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COOL decision down to the fine points An arbitration panel heard widely different interpretations of how much damage was done

By Alex Binkley Co-operator contributor

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anada has made its final pitch to a Wo r l d Tr a d e Organization panel on the billions of dollars of damage beef and pork producers say they have suffered due to the U.S. countryof-origin labelling (COOL) program.

Now it awaits a decision on what level of retaliatory tariffs it can impose on imports of American food and consumer goods.

The presentation from Canadian representatives and a counter-argument from the U.S. were heard in Geneva Sept. 14. The next step will be written questions to the two countries from the WTO panel studying the dispute. A final decision could come

by Nov. 27.

Winnipeg-based pumpkin grower 13-year-old Milan Lukes is eagerly awaiting the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth Weigh-Off on October 3 to find out if he’s got a winning entry this year. This is his third year growing giant pumpkins. PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON

Pumpkin growers ready to vie for 2015 heavyweight title

See COOL on page 6 »

Self-professed pumpkin-growing addicts will converge on Roland Oct. 3 to find out who will be this year’s heavyweight champion

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff / Winnipeg and Roland

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ilan Lukes has crawled inside the pumpkins he grows.

He fits in the cavity because he’s only 13 years old. He dug into them last year and in 2013 to collect seed.

“There’s room for people my size in them, which is cool,” says the teen from St. Norbert who is growing pumpkins

again this year in his parents’ backyard.

These ones are even bigger than the ones he’s grown before. He’ll find out precisely what they weigh when he enters the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth Weigh-Off at Roland’s Pumpkin Fair Saturday, Oct. 3.

“I was interested when I was really young, maybe six,” says Lukes, whose pumpkin-growing know-how is matched only by his exuberance.

He decided to start growing giants after visiting the Roland Pumpkin Fair in 2012.

“I really got serious about growing the giants after I went with my mom and I saw the winning pumpkin.” (It was 1,242.5 pounds.) “Since then I wanted to give it a shot.”

He went home, read everything he could find, built mini-greenhouses and equipped them with heaters.

Seed bought via the Internet in 2013 produced a big one

— a 519-pounder — but that wasn’t nearly as big as last year’s. It weighed 1,020.6 lbs.

Lukes says he’s eagerly awaiting the weigh-off Oct. 3. “Obviously, every year I’m hoping I have a winner,” he says. “At this point anything can happen.”

October 3 is when giant pumpkin growers from all over the region will roll into Roland to find out who is See PUMPKINS on page 6 »

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

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Big plates lead to more ‘waist’

Breaking new ground A new consortium is exploring sustainable beef and grassland management

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Should super-size deals be banned?

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CROPS Autumn weed control It’s a good time to pick on perennials

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FEATURE Beware of blight Late blight has started showing up in Manitoba potato fields

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CROSSROADS Good Food Box Brandon residents act to ensure better access to good food

et another report is pointing to bigger plates, larger portions and super-size deals as a major cause of rising levels of obesity.

This research, carried out by the University of Cambridge suggests that eliminating larger-size portions from the diet completely could reduce energy intake by up to 16 per cent among U.K. adults or 29 per cent among U.S. adults.

Researchers at the Behaviour and Health Research Unit combined results from 61 highquality studies, capturing data from 6,711 participants, to investigate the influence of portion, package and tableware size on food consumption.

The data showed that people consistently consume more food and drink when offered largersize portions, packages or tableware than when offered smaller-size versions.

“There has also been a tendency to portray personal characteristics like being overweight or a lack of self-control as the main reason people overeat,” said Dr. Gareth Hollands from the Behaviour and Health Research Unit, who co-led the review.

“In fact, the situation is far more complex. Our findings highlight the important role of environmental influences on food consumption. Helping people to avoid ‘overserving’ themselves or others with larger portions of food or drink by reducing their size, availability and appeal in shops, restaurants and in the home, is likely to be a good way of helping lots of people to reduce their risk of overeating.”

The researchers say actions could be taken to reduce the size, availability or appeal of largersize portions, packages and tableware. But mak-

Too much cheap food is a classic First-World problem. photo: thinkstock

ing smaller portion sizes a reality is likely to require regulation or legislation.

One potential action includes restricting pricing practices whereby larger portion and package sizes cost less in relative (and sometimes absolute) monetary terms than smaller sizes and thus offer greater value for money to consumers; and restricting price promotions on larger portion and package sizes.

“At the moment, it is all too easy — and often better value for money — for us to eat or drink too much,” said Ian Shemilt, who co-led the review. “The evidence is compelling now that actions that reduce the size, availability and appeal of large servings can make a difference to the amounts people eat and drink.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

Open Farm Day a success Warm weather and sunny skies drew droves of urbanites to Manitoba farms

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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ravel roads and farm lanes were packed with vehicles last Sunday, as Open Farm Day brought out what might be a record number of visitors in its sixth year.

Just south of Winnipeg, Aurora Farm was literally crawling with visitors of all ages, eager for the opportunity to feed a goat, touch a chicken or learn exactly how apiarists wrangle honey from their bees.

“This is the first time I’ve ever even heard that word, apiarist, so I guess this is a remedial thing for me,” said a laughing Beth Miller, who visited along with her parents. One-time farmers themselves, she said it was a trip down memory lane for the retirees.

For Alison August and her family, visiting the farm has become a yearly event that their daughter Juliette looks forward too.

“She rides the horses and can feed the alpacas, it’s kind of nice for some city-slicker who doesn’t really get this opportunity very often to check it out,” said August. “It has everything and you can interact with the animals.”

Young helpers like Winter Derange and Maeve Partyka were excited to show people around, and let people know what caring for an animal takes.

“I came here for a camp one time and it was just so amazing, I really, really love it here,” said Partyka.

Nearly 40 farms participated this year, including mixed operations like Aurora Farm, vegetable farms, orchards, dairy farms, bison operations and ranches.

T h e Mo l i n s k i f a m i l y o f Winnipeg started their Open Farm Day near New Bothwell at Newest Poultry Farms Inc., although it turned out their young sons Milo and Ethan were a little unsure about touching the baby chicks there.

“I don’t think they know what to make of them,” said Michelle Molinski, who valiantly attempted to reassure her sons, even after one chick relieved itself in her outstretched hands.

“I think they are bigger fans of the inflatable bird than the real ones,” she said.

Winter Derange (r) and Maeve Partyka (l) show off goats to visitors at Aurora Farm. Nearly 40 farms participated in the annual event, which is in its sixth year.

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“I think days like this are really important, to get and actually go on a farm.”

Dusty Molinski

Dad Dusty Molinski said it was important that kids have the opportunity to see where their food comes from, adding that the family no longer had any direct connections to agriculture.

“In the past we did have an uncle who was a beef producer, but he’s not in that business anymore, so usually we don’t have an opportunity to go visit farms,” he said. “So I think days like this are really important to get and actually go on a farm.”

Visitors to the poultry operation weren’t allowed to enter any barns, but were able to observe some broiler chickens through a tinted observation window after donning protective footwear.

Farm owner and operator Jake Wiebe said he was motivated to

participate in the province-wide event because of “misperceptions in the industry.”

“We think we have a goodnews story to tell about good nutritious local chicken, so that’s what drives us,” he said.

“We try to address the issues of antibiotics in feed and animal care, those are probably two key issues. And the window of course kind of speaks for itself, people can look in.”

He said adding the observation window also resolved any biosecurity issues.

While the final numbers for the day have yet to be tallied, Manitoba’s minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development said it looks like this year is on track to surpass the last.

“We’ve seen increasing numbers of participants and an increasing number of farms taking part,” said Ron Kostyshyn.

“From what we’re hearing it was a very large turnout… the Farm and Food Discovery Centre alone reported over 500 people visited.”

Last year about 8,000 people took part in the event. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

Milo and Ethan Molinski visited Newest Poultry Farms as part of Open Farm Day last Sunday, but weren’t keen on the little chicks, despite the efforts of their dad Dusty and mom Michelle.

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Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Research Manager will be required to plan and manage the overall field research program. Responsible for the communication of the research results to the industry.

Qualifications: Applicants must have a practical knowledge of agriculture and forage seed production, good communication skills both written and oral, be an organized and proven team builder. Experience with research plot management as well as field scale research and production. Degree or diploma in Agriculture and practical farm experience would be a definite asset.

Applications in the form of a resume with salary expectation should be sent to: Manitoba Forage Seed Association Research Manager Application Box 2000 Arborg, MB R0C 0A0 Phone: 204-376-3309 or Fax: 204-376-3311 Email: mfsa@forageseed.net Deadline for applications: October 16, 2015 Aurora Farm was one of 40 that opened its doors to the public last Sunday as part of Open Farm Day.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

OPINION/EDITORIAL

Let’s face it

I Laura Rance Editor

t was a hot, humid day near Saskatoon last summer when I noticed a man helping out at the ticket booth at the inaugural Ag in Motion outdoor farm show.

This man was sporting a big, bushy white beard and wearing bib overalls, thrusting his hands deep into those pockets as he rocked back and forth on his heels. He matched the stereotype of the “dusty ol’ farmer” Murray McLaughlin made famous in his 1970s ballad.

I’m not proud of this, but I thought

“redneck.”

That image changed for me when he weighed in on a conversation about the number of newcomers from different parts of the world making their way to Canada.

“All of us came from someplace,” he said, noting his grandparents immigrated from Sweden as homesteaders.

I have to admit, I didn’t expect to hear someone who looked like him, say something like that, especially given the tone of the conversation taking place.

But his observation is one that bears repeating.

Perhaps it should even become the rallying cry for rural renewal in Canada in light of a newly released report about the declining state of our rural culture.

“The State of Rural Canada” was produced by Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF) and the Rural Policy Learning Commons, an international network funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

It is a disturbing cross-country snapshot of current trends.

One of its main conclusions is that rural Canada is running out of people as a result of government neglect of rural issues, crumbling infrastructure, the pressures of globalization, the continued exodus of young people in search of better opportunities and an aging population left behind.

“Fundamentally, we have forgotten how to reinvest in rural and small-town places, preferring instead to simply run down the capital invested by previous generations,” the report says.

But the report also offers an insightful and more hopeful glimpse of what could be its future.

It cites innovative thinking demonstrated by small towns trying to survive in the face of constrained resources, the economic and environmental importance of rural spaces, strong social networks, and diversity.

It notes the saying, if you know one rural community — you know one rural community. “There is no single rural Canada, only the many manifestations of rural Canada and this makes rural policy development incredibly challenging.”

While historically, policy that was good for agriculture was also good for the rural economy, that correlation has diminished as the number of people employed in primary agriculture has declined.

The replacement rate of workers in non-metro Canada fell below 100 per cent in 2008. In metro Canada, it dropped below 100 per cent in 2013. That means an increasingly intense competition for labour at a time when rural Canada’s ability to compete is sagging.

Rural areas are also lagging in education and skills, with higher high school dropout rates and a lower average level of education. “Among the 34 OECD (Organization for Economic and Co-operative Development) countries Canada has the largest and hence, worst rural-urban gap with respect to levels of education in the workforce.”

The report suggests economic development may stem from working more closely with First Nations communities and working harder to attract new immigrants to rural areas.

“If rural Canada is to develop vibrant communities and economies then it must enhance its existing human capital, which means welcoming newcomers,” the report said.

That point is especially poignant at a time when the nightly news is filled with images of desperate people displaced by the atrocities of war, fleeing to countries that are already crowded and increasingly hostile.

Homesteading on the Canadian Prairies began two centuries ago with the arrival of the Selkirk settlers, also members of a displaced people. The people who already lived here were charitable.

That didn’t work out so well for them in the end, and that perhaps explains why many of us are reluctant to extend a similar welcome now.

Amidst all of the complexities involved with supporting Canada’s First Nations as they build healthy communities and all of the complications involved with resettling displaced people — it is our own fear, suspicion, and misinformed assumptions that present the biggest hurdles.

These are people who will invest in their new communities.

They buy businesses and fill houses that would otherwise remain vacant. They pay taxes. Their kids go to school, making it possible to improve the overall quality of education.

Perhaps the single, most important investment we can make in our rural communities is on a welcome mat. Our future depends on it. laura@fbcpublishing.com

It’s time to stop debating food versus fuel Farmers can sustainably, and affordably, meet the growing demand for both CARL R. WOESE INSTITUTE FOR GENOMIC BIOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

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ome say growing more biofuel crops today will decrease greenhouse gas emissions, but will make it harder to produce food tomorrow.

In a recent article, published by the National Academy of Engineering, University of Illinois’ Gutgsell Endowed Chair of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences Steve Long and University of California’s Philomathia Professor of Alternative Energy Chris Somerville predict farmers can sustainably, and affordably, meet humanity’s growing demand for food and fuel.

“It is not possible to control which fields are affected by climate change, but we can decide which fields could produce biofuels without impacting food production, and which crops will benefit the environment most,” said Long.

Biofuel crops capture and store carbon dioxide from the air, lowering greenhouse gases (GHG). This is especially true of the perennial biofuel crops, such as Miscanthus and prairie cordgrass. Biofuels also reduce GHG emissions from cars.

Not all biofuel is created equal Corn ethanol produces 34 to 44 per cent less GHG emissions than gasoline. Sugar cane ethanol reduces GHG emissions by more than 50 per cent; some estimate it reduces GHG by as much as 82 per cent.

Cellulosic ethanol, when combined with car-

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bon capture and storage, may be a carbon-neutral source of fuel with no net GHG emissions.

Cellulosics also convert more sunlight energy into biomass energy per unit land area than food crops. Their deep, soil-binding root systems preserve precious topsoil and recycle nutrients, requiring little or no additional fertilizer. And because they don’t have to be replanted each year, perennial feedstocks have an even smaller carbon footprint than annual crops.

Long and Somerville predict that over time acreage devoted to sugar cane and cellulosic biofuels will increase while corn — which has relatively fewer GHG benefits — will be grown almost exclusively for food and livestock feed.

Turn idle acres into fuel sources Over the past 25 years, six million hectares of U.S. land dropped out of crop production due to federal conservation reserve programs and farmers abandoning marginal land that is not profitable for food crops. Cellulosic feedstocks thrive on this marginal land, including infertile land in the south as well as semi-desert and salty soils.

Miscanthus giganteus, a promising cellulosic feedstock, showed no significant difference in yield when grown on high-quality or marginal land in Illinois. In England, it was grown for 14 years without fertilizer without any evidence of yield loss.

“We cannot afford to ignore the effects of GHG emissions on our climate,” said Long.

“Failing to allocate acreage to produce these sustainable fuels will cost us much more in the long run. But to fully realize the potential of bioenergy, we need support for continued technical improvements, together with effective and enabling policies. Planned in an informed way we can have both food and fuel from plants.”

September 1898

he XXRays Gang Plow advertised in the September 1898 issue of the Nor-West Farmer was said to penetrate “anything plowable, and draws 50 to 75 pounds lighter than other plows doing the same work.” The lifting spring was so powerful that “a 12 years old boy can easily operate it.”

Among other machinery mentioned in that issue was the Conroy’s combined harvester and thresher. “It consists of a cutting table and an elevator, which passes the grain into a small threshing machine, which threshes, cleans the grain, and bags it.” The unit was said to have been in operation on the farm of Mayor Evans of Brandon for the past three years, and there was a photo of it pulled by a six-horse team. In a testimonial to Mr. Conroy, Mayor Evans praised the unit highly, and said “at no distant date it will take the place of the binder and thresher now in use in Manitoba.”

Among the questions in the correspondence section were whether stone was a good material for a granary, the best design for an ice house, the cause for the death of five pigs (an overdose of salt was suggested) and the best method for keeping mice out of stacks of oat sheaves.

In the “we haven’t heard the last of this” department, there was a brief note on “The Crow’s Nest Railway deal,” which called for certain reductions in the freight rates in return for concessions granted to the company by the government. It would reduce the rate in grain and flour by 1-1/2 cents per 100 pounds on shipments to Fort William.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Time to talk farm issues this election: let’s start with grain movement Efforts to fix the grain transportation situation over the past 30 years haven’t yielded many gains for farmers

BY DAN MAZIER

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very day I tune into the election news, hoping for some mention of agriculture, the issues we in the industry are facing, and proposed solutions. And every day I’m disappointed.

But I remain optimistic because surely the parties and the candidates will realize at some point that agriculture is a major economic driver, creating one in eight jobs and contributing over $100 billion to the Canadian economy — and it cannot be ignored.

If they’re short on ideas about how to engage the farm vote, how about starting with Canada’s grain transportation system? It’s been broken for such a very long time now, and efforts over the past 30 years to fix it have yielded little for farmers.

Deregulation was supposed to have resulted in better, more innovative rail transportation services, but in reality it’s meant branch line abandonment, a drastic decrease in the number of delivery points, and increased costs for hauling grain to these points.

On the other hand, deregulation has allowed the railways to reduce expenses, reduce ser vices and increase profits.

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Singling out farmers unfair The article “Considering the true cost of agriculture production systems” in the Sept. 17 issue raises the question, what is the true cost of gasoline, coal or natural gas if these are extracted from the earth? In fact, what is the true cost of gold found free in the ore of a mine?

Why are farmers singled out for the negative externalities they build up in watering almonds and other farm products? Surely externalities like free oil, coal or other earth-producing products ought to be costed along with the other expenses involved in extracting these products from the earth.

Maybe it is unfair to finger farmers in these negative externalities. Surely other corporations and individuals ought to pay the full cost of their exploitation of the earth.

In addition, the economics are confused if one producer gets goods from nature for free while another must pay.

Surely in the interest of correct cost accounting, all producers of natural products, be it water or oil, ought to pay the full cost of their production.

Barry Hammond Winnipeg, Man.

The issue has been and still is a lack of competition, and that means the railways have cart blanche to do whatever they want. This was apparent in the fall of 2013, where at one point, only 27 per cent of cars were delivered to elevators on time — and that was to haul a record-breaking bumper crop.

Farmers lost billions that year because of backlogs at the local elevators that caused basis points to skyrocket. And the sad part is, not much in the way of rail service has changed. Last year, according to the Ag Transport Coalition, a group working for improved rail service, CN delivered on average 62 per cent of cars on time, while CP averaged 36 per cent.

It’s ridiculous to think about anyone running a business in this manner — until you remember that the railways have a monopoly. Farm groups have been decrying this monopoly for years, and the federal government finally took action last year.

First, the government ordered the railways to each move 500,000 tonnes of grain per week, or face $100,000 fines. This was followed by a review of the Canada Transportation Act (CTA) that is still ongoing, with a final report due in December.

I cannot stress enough the impor-

tance of this review. It is paramount to improving grain shipping — the best hope we’ve had in a long time.

I sat on the Crop Logistics Working Group with other key stakeholders from across the country — including producers, shippers and processors — to develop a submission for the review. It’s a testament to the gravity of the situation that so many organizations came together at the same table, some which have traditionally been at odds with each other, in the hopes of fixing the system.

In addition, many of these groups — including Keystone Agricultural Producers — made individual submissions, and it appears that essentially most agree what the elements of the fix must be.

They include creating railway accountability and transparency relating to service, giving the Canadian Transportation Agency increased power to monitor railway service and enforce service agreements, improving shippers’ rights in service agreements, and improving small shippers’ access to rail service.

I also sat on the subcommittee of the Crops Logistics Working Group that looked into the maximum revenue entitlement mechanism that prevents the railways from overcharging farmers to move their grain. The

railways would like, obviously, to get rid of this mechanism, but our group found that it really does work the way it’s supposed to.

The first positive steps have been taken with the CTA review, and now we need buy-in and a commitment from each political party that if elected, that party will not allow the review recommendations to sit on the shelf. This is an opportunity to finally repair our broken grain transportation system, and move it forward.

If they still don’t think it’s important, I point to the fact that new and expanded trade agreements require moving more and more farm goods and other Canadian products to export markets. What’s the good of a trade agreement if we can’t get our products to market? In essence, we’re putting the cart before the horse.

Ever the eternal optimist, I will continue to scan the news in the hope that some politician or candidate out there thinks farm issues are important — starting with a promise to act upon the recommendations of the Canada Transportation Act review. If not, the door remains open for more heavy losses for farmers.

Dan Mazier is president of Keystone Agriculture Producers. He produces grains and oilseeds near Justice, Man.

Diversity and resilience versus more corn and soybeans

The trend towards less diversity isn’t new but the pace is speeding up

By Alan Guebert

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y car, Quebec City, Quebec, is 1,840 miles from Bismarck, N.D. I know because in the last two months I have seen every mile of highway between North Dakota’s state capital on the Missouri to Quebec’s provincial capital on the St. Lawrence.

Interestingly, as you drive west to east across arguably some of the New World’s richest farm ground, cultural ties to the Old World go in the opposite direction: from North Dakota’s Russian heritage to Quebec’s devotion to France.

One feature that never seems to change across the nearly 2,000 miles, however, is the crop mix. Outside of driving through major cities like Minneapolis, Chicago, Toronto, and Montreal, you are never more than a few miles from endless acres of corn and soybeans.

In this vast corn-soya sea, of course, there are islands of spring wheat in North Dakota, sugar beets in the Red River Valley, and alfalfa in Wisconsin. These areas, however, are small and getting smaller. For example, durum wheat acres in North Dakota have plunged from 3.3 million in 2000 to an estimated 1.1 million in 2015.

The trend toward less diversity isn’t new; the speed at which it is happening in the U.S. is, however, according to just-published research by Kansas

State University, North Dakota State University, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

This “shifting to lower rather than to higher crop diversity,” notes the research, “… could have far-reaching consequences for provision of ecosystem services… as well as food system sustainability.”

The scientists who put the report together found their evidence in USDA’s every-five-years Ag Census.

Beginning with the 1978 census, the team examined regional crop acreage across the U.S. through the 2012 census. The study was the first ever to “quantify crop species diversity.”

What it found was less diversity in America’s key farming areas, especially the Midwest. For example, this area “… which is home to 22 per cent of U.S. farms” and 23 per cent of all U.S. farm production, “had the lowest crop diversity” of all American regions.

By contrast, the region we think of as never changing, the Mississippi River Delta — where cotton has been king since America had a king — has seen “significantly higher crop diversity in 2012 than 1978.”

The reasons behind these opposing changes are many and varied.

Two key factors are huge swings in U.S. ag policy and breakthrough crop technology, especially the rise of genetically modified seeds. A new, fast-growing reason, however, is potentially catastrophic, climate change.

When coupled, these seemingly

small changes have brought massive change in cropping patterns.

For example, 1978 planted wheat acres totalled 62.5 million; last year’s harvested acres were 46.4 million. In 1979, the U.S. grew 14 million acres of cotton; last year it grew 11 million.

In 1979, U.S. farmers planted record soybean acres, 71.1 million; this year they again planted a record amount, 85.1 million acres. Corn acres ballooned from 81.6 million in 1978 to 90 million this year.

This “homogenization” toward corn and soybeans — and away from wheat, cotton, and the lesser feed grains — note the researchers, limits the benefits of “diversity,” or how “crops in an area could possibly work together to resist, address and adjust to potential widespread crop failures, including natural problems such as pests and diseases, weed pressures, droughts and flood events.”

And that’s a grave mistake because, “Just like in the natural landscape, areas with high diversity tend to be more resilient to external pressures than are areas with low diversity.”

We know this; in fact, we’ve always known it because every farmer’s family tree includes the same mother, Mother Nature, who remains diverse, resilient, and forever in charge. We seem, however, determined to forget it so we can learn it all over again.

The Farm and Food File is published weekly through the U.S. and Canada. www.farmandfoodfile.com.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

FROM PAGE ONE PUMPKINS Continued from page 1

named the heavyweight champion. Roland has been one of just three western Canadian sites for a GPC weigh-off since 1995 and celebrates its 25th anniversary as a pumpkin fair this year.

It all began as a tribute to a local farmer and giant grower, the late Edgar Van Wyck, who put his town on the map with a world-record-breaking pumpkin in the mid-1970s, spurring local interest in growing the giants.

The weigh-off is lively entertainment for spectators, but a nail-biter for the two dozen or so growers who enter.

Henry Banman of Schanzenfeld earned the alltime-high Manitoba record with a 1,379.5-pounder in 2011 and he placed first in the competition for three years afterward. Minnesota grower Charlie Bernstrom’s 1,297.2-pounder snatched away his winning streak in 2014.

“It’s really inspiring just to talk and share information, because there’s not a lot of people you can actually talk about giant pumpkins with.”

Roland giant pumpkin grower and pumpkin fair chair Arthur Cameron says giant pumpkin growing is one of those hobbies that can easily get addictive. PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON

Milan Lukes

Cutthroat competitiveness is set aside all the rest of the year, though. That’s when growers hold seminars and patch tours, swapping advice in hopes of figuring out how to push out even bigger pumpkins. Banman and other growers have shared seeds and advice with Lukes and the young pumpkin grower has really appreciated the mentoring from his older colleagues.

“It is a big deal to me,” adds

Lukes. “It’s really inspiring just to talk and share information, because there’s not a lot of people you can actually talk about giant pumpkins with.”

That’s because growing giant pumpkins is one of those hobbies that will either completely absorb you, or you’ll just give up fairly quickly, says Roland farmer Art Cameron, chair of the Roland Pumpkin Fair and a grower himself. His best was a 1,004.5-pounder that earned him fourth place in 2013. He keeps on trying, says Cameron.

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200-lb. pumpkin one year, often then you’re just addicted to it.

You want to try and grow a bigger one the next year.”

Cameron recalls Manitoba growers once saying they’d never get over 1,000 lbs. Now they regularly do.

Roland’s annual fair easily attracts that many visitors too.

There’s always standing-room only in the village arena when the weigh-off begins, with spectators craning to see the massive pumpkins hoisted onto the scales. They “ooh” and “aah” as the weights of the obese oddities are announced. Later, peo-

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The Canadian presentation “relied on facts, rather than the Americans’ hypotheses and assumptions which attempted to trivialize the enormous harm COOL has imposed on Canada’s livestock industry,” said Rick Bergmann, chair of the Canadian Pork Council.

Almost six years have passed since Canada first protested COOL to the WTO as a violation of international trade rules that burdened its producers with $3 billion a year in lower prices and extra costs, said Bergmann, who farms near Steinbach, Man. “The WTO has ruled four times that COOL is discriminatory. The United States needs to deal now with fixing the faulty legislation before allowing steep tariffs to be imposed on a wide swath of its exports to Canada.”

John Maswohl, vice-president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, said the Ca-

ple take selfies and photos of their kids beside them.

First place wins a cash prize worth $1,500 supplied by local businesses, but it’s the prestige as much as the prize money that attracts growers, adds Cameron.

“It’s the same as entering a calf in a 4-H show, or a horse,” he said.

The Great Pumpkin Commonwealth is an international group with members all across Canada and the U.S., as well as Europe, Australia and New Zealand. In 2015, there will be 106 weigh-offs around the

world. The world record is currently held by a Swiss grower who produced a 2,323.7-lb. pumpkin in 2014.

Can we do that here some day? Cameron chuckles at the thought. “Not in my lifetime, I don’t think,” he says.

But pumpkin growers will keep trying. Maybe Lukes will find a way.

“It’s really interesting to me because it’s fascinating how quickly they grow,” says the teen. “It’s just a neat experience taking care of a plant.”

nadian presentation “including the outside economist who prepared our analysis, did an outstanding job and we continue to feel very confident and positive about our numbers.”

There is no appeal to the WTO’s final decision, he noted.

“Once it comes, it will be up to Canada to act on retaliation unless the U.S. has taken legislative action on COOL that would cause us to decide we no longer need to retaliate.”

The office of the United States Trade Representative has claimed that COOL has only cost Canadian producers about US$43.2 million a year.

It says Canada made fundamental legal errors and numerous flaws and erroneous assumptions in developing its damage claims.

“The chief economist for the United States Department of Agriculture has stated that COOL is costing the American industry alone some US$2.6 billion annually,” said Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz.

“Canada is confident in our assessment that COOL is causing more than $3 billion in annual damages to the Canadian cattle and hog industry.”

Ritz has repeatedly urged the U.S. to repeal COOL to avoid the retaliatory duties. A handful of senators blocked a motion approved by the House of Representatives to do that. Instead they offered a modified plan, which Canada had dismissed as irrelevant and misleading.

Bergmann said the costs of complying with COOL “are so onerous for the U.S. food distribution system that the number of U.S. plants willing to purchase Canadian-born pigs fell from over 25 prior to mandatory COOL to just a handful today.”

The Canadian duty list will include beef, pork, apples, rice, corn, maple syrup, wine, jewelry, wooden furniture and mattresses. Ritz says Canada will aim its tariffs to goods coming from states whose Senators opposed ending COOL.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

Manitoba Food Processors rolls out new organic and local logo The initiative is aimed at generating more value-added organic production

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

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he Manitoba organic community kicked off National Organic Week launching a new logo to help food shoppers more easily identify organically and locally grown Manitoba foods.

The Manitoba Food Processors’ Association (MFPA) rolled out its new Manitoba Organic brand in Winnipeg last weekend.

The logo will be very similar to the association’s own Manitoba Made, which identifies a product as locally produced.

The new organic logo will help MFPA members producing certified organic products to identify them as both locally and organically produced, said MFPA executive director Dave Shambrock.

“We’re really excited about it,” he said.

“Hopefully what it will do is create more

“The whole point of this sales opportunities for new logo is to allow Manitoba organic shoppers to recognize producers and Ma n i t o b a o r g a n i c manufacturers and product rather than processors and just a national make it easier for or international consumers to product in the identify those store,” she said. products in the B.C.’s launch of stores. an organic logo in L a u r a the 1990s as a clear Telford, Manitoba i d e n t i f i e r o f B. C . Agriculture, grown organic food is Food and Rural widely seen as contributDevelopment’s organic ing to the healthy growth specialist, said the organic industry in Manitoba PHOTO: Manitoba Food Processors Association of the sector in that province, she said. approached the MFPA Manitoba has about 60 organic this spring after talking over the idea with its members at the Manitoba Organic processors and food handlers, but most at this time only minimally process Alliance annual meeting.

Manitoba consumers would buy their products, she said.

The goal with an recognizable organic more locally produced organic food if they could more easily distinguish brand is to be able to grow the marit from imports in grocery stores, said ket and help spur more value-added production in the organic sector. Right Telford.

now, much of this province’s organic production has been in grains and grain exports, said Telford.

“We’d really like to see producers keep more of that value at home. And that’s done by creating a local market for value-added foods,” she said. “This logo is a first step.”

Globally, annual sales of organic products are worth US$72 billion, while domestically, these sales are worth $4 billion. Some reports say up to 70 per cent of organic food products are imported.

Meanwhile, demand for organic food by Canadians has risen 170 per cent since 2002. According to the Canada Organic Trade Association 58 per cent of Canadians now report buying some organic food products weekly.

National Organic Week Sept. 19 to 27 has been celebrated by the Canadian organic industry since 2010. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

Rural Canada is in a state of neglect, report says Federal policy vacuum resulting in erosion of rural communities in Canada

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

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“Government policy has to create what I would call enabling conditions for communities... to mobilize their resources and assets.”

Al Lauzon Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation president

Sectors driving this provLauzon. That does, however, require more work on rural ince’s r ural economy have shifted from primary agriculcommunities’ part too. “ They need to overcome ture to wholesale and retail, w h a t I w o u l d d e s c r i b e a s manufacturing, health care, regional animosity between and natural resource developcommunities, and find ways ment, the report says.

The report makes sevo f w o r k i n g t o g e t h e r,” h e eral key recommendations added.

The report provides detailed including developing a new s n a p s h o t s o f i n d i v i d u a l and robust vision for rural p rov i n c i a l c h a l l e n g e s a n d Canada, increasing engagement by all rural Canadians priorities.

Manitoba’s challenges, for themselves in the planning example, include its uneven an d re investm ent of t heir population growth, an aging regions, and creation of a new population and workforce, relationship with Aboriginal communities. and essential services at risk B:8.125” In rural regions, partnerin places where populations T:8.125” ships between municipalities are dropping.

and Aboriginal communities can only increase opportunities in community development that will benefit from the involvement of a wide range of stakeholders, the report says.

An accompanying document, released Sept. 17 along with State of Rural Canada, includes questions Canadians who care about rural Canada are urged to ask federal leaders vying to form the next federal government, including, ‘what is your party’s perception of and vision for rural and Northern Canada?’ and, ‘how does your party plan to support sustainable rural development?’

“The authors in this report make it clear that there is nothing inevitable about rural decline. Where it is occurring, it is largely intentional by virtue of what we choose to do or not to do in our policy decision-making,” the report says. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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The State of Rural Canada 2015, details the multiple and serious challenges facing rural regions including depopulation, aging infrastructure, lack of access to health care and education, and centralized decision-making.

These represent nothing less than the erosion of the foundation of both Canadian society and economy, the 103page report, produced by the Canadian Rural Revitalization Fo u n d a t i o n ( C R R F ) a n d t h e Ru ra l Po l i c y L e a r n i n g Commons, an international network funded by the Social S c i e n c e s a n d Hu m a n i t i e s Research Council of Canada, says.

It’s a first-of-its-kind report intended to put the needs and issues of rural Canada in front of federal leaders with recommendations for advancing rural development across the entire country, says CRRF president Al Lauzon, a professor of rural development and environmental design at University of Guelph.

“I think rural is sometimes s e e n a s i r r e l e v a n t ,” s a i d Lauzon.

Rural Canada has increasingly taken a ‘back seat’ in federal policy development, and is viewed by policy-makers more as a series of sectors such as agriculture and forestry, he said.

Yet, this increasing focus on sectoral policy for key industries has led to the loss of capacity for understanding rural Canada. Fundamentally, we have lost a vision for rural Canada, he said, adding that policy-makers now also tend to have an urban bias, further clouding their ability to understand the interdependent needs and issues of rural Canadians.

The 2013 decision by the federal government to shut down the Rural Secretariat was a pivotal moment, revealing how senior governments have come to view non-urban areas, Lauzon said.

“It rea ll y speaks to how the government of the day w a s l o o k i n g a t r u ra l ,” h e said. “ They’ve lost what I

would describe as a means to develop ground intelligence about what’s going on in rural communities.”

The elimination of the longform mandatory census has been another blow to rural communities and organizations, reducing the data needed to inform decisionmaking and policy, the report says.

The report finds that rural Canada faces a mix of demographic, economic and social challenges including an aging population and a need to provide new development opportunities for younger workers.

And while it has proven itself to be highly innovative, drawing on strong social ties, and doing more with less, it cannot continue to pursue community and economic development without supports.

“Government policy has to create what I would call enabling conditions for communities... to mobilize their resources and assets,” said

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

LIVESTOCK MARKETS

(Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg September 18, 2015 Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 123.00 - 130.00 D3 Cows 117.00 - 123.00 Bulls 164.00 - 171.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.)

210.00 - 265.00 (801-900 lbs.)

245.00 - 272.00 (701-800 lbs.)

260.00 - 292.00 (601-700 lbs.)

280.00 - 317.00 (501-600 lbs.)

300.00 - 345.00 (401-500 lbs.)

340.00 - 388.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

200.00 - 237.00 (801-900 lbs.)

215.00 - 248.00 (701-800 lbs.)

230.00 - 262.00 (601-700 lbs.)

240.00 - 278.00 (501-600 lbs.)

255.00 - 307.00 (401-500 lbs.)

275.00 - 330.00

Heifers

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

(850+ lbs.)

Alberta South — — 125.00 - 144.00 110.00 - 130.00 166.00 - 166.00 $ 241.00 - 259.00 255.00 - 273.00 267.00 - 288.00 284.00 - 305.00 300.00 - 326.00 330.00 - 370.00 $ 229.00 - 241.00 239.00 - 255.00 249.00 - 268.00 266.00 - 283.00 284.00 - 302.00 300.00 - 337.00

Ontario $ 163.49 - 184.35 159.06 - 185.93 87.99 - 120.61 87.99 - 120.61 140.18 - 163.40 $ 217.38 - 268.32 249.48 - 274.00 239.64 - 301.18 221.57 - 320.26 244.16 - 342.65 299.11 - 376.85 $ 190.97 - 219.69 208.70 - 251.44 227.95 - 266.87 220.74 - 284.30 252.69 - 307.27 276.64 - 345.76

$

(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 (September 18, 2015) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change October 2015 136.85 -6.10 December 2015 139.33 -5.38 February 2016 140.05 -4.85 April 2016 139.00 -4.63 June 2016 130.85 -4.70 August 2016 129.48 -4.78

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

Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

Close 193.20 187.80 186.03 180.80 179.33 179.80

Change -10.75 -10.70 -9.85 -9.30 -8.95 -8.75

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending Previous September 12, 2015 Year­ 45,622 48,356 10,221 10,532 35,401 37,824 N/A N/A 501,000 589,000

Week Ending September 12, 2015 634 24,115 13,639 714 903 5,009 180

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 653 25,663 20,180 1,051 1,011 5,685 266

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 176 E 164 E 169.96 174.95

Futures (September 18, 2015) in U.S. Hogs October 2015 December 2015 February 2016 April 2016 May 2016

Last Week 177.97 165.15 176.22 181.80

Last Year (Index 100) 224.40 207.04 207.44 208.35

Close 70.58 64.35 68.70 72.43 77.15

Change 2.03 0.80 1.10 1.18 0.95

Other Market Prices Sheep and Lambs $/cwt Ewes Lambs

$1 Cdn: $0.7606 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.3147 Cdn.

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

EXCHANGES: SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Fall calves’ arrival at markets still weeks away Healthy pastures are delaying other animals’ arrivals

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he Manitoba cattle market shows signs of waking up from its extended summer lull, with volumes increasing for the week ended Sept. 18. However, by all accounts, it will be at least a few weeks until the market hits a bull run.

Roughly 3,660 animals made their way through the rings, with prices softening slightly from the week before.

Feeder steers in the 300- to 400-lb. class drew bids in the $400-per-hundredweight range while heavier-weight feeder heifers were mostly in the $230s and $240s. Ageverified cows generally traded with a significant premium over unverified cows.

“They didn’t have many calves; it was mostly yearlings this week,” said Allan Munroe of Killarney Auction Mart.

Manitoba used to “be famous” for its big January calves in September, he added.

“Guys have switched to April calving, which has dropped the number that come to town mid-September. Traditionally, a lot of those calves went east.”

Right now, though, it’s difficult to put the numbers together for a lot of shipments into Ontario, he said.

Good pasture conditions are the big reason behind the relative quietness at the auction marts, according to many participants.

In addition to putting more weight on animals, they’ve also given producers more time for other tasks, according to Munroe.

“They’re focused on getting their harvest done and getting their bales hauled in. But when they do get caught up on that sort of

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(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

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 September 20, 2015 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.965 Undergrade ........................................$1.875 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.955 Undergrade ........................................$1.855 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.955 Undergrade ........................................$1.855 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A................................................. $1.920 Undergrade..........................................$1.835 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.

Toronto 118.11 - 154.64 195.42 - 217.06 210.10 - 228.35 232.60 - 265.11 205.04 - 275.44 —

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

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work, I think it’s going to get extremely busy for all of us in this business.”

As far as market conditions go, most analysts agree the wholesale value of beef is softening in North America.

Earlier this month 20,000 cattle in Nebraska and 32,000 in Iowa sold for two to four U.S. cents less per pound than the previous week. Pressure on the live cattle futures board is also reportedly weighing on prices in the cash market.

Munroe is just one of many stakeholders watching the market warily.

“It’s going to be a tough year to outguess the market… when we start getting some volume these calf prices should level out,” he said.

Munroe doesn’t see any “crashes” coming, but expects general volatility to continue, with more up-and-down price movement a feature.

“If someone sells a 500-lb. calf for $3 a pound they might not be upset, unless they realize they were higher than that,” he said.

Munroe guessed calves will start moving within the next two to three weeks.

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

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Pork prices seen set to soften

By Dave Sims

Winnipeg Wooled Fats

“… when (producers) get caught up on (fall) work, I think it’s going to get extremely busy for all of us in this business.”

DAVE SIMS

CNS Canada

As North America’s barbecue season winds down for another year, so too goes some strength in the pork market.

For instance, cash slaughter-weight hogs in Saskatchewan, based on the Maple Leaf Signature No. 3 contract, averaged $162.55/ cwt over the week of Sept.

7, down $7.95 (4.7 per cent) per 100 kg, according to Brad Marceniuk, a provincial livestock economist in Saskatoon.

Prices, he said, will “p r o b a b l y c r e e p l ow e r over the next two months, just a function of seasonality.” Cut-out values for hogs typically dwindle in the fourth quarter, he added.

Other factors leading to the softening in prices include the rise in pig numbers south of the border. The U.S. hog supply is significantly larger in 2015 than it was a year ago, Marceniuk said.

U.S. hogs slaughtered for the shorter Labour Day week under federal inspection were pegged at just ove r t w o m i l l i o n h e a d , down 0.5 per cent from the same period in 2014.

Part of the reason for that increase may be a slowdown in exports of U.S. pork, due primarily to the strength of the U.S. dollar.

How e v e r, t h e r e w e r e some exceptions in the market: prices for feeder pigs have actually risen recently, with some futures contracts up a couple o f b u c k s, a c c o rd i n g t o Marceniuk.

“I believe the futures went up because the futures price is below the cut-out value today.”

This may indicate that hog prices could be slightly better three or four months from now than what the market currently indicates, he said.

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Toronto ($/cwt) 187.91 - 403.17 — 183.45 - 320.20

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

GRAIN MARKETS column

Manitoba Elevator Prices

StatsCan’s new models put canola harvest even higher

Average quotes as of September 17 2015 ($/tonne) Future

Basis

Net

Weekly Change

Red spring wheat

190.15

32.30

222.45

-2.30

Red winter wheat

178.96

5.35

184.31

-3.70

Prairie spring wheat

178.94

1.60

180.54

-3.38

Canola

467.68

-21.54

446.14

-9.29

The Fed’s unchanged interest rate boosted the loonie Phil-Franz Warkentin CNSC

I

CE Futures Canada canola contracts were up and down but finished last week on a soft note as harvest pressure starts to pick up and losses in outside vegetable oil markets weighed on values.

Ca n a d i a n f a r m e r s d e l i v e re d 3 4 5 , 0 0 0 tonnes of canola into the commercial pipeline during the week ended Sept. 13, according to the most recent Canadian Grain Commission data. That marked the largest weekly deliveries during the crop year to date, and should only get larger over the next month or two.

While there have been some problems, as the harvest moves forward there are also plenty of anecdotal reports of better-thanexpected yields. How the harvest all shakes out remains to be seen, but official estimates at least are rising.

Statistics Canada put out a new “modelbased” report on canola production during the week. Using a combination of satellite imagery, survey data and other climate data, the government agency pegged canola production for 2015 at 14.4 million tonnes.

That would be over a million tonnes above the 13.3 million tonnes estimated back in August using the old methodology.

Many analysts are now of the opinion that actual production may be even larger still. The larger crop, together with the rather sizable carry-out announced earlier in September, means the market may not

need to work as hard as originally thought to ration demand going forward.

While that means prices have more reason to go down than up, there are still some supportive factors out there. Improving basis levels were noted in some areas, which is a sign end-user demand is still stronger than the futures may imply. In the short term, there are also boats that need to be filled, but due to harvest delays some exporters may need to pay up to get the canola where it needs to be in a timely manner.

In the U.S., soybeans and corn were both trending lower during the week, while all three U.S. wheat markets managed to hold relatively steady.

Harvest operations are just getting started in the southern U.S., and will steadily progress northward over the next month, keeping a bearish tone over beans and corn.

U.S. growers are also planting next year’s winter wheat crop and conditions remain relatively favourable for the time being.

Aside from harvest news, another factor to watch in grains and oilseeds is swings in the international currency markets.

The U.S. Federal Reserve decided to keep its key overnight interest rate unchanged at 0.25 per cent after a meeting during the week. That decision weighed on the U.S. dollar and provided some relative strength for the Canadian currency. A weaker U.S. dollar benefits U.S. exports in the global market, while the strengthening loonie makes Canadian commodities a little less attractive.

Phil Franz-Warkentin writes for Commodity News Service Canada, a Winnipeg company specializing in grain and commodity market reporting.

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

Port Prices As of Friday, September 18, 2015 ($/tonne) Last Week

U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston

Weekly Change

n/a

n/a

233.69

5.33

Canola Thunder Bay

480.30

3.40

Canola Vancouver

504.30

3.40

U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

Closing Futures Prices

As of Monday, September 21 2015 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

ICE canola

470.30

3.40

ICE milling wheat

232.00

8.00

ICE barley

184.00

0.00

Mpls. HRS wheat

187.49

0.55

Chicago SRW wheat

176.92

1.29

Kansas City HRW wheat

176.10

0.64

Corn

149.50

2.26

Oats

150.27

-0.16

Soybeans

325.00

3.86

Soymeal

345.15

5.73

Soyoil

588.07

-6.17

Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Monday, September 21, 2015 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

215.00

0.00

Feed barley

215.00

0.00

n/a

n/a

508.24

6.69

Rye Flaxseed Feed peas

n/a

n/a

Oats

181.56

1.30

Soybeans

345.39

4.41

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

Ask

Ask

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

Ask

Ask

Western Canadian wheat bids dip slightly Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, but improved by $36 on average

BY DAVE SIMS COMMODITY NEWS SERVICE CANADA

C

ash wheat bids across Western Canada generally crop lower during the week ended September 18.

Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were up by $1 to $3 per tonne across the three Prairie provinces, according to price quotes from a crosssection of delivery points.

Bids ranged from about $221 per tonne in southern Saskatchewan, to as high as $233 per tonne in southern Alberta.

Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, but improved by $36 on average to sit at $36 above the futures when using the grain company methodology of quoting the basis as the difference between the U.S. dollar denominated futures a n d t h e Ca n a d i a n d o l l a r cash bids.

When accounting for the currency exchange rates by adjusting the Ca n a d i a n p r i c e s t o U . S . dollars ($1=US$0.7566 as of September 18) CWRS bids ranged from US$168 to US$177 per tonne. That w o u l d p u t t h e c u r re n c y adjusted basis levels at about

US$13 to US$22 below the futures.

Looking at it the other way around, if the Minneapolis f u t u re s a re c o n ve r t e d t o Canadian dollars, CWRS basis levels across Western Canada range from $17 to $29 below the futures.

Average Canada Prairie Red Spring (CPRS) bids were down $1 to $3 per tonne. CPRS prices came in at about $180 per tonne in Manitoba, $191 per tonne in Saskatchewan, and $203 per tonne in Alberta.

Soft white spring wheat prices were down by $7 per tonne on average. Pr ices ranged from $201 to $202 per tonne in Alberta.

Winter wheat prices were down by $2 to $4 per tonne.

Prices ranged from about $183 to $187 per tonne, with the best levels in Alberta.

Av e r a g e d u r u m p r i c e s increased by $2 to $4 per tonne. Average bids in southern Saskatchewan, where the bulk of the crop is grown, were down by $7 per tonne to sit at $321 per tonne.

The December spring wheat contract in Minneapolis, on which most CWRS contracts in Canada are based, was quoted at US$5.1100 per bushel on September 11, up 0.50 cents from the week prior.

The Kansas City hard

red winter wheat futures, which are now traded in Chicago, are more closely linked to CPRS in Canada.

The December Kansas City wheat contract was quoted at US$4.8225 per bushel on September 18, unchanged from the week prior.

The December Chicago Board of Trade soft wheat contract settled at US$4.8675 on September 18, which was 1.75 cents stronger compared to the week prior.

The Canadian dollar closed at 75.66 U.S. cents on September 18, which was up by a fifth of a cent relative to its U.S. counterpart compared to the previous week.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 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

Sustainable beef demonstration and research farm well underway Industry partners collaborate to establish a first-of-its-kind demonstration and research farm exploring sustainable beef production and grassland management

PHOTO: tHINKSTOCK

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff

M

anitoba beef producers will soon have a new resource in the province dedicated t o e x p l o r i n g b e e f a n d g ra s s l a n d management.

“We want to keep the work done in this initiative ahead of the curve, break new ground and try new practices on behalf of farmers,” said Glenn Friesen, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD) project manager. “We want to try new ideas so that our farmers will know what does and doesn’t work here before they spend the money to try it out on their own farms.”

The project was announced earlier this year at the Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) annual general meeting, where the federal and provincial governments pledged $3.1 million over three years through the Growing Fo r w a rd 2 , G r ow i n g In n ov a t i o n Capacity and Knowledge Development program.

The project will see the creation of two sites, a full-section demonstration farm located 11 miles north of Brandon and a research farm located a few miles east of the city on 900 acres.

The initiative is a collaboration between MAFRD, MBP, Ducks Unlimited and the Manitoba Forage and Grasslands Association.

“This is a huge project and a huge opportunity for Manitoba to really put itself on the map,” said Friesen. “To have all these parties at the table, this

is brand new. A first-of-its-kind initiative in Manitoba, with the potential to be different than similar initiatives in Alberta and Saskatchewan because we have so many active partners.”

Though guided by the four main partners, the project is producer led with the intent of researching the Manitoba beef producer’s most pressing questions.

“We want the producers to come to us with their questions and we will try to apply those questions on the farm,” said Friesen. “Our intent is to take the foundational research that has already been published in the last while and grab the portions of that, that producers are interested in knowing more about and applying them on a field scale.”

Following the funding announcement in February, beef producers were surveyed through a number of routes in order to determine what they are most interested in exploring.

An advisory committee was formed, consisting of 15 individuals ranging from academics, industry partners, and local producers.

“We have a really good cross-section of producers involved, ranging in age, and location.”

The day-to-day operations and final decisions are left to a steering committee, consisting of a representative from each of the four major partners.

“We have a complete system with the research ideas coming from the farmers, people on the ground to carry it out and the experts telling us what to do and how to do it,” said Friesen.

Today, both farms are active, grow-

“Our intent is to take the foundational research that has already been published in the last while and grab the portions of that, that producers are interested in knowing more about and applying them on a field scale.”

Glenn Friesen Project manager

ing a variety of forage and cereal crops, with grazing 50 pairs at each site.

The project will be looking at a number of different grazing systems and tactics including energy-dense forages and poly crops, to determine what works best in Manitoba conditions and what producers should avoid.

“On the extension farm, where we will keep the resident herd, we want to have a year-round grazing system. We will develop a crop and forage rotation that will accommodate that and within that section we would look at various grazing practices, different rates of moving through pastures, and different stocking densities,” said Friesen.

In the fall, research will focus on swath, bale and stockpile grazing and in the spring, will look at calving practices in different pastures.

“In the spring we will look to focus more on the calving season, how the

pastures respond after calving, how they are impacted negatively or positively and which species do well.”

All aspects of the system will be monitored, both above and below ground, with the intent of frequently dispensing the findings to producers, as well as providing yearly in-depth reports. “ Within these processes we will monitor the soil and the plant root systems as well as the animal’s condition and how they are performing,” said Friesen. “We have portable scales and are weighing the animals on a monthly basis, as well as looking at their body condition score.”

Project organizers have been working with similar institutions, such as the Western Beef Development Centre i n Sa s k a t c h e w a n , a n d t h e No r t h Dakota State University to gain advice and knowledge on the best procedures in establishing the sites.

While still in its first year of operations, organizers have also been meeting with post-secondary institutions to develop relationships and examine the possibility of future collaboration.

Once completely established the site will be open to farm tours for local producers, as well as groups like 4-H and Ag in the Classroom.

“Ha v i n g t o u r s w i t h g ro u p s l i k e these doesn’t often happen in most of the other research farms across the country, but because of our close proximity to a major centre, we will have a strong place to promote beef production.” jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

SHEEP & GOAT COLUMN

Strong bidding but fewer animals on offer There were 483 sheep and goats on offer at the Sept. 16 Winnipeg Livestock Auction sale

BY MARK ELLIOT Co-operator contributor

T

he demand for ewes remains strong, whether w o o l o r haired ewes.

Top prices ranged from $1.22 to $1.23 per pound. Most of the ewes on offer were priced from $1.12 to $1.17 per pound. Some lesser-quality ewes sold for $0.91 to $0.93 per pound.

Buyers were interested in lower-weight rams. A 105pound Suffolk-cross ram brought $2.06 per pound. The average price ranged from $1.30 to $1.51 per pound.

A 200-pound Cheviot-cross ram brought $41.19 per pound.

Bidding on market lambs was varied, with low interest in extremely fat lambs.

Ha i r- b re e d l a m b s d o m i nated the feeder class. Prices ranged from $1.99 to $2.10 per pound and from $2.15 to $2.20 per pound.

L i g h t w e i g h t l a m b s w e re well represented, but bids were lower. The majority of the 70-plus-pound lambs was pr iced between $1.95 and $2.20 per pound.

The 60-plus-pound lambs continued this constant price range. A group of eight 68-pound Rideau-cross lambs brought $2.27 per pound.

The 50-plus-pound lambs were dominated by hair lambs. The price ranged from $1.98 to $2.20 per pound.

The 40-plus-pound lambs brought a slightly lower bidding. The price ranged from $1.725 to $2.07 per pound.

Two 43-pound Cheviot-cross lambs brought $2.29 per pound.

There was limited interest for very lightweight lambs.

The 30-pound Rideau-cross lamb brought $1.025 per pound.

The selection of goats was ver y limited. A 110-pound Boer-cross goat doe brought $1.82 per pound. A 115-pound Alpine-cross goat doe brought $1.70 per pound. A 135-pound Alpine-cross goat doe (with a milking certificate) brought $1.33 per pound. A 90-pound Pygmy-cross goat doe brought $1.69 per pound.

A 9 5 - p o u n d l a r g e - f ra m e

GOAT DOES

/ lb.

animal weight

Ewes

$195.50 / $250.25

meat

$1.82

110 lbs.

dairy

$1.70

115 lbs.

$164.70 - $171.68

$1.70

135 lbs.

$120.90 - $141.25

$1.69

90 lbs.

PYGMY BUCKS PYGMY

$1.97

95 lbs.

WETHER

$2.33

90 lbs.

KIDS – Under 80

Lambs (lbs.)

110+

$230.40 - $236.25

95 - 110

$207.58 - $215.82 $198.00 - $199.50

80 - 94

$187.68 - $189.72 $179.74 - $182.91 $172.20 - $176.30

MEAT

$3.16

63 lbs.

DAIRY

$2.82

63 lbs.

Under 80

DAIRY

$2.76

58 lbs.

70 - 79

$151.94 - $156.91

60 - 69

$122 - $132

50 - 59

$121 - $123.31 $85 - $102.96

40 - 48

$98.47 - $99.36 $69 - $84.60

30

$30.75

Pygmy-cross goat buck represented the goat buck classification. This goat buck brought $1.97 per pound. A 90-pound Alpine-cross goat we t h e r b ro u g h t $ 2 . 3 3 p e r pound.

T h re e 6 3 - p o u n d A l p i n e -

cross goat kids brought $2.82 per pound. A group of 14 6 3 - p o u n d Bo e r- c ro s s g o a t wethers brought $3.16 per pound.

Tw o 5 8 - p o u n d Nu b i a n cross goat wethers brought $2.76 per pound.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Feeder Steers

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

16-Sep

15-Sep

15-Sep

15-Sep

16-Sep

14-Sep

17-Sep

18-Sep

No. on offer

120

430*

120

839

688*

171*

265*

660

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

200.00-225.00

900-1,000

n/a

220.00-255.50

n/a

239.00-252.00

241.00-255.00

220.00-245.00

n/a

210.00-244.00

800-900

n/a

240.00-266.50

n/a

253.00-261.00

259.00-275.50

240.00-265.00

240.00-269.50

240.00-268.00

700-800

n/a

250.00-284.00

250.00-282.00

263.00-290.00

263.00-289.00

260.00-285.00

265.00-280.00

250.00-280.00

600-700

n/a

260.00-296.00

265.00-294.00

290.00-316.00

270.00-297.00

280.00-300.00

285.00-306.00

260.00-300.00

500-600

280.00-306.00

280.00-321.00

275.00-320.00

325.00-360.00

285.00-325.00

300.00-335.00

300.00-323.00

290.00-310.00

400-500

311.00-330.00

330.00-400.00

290.00-405.00

330.00-377.00

340.00-393.00

n/a

275.00-350.00

290.00-335.00

300-400

n/a

400.00-439.00

360.00-395.00

370.00-430.00

375.00-415.00

n/a

n/a

350.00-435.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

195.00-225.00

217.00-232.00

n/a

n/a

200.00-205.00

800-900

230.00-240.00

235.00-266.00

n/a

225.00-241.00

232.00-245.00

225.00-245.00

230.00-250.00

214.00-242.00

700-800

220.00-278.00

210.00-249.50

225.00-247.00

240.00-265.00

239.00-261.00

235.00-255.00

240.00-262.00

230.00-245.00

600-700

n/a

240.00-272.50

235.00-259.50

265.00-300.00

250.00-275.00

250.00-270.00

250.00-277.00

240.00-260.00

500-600

n/a

250.00-286.00

250.00-309.00

280.00-310.00

260.00-290.00

280.00-305.00

235.00-286.00

245.00-280.00

400-500

270.00-300.00

250.00-321.00

300.00-335.00

320.00-354.00

290.00-333.00

n/a

220.00-287.00

250.00-280.00

300-400

n/a

n/a

360.00-395.00

350.00-391.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

300.00-350.00

80

n/a

58

92

n/a

n/a

n/a

140

D1-D2 Cows

118.00-121.00

n/a

124.00-129.75

127.00-137.00

125.00-131.50

120.00-130.00

124.00-135.00 (138.00)

125.00-132.00

D3-D5 Cows

105.00-115.00

n/a

110.00-119.00

108.00-121.00

119.00-123.00

n/a

112.00-123.00

115.00-125.00

Age Verified

127.00-134.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

128.00-134.00

125.00-133.00

n/a

135.00-165.00

Good Bulls

140.00-171.00

n/a

158.00-165.25

160.00-170.00

166.00-176.00

155.00-165.00

160.00-175.00 (177.00)

158.00-164.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

171.00-177.00

169.00-174.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

Slaughter Market No. on offer

Butcher Steers Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

170.00-176.00

166.00-172.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

130.00-144.00

n/a

135.00-160.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

110.00-124.00

140.00-155.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

150.00-175.00 (177.00)

n/a

Heiferettes * includes slaughter market

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

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

COLUMN

briefs

Understanding and controlling the risk of EIA

Agricultural Hall of Farm nominations

Horses that test positive must be euthanized or quarantined for life Carol Shwetz

DVM

Horse Health

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to a non-infected horse by the mechanical transfer of blood from blood-feeding insects such as horseflies and deer flies.

Transmission

T

he recent increase in confirmed cases of equine infectious anemia (EIA), also known as swamp fever, in Alberta is a reminder to horse owners that this disease maintains a constant presence in equine populations.

Often evidence for infection is noted only after routine surveillance testing for EIA. EIA is a blood-borne and potentially fatal viral disease affecting the immune system of horses, donkeys, and mules worldwide.

EIA can present in an acute or chronic disease state or as an inapparent carrier. With initial exposure, the virus reproduces and traffics throughout the animal’s body within white blood cells.

V i ra l p a r t i c l e s a re t h e n released into the blood and become attached to red blood cells. The horse’s immune system mounts a vigorous attack against the virus by producing antibodies.

This attack inadvertently also causes destruction of the horse’s own red blood cell components, resulting in anemia and organ-damaging inflammation. During this time the horse will be acutely ill, with heavy concentrations of virus in its bloodstream.

Clinical signs vary The clinical signs, morbidity, and mortality of EIA vary with the strain of the virus and the immune system of each individual horse. Symptoms include fever, loss of appetite, depression, anemia, dependent swelling, jaundice, inco-ordination and/or muscle weakness and loss of condition.

Horses may die from the direct effects of the virus or from secondary infections as the body is weakened by the virus. Horses that survive the acute phase go on to experience chronic cyclic flare-ups of clinical signs as the horse alternates between remission and the disease state.

The onset of symptoms is often associated with stressors.

Within a one-year period many horses begin to control the infection and show no clinical signs. These inapparent carriers may serve as source of infection for other horses. On occasion an apparently healthy horse will show serological evidence of viral infection yet never exhibit any symptoms of the disease.

Evidence for infection is noted when a horse develops a clinical bout of illness or after routine surveillance testing for EIA. Much about the pathogenesis of EIA is not completely understood, including the mechanism which allows the virus to survive the immunological response of the horse.

In a natural setting, the EIA virus is most commonly transmitted from an infected horse

The virus is passed from one horse to another on the insect’s mouthparts as it feeds. The painful bite of the flies causes the horse to react and interrupt the insect’s feeding. The fly seeks to immediately resume feeding on either the same animal or on another nearby horse.

If an uninfected horse is in close proximity to the infected horse, the completion of this blood meal is likely to effectively transfer virus between horses. Because of their strong instinct to immediately complete a blood meal, horseflies do not travel long distances before biting again.

Through the insect vector pathway, the disease can enter a herd and slowly and silently infect an increasing number of horses. Since these insects are mainly active in the summer months and prefer wet, marshy and wooded areas, outbreaks of EIA are often associated with horses pasturing in swampy areas, hence the name swamp fever.

Another means of blood transmission of EIA amongst horses is through the practice of sharing needles, and other blood-contaminated equipment such as dental floats, surgical instruments and tattooing tools.

There is currently no cure for EIA, nor is there an effective vaccine available to protect horses from getting EIA. As a result many countries including Canada and the U.S. have established control and containment programs based on voluntary serological testing.

Testing The Coggins test is used to consistently and reliably detect the presence of EIA-specific antibodies. Confusion often arises because reference to the Coggins name does not appear anywhere on the EIA Serum test report and certificate.

The original test was developed by Dr. Leroy Coggins in 1970 and thus was aptly named the Coggins test. Currently a c-ELISA test is also employed, as it offers the advantage of rapid results. Blood sample can only be taken from horses by veterinary practitioners accredited by the CFIA. A negative Coggins test is a snapshot of a horse’s health status at a particular point in time. A negative Coggins test means there were no detectable antibodies at the time of testing. A positive test indicates the horse does have detectable EIAspecific antibodies.

Venues involving the movement, co-habitation, and commingling of horses recognize different time frames regarding the eligible status of a negative Coggins test. Its eligibility can range from 30 days to a year.

Proof of a negative EIA test is an entry requirement for many competitions, horse-related

New extension agronomist at flax council The Flax Council of Canada along with the Saskatchewan Flax Development Commission and the Manitoba Flax Growers Association have hired a full-time agronomist.

Rachel Evans will be working with researcher Paul Dribnenki and grower groups to offer extension support to farmers producing flax.

The Flax Council of Canada and its stakeholders currently have in excess of $1.6 million in research and development projects focused on yield improvements through research plots and using the data to develop best management practices for producers.

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events, boarding facilities, and is necessary for border crossings. For export purposes a negative Coggins is sufficient for 180 days. For the most part, the requirement for EIA testing is based on and determined by members within the horse industry itself.

EIA is a reportable disease under the Health of Animals Act. Horses confirmed to have EIA have limited options.

The CFIA requires that positive horses to be either euthanized or quarantined for life.

Strict quarantine measures considerably limit the quality of life for the affected animal.

Owners of euthanized horses are compensated by the CFIA at a specified rate for the loss.

In the case of a positive horse being identified, CFIA conducts focal testing where other positives may be identified.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

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

Unsettled start, then sunny and mild Issued: Monday, September 21, 2015 · Covering: September 23 – September 30, 2015 Daniel Bezte Weather Vane

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he mild September weather continued with last week’s forecast coming in pretty darned close to bangon. For those of you hoping for dry, mild weather to continue, it looks like you’ll be in luck!

It looks more and more like the current weather pattern will continue at least into early October, with the main storm track staying to our north and a secondary storm track staying to our south. For the first part of this forecast, high pressure is going to slide by to our northeast, bringing plenty of sunshine along with daytime highs in the upper teens to around 20 C. This high looks like it should keep an area of low pressure well to our south on Thursday, although some clouds might work into extreme southern regions, with maybe a shower over eastern areas.

The models are then forecasting another strong area of low pressure to develop to our northwest and track through the southern territories. This will help to develop a fairly

strong southerly flow late in the week and into the early part of the weekend, which should push daytime highs back into the low to mid-20s. We might see some clouds along with the odd shower on Sunday as a cold front pushes through, along with a weak area of low pressure tracking through North Dakota.

Next week’s forecast is a little uncertain as the weather models are developing a fairly large area of low pressure over the central U.S. on Monday, then tracking to the east-northeast on Tuesday and Wednesday. At the same time, high pressure will be building in from the northwest. Currently it looks like most of the precipitation from this system will be kept to our south, but the system does bear watching. The best chance for any rainfall from this system looks to be late Monday and into Tuesday morning over extreme southern and eastern regions.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, 9 to 21 C; lows, -2 to 7 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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Accumulated Precipitation (Prairie Region) September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2015

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This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that fell across the Prairies during the agricultural year ending Aug. 31. The eastern half of agricultural Manitoba saw the greatest amount of precipitation, with amounts in the 500- to 700-mm range. Precipitation amounts dropped off a bit to the west, with most of western Manitoba and eastern and central Saskatchewan seeing 350 to 500 mm. The driest region was westcentral Alberta, where amounts were in the 200- to 350-mm range.

Nice weather, but not Indian summer The last time our weather met all criteria for Indian summer was back in 1997

By Daniel Bezte Co-operator contributor

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ith the nice warm and dry weather we’ve been having, a lot of people have been getting out and taking advantage of it.

That means I’ve had plenty of opportunity to overhear different weather discussions because — and you can deny it if you want — the weather will always be one of the most talked-about subjects in our part of the world. I’ve been hearing a lot of talk about El Niño and what that might mean for this upcoming winter, but I’ve also heard several discussions about this nice “Indian summer” we’re having. I know I’ve discussed this topic in the past, but I think, after hearing all the misinformation about it, I should maybe revisit this topic.

First of all, I think the main question is, “Just what defines an Indian summer?” The most common response that I hear or see is that Indian summer is a period of warm weather that occurs sometime in late September or October.

People I overheard must be basing their assessment on that. If you do a little digging around about the history or origins of Indian summer, you would discover that while this general description is actually not that bad, the problem is, there doesn’t seem to be a set agreed-upon definition. The definition of Indian summer appears to be set by the geographical region rather than by a definite set of criteria, with different areas of North America defining Indian summer a little bit differently.

For the area of the Great Plains and the Prairies of Canada, Indian summer is defined by a particular set of criteria, which should help us to determine when it occurs. It’s generally accepted that for Indian summer to occur, the following conditions must be met: • There needs to have been a hard or killing frost.

• Mostly clear skies (or perhaps local fog at night).

• No precipitation.

• Light winds and generally calm nights.

• Daytime maximum temperatures greater than 18 C. • Nighttime minimum temperatures staying above freezing.

• Conditions lasting for at least three days.

(Keith C. Heidorn) If we accept these seven conditions as being the indicator that Indian summer is occurring, then the nice weather we’ve been experiencing so far this fall is not Indian summer.

While we have met nearly all the conditions for Indian summer, the big condition that we haven’t met is the hard or killing frost. To me, you have to have a killing frost before you can even think about calling it Indian summer. So far, only a couple of places have seen frost, and even then, the frost wasn’t a hard frost. Since we are astronomically still in summer (fall equinox occurs early on Sept. 23), I would categorize this nice weather as simply some extended summer weather.

The term Indian summer has some fairly uncertain origins. The earliest reference found in the literature dates back to Jan. 17, 1778, when FrenchAmerican farmer J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur wrote in a letter: “Sometimes the rain is followed by an interval of calm and warmth which is called the Indian summer; its characteristics are a tranquil atmosphere and general smokiness. Up to this epoch the approaches of winter are doubtful; it arrives about the middle of November, although snows and brief freezes often occur long before that date.” The fact that de Crèvecoeur stated this was called “Indian summer” suggests that this term must have been in use before this time.

The meteorological conditions behind Indian summer usually involve an area of high pressure building into our region in late September or October. With strong areas of high pressure at this time of the year, the calm conditions and cool air, combined with the longer nights, tend to give us our first killing frost. Once the area of high pressure pushes by to the south, the clockwise flow of air around the high helps to switch our wind to southwesterly, ushering in warm air.

In some years this area of high pressure will stall out or combine with a ridge of high pressure over the U.S. and will help to maintain warm, sunny conditions for several days. On occasion, this may last for several weeks.

Looking back over fall weather records for our region, the last time we experienced a true, long Indian summer

“Up to this epoch the approaches of winter are doubtful.” j. hector st. john de crèvecoeur

was in 1997, when we experienced six days in a row of above-average temperatures at the end of September, following a killing frost. Probably one of the most spectacular Indian summers occurred back in 1953, when we experienced temperatures a good 10 C above average for two weeks in the middle of October, with temperature readings peaking in the mid-20s.

The only flaw with this 1953 Indian summer is that there was rain on two days. The next best Indian summer that met all of the criteria occurred in 1964. After recording a temperature as cold as -8 C earlier in September, warm temperatures were experienced between Oct. 11 and 16, with temperatures peaking near 28 C by the 13th and maintaining themselves near the 20 C mark until the 16th.

As I wrap up this look at Indian summer, I think it’s appropriate to conclude with Walt Whitman’s perfect quote about it; “It is only here in large portions of Canada that wondrous second wind, the Indian summer, attains its amplitude and heavenly perfection, — the temperatures, the sunny haze; the mellow, rich, delicate, almost flavoured air: Enough to live — enough to merely be.”

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Fall a good time for winter annual, perennial weed control Whether you apply a desiccant or glyphosate depends on the weed and your harvest plans

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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he swather and the combine are good places from which to spot weed problems and autumn can be a good time to control winter annual and perennial weeds, says Jeanette Gaultier, weed specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development.

Pre-harvest control hinges on the type and stage of weeds and harvest goals. If a farmer wants to quickly dry down green weeds to make harvesting easier applying a desiccant such as diquat makes the most sense, Gaultier said Sept.

16 during the Westman Crop Talk webinar. That’s especially true when dealing with annual weeds.

“When you apply a systemic (herbicide such as glyphosate to annual weeds) it’s just revenge spraying,” she said. “But when you have winter annuals or perennials and no till then glyphosate is something you look at.”

Glyphosate is cheaper than a diquat. And while glyphosate can take up to two weeks to kill plants, depending on growing conditions, it suppresses or kills many weeds.

Diquat dries down green plant tops fast speeding up harvest.

Both Group 22 (diquat) and Group 14 (Heat, AIM) desiccant herbicides require lots of water when applied to crops pre-harvest — 25 and 20 gallons per acre, respectively.

Group 22 products work best under cloudy conditions or when applied in the evening, while Group 14 products perform better under sunny conditions.

Cleavers are a weed farmers might want to control pre-harvest with glyphosate, Gaultier said.

It’s normally an annual but can overwinter.

Spraying annual weeds postharvest is also futile because they’ll die when it freezes, but it can be effective on overwintering annuals and perennials, including thistles.

Often perennials are patchy allowing farmers to spot spray and save money, Gaultier said.

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“When you apply a systemic (herbicide such as glyphosate to annual weeds) it’s just revenge spraying.

But when you have winter annuals or perennials and no till then glyphosate is something you look at.”

Jeanette Gaultier

Hard to eradicate Perennials are usually hard to kill with herbicides alone. Farmers should combine them with other measures, such as tillage and crop rotation, including perennial crops.

Post-harvest weeds need to regrow some before a herbicide is applied, Gaultier said. In the case of thistle they should be six to 10 inches tall, but that’s often hard to determine. Four new leaves is another timing guide to go by.

Research has also shown herbi-

cides are more effective on thistles following a “light” frost. However, since that’s almost impossible to forecast, Gaultier recommends spraying when convenient, but before a killing frost. Following a killing frost the top of the plant is dead and can’t absorb the herbicide, she said.

Field horsetail is another tough perennial. It’s not widespread in Manitoba, but “once you have it, you have it forever,” Gaultier said.

It prefers sandy, poorly drained soil. The plant is also very com-

petitive and hard to control with herbicides alone, she said.

It’s unclear if glyphosate controls it, Gaultier said. Amitrol and MCPA amine can be effective, while 2,4-D just offers top control. Integrated pest management is recommended for this weed too.

Volunteer canola, especially the Roundup Ready type, is a major weed issue for many farmers. Traditionally, the advice has been to leave canola seed undistributed on the soil surface where it can germinate in the fall or get eaten by birds and insects.

However, preliminary research at the University of Manitoba shows lightly harrowing a field stimulates germination, cutting canola volunteer in half. “ That’s pretty significant,” Gaultier said. “If that’s something you have time for it’s something you might want to try.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

Signs indicate glyphosate-resistant kochia still relatively rare in Manitoba Farmers are being asked to submit suspected cases for testing and encouraged to remain vigilant

BY ALLAN DAWSON

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lyphosate-resistant kochia still appears to be relatively rare in Manitoba, but that’s no reason for farmers to become complacent, the provincial government’s weed specialist says.

In fact, the situation calls for more vigilance, rather than less, Jeanette Gaultier, weed specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD) said.

Glyphosate-resistant kochia was confirmed in just two of 283 Manitoba fields in 2014 from samples collected in 2013.

Earlier this year MAFRD asked agronomists to submit samples of suspected cases of glyphosateresistant kochia so they could be tested for free in the new Pest Surveillance Initiative (PSI) lab.

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There are signs indicating glyphosate-resistant kochia is still rare in Manitoba, but farmers need to be vigilant to keep it that way. PHOTO: JEANETTE GAULTIER, MAFRD

ing the need to grow the kochia to determine if it’s resistant or not, Gaultier said. However, very few samples were submitted.

“If people had suspect samples I think they would have sent

them in,” she said. “I think it’s a positive sign, but I don’t think it’s a good reason for us to be slack on our resistance management, because it did pop up in the official survey that Hugh Beckie

(of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) did. We know that it is there. Even if it is at low levels we might as well manage for it.”

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2012 and 2013 had glyphosateresistant kochia, Beckie said in an email Sept. 17. It’s more common in those provinces because there’s more chemfallow. More kochia is exposed on a regular basis to glyphosate resulting in more selection for glyphosateresistant types.

The location of Manitoba’s two cases has not been disclosed but it wasn’t in western Manitoba.

It’s suspected the resistant weed seed came in from North Dakota.

It’s assumed almost all kochia in Manitoba is already resistant to Group 2 herbicides, making glyphosate-resistant kochia more complicated to control.

Kochia is a flushing weed so it’s hard sometimes to determine whether a patch was missed by a glyphosate application or is in fact resistant, Gaultier said.

The PSI lab hasn’t tested the few samples that have come in, but will soon, she said.

The lab has also received glyphosate-resistant kochia seed from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, which the lab will grow and test to be sure its test is working properly.

Farmers and agronomists are still encouraged to submit samples of kochia suspected of being glyphosate resistant and get them tested for free, Gaultier said. To do so contact your local MAFRD GO office.

The PSI lab expects to charge a fee for the test next year.

Farmers should rotate their herbicide groups and tank mix different groups to delay the onset of herbicide-resistant weeds, Gaultier said. However, spraying kochia with glyphosate in the fall doesn’t add much to the selection pressure because seed has already been set, she said.

Manitoba is no stranger to herbicide-resistant weeds, with Group 3-resistant green foxtail first identified in 1988. However, glyphosate-resistant weeds are relatively new to Canada. The first documented case was giant ragweed in Ontario in 2009 followed by Canada fleabane in 2011, also in Ontario. But weed scientists fear it’s just the beginning, unless farmers take steps to mitigate it.

Herbicide-resistant weeds are the product of natural selection.

Most weed populations have some biotypes that are naturally resistant to a certain herbicide.

As the population of susceptible weeds declines the resistant ones are left to multiply.

The popularity of Roundup Ready (glyphosate-resistant) crops, along with glyphosate’s effectiveness as a non-selective herbicide and low cost has seen a steady rise in its use, including multiple applications in the same fields year after year. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

American corn farmers are suing Syngenta for $2.9 billion. Should Canadian farmers sue too?

A pair of lawyers came all the way from Alabama to gauge Manitoba farmers’ interest

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff / Miami

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wo American lawyers were in Manitoba last week exploring the merits of launching a multimillion-dollar Canadian class-action lawsuit against Syngenta on behalf of Canadian corn farmers.

Jim Thompson and Nolan Aw b re y, w h o p r a c t i s e i n Birmingham, Alabama, are just two of many lawyers in the United States suing Syngenta for $2.9 billion on behalf of American corn farmers.

They claim Syngenta was negligent by not living up to a commitment to make sure a GM corn variety not yet approved in China would not show up in export shipments.

In December 2013 China banned all imports of U.S. corn after discovering traces of Syngenta’s genetically modified (GM) Agrisure Viptera corn in shipments a month earlier. While Viptera was approved in the U.S. in 2010, China didn’t approve it until December 2014.

Syngenta’s actions also lowered Canadian corn prices, which, like American prices, are established on the Chicago Board of Trade’s futures market, Thompson said in an interview here Sept. 17.

Meanwhile, Syngenta is still selling Agrisure Duricade corn, which has a GM trait that China has not approved.

A spokesperson for Syngenta Canada said that the U.S. lawsuits against Syngenta are without merit and the same would hold for any Canadian legal action.

“We will continue to defend the rights of farmers to have access to safe, effective, approved technologies like Agrisure Viptera,” he wrote. “We commercialized Viptera in full compliance with regulatory and legal requirements and USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) statistics make clear that the commodity price of corn declined before China’s rejection of U.S. corn in November 2013.”

How e v e r, a c c o r d i n g t o Thompson, losing such a major corn market depressed prices.

A U.S. federal judge decided last week the bulk of lawsuits against Syngenta can go to trial, according to published reports.

According to Awbrey, Syngenta promised USDA it would prevent Viptera from being exported to countries that had not approved it.

“They (Syngenta) had very specific written guidelines and they just didn’t follow them,” Awbrey said.

“It’s not just that it got commingled and the price went down, it’s this direct, fraudulent misrepresentation — we (Syngenta) will do the following if you (USDA) approve it — and it wasn’t done.”

A successful claim in the U.S. could amount to about $20 an acre for U.S. farmers. In Canada, because of lower yields, farmers could get $15.

The lawyers said there are precedents. Bayer CropScience was ordered by the courts in 2010 to compensate growers after an unapproved GM rise disrupted markets.

Thompson and Awbrey believe Canadian corn growers have

the same claim for compensation from Syngenta as their U.S. counterparts. What is needed are a couple of Canadian farmers to represent Canada’s corn growers in a class action.

After discussing the issue with Manitoba corn growers last week, Thompson was to meet Ontario corn farmers this week.

Farmers who represent the class would be named in the suit and would have to probably provide a deposition testifying to their claim for compensation, Thompson said.

All the legal costs will be borne by the lawyers win or lose, he said.

“It’s really a win-win for farmers,” Thompson said.

A Canadian suit would be heard by a Canadian court and by Canadian lawyer David Klein of Klein Lawyers LLP of Vancouver, Thompson said.

Thompson said he understands why Canadian corn

“It’s not just that it got commingled and the price went down, it’s this direct, fraudulent misrepresentation — we (Syngenta) will do the following if you (USDA) approve it — and it wasn’t done.”

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growers might be leery about their proposal at first.

“You got two country boys c o m i n g a l l t h e w a y f ro m Alabama; they’ll be saying, ‘who are these guys? Are they for real or are they imposters?” allan@fbcpublishing.com

Jim Thompson (l) and Nolan Awbrey, two lawyers from Birmingham, Alabama, visited southern Manitoba last week to investigate organizing a class-action lawsuit against Syngenta similar to suits underway in the U.S. They allege Syngenta was negligent, allowing one of its genetically modified corn hybrids to be exported to China where it wasn’t approved. China then banned all U.S. corn imports for a year. They contend that resulted in lower corn prices for U.S. and Canadian farmers. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

Late blight hits Manitoba late, but still a concern Gardeners can take action now to ensure they aren’t sources of infection next year

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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ith late blight infections on the rise in Manitoba potato fields this fall, home gardeners should be vigilant so as not to be a source of infection next year, says Vikram Bisht, Manitoba Agriculture, Foods and Rural Development’s potato and horticultural crops plant pathologist.

The first case of late blight this season was confirmed Sept.

11 in a commercial potato field in the Carberry area. A second case was found soon after about a mile away.

Last week, a third infection was found in the Carberry area, plus five more fields in the

Graysville area, plus one infection in tomatoes in the Portage la Prairie area, Bisht said in an interview Sept. 18.

“It (late blight) won’t survive our Manitoba weather if it is frozen, but in the compost pile sometimes it survives and they (potato tubers) sprout in the spring,” he said. “With tomatoes, in most cases it will just rot away because there is so much liquid.”

Suspect infections Bisht wants to hear from gardeners who suspect they have late blight in their tomatoes or potatoes. Photograph suspected infections and email them to v i k r a m . b i s h t @ g o v. m b . c a .

Samples can also be taken to the MAFRD GO office, 65 3rd Ave. NE, Carman, Man.

Late blight infections in tomatoes can spread to potatoes. Late blight can affect tomato leaves, fruit and stems. On leaves spots are not restricted by leaf veins and often have a lighter-green edge. PHOTO: VIKRAM BISHT, MAFRD

Infected tomatoes can spread to a gardener’s potatoes. If infected potatoes are stored and

then planted next spring they could be a disease source, Bisht warns.

To avoid that, gardeners should be aware if they have the disease this fall. If so, they should destroy infected potato and tomato plants. Don’t put them in a compost pile where t h e y m i g h t n o t f re eze. If infected plants are worked up, then rot and freeze over the winter they will no longer pose a threat.

Gardeners should buy new certified seed potatoes next spring and plant healthy-looking tomatoes.

Infected volunteer potatoes could be a disease source and should be destroyed. Volunteer tomatoes come from seed, which doesn’t harbour the disease.

When late blight strikes a garden earlier in the growing season, Bisht recommends destroying infected plants by placing them in black garage bags and leaving them in the sun. Extreme heat will destroy the disease. Burning infected plants is impractical because of the high moisture content.

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The good news is late blight a r r i v e d i n Ma n i t o b a l a t e.

Home tomato and potato production is wrapping up, while c o m m e rc i a l p o t a t o g r ow ers are well into harvest. Still, potato farmers need to be vigilant. Some farmers delay harvest to maximize yield. So long as the crop is growing it’s susceptible to late blight infection, Bisht said.

“Scouting is critical now, m a i n l y i n w i n d - s h e l t e re d areas and the dips in field where the foliage is greener,” Bisht wrote in a recent report.

“Especially for fields which have a few more weeks to har vest, fungicide application to protect the crops is very important. Systemic (translaminar) fungicides could be considered. Dew and rains could take the (disease) spores to tubers close to the surface.”

Potatoes infected with late blight now could rot in storage, Bisht said. Late blight doesn’t rot potatoes, but the damage it causes allows other infections that cause rot to develop.

Tr e a t i n g p o t a t o e s w i t h phosphorus acid (Phostrol, Rampart and Confine) as they are placed in storage can protect them from rot, Bisht said.

“Growers need to be scouti n g a n d m a k e s u re w h e n tubers are going into storage it will help to have a post-harvest application of phosphorus acid fungicide,” he said.

Bisht suspects late blight was delivered by a thunderstorm that hit the Carberry area Sept. 4 “I can say that because the infection is mostly the top of the leaves scattered in a field rather than a big circle or patch within the field,” he said. “If it’s a big patch of disease then you can speculate that it started in that area, but when it’s a few spots here and there then it’s an indication that it came from outside.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

Fertilizer on demand?

Special coatings activate fertilizer on plants’ signal STAFF

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arleton University researchers are using nanotechnology to develop a fertilizer that only releases when plants signal they need it, an article in the online publication AgInnovation Ontario says.

“If a crop isn’t ready to take up fertilizer when it is applied, it is wasted and it’s estimated we waste about $1 billion per year in unused fertilizer,” said lead researcher Maria DeRosa in the article. “Our goal is to make fertilizer smart so that it delivers its nutrients to a crop only when the crop needs it.”

A more efficient and costeffective fertilizer can play a leading role in increasing crop yields and addressing malnutrition issues, as well as reducing the amount of fertilizer that farmers need to use, resulting in cost savings.

DeRosa is using aptamers, which are small, singlestranded nucleic acids that can bind to large or small target molecules.

Her research involves identifying these aptamers, which are the “keys” to finding which DNA sequences will bind to the target molecules.

The theory goes that crops such as wheat and canola will release chemical signals when they need nitrogen.

Through partnering with Carlos Monreal, a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, DeRosa and her team learned the identity of some of those signals — which allows her to program the coating of special biodegradable fertilizer capsules she’s developed to release the nutrients on demand.

“For example, if we place the fertilizer into a coated, biodegradable capsule, the coating will protect the fertilizer until the signal arrives from the plant that it needs fertilizer. That signal will hit the aptamer in the coating, break it down and release the fertilizer,” DeRosa said, adding that the capsules protect the fertilizer from being washed away or damaged by extreme temperatures, but allow the nutrients to be released over time as the plants need them.

DeRosa and Monreal are now moving their concept into a greenhouse setting to see how well it performs with real soil and plants.

If successful, DeRosa says this development could open up a whole new field of using nanotechnology and biodegradable polymers in agricultural production.

The project has received support from Coop Fédérée and Agrium, as well as Agriculture and AgriFood Canada and Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions.

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

Here is one of the new inductees

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a v i d ( Da v e ) Je f f r i e s was born in Toronto, On t a r i o, i n 1 9 4 9 .

However, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, has been his home since his family moved there in 1959. Dave and his wife Judith (nee Abbors), whom he married in 1980, have three children: a daughter Dawn, currently living in Austin, Manitoba, and two sons, Ernie and Roland, both of Portage la Prairie.

After taking the diploma course in agriculture at the University of Manitoba, Dave began farming in partnership with his brother Albert in 1968, under the name of Jeffries Brothers Vegetable Growers Inc. On their limited acreage they started growing carrots, potatoes, red beets and onions.

Being new to vegetable growing, the brothers benefited from the advice and help of farming neighbours and the mentoring of established grow-

ers. The value of co-operation would be a major influence in Dave’s career as he grew the business and worked toward the betterment of the industry.

The Jeffries’ family business grew along with the vegetable industry in Manitoba. Today Jeffries Brothers Vegetable Growers Inc. is one of the largest vegetable growers in Manitoba, producing carrots, parsnips, rutabagas, and winter and summer squash. In 2008, Albert retired and Dave’s son Roland bought him out.

Since then, his other son Ernie has joined the family farm.

Dave was involved with Peak of the Market for more than 45 years, first as grower-member, then as director, and eventually served as chairman of the board for over 20 years.

At the national level, Dave was very involved in the Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC), serving on its

board and then as its president in 1998. He chaired the CHC Trade and Industry Standards Committee for many years. A major accomplishment during Dave’s tenure on the board was his work on a task force to create a Dispute Resolution Corporation (DRC) under the North American Free Trade Agreement. The operations of the DRC, and subsequent legislative improvements, have resulted in a fairer marketplace for members of the produce industry in Canada, the U.S. and beyond.

Those who have worked with Dave credit his wisdom, humility, and calm demeanour for keeping discussions at a constructive and respectful level. His ability to listen and his in-depth understanding of all aspects of the horticulture business allowed him to bring clarity to the issues. His accomplishments are numer-

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

CROP REPORT

Few weather glitches hamper harvest progress Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development crop report for September 21, 2015 Weekly Provincial Summary Above-normal temperatures allowed for excellent harvest progress over the past week in Manitoba, with harvest of spring cereal crops nearing completion.

Harvest of canola, flax, edible beans and soybeans continues. Sunflower harvest has also started in the Central and Eastern Regions, and grain corn harvest is expected to start shortly in some areas of the province.

Seeding of winter wheat is almost complete, and the earliest-seeded winter wheat has emerged.

Southwest Region Rainfall amounts of 10 to 15 mm occurred mid-week.

Spring cereal crop harvest is 95 to 100 per cent complete.

There is quality loss noted across all spring cereal crops due to staining, sprouting, as well as lower bushel weights.

Reseeded canola is swathed.

To date, canola yields range from 35 to 60 bu./acre, with most fields yielding 40 to 45 bu./acre. On fields that were not reseeded, yields are generally above average.

Some initial harvest of soybeans has begun on the earlier-maturing varieties with yields in the 35 to 40 bu./acre range. Sunflowers and grain corn continue to mature without any major disease issues.

Winter wheat and fall rye seeding saw good progress after the rain last week.

Ac re a g e s e e d e d t o w i n t e r cereals is up over last year’s acreage.

Second-cut alfalfa continues to be harvested with yields average to above average with variable quality depending upon rainfall. Corn silage harvest has begun in the moresouthern areas of the region with above-average yields reported.

Northwest Region Unsettled weather conditions prevailed, causing a delay in har vest progress. There were reports of light frost in some parts of the region but no reported crop injury. Over 50 mm of precipitation were recorded in parts of the Swan Valley. Harvest resumed over the weekend.

Overall, harvest is approximately 65 per cent complete.

Average quality is reported for most crops.

In many cases, fall field work operations are caught up to harvest and many tilled fields have good growth of weeds and volunteer plants.

Soil moisture conditions are adequate in most parts of the region.

Co r n s i l a g e h a r v e s t h a s started where the correct stage has been reached or where crops have dried down due to frosts. Producers are still harvesting second-cut alfalfa in some areas. Pastures are slowing in growth.

Central Region Average to above-average temperatures allowed harvest to progress over the weekend.

Rainfall amounts of five to 15 mm fell over much of the region on Thursday, slowing harvest

temporarily. Standing water remains in some fields from earlier rains, and heavy dews are common. Light frost was reported on Saturday above the escarpment, but is not expected to have caused significant damage to crops. Rain would be welcome in much of the southwest part of the region, above the escarpment.

On l y a f e w c e re a l f i e l d s remain to be har vested.

Majority of the canola harvest is also complete. Canola yield continues to be variable, ranging from 10 to 15 bu./ acre in areas that experienced excess moisture, to 40 to 50 bu./acre.

Most pea fields are harvested with yields in the 40 to 50 bu./acre range. Flax harvest continues; yield reports range from 18 to 35 bu./acre. Potato digging continues.

Desiccation of sunflowers is mostly complete. Harvest has begun on the earliest fields; early yields of 2,000 to 3,000 lbs./acre are reported. Corn silage harvest has begun.

Edible bean harvest continues with average yields.

Soybean harvest has begun, with less than 10 per cent of acres completed. Early yields range in the 35 to 50 bu./acre range.

There is still a number of fields that are too wet to work properly; some will need more drying time. Soil testing continues. Fall fertilizing has started, but slowed as the soybean harvest picks up.

Fall rye and winter wheat are seeded. At this point, seeded acres are expected to

be flat to slightly above last year’s acres.

Hay harvest is mostly complete for second cut in southern areas, with reasonable yield and quality. Some third cut is being done, with more to follow, in the west. Pasture growth has slowed or stopped.

L ow - l y i n g a re a s o f f i e l d s, sloughs and field perimeters are being utilized wherever possible to extend the grazing period. Hay and pasture in areas above the escarpment would benefit from significant rain, and most are rated fair to very poor.

Eastern Region The weather was warmer than the previous week. Reports of three to seven mm of precipitation fell in the region on Thursday, temporarily slowing down harvest. There remain occasional wet spots that producers are avoiding. Overall, harvest progress was made, with the focus on finishing canola and spring cereal crops.

Spring wheat harvest is 95 per cent complete with an average yield of 55 bu./acre and average quality. About 95 per cent of the oat crop is harvested with an average yield of 110 bu./acre and average quality. About 80 per cent of the canola is harvested with an average yield of 40 bu./acre and average quality.

Isolated reports have come in of some soybean harvesting in northern parts of the region with initial yield reports of 45 bu./ac. with good quality.

Sunflowers head rots continue to be noted, with crop damage and yield loss to be determined once harvest begins.

Corn is in the late-dent (R5) to maturity (R6) growth stages.

Field work and winter wheat seeding resumed as fields dried from the previous week’s precipitation.

Pasture conditions are rated at 60 per cent good, 20 per

cent fair and 20 per cent poor.

Second-cut grass hay was coming down on the weekend and some producers are having access issues to some fields to get first-cut grass hay. Currently, hay supplies are rated at 20 per cent surplus and 80 per cent adequate.

Straw, greenfeed and feed grain supplies are all rated as adequate. Pastures are in good condition with a couple of producers starting to feed bales.

Interlake Region Trace amounts of precipitation were recorded in the area, averaging from one to six mm. Warm temperatures and windy conditions allowed producers to continue harvesting throughout the week.

Field conditions are still wet in areas with producers having a difficult time crossing some fields.

Estimated harvest progress is approximately 55 to 65 per cent complete. Har vest of spring cereal crops is nearly co mpl ete in t he Int erl ake Region. Quality of grain is declining as cereals that are left to harvest have sprouting and mildew issues.

Canola har vest is nearly c o m p l e t e, b u t s o m e l a t e seeded crops are still in swath w a i t i n g t o m a t u re. S o m e canola has been desiccated and left standing for straight cutting.

Alfalfa seed harvest should start this week as fields mature. Soybean harvest could start this week as crops reach maturity. Sunflowers will be desiccated this week as maturity is reached.

Winter wheat seeding is nearly complete.

Pastures are in good shape for this time of year due to frequent rains in July and August, as well as no killing frosts to date. Greenfeed crops yielded well; corn for silage looks promising.

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Province announces pre-budget consultations

Co-op moves up timetable for scholarship program

Meetings will take place across the province STAFF

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The deadline is reset to mid-October

he Manitoba government has launched pre-budget consultations taking place across the province.

Manitobans are invited to share their views about what they want to see in the next provincial budget at community meetings throughout the province and online, Finance Minister Greg Dewar said.

In addition to public meetings, the province will use an online survey and interactive telephone town halls to reach as many Manitobans as possible, the minister noted.

Submissions in writing can be made to the minister by emailing minfin@ leg.gov.mb.ca or by mail c/o

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• Winnipeg South: Sept. 28, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Glenwood Community Centre, 27 Overton St. To RSVP, call 204-237-8771.

• Gimli: Sept. 29, 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Lakeview North Room at the Lakeview Resort and Conference Centre, 10 Centre St. To RSVP, call 204482-7066 or 1-855-695-1361 (toll free).

• Winnipeg West: Sept. 30, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Woodhaven Community Club, 200 Glendale St. To RSVP, call 204-832-2318.

• Brandon: Oct. 1, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Riverbank Discovery Centre, 1 – 545 Conservation Dr. To RSVP, call 204-726-6796.

• Ile des Chênes: Oct. 4, 2 to 3:30 p.m., TransCanada

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rairie students planning careers in agriculture or agribusiness now have an earlier deadline to seek funding support through the Co-op Excellence in Ag program.

Excellence in Ag, Federated Co-operatives’ (FCL) multi-year scholarship and summer internship program, previously had a Jan. 31 deadline, but for the 2016 round, the application deadline will be Oct. 15 this year.

More details on the program, including eligibility requirements and this year’s essay/video topics, are available at local Co-op Agro Centres or at crs.coopconnection.ca/ excellenceinag.html.

“We know that many s t u d e n t s a re a l re a d y thinking about their e m p l oy m e n t o p t i o n s for next summer,” Trish Meyers, knowledge and innovation manager for FCL’s crop supplies department, said Sept. 15 in a release.

“By moving the application deadline forward, we are able to better respond to their needs and identify internship placements earlier.”

This fall, FCL said, four s t u d e n t s, e n ro l l e d i n either a diploma or degree program in agriculture or business, can receive up to $20,000 each through the program, which also offers paid summer internships and the opportunity for future employment and a signing bonus with an FCL member co-operative.

Re c i p i e n t s f o r 2 0 1 5 included first-year students Colby Har ty of Etzikom, Alta., Skye Feil of Swift Current, Sask., Carson Rodgers o f M a c G r e g o r, M a n . and Kiana Sajtos of St. Francois Xavier, Man., and second-year student Sara Grassick of Prince Albert, Sask.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

McDonald’s to discuss sustainability Farmers and foodies will have a chance to hear McDonald’s Canada’s approach to sustainability at a seminar Sept. 28

By Shannon VanRaes CO-OPERATOR STAFF

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o you want sustainability with that?

Next week the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment is kicking off its annual seminar series at the University of Manitoba with Jeffrey Fitzpatrick-Stilwell, senior manager of sustainability for McDonald’s Canada.

“This worked out perfectly, because we do like to bring in people from outside the faculty, people in business or industry that have a different perspective,” said Christine Rawluk, research development co-ordinator at the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment. “I think that it will be a really interesting discussion, I also

“I think that it will be a really interesting discussion, I also think it will attract people beyond agriculture.”

Christine Rawluk

think it will attract people beyond agriculture, people who are interested in food and people who are interested in how businesses respond to public demand or public interest.”

McDonald’s has made headlines in recent weeks for both a pledge to phase out eggs laid by caged birds over the

next 10 years and a series of ads highlighting the contributions of Canadian farmers.

The month-long ad campaign features iconic McDonald’s items like the Big Mac and Egg McMuffin minus the components produced by Canadian farmers to illustrate the importance of Canadian producers. A company representative said McDonald’s purchases about a billion dollars’ worth of ingredients from Canadian farmers each year.

The food supplier is not without its detractors, however.

The Congregation of Benedictine Sisters of Boerne, Texas — a McDonald’s Corp. shareholder group — has repeatedly called for the chain to stop purchasing meat raised using antibiotics necessary for human medicine.

The company has said it would

phase out such meats over the next two years.

Rawluk said that Fitzpatrick-Stilwell has been working on the ground level in Manitoba with farmers and Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, looking at a wide variety of production practices.

“So they’re taking a kind of different approach than what I’ve seen in some industries,” she said. “They are working directly with the farmers to develop this, so it’s quite exciting.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

Birtle couple represents Manitoba in national competition Canada’s Outstanding Young farmers are heading to Edmonton for 2015 gala event STAFF

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irtle farmers Mark and Cor i Pawluk will be among six farm couples from across Canada travelling to Edmonton in November represent the province in the Outstanding Young Farmer competition.

The couple, chosen following the regional competition earlier this year, owns and operates Pawluk Ag Ventures Ltd., a grain and elevator facility. They grow mixed crops on 5,700 acres as

well as a private elevator and cleaning facility with rail access.

B r i n g i n g t o g e t h e r OY F alumni and the larger agricultural industry, OYF’s event includes a special forum and concludes with a gala banquet to announce Canada’s 2015 national OYF winners.

The day-long OYF event is open to the public and includes an information forum entitled “Working with the ones you love.” It will be held at the Marriott River Cree Resort & Casino at Enoch, Alberta on the outskirts of Edmonton.

Two of the six regional winners will be chosen at the a w a rd s g a l a a s Ca n a d a’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2015.

Celebrating 35 years, Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers’ program is an annual competition to recognize farmers who exemplify excellence in their profession and p ro m o t e t h e t re m e n d o u s contribution of agriculture.

It is open to participants 18 to 39 years of age, making the majority of income from onfarm sources.

Avian flu risk higher with fall migrations

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oultry farmers are being warned to keep biosecurity top of mind as wild birds get ready to fly south this fall.

“With the fall weather quickly a p p ro a c h i n g , re s u l t i n g i n colder temperatures and wild bird migrations, the threat of re-emergence of (highly pathogenic avian influenza) is real,” the Feather Board Command Centre, the emergency response arm of Ontario’s poultry and egg boards, said in a recent notice.

Farmers will want to stick “rigorously” to their daily biosecurity measures, and “consider appropriate additional biosecurity measures to help prevent disease occurrence and spread,” the FBCC said.

Among those biosecurity measures, the centre recommends each farmer and farm employee and anyone else entering poultry barns put on clean footwear and protective clothing and follow all biosecurity protocols on “every entry” into barns.

Farmers, workers and visitors are also urged to “minimize” their visits to other poultry or egg production sites — and to avoid any commingling or other contact between their birds and wild or “outside” birds. Wild birds and rodents around barns should also be kept under “adequate” control.

Farmers should also steer clear of exchanging or sharing equipment with other poultry farms, and should make sure all vehicles and equipment used in and around the barns are properly washed and disinfected, the FBCC said. Farm laneways should also be restricted or secured.

A pressure washer or hose should be kept handy to wash tires and equipment, not only for on-farm equipment but for use on visiting service vehicles, the centre said.

If possible, the centre said, farmers should heat treat barns and bedding before placing new chicks or poults. Heat treatment involves heating the barn and/ or bedding to 30 C for at least three days before use.

A poultr y farmer should “immediately” contact a vet-

erinarian and his or her feather board if a farm’s birds show any signs of illness, the centre added.

‘Good progress’ Southwestern Ontario saw three farms — two turkey farms and a broiler breeder operation — infected with highpath H5N2 in April. British Columbia, where 11 commercial farms and two backyard flocks had avian flu infections in early 2015, was declared avian flu free in June.

Barring any new cases during its required three-month surveillance period, Canada is on track to regain its status as free of high-path avian flu, as per World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) standards, by about the end of October.

In the U.S., where 223 farms in 15 states were hit by avian flu outbreaks between last December and mid-June this year, affecting over 48 million birds, the federal Agriculture De p a r t m e n t’s A n i m a l a n d Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has now lifted all restrictions on poultry and poultry product traffic from 11 of those states.

The four remaining states — Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska — are “making good progress and control areas in those states are being removed, as they meet the time elements and other measures for release,” APHIS deputy administrator Dr. John Clifford said Sept. 14 in a report to the OIE. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has lifted its restrictions on travellers’ crossborder imports of live birds, raw poultry meat and eggs from seven of those 15 states as of Sept. 1.

CFIA’s cross-border restrictions remain in place on such products from Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas and Iowa. Commerciallevel imports to Canada are also still restricted from the avian flu quarantine zones in those eight states.

Such products pose no food safety risk, CFIA said, noting its limits are meant to keep avian flu from spreading to poultry into other parts of Canada.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

FARMER'S

MARKETPLACE selling?

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Classification

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

Your guide to the Classification Categories and sub-listings within this section.

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

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

BUsiness serviCes – Crop Consulting – Financial & Legal – Insurance/Investments Butchers Supply Chemicals Clothing/Work wear Clothing/Western /Specialty wear Collectibles Compressors Computers

Auction Schools AUto & trAnsport – Auto Service & Repairs – Auto & Truck Parts – Autos – Trucks – Semi Trucks & Trailers – Sport Utilities – Vans – Vehicles Various – Vehicles Wanted BeeKeeping – Honey Bees – Cutter Bees – Bee Equipment

ContrACting – Custom Baling – Custom Feeding – Custom Harvesting – Custom Seeding – Custom Silage – Custom Spraying – Custom Trucking – Custom Tub Grinding – Custom Work Construction Equipment Crop Inputs Dairy Equipment Electrical Engines Entertainment FArM MAChinerY – Aeration – Conveyors – Equipment Monitors

Belting Biodiesel Equipment Books & Magazines

tiLLAge & seeding – Air Drills – Air Seeders – Harrows & Packers – Seeding Various – Tillage Equipment – Tillage Various trACtors – Agco – Allis/Deutz – Belarus – Case/IH – Caterpillar – Ford – John Deere – Kubota – Massey Ferguson – New Holland – Steiger – Universal – Versatile – White – Zetor – 2-Wheel Drive – 4-Wheel Drive – Various

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

Fencing Firewood Fish Farm Forestry/Logging Fork Lifts/Pallet Trucks Fur Farming Generators GPS Health Care Heat & Air Conditioning Hides/Furs/Leathers Hobby & Handicrafts Household Items Iron & Steel

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

LAndsCAping – Greenhouses – Lawn & Garden LivestoCK Cattle – Cattle Auctions – Angus – Black Angus – Red Angus – Aryshire – Belgian Blue – Blonde d’Aquitaine – Brahman

sprAYing eqUipMent – Sprayers – Various

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

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

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

AUCTION DISTRICTS

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

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.

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

AUCTION SALE AT Construction Equipment Supermarket Lagimodiere Blvd. & Warman Road (Winnipeg) | Saturday, September 26th at 11:00 AM (Viewing All Day Friday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm) For Information Call: 204-235-1370

Birch River

Swan River Minitonas Durban

Available at:

Winnipegosis

Roblin

Dauphin

Grandview

Ashern

Gilbert Plains

Fisher Branch

Ste. Rose du Lac Russell

Parkland

Birtle

Riverton Eriksdale

McCreary

Gimli

Shoal Lake

Langruth

Neepawa

Hamiota

Gladstone

Rapid City Virden

1

Carberry

Boissevain

Killarney

Pilot Mound Crystal City

Elm Creek

Sanford

Ste. Anne St. Pierre

242

Morris Winkler Morden

Altona

Steinbach

Swan Valley Co-op Ltd. Swan River, MB

Beausejour

Carman

Mariapolis

Lac du Bonnet

Winnipeg

Austin Treherne

Westman

Waskada

Stonewall Selkirk

Portage

Brandon Souris

Melita

Interlake

Erickson Minnedosa

Reston

Arborg

Lundar

1

Red River

AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland

(204) 734-4208 www.dseriescanola.ca McSherry Auction Service Ltd

AUCTION SALE

RAY & ALICE LANGE

RELOCATION AUCTION SALE for Don & Judy Diswinka Sat., Sept. 26th 10:00AM Erickson, MB in the Erickson Recreation Centre. Large quantity of D-Series Manitoba Calssifieds.indd 6 Woodworking & Mechanics Tools. 1142 4 Riding Lawn Tractors include JD 300, Loader & Tiller; JD 318, Rosser, MB - Rosser 1/4 Mile PS, Wheel Weights, 48-in. Mower Deck; JD 112 & East on Hwy #221 then South 212; JD AMT 600 Gator; Troy-Bilt S.P. Sickle Mower; JD Rototiller, Log Splitter; 2 JD Snowblowers & 1 1/2 Miles on Rd #1 E Mower Decks; Brush Mower; Utility Trailers; SnowContact: (204) 467-8638 blower; Johnsered Chain Saw; 5-in-1 Shop Smith Woodworking Machine; Shop Smith Scroll Saw; Generator; Compressor; 12-in. Surface Planer; Vehicles: * All Kept Inside * 89 Jeep Pedestal, Side, Dremel & Air Grinders; Belt & Disc Comanche 4 x 4 177,000 KM w 7' Dozer Sanders; Floor Drill Press; Wood & Metal Band Saws; Radial Arm, Mitre, Reciprocating & Jig Saws; * 02 Chev Malibu LS 240,000 KM Sft * Shop Press 12-Ton Jack; 16-HP 18kw Power Plant; Yard: Crafts 20 HP 46" R Mower * Weed Acetelene Unit; Welder; 4 Routers & Bits; Drills; Eater * Wheel Barrow * Chain Saw * Hand New Ceramic Tile Cutter; Framer, Flooring, Roofing Yard Tools * Golf Clubs * Pedal Bikes * & Air Nailers; Air Tools; Impact Deep & Shallow Sockets; 2 Tap & Die Sets; Foredom Foot Feed Camping Items * Tools: New 1200 Watt Wood Carver; Forstner Bit Sets; Freud Biscuit JoinGenerator * Miller 225 Welder * 2) Port Air er; Kreg Jig Kit; New Hydraulic Lift Crane for 1/2Comp * Battery /Booster Charger * Bench Ton Truck; Winches; Cement Mixer; Battery ChargGrinder * 1/2" Electric Impact * Power ers; Tool Boxes; Ladders; Rims & Tires for Chev.

Trail Blazer; Misc Tires; Numerous Power & Hand Tools * Drills * Recip. Saw * Circ Saw * 3/4 Tools & Shop Items. Guns include 1959 Remington Socket Set * Many Hand Tools * Wrenches “Nylon 66” 22 long Rifle; Maverick Model 88 12 * 4000lb Mower Lift * Floor Jack * Jack All gauge Shot Gun; Remington 7400 in 280 or 7mm cal. Rifle, unfired (sells subject to owner’s confirma* Tool Box * Misc: 2) 300 Gal Fuel Tanks & tion); 22 Rifle, Scope; Crossman Co2 Air Pistol.

Stands * 8' Bucket for Tractor * Car Ramps Some Household, Bar Stools; Casio Keyboard; * Load Binders * 2) Metal Bolt Bins * Metal Drafting Table; Few Household Appliances; 100 Shelving * Ladder * Home Repair Items * Beer Stein Collection; Tinkertoys; Professional Projector Screen & Cameras; Skype Phones; Tubs of Misc.

Paint Supply * Various Shop Supply * Oils Computer Parts; Large & Med. Dog Cages; etc. See * Lubes * Live Trap * Antiques: Horse the website listed below for detailed listing, updates Dump Rake * Stone Boat * 2) Magnettos * & photos. Hudson Auction Service (204)764-2447 or Wood Propellers * Oil Cans * Household: cells (204)764-0288 or (204)764-0173. website: www. globalauctionguide.com K Table & Chairs * Dresser & Mirror * Ent

Sun. Sept., 27 @ 11:00 am

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

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Interlake

Unit * Recliner * L. R. Chairs * AC Unit * Step Stool * Lamps * Dehumidifier * Pictures * Plants * K. Appliances * Kitchen Items * RC Toy Tractor * Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027

www.mcsherryauction.com

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

CLOSE OUT AUCTION SALE Earl Thomas Trucking

CRANE 2007 P&H Omega mobile 30-ton crane w/Century 30 (approx. 10,000 hrs.)

CRAWLER 1988 John Deere 450 crawler loader/backhoe c/w twist clean-up bucket, dig bucket, GP bucket, frost tooth & V-plow*

TRACTORS Case 730 diesel tractor w/front end loader w/quick attach. loader* 2-Ford 9N tractors PTO, 3-speed* White 2-105 tractor w/cab, loader* Ford 9N Hi-lo range 3-PH tractor* Cockshutt 570 w/front end loader & 3-PH* Ford Ferguson 3-PH w/loader* 2-garden tractors*

SCISSOR LIFT Skyjack 006-10 electric scissor lift (21’ lift)*

BOOM TRUCKS & TOW TRUCKS

3500 V-8, A.T., service trucks w/generator, electric air compressor* 1993 Chev 3500 ext. cab, 4x4 6.5 lt. diesel, A.T., w/Ramsey 8000 winch & V-plow* 1993 Ford SD stake truck 7.31 diesel, 6-spd., w/8’x17’ deck* 1993 Ford F350 XL, 4x4, diesel, A.T. plow/utility truck w/service body* 1991 GMC CR 3500 1-ton dump w/dual wheels* 2009 GMC 2500 HD V-8, 4x4 pick-up* 2-2007 Chev 2500 4x4 pick-ups* 2-2006 Chev 2500 4x4 pick-ups* 2006 Ford F350 crew cab, A.T. pick-up *2005 Ford F350 Super Duty 4x4, crew cab, long box *2005 Dodge Dakota 4x4, AT pick-up w/cap* 2001 Ford F150 Supercrew XLT 4x4* 2001 Ford F350 S/A Dually, V-10 crew cab 9’ 6”deck truck w/tool boxes* 1998 Ford FI50 6-cyl. Supercab* 1998 Dodge Ram 2500 pick-up* 1997 Chev Cheyenne ext. cab diesel V-8 pick-up* 1995 Chev S10 extended cab pick-up* 2005 Nissan Frontliner LE King cab V-8 (damage) salvageable* 2002 Ford F350 SD crew cab pick-up (flood damage) parts only*

TRAILERS

15-08-14 1989 4:03 Ford PM L8000 picker/deck truck w/11R22.5 tires

w/1995 Pitman Hydra Lift boom model HL 1BTB5 18-ton boom crane w/4-outriggers 18’ deck, fold out jib 21’ 35” reach* 2-2000 Chev SL diesel, A.T. tow trucks w/Ramsey wheel lift wrecker* 1987 Ford 700 6-cyl. Diesel 7 -spd., platform truck w/ 11‘ X 8’ deck w/rear mounted Hiab Crane*

STEAM & PUMPER TRUCKS 1991 Ford SD gas steamer truck A.T., w/dual fuel tanks w/15’ van body w/Hotsy steamer, water storage, overhead rear door* 1988 Ford 8000 pumper truck, Cat 250 HP, 5-spd. W/Pierre Thibault fire truck body, 1000 gal. tank, Hale pump*

SANDING/PLOW TRUCKS 1998 IHC F2874 plow/sander dump truck* 1980 IHC 2500S plow truck w/V-plow*

TRUCKS 2003 Ford E450 w/18’ Ultimaster aluminum van body w/0/H door w/shelving* 1997 Ford F350 deck truck, 4x4 (Safetied)* Hino deck truck* 2-1997 Dodge

1997 Lode King B-train high boy trailer* 1996 Lode King B-train high boy trailer* 1985 Fruehauf pup van trailer* 1973 Trailmobile 44’ van trailer w/side & rear doors*

LIMOUSINES

2000 Town car Limousine w/sunroof, bar, tinted windows & t.v.* 1994 Lincoln Town car stretch limousine w/keyless entry, 2-sunroofs, tinted glass, bar, phone & t.v.*

CAMPER

1984 Chev Van America G20 camper, V-8, 5.7 lt., A.T., CC, tilt, PW, PDL, w/fridge & sink*

VEHICLES

2007 Chev Suburban 4x4 Sport Utility V-8, A.T.* 2005 Ford F250 XLT ext. cab, 4X4 pick-up (drive shaft off)* 2003 GMC 2500 HD ext. cab, Duramax diesel, 4x4 pick-up* 2003 Asuna Sunrunner 4-cyl., 4-spd, soft top Sports Utility vehicle* 2002 Chev 2500 HD ext. cab, Duramax 6.0L. gas, 4x4 pick-up (Safetied)* 1996 Dodge D3500 V10 ext. cab gas, 4x4 pick-up (Safetied)* 2006 Ford E350 XLT diesel, A.T., 10-seat

passenger van, tires 245/75R18* 2005 Ford E350 SD cargo van 8-cyl. Diesel* 2002 Dodge van w/shelving* 1999 GMC Savanna 2500 passenger van 6.5L diesel* 2-1997 GMC Safari SLX vans* 1982 Volks. Vanagon 6-cyl. AT panel van* 2007 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L 8-cyl. gas, A.T., PS, PB, PW, PDL* 2006 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L 8-cyl. gas, A.T., PS, PB, PW, PDL* 2006 Ford Freestar 4.2L 6-cyl. gas, A.T., PS, PB, CC, PW, PDL* 2005 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor 4.6L gas* 2002 Chrysler Sebring* 1992 Mercedes 300SD 4-dr. 6-cyl., diesel A. T. sedan* 1999 Ford Crown Victoria 4-dr V-8, A.T., A/C, PS, PB, PW, PDL * 1995 Ford Crown Victoria 4-dr. V-8, A.T. * 1994 Cadillac Eldorado loaded* 1992 Cadillac 4.9 gas, 4-dr, loaded leather, sunroof* 1990 Mercedes Benz 300E 4-dr., sunroof A.T. loaded* 1950 Plymouth 2-dr. 6-cyl. Flat head (showing 10,495 miles)* 2003 Chrysler Sebring convertible 6-cyl. (Damaged) salvageable* 1998 Chrysler Sebring LX convertible 4-cyl. (Damaged) salvageable*

BOAT 1986 Power Cruiser 24’ Cabin cruiser boat (newly fibreglassed)*

MISCELLANEOUS Custom built 22’ roller* lndustrial 84” 3-Ph rototiller* Schaffer disc* industrial pull-type disc 3-ph ready* 10-3-PH attachments* Toro 8’ front mount mower* air operated tire machine/changer* Case front end mount snow blower (fits 17-HP tractor)* livestock feed mixer w/18-micro boxes & electric motors* 2Holland 5th wheel plates (for truck/tractor)* Onan 6 KVA generator w/trailer* 2-new 40x14.28 ply tires w/12 bolt rims* 3-blasting mats* 2-120 gal, aluminum fuel tanks* 3-6” water pump fittings w/collars* FMC 100E Rotomist 4-cyl. Jeep gas engine (new hyd. system & pump) for insect control* Ingersol-Rand compressor* port. concrete mixer* rock drill, track drive w/compressor* bridge construction equipment* steel concrete forms* farm wagon frames* grain augers* 20’ #2 g. HD booster cables* Check website for pictures at www.cesmonline.com

TERMS: Some items Subject to a Reserve. Everything payable to Construction Equipment Supermarket including G.S.T. & P.S.T by Bank Letter or Cash Deposit & BALANCE BY CERTIFIED CHEQUE on Monday. All items must be removed within 7-days “NO EXCEPTIONS” Buyer’s fee 10% per item under $5,000.00, 3% per item over $5,000.00.

Sale ConduCted By: ConStruCtion equipment Supermarket “SuBJeCt to additionS & deletionS”

“everything Sold as is, Where is” with no warranties implied or expressed. 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

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

MARSHILL'S ANNUAL CONSIGNMENT SALE Sat., Sept. 26 @ 10:00 am East Selkirk, MB

3 miles North on Hwy #59 then East, 5 miles on Rd #80N then 3/4 mile North on Rd 36E - #80112 Contact: James (204) 330 - 5282

Hauling Can Be Arranged!

Saturday, October 3 @ 10:00 am Beaconia, MB Jct Hwy #59 & #500 1 Km West on PR #500 - #39029 (Approx 1 Hr. 20 Min. North of Wpg., MB)

Tractors * Farm Equipment * Vehicles & Trailers * Yard & Recreation * 10 Boats * Building Supply * Farm Misc * Livestock Equip * Tools & Misc * Antiques & Collectibles * Visit Website for Photos & Listing!

Contact: (204) 880-1214 Internet Bidding Available!

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

www.mcsherryauction.com Construction Equip: 05 Hyundai 210LC7 Excavator w Hyd. Thumb Bucket 7190 Hrs * 5' Twist Bucket * Fiat Allis FL 5 P. Shift Crawler w rop Approx 3000 Hrs * CAT D6 Hyd Dozer Canopy * JD 544-B Wheel Loader Gd Rubber 3925 Hrs sold w 2 Yrd, 3 Yrd, +3 in1 Bucket * 3 Way Screener, Grizzley w Hopper * Sheep Foot 9' Packer * 48" Asphalt Gas Roller Packer * Generator Deutz 3 Cyl Dsl on Trailer * Heavy Trucks: 98 Freightliner Cummings MII Fuller 10 Spd 42" Bunk Wet Kit 1.1M Km New Rubber Sft. * 97 Freightliner FL112 Cummings MII Fuller 10 Spd Tandem w 14' Gravel B & H 770,73 Km Sft * 99 Ford F550 Dually 4 x 4, 7.3 Dsl 327,000 Km w 9' Gravel B & H * 79 Int Mdl. F1954 466 Gas 13 Spd Tandem w 14' Gravel B & H 523,000 Km * 74 Mack RS 600 L 237 Engine 6 Spd 313,000 M * 9' Steel Deck for 1 Ton * 14' Gravel B & H w End Gate * Trailers: 85 J.C. Tandem Lowboy Hyd Detach Neck Self Contained 25' w Outrigger Ext. * 83 Arnes 16' Pup Gravel Trailer * 83 Arnes 24' End Dump Tandem Trailer * 98 Pintle Hitch Tandem Dually 22' Deck Plus 5' Beaver Equip Hauler * Pintle Hitch Triaxle 18' Plus 5' Beaver Flat Deck Trailer * 93 Haulmark Elite Enclosed Tandem 24' Trailer w 3500 Watt Generator, Lighting, Winch * W.W. 16' B & H Tandem Stock Trailer * Storage: 48' Freight Semi Trailer * Great Dane 54' Freight Semi Trailer No Undercarriage w Reefer * 16' Freight Box * 50's El x 1BL Twin Coach 36' Al. Bus (Storage) * 12' x 16' Insulated Building Wired -To Be Moved * Saw Mill / Acerage Available at: Equip: Woodmizer LT 40 G 18 Port Bandsaw w Power Sharpener * Woods 3PH M5 Rotary Mower * JD 14T Square Baler * JD Side Delivery Rake * Int Trailer 7' Sickle Mower * 2) 4 Wheel Farm Wagon * Race Car/ Light Trucks: A Modified 750 HP 350 Alcohol Engine Race Car - Subject to Owner's Approval * 98 Chev 1500 Ext Cab 260,449 Km * 94 Chev 1500 Ext Cab 342,215 Km * 95 GMC 2500 4 x 4 Not Complete * 2) 350 Gas Engine w Trans * Misc: Gas Vib Compactor * Pallet Jack * 7' Truck Mt. Dozer * 2) Fuel Slip Tank 12 Volt Pump * Truck Tool Box * Ripper Teeth Strathclair, MB For Buckets * Highways Construction Stands * A Frame Shop Lift * Tool Cabinets * Shelving * 2) Western Saddles * Harness * Calf Pullers * Lumber Pallet Masonary Glass Blocks * Sheet Metal * Lazer Level Kit * Stabilizing Jacks * Load Ratchet Strapping * Chains & Hooks * Load Binders * Various Tires * Oils * Shop Supply * 7500 BTU Kerosine Heater * 2 Wood Heaters * Ice Machine * Pearl Drum Set * Tools: Craftsman Mdl 101 Metal Lathe 48" Bed * Miller 225 AC/DC Welder * 230 Amp Welder * Drill Press * Acetylene Torches * Metal Cut Off Saw * 2) Coleman Generators 1) 5000 Watt 1) 2875 Watt * JD Electric Pressure Washer * 20 Ton Hyd Press * Power Tools * Hand Tools * Tap & Die Set * 3/4" Socket Set * Impact Sockets * Air Tools * 3/4" 1/2" McSherry Auction Service Ltd Impact * Yard & Recreation: 88 Comfort 35’ 5th Wheel Camper Full Bath A/C * Sea Spirit MS 19 1/2' Cutty Cab, V8 Inboard w Trailer * Honda 300 4 x 4 Quad Rev NR * 60's Polaris Mustang Snowmobile * 74 Dodge Titan 24' Motor Home 440 Engine NR * Bajo 50 cc Dirt Bike * G Folding Gas Scooter * Fiberglass Snowmobile Sleigh * GUNS: Marksman .177 Cal Pellet Gun* Cooey Moving & Estate 39 22 Cal S S * Cooey 60 22 Cal BA * Gamo .177 Pellet Gun * Rem 700 25-06 Rem BA * Boito A-680 410 GA Dbl Barrel * Winchester 70 300 Mag BA * Ranger 22 Cal S.S. * Mossberg 835 Sept., 1142 D-Series Calssifieds.indd 5 30 @ 4:00 pm 12 GA PA * Enfield Mark 3 303 British * Antiques: Locomotive 16" Solid Brass Bell w Cradle * Manitoba Wed., Stonewall, MB - #12 Patterson Drive Cast Bath Tub * Trunks * Singer Sewing Machine * Pot Belly Wood Heater * Inkwell Ornate Cast * Space Pilot Arcade Game * Deluxe 60's Baseball * Arcade Game * CCM Pedal Bike * Barrels * Yard * Tools * Antiques * Household * Ice Cream Maker * Butter churn * Implement Seat * Snow Shoes * Washboard * Aladdin Lamp * Always Lots of Exciting Items!!

Railway Lantern * License Plates * Goodyear Sign Reversible * Bottles * Anvil * Sythe w Cradle * Saws * Scale * 50) Various Bells * Valvoline Sign *

Strathclair Consumers Co-op

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 • 45ft Dry Van Storage Trailer • Ford 8000 Cement Truck, Auto Trans w/ CAT Diesel • Ford 8000 Cement Truck, Std Trans w/ CAT Diesel

EQUIPMENT • 2008 New Holland BB940A Square Baler w/ 70” Pickup, 35X32 Bales • Deutz Far HD-490 Square Baler • Farm King 13inX85ft Auger

TRACTORS AND CRAWLERS • 8630 Ford Diesel Tractor, MFWD, Cab, Loader, 3 PTH • 4630 John Deere Diesel Tractor • Co-op Implements 850 (Deutz D 7206) Diesel Tractor w/ Leon Loader, Cab • Cockshutt 1750 Diesel Tractor, Cab • 2130 John Deere Tractor w/ JD Loader, 3 PTH • Allis Chalmers 70-45, Dual PTO, Cab • IHC TD6 Diesel Crawler w/ Dozer • CAT RD-4 Crawler

VEHICLES & RVS • 2008 Dodge Ram 3500 Crew Cab, 6.7L Cummins Diesel, 4X4, Safetied, 272K • 2005 Kia Sedona EX • 2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI, 276K, Safetied • 2005 Kia Sedona, 190K • 2002 Nissan Maxima • 2000 Pontiac Bonneville • 1995 Chateau 23LB Travel Trailer

SKID STEER ATTACHMENTS • Stout 48in Walk-Thru Pallet Forks 4000lb capacity • (3) 84” Hydraulic Skid Steer Snow Plow/Dozer • Stout Stump Grinder SG-13R

• Stout Rock & Brush Bucket Grapples • Fork Extentions • Stout Round Bale Spear w/ Skid Steer Quick Attach

TOOLS, YARD EQUIPMENT & BUILDINGS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

New Log Lift For Log Splitter 13 HP Honda Engine Large Selection Of Lawn Tractors 11Sarlo Self-Propelled High Wheel Mower 24in Deck w/ Briggs Engine Air Bumper Jack 2500lb Capacity (2) 2 Wheel Dump Trailer 1200lb Capacity 3000 PSI Electric Pressure Washer New Hydraulic Cylinders 4400lb Pallet Jacks 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 80in Heavy Duty 3 PTH Roto-Tiller Heavy Duty Tire Changer (110V & Air Operated) Heavy Duty Wheel Balancer (110V) 10ft 20 Drawer Heavy Duty Workbench w/ Hanging Wall 20ft Bi-Parting Heavy Duty Wrought Iron Driveway Gate 12ftX20ft Insulated Tarp Cover-all 30ftX65ft Peak Shelter Storage Building

CORRAL PANELS & LIVESTOCK SUPPLIES • • • •

Rugged Ranch Squeeze Chute (new) Large Qty Corral Panels Approx 200 (new) 9ft 6in, 7ft, & 8ft Heavy & Light Duty Panels 330ft Rolls Farm Fence

(204) 365-2491

www.dseriescanola.ca PLUS MUCH MORE!! CALL TODAY TO CONSIGN!!

AUCTION SALE

Stuart McSherry

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

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

www.mcsherryauction.com

15-08-14 4:03 PM

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.

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

AUTO & TRANSPORT Semi Trucks & Trailers 2004 ADVANCE SUPER B grain trailer. $25,000.

Macgregor, MB. Ph:(204)871-0925.

AUTO & TRANSPORT Vehicles Various OLD JEEP FOR SALE. Old truck 47 Chevy tonne & 1/2 for sale too. (204)848-2254

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS

HOBBY FARM AUCTION FOR ART & LEONA HIEBERT SAT., OCTOBER 3, 10:00 AM FROM LOWE FARM: 3 MILES WEST ON #23 AND 3 MILES SOUTH ON ROAD 9W, ¼ WEST ON #20 NORTH. YARD #9046

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Roofing

Available at:

PRICE TO CLEAR!!

Gilbert Plains Consumers Cooperative Ltd.

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

B-Gr. coloured......................70¢/ft.2

Gilbert Plains, MB

Multi-coloured millends.........49¢/ft.2

Ask about our blowout colours...65¢/ft.2

(204) 548-2099

Also in stock low rib white 29 ga. ideal for archrib buildings BEAT THE PRICE INCREASES CALL NOW

www.dseriescanola.ca JD 3130 Diesel, cab 148 loader, 3pth Allis 716 garden tractor w/mower & tiller Some other implements Shop and good household items

AUCTION SALES Saskatchewan Auctions

AUCTION SALES Auctions Various

HOUSE BY AUCTION Sun., Oct 4th 2015 10:00AM. 71 Ross Dr Yorkton, SK. Built in 2008 SHOP & HOUSEHOLD AUCTION for Bill & Mary Single Story 1599-sq.ft 3-brdm home, Household Reimer Sep 26, 11AM at Plumas. Directions: 8-mi etc. For complete listing and pics www.ukrainetW of Plumas on Pr. Rd#265 or 11-mi E of HWY #5 1142 D-Series Manitoba Calssifieds.indd 2 4:03 PM See our website: www.billklassen.com zauction.com Sale conducted

by Karla’s Auction 15-08-14 on Pr. Rd#265. TRUCKS: 1998 GMC 1500 SLE, Yorkton SK (306)782-0787. License #310056 for complete listing or call 6.5-dsl, 4x4, crew cab, stereo, power locks, power 204-325-4433 cell 6230 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 pow-er 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 ham-mer; router, planer, sander; bolts & nuts w/ MACK AUCTION COMPANY presents a relocation Sign up for daily enews at cabinet; lower tool box; 18v DeWalt impact; fuel hose and auction for Ensign Well Servicing Sat., Oct. 24th, nozzle; 200-gal. fuel tank w/electric pump; steel rack w/ 2015 10:00am. Ensign yard Hwy 39 East Service manitobacooperator.ca steel; parts washer; 21 pc 1” drive socket set; many more Road Estevan, SK. Contact person Jeff tools; LAWN AND GARDEN: 314 JD garden tractor w/ (780)201-9376 Live internet bidding www.bidspottiller; STX 46 JD Garden tractor w/mower; garden tools; ter.com! Commercial & Oilfield equip plus much BBQ wood or coal; 2-45 gal. plastic barrels; coolers; back more! 1997 Volvo tandem pump truck w/Series 60 pack sprayer; pic-nic table; 2 story play house w/slide; engine; 1991 tandem axle Pump truck w/Cummins MISC: Mon-arch water pump (new); spraying control sysengine; 2010 Kenworth T660 hwy tractor semi tem; painting supplies; RV supplies; grain hopper; PTO w/Double sleeper & all new rubber; 2006 IH hwy water pump; HOUSEHOLD: Oak table w/6 chairs; china tractor truck w/big sleeper & Cummins engine; 1995 cabinet; sofa & love seat; sectional; 2-recliners; 2-wooden Freightliner tandem truck w/Cummins & 9-SPD; rocking chairs; 2-floor lamps; table lamps; upright piano 1996 IH Navistar tandem axle truck w/DT4; 1996 IH and bench; 12-ft shuffle table; filing cabinet; fax machine; tandem axle truck w/10-SPD; 2007 Ford F150 XLT 3-office desks; toys; books; much, much more! Pennwest regular cab 4WD; 2006 Ford F350 Super Duty crew Auctions Peter Penner Austin, MB, CA Ph:(204)385cab; 2005 Ford F350 Super Duty Crew Cab 2WD, 2970. Owner (204)637-2211. See list w/pictures on Global 5th Wheel tandem axle mobile pump & tank unit; Auc-tion Guide. pennwestauctions@gmail.com 1972 Fruehauf 40-ft. tandem catwalk trailer; Cat Auction in Winkler, MB., Saturday Oct. 930 wheel loader w/pallet forks & bucket; 2007 2660 Genie tough terrain scissor lift w/26-ft. height, 3, 10 am At #23 Reinfeld Street for Jacob Mission pumps; well head flanges; tubing elevators; Groetzen and family. Very large amount rig riders; pump manifolds; drilling blocks; draw works clutches; Wagner accumulator; anchor auof tools and shop equip., including atAUTO & TRANSPORT gers, accumulator bottles; subsite line locators, las metal lathe, wood turning lathe, air Auto & Truck Parts Carolina hyd press; Carolina power hack saw; compressors, welders, cutting torch, spot Carolina engine hoist; Jet pallet jack; Acklands welder; desk; chairs, cabinets plus much more! Visit welder, tools, saws disc grinders, trailer www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & pholoads of shop equipment tractors - Fergutos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter. (306)421-2928 son with 3 pth, Mitsubishi model D 2000 II or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS

Today’s top ag news, delivered.

AUTO & TRANSPORT

with rear tiller sells as unit, some household etc. This is a large auction, lunch is available. This is only a partial listing. See our website www.billklassen.com for pictures and full listing.

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

Tractors

• Case IH Steigher Built, 9270 tractor, standard transmission, bottom end bearings done at 5000 hrs., total hrs 6381, 20.8 x 42 duals insides are new 4 remote with seeder return line, #03287 • 1999 John Deere 8400T 3pth, large 1000 pto, 4 remotes. New 16in tracs, Power shift, 7090 hrs., Prewired for Green star FS -1 auto steer • 1979 IHC 3388 4 wheel drive 2x2 tractor, 6566 hrs., rear duals 18.4 x 38, 3pth, dual speed pto, triple hydraulic, 6000 hrs.

• 1962 Allis Chalmers D 19 Diesel, 3 pth, pto, power steering, new on this farm

“NEW” STORE INVENTORY CLOSEOUT Auction Sat., Oct 3rd 2015 9:00AM. Yorkton Ag Pavilion 455 Broadway St W Yorkton, SK. Semi Truck Parts, Snap on Tools, Groceries, Hardware, etc. For complete listing and pics www.ukrainetzauction.com Sale conducted by Karla’s Auction Yorkton SK (306)782-0787. License #310056

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Red River

New/Used Recycled HD Truck Parts Call Ken 204-794-8383 #2, 45 Mountain View Rd. Winnipeg, MB

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 10 AM

Trux-N-Parts Salvage Inc.

FROM DOMINION CITY TAKE THE #200 SOUTH FOR 6 MILES THEN EAST ON #218.

SIGNS ARE UP AUCTION DAY.

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

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

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

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

BUSINESS SERVICES BUSINESS SERVICES Crop Consulting

FARM CHEMICAL / SEED COMPLAINTS We also specialize in: agricultural complaints of any nature; Crop ins. appeals; Spray drift; Chemical failure; Residual herbicide; Custom operator issues; Equip. malfunctions.

Licensed Agrologist on Staff.

For assistance and compensation call

Back-Track InvesTIgaTIons

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

CLOTHING Work Wear SEWING ALTERATIONS, ZIPPERS REPLACED, upholstery for furniture, boats & automobiles.

Phone (204)727-2694

CONTRACTING CONTRACTING Custom Harvesting 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.

AUCTION FOR TRAC FARMS  RICK & CAROL SCHULTZ EMERSON, MB

FOUILLARD STEEL SUPPLIES LTD.

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS Doors & Windows

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.

CONTRACTING Custom Work CORRAL CLEANER W/3-YD LOADER & 3 vertical spreaders. Taking new customers. Call or text (204)730-3139.

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 1994 FORD 9000 AEROMAX dump truck.

Pintle hitch, new rubber. For details call Peter (204)643-5541 after 8:00pm

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

• Aluminum Polycarbonate Doors Available.

• Non-Insulated and Insulated Sectional Doors Available.

• Liftmaster Heavy Duty Operators.

• Mullion Slide Away Centre Posts.

• Commercial/Agricultural Steel Man Doors and Frames.

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

• 24 Hour Service. • Replacement Springs & Cables.

Trucks and Trailers

• 1994 Peterbuilt Tandem Highway Tractor, 430/470 Detroit, 13 speed, sleeper, 390 gears • 2009 Timpte 33 ft high Hopper grain trailer, air ride, electric tarp, this unit has less than 10,000 one owner miles • 1989 Eagle 9370 Highway Tractor, single sleeper, 425 cat, 13 speed, Less than 10,000 miles inframe overhaul, 370 gears

Sprayer

• Conveyair 2955 Grain Vac

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.

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 Canada’s Largest Wreckers of older construction equip.

Cambrian Equip Sales Ltd (204)667-2867 or fax (204)667-2932

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

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

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

FYFE PARTS

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

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

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

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

STEINBACH, MB. Ph. 326-2443

• 2008 Case IH 7010 combine, 2016 head with swath master pickup, AFX Rotor, 20.8 x 42 duals, 1220 engine hrs., 895 separator hrs.

• Case IH model 2020 Flex head with single point, pickup reel and lifters • 2002 Massey Ferguson 220 XL, swather, 26 ft w/new teeth pickup reel, 1214 engine hrs., Schumacher drive • Tandem axle drive over swather carrier

Augers and Grain Moving

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

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

Harvesting

• 2006 Brandt SB4000 High clearance sprayer, 90 ft suspended boom, 480/80R46, Chem Eductor, Micro-Trak Rate Controller, 1600 US Gal Tank

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

And much more. See our website for listing, pictures and internet bidding!

Owners: 204-373-2222

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

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS

Phone: 204-326-4556 Fax: 204-326-5013 Toll Free: 1-855-326-4556 www.reimeroverheaddoors.com email: kurtis@reimeroverheaddoors.com

Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727 Fax (204) 326-5878 Web site: farmparts.ca E-mail: roy@farmparts.ca FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous 1981 GMC 7000 SERIES, factory, 17-ft B&H, 10X20 70% A1, $8,000; 1980 Chev 1/2 tonne flatdeck, winch, duals, $3,500; 1978 GMC 6000 series, factory 15-ft steel B&H, original 38,000-km, $12,000; 1988 Chev 20-ft factory flat-deck, 10X20, 75%, $3,500; 410 MF combine, PU, all good, $1,050; Vac tank 1800-gal. & pump A1 $10,000; Rotex SR7 power parachute for parts, $3,000; 21-ft Hart Carter PU reel, A1, $1,100; 25-ft U2 PU reel, A1, $4,000. Ph (306)238-4411.

1984 4400 22-FT VERSATILE swather w/cab, good condition, big rubber, asking $3,000; 1984 400 20-ft Versatile swather, good condition, asking $1,400; 1983 400 20-ft Versatile swather, double swath, asking $900 OBO; Haullin 53-ft extendable rafter trailer, all hydraulic, asking $3,500.

(204)728-1861.

39-FT CIL 203 DEEP tiller, 12-in spacing, 3-row harrows, new shovels, in excellent shape. No reasonable offer refused. (204)795-0626.

NH 1400 COMBINE for parts, what offers. Also 7200 IH hoe drill 14-ft. $1,200. Phone (204)837-1553.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

UPCOMING OCTOBER AUCTIONS COMPLETE LISTINGS AND PICTURES @ WWW.FRASERAUCTIONS.COM 3RD ANNUAL HEWSON’S ENTERPRISES EQUIPMENT CONSIGNMENT AUCTION ANGUSVILLE, MB. • SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3rd • 10:00 AM DIRECTIONS: Sale will be held on the Hewson’s Enterprises lot in the North West corner of the town of Angusville, MB. just off highway #45. (Look for the elevator) Watch for signs. Watch for signs sale day (NOTE: Part way there the #478 will come to a junction and go north/south DO NOT turn on to it just continue east to the 9km mark. When you turn off #16 just stay on that road.)

CALL TO BOOK YOUR CONSIGNMENT TODAY. SEED & TILLAGE EQUIPMENT: *35’ Morris Deep Tiller w/ NH3 Kit, New Hitch mount Harrows, 7 Series *Flexi Coil 1720 Tank w/ New unload Auger and Metering System *Valmar 1620 Applicator TRAILERS & TRUCK: *12’ Bobco Stock Trailer, Single Axles INDUSTRIAL: *NEW Stout Brush Grapple 66-9 w/ skid steer quick attach *NEW Stout Brush Grapple HD72-4 close-tine w/ skid steer quick attach *NEW Stout Brush Grapple XHD84-6 w/ skid steer quick attach *NEW Stout Rock Bucket Grapple HD72-3 w/ skid steer quick attach *NEW Stout Walk-Through Pallet Forks 48 in. w/ skid steer quick attach *NEW Stout Full-Back Pallet Forks 48 in. w/ skid steer quick attach *NEW Pallet Forks 48 in. w/ skid steer quick attach *NEW 82’’ Heavy Duty Rotary Tiller c/w: gear drive, 3 point PTO shaft w/overrunning clutch *(2) NEW 72’’ Forklift Fork Extension *(2) NEW 94’’ Hydraulic Skid Steer Loader Dozer Blade/snow pusher *NEW 72” SKID STEER HYDRAULIC FORK GRAPPLE C/W: 2 cylinders *NEW 84’’ 4-in-1 SKID STEER BUCKET *NEW 84’’ SKID STEER ANGLE SNOW BLADE FEED PROCESSING EQUIPMENT: *JD 400 Mix Mill, needs work LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT: *(approx 65) from 6’ – 16’ (30) Gates & (35) Panels *20 – 10’ Dropmore Panels, Very Good *Panel Mover Trailer complete with 10 Panels *Calf Squeeze Chute –Very good 3PT and ATTACHMENTS: *10 WH 3PT V Rake *JD 227 Gyro Mower, 677 Trailed complete w/ D Cylinder SHOP EQUIPMENT: *(2) NEW 10FT 20 DRAWER HEAVY DUTY WORK BENCH WITH HANGING WALL c/w 40’’ high hanging wall, stainless steel drawer panel, metal handles *NEW Heavy Duty Tire Changer, c/w: 110v 60 hz *NEW Heavy Duty Wheel Balancer, c/w: 110v 60 hz *(2) NEW 20 ton Air Hydraulic Jack *NEW 10 Ton Digital Floor Scale c/w: 78’’ plate *NEW 10 Compound Miter Saw *(2) NEW 3 Ton Floor Jack *NEW 10pc 14” Diamond Blade Set per lot *(20) NEW 12’ x 20’ Insulated Tarp *Craftsman 10” Radial Saw with Stand *Craftsman Mitre Saw *Band Saw & Stand *Chop Saw on Wheels *Wire Wheel Grinder *Grinding Wheel Grinder *NEW Blades for Saw – Various *Selection of Galvanized Fittings BIN: *Approx 12,000 Bus Grain Ring w/ Complete on pallet w/ tarp *Ring Feeder *Selection of Mounted Bolt Bins - Small *Bolt Bin w/36 Bins LAWN & GARDEN, LEISURE: *JD Push Mower w/ Bagger *Push Mower PATIO BLOCKS: *Decorative Paving Bricks TENTS: *NEW 30FT X 65FT X 15FT Peak Ceiling Double Door Storage Building C/W: commercial fabric, waterproof, UV and Fire Resistant, 12’ x 12’ drive through doors at two ends *NEW 30FT X 40FT X 15FT Peak Ceiling Double Door Storage Building C/W: commercial fabric, waterproof, UV and Fire Resistant, 12’ x 12’ drive through doors at two ends *NEW 20FT X 30FT X 12FT Storage Shelter C/W: commercial fabric, waterproof, UV and Fire Resistant *(2) NEW 10 ft x 20 ft Commercial Instant Pop Up Tent *(2) NEW 16 ft x 22 ft Marquee Event Tent, C/W: 320 sq.ft, one zipper door, 7 windows, heavy duty frames and fabrics ANTIQUES: *Antique Jugs *Antique Mirror *(3) Antique 2 Pane Windows 4’x2’ *(2) Antique 2 Pane Windows 3’x2’ *Antique Copper Boiler MISCELLANEOUS: *Shingles - Brown, Black, Beige *Coal Pail/Ash Pail *(2) Stained Glass Windows Approx 3’ x 1/5’ *(5) 3 Pane Windows Approx 2’x 1 ¾’ *(6) 3 Pane Windows Approx 2’x1’ *(2) Wooden Windows 2’x2’ *(5) Wooden Windows 2’x2’ *(6) Wooden Windows 2’x3’ *Forced Air Oil Furnace *(2) Insulated Exterior Doors 32” x 80” – 1 has glass pane - Brown

FOR MORE INFO OR TO CONSIGN CONTACT HEWSON’S ENTERPRISES 204-773-3025

RETIREMENT EQUIPMENT AUCTION FOR BLUE NORTHERN SALVAGE (LAWRENCE YASKIW) SOLSGIRTH, MB. • WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 7th • 10:00 AM DIRECTIONS: From: Shoal Lake, MB (Jct of Hwy 16 & Hwy 21) 30.6 Kms West on Hwy 16 to Road 152W, 1.7 Kms South on Road 152W to Sale site. Sale on West side of road.

From: Jct of Hwy 16 & Hwy 83 (North of Birtle) 6.6 Kms East on Hwy 16 to Road 152W, 1.7 Kms South on Road 152W to Sale site. Sale on West side of road. Watch for Signs – Sale Day. THIS SALE WILL FEATURE: Semi-trucks * Scrap trailers * Equipment trailers * Loaders * Skidsteer * Tools * Antique vehicles and equipment * Vintage snow mobiles * Plus so much more!

FOR MORE INFO OR TO CONSIGN CONTACT LAWRENCE PHONE: 204-842-3867 OR CELL: 204-773-0180

UNRESERVED FALL CONSIGNMENT SALE BRANDON, MB. • SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17th • 9:00 AM

DIRECTIONS: Sale will be held at Fraser Auction Service Ltd. Sales yard 1/4 mile north of the junction of highways #1 & #10 on 25 Wheatbelt Road. Brandon, MB. THIS SALE WILL FEATURE: Farm & Industrial Equipment *Trucks *Trailers *Livestock Handling Equipment *Vehicles *Lawn & Leisure *Shop Equipment & Tools, 3PT Hitch & Acreage Equipment * Plus Misc. Pallet Lots & Soooo Much More!!!

HARVEST EQUIPMENT: *Coop 550 Swather *30’ HD Header HAYING EQUIPMENT *9’ NH Hay Conditioner GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT *13” x 70’ Farm King Swing Auger, Hyd Drive & Winch, Full Bin indicator, Never Augered Fertilizer, s/n 21900230 *7” x 36’ Auger w/ Electric Motor *(13) Pencil Auger *Poly Hopper VEHICLES *2004 Chevrolet Optra LS, 4 Door, 4 Cyl, White, VIN# KL1JK52Z24K955746, 198,754 Kms Showing, NEEDS HEAD GASKET, (Proceeds from the sale of this vehicle will go to the TEEN CHALLENGE OF CENTRAL CANADA INC) *2004 Pontiac Montana Ext Passenger Van, 6 Cyl, Gray, VIN# 1GMDX03E04D174360, (Proceeds from the sale of this vehicle will go to the TEEN CHALLENGE OF CENTRAL CANADA INC) *1999 Ford Taurus LX, 4 Door, 6 Cyl, Red, VIN# 1FAFP53U4XG251063, 300,867 Kms Showing, NEW power steering pump in box, (Proceeds from the sale of this vehicle will go to the TEEN CHALLENGE OF CENTRAL CANADA INC) *1995 Chevrolet Caprice Classic, 4 Door, 8 Cyl, Green, VIN# 1G1BL52WXSR158691, 190,086 Kms Showing (Proceeds from the sale of this vehicle will go to the TEEN CHALLENGE OF CENTRAL CANADA INC) *1998 Ford Taurus SE, 4 Door, 6 Cyl, Green, PARTS ONLY, VIN# 1FAFP52U2WG156775, (Proceeds from the sale of this vehicle will go to the TEEN CHALLENGE OF CENTRAL CANADA INC) *1978 Prevost Mirage, 47 Seat, Power Trn, 8V, DSL TRUCKS *2006 Chevy 2500 Extended Cab, 4 WHD, Runs & Drives Great, White, VIN# 1GCHK29U86E193489 *2001 Ford F250 SD Supercab, Extended Cab, 10 Cyl, White, VIN#1FTNX21SX1EA64189, 355, 704 Kms Showing *1997 Dodge Ram 1500 Club Cab, Extended Cab, 8 Cyl, Black, VIN# 1B7HF13Y4VJ573851, 436,461 Kms Showing, (Proceeds from the sale of this vehicle will go to the TEEN CHALLENGE OF CENTRAL CANADA INC) *1991 Ford Ranger Supercab, Extended Cab, 6 cyl, White, VIN# 1FTCR14U9MTA27966, 241,552 Kms Showing, NOT RUNNING (Proceeds from the sale of this vehicle will go to the TEEN CHALLENGE OF CENTRAL CANADA INC) *1989 Chevrolet C/R 10/1500 Pickup, 8 Cyl, Blue, VIN# 2GCDC14H9K1122829, (Proceeds from the sale of this vehicle will go to the TEEN CHALLENGE OF CENTRAL CANADA INC) *1979 Ford Light Pickup, 6 Cyl, Brown, VIN# SGTBUU51685, 69,322 Miles Showing, NOT RUNNING - BREAK IN PWR LINE, (Proceeds from the sale of this vehicle will go to the TEEN CHALLENGE OF CENTRAL CANADA INC) *(1) NEW 72” TRUCK BOX *(4) NEW 60” TRUCK BOX TENT TRAILER *2000 Coleman Tent Trailer, Sleeps 6, Fridge, Furnace, Water Tank, VIN# 4CP689F13Y7273025 LIVESTOCK *(186) NEW 9’6” RANCH PANEL 5’HIGH/5RAILS 32mmPIPE *(70) NEW 9’6” RANCH PANEL 5’HIGH/5RAILS 42mmPIPE *(2) NEW CATTLE SQUEEZE *(52) NEW 7’ SHEEP PANEL WITH PIN SYSTEM 4’3”HIGH 32mmPIPE *(98) NEW 7’ MESH SHEEP PANEL 32mmPIPE *(12) NEW 7’6” RANCH PANEL 5’6”HIGH/6RAILS 60mmPIPE *(4) 10’ Long x 30” Wide - Metal Troughs on Legs *Chicken Plucker w/ fingered rotary drum *(3) Chicken Waterer, Holds approx 15 Gallons of water LOADER ATTACHMENTS *Case L655 Loader w/ Mounts, fits MX135, needs hoses 3 PT & ATTACHMENTS *7’ or 84” Farm King Snow Blower *Buhler Farm King 960 Snowblower 3pt, Dbl Auger, Hyd chute, (painted Ford Blue), s/n 204018110 *7’ International 70 3PT Snow Blower *10’ Leon 3100 3PT Back Blade, Swivels 360 degree, Dbl angles, fits a 120 HP Tractor, s/n 499308 INDUSTRIAL *(5) NEW 3PC JOBSITE BOX *(2) NEW 94’’ Hydraulic Skid Steer Loader Dozer Blade/snow pusher *NEW 82’’ Heavy Duty Rotary Tiller c/w: gear drive, 3 point PTO shaft w/overrunning clutch *(2) NEW 72’’ Forklift Fork Extension *NEW 10 Ton Digital Floor Scale c/w: 78’’ plate *NEW 72” SKID STEER HYDRAULIC FORK GRAPPLE C/W: 2 cylinders *NEW 84’’ 4-in-1 SKID STEER BUCKET *NEW 84’’ SKID STEER ANGLE SNOW BLADE *NEW Stout Brush Grapple HD72-4 Close Tine w/ Skid Steer Quick Attach *NEW Stout Grapple Bucket HD72-FB w/ Skid Steer Quick Attach *NEW Stout Full-Back Pallet Forks 48” w/ Skid Steer Quick Attach *NEW Pallet Fork 48” w/ Skid Steer Quick Attach *(4) NEW 10-16.5 Maxam Skid Steer Tire 10-Ply *12’Leon Blade, Hyd Angle & tilt - fits CAT Tractor Track Machine, Model 3545 CAT, s/n 23639809 *12’ Blade *Approx 2 Yard Kobelco Track-Hoe Bucket SHOP TOOLS & EQUIPMENT *(2) NEW 10FT 20 DRAWER HEAVY DUTY WORK BENCH *(2) NEW 10FT 20 DRAWER HEAVY DUTY WORK BENCH WITH HANGING WALL c/w 40’’ high hanging wall, stainless steel drawer panel, metal handles *NEW Heavy Duty Tire Changer, c/w: 110v 60 hz *NEW Heavy Duty Wheel Balancer, c/w: 110v 60 hz *(2) NEW 20 ton Air Hydraulic Jack *NEW 10 Compound Miter Saw *(2) NEW 3 Ton Floor Jack *NEW 10pc 14” Diamond Blade Set per lot *(20) NEW 12’ x 20’ Insulated Tarp *Skilsaw Table Saw 10” Blade *2 1/2 Ton Floor Jack *Air Compressor, 3/4HP, 1PH *Lincoln Electric 255XT Power Mig w/ 2 Wire Feed Guns, s/n 11519 *255 Amp AC Welder w/ cables - power & ground TANKS, PUMPS & GENERATORS *1700 Gal Imp Fiberglass Water Tank TENTS, LAWN & GARDEN, LEISURE *NEW 30FT X 65FT X 15FT Peak Ceiling Double Door Storage Building C/W: commercial fabric, waterproof, UV and Fire Resistant, 12’ x 12’ drive through doors at two ends *NEW 30FT X 40FT X 15FT Peak Ceiling Double Door Storage Building C/W: commercial fabric, waterproof, UV and Fire Resistant, 12’ x 12’ drive through doors at two ends *NEW 20FT X 30FT X 12FT Storage Shelter C/W: commercial fabric, waterproof, UV and Fire Resistant *(2) NEW 10 ft x 20 ft Commercial Instant Pop Up Tent *(2) NEW 16 ft x 22 ft Marquee Event Tent, C/W: 320 sq.ft, one zipper door, 7 windows, heavy duty frames and fabrics *Mastercraft Snowblower, 2 stage, 12HP, Tecumseh Motor *Earthquake Rototiller, 6.5HP, B & S Motor, Manual *2 Wheel Utility Trailer *Tanaka TIA-305 Post Hole Auger w/ 2 Augers, Needs carb work *1997 Yamaha Venture 600 Snowmobile, Is running but needs carb work TIRES *Selection of NEW & USED Tires *(4) Dunlop 25x10-12 BUILDING MATERIAL *Selection of Cladding MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS *Bladez U250 Exercise Bike, Manual *(2) Laundry Tubs *Screen-o-matic Tractor Radiator Pre-Cleaner *(13) Boxes - Welding Rods *(4) Hyd Cylinders *(7) Electrical Boxes *Duct Work *Range Hood Fan *Assorted Lights

THIS IS ONLY AN EARLY LISTING. MORE EQUIPMENT IS BEING CONSIGNED DAILY! CALL NOW TO HAVE YOUR EQUIPMENT ADDED TO THIS HUGE AUCTION. FOR MORE INFO OR TO CONSIGN CALL 1-204-727-2001

FRASER AUCTION SERVICE LTD.

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

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

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

Tillage & Seeding

LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT

TILLAGE & SEEDING Seeding Various

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.

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

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Place your ad in the Manitoba Co-operator classifed section. 1-800-782-0794.

AN ASSORTMENT OF CREEP feeders & self feeders on wheels & skids. All Cypress Industries.

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For Sale: JD 2130- 3pt, 3,000 original hrs; JD 4050MFWD, 3pt, PS; JD 4055- 2wd, 3pt, quad shift; JD 4440- (2) quad shifts; JD 4450- MFWD, 3pt, 15spd, w/rebuilt engine; JD 4455- MFWD, PS; JD 4640quad; JD 4650- 2wd, 3hyds, 15-spd; JD 4955 MFWD, 3pt, 3hyds, 15-spd, 3,700 orig hrs, mint; JD 7210- MFWD, 3pt, PQ w/LHR; JD 7610- MFWD, 3pt, PQ w/LHR, w/740 FEL, grapple; JD 7700MFWD, 3pt, PQ, fact duals, w/740 FEL, grapple. All tractors can be sold with new or used loaders. Now a Husqvarna dealer, with a full line of Husqvarna Equipment. MITCH’S TRACTOR SALES LTD St. Claude, MB. Mitchstractorsales.com Phone: (204)750-2459 (cell).

CASE 621 LOADER 8-FT. bucket; 1981 GMC 17ft. B&H; Ford Major loader 3-PTH, $6,500; 25-ft. UII reel; 16-ft. OMC boat & 60-HP motor trailer, $2,500; 18-ft. 1,800-gal vac tank & pump; 1981 Ford gravel truck tandem gas, $7,500; MF 860 PU & straight cut $5,500; 1999 GMC T8500 DSL tow truck 20-ft. $14,500. (306)236-8023

1142 D-Series Manitoba Calssifieds.indd 1 4:03JD PM4055. MUST be in very good condiWANTED: GRAIN CARTS LARGE SELECTION used carts 15-08-14 tion, lower hours. Phone (204)768-3664.

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TRACTORS Fickln 650-bu. $13,500; Grain Vacs REM 1026, Versatile 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 875 VERS. W/ATOM JET & good tires. Nice shape.

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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, $33,000; Fertilizer Spreaders 4-8 Ton, $3,000 & Up; Valmar 1620, $2,500; 3255, $3,500. (204)857-8403

HAYING & HARVESTING HAYING & HARVESTING Various FOR SALE:FOX MAX II corn silage harvester S.P 4WD, diesel motor, good rubber, NH3, row header 28-30-in spacing, cab. $2,500 OBO. Dauphin, MB. Phone:(204)638-5689.

Combines COMBINES Case/IH 30-ft IHC MACDON FLEX DRAPER HEADER w/gauge reels, 2 section pick-up reel, $30,000.

Ph:(204)871-0925. Macgregor, MB. COMBINE FOR SALE, INTERNATIONAL 1460.

3447 hrs, pick up head, good working condition. $6,500. Ph: (204)828-3648. No sun calls please.

COMBINES Ford/New Holland 1992 TX 36 COMBINE, 3,320 engine hours. Has been used this fall. $10,000. Phone:(204)364-2422.

Arborg, MB. 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.

COMBINES White 1980, 5542 WHITE COMBINE, in excellent condition. Phone (204)848-2254, Onanole MB.

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

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Managing risk basis: demystifying the variables Canola is canola, whereas wheat is, well — it’s complicated

By Duncan Morrison Co-operator contributor

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any farmers have a reasonably good handle on canola basis. When it comes to wheat basis, though, most producers are finding a very complex beast.

That’s the clear-cut message from two of Manitoba’s leading commodity experts when asked for insight for producers managing basis risk.

“Farmers understand canola,” said Mike Jubinville, of ProFarmer Canada in an interview. “There’s a long history of canola on the market. That’s not quite the case with wheat; there’s not quite enough info yet. And when it comes to wheat, it is the most complicated of all commodities. It is priced on a vast grid of grades, proteins and is much more complicated.”

John DePape, of Farmers Advanced Risk Management Co. (FARMCo), concurs.

“The canola basis is straightforward,” said DePape. “There are two grades of canola and one use: oil.

With wheat there are different classes, different uses and different protein requirements. It’s a totally different animal than canola.”

Agreement Basis is the difference between a cash price and the futures price of a particular commodity on a given futures exchange. Futures prices represent the price offered for a futures contract, a legally binding agreement that dictates quantity, quality, delivery and timing of a specified grain. Factors that affect basis include predicted supply and demand, variations of grade, availability, storage and transportation costs.

Generally, any forward price offer will be comprised of a futures price and expected basis. Manitoba producers can manage basis with forward contracts — either priced or unpriced (basis).

These types of contracts are applicable to those commodities that have a futures market component associated with them such as canola, wheat, corn, soybeans, and to a lesser extent, oats.

For wheat producers, forward contracting with a set price is seen as the

The range of classes, grades and protein levels makes wheat one of the most complex commodities to market. Photo: File

“The canola basis is straightforward. There are two grades of canola and one use: oil. With wheat there are different classes, different uses and different protein requirements. It’s a totally different animal than canola.”

John DePape Farmers Advanced Risk Management Co. (FARMCo)

least complex of the two options as both futures and basis risk are eliminated with a stroke of the pen leaving no exposure as long as the contract criteria is met.

Guarantee Basis contracts guarantee that the basis risk will be eliminated without locking in a price at the time of the contract. As with the fixed price contract, the contracted producer must deliver a specified amount in a stipulated time frame.

Farmers have been dealing with the wheat-marketing dynamics since the Canadian Wheat Board’s single desk ended August 1, 2012.

Coming from a system of one buyer to an open market comes with a steep learning curve. Again, Jubinville and DePape found common ground on how producers need to shift their way of thinking around basis risk.

“A l o t o f p e o p l e t h i n k b a s i s i s a cost,” said DePape. “Basis should be considered as a price. If supply is down and demand is the same, the price increases. Basis improves. It behaves like a price.”

“Basis can be a mystifying variable,” echoes Jubinville. “It has always been associated with cost. But it should be a price number not a cost. Basis is simply a price that the grain company is willing to pay.”

Mike Jubinville’s Four Quadrant approach ProFarmer Canada’s Mike Jubinville uses a Four Quadrant approach of futures/basis combos to help manage the marketing efforts of his clients.

“Basis has always been a signal of what are cash grain demands of that buyer,” he said. “If the elevators are full, they don’t need deliveries, the power is with the buyers. If there are empty elevators and the transportation system is ready to roll, that gets added to the basis system.”

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Grain-drying systems: larger bins, more grain, more air Natural air drying needs 10 times the airflow rate compared to aeration

BY DUNCAN MORRISON Co-operator contributor

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he yields are getting larger, the machinery bigger.

It stands to reason that grain storage bins have had to get bigger as well. Smaller bins and their effective grain-drying systems in place for years are being replaced by larger bins and more intricate drying needs to handle the larger contents.

“There are larger bins in use all across the Prairies,” said Lorne Grieger, a senior official with the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) from his Portage la Prairie office. “And because of this, there is a lot of interest from producers as to the different technologies and systems for grain drying in these bins. There is more grain stored in these bins, and therefore there is higher risk if something goes wrong.”

PAMI’s mission is to enhance sustainability and profitability in agriculture and other sectors through research, innovation, adaptation and knowledge transfer. Grieger specializes in grain-drying systems and understanding the complex relationships between grain and airflow.

“All types of grain storage and aeration requite proper monitoring and management,” he said. “Understanding what is going on in the bin leads to better management decisions by the producer.”

The key to that is understanding the difference between aeration and natural air drying and the different requirements of each, he said. A general rule of thumb is natural air drying needs 10 times the airflow rate compared to aeration.

“Aeration is cooling and conditioning the grain. If air is cooler than the grain, the grain will cool,” he said. “Natural air drying is reducing the moisture in the grain.”

Most grain bins are designed to push air through the grain from the bottom of the bin. The

air is pushed upward through the stored grain and exits at the top of the stored grain and out the top of the bin.

However, there are other systems as well. Grieger said the various grain-drying syst e m s c o m e w i t h d i f f e re n t styles of fans and air distribution. Collectively, they can all provide airflow that depends on resistance to airflow — or static pressure — that depends upon grain type, depth of grain, airflow rate (faster that air is pushed in, the greater the resistance) and the duct-

ing that distributes evenly throughout the bin.

A 2011 study done by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on management of in-bin natural grain-drying systems to minimize energy cost summarized that “picking the right type of fan, based on the anticipated static pressure required, saved 33 per cent of the horsepower and electrical energy cost compared to making the wrong choice of fan.”

Grieger, who pointed out the excellent work of his colleague Joy Agnew of the Saskatchewan

PAMI office on grain-drying systems, said the most critical decision that producers need to make before they purchase grain bins is determine what exactly they need and want the system to do.

“By matching the right system with the producer’s needs and understanding the physical processes involved, a producer can ensure quality, as well as save time and energy,” he said.

“But they have to be as certain as possible of the intricacies of what they want to accomplish right from the outset.”

Soybean harvest usually a dry event The main concern is not to harvest the crop too early

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Manitoba’s soybean growers have one benefit over their wheat-producing counterparts in that their crop is almost always harvested with readyfor-market dryness.

“Soybeans don’t have the same issues as canola or other grain crops,” said Dennis Lange, a pulse crop specialist with the Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development office in Altona. “Most of the drying required is in-field drying during the maturity phase and typically the harvest is done at 13 per cent and drier so it’s ready to transport.”

Lange said soybeans are on the upward swing in Manitoba. Most of the crop is shipped stateside although there are buyers on the West Coast and also a few local crushers in Manitoba.

“Soybeans are a newer crop,” explains Lange. “Manitoba hit 1.4 million acres planted this year. Soybeans have really expanded over the last couple of years.”

Most years, soybeans do not require drying. There are years however, where harvest conditions may dictate that aeration and other drying be required. With storage and aeration concerns usually at a minimum, Lange does say that soybean producers have other challenges during harvest. Primarily, they have to be certain of the plant stage when they harvest.

“Producers have to be careful not to go in too early to harvest,” he said.

“The plants need to be mature and they thresh out quite easily. By harvesting immature plants, the quality of the crop will decrease as the higher number of pods in with the beans is not preferred. The cleaner the sample is without pods, the better the quality.”

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Bug control protects your crop investment Insect activity stops once the grain temperature is lowered to 15 C

By Duncan Morrison CO-OPERATOR CONTRIBUTOR

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a k i n g s t e p s n ow t o reduce the risk of insect infestations on stored grain can save a lot of headaches later, said Brent Elliot, infestation control and sanitation officer for the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) in an interview.

“Aeration of your stored crop can help alleviate insect activity and, if you can get the temperature in your bin to 15 C, the insect activity will stop,” he said. “At the very least, that is a good short-term solution.

You’re not getting rid of the bug problem as the bugs don’t die.

But they are not active at that temperature.”

Elliot wholeheartedly believes that when it comes to preventing bug activity in grain bins, an ounce of prevention is worth bushels of the cure. Aeration and temperature control are definitely great assets toward preventing bugs in the bin. So are regular checks.

“Producers spend so much time planting, monitoring and harvesting their crops, they sometimes think that once their crop is in the bin, their work is done,” said Elliot. “They should be checking their stored crops regularly and ensure the value

Controlling moisture is key to preventing infestations of insects such as the rusty grain beetle. Photo: CGC

of their crop is being maintained and not being damaged by bugs or mould from wetness.”

Manitoba Agriculture, Food a n d Ru r a l D e v e l o p m e n t’s (MAFRD) website recommends that old grain bins, truck bins and augers be cleaned out before being used to store or transport new grain. Bugs such as rusty grain beetles do not leave the field with crops, rather, they damage newly stored crops by populating dirty bins and machinery after getting inside via openings in bins.

As Elliot pointed out, moisture is also a key component of bug control during long-term storage of grain. According to the MAFRD site, some insects will feed on the grain while others are feeding on mould that grows on grains that are too moist.

Quick facts on storage To protect the quality of grain currently in storage, the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) recommends you: • Sample the grain from the core at a depth of 30 to 50 cm (12 to 18 inches) from the surface. Insects are likely to be found in pockets of warm or moist grain.

Sieve the samples or examine small portions carefully. Typically, stored product insects are very small beetles (less than three mm or one-eighth inch) that may not be moving. A magnifying glass can be helpful.

• For best results, your grain’s temperature should be less than 15 C. As well, you should keep your grain at the appropriate moisture content, depending on its type (for example, wheat should be at or lower than 14.5 per cent moisture content).

• Summer surveys have shown that the lesser grain borer (Rhyzopertha dominica) has been found across Canada, particularly in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The lesser grain borer is one of Canada’s most damaging pests found in stored grain. The CGC has insect identification keys on its website that can help you. If you cannot identify an insect using these keys, call the CGC’s infestation control and sanitation officer.

• Insects in your grain could be grain feeders, fungal feeders, or predators of these insects. By accurately identifying insects, you can determine the appropriate control method.

• The CGC website has advice on controlling grain-feeding insects.

• Make sure storage areas are clean and free from grain residues that can harbour or attract insects.

• If required, treat your empty storage bins with a registered contact insecticide such as malathion, pyrethrin or a diatomaceous earth-based product. Make sure you treat floor-wall joints, aeration plenums or floors and access points thoroughly. Note: Do not use malathion in bins intended for canola storage.

Associated links • Controlling insect pest infestations http://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/ storage-entrepose/control-controle-eng.htm • Insect identification keys http://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/storage-entrepose/ keys-cles/iik-cii-eng.htm • Lesser grain borer https://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/storage-entrepose/ pip-irp/lgb-ppg-eng.htm • Manage stored grain: Maintain quality and manage insect infestations http://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/storage-entrepose/mqsgm-mgqge-eng.htm • Moisture determination for Canadian grains http://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/ guides-guides/moisture-teneur/mtgm-mdteg-eng.htm • Tough and damp ranges for Canadian grains http://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/ guides-guides/moisture-teneur/ms-tate/ms-tate-eng.htm

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he evidence is well substantiated and well recorded. Corn is less tolerant of previous-year field residue than other crops. That is, a field of corn that is planted on the same field as the corn crop the previous year has a better chance of stand establishment by starting out on a clean field.

As such, here in Manitoba, a corn crop’s preference for a long slow growing season and late harvest leaves a fairly short fall season window for Manitoba’s corn growers to ready their fields for their next year’s stand.

“Corn producers usually try and get on the fields in the fall and get as much residue off the fields as they can so they don’t have to deal with the wet stalks in the spring,” said Morgan Cott, agronomist for the Manitoba Corn Growers Association. “It’s usually best to try and get rid of the mess left on the field after harvest before the next season.”

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Leftover residue can act as a canopy both by reflecting sunlight and covering the soil. This means it reduces the warming and drying of the soil that producers need to get on to seed the next year’s crop. A delay in planting can impact yield.

Cott expects Manitoba’s corn harvest to be in full swing the last week of September and the early days of October. She said the spring of 2015 was perfect for corn producers as the dry weather and absence of a big snowmelt allowed corn producers to start their leftover and new field work in early April. But, Cott said, producers should not count on that as the norm.

“Corn is a late crop and a big plant, so there’s a lot to deal with,” she said. “Once the corn is harvested, depending on what

kind of machinery a producer has, there is still a lot of the plant left. Manitoba corn producers really rely on the fall weather to ensure they get the field as clean as possible.”

Uptake Cott’s nod to the advancements in corn-harvesting machinery is representative of the uptake of the crop by producers across North America. Besides harvest timing and soil wetness, Cott said another key component to getting rid of the fall-season root balls is the machinery that a producer uses.

“Some producers use combine headers which cut plants two feet above the ground, leaving a large stalk which can be hard to deal with,” she said.

“Chopping header machinery cuts the plant six to 12 inches above the ground, which is a lot less left behind. These machines are more expensive, though they save time.”

Cott said that once the corn is harvested and the plant is cut, producers will often disc twice to get the field ready, harrowing once in the fall and once in the spring. She said new equipment on the market is providing vertical tillage which reduces passes, although the chop on the plant is different. Concurrent to the advances in machinery is the advancements of the crop through crop science.

“Plants are getting bigger and stronger,” she explains. “And so too are the machines needed for corn operations.”

Cott points out that a good amount of research is also underway to determine more complete usage of the corn plant after harvest. She said silage for cattle is a way Manitoba producers can reduce the residue as the cattle will eat the whole plant. Baling the leftover stalks, which is done in some areas of North America, does not appear to be gaining traction in Manitoba as yet.

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Consider pros, cons of alternative grain storage methods Grain should be dry and cool when placed in alternative storage facilities NDSU EXTENSION RELEASE

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umper crops and transportation delays have created a need for additional temporary storage on many farms.

Here are some things farmers should consider about the various options.

“Grain can be stored in many types of facilities,” North Dakota State University Extension Service agricultural engineer Ken Hellevang says. “But all storage options should keep the grain dry and provide adequate aeration to control grain temperature.”

Grain must be dry and cool (near the average outdoor temperature) when placed in alternative storage facilities because providing adequate, uniform airflow to dry grain or cool grain

coming from a dryer is not feasible.

Structural issues Grain pushing against the walls can damage buildings not built for grain storage. The walls must be anchored securely, and their structural members must be strong enough to transfer the force to the building poles or support structure without breaking or bending excessively.

Typically, you’ll need additional poles and a grain wall to support the grain force in a pole building. Hellevang advises hiring an engineer to complete a structural design or analysis, or contacting the building company for guidance to prevent a structural failure.

Before placing grain in a building previously used for grain storage, look for anything out of align-

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ment, such as a bowing wall. Also check the roofline.

Bowing or bending indicates the load on the building exceeds the load for which it was designed and built.

Examine connections for separation or movement. A connector failure can lead to a building failure. You may need to reinforce the connection by adding a gusset or splice.

Storing in bags Storing grain in poly bags is a good option, but it does not prevent insect infestations or mould growth in damp grain, Hellevang says. Grain should be placed in the bag at recommended storage moisture contents based on grain and outdoor temperatures.

Heating will occur if the grain exceeds a safe storage moisture content; grain in a bag cannot be cooled with aeration. The average temperature of dry grain will follow the average outdoor temperature.

Select an elevated, well-drained site for the storage bags, and run the bags north and south so solar heating is similar on both sides. Sunshine on just one side heats that side, which can lead to moisture accumulation in the grain on the cool side. Wildlife can puncture the bags, creating an entrance for moisture and releasing the grain smell, which attracts more wildlife. Monitor the grain temperature at several places in the bags.

Never enter a grain bag because it is a suffocation hazard. If unloading the bag with a pneumatic grain conveyor, the suction can “shrink wrap” a person so he or she cannot move and will limit space for breathing.

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Grain frequently is stored short term in outdoor piles. However, precipitation is a severe problem in uncovered grain. A one-inch rain will increase the moisture content of a one-foot layer of corn by nine percentage points.

This typically leads to the loss of at least two feet of grain on the pile surface. A one-foot loss on the surface of a 25-foot-high coneshaped pile is about 13 per cent of the grain.

Hellevang strongly recommends using a cover to prevent water infiltration.

Aeration and wind blowing on the pile will not dry wet grain adequately to prevent spoilage.

Prepare the ground surface where grain will be piled with lime, fly ash, cement or asphalt to prevent soil moisture from reaching the grain. The storage floor should be higher than the surrounding ground to minimize moisture transfer from the soil into the grain. Make sure the ground surface is crowned so moisture that does get into the pile drains out rather than creating a wet pocket that leads to grain deterioration. Also examine the entire area to assure that flooding will not occur during major rain events.

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tion system holds grain covers in place. However, you must provide inlets for adequate airflow through the grain to control its temperature. Place perforated ducts on the grain under the cover to provide a controlled air intake for the aeration system and airflow near the cover to minimize condensation problems.

Properly sized and spaced ducts should be placed on the ground under the pile to pull air through the grain. If you use a perforated grain wall, the aeration ducts near the wall should not be perforated or the airflow through the grain will be limited to near the wall.

Cooling stored grain Cool grain with aeration to reduce the insect infestation potential. Insect reproduction is reduced at temperatures below about 15 C, insects are dormant below about 10 C, and insects can be killed by extended exposure to temperatures below about -1 C. Cooling grain as outdoor temperatures cool reduces moisture migration and the condensation potential near the top of the grain pile. Grain moisture content and temperature affect the rate of mould growth and grain deterioration, with the allowable storage time approximately doubling with each 6° reduction in grain temperature.

The grain should be cooled whenever the average outdoor temperature is 6 to 9 C cooler than the grain. It should be cooled to near or below -1 C for winter storage, depending on available air temperature.

Aeration ducts need to have perforations sized and spaced correctly for air to enter and exit the ducts uniformly and obtain the desired airflow through the grain.

The maximum spacing for aeration ducts is equal to the grain depth to achieve acceptable airflow uniformity.

StatsCan raises estimates for wheat, canola Slight increases in production forecast came as no surprise to the trade

BY JADE MARKUS COMMODITY NEWS SERVICE CANADA

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heat and canola production is expected to be higher than previous estimates, but still lower than 2014, according to a new Statistics Canada model for field crop production estimates.

The model-based report pegs this year’s spring wheat production at 18.4 million tonnes, higher than previously released in the August 21 production of principal field crops report, which estimated spring wheat production at about 18 million.

Despite the increase, wheat production will still be down 13 per cent from 2014.

Canola production is expected to hit 14.4 million tonnes, compared with August 21 report estimates of 13.3 million.

However, canola will still see an 11.6 per cent decrease from 2014.

At this point, traders are shrugging off the new information, but it

could act as an influencer moving forward.

The report confirms what the market had expected, said Jerry Klassen, manager of the Canadian office for Swiss-based GAP S.A. Grains and Products.

“I don’t think this is having too much of an impact overall, I think it confirms we’re down from last year.

“For now I think the trade is fairly comfortable with that production number.”

The new model-based principal field estimates are calculated with a system developed by StatsCan and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

The report isn’t more or less accurate than StatsCan’s production of principal field crops report.

It’s just a different way of collecting the information, said Cindy Carter, senior analyst for Statistics Canada’s crops unit.

“They’re looking at having this model replace the September survey in the future.”

The method incorporates coarse resolution satellite and agroclimatic data, and incorporates information

from Statistics Canada’s field crop reporting series.

While both reports exist, Klassen said traders will balance the survey with model numbers and use both to come up with a yield estimate.

“It helps give us an idea, if there was significant discrepancies on the survey — it’s one more piece of information that can be used.”

The following is a quick summary of the Statistics Canada modelbased principal field crop estimates.

Survey production estimates and last year’s crop production are included for comparison.

Production in million tonnes Crop

Model Survey 2014-15

Spring wheat 18.4

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REMINDER NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CENTRA GAS MANITOBA INC. 2015/16 COST OF GAS APPLICATION APPLICATION:

By Notice of Public Hearing dated June 16, 2015, the public was advised that Centra Gas Manitoba Inc. (“Centra”) has applied to the Public Utilities Board (“Board”) of Manitoba for approval of new Supplemental Gas, Transportation (to Centra), and Distribution (to Customers) Rates.

9) Final approval of Primary Gas Sales Rates and Franchise Application interimex-parte orders as outlined in the Application; and, 10) Final approval of any other interim ex-parte orders issued by the PUB prior to the conclusion of the public review process for this application.

BILL IMPACTS If approved by the Board, Centra’s updated rates will result in an increase of approximately 3.8% or $30 on the annual bill for a typical residential customer. Annual Bills for customers in the Large General Service High Volume Firm, Mainline, and Interruptible Customer Classes range from decreases of 0.7% to increases of 8.8% depending on the customers’ consumption and load characteristics.

On September 11, 2015, Centra updated its original Application to provide its current estimate of nonPrimary Gas costs, based on future market prices as of July 31, 2015. Centra’s updated Application requests approval of the following: 1) Approval of Supplemental Gas, Transportation (to Centra), and Distribution (to Customers) Sales and Transportation rates, effective November 1, 2015; 2) Approval of the recovery through rate riders effective November 1, 2015 of a net outlook balance in the prior period non-Primary Gas deferral accounts of $36.1 million; 3) Approval of the continuation of the current temporary rate rider treatment for Interruptible customers that migrate to Firm Service and customers that migrate to or from Transportation Service (“T-Service”) on or after May 1, 2014; 4) Final approval of the Primary Gas, Supplemental Gas, Transportation (to Centra) and Distribution (to Customers) sales rates effective August 1, 2013, which were approved on an interim basis in Order 89/13; 5) Final approval of Transportation (to Centra) and Distribution (to Customers) sales rates effective August 1, 2014, reflecting the removal of nonPrimary Gas rate riders expiring on July 31, 2014, which were approved on an interim basis in Order 85/14; 6) Final approval of the Transportation (to Centra), and Distribution (to Customers) Sales and Transportation rates, reflecting the implementation of new nonPrimary Gas Rate Riders on November 1, 2014, which were approved on an interim basis in Order 123/14; 7) Final approval of Distribution (to Customers) Sales rates, reflecting the implementation of new nonPrimary Gas Rate Riders on February 1, 2015; 8) Final approval of actual gas costs for the 2012/13 and 2013/14 gas years;

Five days notice required.

PARTICULARS OF APPLICATION Full particulars of this Application can be obtained by interested parties from: Centra Gas Manitoba Inc. Attention: Mr. B. Czarnecki 22nd floor, 360 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3C 0G8 Telephone: (204) 360-3257 (collect calls accepted) Email: baczarnecki@hydro.mb.ca The Public Utilities Board Attention: Mr. D. Christle 400 – 330 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3C 0C4 Telephone: (204) 945-2638 Toll Free: (866) 854-3698 Email: publicutilities@gov.mb.ca An electronic version of the Application is located at Manitoba Hydro’s website: http://www.hydro.mb.ca/ regulatory_affairs/gas/whats_new.shtml

PUBLIC HEARINGS:

Wheelchair access is available.

On July 17, 2015, the Board issued Order 67/15 setting out a timetable for the orderly exchange of information with respect to Centra’s Cost of Gas Application. The public hearings to consider these matters have been scheduled for September 28, 2015 from 9:00am until the conclusion of the public portion of the hearing.

The remaining portion of the hearing will be held in closed session to review the commercially sensitive information contained within the application.

The hearing will be held at the Board’s offices, 400-330 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AS A PRESENTER The Public is welcome to provide written submissions to the Board on the Application. Written submissions should be received by September 21, 2015. The public may also present their views orally to the Board during the hearing. Anyone wishing to present oral submissions to the Board should contact the Board Secretary by September 21, 2015.

The Manitoba Ombudsman has recently issued privacy guidelines for administrative tribunals. The Board is mindful of its obligations under those guidelines. Its decisions in respect of the Application being considered will be sensitive to the guidelines. Personal information will not be disclosed unless it is appropriate and necessary to do so. However, the Board advises participants that these proceedings are public and that as a result personal information protections are reduced. The proceedings before the Board are transcribed and the transcript is posted on the Board’s website. Names of Presenters and their written or oral presentations are included in the publicly available transcripts.

PROCEDURAL MATTERS The Board’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (Rules) apply to the conduct of the hearing. All interveners should familiarize themselves with the Rules, which can be seen at the PUB’s website www.pub.gov.mb.ca or obtained on request to the Board, by either emailing (publicutilities@gov.mb.ca), writing or calling the Board Secretary (204-945-2638 or 1-866-854-3698, toll free).

Upon any application to it, the Board may make an Order granting the whole or part only of the Application or may grant such further or other relief in addition to or in substitution for that applied for, as fully and in all respects as if the application has been for such partial, or further or other relief.

DATED this 14th day of September, 2015.

“Original Signed By:” Kurt Simonsen Associate Secretary The Public Utilities Board

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Three things to watch for when reading your grain contract Two-part contracts, delivery terms, and extended delivery periods can cause problems down the road if you don’t read your grain contract carefully

By JENNIFER BLAIR Staff / Olds

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o you read your grain contracts from front to back?

If so, you’re one of the few who do.

A University of Manitoba study found only 17 per cent of Canadian farmers read their whole grain contracts — and that’s a mistake, says a grain industry expert.

“For every grain buyer out there, the terms can vary substantially,” said Janelle Whitley, manager of policy development for the Canadian Canola Growers Association.

“There isn’t just one company offering the same thing across the board. There’s a lot of variability.”

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“The devil’s in the details. It is important for you to read your contract from start to finish.”

Janelle Whitley

ery was a huge problem, and there were lots of complaints,” she said, adding delivery terms “vary substantially” between grain companies.

In some cases, contracts give grain companies the right to change delivery location, so producers need to be prepared for that by asking the right questions.

“You might want to ask questions like, ‘How much notice am I going to get if I change locations?

How far am I going to have to go?

Can I get some compensation for that if I have to haul to a different location?’”

But companies being able to extend the delivery period is the “most common frustration that we hear,” said Whitley.

“Almost every single grain company does have the right to extend the delivery period,” she said.

“When you sign the first page of your contract, you’ll have a delivery month normally, and in the fine print on the back of the page, the contract will say that the buyer has the right to extend the delivery period if the grain cannot be accepted within the original period.

“There’s a lot of variability out there, right from 30 days extension to 180 days extension. That’s quite different in terms of how you manage your time and how you manage your storage.”

Last August, the federal government ruled grain companies must pay farmers to store their grain as protection against unaccepted grain deliveries.

“Every grain company has to offer storage or receive a penalty if they do not accept your grain within the original or extended delivery period,” said Whitley, adding the provision only applies to companies licensed under the Canadian Grain Commission.

“If you happen to have a contract where it doesn’t offer storage payments, I would recommend contacting the Canadian Grain Commission.”

Producers must negotiate their own storage payment, however.

“The way the bill was written was to allow flexibility in terms of being able to negotiate what works best for you, but also flexibility for some of the commercial buyers to be able to manage their storage.”

But, again, you won’t be able to raise these types of matters if you haven’t read that contract.

“The devil’s in the details,” said Whitley. “It is important for you to read your contract from start to finish.”

If you ask for changes and the grain company rep agrees, then put it in writing, she added.

So why is someone’s word not good enough? That’s in the contract, too.

“Every single grain contract out there contains language that says the company is not bound by anything their representative says,” said Whitley.

“If your elevator manager or the person you’re dealing with on the phone offers you special delivery terms, get it in writing, because if there’s a conflict, they’re not bound by what is said on the ground.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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

Closing the gap between producer and consumer Brandon’s Good Food Box project aims to be a venue for local residents to access locally grown produce

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff

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group of Brandon residents has stepped up to close the gap between food producers and people who struggle with food insecurity.

A food assessment con ducted earlier this year for the city of Brandon addressed a number of issues within the city’s food system.

Following the assessment, a number of local residents stepped forward to spearhead a Good Food Box program.

“A lot of people don’t know about local food security issues or where their food comes from. And so, the main goal behind this project is getting healthy food to people and developing an understanding for where it comes from and what to do with it,” said Erin Gobeil, Global Market co-ordinator and project organizer.

The Good Food Box project is a subscription-based food program where residents can purchase a box of produce for $15, capable of feeding a family of four.

Within the food assessment, residents who completed the survey expressed notable interest in having greater access to local farmers for produce, eggs and meat but reported a lack of awareness regarding how to source and locate producers.

“We have noticed a shift that is happening about how important buying local is.

Buying local helps the community on so many levels. The money you are spending goes right back into the community and to these local producers,” said Gobeil. “But, right now, there certainly seems to be a disconnect between consumers and producers.”

In the assessment, local producers also identified difficulty in finding the best means of advertising locally.

The Good Food Box program was a recommendation from the assessment, to aid in narrowing the gap between producers and consumers, while at the same time increasing access to lower-priced, fresh produce and spreading knowledge of food skills.

“This program allows residents to talk to these producers and learn exactly where their food is coming from, and hear all about the farmer’s practices,” said Gobeil.

Community demand The community-based program began its pilot project in July and has since seen a tremendous demand from the community, currently having a 60-person waiting list. “ We d i s p e nse the boxes biweekly and we have been running this for almost three months now,” said Gobeil. “ With it being a test trial

Erin Gobeil (l) with her son, Kal-El and Nikki Dean (r) have volunteered to help run the Good Food Box pilot project. photos: Jennifer Paige

The Good Food Box program is community based and volunteer run. Since July, the pilot program has been dispersing 25 food boxes biweekly.

period we limited it to 25 boxes. We didn’t want to get over whelmed and we also wanted to explore our buying practices, dealing with local producers and getting an idea of what we would need to supplement.”

The program sources as much organic produce from local producers as possible before resorting to supplementing from local grocers.

The boxes are made available for pickup from Brandon’s Global Market, which also houses farmers’ markets on Thursday and Saturday.

“Right now everything is being r un through volun teers. The Westman region of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) agreed to be the host organization and

has opened the Global Market community kitchen for us to organize and pack the boxes.

The funds gathered from each box get put back into purchasing product for the next round of boxes,” said Gobeil.

Every Good Food Box contains a variety of local produce, as well as a loaf of bread and a newsletter depicting the box contents, an introduction to a local vendor, a listing of community events, and recipe suggestions.

“With the Good Food Box program, we also hold cooking classes out of the CMHA c o m m u n i t y k i t c h e n ,” s a i d Gobeil. “The classes are free and will offer the basics of how to prep and cook the products that are in these boxes.”

Kal-El Gobeil gives his mom a helping hand to packing and organizing the fresh produce.

Each $15 Good Food Box contains a variety of fresh produce capable of feeding four.

In search of funding The program’s pilot project will wrap up at the end of September at which time the steering committee will assess the project and begin to apply for funding.

“Moving for ward we are hoping to secure funding and establish a permanent program co-ordinator; at that point we would be able to go full steam ahead,” said Gobeil.

“We are pretty confident that the program will continue, we just don’t know on what kind of scale yet.”

In the future, the steering committee hopes to be able to expand the project in regards to the number of boxes, frequency, as well as possibly establishing multiple depots throughout the city.

“We have noticed a shift that is happening about how important buying local is.

Buying local helps the community on so many levels.

The money you are spending goes right back into the community and to these local producers. But, right now, there certainly seems to be a disconnect between consumers and producers.”

Erin Gobeil Global Market co-ordinator and project organizer

In o rd e r t o e x p a n d , t h e project will also need the support of local producers to source more produce.

“If there are local producers out there who have a surplus of root vegetables, or a n ov e r w h e l m i n g a m o u n t of carrots, we can preserve these and distribute them,” said Gobeil. “We are always looking to connect with local producers.” jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

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Prairie fare Are you taking steps to ensure safe fruits and vegetables in your kitchen? julie gardenrobinson Food and Nutrition Specialist NDSU Extension Service

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re the cucumbers at the store safe?

Have any recent foodborne illness outbreaks occurred with spinach, peppers or lettuce?

Lately, you might have heard or read about a recall of cucumbers imported from Mexico that reached various U.S. restaurants and retail stores. At the time of this column, 341 people in 30 states were sickened and two deaths were linked to cucumbers contaminated with salmonella poona.

This strain of bacteria can cause vomiting, nausea, diarrhea and fever, and the symptoms may appear within three days of eating the food. It is especially hazardous to young children, older adults and people with a compromised immune system.

This recall does not mean that all cucumbers could make you ill, but you should not consume the recalled food.

For nutrition educators who promote eating more fruits and vegetables, foodborne illness outbreaks linked to fresh produce can make our jobs a little tricky.

Depending on what is going on in the news, people might give you a leery look when you suggest they have a spinach salad or add some sliced cucumbers or peppers to their sandwich.

Adults, on average, need about 4.5 cups of fruits and vegetables to meet the daily recommendation. Fruits and vegetables provide vitamins A and C, along with fibre and antioxidants linked to health benefits. Eating

more fruits and vegetables may reduce your risk of getting chronic diseases such as cancer or heart disease.

However, we need to handle fruits and vegetables safely so we get the benefits without the flu-like or worse symptoms.

How do “germs” get on the vegetables or fruits, anyway? Harmful bacteria can be in the soil or in the water used to water the produce. Bacteria and other organisms can hitch a ride on equipment such as knives, on produce-handlers’ hands or the packing containers used to ship the vegetables.

Investigating the source of the problem sometimes is very complicated.

No m a t t e r w h a t g r ow e r s a n d f o o d processors do, consumers also have a major responsibility in keeping food safe for themselves, their families and friends.

Even if the growers and processors do all the right steps, contamination can happen in your grocery cart, in your car or in your refrigerator.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has provided several tips for keeping fruits and vegetables safe, which I have arranged into questions for you to ask yourself. If you answer “yes” to these questions, you are taking steps to keep fruits and vegetables safe.

• D o you purchase produce that is not bruised or damaged? Fresh produce does not have to be “picture perfect” in size or colour, but remember that bacteria and other organisms often thrive in the bruised areas.

• W hen you purchase precut produce, do you choose items that are in the refrigerator section? If the cut produce is not in the refrigerator section, do you choose precut produce in containers surrounded by ice?

Asian-Style Cobb Salad 5 c. chopped romaine lettuce (or your favourite lettuce) 1 (11-oz.) can mandarin oranges in light syrup, drained 1/3 c. cooked chicken, shredded 1/3 c. grated carrots 1 avocado, halved, seeded, peeled and diced 2 hard-cooked eggs, diced 1/4 c. green onions, sliced

Sesame Vinaigrette 1/4 c. plus 2 tbsp. rice wine vinegar 1 clove garlic 1 tbsp. sesame oil

B.L.A.T Wrap With Bacon Mayo Bacon Month is over but never our love of bacon. On Manitoba Pork’s website you can find cooking segments starring bacon, more bacon recipes, bacon facts and cartoons and even a 15-second video that, well, even Manitoba’s Golden Boy is better with bacon.

See it all at http://manitobapork.com/ food-and-community/bacon/#sthash. ecz3avpP.dpuf.

1 tbsp. sugar

4 large flour tortillas

1 tsp. ground ginger

8 green lettuce leaves

1 tsp. soy sauce

2-3 large Roma tomatoes, sliced 1 avocado, peeled, seeded and sliced

Cook chicken or use leftover grilled or roasted chicken. To cook eggs, place in a small saucepan with cold water. Heat water just until boiling. Remove from heat and cover; let stand for 12 minutes. Drain water and eggs into a colander.

Rinse eggs with cold water to stop cooking. Prepare Sesame Vinaigrette by whisking together all ingredients in a small bowl; set aside. Assemble salad by placing greens in a large bowl; top with mandarin oranges, chicken, carrots, avocado, eggs and green onion. Serve immediately with Sesame Vinaigrette.

Makes four servings. Each serving has 250 calories, 14 grams (g) fat, 8 g protein, 26 g carbohydrate, 5 g fibre and 160 milligrams sodium.

•A t the grocery store, do you separate fresh produce from fresh meat, seafood or poultry? Juices from meat can contaminate your produce.

• At home, is your refrigerator set to maintain your food at 40° or below? If you do not have a thermometer in your refrigerator, you might want to purchase a portable one.

• At home, do you keep precut produce in the refrigerator? Precut produce is perishable. Whole fruit, such as apples, are safe in a bowl on your counter.

• D o you always wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds b e f o re b e g i n n i n g f o o d p re p a ra t i o n ?

Handwashing plays a valuable role in keeping you healthy, too.

• W hen preparing food, do you take steps to avoid cross-contamination? Be sure that you wash cutting boards and knives thoroughly. Even better, have a dedicated cutting board for cutting produce. Many restaurants use yellow cutting boards for chicken, red for meat, green for produce, etc.

• D o you scrub and rinse firm produce such as cantaloupe and cucumbers with a clean produce brush?

• D o you eat prewashed salad greens right out of the bag? If you answered “yes,” that’s OK. If the package says the lettuce or other food is “ready to eat,” you do not need to rewash it. If you prefer to rewash, remember to avoid cross-contamination.

In fact, have a good-size portion of salad because dark-green, leafy vegetables are healthful foods.

Here’s a recipe in which you could incorporate some fresh produce.

12 slices bacon, cooked crisp and drained

Bacon Mayo 3 slices thick or extra-thick-cut bacon 1/2 c. mayonnaise 2 tbsp. sour cream 1 tbsp. thinly sliced green onion Salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the Wrap: Spread tortillas with a dollop or two of bacon mayo (recipe below).

Top each with 2 lettuce leaves, a few tomato and avocado slices, and 3 strips of bacon. Fold or roll up tortillas as desired. Arrange on a plate or platter and serve.

For the Bacon Mayo: In skillet, over medium heat, fry bacon until crispy. With slotted spoon, transfer bacon to paper towel to drain fat. Dice bacon; set aside. In small bowl, whisk together mayonnaise and sour cream. Add bacon and green onion. Stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover. Refrigerate until ready to use. Bacon Mayo may be made up to one day ahead. Use as a condiment on sandwiches, wraps and burgers.

Makes 3/4 cup. Serves 4. Recipe courtesy of Manitoba Pork

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

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ose Jackson sat at the dining room table in the old Jackson farmhouse, a book propped up on the table in front of her and a steaming cup of coffee beside it. She paused in her reading to gaze out of the window, where the warm autumn sun lit up the big old elm tree on the front lawn and the birds that flitted back and forth across the yard.

She picked up her coffee cup and took a sip, then returned to her reading.

She had read only a few pages when she heard the rapid patter of little feet in the hallway upstairs and then the creak of the stairs as someone made their way down. She smiled to herself and closed her book, careful to put a bookmark in to mark her place. A moment later a tousle-headed blond child appeared in the doorway, rubbing sleep from her eyes.

“Well, good morning Allison,” said Rose. “You’re up!”

Little Allison looked momentarily disconcerted, but then her face lit up and her bare feet flew as she raced across the dining room and launched herself into her grandmother’s lap. “Grandma!” She curled up there, snuggled contentedly into Rose. “I forgot,” she said.

“What?” said Rose. “What did you forget?”

“I forgot that you would be here,” said Allison. “I thought you were Mommy.”

“Mommy’s at work,” said Rose.

“I know that,” said Allison. “You didn’t even have to tell me.” She snuggled in closer. “I love you so much,” she said.

“I love you too,” said Rose. “I think we are going to have an awesome day.”

Allison didn’t bother to respond to that, as if it were a foregone conclusion. She sat quietly for a bit and then pointed at Rose’s cup. “What’s that?” she asked.

“Coffee,” said Rose. “Are you thirsty?”

Allison shook her head.

“Hungry?”

This time Allison nodded. “I haven’t had breakfast yet,” she said.

“I know,” said Rose. “You just got up. What would you like? I could make eggs and there’s some leftover potatoes. I could make hash browns.”

Allison shook her head.

“Would you rather have oatmeal? Or cold cereal with milk and sugar?”

Allison pondered that for a second, then shook her head again.

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“Well, my darling,” said Rose, “I don’t know what other options we have.”

“I could just have cookies,” said Allison.

Rose chuckled. “Is that what Mommy gives you for breakfast?” she asked.

Allison giggled. “Of course not,” she said. “She’s Mommy.”

“Ah, well then,” said Rose, “why don’t we pretend I’m Mommy for a few minutes. If I was Mommy, what would I give you for breakfast?”

Allison giggled again. “Cookies,” she said.

Rose laughed out loud. “You’re a very funny little girl!” she said. “You just said Mommy wouldn’t give you cookies.”

“Mommy wouldn’t give me cookies, but if you were Mommy you might,” said Allison hopefully.

“I tell you what,” said Rose. “How about I give you a bowl of granola with milk with raspberries on top, and when you’ve eaten that, if you’re still hungry, you can have one cookie for dessert.”

Allison sat up. “OK,” she said. “Can I have lots and lots of raspberries?”

“I think you can have the normal amount of raspberries,” said Rose.

Allison slid off of Rose’s lap and padded over to the cupboard. “I’ll tell you when it’s the normal amount,” she said. Rose took a bowl from the cupboard and filled it with granola and milk while Allison stood on tiptoes to watch her put the raspberries on top.

“Five more raspberries,” said Allison.

“What’s the magic word?” said Rose.

“Please?” said Allison.

“All right. There you go.” Rose set the bowl on the table and helped Allison clamber onto her chair.

“Where’s Andy?” asked Allison, picking up her spoon.

“Andy’s still asleep,” said Rose. “I was thinking I should go wake him up.”

Allison held up her hand as if to stop Rose. “No,” she said emphatically, “you should let him sleep all day!”

“All day? But why?” said Rose.

“I like when he’s asleep,” said Allison. “Can we watch ‘Frozen?’” she asked, changing the subject abruptly.

“OK,” said Rose. “After you finish eating, we can watch ‘Frozen’ till Andy gets up but then I think we should go outside. It’s beautiful outside today.”

“You’re my favourite grandma,” said Allison through a mouthful of granola. “I’m glad.”

“I’m your only grandma,” said Rose.

“I know,” said Allison. “That’s why I’m glad you’re my favourite.”

Rose leaned down and kissed the top of the little girl’s head. “You’re my favourite granddaughter she said.

Allison popped a raspberry into her mouth. “I know that,” she said. “You didn’t even have to tell me.”

Autumn — a golden time of year Whether it’s ripe grain fields, flowers, trees or shrubs, gold is everywhere

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

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utumn is a golden time — literally. Golden fields of grain wave in the wind, roadside ditches are overflowing with goldenrod and heliopsis, not to forget the browneyed Susan flowers, whose dark-brown centres contrast with their gold petals. Besides the ripe grain fields and abundance of golden flowers, trees and shrubs also contribute to the profusion of gold at this time of year.

Someone once said that the vibrant fall colours are the result of every leaf being in bloom and it does seem that every leaf on every tree and shrub is trying to outdo its neighbour by producing the brightest and most spectacular colour. In our domestic landscapes, we can easily grow trees and shrubs that contribute to this glorious burst of colour in the autumn. What trees and shrubs produce the best fall colour?

Ninebark This shrub wears colourful foli-

Goldenrod (Solidego) produces pure autumn gold. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

age all season long; some varieties have burgundy/red foliage while others have bright-gold leaves. “Diablo” ninebark was the first to catch the attention of landscapers and gardeners and this dependable shrub, which is drought tolerant and cold hardy, is still a mainstay in many Prairie gardens. Wonderful

golden-leafed var ieties of ninebark have been developed, however, and one of the best is “Dart’s Gold.”

Golden ninebark provides splashes of gold in the landscape all summer and in the fall the leaf colour mellows somewhat to an attractive yellow, contributing to the overall golden palette of the fall garden.

Ninebarks benefit from coppicing, which is cutting the shrub back to about 20 cm in height in early spring before leaf buds swell. The resulting growth is lush and vibrantly coloured and the more compact form that is created allows the shrub to be used in perennial borders as well as in shrub beds. Coppicing should only be done every two years as the practice somewhat weakens the shrub and it will need the intervening year to fully recuperate.

the white, peeling trunks add even more colour. Birch trees are rather short-lived trees on the Prairies. They can be attacked by birch borers, which will kill them. The first signs of attack are yellowing leaves in the upper crown during the growing season followed by twig dieback and then branch dieback. Over time the entire crown of the tree will die.

Birch trees are shallowrooted trees that like moist soil conditions. They are often stressed in urban landscapes by soil compaction, drought, or root injury. Birch borers usually attack stressed or weakened trees and a healthy tree is capable of warding off attacks of this insect. Keeping the tree well watered and unstressed will prolong its ability to defend itself.

Paper birch

Whether it is the smaller littleleaf linden or the large majestic basswood tree, members of the linden family sport brightgolden foliage in the autumn.

The trees change colour gradually and hang on to their golden colour longer than some other

The finely textured foliage of paper birch adds a great deal of beauty to the landscape but when the leaves take on their fall colour of pure gold, the tree is spectacular. Usually grown in a clump of three to five trunks,

Lindens

trees. Lindens are fully hardy on the Prairies and because they come in a variety of sizes, a suitably sized tree can be secured for almost any landscape. The trees are pyramidal in shape and in the fall a giant basswood tree will appear like a huge golden pyramid sitting in the landscape.

The largest of the lindens is the basswood, which has huge leaves. The European linden is somewhat smaller while the little-leaf linden will fit into most urban landscapes. All have a rather loose canopy that provides dappled shade beneath the tree. A unique feature of lindens is that they produce very fragrant flowers in mid-July.

There are other trees and shrubs that produce fall gold, such as ash and elm. Also contributing to the golden colour of autumn are several perennials whose foliage turns bright gold in the fall. Two of the best are hostas and Solomon’s seal. Careful selection of trees, shrubs, flowers and perennials will ensure a blaze of gold in your fall garden.

Albert Parsons write from Minnedosa, Manitoba

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The Manitoba Co-operator | September 24, 2015

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Letter to a friend With September almost over, here’s what’s been happening…

By Edie Mowat Freelance contributor

Dear Mabel: It was so lovely to have you visit, and the time went so fast, but as promised, I thought I would catch you up on some of the happenings at Homehills Farm.

It’s been quite a week, what with September nearly over and everyone back to school, work and whatever else happens in the fall. Our boys of course are back at school and the bus rolls into the yard right on time, at 7:45 a.m. They are usually prepared, and on their way quickly, but the other morning for some reason, Josh raced out of the house with his backpack, lunch, and no binder with his assignments.

Midmorning came the phone call.

“Grandma, I’m sorry to bother you with this, but it’s an emergency. I left my binder in the porch, and my homework is in it, and if I don’t get it handed in today I’ll get two detentions, and I have band practice and swimming, and…”

I broke in at this point. “OK… I have a trip to town anyway, so I’ll drop your binder in the office later this morning…”

I was rewarded with, “Gee thanks, Gram, I owe ya!”

Now if you remember, our farm lane involves a railway crossing before reaching the highway. Usually it’s no problem. The railway runs long trains, but they usually only cause momentary delays, and we coexist.

Once in a while, however, the spur line, which runs along the main one, is used to make up grain trains, running from the big elevator on the next quarter. This being harvest time, there was a line of cars, looking as though they would not be moving any time soon, and there I was, on the wrong side of the tracks, with the all-important home-

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work binder. A dilemma, to be sure. But just as I was about to turn around and go home, a car pulled up on the other side of the tracks. It was my neighbour, coming to bring me some extra apples.

We called to one another through the space between the cars, but having lectured the kids about the dangers of climbing through stopped railway cars I was not about to try it. However… all was not lost. Down the line about three car lengths, was a flatcar. All I had to do, was give the binder a toss across and my neighbour would take it the rest of the way, and deliver it in time to the school. We hiked down the underbrush tangle beside the track to the aforementioned flatcar, and I gave the binder, what I felt was, a healthy toss. It

was not healthy enough, however, and the binder landed around the middle of the flatcar, about the same time as there was a mighty crash of cars, and an ever so slight movement, meaning the whole train was starting to go. There lay the binder in the middle of a flatcar, on a train which was picking up speed, going heaven knows where. And there stood my friend and I, dumbfounded.

Whatever was I going to tell Josh and his parents? And his teacher! “The dog ate my homework,” was absolutely feasible, compared to, “My grandma sent my homework away on a flatcar.” I wasn’t even sure that his address would be in the binder, should any railway worker pick it up and be interested enough to look inside.

As soon as the track was cleared, I crossed over and we decided to head for town and the school.

My neighbour came with me, but she waited in the car as I went in to tell the tale. It stood him in good stead as he was given a day of grace to complete his assignment. My neighbour and I went for the solace of a large coffee and a doughnut, then home, to pick up with the morning chores we had abandoned.

The railway crossing was absolutely clear when we reached it, with not a train in sight!

Will write again soon, — Love, Edie Edie Mowat writes from the Brandon, Manitoba area

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.

Eighty-one long years of service are evident on this rust-stained little barn in northwestern Manitoba. Built in 1901 near Kenville, it was constructed at the same time and by the same owner as a previous building in this series, a two-storey granary of A.J. Cotton. It housed 24 horses within its tidy 30x60-foot space. Designed by the original owner, the barn literally was later passed down to son, Allan Cotton who had just married and taken his own farm a mile down the road. Three Swedish carpenters accepted the contract to move the barn to its new owner, either by dismantling it board by board or moving the entire structure. They chose to take the barn apart and built it again.