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December 24, 2015

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Volunteer Art Gibson of Brookdale with the help of Alec Christianson drives his team through the Pioneer Village at the Manitoba Agriculture Museum. Each year volunteers decorate the village at the museum for the Winter Wonderland event held on the first three weekends of December. Hotdogs and hot chocolate conclude the sleigh ride. photo: sandy black

Small towns with a big heart In a spirit of giving that extends far beyond the season, rural Manitoba is rolling out the welcome mat for refugees

BY SHANNON VANRAES Co-operator staff

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s the Daas family makes t h e i r w a y d ow n t h e escalator at Winnipeg’s James Richardson International Airport, you’d be forgiven for thinking that rock stars or a reality TV clan had entered the building.

Television crews jockey with kids holding handmade signs, while well-wishers and volunteers push in to hand bouquets of flowers and gifts to the nine

Syrian refugees turned permanent residents, as they attempt to collect the scant baggage connecting them to the home that war has forced them to leave behind.

But the journey isn’t quite over yet, because the Daas family won’t be settling in Winnipeg.

The Daas family is headed for Altona.

“There will be a total of 45 people coming,” said a smiling Ray Loewen, head of Altona’s Build a Village organization, which has sponsored five Syrian refugee families.

For weeks, the group has been stockpiling stoves, fridges, beds, clothes, dishes and other household goods at an ad hoc donation depot, all the while waiting on pins and needles for the phone call letting them know that the families are on the way.

“But that has always been part of this that comes together very nicely and this time is no exception,” said Loewen. The difficult part is finding houses in which to put everything, especially when the families are large ones.

“It makes for an interesting challenge… especially in a small

community, because there are only so many rental units available,” he said. It’s a feat that was all the more challenging in light of the fact Build a Village only had a few days’ notice to sign five leases. Usually sponsors have a few weeks to prepare for the arrival of refugees. But not so this time.

Sponsoring families also takes a significant amount of fundraising. The federal government estimates it requires roughly $25,000 to sponsor a See SMALL TOWNS on page 6 »

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

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Save the planet: Eat more bacon, less lettuce

Appearances are deceiving It’s not foot-and-mouth disease, but Seneca Valley virus has similar symptoms

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Vegetables use more resources and produce more greenhouse gases per calorie CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

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CROPS Reaping the rewards Look after your wheat crop and it will pay you back by the tonne

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FEATURE A new deal for Churchill

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A purchase offer is on the table

CROSSROADS Prairie sentinels A new project aims to capture the history of wooden grain elevators

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Editorials Comments What’s Up Livestock Markets

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Grain Markets Weather Vane Classifieds Sudoku

ontrary to recent headlines — and a talk by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger at the United Nations Paris Climate Change Conference — eating a vegetarian diet could contribute to climate change.

In fact, according to new research from Carnegie Mellon University, following the USDA recommendations to consume more fruits, vegetables, dairy and seafood is more harmful to the environment because those foods have relatively high resource uses and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per calorie. Published in Environment Systems and Decisions, the study measured the changes in energy use, blue water footprint and GHG emissions associated with U.S. food consumption patterns.

“Eating lettuce is over three times worse in greenhouse gas emissions than eating bacon,” said Paul Fischbeck, professor of social and decisions sciences and engineering and public policy. “Lots of common vegetables require more resources per calorie than you would think. Eggplant, celery and cucumbers look particularly bad when compared to pork or chicken.”

Researchers studied the food supply chain to determine how the obesity epidemic in the U.S. is affecting the environment.

Specifically, they examined how growing, processing and transporting food, food sales and service, and household storage and use take a toll on resources in the form of energy use, water use and GHG emissions.

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On one hand, the results showed that getting our weight under control and eating fewer calories, have a positive effect on the environment and reduce energy use, water use and GHG emissions from the food supply chain by approximately nine per cent.

How e v e r, e a t i n g t h e re c o m m e n d e d “healthier” foods — a mix of fruits, vegetables, dairy and seafood — increased the environmental impact in all three categories: energy use went up by 38 per cent, water use by 10 per cent and GHG emissions by six per cent.

“There’s a complex relationship between diet and the environment,” Michelle Tom, a PhD student in civil and environmental engineering said. “What is good for us health-wise isn’t always what’s best for the environment. That’s important for public officials to know and for them to be cognizant of these trade-offs as they develop or continue to develop dietary guidelines in the future.”

C M U ’s S t e i n b r e n n e r I n s t i t u t e f o r Environmental Education and Research and the Colcom Foundation funded this research.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

Need for more disaster planning

A seminar Jan. 14 in Portage la Prairie will look at how the risk environment is changing in rural Manitoba

By Laura Rance Editor/Manitoba Co-operator

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ust as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a community to prepare for disaster.

The Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) and the Manitoba governments Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) want input from municipal leaders, emergency co-ordinators, rural businesses and ordinary citizens on how best to prepare for climate change in the face of a changing rural demographic.

At the same time as the risk of climateinduced emergencies appears to be rising, the population in rural Manitoba is becoming older and more culturally diverse, Lee Spencer, Manitoba’s assistant deputy minister emergency measures and protective services says.

“The risk environment is changing,” Spencer said. “In the last five years alone, we have experienced more complex and diverse types of emergencies.”

Manitoba saw the worst flooding in 350 years on the Assiniboine River in 2011 after five major storms dumped record rain on already-saturated soils. Wildfires swept through eastern Manitoba in 2012; 2013 saw spring flooding, then fires in the northeast come June, and extreme cold brought on by a polar vortex in December.

There was flooding in the spring and summer in 2014, in fact, flash flooding many had never seen before on the flat Prairie landscape. In 2015, a tornado touched down in western Manitoba and hung around on the ground for an unprecedented two hours.

The impacts of a natural disaster can quickly escalate, affecting technology, infrastructure and the local economy for months, if not years to follow.

“The potential for natural disasters turning into technological disasters is also high because we rely on technology not just for our daily activities, but also for our survival during emergencies: heating our homes, relaying information and advisories to communities and transporting people to safer places,” he said. “We need to make sure our critical infrastructures such as power, water, communication and roads can also withstand extreme conditions.”

“We need to make sure our critical infrastructures such as power, water, communication and roads can also withstand extreme conditions.”

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As well, new threats have emerged, such as cyber security, terrorism and chemical spills, he noted.

“Decreasing population in rural municipalities will mean fewer resources to support emergency management activities. This may hamper the ability of the municipality to maintain public infrastructures to its optimum state, which can both cause an emergency situation, such as a bridge collapse and delay emergency response,” he said.

As well, an older, more dispersed rural population may need more assistance during an emergency. “A culturally diverse population means emergency managers may have to attend to people who are not well versed in English, and are not well integrated in the community.”

They may not understand the risks and they may respond differently to emergency personnel due to language barriers and experiences in their past.

AMM and EMO are hoping a oneday seminar planned for Jan. 14 in Portage la Prairie called “Creating a Vision for a Resilient Future: Emergency Management in Manitoba 2020,” will help raise awareness of some of these issues and get people thinking about how best to address them.

“We know the “what.” It’s the “so what” that we want to address,” Spencer said.

“So what if we will have warmer winters?

What does it mean to us? How will that affect us and what can we do about it?”

The meeting is open to anyone but registration is limited to 200. For more information or to register go to: mani toba.ca/emo or amm.mb.ca. laura@fbcpublishing.com

Manitoba Hydro staff have been running hard this week clearing ice from power lines. This Hydro employee was knocking hoarfrost off a line three miles west of Miami, Man., Thursday (Dec. 17) afternoon.

Power outages have occurred in many areas of Manitoba, especially in south-central and western regions.

In some cases transmission lines have been damaged, while in others Manitoba Hydro has turned the power off so staff could clear the lines. Some people on social media have reported being without electricity for 12 hours. PHOTO: ALLAN DAWSON

COOL demise a costly victory for Canadian producers

It took eight years and billions of dollars, but ultimately trade law prevailed in securing the labelling law’s repeal

BY ALEX BINKLEY Co-operator contributor

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fter nearly eight years and millions of dollars spent fighting it at the World Trade Organization and billions in lower prices for Canadian beef and hog producers, the U.S. mandatory country-of-origin labelling program has been repealed.

The end came Dec. 18 when both houses of the U.S. Congress passed a massive omnibus appropriations bill that included provisions to end COOL. President Obama ratified the bill ending the prospect of a trade war with Canada and Mexico.

“Challenging COOL has been a long and expensive fight for Canadian livestock producers,” said Rick Bergmann, chairman of the Canadian Pork Council. “We look forward to closing the book on this dispute.”

“This is fantastic news for Canada’s beef cattle producers,” added Dave Solverson, president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. Canada opposed COOL from the start “because the U.S. failed to live up to its international trade obligations. The cumulative losses for the Canadian beef and pork sectors have been staggering.”

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Earlier this month, the WTO authorized about $1.1 billion in retaliatory tariffs for Canada and $230 million for Mexico if the U.S. failed to terminate COOL. The livestock groups thanked the federal government for its support and praised former agriculture minister Gerry Ritz for championing the farmers’ case from the start.

Lawrence MacAulay, the current agriculture minister, told reporters the government would closely monitor the situation “to ensure that the incentives to discriminate against Canadian cattle and hogs are quickly removed from the marketplace.

We look forward to the restoration of full access to the U.S. market for Canada’s beef and pork, benefiting our farmers and our economy.

He and Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland noted that despite the torturous path the dispute took, “The outcome also demonstrates the importance of the World Trade Organization as a dispute settlement body.

“The decision is a reflection of Canada’s renewed and collaborative approach to our vital relationship with the United States and Mexico. It is a demonstration of our commitment to working closely with

our North American partners to advance our shared prosperity.”

The CCA spent close to $4 billion in legal fees campaigning against COOL at the WTO and in the United States while the tab for the pork council was in the milliondollar range. Global Affairs Canada did not respond to a request for the government’s expenses in the long battle, which included four clear rulings by the WTO that COOL violated international trade rules the U.S. was instrumental in writing.

U.S. COOL has been in effect since 2008 as a consumer information measure.

However, it required extensive and expensive tracking and labelling for all imported meat and livestock.

At every step of the process, the WTO has repeatedly found that the U.S. is in breach of its WTO obligations. The only revision the U.S. has made, in 2013, increased the negative impact on Canadian farmers and meat processors.

Canada had claimed that COOL was inflicting about $3 billion annually in lower prices and lost marketing opportunities on its farmers.

It had served notice that retaliatory tariffs could be imposed on beef, pork, apples, rice, corn, maple syrup, wine, jewelry, wooden furniture and mattresses.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

OPINION/EDITORIAL

A place of refuge

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he news, including our own front page, is full of stories these days about the preparations for and arrival of Canada’s newest citizens, many of them refugees from wartorn Syria.

The stories are heartwarming and hopeful: Toronto schoolchildren learning to sing a welcome song in Arabic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau personLaura Rance ally greeting new arrivals at the airport Editor and the frenetic gathering of furniture, housewares, clothing and money taking place in small towns organizing sponsorships.

It is an abrupt reversal of the headlines during our recent federal election campaign, a face of Canada that was fearful and threatened by the prospect of inviting strangers into our midst.

Although it ultimately backfired on the Harper government’s re-election bid, the niqab issue that dominated in the later half of the campaign did this country a favour. It drew a toxic undercurrent in Canadian society to the surface like a festering sliver. Many were shocked at the deeply rooted bias of friends and neighbours. Although those feelings haven’t disappeared, they are now in the open.

In the end, the majority of Canadians decided this wasn’t the face of their country they wanted to show the world. We hope the same will happen for our neighbours to the south, where Donald Trump is actually supporting the terrorist cause by representing a face of America that its enemies want new recruits to see.

It’s important to remember that all the hard work and generosity that is going into helping new Canadians settle in is only the beginning. As communities that have done this before already know, supporting refugees as they adapt to their new country is a long-term commitment that extends far beyond providing physical infrastructure and financial support for the first year.

The newcomers will need language training, job skills and help adapting to their cold and snowy new climate.

Rural sponsors can help youth find activities and friends that steer them away harmful alliances. Street gangs are the antithesis of team sports, but strangely both meet a basic human need for connection and feeling that one belongs.

Those who see downsides to welcoming newcomers to our land have a point. It is risky. Not everyone will stay in the communities that adopted them. Not all will successfully resettle.

It may change ‘our’ country. But this country has been changing since the first Europeans arrived.

There are also rewards. Newcomers — many of them farmers — could bring relief to industries, including agriculture, that are chronically short of workers. Many will bring skills that are needed in our rural communities, not to mention children to keep schools operating and consumers to support local businesses.

Roméo Dallaire, the retired military commander and humanitarian, asked this question of the GrowCanada conference hosted by CropLife Canada in Calgary earlier this month: Is humanity to survive the future, or will it thrive?

For him, it is the defining question of our time. How we answer determines whether we will seek solutions to the world’s problems or retreat behind defensive walls in a bid to be the last ones standing.

“It is a fundamental ethos of your being,” he said. “If you take the very pejorative position that we are in survival mode, you are not going to lead the future, you are going to manage it.”

The second question he asked of his audience was this: Are all humans, human?

If we truly see all humans as human, then how can we not offer those in need what is in our power to give?

Not to take away from the generosity of Canada’s donors and sponsors, it mustn’t end with the household furniture and spare pots and pans we offer up. People will need more and there will be more who need to come.

Reuters reported during the recent climate talks in Paris that environmental refugees created as weather extremes strengthen and oceans rise around the world, could dwarf existing flows of refugees from conflict.

Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, said last year 11 million people fled conflict or violence in Syria, Afghanistan and other troubled regions of the world. The average number of people displaced by natural disasters, including floods, storms and droughts, has averaged 22.5 million a year since 2008, and that number is growing.

Canada is one of the few regions of the world that could see overall benefits from climate change. It is a highly developed country with a well-functioning democracy. One of the few resources it remains short of — is people.

One of the many ways Canada can lead in this troubled world is by becoming a place of refuge.

All of us at the Manitoba Co-operator wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. laura@fbcpublishing.com

Considering Churchill’s future

By Jim Collinson

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sudden, substantial drop in grain exports from Churchill this summer raises questions about the long-term economic viability of the port. A comprehensive review is needed to identify costs, benefits and risks associated with saving the railway, along with alternative economic opportunities for a port community on Hudson Bay without rail access.

Federal and provincial governments have provided capital to build infrastructure associated with the rail bed, port and community ever since the folly of Port Nelson was acknowledged a century ago, and Manitoba’s port aspirations shifted to Churchill. Rail access to a Hudson Bay port was important to Prairie farmers to compete with “eastern interests” associated with grain shipments for export.

The weak link today is the rail bed. It sits on discontinuous permafrost that is thawing due to climate change. Ironically, the same climate change opens the bay up for a longer shipping season.

However, if government money is to be allocated to make Churchill viable, a more comprehensive assessment of the overall situation is needed. Considering the rail line and port alone could lead to expensive and risky conclusions.

Churchill is now a modern, secure and comfortable “town,” but what is assumed to be its major industry, export shipping, is probably going under.

The cost of stabilizing the rail bed to prevent damage from melting permafrost may be financially prohibitive.

Today, tourism is a major factor; people come from all over to see the bears, belugas and caribou, and experience the Canadian North. They willingly pay substantial amounts for the experience. Building on this base makes sense.

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Sport fishing and hunting could remain a key element of any future plan. Beyond tours in “tundra buggies,” a charter flight from Churchill down the coast to abandoned Port Nelson and York Factory in August/September is guaranteed to enhance the experience of seeing polar bears and caribou. Earlier in the year, beluga can be seen in the mouth of the Churchill, Nelson and Hayes rivers. York Factory (National Historic Site) depot stands as the ultimate marker for the fur trade industry that operated in Canada for some 300 years.

A tourism industry based largely on polar bears is not without risk. The reduced ice cover period has become a concern, as it prevents the bears from having time to bulk up on seals for the summer period. The belugas will survive, as will the caribou and sport fish. But at present, polar bears are the prime attraction for tourists. Consequentially, consideration might have to be given to help them modify their feeding pattern with alternatives. Over the longer term, denning sites in beach ridges south of Churchill may eventually be affected by a rise in water levels.

Absent the railway, supply transport to Churchill needs analysis. Trial of lighter-than-air vehicles deserves consideration. A road from Gillam to Churchill might be practical if it used the most inland beach ridges. However, this would cut through polar bear denning areas and cause additional stress for the animals.

There is an urgent need for an overall economic/risk assessment. It’s time to seriously acknowledge that the rail line may not be viable over the long term, and consider new investments for transport and the tourism industry for future successes.

Jim Collinson is an agricultural economist and consultant based in Kanata, Ont.

December 1925

his ad from the October 1925 issue of The Scoop Shovel offered European farmers the chance to catch a vessel home for Christmas, with the last vessel leaving St. John, N.B. for Liverpool on Dec. 16.

In the December issue, editor J.T. Hull offered his own version of a Christmas story, but with a twist to extol the virtues of co-operative marketing.

A. Blanche Gibson, author of “The Pool Woman” column, also reflected on the joys of Christmas. Apparently, concerns over Christmas being too commercial have been around for some time.

“Frequently we hear the phrase, ‘Thank goodness, Christmas comes but once a year.’ But if it does mean loosening of our purse strings, and a healthy weariness from days of shopping and tying up parcels, we think it would be a sad old world if it were suddenly put a stop to.”

In other news, the shareholders of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company were considering an offer from Saskatchewan Wheat Pool to purchase their elevator system — at that time the Pools were only a marketing organization, not elevator companies.

In Manitoba, the push was still on to sign up farmers who would commit their entire production to the Pool for five years and the Scoop Shovel reported on several sign-up meetings — one at Virden had attracted 450 farmers.

“Very particular attention is being given to these meetings by the grain trade. In the majority of cases they have their men present taking notes, and they are required to send in their reports to head office.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

COMMENT/FEEDBACK

Railway rate deregulation arguments don’t add up, skeptics say Competitive markets work, but the key is competition and that’s lacking in Canada’s rail sector

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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onsensus is rare in western Canadian grain transportation policy.

That’s why when two economists who have spent decades sparring over contentious issues actually agree, people take notice.

The sky didn’t fall, as Paul Earl joked it might, after admitting at a recent Winnipeg meeting that he is in agreement with University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist Richard Gray “to some very small extent” on whether further deregulation of rail freight rates would benefit farmers.

Earl, a senior scholar at the University of Manitoba’s Transport Institute, and Gray shared concer ns at the annual Fields on Wheels conference in Winnipeg Dec. 2 that in the absence of the so-called maximum revenue entitlement (MRE), grain shippers would pay much higher freight costs.

They weren’t alone. John De P a p e , p r e s i d e n t o f Fa r m e r s Advanced Risk Management Company, Harvey Brooks, general manager of the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission, Keystone Agricultural Producers president Dan Mazier and M u r d o c h M a c K a y, c h a i r o f t h e G r a i n L o g i s t i c s Wo r k i n g G ro u p a n d a Ca n a d i a n G ra i n Commission commissioner, all challenged the proposition that ending the MRE would result in better railway service for grain shippers.

T h e We s t e r n Gra i n E l e va t o r Association ( WGEA) has taken that position as well. Its members have noted that’s the case now when moving grain where the MRE doesn’t apply.

There’s also general agreement the railways must be compelled by regulation to agree to service agreements with grain shippers and be subject to penalties when they fail to fulfil them.

Critics The MRE has its critics. Graham Pa r s o n s, a c o n s u l t i n g e c o n o mist, Barry Prentice, a University of Manitoba transportation and agricultural economist and John Coleman, a senior fellow at Carleton University’s School of Public Policy, condemned the MRE at Fields on Wheels, arguing it discourages railways and grain companies from investing to move more grain, ultimately hurting farmers and Canada’s economy.

Their message: let the market work and rail freight rates will ration the demand for rail services.

Most would agree — if there was competition between the railways.

Without it, the railways have no incentive to invest in surge capacity because they know they’ll get the grain eventually.

In t h e m e a n t i m e, t h e y c a n charge what the market will bear.

In fact, they have a fiduciary duty to shareholders to do just that.

Earl, who lobbied for deregulated grain transpor tation for years while working for United

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Grain Growers and the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, said Parsons failed to convince.

For starters, Parsons wrongly blamed the MRE for the decline in Canada’s share of world wheat markets, ignoring the fact the United States’ share has declined too. Market share has dropped in both countries due to increasing exports from Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Russia, which in some years accounts for 23 per cent of global wheat trade. U.S. share has also dropped as American farmers grew less wheat in favour of other crops, according to a report from Kansas State University.

“Simply restoring (Canadian) market share would increase grain exports by 20.8 million tonnes, increasing grain revenues perhaps by $8.2 trillion,” Parsons said. “Perhaps half would end up in farmers’ pockets. It’s a big number. You can do the calculations forwards and backwards, it doesn’t really matter.”

Wrong math Even if there was a link between market share and the MRE, Parsons’ math was wrong. In 2013, Canada’s total gross domestic product was US$1.8 trillion, a fraction of the gains he said could be made marketing wheat. He later said it was a slip of the tongue.

Pa r s o n s a l s o m i s l e a d i n g l y re f e r re d t o t h e ra i l w a y s h a v ing to move a minimum amount of grain. While that was true for about a year after the federal government ordered the railways to meet weekly minimum volumes in response to the 2014 grain backlog, that order ended last March.

The formula used to establish the MRE is applied retroactively, according to Parsons, making it difficult for the railways to know what to charge. But the railways are amazingly close to their maxi-

“(An intermodal trailer is) not like grain, or it’s not like coal, (where) if you’re a little bit late you’re still going to haul it. If that trailer comes in Friday night and you’re not able to handle it, it’s probably not going to be there Monday.”

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m u m e n t i t l e m e n t m o s t ye a r s.

They have a good idea of what to charge, because every April the Canadian Transportation Agency announces the Volume-Related Composite Price Index for the new crop year.

Parsons also argued the MRE formula doesn’t allow the railways to buy new cars. It does provide for car replacements, although, since the formula applies equally to both railways, if one purchases 500 cars and the other doesn’t the company that bought the cars would only recoup half its cost — a flaw that could be fixed easily by changing the MRE regulations.

Earl noted that CP Rail boss Hunter Harrison himself acknowledged grain is captive to the railways. “(An intermodal trailer is) not like grain, or it’s not like coal, (where) if you’re a little bit late you’re still going to haul it,” Harrison said during a meeting in New York March 12, 2014. “If that trailer comes in Friday night and you’re not able to handle it, it’s probably not going to be there Monday.”

Hangover Harrison’s admission didn’t resonate with Parsons or Prentice.

Prentice, who co-authored a study criticizing the MRE with Parsons for the Railway Association of Canada, claimed the railways are not captive.

“It’s not like farmers today are captive to just export markets as they were in the past,” Prentice said. “So this whole notion that the railways have such market power and just dictate revenues and capacity at will, I think is a hangover from previous ideology.”

That prompted some eye rolling.

Tell a farmer in the Peace River or even Swan River he can truck his wheat to an American elevator if he doesn’t like Canadian rail rates.

We’ll soon learn whether the team appointed by the previous federal government to conduct “an arm’s length” review of the Canada Transportation Act sees the MRE as a help or a hinderance. Its report is due on the transport minister’s desk this month.

Even if the review chaired by former cabinet minister David E m e r s o n re c o m m e n d s s c r a p ping the MRE, the current government isn’t likely to comply. Veteran Saskatchewan Liberal MP Ralph Goodale knows the file well and recognizes grain shippers are captive to the railways.

Still, never underestimate the railways. They are powerful and critically important to Canada’s economy. They must be profitable. In 2000, the government thought it struck the right balance between farmer and railway interests. Will today’s government reach the same conclusion? allan@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

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family of four, more for larger families.

But it’s not the first time that Loewen and the Build a Village team have faced this challenge head on. In partnership with Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and the Mennonite Central Committee, the grassroots charity has already brought 25 refugee families from across the world to Altona.

Doaa Abukhousa’s family came to Altona from Iraq nearly six years ago.

“It was hard, I’m going to be honest with you, the first year here was very hard, yes. We came from an Arab world, I don’t want to say country because of the situation, but we came from this Arab world to Canada, and then straight to Altona,” said the 18-year-old. “What helped us here, what helped me, is that the people here are so kind… it doesn’t matter how you dress, or how you talk, or if you even know any English, the people here, they understand.”

Paying it forward Today Abukhousa is paying that kindness forward by volunteering with Build a Village and Regional Connections, which provides immigration and settlement services in south-central Manitoba. She has taught newcomers computer literacy and helps provide childcare so mothers can attend English classes.

Having recently finished high school, she plans to take six months off for volunteer work.

“When I decided to do that, I didn’t even know the Syrian families were coming,” she said.

“This timing is good.”

Altona is not alone in its efforts to bring refugees from Syria and other countries to rural Manitoba. Communities across the province are pulling together to sponsor families that have lost their homes to war and upheaval.

Before long, refugees will be calling places like Carman, Austin, Dauphin, Cartwright, Killarney, Carberry, Virden, Russell, Grandview, Portage la Prairie, Riverton and Steinbach home.

In Winkler, Southern Potato, Green Valley Equipment, Kroeker Farms, and Emmanuel Mennonite Church, have partnered with the federal government and

Doaa Abukhousa, (centre) translates for the newly arrived Daas family, who will live in Altona after fleeing their home in Syria more than three years ago. Photos: Shannon VanRaes

the Mennonite Central Committee to sponsor two families from Burma — otherwise known as Myanmar — as well as a single woman currently living in an Ethiopian refugee camp.

Ryan Toews, general manager of Green Valley Equipment, will host one of the families. The role includes guiding them as they find doctors and schools, set up bank accounts, learn English and generally settle into life in Canada.

“It’s a big responsibility,” said Toews, but he already knows the rewards that go with helping refugees make a new life. As a child, his parents hosted a Vietnamese refugee family that their church sponsored.

“We got to know them quite well over the years,” he said. “It was a big adjustment for them and for us, but they’ve become part of my family. They are still at all of our Christmas gatherings and they are as much a brother and sister to me as my own family is.”

Like family Laurie Dyck, who is co-ordinating the effort in Winkler, said they are in the process of gathering furnishings and nailing down housing for families expected to arrive sometime before the end of next March.

“We want them to be supported… to make this as positive as we can,” she said, adding that there has been an “outpouring of support” from the community so far.

A little farther to the east, Dayspring Fellowship Church is taking a different approach to housing refugees — the congregation plans to build new houses.

“There’s people in need, who can’t stay where they’re at, and this is about looking at what we have to offer,” said Pastor Earl Toews, pointing to the congregation’s decision to subdivide the church’s five-acre Ste. Anne property to build two single family homes and a duplex.

And yet for many people, rural communities fly under the radar when it comes to resettling refugees. Bequie Lake, director of the Manitoba Immigrant and Refugee Settlement Sector Association, said some people assume incorrectly that only large urban centres can meet newcomer needs.

“One thing about refugee populations is that they are enormously diverse, so just like the Canadian population there are people who are from smaller communities, who feel very at home in a small community,” she said. There are already extensive services established in rural Manitoba when it comes to meeting newcomers’ needs.

At the risk of sounding cliché, Ryan Toews offered that smaller centres really do have that “sense of community” that helps people feel at home.

Loewen agreed.

“While there might be some disadvantages to being in a small community, I think there are also some advantages,” he said. “One of the things we’re very fortunate to have here, is a very large and very dedicated group of volunteers who are willing to sort of walk with the newcomer families through their first year or two and then even longer in many cases, just to help them get settled into life in Canada and do all the things that need to happen when they get here.”

The Daas family arrives in Winnipeg after fleeing their home in Syria more than three years ago. They were greeted by a drum group, well-wishers, officials and volunteers from the Altona-based charity that sponsored them.

Long histories Like Altona, many rural communities also have long histories of sponsoring refugees through community organizations, said Ben Rempel, assistant deputy minister with Manitoba’s Department of Labour and Immigration.

“They have been sponsoring refugees from Syria, from Africa, from all parts of the world,” he said. “So refugees are already going to communities like Morden and Altona, where there are services in place.”

Immigration and settlement providers also work to inform government-sponsored arrivals about smaller communities in the province, in an effort to find the best fit for them and their families, said Rempel.

And while not all refugees who first arrive in tiny villages and small towns will settle there permanently, Loewen said that’s all right too.

“We see our role as helping these families get settled into life here, to get a good start in

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Jan. 6-7: St. Jean Farm Days, Centennial Hall, 203 Caron St., St. Jean Baptiste. For more info call 204-746-2312.

Jan. 11: Beef and Forage Day, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Ukrainian National Home Hall, 106 Main St., Vita. For more info call MAFRD at 204-425-5050.

Jan. 14: Direct Marketing Your Meat Products workshop, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Sun Gro Centre, 360 Veterans Lane, Beausejour. For more info or to register ($20, lunch included), call MAFRD at 204-392-7268 or 204-4612978.

Jan. 19-21: Red River Basin Land and Water International Summit Conference, Alerus Center, 1200 S. 42nd St., Grand Forks, N.D. For more info or to register visit RedRiverBasinCommission.org.

Ray Loewen and Annie Doerksen carry a donation into a former furniture store being used as a depot for household goods for Syrian refugees who will settle in Altona.

Canada, and then if they choose to — for family reasons or other reasons — to move somewhere else in a year or two, or even five or 10, I mean we’re quite fine with that,” he said. “Our commitment is to make sure they get acclimatized to life in Canada. If they have family that ends up in Alberta, or Ontario, or wherever and want to join up with them, that’s great.”

That said, between one-third and half of all refugees who arrive in rural communities go on to make permanent lives there.

The family the Toews family sponsored decades ago still calls Steinbach home.

And whether they stay for a few years or a lifetime, what newcomers add to rural communities is indelible.

“Every new family brings their own cultures, their own traditions, their own experiences, and as a community, we are just enriched any time that kind of diversity happens,” Loewen said.

Jan. 26-28: Keystone Agricultural Producers annual meeting and Young Farmers Conference, Delta Winnipeg, 350 St. Mary Ave., Winnipeg. For more info visit kap. mb.ca or call 204-697-1140.

Feb. 4-5: Manitoba Beef Producers annual general meeting, Victoria Inn, 3550 Victoria Ave., Brandon. For more info or to register visit www. mbbeef.ca/annual-meeting/.

Feb. 10-11: CropConnect Conference, Victoria Inn, 1808 Wellington Ave., Winnipeg. For more info visit cropconnectconference.ca.

Feb. 14-16: Western Canadian Holistic Management Conference, Russell Inn and George P. Buleziuk Conference Centre, Russell. For more info call 204-648-3965 or to register and get details visit www. canadianfga.com.

March 1: Manitoba Turkey Producers annual meeting, Victoria Inn, 1808 Wellington Ave., Winnipeg. For more info call 204-489-4635.

March 11-12: Direct Farm Marketing Conference, Canad Inns, 2401 Saskatchewan Ave., Portage la Prairie. For more info visit www. directfarmmarketing.com.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

First Nations interested in buying Churchill port and railway from OmniTrax Canada A letter of intent has been accepted triggering a 45-day due diligence period in which both parties will work together to ensure that a purchase becomes a reality

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

T

he sooner the Port of Churchill and the rail line that serves it have a new owner the better, says Sinclair Harrison, president of the Hudson Bay Route Association (HBRA), an organization that supports and promotes the Hu d s o n Ba y Ra i l w a y a n d Canada’s only deepwater ocean port.

“We’re heading into another year and so long as there’s no solution to this, it’s going to be difficult to get any marketing through the port next year,” Harrison said in an interview Dec. 18.

“You get into late April or May and if this (sale) hasn’t happened by then it’s going to be very difficult to convince shippers that’s the route to go.”

OmniTrax Canada, which owns the port and railway, issued a news release Dec. 18 stating it had accepted a letter of intent from a group of northern Manitoba First Nations for the purchase of its Manitoba assets. The deadline to complete the deal is Feb. 1, 2016, but it could occur sooner, OmniTrax Canada president Merv Tweed told CBC Radio in an interview Dec. 18.

“It’s a group of communities along the line and others that I think always believed the railway was theirs and this now can become a reality based on current negotiations,” Tweed said.

tiations are underway that could see this strategic railway and the Port of Churchill maintained and enhanced through a made-in-Manitoba ownership model,” Steve Ashton, Manitoba’s minister of infrastructure and transportation said in an email Dec. 18. “While we are not involved in the negotiations we will continue to support this critical infrastructure that is vitally important to the economy of the North and a key part of the Arctic gateway.”

Little information Tweed declined to name the First Nations interested in the purchase. He was also mum about the asking price and whether governments would have to assist in the purchase.

If the sale goes through, OmniTrax will work with the

“We’re heading into another year and so long as there’s no solution to this, it’s going to be difficult to get any marketing through the port next year.”

Sinclair Harrison

buyers “until the comfort level and knowledge transfer allow them to operate independently,” Tweed said.

The federal and Manitoba governments invested $68 million in the port and line when OmniTrax bought them 18 years ago. OmniTrax has invested nearly $100 million, Tweed said.

According to studies, the line’s value to northern economy is in excess of $40 million annually.

Barry Prentice, a professor of

supply chain management at the University of Manitoba, says governments should consider the transportation demand and allow the data to inform decisions. It might make more economic sense to rip up the railway to Churchill and build a road, Prentice said in an interview Dec. 2. However, he added if the line was removed, it would never be rebuilt, which could hurt future mining and Hydro development.

The HBRA is confident the line and port can be viable, Harrison said. With not much effort the port could export a million tonnes of grain annually, he said. With the port’s short shipping season due to ice, it make sense to operate the port around the clock, seven days a week.

“I think if there’s an aggressive owner that wants to turn a million tonnes the potential is there,” he said.

Churchill has the advantage over some other Canadian ports of being closer to Europe, Africa and many South American destinations. However, Prentice and others have said grain companies prefer to export through their own terminals and none own facilities in Churchill. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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Firsts in the Field

Precedent There’s precedent for such a transaction. OmniTrax sold its 185-mile line that runs from Sherritt Junction to Lynn Lake, Man., to a First Nations consortium called the Keewatin in 2006.

News broke last month that the port and line were for sale following a disappointing grainshipping season. Churchill exported 186,000 tonnes of grain — well under the 10-year average of 554,548 tonnes.

Tweed said the drop was an “anomaly.”

“If the grain shipments return into that 500,000-metric-ton level, both the rail and the port will do OK,” he said.

But if OmniTrax is so confident, why sell?

Tweed has repeatedly called the railway, which it bought with the port in 1997, a “utility.”

“And I think it should be operated that way and I think there’s a real interest among both levels of government to see that the railway continues to serve those communities,” he said.

The Manitoba and federal governments have publicly confirmed that the line and port are important and won’t be abandoned. The railway, some of which is built on permafrost making it difficult to maintain, is the only land link to many northern communities, including the Town of Churchill. And the port is the gateway to many communities farther north linked only by sea in summer and air the rest of the year.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

LIVESTOCK MARKETS

(Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 90.00 - 101.00 D3 Cows 85.00 - 92.00 Bulls 120.00 - 125.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.)

165.00 - 197.00 (801-900 lbs.)

190.00 - 207.00 (701-800 lbs.)

195.00 - 219.00 (601-700 lbs.)

210.00 - 253.00 (501-600 lbs.)

230.00 - 284.00 (401-500 lbs.)

260.00 - 300.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

160.00 - 180.00 (801-900 lbs.)

175.00 - 190.00 (701-800 lbs.)

180.00 - 205.00 (601-700 lbs.)

190.00 - 220.00 (501-600 lbs.)

210.00 - 250.00 (401-500 lbs.)

225.00 - 260.00

Heifers

Alberta South — — 94.00 - 111.00 80.00 - 95.00 119.60 - 119.60 $ 191.00 - 205.00 195.00 - 210.00 206.00 - 221.00 216.00 - 221.00 234.00 - 263.00 272.00 - 300.00 $ 175.00 - 195.00 189.00 - 200.00 190.00 - 205.00 197.00 - 215.00 213.00 - 233.00 235.00 - 269.00

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

(850+ lbs.)

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

Feeder Cattle January 2016 March 2016 April 2016 May 2016 August 2016 September 2016

Cattle Slaughter

December 11, 2015

Previous Year­ 55,405 12,406 42,999 N/A 564,000

Close 159.75 157.80 158.90 159.30 161.28 159.48

Change -6.28 -5.88 -6.22 -6.02 -5.53 -5.53

Week Ending December 5, 2015 1,349 25,340 11,806 464 651 8,993 192

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 1,447 25,523 12,507 520 520 11,428 229

Source: Manitoba Agriculture

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

MB (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.)

ON (Index 100) (Mon.-Thurs.)

PQ (Index 100) (Mon.-Fri.)

Current Week 152 E 142 E 138.44 140.11

Futures (December 11, 2015) in U.S. Hogs December 2015 February 2016 April 2016 May 2016 June 2016

Last Week 149.42 138.70 134.84 136.95

Close 56.00 60.55 64.70 72.00 76.18

Last Year (Index 100) 192.33 178.86 183.61 186.30

Change -2.35 1.72 1.55 1.50 1.97

Sheep and Lambs Winnipeg Choice (110+ lb.)

(95 - 109 lb.)

(80 - 94 lb.)

(Under 80 lb.)

(New crop)

— — Next Sale December 16th — —

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 December 27, 2015 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.930 Undergrade ........................................$1.840 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ............................................... $1.920 Undergrade ....................................... $1.820 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ............................................... $1.920 Undergrade ....................................... $1.820 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................................$1.895 Undergrade...........................................$1.810 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.

T

he atmosphere in the cattle market shifted throughout 2015, as the futures hit record highs, then saw a steep drop-off near the end of the year, which was reflected in lower local prices, according to one market analyst.

“Everything hinges off of the futures, and they have dropped so much that the market is not very aggressive,” said Dave Nickel of Gladstone Auction Mart. “Demand is slower because the futures are off so much.”

When auctions opened in 2015, the market was strong, Nickel said, but prices and demand fell sharply throughout the year.

At peak levels in early June, feeder cattle futures in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s (CME) January 2016 contract sat around US$228 per hundredweight.

On Dec. 17, CME live cattle futures hit the lowest levels seen since mid-2012, falling to about US$144.

That means from high to low in 2015, cattle futures shed close to US$85 per hundredweight.

“It was crazy,” said Brian Perillat, manager and senior analyst at Canfax, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association’s market analysis arm in Calgary.

“We saw a huge shift. Basically through the year of 2015, we averaged record-high prices, but the tone completely changed in the fourth quarter.”

After several years of decreasing cattle numbers in North America, there was a shift in 2015 to greater numbers, which were one cause of the pressure on the market, Perillat said.

Expansion in the U.S. resulted in more cattle and beef, a trend which will continue into 2016.

Increased pork and poultry production

anne wasko Gateway Cattle Marketing

have further pressured prices, Perillat said. “ We’ve seen consumer demand choices challenging the market a bit.”

During the course of the year, the supply side of the beef industry has shifted, he added. North America has switched from being a net exporter of beef to being a net importer of beef, due to extremely high prices, which affected supply.

There was also a slowdown in global demand due to changes in currencies and domestic challenges to beef — namely, those competing meat supplies. “ We’ve gone from one extreme to the other. On average it’s going to be a recordhigh year,” said Anne Wasko of Gateway Cattle Marketing at Taber, Alta.

Since Sept. 1, markets have taken a nosedive, following depreciation in U.S. markets, resulting in prices well below where they sat earlier in the year. “It’s been a bit of both worlds here in 2015.”

Export markets for U.S. commodities have also been weak as the strong dollar and weak global economy weighed on the market. High supplies and poor exports have been the two main drivers of the depreciation, Wasko said.

“What’s driving Canadian cattle and beef prices lower today is largely what’s going on south of the border,” she said.

“We’re following suit, even though our Canadian dollar continues to be weak.”

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

briefs

Other Market Prices Wooled Fats

“What’s driving Canadian cattle and beef prices lower today is largely what’s going on south of the border.”

CNSC

Cattle Grades (Canada)

Week Ending December 5, 2015 49,494 11,990 37,504 N/A 560,000

Beef lurches into 2016 on heavier supplies, shaky demand Jade MarkuS

Hog Prices

$/cwt Ewes Lambs

$1 Cdn: $0.7301 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.3696 Cdn.

Record prices in much of 2015 took a turn for the worse

Ontario $ 144.48 - 158.82 142.65 - 156.83 67.71 - 92.92 67.71 - 92.92 110.63 - 138.02 $ 180.24 - 215.18 174.07 - 218.59 174.56 - 231.72 183.53 - 256.09 191.61 - 273.99 206.99 - 282.86 $ 158.65 - 182.01 167.45 - 193.85 157.28 - 204.21 162.18 - 218.30 179.37 - 235.23 210.39 - 255.09

$

Futures (December 11 2015) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change December 2015 125.70 -6.12 February 2016 129.45 -4.40 April 2016 129.68 -4.45 June 2016 122.13 -3.00 August 2016 119.95 -3.02 October 2016 121.38 -3.10

Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

EXCHANGES: December 11, 2015

column

Cattle Prices

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

Numbers below are reprinted from December 17 issue.

Toronto 100.60 - 135.08 150.72 - 184.93 175.82 - 198.81 184.91 - 222.74 190.05 - 301.16 —

SunGold Specialty Meats —

BY THEOPOLIS WATERS Chicago / Reuters

Eggs Minimum prices to producers for ungraded eggs, f.o.b. egg grading station, set by the Manitoba Egg Producers Marketing Board effective November 10, 2013.

New Previous A Extra Large $2.00 $2.05 A Large 2.00 2.05 A Medium 1.82 1.87 A Small 1.40 1.45 A Pee Wee 0.3775 0.3775 Nest Run 24 + 1.8910 1.9390 B 0.45 0.45 C 0.15 0.15

Goats Kids Billys Mature

Winnipeg (Hd Fats) — — —

<1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

Cattle movement into U.S. feedlots in November fell 11 per cent from a year ago to their lowest level since the government began compiling the data in 1996, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed Dec. 18.

Analysts attributed last month’s much smaller-thanexpected placements to deteriorating margins that

prompted feed yards to delay buying younger calves for fattening.

Available grazing pastures in parts of the U.S. Plains allowed ranchers and feedlots to feed cattle longer outside of commercial feeding pens.

USDA’s data showed the number of cattle placed in November weighing over 800 lbs. declined from the yearago month, their first annual decrease so far in 2015 — another bullish market indicator, said analysts.

Cattle that entered feedlots in November will be ready for slaughter beginning around April 2016.

The USDA report showed

November placements at 1.601 million head, down 11 per cent from 1.794 million last year.

The USDA put the feedlot cattle supply as of Dec. 1 at 10.794 million head, almost in line with 10.816 million a year ago. Analysts, on average, had forecast an increase of 1.0 per cent.

The government said the number of cattle sold to packers, or marketings, rose four per cent in November from a year ago, to 1.532 million head.

“It’s a pretty big deal, record-low placements for November,” said Allendale Inc. chief strategist Rich Nelson.

Toronto ($/cwt) 187.80 - 323.89 — 120.56 - 297.97

Horses Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

U.S. November feedlot cattle placements slump

Toronto ($/cwt) 15.00 - 70.00 41.00 - 56.00

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

GRAIN MARKETS column

Manitoba Elevator Prices

Weather in 2016 will trump supply-and-demand unknowns A strong U.S. dollar will keep dragging on U.S. grains DAVE SIMS CNSC

I

CE Futures Canada canola contracts finished slightly lower for the week ended Dec. 18, as losses in the vegetable oil market offset declines in the Canadian dollar.

The week started off with bullish indicators as crush margins moved to some of the best levels in a year. This kept buyers interested as farmers began to wind down selling ahead of the Christmas holiday. Chart-based selling was also a feature in the first few days of the week, due to a lack of fundamental news. Some large funds also took cash off the table with the end of the calendar year almost here.

By mid-week, events had heated up on the world stage as the U.S. Federal Reserve and new government in Argentina made headlines.

However, despite a rate cut by the U.S. Fed and slashes on Argentina’s export taxes from its newly elected government, canola hung relatively steady, with no major price swings as both moves were well anticipated.

Looking back on 2015, the near-term contract for canola generally hung in a range between $440 and $475 per tonne through the beginning of the year. It was in springtime that things turned interesting when an early frost wiped out some crops in southern Manitoba. On the yearly price chart, one notices that was when a fairly major rise in values began, one that wouldn’t come down until the end of summer. The early days of June were a dry affair, leading many to worry about the overall yield Canada’s canola crop could attain. At one point (June 18) Statistics Canada’s pegged the 2015-16 crop at 14.9 million tonnes. Both speculators and commercials were on the buy side of the market due to drought worries.

August rains helped alleviate the drought threat, though, and the outlook shifted from one of potential supply shortages to one of hefty overall volumes. A massive U.S. harvest of soybeans began to crowd the world supply and from September through to the end of the year, the nearby contract generally hung between $460 and $480 per tonne.

Looking ahead to the new year, there are those who think canola can’t help but go higher, while

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others say, “Sell now!” due to large supplies on hand and an uncertain economic picture. Some believe equity markets will be stiff and unable to throw large sums of cash around with the recent U.S. rate increase and bearish crude oil scene. Still, others remain steadfast that the world will chew its way through the supplies. They also point to crude oil prices in the early 2000s that were far cheaper than in 2015.

Weather will retain its usual dominance in most matters, though. The impact of El Niño in 2015-16 hasn’t been felt as dominantly in North America as in other regions in the world, but that could change in 2016.

CBOT wheat values were hit hard by a stronger U.S. dollar for much of the year. It caused numerous headaches for exporters who found many customers turning to cheaper supplies from Ukraine and South America. There doesn’t seem to be anything that would keep buyers from continuing on that same path, as long as the U.S. greenback retains its strength.

U.S. soybeans also had difficulties with foreign competitors in the face of large world supplies. The economic slowdown happening in China curtailed U.S. exports and has cast a shadow over the coming year, as China weighs how badly it needs soy compared to other substitutes in the vegetable oil market.

CBOT corn looks like it will exit the calendar year at about the same price level it entered (US$3.75 per bushel, nearby contract). Weather issues gave life to values in the middle of July, sending prices soaring about US$4.25, but large world supplies eventually pulled values back to earth.

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

Average quotes as of December 21, 2015 ($/tonne) Future

Basis

Net

Weekly Change

Red spring wheat

186.60

39.31

225.91

0.65

Red winter wheat

175.99

12.23

188.22

-9.66

Prairie spring wheat

176.35

13.91

190.26

-2.34

Canola

487.20

-33.84

453.36

2.08

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

Weekly Change

U.S. hard red winter 12% Houston

198.32

6.34

U.S. spring wheat 14% Portland

233.78

-1.47

Canola Thunder Bay

488.60

4.60

Canola Vancouver

508.60

6.60

Closing Futures Prices

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

Weekly Change

ICE canola

480.60

6.60

ICE milling wheat

241.00

-2.00

ICE barley

184.00

-7.00

Mpls. HRS wheat

186.66

-2.76

Chicago SRW wheat

177.84

-4.23

Kansas City HRW wheat

176.55

-3.40

Corn

147.33

-1.97

Oats

147.84

-6.16

Soybeans

322.52

-0.18

Soymeal

305.92

4.19

Soyoil

668.34

-32.63

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

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

202.80

3.67

Feed barley

185.10

6.43

Rye

n/a

n/a

455.09

0.39

n/a

n/a

Oats

198.42

-3.89

Soybeans

372.95

3.67

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

16.75

0.10

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

Ask

Ask

Flaxseed Feed peas

Western Canadian spring wheat bids down as basis erodes Quoted basis levels varied but declined on average by $2 per tonne

BY PHIL FRANZ-WARKENTIN Commodity News Service Canada

C

ash spring wheat bids across We s t e r n C a n a d a m o v e d lower during the week ended December 18, as basis levels deteriorated.

Ave ra g e Ca n a d a We s t e r n Re d Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down by $1 to $5 per tonne during the week, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points across the Prairie provinces.

Average prices ranged from about $226 per tonne in Manitoba to as high as $239 in central Alberta and the Peace River region.

Quoted basis levels varied from location to location, but declined by about $2 on average to sit at $46

above the futures when using the grain company methodology of quoting the basis as the difference between the U.S. dollar-denominated futures and the Canadian dollar cash bids.

When accounting for the currency exchange rates by adjusting the Canadian prices to U.S. dollars ($1=US$0.7171 as of December 18) CWRS bids ranged from US$162 to US$171 per tonne. That would put the currency adjusted basis levels at about US$15 to US$24 below the futures.

Looking at it the other way around, if the Minneapolis futures are converted to Canadian dollars, CWRS basis levels across Western Canada range from $21 to $33 below the futures.

Av e r a g e C a n a d a P r a i r i e R e d

Spring (CPRS) bids were down by $2 to $7 per tonne. Average CPRS prices came in at about $190 per tonne in Manitoba, $200 to $201 per tonne in Saskatchewan, and $210 to $213 per tonne in Alberta.

Soft white spring wheat prices were down by $2 to $4 per tonne, ranging from $215 to $217 per tonne in Alberta.

Winter wheat prices were down by $1 to $5 per tonne on the week.

Prices ranged from roughly $185 to $193 per tonne across the Prairies.

Average durum prices were up, rising by $1 to $2 per tonne. Bids in southern Saskatchewan, where the bulk of the crop is grown, were up by $2 at $296 per tonne.

The March spring wheat contract in Minneapolis, on which

most CWRS contracts in Canada are based, was quoted at US$5.0625 per bushel on December 18, down 1.50 U.S. 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 March Kansas City wheat contract was quoted at US$4.8225 per bushel on December 18, down 0.25 U.S. cents from the week before.

T h e Ma rc h C h i c a g o Bo a rd o f Trade soft wheat contract settled at US$4.8675 on December 18, which was 3.75 U.S. cents weaker compared to the week prior.

The Canadian dollar closed at 71.71 U.S. cents on December 18, which was down by about half a cent relative to its U.S. counterpart compared to the previous week.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 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

Pig producers warned to be on the lookout for virus Seneca Valley virus is a concern because its symptoms are the same as those for foot-and-mouth

By ALEXIS KIENLEN AND SHANNON VANRAES STAFF

P

ork industry leaders are warning producers to be on the lookout for a new virus that has been showing up in hogs in the midwestern U.S. and Canada in recent months.

Producers are advised to contact their veterinarians immediately and not move hogs if they detect blisters around their mouth, hoof, or nose.

Seneca Valley virus has has been sporadically identified in the U.S. since 1988, and was identified in Canada this year, a notice from Manitoba Pork to producers says.

“Very little is known about the disease, how it spreads, how to prevent and/or control it, although direct animal contact and transportation vehicles are the most likely risk pathways.”

“Seneca Valley virus is a concern because you can’t distinguish it from the really scary reportable foreign animal diseases such as foot-andmouth, without doing lab testing,” provincial veterinary epidemiologist Julia Keenliside said during Alberta Pork’s monthly pork town hall.

“Just by looking at the animal, you can’t tell what virus caused those blisters. If you see blisters, call your vet right away and get it checked out.”

Dr. Megan Bergman, Manitoba’s chief veterinary officer, said in an email her office has been working with industry, private veterinarians and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to monitor the situation.

Photos: Courtesy Dr. Paisley Canning, Swine Medicine Education Center

“Manitoba’s animal health lab ( Veterinary Diagnostic Services) plans on implementing a diagnostic test when it becomes available.

MAFRD is also working with industry to address implications if a positive case is found in Manitoba,” she said.

Detected at plant

“We want to send out the word to producers and people in the industry, especially those who transport pigs, to be on the lookout for blisters because it can be a very serious issue.”

Julia Keenliside

In October 2015, two pigs from Manitoba, upon arrival at a U.S. slaughter facility, presented with symptoms and subsequently tested positive for Seneca Valley virus.

However, followup testing of all source herds in Manitoba were found to be negative. No cases have been identified in pigs at any farm in Manitoba, she said.

About 70 premises in the U.S. were affected by the virus in 2015.

Although it is not reportable, it does not seem to be spreading rapidly.

The disease, which affects pigs, cows and mice, has been found here in the past.

“We want to send out the word to producers and people in the industry, especially those who transport

pigs, to be on the lookout for blisters because it can be a very serious issue if we do have a serious animal disease,” said Keenliside.

“It’s really important that we get everything looked at by a veterinarian, tested by CFIA and confirmed that it is not a foreign animal disease and that it is in fact Seneca Valley.”

Although not as severe as porcine epidemic diarrhea, the virus can cause increased mortality in piglets under seven days of age. The blisters only appear for a day or so, before rupturing. This causes sores near a pig’s nose and mouth or on their tongue. Sows and gilts may develop a fever and be off feed.

In growing or slaughter pigs, the animals will develop lameness because of painful blisters where the hoof attaches to the foot, so producers should watch out for acute, sudden lameness in a whole group of pigs.

“The good news is that it does seem to resolve very quickly and there’s not a lot of mortality,” said Keenliside.

Do not move Pigs with blisters should not be moved and should not be taken to slaughter. Other reportable diseases that cause blisters in swine are swine vesicular disease, vesicular stomatitis and swine vesicular exanthema.

Foot-and-mouth is currently not in North America but if there was a case, it would cause an immediate border closure and a cessation of trade.

“It would be quite a disaster for our pig industry, and possibly other industries such as the cattle industry,” said Keenliside.

It is not known how the virus is transmitted. To see a slide show about the disease and what it looks like, go to www.nationalhogfarmer. com and search for ‘seneca facts.’

There is also a fact sheet with photos posted here: http://mani tobapork.com/wp-content/ uploads/2015/09/Seneca-ValleyVirus-SVV-Fact-Sheet-Dec-15-2015. pdf. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com and shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

Dairy support price gets boost February 1 The support price is increased for butter, decreased for skim milk powder STAFF

C

anada’s dairy farmers can expect a two per cent bump in their overall revenue from industrial milk sales starting Feb. 1 next year.

C i t i n g d a i r y p r o d u c e r s’ increased costs of product i o n , t h e Ca n a d i a n D a i r y Commission on Dec. 16 announced its support price of butter will increase effective Feb. 1 to $7.7815 per kilogram, from $7.4046 currently.

Its support price for skim milk powder, however, will be reduced from its current level of $6.3109 per kilogram, to $4.4176, its lowest level since 1997.

For dairy farmers, that works out to an increase of about 2.2 per cent in what will be paid for the industrial milk they supply to make products such as yogurt, cheese, ice cream,

butter and skim milk powder, the commission said.

That 2.2 per cent hike follows the decrease of about 1.8 per cent announced in January, after increases of 1.5 per cent in 2011 and 2012, 0.9 per cent in 2013 and one per cent in 2014.

The support prices for skim milk powder and butter are the prices at which the commission buys and sells those products to balance seasonal changes in demand on the domestic market.

Provincial marketing boards also use those prices as reference points in pricing industrial milk. The prices producers get for fluid milk are determined through a separate process.

The margins received by processors for butter and skim milk powder the commission buys, and the carrying charges collected by the commis sion to pay for storage of nor-

“Our industry wants to grow the market for Canadian dairy products, but relentless price increases are having the opposite effect.” donna dooher CEO, Restaurants Canada

mal butter stocks, will remain unchanged, the commission said Dec. 16.

“These adjustments in support prices acknowledge the 3.11 per cent rise in the cost of producing milk and are adapted to changing market conditions,” commission chairman Alistair Johnston said in a release.

Restaurants Canada, a longtime critic of Canada’s dairy pricing frameworks, criticized the dairy commission’s decision in a separate release Dec. 16.

The previous “one-off” price reduction in January this year was passed on to dairy processors, the food-service sector group said, but was not passed along to restaurateurs or consumers as it had hoped.

“Our industry wants to grow the market for Canadian dairy products, but relentless price increases are having the opposite effect,” Donna Dooher, the group’s CEO, said in a release.

The cost-of-production formula by which the dairy commission sets its supports includes dairy farms’

capital investments, and such investments should result in efficiencies and lower prices, Re s t a u ra n t s Ca n a d a s a i d .

“Unfortunately, any savings appear to go to the dairy producer’s bottom line.”

In its latest market bulletin, dated Dec. 15, the dairy commission said total Canadian milk production for the 12 months ending in October was 4.8 per cent higher than in the year-earlier period.

The commission said its revised production forecasts suggest “this strong milk production trend will persist throughout the coming months.”

Overall butter consumption has risen by about three per cent year over year during the same period, the commission said. “Additional butter imports and increased milk production at the farm level are being used to alleviate butter supply issues in the industry.”

Hay producers see more sellers, lower prices Prices are down off the peaks seen in August and September

BY JADE MARKUS CNS Canada

C

anada’s export hay prices have come down from summer highs and now sit at less than half their previous levels, but despite competition abroad, a weak loonie is helping Canadian producers.

South Africa, Eastern Europe and Argentina have increased their alfalfa production, said Edward J. Shaw, director of market development at Green Prairie International.

“So we’ve got more competitors out there,” he said.

The U.S. is also adding to global supplies, especially as China has been buying less from the country, said Shaw.

“The U.S. is awash with alfalfa.

A lot of farmers sat on inventory.

They thought it was worth gold.”

The exchange rate is helping Canadian producers, Shaw added — a sentiment echoed by Tara Mulhern Davidson, project co-ordinator at the Saskatchewan Forage Council.

“When hay is already worth quite a bit in Canada, it’s going to be hard to encourage people to buy hay from the States.”

At their summer highs, hay prices sat around C$200 for a round bale, according to Shaw — but now prices are around $75$100, he said.

Prices peaked in August and into September on supply concerns. Saskatchewan producers weren’t able to get two cuts of hay, “so that kind of freaked people out,” Mulhern Davidson said.

Prices softened after timely rains across Saskatchewan eased supply concerns. A relatively warm winter is also dragging on prices.

Mulhern Davidson said she expects increased acres next year, as many producers postponed seeding last season.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

Quebec banks, funds boost stake in Agropur The dairy co-operative plans aggressive growth to ‘remain a major player’ part of our strategy aimed at furthering the development of high-performing Quebec businesses.”

No t i n g A g ro p u r’s re c e n t growth has been based outside Quebec, Normand Chouinard, executive vice-president for investments at Fonds de solidarite FTQ, said that growth has “contributed to the consolidation of Quebec jobs at Agropur and its thousands of dairy producers.”

The co-op’s acquisitions have slowed in recent months, but in 2014 included Sobeys’ former Canada Safeway dairy plants in Western Canada and New Brunswick dairy-processing co-ops Dair ytown and Northumberland.

Agropur, whose dairy brands include Natrel, Quebon and Island Farms, also spent over $100 million on upgrades at its Lethbridge, Alta. and Oka and St-Hyacinthe, Que. plants, plus new lab and head office space at Longueuil, Que. During 2015, Agropur announced plans to close milk plants at Chilliwack, B.C. and St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Que., and pledged upgrades for the former Safeway milk plant at Burnaby, B.C. Agropur president Serge Riendeau in October warned of market uncertainty stemming from Canada’s concessions on dairy market access in the

STAFF

D

airy giant Agropur is getting a second nine-figure cash injection from a group of Quebec institutional investors and banks, further backing the Quebec dair y farmer co-op’s expansion plans against an uncertain domestic market.

The investor group, led by Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ), said Dec. 17 it will put up $300 million, on top of the $470 million it pledged in December last year.

CDPQ on Dec. 17 said it would put in $150 million, on top of $37.4 million from National Bank, $35.2 million from development capital fund Fonds de solidarite FTQ, $32.4 million from provincial investm e n t f i r m In ve s t i s s e m e n t Quebec, $25 million from Capital regional et cooperatif Desjardins (CRCD) and $20 million from economic development agency Fondaction CSN. The new investment from CDPQ, which manages funds mainly for public and parapublic pension and insurance plans, raises its own stake in Agropur to $300 million.

M a r c C o r m i e r, C D P Q ’s executive vice-president for fixed income, said the Caisse’s investment is “an integral

On an aggressive expansion track in North America, Agropur’s acquisitions in recent years have included the former Canada Safeway dairy plant in Winnipeg. Photo: Dave Bedard

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal.

Giving up 3.25 per cent of the Canadian dairy market to imports from TPP countries, on top of the two per cent granted under Canada’s free trade deal with the European Union, “means an increase in

dairy imports that will replace more than five per cent of our domestic production in the first five years that the agreements are in effect,” he said.

The co-operative said at the time it intends to “continue seizing all opportunities for development in order to

remain a major player in the North American market.”

When the investor group announced its previous cash injection late last year, Riendeau said the co-op “plans to continue its development in high-potential Canadian, U.S. and global markets.”

LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Feeder Steers

Ashern

Gladstone

Grunthal

16-Dec

15-Dec

15-Dec

No. on offer

725

230*

180

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

n/a

n/a

Killarney

n/a

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

17-Dec

18-Dec

385*

250*

n/a

n/a

900-1,000

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

800-900

n/a

n/a

180.00-190.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

190.00-212.00

700-800

n/a

180.00-197.50

190.00-208.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

195.00-217.00

200.00-225.00

600-700

220.00-243.00

200.00-220.00

200.00-230.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

200.00-244.00

215.00-237.00

500-600

240.00-266.00

212.00-243.00

220.00-260.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

230.00-269.00

225.00-267.00

400-500

250.00-314.00

250.00-275.00

240.00-280.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

240.00-278.00

240.00-295.00

300-400

n/a

270.00-285.00

275.00-330.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

250.00-300.00

n/a

Feeder heifers 900-1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

160.00-180.00

800-900

n/a

175.00-187.50

155.00-175.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

200.00-225.00

700-800

n/a

170.00-196.00

170.00-195.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

170.00-202.00

600-700

200.00-211.00

175.00-215.00

190.00-220.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

185.00-213.00

500-600

210.00-237.00

210.00-242.00

200.00-220.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

215.00-232.00

190.00-226.00

400-500

239.00-250.00

230.00-250.00

220.00-240.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

215.00-246.00

210.00-265.00

300-400

n/a

n/a

240.00-280.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

205.00-231.00

240.00-290.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

87.00-97.00

90.00-97.00

Slaughter Market No. on offer

250

n/a

120

D1-D2 Cows

85.00-97.00

n/a

90.00-96.00

D3-D5 Cows

77.00-84.00

n/a

75.00-82.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

80.00-91.00

84.00-92.00

Age Verified

95.00-110.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Good Bulls

n/a

100.00-138.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

115.00-125.00

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Butcher Heifers

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n.a

n/a

Feeder Cows

n/a

n/a

105.00-120.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

100.00-122.00

Fleshy Export Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Lean Export Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Heiferettes

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

* includes slaughter market

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

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Winter is the ideal season for healthy weight loss in horses Hay nets are a good way to prevent horses from overfeeding during the colder months Carol Shwetz

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s your horse carrying too much weight? The answer to this question is an important order of business, and best asked at the beginning of the winter season.

If the answer to this question is yes then the winter season is the ideal time to implement intervention. Weight loss is far easier in the colder snow-covered months when the horse’s metabolism is already working to that effect.

Stored body fat from the summer months, when the forage is good, acts as insulation and reserve energy for times when forage isn’t so good. Although it is appropriate for horses to gain fat stores during the spring and summer seasons, it is equally appropriate, if not essential to their health to lose those fat stores in the winter.

Fat stores that continue to remain on a horse’s body year after year without loss become stale, hard, and a source of inflammation.

In the natural course of seasonal flux, horses would lose weight over the winter. It is extremely challenging to initiate weight loss during the summer

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months when pastures are rich and lush. Winter months provide the ideal window of opportunity offering four to six months of slow, effortless weight loss.

It is of advantage to offer such to the domestic horse. If your horse doesn’t lose any weight through the winter, there is no room for natural weight gain in the spring and summer.

The Henneke body condition score (BCS) system developed to assess fat cover on animals has been widely used for many years and is appropriate for use by veterinarians, horse owners, and caregivers.

This system scores horses on fat cover — visually and by palpation — at several locations

on the horse’s body. A score of 1 applies to an emaciated horse and 9 applies to a very fat horse.

Generally, horses with BCS of 1 to 3 are considered underconditioned; 4 to 6, optimally conditioned; 7, overconditioned; and 8 to 9, obese. If your horse scores 7, adjustments made at the beginning of the winter season pay dividends for a leaner, healthier horse in the spring.

The simplest practice for weight loss in horses is winter grazing or pawing on wellstocked snow-covered pastures.

These pastures easily meet the nutritional maintenance requirements of the adult horse.

The weather washes the sugars out of the grasses yet has

Pigeon King’s creditors will take slim pickings The former Pigeon King is now out on parole following his 2013 fraud conviction

little effect on its protein values.

One can supervise their horse’s progress by tracking its body condition.

Placing your hands on the horse’s body, to feel through its thick winter coat, will tell you whether its condition is adequate.

It is acceptable to feel the ribs.

It is not acceptable to feel backbone. Generally, horses that are three years of age and under, 25 years of age or older, heavily pregnant mares, and horses with dental problems are poor candidates for winter grazing.

If winter foraging is not an option for your horse, winter still remains the ideal time to limit feed for your horses.

Central to weight control is simply not to overfeed.

Do not feed grains to horses that do not need it. For situations that require weight loss one could eliminate all grains, alfalfa hays, and processed feeds and move towards reducing available grass hays by up to 10 per cent. Weighing your hay on a scale provides a good benchmark for feeding an accurate amount of hay to your horse. A good starting point is 1.5 to 2.0 per cent of ideal body weight. Spread the hay out in as many feedings as possible.

Followup assessments of your horse’s body condition allow further decisions to be made accordingly.

Creatively placing hay about on fresh blankets of snow provides a clean ground surface for horses to feed and can influence their movement. Feeding areas can become quite small in the winter and any means to influence greater movement in the horses will bring it benefit.

Round bale feeding is a common practice for a number of horses. If this is the chosen practice it is advisable to limit the time available for the horses to feed as some horses with unlimited access will quickly consume up to 40 pounds of hay within a day, while expending little energy to do so. Body conditions soar quickly, especially in mild winter conditions.

The introduction of creative designs for slow feed netting has brought a unique solution to considerably slow down and reduce a horse’s forage intake. It also contains the hay and eliminates waste, bringing benefit to both the horse and the owner.

Straw from cereal crops are not grasses and although horses can survive on these feeds there are better choices for healthy weight loss.

The provision of fresh clean water and appropriate minerals and salt will also be necessary to balance out the diet.

Carol Shwetz is a veterinarian focusing on equine practice in Millarville, Alta.

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reditors remaining after Pigeon King International (PKI) and its founder filed for bankruptcy will get only $130,000 to share.

Only four turned out Dec. 16 for a meeting of creditors in Kitchener, Ont., but on behalf of more than 50 claimants, they approved the proposal developed by BDO Dunwoody.

Farmers will get 75 per cent of the money from that pool; others, including tax collectors, will get the remaining 25 per cent.

Company founder Arlan Galbraith was arrested in 2010 on charges that he defrauded hundreds of Canadian and U.S. farmers between 2004 and PKI’s 2008 bankruptcy.

R C M P a n d Wa t e r l o o Regional Police at that time estimated about 1,000 people invested about $20 million to buy breeding pairs of pigeons, while “allegedly being promised guaranteed financial returns.”

Farmers will get 75 per cent of the money from that pool; others, including tax collectors, will get the remaining 25 per cent.

At its peak, the company’s business plan was allegedly to sell breeding stock to farmers who would in turn produce meat-grade birds to supply a never-built processing operation.

Some farmers are owed for pigeons they delivered to PKI. Others are owed for their upfront payments on breeding pairs they never received.

Their share of the proceeds will be worth about five cents on the dollar.

D o c u m e n t s f ro m P K I ’s bankruptcy showed unsecured creditors in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and in 18 states across the U.S. Documents on file with B D O Du n w o o d y s h owe d creditors out tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars each, either for birds produced or for “barn rentals.”

Three Pigeon King employees, meanwhile, will receive all the money they were owed.

Bankruptcy administration will take the lion’s share of over $430,000 in assets the company and Galbraith held.

Galbraith, who declared bankruptcy in 2009, was convicted of fraud in late 2013 and sentenced to seven years in prison, but was released on parole in July. His whereabouts are not known.

The court judged his business to be a Ponzi scheme — meaning it depended on luring new investors to pay previous investors, but had little chance of becoming a profitable ongoing business.

U.S. authorities and Ontario farm media publicly sounded alarm bells over the PKI plan’s viability as early as 2007, warning it had the characteristics of a Ponzi.

CleanFARMS is a not-for-profit organization that works closely with pesticide and fertilizer companies. They have submitted a new stewardship program plan for recycling empty pesticide and fertilizer containers.

This program will collect and recycle such containers from Manitoba farms and commercial generators in an environment friendly manner.

We Want to Hear from You Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship wants to hear what you have to say about this new plan from CleanFARMS. The plan is available for you to review at Manitoba Conservation’s public registry: www.manitoba.ca/ conservation/eal/registries/index.html You may request a printed copy of the plan by calling 204-945-0578 or 1-866-460-3118. Please provide any feedback via email to: stewardship@greenmanitoba.ca.

Comments on the plan will be accepted until January 18, 2016.

Feedback may also be sent in writing to: Green Manitoba Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship Box 50, 160-123 Main Street Winnipeg, MB R3C 1A5

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

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Hint of cold weather to end off the year Issued: Monday, December 21, 2015 · Covering: December 23 – December 30, 2015 Daniel Bezte Weather Vane

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ell, you have to give Environment Canada credit, as it was the only forecaster to correctly predict the behaviour of last week’s Colorado low. While the low tracked pretty close to what weather models predicted, a trough of low pressure extending to the northwest of the low brought some significant snowfall to central and eastern regions.

For this forecast period, the weather models have pulled way back on the storm system that was predicted to move across our region just before Christmas. Currently, the models show two areas of low pressure: a weak one moving through central regions, and a slightly stronger one moving through the Dakotas. Temperatures, while still expected to be mild, will stay below the freezing mark, with the mildest air staying to our south.

Precipitation from these systems is a little uncertain, but current indications are that most areas will see between two and five cm of snow by the end of the day on Wednesday, with some higher

amounts possible in extreme southern regions.

Over Christmas and into the weekend, it looks like weak high pressure will dominate. This will bring a mix of sun and clouds, along with nice late-December temperatures, with highs expected to be in the -8 C range and overnight lows around -15 C. Temperatures will moderate late in the weekend as an area of low pressure tracks across north-central Manitoba.

Next week’s setup is a little uncertain, as the models have been struggling a little bit with consistency. The latest model run shows a large area of low pressure sliding by well to our south and a large arctic high trying to move in from the north. This will likely bring us plenty of clouds along with some occasional light snow early in the week before the high finally wins out. This would result in clearing skies around New Year’s, along with colder temperatures.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, -19 to -4 C; lows, -29 to -13 C. Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park.

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

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7 Day Accumulated Precipitation (Prairie Region) December 11, 2015 to December 17, 2015

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This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that fell across the Prairies during the seven days ending Dec. 17. The map does a nice job showing how much snow fell from the Colorado low which hit parts of southern Manitoba last week. The highest amounts were in the 12- to 13-mm range, which, when converted to snow with a 15:1 water ratio, results in snowfall amounts topping out near 20 cm.

A historical look at Prairie weather

Let’s look at the wildest, weirdest and/or most disastrous weather in Prairie history

BY DANIEL BEZTE Co-operator contributor

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ach year Environment Canada puts out its top 10 weather stories and I like to go through them taking a more western focus. While 2015’s top stories are not quite out yet, I thought it might be interesting to go back over the last 115 years or so and look at some of the biggest weather stories to hit the Canadian Prairies, according to Environment Canada. I’m not going to try and list them in any particular order; I’ll leave that up to you.

I’m simply going to go in chronological order from oldest to newest.

June 30, 1912. Canada’s deadliest tornado hits Regina, killing up to 40 people and injuring 300. A quarter of Regina’s population was left homeless after the storm.

June 22, 1922. Multiple tornadoes strike southern Manitoba killing five people and causing $2 million in damages.

July 5, 1937. Hottest day in Canadian history, when the temperature soared to 45 C at Yellow Grass, Sask., northwest of Weyburn.

Jan. 30 to Feb. 8, 1947. Massive 10-day blizzard hits the Prairies, burying towns and railways across all three provinces.

Spring 1950. Red River flood in southern Manitoba, described at the time as the greatest flood disaster in Canadian history. Damage costs topped $500 million. It was this flood that prompted the development of the floodway around Winnipeg.

1961. Driest year on record across the

Heavy rainstorms led to historic summer-level flooding across nearly all of southern and central Manitoba in 2005. Photo: laura rance

Prairies, with many places only reporting 45 per cent of average precipitation.

Dec. 15, 1964. Southern Prairies hit by blizzard. Heavy snows, -30 C temperatures, and winds of 90 km/h brought this region to its knees.

March 4, 1966. Winnipeg’s storm of the century brought a one-day snowfall total of 35 cm along with winds in the 120 km/h range. Severe drifting closed down the city and much of southern Manitoba for days.

April 17-20 and April 27-29, 1967. Two snowstorms dropped upwards of 175 cm of snow on southern Alberta. The army was called in to assist in snow clearing along with the airlifting of food and fuel.

1972. The only year on record where all major reporting stations in Canada reported below-average temperatures.

July 31, 1987. One of Canada’s larg-

est and most intense tornadoes struck Edmonton, killing 27 people and creating a swath of destruction 40 km long and one kilometre wide.

September 1987 to August 1988. $4-billion drought across the southern Prairies. In a drought that rivalled the 1930s, it is estimated that as many as 10 per cent of farmers and farm workers left agriculture due to the effects of the drought.

February 1988. The Winter Olympics struggle to deal with some of the warmest February temperatures ever recorded across southern Alberta.

Sept. 7, 1991. The most destructive hailstorm in Canadian history hits Calgary over the supper hour. Over a 30-minute period an intense thunderstorm dropped hailstones of up to 10 cm in diameter and caused upwards of $300 million in damages.

July 24, 1996. Hailstones the size of oranges hit both Calgary and Winnipeg, causing extensive damage to homes and vehicles.

April to May 1997. The Red River in Winnipeg peaks above 1950 flood levels. While damages across southern Manitoba reached about half a billion dollars, the floodway around Winnipeg was credited with saving the city.

1998. Hottest year in Canadian history, with a national temperature 2.4 C above the long-term average.

July 14, 2000. 12 people died and 140 were injured when a powerful tornado hit the Green Acres campground southeast of Red Deer, Alta.

May to August, 2000. Southern Alberta experienced the worst drought since 1918.

Spring 2003. Record late-spring snows hit much of Alberta with both Edmonton and Calgary, topping out at around 100 cm of spring snow.

July 11, 2004. 150 mm of rain fall on Edmonton in less than an hour, creating some of the worst overland flooding in that province’s history.

Aug. 20, 2004. Early frost hits southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, resulting in over a billion dollars in agricultural losses.

June and July 2005. Intense rainstorms create historic summer-level flooding across nearly all of southern and central Manitoba.

June 22, 2007. Canada’s first F5 tornado is reported near Elie, Man. Summer 2007. Alberta experienced one of the hottest summers on record. Heat and humidity hit southern Manitoba, with Carman breaking the Canadian humidex record with a reading of 53 C on July 25.

July 12, 2010. Calgar y records a 30-minute hailstorm that resulted in over $400 million in damages.

March 2012. Record heat hits Manitoba and Eastern Canada. All-time March records were broken across all of southern and central Manitoba. Overnight lows on a couple of nights were near the daytime recorded highs.

June 2013. The “super flood” hits southern Alberta. Late snowmelt and unusually heavy rains combined to bring record-breaking flooding. Costs from the flood exceeded $6 billion, making it Canada’s most expensive disaster.

Winter 2013-14. Coldest winter in over a century across much of the eastern Prairies.

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CROPS Some don’t like it hot — and that’s key to big wheat yields Wheat growers should start thinking about frost seeding or 24-hour seeding shifts to get their crop in the ground as early as possible

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It’s the same story in Alberta, where wheat yields decline on average one per cent per day for each day seeding is delayed after May 1.

But Alberta’s environmental conditions are “obviously different from Ontario,” said Ken Coles, general manager of Farming Smarter.

“We have a colder environment and a higher likelihood of frost at certain times of the year,” said Coles.

“Generally, early is better — as long as it’s not too early.”

Timing is everything That challenge is the variability of spring weather, said Coles.

“If you have an open spring, April 15 to May 10 would be optimum (in southern Alberta). But we’re sometimes at the mercy of the weather, and (in 2014) we didn’t get started until May.” But in 2016, almost everything was seeded before May, and that made a world of difference.

“I think that’s why everybody exceeded their expectations in yield,” said Coles.

Seeding earlier means that the plant will head earlier, reducing the risk of heat stress later in the growing season.

“If you can get a crop done flowering before it really gets hot, that’s beneficial in our cool-season crops,” said Coles.

“If I can head out earlier so that I get a bigger portion of that grain fill period during those lower temperatures and less of it up in the hot time frame, I get higher yields,” added Johnson.

“It’s the grain fill period that’s most critical. Up until that point, you can do what you like and have a little bit of impact, but it’s the number of kernels per head and the thousand kernel weight that make the biggest difference.”

Producers also need to think beyond planting date and start considering “seeding rate by planting date,” said Johnson.

“If I plant early and that wheat crop emerges when the temperatures are cool, I get way more tillers because wheat is going through its life cycle more slowly at cool temperatures, and it will tiller more,” he said.

“If I plant early, I reduce my seeding rate, and if I reduce my seeding rate — particularly if I’m buying certified seed — it’s a winwin scenario.”

But as with all crops, timing is everything, especially when it comes to “maximizing tempera-

ture.” The ideal temperature for wheat is 18 C during the day and 10 C at night.

“High temperatures kill. If you get five days over 35 C, you will not get high yields. It’s just too hot,” said Johnson. “Every day over 25 C you lose a bushel per acre per day.”

So ‘Wheat Pete’s’ advice is simple: “Plant early.”

Frost seeding is something to consider, as is 24-hour seeding shifts — “whatever you can do to plant earlier.”

“You should go hard early, because then that early-planted stuff benefits from every little bit of heat out there.”

Producers need to hit that “m a g i c w i n d o w ” f o r s e e d ing dates, and for the most part, they’re already “really well equipped to do that,” said Coles.

“This year, 95 per cent of farmers were done within a two-week period. They understand the importance of that, and they’re doing a really good job of that,” he said.

“I don’t think we can underestimate the importance of getting as much of your crop in at the optimum timing as possible.” jennifer.blair@fbcpublishing.com

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t’s time to start treating wheat like it’s a “real crop,” says Ontario agronomist ‘Wheat Pete’ Johnson.

“Wheat is the most responsive crop to management we grow, and yet it’s the crop that we manage the least,” Peter Johnson said at the Farming Smarter conference last month.

“You just put it in the ground and expect a good yield. And if it doesn’t do that, you’re mad at it.

“But it really responds to management.”

And our British counterparts seem to have figured that out. Last year, a producer in the U.K. broke the world record wheat yield (previously held by a New Zealander) with a 246-bushel-per-acre crop.

That’s not out of the question for Canadian growers, despite the different growing conditions, he said.

Canadian producers, he said, tend to complain about moisture when comparing Canadian yields to those in the U.K., but Ontario gets more rain on average than the British Isles during a growing season.

“Out here it’s all about the water — ‘We didn’t get enough water, so we didn’t get enough wheat.’ — I don’t buy that,” said Johnson.

“It doesn’t need as much water to get high yields as everybody thinks.”

The real difference is “they’re maritime — they’re surrounded by water, and their temperatures stay cool.”

“It’s all temperature,” said Johnson.

And while producers can’t control the temperature, they can control their seeding date — and the earlier the better.

“In Ontario, we lose a bushel per acre per day for every day that we delay planting,” said Johnson. “If you’ve got a lot of acres to plant and you end up planting three days later into that season, that’s three bushels per acre you gave up on however many acres you planted.

“When it’s fit to go, you go, and you go hard.”

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

Two incumbents, two newcomers elected to Manitoba Canola Growers Association’s board More than 8,000 ballots were mailed out and just over 1,000 valid ones were counted for a voter turnout of almost 14 per cent

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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wo new farmers and two incumbents have been elected to the Manitoba Canola Growers Board (MCGA) of directors.

The newcomers are Ron Krahn of Rivers and Bill Nicholson of Shoal Lake; Jacob ( Jack) Froese of Winkler and Clayton Harder of Narol (near Winnipeg) were re-elected.

Hugh Drake of Elkhorn, who has served on the board since 2009 and is currently treasurer, was defeated, as was newcomer Cory Barker of Kenville.

The newly elected directors will take their positions Feb. 12, following the MCGA’s annual meeting Feb. 11 in Winnipeg during the Crop Connect Conference, MCGA executive Bill Ross said in a brief interview Dec. 18.

Half the eight-member board is up for election every two years. The other directors are Ed Rempel of Starbuck president, Charles Fossay of Starbuck, vice-president, Brian Chorney of East Selkirk, secretary, Larry Bohdanovich of Grandview and Dale Gryba of Gilbert Plains who was ineligible to seek re-election due to term limits.

The vote was conducted using a mail-in preferential voting system that allowed members to rank the candidates in order of preference, Réjean Vermette, returning officer with Avenue 4 Communications, which ran the election, said in a news release.

Candidates were required to win more than 50 per cent of the active votes in

Winners in the Manitoba Canola Growers Association’s 2015 board of directors election (l to r) Bill Nicholson, Clayton Harder, Jack Froese and Ron Krahn.

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any particular count to win one of four positions (see the vote tabulation at: http://canolagrowers.com/about-mcga/ elections/#.VnTA0tahk5s).

Eight thousand, four hundred and fifty-five preferential ballots were mailed out to eligible Manitoba canola growers in November and 1,170 valid envelopes were returned by the deadline 4:30 p.m.

Dec. 10, 2015.

Ninety-eight ballots were rejected for the following reasons: • Completed improperly (using and “x” or checkmark instead of placing preferential numbers).

• Written message on ballot instead of vote.

There were 18 return envelopes containing other information and no ballots.

A total of 1,054 ballots or 13.84 per cent of the eligible ballots were counted in the tabulation.

Krahn moved back to the family farm with wife Anita in 1999 after getting a degree in agricultural engineering. The

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Krahns, who have three children, farm with Ron’s brother Robert, and father Abe. “Our vision for the Manitoba Canola Growers should be to maintain and hopefully improve the profitability of growing canola in Manitoba and keep those profits in farmers’ hands,” Krahn said in a biography published on the MCGA’s website.

Nicholson, who also has a degree in agricultural engineering and farms with family, served three terms as an elected director of the Canadian Wheat Board.

Nicholson’s biography says he “has always put farmers’ interests first and he believes that to be the key consideration for every decision taken by the directors of the MCGA.” Nicholson pledged to enhance MCGA’s work in research, market development as well as providing farmers with useful and independent information on agronomy, variety performance, marketing and transportation.

In his biography, Froese noted through experience he has gained insight in policy, trade, market development, market access, food safety and traceability, environmental concerns and social licence.

He has served as a director on Manitoba Pulse Growers Association and as chair of Pulse Canada. He currently represents MCGA on the Grain Growers of Canada.

Harder, who is the MCGA’s research chair, also represents the organization on the Canadian Canola Growers Association’s board.

“If re-elected I would support research and initiatives that increase farmers’ bottom line,” he said on the MCGA’s website.

“Canola is a very important crop to Manitoba farmers. While production and profitability improvements can be made, it’s important that MCGA supports Manitoba-specific research priorities that benefit farmers first.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

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ew rules for buying farmland in Saskatchewan will take effect Jan. 4, and toughen its ban on pension plans investing, the provincial government said on Dec. 21.

The changes make more explicit an existing ban on pension plans and trusts from buying land and continue to limit purchases of more than 10 acres to Canadian residents and corporations that are 100 per cent Canadian-owned.

Saskatchewan’s farmland has long been attractive to foreign investors, with values rising even as prices ease in other fertile areas like the U.S. state of Iowa.

Although pension plans were banned from ownership before the latest rules, the Saskatchewan Farm Land Security Board still allowed Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to buy

115,000 acres in 2013 on the basis that its corporate structure was unique, touching off calls to close loopholes.

Changes to Saskatchewan’s farmland law are in sync with the views of the province’s residents, whom the government consulted earlier this year, said Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart.

But CPPIB, in a letter to Stewart and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall earlier this year, said that a diverse set of investors provides stability and liquidity.

The province’s farmland values rose 19 per cent in 2014, the fastest rate among Canadian provinces, according to Farm Credit Canada.

They have risen every year since 2002 and keeping farms in local hands has been a passionate political issue in the province.

The Saskatchewan Party government passed the amendments to its Farm Security Act in November.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

WTO backs agricultural reforms Traders agreed to disagree about chances for success in the WTO’s Doha round

Manitoba researcher receives international recognition Cynthia Grant recently retired from AAFC in Brandon Staff

BY EDITH HONAN Nairobi / Reuters

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he Wo r l d Tr a d e Organization reached d e a l s o n a g r i c u l t u ra l export subsidies, food aid and other issues on Dec. 19, capping a ministerial conference in the Kenyan capital where rich and poor countries had been split over the path of trade reform.

Members said the Nairobi deal had drawn a line under years of stalemate over the d i re c t i o n o f g l o b a l t r a d e negotiations.

“Our work in Nairobi marks a turning point for the World Tra d e O rg a n i z a t i o n ,” U . S .

Trade Representative Michael Froman said in a statement.

The negotiations “started a new phase in the WTO’s evolution” and showed “what is possible when the multilateral trading system comes together to solve a problem.”

The G eneva-based W TO, which invited Liber ia and Afghanistan to become its 163rd and 164th members, has been trying and largely failing to agree on a worldwide package of trade reforms since a meeting in Doha in 2001 hatched an ambitious plan for knocking down trade barriers.

The four-day Nairobi conference was extended by a final non-stop 24-hour negotiation between the major trading powers, that agreed on a package that included phasing out agricultural export subsidies and restricting agricultural export credits.

But they agreed to disagree about the potential for success in the Doha round of talks.

Both India, which had insisted on completing the existing Doha talks before any further negotiation, and the U.S., which wanted to move on from Doha, had to give ground, an EU official said.

The compromise means that more issues can be loaded onto the negotiating agenda, the EU official said.

Trade experts greeted the deal on the talks, also known as the Doha Development Agenda (DDA), with skepticism.

“DDA = Doha Dead Again?”

Richard Baldwin, professor of international economics at Geneva’s Graduate Institute, said in a tweet.

Kenya’s Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed, who had described the WTO’s negotiating function as broken at the summit’s opening, said she was confident that the Nairobi talks had actually “strengthened” the body over the week.

“For me, Nairobi will be remembered as having made that leap from a time when we were divided along this developed and developing divide,” she said.

In addition, more countries signed on to the Trade Facilitation Agreement, which eases the passage of goods between countries.

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ynthia Grant, an internationally recognized plant nutrition researcher, has two new awards to add to her collection.

The International Plant Nutrition Institute recently awarded Grant the 2015 IPNI Science Award, which recognizes outstanding achievements in research, extension, or education. The award is focused on efficient management of plant nutrients and their positive interaction in fully integrated cropping systems that enhance yield potential.

Recipients are selected by a group of international authorities that selects the recipient. Grant receives a special plaque along with a monetary award of US$5,000.

Grant, who recently retired from AAFC, spent her career working at the Brandon Research Station.

Grant has published 165 journal articles on nutrient management, co-authored chapters on soil fer tility management in dryland a g r i c u l t u re a n d s u l p h u r management, and coedited a book on Integrated Nutrient Management.

“Throughout her dec-

ades-long career, Grant has earned respect and recognition from her colleagues and the industry for her valuable research on soil fertility, crop nutrition, as well as the trace element contaminant cadmium,” the IPNI release says.

The award came on the heels of another prestigious inter national award f o r G r a n t , t h e Fe r t i l i z e r Industry Round Table Award for outstanding achievements in research and extension centred on fertilizer technology and associated benefits to agricultural productivity and sustainability.

Cynthia Grant photo: supplied

Manitoba Young Farmer Conference

January 26 & 27 at the Delta Hotel Winnipeg

Featuring Keynote Speaker Léona Dargis Join us this January for the MB Young Farmer Conference. The goal of this meeting is to challenge young farmers to reflect on what it means to be successful now, in the future, and how to achieve these goals!

Register online at kap.mb.ca For more information, call the KAP office at 204-697-1140 Follow us on twitter @MBYFconference

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association Awards Long service and outstanding service awards were presented to researchers and members

For the second year in a row Doug Miller, operations manager for the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association headquartered in Ottawa, won a framed photograph of the cover of Seed Manitoba. The 2016 photo of millet was raffled off at the Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association’s (MSGA) awards banquet in Winnipeg Dec. 9 raising $430 for the Canadian Food Grains Bank. Seed Manitoba is published by the Manitoba Co-operator in co-operation with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development and the Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association. The 2016 edition was distributed with the Co-operator Dec. 10. Seed Manitoba, which includes yield and agronomic data on various crop varieties grown in the province, is also available online at seedmb.ca. Hard copies are available from the MSGA. Variety information is also available at seedinterative.ca. PHOTOs: ALLAN DAWSON

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada plant breeder Scott Duguid (l) received an Honorary Life award from the Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association at its awards banquet in Winnipeg Dec. 9. Duguid, accompanied by his wife Janice, received the award from MSGA president Eric McLean. Jack Moes, formerly of Assiniboine College in Brandon, was also recognized with an Honorary Life award, but was unable to attend. He recently moved to Cranbrook, B.C. to be dean of trades and technology at College of the Rockies.

Manitoba seed growers in Winnipeg December 9, 10 This year’s scholarship went to Shannon Jackson of Inglis

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

T

he Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association held its annual awards banquet in Winnipeg Dec. 9, followed by its annual meeting Dec. 10.

About 70 and 200 peo ple attended the banquet and annual meeting, respectively, M S G A s e c r e t a r y- m a n a g e r Jennifer Seward said.

Each year the MSGA offers a $1,200 post-secondary educa-

tion scholarship to a deserving member’s son or daughter.

This year’s winner was Shannon Jackson of Inglis. She is studying science at Eastern New Mexico University. Her goal is to be a doctor of optometry and return to rural Manitoba.

Jackson has been active in her community through 4-H and the Manitoba High School Rodeo Association. She was co-president of her high school, volunteered for the local Christmas Cheer Board and Knox United Sunday School.

Randy (l) and Jeanine Court of Plumas Man., were presented with the Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association (MSGA) 2015 Outstanding Service award at the association’s awards banquet in Winnipeg Dec. 9. Randy served on the MSGA’s board for 12 years, eight of them on the executive and served as president in 2007 and 2008. Randy and his spouse Jeanine started producing seed in 1982 and both have served on many boards and economic development organizations. In addition to growing, processing and retailing seed the Courts also run a greenhouse business. Before starting to farm in 1980 Randy worked in forage variety selection, barley breeding, and pesticide research. The Courts have two children — Gary, a software developer in Calgary, and Tracy, a field agronomist who recently became a partner in Court Seeds & Greenhouses. The Courts received the award from MSGA president Eric McLean.

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Growers should talk to their grain handler or product purchaser to confirm their buying position for this product. Excellence Through Stewardship® is a registered trademark of Excellence Through Stewardship.

ALWAYS READ AND FOLLOW PESTICIDE LABEL DIRECTIONS. Roundup Ready® crops contain genes that confer tolerance to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup® brand agricultural herbicides. Roundup® brand agricultural herbicides will kill crops that are not tolerant to glyphosate. Acceleron® seed treatment technology for canola contains the active ingredients difenoconazole, metalaxyl (M and S isomers), fludioxonil and thiamethoxam. Acceleron® seed treatment technology for canola plus Vibrance® is a combination of two separate individually-registered products, which together contain the active ingredients difenoconazole, metalaxyl (M and S isomers), fludioxonil, thiamethoxam, and sedaxane. Acceleron® seed treatment technology for corn (fungicides and insecticide) is a combination of four separate individually-registered products, which together contain the active ingredients metalaxyl, trifloxystrobin, ipconazole, and clothianidin. Acceleron® seed treatment technology for corn (fungicides only) is a combination of three separate individually-registered products, which together contain the active ingredients metalaxyl, trifloxystrobin and ipconazole. Acceleron® seed treatment technology for corn with Poncho®/ VoTivo™ (fungicides, insecticide and nematicide) is a combination of five separate individually-registered products, which together contain the active ingredients metalaxyl, trifloxystrobin, ipconazole, clothianidin and Bacillus firmus strain I-1582.

Acceleron® seed treatment technology for soybeans (fungicides and insecticide) is a combination of four separate individually registered products, which together contain the active ingredients fluxapyroxad, pyraclostrobin, metalaxyl and imidacloprid.

Acceleron® seed treatment technology for soybeans (fungicides only) is a combination of three separate individually registered products, which together contain the active ingredients fluxapyroxad, pyraclostrobin and metalaxyl. Acceleron and Design®, Acceleron®, DEKALB and Design®, DEKALB®, Genuity and Design®, Genuity®, JumpStart®, RIB Complete and Design®, RIB Complete®, Roundup Ready 2 Technology and Design®, Roundup Ready 2 Yield®, Roundup Ready®, Roundup Transorb®, Roundup WeatherMAX®, Roundup®, SmartStax and Design®, SmartStax®, Transorb®, VT Double PRO®, and VT Triple PRO® are registered trademarks of Monsanto Technology LLC, Used under license. Vibrance® and Fortenza® are registered trademarks of a Syngenta group company. LibertyLink® and the Water Droplet Design are trademarks of Bayer. Used under license. Herculex® is a registered trademark of Dow AgroSciences LLC. Used under license. Poncho® and Votivo™ are trademarks of Bayer. Used under license. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Bob Wiens (l) was presented the Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association (MSGA) 2015 Outstanding Service award at the association’s awards banquet in Winnipeg Dec. 9, by MSGA president Eric McLean. Bob and his wife Ruth (centre) farm near Domain, Man. Bob served on the MSGA’s board and was a national director on the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association’s board from 2002 to 2009 serving on various committees, including Appeals and Circular 6, eventually chairing the Circular 6 committee. He had a unique way of making the notoriously dry Circular 6 reports interesting and humorous warranting the award strictly for that feat, the MSGA said. Bob always defended the independent seed grower and processor at the National Board and his reasonable and thoughtful point of view was sometimes thought of as the conscience of the National Board. The Wiens are actively involved in their church and organize a growing project for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. That led them to visit several Africa countries where they saw how local crops are produced. Bob and Ruth have four children and numerous grandchildren.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

cons e rvat i o n c h a m p i o n s

Taking education outside Educators in Evergreen School Division partner with Eastern Interlake Conservation District to develop outdoor classroom, wetland and other resources for raising student awareness about the natural world

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON

“We’ve seen how it (an environmental education) influences how people live their lives and the choices that they make.”

Co-operator staff

I

t was observing how disconnected from nature her students had become that prompted Gimli High School teacher Cheryl Bailey to take action a few years back.

“I saw them spending so much time with video games,” says Bailey who teaches biology and environmental science in the Evergreen School Division.

“When we talked about the environment around them, the general knowledge that I assumed everyone would have living in a rural community just didn’t seem to be there.”

They didn’t know the names of common bird and tree species in their area, for example.

It spurred Bailey to begin a native tree species planting project on the school grounds.

She also started an Enviro Club for students. Soon to follow was development of an outdoor classroom, a school ‘learning garden’ and construction of a functional wetland for students to study.

Meanwhile, Penny Ross, divisional Aboriginal education co-ordinator for Evergreen’s

Cheryl Bailey Gimli High School biology and environmental science teacher

Evergreen School Division educators Penny Ross (l) and Cheryl Bailey recognize the importance of making a strong commitment to environmental education and outdoor learning. PHOTO: MCDA

eight schools since 2003, has been enabling K to Grade 12 students in the eight schools across the division to develop an Aboriginal perspective on sustainable land and water use. As author of children’s and young adult books along the same theme, she also mentors a 50-member Grade 8 to 12 Evergreen Aboriginal Group or Leaders in Education (EAGLE) program where students study

the Seven Teachings, and learn about traditional and land and water use.

The two women were honoured by the Manitoba Conservation Districts Association in 2014 for their commitment to environmental education and outdoor learning.

Eastern Interlake Conservation District has been a major partner with the divi-

sion and helped drive their environmental education initiatives forward, say the two women, who also wrote the Lake Friendly H20iQ to help students explore issues related to water and the Lake Winnipeg watershed.

It’s piqued their interest and really helped them connect to what they see going on literally in their own backyard, Ross says.

“We live right here on the lake. They can actually see w h a t’s h a p p e n i n g w i t h i t because we’re so close to it,” she said.

Gimli High School’s outdoor classroom, meanwhile, is built into a courtyard of the school where students can now study in the midst of plantings of native flowers. The school’s learning garden is for science experiments too.

“We’re trying as much as possible to enhance our outdoor environment,” adds Bailey.

Evergreen School Division was among the very earliest in Manitoba to incorporate Aboriginal studies into its K to 12 curriculum and the division is recognized as a leader in sustainability education in Manitoba.

It has paid off. At one time, students couldn’t name common tree and bird species of the Interlake. Now the two educators regularly hear of students making plans for environmental studies after high school and going on to pursue career paths in conservation.

“We’ve seen how it influences how people live their lives and the choices that they make,” Bailey said. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

HOW CUSTOMERS USE CANADIAN FIELD CROPS

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

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

Photographer documents Manitoba’s last wooden elevators before they’re gone

Winnipeg photographer Jean McManus’s photos will help Manitoba Historic Society to gather information and stories — with Co-operator readers to preserve the history of Manitoba’s once vast network of wooden grain elevators

Jean McManus of Winnipeg took up photography after retiring from her 30-year career as a Health Sciences Centre cardiac nurse. She is now on a photographic quest to capture a photo of every grain elevator in Manitoba. To date she believes she has photographed every site still on a rail line. PHOTO: TIGHE MCMANUS

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff

J

ean McManus wanted just one great photo of a wooden grain elevator when she set out with her camera in June 2014.

She didn’t know at the time that she would soon to be snapping pictures of every elevator in Manitoba.

“I retired and picked up a camera,” says the former cardiac nurse from Winnipeg, who wanted that first shot for a contest she was entering. “I did not set out to become knowledgeable about elevators.”

It was pursuit of the perfect photo that began her quest.

She asked her husband, whose own hobby is mapping, navigation and GPS, to locate a few more elevators for her. Tighe McManus obliged and soon had produced a map of every grain elevator in the province.

The couple hit the road. In the past 18 months Jean has photographed 160 elevators at 132 separate sites. Any elevator qualifies as subject material, so long as there’s a wooden elevator at its core, she said. She has photographed all types of wooden elevators, including both those

no longer used and those still in commercial operation.

“I have fallen in love with this project,” said McManus. Her goal now is to create a complete inventory by recording and photographing every elevator in the province.

“I believe that I have photographed all of the elevators that are still on rail lines,” she said. “We have a few sites that we still have to investigate that may have elevators that are in farmyards.”

Her photos have come to the attention of the Manitoba Historical Society’s webmaster and Journal editor Gordon Goldsborough who says what she’s done couldn’t be more timely.

“It’s very important. It captures something really unique.

And it’s right at the cusp of what I think is the end for these elevators,” he said.

“She’s sensed an urgency.”

Statistics tell the tale. In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, the total number is not precisely known, but is estimated at fewer than 200, including just 85 still in commercial use as of 2014.

These sites have been spared the wreckers’ ball of the past quarter-century. But they may

not last much longer, predicts the historian.

“They are getting old,” said Goldsborough. “Many have been standing without any maintenance at all for a couple of decades. They’re reaching the point where they are a hazard and their owners see them as a liability and are tearing them down.”

McManus jokes that to see her photos “you’d think there was no paint in Manitoba.” But it is a sobering sight to return to some of the locations for a second look, and find the elevator gone.

“Eight more sites we visited have lost their elevators in the last year,” she said, adding these include an elevator at Carey (near St. Pierre), one at McTavish (near Rosenort), one near Glass, the Sperling elevator, two at Minto, and two former Cargill elevators at Swan River.

Living memory Goldsborough’s worry is the history of this province’s grain elevators is soon going to be harder to find too. Much of the historic detail of these sites is still found only in the living memory of those who once delivered grain to these elevators — and they’re getting on in years too.

“A lot of the information about these elevators is in people’s heads,” he said.

There are archival records such as those found at Brandon University and University of Manitoba, he notes. But they are only a partial record.

That’s prompted him to begin a project to collect it in 2016 — and he needs Manitoba Co-operator readers’ help.

Next month the Co-operator will begin to publish a weekly ‘This Old Grain Elevator’ series featuring a photo of a wooden grain elevator. The photos will be selected from McManus’s collection or a provincial collection from the 1990s, requesting readers to share with the Manitoba Historical Society whatever they may know and remember about the elevator featured.

“I would like to capture information about every single elevator that existed in the province,” he said.

He has created a website for readers to post details.

These could include names of past and present site owners, agents’ names, associated buildings such as warehouses and bins, and the date of the site’s destruction if it has been demolished. He also hopes

readers will post their personal stories associated with the elevators.

Goldsborough hopes to gather as much information and personal stories as possible and create a permanent record of this important aspect of Manitoba’s history.

In the late 1980s, when grain elevator demolition was in full bore, the provincial Historic Resources Branch began a study and inventory of traditional-style elevators around the province. Few of the 220 inventoried at that time remain standing today. But that study did help to evaluate and establish the historic significance of the five-elevator row at Inglis.

It was declared a National Historic Site in February of 1996.

Presently, the oldest known surviving grain elevator in Manitoba and Canada — is at Elva. It was constructed in 1897.

Please watch for the first ‘ This Old Grain Elevator’ photo to be published January 7, 2016. More detail on how t o p o s t t o t h e Ma n i t o b a Historical Society website will be available then. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Prairie fare I pledge not to be a sloth this winter julie gardenrobinson Food and Nutrition Specialist NDSU Extension Service

T

hrough the years, I have worked with numerous “super-fit” student interns, graduate students and program assistants. They arrive at work bright eyed and report that they ran five miles, swam laps for an hour or biked several miles earlier that morning.

Some of them exercise regardless of how cold the weather is.

I look at them in admiration as I sip my steaming cup of coffee, trying to awaken. No, I have not joined them in these earlymorning fitness pursuits.

Sometimes, I feel like a threetoed sloth, the world’s slowest animal. These animals move at a top speed of 0.003 mile per hour. Well, maybe I am not quite that slow. No algae has grown on me due to lack of movement, as it does with sloths.

Of course, I am well aware of all the physical and mental benefits of physical activity.

Walking strengthens our heart, and helps reduce the risk of cancer and other chronic diseases. Walking helps reduce stress.

Yes, I need some special motivation to avoid being a sloth in the winter. In warmer months, I spend time outdoors working in my yard, riding a bike or going for walks. In the winter, I would be very content to hibernate with a fuzzy blanket and an ongoing supply of cocoa.

Do you have any barriers to getting exercise in the winter?

Pause and think a few seconds.

Were you thinking of the obvious? Extremely cold weather definitely is a barrier to going

Photos: Thinkstock

outside. Falling on slipper y sidewalks can be another barrier to fitness activities.

When the temperature gets to -20 and the sidewalks are slippery, I become a well-bundled penguin trying to seek shelter as soon as possible. When you determine your own barriers to physical activity, you can figure out solutions. Of course, you can bundle yourself in many layers and venture outdoors at least for a while. You can add slip-on “grippers” to your shoes or boots.

For people who live in areas with indoor shopping malls, “mall walking” is a great winter activity. You do not have to worry about icy sidewalks; the area is temperature controlled and attractive.

You do not need a lot of equipment. You just need a pair of properly fitting shoes. Some

malls have maps that show the distance walked or brochures that get you started with a walking program.

Just watch out for the temptations at the food court. Check out the calorie information, and bring a bottle of water to keep yourself hydrated.

But what if you do not live near a shopping mall, a health club or a school with an open gym? What can you do to stay active in the winter?

• I f you do not have a pedometer (step counter), give yourself a fitness gift.

Apps that can tell you how many steps you walked also are available for cellphones. Write down your steps ever y day.

Build to 10,000 steps a day.

• Exercise to a DVD. • P lay indoor physical activity games. Go on scavenger hunts or play charades. For example,

be an Olympic skater or a star basketball player.

• Turn your kitchen into a gym.

Use your countertop for balance and stretching exercises.

Try doing “toe stands.” Stand with your legs shoulder width apart. Stand on your tiptoes for a minute. March or jog in place. Use cans of vegetables as weights; do sets of 10 arm raises or as many as you can.

Take a break to dance with your cooking partner.

• Bundle up and head outdoors to cross-country ski. I plan not to be a sloth this winter. How about you?

Here’s a tasty salad to enjoy during the holiday season.

I brought it to a party and my serving bowl was nearly empty by the end of the meal. You can serve it on bread as a sandwich or as a main-dish salad with rolls.

Chicken (Or Turkey) And Cranberry Salad 1/2 c. slivered almonds 3/4 c. light mayonnaise 1 tbsp. Greek seasoning 1/3 c. onion, diced finely 2 tbsp. lemon juice 3 c. roasted chicken, diced or chopped (or substitute turkey) 2/3 c. cranberries 3/4 c. celery, diced 1/4 c. feta cheese crumbles (optional) Mixed greens (to line serving bowl)

Preheat oven to 350 F. Place almonds on sheet pan and bake for five to seven minutes, until lightly browned. Prepare other ingredients as directed. Mix mayonnaise, Greek seasoning, onion and lemon juice. Add remaining ingredients (except mixed greens) and gently mix. Serve immediately or chill. Serve in a bowl lined with lettuce, or make individual salads.

Sprinkle with feta cheese crumbles if desired.

Makes six main-dish salad servings. Each serving has 320 calories, 17 grams (g) fat, 17 g carbohydrate, 24 g protein, 2 g fibre and 250 milligrams sodium.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Former Miniotan writes book

Focuses on international adoption inspired by her and husband’s own journey of adopting their four sons from China

By Darrell Nesbitt

Now, when Schettler’s sons go for a holiday in Miniota, they return to Winnipeg talking about discovering a foxhole or watching a newborn calf take its first wobbly step.

Freelance contributor

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s a child, Julia Oliver l ov e d t o s i t o n h e r father’s knee and hear stories — tales about her grandfather being an orphan and immigrating to Canada alone on a big ship, or how her father found an orphan in the ruins of Italy during the Second World War and desperately wanted to bring him back to Canada, but international laws in wartime made it impossible.

Ju l i a’s g ra n d f a t h e r l a t e r became a newspaper man, printing The Miniota Herald, his family heritage still unknown.

Her father, Lloyd, returned to Miniota after the war and raised a family of his own with wife, Beth, on a farm one mile south of town.

Julia grew up and became Julia Schettler of Winnipeg, and provides a loving family to those who weren’t as lucky as she was. She and husband Bryan have a blended family of six children, and when the older ones started university, Julia and Bryan started the process to adopt a child.

Phillip Fuhe, now 14, joined the family in 2007, with Jian Kai, now 12, and Jayden Rui, now eight, becoming family members in 2010 and 2013, respectively. The Schettlers have recently completed their fourth international adoption, welcoming son Chase Rao.

A family photo taken in China during the second adoption in 2010 appears on the book cover. PHOTOS: COURTESY

The experience prompted Schettler to write a children’s book, Fur is Only Fur Deep being launched this month.

It is focused on international adoption, inclusion and seeing past differences, with the story about two black bears that adopt a little panda bear.

“My book is fictional, but based on the journey we made to adopt our four sons from China,” said Schettler, who hopes the book will be an enjoyable read for children and parents to share while delivering an important message.

“The colour of a bear’s fur is just that, a colour. It’s what’s inside a bear that matters,” said Schettler. “If children can grasp the concept that ‘fur is only fur deep’ then maybe they’ll understand that ‘skin is only skin deep, too.’

“Families come in all different shapes and colours,” she said, adding that what makes a group of people a family is the love and care they give each other. “How you join a family is irrelevant.”

For Schettler, who grew up listening to tales of her grandfather and father, growing her family through international adoption came naturally. It wasn’t always easy, though.

“The adoption process is long with massive amounts of paperwork and international regulations,” said Schettler.

The result is higher fees, fewer a d o p t i o n s, l o n g e r w a i t i n g times and older kids still needing a family. The Schettlers’ sons also required medical attention.

“Our sons have all been approved by the province of

Julia Schettler and her newly adopted son, Chase.

Manitoba, as medical-needs adoptions,” said Schettler.

“Here in Canada they have received much needed surgical and medical care.”

The four boys also experienced a bit of culture shock.

They went from living in large orphanages to becoming part of a huge, extended family of aunts, uncles and cousins who love them. Seeing her children surrounded by family brings back fond memories for Schettler, who recalls growing up in a busy household with five older brothers and a younger sister.

“My parents firmly believed that it takes a community to raise a child,” Schettler said.

“They were avid volunteers a n d t h e i r c h i l d re n a c t i v e participants in the Miniota community.”

Now, when Schettler’s sons go for a holiday in Miniota, they return to Winnipeg talking about discovering a foxhole or watching a newborn calf take its first wobbly step.

It’s a wonderful feeling for Schettler.

For more information on international adoption, go to www.juliaschettler.com.

Fur is Only Fur D eep is available in the Miniota area for $12 by leaving a message for Darcy Oliver at 204567-3605. Delivery to Birtle and Hamiota areas can be arranged or call Jordan Moffatt 204-724-0018 for Brandon p i c k u p s. O n l i n e a v a i l a b l e at amazon.com or chapters. indigo.ca.

Darrell Nesbitt writes from Shoal Lake, Manitoba

Don’t forget the plants during the holidays Many will survive some neglect but there are limits to their tolerance

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

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eals to cook, parties to attend, relatives to entertain, unexpected company… what a busy time of the year! For many of us, the last thing we think about is our houseplants, but perhaps we should take a few minutes and make sure that they are not completely done in by neglect.

Surprisingly, many common houseplants will survive a bit of neglect, but there are limits to their tolerance, so it’s a good idea to check on them during the busy Christmas season.

I don’t know if other people have memory problems, but I cannot seem to remember when I last did a job. One little trick that I have adopted is to write on a desk calendar when I water the plants. This reminder has come in very handy and if I wonder when I should water again, I just look at the calendar.

Not all houseplants will require the same amount of water. Some might be in quite large pots which dry out more slowly than those in smaller pots. Others may like to have their potting soil dr y out before they are watered again while there are plants that pre-

fer their soil be kept moderately moist. Doing a proper job of watering entails firstly, knowing your plants, and secondly, checking the soil of each plant to ensure that it needs water before adding more.

Overwatering kills more often than lack of water, and this is certainly true during the winter months when plants are not in active growth.

While you are checking the need for water, have a good look at each plant to ensure that there are no problems, whether evidence of disease or traces of insect infestation.

Close examination is necessary, so thoroughly take time with each plant, in particular those that are susceptible to such problems. While you’re at it, do a bit of grooming.

Remove dead leaves or any spent blooms and tend to any wayward stems that need to be fastened up into the plant or snipped off if they are too long.

While you are grooming the plants, turn them so that the opposite side faces the light source if you want a wellproportioned plant. This may not be necessary if you have a plant in a corner or on a shelf that is only viewed from one side. If you notice a plant that is suffering from lack of light, consider moving it into a loca-

tion where it will receive more, even if only for a few days.

Lack of light can be a problem during the winter but it can be exaggerated by the amount of festive material in the home that might be blocking some out (think Christmas tree in front of the window). Some people rotate their plants if they don’t have enough spots with adequate light. They give each plant a turn at the best-lighted spot before returning it to its usual location while another plant has an opportunity to bask in the light. You won’t do this with all plants, particularly large specimen plants, but it works for smaller ones. Consider setting up a small table in front of a sunny window — perhaps in a spare bedroom — to enable this. Don’t forget to remove dust from the leaves so that the plants can take advantage of all the light that they do receive.

These suggestions are actually good advice for all year, not just for the holiday season.

Maybe checking and grooming your houseplants in this way would be a good New Year’s Resolution, to be practised throughout the year!

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

Removing dead leaves, wiping dust off plant surfaces, and checking the soil for moisture are all steps to ensure that your houseplants survive the holiday season. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Crazy Coleman Creations

CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS

Rivers woman makes one-of-a-kind wooden creations

By Joan Airey Freelance contributor

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t a craft show held last month at the Rivers L e g i o n Ha l l , f o r t h e first time ever people were a b l e t o p u rc h a s e w o o d e n creations by Karen Coleman.

Coleman has a full-time job at the local hardware store and when she gets home she heads to her workshop to design one-of-a-kind projects.

“I like to create things from birdhouses and gift crates to desks for my grandchildren.

Building things with whatever I have on hand is my passion. I find building very relaxing and only do it as a hobby, I don’t plan to make it a business,” said Coleman, who has also built a greenhouse in her backyard and a deck on her home.

“Building things with whatever I have on hand is my passion. I find building very relaxing and only do it as a hobby, I don’t plan to make it a business.”

“Ra i s i n g f o u r c h i l d re n I was always making things for them or their fr iends.

They started calling my ideas Crazy Coleman Creations and the name stuck. In the winter I spend more hours in my shop than I do in bed,” said Coleman.

Coleman volunteers her time to help local projects in the community like helping build floats for the Santa Claus parade. When Rivers hosted Christmas in November Home Tours in previous years, she made her home available, and people were amazed at her Christmas creations she decorated her home with.

“We were pleased that Karen participated in the H.E.L.P. Craft Sale this year, and we’re hoping she will continue to participate in this annual event,” said Heather Gray, who helped organize the craft sale along with Sherry Dziver.

The H.E.L.P. Craft Sale was started to help local non-profit projects such as the daycare, food bank, and splash park, and some of the proceeds from the event are donated to those groups.

Joan Airey writes from Rivers, Manitoba

Bells are ringing The people are singing Cupboards are filled The freezer is full Decorations are done The tree is up.

The house is ready for family and friends to help celebrate.

Christmas is here.

What about baby Jesus?

He was born that day.

The angels were singing “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”

Let us celebrate His birth.

A blessed Christmas to all.

PHOTO: Thinkstock

Addy Oberlin Swan River, Manitoba

Merry Christmas from Country Crossroads

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f you have any stories, ideas, photos or a comment on what you’d like to see on these pages, send it to Country Crossroads, 1666 Dublin Ave., Winnipeg, Man. R3H 0H1, phone 1-800-782-0794, fax 204-944-5562, email susan@ fbcpublishing.com. I’d love to hear from you.

Please remember we can no longer return material, articles, poems or pictures.

— Sue

Karen Coleman with some of her creations at the H.E.L.P. Craft Sale. PHOTOS: JOAN AIREY

Karen Coleman also built herself a greenhouse.

Where is this barn?

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his barn was photographed by former Manitoba Co-operator editor Bob Hainstock in the early 1980s but its whereabouts are unknown and, unlike other photos published recently in this paper, there is no other information available about it.

Gordon Goldsborough, webmaster and journal editor with the Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is looking for more information about it, including its GPS co-ordinates, to include on a map of historic sites being prepared for the Manitoba Historic Society.

Can a Co-operator reader answer any these questions? Even one reply to one question is much appreciated, says Goldsborough, who wants to figure out what percentage of barns published in Hainstock’s 1986 book Barns of Western Canada: An Illustrated Century remain standing. Goldsborough is not trying to compile an inventory all old barns, but to get an indication of the rate at which old barns are disappearing from the landscape.

1. Where is/was the building located? Geographic co-ordinates (latitude and longitude or section-township-range) would be very helpful.

2. Is the building still standing? If so, in what condition is it? How does it look compared to the 1980s? Has it undergone any major renovations through the years? For what purpose was it used in the past?

What is its present use?

3. If the building is no longer standing, when did it come down? Was it demolished, burned, or moved? If removed from its original site, where is it now?

4. Who was the original owner? Who owns it now? Is the present owner related to the original one? A family name would be helpful, even if first names are unknown.

5. Contact information to the present owner, such as a phone number, would be helpful but not essential.

If you have any information about this barn please contact Gordon Goldsborough at: email: gordon@mhs.mb.ca telephone: (204) 474-7469 mail: 2021 Loudoun Rd. Winnipeg, Man. R3S 1A3

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

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

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

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

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We would like to Thank all our Auction Friends of 2015. We look forward to seeing you in 2016.

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USED DRY FERTILIZER SPREADERS, 4-8 tons, large selection, 18-ft Drillfill, has extra brush auger, $2,900. www.zettlerfarmeuipment.com Phone: (204)857-8403.

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2007 D-6-N LGP CRAWLER w/6-way dozer, A/C, cab, canopy, diff-steering, ripper, extra clean, $96,000; 2004 D-6-N LGP crawler, 6-way dozer, A/C, cab, diff-steering, Allied W6D winch, $86,000; 2001 D-6-R LGP crawler tractor w/angle dozer & tilt, cab a/c & bush canopy, diff-steering, hyd cargo winch, 7,600-hrs, undercarriage approx 85%, $80,000 USD; 2003 D-7-R, cab, a/c plus bush canopy, 4-barrel multi-ripper w/a dozer & hyd tilt, new engine plus repairs, total work order $137,000 3,000-hrs ago, $105,000 USD; 2008 Hitachi ZX-270-C-3 hyd excavator w/hyd thumb, w/quick attach bucket, 7,190-hrs, $70,000 USD; 2006 Hitachi ZX 270-LC Hyd excavator w/quick attach bucket, 11-ft stick, axillary hyd, 6,382-hrs, $65,000 USD. (2) 2005 Komatsu 320 payloaders w/quick attach buckets, $50,000/each; 2010 CAT 324 excavator w/electronic thumb. Phone:(204)871-0925.

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

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AUCTION SALE for NEULS SpRINgS & ChASSIS (1988) INC.

1250 Wall St. Wpg. MB

Monday, January 4th, 2016 at 6:30 pM

OPENS: Mon. Dec. 21 / CLOSES: Tue. Dec. 29

LOCATIONS: Equipment is located at two locations. 14854 82nd St NE, St. Thomas, ND, and 7074 83rd St S, Grand Forks, ND.

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: MCM Farms has reduced their rental & corn acres and has the following inventory of equipment. The items have an excellent service history and outstanding maintenance records. PREVIEW: Monday-Friday, 8AM – 5PM. LOADOUT: Wed., Dec. 30, 8AM – 5PM

(Viewing 1:00 PM until the Time of Sale) Everything must be removed by January 6, 2016 by 6:00 PM (No Exceptions)

After 95 years in business, we received instructions from the owner to auction the following items.

FORKLIFT

Caterpillar propane forklift model T35D solid tires*

HOIST

Rotary 7000lb 2-post hoist* Scissor hoist w/jacks (ramp style)*

SHOp EQUIpMENT & MISCELLANEOUS

Sun 4-wheel alignment machine* Bear 4-wheel alignment machine* FMC tire balancer* Sicam tire changer* FMC brake lathe* Spring presses (15 & 10 ton)* Main leaf eye roller*

Scarfer* Shear* Forge* U-bolt bender* 100 & 300 lb anvils* Wissota Large bench grinder* drill presses* 5-section of bolt bins* 2-ton engine crane* heavy duty floor jacks & others* jack stands* OTC strut tamer 6040* Wet belt sander* 2-pallet jacks* assort. part cabinets* Plasma cutter (not working)* Magnet drill* transmission jack* assort. air jacks* parts washer* Moog coil spring compressor* exhaust hoses* Gaither bead air bazooka* Digital drum gauge* Rigid threader* drill sharpener* eye wash station* Parlor time clock* assort. platform carts* rolling ladder* assort. office furniture, chairs, etc.* Assort. computers* filing cabinets* Pepsi drink machine (takes Toonies)* candy vending machines* hydraulic pumps* Honda gas pressure washer* etc.

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

KAYE’S AUCTIONS 204-668-0183 Wpg.

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BUILDINGS

Book NOW for spring building!!

(Ask your sales rep about discounts on spring built buildings!)

TRACTORS

2011 JD 8235R, MFWD, ILS, IVT, deluxe CommandView II cab, active seat, 9L engine, No Def, 5 hyd., 60 gpm hyd. pump, return flow, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, JDLink, integrated AutoTrac, cold weather pkg., grill guard, joystick control for loader/ bucket, loader brackets, Cat 4 drawbar, 380/80R38 front duals, 380/90R54 rear duals, 975 hrs., S/N1RW8235RKB0047567 2013 JD 8335R, MFWD, ILS, IVT, deluxe CommandView II cab, active seat, 9L engine, No Def, 5 hyd., 85 gpm hyd. pump, power beyond, return flow, 3 pt., 1000 PTO, JDLink, integrated AutoTrac, cold weather pkg., heavy duty drawbar, (20) suitcase weights, (2) 450 lb. rear wheel weights, 380/80R38 front duals, 380/90R54 duals, 1,602 hrs., S/N1RW8335RJDD076438

HOPPER BOTTOM TRAILERS

2014 Wilson tandem axle hopper bottom, 40’x102”x66”, ag hopper, air ride, electric tarp, SS corners and back, sight windows, 11-24.5 tires, brakes & tires at 95% 2014 Wilson tandem axle hopper bottom, 40’x102”x66”, ag hopper,

air ride, electric tarp, SS corners and liquid system, 850 ga. liquid tank, JD back, sight windows, 11-24.5 tires, rate controller, Pro Series XP units, brakes & tires at 95% 3-section disconnect, pneumatic 2014 Wilson tandem axle hopper down pressure, Yetter screw-adj. bottom, 40’x102”x66”, ag hopper, air trash whippers, markers, 3,300 acres, ride, electric tarp, SS corners and back, S/N1A0DB44XTDG755114 11-24.5 tires, brakes & tires at 95% 2012 JD DB88 planter, CCS, 48x22”, 2010 Dakota tandem axle hopper Pro Shaft, RowCommand, variable bottom, 41’x102”x77” sides, ag rate, ground drive fertilizer, Total Ag hopper, twin hoppers, Cancade liquid system, 850 gal. liquid tank, Convey-All conveyor system, JD rate controller, Pro Series brakes & tires at 80%, 11-24.5 tires, XP units, 3-section disconnect, aluminum rims, 2015 DOT pneumatic down pressure, Yetter 2012 Merritt tandem axle hopper screw-adj. trash whippers, 18,800 bottom, 39’x96”x68” sides, ag acres, S/N1A0DB88XCCG745110 hopper, twin hoppers, Rapat conveyor SELF-PROPELLED SPRAYER, system, Agri-Cover electric tarp, brakes & tires at 85%, 11-24.5 tires, SPREADER BOX, TRANSPORT aluminum rims TRAILER, & SPRAYER TIRES 2013 JD 4940 self-propelled sprayer, GRAIN CARTS deluxe CommandView II cab, Tier 2012 Brent Avalanche 1394 grain IV engine, No Def, 120’ boom, 1,200 cart, 1,300 bu., 22” auger, tarp, scale, gal. SS tank, 20” spacing, 5-sensor 1250/45R32 tires, S/NB29190130 auto boom height, 5-nozzle bodies, 2011 Brent Avalanche 1194 grain JDLink, integrated auto steer, Starfire cart, 1,100 bu., 22” auger, tarp, scale, receiver, 2630 monitor, SF1 and 1250/45R32 tires, S/NB28940104 section control activations, JD mobile weather, high cap. pump, 3” fill, radar, PLANTERS HID lights, traction & ride control, 2014 JD DB44 planter, CCS, 24x22”, hyd. tread adj., wheel motor shield, Pro Shaft, RowCommand, variable fenders, 380/105R50 tires, 1,029 hrs., rate, hyd. drive fertilizer, Total Ag S/N1N04940XPC0023717

MCM FARMS REDUCTION

2012 New Leader 3030G Twin Bin spreader box, 10 ton, 80’ pattern, fits JD 30 and 40 Series units, always stored inside when not in use, S/N134402 Shop-built transport/storage trailer for New Leader spreader box, or JD tank and sprayer booms (4) tires and rims for JD 30-40 Series sprayer

TILLAGE EQUIPMENT

2009 JD 2210 field cultivator, 64-1/2’, 6” spacing, full floating hitch, double wing fold, single pt. depth, tandems across, 7” knock-on sweeps, 4-bar harrow, S/NNO2210X004094 Summers Superweeder, 70’, 4 rank, adj. S-tines, 5-bar harrow, S/NL1597 2012 Summers disc chisel, 40’, rock flex, retractable front discs, single pt. depth, tandems across, factory rear hitch, Summers 4-bar heavy duty harrow, updated by Summers w/New disc bearings, S/NL2733

SCRAPER

2009 Ashland I-180 scraper, 18 yd., direct mount, single wheels, set up to pull tandem scraper, comes w/hitch for Case-IH, S/N22001

Eric, 701.520.0574, Kyle, 218.791.9375,

or Dave Krostue of Steffes Group, 218.779.6865 Steffes Group, Inc. 2000 Main Avenue East, West Fargo, ND 58078 Scott Steffes ND81 | 701.237.9173 | SteffesGroup.com

Complete terms, lot listings & photos at SteffesGroup.com

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FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories

COMBINES Accessories

LIVESTOCK Swine Wanted

Large Inventory of new and remanufactured parts

Toll-Free 1-800-881-7727 Fax (204) 326-5878 Web site: farmparts.ca E-mail: roy@farmparts.ca FARM MACHINERY Snowblowers/Plows FOR SALE: 2012 SNOWBLAST Model 10800A 3-PT snowblower. VGC, all options, 12-ft+ wide, green/yellow. Wide enough to cover the duals on your tractor. $25,000 OBO. (701)389-1042, (204)649-2276, Pierson MB.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous 16-FT JOHN DEERE TANDEM disc model #310, $8,000 OBO; JOHN DEERE D TRACTOR, styled and on rubber, $5,000 OBO; GALLAND INDUSTRIAL ROAD GRADER, $6,000 OBO. Phone (204)526-2719, call or text (204)794-8550.

1999 GMC T8500 DSL tow truck, 20-ft tilt & wheel lift, $14,500; 1977 IHC 1700 SER w/Tyler fertilizer spreader $4,000; MF 2675, cab, dsl, w/Degelman dozer, A1; Sewer pump & tank for a truck; Ford Major dsl loader, snowblade, 3pth & bale spear. 1960 Edsel for re-building; Field Marshall & Bull Dog tractors, running. Phone:(306)236-8023.

CERTIFIED CONVENTIONAL CM440 GRAZING CORN. Early maturing, leafier for increased grazing yield. No planter required. Swath or stand graze cattle, sheep, bison & for wildlife food plots. Early booking discounts til Dec. 31. CanaMaize Seed Inc., 1-877-262-4046, www.canamaize.com JD 7200 8RN, VACUUM planter, needs reconditioning, w/o fertilizer, $7,900; JD 7200 8RN, vacuum planter, liquid fertilizer, pull type, field ready, $16,900; JD 7200 Folding 12 RN, vacuum planter, w/o fertilizer, reconditioned, $18,900. Call me for any of your planter needs as more planters are arriving & my supplier has all sizes, models & makes available. Delivery available. Reimer Farm Equipment Ltd. #12 Hwy, Steinbach, MB. Please Call Gary:(204)326-7000.

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

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

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

Combines COMBINES Accessories 2008 NH 88C FLEX Draper, 42-ft, PU reel, poly skids, gauge wheels, reconditioned mint, $37,900; 1998 NH 973 Flex, 25-ft, $15,900; 1996 NH 973 Flex, 30-ft, $17,900; 2010 CIH 2020 Flex, 35-ft, gone thru shop, $25,900; 2008 CIH 2020 Flex, 30ft, reconditioned, $23,500; 2006 CIH 2020 Flex, 30ft, $16,900. All 2020 CIH heads also fit NH combines. 1996 CIH 1020 Flex, 25-ft & 30-ft, reconditioned, $14,900; 2001 CIH 1020 Flex, 30-ft, reconditioned, $16,900; 1996 Agco Gleaner 500 Flex 25ft, reconditioned, $14,900, 2000 Agco Gleaner 8000 Flex, 30-ft, reconditioned, $23,900; 2008 Agco Gleaner 8200 Flex 35-ft, F/F auger, $27,900; 2010 Agco MF 8200 Flex, 35-ft, F/F auger, reconditioned, $27,900. Free delivery included to AB, SK, MB if purchased by Dec. 31, 2015. Reimer Farm Equipment Ltd. #12 Hwy, Steinbach, MB. Please call Gary:(204)326-7000.

2012 JD 635, 35-FT Hydra Flex, $32,900; 2011 JD 635, 35-ft Hydra flex, $29,900; 2007 JD 635, 35-ft Hydra Flex, $22,900; 2005 JD 630, 30-ft Hydra Flex, $18,900; (2)2002 JD 930 F, 30-ft Flex, F/F auger, $17,500; 2000 JD 930 F, 30-ft Flex, F/F auger, $14,900; 1997 JD flex, 30-ft, $15,900; 1994 JD 930 Flex, 30-ft, $7,900; 1996 JD 925 Flex, 25-ft, $14,900; 1994 JD 925 Flex 25-ft, $7,900.Reimer Farm Equipment Ltd. #12 Hwy, Steinbach, MB. Please Call Gary: (204)326-7000.

FLEX PLATFORMS W/AIR REEL/AIR BAR. 2010 CIH 2020 Air Reel, 35-ft, Single point, $18,500 USD or $29,500 CAD. Also fits NH combine; 2002 CIH 1020 Air Reel, 25-ft, $15,800 USD or $23,900 CAD; 1997 CIH 1020 Air Reel, 30-ft, $12,900 USD or $18,900 CAD; 2003 NH 74C 30-ft, Single Point, Clipped PU teeth, $11,500 USD or $17,500 CAD; 2000 Agco Gleaner 800 Air Reel, 30-ft, $14,500 USD or $23,900 CAD; 2004 JD 635 Air Bar, 35-ft, Single Point, $16,500 or $22,500 CAD. 1998 JD 930 Air Reel, 30-ft, $12,500 USD or $18,900 CAD. Delivery included free of charge to AB, SK, MB if purchased by Dec. 31, 2015. All above platforms are field ready condition & most are reconditioned w/new PU teeth, new sickle, new poly skids, totally gone thru shop w/field ready guarantee. Reimer Farm Equipment Ltd. #12 Hwy, Steinbach, MB Please call Gary: (204)326-7000.

FOR SALE: IH 1150 mix mill. Good condition. Call Don:(204)422-5216.

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TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Various JD PLANTER MODEL 1280 8 row 30-in. row fertilizer box, corn plates, $1,200; NH Mixmill Model 358, 540 RPM, bale feeder, 20-ft. unloading auger, $4,000. Both stored inside. (204)838-2397

FOR SALE: VA CASE 1949, pully, PTO, good rubber, good running condition. Phone (204)641-0204, Arborg MB.

Rebuilt Concaves

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.

TILLAGE & SEEDING Seeding Various

MCKEE 7-FT SNOW BLOWER, $1,250; Leon 12-ft blade, $3,500, 10-ft blade, $2,000; Box scraper new 10-ft, $2,450; New Holland LX865 skidsteer, $13,900; Melroe Bobcat 943 skidsteer, $14,900; Grapple bucket for skidsteer new, $1,750; Grain screeners dual screen Hutchinson, $1,500; Up DMC 44, $2,500; Kwik Kleen 5 tube, $5,000, 7 tube, $6,500; Kelly Ryan Feedcart, $2,000; Snowco feeder cart, $1,000. www.zettlerfarmequipment.com Phone:(204)857-8403.

HAYING & HARVESTING Various

LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT

Tillage & Seeding

TracTors

HAYING & HARVESTING

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

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

2004 F-150 FORD 1/2-TON, 5.4 Titan auto, 4x4, Super-cab, new safety, 143,000-kms, Asking $6,000; Cockshutt 40 tractor w/mounted post pounder, good condition, Asking $2,750; 24-ft Ccan container, Asking $3,000 OBO. Phone:(204)728-1861.

NEW GRAVITY WAGONS 400B, $7400; 600B, $12,500; 750B, $18,250. Large selection used wagons; 250-750 Bushel used grain carts, 475-1050 Bushel; PTO & Hydraulic drive Grainvacs: Brandt #4000, $8000; #4500, $8500; REM 2500 HD, $9500; Weigh wagon, $3500; Valmar #2420, $3000; #3255, $3500; #1620, #1655; Wishek discs: #842 14-ft, $25,000; #742 30-ft, $33,000; #842 30ft, $40,000; Land levellers 10-ft, $2450. Phone (204)857-8403.

EXCELLENT LIVESTOCK FARMS: 1) 1000 head feedlot, Hartney. 2) 1732 deeded acs w/4,425-acs of Crown land, fenced, small bungalow, very good buildings & metal corral system, can carry 450 cow/calf pairs. 3) 1,270 deeded ac cattle farm by Lac du Bonnet, 640-acs Crown land, turnkey operation. 4) Cattle ranch, Pine River, 3,300 deeded & 1,200-acs Crown land.

Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753, HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc, Brandon, MB, www.homelifepro.com

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

NEW & USED TRACTOR PARTS NEW COMBINE PARTS

STEINBACH, MB. Ph. 326-2443

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba

TRACTORS Case/ IH

FOR SALE: JD 2550 2-wd, 3-pt, hi/low shift, 4,500-hrs, w/o loader; JD 2750 MFWD, CAH, 3-pt, 2 hyd’s, w/245 loader; JD 2950 2WD, CAH, 3-pt, 2 hyd’s; 2 JD 4050 MFWD, 3-pt, PS, w/o loaders; JD 4640 Quad, 3 hyd’s; JD 6420 MFWD, 3-pt, 3 hyd’s, PQ w/LHR, w/640 loader; JD 7410 MFWD, 3-pt, 3-hyd’s, PQ w/LHR, w/740 loader; JD 7610 MFWD, 3-pt, PQ w/LHR, w/740 FEL; JD 7700 MFWD, 3-pt, PQ, fact. duals, w/740 FEL, grapple. All tractors can be sold with new or used loaders. Now a Husqvarna dealer, with full line of Husqvarna Equipment.

Mitch’s Tractor Sales Ltd. St. Claude,MB. Phone: (204)750-2459 (cell) Mitchstractorsales.com

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

TRACTORS Various 276 FORD BI-DIRECTIONAL 3-PTH & PTO on both ends, 20-hrs on new engine, new tires, $28,000. Phone (204)625-5225, (204)625-2702.

HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING

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

www.penta.ca

1-800-587-4711

Factory Direct Outlet SELLING FAST - BOOK NOW Don’t be disappointed!

DELUXE WOOD & WATER OUTDOOR FURNACES CSA APPROVED Now available North American wide at prices never seen before

$

4997

This is not a misprint!!

FC30HD Unit plus accessories

Season’s Greetings from the owners and staff

Mastercard, Visa & Interac available Introductory Doorcrasher Special

You receive base pump, rad hose, insulation, fittings, rust inhibitor PLUS our FC30HD (can heat 1 building) WOOD WATER FURNACE Some claim this is “North America’s Hottest Deal!”

Friesen Built Inc. 1-204-388-6150 • Toll Free 1-855-897-7278

AGENT FOR T.E.A.M. MARKETING

REGULAR CATTLE SALES

every TUESDAY at 9 am January 5, 12, 19 & 26

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Motorcycles

TIME TO APPRECIATE RELATIONSHIPS... Life is Meant to be Shared. We are Here to Help You. CANDLELIGHT MATCHMAKERS. Confidential, Rural, Photos and Profiles to selected matches, Affordable, Local. Serving MB, SK, NW-Ontario.

Call/Write for info: Box 212, Roland, MB, R0G 1T0, www.candlelightmatchmakers.ca (204)343-2475.

REAL ESTATE

WANTED: CANAM MOTORCYCLES, 125, 175, 250 & 380 CC. Also looking for 1975 Z1 900 Kawasaki. Phone:(204)728-1861.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Snowmobiles WANTED:1972 EXT 290, 340 & 440 CC Arctic Cats. 1974 Roll-O-Flex Wild One 340CC-440CC; 340CC-440CC Yamaha GPX; 340CC Liquidator JD & 440 Liquidfire JD. 245CC-340CC RV Ski-doo.

Mercury Trailtwister or Snowtwister. (204)728-1861.

REAL ESTATE Houses & Lots MARVIN HOMES INC- Ready to Move Home Builder since 1976. Book now for 2016 delivery.

(204)326-1493 or (204)355-8484 Marvin Vogt, MARVIN HOMES, Mitchell, MB. www.marvinNOTRE DAME USED OIL homes.ca

& FILTER DEPOT

REAL ESTATE • Buy Used OilLand For • BuySale Batteries • Collect Used Filters • Collect Oil Containers

Southern and Western Manitoba

Merry Christmas Tel: 204-248-2110 & Happy New Year

Monday, January 25th at 12 pm

Sheep & Goat with Small Animals & Holstein Calves

RECYCLING

BuyUsed Used Oil Oil ••Buy NOTRE •• Buy Buy Batteries Batteries DAME ••Collect CollectUsed Used Filters Filters • Collect Oil Containers • Collect Oil Containers USED • Antifreeze OIL & Southern,Southern Eastern, and Manitoba Western Western FILTER Manitoba DEPOT Tel: 204-248-2110

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

CERTIFIED SEED

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

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MB. Livestock Dealer #1111

WWW.GRUNTHALLIVESTOCK.COM

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus RED ANGUS PUREBRED LONG yearling & two year old bulls for sale. Contact DBM Angus Farms at Holland, MB: Brian:(204)723-0474 or David: (204)723-0288.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus I WANT TO RETIRE. For Sale: small herd of 20 PB registered cows & 5 heifers. Wanted: Pasture to rent for 2016 near Shoal Lake, MB. Phone: (204)759-2412.

Canadian Farm realty Buying & Selling Farms: 5 Agents, 1 Team (Santa & Rudolph are Seasonal Employees only)

Sheldon FroeSe 204.371.5131 Stacey hiebert 204.371.5930 dolF FeddeS 204.745.0451 Junior thevenot 204.825.8378 henry carelS 204.573.5396 CanadianFarmRealty.com

DEXTERS FOR SALE, DOWNSIZING our herd of small cattle great for hand milking or beef purposes.

Bred cows, heifers, & bull. Please call for details, $800-$1200 ea. (204)656-4430. No Sunday calls please.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various 80 BRED HEIFERS. Black Angus & Angus Hereford cross. Bred to calving ease Black Angus bulls.

Late February, March calving. From a range calving herd. Preg check with all shots. Ph:(204)873-2525 morning or evenings.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Wanted

TIRED OF THE HIGH COST OF MARKETING YOUR CALVES??

300-700 LBS. Steers & Heifers Rob: 528-3254, 724-3400 Ben: 721-3400 800-1000 LBS. Steers & Heifers Don: 528-3477, 729-7240

Contact: D.J. (Don) MacDonald Livestock Ltd. License #1110 LIVESTOCK Horses For Sale BLACK QUARTER HORSE STALLION, bred mares & open mares, several saddle horses.

Phone (306)435-3634

LESS FUSARIUM MORE BOTTOM LINE. GP Wheat WFT603 seed available. Suitable for ethanol production, livestock feed. Western Feed Grain Development Co-op Ltd. 1-877-250-1552 www.wfgd.ca JAMES FARMS LTD Brandon, Cardale & Faller wheat, Summit, Souris & Haymaker forage oats, Mcleod RR2 soybeans, Tradition barley, forage seeds, various canola & sunflower seed varieties.

Custom processing, seed treating, inoculating, as well as delivery are available. Early payment discount. For info call (204)222-8785, or toll-free 1-866-283-8785, Winnipeg. djames@jamesfarms.com

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Dexter

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

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PERSONAL

Hwy #205, Grunthal • (204) 434-6519

GRUNTHAL, MB.

TRACTORS John Deere

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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SASKATCHEWAN Frederick Seed Service Watson, SK 306-287-3977 Greenleaf Seeds Ltd. Tisdale, SK 306-873-4261 McCarthy Seed Farm Ltd. Corning, SK 306-224-4848 Redvers Ag Redvers, SK 306-452-3443 Sundwall Seeds Govan, SK 306-484-2010

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Chatham Seeds Ltd. Killarney, MB 204-523-8112

Red River Seeds Ltd. Morris, MB 204-746-3059

Friesen Seeds Ltd. Rosenort, MB 204-746-8325

Redsper Enterprises Ltd. Rivers, MB 204-328-5346

Keating Seed Farm Inc. Russell, MB 204-773-3854

Rutherford Farms Ltd. Grosse Isle, MB 204-467-5613

Manness Seed Domain, MB 204-736-2622 Miller Agritec Inc. Oakville, MB 204-267-2363 Nadeau Farms Inc. Fannystelle, MB 204-436-2469 New Gen Seed Service Ltd. Portage la Prairie, MB 204-274-2417 Pitura Seed Service Ltd. Domain, MB 204-736-2849

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Sanders Seed Farm Manitou, MB 204-242-2576 Sierens Seed Service Somerset, MB 204-744-2883 Swan Valley Seeds Ltd. Swan River, MB 204-734-2526 Tonn Seeds Plumas, MB 204-386-2206

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

CERTIFIED SEED Cereal Seeds

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LESS FUSARIUM MORE BOTTOM LINE. GP Wheat WFT603 seed available. Suitable for ethanol production, livestock feed. Western Feed Grain Development Co-op Ltd. 1-877-250-1552 www.wfgd.ca Looking for a hand around the farm? Place a help wanted ad in the classifieds. Call 1-800-782-0794.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | December 24, 2015

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