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Mulch, mice and ‘the man problem’ hold up CA adoption Women are interested in producing food while men are more interested in growing cash crops using conventional methods

Faller, Prosper recommended for interim registration The endorsement signals new flexibility in the registration system as neither fits any of Western Canada’s current wheat classes

By Laura Rance Co-operator editor/ Chibojola Village, Mpherembe, Malawi

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fter three years of producing maize using conservation agriculture, Nkasauka Nthala is a convert. The yields from her tiny .16-hectare plot of maize grown using direct seeding instead of hoeing were 166 per cent above the yields of maize grown under conventional practices. See MALAWI on page 6 »

The Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT) endorsed Faller and Prosper, two high-yielding American milling wheats, for a three-year interim registration during its annual meeting in Banff last week.   photo: allan dawson By Allan Dawson

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aller and sister variety Prosper, both high-yielding American Dark Northern Spring wheats, have been recommended for a three-year interim registration, marking a seismic shift in Western Canada’s wheat registration system. Faller has been grown under identify preserved (IP) contracts in Manitoba for two years. The Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale, a panel of

experts that assesses new wheats and advises the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on whether to register them, endorsed Faller and Prosper at its annual meeting here Feb. 26. It’s the system flexibility Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has pushed for since farmers called for access to higher-yielding wheats after the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly ended. It comes just as the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC), which has a statutory mandate to protect Canadian wheat quality, starts to review the system which segregates wheats by end-use quality.

CFIA is expected to grant interim registration. If so, starting this spring it will be easier for Manitoba farmers to grow the popular varieties that outyield Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheats by 20 to 25 per cent. However, it’s not clear yet whether farmers will still need IP contracts. “ We’ll have to discuss what the CGC would like to do with that,” John Smith, owner of Seed Depot, the company that holds distribution rights to the varieties developed at North See WHEAT CLASSES on page 7 »

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FEATURE Mount Agassiz protest Area will be redeveloped, but not for skiing

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CROSSROADS Farm marketing conference turns 20 New generation enters the business

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Editorials Comments What’s Up Livestock Markets

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U.S. organization that promotes healthy eating is taking a page from the playbook of its junk food competitors. It’s launched FNV — a brand focused on increasing consumption and sales of fruits and vegetables among teens and moms. Last week it announced a campaign to promote FNV using entertainment and sports celebrities such as actors Kristen Bell and Jessica Alba, WWE Superstar John Cena, musician Nick Jonas, New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz, Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry, Memphis Grizzlies forward Jeff Green, San Francisco 49ers quar terback Colin Kaepernick and Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton. The campaign is sponsored by The Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), a non-partisan, non-profit that is led by prominent health and childhood obesity advocates, including honorary chair First Lady Michelle Obama.

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton plugs oranges in this screenshot from the video “Prepare to be marketed to,” the first shot on a new campaign to promote healthy eating.

“FNV was inspired by big consumer brands, whose tactics are relentless, compelling, catchy and drive an emotional connection with their products,” PHA CEO Lawrence A. Soler said in a release. “We want to do the same thing for fruits and veggies, which have never had an opportunity to act like a big brand. Until now.” The campaign is designed by advertising agency Victors & Spoils. “Using our freshly minted list of celebrity endorsers,

we’ll look to roll out inyour-face marketing tactics that go toe to toe with other big iconic brands. The days of humdrum health messages and finger-wagging PSAs are over,” said chief marketing officer Andrew Nathan. A teaser video for a broader campaign was posted online last Thursday. The spot features stars with fruits and vegetables set to music, with the words “Prepare to be marketed to” flashing on the screen.

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Strong support as Agricultural Growth Act becomes law

The main dissenter is the National Farmers Union. KAP wants farmers to be consulted on the regulations By Allan Dawson

“I cannot stress enough that amendments to the plant breeders’ rights act allow for farmers to retain the right to save, clean, and store seed for their own operations.”

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here was applause here when p l a n t b re e d e r s, s e e d c o m panies and farmers at the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale heard the Agricultural Growth Act with its stronger intellectual property rights was about to receive royal assent. Immediately following the bill becoming law last week, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz tabled a treaty in Parliament to ratify the UPOV ’ 9 1 Co n ve n t i o n — t h e i n t e r n ational standard for plant breeders’ rights. Being party to the UPOV ’91 will encourage more plant breeding in Canada and bring in more plant germplasm, resulting in higher yields and bigger profits for farmers, Ritz said at an event celebrating the legislation held at Canterra Seeds in Winnipeg. “Many Prairie farmers have benefited from private investment in canola, corn and soybeans,” Mike Bast, Manitoba vice-president of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association said at the event. “I’ve seen those benefits first hand in each of these crops. We now have an opportunity to see similar benefits from new investment in the breeding of wheat, barley and other crops.”

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The legislation has the support of all “relevant” farm organizations, Ritz said. The list includes t h e C a n a d i a n C a n o l a G r ow e r s Association, Alberta Wheat Commission, Canadian Federation of Agriculture, Grain Growers of Canada, Western Canadian Wheat Growers and Cereals Canada.

T h e   C a n a d i a n   S e e d   Tr a d e Association also supports the act. The National Farmers Union (NFU) has long opposed the legislation fearing it will allow seed companies to charge farmers more and restrict farmers from saving grain from their own crops for seed. “I c a n n o t s t re s s e n o u g h t h a t amendments to the plant breeders’ rights act allow for farmers to retain the right to save, clean, and store seed for their own operations,” Ritz said. “There seems to be some confusion around that.” UPOV ’91 will not result in Canadian farmers getting access to more varieties and higher yields, according to Terry Boehm, chair of NFU’s Seed and Trade Committee. “With increased rights to plant breeders we will only see increased costs to farmers and even greater domination by the giant seed companies that are so inefficient that they need enhanced plant breeders’ rights to

stay in business,” he wrote in an email. “Farmers will rue the day when they see their so-called privilege diminished over time.” Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Dan Mazier said in an interview he hopes farmers will get a major say in developing the regulations under the act. “KAP feels if you’re not at the table you’re on the menu,” he said. Concerns were raised about the lack of clarity around the legislation during KAP’s annual meeting. The impact of the law is expected to become clearer as the regulations connected to it are developed. Ritz told reporters farmers and other “industry stakeholders” will be consulted on the regulations. The act also includes changes to the cash advance program, making it more “flexible and user friendly,” Ritz said. allan@fbcpublishing.com with files from Commodity News Service and Shannon VanRaes

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Taking the bus — Malawi style

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’ve done a lot of things with chicken in my life, mostly related to eating. But sharing a bus with one was a first. When taking the bus in rural Malawi there’s no telling who you might be travelling with. In a country where few can afford a car and one of the few luxuries is time, buses are how most people travel farther than a bicycle or walking will take them. You don’t Laura Rance just slip into the nearest market town for a Editor bag of maize like we would go for milk. You stand on the roadside waiting to flag down a passing bus with enough room to stop. If you don’t mind waiting or sharing your personal space (too bad if you do), it is remarkably efficient and low cost. For under 10,000 Malawian kwacha or about US$20, you can go just about anywhere. But be warned, local buses here are the antithesis of comfort coaches. Most of them are outdated, poorly maintained, fume-spewing back busters. We’ve hopped aboard several in the days since we left Lilongwe, Malawi’s capital. When we arrived at the bus station/market area, there were several buses headed for the same destination with the drivers raucously competing for passengers. These so-called “local” buses don’t seem to run on any particular schedule. They leave when they are full — enough. However, in Malawi determining when a bus is full is relative, somewhat akin to asking, “How long is a piece of string?” The bus we chose looked full enough to us. We boarded and clambered over people and suitcases to the last two open spots. There we sat for another hour in the sweltering humidity as still more people climbed aboard. We were later told the drivers need a certain number of passengers to start their engines, which is generally one or two more than the available seats. We were also told it takes longer to fill buses during the “lean months” in Malawi, between January and April. For many families, last year’s stored maize has run out and the new crop is not yet ready. People don’t travel as much when they are hungry. While we waited, vendors roamed up and down the rows of loaded buses carrying the Malawian version of fast food, trays of hard-boiled eggs, bananas, fried dough and cold drinks sloshing around in melting bags of ice. Finally our bus was full — enough. A group of men gathered around the back of the bus and started pushing with a rocking motion, before falling back with a cheer when it started to roll forward and the diesel engine sputtered to life. Taxis here are often parked facing downhill to operate on the same principle. The bus was built for 20. We had 28 on board, not counting the chicken. Except for the occasional squawk, it sat comfortably cradled in its owner’s lap staring out the window like the rest of us as the bus puffed black smoke up the hills and chugged past lush fields of maize and groundnuts and sleek, well-fed cattle and goats. There is a strange harmony to the chaotic flow along Malawian highways. It should be mayhem with motor vehicles travelling at high speeds whizzing past pedestrians and cyclists transporting everything from people to lumber to sacks of maize and even other bicycles on a ribbon of tarmac barely two lanes wide. Herds of goats, cattle, and yes, even chickens dare to cross, wings flapping and stretched out like, well, roadrunners. The unspoken rule is that slow movers yield to the blaring horns of bigger, faster vehicles, unless it’s livestock, in which case, everything slows to a crawl. Two hours later we disembarked in Salima to catch our next bus to Nhkotakota. As we started out with only nine on a 14-seater Toyota van, I thought, mistakenly, we got off easy this time. But my travelling companion warned rather ominously, “They will expect us to put four on this seat.” How right he was. The driver soon picked up another customer. The Toyota’s sliding door actually popped off its rails at one point, just as passenger 26 climbed aboard. In addition to people and luggage, we were also carrying a bicycle and three bags of maize by then. I cringed when I saw a man approaching our bus at one stop with a bunch of dead fish hanging on a string. Thankfully, he was selling, and no one bought. On our next bus, however, as we headed farther north into the high country of Mzuzu, we transported a big smelly tub of fish all the way to market. Six hours after leaving Lilongwe, we pulled into our first night’s stop as the sun was setting, just in time to find lodging and something to eat before turning in for the night, huddled beneath our mosquito nets, and listening to the geckos chirp. Co-operator editor Laura Rance is travelling in remote areas of Malawi, Zambia and Ethiopia over the next several weeks on secondment to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank to write about agriculture and development. laura@fbcpublishing.com

Staying off the hog production roller-coaster By David Rourke

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e used to finish about 14,000 hogs per year. There was a fairly predictable market cycle which lasted about four years — one good year, two near-break-even years and one bad year. Within each year you made money in the summer and lost money in the winter. Most urban workers would not know how to cope with this variability in income. Then it got worse — a four-year perfect storm with these factors: •  Grain and feed prices went from $35/pig to over $90/pig; •  The Canadian dollar rose from US70 cents to US$1.08; •  H1N1 — “swine flu” — inappropriately reduced demand for pork; •  U.S. country-of-origin (COOL) regulations; •  Invention and supply of a vaccine to control circovirus. This last factor increased the supply of pork in North America by 10 per cent in one year. Normally the market can only absorb one to 1-1/2 per cent per year. As a consequence of the perfect storm of reduced demand, increased costs, lower returns and oversupply, hog prices were unprofitable for most producers for four years. Many independent producers lost all their equity, or some like us stopped while we still had equity and money in the bank. Our barns are empty. I knew two years ago that as a consequence of low prices and PED virus, hog prices would rebound. But I also knew by three years there would be control of PED and expansion of hog production to put us in oversupply and losses again. Farmers are our own worst enemy. Our reward for hard work and abundant supply is usually lower prices, financial losses and sometimes even financial ruin. Some might say, “That’s farming — learn to live with it or get out.” I would say the model

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is broken (and not just for hogs) and does not work for independent producers. We are not willing to refill our barns and gamble with the slight possibility that we make some money — sometime. Is there money in hogs and pork? Yes but we need a better model to ensure that each member of the value chain participates fairly in the value created. The profits and losses relative to investment, labour, management, and risk should be shared by everyone in the value chain. Maybe then we will refill our barns. Maybe then our world-class hog-slaughtering plant in Brandon can run at capacity. Maybe then we will contribute our maximum to the Manitoba economy. Maybe then we will be able to use the valuable nutrient byproducts from our hogs on our farmland in a sustainable way to ensure we have competitive grain farms. Waste from our operations is another concern. The NDP government’s insistence that new hog operations invest in very expensive anaerobic digesters is ridiculous. Digesters convert carbon to expensive energy but do not change the residual nutrients. You still have to sustainably apply these nutrients to farmland. These nutrients replace the need to import commercial fertilizers, thus strengthening the Manitoba economy. Additionally, operating these digesters will increase operational costs for hog producers, creating a negative financial incentive for continuing, entering or re-entering the hog production system. And as we should all know, if there aren’t enough hogs on the farm to meet the packers’ needs for their current plants, layoffs and shift reductions start to hit packing plant employees and their local communities pretty quickly. I for one don’t enjoy the current roller-coaster model. After only a short ride up, we are again heading down! David Rourke now grows grain, but not hogs, near Minto

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his page of the March issue of The Nor-West Farmer and Manitoba Miller presented ads for cattle from E.L. Puxley at Westbourne, Penketh Stock Farm in Souris City and Binscarth Stock Farm, as well as for a cheese press, garden seeds and elastic trusses. The editor wrote that the Winnipeg Board of Trade had reportedly “sat down very heavily on the latest novelties in wheat.” It appears there had been some misrepresentation of varieties. “The Kubanka wheat of Mark Lane is a valuable milling wheat. What is here shewn by that name is condemned and denounced. The men who paid fancy prices for it will need to grow it under quarantine, if they grow it at all, for one bushel of it in a carload that has got mixed in even by accident, would make the whole go rejected.” However, the editor recommended that farmers who had a sample sent out by Professor Saunders should give it another try. Charles Saunders was the developer of Marquis, so that may have been good advice. The editor then went on to say that, “There is much wheat lying all over the country, and with the certainty that it cannot be moved out as soon as we want, it is high time to consider what can be done.” He went on to refer to a report from the railroad commission in Dakota, which recommended that the farmer “build his own granary and market his wheat at his leisure.” This would mean the farmer “would have purchasers at his door instead of being obliged to beg elevator men and railroads to take his grain.”

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Trade deals no impediment to restoring the CWB It’s wrong to say that it’s impossible to bring back the single desk By Ken Larsen

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ttawa has killed the Canadian Wheat Board several times over the last 120 years and each time western farmers have successfully demanded its return. The length of time farmers would tolerate working without the single-desk board became shorter each time. Those who profit from taking the wheat board away from farmers would like everyone to believe creating a new board is impossible because of international trade deals. However, recent events in lumber, steel, labour law, and U.S. and EU agricultural subsidies show this is not necessarily correct. So what do a chunk of Canadian softwood lumber, American steel, and restoring the Canadian Wheat Board all have in common? The short answer is they all show

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CWB was a great asset The Canadian Wheat Board was a great asset to farmers. But like so many other companies, greed and nothing else caused the dismantling of the CWB. From 1935 to 1943, dual marketing. Then all wheat to the CWB — oats and barley in 1948. Then the greed started. I was farming under the Veterans’ Land Act. I was able to take some of my wheat to the mill which allowed me to get my flour cheaper until the CWB greed even those these few bushels must go through the CWB. This hurt, but still the CWB did OK until it had farmers jailed for selling their own grain for a few dollars more. This is when the greed hit the fan, as the letters from the farmers to the federal government got the ball rolling. I still believe the CWB was a great asset to the farmers. James A. Yoke Manitou

Bipole III compensation values outdated Manitoba Hydro offers to pay landowners 150 per cent of appraised value on land in the path of the 66-metre-wide Bipole III line. Wanting to make its offer appear generous, Hydro always points to the 150 per cent figure. Even Eric Robinson, minister responsible for the utility, echoed this view on CBC TV’s “The National” on Dec. 20, saying “150 per cent of fair market value sounds like a pretty good deal to me.” What Hydro and the government don’t say is that the “appraised value” uses outdated data for land values.

that so-called “trade deals” are an excuse for Ottawa to do what it wants. Most experienced farmers will remember the endless and ultimately successful efforts by the railways and their supporters to get rid of the Crowsnest Pass freight rate agreement. We were assured that killing the Crow was the way to put an end to U.S. and EU farm subsidies. Of course, in spite of the free trade deals and Canada’s Boy Scout position in killing the Crow, the U.S. and EU actually increased their agricultural subsidies while western farmers saw their co-operative elevator systems bankrupted in an attempt to meet the increasingly unreasonable demands of the railways. We s t e r n C a n a d a w e n t f r o m over 5,000 community elevators to around 360. Ottawa did noth-

Hydro’s offers have not reflected the general upswing in land prices. Nor has Hydro recognized the rapid switch in land use in the past five years in the Red River Valley from primarily small cereals and oilseeds to higher-value corn and soybeans. Some Bipole III farmers cite land values that have already doubled compared to Hydro’s appraised value. The impact of land use change, even over the short term, is but one example of why Hydro’s forced-fit model employing a one-time lump sum payment is unfair right out of the starting gate. Land has already changed to a highervalued use even before the line is built. Despite broadly similar There will undoubtedly be many other changes,views impossible to predict but nevabout the overall ertheless certain to occur over the life of the line.place of science in Consider also thatcitizens each offerand is for America, a strip along the edge or through the scientists often middle of other land that thesee farmer will still use.science-related Its intended use for aissues transmission line devalues not only the right-ofthrough different sets of way land but also adjacent land. It is an There large offer foreyes. land that is notare for sale in the first place but which is being seized in a differences in their views transaction for which Hydro has shown across host ofseriously. issues. no willingness to a negotiate It is certainly not an unfettered deal in Theiskey data: which there both a willing buyer and a willing seller.  A majority of the Garland Laliberte Bipole III Coalition general public (57%)

says that genetically (GM) foods A&W is modified a friend, are generally unsafe to not a foe eat, while 37% says such I would like to comment about foods are safe; by “Producers and A&W remain at odds” (Feb. 26). contrast, 88% of AAAS If I understand the intent the foods scientists sayofGM Manitoba Beef Producers and the are generally safe. logic The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association correctly, cattle producers should take gap between citizens issue with A&W for selling beef raised and scientists in seeing without added hormones or steroids. At the same time these same producer GM foods as safe is 51 organizations would have us falling all percentage points. over ourselves with glee because weThis have (shouldisread have) a trade themight largest opinion deal with the European Union and the difference between the opportunity (maybe) to export beef publicour and scientists. to them. Of course exports would have to be free of added hormones  Citizens are closely or steroids. divided over animal How is beef free of added hormones or steroids soresearch: wrong when A&W sellsand it 47% favor on one hand and/or so right when we sell it on the 50% other?oppose the use of Brian Sterling animals in scientific Tilston research.1 By contrast,

ing to either protect our co-operatives or insist that western farmers be compensated by the U.S. and EU for their continued farm subs i d i e s. In s t e a d , i n ro u n d a f t e r round of General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT ) talks we were assured by successive Ottawa governments that a level playing field was just around the corner if only we gave up just one more thing that helped western farmers. Now we’ve been forced to give up almost everything and the playing field just keeps getting more uneven. Remember a few years ago when in spite of the free trade agreement with the U.S., Canadian softwood lumber exports were heavily penalized by the Yanks and Ottawa did nothing beyond imposing and collecting the U.S. tariff from Canadian producers? — A definite win for Ottawa’s treasury but hardly a happy outcome for B.C. softwood lumber producers. How about a more recent examp l e o f h ow m e a n i n g l e s s t h e s e trade agreements are to all concerned when national interests are at stake? Look at the recent invocation by the Harper government of an obscure law called the “Canadian Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act” to block the use of American steel in a construction project for an American ferry company dock in Prince Rupert, B.C. 6 No fireworks, no American marines

landing at Rideau Hall, just a very quiet capitulation by the Yanks. What these three instances demonstrate is that when it comes to international trade relations national interests take priority over trade law and agreements. Without getting into all the ways the single-desk CWB can be reinstated two things should be remembered. First, collective bargaining is protected in the Canadian constitution and secondly the courts have yet to speak on the legality of destroying the single desk without compensating the farmers who owned and benefited from it. While these do not lay out a red carpet for the restoration of the single-desk Canadian Wheat Board, they do make the road to that destination smoother. So when you hear some apologist throw up their hands and say we can never get the single-desk CWB back, drop a little piece of softwood lumber on their toe and remind them that a little Canadian steel in the backbone of our federal politicians means that we can exercise our right to restore a single-desk Canadian Wheat Board whenever we choose to do so. Ken Larsen is an Alberta farmer and a member of the board of the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (FCWB), the organization currently engaged in a class-action lawsuit attempting to recover compensation for farmers resulting from the end of the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly.

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FROM PAGE ONE MALAWI Continued from page 1

Yet only a small portion of the farm she shares with her husband and six children has been converted over to the new farming system. At first, it’s hard to coax out of her why. Chris Woodring, a consultant hired by the Canadian Foodgrains Bank with support of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation to interview smallholder farmers in five African countries, is a master by now at drawing out their reasons. He teases. He cajoles. He tells stories from his own smallscale farm in Kentucky. He gently calls them out on their inconsistencies. When all else fails, he draws diagrams in the sand. “I have been sent here so the small farmer’s voice can be heard,” Woodring tells them. As all of this translates through the interpreters, the farmers smile and start to relax. Sitting beneath the shade of the tobacco-drying shed on their land located on the Malawi-Zambian border three hours west of Mzuzu, Nthala a n d h e r n e i g h b o u r Zi o n e Mbewi start to open up.

of maize, especially in the early years. Finding it is one challenge. Preserving it is another. During the dry season, farmers with livestock often allow their cattle to roam freely, looking for forage. Corn stover that’s been left on the field for ground cover tastes pretty good.

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The decaying crop residues are also attractive to mice, which in turn, attract snakes. It also attracts the “mice catchers” — children who set the field on fire so they can catch the rodents as they flee. Their entrails removed, the critters are considered a delicacy after they are boiled and roasted until they are crispy. They are eaten skin and all. Farmers here are farming on traditional communal lands so their ability to limit access is limited. So much for the ground cover, and without oxen and a cart, it’s difficult to bring it in from somewhere else, if they can even find it.

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Mbewi said she had hoped to expand her CA plot to include soybeans and groundnuts but her husband wouldn’t give her the land. Now that he has seen how her small plot has performed under CA after it has been enriched with mulch and manure, he wants to take it over and plant tobacco, the country’s biggest export crop. “In Malawi, food production is done by women, and so you find that food becomes a gender issue. Men would prefer to grow a cash crop where women would like to look after their families. So hunger becomes the main issue for the women,” said Sain Mskambo, a project officer with the NGO Find Your Feet, based in Mzuzu. The tobacco industry turned

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to contracting with smallholder farmers in the early 2000s after commercial tobacco-producing companies went bankrupt. Farmers are provided with seed, fertilizer and advance cash payments to tide them over until their crop can be sold. Local extension workers say farmers often don’t get enough from their crop to pay those loans back. But they also say that when prices are good, businesses and the booze halls in the region do a booming business when the tobacco is sold in May. Cellphones, televisions, and new clothes don’t do much for food security, as many of these families still struggle to find enough food to eat during the lean months between when the old maize crop runs out and the new one comes in. But they do bring with them a certain status. Hunger is less visible. Up until recently, researchers and NGOs focused on building food security have been the ones championing conservation agriculture. They are less interested

in providing support for cash crops, especially tobacco. “I think that in truth, that if you can improve the income of a household, then you will improve their food security,” Woodring said. “But in many cases the organizations don’t see it that way — they design projects which are maize focused.” For the sake of the land and the families living off it, Woodring says that may have to change. “Currently here in Malawi, a huge percentage of farmers are working with tobacco so I think we are blind… if we do not work with them,” Woodring said. “If we say, ‘should we be working with the tobacco industry?’ I think we are asking the wrong question,” he said. Co-operator editor Laura Rance is visiting three African countries in February and March on secondment to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. laura@fbcpublishing.com

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WHEAT CLASSES Continued from page 1

Dakota State University, said in an interview. Interim registration will also make it easier for Richardson Pioneer and Paterson GlobalFoods — the two companies that buy Faller under contract — to handle surplus production and test new markets, Smith said. “ We want the market to grow ahead of the production so that there’s always a bit of pull there,” he added. “We don’t want to get into a situation where there’s more product than what the market can handle.” Interim registration bestows the same rights as full registration — a prerequisite to commercialization.

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Smith and the CGC assured the recommending committee interim registrations for Faller and Prosper wouldn’t threaten wester n Canadian milling wheat quality. Faller often earns growers as much or more than CWRS wheat so there’s no incentive to illegally pass it off as CWRS. “We are not thinking there will be a substantial risk to the quality assurance system as a whole,” Randy Dennis, the CGC’s chief grain inspector, told the committee.

“We are not thinking there will be a substantial risk to the quality assurance system as a whole.” Randy Dennis CGC

tial farmers have to up their fertilizer rates, especially if they want to produce high-protein wheat, Smith said. Faller often earns CWRS prices, but farmers can expect discounts when protein is lacking in their Faller or Prosper and high protein is in demand. Ev e n t h o u g h Fa l l e r a n d Prosper have lower gluten strength than the CWRS wheat, they produce more flour and have “functional” protein producing excellent bread, making them popular with British bakery Warburtons, Smith said. “The Warburtons program this year with JRI and Paterson (is) paying on average a $10 (a tonne) premium over what a hard red spring, CWRS class value is,” he said. Certified Faller and Prosper seed is available only through Seed Depot. Certified seed is a requirement when growing the varieties under IP contracts. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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these varieties that there would be a whole new class and the CGC, CFIA and the registration committee would all get together to make it happen — that there was that much flexibility in the system — I wouldn’t have believed you. I would’ve bet the farm against that one.” The wheat board was seen by some as a roadblock to variety flexibility, but during its existence several U.S. wheats, including Glenn, were registered. But Glenn fit the CWRS mould; Faller and Prosper don’t. Over the past three years, Faller averaged 72 bushels an acre, or 31 per cent more than the CWRS wheats Kane, Carberry, Glenn and Harvest, according to crop insurance data. In 2013 there were 41,000 a c re s o f Fa l l e r s e e d e d i n Manitoba and triple that — 128,000 — last year. With such high yield poten-

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Investing in farmers keeps kids in school Families who see improved yields under conservation agriculture use the extra income to pay school fees By Laura Rance Co-operator editor/Katete District, Northern Zambia

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uliette, the eldest daughter of Olipa Tembo and her husband Dickson Nkata, came home from school early one day. She was crying. The child, who would have been about eight at the time, had walked the four kilometres to the local school, only to have the teacher promptly send her home again. The family had not yet paid her school fees — mandatory in the public school system in Zambia. “She wanted to learn, but the teacher would send her back home,” he said. “She was being teased and she was crying.” That was nearly four years ago now. The family remembers it like it was yesterday. “We didn’t have enough food to eat at that time,” her father said as the family sat gathered on their farmhouse porch waiting out a rain shower. And although in the past the family filled their empty larder by doing work for others, “we didn’t have enough energy to work,” he said. It’s a vicious cycle that goes nowhere but down. What money they had was

used to buy maize meal, which is made into nsima, a porridge-like patty that resembles polenta. The family was eating once a day through that period. Juliette wasn’t the only one sent from the classroom. December through March are known as the “hunger months” in Zambia, the time between when the old harvest has been consumed and the new harvest has not yet matured. As we travelled to different communities in different districts, we heard similar stories. Families during this season reduce both the quantity and the quality of their diets. Youngsters whose parents don’t pay fees or buy books and uniforms are barred from the classroom. And without an education, these children are destined to continue the cycle of poverty. But like many a preteen, Juliette was determined to have her way and she refused to fall behind in her studies. The interpreter chuckled as she relayed her explanation for what happened next. “She forced her parents to pay her fees.”

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Times have since changed for this family of eight.

An oxen-powered ‘ripper’ Less work, and less soil disturbance By Laura Rance Co-operator Editor/Lundazi, Zambia

Conservation agriculture techniques and tools can be as varied as the farm. Olipa Tembo and Dickson Nkata were using “pot-holing” in which the farmer digs a small basin into which manure, and later seed, is planted. It’s an alternative to traditional methods of digging deep furrows, in their case with oxen, which are then hoed or plowed into high ridges as the plants emerge. Last year they started working with a “ripper” for the first time. This year they put a down payment on one through a purchase program through the Reformed Church of Zambia. The ripper is an ox-drawn implement that replaces the chisel plow with a narrow opener that “rips” a narrow trench into the field into which they drop manure. Sometimes they add a bit of soil on top of the manure, which is then followed by the seed. If they have access to fertilizer, they can follow up after the crop has emerged by top dressing with urea. Ruairidh (pronounced Rory) Waddell, program co-ordinator for World Renew, said pulling the ripper through a field is far less work for the oxen, which means the farmer is able to cover more ground with the same amount of energy. “He can do much quicker for a greater area,” he said. More importantly, it prepares a seedbed with minimal disturbance to the soil surface. “So you are able to retain the soil cover from the previous year, the leftover crop residues. That really builds on the carbon content within the soil and keeps the nutrition in the soil,” he said.

“Also it helps to retain the moisture. So the plants tend to be healthier, grow better are more drought resistant,” he said. Steven Chinyama, 47 and his wife Matilda, intercrop maize, pumpkins and sunflowers in a bid to keep the weeds in check. From the looks of their field, they were still losing some maize yield to weeds. But their decisions weren’t solely based on maize yields. The pumpkins produced on their farm last year provided them with another source of food and something to sell for cash during the lean months before a new harvest came in. They also use “fertility pits” that consist of 2x2-metre pits dug about two-thirds of a metre into the ground into which manure and compost are added. The soil is placed on top and turned. Crops can then be planted on the surface, sometimes intercropped with different varieties and rotated from pit to pit. Farmers in Malawi use their hoes to create planting basins, into which they put composted manure and seed. Fertility is supplied in some cases with mulch and manure, while other farmers use organic fertilizers in combination with inorganic sources. Clever Zimba, who farms in the Lundazi area of northern Zambia, was using a hand-held seeder that jabs seed into a hole and side bands fertilizer at the same time. Weed control is either done by hand, by hoe or using herbicides. The farmers using herbicides appeared to be scaling up their conservation agriculture plots at a faster rate. laura@fbcpublishing.com

Olipa was among a group of women selected by the Zambian government to receive training in crop rotation, crop diversification, gardening and poultry production. Her role now is to spread that knowledge to other farmers in the area. Visiting the family’s farm is like dropping in at a mini research station. Her plots are situated along the main road to the nearest village and she’s posted each one of them with the variety, the fertilizer treatments and the time of planting. This year, Olipa will operate two field schools training 60 local farmers in two groups of 30. For the past three years, Olipa has also participated in a program promoting conservation agriculture offered by the Reformed Church of Zambia (RCZ) with support from World Renew and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. The system focuses on reducing soil losses to erosion, maximizing available water, improving fertility and weed control. These investments in her capacity as a farmer are paying big dividends for her family and their community. For starters, they no longer run short of food and the school fees get paid on time.

When she was eight, Juliette was sent home from school because she hadn’t paid her fees.   photo: Laura rance

They now grow three different types of maize, including orange maize, which has been fortified with vitamin A. They grow groundnuts and sweet potatoes, soybeans, cowpeas,

s o r g h u m , s u n f l ow e r s a n d upland rice. Their yard is surrounded with fruit trees. They also have 104 broilers Continued on next page »

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that are a few weeks old, 10 broilers left over from last year, 20 laying hens and three head of cattle.

Hunger economics

In the past, even though they had chickens running around the yard and even though they were hungr y, chicken was something they ate perhaps once a year at Christmas. Hunger economics dictate that chickens are too valuable to eat; they are something to be sold in order to buy maize meal. Now, the family eats chicken once every two weeks or so. Farmers involved in the RCZ project are coached in minimum tillage, crop rotations and diversified cropping plans. It’s important to note that while the 2,100 households that are participating in the RCZ programs receive extension support and have access to loans for implements and inputs, they are not being subsidized or otherwise paid to make the transition. Ruairidh Waddell, World Renew’s program consultant for Zambia, said they are in the process of transitioning away from loan facilitation to organizing farmers into savings and loans groups, so they can finance themselves. Olipa and Dickson also use herbicide applied with a backpack sprayer to help control the weeds.

Benefits for all

They have struggled in these early years of adoption to get enough chicken manure to feed their crops. That said, the yields they have achieved since adopting the new techniques have not only ensured the family has food security all year round, it has given them an opportunity to sell produce, which provided the capital for them to get into poultry production. Another asset purchased since starting CA is a treadle pump, a pedal-powered irrigation system to help their vegetable garden through dry spells. Olipa measures the benefits by looking at her children. “We are able to eat all three groups of food,” she said. “The children don’t get sick as easily.” She also now uses soap to wash their clothes instead of only water. The family also now has savings. “Now I have money,” Dickson said, who now devotes all of his labour to the farm. “Now I at least have something in my hand for working — that is the change.” Co-operator editor Laura Rance is on secondment to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank to explore how investment in agriculture affects development in low-income countries. laura@fbcpublishing.com

Olipa Tembo and Dickson Nkata’s farm now looks like a mini research station, growing a wide range of crops and livestock.  photo: laura rance

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS Cattle Prices

Heifers

Alberta South — — 130.00 - 148.00 115.00 - 133.00 — $ 220.00 - 228.00 229.00 - 241.00 244.00 - 262.00 272.00 - 291.00 300.00 - 325.00 325.00 - 353.00 $ 206.00 - 218.00 218.00 - 226.00 231.00 - 244.00 245.00 - 264.00 273.00 - 295.00 297.00 - 322.00

($/cwt) (1,000+ lbs.) (850+ lbs.)

Futures (February 20, 2015) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change February 2015 161.12 1.95 April 2015 149.80 -2.82 June 2015 142.95 -1.75 August 2015 141.80 -1.05 October 2015 145.22 0.05 December 2015 145.87 0.18

Feeder Cattle March 2015 April 2015 May 2015 August 2015 September 2015 October 2015

Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

Ontario $ 180.45 - 199.38 166.75 - 198.43 104.15 - 138.43 104.15 - 138.43 139.71 - 162.62 $ 207.62- 228.60 203.47 - 243.41 213.49 - 263.29 234.76 - 293.06 238.56 - 304.21 236.27 - 306.10 $ 180.79 - 203.74 181.17 - 213.35 193.76 - 228.86 198.54 - 252.22 216.27 - 265.25 227.12 - 266.14

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(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.)

Close 200.30 199.05 198.92 201.72 201.20 199.70

Change -2.25 -2.52 -1.98 -1.93 -1.50 -1.55

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending February 20, 2015 43,213 9,734 33,479 N/A 524,000

Previous Year­ 52,936 12,268 40,668 N/A 537,000

Week Ending February 20, 2015 802 22,070 11,931 401 377 7,043 32

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Previous Year 586 21,717 12,315 347 533 7,520 28

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.)

Current Week 163.00 E 151.00 E 140.54 140.65

Futures (February 20, 2015) in U.S. Hogs April 2015 May 2015 June 2015 July 2015 August 2015

Last Week 159.81 149.13 136.69 141.80

Close 67.15 79.30 82.62 83.50 83.55

Last Year (Index 100) 194.49 183.12 189.39 188.12

Change 0.10 2.58 1.17 1.70 1.50

Other Market Prices Sheep and Lambs $/cwt Ewes Choice Lambs (110+ lb.) (95 - 109 lb.) (80 - 94 lb.) (Under 80 lb.) (New crop)

$1 Cdn: $0.7994 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.2508 Cdn.

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(Friday to Thursday) February 27, 2015 Winnipeg Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 126.00 - 134.00 D3 Cows 115.00 - 125.00 Bulls 150.00 - 162.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) $ 200.00 - 213.00 (801-900 lbs.) 220.00 - 242.50 (701-800 lbs.) 235.00 - 263.00 (601-700 lbs.) 255.00 - 292.00 (501-600 lbs.) 280.00 - 325.00 (401-500 lbs.) 300.00 - 331.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.) 175.00 - 192.00 (801-900 lbs.) 200.00 - 218.00 (701-800 lbs.) 220.00 - 240.00 (601-700 lbs.) 228.00 - 261.00 (501-600 lbs.) 245.00 - 300.00 (401-500 lbs.) 300.00 - 324.00 Slaughter Cattle Grade A Steers Grade A Heifers D1, 2 Cows D3 Cows Bulls Steers

EXCHANGES: February 27, 2015

Winnipeg (70 Hd) Wooled Fats — — — — — —

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 March 1, 2015 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.955 Undergrade .............................. $1.865 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.940 Undergrade .............................. $1.840 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.940 Undergrade .............................. $1.840 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.900 Undergrade............................... $1.815 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.

Toronto 92.65 - 125.60 178.91 - 200.28 198.56 - 217.78 211.09 - 244.00 246.46 - 298.13 —

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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 November 10, 2013. New Previous A Extra Large $2.00 $2.05 A Large 2.00 2.05 A Medium 1.82 1.87 A Small 1.40 1.45 A Pee Wee 0.3775 0.3775 Nest Run 24 + 1.8910 1.9390 B 0.45 0.45 C 0.15 0.15

Goats Kids Billys Mature

Winnipeg (Fats) — — —

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anitoba cattle prices hung fairly steady for the week ended Feb. 27, with roughly 1,000 more animals making their way through the rings than the week before. Some stockyards said calves appeared to be under some pressure, approximately five to seven cents per pound lower, while support was going towards 400- to 500-pound steers from ranchers and pasture owners, eager to get their hands on some animals. “We still seem to be getting fair prices for our cattle this year,” said Melinda German, e x e c u t i v e d i re c t o r o f Ma n i t o b a B e e f Producers. She noted the record prices in 2014 had thinned down herds around the province, though, and that could be reflected through lower cattle volumes in the springtime. “I think we’re going to be down in terms of our provincial inventor y,” she said. Manitoba has actually decreased the most compared to the other Prairie provinces, she added, and it would be illustrated through smaller herd sizes this year. “Hopefully we’re going to start to see some signals though of heifer retention and expansion in the industry.” The industry continues to deal with the Feb. 11 confirmation of another beef cow in Alberta with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). South Korea on Feb. 13 closed its doors to imports of Canadian beef and has since been joined in bans on beef and/ or beef products by Taiwan, Indonesia, China, Belarus and Peru. Agr iculture Minister G err y Ritz was

melinda german

recently in Winnipeg, where he said the effect of the ban was minimal. However, for some producers, the incident raised unwelcome memories of the BSE crisis of 2003. German said she doesn’t think the case will seriously impact “straight cow-calf guys, or the feeder-feedlot guys,” but it could be felt by others in the industry. “I think we’re seeing a harder hit to some of our folks who sell other products that come out of beef, (such as) bone meal, to some of the Asian countries.” In general, she said, “I would say producers are still optimistic” they’ll come out of the situation relatively unscathed compared to what happened a decade ago. The Canadian surveillance system is very strong, she added, and there haven’t been any serious impacts so far. Weather turned colder in the month of February, putting pressure on many cattle owners and their feed supplies. German agreed it’s been a strange winter, with up-and-down temperatures, but thinks most producers will be OK. “I haven’t heard of any issues with feed supplies.” Dave Sims writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

briefs

China restricts Canadian beef imports Staff / China has set up temporary trade restrictions on Canadian beef and beef products in the wake of Canada’s first case of BSE in a domestic cow since 2011, federal officials report. Born in 2009 and confirmed with BSE Feb. 11, the latest case — Canada’s 19th since its first such finding in 2003 — has led China and a handful of other importing countries to reimpose restrictions on Canadian beef, pending further information. China in 2014 bought about $40 million worth of Canadian beef, or about two per cent of the total

value of Canada’s beef exports, Agriculture Canada officials said. China had shut its ports to Canadian beef following the first BSE case in 2003, but agreed in 2010 to again allow the Canadian product, making Canada the first BSE-affected country ever to export beef to China. China’s announcement comes as CFIA officials continue their traceback and traceout of Case 19’s “birth” and “feed” cohorts. The birth cohort — animals born on the farm in either 2008, Case 19’s birth year of 2009, or 2010 — includes an estimated 750 animals. The feed cohort, however, is expected to be far larger. That’s partly because CFIA has now also con-

firmed Case 19 was born on the same northern Alberta farm as Case 17, a cow born in 2004 and confirmed with BSE in 2010. The agency said it now plans to search out any surviving cattle fed on the farm in between the two cases. Dr. Harpreet Kochhar, Canada’s chief veterinary officer, said that the agency in 2010 did a “very thorough analysis” of Case 17’s birth and feed cohorts, but its investigation concluded there was no one specific cause that could be identified. Other countries suspending Canadian beef and/ or beef products in the wake of Case 19’s discovery include South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Peru and Belarus.

Toronto ($/cwt) 98.64 - 268.22 — 107.35 - 341.25

Horses Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Last year’s record prices, this year’s smaller herds

Toronto ($/cwt) 29.00 - 37.00 46.00 - 57.00

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GRAIN MARKETS Export and International Prices

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Inter-month spreads suggest canola demand being met Roadblocks in Brazil put a pinch on soybean supplies Phil Franz-Warkentin CNSC

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CE Futures Canada canola contracts saw some choppy activity during the week ended Feb. 27, with most months finishing higher overall. One big feature in the market was the readjustment of inter-month spreads, with the nearby March contract dropping sharply before becoming the delivery month. After trading at an inverse since December, the March/May spread moved back into a carry position during the week, which should be seen as a bearish sign that commercial demand may be filled for the time being. When the January 2015 contract went off the board, it was trading at a premium of $15 above the March contract. The situation was similar when the November 2014 expired above the January. Usually there are carrying charges built into the market, with the front month trading above the next contract and on down the line, as the cost of storage gets worked into the more deferred prices. At expiry, the nearby month going off the board and the next month will typically move to parity, or thereabouts. However, in an inverted situation, the futures are basically saying nearby supplies are tight. The market is willing to pay up to have the commodity now, rather than wait. When the front month jumps even higher right before expiry, it is also tied to short-covering — as participants with short positions are forced to pay up to get out, rather than be forced to physically deliver a commodity they only really own on paper.

All prices close of business February 26, 2015

Last Week

Week Ago

Year Ago

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

183.90

193.92

220.10

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

204.57

210.91

246.46

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

152.94

153.44

180.11

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

177.99

179.61

331.02

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

377.18

370.10

519.65

Chicago soyoil ($US/tonne)

706.48

701.85

915.52

Coarse Grains

oilseeds

The inverted March/May canola spread, in place since December, was implying the demand was there for nearby delivery, but the signs are now saying the commercial needs may be filled for the time being. Looking further ahead, the two remaining old-crop contracts (May and July) are still at roughly a $10 premium to the new-crop November, which implies that the “fight for acres” is not really that aggressive as far as canola is concerned. In the U.S., soybeans posted solid gains during the week, while corn held within a narrow range. Wheat futures were mixed, with the Chicago soft wheat contracts moving higher, but Minneapolis mixed and Kansas City futures only up slightly. A strike by truckers in Brazil provided the catalyst for the gains in beans, as the labour dispute hampered movement of recently harvested supplies to export positions. Brazilian farmers only have very minimal on-farm storage capabilities, and the bulk of the country’s production typically moves straight to the coast at harvest time. Spoilage could become a problem in the tropical country if the strike action persists, but there were reports that the two sides were working toward a resolution. For wheat, the U.S. finally made a sale to the world’s largest buyer, Egypt, during the past week, which was somewhat supportive. However, that business was tied to a US$100-million line of credit, and traders were skeptical if any future business was in the works, as U.S. wheat is still expensive in the global market. 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.

Winnipeg Futures ICE Futures Canada prices at close of business February 27, 2015 barley

Last Week

Week Ago

March 2015

180.00

184.00

May 2015

182.00

186.00

July 2015

184.00

188.00

Canola

Last Week

Week Ago

March 2015

461.30

470.10

May 2015

469.30

466.10

July 2015

468.50

459.90

Special Crops Report for March 2, 2015 — 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

40.50 - 43.00

Canaryseed

Laird No. 1

37.50 - 43.00

Oil Sunflower Seed

Eston No. 2

27.00 - 35.00

23.00 - 26.00 —

Desi Chickpeas

15.20 - 16.00

Field Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

Beans (Cdn. cents per pound)

Green No. 1

8.30 - 9.00

Fababeans, large

Medium Yellow No. 1

8.15 - 9.50

—

Feed beans

—

Feed Peas (Cdn. $ per bushel)

No. 1 Navy/Pea Beans

26.00 - 26.00

Feed Pea (Rail)

No. 1 Great Northern

45.00 - 45.00

4.75 - 4.85

Mustardseed (Cdn. cents per pound)

No. 1 Cranberry Beans

44.00 - 44.00

Yellow No. 1

No. 1 Light Red Kidney

56.00 - 56.00

34.00 - 34.50

Brown No. 1

23.00 - 25.00

No. 1 Dark Red Kidney

74.00 - 74.00

Oriental No. 1

31.00 - 34.00

No. 1 Black Beans

42.00 - 42.00

Source: Stat Publishing

No. 1 Pinto Beans

25.00 - 32.00

No. 1 Small Red

46.00 - 46.00

No. 1 Pink

SUNFLOWERS

46.00 - 46.00

Fargo, ND

Goodlands, KS

19.65

19.75

Ask

—

Report for February 27, 2015 in US$ cwt NuSun (oilseed) Confection Source: National Sunflower Association

Low stocks bode well for continued strong pea prices Seedings in 2015 seen held back by concerns about root rot By Phil Franz-Warkentin Commodity News Service Canada

C

anadian pea exports have been running at a solid pace during the 2014-15 crop year to date, but supplies are seen to be running out and the market will need to work to ration demand over the later portion of the marketing year. Canadian peas have been leaving the country at an average rate of about 311,000 tonnes per month during the first half of the crop year, according to data presented by Heidi Dutton, general manager with ADM, at the Wild Oats Grainworld conference in Winnipeg Feb. 24.

Canadian pea stocks at the end of December came in at 1.5 million tonnes, according to Statistics Canada data, nearly 700,000 tonnes below the five-year average for that time of year. When factors such as seed, domestic usage and ending stocks of only 100,000 tonnes are factored in, there are only 150,000 tonnes per month of exportable peas available, said Dutton, noting monthly exports have not dipped below that point once during the past five years. “We’ll be virtually cleaned up,” she said. The tight supply situation should see Canadian pea acres steady to higher on the year at 3.8 million to

4.1 million acres in 2015, although Dutton noted root rot issues in some areas will see some acres lost to faba beans. Canadian farmers seeded 3.795 million acres of peas in 2014, according to Statistics Canada data. She estimated overall pea production would increase by about 400,000 tonnes, to come in at 3.8 million tonnes and predicted a carry-out for 2015-16 of 305,000 tonnes, which would mark the second consecutive year of tight stocks to use. As a result, Dutton expected yellow pea prices would remain strong above the 10-year average, of $6.40 per bushel, with current bids of about $7.50 per bushel.

Shortages in India and increasing demand from China are expected to remain supportive for yellow peas, but she said the demand fundamentals were flat as far as green peas were concerned. D u t t o n e x p e c t e d y e l l ow p e a s would be the driver in the pea market, with the green pea premium over yellows likely eroding further over the year. The situation for lentils is very similar, with good export demand and tight supply projections expected to remain supportive heading into the 2015-16 crop year, according to a presentation at the conference from Elyce Simpson Fraser of Simpson Seeds.

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Message to cattle producers: Don’t cut back on BSE testing The latest BSE case only increases the need for Canada to test 30,000 animals yearly By Alexis Kienlen staff / red deer

K

eep calm and carry on testing. That’s the message going out to producers following the latest case of BSE in an Alberta cow. “At times like this, it’s as important, if not more so, to continue with surveillance and be vigilant,” Canadian Food Inspection Agency official Craig Price told attendees at the recent Alberta Beef Industry Conference. The animal infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy was born in March 2009 — two years after an enhanced feed ban took effect. It died at a farm near Spruce Grove and BSE was confirmed in mid-February. The last confirmed case was in 2011. “Surveillance is a measuring tool — it doesn’t control the disease, it doesn’t keep the disease out of the food chain, and it doesn’t keep the disease out of the animal feed chain,” said Price, director of the CFIA’s Alberta North region. As a controlled risk country, it’s acceptable for Canada to have 12 cases of BSE a year. However, the latest single case prompted South Korea to impose a temporary ban on imports of Canadian beef and, at press time, four other countries (Taiwan, Peru, Indonesia, and Belarus) had followed suit. But those moves only reinforce the need to fulfil Canada’s pledge to

the World Organization for Animal Health to test 30,000 animals yearly, said officials. “We are meeting our targets. But to be honest, in Alberta, we are struggling to meet our individual targets,” said Dr. Gerald Hauer, chief provincial veterinarian with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development. “Now is not the time to take our foot off the gas. We still need to collect the samples and demonstrate we have a system that works.” In a time when cull cows are attracting high prices, all segments of the beef sector — cow-calf producers, feedlot operators, and processors — still need to do their best to keep suspect or inferior animals out of the food chain, the officials said. And surveillance is especially important with BSE because it has such a long incubation period. “Surveillance is an investment in the future,” said Hauer. “We don’t do surveillance today and get immediate results. We have to accumulate information over many years, and by doing so, that’s how we all help the industry.”

The investigation

Investigators have already identified the birth herd and the cow’s date of birth, and are currently looking for equivalent risk animals. The first step is to look for the birth cohort, which includes animals born on the same

farm within one year of the birth of the positive animal. This group has the highest risk of being exposed to the same feed. Investigators are also looking for the progeny of the infected animal. “It’s rare, and relatively undocumented, but there is a possibility that BSE can pass from mother to daughter,” said Price. Other animals of equivalent risk include the feed cohort, as these animals may have used the same feed bunks or feed mill. The animal itself is also being investigated. “We want to know who the sire was, who the dam was, and all the progeny; anything around the birth, life and death of that animal that might point to indicators as to how it got sick,” said Price. “What we’re trying to figure out right now is how the animal got sick, and how it caught BSE.” Equivalent risk animals will be destroyed and tested for BSE.

Korean ban

It was no surprise South Korea closed its borders as it had previously indicated it would if another BSE case was found in Canada, said Price. “When South Korea decided to open its market (in 2012 after an eight-year ban), it included a protocol to cover this situation,” he said. “We’re in regular conversation with South Korea now, keeping it abreast

of what we’re finding, what we know, and when we wrap this investigation up.” Price said he was not expecting bans from major buyers of Canadian beef. “They’re respecting the fact that we are a controlled risk country, that we have a job to do right now to investigate the disease and try and figure out how this animal got sick,” he said. “They’re watching and they’re listening, and they’re just paying attention and not signalling anything drastic at this time.” The age of the cow will have an impact on Canada’s status with the OIE (Organization of World Animal Health). If a country wants to apply for a negligible status, it must wait 11 years after the birth of the infected cow before application. Since the last infected case was born in 2004, Canada could have applied for status this August. However, because the latest infected animal was born in 2009, Canada will not be able to apply for negligible status until 2020. Controlled status signifies to trading partners that there is some risk of BSE. A negligible status means a country has never had a case of BSE or it has been so long that the chance of a new case is extremely low. Both Australia and the United States have negligible status. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

BSE: TESTING BY THE NUMBERS

TESTING

30,000 ANNUALY

THE NUMBER OF CATTLE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS PLEDGED TO TEST SINCE 2004* * RECOMMENDED BY THE WORLD ORGANIZATION FOR ANIMAL HEALTH

A STEADY DECLINE IN CATTLE TESTING The number of Canadian cattle tested for BSE since 2005

60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000

Surveillance and BSE testing are more important than ever, CFIA official Craig Price said at the recent Alberta Beef Industry Conference.   Photo: Alexis Kienlen

27,604

31,021

27,371

33,458

35,655

34,618

48,808

58,177

0

55,420

10,000

57,768

20,000

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 SOURCE: Canadian Food Inspection Agency

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Expert says prepare to raise beef in a world without growth promotants While there’s no question beta-agonists and antibiotics work, there are ways to lessen the need for them, says ruminant nutritionist By Jennifer Blair staff / red deer

G

et ready — changing consumer demands could spell the end of growth promotants in Canadian cattle production, says a ruminant nutritionist from Brazil. “Increased public concern with animal welfare, and also with antibiotic resistance in humans, has really drawn attention to the use of these kinds of products,” said Gabriel Ribeiro at the recent Feed Coalition workshop. “We have to understand that demand drives production, and as beef producers, we have to produce what the consumer wants. And if that’s what the consumer wants in the future, we might have to change the way we produce beef.” Right now, producers use beta-agonists and antibiotics to promote growth, improving everything from carcass gain to feed efficiency, he said. And improved efficiency is critical as global demand for beef grows. “By 2050, we will need around 43 per cent increase in beef production. That means a little over one per cent increase per year,” said Ribeiro, a visiting scientist at the Lethbridge Research Centre. “The question is: How are we going to do that? Are we going to increase efficiency and improve the way we feed and raise our cattle? Or are we going to increase our area and our number of animals?” Doing the former is going to be tough without growth promotants, according to a recent U.S. study. “By removing this growthenhancing technology, we would need to increase the animal population by 11.8 per cent and increase feed stuff by 10.6 per cent to produce the same amount of beef,” said Ribeiro. “We would also need to increase land area by 10 per cent, water use by 4.2 per cent, and carbon emissions by 9.8 per cent.” But with federal legislation phasing out the use of antibiotics for growth promotion within the next three years and markets increasingly demanding implant-free beef, producers will need to start rethinking their production practices.

Five suggestions

“We have to think about the whole system and the points we can manage and change that can reduce problems,” said Ribeiro. “We have to think about preventing disease, not treating disease.” Reducing stress during transport and handling is a major factor in preventing disease, he said.

“Nowadays, people have been moving their cattle more often, with animals changing groups, and that puts animals in higherstress situations,” said Ribeiro. “If you’re always moving your animals between pens, you’re increasing this. Your animals are stressed, and the probability of having disease problems is higher.” Diet also plays a role. “That might be the easiest way nowadays to try to reduce acidosis and liver abscesses,” he said, adding that may mean bumping up fibre levels. “People are feeding less than 10 per cent forage in their finishing diets. What we’re doing is transforming ruminants into monogastrics, and we can expect problems with that. That’s not in their biology.”

“We have to think about the whole system and the points we can manage and change that can reduce problems.” Gabriel Ribeiro

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Proper grain processing also can reduce the risk of acidosis. “We know if we increase processing, we increase fermentation in the rumen, but if we increase too much fermentation, it causes acidosis,” said Ribeiro. “We’ve got to fine tune that to have the minimum processing so that we can effectively use the grain, but not promote excessive acid production.” Improved feed delivery could also help. “Delivering the feed more often would promote the reduction of meal size,” he said. “We know that animals that eat too much have higher fermentation and more acid being produced.” Reducing animal density would help drive down disease as well, he said. “We have lots of animals very close to each other, and maybe we will have to reduce the number of animals in a pen.” These changes “will involve costs,” said Ribeiro, but eventually, those costs may be offset by higher prices, as was the case in Europe, where growth promotants are banned. “These technologies have an impact on production, so if we remove them, it will be a problem. But if we can add value to Canadian beef, this loss might be reduced by the opening of new markets.”

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Feeder Steers

Feb-25

Feb-24

Feb-24

Feb-26

Feb-25

Feb-23

Feb-26

Feb-27

No. on offer

1,430*

642

935*

1,071*

3,251

570*

2,155*

700*

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

900-1,000

n/a

190.00-222.00

185.00-197.00

210.00-224.00

209.00-222.00

210.00-225.50

n/a

200.00-227.00

800-900

214.00-235.00

205.00-234.50

190.00-232.00

225.00-238.50

221.00-235.00

225.00-241.00

225.00-240.00 (251.00)

227.00-244.00

700-800

220.00-256.00

235.00-252.00

225.00-256.50

240.00-268.00

230.00-248.50

235.00-255.00 (262.00)

235.00-260.00 (269.00)

238.00-265.00

600-700

260.00-294.50

250.00-293.00

245.00-287.00

268.00-300.00

258.00-295.00

265.00-291.00 (298.00)

265.00-290.00 (296.00)

250.00-285.00 (290.00)

500-600

280.00-321.00

300.00-335.00

270.00-332.00

285.00-336.00

289.00-318.00 (324.00)

295.00-330.00 (335.00)

290.00-320.00 (326.00)

290.00-325.00 (335.00)

400-500

296.00-338.00

310.00-356.00

315.00-370.00

320.00-354.00

310.00-352.00

335.00-360.00 (365.00)

285.00-340.00 (350.00)

300.00-345.00

300-400

n/a

320.00-352.00

320.00-380.00

340.00-365.00

n/a

n/a

270.00-320.00 (347.00)

n/a

n/a

190.00-202.50

n/a

175.00-200.00

189.00-208.00

n/a

n/a

190.00-215.00

800-900

n/a

205.00-219.75

185.00-205.00

190.00-210.00

197.00-217.00

290.00-320.00

200.00-215.00 (219.00)

205.00-226.00

700-800

194.50-235.50

215.00-252.00

200.00-235.00

220.00-242.00

212.00-235.00

255.00-276.00 (298.00)

200.00-233.00 (238.00)

210.00-238.00

600-700

220.00-256.00

230.00-258.50

225.00-265.00

238.00-263.00

233.00-260.00

235.00-255.00 I263.00

225.00-262.00 (271.00)

228.00-270.00

500-600

240.00-280.00

260.00-294.00

245.00-310.00

265.00-294.00

253.00-286.00

255.00-276.00 (298.00)

250.00-290.00 (308.00)

245.00-307.00

400-500

202.50-330.00

290.00-314.00

285.00-345.00

275.00-305.00

285.00-310.00

290.00-320.00

270.00-325.00 (330.00)

255.00-320.00

300-400

240.00-340.00

300.00-320.00

300.00-360.00

305.00-335.00

n/a

n/a

275.00-300.00 (315.00)

n/a

No. on offer

130

n/a

56

195

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

D1-D2 Cows

110.00-129.00

106.00-130.00

127.00-136.00

128.00-137.00

125.00-135.00

115.00-135.00

122.00-135.00 (137.00)

127.00-134.00

D3-D5 Cows

105.00-117.00

n/a

n/a

115.00-127.00

117.00-125.00

n/a

110.00-125.00

115.00-125.00

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

Slaughter Market

Age Verified

130.00-150.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

118.00-136.00

n/a

n/a

Good Bulls

149.00-166.50

124.00-143.25

134.00-141.25

145.00-160.00

150.00-162.00

140.00-150.00

130.00-150.00 (153.00)

145.00-155.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

170.00-177.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Steers Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

168.00-174.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

128.00-135.00

n/a

128.00-145.00

130.00-140.00

n/a

130.00-140.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

102.00-118.00

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n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

100.00-114.00

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Heiferettes

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n/a

n/a

n/a

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140.00-169.00

140.00-162.00

* 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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aple Leaf Foods reported a smaller, but still disappointing, quarterly loss Feb. 26, as it worked through a plan to close older packing plants. Even so, the company will

double its quarterly dividend to eight cents. CEO Michael McCain said the move reflected confidence in the business outlook. Maple Leaf is nearing the end of a multi-year program to replace old meat plants with modernized facilities as it seeks to boost profits and bet-

ter compete with U.S. rivals. In the short term, the $710-million plan saddles Maple Leaf with duplicate overhead costs and startup expenses. McCain said the company will close a large plant in Kitchener, Ontario, last week, leaving only one plant in Toronto left to shut.

Maple Leaf has also shed assets as it focuses on meat, selling its baker y, Canada Bread Co., to Mexico’s Grupo Bimbo last year for C$1.83 billion in cash. Shares of Maple Leaf fell 2.3 per cent to $22.17 during trading Feb. 26, falling off a nearly 17-year high reached Feb. 24.

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Sustainable beef pilot moves into high gear Fast-food giant has a long list of ‘indicators’ and is seeking producers ready to prove they’re good stewards By Alexis Kienlen staff / red deer

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cDonald’s has put its foot on the gas, and is revving up its verified sustainable beef pilot. The largest buyer of Canadian beef has developed a set of 40 ‘indicators’ to assess sustainability; created a scoring system to grade ranches, feedlots and others in the beef value chain; and chosen an American verification company to oversee the process. But producers shouldn’t be worried by these moves, McDonald’s sustainability manager for Canada said at the recent Alberta Beef Industry Conference. “This is not a certification regime — this is a verification opportunity,” said Jeffrey Fitzpatrick-Stilwell. “It’s about information sharing, not policing. It’s about producers demonstrating how they meet the criteria. It’s not an audit and it’s not pass/fail.” Since picking Canada for its global sustainable beef pilot last year, the fast-food giant has given few details on how that will work — even though it has promised to start using sustainable beef in 2016. But in consultation with an advisory board from across the Canadian beef sector, the company has developed ways — dubbed ‘indicators’ — to score practices on animal care, environmental stewardship, and food safety. Not every indicator is applicable to all segments of the value chain, but each one comes with a scoring system ranging from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent). Each aligns with principles set out by the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef and the Global Roundtable on Sustainable Beef.

“If we start going out on farms and everyone’s a 5, we will not have a credible process.” Michele Banik-Rake

verifying the good work that is already happening.”

Credibility key

But the program has to be meaningful for consumers, said Banik-Rake. “If we start going out on farms and everyone’s a 5, we will not have a credible process,” she said. “That will not be credible in a consumer’s mind or an NGO’s mind. Conversely, if we go out and everyone is a 1, we’ll need to address that as well. Our next step is to get feedback on farms and do some of these verifications.” They also said the sustainable beef program won’t see cattle segregated at the packers.

When it announced its sustainable beef program a year ago, McDonald’s only promised to “begin purchasing” such beef in 2016. The company is committed to meeting that target, and if things were to go south in Canada, it would look elsewhere for sustainable beef, said Banik-Rake. “When we hit our 2016 target — and we firmly believe we will — we’ll set a target for a quantity,” she said. Using BIXS will give the company a good handle on how much verified sustainable beef is being used in the 70 million pounds of hamburger patties produced at Cargill’s Spruce Grove plant west of Edmonton.

“We won’t be able to say next year that this hamburger is a sustainable hamburger, but we will be able to say that X per cent of all the meat that was processed in the Spruce Grove facility came from verified sustainable sources,” said BanikRake. “And our plan, over time, would be to continue to grow that number.”

The process

Ranchers who sign up for the pilot will begin by filling out a self-assessment online. That will be followed by a ‘pre-verification’ stage in which the verifier will see if there are any areas for improvement. The third stage will be the official verification. The process will be confidential and participants will receive benchmark data from the program. “What we will do with this information is share information about why somebody is a 4 with other ranchers in Canada,” said Banik-Rake. “This is about

providing information so you can continue to improve.” About two dozen producers have already signed up for this stage of the pilot program. Following this stage, there will be workshops to explore lessons learned, before moving on to a second group of producers. Getting the process right and ensuring it works for everyone in the beef chain is the top priority at this point, the two McDonald’s officials said. “We have no target in mind for numbers or per cents,” said Banik-Rake. “If it means that it’s a small percentage (of verified sustainable beef ) that we start to buy in 2016, so be it. We all agree that it was done in the right way.” Producers who have questions or who would like to participate in the pilot can contact Jeffrey Fitzpatrick-Stilwell at 416-450-1484 or jeff.fitzpatrickstilwell@ca.mcd.com. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

Producers wanted

It has also chosen a third-party verifier, Colorado-based Where Food Comes From, Inc. It will collect information that producers will provide in order to show how they meet the indicators, along with animal identification data that will track cattle from birth to burger. The program will utilize both an enhanced version of the Verified Beef Program and the Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS). McDonald’s is now looking for cow-calf producers, backgrounders, and feedlot operators interested in participating in the pilot, said FitzpatrickStilwell and Michele BanikRake, director of sustainability for McDonald’s worldwide supply chain. “We need to get out on farms to establish our baselines,” said Banik-Rake, who also spoke at the Alberta Beef Industry Conference. As they have said throughout the process, the McDonald’s officials stressed that they view beef production in Canada as sustainable and that their program is about documenting that in order to assuage consumer concerns. “You wouldn’t be in business if you weren’t operating in a sustainable way,” FitzpatrickStilwell told conference attendees. “But customers don’t trust us to tell them that. They don’t trust Cargill to tell them. So we need to develop some way of

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WEATHER VANE

Weather now for next week.

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One last shot of arctic air Issued: Monday, March 2, 2015 · Covering: March 4 – March 11, 2015 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

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t looks like this forecast period will be a transition period, as the weather models have been showing a switch in our weather pattern towards a much more spring-like one. This forecast period will start off much like all the forecasts for the last month, with an area of arctic high pressure dropping southeastward. This high will bring plenty of sunshine along with cool conditions. The high will push through our region on Wednesday and will be to our southeast on Thursday and Friday. This means Wednesday will be the coldest day, with temperatures moderating on Thursday and Friday as our winds become southwesterly. Over the weekend, the weather models show a small area of low pressure sliding across our region. The exact path and strength of this system is uncertain, but a few locations might see a couple of centimetres of snow. Otherwise, expect a mix of sun and clouds

with maybe the odd flurry, along with high temperatures in the -4 C range. Weak high pressure will follow this low — and while the high’s origins are in the Arctic, it doesn’t have a lot of cold air with it. We might see temperatures drop off a couple of degrees on Monday and Tuesday, but with plenty of sunshine and light winds it will feel pretty nice. This area of high pressure is then forecast to strengthen as it moves over the Great Lakes. At the same time, a large area of low pressure is forecast to move in off of the Pacific into northwestern Canada. This will help to create a fairly large southerly flow across western and central North America by next Wednesday, which should push temperatures in our region above the 0 C mark for the first time since January. Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, -11 to +2 C; lows, -25 to -8 C. Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park. Contact him with your questions and comments at daniel@bezte.ca.

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

Precipitation Compared to Historical Distribution (Prairie Region) November 1, 2014 to February 26, 2015

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

Produced using near real-time data that has undergone initial quality control. The map may not be accurate for all regions due to data availability and data errors. Copyright © 2015 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS). Data provided through partnership with Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and many Provincial agencies.

Created: 02/27/15 www.agr.gc.ca/drought

This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that has fallen so far this winter compared to historical distributions. Most regions of agricultural Manitoba have recorded low to very low amounts this winter, with some regions even reporting record-low amounts. Farther west, it’s a different story: in parts of Alberta and much of northwestern agricultural Saskatchewan, very high to even record-high amounts of precipitation have occurred.

Not quite as cold as last February Much of the province saw well-below-average temperatures over the past month By Daniel Bezte co-operator contributor

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he weather numbers are in for February, and as it turns out, my claim earlier this year that there was no way this February could be as cold as last February was correct — but barely! I think the best way to compare the two years is by looking at the data directly. Table 1 shows the mean monthly t e m p e ra t u re f o r Fe b r u a r y over the last two years, along with the long-term average. You can see that once again it was a frigid month across our region, with all areas seeing temperatures that were about 6 C below average. Comparing it to last February, the Winnipeg and Dauphin regions were only slightly warmer, with the Brandon region seeing the biggest difference compared to last year. Interestingly, our mean January temperatures this year would have come in right around the average for February. Precipitation during February was a little mixed, with eastern regions, including Winnipeg, seeing below-average amounts of snow, and western regions seeing near-average amounts. Winnipeg recorded about nine millimetres of water-equivalent

Our mean January temperatures this year would have come in right around the average for February.

precipitation in February, about six mm below average. Dauphin reported about 12.5 mm or about two mm above average, and Brandon reported 15.6 mm, which was also about two mm above average. Looking farther west, according to the predominant weather pattern we have seen across North America during February, we would expect to see milder but wetter conditions (as we discussed in the last few articles). In Saskatchewan, the colder weather won out over the mild weather in February, but it wasn’t quite as cold as it was here in Manitoba. Both Regina and Saskatoon reported mean monthly temperatures that were about 5 C below the long-term average. Both stations also reported above-average amounts of precipitation, with Regina reporting about five mm more than average and

Saskatoon reporting about eight mm more than average. Alberta, as expected, pretty much missed out on the cold weather in February. The northern and central regions saw temperatures in February that were right around average, while the southern regions were a little warmer, with mean monthly temperatures running about 1 C above average. The storm track running up and over the western North American ridge meant central and northern parts of Alberta saw above-average snowfall. Edmonton reported about 22 mm of water-equivalent precipitation, 10 mm above average, while the Peace River region came in about 12 mm above average. Southern parts of Alberta were dry, with the Calgary region coming in about five mm below average.

Who called it?

Looking back at the different monthly forecasts for February, it appears there were no clearcut winners. I think the closest one would be the Old Farmer’s Almanac, with a forecast that called for colder-than-average temperatures and well-aboveaverage precipitation. Environment Canada did the best job with the precipitation forecast, with a prediction of belowaverage amounts in the east

Table 1: Mean monthly temperatures for February

2014

2015

AVG.

Winnipeg

-19.8

-19.4

-13.2

Brandon

-20.7

-19.9

-13.6

Dauphin

-19.7

-19.6

-12.6

and near-average amounts in the West. My forecast, while off by a long shot, did include an explanation that said if the eastern North American trough strengthened, then we would be cold. My problem was, I went with a stronger western ridge! Now on to March’s forecasts. According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, March will see a continuation of the cold February weather, with temperatures running a good 3 C below average. Precipitation for the month will be around average. The Canadian Farmers’ Almanac appears to call for near- to slightly below-average temperatures as it mentions cold and fair a few times. It also looks like it will be a wet month, as it mentions stormy conditions several times. The folks at Environment Canada are taking the middle road and calling for near-average temperatures and precipitation during the month. Finally, here at the Co-operator, I am also going to take the mid-

dle of the road, at least with temperatures. There are signs in the long-range forecast of above-average temperatures, I’m just not too sure how long they will last. If they do stick around for a while and we see most of the snowpack melt off early, there will be a good chance of seeing above-average temperatures for the month. This is where the tough part of the forecast lies. The longrange weather models show milder conditions, but with the milder weather comes a more active weather pattern. This means more chances for significant precipitation. I think we will probably see near- to even slightly above-average amounts of precipitation in March. If we do get a large amount of snow early enough in the month, then temperatures will be colder than expected. So, as usual, March is a tough month to figure out and, as usual, we’ll just have to sit back and wait to see what unfolds.

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CROPS husbandr y — th e sci e nc e , S K I L L O R A R T O F F A R M I N G

Is continuous aeration a waste of money, or worse? Natural aeration might not use hot air in the bin, but it generated some at CropConnect By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

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Ken Hellevang  Photos: Shannon VanRaes

It was an abundance of convention and an absence of actual research that led him to study the issue in the first place. “Producers just turned the fan on and hoped for the best. We didn’t really understand what was happening inside, so we did the best we could,” he said. “But there was a sneaking suspicion for years, that there’s got to be times when that fan isn’t doing anything.” By monitoring temperature and moisture in the bin on a minute-by-minute basis — looking at air coming into the bin and air exiting the bin — Palmer discovered there was actually a daily cycle of wetting and drying taking place when fans were left running. Palmer will now expand the scope of his research to examine the effects of fan use on canola. “We’re looking at bigger bins, we’re looking at different crops, we’re looking at extended periods of time, like in the spring,” he said, adding that large-scale experiments are an essential but difficult step in agricultural research. “It’s really expensive to set up an experiment like this on a farm scale, where your liability is really huge,” the researcher said. “Who wants to let you fool and play around with their tough grain? This is their livelihood that you’re playing with… but thankfully the experimental farm is set up for this.”

Ron Palmer

For more on the aeration question BINcast calculates the best time to run your fans Staff / Ian Nichols of Weather INnovations Consulting (WIN), also says that running fans at the wrong time can add rather than remove moisture from grain. He’s developed a web-based tool called BINcast, which calculates the “equilibrium moisture content” (EMC) for particular grains and conditions. For an earlier story, visit the Co-operator website at www.manitobacooperator.ca/?q=Bincast. The story also provides a link to the BINcast program, which allows you to select your location in Manitoba and see a forecast for the best time to run fans for different grains.

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fter years of studying the effects of natural aeration on wheat, barley and peas, Ron Palmer of the Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation says that leaving fans running during the day isn’t just ineffective, it may actually damage the grain in your bin. “Not only are we spinning our fans for nothing, but it leaves us with fewer safe days,” said Palmer. “There is deterioration going on because we’re actually heating the grain up and wetting it down… which is not good.” Rather than cooling and drying grain, leaving a fan on continuously can heat grain up and draw moisture in, he said. Palmer told producers at CropConnect in Winnipeg last month that the basic rule of thumb is to only run the fan when the outside air temperature is lower than the temperature of the grain. That usually means leaving it on at night and shutting it off in the morning. “I call it the yardlight rule,” he said. “On at night you are bright, on during the day, you will pay.” The one exception to the rule is when a bin is first being filled. Palmer advises turning on the fan before the bin is completely full and letting it run until the following morning. But the former University of Regina professor’s findings are not being embraced by all. “It sort of contradicts how we’ve been doing things,” said one producer who took in Palmer’s presentation. Other experts also weighed in on the issue during the annual CropConnect conference. “It’s more than sort of a contradiction,” said Ken Hellevang of North Dakota State University’s extension service, adding he has asked a wide variety of colleagues and experts to provide their thoughts on the issue. The consensus was that existing methods are the ones to stick with. “I can’t see that just running the fan at night is going to get us what we want,” Hellevang said. But Palmer stressed that keeping grain dry and safe isn’t about how it’s always been done, it’s about data. “When I saw those numbers, I was as shocked as anyone,” he said. “So it’s not me speaking, it’s the data that’s speaking. This isn’t some simulation or some theory, we are observing the data and analyzing it, and this is what it’s telling us.” More producers have come on board with the concept in recent years. “When we first introduced this a couple of years ago, it was quite controversial,” Palmer said. “But I think people are starting to accept it more and more.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 5, 2015

CGC’s new wheat class reform proposals not carved in stone Officials explained the reasons for proposed changes and unveiled some revisions made after meeting with wheat breeders in Banff last week By Allan Dawson co-operator staff/Banff

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he Canadian Grain C o m m i s s i o n’s ( C G C ) proposed overhaul of Canada’s wheat class system is truly a work in progress. The CGC released its proposal in a discussion paper Feb. 20 but just last week revised the check varieties it wants used in CWRS and CPS registration trials and in the proposed new class for weaker gluten strength milling wheats. The change came after in-camera meetings with wheat breeders and the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale’s (PRCWRT ) wheat quality evaluation team dur-

ing the committee’s annual meeting here. There could be more revisions before the April 20 deadline the CGC has set for comments on the proposals. Recent customer complaints about weaker gluten strength wheat in the CWRS class, as well as increased i n t e re s t i n h i g h - y i e l d i n g , unregistered American milling wheats, motivated the CGC to make changes to serve customers and farmers better. “Our first key element of course is we want to improve and protect the quality and consistency of CWRS,” Dave Hatcher, the CGC’s program manager for wheat enzymes and Asian products told the PRCWRT.

“One, we listened and heard ver y clearly from produc ers saying they wanted other opportunities. Two, we heard from marketers saying, ‘well, yes we want new opportunities as well and a new milling class will provide for that.’ So, I know it’s kind of hard to believe but the government does listen and this is exactly what we are proposing.” Bakers want consistency in gluten strength so they don’t have to adjust their equipment to get the same loaf batch after batch.

Weaker varieties

The CGC blames a combination of factors for weaker gluten strength in the CWRS class, including increased

production of three varieties at the bottom end of acceptable strength — Unity, Lillian and Har vest — which several years ago accounted for about 33 per cent of the class (now 22 per cent) and poor weather. Even though some customers complain about weaker CWRS gluten strength, there are markets for those milling wheats. And some, including the American wheats Faller and Prosper, which last week w e re re c o m m e n d e d f o r a three-year interim registration, are high yielding and popular with farmers. “ The folks who we have spoken to want to legitimize this so they can market their product,” Randy Dennis, the

The Canadian Grain Commission’s Dave Hatcher explained the commission’s proposal for revamping wheat classes at the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale at the committee’s annual meeting last week in Banff.   photo: allan dawson

CGC’s chief grain inspector told the meeting. “The CGC is responsible for quality assurance (for grain) in Canada,” he said. “We take that responsibility very serio u s l y. We w a n t t o e n s u re Canadian grain that is used domestically and exported is safe, it’s usable for the product that’s expected and there’s a continued demand in the market for it.”

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The proposed new class doesn’t have a name, but the CGC has proposed the specifications. “ T h e c u l t i va r s w i l l h a ve good milling quality,” Hatcher said. “ That’s critical. They will have good water absorption, but the key attribute which will differentiate them is the lower gluten strength from both CPS red and CWRS.” The CGC’s proposal aims to address the demand for more variety flexibility, while preser ving and improving the integrity of the existing CWRS class. The CGC proposes the tighter specifications for wheats in the CWRS and CPS (Red) classes apply not only to new varieties coming through the registration process but also retroactively, Ha t c h e r s a i d . T h a t m e a n s varieties currently in those classes could get moved to other classes, including the proposed new class. The CGC will review existing varieties and if it suspects they don’t fit based on the new parameters the CGC will write the variety’s owner explaining they have the option, at their own expense, to put the variety in quality evaluation trials at six sites for two years, Hatcher said. The CGC will cover the cost of the quality analysis. The data will be reviewed after the first year giving the owner the option to drop the second year of testing if the variety isn’t meeting the specifications. If the data supports it that variety can be moved to a different class. “The transition of existing varieties into a different class will be managed very carefully,” Hatcher stressed. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Warming trend suppresses soybean yields Yields fell by about 2.4 per cent for every 1 C rise during the growing season By Tracy Turner Purdue University

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esearchers have determined that precipitation and temperature variations over the past 20 years have suppressed the U.S. average soybean yield gain — how much it improves every year — by around 30 per cent, contributing to an industry loss of $11 billion nationwide. In Ohio alone, that soybean yield suppression is estimated to have cost some $2.9 billion during the past 20 years, a c c o rd i n g t o a n e w s t u d y co-authored by a field crops expert in the College of Food, Agr icultural, and Environmental Sciences at Ohio State University. Global annual temperatures have increased by 0.4 C since 1980, with several regions exhibiting even greater increases, said Laura Lindsey, a soybean and small grains

Record 36 cultivars before recommending committee Most of them were wheats, along with three ryes and a triticale

specialist with Ohio State University Extension and a co-author of the study. And for every 1 C rise in temperature during the growing season, soybean yields fell by about 2.4 per cent, the study found. In Ohio, that translates into a yield loss of about a third of a bushel per acre per year, Lindsey said. “During the past 20 years, temperature and precipitation have been changing, and that change is associated with yield reductions and economic loss that is region specific,” she said. States including Ohio, Illin o i s , K e n t u c k y, I n d i a n a , Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa and North Dakota have experienced negative impacts on yield due to weather variables. While more state-specific research is needed to help mitigate some of the weather variability, according to the

“Strategies include the development of new cultivars and hybrids, the use of altered maturity groups, changes in planting dates, the use of cover crops, and greater management of crop residues from the previous year.”

Laura Lindsey Ohio State

study, some crop management strategies could help limit the potential negative impacts of weather variations on crop yields. “Strategies include the development of new cultivars

Yield suppression is estimated to have cost Ohio alone $2.9 billion during the past 20 years.   photo: allan dawson

and hybrids, the use of altered m a t u r i t y g r o u p s, c h a n g e s in planting dates, the use of cover crops, and greater mana g e m e n t o f c ro p re s i d u e s from the previous year,” Lindsey said. “If we don’t develop

strategies to mitigate weather variability, it could have a long-term impact on soybean farmers, the soybean industry, trade policy, consumer food prices, food security and the economy.”

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record 36 cultivars were reviewed last w e e k by t h e P r a i r i e Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT). The committee made up of experts, including plant breeders, plant pathologists, cereal chemists, millers, seed companies, grain exporters and farmers, decides whether to recommend the Canadian Food Inspection Agency register new wheats, ryes and triticales. Registration is required before varieties can be widely commercialized. Twenty-nine of the cultivars were seeking full registration and all but two were recommended. Seven cultivars sought an interim registration and all but one were recommended. Twenty-four wheats were recommended for full registration, including 10 in the Canada Western Red Spring class. One rye and one triticale were also recommended for full registration. Five wheat varieties were recommended for a threey e a r i n t e r i m re g i s t r a t i o n , including the high-yielding American varieties Faller and Prosper (see front page). One rye also was recommended for interim registration. Inter im registrations are granted to assist in market development or in emergencies when it’s deemed the variety can be of assistance to the grain industry. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 5, 2015

Forecaster sees a ‘drier bias’ this season But he cautions that he predicted the same last year By Shannon VanRaes

“If we’re going to plant a crop, we want to make sure we pay attention to the fact that we have a limited amount of topsoil moisture to begin with and a weather pattern that may not be promoting a lot of precipitation.”

co-operator staff

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hile much can still change, parts of Manitoba may be en route to a drier spring and summer. Speaking to producers during CropConnect in Winnipeg, Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc. said “what we’re going to be looking at this year is probably a little bit higher potential for a drier bias.” After years of wet and wetter conditions, the meteorologist said signs are pointing to a change this year, partly due to a very weak El Niño. However, the bigger factor may be that last fall saw less in the way of precipitation and this winter’s snowpack, at least in most regions of Manitoba, is not a heavy one. “If we’re going to plant a crop, we want to make sure we pay attention to the fact that we have a limited amount of top-

Drew Lerner

Drew Lerner  Photo: Shannon VanRaes

soil moisture to begin with and a weather pattern that may not be promoting a lot of precipitation,” said Lerner. “And that could be a really, really good thing for a lot of folks in the southeastern part of the Prairies, where it’s been so awfully wet for so many years… for many of us I think it will be a very good year.”

Earlier weather outlooks had predicted the possibility of a “Palmer” drought this summer, a period of dryness intense enough to register on the Palmer drought severity index used by the U.S. government. However, that now seems unlikely, he said. While it will be drier overall, Lerner added that high-pressure ridges won’t be able to sustain themselves, leading to periodic rain and even some storms. “If you take a high-pressure ridge, like the one that’s supposed to show up this summer,

and you put it over a wetbiased area, it’s not going to be able to stay in place,” he said, noting that existing moisture will evaporate once the system builds, thereby destabilizing that very high-pressure system. Manitoba’s first flood outlook of the year also reflected the possibility that 2015 will be drier than recent springs. “This first outlook estimates the potential for overland flooding is normal to above normal in the western areas of the province and normal to below normal in the rest of the province,” said a provin-

cial official, adding that could change depending on weather conditions between now and the spring melt. A thinner snowpack doesn’t necessarily mean less water content either, the province said in a release noting that some areas still have abovenormal moisture. What the lighter snowpack does mean is thicker ice on rivers and lakes, as well as deeper ground frost in some areas. A more detailed flood forecast will be issued by the province at the end of the month. But Lerner stressed that all it can take to change the course of a season, is one big storm or heavy deluge, noting that he also predicted a drier bias last year. “By the time I got to March, I’d changed my mind,” he said. “Still a meteorologist, still worthless… I come here as entertainment.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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South Africa maize crop seen down 32 per cent on drought Johannesburg / Reuters / South Africa will likely harvest 9.66 million tonnes of maize (corn) in 2015, 32 per cent less than the bumper 14.25 million tonnes reaped last year because of a scorching drought, a government agency said Feb. 26. The poorer harvest, which the agency said would be the smallest crop since 2007, could have implications for food prices and inflation as maize is South Africa’s staple crop. The maize crop will consist of an estimated 4.69 million tonnes of white maize and 4.97 million tonnes of yellow, the government’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said in its maiden forecast for the 2015 crop. The harvest forecast is 7.6 per cent lower than market expectations of 10.45 million tonnes, according to a Reuters poll of traders. Grain SA, an industry group, said on Feb. 12 that an aerial survey over maize-growing areas in the Free State and North West provinces had shown large sections where the damage inflicted by the drought was “already irreversible.” After good rains during the start of the growing season in October and November, drought conditions began setting in during the crucial month of January and have persisted into February.

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Demolition of Mount Agassiz underway Parks Canada is seeking public feedback in efforts to determine the future of the former Riding Mountain ski hill Jennifer Paige

“We really want to focus on charting a new future for Mount Agassiz, one that entices people and attracts visitors but also brings good economic opportunities for the entire area.”

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will move forward with development plans. “We really want to focus on charting a new future for Mo u n t A g a s s i z , o n e t h a t entices people and attracts visitors but also brings good economic opportunities for the entire area,” said Kent, noting Local residents and ski enthusiasts gathered around McCreary’s Alpine Archie that the site will offer hiking, statue on Saturday, Feb. 21 to rally against the demolition of Mount Agassiz mountain biking and picturski hill.  Photo: Wayne Gerrard esque views. Business in the town of mer,” said Kent. “It will be an McCreary has been reduced New uses “Demolition should be finished opportunity to rewelcome the since the closure in 2000, and by the end of March with the public back onto the site. Hav- many in the area say they will goal to reopen the site to the ing people on the site will also just be happy to see tourist traffic return to the area. public by the end of the sum- help us on determining how weT:8.125”

“Having this unused opportunity in our backyard is a hard thing to swallow,” said Rose. “Rural communities have a difficult time retaining people and many in the community feel as though they have been somewhat betrayed that this asset can’t be utilized.” Anyone interested in sharing ideas or questions on the future of Mount Agassiz with Parks Canada is encouraged to visit the website, www.pc.gc. ca/pn-np/mb/riding/me/ escarp_4.aspx. Jenniferpaige@fbcpublishing.com

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midst site demolition, more than 100 community members gathered at the foot of the former Mount Agassiz ski hill to share memories and reminisce of times had on the slopes. The gathering was held by the Agassiz Mountain Resort Group (AMRG) on Saturday, Feb. 21, in hopes of garnering community support to continue to push Parks Canada into reconsidering rebuilding the site as a ski facility. “During the rally event, many who haven’t been to the site in some time were able to see that the chalet has been demolished and the chairlifts are being torn down and I think really hit home,” said Kelly Rose, general manager of AMRG. For the past seven years Rose has been instrumental in the group’s drive to rebuild the site. Mount Agassiz is located on the eastern slope of Riding Mountain National Park. It was previously the only mountain ski hill between Thunder Bay and the Canadian Rockies. “Parks Canada respects the community’s desire to honour the memory of the ski hill and we are certainly eager to work with them to chart a new future for the site,” said Riding Mountain National Park superintendent Michaela Kent. Situated just west of McCreary, the ski hill was in operation from 1961 to 2000, when it declared bankruptcy and closed the doors. In January of 2011, strong reaction from interested parties prompted Parks Canada to do a feasibility study on re-establishing the facility. It found a number of issues with the site’s infrastructure, including mould damage, water sources and sewage disposal. Parks Canada proceeded to send out a request for proposals (RFP) in August of 2013. “We have gone through a really extensive effort to promote the opportunity to redevelop in that ski area. We launched an RFP process that was open for nine months and the reason it was open for so long was to allow perpetual proponents time to really come up with a solid proposal,” said Kent. T h e R F P re c e i v e d o n l y one response, authored by the AMRG. The $4.5-million proposal was reviewed by a number of finance and ski resort experts who rejected the proposal after it failed to meet necessary criteria. “The process was very detailed and the information that we requested was critical in the viability of the proposal and it did not meet our requirements. For that reason we want to look for other recreational opportunities,” said Kent. Rose says that despite the proposal rejection the AMRG will continue to hold out hope that the rebuild is possible. “We are currently waiting for the access to information to give us a better idea of why the federal agency has made the decision they have,” he said. “From there we will be able to either move forward or put closure on the project.”

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Canada’s malting barley exports decline Poor-quality barley crop in 2014 has limited supplies, and there have even been imports By Terryn Shiells Commodity News Service Canada

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anada has historically been one of the world’s top malting barley exporters, but its share of the global market is shrinking, Lorelle Selinger, North American Merchandising Manager with Cargill Malt, said during a presentation at the Wild Oats Grainworld conference in Winnipeg. A poor-quality Canadian crop in Canada in 2014-15 is one reason importers have started sourcing their malting barley supplies from other countries. North America has even started importing from Europe to make up for the lack of good-quality barley in Canada. Recent figures show that Canada now exports about 900,000 tonnes of malting barley per year, lower than Australia’s 2.0 million tonnes, and 1.0 million tonnes out of Argentina, Selinger said. Argentina’s production is likely to start tapering off,

North American malt barley demand is being boosted by increased sales of craft beer, which has a higher malt content.   Photo: Thinkstock

which should give Canada a little bit of that share back, Selinger noted. Global demand for malt-

ing barley remains steady, and though world production has dropped off in recent years, supplies haven’t been tight.

“Overall, we are in a comfortable place for global production (and stocks),” Selinger added.

Canada’s barley production has also been on a steady d e c l i n e, t h o u g h d o m e s t i c demand continues to rise, which has also contributed to lower exports of the commodity. One driving force behind stronger local demand is the growing number of craft breweries, which generally use very high malt content in their products. Data shows that in 1990, there were about 400 licensed craft brewers in North America. Currently, there are more than 3,700 and that number is expected to swell above 4,000, Selinger said. Generally good prices for malting barley this year could lead to an increase in Canadian acres of about five per cent, Selinger said. Lower values for competing grains like wheat, are also making barley a more attractive crop to grow. Statistics Canada data shows that 2014-15 barleyplanted area totalled 5.9 million acres.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 5, 2015

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Canola rallies to eight-month high Longs move back in when the market bottoms for a second time David Drozd Market Outlook

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anola has rallied $65 per tonne since Dec. 4, 2014, the day the May 2015 futures contract turned up from a second low at $408.60. A chart pattern known as a double bottom indicated the May futures contract would rally to $470 per tonne, a level not seen since June 30, 2014.

Double bottom

Double bottoms are basic formations which appear with regularity in the futures markets. Once completed they are a reliable signal of a reversal of trend. A double bottom begins to take shape with prices advancing into new low ground for the current move. This low is illustrated as point (A) in the accompanying chart. A reaction then sets in during which a portion of the decline is retraced (B). A second drop (C), brings prices back down to approximately the lows of the first decline. This is followed by a price rally (D), which exceeds the reaction high (B). Time-wise, it is important that the two lows are not very close together. It should be three to five weeks or more. A time interval for completion measured in months would be indicative of a significant reversal of the major long-term trend. Absolute price level need not be exact at the two bottoms. Often at a low, the second decline will slightly exceed the first low and appear very pronounced or spiked, but it may also fall shy of the first low. In the double-bottom pattern, strong confirming evidence is to have high volume at both extreme low points, w i t h t h e f i r s t l ow h a v i n g higher volume than the second low. The rally which follows the second bottom should see volume pick up. This pattern is completed when prices exceed the high between the two lows. A minimum price objective is derived by measuring the distance between the reaction high (440) and the double bottom (410) and adding it to that high. Example: (440-410), (440+30G0).

The market stalls as the supply of contracts for sale is overwhelmed by short covering and prices begin to rise. Long buyers jump in, convinced that the downward move has gone far enough. The market continues to rally until the buyers withdraw. From a longer-term perspective the major trend is still down, so when the rally falters, sellers once again step in and prices begin to move lower. At approximately the level of the first low, the shorts who failed to take profits when prices made the first low and sat through the entire correction are likely to be watching more closely and won’t let the opportunity to cash in slip so easily through their fingers the second time around. The decline is also halted by the ever-present bottom pickers who are waiting to buy the proverbial bottom of the market.

At the second low, the buying eclipses whatever selling remains and the market begins to gain ground. When prices penetrate the

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 5, 2015

Biofuels tied crops to petroleum British economist says the biofuel boom led to a massive increase in production of grains and oilseeds, which firmly linked agriculture to energy markets By Alexis Kienlen

“We’ve expanded our farmland for biofuels, and now we need it to mop up the surplus. That’s why the price has to follow.”

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roducers in the recent FarmTech here looked crestfallen after David Jackson told them the global oilseed market is tied to petroleum — and that oil prices will remain low for a long time. “A lot of it is out of your control,” said the British economist and director of oilseeds at LMC International, a global consulting firm. “All you can do is move your place within the cage, and move canola within it.” Biofuels have been driving grain and oilseed prices for more than a decade, he said. “ We couldn’t grow quick enough — yields couldn’t keep pace with that acceleration, so we needed more land,” said Jackson. “In corn’s case, 50 million acres more land, which affected the price… Basically,

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Like it or not, the rise in biofuels has tied crop prices to petroleum, says British economist David Jackson.   Photo: Alexis Kienlen

we just added another third to our demand and changed agriculture.” That’s now proving to be a double-edged sword, he added. “We’ve expanded our cropland so much because of the

demand for biofuels. So now we need those biofuels to take on this surplus. We’ve expanded our farmland for biofuels, and now we need it to mop up the surplus. That’s why the price has to follow.”

And that means crops need to be attractively priced for the biofuel industry, he said. “If crops get too far above petroleum, then they don’t turn into biofuels and they cap production for a bit.” But biofuel demand has slowed in Europe and is flat in the U.S. “Prices are coming down, and that tells me it’s enough,” he said. “That tells me that the signal is to stop expanding and

we have enough land to satisfy demand.” From 2002 to 2013, producers added nearly 200 million acres of farmland around the world, he said. But Jackson was more hopeful on another front — China has greatly increased its consumption of meat. Fifteen years ago, China used to export 16 million tonnes of corn a year, but it now imports eight million tonnes. “That’s a 25-million-tonne corn swing, which is enough to change the whole world corn price, which changes the world soybean and canola price,” he said. It’s been a similarly goodnews story for soybeans — Chinese consumption of soybeans is also up sharply and the country now buys 60 per cent of soybean exports. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott backed plans on Feb. 26 to introduce country-of-origin labelling in the wake of a hepatitis A outbreak, potentially risking contravention of World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. With 18 confirmed cases of hepatitis A linked to consumption of berries sold by Patties Foods Ltd., Abbott said he had asked members of his cabinet to draft legislation by the end of March to provide greater transparency to consumers. It marked a reversal of his previous position that such legislation would raise the cost of food. Australia was among plaintiffs against the United States after it introduced its own stronger country-oforigin labelling laws for beef products last year. The WTO ruled against the United States in October, arguing that country-oforigin labelling provided an incentive to favour domestic livestock. The hepatitis A outbreak has been linked to poor hygiene and water supplies in a Chinese packaging plant. Under current laws, the term “made from Australian and imported ingredients” is common, providing no details on the exact origins of all the ingredients in a product or where it was packaged. Producers have increasingly sought to show their Australian credentials after a 2013 poll showed more than 60 per cent of Australians sometimes bought products because they were made in Australia even when they were more expensive than imported rivals.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 5, 2015

Fungicide pays, plant growth regulators not so much Some ‘advanced agronomic practices’ don’t necessarily pay off, says an Alberta Agriculture researcher By Jennifer Blair staff / red deer

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ou know the old saying: In order to make money, y o u’v e g o t t o s p e n d money. But spend it wisely, says an Alberta Agriculture research scientist. “There’s a lot of different agronomic practices out there that you can spend money on — but which ones are going to make you money?” Sheri Strydhorst asked attendees at the recent Feed Coalition workshop. A s p a r t o f a m u l t i - ye a r, multi-site research project, Str ydhorst is looking at “advanced agronomic practices,” evaluating how nitrogen, fungicide, and plant growth

regulators interact to help — or hinder — yield in wheat and barley. “Farmers don’t just use one thing in their fields; they farm as a system,” she said. But only one input she studied offered a solid return on investment. “Foliar fungicide is where we’re really getting the best retur ns on our input dollars,” said Strydhorst. “These advanced agronomic inputs were not good bang for your buck.” On wheat, in high-moist u re e n v i ro n m e n t s, n i t ro gen resulted in “small yield increases” — even actually decreasing yields at one dry site. “If you’re just adding more nitrogen to a system that

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“Plant growth regulators are really finicky things. If you’ve got stressful conditions, do not use them.” But at the high-moisture sites, applying fungicides resulted in a substantial yield bump. “The single and dual fungicide applications increased yields between 28 and 48 per cent, and that’s where we saw the positive economic benefits,” said Strydhorst.

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“From a risk perspective, using that single late fungic i d e a p p l i c a t i o n i s w h e re yo u’re g e t t i n g t h e b i g g e s t bang for your buck.” Yield increases were smaller at the drier sites — between six and 15 per cent — because the conditions weren’t conducive to disease development, she said. “If you have a variety that has genetic resistance and also dry conditions, you’re not going to see a yield response to the fungicides,” said Strydhorst. “On the other hand, if you have a cultivar that’s susceptible to everything under the sun, as well as warm, moist conditions, you’re going to get really high response to your fungicides.” Dual fungicide application yielded better than a single one, but the gain didn’t outweigh the cost, she said. “We might have had more yield with our dual fungicide application, but our return is the same,” said Strydhorst. “There’s a lot less risk of going with just the single fungicide application. “It seemed that what was making us the most yield and the best economic return was the late fungicide application in our environments where we had more moist conditions.”

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The trends were “slightly different” in the barley crops, said Strydhorst. “We lost money with most advanced agronomic practices,” she said. “Most things actually resulted in a net economic loss.” Added nitrogen gave a “small boost” to the yield, she said. “It’s not always making us money though.” With plant growth regulators on barley, Strydhorst saw increased yields — “which was surpr ising” — but no improved standability, the intended benefit of plant growth regulators. “The plant growth regulators didn’t work any better in terms of standability at all,” she said, adding that barley is “less responsive” to plant growth regulators than wheat. “ We got that small yield boost, but we didn’t get a standability response. At this point, it’s not a good investment on barley.” Fungicide effectiveness was “a lot smaller” on the barley than on the wheat. “That can be attributed to the fact that the variety we were using has good genetic resistance,” said Strydhorst. Based on these results, Strydhorst encourages producers to get back to basics before tackling advanced agronomic practices. “We want to get the basics right. If you have, say, a plant population that’s half of what it’s supposed to be, you’re never going to hit those rockstar yields.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 5, 2015

Manitoba oil industry slows but won’t cease Despite dwindling production in other parts of the country, Manitoba will still see 350 wells drilled in 2015 By Jennifer Paige

despite plummeting prices and amounts to increase and eventumass layoffs in the Alberta oil- ally put pressure on prices. fields, the sky isn’t falling. “The important thing to note Slowed but continuing is that what we are experienc- Manitoba’s oil production is ing right now is the eighth deep mainly in the Williston Basin, down cycle in about 30 years. It is located in the southwest corner a natural part of how the industry of the province and stretching works,” said Whitelaw. “The slide throughout southeast Saskatchbegan in July of last year and it ewan, North Dakota, the northwent fast.” west region of South Dakota and Whitelaw said the previous northeast Montana. price of $110 a barrel wasn’t susSince the drop in price, oil tainable and wasn’t supported by production in these regions has market fundamentals. slowed but industry representa“The ramp-up in U.S. sup- tives say there is no concern over ply over the past few years was production ceasing entirely. a huge contributing factor. The North Dakota currently has 127 U.S. was producing so much active drilling rigs, down from the good oil, so quickly that it was 186 active at this time last year. It offsetting some of the global has been speculated that active geopolitical risks and so the sup- rigs in this region could drop to as ply-and-demand balance was low as 50. holding and allowing this high “In Manitoba we have close price to stay in place.” to 5,000 wells that are producing Other speakers said the enor- right now,” said Keith Lowdon, mous increase in the U.S. pro- director of the petroleum branch duction that started in 2000 with the Province of Manitoba. “In added millions of barrels into cumulative production, we have T:8.125” production, causing stored reached 352 million barrels as of

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Bill Whitelaw, CEO of JuneWarren Nickel’s Energy Group spoke about the current state of the oil industry at the Bakken 2.0 business development conference held in Brandon.   photo: jennifer paige

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ACC invests in energy sector Brandon college partners up with industry safety association By Jennifer Paige Co-operator staff

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hose interested in a career in the oilfield now have more training options. Brandon’s Assiniboine Community College has recently collaborated with Enform, an oil industry safety association, to bring a number of high-end oilfield safety certification courses to the college. “We expect these courses with Enform to be very popular, and with sufficient demand will offer them in future years,” said Mark Frison, president and CEO of ACC. “We see energy and the environment as an important part of ACC’s future direction and we will be increasing our investment in this area throughout the region.” These courses will be offered for the first time in early June and will consist of topics ranging from blowout prevention to handling flammable substances. Those seeking similar training in the past would have been required to travel to Estevan or Calgary. Oilfield introduction courses will also be available through the Dauphin and Parkland campuses, including, transportation of dangerous goods, confined spaces training, as well as WHMIS and first aid.

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Make federal election matter for agri-food, CFA head urges CFA tells government that there is a shortage of skilled labour for modern farm equipment By Alex Binkley Co-operator contributor/Ottawa

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his fall’s federal election is a perfect opportunity for the agri-food sector to make hay out of its importance to the national economy, says Canadian Federation of Agriculture president Ron Bonnett. “We’ve got lots of work ahead of us making sure the public and politicians understand our contribution to the economy,” he told the CFA’s annual meeting here last week. “Sometimes we’re too modest in talking about what we do.” In an interview, Bonnett said CFA will be reaching out to other national farm organizations as well as food processors and farm supply industries during the coming months to support a joint effort to raise public awareness of the agrifood industr y. It accounts for one of eight jobs and 8.5 per cent of the national gross domestic product. “We hope to have something to announce about the campaign by the summer,” he added. CFA will be working with Food and Consumer Products of Canada to develop an information package to distribute to voters and the political parties. “We want to gain the attention of the public and not just the politicians. As well, there is the mainstream media, which knows very little about our sector.” Bonnett says the industry needs to highlight the kinds of policies it requires to increase

CFA president Ron Bonnett said the industry wants government to ensure the next round of farm support programs addresses the needs of the sector.   photo: CFA

food production in a sustainable manner. “We want to make our needs clear so there is no misunderstanding among the politicians. We have a lot of work ahead of us.”

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The election campaign would also be a good time for CFA to promote its National Food Strategy, Bonnett said. Its goal is to make Canadian food products the first choice of Canadians and ensure that consumers always have access to safe and nutritious food. Bonnett said that in addition to energy costs and cumbersome government regulations,

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the industry wants government to ensure the next round of far m suppor t programs addresses the needs of the sector. As well, it wants the government to understand the labour crunch it faces in the coming years. Many meat-processing plants are operating below capacity because they cannot find enough workers. C FA f i r s t v i c e - p re s i d e n t Humphrey Banack told the meeting that far mers and processors have ongoing problems finding labour. “Our challenge is finding enough skilled workers to operate modern machinery.” Changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program has disrupted parts of the agrifood sector. CFA plans to put a lot more emphasis on the labour issue in the coming months working with other groups and the Canadian Agriculture Human Resource Council. The conference attracted several cabinet ministers to CFA’s annual reception including Transport Minister Lisa Raitt, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, NDP Leader To m M u l c a i r a n d R a l p h Goodale, Liberal deputy leader and former agriculture minister. During the conference, Bonnett was re-elected president by acclamation while Humphrey Banack of Alberta and Marcel Groleau of Quebec were returned as first and second vice-presidents.

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Local food demand increasing the value of direct marketing The Direct Farm Marketing Conference will mark its 20th anniversary at its meeting in Brandon this weekend By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff

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orget the stereotype of the elderly farmer selling some garden surplus or a few jars of homemade pickles at the Saturday morning farmers’ market. Vendors selling homegrown vegetables, preser ves and meat today are just as likely to be their energetic and technically savvy grandkids — or at least their age. Their small businesses aren’t just ‘a summer thing’ either ; many own or rent some land, and operate roadside stands and year-round on-farm stores, U-pick fruit farms and community-shared agriculture ventures (CSAs). When the farmers’ markets close in the fall, they sell their homegrown product online or through buying clubs or other types of distribution networks. Manitoba has seen a sharp increase in direct farm marketing. According to Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives, in 2009 Manitoba already had the second-highest number of farmers’ markets and CSAs per capita in Canada, behind only Prince E d w a rd Is l a n d a n d Nov a Scotia. It’s been on the increase since. Demand for local food has exploded and along with it the burgeoning number of young people looking to capture new opportunities including a rural lifestyle and starting some type of smallscale agricultural business. That’s been evident for a while in attendance at the annual Direct Farm Marketing Conference, this year marking its 20th year. The annual conference’s attendees defy typical trends of a traditional farm meeting. “They’re definitely getting younger,” says Joy Lorette, a business development specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD) who helped with planning the DFMC since nearly its beginnings. Those youthful faces belong to a vibrant, emerging group of very small-scale farmers and processors, raising multiple types of livestock and crops, and selling farm-grown products direct to the public.

Twentieth anniversary

The DFMC has been encouraging the growth of r ural employment and business creation since its beginnings in 1995.

There’s a new generation of agri-entrepreneurs at farmers’ markets these days.  Photo: Thinkstock

That year Department of Agriculture home economists teamed up with staff of the then department of rural development to host the event, said Susan Nicoll, manager of the North Interlake MAFRD GO office in Arborg today. At the time, the event attracted mostly those selling at farmers’ markets which were just getting organized at the time. “The conference has tried to provide marketing ideals and tools for farmers or anyone who’s involved in some form of direct marketing,” said Nicoll. More recently MAFRD has lent support to smaller-scale and direct-marketing ventures through The Great Manitoba Food Fight, Open Farm Day and the Buy Manitoba program, run in conjunction with the Manitoba Food Processors Association. G ra s s r o o t s g r o u p s h a v e formed as well, including the Rural Tourism Association and the Farmers Marketing Association, now listing 44 of the estimated 70 markets

now operating throughout Manitoba. Direct marketing has become big, or at least bigger business in terms of economic impact too. In re s p o n s e t o g r ow i n g demand star ts to address some key regulatory issues small-scale processors struggle with, the province released a 65-page report earlier this winter that estimates annual sales of direct-marketed farm-grown product in 2012 valued at anywhere between $56 million to $79 million. Farmers’ markets sales (including crafts) are estimated at approximately $241 million. The numbers are gleaned from internal provincial department reports as well as extrapolations from more comprehensive data collected by Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development that s h ow s s a l e s t h e re t r i p l e d between 2004 and 2012. That’s a big leap forward from the mid-1990s, when Department of Agriculture staff were holding workshops urging newbies at farmers’

“The conference has tried to provide marketing ideals and tools for farmers or anyone who’s involved in some form of direct marketing.” Susan Nicoll MAFRD

markets to toss their Cheese Whiz jars and use safer preservation methods. But as last month’s smallscale sector report also points out, there’s considerable more potential for direct marketing as an emerging sector, if it gets some strategic technical, financial, advisory and policy supports the report says are currently lacking. The province says it is committed to assigning staff to provide extension support in smaller-scale production and processing the report calls for.

Dr. Wayne Lees, author of Advancing the small scale, local food sector in Manitoba will speak to the report’s findings at this weekend’s Direct Farm Marketing Conference being held at Brandon University. Other speakers will share information on production and marketing of grass-fed beef, pricing strategies for direct marketers, extending the growing season, and food safety. “We want everyone to succeed in their operations whether it be at a farme r s’ m a r k e t , m a r k e t g a r den, roadside stand, U-pick, CSA, culinary tourism, agritourism or through e-commerce, said Waldo Thiessen, a founding organizer of the event and general secretary of the Prairie Fruit Growers Association. “If we can help provide information to delegates to grow the industry, then I would say we are reaching our objectives,” he said. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Prairie Fare Where do you get your recipes? Julie Garden-Robinson Food and Nutrition Specialist NDSU Extension Service

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et’s starting cooking!” I said with enthusiasm to my daughter. “Mom, what’s the difference between cooking and baking?” my 11-year-old daughter asked. We were about to bake some bread, so I think she was associating cookies and breads with baking. My husband chuckled when he saw me wrinkling my brow and pondering her question. Is baking a subset of cooking, or are they completely different? “Baking is a science and cooking is an art,” I replied. I needed to say something quickly while I double-checked my initial thoughts. That wasn’t the answer she was seeking. Her hands were on her hips and she was looking at me with a skeptical expression on her face. I grabbed my computer tablet and started looking up culinary terms. I propped my computer tablet in my new tablet holder and set it on the kitchen countertop. I didn’t want to get flour on it while we were on our culinary adventure. My daughter giggled as she watched me perusing websites and said, “Well, Mom, you could write a column about it.” Although the terminology sometimes is debated, cooking is the general term for a wide range of food preparation practices, and baking falls under the overall “cooking” umbrella. Baking usually refers to preparing food with dry heat in an oven, so it includes cookies as well as baked potatoes. That answer satisfied my daughter, but her question made me think about how people access information about food and recipes. Even though cookbooks remain bestsellers, people aren’t necessarily thumbing through pages in a book when they have questions about food. You might be reading this column in a newspaper. Maybe you received it in an email message or on your cellphone screen. You might have accessed it via an RSS feed, as a tweet on Twitter or as a link on Facebook. By the way, however you are reading this column, I appreciate it.

Reduced-Fat Morning Glory Muffins 1 c. all-purpose flour 1 c. whole wheat flour 3/4 c. sugar 2 tsp. baking soda 2 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/4 tsp. salt 2 c. chopped apples (unpeeled) 1/2 c. raisins (or dried cranberries) 3/4 c. grated carrots 2 tbsp. chopped pecans (optional) 3 eggs (or 3/4 c. egg substitute) 1/2 c. canola oil 1/2 c. unsweetened applesauce 2 tsp. vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Sift or whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl. Add the apples, raisins, carrots and nuts (if desired) and stir to combine. In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs with the oil, applesauce and vanilla. Combine the wet and dry ingredients. Spoon the batter into muffin tins lined with muffin cups (or sprayed with cooking spray). Fill fairly full. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Cool muffins in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to continue cooling. Makes 18 muffins. Each muffin has 170 calories, 7 grams (g) of fat, 3 g of protein, 25 g of carbohydrate, 2 g of fibre and 200 milligrams of sodium.

The Hartman Group, which does consumer research, conducted a study called “Clicks and Cravings: The Impact of Social Technology on Food Culture.” Half of the people who responded to the national phone survey said they use social media, such as Facebook, to learn about food. About 40 per cent visit blogs or websites or use apps to learn about food. Yes, we have a lot of information about food available, and the technology makes it easy to access if you are interested in using the technology. Although I enjoy using technology, I have a large collection of cookbooks, too. I also use my computer tablet holder to prop up my cookbooks and hold my well-worn family recipe cards. Is having access to all of these recipes making us eat more healthfully? Not necessarily. We do not know the full impact of technology on our diet decisions. Fortunately, I do not absorb calories through my fingertips from the screen of my technology as I peruse food information online. Regardless of how you access your recipes, how can you evaluate their healthfulness? These are some tips: • Look for nutrition information included with the recipe. Be sure to check the serving size because if you eat three servings, you are getting three times the calories, protein, carbohydrate, fat and other nutrients. That’s not necessarily a good thing. • Check out the recipe ingredients. A healthful diet includes a variety of foods, so try to include a vegetable, fruit, protein, grain and milk on your lunch and dinner menus and at least three of the five food groups on your breakfast menu. • What is the cooking method? Baking, grilling and broiling are lowerfat, lower-calorie methods compared with frying or deep-frying. However, stir-frying is a low-fat method because a small amount of oil or broth is used. • To learn about recipe modification, see “Now Serving: Recipe Makeovers” (available at http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/yf/foods/ fn1447.pdf ). The publication shows how to decrease total calories and sodium, and increase fibre in your favourite recipes. Visit http:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/food and check out the recipe database and our “Nourishing Boomers and Beyond” program for people 50-plus. Regardless of what you choose to prepare and how you cook it, make your dining experience a pleasant one because food is something to enjoy. Here’s a fibre-rich muffin recipe that includes whole grain, vegetable and fruit ingredients.

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f you’ve been to Brandon’s Royal Winter Fair recently, you may have picked up a package or two of spelt or barley pancake and waffle mixes. That’s where Clarence Gross, owner of the small MacGregor, Man. company Flowing Grains, is test marketing his 700-g bags of whole grain, stoneground spelt flour and barley flour. Gross launched his company two years ago after becoming intrigued by consumer demand for alternative grains. Spelt is gaining in popularity as consumers look for wheat alternatives and become familiar with spelt’s fibre-rich bran and nutritious germ. Likewise, barley flour is gaining popularity with home bakers for its taste, versatility and high beta-glucan soluble fibre which promotes healthy blood sugar. Both grains are grown on Cascade Colony land near MacGregor. Sold with a recipe on the package for making a hearty breakfast, Flowing Grains spelt and barley flours are available at Co-op stores in Killarney, Morden, Portage la Prairie and Winkler, Two Farm Kids in Brandon, all Vita Health stores in Winnipeg and Family Foods in MacGregor. Learn more at www.flowinggrains.com.

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How to make a focal wall work Here’s some tips to help ensure a great look Bringing in another colour

Connie Oliver Around the House

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often suggest using colour in the décor in small doses to begin with. Painting a focal wall is an easy way to do this without committing yourself to adding colour to the entire room. It’s a quick and affordable way to give a room new life without spending a lot of time or money. If you’ve tried this technique and were not pleased with the outcome, you may have missed a few steps in the process that will ensure a great look. Here’s some tips. Invest in good-quality paint in a bold colour that you’ve been wanting to try but were leery to use. Bright red? Royal blue? Why not? As you’ll see in the photograph, painting a focal wall can change the look and feel of an entire room. In a bedroom, visual pizzazz is created by painting a vivid colour at the head of the bed and a lightcoloured headboard helps balance the look. The wall colour is repeated in the bedding, which makes the colour make sense in the room. This room has a natural jog on the headboard wall so if your room does not, just paint a large floor-to-ceiling rectangle wide enough to frame your headboard. Use quality painter’s tape to create clean lines. Whichever colour you choose; plan to repeat it at least once (twice is better) in the room. Whether it is in a chair cushion, bedding, artwork or accents, bringing the focal colour around the room grounds the overall look.

A complimentary colour in hues of yellow was added by the blanket on the bed and the gold-toned light fixture. Another, smaller splash of colour, was added via red bedsheets and red flowers on the night tables. Even though the remaining walls are white, you can see how painting a focal colour changes things dramatically. If you have plain-white walls, look for that special spot where colour can be added.

Small rooms

Many people think that a small room, like a bathroom, can’t handle strong colour, but this is not necessarily the case. While a bathroom painted black might be too much, a rich colour added to the focal wall (usually where the vanity is) can actually open up the space. Add in some new towels and a few accessories in a coordinating colour and your little bathroom will look grand. For very dark colours, balance the look. The majority of bathrooms contain white sinks, tubs and toilets so right there the strong wall colour will be broken up with a light colour. If that’s not the case in your home, think carefully about the colour you choose. If your vanity has an espresso finish, for example, you might not want to paint the wall behind it dark brown as that would be too dark overall. Just a bit of paint can really transform a room. Take the plunge and choose a focal wall on which to add a rich colour. Take your inspiration from a painting, a fabric pattern or a magazine photo of a fantastic room and take a chance. Maybe it’s time for a change. Connie Oliver is an interior designer from Gimli, Manitoba

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March is the month to start indoor planting Yes, there’s still lots of snow out there but it’s time to start some garden plants By Albert Parsons

Farmers know only too well the advantages of early seeding and the statistics that show a decrease in yield as seeding dates are pushed later and later.

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know it’s only March and I know there is still a lot of winter left — and yes, I know it will be a long time yet before we are outdoors in our gardens. This month, however, is the appropriate planting time for some of our favourite outdoor garden plants. Farmers know only too well the advantages of early seeding and the statistics that show a decrease in yield as seeding dates are pushed later and later — usually because of adverse weather conditions. Gardeners do not have to worry about weather conditions at this time because any seeding that we do is going to be done indoors. The growing conditions that we intend to provide, however, will determine the exact seeding dates. If temperatures are to be relatively high, the seedlings will grow faster; if the seedlings are to be grown in cool surroundings, they will mature less quickly. Fertilizing practices also influence speed of development as does the choice of varieties. Given the number of variables, it is not possible to state a specific date for seeding particular plants, but in general, there are still some seeds that need to be sown in March. Among the vegetables, leeks and onions need to be planted this month. The seedlings are slow to develop and need at least two months to develop before planting-out time. Keep in mind that both of these plants are cool-weather plants that will tolerate some late-spring frost if they are properly hardened off, so plantingout time will most likely be very early May. As the onion seedlings develop,

March is the time we gardeners get out our seed packets and plan our planting schedules.   PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

keep the tops trimmed to about 10 cm to encourage bulb development. Peppers also should be seeded in March as they are relatively slow to germinate and develop rather slowly. Petunias and pansies both should be seeded this month. Petunias are probably the most difficult to grow from seed because the seed is so fine. Either use a soilless mix meant for seeding or screen some of the kind used for containers. If you use a coarse mix to seed petunia seeds they will not remain on the surface, but go down among the coarse particles

of planting mix and be too deeply lodged to germinate successfully. Dampen the planting medium and cover the seed tray with plastic so that the soil will not dry out during germination, which would be fatal for the seeds. Make sure the planting medium is sterile as both petunias and pansies are susceptible to damping off. Ta l l v a r i e t i e s o f s n a p d ra g o n s should be planted before the end of March although shorter ones are usually planted a bit later. Snapdragon seedlings are normally grown in

cool temperatures, so they will take a bit longer to develop. They are also somewhat frost tolerant so they will be among the first flowers to be transplanted outdoors. Don’t cover the seeds because they need light to germinate, but be sure there is good contact with the soil by pressing the seeds into the soil. Most seeds germinate best in warm temperatures, but as soon as the seedlings appear the trays should be moved to a cooler spot that gets as much light as possible. The very best environment is under grow lights, but if you do not have a light garden, place the trays in front of a southfacing window. On very cold nights remove the trays from the windowsill to keep the soil and seedlings from getting chilled. Sowing seeds in March will provide ample transplants for our gardens and at the same time provides us with an opportunity to play in the dirt, and what is better than that on a cold winter day? Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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Keeping RMNP viable in winter With the help of volunteers and ‘Friends’ winter activities can still be enjoyed By Donna Gamache Freelance contributor

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he cuts in federal government funding, made three winters ago, have brought detrimental changes to our national parks. At that time Parks Canada, due to decreased funding, decided to concentrate on summer activities in many parks. Winter activities in Riding Mountain National Park (RMNP) were curtailed, with one early casualty being the popular skating oval. Fortunately, groups of volunteers and the “Friends of Riding Mountain” organization are doing their best to keep RMNP as an option for winter activities. “Friends” is a non-profit operation run under the management of George Hartlen. It tries to carry on a variety of activities to keep people coming back to the park during the winter months. RMNP has always been a prime destination for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. Thanks to the work of the “Friends” organization and to local volunteers from Onanole, Dauphin and McCreary, a group called Riding Mountain Trail Stewards Association Inc. agreed to work on maintaining park trails. As a result, skiing and snowshoeing can still be enjoyed — although at fewer spots. Last winter my husband and I snowshoed three different scenic trails — Brulé, Bead Lakes, and

Winter activities can still be enjoyed in Riding Mountain National Park.

Arrowhead — ranging in length from about two to four km. All of these were well packed and appeared to have been used by others. For a longer workout try the Moon Lake trail. We also skied a couple of short trails at the north end of the park, along Highway No. 10. The northern trails vary in difficulty and length from easy to challenging. The campground ski trails include some shorter, rolling loops suitable for families with young children, and a longer loop with several challenging hills for the more skilled skier. South Lake is another one suitable for less experienced skiers.

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When we visited last March, we were disappointed to discover some trails in the southern section had been tracked only once or twice, early in the season. Some of these were “skiertracked,” but were not in good shape. Of course, last winter had an excess of snow, and volunteers can only be expected to do so much! T h i s Ja n u a r y w e w e r e pleased to find trails in better shape, and skied several of the south end trails including the Wasagaming campground trails, and other longer ones (Grey Owl, Compound, and South Lake.)

Thanks to the “Friends” and volunteers, skiing continues to be an option. The annual Riding Mountain Ski Loppet is still being run, and this year is scheduled for March 7, and will be part of the Manitoba Cup circuit. “Friends” also carries on numerous other outdoor activities to attract visitors, and this year held a World Snow Day in January, with a scavenger hunt, hotdogs and smokies, snowshoeing and a “Jackrabbit” Ski Fest, hosted by the Riding Mountain Nordic Ski Club, with games and relay races. Check out the website below for details on upcoming events.

“Friends” also runs indoor activities to raise funds for the park. Trivia nights are one popular activity, as well as a “Fright Night” around Ha l l owe e n , a “Ph o t o w i t h Santa” day in December, and an annual photo contest. If you are interested i n b e c o m i n g a “Fr i e n d s” member or in supporting the organization, go to http://www. friendsofridingmountain.ca/, or call 204-848-4037. Membership also gives you 10 per cent off an RMNP yearly pass, and some two-for-one offers at the Elkhorn Resort for snowshoe, skate or ski rentals in winter, and golf in summer. Donna Gamache writes from MacGregor, Manitoba

Co-operator barn series revival Do you know this barn?

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f you do, a Manitoba historian wants to hear from you. In early 1981 the Co-operator worked with provincial Manitoba Historic Resources Branch staff to photograph and publish a series on rural buildings in Manitoba. Each week a photo and a story were published about why each of the buildings were rare or unusual. Now Gordon Goldsborough, webmaster and journal editor with the Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is looking for Co-operator readers’ help to relocate these barns. He has looked for them during road trips in rural Manitoba, but because the site’s location details are scant, he has been unable to find them. He wants to include the buildings, with their GPS co-ordinates on a map of historic sites being prepared for the MHS.

This photograph was taken by now-retired Co-operator editor Bob Hainstock who took the photo in the 1980s for the earlier project. Many of the photos were eventually included in Hainstock’s 1986 book Barns of Western Canada: An Illustrated Century. We are including the original “caption” that ran with his photo, hoping a reader can answer these questions: 1.  Does the building still stand? 2.  If so, where is it? 3.  What are its GPS co-ordinates? 4.  What other information can you provide on its state of preservation or other details about its history since the original story in the 1980s? Please send your responses to Gordon Goldsborough at: email: gordon@mhs.mb.ca Telephone: (204) 474-7469 Mail: 2021 Loudoun Rd. Winnipeg, Man. R3S 1A3.

Straight and simple lines were the obvious characteristics of early farm building designs, illustrated in this nearly 80-year-old barn just northwest of Brandon. Built by George Patterson shortly after the turn of the century, the 100x34-foot building was originally used to house British Shire horses, a heavier version of the Clydesdales. Like almost all barns of that era, the barn had handsome cupolas and a large windmill mounted on the roof. The windmill was used mainly to grind oats for feed. Some modifications have been made by man and Prairie storms over the years, although the three gothic dormers have continued to serve useful farm purposes since the very first. The barn is located on the Murray Clark farm. The original builderowner was well known in the area, having built the 10-mile dam on the Little Saskatchewan River just west of Brandon, as well as the Moreland Manor Building near downtown Brandon.

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AIR DRILLS 2014 Bourgault 3320-84 w/7950, 84’ 12” 950 bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$460,000 A 2011 Morris Contour-61 w/8370, 61’ 12” 443 bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$169,000 A 1999 Bourgault 5710-51 w/ 4350, 51’ 9.8” 430 bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$65,000 E 1998 Flexi-Coil 5000-57 w/2320, 57’ 12” 230 bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45,000 W 1994 Flexi-Coil 5000-57 w/ 2320, 57’ 9” 230 bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$43,000 A 1993 Flexi-Coil 5000-39 w/1720, 39’ 9” 170 bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,000 R

1996 1996 1998 1994 1995 1991

w/4350, 70’, 10”, 430 bu, D/S, TBH, 3.5” Packers

w/P1060, 70’, 10”, 430 bu, D/S, 4.8” Packers

New Holland TR98, Eng Hrs: 2621 Sep Hrs: 2104 . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000 W New Holland TX68, Eng Hrs: 3588 Sep Hrs: 2506 . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000 W New Holland TR98, Eng Hrs: 2923 Sep Hrs: 2332 . . . . . . . . . . . $34,000 W Case 1688, Eng Hrs: 4000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$30,000 A New Holland TR97, Eng Hrs: 3377 Sep Hrs: 3030 . . . . . . . . . . . $27,000 W New Holland TR96, Eng Hrs: 3847 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 W

GRAIN AUGERS

1996 Flexi-Coil 5000-45 w/2320, 45’ 9” 230 bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,000 A 2013 NuVision 6395, 13” x 95’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$29,000 A 1997 Morris Maxim-49 w/ 7240, 49’ 10” 240 bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $36,000 P 2010 Buhler Farm King 1395TMR, 13” x 95’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$17,900 E 1998 Morris Maxim-60 w/7300, 60’ 10” 300 bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$35,000 R 2009 NuVision 13X71, 13” x 71’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$14,200 R 1997 Flexi-Coil 5000-57, 57’ 12” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$29,000 R 2009 Brandt 13X70, 13” x 70’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,900 W 1994 Conserva Pak 5512, 55’ 12” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,000 W 2003 Buhler Farm King 13X85, 13” x 85’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$13,500 E Flexi-Coil 5000-39 w/ 2320, 39’ 230 bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,000 W/F 2008 Sakundiak HD12-2200, 12” x 74’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,500 P 1993 Flexi-Coil 5000-57, 57’ 7.2” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$28,000 A 2008 Sakundiak HD8-1800, 8” x 60’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,900 W 2003 Bourgault 5710-59, 59’ 9.8” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$25,000 A Sakundiak HD8-1600, 8” x 54’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,900 P 1997 Ezee-On 7500-39, 39’ 12” 160 bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,500 W 2006 Farm King Y1370-TMR, 13” x 70’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,500 P 1997 Flexi-Coil 5000-57, 57’ 12” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,000 W 2006 Farm King Y1070TMR, 10” x 70’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$8,000 P 1997 Morris Maxim-49, 49’ 10” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$19,000 R 2004 Sakundiak HD8-1000, 8” x 32’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,500 W 1997 Morris Maxim-39 w/Flex Force V 39’, 10” 156 bu . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 P 1981 Sakundiak HD10-1600, 10” x 52’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,500 P 1996 Concord 4010, 40’ 10” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 P

AIR TANKS 2002 Flexi-Coil 2340, 230 bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,500 W/F

BALE PROCESSORS 2001 Haybuster 2554, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,500 A 1999 Jiffy 900, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,000 W 2003 Haybuster 2640, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$8,000 P 2003 Haybuster 2640, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 W 2001 Brandt VSF , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,000 W

COMBINES 2013 New Holland CR9090, Eng Hrs: 336 Sep Hrs: 251 . . . . . . . . . . $395,000 W 2013 New Holland CR9090, Eng Hrs: 338 Sep Hrs: 249 . . . . . . . . . . $395,000 W 2013 New Holland CR9090, Eng Hrs: 349 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $375,000 W 2012 New Holland CR8090, Sep Hrs: 704 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $279,000 R 2011 New Holland CR9080, Eng Hrs: 998 Sep Hrs: 766 . . . . . . . . . . $275,000 W 2009 New Holland CR9060, Eng Hrs: 1266 Sep Hrs: 945 . . . . . . . . . .$185,000 A 2007 New Holland CR9060, Eng Hrs: 1231 Sep Hrs: 911 . . . . . . . . . $175,000 W 2007 New Holland CR9070, Eng Hrs: 1466 Sep Hrs: 1058 . . . . . . . . . $169,000 R 2005 New Holland CR960, Eng Hrs: 3050 Sep Hrs: 2185 . . . . . . . . . .$117,000 A 2003 New Holland CX8040, Eng Hrs: 2200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $95,000 W/F 1999 New Holland TR99, Eng Hrs: 2352 Sep Hrs: 1665 . . . . . . . . . . . $79,000 P 1999 New Holland TR99, Eng Hrs: 3649 Sep Hrs: 2841 . . . . . . . . . . . $79,000 W 2004 Case IH 2388, Eng Hrs: 2500 Sep Hrs: 1900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$79,000 A 2001 New Holland TR99, Eng Hrs: 1995 Sep Hrs: 1568 . . . . . . . . . . . .$75,000 E

SKID STEERS

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4WD TRACTORS 2012 New Holland T9.670, Eng Hrs: 1150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $279,000 W 2010 New Holland T9060HD, Eng Hrs: 3539 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$199,000 A 2008 New Holland T9050HD, Eng Hrs: 2900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$187,000 A 2009 New Holland T9050HD, Eng Hrs: 3572 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $187,000 P 2002 Buhler Versatile 2360, Eng Hrs: 2996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $115,000 R 2000 Challenger 95E, Eng Hrs: 4671 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $109,000 W 1985 Case IH 4894, Eng Hrs: 8692 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000 P 1990 New Holland 846, Eng Hrs: 5937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000 A/F 1985 Versatile 856, Eng Hrs: 9450 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000 W 1984 Case IH 4694, Eng Hrs: 6938 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$24,000 A 1976 John Deere 8630, Eng Hrs: 9735 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,000 W/F 1980 John Deere 8640, Eng Hrs: 9500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$16,900 A

2WD FWA TRACTORS 2002 McCormick MTX175, Eng Hrs: 2105 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $79,000 P 2008 Farm Pro WDK3100Q, Eng Hrs: 969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$29,000 A

WINDROWERS

2009 Caterpillar 262C, Hrs: 1895 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,000 W 2014 MacDon M155/R85-13, Hrs: 75 13’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125,000 E

SNOW BLOWERS 2011 2010 2013 2010 2005 2008 2010

Normand N104-342, 104” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9,200 R Erskine 1080R, 108” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,900 W Normand N112-342, 112” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,000 W Erskine 1080R, 108” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,500 W Schulte SDX9600, 96” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,000 A Schulte RDX 960, 96” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,600 R Erskine ES2000, 72” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,000 A

SPRAYERS 2013 New Holland SP.365F, Eng Hrs: 480 1600Gal 120’ . . . . . . . . . . .$349,000 A 2013 New Holland SP.365F, Eng Hrs: 662 1600Gal 120’ . . . . . . . . . . $335,000 W 2012 New Holland SP.365F, Eng Hrs: 200 1600Gal 120’ . . . . . . . . . . .$329,000 A 2011 New Holland SP.365F, Eng Hrs: 963 1600Gal 120’ . . . . . . . . . . $285,000 W 2010 Case IH 4420, Eng Hrs: 1400 1200Gal 120’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $229,000 W 2006 Miller 3275, Eng Hrs: 1794 1200Gal 120’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $169,000 W 2001 Willmar 8600, 1200Gal 120’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $109,000 R 2004 John Deere 4710, Eng Hrs: 3100 800Gal 90’ . . . . . . . . . . . . $109,000 W/F Willmar 8400, Eng Hrs: 2737 1000Gal 90’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$69,000 R 2010 Flexi-Coil S68XL, 1600Gal 140’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,000 W 1997 Willmar 7400, Eng Hrs: 2543 650Gal 90’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $42,000 A/F 2010 Ag Shield 1250, 1250Gal 120’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $41,500 P 2002 Flexi-Coil S67, 800Gal 90’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,000 W 2005 Flexi-Coil 67XL, 1200Gal 100’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,500 P/F

2010 MacDon M150, Hrs: 1069 35’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $109,000 W/F 2009 John Deere 4895, Hrs: 690 Sep Hrs: 450 36’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $99,000 W 2011 Massey Ferguson 9430 w/5200-30 & 9125-16, Hrs: 695 30’ . . . $99,000 W/F 2011 Massey Ferguson 9430, Hrs: 302 36’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $89,000 P 2004 Westward 9250, Hrs: 1700 30’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $57,000 W 2003 Westward 9352, Hrs: 1650 30’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $55,000 W 2000 Case IH 8860, Hrs: 3229 30’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45,000 W 1996 MacDon 9300, Hrs: 4947 30’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $42,500 W 2000 Case IH 8825, Hrs: 2362 25’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,000 A 1994 MacDon 2900, Hrs: 3587 30’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$35,000 E 1998 MacDon 9300, 25’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000 W 1993 Case IH 8820, Hrs: 2635 30’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$33,000 A 1994 Case IH 8820, Hrs: 2737 30’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,000 W 1993 Hesston 8100, Hrs: 1385 25’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,500 W 1992 Case IH 8820, Hrs: 4320 25’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$25,000 E 1993 AGCO Hesston 8100, Hrs: 1965 30’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$25,000 E 1990 Case IH 5000, 25’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,900 W 1993 New Noble 722, 30’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,000 P/F 2000 MacDon 1900, 30’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7,000 P Case IH 736, 36’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000 W 1994 Massey Ferguson 210, 25’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 A

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In their words: Beef leaders talk about new national strategy

More co-operation, research, and efficiency — and less red tape — hailed as keys to a more prosperous future By Alexis Kienlen

“Right now, we’re at this tipping point where we can really move things forward.”

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he  new  national  beef strategy (www.beefstrategy. com)  is  being  led  by a group of “Canadian beef advisers.” Five of those industry leaders spoke about the five-year plan at the recent Alberta Beef Industry Conference. Here is a condensed version of some of their comments.

Tim Oleksyn

Jack Hextall, Canada Beef Inc. chair, on consumers and checkoffs:

Jeff Warrack, National Cattle Feeders Association past chair, on working together:

“We’ve been criticized in the past for being fragmented as an industry. We’ve got to start connecting along the various segments in this beef industry. The strategy is pretty ambitious, but to me, that’s the No. 1 thing we have to start to do. One of the things that we’ve done in that direction is the establishment of this beef advisers’ committee. “What we’ve boiled it down to is that we need to focus on some key areas — like labour recruitment and retention, emergency preparedness, social licence to operate, and the sharing of information through the chain. “We’re asking people to keep investing, and we need to make sure we target these investments appropriately, and we’re also making sure that these investments are targeting their desired outcomes. This is also part of the role of the beef advisers.”

Dave Solverson, Canadian Cattlemen’s Association president, on competitiveness:

“We need to make sure that we have a regulatory environment in Canada that does not burden us. In order for the industry to be competitive, it’s necessary to have that regulatory system that supports the industry, encourages innovation and efficiency and doesn’t add unnecessary costs. The current federal government’s focus on regulatory reform is positive for our industry. They have a one-for-

Five beef advisers commented on the national cattle strategy. Left to right: moderator Bryan Walton, (Alberta Cattle Feeders CEO), Jeff Warrack, Dave Solverson, David Bolduc, Tim Oleksyn and Jack Hextall.   Photo: Alexis Kienlen

one approach now where one regulation is removed for every new regulation introduced. We support that, and we will be holding them to that if we can. The government’s current focus on regulatory reform is a significant step to producing more industry competitiveness moving forward. “The strategy will also address regulatory co-operation with our major trading partners, which is also essential to the future and competitiveness of our industry. The reduction of regulatory barriers would not only have benefits to the cost of production, but it could also result in enhanced food safety, and animal health. This is about the relative cost of our inputs, so the prices we pay are not artificially inflated by our regulations. It’s a cumbersome approval process we have, and the lack of access to new and more innovative products has held us back in the past. Some of the changes in Bill C-18 should give us more access to products. It’s very important that we have access to those competitively priced inputs.”

David Bolduc, Canadian Beef Breeds Council president, on productivity and efficiency:

“In the purebred sector of our industry, it’s very exciting. Never

before have we had the tools to improve the cattle that influence every segment of this industry so much. This strategy has a set of benchmarks to get to an improvement of 15 per cent in production in the next five years. I think a significant amount of this increase in production will be generated by the seed stock sector in improvements in genetics. The main area of improvement is going to come from genomic evaluation, and our ability to evaluate these cattle for what they have. It’s far beyond what we’ve seen in the past. “Projects that will make a difference include bovine respirator y disease research. Essentially, we’re going to be able to genomically select cattle that have a resistance to BRD. This could be significant from a feedlot perspective and could result in a huge reduction of antimicrobial use. This will be acceptable to consumers, since it relies on natural selection at an accelerated pace. So much of this technology will put our industry in a sustainable light. “We’re also looking at things like feed efficiency, which will have a tremendous economic impact. The big challenges include education and adoption of this technology and this is going to take funding. Already, we’re seeing increases in the

purebred industry of membership fees.”

Tim Oleksyn, Beef Cattle Research Council chair, on research benefits:

“We’ve had some real value by having a national beef research strategy. Provincial, federal and even global governments have supported this document and the organizations in it, and this has led to taking some leadership and moving things forward in a collaborative nature. “The strategy will help us prioritize. There are so many decisions made by researchers on an ongoing basis, and research touches so many things in the strategy, like the expansion of the productivity demand and how we move forward on that, to the forages and grains efficiencies. It also touches on the need for information on antimicrobials, and dealing with the food safety aspects. “Our role is to identify brilliance among groups of people and get those collaborations going and moving forward to help with the demand side and increase productivity. “Right now, we’re at this tipping point where we can really move things forward, in terms of decision-making and data collection and where it ties in with social licensing and the ability to transfer information.”

“Everyone knows that consumers make choices based on many things, including loyalty. We’re not the only protein choice out there and we’re not the only beef choice out there. An aligned industry can help us meet consumer expectations of confidence, and expectations of how our beef is produced, raised and sold across the country. “It’s also about creating a good, consistent experience. Consistency means that we do what’s right every time and that can be taste, or buying experience or education, etc. “Demand for beef is high and growing in international markets. We need to align our industry to achieve greater successes in all sectors, to capitalize on growing beef demand around the world, and increase the cut-out value. “To be sustainable, we all have to be profitable, and that collaborates to help sustain demand. “Achieving the goals identified in the national plan are estimated to require a checkoff investment of approximately $19 million, or $2.50 per head, which is a $1.50 increase from the current $1 national checkoff. Checkoff dollars trigger significant investments at both the national and provincial level. If industry isn’t at the table, then why would anyone else want to be there with their money as well? It really boils down to an investment in our own future.” akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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Getting new workers off to a good start pays off for hog operation The cost of a trainer and a five-week employee orientation is far less than having to continually replace workers, says HyLife official Meristem Land and Science

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nyone running a hog operation of any scale today knows the value of labour. Richard Taillefer, director of sow and nursery production for HyLife, a large hog production operation headquartered in La Broquerie, told delegates at the recent Banff Pork Seminar in actual dollar terms how m u c h e m p l oye e re t e n t i o n means to their company. HyLife, which produces 1.4 million hogs annually in Canada and the U.S., says the cost of employee turnover is 50 per cent of annual income for less experienced employees and as much as 100 per cent or more of experienced employees. Faced with higher turno-

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The advantage of a trainer is that training is more systematic and a more detailed experience for employees. It relieves pressure on staff to do the training, and it doesn’t interfere with production as much.

ver than they wanted, company officials addressed the issue by hiring a full-time staff trainer. That kick-started a n e n t i re l y n e w a p p ro a c h to dealing with employees beginning with how they are hired to every experience they had from their first day on the farm. Starting a new job on a hog farm can be intimidating, said Taillefer. Finding the way to work the first day down country roads, often in the dark, following sometimes obscure directions is one example. Following strict biosecurity requirements such as showering into a facility with staff arriving for the day is another example. To d a y,   Hy L i f e h a s c o m pletely revamped its approach and that has reduced employee turnover by roughly 32 per cent, said Taillefer. The advantage of a trainer is that training is more systematic and a more detailed experience for employees. It relieves pressure on staff to do the training, and it doesn’t interfere with production as much. And the employee is more comfortable. For example, the Day 1 experience for new staff that have no experience sees the trainer meet the new employee off site and drive them to the facility. Arrival is planned so it doesn’t occur when staff are starting their shift. Biosecurity is covered and barn entrance protocols are explained. New employees are introduced to staff and management one person at a time. New workers will watch a video and have details of where they are working explained. Then they will have a five-week training experience for each aspect of hog production. Ex p e r i e n c e d s t a f f w o u l d h a v e t h e s a m e t re a t m e n t except that their training time would be shortened to one week. No t e v e r y o n e i s i n t h e position to hire a full-time trainer, but the HyLife experience shows the importance of training generally, said Taillefer. He recommended taking time to train employees, emphasizing details so they k n ow w h a t i s i m p o r t a n t , clearly set out expectations, answer questions, and then follow up afterwards.

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After the culling comes the marketing Neil Blue says more cull cows are sold in November and December, but prices are a lot higher in summer Alberta Agriculture release

“Because of reduced U.S. cow slaughter, the weak Canadian dollar and continued strong demand for ground beef, cull cow prices are likely to remain historically high near term.”

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nce you’ve decided on what cows to cull, you need to decide whether to sell them immediately, leave them with the herd in anticipation of increased cow prices, or separate and feed them a higher grain diet before sale. That decision is based on factors such as expected price changes, feeding costs versus potential weight gain, grade improvement potential, and available facilities and time, says Neil Blue, market specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development. But producers should also consider seasonal patterns in the marketing of slaughter cows, said Blue. “November and December cull cow marketings are much higher than the numbers marketed in July and August,” he said. “Marketings continue to be high in January as many producers delay sales into a new

New Zealand dairy prices at eight-year low World’s biggest dairy exporter says China demand remains weak By Naomi Tajitsu Wellington / Reuters

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ew Zealand dairy cooperative Fonterra held the price it pays to its milk suppliers at an eightyear low on Feb. 26, and said the recent rise in global dairy prices was largely due to a cut in global supply while demand from China remains weak. The world’s largest dairy exporter held its farm gate payout price at NZ$4.70 (C$4.43) per kilogram of milk solids, its lowest since 2007 and surprising some analysts who were expecting a slight rise. At nearly half of last year’s record payout of NZ$8.40, the forecast remains below the cost of production for many of Fonterra’s farmer shareholders, who collect nearly 90 per cent of the country’s milk production and have seen their incomes slashed while production has suffered from drought. Global dair y prices have risen 26 per cent at Fonterra’s fortnightly auctions so far this year due to falling supply, following a 50 per cent plunge in prices last year due to easing demand from major buyer China. “ We see demand coming back but it’s still very weak in China, our biggest market, and we see a lot of demand due to restricted supply than any significant demand,” Fonterra chief financial officer Lukas Paravicini told Reuters. New Zealand’s dairy production, which is pasture based, has fallen in past months due to a dry summer, prompting the government to declare drought in the South Island, the country’s fastest-growing dairying region.

Neil Blue

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tax year. Marketing volumes typically remain stable from April through August as producers sell open cows or cows that have lost a calf.” That rise and fall in marketings affects prices.

“Cull cow prices are usually the lowest in November and December when marketing volumes are the highest,” he said. “Prices typically begin to improve in February, and from April through August, the cull

cow price tends to be seasonally high. “During this period, cull numbers are lower and demand for hamburger, the primary use of slaughter cow meat, is higher. This usually is the best time to sell cows that have failed to calve, have lost their calf, or for any fall-calving cows that are open. The long-term annual beef cow culling rate averages about 11 per cent of the herd. Compared to 2013, cow slaughter was down about nine per cent in Canada last year and

down about 14 per cent in the U.S. Despite the drop in cow slaughter from 2013, Canfax estimates that the 2014 Canadian beef cow culling rate was still about 13 per cent. “Because of reduced U.S. cow slaughter, the weak Canadian dollar and continued strong demand for ground beef, cull cow prices are likely to remain historically high near term,” said Blue. “However, it is prudent to keep the seasonal supply-and-demand factors in mind when making the culling decisions.”

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World dairy market slumps on oversupply and lower demand

Smaller Chinese farms dumping milk, Russia food embargo diminishes demand for EU cheese By Nigel Hunt and Naomi Tajitsu London / Wellington /Reuters

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World milk supplies are full to overflowing, with China cutting imports and New Zealand and Northern Europe looking to increase production when quotas are eliminated in April.  Photo: Thinkstock

he weak global dair y market, hit by oversupply and a tail-off in Chinese demand that has driven international milk prices down by around 50 per cent, is unlikely to pick up any time soon, analysts say. China was one of the world’s fastest-growing dairy markets, but consumption there has dried up after earlier high prices cut domestic demand, leaving excess stocks of imported milk powder. “It might be another six months before it (the outlook) improves,” said Susan Kilsby, dairy analyst at NZX Agri, noting there should be a seasonal rise in milk producT:8.125” tion in the European Union,

the United States and China in the spring. “I don’t think it (the rise in production) is going to be massive because prices are so low there isn’t that incentive there but... there will certainly be enough supply to keep prices low, at least until the middle of the year.” China has also seen heavy investment in higher-yielding modern dairy farms with smaller dairy farmers dumping milk and selling cows as demand from processors slows. “We don’t see China coming back to the global market in a big way until the second half (of 2015),” said Rabobank analyst Sandy Chen. “Some major players have indicated that they won’t go to the international market at all this year. Their large suppli-

ers i.e. the large farms are still increasing production... so they will continue to source milk domestically.” The sharp decline in prices coincides with plans by some EU farmers to expand production in the run-up to the abolition of milk quotas in April. A food embargo by Russia has also cut off the EU’s biggest outlet for cheese, worth almost one billion euros in 2013, and accelerated a decline in EU milk prices from a record high at the end of 2013. “We were very dependent on Russia for cheese exports, hence the current turbulence on the market but you have to separate micro-trends from big, long-term ones,” said Pierre Begoc, international director at French consultancy Agritel. “Northern Europe is the zone with the biggest potential worldwide to raise production,” he added, noting New Zealand had less capacity to boost output.

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MARCH 2015

y d d a D r u o Y Who’s2015 MARCH 12th Annual

Bull Sale

Thursday April 2, 2015 – 1:00 PM

For more information or a catalogue contact:

Saskvalley Stock Farm Carl Lehmann 306-232-3511 www.saskvalleyshorthorns.com

Bell M Farms

Richard Moellenbeck 306-287-7904 www.bellmfarms.com

Saskatoon Livestock Sales, 306-382-8088

Muridale Shorthorn

WE KNOW OUR BULLS HAVE TO BE BETTER JUST TO GET YOUR ATTENTION!

www.muridale.com

That’s why we cull hard and only sell 50 bulls a year. These are the top cut from over 400 purebred Shorthorn cows. Thick, rugged, BEEF BULLS that are bred to handle the harsh conditions of Western Canada. Also on offer a select group of plush and embryo lots.

Scot Muri 306-741-6833

Sale is broadcast by Cattle In Motion at

www.cattleinmotion.com Catalogue online at all three websites

Sale bull videos at www.youtube.com/whosyourdaddybull

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MARCH 2015

RANGE READY Bull Sale SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2015 – 1:00 PM HEARTLAND LIVESTOCK SERVICES - YORKTON, SK

Red / Black 2 Yr. Limo Bulls

GUTEK LIMOUSIN AND CHAROLAIS Jeffrey and Bonnie Gutek Hendon,SK (306) 338 2112

Catalog can be viewed on line at

www.buyagro.com

Red Meadowvale “M” Grubsteak 4B

PNTM 551A sired by GEIS Gabriel 40’06

PHANTOM FARMS Jeff Sznerch & Family Canora, SK phantomfarms@hotmail.com 306-563-4155/ 306-562-7993

MEADOWVALE “M” RED ANGUS

Cam and Esther Morgan Box 371, Saltcoats, SK S0A 3R0 Morgan.ai.services@gmail.com 306-744-7411

Yearling/2 Yr. Olds

HWY 5 Kraken 34B

BPU 59A

PK HEREFORDS

Clint & Meridee Kopelchuk Canora, SK (306) 563-6337 home (306) 563-8304 cell

PRAIRIE VIEW CHAROLAIS

Darren Odowichuk Shortdale, MB (204) 546-2995 Home (204) 937-7680 Cell PrairieView@hotmail.com

HIGHWAY 5 SIMMENTALS

Colby Wolkowski cell# 306-563-7567 Trent Wolkowski cell# 306-563-7509 email hwy5simmentals@gmail.com

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MARCH 2015

RLT 15B : Big Deal X On Target

RLT 21B : Mulberry X Full Throttle

RLT 23B : Mulberry X Barney

RLT 9B : Panther X Carlton

RLT 24B : Mulberry X Barney

RLT 16B : Big Deal X New Trend

RLU 7B: Trust X Boomtown

RLU 18B : Fielder X Boomtown

RLU 21B: Trust X Torant

RLU 29B : Trust X Northeastern

RLU 37B Fielder X Eli

RLU 25B: Torant X Fleet

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Come early to view the bulls and enjoy the pre-sale lunch.

SELLING 43 PUREBRED LIMOUSIN BULLS

www.facebook.com/ PrimeLimousinClub

Red & Black • Polled • Yearlings & Two Year Olds

XLR 40B EXCEL POLLED BALFOUR WULFS EXTRACTOR X EXCEL POLLED VERY SPECIAL

RGK 409B HILLVIEW THE

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DAK 15B FL PLD 15B BRUTUS

GREENWOOD PLD ZAMBUKA X FL PLD LADY LARIAT

SEH 8A HANSEN’S

AUZZY

RICHMOND XPECTED X SEH POLLED UNDERCOVER

THE SALE WILL BE BROADCAST ONLINE THROUGH DLMS. Visit www.dlms.ca to view the bull videos and register to bid online.

EXCEL RANCHES

Ron & Barb Miller (780)349-2135

Cody & Amy Miller (780)349-0644

HILLVIEW FARMS Raymond & Corine Verbeek (780)939-2173

FOUILLARD LIMOUSIN

Ed & Debbie Fouillard Cell (780)996-0970

Dan & Pam Fouillard Cell (587)987-8734

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HANSEN’S LIMOUSIN Scott & Lesley Hansen (780)727-4557

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everblack angus common sense bull sale 2 PM - Monday, March 30, 2015 Nilsson Bros. - Vermilion, Alberta

On Offer: • 65 Two-Year-Old bulls • 25 Yearling bulls • 10 Yearling Heifers from the top of Everblack’s replacement pen

to Steak Fry

Follow Sale

Whitney Bosovish 780.991.3025

Rob Holowaychuk 780.916.2628 Optimal Bovines Inc.

View our catalogue online. www.optimalbovines.com or www.dlms.ca

Everblack Angus

Ernest & Judy Gibson & Family Ryan & Amanda Jordan, Kristen & Sullivan

780.853.2422 780.853.7836 780.581.1159

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Bulls Raised In The Real World... Focus on the Future Bull Sale . . . e m o H g n i m Co eld in ll Sale will be h u B l a u n n A th 11 y on the farm! our new facilit

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Red & Black Simmental Simm/Angus - Purebred Angus Vi e w t h e c a t a l o g u e o n l i n e a t w w w. w h e a t l a n d c a t t l e . c o m

Chris: (306) 220-5006 Shane: (403) 363-9973

Vernon, Denise, Riley & Cody-Ray Lafrentz Bienfait, Saskatchewan Ph: 306.634.7765 Cell: 306.421.2297 Email: wheatlandcattle@sasktel.net

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MARCH 2015

Spady Bull Sale 12 Annual Wednesday, April 15th, 2015 Offering: 120 Progeny sells: th

Black Angus Bulls

Peak Dot eLiminator 780z

2nd High Selling Yearling Bull at Peak Dot 2013 Spring Sale Sire: SAV Eliminator 9105 MGS: SAV 004 Predominant 4438

Lead Off Bull & 2nd High Selling Bull at LLB 2012 Spring Sale

Rivercrest Valleymere 1:30pm at the Ranch

in the heart of the Battle River Valley just south of Alliance, AB

LLB Darkhorse 328y

Sire: Limestone Darkhorse U322 MGS: SAV Net Worth 4200

* Volume Buyer Incentive * Site Unseen Guarantee * $50 credit if you take your bulls home sale day or delivery when you need them

soo Line koDiak 9169 Sire: HF Kodiak 5R MGS: Bon View New Design 878

High Selling Yearling Bull at Bar E-L 2011 Spring Sale

Bar e-L executor 23x

Sire: HF Tiger 5T MGS: Rainbow Hills Prime Cut 114P

High Selling Yearling Bull at Fertile Valley 2012 Spring Sale Sire: Sydgen Mandate 6079

FV manDate man 146y MGS: FV 20K King 308M

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SDC 1B Carbon Copy BW: 90 lbs. CE: 90 BW: -0.6 WW: 52 YW: 98 Milk: 27.7 TM: 54

Polled

SOS 65B Ice Capp BW: 102 lbs. CE: 58 BW: 2.8 WW: 48 YW: 86 Milk: 18.4 TM: 43

Polled

Sight unseen purchase program • Vet inspected View catalogue online at www.sandancharolais.com

SDC 11B Bull Horn BW: 92 lbs. Polled CE: 61 BW: 1.8 WW: 47 YW: 88 Milk: 16.5 TM: 40

SOS 37B Calculated Risk BW: 94 lbs. Polled CE 61 BW: 2.3 WW: 44 YW: 84 Milk: 24.7 TM: 46

SDC 157A Ajax BW: 96 lbs. Scurred CE: 58 BW: 3.6 WW: 44 YW: 88 Milk: 20.8 TM: 43

SDC 45B Barnacle BW: 96 lbs. Polled CE: 82 BW: 1.9 WW: 44 YW: 86 Milk: 26.9 TM: 49

SOS 96B Fire Cracker BW: 94 lbs. Polled CE: 45 BW: 3.3 WW: 53 YW: 98 Milk: 13.1 TM: 40

BULL 42nd Annual

selling Blacks + Reds

75 ANGUS YEARLINGS Bulls are semen tested, ultrasounded & guaranteed. Watch for The Catalog to be online February 20th.

The program you can depend on. Wednesday, March 18, 2015 ~ 1:00 pm ~ Highwood Auction ~ High River, AB Dave, Mary Beth, Dylan & Adam Sibbald 403.932.5585 1 Dave’s cell 403.850.7736 1 redbulls@sssredangus.ca 1 sssredangus.ca

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MARCH 2015

Flying K Ranch

Breeding Quality Red AngusSince 1972

April 8, 2015 80+

Yearling Red Angus Bulls

YOUR ONE STOP HEIFER BULL SHOP! One of Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest selection of Red Angus heifer bulls on offer...75% of the bulls on test are below breed average for birth weight EPDs.

Red Beckton Nebula W312 - His Sons & Grandsons Sell

B.W. EPD: -6.8 Red Flying K Neptune 28Z

B.W. EPD: -5.2

MarMac Farms bought 28Z as the high seller of our 2013 Sale. He has a great set of sons that sell this year!

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Practical, ranch raised bulls fed at home 14 miles SW of Swift Current, SK Sight Unseen Purchase Plan Satisfatction Guaranteed! Bulls all ROP, Semen, & Carcass Tested Free Delivery in Western Canada

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Brian, Christine, Dylan, & Shane Hanel H: 306-773-6313

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MARCH 2015

SS

RICHMOND RANCH GRASS COUNTRY BULL & FEMALE SALE

FRIDAY MARCH 13TH 2015 at The Ranch, Rumsey AB

Limousin - Angus - Limflex

Red RMJ Redman 1T - Sons in Sale

Red Northern Ice Man 8U - Sons in Sale

Other Sires: Red Lazy MC Redman 12X Red Geis Knight Hawk 72’09 Red RSL Stockman 587R - Sons in Sale

Consignors:

Selling: 75 Bulls, 25 yearlings & 50 grass born twos. 50 Limousin & Angus Influence Females; Open Heifers & Bred heifers

Call for a Video!

Jim: 403-368-2103 • Cell: 403-323-8433 Tiffany: 403-740-3748

www.richmondranch.com

RSL Red Angus

Robert & Sharon Laycock 306-937-2880 or 306-441-5010 (c)

Spittalburn Farms

Michael & Sandi Gray 306-237-4729 or 306-227-1017 (c) www.spittalburnfarms.com Sale Consultants: Castlerock Marketing Shane Castle 306-741-7485 (c) Dean McAvoy 306-612-3326

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MARCH 2015

LLB Angus

29th AnnuAl

• 150 yearling bulls • 100 two year old bulls • 100 purebred heifers • 250 commercial heifers • 50 commercial bred heifers

Commercial heifers born 2014

LLB

lot 117

Bull & FEMAlE SAlE

at the farm, Erskine AB

Offering over 650 head of Quality Black & Red Angus Cattle Canada’s largest Angus Production Sale

lot 298

born Feb 15 2014

lot 264

born May 3 2013

born Mar 30 2013

Lee, Laura & Jackie Brown Trish & Tim henderson Box 217, erskine, alberta T0c 1G0

Phone: 403-742-4226 Fax: 403-742-2962

llbangus@xplornet.com

KULYK SIMMENTALS RUK 88B

MARCh 14, 2015

catalogue online www.llbangus.com

20 QUALITY BULLS LIKE THE PICTURES TO THE 11 ANNUAL BUTTS GUTTS NUTS SIMMENTAL BULL SALE TH

MARCH 23 2015 – 1PM

HEARTLAND LIVESTOCK LLOYDMINSTER SASK.

RUK 54B RUK 81B

RUK 72B

RUK 24B

RUK 62B

RR#1 NORTH BATTLEFORD SASKATCHEWAN, S9A 2X3 1-306-441-9238 (CELL) 1-306-445-5545 (FARM) Western Canada’s Comprehensive Bull Buyers Guide

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MARCH 2015

SWEETLAND SUPER SIX SALERS Presents our Leading Canadian Salers Genetics at: Ag Days Bull Congress, Canada’s Red, White & Black Sale, Moose Jaw, SK (March 21), MB Bull Test Station (April 4), Lundar Bull Sale (April 18) and at the farm.

Join us for Open House March 7 Salers offer: • Calving ease & vigorous newborns • Healthy cowherds/healthy calves • Excellent reproductive performance • Longevity/ Disposition/ Heterosis • Pasture Management advantages • Less work, more profit in cow/calf units • Strong feedlot gains/ opt.carcass wts • High yields and optimal marbling • Consistently one of the highest gaining breeds at MB Test Station

March 17, 2015 @ 1:00 pm mst Innisfail Auction Market - (403) 227-3166 On Offer: 30 BULLS & select females

Alberta Plaid Galloway

Tri - r - way Livestock

Chickadee Farm

Steve Schweer Home:(403) 227-3428 Cell: (403) 304-7354 Email: schweer@xplornet.com www.albertaplaidgalloway.ca fb: Alberta Plaid Galloway

Brian A Robertson Cell: (403) 556-0401 Email: trirwaylivestock@gmail.com fb: Tri R Way Livestock

Jim King Home: (403) 227-6081 Cell: (403) 304-8196 Email: king@airenet.com fb: Chickadee Farm

Our Program offers: • Assistance with selections • Performance information, BW WW, YW • EPD’s available on the complete herd • Breeding Soundness evaluations • Betamannosidosis free herd status • Genetics from both AI sires and top “walking” bulls • The top Canadian Salers genetics for growth traits, ie. 6 of the top 10 proven sires, 1/3 of the top performing young sires and 48 of the top 50 cows are SLS seedstock (see www.salerscanada.com)

Our goal is to provide genetics to make your herd more profitable!

Ken & Wendy Sweetland & Family

Box 84, Lundar, MB R0C 1Y0 Phone 204-762-5512 email: sweetlandsalers@xplornet.ca

www.sweetlandsalers.com

live internet bidding/broadcast on: www.dlms.ca

MARCH 28TH, 2015

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Lunch 12 Noon - 1 PM at the farm, Swan River MB

50 TWO YEAR OLD & YEARLING RED AND BLACK ANGUS BULLS Bulls Sired by: Anderson’s Next Generation 20U Anderson’s Who’s Next 39S Brookmore Upward 116Y Kembar Kodiak 10Y Crescent Creek Pacesetter 128Z Red McRaes Mohican 40X Red D Bar Dynamo 67Y

April 11, 2015 - 1:00 p.m.

Viewing at the Farm , Ridgeville, Man. Video Sale will follow at the Ridgeville Hall HERD SIRES

RIPTIDE

WIZARD

MR. RUSYLVIA 34X

Catalogue & videos at: www.wilkinridge.blogpot.ca

MAINE ANJOU & RED ANGUS Bruce: (204) 734-2073 Shane Castle (306) 741-7485 Ryan Hurlburt (306) 292-9812

www.andersoncattle.ca

SID WILKINSON

(204) 373-2631 ph • 324-4302 cell

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MARCH 2015 Registered (est. 1963) & Commercial (est. 1948) Black Angus Cattle • APHA & AQHA Horses

RED & BLACK

ur hoice o Y C BULL SALE

YEARLING BULL SALE

1:00 pm (CST) • Cowtown Livestock • Maple Creek SK 65 Yearling Black Angus Bulls 6 Yearling Black Angus Open Heifers

ANGUS 90 BULLS SELL APRIL 15, 2015 BLACK ANGUS BULLS

RED ANGUS BULLS

• Selling 15 Sons of Benchmark Midland 753 who carries a top 1% ranking for Residual Feed Intake.

• Selling 10 Sons of Red LSF MEW Game Changer, who is the #1 bull for Marbling and Ribeye for Red Angus Bulls having a better than +90 for WW and +130 for YW. Game Changer brings top 1% ranking for Weaning Weight, Yearling Weight, Marbling, Rlbeye, Carcass Weight, and Total Maternal. These sons of Game Changer are SPECIAL!!

• Selling 15 Sons of GAR Daybreak 6860 who ranks in top 1% of all Angus Sires for Birthweight, Calving Ease, Maternal Calving Ease and Marbling, in the top 2% for Ribeye and Yearling Weight and top 8% for Milk. The 15 bulls selling have an average BW of 79 Ibs and an average 205D weight of 720 Ibs. • Selling 13 Sons of Triara Made to Order 366Y, he by Sitz Upward 307R. 366Y ranks in the top 1% for Milk and Total Maternal, top 2% for Yearling Weight, and top 15% for Ribeye. • Selling 10 Sons of Benchmark Predestined 8301, who ranks in the top 1% for marbling and maternal calving ease, top 2% for Calving Ease and top 15% for Yearling Weight.

• Selling 10 Sons of Red LSF RAB Commitment who is a Calving Ease delight. He ranks in the top 1% for Birth Weight, Milk, Total Maternal and Marbling, in top 8% for Ribeye and in the top 15% for Weaning and Yearling Weight. • Selling 7 Sons of Red Basin EXT 45T5. he the sire of Red Benchmark Better Beef, Grand Champion Denver 2013. 45T5 ranks in the top 1% for Weaning and Yearling Weight, Marbling and Ribeye, Carcass Weight, Total Maternal and Maternal Calving Ease, and top 2% for Calving Ease.

• Selling 8 Sons of GAR Ingenuity J2024, he ranks in the top 1% for Marbling and Ribeye, Yearling Weight and Carcass Weight, Milk and Total Maternal and in the top 2% for Weaning Weight.

Mike Munton • 403-394-4903 • Lethbridge, AB

www.benchmarkangus.com Bar

20th AnnuAl

Bull SAlE 3R limousin The Rea Family Marengo, SK

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We Welcome Your Calls & Requests for further information. For Your Convenience our ranch web site provides Photos • Videos • EPDs /Data • Sale Catalog

Home Raised Stock By Private Treaty

Commercial Open Replacement Heifers • April 2015 Top-Cut Breds • Nov 2015 APHA/AQHA Horses • Always

Many Thanks to Our 2014 Cattle & Horse Customers C & N Schock * Wilfley Holdings * McKelvey Farms * T Armstrong * M Daines Cavan Ranch * T & C Leismeister * K Anderson Border View Farms S & S Wilson * K & L Perron * Bitterlake Ranching Ltd * S & R Reesor * 7L7 Ranches * B & J Brown J Whitney * S & B Fordice * Baynton Ranch * Sandhills Ent Ltd * JK Ranch Ltd * Bar EJ Ranch Stryker Ranch J & C Ziegler * E & S Horner Rose Creek Ranch H Bock * S Crowe * R Nelson Farms G McConnell T Dierickse R & L Story * E Flueck D Burchnall R Bar E Ranch D Lutz T Bradshaw P & D DeMars * Dahl Farms Ltd L Myer M Lutz Crocus Valley Ranch * * repeat customer Living Spring Ranches Ltd B & J Schneider Ranching

We Welcome Your Calls and Requests for Herd Tours, Information or to be added to our mailing list

March 19, 2015 • 1:00 pm (mST) Crossroads Centre - Oyen, AB

SSA 88A 2014 to Bitterlake Ranching, Walsh AB Sale Highlights

SSA 56A

to Mark Daines, Penhold AB

UNDER PRESSURE

YOUNG GUN

SelliNG – 40 Red Black Polled yearlings & 2 Year Olds

TITANIUM

Celebrating 20 Years

TOLEDO

We are giving away a One Year Lease on a Featherlite Trailer Supplied by Bert Duncan Trailer Sales

Catalogue on-line in color at www.bohrson.com • FRee DeliveRy! Talk to us about our Sight Unseen Purchase & Boarding Program

Kevin – 306-463-7950 • Ken – 306-463-7454 or 306-968-2923 r3bar@hotmail.com

Visitors & Inquiries Are Always Welcome

DLD 6A to Crocus Valley Ranch, Med Hat AB.

T hank You to all our Previous Customers

Don and Connie Delorme Box 28, Robsart, SK S0N 2G0 dcdelorme@sasktel.net HOME: 306.299.4494 CELL: 306.299.7778

South Shadow, Boundary & Kay Dee Angus Herds

www.D elormeR anch.ca

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FIELD TESTED GENE TICS

AFFO RDA BULLS BLE

NOW here! “Buy the BEEF Bull Sale” The Future is

COME ON DOWN TO THE 11TH ANNUAL

April 7, 2015

1:00 p.m., Neepawa Ag Complex Neepawa, MB

Home Phone (306) 463-3225 Lorna’s Cell (306) 460-8520 Rob’s Cell (306) 460-7620

www.dolittleangus.com Directions from Kindersley, SK 10 miles East on Hwy. #7 and 1.5 miles North

Selling

Registered Black Angus by Private Treaty off the Farm Offering a Great Selection of Two Year Old (Virgin) & Yearling Bulls

DelivereD Free 1St 150 MileS

• All bulls semen tested and delivered • Bulls are available for viewing anytime

SELLING FORTY FIVE YEARLINGS, TWELVE TWO YEAR OLDS AND SIX OPEN HEIFERS

Red Angus S A J

Doug & Jason McLaren

Ph: (204) 476-6248 or (204) 476-6723 Guest Consignors: Sunset Ridge Red Angus

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MARCH 2015

24th ANNUAL

BULL SALE MARCH 17, 2015

@ 1:00 pm

Balog Auction, Lethbridge, AB

60 Red & Black Bulls LWNBRG Rollin Deep 66B RedCarrier

BW: 79 lbs

Adj. WW: 915 BW -0.7 WW +75 YW +123 Milk +30 TM +67

RED LWNBRG Packer 8B

BW: 90 lbs

Adj. WW: 836 BW -0.2 WW +66 YW +98 Milk +14 TM +47

LWNBRG Catalyst 15B

Red Carrier

RED LWNBRG Flex 79B

BW: 80 lbs

BW: 94 lbs

Adj. WW: 847

Adj. WW: 867

BW -2.6 WW +63 YW +112 Milk +26 TM +57

BW -0.6 WW +58 YW +98 Milk +23 TM +52

RED LWNBRG Rollin Deep 90B

RED LWNBRG Rover 84B

BW: 87 lbs

BW: 85 lbs

Adj. WW: 797 BW -2.3 WW +58 YW +82 Milk +26 TM +54

View our catalogue online

www.leeuwenburghangus.com

Adj. WW: 818 BW -0.6 WW +68 YW +111 Milk +11 TM +45

Contacts: Dennis - 403.308.3003 Johnny - 403.382.1794 Jack - 403.330.6123

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MARCH 2015

 calving ease  grass-based  strong maternal  longevity  moderate frame BULLS LIKE THIS

OPEN HOUSE

SAT MARCH 7, 1-5PM CALL FOR DIRECTIONS

FROM COWS LIKE THIS

Shellmouth, MB 204-564-2540

2 yr old bulls sold private treaty off the ranch!

Our 2014 heifer promotion has been continued into 2015, check website for details!

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42nd Annual Performance Test Bull Sale 50+ Yearling Bulls

April 14th, 2015 | 1pm

Perlich Bros. Auction Market Lethbridge, Alberta

For More Information Contact Shawn: 403.642.2041 (bandkr@live.ca) Mike: 1.877.888.BULL (www.rodgersredangus.com) Perlich Brothers: 403.329.3101 Featuring: Open heifers from Matt Slingerland ENTER OUR DRAW FOR A $250 BULL CREDIT Join us for complimentary lunch prior to the sale

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MARCH 2015

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PRAIRIE GRASS RED ANGUS BULL SALE 25TH ANNUAL

SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2015 1:00 P.M. The Bull Pen Arena Thorlakson Feedyards Airdrie, Alberta 4.5 Miles East of Airdrie on #567 & 2 Miles North on RR 284

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Bulls can be viewed at Thorlakson Feedyards

View Color Catalogue & Video Preview Online at www.dlms.ca

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John, Karen, Jim, Laurie Brigan & Families RR #2, Site 8, Box 8, Airdrie,A B T4B 2A4

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R.R. #2 Airdrie,A B T4B 2A4

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“Where the serious bull buyers are looking”

Tiffiny Taylor

Sales & Special Projects tiffiny.taylor@fbcpublishing.com Phone: (204) 228-0842

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MARCH 2015

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MARCH 2015

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MARCH 2015

Peak Dot Ranch Ltd.

A reputation source for Angus seedstock that have been bred for performance, maternal traits and superior phenotype. Featuring large sire groups and affordable genetics for the cowman. Free delivery in a 500 mile radius of the ranch.

Spring Bull Sale

Wednesday, April 1 , 2015

At the Ranch, Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan

236 BULLS

For Sale now at the Ranch ...

Peak Dot Ranch has 48 head of registered Angus heifers for sale by private treaty from our fall program . This is a seldom offered chance to acquire some of the top females from our program. Many daughters of SAV Eliminator 9105, SAV Bullet 0473, Peak Dot Dominator 42U, Peak Dot Pioneer 9X , Peak Dot Bold 204U and Peak Dot Ranchland 29W from the most popular cow families at Peak Dot.

A Peak Dot Predominant 1052

SAV 004 Predominant 4438 X Peak Dot Hobson 459T BW: +3.9 WW: +61 YW: +102 M: +22 BW: 81 205 WT: 852 Peak Dot Unanimous 743B

Vision Unanimous 1418 X SAV Eliminator 9105 BW: +3.0 WW: +70 YW: +127 M: +22 BW: 78 205 WT: 863

A Peak Dot Predominant 1061

SAV 004 Predominant 4438 X Peak Dot Volt 950U BW: +3.1 WW: +51 YW: +90 M: +21 BW: 78 205 WT: 778 Peak Dot Unanimous 744B

Vision Unanimous 1418 X SAV Eliminator 9105 BW: +3.0 WW: +70 YW: +127 M: +22 BW: 84 205 WT: 840 Peak Dot Unanimous 745B

Peak Dot Unanimous 719B

Vision Unanimous 1418 X SAV Bullet 0473 BW: +2.5 WW: +65 YW: +116 M: +27 BW: 84 205 WT: 835 Peak Dot Unanimous 703B

Vision Unanimous 1418 X SAV Eliminator 9105 BW: +3.0 WW: +70 YW: +122 M: +23 BW: 70 205 WT: 797

Vision Unanimous 1418 X SAV Eliminator 9105 BW: +3.0 WW: +70 YW: +127 M: +22 BW: 82 205 WT: 836 Peak Dot Eliminator 165B

SAV Eliminator 9105 X SAV 004 Predominant 4438 BW: +4.5 WW: +69 YW: +120 M: +26 BW: 89 205 WT: 961

A Peak Dot Predominant 1045

SAV 004 Predominant 4438 X Peak Dot Hobson 459T BW: +4.2 WW: +50 YW: +85 M: +16 BW: 82 205 WT: 725 Peak Dot Unanimous 751B

Vision Unanimous 1418 X SAV Eliminator 9105 BW: +3.0 WW: +70 YW: +127 M: +22 BW: 83 205 WT: 877 Peak Dot Unanimous 733B

Vision Unamimous 1418 X SAV 004 Predominant 4438 BW: +2.0 WW: +66 YW: +117 M: +25 BW: 89 205 WT: 910 Peak Dot Eliminator 66B

SAV Eliminator 9105 X Mohnen Dynamite 1356 BW: +3.3 WW: +66 YW: +115 M: +24 BW: 87 205 WT: 914

View Sale Book and Sale Cattle Photo Gallery at www.peakdotranch.com or phone Carson Moneo 306-266-4414 Clay Moneo 306-266-4411 Email:peakdot@gmail.com

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AUCTION DISTRICTS

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions

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

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions

AUCTION SALES Auctions Various

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS

MEYERS AUCTIONS. Coins, March 8. Household Consignment, March 28. Guns & Ammo, April 1. To consign call Bradley Meyers Auctioneer: 204-476-6262. www.meyersauctions.com

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

AUTO & TRANSPORT

Birch River

herbicides

Swan River Minitonas Durban

For custom herbicides as unique as your fields, visit:

Winnipegosis

Roblin

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac Russell

Parkland

Birtle

Riverton Eriksdale

McCreary

Langruth

Neepawa

Gladstone

Rapid City

1

Melita

Carberry

Waskada

Killarney

Pilot Mound Crystal City

Elm Creek

Beausejour

Sanford

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

Lac du Bonnet

Winnipeg

Austin Treherne

Westman Boissevain

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage

Brandon Souris

Reston

Interlake

Erickson Minnedosa

Hamiota

Virden

Arborg

Lundar Gimli

Shoal Lake

St. Pierre

242

Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

Steinbach

1

Red River

AUTO & TRANSPORT Autos ONE 1999 GRAND MARQUIS car, 4-door, fully loaded. Mint condition. Very low mileage. Brand new tires. For more info call Charles: (204)659-5829

MACK AUCTION COMPANY PRESENTS a farm equipment auction for Gerald & Kim Becker AUTO & TRANSPORT (306)436-7770. Fri. Apr.10, 2015 Yellow Grass, Trucks Sk. @ 10am. Directions from Yellow Grass, Sk. go 4æ-mi N on Grid 621, 1æ-mi W, 2-mi N & Ω-mi W. 06 GMC DURAMAX DSL 4x4, extended cab, runs Watch for signs! NH TJ 325 4WD tractor w/1967 very nice, 310,000-km, good rubber, $9,000 w/new hrs, JD 4955 FWA tractor, JD 4430 2WD tractor safety. (204)871-0925 w/3PTH, Farm All A antique tractor, Case IH 2388 SP combine w/2014 separator hrs, 30-ft Case IH Franklin - 204-476-2668 95 F800 CAB & Chassis, 5.9 Cummins DSL, 1043 straight-cut draper header, Degelman Shuttle$5,500. F800 tandem water truck w/hoist, 3208 CAT kart 800 Grain Cart, 30-ft Hesston 8100 SP swather engine, $6,500. (204)871-2708. w/2110 hrs, 36-ft Premier 1900 PT swather, Farm As with all DuPont crop protection products, read and follow King steel drum swath roller, 33-ft Concord air drill label instructions carefully. single shoot w/2320 air cart, Flexicoil system 95 The DuPont Oval Logo, DuPontTM and PrecisionPac® are registered trademarks or trademarks of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. harrow packers, 37-ft IH 5500 cultivator w/tine harE. I. du Pont Canada Company is a licensee. Member of CropLife Canada. rows, Morris 48-ft rod weeder, MF 360 discers, 90-ft © Copyright 2015 DuPont Canada. All rights reserved. Flexicoil 67 suspended boom sprayer, EZ Guide 500 EZ Steer 50 auto-steer, 1980 GMC 6000 3-ton grain truck w/33,100-km, 1974 Chev 3-ton grain truck, Sakundiak 10-72 swing auger, Sakundiak 1059 PPAC Classified 2015 MB.indd 3 15-02-23 3:13 PM 7-45 auger w/Honda engine & Wheatheart mover, Lode King cart 2-compartment tank w/hyd augers, Allied 795 FEL, Crown 600 3-YD PT scraper, shopbuilt 8-ft box yard scraper, shopbuilt flax straw buncher, 5-wheel hay rake, tandem axle trailer BUILDINGS w/water tank, shopbuilt tandem axle flat deck trailer, truck box utility trailer, irrigation pipe, shopbuilt swather transport, floating slough pump & hose, 1250 gal poly water tank, 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

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AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

Vintage Service Station Coca Cola Auction

Sat., Mar. 7 @ 10:00 am

Stonewall, MB - #12 Patterson Drive

OVER 250 SIGNS * Coin Operated Vending * General Store Items * Old Telephones * Vintage Toys * Oil Cans * Penny Scale * Stuart McSherry

MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a farm equipment auction for Garry & Gail Calcutt (306)335-2760 or (306)335-7975 Fri. Apr 17, 2015 @ 10a.m. Directions from Lemberg, Sask. go 7-mi S on Grid 617 & 1-mi E. Watch for signs! Live Internet bidding www.bidspotter.com. Versatile 875 4WD tractor, JD 4650 2WD tractor w/duals, JD 2130 2WD tractor w/JD 146 FEL, IH 1466 2WD tractor w/Leon 10-ft dozer blade, JD L120 garden tractor, Case 448 garden tractor w/rototiller, Case IH 2388 SP combine w/Case IH 2015 pickup header w/1640 separator hrs, Westward 9250 SP swather & 25-ft Macdon 972 harvest header w/716 cutting hours, Case IH 1020 25-ft straight-cut header, Case IH 1010 30-ft straight-cut header, Farm King steel drum swath roller, 40-ft Bourgault 8810 seeding tool w/Bourgault 2155 air cart & liquid sideband, Pattison 1350 liquid fertilizer caddy w/John Blue pump & Honda engine, 22-ft John Deere 230 tandem disc, 70-ft Flexi Coil 85 heavy harrows, Morris 60-ft tine harrows, 30-ft Friggstad cultivator, 16-ft Cockshutt 247 cultivator, Dearbourne 2 bottom plow, 1979 Chev C-70 grain truck, 1979 Ford F-600 grain truck w/38,245-km, 1986 2WD Ford F-150 reg. cab, 1949 Dodge 2-ton truck w/army box & hoist, 1975 Ford F-100 Ranger truck, 80-ft Flexi Coil 67XL field sprayer, Sakundiak 8-40 auger w/Lanmar engine, Sakundiak 7-37 auger w/Kohler engine, Sakundiak 7-33 auger w/Kohler engine, Sakundiak 7-45 auger, Sakundiak 10-60 swing auger, 2-Bruns 400-bu hopper wagons, 2-100-bu hopper wagons, Degelman ground drive rock picker, Pattison 6000-gal liquid fertilizer tank, 1150-gal liquid fertilizer tank, Bush Hog 405 gyro mower, army surplus generator, shop built bin crane, fanning mills, floating slough pump, rail road ties, Honda 400 Foreman quad, Magna Force upright air compressor, Honda pressure washer, Forney welder, shop press, many various crocks, churns, trunks & other antiques, plus many more 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 Manitoba Auctions – Parkland

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

www.mcsherryauction.com

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Public

Real Estate Auctions

Every lot will be SOLD to the highest bidder on auction day – regardless of price!

Vernon & Merle and Michael & Susanne Glaicar

7 Parcels of Farmland — 1093.2± Title Acres

April 8, 2015 Melville, SK

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Stockholm 9 Broadview

Peebles

LOCATION: 5352 285th Ave, Granite Falls, MN

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Gerlof & Christel Pool — Selling at the Chute Farm Auction Site 5 Parcels of Farmland in the RM’s of Gilbert Plains & Dauphin 793.2± Title Acres

April 9, 2015 Dauphin, MB

Ashville

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Yorkton

Waldron

Rorketon

Ashville Gilbert Plains

Russell

16

Beulah Miniota 1

Virden

Assiniboine

Wawota

10 Onanole

Binscarth

Wapella

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Steep Rock

Mccreary Lake Manitoba

16

Minnedosa

Brandon

Ritchie Bros. Regional Sales Manager: Luke Fritshaw: 306.260.2189 Carlyle Realtor: Leeanna Russell, Century 21 Westman.com Ltd., 204.748.7788

Visit our website for auction and property details:

Dauphin Lake

Auction Location Dog Lake Dauphin

Auction Property Laurier

Gerald

Broadview

Owner: Gerlof Pool: gerlofenchristel@gmail.com

Auction Property

Roblin 5

10

Melville

Qu'Appelle R.

Gypsumville

10

10

9

3 4 5 5 10

e Assiniboin

MB/RM of Dauphin ▸ Parcel 3 – PSW 19-25-20 W1 155.20± Title Acres – 155± cult acres ▸ Parcel 5 – PNW 18-25-20 W1 158± Title Acres – 70± cult acres

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PREVIEW: Mon.-Fri., 9AM-4PM LOADOUT: Thurs., March 12 - Wed., March 25 Assin

Moosomin

Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager: Dan Steen: 306.361.6154 Escrow: Brennan LeBlanc: 306.280.4878

MB/RM of Gilbert Plains ▸ Parcel 1 – SW 20-27-21 W1 160± Title Acres – 150± cult acres ▸ Parcel 2 – NW 17-27-21 W1 160± Title Acres – 160± cult acres ▸ Parcel 4 – NE 13-25-21 W1 160± Title Acres – 70± cult acres

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

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4WD TRACTORS

Wilcox Owner: Michael Glaicar: 306.728.7037 or Vernon Glaicar: 306.728.5320

Property Highlights

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

16

Grenfell

Francis

Sedley

CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in place & finish of concrete floors. Can accommodate any floor design. References available. Alexander, MB. 204-752-2069.

Wroxton

10

Melville

Auction Property Qu Waldron 'Ap p

Lumsden

AFAB INDUSTRIES IS YOUR SUPERIOR post frame building company. For estimates and infor-mation call 1-888-816-AFAB(2322). Website: www.postframebuilding.com

Rhein

Southey

Regina Beach

BUILDINGS

Kamsack

Good Spirit Lake

Lestock

6

Veregin

Foam Lake

Raymore Duval

Rama

16

Dafoe

7

Benito

Preeceville

Lanigan

Waldron

2 4

Assiniboine R.

SK/RM of Saltcoats #213 ▸ Parcel 1– PNE 19-22-03 W2 143.2± Title Acres – 115± cult acres ▸ Parcel 2– NE 20-22-03 W2 160± Title Acres – 145± cult acres ▸ Parcel 3– SE 19-22-03 W2 160± Title Acres – 135± cult acres ▸ Parcel 4– SE 20-22-03 W2 160± Title Acres – 120± cult acres ▸ Parcel 5– PNE 18-22-03 W2 150± Title Acres – 125± cult acres ▸ Parcel 6– SE 18-22-03 W2 160± Title Acres – 135± cult acres ▸ Parcel 7– SE 17-22-03 W2 160± Title Acres – 135± cult acres

ST. LAZARE, MB. 1-800-510-3303

Neepawa Portage La Pairie 1

Carberry

ine

Assinibo

MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a premium farm equipment auction for Andy and Elaine Henning (306)869-3287 or (306)869-7932 Wed. Apr. 8, 2015 Radville, SK. 10a.m. Directions from Radville 4-mi N on Hwy 28, 4-mi W on correction line road and 1 æ-mi N. Live internet bidding @ www.bidspotter.com. 2009 JD 9630T track tractor w/2,254-hrs & Green Star ready, John Deere 4240 2WD tractor w/7,815-hrs & duals, JD 4430 2WD tractor w/JD 148 FEL, 2008 JD 9770 STS SP combine w/1,672 separator hrs & Green Star ready, 2011 JD 615P pickup header w/Houston crop deflector, 2009 Macdon 45-ft D60-D straight-cut draper header, 2005 Prairie Star 4952i SP swather & 36-ft Macdon 972 draper header w/838 cutting hrs, 2009 Demco 1050 grain cart w/18-in auger, JD pea concaves, 2010 66-ft Seedmaster TXB6612 air drill double shoot plus anhydrous w/2010 tow between JD 1910 air cart also comes w/2010 M&R Welding anhydrous cart w/2-2000 gal tanks, 70-ft Degelman 7000 strawmaster heavy harrow w/3255 Valmar & tote bag lift, 41-ft JD 680 vertical till chisel plow w/Flexicoil harrows, Kello Built 5000 3 shank sub soiler, JD 4920 SP 120-ft sprayer w/auto-steer & Raven 4 auto boom, 4-Michelin 620/70R46 tires & rims, 4 Tridekon crop dividers, 1996 Doepker 48-ft hi-boy trailer w/2200/900/2000 gal water tanks & Chem Handler III, JD Starfire ITC SF2 activation receiver, JD 2600 monitor, 2001 Kenworth W900L Hwy tractor w/500 ISX Cummins engine & 72-in bunk, 2011 40-ft Wilson Pacesetter tandem axle grain trailer 2 compartment w/aluminum tires, 40-ft 1996 Lode King tandem axle grain trailer, 1989 Bobco 24-ft gooseneck flatdeck trailer, 1989 GMC 2500 4WD pickup, 2010 Brandt 1390 XL swing auger w/hydraulic swing & mover, 2013 Sakundiak TL 10-39 auger w/Vanguard 35HP engine & mover, Westfield 10-60 swing auger, Westfield 8-51 PTO auger, Sakundiak 8-33 auger w/Kohler 25 HP engine, Johnson 8-10 hyd transfer auger, 12-ft auger seed treater, Graham G3 seed treater, Michael’s hyd augers, DMC 54 rotary grain cleaner, Super Delux 990 Turb OK grain vac, Degelman hyd drive rock picker, Degelman hyd drive rock picker, Champion snow wing for 760 grader, shopbuilt 8-ft & 10-ft dozer blades, AG Industries header trailer, 90 barrel truck mount water tank, 1000 gal fuel stand, 48-ft sea container, 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

2004 Versatile 2425, N14 Cummins, 425 hp., 4 hyd., 3,318 hrs., New 12 spd trans., w/warranty, S/N301327 1996 NH 9030, bi-directional, hydro, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 540 PTO, NH 7414 loader, 8’ quick tach bucket, 7,900 hrs., S/ND202142 1981 Versatile 835, CAH, 855 Cummins, 12 spd., 9,677 hrs., S/N035177

MFWD TRACTORS

2013 NH Workmaster 75, MFWD, open station, diesel, hyd., 3 pt., PTO, 54 hrs., warranty until April 2016, S/N1245878 2005 NH TC55 Boomer, MFWD, open station, ROPS, diesel, 12 spd., 2 hyd., 3 pt., 540 PTO, NH 18LA loader w/joystick control, quick tach loader, quick tach 6’ bucket, 1,197 hrs., S/NHX13016 1988 Deutz 5215 compact tractor, MFWD, diesel, hydro, 2 hyd., 3 pt., 540 PTO, 425 hyd. loader, 4’ bucket, S/N1812

2WD TRACTORS

2004 NH LS170 skid steer loader, cab, heat, aux. hyd., hyd. quick tach material bucket, 1,669 hrs., S/NLMU025903 Accessories Unlimited skid steer loader bucket, 74”, rock grapple Skid steer loader bucket, 6’ Pallet forks, 48” Farm Built 4-prong bale spear, New

HARVEST EQUIPMENT

1991 NH TR96, 2,213 sep. hrs., 3,019 engine hrs., S/N533288 1994 NH 973 flex head, 25’ 1999 NH 996 corn head, 8x30” 1998 JD 893 corn head, 8x30”

ROW CROP EQUIPMENT

2011 Loftness 240 stalk shredder, 20’, 2 pt., S/N02-1051 Balzer 2000 stalk shredder, 20’, pull-type, 1000 PTO, S/N3699D Case-IH 183 row crop cultivator, 12x30”

HAY EQUIPMENT

2014 Sitrex RP-6 wheel rake 2000 NH 678 round baler, 5x5 NH 855 round baler, 6’ pickup GRAIN CARTS & 2013 Roto-King RK500 round GRAVITY WAGONS 2007 Parker 838 grain cart, 1000 bale processor, S/N091179 NH 116 haybine, 16’, hydro swing PTO, S/NB21-890-102 Brent 420 grain cart, 540 PTO, AUGERS S/N85-420426 2014 Harvest International 2013 Parker 605 wagon, New, H1392 auger, 92’x13” S/NB30630128 Westfield auger, 71’x10” Parker 2600 wagon, S/NKR023995

TILLAGE EQUIPMENT

2014 Great Plains Turbo-Max 4000, 40’, Demo unit, S/NGP-C3836H 2013 Degelman 7651 land roller, 51’, 250 acres, Demo unit, S/NLR5187 2010 Krause 4850 Dominator disc ripper, 21’, S/N2699 DMI Tiger II disc ripper, 5 shank, front discs, S/N701217 SKID STEER LOADERS 2008 Great Plains seed bed & ATTACHMENTS conditioner crumbler, 50’ 2007 NH L170 skid steer loader, DMI Tigermate field 72” bucket, 2,154 hrs., cultivator, 45’ S/NN7M455831 1979 Ford 9700, cab, heat, diesel, 2 hyd., 3 pt., PTO, 11,232 hrs. 1979 Ford TW30, cab, heat, diesel, 3 pt., shows 799 hrs., tach replaced, S/NC617337 Ford 8000, Cozy cab, diesel, 2 hyd., 3 pt., 540 PTO, Westendorf loader, 7’ bucket & bale spear, 6,013 hrs., hasn’t run for 2 yrs.

DMI Tigermate field cultivator, 38’ Wil-Rich 3400 field cultivator, 43’ Case-IH 4800 field cultivator, 25’ IHC 55 chisel plow, 17’, 17 shank Lindsay harrow, 35’

OTHER EQUIPMENT

2011 NH 6750 disc mower, 9’, 3 pt. 1997 NH 617 disc mower, 9’, 3 pt. JD #8 sickle mower, 7’, 540 PTO Tebben mower, 6’, 3 pt., 540 PTO Woods 5584 snowblower, 84” Westendorf bucket, 5’, 3 pt., New NH tractor loader brackets, New Snow Sport blade, 42”

LAWN & GARDEN

TJOSVOLD EQUIPMENT 320.564.2331 or Contact Ashley Huhn at Steffes Group, 320.693.9371 or 701.238.1975

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BUSINESS SERVICES Crop Consulting

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories

FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS

NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS NEW COMBINE PARTS

CLOTHING Work Wear WE SEW IT ALL. Boat covers, upholstery, repairs, alterations, zippers replaced, horse blankets, leather & canvas, bring it to the old folks (204)727-2694.

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 1998 JD 270 LC hyd excavator, quick attach, hyd thumb, 12-ft. stick, A/C, $40,000. Phone: (204)871-0925, MacGregor. D50A-15 KOMATSU DOZER W/BUSH canopy. 11-ft straight blade & 9-ft root blade w/ripper. Good shape, Asking $28,000. Cell:(204)371-6664 or (204)427-2519.

FARM MACHINERY FARM MACHINERY Fertilizer Equipment USED DRY FERTILIZER SPREADERS 4-8 ton. Many to choose from, $3000 up. www.zettlerfarmequipment.com (204)857-8403 USED FERTILIZER SPREADERS, 4-8 ton, large selection. Portage La Prairie. (204)857-8403 www.zettlerfarmequipment.com

FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins CUSTOM BIN MOVING Book now! Fert Tanks. Hopper Bins/flat. Buy/Sell. Call Tim (204)362-7103 or E-mail Requests binmover50@gmail.com

FARM MACHINERY Grain Dryers WESTERN GRAIN DRYER, manufactures advanced screenless grain dryers, integrated w/PLC, HMI technology for automatic moisture & drying system controls. Update for Vertec, Ibec & other screenless dryers such as enclosed roof, drying tiers, & burners etc. are available. 1-888-288-6857. www.westerngraindryer.com Farming is enough of a gamble, advertise in the Manitoba Co-operator classified section. It’s a sure thing. 1-800-782-0794.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Elevators 80-FT. BUCKET ELEVATING LEG w/3 phase 10-HP electric motor. Phone (204)886-3304.

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

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COMBINES Accessories

WATROUS SALVAGE WaTRoUs, sK. Fax: 306-946-2444

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous BREAKING DISCS. KEWANEE 12, 15, 16-ft; Towner 18-ft, Wishek 14, 26, 30-ft. Feeder wagons, Roorda 300-bu, $2000; Kelly Ryan, $2000; Gehl 130, $900; Auger feeder, $750; Phoenix harrows, 35, 42, 53-ft; Flexi-Coil 50-ft winged packer, $9500; Oval 340 loader, $2000; Allied # 2795, $4500; Gehl 400-bu spreader, $7500; Knight slinger spreader, $3500; JD Double auger snowblower, $1250; Single auger, $1000. Call (204)857-8403. CULTIVATED FARMLAND; ALSO PASTURE & hayland; parting out tractors, combines, tires & rims, discers, 7700 JD combine, trucks, few cars, 4 runner horse sleigh. (204)268-1888 DISCS JD 16-FT, $5000; Terra 15-ft, $4500; Krause 15-ft, $3500; JD 28-ft 330, $10,000; Bushog 25-ft & 28-ft, $7500; IH 490, 24-ft, $7500; Wishek 15-ft, 26-ft, 30-ft breaking discs, Kewanee 12-ft, 15ft, Versatile 36-ft, $25,000; JD 8-30 planter, $7000; 8-36, $6500. Phoenix harrows 35-ft, $9500; 42-ft, $10,900; 53-ft, $12,000; 48-ft Flexi-Coil fold-up packer, rock cushion, $9500; AW Mixmill, $1500; Henke 30-in Rollermill, $3500; Peerless 20-in, $2000. (204)857-8403

NEW 400-BU GRAVITY WAGONS, $7400; 600-bu, $12,500; 750-bu, $18,250; Used Gravity wagons 350-750-bu. Used Grain carts, Brent 772, $17,500; 672, $15,000; 874, $22,000; Ficklin 650-bu, $14,000. Others up to 1100-bu. Used fertilizer spreaders $3000 up; Valmar 1655, $3300; NoJet applicator, $1500; Grainvacs REM 2500 HD, $9500; Brandt $4000- $8000; 9-ft 3-PH blade, $950; 10-ft Land leveller, $2450; 12-ft, $2650. (204)857-8403 SEED CLEANING EQUIPMENT: 620 screen machine, parallel flow 245, 3 #3’s aspirator & 6 lights. Located in MB. Phone:(604)491-3513.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted WANTED: VERS 975 OR 976 or similar HP, in good condition. WANTED: Air drill 50-60 ft., 3.5-in. to 4.5-in. nomadic press, single band, side chute w/ or w/o seed tank. (204)655-3458

HAYING & HARVESTING HAYING & HARVESTING Swathers 2001 NH 320 SWATHER w/30-ft Honeybee header, 777-hrs. Has UII pick-up reel w/steel fingers. Hyd. tilt on header & gauge wheels. Excellent condition, $48,000 OBO. Phone:(204)725-4564 or (204)729-6537.

Eden, MB 204-966-3221 Fax: 204-966-3248

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Combines COMBINES Accessories

Tillage & Seeding TILLAGE & SEEDING Air Drills 08’ 5510 SEED HAWK w/500-bu tank. Phone (306)485-7843.

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1-800-587-4711

IRON & STEEL FREE STANDING CORRAL PANELS, Feeders & Alley ways, 30ft or order to size. Oil Field Pipe: 1.3, 1.6, 1.9, 1 7/8, 2-in, 2 3/8, 2 7/8, 3 1/2. Sucker Rod: 3/4, 7/8, 1. Casing Pipes: 4-9inch. Sold by the piece or semi load lots. For special pricing call Art (204)685-2628 or cell (204)856-3440.

LIVESTOCK

LIVESTOCK 08 STX 430 brand new 620-70-42 tires, delux cab, heated leather seat, just over 3,000-hrs, $160,000. Cattle Auctions Phone (204)871-0925, McGregor. 1059 PPAC Classified 2015 MB.indd 5 15-02-23 3:13 PM MAR MAC & GUESTS (Downhill Simm & Perkin & TRACTORS Cattle) would like to personally invite you to their 2-Wheel Drive 11th Annual Bull Sale. Wed., Mar. 11th, 2015 at Mar Mac Farms, Brandon. 80 lots of Beefy Simm, STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER specializing in Red Angus & Black Angus Bulls that have went JD tractors in need of repair or burnt, or will buy for trough a strict culling process w/calving ease, ease parts. JD parts available. Phone: 204-466-2927 or of fleshing, performance & structural soundness cell: 204-871-5170, Austin. taken consideration. View videos & sale broadcast at cattleinmotion.com View catalog at www.mar macfarms.net or call (204)728-3058. TRACTORS

HEADER TRAILERS & ACCESSORIES. Arc-Fab Industries. 204-355-9595 charles@arcfab.ca www.arcfab.ca

Various

COCKSHUTT 1850 W/DUALS 2 hyds, good tires, $2,500. 1200 Case 4WD, good tires, $6,000. (204)871-2708.

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

OPENS: Wednesday, March 4 / CLOSES: Thursday, March 12

FOR SALE: 1998 FLEXICOIL 5000, 28-ft Airseeder w/1700 Air Cart, Liquid Green Drop Kit, Atom Jet Openers, on board Seed Treater, 3 rollers & Monitors. Never had fertilizer in tank. Asking $30,000 OBO; 1980 4386 IHC 4WD Tractor, 4,700-hrs, good tires, plumbed for Airseeder. Asking $15,000 OBO. 1985 Case IH 1460 Combine, 466 engine, 2,952-hrs, no chopper, always shedded. Asking $15,000 OBO. Call: (204)867-0315 or (204)867-0367 or Email: rhop@mynetset.ca.

CASE IH MACDON DRAPER header model #2162, 30-ft. w/gauge wheels, $40,000. (204)871-0925. 15-02-23 3:13 PM

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2000 Miller Nitro 200 self-propelled sprayer, 4,000 hrs., S/N21-11979 Fast 743P sprayer 1992 JD 7300 MaxEmerge II vacuum 1998 Ag Chem 1803 self-propelled Air Flow spreader, shows 3,820 hrs. planter, 12x22” 1997 Loral Easy Rider 3000 Turbo JD 7200 planter, 8x30” liquid spreader, 30,193 miles, JD 7000 planter, 8x30” 2,909 hrs. JD planter, 24x22” 1996 Ag Chem 1803 self-propelled White 6100 planter, 8x36” spreader, 6,356 hrs. 1994 Loral Easy Rider Turbo 2710 TILLAGE EQUIPMENT floater, 4,163 hrs., 44,902 miles, Gates Magnum coulter disc, 32’ S/N27035 Sunflower 1544-45 disc, 45’ 2001 Ag Chem 1800 liquid system Case-IH 4900 VibraTiller, 34’ for Terragator 6103 McFarlane WDL2070-16 auto fold Summers Boss harrow, 50’ FERTILIZER, CHEMICAL, Summers SuperWeeder, 70’ & NH3 EQUIPMENT 2013 fertilizer tender EXCAVATOR, TRACTOR Horvick liquid caddy, 1,000 gal. LOADER BACKHOE (2) Agri-Products 225 gal. tanks 1987 JD 690DLC excavator w/all-plumbing & hyd. pump for 1997 Caterpillar 416C tractor loader JD 8x20T Blue Mule backhoe, EROPS, 4x4, turbo 1,450 gal. NH3 blue trailer SEMI TRACTORS 1,000 gal. NH3 blue trailer 2007 Kenworth T800 day cab 2004 Sterling day cab HAY & FORAGE EQUIPMENT 2003 IHC 9200I day cab Gehl 520 twin hay rake, 12-wheel 2003 Kenworth T800 tri-axle day cab 2002 Kenworth T800 tri-axle day cab 2012 JD 568 round baler, net wrap 2009 Krone Big Pack 890 standard 2000 Sterling day cab baler, 3x3x8’ 1991 Freightliner FLD120 day cab 2008 Case-IH LBX331P baler, BOX TRUCKS 3x3x8’, cutter, roller chute ejector 1984 Ford F8000 twin screw tandem 2006 NH BB940A baler, 3x3x8’ fuel truck, 3208 Cat, 5 spd., spring NH flexi grip bale grabber ride, diff lock, 1,100 gal., 500 gal., & New Idea 324 corn picker, 2x36” (3) 75 gal. compartments, (2) hyd. driven pumps, 143,200 miles GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT 1975 Chevrolet C65 tag tandem, 427, Walinga Agri-Vac 610 grain vac 5&2 spd., scissor hoist, 20’ Frontier Westfield auger, 51’x8”, PTO box, roll tarp 2005 Convey-All BTS360 belt 1974 Chevrolet C60 tag tandem, conveyor, twin compartment V8 gas, automatic, 19x8’ flatbed Batco 1314LP jump conveyer w/hoist, 69,997 actual miles Feterl drive over pit, 10” auger 1974 Ford 880 twin screw, 475 Sudenga drive over unloading engine, propane, 5 spd., automatic, system, hyd. drive, cable lift diff lock, mud scrapers, 19-1/2’ steel box, 58” sides, roll tarp, 97,489 miles Westfield endgate drill fill auger 1969 Freightliner, double frame, Haul-All drill fill, 16’ tri-axle, rear lift tag, 8V71 Detroit, 1990 Reinke Mfg. tandem axle trailer 13 spd., air ride, 19’ bed w/silage 1969 Arrow tandem axle flatbed gate, Rugby lift, 156” WB trailer, 40’x96”

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2010 JD 8295RT, 18” tracks, 95%, S/N1RW8295RL9D901400 2001 Caterpillar 85E Challenger, 375 hp., 10 spd., powershift, 4 hyd., return flow, 30” tracks, S/N06JS00237 1998 Caterpillar 65E Challenger, 10 spd., powershift, 4 hyd., 25” tracks, does not sell w/globe or monitor, S/N6G500299 1990 Case-IH 9280, 855 Big Cam Cummins, 375 hp., 12 spd., shows 1,784 hrs., S/NJCB0027426 1980 Versatile 895, 855 Cummins, 12 spd., 4 reverse, 4 hyd., 6,577 hrs., S/N90025

MFWD TRACTORS & LOADERS

Challenger MT 675C, MFWD, 2,492 hrs., S/NV022033 Challenger MT 675D, MFWD, 4 hyd., 2,050 hrs., S/NB182025 2013 JD 6170R, MFWD, premium cab, IVT, 3 hyd., 3 pt., 540/540E/1000 PTO, H380 loader w/bucket & grapple, 520 hrs., PowerGard warranty until Oct. 24th, 2017 2012 JD 8285R, MFWD, 4 hyd., 60 gpm pump, 3 pt., quick tach, 1000 PTO, 5,575 hrs., 90% use w/PTO on vertical mixer, S/N1RW8285RABP053435 1994 NH 8970, MFWD, 10 spd. powershift, Super Steer, MegaFlow 4 hyd., 3 pt., Farmhand XL1340 loader, S/NB401578 NH Ford 8770, MFWD, CAH, radar, Super Steer, 4 hyd., MegaFlow, 3 pt., PTO, 9,721 hrs., S/ND412443 2006 NH TG210, MFWD, CAH, powershift, Super Steer, 4 hyd., 3 pt., 6,800 hrs. 2011 KMW 1860 loader, 108” bucket, European quick tach, heavy duty, mounts for NH TG210 Allied 895 loader w/8’ snow bucket & bale spear

8’ bucket, grapple, loader control levers in cab, shows 8,099 hrs., S/N4630P010249R 1999 NH TN75D, cab, diesel, 8 spd. shuttle shift, 2 hyd., 3 pt., 540 PTO, Woods 1027 quick tach loader, shows 2,889 hrs., S/N1170960

HARVEST EQUIPMENT

2008 JD 9870, STS, Contour-Master, premium cab, deluxe header controls w/HHS, 5 spd. feeder house, hopper ext., custom cutter pkg., IPM, fine cut chopper, 1,682 sep. hrs., 2,289 engine hrs. 2009 NH 88C head, 36’, UII pickup reel, S/N3655093107 2008 JD 635 HydraFlex, fore/aft, S/NH00635F726548

AIR DRILLS & PRESS DRILLS

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LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions Prairie Partners Bull & Female Sale 1:00pm Tuesday, March 17th at Killarney Auction Mart.Top Quality Red & Black Simmental, Fleckvieh Fullblood, SimAngus & Charolais Beef Bulls. Plus a select group of purebred & commercial heifers. For catalogue & videos, www.bouchardlivestock.com. Sale will be broadcast on DLMS.ca. Gordon Jones Simmentals, (204)5352273. Silver Lake Farms, (204)825-8012.

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every TUESDAY at 9 am March 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st

Saturday, March 28th at 10 am Bred Cow Sale

Monday, March 9th 12:00 pm

Sheep and Goat with Small Animals & Holstein Calves

For on farm appraisal of livestock or for marketing information please call

Harold Unrau (Manager) Cell 871 0250 Auction Mart (204) 434-6519 MB. Livestock Dealer #1111

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus 45 RED & BLACK Angus 2-yr old bulls, suitable for heifers & cows, private treaty at the Ranch. Info sheets available. Contact Triple V Ranch. Dan: (204)522-0092 or (204)665-2448. Matthew: (204)264-0706. vvvranch.com EDIE CREEK ANGUS has 35 Meaty, Moderate, Maternal, Black & Red Angus bulls for sale. March 14th at Ashern Auction Mart will be our 8th Annual Sale. Easy Calving, Easy Fleshing. Developed as 2-yr olds to breed more cows for more years! Great temperaments, many suitable for heifers. www.ediecreekangus.com (204)232-1620 HAMCO CATTLE CO. 17TH Annual Angus Bull Sale, Sat., March 21st, 2015 (1:00pm) at the farm South of Glenboro, MB. Selling approx. 65 yearling & 25, 2-yr old Red Angus & 45 yearling & 6, 2-yr old Black Angus bulls. Many are AI. Semen tested, free delivery, delayed payment plan. Call for catalogue or view online at: www.hamcocattleco.com. Albert, Glen & Larissa Hamilton (204)827-2358 or (204)526-0705; Dr David Hamilton (204)325-3635 or (204)822-3054. RED & BLACK 2-YR old & yearling Angus bulls for sale; we have 10 bulls @ the Douglas Bull Test station; visit our website: ridgesideredangus.com Call Don:(204)422-5216. Thank you, have a great day!

Edie Creek Angus 2-Year Old Black & Red Angus Bull Sale

Saturday, March 14th 1:00PM Ashern Auction Mart 35 Forage Developed 2-Yr. Old Bulls Meaty, Moderate, Maternal, Easy Calving, Easy Fleshing For a catalogue or more info call 204-471-4696 or info@ediecreekangus.com Manitoba’s Premium Source of Quality Grass-Based Genetics

www.ediecreekangus.com LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus

BULL SALE WED., MAR-25TH. 50 Black Angus 2-yr olds & select yearlings. Bar H Land & Cattle Co. Langenburg SK. Robin (306)743-2840, cell (306)7437490. Sales Manager Chris (306)933-4200. CRANBERRY CREEK ANGUS REGISTERED bulls for sale. Sired by Windy 702, Remitall Rachis, Vermilion Yellowstone, Game Day, Cranberry CRK Pioneer, HF Kodiak. Bulls are easy going with great dispositions. Hand fed for longevity. Semen tested, guaranteed & delivered. Will hold until the end of April. All weights & EPD’s available. Call (204)534-2380, or cranberrycreek27@gmail.com for more info, David & Jeanette Neufeld, Boissevain FORAGE BASED BLACK ANGUS BULLS. Virgin 2 yr olds & herd sires available. Genetics w/maternal & calving ease traits. (204)564-2540 or (204)773-6800 www.nerbasbrosangus.com

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental

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WLB LIVESTOCK 11TH ANNUAL Bull Sale 2:00pm. March 24th, 2015. 55 Black/Red Simmentals & Polled Herefords sell. ALL BULLS SEMEN TESTED. Free board till May 1st. Catalogue & video available online, www.wlblivestock.com or call Bill Biglieni (204)763-4697 or (204)729-7925.

McTavish Red Angus & Charolais Bull Sale with Charla Moore Farms, March 10th, 1:30 pm, at the farm, Moosomin, SK. Featuring 12 Red Angus yearlings & 1 Two-Year Old, 43 Charolais yearlings & 1 Two-Year Old. Call or text Jared McTavish (306)435-9842, By Livestock (306)536-4261 or view videos & catalogue online www.mctavishcharolais.com

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McTavish Charolais & Red Angus Bull Sale with Charla Moore Farms, Tuesday, March 10th, 1:30pm, at the farm, Moosomin, SK. Featuring 12 Red Angus yearlings & 1 Two-Yr Old, 43 Charolais yearlings & 1 Two-Yr Old. View videos & catalogue online www.mctavishcharolais.com. Live broadcast at www.livestockplus.ca. Contact Jared (306)4359842

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais CLINE CATTLE COMPANY HAS for sale PB Char yearling & 2 yr old bulls, White & Red factor. Call Brad (204)523-0062 www.clinecattlecompany.ca McTavish Charolais & Red Angus Bull Sale With Charla Moore Farms, March 10th, 1:30 pm, at the farm, Moosomin, SK. Featuring 43 Charolais yearlings & 1 Two-Year Old, 12 Red Angus yearlings & 1 Two-Year Old. Call or text Jared McTavish (306)435-9842, By Livestock (306)536-4261 or view videos & catalogue onlinewww.mctavishcharolais.com HTA CHAROLAIS & GUESTS BULL SALE Wednesday, March 25th, 1:00pm. Plains Ag Complex, Neepawa, MB. 53 Yearling Charolais Bulls Sell. Halter broke, good dispositions, most are polled, some red factor. These are the best in performance genetics. Live Broadcast at www.cattleinmotion.com. Contact Shawn Airey (204)328.7704 or (204)724.8823. View catalogue online www.htacharolais.com. McTavish Charolais & Red Angus Bull Sale with Charla Moore Farms, Tuesday, March 10th, 1:30 pm, at the farm, Moosomin, SK. Featuring 43 Charolais yearlings & 1 Two-Yr Old, 12 Red Angus yearlings & 1 Two-Yr Old. View videos & catalogue online www.mctavishcharolais.com. Live broadcast at www.livestockplus.ca. Contact Jared (306)4359842 PLEASANT DAWN CHAROLAIS 13th Annual Bull Sale, Saturday, March 21, 2:00pm, Heartland Livestock, Virden, MB. All polled, some red factor, offering 57 yearling bulls. Wintering, delivery & sight unseen purchase program available. Bred for calving ease w/growth, hair & soundness. Sale broadcast live on www.DLMS.ca. Contact Tully or Trent Hatch (204)855-2402 or 3078. View catalogue online www.pleasantdawn.com DIAMOND W CHAROLAIS 13th Annual Bull Sale, Thursday, March 19, 1:30pm DST, Valley Livestock, Minitonas, MB. Offering 42 Charolais Yearlings, many polled, some red factor, 20 Red & Black Angus Two-Yr Olds & Yearlings. Sound, semen tested w/delivery available. For catalogues and info contact the Orland or Ivan Walker (306)865-3953. Catalogue online at www.bylivestock.com PUREBRED CHAROLAIS BULLS AND heifers, with papers. Call or text (204)381-1240. STEPPLER FARMS 4th Annual Charolais Bull Sale, Tuesday, March 24th, 1:00pm, Steppler Sale Barn, Miami, MB. 66 yearlings & 16 two-yr olds, sound, good haired & thick, most are polled. Sale broadcast online at www.cattleinmotion.com. For catalogue or info contact Andre Steppler, (204)4352463, cell (204)750-1951. View videos & catalogue online www.stepplerfarms.com THREE 2-YR OLD PUREBRED Registered Charolais bulls, Very good dispositions, will be easy calving, born in April & May, will be semen tested & guaranteed. Also 2-yearlings (Bluegrass grandsons). Phone:(204)748-1024, Virden, KEH Charolais,Keith Hagan.

OSSAWA ANGUS AT MARQUETTE, MB has for sale: yearling & 2-yr old bulls. Also 3-yr old & 6-yr old herdsire, also yearling heifers for sale. For more info call (204)375-6658, cell (204)383-0703.

WALKING PLOW CHAROLAIS HAS 18 yearling Charolais bulls consigned to Wilkinridge Stock farm Bull Sale 1:00pm April 11th at Ridgeville Hall. Also in the sale will be Red Angus & Maine Anjou bulls. Sale catalogue & videos will be online www.dlms.ca as we get closer to sale time. Sale will be by video w/online bidding available. For more info call Cliff, Warren Graydon (204)427-2589.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

FOR SALE: (2)BOB SLEIGHS, complete w/pull double tree neck yoke for horse. 1 smaller bob sleigh for smaller horses, complete. Hobby Farm for sale. Phone:(204)866-4141. HI-LINE 7000+ BALE PROCESSOR, $7500; 1375 15-ft Hesston disc bine, $22,500; Stampede steel squeeze chute, $2500; Northstar chute & tub, $5000; Solar pump, solar panels, & water troughs $5000; Hay-saver round bale feeders $250 each. (204)828-3483, Stephenfield, MB. 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.

Diamond W Angus & Charolais 13th Annual Bull Sale, Valley Livestock, Minitonas, MB. Offering 20 Red & Black Angus Two-Yr Olds & Yearlings, 42 Charolais Yearlings, many polled, some red factor. Sound, semen tested w/delivery available. March 19th, 2015, 1:30pm, Orland or Ivan Walker (306)865-3953, catalogue online at www.bylivestock.com WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM ANNUAL Bull sale. 1:00pm April 11th at Ridgeville Hall. Sale will include 16 yearling Red Angus bulls, 1 yearling Black Angus Bull, 2) 2-yr old Red Angus Bulls. There will be a good selection of Red & Black Maine Anjou Bulls & 18 Charolais bulls from Walking Plow Charlais. Sale catalogue & videos will be online www.dlms.ca as we get closer to sale time. Sale will be by video w/online bidding available. For more info call Sid Wilkinson (204)373-2631.

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.

LIVESTOCK SCALES made to fit in your chute or alley. We have a variety of sizes to choose from, no electrics. Also bale scales, hopper feeders in various sizes. Elias Scales:(306)445-2111 www.eliass-cales.com

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT selection of PB Charolais bulls, both Red & white yearling & 2-yr olds. Pictures & info on the net www.defoortstockfarm.com. Call Gord or Sue:(204)743-2109.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1PM NEEPAWA, MB Offering 97 semen tested bulls Red, Black & Fullbloods

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford ANL POLLED HEREFORDS SPRING BULL SALE. Sun., Mar. 22nd, 2:00pm at the farm at Steelman, SK. Selling 25 yearling & two year old bulls. Wintering & delivery available. For a catalogue or info contact Karl:(306)487-2670 or T Bar C Cattle Co. (306)220-5006. View the catalogue or videos online at www.buyagro.com PUREBRED YEARLING & TWO-YEAR old Hereford Bulls for sale. The bulls are pail fed, easy going & have great disposition. They are fed a well balanced ration for optimal growth. They are thick, long & deep w/great hair coats. We will semen test & deliver bulls. Will winter bulls until May 1st. Can be viewed online at www.rocknabh.com or call anytime to discuss. Allan/Bonnie at (204)764-0364 or Kevin/Holly at (204)764-0331 or (204)764-0332. WLB LIVESTOCK 11TH ANNUAL Bull Sale 2:00pm. March 24th, 2015. 55 Polled Herefords & Black/Red Simmentals sell. ALL BULLS SEMEN TESTED. Free board till May 1st. Catalogue & video available online, www.wlblivestock.com or call Bill Biglieni (204)763-4697 or (204)729-7925.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Maine-Anjou WILKINRIDGE STOCK FARM ANNUAL Bull sale. 1:00pm April 11th at Ridgeville Hall. Sale will include 18 yearling Red & Black Maine Anjou bulls, as well as 1) 2-yr old & 1) 3-yr old herd sire. There will also be 2) 2-yr old & 16 yearling Red Angus bulls. Walking Plow Charolais have 18 yearling Charolais bulls in the sale. Sale catalogue & videos will be online www.dlms.ca as we get closer to sale time. Sale will be by video w/online bidding available. For more info call Sid Wilkinson (204)373-2631.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Salers PRIME SALERS BULLS, POLLED, red or black, hand fed, very quiet. BW as low as 74lbs. Ken Sweetland, Lundar: (204)762-5512. www.sweetlandsalers.com

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Shorthorn IF YOU ARE LOOKING to buy or sell Shorthorn bulls or females, contact Monty Thomson at (204)870-0089, the Manitoba Shorthorn Association Field man. www.manitobashorthorns.com YEARLING SHORTHORN BULLS FOR SALE. Well grown Jan-Feb bulls. Also one, 3 yr old suitable for breeding heifers. Greg Tough (204)748-3136, Hargrave, MB.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Simmental “IN PURSUIT OF PERFECTION” Bull Sale selling 145 Red & Black Simmentals, Red & Black Angus & Simm/ Angus bulls, sale is at Spring Creek Ranch near in Moosomin, SK at 1:00pm on March 12th, 2015. Spring Creek Simmentals, Brian McCarthy (306)435-3590, Black Sand Cattle Co., Craig Davidson (204)761-5991. PROUDLY WESTERN BULL SALE, Sat., Mar. 21st, 1:00PM, at the Whitewood Auction Barn, Whitewood, SK. Selling 50 yearling & 2 yr old, Red, Black & Fullblood Simm bulls. Wintering & delivery avail. For a catalogue or more info contact T Bar C Cattle Co. (306)220-5006. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

for more info contact Jay Good: 403-556-5563 Darren Paget: 403-323-3985 glenn norton: 780-542-0634 Catalog can be viewed online at: www.transconlivestock.com

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300 BRED COWS FOR sale 2/3 Black 1/3 Red. Bred to Purebred Black bulls, start calving mid April. Call (204)638-5581.

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Contact: D.J. (Don) MacDonald Livestock Ltd. License #1110 LIVESTOCK Horse Auctions ROCKING W HORSE Spring Horse & Tack Sale, Sat., Apr. 25th, 2015, Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB. Phone (204)325-7237 www.rockingw.com

LIVESTOCK Sheep For Sale FOR SALE: ARCOTT, DORSET, TEXEL cross market lambs, grain fed, $200 per lamb; one bred ewe, $250; 8 ewe lambs, $200. Call (204)723-0747 cell, (204)749-2018 home.

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ORGANIC Organic – Grains

REAL ESTATE Land For Sale

GROW ORGANIC QUINOA! Total production contracts available. Visit: www.quinoa.com or Phone:(306)933-9525.

The Following Private Land is being offered for sale: SE 06-25-12W, SE 07-25-12W, NE 07-25-12W. The following Crown lands have been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural Development for transfer to the purchaser of the private lands listed as these lands are part of the ranch unit held by Alfred Klein of Ste. Rose du Lac, MB. NE 32-24-12W, NW 32-24-12W, NE 05-25-12W, NW 05-25-12W, SE 05-25-12W, SE 19-24-13W, SW 20-24-13W, NE 03-25-13W, NW 03-25-13W, SE 03-25-13W, SW 03-25-13W, NE 04-25-13W, NW 04-25-13W, SE 04-25-13W, SW 04-25-13W, SE 10-25-13W, SW 10-25-13W. If you wish to purchase the private land and apply for the Unit Transfer contact the Lessee Alfred Klein at PO Box 681, Ste. Rose du Lac, MB R0L 1S0. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this Unit Transfer write the Director, MAFRD, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0; or fax (204)867-6578.

REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE Houses & Lots READY TO MOVE HOMES- 1520-sq.ft, 3-bdrm, $85,000; 1320-sq.ft, 3-bdrm, $75,000; 1320-sq.ft, 3bdrm w/dormers & covered front porch, $85,000. All homes completely finished including cabinets, interior woodwork, light fixtures, bath fixtures, 200-amp service, painted. Flooring not included. Will also custom build your plan. Call for quote. MARVIN HOMES (since 1976) (204)326-1493 or (204)355-8484 Steinbach area, www.marvinhomes.ca

3 KIPLING LANE 1604 sq. ft. 2 storey $319,900 in Niverville, 20 min. south of Wpg. 3+1 BR. 3.5 bath. Modern open concept main floor w. espresso finished hardwoods. Gas fireplace. Island & high end stainless steel appliances, under cab. lighting. Huge master w. tray ceiling, WIC + bath. 2nd flr. Laundry w. front load appl. Fin. bsmt. 12x20 deck, dble detached garage. Must see! NIVERVILLE,MB · PH:1-204-899-7684

REAL ESTATE Land For Rent 50 QUARTERS OF PASTURE near Crane River Manitoba, For sale or rent, very reasonable, call (204)638-5581, Dauphin. Pasture in Alonsa area native grass/bush/central dugout. Suitable for 50 pair. Good road access & barb wire perimeter fence. $115/pair (204)239-4795

REAL ESTATE Land For Sale 160-ACS 140-CULTIVATED. WELL MAINTAINED yard & buildings, 6-bdrm home, great potential for B & B business. Possibility of the yard being sub-divided. (204)859-2267, Rossburn. FOR SALE IN WESTBOURNE area, 310-ac of land (approx. 295 cultivated). NW26-14-9W & SW26-14-9W, farmed in one block. No buildings. Asking $495,000. For more information, call Daryl: (204)856-3561 or email dbachalo@xplornet.com RM OF ELLICE-ARCHIE SOUTH of Hudson’s Bay Co Reserve. Parcel I SE 30-16-28W 101.04-acs & Parcel II SW 30-16-28W, 50.3-acs approx 80 cultivated acs within Parcels I & II (presently hay) balance of approx 71 acres is pastureland in Beaver Creek Valley. Creek flows yr round & over years has been stocked w/rainbow trout. Very scenic, great location for cabin asking $1,100 per ac OBO (151.34 total acs) call Jake (204)683-2441 (days) evenings (204)683-2479, leave a msg if no answer.

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THE FOLLOWING PRIVATE LAND is being offered for sale: NE 25-22-02 W, NW 25-22-02 W, SW 25-22-02 W, SE 02-23-02 W, SW 36-22-02 W, NW 13-22-02 W. The following Crown lands have been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development for transfer to the purchaser of the private lands as these lands are part of the ranch unit held by Peter Roschuk of Poplarfield, MB. NW 35-22-02 W EX Road Plan No. 524 P LA PLTO; SE 35-22-02 W EX CNR Row Plan No. 2363 WLTO; SW 35-22-02 W EX Road Plan No. 524 P LA PLTO. If you wish to purchase the private land and apply for the Unit Transfer contact the Lessee Peter Roschuk at PO Box 32, Poplarfield MB, R0C 2N0. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this Unit Transfer write the Director, MAFRD, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB, R0J 1E0; or Fax (204)867-6578. THE FOLLOWING PRIVATE LAND is being offered for sale: NW 22-29-15 W, SW 22-29-15 W, NW 26-29-15 W, SW 26-29-15 W, SW 35-29-15 W, NW 01-30-15 W, SW 02-30-15 W, NE 03-30-15 W, SE 10-30-15 W. The following Crown lands have been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development for transfer to the purchaser of the private lands listed as these lands are part of the ranch unit held by Clement Bretecher of Toutes Aides, MB. NE 21-29-15 W, SE 21-29-15 W, NE 22-29-15 W, NW 25-29-15 W, NE 26-29-15 W, NE 35-29-15 W, SE 35-29-15 W, NE 01-30-15 W, NE 02-30-15 W, NW 02-30-15 W, SE 02-30-15 W, NE 11-30-15 W, NW 11-30-15 W, SE 11-30-15 W, SW 11-30-15 W, NE 12-30-15 W, NW 12-30-15 W, SE 12-30-15 W, SW 12-30-15 W, NW 13-30-15 W, SW 13-30-15 W, NE 14-30-15 W, NW 14-30-15 W, SE 14-30-15 W, SW 14-30-15W, NE 23-30-15 W, SE 23-30-15 W, NW 24-30-15 W, SW 24-30-15 W. If you wish to purchase the private land and apply for the Unit Transfer write the Director, MAFRD, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0; or Fax (204)867-6578. THE FOLLOWING PRIVATE LAND is being offered for sale: NW 09-24-03W; NE 10-24-03W; NW 11-24-03W. The following Crown lands have been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural Development for transfer to the purchaser of the private lands listed as these lands are part of the ranch unit held by John Chikousky of Fisher Branch, MB. NE 11-24-03W. If you wish to purchase the private land & apply for the Unit Transfer contact the Lessee John Chikousky at Box 489, Fisher Branch, MB R0C 0Z0. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this Unit Transfer write the Director, MAFRD, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa, MB R0J 1E0; or Fax (204)867-6578.

Farm Land For Sale By Tender Sealed bids for the purchase of the following parcels of land, located in the RM of Fisher, Manitoba and currently owned by Rocky Earl Wallack as to Parcel 1 and Helen Wallach as to Parcel 2, will be received up to 4:00 pm on March 16, 2015 at the offices of : Grantham Law Offices, Box 1400, Stonewall MB., R0C 2Z0 | Attn: Karen @ (204) 467-5527 Parcel 1: NW ¼ 18-23-2 WPM Subject to the reservations and provisoes Contained in the Grant from the Crown (168 acres - 145 acres cultivated – worked once in fall) Parcel 2: SE ¼ 24-23-3 WPM Subject to the reservations and provisoes Contained in the Grant from the Crown (160 acres - 100 acres cultivated – worked once in fall) This quarter section is a hunter’s paradise for deer, elk, etc.!! Parcels will be sold free and clear of all liens and charges. Parcels can be sold together as one package or individually

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REAL ESTATE Land For Sale THE FOLLOWING PRIVATE LAND is being offered for sale: NW 27-25-12W; SE 27-25-12W; SW 26-25-12W; W1/2 34-25-12W; S1/2 03-26-12W; NE 03-26-12W; S1/2 10-26-12W; SW 11-26-12W; W1/2 12-26-12W; SW 13-26-12W; E1/2 14-26-12W; SE 23-26-12W; N1/2 26-26-12W; SE 26-26-12W; SW 35-26-12W. The following Crown Lands have been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural Development for transfer to the purchaser of the private lands listed as these lands are part of the ranch unit held Wilhelm, Gudjon & Norman Finney of Ste Rose du Lac, MB. NW 03-26-12W; NE 11-26-12W; NW 11-26-12W; SE 11-26-12W; NE 12-26-12W; NE 13-26-12W; NW 13-26-12W; SE 13-26-12W; NW 14-26-12W; SW 14-26-12W; NE 23-26-12W; NW 23-26-12W; SW 23-26-12W; NW 24-26-12W; SW 24-26-12W; NE 35-26-12W; NW 35-26-12W; SE 35-26-12W. If you wish to purchase the private land & apply for the Unit Transfer, contact the lessee: Wilhelm, Gudjon & Norman Finney at Box 4, Grp 20, RR #1, Ste Rose du Lac, MB R0L 1S0. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this Unit Transfer, write the Director; MAFRD, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0; or Fax (204)867-6578. THE FOLLOWING PRIVATE LAND is being offered for sale: SE 33-22-11W, NE 32-22-11W, NE 21-22-11W, NW 34-22-11W. The following Crown lands have been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural Development for transfer to the purchaser of the private lands listed, as these lands are part of the ranch unit held by Tom Anderson of Alonsa, MB: NE 31-22-11W EX Road Plan No. 616 PLTO, NW 31-22-11W, NW 32-22-11W, NW 35-22-11W, SW 05-23-11W, SE 06-23-11W, SW 06-23-11W, NE 28-23-11W West of Lake EX Road Plan No. 555 PLTO subject to MHYD Easement, NE 29-23-11W, NW 29-23-11W, SE 29-23-11W, NE 35-22-12W, SE 35-22-12W, SW 35-22-12W subject to MHYD Easement, NE 36-22-12W. If you wish to purchase the private land & apply for the Unit Transfer, contact the Lessee Tom Anderson at PO Box 114, Alonsa, MB R0H 0A0. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this Unit Transfer, write the Director, MAFRD, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa, MB R0J 1E0; or Fax:(204)867-6578.

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F/T EMPLOYEE Docket Media Section Insertion Date ON GRAIN AdFARM Size30-km West of For Pricing ~ 204-325-9555 Wpg, must have Class 1 license & able to operate 10-ton feed bin comes w/auger. Teflon coated. Needs 1502-095A Herald Leader Press Careers March 2/15 4 col x 5.8681 large machinery. Long hours at seeding & harvest. to be gone by March 10th. $2,000.00 OBO. (204)995NOW BUYING Salary depending on experience. (204)353-2050 or (Portage) 1937 borisgv22@gmail.com

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2013 Malt Contracts Available 2015 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 Agent: Phone M & J 306-455-2509 Weber-Arcola, SK. Phone 306-455-2509

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