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Wetland count begins in southwestern Manitoba

The Canadian Grain Commission hopes to assign them to a wheat class before harvest

Project will reveal distribution and interaction of wetlands in agro-Manitoba

By Allan Dawson

By Lorraine Stevenson

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armers have been given the go-ahead to plant American Dark Northern Sp r i n g w h e a t s Fa l l e r a n d Prosper this spring after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency granted the varieties three-year interim registrations April 2. But it’s not yet clear which quality class they’ll be placed in. The Canadian Grain

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ater and land managers will soon have a precise picture of the state of wetlands in southwestern Manitoba as staff with the Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corp. begin a mapping and classification project this spring. We t l a n d s a s s m a l l a s a quarter of an acre will be included in the study designed to help farmers and drainage regulators implement the new provincial surface water management strategy. Similar work has been underway in eastern and northern regions of the province since 2013 to provide data to inform decisionmaking around peat extraction licensing, said MHHC program development manager Stephen Carlyle. This new focus on agroManitoba to similarly map and classify wetland areas results in a spacial database that shows not only where wetlands are and how they interact, but where they used to be, Carlyle said. The information will help farmers, municipalities, planning districts, biomass industries and regulatory agencies make water man-

Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation mapping technicians Godwin Chan and Gabrielle Leo view high-resolution satellite imagery that enables them to identify wetland areas as small as a quarter of an acre.   PHOTO: MANITOBA HABITAT HERITAGE CORPORATION

agement decisions at local and watershed-level scales. “It’s such fundamental data for all kinds of decisionmaking processes whether individual, or political, and for research, and from our perspective conservation,” he said. The data will be gathered by three MHHC technicians working full time on the

project to count and classify agro-Manitoba’s wetlands according to whether they are fens, bogs, marshes, shallow open water and swampland. They’ll also be able to identify drained, or partially drained areas, as well as constructed wet areas such as dugouts, and infield drains. This new initiative builds on past efforts. The

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Comic book hero digs into soil

Getting off the drugs Vets say the livestock sector can wean itself off of antimicrobials

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The Alberta sleuth teaches students about agriculture Alberta Canola Producers Commission release

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CROPS How early is too early? Canola growers need to weigh the risks of seeding too soon

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FEATURE The culinary black box ACC students get creative with pork and canola

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he Chase “Superman” Duffy comics chronicle the adventures of an upper elementary track and field athlete as he navigates his way around his grandfather’s farm in central Alberta to learn about food, agriculture, and the only ‘Made in Canada’ crop — canola. Written for eight- to 11-year-olds, the graphic novel series was developed to help parents and teachers introduce children to local agriculture, food production, and science. The novels may also be used by teachers as English-writing tools. In honour of the International Year of Soils, the latest book in the series, Beneath the Soil, is a thriller that sees Chase learn about the importance of soil and the many living organisms that exist in it. This book was launched at Aggie Days on Calgary Stampede grounds April 9. Aggie Days welcomes elementary-age students from Calgary and area schools to learn about agriculture and food in a hands-on, educational way. Author Dawn Ius and illustrator James Grasdal, are both local Albertans and will be available at the book launch for interview and signings. A complete listing of the Chase “Superman” Duffy adventure books may

be viewed at www.learncanola.ca and are available for schools and educational purposes at no cost.

CROSSROADS Make every day Earth Day A Manitoba colony takes up the 3R challenge

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Purée producer a finalist for prestigious prize Supporters can vote for Kelly Beaulieu, founder of Canadian Prairie Garden Puree Products Inc., who was chosen as as a finalist for a food product award in California earlier this winter By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff

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a n i t o b a’s K e l l y Beaulieu, founder and chief operating officer of Canadian Prairie Garden Puree Products Inc., has been nominated for a prestigious 2015 Nexty Award. Beaulieu became a finalist after her line of vegetable, fruit and legume purées was chosen out of more than 3,000 exhibitors attending the Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim California in March. Experts nominate products and brands on display at the show based on how they’re expected to shape the future natural products landscape and for how well they represent innovation and social and environmental values. In a process similar to televised singing contests, the final winners are now chosen by the number of online votes cast in their favour.

Kelly Beaulieu, CPG founder and COO.

Be a u l i e u u n ve i l e d h e r business plan at the Food D e v e l o p m e n t Ce n t re i n Portage la Prairie in 2012, which was to reduce the amount of waste in the provincial vegetable industry.

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Approximately 40 to 60 per cent of Manitobag r o w n p r o d u c e w a s n’t being used because it was m i s h a p p e n , a n d t h e re fore deemed unsellable so fed to animals or used for compost.

C P G ’s s t e a m i n f u s i o n cooking technology transforms these less-thanperfect veggies as well as berries and legumes into packaged fresh purées with long shelf lives now sold to the food indus try across Canada and around the world. “When we showed the products and the technology to some of the largest food manufacturers, they said it was a game changer,” says Beaulieu. Nexty Award winners are chosen by popular vote cast online at the Natural Products Expo West website until May 19. Winners are announced in June. To v o t e f o r B e a u l i e u log on to the website and look for her in the category of supplements and ingredients. http://newhope360. com/natural-productse x p o - we s t - 2 0 1 5 / nexty-award-nominees lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Ag Hall of Fame inductees for 2015 The Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame Inc. has announced its inductees for 2015. The individuals judged to have made a significant and lasting contribution to agriculture in Manitoba during their lifetime are: Harry Airey of Rivers, Clarence Baker formerly of Beausejour area, Morris Deveson of Winnipeg, Glen Findlay of Shoal Lake, William Gregor of Brandon, Robert Hopley of Brandon, David Jeffries of Portage la Prairie, Robert Roehle of Winnipeg. The recipients will be formally honoured at a ceremony in July.

Ag Days donations Manitoba Ag Days has donated $9,155 to three Manitoba charities from the proceeds of its annual 50-50 draw, organizers say in a release. The Manitoba 4-H Council and Manitoba Rural and Support Services each received $3,577.50, and the Manitoba Youth Beef Roundup received $2,000. The winner of the 50-50 draw was Craig Mowatt, a dairy farmer from the Brandon area. He received $9,155.

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Recognizing the other half

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wo realities collided in our news release inbox last week. First, we received a release from the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC) announcing a research project that will examine and address critical barriers to advancement that women face in the agricultural industry. “The purpose of this initiative is to engage women and stakeholders within Laura Rance the agriculture community to develop and Editor implement a strategic program to support improved access to leadership opportunities and strengthen business success for women working in agriculture,” said CAHRC executive director Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst. The press release said the project will assess the current situation facing women in agriculture using a “gender lens” to explore the contribution of women to the industry, the barriers they experience, prioritize options for improvements, and assess the effectiveness of current services. To be honest, it raised a few eyebrows around our offices. Is this necessary in this day and age? Looking around the agriculture and agri-food sector today, we see many women involved in many capacities, including those occupying prominent leadership roles. They head up faculties and academic institutions and industry associations. They occupy executive chairs in commodity groups. They are involved in research; they are entrepreneurs who have built successful companies, some of which are active internationally. Statistics Canada tells us 28 per cent of the farm operators in Canada are women, although it is still relatively rare to see them listed as the sole farm operator. Women are also well represented if you look at enrolment numbers in agriculturally related programs at the University of Manitoba. In fact, they outnumber men in the B.Sc. program (82 to 67), and food science (57 to 28) and human nutritional sciences (237 to 33). They are one for one in agroecology and only outnumbered by men in the diploma program (39 to 133). So, we’re thinking, where’s the problem? Then came the release announcing this year’s inductees to the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame, all of whom are men. Make no mistake. This year’s eight inductees — as is the case in all years — are stellar individuals. No one should interpret this editorial as suggesting they are somehow undeserving of recognition. They have all made enduring contributions and shown sincere commitment to service with little thought of reward. As well, these inductees date back to an era in which women were less likely to be in prominent industry roles. That said, we think the lack of women on this list merits reflection. You have to go back to 2009 before you find a woman who was inducted solely because of her individual contributions. Women were recognized as “the other half” in 2009, 2010 and 2013, but there were no women inducted in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015. This is just a hunch, but we suggest there has probably never been a year in all of the Ag Hall of Fame’s history when women made up the full slate of inductees. True, the contributions of Pioneer Women of Manitoba were formally recognized during the hall’s first induction ceremony in 1978. In 1990, a man and his wife were both included on one plaque for the first time, recognizing “the need for a supportive mate was usually essential to the person who was being inducted.” Perhaps Anton Chorney, who was inducted with his wife Adeline in 2010, said it best: “Anton attributed their success to the skill and vision of his life partner Adeline, who participated in every aspect of the farm business. This team approach resulted in many successes in local, provincial, national and international competitions.” Many farm operators and organization leaders would say the same about their partners. Yet somehow, when it comes to recognizing contributions, women are assigned to being “the other half” or more frequently, the invisible one. Part of the problem may be a lack of nominations. Perhaps women don’t see one another’s contributions as being anything different, or more worthy of recognition than anyone else’s. But it’s not solely up to women to nominate other women. Perhaps the criteria — the means by which success or contribution or commitment is measured — needs a rethink. The word “impact” surfaces several times in the list of selection considerations. Most would agree that women contribute; many would say their efforts are invaluable. Much of it is unpaid. It undoubtedly has impact — just not the kind that gets singled out for recognition. We don’t know why women in agriculture go unrecognized. But the fact that they do is a serious oversight. Perhaps the CAHRC study will shed some light on the matter. laura@fbcpublishing.com

Beef producers will need to maintain ‘social licence’ Defining and proving social licence provides similar challenges to proving sustainability Alberta Beef Producers

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ver the past two years, we have spent a good deal of time talking about sustainability in our industry, encouraged by customers such as McDonald’s and Loblaw. For the next while, it seems that social licence will be a key phrase in many of our conversations. Social licence and the demands for sustainability are closely related and meeting the sustainability requirements of our customers can be viewed as a way of acquiring social licence. Social licence will present our industry with many of the same challenges and opportunities that sustainability has created. We expect that social licence will be just as hard to define as sustainability and like sustainability, will mean different things

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to different people. At the same time, our industry has the opportunity to help define and gain social licence, just as we are working with McDonald’s and Loblaw through the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef to define and demonstrate sustainability. Social licence may be defined as permission for producers to operate their farms and ranches free of unreasonable restrictions or requirements. Social licence gives producers the ability to use our land and water resources, along with the knowledge and technology we have developed in our industry, to produce food for a hungry world. Industries are given social licence by the public and people will give our industry this social licence if they are confident that producers share their values and they trust producers to meet the expectations of society. Maintaining our social licence will require similar actions to demonstrating our sustainability. Producers and the industry will need to tell and prove the good story of our practices.

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he cover of the April 1892 issue of the Nor-West Farmer and Miller featured an illustration of the Solway stock farm near Shoal Lake. “The proprietor, Mr. John Tizard, owns land in the vicinity to the extent of 3,200 acres. His land skirts the lake for 11 miles, and is peculiarly well adapted for grazing and hay culture. The pampas grass grows here to the height of six or seven feet and is excellent food. There are on the farm about 160 grade cattle, a herd of pedigree Shorthorns, a herd of pedigree Polled Angus, a flock of 160 Shropshire and Lincoln sheep, 35 Berkshire and Suffolk pigs and 14 horses.” The issue contained a prize essay by D.F. Wilson of Brandon on “Treatment of Stubbles for Wheat Growing.” Mr. Wilson was an early skeptic about excessive plowing and recommended surface cultivation, following the drill with the harrow to take care of early-germinating weeds. He also warned against burning stubble, “which shelters the soil from wind.” However, a rather shorter essay from Mr. James Downie of Wawanesa had this simple prescription: 1.  Burn stubble off if possible. 2.  Plow about five inches deep. 3.  Give two strokes of the harrows. 4.  Roll with a heavy roller. 5.  One stroke of harrow after roller. 6.  Seed in spring with drill seeder. 7.  One stroke of harrows after seeder. 8.  After wheat is up, should many weeds show up, give another stroke of light harrows.

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Ag sector must brace for leaner times There’s a shift in thinking from, ‘we can’t produce enough,’ to the prospect of producing too much By Daryll E. Ray and Harwood D. Schaffer

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major concern of U.S. farmers this spring is price. What will the prices for the major commodities be come fall, particularly corn and soybeans? With current prices at their marketing-year lowest levels in years, some crop farmers will certainly have to dip into savings to cover household expenses if prices do not increase. In addition, crop insurance will not guarantee the profits of recent years or even the full cost of production. This spring farmers are watching the markets ever so closely as they ponder the allocation of acreage between corn and soybeans. Fewer acres planted to corn will be positive for its price. But all that that means is the price may not drop any further. What we do know is that, for the most part, acres will be planted to something. Given the high cost of cash rents, farmers cannot consider leaving a wet spot unplanted. For the Corn/Soybean Belt, fewer corn acres means more soybean acres and that may not be positive for soybean prices. It goes without saying, the quicker the crops are planted and the better the weather, the worse the price. The carry-over levels of both corn and soybeans are at recent highs so any extra production will put downward pressure on prices. On the other hand, if we have a repeat of 2012, corn will be back above $4 though perhaps not quite at the heady $6-plus level and soybean prices will be higher as well.

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Ritz has no credibility It was quite laughable to read Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz stating, “I cannot stress enough that amendments to the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act allow for farmers to retain the right to save, clean and store seed for their own operations.” This is misleading nonsense. The minister also states, “the legislation has the support of all the relevant farm organizations.” Ironic that APAS, KAP and the Alberta Federation of Agriculture were not even mentioned. The “relevant” farm groups Minister Ritz mentioned where his usual puppets, some of which receive funds from the federal government and others that have industry representatives dominating their boards. The minister fails to mention that farmer-saved seed was enshrined in the previous act as a right but will

Widespread use of the current seed stock and agricultural production technologies are all that is needed to bring about a significant increase in world grain and oilseed production.

In addition to the slowdown in demand, there will be the continued increase in productive capacity that will exceed the modest change in demand. The increase in production can come from increasing yields in countries that have not hit the levels currently being a c h i e v e d by m a j o r p r o d u c e r s. Widespread use of the current seed stock and agricultural production technologies are all that is needed to bring about a significant increase in world grain and oilseed production. And that does not factor in the 1.7 billion arable acres that are available globally that easily could be brought into production. Various studies have calculated that it will take somewhere in the range of a 70 per cent increase in production to meet the needs of nine billion people in 2050. The Agweb article says that the challenge of feeding the expected population growth between now and 2050 will not be as difficult to achieve as previously thought. We previously pointed out that the world’s farmers were able to make a 75 per cent increase in production between 1974 and 2012. Barring a major production problem in 2015, we may well be at the beginning of a long period of low prices.

But, there is more to the equation than what is happening in the U.S. Between 2000 and 2014, the total corn and soybean harvested acres in Brazil and Argentine increased by 72 million acres — from 99 million acres to 171 million harvested acres. That is an average of 5.1 million acres a year. Lower prices this year and next will certainly slow the rate of increase in corn and soybean acres in the two countries, but any additional acreage increases the overall supply at a time when ending stocks are on the rise. If China increases its 2015 marketing year demand at the previous annual average of 136 million bushels, that will require production from about 3.5 million acres (assuming China’s ending-year corn inventory remains at its current exceptionally high level). If the switch to soybeans by U.S. producers is as strong as some expect, the U.S. will be able to meet the increase in Chinese demand with no help from its South American competitors. However, the combined corn and soybean harvested acreage for Argentina and Brazil has declined only three times in the last 20 years. Given good weather and the absence of the 500-million-bushel

increase in the use of corn for ethanol production in the U.S., the price picture for farmers around the world is bearish and a third good crop in a row will give demanders little reason to bid prices up to guarantee future supply. But it may be more than that. A recent article headline on Agweb. com shouted, “Proof Commodity Price Bubble Has Burst” (http:// tinyurl.com/npq75ez). Citing a re s e a rc h re p o r t t h a t w a s p u b lished by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, the Agweb author writes, “global food demand will slow to 1.4 per cent between 2007 and 2030 and to 0.8 per cent from 2030 to 2050, down from 2.2 per cent during 1970 and 2007.” This slowdown in demand results from slower population growth, an increase in the number of elderly who eat less, and a significant portion of the world’s population reaching a saturation level for food consumption. The article sees the levelling off of U.S. corn for ethanol demand and lower oil prices as moderating the demand for biofuels in the near future. At the same time, land in use will not decline quickly as farmers respond slowly to changes in price.

Daryll E. Ray holds the Blasingame Chair of Excellence in Agricultural Policy, Institute of Agriculture, University of Tennessee, and is the director of UT’s Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC). Harwood D. Schaffer is a research assistant professor at APAC http:// www.agpolicy.org.

now be dealt with as a privilege in a not-yet-written regulation. This regulation can be changed by the minister without a review of the act. The minister also conveniently forgets to mention the fact that endpoint royalties, which are the fees farmers may have to pay under this new legislation when they sell their seed to an elevator company, will raise farmers’ costs. Farmers can expect to lose control of their seed pool. How long will it be before farmers have no choice but buying packaged seed and inputs from their “new” seed suppliers? The minister has set the wheels in motion for the canola seed model to be forced on us for wheat, barley and other grains. How long will it be before we pay $600-a-bag canola prices for wheat and barley seed? Can per-acre technology use agreement fees and company spies be far behind? I just hope farmers can remember who they can thank for this. Kyle Korneychuk Pelly, Sask.

CWRS wheat by facilitating the introduction of higher-yielding, lowerprotein American HRS varieties. Will western grain farmers actually benefit from introducing a new class of lower-quality milling wheat? Dissolution of the Canadian Wheat Board single desk, several years of adverse growing conditions resulting in quality challenges, and an oversupply from the bumper crop of 2013 has resulted in lower prices. End-use buyers have complained of erratic quality and in some cases have turned to alternative suppliers. The introduction of a new class of milling wheat has the potential to further disrupt the Canadian wheat production and marketing system, a system which has served the interests of producers and end-users so well for decades. Recent privatization of the CGC’s system of grading export shipments and a lack of reserve capacity in the Canadian grain-handling and transportation system have added to the problems. Farmers are experiencing the freedom to market their CWRS wheat for lower returns than under the CWB single desk. Their resultant anger has been deliberately misdirected at the railways, a traditional scapegoat. Meanwhile the profits of the grain companies are at record levels. Under these conditions, the opportunity to produce higher-yielding American HRS varieties will be attractive to many. Some of the outcomes are predictable and include: 1) The area planted to American HRS varieties on the Canadian Prai-

ries will grow dramatically as long as higher-quality CWRS varieties do not earn offsetting price premiums for growers; 2) Increased volumes of lower-quality spring wheat will add to reserve capacity problems in the Canadian grain-handling and transportation system; 3) Canadian seed companies with distribution rights for American HRS varieties will enjoy high sales and profits; 4) A profusion of new spring wheat varieties will place pressure on the Canadian variety registration and provincial variety-testing systems; and 5) Canadian public sector wheatbreeding programs will be at a significant disadvantage to American public sector and transnational private sector breeding programs. If the ultimate objective is to dismantle the Canadian wheat system and replace it with a North American system dominated by transnational grain and crop-life companies, the introduction of a new marketing class of spring wheat is the next logical step. By doing so, Western Canada will sacrifice its international market niche supplying the highest-quality milling wheat in return for competing with American and other wheatgrowing regions that are much closer to port, have lower land and labour costs, better climates, and whose ports are thousands of kilometres closer to end-use customers. David Gehl Indian Head, Sask.

Dismantling the Canadian wheat system The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) recently proposed a new class of lower-quality milling wheat for a stated objective of protecting the integrity of the Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) class. However, this new class may actually undermine

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Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, but to date it has produced only estimates as to the actual extent and distribution of wetlands. “This will give us really concrete numbers to say, for example, ‘in this watershed there are 100,000 acres of wetlands,’” Carlyle said. “It provides base data as to what is out there.” The new provincial surface water management strategy emphasized the need for completion of a wetland inventory to inform decision-making around drainage regulation. The inventory is also expected to help identify new valueadded biomass opportunities, as per the recent work by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) looking at the potential for cattail as an agricultural biofuel crop. It will also assist MAFRD as it continues to look at the ecological goods and services value of

The value of wetlands and impact of their drainage have been the subject of many studies.   PHOTO: MANITOBA HABITAT HERITAGE CORPORATION

wetlands for producers. And it will give farmers who already know the high and low spots on their own land access to a standardized set of data for better adherence to regulation and as a benchmark when implementing beneficial management practices.

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The correlation between wetland loss due to drainage and flooding was highlighted in a study released last year at the University of Saskatchewan. The mapping has already begun in the Whitewater Lake watershed under a partnership with the Turtle Mountain Conservation District. Officials have nearly completed a historical analysis of changes to wetlands in that watershed between 1958 and 2009. From there they’ll be moving to other regions of southwestern Manitoba, Carlyle said. The work is expected to continue until 2018 and will be funded through annual grants from Conservation and Water St e w a rd s h i p a n d t h r o u g h Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development’s (MAFRD) Growing Forward 2 initiative. MHHC is working with other CWI partners to co-ordinate its data collection efforts and a strategic planning team is forming to collect wetland data throughout the Canadian Prairies. The data will be available for free to the public and distributed through Manitoba’s geospatial information portal (currently the Manitoba Land Initiative). lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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SPRING WHEATS Continued from page 1

Commission expects to announce that before harvest. Western Canada currently has eight milling wheat classes used to segregate wheat varieties based on their milling and baking attributes. “The CGC will not assign Prosper and Faller to a wheat class until such time as the consultation on our wheat class modernization proposal is complete and that feedback received has been assessed, reviewed and considered,” Rémi Gosselin, the CGC’s director of corporate services said in an email April 13. April 20 is the deadline to submit comments on the CGC’s proposal to create a new class for wheats such as Faller and Prosper, which have lower gluten strength. Industry observers are betting the CGC will create the proposed new class. While there’s a remote chance Faller and Prosper will be “classless” come fall, growers will be subjected to more market risk than those who were growing them in the past when still unregistered. “With a 25 per cent yield advantage (over Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) varieties) growers are almost in the driver’s seat when it comes to marketing because you’re ahead so much (on yield),” said John Smith president of Seed Depot, the company with the Canadian distribution rights

to both varieties developed at North Dakota State University. Interim registration gives a variety the same benefits as full registration for a set period of time. In the meantime, varieties with interim registration continue to be tested to see if they meet the end-use, agronomic and disease standards required for registration. Faller and Prosper have been grown in Western Canada for British Baker Warburtons the past two years under identitypreserved contracts and will be again this year, Smith said. But now farmers can buy certified seed and grow the varieties for any buyer without an identity-preserved contract. Still, Smith advises farmers to go slowly. “The enthusiasm for low-protein wheat is not as high as a year ago,” Smith warned. “The marketplace has more discount in there this year so I don’t think the acres will grow at all from last year — at the most 10 per cent.” Years when high-protein wheat is in short supply, lower protein wheat prices can be heavily discounted. “I spent the last five years trying to talk people out of growing Faller,” Smith said. “I was thinking now that it’s registered I can turn the other way, yet I find myself being so conservative in nature I’m telling guys ‘go slow. What’s the right amount of this stuff? If you throw your whole farm into it and there’s a huge protein dis-

“The CGC will not assign Prosper and Faller to a wheat class until such time as the consultation on our wheat class modernization proposal is complete and that feedback received has been assessed, reviewed and considered.” Seed Depot’s John Smith says Faller and Prosper outyield Canada Western Spring wheats, but also produce less protein, which farmers need to keep in mind when considering what to grow.   photo: allan dawson

count in the fall (it could hurt you). Be cautious here. Don’t go crazy with it.’” One Manitoba grain company is offering new-crop Faller (12 per cent protein) prices at a 40-cent-a-bushel discount to 13.5 per cent CWRS wheat, he said. Last year there were 128,423 crop insured acres of Faller — three times more than in 2013 — making it Manitoba’s fifth most popular spr ing wheat, based on Management Plus data from the Manitoba Agricultural Service Corporation. Faller averaged 72 bushels an acre in 2014 compared to CWRS at 50. That’s a difference of 22 bushels or 44 per cent. And last year doesn’t appear

to have been a fluke. The last three years Faller averaged 72 bushels an acre compared to CWRS at 51. The yield gap was narrowed to 31 per cent for Faller when compared to the last three years against the popular CWRS wheats Kane, Carberry, Glenn and Harvest. While Faller competes with CWRS in world milling wheat markets, Faller and most CWRS wheats are different — the latter usually has more protein. And as Smith noted, there’s a direct correlation between higher protein content and lower yield. But if the CGC does create a new wheat class for Faller and other lower-gluten-strengthmilling wheats, Canadian plant

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breeders are sure to develop new varieties that meet and b e a t Fa l l e r y i e l d s , Sm i t h predicted. “If it happens, it will be the first time a new class has come up and not been guided from birth and loved and cared for by the CWB (Canadian Wheat Board),” he said. “It just made sure it all worked. Now… it’s the private trade that’s got to nurture it and try and help it along.” A new Faller class will give western Canadian farmers other variety options, while protecting and strengthening the integrity of the CWRS class, known for its milling and baking quality, Smith said. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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SHEEP & GOAT COLUMN

Buyers welcome new-crop lambs, illustrated by Easter prices Even the small lambs drew strong bidding at the pre-holiday sale By Mark Elliot Co-operator contributor

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he Easter image might be rabbits, but the Winnipeg Livestock Auction had 165 sheep and goats delivered on April 1, 2015 — for the Easter season. Buyers were anticipating a full day of excitement and preparing for the holiday. Four price ranges were created for ewes. There appeared to be no price differences between wool and haired ewes at this sale. Quality and good structure were some of the issues that the various buyers were depending upon. Top prices ranged from $271.05 to $291.20. Following ranges were: $172.50 to $205.80 and $124.30 to $144.57; and $79.80 to $88.75 (could represent culls or ewes just a bit lower in quality, compared to ewes in the sale). The audience was treated to four sets of ewes with lamb. Generally, this causes for some deep feelings — as the cuteness of lambs bring. The 190pound ewe with one lamb brought $1.01 per pound. The 180-pound ewe with one lamb brought $0.97 per pound. The 215-pound ewe with one lamb brought $1 per pound. The 190-pound ewe with two lambs brought $1.06 per pound. The price range of the heavyweight lambs was $132 to $155.94 ($1.10 to $1.13 per pound). There was an exception as some lambs reached $228 ($1.90 per pound). The market lambs attracted stronger bidding action compared to the last sale. The topquality lambs had a price range from $199.50 to $205.73 ($2.10 to $2.11 per pound). The other market lambs had a price range from $142.80 to $148.35 ($1.50 to $1.725 per pound). GOAT 100

Bidding on the feeder lambs established three price ranges. Top-quality lambs reached a range from $202.48 to $205.73. Another range was $155.25 to $199.50; followed by $136 to $144.50. There appeared to be no price differences between wool and haired lambs. The lightweight lambs were represented by quality newcrop lambs and the buyers were prepared for some major competition. The new-crop lambs brought $2.07 to $2.875 per pound. Even the smaller lambs continued with some strong bidding; $2.575 to $2.70 per pound. The 70-plus pound lambs divided into a price range from $131.25 to $157.10 and the other range was $199.50 to $201.25. The 60-plus pound lambs drew a stronger bidding from the quality lambs and brought $168. The comparable lambs by weight brought $85.20 ($1.42 per pound). The 50-plus pound lambs brought a price range from $91.88 to $108.35. The newcrop lambs in this weight class brought $156.60. The 40-plus lambs were represented by two groups; with a noticeable price difference. The first group of lambs brought $117.42 and the other group brought $108. The 35-pound lambs brought $68.25 ($1.95 per pound). The older goats drew strong prices. Compared to the last sale, using comparable goat weights, the prices illustrated quite variable bidding. Some of the older goats could have been increasing or improving their goat herds. Once again, the goat kids created some exciting bidding from the buyers.

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March 18, 2015 Ewes

$271.05 - $291.20

$173.25 - $221.40

$172.50 - $205.80

$128.26 - $169.06

$124.30 - $144.51 $79.80 - $88.75 Lambs (lbs.) 110+

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$202.48 - $205.73

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$155.25 - $199.50 $136 - $144.50 Under 80 70 - 79

$199.50 - $201.25

$139.87/$144.72/$151.24 (71/72/76 lbs.)

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$168

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Get Fresh attracts new faces to local producers Businesses and schools looking to buy local can face many challenges, including not knowing who can supply them with what they need By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff / St. Norbert

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ondering who can supply you with local berries in January? Or maybe you’re looking for pastureraised pork for your home economics class? Or perhaps you’re looking for someone who needs local oats year round? Thanks to Get Fresh, a networking event hosted by Food Matters Manitoba, producers and purchasers are now better able to answer those questions. “The event is really to, hopefully, build relationships between the food buyers and the producers, because I think the thing we’re missing is this relationship,” said Leanne Dunne, the ‘Manitoba on the menu’ co-ordinator for Food Matters Manitoba, and the organizer of the Get Fresh event held recently at the St. Norbert Community Centre. She said that institutions such as high schools or post-secondary institutions may have interest in using more locally produced

food, but face some significant barriers. “It can be very challenging; there are a lot of barriers that the buyers and the sellers tell me they face, such as time, resources, money,” she said. “And another big one is relationships, either that they’ve got extremely strong relationships with a representative from one major distributor for example, or they are lacking relationships with local producers, who are hoping to sell in the Manitoba retail market.”

Seeking local supplies

Despite being rescheduled due to inclement weather last month, Get Fresh had a strong turnout. Aaron Bernstein of Bernstein’s Restaurant and Delicatessen in Winnipeg attended Get Fresh, seeking out new sources of cabbage, beets, carrots and other local vegetables. “We’re always open to trying new things and carrying local products on our shelves,” he said. “I’m interested in seeing what’s around, especially what’s around

locally. We’ve worked with CSAs in the past, so I want to make sure that I have access to everything that’s out there, so I can bring it to my customers.” Community-Supported Agriculture, or CSAs, are farms that rely on consumers to buy a share in that year’s production in exchange for weekly deliveries, usually of fresh produce. Fort Whyte Farms happens to operate a CSA, and representatives were on hand to promote the program and meet with local business owners. “The more interest we have, the better. A big part of what we do is our CSA program, and we’re always looking for more shareholders,” said Laura Lynne Hildebrand, a crew leader with the farm’s youth programming, which falls under the umbrella of Fort Whyte Alive. “So far, today is going really well, it’s great to connect with other eaters and growers,” she said. Hildebrand, who described the operation as a “social enterprise

Jon McPhail, co-owner of Jonnies Sticky Buns in Winnipeg, enthusiastically shows off his wares.   Photo: Shannon VanRaes

in sustainable agriculture,” noted pasture-raised pork and chicken are also produced, and may soon be part of the Sisler High School home economics program, thanks to connections made at the three-hour-long event. Jon McPhail, co-owner of Jonnies Sticky Buns in Winnipeg, also participated. He was looking to shore up his supply of fresh produce over the winter months. While McPhail has a good relationship with his suppliers, a poor harvest means that farmers he usually relies on might not be able to supply him year round. “So I was hoping to get a few more people on my list that I can call up and sort of see what they have, and see if it’s what I need,” McPhail said. “And I think I’ve done that.” As someone whose passion is for baking and not necessarily for business, he added that Get Fresh was also a good way to develop networking skills. “It’s been nice to get my feet wet. I’m not very business with a capital “B” type of guy, and so this has been a bit of a stretch for me to do something like this,”

McPhail said. “Now I’ve met some great people and got to know some really nice little farms I’m hoping to do business with.” Many in attendance spoke about a growing pressure from consumers for local food, but it’s not the only thing on consumers’ minds. “A lot of Manitobans really want to see value and don’t necessarily believe that local is worth paying more for all the time, but we want to help educate the public and move them in that direction,” said Bernstein. “It’s certainly better for the economy.” For her part, Dunne was pleased with the way that producers were able to connect with buyers, institutional and otherwise. “It’s certainly been very positive, more positive than we expected,” she said. “You’re dealing with incredibly busy producers and incredibly busy buyers, so it can be a challenge to find the right time for both parties, but I think overall it’s been a very positive turnout… we will get some feedback, and hopefully do this again.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

WHAT’S UP Please forward your agricultural events to daveb@fbcpublishing.com or call 204-944-5762. April 16: Woodland Wild Food Project consultations on harvesting wooded land for foods, 7-9 p.m., Lord Selkirk School, 205 Mercy St., Selkirk. For more info visit woodlotmanitoba. com/woodland-food. April 16: Invasive Species Council of Manitoba annual general meeting, Living Prairie Museum, 2795 Ness Ave., Winnipeg. Details to come at www.invasivespeciesmanitoba.com.​

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April 23: Manitoba Organic Alliance annual general meeting and discussion on “Building the Organic Market for Local Food,” 1 to 5 p.m., Anhang room, Millennium Library, 251 Donald St., Winnipeg. For more info visit www.organicfoodcouncil.org.​ May 13: Canadian Institute of Food Safety and Technology (CIFST) Manitoba Supplier Expo, 12:30 to 6 p.m., Victoria Inn, 1808 Wellington Ave., Winnipeg. Pre-registration required at manitobasection@cifst.ca. May 28-30: Canadian Nutrition Society annual conference, RBC Convention Centre, 375 York Ave., Winnipeg. For more info visit www.csn-scn.ca, email dallas@goodwinballance.ca or call 204-475-8585. June 6: DIY Homesteader Festival, Nourished Roots Farm, Fraserwood. For more info visit homesteaderfest.ca.

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS Cattle Prices

Heifers

Alberta South 199.25 — 140.00 - 155.00 120.00 - 140.00 185.00 $ 224.00 - 237.00 240.00 - 255.00 268.00 - 290.00 293.00 - 318.00 319.00 - 339.00 335.00 - 356.00 $ 211.00 - 223.00 230.00 - 245.00 245.00 - 262.00 268.00 - 287.00 293.00 - 318.00 310.00 - 338.00

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

Futures (April 10, 2015) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change Feeder Cattle April 2015 161.80 -1.22 April 2015 June 2015 151.57 -1.80 May 2015 August 2015 148.67 -1.15 August 2015 October 2015 150.60 -0.80 September 2015 December 2015 151.40 -0.32 October 2015 February 2016 150.52 -0.48 November 2015 Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

April 10, 2015

Marketable cattle in short supply ahead of calving Buyers are on the hunt as barbecue season draws near Dave Sims

Close 216.47 213.70 215.02 214.52 213.50 212.37

Change -3.90 -3.75 -3.53 -3.13 -3.20 -3.08

Cattle Grades (Canada) Previous Year­ 53,670 12,460 41,210 N/A 587,000

Week Ending April 4, 2015 746 23,189 9,526 520 431 5,186 43

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 1,000 27,926 13,420 497 905 6,401 115

Hog Prices Source: Manitoba Agriculture

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

Futures (April 10, 2015) in U.S. Hogs April 2015 May 2015 June 2015 July 2015 August 2015

Current Week 157.00 E 146.00 E 135.43 137.79

Last Week 156.69 144.53 135.94 139.19

Last Year (Index 100) 252.67 235.01 253.90 261.62

Close 62.10 70.50 76.80 78.12 78.22

Change -1.07 2.15 1.10 1.07 0.65

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 15, 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 19, 2015 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.955 Undergrade .............................. $1.865 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.940 Undergrade .............................. $1.840 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A .................................... $1.940 Undergrade .............................. $1.840 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................... $1.895 Undergrade............................... $1.810 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.

Toronto 99.44 - 129.84 161.70 - 225.97 250.79 - 271.53 267.07 - 317.63 298.56 - 384.48 —

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) — — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 86.61 - 248.21 — 85.17 - 358.99

Horses <1,000 lbs. 1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

“You’ll see a little more instability in the market as we get into the smaller numbers.”

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Ontario $ 194.10 - 208.18 184.85 - 202.62 104.14 - 140.66 104.14 - 140.66 140.29 - 186.80 $ 217.51 - 250.94 229.96 - 260.31 218.60 - 291.18 261.15 - 327.66 263.36 - 339.40 264.52 - 353.00 $ 194.06 - 218.69 192.51 - 236.62 224.05 - 258.00 267.21 - 296.59 255.65 - 315.84 268.71 - 317.99

$

(901+ lbs.) (801-900 lbs.) (701-800 lbs.) (601-700 lbs.) (501-600 lbs.) (401-500 lbs.) (901+ lbs.) (801-900 lbs.) (701-800 lbs.) (601-700 lbs.) (501-600 lbs.) (401-500 lbs.)

Week Ending April 4, 2015 40,006 9,557 30,449 N/A 525,000

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

COLUMN

(Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows — D3 Cows — Bulls — Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.) $ — (801-900 lbs.) — (701-800 lbs.) — (601-700 lbs.) — (501-600 lbs.) — (401-500 lbs.) — Heifers (901+ lbs.) — (801-900 lbs.) — (701-800 lbs.) — (601-700 lbs.) — (501-600 lbs.) — (401-500 lbs.) — Slaughter Cattle Grade A Steers Grade A Heifers D1, 2 Cows D3 Cows Bulls Steers

EXCHANGES: aPRIL 10, 2015

Toronto ($/cwt) 23.17 - 62.00 51.00 - 73.00

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t was a stream of staggered volumes at Manitoba’s auction yards for the week ended April 10. Some markets that were closed for the Easter holiday combined two sales into one for eager producers who wanted to unload animals before calving season. “The numbers have declined since the first of February, though, as guys are getting cleaned out,” said Rick Wright, of Heartland Buying Order Co. Many producers have animals calving or preparing to calve at a time when prices are extremely good, he added. “Grass cattle are as high as I’ve ever seen them in my 35 years of doing this.” Prices for slaughter animals ticked up across the board as more and more buyers began to prepare for the start of barbecue season on both sides of the border. Bulls were generally up five to 10 cents, while cows were also up. Some orders came in from the East, but the majority of interest was from the West and U.S. “The cash is ahead of the board right now. Certainly we’re not seeing a lot of slaughter cattle in Manitoba; we don’t have very many of them left,” said Wright. Good cull cows traded in the $130- to $140-per-hundredweight range, “and if it’s a good age-verified cow that can go across the line (the U.S. border), there’s a good five- to seven-cent premium on that cow,” he added. The market has been especially touchy of late, he said, and the volatility of the Canadian dollar was only adding to the buzz.

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“Two Fridays ago we had an optimum day because the futures went up and the dollar went down and some classes of cattle had put on four to five cents a pound in the space of two hours.” Some reports from the U.S. suggest pork and poultry could catch the eye of consumers this year due to their relative cheapness compared to beef. Typically, grocery stores and restaurants begin to put in orders for summer meats around now. “For the next couple of weeks the markets are going to stay very strong, and volumes will make it worthwhile going to the sale,” said Wright. After that, he added, volumes should decrease, causing the market to get less predictable. “You’ll see a little more instability in the market as we get into the smaller numbers,” he added. Trucks are not an issue right now for anyone, according to Wright. Most loads are heading west and south but there isn’t enough cattle out there to fill them all up. “Ontario guys are begging for loads to go,” Wright said. Dave Sims writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

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Lowe’s to eliminate pesticides that hurt crop pollinators chicago / reuters / Home improvement chain Lowe’s Inc. will stop selling a type of pesticide suspected of causing a decline in honeybee populations needed to pollinate key American crops, following a few U.S. retailers that have taken similar steps last year. The class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids, or neonics, are sold by agrichemical companies to boost yields of staple crops but are also used widely on annual and perennial plants used in lawns and gardens.

Scientists, consumer groups, beekeepers and others say bee deaths are linked to the neonic pesticides. The bee die-off is worrisome for agriculture because honeybees pollinate plants that produce about a fourth of the food consumed by Americans. Lowe’s said it will phase out neonics in shelf products and plants by the spring of 2019, as suitable alternatives become available. A study released by environment group Friends of the Earth and Pesticide Research Institute in 2014 showed that 51 per cent of garden plants purchased at Lowe’s, Home Depot and Walmart in 18 cities in the United States and Canada contained neonicotinoid pesticides at levels that

could harm or even kill bees. In 2014, the White House announced a plan to fund new honeybee habitats and to for m a task force to study how to reverse the honeybee declines. Last year, BJ’s Wholesale Club, a warehouse retailer said it was asking all of its vendors to provide plants free of neonics by the end of 2014 or to label such products. Home Depot, the largest U.S. home improvement chain, also asked its suppliers to start labelling any plants treated with neonics and that it was running tests in several states to see if suppliers can eliminate neonics in their plant production without hurting plant health.

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GRAIN MARKETS Manitoba Elevator Prices

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Seeding conditions swaying markets from day to day

Average quotes as of April 13, 2015 ($/tonne) Future

Basis

Net

Weekly Change

Red spring wheat

208.24

11.69

219.93

-8.87

Red winter wheat

195.99

-31.43

164.56

-10.66

Prairie spring wheat

195.99

-30.06

165.93

-17.85

Canola

455.57

-16.21

439.36

-7.81

An enthusiastic Canadian dollar is a drag on canola Terryn Shiells CNSC

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t was a fairly quiet period in grain and oilseed markets during the week ended April 10, with most futures prices moving lower amid a choppy spring pattern. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply-and-demand report was released April 9, providing some temporary direction for values, but the data was all for the 2014-15 crop year, and traders are now waiting for a clearer picture on the new crop before making any big moves. Canola futures were down about $10 per tonne compared to the week prior, but have yet to break out of their recent range between C$450 and $470 per tonne. Weakness in outside oilseed markets, i n c l u d i n g t h e C h i c a g o s oy c o m p l e x , weighed on canola, as did the large global oilseed supply situation and bursts of strength in the Canadian currency. While the market is apt to continue following outside oilseeds and reacting to any moves in the Canadian dollar, the main focus is shifting toward spring weather conditions. Some very early seeding was already starting in southern Alberta during the week, with more provincewide activity expected closer to mid-April. Favourable weather has also been seen in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, though it’ll likely be closer to late April before farmers in those provinces get seeding underway. How many acres will be seeded to canola in Western Canada this spring remains to

be seen, but general expectations call for area similar to the 2014-15 growing season. T h e m a i n f o c u s g o i n g f o r w a rd f o r Chicago corn and soybean markets will also be planting conditions, as any delays in corn planting could result in larger soybean area. Corn futures finished seven to 10 cents (US$) per bushel lower during the week, as global supplies of the commodity remain large and export demand is weak. Soybeans were 29 to 36 U.S. cents softer, mainly due to the large global supply situation, expectations of record-large U.S. acreage and positive conditions for South America’s bean harvest. Both markets remained within recent ranges during the week as well, searching for fresh news about upcoming U.S. crops.

Bumpy ride

As weather conditions can vary greatly, so can futures prices, which was the case for U.S. wheat markets during the week. Concerns about dry weather damaging winter wheat crops in the country would push prices higher one day; forecasts calling for beneficial rain would drive them down the next. If the wheat markets’ recent action is any indication, North American grain a n d o i l s e e d m a rk e t s c o u l d b e i n f o r a bumpy ride this spring. So far, conditions look fairly good in most regions for spring planting and early development, but weather and production outlooks can change from day to day throughout the growing season. 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.

Port Prices As of Friday, April 10, 2015 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston

234.70

2.11

U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

316.36

-2.39

Canola Thunder Bay

478.30

-0.60

Canola Vancouver

488.30

-0.60

Recent sales reported Jordan: 100,000 tonnes of feed barley for US$202.40 c&f

Closing Futures Prices As of Thursday, April 9, 2015 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

ICE canola

453.30

-0.60

ICE milling wheat

235.00

4.00

ICE barley

205.00

3.00

Mpls. HRS wheat

210.91

3.95

Chicago SRW wheat

190.61

7.17

Kansas City HRW wheat

202.64

3.12

Corn

148.81

-5.22

Oats

174.42

-5.67

Soybeans

350.35

-7.72

Soymeal

343.93

-11.35

Soyoil

680.02

-7.28

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

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

n/a

n/a

Feed barley

169.48

0.00

n/a

n/a

559.81

13.78

Rye Flaxseed Feed peas

n/a

n/a

Oats

201.66

-1.30

Soybeans

358.25

-4.78

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

19.55

0.10

Ask

Ask

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

Canadian Prairie wheat bids drop with U.S. futures Average Canada Prairie Red Spring (CPRS) bids were down by $17 to $19 per tonne compared to the week prior By Phil Franz-Warkentin Commodity News Service Canada

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ash bids for Canadian wheat were down during the week ended April 10, as losses in the U.S. futures weighed on values. Av e r a g e C a n a d a We s t e r n Re d Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down by $8 to $10 per tonne, with bids ranging from $200 per tonne in north-central Saskatchewan to $219 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 held relatively steady 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. When accounting for the currency exchange rates by adjusting the Canadian prices to U.S. dollars ($1=US$0.7949 as of April 10), CWRS bids ranged from US$159 to US$174. T h a t w o u l d p u t t h e c u r r e n c yadjusted basis levels at about US$34 to US$49 below the futures. Looking at it the other way around, if the Minneapolis futures are converted to Canadian dollars, CWRS basis levels across Western Canada range from $43 to $61 below the futures. Average Canada Prairie Red Spring (CPRS) bids were down by $17 to $19 per tonne compared to the week

prior. CPRS prices came in at about $166 in Manitoba, at about $168 to $169 per tonne in Saskatchewan, and $179 to $185 in Alberta. Soft white spring wheat prices were down by about $10 to $11 per tonne, ranging from $181 to $182 per tonne in Alberta. Winter wheat prices were $11 to $19 per tonne lower, ranging from $151 to $164 per tonne across Western Canada. Durum prices were down by anywhere from $5 to $22 per tonne, with prices in southern Saskatchewan, where the bulk of the crop is grown, quoted at about $303 per tonne. The May spring wheat contract in Minneapolis, which most CWRS contracts in Canada are based from, was quoted at US$5.81 per bushel on

April 10, down 14.50 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$5.5875 per bushel on April 10, down 24 cents from last week. The May Chicago Board of Trade soft wheat contract settled at US$5.2650 on April 10, which was 9.75 cents weaker compared to the week prior. The Canadian dollar finished the week at 79.49 U.S. cents, which was down by a tenth of a cent relative to its U.S. counterpart compared to the previous week.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 16, 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

Antimicrobial use in feedlots could be slashed, say experts

Simple management changes, like pre-weaning vaccinations, can greatly increase immunity in cattle By Alexis Kienlen staff

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he livestock sector could significantly reduce and in some cases, eliminate, antimicrobial use with simple changes in management practices, say veterinarians. And that would reduce the threat of antimicrobial resistance and boost consumer confidence in the cattle industry. “The key is to have animals that are properly vaccinated,” said Craig Dorin of Veterinary Agri-Health Services. Dorin — and his call “to change our management system” — is featured in a new video from the Beef Cattle Research Council. Specifically, the Airdrie vet recommends low-stress weaning and pre-weaning vaccination so young cattle can build up their immune systems long before being transported to feedlots and mixing with other animals. But that’s not happening often enough and producers commonly tailor vaccine programs to their own needs, without thinking of what is best for the animals or the person who will own the cattle next. “The industry hasn’t been very good at paying people for these value adds, and there hasn’t been a lot of incentive for people to do that,” said Dorin. Indeed, the situation of a feedlot operator also featured in the research council video — Bryan Thiessen of Namaka Farms — illustrates the problem. Thiessen kicks off the eightminute video by explaining that antimicrobials are used judiciously at his family’s Strathmore feedlot and only when cattle become sick. (The video is available at www.beefresearch. ca; click on Videos under the Resources pull-down menu.)

file photo

No choice

But in an interview, Thiessen said that while he doesn’t vaccinate cattle from his herd when they enter the feedlot, he has no choice but to vaccinate animals coming from elsewhere. “Being that we’re buying through an auction mart system, there really is no way of proving what people did in the past or not,” he said. “There is no way for us to know what the animals have had in the past, unless you are buying straight off a farm or have a relationship with the cow-calf producer.” But cattle will have a much stronger immune system — and therefore be much less likely to fall ill — if low-stress weaning and early vaccination are employed, Dorin states in the video.

“The effects would be huge for the industry if we did not use antimicrobials,” feedlot manager Bryan Thiessen says in a new video from the Beef Cattle Research Council.

“If we’re going to talk about the development of resistance in the antimicrobials we use, we need to change our management system,” he says. He then explains vaccinations are more effective when calves aren’t under stress. “One of the management practices we’ve had some big success with is pre-weaning vaccinations,” Dorin says in the video, explaining how calves are vaccinated two weeks before weaning and then placed back with their mothers. “In that two-week period,

they’re not under any stress at all and their immune system has ample opportunity to develop a response to the vaccine and that provides protection against these diseases. Then when they’re taken to a feedlot or transported or taken to an auction mart, they already have the immune system protection in their bodies and they’re much less likely to get sick. “Then we can significantly reduce the amount of antimicrobials we use at the feedlots and change whether we use

them at all if these animals come to the feedlot with their vaccines and their immune systems in place.” Namaka Farms’ vaccination program for its own cattle gives them the robust immunity that Dorin describes, said Thiessen. “Having a proper vaccination program on farm is huge,” he said. “It helps the calves be a lot stronger.”

Info sharing

Va c c i n a t i o n i n f o r m a t i o n doesn’t normally travel with cattle, said Kent Fenton, a

veterinarian and partner in Feedlot Health Management Services of Okotoks. Having an easy-to-use system to share this information would be a big step forward, he said. “Knowing the history could enhance what feedlots are able to do,” said Fenton. Some pharmaceutical companies have branded vaccine programs, which allow participating producers to sell their animals as vaccine verified. However, these programs are not independently audited. It’s possible vaccination data could eventually be tracked in a program such as BIXS (Beef InfoXchange System), which is currently being revamped for McDonald’s verified sustainable beef initiative. But this type of system has to prove its worth, Fenton said. “If you can show value from the data and make it easier to enter, analyze and show value from that, I think there will be greater uptake,” he said. “If there’s more information up and down the different sectors and more information transferred from the animals, we’ll all be able to do our jobs better. We’re able to manage those animals better because we have an understanding of what has been done to them.” However, reducing antimicrobial use comes with a cost, said Dorin. “At the end of the day, food retailers and consumers need to step up and say, ‘We know it costs more money to produce animals that are raised in an environment with little to no antimicrobial use. We’ll pay you to do that,’” he said. But that economic signal hasn’t been sent yet, he added. “I don’t think that there is a strong message to producers that people are prepared to do that,” Dorin said. In the meantime, cow-calf producers can still take action on their own to reduce the need for antimicrobials — and the threat of antimicrobial resistance, he said. In addition to pre-weaning vaccinations and low-stress weaning, producers should be talking to their vets to learn more about the appropriate use of antimicrobials, he said. And even though calves are fetching record prices, producers “still need to be prudent” in choosing what antimicrobials to use and whether they’re even needed. “There are lots of times that animals have a disease that is not infectious in nature that doesn’t respond to antimicrobials,” he said. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 16, 2015

End of EU milk quotas raises cheers and warnings

The move is welcomed in Germany and Ireland, but others fear oversupply and chronic price collapses By Nigel Hunt London / Reuters

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u r o p e a n Un i o n m i l k quotas were lifted April 1 a f t e r m o re t h a n 3 0 y e a r s, c re a t i n g e x p a n s i o n opportunities for some dairy farmers while potentially threatening the livelihood of others. Farming groups in top producer Germany and exporter Ireland welcomed the lifting of the quotas which were first introduced in 1984 to cope with infamous “milk lakes” and “butter mountains” when EU supplies far outstripped demand. But a vigil was held by some other dairy farmers outside the European Parliament in Brussels, lighting a “warning fire” and holding a funeral march. The EU regime included individual and national production quotas. If any producer exceeded their quota then they had to pay a levy, although this was only applied if the national quota was also exceeded. The system of quotas, and the threat of levy, helped to cap the expansion of EU production. The European Milk Board, a federation of dairy farmers with member organizations from 13 countries, said it was likely that the market would not be able to cope with significantly expanded production in a reasonable way. “Chronic pr ice collapses are inevitable, the next crisis is on its way,” EMB president Romuald Schaber said. Germany’s national farmers’ association DBV, however, welcomed the end of quotas. “Mi l k p r o d u c e r s w i l l b e freed from the costs of the quota,” the DBV said in a statement. “In the period of the quota, German farmers had to shoulder an estimated 15 billion euros in costs for levies, purchasing of quotas and quota fees,” the DBV said. “The end of quotas brings more freedom for commercial decision-making about how much milk to produce, gives more responsibility for developing your own farming company but also more fluctuations in milk prices.”

Export boost

A study by the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) estimated the ending of quotas would c re a t e 9 , 5 0 0 extra jobs in Ireland, and upwards of 1.3 billion euros annual additional export revenue. “Facts would suggest that Irish dairy farmers are well placed to capitalize on the e n d o f q u o t a s, a n d i n s o doing help develop the dairy and agribusiness sector with major increases in direct and indirect employment,” IFA National Dair y Committee chairman Sean O’Leary said. The European Dairy Association, which represents milk processors, also backed the change. “It g o e s w i t h o u t s a y i n g that the end of the quota will lower the administrative bur-

den on all levels. This will naturally further enhance the competitiveness of the whole sector,” EDA secretary general Alexander Anton said. The potential for milk prices in the EU to become more volatile following the lifting of quotas could create an opportunity for greater use of futures markets. Euronext says it will launch a new dairy derivatives complex on April 13. The offering includes futures for butter, skimmed milk powder and whey powd e r, a n d re p l a c e s f o r m e r skimmed milk powder derivatives that failed to take off. Germany’s Eurex exchange a l r e a d y q u o t e s b u t t e r, skimmed milk powder and whey powder derivatives, but traded volumes are thin.

“The end of quotas brings more freedom for commercial decision-making about how much milk to produce, gives more responsibility for developing your own farming company but also more fluctuations in milk prices.”

Irish farmers say they welcome the chance to produce more milk for export.   photo: thinkstock

German farmers’ organization

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 16, 2015

LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Feeder Steers

Apr-08

Apr-07

Apr-07

Apr-07

Apr-08

n/a

Apr-09

Apr-10

No. on offer

2,190

623

474*

1,145*

n/a

n/a

936*

1,550*

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

200.00-210.00

900-1,000

n/a

n/a

n/a

220.00-238.00

150.00-223.00

n/a

n/a

205.00-241.00

800-900

220.00-263.00

220.00-249.50

220.00-238.00

240.00-261.00

180.00-253.00

n/a

235.00-252.00 (267.00)

215.00-253.00

700-800

260.00-305.00

240.00-280.25

240.00-290.00

255.00-291.00

148.00-287.00

n/a

245.00-290.00 (306.00)

240.00-290.00

600-700

280.00-317.00

280.00-319.50

280.00-329.00

285.00-320.00

200.00-328.00

n/a

290.00-320.00 (329.00)

265.00-325.00

500-600

290.00-367.00

320.00-358.00

320.00-380.00

320.00-350.00

95.00-349.00

n/a

295.00-365.00 (372.00)

310.00-375.00

400-500

300.00-350.00

330.00-362.00

350.00-400.00

275.00-406.00

350.00-388.00

n/a

290.00-375.00 (398.00)

320.00-410.00

300-400

n/a

320.00-361.00

340.00-410.00

n/a

387.50-418.00

n/a

290.00-370.00 (394.00)

350.00-415.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

190.00-211.00

180.00-208.00

n/a

n/a

190.00-215.00

800-900

200.00-224.00

210.00-232.50

200.00-230.00

215.00-237.00

166.00-239.00

n/a

210.00-235.00 (241.00)

205.00-230.00

700-800

225.00-265.00

220.00-260.50

225.00-278.00

235.00-260.00

132.50-273.00

n/a

225.00-260.00 (265.00)

215.00-261.00

600-700

240.00-290.00

240.00-286.00

250.00-275.00

265.00-290.00

131.00-291.00

n/a

245.00-280.00 (290.00)

250.00-313.00

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

500-600

260.00-305.00

280.00-312.50

270.00-325.00

275.00-315.00

91.00-318.00

n/a

275.00-290.00 (300.00)

260.00-318.00

400-500

n/a

310.00-346.00

320.00-395.00

325.00-350.00

160.00-352.50

n/a

295.00-350.00 (364.00)

300.00-358.00

300-400

n/a

320.00-356.00

325.00-405.00

n/a

310.00-377.50

n/a

300.00-345.00 (349.00)

325.00-365.00

No. on offer

300

n/a

74

n/a

n/a

n/a

130.00-152.00 (160.00)

135.00-145.00

D1-D2 Cows

110.00-130.00

108.00-138.00

110.00-133.00

135.00-146.00

40.00-144.00

n/a

110.00-130.00

118.00-130.00

D3-D5 Cows

95.00-115.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Slaughter Market

Age Verified

120.00-147.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Good Bulls

143.00-173.00

140.00-157.50

155.00-164.00

160.00-176.00

143.00-166.00

n/a

140.00-165.00 (174.50)

160.00-165.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

170.00-177.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Steers Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

170.00-175.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

135.00-144.00

n/a

209

n/a

n/a

135.00-150.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

132.00-144.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

105.00-118.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Heiferettes

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

158.00-175.00

* includes slaughter market

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

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Indian state’s beef ban expected to boost chicken sales The country’s ruling party is pushing for steps ‘to protect and promote the cow’ By Meenakshi Sharma Mumbai / Reuters

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oultry firms expect demand to pick up after a ban on beef in India’s western state of Maharashtra, with other states ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party also aiming to toughen laws on livestock slaughter. India is the world’s second-largest beef exporter and fifth-biggest consumer, although its majority Hindu community views cows to be sacred, and Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is pushing for legal steps to “protect and promote the cow.” Maharashtra, which has a population of about 110 million, and sprawls over an area roughly the size of Italy, widened its ban this month to cover meat from bulls

and bullocks. The northern states of Jharkhand and Haryana, also ruled by the BJP, are looking for ways to discourage slaughter of livestock. Such curbs, which critics call the outcome of Modi loyalists pushing a Hindu agenda, will cost jobs and hit India’s exports, but spell good news for many poultry farms. India consumed 2.3 million tonnes of beef last year until October — higher than for the whole of 2013 — while exports were 1.95 million tonnes in the same period. Even without a ban on beef, which is particularly popular in the southern and northeastern parts of India and tends to be cheaper than mutton and chicken, India’s poultry output has been scaling annual records, as higher incomes boost demand for meat in the world’s second-most populous country.

India’s Hindu majority considers cows sacred, but it’s the world’s second-largest beef exporter.   photo: thinkstock

briefs

Ontario flocks under quarantine winnipeg/reuters / The bird flu virus confirmed this week in Ontario is the highly pathogenic H5N2 strain, similar to one spreading across the United States, a government agency said April 8. The strain discovered on a Woodstock, Ontario, turkey farm is the same subtype as one detected in British Columbia in December and that has spread across U.S. states in recent months, said Paul Mayers, vice-president of policy and programs at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Mayers said Hong Kong has restricted imports of poultry and poultry products from Oxford County, Ontario, and Uruguay has banned imports of Canadian hatching eggs. On April 7, CFIA said Japan and Taiwan had imposed trade restrictions. Nine Ontario farms, including the single farm confirmed to have the virus, are under quarantine. About 10,800 turkeys have died at the Woodstock farm and an additional 34,000 birds there were euthanized using carbon dioxide gas, CFIA said. The U.S. government has reduced its forecasts for poultry exports by nearly six per cent from last month due partly to the accelerating outbreak of bird flu that has triggered wider-thanexpected trade restrictions. Birds in nine states have tested positive for the same lethal strain since the beginning of the year.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 16, 2015

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

Mild weather should continue Issued: Monday, April 13, 2015 · Covering: April 15 – April 22, 2015 Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

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he weather pattern played out a little quicker than forecast last week. The mild weather moved in as expected, but the cold front moved through on Sunday instead of Monday. For this forecast period it looks like the mild weather will continue, but the overall pattern, while mainly dry, will be fairly active. This means there is a fair bit of uncertainty in the timing of the various weather systems affecting us over the next week or two. This forecast begins with an area of low pressure tracking across north-central Manitoba, which will place southern and central regions on the warm side of the low. We should see a mix of sun and clouds, along with very mild temperatures, and highs expected to be around the 20 C mark. Behind the low, a weak cold front will push through, dropping our temperatures by about 5° or 6° on Thursday and Friday. A second area of low pressure is then forecast to move through on Saturday, but

this time it will follow a slightly more southerly track. This means a short return to near 20 C on Saturday, before a slightly stronger cold front drops south on Sunday. There will be a good chance of some showers with this system later Saturday and into Sunday. Next week’s forecast has a fair bit of uncertainty. The weather models show an upper low forming to our east, but how strong this low gets and where it sets up will greatly impact our weather. If it remains far enough to the east, as now forecast, we’ll see nice mild air move in along with plenty of sunshine and daily highs starting out around 12 C on Monday and warming toward the 20 C mark by Wednesday. If the low is farther west than anticipated, we’ll see more clouds and much cooler conditions, with highs only around 10 C. Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, 5 to 18 C; lows, -6 to +4 C. Probability of precipitation falling as snow: 35 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.

WEATHER MAP - Global temperature anomalies

This issue’s map shows global temperature anomalies for the month of March 2015. Once again, the biggest global departures from average conditions both occurred over North America. The West Coast ridge brought very warm conditions to that region, while the eastern trough brought cold conditions to much of Eastern Canada. We were right in the middle of these two features, resulting in nearaverage conditions.

Is our spring weather changing? We haven’t seen many dry springs lately, but we can’t really call that a trend By Daniel Bezte co-operator contributor

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t seems like every year when spring rolls around, the questions and comments about our spring weather start to crop up. Usually, they have to do with how this spring compares to other springs, and then the generalizations start. The one I hear the most is that they hope this spring will be better than the last few, because it seems like our springs are not as nice as they once used to be. Then the conversation slides into a discussion about how spring weather in our region is getting colder and wetter. So, after having a couple of these conversations the past few weeks, I thought I would dig into the weather data and see just what has been happening with our spring weather over the last 75 years. Since we are looking at average spring conditions, I don’t really need to select more than one site, as it is pretty rare for one area of southern or central Manitoba to have significantly different weather over the period of a month or two. Usually, the weather pattern is pretty similar across our entire region. So, I chose to use Winnipeg’s data as it is the most central location. I used the 75-year period starting in 1939, as that’s when temperature and precipitation readings began at the Winnipeg airport. The second thing I had to decide on: just what do we consider spring? From a climatological point of view, it’s March, April and May. In some years, March sure doesn’t feel much like spring, but I did take this three-month period as representing spring. When looking at temperatures, I shortened spring down to just April and

May, to see if there was any difference or any possible pattern or trend, but when looking at the precipitation data there wasn’t enough difference to include this shortened time frame. The best way to look at the data is not in a table, but in graphs. The first graph shows average spring temperatures in °Celsius. The blue line is the average temperature for the March to May time period and the red line is the April to May time period. Looking at the blue line, the first thing you might notice is that there has been no trend toward colder springs over the last 10 to 20 years. What you might also notice is that, while there is no apparent trend toward colder springs, there appears to be more variability in spring temperatures beginning in the mid-1970s and continuing until the present. From 1939 to the mid-1970s, spring temperatures varied by about 5° from year to year. After this period we see much larger changes, with temperature

swings of up to 9° occurring. One thing that might make people feel like our springs are colder than they used to be is the fact that the 1980s saw consistently mild springs, so some of us might be remembering those years and making a comparison. The red line shows the average temperature for just April and May which, for some of us, represents our only two real spring months. As expected, this line pretty much mirrors the March to May line, but is just warmer. I also include a five-year running mean (green line) that helps to smooth out the data and should help to show any longterm trends. If you look at that line, you could say that, if anything, springs are generally a little warmer now than they were 40 to 75 years ago. The next graph shows total spring precipitation. Unlike the temperature graph, there does not appear to be any discernible trend in the data. We have had very

wet and dry springs scattered throughout the 75-year period. Again, as with the temperatures, there was a relatively dry period during the 1980s and early 1990s, as can be seen looking at the green five-year running average line. Since the mid-1990s we haven’t had a really dry spring. As with the temperatures, it’s possible that people are remembering the 1980 to early ’90s time frame and are using this as their mental weather reference point for what they think is normal. Overall, it doesn’t look like springs have been getting colder or wetter. If anything, springs seem to be getting a little warmer. While we might be getting warmer we are also seeing larger year-to-year variations in spring temperatures, which, I think, help us forget about the warm springs. With precipitation, it is a little tougher to say there is any trend. While the last 20 years have not seen any really dry springs, I think it’s a little early to say this is a trend that will continue.

The Manitoba Co-operator | April 16, 2015

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Trim: 10.25”

CROPS h u sba n d r y — th e sci e n c e , S K I L L O R A R T O F F A R M I N G

Canola emergence low at best of times

The longer it takes canola seed to germinate, the more susceptible it is to disease

Trim: 15.58”

photo: thinkstock

By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

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lant now or wait for warmer soils? That is the question canola growers are asking. With wildly fluctuating temperatures, and a record-breaking warm spell in March, some producers are asking, how soon is too soon? The Canola Council of Canada advises producers to consider a number of factors before pulling out the planter. “This is always a game of weighing out the risks and assessing the rewards,” said Angela Brackenreed, an agronomist with the council. “We know from our data that the greatest probability for gaining the highest yield comes from early seeding, and when we say early seeding, that’s typically late April or early May. But things are different every year.” And while the calendar isn’t everything, it is something producers should keep in mind. “You don’t want to weight the calendar date too heavily, but at the same time, it always needs to be in the back of your head,” said Brackenreed. “It was in the middle of March

“We’re kind of behind the 8-ball with canola even going into ideal conditions.” Angela Brackenreed

there, when it was looking like spring and I would have thought we could have been seeding within a couple weeks… but that weather didn’t stay.” The reality is that Manitoba often sees snow in March and even into April, she said. However, what really drives canola emergence is the temperature of the soil. “We’re kind of behind the 8-ball with canola even going into ideal conditions,” said the agronomist. “It’s not that unusual to see only 50 per cent survival and emergence, so if you’re seeding into really cool conditions and a poor seedbed, you’re putting that seed at risk for even more loss. And the longer that it takes to

germinate and the longer that it takes to come out of the ground, the more susceptible it is to diseases.” Brackenreed suggests producers take soil temperatures in both the morning and afternoon for at least three to four days to determine where their soil is at. Ideally canola seeds would go into soil that’s around 10 C. “But nobody really wants to wait that long, so 4° or 5° would be a good starting point,” she said. “You really want to make sure you get it right the first time, you only have one chance to seed, and it really sets you up for the entire season.” What happens after planting is also key, so producers need to pay attention to the forecasts. Seedlings are hardy enough to withstand light frost, but Brackenreed noted lower temperatures or a hard frost can be devastating. At the moment, warmer and drier weather are positive signs for producers. “I think everyone is hoping for an easy seeding season,” she said. “But we could always get more rain and we could get more snow.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 16, 2015

Streamlined cash advance program allows one-stop shopping Grain and livestock farmers can get loans of up to $400,000, with the first $100,000 interest free By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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anola farmers looking for a cash advance can now apply for it through the Manitoba Corn Growers Association if they like, or they can obtain a corn cash advance from the Canadian Canola Growers Association. Streamlining to the federal government’s Advance Payments Program means Manitoba farmers can now get cash advances for most crops with one application, from one place — either the corn or canola growers’ associations.​ The Manitoba Corn Growers Association (http://mani tobacorn.ca, 1-877-598-5685), which has administered cash advances for corn, sunflowers,

“When people ask me about it, I say consider taking the interest-free portion first and it gives you some money to work with.”

Theresa Bergsma

pulse crops Kentucky bluegrass seed, alfalfa seed, annual and perennial ryegrass and baled hay (for domestic sales only), has added the following crops effective April 1: durum, canola, flax, buckwheat, canary seed, mustard, hemp seed, wheat, mustard Ethiopian, camelina, millet, barley, oats, triticale, rye and honey, said association manager Theresa Bergsma.

The Canadian Canola Growers Association (http://www. ccga.ca/CashAdvance/Pages/ General-Information.aspx), which previously issued a d v a n c e s o n m o s t c r o p s, including many forages, has added Manitoba corn and soybeans, association manager Rick White said. The canola growers also issued advances to cow-calf operators in Alberta and Brit-

ish Columbia in the past, but has added cattle, hogs, sheep, goats and lambs across Western Canada. “We’re up to about 45 commodities now, from about 20 or 25, which we had historically been doing,” White said. Cash advances on cattle are also available through the Manitoba Livestock Cash Advance Program Inc. (http:// www.manitobalivestock.com,1866-869-4008). Manitoba Livestock is also issuing advances on the following crops: canola, corn, oats, rye and soybeans. The Association of Manitoba Feeder Co-operatives Co-op Inc. (204-838-2050) is also issuing advances on cattle. The Manitoba Pork Credit Corporation (1-866-557-5452)

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is also administering advances on hogs. Advances on honey are also available through the Manitoba Co-operative Honey Producers Limited (http://www.beemaid. com/manitoba-honey-produc ers, 204-783-2240 ext. 225). Po t a t o g r ow e r s c a n g e t advances from the Keystone Vegetable Growers Association (204-239-6932). Advances on nursery products, mushrooms, greenhouse cut flowers, potted plants and Christmas trees are available through the Agricultural Credit Corporation in Guelph, Ont.,(https://www.agcreditcorp.ca, 1-888-278-8807). Several other changes have been made to the program. The two per cent withheld on the advance to cover possible repayment defaults has been dropped, White said. Fa r m e r s w i t h a d v a n c e s on grain crops are no longer required to have documentation of a grain sale for repayment before Jan. 31, 2016. After that date any repayments sales have to be documented. The change dramatically cuts paperwork for the farmer and advance administrator, he said. Under the advance payment program eligible famers can get up to 50 per cent of the expected average price for their agricultural product to a maximum of $400,000 for up to 18 months. The first $100,000 is interest free and the rest is at a low interest rate. The program, designed to help farmers with cash flow so they weren’t forced to sell when prices were low, started off as a loan against stored crops, but was expanded many years ago to include unseeded crops. If a farmer suffers a crop failure the advance is repaid by crop insurance or AgriStability. Some farmers prefer to wait and take an advance after their crop is seeded or in the bin, but there are fewer, Bergsma said. “When people ask me about it I say consider taking the interest-free portion first and it gives you some money to work with,” she said. Canola association advance payment administrators have been busy this spring, White said. “It’s a very valuable program to farmers,” he said. “Even if the advance is interest bearing, it is very, very inexpensive. Getting money at (bank) prime (rate) without putting up significant security, other than the grain, is a very good deal for farmers.” Even more positive changes are planned through regulation, including allowing farmers to make five-year advance payment loan agreements, he added. “Farmers can do one big application and subsequently the four years after they just have to do incremental applications to review and renew the amounts they want (advanced) so you won’t have to do a big, full-blown application every single year because that’s a heavy burden on farmers.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 16, 2015

CWB Inc.’s first ship has memorable entry into the Great Lakes Ice is hampering traffic as the 2015 shipping season gets underway By Alex Binkley Co-operator contributor

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W B M a r q u i s’ d e b u t in the Great Lakes was selected to be the official opening of the 2015 navigation season of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The ship passed through the St. Lambert locks in Montreal March 26 with the usual fanfare and speeches. But 35 kms south of Montreal, it ran into a massive ice floe and went aground. It was pulled free by tugs and after an examination in Beauharnois, it continued its voyage to Hamilton to unload iron pellets for ArcelorMittal Dofasco’s plant in Hamilton. It depar ted on Apr il 8 headed for Thunder Bay and a load of grain. Getting to its destination will bring it into contact with more ice. CWB owns the massive bulk carrier and will take deliver y of a second ship later this year. They are both part of the Equinox class of ships designed by Algoma Central which will operate them for CWB Inc. Ca n a d i a n a n d A m e r i c a n shipowners say the situation in Lake Superior highlights their long-standing contention that both countries lack sufficient icebreakers for the task. Last year, it took until late April for the ice to break up enough to permit full navigation on the lakes. This year isn’t as bad, but it’s far worse than most years. “We need both the Canadian and U.S. governments to accelerate plans associated with the renewal of their ice-breaking fleets,” Robert L e w i s - Ma n n i n g , p re s i d e n t of the Canadian Shipowners Association said in an interview. He described the delays in Lake Superior as significant. “ The number of icebreakers remains insufficient and is affecting commerce negatively.” James Weakley, president of the U.S. Lake Carriers’ Association, added that the ice is so formidable some of his members “chose to delay getting underway rather than risk a repeat of last spring when ice caused more than $6 million in damage to the vessels.” Because of the ice, American freighters were able to move only “an anemic 800,000 tons of iron ore in March, the lowest level for the month since 2010,” he added. That’s nearly 60 per cent below what the fleet moved for the same during the last five years and creates supply problems for U.S. steel mills. Adding to the ice woes is that both U.S. and Canadian icebreakers have experienced a number of mechanical issues, he added. Mackinaw, the U.S. Coast Guard’s most

powerful icebreaker on the lakes, is operating at less than full power. In addition to needing more A m e r i c a n b re a k e r s, We a kley also called on Canada t o re v i e w i t s i c e - b re a k i n g resources dedicated to the lakes. “The country used to have seven icebreakers stationed on the lakes, but now j u s t t w o a re p e r m a n e n t l y assigned here.” The Canadian Coast Guard has sent the Pierre Radisson, one of its heavy-duty breakers on the St. Lawrence River, to Superior where it’s helping more than a dozen ships out of a massive sheet of ice that had delayed them for days and badly damaged one American vessel. The Radisson will likely have to travel to Thunder Bay to open up that port.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 16, 2015

Shorter winter favours honeybees

Dryness being watched in parts of Western Canada

Some high overwintering losses may be attributed to inexperience and not the winter weather By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

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hile it’s too early to know for certain, this year’s shorter winter has all the hallmarks of overwintering success for Manitoba beekeepers. “I would expect good overwintering success,” said Allan Campbell, president of the Manitoba Beekeepers’ Association, adding that winter is a key factor for Prairie apiarists. “The winter conditions, I expect that to make a huge difference this year, winter is probably one of the biggest threats in Manitoba,” he said. Industry officials say it’s too early to gauge overwintering losses, but the fact that it was a shorter winter raises optimism. Long winters are considered more damaging than exceptionally cold ones, but when the two are combined, i t c a n d e c i m a t e c o l o n i e s.

“So many people go into beekeeping with the idea that this is a wild animal and will take care of itself, all I need to do is just extract the honey. That’s not the case.”

Waldemar Damert

The commercial beekeeper Overwintering losses after the winter of 2014 were an aver- also believes that high winter mortality may be linked in age of 46 per cent. Wa l d e m a r D a m e r t s a i d part to a surge of new honey however, that it’s not only p ro d u c e r s w h o m i g h t n o t weather that impacts a bee have the experience they need to keep colonies healthy. colony’s ability to survive. “Since 2006, we’ve had a “A mild winter definitely helps, but it’s not everything… fairly big influx of newer beeour bees are actually dying keepers who don’t have expebecause of a few factors,” said rience, and experience is very the president of the Red River important with this — in this Apiarists’ Association. “Agri- climate specifically,” Damert culture these days uses a lot of said. “So many people go into beekeeping with the idea that pesticides and so that’s another B:8.125” this is a wild animal and will big impact right there.” T:8.125”

take care of itself, all I need to do is just extract the honey. That’s not the case.” Campbell noted he’s only heard from a couple of beek e e p e r s re g a rd i n g w i n t e r losses this spring, but he added the apiarist with the highest losses he’s heard of so far is also new to the industry. “I’m not really sure what’s behind that, other than the guy who lost 50 per cent is a new beekeeper,” he said. “So that could be just due to experience.” As for his own 4,000 hives, Campbell said they spent the winter in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley. “So I can tell you I had a great winter,” he said, adding his bees are now heading to the blueberries of the Fraser Valley, before returning to Manitoba for the summer months.

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he snowpack is gone and moisture levels are low across many agricultural areas of Western Canada, which should allow for an early start to spring seeding. However, the lack of moisture could lead to problems down the road if there is no timely precipitation later in the season. While there are no areas of “huge concern” there are some parts of the Prairies that are drier than normal and being monitored, said Trevor Hadwen, an agroclimate specialist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Drought Watch department. Southern Manitoba was dry in the fall and f o l l owe d t h a t u p w i t h a “ w e l l - b e l ow - n o r m a l snowpack,” said Hadwen, adding that the spring run melt and run-off in Manitoba went very quickly, with little to no flooding, which is very rare in the province. However, those dry areas of Manitoba typically get good amounts of moisture at this time of year, which could solve any problems relatively quickly, said Hadwen. T h e n o r t h e r n Pe a c e River region of Alberta is also on the dry side, while easter n Alber ta had a lower snowpack than normal as well. “Most of the Prair ie region has no snow cover at this time and the run-off is almost complete, which is fairly early for being completely bare of snow,” said Hadwen. “It could be a good thing to get (seeding) operations going quick, but it also could turn if we don’t get the spring moisture.” He said it wasn’t dry enough anywhere to raise ger mination concer ns, but if there are three or four weeks of hot and dry weather in the middle of summer the lack of moisture reserves could become a concern. On the other side of the coin, the eastern edge of Saskatchewan is still very moist, with standing water in many areas. However, after dealing with excessive moisture for a number of years, Hadwen said a lighter snowpack in the region this year should help fields start to dry out.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 16, 2015

Interest in drainage expected to grow As the province’s newest water management association pulls away from the dock, new members are invited on board By Shannon VanRaes co-operator staff

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he fledgling Manitoba Agricultural Water Management Association (MAWMA) is looking for members, particularly farmers and landowners as well as others with a interest in water management. Formed in late 2012 with a focus on the tile drainage industry, the organization’s board of directors includes three producer members, representing potato, grain and speciality crop growers at its annual meeting last month. “This was sort of our first formal meeting where we had producers and landowners there,” said president Chris Unrau. “It started with industry, but really it’s rooted in the discussions we had with clients about different issues facing agricultural water management. There was a need for a common voice.”

Unrau heads Precision Land Solutions in Winkler which specializes in tile drainage. He said the association will continue to become more producer focused. “We got the organization started, but ideally we think it should be farmer run and farmer driven,” he said. “But someone needed to start it and as an industry we did that. Now we’re moving into the second phase, which is having producers and landowners.” He added that various producer groups have also expressed interest in the MAWMA, and he expects there will be opportunities for collaboration. The association’s new mission statement is “promoting sustainable water management for agriculture in Manitoba.” That will mean working with regulators, conservation district, municipalities and other stakeholders, said Unrau.

“We’ve got a few different priorities that we’re looking to work on this year,” he said. “Tile drainage is the thing that’s biggest on our radar right now; it’s the thing that got us going, what brought us together. But we do want to have a voice in all things water management, whether it’s surface drainage or irrigation.” A meeting is planned this month with Manitoba’s assistant deputy minister of water stewardship, which the association hopes will be a first step towards gaining a seat at the table when it comes to drainage regulation. “I think that’s one of the main reasons we formed, so that we could have a voice in that process. But at this point, we’re still working on getting to the table with the province,” he said. “We want to have discussions with them about how we can help them deal with their challenges

“I think that’s one of the main reasons we formed, so that we could have a voice in that process. But at this point, we’re still working on getting to the table with the province.” Chris Unrau

in a way that still benefits agriculture, so that agriculture can still thrive even with new rules and regulations.” Un r a u a d d e d t h a t t h e MAWMA also intends to become an educational resource for those looking at sustainable water management, and eventu-

ally develop a code of conduct prohibiting unsustainable or illegal drainage. And with the price of farmland at an apex, interest in drainage is only expected to increase. “Farmers are really looking to do more with what they have. They need to be efficient, they need to be able to service their overhead with their existing land base, and often being land just isn’t an option, or it isn’t economically feasible,” said Unrau. But the organization’s next priority is getting the word out and engaging new members as it moves towards gaining not-forprofit status. “Really at this point, we’d like to grow our membership so that we’ve got more farmers and landowners who are coming alongside to support us,” he said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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India’s PM increases compensation for farmers new delhi / reuters / Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced higher compensation and government aid for farmers who are suffering due to unseasonable rains, in an attempt to calm growing discontent among people living in the countryside. Storms have badly damaged crops in large parts of northern India and led to anger against Modi for not doing enough to help those in distress. Dozens of farmers have committed suicide in recent weeks. Discontent among people in rural areas, where 70 per cent of India’s 1.2 billion people live, could hurt Modi’s political ambitions as he tries to consolidate power in upcoming state elections. On April 8, Modi said his government will increase the compensation provided to affected farmers by 50 per cent, as well as bring down the threshold of crop damage that allows farmers to seek government assistance. “The government’s current (compensation) parameters are not enough to help the farmers,” Modi said at an event in New Delhi. Unseasonable rains this year have damaged over 10 million hectares of crops, but the government says that has no clear link to farmer suicides. Debt-laden Indian farmers were already suffering because of low rural incomes and weak global food prices.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 16, 2015

Canadian hemp area reaching plateau The industry is hoping the crop will be deregulated, which would allow for further growth By Phil Franz-Warkentin Commodity News Service Canada

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emp continues to draw interest as an alternative cropping option in Western Canada, but the slow pace in moving towards deregulation may be limiting the upside acreage potential. Early expectations are for planted area of about 100,000 acres this year, which would be slightly above what was seeded in 2014 and a new record, according to Kim Shukla, of the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance. She said the area could be even larger, but governmental delays in dealing with the regulatory issues surrounding the crop were hindering growth. Due to industrial hemp’s association with its cousin marijuana, farmers need to be licensed through Health Canada and pass a criminal record check in order to grow the crop. Testing is also required to confirm THC levels, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, are below the allowable 0.3 per cent. Canadian farmers have now been growing hemp for nearly 20 years, and with “hundreds of thousands of samples” taken over that time none of the original concerns over THC

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levels or other linkages with marijuana have ever been borne out, said Shukla. As a result, the industry has requested that the crop be deregulated. But that process has been very slow. After a number of delays over the past few years, Shukla had been expecting to hear something back from the regulatory review process by this upcoming September, but

with a looming federal election in the fall, “we very much doubt that that will happen.” On a provincial level, both the Alberta and Manitoba governments have shown support to the hemp sector, which Shukla said was somewhat supportive as efforts are made to move forward on the federal level. She added that the Saskatchewan government was relatively quiet,

but noted that the province still accounted for the most of the hemp grown in Western Canada. In addition to the desire for deregulation, the hemp sector is also in need of more processing capacity. “This is the one crop where we can say it is completely processed in Canada,” said Shukla adding that there was a large untapped demand, especially from the U.S., for hemp seed and related products. Current laws restrict cross-border movement of unprocessed hemp seed, said Shukla. The Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance is also in the process of applying to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to get hemp approved as a poultry feed ingredient, which would open up new markets for any lower-quality production. “People who grow it continue to grow it, and every year there are new people on board,” said Shukla, noting that contracted prices over the past few years remain favourable for producers. She said a number of demonstration plots were being set up across Western Canada this year to introduce hemp to new growers. From a rotation standpoint, hemp does well following a legume, as it is a heavy nitrogen feeder.

EU panel finds neonics harmful to all pollinators Moths, butterflies, birds as well as bees suffer ‘severe negative effects’ By Barbara Lewis brussels / reuters

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vidence is mounting that widely used pesticides harm moths, butterflies and birds as well as bees, adding to concerns crop production could be hit by a shortage of pollinators, according to a report drawn up for EU policymakers. T h e Eu r o p e a n Co m m i s sion, the EU executive, placed restrictions on three neonicotinoid pesticides from Dec. 1, 2013, citing worries about their impact on bees, but said it would review the situation within two years at most. The makers most affected include Bayer CropScience and Syngenta. When the restrictions were agreed, the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC), a network of EU science academies that seeks to inform EU policy-makers, assembled 13 experts to assess the relevant science. Its report published April 8 found there was “an increasing body of evidence” that neonicotinoids, used in more than 120 countries, have “severe negative effects on non-target organisms.” Bees are, generally speaking, the most important crop pollinators. But the report said relying on one species was unwise and found the attention on bees had masked the impact on other pollinators such as moths and butterflies, as well as birds, which eat some pests. Citing an increase in crops that require or benefit from pollination, the report noted “an emerging pollination deficit.”

Proponents of neonicotinoids say they have a major economic benefit because they destroy pests and help to ensure abundant food for a growing world population. But the report cited the monetary benefits of protecting pollinators and natural pest controllers. Some 75 per cent of crops traded on the global market depend on pollinators and the value of pollination in Europe is estimated at 14.6 billion euros (US$15.9 billion). Natural pest control, w h e re by i n s e c t s, s u c h a s wasps and ladybugs, as well as birds consume enough pests to avoid the need for chemical treatment, is estimated to be worth $100 billion annually worldwide. Neonicotinoids are synthetic chemicals that act systemically, meaning they are absorbed and spread through the plant’s vascular system, which becomes toxic for insects sucking the circulating fluids or ingesting parts of it. The European Crop Protection Association (ECPA), which represents the pesticide industry, said the new report was biased. In a statement Jean-Charles Bocquet, ECPA director general, said it reflected “a bias of the anti-neonicotinoid campaign toward highly theoretical laboratory tests rather than fully considering published field studies and other independent research that proves the safety of these pesticides.” The commission welcomed the report and said it would start a review of new scientific information by the end of May.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 16, 2015

Tidal surges driving residents from their homes and livelihoods in the Sundarbans Up to one million people are migrating in search of work and shelter, which is overwhelming local governments By Aditya Ghosh sagar island, india / reuters

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In this photo taken in June 2009, villagers rebuild an embankment after it got washed away by a tidal wave caused by cyclone Aila in Sundarbans delta, southeast of the eastern Indian city of Kolkata. Now tidal surges that wipe out homes occur so frequently people are being forced to move.   photo: REUTERS/Parth Sanyal

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he end for Shibshankar Pal’s hopes of clinging to his home in India’s Sundarban islands came the night of July 14, 2014, when surging seas advanced on the house he had just reconstructed following floods a year earlier. A tidal surge of as much as 21 feet — double a normal surge — ripped through the island village and soon swept away his home in Kusumtala village, Namkhana. He and his family fled to a flood shelter for more than three months, but then decided they could not rebuild again. Instead, they decided to migrate to the slums of Baruipur, the nearest town, leaving the land and village where he and three previous generations had lived. Pal now does odd jobs and his wife travels to Kolkata to work as a maid. Worsening flooding and storm surges linked to climate change are driving a growing exodus from the low-lying islands facing the Bay of Bengal. The islands, along with mainland parts of the Sundarbans, are part of a 4,000-square-kilometre UNESCO World Heritage Site, the world’s largest mangrove ecosystem and a critical tiger habitat. But for some of the 4.4 million people who live in the Sundarbans, it is time to leave. “The frequency of floods has increased a lot. Now a simple high tide or a tidal bore will breach the embankments and flood villages, destroy houses, paddy fields, ponds — in effect our livelihoods. It is no longer livable,” Pal said. Like thousands living in villages such as Boatkhali, Mousuni, Kusumtala and Pakhirala, he has seen global warming turn high tides and tidal bores — things communities have long lived with — into losses they can no longer survive.

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On some islands, population has declined by as much as 13 per cent in just over a decade, according to regional data released in 2014 from a 2011 Indian national census. Those migrating are the young and working-age men and women, leaving behind households of housewives, children and those too old to fend for themselves. Altogether about 100,000 people have left 60 island villages in the region, officials say. Meanwhile, adjoining smalltown areas on the mainland are seeing staggering increases in population. Between 2001 and 2011, Jaynagar town in the Sundarbans saw a 64 per cent increase in population, Pathar-

pratima a 51 per cent rise, Minakhan a 46 per cent increase and Kakdwip a 35 per cent rise. Since worsening tidal and storm surges are not recognized as ‘disasters’ by the state or humanitarian agencies, there has been no aid or relief, despite devastating impacts on homes, infrastructure and the farming, fishing and the fish farms that provide many jobs. “Because such events aren’t official ‘disasters,’ no one addressed the human tragedy except local NGOs. There was no media coverage, no aid or relief,” said Anshuman Das, head of Sabuj Sangha, a non-governmental organization that is the partner of a European Commission-led disaster risk reduction effort in Sundarbans. “If a tidal bore can cause this level of damage, one shivers to think what a storm surge or cyclone, all much stronger under the influence of climate change, will lead to,” said Anurag Danda, head of the Sundarban adaptation program for WWF. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report, released last year, predicted higher storm surges, more powerful tidal bores and stronger cyclones in a warming world — but the human tragedies associated with those changes are yet to be as well understood. “The Sundarbans is sadly a powerful example of how creeping climatic changes accumulate disaster risks. The expansion of environmental threats to social ones highlights an urgent need for governance processes and systems to target this,” said Mark Pelling, a geographer and expert on climate changeinduced disasters at Kings College, London. The migrants find little institutional support, in part because the region’s administration is still struggling to figure out how to deal with the rapid change. “We cannot save many of the inhabited islands with the sea advancing and rising faster than ever, escalating disasters risks,” predicted Kanti Ganguly, who grew up in the region and was the Sundarban affairs minister between 1997 and 2011. “About a million living in these islands need to shift elsewhere urgently,” he said. But finding new homes for that many people is a huge challenge. “Where can we rehabilitate one million people? We just don’t have the land, resources or resilience to absorb such shocks socioeconomically. We need aid from the federal government or international community. We cannot budget for climate change at local levels,” Bankim Hazra, a legislator from the region and chairman of the Sundarban Affairs Department of the West Bengal government said.

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“Where can we rehabilitate one million people? We just don’t have the land, resources or resilience to absorb such shocks socioeconomically. We need aid from the federal government or international community. We cannot budget for climate change at local levels.” Bankim Hazra

a legislator from the region and chairman of the Sundarban Affairs Department of the West Bengal government

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Cost-cutting Mosaic CEO collects $5.5 million pay raise Executives received shares as an incentive to cut costs By Rod Nickel reuters

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.S. fertilizer producer Mosaic Co. boosted its chief executive officer’s pay last year by more than $5 million as a reward for slashing costs and jobs, a regulatory filing shows. Construction of excess potash capacity and fiercer competition have pressured the sector, and leading North American producers Mosaic, PotashCorp of Saskatchewan and Agrium Inc. have chopped expenses.

Mo s a i c C E O Ji m Pr o k o panko collected $5.3 million more in stock awards last year, taking the value of his pay package to $14.8 million, up $5.5 million, according to a filing last week. Mosaic executives got shares as an incentive to save costs, spokesman Ben Pratt said. Minnesota-based Mosaic, which has a $16.4-billion market cap, said in 2013 it would cut $500 million in o p e r a t i n g c o s t s ov e r f i v e years, including about 550 j o b s. Pro k o p a n k o s a i d o n

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This photo depicts a portion of downtown Brandon’s ‘food desert,’ or part of the city where no large grocery stores are easily reached by those who rely on public transit.  PHOTO: DEREK GUNNLAUGSON

Study reveals Brandon’s ‘food deserts’ Brandon food study reveals some have a long trip to grocery stores By Lorraine Stevenson co-operator staff

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orty minutes in a car can take you from one town to the next in Westman, but that’s as long as some Brandonites spend riding the bus one way to go for groceries in the city. Lack of access to grocery stores is highlighted in a new report, called the Brandon Community Food Assessment, released this month by the Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation (BNRC) after surveying 445 city residents about how and where they shop for food. Questionnaires and focus groups tell a story of food insecurity among the city’s most vulnerable citizens, but a GIS map, drawn up by researchers at Brandon University and the BNRC using statistical data, paints a picture of the Wheat City as a difficult place to find staple affordable groceries for those who don’t drive. This map of the city’s ‘food deserts’ makes a lack of equitable access to food really vivid, said BNRC community development co-ordinator Naomi Leadbeater. “It’s a really visual way to identify where the gaps are,” she said. “We can compare where there’s lots of low-income housing to where there’s no grocery stores, or where people don’t have access to transit or own their own vehicles,” she said. Brandon’s significant area of ‘food desert’ is in the city’s downtown core, plus an area to the southwest of the city. These are areas where larger numbers of apartments and forms of affordable housing are concentrated. But the grocery stores aren’t nearby, revealing an urban planning issue that further complicates the link between those who live in affordable housing and food security, said Leadbeater. Food deserts, which have been mapped out in urban areas around the world, are defined as neighbourhoods where residents, because of their own limited mobility, can’t easily get to locations where there are major supermarkets and therefore have little or no access to stores selling healthy affordable food.

Brandon’s food deserts likewise are identified food deserts using criteria that include the amount of time spent walking or transit distance to grocery stores, proportion of residents who walk or take the bus, as well as income level as an indicator of mobility. It’s an urban planning matter for the city to look at, said Leadbeater. “In a situation like in Brandon, where you have not enough housing and low vacancy rates, what you tend to build first is housing,” she said. “But you need to have planning for these other services too.” The Brandon Community Food Assessment took 16 months to complete and included asking those surveyed about the availability and affordability of food where they live, as well as for ideas for addressing these food access issues. Community consultations with seniors after the closure of Stan’s Fine Foods in Brandon’s east end, for example, revealed a desire to have a ‘mobile food market’ visiting their residences on a weekly or biweekly basis. Recommendations in the study include creating a grocery store shuttle, a need expressed especially by population groups over the age of 55, and looking for ways to establish business models, such as a co-op or social enterprise to locate a grocery store downtown. Other recommendations call for the creation of new types of food distribution methods and group buying programs. The report additionally calls for a rethink of the city’s land use policies, including a revisit of recently expired agreements around green space usage that have helped Brandon’s community garden network expand. The Brandon Community Food Assessment was completed through a partnership with the Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation and Brandon University. This project was supported with funding from Neighbourhoods Alive! (NA!) and Healthy Brandon, Healthy Together. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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

Earth Day should be celebrated every day A Manitoba Hutterite Colony takes on the challenge of ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ By Linda Maendel Elm River Colony

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think I’ll be counting bags in my sleep tonight,” a seventh-grader chuckled. A group of us were on the floor in my classroom, around a mountain of plastic bags we were counting for the Bag Up Manitoba program. Since getting involved in this program some years ago, the most our school ever collected was more than 27,000 bags. No matter how tedious a task counting bags is, it always feels good knowing our school is contributing to a cleaner environment; and that this is just one of the ways we observe Earth Day every day. The first Earth Day was on April 22, 1970. At a conference in Seattle the previous September, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson proposed taking one day a year to remind of the importance of keeping our planet clean, and invited everyone to participate. The idea took off like a field of winter wheat sprouting in spring. Today it is celebrated in 192 countries. I learned the value of frugality not so much from words as through observation. My parents taught by example, showing us that thrift was as much a biblical principle as “Love your neighbour as yourself” (Mark 12:31). Mom never threw out empty containers or anything else she thought might be reused. A plastic bleach jug, for example, would become a clothespin holder. After she cut a hole in its side and a slit at the bottom of the handle to serve as a hook, this receptacle slid along the wash line with ease. Mom served as colony nursery school teacher for many years, and among the sandbox toys there were always some repurposed items. The top half of a pop bottle became a fine funnel, and the bottom an ideal mould to make beautiful mud cakes. A detergent bottle cut off diagonally turned into a sandbox shovel. Just inside the door of our home there’s always a crocheted rug crafted from the wool of unravelled sweaters. Part of the washroom décor we have a beautiful and practical rag rug created out of old Fortrel clothes. With patchwork hot pads and dishcloths knit from recycled yarn, the kitchen boasts oldcountry appeal. In the past, when sugar and flour came in cotton sacks, these were bleached and turned into dish towels, with colourfully embroidered designs added on one edge or in the corners.

Values continue

Although some of these recycled items have been retired along with the oldfashioned syrup-pail knitting “baskets,” the values they instilled are as durable as colony clothes. “It’s not garbage when it can still be used,” rings in my ear whenever I want to throw out something that could be reused. That was Mom’s way of reminding us of the teaching in Psalm 24:1: “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.” This implies a sacred duty to take care of the Earth.

Each Thursday morning Elm River Colony Grades 5 to 8 students collect the recyclables and bring them to a storage building for sorting.   Photo: Sonia Maendel

Although I grew up and saw individuals and families repurposing things, it’s a relatively new thing to recycle as a colony. This can be challenging when there is no program in place. However, the real challenge is getting some of our people to understand the importance of recycling. A Hutterite kitchen for example, ends up with a variety of recyclables, including plastic, tin and glass containers, cardboard boxes and plastic bags. Sadly, most of these things end up on the nuisance ground, when they could just as easily go to a recycling depot. If individuals and families see the value of recycling, why not embrace it as an entire community? To ensure our students are aware of the importance of recycling, we incorporate special programs into our school schedules. For a few years now, an organization called Take Pride Winnipeg has offered its Bag Up Manitoba program to schools. During the month of October, each school that registers has their students collect plastic bags, wrappers, or bubble wrap from their homes, preventing them from going to landfill sites. At school, the items are counted and packaged into bigger bags. The bags are eventually shipped to an American company that builds decks, park benches, planters, and birdhouses out of recycled plastic. Programs such as this one cannot be successful without the support of our families and friends. Through our school we’ve also incorporated a recycling program to gather recyclables from the colony homes. These include glass, plastic, juice and pop containers, cardboard boxes and paper. Through Recycle Everywhere, a

A park bench made of plastic from recycled bags.   Photo: Linda Maendel

Manitoba province-wide recycling program, we acquired free collection containers. Each Thursday morning our Grades 5 to 8 students collect the recyclables and bring them to our storage building for sorting. Every second Friday, Portage Recycling picks up these items and takes them to its depot where they’re packaged and shipped to various destinations for recycling. With all this in place, however, there’s still more work to be done. I dream of the day when recycling will be a mainstay in all our communal buildings. Our kitchen, barns and shops all have many items that could be recycled.

Out of necessity Hutterites and others lived frugally centuries ago. Some kept it up and passed it on to their children; sadly, others did not. Learning new ways to utilize old things is imperative in today’s world. With materials more readily available nowadays, people tend to thoughtlessly throw out and replace things, rather than reusing or recycling them. As stewards of the earth, we’re obligated to celebrate Earth Day every day! Linda Maendel is a teacher on Elm River Colony near Oakville. This is an excerpt from her upcoming book Hutterite Diaries, which is available for pre-order on Amazon.

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Prairie Fare Is it time for an oil change in your recipes? Julie Garden-Robinson Food and Nutrition Specialist NDSU Extension Service

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hew!” I thought to myself when I opened the can of solid shortening. It looked OK, but the aroma almost took my breath away. I have one recipe where I use this particular type of fat, and I hadn’t made it in at least six months, based on the date I had listed on the container. Along with the passage of time, the warm conditions in our cupboard promoted rancidity. Food science principles were haunting me in my kitchen. During the process of rancidity, “peroxides” are produced when fat is exposed to oxygen in the presence of warm conditions and/or light. In the short term, rancid fat will not make you sick, but it will affect the flavour and aroma of the food. My family would have turned up their noses or covered their noses if I served them a smelly dessert on a holiday. I tossed the canister of shortening in the trash. I altered my recipe and used butter, which tasted much better, but it turned my frosting yellow. Next time I will purchase a very small can of solid shortening and keep it in the fridge or freezer. Cold temperatures delay rancidity. Using oils in cooking and baking is a healthier choice. However, liquid fats are even more susceptible to becoming rancid than solids. Be sure to buy what you will use within a few months. In many recipes, you can substitute three-quarters cup of oil for one cup of solid fat but you may need to experiment a little. We have many oil choices in the grocery store, and some of them are more healthful than others. Oils often are described as being high in “monounsaturated” fat or “polyunsaturated” fat. These terms refer to the chemical structure of the fatty acids that make up fat. You may remember learning about fat and oils in a chemistry class. If not, here’s a quick lesson about some fat terminology. Fats are chains of carbon atoms. If a fat has many double bonds within its chemical structure, the fat is considered polyunsaturated. If the fatty acid has one double bond, the fatty acid is monounsaturated. Monounsaturated fats are considered heart healthy. Oleic acid is a type of monounsaturated fatty acid that has been shown

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Whisk together all ingredients or place in a covered glass jar and shake. Serve over mixed greens and chopped vegetables. Store unused salad dressing in the refrigerator.

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to reduce serum cholesterol levels and “bad” (LDL) cholesterol without affecting “good” (HDL) cholesterol. For example, canola oil is low in saturated fat and a good source of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, including heart-healthy (and quite famous) omega-3 fats. Canola oil is made up of 61 per cent oleic acid, 21 per cent linoleic acid (a polyunsaturated fat), 11 per cent alpha-linolenic acid (a polyunsaturated fat and also an omega-3 fat) and seven per cent saturated fat. Canola oil has a light flavour, which makes it versatile in cooking. Canola oil works well for sautéing and stir-frying because it has a high smoke point of 460°. The smoke point is the temperature where oil begins to break down and release smoky fumes. Any type of oil can catch on fire if you overheat it, so always stay vigilant in the kitchen when you are frying food. Olive oil is made by pressing olives, and the colour varies from greenish to golden. Olive oil also is high in monounsaturated fats. Olive oil is sold as “virgin” or “extra virgin.” Extra-virgin olive oil has less acid, a fruitier flavour and a stronger aroma than virgin olive oil. Olive oil, on average, is 75 per cent monounsaturated fat, 11 per cent polyunsaturated fat and 15 per cent saturated fat. Olive oil imparts a characteristic flavour to your foods. Using olive oil in frying may cause your food to brown quickly because it will begin to break down and smoke at 374°. Vegetable oil is listed in many recipes. Is it made of vegetables? No, there’s no broccoli or carrots in it. Vegetable oil is a plant-based oil that may include canola, corn, olive, safflower, soybean, sesame, sunflower or any combination of these oils. Here’s one note of caution regarding oils. If you choose to make your own “flavoured oils,” be aware that homemade flavoured oils, such as mixing cloves of garlic in oil, have been linked to botulism, which is a potentially deadly form of foodborne illness. If you decide to make a flavoured oil, store it in the refrigerator and use it right away. Do not store homemade flavoured oils on your countertop. Commercially produced flavoured oils have an added acid or a preservative, which keeps them safe, so enjoy those in moderation. If you are feeling a little creative, try making some homemade salad dressing with your favourite oil and acid. It’s perfect with some delicious, tender mixed greens.

Crunchy Munchy Cookies

Made in Manitoba

These chewy cookies were a runner-up in the Ontario Home Ec. Association Canola Cookie Contest 2012, submitted by home economist and cookbook author Emily Richards. Made with cereal and dried fruit, they are a play on breakfast. The cereal adds a unique texture, extra crunch and added fibre. 1 c. packed brown sugar 2 eggs 1/4 c. canola oil 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract 1/2 c. dried cranberries or raisins 3/4 c. all-purpose flour 1/2 c. whole wheat flour 1/2 c. bran flake or frosted flake cereal 2 tbsp. ground flaxseed 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. ground cardamom or cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, eggs, canola oil and vanilla until well combined. Stir in cranberries or raisins. In another bowl, mix together flours, cereal, flaxseed, baking soda and cardamom or cinnamon. Add all of the flour mixture to the egg mixture and mix until well combined. Drop by tablespoons about two inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Bake for 12 minutes or until almost set. Let cool on pan on racks for about five minutes. Transfer to rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining batter. Makes 30 cookies.

PHOTO: Rawnata

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he’s St. Norbert’s Farmers’ Market Bread Lady, baker of artisanal breads made with ingredients like flax, spelt, kamut and cranberry and pumpkin seeds. Natalie Dueck is also creator of Rawnata, a line of specialty raw crackers, or ‘snackers,’ she dehydrates instead of bakes. They’re made in her commercial kitchen built into her New Bothwell home. Dehydration is a slow-process method that removes moisture from ingredients like hemp and flax, and pumpkin and sunflower seeds, maximizing nutrition and flavour. She then brings them together in finished products just like baked goods — except they’re, well, raw.

Dueck chose to call her product line Rawnata as a twist on the Latin name ‘renate’ which means reborn. That’s how we feel when we eat right and live better, says Dueck who hopes her snackers find a place in people’s healthier diets and lifestyles. “You hear so much about food as fuel. But we need to eat with an eye to the bigger picture of health.” Rawnata crackers and snackers are now sold at Generation Green at The Forks in Winnipeg, New Bothwell Cheese Shop, as well as online through myfarmersmarket.com and stnorbertfarmersmarket.ca. Dueck also plans to launch an online store this spring. Learn more at: www.rawnata.com.

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ALUS program in Little Sask. River CD

Gardening in mineral tubs

Continuing to work with farmers to protect natural areas

Non-returnable cattle mineral tubs are perfect for raised gardens By Lillian Deedman

By Cindy Murray

Freelance contributor

Freelance contributor

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ncome from traditional products has been the mainstay of area farmers for generations. And now the Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) program is working to add a new “commodity” to the list for farmers in the Little Saskatchewan River Conservation District (LSRCD) — ecological goods and services. LSRCD manager Colleen Cuvelier said ALUS recognizes that farmers and ranchers are more than agricultural producers, they are also stewards of the land. The management decisions they make don’t just affect their bottom line, but also shape the environment. ALUS pays an annual fee to farmers who provide ecological goods and services — clean water, flood prevention, habitat conservation — through approved projects. The program is new to LSRCD, but ALUS started in the district as a pilot project in the former Rural Municipality of Blanshard in 2006. An initiative of the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) a n d t h e De l ta Water fowl Foundation (DWF), the program was the first of its kind in Canada to partner with community-based organizations to deliver financial incentives to farmers and ranchers who

PAC members (clockwise from left): Cindy Murray, Colleen Cuvelier (project co-ordinator), Charles Tavernor, Jim Fisher (Delta Waterfowl), Ray Frey (chair), Gord Hammell, Evan Smith, Roy Greer and Dennis Pedersen. Missing: Curtis Hullick (Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation), Roy Bullion (Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation), Wes Pankratz (Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation), and Dennis Rogasky.   PHOTO: CINDY MURRAY

retain and reconstruct natural areas like wetlands, grasslands, riparian areas and trees. The LSRCD project has funding partners in place: Community Challenge Grant from the W. Garfield Weston Foundation, matched through Environment Canada’s Lake Winnipeg Basin Stewardship Foundation, and the Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation. The LSRCD board established a Partnership Advisory

Committee (PAC) to set up the parameters of the project. A landowner agreement has also been established that will be the contract between the LSRCD and the participants. Applications for the project must be in by April 30. Fo r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n call Colleen Cuvelier at the LSRCD office in Oak River at 204-566-2299.

he beginning of a new garden season is starting, and I am definitely planning a repeat of my last year’s successful, “raised gardens” made from empty non-returnable cattle mineral tubs. Prepare the tubs by washing well and drilling one-half-inch drainage holes in the bottom of each one. Several plant varieties such as cucumbers and beans need stakes for climbing, so place a four-foot fence post with one short flat board nailed across the base in the bottom of staking tubs. Each stake stands firmly when the bottom half of each tub is filled with a mixture of well-aged manure and leaf compost. Fill the top half with a good topsoil mix. The tubs were placed out of activities’ way in the farmyard for the new garden, yet close enough to extend a long hose for watering. Several were placed on top of a mulch base to complete the design of the garden. Four bricks were put beneath each tub to keep them raised above ground level, which allowed for better drainage.

This tub is large enough for three tomato plants. Tomato fertilizer should be applied every three weeks during the growing season to establish strong plants with ample tomatoes.

Wood ashes sprinkled liberally under each tub deterred creeping insects. A space of four feet between each tub provided ample room to work in the garden. After the initial work of preparing the tubs and garden spot, the rest was fun and much easier to manage than the traditional garden. It offered an opportunity to raise small amounts of several different varieties of plants. The tub garden looked great, and was a conversation piece all summer! Lillian Deedman writes from Killarney, Manitoba

Cindy Murray writes from the Erickson, Manitoba area

Tub garden made with mineral tubs.

PHOTOS: LILLIAN DEEDMAN

Straw bale gardens? Would this method of gardening work for you? Do some research and give it a try By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

A vital component of the process is that two weeks are required to condition the bales before planting.

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couple of years ago I received a book, Straw Bale Gardens, by Joel Karsten, and in it the author extols the advantages of growing vegetables and flowers by planting them right into straw bales. He claims the advantages are very little weeding, more drought resistant, and an extended growing season. I read the book before the planting season and was intrigued, so I gave it a try. I obtained four square wheat straw bales from an obliging farmer, who even delivered them in his half-ton, and was off on a gardening adventure. Although the method is probably best suited to rural properties, a good part of my vegetable patch in my small-town garden is full of roots from adjacent mature spruce trees that suck the moisture and nutrients out of the soil, so I decided to give straw bale gardening a try. Straw bale gardens are really just a form of raised bed; square bales are placed end to end on their sides so the strings are around the sides and not touching the soil. My garden was two bales in length and width. A vital component of the process is that two weeks are required to condition the bales before planting; every day they must be watered and/or fertilized for a 12-day period. There is a chart in the book with the recommended fertilizer rates. The fertilizer and water begin the process of decomposition in the bales and by the

I planted peppers, tomatoes, and a cucumber in my straw bale garden.   PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

end of the conditioning process, heat is being produced inside the bales, which will hasten germination, promote root growth and supply a measure of protection on cool nights — both in spring and fall, claims the author. For taller plants the author recommends constructing a support structure, but I used short plants that only required a few stakes. Handfuls of good-quality soilless mix are used to cover the roots and to settle in transplants while a five-

cm layer of soilless mix spread on top of the bales will allow for direct planting of seeds. The planting medium must be kept moist during germination and until the roots of the seedlings have penetrated the straw. The author emphasizes that no soil should be used as it might introduce weed seeds and/or disease organisms. The straw will hold moisture quite well, but if you want a truly carefree garden, an automatic drip irrigation system can be installed before planting. Since excess moisture will simply run out of the bottoms of the bales, overwatering will not be a problem. Growing vegetables this way also reduces damage caused by insects that live in the soil and greatly reduces soil-borne diseases. Harvesting of vegetables, particularly root vegetables, is very easy and requires no digging fork. The author also suggests that decorative plants such as trailing herbs or flowering, might be planted in the sides of the bales to make the garden more attractive, or a bit of decorative

trellis might serve the same purpose. I used both. In the fall, I spread the mostly composted straw onto the garden and it was worked into the soil, adding both nutrients and organic matter to the garden. After my experiment, I concluded that this gardening method is not for me. I don’t have easy access to bales, loose straw did appear here and there around my yard, and the bales dried out quickly. A drip irrigation system would solve the drying-out problem and I also think I may have placed the plants too close to the outside of the bales — and too close together. Although weeds were not a problem, volunteer grain was a real nuisance, and it was quite difficult to remove. I didn’t think the plants matured any more quickly than the other plants in my garden (my control group). It was an interesting experiment and it might be a gardening method suited to someone who has a severe weed problem or likes to garden at waist level and not have to stoop. Joel Karsten’s book, Straw B ale Gardens, is available at some bookstores, select garden centres and online, including at Amazon.com. There are various websites detailing how to create straw bale gardens, so if you are interested, seek out the book or do some research on the Internet. Experimenting in the garden is a lot of fun! Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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Reena answers questions Plus, feedback and tips Reena Nerbas Household Solutions Dear Reena, The other day I cooked wild rice and was embarrassed when I ran out before everyone at the table had a helping. What is the best measuring tool for wild rice? In other words, how much rice will one cup make? — Mata Dear Mata, Wild rice is a great choice for cooking because it is loaded with vitamins B and E, calcium and iron. It has about twice the amount of fibre and protein as brown rice. One cup of uncooked wild rice makes about three cups of rice. Did you know? Wild rice is actually not rice? It is the seed of an aquatic grass found in North America. Reena please help! We have just moved into an apartment. They put down new carpet. The smell of the new carpet is very strong. We have had patio doors and windows open and we still have the smell. Please send me any suggestions. Thank you. — Carol Dear Carol, The mass number of chemicals often used in carpet manufacturing can leave your home with an unpleasant odour and you with buyer’s remorse. But the good news is, this odour will fade with time and the more you vacuum the quicker the smell disappears. Reach for your baking soda and sprinkle a very generous amount over the entire carpet. Leave for an hour and vacuum. Or steam clean your brand new carpet with vinegar and water. This challenge will soon become a distant memory.

Dear Reena, I have a buildup on the outside of the metal trim around my shower stall. I think it is mineral deposits from water. It is along the bottom where the caulking is. What will take it off? I would like to remove the old caulking and clean it up to get ready to recaulk. — Murray Dear Murray, Make a paste by combining baking soda together with vinegar. Apply the paste and scrub. Next into a spray bottle combine one part tea tree oil to four parts water and spray the mildew; scrub gently. If the mildew remains, you will need to acquire a special tool to remove the caulk (available at hardware stores). After the caulk is gone, clean the area once again. Dry and recaulk. Wipe the area once a week with the baking soda and vinegar paste to avoid ever having to deal with mould growth around your shower. Also drying your shower is another easy tip for deterring mildew growth because mildew/mould needs moisture to grow. Dear Reena, At your recent “Home Sweet Home Workshop,” you demonstrated how to remove scratches from wood. I tried it at home and was very pleased with the results. Can you now tell me how to remove watermarks from wood? — Rita Dear Rita, The first and easiest solution is to apply mayonnaise or non-gel, non-bleach toothpaste to the wood. Leave for 30 minutes and wipe. If the stain remains, cover the mark with a white cloth. Using the steam setting on your fabric iron, wave the iron overtop of the cloth making sure that you do not set the iron on one area. With a little patience, the mark will disappear.

To deter a dog from digging in the yard bury a balloon in a favourite digging spot. When it pops it will surprise the animal.  PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

Reader feedback: Dear Reena, I read in one of your previous columns about a lady who was having trouble cleaning her grater after grating lemon and orange peel. I keep a toothbrush in the kitchen for the express purpose of cleaning my grater. It is easy and efficient and seems to get all the little holes clean. — Janet Tips of the week: • When pets are “free fed” and their canned foods are left out for periods of time, they can dry out a bit and become less appealing. Try placing an ice cube in the dish. As it melts, it’ll

keep the food moisturized. If you’re wanting to “entice” a pet that’s not eating enough, you can use a tuna cube: freeze some of the liquid from a can of tuna in an ice cube tray. But be careful as they may get addicted and “tuna water” too frequently will be unhealthy. — Rekha • Dogs digging in the garden. Bury a balloon underneath the soil where dogs like to dig. When the dog’s paw catches the balloon, it will pop and surprise the dog. I did this once and my dog never dug again. — Beverly I enjoy your questions and tips, keep them coming. Missed a column? Can’t remember a solution? Need a corporate presenter on the topic: Harness the Power of Words? Check out my website Reena.ca.

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 dull winter sky casts its shadowless light over this western Manitoba landscape and a barn that once represented the booming dairy industry in the area. Overlooking Brandon to the north, this 108-foot-long bank barn was built at the turn of the century by D.A. Harper. The most easterly portion was added in 1922 to house the farm’s horses. Featuring cement foundations and silo, the barn was also noted for its wind-shedding hip roof and numerous cupolas and dormers which brough light and ventilation to the enormous hayloft. The farm later was operated by the John Phillips family and for the past three decades by the Adolph Svistovsi family.

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2015 Degelman LR7645 – 45’, Tri-Plex, 36” drum, auto fold, mud scrapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $38,400

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1997 NH TX68 – 300hp, dlx. cab, air seat, hydrostatic, 30.5x32 rice tires, Terrain Tracer, long auger, straw chopper, 971 header. 2900hrs . . . . . . . . . $38,900

2014 Degelman Strawmaster 7000 – 82’, hyd adjustment, 5/8” carbide tines, 3255 Valmar - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $77,999

2009 NH CR9070 – Tier 3, ASP, dlx. cab, Terrain Tracer, IntelliView Plus II, HD lift cyl., Redekop MAV chopper, 900’s, 76C header with Swathmaster. 1125hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $135,000

2014 Degelman Strawmaster 7000 – 70’, hyd adjustment, 5/8” tines - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $52,900

2005 NH CR970 – 330 bu, dlx. cab, 900’s, long unload auger, Y&M sensors,, Terrain Tracer, dlx chopper & much more! 2129hrs . . . . . . $99,900

2 – 2014 Dynamic Ditchers Wolverine – 1000PTO, reverser, high floatation tires - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $58,900 each

1998 NH TR98 – 240bu, elect. stone trap, A.H.H., long auger, f ine cut chopper, 971 header. 2539hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,900

2002 NH 71C – 30’ D.K., PUR, f/a, transport, CR/CX adapter Inquire 1998 Honey Bee 994 - 30’ Flex Draper, S.K., UII PUR, hyd. f/a, x-auger, CR/CX adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,900 1998 MacDon 962 – 36’ PUR, transport pkg., TR/TX adapter . . . . . . . . . . . Inquire Case IH Adapter Shell – Fits Honey Bee headers for 2388 & prior combines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 OBO

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2012 NH T9.670HD – luxury cab, 800 duals, MegaFlow, 6 remotes, PTO, HID’s & more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $259,900

1998 NH TX66 – 270hp, dlx. cab, air seat, hydrostatic, 800/65R32 tires, Terrain Tracer, A.H.H., long auger, straw chopper, 971 header & Rake-up. 2839hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34,900

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Manitoba Culinary Institute hosts Black Box Challenge The Manitoba Canola Growers Association and Manitoba Pork offer up scholarship funds in a student-based culinary competition By Jennifer Paige Co-operator staff

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tudents at the Manitoba Institute of Culinary Arts employed their homegrown ingredients as they faced off in a Black Box Challenge to earn scholarship funds and bragging rights last week. Assiniboine Community College hosted its annual Black Box Culinary Competition on April 9-10, sponsored by Manitoba Pork and the Manitoba Canola Growers Association. Competing students created two dishes in a three-hour time crunch using only select ingredients from a supplied black box. “The students love this competition. It gives them a chance to practise their skills, try out some new things, and be creative,“ said culinary arts instructor, Bryan Hendricks. The chefs were required to create an appetizer and entrée that included certain pork and canola products. They were put to the test by a panel of judges who critiqued not only taste, but also knife skills, cooking methods, presentation, organization, sanitation, flavour, texture and creative use of the supplied ingredients. Students required at least a 3.5 GPA in the first term to qualify for the challenge. First-year student, Kelsie Gardner earned the top spot in the Manitoba Pork competition, claiming $800 in scholarship money with her potato bacon chowder and roasted apple-stuffed pork loin and apple, pecan, sage and cider cream sauce. “You should be proud. These were exceptional dishes across the board. Pork can be a challenging protein to get right, but all of these have been cooked perfectly,“ said Derek Woychyshyn, one of three judges and owner of Brandon’s Komfort Kitchen. Nick Ewasiuk claimed first place in the MCGA competition, earning $1,000 with his duck taco and honey Dijon vinaigrette slaw appetizer and crusted rack of lamb entreé with champagne potatoes, sautéed asparagus, broiled tomatoes and raspberry cream sauce. “Timing is always a big challenge and I had a few things that didn’t go to plan. But all in all I was pretty happy with what I plated today,” said Ewasiuk. “These are the only Black Box Challenges that we hold that are in conjunction with scholarship prize money,” said ACC development officer, Michelle Atamanchuk. “Both Manitoba Pork and the MCGA have been fantastic supporters of ours over the years and are certainly a great support for the students, what we do here and the ingredients that are offered to us.” The MCGA has the naming rights of the institute’s culinary theatre and both organizations regularly offer products for students to use. “It is a really great partnership and we strive to have a great relationship with all the food source organizations because we really believe in our field-to-fork concept,” said Atamanchuk. ACC’s field-to-fork concept is a collection of initiatives dedicated to strengthening the local food chain through education, research and outreach. Last fall, students in the horticulture production and sustainable food systems program harvested 1,400 kilograms

Kelsie Gardner, Glenda Halkett and Dallas Stevenson wait patiently for judging results in the Manitoba Canola Growers culinary theatre.

Nick Ewasiuk’s duck taco with a honey Dijon vinaigrette slaw appetizer was a judge favourite on day two of ACC’s culinary competition.

Glenda Halkett plates her pork entrée in preparation for judging.

of crops from grow plots, orchards and greenhouses, all of which were then used in the Manitoba Institute for Culinary Arts throughout the year. Through this collaboration of programs, students are exposed to research and education from the entire food cycle — from seeding through to the dinner table. Jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

Dallas Stevenson slices into his stuffed pork tenderloin with arbore rice prior to plating his entrée.

photos: jennifer paige

Whitney Glasglow came in a close second to Nick Ewasiuk with her marinated rack of lamb and cherry sauce with quinoa pilaf and a lime peanut vinaigrette and grilled asparagus.

Culinary student, Victoria Clifford slices into her seared duck breast in preparation to plate her appetizer during the Manitoba Canola Growers Association’s Black Box Challenge.

“Both Manitoba Pork and the Manitoba Canola Growers Association have been fantastic supporters of ours over the years and are certainly a great support for the students, what we do here and the ingredients that are offered to us.” Michelle Atamanchuk

development officer with Assiniboine Community College

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 16, 2015

Constructing a financial road map Financial experts recommend ensuring 50 per cent of your upcoming year’s expenses are available as cash or cash equivalent By Jennifer Paige Co-operator staff

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Peter Manness, farm management consultant with Meyers Norris Penny, recently discussed a few financial farm management tips at Farm Outlook 2015 hosted by the Dauphin Agriculture Society.   photo: jennifer paige

nderstanding your farm’s historical performance is critical in developing a viable financial management plan, according to Peter Manness, farm management consultant with Meyers Norris Penny. Manness recently spoke to a group of producers at the Farm Outlook 2015 hosted by the Dauphin Agriculture Society about financial management in difficult times. “There are a lot of challenges and opportunities facing farmers today in terms of where the industry is,” said Manness. “Having and revising a farm plan is essential. Your farm financial plan is like a road map. It gives you some direction and tells you where you are going.” Manness described six key

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factors that need to work together in order to achieve an optimal farm plan — understanding your historical performance, projected cash flow and working capital, projected profitability and cost of production, risk management, debt security, financing and long-term outlook. Understanding the operation’s historical performance is critical to accurately projecting what to expect in the future. Mannesss said it is important to have a thorough understanding of what these records say about your business. “It is imperative to unders t a n d t h e p ro d u c t i o n a n d operations of your business over the course of a year or production cycle,” he said. “ Yo u n e e d t o u n d e r s t a n d this because this will show you whether your farm made money, or generated a profit,

a n d t h e s e s t a t e m e n t s a re really your operations resumé to the outside world.” When evaluating working capital Manness recommends e n s u r i n g yo u h a ve 5 0 p e r cent of your upcoming year’s expenses available as cash or cash equivalent. “If you think about your operation, take your current grain inventory, minus any outstanding payables that you’ve got and your 2014 cash advance and the number you are left with should be greater than 50 per cent, in terms of your expenses on a go-forward basis,” he said. “If you are not at that level, it doesn’t mean you are going to have trouble this year. But if you lose money this year, or the year isn’t as good as expected, it is going to be more difficult to operate in the future and eventually you are going to hit a wall.” Producers are encouraged to determine their true cost of production, projected profitability and compare those figures to fellow farmers and industry counterparts. “Comparison to your peers or an industry target is important. How are you on an efficiency level in terms of the amount of crop you’ve got off of your direct input, your seed fertilizer and chemical? How do your overhead costs or machinery costs compare to your neighbours?” When looking at risk management, Manness recommends thinking about mitigating risk in every decision that is made and maintaining a thorough understanding of risk management tools. “You need to think about all those risk management tools that you have and how they work together. How will they work or not work for your business and is it something that you understand and are utilizing to the full potential?” Understanding where your working capital is and when you need to act in securing financing is also crucial in avoiding financial pitfalls. “If you are already trending below that 50 per cent working capital rule and you haven’t had a conversation about what your options are, looked or talked to your banker about things that you can do to restructure the debt on your farm, then you are waiting too long,” said Manness. Farmers were encouraged to build a farm plan but refine that plan throughout the year. Manness suggests reviewing and updating your plan in the summer and fall. Use adviser services as much as possible. “Have frank discussions with your lender, your accountant, farm management consultant, ask them hard questions. We really look for ward to this because it shows us that you are engaged in your business and we are there and want to help you through the process of developing and implementing a successful plan.” Jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 16, 2015

Supreme Court kills $17-billion suit to compensate farmers for scrapped wheat board monopoly However, legal action concerning allegations farmers’ money was wrongly used to restructure the post-monopoly board can continue By Allan Dawson co-operator staff

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in the class-action lawsuit was based on the value of the wheat board’s monopoly estimated by some to be around $700 million a year, plus the value of the board’s assets, including its office building in Winnipeg and around 3,000 hopper cars. The board used to return around 90 per cent of the export price to farmers, according to Wells, while last year farmers were lucky to get 50 or 60 per cent. Wells hopes opposition parties will pledge to compensate farmers if they form the next government. And if not for the full $17 billion at least for the board’s hard assets, which farmers paid for through their grain sales, Wells said. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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he Supreme Cour t of Ca n a d a h a s q u a s h e d efforts to mount a classaction lawsuit claiming $17 billion in government compensation for the Harper government’s decision to end the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly. The court last week ruled it would not hear an appeal of a lower court’s decision last October to throw out most of the claim mounted by four farmers — Harold Bell of Fort St. John, B.C., Andrew Dennis of Brookdale, Man., Nathan Macklin of DeBolt, Alta., and Ian McCreary of Bladworth, Sask. — in Feb. 2012. While the $17-billion class-action lawsuit is dead, the farmers can still try to sue Ottawa and the board for allegedly using farmers’ money to help the board transition to an open mark e t , s a i d St e w a r t We l l s, a former farmer-elected wheat board director, Swift Current, Sask., farmer and chair of the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board, an organization helping to raise funds for the lawsuit. “That’s the part that’s left now,” Wells said in an interview. “Now we’re looking at tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars (in claims) not billions.” Whether this part of the proposed class-action lawsuit is pursued hinges on the discovery process ahead of it uncovering evidence, Wells added. In June 2012, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said the federal gover nment would give the wheat board $349 million to help it restructure. The money was to cover board employee severances, pensions and expenses related to fixed costs farmers weren‘t expected to bear. “I don’t believe the government when it says it has put in more than $300 million in taxpayers’ cash to the CWB,” Wells said. “There’s just no evidence.”

“The changes made to grain marketing by the Conservative “Now we‘re looking at tens of millions or government have resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars (in claims) not the largest transfer of money away from farmers in the hisbillions.” tory of Canada,” he said. It’s estimated western farmers lost $4- to $5 billion based Stewart Wells on the value of grain exports at the West Coast versus what farmers were paid inland. A Wells and other elected he said in an email when asked backlog in grain shipping was directors also suspect wheat about the possibility part of the blamed for the gap. “It’s what we predicted would board managers were “trying to suit could still continue. “While a small few await the happen,” Wells said. “The combuild a nest egg” for the postmonopoly board before the next full moon, our govern- panies have just started to flex ment will continue to work their muscles and understand legislation became law. Ritz welcomed the Supreme with forward-thinking produc- what market power they have Co u r t’s d e c i s i o n a n d s a i d ers to expand opportunities for really gained.” Open-market suppor ters most farmers support an open the sector.” The farmer-plaintiffs and argued grain-shipping probmarket. “These frivolous lawsuits are Friends of the Canadian Wheat lems would have occurred even nothing more than desperation Board are disappointed by if the board’s monopoly had existed. from a dwindling few who will the Supreme Court’s decision, Trim: 8.125” The $17 billion being sought always be stuck in the past,” Wells said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 16, 2015

ACC and Mazergroup partner to offer New Holland technician program The newly initialled technician program will be held at ACC’s Len Evans Centre for Trades and Technology and will complement the existing agricultural equipment technician apprenticeship program By Jennifer Paige Co-operator staff

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randon’s Assiniboine Community College announced a new partnership with agriculture equipment giant, Mazergroup, to bring new skills training for technicians of New Holland equipment. “Training and education that meets the unique needs of our partners in industry are critical to the success of the college,” said ACC president, Mark Frison. “This program not only benefits the students and Mazergroup dealers, but the training our instructors receive in preparation helps them to keep abreast with the industry’s latest advances and apply this knowledge to other programs we offer.” The New Holland technician program will be offered at the college’s Len Evans Centre for Trades and Technology with the first 12 students beginning classes April 13. Three ACC instructors who received specialized training in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and North Dakota will teach the course that complements the college’s existing agricultural equipment technician apprenticeship program. “Our agriculture-focused graduates are very high in demand,” said Rick Gray, chairperson of ACC’s school of business, agriculture and environment. “Many of them have jobs lined up prior to graduating and sometimes within their first year in a program.”

Assiniboine Community College’s Len Evans Centre for Trades and Technology will now be offering a New Holland technician program that will complement the college’s existing agriculture equipment technician apprenticeship program.   photo: jennifer paige

Assiniboine Community College president, Mark Frison (l) and CEO of Mazergroup, Bob Mazer, announced a new partnership that will enable the college to offer a New Holland training course, which will begin on April 13 at the college’s north hill campus.   photo: Assiniboine Community College

The Mazergroup was established in 1959 and is now the largest privately owned and operated New Holland dealership complex in North America with 13 locations across Manitoba and southeastern Saskatchewan.

The two-week program will allow students to retain the accredited standards New Holland requires of its technicians. “Mazergroup, along with its main equipment supplier, New Holland NA, is always striving to serve its customers with the highest level of support from extensively trained Mazergroup staff,” said Bob Mazer, president and CEO of Mazergroup. “This program partnership with ACC is another step in seeking the very best in customer service through technicians specifically trained on the latest technology provided by New Holland. The first intake will be the first step in a lengthy and productive relationship

between ACC, New Holland and Mazergroup.” The program will focus on customer relations, report writing and technical training on latest equipment and systems used in service and repair, including inspection, diagnosis and repair of round balers, connecting laptops to equipment to retrieve service information and part orientation and ordering. The first intake of students is all current employees of Mazergroup from dealerships throughout Manitoba and southeast Saskatchewan. Jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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1998 NH TX66 w/PU header, RWA . . . $49,000 1995 NH TX66, w/PU header . . NOW $20,000 2009 NH CR9080 w/PU header . . . . $245,000 1992 Case 1680 w/PU header . . . . . . $39,000 1986 Case 1680 w/RWA, PU header (Consigned) . . . . . . . . . . . . $34,000

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The 1 Manitoba Co-operator | April 16, 2015

The Manitoba Co-Operator | October 6, 2011

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Arenas AuCTiOn SALeS – MB Auction Parkland – MB Auction Westman – MB Auction Interlake – MB Auction Red River – SK Auction – AB Auction Peace – AB Auction North – AB Auction Central – AB Auction South – BC Auction – Auction Various – U.S. Auctions

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Auction Schools AuTO & TRAnSpORT – Auto Service & Repairs – Auto & Truck Parts – Autos – Trucks – Semi Trucks & Trailers – Sport Utilities – Vans – Vehicles Various – Vehicles Wanted

COnTRACTinG – Custom Baling – Custom Feeding – Custom Harvesting – Custom Seeding – Custom Silage – Custom Spraying – Custom Trucking – Custom Tub Grinding – Custom Work Construction Equipment Crop Inputs Dairy Equipment Electrical Engines Entertainment

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FARM MAChineRy – Aeration – Conveyors – Equipment Monitors

– Fertilizer Equipment – Grain Augers – Grain Bins – Grain Carts – Grain Cleaners – Grain Dryers – Grain Elevators – Grain Handling – Grain Testers – Grain Vacuums – Hydraulics – Irrigation Equipment – Loaders & Dozers – Parts & Accessories – Potato & Row Crop Equipment – Repairs – Rockpickers – Salvage – Silage Equipment – Snowblowers/Plows – Specialty Equipment – Machinery Miscellaneous – Machinery Wanted

TRACTORS – Agco – Allis/Deutz – Belarus – Case/IH – Caterpillar – Ford – John Deere – Kubota – Massey Ferguson – New Holland – Steiger – Universal – Versatile – White – Zetor – 2-Wheel Drive – 4-Wheel Drive – Various Fencing Firewood Fish Farm Forestry/Logging Fork Lifts/Pallet Trucks Fur Farming Generators GPS Health Care Heat & Air Conditioning Hides/Furs/Leathers Hobby & Handicrafts Household Items Iron & Steel

hAyinG & hARVeSTinG – Baling Equipment – Mower Conditioners – Swathers – Swather Accessories – Various COMBineS – Belarus – Case/IH – Cl – Caterpillar Lexion – Deutz – Ford/NH – Gleaner – John Deere – Massey Ferguson – Versatile – White – Combines - Various – Accessories

LAnDSCApinG – Greenhouses – Lawn & Garden LiVeSTOCK Cattle – Cattle Auctions – Angus – Black Angus – Red Angus – Aryshire – Belgian Blue – Blonde d’Aquitaine

SpRAyinG equipMenT – Sprayers – Various

– Brahman – Brangus – Braunvieh – BueLingo – Charolais – Dairy – Dexter – Excellerator – Galloway – Gelbvieh – Guernsey – Hereford – Highland – Holstein – Jersey – Limousin – Lowline – Luing – Maine-Anjou – Miniature – Murray Grey – Piedmontese – Pinzgauer – Red Poll – Salers – Santa Gertrudis – Shaver Beefblend – Shorthorn – Simmental – South Devon – Speckle Park – Tarentaise – Texas Longhorn – Wagyu – Welsh Black – Cattle Composite – Cattle Various – Cattle Wanted Horses – Horse Auctions – American Saddlebred – Appaloosa – Arabian – Belgian – Canadian – Clydesdale – Draft – Donkeys – Haflinger – Miniature – Morgan – Mules – Norwegian Ford – Paint – Palomino – Percheron

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 16, 2015

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

7TH ANNUAL KILLARNEY & DISTRICT EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENT AUCTION

FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION FOR DON ZEGHERS

KILLARNEY, MANITOBA • SATURDAY APRIL 18TH • 10:00 AM

TUESDAY, APRIL 21 11 AM Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

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 224 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 *25’ MacDon 960 Header w/ PU Reel *Swather Transport for two heads *6’ Smith Roles Swath Roller *6’ Swath Roller *5’ Smith Roles swath roller *Redi Kop Chaff System *Labtronics Grain Tester *15’ #10 Versatile Swather *Homemade Swather Transport SPRAYERS: *Melroe 103 Spra-Coupe *1991 120’ Flexi-Coil Sprayer, 1000 Gal Tank *120’ Flexi-Coil 65XLT PT Sprayer, 1500 Gal Tanks, two tank Dbl Boom, Wind Screens, Dual Hyd Pumps, Dual Controls *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 *60’ Herman Harrows *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 *40’ IH Field Cultivator 4700 *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 *20’ Ezz-on Tandem Disc *14’ MF Disc 520 *Chisel Plow, Model 10 *Melroe Plough 7-18 *Blueheart Liquid Fertilizer Kit, came off 47 ½ ‘ Cultivator w/ 6” Spacing *Crown rotary stone picker w/hyd drive *Degelman fork type stone picker *stone picker *Degelman Rock Picker *Degelman Prong Stone Picker *14’ Drill Fill *Smith Rolls 12 Volt Electric Drill Fill *20’ Crust Buster Heavy Disc, Field Ready, (less than 500 Acres on NEW Discs) *(2) 4 Wheel Anhydrous Trailers GRAIN HANDLING: *1395 Farm King Auger w/ Hyd Winch and Mover Kit, Dbl Flighting in Hopper *13” x 70’ Farm King Buhler PTO Swing Hopper Auger, 540 PTO, single auger in hopper *8” x 51’ Farm King PTO Auger *10” x 50’ Farm King Auger *7” x 47’ Westfield Auger, 16HP Briggs Motor *7” x 31’ Westfield Auger w/ Engine *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 Tube Conveyor *(2) Augers – to load Grain Dryer *Bobcat #30 Auger Head, 18” Auger, 16” Auger *Grain Spout – never spill with alarm and light for a 10” or 13” Auger *Farm King Rotory Cleaner HAYING EQUIPMENT: *2000 Bale King Bale Processor *Case IH RBX561 Rd Baler *Case RBX561 Baler *Vermeer 605G Rd Baler *Vermeer 605H Rd Baler *NH 850 Round 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 *2005 25’ Jay Flight Bumper Hitch Camper, Stove, Fridge, furnace, Air *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 *1981 International Tandem 4300 Model *1969 Chev s/a 2 ton grain truck *1963 Dodge s/a 1 ton w/wooden box and hoist *2000 Ford F150 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 *Tandem Axle Converter, NO TOD, DOT Specs INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT: *Case Backhoe 5806, 7473 Hrs Showing *(2) 12’ Shop Built box Scrapers *2013 12’ Pelquin HD Box Scraper, Hyd up & down, hyd angle, safety light *8 Yard Continental Scraper *V Plow blade w/ attachment 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/walkthrough 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 Grapple & Bucket *Bale Fork, 3PT *3PT Hitch Weight Box (NEW) CAT1 *6’ 8” Snowblower *3PT Hay Rake *Post Pounder *3PT Douglas Roto Tiller LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT: *NH 327 Manure Spreader, 130 Bushel *New Idea Manure Spreader *(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 *(7) Round Bale Feeders 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 *Red Farm Wagon 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 *A Frame w/ Chain Hoist *Ford Stationary Engine *Coates Tire Balancer *Tire Changer *JD Battery Operated Grease Gun 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: *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 *Polaris XLT 600 Ltd Snow-Machine *AL-KO 1600 Wood Shredder *(2) 20” Push Mowers *Wheel Barrow *MTD 3.5HP Push Mower *JD Lawn Push Mower *JD Lawn Push Mower *MTD 4.5HP Push Mower *Troylift 6.0HP Push Mower *Troylift 6.0HP Push Mower *Murray 5HP Push Mower *Honda Blackmax GLV160 Push Mower *Honda Blackmax GLV160 Push Mower *Sears Craftsman 16hp twin mower *Classic Mower, 16hp, 4 Speed Electric 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 *(8) 20.8 x 42 Radial Tires - USED *Wheel Stand TANKS & PUMPS: *(2) 1250 Gal Plastic Tank *1000 Gal Fiberglass Water Tank w/ 4HP Honda 2” Pump *(2) 1000gal fuel tanks *1000 Gal Tank on Trailer *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 *4 Tote Tanks in Wire Cages *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 *Orbit Motors, Pumps & Valves

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT DEL SMITH 204-534-7783

FRASER AUCTION SERVICE LTD.

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

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

Tractors: • 2012 Massey 5475 tractor/loader/quick attach grapple 3pth, pto, power shift with shuttle and creeper, 1000/540 PTO with 2 ranges in each to run at full PTO RPM but lower engine speed. Loaded, – only 330 hours • 9482 Versatile 4wd, Outback S-3 Auto steer, 20.8 x 38 duals, 4 remotes 6474 hours • 1981 Versatile model 875, 4WD, newer, 20.8 x 38 duals, new cab kit, 5500 hrs., serial #6210. Very sharp tractor for its age. Swather: • 1998 Massey Ferguson model 220 Series II SP swather, 25ft UII pickup reel, new 21.5 x 16.1 tires. Only 1603 hrs., serial #220837 Combines: • 1998 John Deere 9610, Maximizer, 914 pickup head, 300 bu, hopper topper, fine cut chopper, chaff spreader, sunny brook cylinder concave set, light kit, 18.4 x 42 duals with new rims, 16.9 x 26 ‘’ rear, 2100 sep, 2800 eng hrs. • 1996 John Deere 9600 914 pickup head, two speed Sunny Brook cylinder, concave, bars beater crate, new bearings seals, feeder chain, chaff spreader, finer cut chopper, light kit, hopper topper, 30.5 x 32 tires 14.9 x 24 rear, 2470 sep, and 2880 Eng hrs. • John Deere 925, flex header, with recently new UII pickup reel, sells with transport chopper addition, flax straw windrower deflector metal for above combines

FROM HOLLAND MANITOBA JCT 34 AND #2 HWY. 1 MILE WEST ON #2 AND 2 MILES NORTH AND 1 MILE WEST.

Seed & Tillage: • Morris 7240 tow between air tank with Morris double disc Express drill, 40’ x 7.5’’ spacing • Morris model 8900 deep tiller 45ft with mulchers • John Deere model 1600 deep tiller 35ft w/ NH3 kit and rate controller • Hutchmaster 30ft tandem disc • 35ft Flexicoil folding bar P-30 packers • IHC 35ft model 4900 vibra shank field cultivator, with rear hitch • 40ft Flexicoil folding bar P-30 packers? • 70’ Summers mid harrow, almost new condition • Summers 85ft 4 bar tine harrows • John Deere 30ft model 9350 hoe press drills c/w factory transport

See www.billklassen.com for listing and internet bidding order! Owner Don Zeghers 204-526-7829 zseed@mts.net See our website: www.billklassen.com for complete listing or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

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.

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

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

BUILDING SUPPLY & EQUIPMENT AUCTION Along w/ Close Out of Cabinet Building Shop

Saturday, May 2 @ 10:00 am Stonewall, MB - #12 Patterson Drive

SEMI Load: of Lumber-2x4, 2x6, 2x8, Various Sizes * Sheet Metal * Bldg Supplies * Wood Cabinet Tools * Storage Sheds * Equip: Toyota 5000 lb ForkLift * MF 110 Cab w FEL * 05 Flat Deck Tandem Trailer * 14’ Tandem Stock Trailer * Dozer Blades * Cattle & Feed Equip * Yamaha Quad * Lge AMT Tools * Go to the Website for Listing & Pictures!! Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

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AUCTION SALE John Kuklica

Sunday, May 3 @ 11:00 am St Andrews, MB - 274 River Road Contact: (204) 338-8315

Tractors: JD 4010 Cab Dual Hyd 540 PTO w/JD 158 FEL, 7983 hrs * Cockshutt 1655 dsl Cab 540 PTO w/ FEL 6374 hrs * Cockshutt 550 gas 540 PTO * Int 560 Single Hyd * Vehicles: 02 Pontiac Sun Fire 4D * 2) 76 Chev 1/2 Equip: Case 310, 16’ Discer Seeder * 2) Int 300, 16’ Discer Seeder * Coop 500 Swather * 3PH 6’ Snowblower * Saw Mandrel * Vintage Semi Tractors: 74 Int C/O 4070, 220 Cum Rebuilt 10 spd * 64 White 200 Cum * 64 White C/O * Trailers: 2) Can Car 45’ Semi Freight * Fruehauf 42’ Semi Freight * 32’ Single Axle Freight Trailer * Utility Trailer * Yard: JD 755 dsl Hyd 3PH PTO Sold w/ JD 48” Frt Mt Snowblower & 3PH JD Rotovator, 286 hrs Exc Cond * EZ GO Battery 4 Wheel Golf Cart * 48” Frt Mt Snowblower Attach * Yard Trailer * 3PH Single Plow *Merry Roto Tiller * Trailer Yard Sprayer * JD Fert Spreader * Along w/ Tools & Misc * Various Household Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

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AUCTION DISTRICTS

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

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

LARGE FARM AUCTION FOR DALE & BARB EDBOM

Swan River Minitonas Durban

SATURDAY APRIL 25th 10:00 AM

Winnipegosis

Roblin

Dauphin

Grandview

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

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac

Parkland

Birtle

Eriksdale Lundar

Melita

Langruth

Neepawa

Gladstone

Carberry

Brandon

Treherne

Killarney

Pilot Mound Crystal City

Elm Creek

Sanford

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

Lac du Bonnet

Beausejour

Winnipeg

Austin

Souris

Boissevain

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage

Westman

Waskada

Interlake

Erickson

Rapid City

1

Arborg

Gimli

Shoal Lake

Hamiota

Virden

TRACTORS & CRAWLER * HAYING & HARVESTING EQUIPMENT * TILLAGE EQUIPMENT * HOUSEHOLD * EQUIPMENT * ANTIQUE & COLLECTOR EQUIPMENT * MISCELLANEOUS

Riverton

McCreary

Minnedosa

Reston

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Birch River

Russell

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

St. Pierre

242

Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

Steinbach

1

Red River

Manitoba Co-operator classifieds, 1-800-782-0794.

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

AUCTION SALE

Estate of Bruno Janowski

Saturday, April 25 @ 10:00 am Clandeboye, MB

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

Contact: (204) 453-1465

Tractors: JD 4020 dsl 7016 hrs * JD 4020 gas 3PH JD 148 FEL 4009 hrs * JD 1120 dsl 3PH w/ JD 145 FEL, 4701 hrs * Haying & Misc Equip: NH 495 12’ Haybine * NH 855 Baler * Vermer 605H Baler * NH 258 Side Del Rake * Bucket & Grapple * 6’ 3PH Blade 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 * Graneries & Misc: 8) Westeel 1650 Bus Graineries * Water Pumps * Imp Parts * Various Farm Misc * heel Golf Cart * Water Pumps * 2) 16HP Engine * Drill Fill * Imp Parts * Various Farm Misc *

EQUIPMENT, TOOLS & SCRAP IRON AUCTION FOR ERICH SCHMIDT & NEIGHBOURS

SATURDAY MAY 2nd 10:00 AM

Location: 5 km North of Sprague, MB on Hwy 308 TRACTORS & SKIDDERS * FARM EQUIPMENT * SCRAP & MISC * TRUCKS & TRAILERS * PLUS TOOLS & SHOP EQUIPMENT, HOUSHOLD & ANTIQUES

Full Listing At www.pennerauctions.com

PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD. 218 Brandt Street Steinbach, MB Ph: 204.326.3061 Fax: 204.326.7529 Toll Free: 1-866-512-8992 www.pennerauctions.com

Sale Conducted by: PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD.

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

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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.

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. (306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962

Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

HALBSBERG FARMS, BRYON & JOANN HEINRICHS FARM AUCTION Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433 • 2005 Cat MT765 Challenger, 30’’ tracks, pto, 5 hyd, 6500 hrs., pto, serial #4AMS40847 • 1998 Ford 8870 FWA, 3pth, 1000 pto, 20.8 x 42 duals, updated rear hydraulics (no mess) weight package, super steer, power shift, with Outback S-2 GPS with Auto steer, 7000 hrs. • 1989 Case IH 7130 9000 hrs., FWA, 3pth, pto • Steiger Panther CM 360, 4x4 20.8 x 38 excellent tires • 1993 Duetz 90 with Leon 707 loader, 3 pth, pto • 2009 Kubota ZD28 60”, zero turn mower • 1990 John Deere 9600 combine w/ 2005 pickup head, 5395 engine hr., 3653 sep, with W-S 2 Outback yield monitor Trucks: • Ford 8000 cab over Allison automatic, Ford diesel, air ride 20ft albumin box head lift hoist, roll tarp, new air dryer 11.5 x 225 rubber saftied • 1985 GMC General Cummins, 13 speed, wet kit highway Tractor • 1986 Midland 30ft end dump grain trailer, remote grain chute

SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 10 AM GRETNA, MB 7 MILES EAST OF GRETNA, MB INTERNET BIDDING BEGINS AT 11 AM REGISTER WWW.BILLKLASSEN.COM

• 1993 Sierra 4x4 pickup 6.2 diesel automatic • 1979 GMC 3 ton truck with water tank tag axle, 18 ft grain box and hoist • 2008 Ford F-150 4X4 Lariat saftied VERY GOOD TILLAGE SEEDING EQUIPMENT

See our Spring Catalog or Check www.billklassen.com for more!! Owners Bryon & JoAnn Heinrichs - Cell 204-290-0085 Home 204-256-4448 See our website: www.billklassen.com for complete listing or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

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Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433 Tractors: • 2004 John Deere 9520T tractor 36’’ tracks, 4 remotes, power shift, front weight package, serial #903025, only 3700 hrs., equipped with JD auto steer sells separate • John Deere 8850 4 wheel drive tractor 410 hp, pto, 20.8 x 42 excellent rubber, 2000 hrs., on total over hauled engine, clutch, new rad etc, plumbed and wired for Outback S-2 auto steer • Have engine Block with Crankshaft for 8850 • 1978 John Deere 8630 4x4 pto, triple hyd, 20.8 x 38 duals 1730 hrs., on overhauled engine, wired and plumbed for Outback S-2 auto steer total hrs., 7330, serial #007672 • Allis Chalmers 7060 2wd Tractor, cab, pto, 900 hrs., on rebuilt engine. Neighbour Tim Groening 204-736-4626 or 746-5710. Also from Tim Ashland 5 yard dump scraper GPS Units: • Outback - one unit S-1 • Two units S-2 with E Drive (These sell after the tractors and combines) Harvesting: • 2000 John Deere model 9650 STS, 1000 hrs., on new Bullet rotor and concave, wired for Outback S-2 E Drive, 914 head with 7 belt pickup, big topper, new trellelberg 900/60 32 tires, fine cut chopper, 1882 separator hrs., 2490 engine, ZERO hrs., on Green inspection, serial #9650 0S685850. Terms on 9650 STS: $20,000.00 down auction day. Balance upon possession or no later than Aug., 1, 2015

GOOD RETIREMENT FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION FOR BILL AND BARB TOEWS, HARAMBEE FARMS MONDAY, APRIL 20 10 AM 1/2 MILE WEST OF KANE, MB. ON HWY #23. THIS IS APPROX. 20 MILES WEST OF MORRIS, MB. ON HWY #23 OR 9 MILES EAST OF ROLAND, MB. ON HWY #23

• John Deere model 930F flex head, full width retractable fingers, pickup reel, #930F616496 • John Deere 930 rigid head with pickup reel, serial #930R6916672 • 1983 John Deere 8820 combine, new radiator, pickup head. Finer cut chopper, chaff spreader, excellent tires, two speed cylinder, 50 hrs., on Green inspection, nice unit • John Deere 224 rigid head with batt reel, newer wobble box • 1999 MacDon 4930 swather two speed, serial #124715, with 2004 engine hrs., 30 ft 960 head w/ dual swath attachment, pick up reel PARTIAL LISTING

Visit www.billklassen.com for pictures and a detailed listing! Owner: Bill Toews 204-343-2002 See our website: www.billklassen.com for complete listing or call 204-325-4433 cell 6230

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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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Nixon Farms Inc.

Fillmore, SK | April 25, 2015 · 10 am

2005 John Deere 9760STS

2008 John Deere 7230

2008 Case IH Patriot 3320 90 Ft

1990 Ford Versatile 876

1999 Westward 9200 30 Ft

AUCTION LOCATION: From FILLMORE, SK, go 4.8 km (3 miles) North on Grid 606, then 10.5 km (6.5 miles) East. Yard on North side. GPS: 49.9381, -103.2915 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 1990 Ford Versatile 876 4WD · 1982 Versatile 555 4WD · 2008 John Deere 7230 MFWD · 2005 John Deere 9760STS Combine · 2005 MacDon 973 36 Ft Draper Header · 1999 Westward 9200 30 Ft Swather · 2005 Kenworth T800B Sleeper T/A Truck Tractor · 1991 Ford L9000 Aeromax T/A Grain Truck · 1983 Ford F700 S/A Grain

Truck · 1996 Lode King 40 Ft T/A Grain Trailer · 2005 PJ Trailers 1305 10 Ft S/A Equipment Trailer · 1998 Ezee-On 7500 37 Ft Air Drill · 1991 Bourgault 8800 36 Ft Cultivator · 1995 Ezee-On 1490-1500 24 Ft Tandem Disc · 1986 Flexi-Coil 95 50 Ft Harrow Packer · 2008 Case IH Patriot 3320 90 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · Qty of Grain Bins ...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Gerald Nixon: 306.722.3661 (h), 306.861.2195 (c), gb.nixon@sasktel.net Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Kevin Ortt: 306.451.7388 800.491.4494

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

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Byma Land & Cattle Ltd. – John and Penny Byma Grenfell, SK | April 21, 2015 · 10 am

2007 John Deere 7430 Premium & 2010 Highline Bale Pro 8100

2010 Bunning Lowlander MK4105

2007 John Deere CT332

2005 F350 Lariat & 2007 Featherlite 30 Ft

AUCTION LOCATION: From GRENFELL, SK, at the Junction of Hwy 1 and Grid 616, go 4.2 km (2.6 miles) South, then go 1.5 km (0.9 miles) West, then go 0.4 km (0.2 miles) South. Yard on East side. GPS: 50.3640000, -102.9676667 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2007 John Deere 7430 Premium MFWD · 2010 Bunning Lowlander MK4105 Manure Spreader · Degelman R570 Rock Picker · 2007 John Deere CT332 Multi Terrain Loader · 2005 Ford F350 Lariat Dually Pickup · Ford F150 Extended Cab Pickup · 2007 Featherlite 30 Ft Gooseneck Aluminum Stock Trailer · 1992 Charmac 16

Ft Trailer ·Trailer Canada 36 Ft Tri/A Dually 5th Wheel Equipment Trailer · New Holland 1033 Square Bale Wagon · 2012 Farm King 2450 Hay Hiker Bale Mover · 2006 John Deere 567 Round Baler · 2010 Highline Bale Pro 8100 Bale Processor · Large Qty of Panels · Livestock Equipment · (2) 2007 Arctic Cat 650 H1 4x4 Quads ...AND MUCH MORE!

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

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, 1000gal Westeel double wall fuel vault 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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John and Penny Byma: 306.697.1210 pennybyma@gmail.com

MEYERS AUCTIONS APRIL 25, Arden: Collector signs & antiques. May 2, Carberry: Estate & consignment. May 9, Franklin: Acreage & household. May 17, Arden: Small animal auction. June 6, Makinak: Bothwell estate. Bradley Meyers Auctioneer (204)476-6262 meyersauctions.com

Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Kevin Ortt: 306.451.7388 800.491.4494

AUTO & TRANSPORT AUTO & TRANSPORT Trucks 05 F250 6-LITRE DSL, super cab 4x4, long box, 2 sets of tires plus wheels, lots of maintenance work done, 1 owner, safetied, good condition, $10,500 OBO. (204)685-2095. 06 GMC DURAMAX DSL 4x4, extended cab, runs very nice, 310,000-km, good rubber, $9,000 w/new safety. (204)871-0925 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 20-ft gooseneck stock trailer, shopbuilt hyd dump trail-er, 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, 5000bu steel tem-porary 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)4212928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962 D & T ROTENBURGER AUCTION Sun., April 26th, 2015 11:00AM. 5-MI E, 5 N, 1 1/2 WEST OF HUBBARD, HUBBARD SK. Contact: (306)795-7688. MACHINERY- TRACTORS: 1993 JD 8560 Tractor: 4WD, cab, air, 18.4x38 factory duals, 4-hyd, 9500-hrs, real nice; 1984 Case 2394 Tractor: cab, air, front weights, factory duals, p shift, 7700-hrs. AIR SEEDER: Morris 29-ft Airseeder Cultivator: air package, harrows, complete/w Morris 110 tank; IHC 35-ft Vibrachisel w/harrows. SWATHER: Versatile 4400 24-ft Swather: gas, cab, air, pickup reel, real good. TRUCKS: 1968 Chev 3-Ton C60 Truck: 5x2, 16-ft box, hoist, tarp 1969 GMC 2-Ton Truck: 14-ft box, hoist, tarp, V8, 2-spd; 1988 Dodge 1/2 Ton: V8 auto w/topper. SPRAYER: Versatile 3000 60-ft sprayer: mix tank, disk markers, PTO pump. BALER: JD 535 Round Baler; Vicon round baler. AUGERS: Allied 7x35 auger & motor; Brandt 7x35 PTO Auger. MISC EQUIPMENT: Degelman stone picker w/clutch; Swath roller; Grain trailer & tank; 12-ft cattle trailer: single axle, wired. CHICKENS: Approximately 30: Frezles, silkies, bulf, orphington, white crested polish; Chicken feeders. NOTE: Terry is selling the land & relocating. Machinery used on small acreage, tractors look good. Not many small items. Online bidding 1:00PM. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for complete pictures & listing. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #915851.

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 If you want to sell it fast, call 1-800-782-0794.

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.

Large Inventory of new and remanufactured parts

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FARM CHEMICAL SEED COMPLAINTS We also specialize in: Crop Insurance appeals; Chemical drift; Residual herbicide; Custom operator issues; Equipment malfunction; Yield comparisons, Plus Private Investigations of any nature. With our assistance the majority of our clients have received compensation previously denied. Back-Track Investigations investigates, documents your loss and assists in settling your claim. Licensed Agrologist on Staff. For more information Please call 1-866-882-4779

CONTRACTING CONTRACTING Custom Work CORRAL CLEANER WITH 3-YARD loader & 3 vertical spreaders, taking new customers. Call (204)730-3139 or (204)721-2629. MANURE HAULING & SPREADING. Phone Rene (204)526-0932

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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 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.

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DOWNSIZING FARMING: 2006 CASTLETON Super B, new tarps, new brakes & drums, good rubber, safetied, $45,000 OBO; 2009 Castleton Super B, good condition, good rubber, safetied, $45,000 OBO. (204)734-8355.

USED DRY FERTILIZER SPREADERS 4-8 ton. Many to choose from, $3000 up. www.zettlerfarmequipment.com (204)857-8403

8.5-FT. ROME TANDEM BREAKING disc, no transport, good condition, asking $2,100; Morris rotary rock picker ground drive w/clutch, asking $2,600; 38-ft. Fruehauf flat bed trailer, safetied, asking $3,000; AC 35-ft. field cultivator w/anhydrous kit, asking $850. Phone (204)728-18611

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894 ALLIED LOADER, NON-SELF levelling w/8-ft bucket, excellent shape, w/Ford mountings, $3000 OBO. (204)373-2730

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

BEEKEEPING BEEKEEPING Bee Equipment HONEY BEES FOR SALE. Phone Roger (204)434-6918.

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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.

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WESTERN GRAIN DRYER, manufactures advanced screenless grain dryers, integrated w/PLC, HMI technology for automatic moisture & drying system controls. Update for Vertec, Ibec & other screenless dryers such as enclosed roof, drying tiers, & burners etc. are available. 1-888-288-6857. www.westerngraindryer.com

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

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WESTSIDE SALES & SERVICE AUCTION Sat., April 25th, 2015 9:30AM. 1/2-MILE WEST ON JUNCTION 10 & 15 MELVILLE SK CONTACT: (306)728-2580 OR (306)728-4647. PROPERTY: LEGAL LAND DESCRIPTION: 0003 BLOCK F MELVILLE SK (WESTSIDE OF OVERPASS JUNCTION 10 & 15 SOUTH SIDE OF HWY. APPROXIMATELY 7-ACRES. TAXES $418.00. SHOP: Built in 1982. 36x64 over 2000-sq.ft. 14x12 insulated door, new shingles 5-yrs ago, situated on 1.7-acs of land at 1326 Service Rd Hwy #15 West, Melville SK. Taxes $1194.16. Excellent location, opening bid of $170,000.00. Owner has first right of refusal. GARAGE EQUIPMENT: MF 35 Gas Tractor: 3-PTH, like new tires, good tin; MH 30 Gas High Crop Row Tractor: new tires, new clutch, live hyd, real nice; Hanson Model YD Boom lift; RC-15A Coats tire changer; John Beam tire balance; Tire & tube tub; Tire spreader; Parts washer; Hyd hose end crimper; Assortment of hyd ends & hose; Valve grinder; Comet stick welder; 5 floor jacks; Cut off saw; Large grinders; Vices; Electric & air tools; Acetylene; Shop compressor; Air tanks; Tap & dye; Post drill; Large c clamps; Engine crane; tractor manuals; ABC V belts; Battery boosters, chargers, plus more! Plus new inventory, pallets of used parts, plus farm equipment including harrows, swathers, vibrashanks, lawnmowers, car hauler, plus more!! NOTE: Eric due to health reasons after 20-yrs is retiring. This is a partial listing, there are hundreds of items new & used. Eric’s closing will be missed by Melville & community. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for complete pictures & listing. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #915851.

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

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. GRAIN SCREENERS HUTCHISON & DMC screeners, $1,500 Up; Kwik Kleen 5 tube, $5,000; 7 tube, $6,500 Up; Scrapers fieldmaster 4-yd, $3,900; Ashland 4.5-yd, $4,500; Eversman 6-yd, $6,000; Degelman 570 rock picker ground drive, $2,500 Up; Fork type, $3,500; Single axle dolly, $2,000; 15000Watt generator PTO, $1,800; Glencoe 10-ft. 3PH cultivator, $750; AC 15 shank, $850; Rowcrop cultivators 4-12R, $600 Up; Lilliston 6-12R. (204)857-8403

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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.

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FROM HOLLAND MANITOBA JCT 34 AND #2 HWY. 1 MILE WEST ON #2 AND 2 MILES NORTH AND 1 MILE WEST.

• 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

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FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

TILLAGE & SEEDING Air Seeders

MOWERS WOODS 7-FT. ROTARY PT, $3,000; JD 1508, $6,000; JD 1518, $7,000; JD 2018, $11,000; Buschwhacker 20-ft., $12,000; NH 9-ft. sickle mower, $2,200; IH 9-ft., $1,500; IH 7-ft., $850; Bushog 9-ft. 3-PH disc mower, $2,000; Plows Melroe auto reset 7-18, $2,000; 8-18, $3,000; White 5-16 3-PH rollover, $3,500; JD 4-16 3PH, $1,000; JD 3-16 3-PH, $850; Danhauser post auger 3-PH, $650; HD, $1,200; Lowe hyd post auger, $2,250; JD V Ditcher, $1,500. (204)857-8403

1996 36-FT. BOURGAULT air seeder w/8800 cultivator w/2155 tank, VGC, $25,000 OBO. (204)745-7445.

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

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.

PLANTERS JD 7000 8RN, $7,000; 8RW w/fert, $6,500; Valmar applicators 3255, $3,500; 1655, $3,000; 1620, $2,500; JD 6T Lime spreader, $7,500; DMI rippers 5 shank, $8,900; 7 shank, $10,900; Phoenix harrows 33-42-53 ft; Vermeer twin rake hyd, $7,500; NH 216 hyd rake, $8,500; Hay conditioners $300 Up; Gehl 2270 14-ft. haybine $3,900; JD 785 spreader hydrapush, $11,000; Gehl 1410 same as 195 NH, $8,000; H&S 400-bu., $2,500. (204)857-8403. SEED CLEANING EQUIPMENT: 620 screen machine, parallel flow 245, 3 #3’s aspirator & 6 lights. Located in MB. Phone:(604)491-3513.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted 214 JOHN DEERE GARDEN tractor for parts, must have Kohler engine; 212 John Deere garden tractor, Kohler engine for parts. (204)222-5479 after 6:00pm.

TRACTORS Case/ IH

14-FT LODE KING MODEL HDF14 8/6 drill fill w/5in augers, steel lids, very good shape. $950 OBO. Phone:(204)746-8563.

TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Equipment

GAUGE WHEEL & GAUGE WHEEL KIT 3” & 4” OPTIONS

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 CASE IH MACDON DRAPER header model #2062, 30-ft. w/gauge wheels, $40,000. (204)871-0925. 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.

www.penta.ca

1983 Case 2090, power shift, triple hyd, cab, air, heat, heavy duty front axle, 2945 actual hrs., sells with 2007 Allied 2795HD Loader, 7 ft bucket, bale spear, 18.4 x 38, and 1100-16 new tires. Axle hubs for duals This nice unit sells April 21 at 11 am.

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

LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

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

GRUNTHAL LIVESTOCK AUCTION MART. LTD.

Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519

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REGULAR CATTLE SALES

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TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Various 2003 30-FT. SEEDHAWK air seeder & 6130 Morris air cart, engine driven, fan, dual chute, 130-bu capacity, excellent condition. Phone (204)526-0932. 21-FT. CCIL (204)745-7445.

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(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.

204-866-3558

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45-FT FLEXI-COIL AIRDRILL, 500-LB trip, 7-in spacing, 3-in packers, liquid kit, 2320 pull-between airtank. Phone (204)648-4935 or (204)638-7561. 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

Saturday, May 2nd 10:00 am

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

TRACTORS Versatile

TRACTORS Allis/Deutz

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.

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.

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 N7 STOCK FARM HAVE 30 top quality yearling Black Angus Bulls for sale by private treaty. Sired by some of the breed’s leading AI sires, bulls are developed on a homemade oat ration & free choice hay. Performance records available, will be semen tested, delivery available. Contact Gerald & Wendy Nykoliation: (204)562-3530 or Allan’s cell (204)748-5128. OSSAWA ANGUS AT MARQUETTE, MB 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. 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.

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

Harold Unrau (Manager) Cell 871 0250 Auction Mart (204) 434-6519

1 POLLED, MATURE CHAROLAIS herd sire. Steppler bloodlines. Will semen test, guarantee & deliver. Phone:(204)857-8220.

WWW.GRUNTHALLIVESTOCK.COM

2 YEAR OLD SPECIALIST & Date Line bulls, yearling bulls by Silver Bullet & Specialist. Martens Charolais:(204)534-8370.

MB. Livestock Dealer #1111

CLINE CATTLE COMPANY HAS for sale PB Char yearling & 2 yr old bulls, White & Red factor. Call Brad (204)523-0062 www.clinecattlecompany.ca

SHEEP, LAMB & GOAT SALE

Wed., Apr. 15, 2015 @ 1:00 p.m.

REGULAR BUTCHER & FEEDER SALE Fri., Apr. 17, 2015 @ 9:00 a.m. Feature Holstein Steer Sale

REGULAR BUTCHER & FEEDER SALE Mon., Apr. 20, 2015 @ 9:30 a.m. Bred Cow And Calf Sale

SPRING HORSE SALE

Mon., Apr. 27, 2015 @ 10:00 a.m.

CANADIAN LIVESTOCK AUCTIONEER CHAMPIONSHIP Fri., May 29, 2015 (Consign Cattle)

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

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford

“Where Buyers & Sellers Meet” To Consign or for more information call:

204-694-8328 or call Mike at 204-807-0747

www.winnipeglivestocksales.com Licence #1122

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus

1978 835 VERS 6,500-HRS, $18,000 OBO. Phone (204)526-0932

TRACTORS 2-Wheel Drive

BLACKHAWK ANGUS HAS YEARLING & 2-yr old bulls for sale. Hand fed & quiet... no creep feed. Calving ease & good maternal traits. Call Kevin (204)529-2605 or call/text (204)245-1110.

Tack and Horse Sale

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

TRACTORS Massey Ferguson

WESTERN DRILL FILL (Electric Overhydraulic); Galvanized grain-fertilizer tank (Diamond shape w/lid); 24-ft CIL Duplex discer in VGC, SA & FA; 18ft CIL discer SA & FA w/extensions (nice shape) Contact (204)745-7740

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.

Sheep and Goat with Small Animals & Holstein Calves

JD 8450 TRACTOR. 16spd, quad range trans. 7,637-hrs. Clean condition, very good tires. $24,000. Phone:(204)345-8492.

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.

TRACTORS Case/ IH

Monday, April 27th 12:00 pm

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

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.

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.

AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING

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.

www.ridgelandmanufacturing.ca

1-800-587-4711

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TRACTORS John Deere

FOR SALE: ALLIS 7000 Serial No. 8138, overhauled motor, 2 new back tires, 200-hrs since overhauled. Phone (204)744-2415.

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

FROM HOLLAND MANITOBA JCT 34 AND #2 HWY. 1 MILE WEST ON #2 AND 2 MILES NORTH AND 1 MILE WEST.

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS

Rebuilt Concaves

Check out A & I online parts store www.pennosmachining.com

SELLING AT DON ZEGHERS FARM AUCTION

CASE IH 36-FT PRESS drill, steel press, good condition, shedded. Phone:(204)637-2031. Austin, MB.

HAYING & HARVESTING Various

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

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

2, 42-FT. CASE IH 7200 hoe drills, $3,000 each OBO; Case IH 36-ft. 6200 disc drill, $700 OBO. (204)745-7445.

HAYING & HARVESTING

Penno’s Machining & Mfg. Ltd.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 21 11 AM

TILLAGE & SEEDING Seeding Various

WANTED: INTERNATIONAL OR JOHN Deere hoe press drills. (204)268-5703.

Rebuild combine table augers Rebuild hydraulic cylinders Roller mills regrooved MFWD housings rebuilt Steel and aluminum welding Machine Shop Service Line boreing and welding

The Icynene Insulation System®

2008 CASE IH ATX 400 45-ft. air drill, double fan, variable rate, double chute, 4-in. packers, ADX 3430 tank; Phone:(204)799-7417 or (204)612-1734. 21-FT EDWARDS HOE DRILL w/steel packers, 2115 Bourdeau air tank & liquid fert. caddy. As is, $7,250. Phone:(204)476-6907.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus

HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING

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.

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.

TRACTORS Various

HAMCO CATTLE CO. HAS for sale Reg Red & Black Angus yearling bulls & 2-yr olds. Good selection. Semen tested, performance data & EPD’s available. Top genetics, Free Delivery. Contact Glen, Albert, Larissa Hamilton (204)827-2358 or David Hamilton (204)325-3635.

DOWNSIZING FARMING: FLEXICOIL MODEL 6000 40-ft., Barton openers, new discs, 3450 air tank, excellent condition, $60,000 OBO. (204)734-8355

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.

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.

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!

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.

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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.

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For more information contact Don Campbell: 204 267-7389 • don@intelseed.ca • Oakville, Manitoba

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 16, 2015

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba

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.

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 & 2 YR old Shorthorn bulls, Roan & Red. Orville Renwick (204)522-8686, Melita. 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 Various SELLING 40 YEARLING SIMM Angus X heifers, will pasture & breed to your calving needs, preg checked by Oct 1st. Call for details (204)345-8492, Lac du Bonnet.

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 For Sale BUTCHER HOGS, 320-LBS AVERAGE, raised in outdoor environment, $1.00/lb live weight. Call (204)745-8421, or (204)435-2799, No Sunday calls please.

LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT ALTERNATIVE POWER BY SUNDOG SOLAR, portable/remote solar water pumping for winter/summer. Call for pricing on solar systems, wind generators, aeration. Carl Driedger, (204)556-2346 or (204)851-0145, Virden. 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.

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Tel:picture 204-248-2110 This incredible perfect home on Lake of the Prairies has double wall construction. The home is 2140 sq ft with a fully finished walkout basement, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and a triple oversized insulated garage with in-floor heat. The basement and workshop also have in-floor heat. This beautifully landscaped lakeshore property has lawn sloping to shore and a private dock. MLS#1420875

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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

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

CORRAL CLEANER WITH 3-YARD loader & 3 vertical spreaders, taking new customers. Call (204)730-3139 or (204)721-2629.

The following dealer and agent have applied for a licence under the Livestock Dealers and Agents Licencing regulation, which comes under the Livestock and Livestock Products Act. (C.C.S.M. c. L170)

LIVESTOCK DEALER LICENCE Matt McSherry, Box 42 Teulon MB

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PETS & SUPPLIES 6 CATS LOOKING FOR a good farm home, they are spayed & neutered, must be a home that will care for them. Phone (204)773-0107

CERTIFIED CARBERRY WHEAT. CERTIFIED Summit Oats. Certified Tradition Barley. Ph: (204) 385-2486. Cell: (204) 212-0531 Wilmot Milne, Gladstone. CERT PASTURE SPRING WHEAT high yielding w/good quality. Great replacement for winter wheat acs not seeded. Call Jefferies Seeds Ltd Glenboro (204)827-2102. 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.

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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’ insulated storage shed with 3 phase 600 volt power supply as well as a 40’ by 40’ storage shed. Access to city water.

Tenders close on Thursday April 30 at 4:00 P.M. Mail Tenders to “Land Tender”, Box 916, Dauphin, MB, R7N 3J5.

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

LESS FUSARIUM MORE BOTTOM LINE. GP Wheat WFT603 seed available. Suitable for ethanol production, livestock feed. Western Feed Grain Development Co-op Ltd. 1-877-250-1552 www.wfgd.ca

SANDERS SEED FARM: Certified AAC Brandon, Carberry, Domain, Glenn wheat; celebration barley & Cangerra canola varieties. (204)242-4200. Manitou, MB.

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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PUGH SEEDS: CERT CARDALE WHEAT, Souris oats, Conlon barley, Registered & Certified Sorrel flax. Phone:(204)274-2179 or Cell:(204)871-1467, Portage,MB.

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! 1-800-782-0794.

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.

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Specializing in: • Corn, wheat, sunflower, canola, soymeal, soybeans, soy oil, barley, rye, flax, oats (feed & milling) • Agents of the CWB • Licensed & bonded 5 LOCATIONS to serve you!

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Plumas, MB courtseeds@gmail.com 204-386-2354 courtseeds.ca Hit our readers where it counts… in the classifieds. Place your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifed section. 1-800-782-0794.

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For more information contact Don Campbell: 204 267-7389 don@intelseed.ca Oakville, Manitoba

200 4X4X8 SQUARE RYE grass bales, re-growth behind combine, 1200-1400-lbs, $40 each. (204)526-5225 300 BALES, OF ROUND bale alfalfa silage, 2100lbs per bale, $55.00/bale. Call (204)642-2572, Riverton. 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. 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.

CERTIFIED SEED Oilseeds

FIRST CUT ALFALFA & Alfalfa Timothy 3x3 square bales, feed test available. Phone Howard (204)483-2990, Souris.

CERTIFIED RECONSTITUTED BETHUNE FLAX; triffid free. Call:(204)792-8613 or (204)941-0403. Domain, MB.

GROW QUINOA! TOTAL PRODUCTION contracts available. Competitive returns. 20-yrs agronomic experience. www.quinoa.com or (306)933-9525.

COMMON SEED COMMON SEED Forage Seeds 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.

SEED / FEED / GRAIN SEED/ FEED/GRAIN Feed Grain LESS FUSARIUM MORE BOTTOM LINE. GP Wheat WFT603 seed available. Suitable for ethanol production, livestock feed. Western Feed Grain Development Co-op Ltd. 1-877-250-1552 www.wfgd.ca Round up the cash! Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds.

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NOW BUYING Confection and Oil Sunflowers, Brown & Yellow Flax and Red & White Millet Edible Beans Licensed & Bonded Winkler, MB.

FARMERS, RANCHERS, SEED PROCESSORS BUYING ALL FEED GRAINS Heated/Spring Threshed Lightweight/Green/Tough, Mixed Grain - Barley, Oats, Rye, Flax, Wheat, Durum, Lentils, Peas, Canola, Chickpeas, Triticale, Sunflowers, Screenings, Organics and By-Products √ ON-FARM PICKUP √ PROMPT PAYMENT √ LICENSED AND BONDED SASKATOON, LLOYDMINSTER, LETHBRIDGE, VANCOUVER, MINNEDOSA

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Celebration & Tradition *2-Row* AC Metcalfe & CDC Copeland We buy feed barley, feed wheat, MALT BARLEY BARLEY MALT oats, soybeans, corn & canola We buy feed*2-Row* barley, feed wheat, *6-Row* oats, soybeans, cornCopeland & canola AC Metcalfe & CDC & Tradition COMECelebration SEE US AT AG DAYS IN We buy feed barley, feed wheat, THE CONVENTION HALL SEE barley, US AT AG DAYS IN WeCOME buy feed feed wheat, oats, soybeans, corn & canola CONVENTION HALL BOOTH 1309& oats,THE soybeans, corn canola BOOTH 1309 COME SEE US AT AG DAYS IN COME SEE US AT AG HALL DAYS IN THE CONVENTION THE CONVENTION BOOTH 1309 HALL

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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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37 4th Ave. NE Carman, MB R0G 0J0 Ph. (204) 745-6444 Email: vscltd@mts.net

“Naturally Better!” Soybean Crushing Facility (204) 331-3696

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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

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.

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CERTIFIED AAC BRANDON & Carberry Wheat. Call (204)745-3301. Elias Seeds. Carman, Miami, MB.

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8 QUARTERS MOOSOMIN SK area, house, grain storage, cattle shelters, soil type GNH, average assessment $61,865 per quarter, consider 5 quarter 3 quarter split. (306)739-2640

P. QUINTAINE & SON LTD. 728-7549 Licence No. 1123

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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

WE BUY OATS Call us today for pricing Box 424, Emerson, MB R0A 0L0 204-373-2328 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. LARGE ROUND BALES OF wheat & oat straw; Large round bales of hay. (204)325-2416. Go public with an ad in the Co-operator classifieds.

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2013 Malt Contracts Available 2015 AOG Malt Contracts Available Box 238 Letellier, MB. R0G 1C0 BoxPhone 238 Letellier, MB. R0G 1C0 204-737-2000 Phone 204-737-2000 2014Toll-Free AOG Malt Contracts Available 1-800-258-7434 Toll-Free 1-800-258-7434 BoxMalt 238 MB. R0G 1C0 Agent: M &Letellier, J Weber-Arcola, SK. 2013 Contracts Available Agent: M & J Weber-Arcola, SK. Phone 204-737-2000 Phone 306-455-2509 Box 238 Letellier, MB. R0G 1C0 Phone 306-455-2509 Toll-Free 1-800-258-7434 Phone 204-737-2000 Agent: M & 1-800-258-7434 J Weber-Arcola, SK. Toll-Free Agent: Phone M CAREERS & J 306-455-2509 Weber-Arcola, SK. Phone 306-455-2509

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PRIME SALERS BULLS, POLLED, Red or Black, hand fed, very quiet. BW as low as 74-lbs. Ken Sweetland, Lundar: (204)762-5512. www.sweetlandsalers.com

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MCMILLEN RANCHING LTD., a large purebred livestock operation and grain farm, is seeking honest, reliable persons to join our team. Experience with livestock, operating machinery and 1A license an asset. Full time, year round positions available or part time. Competitive wages, modern equipment. Send resume by fax 306-928-2027 or email mrl@sasktel.net or call Lee 306-483-8067. Carievale, SK

CAREERS Help Wanted F/T FARM HELP WANTED on cow/calf farm, wages determined on farm experience, farm located 10-min from Lake of the Woods & 20-mi North of Minnesota border. For more info contact (807)488-5469 or send resume work details w/references to stintzifarms@gmail.com F/T POSITION WORKING on a grain & livestock hog operation. Notre Dame de Lourdes. Need a valid drivers licence, Class 1 is an asset. Experience preferred. Salary starting at $30,000-$50,000. Phone Luc:(204)248-2107 or (204)745-7306. lluc@mymts.net HELP WANTED ON GRAIN farm, located in Fisher Branch, MB. Seeking an honest, reliable individual w/experience operating farm machinery. Class 1 licence an asset. F/T or P/T positions available. Competitive wages, Modern equipment. Send resume by Fax: (204)372-6586 or contact: (204)280-0090.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 16, 2015

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 16, 2015

SEEDing & TILLAGE focus get ting r e a dy for spr ing

Bringing soybeans in from the cold A Brandon research scientist is studying the effects of cool temperatures during the Manitoba growing season By Julienne Isaacs Co-operator contributor

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Brandon research scientist is studying how cold temperatures during the growing season can put a chill on soybean production. Ramona Mohr, who works at the Agriculture and AgriF o o d C a n a d a’s B r a n d o n Research Centre, says it starts with a “chilling effect” at planting. Mohr presented preliminary results from her studies at North Star Genetics’ annual soybean grower information day on March 27 in Morris, Man. Mohr’s project, initiated last year, will look at methods for reducing the risk of cold temperature damage by evaluating cultivars for cold tolerance in growth chambers, and evaluating appropriate seeding dates and soil temperatures in field tests over two years. Her team is also studying the effects of residue management of the preceding crop on soil temperatures, a study that will continue for an additional three years. “We anticipate that these research trials will give us a better understanding of potential differences in cold tolerance among cultivars, as well as the effects of residue management, planting date, and soil temperature at a given planting date on soybean development and yield,” said Mohr. According to Mohr, damage can occur due to cold soil temperatures at seeding, and frost in the spring and fall. Questions also exist about the potential effects of cool temperatures during the growing season. The “chilling effect” at seeding, according to researchers at Iowa State University, occurs when the seed imbibes water colder than 10 C. This can cause seed vigour damage or seed death. Growing cultivars adapted to your area, and timely seeding, are important strategies to reduce the r isk of cold temperature damage. Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development recommends several strategies for mitigating cold temperature

Ramona Mohr

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damage, including planting suitable cultivars, and seeding between May 15 and 25, when soil temperatures have warmed to at least 10 C; 18 to 22 C is ideal. M o h r ’s r e s e a r c h w i l l attempt to deliver updated recommendations for growers. The team is midway into growth chamber studies that are evaluating 10 cultivars from Manitoba with crop heat unit matur ity levels rang ing from 2300 to 2400. Tests evaluate warm germination, at temperatures from 20 C to 30 C, as well as cold germination, at temperatures beginning at 10 C with a pre-chilled substrate. T h e t e s t ’s p r e l i m i n a r y results with an initial seed l o t re ve a l e d a c o r re l a t i o n between the percentage of warm germination and cold germination (respectively), and leaf area and soybean top growth after five weeks. How e v e r, Mo h r s a y s t h a t it is difficult to separate the effects of seed quality versus the cultivar on these initial results, and further research is needed. Another study examines the effects of cool conditions at flowering. “The objective was to determine if variability exists among cultivars recommended for Manitoba,” says Mohr. For this study, 10 cultivars were grown at temperatures of 25 C during the day and 20 C at night. Once flowering, the researchers dropped temperatures to 15 C during the day and 5 C at night,

Seed/grain

processing for cleaning and upgrading.

When soybeans catch a chill, the farmer gets a cold.   photo: arlene bomback

then brought temperatures up to 25 C during the day and 15 C at night. Mohr and her team evaluated the parthenocarpic pod score. “The higher the number, the greater the variety was impacted by cold temperatures,” says Mohr. “The higher the pod set score, the greater the impact by cold

temperatures.” The results? Most of the cultivars — so far — have a similar podding index. While it’s too soon to make recommendations based on the team’s research, Mohr is optimistic that the study will deliver practical results for growers hoping to mitigate

the effects of cold temperatures throughout the growing season. “Through this research, we hope to be able to identify those management practices that may help to reduce the risk of cold temperature damage in soybean in shorter-season areas like Manitoba,” says Mohr.

LOCATION: OAKVILLE MANITOBA • Removes FHB from wheat and barley • Cleans seed, all grains • Removes ergot from all grains • Sunflower cleaning

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For more information contact Don Campbell: 204 267-7389 • don@intelseed.ca • Oakville, Manitoba

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 16, 2015

New herbicides help producers mix up modes of action to fight resistance Farmers can fend off herbicide-resistant weeds and make money by changing up their weed control program By Julienne Isaacs Co-operator contributor

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ow can thinking about resistance help us economically in the short and long term?” This was a question posed by Brad Ewankiw, a project manager for FMC Canada, during a presentation on FMC’s new herbicides at North Star Genetics’ annual soybean grower information day in Morris March 27. Ewankiw pointed to preemergent residual herbicides as a key option for diversifying producers’ modes of action and diminishing the risk of resistance. “Residual herbicides help by reducing emergence and therefore reducing the selection pressure on postemergent application, and by adding different modes of action to the mix,” said Ewankiw. “Most resistance is about selection, and if you’re using one mode of action over and over again you’ll eventually have a problem.” Ewankiw emphasized that pre-emergent weed control is as important as post-emergent weed control for soybeans, and allows producers to maximize yield by keeping the crop clean early and reduce selection pressure by reducing weed emergence. Among the herbicideresistant weeds on growers’ radar is glyphosate-resistant kochia, now confirmed in all three Prairie provinces, and glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth (Palmer pigweed), which was spotted in South Dakota last year and is moving north. “Experts are saying that the next three weeds that could be a concern are wild oat, cleavers and green foxtail,” said Ewankiw. “We need to be looking south and thinking about how we can change our grower practices up here.” Ewankiw pointed to several

Glyphosate-resistant kochia has now been found in all three Prairie provinces.   photo: Ingrid kristjanson, MAfrd

“Experts are saying that the next three weeds that could be a concern are wild oat, cleavers and green foxtail.” Brad Ewankiw

project manager for FMC Canada

studies illustrating the effectiveness of early weed control, including recent North Dakota State University soybean trials that looked at the

impact of weed removal timing on yield potential. According to Ewankiw, researchers saw an average of 20 bushels per acre yield potential lost

when herbicide application was delayed to the V4 stage. FMC offers new pre-emergent residual herbicides that are “quite a bit different” than older herbicides, according to Ewankiw. They do not get tied up with crop residues or volatilize into the air. Also, they do not require soil incorporation, and can be tank mixed with any glyphosate at any rate. One product is Authority, a pre-seed/pre-emergent liquid flowable herbicide with extended residual activity that

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is effective against broadleaf weeds such as cleavers and kochia. The active ingredient is sulfentrazone, a Group 14 PPO Inhibitor. Producers have two options when deciding to use this product — Authority or Author ity Charge, which also contain the Group 14 herbicide carfentrazone. Authority Charge “heats up glyphosate on broadleaf weeds,” Ewankiw said, and provides additional activity on emerging weeds such as dandelion and narrow-leafed hawk’s beard. Another product Ewankiw highlighted is Focus, a new Group 15 herbicide with a flexible-use pattern that provides burn-off for emerging weeds and residual impacts on early-season weed pressure. “It’s the same application timing as Authority, and has lower water solubility, low soil adsorption, low crop residue affinity, and low volatility,” he said. Focus, which also contains carfentrazone, is active on both grassy and broadleaf weeds. Residual weed control herbicides should be applied prior to planting, especially if producers are using a drill that isn’t moving a lot of soil laterally, or pre-emergence. Ewankiw said the products work by creating a barrier on the soil surface. They are then taken up by the roots and shoots of germinating weeds. “ We can’t be sustainable if we’re not thinking about resistance management, but we also can’t be sustainable if we’re not making money in the short term. It’s about both,” he said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | April 16, 2015

Wheat sales remain strong across Manitoba Cereals are looking like the more profitable option for a lot of farmers By Julienne Isaacs Co-operator contributor

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anitoba seed sellers are seeing plenty of movement in spring wheat and oats, and a slight increase in soybean sales this year. Craig Riddell, the owner of Warren-based Riddell Seed Co m p a n y, s a i d p r o d u c e r s waited until later in the winter to make cropping decisions due to lower profitability outlooks and the hope that spring futures markets would provide better choices. These days, however, Riddell said producers are buying up new varieties with an eye to yield potential as well as disease resistance. “Spring wheat and oat seed orders have been fairly brisk of late with producers commenting that these crops appear to have better profitability when compared to the oilseed sector,” he said. A great harvest last fall led to high cereal seed quality for this season, Riddell said, in contrast to the extreme west of the province and into Saskatchewan. “Seed has been moving out that way in greater amounts than other years,” he said. “In contrast to the cereal seed market, soybean seed sales are largely made in the early-fall sales period as a result of more programming and discount programs geared to early purchase,” said Riddell. “Our region looks to have a slight increase in soybean acres, and in talking to other sellers soybean seed sales are being reported as flat to slightly up depending on the area.”

Strong interest

Wester n Manitoba is seeing strong interest in wheat, according to Jim Kaleta of Dauphin Plains Seeds Ltd., particularly varieties with good disease resistance, following 2008’s heavy crop losses due to fusarium. That year, many producers planted varieties with greater fusarium susceptibility, such as Domain and Harvest. Since then, farmers in the Dauphin region have continued to look for varieties with good fusarium resistance. “We’ve seen that even in the winter wheat in the last year or so,” said Kaleta. The company is tied in with Richardson Pioneer, which has a Warburton Wheat program in the area, and Kaleta has seen plenty of movement of Carberry and Plentiful, as well as non-Richardson varieties Cardale (Seed Depot) and Brandon (SeCan). Soybeans in the Dauphin region are selling as well as last year, with acreage at about last year’s numbers. “And if everybody gets everything seeded, the seeded acres will be higher. Probably about 15 to 20 per cent wasn’t seeded last year,” Kaleta said. The company is also seeing significant sales of Brett Young forage seed, especially perennial ryegrass and tall fescue. “Those crops fit in really well for the guys here with the excess moisture, so we’re seeing continued interest in forages,” said Kaleta. In southwestern Manitoba, seed sellers have seen a similar

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breakdown to last year’s sales overall.

Brisk sales

Chris Ens at Ens Quality Seed in Winkler said seed sales are moving br iskly across the board. “I can’t really say there isn’t anything not moving — if anything there’s a larger bas-

ket of products going,” he said. “Wheat is pretty much level or has increased a little, and we’re moving more flax, oats and barley, which is unusual. Soybeans if anything are down because edible bean acres are up where we are.” Ens believes in general, producers are making seed-

ing decisions earlier than they used to, with most orders placed much earlier in the year, although Allan Martin at Brandon-based Wheat City Seeds said seeding decisions were made fairly late this year. “I think a late harvest and challenging year last year mean that some decisions

leading up to Christmas were almost a month behind what would be normal,” said Martin. In southern and southeaste r n Ma n i t o b a , w h e a t a n d soybeans are selling well and barley is moving briskly to make up for last year’s poor crop in western Manitoba, according to Brian Dueck at Ste. Anne-based Seine River Seed Farm. “G e n e ra l Pu r p o s e w h e a t has always been gaining in strength and numbers, and the reason for that is the producers can get winter wheat yields and yet have the spring to decide if they want to put it in. That way they don’t need to decide in fall but they get almost the same yield and price,” said Dueck. Dueck said oats are moving slower than usual, but sales may pick up as the season progresses. “I think there are still quite a few undecided acres,” he said.

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Tips for planter and air seeder maintenance Seeder boots need good soles too — check for wear and replace if more than half an inch is burned off the bottom By Julienne Isaacs Co-operator contributor

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on the dr ill, the producer wants to make sure that the opener disc and seed boot are within spec, as they are doing the important job of opening the furrow, and placing the seed,” said Bobyk. “These items are making sure that the opener discs and boots are not excessively worn, and with no-till disc machines, making sure that the bearings are in good condition.” Bobyk said that if more than half an inch is burned off the bottom of the boot, it should be replaced. “Pull out the measuring tape: if the overall height of the boot is less than 11.3 inches, look into replacing that boot.” When producers are evaluating downforce calibration in preparation for seeding, they should ensure the seed boot runs parallel to the ground. “With too much downforce, the seed boot will be pushed

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Buying or renting occasional-use implements Could renting some equipment, instead of buying it, reduce production costs on your operation? By Scott Garvey

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or Matthew Avison of Arborg, necessity started him off in the equipment rental business. As he explains it, he needed a particular tillage implement on his farm and his only option at the time was to buy one. There was no equipment rental company in the area that could provide him with what he wanted. In 2013 Avison, who immigrated from the United Kingdom to farm, founded Interlake Rentals in Arborg. He says the business concept has caught on well, and he has had a lot of support from local farmers. “The basic saving on a farm comes down to the only control you have, which is over input costs,” he says. “We might be able to do a bit of marketing on our grain or beef, but the only true saving we have is on our input costs.” By renting implements that see only occasional use on a farm instead of buying them, Avison believes producers can bring down ov e ra l l c o s t s by re d u c i n g t h e i r machiner y investment. And the rental option can benefit both largeand small-scale producers. “That (high investment cost) was where the shortfalls were that I saw as a farmer when I wanted to break up 300 acres of hay land,” he explains. “For a small cattle farmer looking to break up hay land, it makes way more sense to rent a set of discs to do that. Even for a big grain farmer, it doesn’t make sense to go out and buy a big disc to break up 200 acres. For rental, I have both established and startup operations (as customers).” Av i s o n f o c u s e s p r i m a r i l y o n renting tillage implements. And today’s modern and sophisticated models come with a pretty high price tag. “It doesn’t pay for the little guys to go out and buy a machine that’s that expensive,” he says. “And for the big guys who want to try stuff, they get a demo at the same time. There are quite a few aspects, and they apply to both large and small guys.” Avison also thinks renting is an ideal solution for young farmers just starting out, allowing them to invest in land or cattle rather than in equipment, especially at a time when they don’t have access to much capital. “The machinery problem, that’s a big one,” he says. “If he (a young farmer) wants to buy another 300

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acres to stay at home (and farm full time), he is better off financing that than he will be financing a new cultivator, new harrows or anything else he can rent.” And when farmers patronize a local rental firm, Avison says that helps the business compete even better on per-acre rental prices. “The more farmers can support a rental business, obviously mine included, the more products we can have to offer,” he says. “A cynical person might look at that and say we’re just making you more money.

But the idea is that it is passed on. The more you use a rental, the more inventory I can carry. The more you use it, the more I can drop the rates on it saving you on costs per acre. My profitability is directly passed on to a farmer.” a“Farms seem to be getting bigger and bigger,” Avison says. “And the one thing we’re running out of is skilled personnel to run them and run the machinery.” Scott Garvey is machinery editor for Grainews. Scott.Garvey@fbcpublishing.com

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