185, leave msg.

WANTED: 4 YOUNG COW-CALF pairs (Prefer Hereford cows w/Charolais calves) Phone: (204)748-1024

Horses LIVESTOCK Horses – Quarter Horse 20 YOUNG QUARTER HORSE brood mares, Included are 8 daughters of Two Eyed Red Buck. In foal starting May 1st. Also 6 yearlings. Phone (204)326-6016

LIVESTOCK Horses For Sale HAVE SEVERAL H.B. QUARTER horses, young quarter horses that need to be broke or are broke to ride. Also 2 half Gypsy-Vanners.

Phone (306)435-3634, lv msg.

Swine LIVESTOCK Swine Wanted

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

P. QUINTAINE & SON LTD. 728-7549 Licence No. 1123

Specialty LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT ALTERNATIVE POWER BY SUNDOG SOLAR, portable/remote solar water pumping for winter/summer. Call for pricing on solar systems, wind generators, aeration. Carl Driedger, (204)556-2346 or (204)851-0145, Virden.

FOR SALE: 3,000 GAL. Manure wagon w/injectors & hydraulic driven pump on a truck chassis; Also 25- 5x7 tenderfoot sow flooring pads in excellent condition. Used only 2-yrs. Located at Cartwright MB. Call (226)268-6163 KELLN SOLAR SUMMER/WINTER WATERING System, provides water in remote areas, improves water quality, increases pasture productivity, extends dugout life.

St. Claude/Portage, 204-379-2763.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM STILL has several yearling & 2-yr old Maine-Anjou &Red Angus bulls.

All bulls are semen tested, vaccinated, can be delivered. Phone:(204)373-2631 or check us out at www.wilkinridge.logspot.com

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Salers PEDIGREED POLLED SALERS SEEDSTOCK, Black or Red, yearling & 2 yr old bulls, also females available; selected from the strongest performing CDN herd (see SLS stock on www.salerscanada.com). Breeding since 1989 for quality, thickness, docility & performance. Records avail. Assistance to match your needs. Bulls semen tested & guaranteed. Can arrange delivery. Ken at Lundar (204)762-5512, sweetlandsalers@xplornet.ca

REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE Houses & Lots RTM’s - AVAIL IMMEDIATELY. 3 bdrm homes w/beautiful espresso kitchens; Ensuite in Master bdrm; Main floor laundry. 1,320-sq.ft. home, $75,000; 1,520-sq.ft. home, $90,000. Also will custom build your RTM plan. Call MARVIN HOMES Steinbach, MB. (204)326-1493 or (204)355-8484. www.marvinhomes.ca Building Quality RTM Homes since 1976.

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba FOR SALE: The farmland of the Estate of G.W.R. SELLGE, consisting of the following: 1. RM of Franklin: approx 160.00-acs (NW 11-3-3E) 2. RM of De Salaberry: approx 153.68-acs (NE 25-4-3E); approx 152.41-acs (SW 25-4-3E); & approx 154.48-acs (NW 25-4-3E) For further information, please contact: Viktor G. Loewen, Executor for the estate of G.W.R. Sellge c/o Loewen & Martens Law Office 1101 Henderson Hwy Winnipeg, MB R2G 1L4.

Ph: (204)338-9364, ext #234, Fax: (204)338-8379 email lmlaw@shawbiz.ca MLS 1320867 156-ACS LAKELAND Clay Loam fenced, outbuildings, older home, mun. water, Gladstone; MLS 1400601 716-acs mixed farm, fenced elk, bison, cattle, 1,064-sq.ft. bung, outbuildings, 2nd yard site, McCreary; MLS 1320985 24-15-11 RM Lakeview Section of pastureland in block, fenced, 4 dugouts; RM of Odanah, 160-acs grainland for sale, posession Jan 2015. Call Liz (204)476-6362, John (204)476-6719. Gill & Schmall Agencies.

GRANT TWEED Farm Specialist If you are Buying, Selling or Renting Farm Land You Can Benefit from my Experience & Expertise the Decisions you Make Can Have Long Lasting Impact, So Take the Time to Know your Options.

Call (204)761-6884 to Arrange an Obligation Free Consultation.

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REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Wanted GOOD QUALITY GRAIN & Cattle Farms wanted for Canadian & Overseas Clients. For a confidential meeting to discuss the possible sale of your farm, or to talk about what is involved, Phone Gordon Gentles:(204)761-0511 or Jim McLachlan: (204)724-7753. www.homelifepro.com HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc.

REAL ESTATE Land For Sale

YEARLING & 2 YR Old Polled Limousin Bulls for sale Black, Red. Semen tested, can deliver. 1, 4 yr old herd sire. Diamond T Limousin, Kenton (204)838-2019 cell (204)851-0809.

2 BLACK PUREBRED 4-YR old, proven herd sires, moderate birth weights. CEE Farms Genetics.

Phone Marcel (204)981-6953, Oak Bluff.

SHARE YOUR LIFE, as it’s meant to be! A Lasting Relationship. CANDLELIGHT MATCHMAKERS is here to help you. Confidential, Rural, Photos and Profiles to selected matches, Affordable, Local.

Serving MB, SK, NW Ontario. Call/Write for info: Box 212, Roland, MB, R0G 1T0, (204)343-2475.

HIGH QUALITY BLACK ANGUS & polled Hereford 2-yr old bulls for sale. Bar H Land & Cattle Co. Phone:(306)743-2840, cell (306)743-7490. Langenburg SK.

TRIPLE R LIMOUSIN has 15, 2 yr olds, 21 yearling bulls, Red & Black & Polled, Red bred for performance or calving ease, semen tested, guaranteed & delivery avail. Call Art (204)856-3440 or (204)685-2628.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Maine-Anjou

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MANITOBA FARM LAND- FOR sale 2000-acs 1977 cultivated R.M. of Stanley & Pembina, Good productive land, Manitoba Crop insurance C & D, Option to lease back to vendor. Contact: Melvin Toews at Golden Plains Realty Ltd. Tel:(204)745-3677.

1000 Litre Caged Storage Tanks $60.00 each Call Ken 204-794-8383 #45 Mountain View Rd. Winnipeg, MB

Trux-N-Parts Salvage Inc.

MANITOBA- RED RIVER VALLEY 153-acs Soybean, Cash Crop Farm Located on an Paved road NW1/4 3-3-6wpm, 2.5-mi west of Morden, on Hwy No:3. Invest now in Agriculture. Contact, Melvin Toews at Golden Plains Realty Ltd. Tel:(204)745-3677.

William Lazarowich of Mulvihill, MB intends to sell private lands: NE 27-23-08W, SE 16-23-08W, NE 10-23-08W, SE 27-23-08W, NW 23-23-08W, SE 23-23-08W, W1/2 26-23-08W, NE 22-23-08W to Bettina Baumgartner who intends to acquire the following Crown lands: SE 10-23-08W, NE 16-23-08W, NE 22-23-08W, NW 22-23-08W, SE 22-23-08W, SW 22-23-08W, NE 23-23-08W, SW 23-23-08W, NW 27-23-08W, SW 27-23-08W, SE 34-23-08W, SE 35-23-08W, SW 35-23-08W by Unit Transfer. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this purchaser please write to: Director, MAFRD, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0; or Fax (204)867-6578.

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CERISE RED PROSO COMMON MILLET seed. Buy now to avoid disappointment. 93%+ germination, 0% Fusarium Graminearum. Makes great cattle feed, swath grazed, dry or silage bale. Very high in protein.

Energy & drought tolerant. Sold in 50-lb bags. 2000+ satisfied producers. 11th Year in Business! Millet King Seeds of Canada Inc. Reynald (204)526-2719 office or (204)379-2987, cell & text (204)794-8550. Leave messages, all calls returned. www.milletkingseeds.com reynald@millet-king.com

BUYING:

HEATED & GREEN CANOLA • Competitive Prices • Prompt Movement • Spring Thrashed

MILLET SEED, TOP YIELDING leafy foxtail, harvests in dryer Aug weather. Forage yield 2013 @ 9670 lbs/ac.

Info phone D. WHITE SEEDS (204)822-3649, Morden.

MALT BARLEY “ON FARM PICK UP” *6-Row* 1-877-250-5252 MALT BARLEY

SEED/FEED/CROP INPUTS Cereal Seeds

Court Seeds Available for 2014:

Celebration Barley

We BUY used oil & filters Collection of plastic oil jugs Glycol recovery services Specialized waste removal Winter & Summer windshield washer fluid Peak Performance anti-freeze ( available in bulk or drums )

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CERT CARDALE, CARBERRY, PASTEUR Wheat; Cert AC Metcalfe, Conlon Barley. Ellis Farm Supplies Ltd e-mail: ellisseeds@mts.net Toll Free 1-800-463-9209 CERTIFIED CARBERRY WHEAT, CERTIFIED Leggett & Summit oats, Certified Tradition barley. Wilmot Milne, Gladstone, MB. (204)385-2486, (204)212-0531.

Specializing in: • Corn, wheat, sunflower, canola,

soymeal, soybeans, soy oil, barley, rye, flax, oats (feed & milling) • Agents of the CWB • Licensed & bonded 5 LOCATIONS to serve you!

CERTIFIED SOURIS OATS, CERTIFIED Cardale wheat, Certified Registered & Foundation Carberry wheat. Shanawan Farms Ltd, (204)736-2951, Domain.

CERTIFIED WHEAT: GLENN; CARBERRY; Kane; Cardale; Pasteur. Certified oats: Pinnacle; Souris; Furlong. Certified barley: Lacey; Celebration; Conlon. Pride corn & soybean seed. Hulme Agra Products, McGregor (204)871-4666.

GREAT VOLUME DISCOUNTS on truck load Carberry Wheat & Tradition Barley. Also consider the solid yield advantages of Pinnacle Oats. Krym Farms Ltd (204)955-5562, Rosser.

JAMES FARMS LTD AC Carberry Wheat, Tradition Barley, Souris & Summit Oats, Hanley Flax, Forage seeds, various Canola, Sunflower & Soybean seed varieties.

Custom processing, seed treating & delivery avail. Early payment discount. For info call (204)222-8785 or toll free 1-866-283-8785, Wpg.djames@jamesfarms.com

“Naturally Better!”

Soybean Crushing Facility (204) 331-3696 Head Office - Winkler (888) 974-7246 Jordan Elevator (204) 343-2323 Gladstone Elevator (204) 385-2292 Somerset Elevator (204) 744-2126 Sperling Elevator (204) 626-3261

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SANDERS SEED FARM FDN, Reg, Cert Domain, Carberry & Glenn Wheat, Cert Celebration Barley Canterra 1990, 1970, Canola. Phone (204)242-4200, Manitou, MB.

SEED/ FEED/GRAIN Hay & Straw

PEDIGREED SEED Forage – Various

140 LARGE ROUND TIMOTHY grass hay bales.

No rain, 1,700-lb, trucking arranged, Feed Wheat, Oats & Barley. Phone (204)345-8532

PEDIGREED SEED Oilseed – Various

Toll Free: 888-974-7246

FOR SALE: 100 BALES, second cut alfalfa. 60 TDN, 21% protein, medium square bales 3x3x8. $140.00 per Ton. (204)246-2032 or (204)823-0431 Darlingford.

NATIVE HAY, 5 X 5 NH baler, solid core, $30 per bale. Phone Branko (204)646-2543.

ROUND & LARGE SQUARE hay bales, delivery avail. Phone (204)827-2629 or (204)526-7139.

SEED/ FEED/GRAIN Grain Wanted

NOW BUYING Old & New Crop Confection & Oil Sunflowers

WE BUY ALL TYPES of off-grade grains, convenient pick-up arranged. Call Central Grain Company: 1-800-663-2368.

Licensed & Bonded 0% Shrink Farm Pick-Up Available Planting Seed Available

Call For Pricing Phone (204)747-2904

Toll Free 1-888-835-6351 Deloraine, Manitoba PEDIGREED SEED Pulse – Beans CERTIFIED CDC SUPER JET (Black), Certified CDC Jet (Black), Certified CDC Pintium (Pinto).Call Martens Charolais & Seed or participating dealers, (204)534-8370.

COMMON SEED COMMON SEED Forage Seeds

For Pricing ~ 204-325-9555

NOW BUYING Confection and Oil Sunflowers, Brown & Yellow Flax and Red & White Millet Edible Beans

Heated/Spring Threshed Lightweight/Green/Tough, Mixed Grain - Barley, Oats, Rye, Flax, Wheat, Durum, Lentils, Peas, Canola, Chickpeas, Triticale, Sunflowers, Screenings, Organics and By-Products √ ON-FARM PICKUP √ PROMPT PAYMENT √ LICENSED AND BONDED SASKATOON, LLOYDMINSTER, LETHBRIDGE, VANCOUVER, MINNEDOSA

12,500-GAL LIQUID FERTILIZER TANKS w/2-in. valves, each $3,500; 15,000-gal liquid fertilizer tanks w/3-in. valves, each $4,800. Phone (204)746-8851, Morris, MB. FOR SALE: 34,000-GAL LIQUID fertilizer tank.

Phone (204)822-4382.

TIRES 8, 18.4X38 BIAS PLY tractor tires, like new, $475 each. (204)736-2840, Brunkild.

1-204-724-6741

EXISS ALUMINUM LIVESTOCK TRAILERS 2014 Stock has arrived! 7-ft wide x 20-ft & 24-ft lengths.

10-Yr Warranty. SOKAL INDUSTRIES LTD. Phone: (204)334-6596, Email: sokalind@mymts.net

TRAILERS Trailers Miscellaneous 1979 45-FT WILSON DOUBLE decker cattle trailer,nose decking, doghouse safety gates real good farm trailer, $7500; 20-yd tandem Billy Dump Gravel trailer, $7500, $9500; 22-ft ARNES Gravel Trailer, Electric Tarp Box Liner, $9995; Tandem Home-made Low Bed, $7500; 1970 PAY HOUGH LOADER Cummins Motor, $9500; Single offroad converters starting at $1495 up to $2395; Tandem offroad converters starting at $2495 up to $2995; 30-ft hay trailer 8-wheels offroad farm, $5995. STONEY’S SERVICE, EDDYSTONE, MB. PHONE (204)448-2193.

2) 5-TONNE TRAILERS W/8X20-FT decks, 1100x12 aircraft tires, 5th Wheel steering, no sway. Call (204)736-4227, La Salle.

ADVANTAGE AUTO & TRAILER: Livestock,Horse & Living quarter, Flat deck, Goosenecks, Tilts, Dumps, Cargos, Utilities, Ski-doo & ATV, Dry Van & Sea Containers. Call today. Over 250 in stock. Phone:(204)729-8989.

In Brandon on the Trans-Canada Hwy. www.aats.ca

WATER TREATMENT

LAKE AERATION EQUIPMENT OEM Medical Compressors $299.95 1/2" Polypipe $60.00/100 ft.

Lineal or Single Diffusers

FRESH WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS LTD PH 780-356-2928 www.fwtsltd.com fwtsltd@gmail.com

CAREERS CAREERS Help Wanted

New 30.5L-32 16 ply, $1,995; 20.8-38 12 ply $765; 18.4-38 12 ply; $789; 24.5-32 14 ply, $1,495; 14.9-24 12 ply, $486; 16.9-28 12 ply $558, 18.4-26 10 ply, $890. Factory direct. More sizes available new and used. 1-800-667-4515. www.combineworld.com

HELP WANTED AT GARDENTON Community pasture, South Eastern MB. Cattle experience necessary. House available for rent. Contact Barry Ross (204)841-1907.

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FOR SALE: ALFALFA, TIMOTHY, Brome, Clover,hay & pasture blends, millet seed, Crown, Red Pro-zo, cleaned common seed oats. Leonard Friesen (204)685-2376, Austin, MB.

FOR SALE: ORGANIC SAINFOIN seed. Called “Healthy Hay” in Europe. (sainfoin.eu) An ancient, non-bloating, nutritious, low input, perennial forage loved by all animals.

Better flavored meat & dairy. (306)739-2900 primegrains. com/prime-sainfoin.htm jhusband@primegrains.com

FARMERS, RANCHERS, SEED PROCESSORS BUYING ALL FEED GRAINS

10,000 US GAL, POLYWEST 6 months old w/3-in. valve, $5,000. Phone (204)248-2110.

TRAILERS Livestock Trailers

CPS Canada is filling the following vacancies:

ALFALFA & GRASSES: HAY blends & pasture blends, custom blends. Free delivery. Phone: 1-888-204-1000 or visit www.dyckseeds.com

FOR SALE: RED MILLET Seed, $.34/lb. Call Keith:(204)857-2477.

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2013 Malt Contracts Available 2014 AOG Malt Contracts Available Box 238 Letellier, MB. R0G 1C0 BoxPhone 238 Letellier, MB. R0G 1C0 204-737-2000 Phone 204-737-2000 2014Toll-Free AOG Malt Contracts Available 1-800-258-7434 Toll-Free 1-800-258-7434 BoxMalt 238 MB. R0G 1C0 Agent: M &Letellier, J Weber-Arcola, SK. 2013 Contracts Available Agent: M & J Weber-Arcola, SK. Phone 204-737-2000 Phone 306-455-2509 Box 238 Letellier, MB. R0G 1C0 Phone 306-455-2509 Toll-Free 1-800-258-7434 Phone 204-737-2000 Agent: M & 1-800-258-7434 J Weber-Arcola, SK. Toll-Free 306-455-2509 Agent: Phone M & JTANKS Weber-Arcola, SK. Phone 306-455-2509

IDL, VALVE SEAT TOOLING, numerous guide adaptors, lots of new seats. Phone (204)467-5093, ask for Doug.

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PUGH SEEDS: CERT CARDALE, AC Barrie, Kane Wheat, Conlon Barley, Souris Oats. Phone (204)274-2179 or (204)871-1467, Portage.

CERTIFIED ALFALFAS & GRASSES: hay blends & pasture blends. For prices Phone: 1-888-204-1000 or visit www.dyckseeds.com

Licensed and Bonded Grain Brokers

37 4th Ave. NE Carman, MB R0G 0J0 Ph. (204) 745-6444 Email: vscltd@mts.net

SEED/ FEED/GRAIN Feed Grain

Vanderveen Commodity Services Ltd.

FOR SALE: FROST TOLERANT no-name common soybean. Low heat units, 98% germination. Sold in 1-ton tote bags, 29-tonnes left. Phone:(204)526-2719 or Cell:(204)794-8550, can also text.

The only company that collects, recycles and re-uses in Manitoba!

888-368-9378 ~ www.envirowestinc.com

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Oilpatch means slick times for RTMs Young couples are looking for quality homes

By Duncan Morrison Co-operator contributor

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n oil and gas boom like the one underway in southwestern Manitoba nowadays can have many spinoff effects to the economy.

Some, such as more employment opportunities, are obvious to all.

Others, such as an increase in ready-to-move (RTM) home sales, are not quite as evident. But that’s exactly what is going on in southwestern Manitoba.

“We are seeing an increase of RTM home business in southwestern Manitoba as a result of the oilpatch business,” says Larry Huston of Lakeshore Homes in Rossburn, Manitoba. “Young couples are moving to southwestern Manitoba and looking for affordable and quality housing and are exploring the RTM home options.”

Huston owns Lakeshore Homes with his wife Janette. He says the ability for his company to deliver an RTM home to home buyers within 90 days is a key selling feature for home buyers in the oilpatch. He says his company is unique in that it will also build the basement on site for the RTM if that’s what the customer requests.

Lakeshore’s RTM homes are built in Portage la Prairie through the Hustons’ business partnership with Bailey Homes and shipped throughout Manitoba and Saskatchewan from there.

According to Huston, the oilpatch is also a driver of RTM homes in another sense besides housing young families. The lure of the oilpatch and other opportunities in the mining industry has resulted in a shortage of tradespeople in rural areas. These are usually the workers who are critical components of an on-site home build.

“Western Manitoba is definitely seeing a shortage of tradespeople such as drywallers, plumbers, and others needed to build a house on site,” says Huston. “This is why some people prefer the RTM home option.

They can’t afford to build the same house they can get with an RTM home due to labour rates of on-site builds. RTM homes solve that problem.”

Huston says that the first call he fields often brings up the expenses associated with transporting the RTM. He says he often disperses that concern by comparing it to the various contractors’ fees that an on-site build would incur. When the alreadypermitted RTM is taken into account, the decision by the home buyer is made easier.

As the company name Lakeshore Homes suggests, Huston’s business is located near some of western Manitoba’s summer areas. Huston has had RTM cottages delivered to summer hot spots such as Clear Lake, Lake of the Prairies and Oak Lake over the

A booming oilpatch has increased the demand for new homes in western Manitoba and it can be difficult sourcing tradespeople to build on site. photo: thinkstock

“Western Manitoba is definitely seeing a shortage of tradespeople such as drywallers, plumbers, and others needed to build a house on site.”

Larry Huston

years. However, while the oilpatch booms, Huston says the cottage RTM industry has tailed off a bit.

“Over the last six or seven years, people were buying lots,” he says.

“But property and recreational taxes on these lots really slowed a lot of people’s building plans for their summer homes. I think some people were surprised and it affected their ability to build their dream cabin. I see times eventually returning to smaller cottages by the lake rather than the larger cottages that many people were building.”

Lenders still shy of RTM homes Most lenders will finance after the home is on site No scenario is ever really perfect and RTM homes are no exception.

According to Larry Huston of Lakeshore Homes in Rossburn, Man., two key areas of RTM home buying and moving continue to drag down the process in Manitoba.

“Banks seem to still struggle with the RTM home,” says Huston. “In most cases that I am aware of, the banks will not lend money to the home buyer until the RTM is on the home buyer’s property. This is despite the permits and insurance of the builder and mover.”

Huston says he is unsure why this continues to be the case. He’s hoping that the decision by a credit union in Saskatchewan to lend money to RTM buyers at the outset of their sale sets an example for other financial institutions to get with the times. The other Manitoba concern, says Huston, is overhead electrical wires.

“Most Hydro wires in Saskatchewan and Alberta are buried, whereas in Manitoba, many wires are still overhead,” he says. “There is a reasonable permit process in place that is handled by the mover but it still can incur extra costs in Manitoba for the buyer. In the provinces to the west, it is pretty much clear sailing.”

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SPECIAL RTM FEATURE

Rural properties the key for RTM homes Custom-built RTMs are a hit with ‘empty nesters’ looking to downsize and still have a nice home

Origins, climate and permits

By Duncan Morrison Co-operator contributor

Customized RTMs are a favoured choice for retiring farmers transferring the homestead to the next generation.

By Duncan Morrison Co-operator contributor

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ountry living in a city-built home is the norm when it comes t o re a d y- t o - m ov e ( RT M ) homes. As a result, more and more folks are investigating the RTM option every year, says one local retailer. “ We d o e v e r y t h i n g i n house at our shop in Headingley on the outskirts of Winnipeg,” says Randy Marquette, who along with his wife Suzanne, has operated Ne w G e n e r a t i o n Ho m e s for the past 12 years. “That includes plans, designs, building codes and other key components of building a home. We look after that right here and arrange for

“For many, they are building a new lifestyle.”

Randy Marquette

their new RTM home to be transported to their property. We make it as easy as possible for people to purchase the home they want.”

Not having to be on site at regular intervals during the entire construction phase is one benefit to the purchaser.

According to Marquette, the vast majority of RTM homes built by his company

are headed for rural Manitoba destinations that are a fair distance away from Winnipeg, such as Gimli and Pinawa. The demographics of the purchaser, according to Marquette, are not quite as consistent as the rural lots they are often delivered to.

“We do see what we call “empty nesters” that are getting out of the city and into the last home they will ever build,” he says. “For many, they are building a new lifestyle. The kids have left the home and have started their own families and the parents begin to downsize and adjust through one of our homes.”

Marquette says that snowbirds and newlyweds alike will check out the viabilities

and options around RTM homes. Often, the price of land is a key factor in the decisions that many people are making around RTM homes.

“We especially notice this with some of the farm folks who have worked on the land and have either sold off their homestead or handed the farm down to the kids,” says Marquette. “Often they will set aside a piece of their property so they do not have to purchase new property on their own and they will move a customized RTM home onto this property to begin the next stage of their lives.

In some cases, they just want to stay near the operations and their family on a previously unused parcel of land.”

The RTM home and building industry originated in lumberyards and has evolved to also include customized RTM home builders, such as New Generation Homes, and other builders. Industry experts speak positively to the capabilities and durability of the RTM home. The seasonal temperature swings on Canada’s Prairies can be extreme on both sides of the thermometer.

To protect all Canadian homebuyers, the RTM home is built to the same national building codes as homes that are built on site. Building codes are starting to change in an attempt to pre-empt expected changes due to climate change such as increased precipitation and snowfall.

Examples of building code changes of this nature can be seen within insulation and wall tightening changes. Those changes are applicable across all buildings, not solely RTM homes.

Randy Marquette of New Generation Homes says most RTM builders who are equipped like his business will handle all the necessary building and moving permits on their end.

But, he says, the consumer needs to be diligent and ensure they fully understand the contracts to which they agree. And, the consumer also needs to speak with their builder so that they understand their permits and obligations clearly.

At the end of the day, Marquette says, the entire process is developed with the homeowner in mind.

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RTM interiors offer style with a personal touch Buyers can select from an array of professionally designed products

By Duncan Morrison CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

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This most definitely isn’t your great-grandma’s ready-to-move (RTM) home.

Gone are the days of quick throw-together interior product mishmash. These days, the interiors of brand new

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“RTMs are definitely not what they used to be,” says Derek Fyfe, general manager of Olympic Homes in Winnipeg. “We like to say every RTM home is a customized RTM. Buyers can pick out what they want from our professional design centre.

From high-end kitchens with granite countertops and tile backsplashes through cement board siding with stone veneer accents, we make it possible for buyers to enjoy high-quality lifestyle in their new RTM home.

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home,” he says. “We offer many different designs and work with clients to match their dream home with their budget.”

According to Fyfe, the only restriction on the upgraded interior bling is the size and capacity of the RTM. That said, he quickly points out that most people’s additions and modifications are easily handled within their many RTM homes, including the “Parkdale” premier show home which comes in at 1,700 square feet and has all the same features as highend custom-built homes.

Once the design decisions are made, things move quickly.

“Once the client picks their RTM and makes their interior and exterior finish selections we can start the build right away,” he says. “All of the choices are made shortly after the contract is signed. Once the build starts, it moves really fast.”

Clients are coming from all walks of life and represent a wide range from first-time homeowners to retirees looking for a summer home. Fyfe says many of these retirees have winter homes in warmer climes and are looking for a nice summer home to spend their Manitoba summers.

“We build RTMs for primary residences as well as cottages,” he says. “No matter where the client chooses to move the home, they are all built with the same high-quality products externally and internally and offer the same products. Quality is standard in every build.”

“We offer many different designs and work with clients to match their dream home with their budget.”

Buyer responsibilities in the RTM building process: • • • • • • • • • • • •

Financing; Property purchase; Onsite permits; Lot preparation and excavation; Construction of foundation; Installation of HVAC (i.e. furnace, HRV, air conditioning & all ductwork); Plumbing and electrical in foundation; Stairs and windows for basement; Hot water tank; On-site hookups (i.e. town sewer/water, hydro, etc.); Installation of appliances; Eavestroughing.

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• Control: The build site is a controlled environment, minimizing theft, material delays and travel time costs. This means the cost of your home is accurate and there are no surprises at the end due to cost overruns or unforeseen issues.

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