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Manitoba Pork looks more closely at barn labour shortage Independent barn owners who conduct their own hiring will be approached BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

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anitoba Pork will take a closer look this fall at labour shortages faced by independent producers look­ing for hog barn staff. “There are producers out there who have no problems and there might be some who are overstaffed,” said Miles Beau­ din, quality assurance and la­ bour programs manager with Manitoba Pork. “But I would say the majority of people has diffi­ culty recruiting.” This survey aims to find out where the problems may be. Manitoba Pork has contracted Janice Goldsborough Consult­ ing to contact a sample of pri­ vate barn owners and pose a series of questions about hir­ ing and retention practices as well as determine their staffing needs. It’s part of an ongoing effort by the industry to bolster the do­ mestic labour pool and depend less on the temporary foreign worker program which they’ve come to rely on to fill labour gaps, Beaudin said. See LABOUR on page 6 »

Ernie Jeffries holds carrots taken from the brown box. They’re too small to grade Canada No. 1 or 2 so they have to go for cattle feed along with carrots in the beige box culled because they are too big, too small, broken or misshaped. According to Jeffries the small carrots and many of the culls are fine for human consumption.   PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

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Too many carrots go to cows instead of people, one operator says Jeffries Brothers blames Peak of the Market and worries about the future of their operation and Manitoba’s carrot industry BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff / Portage la Prairie

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anitoba’s largest car­ rot growers say the g ra d i n g p ra c t i c e s of the provincially regulated vegetable-marketing board threaten to push the family farm out of business. Ernie Jeffries, who operates Jeffries Brothers Vegetable Growers with his brother Roland and father Dave, wants permission to sell car­ rots rejected by Peak of the Market outside of the regu­ lated system. Jeffries said Peak’s unrea­

sonably high grading speci­ fications mean up to half of their crop winds up as cattle feed. “Peak’s grades (for carrots) have been tightening up,” Jeffries said during an inter­ view with his father Dave at their packing shed Aug. 13. “And as they tighten up we have to throw out more carrots.” Last year about 5,000 tonnes of food-quality carrots were picked up from Jeffries Brothers by local cattle farm­ ers, according to Dave, who served as Peak’s chairman for 20 years until he resigned in 2010. That was 50 to 60

per cent of their marketable crop from 300 acres, exclud­ ing culls, costing an estimated $500,000 in lost revenue, he added. “That is unsustainable,” Ernie said. “In the past the reason we survived is we could sell the other stuff that we are being made to throw out now. There’s nothing wrong with it… but it’s not premium (grade).” Jeffries Bros. wants to be able to sell themselves what Peak won’t. “What we’re pushing for, but not getting anywhere on, is to be able to sell anything that Peak refuses to or can’t sell,”

Ernie said. “We want to sell it because it’s the only way we’ll survive.” Dave Jeffries and his brother Albert are the original Jeffries Brothers, starting the farm 47 years ago. Albert has retired and Dave, who was inducted this year into the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame, is working towards it. There are two other commercial carrot producers in Manitoba.

Quota control All commercial Manitoba car­ rot production of one acre or more requires a production See CARROTS on page 6 »

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It’s bacon month in Canada’s bacon capital

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Batt-Latches make moving cattle easier

Manitoba Pork plans several events throughout the month Manitoba Pork release

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CROPS Making the grade

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FEATURE One hundred years at Morden Ornamental development reputation remains

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CROSSROADS Staying close to neighbours Seniors’ co-op provides the option

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ugust is Bacon Month in Manitoba and everyone agrees: bacon makes it better! Manitoba processes more bacon than anywhere else in Canada, and Manitoba Pork is once again inviting baconloving Manitobans to celebrate an entire month of living in the country’s bacon capital. Maple Leaf Foods 25,084-square-metre plant on Lagimodière is the largest bacon-processing facility in Canada, producing more than 25 million kilograms of bacon each year. That’s enough to fill more than 13 Olympic-size swimming pools! “Manitoba is the largest pigproducing and pig-exporting province in Canada, contributing over $1.7 billion annually to our economy and providing over 13,000 jobs right here at home,” says Andrew Dickson, general manager of Manitoba Pork. “We’re proud to be the bacon capital of Canada and we’re taking the opportunity to celebrate.” Manitoba Pork will be celebrating the savoury smoked snack at a variety of events throughout August, including

The Maple Leaf Foods plant on Lagimodière Blvd. in Winnipeg produces more than 25 million kilograms of bacon each year.   photo: thinkstock

at the Winnipeg BBQ and Blues Festival on August 21 and 22 at the Burton Cummings Theatre on Smith Street. Bacon Month wraps up on August 27 with a Bacon Party at Pony Corral Pier 7, 1700 Pembina Highway. On August 31, 20 lucky bacon lovers will bring home the bacon from our Bacon for a Year contest. Some interesting Manitoba bacon facts: •  A standard pig yields about 11 per cent of its weight in bacon. This means a 100-kilogram pig will yield 11 kilograms of bacon. •  Bacon is one of the oldest known preserved meats, dating back to 1500 BC.

•  Bacon is both a science and an art. The perfect strip has been determined to be 65 per cent lean and 35 per cent fat, with dark-coloured meat. •  Bacon was a centrepiece of the first meal ever eaten on the moon. •  Different smokes for different folks! Of all the different wood chips used to smoke bacon, maple is the most popular. Each year, Manitoba pork is enjoyed by people in more than 30 countries around the world! If you’re a fan, visit manitobapork.com/bacon to enter our Bacon for a Year contest and browse the site for recipes and more.

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Farmer’s oat crop donated to support ag training in Zambia Art Enns wants more people to hear about the work being done by the Manyinga Project to give young Zambians a good education while also training them to farm and garden BY LORRAINE STEVENSON

“I just wanted to encourage more people to help with this. Even if I never meet these people in this far-off land of Zambia, this is something we can put out there.”

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hen Art Enns looks back on his own life in farming, he knows how valuable it was to learn skills he needed working alongside his father. Now he’s doing what he can to help children in a far-off land who don’t have parents to teach them. Losing parents early in life in a country like Zambia, where 85 per cent of people farm, is a life’s missed opportunity and potentially a life sentence of poverty. But some are getting a second chance to learn at two schools teaching young Zambians to become successful gardeners and viable commercial farmers. When Enns, now a grain farmer near Morris, heard about the crops grown and livestock raised by several hundred youngsters in the southern African country while they attend school, he decided to pitch in and help. Enns is donating the revenue from a 35-acre oat crop this fall, expected to generate about $12,000, towards the two schools, which are known as the Manyinga Project. The cost of running the agricultural program is about $15,000 for a year. “It’s a small project by size and yet it has a really hands-on

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Red River Valley grain farmer Art Enns is impressed by the work of two small schools in Zambia to teach young people to be farmers and gardeners, so he’s decided to donate the proceeds from 35 acres of an oat crop to help support the school program.   PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON

method of trying to teach young children to farm,” said Enns, who was introduced to the pro­ ject by a group of Manitoba volunteers supporting it through fundraising efforts. “It just really caught my attention.” The two schools which are funded strictly by private donations are attended by about 430 young Zambians age six to 14 in the villages of Chinema and Samfunda. Support began for them after a Canadian doctor from Winnipeg visited the country in the 1990s and, moved by the plight of children being taught as best they could by grandparents in small “bush church” schools, returned to

Canada and began to garner support for the two schools. The agricultural component of the schools started up in earnest in the early 2000s when it became clear the students, without parents, were missing out on a key part of upbringing in Zambia, learning to farm and produce food. Land was secured at each school, beginning with just one lima each — (a lima is equivalent to .25 hectare) and brought into production in 2008, with maize as the main crop. Cowpeas have since been added to the cropping rotation and the land base has grown to 22 limas. Today the schools have been able to hire teach-

ers and assistants to serve two thriving schools in excellent school buildings with strong and increasingly empowered parent-teacher associations, thanks to ongoing donations from committed Canadians and Americans. The children also support their own schools by raising revenues from sales of crops and garden produce that they’re not consuming themselves. The creation of the ag program was a key goal of her involvement in the project, says Robynne Anderson, president of Emerging Ag Inc. who also contributes to the program to support the salary of the school’s agronomist. This is a way to break the cycle of poverty not only through conventional education, but also by including learning by doing training on farming, she said. “The schools are training on cropping, livestock rearing (goats), orchards and vegetable crops,” said Anderson. “Each of these areas of agriculture are

important locally and encourage a mixed farming approach to further nutritional outcomes when students later run their own homes and farms.” Enns said the only reason he agreed to be public about his own donation is so that more people will hear about this small project achieving big results. This is a project that’s helping people to become selfsufficient, he said. “Donations can stop in a heartbeat but if you teach people to feed themselves they become self-sufficient,” he said. “I just wanted to encourage more people to help with this. Even if I never meet these people in this far-off land of Zambia, this is something we can put out there. “Agriculture has been a great place for me. It’s been a comfortable living. I’d like to encourage others.” To learn more about the pro­ ject log on to: www.manyinga. org. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

Slow down for emergency vehicles Analysis finds one out of six vehicles passing police at 100 kmh or more Staff

Most drivers are not heeding new laws requiring motorists to slow down when passing emergency vehicles. The Manitoba government amended the Highway Traffic Act in 2014, stating that drivers on either side of an undivided highway, who pass emergency vehicles and other designated vehicles that are stopped with their beacons flashing, must proceed with caution and pass only when safe to do so. Drivers travelling on multi-lane highways are also required to move to a lane farther from emergency vehicles. All drivers must slow to the following speeds: •  40 km/h on highways with posted maximum speed limits below 80 km/h; and •  60 km/h on highways with posted maximum speed limits of above 80 km/h. In the fall of 2014 and again this spring, RCMP Traffic Services conducted two separate analysis to record the speed and volume of traffic passing by while police officers conducted staged traffic stops. While the majority of vehicles moved over or changed lanes,

over 90 per cent of motorists failed to slow down, an action punishable by a $300 fine and two demerits. Sixty per cent of vehicles that did slow down to 60 km/h or less were Commercial Vehicles (i.e. transport trucks, construction vehicles). “An amazing one out of every six vehicles drove by officers and their police vehicles at a speed of 100 km/h or more,” an RCMP release says. “Our officers know that policing is a dangerous and unpredictable job, but they should not have to worry about ordinary citizens just driving their vehicles,” said Manitoba RCMP Sgt. Bert Paquet in a release. “When you see a police or emergency vehicle with lights flashing, slow down and give them room.” RCMP would like to remind motorists that beyond being a law, this amendment is to ensure the safety of all emergency vehicles, tow trucks, roadside assistance vehicles and vehicles operated by government enforcement officers with their beacons flashing. “In reality, we’re only asking drivers to delay their travels by one minute,” Paquet noted. “The first responders you see on the roadside might be helping someone you love.”

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OFF THE ISLAND MacDon vice-president Gene Fraser knows the importance of the non-profit STARS air ambulance helicopter service to rural Manitobans. It will also be important to him on September 15, when he needs to get off an island where he’ll be dropped on Lake Winnipeg. But STARS won’t pick him up without your help. Gene is competing with six others in STARS’ 2015 Rescue on the Island fundraising event. They’re equipped only with a cell phone to call you for your pledges. Funding helps STARS continue providing specialized care and transport to critically ill and injured patients in rural Manitoba. Help Gene to reach his $50,000 goal — and to get off the island — by visiting

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Beauty and the farm

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he shifting sands in agricultural research were apparent last week as the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Morden Research Centre celebrated 100 years of innovation. Anyone who has visited the pictureperfect grounds on the east side of town is familiar with its reputation as one of the most beautiful in AAFC’s network. Not only has it played a significant role Laura Rance in the evolution of Prairie agriculture, Editor it’s served as the backdrop for many a couple’s foray into married life. While the role of AAFC research these days, including the work carried out at Morden, is largely focused on capturing more wealth through export commodities, this station perhaps more than any other enriched Prairie life in fundamental ways that cannot be overlooked. By many accounts, early settlers to the Prairies were greeted by a harsh and unforgiving landscape. While the natural vegetation was well adapted to the region’s climate and was no doubt beautiful in its own right, it offered no sense of home to people who had left all that was familiar to carve out a new life in a new land. Survival was the first order of business. Finding shelter and fuel and growing enough food to keep the family and livestock fed through the winter was a major challenge. The Dominion of Canada set up a network of experimental farms to help identify which crop varieties and livestock breeds could perform well here. In March of 1915, the federal government purchased a patch of land at Morden to carry out work in general agriculture. In its early years, the Morden research station operated the farm as a test and demonstration site, making seed of superior crop varieties and livestock available to farmers — including breeding herds of Percheron horses, Ayrshire cattle, Hampshire sheep and Barred Rock chickens. But it soon became clear that making people feel at home required more than the bare essentials and economic opportunities. Morden became the main centre in the West for testing and developing Prairie-hardy vegetables, fruit trees and ornamental shrubs. Between 1929 and 1936, the farm introduced 94 new varieties to Prairie horticulture, of which 77 were fruit bearing. It also released varieties of cabbage, cucumbers, sweet corn, tomatoes, eggplant, garden peas and sweet peppers. What distinguishes these “crops” from the export crops that are the mainstay on most Prairie farms is that they are meant to be consumed and enjoyed at home or nearby. Their purpose was, and is, to make life here more palatable and esthetic. And they made a huge difference, contributing to the quality of life in ways that defy economic measures. They made the Prairies a nice place to live. Winkler Mayor Martin Harder summed it up well. “The beauty developed throughout this region and throughout Canada because of research at this facility is phenomenal.” There was an economic impact too. The work of this station gave rise to a vibrant nursery and landscaping industry. But those publicly funded ornamental and fruit programs have ended in Morden, and the genetics have been transferred to the private sector. The research there has turned to more utilitarian purposes, such as supporting the pulse, oilseed, soybean and corn industries in Manitoba. These are important crops for helping farmers diversify their rotations and add value to their farming operations. And no doubt the decision to focus on food crops versus plants that make people’s yards look pretty, was done in the context of making the best use of limited resources. But one can’t help but wonder how the lack of continued research into landscape horticulture will affect future generations. Wilbert Ronald, a former ornamental breeder at the station, and one of the few dignitaries at last week’s reception who could speak to the media during a federal election, believes it will. Companies now go to other parts of the world and select plants to try under local Prairie conditions and some of those ornamentals make superb additions. But for trees, it’s not so easy because they can’t be covered or otherwise sheltered from winter. “Every tree that grows here is above the snow line — it gets the full brunt of the winter, the frost and they are the most unforgiving. “There are major problems that only agriculture science can deal with such as new diseases and new pests,” Ronald said. While the private sector has stepped up, he said there is only so much it can do. “We miss it. We wish it was here and the nursery trades wish there was some real strong Prairie research. There isn’t,” Ronald said, noting the horticultural research commitment of universities has declined too. “It’s an ebb and flow. I hope the ebb will come back,” he said. We couldn’t agree more. laura@fbcpublishing.com

Questions on Canada’s future agri-food strategy The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) has begun a process to discuss the future of the country’s agri-food system. It’s inviting comments on three questions to be discussed at a conference in Ottawa in November. The questions are: 1.  Should Canada aim to become the most trusted food system in the world? 2.  Can we produce all our food in a way that enhances water quality and removes carbon? 3.  Will Canada’s food future be largely determined by outside food supply chains? Below is an excerpt of CAPI’s summary of the process. For more information, visit www. canadianagrifoodforum.ca.

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n the 21st century, the possibilities for Canada’s agri-food sector are increasingly clear, and could be much more significant than anyone imagined. It is all about food and the benefits we can accrue. We have what consumers and supply chains want most: supply reliability, and safe, nutritious and responsibly produced food. But we face a choice between staying in our current position or reshaping the sector. This choice could be game changing. We can continue along the same course, which has historically contributed to Canada’s prosperity. Some might be satisfied with this. Or we could set our sights on a bigger prize: becoming the world’s most trusted food system. We believe the second option is the surest route to differentiate ourselves from competitors in both our export markets and from

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imports at home. This view is driven by two emerging realities. First is the current state of our competitiveness and where we will expand in the future. Commodities will continue to be at the whim of global price swings. Our primary processed food sector is a robust global supplier but only in a handful of segments (particularly canola oil). On the other hand, our secondary pro­ cessed food sector — Canada’s largest manufacturing segment — continues to face rising trade deficits. The local food movement is growing but new trade agreements may result in more imports and, as a northern country, we depend on food imports. Business as usual may provide incremental growth or it may be insufficient to meet our growth expectations. Second is an impending transition facing global agriculture, one in which only those who join the effort to deal with global environmental challenges will succeed. Canada could play a distinctively positive role here. Many other countries will have no choice but to cap or curtail some unsustainable agricultural practices. Canada has the capacity to produce more while still removing carbon from the atmosphere, improving water quality and enhancing the well-being of its people. We have to decide how to use this opportunity. These trends mean that earning and keeping a reputation as the “most trusted” food producer cannot be merely a brand slogan. Granted, Canada benefits from a reputation for clean water, blue skies and vast spaces. But “trust” is what consumers and supply chains are really buying into. Trust will dictate the standard for food quality in the future — and we need to declare our place on this measurement.

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ith a ‘Cat’ diesel tractor, all you need are the ground-working tools to match your farming conditions. So why spend money on chassis, wheels and mainframe for each implement?” said this ad in our Aug. 19, 1954 issue. The front page reported that Canada has the second-largest wheat carry-over on record, but if any of those supplies were Selkirk wheat, they wouldn’t be exported. The wheat board had banned all exports of the rust-resistant variety to ensure seed supplies for the following year — rust was later estimated to have reduced the 1954 crop by 200 million bushels. We reported that provincial Agriculture Minister R.D. Robertson had officially opened auction selling at Union Stockyards in St. Boniface, himself auctioning two feeders at 25-1/2 cents per pound. In his opening remarks, Robertson said the auction system should “settle the widespread opinion of the man on the farm that he was not receiving all that he could get for his cattle.” Canada and the U.S. had agreed on the location for the St. Lawrence Seaway, allowing work to start on the projects. And at the Canadian National Exhibition, Roy Rogers and his horse Trigger appeared in two forms — one in person, and another modelled life-size in butter. Perhaps not surprisingly, the adjoining story was that Canadian butter production was higher in July.

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

A judge’s view of ‘ag gag’ laws in the United States A U.S. judge has ruled that food production is not a private matter and laws protecting farm operators from undercover scrutiny are against the public interest The following contains excerpts from a recent Federal Court ruling in Idaho striking down felony law 18-7042 in that state, a statute commonly known as the “ag gag” law. It imposes fines, up to a year jail time and a requirement to pay restitution to affected farm operators if undercover journalists or animal rights sympathizers publicize animal welfare abuses on farms. Proponents of the bill likened the aforementioned to “terrorists” as the legislation was pushed into law.

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he law was crafted and passed in 2014 after an undercover exposé of workers on a dairy farm dragging a cow using a chain around her neck and repeatedly abusing other cows. The video at the root of this legislation can be seen here: http://www.burgerkingcruelty.com. The workers involved were sanctioned. But state legislators said the property, privacy and reputation of food producers must be protected. Six other U.S. states have passed similar laws. Judge Lynn Winmill found the ag gag law violates the constitutional right to free speech. He also found that singling out animal industry for protection from public scrutiny is not in the public interest. The 29-page ruling can be read h e r e : h t t p s : / / a p p. b o x . c o m / s / liwt3b4hvb4nn5jzbc258br4khlzvq32<.

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COOL reflects a basic right The right to know where my food comes from is, for me, a basic human right. For this reason alone I have never understood the purpose of going to court over the implementation of COOL (country-of-origin labelling). There is an interaction between knowing where one’s food comes from, and its consumption, that can be a very powerful experience. This is a very important thing, for this interaction is the underpinnings of a healthy society. Wayne James Beausejour, Man.

Law 18-7042 seeks to limit and punish those who speak out on topics relating to the agricultural industry, striking at the heart of important First Amendment values. The effect of the statute will be to suppress speech by undercover investigators and whistleblowers concerning topics of great public importance: the safety of the public food supply, the safety of agricultural workers, the treatment and health of farm animals, and the impact of business activities on the environment. Indeed, private party media investigations, such as investigative features on “60 Minutes,” are a common form of politically salient speech. A review of Idaho media reports in recent years reveals a range of undercover investigations from life on the streets, to wolf-hunting contests, to family-planning services, to publicschool safety. Such investigations into private matters, both by government and private actors, are recognized and embraced as important political speech in Idaho. The story of Upton Sinclair provides a clear illustration of how the First Amendment is implicated by the statute. Sinclair, in order to gather material for his novel, The Jungle, misrepresented his identity so he could get a job at a meat-packing plant in Chicago. Sinclair’s novel, a devastating exposé of the meat-packing industry that revealed the intolerable labour conditions and unsanitary working

conditions in the Chicago stockyards in the early 20th century, “sparked an uproar” and led to the passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act, as well as the Pure Food and Drug Act. Today, however, Upton Sinclair’s conduct would expose him to criminal prosecution under 18-7042. The state responds that 18-7042 is not designed to suppress speech critical of certain agricultural operations, but instead is intended to protect private property and the privacy of agricultural facility owners. But, as the story of Upton Sinclair illustrates, an agricultural facility’s operations that affect food and worker safety are not exclusively a private matter. Food and worker safety are matters of public concern. Moreover, laws against trespass, fraud, theft, and defamation already exist. These types of laws serve the property and privacy interests the state professes to protect through the passage of 18-7042, but without infringing on free speech rights. … The state argues that agricultural production facilities deserve more protection because agriculture plays such a central role in Idaho’s economy and culture and because animal production facilities are more often targets of undercover investigations. The state’s logic is perverse — in essence the state says that (1) powerful industries deserve more government protection than smaller industries, and (2) the more attention and criticism an industry draws, the more the government should protect that

industry from negative publicity or other harms. Protecting the private interests of a powerful industry, which produces the public’s food supply, against public scrutiny is not a legitimate government interest. … the central problem with 18-7042 is that it distinguishes between different types of speech, or conduct facilitating speech, based on content. As already discussed in the context of the First Amendment claim, an employee can make an unauthorized recording of an agricultural facility owner’s children visiting the facility without running afoul of 18-7042, but the same employee could not make an unauthorized recording of workers abusing animals. Likewise, an undercover journalist who misrepresents his identity to secure a job at an agricultural production facility so he can publish a laudatory piece about the facility would not violate the statute. But an undercover journalist who misrepresents his identity to secure a job at the same facility seeking to expose illegal, inhumane, or unsafe behaviour would violate the statute. The operative distinction is the message the employee or undercover journalist wishes to convey. … the state completely ignores that food production is not a private matter. As already discussed, animal agriculture is a heavily regulated industry and food production and safety are matters of the utmost public concern.

How we deal with flooding – cause and effect The focus must shift from flood mitigation to prevention BY ROLAND ELLIOTT

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t is time to seriously address the human cause of flooding, and stop pumping hundreds of millions or billions into dealing with the effect. While there is no question that a major snowpack in winter or a heavy rain causes flooding, human activities have, and will continue to have, a big effect on flooding. We cannot continue to encroach on normal wetlands and flood plains, expecting to be bailed out by building a diversion channel, dike or dam to correct the problem. How we “treat the land” needs to change to “how we can understand and work with the land.” •  Draining wetlands increases the downstream water flow. To landowners who understand this effect and preserve their wetlands, we need to start paying them on a per-acre basis for retention of wetlands. •  Wooded areas also have waterholding capacity and slow down run-off from the snowmelt and rainfall. Again, these conservation-minded landowners should be paid to preserve wooded areas.

We cannot continue to encroach on normal wetlands and flood plains, expecting to be bailed out by building a diversion channel, dike or dam to correct the problem.

•  Pastures and cultivated land with increased carbon sequestering have a large increased water retention capacity. Paying yearly for such increased water-holding capacity would encourage improved farming practices. We build houses, large buildings and highways turning grasslands, forests and wetlands into crop production, and are not prepared to accept responsibility for the effect we cause on the habitat and people downstream. We need to start storing water where it falls, which can be accomplished by infiltration and reten-

tion. This can be facilitated by paying Manitoba resident landowners who are concerned about the health of the land a yearly sum of money that would be equivalent to renting that land in crop production, dependent on usage and quality of soil. Sloughs, wetlands and wooded areas that can retain a set level of infiltration or storage capacity of half an acre or more should be eligible. There are other benefits to this proposal. An important one is saving biodiversity. We realize the correlation between a healthy biosphere and human health. Also, payments to reduce water run-off can be integrated with future carbon credit programs. Finally, waterretaining areas will become a valuable asset in times of drought. Now is the time to start implementing a program of preservation and flood protection and not wait for Saskatchewan or North Dakota to join. Let’s show the way by taking small, positive steps for future generations. Roland Elliott writes on behalf of an informal water management discussion group called Assiniboine Basin Land And Water Watch 2014. He is based in Brandon.

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quota and the crop must be marketed through Peak of the Market. According to the Jeffries, last year Peak required all carrots meet a premium grade — a higher standard than the traditional Canada No. 1 and Canada No. 2 established by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). According to the Jeffries, Peak refused to sell what they believe should have graded No. 1 or 2, leaving farmers no choice but to give it away as cattle feed. They were also prevented from marketing small carrots that, because of their size, would not make Canada No. 1 or 2 grade, but were still food quality, Ernie said. Not only is their own farm at risk, but the entire Manitoba carrot industry, he said. Small carrots could be sold to roadside operators or farmers’ markets, he noted. Jeffries Brothers also wants to process some of their carrots and is applying for an exemption from Peak to do so.

Rejected loads Growers are fined $100 for each rejected load. After Peak rejected 10 pallets of carrots, a CFIA inspector came to the farm and graded them Canada No. 2, but Peak still refused to take them, Dave Jeffries said. “Nobody (at Peak), as far as I’m aware, has had any training through CFIA, to grade to the CFIA standards,” he added. Peak president and chief executive officer Larry McIntosh says Jeffries Brothers’ claim that all carrots had to meet a premium grade last year is “absolutely false.” Peak had one customer requiring a premium grade, but delivery to that market was optional, McIntosh said in a telephone interview Aug. 14. Ernie Jeffries says the premium grade was only made optional after his company complained about it. McIntosh said if carrots are rejected, it’s because they failed to meet the CFIA requirement that carrots sold in stores or to food services must grade Canada No. 1 or 2. The Canada No. 1 and 2 grades are set by CFIA and haven’t changed substantially in 20 years, McIntosh said.

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Overreliance on that pool of labour makes their business vulnerable to any rule or regulatory changes the government might introduce, he said. If it ever became more difficult to hire these foreign workers, producers would be in trouble. “If you can’t find people, you can’t raise pigs,” he said.

Promoting the industry Fo r t h e l a s t t h r e e y e a r s Manitoba Pork has undertaken several initiatives to promote jobs in the pork industry, including producing videos showing what it’s like to work in a hog barn. They’ve also talked to those farmers who’ve successfully kept longterm employees to learn more about best employee management practices. The aim is to stop the staffing turnover while helping farmers find long-

The carrots on the left are from Jeffries Brothers in Manitoba and the ones on the right are from California. According to Ernie Jeffries imported carrots are not held to the same grading standards as Manitoba carrots.   PHOTOs: ALLAN DAWSON

“Last year I can tell you when Jeffries Brothers complained we were too hard on one of their loads here and we called a Canadian Food Inspection Agency inspector in… he inspected them independently and they failed Canada No. 1,” he said. “Peak doesn’t set the standards (CFIA does),” he said. How e v e r, E r n i e Je f f r i e s said when Peak runs short of Manitoba carrots it imports them and often they don’t appear to grade No. 1 because of irregular sizes and breakage. Peak doesn’t sell small carrots to roadside stand operators and farmers’ markets so as not to harm small carrot growers, McIntosh said. Such sales could also undermine Peak’s sales to supermarkets, he said. “Having said that, Jeffries Brothers, or any grower, could make a request to the (Peak) board (made up of nine farmerelected vegetable growers) to entertain small carrots being exempted or being sold. But that request has never come forward,” McIntosh said. Dave Jeffries said he met with the board, but felt he couldn’t fully make his case because some Peak staff were present and he claims they are part of the problem.

term employees who will stick around. “What we’re trying to do is find people who have a high probability of staying in our industry,” he said. The survey will pose about 10 questions to a sample of independent operators to gauge their labour needs and learn more about what they do to hire and retain staff, including what salaries are offered. The information farmers provide will help Manitoba Pork come up with ideas and programs to help improve domestic labour recruitment. They also hope to share best practices so more producers can keep long-term employees. “If producers have a high turnover rate, we’d provide a program to help with retention best practices,” he said. “For farms that may not have high turnover, but may have gaps in motivation or educa-

“In the past the reason we survived is we could sell the other stuff that we are being made to throw out now. There’s nothing wrong with it… but it’s not premium (grade).” Ernie Jeffries

Besides the financial hit from feeding human-quality food to cows there’s a moral issue, Dave said. “It’s a crime against humanity, in my mind, to throw that food away,” he said. Ugly fruits and vegetables, w h i c h a re m i s s h a p e n b u t still fine to eat, are becoming popular in some supermarkets. But McIntosh said it’s not working out for farmers because ugly produce sells for less and it’s reducing sales of higher-priced, nicer-looking produce. allan@fbcpublishing.com

Presumably some Portage la Prairie-area cows see well in the dark given all the carrots they eat. Most days Jeffries Brothers Vegetable Growers sends a truck of carrots, some of which are food quality, to local cows. It wants Peak of the Market to change its policy so more carrots go to people instead of animals.

“There are producers out there who have no problems and there might be some who are overstaffed. But I would say the majority of people has difficulty recruiting.” Miles Beaudin Manitoba Pork

tion, we could provide or let them know of education programs out there, or possibly create some.” All information provided to the surveyor will be kept confidential but Manitoba Pork will provide individual feedback to those surveyed. The goal is to try to find ways

For the last three years Manitoba Pork has undertaken several initiatives to promote jobs in the pork industry, including producing videos showing what it’s like to work in a hog barn.   Photo: Manitoba Pork

to expand the potential local labour pool so farmers can find the employees needed to adequately staff their barns, Beau­ din said. “We want a workforce that’s well trained and productive and

happy to work on a farm long term and see it as a career,” he said. “We need people to come into the industry and stay for the long term. That’s our goal.” lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Cuba on edge as drought worsens Around 50 per cent of the water pumped from its reservoirs is lost to leaks BY MARC FRANK Havana/ Reuters

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uba put its civil defence system on alert on Aug. 17 due to a year-long drought that is forecast to worsen in the coming months and has already damaged agriculture and left more than a million people relying on trucked-in water. From Cuba’s famous cigars to sugar, vegetables, rice, coffee and beans, the drought is damaging crops. It has slowed planting and left one in 10 residents waiting for government tank trucks to survive in record summer heat. The country’s civil defence system said the drought, record heat and water leakage have led to “low levels of available water for the population, agriculture, industry and services.” The government has not provided a national breakdown of drought damage but it said that emergency measures were being taken at all levels, including stricter rationing of water through the state-run waterworks. Cuba loses around 50 per cent of the water pumped from its reservoirs due to leaks. There is little irrigation of farmland and the systems that exist are outdated and inefficient. Dro u g h t c o n d i t i o n s caused by El Niño across the Caribbean have left reservoirs at 37 per cent of capacity. Cuban authorities appear increasingly alarmed by the situation, which could lead to wider rationing in major cities and hard choices on where water should be allocated with winter planting, the tourism season and sugar milling all beginning in November. “The drought is everyone’s problem and so every state entity has to... create a plan immediately,” Chapman Waught, who heads Cuba’s waterworks, said last week as she toured the country.

Ninth annual Great Manitoba Food Fight seeking 2015 competitors Applications now being accepted until September 7 By Lorraine Stevenson Co-operator staff

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his year’s annual Great Manitoba Food Fight will be held October 14 at the cooking studio of DeLuca’s Specialty Foods Store in Winnipeg. Last year the venue for the food entrepreneur competition was moved from Brandon to Winnipeg. This is the first year the competition has been held in autumn instead of early spring. “We hope it will be better for our clients,” said Shauna McKinnon, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD) business development specialist. “Many are farmers’ market vendors trying to move beyond the farmers’ market and commercialize their product and we just thought fall will be a better time because markets will be wrapped up.”

Ten Manitobans with a new food or beverage product ready to showcase each year are chosen for the competition after submitting applications pitching their product and business idea. The deadline to apply this year is Sept. 7. This is the ninth annual Great Manitoba Food Fight, which had its origins as part of the provincial Rural Forum and Capturing Opportunities events held at the Keystone Centre in Brandon. “We have many talented entrepreneurs in Manitoba who are anxious to bring innovative, delicious products to market,” said MAFRD Minister Ron Kostyshyn in a news release. “The Great Manitoba Food Fight is a fun, effective way to single out the best culinar y creations that are ready to move forward with commercialization.” The Great Manitoba Food

“Many are farmers’ market vendors trying to move beyond the farmers’ market and commercialize their product.” Shauna McKinnon MAFRD

Fight (GMFF) is sponsored by the Manitoba government and the Manitoba Food Processors Association (MFPA). The event provides food entrepreneurs with an opportunity to fast track their products to commercialization by competing for product development and service awards. A panel of judges will award three prize packages,

with cash and services valued at $3,700, $7,000 and $11,200. “Seeing the product and the market opportunity through the eyes of the judging panel can be a very rewarding experience. It can uncover issues and sales options that the entrepreneur hadn’t considered before,” said MFPA executive director Dave Shambrock. In recent years, winning products have included Walleye Wonders, Boreal Berry Bar, the Great Gorp Bar, Maple Mead, Ap p l e B re a k f a s t Sa u s a g e, Rawdical Chocolate Hemp Cookies and Imperial Cookies. Since the competition began in 2007, more than 100 entrepreneurs have taken part in the event. The application form, rules and eligibility requirements are available at www.gmff.ca or by calling 204-841-4084. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Electric fences could be an easier way to keep deer out of gardens However, to be effective the deer need to learn early why they don’t want to touch that ribbon BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff / Carman, Man.

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eer. Sure they’re magnificent in the wild with their big dewy eyes, licorice noses and flashing white tails effortlessly clearing fences as if bouncing off hidden trampolines. Bu t w h e n t h e y c h ow d ow n o n your garden, benevolence turns to malevolence. Where deer are plentiful protecting produce can be a big job for rural and urban gardeners alike. Putting up and tearing down seven foot or higher page wire fences is a lot of work. That’s why the two-strand ribbon electric fence at the University of Manitoba’s Ia n N . Mo r r i s o n Re s e a rc h Fa r m caught my eye during the recent Crop Diagnostic School. With one ribbon about four to five feet off the ground and another about a foot up it appeared deer could walk in between or jump over.

But Yvonne Lawley, an assistant professor of agronomy and cropping systems, says the fence is working — so far. This is just the second year she and her crew have used it. “Last year we had a good year with minimal deer damage once the fence was up,” Lawley said in an email. “We are not expecting this fencing strategy to work forever as deer learn and adapt. I expect it also depends on how desperate the deer are for the food inside.” But this fence story has a twist that may delay a deer’s development of resistance. The top ribbon is baited with peanut butter, Eric Wallace, a technician working with Lawley said in an email. When deer nibble the peanut butter they get the shock of their lives. “Hopefully, this encounter provides enough of a deterrent for them to look elsewhere for food,” Wallace wrote. “The fence is designed to provide a psychological barrier to the deer, not a physical one.”

“Hopefully, this encounter provides enough of a deterrent for them to look elsewhere for food.” Eric Wallace

Electric fences have been used to keep animals in for years, so if designed correctly, they should be able to keep animals out. B u s b y, A l t a . r a n c h e r S t e v e n Kenyon uses the same principle to discourage predators from dining on newborn calves. But instead of peanut butter Kenyon wraps bacon on his electric fence. He recently wrote about it in Canadian Cattlemen ( h t t p : / / w w w. c a n a d i a n c a t t l e m e n . ca/2015/07/10/mentorship-and-

pasture-tips-and-tricks/?utm_ source=FBC+Publications&utm_ campaign=ae4c6efff3-Canadian+C attlemen+daily+enews+Jul+14%2C +2015&utm_medium=email&utm_ t e r m = 0 _ 2 d a 8 2 4 4 6 7 7 ae4c6efff3-88064137). Placing bacon every 100 yards or so on the electric wire, Kenton calls it his guardian pig. He runs seven kilovolts through the wire. “This trains them (predators) to stay away,” he wrote. “If we just remove the predator, this opens up a vacancy allowing new predators to arrive, thus only addressing a symptom that will return. The guardian pig addresses a problem by training existing predators, which keeps other predators out of the area. Problem solved.” The electric fence is part of an integrated strategy, Lawley wrote.

WHAT’S UP Please forward your agricultural events to dave@fbcpublishing. com or call 204-944-5762. Aug. 21-23: Morden Corn and Apple Festival. Call 204-823-2676 or visit cornandapple.com.

Aug. 22-23: McCreary Fair. For info call 204-835-2022 or email fletauct@mts.net. Aug. 28-30: Matlock Festival of Music, Art and Nature, Ash Avenue, Matlock. Visit www.matlockfestival. ca. Sept. 11-13: Double B Agricultural Festival, Beausejour. For info call 204-205-0723 or email doublebrodeo@highspeedcrow.ca.

Sept. 12: Mather Fall Festival. For info visit www.cartwrightroblin.ca or email Tricia at deadrock@inethome. ca.

Sept. 18-20: Harvest Moon Festival, Clearwater. Visit www. harvestmoonsociety.org/festival/.

Sept. 26: Opasquia Fall Fair and Culture Days, The Pas. Call 204-6236771 or email opasquiaagsociety@ outlook.com.

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Sept. 26: Pumpkinfest, Teulon. Call 204-467-9064 or visit www. teulonfarmersmarket.com/ pumpkinfest.html.

Oct. 3: Roland Pumpkin Fair. For info call 204-343-2314 or email artccam@gmail.com. Oct. 15: Red River Exhibition/ Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame Harvest Gala, Victoria Inn, 1808 Wellington Ave., Winnipeg. For more info or tickets call Judy at 204-8886990 or email foundation@redriverex.com. Oct. 29: Keystone Agricultural Producers fall general council meeting, PCU Centre, 245 Royal Rd. S., Portage la Prairie. For more info call 204-697-1140.

Oct. 29-31: Manitoba AgEx, Westoba Agricultural Centre of Excellence, Keystone Centre, 117518th St., Brandon. For info visit manitobaagex.com. Oct. 29-31: Manitoba Ag Ex, Keystone Centre, Brandon. For more info call 204-726-3590 or visit manitobaagex.com.

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“We also try to solid seed our crops so that there are no alleys within the experiment,” she wrote. “We also seed a large amount of buffer around the experiment. That may be different than a garden setting. “There are other animals that try to eat our crops — especially the soybeans — like rabbits and then birds for the corn. The electric fence doesn’t do much for birds and rabbits.” L a w l e y ’s c r e w g o t t h e idea for the electric fence f r o m re s e a rc h e r s i n Ne w Jersey (http://snyder far m. rutgers.edu/pdfs/fs888. pdf?pid=FS888). T h e In t e r n e t Ce n t e r f o r Wildlife Damage Management (http://icwdm.org/handbook/ mammals/deer.asp) also has information on using electric fences to keep wild animals out of gardens. The same equipment used to keep cattle and sheep confined to their pastures can be used to keep deer out. allan@fbcpublishing.com

Over-theborder canola crusher gets new owner Agri-processing giant CHS has bought Minnesota’s Northstar Agri Industries plant Staff

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major canola crush plant facing an uncertain future just south of the Manitoba/ Minnesota border has a new owner in one of the country’s top agribusinesses. U.S. farmer co-op CHS Inc. said July 31 it has sealed its deal to buy Northstar Agri Industries at Hallock, Minn., about 40 km southeast of Emerson. The Northstar plant, which has capacity to pro­ cess over 360,000 tonnes of canola per year into canola oil and meal, had been majority owned by Califor nia-based Pico Hold­ings. As per their deal announced earlier in July, CHS will pay $127 million for the Northstar operation, minus an “estimated target working capital adjustment” and repayment of about $75 million in debt connected to the Northstar assets, for estimated net gain to Pico of about $30 million (all figures US$). The deal “expands our oilseed-processing platform to include canola in addition to soybeans, adds to CHS presence in Canada (and) expands CHS oil product offerings to global food companies,” Tom Malecha, CHS’s vice-president for processing and food ingredients, said July 31 in a release. Owning Northstar, he said, also links growers buying canola seed from CHS-owned retail outlets into an “integrated supply chain.” “The new ownership structure adds security and many value-added opportunities for canola growers in our region,” Northstar president Neil Juhnke said in the same release. The Hallock plant will be rebranded as CHS and its 57 employees will become CHS staff, the co-op said. Set up in 2012, Northstar was billed as Minnesota’s first canola-processing plant with an integrated refinery. The sale to St. Paulbased CHS follows Pico’s announcement in March that it would review its options for monetizing its investment in the Northstar business. “We believe we have created significant value at Northstar,” Pico CEO John Hart said at the time, but the company also found Northstar “may have a higher valuation in the hands of a strategic buyer than as part of a diversified holding company.”

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS

(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.) —

Heifers

Alberta South — — 134.00 - 148.00 120.00 - 136.00 — $ 238.00 - 257.00 253.00 - 268.00 270.00 - 285.00 290.00 - 315.00 300.00 - 351.00 325.00 - 356.00 $ 200.00 - 243.00 237.00 - 254.00 250.00 - 270.00 273.00 - 291.00 290.00 - 317.00 310.00 - 335.00

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

Futures (August 14, 2015) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change August 2015 148.85 -0.88 October 2015 147.85 -1.00 December 2015 149.48 -0.75 February 2016 148.65 -1.22 April 2016 147.58 -0.55 June 2016 140.05 -1.00

Feeder Cattle August 2015 September 2015 October 2015 November 2015 January 2016 March 2016

Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

August 14, 2015

CNSC

Close 214.03 210.33 208.33 206.20 199.85 196.78

Change -0.95 -1.15 0.78 -0.93 -2.08 -2.15

Week Ending August 8, 2015 799 24,027 12,228 656 934 5,831 222

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 469 21,056 17,714 859 1,011 5,234 199

Hog Prices (Friday to Thursday) ($/100 kg)

Source: Manitoba Agriculture

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

Current Week 193 E 178 E 185.82 190.12

Futures (August 14, 2015) in U.S. Hogs August 2015 October 2015 December 2015 February 2016 April 2016

Last Week 193.33 179.31 187.37 189.90

“I think there is likely going to be a huge U.S. demand on the calves this fall.”

DAVE SIMS

Cattle Grades (Canada) Previous Year­ 50,254 12,287 37,967 N/A 573,000

Healthy pastures spell slim pickings at markets Strong demand may come from Ontario buyers this fall

Ontario $ 178.92 - 195.94 183.00 - 192.83 96.71 - 129.55 96.71 - 129.55 143.32 - 168.91 $ 228.60 - 259.58 229.26 - 265.93 242.42 - 297.36 255.55 - 330.01 259.11 - 360.56 303.86 - 371.93 $ 207.28 - 228.11 220.80 - 243.39 236.87 - 270.02 242.93 - 303.41 251.35 - 317.35 270.71 - 326.04

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

Week Ending August 8, 2015 45,104 9,535 35,569 N/A 535,000

$1 Cdn: $0.7646 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.3078 Cdn.

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Cattle Prices

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

EXCHANGES: August 14 2015

Last Year (Index 100) 246.07 226.09 231.57 240.48

Close 78.63 65.05 61.23 65.60 70.18

Change 0.55 0.60 0.52 -1.00 -1.25

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he relative weakness of the Canadian dollar appears to be keeping U.S. buyers interested in Manitoba cattle. Keith Cleaver of Heartland Livestock at Brandon auctioned off 128 animals during the week ended Aug. 14. While the volumes may have been down, he said prices held firm. “The sale was strong all the way through — cows, bulls, feeder cattle, everything stayed very strong,” he said. A lot of the feeder cattle seem to be staying local, he said, while cows and slaughter cattle are heading south to the U.S. — “maybe 50 or 60 per cent going south and with the rest staying.” Cleaver said he expects U.S. demand for Manitoba cattle to remain strong moving forward. In the U.S., a report stated wholesale beef prices had climbed the week ended August 14, raising the notion that U.S. operators were starting to bid higher for cash cattle. Feeder cattle for August also ended 0.225 per cent higher at US$2.141 (C$2.799) per pound. August live cattle futures closed 0.2 per cent higher at US$1.49 (C$1.948) a pound at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as recently as Aug. 13. “I think there is likely going to be a huge U.S. demand on the calves this fall,” said Cleaver. While the Heartland markets in Brandon and Virden continue to hold regular sales each week, Cleaver said he thinks activity will remain on the slow side until August is over. Ste. Rose Auction Mart, for example, recently cancelled its Aug. 20 sale due to “above-average growing conditions,” and will instead reopen Aug. 27. “I think (market activity is) going to be relatively slow through until the middle of September, likely, as the pastures are holding in there so far,” Cleaver said. That could change if extreme heat rolls through the province during the last weeks of August, he said. “That would burn off the pasture quick.” However, even when things do pick up, he said he doesn’t expect to see a lot of yearlings.

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Auction Mart Sales Schedule Ashern

Closed for summer

Brandon Gladstone

Tuesdays Reopens Aug. 18

Grunthal

Tuesdays

Killarney

Reopens Aug. 31

Ste. Rose

Reopens Aug. 27

Virden

Wednesdays

Winnipeg

Fridays

“Some guys didn’t put yearlings out; they thought they would be too pricey in the spring to buy, while some got forward-contracted early,” he said. Another potential bright spot in the upcoming season lies to the east. Cleaver said he expects good demand from Ontario, which could help some farmers on freight issues. “We’re always a nickel to eight cents more behind on the calf market compared to Alberta. A lot of that is freight related” to the U.S., he said. A fair number of Manitoba operators may be tempted to ship to Ontario this fall, he added. “So the freight issue may offset itself, as we’re a lot closer to Ontario than Alberta.” Feed supplies are holding their own right now, he said, but could be better in certain areas. “I think it’s a little bit tight in some areas; a lot of greenfeed is being put up, some of the hay got sold out west,” he said. With the weather turning warm, Cleaver said the second cut of hay could be better than the first cut. Dave Sims writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

Other Market Prices briefs

Sheep and Lambs $/cwt Ewes Lambs

Winnipeg Wooled Fats Choice (110+ lb.) (95 - 109 lb.) (80 - 94 lb.) (Under 80 lb.) (New crop)

Next Sale September 2nd

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 August 9, 2015 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A ............................................... $1.950 Undergrade ....................................... $1.860 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.935 Undergrade ........................................$1.835 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.935 Undergrade ........................................$1.835 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 118.28 - 140.26 166.64 - 185.88 184.14 - 201.05 193.06 - 219.67 211.21 - 286.70 —

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 (Hd Fats) Next Sale September 2nd

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

Reuters / Tyson Foods said Aug. 14 it was permanently ceasing beef production at its plant in Denison, Iowa, effective immediately, as cattle ranchers work to rebuild shrunken herds following the severe Midwestern drought. The move by Tyson, the biggest U.S. meat processor, will affect 400 employees at the plant, which will continue byproduct rendering operations with about 20 workers.

Such closures are becom­ ing more common since fewer cattle are available for slaughter due to several years of drought. “The cattle supply is tight and there’s an excess of beef production capacity in the region,” Steve Stouffer, president of Tyson Fre s h Me a t s, s a i d i n a statement. Tyson’s Denison plant has a daily estimated slaughter capacity of about 2,000 head of cattle over a fiveday work week, which represents two per cent of U.S. steer and heifer slaugh-

ter capacity, according to industry experts. “While we won’t share what percentage of our total production comes from Denison, we can tell you it’s our smallest beef plant,” Gary Mickelson, a spokesman for the company said. Animals that will no longer be processed at the plant likely will be transferred to Tyson’s nearby locations, including the newly expanded facility in Dakota City, Nebraska. That plant has an estimated daily kill capacity of 6,000 head, the experts said.

Toronto ($/cwt) 113.66 - 309.88 — 113.28 - 265.74

Horses Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Cattle shortage closes Tyson plant

Toronto ($/cwt) 31.00 - 90.00 32.00 - 64.00

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GRAIN MARKETS column

Manitoba Elevator Prices

U.S. soybeans’ sharp losses spill over to canola

Average quotes as of August 14, 2015 ($/tonne)

Traders’ eyes now turn to the next StatsCan report Phil-Franz Warkentin CNSC

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CE Futures Canada canola contracts dropped hard during the week ended Aug. 14, hitting their worst levels in two months. The weakness was largely tied to spillover selling from equally sharp losses in Chicago soybeans. While there’s a case to be made that supply/demand fundamentals are much more bullish in canola, the Canadian oilseed may be hard pressed to see much independent strength in the short term. All eyes in the grain and oilseed markets were on the U.S. Depar tment of Agriculture’s World Agriculture Supply/ Demand Estimates (WASDE) report on Aug. 12. Heading into the report, traders and industry participants were unanimous in predicting a downward revision to USDA’s July production estimates. However, the actual numbers came as a big surprise as USDA upped its projections. The government agency pegged U.S. soybean production at 3.916 billion bushels, with average yields of 46.9 bushels per acre. The U.S. soybean crop is still smaller than last year’s, but the fact that it beat expectations was enough to send beans into a tailspin. Average trade guesses had called for a soybean crop of about 3.7 billion bushels. In addition to the USDA report, soybeans were also hit by China’s unexpected move to devalue its currency. China is a major

buyer of U.S. soybeans and the concern now is that some of that demand may back away. USDA’s corn estimates were also bearish. The U.S. corn crop was pegged at 13.686 billion bushels with yields of 168.8 bushels per acre, a two-bushel-per-acre increase from the July report. However, the reaction was a little more subdued in the corn market, as end-user bargain hunting and oversold price sentiment provided some support. USDA’s data were mixed as far as wheat was concerned, with tighter-than-expected U.S. supply projections more than offset by a big world wheat carry-out forecast. Wheat futures were down slightly on the week, and could be due for more losses as the spring wheat harvest pressure starts to ramp up in North America. Statistics Canada’s first official surveybased estimates on the size of this year’s Canadian canola crop will be released Aug. 21. The chance of fireworks is much smaller in the Canadian market than the U.S., but there is still room for surprises. After coming in at 15.5 million tonnes of canola in 2014-15, the crop will definitely be smaller in 2015-16. Just how much smaller remains a question, and yield reports and other production estimates have the potential to provide some independent direction for canola in the short term. Demand will need to be rationed going forward, but how hard the market needs to work remains to be seen. Phil Franz-Warkentin writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

For three-times-daily market reports and more from Commodity News Service Canada, visit the Markets section at www.manitobacooperator.ca.

Future

Basis

Net

Weekly Change

Red spring wheat

191.78

31.23

223.01

-2.75

Red winter wheat

182.22

-3.80

179.05

-9.34

Prairie spring wheat

182.21

-10.96

171.25

1.34

Canola

487.37

-23.00

464.37

-22.71

Port Prices As of Friday, August 14, 2015 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

187.30

9.83

U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

227.26

1.29

Canola Thunder Bay

496.90

-24.50

Canola Vancouver

526.90

-19.50

Recent sales reported Egypt: 175,000 tonnes of Russian and Ukrainian wheat at an average price of $194.74 c&f. Saudi Arabia: 505,000 tonnes of hard wheat in nine lots ranging from $220.50$223.50 c&f.

Closing Futures Prices

As of Monday, August 17, 2015 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

ICE canola

491.90

-19.50

ICE milling wheat

224.00

2.00

ICE barley

205.10

-3.00

Mpls. HRS wheat

190.43

-5.88

Chicago SRW wheat

184.91

-8.18

Kansas City HRW wheat

178.30

-7.07

Corn

143.20

-10.43

Oats

147.84

-3.73

Soybeans

344.02

-39.87

Soymeal

364.65

-34.82

Soyoil

670.54

0.22

Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Monday, August 17, 2015 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

184.43

23.88

Feed barley

165.35

0.00

n/a

n/a

511.39

n/a

Rye Flaxseed Feed peas

n/a

n/a

Oats

180.91

-6.48

Soybeans

364.50

-37.48

18.30

unch

Ask

Ask

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Average CWRS wheat prices down by $2 to $4 per tonne Basis levels improved by about $5 to about $29 above futures BY PHIL FRANZ-WARKENTIN Commodity News Service Canada

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anada Wester n Red Spring (CWRS) wheat cash bids across Western Canada were mixed during the week ended Aug. 14, with prices edging lower in the eastern Prairies and moving up in Alberta. Average Canada Western Red Spring wheat prices were down by $2 to $4 per tonne in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, but up by $4 to $9 in Alberta, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points across Western Canada. Bids ranged from about $213 per tonne in

north-central Saskatchewan to as high as $228 per tonne in southern Alberta. Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, but generally improved by about $5 to average about $29 above the futures when 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$0.7638 as of Aug. 14) CWRS bids ranged from US$161 to US$174 per tonne. That would put the currency-

adjusted basis levels at about US$18 to US$31 below the futures. Looking at it the other way around, if the Minneapolis futures are conver ted to Ca n a d i a n d o l l a r s, C W R S basis levels across Western Canada range from $23 to $40 below the futures. Average Canada Prairie Red Spring (CPRS) bids were unchanged to as much as $6 per tonne higher on the week. CPRS prices came in at about $171 per tonne in Manitoba, $180 per tonne in Saskatchewan, and $193 to $197 per tonne in Alberta. Soft white spring wheat prices were up by $1 to $4 p e r t o n n e, ra n g i n g f ro m

$200 to $202 per tonne in Alberta. Winter wheat prices were mixed. Prices ranged from about $179 to $186 per tonne, with the best levels in southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Durum prices were down by $18 to $22 per tonne. Bids in southern Saskatchewan, where the bulk of the crop is grown, were down by $19 at $333 per tonne. The December spring wheat contract in Min­n eap­ olis, which most CWRS contracts in Canada are based off of, was quoted at US$5.3375 per bushel on August 14, down 7.50 cents from the week prior.

The Kansas City hard red winter wheat futures, which are now traded in Chicago, are more closely linked to CPRS in Canada. The December Kansas City wheat contract was quoted at US$5.1025 per bushel on August 14, down 3.50 cents from last week. The December Chicago Board of Trade soft wheat contract settled at US$5.1075 on Aug. 14, which was 5.00 cents weaker compared to the week prior. The Canadian dollar closed at 76.38 US cents on Aug. 14, which was up by about a fifth of a cent relative to its U.S. counterpart compared to the previous week.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | August 20, 2015

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These portable, solar-powered automatic gate release timers are allowing farmers to graze cattle faster through smaller paddocks, while decreasing labour demands.   Photo: Submitted

Using sun power to open gates Producers find using solar-powered gate releases makes life easier BY JENNIFER PAIGE

“With the animal control and timed grazing, we have doubled the capacity of our system in the first year of use, while at the same time increasing our stocking rate by 63 per cent over the previous methods we were using.”

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eil Dennis could see the advantages of intensively grazing small paddocks by moving his cattle often — but going to the fields every two hours to move the herd was time consuming. Now he gets the sun to open those gates for him with the help of a portable solar-powered automatic gate release timer sold by Batt-Latches. “These Batt-Latches are what has turned the farm around for me,” said Dennis, operator of Sunnybrae Farm near Wawota, Sask. “I could see that moving the animals more often was making a difference on the land in terms of animal impact, but it was a lot of work to get out to the field every few hours and move the gates,” he said. Having the ability to expose new paddocks at any time of day or night often allows producers to decrease the size of paddocks, while increasing the rotational grazing process. “These save me a considerable amount of time. I used to have to go out to my fields every two hours to move the cattle and now I just spend two hours in the morning when it is still cool setting up all the releases for the day,” said Dennis. Developed by Novel Ways, an electronic product development company from New Zealand, Batt-Latches are the world’s only portable, solar-powered automatic gate release timers. The technology allows farmers to move cattle more frequently with less labour, while enabling an increased stocking rate.

Brian Harper Brandon-area producer

Neil Dennis (l) and Brian Harper (r), experienced cattle grazers, shared the benefits of using Batt-Latches at a recent field tour at Circle H Farm near Brandon.   Photo: Jennifer Paige

“Our timer is a specialist product, and I understand there is a growing interest in cell grazing in the U.S. and Canada,” said Graham Lynch, owner of Novel Ways. “In New Zealand, the main use is to allow a herd of cows to move to a feed pad or the dairy platform at their own speed, at any hour of the day or night required. “This saves up to an hour of work per milking, and about 70 per cent of lameness issues disappear. This gives a net value per timer, per year, of about $20,000 when compared with normal farming methods,” said Lynch. The electronic locking device incorporates a timer that can release the gate latch at a specified time to open the gate to another paddock. “Using these Batt-Latches allows me to move my cattle into new pad-

docks without having to come out to the field. I can move them more frequently, give them better feed, which increases gains, without any added labour,” said Brian Harper, owner of Circle H Farms, located west of Brandon. “I consider them to be an incomegenerating investment. They are very durable and easy to use. The setting of the latches allowed us to have better control of the animals and timing of our grazing. This aided in protecting the recovery time on the regrowth, short graze period followed by a long rest period,” said Harper. The latches can be used on any gate system and have been designed with a waterproof polycarbonate body that enables the tool to endure all weather conditions. Release times can be set up two

weeks in advance and offer the flexibility to store four release events at a time. According to Lynch, a number of farmers has also reported reduced bullying as the unattended gate release allows animals to move at a more leisurely pace and retain herd hierarchy. A single Batt-Latch costs approximately $400 but those who use the system say the cost is quickly recouped through saved fuel and running costs. “With the animal control and timed grazing, we have doubled the capacity of our system in the first year of use, while at the same time increasing our stocking rate by 63 per cent over the previous methods we were using, which for the most part was a twiceover system,” said Harper. “The extra beef produced per acre in the first year easily paid for the Batt-Latches.” jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | August 20, 2015

LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Feeder Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

11-Aug

12-Aug

n/a

n/a

13-Aug

No. on offer

n/a

n/a

n/a

128*

162*

n/a

n/a

150

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

200.00-211.00

900-1,000

n/a

n/a

n/a

225.00-248.00

235.00-248.00

n/a

n/a

200.00-240.00

800-900

n/a

n/a

n/a

245.00-270.00

244.00-266.00

n/a

n/a

235.00-255.00

700-800

n/a

n/a

n/a

270.00-297.00

260.00-287.00

n/a

n/a

250.00-285.00

600-700

n/a

n/a

n/a

285.00-318.00

280.00-317.00

n/a

n/a

275.00-325.00

500-600

n/a

n/a

n/a

320.00-350.00

308.00-332.00

n/a

n/a

290.00-365.00

400-500

n/a

n/a

n/a

330.00-375.00

335.00-360.00

n/a

n/a

310.00-375.00

300-400

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

900-1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

195.00-222.00

209.00-227.00

n/a

n/a

180.00-217.00

800-900

n/a

n/a

n/a

225.00-245.00

229.00-243.00

n/a

n/a

210.00-232.00

700-800

n/a

n/a

n/a

240.00-268.00

244.00-262.00

n/a

n/a

225.00-255.00

600-700

n/a

n/a

n/a

275.00-315.00

261.00-289.00

n/a

n/a

250.00-265.00

500-600

n/a

n/a

n/a

295.00-325.00

280.00-312.00

n/a

n/a

260.00-305.00

400-500

n/a

n/a

n/a

320.00-350.00

305.00-333.00

n/a

n/a

310

300-400

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder heifers

Slaughter Market No. on offer D1-D2 Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

133.00-142.00

133.00-140.00

n/a

n/a

125.00-135.00

D3-D5 Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

115.00-133.00

128.00-133.00

n/a

n/a

110.00-129.00

Age Verified

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

135.00-170.00

n/a

n/a

135.00-165.00

Good Bulls

n/a

n/a

n/a

170.00-182.00

170.00-179.00

n/a

n/a

164.00-171.00

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

175.00-182.00

178.00-184.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

170.00-179.00

177.00-183.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

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

n/a

* includes slaughter market

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

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The Manitoba Co-operator | August 20, 2015

COLUMN

A new approach for dealing with wildlife Farming has created a great environment for wildlife but farmers are paying a steep price for the damage it causes ROY LEWIS DVM Beef 911

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here have been many articles on the escalating conflict between wildlife and agriculture (both livestock and grain production) in certain areas of Canada. Our governments are struggling as to what to do and the most recent survey on wildlife damage by Alberta Beef Producers and the Miistakis Institute shows a high percentage of farmers impacted by wildlife. The survey was meant for as many producers as possible whether they were having

wildlife issues or not. It was very comprehensive and covered ungulates such as elk or deer; predators such as coyotes or cougars; and damage to grain from primarily waterf ow l a n d u n g u l a t e s. Mo re than 80 per cent had damage from deer and elk; 74 per cent had damage from predators; and coyotes caused half the predator damage in Alberta even though they are not considered a predator like mountain lions and wolves are. It accounted for an overall loss of about one per cent of the entire cattle population, which is substantial. Governments need to do something regarding compensation and relaxing hunting laws — wildlife has never had it so good. T h e re i s n o d o u b t m o s t

rural farm people like wildlife and enjoy seeing the odd moose, elk, or bear (maybe not gr izzly) at their far m. Many of my beef clients over the years were serious hunters, but with that came a respect for the wildlife. They accepted a minor amount of damage because in the populated areas of the province, their farms are where the habitat is. Any of these interactions are good as long as they are in moderation and I stress moderation. The survey showed producers will tolerate some losses, but a few have extreme losses. When we hear of tons of grass or bales eaten and destroyed by a large herd of elk or healthy calves being picked off by wolves (and sometimes cougars), this is

affecting a producer’s livelihood and we need solutions. It is because of the amount of cleared land and forage that has been produced that has allowed especially the ungulates to flourish. It is the environmentally conscious producers who tend to look after things such as riparian areas that attract more wildlife. With more deer and elk, their predators have followed close behind. Solutions such as fencing feed yards and scaring the wildlife off help, but many of these solutions are just t e m p o r a r y. W h e n w i l d l i f e are healthy their reproductive rates go up and overpopulation becomes the major problem. Whether it is too many elk coming out of the Suffield range or

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national parks being overgrazed, the issue really comes down to population control. Harvesting is the all-encompassing answer to many of the problems — whether by a l l ow i n g e x t ra h u n t i n g o r harvesting by roundup. There are some areas where populations should be managed by t ra i n e d b i o l o g i s t s w h o have the power to make the right call. In the interim, compensation losses for lost standing forage hay and grain will help. But if populations are high, the losses will continue year after year after year. Moving a herd of elk or deer off your place, for instance, just drives them on to the neighbours. Since predators follow large ungulate herds, produce r s h a v e, by d e f a u l t , t w o problems. One article I read talked about ‘good’ and ‘bad’ coyotes. Some stick to gophers and mice and so don’t bother cattle, and since coyotes are very territorial you want to keep a good family of coyotes on your farm. Some provinces compensate for coyote losses, but others — such as Alberta and Saskatchewan — don’t. Agriculture loss from wildlife varies greatly across the provinces (in Ontario, raccoons and rats are an issue) so each province should develop their own compensation programs. As a veterinarian, the wildlife interactions I frequently hear about are cattle injuries or deaths from predators. In these cases, we need to verify the cause of death. In the past there was compensation for deaths, but nothing for treatment of injured livestock. These are specific things that need to be looked at in developing compensation packages going forward. It serves no one if vigilante warfare takes place because frustrated producers feel they have nowhere to turn. While disease transmission is quite low because of species differences, it still is a two-way street — both agriculture to wildlife and wildlife to agriculture. With diseases such as brucellosis, tuberculosis, and chronic wasting disease in elk, as well as specific parasitic diseases, we need to be ever vigilant and have good surveillance systems. I know many urban dwellers want all wildlife preserved, but the analogy of their own pet dog or cat being picked off by a cougar or their garden being destroyed by a bunch of deer describes how farmers sometimes feel. And for some farmers, their livelihood can be severely diminished by wildlife damage. Co m p e n s a t i o n p ro g ra m s must be easy to administer, have black and white answers, and offer timely payments. Governments need to look at sustainable programs to provide producers with enough compensation for some losses and population reduc-

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The Manitoba Co-operator | August 20, 2015

Last of Ontario’s avian flu quarantines ends

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Tyson to cut beef production due to cattle shortage

Canada on track to regain avian flu-free status in October Staff

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ov e m e n t o f b i rd s and bird products in, through and out of southwestern Ontario’s Oxford and Waterloo counties is no longer subject to federal quarantine. The Canadian Food Inspec­ tion Agency announced July 29 it has removed its second and final avian influenza control zone, which has been in place since April 21 and covered portions of both counties. The lifting of the second control zone comes with the end of the quarantine at an

Oxford County broiler operation that had been confirmed April 18 with highly pathogenic (“high-path”) H5N2 avian flu, affecting about 27,000 birds. The end of the remaining quarantine followed a required 21-day waiting period after depopulation, cleaning and disinfection work were completed at the farm. Quarantines at Ontario’s two other infected farms, a pair of Oxford County turkey operations confirmed April 7 and 23 respectively with H5N2, were lifted July 20 — as was the avian flu control zone set up April 12 around those two farms.

“Permits are no longer required for the movement of birds and bird products in Ontario,” the agency said July 29 in a statement. For the purposes of poultry exports from the region, as per World Organization f o r A n i m a l He a l t h ( O I E ) standards, a three-month “e n h a n c e d s u r v e i l l a n c e period” must follow the disinfections before southwestern Ontario — and Canada — can be considered free of avian flu. In Ontario’s case, the threemonth surveillance period is expected to run until Oct. 8. While there’s no assurance that new cases won’t

appear, there have been no new cases seen in Ontario or any other province since the three infections in April. British Columbia, which saw outbreaks of H5N2 and H5N1 avian flu on farms in the Fraser Valley between December and Febr uar y, was declared avian flu free in June. In the U.S., where 223 farms have been infected with avian flu across 15 states since December, affecting over 48 million birds, the federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed no new avian flu cases since mid-June.

Reuters / Tyson Foods Inc. said it will cut beef production capacity due to a shortage of cattle and closed beef operations at its plant in Denison, Iowa, effective August 14. Tyson said the 400 affected workers will be able to apply for jobs at other locations in the company. “The cattle supply is tight and there’s an excess of beef production capacity in the region,” said Steve Stouffer, president of Tyson Fresh Meats.

BEEF 911 Continued from previous page

tion where warranted, yet still have people catch that glimpse of wildlife. Catching or relocating a problem bear is much different than catching and relocating a large herd of elk. Perhaps harvesting for the food bank should be looked at. It seems that relocating large groups may just move the problem and unbalance the ecosystem somewhere else. I would think with the damage to our vehicles and injuries we incur in encounters with wildlife (especially deer and moose) that insurance companies would welcome a reduction of deer, especially in populated areas. Striking the right balance is what we are after. I haven’t e v e n t a l k e d a b o u t m i g ra tory birds. Generally there is compensation but not when winter swath grazing crop is destroyed. The Miistakis In s t i t u t e s u r ve y i n d i c a t e d damage by birds was a distant third on the list to ungulates and predators. The rules for all wildlife p ro g ra m s n e e d t o b e f i n e tuned, kept current, reflect the main issues in each province, and offer compensation or assistance when warranted. This will keep agriculture in harmony with wildlife and protect wildlife for future generations to experience. National parks and diversified livestock farms are still great places to get fairly close to wildlife. (Be careful though, as wildlife is just that — wild — and we don’t want any human injuries.) Let’s all push for a fair resolution to this. The entire survey report is on the Alberta Beef Producers website (www. albertabeef.org). At the very least, read the 10-page summary for a better understanding of what is happening. Roy Lewis practised large-animal veterinary medicine for more than 30 years and now works part time as a technical services veterinarian for Merck Animal Health.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | August 20, 2015

WEATHER VANE “Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it.” Mark Twain, 1897

An unsettled weekend ahead Issued: Monday, August 17, 2015 · Covering: August 19 – August 26, 2015 Daniel Bezte Weather Vane

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he first half of last week’s forecast played out as expected, with plenty of warm weather late in the week followed by some stormy weather over the weekend. Cool weather then moved in at the start of this week. Unfortunately — or fortunately, for those who like it a little cooler — it looks like this cool weather pattern will stick around a little longer than first expected. This forecast period will begin with a fairly strong area of low pressure tracking by to our southeast. It should be far enough to our south and east that only far-eastern areas will see a few clouds. For the rest of the region, Wednesday should have nice sunny skies, along with daytime highs in the low 20s. Temperatures will warm up a bit on Thursday and Friday as an area of low pressure develops to our west. This low is forecast to strengthen and begin pushing into our region sometime Friday. We’ll s e e i n c re a s i n g c l o u d s o n

Friday with showers and thundershowers developing late in the day and continuing on Saturday as the low pushes through. There is a chance that we may see a period of steady rain on Saturday, depending on how strong this low gets. By Su n d a y t h e l ow w i l l have moved off into Ontario, but we’ll still feel its effects with fairly brisk northerly winds and a mix of sun and cloud with scattered showers. Temperatures will be on the cool side, with the high struggling to make it to 20 C. The first half of next week looks to be pretty nice as surface high pressure builds in, bringing plenty of sunshine and warming temperatures, with highs on Tuesday and Wednesday expected to be in the mid- to upper 20s and overnight lows in the low teens. Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, 19 to 28 C; lows, 6 to 14 C.

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

1 Month (30 Days) Departure from Average Precipitation (Prairie Region) July 15, 2015 to August 13, 2015

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Produced using near real-time data that has undergone initial quality control. The map may not be accurate for all regions due to data availability and data errors. Copyright © 2015 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park. Contact him with your questions and comments at daniel@bezte.ca.

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This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that has fallen across the Prairies as a departure from average during the 30 days ending Aug. 13. A large part of agricultural Saskatchewan and Manitoba saw fairly significant rainfall, with amounts over 60 mm greater than average (purple regions). In contrast, extreme southern regions have been fairly dry, as they missed out on most of the thunderstorms.

El Niño and its impact on our weather A change in heat over the Pacific disrupts flow of air across this region By Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

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ast weekend, while we w e re w a i t i n g f o r t h e Riding Mountain Triath­ lon to start, a thunderstorm rolled through the region, forcing everyone to run for shelter. Two weather-related story ideas came to me while waiting for the storm to move out and the race to begin. The first I’ve already talked about in the past: safety and thunderstorms. I couldn’t believe how many people took refuge under the big pine trees adjacent to the beach! I was just waiting for the worst to happen, but luckily it didn’t. The second idea is something with which I’ve been playing around for a while now, but I still haven’t figured out how to properly broach the subject. During the storm I overheard a number of weather conversations, and one in particular grabbed by attention. It had to do with something I refer to as “now forecasting.” During the storm someone mentioned that the forecast said the rain or thunderstorms weren’t supposed to arrive until 1 p.m. This “now forecasting” is a trend that several forecasters have added to their weather apps. These break the forecast down into hourly time frames, with some even adding in estimates of

A big chunk of the heat energy coming out of the Pacific goes into developing clouds, precipitation and storm systems.

when rain or storms may arrive, down to the minute, based on radar trends. For those of you who follow the weather closely, you know that getting a general 24-hour-period forecast correct is tough; trying to predict things on an hourly basis, is, in my opinion, verging on insanity. Sometime over the next month or two I’ll figure out a way to look into this topic in more detail. For this issue I said we’d begin our look into El Niño, just what it is and what impact might it have on our weather. Well, to put it simply, El Niño is a change in ocean surface temperatures across the tropical and subtropical Pacific Ocean. This change in ocean temperatures then creates a change in the weather patterns across the Pacific Ocean. Now, the big question is, why would a change in weather over the Pacific Ocean have an impact on us? The first and most simple reason, is that the Pacific Ocean just happens to cover half of

our planet, so any large-scale change in it is bound to have an impact elsewhere. Actually, maybe it’s not that simple. Even though the Pacific Ocean is huge, why should changes in weather in that area of the world impact us? Keeping in mind just how big the Pacific is, let’s now look at what the Pacific Ocean is made of — could it be water? Lots and lots of water!

Our big heat battery OK, so the Pacific Ocean is really big and it is made of water, but that still doesn’t explain why changes in it affect the weather way over here. To really understand why, we need to remember it takes a whole lot of energy to warm water up, and conversely, water releases a whole lot of energy when it cools down. In essence, water is like a battery that stores heat; therefore, the Pacific is like a really big heat battery. From a general point of view, weather is the atmosphere’s attempt to equal out heat imbalances. You see, just like

most of us, the atmosphere likes things to be equal. If there is too much heat in one place or too much cold in another, the atmosphere tries to make things equal by sending cold air southward and warm air northward. The tropical areas of our planet rarely, if ever, see or feel cold air trying to move southward. If you live in the Arctic regions, you would rarely, if ever, see the really warm air try to move northward. For those of us in the middle, we are constantly feeling and seeing this movement of cold and warm air — and we call it weather. Now, back to the Pacific Ocean, our big heat battery. If the Pacific is storing up heat and releasing it into the atmosphere, that heat energy has to go somewhere. Some of it simply warms the air, but then the atmosphere wants to equal out that warm air, so off that warm air goes. A big chunk of the heat energy coming out of the Pacific goes into developing clouds, precipitation and storm systems. These storm systems are an efficient way for the atmosphere to move heat around and equalize it, because you can move a lot more energy by moving warm w a t e r a ro u n d ( re m e m b e r, clouds are made up of water) than you can by moving warm air.

This overall movement of warm air and storm systems over the Pacific Ocean creates a general pattern of winds a ro u n d t h e w o r l d . If yo u remember back to our articles about general atmospheric circulation, we know the general movement of air around the planet comes about by the Earth trying to equal out warm and cold regions, and this creates the westerly winds in our region of the world, the tropical easterlies to our south and, finally, the polar easterlies in the high Arctic. Under normal temperature conditions across the Pacific, the general flow of the atmosphere follows this simple pattern, and since a large portion of our weather comes off of the Pacific (because we live in the generally westerly flow­ing part of the atmosphere) our weather tends to be rather average. If we change the amount of heat over a large portion of the Pacific, either by warming up the Pacific Ocean (El Niño) or cooling it down (La Niña), this disrupts the general flow of air across this region and can start to impact how the air flows across our region. Next time we’ll take a closer look at exactly what happens over the Pacific to allow El Niño to form, and examine how these events are classified.

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CROPS Making the Grade: Does your grain have what it takes to hit No. 1? The word ‘subjective’ comes up a lot — here’s what you need to know about main grading factors for canola, wheat, and malt By JENNIFER BLAIR

“I realize you make a relationship with elevators, but you only want what you deserve. There’s no fault in finding out which grade is right.”

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“It costs $50 to do a sample at the grain commission. But if you’re going to save two per cent on a truckload, $50 is pretty cheap insurance.”

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Canola Dockage is the No. 1 “controversy” in canola grading every fall. A lot of the debate stems from the different sieves that can be used to clean canola. “There’s an extreme between an .028 slotted sieve and an .040,” said Judy Elias, operations supervisor at the Canadian Grain Commission. Using an .028 sieve, “what comes through is broken canola and weed seeds. That’s dockage.” But shaking that same sample through an .040 sieve filters out “a lot more” material that isn’t actually dockage — “but you could be charged for it.” The size of the sieve that should be used “depends on the condition of the canola,” said Elias. “Years where we have really dry conditions, you could have really small canola, and when they use an .040 slotted sieve, a lot of your good canola is going to fall through there,” she said. “That could be considered dockage when

Dockage is the No. 1 concern for canola producers — and sieves are sometimes the culprit, says Judy Elias of the Canadian Grain Commission.   PHOTO: JENNIFER BLAIR

it really shouldn’t be. It should be in your pocket, not theirs.” But “none of it is wrong,” because the different sizes of sieves are permitted under the Grain Commission’s standards. “It’s not illegal. A lot of times you’ll go to an elevator and they’ve only got an .040 sieve. They don’t even have an .028.”

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Producers need to be aware of what they have in their bin before they go to market it, she said. “Take it somewhere and find out what the dockage is first. So many producers walk into the elevator and say, ‘What do I have?’ You should know what you have and say instead, ‘What will you give me for this?’” she said.

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Frost or mildew damage — two of the main factors in wheat grading — provide a challenge of a different sort. “With frost and mildew, it’s a subjective factor, and we’re trying to make it as objective as we can,” said Bill Adduono, operations supervisor at the Canadian Grain Commission. “ W h e n y o u’re l o o k i n g f o r the base grade and only frost is involved, you can use the frost guide. If there’s only mildew, you can use the mildew guide. As soon as there’s mildew and frost in the sample, then you have to go to the standards.” Those guides can change. Every year, the grain commission creates ‘standard samples’ to reflect the level of quality that can be expected based on the weather conditions at harvest. “If there’s more frost in a particular year and less mildew, they’re going to reflect a little more frost and less mildew,” he said. The samples are evaluated based on whether the damage is ‘light,’ ‘moderate,’ ‘heavy,’ or ‘hard.’ See GRADING on page 18 »

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ittle things can add up to a big impact on your pocketbook when it comes to producing grain that makes the grade, producers attending a recent workshop put on by Alberta’s canola, wheat and barley commissions were told. “It’s very subjective, and it takes trained inspectors sometimes to see some of those slight differences that might move you from a No. 1 to a No. 2,” said Jim Smolik, assistant chief commissioner at the Canadian Grain Commission at the recent Making the Grade workshop. “Being armed with that knowledge is extremely important as a producer moving forward.” Three industry experts shared tips on the main grading factors for the most popular crops on the Prairies.

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In most cases, it takes the eye of a trained professional to correctly identify the right grade when there are multiple factors at play, he said. “It should be easy to have a machine do it, but it’s a massive expense to have a machine in every elevator, and there’s subtleties of how much you’re seeing. You have to use some judgment.”

Malt barley Malt germination is the “single biggest grading factor,” and it needs to be over 95 per cent. “If it doesn’t grow, it doesn’t do the conversion of starch to sugar,” said Kevin Sich, manager of Rahr Malting’s grain department. “It’s just a soaked, waterlogged barley kernel that’s dry and brittle as stone — and it tastes like stone. It’s worth nothing.” And germination levels can drop as barley waits in the bin to be hauled after harvest. Recheck tests are a good way to “protect yourself,” said Sich. “At Rahr, we don’t ask for recheck samples. If we tell you

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to haul in February, you can just start hauling,” he said. “But you roll the dice if you do that. “It’s simpler to do a recheck with your half-ton or send it priority post to us than rolling the B-train down the road at $20 a tonne.” Sich said collecting a fresh

Grain commission supervisor Bill Adduono makes grading for frost or mildew damage as objective as possible using “standard samples,” which vary from year to year.

representative sample is important. He also cautioned against collecting that sample from the bottom of the bin. “Your germination is going to be most unstable in the grain that cools down last, so take it off the top of the bin. “In the wintertime, we’re always saying either take

a load out and sample it for your recheck, or take a ladder and probe a couple of feet and send that in for your recheck sample,” said Sich. “If that sample’s good and grows 98 per cent, chances are the whole bin is fine.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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Crack open some pods before swathing canola this year, says agronomist The ideal time to swath canola is when 60 per cent of seeds have changed colour By JENNIFER BLAIR Staff / Olds

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eith Gabert is already dreading phone calls about swath timing in canola. “It’s going to be a hard job to figure out where your canola crop is going to be at for swathing, especially on some of those thin stands,” said the Canola Council of Canada agronomist at the Making the Grade workshop in late July. “It’s going to make harvest timing tough.” In normal years, producers should judge swath timing based on the main stem of the plant, said Gabert. But the hot, dry conditions of early summer stalled canola crop emergence across the province, leaving some fields with only two-thirds of its seeded crop.

And when a canola plant has a lot of room to grow, “it branches “It’s going to be a out,” increasing the yield potential challenge out there. on the secondary branches. You’re probably “The main stem is typically the major contributor to yield, and going to look at some that’s not likely to be the case in a of those crops out lot of fields this year,” said Gabert. there and decide “This year, we’re likely going to which part of the look at a lot of these crops and say, ‘Where’s the majority of my yield crop you’re willing to coming from?’ And that’s the seclose.” ondary branches.” Cracking open the seed pods on the secondary branches — not Keith Gabert just eyeballing the pods — will be “pretty critical” in deciding whether the crop is ready to be you crack it open, you’re going to swathed this year, he said. “The pod colour change on the have nice black seeds inside.” But the whole seed doesn’t outside of the pod can be really different between varieties and have to be yellow or black, added even between years on the same Gabert. “I don’t need a whole lot of variety,” he said. “Simply because the outside black there, but I need to know that PM the seed ofSEC_MOAFLO15_MC.qxd the pod is a nice yellow-brown 7/8/15 3:11 Page is1 starting to ripen colour doesn’t mean that, when down and change colour,” he said.

“I’m talking about a quarter of the seed or half the seed or even a pinhead-sized dot on that seed so that I know it’s mature and it’s ready to change colour.”

Timing dilemma The best time to swath is typically when 60 per cent of the seeds have changed colour, said Gabert. That’s when you’ve got maximum yield and also when the oil content is highest. But waiting for the entire field to hit 60 per cent colour change might not leave enough time to swath large acreages. In that case, it’s better to start swathing when the seed colour change hits 30 per cent. “If you have a lot of acres or you need a lot of swather hours to get that knocked down, typically you’ll start at 30 per cent, and by the time you’re done, likely they’re over 60 per cent,” he said.

And this year, that might mean that the main stem is overripe when it’s swathed. “If it’s really ripe and you can actually hear those seeds rattling in there and getting ready to shell out, you might decide that’s the right stage to leave it for,” he said. “The main stem can be overripe, but all of these secondary branches that are in the right stage can get you to No. 1 canola.” Sacrificing some of the crop to salvage the bulk of it will be a hard reality for many producers this year, said Gabert. “There’s going to be some fields where we can’t get all of the canola that’s in that field and call it a salvageable crop,” he said. “It’s going to be a challenge out there. You’re probably going to look at some of those crops out there and decide which part of the crop you’re willing to lose.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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his year’s thin canola crop may force some producers to take their chances with straight cutting. “Typically we recommend a well-knit, even crop — something that the wind won’t shake, rattle, and roll — so that we prevent shattering and loss,” said Keith Gabert, Canola Council of Canada agronomist. “This year will be a little different. I have a lot of growers saying they’re going to try straight cutting because they have a thin enough crop that they don’t want to put it on the ground. They’re afraid to swath it... It’s podding a couple of inches from the ground. There’s not enough stubble to anchor that swath even if they did cut it.” T h o s e w h o h a v e n’t straight cut before should hedge their bets, he said. “Start swathing a little later, when you’re well past that 30 per cent (colour change),” said Gabert. “When you start feeling concerned that your swather is shelling things out, then you stop. Hopefully that’s leaving you with 20 or 30 per cent of your crop left standing to swath so you’re not putting all your eggs into one basket by straight cutting for the first time. “It’s going to be a learning opportunity for us, and I hope it’s not a lesson we repeat.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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CROP REPORT

Heat advanced crop development last week Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development crop report for August 17 Weekly Provincial Summary •  C rops are maturing rapidly across Manitoba due to last week’s above-normal temperatures. Weather conditions did allow for excellent harvest progress to be made. •  H arvest of winter wheat, spring wheat, barley and oats continues. Reported winter wheat yields range from 50 to 90 bushels per acre, red spring wheat yields 50 to 70, general purpose/feed wheat yields 80 to 90 and barley yields 70 to 80. •  Harvest of canola also started in the Central Region with early yields ranging from 30 to 50 bushels per acre. •  S pring wheat quality has been good to date, although smaller seed size has been noted. Swathing of canola continues, as well as swathing and preharvest applications in spring cereals. •  Lodging is a factor impacting harvest progress, yield and quality in some cereal crops.

Southwest Region Above-normal temperatures and only scattered showers except near Shoal Lake and Erickson which received 25 to 30 mm. Most winter cereals are harvested with average to aboveaverage yields; generally low fusarium and ergot reported. Early reports indicate average to slightly above-average spring wheat yields ranging from 50 to 60 bu./acre and barley 70 to 80 bu./acre. Low fusarium levels are noted. Swathing of early-seeded canola has started in the most southerly parts of the region. Disease levels continue minimal. Soybeans continue to respond favourably to the above-normal temperatures. Corn and sunflower acres are advancing. First-cut hay is complete with average to below-average yields. Second cut is underway with average to above-average yields. Second cut will be limited in the areas with more extreme mois-

ture conditions. Greenfeed cereals and millet are harvested with average to above-average yields. The heat over the past week has slowed the regrowth of pastures. Dugouts remain approximately 80 to 85 per cent full.

Northwest Region Heat caused crops to advance quickly. Crops range from very good to poor condition as harvesting gets underway. Approximately 10 per cent of winter wheat is harvested. About 30 per cent of spring wheat is mature. Canola continues to improve and develop rapidly. Approximately 10 per cent of the corn is tasselling. For soybeans, 10 per cent is blooming while about 90 per cent is podded. About five per cent of flax is mature. Insect activity is low except for lygus bug activity in canola in the northern part of the Swan Valley. First-cut haying is almost complete, and second cut is underway with good yields reported. Cereal silage harvest continues with average yields of six to 10 tons/acre; recent high temperatures are advancing annuals quickly. Pasture regrowth is good due to the precipitation over the past few weeks. Water supply is adequate.

much lower than last year. Early reports indicate red spring wheat protein ranging from 12 to 15 per cent, while general purpose/feed wheat are in the 11 to 13 per cent range. Early canola yield reports are variable, with the best stands yielding 40 to 50 bu./acre, while fields that struggled are as low as 30 bu./acre. Sunflowers are growing well; beetle numbers are low. Corn is advancing quickly and some fields would benefit from a rain. Most soybean fields have finished flowering. Some of the earliest-seeded fields are seeing leaf colour change. Reports of soybean aphids have not increased, and most fields are well below threshold level. Some fields have been cultivated, following harvest. Hay harvest continues but has been impacted by the high humidity and recent rains. The wettest areas report poor-quality second cut. Pastures are rated good to fair.

Eastern Region Hot and humid with occasional localized rainfall ranging from 12 to 35 mm. Some isolated hailstorms and wind damage reported. Winter wheat harvesting is 75 per cent complete with an

average yield of 70 bu./acre and average quality. The majority of spring cereal crops is mature with the remainder in the latehard-dough growth stage. About 10 per cent of the spring wheat is harvested with an average yield of 50 bu./acre range and average quality. Most spring wheat is either swathed or received a preharvest application. Canola swathing will be in full swing this week; some harvesting may begin this coming weekend. Soybean aphids in some fields exceeded the economic threshold and spraying occurred. Most fields are still below threshold levels and natural predators are noted. Some reports of spider mites and phytophthora wilt in soybeans are noted. Sclerotinia levels that would warrant fungicide in soybeans are not noted but sclerotinia in canola at levels higher than in the past few years continues to be reported. Pastures are in good condition. Humid conditions kept haying at a slow pace. Currently, hay supplies are rated at 20 per cent surplus and 80 per cent adequate. Quality is rated as good. Dugouts are half full.

Interlake Region Hot temperatures and humid weather conditions with iso-

lated thunderstorms bringing five to 15 mm of precipitation. The warm temperatures helped crops to continue development. Winter wheat harvest should be completed this week, depending on weather. Harvesting of spring wheat began with reports of yields ranging from 60 to 70 bu./acre, with protein levels 13.5 per cent to 14.0 per cent. Spring cereal crops will continue to receive preharvest applications or swathed as crops reach maturity. Canola continues to be swathed with 30 to 40 per cent already completed; combining canola could start toward the end of the week or weekend. Soybeans continue to flower and form pods. Reports of aphids approaching economic thresholds in the north Interlake area are coming in but most levels are being controlled by beneficial insects. Harvesting of forage grass continues with reports of average yields in timothy. Hot temperatures enabled significant haying progress this past week. Haying of native hay land is in full swing. Annual crops are being cut for greenfeed and silage. Silage corn crops growing rapidly and yields look promising. Pastures are still rated as good. There is adequate water for livestock.

Central Region Te m p e ra t u re s s o a re d l a s t week, with several reports of equipment overheating. Trace amounts of rain fell, with accumulations mostly below 15 mm. Wet conditions are causing issues with preharvest applications and swathing in the northwest area. Much of the winter wheat and rye harvest is complete in the eastern part of the region. Yields of winter wheat are expected to average in the 65 to 75 bu./ acre range. Early reports of red spring yields in the 60 to 70 bu./ acre range, and general purpose/feed wheat averaging 80 to 90 bu. Fusarium levels appear

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Agricultural Hall of Fame The Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame inducted eight new members in July 2015. Here is one of the new inductees

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l a re n c e B a k e r w a s bor n to Anton and Pa u l i n e Ba k e r o n July 7, 1928 in Cromwell, Manitoba. Anton immigrated to Canada with his parents from Beckersdorf, Austria in 1896. In 1951, Clarence and his new bride, Ilene Weidman, took over the third-generation family farm which included the 240 acres of land that his grandfather had purchased shortly after arriving in Manitoba. Working as a team, the Bakers expanded their farm operation while raising their five children: Corrine, Debbie, Andy, Curtis and Terry. In 1998, the farm was recognized as a Century Farm. Clarence and Ilene’s grandsons, Drew, Reid and Riley Baker are the fifth generation to work the land alongside their parents, Andy and Jan. Clarence was an innovative, progressive farmer who adapted to the changes in agriculture. A strong proponent of the Provincial Extension Service, Clarence encouraged its staff to share new agricultural information and technology with his friends and neighbours. He was the first farmer in his area to grow canola, sunflowers and fababeans. Clarence installed one of the first grain dryers in the area and later equipped it

Clarence Baker 1928 –2006

with a heat exchanger to reduce operational costs. He also installed a mechanized cleaner in his hogfinishing barn. In 1970, his sweet clover won first prize at the Toronto Royal Winter Fair. In 1984, the Red River Exhibition Association recognized the Bakers as Farm Family of the Year. Clarence was also involved in his community. Over the years he sat on numerous boards and committees of local organizations. Examples include the Cromwell School Board, St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Parish Council, Beausejour C h a m b e r o f C o m m e rc e, Knights of Columbus and the Lions Club, as well as l o c a l s p o r t s g r o u p s. He

served as reeve of the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead from 1976 to 1998 during which time it implemented s e ve ra l i n n ova t i ve c o m munity projects. Clarence was intimately involved in attracting the Polaris snowmobile-manufacturing plant to Beausejour and also served as president of the Canadian Power Toboggan Championships. Clarence was instrumental in developing the East Gate Lodge and Stony Plains Terrace where he became a resident in later life. In 1 9 8 6 , C l a re n c e w a s elected as a member of the legislative assembly of Manitoba for Lac du Bonnet Constituency. Clarence was a long-standing Manitoba Pool Elevators delegate and ser ved on the boards of Manitoba Crop Insurance and the Union of Manitoba Municipalities. He was a s t ro n g s u p p o r t e r o f t h e Canadian Wheat Board and orderly marketing for farm products. Clarence is remembered as a person of integr ity and strong values. He was respected for his vision and leadership in agriculture and his contribution to the betterment of rural life. Nominated by the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead and Alf Chorney – 2015

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The heat is on when it comes to pesticide residues Grain buyers are testing pesticide residues like never before By JENNIFER BLAIR Staff / Olds

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hen it comes to pesticide resi­ dues, the world is watching like never before. “Everybody is looking more at food safety and health safety — there’s more scrutiny all the time with all the chemi­ cals that we’re using,” said Jim Smolik, assistant chief commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission. He cited China as an example. The grain commission randomly sam­ ples grain vessels leaving the country for more than 120 different chemicals, but China is testing imports for more than 400 chemicals, Smolik said at the Making the Grade workshop in late July. And what’s allowed — called maxi­ mum residue limits — is also in flux. Some nations use the internationally recognized standard called the Codex Alimentarius, but others don’t. “As countries choose to follow Codex limits or choose to follow their own, we have to be cognizant that the more we’re finding as far as residues in grain, the more that they’re aware of it as well,”

Australia tightens rules on foreign ownership of farmland The country fears losing control over its own food security

said Smolik. “They have the testing capabilities, and they’re going to con­ tinue to test.” In countries that don’t have a maxi­ mum residue limit for certain chemicals, the default will be zero, he said. “Zero means zero, and it can become hugely costly to the industry if we get locked out of certain countries.”

“These are all tools that you guys use that are registered in Canada, but if they don’t have approvals in other countries at this point, it becomes a market access issue.”

In the spotlight This year, producers delivering grain may be asked to declare in writing whether they’ve used quinclorac (the active ingredient in several different herbicides) or chlormequat (the active ingredient in plant growth regulators such as Engage Agro’s Manipulator.) “With chlormequat, one of the issues is that it just hasn’t got the approvals in the United States yet, so that’s why these companies are asking that you sign that waiver,” said Smolik. “If they start shipping into the United States and it’s not approved there, it becomes a market access issue.” Glyphosate is also facing heavier scru­ tiny after the World Health Organization issued a claim that it is “probably” a carcinogen.

Jim Smolik

Because of that, producers “have to read and follow label instructions,” said Smolik. Like other chemicals, glyphosate enters and remains in the plant at low levels, and early applica­ tion of the chemical can compound that. “Monsanto’s instruction is that any­ thing over 30 per cent head moisture is going to be retained in the seed,” said Smolik. “If you’re spraying, even though the majority of the crop is 30 per cent or under, those areas that are green are cer­ tainly not under 30 per cent. “The application rates and crop matu­

rity are key if you’re going to be applying that.” And Canada’s trade partners may start pushing maximum residue limits lower and lower if they see increases in resi­ dues, said Smolik. “These are the things that are going to start to impact our ability to sell grain into the world markets,” he said. “These are all tools that you guys use that are registered in Canada, but if they don’t have approvals in other countries at this point, it becomes a market access issue.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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One hundred years of research at Morden Although a long list of new field crops continues to be developed at the station, Morden is still famous for its work in ornamentals BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff / Morden

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Former Morden Research Station ornamental breeder Wilbert Ronald of Jeffries Nurseries Ltd. says Canada’s nursery and landscape industry owes a lot to research conducted at the Morden Research Station, which celebrated its 100th anniversary Aug. 12.   PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

hile visiting a remote village in India several years ago, I watched women hand-pollinating a field of sunflowers — it was too dry and hot for bees. But even more surprising was the name of the variety — Morden. It was an open-pollinated cultivar developed by Eric Putt at the Morden Research Station half a world away, and where I’d developed my interest in agriculture and research while working as a summer student in 1975. The facility that started life as the Dominion Experimental Farm in 1915 celebrated its 100th anniversary Aug. 12. As Winkler Mayor Martin Harder told those attending, without research the world could not feed itself. In its early years the station focused on

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demonstrating new crops and livestock to farmers — many of them settlers new to the West. But also included were horticultural crops to provide food, shelter and beauty to the farmstead. And despite its changing mandate over the years, including developing new flax (25), sunflower (18), corn, buckwheat and pulse crop cultivars, it’s Morden’s contribution to ornamental horticulture that resonates today, even though much of that work was transferred to the private sector years ago or dropped.

Horticultural heritage “Morden has such a heritage — it’s tremendous,” former station ornamental plant breeder Wilbert Ronald told the crowd. Ronald left Morden in 1982 to take over Jeffries Nurseries Ltd. near Portage la Prairie. “In d u s t r y re a l l y m i s s e s Morden,” he said. “We appreciate what it’s done. “The

“As we look forward to the next 100 years the station will continue to play a supporting role in western Canadian agriculture.” David Wall

Ca n a d i a n Nu r s e r y Tra d e s Association and nurserymen owe a wealth to Morden.” The station has developed 27 roses, with another coming soon as part of the “Artist Series,” as well as 15 lilies, 33 chrysanthemums, 31 apples and 57 woody ornamentals. In 1916, 25,000 seedling apple trees were planted at the Continued on next page »

Chinese billionaire buys Australian cattle stations It is the third big land deal this year involving Chinese investors By Jane Wardell Sydney / Reuters

A Chinese billionaire has bought two large Australian cattle stations for A$47 million ($34.62 million), in at least the third deal this year involving a Chinese investor buying into the country’s farmlands. Xingfa Ma, who owns the Tianma Bearing Group Co., snapped up 40,000 head of cattle along with the 705,700-hec­ tare Wollogorang and Wentworth stations in farnorth Australia, a person close to the deal said July 16. Ma already has significant agricultural holdings in Australia, including other cattle stations and a wine group, through the Australian arm of Tianma Bearing. Hailang Group earlier this year bought more than A$40 million of cattle stations in southern Queensland. Yiang Xiang Assets purchased a smaller property for around A$11.5 million. Chongqing Agriculture Investment Group Co. Ltd. said earlier this year it was looking to buy up to A$100 million worth of cattle stations within the next year. There’s also interest more broadly across agriculture as China’s rising middle class spurs demand for quality Australian produce.

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station and five years later its fruit-breeding program began, says an Agriculture and AgriFood Canada brochure. Between 1929 and 1936, 94 new varieties were developed — 77 fruit bearing. The station released its last apple — Morden Festival — in 2003. Some of the station’s more popular varieties are Goodland, Norland, Kerr and September Ruby. “In addition to apples, the station released varieties of applecrab, apricot, cherry, pear, plum, raspberry and sandcherry.” The station also developed vegetables, including Morden and Starfire tomatoes. Morden’s apple orchard was removed several years ago because it was expensive to maintain, Ronald said. The nursery trade misses Morden’s research, but is pleased it’s working with private companies during the transition, Ronald said. “We are still building a lot of business from good plants from Morden.” For example, monarda cultivars developed by the late Henry Marshall, and turned over to the private sector, continue to earn the federal gov-

A view of the 100-year-old Morden Research Station from its southern plots. Although the station is renowned for its horticultural research, it has developed many flax, sunflower, corn, buckwheat and pulse crop cultivars. Last year its mandate expanded to include cereal research after the closing of the Cereal Research Centre in Winnipeg.   PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

ernment $60,000 a year in royalties, he said. Mancana ash developed at Morden in 1976 is the leading source of emerald ash borer disease in North America, he added. Prairie Cascade, a weeping willow Ronald developed at the station, is the top weeping willow in North America.

Research mandates “ebb and flow” and Ronald hopes AAFC will someday soon take up more ornamental research. Now most new ornamentals come from northern Europe. “That’s the cheap way now to bring plants into the system and brand them,” he said. The Morden Research Station’s mandate has changed

again. In 2014 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada closed its Cereal Research Centre in Winnipeg and moved the r e s e a r c h t o Mo r d e n a n d Brandon. The cereal breeders are in Brandon and the pathologists, genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics staff are in Morden boosting the number of scientists to 20 from seven. The

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Morden Research Station is now officially the Cereal Research Centre. “As we look forward to the next 100 years the station will continue to play a supporting role in western Canadian agriculture,” Morden Research Station director David Wall said. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Shanghai / Reuters Chinese customs have seized around three billion yuan ($483 million) worth of smuggled meat, some more than 40 years old and rotting, the official China Daily said on June 24, the latest in a grim series of food safety scares. Beijing toughened food safety rules in April to shake off a reputation for safety scandals that range from donkey meat tainted with fox DNA to milk contaminated with industrial chemical melamine that killed at least six infants in 2008. Chinese authorities have launched a crackdown on beef and frozen meat smuggling, in addition to a campaign last year to stamp out the smuggling of farm products. Authorities had busted 21 criminal gangs by June, leading to seizures of more than 100,000 tonnes of smuggled meat, including chicken wings, beef and pork, state news agency Xinhua said. In one bust, police in southern Hunan province arrested 20 people. Customs officials found some of the meat was more than 40 years old, meaning it dated back to the 1970s. Other parts were rotten and decomposing, the China Daily newspaper said. It was not clear if the seized meat had been destroyed.

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“Social media such as Twitter provides an excellent channel to connect with farmers on the important message of farm safety during the busy harvest season.” Teresa falk digital marketing lead with Syngenta Canada

past two years, hundreds of safety tips have been shared reaching thousands of farmers. The goal for this year is to reach even more farmers with valuable safety messages. “This campaign plays an important role in helping keep our farm communities safe and we look forward to continuing it. We at Syngenta want all Canadian farmers and their families to stay safe and have a successful harvest season,” Falk said.

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U.S. cropland cash rents fall with farmer incomes Lower grain prices are expected to affect demand for farmland Chicago/ Reuters

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ash rents for some of the most fertile farmland in the United States fell in the second quarter and are likely to decline again between July and September, according to a survey published Aug. 13 by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The quarterly report, which covers the northern delta and southern Midwest region, added that incomes for farmers continued to fall in the April to June period and further decreases are likely in the third quarter. The rural economy has been hit by recent bumper harvests that have pushed grain prices to the lowest level in five years, and by a strong dollar that has hurt exports. As a result, farmers have cut back the amount they are willing to spend on their businesses. “Our trade area is primarily cash grain, and the lower grain prices will have a negative impact on farm income, prompting producers to reduce spending for both business and household,” the report cited an Illinois lender as saying. Cash rents fell 6.4 per cent for quality farmland in the second quarter of 2015 — the largest drop since the survey started in the third quarter of 2012. A “slight majority” of bankers expects them to decline again in the next three months, the report said. Those results are in contrast to figures earlier this month from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) showing cash rents in the Corn Belt were steady to lower from a year earlier and had edged up on average across the country. The USDA has predicted overall farm income will drop by a third this year to $73.6 billion, its lowest level since 2009.

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Tractor, 4WD, 2445hrs, 125HP, 16x16 Auto Shift, 18.4R38 Rears, 14.9R28 Fronts, Fenders

‘12 New Holland SP.240F

XP Sprayer, 4WD, 700hrs, 275HP, Excellent cond., 1200GAL POLY TANK, 380/90R46 TIRES, 100FT/60FT 10 SECTION BOOMS

TRACTORS

$99,000

‘06 Case IH STX480

Tractor, 4WD, 5660hrs, 480HP, Fair cond., 710/70R42 DUALS, 55GPM, 4 REMOTES FRONT & REAR WEIGHTS, TOW CABLE

‘08 New Holland CX8080

Combine, 1375hrs, Good cond., Chaff Spreaders, Yield & Moisture, Intelliview II Display

$66,000

$270,000

690840

$159,000

716049

679668

‘15 Rem VRX Grain Vac

$251,000

2014 NH CX8090 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$383,000 2013 NH CX8080 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$296,000 2011 NH CX8080. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $175,000 2010 NH CX8080 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$230,000 2010 NH CX8080 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $185,000 2008 NH CX8080 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $179,900 2003 NH CR970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125,000 2001 NH TR99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $69,000 1994 NH TX66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000 1991 NH TR86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,500

2010 NH 94C-36FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,000 2010 NH 94C-36FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $51,000 2009 NH 94C-30FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$44,000 2009 NH 94C-40FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $54,900 2009 NH 94C-36FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$56,571 2008 NH 76C-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,900 2004 JD 630F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16,429 HY SP25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,500

‘15 Elmers Super 7 70FT

Harrow, 10’ - 7 bar harrow sections Hydraulic Tine Adjust Hydraulic

‘14 Versatile 450

Tractor, 4WD, 229hrs, 450HP, Excellent cond., 800/70R38 DUALS, STD QUAD SHIFT, MECH REMOTES, DEMO 718342

‘13 Morris C2 86FT-12IN

$280,000

COMBINES

Windrower, 298hrs, 190HP, Excellent cond., 36FT, DELUXE CAB, CAB SUSPENSION, DELUXE LED LIGHTS, 600/65R

‘11 New Holland CX8080

700503

$90,000

2008 CIH RB564. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,900 2007 CIH RBX563 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,500 1991 CIH 8460. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,000

Mower Conditioner, Excellent cond., CHEVRON RUBBER ROLLS, MOMAX MODULAR DUTTER BAR, HYD TONGUE SWING 690133

Combine, 2WD, 499hrs, 360HP, Excellent Combine, 2260hrs, 360HP, Good cond., 520 cond., 520 DUALS, 600 REARS, CAST, HID, DUALS, 600/65R28 STEERS, LARGE TOUCH Y&M, 790CP-15FT SCREEN DISPLAY, CR STYLE SPREADERS

ROUND BALERS

‘13 New Holland H8060-36FT

677757

‘13 New Holland H7460-16FT Disc

$85,000

‘13 New Holland CX8080

ELEVATION Combine, 2WD, 295hrs, 225HP, Excellent cond., CAST CYLINDER, 520/85R442 DUALS, 600 REARS, RECIEVER, NAV II

‘09 New Holland 94C-40FT

Header, Excellent cond., DOUBLE KNIFE DRIVE, 6 BAT UII SPLIT REEL, DOUBLE DRIVE, HYD FORE/AFT, TRANS

$106,000

‘14 New Holland CX8090

677872

$296,000

$389,000

677838

$75,000 ‘13 MacDon 2152-35FT

Header, Excellent cond., 35FT, SPLIT REEL, SINGLE KNIFE DRIVE, HYD TILT, HYD FORE/AFT, AHHC, TRANSPORT

686695

$179,000

‘10 New Holland 94C-36FT

Header, Excellent cond., 36FT, DOUBLE KNIFE DRIVE, 6 BAT UII 42IN DIAMETER ONE PIECE REEL, SLOW SPEED

677851

$327,000

677932

$54,900

677759

$49,000

677738

‘12 Morris C2 80FT-12IN

/w 9800 TBH Air Drill, Good cond., 86FT, /w 9800 TBH Air Drill, Good cond., 80FT, 12IN, PAIRED ROW, MUD GUARDS, 5.5SPP, 12IN, PAIRED ROW, MUD GURADS, 5.5SPP, DS, 9800TBH DS, 9800 TBH

Highway #2 South

Highway #6 North

Highway #10 East

Fax: 306-946-2613

Fax: 306-746-2919

Fax: 306-782-5595

Ph: 306-946-3301

Ph: 306-746-2911

Ph: 306-783-8511

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The Manitoba Co-operator | August 20, 2015

FARMER'S

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Classification

Index Tributes/Memoriams Announcements Airplanes Alarms & Security Systems AntiqUes – Antiques For Sale – Antique Equipment – Antique Vehicles – Antiques Wanted

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BUiLding & renovAtions – Building Supplies – Concrete Repair – Doors & Windows – Electrical & Plumbing – Insulation – Lumber – Roofing Buildings Business Machines Business Opportunities

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 BeeKeeping – Honey Bees – Cutter Bees – Bee Equipment

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 FArM MAChinerY – Aeration – Conveyors – Equipment Monitors

Belting Biodiesel Equipment Books & Magazines

tiLLAge & seeding – Air Drills – Air Seeders – Harrows & Packers – Seeding Various – Tillage Equipment – Tillage Various 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

– 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

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 – Brahman

sprAYing eqUipMent – Sprayers – Various

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– Ponies – Quarter Horse – Shetland – Sport Horses – Standardbred – Tennessee Walker – Thoroughbred – Warmblood – Welsh – Horses For Sale – Horses Wanted poultry – Poultry For Sale – Poultry Wanted Sheep – Sheep Auction – Arcott – Columbia – Dorper – Dorset – Katahdin – Lincoln – Suffolk – Texel Sheep – Sheep For Sale – Sheep Wanted Swine – Swine Auction – Swine For Sale – Swine Wanted Speciality – Alpacas – Bison (Buffalo) – Deer – Elk – Goats – Llama – Rabbits – Emu/Ostrich/Rhea – Yaks – Various Livestock Equipment Livestock Services & Vet Supplies Misc. Articles For Sale Misc. Articles Wanted Musical Notices On-Line Services orgAniC – Organic Certified – Organic Food – Organic Grains

Outfitters Personal Pest Control Pets & Supplies Photography Propane Pumps Radio, TV & Satellite reAL estAte – Commercial Buildings – Condos – Cottages & Lots – Houses & Lots – Land For Rent – Land For Sale – Mobile Homes – Motels & Hotels – Resorts – Vacation Property – farms & Ranches – Acreages/Hobby Farms – Manitoba – Saskatchewan – Alberta – British Columbia – Pastureland – Farms/Ranches Wanted reCreAtionAL vehiCLes – All Terrain Vehicles – Boats & Water – Campers & Trailers – Golf Carts – Motor Homes – Motorcycles – Snowmobiles Recycling Refrigeration Restaurant Supplies Sausage Equipment Sawmills Scales CertiFied seed – Cereal Seeds – Forage Seeds – Oilseeds – Pulse Crops – Specialty Crops CoMMon seed – Cereal Seeds – Forage Seeds – Grass Seeds – Oilseeds – Pulse Crops – Common Seed Various

seed/Feed/grAin – Feed Grain – Hay & Straw – Feed Wanted – Grain Wanted – Hay & Feed Wanted – Seed Wanted Sewing Machines Sharpening Services Silos Sporting Goods Stamps & Coins Swap Tanks Tarpaulins Tenders Tickets Tires Tools trAiLers – Grain Trailers – Livestock Trailers – Trailers Miscellaneous Travel Water Pumps Water Treatment Welding Well Drilling Well & Cistern Winches CAreers – Career Training – Child Care – Construction – Domestic Services – Farm/Ranch – Forestry/Log – Health Care – Help Wanted – Management – Mining – Oil Field – Professional – Resume Services – Sales/Marketing – Trades/Tech – Truck Drivers – Employment Wanted

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The Manitoba Co-operator | August 20, 2015

AUCTION DISTRICTS Parkland – North of Hwy 1; west of PR 242, following the west shore of Lake Manitoba and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis. Westman – South of Hwy 1; west of PR 242. Interlake – North of Hwy 1; east of PR 242, following the west shore of Lake Manitoba and east shore of Lake Winnipegosis. Red River – South ofHwy 1; east of PR 242.

The Pas

Birch River

Swan River Minitonas Durban

Winnipegosis

Roblin

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac Russell

Parkland

Birtle

Riverton Eriksdale

McCreary

Gimli

Shoal Lake

Langruth

Neepawa

Gladstone

Rapid City Virden

1

Boissevain

Killarney

Pilot Mound Crystal City

Elm Creek

Sanford

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

Lac du Bonnet

Beausejour

Winnipeg

Austin Treherne

Westman

Waskada

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage Carberry

Brandon Souris

Melita

Interlake

Erickson Minnedosa

Hamiota

Reston

Arborg

Lundar

St. Pierre

242

Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

Steinbach

1

Red River

ANTIQUES ANTIQUES Antiques For Sale FARMALL M WIDE FRONT; Farmall H wide front; Pony Massey tractor; 56 IHC truck 3-Ton; 12-ft deep tiller; 20-ft. flatdeck gooseneck trailer; 12-ft. press drill; IHC baler, for scrap; 2 cyl Miller Welder; gooseneck camper trailer. (204)855-2212

AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland MEYERS AUCTION 10:00am Sun., Aug 23rd, 2015. 431 Lansdowne Ave, Arden, MB. ESTATE OF E. SNEESBY, NEEPAWA: 2006 Impala LS, 67,865-km, Saftied, 4 DR, Auto, Cruise, Air, 3.5L, V6; Received under the Garage Keepers Act: 2003 F150 Truck FX4, Auto, Loaded, 4x4, 122,000-km; Collector Coins & Jewellery Start the Auction. ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES: Gibson L-50 Electric Guitar Ser #6682 16 & Amp; Regal Dobro Guitar; Regal Acoustic Guitar; Moorcroft Vase; Royal Doulton Figurine “Elizabeth” 2003; 2 Oak Teachers’ Chairs; Round Oak Pedestal Table & 4 Chairs; Shamrock Table; Collector Spoons; Candelabra; Crystal; 30’s Era China Cabinet; Bell Collection; Collector Plates & Wall Hangings; Coal Oil Lamp Bases; Local History Books; Model Ship; Rare “Boudoir Piano” built by the Columbus Piano Co. has 76 keys rather than the standard 88; Piano Stool; Ceramic Turtle; Camel Stool, Camel Table & Hookah- brought back by relatives that toured the Middle East; Framed Prints; Four Poster Double Bed; Large Dresser w/Oval Mirror; French Ivory Dresser Set; Pink Lady Lamp; Dresser w/Bevelled Mirror; Chrome Ash Tray Stand; Stained Glass Window; Parlour Table; Match Box Holder; Cream Can; Coke Tray; Horse Figurine; Drop Leaf Table; Chick Lunch Box; Nellie McClung Books; LG Asst of Figurines; FURNITURE: Large China Cabinet; Side Storage Cabinet; Dusty Rose Couch & Chair; Magazine Racks; Side Tables; Swivel Rockers; Mirrors; Upholstered Side Chairs; 5 Pc Oak Bdrm Suite; Coffee & End Tables; Book Cases; Bdrm Suites; Cedar Trunk; Kenmore Deep Freeze; Microwave; TVs; Salt Lamp; YS-50 Super Radiant Dome; Chi Machine; Electro Reflex Energizer; Kenmore Vac; Honeywell Dehumidifier; Table Lamps; Bedding; Towels; Golf Clubs; Fishing Tackle; Pots & Pans; Dishes, Etc. CONSIGNED: to come yet. Check the web. MUCH, MUCH, MORE- LUNCH AVAIL. Subject to Additions & Deletions. Meyers Auctions & Appraisals, Arden, MB. Bradley Meyers Auctioneer (204)368-2333 or (204)476-6262 cell meyersauctions.com If you want to sell it fast, call 1-800-782-0794.

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake Plan to attend the following Auctions (both will be short sales)

Sale site: From Lundar on PR #419 - 29 km East, turn right on PR #120 & go East 2 km or from Chatfield – 11 km West & 2 km South (Follow Signs) Included in the sale: 2001 New Holland TS110, 16 spd, 3pt hitch, w/Q750 Quicke attach loader (7200 hrs); 2006 New Holland BR780A Baler; Case IH 8370 14ft Haybine; M.F. Model 36 side delivery rake; IH 300 16ft Diskall fertilizer & seed(no grass); (2) Hay trailers (hold 14 bales each); 400 Bales – Alfalfa Mix, twine wrap (34 to a pile); Cattle Equipment, some Household and Antiques

David & Kathy Shabaga, St. Martin, MB Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.

Sale site: From St. Martin Junction – 4 km East on PR #513 (Beside Community Curling Club) Included in this sale: ’49-’50 Ford 8N Tractor, 12 v w/ new clutch for tractor; J.D. #9 7ft 3pt Mower; 1977 Mercedes 280E, 155,000 miles, white interior, sun roof, (always inside); Harley Davidson gas 3 wheel golf cart; Tilt skidoo trailer; Vulcan (US Pat) sm Anvil (arm & hammer decal); (2) Patio sets – (1) oval table w/4 chairs & (1) glass top rectangular table, sm love seat & 2 chairs; Brinkman Pro4655 6 burner BBQ w/side burner; Shop & Tools; Yard & Misc; Household and Antiques

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

Estate of Rose Dudar

Saturday, August 29 @ 10:00 am Fraserwood, MB Jct Hwy #7 & #231. Go West 4 miles then South 2 miles then 1 mile West on Dudar Rd. Contact: Tom (204) 299-9045 or Kathy (204) 275-5008

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

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

AUCTION SALE Moving & Estate

Wed., August, 26 @ 4:00 pm Stonewall, MB - #12 Patterson Drive

Yard Items * Tools * Antiques * Household * Always Lots of Exciting Items!! (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

Building, Yard & Recreation: 14' x 10' Storage Building on Skids, Insulated * 78 Yamaha GT 80 Dirt Bike Tools: Air Comp * Wood Lathe * Table Saw * Planer * Drill Press * Scroll Saw * Welder Antiques: Painted Pantry * Cedar Chest * Radio * Carnival * Crockery Garden Seeder * Die Cast Tractors Household: Fridges * Deep Freeze * 4 Pc BR Suite * Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

MARSHILL'S ANNUAL CONSIGNMENT SALE Saturday, September 26 @ 10:00 am East Selkirk, MB 3 miles North on Hwy #59 then East, 5 miles on Rd #80N then 3/4 mile North on Rd 36E - #80112 Contact: James (204) 330 - 5282

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions DEL KILLICK AUCTION Sat., Aug 29th, 2015 11:00AM Directions: 1/2 EAST OF MELVILLE ON HWY 10, Melville SK. CONTACT: (306)728-2869. TRACTORS: Case 2470 4WD Tractor: cab, air, 23.1x30 singles, 5000-hrs, rebuilt power shift, PTO, duel hyd; JD 720 DSL Tractor, fair rubber, power steering; Cockshut 1550 Diesel Tractor, PTO, hyd, real good tires, looks good; Ford 9N Tractor, 3-PTH; Industrial MM Gas Tractor, loader, one new rear tire, duel PTO. TRUCKS: 1967 Dodge 3 Ton Truck, 16-ft box, hoist, 8 roller pump, tarp, V8 5x2. HAYING: M&W #5596 Round Baler, done only 1000 bales; JD 27 Trailer mower; IHC 37 square baler; NH square baler; Agratec bale stooker. SWATHER: Versatile #400 18-ft SP Swather, looks good. AUGER: Sakundiak 7x45 Auger w/bin sweep, ES engine. SEEDING: Morris 2M-11-22-ft seedrite, complete. MISC EQUIPMENT: HOUSE 6ft 3-PTH mower; Versatile 50-ft sprayer; Doeppker 36-ft rodweeder; Glencoe 36-ft cultivator; 4 wheel wagon; Morris 54-ft tine harrow bar w/sprayer attachments; 1250-gal. water tank; 10 section diamond harrow bar; Roll-o-flex 440 skidoo, not seized. Plus misc and shop. NOTE: Del is retiring and is selling all equipment. 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.

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

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ESTATE OF WILFRED ELASCHUK AUCTION Sat., Aug. 22nd, 2015 11:00AM Directions: 1.5 EAST ON HWY 16 FROM SHEHO, SK. TRACTORS: Steiger Cougar CM280 Tractor cab, air, 4 hyd, clamp on duals, nice; 1976 Vers 850 Series II Tractor cab, air, hyd, large singles; 1974 Vers 800 Series I Tractor cab, air, large singles; 1970 Cockshutt 2150 Tractor cab, hyd, good rubber; DISCS: Kello 28-ft. Disc 2 wings, tandem disc, (no welds, good shape, fair blades); Kello 28-ft. Disc single wing offset disc, (no welds, good shape, fair blades); Rome TW20-32 10-ft. Offset Disc good blades; CAT: TD-20-E Cat angle blade, twin tilts, G80 winch, bush equipped, good track, good condition; TRAILERS: 35-Ton Heavy duty low bed Trailer Converter (sold w/ or w/o trailer); 2 wheel trailer w/500-gal fuel tank & pump; TRUCKS: 1969 Dodge Cabover Truck 18-ft. van body, 5x2 SPD axle, hyd tailgate, rear doors, side door; 1988 Ford DSL F250 Truck 7.3L, 4x4, 5-SPD, real nice; 1986 Ford F250 Truck 6.9L, DSL 4-SPD, stnd, new engine; MISC: Used 30.5x32 tractor tires; 16-ft. storage container; 4 Vers 4 hole rims; Disc bearings; Misc new & used blades; 2 heavy made tool boxes; Press; Oils, grease, HD mechanic sockets, wrenches, hammers; Electric tools; Nuts, bolts, etc. NOTE: Wilf was in excavating all his life. His equip for the age is very well maintained & looked after. He was very fussy w/fixing & servicing. Online bidding 1:00pm. Contact Lorne (306)641-6769. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for complete pictures & listing. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #915851.

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

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

Stuart McSherry

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

Garson, MB - #19 Poplar St.

Tractors * Equipment * Vehicles & Trailers * Yard & Recreation * Building Supply * Farm Misc * Livestock Equip * Tools & Misc *

Tractors & Crawler: Ford 7710 Cab MFWA 3PH 540/1000 Triple Hyd w Leon 690 FEL 7531 Hrs. - Needs Engine Repair * Deutz D7206 Cab 540 PTO Dual Hyd. w Leon 690 FEL 7250 Hrs. * JD 4020 Dsl Cab 540/1000 Hyd 6584 Hrs. * Sold After EEZ On FEl w JD 4020 Mts. * JD 1010 Gas Crawler w FEL Hyd. 540 PTO - New Undercarriage Chains & Rear Sprockets * JD Mt Row Crop Eagle Hitch PTO Pulley * 67 Case 630 Gas Hyd. * 67 Case 430 Gas Hyd * Case DC 4 w Farm Hand FEL * FEL Manure Forks * FEL Bale Forks Equip: Hutchmaster 8’ Offset Disc * Scultz Rock Picker * 48’ Tandem High Boy Flat Deck w Pipe Hay Railing * Semi Dolly Converter * Sitrex 9 Wheel Rake * JD 450 Trailer 9’ Sickle Mower * Wrowse 30’ Hyd. Dump Rake * NH 56 Side Del Rake * NH 851 Rd Baler * JD #5 Semi Mt 7’Sickle Mower * Farmhand Stack Mover * 120 Bushel Hopper Wagon Building: Sheet Metal Pole Structure 32’ x 56’ x 16’ H Shop w Double Slide Door & Man Door ($8000.00 reserve Bid ) To Be Moved Heavy Trucks & Vehicles: 80 Mack Semi * 77 Chev C 50 w 15’ B & H * 87 GMC 4 x 4 1/2 Ton * 78 Chev 2500 * 75 Ford 1 Ton Dually w 11’ Deck & Hoist Livestock Equip & Misc: Farm King PTO Roller Mill on Transport * Port Squeeze Chute w Scale * Miami Port Creep Feeder w Panels * 5) Rd Bale Feeders * 16) Corral Panels * Gates * 10 ‘ Metal Bunk Feeders * Stock Doctor * Electric Fencers * Com. Meat Grinder * 300 LB Hanging Scale * 1200 Gal Poly Tank * Cement Mixer * Wood Heater * New 5th Wheel Hitch * Fuel Tanks & Stand * Some Lumber * Various Farm Misc * Implement Parts Recreation & Yard: 88 Ford 24’ Triple E Motorhome Dash AC * Aluminum 16 1/2 ‘ Boat, Merc 200 Outboard & Trailer * MTD 13 HP R Mower * Turf 7 HP 30” R Mower * 6) Rolls Snow Fence * Leg Traps * Fishing & Camping Items Tools: Lincoln 225 Welder * Air Comp * Drill Press * Table Saws * Chain Saw * Power Tools * Shop Supply Antiques: JD Van Brunt 20 Run Seeder * Rumbly Threshing Machine * Horse Dump Rakes * Int 2 B Plow * Cream Separator * Anvil * Gramophones * Table * Wood Tubed Washer w Wringer * Trunks * Crock * Torche Lamp * Pedal Bikes Household: Woodheater * Pool Table * Furniture * Various Household *

1-800-782-0794

Sunday, August 30 @ 11:00 am

Sales conducted by Bergner Auction Service, Ashern (204) 768-0018

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All Sales are Terms: Cash/Cheque We do not handle Interac/Credit Cards Neither the Owner nor Auctioneer is responsible for errors in description or condition. Sale listing is subject to additions or deletions and any comments made the day of the sale with respect to sale items takes precedence over previously reported listing. We are not responsible for accidents. Items are sold “AS IS - WHERE IS”

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McSherry Auction Service Ltd

Lloyd & Elaine Johnson, Chatfield, MB Monday, August 24, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.

McSherry Auction Service Ltd GARTON’S AUCTION SERVICE will be conducting a Ranch Retirement Auction for Ed & Angela Jarvie on Aug. 26th, 2015 near Kinosota, MB @ 10:30am. Tractors: MF 698 FWA tractor c/w loader; Intl 706 & 560; Intl MD w/FEL; 65 Massey; 540 Cockshutt; WF Allis Chalmers. Equipment: NH 851 & NH 852 balers; NH 857 mixmill; Chisel plows; Manure spreader; Bale wagons; Augers; Fanning mills. Vehicles: ‘74 Ford 3T, ‘86 GMC Sierra. Farm & livestock items inc corral panels, roofing tin & shop tools. For complete details & photos visit www.gartonsauction.com or call Garton’s Auction Service (204)648-4541 or Ed & Angela Jarvie (204)767-2063.

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Steven Perrin Agricultural Territory Manager Manitoba West sperrin@rbauction.com 204.573.0993

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

UPCOMING AUCTION FARM RETIREMENT AUCTION SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19th 10:00 AM

• 1995 Case IH 7220 Diesel Tractor, 3 PTH, Cab, 7844hrs, MFWD • 1996 215S Series 2 JCB Loader Backhoe, 4WD • 4-150 White Field Boss Tractor, 4WD, 3208 CAT Diesel, 1000 PTO, 152 HP • 2005 Rainbow 33ft Tri-Axle Goosneck Trailer, Beaver Tail, Ramps, GVWR: 24150lb • 9ft New Holland 617 Disc Mower • Kverneland UN7581 Bale Wrapper

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

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

GRAVITY WAGONS NEW 400-BU, $7400; 600-bu, $12,500; 750-bu, $18,250, Tarps Avail. Large selection of used wagons, $2,000 & Up; 550-bu. year round $5,500; Parker 500-bu., $6,000; Parker 450bu., $5,000; Discs Krause 30-ft. Rock Cushion, $9,500; Wishek 30-ft. 742, $32,000; Fertilizer Spreaders 4-8 Ton, $3,000 & Up; Valmar 1620, $2,500; 3255, $3,500. (204)857-8403

FARM MACHINERY Grain Vacuums

For Malcolm & Elizabeth Hunter Location: From Steinbach, Manitoba, 10 miles south on Hwy #12 then 1/2 mile west on Road 25N

Partial List:

FARM MACHINERY Grain Dryers

CURT’S GRAIN VAC SERVICES, parts & repair for all makes & models. Craik SK, (306)734-2228.

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories

• New Idea 364 Tandem Axle Manure Spreader • Husky 5000 Gal Liquid Manure Tank • 8-51 Westfield Auger, PTO Drive • 2001 Arctic Cat 300 Quad, 4X4 • 3 PTH Rough Cut Mower • Good Shop Tools (Hitachi, Dewalt, Lincoln, Makita) • Riding Lawn Tractors

GOODS USED TRACTOR PARTS: (204)564-2528 or 1-877-564-8734, Roblin, MB. MURPHY SALVAGE New & used parts for tractors, combines, swathers, square & round balers, tillage, press drills & other misc machinery. MURPHY SALVAGE (204)858-2727 or toll free 1-877-858-2728.

FYFE PARTS

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1-800-667-9871 •• Regina 1-800-667-9871 Regina 1-800-667-3095 •• Saskatoon 1-800-667-3095 Saskatoon 1-800-387-2768 • Winnipeg 1-800-667-3095 Manitoba 1-800-222-6594 •• Edmonton

FULL LISTINGS & PHOTOS AT PENNERAUCTIONS.COM CLOTHING Work Wear

Full Listing At www.pennerauctions.com

SEWING ALTERATIONS, ZIPPERS REPLACED, upholstery for furniture, boats & automobiles. Phone (204)727-2694

“For All Your Farm Parts”

www.fyfeparts.com

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BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

CONTRACTING

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

GA GINO CONSTRUCTION AUCTION Sun., Aug 23rd, 2015 9:30AM Directions: WEST SIDE OF YORKTON ON #16, SOUTH OF TRACKS YORKTON, SK CONTACT: (306)783-7484. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT: Case 9050 B Trackhoe Ser EAC0501126; Case 980 Backhoe extension hoe, extra bucket, looks good; Komutsi D55S-3 Crawler large bucket, Ser 4746; Adams Scarifier 23 Grader SC2325; CAT 860P Townmotor Forklift Ser 67L571; Patrick AB-8 Forklift; CAT 928 G Forklift Ser 6XR00665, 18000 pd lift; Battery operated pallet fork; 6-in. DSL water pump & trailer; TRUCKS: 1990 MAC CH600 Truck 13-SPD fuller, good tires, 5th wheel; 1988 MAC Gravel truck 13-SPD, 14-ft. gravel box; 1977 IH 2050 Fleet Star Truck DSL, 14ft. gravel box; 1976 C65 GMC Truck V8, 16-ft. deck & hoist; 1992 Chev 1/2-Ton 6.5 DSL (needs motor); TRAILERS: Cobra 36-ft. aluminum gravel trailer; 53-ft. enclosed van trailer; 18-ft. single axle, dual wheel, wood deck trailer; CARPENTRY EQUIPMENT: 14-in. table saw; Prefab wall table on rollers (building walls); 8-in. belt sander; 2 large compressors; Metal sheer; Jointer; 10-ft. roller metal press (for making metal truss connectors); Unapoint 5-HP mitre radial arm saw; 2-HP band saw; 2 Dewalt 14in. radial arm saws; NEW 5 blade moulding machine; Truss rafter machine w/80-ft. table (making rafters); Truss rafter machine w/60-ft. table (making rafters) Plus very large misc equip of salvage & parts, yd, recreation, shop & materials including bundles of 7/15” abs, 100 sheets of white tin. NOTE: Gino has been one of the most prominent contractors in Yorkton building over 300 houses, apartments, mall etc. Machinery is older but definitely still usable. This is a partial listing w/hundreds of more items. Gino was an excellent auction customer. Online bidding 1:00pm. Visit www.ukrainetzauction.com for complete pictures & listing. Sale conducted by Ukrainetz Auction Theodore SK. (306)647-2661. License #915851.

PRICE TO CLEAR!!

CONTRACTING Custom Har vesting

WaTRoUs, sK. Fax: 306-946-2444

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

KEN RONG AUCTION Sun., Aug 30th, 2015 11:00AM Directions: 10 S OF HUDSON BAY, 1/2 EAST ON ETOMOMI ROAD HUDSON BAY, SK CONTACT: (306)470-7275. MACHINERY-TRACTORS: 1979 CASE 1070 Tractor: cab, air, p-shift, 18.4x34 tires, new duals w/or w/o tractor; MM Jetstar 3 Tractor, gas, duel hyd, w/MM Loader, like new rubber. CAT: HD16A Allis Chalmers w/blade, good under carriage. HAYING: Hesston 1170 16-ft Haybine, good; New Idea 496 baler, shedded, nice; NH 56 Side delivery rake; 8-ft trailer mower; NH 273 square baler, looks good. CATTLE EQUIPMENT: NH 354 Mix mill, shedded, real nice; 14 bale truck frame bale wagon; NH 519 manure spreader, real good; Square baler fork for FEL; Louis cattle oiler w/mineral feeder; Wooden self feeder; WW cattle squeeze; 1250-gal. water tank; Bale feeders, gates, panels, etc. DISC: Kello 210, 10-ft offset disc. TILLAGE: Morris 27.5-ft Vibrashank & harrows. DRILLS: IHC 24-ft 620 press drills w/grass attachment. TRUCKS: 1983 IHC 1700 grain truck, box, hoist, tarp, 34,000-kms, looks good; 1968 Ford 2-Ton, box, hoist, 5-spd. MISC: Mandrill; Crimper for JD 800 swather; FEL; JD 6601 PTO Combine; Brandt 35-ft auger, not running; 3000-ft of 2x6 rough lumber; 21 16-ft treated telephone poles; 18 treated 4x6x16 beams; SHOP: Hyd drill fill; Hyd tail gate drill fill; Front spindle for 970 Case; Guards; Sections; Oil; 5-gal. pail of Cat idler grease; Portable welder, not running. Plus nuts, bolts, etc. NOTE: Ken rented his land. Major equipment shedded. 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. Go public with an ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifieds. Phone 1-800-782-0794.

AUCTION SALES Auctions Various Hobby Farm Auction September 19th & 20th 2015. Will be the First annual Hobby Farm Auction Held in Portage La Prairie, MB. This Auction is For anyone to come buy or sell animals, whether you only have a couple animals in the back yard, or a couple hundred. (204)872-2850, (204)981-9738 ambergerbrandt@hotmail.com Do you want to target Manitoba farmers? Place your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator. Manitoba’s best-read farm publication.

AUTO & TRANSPORT AUTO & TRANSPORT Semi Trucks & Trailers 2005 9900I IHC SEMI-TRACTOR, C-15 CAT engine, set at 575-hp, 13spd, 4-way diff. locks, 72-in stand-up sleeper, with a 2004 advance Super B grain trailer. $60,000. Macgregor, MB. Ph:(204)871-0925.

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

Sale Conducted by: PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD.

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.

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Ask about our blowout colours...65¢/ft.2 Also in stock low rib white 29 ga. ideal for archrib buildings BEAT THE PRICE INCREASES CALL NOW

FOUILLARD STEEL SUPPLIES LTD. ST. LAZARE, MB. 1-800-510-3303

BUILDINGS AFAB INDUSTRIES IS YOUR SUPERIOR post frame building company. For estimates and information call 1-888-816-AFAB(2322). Website: www.postframebuilding.com CONCRETE FLATWORK: Specializing in place & finish of concrete floors. Can accommodate any floor design. References available. Alexander, MB. 204-752-2069.

HHM BUILDERS Farm Sheds Garages Tool & Garden Sheds Home Building/Home Renovations Cabins Corral Set Ups Farm & Yard Clean Ups Farm Landscaping

Call: 204-727-8550

Toll Free: 1-877-253-7567 Email: orest@helpfulhandyman.ca

BUSINESS SERVICES BUSINESS SERVICES Crop Consulting

FARM CHEMICAL / SEED COMPLAINTS We also specialize in: agricultural complaints of any nature; Crop ins. appeals; Spray drift; Chemical failure; Residual herbicide; Custom operator issues; Equip. malfunctions. Licensed Agrologist on Staff. For assistance and compensation call

Back-Track InvesTIgaTIons

1-866-882-4779. www.backtrackcanada.com

CUSTOM COMBINING: 460 CAT, W PU, $150/hr; 30-ft flex-head, $18/hr; 6 row allcrop header 30-in spacing, $22/hr. Carman MB & surrounding areas. Mike Maddison (204)750-1030. WILL DO CUSTOM HARVESTING: Peas, cereals, canola, & soybeans. Flex heads, straight heads & PU headers. Professional operation fully insured. Phone:(204)391-5491 or (204)371-9435.

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

6 QUICK ATTACH EXCAVATOR buckets, some trenching & clean-up buckets, plus 6 excavator rippers, some Cat’s & WBM’s. (204)871-0925, MacGregor MB.

FARM MACHINERY FARM MACHINERY Grain Augers HARVEST INTL GRAIN AUGERS New 13-82 Auger w/Flex Hopper, 540 PTO, scissor lift, HD Auger $19,500; New 13-82 Auger w/Flex Hopper w/Hyd Winch, Hyd Mover, 540 PTO $23,500. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. www.reimerfarmequipment.com Gary Reimer (204)326-7000.

FARM MACHINERY Grain Bins (3) MERIDIAN STORE KING grain bins, 1,700-bu. hopper bottom, $10,000/each. (1) Meridian 4,154bu hopper bottom bin w/aeration, $20,000. (2) 4,100-bu hopper bottom bins, w/5-hp aeration fans, $20,000/each. 3,000-bu Balan hopper bottom bin, $10,000. Macgregor, MB. Ph:(204)871-0925.

Cudmore Bros. Farm King Augers New 16x84 in stock Used 13x70 w/electric mover Used 13x95 w/electric mover $15,000 Used 16x84 w/hyd. mover & winch $22,500 Meridian (Sakundiak) Augers Meridian Hopper Bins Honda & Kohler Engines

204-873-2395 CRYSTAL CITY, MB

www.cudmorebros.com FARM MACHINERY Grain Carts FOR SALE: BRENT 874 grain cart, hyd or PTO drive, 30.5x32 rubber, roll tarp, shedded, $24,000 OBO. Phone (204)546-2021 or (204)638-2513.

BUILDINGS

JD 7700 COMBINE; MF 760; Also white & parting out remains of Case 1030 & 930. Some trucks & cars for sale. Pasture & hayland for rent. Standing poplar, plus much more. Phone:(204)268-1888. ROTARY MOWERS WOODS 7-FT. PT, $3,000; 15-ft., $6,000; JD 15-ft., $6,000; 20-ft., $11,000; NH 9-ft. sickle mower, $20200; JD 450, $2,000; IH 7-ft., $850; 6-ft. Finishing mower, $1,000; Hay conditioners $200 & up; Manure spreaders, JD 785, $11,000; Gehl 1410, $8,000; H&S 400-bu. $2,500; V Pitchers, $1,500 & up; NH 216 hyd rake, $7,500; Vermeer hyd rake, $7,500; Gehl 2270 haybine, $3,500; NH 116, $3,000. (204)857-8403 WESTFIELD GRAIN AUGER TR100-71 c/w swing auger, good condition, $2,000; Packer bar 26-ft. plus 2, 6-ft. packers, $750; Farm King diamond har-rows 17 sections, $500; Herman tine harrows 50-ft., $750. Jim Abbott (204)745-3884 or (204)750-1157, Carman.

HAYING & HARVESTING HAYING & HARVESTING Baling Equipment 2004 CIH RBX562 ROUND baler, hyd PU, gauge wheels, mega wide PU, bale command, always shedded, field ready, 8,000 bales, $12,500 OBO. (204)733-2446 FOR SALE: JD 567 round baler, 2004, 1 owner, megawide PU, kicker, shedded, excellent condition, asking $17,000 OBO. Call (204)535-2593, Baldur.

HAYING & HARVESTING Swathers 1998 8820 CASE 25-FT. double swath, 4 cyl DSL. Phone (204)239-7758 or (204)872-1713

HAYING & HARVESTING Various 1998 994 HONEYBEE 30-FT draper header w/TR or TX adapter, UII pick-up reel, cross auger, new canvasses & bearings. $15,500 OBO. Phone:(204)632-4390 or Cell:(204)797-4821. 2005 NH 94C 30-FT draper header w/UII pick-up reel, TR/TX adapter, canvasses, canvass rollers & bearings replaced. $23,500 OBO. Phone: (204)632-4390 or Cell:(204)797-4821.

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 2003 HIAB MODEL# XS122B-2CL picker, VGC, $12,000 OBO; Magnum headache rack w/Canstar storage boxes, $1200 OBO. Ph (204)745-7445.

IHC TRUCK CHASSIS, GOOD tires, ideal for bale trailer; IH W6 good for restoration or parts. Phone (204)735-2567

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 Machinery Miscellaneous 1984 4400 22-FT VERSATILE swather w/cab, good condition, big rubber, asking $3,000; 1984 400 20-ft Versatile swather, good condition, asking $1,400; 1983 400 20-ft Versatile swather, double swath, asking $900 OBO; Haullin 53-ft extendable rafter trailer, all hydraulic, asking $3,500. (204)728-1861. 1994 WESTWARD PT swather c/w MacDon PU reel, excellent canvasses & knife, always shedded, $4,500; 1991 WESTFIELD grain auger 60-ft.x8-in. c/w swing hopper, good condition, $2,000; 1999 REM grain vac, Model 1826B, excellent condition, always shedded, $5,000. (204)537-2455 39-FT CIL 203 DEEP tiller, 12-in spacing, 3-row harrows, new shovels, in excellent shape. No reasonable offer refused. (204)795-0626. 875 VERS tractor; 40-FT Bourgault cultivator; 22-ft Bourgault cultivator both w/anhydrous hitch; 22-ft JD cultivator; Swath roller; JD 21-ft 2320 swather; 21-ft CCIL swather; JD 7700 combine, 1950-hrs, shedded; 1975 Chev & 1977 Int. 3-tonne; 10x61 Westfield auger in new condition; 8x51 Westfield auger; 7x41 Westfield; 7x51 Sakundiak; 63-ft Harrow packer bar, Rite-Way w/new tines; 56 Morris w/new tines; 4) 30-ft 6-bar standing panels; 2 Elk fences, 1 standing. (204)546-2562. BIN SHEETS 2X4 WIDE & narrow core, $25; Aeration flooring for 38-ft diameter bins, $200/bin; Used propane tanks, 80-gal, $25, 1000-gal, $500 & 2000-gal capacity $800; Cat engine w/6-in diameter Doda manure pump, can be used as a booster pump, $5,100; 3) 8-in bin unloading augers w/sweep for 38-ft diameter bin, $150 each. (204)274-2502 ext 225 or (204)274-2782. DISCS WISHEK 14-FT., 16-FT. 30-ft. Sunflower 30-ft. Rock cushion, $20,000; Breaking discs Kewanee 15-16-ft., Towner 18-in. JD 12-ft., $4,500; Hesston 40-ft. #2410 disc Rippers DMI 5 shank, $8,900; 7 Shank $10,900; Row Crop cultivators 4-12P JD 535 baler, $5,000; JD 336 Baler grain screeners, dual stage rotary, $200 up; Kwik Kleen 5 tube, $5,000; 7 tube, $6,500; Used fertilizer spreaders 4-8Ton. (204)857-8403 DRILL FILL & SWATH roller, in good condition. Phone (204)853-7541 or (204)803-7079. FORAGE HARVESTER NH 890, $2,500; IH 761, $2,500; JD 3970, $6,000; Hi-Dumps Jiffy, $3,000; Richardton 14-ft., Richardton 750, $17,500; Rex tandem forage wagon, $3,000; Flex heads JD 924, 925, 930; Case IH 1020 25-30-ft. 820 20-ft. Rigid Case IH 25-30-ft., $2,500 Up; JD 930 $2,500; Degelman 14ft. Rock Rake, $9,000; 570 Rock pickers, $2,500 Up; Big Mac Prong Picker, $4,000. (204)857-8403 FOR SALE: IH 7-FT. sickle mower w/hyd lift & cyl, good shape, $750. Phone (204)633-3205, Wpg FOR SALE: NH 273 square baler, like new, used very little, what offers. Phone (204)526-2169. GRAIN CARTS LARGE SELECTION used carts Brent 610, 672, 674, 770, 772, 774, 874, 974 Univerferth 7000, 8000, 9250; VFT 750, 760 hyd dr. Fickln 650-bu. $13,500; Grain Vacs REM 1026, 44,500; Brand $4,000-8,000; REM 2500 HD, $9,500; Westfield 10x70 auger, $2,000; 8x46 Scoop-a-Second $1,000; JD 510 Baler, $1,500; JD 535, $5,000; JD 336, $3,000; Sudenga Weigh Wagon, $3,500. (204)857-8403. IH 5000 24.5-FT SWATHER, rebuilt dsl, new knife, pickup reel, Keer shear, $4,250 OBO; 700 Vers. 4-whl drive, 8.3L Cummins, 6,600 original hrs, new clutch, 3-hyd, $10,300 OBO. Phone:(204)635-2600. Stead, MB.

2015 Hay Trailer Hauls 17-22 Rd Bales, 5th Wheel Style Steering, Turns on a Dime, 11x22.5 dual tires, Heavy Build Trailer, 9’ 9"x36’ Steel Deck, $6,400 Delivery Available in MB (204)362-7480 46-FT. 20 SOFT CORE (204)239-7758 or (204)872-1713

bales.

Phone

HYLINE 1400 BALE PICKER, carrys 14 5x6 round bales, field ready, asking $17,000 OBO. Phone (204)425-3884 JD 635 35-FT FLEX-HEAD, serial #7121676, new knives & guards last fall, header in excellent condition, ready to go, asking $14,900. (204)325-2496, Morris area. MATADOR SWATH TURNER $3,200; 24-ft. Vers PT swather $650. (204)770-0040

Rebuilt Concaves

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

Penno’s Machining & Mfg. Ltd. Eden, MB 204-966-3221 Fax: 204-966-3248

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

Combines COMBINES Case/IH 1986 CASE-IH COMBINE 1680, chaff spreader, rice tires, excellent condition, $25,000 OBO; Phone:(204)824-2196 or (204)573-6723. 1991 1680 COMBINE, 3346-HRS, rock trap, straw chopper, bin extensions, 4-wheel drive, always shedded, asking $28,000. (204)364-2398 30-ft IHC MACDON FLEX DRAPER HEADER w/gauge reels, 2 section pick-up reel, $35,000. Ph:(204)871-0925. Macgregor, MB. COMBINE FOR SALE, INTERNATIONAL 1460. 3447 hrs, pick up head, good working condition. $65,000. Ph: (204)828-3648. No sun calls please.

COMBINES Ford/New Holland 1999 TX68 2,500 SEP $25,600, like new; 1997 TX68 2,300-hrs, $28,500, excellent condition. Nate Golas (204)280-1202 or (204)372-6056. FOR SALE: TX66 1995 shedded 1905T, 2503E, newer concave, rub bars, feeder chain, elevator chain, chopper knives, PU belts, excellent condition, field ready, asking $30,000 OBO. Phone (204)535-2593, Baldur.

COMBINES Gleaner L3 GLEANER COMBINE. GOOD condition. Phone: (306) 876-4707

COMBINES John Deere 1986 JD 7720 TITAN 2 combine, good shape, field ready, chaff spreader, 2-spd cylinder, $14,000. Phone (204)568-4604 FOR SALE 9600 JOHN deere combine. Mint condition. Last yr-new straw chopper, seives, rear tires, new engine radiator, new fan pulleyes, repainted, always shedded. $55,000 OBO. Ph:Murray@Somerset (204)744-2534 JD 8820 COMBINE W/PU, chaff saver & 224 straight cut header, runs well, many new parts. Phone (204)838-2028 or (204)748-5840.

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COMBINES Massey Ferguson 1983 850 MF COMBINE, 354 Perkins engine, Melroe PU, has new sieves, hopper bottom. Phone (204)242-4411 1988 MF COMBINE 8560 25-ft. JD flex header 5.9 Cummins, new PU belts, hyd driven rotor chopper. Phone (204)239-7758 or (204)872-1713.

COMBINES White

HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING

NOTICES

The Icynene Insulation System® • Sprayed foam insulation • Ideal for shops, barns or homes • Healthier, Quieter, More Energy Efficient®

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1980, 5542 WHITE COMBINE, in excellent condition. Asking $6,700. Phone (204)848-2254, Onanole MB. 8900 WHITE COMBINE SHEEDED since new, not used last 8 yrs, melroe pick-up & straight cut header. Very good condition. PH:(204) 886-2247. Teulon, MB

COMBINES Accessories 2012 CIH 3020 Flex Platform, PU Reel, Poly Skids, F/A Reel, F/F Auger, Field Ready, $34,900. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. www.reimerfarmequipment.com Gary Reimer (204)326-7000. AGCO MF CAT FLEX Platforms: In Stock Models, 500 Gleaner 25-ft & 30-ft, Model 8000 30-ft & 8200 35-ft MF. Cat FD30 flex-FD 40 Flex. Reconditioned, ready to go. Delivery in Sask., MB., & Alberta. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. www.reimerfarmequipment.com Gary Reimer (204)326-7000. CIH FLEX PLATFORMS: Models 1020 25-ft & 30-ft w/wo air reel; 2020 30-ft & 35-ft; 2020 30-ft w/air reel- 2011 3020 35-ft. Can install new AWS Air Bar for additional $11,500.00. Delivery in SK., MB., & Alberta. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. www.reimerfarmequipment.com Gary Reimer (204)326-7000. JD PICKUP PLATFORMS 2 JD 212-6 Belt; 2 JD 214-7 Belt. Call for pricing. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000. www.reimerfarmequipment.com JOHN DEERE FLEX PLATFORMS: 922-925-930 several newer one w/full finger augers & air reels630-635 w/wo air bars. Delivery SK., MB.,& Alberta. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. www.reimerfarmequipment.com Gary Reimer (204)326-7000. NEW HOLLAND FLEX PLATFORMS: In Stock Models 973 both 25-ft-30-ft-74C 30-ft w/air reel-88C 36-ft flex draper-94C 25-ft rigid draper w/trailer. Delivery in SK., MB., & Alberta. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000. www.reimerfarmequipment.com

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LIVESTOCK Horse Auctions

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LIVESTOCK Sheep For Sale

LANDSCAPING Lawn & Garden

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

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Manitoba Sheep Association Show & Sale

August 28th and 29th, 2015 CARBERRY AG GROUNDS, CARBERRY, MANITOBA PUREBRED RAMS AND EWES AVAILABLE ALSO PENS OF COMMERCIAL EWES.

Tillage & Seeding

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Stock dog show Saturday

42-FT. CASE IH 7200 hoe drill, $3,000 OBO; (204)745-7445.

REGULAR CATTLE SALES

M.S.A is also hosting a shearing school August 26th-29th for more info on ALL events go to www.mbsheep.com

TRACTORS Case/ IH 1984 IHC 5288 TRACTOR, 162 PTO HP, Cab, Air, Duals 20.8R38, 11.00x16 Front, Dual Hyd, 1000 PTO, 9,769-hrs, Consignment. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer (204)326-7000 www.reimerfarmequipment.com 2096 CASE TRACTOR, new tires, good condition, $15,000 OBO; Vers swather good condition 20-ft., $600 OBO; 1983 Cadillac DSL 2 door, VGC, taking offers. Jack Pawich (204)827-2162, Glenboro. IHC FARMALL H wide front, good tires, hyds, painted, $1,500; IHC Super Cub, hyds, completely original, excellent condition, $2,000. Phone (204)854-2587

TRACTORS Ford 8670 FORD TRACTOR FWA, approx 4,500-hrs, sure grip TD8 rice tires almost new, FEL 9-ft. bucket, $65,000 OBO. Phone (204)268-4591

TRACTORS John Deere 3020 JD, GOOD CONDITION, quick detaching loader, bucket & bale forks, newer rear tires, new starter, rebuilt rad, 3-PTH, asking $9,000; 4030 JD, VGC, cab, heat & a/c, 3-PTH, recently rebuilt motor, 7000-hrs, $18,500. (204)755-2924

every TUESDAY at 9 am August 25th

Saturday, September 12th at 10 am

Tack and Horse Sale

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

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JD 4630 FACTORY DUALS PTO, air, original seats, showing 4,361-hrs, $18,500; JD 2840 factory 3-pt. dual PTO, very nice, $12,500. Phone (204)746-2016, Morris, MB.

TRACTORS 2-Wheel Drive STEVE’S TRACTOR REBUILDER specializing in JD tractors in need of repair or burnt, or will buy for parts. JD parts available. Phone: 204-466-2927 or cell: 204-871-5170, Austin.

TRACTORS Various TRACTOR ALLIS CHALMERS CA. Comes w/3-PTH for a 2-sheer plow, rear cultivators, plus side cultivators, $2,000. Phone (204)661-6840.

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

P. QUINTAINE & SON LTD. 728-7549 Licence No. 1123 LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT ALTERNATIVE POWER BY SUNDOG SOLAR, portable/remote solar water pumping for winter/summer. Call for pricing on solar systems, wind generators, aeration. Service & repair on all makes/models. Carl Driedger, (204)556-2346 or (204)851-0145, Virden. AN ASSORTMENT OF CREEP feeders & self feeders on wheels & skids. All Cypress Industries. (204)325-2416. FOR SALE: SCALECO ELECTRIC cattle scale w/10,000-lb 8x10-ft pen. 22-ft heavy duty cattle loading chute w/spring door & catwalk. Phone (204)759-2220 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.

TRACTORS Versatile 875 VERS. W/ATOM JET & good tires. Nice shape. Ph:(204)325-2416.

LIVESTOCK Swine Wanted

Monday, August 31st at Noon

Sheep and Goat with Small Animals & Holstein Calves

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus 3 YEARLING BLACK ANGUS bulls, $2,900 each, Sire still on farm, Lorette area. Call Bill (204)770-4706. FOR SALE: REGISTERED BLACK Angus cows. Bred to RB Tour of Duty. To calve Feb 6- Apr 10. Predominate/ Density/ Final Answer bloodlines, Ph:(780)921-2180.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various FOR SALE: 50 COWS Red Angus X Simm, bred Black Simm. Fall Delivery. Richard (204)773-2824.

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba

ORGANIC

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.

LANDSCAPING

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ROCKING W HORSE SALES 2015 fall Horse Sale, Sat., Sept 5th, 12:00 noon, Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB. Phone (204)325-7237 www.rockingw.com

IRON & STEEL

TORO 455 DSL 4X4 finishing mower, 10-ft front mount deck w/wings, very nice shape, $10,000. Ph (204)871-0925, MacGregor MB.

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MUSICAL CDS: GOSPEL, COUNTRY, FIDDLING; Trombone $299; Alto Sax $500; Flute, $250; Clarinet $250; Florentine Mandolin $299; Lapsteel $229; 76 Note Keyboard $299; Acoustic Electric Guitar $169.95; Violin Set $125; Electric Autoharp $400; Drums $400; 500 Watt Base Amp, $349; 250 Watt guitar Amp $329; 10 Channel 1600 Watt Mixer, $600; Hildebrand Music, Portage la Prairie Mall, Ph:(204)857-3172.

WANT THE ORGANIC ADVANTAGE? Contact an organic Agrologist at Pro-Cert for information on organic farming: prospects, transition, barriers, benefits, certification & marketing. Call:(306)382-1299, Saskatoon, SK or at info@pro-cert.org

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REAL ESTATE NOTRE DAME USED OIL

READY TO MOVE HOME Builder since 1976 FILTER DEPOT MARVIN & HOMES INC - 1520-sq.ft, spacious 3bdrm home, 2.5 baths, main floor laundry, master • Buy Buy Batteries has full Used bath Oil & walk-in • closet, kitchen has corner • Collect Oil Containers or pantry & Used 6-ft Filters island. • Collect Call (204)326-1493 (204)355-8484 Marvin Vogt, MARVIN HOMES, Southern and Western Manitoba Mitchell, MB www.marvinhomes.ca

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REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Wanted FARMS WANTED! Considering selling your farm? Not sure what your farm is worth? Not sure where to start? Call me to discuss all options. All calls are confidential & dealt with in a professional manner. Currently there is strong demand for Grain & Livestock Farms from both domestic & overseas buyers. Rick Taylor, Sales Associate, HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc. Ph:204-867-7551. rtaylor@homelife.com, www.homelifepro.com

RECYCLING

REAL ESTATE Houses & Lots

14 LOTS FOR SALE in (204)638-6661 or (204)638-8415

ROSA MANITOBA, BEEF CATTLE, Horse or Sheep farm. 80-acs, 65 cultivated, 4-bdrm house, 30x40-ft barn, 30x60-ft machine shed. campground or Bed & Breakfast potential. $260,000 OBO. Call Mel (204)427-3341.

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ALFRED KLEIN of Ste Rose du Lac, MB intends to sell private lands: SE 06-25-12 W; SE 07-25-12 W; NE 07-25-12 W to Wayne Taylor and Cory Taylor who intend to acquire the following agricultural Crown land leases: NE 32-24-12 W; NW 32-24-12 W; NE 05-25-12 W; NW 05-25-12 W; SE 05-25-12 W; SE 19-24-13 W; SW 20-24-13 W; NE 03-25-13 W; NW 03-25-13 W; SE 03-25-13 W; SW 03-25-13 W; NE 04-25-13 W; NW 04-25-13 W; SE 04-25-13 W; SW 04-25-13 W; SE 10-25-13 W; SW 10-25-13 W 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. FOR SALE BY TENDER- RM of Gilbert Plains, 319-acs of mostly Clay Loam soil being the East Half of 24-27-22W, having approx 170-acs cultivated. The land may be viewed at any time, w/tender forms avail upon application from Century 21 Westman.com, 244 10th St, Brandon, MB, Tel: (204)725-0555. Closing date for submission of tenders, Aug. 27th 2015. The following PRIVATE LAND is being offered for sale: SE 28-24-14W; SW 32-24-14W; NE 33-24-14W; SE 33-24-14W; SE 8-25-15W; NE 32-24-14W; NW 32-24-14W; NE 8-25-15W; NW 35-24-14W; SW 36-24-14W; NE 35-24-14W. The following CROWN LANDS have been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural Development for transfer to the purchaser of the private lands listed as these lands are part of the farm unit held by Brian Flower of Ste Rose du Lac, MB: NE 02-25-14W; NW 02-25-14W; NE 03-25-14W; NW 03-25-14W; NE 09-25-14W; E1/2 SE 09-25-14W; SW 09-25-14W; NE 10-25-14W; NW 10-25-14W; SE 10-25-14W; SW 10-25-14W; NE 11-25-14W; NW 11-25-14W; SE 11-25-14W; SW 11-25-14W; NE 14-25-14W; NW 14-25-14W; SE 14-25-14W; SW 14-25-14W; NE 15-25-14W; SE 15-25-14W; SW 15-25-14W; NE 22-25-14W; SE 22-25-14W; NE 23-25-14W; NW 23-25-14W; SE 23-25-14W; SW 23-25-14W. If you wish to purchase the private land & apply for the Unit Transfer contact the Brian Flower at Box 183, Ste Rose du Lac, MB R0L 1S0. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this purchaser please write to: Director, MAFRD, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa, MB R0J 1E0 or Fax (204)867-6578. FARM FOR SALE BY TENDER SW 21-9-2W 9135 PTH2W. RM of McDonald Exclusive Listing. Tenders will be accepted until 12:00pm (noon) on Aug., 31st, 2015. Total Acres 141.85; Cultivated acres 123.5 Includes: 1990-sq.ft house (1976) plus sunroom, out buildings and grain storage. Land rented for 2015 crop year. For details, tender application, or viewing call Chris at (204)745-7493 or go to www.remaxadvantage.ca RE/MAX Advantage

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Wednesday July 15th and Thursday July 16th marked another set of successful MacDon clinics for E. Bourassa & Sons and MacDon Industries. With an amazing turn out, MacDon Product Specialists Kyle Campbell and Don Nesbitt were in attendance to help cover an in-depth information and walk-around session on the M series windrowers, D65 and FD75 series draper headers.

On Wednesday, July 22nd and Thursday, July 23rd E. Bourassa & Sons hosted its annual New Holland Combine Clinics at its Assiniboia and Weyburn locations, which provided easy access for customers from all areas. The goal for these clinics is to assist producers with important information about their combines, New Holland’s full range heads, product updates, MY15 improvements as well as important service and adjustment information. The day started with a classroom session and power-point presentation covering important information on current and older model New Holland combines. All who attended the clinic were then treated to a fully catered lunch and had the opportunity to pose any concerning questions to New Holland Product Specialist, Kevin Johnston. A popular portion of the clinic continues to be the review and hands-on training of the New Holland Intelliview Monitor systems. E. Bourassa & Sons Precision Farming and Product Specialists Tim Lewis and Serge Paquet were in attendance presenting and answering questions on the monitors and Precision Farming Technology within the combine.

With an early start to the clinics, E. Bourassa & Sons Precision Farming and Product Specialists, Serge Paquet and Tim Lewis were able to conduct the clinics outside where producers were able to enjoy the fresh outside air while getting a hands-on refresher on the MacDon machines. At noon, everyone broke for a fully catered lunch under the shade of large tent and were given the opportunity to ask questions and network with fellow producers. After lunch, Campbell and Peters touched on the FD75 Combine header with a walk-around and tips on calibration, setup, maintenance and operation. All products were on-site making it easy to demonstrate adjustments and provide an opportunity for customers to operate the monitors and get more familiar with other advanced functions just prior to the busy harvest season.

The clinics concluded with a full walk-around of a New Holland CR9.90 Combine with a 790CP Header. Here the owner/operators were shown how to make certain adjustments, what to watch for, important lubrication/maintenance points as well as many other useful tips and hints to make their New Holland combine experience better and maximize the return on their investment. Many questions were answered during this interactive walkaround and Johnston set up a projector screen to show monitor menus and layout as well as calibration tips. Each clinic had a great attendance and though the clinics lasted all day, Johnston says he finds that customers are appreciative of the information and it is time well spent.

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attendees. A special thank you to everyone who came E. Bourassa & Sons would like thank everyone who took time out of their busy day to WWW.EBOURASSA.COM attend the 2015 New Holland Combine Clinics. we wish you a safe and productive harvest season.

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Country Kitchen COMBINES Crockpot Chicken Parmesan 2013 New Zucchini Holland CR9090, Hrs: 336 / 251 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $399,000 W This meal is packed with veggies and protein for a filling 2013 New Holland CR9090, Hrs: 338 / 249 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $399,000 W dinner that’s even great as leftovers for lunch. Top it with 2013 NewatHolland Hrs: 504 / 347 . . . . . . . . . . . . $380,000 W some cheese the end forCR9090, an extra special treat! You. .can 2014 Hrs:this 355 / 281 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $365,000 A serve overNew pastaHolland or quinoa,CR8090, but I just ate plain and. .was totally satisfied. Yay for protein! 2008 John Deere 9870, Hrs: 1221. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $199,000 W/F

1996 Honey Bee SP36, 36’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 MacDon 960-25, 25’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990 MacDon 960-36, 36’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 Case IH 1020-25F, 25’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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2014 MacDon M155/R85-13, Hrs: 75 13’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125,000 E 2009 New Holland CR9060, Hrs: 1526 / 1142 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $185,000 A Ingredients 2009 MacDon M150, Hrs: 730 35’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $109,000 P • 12008 1/2 pounds chicken Case(about 7010,4)Hrs: 2203breasts, / 1624 .cut . . .into . . . cubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $159,000 A 2009 John Deere 4895, Hrs: 690 36’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$99,000 W • 12008 small New onion,Holland diced CR9060, Hrs: 2336 / 1813 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $159,000 P 2011 Massey Ferguson 9430, Hrs: All 302 36’ . . . . . . . . . . go . . . .to . . $89,000 P Proceeds • 1 large zucchini, diced 2005 New Holland CR960, Hrs: 2280 / 1660 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $129,000 P • 1 green pepper, diced 2010 New Holland H8040, Hrs: 1159 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $85,000 A New Holland CR960, Hrs:garlic 3050powder) / 2185 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $117,000 A • 12005 teaspoon garlic, minced (or 1/2 tsp 2007 New Holland HW325, Hrs: 2340 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $65,000 A • 1/2 teaspoon powder 2005 New onion Holland CR960, Hrs: 2358 / 1869 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $115,000 E 2000 Case IH 8860, Hrs: 3229 30’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$45,000 W • 1/4 teaspoon (or to taste) 2003 New salt Holland CR970, Hrs: 3746 / 2778 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $110,000 A 2000 Case IH 8825, Hrs: 2362 25’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,000 A • 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning 2004 New Holland CR960, Hrs: 2958 / 2188 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $99,000 R Every Wednesday starting on • 1.5 cups pasta or pizza sauce (or tomato sauce) 1998 MacDon 9300, Hrs: 1500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,000 W 2003 New Holland CX840, Hrs: 2913 / 2116 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$95,000 W July 22 2015 until August 26 2015 • 1 cup low fat shredded cheese 1996 MacDon 9300, Hrs: 4947 30’ . . .HWY . . . . .13 . . .West, . . . . . Weyburn . . . . . . . .$35,000 W 2001 New Holland TR99, Hrs: 1995 / 1568. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75,000 E Instructions 1994 MacDon 2900, Hrs: 3587 30’@. .the . . . E. . . .Bourassa ........& . . Sons . . . . . store . $35,000 E 1999 New Holland Hrs: 2352 / 1665 . . . . . all . . ingredients . . . . . . . . . .but $59,000 P cheese and stir to 1. Spray your slow cookerTR99, with non-stick spray. Combine shredded 1993 Case IH 8820, Hrs: 2635 30’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,000 A 1999 New Holland TR99, Hrs: 3652 / 2845. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$59,000 W combine. 1994through. Case IH 8820, Hrs: 2737 30’. . . . Time: . . . . . . . . 11am-1pm . . . . . . . . . . . . .$33,000 W 2. Cover and cook on highTR98, for about 3-4 hours or low chickenW is cooked In the 1996 New Holland Hrs: 2621 / 2104 . . for . . .about . . . . .6-8, . . . or . . until . .$35,000 last 30 minutes of cooking, add cheese and cook until it’s melted. 1992 Case IH 8820, Hrs: 4320 25’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000 E 1998 New Holland TR98, Hrs: 2940 / 2343. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$34,000 W 3. Serve over pasta or quinoa sprinkled with Parmesan cheese, if desired. 1994 Case 1688, Hrs: 4011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30,000 A 1993 AGCO Hesston 8100, Hrs: 1965 30’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000 E 1995 New Holland TR97, Hrs: 3377 / 3030. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$27,000 W 1990 Case IH 5000, 25’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$14,900 W 1991 New Holland TR96, Hrs: 3552 / 1381. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$15,000 W 2000 MacDon 1900, 30’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,000 P Case IH 736, 36’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,000 W 1994 Massey Ferguson 210, 25’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500 A 2008 Case IH 2162-40, 40’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $59,000 R 2005 Honey Bee SP36, 36’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $38,000 A 2008 New Holland 94C-42, 42’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000 R 2013 NuVision 6395, 13” x 95’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,000 A 2006 New Holland 94C-36, 36’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$32,000 W 2014 NuVision 5395, 13” x 95’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000 A 2004 Crary C36, 36’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28,000 A 2010 Brandt 1390XL, 13” x 90’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,000 E 2003 MacDon 962-36, 36’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000 A 2010 Buhler Farm King 1395TMR, 13” x 95’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,900 E 2004 Honey Bee HB36, 36’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,000 A 2003 Buhler Farm King 13X85, 13” x 85’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,500 E 2001 New Holland 94C-30, 30’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000 E 2008 Sakundiak HD12-2200, 12” x 74’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,500 P 1997 New Holland SP36, 36’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,000 E Sakundiak HD8-1600, 8” x 54’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,900 P MacDon 962-30, 30’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,000 A 2006 Farm King Y1370-TMR, 13” x 70’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,500 P 1995 MacDon 960-36, 36’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,000 A 2006 Farm King Y1070TMR, 10” x 70’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,000 R 1999 New Holland 994-30, 30’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,000 R 2002 Farm King Y1070TMR, 10” x 70’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,000 E 1995 Honey Bee SP36, 36’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,500 P 2004 Sakundiak HD8-1000, 8” x,32’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,500 W

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1999 Sakundiak HD8-1600, 8” x 52’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500 P Sakundiak 8x39, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,000 W

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♦ Outside Sales Person - Merlo 2014 New Holland T9.670HD, Hrs: 650 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $374,000 W ♦ Sales Person ♦ Store Manager - NAPA Auto Parts 2012 New Holland T9.670HD, Hrs: 1158 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $279,000 A ♦ Agricultural Parts Technician 2009 New Holland T9050HD, Hrs: 3572 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $155,000 A ♦ Service Manager 2002 Buhler Versatile 2360, Hrs: 3081 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $115,000 W ♦ Recreational 2000 Challenger 95E,Equipment Hrs: 4671 . .Technician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$95,000 W ♦ Receptionist - Part-Time 1995 New Holland 9680, Hrs: 6647 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $69,000 A ♦ Service - 1 Year 1976 John Deere Writer 8630, Hrs: 9735Contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,900 W/F Versatile 555, Hrs: Information 6300 . . . . . . . . . .Visit . . . . . .- . www.ebourassa.com/careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,500 A For More

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2002 New Holland TM125, Hrs: 8500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$39,000 W *Include the position you are applying for in the subject line*

2008 Farm Pro WDK3100Q, Hrs: 969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,000 A We support the Saskatchewan 1982 Ford TW 30, Hrs: 8590. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12,000 P Apprenticeship Program Certification 2001 Kubota BX1800D, Hrs: 900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,900 W

MOWER CONDITIONERS 2011 New Holland H7460, 16 ‘, Disc Mower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,000 R 2011 New Holland H7150 w/HS18, 18 ‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$29,000 A/F 2012 New Holland H7460, 16 ‘, Disc Mower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$27,000 W 2004 MacDon 5020, 16 ‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$12,000 W 1999 MacDon 5000-16, 16 ‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$12,000 W

MOWER/ROTARY CUTTER 2013 Schulte XH1500, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$19,500 W 2010 Schulte XH1500III, 15’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$18,500 W 2012 Schulte XH1500, 15’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,500 P 2012 Woods BW1800XQ, 15’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$17,500 W 2011 Highline RCH, 15’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 A 2012 Woods BW1800QW, 15’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$14,500 W

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MORE NEWS LOCAL , NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS

The Cockshutt Plow Company also built seeders as well as plows. This Cockshutt seeder ad from 1904 shows the “shoe” or opener options that a farmer could obtain on a Cockshutt seeder, double-disc shoe, single-disc shoe and drag shoe. The ad also contains two endorsements of Cockshutt seeders. Both W.B. Reynolds of Deloraine and John Dickson of Morris had purchased Cockshutt seeders with double-disc shoes and were well pleased with their purchases. The Manitoba Agricultural Museum collection has several Cockshutt seeders of different widths so over the life of production Cockshutt appears to have offered the option of different widths. The seeder shown in the ad is a horse-drawn seeder set up for a four-horse team as can be seen by the two tongues visible at the front of the seeder.

The Cockshutt Plow Company The family-owned company was an aggressive player in the agricultural equipment business in its day BY ALEX CAMPBELL MANITOBA AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM

W

ith the opening of the West to settlement beginning in the early 1880s, demand for plows was strong, particularly as import tariffs at the time protected Canadian manufacturers from American competition. Ja m e s C o c k s h u t t s t a r t e d t h e Brantford Plow Works in 1877 and built plows, scufflers and stoves. He also experimented with chilled iron mouldboards and shares. His sulky plow the “J.G.C. Riding Plow” proved to be a success in Western Canada. When James passed away in 1885 due to tuberculosis, the Brantford Plow Works was reorganized into the Cockshutt Plow Company and one of James’ brothers took the helm. Cockshutt went on to build a large number of plow models, as many as 130. By 1905, the Cockshutt Company had introduced the Cockshutt Engine Gang Plow which was meant to be pulled by steam engines or the large gas tractors then being introduced. This was the first successful gang plows built and was sold in large numbers. Entire trains of 30 to 40 cars were loaded with engine plows every week for six weeks and went west in 1906. The success of this plow resulted in many Cockshutt engine plows surviving to this day. By 1910, the Cockshutt Company h a d p u rc h a s e d 2 7 p e r c e n t o f the shares of Frost and Wood plus

Cockshutt purchased the Adams Wagon and Brantford Carriage companies. Frost and Wood built haying and harvesting equipment including binders.

Expansion Cockshutt also purchased equipment such as threshing machines, balers, grinding mills and potato diggers from Ontario manufacturers such as the Waterloo Separator Company, Admiral, Goold, Shapley a n d Mu i r, a n d A p i n w a l l . T h i s equipment was then sold through Cockshutt dealers. Through the 1920s Cockshutt distributed Hart Parr tractors, however, this relationship ended in 1928. Cockshutt then made arrangements to sell Allis-Chalmers tractors under the Cockshutt name. But in 1930 Oliver, which had purchased Hart Parr, began building tractors for sale by Cockshutt which were painted and badged for Cockshutt. Cockshutt continued to sell Allis-Chalmers tractors up to 1933. Also in the 1930s Cockshutt developed the combine tiller, a cross between a disc plow and a oneway disc that also had a seed box mounted on the machine. As this machine could cultivate and seed all in one operation, preserving field moisture and lowering costs, sales were good. Cockshutt acquired true remaining shares of Frost and Wood in 1933. Frost and Wood operated as a division of Cockshutt. However, by 1937, the Cockshutt management had decided that the Frost and Wood

name should be phased out in favour of all machinery being marked as Cockshutt. The Frost and Wood plant in Smith Falls, Ontario was finally closed in 1955 with manufacturing operations being consolidated to Brantford at that time.

Tractor development Through the early 1940s, Cockshutt worked on the development of its own tractor line, a swather and a self-propelled combine. The Number 2 Cockshutt pull-type swather was introduced in 1941. The Number 2 was a lightweight machine allowing operation in wet conditions which the other, heavier swathers of the time did not. The result was that Cockshutt rapidly gained 60 per cent of the Canadian swather market. Cockshutt in 1946 rolled out the Cockshutt 30 tractor which introduced the live power takeoff which avoided the problems of the clutchactivated power takeoff used in tractors up to that time. The Cockshutt 30 had a very streamlined appearance which is still attractive today. Cockshutt rapidly added a 20, 40 and a 50 to the tractor lineup. A combine also appeared in 1946 which was equipped with a variablespeed drive and bomber-style tires. Cockshutt combines rapidly gained a reputation for low threshing losses and a clean sample in the tank. In 1958, Cockshutt introduced the 540, 550, 560 and 570 tractor models. Raymond Lowey, the famous industrial designer, contributed the striking sheet metal design to this series of tractors.

Lost control However, the tractor line was not further developed, as outside interests wrestled control of the Cockshutt Plow Company from the Cockshutt family in 1957 and renamed the company the Cockshutt Farm Equipment Company. In 1961, the company was sold to the White Motor Company w h i c h a l s o ow n e d O l i v e r. T h e Cockshutt tractor line was discontinued and Cockshutt began selling Oliver tractors painted and badged for Cockshutt. However, Cockshutt combines were recognized as a superior combine design so Oliver combines were discontinued and the Cockshutt combines kept in production. Combines sold in the U.S. were painted and badged for Oliver. Over time, the Oliver and Cockshutt names were discontinued and the machinery line became known as White and later as WFE. The farm machinery business underwent a lot of turmoil through the 1990s. After a complicated series of transactions, the White line of equipment was merged into Agco by 2001. The Manitoba Agricultural Museum possesses a number of p i e c e s o f Co c k s h u t t e q u i p m e n t including plows, tiller combines, tractors and combines plus Frost and Wood binders. The museum’s 12-bottom Cockshutt engine plow participated in the world plowing record. The museum is open year round and operates a website at http:// ag-museum.mb.ca/ which can provide visitors with information on museum events and location.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | August 20, 2015

Japan anxious at lull in Trans-Pacific trade talks

NEWs

U.S. dairy group reaches milk price-fixing accord

There are fears the U.S. is losing interest at pushing towards a conclusion

By Jonathan Stempel Reuters

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apan has expressed concern about a loss of momentum in talks on a pan-Pacific trade pact, after participants failed to agree to meet again this month to try to clinch a deal that would cover 40 per cent of the global economy. Mi n i s t e r s f ro m t h e 1 2 nations negotiating the TransPacific Partnership ( TPP), which would stretch from Japan to Chile, fell short of a deal at talks last month on the Hawaiian island of Maui, despite early optimism. Japan’s Economy Minister Akira Amari, in a blog circulated Aug. 11, also questioned

why the U.S. appeared to have lacked its usual “stubborn persistence” at those talks, despite a willingness of some countries to stay to try to reach an agreement. “The reason I stressed… that we should meet again this month was because each country might lose interest and (the talks) would go adrift,” Amari wrote. “If they lose interest, it would take considerable time and effort to get motivation back to the original level, because the key to success is whether each country can maintain momentum towards an agreement.” Amari said the U.S. was v a g u e a b o u t a c o n c re t e time frame and it appeared

“What every country thought was strange was that the U.S. did not show its usual stubborn persistence this time but simply gave up.” Akira Amari Japan’s economy m inister

its negotiators needed a break. Amari reiterated a dispute over intellectual property protection for data used to develop biologic drugs, which

Washington insists should be 12 years, and gaps over access to member countries’ dairy markets — a key issue for New Zealand — were major sticking points. “What every country thought was strange was that the U.S. did not show its usual stubborn persistence this time but simply gave up,” he wrote, adding that the U.S. negotiators seemed to have judged that agreement could not be reached in a day or two. Failure to clinch a deal was a setback for U.S. President Barack Obama’s pivot to Asia and efforts to counter China’s clout. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has also cast the deal as crucial to his efforts to reboot Japan’s stale economy.

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Dairy Farmers of America Inc. has agreed to pay US$50 million to settle a classaction lawsuit in which farmers in the northeastern U.S. accused the marketing co-operative of conspiring to drive down milk prices. Settlement papers were filed on Aug. 6 with the Federal Court in Burlington, Vermont, and require approval by U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss. The average payout is expected to be about $4,000 depending on the number of valid claims (all figures US$). A total of 7,550 farmers out of 8,859 who were contacted submitted claims as of July 11. One-third of the settlement amount would go toward legal fees, court papers show. In their lawsuit, which began in October 2009, farmers accused Dairy Farmers of America, its Dairy Marketing Services arm, and dairy processor Dean Foods of conspiring to monopolize the market for raw Grade A milk in 11 U.S. states stretching from New Hampshire to Virginia. Dean reached a $30-million settlement of its part of the case in 2011. Dairy Farmers of America did not admit wrongdoing in agreeing to settle. The Kansas City-based co-operative did not immediately respond to requests for comment. In January 2013, Dairy Farmers of America reached a similar $140-million accord involving farmers in the southeastern U.S.

Kraft Heinz to cut 2,500 jobs in Canada, U.S. Reuters / Kraft Heinz Co. said it will eliminate 2,500 jobs in the U.S. and Canada, including about 700 at its Chicago-area headquarters. Heinz, backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital — known as an aggressive cost-cutter — combined with Kraft in March in a $46-billion deal that created the third-largest North American food company (all figures US$). Kraft Heinz currently has about 46,000 employees, including about 1,900 at the company’s headquarters, spokesman Michael Mullen said in an emailed statement to Reuters on Aug. 12. The combined Kraft Heinz has said it expects to save about $1.5 billion in annual costs by the end of 2017. After buying Heinz in 2013 with Berkshire Hathaway, 3G cut 7,000 jobs over 18 months and closed six factories. It also implemented many smaller curbs on spending, such as limiting employee use of company printers to 200 pages per month.

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Gathering the winter feed

While farmers out west have struggled to find enough feed this year, farmers in Manitoba have struggled to get it harvested.   photo: Sharlene bennie

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Dugald housing co-op a model for meeting rural seniors’ housing needs Construction is expected to be completed by December of a new 47-unit, independent seniors’ housing co-op being built on four acres of land east of Dugald BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff / Dugald

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ith their Oakbankarea acreage becoming too much to maintain, Bev and Adam Zarazun plan to sell and move to a home that takes less to maintain. In the past, that would have meant leaving their neighbours and friends too but the Zarazuns are thankful they have a new option closer by. They’ll be living just a few miles away, in a spacious new suite at Dugald Estates, as members of Springfield Seniors Non-Profit Housing Co-op. “We’ve reached that age,” says Bev. “We are both over 70 and we cut grass and plant a big garden. It’s time to have sort of a simpler life.” They looked around at condos and life leases and contemplated a move to Winnipeg, she said. But where they’re going is so much more desirable, says Bev. The Zarazuns are among 80 persons whose new home is soon to be in the 47-unit $14.5-million equity co-op housing now under construction in the village of the same name. “It is ideal for us,” she said. “We’re still in the country.” The housing needs of couples like the Zarazuns were exactly what those who set out to build

“People have lived here their whole lives, including many farmers who’ve moved to town. They were looking at what’s next and there wasn’t a lot of options in this municipality.” Lesley Thomson chair of the Springfield Seniors Housing Co-op (SSHC)

the housing co-op had in mind — providing good-quality, yet affordable housing for area seniors. This project started with Dugald United Church congregation members talking over both their prospects a few years ago as an aging congregation in an old building. Their old church, now 126 years old, wouldn’t last forever but it didn’t make sense to make costly upgrades, said church member Bruce Friesen. At the same time, many congregation members were looking to downsize. “We said we’d be better off with a new facility and also that we really needed seniors’ housing in Dugald and the area. So we said, ‘let’s put money into both.’”

The church agreed to put $150,000 from its memorial fund into the project, and to subsidize one suite for a resident who doesn’t have quite enough cash to come up with the $89,610 entrance fee. They’ll eventually hold Sunday services in the common room of the Dugald Estates. That cash and commitment from the church got this whole project going, said Lesley Thomson, chair of the Springfield Seniors Non-Profit Housing Co-op Ltd. (SSHC) that’s built Dugald Estates. The support from the community was strong; others agreed the need for affordable housing was increasing. “People have lived here their whole lives, including many farmers who’ve moved to town. They were looking at what’s next and there wasn’t a lot of options in this municipality,” says Thomson. The RM of Springfield had a population of 1,600 over age 65 including 30 per cent of those past their 70th birthday. Yet, prior to this construction there were only 98 seniors’ housing units in the entire RM, many of them built in the late 1960s. The problem is by no means unique to Springfield, adds Thomson. And that’s why they hope their co-op will be a template for others. This is something that can happen elsewhere in rural

Ma n i t o b a , s h e s a i d . T h e key is to get organized and build partnerships. Theirs included 3.8 acres of land sold to them for a buck from the RM of Springfield, and they secured pro bono work from professionals such as architects and lawyers willing to help them out. Tenant equity contributions of $4.2 million and a mor tgage of $10.4 million from Oakbank Credit Union will fund the project while the province’s contributions include a $900,000 ( C o - o p ) l o a n g u a r a n t e e, subsidies of 15 of the 47 suites and qualifying the SSHC for a $500,000 grant through its Rental Housing C o n s t r u c t i o n Ta x C re d i t Program. Mu r r a y G i l l e s p i e s e e s this project as sustaining the whole community. The grandson of the village founder Dugald Gillespie plans to move with his wife Eleanor to a new suite at Dugald Estates this fall too. Seniors’ housing like this will keep the local talent and skills base and capacity for volunteerism of their older residents, he said. “We’ve been a pretty tightknit community over the years,” he said. “I think it is great for the community as a whole.” lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

Bruce Friesen, Dugald United Church member, together with Murray Gillespie, Bev Zarazun and Lesley Thomson are members of the recently established Springfield Seniors Housing Co-op Ltd. which is constructing a 47-unit, three-storey apartment development on the east side of Dugald.   PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON

Features of Dugald Estates • Tenants pay an entrance fee of $89,610 which is returned when they leave the co-op. The development has seven one-bedroom and 40 two-bedroom suites ranging from 601 sq. ft. to 1,482 sq. ft.; all-inclusive rents range from $775 to $1,908 a month. Fifteen of the 47 units are eligible for rent subsidies. • Features include heated underground parking, six appliances including ensuite laundry, spacious balconies, exercise room, guest suite and a multi-purpose room with kitchen, fireplace and outdoor patio, plus extensive landscaping will include a pond with fountain, trees and sites for gardens. • L earn more at www. springfieldseniorshous ing.com.

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Prairie fare Seven ways to add more veggies to your diet julie gardenrobinson Food and Nutrition Specialist NDSU Extension Service

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om, my cabin won the healthy challenge at 4-H camp,” my 12-yearold daughter noted rather matter of factly one day. She was unpacking her suitcase. In the Healthy Challenge at the North Dakota 4-H Camp in Washburn, the campers also kept track of eating fruits and vegetables, brushing their teeth, drinking water, wearing sunscreen and getting physical activity in a fun environment. “So you ate plenty of fruits and vegetables and got enough sleep?” I asked. “Yes, I did. The food on the salad bar was really good!” she replied. Salad bar? Eating a lot of veggies? Was this really my child, the “selective eater?” I was appreciating positive peer influence more by the minute. I was very familiar with the Healthy 4-H Camp Challenge. A team of us in NDSU Extension created the challenge to promote healthful eating during the multi-day camps at the newly renovated camp. My daughter probably thought she had escaped my influence for a few days at summer camp. I chuckled to myself. Actually, I think it was more like a silent maniacal laugh. “What vegetables are your favourites?” I probed. I was still wondering if aliens had abducted her while at camp. This small person still looked a lot like me, though. “I like lots of vegetables, Mom. I like carrots, corn, cauliflower, potatoes,” she began. “Cauliflower? How about broccoli and cabbage?” I asked. “I like broccoli that isn’t cooked, but I do not like cabbage,” she replied while wrinkling her nose. “In fact, I want some cauliflower. It’s so good!” she said.

Parmesan Mashed Cauliflower

PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

I really wished I could have whipped a head of cauliflower from behind my back. Parental patience had prevailed and, like her siblings, she finally appreciates vegetables. Whether you prefer corn on the cob, zucchini or beets, now is a great time of the year to enjoy fresh vegetables from your own garden, a farmers’ market or the grocery store. However, fresh, frozen, canned and dried vegetables all count toward the recommended amount all year long. According to the most recent recommendations, adults should consume at least two to three cups of vegetables per day, depending on gender and physical activity level. They should consume 1-1/2 to two cups of fruit. The upcoming 2015 Dietary Guidelines continue to stress the value of vegetable and fruit consumption in maintaining our health. Eating plenty of vegetables and fruits can reduce our risk of heart disease, cancer and stroke, and can help with weight management, among other things. Unfortunately, a July 2015 report printed in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report showed that nationwide, about 86 per cent of adults consume less than the vegetable recommendation, and 82 per cent consume less than the fruit recommendation. If you are looking for inspiration, consider these seven tips to enjoy all the delicious fresh vegetables of late summer and early fall:

• Think thin when the urge to snack strikes. Munch on raw fresh vegetables such as cucumber spears, green and red pepper rounds, radishes, broccoli or cauliflower florets, green beans, carrots and celery. Prepare a low-fat dip for vegetable dippers using a base of plain yogurt or cottage cheese. Season with herbs and a squeeze of lemon or lime juice. • Choose a main-dish salad. Use a variety of crisp and crunchy fresh vegetables to vary your favourite salad and create some special combinations. Take advantage of the wide selection of lettuces, greens and other fresh salad vegetables. • Add a side salad to your lunch or dinner menu with homemade, low-calorie dressing. This may be as simple as mixing fresh lemon or lime juice with freshly snipped parsley or chives. • For a low-calorie sandwich, wrap your favourite sandwich fillings with crisp lettuce leaves. Or fill lettuce leaves with seasoned cottage cheese, drizzle with a low-calorie salad dressing and enjoy a light lunch. • Turn a salad into a sandwich. Place freshcut vegetables, mixed lightly in dressing, into pita bread for an easy carry-along salad. • Stuff parboiled (partially cooked) or lightly steamed green peppers with other chopped fresh vegetables tossed with bread crumbs. Sprinkle with grated cheese and bake for a diet-wise dinner. • Before bringing on the main course for kids or adults, offer a platter of colourful fresh vegetables and dip to take the edge off their appetite. For more information, check out “How to Select and Store Vegetables” (available at https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/yf/foods/ fn1456.pdf ) for information about keeping fresh veggies at their best. Visit our food preservation resources (available at https://www. ag.ndsu.edu/food) for information about canning, freezing, drying and pickling a wide range of vegetable and fruits. Here’s a recipe with a thumbs-up from my cauliflower-eating daughter. Serve it as a tasty side dish.

Made in Manitoba

1 head cauliflower, cut into florets 2 tbsp. milk 3 tbsp. butter 1/2 tsp. garlic powder 1/2 tsp. onion powder 2 tbsp. Parmesan cheese, grated 1/2 tsp. black pepper

Place cauliflower florets in a large pot. Add just enough water to cover. Cover pot and cook over medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes, or until tender. Drain and place in a medium bowl. Add remaining ingredients and beat with an electric mixer until mixture is well combined. Makes six servings. Each serving has 80 calories, 6 grams (g) fat, 2 g protein, 4 g carbohydrate, 2 g fibre and 100 milligrams sodium.

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aking sure your barbecue, fish fry or homemade sausage and jerky is seasoned to perfection every time has been Rod and Jan Schwartz’s business since 1995. The Headingley couple together with their son Dallas own Wild West Seasonings, a family-owned company that began after Rod, an avid hunter and fisherman, with a reputation among friends for making delicious homemade sausage and jerky decided to give away his secret recipes. Everyone was asking how he did it, says his wife. “He was doing a lot of processing for other hunters and they always wanted his recipes,” she said. “He decided to sell the seasonings instead.”

First, brisk sales to hunters in the 1990s quickly led to many more customers and the couple began developing more products that today include their Original Wild West Marinades, a variety of jerky-making ingredients, fish batters and brine mixes, sausage casings and seasonings plus their ever-popular eightserving Caesar Pleaser powdered mix for quickly making the famous cocktail at home or around a campfire. Wild West Seasonings products have earned the couple numerous awards and are recognized across Canada, the U.S. and internationally. They’re sold in many food retail stores throughout Western Canada, including Co-ops, many small independents, IGAs and specialty shops in Manitoba.

PHOTO: Original Wild West Marinades

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Spruce Woods Campground — ready for visitors In spite of much flood damage over the years, many things are almost back to normal By Donna Gamache Freelance contributor

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f you’ve been putting off a camping trip to Spruce Woods Provincial Park b e c a u s e yo u h a ve h e a rd there was a lot of flood damage over the last few years, don’t delay any longer. Kiche Manitou Campground and the day-use area are in good shape and waiting for visitors. Campground access is no longer by the detour from the south, but is back to the original entrance, off PTH No. 5, although registration is now located on the upper section of the campground. When my husband and I camped there midweek last month, Kiche Manitou wasn’t busy at all. We chose an electric site, but both electric and basic sites were readily available; even the large, shaded basic sites near the beach — which used to be fully occupied all summer — were empty. Weekends are busier, however, so a reservation might be needed, especially if you require electricity. If you’re flexible as to site and amenities, midweek reservations might not be required, especially as we near the end of summer. T h e re i s s t i l l e v i d e n c e of flood damage, and some buildings have not yet been replaced, but overall, many things are almost back to normal. In some spots trees

Devil’s Punch Bowl at Spruce Woods.   PHOTOS: DONNA GAMACHE

bear evidence of water marks but most of the trees have survived. New flood-resistant washrooms and shower rooms have been built in several places, and the beach has been repaired with sand. Canoe and paddleboat rentals are once again available, and the interpretive centre and Friends of Spruce Woods gift store are open some afternoons. Pine Fort IV concession and store is open and the miniature golf course is still there. The bike trails throughout the campground and around Kiche Manitou Lake are excellent but parts of the TransCanada Trail near the river have not yet been repaired. Spruce Woods hiking trails are in great shape. Even

New washrooms and shower rooms have been built in many locations.

Long-term plans for the campground area are displayed at the office and can also be seen on the Internet.

those which were affected by the floods such as the Springridge Trail at the Steels Ferry Overlook are now usable. Covered wagon rides to the Spirit Sands/Devil’s Punch Bowl Trail are once again operating, and near the campground entrance there is a new boat launch onto the Assiniboine.

There are a few drawbacks, still. Campers must register at the upper campground in a trailer. There are plans for a new office, but nothing is currently underway. The hours at the interpretive centre are limited (2 to 6 on Wednesday to Saturday, when we were there), and because it failed to get funding for a summer student, the gift store’s hours are limited, too. Park staff are hard at work with chainsaws early in the morning, so sleeping in may not be an option. In spite of these minor downsides a camping trip there is still highly recommendable, as the campsites are in good shape, the swimming is fine, the bike trails are excellent, and the wildlife is still abundant.

Long-term plans for the campground area are displayed at the office and can also be seen on the Internet. These include a new office area to be located in the current day-use area, additional campground areas with water and electricity, and a raised road around the campground. As well, the main road access from PTH No. 5 will be changed to come in from south of Kiche Manitou Lake. So don’t wait any longer. This campground was once one of Manitoba’s busiest, and it’s time for that to happen again. Why not make your last camping trip of the summer to Spruce Woods? Donna Gamache writes from MacGregor, Manitoba

King Tut in the garden This ornamental grass can be used in a bog garden or planted in soil This is a low-maintenance plant — except for the need to keep it well watered — and few insects or diseases seem to attack it.

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

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n recent years ornamental grasses have become popular in the garden, one of them being Cyprus papyrus “King Tut.” There are two variations — a tall version which can reach a height of over a metre and a half, and a shorter variety, appropriately named “Baby Tut,” which will grow about 60 cm tall. The former is best suited for larger gardens while the shorter type is perfect for smaller urban landscapes and balcony plantings. The taller variety should have some protection from strong winds that might damage the plant even though its thick stems are quite sturdy. King Tut is a swamp sedge and this plant family includes many bog plants. It can certainly be used in a bog garden or planted in a pond, as long as the crown of the plant is above water, but is equally happy in soil in the garden or grown in a container. The soil must be kept damp at all times and if it is planted in a container, the drainage hole might be plugged to ensure that there is enough water in the soil to keep it happy. If it is the only plant in the container, it won’t matter if water collects in the lower portion; King Tut will be perfectly happy in such a wet planting medium. This is one plant that you do not want to allow to dry out or it will not perform well.

The tall variety of King Tut can grow to over a metre and a half.   PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

King Tut is amazingly heat tolerant and as long as it has adequate moisture, it will endure high temperatures without being adversely affected. It is happiest when the humidity is high but the leaf tips do not usually brown during periods of low humidity if the roots are kept wet. Sometimes called umbrella sedge, or Egyptian King Tut, this plant also supplies interest because of its lineage. It belongs to the same plant family as the

papyrus that the ancient Egyptians used to make paper. The term umbrella sedge no doubt comes from the structure of the plant. Large pendulous heads sport medium-green leafy rays so that the stems appear to carry tufts of foliage at their tops. There are green-brown flowers produced on the heads but the foliage is the plant’s main attraction. King Tut can be used in the landscape in a number of ways. It is a very statuesque plant and looks great planted by itself in a large simple container. To keep the roots wet, any container used will have to be of substantial size as smaller ones dry out too quickly. It can also be used on its own as a specimen plant or focal-point plant when planted directly into the soil in the garden. In this case it should be given its own space so that its structure and form can be appreciated with no distraction from encroaching neighbours. King Tut makes a great screen to hide

unsightly views. It has enough height and substance to hide an old building, a view into a neighbour’s yard, or a fence. It is sort of an unusual “wacky” plant and can be planted in an unusual container to create a humorous conversation piece. It can also be used to give height and interest to a mixed container. I have seen it combined with a burgundy-leafed canna, but it might also be paired with golden creeping Jenny or colourful potato vine. If the container is strictly a foliage container, adding a bright coleus or plectranthus will add variety and interest to the arrangement. This is a low-maintenance plant — except for the need to keep it well watered — and few insects or diseases seem to attack it. It will benefit from being fertilized regularly as the constant watering will quickly leach nutrients out of the soil. Applying fertilizer will ensure that the foliage remains vibrant green and healthy. King Tut will be at home in sun or shade, although in a shade location the stems will be less sturdy and may not be entirely self-supporting. King Tut is treated as an annual on the Prairies — it is rated Zone 10 — but even so, it is well worth buying for a single year because it will add impact to the landscape. Keep this one in mind when you’re planning next summer’s garden. Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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Reena answers more questions Plus, tips to clean your water bottle REENA nERBAS Household Solutions

Hello Reena, Is using vegetable oil on a new butcher block a good idea? Or do I need to pick up some mineral oil or something like that? Thanks. — Anna Great question Anna! For everyday cleaning, wipe butcher block with dish soap and water. Rinse with water. To sanitize butcher block, combine one part white vinegar (or three per cent hydrogen peroxide) into a spray bottle with four parts water. Spray and leave for 10 minutes; wipe. When the time comes to oil butcher block, food-grade mineral oil is recommended. This prevents wood from smelling rancid over time. Butcher block is beautiful and durable, and can last for many years if cared for properly. Dear Reena, I needed to replace a vehicle and my husband was kind enough to do the search and find one that is in much better repair. But the “new” vehicle smells of cigarette smoke and possibly pets. The cigarette smell is the primary concern because I don’t find it easy to tolerate with mild allergies. I don’t know how to get it out. HELP! — Sincerely, Sarah Dear Sarah, Begin by vacuuming and cleaning the interior of the vehicle including all

vinyl, leather, carpet and upholstery. You may want to take this project on yourself or hire a professional. After the interior is clean, place an open bag of activated charcoal or kitty litter in the vehicle for several weeks. Instead of car fresheners, it is effective to store an open bar of soap in the car. Fragrances of soap are mild (depending on the soap) and if the fresh smell fades, grate the side of the soap with your keys. It will once again freshen the air inside your vehicle. I keep a bar of soap inside my vehicle and it smells great!

Tips for cleaning water bottles Gross, the bottom of your water bottle is caked with crumbs and debris from dishwasher sediment. Help is on the way! • Fill the bottle with a small amount of vinegar, dish soap and water. Close the lid and shake the bottle. Open the lid and rinse. • Plastic bottles — Use a long knife with a rounded end to dig out any stuck-on food. Rinse with water. • Metal bottles — Use a rubber band to secure a small rag onto the end of a narrow handle of a plastic spatula. Scrub the bottom of the bottle and rinse with water. • Do not use boiling water on metal bottles; doing this may misshape the bottle. • If cleaning water bottles is an ongoing chore, purchase a baby bottle brush to clean your water bottle. Problem solved. I enjoy your questions and tips, keep them coming. Need a presenter on the topic: Effective Speaking or The Power of Words? Check out: Reena.ca.

Reena has some tips for cleaning water bottles.   PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

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.

This barn design reflected one of the more popular plans during the first two decades of this century. Built near Clandeboye in 1922 to house about 20 horses and 12 or more milk cows, the 30x80-foot layout was completed just about the time farm horses reached the peak of their popularity in Western Canada. A surviving feature of the barn is its roof-mounted windmill which pumped water from the 63-foot well to a centrally located 2,000-gallon storage system which ensured water supply to livestock on windless days. Kept in tidy repair by current owner Laurence Macklin, the farm was originally owned by C.E. Fillmore, who had come from Iowa in 1902 with his parents, but later married and purchased two sections of Clandeboye land from the Selkirk and Northern Land Company.

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