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Forage Genetics International will allow 20 demonstration plots in Eastern Canada

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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enetically modified (GM) Roundup Ready alfalfa will not be sold commercially in Canada this year and it’s unclear when, if ever, it will be commercialized in Western Canada.

“At this time FGI does not have plans to introduce biotech-enhanced alfalfa traits to growers in Western Canada,” Forage Genetics International (FGI), the company selling the GM alfalfa, said in a “Stakeholder Update” issued last month.

However, the U.S.-based company says work is underway to develop a “hay-to-hay” coexistence plan for the West.

“The goal is to have this plan completed by January 2016,” FGI said. “This Western Canada plan is being developed in response to requests for additional stewardship to address the possibility of product moving from Ontario ( a n d ) Q u e b e c t o We s t e r n Canada.”

Heather Kerschbaumer, president of Forage Seed Canada, which represents forage seed growers, welcomes FGI’s efforts See ROUNDUP on page 7 »

Last week’s Royal Manitoba Winter Fair strived to spread some agriculture awareness with its Thru the Farm Gate exhibits. Educational and entertaining demonstrations, interactive stations and a variety of farm animals, including dairy cows, piglets, beef cattle, sheep, goats and alpacas were available to fairgoers. photo: jennifer paige

On-farm scientific research saves Westman producers big bucks What started off as a way to answer questions on one farm has evolved into a research business other farmers can access

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff / portage la prairie

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dam Gurr says he and his partners have discovered a way to save more than a million dollars over their farming career, and they’re sharing it with others.

Gurr, who farms 4,800 acres near Rapid City and Brandon with his father Barr y and brother-in-law Stephen Vajdic, isn’t peddling a miracle product.

Their money-saving discovery is cutting the amount of canola seed planted without hurting yield. And it’s just one of many agronomic insights they’ve unearthed through scientifically conducted farm-scale research available now through their company Agritruth.

Three years of testing three seeding rates, and planting canola no earlier than midMay using terrain-following openers with no till resulted in very little (zero to 15 per cent) plant mortality. More viable plants means seeding rates can be safely reduced, cutting seed costs.

“For canola with a 1,000-kernel weight of five grams we will seed at 3-1/2 to four pounds (an acre) and save between $10 and $21 an acre,” Gurr told an Agvise Laboratories’ meeting here March 18. “If canola seed had a four-gram, 1,000-kernel weight we’ll seed at 2.8 to 3.2 pounds, saving $18 to $30 an acre. Annual farm savings are in the neighbourhood of $30,000 to $40,000 and for the

rest of my 22 years of farming compounded it works out to a million and a half (dollars).

And it didn’t cost a lot to set that trial up either.”

The recommended canola seeding rate is much higher at five pounds an acre. The goal is to get 14 to 26 plants per square foot for a final plant stand of seven to 14.

“It assumes a mortality rate of 50 per cent, which is the safe thing to do,” Gurr said.

“With seeding rates I think there is an opportunity to narrow the ranges in all crops and refine those recommendations specific to certain systems,” Gurr said later in an interview.

“Industry recommendations have to be very safe. They’ve got to work everywhere.”

Unexpected results

Some of their research results have been surprising. One trial comparing a 60- and 130pound rates of nitrogen found no difference in wheat yields.

“This was in a high-yield environment with 90-bushel (an acre) red spring wheat,” he said. “We saw differences in protein, which of course affected the economics of it, but it was not what I would’ve expected.”

On-farm spring wheat variety trials have also shown different results than small-plot experiments, Gurr said. Harvest wheat is rated very poor for fusarium head blight, but on their farm they’ve found when sprayed See RESEARCH on page 6 »

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INSIDE

Did you know?

LIVESTOCK Less stress on the scale

An apple a day keeps the (pharmacist) away

Student project makes it easier to weigh bison

Apple eaters make just as many visits to the doctor, but take fewer pills

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The Jama Network Journals

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CROPS Successful soybean suggestions MAFRD’s Dennis Lange offers tips to new growers

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FEATURE

Ma t t h e w A . Da v i s o f t h e University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, and coauthors analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2007-08 and 2009-10) to find out.

Relief from famine

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Long-term solutions to hunger in Ethiopia

CROSSROADS Growing support — literally Crop on 90 acres donated to cancer research

urns out, an apple a day won’t keep the doctor away but it m a y m e a n yo u w i l l u s e fewer prescription medications, according to an article published online by JAMA Internal Medicine.

The apple has come to symbolize health and healthy habits. But can apple consumption be associated with reduced health-care use because patients who eat them might visit doctors less?

The authors compared daily apple eaters (those who consumed at least one small apple per day or 149 grams of raw apple) with non-apple eaters. Of the 8,399 survey participants who completed a dietary recall questionnaire, 753 (nine per cent) were apple eaters and 7,646 (91 per cent) were non-apple eaters. Apple eaters had higher educational attainment, were more likely to be from a

Cheaper than pills: apples may help reduce spending on health care. photo: thinkstock

racial or ethnic minority, and were less likely to smoke. The authors measured “keeping the doctor away” as no more than one self-reported visit to a physician during the past year.

There was no statistically significant difference between apple eaters and non-apple eaters when it came to keeping the doctor away when socio-demographic and health-related characteristics were taken into account.

However, apple eaters had marginally higher odds of avoiding prescription medi-

cations, according to the results. The authors found no difference between apple eaters and non-apple eaters when measuring the likelihood of avoiding an overnight hospital stay or a visit to a mental health professional.

“Our findings suggest that the promotion of apple consumption may have limited benefit in red ucing national health-care spending. In the age of evidence-based assertions, however, there may be merit to saying, ‘An apple a day keeps the pharmacist away,’” the study concludes.

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Manitoba municipalities prepare for cosmetic pesticide ban Regulations still allow ditches, boulevards and sidewalks to be sprayed for weeds

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff

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f the grass on a boulevard or a ditch is mowed, does that make it a lawn?

Municipalities have been asking the province that question as the ban on cosmetic pesticides for lawns comes into effect, and now they have their answer.

Ditches and boulevards are not lawns, nor are the cracks in the sidewalks where grass and weeds poke through, and that means licensed applicators working for local government public works departments can continue to apply conventional herbicides in these areas.

The exceptions made for these areas is hailed as “a practical first step” by municipal leaders, who’ve long argued the organic weed control products and more frequent mowing won’t work in all areas. They have urged the province to consider their use on a case-by-case basis.

“We’ve just said, ‘let’s use some common sense,’” said Association of Manitoba Municipalities president Doug Dobrowolski. “ T h i s i s a p ra c t i c a l f i r s t s t e p toward addressing municipalities’ concerns.”

AMM began raising fears a ban would be costly and recommended alternative products would be ineffective shortly after the ban was proposed. There are also concerns that reducing weed control in urban areas will lead to spread of invasive species in agro-Manitoba.

Provincial officials confirm they’re making these exceptions in the regulation, but will continue to encourage the use of alternative methods of weed control wherever possible.

The whole intent of the ban is to protect the health of children and lessen their exposure to synthetic herbicides used on lawns.

These areas in question are not defined as lawns, said Laurie Streich, director of environmental programs and strategies with Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship.

“Exceptions were written into the regulation. It’s just a matter of interpretation, and it goes back to what is a lawn,” she said.

“Is this (boulevard or ditch) a place where children are playing?

Typically those places would not be, and that’s why they’re exempted.”

The City of Steinbach set up test plots last summer to evaluate the cost effectiveness of products and

“Exceptions were written into the regulation. It’s just a matter of interpretation, and it goes back to what is a lawn.”

Laurie Streich

Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship

methods the province has recommended municipalities adopt, said the city’s mayor and AMM vice-president Chris Goertzen.

They found that bioproducts like Fiesta stain concrete, so aren’t suitable for sidewalks, and there’s no effective alternative for controlling weeds on boulevards and ditches, where sand and road salt create ideal conditions for weed infestation.

“We looked at alternatives such as composting, and enhancing the health of the grass, in the end there aren’t a lot of alternatives if we want to keep the same level of service and still not have prohibitive cost,” said Goertzen.

“There’s some areas in the city that are very difficult to treat, and that was the argument we put forward.”

These exempted areas comprise only “a very small part” of the overall area that cities, towns and villages must now seek alternatives to keep weeds in check, Goertzen stressed.

“There are many, many acres of green space that urban municipalities maintain… and those still are part of the transition to a non-chemical weed control.”

Only federally approved biopesticides or low-risk products are now allowed on lawns, school grounds, playgrounds and playing fields as well as health-care institutions and child-care centre lawns.

M a n i t o b a We e d S u p e r v i s o r s Association president Kent Shewfelt said the MWSA continues to urge municipalities to adopt IMP techniques wherever possible, such as more frequent mowing and fertilization to enhance grass growth to suppress weeds.

“We’ve always encouraged that anyway but it becomes more critical as a result of the legislation,” he said.

But he anticipates some bumps along the road as municipalities get used to complying with the ban.

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Shewfelt added there hasn’t been enough extension offered to local government on alternative weed con-

trol measures, adding it was unfortunate that a meeting scheduled for late last month for weed supervisors and municipal officials to discuss the new regulations had to be cancelled due to inclement weather. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Black swan?

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mong the many topics in the science news releases last week was one from the University of East Anglia in the U.K. “A new study pinpoints five strains of yeast capable of turning agricultural byproducts, such as straw, sawdust and corncobs, into bioethanol — a well-known alcohol-based biofuel,” the release said.

We’ve seen similar news dozens of times John Morriss since the first “energy crisis” in the 1970s.

Editorial Director A breakthrough in producing “cellulosic ethanol” has been “just around the corner” ever since. The U.S. imposed standards for the proportion of ethanol in gasoline to come from cellulose rather than corn or wheat, but they’re continually relaxed since the product is not available. Many will remember Canada’s Iogen Corporation, which for several years said it was planning to build a plant somewhere in the West to make ethanol from wheat straw, but it never came to fruition.

As have other prospective cellulosic energy producers, Iogen said its process uses enzymes, a word which sometimes tends to raise the snake oil antenna. Over the years we’ve heard claims for enzymes that can miraculously process manure into pure water or make dirt roads as hard as asphalt.

But enzymes can be for real. In 2013, Iogen was purchased

by Novozymes, the world’s largest enzyme manufacturer.

Those TV commercials for detergents with enzymes that can make clothes whiter than white? They’re for real, and supplied by Novozymes, a Danish company with about $1.5 billion in annual sales. It says its commercial-size cellulosic ethanol plant using wheat straw in Italy is now operating.

Other well-financed companies, including DuPont, are now working on the technology.

Given that kind of financial muscle, it’s hard to imagine that this technology isn’t going to take off someday, if not sooner. We sometimes hear about “black swan” events — unpredictable events such as wars or September 11, 2001, which have dramatic repercussions. Cellulosic ethanol could be a black swan for the grain markets. Almost half the U.S. corn crop now goes for ethanol. Consider what would happen if the whole plant — not just the grain — could be used in the process. Demand would drop by 25 per cent.

Corn would also be competing with other higher-yielding, lower-input crops grown specifically for fuel.

The need to develop this technology becomes even more important based on the piece on the opposite page — it turns out that the U.S. ethanol boom has been at the expense of marginal land, and may actually be increasing greenhouse gas.

Black swans usually appear out of nowhere, but this one may already be visible on the horizon.

The process worked

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ournalists are sometimes accused of writing about the things that fail rather than the ones that work, so with that in mind we — and farmers — should note the page 9 story on the date for applying fertilizer and manure being moved from April 10 to April 1.

That happened because of MAFRD, Keystone Agricultural Producers, Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship, Manitoba Beef Producers, the Canadian Agri-Retailers Association and commercial manure applicators, all working collaboratively on a committee. It was formed last fall so that it could be in place for just such a situation as we are in, which is a happy one of being able to get on the land early.

Though the effort may still be worthwhile, some farm organizations focus on “bigpicture” policy issues which may get a lot of profile but are rarely if ever resolved.

Then there are the less sexy but often more important issues such as the date when you can spread manure, taxa-

tion, farm safety, fuel storage regulations and a host of others. They require a lot of time, research, attention to detail and a willingness to sit down and negotiate a solution which is fair to all involved — and ideally, one that keeps the politicians out of trouble.

KAP deserves particular credit on this initiative, which is something to keep in mind if you’re thinking of asking for a checkoff refund. How does that compare with the value of getting on the field a few days earlier?

The Manitoba government also deserves credit. While some provinces wealthier than ours (at least formally) have stripped their ag extension services of resources, Manitoba has kept a strong network of dedicated staff who provide unbiased extension advice, and who know how to work collaboratively with farm representatives on issues like the one last week.

The process worked. Congratulations to all involved. john.morriss@fbcpublishing.com

Review supply management: Consumers Association of Canada Excerpts from testimony by Myles Frosst, adviser to the president of Consumers Association of Canada, to the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, Ottawa, March 26.

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he Canadian supply management system, the producers, the processors and governments that make it work are increasingly challenged by technological advancements in both primary production and processing of dairy products; rising quota values; growth in farm size and decrease in farm numbers; globalization of Canadianowned and foreign-owned processing companies; increasing international trade capacity and trade negotiations.

Add to those forces, consumer forces: consumer demand for high quality and low prices; security of supply; greater diversity of dairy-based products and the changing consumer preference for different categories of dairy product and other supply-managed product.

I would suggest the time is ripe for a thorough review of the best public policy instruments to be used to meet the original objectives of supply management: i.e. enhancing competition between producers and processors. That’s to say provid-

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ing balance in the dairy sector by enabling Canadian dairy farmers to act collectively to negotiate price and adjust milk production to: meet consumer demand; provide processes with predictable and stable prices instead of radical market fluctuations in primary product; and consequently provide relative income security for farmers and processors.

The various agri-foods strategies currently forming part of the public discussion on the future of Canadian agri-foods sector, that is to say of the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute, Conference Board of Canada, CFA and Food Secure Canada — all include reference to supply management.

All are looking for some form of change. In the course of their work, all have tried to include the interests of Canadians in their capacity as consumers.

CAC would encourage this standing committee to champion an effort by these organizations to work collectively with government on a single national food strategy and in the course of doing that, revisit supply management with consumer interests in mind. We all have — an interest in supply management, either as consumers or as members of the economy. Supply management is under significant stress, so it’s time to take a good look at it.

April 1957

pparently appealing to the man of the house as a way to get his dinner on time, this ad from our April 11, 1957 issue extolled the advantages of cooking with electricity.

Among the news that month was a report that in order to meet increasing competition from trucks, the railways had announced a carload incentive program for goods such as groceries, hardware, farm implements and construction materials.

A story in our April 4 issue said that Prairie snow cover was rapidly disappearing, with farmers reported on the land in southern Saskatchewan and Alberta, though no seeding was reported to date.

A series of meetings started April 9 to provide information on grasshopper control. Infestation was expected in about 50 municipalities, with serious infestation in a 50-mile-wide area from Neepawa southeast to Emerson.

At a meeting at Oak Lake, farmer P.B. Dickson said assistance to producers flooded year after year in the Assiniboine Valley was “little short of disgraceful,” but when Winnipeg was threatened, assistance “rushed from everywhere.”

In our classifieds, 80 acres with house, barn and chicken house at St. Eustache was offered at $3,800 half cash.

A No. 21 Massey-Harris self-propelled combine was priced at $950, and perhaps in a sign of the times, a horse hay sweep was for sale, never used.

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

The next big challenge: professionalizing animal agriculture Animal agriculture needs to ‘walk the talk’ and make sure professional approaches are implemented in all facets of industry

By Brad Brinkworth Meristem Media

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uch of the debate on farm animal welfare changes has centred on major infrastructure shifts such as facilities improvements and housing approaches. However, arguably the greatest challenge — and also opportunity — facing animal agriculture may lie not in the physical environment but rather in the mindset of producers.

The human factor is a powerful one in determining the quality of animal welfare delivered, says renowned expert Dr. David Fraser of the University of British Columbia.

Recognizing this and taking steps to ensure a professional, responsible mindset among everyone involved in handling and managing animals may just be the most impactful way to effect strong and sustainable welfare advancement.

“Very different welfare outcomes occur in the same type of physical environment — why is this?” says Fraser, speaking at the Livestock Care Conference in Alberta.

“Of course it’s because animal welfare depends on so much more than just the physical environment. It depends strongly on the quality of animal care that the animals receive.

This in turn depends so much on the

The traditional industry model of enforcement people coming in and correcting problems is what we want to avoid

knowledge, skill and attentiveness of the producers and staff.”

Doctors, lawyers, farmers?

Farming and animal agriculture have unique roots, a diversity of scales and approaches and obviously have unique characteristics quite distinct from other “professions.” But nonetheless a professional mindset is critical to maximizing success, particularly in the case of key areas of sustainability under increasing scrutiny in the public eye, including farm animal welfare, he says.

“Whether it’s food safety, environmental stewardship, or farm animal welfare, what we need is a system that rewards that high level of skill, knowledge, dedication and performance. I believe we need a continued shift in our thinking toward what I would call ‘Professional Animal Production’ as the way forward on these issues.”

‘Walk the talk’

Animal agriculture needs to ‘walk the talk’ and make sure professional

approaches are implemented in all facets of industry, he says. This can’t be simply an image effort. It must be a real on-the-ground effort. The potential reward is a society that is less questioning and challenging of animal agriculture, and more trusting and comfortable with livestock and meat industries.

Health care is arguably the most professionalized industry, he says.

Agriculture is different but can benefit by gradually moving closer to a professional model. Three key elements of a profession include: a) the main outcome is some kind of service to clients or the public; b) participation requires competence, typically demonstrated to peers; and c) the ethical acceptability of the profession comes from adhering to the ethical norms of society, usually through some form of selfregulation.

Canada is making progress on this pathway in the area of farm animal care, through organizations such as the National Farm Animal Care

Council and Alberta Farm Animal Care, as well as through standards and guidelines such as the Codes of Practice and Assessment Models.

“The traditional industry model of enforcement people coming in and correcting problems is what we want to avoid. Industry-driven progress. Producers taking charge of responsibility and advancement.

These approaches make us much more like a true profession.”

Good animal producers can develop self-regulatory processes to demonstrate that they are meeting the ethical expectations of society, he says. Enforcement agencies can work in collaboration with industry groups to address any issues or problems, because while each has a distinct and important role they share the same interests. Over time, the public will see the industry organizations as the main group to reach out to when asking for concerns to be looked into and addressed.

“I think this shift has already begun with many of the initiatives industry has undertaken, particularly in recent years. We are moving in the right direction. Changes are occurring that make a professional model much more feasible for the future.”

From the Newstream Farm Animal Care newsletter www.meristem.com

Unintended consequences of U.S. biofuel policy Corn and soy for ethanol were grown on marginal land which could have emitted as much carbon dioxide as 34 coal-fired power plants University of Wisconsin-Madison

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learing grasslands to make way for biofuels may seem counterproductive, but University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers show in a new study that crops, including the corn and soy commonly used for biofuels, expanded onto seven million acres of new land in the U.S. over a recent four-year period, replacing millions of acres of grasslands.

The study — from UW-Madison graduate student Tyler Lark, geography professor, Holly Gibbs, and post-doctoral researcher Meghan Salmon — is published in the journal Environmental Research Letters and addresses the debate over whether the recent boom in demand for common biofuel crops has led to the carbon-emitting conversion of natural areas.

It also reveals loopholes in U.S. policies that may contribute to these unintended consequences.

“We realized there was remarkably limited information about how croplands have expanded across the United States in recent years,” says Lark, the lead author of the study. “Our results are surprising because they show large-scale conversion of new landscapes, which most people didn’t expect.”

The conversion to corn and soy alone, the researchers say, could have emitted as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as 34 coal-fired power plants operating for one year — the equivalent of 28 million more cars on the road.

The study is the first comprehensive analysis of land-use change across the U.S. between 2008 and 2012, in the “critical time period” following passage of the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), and during a “new era” of agriculture and biofuel demand, Lark and Gibbs say. The results may aid policy-makers as Congress debates whether to

reform or repeal parts of the RFS, which requires blending of gasoline with biofuels that are supposed to be grown only on pre-existing cropland, in order to minimize land-use change and its associated greenhouse gas emissions.

For instance, the study found that 3.5 million acres of corn and soy grown during this time period were produced on new, rather than preexisting, cropland, rendering it potentially ineligible for renewable fuel production under the RFS. However, this went undetected due to limitations in current federal monitoring, which captures only national-level, aggregate land-use change rather than the high-resolution changes found in the study.

The study also showed that expanding the geographic scope of another policy, the Sodsaver provision of the 2014 Farm Bill, could better prevent widespread tilling of new soils. This policy reduces federal subsidies to farmers who grow on previously uncultivated land, but it applies in only six Northern Plains states. The researchers say the findings suggest a nationwide Sodsaver is needed to protect remaining native ecosystems, since roughly twothirds of new cropland conversion occurred outside of these states.

Satellite imagery

Using high-resolution satellite imagery data collected over the last 40 years by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Geological Survey, the researchers identified where land had been converted to cropland, to what extent conversion had occurred, and the nature of the conversion — for instance, whether wetlands were converted for soy, or grasslands were turned into cornfields.

“It mimics the extreme land-use change that led up to the dust bowl in the 1930s.”

Grasslands are home to a diversity of species and store an abundance of carbon in their soils; yet, the researchers found nearly 80 per cent of cropland expansion replaced grasslands, among them 1.6 million acres of undisturbed natural grassland equivalent in area to the state of Delaware.

Though not included in the study, the researchers estimate this conversion emitted as much carbon dioxide as 23 coal-fired power plants running for a year.

In fact, nearly a quarter of all land converted for crop production came from these long-standing prairies and ranges, much of it within the Central Plains from North Dakota to Texas. “It mimics the extreme land-use change that led up to the dust bowl in the 1930s,” Lark says.

Because most new cropland was planted to corn that may ultimately fill our gas tanks, he added, “we could be, in a sense, plowing up prairies with each mile we drive.”

The researchers also found that most new croplands were on marginal lands not well suited for agriculture and often prone to heightened risks of erosion, flooding and drought.

“There could be severe environmental consequences for bringing this land into crop production,” Lark says.

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FROM PAGE ONE RESEARCH Continued from page 1

with a fungicide, Harvest produces higher-quality wheat than varieties rated moderately resistant to fusarium.

The potential cost of picking the wrong varieties was part of the motivation to do their own research, Gurr said. So was a lack of independent, scientific data on new products.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) used to require companies to prove their new fertilizers and soil amendments worked, but since 2013 they only have to prove they’re safe.

Need to be more vigilant

On-farm, scientific research is paying off, says Adam Gurr, who farms with his father and brother-in-law in western Manitoba. They’re now sharing their findings through a new company called Agritruth. photo: allan dawson

University of Manitoba soil scientist and professor, Don Flaten likes what Gurr is doing.

With the changes at CFIA it’s easier than ever for the unscrupulous to scam farmers with snake oil, he said at the same meeting. The provincial government and university don’t have the resources to test

new products so farmers need to be more vigilant.

“With the right sort of testing I think farmers are capable now, especially with all their GPS equipment, to do very good on-farm tests on their own.”

On-farm research requires planning ahead, but modern technology, including GPS systems, makes it relatively simple, said Gurr, who has a diploma and degree in agriculture from the University of Manitoba and is currently working on a master’s degree through Iowa State University.

“You need to set priorities for trials, have a backup plan in place and consider logistics,” he said. “You want to make it as simple as possible for everyone.

“You have to be passionate about it too, to do it on this scale. You have to love agronomy, you have to love what you’re doing or otherwise you won’t follow through.”

And the research has to

be scientific — a point Gurr repeatedly stressed. To get accurate data, tr ials must be replicated to remove the effects of natural variability.

“I would even suggest that you not bother with yield trials if you’re not planning to replicate because non-replicated strip trials can be very dangerous,” Gurr said. “They’re good for demonstration purposes but not to gather yield data from.”

Trials should be done in randomized blocks to protect against bias and gradient differences in fields, he said.

Yields need to be measured using weigh wagons or scaleequipped grain carts because combine monitors are inaccurate, Gurr said.

“Statistically analyze your data,” he added. “This is done to sort out what responses are real and what are not. It’s easy to perform statistical analysis on replicated strip trials.”

”Annual farm savings are in the neighbourhood of $30,000 to $40,000 and for the rest of my 22 years of farming compounded it works out to a million and a half (dollars). And it didn’t cost a lot to set that trial up either.”

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Although their on-farm research began as a way to answer important questions for themselves and has paid for itself, Gurr and his partners suspected other farmers and agronomists would be interested in their results. That’s why they recently launched Agritruth. A free membership provides access to older research results and participation in forums and votes on what research Agritruth should do. A $300-a-year membership gives members access to Agritruth’s latest data.

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ROUNDUP Continued from page 1

to prevent GM alfalfa from making its way west.

“If they are addressing this it’s all a good thing,” Kerschbaumer said from her Fairview, Alta. farm and seed business. “I think the more planning and discussion and looking at the consequences is a good thing. If we could be involved in some way we are definitely interested in being part of it.”

Forage Seed Canada along with hay exporters and organic farmers are worried that once c o m m e rc i a l i z e d Ro u n d u p Ready alfalfa will hurt their businesses, because, according to them, it will be tough to keep GM and non-GM alfalfa segregated. Alfalfa is a perennial crop that grows wild in ditches and on uncultivated land. Bees and wind spread its pollen.

Seed growers and hay exporters fear they’ll lose markets in countries where buyers don’t want GM crops.

WHAT’S UP Please forward your agricultural events to daveb@fbcpublishing. com or call 204-944-5762.

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Forage Seed Canada along with hay exporters and organic farmers are worried that once commercialized, Roundup Ready alfalfa will be tough to keep segregated. file photo

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A coexistence plan aimed at preventing Roundup Ready a l f a l f a f ro m s p re a d i n g i n Eastern Canada was created in 2013.

FGI says its stewardship plan in the U.S. “has allowed organic, conventional and genetically modified (GM) alfalfa farmers

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In addition, two “smallscale research trials” in the East will include FGI’s newest GM alfalfa, HarvXtra, which is the Roundup Ready trait, stacked with a reduced lignin t ra i t . T h e l a t t e r p ro d u c e s alfalfa with better nutritional and digestability benefits for cattle. Canadian regulators approved HarvXtra alfalfa in December.

“At this time, FGI is considering the potential for commercial seed sales of HarvXtra alfalfa with Roundup Ready technology in Ontario and Quebec only,” FGI said. “That decision is confined to the sale of seed. Companies would not be permitted to undertake any Genuity Roundup Ready alfalfa or HarvXtra alfalfa with Roundup Ready technology seed production in Canada. All seed production would take place in the U.S., with only commercial sales for hay production allowed in Canada.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 9, 2015

Moving from famine relief to relief from famine Ethiopia has made solid gains thanks to a co-ordinated attack on the root causes of hunger

By Laura Rance

“So far about 3.4 million people who were food insecure in 2005 have now become food secure.”

Co-operator Editor / Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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amine relief was a hit in the 1980s — literally — as pop music stars donated the proceeds of their collaboration on the song “Feed the World” to help feed starving people in Ethiopia.

It was a sincere effort that raised millions and was part of a global response by governments and aid and development agencies that saved lives.

But it didn’t change lives. At the time, Ethiopia was one dry season away from another famine requiring global humanitarian response. The rural farming population had lost its resilience to withstand production shortfalls, which meant emergency food aid was going to people who had little hope of ever regaining their independence.

“We saved lives but we did not improve livelihoods because every year there were food shortages,” said Ato Berhane, the director of the food security coordination directorate with the Ethiopian government.

“Their land was not being productive, it was degraded, the forests are deforested and the land size was getting smaller as the population pressure increased,” he said in an interview.

That started to change in 2005.

The Ethiopian government, with support from international donors, introduced the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) — a co-ordinated strategy to reach people before famine struck with support that would not only prevent a pending disaster, but would proactively shield them from future threats.

Although donors have continued to provide famine relief when disaster strikes, the focus of the Productive Safety Net Program is to proactively provide relief from famine. Its model of intervention — projects designed to build or restore community capacity before people are shut down by hunger — has been adopted by non-government agencies working in the country as well.

Rethinking approach

Chris Demerse, a program officer with Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) based in Addis Ababa, said Canada has had a long-standing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Ethiopia.

“If you look at the history of Ethiopia, food insecurity has been a chronic issue,” he said. “It’s a country with very dense population with pressure on the land and historically in the broader

Ato Berhane

Ethiopian food security co-ordination directorate

While this project is not affiliated with the Productive Safety Net Program, it follows a similar food- or cash-for-work model that supports people through lean times while developing community assets, both structurally and socially. This badly eroded hillside in the Boricha district of southern Ethiopia is being restored by the Meserete Kristos Church Relief and Development Association with support from the Mennonite Central Committee and Canadian Foodgrains Bank. They work for four hours a day for 16 days from six in the morning to 10 a.m., digging trenches to slow the water’s flow down the hillside and planting trees and grasses. They are paid the equivalent of one Canadian dollar per day. Photos: Laura Rance

aid community; this tended to be done on an annual basis.”

But he said world leaders began to rethink that approach in the early 2000s.

“There was a realization that a lot of the beneficiaries are the same people year after year,” Demerse said. “If it’s people who are year-in-year-out food insecure, then there was a realization that there should be a better, more predictable way of handling this caseload.”

Canada, which has identified Ethiopia as one of its priority countries for donor aid, is the fourth-largest international donor to the program, following the World Bank, the U.S., and the EU. “It is not only the financial contributions that we are seeing from the Canadian government,” Berhane noted. “The good part for us is the technical support provided from the Canadian government through the DFATD office and the knowledge sharing.”

Canada has supported the program with training for government staff, assistance establishing efficient delivery mechanisms and monitoring how the program is working — all of which helps to ensure the targeted recipients receive the support to which they are entitled in a timely manner.

“This (program) is implemented by government officials and that requires a lot of logistics,” Demerse said.

“You are looking at very large sums of money, very large tonnes of food and so there is just a huge

effort required for this,” he said.

“So the capacity building was to ensure smoother implementation of the program.”

Berhane said the technical support has been invaluable.

“With this support there is really a good implementation arrangement and working relationships at the district level among different partners,” he said.

Food or cash for work

The PSNP started working with 15 million people in 319 districts in Ethiopia that were either chronically food insecure or in a transitory phase — facing the kind of temporary shortages that cause households to sell off assets and begin the downwards slide into permanent insecurity.

Able-bodied people living in the target areas are assigned to work on building community assets, such as schools, roads, clinics, bridges or improving access to water and reclaiming eroded landscapes in order to receive support from the PSNP, either in the form of cash or food.

The local communities identify their own priorities for labourintensive public works.

Food-insecure people who are incapable of working because they are elderly or disabled, or women who are in their later stages of pregnancy or who have recently given birth, are supported with no labour requirement.

However, in the latest phase young mothers are required to participate in nutrition and

cooking classes as a condition of receiving program benefits.

Unlike welfare programs in countries such as Canada, in which recipients are penalized if they work while receiving assistance, the PSNP is intended to assist recipients in regaining their productive capacity, and building up their household and community assets to where they “graduate” from a life of dependence.

And it’s working.

“So far about 3.4 million people who were food insecure in 2005 have now become food secure,” Berhane said, noting that number is expected to reach 4.4 million by the end of June.

Infrastructure improvement

As well, the community infrastructure has been improved, which is enabling more local economic development.

Better roads mean easier access to markets and more communication and trade between communities. Access to water improves health but also allows for expanded agriculture, such as vegetable production, which improves nutrition and provides higher-value commodities for sale.

Although no one is allowed to graze or harvest wood from eroded areas that have been stabilized through terracing and then reforested and sown back to grass, Berhane said area residents are allowed to use those forests for beekeeping.

They will also be allowed to harvest hay for use in livestock feeding-fattening operations. Both

Ato Berhane is the Ethiopian government’s senior official in charge of the Productive Safety Net Program.

of these uses provide a source of employment for the growing class of rural youth who don’t have access to farmland. As well, part of their role as sanctioned users is to protect those lands from illegal uses.

The program, now entering its fourth phase, is being scaled up and applied to a wider base. It is currently reaching about seven million people per year and is a key pillar in the Ethiopian government’s policy framework for transforming the country into a middle-income economy by 2025.

“It is recognized as the best model for social protection programs in low-income countries — and so we are very happy to be a part of that,” said Demerse.

“We are not talking about large transfers. But it is enough that households don’t have to sell off their assets and find themselves in a worse position just because the rain didn’t come one year,” he said.

“Ideally when the program works well, they slowly build up their asset base so that they can then become a food-secure household and graduate in a sustainable way from the program,” he said.

“I think it highlights the developments in food assistance as a whole.”

Co-operator editor Laura Rance has been on secondment to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank writing about agriculture and development in Africa. laura@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 9, 2015

Winter fertilizer prohibition lifted early, but can return if weather turns bad The new policy considers soil conditions, not just the date

By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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h e Ma n itoba gover n m e n t ’s w i n t e r p r o hibition on applying fer tilizer and manure was l i f t e d Ap r i l 1 b e c a u s e o f thawed soils — 10 days earlier than the normal date of April 11 — just in time for what could be an early spring if the weather co-operates.

The news was welcomed

by Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), which has been working with Conservation and Water Stewardship to time plant nutrient applications on soil conditions rather than fixed dates.

T h e g ove r n m e n t d o e s n’t want farmers applying nutrients on frozen ground because the potential run-off could further pollute Lake Winnipeg,

already suffering from massive algae blooms from too much phosphorus.

It demonstrates what a general farm organization can accomplish when it works with industry and government to find solutions for the environment and farmers, KAP vice-president Glenn Young said in an interview from his farm at Cypress River April 2.

“It c e r t a i n l y s h ow s o u r lobby organization can be effective,” he said. “We lobby for these types of things on an ongoing basis.”

That lobbying helped in the creation of an advisory committee last fall, which includes Manitoba Conservation and Wa t e r S t e w a r d s h i p, K A P, Manitoba Beef Producers, the Canadian Agri-Retailers Association, commercial manure a p p l i c a t o r s a n d Ma n i t o b a

Agriculture, Food and Rural Development.

“This committee puts ever yone on the same page,” David Hay, Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship’s, acting manager of the water quality management section, said in an interview March 20. “In the past everyone had their own ideas so this was an opportunity for us to establish a very, very timely system to be able to make those changes.

Although farmers can now apply nutrients to their land, all other requirements of the Nutrient Management Regulation and the Livestock Manure and Mortalities Management Regulation remain in effect, including setback requirements for winter spreading of livestock manure, the government said in a news release. Nutrients canT:10.25”

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Fa r m e r s a re o b l i g e d t o assess weather conditions forecasts when applying nutrients before Apr. 11. Nutrients should not be applied when the forecast calls for snow or heavy rains that would result in run-off. Under provincial regulations the prohibition can be restored if weather conditions warrant. (More information on the restriction of winter application of nutrients is available at: www. manitoba.ca/nutrientdates.)

Nutrient regulation is complex. It took time to fine tune the policy so it works for the environment and far mers, Young said.

Part of KAP’s success stems from its good working rela-

tionship with gover nment staff, he said. “ We c a n h a v e a m e e t ing with them and no matter what the issue is there’s an understanding that everyone at the table is trying to do the right thing for agriculture,” he said. “We certainly respect them and I think the reverse is true as well.”

The respect KAP garners comes from its broad membership, including commodity groups and democratic structure, which brings forward policies from the grassroots and then thoroughly researches and debates them.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 9, 2015

LIVESTOCK MARKETS Cattle Prices

Heifers

Alberta South $ 196.00 - 198.00 196.00 - 197.30 136.00 - 152.00 120.00 - 138.00 — $ 223.00 - 231.00 238.00 - 251.00 259.00 - 276.00 287.00 - 309.00 313.00 - 335.00 335.00 - 364.00 $ 210.00 - 222.00 222.00 - 237.00 238.00 - 257.00 261.00 - 280.00 286.00 - 306.00 310.00 - 332.00

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

(850+ lbs.)

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

Futures (March 27, 2015) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change April 2015 161.67 3.67 June 2015 152.00 1.78 August 2015 149.05 1.53 October 2015 151.25 1.35 December 2015 151.80 1.25 February 2016 150.95 0.90

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

Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

March 27, 2015

Cattle values hold during holiday-shortened week AgriRecovery funds to pay for feed hauling go unused Dave Sims

Previous Year­ 50,229 12,376 37,853 N/A 579,000

Ontario $ 185.32 - 205.56 164.82 - 199.91 101.88 - 138.98 101.88 - 138.98 141.11 - 164.89 $ 211.67 - 247.15 209.13 - 261.73 228.25 - 285.44 272.93 - 326.68 250.21 - 333.72 272.72 - 362.75 $ 188.69 - 213.25 199.58 - 230.92 195.09 - 248.78 220.18 - 285.85 232.69 - 291.95 242.27 - 296.51

Close 217.45 217.22 215.77 217.20 216.27 214.37

Week Ending March 21, 2015 983 26,747 13,627 782 444 5,816 45

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Change 3.40 1.20 0.10 0.70 0.85 0.47

Previous Year 1,063 33,174 14,656 518 862 7,890 123

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 153.00 E 142.00 E 138.03 143.82

Futures (March 27, 2015) in U.S. Hogs April 2015 May 2015 June 2015 July 2015 August 2015

Last Week 162.61 150.93 146.60 152.78

Last Year (Index 100) 255.38 237.65 256.75 255.33

Close 60.97 68.02 75.15 75.85 76.65

Change 2.85 -0.65 0.63 0.63 0.88

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

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

Winnipeg (155 Hd) Wooled Fats — — Next Sale April 1, 2015 — —

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 April 6, 2015 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.950 Undergrade .............................. $1.860 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 113.03 - 145.50 198.38 - 222.18 231.15 - 246.44 229.25 - 288.17 285.46 - 390.71 —

SunGold Specialty Meats —

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 (110 Hd Fats) — — —

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olumes were down but prices held relatively steady for the week ended April 3, as producers in Manitoba hurried to get animals to market during the holiday-shortened period. Just five of the province’s eight main auction marts held sales because of the Easter weekend.

Demand for slaughter animals crept up slightly as the market began looking ahead to barbecue season. Good bulls were $5 per pound higher at one yard while mostly staying firm at others.

On the feeder end, values were similar to last week’s. Lightweight steers (400-500 lbs.) topped out around the $380-per-hundredweight (cwt) level, while heavier-class heifers (800-900 lbs.) generally stayed in the $200$230/cwt range.

Some fall calves were already beginning to arrive at some auction yards, according to one operator.

“Prices are still up, the price correction is still holding, things are looking pretty good,” said Melinda German, executive director of Manitoba Beef Producers in Winnipeg.

Trading volumes are generally good for this time of year, she said, and growers are excited about the approach of the summer cooking season in North America.

“I think there’s still a lot of optimism out there in the industry,” she said.

Much of the demand, German said, is due to the fact the Canadian herd has shrunk in recent years and supplies can’t match the hunger.

Weather co-operates

While a shortage of feed was one of the main concerns entering the winter, she said most producers have made it through OK.

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“We were lucky in terms of the winter we had, unlike last year where it was brutally cold for extended periods of time; feed supplies have been good, no one has run out.”

Last fall the provincial and federal governments used AgriRecovery funds to jointly set up the Forage Shortfall and Transportation Assistance Initiative for livestock owners who were facing the prospect of running short.

In flood-ravaged areas, assistance of up to 16 cents per tonne per loaded kilometre was made available to haul forage and feed, and up to eight cents per head per loaded kilometre to move breeding cattle and unweaned calves to feed.

In the end, however, German said it wasn’t used all that much.

“There wasn’t tremendous uptake on that program; maybe the need wasn’t as extensive as we thought,” she said, adding the terms and conditions of the agreement may also have been a factor.

U.S. markets continue to import Canadian beef at a steady clip, largely due to the fact the loonie is only worth roughly 80 cents U.S. Cattle futures in the U.S. were trading at a 12-week high, as of April 3, according to one Chicago-based analyst.

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

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Minnesota finds flu in two more turkey flocks Reuters / Minnesota, the top U.S. turkey-producing state, has found two more commercial turkey flocks to be infected with a lethal strain of avian flu, including one in a previously established quarantine zone, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday.

The state in the past month has found that H5N2 flu, which can kill nearly all the birds in a flock within 48 hours, has infected seven flocks, according to the USDA. In the last week alone, the number of birds to be culled in Minnesota

because of the flu has topped 150,000.

The infected flocks were in the state’s biggest turkey-producing counties. Kandiyohi and Stearns counties were the top two turkey-producing countries in Minnesota in 2012.

The latest U.S. infection was the third case detected in Stearns County, Minn., w h i c h i s n o r t h we s t o f Minneapolis. The infected flock of 76,000 turkeys is already in a quarantine zone established because of a previous infection in the county, according to the USDA. The quarantine limits the movement of poultry in and out of the area around an infected flock.

Another new case of

H5N2 flu was detected in a flock of 26,000 turkeys in Kandiyohi County, Minn., which is west of Minneapolis.

Both flocks will be culled to prevent the virus from spreading, and the birds will not enter the food supply, according to the USDA. Officials believe the flu is likely being spread by waterfowl, but do not know precisely how the virus is making its way into commercial poultr y operations. Molecular testing has shown the H5N2 virus is nearly identical to viruses isolated in migratory ducks, according to the USDA, which has advised people to avoid contact with sick or dead poultry and wildlife.

Toronto ($/cwt) 112.29 - 340.79 — 129.76 - 341.74

Horses Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

“I think there’s still a lot of optimism out there in the industry.”

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Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending March 21, 2015 48,832 10,451 38,381 N/A 518,000

$1 Cdn: $.7949 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.2580 Cdn.

COLUMN

(Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 130.00 - 142.00 D3 Cows 122.00 - 130.00 Bulls 150.00 - 162.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) $ 208.00 - 230.00 (801-900 lbs.)

225.00 - 251.50 (701-800 lbs.)

240.00 - 280.00 (601-700 lbs.)

265.00 - 316.00 (501-600 lbs.)

288.00 - 362.00 (401-500 lbs.)

315.00 - 380.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

200.00 - 209.00 (801-900 lbs.)

210.00 - 225.00 (701-800 lbs.)

223.00 - 255.00 (601-700 lbs.)

242.00 - 284.00 (501-600 lbs.)

275.00 - 323.00 (401-500 lbs.)

290.00 - 345.00 Slaughter Cattle Grade A Steers Grade A Heifers D1, 2 Cows D3 Cows Bulls Steers

EXCHANGES: March 27, 2015

Numbers below are reprinted from April 2 issue.

Toronto ($/cwt) 47.00 - 63.00 58.00 - 82.00

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GRAIN MARKETS Manitoba Elevator Prices

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Canola pushes higher on U.S. soybean crop intentions Concerns over U.S. winter wheat supported wheat futures Terryn Shiells CNSC

I

CE Futures Canada canola futures moved $11 to $13 per tonne higher during the short week ended April 2, with markets closed for Good Friday on April 3.

The advances seen in canola were mainly linked to a rally in the Chicago soybean market after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s first survey-based acreage estimate of the year came in smaller than expected.

USDA said growers in the U.S. intend to plant 84.64 million acres of soybeans this spring — about a million fewer acres than anticipated.

Those extra acres are likely to move into corn, as USDA pegged corn area at a largerthan-expected 89.2 million acres.

The corn market initially moved sharply lower after the report was released on March 31, but managed to erase some of the weakness in the days following. Overall, the market was still about three to five U.S. cents per bushel lower to end the week, but the focus was starting to shift to actual planting conditions in the U.S. for both corn and soybeans.

Some traders believe USDA’s estimates will change, as the price ratio still favours soybeans. They expect corn acreage to be smaller than USDA predicted, and soybean area to be larger. Planting delays in the U.S. Delta could also lead to some intended corn area shifting into soybeans.

Canola picture fuzzy

The canola market is also starting to focus on spring seeding conditions, with major planting likely a few weeks away in both Canada and the U.S.

Future

Basis

Net

Weekly Change

Red spring wheat

218.08

10.73

228.80

1.48

Red winter wheat

212.31

-37.09

175.22

2.08

Prairie spring wheat

212.96

-29.18

183.78

-0.44

Canola

463.38

-16.21

447.17

16.38

Port Prices

The picture for Canada’s canola crop is murky, with a very wide range of acreage estimates still floating around. The first surveybased acreage report from Statistics Canada isn’t due out until April 23.

Until crop establishment conditions become more concrete, North American grain and oilseed markets are likely to stay in a choppy “spring” pattern. There will be some spurts of buying and selling seen sporadically until a longer-term trend can be established based on weather — but for the most part, funds and farmers are expected to stick on the sidelines.

If the crops do get off to a good start, it may not be reflected in prices until later in the growing season, as traders like to keep weather premiums built into the market just in case there’s a weather scare.

Seeding conditions will also be important for U.S. wheat futures, as spring wheat will be seeded in both Canada and the U.S. soon — but weather affecting winter wheat crops will also move the market.

Concerns about dry conditions lowering production prospects for U.S. winter wheat in the Great Plains bolstered prices during the week, with Minneapolis, Kansas City and Chicago futures all up over 20 cents U.S. per bushel.

The large advance comes despite a huge drop seen on March 31, following USDA’s stocks and planting report, which was thought to be more neutral for wheat, but bearish for corn.

USDA pegged 2015-16 all-wheat acrea g e a t 5 5 . 4 m i l l i o n , s l i g h t l y b e l ow expectations.

Terryn Shiells 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.

Average quotes as of April 6, 2015 ($/tonne)

As of Friday, March 27, 2015 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston

232.59

-6.06

U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

318.75

20.70

Canola Thunder Bay

478.9

-9.80

Canola Vancouver

488.90

-9.80

Recent sales reported India: 70,000-80,000 tonnes of Australian wheat at $260-$265 a tonne c&f Saudi Arabia: 13 cargoes/780,000 tonnes of EU, NA, SA and Australian wheat at $231-$240 c&f

Closing Futures Prices As of Thursday, April 2, 2015 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

ICE canola

462.00

8.10

ICE milling wheat

243.00

12.00

ICE barley

204.00

2.00

Mpls. HRS wheat

218.81

11.85

Chicago SRW wheat

197.03

13.59

Kansas City HRW wheat

214.12

14.60

Corn

152.15

-1.88

Oats

174.42

-5.38

Soybeans

362.29

4.22

Soymeal

360.77

5.49

Soyoil

684.31

-2.99

Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Friday, March 27, 2015 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

169.37

2.94

Feed barley

169.48

4.59

n/a

n/a

546.03

n/a

Rye Flaxseed Feed peas

n/a

n/a

Oats

202.96

-7.13

Soybeans

363.03

0.00

Sunflower (NuSun) Fargo, ND ($U.S./CWT)

19.15

-.15

Ask

Ask

Sunflower (Confection) Fargo, ND ($U.S./CWT)

Prairie wheat bids firm amid widening basis levels Average CWRS prices were down $0.50 to up $4.50 per tonne, with bids ranging from $211 in Saskatchewan to $229 in Manitoba

By Terryn Shiells Commodity News Service Canada

C

ash bids for Canadian wheat were mostly firmer during the week ended April 3.

Strengthening U.S. futures were supportive, though basis levels widened in many regions. Prices are as of April 2, due to the Good Friday market closures on April 3.

Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down $0.50 to up $4.50 per tonne, with bids ranging from $211 per tonne in north-central Saskatchewan to $229 per tonne in Manitoba, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points across Western Canada.

Quoted basis levels varied from

location to location, but were down slightly if using the grain company methodology of quoting the basis as the difference between the U.S. dollar-denominated futures and the Canadian dollar cash bids. Average basis levels for CWRS declined by about $1 per tonne to just under $2 below the futures.

When accounting for the currency exchange rates by adjusting the Canadian prices to U.S. dollars ($1=US$0.7959 as of April 2), CWRS bids ranged from US$168 to US$182.

Average Canada Prairie Red Spring (CPRS) bids were down about $2 to up $6 per tonne compared to the week prior. CPRS prices came in at about $184 in Manitoba, at about $186 to $187 per tonne in Saskatchewan, and

$197 to $204 in Alberta. Average basis levels for CPRS widened out by $2 per tonne to just over $19 below the futures.

Soft white spring wheat prices were up by about $2.50 to $8 per tonne, ranging from $190 to $193 per tonne in Alberta. Winter wheat prices were $0.50 to $5.50 higher, ranging from $169 to $175 per tonne across Western Canada.

Durum prices were mostly lower, though, prices in southern Saskatchewan, where the bulk of the crop is grown, were up $5 to about $324 per tonne. Values in other parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan were down by $9 to $12 a tonne.

The May spring wheat contract in Minneapolis, which most CWRS con-

tracts in Canada are based off of, was quoted at US$5.955 per bushel on April 2, up 20.5 cents from the previous week.

The Kansas City hard red winter wheat futures, which are now traded in Chicago, are more closely linked to CPRS in Canada. The May Kansas City wheat contract was quoted at US$5.8275 per bushel on April 2, up 29.75 cents from last week.

The May Chicago Board of Trade soft wheat contract settled at US$5.3625 on April 2, which was 28.5 cents stronger compared to the week prior.

The Canadian dollar finished the week at 79.59 U.S. cents, which was up almost a quarter-cent relative to its U.S. counterpart compared to the previous week.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 9, 2015

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

Remote weighing could reduce handling stress in bison University of Alberta students hoping to reduce handling stress in bison through a remote weighing system using automatic platform scales

By Jennifer Blair staff / ponoka

S

tepping on a scale doesn’t have to be stressful — for your bison, at least.

“Just like in people, when bison step on a scale, sometimes they have quite a harsh stress response,” said Josh Perryman, a University of Alberta student who spoke at the Wildrose Bison Convention earlier this month.

Bison are notoriously flighty animals, and reducing stress when handling them is the main goal of a project by Perryman and fellow students Elyse Semchuck and Nicky Lansink. The trio is working with the Bison Producers of Alberta to study a remote bison-weighing system and develop a guidebook based on their findings.

“Bison haven’t been domesticated for very long, so there are setbacks when handling the animals,” said Semchuck. “The stress adaptation in the bison can be a problem when they’re in enclosed spaces, so the current system of squeeze chutes can cause problems, like bruising and depreciation of the animal.”

And that has a direct impact on the bottom line, she said.

“We know that, per animal and per stressful event, it can lose up to 10 pounds over a week. That means more days on farm to gain that weight back.”

But bison producers still need a way to weigh their animals.

“Not being able to weigh your animals can be problematic because bison require feed appropriate for their stage and rate of growth,” said Semchuck.

“You’re going to maximize profits by sending the animals away at the optimal finishing weight.”

And remote weighing systems using automatic scales could be the answer.

“Automatic scales have been used in other species because they’re less labour intensive and less time consuming,” she said.

“There’s less stress on the animals from less handling and restraint, and a low-stress, lowhands-on environment can eliminate trim losses or give you a Grade A carcass.”

Testing underway

Working with bison producer Ivan Smith, the students have installed two Tru-Test Alleyway platform scales at Big Bend Bison Ranch near Penhold.

“We have a platform in front of a mineral trough and a walkover platform between where the feed is and where the water’s located,” said Perryman, adding that the bison are monitored with trail cameras and RFID readers near the platforms.

So far, the trio has found that the bison will stand still on a platform in front of a mineral trough with “about 70 per cent success.”

“The idea was that the bison would walk onto the platform and stand on the scale,” said Perryman. “The bison would need to stand on the scale to get the minerals.”

Of course, the animals have to want minerals.

“If the bison have a nutritionally complete diet, they might not want minerals, and then they might not stand on the scale,” he said.

The walk-over platform, on the other hand, lies between the bison’s feed and water, making it more likely that they will step onto the scale.

“In the walk-over scenario, there will be more traffic going between the areas just because the drive for water would be strong,” said Perryman. “It’s also open so the bison aren’t going into an enclosed area, standing on a scale, and then having to back out.”

The system was installed March 10, and so far, the preliminary results are promising.

With three days of data at the time they presented their findings, the students had 379 total readings from the walk-over platform.

“The bison moved freely over the scale and appeared to be comfortable with it,” said Perryman.

“There’s less stress on the animals from less handling and restraint, and a low-stress, low-hands-on environment can eliminate trim losses or give you a Grade A carcass.”

Elyse Semchuk

Cost and benefits

But there’s a cost to installing a system like this, said Lansink, who presented some cost estimates at the meeting.

“The main cost of something like this is the cost of the installation of the scale, the scale itself, the RFID reading software, and the maintenance of the system,” she said, adding cost benefits include decreased labour, feed costs, and stress-related losses.

“By implementing this scale, you’d see an increase in your income by being better able to achieve an optimal weight. You’d also have an increase in meat quality, as there will be less stress and less bruising on the carcass.”

The installation and maintenance of one system would cost around $12,000 in the first year, while the total cost benefits would be around $6,200 for a herd of 100 bison. But once installed, the only cost will be for maintenance and ongoing weight monitoring, roughly $1,200 a year, depending on how often the bison are being weighed.

“If you’ve got two cycles of bison going through, you should be able to pay off your

Bison need to walk over this automatic platform scale in order to get to food and water. Photo: Courtesy Dr. Jayson Galbraith

scale with just the value of the benefits,” said Lansink.

And the increase in meat quality using a low-stress weighing system is “extremely important,” she said.

“In order to maximize our profits, it’s important that we get that A-grade carcass,” Lansink said. “Stressed animals are

more prone to becoming darkcutters, and a dark-cutter will not receive an A or B grade.”

By using a remote weighing system, rather than putting bison through a squeeze chute, producers can improve meat quality while reducing handling-related stress.

“You’re just that much more

likely to get that Grade A carcass and minimize your trim loss by not putting your animal through the squeeze,” said Semchuk.

“You’re going to weigh your bison without them even knowing.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 9, 2015

Basic info from cattle database will remain free But new owners of BIXS also need to create revenue now that government funding has dried up

By Alexis Kienlen staff

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attle producers will be able to access basic data f ro m t h e n ow p r i va tized Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS), but may have to pay for some types of information, says the head of the company.

“BIXS is totally voluntary, just like the Internet,” said Hubert Lau, president and CEO of BIXSco. “You can use the Internet and do all kinds of things, and it doesn’t cost you any money. But you can also go to the Internet and buy things. That’s your choice. We want to create those choices.”

BIXSco was formed when t h e Ca n a d i a n Ca t t l e m e n’s Association struck a partnership deal with Edmontonbased ViewTrak Technologies earlier this winter. The association contributed the cattle database — which has been plagued by technical issues a n d s l ow u p t a k e — w i t h ViewTrak agreeing to revamp it and make it more useful to producers, feedlots, and other players in the beef value chain.

The two partners are still working on the funding model, and no final decisions have been made, said Lau. But ViewTrak is now paying the bills as the government funding which created BIXS has run out.

The priority at the moment is meeting with ranchers, industry associations, packers, and others in the industry in a bid to bring them on board.

T h e re h a s b e e n a g o o d reception from industry players, but cattle producers still have many questions, said Lau. “When producers ask me why they should support BIXS, I tell them our goal is to create a larger market for you, so you have the ability to do more for your business,” he said. “I’m not there to tell you how to do it, or force you to do something. I’m here to enable you to do more. And the way we do that is by opening more data flows.”

One of the most frequently asked questions from producers is whether they will still be able to use their herd management software, and Lau said the revamped BIXS will work with the programs producers are using.

It will also work seamlessly with the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency’s database, he said.

“BIXS didn’t have enough technical resources to work with the CCIA resources, so that caused a whole host of integration issues that caused problems for users,” he said.

The company is also working with McDonald’s Canada, which has decided to use BIXS for its verified sustainable beef pilot project.

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“You can also go to the Internet and buy things.

That’s your choice. We want to create those choices.”

Hubert Lau

“It’s not the technical part of BIXS that could be the holdup,” said Lau. “It’s actually the definition of verified sustainable beef. We’re confident we can meet the tech needs as long as we have enough time to meet the definition of verified sustainable beef.”

Lau also said ViewTrak has sold its herd management software to a co-operative in Ontario because it didn’t want

BIXS to be viewed as a competitor to other cattle software providers.

BIXSco wants to see veterinarians and breeders participating in the database and is considering how it might create data that others, such as auctions or government agencies, would be willing to pay for, he added. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

Hubert Lau photo: supplied

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Feeder Steers

n/a

Mar-31

Mar-31

Mar-31

Apr-01

Mar-30

n/a

n/a

No. on offer

n/a

608

383*

768*

1,894*

566

n/a

n/a

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

n/a

n/a

220.00-240.00

219.00-235.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

800-900

n/a

210.00-253.50

220.00-240.00

235.00-253.00

239.00-255.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

700-800

n/a

250.00-283.00

230.00-275.00

250.00-280.00

259.00-285.00

250.00-277.00

n/a

n/a

600-700

n/a

280.00-318.00

260.00-317.50

285.00-322.00

289.00-321.00

280.00-310.00 (318.00)

n/a

n/a

500-600

n/a

320.00-356.00

300.00-365.00

320.00-350.00

315.00-340.00 (352.00)

320.00-350.00 (358.00)

n/a

n/a

400-500

n/a

330.00-370.00

325.00-385.00

345.00-380.00

350.00-385.00

340.00-370.00 (375.00)

n/a

n/a

300-400

n/a

340.00-372.00

340.00-400.00

n/a

n/a

350.00-380.00 (390.00)

n/a

n/a

900-1,000 lbs.

n/a

200.00-220.00

n/a

190.00-210.00

200.00-218.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

800-900

n/a

210.00-235.00

190.00-200.00

210.00-230.00

217.00-232.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

700-800

n/a

220.00-250.00

220.00-235.00

235.00-255.00

236.00-265.00

230.00-250.00

n/a

n/a

600-700

n/a

260.00-286.00

250.00-280.00

270.00-305.00

259.00-286.00

250.00-280.00 (285.00)

n/a

n/a

500-600

n/a

290.00-328.00

300.00-350.00

285.00-330.00

288.00-320.00

275.00-305.00 (314.00)

n/a

n/a

400-500

n/a

300.00-347.00

300.00-350.00

325.00-360.00

320.00-358.00

305.00-335.00 (345.00)

n/a

n/a

300-400

n/a

310.00-350.00

320.00-380.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

No. on offer

n/a

n/a

97

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

D1-D2 Cows

n/a

120.00-138.00

110.00-130.00

134.00-142.50

n/a

125.00-135.00

n/a

n/a

Feeder heifers

Slaughter Market

D3-D5 Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Age Verified

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

130.00-142.00

n/a

n/a

Good Bulls

n/a

145.00-156.50

145.00-157.00

150.00-174.50

n/a

145.00-160.00

n/a

n/a

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

170.00-175.00

170.00-178.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

167.00-173.00

169.00-176.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

130.00-144.00

n/a

n/a

135.00-153.00

n/a

n/a

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

130.00-137.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

110.00-120.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Heiferettes

n/a

up to-159.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

* includes slaughter market

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

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Common genetic disorders of the quarter-horse Genetic testing is the only way to know whether the horse is a carrier Carol Shwetz, DVM Horse Health

T

he Amer ican Quar ter Horse Association has recognized the presence of five genetic disorders in the quarter-horse breed. These disorders can also affect horses of quarter-horse ancestry. The effects of genetic disorders range from mild and manageable to severe and terminal.

Understanding the prevalence and expression of these genetic disorders better equips quarter-horse owners to make informed decisions with regard to breeding.

The popularity of select sires coupled with assisted reproductive technologies such as shipped, cooled, and frozen semen, creates an environment whereby expression of unfavourable genetic defects becomes increasingly possible. Correction relies on conscious decisions from educated horse owners and breeders that recognize the warning signs.

Passing these disorders on to successive generations causes unnecessar y suffering and financial losses.

Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HYPP) is a hereditary disease of the muscle. The defective gene ineffectively codes the sodium-potassium channels in muscle cell membranes. The contraction of muscle fibres is controlled through these channels. Muscle cells with the defective channel “leak,” causing the muscle fibres to become hyperexcitable, easily and involuntarily contracting.

The repeated contractions cause the muscles to become large and prominent. This muscular appearance is highly sought after in the quarterhorse halter shows and breeders have selected for this trait, and so, inadvertently, the disease. The disorder causes sudden, unexplained muscle twitches, cramping, profound muscle weakness and in severe cases an attack which may progress to collapse and death. The genetic mutation can be traced back to Impressive, a halter horse stud from the 1970s and ’80s. HYPP is caused by a dominant gene and a single copy of the gene can cause the disease. Horses with two copies of the diseased gene appear to be even more severely affected. Careful nutritional management and exercise programs can help to alleviate the clinical expression of HYPP in many affected horses.

Hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia (HERDA) is an inherited degenerative skin disease. Horses that have HERDA are born with a defect in the structure and function of collagen, a tensile component that makes up tissues such as skin, muscles, and cartilage.

Affected horses have fragile hyper-extensible skin, which is easily injured, heals ineffectively and rarely heals without a disfiguring scar.

Foals appear normal at birth but by the age of 1.5 years they begin to develop skin lesions.

Wearing a saddle often causes the horse’s skin to tear away from the underlying muscles, leaving disfiguring wounds and scars. Sunburn can also be a concern.

There is no cure for the disorder and most horses with HERDA are euthanized before four years of age for humane reasons. Many carriers and affected horses can be traced back to the foundation quarter-horse sire, Poco Bueno.

The disease is recessive, which means that a horse must have two copies of the defective gene to suffer from the disease.

Consequently both the sire and the dam must possess at least one copy of the gene in order for the offspring to be afflicted.

Glycogen branching enzyme deficiency (GBED) is a simple hereditary recessive lethal condition. Foals affected with the disorder are missing the enzyme that turns glucose into glycogen, a major fuel. No fuel, no foal; GBED is always fatal.

Many affected foals are miscarried or stillborn. Those born alive do not survive beyond three months of age. The disease occurs in foals that are homozygous for the lethal GBED allele meaning both parents carry one copy of the gene. The stallion King P-234 has been linked to this disease.

Polysacchar ide storage myopathy (PSSM) is a hereditary autosomal dominant genetic disease caused by a defect in the gene related to glycogen storage in muscle.

Denied access to their fuel source, muscles struggle to function properly.

Affected horses may show muscle stiffness, cramping,

tying up, and/or gait abnormalities that may be mild to severe. In some cases horses with PSSM are unable to exercise normally because of weakness, pain, and reluctance to move. Horses with PSSM have a predisposition to muscle soreness and require longterm management of their condition. Clinical expression depends on turnout, pasture, diet, and exercise regimens.

Ma l i g n a n t h y p e r t h e r m i a (MH) is an inherited autosomal dominant disorder that causes a life-threatening condition.

It is triggered by exposure to certain drugs used for general anesthesia, overwork or stress.

In susceptible horses, a specific trigger induces excessive body temperature, muscle rigour, metabolic acidosis and death.

It is important to know the status of a horse prior to surgery or before initiating a new training regime.

Genes come in pairs. Each

parent contributes one copy to the offspring. With autosomal dominant genetic diseases such as HYPP, PSSM, and MH only one defective gene is necessary to express the genetic disease.

For the autosomal recessive genetic diseases such as GBED and HERDA typically two copies — a pair of an abnormal gene must be present in order for the horse to show expression of the genetic defect. Offspring born with one copy of the defective gene and one non-defective gene are considered “carriers.” Carriers have a 50 per cent chance of passing on the defective gene. Genetic testing of quarter-horses is critical in breeding management, as it is the only way to know whether a certain horse is a carrier for these specific diseases.

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WEATHER VANE “ E v e r y o ne tal k s a b o ut the weathe r , b ut n o o ne d o es an y thin g a b o ut it . ” M a r k Tw a i n , 18 9 7

Nice spring weather ahead Issued: Monday, April 6, 2015 · Covering: April 8 – April 15, 2015 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

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rctic high pressure built into our region last weekend and into the early part of this week as expected, but what wasn’t expected was the strength and resultant cold air.

Luckily, this arctic high will pull off to the east by the middle of this week, allowing milder air to move in again.

Several large systems will have an impact on our weather this forecast period. As arctic high pressure slowly pulls off to the east, a deep area of low pressure is expected to form over the central U.S. This low should be kept well to our south by the arctic high, but as usual, it will be something to watch. At the same time, energy from a large area of low pressure off the southern coast of Alaska will begin to push onshore over Northern Canada.

With low pressure developing to our west and high pressure to our east, we should see a fairly strong southerly flow develop by Thursday or Friday this week. This will help to boost our temperatures, with highs making it into the

low teens by Friday and possibly upper teens over the weekend. Combine this with plenty of sunshine and it will definitely feel very much like spring.

Some of the Pacific energy will move across the Prairies early next week. The weather models are having a tough time figuring out just where the main energy from this system will go, but there will be a good chance of some scattered showers and even the odd thundershower late on Monday and into Tuesday as the system sweeps through. Temperatures will cool down a little bit behind this system, with daytime highs cooling to the +10 C range on Tuesday and Wednesday, and overnight lows around the 0 C mark. I don’t see any outbreaks of really cold weather, though, as arctic air looks to stay well to our north.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, +1 to 14 C; lows, -8 to +2 C. Probability of precipitation falling as snow: 50 per cent.

Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park.

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

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Precipitation Compared to Historical Distribution (Prairie Region) November 1, 2014 to March 31, 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.

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With winter officially over, this issue’s map looks back at the total amount of precipitation that fell across the Prairies between Nov. 1 and March 31. From nearly the beginning of winter, eastern regions received very low to even record-low amounts of precipitation, while north-central parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan received very high to record-high amounts.

Weather stories from pole to pole Nearly no spring run-off is expected to go into California’s reservoirs this year

By Daniel Bezte co-operator contributor

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he snowpack has pretty much disappeared across the agricultural Prairies and, as is typical with spring, it has come and gone a few times now! That said, for the most part, it was a fairly early year for snow cover loss. With rising temperatures, our thoughts slowly begin to shift toward more sum mer-like weather and, in particular, thunderstorms.

So far this year it’s been a very quiet start to the thunderstorm season across the U.S., with the period of January to March only seeing 38 tornadoes, compared to an average of 163, as reported by the Weather Underground. Across our region there have been a few lightning strikes so far this year, making some of us wonder if this might be a more active year for our part of the world. Usually by this time of the year, I like to re-explore the topic of thunderstorms and severe weather, but I think we’ll leave that for another couple of weeks and allow the weather to warm up a bit more. For this issue we’ll take a look at a few interesting weather stories that have come up around the world.

Let’s start off at the bottom of our planet: Antarctica. According to Christopher C. Burt, the continent of Antarctica may have broken an all-time heat record. On March 24, Base Esperanza, located near the northern tip

On March 24, Base Esperanza, located near the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, recorded a temperature of 17.5 C

of the Antarctic Peninsula, recorded a temperature of 17.5 C. The reason for saying it “may have” broken a record is kind of complicated, and basically has to do with the remoteness of the region, what is officially considered Antarctica and what is not. Should the record only count if it comes from the continent proper and not one of the islands? If you include the islands, then how far off of the coast do you go? If you are interested in looking into this further I suggest you read Christopher’s full article located at the Weather Underground.

Jumping to the top of the world now, it appears Arctic winter sea ice will set a record for its lowest maximum extent. The ice coverage reached what looked to be a maximum on Feb. 25 at 14.54 million square kilometres.

The 1981 to 2010 average is 15.64 million square km. The ice continued to decline into early March before growing slightly during the rest of the month, but it doesn’t appear to have increased beyond the level recorded Feb. 25. Ice coverage has started to

decline once again. With ice coverage already two standard deviations below average at the beginning of the melt season, it could be an interesting summer over Arctic waters.

Rainfall and drought

Going back south, heavy rain fell in the driest place on Earth, the Atacama Desert in Chile. This region typically only sees about 1.7 millimetres of rain a year. You read that right: 1.7 mm of rain per year! There are parts of this desert that have never seen rain! The reason this region is so incredibly dry is that it has a triple whammy of conditions that prevent rainfall. First of all, it is located around 20 degrees south, which puts it in the zone where high pressure usually resides due to subsiding air. Second, it is located on the rain shadow side of the Andes Mountains. As the easterly trades rise up over the Andes they cool and the moisture falls out. This air then descends across the Atacama Desert, warming and drying as it does. Either of these two processes would keep the

region dry, but to make it even worse, there is a cold current of water flowing along the coast. This cold current prevents any significant amount of moisture from coming in off of the Pacific. In fact, most of the rainfall in this region comes in the form of mist or drizzle. How much rain did it get?

Well, in a 24-hour period on March 25-26, 24.4 mm of rain fell, or over 14 years’ worth of rain! While this doesn’t sound like much, for an area that does not get rain, it has caused some severe flooding, with at least 107 people either dead or missing.

Finally, our last piece of weather news comes out of California, and yes, you probably guessed it: drought. As modest winter rains brought water reservoir levels up a little, the recent springtime snowpack survey brought some devastating news. The survey found the snowpack, which is a major contributor to filling California’s reservoirs over the summer, held only five per cent of the usual amount of water it should have at this time of the year. This means there will be virtually no spring run-off and thus almost no water making it into the reservoirs. So, while the reservoirs might seem to be doing a bit better, any water in them right now will be quickly depleted over the summer. California has now introduced mandatory water restrictions, and with a large part of California’s agricultural industry relying on water, this will be a very interesting summer to watch what happens.

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Tips and tools for a successful soybean season Tips on seeding, soil levels, weed control, seed treatments and the latest sector tools to help you achieve top yields this season

By Jennifer Paige Co-operator staff

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Dennis Lange, crop specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, recently spoke at the Dauphin Agriculture Society’s Farm Outlook 2015, presenting the best practices and tools for soybean production. photo: jennifer paige

Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers has developed the soybean plant stand calculator application that assesses your plant populations and allows users to receive feedback based on data conducted in Manitoba.

website at www.manitobapulse.ca/ production-resources/.

When seeding, Lange recommends seeding depths of threequarters inch to 1-1/4 inch deep and to aim to be in the 130,000to 170,000-established-plantsper-acre range for the best yield potential. To determine stands, he recommends a new tool on the MPSG website. “With this app you use the hula-hoop diameter or a square foot and then conduct a few counts. When you hit the calculate button you are going to get some information and it will tell you whether the quality population is high, good, adequate or low.”

The calculator is available at www.manitobapulse.ca/mpgabean-app/.

Seeding considerations

“For seeding date in western Manitoba I tend to use May 15 to May 25 as a guideline. You want to try to get them into warm soil but you don’t want to get them in too early because there is that risk of a spring frost,” said Lange.

It is recommended to plant soybeans in soil at a minimum of 10 C. At this temperature, seeds will take two to three weeks to germinate.

If planted in cooler soil, the seed will sit in the ground and when it emerges, it will not be as vigorous as those planted in warmer soil.

“It is also really important that you are using inoculants and if you are a new grower, I would recommend using a liquid and granular combination. The liquid goes on the seed and the granular goes beside the seed,” said Lange.

“Using the two different forms, when you have that option, does give you more insurance and will give you better yield potential, especially in years where there is a very wet spring.”

MPSG and MAFRD have developed a document to help you assess pest risks on your operation and aid you in deciding whether a seed treatment is necessary and what type of seed treatment would be most appropriate. It’s available on the MPGA website at www.manitobapulse.ca/production-resources/.

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anitoba soybean acreage has more than doubled in the last 10 years, and this year even more farmers are expected to give the crop a try.

Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD) pulse specialist Dennis Lange offered some tips at the Dauphin Agriculture Society’s Farm Outlook 2015 conference.

Lange reviewed the importance of selecting the right variety for your area, noting that days to maturity is the most important factor.

The length of time between planting and maturity varies between 113 days in short-season varieties up to 121 days in mid- to long-season lines.

“Pick the varieties that are suited for the growing region. Go with something you know and are comfortable with and then when you want to expand into other lines make sure you do your research on the available varieties — days to maturity, soil type, yield potential.”

Lange said soybeans typically grow best in soil with 50 pounds or less of nitrogen. In soil with 80 to 100 pounds of nitrogen you may run into some problems as the plants will take the closest nitrogen source.

Soybeans also remove 0.84 pound of phosphate per bushel and attention must be paid to ensure a proper fertilization strategy to ensure application rates are meeting removal rates through the entire crop rotation.

“Soybeans are very good scavengers for phosphate but what is interesting is that they respond very well to soil with high phosphate levels, much better than low phosphate levels,” said Lange.

He recommends building up the phosphate over a number of years through crop rotations, and MAFRD recently created a spreadsheet calculator to assist producers in determining nutrient removal and balance through rotations. It’s available on the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers (MPSG)

“You have to look at your own farm and determine whether the level of pest warrants the use of an insecticide,” said Lange. “Overuse of some of the products can have some negative effects, including residue in surface water, persistence in soil and in some conditions be harmful to pollinators. However, not using a seed treatment can be risky, especially in cool soils if you have some early planting.”

Soybean seedlings are not competitive with weeds and control is primarily handled with herbicides.

“Weed control is very important with soybeans. You need to know your weeds and you have to scout you weeds to make sure you are in there and controlling them early,” said Lange. “Scout your fields before you spray and after you spray and watch for the weeds that aren’t controlled.”

Lange noted that Manitoba currently has two confirmed cases of glyphosate-tolerant kochia, both found in the Red River Valley.

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Glyphosate: Advice to producers remains the same

Without the introduction of herbicide-resistant canola, yields would likely be much lower than they are today

By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

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he Canola Council of Canada isn’t suggesting producers make any changes following a move by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) to label glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic.”

Glyphosate, the pr imar y active ingredient in Roundup, along with malathion and diazinon received the designation due to “limited evidence of carcinogenicity in humans and sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in experimental animals,” following the agency’s evaluation of existing scientific data.

Curtis Rempel, vicepresident of crop production and innovation for the

canola council, downplayed the legitimacy of the French cancer agency following the announcement, questioning its links to the World Health Organization (WHO). “ T h e W H O u s e s ( I A RC ) occasionally, but not always.

It’s not the WHO coming out saying that glyphosate is potentially carcinogenic, just to clarify that,” he said.

T h e a g e n c y, w h i c h p u blished its findings in The Lancet Oncolog y last month, is described as the “specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization” on its website.

Rempel said that so far, the council has not heard from producers concerned about the change to glyphosate’s designation and questioned the veracity of the findings,

“I’m standing by the safety of the product and we’re standing by our agronomic recommendations.”

Curtis Rempel

which came from a year-long review culminating in a weekl o n g w o rk i n g g ro u p c o m posed of 17 cancer experts from 11 countries.

“It s e e m s l i k e t h e I A RC study, at first blush for me, it’s stepping right outside of the boundary of sound science, and for me that’s a concern,” he said. “All of the regulatory reviews to date have not identified glyphosate as being carcinogenic, at all, in terms of

any sort of real-world applications… so for now nothing changes in terms of advice to growers.”

Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in agriculture worldwide and is essential to the production of Roundup Ready varieties of corn, soybeans and canola.

Glyphosate is also used for chemical fallow, pre-planting burn-down, as well as in landscaping and lawn main-

tenance. The chemical is also used as a desiccant in some crops.

Rempel couldn’t hazard a guess on what a loss of access to glyphosate would mean for the canola industr y, which contributes nearly $20 billion to the Canadian economy, according Agriculture Canada, noting the situation is a hypothetical one.

“I couldn’t even begin to speculate on that,” said Rempel, adding that new technologies will continue to emerge as old technologies fall from use, for one reason or another.

“But clearly in the current scheme… we’ve seen some real steep changes in canola a g ro n o m i c g a i n s w i t h t h e introduction of herbicidetolerant canola, like Roundup Ready, and so if those technologies wouldn’t have happened… would we see the yield and profitability gains that we’ve currently seen in canola and other crops?” he asked. “I think the yield curve would have lagged.”

He a l s o b e l i e v e s I A RC ’s findings won’t hurt canola’s h e a l t h y i m a g e. P r o m o t e d largely on the benefits of its omega-3s for heart health, Re m p e l s a i d t h a t m a rk e ting will remain the council’s focus.

“We’re gonna stand behind that and keep focusing on that,” he said, calling the IARC report “opinion style.”

According to IARC Monographs Volume 112: evaluation of five organophosphate insecticides and herbicides, the experts in the working group examined “reports that have been published or accepted for publication in the openly available scientific literature” as well as “data from governmental reports that are publicly available.”

In any event, Rempel said he does not find the IARC case a compelling one.

“Gyphosate-based herbi cides, they have passed some of the rigorous scrutiny from regulatory and public health authorities globally,” he said.

“I’m standing by the safety of the product and we’re standing by our agronomic recommendations.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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Iowa farmland prices down 7.6 per cent in six months

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Sharp drop in farmland prices cited as the main factor

By Christine Stebbins Reuters

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armland prices in Iowa, the top U.S. corn and soybean state, are down by an average 7.6 per cent over the past six months and 11 per cent from a year ago, pressured mainly by lower grain prices, according to a survey released Mar. 31.

The report by the Iowa Realtors Land Institute said that all nine Iowa crop acreage districts showed a decrease in value since September 2014, ranging from 4.6 per cent in the southwest to 11 per cent in the northeast.

The biggest factor pressuring farmland values was the 30 per cent to 40 per cent drop in commodity prices over the past 18 months, Kyle Hansen, of Hertz Real Estate and chair of the survey, told Reuters.

“That definitely weighs and land values should come down,” he said, adding that farmland remained generally underpinned by limited sales and strong demand.

The twice-yearly sur vey, c a r r i e d o u t i n Ma rc h a n d September since 1978, said factors contributing to current farmland assessments included lack of stable alternative investments for farmers and increasing interest rates.

Highest prices for top-quality Iowa grain land averaged $11,619 an acre in the northwestern district of Iowa, down from $12,385 six months earlier. Lowest prices for that acreage were in the southc e n t ra l d i s t r i c t a t $ 7 , 7 7 5 , down from $8,267.

Highest pasture land prices were in the southwest district at $3,400, up from $3,394.

Pasture prices ticked higher in all but two districts, buoyed by livestock farm demand.

U.S. farmland values have set records in recent years following the strength in grain prices amid short supplies and the booming demand for biofuels and food exports.

Values are watched closely by bankers and U.S. policymakers — especially in Iowa, which is seen as a bellwether state — since land is the main collateral for farmer loans.

Economists and bankers h a ve b e e n e x p e c t i n g l a n d prices to soften given lower grain revenues but not burst any farmland price “bubble,” as happened in the 1980s.

“The bubble didn’t pop. It’s a balloon with a small, pin-size hole leak in it. We are adjusting lower at a slow rate,” Hansen said. “Land values may continue to soften over the next six to 12 months depending on commodity pr ices.

Cash rents will also soften.”

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You can’t have a healthy farm without healthy farmers Prior to producers’ most stressful seasons, experts suggest taking inventory of your stress levels and to plan ahead to avoid pitfalls that will impact your mental health

By Jennifer Paige Co-operator staff / Dauphin

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on’t forget that third item that needs tending on your farm, says a rural health specialist.

“As many producers tend to their crops and livestock daily, they need to remember to also tend to themselves and their own well-being,” John Cale from Prairie Mountain Health told the Farm Outlook 2015 conference presented by the Dauphin Agriculture Society here last month.

“The farm may not make as much profit without completing a few more jobs that day but in the long run, the farm won’t make any profit if the producer isn’t healthy mentally and physically.”

Farmers are well known for being independent with a tendency not to openly talk about problems or ask for support, while at the same time facing tremendous pressure as they try to balance work both on and off the farm.

A 2006 report by the World Health Organization ( WHO) cited farming as one of the most stressful occupations. It identified risks including hazardous work

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environments, reduced access to emergency services, unstable and adverse economic conditions, long working hours, lack of social recognition, financial uncertainty and social isolation.

“Fa r m e r s a re f a c i n g a n immense amount of pressures from all different areas, weather, increased input costs, large debt loads, disease outbreaks, erratic markets, government regulations, long hours and uncertain yields,” said Cale.

That creates stress, which in turn can threaten physical and mental health, causing high blood pressure, heart disease, weakened immune systems, depression and even suicide.

A 2005 report in the International Journal of Social Psychiatry indicated that farmers experience one of the highest rates of suicide of any industry and there is growing evidence that those involved in farming are at a higher risk of developing mental health problems.

“If your body is a tractor, then stress can be compared to how hard you rev. Too little revs and you could be lugging yourself along; too much and you could blow a gasket; too long and you deplete your fuel. But revs are not

your enemy, it’s revving too much, too long that becomes the problem,” said Cale.

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With the stress of spring seeding approaching, Cale encourages producers to evaluate their situation and stress levels.

“Everyone views stressful situations differently and has different coping skills. Many times you cannot control outside forces that affect the farm but you can control how they are handled and how you cope with the stress.”

Cale recommends assessing your thinking patterns, avoid allor-nothing thinking, jumping to conclusions and disqualifying the positive or making mountains out of molehills.

“Once your stress alarms have gone off you need to check your thinking to make sure that you are not now fuelling the problem,” he said. “Fuelling the problem with your thinking is the difference between having stress that will push you to aspire to do better things and stress that can actually contribute to mortality.”

Cale offered up some reallife coping tools throughout his presentation, noting that farm-

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ers should give themselves credit for what has been accomplished, set realistic goals, prioritize tasks, delegate as much as possible and don’t set yourself up for stress — leave some time to deal with the unexpected.

In recent years, the changing global economy has affected producers’ relationships with one another, due to increased competition, increased farm sizes and further separation from neighbours. In many cases, farmers have lost the primary support of fellow farmers.

Agriculture, more than any other industry, is a community that is empowered by networking and communication. As the busy seasons approach, Cale urges producers to be open to communication.

“Farm communities in Canada were built by neighbours helping neighbours and keeping that bond strong will only lead to better profits and health for everyone.

“When talking to someone who is highly stressed, accurate empathy is the first place to begin,” said Cale. “Many of these producers are dealing with very significant and real losses. If you say, ‘it is all going to be OK,’ when they are

John Cale from Prairie Mountain Health spoke about farm health issues at Farm Outlook 2015 presented by the Dauphin Agriculture Society. Photo: Jennifer Paige

losing what they are losing, it is not an accurate response to what they are dealing with.”

Cale encourages all producers to utilize Manitoba Farm and Rural Support Services online counselling, text, email and chat support lines as well as the organization’s free and anonymous application, Calm in the Storm.

“Ask for help. There are a number of resources available to farmers in all different areas,” said Cale. “Make consultation appointments even if you don’t think you will use the service. Talk to advisers, professionals and your neighbours. If they can’t help you, they may be able to direct you to the right person. You do not have to do everything on your own and it never hurts to ask.”

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Last year’s people’s choice awards were won by Nathania Frederica (left, adult) and Lisa Maendel (youth).

Prizes offered for this year’s best crop of crocus photos Get out your camera to take this year’s best photo of Manitoba’s provincial flower RM of Lansdowne release

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t’s time — the wild Prairie crocus is stretching out from below the brown grasses of last fall and getting ready to bloom. It’s also time to get out the camera for fresh crocus photos.

Youth and adults will be competing for more than $500 in prize money offered for the 2015 Crocus Photo Contest at Arden.

This year’s early spring promises to provide lots of opportunities for photographers to find and photograph the provincial wildflower, says John Dietz, contest organizer and secretary to the sponsor Lansdowne Heritage Resources & Tourism Committee (LHRTC).

Contest photos must be as fresh as the season — taken this April, in Manitoba. Normal full-bloom stage is about a week on either side of April 15.

Entries close at midnight Sun-

day, April 26. All photos in the contest are displayed a week later at Arden’s Crocus Festival on Saturday, May 2.

Manitoba has many small, scattered patches of wild Prairie crocus. The fragile, mauve or purple-coloured wildflower prefers sandy, sunny and undisturbed native grassland, and can be hard to find.

Arden still has a few acres of native grassland that bloom abundantly with crocus for about two weeks, and the village welcomes visiting photographers.

Arden is located six km north of the Yellowhead Highway, on the old Fort Ellice Trail, and about 160 northwest of Winnipeg.

Prize structure

The contest is open for all residents of Manitoba, except professional photographers. Sponsors put up the cash for 16 prizes in four categories, with separate

competitions for youth and adults.

Independent judging is provided again in 2015 by Photo Central in Winnipeg. The photography store donates 8x10-inch prints of all the digital entries.

Crocus Festival headquarters, the Arden Community Centre, is the scene of a one-day photo gallery where all flower pictures are displayed and judged for a second time.

Visitors participate by voting for their favourite youth and adult crocus photo in the hall.

This becomes the People’s Choice Award, an event sponsored by the Manitoba Co-operator, which will publish the photos and awarded $50 for each.

There are no fees for entering the contest, and no admission fees at the family-oriented event.

Contest details can be obtained from the municipal website www. ardenmb.ca.

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

Fortier farm family planting a crop to raise funds for cancer research After battling cancer last year, Darcy Miller of Fortier wanted to find a way to give back

After a battle with cancer Darcy Miller together with his wife Andrea are organizing a fundraiser for cancer research. The couple has four children between the ages of seven and 11. PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON

By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff/Fortier

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hen Darcy Miller was in hospital recovering from surgery last spring, he wasn’t just thinking about getting back to work.

He was thinking about how, once he was well again, he’d find a way to give back for all the care and support he’d received since his diagnosis.

A routine colonoscopy in February 2014 had revealed the 47-year-old father of four had two polyps containing cancerous cells. Further tests showed five out of 11 lymph nodes contained cancer as well.

After surgery he spent months in chemotherapy and radiation therapy and saw how hard his illness was on his wife and their young family of four. But all the while, a plan was taking shape in his mind.

He resolved to grow a crop and donate the proceeds to cancer research after he recovered.

“My dad used to say, ‘when things get tough, do what you do best, and do a good job with it,’” says Miller, a pedigreed seed grower and owner of Miller Agritec Inc. The Millers operate a fourthgeneration farm at the old village site of Fortier east of Oakville.

The cancer research fundraiser immediately stuck a chord among their many business associates, friends and neighbours, he said.

He started pitching the idea last fall and there was “overwhelming and instant” offers to donate land, seed, and crop inputs for the project he’s dubbed ‘Growing Support for CancerCare.’

“As soon as I mentioned this to any of the guys I deal with, without me even asking, they

“My dad used to say, ‘when things get tough, do what you do best, and do a good job with it.’”

Darcy Miller

said, ‘what can we do to help?’” he said.

At Elie, Bernie Chabot has offered 90 acres of land for the project. Winkler’s Legend Seeds and Seed Depot at Pilot Mound are donating soybean and wheat for a three-year crop rotation. Arnold Blight with Portage Agri-Sales is donating all the crop inputs. Five different farmers so far have approached them asking how they can help.

“In the end, all we’re providing is the machinery to look

after the crop and the manpower to run it, and we’re looking after the crop,” adds Miller.

Behind each and every offer of help is mention of knowing someone who has battled cancer, he said.

“As Arnold (Blight) said to me, ‘we’ve all been touched either directly or indirectly by it.’”

Blight was a friend of Miller’s late father, who died of cancer in 2012. Miller’s grandfather also succumbed. But Darcy is living proof of the advances now being made not only to treat and care for cancer patients, but detect cancer earlier.

It’s all due to the investments made in research, says Miller, which is why proceeds of these crops, which they anticipate will bring in upwards of $150,000 over three years, will go directly towards that cause.

A dollar invested in research goes a long way and returns benefits to many, he said.

“As pedigreed seed growers we believe in research.”

The Millers kicked off t h e G r ow i n g Su p p o r t f o r CancerCare project earlier this winter, inviting staff from CancerCare Manitoba to visit the Oakville K to Grade 8 school to speak to students.

They’ve had T-shirts and wristbands made bearing Darcy’s motto, ‘I won’t back down.’ A big sign will be erected near Elie later this year.

With so much enthusiasm for the idea unfolding, they aim to host a big harvest event in the fall and invite the public.

Their main hope is this project will spark more ideas to support CancerCare Manitoba, says Miller.

That seed is already growing.

“That’s been the overwhelming part of this whole process... h ow q u i c k l y p e o p l e h a v e stepped up to help,” he said. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Feast your eyes on eggs Julie Garden-Robinson Food and Nutrition Specialist NDSU Extension Service

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hen I was a toddler, my aunt often picked me up and took me out to eat at our local café. I chose the same menu item whether we went out for breakfast, lunch or an afternoon snack.

“I’ll have trampled ‘oggs’ and totes,” I said to the waitress. I was about two years old at the time, and I am sure I was proud to order my own food. The waitress and my aunt grinned at each other, and they didn’t need to call in a translator to decipher my baby talk.

Before long, my plate of scrambled eggs with a side of toast arrived at our table.

“Are you having trampled ‘oggs’ today?” she would ask as we opened the door and entered the restaurant. Of course, I was.

Although I have a vague memory of these early restaurant experiences, I heard the story many times as I was growing up. When I was a teenager, the story brought vivid pink to my cheeks when it was relayed to my friends.

Eventually I learned how to pronounce my food choices a little better. I still enjoy eggs, especially the scrambled variety.

I never gave up eggs, even when the 190 milligrams of cholesterol in an average egg was a nutrition villain in my early days as a college nutrition student. More recent nutrition guidance has softened the rules about eggs.

As a result of ongoing research, we now know that the cholesterol in eggs, termed “dietary cholesterol,” does not appear to raise our blood cholesterol significantly. An egg a day is considered OK for healthy people. However, be sure to follow the advice of your health-care provider, especially if you have diabetes or another chronic disease.

If you are looking to make a dietary change, pay attention to the “trans” fat and “saturated” fat in your diet. Trans fat is the “nutrition villain” these days because it is linked to increasing our risk for heart disease more than any other food component.

The process of hydrogenation converts liquid oils to solid fats, and trans fat is formed in the process. The word “trans” refers to

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the chemical structure. Solid shortenings used in bakery goods and snack foods are among the greatest contributors of trans fats in our diet.

We need to minimize trans fat in our diet because it raises bad cholesterol (LDL) levels but lowers good cholesterol (HDL) levels in our blood.

Consumers are getting savvy about trans fat and they are looking for it on labels. Many foods are labelled “zero trans fat” or “trans fat free.” Be aware that trans fat may not show up on nutrition facts labels. If the amount of trans fat per serving is less than 0.5 gram, the package can say it contains “zero trans fat” due to the rounding rules allowed in food labelling laws.

Look for the terms “hydrogenated” and “partially hydrogenated” on ingredient statements located near the nutrition facts labels.

These terms indicate that “trans fat” may be present, even if it doesn’t show up on the nutrition facts label.

If you learn that your favourite foods contain some trans fat, be sure to stay within the serving size listed. That will help you eat a minimal amount of trans fat.

Here’s the good news for egg lovers: Eggs do not contain trans fat. If you like fried eggs, use a non-stick pan and you will not add any calories from added fat, either. Add veggies to your eggs for a nutrition boost.

Eggs are one of the most versatile, economical and nutritious foods available. They are an excellent source of easily digested protein, and they are low in sodium unless you salt them heartily. Having a protein-rich egg in the morning, whether it is hard cooked, poached, scrambled or otherwise cooked, helps you feel full longer throughout the morning.

Eggs also are one of the eye-healthy foods. Egg yolks get their gold-yellow colour from a natural pigment in the carotenoid family. The pigment lutein literally feeds our eyes. The macula lutea (yellow spot) in the back of our eye needs nourishment from our diet. Along with eggs, foods such as spinach, kale, orange peppers, corn and several other brightly coloured vegetables have been shown to reduce our risk for macular degeneration.

For more information about nutrition and eyes, be sure to visit www.ndsu.edu/boomers in April. Several eye health resources are provided on our website, and you can sign up for a free monthly e-newsletter.

Egg Muffins Here’s a novel way to enjoy eggs. These miniature omelettes made in a muffin tin will be a welcome treat in the morning. They were a big hit among taste testers when my students tried the recipe in our food lab.

I almost like these more than “trampled” eggs.

15 eggs 1/2 c. milk 1/2 tsp. ground mustard 1/2 tsp. garlic salt 1 c. grated low-fat cheese 1-3/4 c. chopped vegetables of your choice (red pepper, broccoli, zucchini, mushrooms, tomatoes, onion or green onion) Optional: diced Canadian bacon, lean ham or crumbled cooked turkey sausage

Preheat the oven to 375 F. Spray muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray.

In the bottom of each muffin tin, layer diced meat (if using), cheese and 2 tablespoons of the vegetable mixture. Note: If adding meat and vegetables, add 1 tablespoon of meat and only 1 tablespoon of veggies. In a large bowl, break the eggs and add in the milk and seasoning. Whisk to combine. Pour eggs into the muffin tin until it is three-fourths full. Bake 25 to 35 minutes until muffins have risen and are slightly browned and set. Muffins will keep for several days in the refrigerator. These can be frozen, but for best results, thaw in the refrigerator overnight, then reheat for one to two minutes in a microwave oven.

Makes 15 muffins. Each muffin has 100 calories, 6 grams (g) of fat, 2 g of carbohydrate, 7 g of protein and 140 milligrams of sodium.

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o, how was Mexico?” Andrew Jackson leaned back in his chair and took a sip of coffee. Rose, who was in the chair next to his did the same as the two of them waited for a reply to Andrew’s question. Their friends, Grant and Karen Toews, who sat across the table from them, looked at each other to see who would answer.

“It was fantastic,” said Grant. “Fourteen days in a row it was sunny and hot. And I mean hot — 30° every day.”

“It was 29 below when we went to the airport,” added Karen, “and when we got out of the plane five hours later in Puerto Vallarta it was 29 above.”

“That’s a bit of a shock isn’t it?” said Rose. “We had the same experience when we went south last winter. But you get used to it in a hurry, don’t you?” she laughed.

“In about five minutes,” said Karen.

“When we got into the terminal in Puerto Vallarta,” said Grant, “we had to stand in line to get through customs and there was this security guard just ambling around with a dog on a leash, kind of wandering around among the passengers and the dog was sniffing at people’s luggage here and there, and he came up to us and the dog sniffed my suitcase and then Karen’s suitcase and then Karen’s carry-on, but then when the guard tried to move on, the dog wouldn’t go. And I was thinking, ‘oh my god Karen, what do you have in your bag?’ So the guard made her open the bag and there was an apple in there that she bought in Winnipeg and didn’t eat on the plane.”

“Nobody told us there would be apple-sniffing dogs,” said Karen. “They told us there would be time-share salespeople who wouldn’t take no for an answer, but nothing about fruit canines.”

Andrew and Rose both laughed. “The timeshare people do take no for an answer,” said Andrew, “just not the first time you say it.”

“I had no idea sniffer dogs would find fruit,” said Rose. “I thought they just looked for drugs.

And sausage. Pete Olfert tried to take a kielbasa down to his sister in Cabo and apparently a dog found that too.”

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By Rollin Penner

“That dog was probably just hungry,” said Andrew.

“Well at least they didn’t put us in jail,” said Grant. “Apparently the penalty for smuggling one apple into Mexico isn’t very severe.”

“I have to admit though,” said Karen, “when the dog stopped and wouldn’t move on I sort of panicked for just a second. I was thinking OK, who used this bag last? Did Kendra take this bag to the Folk Festival last summer and if

so what did she have in it? And then I remembered the apple.”

Rose laughed out loud. “That’s exactly what I would have thought,” she said. “I would have immediately assumed it was one of my kid’s faults.”

“It usually is,” said Grant.

“So how did you like the resort you stayed at?” asked Andrew.

“It was really nice,” said Karen. “Big. Five different restaurants, four huge swimming pools, each with its own bar, three bars on the beach, a spa and a gym and a theatre with live entertainment every night. All included in the price.”

“That’s why they call it an all-inclusive,” said Andrew.

“The drinks they mix are insane,” said Grant.

“Karen had a pina colada the first afternoon on the beach and by the time she finished it she was waving her hands in the air and singing ‘Mamma Mia’ at the top of her lungs. They must have put six ounces of rum in that thing.”

“Oh yeah, I could have told you that!” said Andrew. “That’s the first thing you need to learn down there. Always ask for half the alcohol.”

“Are you going to go back next winter?” asked Rose.

Grant and Karen looked at each other again.

“Probably not to an all-inclusive,” said Andrew. “It was super nice and everything, but to tell the truth we don’t drink enough to make that worthwhile. And the fact that you can eat as much as you want any time you want is cool but not if you’re totally tired of the food by the fourth day and you end up going out anyway.”

There was a moment of silence. Rose took a sip of coffee.

“I have a suggestion,” said Rose. “I say next winter we all go down together. We rent a nice bungalow or condo right on the beach and spend two weeks pretending we’re wealthy retirees from wherever. All in favour say aye.”

“Aye,” said the other three in unison.

“Excellent,” said Rose. “It’s the fifth of April and already I’m looking forward to next winter.”

Golden bloom in early spring What a welcome sight as we look forward to another gardening season

By Albert Parsons

First to appear are the vibrant yellow, bell-shaped flowers of the forsythia shrub

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arly-spring bloom is such a welcome sight in our gardens as we shrug off the last vestiges of winter and begin to eagerly look forward to the upcoming gardening season. No early flowers are more welcome than the very first ones and those include some wonderful golden blooms that are some of my favourites.

First to appear are the vibrant yellow, bell-shaped flowers of the forsythia shrub. The flowers are produced before the leaves come out so the whole shrub is covered in gold; the blooms are produced all along the upright branches and the display lasts for a couple of weeks. Until recently, forsythia was considered too tender to survive in our area but a hardy cultivar called “Northern Gold” ended that problem for most gardeners although if winter temperatures go below -40 C, flower buds may be killed.

Planting forsythia in a sheltered spot with a southern location, one that gets lots of snow cover, will help to protect it from winter injury. Forsythia is fast growing and has a fibrous root system, which makes the shrub easy to transplant or divide. It is a heavy feeder and will benefit from an application of slowrelease fertilizer early in the growing season.

Adonis Vernalis (excuse the thistles) is one of the hardy perennials that will put on an early golden display. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

Sometimes even before the forsythia blooms have faded, another golden beauty, albeit much smaller, takes over centre stage in the garden. Adonis Vernalis, a hardy perennial, begins to produce its daisy-shaped, single yellow blooms. They are held above the ferny foliage on stiff stems less than 25 cm high. The plant blooms before spring frosts are over but suffers no ill effects from below-zero nighttime temperatures. Adonis Vernalis is an old plant and not found in all garden centres. Some undisturbed rural gardens where it has grown for decades will have a good-size patch of these lovely plants as they do self-seed.

While the Adonis is still blooming, along come more yellow blooms, this time from a hardy perennial, yellow alyssum “Basket of Gold.” This lovely plant produces tiny golden-yellow flowers in large clusters on stems about 30 cm tall. The plants are semi-trailing so they can get quite wide and are useful to use at the edge of a raised border or curbed driveway where they can tumble over the edge of the hardscape and soften its appearance. Once the plant has stopped blooming it is a good idea to shear it to about two-thirds of its original height to ensure that it does not go to seed, as it can get to be a bit of a weed.

By this time we await the bloom of tulips and other spring bulbs, but before this happens we will enjoy the yellow and white blooms of a very special, early tulip, the “Tarda.” These grow in clumps, are only about 15 cm tall, and from each clump emerge innumerable cheery blooms. The display, unfortunately, is short lived, but still well worth dedicating some garden space to see each spring. Like other tulips, the foliage will shrivel and die off so the area can be overplanted with some annuals in late spring.

As spring advances, more blooms appear. The golden-orange blooms of the herbaceous potentilla, the pale-yellow bells of fritillaria… and after enjoying a wonderful show of early-spring bloom in all shades of yellow, summer soon follows.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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Search and rescue training session Knowledge gained will assist in real-life situations

By Darrell Nesbitt

In Manitoba, the Office of the Fire Commissioner is in charge of training standards and verification, and provides training to interested volunteers

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earch and rescue situations are not uncommon in Manitoba. Last fall, a group of people received valuable training during an exercise put on by the West Central Mutual Aid and the Office of Fire Commissioner (OFC) just north of Solsgirth.

“We gather here not from a competition standpoint, but simply to learn from each other,” said Tom Cottingham, a member of the Birtle Fire Department involved in the search and rescue practice. “What is learned will give all of us knowledge for a real situation.”

Men and women from the communities or fire departments of Birtle, Hamiota, Miniota, Shoal Lake, Onanole, Rossburn, Russell and St. Lazare, took part in three stations throughout the day — Compass and Map Reading, Navigation, and Rope Rescue — all important when searching for someone lost in the various terrain found in the province.

Words on an emblem on the fire/rescue vehicle of the Russell & District Fire Department (RFD) spell out what it is to be a firefighter or search and rescue member — “The desire to serve, the courage to act, the ability to perform.” Along with the truck, the RFD also has a tracked quad and rescue wagon at its disposal, and many other departments throughout the area do as well.

However, the RFD is the only department within the West

Tom Cottingham (r) a member of the Birtle Fire Department involved in the training session.

Central Mutual Aid fully trained in rope rescue, which may be called upon should someone be injured and trapped in a ravine or at the bottom of a steep embankment.

Russell deputy fire chief, Curtis Boucher, demonstrated all aspects of a rope rescue on a grassy knoll along the eastern edge of the Solsgirth Valley.

To reach the station, the group used GPS co-ordinates and trekked through stubble, thick stands of trees, dead and deciduous trees, dirt piles, barbed wire fence, hills, and small paths carved out by pastured cattle. The round-about journey from Point

A to Point B was a total distance of two kilometres. Along with people, specially trained rescue dogs are used in a search and rescue.

In Manitoba, the Office of the Fire Commissioner is in charge of training standards and verification, and provides training to interested volunteers.

“Having attended a number of training exercises, I have found them very informative,” said Cottingham. “I remember the one at Spruce Woods Provincial Park had 12 stations including a downed aircraft. A special quest of mine is to attend a training session up north.”

PHOTO: DARRELL NESBITT

Search and Rescue Manitoba’s (SARMAN) mission is to enhance the delivery of search and rescue efforts in the province through the promotion of inter-agency cooperation, interoperability, and the co-ordinated development of standardized policies, training programs, and search and rescue operations.

SARMAN monitors and ensures all its members are adhering to standards. Due to safety and liability concerns, the RCMP only uses volunteers who meet these standards. Presently there are 29 highly trained and mobile volunteer teams across the province.

Search and Rescue Manitoba stresses the importance of planning in order to experience a safe and enjoyable outdoor adventure. Plan your route using maps, and make sure that you have all the equipment you may need. Most importantly, tell a responsible person where and when you are going and when they should expect you back.

The strength and success of SARMAN is because of the volunteers who come to assist someone in need of help at a moment’s notice. Field training, along with classroom courses in outdoor survival, navigation, first aid, CPR or emergency procedures, all play a key role in the locating of lost or missing persons or other rescue incidents within the province.

Darrell Nesbitt writes from Shoal Lake, 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.

A soft morning light enhances the unique lines of this barn located on the Shauman farm northeast of Lac du Bonnet.

Believed to have been built about 1925, the barn features large squared log construction with tight dovetail cornering.

The unusual roofline and central cupola suggest a trace of French and Swiss influence in design. Further information on this building will be provided at a later time.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 9, 2015

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

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

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

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

The Pas

Swan River Minitonas Durban

Roblin

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Parkland

Riverton Eriksdale

McCreary

Melita

Langruth

Neepawa

Gladstone

Brandon

Carberry

Brandon, MB | April 16, 2015 · 11 am

3 Miles on Clandeboye Hwy then South 1 ¼ miles on Hwy # 8, #8265

Treherne

Killarney

Pilot Mound Crystal City

Elm Creek

Sanford

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

St. Pierre

242

Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

Contact: (204) 453-1465

Lac du Bonnet

Beausejour

Winnipeg

Austin

Souris

Boissevain

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage

Westman

Waskada

Interlake

Erickson Minnedosa

Rapid City

1

Arborg

Lundar Gimli

Shoal Lake

Hamiota

Reston

AUCTION SALE

Roland & Ann Waters

Clandeboye, MB

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac

Virden

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

Unreserved Public Retirement Auction

Saturday, April 25 @ 10:00 am

Winnipegosis

Birtle

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

Estate of Bruno Janowski

Birch River

Russell

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

Steinbach

1

Red River

AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland MEYERS GUN AUCTION 10:00A.M. Sat., Apr. 11 Arden, MB. Rifles, Shotguns, Military, Pistols, Ammunition.

Bid online at www.icollector.com Bradley Meyers Auctioneer Ph:(204)476-6262. www.meyersauctions.com

Tractors: JD 4020 dsl 540/1000 hyd 23.1 30, 7016 hrs * JD 4020 gas 3PH 540/1000 dual hyd w/ JD 148 FEL 4009 hrs * JD 1120 dsl HL 3PH 540 dual hyd w/ JD 145 FEL, 4701 hrs * Haying & Misc Equip: NH 495 12’ Haybine * NH 855 Baler * Vermer 605H Baler * NH 258 Side Del Rake * NH Gang for Side Del Rake * MF 7’ Sickle Trailer Mower * Int 540 Manure Spreader * Bucket & Grapple * Leon 6’ 3PH Blade * 4 Wheel Farm Trailers * Grain Equip: MF 750 Combine * 74 Chev C 60 Gas w/ 13’ B&H * NH 1090 gas 18’ Swather * White 6200 gas 20’ Swather * JD 235 24’ Tandem Disc * Melroe 140 30’ Light Cult * Int 45 18’ Vibra Cult * 2) Coop 1001 15’ Discer Seeders * Valmor 240 Air Flo 40’ * Allied 7” 40’ PTO Auger * Vers 6” 28’ Auger w/ 8HP B&S * 6’ Swath Roller * Diamond Harrows * Graneries & Misc: 8) Westeel 1650 Bus Graineries * Fiberglass 13’ Boat, 20 HP Johnson & Trailer * H Davidson Gas 3 Wheel Golf Cart * Water Pumps * 2) 16HP Engine * Drill Fill * Imp Parts * Various Farm Misc *

2012 John Deere 9510R

2012 Claas Lexion 750

2011 John Deere 4730 100 Ft

2011 Westward M150 35 Ft

2011 Bourgault 6450

2011 Bourgault 3310PHD 48 Ft

2011 John Deere 8310R

2008 Kubota M108S

Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com Round up the cash! Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds.

Go public with an ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. Phone 1-800-782-0794.

UNRESERVED RECEIVER

AUCTION SALE SOLD IN PALLET LOTS

RETIREMENT AUCTION FOR PETER & Anne Wiebe. Sat. Apr., 18 at 12:00p.m. 10-mi S of Gladstone or 9-mi N of Austin on Hwy 34 till Rd 73N & turn east. Be on time, not a lot of small selling.

TRACTORS & TRUCK: 1979 - 886 INT 18.4 x34 fact. duals, dual PTO, 2 hyds, 5023-hrs, Cab & air; 1975 - 5000 Ford RC fact. 3pth, 2 hyds, PTO, 6,772-hrs; 1966 Ford 350, 9-ft box & hoist, 352 eng., 4 spd trans, 34,187-mi, safetied; 16-ft Greenvalley Gooseneck stock trailer; 1966 - 410 MF Combine PU chopper Cab, 292 gas eng.; 1949 Ford 3-ton, Cab & Chassis running. HAYING & TILLAGE EQUIP.: 40 - 4x5-ft Grass & Alfalfa Bales (shedded); Case IH RBX451 silage Rd Baler; MF 1440 Rd Baler; 12-ft 495 NH Haybine; 9-ft 489 NH Haybine; 12-ft 253 White Tandem Disc; 12-ft MF Discer; 13-ft 45 INT Vibra Shank cult.; 14-ft Glencoe 3pth cult.; 4-16 MF 3pth Plow; 15-ft Pony Harrows; 7-ft Allied 3pth Snowblower; 7-ft 3pth Buhler/FarmKing Rotovator; 513 NH Manure Spreader; FarmKing 18-in Roller; 731 FarmKing auger w/11hp B&S; PTO Grass Seeder; 3pth hyd Wood Splitter; 2 - 1000-gal stl Water Tanks; Rd Bale Feeders; 10-12ft Corral Panels; 3-16ft free standing panels; truck Hoist for 12-ft Box; 7-8ft 8x8in timbers; 60-gal upright air Compressor; 225 amp Lincoln Welder; 2550 PSI gas Pressure Washer. HORSE EQUIP.: Harness for a Team; 2 (like new) 24-in Collars, Sweat Pads, Spread Rings, Hames, complete nickel studded harness w/bridles & lines, Horse drawn wagon on rubber, set of Bobsleighes, Dump Rake, Oliver hay mower, No. 33 MH Mower, Cockshutt Hay Mower on rubber, McCormick single row Corn Cult., Cockshutt Grain Crusher, 2 1/2hp IHC stationary eng., plus misc. Subject to additions & deletions. Not responsible for any errors in description.

GST & PST will be charged where applicable.

Everything sells AS IS, Where Is. All Sales Final.

Owners & auction company are not responsible for accidents on sale site. Statements made on sale day will take precedence over all previous advertising. Sale conducted by Nickel Auctions Ltd, Dave Nickel Auctioneer: nickelauctions@mymts.net Website: www.nickelauctions.com Phone: (204)637-3393, Cell:(204)856-6900. Owners Pete & Anne Wiebe:(204)385-2961.

(Approx. 275 Pallet Lots) OF The Axe Houghton Group Inc. AT 1300 St. James St.

Saturday, April 18th at 11:OO AM (Viewing at 9:00am Day of Sale Only)

Having received instructions from PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS INC., RECEIVER, we will sell the following by Unreserved Auction SOLD IN PALLET LOTS ONLY:

FORKLIFT

Cat 3-wheel electric forklift 2500 lbs. lift, triple mast, model LP6KT (approx. 2005) w/charger*

ORANGE PALLET RACKING & OTHERS

16-sections (14ft. Ends, 8ft. High, 3” base, 3ft. Wide)* 11-sections (9ft. Ends, 8ft. High, 3” bars, 3ft. Wide)* 27-sections grey metal parts shelving*

NEW PALLET LOTS, ETC.

34-pallets of foam boxes* 16-pallets of New oven blue table sets (Sold by the pallet)* 20-pallets of new cartons (Sold by the pallet)* 39-new 1200 watt mini heaters (Sold as 1-lot)* 14-pallets of heaters (refurbished) Sold by the pallet lots* 2-pallets of Redcore fireplaces (refurbished)* 3-pallets of New fireplaces w/cabinets (Sold as 1-lot)* 4-pallets of new shower heads* 3-pallets

of new Amcor mosquito and gnat catchers* 10-pallets of new parts* 5-new fast vacuums (Sold as a lot)* 30-pallets of 16-piece square oven table sets* approx.

100-pallet infra red heater, fumaces (Sold by the Pallets) All returns* 25-pallets of 500C air conditioners (Sold by the pallet) returns* 10-pallets of Coleman ladders, thermos, plastic tool boxes, coffee carafes, aluminium tables, chairs, mugs, etc.* approx. 20-computers (Sold as a Pallet lot)* 40-computer monitors (Sold as pallet lots)* 2-Samsung 40” flat screen t.v.’s (sold as 1-lot)* assorted bar fridges* designers lamps & vases* assorted file cabinets & credenzas* assorted tools* office supply* 2-wheel dolly’s* carts* step ladders* propane BBQ* water coolers* Cut-off saw* portable air compressor* Mastercraft tool boxes* 3-floor scrubbers* 2-hyd.

Pallet jacks* 3-steel dock plates* 12-wall art pictures & aboriginal prints* green designer tub chairs (Sold as 1-lot)* 5-green waiting room chairs (Sold as 1-lot)*

TERMS: Cash, Visa, Mastercard or Debit Paid in Full Same Day of Sale. 5% Buyer’s Fee “Everything Sold As is, Where is” with no warranties implied or expressed “SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS & DELETIONS”

KAYE’S AUCTIONS 204-668-0183 Wpg.

www.kayesauctions.com

AUCTION LOCATION: From BRANDON, MB at the Jct of Hwy 10 & 1, go 12.6 km (7.8 miles) West on Hwy, then 15.1 Km (9.4 miles) South, then 0.8 km (0.5 mile) East OR From SOURIS, MB go 13.1 km (8.1 miles) North, then 13.1 km (8.1 miles) East on Grid 349, then 2.9 km (1.8 miles), then 0.8 km (0.5 mile) East. GPS: 49.7653, -100.1011

Tractors

2012 John Deere 9510R 4WD, s/n 1RW9510RACP001590, powershift, diff lock, hi flow hyd, 5 hyd outlets, GS3 Command Center, rear wheel weights, 800/70R38 duals, 757 hrs showing.

2011 John Deere 8310R MFWD, s/n 1RW8310RPBD043249, IVT LH rev, diff lock, ILS susp, 4 hyd outlets, 540/1000 PTO, Q/C 3 pt hitch, GS3 Command Center, frt weights, 600/70R30 F, 710/70R42 R, 1294 hrs showing.

2008 Kubota M108S MFWD, s/n 50545, M40 ldr, joystick, dual spd LH rev, 2 hyd outlets, 540/1000 PTO, 3 pt hitch,13.6R24 F, 18.4R34 R, 1602 hrs showing.

Combine & Header

2012 Claas Lexion 750, s/n C4800365, P516

16 ft hdr, s/n 43340636, auto HHC, F&A, long auger, chaff spreader, chopper, Cebis monitor, Auto Pilot ready, yield & moisture, 900/60R32 F, 28LR26R, 468 sep hrs showing.

2013 MacDon FD75-S 35 Ft Flex Draper, s/n 231710, to fit Claas 750, split P/U reel, F&A, factory transport.

Swather

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2011 Westward M150 35 Ft, s/n 208090, MacDon D60-S hdr, s/n 208382, P/U reel, F&A, factory transport, John Deere ATU 200 steering kit, 18.4x26 F, 492 mach hrs showing.

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2012 Dodge 1500 Ram Long Horn Crew Cab 4x4 Pickup, s/n 1C6RD7PT3CS210581, 46,379 km showing.

2005 Dodge 1500 SLT Ram Crew Cab 4x4 Pickup, s/n 1D7HU1AN15S148043, A/T, 136,425 km showing.

2012 Dodge Durango Sport Utility Vehicle, s/n 1C4RDJEG8CC252234, 71789 km showing.

2011 Jeep Patriot Sport Utility Vehicle, s/n 1J4NF2GB1BD211561, 67,299 km showing.

Trailers & Jeeps

2014 Neville 30 Ft T/A Grain, s/n 1N9GT3029EB175979, A/R susp, air scales, elec roll tarp.

2000 Castleton 30 Ft T/A Grain, s/n 2C9B3S5C6YS133776, A/R susp, air scales, roll tarp.

Manac 28 Ft T/A Hiboy, A/R susp, scale, (2) 3250 gal poly tanks, 3 in. plumbing.

2009 Interstate Manuf Inc WD714TA2 14 Ft T/A Enclosed Van, s/n 1UK500F2491068299, 3500 lb axles.

2010 Interstate Manuf Inc IETB510SAFS 14 Ft S/A Utility, s/n 1UK500B10A1069027, 3500 lb axles.

T/A Converter Dolly, A/R susp, scale.

S/A Converter Dolly, A/R susp, air gauge.

Seeding, Tillage & Breaking

2011 Bourgault 3310PHD 48 Ft Air Drill, s/n 40365PH-03, 10 in. spacing, dbl shoot, liquid fert kit, semi pneu V packers.

2011 Bourgault 6450 Tow-Behind Air Tank, s/n 40337AS-09, dbl fan, 10 in. load auger, 900/60R32.

2010 Salford RTS570 24 Ft Vertical Disc, s/n 08992, 18 in. discs, baskets, 5/8 in. tine harrows.

1997 International 496 30 Ft Tandem Disc, s/n 0470000U051973, 10 in. spacing, 22 in. serrated blades.

2014 Gates Magnum 72 Ft Heavy Harrows, s/n 1319672, 5/8 in. tines, hyd tine pressure.

Sprayer & Spreader

2011 John Deere 4730 100 Ft High Clearance, s/n 1N04730XAB0014120, 800 gal stainless steel tank, chem mix tank, 5 nozzle bodies, 5 sensor BoomTracPro, GS3 2630 display, AutoTrac, hyd axle adj, 320/90R46, 687 hrs showing.

(4) 520/85R38 Tires & Rims.

2007 Amazone ZA-M 1500 3 Pt Hitch Fertilizer.

NH3 Equipment

2013 Hydef 3250 3250 Gallon Poly Liquid Fertilizer Cart.

Grain Handling Equipment

2012 Brandt 1390 13 In. x 90 Ft Mechanical Swing Grain Auger.

2009 Buhler Farm King 841 8 In. x 41 Ft Grain Auger.

1998 Brent GT600 600± Bushel Grain Wagon.

2010 Rem 2700 Grain Vac.

Pull Scraper

2008 Toreq 9000 9 CY.

Recreational Equipment

2009 Honda FourTrax AT 4x4 Quad.

Tanks 2009 30,000 Gallon Fibreglass · (4) 2009 10,000 Gallon Poly · (4) 2009 4000 Gallon Poly · (2) 2008 3000 Gallon Poly· (5) 2009 2000 Gallon Poly · 2008 1700 Gallon Poly · 2010 Huge L Steel 100 Gallon Fuel, Fill-Rite FR1200C.

GPS Equipment

John Deere GS3 2630 Display, AutoTrac, SF1.

John Deere GS2 1800 Display, AutoTrac.

John Deere GS2 2600 Display, AutoTrac.

(2) John Deere StarFire 3000 Receivers, SF1 accuracy.

Other Items Include

2008 Buhler Farm King Y960Q 96 In. 3 Point Hitch Snow Blower.

2008 Sicma TE220 86 In. 3 Pt Hitch Flail Mower.

2010 John Deere AL-2000EH Steam Cleaner Pressure Washer.

John Deere AC2-CG35H-P Compresserator.

10 Ft Poly Tapered Swath Roller.

2013 John Deere Z950R 60 In. Zero Turn Riding Lawn Mower.

Honda FR650 Walk Behind Rototiller.

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com

Contact Sharon

Email: sharon.komoski@fbcpublishing.com

1-800-782-0794

Roland Waters: 204.728.6734 (h), 204.728.5348 (c) Mike Waters: 204.761.4105 Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Steven Perrin: 204.573.0993 800.491.4494

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 9, 2015

7TH ANNUAL KILLARNEY & DISTRICT EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENT AUCTION KILLARNEY, MANITOBA • SATURDAY APRIL 18TH • 10:00 AM DIRECTIONS: Sale will be held at the farm of Del & Gert Smith, ½ Mile West of the Jct of #3 & #18 Hwys. (Just off #3 across from water tower) ORDER OF SALE: 10:00am – 1:00pm (Misc, tools, palleted lots, Livestock related items) 1:00pm (Major-Equipment)

THIS WILL BE A VERY LARGE AUCTION BY SALE DAY!!! CALL NOW TO HAVE YOUR ITEMS ADDED TO THIS GREAT ANNUAL SALE. Now features a complete farm dispersal for Bob Williamson of Belmont, MB. TRACTORS: *1998 NH TV140 Tractor, w/ 7614 Loader *CaseIH 9370 4wd 360hp tractor w/almost New Firestone 24.5R32 duals, 4 remote hyd, return line, std trans, Approx 7400hrs showing (0 work hours on bottom end bearing job), very clean tidy tractor *JD 3130 Tractor w/146 Quick Attach Loader, 7’ Bucket, 3PT High/Low, 18.4 x 34 Rear Tires, 10.00 x16 Front Tires *Versatile 835 4wd 230hp tractor w/10,200hrs showing (approx 200hrs on bottom end bearings) *Steiger ST310 4wd 310hp tractor w/20 spd Trans, 20.8-38 duals, 4 remote hyd, return line, approx 12,000hrs showing *1997 Case 5240 FWA Tractor, 4335 Hrs Showing, 3PT w/520 Case Loader, 7’ Bucket *1996 CaseIH 7110 2wd tractor w/4100hrs showing *IH 986 2wd tractor w/cab, air/heat *IH 414 dsl 2wd tractor w/3pt, single hyd, 540 PTO, 6230hrs showing *Deutz Tractor, Shlepper Nr. 7908/2882, Type F4L514-5, S1452-00108 *1946 Ford 2N Tractor, completely Redone *Allied 790 loader w/8’ bucket (like new) mounts for MF 1105 HARVEST EQUIPMENT: *JD 7720 sp combine w/JD pick-up *24’ JD 240 straight cut header w/batt reel *JD 7721 Combine w/ Chopper *1480 IH Combine, 4000 Hrs showing *JD 7701 PT Combine *18’ Versatile 400 sp swather w/new canvases *Versatile 4750 SP Swather *4000 IH sp Swather *25’ JD Swather 590 *24’ IH 75 Swather *24’ IH 725 Swather, Batt Reel *Prairie Star 4900 w/17’ crimper conditioner hay header, 3896Hrs Showing *20’ Versatile pt swather w/batt reel, good canvases *(2) 1991 John Deere 930 Straight cut Header w/ Pick up Reel *Swather Transport for two heads *6’ Swath Roller *5’ Smith Roles swath roller *Redi Kop Chaff System *Labtronics Grain Tester SPRAYERS: *Melroe 103 Spra-Coupe *1991 120’ FlexiCoil Sprayer, 1000 Gal Tank *120’ Flexi-Coil System 65 w/1000gal tank, wind screens, hyd pump *100’ Spray-Air 3600 pt field sprayer w/1000gal poly tank, Raven Rate controller, Ultra Guide boom height controls *Flexi Coil Sprayer 60 *60’ 220 Spray Coupe, 4 Wheel Dr, GPS Light Bar, 200 Gallon *112’ Summers pt field sprayer w/wind screens *78’ Versatile pt sprayer w/400gal tank *40’ Versatile pt field sprayer w/300gal tank *90’ Homemade Sprayer, 600 Gallon SEED & TILLAGE: *120’ Power Matic Spring Tooth Harrow Bar, teeth in goos shape, nothing cracked or broken *42’ Bourgault air Drill w/ 3225 Tank and Steel Packers *82’ 1999 Summers Super Harrow Plus heavy harrow *50’ Phoenix Harrow *DMI Tiger 2 ripper w/7 shanks, 30” spacing *28’ CaseIH 7200 hoe drills w/transport *45’ CP743 Morris Magnum Deep Tiller *36’ CCIL 807 Chisel Plow *23’ CaseIH vibre chisel w/harrows *23’ John Deere 230 Disc *39’ CaseIH 5500 tillage *16’ Bush Hog Disker *14’ CaseIH deep tillage *40’ Farm King Hyd harrows *14’ MF Disc 520 *Chisel Plow, Model 10 *Melroe Plough 7-18 *Crown rotary stone picker w/hyd drive *Degelman fork type stone picker *stone picker *Degelman Rock Picker *Smith Rolls 12 Volt Electric Drill Fill GRAIN HANDLING: *13” x 70’ Farm King Buhler PTO Swing Hopper Auger, 540 PTO, single auger in hopper *8” x 51’ Farm King PTO Auger *7” x 47’ Westfield Auger, 16HP Briggs Motor *8” Westfield auger W80-26, no motor *7” Westfield auger W70-26, no motor *1984 AB 80 Farm Fan Continuous Batch Grain Dryer, 3PH, Inspection Sticker NO# 69784 *Farm Fan AB 128 continuous batch propane grain dryer, 1PH *Rem 1026 grain vac w/hoses *Hutch Cleaner C-1600, 1HP, 220 Volts *Grain Cleaner w/ 1HP, 110 Volts *70’ belt conveyor, PTO drive, 12” belt, 10” tube *47’x8” Brandt auger w/Kohler engine (motor needs work) *HD 7-45 Sakundiak auger w/16hp B+S engine *HD 7-1200 Sakundiak auger w/13hp Honda engine *6”x30’ Versatile auger *10 x 50 Rube Conveyor *(2) Augers – to load Grain Dryer *Bobcat #30 Auger Head, 18” Auger, 16” Auger HAYING EQUIPMENT: *2000 Bale King Bale Processor *Case IH RBX561 Rd Baler *Vermeer 605H Rd Baler *Ford Sq Baler *16’ NH 116 Haybine, 540 PTO *NH 499 Haybine *Dalman Stack Mover 12’x8”w x 24” l – Chain Unload *NH 1002 Bale Picker *NH #56 Hay Rake *NH #404 Hay Crusher *NH 454647 Mower *2003 16’ Frontier Mower Conditioner, Center Pivot *Haybuster Model 2620 *14’ 5114 New Idea Haybine *Moisture Tester for Hay Bales TRUCKS – TRAILERS, CAMPER & GRAIN BOX: *2007 F350 Ford, DSL 4 x 4, 205,000 Kms Showing, SAFETIED *2005 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD Duramax *2004 Buick Rendezvous CX Sport Utility, 4 Door, 6 Cul, One Owner, 27,800 Kms Showing, VIN#3G5DA03EX4S588940 *1998 Dutchmen 26’ 5th Wheel Camper w/ 1 slide out, VIN# 47CF40M27WR091507 *1986 Travelaire Camper Trailer *1997 Chev ¾ Ton Extended Cab, 5.7, recent motor and transmission overhaul, SAFETIED *1986 Kenworth S/A Truck (Model T600A) w/ 5th Wheel Hitch, 852,177 Miles Showing, l10 Cummins Eng (LTA300LFC Eng), 23,000 lb Rear Axles, Chassie #S335016, Trans#RT11609A *1969 Chev s/a 2 ton grain truck *1963 Dodge s/a 1 ton w/wooden box and hoist *Ford 2000 XL Supercab, 225,534 Kms Showing *2011 PJ Utility Trailer 18’ Tandem Axle 3,500 lb *1987 17’ Lode King Grain pup trailer *1987 28’ Gooseneck Trailer w/ bin hoist that can be removed, bin hoist clamps on hopper bin legs, 2-7000 lb Torflex axles, registered weight GVW 4450 kg *approx 2 ton capacity hopper trailer *9’x6’ flat deck tilting trailer w/18.5x805-8.0 tires *6’ x 10’ shop Built Utility Trailer w/ loading ramp, end gate, 3500 lb axles *1998 Homemade 6x7 Utility Trailer, vin# SK000000000035721 *5’ x 10’ Trailer, 3500 lb Axles, Shop Built *New 20’ grain box (unpainted) *Gravel Box 12’ 6” L *Pintle hitch T/A converter dolly INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT: *Case Backhoe 5806, 7473 Hrs Showing *(2) 12’ Shop Built box Scrapers *8 Yard Continental Scraper ATTACHMENTS & 3 PT EQUIPMENT: *NEW Lowe Hyd Auger 1650ch w/ 9in & 12in & 18in w/ skid steer quick attach, designed for 14-25 GPM/2,000-3,300 PSI and uses augers up to 36” in diameter, solid unit structure, heat-treated alloy shaft, HD reduction drive, 9”, 12” & 18” hex bit, Universal Quick attach plate *NEW Stout Brush Grapple HDU 72” w/ skid steer quick attach, High strength 3/8” steel, Universal Quick attach plate, 72” x 35” x 30”, 8 ¼” Tine Spacing, Grapple opening 32”, 3034 PSI lines WITH ½” cap *NEW Stout Skid Steer Rock Bucket Grapple HD72, 72”, High Strength 3/8” Steel, Universal Quick Attach Plate, 72” x 41” x 30”, 3” Tine Spacing, Grapple Opening 39”, 3045 PSI Hydraulic Line, NPT ½” Hydraulic flat-faced couplers, cylinder guards *NEW Stout Skid Steer Rock Bucket/Brush Grapple Combo HD72, Open-End w/ Skid Steer Quick Attach, 72”, High Strength 3/8” Steel, Universal Quick Attach Plate, 72” x 41” x 30”, 3” Tine Spacing, Grapple Opening 39”, 3045 PSI Hydraulic Line, NPT ½” Hydraulic flat-faced couplers, cylinder guards *NEW Stout Skid Steer Brush Grapple 66”, High Strength 3/8” Steel, Universal Quick Attach Plate, 66”x35”x28”, 9” Tine Spacing, Grapple opening 32”, 3045 PSI lines with 1/2” cap *NEW Stout Stump Grinder SG-13R w/ Skid Steer Quick Attach, 45 ½”w x 40”h 37”l, below ground depth 11”, cutting teeth 20, wheel dia 26” *NEW Stout Tree & Post Puller, High Strength Steel – ½” & 3/8”, ½” teeth, Strong 3”x3” tube frame, 48” x 28” x 21”, 24” Jaw Length, Jaw Opening 12”, 3045 PSI lines, NPT ½” Hydraulic flat-faced couplers, universal quick attach plate *NEW Stout Full-Back Pallet Forks 48 in w/ skid steer quick attach, 3-position pin adjustment, 4000 lbs fork rating, High strength steel, Universal quick attach plate, see through spill guard w/walk-through step, frame 51” x 57.5” *NEW Stout Walk-Through Pallet Forks 48” w/skid steer quick attach, 3-position pin adjustment, 4000 lbs fork rating, High Strength Steel, Universal Quick Attach Plate, see through spill guard w/walk-through step, Frame 51”x57.5” *NEW Pallet Forks 48” w/skid steer quick attach, 3-position pin adjustment, 4000 lbs fork rating, High Strength Steel, Universal Quick Attach Plate, Frame 35”x45” *(1) NEW Stout Receiver Hitch Plate, high strength 3/8” steel, Universal quick attach plate, 2” receiver tube *NEW Stout Regular Weld-On Skid Steer Plate, High Strength 3/8” Steel, Universal Quick Attach Plate, Half-Back *NEW Stout Solid Weld-on Skid Steer Plate, High strength ¼” steel, Universal Quick Attach Plate, Full-back *(2) NEW 94” Hydraulic Skid Steer Loader Dozer Blade/Snow Pusher *28” skid steer mount tree spade *13’ Shop Built 3PT Harrow *10’ Shop Built 3PT Harrow *8’ Cancade Blade *JD 350 Rake, PTO Driven, 3PT *6’ Homemade Blade *5’ Massey Blade, Model 1026 *Bucket Mount Bale Spear *Pallet Forks, 3PT *7’ IH #80 Snowblower, *IH #70 3pt snowblower *6’ King Kutter, 3PT Disc *6’ McKee Snowblower *6’ Douglas Finishing Mower, 3PT *5’ Bucket, 3PT *Homemade 3 Wheel Rake, 3PT *5’ Homemade Disc *15’ Homemade Diamond Harrow, 3PT *Homemade Single Furrow, 3pt, Plough *Deere Born 2 Furrow, 3PT, Plough *Deere Born 2 Furrow, 3PT, Plough *MF 3PT, 3 Furrow Plough *5’ Homemade Cultivator, 3PT *7’ MF 3PT Cultivator *King Kutter Single Plough *Buhler 795 Front End Loader, 8’ Bucket *Bale Fork *Farm King Scrub Cutter, Model 620 *JD 640 Loader & Grapple *Bale Fork, 3PT *3PT Hitch Weight Box (NEW) CAT1 LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT: *(25) Hog Feeders *(25) Auto Sort Hog Scales *Headgate *Creep Feeder *Lewis Cattle Oiler *Walk-In-Gate *8’ Panel *10’ Calf Feeder Panel *4’ x 1’ Gate Panel *(2) Gate Panels *Chute *(2) Bunk Feeders *(3) Round Bale Feeders *(3) 12’ x 1’ Panels *(2) 12’ Wire Gates *10’ x 1’ Gate Panel (no legs) *7’ x 1” Gate *(2) 10’ x 1” Gate Panels (No legs) *(6) Bale Tarps *Solar Panel w/ submersible pump *(10) Cattle Panels *Portable Cattle Loader Chute *Sheep Wire *Honey wagon manure tank OTHER EQUIPMENT: *Saber Saw for Swather Headers for Cutting Canola – Hyd Driven *Screen-o-Matic *SHOW WAGON (4 Wheeled) – for 2 Light Horse Team *2 WH Trailer – Pulled by Quad or ½ ton *Bin Sweep *Manure Honey Wagon Model 205 *2 Ton Hopper Trailer, Model 976-9 SHOP EQUIPMENT: *(2) NEW Easy Kleen Magnum Plus, 4000 PSI Hot Water Pressure Washer C/W 15 HP Gas, Electric Start *(8) NEW Easy Kleen Magnum Gold, 4000 PSI 12V Hot Water Pressure Washer, C/W 15 HP Gas, Totally Self Contained *(2) NEW Easy Kleen Magnum 4000 Ultra, 4000 PSI Hot Water Pressure Washer c/w 15HP Gas *(2) NEW 10’ 30 Drawer HEAVY Duty Work Bench with Hanging Wall c/w 40” High hanging wall, stainless steel drawer panel, metal handles *NEW HEAVY Duty Tire Changer *NEW HEAVY Duty Wheel Balancer *(12) NEW 16’ Chains *(2) NEW Flexible Ratchet Combination Wrench Set *Radial Arm Saw *2 Wheeled Portable Cement Mixer *King Canada 12.5” Planer *King Canada Sander, 6” Belt, 9” Disc *Wolfcraft Mitre Saw Stand *Ryobi Router & Table *Ryobi Scroll Saw *Powerfist Rotory Tool Kit *Ryobi Biscuit Joiner *Powerfist 3” Belt Sander *20 Pce Router Bit Set *Assorted Clamps *Adjustable work tables *10 Pce Nylon Spring Clamp *24 Pce Router Bit Set *Lincoln Outback Generator/Welder 185, Electric *Coats Tire Changer M773 SWP11 *Panasonic Welder – Gunslinger 261 Mig/Stick *NEW tow rope TT600, 120,000 lbs B/S *Black Plastic Tool Box *Set of Clamps *Tiger Torch *Pry Bars *Pipe Wrench *Grease Fittings *Socket Set – 7/16 – 1 ¼ *3/4 Drive Socket Set – 7/8 – 2” *Torque Wrench *Johnson Bar ¾” *(2) Gear Pullers *Set of Metric Wrenches *Hyd Jack *(2) Water Fire Extingishers *1/2” Milwaukee Impact, 18V lithuim *Scroll Saw *Small Router Table *(2) Air Wrenches *Welding Helmet *Bench MTD Drill Press 3/8” *Bench MTD Drill Press ½” *4” Vise *Small Battery Charger, 2-1c AMP *Shumacher 2-40-200 Battery Charger *4.5” Metal Cutting Band Saw *King – Small Air Compressor w/Hoses *Portable Air Tank *Heater, 5KW, 220 Volt *Jackall Jack *(2) Hyd Bottle Jack, 5 Ton, 10 Ton *4.5” Angle Grinder *1/2” SKIL Drill *SKIL Jigsaw *B&D Sander *Assorted Wrenches - Sockets TENTS, CANOPY & GATES *(1 set) 18’ Bi-Parting Wrought Iron Driveway Gate, c/w: 80” height *NEW 30FT X 85FT X 15FT High Ceiling Double Doored Storage Building C/W: commercial fabric, waterproof, fire resistant, doors on two ends *NEW 30FT X 40FT X 15FT Peak Ceiling Double Doored Storage Building C/W: commercial fabric, waterproof, fire resistant, 13’ drive through doors and 6’ entrance doors at two ends *(2) NEW 20 ft x 40 ft 4-Sided Commercial Party Tent, C/W: doors, windows, 4 side walls *(2) NEW 16 ft x 22 ft Marquee Event Tent, C/W: 320 sq.ft, one zipper door, 7 windows, heavy duty frames and fabrics *(2) NEW 20FT X 30FT X 12FT Commercial Storage Canopy C/W: Commercial fabric, roll up door *(3) 10’ x 20’ Commercial Instant Pop Up Tent ATV’s - RECREATIONAL & LAWN and GARDEN ITEMS: *2005 25’ Jay Flight Bumper Hitch Camper, Stove, Fridge, furnace, Air *17 ½’ Quantum fish & ski boat w/trailer, 150hp Mercury 2 stroke oil injected engine, trolling motor, fish finder, 2 live wells *2001 Polaris 500 HO Quad with Plow *2006 Cub Cadet, 16 HP 38” Cut w/ Spare Blades *Cub Cadet 682 w/44” Cutting Deck *JD Riding Lawn Mower 325 Product ID#M00325B010523 *45” Cub Cadet Snowblower *45” MTD Snowblower w/ Chains *40” IH Tiller *30” MTD Tiller, Model 196-746-500 *4’ Snow Blade MTD *Stiga Park Royal articulating front deck mower w/rear discharge, hydro drive, Brigs & Stratton V-Twin engine *Land Pride side by side Treker 4420ST *AL-KO 1600 Wood Shredder *(2) 20” Push Mowers *Wheel Barrow TIRES: *(30) NEW Implement & ½ Ton Tires *(4) New 12 x 16.5 E Forerunner SKS – 1 Skid Steer Tires, 12 Ply with Rim Guard, Super Traction, High Stability *(4) NEW 520/85R42 Tires *(2) NEW 10 x 16.5 Tires *Assortment of New Ag tires *Assorted Implement Tires *Several recap truck tires *(5) Used Tires *Radial Titan Tire 16.9R38 *Wheel Stand TANKS & PUMPS: *(2) 1250 Gal Plastic Tank *1000 Gal Fiberglass Water Tank w/ 4HP Honda 2” Pump *(2) 1000gal fuel tanks *2000 Gal US Water Tank *1250 Gal US Water Tank *(2) 1250 Gal Plastic Water Tanks *700gal poly tank w/steel cradle *500 Gal Plastic Water Tank *300 gal Fuel Tank on Wheels *100 Gal Fuel Slip Tank *30 Gallon Barrel *(2) 500 Gal Water Trough on Skids *(7) Barrel Pumps *Fuel Pump w/ Meter *Honda GX120 Water Pump *Submersible Pump *(2) Water Pumps

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT DEL SMITH 204-534-7783

UNRESERVED RETIREMENT FARM AUCTION for EDWARD TRACH GILBERT PLAINS, MB. • TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH • 12:00 NOON DIRECTIONS: From Gilbert Plains, MB. (Jct #5 & #274), 7.1 Kms South on #274 to Road 141N, 1.5 Kms West on Road 141N, 0.5Kms North to Sale Site on West Side Watch for signs Sale Day ORDER OF SALE: 12:00pm – 1:30pm (misc, tools, parts, lumber, tanks, pumps, and other small items) 1:30pm (Internet Bidding Starts) Trucks and Equipment. Unbelievably low houred and immaculately kept is all we can say about this line of equipment. Mr. Trach just recently celebrated his 80th birthday and he says he thinks that means it is time to slow down a bit and retire from his farming career. Everything was purchased and all service was always done at the local JD dealer Reit-Syd Equipment in Dauphin, MB. If the hours and pictures don’t tell enough of a story go ahead and give Don a call at the dealership and he can attest to the quality of this premium line up of equipment.

The chance to buy this kind of equipment doesn’t come every day so mark your calendar and whatever you do, don’t miss this sale!!!

For online bidding at this sale visit www.fraseronlineauctions.com TRACTORS: *2010 JD 9230 4wd 325HP Tractor w/4 Remote with Return, 620/70R42 Michelin Duals, Diff Locks, 946Hrs Showing, 18 Spd Pwr shift trans, Green Star Auto Steer, Implement Management system, Automatic Pwr Shift, Hitch Command *2008 JD 9230 4wd 325HP Tractor w/4 Remote with Return, 20.8R42 Duals, Diff Locks, 858Hrs Showing, 18 Spd Pwr shift trans, Green Star Ready, Implement Management system, Automatic Pwr Shift, Hitch Command *1983 JD 4450 2wd 140HP Tractor w/3 Remote Hyd, Dual PTO, Aux Fuel Tank, 20.8-38 Axles Duals, Quad Range Trans, 4750Hrs showing (tractor sits on original Rear Rubber), Has Front Mounted 8’ Allied Dbl auger snow Blower (Blower and Tractor sell together as unit) *1959 JD 630 2wd 44HP Tractor w/Single Hyd, 540 PTO, Hand Clutch, 4860Hrs Showing, (Bought new by Ed’s father) HARVEST EQUIPMENT: *2004 JD 9860 STS Combine w/JD 914D Pick-Up, 1982 Engine Hrs showing, 1436 Rotor Hrs Showing, Green Star Monitors with Yield & Moisture, Long Auger, 300 Bus Hopper, 800/65R32 Rubber Front, 18.4R26 Rubber Rear, (New Top Sieve, New Sieve Cradle, New Reverser, Approx 10Hrs on Repairs) *2012 JD A400 SP Swather w/30’ Honey Bee WS30 Draper Header, Dbl Knife Drive, Auto Tip Back Pick-Up Reels, Green Star Ready, 168 Engine Hrs Showing, 123 Header Hrs Showing, Fore and Aft, 2 Spd Hydro, 480/80R38 rubber, Hitch Receiver, Light Kit, Gauge Wheels *2012 JD A400 SP Swather w/30’ Honey Bee WS30 Draper Header, Dbl Knife Drive, Auto Tip Back Pick-Up Reels, Green Star Ready, 210 Engine Hrs Showing, 163 Header Hrs Showing, Fore and Aft, 2 Spd Hydro, 480/80R38 rubber, Hitch Receiver, Light Kit, Gauge Wheels *10’ Blanchard Metal Swath Roller *10’ Blanchard Metal Swath Roller SEED & TILLAGE: *36” JD 1820 air Drill w/JD 1910 Air Cart (270bus), 7.5” Spacing, Single Chute, 3” Carbide Tip Seed Boots, 2 Bar Harrows, 3” Mounted Packers, Haukaus Markers, 3 Metering Rolls, Tillage, Air Cart *60’ Bourgault 7200 Heavy Harrows *30’ JD 2400 Soil Management System Chisel Plow w/4 Bar Degelman Harrows, Knock-On Sweeps, 12” Spacing *1989 37’ JD 610 tillage w/Floating Hitch, Front Castors, 4 Bar Flexi-Coil Harrows, 8” Spacing on 4 Rows, Knock-On Bourgault Sweeps *47’ JD 980 S-Tine Tillage w/5 Rows of Shanks on 4” Spacing, 4” Spoons, 3 Bar Harrows *36’ JD 1010 Tillage w/Dickey John NH3 Kit, 12” Spacing, 3 Bar Harrows *45’ NH3 Spring Tine Applicator w/3 Bar Harrows, Continental NH3 Regulator, Hyd Shut Off *50’ Flexi-Coil System 95 Harrow Packer Bar w/2.5” Coils, 4 Bar Harrows *20’ JD 1200 Surflex Disc Tillage *1997 2000 Gal Westeel NH3 Tank, 21.5-16.1 Rubber (Certified Annually) *1997 1400 Gal Westeel NH3 Tank, 16.5L-16.1 SL Rubber, (Certified Annually) TRUCKS & TRAILER: *1990 GMC SLE Top Kick S/A Grain Truck w/16’ Midland Box & Hoist, Roll Tarp, 427 Gas Eng, 4 Spd Auto Trans, 11R22.5 Rubber, A/C, 11,000Lbs Front, 19,000Lbs Rear, 56,103Kms Showing, VIN#1GDL7H1M1LJ609391, SAFETIED *1980 GMC Sierra S/A w/16’ Box & Hoist, Roll Tarp, 8.2 Liter Detroit Fuel Pincher DSL Eng, 5+2 Trans, 11R22.5 rubber, 50,976Kms Showing, 9000Lbs Front Axles, 18,500Lbs Rear Axles, VIN#T17DGAV611747, SAFETIED, (Less than 5,000 Kms on complete drop in engine), *1969 Chev C50 S/A Grain Truck w/12’ Box & Hoist, 6 Cyl Gas Eng, 4+2 Trans, 52,654 Miles Showing, Plumbed for Drill Fill, 9.00-20 Rubber, VIN#CS5391869672 *1956 6x6 Army Truck, Model M-135 w/GM 292 Gas Engine, Auto Trans, 12’ Box with 14” Stake Pocket sides, 37020 Miles Showing, VIN#113505044 (was running couple years ago, Always shedded and very straight. Will try to have running by sale day.) *16’ T/A Grain Box on Tractor Pull Wagon w/Roll Tarp, Hoist Plumbed for Tractor Hyd. GRAIN HANDLING: *10”x51’ Westfield PTO Swing Hopper Auger w/540 PTO, *8”x35’ Brandt Auger w/Brandt Track Mover, Linamar LX 18HP electric Start Engine, Hyd Lift Winch *7”x35’ Brandt auger w/Brandt Track Mover, 13.5 HP Subaru engine, *6” Scoop-A-Second Auger w/13HP B&S Vanguard Electric Start Engine *6” Hyd Drill Fill Auger *Poly Auger Spouts *Wisconsin Auger Motor *Honda 13HP Motor 3PT & OTHER EQUIPMENT: *Danuser Digger 3PT PTO Post Hole auger w/14” - 12” - 8” - 6” - 4” augers *10’ Leon Front Mount Blade w/Manual Angle *Hyd Bin Crane (Will lift up to a 2500 Bus Bin onto a Hopper) *Wood Splitter on 2 Wheel Trailer, Hyd Hooks to Tractor SHOP EQUIPMENT: *King ¾ HP Drill Press *Hitachi Cut Off Saw *Vise on Stand *Shop Stand *8” Bench Grinder on Stand *Oxy/Acet Cart TANKS & PUMPS: *1250 Gal Poly Tank (White) *500 Gal Metal Water Tank on Wagon *300 Gal Water Tank on HD 4 Wheel Wagon *(2) 300 Gal Tanks on Stand Plumbed together w/115 Volt Pump *300 Gal Fuel Tank on Wagon w/12 Volt Pump *125 Gal Skid Tank w/Push Pull Pump *70 Gal Skid Tank w/Push Pull Pump MISC: *Misc Cultivator Shovels *Several Rolls of Wooden Snow Fence *Selection of Dimensional Lumber (2x6 -1x6-1x8 Tongue & Groove, etc) *Selection of Misc Steel *Hyd Cylinder *Shovels, Rakes, Forks, Etc

ED TRACH 204-548-2660 (HOUSE) OR 204-572-4742 (CELL)

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BRANDON, MANITOBA Licensed and bonded. P.L. License #918093. Member of M.A.A., S.A.A., A.A.A., A.A.C. PHONE: (204) 727-2001 FAX: (204) 729-9912 www.fraserauction.com EMAIL: office@fraserauction.com Auctioneer: Scott Campbell Not responsible for errors in description. Subject to additions and or deletions. Property owners and Fraser Auction Service not responsible for any accidents. GST & PST where applicable. TERMS: Cash or cheque.

NOTE: cheques of $50,000 or more must be accompanied by bank letter of credit. Sale conducted by FRASER AUCTION SERVICE 1-800-483-5856 www.fraserauction.com

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION FOR RICK GIESBRECHT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 11 AM WINKLER, MB

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

FARM AUCTION FOR DOUG & Lynne Love Sat., Apr. 25th at 12:00 noon. 10-mi North of Portage La Prairie on Hwy 240 till JCT 240 & 227 & 1-mi West or from Hwy 16: 10-mi East on 227 just past the village of Oakland. Be on time not a lot of small selling. Tractors: 2010 6430 JD Premium MFWD fact 3-PTH w/673 JD self levelling loader & grapple 7-ft. bucket PTO 2 hyds new 420/85R24 & 460/85R38 3,500-hrs, Gold Seal inspection last fall (the owner reserves the right to accept or reject the final bid); 1966 706 Intl Cozy Cab 5,286-hrs w/2350 IHC loader Bucket & Bale Fork, dual PTO 2 hyds 18.4x34. *Consigned 851 MF Combine 7.5-HP Caldwell single phase 24-in. aeration fan w/heater 7-HP Flaman single phase 24-in. aeration fan w/heater* Trucks & Trailers: 1997 Ford XLT F250 4x4 7.3 DSL auto, ext cab long box 400,000-km saftied; 1998 20ft.x7.5-ft Norbert Stock Trailer w/center slider door; 24-ft. Norbert gooseneck flatdeck trailer w/bilt in Beaver tails; Haying & Cattle Equip: 2004 956A Hesston Baler automatic 540RPM baled, 14,459 bales; 1997 499 NH 12-ft. Haybine; 216 NH V Rake Vicon 3-PTH 8 wheel; V Rake 271 NH square Baler; Large square Bale Fork (3 med size square bales) w/Allied mt bracket & adapters for JD & Euro ldrs ; Bale Pro 8000 Highliner Shredder; 354 NH Mixmill; 175BF Schuler Silage Wagon; 36-ft. 17 Rd Bale Trailer 9.00x225 tires; 720 Schulte 3-PTH 6-ft.

HD Bruch mower; Tuff Squeeze chute 8-ft. alley & crowding tub; 6, 30-ft. Free Standing wind break panels; 5, 30-ft. Free stand Panels 3 w/gates; 2, 30ft. wire Panels w/walk thru gates; 3, 16-ft. Twister Calf shelters; 7L split Panel calving headgate; Rea’s auto Head Gate; Cypress Ind 100-bu. Feeder w/Creep Panels; Miami Welding 100-bu. Feeder w/Creep Panels; Mining Tire 250-gal water trough; EnerCap Plastic water fountain w/propane heater; 2, 30-ft. metal silage Bunks; 6 metal Feed troughs; 1,800-bu Stor King hopper Bin Epoxy coated; 18-in. slide in aeration tube on skid; 150-bu Friesen Hopper Bin w/pail fill chute; Lewis Cattle Oiler w/back rubber & mineral feeder; Co-op brush type oiler; Riteway mineral feeder w/insecticide tank & face mop; Pencil Auger; (new born) Calf Chute & scale; Calf Chute for up to 350-lbs; 8-in. Farm King Oat Roller w/3-HP elect motor & magnet; 4 inverted tractor tire silage feeders; Misc Equip: 1999 LT 133 JD riding mower 38-in.; 1,250-gal poly Tank; model 45 category 3 Landpride 9-ft. 3-PTH hyd angle & tilt Blade; category 3 quick attach 3-PTH; 3-PTH adapter for trailers 2 5/16 ball; (like new) auger boot for Lode King; hopper bin 6-in. auger port; Rea’s Rd Bale Fork; Hay Tarps; 3-PTH Post hole auger w/2 bits; 3, 12-in.x19.5-ft. plastic Culverts w/jointers; Delmhorst Hay moisture tester; 6-ft. Ford Box Liner; 6x11-ft. Farm King auger w/2-HP elect motor; 5, 6in.x16-ft. treated Poles; 2 suitcase model Solar Panels w/stands; 2 Gallager elect Fencers both w/new transformers; 3 VHF radios & 1 Base unit; Projectile medi Dart w/box; Calf Puller; Calf Sleigh; 2 sets of Tattoo Pliers w/Letters & numbers; Breaking Halters; 110V calf Dehorner; Burdizzo; Vet supplies; 4 Strap winches; Cyclone Seeder; Bigger Woodstove w/Selkirk chimney; 4, P205/55R16 tires; 3, P245/75R16 tires; 18.4x26 JD rim & tire; 460/85R24. Misc. Terms Cash or Cheque w/ID Lunch served. Subject to additions & deletions. Not responsible for any errors in description. GST & PST will be charged where applicable Everything sells AS IS Where IS All Sales Final Statements made on sale day will take precedent over all previous advertising Owners & auction company are not responsible for any accidents on sale site. Owner Doug Love (204)857-8220 cell (204)857-2260.

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Sat., April 11 @ 10:00 am Stonewall, MB - #12 Patterson Drive

Yard * Tools * K Appliances * Furniture * Antiques * Collectibles * Household * Go to the Website for Listing & Pictures!!

FROM MIAMI, MB., TAKE PR 338 NORTH FOR 6 3/4 MILES. YARD #31123 PHONE: 204-828-3557

• 1974 GMC C-6500 Full Tandem, 366 V8 5 & 4, 20 ft box hoist roll tarp, safetied truck • 1969 Dodge 400, with 318 V8 4 & 2 14ft box hoist, hyd, outlet • 4‘’x 12, hydraulic drive drill fill auger • 1976 Versatile 700, 210 hp, 4 wheel drive 18.4 x 38 tires over hauled at 4500 now 6500 hrs.

• Cockshutt 550 gas standard axle with new idea 503 front end loader • 1977 Gleaner Model L2 combine gear drive, chopper melroe pickup, good machine • 1984 New Holland TR95 Combine S cube rotors, melroe pickup and chopper cat 3208 engine • New Holland 24ft model 973 Flex head • New Holland 4 x 36’’ model 960 Corn Head

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FARM & CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AUCTION FOR SILVER CREEK FARM

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

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THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 10 AM Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

LARGE FARM AUCTION FOR DALE & BARB EDBOM SATURDAY APRIL 25th 10:00 AM

Location: From Piney, MB 1.5 miles North on PR203, then right on driveway #6061

Partial List: • 2000 Case IH Maxxum MX120, MFWD, Cummins Diesel, 6741 hrs • Allis Chalmers HD 16 Series B Crawler Tractor w/ Dozer & Ripper (new rails, front idlers, sprocket) • New Holland 195 Manure Spreader, Tandem, Excellent Condition • 20ft Land Roller 42” Drum • Delgelman Stone Picker w/ Hydraulic Orbital Motor • New Idea 4865 Round Baler (like new) • New Holland 1475 Haybine Windrower • New Holland TR85 Combine w/ 3208 CAT Diesel • 1979 Chevy C70 Grain Truck w/ B&H, 366 V8 • 6 Yard Dirt Scraper

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Inland Hayliner 2000 Bale Mover Double Row 4 Ton Fertilizer Spreader John Deere Model B & Model A Tractors John Deere Model GP Tractor Allis Chalmers Model B Tractor & #7 McCormick 5ft Sickle Mower • 14ft John Deere Double Disk • Sovema 12 Wheel V Rake (like new) • PLUS MUCH MORE!!

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4 MILES NORTH OF MORDEN ON HWY. #432 THEN 4 MILES WEST ON ROAD #17.

SIGNS POSTED ON AUCTION DAY.

Industrial Equipment: • 1998 Hitachi EX220 LC-3 Excavator, 30 in tracks, 48’’ bucket serial #15D10072 • Caterpillar HD7E, power shift, with canopy, and hyd. angle dozer, rear cable winch, serial #48A10086 • Grain bins Grain Max 4000 with Rocket air and 5 hp fan, on double skid • Meridian 4100 Bushel on double skid and 3 hp cross air • Heavy built approx. 700 bushel hopper bin, would make a nice coal bin Tractors: • Versatile 946 • Flexicoil 800 seeding tool 41ft with 12’’ spacing, • Case 2390 mulchers complete with Flexicoil 1720 seed • Massey 4345 80 hp cart, haukas markers • John Deere 3010 diesel 3pth, • John Deere 8 row 30” MaxEmerge row crop planter, dry fertilizer • John Deere 7720 combine with headers

See our Spring Catalog or Check www.billklassen.com for more!!

Owners Brian Wiebe 204-362-1270 See our website: www.billklassen.com for complete listing or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

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EQUIPMENT, TOOLS & SCRAP IRON AUCTION

RETIREMENT OFF FARM AUCTION FOR WALSKE FARMS

FOR ERICH SCHMIDT & NEIGHBOURS SATURDAY MAY 2nd 10:00 AM Location: 5 km North of Sprague, MB on Hwy 308

TRACTORS & SKIDDERS

SCRAP & MISC

• C.S. Tree Farmer Skidder w/ 353 Detroit Diesel • 70-30 Allis Charmers Diesel Tractor w/ Loader

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750 Massey Ferguson Combine Gleener Combine w/ 3 Row Corn Header 2 Bottom 3PTH Plow 22ft 45 International Cultivator 18ft 45 International Cultivator 15ft Disk (Co-op Heavy Duty) 14ft Glenco Cultivator 10ft Heavy Duty John Deere Cultivator 8ft International Disc (2) Farm Wagons Peerless PTO Rolling Mill 18ft Coil Packer 16ft Int Disk 760 40ft Harrows 18ft Vibre Chisel 40ft John Deere 350 Drill Press

Approx 200 Tons of Scrap 1992 Volvo 960 Car Ford Versatile Drive Shafts (new) Set of HD Skidder Chains Rolls of New Barb Wire (3) Log Splitters 6X6 Ash Timbers Fence Lumber Fence Rails (40) 30in Plastic Culverts Telescopic Truck Hoist for 16ft Box (new) Set of Lumber Forks for Skid Steer Scissor Truck Hoist Bucket

TRUCKS & TRAILERS • Western Star Truck w/ Hawk Loader, 671 Engine • Chevrolet Truck w/ Barko 80 Loader w/ 671 Engine • 20ft Cattle Trailer

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AUCTION SALE Patricia Goodman

Sunday, April 26 @ 11:00 am East Selkirk, MB

Jct 44 & 59, North 1 ½ Mile on 59 then East ½ Mile on Goodman Rd.

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AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions BUCHANAN CONSIGNMENT AUCTION Sat., Apr. 18th 2015 10:00am 6-MI SOUTH ON #47, 1-MI WEST (VASOLOVITZ HALL) BUCHANAN, SK. Featuring 2 Case 2294 Tractor; JB 416 Payloader; Case IH 1660 Combine; 1978 DSL truck w/manure spreader; grain trucks; cement trucks; haybines; bales; sprayers; campers; tillage; augers; swathers; harrow bars & 1960 1,050-sq.ft. Bungalow, plus more items arriving daily. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for complete pictures & listing. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #915851.

Contact: (204) 757-2069

Tractors: 3) Case 1070 Cab HL Dual Hyd 1) 2500 hrs on rebuilt * 3) Case 930 HL Dual Hyd 540 PTO * Case DC4 * Case 1030 for Parts Equip: Hesston 6455 Gas 14’ Mower Cond * Inland Hayliner 2300-A 14’ Bale Auto Wagon * Laurier 12’ Bale Auto Wagon * New Idea 4865 RD Baler * Case IH 3650 RD Baler * Hesston 1014 14’ Hydro Swing Mower Cond * Gehl 2230 12’ Hydro Swing Mower Cond * NH Side Del Rake * 4 Wheel Farm Wagon * Swather Transport * INT 300 18’ Disc Seeder * Massey 3PH 3B Plow * Dia Harrows & Bar Vehicles & Camper: 92 Lincoln Town Car * 69 Ford 250 Ranger NR * 49 Ford F105 Cab & Chassis * Scout OH Slide IN Camper * Lowbed 77 Fruehauf 30’ Drop 8’ Neck w/ Outridge Ext Rebuilt Suspension (Subject to Owner’s Approval) Misc: Lincoln 200 amp Gas Welder * 3) RD Bale Feeders * Calf Pullers * Liverstock Medi * Grooming * Cement Mixer * Gas 6 cyl Combine Motor * Impl Parts & Tires * JD Hay Moisture Tester * Baler Twine * 200 gal Poly Tank * Various Tools * Band & Table Saw * Floor Jacks * Antiques: Vintage Snowmobile * Accordion * Singer Port Sewing Machine * Wood Chairs * Crocks * Crystal * Depression Household Furniture Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

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Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433 Tractors: • 1989 Versatile 976, 4x4, 360 hp. 20.8 X 38 Duals, outback auto steer, 4 remotes • 5780 hrs., serial #D4300327, 12 Speed • 1990 Versatile 946, 4x4 325, hp, new 520/ 85R 42 tires, Outback auto steer, 4 remotes Bottom end and Clutch redone, 12 speed trans mission, serial #D450422, 6000 hrs.

• 1997 Model 6195 White, 200 hp, FWA, 3pth, 4 remotes, 1000 pto, 225 hrs., on total rebuilt engine.

Only 4778 hrs., total time. Immaculate 30 in rear tires, comes with White 696 Front end loader • 1985 Massey Ferguson model 699 Tractor, cab air, 3 pth, dual pto, dual hydraulic 16,9 rear tires. 16 speed, 5.9 L Perkins engine, 3130 hrs.

FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 10 AM SOUTH WEST OF MORDEN, MB LOCATION: AT THE FARM FROM WEST EDGE OF MORDEN FOLLOW HWY. #432 SOUTH UNTIL ROAD #3 THEN 5 MILES WEST

Trucks: • 2001 Dodge 2500 extended cab, 360 V8 automatic, 195000 km., Fresh Safety • 1994 Freightliner, cat 3176 engine 13 speed, with Load line 19 ½ x 8’ x 66’’ Box and head lift hoist, 1.200.000 km., Fresh Safety • 1990 Freightliner, 400 hp Cummins, 15 speed, 660.000 km., with 20 x 8.5 ‘ x 66 box head lift hoist, Fresh Safety • 1986 16 FT Pup hopper trailer, Fresh Safety • 1976 Ford F-800 Gas, 5 & 2, 16 ft box hoist, yard truck, rear attach., deck with Chem handler, pump etc. Sells after trucks

Augers Etc: • Two - Farm King 8 x31 augers with 23 Hp gas engines • Farm King 10” x 50 top load auger • Farm King 10’’ x 70 top load auger with Hydraulic drive, low profile, hopper swing Harvesting: • Degal Man pto, Reel type Rock picker • Massey Ferguson WR 9735 swather, power unit • 4 wheel trailer with 250 bu, Gravity box has 80 hrs., sells with Brand new Zero houred 30 ft Head with pick up reel, never been in field, terms on • IH 70 Series 5x 16 Reset plow Swather, $20.000 Down, Auction Day, balance upon Some Shop: Possession on or before August 1, 2015 • 60 Gal upright air compressor • 1999 John Deere 9610 combine, hopper topper • LKS 250 amp AC, DC, Stick welder Chopper spreader, with 914 head, belt pickup, 30 in • Miller Mig welder tires, approx. 2300 hrs.

• Cutting torch with cart and small owner tanks • John Deere 9600, Straddle Duals, 914 head w/ belt • ½ in floor model drill press pickup. Hopper topper, spreader, chopper, 3685 • 4000 watt Generator, powered by gas engine engine, 2711 sep, hrs.

• Labtronics 919 Grain Moisture meter with case • Heads -Two 930 Ridged with pickup reels, one 1995 • 3 - 1000 Gal Fuel Tanks two with Pumps with Fore and Aft, 1999 Two 930 Flex, fore and aft, • Farm King 96 in 3 pth, Snow blower like new new poly • Two Alloway 8 row 30‘’ row crop cultivators • Two Elmers and one Ryan header trailers will sell • Category 2 quick hitch after head • 500 gal propane tank, checked in 2003 Tillage: • Gates Magnum 50 ft super harrow hard surfaced tines, Hydraulic, Dept, Tilt, etc., like new • Bourgault 8800 seeding tool, Dual spring 500 lb Trip Shank, 8’’ space, Knoc on Spoons complete with Bourgault 3225 seed Cart, nice unit • Flexicoil 400 Field cultivator 54 ft 3 row mulchers • Two - Flexicoil 300 B deep tillers, 35 ft with 3 row mulchers • Flexicoil 300 B Deep tiller, 41ft 3 row mulchers, NH3 Kit with Dickey John Rate controller and Hydraulic hook up Winch • Flexicoil system 82 four Bar Tine harrows, 80 feet, Ford 25 ft Tandem disc • Flexicoil 60 ft 4 bar tine Harrow and P-20 Packer bar, Auto Fold unit

• Tool box on ½ ton, also L shaped 150 gal., fuel tank with 12 volt pump • Portable air compressor powered by Honda • Grain Bins to be moved Load King: • 1 - 4250 bu, with air on skid • 2 - 2007, 3250 bu on skid with Air • 2 - 1750 bu, hoppers • 1 - 7000 bu, with air on skid • 1 - 4000 bu, with air on skid • 1 - 3000 bu, temporary grain Ring Auction begins at 10 am with Trailer Load of Farm Hardware Machinery. Machinery will begin to sell at 11 am with Internet Bidding on Auction Time.

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MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a farm equipment auction for Robert & Linda Winter (306)891-9899. Mon Apr 27, 2015 @10am. Directions from Midale, Sk. go 5-mi N on Hwy#606 & 2-mi E! Watch for Signs! Live internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com Consignments Welcome! 2009 JD 7830 FWA tractor and JD 746 FEL plus 3PTH w/only 586-hrs. JD 3020 DSL tractor w/4,505-hrs, 2009 Premier A30-D 18-ft hydro-swing haybine, JD CX15 Flex wing rotary mower, Farm King 960 3PTH snow blower, 2010 Dodge Challenger car w/under 20,000-km, 16-ft tandem axle flat deck home built trailer, Adga estate yard sprayer, 2 JD seed rollers for 1900 air cart, 2000 Sportsmen 25-ft 5th wheel camper w/large slide out, 1983 Ski Doo Alpine snow machine w/new double track white paint & single ski, Polaris ATV push blade, snowmobile trailer, antique JD bicycle, 7-2400-bu oilfield tank hopper bottom grain bins w/Muirhead Mfg hopper bottoms, Pool 6-41 grain auger w/16HP Briggs, 3-40-ton Friessen fertilizer bins epoxy coated, 5-Aeration fans, 500 barrel oilfield tank, complete line of shop tools, 1000-gal poly water tank, 300-gal galvanized water tank, Ingersol Rand air compressor, 15-ton shop press, Lincoln electric welder, radial arm saw, Turf 18 walk behind rototiller, small poly water tank & pump, bench grinder, antique radios & cream cans, plus much more! Consignments Welcome! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter.

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MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a farm equipment auction for Garry, Michael & Lisa Hahn (306)730-7279 Sat., May 2nd, 2015, 10:00am. Directions from Melville, SK at junction of Hwy 10 & 47 North go 1-mi North, 2-mi West & 1-mi North.

Watch for signs! Live Internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com. JD 9200 4WD tractor w/4020-hrs; JD 4640 2WD tractor w/8,150-hrs & duals; JD 4640 2WD tractor w/4,490-hrs; JD 9600 SP combine w/3880 sep hrs & 2014 $27,000 Greenlight work order; JD 230 straight cut 30-ft header; Premier 2930 SP swather w/30-ft MacDon 960 draper header w/1,650-hrs; Farm King steel drum swath roller, White 601 PT swather, JD 40-ft 1820 air drill & JD 1910 air cart w/12-in paired row openers; 36-ft Case IH DT 5600 cultivator; Morris 50-ft & 70-ft tine harrows, IH 820 press drills; 1998 IH Eagle 9300 tandem axle grain truck w/rear controls & roll tarp; 1976 Chev Scottsdale 30 one-ton dually grain truck w/steel box & hoist; 1975 Ford F-600 flat deck truck w/1,200-gal poly water tank & GC-160 Honda pump; 1973 Loadstar 1600 grain truck w/steel box; Degelman 4 batt ground drive rock picker; Brandt QF1500 PT 90-ft sprayer w/chem mixer & foam marker; NH square baler hayliner 273, trailer & mounted water tank & pump; trailer mounted PTO hammer mill; round bale feeders; poly grain trough; 2011 Wheatheart BH-851 grain auger w/mover & Kohler command Pro 30 engine; Brandt 10-60 swing auger; Sakundiak 6-33 auger w/Wisconsin engine; Farm King 7-40 PTO auger; Wheatheart transfer auger & electric motor; Kendon 100-bu hopper wagon; Labtronics grain moisture tester; Labtronics dockage screens; 3, Westeel 2000-bu bins on steel & wood floors; 4, Westeel 1650-bu bins on wood floors; 3, Behlin 1200 & 1700-bu bins floors; 2, Westeel 1350 & 1650-bu bins on wood floors; 4, 5,000-bu temporary grain rings & tarps; 8x14 playhouse storage shed, 1000-gal. fuel tank w/electric pump. 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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MDJ Farms Ltd. – Mike, Darren, Jamie Dimitroff Major, SK | April 15, 2015 · 10 am

2014 Morris C2 Contour 51 Ft w/9650

2006 New Holland CR940

2008 New Holland T9040HD

2012 New Holland SP.275R 120 Ft

2010 New Holland H8040 36 Ft

AUCTION LOCATION: From MAJOR, SK, go 12.8 km (8 miles) North on Grid 676, stay on speed curve and go 11.2 km (7 miles) West OR From PRIMATE, SK go 28.9 km (18 miles) South on Hwy 317. GPS: 51.9979167, -109.7870278 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2008 New Holland T9040HD 4WD Tractor · 2008 New Holland T6050 MFWD Tractor · 2006 New Holland CR940 Combine · 2002 Honey Bee SP36 36 Ft Draper · 2010 New Holland H8040 36 Ft Swather · 1996 Case IH 8220 25 Ft Swather · 2009 Kenworth T800 Sleeper T/A · 2001 Kenworth

T800 Sleeper T/A · 2005 Mack Vision T/A Grain Truck · 2011 Wilson 45 Ft Tri/A Aluminum Grain Trailer · 2012 BWS 40ADG2X 40 Ton T/A Double Drop Lowboy Trailer · 2014 Morris C2 Contour 51 Ft Air Drill w/9650 · 2012 New Holland SP.275R 120 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · Antique Case Tractors ...AND MUCH MORE!

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YORKTON TIRE & AUTO CENTRE AUCTION Garage & Tire Shop Auction Sat., April 11th, 2015 9:30AM, 131 Palliser Way, Yorkton SK. CONTACT: (306)782-2431. SHOP EQUIPMENT: NAPA Four Post 14,000-lb Rotary Lift Hoist: 3-yrs old, 4-wheel alignment & open front w/10-tonne jacking beams, excellent NAPA Four Post 14,000-lb Rotary Lift Hoist: 4-wheel alignment & open front w/10-tonne jacking beams, good; Manitowoc CF790 Two Post 9000-lb Asymmetric Hoist, good; NAPA Two Post 6000-lb Rotary Hoist updated to 9000-lb pump, good; Hunter TCX 550 Tire Changer; Corghi A2024 Tire Changer; Hunter DSP9600 Tire Balancer; 2) new oil tanks, hoses, reels, meters; 2) Dvair compressors: 175-lb PSI, 5-HP, 2 phase; Strut OTC Tamer HD (spring compressor), like new; Transmission jack for semis; RMS 2134 Air Conditioning vac, recharge; 2) air blasters; 15-tonne hyd press; NAPA 1000 Transmission jack; Miller Arc welder, long cables; Tail pipe expander; Parts washer; Acetylene torches; 2 compartment tool box; Battery boosters; Westward torque wrenches; Tire spreader; Tire repair cabinet w/accessories; 3) 4x6 steel tables on roller; Bench grinders; 4 towel dispensers; 2 oil change dollies; Vices; 4 floor jacks; New tire steel racks; 2 dollies; Safe turn brake lathe (does rotors, drums); Air over oil jacks; Semi torque wrenches; 3/4 impacts; 4-ft telescoping jack stands; Car jacks; Tire cage; Pressure washer; Mig 130 110 V welder; Calcium fluid pump; Plus misc tools, wrenches, bead breakers, tire tools, plus more. Plus specialty tools, vehicles, misc. NOTE: Online Bidding 1:00PM. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for complete pictures & listing. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #915851.

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions BOB & GWEN LAIDLAW AUCTION Sun., Apr 19th, 2015 10:00am 6.5 SOUTH ON #80 FROM WROXTON JUNCTION 10 & 80, 1/2 EAST OR 15.5 NORTH OF CHURCHBRIDGE ON #80, 1/2-MI EAST WROXTON, SK. CONTACT: (306)742-4317. MACHINERY– TRACTORS: CASE 4490 Tractor 4WD, air, cab, 18.4x34 tires, plumbed for air seeder, 6,100-hrs, $13,000 overhaul 300-hrs, nice; CASE 1470 Tractor 4WD, cab, cooler, standard; COMBINE: Case IH 1680 SP Combine cab, air, rakeup, PU, chaff spreader, chopper, reverser, long auger, many new parts, 3,647-hrs, Real Nice; IH 915 SP Combine hydro, cab, air, chopper, IH PU; TRUCKS: 1975 Ford L700 Grain Truck 17-ft. box, hoist, tarp, 361 V8 5x2, recent motor, clutch, hyd pump; 1967 Chev 3-Ton Grain Truck 14-ft. box & hoist, 327 V8 4x2; 1975 Ford Ranger F250 Farm truck; AUGERS: Secundiak 8x37 Auger ES; Secundiak 7x45 Auger 18-HP ES; 7x40 16-HP ES auger; TILLAGE: Morris 725 29-ft. Magnum Deep Tillage & Harrows; Morris 519 21-ft. Deep tillage; Morris 619 21-ft. Deep tillage & harrows; DISCS: Alteen 14-ft. tandem disc, Good; MF 360 15-ft. discer, complete; MF 36 15-ft. discer, complete; CONSIGNMENT: Jason (306)621-1989 1979 STEIGER PT225 TRACTOR: 18.4x38 duals, 20-SPD std 3306 Cat engine, 4 hyd valve 6,933-hrs clock stopped 1,000-hrs ago; 1987 CASE IH 1680 SP COMBINE 466 engine, stnd rotor, air foil sieve, Kruger return system, recent sieve arm bushings replacement, 3,752-hrs; 1979 INTL 150 HOE DRILLS 28-ft., Eagle beak openers, shaft monitors, 3-in. rubber press, factory fert attach c/w 30-ft. fully hyd Bergen transport; 10x51-ft. WESTFIELD SWING GRAIN AUGER hyd swing auger; 25-ft.

Case (Heston) 8220 Auto Fold Swather, good (306)744-2649. Plus cattle equip, drills, augers, sprayers, grain dryer, plus 2 Behlen 3200-bu hopper bins on skids. NOTE: Bob & Gwen are retiring from farming & selling all their farm related equip.

Not many small items. Large consignment. Online bidding 1:00pm. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for complete pictures & listing. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #915851.

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Kenaston, SK | April 17, 2015 · 10 am

2001 John Deere 9650STS

1992 Case IH 9230

2005 International 9400I Eagle

2007 Massey Ferguson 9430 30 Ft

AUCTION LOCATION: From KENASTON, SK, 0.8 km (0.5 miles) West on Hwy 15, turn South on McWilldale Rd, then go 7.2 km (4.5 miles) South. GPS: 51.4357222, -106.2851667 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 1992 Case IH 9230 4WD Tractor · 1992 Case IH 7120 MFWD Tractor · 1982 Case 2090 2WD Tractor · 2001 John Deere 9650STS Combine · 2007 Massey Ferguson 9430 30 Ft Swather · 2005 International 9400I Eagle T/A Grain Truck · 1978 Ford 700 S/A Grain Truck · 1977 Ford F600 S/A Grain Truck · 2009 Ford F150 XLT Extended Cab 4x4

Pickup Truck · 2000 Ford F150 Extended Cab Pickup Truck · 2000 Bourgault 5710 40 Ft Air Drill · Bourgault 8800 36 Ft Air Seeder · 2003 New Holland SF115 90 Ft High Clearance Field Sprayer · McKee Bros Ltd 8 S/A 20 Ft Hay Rake · (2) 2013 Westeel 1805 4700± Bushel 18 Ft x 5 Ring Hopper · 1993 Citation Supreme T/A Fifth Wheel Travel Trailer ...AND MUCH MORE!

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MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a farm equipment auction for Henry & Karen Kaczmar (306)697-7147. Mon. Apr 20, 2015 10am. Grenfell, Sask. Directions from Grenfell 10-mi E on Hwy#1 & 3-mi N. Watch for signs! Live internet bidding at www.bidspotter.com NH 9282 4WD tractor w/3517-hrs, Case 4490 4WD tractor w/PTO, IH 986 2WD tractor w/Ezee-On FEL, IH 434 2WD tractor w/FEL & 3PTH, IH 1066 tractor, IH 1680 SP combine w/specialty rotor, Case IH 1682 PT combine, 30-ft Case IH 1010 straight-cut header, 26-ft MF 220 SP swather w/1990-hrs, 30-ft Case IH 730 PT swather, Koenders poly swath roller, Blanchard steel swath roller, 30-ft Morris 8900 seeding tool double shoot w/Morris 7180 air tank, 80-ft Bourgault 5400 Versa sprayer harrows, Co-op G-100 2-12 discers, 2000 4WD Chev Silverado ext-cab truck, 1979 Chev C70 grain truck w/Detroit diesel engine & air brakes, 1967 Chev 30-ton grain truck w/16-ft steel box, Case IH 3650 soft core baler, NH side delivery rake, Hi Qual maternity pen, Birch Creek chute & palpation cage, Hi Boy 35-ft bale trailer, round bale feeders, gates & corral panels, Leon 14ft 4-way dozer blade, Degelman rock picker, EZ guide auto steer, Buhler 10-60 swing auger, Brandt 7-45 auger w/Kohler engine & Wheatheart mover, Sakundiak 7-45, hydraulic 5-in auger on wheels, 100-bu hopper wagon, 1200-gal poly water tank, 1000-gal Westeel double wall fuel vault plus much more! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter.

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Coffey Elk Ranch Ltd. Carlyle, SK | April 20, 2015 · 10 am

2010 Versatile 485 & 2012 Seed Hawk 6612 66 Ft w/800

2014 Gleaner S67

A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2010 Versatile 485 4WD Tractor · 1996 New Holland Versatile 9682 4WD Tractor · 2014 Gleaner S67 Combine · (2) 2008 Honey Bee SP30 30 Ft Drapers · (2) 2006 Massey Ferguson 9420 30 Ft Swathers · 2007 Peterbilt 379 T/A Sleeper Truck Tractor · 2002 Lode King 45 Ft Tri/A Grain Trailer · 45 Ft Hiboy Trailer

· 2012 Seed Hawk 6612 66 Ft Air Drill · 2012 Hagie STS12 120 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · Behlen 1600± Bushel Hopper Bin · Behlen 1000± Bushel Hopper Bin · 2009 Brandt 1370 13 In. x 70 Ft Hydraulic Swing Grain Auger · Parker 938 Grain Cart ...AND MUCH MORE!

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AUCTION LOCATION: From CARLYLE, SK, go 16 km (10 miles) South on Hwy 9 OR From ALAMEDA, SK go 24 km (15 miles) North on Hwy 9. Yard on West side. GPS: 49.472, -102.2869

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Fillmore, SK | April 16, 2015 · 10 am

Carnduff, SK | April 18, 2015 · 10 am

Kosior Enterprise Inc.

1999 John Deere 9400 & United Farm Tools 4765 765±

2009 Rogator 1286C 100 Ft

Eric Wilmot

2006 John Deere 9860STS Premium

1994 Kenworth T600 & 1994 Kenworth T600B & 1999 Timpte 40 Ft

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2009 Apache AS1010 100 Ft

AUCTION LOCATION: From FILLMORE, SK, go 10 km (6.2 miles) South on Grid 606, 3.2 km (2 miles) East, 0.5 km (0.3 mile) South. Yard on East side. GPS: 49.7774, -103.3726

AUCTION LOCATION: From the East side of Carnduff, SK go 8.9 km (5.5 miles) South, then 0.5 km (0.3 mile) East. GPS: 49.096381, -101.778381

A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 1999 John Deere 9400 4WD Tractor · 1976 John Deere 8630 4WD Tractor · 1980 John Deere 3140 MFWD Tractor · 2006 John Deere 9860STS Premium Combine · 2009 John Deere 635F 35 Ft Flex Header· 1985 John Deere 3430 25 Ft Swather · 1994 Kenworth T600 Sleeper T/A Truck Tractor · 1994 Kenworth T600B Sleeper T/A Truck

A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2000 Case IH 9370 4WD · 1998 Case IH 8920 MFWD · 1969 International 1256 2WD · 2008 Case IH 7010 Combine · 2010 Case IH 2142 36 Ft Draper Header · 2011 Case IH 1203WD 36 Ft Swather · 1990 Case IH 736 36 Ft Swather · 2002 GMC 8500 TopKick T/A Grain Truck · 1995 International 2574 Navistar T/A Grain Truck · 2008

Tractor · International Loadstar 1600 S/A Fuel Truck · 1987 Trailmobile 48 Ft Hiboy Trailer · 1999 Timpte 40 Ft T/A Grain Trailer · 2004 Bourgault 5710 Series II 54 Ft Air Drill · 2010 Bourgault 6450 Tow-Behind Air Tank · Hiniker 6800 Subsoiler Cultivator · 2009 Rogator 1286C 100 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · Qty of Grain Bins & Grain Handing Equipment ...AND MUCH MORE!

Ford F250 XLT Super Duty Extended Cab Pickup · 2002 Southland 14 Ft T/A Stock Trailer · 1998 Midland 20 Ft T/A Grain Trailer · 2007 Seedmaster 5010 TXB 50 Ft Air Drill · Bourgault 546-52 48 Ft Air Seeder · 2011 Bourgault 6000 70 Ft Mid Harrows · 2009 Apache AS1010 100 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · Qty of Hopper Bins · J&M 750 750± Bushel Grain Cart ...AND MUCH MORE!

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MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a farm & livestock equipment auction for Clifford & Donna Worley & Sharon Wiens & the Estate of Reuben Wiens Fri. Apr 24, 2015 @10am. Directions from Kennedy, Sk. from junction of Hwy#9 & 48 go 5 km W on Hwy#48 & Ω-km S to Bekavar Road & 9-km W. Watch for signs! Live internet bidding www.bidspotter.com. Following items are Clifford Worley (306)735-7162 Case IH MX120 FWA tractor & Case IH L655 FEL w/3PTH & grapple fork, Case IH 7120 2WD tractor w/duals, JD 7720 SP combine w/JD 212 pickup, NH H7460 15-ft disc bine w/steel crimpers, NH BR780 round baler, Farm Aid silage mix wagon w/scale, Highline 1400 hay hiker, Highline 6800 bale processor, Farm King PTO roller mill, 1993 Real Industries gooseneck stock trailer, Case IH 721 PT swather, 2-Easy Way 150-bu creep feeders, 2-Cypress 100-bu creep feeders, shopbuilt maternity pen, 10-ft, 20-ft and 30-ft rubber belt feed bunks, 32-ft Flexi Coil 200 air seeder w/Flexi Coil 1100 air tank, 27-ft Case IH 5600 cultivator w/Degelman harrows, 28-ft Case IH 7200 hoe drills, 70-ft Flexi Coil System 60 PT sprayer w/chem mixer, Sakundiak 7-45 PTO auger, 1968 Chev single axle grain truck w/14-ft steel box, 1964 Ford F-500 grain truck, 7-Westeel Rosco 1600-bu bins on cement, 2Chief Westland 1500-bu bins on cement. Following items are from Estate of Reuben Wiens (306)736-2739. Seedhawk 32-12 air drill double anhydrous kit w/2 onboard 90-bu tanks, Case IH 4694 4WD tractor w/PTO, Case 2670 4WD tractor w/PTO & 12-ft Degelman blade, Case 2290 2WD tractor w/Leon FEL, IH 706 DSL 2WD tractor & FEL, MF 1805 4WD tractor that needs work, NH TX66 SP combine w/Swathmaster pickup, MF 850 SP combine w/2061 hrs, MF 850 SP combine w/Straw Storm, chopper, 25-ft Case IH 6500 SP DSL swather w/pickup reel, Blanchard 60-ft tine harrows & packers, Schaffer 14-ft tandem disc, 2-MF 24-ft straight-cut headers, Koenders poly drum swath roller, Flexi Coil 1110 air tank, 1983 20ft gooseneck stock trailer, shopbuilt hyd dump trailer, Farm King electric roller mill, Cockshutt 311 hay rake, 7-L calf scale, Solar fencers, electric wire & posts, shopbuilt tandem axle grain box w/hyd dump, Pool 8-45 PTO auger, Sakundiak 7-41 auger & motor, Versatile field sprayer, 5000-bu steel temporary storage ring, 1986 Ford F-600 single axle grain truck, 1977 Ford F-750 cab over tandem tag axle grain truck, 1977 Ford F-350 flatdeck truck, Outback Lightbar GPS, electric pressure washer, Labtronics 919 moisture tester, Stihl chainsaw, 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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Togo, SK | April 18, 2015 · 10 am

John Fitzgerald & Ken Piller

1996 John Deere 8770 & 2000 Seed Hawk 3612 36 Ft & 2013 Case IH Precision 3430

2010 Apache AS715

1998 Westward 9200 30 Ft

1996 John Deere 9600

2012 John Deere 9510R

2011 John Deere 9870STS

1998 Vermeer 605L

2011 John Deere 4930 120 Ft

2007 Seedmaster TXB 6412 64 Ft & 2008 Bourgault 6450

AUCTION LOCATION: From GRENFELL, SK, go 12 km (7.5 miles) North on Hwy 47. Yard on East side.

GPS: 50.5207, -102.9113 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 1996 John Deere 8770 4WD Tractor · 1987 Case IH 3594 MFWD Tractor · Case 990 2WD Tractor · 1996 John Deere 9600 Combine · 1994 John Deere 930 30 Ft Rigid Header · 1993 John Deere 925 25 Ft Rigid Header · 1998 Westward 9200 30 Ft Swather · Case IH 730 30 Ft Swather · 1987 Chevrolet C70 S/A Grain Truck · 2011 Southland 18 Ft

Brian & Gail Ruf

T/A Stock Trailer · 2000 Seed Hawk 3612 36 Ft Air Drill · 2013 Case IH 3430 Precision Tow-Behind Air Tank · Morris Magnum CP-731 37 Ft Cultivator · 2010 Apache AS715 90 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · 1994 Flexi-Coil 55 72 Ft Field · Valmar 1655 Applicator · New Holland 490 12 Ft Mower Conditioner · Large Qty of Grain Bins & Grain Handling Equipment ...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com

AUCTION LOCATION: From YORKTON, SK, go East to Jct of Hwy 10 & Hwy 8, then go 22 km (13.7 miles) North, then 20 km (12.5 miles) East on Hwy 357, then 3.2 km (2 miles) South on Hwy 369, Yard on West side.

GPS: 51.3681, -101.606 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2012 John Deere 9510R 4WD · 1980 John Deere 4240 2WD · 2011 John Deere 9870STS Combine · 2011 John Deere 635D 35 Ft Draper · 2009 John Deere 4895 30 Ft Swather · 1999 Western Star 4964FX Sleeper T/A Truck Tractor · 1994 International 9300 Eagle Sleeper T/A Truck Tractor · 1973 Chevrolet C65 Tag/A Grain

Truck · 2004 Lode King Super B Grain Trailer · 1987 Trailmobile 28 Ft Hiboy Trailer · 2007 Seedmaster TXB 6412 64 Ft Air Drill · 2008 Bourgault 6450 Tow-Behind Air Tank · 2011 Degelman 7000 70 Ft Heavy Harrows · 2011 John Deere 4930 120 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · Qty of GPS Equipment · Qty of Grain Bins & Grain Handling Equipment ...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com

John Fitzgerald: 306.697.7824 (c) fitzgerald@yourlink.ca Ken Piller: 306.697.3249 (h), 306.697.7196 (c)

Brian & Gail Ruf: 306.597.2046 (h), 306.542.7601 (c), g.ruf@sasktel.net

Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Kevin Ortt: 306.451.7388 800.491.4494

Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Dan Steen: 306.361.6154 800.491.4494

MACK AUCTION CO. PRESENTS a farm & livestock equipment auction for Ross & Kaye Evans (306)482-3833 or (306)482-7075 Sat Apr 25, 2015 Carnduff, Sk. @10am. Live internet bidding www.bidspotter.com Directions from Carnduff go 3.5-mi E on Hwy#18 to the bridge & 3.5-mi N. 2004 NH TV 145 Bidirectional tractor w/NH 7614 FEL & grapple, Case IH 3594 FWA tractor w/5,830-hrs, Case IH 4494 4WD tractor w/PTO & Leon dozer blade, JD 4440 2WD tractor w/duals, Case 1070 2WD tractor, Case 1070 Agri King 2WD tractor w/FEL & grapple, Case 970 2WD tractor w/6,845-hrs, Case 870 2WD tractor w/seized engine, John Deere 110 lawn tractor w/tiller & mower, New Holland TX 66 SP combine w/1,886 separator hrs, JD 9500 SP combine w/JD 212 pickup, 25-ft Case IH 6000 SP swather w/pickup reel, 2003 Wilkinson 30-ft gooseneck triple axle flat deck trailer, WW 24-ft gooseneck stock trailer, 2006 NH HS-18 hay bine header, JD 567 round baler w/mega wide pickup, Highline 14 bale hay hiker, Laurier 12 bale hay hiker, Highline 6600 bale processor, 34-ft Morris air seeder w/Morris 7180 air tank & liquid fertilizer kit, Bandit 1,500-gal liquid fertilizer caddy, Raven 750 GPS, 1982 GMC 7000 3-ton grain truck w/29,300-kms, 1978 Ford F-600 4WD truck & Oswald 380 silage mixer, 1975 IH Loadstar tandem DSL grain truck, 1997 Ford F150 Super Cab 4WD truck, 185 Gehl 207 eleven wheel reel rake, 1981 3ton flatdeck truck w/gooseneck hitch, 33-ft Morris 731 cultivator, 31-ft Morris 431 cultivator, 27-ft Morris L240 field cultivator, 33-ft Case IH 4900 Vibrashank field cultivator w/Degelman harrows, 90-ft Agshield PT field sprayer w/1,250-gal poly tank, computer sprayer, Rockomatic rock picker, Richardson front mount snow blower, Schulte XH-1500 Series 3 rotary mower, Leon 10-ft dozer blade, Bucyus International S-68 hyd scraper, Caterpillar tractor Co. TS405 pull type road grader, 1966 IH 3-ton grain truck, 1957 Fargo truck for parts, MF 124 square baler, Sven 24 PTO roller mill & hopper, 2Ranchers Welding 250-bu creep feeders, 6-calf shelters, shopbuilt wind breaks, free standing pipe panels, shop built maternity pens, all flex RFID tag reader, round bale feeders, calf tipping table, ATV calf catcher, 2-Solar water systems w/pumps & panels, mineral feeders, texas gate, RR ties, posts, wire, Koenders poly swath roller, IH 6200 3-12 disc drills, IH 620 2-12 disc drills, 2-650 gal liquid fertilizer tank, 1,250-gal water tank, 4-Goebel 4000-bu hopper bottom bins, 2-Westeel Rosco 4000-bu hopper bottom bins, 2-Westeel Rosco 2000-bu hopper bottom bins, 10-Westeel Rosco 1650-bu hopper bottom bins, 2 Westeel Rosco 1650-bu bins on wood floors, Butler 1000-bin, Westfield MK 100-61 swing auger, Sakundiak HD 10-50 swing auger, Westfield 7-41 auger w/Kohler engine, Westfield 10-51 swing auger, fertilizer 2 compartment tote tank, 2-aeration fans pencil type, transfer augers, Honda 300 quad, Polaris 250 quad, 7-ft South Bend steel lathe, Ingersol Rand Upright air compressor, Karcher pressure washer, Kwik Way Valve grinder, tractor splitter stands, ATV sprayer, metal kitchen cabinets, Kwik Way valve grinder, tractor splitter stands, ATV sprayer, metal kitchen cabinets, 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 Auctions Various

ONLINE ONLY

AUCTION SALES Auctions Various

“Unreserved” Closing-Out AUCTION

Wincrief Forestry Products LP Kenora, ON

Bidding Closes: Thursday,

April 23 @ 1:00 PM CDT

Forestry Related Transport Equipment F e at u r i N g : • (4) 2000-2003, Western Star 4900 • (7) 1996 – 2003, Superior B-Train Series T/A Truck Tractors w/ 475 Chip Trailers c/w AR with air lift axle Cat, 18 spd., 46,000 rears • (4) 1996 – 2000, SCT SG Pulp • 2003 Dodge 3500 Ram Quad Cab Trailers w/ 5 axle AR and Ont. Pickup, w/ Cummins Diesel, cross haul bunks Auto Trans, Duals • PLuS: misc. trucks, trailers, • 2009 Load Lifter Solutions Quad shop equipment, inventory and Axle Camp Equipment Trailer office equipment.

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

BUILDINGS

11TH ANNUAL SPRING EQUIPMENT AUCTION Drayton, ND.

Sat. April 18-9:30am • Tractors • Trucks • Tillage • Sprayers • Row Crop • Headers • Recreational • Lawn & Garden.

Full listing after March 26th on midwestauctions.com, Agweek, or Farm & Ranch - Proxi-Bid

We know that farming is enough of a gamble so if you want to sell it fast place your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. It’s a Sure Thing. Call our toll-free number today.

We have friendly staff ready to help. 1-800-782-0794.

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

TRACTORS *COMBINES *HEADERS *SWATHERS *TILLAGE AND PLANTING *SPRAYERS *HAYING AND LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT *GRAIN TRUCKS, SEMI’S, SEMI TRAILERS *VEHICLES & PICKUPS *TRAILERS AND GRAIN CARTS *BELT CONVEYORS, GRAIN VACS AND OTHER GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT *SKID STEER & BOBCAT *HEADER TRAILERS *FERTILIZER & ANHYDROUS *AUGERS & JUMP AUGER *NEW SKIDSTEEER ATTACHMENTS *RECREATION *OTHER MISC. EQUIPMENT *MUCH MUCH MORE, WATCH FOR UPDATES

Retail Greenhouse & Garden Center for sale. 6.4-ac & 24,000-sqft of Retail Greenhouses, Garden Center Store & Nursery for sale. Natural gas & city water.

Patmore Nursery Sales.

MLS# 1500592

Go public with an ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. Phone 1-800-782-0794.

FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS

Wed. April 15, 11-AM • JD #9300, 4-WD, 2040 Hrs. • JD #2110 45’ Cult. • JD #2410 39’ Chisel • JD #1820 35’Hoe Drill • ‘04 IH Tri-Drive Trk. • ‘85 TS Tandem Trk. • JD #7700, & Tractor Full listing on midwestauctions.com/rapacz

AUTO & TRANSPORT AUTO & TRANSPORT Trucks

BEEKEEPING

Phone

06 D6R CAT LGP 6 way bade, double tilt, A/C cab & heat, 1-bbl MS ripper, brand new under carriage w/30-in. pads, top con GPS system, $125,000.

(204)871-0925

FARM MACHINERY Fertilizer Equipment USED DRY FERTILIZER SPREADERS 4-8 ton.

Many to choose from, $3000 up. www.zettlerfarmequipment.com (204)857-8403

BEEKEEPING Bee Equipment SALE.

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins Roger

It doesn’t get any better than this. Prepay your ad for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free! Call today! 1-800-782-0794.

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

PRICE TO CLEAR!!

75 truckloads 29 gauge full hard 100,000PSI high tensile roofing & siding. 16 colours to choose from.

B-Gr. coloured......................70¢/ft.2 Multi-coloured millends.........49¢/ft.

2

Ask about our blowout colours...65¢/ft.2 Also in stock low rib white 29 ga. ideal for archrib buildings

CUSTOM BIN MOVING Book now! Fert Tanks.

Hopper Bins/flat. Buy/Sell. Call Tim (204)362-7103 or E-mail Requests binmover50@gmail.com FOR SALE: (2)14-FT diameter, 6 ring Roscoe bin, cone fan ladder, 2,200-bu; (1)Meridian 14x12 hopper bin; also, (2)Power-matic harrow drawbars, 110-ft & 125-ft. Will sell cheap. Phone: (204)746-5727. St. Jean Baptiste, MB.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins

Cudmore Bros.

Used Augers 10” and 13” Farm King Augers Meridian Hopper Bins Meridian (Sakundiak) Augers Dutch Tips for Bourgault, Flexicoil and Stealth Water Tanks and Transfer Pumps Allied Loaders Honda & Kohler Engines

Owner: Rick Bykonen Estate & Amanda Bykonen – 701-266-5643 Location: From Rolla, ND - 9 miles East on Hwy. 5 to Armordale Dam sign, then 2 miles South.

Auction Sale Order: 11:00 am - misc. small trailer items, tools, etc. 12:00 pm - main line of equipment beginning with tractors. Note: all large equipment will be sold first, followed by smaller equipment.

Internet Bidding: Live Internet bidding starts at 12:00 noon. For live bidding the day of the auction, go to www.proxibid.com. Pre-registration is required prior to auction day.

Auctioneer’s Note: Rick Bykonen was a young, well-liked & excellent farmer in the Rolla area. No disappointments here. You will be well pleased with the quality & maintenance of this equipment.

Be sure to not miss this excellent buying opportunity. Lunch will be served

BEAT THE PRICE INCREASES CALL NOW

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

204-873-2395

TRACTORS: *2002 Buhler Versatile 2310 4wd tractor, 4 hyd, 20.8 R 42’S (75%), 12 speed manual trans., just had complete service & checkup by dealer, not used since, planataries turned, etc., 3,400 hrs *2004 Buhler Versatile 2270 4wd tractor, just had complete service in August 2014, spent $5,000, not used since, 3,540 hrs TRUCKS & VEHICLES: *1982 Chevy C*70 tandem grain truck, 20’ Knapheide steel box & hoist, twin screw, 366, 5+2 Eaton 2 speed, 10:00 20’S, 55,800 miles *1980 Chevy C*70 tandem truck, 19’ Red River steel box & hoist, roll tarp, 10:00 R20’S (good), 427, 5+2 Eaton, 2 speed trans, 109, 168 miles, twin screw *1968 Chevy 2 ton single axle grain truck, 13 ½’ berts steel box & hoist, roll tarp, 4+2, 65,000 miles *1997 Chevy S*10 2wd pickup HARVEST EQUIPMENT: *25’ Premier model 2950 diesel self*propelled swather, 972 Harvest Head, just had complete service & checkup by dealer, 875 hrs *JD 9600 combine, new 30.5 32’S, Crary chaff spreader, shedded, super clean machine, brand new feeder chain, just gone through by dealer, spent $7,000, 4,502 engine hrs, 3,177 sep. hrs. *JD 914P pickup head w/ 7 belt JD pickup w/ wind guard, big tires, lights, shedded *JD model 930 rigid straight head w/ bat reel *JD pickup header w/ 6 belt JD pickup *25’ JD model 590 pull type swather w/ lifters & end cutter *10’ canola roller, metal drum TILLAGE: *2013 45’ JD model 2210 field cultivator, 4 outside stabilizer wheels, complete walking tandems, 3 bar JD harrows, floating hitch *1997 35’ model 680 chisel plow, complete walking tandems, 3 bar Degelman heavy harrows, all set up for NH3 *33’ JD 680 chisel plow, complete walking tandems, 3 bar Summers, harrows *31’ JD model 680 chisel plow w/ 3 bar Summers harrows *60’ Summers heavy harrow PLANTING EQUIPMENT: *Flexicoil 1720 air seeder w/ 33’ model 5000 seeding tool, 2 bar harrows *2004 45’ New Holland Flexicoil model SC230 air seeder, tow between cart, 28L tires, 8” fill auger w/ model SD440 *New Holland Flexicoil seeding tool, 5 1/2” rubber press, single section heavy harrow, 9” space, stealth body w/ 4”carbide tips RECREATION: *2013 Arctic Cat XF 800 SNO*PRO snowmobile, long paddle track., has trailer with it, 1,026 miles AUGERS AND VAC: *2010 10x71 Westfield grain auger model MK 100*71 w/ hyd lift & mechanical drive P.T.O. *8x61 Westfield model MK 80 w/ mechanical swing out hopper *7x36 Westfield grain auger w/ Honda GX 390 13 HP w/ electric start *Walinga grain vac w/ hoses & attachments HOPPER BINS AND OTHER MISC. SHOP: *Misc. tools, shop equipment and farm items not listed, too numerous to list

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS

www.cudmorebros.com

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Doors & Windows

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Doors & Windows

Your North Central North Dakota Auction Leader Visit our websites at www.midwestauctions.com/dakota OR www.globalauctionguide.com OR call the Auction Company for a sale bill.

Dakota Auctioneers, Larry Swenson, owner/ operator Lic. 508, 525 Main St., Cando ND 58324 701-968-4224 Office or 701-303-0379 Cell

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.

FYFE PARTS

1-800-667-9871 • Regina 1-800-667-3095 • Saskatoon 1-800-387-2768 • Winnipeg 1-800-222-6594 • Edmonton “For All Your Farm Parts”

www.fyfeparts.com The Real Used FaRm PaRTs sUPeRsToRe Over 2700 Units for Salvage • TRACTORS • COMBINES • SWATHERS • DISCERS Call Joe, leN oR daRWIN (306) 946-2222 monday-Friday - 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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

NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS NEW COMBINE PARTS Large Inventory of new and remanufactured parts

FARM MACHINERY

06 GMC DURAMAX DSL 4x4, extended cab, runs very nice, 310,000-km, good rubber, $9,000 w/new safety. (204)871-0925

FOR

We also specialize in: Crop Insurance appeals; Chemical drift; Residual herbicide; Custom operator issues; Equipment malfunction; Yield comparisons, Plus Private Investigations of any nature. With our assistance the majority of our clients have received compensation previously denied. Back-Track Investigations investigates, documents your loss and assists in settling your claim.

Licensed Agrologist on Staff.

For more information Please call 1-866-882-4779

2004 NH RG200B GRADER air, dozer & ripper, 5,000-hrs; 2003 Hitachi ZX200LC track hoe & thumb; Case 621 3-yd loader; D7F dozer ripper, PWR shift; New Quonset in crate 52x35x18-ft. $17,000; 1999 GMC T8500 Cat DSL, tow truck, 20ft. tilt & wheel lift, $14,500; 1977 IHC 1700 series floater w/tiler fertilizer spreader, $5,000; 3-Ton fertilizer spread $1,500; Rotex SR7 Pwr parachute needs frame, as is, $3,000; Ford Major DSL loader 3-PTH bale fork, $6,700. (306)236-8023

Argyle, MN

HONEY BEES (204)434-6918.

LARGE FARM EQUIPMENT ESTATE AUCTION Friday, April 17th, 2015 - 11:00 Am

COUNTRY HOTEL FOR SALE, owners retiring after 25-yrs, 55 seat beverage room, beer vendor, 2 VLT’s & 5 rental rooms. Located close to RM NP. Contact Bob at Corona Hotel, Glenella MB. (204)352-4221.

BUSINESS SERVICES Crop Consulting

LARGE MULTI PARTY FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION Friday, April 10, 2015 – 9:30 Am Location: Leeds, ND – 1 mile west of Leeds, ND on the south side of Hwy 2 CONSISTENTLY NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA’S LARGEST FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION COME PREPARED TO BUY AT TWO RINGS Auctioneers Note: Each year, this has been a huge auction that always features an outstanding line of well kept equipment. Partial list, equipment will come in steady until auction day. To look up the owner’s name, address and phone number, go to www.midwestauctions.com/Dakota or www.gobalauctionguide.com Internet Bidding: This auction will feature live internet bidding. For live bidding the day of the auction, go to www.Proxibid.com Pre –registration is required prior to auction day.

NOTE: We are still taking consignments

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

Argyle, MN

Argyle, MN. ‘No Misc’

Call our toll-free number to take advantage of our Prepayment Bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and we’ll run your ad 2 more weeks for free. That’s 5 weeks for the price of 3. Call 1-800-782-0794 today!

CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in place & finish of concrete floors. Can accommodate any floor design.

References available. Alexander, MB. 204-752-2069.

BUSINESS SERVICES

Clean Farm equipment For more information, go to www.asset-sales.ca or call 902.852.5331

AFAB INDUSTRIES IS YOUR SUPERIOR post frame building company. For estimates and information call 1-888-816-AFAB(2322).

Website: www.postframebuilding.com

FARM MACHINERY Grain Elevators

FOUILLARD STEEL SUPPLIES LTD.

CRYSTAL CITY, MB

STEINBACH, MB. Ph. 326-2443 Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727 Fax (204) 326-5878 Web site: farmparts.ca E-mail: roy@farmparts.ca FARM MACHINERY Salvage PARTING OUT TRACTORS & other farm equipment: Vers. 500, Allis 750, Case 930, 7700 JD combine & other equipment & older trucks, including tires & rims, etc. Phone:(204)871-2708 or (204)685-2124.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous 1,200-GAL SS LIQUID FERT CADDY, Trelleborg tires JB double piston pump; 48-ft. GANDY broadcast seeder w/hyd drive; 550 REM grain vac, new cond; 1973 IH grain truck w/18-ft. steel box, roll tarp & tag axle w/lift; portable Lincoln welder w/Chrysler 6 cyl engine; Richard Wilcox 14x20 overhead door 1 glass panel w/hardware; Above Items Shedded. 4 whl Universal header trailer; 7x36 Westfield auger w/16-HP B&S; 8x56 PTO auger w/hyd lift; 10x70 PTO auger w/hopper.

Phone toll free 1-866-736-2609 1980 230 TIMBER JACK cable skidder, excellent condition, new starter, injectors, main line, standard transmission, front chains, runs good, asking $11,500 OBO, will trade for cows. Call (807)466-7610 or (807)548-4435.

60-FT POWERMATIC HARROWS ASKING $1,100 OBO; 2 hydraulic cylinders, 3.5x20-in in excellent cond, $100 each OBO. (204)334-6885, cell (204)794-5098.

Round up the cash! Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds.

Serving Manitoba, Saskatchewan, NW Ontario & Alberta....Since 1937 • Quality Commercial/Agricultural/Residential Overhead Doors & Operators.

• Aluminum Polycarbonate Doors Available.

• Non-Insulated and Insulated Sectional Doors Available.

• Liftmaster Heavy Duty Operators.

• Mullion Slide Away Centre Posts.

• Commercial/Agricultural Steel Man Doors and Frames.

• Your washbay door specialists. • Quality Installation & Service.

• 24 Hour Service. • Replacement Springs & Cables.

Phone: 204-326-4556 Fax: 204-326-5013 Toll Free: 1-855-326-4556 www.reimeroverheaddoors.com email: kurtis@reimeroverheaddoors.com

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 FOR SALE OR RENT: 2-5000 gal. husky manure wagons. One has radio tractor tires. A TR96 new holland combine. Phone: (204)355-4980. Cell: (204)371-5744.

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.

Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Classifieds.

Call our toll-free number and place your ad with our friendly staff, and don’t forget to ask about our prepayment bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free!

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FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

COMBINES Accessories

TRACTORS Case/ IH

TRACTORS Various

LIVESTOCK

08 STX 430 CASE IH 4x4 tractor, just over 3,000-hrs, brand new 620-70-42 tires, delux cab, heated leather seat, $160,000. (204)871-0925, McGregor.

CASE 1410 3PTH, LOADER, $8,900. JD 444 Diesel, Payloader, Runs good $15,900. IHC 3688 cab, nice $9,900. Reimer Farm Equipment. Hwy#12 N, Steinbach, MB. www.reimerfarmequipment.com Gary Reimer:(204)326-7000.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

FLEX PLATFORMS- All Makes, Models, Sizes. In Stock: JD 630, 635, 922, 925, 930 avail. CIH 1020: 20-ft., 25-ft., 30-ft.; 2020: 30-ft., 35-ft. NH 973, 30-ft.

74C, 30-ft., 35-ft. AGCO, MF, CAT also avail. Corn Heads- JD 893, 843, CIH 1083 avail. Chopping Heads for All Makes. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy#12 N, Steinbach, MB. www.reimerfarmequipment.com Gary Reimer: (204)326-7000.

2294 CASE W/3PTH, good rubber, 6,685-hrs, always shedded; Trailer-type post pounder, hyd. drive; 6200 IHC press drill, fuel packers, 2 8-ft’s.

Phone:(204)526-2424.

SELLING AT DON ZEGHERS FARM AUCTION

FOR SALE: CASE IH 4240 tractor, 3-PTH, 540 & 1000 PTO, 2300-hrs, w/7.5-ft 3-PTH Tiger mower & 7.5-ft on the right side as a wing, no cab. Would make a very nice auger tractor, $10,000.

(204)871-0925, MacGregor.

TUESDAY, APRIL 21 11 AM

TRACTORS John Deere

FROM HOLLAND MANITOBA JCT 34 AND #2 HWY. 1 MILE WEST ON #2 AND 2 MILES NORTH AND 1 MILE WEST.

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

(2) JD 1830 3PTH, JD loader, $10,900 ea. JD 3020 cab, add on 3pth, JD loader, $7,900. Reimer Farm Equipment.

Hwy#12 N, Steinbach, MB. www.reimerfarmequipment.com Gary Reimer: (204)326-7000.

Tillage & Seeding • 1992 Ford L8000, 240 h.p., Brazilian Ford Diesel, Allison Automatic, 33000 G.V.W., air ride suspension, 20’ Cancade box - 7 years old, new roll up tarp, heavy duty scissor hoist, 462,000 km., fresh safety. Tires 11R-22.5 with 60 – 70% tread left.

• 2010 8” X 51’ Wheatheart auger with power mover. Brand new 27 1/2 h.p. Kohler with electric clutch. Like new condition, no fertilizer put through it.

Owner: Dennis Lesage (204)246-2220

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

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted

WANTED: 28-FT MODEL 6200 IHC press drill w/factory transport. Also D7 Caterpillar w/hydraulic dozer in good shape. (204)768-2196 or cell (204)302-0133.

Combines COMBINES John Deere FOR SALE: JD9600 combine, 914 PU, Sunnybrook beater in very nice condition. Was $37,000, now $28,000, cash. (204)655-3458. Sifton, MB.

COMBINES Accessories

TILLAGE & SEEDING Air Seeders 1996 36-FT. BOURGAULT air seeder w/8800 cultivator w/2155 tank, VGC, $25,000 OBO. (204)745-7445.

21-FT EDWARDS HOE DRILL w/steel packers, 2115 Bourdeau air tank & liquid fert. caddy. As is, $7,250. Phone:(204)476-6907.

BOURGAULT 3225 TANK, RECONDITIONED once, POM & SS metering auger, new stlye lids in 2014, stored inside, $10,500 OBO Call:(204)365-7018. Mervyn Simpson, Shoal Lake.

TILLAGE & SEEDING Seeding Various 14-FT LODE KING MODEL HDF14 8/6 drill fill w/5in augers, steel lids, very good shape. $950 OBO. Phone:(204)746-8563.

2012 375 RT MERIDIAN Seed tender, 450-bu extension, roll-tarp, best offer. Can deliver, Call evenings (306)524-4567.

2, 42-FT. CASE IH 7200 hoe drills, $3,000 each OBO; Case IH 36-ft. 6200 disc drill, $700 OBO. (204)745-7445.

TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Various 21-FT. CCIL (204)745-7445.

DEEP

TILLER,

$1,500

1990 JD 8760, 7775-HRS, 12-spd manual, 300hp, 20.8R38, Outback auto-steer, four remotes, Leon dozer. $32,000 w/dozer, $29,500 without.

Call:(204)365-7018. Mervyn Simpson, Shoal Lake.

OBO.

FOR SALE: 20-FT. IHC press drill transport & packers, good condition, $2,000; 53-ft. Herman harrow bar, tine harrows, good condition, $2,000; 17-ft.

JD deep tiller, $500. (204)637-2393

CASE IH MACDON DRAPER header model #2062, 30-ft. w/gauge wheels, $40,000. (204)871-0925.

FOR SALE: FLEXICOIL 5000 air drill, 45-ft., 7-in. spacing, steel packers, Haukass markers, c/w 2320 tank, field ready, excellent condition. Bryan De Baets (204)743-2142, St Alphonse.

Go public with an ad in the Co-operator classifieds.

If you want to sell it fast, call 1-800-782-0794.

FOR SALE: JD 1840 hi/low, 3-pt; JD 2130 hi/low, 3-pt, w/FEL; JD 2750 2WD, O.S., 3-pt, Hi/Low shift w/146 FEL; JD 4050 MFWD, 3-pt, PS, w/280 FEL; JD 4055 2WD, 3-pt, Quad shift; JD 4240 Quad shift; JD 4440 (2) Quad shifts; JD 4455 MFWD, PS, w/280 FEL; JD 4640 Quad, add on 3-pt, w/FEL; JD 6400 MFWD, CAH, 3-pt, PQ, w/640 FEL; JD 6420 MFWD, 3-pt, 24-SPD w/LHR, loader; JD 7410 MFWD, 3-pt, PQ w/LHR, w/740 FEL; JD 8630 4WD, 3 hyd’s, Quad shift, PTO. All tractors can be sold with new or used loaders. Mitch’s Tractor Sales Ltd St. Claude, MB (204)750-2459 (cell), Mitchstractorsales.com JD 8450 TRACTOR. 16spd, quad range trans.

7,637-hrs. Clean condition, very good tires. $24,000. Phone:(204)345-8492.

TRACTORS Massey Ferguson 1982 2745 W/3PTH, 24spd, 540 PTO, Goodyear 20.8 x 38 duals, front 16.5 x 16.1, tires very good. 3 hyd., front suitcase weights. Only 6,030-hrs. $9,500 OBO. Phone: (204)746-8563.

MF 2-135 GAS TRACTOR w/ 3pth, PTO & power steering, $3,900; MF 1085 dsl, 3pth, MF loader, $7,500; MF 1105, 3pth, Leon loader, 18.4x38 radials, $6,500. Phone:(204)871-2708, (204)685-2124.

TRACTORS Versatile 1976 SERIES 2 VERS. 750 4WD tractor w/855 engine. 18.4x38 radial tires & air seat. Comes w/Atom jet hyd. system. Premium unit, $18,500 OBO. Phone:(204)528-3392 or (204)725-6679.Ninette.

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Feature Holstein Steer Sale

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Bred Cow And Calf Sale

SPRING HORSE SALE

Mon., Apr. 27, 2015 @ 10:00 a.m.

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TRACTORS 2-Wheel Drive

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.

STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER specializing in JD tractors in need of repair or burnt, or will buy for parts. JD parts available. Phone: 204-466-2927 or cell: 204-871-5170, Austin.

Farming is enough of a gamble, advertise in the Manitoba Co-operator classified section. It’s a sure thing.

1-800-782-0794.

www.winnipeglivestocksales.com Licence #1122

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus 2-YR OLD BLACK & Red Angus bulls for sale, also 1 Red 5-yr old her sire. For Reds phone Dick (204)427-3234.

For Blacks phone Jeff (204)373-2370. Delivery available.

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!

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus 10 ANGUS BULLS FOR sale, Douglas Test Station April 4th. Including first & second high gaining bulls, & high gaining group. High gainer last 3-yrs, 2013, 2014 & 2015. 10 bulls on feed efficiency test (RFI) silage based. Also mature bulls & Sim Angus bulls.

Blue Gentian Angus.

Norman Bednar (204)425-3401, cell (204)380-2551.

BOTANY ANGUS FARM & Leaning Spruce Stock farm have for sale yearling & two 2-yr old Black Angus bulls. Come early, a deposit will hold your purchase until spring. For more info & prices contact Ryan Shearer (204)824-2151 or cell (204)761-5232.

CRANBERRY CREEK ANGUS REGISTERED bulls for sale. Sired by 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

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Limousin

N7 STOCK FARM HAVE 30 top quality yearling Black Angus Bulls for sale by private treaty. Sired by some of the breed’s leading AI sires, bulls are developed on a homemade oat ration & free choice hay. Performance records available, will be semen tested, delivery available. Contact Gerald & Wendy Nykoliation: (204)562-3530 or Allan’s cell (204)748-5128.

TRIPLE R LIMOUSIN HAS 35+ yearling & 2-yr old bulls for sale. Red & Black & polled, calving ease or performance. Plan to attend open house Sat., Apr. 11, 2015. Come browse bulls & enjoy refreshments.

Semen tested & guaranteed, delivery available.

Your source for quality Limousin genetics. For pedigree or more information, Call Art:(204)685-2628 or Cell:(204)856-3440.

OSSAWA ANGUS AT MARQUETTE, MB has for sale: Yearling bulls, 3-yr old herd sire, also yearling heifers for sale. For more info call (204)375-6658, cell (204)383-0703.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Maine-Anjou

REGISTERED BLACK ANGUS BULLS, one 2-yr old, 80-lb birthweight, $4300; Two 1-yr olds, 79-lb birthweight, $3100 each. Delivery up to 100-km.

Les Case (204)428-3625, Portage.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus 2-YR OLD PUREBRED BULLS, no papers. will semen test. (204)371-6404, Ste Anne.

Cornerstone Red Angus & Charolais Bull Sale April 18th, 1:30 pm, Whitewood (SK) Auction Market. Offering 38 Red Angus & 26 Charolais Yearling Bulls. Semen tested, guaranteed with free board & delivery available. Plus 36 Red Angus heifers. Contact Phil Birnie (306)577-7440, Kelly Brimner (306)577-7698, or view the catalogue online at www.bylivestock.com (306)577-7440 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.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Blonde d’Aquitaine BELLEVUE BLONDES HAS AN excellent group of performance & semen tested, polled Purebred Reg. Blonde yearling bulls for sale. Reasonably priced.

Call Marcel (204)379-2426 or (204)745-7412, Haywood, MB.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais 1 POLLED, MATURE CHAROLAIS herd sire.

Steppler bloodlines. Will semen test, guarantee & deliver. Phone:(204)857-8220.

2 YEAR OLD SPECIALIST & Date Line bulls, yearling bulls by Silver Bullet & Specialist. Martens Charolais:(204)534-8370.

CLINE CATTLE COMPANY HAS for sale PB Char yearling & 2 yr old bulls, White & Red factor. Call Brad (204)523-0062 www.clinecattlecompany.ca Cornerstone Charolais & Red Angus Bull Sale April 19th, 1:30 pm. Whitewood (SK) Auction Market. Offering 26 Charolais & 38 Red Angus Yearling Bulls. Semen tested, guaranteed with free board & delivery available. Plus 36 Red Angus heifers. Contact Kelly Brimner (306)577-7698, Phil Birnie (306)577-7440, or view the catalogue online at www.bylivestock.com (306)577-7698 FOR SALE: YEARLING PUREBRED Charolais bulls, most are polled, some Red factored, some good for heifers, will be semen tested in spring, guaranteed & delivered. R & G McDonald Livestock, Sidney MB (204)466-2883, (204)724-2811.

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.

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.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford POLLED HEREFORD BULLS 20-30 months, quiet, broke to tie, guaranteed delivery avail, naturally developed on forage based feeding program. Catt Brothers:(204)723-2831. Austin, MB. 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.

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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 – Shorthorn GOOD SELECTION OF SHORTHORN bulls & females available at Manitoba Bull Test Station Sale Apr. 4th in Douglas, MB. If you are looking to buy or sell Shorthorn bulls or females, contact Monty Thomson at: (204)870-0089 or Tom Walls at (204)895-8191, the Manitoba Shorthorn Association Field men. 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 PB & FULLBLOOD 2-YR old & yearling polled Red Simmental bulls. Acomb Valley Simmentals (204)867-2203. Minnedosa, MB. SIMM BULLS FOR SALE Kenorma Simmentals.

Phone (204)642-3058.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Wanted

TIRED OF THE HIGH COST OF MARKETING YOUR CALVES??

300-700 LBS. Steers & Heifers Rob: 528-3254, 724-3400 Ben: 721-3400 800-1000 LBS. Steers & Heifers Don: 528-3477, 729-7240

Contact: D.J. (Don) MacDonald Livestock Ltd. License #1110 LIVESTOCK Horse Auctions ROCKING W HORSE Spring Horse Sale 3:00pm & Tack Sale 9:00am, Sat., Apr. 25th, 2015, Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB. Phone (204)325-7237 www.rockingw.com

LIVESTOCK Swine Wanted

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

NOTRE DAME USED OIL

12V. or Hydraulic Electronic Scale Opt.

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Visit: www.quinoa.com or Phone:(306)933-9525.

WANTED: ORGANIC Phone:(306)933-9525.

BROWN/YELLOW

REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE Houses & Lots 1,335-SQ-FT 3-BDRM BUNGALOW, BUILT mid seventies, some new windows, large 2-car attached garage. To be moved. $30,000. (204)573-6884, North of Brandon.

READY TO MOVE HOMES- Available now1,520-sq.ft & 1,320-sq.ft homes. 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) Steinbach area (204)326-1493 or (204)355-8484, www.marvinhomes.ca

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 Sale PRIVATE LAND FOR SALE by tender in RM of Lansdowne. SW 1-17-13W. 160-ac pasture quarter, or could easily be broke. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Forward tenders to Box 118 Plumas, MB R0J 1P0. Phone:(204)386-2850.

ROY FORSYTH OF EDDYSTONE, MB intends to sell private lands: NE 01-25-13W, SW 06-25-12W, SW 08-25-13W to Wes Bates who intends to acquire the following agricultural Crown land leases: SW 05-25-12W, N 1/2 10-25-13W, SE 18-25-12W, Section 11-25-13W, Section 35-24-13W, NW 13-25-13W, NW 07-25-12W, S 1/2 13-25-13W, NW 01-25-13W, E 1/2 14-25-13W, Section 02-25-13W

by Unit transfer. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this purchaser, please write to: Director, MAFRD, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa, MB R0J 1E0; or Fax:(204)867-6578.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

for cleaning and upgrading.

For viewing by appointment contact 204.648.3822 or visit http://www. bluediamondagra.com/index.html.

Additional information also available at 204-937-7187.

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BuyUsed Used Oil Oil ••Buy NOTRE •• Buy Buy Batteries Batteries DAME ••Collect CollectUsed Used Filters Filters • Collect Oil Containers • Collect Oil Containers USED • Antifreeze OIL & Southern,Southern Eastern, and Manitoba Western Western FILTER Manitoba DEPOT Tel: 204-248-2110

FOR SALE BY TENDER Part of NW 34-10-9 W1 in the RM of North Norfolk as described in Certificate of Title #1890255 in the Portage la Prairie Land Titles Office.

13.77 acres located 10kms. South of Bagot, MB. on paved Highway #242.

10 acres of cultivated land. Buildings on the property consist of a 72’ by 120’ storage shed with 3 phase 600 volt power supply as well as a 40’ by 40’ storage shed. Access to city water.

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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.

Seed/grain

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ALTERNATIVE POWER BY SUNDOG SOLAR, portable/remote solar water pumping for winter/summer. Call for pricing on solar systems, wind generators, aeration. Carl Driedger, (204)556-2346 or (204)851-0145, Virden.

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RM of Roblin, the • Collect Used Filters •near Collect Oiltown Containers of Killarney.

Good yard Manitoba site with Southern and Western 50,000 Tel: bushels of grain storage.

204-248-2110 Additional 880 acres of leased land available. Contact Stacey Hiebert at 1-204-371-5930 or Stacey@canadianfarmrealty.com

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The following PRIVATE LAND is being offered for sale: Sec 31-24-14W. 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 Roy Flower of Ste Rose, MB. NE 05-25-15W; NW 05-25-14W; NE 06-25-14W; SE 06-25-14W; NE 08-25-14W; NW 08-25-14W; SE 08-25-14W; SW 08-25-14W; SE 17-25-14W Ex Road Plan attached to instrument No. 14234 DLTO; SW 17-25-14W; NW 29-24-15W; SE 29-24-15W; SW 29-24-15W. If you wish to purchase the private land & apply for the Unit Transfer contact the Lessee Roy Flower at Box 507 Ste Rose, 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

P. QUINTAINE & SON LTD. 728-7549 Licence No. 1123

REAL ESTATE Land For Sale

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Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. 20% deposit by certified cheque or bank draft required within 48 hours of acceptance of any successful tender.

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba EXCELLENT LIVESTOCK FARM 1,732 deeded acres w/4,425-ac of Crown land. All the land is fenced & the farm has very good buildings & metal corral system. The farm can carry up to 400-450 cow/calf pairs. There is a small bungalow home. Also, excellent 254-ac property located in the RM of Alexander at the junction of Maskwa & the Winnipeg River. This would make a first class cottage development, or is suitable for other uses. 235-ac of pastureland in Rapid City area. Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753. Homelife Home Professional Realty Inc. www.homelifepro.com FISHER BRANCH N 2,061-ACS, 600 cult, $600,000; Komarno 160-acs 1,400-sq.ft. bung, only $360,000; St. Laurent Ranch 880-acs, turn key operation 96 cows, 4 bulls, machinery, only $795,000; Ashern 2,480-acs, 1,440 deeded, lovely home, PB Charolais operation $800,000 or w/100 PB cows, $1,125,000; Ashern 1,900-acs 1,600 deeded, well managed ranch, very good building, runs 150-225 cows; Poplarfield turn-key 849-acs deeded, 480 C/L, 150 cattle, machinery & older buildings; Ashern 160-acs house 230-ft. barn, $189,900; Dallas 910-acs presently in hay & pasture can be grain, $715,000; Dallas 960-acs 500-acs hay, only $240,000; Eriksdale 1,700-sq.ft. split level on 147-acs 2.5-mi East, on 68 reduced to $259,900; St. Laurent 320-acs on 518 Red to $64,900; Inwood 1,034-ac 2 Bdrm home well run ranch runs 175-300 head, only $710,000. See these & others on www.manitobafarms.ca Call Harold at Delta Real Estate (024)253-7373.

Grain Farm For Sale 4119 acreS Are you having trouble buying land in your area? Make a move to this showpiece farm operation. Increase revenue with its ongoing retail seed business located in the grain capital of Manitoba. Contact Stacey Hiebert at 1-204-371-5930 or Stacey@canadianfarmrealty.com

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CERTIFIED SEED CERTIFIED SEED Cereal Seeds CERTIFIED AAC BRANDON & Carberry Wheat.

Call (204)745-3301. Elias Seeds. Carman, Miami, MB. CERTIFIED CARBERRY WHEAT. CERTIFIED Summit Oats. Certified Tradition Barley. Ph: (204) 385-2486. Cell: (204) 212-0531 Wilmot Milne, Gladstone.

DURAND SEEDS: CERT AAC Brandon, Cardale & Carberry Wheat; Souris & Stride Oats; CDC Bethune Flax; Mancan Buckwheat avail w/contracts; Forage & Canola Seed.

(204)248-2268, (204)745-7577, NotreDame, MB. JAMES FARMS LTD Brandon, Cardale & Carberry wheat, summit oats, Mcleod & Chadburn R2 soybeans, tradition barley & forage seeds. Various canola & sunflower seed varieties. Custom processing, seed treating, inoculating, as well as delivery are available. Early payment discount. For info call (204)222-8785, or toll-free 1-866-283-8785, Winnipeg. djames@jamesfarms.com PUGH SEEDS: CERT CARDALE WHEAT, Souris oats, Conlon barley, Registered & Certified Sorrel flax. Phone:(204)274-2179 or Cell:(204)871-1467, Portage,MB. SANDERS SEED FARM: Certified AAC Brandon, Carberry, Domain, Glenn wheat; celebration barley & Cangerra canola varieties. (204)242-4200. Manitou, MB.

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Plumas, MB courtseeds@gmail.com 204-386-2354 courtseeds.ca CERTIFIED SEED Forage Seeds CERTIFIED MF 5301 ALFALFA seed, pre-inoculated in 50-lb bags, $3.50/lb. Common Timothy seed, $1.80/lb. Call (204)642-2572, Riverton.

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For more information contact Don Campbell: 204 267-7389 • don@intelseed.ca • Oakville, Manitoba

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FOR SALE: ALFALFA, TIMOTHY, Brome, Clover, hay & pasture blends, millet seed, Crown, Red Prozo, cleaned common seed oats. Leonard Friesen (204)685-2376, Austin, MB.

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300 ROUND BALES HAY, 1500-lbs plus, no rain, 1st cut alfalfa, alfalfa grass & some grass hay. Also 400 small square bales alfalfa grass in hay shed.

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3RD CUT DAIRY QUALITY alfalfa in 3x3 bales.

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400 LARGE ROUND TIMOTHY grass mix bales, baled dry, no rain, 1700-lb. average. Delivered in 36 bale loads. Call (204)345-8532.

6X5 ROUND 1ST CUT Alfalfa Grass bales. Phone (204)749-2194 cell (204)526-0733.

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BEEFMAN SPECIAL: LARGE SQUARE bales 2nd cut Alfalfa w/25% Orchard Grass 18-22% protein, in hay shed, $0.05/lb. 3rd cut Rye Grass, $0.04/lb.

Delivery avail. Also holstein bull calves. Phone: (204)355-4980, Cell: (204)371-5744.

FIRST CUT ALFALFA & Alfalfa Timothy 3x3 square bales, feed test available. Phone Howard (204)483-2990, Souris.

FIRST & SECOND CUT, 5x6 round bales of grass & alfalfa mixtures, weight 1400-lbs plus, no rain, feed analysis available, will load & delivery available. Phone (204)750-4300, if no answer please leave detailed message.

FOR SALE: 6X5 ROUND green feed oat bales, no rain. Phone (204)749-2194.

FOR SALE: LARGE ROUND hay bales, brome/alfalfa mix, no rain, delivery available. $45.00.

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LARGE ROUND BALES OF wheat & oat straw; Large round bales of hay. (204)325-2416.

SMALL SQUARE HAY BALES, 1st cut Alfalfa $3.50, 2,000 avail. No Sunday Calls Please.

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