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decision by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to end measures intended to keep the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, or PEDv, out of Manitoba, has producers worried.

As of October 1, trucks returning to Canada after dropping swine off in the U.S. will be required to be disinfected and cleaned at American facilities before entering Canada.

Previously, the agency allowed these trucks to be sealed in the United States and disinfected once they reached Manitoba.

Officials with the Manitoba Pork Council said that it’s the very truck-washing stations the agency wants them to use that harbour the virus.

“I would definitely say this will put producers and their livestock at risk,” said council chairman George Matheson.

“The system we had in place, where the trailers were tagged and sealed, then cleaned in Manitoba worked very well. We have superior washing facilities in Manitoba, as compared to North Dakota.”

He added that tests at American wash facilities have also

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Fingers crossed for a bumper corn crop this harvest Yield potential is high following nearly ideal growing conditions so far this season, but it’s still a long way from the bin

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DuPont Pioneer seed dealer Dale Alderson of Intel Seed counts corn kernels to get an estimate of potential yield. As of last week Alderson was cautiously optimistic if all goes well Manitoba farmers could harvest a bumper corn crop this year. But as everyone knows, especially farmers much can happen between now and when the corn is in the bin. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

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t’s too soon to call it a bin buster, but Manitoba’s corn crop is poised to be one of the best in a decade.

Barring an early frost and with continued good weather the crop could top the 10-year average of 117 bushels per acre, corn experts say. Breaking the record 133 bushels an acre set in 2013 isn’t out of reach either.

“For sure Manitoba’s corn is looking good,” Dale Alderson of Intel Seed in

Oakville said during an interview here Aug. 26. “We had a pretty warm summer — pretty warm nights. These are all good for growth and development and we’re not lacking moisture so this is a bunch of events that should lead to pretty top yields. The (online) corn predictor yield suggests it’s going to be a really strong yield this year.”

Corn yields can be estimated by counting the number of kernels around the cob from bottom to top, then plugging that, along with plant populations, into a web-based calculator. Based on random samples col-

lected from cornfields in the OakvillePortage la Prairie area, Alderson is seeing potential yields of 130 to 200 bushels an acre.

“That’s a very good yield if it maintains itself through the season,” he said. “It’s not in the bin yet, but we’ve got pretty good moisture. Maybe another rain in mid-September would help finish filling things up. Barring a frost I think we’re set for a very good yield.

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Researchers sequence twothirds of the barley genome

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team led by scientists at the University of California, Riverside says it has reached a new milestone in its work on sequencing the barley genome. In a release Aug. 26, the researchers said they have sequenced large portions of the genome that together contain nearly t w o - t h i rd s o f a l l b a r l e y genes.

They said because barley is a close relative to wheat, the new work could also offer useful information leading to the complete sequencing of the wheat genome.

The researchers said that in conventional breeding, bringing in favourable characteristics from one gene can also bring in undesirable characteristics from another neighbouring gene.

“For example, a breeder might succeed in adding a favourable allele for stem rust resistance from a wild barley, but along with that gene drag along another gene that causes shattering of the mature head,” said

The amount of genome sequences the researchers released is about four times the size of the entire rice genome. File pHOTO

UC Riverside genetics professor, Timothy J. Close.

“Knowing the location of gene-dense low-recombi-

nation regions helps with decisions about which genes to pursue for variety improvement,” he said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 3, 2015

Stranded for a cause

STARS Rescue on the Island event will soon see a number of well-known Manitoba community members left on an isolated island until they can earn their way home

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff

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lm Creek producer Colin Penner will leave his tractor cab mid-harvest to be dropped on a remote island hoping he gets enough support from the agricultural community to get home.

“It’s not every day you get to participate in a phenomenal fundraiser like this. It does make me nervous to be away during our busy season, but I am hopeful that the ag community will get behind me so I can get off the island and back in the tractor,” said Penner.

Penner, along with six other participants, is gearing up to take part in the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society’s (STARS) upcoming fundraiser, Rescue on the Island.

“This will be our third Rescue on the Island event we’ve held.

The last two years we raised around $500,000, so we are hoping to beat that goal this year,” said Betty Lou Rock, vice-president of operations with STARS. “Each of our participants has their own personal goal. Some are hoping to raise around $50,000. But for us it’s not just about raising money, it’s also about raising awareness around STARS and the services we provide.”

Participants will be flown via helicopter to a remote location Sept. 15 where they will compete in a series of challenges while trying to raise pledges through their personal networks.

“They will be left on the island until they reach their goal. As far as the participants go, we try and get together individuals from a cross-section of different industries and communities,” said Rock.

This year’s seven participants include the chair of the Aboriginal Chamber of Commerce, Jessica Dumas, vice-president of L. Chabot Enterprises Ltd., Nicole Chabot, former Blue Bomber, Rod Hill, mayor of Steinbach, Chris Goertzen, University of Manitoba instructor and farmer, Colin Penner, CEO of Len Dubois Trucking, Jason Dubois, and vice-president of MacDon, Gene Fraser.

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“I truly believe that the services provided by STARS are critical. Our dealers and customers in rural areas may at some point need emergency medical transportation to a hospital, so it’s crucial that we support a cause that helps save lives,” said vice-president of MacDon, Gene Fraser. “As well, our loved ones, employees, and friends travel regularly in the summertime and it’s comforting to know that we did our part to help in the event an accident or medical emergency should take place while travelling or enjoying the summer.”

Rural lifeline As rural Manitoba continues to struggle with doctor shortages and emergency room closures, STARS has become a lifeline for transporting the critically ill and injured.

Penner, a Farm Management instructor with the School of Agriculture at the University of Manitoba, said he has never had a personal interaction with STARS. But he has seen the service active in his community.

“I know that there have been a few accidents and injuries

around here where the helicopter has landed within 10 miles of the farm,” he said. “I think that this service is incredibly important. I live, work and play in the middle of nowhere and if something were to happen, an ambulance would take quite a while to

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Since its conception 30 years ago, STARS has been a not-for-profit organization and in Manitoba, patients do not receive any request for repayment of the cost of their transport.

An average flight runs at approximately, $5,400 and a medically equipped helicopter costs $5 million.

Funding for the service comes from donations and fundraising, and the Government of Manitoba’s commitment to funding the base, which sees STARS compensated $10 million a year.

“We operate similar to hospital foundations. Money that is raised through fundraisers is used to offset some of the cost of running the service so that we aren’t as reliant on government dollars,” said Betty Lou Rock, vicepresident of operations with STARS. “The funds raised are also used to enhance our education program. We have a very robust education program for our doctors and medics, which include some pretty sophisticated simulation equipment.”

Funds will also be streamed into STARS mobile education unit, a large bus that is equipped with a series of simulators.

“Sometimes it is difficult for rural individuals to get to Winnipeg for education and so it is such an advantage to

get here. Having STARS active in the province is an essential service for anyone living outside of the Perimeter.”

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“I think that this service is incredibly important. I live, work and play in the middle of nowhere and if something were to happen an ambulance would take quite a while to get here. Having STARS active in the province is an essential service for anyone living outside of the Perimeter.”

Colin Penner Rescue on the Island participant

be able to take this education to them,” said Rock.

The mobile education unit gives health-care professionals throughout the province a chance to practise critical care scenarios, training that is unavailable otherwise.

STARS uses BK117, twin-engine, high-performance helicopters, which fly approximately 240 kilometres an hour.

“The helicopter is much faster than a ground ambulance and we are capable of landing in a lot of different places,” said Rock. “In situations with heart attacks, strokes and head trauma, the faster we can get those folks to high-level care, the better they are going to do.”

The helicopter interior is outfitted similar to an intensive care unit, with various monitors, pumps, specialized equipment and an ultrasound.

Every flight consists of a crew of two senior pilots, an advanced care paramedic and critical care nurse. In addition, an emergency physician is on call to be in flight or guide care.

“Our medics and nurses are highly trained individuals and bring a level of care that is many times not available in rural Manitoba,” said Rock, who, prior to joining STARS, ran the critical care program at the Winnipeg Health Authority for 12 years. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

expanded to five other locations in Western Canada — Edmonton, Grande Prairie, Winnipeg, Regina, and Saskatoon.

The service was originally brought into Manitoba during the 2009 flood and then once more during the 2011 flood.

At that time, it was decided to establish a permanent base in Winnipeg. In 2012, the provincial government signed an agreement to provide funding for 10 years.

Throughout 2014, STARS’ six different locations responded to 3,084 calls and have completed more than 29,000 missions in its 30-year run.

Those interested in helping Penner and the other participants get off the island, please visit www.rescueontheisland.ca.

“Farming is often seen as a noble profession where we care for the land, and a lot of times I think that farmers put caring for the land and producing food above their own safety. One way to give back to a farmer would certainly be to support STARS,” said Penner. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

The votes that matter

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here was a field day a few years back where organizers asked the 20 or so people in attendance to introduce themselves by sharing something they’ve learned about agriculture in the past year.

“Be careful what you say about the competition, because tomorrow you might be working for them,” piped up an employee for one of the big chemical Laura Rance companies.

Editor It was sage advice in the era of mergers and acquisitions, which judging from the news of late, is far from over yet.

But those words also come to mind in the context of the 2015 federal election, the end result of which, at this point, is anybody’s guess.

There’s some concern among farmers and agricultural industry that farm and food issues are getting the short shrift. On one hand, agriculture should be at the top of any politician’s list. After all, without it, we don’t eat. But on the other, it’s understandable why it falls off the political radar. Farmers have done their job so well, consumers have the luxury of taking the availability of food for granted.

And let’s face it. Topics that are important to farmers, such as the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership and its implications for supply management, research and business risk management are a tough sell against Mike Duffy and a sliding Canadian loonie when campaign organizers are coming up with catchy sound bites.

So there is a concerted effort right now to get farmers engaging with candidates.

It’s not just about deciding who you should support.

The days are long past when the farm vote could determine who ran the country. The reality today is that farmers make up less than two per cent of the population. They must work with who they get.

Which brings us back to the premise so wisely spoken by that chemical company employee.

Your future depends on how well you connect with all the candidates, not just the favoured ones, or the ones deemed by the latest polls most likely to succeed. As Preston Manning once said, it’s not good enough to tell politicians why your proposal is good for you; you must spell out why it’s good for all their constituents, whether or not they come from a farm.

There is another dimension to this reaching-out business that bears careful consideration in the era of social media.

We’ve observed before that farmers and their organizations are pretty good at lobbying the policy-makers. And there is no question that they are an important constituency when it comes to setting the business, environmental, social parameters under which farmers operate.

But events of late leave us wondering whether politicians any longer have much say in the “how” in food production, especially when it comes to farmers’ so-called “social licence.”

In the era of social media, you don’t have to be an expert, or a journalist or an important public figure to gain an audience.

You only have to produce a message that people are receptive to hearing.

People with something to say were once restricted to coffee clutches and letter-to-the-editor campaigns. Now they have the potential to reach millions through blogging, tweeting or posting on Facebook.

They aren’t targeting the politicians. They are aiming at the hearts and minds of the people who eat — knowing they will vote with their dollars.

It’s rewriting the book on marketing and changing the dynamics of public engagement.

The Mercy for Animals videos that capture animal abuse in intensive farming operations are changing industry practices, and not only because the abusers are caught and charged under the law. These videos’ impact on people’s opinion of food producers brings about change far quicker than the courts or politicians can deliver.

As a result of the most recent exposé of workers stomping birds on a Tennessee chicken farm, McDonald’s, through its Tyson Foods Inc. cancelled the operation’s contract. That operation is no longer in business.

This wasn’t a political or legal decision. It was market based.

It’s swift, unchallengeable, non-negotiable and irrevocable.

Efforts by agribusiness to get laws enacted to protect farmers from this kind of undercover activity are being successfully challenged in the courts. Idaho’s ag-gag law was recently struck down by a judge who ruled it violated the right to free speech.

He also found the “how” of food production is a matter of important public interest.

On a brighter note, the Petersen Bros., three Kansas farm boys that became famous worldwide with their parody rap “We’re farming and we grow it,” are examples of how social media outreach can work in agriculture’s favour.

People don’t want slick PR, they don’t want official, or expert opinions. They want to connect. It’s a two-way street. laura@fbcpublishing.com

The 21 commodities that say China isn’t the problem Commodity import demand in China is far from weak Major commodities also resilient

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ne of the reasons advanced for the plunge in commodity prices is concern over the outlook for Chinese demand for raw materials as growth slows in the world’s second-largest economy.

But detailed customs data for July shows there were at least 21 commodities that showed increases in imports greater than 20 per cent, compared to the same month in 2014.

While it’s true that many of these commodities are minor, there are some fairly major ones showing strong growth as well, led by crude oil, which saw imports jump 29.3 per cent in July from the same month a year earlier.

Among the notable increases were a massive 236,594 per cent jump in ethanol imports in July, with that single month accounting for more than half of total imports of the fuel so far this year.

There were other agricultural imports that showed surprising strength in July, with wheat up 158 per cent, barley by 67.9 per cent, corn by 1,184 per cent, cassava by 28.5 per cent, rice by 78.2 per cent, soyoil by 25.8 per cent, palm oil by 53.3 per cent, natural rubber by 70.1 per cent and sugar by 72.7 per cent.

Among the metals, tin ore and concentrates imports increased by 27 per cent in July, refined tin by 50.7 per cent, and zinc ores by 84.5 per cent.

There is always a danger in placing too much emphasis on just one month’s figures, but the above numbers show that commodity import demand in China is far from weak, especially when looking at raw materials beyond the majors.

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Even among the major commodities, the picture is not bleak.

Iron ore imports were up 4.4 per cent in July, while those for copper ore and concentrates gained 7.2 per cent, although coal was down 7.7 per cent from the year-earlier month.

While there will be a number of factors at work across different commodity markets, one common factor that may help explain the strength in China’s July imports is price.

The weakness in commodities across the board has likely sparked buying interest.

The Chinese have a history of increasing purchases of natural resources when prices are weak, even if these do flow into inventories in the short term.

Sustained price weakness, coupled with the yuan’s recent depreciation is likely to give a boost to China’s export-orientated manufacturing sector, and with the rest of the global economy not looking too dire, there may well be sufficient demand for consumer goods at cheaper prices.

The July data may be the start of the reversal of the recent trend of slowing growth in China’s commodity imports.

It’s also worth noting that of the 21 commodities with import growth of more than 20 per cent in July, 15 are also in positive territory for the first seven months of the year compared to the same period in 2014.

There are several solid reasons as to why commodity prices have performed so abysmally so far this year, chief among them the structural oversupply plaguing many markets, as well as the impact of the recent volatility in equity markets.

But poor Chinese import demand doesn’t seem a valid reason for commodity price weakness.

Clyde Russell is a Reuters columnist.

September 2001

he headlines on our Sept. 6, 2001 front page announced that the delegates of Agricore — which had been formed in 1998 with a merger of Manitoba and Alberta Pools — had voted to merge with United Grain Growers to become Agricore United. It was in turn taken over by Saskatchewan Wheat Pool in 2007, with the merged companies now operating as Viterra. The vote meant the end of a century of farmer-owned co-operative grain companies in Western Canada.

Those companies had all been in cash-recovery mode and another story that issue reported that SaskPool and Agricore had sold their interest in Heartland Livestock to Nillson Bros. for $32.9 million.

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture warned of a Canada-wide crop disaster — drought in the West was the worst since the recorddry year of 1988 and yields in Ontario were also down 30 to 50 per cent due to lack of rainfall.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said she was optimistic for a favourable result from the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization talks, which were due to kick off in November, though she said they would be “difficult.” She was correct. They are still continuing, 14 years later.

And also in the “still waiting” department, below that story was another which said German scientists had developed a genetically modified tomato that could deliver vaccines.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 3, 2015

COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Canadians love meat, but don’t take them for granted Demand should stay strong despite higher prices, but cases of meat fraud could undermine consumer confidence

By Sylvain Charlebois

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hat do Confucius, Albert Einstein and Leonardo Di Vinci have in common?

Well, not much professionally, but they were all vegetarians.

Einstein once claimed that, “Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.” With recent record meat prices, some might wonder if, all ethics aside, he had a point.

On the supply side, consumers now have greater access to vegetarian and vegan options than ever before. Recently, the world’s first vegetarian drive-thru opened last month in California, and some airlines now offer seven different varieties of vegetarian options for longer flights, including raw and lacto-ovo meals. Similar changes have been made in the hospitality and tourism industries.

Despite these advances, however, it remains unclear if more consumers have opted to go completely meat free, or have adopted a more vegetarian “inclined” diet. What is also currently unknown is whether increasing meat prices have pushed consumers away from animal protein products.

Indeed, most reports suggest that the number of vegetarian consumers in the western world have not significantly increased over time.

In most surveys recently published,

vegetarians only comprise four to five per cent of the population. That number increases slightly if consumers who are inclined to occasionally go meatless are added to the mix.

Consumers who do become vegetarians or vegans do so for an array of reasons. However, the economics of vegetarianism have attracted little attention in recent years; but in the light of recent protein price hikes, they should.

Economists do agree on a few facets of meat production. First, many studies suggest that it costs significantly more to produce energy and protein from animal-based sources than from some plant-based sources.

While some might dispute this claim, there is little or no doubt among most economists of this cost, which is the prime factor driving research in bio-meat engineering. Second, a significant shift in dietary preferences towards plant-based consumption would result in lower commodity prices, including corn. As a result, the economic implications of a rapid adoption of a plant-based diet for our agricultural economy would be significant. However, the reality is that according to many studies of consumer behaviour, customers still place a higher value on buying and eating meat than on any other food group. Canada’s relationship with animal proteins has deep cultural roots, particularly during holidays and summertime.

Additionally, meat prices are unlikely to decrease any time soon, since many emerging markets are

“The economics of vegetarianism have attracted little attention in recent years; but in the light of recent protein price hikes, they should.”

consuming more meat products. With a weaker Canadian currency and a shift change in U.S.-based protectionist measures, Americans will likely increase their purchases of Canadian meat, forcing retailers to pay more to keep domestically produced products within our borders. It gets even trickier on the retail side of things, as grocers know that playing around with meat prices can be perilous, at best.

The rise of beef and pork prices may one day discourage consumers from purchasing their favourite chops or steaks, but likely not for the foreseeable future. However, the most significant threat to the meat industry is not higher prices, but food fraud.

Major incidences like the European horsemeat case, sausage mislabelling investigations, and many other occurrences have been troubling to consumers, to say the least. Given our general commitment to protein, the economic case for meat consumption remains strong for consumers, as long as they know what they are buying and eating.

As more fraudulent cases are reported, consumers may start to

think twice before spending 25 to 30 per cent more on meat. Consumer confidence is strong, but may quickly erode. The meat industry ignores this possibility at its peril.

Eating meat is a consumer choice Canadians have made for generations. Our culinary traditions have given animal protein its rightful place, and have served our communities well. However, as meat prices increase, many Canadians might wonder if they can still afford to treat themselves to a delicious steak or roast beef. So far, Canadians seem to remain committed.

However, if they realize that their favourite steak actually came from a troubling source, or improperly processed, the industry shouldn’t expect consumers to continue making the traditional choice. They may end up finding the growing alternatives to be more appetizing, and more affordable.

Sylvain Charlebois is a professor of food distribution and policy and associate dean of College of Business and Economics at the University of Guelph

Elections and the value of showing up

If farmers don’t speak, it will be others, who may not understand our industry, who decide who goes to Ottawa

BY CAM DAHL

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here is an old saying in politics, “policy is set by those who show up.” Not always those with the best and brightest ideas and not even always a majority. The first and most important step on the road to being an influencer is to show up.

Canadians will elect a new House of Commons Oct. 19 when 338 will take their place in the House of Commons, supported by an army of volunteers and elected by those who show up to vote.

The next federal government will have a lot to say about what happens on your farm. Farm organizations will work to nudge ministers in the right direction after the election, but the campaign is the most effective time to influence future agricultural policy. And individual farmers are most effective at wielding that influence.

How does an individual make a difference? By getting involved — by showing up. For example, every riding is almost certainly going to have all-candidates meetings (if your riding does not have some scheduled, organize one). Don’t just attend these ses-

sions, but go prepared to fight for the future of agriculture.

Don’t assume that your candidates understand the importance of agriculture to your community and the Canadian economy, even if you are in a rural riding. Nor can you assume that each of the candidates understands the key issues facing agriculture today. Direct involvement by farmers across the country will help ensure this understanding. This applies to both your local candidates and, through them, the national campaigns.

What are some of the policies that matter to agriculture? I would like to suggest three key areas of focus — trade, technology and science-based regulations.

Do the people who want to be your member of Parliament understand how much your farm depends on international markets? Sustainable profitability for Canadian grains, oilseed and special crops farmers depends on reliable access to markets around the world. You deserve to know what your future member of Parliament will do to keep markets open as well as develop new opportunities for Canadian farmers.

Future profitability also depends on research and innovation. What are

your candidates saying about creating an environment where Canada is the first choice for investment in research and development? Do candidates have ideas on how to encourage broad research partnerships between producers, governments and private companies? The answers to these questions could determine if Canada is a leader in innovation, or if we fall behind and yield the field to our competitors.

Support for science-based regulations goes hand in hand with support for innovation and assuring access to markets. Modern Canadian agriculture depends on clear and predictable science-based regulations for the crop input tools you use, from seed to fertilizer and other crop inputs.

The alternative to science-based regulations are those based on popular opinion or the latest fad on the Internet. Politicians face pressure from many who don’t appreciate the science behind today’s sustainable agricultural practices.

We see this manifested in regional regulations that override the sciencebased decisions of Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency and limit farmers’ access to up-to-date crop inputs. Ask candidates if they will work to have science-based rules for

agriculture built into every trade agreement in order to preserve our market access.

What happens if the next Government of Canada affirms the science-based approach? Those who invest in research and development will see Canada as a safe place to conduct research. They will look to invest here rather than in our competitors’ backyards, giving Canadian farmers an innovation advantage.

Canada’s strong science-based regulatory environment also gives us a strong platform to negotiate international agreements that limits importing countries’ ability to use their own regulations as a tool to block trade.

Farmers win on all counts.

These are just three key policy areas that are important for the future of agriculture. There are likely more issues that could be explored. The most important thing is to push candidates to support agriculture. Now is the time to get involved. If farmers don’t speak it will be others, who may not understand our industry, who will influence those who will be going to Ottawa on our behalf. Your voice matters. Let it be heard.

Cam Dahl, is president of Cereals Canada

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in Manitoba so far, agrees Michael Weir, DuPont Pioneer’s area agronomist for southeast Manitoba. Spring was early and a lot of corn was seeded early too.

“We had such a gorgeous June and July with high temperatures and timely rains,” he said. “Things really got going.

You think of that old rule of thumb ‘knee-high by the first of July’ and in some cases we were shoulder-high by then.

“We’ve got moisture now and next week is supposed to be warm again — above-normal temperatures — and I think that will move things along quite quickly as well. With corn you still have to hope for that open fall, but I think as far as the average, I think we’re a little bit ahead of the game as far as the staging of the corn.

“It’s not hard to find 160(bushel-an-acre) estimates on the conservative side. Having talked to some guys earlier they figured there was 200-bushel corn out there. There still might be, but some of those areas might have lost some of that top end due to a lack of moisture.

Just taking a guess I don’t think it will be unheard of for a lot of people to be getting that 160 to 180 and then an average of 130 to 150.”

Manitoba farmers planted 225,197 acres of grain corn covered by crop insurance, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation records show, down slightly from 2014, but well above the 10-year average of 182,158.

Manitoba Agriculture, Food a n d Ru r a l D e v e l o p m e n t’s (MAFRD) weather data shows much of central Manitoba — the province’s core corn-grow-

“… knee-high by the first of July’ and in some cases we were shoulder-high by then” Michael weir DuPont Pioneer

ing area — has received average to above-average rainfall and heat. But not everyone has received perfect conditions. Hailstorms pounded some crops making them more vulnerable to disease, including Goss’s Wilt. While some areas including the Morris to Steinbach areas have been too wet, other pockets, including south of Morden, turned dry, Weir said.

Some early-maturing hybrids are denting — a sign of increasing maturity, Weir said. Given normal growing conditions corn will reach physiological maturity 20 to 25 days later.

That would be about mid-September. Maturity will vary based on the hybrid, when it was planted and the local growing conditions. Fully mature corn will not be harmed by a killing frost.

According to MAFRD data the average 0 C temperature for much of central Manitoba occurs Sept. 16 to 21. However, it usually takes colder temperatures than 0 C to kill a nearly mature corn plant. Last year light frost hurt some cornfields around Sept. 12. Many plants continued to mature. Ideally Manitoba’s corn region will be frost free until the end of September this year.

European corn borers were probably more prevalent this

This cob of corn has been damaged by bird feeding. Some hybrids are more susceptible to bird predation than others.

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Signs of European corn borer damage. When borer populations are high they can prevent nutrient uptake in cornstalks and cause stalks to break before and during harvest, in which both cases reduce yield.

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year than last, Weir said. The insect, which bores into cornstalks and cobs, prevents plants from taking up nutrients resulting in lower yields and/or causing stalks to break before or during harvest, also reducing yields.

Blackbirds are feeding in s o m e c o r n f i e l d s. C e r t a i n hybrids are more susceptible than others, said Morgan Cott, field agronomist with the Manitoba Corn Growers Association.

Once birds start feeding on corn that can attract the fourspotted sap beetle, said MAFRD entomologist John Gavloski.

However, the insect doesn’t

cause economic damage, he said.

Corn borers, which overwinter in Manitoba, show up most years, but outbreaks are scattered. Bt corn is resistant to corn borers, but costs more.

Farmers don’t know at planting time whether their corn will be attacked by borer or not.

History can be a guide. If borer numbers were high this year the farmer should consider planting Bt corn next year, Gavloski said.

The insect can be controlled with several insecticides, but applying at the right time is important. allan@fbcpublishing.com

CORRECTION

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PORK Continued from page 1

proven that viruses are surviving in those environments.

“I mean the proof that our system has been working effectively is the fact that we’ve only had four cases of PEDv in the province,” Matheson said.

“So if these trailers are washed in substandard facilities in the U.S. there is going to be a much greater risk of the virus entering Canada.”

No one from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) was available for comment, but in an August 24 notice sent to producers, the agency said it no longer believed the situation constituted an emergency requiring a deviation from regulated procedures.

“It is not a pretty picture that is looming in front of us.”

George Matheson

“The CFIA, in consultation with the provinces, during the initial incursion of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus into Canada, had allowed for a temporary emergency protocol for empty swine trucks to be undertaken in the province of Manitoba,” reads the notice. “The CFIA has reviewed the situation and has concluded that the outbreak of PED in Canada no longer merits an emergency response.”

The federal agency went on to indicate that — after scientific review — it’s not aware of any evidence that using recycled water is a biosecurity risk when all organic matter has been removed and it’s followed by a hot water, detergent wash and an application of disinfectant.

It also added that cleaning and disinfecting procedures are meant to protect against several diseases, including pseudorabies, vesicular stomatitis, and the Delta corona virus, in addition to PEDv. But the general manager of the Pork Council disagrees with the CFIA’s risk assessment.

“Our fear is that the U.S. wash stations don’t have a very high standard. There’s a lot of PEDv in those areas and the likelihood of our trailers becoming infected is there,” said Andrew Dickson. “So by going to those wash stations, these trailers will be exposed to viruses they wouldn’t have been exposed to before.”

He said that trucks currently go down to the U.S. with Canadian bedding and animals, which is then off-loaded without anyone from the U.S. actually coming onboard.

“So the chance for disease coming into the trailer is remote this way,” he said.

Now trailers will likely be washed twice — once in the U.S. and again in Manitoba — to negate that risk.

“And that of course is an additional cost,” Dickson said.

Matheson noted that the Manitoba Pork Council was able to negotiate some slight extensions on the emergency protocol, but that overall, the agency was not receptive to the concerns of Manitoba producers.

“They pretty much dug their heels in,” he said. “It is not a pretty picture that is looming in front of us.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

Canadian dollar to stay below 80 U.S. cents There were pressures on the dollar even before the China crash

BY DAVE SIMS, COMMODITY NEWS SERVICE CANADA

W

eak energy prices, concerns over the Chinese economy, and disappointing domestic data are just some of the factors dragging down the loonie, according to a financial expert.

“It’s hard to imagine the currency getting back up to 80 cents U.S., particularly if the (U.S.) Fed does go ahead and cut rates at some point this year,” said Mark Chandler, head of fixed income and currency strategy at RBC Capital Markets in Toronto.

While the August 24 stock market plunge in China caught many off guard, there were already pressures building on the Canadian dollar, according to Chandler.

“Canadian (economic) data was disappointing. You have

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to cast that against the volatility in equity markets and what that might imply for Canadian growth in the midterm,” he said, adding his group had forecast the dollar to sink to its current level.

The drop in oil prices has been the main catalyst with suppliers around the world pumping out record supplies even while values plunged.

“O P E C , s h a l e e x p l o r a tion companies in the U.S.

a re s t i l l p ro d u c i n g i t i n good measure. So there’s a number of things that are conspiring to hurt oil and with it dragging down the Canadian dollar,” said Chandler.

On top of that, he says the equity market is in trouble right now as well.

“But it’s tough to say how heavily China’s real economy has been impacted by it. It’s obvious that is gnawing on markets and some of this could reflect an overall growth slowdown right now.”

Fortunately, he says the domestic economy in the U.S. is looking quite good despite the relative gloom.

“The Bank of Canada has an easing bias which is weighing down the currency… getting back up to 80 cents would be a tough challenge for the currency,” he concluded.

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Room for improvement, says railway report card Data collected for the Ag Transport Coalition says the railways deliver most of the cars grain shippers order but many arrive late

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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ailway service for Western Canada’s grain shippers was “highly variable and timeliness of delivery was an issue,” in the 2014-15 crop year that ended July 31, the Ag Transport Coalition (ATC) said in a news release Aug. 15.

Canadian National Railway Company (CN) and Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (CP) supplied shippers with 69 and 43 per cent of cars ordered either in the week they were ordered for or earlier, Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA) said in an interview Aug. 31. The WGEA is a coalition member.

Overall CN and CP delivered

93 and 95 per cent of the cars shippers ordered.

“On the surface that looks good, but grain companies would like more cars delivered in the week they were ordered for,” Sobkowich said.

“This lack of timeliness and predictability in rail car delivery has an impact on the performance of Canada’s logistics system and Canada’s reputation as a consistent and reliable supplier of grain as each ordered rail car indicates there is farmers’ grain to move and a domestic or overseas customer expecting its timely delivery,” the ATC said.

The ATC, which also includes the Canadian Canola Growers Association, the Alberta Wheat Commission, Pulse Canada, the Manitoba Pulse Growers Association, the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association,

t h e I n l a n d Te r m i n a l Association of Canada and the Canadian Special Crops Association (CSCA), hired QGI consulting to collect grainshipping data and measure rail performance.

The initiative is a five-year strategy made possible by matching investments from industry and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through Growing Forward 2. It followed a massive backlog in grain shipping in 2013-14 prompting the federal government to order the railways to meet weekly shipping targets or be fined.

Grain companies lost sales and encountered demurrage.

University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist Richard Gray estimates the gap between world and farm gate grain prices cost farmers $5 billion over two crop years.

While together the two railways fulfilled 94 per cent of the car orders, that six per cent shortfall represents more than 23,000 cars that were requested but never delivered, says a summary report prepared for the ATC. However, the level of net unfulfilled demand at year-end is significantly lower — approximately 1,400 cars — 320 for CN and 1,090 for CP. “These orders will likely be carried over to the new grain year and supplied by the railways early in the year,” the summary says.

Both railways were relatively prompt when shipping grain to Vancouver and Thunder Bay, but less so to the United States and Mexico.

During the 2014-15 crop year, 33 per cent of bulk grain shipments sat (dwell time) at grain elevators for 24 hours or

less after being loaded. CN’s performance was nearly twice as good as CP’s in this area, the summary said. However, CP had shorter dwell times at port than CN. Analysts predict western Canadian farmers will harvest less grain this year because of dry weather in parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan. But that doesn’t necessarily mean more timely rail service because the railways adjust capacity, Sobkowich said. If they cut back too much, service could suffer, he said. In the meantime, the ATC will continue to measure weekly rail performance.

CP Rail is prepared to move the 2015 crop in a timely manner, John Brooks, vice-president Sales and Marketing, Bulk, said in a recent interview. allan@fbcpublishing.com

U.S., Mexico open first new rail link in over a century There are now nine rail crossings between the two countries

By Jon Herskovitz Austin, Texas / Reuters

The United States and Mexico opened their first new rail link in more than a century as part of plans to update infrastructure carrying nearly $600 billion a year in bilateral trade, officials said Aug. 25.

T h e We s t R a i l B y p a s s International Bridge connecting Brownsville, Texas with the city of Matamoros across the border will largely carry freight, the U.S. Commerce Department said.

Since the North American Free Trade Agreement was implemented over 20 years ago, trade with Mexico has increased sixfold and Mexico has become one of the biggest trading partners with the United States, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker said.

“But the infrastructure has not improved,” she told Reuters by telephone.

“We need to have infrastructure that lives up to the economic opportunities that are in front of both of our countries,” she said, adding the two governments have launched other projects aimed at making trade easier.

Before the new bridge opened, there were eight rail crossings between the United States and Mexico, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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Agricultural Hall of Fame

WHAT’S UP

The Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame inducted eight new members in July 2015.

Here is one of the new inductees

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len Findlay was born and raised on the family farm at Shoal Lake, Manitoba, where he also received his early education. He graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1963 with a bachelor of science in agriculture and the Governor’s Gold Medal. In 1964, he received his master of science in animal nutrition. He then proceeded to the University of Illinois where he received his Ph.D. in nutritional science in 1968. From 1968-70, he took a post-doctorate fellowship at the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa.

In 1957, Glen married Katherine Kennedy. The Findlays have four children, Carole, Keith, Gary and Jill, all of whom have degrees from the University of Manitoba. They have nine grandchildren. Along with their son Gary and grandson Carey, Glen and Katherine continue to be involved in the operation of a 5,000-acre and 300-head beef cattle farm.

From 1970 to 1977, while still actively involved in the farm, Glen taught pesticide toxicology at the University of Manitoba. From 1977 to 1986 Glen was full-time farming with his son, Gary. From 1986 to 1990 Glen was elected as a Conservative member of the Manitoba legislative assembly (MLA) for Virden Constituency.

From 1990 to 1999 he served as the MLA for Springfield Constituency. During his time in the legislature, Glen served as minister of agriculture, minister of highways and transportation and minister responsible for telecommunications and MTS. As minister of agriculture, Glen oversaw the modernization of the Animal Feed Testing Laboratory, the Veterinary Drug Agency and the Soils Laboratory.

He worked towards the formation of Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) and the implementation of the Manitoba Cattle Producers Association (MCPA)

voluntary checkoff. He was also involved in the modernizing of Manitoba Crop Insurance and the introduction of the Gross Revenue Insurance Plan (GRIP) and the Net Income Stabilization Account (NISA). He participated in several foreign trade missions. As minister of telecommunications, he privatized Manitoba Telephone System.

Glen has served on a number of boards and committees of provincial, regional and national organizations: Labatt Advisory Forum, Canadian Transportation Act Review Panel, Canadian Wheat Board, Canadian AgriFood Policy Institute, Bayer CropScience Grower Advisory Forum, Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, Flax Growers of Western Canada, KAP, MCPA/Manitoba Beef Producers and Western Barley Growers Association.

Glen was also involved in his local community. In the early

Please forward your agricultural events to dave@fbcpublishing. com or call 204-944-5762.

Sept. 3: Agassiz Soil and Crop Improvement Association (ASCIA) soybean research tour, 9:30 a.m., Rd. 38E, south of Hwy. 44 west of Beausejour. For more info call the Beausejour GO Centre at 204268-6094.

Glen Marshal Findlay 1940 –

1980s, he served on the Shoal Lake Rink Committee and the Shoal Lake Communiplex. He worked with others to attract a modern high-throughput elevator to the community. He also served as president of the Shoal Lake Agricultural Society.

Glen’s long record of public service to his community, his province and his country has been exemplary and has been recognized by his peers.

Nominated by Municipality of Shoal Lake Council – 2015 www.manitobaaghalloffame.com

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.

Sept. 26: Pumpkinfest, Teulon.

Call 204-467-9064 or visit www. teulonfarmersmarket.com/ pumpkinfest.html.

Sept. 26: Manitoba Organic Alliance’s Organic Showcase and networking dinner, Jane’s Restaurant, RRC Paterson GlobalFoods Institute, 504 Main St., Winnipeg. For tickets or more info call 204-956-2090 (ext. 378) or 204-546-2099.

Oct. 2-3: Manitoba Fibre Festival, Red River Exhibition Park, 3977 Portage Ave., Winnipeg.

For more info visit www. manitobafibrefestival.com.

Oct. 3: Roland Pumpkin Fair. For info call 204-343-2314 or email artccam@gmail.com.

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Oct. 3-4: Manitoba Plowing Days, 10 a.m. daily, five miles east of Boissevain on Hwy. 3. For more info call 204-534-6451.

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 204888-6990 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.

Nov. 17-19: Canadian Forage and Grassland Association conference and AGM, Sheraton Cavalier, 612 Spadina Cres. E., Saskatoon. For more info visit www.canadianfga.ca/ events/current-events/.

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS

EXCHANGES: August 21 2015

$1 Cdn: $0.7605 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.3149 Cdn.

Numbers below are reprinted from August 27 issue.

column

Cattle Prices (Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 133.00 - 138.00 D3 Cows 120.00 - 132.00 Bulls 165.00 - 174.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.)

— (801-900 lbs.)

225.00 - 255.00 (701-800 lbs.)

245.00 - 275.00 (601-700 lbs.)

260.00 - 310.00 (501-600 lbs.)

300.00 - 330.00 (401-500 lbs.)

310.00 - 375.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

200.00 - 235.00 (801-900 lbs.)

210.00 - 247.25 (701-800 lbs.)

220.00 - 248.00 (601-700 lbs.)

230.00 - 275.00 (501-600 lbs.)

245.00 - 295.00 (401-500 lbs.)

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

Heifers

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

(850+ lbs.)

Alberta South $ 182.00 - 182.00 — 135.00 - 149.00 120.00 - 137.00 — $ 244.00 - 259.00 255.00 - 270.00 270.00 - 289.00 295.00 - 316.00 310.00 - 337.00 325.00 - 365.00 $ 226.00 - 243.00 243.00 - 255.00 252.00 - 275.00 270.00 - 290.00 290.00 - 312.00 300.00 - 360.00

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

Futures (August 21, 2015) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change August 2015 146.48 -2.38 October 2015 146.33 -1.53 December 2015 148.48 -1.00 February 2016 148.28 -0.38 April 2016 146.98 -0.60 June 2016 139.10 -0.95

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

Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

August 21, 2015

Our weak loonie is offset by weakened export markets

Previous Year­ 47,044 10,252 36,792 N/A 580,000

CNSC Ontario $ 170.85 - 193.38 170.59 - 191.21 96.71 - 131.17 96.71 - 131.17 145.42 - 166.94 $ 225.33 - 257.62 222.64 -265.17 247.76 - 303.42 252.34 - 344.05 265.28 - 363.49 274.85 - 381.28 $ 207.09 - 230.75 220.49 - 243.84 211.43 - 273.56 228.54 - 300.82 247.08 - 326.11 244.87 - 327.07

Close 213.20 206.83 203.98 201.85 195.73 193.15

Change -0.83 -3.50 -4.35 -4.35 -4.13 -3.63

Week Ending August 15, 2015 854 27,264 14,706 672 1,128 6,452 289

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 627 24,528 20,387 1,132 1,346 4,756 128

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 197 E 182 E 187.09 189.89

Futures (August 21, 2015) in U.S. Hogs October 2015 December 2015 February 2016 April 2016 May 2016

Last Week 194.33 180.07 185.82 190.12

Last Year (Index 100) 229.13 211.04 214.17 224.97

Close 64.75 61.30 66.15 70.85 75.43

Change -0.30 0.07 0.55 0.67 0.30

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 30, 2015 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A ............................................... $1.960 Undergrade ........................................$1.870 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.945 Undergrade ........................................$1.845 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.945 Undergrade ........................................$1.845 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A................................................. $1.905 Undergrade......................................... $1.820 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.

Toronto 115.02 - 135.24 166.44 - 192.18 187.16 - 200.02 190.51 - 223.20 219.50 - 291.12 —

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.+

Despite Canada seeing smaller herds, German doesn’t think prices will move higher, but will stay “status quo.”

However, the status quo is pretty good, said Anne Wasko, a market analyst with Gateway Livestock Marketing in Taber, Alta.

“Prices still have been very strong. A weaker Canadian dollar has helped that again this week, and so it’s certainly poised as we head into the fall run.”

Cattle are not insulated from outside global pressures, Wasko said, and so the market has seen a wild week.

China’s stock market fell dramatically on Aug. 24, causing global stock, energy and currency markets to follow, but by Aug. 28, most markets had settled down, though not without a significant amount of bouncing around.

Fed cattle markets usually hit a low in the summer, so the shakeup came at a time when prices were trying to find a summer low. “And that’s kind of kept the pressure on in the West,” Wasko said.

However, she said, producers have a good market to sell into, as there is a lot of interest in feeder cattle, and prices have been strong.

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

The companies said they will not tolerate unacceptable treatment of animals

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c D o n a l d’s C o r p. and Tyson Foods both severed ties Aug. 27 with a Tennessee farm where workers were seen stabbing, clubbing and stomping on chickens in an undercover video shot by animal r ights activists.

T h e v i d e o t a p e, w h i c h was unveiled by Mercy For Animals at a news conference in Los Angeles, depicts gruesome animal cruelty toward the birds at what the group said was T&S Far m in Dukedom, Te n n e s s e e , w h i c h w a s under contract to Tyson Foods.

Tyson supplies chicken

to McDonald’s, the world’s biggest fast-food chain, for its McNuggets.

Representatives for T&S Farm could not be reached for comment.

“Animal well-being is a priority at our company and we will not tolerate the unacceptable animal treatment shown in this video,” Tyson spokesman Worth Sparkman said.

T h e We a k l e y C o u n t y Sheriff’s Office said it had opened an investigation into the farm.

On the videotape, which Mercy For Animals activists said documented three weeks of animal abuse at the farm, workers can be seen stepping on birds’ necks, stuffing them in cramped cages and bludgeoning them with clubs.

“You don’t work for PETA,

do you?” a worker is heard asking the Mercy For Animals representative before repeatedly hitting one of the birds with a spiked stick.

“Remember that for five years in a row, Tyson awarded grower of the year to this facility. So it’s too little, too late,” Mercy For Animals president Nathan Runkle told the news conference. He said the farm typically housed over 120,000 chickens.

Sparkman said T&S Farm had not received an award since 2008 and that it was recognized for a regional honour.

McDonald’s has said it would phase out its use of chickens raised with certain kinds of antibiotics at its 14,000 U.S. restaurants as part of a major restructuring plan to reverse a long sales slump.

Toronto ($/cwt) 152.39 - 324.14 — 120.31 - 268.52

Horses Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

melinda german

McDonald’s, Tyson Foods drop farm after videotape shows animal cruelty

Los Angeles / Reuters

Sheep and Lambs $/cwt Ewes Lambs

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anitoba’s cattle market has been slow ahead of the fall calf run, but producers are busy trying to find feed, which hasn’t been easy. Nationally, cattle markets were rocked by turbulence in global economies.

“Feed right now seems to be hit-or-miss across the province. We’re short because of the late spring that we had, and the drought in certain areas,” said Melinda German, general manager at Manitoba Beef Producers.

Most producers hope to find feed within the province, as supplies are limited farther west due to drought.

However, Keith Cleaver, manager at Heartland Livestock Services in Brandon, said most producers in that area have been fortunate.

“I think most are going to be OK, but not all.

There’s quite a bit of greenfeed put up, silage,” he said.

Pastures have been doing well due to recent rains, he added.

While the cattle market has been hitting the summer doldrums, it will pick up toward the end of September when the calf run starts.

However, German doesn’t expect cattle prices to move much higher.

“We’ll see what’s going to happen in the market. We still have an inventory drop here in Manitoba, as in other parts of Canada. We really haven’t seen the herd rebuild yet so it’ll be interesting to see what happens in the fall run.”

By Jonathan Tolliver and Dan Whitcomb

Other Market Prices Winnipeg Wooled Fats

“We really haven’t seen the herd rebuild yet so it’ll be interesting to see what happens in the fall run.”

Jade MarkuS

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending August 15, 2015 51,809 11,895 39,914 N/A 540,000

Little room seen for strong prices to move higher

Toronto ($/cwt) 11.20 - 52.80 48.00 - 70.00

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 3, 2015

GRAIN MARKETS column

Manitoba Elevator Prices

China’s crash punches into vegetable oil

Average quotes as of August 28, 2015 ($/tonne) Future

Basis

Net

Weekly Change

Red spring wheat

185.94

31.52

217.46

-2.02

Red winter wheat

180.18

4.07

180.18

-2.42

Prairie spring wheat

176.08

1.37

177.45

-2.49

Canola

473.26

-20.38

452.88

4.09

U.S. wheat markets face stiff export competition DAVE SIMS CNSC

I

CE Futures Canada canola contracts finished mixed during a raucous week ended Aug. 28, with financial markets a major influence throughout the week. Adjustments in the inter-month spreads were a feature during the week as the November/January spread moved from an inverse to a carry and speculators built on a short position in the front month.

The November contract was C$4.40 below the January contract by Friday’s close.

Harvest pressure has begun to emerge, as early-seeded canola crops are due to come off. However, a bout of cold, wet weather across much of the Prairies helped to keep a weather premium in the market. A generally bearish sentiment was also present in the futures, partly as a result of the chart picture, along with fears of what the Chinese market might do.

Monday’s stock market crash in China drove an economic crater through the vegetable oil market, and investors were trying to dig their way out for days afterward. Trade volumes were higher to start the week, as large funds fought to exit or adjust positions they had taken before the weekend began.

China was forced to make sizable cuts to its interest rate to reassure investors and calm the market. Most analysts agreed the crash was at least partly caused by fears over the Chinese economy, which has been slowing as of late. Canola did not plummet to the same degree as soyoil on Monday, which led some investors to complain canola was overpriced.

Concerns that China will quit buying oilseeds have partially abated. Most traders expect the Asian giant to step forward at some point during the year to fill its supply needs.

The trade received slight support from Statistics Canada’s report, out the previous week, that pegged the 2015-16 canola crop at 13.3 million tonnes, which was lower than last year. However, it did little to stop the overall plunge lower.

Crude oil also went on a wild ride, sinking

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

nine per cent at one point before recouping much of those losses by week’s end. This sharply pressured the Canadian dollar, which gave canola support on the international markets.

In the U.S., soybeans plummeted in response to the Chinese market crash. Values had already crept below the psychologically important US$9/bushel mark a few days earlier, which enabled the bearish financial data to pressure beans even more. The mostactive November contract dropped as low as US$8.66/bushel before correcting slightly higher by week’s end.

Port Prices As of Friday, August 28, 2015 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston

175.54

-4.86

U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

224.68

2.75

Canola Thunder Bay

477.80

-5.50

Canola Vancouver

506.80

-6.50

Closing Futures Prices

As of Monday, August 31 2015 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

ICE canola

474.80

-5.50

ICE milling wheat

226.00

-2.00

ICE barley

191.90

-10.20

Mpls. HRS wheat

188.68

-5.24

Chicago SRW wheat

179.95

-7.90

Kansas City HRW wheat

179.40

-4.78

Corn

147.63

-2.95

Corn firm, wheat lower

Oats

143.95

-7.13

December corn held up relatively firm against the market pressure, essentially hanging within a narrow range at roughly US$3.75/bushel. Futures found support from the 2015 Pro Farmer tour of the U.S. Midwest, which pegged U.S. production at 13.323 billion bushels, slightly below projections from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The trifecta of wheat markets in the U.S. (Kansas City, Minneapolis and Chicago) all ended the week lower, feeling harvest pressure amid fierce competition from Black Sea merchants and other players in the international market.

China’s stock market action served to bolster the U.S. dollar, which is making life difficult for U.S. companies trying to sell their wheat abroad. International buyers have several options to choose from and U.S. wheat is routinely more expensive than others.

Soybeans

322.98

-10.38

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

Soymeal

349.66

-4.74

Soyoil

595.35

-23.59

Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Monday, August 31, 2015 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

215.00

0.00

Feed barley

210.00

0.00

n/a

n/a

501.15

-5.51

Rye Flaxseed Feed peas

n/a

n/a

Oats

178.32

3.24

Soybeans

343.92

-12.13

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

17.25

.20

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

Ask

Ask

CWRS bids down, CPRS bids up across Western Canada The quoted basis varied by location but the average was steady overall at $22 to $37 per tonne below the futures

BY PHIL FRANZ-WARKENTIN Commodity News Service Canada

C

a n a d a We s t e r n Re d Spring (CWRS) wheat cash bids across Western Canada were steady to slightly lower during the week ended August 21, while Prairie Red Spring (CPRS) bids posted small gains.

Average Canada Western Red Spr ing wheat pr ices were down by $1 to $4 per tonne across the three Prairie provinces, according to price quotes from a crosssection of delivery points.

Bids ranged from about $209 per tonne in north central Saskatchewan, to as high as

$224 per tonne in southern Alberta.

Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, but held steady overall at an average of about $31 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 c u r re n c y e xc h a n g e ra t e s by adjusting the Canadian prices to U.S. dollars ($1=US$0.7567 as of August 28) CWRS bids ranged from US$158 to US$169 per tonne. That would put the currency adjusted basis lev-

els at about US$17 to US$28 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 $22 to $37 below the futures.

Average Canada Prairie Red Spring bids were up by $3 to $6 per tonne. CPRS prices came in at about $177 per tonne in Manitoba, $186 per tonne in Saskatchewan, and $197 to $200 per tonne in Alberta.

Soft white spring wheat prices were down by about $10 per tonne, ranging from $190 to $197 per tonne in Alberta.

Winter wheat prices were steady to $4 per tonne lower.

Prices ranged from about $177 to $182 per tonne, with the best levels in southern Saskatchewan.

Durum prices were mixed, but were up by about $5 per tonne in southern Sa s k a t c h e w a n w h e re t h e bulk of the crop is grown, coming in at $323 per tonne.

The December spring wheat contract in Minneapolis, on which most CWRS contracts in Canada are based off, was quoted at US$5.1150 per bushel on August 28, down 6.50 cents from the week prior.

T h e K a n s a s C i t y h a rd 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$4.8350 per bushel on August 28, down 9.25 cents from last week.

The December Chicago B o a r d o f Tr a d e s o f t wheat contract settled at US$4.8500 on August 28, which was 20.25 cents weaker compared to the week prior.

The Canadian dollar closed at 75.67 U.S. cents on August 28, which was down by about a third of a cent relative to its U.S. counterpart compared to the previous week.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 3, 2015

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

Provincial hay production below average As harvest progresses, forage specialists take a look at how this year’s hay production is shaping up

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff

A

fter a season of sporadic weather, forecasters suggest Manitoba’s hay situation isn’t as dire as our neighbours to the west, but still below average. “ We are below average across the province in comparison to previous years,” said John McGregor, extension support with the Manitoba Fo ra g e a n d G ra s s l a n d s Association (MFGA). “Even in the areas that have an average or above-average crop, the yields are not through the roof.

There is going to be some surplus in the central and eastern areas of the province, but it is not going to be a huge surplus.”

Along with an online survey, McGregor has been collaborating with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development forage specialists and various forage industry personnel to gain insight into this year’s hay situation and price outlooks.

“At this time, and it is still early to nail down exact prices, but generally we are seeing around eight to 10 cents a pound for quality, dairy alfalfa,” said McGregor. “As we move into other areas that don’t rely on alfalfa as much as a feed source, they are running closer to the seven cents a pound.”

Grass alfalfa is currently running around four to six cents a pound, beef hay is sitting at approximately three to five cents a pounds and straw is being sold at $6 to $10 per bale in swath.

“The demand right now is low. Once we get into late September, early October, producers will then have a good idea of how much feed they have on hand and that is when we will start to see the demand pick up, which may affect these prices.”

Manitoba has seen wide variations in hay production this year, mainly due to erratic weather.

“The late-May frost we had did slow some producers down in the northwest area and a portion of the southwest,” said McGregor. “The frost had a fairly dramatic impact on the alfalfa. Some of the producers in that area were only able to get one cut.

However, the frost wasn’t hard enough to affect the grasses.

But, what did affect the grasses were the dry and cool conditions in the early part of the year.”

Regional outlooks The southwest region of the province is reporting variable conditions with certain areas having a small surplus, while others are reporting minor shortages.

PHOTO: Thinkstock

“In the southwest, producers are indicating that they have taken off a second cut of alfalfa, with some in the area getting ready to do a third cut,” said McGregor.

Survey respondents in the southwest say they have had average yields and will have hay for sale.

In the northwest region, yields are below average, with 60 per cent of survey respondents indicating they will be looking to acquire additional hay this fall.

“The northwest area of the province had dry conditions in the early part of the year and the hay, grass and alfalfa were very slow coming,” said McGregor. “Some in the area are looking to harvest the native hay, which can be hit or miss from year to year, depending on how the moisture conditions progress into fall.”

In central Manitoba, producers in the south portion of the region are reporting

“The demand right now is low. Once we get into late September, early October, producers will then have a good idea of how much feed they have on hand and that is when we will start to see the demand pick up, which may affect these prices.”

John McGregor extension support with the Manitoba Forage and Grasslands Association

above-average yields but have made no indication they will have hay for sale.

“The central area of the province has pretty well finished its second cut. Some of

the areas there, towards the north, have had a bit of moisture and that is causing the second cut to be a little bit poor quality,” said McGregor.

The eastern region is reporting a surplus of hay but has noted an issue with quality.

“The first cut in the east was not as good of quality as a lot of producers would have liked but as they’ve got into the second cut and now the third cut, quality looks to have improved, as well as the amount of hay.”

The Interlake region has indicated a shortage of hay with a number of producers looking at greenfeed and silage to help bring yields up.

“Right now we are sitting on a very fine line and are in a situation where we have some good cattle prices out there.

We could have some producers who may decide to not pay the price for feed and instead, reduce their herd, because they can get good money for their cows,” said McGregor.

McGregor encourages producers who will be purchasing hay to be diligent about testing feed quality and to also be cognizant of bale weights.

“It is important to know the quality of the hay you a re p u rc h a s i n g i n o rd e r to be able to purchase the minimum amount to meet your requirements,” he said.

“Another thing I think that p ro d u c e r s n e e d t o t h i n k about is weighing the hay they are buying. A lot of times hay is sold by the bale and it is an approximate weight or a guess and you want to ensure that you are getting what you pay for.”

MFGA will be continuing its online survey on hay production and pricing into the winter months and encourages producers throughout the province to participate.

The survey can be found at, www.mfga.net. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 3, 2015

New ag exhibit in Winnipeg

City folk will now have an opportunity to see a piece of Manitoba’s agricultural past at Assiniboine Park Zoo

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

T

he times are indeed changing.

Once a necessity for every successful farmer, heavy horses have moved out of the fields and into the Assiniboine Park Zoo. The McFeetors Heavy Horse Centre opens to the public Aug. 28, giving people the chance to get close — but not too close — to four Percherons. Zoo officials said the exhibit will later expand to include other breeds, such as Clydesdales and Belgian horses.

“Heavy horses were once as common and vital to farming as tractors are today,” said Ray McFeetors. The former GreatWest Lifeco CEO and chairman donated $2 million to the exhibit, while the company kicked in another $250,000.

“As one who grew up in that era, it’s my privilege to support this exhibit celebrating Manitoba’s agricultural past and to help today’s families experience rural life how it once was,” said McFeetors, who is also experienced in driving teams himself.

“I was thrilled to know that there is a place in an urban centre where people can go and see a draft horse; they just aren’t that common anymore.”

Janice Rutherford

Janice Rutherford has beenshowing Percherons for more than a decade, and is one of the few women to drive a six-horse hitch. Her expertise helped bring the exhibit together.

But when she first learned the Winnipeg zoo was looking for draft horses, her reaction was one of surprise.

“I was like, what? It’s sad that it has to come to that,” Rutherford said. “But I’ve also been around the public enough to come to realize that a lot of people don’t know what a draft horse is. Lots of kids have no exposure to horses anymore, except for in media, so to see it in real life is something they don’t always get the chance to do.”

During a sneak peak of the exhibit last week it was clear many adults have never seen draft horses either.

“I can’t believe how big they are!” exclaimed one visitor, who was then warned to move farther back from the animals.

Rutherford, who grew up in Winnipeg’s St. James neighbourhood, now farms with her husband near Grosse Isle. It was an encounter with heavy horses as an adult that led to her passion for them. Now she hopes exhibit visitors will also feel an affinity for the animals.

“So in the end, I was thrilled to know that there is a place in an urban centre where people can go and see a draft horse; they just aren’t that common anymore,” she said.

They may not be common, but they remain popular.

The Southeast Manitoba Draft Horse Association held its annual

plowing match earlier this month, drawing 300 spectators and 15 competitors in the draft horse events.

“We had four juniors driving teams too, including two 14-yearold girls,” said organizer John Hildebrand, who said more youth are becoming interested in draft horses.

“We’re really promoting it with the juniors, we need to have younger ones interested,” he stressed. “Some people are still using them in agriculture. There is the odd farm that is using them on a regular basis, especially for hauling feed in the wintertime for the cattle or things like that, but those people are mostly older.”

So while it’s not something he ever expected to see, Hildebrand thinks the exhibit is a great idea.

“The kids nowadays who are in the cities and towns, they don’t even know what livestock is really, other than what they see on the TV or in a book maybe. So this will be good.” shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

Ray McFeetors drives a team of Percherons during an event at Assiniboine Park Zoo. Photo: Shannon VanRaes

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LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Feeder Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

25-Aug

26-Aug

n/a

27-Aug

28-Aug

No. on offer

n/a

n/a

n/a

72

422*

n/a

175*

130

over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

230.00-238.00

900-1,000

n/a

n/a

n/a

225.00-248.00

235.00-248.00

n/a

n/a

240.00-255.00

800-900

n/a

n/a

n/a

245.00-270.00

252.00-271.50

n/a

n/a

250.00-260.00

700-800

n/a

n/a

n/a

265.00-290.00

264.00-296.00

n/a

n/a

255.00-285.00

600-700

n/a

n/a

n/a

285.00-315.00

292.00-323.00

n/a

300.00-345.00

265.00-305.00

500-600

n/a

n/a

n/a

315.00-345.00

310.00-350.00

n/a

320.00-345.00

270.00-330.00

400-500

n/a

n/a

n/a

345.00-375.00

350.00-400.00

n/a

n/a

290.00-355.00

300-400

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

395

900-1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

195.00-229.00

216.00-231.00

n/a

n/a

200.00-227.00

800-900

n/a

n/a

n/a

225.00-245.00

229.00-247.00

n/a

n/a

215.00-238.00

700-800

n/a

n/a

n/a

245.00-277.00

242.00-265.00

n/a

220.00-260.00

220.00-258.00

600-700

n/a

n/a

n/a

280.00-312.00

262.00-296.00

n/a

220.00-275.00

233.00-265.00

500-600

n/a

n/a

n/a

290.00-320.00

287.00-322.00

n/a

235.00-275.00

240.00-285.00

400-500

n/a

n/a

n/a

315.00-345.00

305.00-335.00

n/a

220.00-250.00

270.00-315.00

300-400

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

275.00-325.00

No. on offer

n/a

n/a

n/a

104

n/a

n/a

n/a

130

D1-D2 Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

130.00-138.00

130.00-135.00

n/a

130.00-139.00

130.00-137.00

D3-D5 Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

115.00-130.00

125.00-130.00

n/a

120.00-130.50

120.00-126.00

Feeder heifers

Slaughter Market

Age Verified

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

135.00-170.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Mature Bulls

n/a

n/a

n/a

165.00-175.00

168.00-177.00

n/a

160.00-173.00

165.00-174.00

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

170.00-177.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

168.00-175.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

135.00-160.00

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

150.00-179.00

n/a

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

Manitoba’s Controlled Crop Residue Burning Program

Always Call Before You Burn

U.S. ends limits on Canada poultry imports The limits were imposed due to bird flu Chicago / Reuters

1-800-265-1233 T Stubble burning restrictions Manitoba’s crop residue burning regulation restricts daytime burning between August 1 and November 15.

Burning at night is illegal. Burning within Burning Permit Areas requires a permit issued by Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship.

If you do not comply, you may be fined as much as $50,000.

If you must burn, be responsible Before you burn straw, stubble or chaff this fall, call 1-800-265-1233 or visit manitoba.ca to find out whether burning is allowed in your area that day.

Burning is permitted only on days when the weather conditions allow for effective smoke dispersion.

It is essential that you make sure appropriate fireguards are in place during a burn and you must supervise your fires at all times.

Consider the alternatives In most years, crop residue management practices can reduce or eliminate the need to burn. For more information, contact your local Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Growing Opportunities Centre or visit manitoba.ca.

he U.S. Agriculture Department lifted restrictions on imports of poultry and poultry products from Ontario, Canada, August 25 in the latest sign the farm sector is

starting to recover from a severe outbreak of bird flu.

The USDA limited imports from Ontario in April after a deadly strain of the disease was detected on a turkey farm in the province.

The restrictions were removed on imports of prod-

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ucts ranging from live poultry and research birds to hatching eggs, the agency said in a notice.

The bird flu infected farms in Canada and has killed more than 48 million turkeys and chickens in the United States since late December. The losses have pushed U.S. egg prices to record highs and squeezed turkey supplies ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

No new infections of the virus have been found in the United States for more than two months.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 3, 2015

Belching bovines a measure of feed efficiency

Reducing methane from cattle means a reduction in greenhouse gases — and the key to that is feed efficiency

By Alexis Kienlen STAFF / LACOMBE

C

ows that burp less are also more feed efficient.

That’s the initial results of a study conducted by Thomas Flesch, a meteorologist from the University of Alberta and John Basarab, a University of Alberta professor and beef research scientist at the Agriculture and AgriFood Canada’s Lacombe research station.

The two scientists are using lasers to measure methane emissions produced by beef cattle.

“Efficient animals eat less for the same amount of growth.

They release less methane,” said Basarab.

The scientists are in the first year of a three-year project. For each trial, they use two sets of cattle — one with high feed efficiency and one control group.

The control group eats two per cent more forage for the same amount of weight gain as the efficient group.

The cattle’s methane emissions are measured by an open path sensor that records the amount of methane in the air.

“The principle is kind of like those scenes in ‘Mission Impossible’ when you have a diamond in a museum. You’re worried about people getting to it, so you surround it with lasers. Our diamond is the cattle, and our lasers are measuring the methane that escapes from the cattle,” said Flesch.

The lasers capture methane measurements from anywhere in the cattle paddock, no matter which way the wind is blowing, 24-7.

“They can capture a fraction of the methane emitted,” said Flesch. “That’s where the meteorology comes in because it’s controlled by the wind and the turbulence.”

“They really are methane machines and when you worry about greenhouse gases from agriculture and you want to reduce it, you really are drawn to look at the beef herd.”

The animals used in the trial come from the Lacombe and Kinsella research ranches.

“These animals were selected for feed efficiency based on dry lot conditions, not the pasture environment where there is so much to measure,” said Flesch.

It’s a popular misconception that most of the methane produced by a cow is produced at the back end. Instead, 95 per cent of the methane emitted from a cow comes from burps, while only five per cent from flatulence.

“They really are methane machines and when you worry about greenhouse gases from agriculture and you want to reduce it, you really are drawn to look at the beef herd. That’s where the majority of our greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture comes from.”

The eventual goal is to have a breeding program for a more efficient herd. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

Thomas Flesch, a meteorologist from the University of Alberta, stands next to an open sensor used to collect methane emissions from cattle, at the Lacombe research station. PHOTO: Alexis Kienlen

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

Warm weather to return late next week Issued: Monday, August 31, 2015 · Covering: September 2 – September 9, 2015 Daniel Bezte Weather Vane

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ast week’s forecast once again played out fairly close to what was predicted, but with a couple of timing issues. For example, the cold front forecasted for last Sunday was a little slow and didn’t push through until Monday morning.

This forecast period is going to start off on the warm side, with high temperatures on We d n e s d a y a n d p r o b a b l y Thursday pushing the 30 C mark.

This warm weather is due to a large area of low pressure sitting over Western Canada. This low is forecast to move off to the northeast on Friday and in doing so will bring about an end to the really warm and humid weather, at least for a little while.

Friday will be a transition day with a mix of sun and clouds, with high temperatures in the low 20s. Saturday looks like it will be cloudy and cool with highs only in the upper teens to lower 20s as a large trough of low pressure slides through.

Sunday should see clearing skies as high pressure begins to build in from the northwest. This high will dominate our weather for much of next week as it slowly slides to the east.

Monday through Wednesday should see mainly sunny skies due to this high. Temperatures w i l l s t a r t o u t p re t t y c o o l Monday, with overnight lows expected in the 5 C range. At this point I don’t think we’ll see any frost, but for some frost-prone areas it can’t be ruled out. Under the sunny skies daytime highs should be able to recover to around 20 C. As the high moves off to the east, winds will become more southerly, helping temperatures to warm a bit each day.

By Wednesday, just in time for the start of school, daytime highs should be back into the mid-20s with overnight lows in the low teens.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, 16 to 27 C; lows, 4 to 13 C. Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park.

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

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This issue’s map shows the total precipitation across the Prairies during the 14 days ending Aug. 26. This map captures the storm system that brought significant rain to eastern Manitoba Aug. 21-24. Areas around the southern end of Lake Winnipeg and east of the Red River Valley saw amounts in the 50- to 125-mm range.

How the Pacific Ocean controls our weather El Niño’s effects over our region haven’t always shown up quite as advertised By daniel bezte Co-operator contributor

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n the previous articles we discussed how the “normal” flow across the tropical Pacific Ocean is from east to west. This flow results in water being pushed away from the eastern coasts of North and South America, where it travels across the Pacific, warming as it goes, then piles up on the western side. Where the water is being pushed away from the coast, cold water from below moves up to replace it (upwelling). These general patterns result in wet conditions over western parts of the Pacific and generally dry conditions over the east. Figure 1 shows the typical or “normal” setup over the Pacific Ocean.

During an El Niño event, for reasons still not fully understood, the pattern of winds and pressure over the Pacific Ocean changes.

The easterly winds weaken and, in some cases, reverse. The cold upwelling is slowed or blocked and warm water starts to build up in the eastern Pacific. This results in the movement of the area of clouds and precipitation from western regions to more eastern locations.

Figure 2 shows a typical El Niño event.

During a La Niña event, the “normal” pattern is amplified, as colder-than-average water temperatures occur over eastern regions of the Pacific. How does this changing

Figure 1: The “normal” setup over the Pacific Ocean.

Sources: Geosystems, Canadian Edition, Robert W. Christopherson

of weather patterns over the Pacific Ocean affect us? Well, the overall pattern of pressure across the Pacific is altered in an El Niño or La Niña year. This change in pressure patterns is reflected downwind, as the path of the jet stream is altered.

When the jet stream is pushed northward, warm air is allowed to flood northward. When the jet stream is sent plunging southward, cold air follows right along.

The general consensus about El Niño patterns is that they tend to bring warm, dry winters to the Prairies; overall, summers are not affected as much. El Niño is also the stronger of the two different patterns — that is, it tends to have the greatest impact on our weather.

La Niña winters tend to be snowier, and again, as with her big brother, her effect during summer is not as noticeable.

With that said, I figured it would be interesting to look back to five previous winters where strong El Niño events occurred, much like we see this year, and then check to see what type of winter it was. I compared the data from Winnipeg and Brandon and, not surprisingly, they both had very similar winters for each of the five time periods.

1957-58: This winter had a warm December-January and a cooler-than-average February.

Precipitation was below average in December and January and near average for February. Overall, a warmer-and-drier-than-average winter.

1965-66: Warm and wet December was followed by a very cold and dry January and February. Overall, a colder- and wetter-than-average winter.

Figure 2: The Pacific Ocean during an El Niño event.

1972-73: Cold and dry December followed by warm and dry January. February saw average temperatures and belowaverage precipitation. Overall, average winter temperatures, but dry.

1982-83: This time period saw warmer-than-average temperatures for all three months along with above-average precipitation in December, thanks to significant rainfall early in the month, followed by a dry January and February. Overall, a warm winter with near-average precipitation.

1997-98: This was a very warm winter, with both December and February seeing temperatures 8 to 10 C above average. January was also milder than average around Winnipeg and near average around Brandon. The warm weather brought dry condi-

tions in December, but January saw above-average amounts and February was very wet with a late-month storm dropping upwards of 50 cm of snow.

Overall, a warm but wet winter.

So, looking at these years and trying to predict what this winter will be bring is a bit of a mixed bag. Overall, of these five winters, four saw near- to above-average temperatures, which may mean we have a good chance of seeing a warmerthan-average winter this year.

Precipitation, as usual, is harder to figure out, with two years having dry winters, two years wet and one average. Your guess is as good as mine as to what will happen this winter.

Next issue we’ll look back at August 2015, then see what the forecasters call for this fall.

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CROPS 2015 MCVET winter wheat and fall rye data available Farmers can use this data to make head-to-head comparisons of varietal performance at specific sites

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ince 2008, MCVET (Manitoba C r o p Va r i e t y Ev a l u a t i o n Team) has been publishing winter cereal data collected from its trials shortly after harvest to help farmers and seed growers in Manitoba make variety decisions.

In 2015, data is being released for five locations — Boissevain, Car man, Melita, Roblin and Winnipeg — for winter wheat and fall rye.

Here are a few tips to keep in mind when looking through the data.

2015 multi-site yield data

at, variety characteristics such as maturity, height, standability (resistance to lodging) and disease resistance are critical to maximizing yield potential, end quality and therefore economic returns.

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In the Winter Wheat Yield Comparisons table and the Fall Rye Yield Comparisons table, yield data from five locations is presented.

Using this table, farmers can make head-to-head comparisons between varieties at each site, using the statistical information provided in the grey-shaded area located at the bottom of the table.

While data from single sites is often more interesting, individual site data and even data accumulated over several sites in a single

year, must always be viewed with caution.

For example, the new winter wheat variety AAC Elevate was tested for the first time by MCVET in 2014-15, as were the new hybrid fall rye varieties of Brasetto and Guttino, so additional caution must be exercised when evaluating the performance of these varieties.

Ideally, farmers should look at yield data collected over many years and locations (long-term yield data) in combination with the multi-site yearly data and select those varieties that perform well not only in their area but across locations and years.

Farmers are encouraged to look at past Seed Manitoba guides, available online at www.seedmb. ca, to see how consistent variety performance is between sites and locations. And although 2015 data has not been incorporated yet, farmers can also visit www.seedin teractive.ca where they can select multiple varieties, locations and years that best compare with their farm, while still offering the ability to choose their own check variety.

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MCVET Continued from page 17

wheat and fall rye varieties tested by MCVET in 201415 is provided in the Variety Descriptions tables. For winter wheat, please note that longterm yield (as well as protein data and site years), does not include the 2015 data (shadedblue area in the table).

MCVET is waiting for the remaining sites so data can be incorporated into the mixed model analysis used to generate the long-term yield data. For fall rye, long-term yield data is not presented, as MCVET is updating the fall rye database to conduct mixed model analysis.

Long-term yield data for both crop types will be available in Seed Manitoba 2016 in December.

Note: For information on varieties not tested by MCVET in 2014-15, please refer to the most recent edition of Seed Manitoba. What is not shown in the variety description tables is the winter wheat variety AAC Elevate that has resistance to the wheat curl mite, the vector for wheat streak mosaic virus.

As well, the hybrid fall rye varieties Brasetto and Guttino have high falling numbers

compared to varieties like Hazlet or Prima. Quality testing is currently underway.

MCVET not only collects yield data, but quality information from composite samples obtained after harvest. Protein content analysis will be done by our contractor BioVision Seed Labs.

As well, with funding from Winter Cereals Manitoba Inc., fusarium-damaged kernels (FDK) and deoxynivalenol (DON) will be determined from harvested samples.

Look for that additional quality data in Seed Manitoba 2016.

Ongoing evaluation Regardless of crop type, farmers should continually evalu-

ate the performance of old and new varieties, using available data and speaking with extension professionals and of course their local seed growers.

It is the seed growers who see varieties first hand as they grow the pedigreed seed.

So after farmers have made their variety selections, consider planting certified seed to take full advantage of the variety’s full genetic potential.

The suite of Seed Manitoba products — the Seed Manitoba guide and the websites www. seedinteractive.ca and www. seedmb.ca — will continue to provide the latest unbiased information on post-registration variety performance in Manitoba.

All Seed Manitoba products are a collaborative effort between the Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association,

Manitoba Agriculture, Fo o d a n d Ru r a l D e v e l o p ment and the Manitoba Co-operator.

2015 FALL RYE YIELD COMPARISONS

NOTE: Yield data from the 2014-15 MCVET Full Rye Trials

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The USDA projected farm incomes this year will drop 36 per cent from 2014 to $58.3 billion due to declining crop and livestock prices. The forecast is down 20 per cent from the USDA’s February estimate of $73.6 billion.

If realized, the decline would bring farm incomes to their lowest level since 2002 when adjusted for inflation, according to the USDA. Income will be down about 53 per cent from a record high of $123.7 billion in 2013, when crop supplies were tighter.

“The data confirms the deteriorating fundamentals in the farm economy,” JP Morgan analyst Ann Duignan said in a note.

Corn futures have lost about 30 per cent on the Chicago Board of Trade over the past two years following bumper harvests, while soybean futures are down about 37 per cent.

Deere & Co., the largest maker of farm equipment, last week reported that third-quarter profit tumbled 40 per cent on weak demand for agricultural equipment and gave a bleaker forecast for fourth-quarter sales.

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Manitoba Grow Hope project has successful first year The project raised more than $92,000 for Mennonite Central Committee account in Canadian Foodgrains Bank CFGB release

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hat do you get when you bring together 105 individuals and families, six churches and one company with a farmer?

You have the Grow Hope community growing project i n Ma n i t o b a , a n e f f o r t t o raise funds for the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) account in Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB).

The project, which invited people in the province to sponsor an acre on the farm of Grant and Colleen Dyck in Niverville, south of Winnipeg, raised $59,278 — enough to provide for the planting, tending and har vesting of 197 acres of wheat.

After the harvest on August 19, a total of $92,400 was provided for MCC’s account in the CFGB through the sale of the wheat.

When matched by funding from the Canadian government, as much as $462,000 will be available for MCC’s food assistance work in the developing world.

“Grow Hope was a great example of urban and rural people coming together t o h e l p p e o p l e w h o d o n’t have enough to eat,” says John Longhurst, director of resources and public engagement for the CFGB. “ I t s h ow s w h a t c a n b e accomplished when people come together for a good cause.”

An ‘amazing campaign’ A few days earlier, about 60 people who had sponsored acres gathered on a Sunday a f t e r n o o n a t t h e D y c k s’ farm for a celebration and to see the crop before it was harvested.

“The best thing about this project is how it excites others,” Grant told the gathering about the way the project had brought together urban and rural people.

A d d e d H a r o l d P e n n e r, who represents the CFGB in Manitoba: “There is something beautiful about getting together as a community to do good.”

“This is a wonderful idea,” said Ed Barkman, who helped to organize the project on behalf of MCC and the CFGB. “I hope we can see it spread to other provinces so others can join in through projects like this of their own.”

Cindy Klassen offered to be the spokesperson for the project.

“This is such an amazing campaign, a way of giving back,” said Olympic skater Klassen who was the first person to sponsor an acre. She noted that as a child she had often dreamed about becoming a farmer.

“We thought that this was something that people would be enthusiastic about, but the response we got was even better than we expected,” said David Turner, MCC Manitoba communications co-ordinator.

Grow Hope farmer Grant Dyck and some of the people who sponsored an acre this past growing season, at the Grow Hope field, as Grant talks to them about their crop. Photos: Bethany Daman

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Auger accidents happen in a flash

The safety rules are simple, but talking about the dangers and having a buddy system are key Alberta Agriculture and Forestry release

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When using an auger, one person should be designated as being in charge of the task, and the equipment should be periodically inspected during operation.

While the auger is running: • O b s e r v e w o r k a r e a restrictions; • Keep all safety shields and devices in place; • M ake certain everyone is clear before operating or moving the machine; • Keep hands, feet, hair, and clothing away from moving parts; • Shut off and lock out power to adjust, service, or clean the equipment;

Talk about safety before firing up the auger this harvest season.

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• Always use the buddy system when unloading or loading grain — notify a second person where you are at all times, so that help can quickly be called if needed.

“Grain-handling entrapments can happen very quickly,” said Kenda Lubeck, a farm safety specialist with A l b e r t a A g r i c u l t u re a n d Fo re s t r y. “Fl ow i n g g ra i n

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As well, never enter a bin when grain is caked or spoiled.

Mouldy, wet grain clumps and so large air pockets can form as it is being unloaded. An air pocket can form just below the surface creating a ‘grain bridge’ that can collapse at any time.

Communication is key, she added.

“Whether it is shift work with an extended team of farmhands or a few family members, make the plan work for safety. With all the potential hazards during fall work, it takes some discussion and planning to ensure everyone is on the same path to a safe and bountiful harvest.”

Ontario seed dealer settles PBR case DuPont Pioneer said it was snitching its variety

An Ontario seed dealer has settled out of court with DuPont Pioneer after admitting it was unlawfully passing off one of the company’s wheat varieties as its own.

Hill and Hill Farms Ltd., a division of Varna Grain Ltd., was falsely identifying the Pioneer variety 25R40 under another name in breach of DuPont Pioneer’s plant breeder rights, the company said in an Aug. 25 release.

DuPont Pioneer had commenced a lawsuit to enforce its PBR. Terms of the settlement are confidential.

New tool assists identification of PBR varieties The searchable database will speed up the process CSTA release

A new database to assist seed sector stakeholders to easily identify PBR protection on crop varieties registered for sale in Canada has been launched.

The Crop Varieties Registered in Canada and Plant Breeders’ Rights Status database was created by the Canadian Seed Trade Association with the assistance of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s Variety Registration Office and the Plant Breeders’ Rights Office.

Using the database, seed sector value chain members can easily identify the PBR status of a crop variety with a few simple steps.

Users can search specifically by crop kind, variety name, and by the type of PBR protection, or they can view the full database (http:// cdnseed.org/library/crop-kindsdatabase/#all). The type of PBR protection is indicated by two certification marks: UPOV 1978 or UPOV 1991. The database is easily accessed from the library of cdnseed.org (http://cdnseed.org/ library/crop-kinds-database/).

“The Canadian Seed Trade Association created this landmark database to make sure timely and important information that can impact seed operations is readily available,” said Scott Horner, CSTA president.

“We encourage members and stakeholders to check the database frequently. We also hope everyone continues to visit www. pbrfacts.ca to review the opportunities and obligations relevant to all of us under the new Plant Breeders’ Rights legislation.”

The Canadian Seed Trade Association is the national voice of 130 seed company members engaged in all aspects of seed research, production, and marketing and trade, both domestically and internationally.

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Harami provides a signal to sell wheat It is difficult to know when to sell in a rising market David Drozd Market Outlook

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he wheat market rallied $1 per bushel in the two-week period leading up to the June 30, 2015 USDA and Statistics Canada acreage reports. But it was all downhill shortly after the July long weekend.

This timely rally provided producers with an opportunity to price remaining old-crop wheat and move forward on new-crop sales.

From a technical perspective the wheat futures market pushed through overhead resistance and triggered buy stops that propelled the market higher.

From a fundamental standpoint the market rally was weather related. The drought was intensifying in Alberta and Saskatchewan at a time U.S. winter wheat producers were battling excess moisture at harvest. The market was also up on position squaring ahead of the highly anticipated June 30 acreage reports in Canada and the United States.

In this scenario, the news is bullish, so there is difficulty digesting all the information to determine when to make a sale before the market turns back down. After all, every seller wants to avoid the valleys and needs to sell at or near the highs.

This is when an understanding of charting and technical analysis proves to be extremely beneficial. Technical analysis

MGEX spring wheat weekly nearby Chart as of August 26, 2015

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The Japanese method of charting is called candlestick because the individual lines resemble candles. The line shows the open, high, low and close. The thick part or candle is called the real body. It highlights the range between the open and close. The lines above and below the real body represent the high and low ranges for the period and are called shadows.JOB ID: 8233-2 A long black body illustrates a bearishDATE: period in the market 17 2015 near the day’s with an JUNE opening high and close near the day’s CLIENT: low.

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CROP REPORT

Harvest progressing but hampered by rains, humidity and soggy fields Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives – Report for August 31, 2015 Weekly Provincial Summary Sporadic rainfall and high humidity levels slowed harvest progress and haying operations across Manitoba. The recent weather is also resulting in quality loss in some crop types.

A strong weather system passed through several areas of the Central Region the morning of August 28. Heavy rains and small- to large-size hail resulted in varying amounts of crop damage.

Harvest of winter cereals is complete with average to aboveaverage yields and good quality.

Spring wheat, barley, oats, canola and field pea harvest continues as field and weather conditions allow.

Minimal acres of winter

wheat and fall rye are seeded to date.

Southwest Region Rainfall amounts varied with the majority of the rain coming on Thursday evening in scattered thundershowers. Rainfall amounts for the week ranged from five to 25 mm.

In the south and southwest areas of the region, harvest is 50 to 60 per cent complete. In areas north of Hwy. No. 1, harvest is approximately 30 per cent complete with approximately 10 per cent of the spring wheat crop harvested, and the majority of barley acres harvested. Harvest of winter cereals is complete across the region.

Winter cereal yields are average to slightly above average,

and good quality. Spring wheat yields are average to above average with good quality.

Barley yields are also reported as average to slightly above average with good quality.

Some canola has been harvested, with reports of average yields and higher levels of disease. Reseeded canola is starting to be cut and majority of the crop will be ready to be cut by the end of the week.

The soybean crop is advancing well. Most of the crop is in the R6 stage with some of the early crop beginning maturity.

Sunflowers are in the R6 stage with early-seeded sunflowers in the R7 stage. Reports of heavy disease pressure in some areas.

Most corn is in the grain-filling stages, ranging from R2 to

R3. Flax is turning with the odd early field being desiccated.

Pastures benefited from recent rains; however, overgrazed pastures may be under pressure to make the month of September for grazing.

Silage of cereal crops is being done and yields are average to above average. Second-cut hay is being done with most areas reporting average yields and good quality.

Northwest Region High humidity and heavy dew in the mornings, along with light sporadic showers, contributed to the slow harvest progress. Early-seeded canola crops that were not reseeded because of frost are being swathed. Reseeded canola fields

are at least 10 days away from swathing. In many cases, fall field work operations are caught up to harvest.

The wheat harvest is the furthest advanced at this point in the region; estimated 70 per cent of the hard red wheat crop is combined. Reported hard red spring wheat yields are extremely variable and range from 25 to 70 bu./acre. Very little canola has been harvested.

Approximately 45 per cent of the corn crop is in the blister stage of growth, 50 per cent is at milk stage, and five per cent at dough stage. For soybeans, 100 per cent of the crop is podded. About 85 per cent of the

Hunger hits 1.5 million in Zimbabwe Maize production is half of normal

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round 1.5 million Zimbabweans are predicted to go hungr y this year after a dramatic fall in maize production, the World Food Program ( WFP) said August 25.

Some 16 per cent of the population are expected to be ‘food insecure’ at the peak of the 2015-16 lean season, the period following harvest when food stocks run especially low — a 164 per cent increase on the previous year, the WFP said.

Zimbabwe’s staple maize crop of 742,000 tonnes is down 53 per cent from 201415, according to data from the South African Development Community.

The problems in Zimbabwe are being felt across the region known as the ‘Maize Belt,’ making an estimated 27 million people ‘food insecure’ in southern Africa due to droughts, inadequate farming methods and political and economic instability.

“The situation in Zimbabwe is more extreme than most countries in the region, but it is not unique,” WFP spokesman David Orr told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

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flax crop is at the boll stage of growth and 15 per cent is mature.

Rain in many areas late Sunday evening has halted haying, greenfeed and silage operations. Harvest will resume once weather and field conditions allow. Second-cut hay harvest saw average yields and native hay will continue to be harvested. Cereal silage is complete showing average yields. Water supplies are adequate in most parts of the region.

Central Region The Central Region saw normal to above-normal temperatures during the week with minimal precipitation accumulations.

However, on Friday morning a strong weather system moved through some areas of the region. Large hail was reported through the Altona and Plum Coulee areas. Hail was also reported in other areas including St. Claude, Glenboro to Rathwell, south of Carman, and from Miami to Winkler. Damage occurred to crops such as corn, edible beans, soybeans and canola. Rainfall amounts up

to 33 mm were also associated with the system.

Harvest had resumed early to mid-week after the previous weekend’s rain/cool conditions, but field activity was limited with heavy dews and high relative humidity. Smoky conditions resulting from forest fires in Washington state moderated temperatures but did prolong drying of morning dews. Producers are limited by wet conditions when selecting fields for harvest.

Artificial grain drying and aeration is occurring as some grain is being harvest at tough moisture levels.

Wheat harvest is 40 to 90 per cent completed with the Red River Valley the most advanced.

Fusarium head blight levels are reported to be generally low in both winter and spring wheat, and quality is generally good.

Quality of the wheat remaining in the field is declining, with downgrading due to mildew and sprouting.

Combining of canola is well underway in the Red River Valley, with progress estimated at 60 per cent complete. More canola is being straight cut, with positive results to date.

Early yield reports are variable,

with the best-looking stands yielding in the 40 to 50 bu./acre range, to yields as low as 10 to 15 bu./acre.

Sunflower desiccation may start in 10 days to two weeks.

The most recent rains will benefit corn.

The second-cut hay harvest is mostly complete in the southern areas, with reasonable yield and quality. The wettest areas in the northwest report poor-quality secondcut hay, which is still being har vested. Some fields are not advanced enough to take another cut, and producers are waiting to see if there will be enough growth to warrant that second operation. Low-lying areas and sloughs are being cut for feed where access is possible. Pastures are rated in good to fair condition.

Eastern Region The weather last week was very humid with temperatures climbing from seasonal to hot as the week progressed.

With localized rainfall events throughout the week and on the weekend, harvest progress was limited. Some harvesting resumed on Wednesday or Thursday in districts where field

access was possible. Some field rutting is noted and standing water in field low spots is also still evident throughout the region. The precipitation may impact quality of crops. Warmseason crops are showing signs of excess moisture stress in some fields.

Winter wheat harvesting is complete with an average yield of 70 bu./acre and average quality. Spring wheat harvest is 75 per cent complete with an average yield of 60 bu./acre with average quality.

About 40 per cent of the oat crop is harvested with an average yield of 110 bu./acre with average quality. About 35 per cent of the canola is harvested with an average yield of 45 bu./acre with average quality.

Soybeans are in the R6 growth stage. Sunflowers are in the R7 growth stage with corn in the milk (R3) growth stage.

Pasture conditions are rated at 80 per cent good, 10 per cent fair and 10 per cent poor.

There still are hay swaths laying in wet field conditions and dry weather is needed for producers to resume haying. Most producers have their straw baled. Pastures benefited from the rains. Livestock are start-

ing to graze hayfields that were cut earlier. Currently, hay supplies are rated at 20 per cent surplus and 80 per cent adequate.

Interlake Region Hot temperatures and humid conditions delayed harvest.

Scattered showers earlier in the week brought five to 25 mm of rainfall to the region. Damage from last week’s hailstorm in Teulon ranged from 10 to 90 per cent hail damage, depending on individual fields.

Spring cereal harvest is slow due to wet, humid conditions.

Harvesting of cereals is estimated to be 45 to 50 per cent complete with many acres in the North Interlake remaining to be harvested. Canola continues to be harvested and swathed. Combining is slow due to wet field conditions in the Teulon and Selkirk areas.

Earlier-seeded soybeans finished flowering and are starting to change colour. The number of aphids decreased significantly making an insecticide spray not needed.

Recent rains stalled haying operations. However, pastures benefited and second growth on hayfields looks good.

Above-average number of hail claims so far this year

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As of Aug. 31 the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC), which administers the federal-provincial crop insurance program, had received more than 3,000 hail claims, David Van Deynze, MASC’s manager of claim services, said in an interview. That includes around 325 claims on crops damaged by a storm Aug. 28 that ran along a line between MacGregor in the northwest to Altona and Gretna in the southeast.

Some areas, including Altona, received baseballsized hail.

For some along the storm’s path it was their second time to get hail this summer, including in the RoseisleMiami areas, which was hit June 27.

On average MASC receives around 2,000 hail claims a year, Van Deynze said.

“This latest storm comes at a difficult time of year,” he said.

Farmers are in a hurry to harvest. If MASC hasn’t had a chance to adjust a hail claim farmers should leave a 10-foot check strip the length of the field for later inspection if they plan to harvest a hail-damaged crop, Van Deynze said.

Mo s t c e r e a l c r o p s h a d already been harvested in the Altona area, said Dennis Lange, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development’s local farm production adviser. A lot of canola had been harvested too, but there were still swathed and standing crops that were hit, as well as later-season crops including soybeans, edible beans and corn. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Idzerd Boersma of S. B. Vegetable Growers near Portage la Prairie has joined Jeffries Brothers Vegetable Growers in calling on Peak to allow farmers to sell their own produce if Peak won’t. And it appears provincial government regulations allow it.

Two years ago, Peak of the Market rejected a lot of Boersma’s cooking onions because they had some green colour after lying in the sun post-harvest.

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perennial crop breeder Doug Cattani has been at work since 2010 at the Ian N. Morrison Research Farm here, overseeing plots of intermediate wheatgrass, wild sunflowers, perennial cereal ryegrass, and an assortment of other native plants. He says intermediate wheatgrass is now showing the most promise for earliest commercial availability.

All the crops Cattani is studying share the common trait of being perennial relatives

of key food crops. But as he’s made his crosses and selections these past four years, it’s become clear some are worth pursuing and some not. For example, the program for perennial cereal ryegrass is basically on the shelf now. The disease problems they discovered are more than their time and resources can accommodate.

“The wide cross that we made to generate the materials led to excessive ergot,” Cattani said. “It became some-

thing that would require a lot more work than we are currently able to put in.”

On the other hand, his now completed selections of intermediate wheatgrass material not only have shown they can survive three successive Prairie winters, but produce consistent grain yields.

These new materials are hardier, have larger seeds, and are more productive for see GRAIN on page 6 »

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BIG IRON Continued from previous page

There will be daily presentations at the Red River Ne t w o rk Is s ues Centre on current farming and policy.

The topics this year include strategies for tighter margins along with weather and market outlooks.

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MORE NEWS LOCAL , NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Bird flu aftershocks to drive U.S. turkey, egg prices higher Demand for replacement chicks is expected to surge as farmers attempt to bring their barns back into production “Right now this whole repopulation thing is a bit of a moving target,” said Jorgensen, who called the industry’s market share estimates for Hy-Line “fair.”

He said he could not confirm whether there would be a shortage of baby chicks.

Large egg farms typically only replace a small portion of their egg-laying hens at a time as the birds grow older and produce fewer eggs. Now, farmers want more birds than usual all at once to restart their businesses after losing entire flocks to the flu.

BY TOM POLANSEK Reuters

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imited supplies of baby poultry and barn space to house them will hamper U.S. farmers’ efforts to rebuild ravaged egg supplies after the nation’s worst-ever outbreak of bird flu.

As a result of the shortages and the loss of more than 48 million chickens and turkeys to the disease, egg prices will climb higher than previously expected this year and remain high through 2016, according to estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Frozen wholesale turkey prices are expected to be up to 19 per cent higher for the key Thanksgiving holiday than they were a year ago.

Chicken and turkey producers say the egg and poultry industry faces up to two years of rebuilding to fully replace flocks.

Almost two months have passed since the last case of flu was detected, and farmers whose flocks were wiped out are now cleaning their barns before bringing in new birds. But the USDA has yet to give the clearance that would allow any chicken sites in Iowa, the top egg-producing state, to bring in replacements.

Some farms that raise egg-laying chickens are expected to start bringing in new chickens this fall, although sites that lost millions of birds will likely remain empty until the end of the year due to the long cleanup process. The USDA clears farms on a case-by-case basis after testing to make sure the virus has been eliminated.

Fall threat And the rebuilding process could last even longer if the virus re-emerges this fall when wild ducks, which carry the disease, begin their seasonal migrations.

Minnesota and Iowa turkey farms, infected before some of the chicken farms, have begun restocking thanks to a faster cleanup process. Unlike laying hens, turkeys are not kept

Huge demand

An egg-producing chicken farm in Harris, Iowa — the state hardest hit by the bird flu outbreak last spring.

photo: REUTERS/Joe Ahlquist

in cages, but it won’t be quick enough to avert sticker shock come November’s holiday.

Top U.S. turkey hatcher Willmar Poultry Co. has told customers it expects shortages of baby turkeys needed to restock barns, said Brad Moline, an Iowa farmer and representative of the National Turkey Federation.

Willmar did not respond to requests for comment.

The USDA, in a monthly supply-and-demand report on Aug. 12, raised its estimate for wholesale frozen turkey prices in the fourth quarter to $1.28 to $1.36 per pound, up from an average of about $1.14 a year earlier.

Grocers often discount turkeys during the holidays to drive traffic in stores. However, rising wholesale prices could still sting shoppers. “Some chains might not discount them quite as heavily,” USDA agricultural economist Dave Harvey said.

Egg promotion cancelled Wholesale shell egg prices in the Midwest reached a record high of $2.88 a dozen in the first week of August, more than double the price a year earlier, according to commodities firm Urner Barry. More Americans are eating breakfast out, putting

further upward pressure on prices.

The USDA, which uses New York wholesale egg prices as a benchmark, last week raised its forecast for 2015 and 2016, citing the tight supplies.

In the fourth quarter of this year, the USDA sees New York wholesale egg prices averaging $2.38 to $2.52 a dozen, up about a third from its July estimate of $1.79 to $1.91.

It predicts prices next year will average $1.64 to $1.78 a dozen, up about 20 per cent from its July estimate, and still above the record average high recorded in 2014 of about $1.42.

Poultry breeders and hatcheries like Hy-Line International, the world’s largest seller of baby chicks that grow into egg-laying hens, are already overwhelmed with orders for replacement birds from farmers desperate to resume production, according to customers.

“Every egg that is out there is spoken for, as far as hatching eggs,” said Steve Welch, Iowabased sales representative for Centurion Poultry, which hatches eggs and delivers the chicks to egg producers.

Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc., which franchises the Dunkin’

Donuts chain and serves breakfast sandwiches with eggs, withdrew a “major promotion” for the third quarter because of tight supplies. A spokeswoman declined to provide details.

Michael Foods, a unit of cereal maker Post Holdings Inc. that distributes egg products, has suspended production of some items, furloughed workers and raised prices several times.

On Aug. 7, Post chief executive Rob Vitale said “all of the dynamics that are in place now will continue through the bulk of calendar year 2016.”

All eyes on Iowa Iowa-based Hy-Line, owned by Germany’s EW Group, dominates up to 80 per cent of the market for selling the baby birds needed to replace chickens that died, according to industry members.

Farmers with orders on the books for chicks this autumn are “hanging on to those orders in hopes that they can get approval” from the USDA to restock, said Tom Jorgensen, general counsel for Hy-Line.

Farmers can cancel orders about a month ahead of delivery if they do not win approval, and Hy-Line can resell the birds.

However, hatcheries cannot easily ramp up production without more breeding birds and incubators.

“These are not widgets,” Chad Gregory, CEO of the trade group United Egg Producers, said about the birds. “You cannot just add another shift.”

There is also limited barn space for raising chicks into young birds, known as pullets.

Once the USDA begins clearing Iowa farms to restock chickens, orders for replacement birds will pile up, Gregory said.

Rembrandt Foods, a top egg producer, is looking at ways to speed up the rebuilding process, including putting young birds into laying houses weeks earlier than usual, spokesman Jonathan Spurway said.

The move would create additional space in pullet barns to raise replacement birds while pullets finish growing in laying houses. But the birds need to be tall enough to reach feed and water systems in laying houses, making it a complicated tactic.

Rembrandt had two farms infected, one containing about five million chickens and the other about two million. The Iowa-based company does not expect to begin restocking them until December or January and is importing shell eggs from Europe to help fill the supply gap, Spurway said.

“You can’t skip the pullet-growing process,” he said. “That’s why the pullet growing is going to be such a bottleneck in the industry.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 3, 2015

AAFC Lethbridge library takes a hit

The department says it is modernizing information delivery, the union says it is trashing valuable research

By Alex Binkley Co-operator contributor

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he library at the Lethbridge Research Centre of Agriculture Canada has been stripped of years of valuable research documents in the Harper government’s latest purge of science, says the union representing 15,000 federal scientists.

However, the department insists the dispatch of the library’s collection for recycling is part of “modernizing the delivery of library services by moving towards a digital service delivery model, while keeping all materials of business value to all employees, including our scientists. This will allow for easier and cost-efficient search and access to library resources by employees, no matter their location.”

The email from the department was not attributed to anyone and didn’t say how much of the discarded material had been transferred to electronic records.

The union representing federal scientists says the Harper government’s war on science continues. photo: supplied

Serge Buy, president of the Agriculture Institute of Canada, the national organization of agriculture scientists and researchers, couldn’t comment on the specifics of the Lethbridge library.

“However, we strongly believe that there is a need to preserve past research and archive information for future research.

Canada is well positioned to become a global leader in agri-

cultural research, and it is vital that past information be accessible for future scientists and researchers.”

Debi Daviau, president of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, said digital subscriptions don’t replace everything and are more susceptible to future budget cuts.

“It doesn’t make access easier for either scientists or the public

when remaining physical copies — the work of decades of accumulation of published science and research — are deliberately dumped in the trash or removed from a local centre’s library,” she said.

The library served 48 Agriculture Canada scientists, 85 technicians, and numerous visiting workers and students access to decades of valuable, specialized agricultural and scientific information, she said.

“While some items appear to have been shipped to government facilities in Ottawa, most of the library’s contents had been either discarded in a dumpster outside the building or sent to recycling. The loss will make access to relevant research more difficult for scientists working in areas as varied as the study of beef, soil chemistry and ecology, rangeland, wheat, canola, potatoes, beans, insect pests, and greenhouse gases.”

The elimination of the Lethbridge Research Centre’s

library brings to 16 the number of federal science libraries lost due to cuts, closures and consolidations since 2012, when the Harper government introduced sweeping cuts to federal jobs, programs and services.

“The Harper government continues to target government science at every turn,” she continued. “It is time Canadians understood the cumulative loss to federal science — and this week to agricultural science, in particular — of a government whose priorities are clearly out of step with both public scientists and the public interest.”

The department said its employees were offered documents no longer considered relevant or were duplicates. It said there was an established government retention policy that “strictly adhered to in the completion of the exercise to consolidate the Lethbridge Research Centre library collection.

“More and more Canadians and scientists are turning to electronic sources for information. The increasing presence of information online, including electronic scientific journals, enables the department to consolidate and enhance its library resources by adding new material on an ongoing basis.

“Loans and requests from the print collections have declined by more than 83 per cent from both AAFC and external clients.

Traditional library services are changing and AAFC is moving towards services being delivered virtually and as a self-service feature.”

NFU denounces Lethbridge ‘libricide’ STAFF

The National Farmers Union has denounced the destruction of publicly funded science documents that were reportedly destroyed recently at Agriculture and AgriFood Canada’s Lethbridge research station.

“This is just the latest in a long line of government libraries where collections were tossed into dumpsters, burned or went to landfills,” the NFU said in a release.

“You know destroying history is wrong. But that is what the Harper government is doing when it destroys these public institutions,” said Ian Robson, NFU board member from Manitoba. “How much – if any – of the information was saved in an electronic format, as the government claims?”

The NFU said the money saved by closing the libraries pales in comparison to the cost to future generations of lost research.

“If we eliminate facts and knowledge, what are we left with other than ideology and fiction?” said NFU president Jan Slomp.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 3, 2015

Monsanto, rivals eye next step after Syngenta deal collapse

Syngenta under pressure from shareholders

In the wake of Monsanto’s failed merger bid, the company will now look to new partnerships In an interview with Finanz und Wirtschaft, Michel Demare said it was too early to discuss what steps Syngenta planned to boost its results.

But he added: “We will subject our product portfolio to a total review, especially on the seed side. Then we will see if there are appropriate transactions to improve ourselves, perhaps with partnerships and joint ventures.”

Asked about short-term steps it could take, he said: “Some of these things can be done in the short term.

But what we do not want is to improve earnings in the short term at the expense of

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Some Syngenta investors have expressed dismay that the company did not at least open talks with Monsanto.

“For me it is clear that the chairman did not behave as many shareholders would have wished,” FuW quoted Artisan Partners fund manager Richard Logan as saying.

D e m a re a c k n ow l e d g e d Syngenta had to “explain ourselves, regain trust and deliver results” but also dismissed as “illusion” the offer price of 449 Swiss francs and then 470 francs per share that Monsanto said it had proposed.

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onsanto Co., having ditched an audacious $46-billion offer for Syngenta AG, may downshift to a humbler strategy of beefing up its crop protection portfolio through other acquisitions, partnerships and licensing agreements.

The deal’s collapse leaves Monsanto, Syngenta and other agrochemical sector companies facing a bleak landscape of plummeting grain prices and farm income. In the United States, farmers are tightening their budgets and cutting back on everything from equipment to seeds and pesticides.

On Aug. 26, Monsanto said it was focused on its core businesses and plans to resume its two-year, $10-billion share repurchase program, which was put on hold while it was bidding for Syngenta.

Monsanto declined to say anything more about its next move, including which companies might be the St. Louis-based firm’s next target or how much it would be willing to spend.

Monsanto president Brett Begemann had previously told Reuters in an interview that a Syngenta deal was not its only option going forward.

“There are other alternatives,” Begemann told Reuters last month.

Speaking at the same time, Michael Frank, vice-president of Monsanto’s global commercial business, said Monsanto wanted to expand its portfolio of crop-protection chemicals and seed-treatment products, with Syngenta or without it.

“If we don’t acquire Syngenta, we’ll still be on Plan A. But there will be a substitute company,” Frank said. “It won’t be Syngenta. It will be somebody else, or somebodies else.”

Or, say analysts, the company could opt to steer away from acquisitions and head into a different direction.

“We would expect Monsanto to continue to pursue further agreements in both licensing further molecules and collaborating with partners on joint development of molecular applications that expand Monsanto’s product offerings,” Canaccord Genuity analysts Keith Carpenter and Vitali Savitski wrote in an analyst report Wednesday.

For months, some of the major players in the farm chemicals and seeds business have been the subject of restructuring talk. During the summer, BASF SE put together loan guarantees for a prospective bid for Syngenta — but wouldn’t submit a bid unless Monsanto made a formal offer.

yngenta AG may seek partners to help improve its product lineup after a thorough review in the wake of a rebuffed takeover approach from Monsanto Co., the agrichemicals group’s chairman told a Swiss newspaper.

Syngenta’s board is under pressure from shareholders to show how it plans to generate value after turning its back on Monsanto’s $47-billion cashand-share offer, which it said undervalued the company and had too great an execution risk.

the future. We must remain responsible.”

Demare said he had no concerns about activist shareholders and had no immediate plans to try to forge a group of core investors from the company’s fragmented investor base.

“But if we made a major acquisition, it would be possible for example to take a major investor on board who co-financed the transaction by purchasing Syngenta shares,” he added.

Demare said he took six calls from Monsanto boss Hugh Grant in the first two weeks of August alone and had no idea what Grant planned next.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 3, 2015

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

Making food an election issue Food Secure Canada wants farmers to share a meal with a political candidate and discuss issues surrounding our food system “There are young farmers who want to farm and take on that challenge, but they can’t access the land, the capital or the training that they need in order to become efficient. As a result, we are facing a succession crisis.”

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff

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f you were to share a meal with a political candidate running for office, what would be your focus of conversation?

Food Secure Canada (FSC) has recently launched the Eat, Think, Vote campaign, geared to engage Canadians in a conversation with candidates about our food system.

“The idea is we will invite candidates from all political parties, to sit down and enjoy a community-cooked meal,” said Diana Bronson, executive director of Food Secure Canada.

“That meal may be a beautiful organic feast from local farms or it might be Kraft Dinner, because that is what is available at the food bank today.

“Share a meal and have a discussion about our most urgent food-related issues, and how we can formulate a food policy for Canada that will make our food system more equitable, sustainable, and healthy.”

FSC hopes the campaign will stir up some good conversations, aid in developing stronger relationships with soon-to-be elected officials and, ultimately, see the creation and implementation of a national food policy.

Executive director of Food Secure Canada, Diana Bronson encourages farmers to participate in the Eat, Think, Vote campaign. submitted photo

“Our food system right now is broken. We have four million people in this country who are hungry. We have a crisis of succession in farming. We are seeing increases in food-related health issues like obesity, diabetes and heart disease and we have an absolute crisis in the North of food insecurity,” said Bronson. “These are all things that good public policy can fix.

With this campaign we are trying to shine the light on some of the solutions that we see.”

FSC launched the Eat, Think, Vote campaign on June 29.

Along with the ultimate goal

of a national food policy, the organization has outlined four focus points — healthy food in schools, affordable food in northern communities, eliminating hunger and support for new farmers.

“Our mission is partly to support the work of farmers and increase an understanding amongst urban Canadians about where their food comes from and the hard work that goes into making it, as well as the need to respect the land, ecosystems and people who are involved in creating good, healthy food,” said Bronson.

Diana Bronson executive director of Food Secure Canada

FSC says more than half of the Canadian farming population is over the age of 55 and 80 per cent of active farmers are looking to retire in the next 10 years.

“There are young farmers who want to farm and take on that challenge, but they can’t access the land, the capital or the training that they need in order to become efficient. As a result, we are facing a succession crisis,” said Bronson.

The Eat, Think, Vote campaign is calling for the creation of joint federal-provincial legislation to prohibit foreign ownership and limit acquisition of land

by private investment funds, to increase Farm Credit Canada’s mandate to develop low-interest loans and small grants for new and aspiring farmers, as well as the development of more affordable training, support, consultation and extension services.

“We have built a system in the postwar period where we have seen a steady decline in the number of farms and an increase in debt and stress levels for farmers. I think there is a lot of room to have more diversity in our farming sector and certainly more support,” said Bronson.

The campaign website offers a petition in support of the initiative, as well as the ability to sign up to host or join an Eat, Think, Vote event.

“I would invite farmers, more than any other community, to be involved in this campaign and consider hosting an Eat, Think, Vote event on the farm, where they can invite, not only their neighbours but also their candidates for office to discuss some of the things they would like to see,” said Bronson.

For more information on the campaign or to host an event in your community, visit http:// campaign.foodsecurecanada. org/. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

Barn quilt trail blazed in Interlake

Ag society members and quilters team up to create unique tourist attraction

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

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anitobans will be able to follow a ‘barn quilt trail’ in the Interlake, now that the first of more than a dozen quilt blocks has been unveiled.

“From what we can count we’ll have 15 by the time the snow flies this year,” said Janice Skene, a member of a small committee of local quilters and Arborg Agricultural Society members who’ve pursued the project.

Their group expected to hang up their first quilt last week on a barn at Arborg and District’s Multicultural Heritage Village at the south end of town and plans to place several at points throughout the Interlake.

These aren’t fabric quilts, but rather brightly painted 8x8-foot quilt block replicas painted on plywood, explains Skene. Their group spent the better part of last winter creating them and plans to include several more already hung at other sites in a web-based map it’s developing.

The project is inspired by t he A me r i ca n b ar n qu il t movement, with nearly 50 states now displaying hundreds of quilt blocks mostly on barns, but Interlake barn quilts won’t be exclusively on barns.

They’ll be found on sites such as a quilt shop in Ashern, the Silver Community Centre, a greenhouse at Gimli and the Matlock Recreation Club, among others.

The group planned to raffle a barn quilt at the Lakeside Quilt Show at the Gimli Rec Centre Aug. 15 and 16.

The project received strong support from the regional tourism association, Skene said.

More barn quilt trails are also in the works across the rest of Manitoba this summer.

This spring, staff at Manitoba Agricultural Museum hung their own barn quilt at the Austin-based museum and are working with other groups to establish barn quilt trails.

More information about that initiative can be found at www. barnquiltsmanitoba.com. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

A Harvest Sun quilt block is on display at the Arborg and District Multicultural Heritage Village. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 3, 2015

COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Prairie fare Have you tried quinoa?

Among other good stuff, this edible seed provides protein, vitamin E, potassium, iron, magnesium and zinc julie gardenrobinson Food and Nutrition Specialist NDSU Extension Service

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henever I see the word “quinoa” (pronounced keen-wa), I think of my younger daughter’s reaction to it when I brought some home the first time.

She was curious about a food with a name that began with the letter “q.” She began studying the package.

I had done my homework before my purchase, so I was eager to share what I had learned. I explained that quinoa is an edible seed that originated near Peru and Bolivia.

The ancient Incas of Peru referred to quinoa as chisaya mama, or the “mother grain.” In early times, quinoa was roasted and ground into flour, and the flour was used to make bread.

Quinoa is a good source of protein and essential amino acids, which are the protein building blocks our bodies use to develop and repair tissues. The United Nations deemed 2013 the International Year of Quinoa because of the role it can play in nutrition.

I don’t think my daughter was particularly impressed by the nutrition lesson or my attempts at sharing food history. I think she was wondering what strange concoction I was planning to introduce at the dinner table.

However, she liked the name of this interesting ingredient and she added some martial arts moves. She kicked a foot and arm out as she yelled “keen-wa!” and danced around the kitchen. I tried to avoid her flying feet.

Relative to spinach I wish I would have known at the time that, from a plant science standpoint, quinoa is a member of the “goosefoot” group of plants.

She really would have had fun choreographing a food by the name of “goosefoot.”

I didn’t tell her quinoa is related to spinach, chard and beets, though. She might have hopped out the door.

In many grocery stores, you will find quinoa in a specialty foods section or near the rice and other grains. Technically, quinoa is considered a “pseudo-cereal” because it is cooked and eaten like a grain and has similar nutrition to a grain. After cooking, quinoa resembles short-grain rice or couscous, a durum wheat product.

Quinoa Salad This delicious salad recipe makes use of some of fall’s vegetable bounty. Try fresh corn sliced off the cob and late-season greens as ingredients. Diced cucumbers also would be a nice addition.

Quinoa can be used in a variety of recipes, including soups, salads, main dishes, breads and crackers. Besides protein, quinoa provides vitamin E, potassium, iron, magnesium, zinc, and other vitamins and minerals.

Nutrition educators consider quinoa among the “whole grains” on our menus because of its nutritional content. Quinoa’s subtle nutty taste has made it a trend in the restaurant industry during the past several years. In fact, you may have heard quinoa referred to as a “superfood” in the popular press.

Be sure to follow the package directions when preparing quinoa. Most varieties are ready to eat in about 15 minutes, similar to white rice. Quinoa has a bitter natural outer coating that serves as a pest deterrent during the growing period.

Most quinoa manufacturers remove the coating, but you might want to place the quinoa in a strainer and rinse it before cooking as a final step.

1 c. quinoa, dry (cook according to package directions) 1-1/2 c. onion, chopped 1 (15-ounce) can corn, drained and rinsed (you can substitute 2 c. frozen or fresh, cooked corn) 1 (15-ounce) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed 1 c. cherry tomatoes, sliced 5 ounces spring mix salad greens (or your favourite greens)

Salad dressing ingredients 3 tbsp. red wine vinegar 3 tbsp. olive oil 2 tsp. cumin 2 tsp. lemon pepper

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We all should be making at least half of our grain food choices whole grains to promote good health. Whole grains can help protect us against heart disease, cancer and other chronic diseases. However, most people shortchange themselves on their consumption of whole grains.

Here are five tips to add more whole grain foods to your menu: • Substitute brown rice or quinoa in place of white rice as the base layer for stir-fried vegetables or as a side dish. To add flavour, use vegetable broth as the liquid.

• Try adding whole grains to mixed dishes.

Try whole grain barley in soups or bulgur wheat in casseroles.

• Use whole grain cracker crumbs or oatmeal as a meat extender in meat loaf or meatballs.

• Substitute whole wheat flour for up to half of the white flour in pancakes, muffins or waffles.

• Have a bowl of cooked oatmeal or quinoa with fresh fruit for your morning breakfast.

Prepare quinoa and vegetables as directed. Place all salad ingredients in a large bowl and toss to combine. Mix salad dressing ingredients together.

Pour over salad right before serving.

Makes eight servings. Each serving has 230 calories, 8 grams (g) fat, 7 g protein, 34 g carbohydrate, 3 g fibre and 100 milligrams sodium.

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Take a trip to Deloraine Plenty to see both in the town and the surrounding area

By Donna Gamache Freelance contributor

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ocated in the foothills of the Turtle Mountains, the Deloraine area has several historical sites to explore, as well as nearby lakes and parks.

On a recent trip there, my husband and I first searched out the “Flags of the World” displays in Deloraine. This project began in celebration of the new millennium, and 206 colourful flags fly throughout the community in various spots. The majority forms an impressive display in Nygard Pa rk , n a m e d a f t e r Pe t e r Nygard, the billionaire fashion mogul and clothing manufacturer who spent part of his early childhood in Deloraine.

It represents 193 nations plus Canada’s provinces and territories.

Another spot within the town to see is Central Park, which displays carts used during the 1930s in local coal operations. There is also the Deloraine Campground, if you’re looking for a picnic or camping site.

Not far from the community are several historical sites.

First up is “the vault” situated on the site of old Deloraine.

To reach it, take Highway No. 3 from the present-day town.

From the southeast side of Deloraine, drive three miles

The flag display project was started to celebrate the new millennium.

The wooden spillway flowing out of the Deloraine Reservoir.

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east to Road 132W and one mile south. Then drive east along Road 11N and turn at the sign into the first yard site on the right (south). The vault was constructed of native granite fieldstone and is one of only two stone bank vaults existing in Western Canada. It is located past the house in the back of the yard, but visitors are welcome.

The village was originally established at this spot in 1882. Then, when this site was bypassed by the Canadian Pacific Railway, the buildings were hauled on skids in the winter of 1886-87 to the present-day site. The vault could not be moved, and it is now listed under Historical Sites of Manitoba.

Another historical spot is Newcomb’s Hollow. To reach it from the vault, drive the short distance back to Road 132W and continue two miles south to Road 9N. Then drive east about a mile until you reach Turtlehead Creek. Newcomb’s Hollow is a scenic ravine along the creek. This is where the North-West Mounted Police Cavalcade rested on their journey west in 1874 as it marked out the Boundary Commission Trail. Settlers following the trail stopped there, too, and you can still see cart ruts on the hillside nearby. A kiosk and log cabin replicate the land titles office, established in the early 1880s but actually a few kilometres away. (It is now submerged by the Deloraine Reservoir.)

Newcomb’s Hollow is named after an early-years land titles officer, George F. Newcomb, who presided over what was once the busiest homesteading site in southwester n Manitoba. Today this oncebusy place is a quiet spot for a rest or a picnic. The kiosk contains information about the original Deloraine site and a beautiful mural, painted by Sioux artist Roland Ironman, which depicts the heritage of the area.

Another interesting nearby spot is the Deloraine Reservoir and Golf Course — a scenic stop even for non-golfers. It is on the same road (132W ), except turn east at Mile 10N. The wooden spillway flowing out of the reservoir is intriguing.

W h i l e y o u ’r e i n t h e area, check out nearby Whitewater Lake to the nor theast, with its many water birds and shorebirds.

Turn north off Highway No. 3 onto Road 132W for birdwatching. Or take a longer d r i v e s o u t h o n Hi g h w a y 450 (128W ), about 12 miles south to reach the cottages at Lake Metigoshe (most of which lie in Lake Metigoshe State Park in North Dakota).

If the roads are dry, it’s also possible to drive through Turtle Mountain Provincial Park — but maybe you’ll want to return to the area to explore that at another time.

Donna Gamache writes from MacGregor, Manitoba.

What would we do without onions?

This vegetable is a key ingredient in many recipes

By Albert Parsons

I keep planting a few multiplier sets every three weeks or so until the last are planted in my fall cold frame around the beginning of September.

Freelance contributor

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o other vegetable is used in the kitchen for so many things as the onion. Whether in a recipe for soup, stew, a savoury casserole, or many vegetable side dishes, onions are often a key ingredient. They are also an essential ingredient in many pickle and relish recipes, and besides peppers, no other ingredient is as important as onions in any salsa recipe. Onions can even be served up on their own as a vegetable dish — two or three boiled onions on my dinner plate covered with a cream sauce will most certainly put a smile on my face!

I grow a lot of onions of several varieties. My earliest to harvest is the close cousin of the onion, the chive, and next, the tender bulbs from my clump of perennial onions.

In late April, I plant a few multiplier onion sets in the cold frame, and by mid-May they become my source of green onions.

Onions grown from seed have to be started very early — late February to get the best results. I usually buy packs of seedlings from the local greenhouse in early May and plant them in the garden as onions will tolerant latespring frost. I plant a short row of sweet Spanish onions in the town garden for use all summer. It is amazing how often the cook says, “Slip out to the garden and get me a couple of onions.” If my wife and I want boiled onions during the summer, these are the ones we use. A big slice of raw sweet onion on a hamburger grilled on the barbecue is a great summertime treat. There are a variety of sweet onions offered for sale and I grow several kinds, including “Candy,” and “Kelsey.”

To have green onions for summer salads, I keep planting a few multiplier sets every three weeks or so until the last are planted in my fall cold frame around the beginning of September, which will be available until early November.

These sweet Spanish onions were picked in the summer to enter in a fair. They have thick necks that have not dried off, so such immature onions would not store well. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

I plant two long rows of cooking onion and red onion sets in our garden on my brother-in-law’s farm; these are our storage onions. I try to get them planted by mid-May as the trick to being successful in storing onions is to have them ripen and mature naturally well before they are put into storage. I like to see the tops of all the onions topple

over on their own by mid-August. The tops fall over as a result of them drying off at the necks of the onions so the tops can no longer be supported by this dying tissue. Any tops that haven’t fallen over by early August are stepped on to encourage them to start drying off.

After the tops have dried off and before fall rains begin, I pull the onions, gather them in bunches of about a dozen and tie twine around the necks. I tie one bunch to each end of a metre-long twine so that I can hang the onions over some kind of a support.

I cover the onions with a sheet of plastic to keep them dry during the night or if rain is forecast. After a couple of weeks, they will be dry enough to prepare them for storage. I pull off the tops and tidy them up — being careful to leave the outer skin intact. I often put the onions in shallow boxes and continue to set them out in the sun on warm days. Eventually, as the weather cools, the onions are taken indoors to their storage location — a cool, dark spot and stored either in shallow trays or in mesh bags.

It is reassuring to know that by growing our own onions, they are pesticide free and the varieties that we prefer.

Onions are full of antioxidants so they are a healthy food choice; perhaps not the most glamorous vegetable, but it is certainly a well-appreciated staple in our kitchen.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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Reena answers more questions Plus, reader feedback and tips of the week REENA nERBAS Household Solutions

Dear Reena, We have two red leather chairs; the one I sit on has a whitish spot or a discolouration on the area where my head rests. I did try leather cleaner but it started to take the red off and left a rough spot on top of the discoloured area. I phoned the store where we bought it (at the time it was only a year old) and the person there said it was probably the chemicals I put in my hair.

I will admit I get highlights done, but we have had other leather chairs and have never had this problem. Anyway it has gone on for four years now and I wonder if you or any of your readers have a solution for this as I have a towel over it now because the mark is embarrassing. Thanks for any help you can give me. — Elaine Dear Elaine, It is quite common for leather to discolour around where head and arms rest; this is a result of products that we use and body oils combined with abrasion. Discolouration is most prevalent on dark colours.

Leather repair kits are available online or in stores, although colour matching is very difficult and can often accent the area instead of hiding it.

Leather recolouring balm is a great option for you because you don’t need an exact colour match. Rub balm onto

the entire surface; the leather becomes softer and all colours blend together well. Leather protective products help prevent this challenge from occurring in the future.

Dear Reena, The grout on my shower wall is crumbling. I pride myself in being a bit of a handyman.

What steps can I take to repair this? — Thanks, Ernie

Hi Ernie, You will need to purchase new grout. Make sure to choose grout that offers colour-matching caulk. Use a utility knife to cut out the old caulk. While wearing safety goggles, scratch out at least the top layer of old grout. Mix a small amount of new grout with water according to the directions on the package (a paint-mixing paddle does a great job). Mixing together small batches of grout as needed will give you lots of time to work. Smear grout onto the wall and smooth off excess with a sponge pad. Finish by caulking corners and tub/tile joints.

Dear Reena, I am experimenting with chocolate chip cookie recipes.

Now I have heard that you absolutely love chocolate and so I thought you would be the perfect person to ask for some advice. What is the difference between white and brown sugar and butter versus margarine in a chocolate cookie recipe? — Thanks, Tina

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Dear Tina, If I were stranded on an island I would definitely be happier with a bag of chocolate chips!

Brown sugar gives you a softer, chewier cookie; white sugar bakes into crispier cookies.

Using butter in cookies results in flatter cookies compared with cookies baked with margarine which are higher.

Reader feedback Re: freezing cheese Hi Reena, I freeze all my blocks of cheddar cheese in smaller pieces as I buy the huge store-name blocks. I wrap them in paper towels before freezing to avoid moisture when thawing. My tip: Leave the block of frozen cheese to thaw naturally on your counter and the cheese stays firm and doesn’t crumble. — Sincerely, Dorothy

Wild turkeys out for a stroll in the Rivers, Manitoba area. PHOTO: JOAN AIREY

Tips of the week

• Clean plate trick — When frosting a cake, place the cake on the serving plate. Put strips of wax paper around the cake.

Frost and decorate cake and then remove wax paper strips.

— Submitted by Marcel • When the visor of your hockey helmet fogs up — spray it with Pledge furniture polish. Wipe off excess and the visor stays clear. — Submitted by Austin I enjoy your questions and tips, keep them coming. Need a corporate presenter on the topic: Harness the Power of Words?

Check out my website reena.ca.

Baby llama born this past summer just west of Miami, Manitoba.

PHOTO: RONNIE HOFER

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.

The long sloping roofline of this barn located north of Whitemouth offers up images of some of the earliest barns in North America, the Dutch barns of New York state. A handful of the 200- and 300-year-old barns has survived in that region, as well as a few preserved in Ontario and other parts of North America settled by these industrious agriculturalists. The main features included short side walls and large wagon doors in the gable end, a departure from popular barn designs which until then had featured main entrances in the side walls. Wagon sheds along one side wall and livestock pens along the opposite probably account for the rare shape of this Manitoba barn which can be seen along Highway 11.

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ARBORG

CRYSTAL CITY

KILLARNEY

NEEPAWA

BRANDON

HARTNEY

MOOSOMIN

PORTAGE

(204) 376-5600 (204) 728-2244

(204) 873-2480 (204) 858-2000

(204) 523-4414 (306) 435-3610

(204) 476-2364

(204) 857-8711

‘07 NEW HOLLAND CR9070

M0234C

166,950

$

MOOSOMIN

1577E/1231T, 76x50-32 High Float, Long Auger, Yeild and Moisture Monitor w/GPS

N1400C

134,000

$

NEEPAWA

‘10 NEW HOLLAND H8040

‘11 CASE IH WD1203

‘14 NEW HOLLAND CX8080

‘03 MACDON 9352I

‘09

‘06 NEW HOLLAND CR970 1767E/1365T, 360HP, Straw Chopper Deluxe, Auger Long Unloading, Yield & Moisture Monitor

98,900

$

00440B

A0727B

162,750

$

ARBORG

‘09 NEW HOLLAND CX8080

2316E/1693T, Tires Drive 900/60R32, Rear 600/65R28, Auger 24” Unloading

N1609B

104,500

$

NEEPAWA

B3103B

335,900

$

BRANDON

79,900

$

01098B

STEINBACH

36’, Axle Suspension, Single Reel, Plastic Teeth, 18.4-26 Tires, Fore/Aft.

30’, 330 hrs, Upgrade Cab, No Rear Axle Suspension, No 14’ Auger Header

250E/171T, 24’ Unloading Auger, Front Tires 900/60R32, Rear Tires SW600/65R28

30’, Double Knife, Swath Roller

‘05 NEW HOLLAND TZ24DA

‘09 TALON 304

‘13 NEW HOLLAND T9.505

‘05 NEW HOLLAND CR970

8,500

$

00456B

WINNIPEG

19,900

$

R1037B

WINNIPEG

K0557B

271,900

$

KILLARNEY

K0709C

161,900

$

CRYSTAL CITY

266 hrs, 60” mid-mount mower

235 hrs, Cab and Heat, FEL300 Loader, 4WD, 540 PTO, Bar Tires Good Condition

835 hrs, 800/70R38 Firestone Duals, 1000 PTO, 4 HID Lights, 6 Hyd Outlets

1100E/790T, Air Compressor, Deluxem Cab, Deluxe Straw Chopper

‘14 NEW HOLLAND T9.435

‘03 NEW HOLLAND 94C

‘08 NEW HOLLAND H8040

‘08 NEW HOLLAND CR9060

B3093B

01224B

HARTNEY

268,800

$

BRANDON

46,900

$

A0618C

ARBORG

85,800

$

L0720C

SHOAL LAKE

L0626D

170,625

$

SHOAL LAKE

767E, 710/70R42 168B R-1W FI Firestone Radial, 4 Electric Remotes, Deluxe Cab

36’, Split UII PU Reel, Hydraulic Fore Aft, Transport, Guage Wheels

2000E, 36’ Draper Header, 21Lx28 Tires, Air Spring Suspension, Deluxe Cab

1107E/905T, Deluxe Straw Chopper, Dual Tires, Unloading Auger, w/76C swathmaster P/U

‘13 CASE IH STX450

‘12 NEW HOLLAND CR8090

‘12 JOHN DEERE 9460R

‘13 NEW HOLLAND CR8090

M0269

86 600/ w/

‘13

P0869

4 600/ Ro

S0696

35’,

146,900

$

STEINBACH

‘11 NEW HOLLAND T8.275 2107 hrs, Deluxe Seat, Front weights and bracket, Lights HID, 420/90R30 Front, 480/80R46 Rear

R1145B

282,900

$

STE. ROSE

800hrs, 450HP, PTO 1000, Lights 4 HID, AutoGuidance, 650/85R38 Duals

R0891B

313,900

$

STE. ROSE

453E, 344HP, HID Lighting, w/790CP Pick Up Header, Hyd Flow and Deluxe Guard

00533B

309,900

$

PORTAGE

1556 hrs, 506 Engine HP, 800/70R38 Duals, 18F/6R Powershift Trans, 5 Hyd Outlets

P0867B

334,900

$

N1581

PORTAGE

461E, 900/60R32 Drives, 600/65R28 Steering, Twin Pitch Rotors, 25’ Unloading Auger

25’, 16.

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A

ROBLIN

STE. ROSE

SWAN RIVER

E

SHOAL LAKE

STEINBACH

WINNIPEG

76-2364

57-8711

900

NBACH

ND

900

AL CITY

(204) 937-2134 (204) 759-2126

(204) 447-2739 (204) 326-9834

like us on

(204) 734-9361

mazergroup.ca

SEE FULL LISTING ON OUR WEBSITE

(204) 253-2900 ‘02 MACDON 962

22,500

$

K0606B

CRYSTAL CITY

30’ Harvest Header, Bi-Di Adapter

‘09 NEW HOLLAND CR9080

‘13 NEW HOLLAND T9.560

‘12 CLAAS 760

‘12 JOHN DEERE S690

M0269B

215,250

$

ROBLIN

R1025C

302,900

$

ROBLIN

L0838B

341,250

$

BRANDON

01071B

355,900

$

240E, 55 GPM, Hyd Flow, Autoguidamce, Front & Rear Diff Lock

600E/499T, Feeder Hose HP w/ Cruise Pilot, Yeild Mapping 16’ Pick Up/Swathmaster header

874E/594T, Tires 650/85R38 Duals, 620/75R26 Rear, Auto Trac Complete, Lighting HID

‘13 NEW HOLLAND CR8090

‘13 NEW HOLLAND L218

‘13 NEW HOLLAND T9.390

‘14 NEW HOLLAND T7.230

P0869B

334,900

$

STEINBACH

39,900

$

W3453B

WINNIPEG

01227B

187,900

$

WINNIPEG

B3152B

169,900

MOOSOMIN

3136 hrs, Hyd Flow, 6 Hyd Outlets, Diff Lock, 710/70R42 Duals

800E, Rear Tires 710/60R42, Front Tires 600/60R30, 3 Function MidMount Hyds, Rear Axle Bar

ND

‘09 MACDON M150

‘08 NEW HOLLAND CR9070

‘07 NEW HOLLAND CR9060

‘14 NEW HOLLAND T8.330

S0696B

127,900

$

ROBLIN

K0667C

187,900

$

CRYSTAL CITY

H0826C

161,900

$

HARTNEY

B3095B

1417E/1073T, 340HP, Deluxe Cab, Intelliview 2 Monitor, Yield & Moisture Monitor

1588E, 284HP, 600/70R30 Front @45%, 710/70R30 @70% Rear, PTO 540/1000, Deluxe Cab

ND

‘97 MACDON 9200

‘11 NEW HOLLAND H8060

‘13 NEW HOLLAND L225

‘10 GLEANER R76

‘08 NEW HOLLAND CR9060 1107E/905T, Deluxe Straw Chopper, Dual Tires, Unloading Auger, w/76C Swathmaster P/U

P0781C

33,500

$

NEEPAWA

25’, 21.5Lx16.1 Drive, 16.5 x 16.1 Trailing, Single Knife, 5 Bat PU Reel

B2841B

116,900

$

BRANDON

801 hrs, 36’ Draoer Header, Tires 21Lx28, Hyd Fore/Aft Pos Control, Std Cab

A0754B

804 hrs, 82 HP

45,900

$

ARBORG

R1170D

SHOAL LAKE

KILLARNEY

1464E, 900/60R32 Drive Tires, 600/65R32 Steering Tires, Long Unloading Auger

N1581D

170,625

$

197,900

35’, 600/25R48 Fronts, Single Knife, Forked Casters

s, Pitch uger

L0626D

$

aw ading r P/U

900

1975 hrs, Front 380/80R38 Singles, Rear 480/80R50 Duals, PTO 540/1000, Fenders Front FWD

$

85 hrs, 2 Speed EH Controls, Cab w/ Heat & AC, Hyd HD, Heavy Duty Tires, 72” LPE Bucket

ORTAGE

ARBORG

BRANDON

861E/679T, 900/60R32 MI, 600/65R28 FI, Yeild & Moisture w/GPS, Standard Chopper

473E, 900/60R32 Drives, 600/65R28 Steering, Twin Pitch Rotors, 25’ Unloading Auger

AL LAKE

155,900

$

‘13 NEW HOLLAND T8.275

ssor, raw

,625

P0917C

203,900

$

PORTAGE

882E/682T, 800/65R32, 480/80R26, Yield and Moisture Mapping, 4200 Header

43,900

$

‘03 MACDON 9250

PORTAGE

2796 hrs, 25’ Header, 21.5x16.1 Drive Tires, 9.5L-14 Dual Casters, Hyde Fore/Aft

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FARMER'S

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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

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– 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

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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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AUCTION SALES

AUCTION SALES

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

UNRESERVED

AUCTION SALE ESTATE OF GERALD POLCYN OF Whitemouth, Manitoba

5-Miles East of Whitemouth on Hwy. #44 Then 3-Miles North on Scott Hill Road (off Hwy. #44 & Hwy. #11)

Saturday, September 12th 11:00 AM (Viewing at 9:00 AM Same Day of Sale Only) (SIGN’S POSTED) Rain or Shine

Having received instructions from the Office of the Public Trustee, we will sell the following:

CRAWLER

Farm-All model M (nice shape)*

jackets, fish finder, etc.)* assort. gardening tools* Jiffy gas ice auger* Snowmobile sleigh* Tractor chains* 7’ trailer mount mower (Allis Chalmers)* gas chain saws* Singer sewing machine w/cabinet* Shop Vac* 8-beaver dry skins* Bear skin* house jacks* tarps* grass catcher* plus lots of other misc. items too numerous to mention*

DRAG LINE

TRAILERS

Cat D4 bulldozer w/cab (very nice shape)* D4-N Cat cable winch (sold separately)*

TRACTOR

Insley drag line w/bucket*

1974 Thornes boat trailer* Small 2-wheel utility trailer*

RIDING MOWER

SNOWBLOWERS

Yardman 15 HP riding mower*

Ariens snowblower* Land Mark 824 snowblower*

BREAKING PLOW

John Deere single furrow breaking plow* disc*

TRUCKS

1998 Chev. ½ ton* 1985 Ford Bronco*

MISCELLANEOUS

Belsaw model 1055 Sharp All saw & tool grinder* Table saw* Portable air compressor* Floor grinder* Wood planer* Foiley filer saw blade sharpener* electric battery chargers* tool box w/assort. tools* assort. hand tools* remote control military toy helicopter* approx. 50-geese decoys* large assort. traps (muskrat, wolf, etc.)* assortment of Fishing equipment (life

BOATS & BOAT MOTORS

14’ Anchor fibreglass boat w/50 HP Mercury motor & 1989 Shorelander boat trailer* 16’ aluminum boat (Made by Canbar)* Andnor Ind. Fibreglass boat* Duck boat canoe* 2-Fibreglass canoes* Sevylor electric trolling motor* Aero Marine gas powered 5 HP motor* Johnson 9.5 HP motor*

ANTIQUES

World War II aircraft camera type K20 (Supply Co-operation Yonkers New York)* Ham radio* Black powder horn* Rupp snowmobile* Eskimo snowmobile* Tube testing machine model TB11-2627-2* plus other misc. items.

TERMS: Cash, Visa, MasterCard or Debit paid in Full Same Day of Sale.

AUCTION DISTRICTS

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 LARGE WOODEN THRESH MACHINE, built by Advance Runway. Phone (204)735-2567

AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

ANTIQUES AUCTION SALE Sat., Sept. 12th @ 10:00 am Stonewall, MB #12 Patterson Drive

Dining Table * Eastlake 4 PC - Settee * Hoosier * Maple Washstand * Washstand/ Dresser Combo * China Cabinet * Hall Bench * Secretary's Desk * Side Chair * Trunk * Stand Gramophone * Lamp * Lantern * Coca Cola Cooler - Chest Style * Partial List – Growing List * Visit Website for Photos & Listing!

“Everything Sold As is, Where is” with no warranties implied or expressed

Stuart McSherry

All vehicles are sold as is, where is with No Guarantee as to the Year or Condition.

Year & Serial Number are only a guideline. They’re Not Necessarily always Correct

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

“SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS & DELETIONS”

KAYE’S AUCTIONS 204-668-0183 Wpg.

www.kayesauctions.com AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

The Pas

Birch River

Swan River Minitonas Durban

Winnipegosis

Roblin

www.mcsherryauction.com 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

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac Russell

DONOGH ANTIQUES, BRANDON, MB. Complete Liquidation Auction Sale Sat., Sept 19th 9:30AM DST location 4-mi south Brandon (their building has been sold) Everything Sells. Includes complete inventory quality antiques, Beautiful furniture; store fixtures; showcases & misc; 3 oak hall seats; 6 curved glass china cabinets; 2 oak roll-top desks; 4 armoires; plank harvest table, 50-pc Carnival glass collection; much, much more; Check websites www.mrankinauctions.com, www.rosstaylorauction.com or Phone for sale listing. Donogh Antiques (204)727-1088; (204)729-1212. Murray Rankin Auctions, (204)534-7401 Killarney MB, Very large Auction.

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.

Parkland

Birtle

Riverton Eriksdale

McCreary

Gimli

Shoal Lake

Langruth

Neepawa

Gladstone

Rapid City Virden

1

Brandon

Carberry

Boissevain

Killarney

Pilot Mound

Elm Creek

Sanford

Ste. Anne

Carman

Mariapolis

St. Pierre

242

Crystal City

Lac du Bonnet

Beausejour

Winnipeg

Austin Treherne

Westman

Waskada

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage

Souris

Melita

Interlake

Erickson Minnedosa

Hamiota

Reston

Arborg

Lundar

Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

Steinbach

1

Red River

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

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

AUCTION SALE

SAM & GLENDA EDWARDSEN

Sun. Sept., 13 @ 11:00 am

Sandy Hook, MB - #58 Player Park Rd. (204) 771-3399 Vehicles & Trailer: 65 Jeep CJ5 4 x 4 w Removable Top * 88 Ford LTD Crown Victoria * Volkswagon Karmagia Disassembled for Restoration * B.H. 8' Trailer Ramp End Gate * Car Hauler Yard: JD x 360 Hyd 48"Mower Front Mount 44" Snowblower only 35 Hrs * Yard Works 30" Snowblower * Merry Tiller * Gas Push Mowers * SS BBQ * Patio Bar & 4 Swivel Stools Recreation: 11 Lund Mdl 1600 Fury 40 HP Merc & Trailer 25 Hrs * 2011 Arctic Cat 700 cc 4 x 4 Quad 500 M * Camping Items * Table Saw * Air Comp * Power Tools * Air Roofing Nailer * Hand Tools * Elec Pressure Washer Antiques: 2) Pot Belly Heaters 1) Railway CPR 213 * Annex Heater * Rocking Chair * Vanity * Trunks * Crocks * Wood Saws * Cream Cans Household: Fridge * Stove * Table & Chairs * Bar Stools * Various Household *

AUCTION SALES Auctions Various SHOP & HOUSEHOLD AUCTION for Bill & Mary Reimer Sep 26, 11AM at Plumas. Directions: 8-mi W of Plumas on Pr. Rd#265 or 11-mi E of HWY #5 on Pr. Rd#265. TRUCKS: 1998 GMC 1500 SLE, 6.5-dsl, 4x4, crew cab, stereo, power locks, power windows, box liner, new tires, 384000-km; 2006 Chevy 1/2 ton, 8-cyl gas engine, crew cab, CD player, stereo, power locks, power windows, good tires, 87569-mi; CONCRETE FORMS AND TOOLS: 2x8 concrete wall forms new; large variety of used concrete forms including corners; metal round bin pad forms 8” to 30” in height; snap ties; wailer bars; Hilti DD 200 diamond drilling rig; Hilti DX 450 Ramset; variety of rebar; trowels; concrete anchors; safety poles; SHOP TOOLS: Lincoln power mig welder 255c (less tank); 20 metal cutting band saw; welding table w/vice; anvil w/cart; drill press; bench grinder; air impact 1” drive w/hose & 2 sockets; variety of chains; tire bead breaking hammer; router, planer, sander; bolts & nuts w/cabinet; lower tool box; 18v DeWalt impact; fuel hose and nozzle; 200-gal. fuel tank w/electric pump; steel rack w/steel; parts washer; 21 pc 1” drive socket set; many more tools; LAWN AND GARDEN: 314 JD garden tractor w/tiller; STX 46 JD Garden tractor w/mower; garden tools; BBQ wood or coal; 2-45 gal. plastic barrels; coolers; back pack sprayer; picnic table; 2 story play house w/slide; MISC: Monarch water pump (new); spraying control system; painting supplies; RV supplies; grain hopper; PTO water pump; HOUSEHOLD: Oak table w/6 chairs; china cabinet; sofa & love seat; sectional; 2-recliners; 2-wooden rocking chairs; 2-floor lamps; table lamps; upright piano and bench; 12-ft shuffle table; filing cabinet; fax machine; 3-office desks; toys; books; much, much more! Pennwest Auctions Peter Penner Austin, MB, CA Ph:(204)385-2970. Owner (204)637-2211. See list w/pictures on Global Auction Guide. pennwestauctions@gmail.com

AUTO & TRANSPORT AUTO & TRANSPORT Semi Trucks & Trailers

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

www.mcsherryauction.com

2004 ADVANCE SUPER B grain trailer. $25,000.

Macgregor, MB. Ph:(204)871-0925.

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

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UPCOMING AUCTIONS FARM RETIREMENT AUCTION SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19th 10:00 AM For Malcolm & Elizabeth Hunter Location: From Steinbach, Manitoba, 10 miles South on Hwy #12 then 1/2 mile West on Road 25N

Partial List: • 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

• 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

PLUS MUCH MORE!!

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 | 10AM Location: 1580 167th Ave SE, Gardner, ND 58036. From I-29 Exit 86 (Gardner, ND), E to Hwy. 81, cross hwy. then 1/8 mile E, 2-1/2 miles N. AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Most pieces have been stored inside and all are in field ready condition. Both combines and Quadtracs received regular UPTime maintenance from Titan Machinery, Arthur, ND with records available. Major equipment begins selling at 11AM. Live online bidding available on major equipment. Registration, terms, & details at SteffesGroup.com

FULL LISTINGS & PHOTOS AT PENNERAUCTIONS.COM

FALL EQUIPMENT AUCTION SATURDAY OCTOBER 3rd 10:00 AM Live Internet Bidding Location: 218 Brandt St. Steinbach, MB

Partial List: HEAVY TRUCKS & TRAILERS • 1997 Midland Super B Grain Trailers, Safety Certified • 1996 Ford L9000 w/ 20ft Grain Box & Hoist, Roll Top • 2001 MACK Vision CX613 Tandem • 40ft C-Can Shipping Container

VEHICLES • 2008 Dodge Ram 3500 Crew Cab, 6.7L Cummins Diesel, 4X4, Safetied, 272K • 2005 Kia Sedona EX • 2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI, 276K, Safetied

SKID STEER ATTACHMENTS • Stout 48in Walk-Thru Pallet Forks 4000lb capacity • Stout Full Back Pallet Forks 48in • (2) 84” Hydraulic Skid Steer Snow Plow/Dozer • (2) Stout Stump Grinder SG-13R • (4) Stout Rock & Brush Bucket Grapples • (2) Lowe Hydraulic Auger 750 CH & 1650 CH • Fork Extentions

TOOLS, YARD EQUIPMENT & BUILDINGS • 37 Ton Log Splitter Horizontal/Vertical w/ 13 HP Honda Engine • New Log Lift For Log Splitter

• 13 HP Honda Engine • 2 Wheel Dump Trailer 1200lb Capacity • 3000 PSI Electric Pressure Washer • New Hydrualic Cylinders • 80in Heavy Duty 3 PTH Roto Tiller • 2 New Towing Recovery Straps • Flux Core 125 Wire Welder • 4400lb Pallet Jacks • 50 & 20 Ton Air/Hydraulic Bottle Jacks • HD 14” Dry Cut Metal Saw • High Capacity #12 3/4 HP SS Meat Grinder • Stainless Steel Sausage Stuffer • Commercial Electric Meat Slicer • Cover-All 30X85 Canvas Storage Building • Pagoda 20X40 Event Tent • Marquee 16X22 Event Tent

CORRAL PANELS & LIVESTOCK SUPPLIES • Rugged Ranch Squeeze Chute • Large Qty Corral Panels Approx 200 • 9ft 6in, 7ft, & 8ft Heavy & Light Duty Panels • 330ft Rolls Farm Fence

ALSO TRACTORS, HAYING & TILLAGE, HARVESTING, ATVS, TRAILERS & MORE!!

CALL TODAY TO CONSIGN!!

Full Listing At www.pennerauctions.com

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

Sale Conducted by: PENNER AUCTION SALES LTD.

TRACTORS

2008 Case-IH Quadtrac 535, luxury cab, buddy seat, powershift, 4 hyd., power beyond, return flow, 1000 PTO, integrated auto steer, AFS Pro 600 monitor, AFS 252 receiver, front & rear diff lock, HID lights, Clear View idler covers, 30” tracks at 60%, 3,687 hrs., UPtime maintenance, S/NZ7F108219 2006 Case-IH STX430 Quadtrac, powershift, luxury cab, leather, buddy seat, 4 hyd., 1000 PTO, integrated auto guidance, Trimble EZ Guide 500 w/Trimble Z Plus receiver, HID lights, front & rear diff lock, Clear View idler covers, 30” tracks at 85%, 4,436 hrs., S/NZ6F100531 1975 AC 7060, cab, heat, 12 spd., power direct trans., 3 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, front fuel tank, diff lock, 8,148 hrs., S/N2653 1974 AC 7030, CAH, 12 spd., power direct trans., 3 hyd., 3 pt., 540/1000 PTO, front fuel tank, diff lock, rear weights, shows 5,570 hrs., S/N3652 1950 IHC M, narrow front, 1 hyd., belt pulley less pulley, 540 PTO, S/NFBK239691

HARVEST EQUIPMENT

2005 Case-IH 2388, axial flow, AFS, 2,161 sep. hrs., 2,748 engine hrs., extensive maintenance at Titan Machinery, S/NHAJ293155

1998 Case-IH 2388, axial flow, specialty rotor, 3,746 sep. hrs., 4,688 engine hrs., S/NJJC0019981 2003 Case-IH 2015 pickup head 1993 Case-IH 1015 pickup head 2003 Case-IH 1020 flex head, 30’ 2001 Case-IH 1020 flex head, 30’

SEMI TRACTORS & TRUCKS

1994 IHC 8200 tandem axle, day cab, N14 Cummins, IHC 9 spd.

1994 Volvo tandem axle, day cab, M11 Cummins, Eaton Super 10 spd.

2001 IHC 9100 double frame tri-axle, ISM Cummins, Meritor 10 spd.

1999 IHC 9100 double frame tri-axle, GRAIN CART N14 Plus Cummins, Eaton 9 spd.

2010 Parker 839 grain cart, 850 bu.

1999 IHC 9100 double frame tri-axle, SWATHERS M11 Plus Cummins, Rockwell 10 spd.

1996 MacDon 3000 pull-type swather, 1941 IHC single axle, 6 cyl. flathead 25’, auto fold, S/N107930 PICKUPS Case-IH 721 pull-type swather, 21’, 2002 Ford F250 Super Duty XLT auto fold, bat reel, S/N3396 Versatile 400 self-propelled swather, 2000 Ford F150 XLT, ext. cab 1986 Chevrolet Custom Deluxe 30 18’, cab, A/C, S/N13351 crew cab dually, 6.2 diesel, automatic

AIR DRILL

JD 1850 air drill, 42-1/2’, 7-1/2” & 15” space, plumbed for Fargo Aire Amity 2800 tow-between commodity cart, 280 bu., cart S/N700505, drill S/NH01850X670515

TRAILERS

2006 Jet tandem axle aluminum hopper bottom, 38’x96”x66” 1995 Wilson tandem axle aluminum hopper bottom, 43’x96”x72”, roll tarp Elmers single pole header trailer, 30’ TILLAGE EQUIPMENT Hart single pole header trailer, 30’ 2005 Case-IH Tiger-Mate field Road Boss tandem axle trailer, 18’ cultivator, 50’, 6” space, 8” sweeps 2011 Big Max single axle utility trailer Wil-Rich field cultivator, 48’ for ATV, 10’x80”, flip up ramp 2003 JD 2400 chisel plow, 41’ 2005 Sledbed snowmobile trailer, JD 610 chisel plow, 35’, 12” space 2-place, 10’x100”, tilt bed, torsion susp.

Big G tandem disc, 22’, 9” space, 24” Single axle snowmobile front & 22” rear blades trailer, 6’x8’ Summers hyd. fold harrow, 70’

SELF-PROPELLED SPRAYER

2003 Apache 790 self-propelled sprayer, 2WD, 90’ boom, 800 gal.

SS tank, S/N9032357

SCRAPER & DITCHER

Caterpillar 70 Round push-off scraper 1996 Sand Iron RD100 rotary ditcher

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Woods HD315 batwing mower, 10’ McKee Snolander 750 snowblower Fimco ATV sprayer Shop-built drive-on swather transport (3) Small single axle wood carts Banjo transfer pump

ATVS & SNOWMOBILES

Honda TRX200 ATV, 2x4 Honda ATC Big Red 3-wheel ATV 1988 Yamaha Moto 4 ATV, 2x4 2002 Arctic Cat ZR800 EFI snowmobile, 4,118 miles 2001 Arctic Cat 440Z snowmobile

NH3 TANKS HOPPER BIN & GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT SHOP EQUIPMENT TANKS, TIRES, PARTS, FARM SUPPORT, & MISC. ITEMS BUSINESS BAND RADIOS

CORBY HELLER ESTATE Merlyn Heller, PR

For information contact Brad Olstad of Steffes, 701.237.9173, 701.238.0240 or Tadd Skaurud of Steffes, 701.237.9173, 701.729.3644

Steffes Group, Inc., 2000 Main Avenue East, West Fargo, ND 58078

Brad Olstad ND319, Scott Steffes ND81, Bob Steffes ND82, Max Steffes ND999, Ashley Huhn ND843, Eric Gabrielson ND890, Randy Kath ND894 | 701.237.9173 | SteffesGroup.com TERMS: All items sold as is where is. Payment of cash or check must be made sale day before removal of items. Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. $35 documentation fee applies to all titled vehicles. Titles will be mailed. Canadian buyers need a bank letter of credit to facilitate border transfer.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 3, 2015

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

PRICE TO CLEAR!!

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

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

Multi-coloured millends.........49¢/ft.2

BUSINESS SERVICES Crop Consulting

Ask about our blowout colours...65¢/ft.2

FARM CHEMICAL / SEED COMPLAINTS

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

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

BUILDINGS

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

FOUILLARD STEEL SUPPLIES LTD.

SEWING ALTERATIONS, ZIPPERS REPLACED, upholstery for furniture, boats & automobiles.

Phone (204)727-2694

CONTRACTING

BUSINESS SERVICES

B-Gr. coloured......................70¢/ft.2

Also in stock low rib white 29 ga. ideal for archrib buildings BEAT THE PRICE INCREASES CALL NOW

CLOTHING Work Wear

BUILDINGS

CONTRACTING Custom Har vesting 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.

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

CONTRACTING Custom Work

Back-Track InvesTIgaTIons

CORRAL CLEANER W/3-YD LOADER & 3 vertical spreaders. Taking new customers. Call or text (204)730-3139.

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.

6 QUICK ATTACH EXCAVATOR buckets, some trenching & clean-up buckets, plus 6 excavator rippers, some Cat’s & WBM’s. (204)871-0925, MacGregor MB. D7 17A CAT, standard hyd., angle dozer, direct start, good under carriage, $16,000; JD 444C 2-yd wheel loader, $18,500; 1984 Mac dump truck $15,000. www.waltersequipment.com Phone: (204)525-4521.

SEPTEMBER

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

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CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT Land Clearing Equipment Rome KGB Blade, one way cutter, $11,500 Allis Chalmers, HD20, 25-Ton, angel dozer, hinge root rake, $15,500 Shop built, V-Brush cutter, 14-ft., $14.500 JD Trash Rake, $3,500 Cat 931 B + clam bucket = $18,500 Rome disc 24-in. blades, $6,500 40-ft. Parts Van, front half w/bins, $2,800 All OBO (204)857-7081 PRICES REDUCED UP TO 50% sawmill 4 skidders grapple & line, Clark, Timberjack, JD, many parted out; Case 125B Delimber; IH 3986 Feller Buncher; Trailers for moving tree length trees; Case 1085B w/wristotwist bucket; JD 892D excavator; Pioneer crusher; Cat 70 & 463 sprayers cable; Over 20 graders, complete running & parting out, champion, Cat, JD, A/C, several dump boxes; Over 100 pallet forks, new & used up to 8-ft. long; Over 500 loader & back-hoe buckers; Over 900 new & used track rollers in stock; Over 900 new & used tires, mostly industrial sizes; PWR units 7 light plants from 3-5 to 193KW; 4 all terrain cranes 10 to 20-Ton up to 40ft. reach; JLG 80-ft. man lift, many scissors lifts up to 52-ft.; Over 30 forklifts, complete running & parting out many different make & models, skidsteer attachments; Pulp clams & grapples; 2, cub cadet 4WD tractors, Gas DSL, 3-ph, PTO; several 2WD farm tractors, Case, JD, Co-op, MF, IH 484 tractor w/loader, cab, DSL; Bobcat 743 skidsteer 4WD loaders & dozers; Cat 966C hilift w/clam; Volvo L320 9-yd; Bobcat 2000 4WD loader; Clark 45B Cummins DSL; 2 Ford A62 loaders; 4 Cat D2 Crawlers; Cat D6B 44A front & rear dozers; Fiat Allis FL-9 crawler loader; Cat 950 loader 31K series; Cat D6D crawler work ready; Cat D5 crawler w/dozer & winch; Cat D8H 25000 s/n hyd tilt, dozer, canopy; Cat D8H 46A high horse, straight dozer; Cat D7-3T series w/hyd dozer; Cat D6-9U crawler; 2 Cat 955-K crawler loaders; Cat D4-7U. Hundreds of misc machines & attachment. 2 yards over 50-acres.

New parts- Big Discounts. Central Cana-da’s Largest Wreckers of older construction equip. Cambrian Equip Sales Ltd (204)667-2867 or fax (204)667-2932

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 Dryers

OPENS: Wednesday, Sept. 2 / CLOSES: Wednesday, Sept. 9

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

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

TIMED ONLINE

TRACK TRACTORS 2012 Case-IH Steiger 400HD, 2,961 hrs., all New oil & filters, S/NZCF129970 2005 Case-IH STX500 Quad Trac, deluxe cab, 30” tracks, 2,815 hrs., S/NJEE0108377 2002 JD 8420T, deluxe comfort pkg., 4 hyd., 18” tracks, 7,464 hrs., drivers & front idlers, S/NRW8420T901271 1997 JD 8400T, narrow stance, 24” tracks 85%, 8560 hrs.

4WD TRACTORS 2008 Case-IH Steiger 335, luxury cab, 1,150 hrs., S/NZ8F109835 1991 Ford 976, 855 Cummins, 400 hp.,12 spd., 4 hyd., 9,293 hrs.

1982 JD 8850, CAH, JD V8 1980 Versatile 895, 855 Cummins 1976 Case-IH 2670, cab, 12 spd.

1973 JD 7520, CAH, 1000 PTO MFWD & 2WD TRACTORS 2003 JD 7810, MFWD, 19 spd. powershift, hyd., 10,943 hrs.

1999 JD 4500, MFWD, open station, 3,002 hrs., S/NLV4500P252262 1989 JD 4755, CAH, quad range, 4,682 hrs., S/NRW4755H002595 COLLECTIBLE TRACTORS 1958 JD 720, wide front, diesel Case VAC, w/belly mower Oliver HG68 track tractor LOADERS & TRACTOR ATTACHMENTS Du-Al 260 self-leveling loader JD front end loader, 6’ (2) MDS bale forks, 4-prong Kubota pallet forks COMBINES 2012 Case-IH 8230, 2WD, PowerPlus CVT drive, 1,950 sep. hrs., 2,273 engine hrs., S/NYCG215451 2009 JD 9670 STS, ContourMaster, 1,167 sep. hrs., 1,715 engine hrs., S/NH09670S731693 2008 NH CR9060, Terrain Tracer, 1,547 sep. hrs., 2,327 engine hrs., S/NHAJ111516 2007 Case-IH 2588, Field Tracker, 1,856 sep. hrs.,

SELF-PROPELLED SPRAYERS Ag-Chem TerraGator 1603T Brought to you by SteffesGroup.com Ag-Chem TerraGator 1603T Ag-Chem Ag-Gator 3004 1996 Wishek 842T HD tandem 1996 Chevrolet 250 2,459 engine hrs., noise in WHEEL LOADERS disc, 26’, rock flex gangs w/service body, 5 spd. trans., S/NHAJ301495 & ATTACHMENTS manual, 4WD 2005 Case-IH 2388, 2,375 sep. Bush Hog 1450 tandem 2003 Caterpillar 924G high lift disc, 32’ 1946 Chevrolet stepside hrs., 3,345 engine hrs., wheel loader, CAH, auto shift S/NHAJ292798 FIELD CULTIVATORS HOPPER BOTTOM, PUP, Caterpillar root bucket, for 2004 Case-IH 2388, Field Wil-Rich field cultivator, 45’ & GRAIN TRAILERS Cat 924G wheel loader Tracker, 2,161 sep. hrs., 2,988 Frigstad 220 field cultivator, 50’ 2010 Timpte hopper bottom SEC forks, for Cat 924G loader engine hrs., S/NJJC0274960 1990 Magnum 200 hopper Fiat Allis 645 wheel loader, STALK SHREDDERS 1983 MF 860, grain/corn/ 3-1/2 yd. bucket beans, Perkins 8 cyl., 4,759 2008 Alloway WR 20 pull-type bottom pup w/dolly 1979 Kiefer Built OTH18 5th 1995 Volvo L70C wheel loader stalk shredder, 20’, 1000 PTO engine hrs. wheel tandem axle grain Kubota B Series rock bucket Alloway shredder, 22’, 3 pt.

FLEX HEADS trailer 1979 JD 644B wheel loader, 2006 Case-IH 1020 flex head, 30’ SLEEPER SEMI TRACTOR 8-1/2’ bucket, 7,821 hrs., 1996 Freightliner FLD120, tri- STEP DECK, LOWBOY 2005 NH 74C flex head, 30’ S/N90243T & COMBINE/SPRAYER axle 64” integrated sleeper JD 930 flex head, AHH, RS Versatech backhoe 1993 JD 930 flex head, 30’ attachment, 60” reach, 13” DAY CAB SEMI TRACTORS TRAILERS MF 9120 flex head, 20’ bucket w/frost teeth 2006 IHC 8600 tandem axle 2004 Transcraft step deck trailer, 40’x102”, air ride, day cab, ISM Cummins DRAPER HEADS EXCAVATORS & DOZER (14) winches 2000 Freightliner FLD120SD, 2009 Case-IH 2162, 35’ 2003 Kobelco SK210LC 1997 Witzco Challenger tri-axle day cab, M11 2006 Case-IH 2062, 36’ RG-50 tri-axle NGB lowboy, Acera Dynamic hyd. exc.

Cummins EACO 24” bucket for Kobelco 48’x102” CORN HEADS 1999 Freightliner FLD120SD excavator Shop-built tri-axle combine/ 2011 Claas chopping, 12x30” tri-axle day cab, M11 1999 Samsung 210LC-3 hyd. sprayer trailer, 59’x144”, 2010 JD 608C chopping, 8x30” Cummins excavator 2008 Case-IH 2608 chopping, 1999 Kenworth T800B tri-axle 24’ well 1999 Komatsu PC-300LC-6 8x30” day cab, M11 Cummins, 40 hp. hyd. excavator 2007 NH 99C chopping, 8x30” 1999 Kenworth T800B tri-axle LIVE BOTTOM TRAILERS 1998 Red River tandem axle AC H-D 11E dozer, cab 2004 JD 1290 corn head, 12x20” day cab, M11 Cummins, live bottom, 41’x72” MOTOR GRADER 400 hp.

GRAIN CARTS 1996 Red River tri-axle live 2014 Demco 1050 grain cart 1997 Freightliner FLD120SD bottom, 53’, electric roll tarp 1998 JD 770CH articulating motor grader, 14’ blade Kinze 840 grain cart, roll tarp tri-axle day cab, M11 Cummins EZ-Trail 860 grain cart, roll tarp 1997 Freightliner FLD120SD SIDE & END OTHER tri-axle day cab, M11 Cummins DUMP TRAILERS CONSTRUCTION ITEMS DRILL 2006 Sidump’R SDR 325 1996 Freightliner Great Plains 45 Solid Stand drill FLD11264SD tri-axle day tri-axle side dump trailer, tub 2000 Dynapac CA152PD single drum vibratory roller ext., air ride cab, M11 Cummins CHISEL PLOWS 2001 Genie 245/25 boom lift 2001 Cancade end dump 1992 IHC Eagle day cab, 2013 Summers Super Chisel Pivot Power generator, 60 kw trailer, 34’ 3406 Cat chisel plow, 34’ SCRAPERS & BLADES 2005 Case-IH PTX300 chisel BOX & OTHER TRUCKS HEADER TRAILERS MFS pull-type scraper, 14’ plow, 41’ 1995 Volvo WCA64T, tri-axle, Header trailer, 4-wheel, MFS 3612 push blade, 12’ Melroe 505 chisel plow, 27’ 12’ pole M11 Cummins, 22’x96”x64” Buhler Farm King 30-S box Industries America 440 Cancade box RIPPERS blade 2010 Sunflower 4511 folding 1984 GMC Brigadier NTC300 tandem axle header trailer, Antique dirt scraper tri-axle, 855 Cummins, 7 spd. 40’, New coulter disc ripper GPS EQUIPMENT Industries America 430 DMI 730B disc ripper, 7 shank 2001 IHC 4900, twin screw single axle header trailer, BALERS & HAY EQUIPMENT 1988 Ford L9000, twin screw DMI 530 ripper LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT 1986 Freightliner tandem axle 30’, New PLOWS 1989 Western Star silage truck Industries America 435 HOPPER BINS & GRAIN IHC 700 auto reset plow, tandem axle header trailer, HANDLING EQUIPMENT 1978 IHC 2574 tandem axle 8 bottom 35’, New dump truck, 14’ box OTHER EQUIPMENT IHC 700 auto reset plow, TRAVEL TRAILERS & REC. DUALLY & OTHER PICKUPS OTHER TRAILERS 8 bottom 1997 GMC 3500HD SL dually 1984 Shop-built gravel pup TANKS, TIRES & TRACKS Ford plow, 4x16” SHOP EQUIPMENT trailer, 12’x96”x48” JD one bottom plow from a 1994 Chevrolet 3500 Cheyenne dually, reg. cab, 1979 Hale gooseneck stock TRUCK & PICKUP ATTACH. model H tractor trailer, 6x24’ 6.5 liter diesel CAR, PARTS, FARM DISCS 1991 Ford F350 XLT Super Duty 2012 Stealth SAPT725TA2 SUPPORT ITEMS 2013 Kuhn Krause 8300 HD 1987 GMC 1 ton dually, tandem axle enclosed FURNACES, GARAGE tandem disc, 28’, 10” spacing 5.7 liter gas trailer, 5x15’ DOORS, & MISC. ITEMS

For consignor information & location, complete terms, lot listing & photos visit SteffesGroup.com

Auctioneers & Clerk: Steffes Group, Inc.

West Fargo, ND Grand Forks, ND 701.237.9173 701.203.8400 Ames, IA Sioux Falls, SD 515.432.6000 605.271.7730

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FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous 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 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 14-ft. Rock Rake, $9,000; 570 Rock pickers, $2,500 Up; Big Mac Prong Picker, $4,000.

(204)857-8403 FOR SALE: 1978 VERS 400 swather 18-ft. w/universal PU reel, done smaller acreage, equipped w/canola cutter, Ford engine, good condition, always shedded, asking $1,000. (204)836-2206 FOR SALE: IH 7-FT. sickle mower w/hyd lift & cyl, good shape, $750. Phone (204)633-3205, Wpg 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.

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 MACHINERY HAULER MODEL A Ford frames & tractor pulleys. Look on Kijiji or craigslist.com or Phone:(204)475-8777.

NH 1400 COMBINE for parts, what offers. Also 7200 IH hoe drill 14-ft. $1,200. Phone (204)837-1553.

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 harrows 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 IH 18-FT PULL TYPE swather; Case Model 725, 25-ft pull type swather, premium condition, shedded; Swath roller, 8-ft. Phone:(204)776-2249.

HAYING & HARVESTING Various 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.

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

NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS NEW COMBINE PARTS

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

Large Inventory of new and remanufactured parts

Combines COMBINES Case/IH 1991 1680 COMBINE, 3346-HRS, rock trap, straw chopper, bin extensions, 4-wheel drive, always shedded, asking $28,000. (204)364-2398

STEINBACH, MB. Ph. 326-2443

30-ft IHC MACDON FLEX DRAPER HEADER w/gauge reels, 2 section pick-up reel, $30,000.

Ph:(204)871-0925. Macgregor, MB.

Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727 Fax (204) 326-5878 Web site: farmparts.ca E-mail: roy@farmparts.ca

COMBINE FOR SALE, INTERNATIONAL 1460.

3447 hrs, pick up head, good working condition. $6,500. Ph: (204)828-3648. No sun calls please.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

1992 TX 36 COMBINE, 3,320 engine hours. Has been used this fall. $10,000. Phone:(204)364-2422.

Arborg, MB.

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 ex-tendable rafter trailer, all hydraulic, asking $3,500. (204)728-1861.

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.

1998 1680 CASE IH combine, 2,525-hrs, always shedded; 3000 Westward swather, 25-ft, PTO, always shedded; 8-ft swather roller for sale. Kelwood, MB. Phone:(204)967-2277.

39-FT CIL 203 DEEP tiller, 12-in spacing, 3-row harrows, new shovels, in excellent shape. No reasonable offer refused. (204)795-0626.

COMBINES Ford/New Holland

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 WANTED: L3 GLEANER COMBINE. Good condition. NH 1475 haybine. Phone: (306) 876-4707.

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COMBINES John Deere

TRACTORS John Deere

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus

1986 JD 7720 TITAN 2 combine, good shape, field ready, chaff spreader, 2-spd cylinder, $14,000.

Phone (204)568-4604

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

3 YEARLING BLACK ANGUS bulls, $2,900 each, Sire still on farm, Lorette area. Call Bill (204)770-4706.

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

COMBINES White

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various

TRACTORS Versatile

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

COMBINES Combines - Various FOR SALE: 1981 JD PT combine in good running condition PU & hopper cover, always shedded, VGC, asking $3,000. (204)836-2206

COMBINES Accessories 2004 NEW HOLLAND 94C Draper- 25-ft Draper.

Platform w/Transport, $11,500. Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. Gary Reimer(204)326-7000. www.reimerfarmequipment.com 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

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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

LIVESTOCK

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

LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

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HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING

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

Tillage & Seeding

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

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

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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.

REGULAR CATTLE SALES

every TUESDAY at 9 am September 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th

Monday, Sept. 14th & 28th at Noon

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Tack and Horse Sale

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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.

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

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

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

ORGANIC ORGANIC Organic – Certified 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

LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT

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

A LASTING RELATIONSHIP.... Share your life as it’s meant to be. CANDLELIGHT MATCHMAKERS is here to help you. Confidential, Rural, Photos and Profiles to selected matches, Affordable, Local.

Serving MB, SK, NW-Ontario. Call/Write for info: Box 212, Roland, MB, R0G 1T0, (204)343-2475. www.candlelightmatchmakers.ca

Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519

Saturday, September 12th at 10 am

TILLAGE & SEEDING Seeding Various

LIVESTOCK Swine Wanted

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GRUNTHAL, MB.

The Icynene Insulation System®

MPHB LOUD & PROUD ANNUAL Production sale, Sept 19th, 2015. Alameda SK Auction mart. Late consignments accepted. Preview 11AM, sale 1PM Saskatchewan time. All foals halter broke lots of broke horses. www.mbpainthorsebreeders.com karene7@mynetset.ca To consign call Chelsey (306)339-7089, Nadine (306)483-5076 or Diane (204)522-8414.

THE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL Science of the University of Manitoba wants to purchase pregnant multiparous Holstein cows. Cow must be 3 to 4-months pregnant and in good health without obvious health concerns. Source farms must be Johne’s free, and preferably free of digital dermatitis (hairy warts) Potential sellers must allow University veterinarians to test cows for health status and consult with the farm’s veterinarian. Previous milk production records, preferably from DHI, are required.

Please contact Dr. J.C. (Kees) Plaizier Ph: (204)474-9500. Email plaizier@umanitoba.ca or Ms. Terri Garner Ph: (204)474-6352. Email terri.garner@umanitoba.ca

LIVESTOCK Horse Auctions

LOOKING FOR EQUIPMENT?

GIVE YOUR CHILD THE music you missed. Guitar, violin, piano, keyboard, band instruments, drums.

Hildebrand Music, Portage La Prairie Mall.

(204)857-3172.

NOTICES

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

875 VERS. W/ATOM JET & good tires. Nice shape.

Ph:(204)325-2416.

MUSICAL

Sheep and Goat with Small Animals & Holstein Calves

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

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

WWW.GRUNTHALLIVESTOCK.COM 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!

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.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE FOR SALE: REFER UNIT, 4-cyl motor, runs, everything in working order, came out of 53-ft trailer. Phone (204)868-5040.

PETS & SUPPLIES FOR SALE: BORDER COLLIE/Blue Heeler cross pups, ready to go. Parents work well with cattle.

Good with children. Phone:(204)585-2106.

REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE Houses & Lots READY TO MOVE HOME Builder since 1976 MARVIN HOMES INC - 1520-sq.ft, spacious 3bdrm home, 2.5 baths, main floor laundry, master has full bath & walk-in closet, kitchen has corner pantry & 6-ft island. Call (204)326-1493 or (204)355-8484 Marvin Vogt, MARVIN HOMES, Mitchell, MB www.marvinhomes.ca

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THE FOLLOWING PRIVATE LAND is being offered for sale: SW14-33-23W, S1/2 23-33-23W, SE12-33-23W, N1/2 14-33-23W, SE14-33-23W, E1/2 10-33-23W, N1/2 12-33-23W, SW12-33-23W, NW02-33-23W, E1/2 03-33-23W, SW 03-33-23W, SW07-33-22W, N1/2 01-33-23W, SE01-33-23W, SE31-33-22W, NE36-32-23W, W1/2 06-33-22W. The following Crown lands have been approved by Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural Development for transfer to the purchaser of the private lands listed, as these lands are part of the ranch unit held by Ralph Ketel of Pine River, MB: SW01-33-23W, E1/2 02-33-23W, SW 02-33-23W, SEC 11-33-23W. If you wish to purchase the private land & apply for the Unit transfer, contact the Lessee Ralph Ketel at PO Box 250, Pine River MB R0L 1M0. If you wish to comment on or object to the eligibility of this Unit transfer, write the Director, MAFRD, Agricultural Crown Lands, PO Box 1286, Minnedosa MB R0J 1E0; or Fax:(204)867-6578.

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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.

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