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Canadian 2014-15 wheat exports exceed U.S. for first time in years A repeat is forecast this year thanks to the low Canadian dollar, but Cam Dahl says it’s a trend not an anomaly

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Beef data lets you follow the money A study of carcass data shows cattle from an elite breeding program were worth more than $200 a head than the average calf

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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anada is exporting more wheat than the U.S. for the first time since Benny Goodman was topping the pop charts and Adolf Hitler was preparing for war.

After decades of playing second fiddle to its southern neighbour, the low Canadian dollar and other factors have this country’s exports edging ahead as in what some industry observers consider a new trend.

Last crop year, Canada exported 23.9 million tonnes of wheat, including durum, narrowly surpassing the U.S. with exports of 22.3 million tonnes, according to International Grains Council figures.

Canada is forecast to export 21.9 million tonnes of wheat in the current crop year (2015-16), compared to 20.5 million tonnes from the U.S.

The ability to link quality through the beef value chain is improving but work still needs to be done to ensure some of the reward goes back to the producer.

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he data shows someone is making more money on the calves produced by super ior bulls in the beef value chain, but it isn’t always the producer.

McDonald’s Canada, Beefbooster, and BIXSco — the company now running the Beef InfoXchange Sy s t e m — re c e n t l y c o l l a b o ra t e d with Livestock Gentec to analyze two million records of carcass data.

The analysis found calves sired by Beefbooster Terminal Cross bulls were worth $219 more than the average value of calves processed by packing plants from 2012 to 2014.

The Calgary company has been using production data since 1970 to breed superior bulls, but this data gave it an exact dollar figure on the quality of carcasses of cattle sired by its bulls versus average cattle.

“We can take carcass information and say that there’s value between the different breeds and the different bulls,” said Jennifer Stewart-Smith, chief executive officer of Beefbooster.

“You will know whether your cattle are grading or yielding well, just by looking at (the data). If you wanted to dive deeper into it, then you could start making breeding decisions based on that information, if you wanted to refine the animals that are producing more of those types of carcasses for you.

“The more information you have on how well your cattle do, the more that adds to you being able to make better decisions.”

However, there is a major hitch — as it stands right now, cow-calf producers don’t get paid more for producing cattle that grade higher.

“That’s always going to be a problem,” said Stewart-Smith. “That’s part of the reason they don’t want you to know anything. Their model is based on us (cowcalf producers) not knowing how well the cattle are doing.

“Now that we know and this is out there, and we know the potential of the cattle that are making more money, there’s a better chance of being able to See Beef data on page 6 »

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Older hummingbirds better prepared

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Lengthy annual migration reveals profound differences between young birds and the more experienced ones Staff

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CROPS Keeping nutrients out of water Buffer strips may be less effective than first believed

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FEATURE Temporary rail regulations The federal transport minister considering whether they are still needed

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CROSSROADS The stories old bones can tell Fossils found in southern Manitoba yield new clues to life long, long ago

he small, but mighty ruby-throated hummingbird flies 2,000 km on its migratory journeys without a break, researchers report in the journal The Auk: Ornithological Advances.

New research provides some of the first details of the hummingbird’s annual fall journey from the eastern United States to Central America. It shows that their fall migration peaks in September and that older birds travel ahead of younger ones.

The more experienced birds leave earlier and in better condition. They can fly farther and arrive sooner at their wintering grounds.

“Patterns we previously had hints of from small, anecdotal observations are documented here with a very large sample size. It’s interesting that the young of the year migrate after adults and are quite different in their stopover phenology. This suggests there are substantial differences between flying south for the first time, as opposed to flying somewhere again as an adult,” said University of California-Riverside’s Chris Clark, an expert on hummingbird behaviour. “I think that further research on how young hummingbirds migrate, and the decisions they make, would be really interesting.”

While examining the birds’ annual fall journey from the eastern United States to Central America, the researchers also found fall migration peaks in September and that many of the birds are capable of flying more than 2,000 kms without a stop.

Theodore Zenzal of the University of Southern Mississippi and his colleagues captured ruby-throated hummingbirds with mist

A ruby-throated hummingbird is handled by a researcher prior to being released. photo: B. Dossman

nets at Alabama’s Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge during the fall migrations of 2010-14, banding and recording data on 2,729 individual hummingbirds.

Using a computer program to estimate flight range based on birds’ mass and wingspan, they estimated that the average hummingbird has a flight range of around 2,200 kilometres. Older birds and males were predicted to be able to travel farther at a time than younger birds and females. They discovered the migration passes through the area between late August and late October.

Whether ruby-throated hummingbirds migrate across the Gulf of Mexico or around it is still unknown, but the flight ranges researchers calculated mean that most of them would be able to make it across if weather conditions were favourable.

“The most interesting thing, in my opinion, is how some of these birds effectively double their body mass during migration and are still able to perform migratory flights, especially given some of the heftier birds seem to barely make it to a nearby branch after being released,” said Zenzal.

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Our final brush with winter?

This photo was taken on the Bennie farm March 22 after a five-inch snowfall, which was the biggest snowfall of the winter in this area.

Canada-Europe trade deal on track for scheduled implementation CETA includes protection of the state’s right to regulate in many areas, says the top Canadian negotiator

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“We wanted to make sure that there’s a very clean line between the government’s right to regulate and the rights of investors to be able to challenge any impact of those regulations.”

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senior European Union politician says he’s hopeful the Canada-Europe free trade agreement will come into effect on schedule, sometime in 2017.

Bernd Lange, chair of the European Parliament’s trade committee, made the comments while visiting Ottawa and Montreal for a series of intensive meetings that are part of the committee’s final assessment of STEVE VERHEUL the deal.

However, for that to happen, the deal has to win final approval in both Canada and Europe committee that even if parts of before the end of 2016, or very the deal have to be ratified by individual EU members, that early in the new year, he said.

Artis Pabriks, a Latvian MEP will come after the European and the standing rapporteur for Parliament has approved it.

That will result in about 95 trade with Canada, was upbeat about the conclusion of the deal. per cent of the deal coming into “It’s probably the most effect with the final five per cent advanced trade agreement in subject to member ratification.

He told NDP MP Tracey the world,” he said. “It’s part of the European Union in a global Ramsey that he’s confident the deal will be ratified in Europe. world.”

“I visited the majority of the The deal will bring economic benefits to both Canadians and EU member states over the past couple of years and there’s strong Europeans, he said.

After almost 17 months of support in all of the member negotiations, Canada and the states, even the smaller ones see European Union announced significant new opportunities in February they had agreed that could arise,” Verheul said.

The Canada-Europe trade on a legal text for a proposed free trade deal and suggested it agreement breaks new ground would be ratified by the end of in the world of international trade deals because it categorithis year and in effect in 2017.

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cally states in any investorstate dispute, the state always reserves the right to regulate in many areas, he said. That right was clarified in various sections of the agreement including the investment chapter following the end of initial negotiations.

“We have additional protections for areas like environment and labour, that type of thing,” Verheul said. “We wanted to make sure that there’s a very clean line between the government’s right to regulate and the rights of investors to be able to challenge any impact of those regulations.”

Verheul told Conservative MP Randy Hoback that the process for resolving disputes between Europe and Canada has been modified to make it more independent and transparent. Both sides were satisfied with the outcome.

“When we started discussing the changes to the investment chapter, we found that we were pursuing similar goals,” Verheul said.

The goal is to have science be the basis for all trade decisions, he said. That will include better regulatory co-operation, something he noted both jurisdictions are taking seriously by facilitating dialogue between regulators in Canada and the EU as new regulations are developed.

Harmonizing existing regulations is difficult, although work in that area is continuing, he said. The bigger focus is on making sure future regulations never become a barrier.

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It might be feed, but it’s not necessarily feed wheat Reporting winter wheat as feed wheat, just because it happened to be fed to animals, ignores the true grade of the crop

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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anitoba winter wheat growers might be inadvertently cheating themselves out of crop insurance coverage by misreporting the grades they’re growing.

They grow it for feed, they either feed it or sell it to someone who does — so when it’s time to fill out crop insurance paperwork, farmers naturally list it as grading “feed” regardless how good the crop actually was.

It won’t affect their immediate claim, or individual longterm coverage — but over time it will lower the overall coverage for the class, in the form of the province-wide grade guarantee for winter wheat.

“Part of the obligation of our (crop insurance) program is to insure producers from a quality perspective no better than the long-term average,” David Van Deynze, Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation’s claims services manager, said in an interview March. 23.

That long-term average is determined by the data reported to MCIC by producers, which makes the misreporting a potential issue for farmers.

“If winter wheat growers are always reporting their crop as grading feed because that’s the market they sold to, but that’s not the grade, we’re going to look at this data over the long

term and say, ‘look, winter wheat is most often grading feed,’ and that’s what the grade guarantee will become,” he said.

That price will typically be lower, which at the end of the day will translate into lower coverage for farmers, Van Deynze said.

“We’re aware of the potential for that to happen and we’re trying to figure out a way to make sure it doesn’t negatively impact producers,” he said.

The easiest way is for farmers to get a grade from the feed mill or other buyer they can include in their Harvest Production Report to MCIC. The need to accurately report winter wheat grades to the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation was raised during the Winter Cereals Manitoba annual meeting in Portage la Prairie March 16.

Growers should also note that not all winter wheat is necessarily the same when it comes to grade guarantees under crop insurance.

The grade guarantee for CDC Falcon winter wheat is No. 1 Canada Western General Purpose (CWGP). Although CDC Falcon is a winter wheat and listed in Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation’s winter wheat category, it’s in the Canadian Grain Commission’s CWGP class. The same applies for other winter wheats in the CWGP class. allan@fbcpublishing.com

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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Hold the angry phone calls

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t a time when governments are dealing with ballooning deficits, the Canadian Grain Commission is dealing with the opposite — a whopping surplus.

As that surplus was accumulated on the basis of service fees, which are ultimately paid by farmers, many will consider that a problem.

But there are a few things to consider Laura Rance before you pick up the phone or dash off an Editor angry email.

User fees rose about 44 per cent when the federal agency moved to cost recovery in 2013. There is no doubt the transition was a shock to a system that had not seen any increases in 22 years. Up until then, the CGC was largely financed by the federal government.

Now, the federal government contributes $5 million to the CGC’s Grain Research Laboratory. The rest of its $60-million annual operating budget comes from user fees for services such as outward official weighing and grain inspection and licensing grain elevators.

The CGC has since accumulated a $63.3-million surplus as of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015. The number for the fiscal year just ended hasn’t been released. It’s probably higher.

It is an embarrassment of riches to be sure, but this should not be construed as a cash grab.

The CGC based its per-tonne fees on historical average exports of 23.3 million tonnes from 1993-94 to 2009-10. Farmers pulled in a record crop in 2013 that was a full one-third higher than the average. That’s been followed by two bumper crops in succession.

As the Canadian dollar has fallen relative to the U.S. currency, wheat exports from this country have soared, even surpassing those of the U.S. In hindsight, it seems silly no one really saw that burst in productivity coming. It was novel convergence of genetic innovations, improvements in agronomic management and co-operative weather. Three years later, that novelty is starting to appear normal.

The surplus accrued by the CGC during that three-year period has prompted a review of its fee structure, as it should. The good news is the surplus was accumulated during a period of record farm incomes.

The review is likely to result in fees being assessed over a larger volume of grain, which should lower the average per-tonne fees.

This comes at a time when prices are lower and farm incomes are more pressured.

This is far better than the opposite scenario. Had the CGC overestimated the tonnage and wound up with a deficit, it would have required another boost in fees when farmers were less able to pay.

Of course, there is continued debate in the agricultural community whether farmers should be carrying the full cost of CGC export inspection services or whether those should be treated as a public good.

We have a hunch that any ‘debate’ on that front will be one sided given the federal government’s struggle with deficits. The industry has demonstrated it’s perfectly capable of carrying the load.

The upside of losing

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t would appear that agriindustry is losing its twodecade-long battle to prevent labels on foods produced from genetically modified crops.

This despite the millions upon millions of dollars poured into aggressive anti-labelling campaigns during state referendums on the issue.

It has been a fascinating development to watch.

Even as the pro-labellers successfully convinced legislators in Vermont to go with mandatory labelling, the industry took its fight to the U.S. government.

There it has become mired in the dysfunction that defines U.S. policy-making these days.

In the end, it only took one state and then one company to start a landslide. Vermont passed its law. As federal legislation shutting that down failed to materialize, Campbell Soup decided to go with labelling, quickly followed

by General Mills, Kellogg and Mars. The list continues to grow.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has waded in with

his support for digital labelling, allowing motivated consumers to get the information online, rather than putting it on the packaging.

Food processors are saying it’s too expensive to put it onto packaging for products sold in one state, so they’ll be changing their packaging for all.

In a roundabout way, losing this battle could help promoters of this new science win the war over those who don’t like it.

The science is pretty clear that although there are downsides to genetic engineering, food safety is not one of them.

Acknowledging consumers’ right to know how their food is produced removes the biggest weapon the anti-GMO campaign has in its arsenal — the notion that the industry opposes labelling because it has something to hide.

Chances are, once consumers are assured of their right to know, most will shrug and continue to buy the products they’ve always enjoyed. laura@fbcpublishing.com

No water, no jobs: How water shortages threaten jobs and growth

By Astrid Zweynert London / Thomson Reuters Foundation

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n estimated three out of four jobs globally are dependent on water, meaning that shortages and lack of access are likely to limit economic growth in the coming decades, the United Nations says.

About 1.5 billion people — half the world’s workers — are employed in industries heavily dependent on water, most of them in farming, fisheries and forestry, the UN World Water Development Report 2016 said.

“There is a direct effect on jobs worldwide if there are disruptions in water supply through natural causes, such as droughts, or if water doesn’t get to communities because of infrastructure problems,” said Richard Connor, the report’s editor-in-chief.

Research has shown investment in smallscale projects providing access to safe water and basic sanitation in Africa could offer a return equivalent to almost five per cent of the continent’s economic output, the report said.

In the United States, every $1 million invested in the country’s water supply and treatment infrastructure generates between 10 and 20 additional jobs, according to the report.

“Whether it’s a water treatment facility or a system to bring water to fields to irrigate, you’re not just funding that project,” Connor told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

“You’re creating a multiplier effect: jobs are being created because water becomes available.”

Fleur Anderson, global head of campaigns at charity Water Aid, said the high cost of

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water in many developing countries also affects jobs and economic choices.

In Papua New Guinea, for example, poor people have to spend 54 per cent of their day’s earnings to buy 50 litres of water, the amount the World Health Organization says a person needs every day for domestic use and to maintain health and hygiene.

This compares with as little as 0.1 per cent of the income of someone earning the minimum wage in Britain.

“It means countries are not getting the economic benefits of their working population because people are spending so much of their money on water,” Anderson said.

Demand for water is expected to increase by 2050 as the world’s population is forecast to grow by one-third to more than nine billion, according to the United Nations.

This in turn will lead to a 70 per cent increase in demand for food, putting more pressure on water through farming, which is already the biggest consumer of water.

As climate change contributes to rising sea levels and extreme weather, at least one in four people will live in a country with chronic or recurring shortages of fresh water by 2050, the United Nations estimates, making it more important to focus on expanding rainwater harvesting and recycling waste water.

Connor said funding for projects was still often based on “investment in pumps and pipes” rather than a more holistic view, taking into account water’s key role in building a sustainable economy as part of the new global development goals.

More investment in renewable energy such as solar and wind, which use very little water, is also crucial in reducing demand for water, Connor said.

March 1957

his Dodge 1-1/2-ton was on sale for $2,495 in our March 28, 1957 issue. According to the Bank of Canada inflation calculator, that would be $21,720 in 2016 dollars.

If you were perusing the classifieds, you could find “Four, 10-month-old Hereford heifers, some polled, $90.

Five young cows, to calve soon, $175.” If you were in the market for machinery, there was a “six-foot John Deere one-way, on rubber, wheel weights, Fieldmaster blades.

Price $125, or cow coming in.”

We reported that for the seventh time, a resolution in the Manitoba legislature to lift the ban on coloured margarine had been defeated. However, a resolution was passed that the province should examine the possibility of a Prairie-wide crop insurance program in conjunction with Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Premier Douglas Campbell turned down a proposal to have a Hansard record published of legislature proceedings, on the grounds that it would lead to reading speeches, which was against legislature rules.

Also in the legislature, a standing committee on agriculture heard concern over the quality of Manitoba beef cattle, with the province showing the lowest percentage in 1956 of choice and good steers among all the western provinces and Ontario. The committee also heard from a Melita-area farmer who proposed irrigation of 200,000 acres in southern Manitoba, in connection with the Garrison Diversion project in North Dakota.

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COMMENT/FEEDBACK

A look back at historical Brandon temperatures WMO statements on global warming aren’t borne out by local data

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Questionable shenanigans On Feb. 11, 2016, I attended the Manitoba Canola Growers annual meeting at the Crop Connect Conference in Winnipeg. During the meeting, I asked for further clarification on action taken on a resolution passed at last year’s MCGA annual meeting.

To my surprise and disbelief, a former director of MCGA and now a director of the Pulse and Soybean

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I have nevertheless included yearly temperature in the accompanying table to enable comparison with the WMO statement. But I think it is more meaningful to focus on temperatures for June, July and August and on winter extremes.

The table shows average temperatures during the entire 125-year period and for the 85 years from 1930 through 2015 to focus attention on the 1930s appearing to have been a turning point for most temperature measures.

Highlights: • The yearly mean temperature for the period 2000 to 2015 was 0.5 C warmer than the 1890 to 2015 average and 0.2 C warmer than the 1930 to 2015 average.

• The mean June, July, August temperature for 2000 to 2015 was the same as the 1890 to 2015 average and 0.3 C cooler than the 1930 to 2015 average.

• The mean maximum June, July, August temperature for 2000 to 2015

Growers, Ernie Sirski, got up and said my question was out of order because when the meeting’s agenda was approved, it had never been indicated that a question could be asked.

Even more ridiculous was that the chair of the meeting, Ed Rempel allowed the suggestion to stand.

In all my years in public life, I have never witnessed such stupidity and obstruction of democracy. If farmer members who finance MCGA can’t ask questions at their public annual meeting, then what is the point of having an organization? It was obvious that many directors were paranoid about the question period. We have to ask ourselves, “what are they trying to hide?”

The annual meeting is the only place where farmers, who pay for the organization, have a chance to ask accountability questions. At the very least, the organization should give a public apology (a big box ad in this paper for starters) to ensure us that these kinds of shenanigans won’t happen again. If this does not happen, we should give serious consideration to dissolve the organization.

Wilfred “Butch” Harder Lowe Farm, Man.

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h e Wo r l d Me t e o r o l o g i c a l Organization (WMO), a United Nations agency, says that 2015 is the hottest year on record and that 15 of the 16 hottest years on record have been this century.

What an alarming statement. Yet it is contrary to personal experience growing up and living most of my life in southwestern Manitoba. So I reviewed the temperature record for the Brandon CDA weather station covering the period 1890 through 2010 and Brandon A station for the 2011 to 2015 period. This article summarizes data that may be of interest to anyone developing their own perspective on the temperature aspect of the anthropogenic global warming hypothesis.

So how applicable is the WMO statement to Brandon’s situation? The average temperature of the last 15 years was indeed higher than the average of the past 125 years although lower than the 1980s. The average for Brandon in 2015 was 3.5 C. The warmest year on record was 5.7 C in 1987, the next warmest was 4.8 C in 1931. Four of the warmest 16 years from 1890 through 2015 have occurred in the last 15 years.

However, there are problems inherent in this aggregate of daily temperatures that render it meaningless when applied to a specific area.

For example, Brandon’s average daily maximum temperature for July 1936 was 32.3 C and July 11 set the record of 43.3 C. Environment Canada calls it the deadliest heat wave in Canadian history when “the heat was so intense that steel rail lines and bridge girders twisted, sidewalks buckled, crops wilted and fruit baked on trees.”

Surprisingly the average temperature for 1936 was the lowest of any year in the 1930s at 0.7 C. Low temperatures in January, February, March, April and October offset record July heat to put 1936 among the 19 coolest years from 1890 through 2015. Two of those 19 were 2013 and 2014.

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Brandon temperature averages 1890 through 2015 in °C (125 & 15 year averages) 1890/99

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was 0.4 C cooler than 1890 to 2015 average and 0.6 C cooler than the 1930 to 2015 average.

• The mean minimum June, July, August temperature for 2000 to 2015 was 0.6 C warmer than 1890 to 2015 average and 0.1 C warmer than the 1930 to 2015 average.

• The yearly extreme maximum temperature for 2000 to 2015 was 2.3 C cooler than the average for both the 1890 to 2015 and 1930 to 2015 period.

• The yearly extreme minimum temperature for 2000 to 2015 was 2.1 C warmer than the average for the 1890 to 2015 period and 1.4 C warmer than the 1930 to 2015 period.

• The record maximum for 2000 to 2015 was 0.7 C cooler than the average for the 1890 to 2015 period and 0.3 C cooler than the average for the 1930 to 2015 period.

• The record minimum for 2000 to 2015 was 1.5 C warmer than the average for the 1890 to 2015 period and 0.7 C

warmer than the average for the 1930 to 2015 period.

In summary, temperatures in Brandon have moderated since 1890.

Aside from the yearly average, which as pointed out earlier can be extremely misleading on a local scale, the most noticeable changes are that extreme lows are not as low and extreme highs are not as high as in earlier decades. The alarming statement by the WMO cited above has little or no relevance to what has been experienced in southwestern Manitoba from 1890 through 2015.

I remain skeptical about the hypothesis of catastrophic anthropogenic global warming. When advocates of the hypothesis make statements to the effect that there is evidence of dangerous climate change happening in Manitoba my response will continue to be: show me the facts.

From public trust to private investment

farmers rebelled against the privatization of seed development as a patent right, and in so doing, engaged a public debate concerning the merits of this new way of thinking of seed as a commodity. They highlighted the fact that seeds, and farming in general is a public trust. They showed that the need to maintain profit margin can override common sense.

We in North America have never had this debate. We tend to believe that legislation passed is in the public interest, that private interest is public interest. We engage discussion concerning UPOV without thought to the shifting power base, from farming as a lifestyle to farming as a corporate business. We have moved from the idea of a public trust to that of private investment, and given scant consideration to the implications.

When we treat seeds as a commodity we begin to distant ourselves from the idea that seeds are a living organism. It makes it easy to forget that there is a sacred trust between a farmer and the life they husband. For Mr. Dawson to call the NFU “quixotic,” reinforces the point.

Regarding Allan Dawson’s article of March 10, 2016, “Rising seed costs on farmers’ radar,” the position advanced barely scratched the surface when considering in whose interest are new seeds developed, and how are new seed varieties to be paid for. Historically this was done through our agricultural research stations and our universities. The seeds developed where considered to be for the public good, and released into the public domain.

In today’s world, we have plant breeder rights (PBR), and UPOV, a system designed to meet the needs of private industry, which is, a return on investment. What was never mentioned in the article is the idea of genetically modified organisms, (GMOs), which lie at the heart of PBR and UPOV. It is my opinion that before we can discuss compensation on investment, we need to understand what we are investing in.

This is where North American and European approaches to GMOs in the marketplace diverge. In Europe,

Brian Ransom is a former Manitoba minister of finance.

Wayne James Beausejour, Man.

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FROM PAGE ONE wheat exports Continued from page 1

“Obviously the exchange rate matters, there’s no question about that, but I do see this as part of an ongoing trend,” Cereals Canada president Cam Dahl said in an interview March 23. “Now, I’m not going to say this will happen all the time, but I think this is the trend. We are going to see Canada take more and more of this (world) market.”

One factor has been finding new markets for Canadian wheat, such as Bangladesh.

“They are very loyal to Canadian CWRS (Canada Western Red Spring) wheat in particular and buy over a million tonnes (a year),” Dahl said.

“We have markets like that, that 10 years ago we wouldn’t have thought of.”

The U.S. has dominated world wheat trade since the Second World War with Canada running second until European Union exports increased late in the last century, often pushing it to third.

In the last crop year, the EU was the world’s top wheat exporter at 35.4 million tonnes followed by Canada, the U.S. and Russia at 22.8 million tonnes.

Since the collapse of the Former Soviet Union, wheat exports from former members, including Russia and Ukraine, have risen sharply.

Canada didn’t always play second fiddle to the U.S. During the 1920s and 1930s it dominated world wheat exports. Canada was the largest global supplier 16 out of 18 years (see graph) between 1921-22 and 1938-39.

Although American farmers have been shifting away from wheat to grow more corn and soybeans, its wheat-producing capacity still dwarfs Canada’s. The U.S. plants around 63 million acres to wheat annually, compared to 24 million in Canada. In 2014-15 Canada produced 29.4 million tonnes of wheat, compared to 55.1 million in the U.S. In many of the last nine crop years, the U.S. carried over more wheat than Canada exported. During that period, Canadian wheat exports averaged 19.4 million tonnes, compared to 28.6 million for the U.S.

Figure A1: Big Four Wheat Exporters, 1921 to 1938 Crop Years

get more money. But right now, they’re not paying us for that, not at all.”

Information gaps However, packers have been limited by a lack of data, too. They know which cattle are more valuable, but they wouldn’t normally know who raised them.

“And the producer certainly didn’t know that there is that value on his/her carcasses because we really haven’t had that carcass information to analyze,” noted Stewart-Smith.

“Now that we know and this is out there, and we know the potential of the cattle that are making more money, there’s a better chance of being able to get more money.”

Source: Paul de Hevesy, World Wheat Planning and Economic Planning in General (London: Oxford University Press, 1940) Jennifer Stewart-Smith

“Obviously the exchange rate matters, there’s no question about that, but I do see this as part of an ongoing trend.”

Cam Dahl

In the last crop year, Canadian wheat exports were well above average, while it was reverse for the U.S. “This trend is underpinned by favourable exchange rates for Canadian exports,” the USDA says. “A strong U.S. dollar is hampering the United States’ ability to compete in traditional markets, much less in a global market awash in lower-priced wheat. The U.S. dollar has appreciated 32 per cent against the Canadian dollar since the start of the 2013-14 trade year.”

In February, Canadian wheat was earning an extra $1.50 a bushel or $55 a tonne over American due to the exchange, John Peterson, Richardson International’s assistant vicepresident wheat marketing and hedging, said at the Prairie

Grain Development Committee in Saskatoon.

“It’s not just Canada, it’s other countries that are taking market share from the U.S. and in some cases much more aggressively than we are,” Neil Townsend, G3’s director of market research said March 23 in an interview.

“A good case in point is Nigeria, which used to be exclusively a U.S. market, but it’s taking more and more Russian and Ukrainian wheat.”

Industry analysts say Canada’s grain-handling and transportation system has just been humming since the Canadian government ordered the railways to meet minimum weekly shipping targets following the grain backlog in 2013-14 following record grain production.

U.S. wheat carry-over stocks are expected to be well over 27 million tonnes, while Canada’s, excluding durum, is forecast at around four million.

“Currency has made the U.S. uncompetitive and more of a residual supplier in the world now,” said market analyst and ProFarmer Canada president Mike Jubinville in an interview March 22.

“The U.S. has essentially withdrawn from the (world) marketplace…

But don’t expect higher prices as a result.

“Canada does not dictate world wheat prices,” Jubinville said. “We are price takers. We are never price makers. The world is still flush with wheat and looking at the largest carry-outs in human history, so that’s the overriding wet blanket situation. Until we have some type of real and credible threat to next year’s production… I don’t think there is anything on the horizon to suggest a sustained up trend at this time.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

Low Canadian dollar advantage overrated: Jubinville Canadian grain farmers are getting higher prices than their U.S. counterparts, but according to one analyst the best prices follow a strong dollar

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

T

he low Canadian dollar relative to the American is seen as a competitive advantage for Canadian grain exporters since grain exports are priced in American dollars.

But ProFar mer Canada president Mike Jubinville says the advantage needs to be put into perspective.

“While the drop in Canada’s

BEEF DATA Continued from page 1

“If the Canadian dollar is down, it means commodity prices are down.”

Mike Jubinville

dollar makes Canadian grain more competitive, it’s a short-term variable,” he said. “Ultimately I don’t think

currency has a great deal of impact on making Canada that much more competitive.

But when it changes so fast over a short period of time it takes industry time to adjust to it. When the Canadian dollar is low relative to the U.S. dollar, typically that’s because Canada is ‘commodity’ type country. If the Canadian dollar is down it means commodity prices are down.

“The best prices we’ve ever seen on canola ($14 a bushel) was when our dollar

was at par or better relative to the U.S. dollar. And the very worst canola prices ($6) we’ve ever seen have been when we were at a 65-cent dollar.

“When the Canadian dollar is strong it is usually when commodity prices are strong and we’re selling at prices that are the most profitable,” Jubinville said. “And that’s the oddity that never gets talked about.” allan@fbcpublishing.com

Another gap is that feedlots are not putting any data into BIXS yet. Data quality was another issue. Because the two million records entered into the Canadian Livestock Tracking System for a federally sponsored project in 2012-14 didn’t have the birthdates of the animals, BIXSco had to mine its data to find birthdates. It found them for 127,000 animals, so the sample size was relatively small.

Although not definitive, this study will be a stepping stone to other projects of this nature.

“This is a very, very first step,” said Stewart-Smith. “But it does prove that yes, the information is valuable, can be shared, and can be used by producers to make better decisions in their herds.”

The analysis also produced two other significant findings.

Verified One is that calves slaughtered before 19 months of age — versus those slaughtered at 24 months — had higher-value carcasses. And if they are slaughtered at 18 months instead of 24 months, 1.2 fewer tonnes of carbon dioxide are generated per head.

The analysis was co-funded by the Alberta Livestock Meat Agency and McDonald’s as part of the latter’s verified sustainable beef pilot project. The goal was to evaluate the usefulness of sharing data across the beef industry. The study shows a robust database “has the potential to increase the economic viability, social responsibility, and environmental sustainability of the entire Canadian beef community,” said Jeffrey FitzpatrickStilwell, McDonald’s Canada’s senior manager of sustainability.

The carcass valuation was done using a grid employed by Cargill at its High River plant that captures weight, quality, and yield grades. More details of the data can be found in the report — go to www.mcdvsb. com, click on the News tab, and then scroll down to find a link to the report. akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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First Nations leaders proving adept at train transition

First Nations ownership and utility-like business model will be key ingredients of a successful transition

BY JACK DAWES Co-operator contributor

O

mniTrax might be pulling out of northern Manitoba, but that doesn’t mean the railway is doomed.

Me r v Tw e e d , O m n i Tr a x Canada’s president, told the Hudson Bay Route Associations’ Mar. 23 annual meeting in Yorkton a consortium of First Nations communities is poised to take over the Hudson Bay Railway.

Facing tough questions from the crowd about the condition of the track, Tweed said there’s actually considerable cause for optimism.

In particular, Tweed singled out the Mathias Columb Cree Nation, under the leadership of Chief Arlen Dumas, as instrumental in spearheading the project. Working under strict mutually agreedupon rules and a tight timeline, Dumas has delivered, Tweed said.

“We set up a pretty stringent set of rules that we were both going to follow, and I’m pleased to say Chief Dumas hasn’t disappointed me and I would hope that he would say the same,” Tweed said.

Tweed noted that Dumas’s personal strength as a leader played an important role in garnering hard commitments from 12 other First Nations communities. They also bring experience in the northern rail business to

the table, Tweed said, as part of the Keewatin Rail company, operating the line from The Pas to Puckatawagan.

When OmniTrax announced its intention to sell both the port and rail line in late 2015, Tweed was told to identify a number of potential scenarios, including local First Nations ownership, the option he ultimately recommended. In no small part that’s because the railway is so important to these communities, he said.

“What I’ve come to realize is that Hudson Bay Railway is a utility,” Tweed said. “It is a service to the North and it provides that service to many First Nations communities.”

Tweed said he hopes the new ownership will keep the service in place for those communities, and foster closer ties between them and the operation.

While there is a significant number of First Nations employees working the line now, Tweed said there’s still room for improvement, and that the local Aboriginal communities are the obvious source for employees for any business in the region.

Returns challenging OmniTrax, a U.S. short line operator, had high hopes when it bought the track from CN in 1997, but the reality of running an operation through some of

Port operation uncertain

“What I’ve come to realize is that Hudson Bay Railway is a utility. It is a service to the North and it provides that service to many First Nations communities.”

MERV TWEED OMNITRAX

the most challenging terrain on earth proved daunting even to this experienced company.

Higher-than-expected maintenance costs meant scant returns for investors and ultimately led the company to announce in late 2015 it was seeking buyers for the line and the Port of Churchill with its northern grain terminal.

While Tweed insisted the issue wasn’t one of day-to-day profitability, he said melting permafrost and other challenges required significant ongoing investments.

“It’s not a money-losing proposition for our ownership or the new ownership,” he said. “The reality is there’s not enough return on investment to do the things that need to be done to improve it to a point where it can be even better.”

While government did occasionally put up critical maintenance funds, no politician likes to be seen giving money to private companies, said Tweed, a former MLA. With local ownership and an operation model that was more like a public utility, it might be easier to negotiate those investments, he said.

“We will work with this group to present the package to the federal government as to how they can sustain themselves going forward,” Tweed said. “They’re not in this to lose money, but they’re not necessarily in it to get the return on investment.”

Instead, the First Nations communities are more interested in keeping the line running, creating jobs, opportunities and a sense of future, Tweed said.

While the rail line issue is close to being finalized, Tweed conceded there’s still a cloud of uncertainty over the fate of the Port of Churchill and the grainhandling facility there.

Fo r n ow, Om n i Tra x w i l l continue operating the port for the 2016 shipping season, which normally would begin in August. A federal subsidy of $9 per tonne remains in place for now, but Tweed reminded the audience that was money paid to the shipper, not the carrier, noting the only direct benefit it gave OmniTrax was a bit more interest when it came to finding a new operator for the facility.

The port handled just 184,600 tonnes last year, which Tweed said was due to less carry-over from the 2014 crop and a late harvest, but noted the company put in the time to work to make improvements like additional lighting and security fencing.

“We got a lot of other things done,” he said. “We weren’t sitting around waiting, we were actually doing things that improved the facility.”

Churchill’s 2016 target has been set at 500,000 tonnes or more, a level that has been exceeded in six of the last 10 years. Last year saw pulses moving through the port and Tweed is optimistic this trade could expand.

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Federal government announces beef project funding Staff / The federal government is putting up more than $4 million for three Canadian Cattlemen’s Association projects.

In a release, federal Ag Minister Lawrence MacAulay said the move supports the industry in new and existing markets at home and abroad.

“These industry-led projects will strengthen the competitiveness and sustainability of the Canadian beef industry, while meeting consumer demands for safe high-quality products,” MacAulay said.

More than $2.6 million is earmarked to develop tools to give packers, retail foodservice customers, consumers and others involved in the industry ready access to beef product information.

Just over $1 million is aimed at enhancing beef quality by using “computer vision systems” (CVS).

CVS images beef carcasses to predict and measure tenderness, dark cutting, lean yield, bruising and fat colour.

Nearly $400,000 will be used for a feasibility study examining the use of satellite-based technology to track and measure forage and pasture production for cattle producers, laying the foundation for the possibility of field-level productionbased forage insurance for producers.

Peru lifts trade barriers to U.S. beef Certification requirements for U.S. beef are lifted Washington, D.C./Reuters

“Peru has been a growing market for American beef and this agreement will only further expand opportunities for American producers and exporters.”

P

eru has agreed to lift its remaining safety barriers to U.S. beef exports, further opening one of the fastest-growing markets in Latin America to U.S. ranchers, Obama administration officials said March 14.

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the agreement with Lima will remove certification requirements that have been in place since 2003 due to fears of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

The changes reflect the United States’ “negligible risk” category for the disease from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).

Peru will now allow beef and beef products from all

Michael Froman U.S. Trade Representative

f e d e ra l l y i n s p e c t e d U . S . establishments to be eligible for export to Peru, Vilsack and Froman said.

P r e v i o u s l y, o n l y U . S . sources of beef and beef products that participated in the USDA Agricultural Marketing Ser vice Export Verification program were eligible for export to Peru.

Even with those restrictions, the U.S. expor ted US$25.4 million worth of beef and beef products to Peru last year. Total trade of agricul-

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tural, fish and forestry products between the two countries topped US$3 billion in 2015, more than doubling since 2009.

“Peru has been a growing market for American beef and this agreement will only further expand opportunities for American producers and exporters,” Froman said in a statement.

“No t m a n y y e a r s a g o, there was little American b e e f g o i n g t o Pe r u , b u t through the U.S.-Peru Trade

Promotion Agreement, and agreements like this, we are seeing increased demand for high-quality American beef.”

Peru, which has had an active free trade deal with Canada since 2009, suspended imports of Canadian beef in February last year after the discover y of Canada’s first domestic case of BSE in four years. That suspension ended in August.

Peru, which accepted over 2,400 tonnes of Canadian beef in 2014, had previously closed its ports to the Canadian product from 2003 to 2012, after the discovery of Canada’s first-ever domestic BSE case.

Peru, along with Canada and the U.S., is a signatory to the 12-nation U.S.-led TransPacific Par tnership trade deal, which sought to remove non-scientific food safety barriers to trade.

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KAP election priorities released

Money for agricultural research and innovation has dwindled in recent years, something that KAP hopes those vying for Manitoba’s top job will pledge to change

BY SHANNON VANRAES Co-operator staff

T

he Keystone Agricultural Producers is hoping to make the future of farming a higher priority in the run-up to the provincial election.

KAP released its pre-election priorities document last week and it was full of items that emphasized the need to support and encourage young producers and new entrants to agriculture.

“We talk lots about succession and making sure our wills are in place and all that kind of stuff, but really what is in it for the folks who are just starting out?” said Dan Mazier, president of KAP. “How can we support them now?

I think that’s why we really need to focus on this. We need to look at how we get new people in.”

And there are several specific policies that Mazier believes the next government can implement to facilitate that outcome.

One is to waive AgriStability fees for the first five years a new farmer is enrolled in the program, he said. Another is for government to provide an unmatched “kick-start” deposit of 3.25 per cent of allowable net sales over the first five years of enrolment in AgriInvest.

“I think any farmer, but especially a young farmer or a beginning farmer, needs to have a solid backing and we want to make sure that is there,” Mazier said.

“It’s one of those things where you just don’t need another expense.”

He went on to note the cost of farmland in Manitoba has increased by as much as $2,000 per acre over the last several years, bringing the cost of purchasing an average-size farm operation to about $3 million — more than three times as expensive as it was 30 years ago.

Operating costs have also risen dramatically over the same period. In 1986, Mazier said the average farm required an oper-

ating investment of $149,933 per year, compared to $500,000 today.

“That is huge,” he said. “How do you introduce someone to that?”

KAP is also calling on political parties to commit to financial assistance for rural youth who want to attend post-secondary school to pursue agriculture, but who face an added cost of relocating to the city to do so.

“That could help a lot,” said Mazier, stressing the importance of having youth return to the farm after completing their education.

The average farm operator in Manitoba is 55 years old, he added, noting that between 1991 and 2011 the number of farmers under the age of 35 decreased by a whopping 73 per cent.

“So the bigger question is, who is going to own our land at the end of the day? Who is going to own agriculture at the end of the day? Is society comfortable hav-

“The bigger question is, who is going to own our land at the end of the day?

Who is going to own agriculture at the end of the day? Is society comfortable having someone else own our land?

Someone has to buy it and own it and operate it.”

DAN MAZIER

ing someone else own our land?

Someone has to buy it and own it and operate it,” he said.

A 2015 Probe Research survey commissioned by KAP, found 82

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per cent of Manitobans wanted the provincial government to do more to support young farmers, while 89 per cent of respondents said they preferred to purchase food grown in the province.

“So if the declining number of farmers continues, they could have difficulty accessing locally produced food,” Mazier said.

But young farmers aren’t the only declining resource KAP wants to see politicians address as people head to the polls. In stark contrast to provinces like Saskatchewan, the organization said the Manitoba government has dramatically reduced spending on strategic policy, research and innovation in agriculture over the last nine years.

In the 2007 provincial budget $24.6 million was allocated for such initiatives. Currently, Manitoba is only investing $10.1 million, according to KAP. “So what does that do to our competitiveness?” asked Mazier.

He added that the closure of some extension offices and the government’s reluctance to fill vacant production specialist positions have also been detrimental.

Like many sectors of Mani­ toba’s economy, agriculture is also seeking a commitment to improve the roads and bridges that service rural areas.

“But it is more than just roads, when we say infrastructure we are also talking digital,” said Mazier.

A KAP survey of so-called highspeed Internet in rural Manitoba found the average download speed was only 8.62 Mbps, less than one-third the speed experienced by most urban Canadians.

“New technology allows me to farm smarter and more efficiently, but without high-speed Internet access, I can’t take advantage of all the tools that are becoming available,” said KAP’s District 7 representative Simon Ellis, who farms near Wawanesa.

To that end, the organization is asking political parties to commit to bringing all Manitoba households a minimum of 25 Mbps broadband Internet service by 2020, as well as working with municipalities and the federal government to build additional cellular towers.

Mazier said they haven’t heard from Manitoba’s parties on these issues yet, but hopes this will get people talking about issues important to the province’s producers.

“We want to get a discussion going, there are a lot of important issues out there,” he said. shannon.vanraes@fbcpublishing.com

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS (Friday to Thursday) Winnipeg Slaughter Cattle Steers — Heifers — D1, 2 Cows 92.00 - 97.00 D3 Cows 82.00 - 92.00 Bulls 118.00 - 125.00 Feeder Cattle (Price ranges for feeders refer to top-quality animals only) Steers (901+ lbs.)

150.00 - 187.00 (801-900 lbs.)

175.00 - 194.00 (701-800 lbs.)

187.00 - 224.50 (601-700 lbs.)

215.00 - 260.00 (501-600 lbs.)

235.00 - 277.00 (401-500 lbs.)

250.00 - 285.00 Heifers (901+ lbs.)

150.00 - 175.00 (801-900 lbs.)

165.00 - 188.00 (701-800 lbs.)

170.00 - 195.00 (601-700 lbs.)

182.00 - 220.00 (501-600 lbs.)

200.00 - 238.00 (401-500 lbs.)

215.00 - 243.00

Heifers

Alberta South — — 95.00 - 112.00 82.00 - 103.00 126.94 - 126.94 $ 172.00 - 185.00 182.00 - 195.00 196.00 - 214.00 218.00 - 239.00 238.00 - 257.00 251.00 - 270.00 $ 161.00 - 172.00 172.00 - 185.00 181.00 - 196.00 195.00 - 211.00 212.00 - 228.00 220.00 - 244.00

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

(850+ lbs.)

Futures (March 24, 2016) in U.S. Fed Cattle Close Change April 2016 135.45 -5.70 June 2016 125.10 -5.60 August 2016 120.00 -4.83 October 2016 119.58 -4.08 December 2016 119.30 -3.88 February 2017 118.45 -3.72

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

Cattle Slaughter Canada East West Manitoba U.S.

March 24, 2016

Dollar pressures push up Manitoba cattle prices Feedlots are becoming more cautious with purchases CNSC

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Close 161.40 155.55 154.75 154.25 152.90 150.55

Change -2.32 -9.63 -9.80 -8.68 -8.28 -8.25

Cattle Grades (Canada) Previous Year­ 48,832 10,451 38,381 N/A 520,000

Week Ending March 19, 2016 1,276 28,180 10,577 479 518 6,949 237

Prime AAA AA A B D E

Previous Year 983 26,747 13,627 782 444 5,816 45

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

Source: Manitoba Agriculture

E - Estimation MB. ($/hog) MB (All wts.) (Fri-Thurs.)

MB (Index 100) (Fri-Thurs.)

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

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

Current Week 168 E 156 E 156.33

Last Week 173.09 161.17 159.02

Last Year (Index 100) 157.26 145.76 138.03

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Futures (March 24, 2016) in U.S. Hogs

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April 2016 May 2016 June 2016 July 2016 August 2016

56.68 78.50 82.78 81.73 80.53

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Choice (110+ lb.)

(95 - 109 lb.)

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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 March 6, 2016 Broiler Turkeys (6.2 kg or under, live weight truck load average) Grade A .................................................$1.910 Undergrade ....................................... $1.820 Hen Turkeys (between 6.2 and 8.5 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.895 Undergrade ........................................ $1.795 Light Tom/Heavy Hen Turkeys (between 8.5 and 10.8 kg liveweight truck load average) Grade A ................................................$1.895 Undergrade ........................................$1.895 Tom Turkeys (10.8 and 13.3 kg, live weight truck load average) Grade A..................................................$1.870 Undergrade.......................................... $1.785 Prices are quoted f.o.b. producers premise.

T

he Canadian dollar’s recent gains were felt at cattle marts across Manitoba last week, one auctioneer says — but the loonie has shied away from previous highs and may now be one of the lone bright spots in the market.

Prices were down from the previous week, said Allan Munroe of Killarney Auction Mart of his 778-head sale on March 21.

“I guess a week ago that dollar took on a whole new life, and the futures sort of stalled out. That was certainly a factor,” he said.

The loonie moved to 77.23 U.S. cents on March 17 and had kept near those highs the following week.

“It hasn’t been very pretty,” said Brian Perillat, manager and senior analyst at CanFax, the cattle-marketing arm of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association.

“The only good news is the dollar is kind of coming off its highs. The dollar went on a really strong rally and went up, but it’s heading back down.”

That’s some of the limited good news in the market right now, he said, as Canadian cattle prices have been tracking U.S. markets.

“They’ve been under quite a bit of pressure as well. We’ve seen their prices come down.”

Canadian feeder cattle prices had been strong compared with the U.S., but prices may have come down enough to spur U.S. buying interest.

“We’re starting to see feeder exports go south, especially in Manitoba,” Perillat said, but “unfortunately the markets are kind of heading lower,” he added.

Demand from feedlot and packing sectors has dipped, further weighing on prices, he said.

Since many feedlots have been losing money, they’ve been cautious with purchases.

Toronto 103.13 - 135.32 115.40 - 188.69 182.51 - 219.77 188.98 - 225.92 218.21 - 344.83 —

SunGold Specialty Meats —

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

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

Goats Kids Billys Mature

Winnipeg (Hd Fats) — — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 97.17 - 335.93 — 95.77 - 269.43

Horses <1,000 lbs.

1,000 lbs.+

Winnipeg ($/cwt) — —

Toronto ($/cwt) 37.00 - 65.00 36.00 - 77.00

brian perillat CanFax

“They have been kind of gambling on the market paying up for feeders — hoping that it would pick up a bit and they could make a few bucks, but we’re basically looking at some red ink.”

Western Canadian cattle volumes are still high, and those numbers are dragging on prices at a time when the market would normally see seasonal strength.

Trim and hamburger prices generally see increased demand into the spring, Perillat said.

At the Manitoba level, Munroe said he didn’t see a lot of interest from buyers in the East last week.

“I think there was some cattle that stayed local, and some that went west, but the change in the currency was a major factor here.”

Despite strong volumes at last week’s sale, he said, the biggest part of the run is coming close to an end, but some ranchers are still holding back from the market.

“There’s still some good sets of cattle — some guys who bought in the fall and decided to background — and I guess you don’t declare a loss until you sell.”

Ranchers who bought cattle in October have been holding back from the market since then, Munroe said.

“They’ve been waiting for it to get better, and it just hasn’t,” he said. “We’re just in a volatile time.”

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

briefs

France confirms mad cow case

Sheep and Lambs $/cwt Ewes Lambs

“We’re starting to see feeder exports go south, especially in Manitoba.”

Jade MarkuS

Ontario 146.41 - 187.40 158.37 - 175.17 69.92 - 92.27 69.92 - 92.27 107.83 - 127.88 $ 172.41 - 196.30 152.31 - 201.83 157.91 - 27.85 158.97 - 245.93 183.48 - 259.49 185.65 - 277.39 $ 152.15 - 167.38 152.15 - 184.89 153.36 - 202.04 157.33 - 215.53 173.38 - 234.45 166.24 - 239.82

$

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

(901+ lbs.)

(801-900 lbs.)

(701-800 lbs.)

(601-700 lbs.)

(501-600 lbs.)

(401-500 lbs.)

Week Ending March 19, 2016 48,911 11,549 37,362 N/A 545,000

$1 Cdn: $0.7536 U.S. $1 U.S: $1.3269 Cdn.

column

Cattle Prices

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

EXCHANGES: March 24, 2016

Paris / Reuters / France’s Agriculture Ministry has confirmed that a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, had been discovered in the northeastern region of Ardennes.

The suspected case, found in a five-year-old cow, was identified March 24 during a test carried out on cattle older than 48 months after slaughter.

The Farm Ministry said there was no risk to human health as all parts of the cow susceptible to being infected must be removed by slaughterhouses.

“The detection of this case does not affect the con-

sumer,” it said in a statement.

“Beef consumption is safe for humans.”

However, the outbreak is likely to affect French exports, the ministry said on its website, because the country’s official BSE risk level assigned by the OIE would be changed.

“Depending on countries, export conditions of French cattle could be modified,” it said.

Last year France regained the safest BSE rating of “negligible risk” as it was able to demonstrate that the last infected native animal was born more than 11 years ago.

Several countries including South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and Singapore lifted embargoes on French beef following the OIE decision.

BSE was first detected in Britain in the late 1980s, spreading from there to other parts of Europe and ravaging cattle herds until the early 2000s. It has been linked to the brain-wasting Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans.

The latest case in France did not point to any rebound in the disease, the OIE said.

OIE data showed just six cases of BSE worldwide in 2015, of which four were in the EU. That was down from 1,957 in 2000, 561 in 2005 and 125 in 2008.

“The risk management and monitoring systems set up in the early 2000s have shown their effectiveness considering the drastic reduction of cases,” an OIE spokeswoman said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 31, 2016

GRAIN MARKETS column

Manitoba Elevator Prices Average quotes as of March 28, 2016 ($/tonne)

Tight soil moisture builds weather premium in canola Some activity may be due to China’s dockage deadline DAVE SIMS CNSC

I

CE Futures Canada canola contracts chalked up gains during the holidayshortened week ended March 24, taking strength from sharp advances in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybeans and weakness in the Canadian dollar.

The most-active May contract moved over and under the $470 mark, at times treating it as resistance, and then as a support point.

Demand from end-users has been steady which underpinned the market. As well, there is a growing need to keep a weather premium in the market ahead of seeding.

Many parts of Western Canada appear too dry right now.

Exporters showed solid demand in the early going, as did domestic crushers, who have been running near capacity for much of 2016.

Technical trading was a key feature of the week, due to the long weekend, and several traders were beginning to position themselves by Wednesday.

Traders may also be moving now in recog-

Future

Basis

Cash

E. Manitoba wheat

188.86

45.81

234.67

W. Manitoba wheat

188.86

37.81

226.67

E. Manitoba canola

470.90

-11.10

459.80

W. Manitoba canola

470.90

-16.95

453.95 Source: pdqinfo.ca

Port Prices

nition of the April 1 deadline when China’s new dockage requirements come into effect.

Beijing will only allow one per cent dockage in shipments of canola; up until now that figure has been 2.5 per cent.

Volumes were somewhat lower due to holidays in Japan and India. Losses in the vegetable oil market also limited gains.

Resistance also came from commercial hedges, ongoing harvests in South America and some speculative selling.

As well, farmers were selling at a brisk pace ahead of spring seeding.

In the U.S., corn futures advanced as traders covered shorts ahead of the March 31 prospective plantings report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Values also took support from gains in crude oil.

Soybean futures also benefited from short covering and crude. Gains in Malaysian palm oil were bullish as they spilled over into other vegetable markets.

Wheat futures finished unchanged as cold temperatures in the U.S. Plains and investor short-covering lent strength to values, but were ultimately offset by bearish export factors and large global supplies.

As of Friday, March 25, 2016 ($/tonne)

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

Last Week

Weekly Change

189.87

-11.66

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

223.77

n/a

Canola Thunder Bay

480.90

5.40

Canola Vancouver

500.90

5.40

Closing Futures Prices

As of Monday, March 28, 2016 ($/tonne) Last Week

Weekly Change

ICE canola

470.90

5.40

ICE milling wheat

236.00

1.00

ICE barley

176.00

0.00

Mpls. HRS wheat

188,86

1.56

Chicago SRW wheat

170.12

0.18

Kansas City HRW wheat

173.34

0.37

Corn

145.66

0.59

Oats

121.25

-2.76

Soybeans

334.55

4.68

Soymeal

303.38

9.15

Soyoil

731.62

-5.07

Cash Prices Winnipeg As of Monday, March 28, 2016 ($/tonne)

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

Last Week

Weekly Change

Feed wheat

206.85

-0.37

Feed barley

178.21

-1.84

n/a

n/a

438.17

-5.91

Rye Flaxseed Feed peas

n/a

n/a

Oats

167.29

0.00

Soybeans

380.30

11.39

16.45

-.05

Ask

Ask

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

Prairie spring wheat bids rise as loonie falls Average durum prices were down $5 from the previous week

BY PHIL FRANZ-WARKENTIN CNS Canada

C

ash spring wheat bids across Western Canada moved higher during the week ended March 24, as weakness in the Canadian dollar helped prop up prices.

Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were up by $5-$8 per tonne over the course of the week, according to price quotes from a cross-section of deliver y points across the Prairie provinces compiled by PDQ (Price and Data Quotes).

Average prices ranged from about $225 per tonne in

eastern Saskatchewan to as high as $238 in southern Alberta.

Quoted basis levels varied from location to locat i o n , b u t h e l d re l a t i ve l y steady overall, ranging from $36 to $49 per tonne above the futures when using the grain company methodology of quoting the basis as the difference between U.S. dollar-denominated futures and Canadian dollar cash bids.

When accounting for currency exchange rates by adjusting Canadian prices to U.S. dollars, CWRS bids ranged from US$170 to $180 per tonne, up by about US$2 per tonne compared to the previous week. That w o u l d p u t t h e c u r re n c y

The May spring wheat contract in Minneapolis (was) up five U.S. cents from the previous week.

adjusted basis levels at about US$9-$19 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 C$12 to $25 below the futures.

Average Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) bids were also stronger compared to the previous week, rising by as much as $8-$10 per tonne

in some locations. Average CPSR pr ices came in at about $188-$208 per tonne in Saskatchewan, and $202-$214 per tonne in Alberta.

Av e r a g e d u r u m p r i c e s w e r e d ow n b y $ 5 d u r ing the week, with bids in Saskatchewan ranging from roughly $275 to $277 per tonne.

The May spr ing wheat contract in Minneapolis, off of which most CWRS contracts in Canada are based,

was quoted at US$5.14 per bushel on March 24, up five U.S. cents from the previous week.

Kansas City hard red winter wheat futures, traded in Chicago, are more closely linked to CPSR in Canada.

The May K.C. wheat contract was quoted at US$4.7175 per bushel on March 24, up 2.25 U.S. cents compared to the previous week.

The May Chicago Board of Trade soft wheat contract settled at US$4.63 on March 24, unchanged compared with one week earlier.

The Canadian dollar closed at 75.53 U.S. cents on March 28, down by more than a cent relative to its U.S. counterpart compared to the previous week.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 31, 2016

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

Lessons learned from the avian influenza disaster in the U.S. The biosecurity do and don’t list is incredibly long, and even reaches into the homes of poultry farm workers

BY ALEXIS KIENLEN Staff/Red Deer

T

h e m o o d a t t h e We s t e r n Poultry Conference was sombre as Helen Wojcinski detailed the carnage of the avian influenza outbreak that tore through the U.S. 17 months ago.

More than 10 million turkeys and about 11 per cent of the U.S. layer population lost. More than 220 farms in 15 states hit. Losses of $3 billion during the six-month-long outbreak.

“This was the largest animal disease outbreak in the U.S.,” said Wojcinski, a veterinarian and manager of science and technology with Hybrid Turkeys, an Ontario turkeybreeding company.

“Not just the largest poultry disease outbreak. The largest animal disease outbreak in the U.S. — period.”

The best way to manage avian influenza is to prevent an outbreak before it begins, and that means having robust biosecurity, she said.

There are two types of avian influenza viruses: low path and high path.

The former is a milder form, and sometimes easy to miss.

“In some cases, you might not even know that the flock was exposed to it,” said Wojcinski. “If there is mortality with low path, it is often because there is some secondary bacteria, like E coli.”

But low-path viruses that circulate multiple times through flocks can become high path, which causes neurological or respiratory problems and has high mortality rates.

That’s what hit American producers, touching down in multiple states simultaneously.

“The industry was prepared for a tornado, but instead we got a tsunami,” said Wojcinski.

Wild waterfowl can harbour the disease and are “flying viral factories,” leaving the virus behind after landing on your water sources or in your fields, she said.

Using surface or pond water as a source of water for poultry can easily bring the virus into the barn.

“If those wild waterfowl land on a source of water, they are excreting the virus into it. The virus can live in the mud at the bottom of the pond for a long period of time.”

People working in fields visited by wild waterfowl can often stir up the virus and can bring it into the poultry barns if they do not clean themselves properly and change their clothing.

“The other thing we always have to be aware of is that the outside of the barn is always dirty and contaminated,” she said.

So any equipment stored outside must be sanitized properly.

But the list of potential threats doesn’t end there.

Wind can spread the virus to a neighbouring farm. Infected but

Proper biosecurity takes a lot of effort, but the avian flu outbreak in the U.S. shows the need for robust measures, Helen Wojcinski said at the Western Poultry Conference. PHOTO: ALEXIS KIENLEN

“The industry was prepared for a tornado, but instead we got a tsunami.”

Helen Wojcinski

undiagnosed flocks are another threat as the virus can spread as they are transported past other poultry farms. During the avian flu outbreak in the U.S., air sampling found high viral loads inside and immediately outside barns.

“You need to think about where you are parking your cars, and where that vehicle goes afterward,” said Wojcinski. “It becomes a huge biosecurity risk.”

That’s why there should be vehicle wash stations on the farm, and vehicles should be disinfected as they move from one part of the farm to another. Hard surface entry pads is another way to lower the risk.

But the list still goes on. Pest control, proper hand sanitation and clear rules for anyone who works on the farm, including detailed protocols for biosecurity and disinfection. No one who works on a poultry farm should have birds of any kind at home, and employees should only work at one poultry farm.

“This outbreak really caused people to look at their biosecurity thinking,” said Wojcinski. “Most of the

This poultry farm in Chilliwack, B.C. was put under quarantine because of avian influenza in December 2014, just as bird flu began to sweep the U.S. PHOTO: REUTERS/Ben Nelms

time, our biosecurity thinking was to protect the farm and draw the line around your farm. This virus, which was different, was about protecting each barn.”

It was a major effort but the severity of the avian flu crisis means every American farm has been mandated to have their own biosecurity and depopulation plan, she said.

No one wants a repeat.

“In the beginning, it took five to

10 days to depopulate all the birds on a farm,” she said. “As larger layer complexes became infected, it took up to 22 days. So during that period, you had all the birds spewing out the virus, and you had to feed the birds and provide for them. This was a major problem and one of the reasons the outbreak became so extensive.” akienlen@fbcpublishing.com

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 31, 2016

SHEEP & GOAT COLUMN

Easter lamb supplies may have been less than demand Easter lamb quantities were much lower than usual at the Winnipeg Livestock Auction Easter sale, but the quality remained high GOAT DOES

BY MARK ELLIOT Co-operator contributor

R

eminder: No sale on April 6, 2016.

Just 312 sheep and goats were auctioned on March 16, 2016 and buyers’ expectations may have been greater than supplied.

The selection of ewes was limited but the quality produced some strong bidding from the various buyers. The combination of older and heavy wool ewes was of less demand, at this sale. The price ranged from $1.07 to $1.15 per pound. An exception was two 130-pound ewes that brought $1.23 per pound.

A 245-pound Suffolk-cross ram brought $220.50 ($0.90 per pound). A 175-pound Katahdincross ram, demonstrating the regal and gentle behaviour typical to them, brought $0.98 a pound.

There were no heavyweight lambs.

Market lambs garnered interest from the crowd, but that didn’t necessarily translate into interest from buyers. A group of eight 98-pound Cheviot-cross lambs brought $1.81 per pound. Two 108-pound Cheviot-cross lambs brought $1.68 per pound.

Majority of the feeder lambs brought a price range from $1.80 to $1.93 per pound, although a group of 12 92-pound lambs brought $1.77 per pound. A group of 10 85-pound Rideau-cross lambs brought $2.06 per pound.

The 70-plus-pound lambs of the lightweight classification maintained the strong bidding from the buyers. The price ranged from $1.90 to $2.075 per pound.

A group of five 74-pound lambs brought $1.79 per pound.

There appeared to be no price difference between the 60-pluspound wool and hair lambs. The price ranged from $1.85 to $1.92 per pound.

Ewes

$155.90 - $165.84 $115.50

Lambs (lbs.)

Q

$2.33

83 lbs.

$2.46

90 lbs.

$1.19

91 lbs.

n/a

$1.18

109 lbs.

95 - 110

$170.64 / $181.44

$2.10

135 lbs.

80 - 94

$168.35 - $175.63

$1.12

144 lbs.

$2.46

90 lbs.

$1.19

91 lbs.

$1.06

125 lbs.

$1.34

93 lbs.

$151.89 - $162.80

dairy

Under 80 70 - 78

$132.46 - $155.63

60 - 67

$111 - $177.30

$1.18

109 lbs.

50 - 56

$87 - $95.93

$1.12

130 lbs.

45

$63.90

$1.07

145 lbs.

new-crop Lambs (lbs.)

KIKO

BUCKS

83

$2.20

meat

$1.35

135 lbs.

73

$2.31

dairy

$1.43

145 lbs.

55 / 56

$2.30 / $2.40

$1.09

165 lbs.

KIKO

$2.20

90 lbs.

PYGMY

$1.925

95 lbs.

WETHER

$2.12

85 lbs.

$2.49

79 lbs.

$2.32

60 lbs.

$2.26 / $2.15

62 lbs.

$2.59

66 lbs.

$2.10

68 lbs.

DAIRY

$2.40

60 lbs.

KIKO

$2.40

60 lbs.

MEAT

$2.42

50 lbs.

$2.34

59 lbs.

$1.80

50 lbs.

$2.03

53 lbs.

$2.30

40 lbs.

$1.89

35 lbs.

Buyers had less interest in lighter-weight lambs. The 50-plus-pound lambs had a price range from $1.70 to $1.81 per pound, while 45-pound lambs brought $1.42 per pound.

The supply of the new-crop lambs appeared to be lower than past Easter seasons. The price ranged from $2.30 to $2.40 per pound for lambs ranging between 55 and 73 pounds. Two 83-pound lambs brought $2.20 per pound.

The Kiko-cross goats were more visible in presentation in the arena than other goats.

Younger goats brought the strongest bidding, including Kiko-cross goats, outpacing bids on older animals.

The goat doe class showed a strong trend in the bidding towards the younger and lowerweight does, with buyers paying particular attention to quality.

The selection of bucks was limited at this sale. A Kiko purebred goat buck brought the high bidding price — $2.20 per pound. A 95-pound Pygmycross goat buck brought $1.925 per pound.

The Easter sale was well supplied with various-weight goat kids and buyers had good bidding opportunities on a much larger goat kid supply when compared to the sales over the past few months. Even dairy goat kid prices competed or followed the meat goat kids.

Overall, goat kid prices ranged from $2.25 to $2.50 per pound for the entire class.

The Ontario Stockyard Report indicated all classification of sheep and goats sold at strong prices, although thin and lightweight lambs were not holding the compared prices.

The Quebec firm is in expansion mode but also seeking ‘efficiencies’

uebec dairy giant Saputo hopes to eventually cut about $7 million in annual costs by closing three dairy plants in Eastern Canada before the end of next year.

T h e Mo n t re a l c o m p a n y announced March 22 it will close the former Scotsburn milk plant at Sydney, N.S. in June, the Fromagerie Madame Chevre specialty cheese plant at Princeville, Que., in August this year and the former Clark Dairy milk plant in Ottawa in December 2017.

Linked to the three closures are plans for about $32 million in “new fixed assets” in other Saputo facilities over the course of the next two fiscal years, the company said.

The closures are expected to cost Saputo about $23 million after taxes, including in after-tax

animal weight

110+

Saputo to shut three dairy plants in East STAFF

meat

/ lb.

fixed assets writedown worth about $19 million, to be booked in the company’s fourth quarter for fiscal 2016.

Annual savings after taxes are expected to begin in fiscal 2017 and to rise to about $7 million per year starting in 2019.

The plant closures will affect about 230 employees in total, some of whom will be offered the possibility of moves to other Saputo plants, the company said.

Teamsters Canada, whose Local 647 is the union for about 100 Saputo staff in Ottawa, said March 22 the company has “justified the closure by calling the facilities outdated,” but the union noted recent “equipment improvements” were made at the site.

“The company needs to offer a much better severance package and respect the workers who help build up this company,”

Teamsters spokesman Martin Cerqua said in a separate release.

Saputo, which has been in acquisition mode in Canada, the U.S. and Australia in recent years, said March 22 it has also “maintained efforts to pursue additional efficiencies and decrease costs while strengthening its market presence.”

The former Clark Dairy plant in Ottawa came to Saputo in 2008 through the takeover of Weston Foods’ Neilson Dairy division, while the Sydney milk plant came through the takeover of Scotsburn Co-operative Services’ fluid milk business in 2014.

The Fromagerie Madame Chevre plant, a specialty plant for high-end surface-ripened cheeses, was built at Princeville, southeast of Trois-Rivieres, in 2005, and employs about 25 staff. It came to Saputo last fall through the takeover of Ontario goat cheese firm Woolwich Dairy.

KIDS - Under 80 MEAT

DAIRY

KIKO

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 31, 2016

LIVESTOCK AUCTION RESULTS Weight Category

Ashern

Feeder Steers No. on offer

Gladstone

Grunthal

Heartland

Heartland

Brandon

Virden

Killarney

22-Mar

22-Mar

23-Mar

21-Mar

573*

581

2,528*

778*

Ste. Rose

Winnipeg

Over 1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

900-1,000

n/a

170.00-182.50

n/a

n/a

177.00-187.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

800-900

n/a

190.00-193.30

170.00-188.50

n/a

187.00-202.00

180.00-192.00

n/a

n/a

700-800

n/a

190.00-211.00

180.00-220.00

n/a

198.00-214.00

195.00-217.50

n/a

n/a

600-700

n/a

200.00-231.25

215.00-246.00

n/a

220.00-239.00

215.00-236.00

n/a

n/a

500-600

n/a

220.00-252.00

235.00-280.00

n/a

230.00-255.00

235.00-261.50

n/a

n/a

400-500

n/a

230.00-259.00

260.00-295.00

n/a

245.00-276.00

260.00-285.00

n/a

n/a

300-400

n/a

240.00-265.00

275.00-325.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

900-1,000 lbs.

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

163.00-175.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

800-900

n/a

160.00-175.00

145.00-164.00

n/a

171.00-184.00

170.00-184.00

n/a

n/a

700-800

n/a

170.00-186.00

160.00-180.00

n/a

178.00-189.00

175.00-193.00

n/a

n/a

600-700

n/a

180.00-200.00

180.00-218.00

n/a

185.00-203.00

190.00-205.00

n/a

n/a

500-600

n/a

190.00-214.00

210.00-240.00

n/a

195.00-208.00

195.00-214.00

n/a

n/a

400-500

n/a

210.00-234.00

225.00-250.00

n/a

215.00-238.00

205.00-235.00

n/a

n/a

300-400

n/a

218.00-238.00

240.00-270.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Feeder heifers

Slaughter Market No. on offer D1-D2 Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

93.00-100.00

87.00-96.50

n/a

n/a

D3-D5 Cows

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

87.00-93.00

n/a

n/a

n/a

Age Verified

n/a

n/a

75.00-92.00

n/a

94.00-102.75

n/a

n/a

n/a

Good Bulls

n/a

n/a

118.00-126.00

n/a

124.00-135.25

120.00-134.00

n/a

n/a

Butcher Steers

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

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Feed barley due for spring rally Many parts of Alberta remain on the dry side heading toward seeding

BY PHIL FRANZ-WARKENTIN CNS Canada

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eed barley in Western Canada usually sees a spring rally at this time of year, although the uptrend

this year will be limited by large supplies still overhanging the market.

Feed grains had trended lower through late February and into early March, with feed wheat leading to the downside.

Losses in feed wheat spilled over to weigh on barley, but “now it’s feeling as if the market has found some support and is starting to make a tur n,” said Kyle Sinclair of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta.

Barley was undervalued compared to feed wheat, he said, with tight feed wheat supplies causing some end-users to shift their rations out of feed wheat and into more barley.

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“While I think you’ll see a rally, it could be short lived.”

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(feed) market,” said Sinclair, pointing to spring road bans, soft yard conditions and the slowdown in farmer selling as producers shift their focus to seeding. From a coverage standpoint, demand is solid, even for April.

However, he added, the one caution this year is in the amount of unpriced barley being held on farm.

“While I think you’ll see a rally, it could be short lived,” said Sinclair, as producers were still holding on to large supplies that would probably be released at prices about 20 cents per bushel above current levels.

With many areas of Alberta still on the dry side heading into the growing season, he expected the longer-term direction for barley would depend on moisture conditions later in the growing season.

If moisture levels improve over the next three to four weeks, the spring rally may be the best prices for some time.

However, if the rain doesn’t come, growers may be able to sell some old-crop barley for higher prices during the summer weather market. Waiting for a weather rally is a gamble, and producers shouldn’t leave themselves 100 per cent exposed, Sinclair said.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 31, 2016

Major grocers pledge cage-free eggs by 2025 Animal welfare groups describe the decision as a ‘tipping point’ for the sector STAFF

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he grocery arm of the body for Canadian retailers has rolled out a 10-year plan to source the eggs its members sell from layer hens raised in “cage-free environments.”

The grocer members of the Retail Council of Canada (RCC), which include Loblaw, Sobeys/Safeway, Metro and Wal-Mart Canada, said March 18 they are “voluntarily committing to the objective of purchasing cage-free eggs by the end of 2025.”

However, David Wilkes, senior vice-president for government relations and the grocery division at RCC, said in a release that the grocers’ commitment is “made recognizing the restrictions created by Canada’s supply management system.”

The cage-free timeline, he said, thus “will have to be managed in the context of availability of supply within the domestic market.”

The RCC also noted the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) expects to release a new Canadian code of practice for layer hens later this year.

When released, NFACC’s layer hen code is expected to guide Canada’s egg sector on various aspects of farm management and welfare practices, by way of “recommendations and requirements for housing, care, transportation, processing and other animal husbandry practices,” the RCC said.

The RCC, Wilkes said, “remains firmly committed to the NFACC process and will work with other participants to not only advance our voluntary commitment to move to cagefree environments by the end of 2025, but also by ensuring suppliers adhere to the code’s recommendations.”

Egg Farmers of Canada (EFC) last month announced a transition plan to move all Canadian layer hens away from conventional battery cage-style housing into “enriched housing, free run, aviary or free range” by 2036 — “assuming the current market conditions prevail.”

Without mentioning the RCC announcement, the national egg producer group said in a statement March 18 it “look(s) forward to working with retailers to ensure high-quality Canadian eggs remain on grocery shelves everywhere, and we will continue to work with our supply chain to do so and to align our approaches as much as possible.”

EFC on March 18 also noted its members have long supported and taken part in the NFACC process and brought last month’s industry plan forward for the NFACC review of the egg industry code of practice.

“We believe a code that takes into account what the egg industry analyzed, developed and proposed to be realistic will be stronger, and a tremendous framework on which to make many other enhancements to our industry for years to come,” EFC said.

EFC also said it’s committed to research on hen housing systems as well as consumer preferences, and to make sure deci-

Canada’s biggest retail grocers say their plan to take their egg supplies cage free by 2025 “will have to be managed in the context of availability of supply.” photo: thinkstock

sions on industry practices are “evidence based.”

Doing so, the egg producer group said, “ensures choice and price stability to shoppers while protecting the entire sup-

ply chain from shortages or the production of eggs for which there is no market.”

‘Transformative’ EFC also reiterated March 18

that the various layer hen housing systems in use today “all have trade-offs across a host of sustainability factors including animal health and well-being, environment, food safety,

worker health and safety and food affordability.”

Various non-government animal welfare groups on March 18 hailed the RCC’s move, noting RCC grocer members account for 90 per cent of grocery store sales in Canada.

World Animal Protection Canada executive director Josey Kitson said in a separate release that the council’s decision “will have a transformative effect on the way that laying hens are housed in Canada.”

Nathan Runkle, president of the Canadian arm of Mercy for Animals, in another release, called RCC’s pledge “a watershed moment for farmed animals and caring consumers in Canada,” and said it marks a “tipping point” for the egg sector.

“Any food company that has not yet adopted a cage-free egg policy is simply out of step with consumer expectations and business trends.”

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

Main storm track stays to our south Issued: Monday, March 28, 2016 · Covering: March 30 – April 6, 2016 Daniel Bezte Weather Vane

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uring the last week or so we’ve seen one of the more active weather patterns so far this winter and early spring. For this forecast period it looks like the more active weather will be staying to our south. This will mean less precipitation, but cooler conditions.

This forecast period begins with a major storm system developing over Colorado and pushing into Minnesota on Wednesday. The weather models have been slowly trending southward with this system, so the likelihood of it having a major impact on our region is small. Extreme southern and eastern regions may see some light snow on Wednesday, with all regions seeing scattered flurries on Thursday as the system winds up over Ontario and cold air begins to move in behind it.

A rc t i c h i g h p re s s u re i s then forecast to slowly drop southeastward on Friday and Saturday, bringing plenty of sunshine along with cold temperatures. We can expect day-

time highs struggling to make it to the 0 C mark in spite of the strong spring sunshine.

Overnight lows will be cold, as the clear skies and arctic air allow temperatures to drop into the -15 C range. The good news is that this high looks like it will move off to the east fairly quickly, allowing milder air to work into our region by Sunday.

Temperatures by Monday should be back around average, with highs in the +6 C range and over night lows around the 0 C mark. Another Colorado low is forecast to develop and take a similar track to the last one during the middle of next week. We may see some showers or light snow develop Tuesday before the main system gets organized on Wednesday. As with any Colorado low, this system will need to be watched, but as usual, confidence this far out in the forecast is low.

Usual temperature range for this period: Highs, -1 to +11 C; lows, -12 to 0 C.

WEATHER MAP - WESTERN CANADA

1 Month (30 Days) Percent of Average Precipitation (Prairie Region) February 23, 2016 to March 23, 2016

< 40% 40 - 60% 60 - 85% 85 - 115% 115 - 150% 150 - 200% > 200% Extent of Agricultural Land Lakes and Rivers

Produced using near real-time data that has undergone initial quality control. The map may not be accurate for all regions due to data availability and data errors.

Copyright © 2016 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

Daniel Bezte is a teacher by profession with a BA (Hon.) in geography, specializing in climatology, from the U of W. He operates a computerized weather station near Birds Hill Park.

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

Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS). Data provided through partnership with Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and many Provincial agencies.

Created: 03/24/16 www.agr.gc.ca/drought

This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation compared to average that fell across the Prairies during the 30 days ending March 23.

It’s easy to see the southern Prairies were fairly dry during this period, with a large portion of this area seeing less than 60 per cent of average. In contrast, northern regions were fairly wet, with amounts in excess of 150 per cent.

The fourth-warmest extended winter The Brandon region’s lack of snow cover in March left it the warmest in the province

BY DANIEL BEZTE Co-operator contributor

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arch 2016 has come to an end and so has the extended winter of 2015-16 (November to March) — and both have come out as being warm, very warm. A quick crunch of the extended winter numbers has this winter coming in as the fourth warmest on record. The table shown here lists the top six warmest extended winters on record using Winnipeg’s temperatures records. I will take a look at Brandon’s values over the next week or so to see how they compare.

March was an interesting month from a weather — or rather, climatological — point of view. A warm winter with lighter-than-average snowfall saw a number of regions relatively snow free right from the start of the month. Areas with snow cover quickly saw it disappear as mild weather moved in dur ing the sec ond week of the month. This resulted in one of the earliest, if not the earliest, losses of the snowpack we’ve seen so far.

Cooler weather and a couple of storm systems brought a return of the snowpack — first to eastern regions on March 16-17, then western regions on

It makes sense that if the snow melts in April, the likelihood of seeing more snow is pretty low, but in March that likelihood is much, much higher.

March 24-25. What was interesting about these snowfalls was not that they were unusual; heck, March and early April are one the snowiest times of the year for us. What was unusual was the fact that people were genuinely upset that we “got snow.” It seems we’ve b e e n h a rd - w i re d t o believe that once the snowpack melts, spring is here, regardless of when the snow melts.

Typically in our region, the snowpack will melt in late March for western regions and during the first week of April in central and eastern areas.

So this year’s early-March loss of the snowpack meant we were a good month ahead of average. It makes sense that if the snow melts in April, the likelihood of seeing more snow is pretty low, but in March that likelihood is much, much higher. This is something we will have to wrap our heads around as our climate continues to become warmer.

N ow, o n t o t h e M a r c h weather numbers. All three of the main locations across agricultural Manitoba reported well-above-average tem peratures in March. Once again, the Brandon region was the warmest, thanks in part to very little snow cover all month. Brandon reported a mean monthly temperature of -1.0 C, a full 5 C above its long-term average. Both Winnipeg and Dauphin saw mean monthly temperatures in the -2 to -3 C range, about 3.5 C above their longterm averages. Precipitation was a little more variable, w i t h e a s t e r n re g i o n s s e e ing above-average amounts, southwestern regions below average, and north-central regions near average. The Winnipeg region and areas east received amounts 10 to 20 mm above average, thanks to mid-month rain followed by some relatively heavy snow.

The Dauphin region came in around average, with the

Table: Winnipeg’s warmest extended winters Year 1877-78

Average temperature (°C) -4.8

2011-12

-5.8

1999-2000

-6.9

2015-16

-7.0

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-8.1

2005-06

-8.3

Bra n d o n re g i o n re p o r t i n g around 50 per cent of average precipitation.

The big question is, now that we’ve seen seven consecutive months of well-above-average temperatures, will the warm weather continue into April?

Based on the four main longrange weather forecasts, the answer is no, but it’s not that bad.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac calls for near-average temperatures and precipitation in April. The Canadian Farmers’ Almanac also looks like it calls for near-average temperatures, with several mentions of “fair” conditions. Its precipitation forecast seems to lean toward wetter than average, as it mentions “unsettled” several times and points out there could be some severe thunderstor ms late in the

month. Over at Environment Canada it is also calling for near-average temperatures and precipitation in April, with slightly below-average temperatures hovering just to our north.

Finally, my forecast. After spinning my weather wheel, throwing the darts, checking the angles of the grass blades after the snowmelt, I have come up with a forecast of near-average temperatures and precipitation — a nice safe forecast, isn’t it? With El Niño starting to wind down and a fairly active pattern forecast to dominate our weather for the next couple of weeks, it’s looking like our string of well-above-average months might just come to an end.

Now, let’s watch as Mother Nature makes fun of all of these forecasts!

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 31, 2016

CROPS 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

New research raised red flag over buffer strips A University of Manitoba researcher says riparian buffer strips may not be the answer to preventing nutrient run-off Co-operator contributor

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ew research from the Univer­­ sity of Manitoba raises questions over the effec­ tiveness of buffer strips often used around cropland to filter out nutri­ ents before they reach waterways in run-off.

David Lobb, senior research chair for the Watershed Systems Research Program and a University of Manitoba soil science profes­ sor, says riparian buffer strips are “highly inefficient” when it comes to filtering nutrient run-off from agricultural land in the Prairies, and in fact might contribute to the problem.

Three years ago, Lobb and col­ leagues completed a study on water quality for Environment Canada under the Lake Winnipeg Stewardship Fund that examined the effectiveness of riparian buff­ ers on multiple sites. The report received little attention, and its recommendations have yet to turn into policy. This year, Minnesota passed a buffer strip requirement into law requiring “perennial vege­ tation buffers of up to 50 feet along rivers, streams, and ditches that will help filter out phosphorus, nitro­ gen, and sediment.”

Lobb says there are many ben­ efits to riparian buffer strips. They improve wildlife habitats, promote stream health, and offer a setback for additional farm safety near waterways.

But Lobb said there are too many unknowns to mandate buffer strips in policy.

“We don’t know the optimum width for corridors or habitats. We don’t know what the minimum should be. Many jurisdictions, including Manitoba, have pro­ moted buffers as a filter — that’s a problem. They aren’t. They’re so inefficient that it would be ridicu­ lous for a farmer to propose estab­ lishing a riparian buffer for the pur­ pose of protecting water quality,” Lobb said.

Lobb said in northern environ­

The state of Minnesota has made buffer zones mandatory as a way of protecting streams from nutrient run-off. But a Manitoba researcher says they may not be as effective as first believed. Photo: Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources.

ments, the heaviest run-off events occur in the spring with snowmelt, when soils and vegetation are fro­ zen and infiltration is extremely limited or non-existent. In this region, about 80 per cent of the run-off and nutrient losses occur in springtime.

“The vegetation is likely contrib­ uting nutrients to any run-off that’s occurring,” he said.

Secondly, when water runs off the land, it concentrates. “Water passing through the riparian buffer will pass through maybe one per cent of the area,” he said.

Lobb said vegetative filter strips were developed as an engineered technology in which run-off passes through the vegetated area dur­ ing the growing season as a sheet of water in a controlled manner, and the vegetation is harvested to remove the nutrients. “Now we’re looking at undulating land, where water runs through an unmanaged riparian area, and through only a very small percentage of that ripar­ ian buffer. Based on that fact alone, riparian buffers are highly, highly

inefficient, and more likely to cause a water quality problem than to solve one.”

To make them more effective, Lobb says buffer zones should be “shaped” and smoothed out to promote an evenly dispersed flow through more of the riparian areas and to detain run-off and retain sediments. And, they must be designed so the vegetation can be harvested and the accumulating nutrients can be removed.

“In low-lying areas where runoff occurs, producers should put in a broad grassed waterway and harvest the grass. This means that you put vegetation where the flow is occurring and then harvest that vegetation,” he said.

If vegetation isn’t removed, it matures and dies, which releases nutrients into the run-off and waterways. “There’s a problem with a strict naturalist approach to managing riparian areas. If we don’t manage the riparian areas, they will not be effective as buffers.”

Sandi Riemersma, an envi­ ronmental biologist with Palliser

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“A riparian buffer strip is a good tool to reduce sediment transport and often can reduce particulate phosphorus mobility,” she says.

“But buffers are not effective in winter and early spring when veg­ etation is dormant, soils are fro­ zen and microbial activity is low or absent,” she says.

Riemersma emphasizes nutri­ ent application management as an essential aspect of protecting waterways from nutrient run-off. In addition, she says permanent cover should be maintained near water­ ways, steep slopes and on erodible and saline soils. “Riparian buff­ ers help to maintain stable stream banks, thereby reducing soil ero­ sion and associated sediment and nutrient transport in waterways,” she says.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 31, 2016

Scientific paper questions safety of glyphosate herbicides Scientists and regulators clash over assessment of glyphosate as a likely carcinogen

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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lyphosate is being used more often and in new ways, and that’s prompted a call for re-evaluating the product’s safety in the journal Environmental Health.

The peer-reviewed article, by 13 scientists and an environmental consultant, said the use of glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) has grown dramatically at the same time new concerns about its safety have come to the fore. In the paper, published online Feb. 17, the authors noted there have been recent discoveries about the toxicity and human health r isks of glyphosate products.

“O u r c o n c e r n d e e p e n e d w h e n t h e Wo r l d H e a l t h Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reclassified glyphosate as ‘probably carcinogenic to humans,’” they wrote.

T h e y n o t e d m u c h m o re glyphosate is applied and in higher concentrations than in the past because it’s sprayed on glyphosate-resistant crops and used pre-harvest to control weeds as well as to dry down crops. As a result, the paper says people are consuming more glyphosate in their food and water.

In 2014, 240 million pounds of glyphosate were applied worldwide — 100 times more than in the mid-1970s, soon after its 1974 introduction, they wrote.

The paper also said most glyphosate studies were done in the 1970s and 1980s and

didn’t include other mixes with surfactants or other herbicides that could add toxicity. “ Worldwide, GBHs often contaminate drinking water sources, precipitation and air, especially in agricultural regions,” the paper said. “The half-life of glyphosate in water and soil is longer than previously recognized. Glyphosate and its metabolites are widely present in the global soybean supply. Human exposures to GBHs are rising.”

It all adds up to regulatory estimates of tolerable daily intake for glyphosate in both the United States and European Union that are based on outdated science, the paper stated.

A number of scientists d i s p u t e t h e Wo r l d He a l t h Organization’s statement that glyphosate probably causes cancer, including members of the European Food Safety Authority.

In 2015 Canada’s Pest Manage­ ment Regulatory Agency concluded that the weight of evidence indicates glyphosate is “unlikely” to pose a risk for human cancer. The United States government has also declared glyphosate safe.

In 2 0 1 3 , Mo n s a n t o, t h e maker of Roundup, received approval from the U.S. E n v i r o n m e n t a l Pr o t e c t i o n Agency to boost the amount of glyphosate applied to Roundup Ready crops.

A Monsanto official wrote in a blog that this latest paper “significantly misrepresents” the safety of glyphosate-based herbicides. Daniel Goldstein, MD, Monsanto’s senior science fellow lead

“In evaluations spanning four decades, the overwhelming conclusion of experts worldwide has been that glyphosate, when used according to label directions, does not present an unreasonable risk of adverse effects to humans, wildlife or the environment.”

Daniel Goldstein

f o r Me d i c a l S c i e n c e s a n d O u t re a c h a l s o c h a l l e n g e d the credibility of some of the paper’s authors.

“In evaluations spanning four decades, the overwhelming conclusion of exper ts worldwide has been that glyphosate, when used according to label directions, does not present an unreasonable risk of adverse effects to humans, wildlife or the environment,” Goldstein wrote.

But the new paper cites recent studies that suggest

associations between exposures to GBHs and adverse health outcomes. These include “congenital malformations” in young pigs fed soybeans with GBH residues.

The authors also wrote there is evidence mounting that glyphosate damages rat liver and kidneys at exposure levels now considered safe; therefore they conclude the allowable daily intake for glyphosate in humans is too high.

The paper also claimed glyphosate binds strongly to

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Strengthening Canadian dollar facing tough climb

BY PHIL FRANZ-WARKENTIN Commodity News Service Canada

The Canadian dollar has shown considerable improvement relative to its U.S. counterpart since hitting multiyear lows in mid-January.

However, further strength may prove difficult as the currency has risen off of those lows at a quicker-thanexpected pace.

“This has been unexpectedly early strength, but not inconsistent with where we see (the Canadian dollar) going at the end of the year,” said Mark Chandler, head of fixed income and currency strategy at RBC Capital Markets.

The Canadian dollar was trading right around 75 U.S. cents on March 4, which was an improvement of roughly seven cents since the midJanuary lows.

From this point forward, “it will be a much tougher

c l i m b,” s a i d C h a n d l e r on the possibility of further gains in the Canadian dollar.

“Our year-end (target) was right about where we are right now,” said Chandler adding that “the big difference is that we didn’t think we were out of the woods with oil prices.”

A generally improved risk tone in the global economy over the past month, together with gains in crude oil off of its lows, has helped underpin the Canadian dollar, said Chandler. Betterthan-expected domestic economic news, including a rise in non-energy exports, was also supportive.

Overall, Chandler said a return to the January lows was unlikely, but some nearterm weakness was a possibility. “The U.S. will provide a hurdle going forward,” he said noting that good U.S. employment growth and the potential for the U.S. Federal Reserve to increase interest rates would support the U.S. dollar, at the relative expense of the Canadian currency.

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some soils and could pose a threat to soil health and soil microbes, harm fertility and even affect crop productivity.

Monsanto’s Goldstein dismissed the paper, calling it a source of unnecessary confusion and fear that failed to foster a science-based dialogue, adding the paper’s claim about endocrine disruption was erroneous.

“This fact was confirmed by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) just last year,” he wrote.

The Monsanto science and health advocate added some of the authors who contributed to the paper. Goldstein a l s o n o t e d s e v e ra l o f t h e paper’s authors had links to pro-environment organizations and researchers.

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The Manitoba Co-operator | March 31, 2016

Grains industry says residue issues aren’t going away Canadian grain producers need to be more vigilant than ever about what pesticides they apply, and how they apply them

BY ALLAN DAWSON Co-operator staff

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ike it or not, the safety of glyphosate is becoming a big issue for agriculture.

Consumers are beginning to have doubts, especially about residue levels, and that’s translating into questions from buyers, one industry insider told a March 24 meeting in Saskatoon.

Speaking at a meeting of the Prairie Grain Development Committee, John Peterson, Richardson International’s vice-president of wheat marketing and hedging said EU grain buyers were asking about glyphosate residues and mycotoxins on Canadian wheat during a new crop mission in November.

“These issues are becoming more and more relevant and more and more prevalent,” he said. “I can’t stress enough that this is going to be something we need to pay attention to.”

In an interview Peterson said Canadian grain does not exceed the allowable levels of glyphosate residue — a point backed

up by Randy Dennis, Canada’s chief grain inspector with the Canadian Grain Commission.

The commission monitors Canadian grain shipments for pesticide residues.

“The statements of assurance we issue satisfy most international markets that the MRLs (maximum residue levels) we are finding fall within the guidelines that have been set,” Dennis said.

That won’t necessarily quell consumer concerns however, especially as “asynchronous” approvals are fuelling more attention to the issue of residues generally, said another industry insider.

Cam Dahl, Cereals Canada’s president, said concern over pesticide residues appears to be growing.

“Residues in general... are receiving more and more attention around the world,” he said “We are hearing this in some other countries like the highvalue Asian markets.

Dahl noted the industry is taking the issue seriously, and his organization launched the ‘Keep it Clean’ initiative to help manage the issue, educate pro-

ducers and demonstrate to customers it was being taken seriously.

Part of the problem, according to Dahl, is being able to detect residues at such low levels. One part per trillion is equivalent to one second in 32,000 years, he said.

“It’s amazing what you can find, when you test to that level,” he said.

That’s why it’s important for farmers to check with grain buyers and their pesticide retailers before applying new products to their crops, Dahl said. CGC’s Randy Dennis echoed that point in his remarks.

“It’s important for producers to be applying the product based on the manufacturer’s guidelines,” he said.

Last month, a Ger man environmental group said it found traces of glyphosate in Germany’s 14 most popular beers, a potential blow to the country’s reputation for “pure” brewing. Industry and government immediately played down the report from the Munich Environmental Institute.

The Brauer-Bund beer association said the findings, which

were based on a small number of samples, were not credible.

Germany’s Federal Institute for Risk Assessment said the levels did not pose a risk to consumer health.

“An adult would have to drink around 1,000 litres of beer a day to ingest enough quantities to be harmful for health,” it said in a statement.

Canadian maltsters have told growers not to apply glyphosate to malt barley crops prior to harvest because residues can hurt germination, which is key to the malting process. They’ve also said the move will avoid residues in beer.

Some EU members appear to be having second thoughts about glyphosate. The pro­ cess to renew glyphosate’s EU licence for another 15 years was expected to be rubber-stamped at a meeting earlier this month in Brussels, but Italy, France, Sweden and the Netherlands blocked it.

The European commission might propose to cut the licence’s length, or create a list of “co-formulants” whose use can be limited or banned.

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European buyers of Canadian grain are asking about glyphosate and other pesticide residues, as well as mycotoxins, John Peterson, Richardson International’s assistant vice-president of wheat marketing and hedging, told a meeting in Saskatoon last month.

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Univar buys fertilizer distributor Nexus Ag The U.S. chemical distributor will look at ‘opportunities for integration’ Staff

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.S. chemical distribution giant Univar has bought its way further into the Prairie crop input business by taking over Sa s k a t o o n - b a s e d f e r t i l i ze r wholesaler Nexus Ag. Nexus Ag, in business on the Prairies since 1997, deals in various North American companies’ specialty fertilizers, potash, phosphates, liquid and soluble nutrients and micronutrients such as copper, zinc and boron, and markets its own blends under brands such as Nexus and YieldMax. Illinois-based Univar, when asked March 22, wouldn’t disclose the financial terms of the deal, which also gives it Nexus’s six regional warehouse l o c a t i o n s a c r o s s We s t e r n Canada.

Adding the Nexus Ag a s s e t s t o Un i v a r’s o p e r a tions “enhances our existing macronutrient and crop protection inputs by adding a proprietary line of micronutr ients, macronutr ients, a n d s p e c i a l t y f e r t i l i z e r s ,” Mike Hildebrand, president of Univar Canada for agriculture and environmental sciences, said in a release.

The deal further expands the cross-Canada footprint for Univar, whose Canadian agriculture operations are based

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Future Transfer and BlueStar Distribution, along with Nexus Ag and Univar’s Fort Storage arm, put Univar’s Canadian fertilizer assets at 16 facilities in four provinces with over 1.2 million square feet of warehouse space — the most in the sector in Canada, the company said. “ This, together with our leading distribution and services network in the region, further strengthens Univar Agriculture’s ability to provide customers in Canada with a complete product and service offering that covers the entire growing cycle from start to finish,” Hildebrand said.

With the Nexus Ag deal complete, Univar staff will now work on “determining the best opportunities for the integration of the two companies,” a spokesperson said by email Tuesday.

“All areas of operations” will be represented in the integration plan, including the combined warehouse footprint of both Univar and Nexus, the company said.

Meanwhile, the company said, “our first priority remains on servicing our customers through our existing channels in preparation for the upcoming growing season.”

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Canada clears Simplot’s bruise-resistant GM potato The potato line is also modified to yield lower levels of acrylamide when cooked STAFF

“We need to use these technologies to help feed the world in a better way with less waste and less risk of carcinogenic effects.”

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otatoes modified for reduced bruising and black spots, and for lower levels of a chemical linked to health risks in baked spuds or fries, have picked up federal approvals.

The plant science arm of U.S. potato giant J.R. Simplot announced March 21 its firstgeneration Innate Gen. 1 potato varieties have passed food and feed safety assessments by Health Canada and the Canadian Fo o d I n s p e c t i o n A g e n c y respectively.

The company said the approvals will allow it to bring Innate potatoes to the Canadian marketplace starting this year.

Innate Gen. 1 potatoes got regulatory approvals in the U.S. last year and are already sold in the

ronment compared to other current potato varieties, the company said.

According to its notice of submission to CFIA, the Innate Gen. 1 varieties were modified with genetic elements from other potato varieties, with no marker genes inserted.

Simplot’s submission covered the use of the genetic construct in russet Burbank, Ranger russet and Atlantic potatoes, to reduce black spot and lower the potential for acrylamide formation in processing.

The construct lowers the expression of native potato genes that produce asparagine and convert starch to reducing sugars.

Peter VanderZaag Ontario potato grower

Simplot’s Innate potatoes show lower levels of free asparagine and reducing sugars, cutting the potential for acrylamide to form when potatoes are fried, baked or broiled. photo: thinkstock

U.S. fresh potato market under ance to late blight and “enhanced cold storage capability,” were the White Russet brand. also granted food safety approval Second-generation Innate B:8.125” potatoes, which include the from the U.S. Food and Drug T:8.125” Administration (FDA) in January. same traits but also show resist-

Health Canada, in its assessment, had no objection to sale of food made from Innate Gen. 1 potatoes, Simplot said.

The Canadian Food Inspect­ ion Agency (CFIA), meanwhile, declared Innate potatoes as safe and as nutritious as traditional varieties in livestock feed, with no increased risk to the envi-

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Combined, the lower levels of free asparagine and reducing sugars are meant to limit potential for acrylamide to form when potatoes are cooked at high temperatures, such as in frying, baking or broiling.

Based on studies in rats, acrylamide is listed by the U.S. National Toxicology Program and the International Agency for Research on Cancer as a probable human carcinogen, although other studies show differences between humans and rats in how quickly acrylamide is absorbed.

The gene construct also limits polyphenol oxidase, which leaks from damaged plastids in bruised or cut potatoes and causes the darkening that results in black spot.

Simplot said its research shows the bruise reduction trait can reduce bruising by up to 44 per cent and limit black spots and browning.

By re d u c i n g a s p a ra g i n e, Simplot added, acrylamide can be reduced by 52-69 per cent when Innate potatoes are cooked at high temperatures.

If all fresh russet potatoes in Canada had Innate Gen. 1 traits, Simplot said, researchers estimate potato waste could be reduced by 400 million kilograms at the field, storage, packing, retail and food-service levels.

Studies also suggested carbon dioxide emissions could be cut by 30 million kg, water usage cut by 5.6 billion litres, and 15,000 fewer pesticide hectareapplications would be needed, the company said.

“Innate potatoes reduce waste, enabling growers to be more efficient while giving consumers the opportunity to use more of what they pay for,” Simplot plant sciences general manager Haven Baker said in the March 21 release.

In an article last March in Grainews following U.S. approval for first-generation Innate potatoes, Ontario potato producer Peter VanderZaag said the approval was a step forward, “adding up to how we’re going to feed a growing global population.

“This is the reality: we need to use these technologies to help feed the world in a better way with less waste and less risk of carcinogenic effects.”

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General Mills to label GMOs in products The company’s initiative won’t yet include Canadian product lines

BY LISA BAERTLEIN Reuters

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eneral Mills on March 18 said it would begin putting labels on its products that contain genetically engineered ingredients, a move that comes days after U.S. senators failed to advance legislation aimed at blocking Vermont from requiring such labels on July 1.

U.S. consumers are calling for greater transparency around food production and sourcing, and many want mandatory labels on foods that contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

The decision from the seller of Cheerios cereal and Nature Valley granola bars comes after high-profile companies such as Whole Foods Market, Chipotle Mexican Grill and Campbell

“We can’t label our products for only one state without significantly driving up costs for our consumers and we simply will not do that.”

General Mills

labels will include “words legislated by the state of Vermont,” to confirm whether a given product has GMO ingredients. The company also added a search tool on its U.S. website allowing consumers to find that information for each of its products.

Asked whether the labelling initiative will also extend to the company’s Canadian product lines, a company representative said Friday by email there is “different packaging for Canada.”

The U.S. food industry has spent millions of dollars fight-

Soup have bowed to consumer pressure by requiring GMO labels or abandoning the use of GMOs. “Vermont state law requires us to start labelling certain grocery store food packages that contain GMO ingredients or face significant fines,” General Mills said on its company blog.

“We can’t label our products for only one state without significantly driving up costs for our consumers and we simply will not do that,” the company added.

Thus, the company said, its

ing mandatory GMO labelling efforts on the state and federal level. On March 16, a federal bill that would have nullified mandatory state and local GMO labelling laws failed to garner enough support to move forward.

That bill also would allow food makers to decide whether to tell consumers about GMO ingredients in their products.

Minneapolis-based General Mills also announced the previous week it would “accelerate” its previous plans to expand the organic acreage from which it sources ingredients. Its timeline now calls for 250,000 acres by 2019.

The company already bills itself as being among the top five organic ingredient buyers in North America’s packaged-food sector, as well as its second-largest buyer of organic fruits and vegetables.

Minneapolis-based General Mills is set to meet Vermont’s GMO label law by labelling its Cheerios and all its other U.S. products for GMO ingredients. photo: thinkstock

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Diesel prices seen staying lower

BY DAVE SIMS CNS Canada

Diesel prices in Canada are expected to stay relatively cheap this spring despite some recent strength in the crude oil market.

In a normal cycle, diesel prices would usually be on the move right now, but they have been mired at their current level for the last few months, according to Tom Kloza of the Oil Price Information Service’s office in New Jersey.

“The most common Canadian price has been stuck for a while; it was stuck in the summer at a price that was too high.

Now, across Canada we’ve got average prices of 91.6 cents (a litre),” he noted.

That’s roughly 10 cents cheaper than at the same point six months ago and 28 cents lower than a year ago, he said.

While crude oil has posted significant gains in the past month, creeping above US$40 per barrel, Kloza said there is resistance just above that level.

“At US$45 (per barrel) is the level at which shale gas wells can get restarted. So it’s a quagmire… and it’s going to have a tough time rallying through North America and indeed the world,” he said.

Subsequently, the pricing forecast going forward is “flat” and Kloza expects diesel to remain relatively cheap through the year.

“So they should be higher on Dec. 1 than March 22, but I don’t think you’re looking at a massive revaluation,” said Kloza.

However, if a significant “event” happened in an oilproducing nation, natural disaster or otherwise, that could change the scenario.

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France moves toward total ban on neonics The planned ban would come into effect in September 2018 Paris/Reuters

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rench lawmakers approved plans for a total ban on some widely used pesticides blamed for harming bees, going beyond European Union restrictions in a fierce debate that has pitched farmers and chemical firms against beekeepers and green groups.

The EU limited the use of neonicotinoid chemicals, produced by companies including Bayer CropScience and Syngenta, two years ago after research pointed to risks for bees, which play a crucial role pollinating crops.

Crop chemical makers say the research blaming neonicotinoid pesticides is not backed up by field evidence and a global plunge in bee numbers in recent years is

a complex phenomenon due to multiple factors.

“Research and development Farmer groups, meanwhile, say no viable of substitute products has alternatives exist and a full ban would put France at a disadvantage to other cropto accelerate.” producing countries in the EU. The outright ban on neonicotinoid pesSegolene Royal ticides was adopted by a narrow majorenvironment minister, France ity late on March 17 by France’s National Assembly, as part of a draft bill on biodiversity that also contains an additional tax Assembly expected in the middle of the year. on palm oil.

The full ban was backed by France’s The measure, however, would not come into effect until Sept. 1, 2018, later than the environment minister, who is also in January 2017 deadline previously proposed favour of phasing out glyphosate herbicide in an EU review that has split member by some lawmakers.

The proposed neonicotinoid ban still countries.

“This decision will prepare us for the needs to be passed before the French Senate, which rejected it in a previous future and protect bees and the role they T:10.25” play,” Segolene Royal said in a statement reading, before a final vote in the National

March 18. “Research and development of substitute products has to accelerate.”

Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll, who had warned a unilateral French move on neonicotinoids could hurt farmers in the EU’s biggest crop-producing country, said he welcomed the deferred 2018 deadline.

Le Foll has been piloting a wider French plan to halve pesticide use. But he put back by seven years the initial target for reaching that goal in the face of rising farm chemical use, partly due to weather patterns such as a wet summer two years ago that increased crop disease.

Bayer said the parliamentary vote was a setback for farmers. “Some farmers are going to find themselves in a dead end regarding crop protection… and could see their harvests fall by 15 to 40 per cent depending on the crop.”

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Retired farmers sell Easter centrepieces to fight hunger Barley seeds offer a fresh, green look for holiday centrepieces

BY AMANDA THORSTEINSSON CFGB release

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hen Henry and Hilda Schulz of Sanford were still farming, one of the crops they grew was barley.

W h e n f r i e n d s a t t h e i r c h u rc h learned this, they asked them for barley seed to make Easter centrepieces — a way to bring a little spring and new life into their homes.

“Barley grows fast, and it looks like grass,” says Hilda. “You plant it, moisten it, cover it with plastic and the barley emerges after a few days. In about 10 days it is the right height. Placing coloured eggs in the grass makes it a lovely table centrepiece.”

She initially gave the barley away.

But since Henry was involved in a Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) growing project in nearby Domain, she realized it might make an excellent fundraiser for CFGB.

At first, she thought it would be only a small fundraiser, selling onehalf cup of barley seed for $1.

“I thought that maybe I’d get $100,” says Hilda.

Instead, she got over $900 that first year.

“It blew me away,” she says, citing the generosity of her fellow church members at Sargent Mennonite Church in Winnipeg. Besides buying the barley, people donated additional funds to CFGB. That was 19 years ago; she’s been selling barley for Easter centrepieces ever since.

These days, Henry and Hilda don’t farm anymore. Instead, they get the barley from a seed plant, sell it and donate the proceeds to CFGB. 2015 was their most successful year, raising $2,372.

B u t t h a t ’s n o t a l l t h e y d o .

Throughout the year, Hilda gets flax from a local seed-cleaning plant, and sells it at $10 for an ice-cream pail — a bargain compared to the price in many grocery stores. The

proceeds are then donated to the CFGB. “A lot of people are on a flax health craze,” she says, adding that the plant often donates the flax. “They use it for baking, cooking, or whatever else they want.”

For Hilda and Henry, supporting the work of ending global hunger is a way of responding to God’s call set out in the Bible.

“Christ calls us to feed the hungry and clothe the poor,” she says. “We all have to do what we can and this is our small part.”

That call is also a very personal one for Hilda.

“My parents left on the last train out of Russia in 1929,” she says, adding that they eventually made their way to Manitoba.

“But my maternal grandparents were not so fortunate. They were not able to leave Russia. They were evicted from their village and had a very hard life after that. Some of my uncles were exiled to Siberia, where they died, likely of starvation.”

They like going to the CFGB’s annual fall meetings in Manitoba, where supporters gather to reflect on the past growing season and hear about the work that has been accomplished.

“I have a passion for the people who are helped,” says Hilda.

For them, CFGB is “the best and most efficient organization that works to end hunger around the world. It is God at work through committed followers of Jesus.”

Overall, she says her involvement with the CFGB is “a way of saying ‘thank you’ that I have food in my cupboards.”

“My pantry is full and my freezers are overflowing. I can’t imagine myself or my family in those situations.”

“When it comes to raising money to help end hunger we are only limited by our imagination,” says Harold Penner, CFGB regional coordinator in Manitoba. “Hilda and He n r y d re a m e d u p a p l a n t h a t worked for them, and hopefully it will inspire others.”

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Saudi Arabia has enough wheat to last over six months

BY KATIE PAUL Riyadh/Reuters

Saudi Arabia has 1.8 million tonnes of wheat reserves, up from 1.6 million tonnes this time last year, enough to last more than six months, the director general of the kingdom’s main wheatbuying agency said Feb. 23.

Saudi Arabia has become a major importer of hard and soft wheat since abandoning plans for self-sufficiency in wheat in 2008, as farming in the desert drained scarce water supplies. It has halted purchases of locally grown wheat this year.

Ahmed al-Fares also said he expects Saudi Arabia to complete the privatization of its flour mills by the first quarter of 2017, although the Ministry of Finance’s Public Investment Fund determines the final time frame.

Saudi Grains Organiza­ tion (SAGO) and the Public Investment Fund are studying how to establish four joint-stock companies to operate the flour mills, as approved by the Saudi cabinet in November. The privatized entities will be open to both national and foreign investment.

SAGO, previously called the General Silos and Flour Mills Organization (GSFMO), said in October that it expected to import 3.5 million tonnes of wheat in 2016.

Fares said Saudi Arabia has not been in the wheat mar­k et so far in 2016 because it has enough reser ves, but said he expects to go back to the market soon.

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Organic industry begins to digest new standards

The new Canadian Organic Standards document is part of a regular review process that occurs every five years

BY JENNIFER PAIGE Co-operator staff/Brandon

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ore than 400 r ule changes are on the horizon for Canadian organic growers.

The national standards have changed, part of a regular ongoing review process to ensure relevance, and existing certified organic producers have this season to adapt before the rules come into effect this fall, and are the basis of 2017 organic inspections next summer. The new regulations will be in effect for five years, until the next review in 2020.

“Producers will have this summer to stay compliant with the old Canadian Organic Standards (COS) and will need to work with their certifying bodies to identify any changes that will be required on their farms before next year,” said Nicole Boudreau, co-ordinator with the Organic Federation of Canada.

After a two-year review process, the new COS contains more than 400 changes ranging from additional criteria to rewritten sections and clarifications.

Certified operators have a year to come into compliance with the revised standards, which were released on November 25, 2015.

Boudreau says a few of the new standards have been provoking a lot of discussion, in particular, the new measure that has been introduced to further protect the organic crop sector from GE crop contamination. Canada is the fifth-largest producer of GMO crops, making for contamination concerns for the organic industry, Boudreau said.

“If producers are growing crops

“Producers will have this summer to stay compliant with the old Canadian Organic Standards (COS) and will need to work with their certifying bodies to identify any changes that will be required.”

NEW AND NOTABLE REVISIONS TO THE CANADIAN ORGANIC STANDARDS FOR CROP AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION* CAN/CGSB-32.310 ORGANIC PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND MANAGEMENT STANDARDS INTRODUCTION

PROHIBITIONS 1.4 b Nanotechnology: exceptions better defined.

Organic principles updated.

5.5.2.6 Animals/Manure in cropping fields: Manage livestock so as to protect against human pathogen contamination of crops.

Maple Production 7.2.11.3 New and replacement stainless steel storage tanks: tin-lead soldered joints prohibited.

7.2.13.2 Reverse osmosis units: Cleaning requirements defined.

Greenhouse Production 7.5 Containerized greenhouse production: soil media volume /content defined.

6.1.3 a ii Feed: Spring/summer grazed forage must rise above 30%.

5.7 Irrigation: Precaution required to prevent contamination of land and organic products with prohibited substances.

6.1.6 Production activity must promote animal welfare.

Related plans and necessary corrective actions must be demonstrated and documented.

Mushroom Production 7.3.2.1-7.3.2.3 Production substrates defined.

6.2.4 Breeding: Clarity added regarding adding non-organic animals.

7.4 “Sprout Production” title changed to: “Sprouts, shoots and micro-greens production;” covers all crops harvested within 30 days of imbibition.

6.3.3 Herbivores: Clarity added regarding the use of transitional pasture and feed.

The new Canadian Organic Standards (COS) will give certified growers a clearer picture of what they can and cannot use on their fields.

The new document is accompanied with a revised substance list that includes a new annex in order to be more user friendly, said Nicole Boudreau, co-ordinator with the Organic Federation of Canada.

Within the review process, Boudreau says substances are not just looked at for the finished product, but also for the process of how the substance comes about.

“The big thing when it comes to substances is the synthetic matter,” she said. “They do not want synthetic substances in the soil. Moreover, they have looked at the process of these substances. Many times when you have minerals, you have extraction processes that are not complying.”

New additions permitted to crop production substances include

6.4.3 g Extraordinary weather events exception permits increased grain ration.

8.1.5 Grain bulk storage: Requirements to prevent commingling added.

6.7.4 Cleaning substances suitable for livestock facilities outlined.

6.11-6.15 Living conditions: Additional requirements provided for livestock (see related article, page 19).

Organic Federation of Canada

where there is a GE version, like corn, soy, or canola, they are required to have a plan and show it to their inspector how they will avoid contamination,” she said.

Mitigation measures may include using physical barriers, border rows, strategic testing or delayed planting, unless there are proper isolation distances.

“This point is having a huge impact on the sector. There has always been the requirement of an eight-metre buffer zone, but what has changed is the isolation distances for the at-risk crops,” said Boudreau.

The COS does not require, but recommends isolation distances for soybeans of 10 metres, 3,000 metres for corn or alfalfa and three kilometres for apples.

“If you are growing corn within 300 metres of a GE cornfield, you will be required to show how you will prevent contamination,” said Boudreau. Embedded within the regulations, there are a number of ‘notes’ that are guidelines not rules, which point the growers

6.12. Dairy barns: Electric trainer use limited. Existing tie-stalls allowed, if winter exercise rules are met.

Farms that cannot comply have a year to present new construction plans (see page 28).

Revised listings • Zinc and Iron – sulphuric acid sources permitted • Potassium sulphate: ion exchange is acceptable • Minerals re-organized • Fish products: New pH adjustment allowed •

TABLE 4.3 Crop Production Aids and Materials New listings • Chitin • Salt for mushroom production • Clove oil for controlling sprouting in potatoes • Minerals from seawater • Acetic acid (as an herbicide)

Compost feedstocks Testing limited to persistent compost contaminants; source-separated yard debris (grass clippings and leaves) and paper yard waste bags allowed.

Manure used as a feedstock is no longer exempt from testing requirements.

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Moved to Clause 9 and rewritten to improve clarity.

32.310 Annex A helpfully summarizes clause 9 in a single table.

Poultry (see p. 25) 6.13.1 b Layer flock size limited to 10,000 birds.

6.13.1 c Outdoor runs must be used as outlined; protection from predators shall be provided.

6.13.1 h Meat birds: ages defined for required access to the outdoors.

6.13.2 Pullets must be trained to go outdoors and to be used to daylight.

6.13.5 Popholes: Number, size and location defined.

6.13.8 Natural lighting requirements elaborated.

6.13.9 Poultry densities (indoors/outdoor runs) defined.

6.13.10 Multi-level aviaries: Space restrictions defined.

6.13.11 Pasture based operations with mobile units: stocking density and movement of pens defined.

6.14 Rabbits: Requirements added.

6.15 Pig farrowing crates prohibited. Specifics added regarding restraint.

Bees 7.1.9 Queens and replacement colonies should be from organic sources.

7.1.10 Hive location and buffer zones: specifics added regarding limiting exposure to prohibited substances.

PERMITTED SUBSTANCES LISTS FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION – CAN/CGSB-32.311 5.1.2 GE prohibitions spelled out for substances sourced using substrates and growth media.

Revised listings • Biodegradable mulches: must be 100% bio-based.

Temporary exemption lets operators use up existing inventory of non-compliant mulches without end-of-season lifting (see p. 8).

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TABLE 5.2 Feed, Feed Additives and Feed Supplements New/revised listings include: • Enzymes • Hay or silage preservation products • Molasses – must be organic • Probiotics

PERMITTED SUBSTANCES LISTS – CAN/CGSB-32.311

NEW Annex A provides a complete, alphabetized PSL

* This summary is not an official part of the Canada Organic Regime; users of this document bear ultimate responsibility for their own decisions on their operations.

TABLE 5.3 Health Care Products and Production Aids New/revised listings include: • Non-synthetic acids for drinking water treatments • Formulants (inerts, excipients) can be used with Table 5.3 substances • Micro-organisms and yeasts • Paraffin: food grade, for use in hives • Physical teat seals: for post-lactation use • Prebiotics, Probiotics • Sodium hydroxide for use in dehorning paste • Sedatives such as xylazine permitted • Rotenone deleted

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6.4.3 Young mammals/newborns: Specific requirements provided.

7.5.3 Hydroponics remains prohibited, to be reviewed in 2020.

4.1.3 GE prohibitions spelled out for substances sourced using substrates and growth media.

TABLE 4.2 Soil Amendments and Crop Nutrition New listings • Biochar • Anaerobic Digestate • Meat meal

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(Clause 8) Product preparation/ Facility management requirements: Crops (5.8/5.9), Livestock (6.9./6.10) and Specialty Crops (7) cite clause 8.

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“In dairy production substances, there has been the addition of physical teat seals to help prevent the use of antibiotics,” said Boudreau.

She explains that teat seals are small devices that can be inserted into the teat orifice after milking to prevent anything entering the orifice and infecting the cow.

“Physical teat seals are something you can only use with the help of your veterinarian. But they are a new tool to help producers reduce infection and the need for antibiotics.”

Non-synthetic acids for drinking water treatments are the only other new substances for livestock. The majority of the other revisions in this section involves amendment to wording for better clarity.

The approved substance list can be found here: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/ ongc-cgsb/programme-program/ normes-standards/internet/bio-org/ lsp-psl-eng.html.

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towards industry best practices, Boudreau said.

She explains that these have been put in place to allow for some flexibility in applying the requirements.

John Finnie, director of the Organic Producers Association of Manitoba (OPAM), raised concerns about leaving these areas of flexibility during a discussion on the new standards at the organization’s recent annual general meeting.

“My concern with them leaving those grey areas is that, how do you put all organic producers on a level playing field? In some ways it would be nice if the standards could be a little more black and white. So you know for certain what you can and cannot do and the same rules apply to everyone,” said Finnie.

Melanie Rivard, certification co-ordinator with OPAM echoed Boudreau’s point that in many cases the grey areas are left purposely to allow for easier adoption on the farm.

“They know that some of these requirements are limited by access and they aren’t going to work all of the time. They are attempting to translate some of these requirements to actual farming,” said Rivard.

“Writing something that will be put into practice is always tricky,” said Boudreau. “You do your best to outline these details on paper

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but of course there will be areas that need to be revised to be more practical. We always have to be looking at what kind of impact these changes will have on the industry and producers.”

Significant revisions The new measures include systems to better protect the integrity of organic products and prevent commingling of organic and non-organic crops in storage. The requirement covers when at-risk crops are being moved between bins for grain drying or lot mixing, said Boudreau.

“Temporary signage needs to visibly identify the load in transit as organic, as well as when crops are held in bulk bins for drying or roasting,” said Boudreau.

Shoots and microgreens are now classified with sprouts and require the use of organic seeds.

“This is a big change because before, shoots and microgreens were under the greenhouse section. Now, they have been brought into the sprout section and an organic seeds requirement has been imposed. This may put a little bit of pressure on the industry,” said Boudreau.

Changes within organic livestock production will mainly impact the poultry and dairy sectors.

“The major changes in livestock generally pertain to poultry and dairy. There is a big effort for poultry to have access to the outdoors.

There are new requirements on

the natural light levels, a limit of 10,000 birds for layer flocks, and they have made a requirement of a certain amount of popholes.”

Dairy producers have been told to eliminate tie stalls.

“In dairy barns tie stalls will need to be eliminated and there was also quite a bit of discussion on the use of electric trainers,” Boudreau said. “They are currently still allowed but the plan is to do away with them at the next COS review.”

Both poultry and dairy producers have an extended timeline to comply with the standards, three years for poultry and five years for dairy.

“Chicken and dairy producers have this extended time frame because many of them will need to make major investments and infrastructure installations,” said Boudreau.

In terms of livestock feed, the standards have been clarified for the use of inputs grown on GE substrates.

The standards now state that if there is no substrate residue in the final input to be used, the input grown on the GE substrate will be allowed if this is the only source that is commercially available.

The new Canadian Organic Standards can be found at: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/ ongc-cgsb/programme-program/ normes-standards/internet/bioorg/pgng-gpms-eng.html. jennifer.paige@fbcpublishing.com

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Louis Dreyfus sees profits fall, seeks partners China’s commodity destocking and overseas acquisitions are among key trends

BY GUS TROMPIZ Paris/Reuters

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ouis Dreyfus is seeking partners for some of its businesses to help the commodity trading group to weather a market downturn that hit full-year profits.

Lower prices, plentiful supply and faltering economic growth in emerging economies have put pressure on commodity traders such as Louis Dreyfus that collect, export and process crops.

L o u i s D r e y f u s ’s n e t income dropped 67 per cent to $211 million last year from $648 million in 2014, while net sales fell to $55.7 billion from $64.7 billion, the company said on March 21 (all figures US$).

“We will still see abundant supplies (this year),” CEO Gonzalo Ramirez Ma r t i a re n a t o l d re p o r t ers in Paris. “If you don’t lose one or two crops in the world you won’t see volatility.”

Louis Dreyfus, along with Archer Daniels Midland, Bunge and Cargill, is one of the big four companies that dominate agricultural commodity trading.

Controlled by billionaire Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, the group reined in capital investments last year to $420 million from $592 million in 2014. It also finalized a new 10-year strategy underwhich it will seek partners and change the focus of some businesses to revive growth.

It plans to separate its fertilizer, juice, dairy and metals activities from the rest of the group and consider alliances, with the process underway at its fertilizer and seeds division, it said.

The CEO said the company had received offers for its fertilizer business after hiring Credit Suisse to look into sale options but wanted to retain ownership within a partnership.

A company source had said in January that Louis Dreyfus was ring-fencing its fertilizers, metals, juice and dairy businesses and considering options ranging from joint ventures to disposals.

“If you don’t lose one or two crops in the world you won’t see volatility.”

Gonzalo Ramirez Martiarena CEO, Louis Dreyfus

For the fertilizer business, the aim was to bring D r e y f u s ’s d i s t r i b u t i o n n e t work among farmers together with a major producer, Ramirez said, declining to comment further on potential partners.

The juice business, which has been suffering from slowing consumer demand, would look to join up with a distributor to capitalize on Dreyfus’s efficient production assets, he said.

The dairy and metals activities needed partners to develop scale and then pursue acquisition opportunities, he said.

Ramirez said destocking by China was weighing on agricultural markets a n d t h i s s t ra t e g y c o u l d continue for another 18 months after which the country would need to renew its reserves.

He p o i n t e d t o C h e m ­ China’s $43-billion takeover of Swiss seeds and pesticides group Syngenta as potentially transforming Chinese crop output through access to the kind of technology that has boosted global supply.

Renaming The company said operating profit for its business segments, at $1.4 billion against $1.8 billion in 2014, along with one per cent growth in shipped volumes showed its resilience to weak commodity markets.

The group also said it was changing its name to Louis Dreyfus Company B.V., from Louis Dreyfus Commodities, as part of its “Vision 2025” strategy.

Controlling shareholder Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, who has just given birth to twins, has reshuffled top management including the promotion of former Asia head Ramirez last year.

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Massive CFIA regulatory overhaul back in gear Mandate letters for ministers stress food safety, making move no surprise, say industry insiders

BY ALEX BINKLEY Co-operator contributor

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edrafting the regulatory powers of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is back on the front burner after being set to simmer during the 2015 federal election.

Food industry insiders like Albert Chambers, executive director of the Canadian Supply Chain Food Safety Coalition, say they’ve been told to expect to see movement soon. The former government was committed to modernizing the CFIA, and the Liberals seem to share a similar view, Chambers said during an interview.

“Mandate letters for the Liberal

ministers also stress food safety improvements,” Chambers said.

“There’s nothing surprising about the government moving ahead on this.”

The current goal is to have the full package of regulatory amendments to implement the 2014 Safe Food for Canadians Act published in the Canada Gazette Part 1 in the fall, he said. All proposed Canadian legislation must appear in this federal government publication. That will likely translate into a minimum 75-day comment period, before the CFIA prepares the final version for publication, Chambers said.

Feedback CFIA responded to questions on the issue by saying the gov-

ernment was currently assessing stakeholder feedback and revising its first draft, and that there would be further public consultations.

Chambers said in addition to convincing Health Minister Judy Phillpott, who oversees the CFIA, the agency must also win cabinet backing, finish its review of the comments and then secure resources from the Justice Department to write up the changes. Both Health Canada and the CFIA are working on numerous regulatory initiatives relating to food, Chambers said.

“The agri-food industry is in for a busy period,” he said.

Last April, CFIA released its proposals for T:10.25” regulatory change

under the legislation — without actually informing the agrifood industry. Tucked away in a statement about small business consultations was a new 165-page version of proposed regulations to implement CFIA’s sweeping modernization.

It was described later as a discussion document and subject to change based on feedback received during consultation.

Industry had until June 30 to submit comments.

Modernization At the end of January 2015, CFIA said it was calling a time out in the consultations on its modernization reforms to give it time to digest all the comments it has received from 10,000 industry

and consumer groups during 2014. The review and additional consultations with industry hadn’t concluded by the time the Oct. 19 election was called. Then the agency had to wait for directions from the new government.

CFIA is proposing to replace 13 sets of commodity regulations it inherited in its creation in 1997 with a single set of regulations that would apply international food safety standards to all food imported or prepared for interprovincial trade or export.

In addition to inspecting Canadian food producers, the CFIA is also responsible for certification of food exports and monitoring the safety of imported foods.

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Government aware deadline for temporary rail measures drawing near The recent release of CTA recommendations further complicates the decision, says transport minister

BY ALEX BINKLEY

Western farm groups want government to extend the cabinet order and reject CTA review proposals.

Co-operator contributor

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he federal government is grappling with a complicated question as the expiry date looms on emergency sanctions imposed on the railways in 2014: should they stay or should they go?

Astronaut-turned-transport minister, Marc Garneau concedes the timeline is a tight one as the current measures — minimum weekly haulage targets, expanded interswitching and fines on the railways for shortfalls — are due to end July 31.

Those measures were the key provisions in a March 2014 cabinet order by the Harper government. Garneau said proposals issued earlier this month for changing federal oversight of grain transport are complicating the decision.

“We want to take the best possible approach to making sure that grain moves efficiently, it’s an important resource,” Garneau told the Commons transport committee. “But in the larger picture, that we’re also moving potash efficiently, that we’re moving pulses, that we’re moving coal, that we’re moving all products including containers.”

The 2014 measures were intended to increase weekly grain movements after the massive crop of 2013.

Subsequent harvests have been smaller and the grain transport and handling system has been working better.

Western farm groups want government to extend the cabinet order and reject CTA review proposals. The farm organizations say phasing out annual revenue caps and terminating extended interswitching in Western Canada will reduce railway competition rather than enhance it as the CTA claims.

Edmonton NDP MP Linda Duncan said numerous Prairie groups are concerned about the loss of protections for grain farmers, which would impair their ability to take advantage of the opportunities offered in new trade agreements.

Garneau said he and his agriculture counterpart, L a w r e n c e M a c Au l a y, w i l l address issues regarding the Canadian grain transportation system.

“These actions will aim to achieve real change so that transportation in Canada can both capitalize on opportunities and meet the evolving needs of all Canadians,” Garneau said.

Transportation Minister Marc Garneau says the timeline to decide how to proceed on grain shipping is growing tighter as the July 31 expiration date for temporary measures draws nearer. PHOTO: LIBERAL PARTY OF CANADA

He noted the government re l e a s e d t h e C TA re v i e w, headed by for mer cabinet minister David Emerson, earlier than required.

“I wanted to get it out there s o t h a t i n t e re s t e d g ro u p s would have the opportunity to look at it as early as possible,” Garneau said. “I wanted

Canadians to see that report, even though our own analysis of the report, as I said, is ongoing.”

The review’s more than 60 recommendations are still u n d e r s t u d y i n Tra n s p o r t Canada and Garneau said he’s hearing many comments on them.

Bob Ballantyne, president of the Freight Management Association of Canada, said in an interview Transport Canada is engaged in informal discus-

sions on the review with interested groups. A formal consultation process will likely be established later this year. He added that because of the high level of detail in the report, many groups are still studying it.

Garneau said transportation is important to the economy but it’s also the second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the country, and the government would be looking for ways to reduce that.

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The farmer and the fossil

David Lumgair’s Thornhill-area farm is the site of significant fossil finds from the Cretaceous period including a newly identified flightless bird now named in his honour

Eighty-two-year-old Thornhill farmer David Lumgair, pictured here with his farm dog Rodger, says fossil discoveries on his farm over the years have made him think about the future of life on earth too. PHOTO: LORRAINE STEVENSON

BY LORRAINE STEVENSON Co-operator staff/Thornhill

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t isn’t every day a farmer is asked if a fossil can be named after him.

But that was exactly what staff from the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre were asking retired southern Manitoba farmer David Lumgair earlier this month.

Paleontologists had discovered a new species from a fossil found on his farm in 1978. They wanted to know if they might add ‘lumgairi’ to its name.

He readily agreed, but was modest about it and his contribution to the discovery. “Why and what for?” was his initial reaction, said Lumgair.

“A lot of other people had a lot more input into it than me,” he said. “I just happened to give consent into the digging of the bentonite.”

‘The bentonite’ is a site on his farm, now a quiet pasture, but once a bentonite mine where the absorbant clay was removed in the 1930s. For tens of millions of years, it has also been the final resting place of the fossilized remains of creatures that

once swam across the Western Interior Seaway when that waterway intersected North America.

The fossil, Hesperornis lumgairi, is from an ancient flightless marine bird that lived in that environment. But it’s not the first to be found on Lumgair’s land west of Morden.

This is where ‘Bruce’ the world’s largest sea predator, the mosasaur, was also found in the 1970s.

Shortly after that a smaller mosasaur, now named ‘Suzy,’ was also found nearby.

Allowing digs on his land has significantly advanced scientists’ understanding of the Cretaceous period and the scientists wanted to recognize him for that, said staff at the CFDC. “They wanted to name it lumgairi to pay tribute to the Lumgair family for helping them with their explorations and allowing excavations on his land,” Victoria Markstrom, field and collection manager at the CFDC said.

Hesperornis lumgairi’s 10-centi­ metre fossilized leg bone was initially thought to belong to a previously known species of Hesperornis, and after being unearthed in 1978, it wound up

“They wanted to name it lumgairi to pay tribute to the Lumgair family for helping them with their explorations and allowing excavations on his land.”

Victoria Markstrom Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre field and collection manager

stored in a drawer at the discovery centre, she explains.

Then two Japanese paleontologists Kei-ichi Aotsuka and Tamaki Sato visiting Manitoba in 2011 and for two successive summers after that did a much closer inspection of it. The scientists published their research this month in the scientific journal Cretaceous Research concluding that this fossil represents an entirely new species of Hesperornis.

“It was a diving bird during the Cretaceous period,” said Markstrom. “It was highly adapted for being in water and catching fish. It had teeth, and powerful back legs.

Paleontologists speculate it probably laid eggs on islands in the seaway and its ever-shifting coastline.

Lumgair never saw the fossil until recently. “I saw it just the other day,” he said.

But he vividly recalls when ‘Bruce,’ the 13-metre marine re p t i l e t h a t e n d e d u p i n Guinness World Records, was being uncovered.

That was in the spring and Lumgair remembers being out seeding wheat that year, passing the site where the paleontologists were working. Finally, his curiosity piqued, he stopped the tractor and went to take a look. The site of the mosasaur’s jawbone in the earth sure made him stop and think, said Lumgair.

“To be looking at a fossil that represents life 80 million years ago and then saying, ‘hey I’ve got to get back to my seeding and thinking about how the

crop that I’m seeding is going to be harvested in 90 or 100 days... it was quite ironic, if that’s the right word,” he said.

Sometime later, he and a couple of hired hands on the farm would take a dip in the same ravine after it filled up from a heavy rainstorm. “That’s when we said, ‘we’re swimming with Bruce,’” he says with a chuckle.

The now 82-year-old farmer says fossils found on his farm have given him much to think about over the years. He’s constantly reminded of the passage of time, he said. The farm has the beaches of Lake Agassiz of 8,000 years ago to the east, and evidence of life 80 million years ago on the other. The elderly farmer said he often wonders what the future holds for life on earth too.

“Fossils represent a life that became extinct,” says Lumgair.

“If we don’t figure out how to live a life that’s favourable to the environment we will be accelerating our speed towards extinction as well. ” Hesperornis lumgairi is now on display at the CFDC alongside its two resident mosasaurs. lorraine@fbcpublishing.com

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Prairie fare Using smaller appliances may save you some cash

By JULIE GARDEN-ROBINSON Food and Nutrition Specialist NDSU Extension Service

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ne evening, I preheated our ovens. They are stacked with a small upper oven and a regular-size lower oven.

As the ovens heated, I finished preparing some garlic toast to go under the broiler. My daughter made some brownies to go in the lower oven.

After about 15 minutes, I opened the oven to pop in a pan of food. No heat escaped. I put my hand in the oven just to be sure, and no potholder was needed. I pushed some buttons and nothing happened.

So I called over my husband, the “house mechanic.” He began pressing the buttons, too.

“The ovens aren’t working,” he announced.

Well, I kind of figured that out already. I was disappointed because our oven was only three years old. Ovens are supposed to last longer than that, aren’t they? This was a well-known brand with high consumer ratings, based on a lot of our research before we bought it.

On our spring “clean-up-the house” mission, we had run the self-cleaning function on the ovens. Unfortunately, the ovens had “self-destructed.”

Because I had food ready to bake, we brought up a portable convection oven from the basement. The portable oven was one of those “just-in-case” appliances we bought a few years ago to allow a little more cooking space during holiday cooking extravaganzas.

Getting the portable oven to work wasn’t all that easy, either, but eventually we had dinner and dessert.

The next day, we called the retailer where we bought our appliances and explained the situation. The company needed to order a part for the oven. It was a very expensive part, of course. When it arrived about two weeks later and was installed, we learned that it did not fix the oven. Then the technician found a secret compartment on the back side of the oven and replaced a small fuse.

In the process of being ovenless, we learned a few things as we explored a variety of options for heating food. We used our slow cooker, microwave oven, the still-working stovetop, our pressure cooker and outdoor grill. We opted not to eat out.

I certainly hope this isn’t the beginning of an ongoing appliance saga, because we bought a refrigerator and dishwasher at the same time as the stove. We will not be using the self-destruction oven-cleaning feature again.

Actually, using the portable appliances and other devices probably saved us some money. On average, an electric range and oven costs about $50 per year to run, while a microwave oven costs about $20 per year to run, based on U.S. Department of Energy estimates. If you have pizza to cook, for example, using a toaster oven may use half of the energy of a full-size oven.

You can use a microwave to cook small portions of food or even begin the cooking process, as long as you immediately follow the microwave heating by the final grilling or baking step.

You also can save some energy by following a few steps in your cooking process. Always match the size of the pot to the burner. Keep the burners clean, too.

When you are heating a pot of water, put

a cover on it to retain the heat. In fact, if you use a six-inch pot on an eight-inch burner, you are wasting nearly half of the heat. Using the pressure cooker matched to the burner it “fits” saved us money and time.

If you are beginning the process of buying appliances, consider a few things. Remember that appliances cost money for the initial purchase but also for operation throughout their lifespan. Consider the features and size you need for the size of your household. Will the appliance fit in the space you have available? Appliances are larger now, and they might not fit in your existing space.

For us, fitting new appliances in an old kitchen is a whole other story. We had to have a carpenter slice off part of our cupboard to be able to fit our now-infamous oven in the existing cabinet slot.

When shopping for appliances, be sure to compare the “energy guide” label on any major appliance that you plan to buy. This label program is run by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and provides a quick way to compare one appliance with another for the yearly costs of running the appliance. In Canada the similar Energy Star program is run by Natural Resources Canada.

Some appliances, such as refrigerators, freezers and dishwashers, also carry an “energy star” rating. No “energy star” label for home ovens, ranges or microwave ovens exists. Energy star appliances exceed federal standards for quality and energy efficiency.

As I was finalizing this column in my home office, my daughter who is the aspiring baker came in and asked, “May I make cookies?”

I began shaking my head “no” because I am not used to having a working oven yet.

She grinned and said, “Mom, the oven works now!” We are all very happy about that.

Peanut Butter Black Bean Brownies Here’s a tasty recipe that one of my dietetic interns tried on campus, and people came back for more. The secret ingredient is black beans. Be sure to drain and rinse them thoroughly. This step can reduce as much as 40 per cent of the sodium added during the canning process. Draining thoroughly ensures that you do not have too much liquid in your batter.

1 (15-oz.) can reduced-sodium black beans, drained and rinsed 3 eggs 3 tbsp. canola oil 3/4 c. granulated sugar 1/2 c. unsweetened cocoa powder 1-1/2 tsp. vanilla extract 1/4 c. peanut butter 1/2 tsp. baking powder Pinch salt 1/2 c. peanut butter chips 1/4 c. dark chocolate chunks Crushed peanuts (optional)

Black beans are the secret ingredient in this tasty brownie recipe. PHOTO: NDSU

Preheat oven to 350 F. Lightly coat an 8x8-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray and set aside. Put black beans in a strainer and rinse thoroughly, then place in food processor with oil and process until smooth/creamy. Add eggs, sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, peanut butter, baking powder and salt and process until smooth. Add half the amount of peanut butter chips and pulse the food processor to mix in the chips.

Repeat with the remaining chips, along with the chocolate chunks. Put the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a spatula. Top with chopped peanuts if desired. Bake for about 35 minutes or until the edges start to pull away from the sides of the pan. You can test the centre by inserting a toothpick.

If the brownies are done, the toothpick will come out clean. Let brownies cool for 10 minutes, then cut into 2-inch squares.

Makes 16 servings. Each serving has 130 calories, 6 grams (g) fat, 4 g protein, 17 g carbohydrate, 3 g fibre, and 115 milligrams sodium.

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he throaty purr of eight well-tuned cylinders pulling into the yard woke Amanda Jackson from the nap she had been enjoying on the living room couch. Brady was home.

She heard the crunch of gravel under the wheels as his vintage Trans Am pulled up to the house, or more accurately, house trailer, in which they lived. A moment later she heard the engine shut off and then the car door slam shut. ‘I should move,’ she thought to herself, but didn’t. A few seconds later she heard the door open and Brady step inside.

“Hi honey,” she called out drowsily. “I’m on the couch.”

“I’ll be right there,” Brady called back. “I’m just gonna wash up real quick.” Amanda heard him run the water briefly in the sink by the back door, and then heard the telltale squeak of the towel bar as he dried off.

“Hi sweetie,” he said as he leaned over to kiss her forehead a moment later. “How are you feeling?”

Amanda smiled sleepily. “Tired,” she said, “and big.”

“Well that’s to be expected,” said Brady. He put his hand on her belly. “How’s the little guy?”

“Busy,” she said. “Doing yoga or something.

I don’t know. And it might not be a guy, don’t forget.”

“I know,” said Brady. “I just said guy because it’s easy. Next time I’ll say girl. To make sure she doesn’t get a complex. If it is a girl.” He paused.

“I guess I’ll have to alternate to make it even.”

Amanda smiled. “So when the baby’s born it won’t have a complex. It’ll just be very confused.”

“Something like that,” said Brady.

“Sorry I haven’t made supper,” she said. “I lay down just to rest a little and next thing I knew you were pulling up outside. I’m a terrible wife.”

“Awful,” Brady agreed with a grin. “But I’m sure you’ll be a fantastic mother so that will make up for it.”

Amanda reached up and touched his face. “I’m glad you think so,” she said. “I’m not as confident as you are.” She stretched and tried to settle into a more comfortable position. “I didn’t have the kind of parental role models you had,” she said.

“Sometimes I’m afraid I’ll be completely clueless.

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Brady was silent for a moment. “I’m not worried,” he said. “It’s not rocket science. We’ll be fine. Just think how good we are at criticizing other people’s parenting skills.”

Amanda laughed. “That’s true,” she said.

“Nobody does it better.”

“Tell you what,” said Brady. “We should come

up with a parental training regime to prepare ourselves for the job. We could start by hanging out at the McDonald’s Playland for a few hours every week and make notes about what all the parents there are doing wrong. And we could spend more time with Randy and Jackie and critique their skills when we get home.”

“I don’t know why we have to actually go to the McDonald’s Playland to criticize those parents,” said Amanda. “Can’t we just criticize them from home, for taking their kids to McDon­ald’s in the first place?”

“Well, we could,” said Brady, “but that would take all the fun out of it. Plus, I want a double quarter-pounder BLT with extra cheese and no onions or pickles and super-sized fries, which I can only have if we actually go. We have to be willing to make sacrifices if we’re going to be good parents. And eating at McDonald’s a few times between now and then is a sacrifice I’m willing to make.”

“You’re so heroic,” said Amanda. “I’m not sure if you are committed or if you just should be.”

“Probably both,” said Brady. “But I am very committed. My goal in having children is to have better ones than either Randy or Jennifer.

Like, not way better, just a little better. Just enough better so that when Mom and Dad go home after a family dinner Mom will say to Dad, aren’t Brady and Amanda’s kids just the best? And Dad will say, they sure are sweet.

And that will make up for me being such a pain in the you-know-what to them for so many years.”

Amanda pondered that for a moment. “I think we should get into family counselling right away,” she said. “Because the kids are sure going to need it if that’s your goal. Might as well get a head start.”

“I’m just kidding,” said Brady. He got to his feet. “How about I barbecue up a couple of burgers? You’re hungry I’m sure.”

“Starving,” said Amanda. She let her head rest on the arm of the couch. “You’re the best husband ever,” she said.

“That’ll make up for me being a terrible parent,” said Brady.

“Absolutely,” said Amanda. “Totally.”

Bird-friendly landscapes Here’s some ideas to attract birds all year round

By Albert Parsons Freelance contributor

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e are almost through winter and soon some of the birds we enjoyed watching in our gardens will move on to nesting grounds farther north. Our feeding stations will not be empty, however, as the migrating birds will soon arrive. We can create habitats within our yards that will keep the birds coming into our gardens all year long.

Supplying food and drink for the birds is paramount. My wife is an avid birder and has many feeders, providing a variety of food to attract a large number of species — finch feeders filled with canola seed, sunflower seed feeders, and net bags filled with suet hanging in a tree near the other feeders.

Nearby there is a large bird bath that is topped up all summer, starting in the spring as soon as the temperatures allow and kept filled until freeze-up in the fall.

Another bird bath is located in a flower border. They are both constantly used by the birds and also serve as great accents in the flower borders. Elements of a birdfriendly habitat can become accents that enhance the landscape as well.

Plants are essential to creating an inviting bird habitat, and they love trees and shrubs near where they feed, both to fly up to when they are startled or to

land in as they cautiously approach the feeders. Birds like thickets of shrubs, so a mixed shrub border near a feeding station will entice more birds to regularly frequent the feeders. Trees and shrubs also provide wind protection, which is most important in the winter. It is also desirable to have the feeders located in a sunny spot, especially in the winter when birds like to bask in the sun while they perch in trees.

Plants that are a source of food will also attract birds to a landscape. In the summer hummingbirds are attracted to tubular flowers, particularly red ones. Fruit-bearing shrubs and trees will attract flocks of birds: robins to the dwarf apple trees in fall and even in the spring if there is still fruit hanging on the trees; waxwings to mountain ash and cotoneaster in late summer, and many birds delight in feasting on the fruits of cherry, saskatoon, haskap (honeyberry) bushes, and strawberries.

Birds can be a nuisance in the vegetable garden and barriers might have to be erected to keep them away from some plants. In our garden, the goldfinches love to feast on the tender tops of spinach plants just when the seeds begin to form. They also will peck at the Swiss chard leaves. I erect barriers on those plants I want to save but I do leave some plants unprotected for the birds to use.

They have to eat too!

The more trees in the landscape, the

more birds there will be, and they particularly like evergreen trees. Trees and shrubs provide nesting opportunities, but to create a really bird-friendly habitat, supplementing natural nesting sites with shelves under eaves for robins to use, or birdhouses to offer protected nesting sites for wrens and swallows can be placed here and there in the landscape. Even a hanging basket, lined with a fibre-like liner might entice a bird to nest in it. A landscape with lots of vegetation and a few naturalized areas will provide nest-building materials such as dried grasses and twigs — a highly manicured landscape will be devoid of such material.

If perennials, such a heliopsis, asters, goldenrod, and grasses, are left standing in the garden all winter, birds will be attracted to their seed heads and will forage nearby for seeds. Keeping the snow removed from a ground feeding station will allow ground feeders such as juncos the opportunity to feed more easily.

Choosing plants carefully, locating trees and shrubs to create attractive bird habitat, creating attractive feeding stations that enhance the landscape, providing adequate sources of food and water, as well as supplying appealing nesting sites will make any landscape come alive with a multitude of birds all year round.

Albert Parsons writes from Minnedosa, Manitoba

Plants are essential to creating an inviting bird habitat, and they love trees and shrubs near where they feed.

Oranges cut in half and firmly attached to the feeder roof attract orioles as they migrate through. PHOTO: ALBERT PARSONS

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COUNTRY CROSSROADS

Does washing food promote food safety?

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Washing eggs: Health Canada release

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oes washing food promote food safety? The answer is some things should be washed and some should not. As a society, we associate washing with cleanliness.

We wash clothes, dishes and ourselves. So it might seem to make sense to wash meat and poultry to make it cleaner and safer, but this is not the case.

Yes, fruits and vegetables should be washed; but you should not wash meat, poultry, fish, seafood or eggs.

The following tips will help to make sure you keep your food both clean and safe.

Meat and poultry: • Do not wash raw meat, poultry, fish or seafood before cooking because the water used in washing could splash and spread the bacteria from the meat to other foods, hands, clothes, work surfaces and cooking equipment.

• Some bacteria could not be removed from meat or poultry even if it were washed many times.

• The only way to ensure meat and poultry is safe to eat is to cook it to an appropriate internal temperature.

• It is also important to properly clean all surfaces and utensils that have been used to prepare the meat.

Soaking poultry: • Some people choose to soak poultry in salt water, commonly known as brining. This is a personal preference and does not have an impact on food safety.

• Keep poultry in the refrigerator while soaking it.

• Make sure to prevent crosscontamination when soaking and removing the poultry from the water.

• Do not wash eggs because it can remove the protective coating that is applied during commercial processing.

• Farm-fresh eggs are no different.

Eggs are laid with a natural coating on the shell called “bloom,” which helps to prevent bacteria from permeating the shell.

Washing fruits and vegetables: • Wash fruits and vegetables thoroughly under fresh, cool, running water, even if you plan to peel them. This helps to remove any surface pesticide residues and prevent the spread of any bacteria that may be present.

• Use a clean produce brush to scrub items that have firm surfaces (e.g. oranges, melons, potatoes, carrots, etc.).

• It is not necessary to use produce cleansers or soap to wash fresh fruits and vegetables.

Avoid cross-contamination: • Use one cutting board for produce and a separate one for raw meat, poultry, fish and seafood.

• Place peeled or cut fruits and vegetables on/into a separate clean plate or container to prevent them from becoming cross-contaminated.

• Use paper towels to wipe kitchen surfaces, or change dishcloths daily to avoid the risk of crosscontamination and the spread of bacteria. Sponges should be avoided as they are harder to keep bacteria free.

• Wash cutting boards, dishes and countertops with warm, soapy water before and after use as well as between preparing different foods.

• Sanitize countertops, cutting boards and utensils before and after preparing food. Use a kitchen sanitizer (as directed) or a bleach solution (5.0 ml of unscented chlorine bleach to 750 ml of water). Rinse all items thoroughly with water.

Waiting for spring. PHOTOS: JOAN AIREY

This Old Elevator

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n the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.”

The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator it is supplying these images of a grain elevator each week in hopes readers will be able to tell the society more about it, or any other elevator they know of.

MHS Gordon Goldsborough webmaster and Journal editor has developed a website to post your replies to a series of questions about elevators. The MHS is interested in all grain elevators that have served the farm community.

Your contributions will help gather historical information such as present status of elevators, names of companies, owners and agents, rail lines, year elevators were built — and dates when they were torn down (if applicable).

There is room on the website to post personal recollections and stories related to grain elevators. The MHS presently also has only a partial list of all elevators that have been demolished. You can help by updating that list if you know of one not included on that list.

Your contributions are greatly appreciated and will help the MHS develop a comprehensive, searchable database to preserve the farm community’s collective knowledge of what was once a vast network of grain elevators across Manitoba.

Please contribute to This Old Grain Elevator website at: http://www.mhs.mb.ca/elevators. You will receive a response, by email or phone call, confirming that your submission was received.

A grain elevator at the former railway siding of Hathway, once on the CPR Boissevain Subdivision in the Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester, was formerly affiliated with Manitoba Pool Elevators. Closed in July 1970, the elevator was later used for private grain storage. PHOTO: GORDON GOLDSBOROUGH (JULY 2015)

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Centrallia: Bringing businesses face to face

By Jim Bentein Special to Manitoba Co-operator

Rock Nelson is a fifth generation South Dakotan — and South Dakota is a few thousand kilometres from Winnipeg, Manitoba and in a different country — but he is an admirer of the entrepreneurial spirit that drives that province, which he thinks is embodied by the World Trade Centre Winnipeg.

That may be because his state and the Canadian province have so much in common, having built strong, diversified economies despite being distant from major consumer markets, having harsh climates and relatively small populations.

Rock, director of the South Dakota International Trade Center, has developed such strong links with his Manitoba counterparts that he has taken large delegations from the state to the two Centrallia business-to-business events that have been held in Winnipeg since 2010, with plans to attend the third this May 25-27.

“They’re good people,” said Rock of his Winnipeg counterparts. “When they put on a show or event it’s done right.

I wouldn’t expose my clients to it if it wasn’t.”

Described as a “speed-dating opportunity” for small and medium-sized businesses, it’s the fourth such event held in Winnipeg and is expected to attract 700 participants from throughout Canada and 30 countries to the RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg, where they can tap new opportunities in domestic and international markets.

Nelson, who has held his position for 17 years and is widely respected in economic development circles, holds several economic development credentials and is an unabashed promoter of his home state. He sees Centrallia as a key event to advance the interests of South Dakota businesses.

“The benefit is that all the partici-

pants are somewhat vetted ahead of time,” he said. “I can get on a plane and go to France or Finland (to promote South Dakotan businesses), but I can do that at Centrallia (and at a much lower cost) and it’s all under one roof.”

He has taken delegations of about 12 to 14 business leaders from the state to the event every year, most of which were pleased with the results. He became such a booster of the event his state now has a booth, where attendees can learn all about his state’s economic advantages.

And despite a relatively small population of 858,000 ranking it as the 46th most sparsely populated in the U.S., and being far from major population centres, it has managed to turn itself into one of the most economically stable states in the nation.

In that regard, it has a great deal in common with Manitoba, a province with 1.28 million people, located far from major Canadian cities like Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal and Calgary.

Although Winnipeg, with a population of 793,000, is larger than Sioux Falls, with a population of 165,000, the state and province have a good deal in common.

Both have economies that are historically based on a strong agricultural sector, for one, Rock points out.

And there’s the isolation factor, which he said both have overcome, thanks to a focus on international trade, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and a great work ethic.

Those attributes have allowed South Dakota to take the lead as a regional promoter of economic development.

As head of the South Dakota International Trade Center, Rock represents a much larger geographical footprint, which includes part of Minnesota, northwest Iowa and northeastern Nebraska.

“When a client has issues about importing (products or services) or has

exporting issues they come to see us,” he said. “My services are provided for free.”

With funding from the U.S. Small Business Administration, the U.S. Small Business Development Centers, from the Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce, Sioux Falls Development Foundation and the South Dakota Governor’s Office of Economic Development, it is one of the most active promoters of economic development among the U.S. plains states.

“I do international trade seminars and workshops, bring in experts on international trade and carry out other functions (including helping individual businesses seek out other markets),” said Rock.

While agriculture is the state’s economic mainstay (it is the leading producer in the U.S. of oats, barley, rye, flaxseed and alfalfa), it no longer leads the state in employment or share of gross state product. Manufacturing is now the economic driver, along with the service sector. Tourism is also a major part of its economy, with worldfamed Mount Rushmore, the Black Hills and the Badlands drawing millions of visitors to the state each year.

However, Rock said there was a time when the state’s economy became over-reliant on one employer and one facility, a large pork processing plant operated by Smithfield Foods Inc. “It employs 3,200 people,” he said.

“When the workers would go on strike (or production is curtailed for some other reason) it had a direct impact on our economy.”

That doesn’t mean South Dakotans don’t value Smithfield’s presence; they just want more economic players.

And that is what has happened.

Several years ago financial giant Citibank established a call center in Sioux Falls that now employs over 2,000, the city became a regional health services focal point, with hospitals and other facilities employing

10,000, and the state’s manufacturing capacity grew dramatically.

Some are based on its roots in agriculture. For instance, there are firms that manufacture and export combining equipment and there’s a cheese plant and many large ethanol plants, as well as a company that manufactures grain bins.

But there are others that emerged as a result of the state’s entrepreneurial spirit; including a trophy manufacturing plant and a manufacturer and marketer of pet products, a plant that manufactures equipment for trucks and others that manufacture mining equipment.

“South Dakotans have a strong work ethic, which has led to this entrepreneurial spirit,” said Rock. “In fact, we’re actually hurting for employees, with an unemployment rate of 2.3 per cent (one of the lowest in the U.S.).”

But with world-class cultural facilities and recreation facilities, including a performing arts centre that has attracted the likes of noted cellist Yo-Yo Ma and a new 12,500 seat arena that hosted the Eagles, he said there are so many diversions that the relatively cold winters are not a large factor in everyday life.

“We continue to stress our good quality of life,” he said.

The state also has three universities, which makes state residents some of the best educated in the U.S. In that respect, much like Winnipeg, with the likes of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, a world-class symphony orchestra and top notch universities and colleges, it shares a great deal in common as well.

But those similarities aside, Rock is all business when it comes to his strong support for Centrallia.

“If I didn’t believe in it I wouldn’t be going for a third time and I wouldn’t have my clients attending,” he said.

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Eastern ports authorities see shift in export grain movement CETA could draw more grains and oilseeds exports to the East Coast This is the third and final instalment in a series of Special Reports prepared by Glacier FarmMedia reporters on how the Comprehensive Trade and Economic Agreement (CETA) between Canada and Europe will affect Canadian food producers and processors.

New trade commissioner aims to drum up business Efficient transportation adds value to Canada’s trade

By Lisa Guenther Glacier FarmMedia staff

Investing in bricks and mortar isn’t the only way Canada’s ports are preparing for growing global trade.

A trade commissioner has been embedded with the port authority in Halifax since September as a part of a pilot project, Wendy Zatylny, president of the Association of Canadian Port Authorities said. He works with Canada’s ports and port communities to get Canadian businesses export ready. He also helps bring in import business, she added.

Zatylny said efficiency through the transportation system adds as much value to Canada’s trade agenda as the goods and services that are imported and exported.

For example, a Canadian lobster loses value if it takes three months to get to Japan.

Canadian ports and supply chain members have met to figure out where they could smooth out “speed bumps” in the system.

Zatylny also approached the federal Foreign Affairs Department to see if it could walk trade commissioners through the Canadian port system and its advantages.

The department already embedded trade commissioners with trade associations to help businesses become export ready, and Zatylny and department officials decided to do something similar with ports.

The pilot project will help ports organize or join trade delegations.

“They have a big role in facilitating export development,” she said.

By Lisa Guenther Glacier FarmMedia staff With files from Ed White

TRADE FOCUS: CETA

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armers and players in the grain trade aren’t the only ones looking forward to freer trade with Europe.

Canada’s eastern ports are already banking on more goods flowing through their facilities once the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement comes into effect.

How e v e r, p o r t a u t h o r i ties have also inherited aging infrastructure and face a cavernous funding gap for rehabilitating and growing their infrastructure.

CETA holds potential for lowprotein wheat by promising to raise the current quota for tariff-free shipments to 100,000 tonnes from 38,000 tonnes and phasing out the limit completely after seven years.

“As low-protein wheat providers in Ontario, that’s something we’re really, really looking forward to,” said Nicole Mackellar, manager of market development with Grain Farmers of Ontario.

Ontario corn already ships to Europe through the St. Lawrence Seaway, Mackellar said.

The EU is also Ontario’s largest soybean customer, taking one-third of the province’s crop.

Mackellar said CETA could assist with that trade by forming a working group to deal with biotechnology issues.

“To be able to continue to have free access and open access to that market is really critical and having those biotechnology traits approved is really valuable,” she said.

Some think the trade deal could shift grain movement.

“I think there’s some opportunities to help even out the trade, maybe take some of the pressure off the logistics and transportation,” said Rex Newkirk, vice-president of research and innovation at the Canadian International Grains Institute.

The Port of Halifax is home to the last operating grain elevator on Canada’s Atlantic coast.

Grain destined for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa is the elevator’s life blood.

Storage silos The Halifax Grain Elevator bears little resemblance to the disappearing wooden elevators once common on the Prairies.

It’s really a network of 365 storage silos capable of loading 2,000 tonnes of wheat per hour.

It’s just one example of the kind of infrastructure needed to move grain overseas.

The Port of Halifax sees more tall ships than grain ships these days, but as home to the country’s last grain elevator on the eastern shores, some believe more grain may move by container as the CETA deal comes into effect. Photo: REUTERS/Paul Darrow

Patrick Bohan, director of supply chain solutions at the Halifax Port Authority, is excited about the role the elevator will play during the trade renaissance he’s expecting because of CETA. He said trade between Halifax and European ports “is already pretty healthy… but it’s constrained by quotas and other restrictions.”

Bohan said the chatter around CETA focuses on agriculture and agri-food products.

Products from machinery to cranberries already roll through Halifax, and Prince Edward Island potatoes and soybeans set sail for Europe from the port.

Seafood is “huge” in the area, and even lentils move through the port.

“There’s a long-established grain trade through here, including source-loaded containers off the Prairies that move to the East Coast by rail and then get on a ship and go over,” said Bohan.

Increasing trade with Europe plays well for the Port of Halifax.

Bohan said it has intermodal service to move products quickly from the interior to port, and transit time at sea is pretty quick.

“And we’ve got the deepest water on the East Coast of North America here, so we’re getting container ships that can carry 9,000, 20-foot containers on board,” he said.

However, whether CETA will shift grain shipments to the East is another question.

Wendy Zatylny, president of the Association of Canadian Port Authorities, said it’s a difficult question to answer, given all the factors affecting how grain flows.

“So it’s not just the impact of

CETA itself, but there’s also the capability of ports and shippers to handle the cargo,” she said.

“It’s a question of where rail can get the grain to quickly, and what’s the most efficient route?”

More traffic Zatylny said it’s hard to put a number on it, but all the ports are looking forward to CETA’s impact. They expect to export more agricultural goods and accept more container and bulk commodities from the EU. All ports are developing European markets, she said.

For example, grain tonnage at Thunder Bay, Ont., on Lake Superior is much higher than the five-year average.

Hamilton is also positioning itself as a primary agricultural commodity port, Zatylny said.

The port has seen big investments in agriculture and food infrastructure in recent years, including a new P&H flour mill and G3’s new terminal. As well, agricultural cargo increased to two million tonnes from 815,000 tonnes between 2008 and 2014.

However, Canada’s ports also face a $5.3-billion infrastructure funding gap, Zatylny said.

Speaking to a Senate committee last June, Zatylny suggested “innovative public-private partnerships” would be needed to close the gap.

She said the lion’s share of the $5.3 billion is needed for new projects to expand port capacity.

“They work on decades-long planning cycles because that’s how long it takes for major infrastructure to be built,” she said.

Some ports still have physical space to expand, and those that don’t focus on efficiency.

Zatylny said one-third of the funding gap involves fixing aging infrastructure, such as berth facings and docks.

“There had been a history of underinvestment by the federal government over decades,” said Zatylny.

She said the St. Lawrence Seaway’s efficiency also needs to be looked at. The seaway was created to ship grain to Europe, and it remains a main shipping artery for agricultural exports.

She said margins are thin on the St. Lawrence Seaway, and a strategy is needed to make the system more competitive, which might include extending the shipping season.

“It would be wonderful if we could make it year round, but even so, locks do need to close for maintenance,” said Zatylny.

“But even if we could extend the shipping season a little bit more on either end, through additional icebreaking capability, that sort of thing, it would be great.”

Zatylny said the Great Lakes a n d St . L a w re n c e Se a w a y should be seen as a system. For example, exporters will sometimes ship out of the Great Lakes and top up a ship in Three Rivers before hitting the open ocean.

“It’s more than just one port in Canada shipping to another port in the EU,” she said.

“There’s actually a lot that happens within the system in Canada as well.” lisa.guenther@fbcpublishing.com

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CETA will open new market opportunities for Canadian food and beverage products But industry observers say the sector is too inwardly focused and may not be willing to take the risk

By Carolyn Cooper Glacier FarmMedia staff

TRADE FOCUS: CETA

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Maple syrup is one Canadian food product that stands to gain from the CETA deal but foods made from genetically modified ingredients or meat produced with growth hormones will be shunned. PHOTO: THINKSTOCK

ith a consumer base o f m o re t h a n 5 0 0 million people and annual economic activity of $18 tr illion, the European Union (EU) is one of Canada’s most significant trading partners, second only to the U.S. That relationship is about to be tested with the ratification of the Canada-EU Co m p re h e n s i v e E c o n o m i c and Trade Agreement (CETA), a historic trade deal that will see tariffs fall and markets open. Touted as our nation’s most ambitious trade deal ever, CETA has the potential to benefit all Canadian

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B u t a r e C a n a d a’s f o o d processors ready to seize the opportunities the agreement will offer?

When it comes into force in 2017, CETA will open market access for both trading partners by eliminating almost all tariffs between the two markets (with some phased out over several years) and reducing some non-tariff barriers.

A 2009 joint Canada-EU study, Assessing the Costs and Benefits of a Closer EU-Canada Economic Partnership, showed that such a deal could boost bilateral trade by 20 per cent, while adding $12 billion to the Canadian economy.

In addition to this preferential access, the deal will allow for mutual recognition of professional standards, access to government contracts, and access to new technology and investment. It promises to create jobs, increase the flow of goods, services and investment, and serve as a platform for markets beyond the EU. Industries currently with high tariffs, like agriculture and the food- and beveragep r o c e s s i n g i n d u s t r y, h a v e potentially the most to gain.

“From a market access perspective I can’t imagine how it would be anything except really good for the food industry,” says Larry Martin, principal of agri-food consulting firm Dr. Larry Martin & Associates, and par tner at Agr i-Food Management Excellence Inc. “Whether you look at it from a raw food perspective or from a food perspective, removing all that protection can’t be anything but a good thing.”

On the food-processing side, beef, pork and bison processors will see immediate gains, as will categories like cereals, canola, maple syrup, pet food and confectionery.

“The question is whether the Canadian industry has the wherewithal to get after it or not,” says Martin, who adds that exporting is just not on the radar for most processors.

Mar tin sees inefficiency, a s w e l l a s t h e h i g h p re s ence of multinationals in the Canadian market, as roadblocks to exporting. “Beyond t h a t , t h e d a t a s h ow s t h a t we’ve been disinvesting in the food-processing industry in Canada for the past 10 years,” he says. “So what do we have with the economies of scale to actually compete well in? We’ve got to get bigger plants, better equipment and/or we’ve got to maintain our advantage on flexibility, which we used to have, and s t a r t t o b e m o re a g g re s sive in terms of product development.”

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— but that’s where most of the business is going to grow.”

As well as developing a more outward focus, he says that Canadian processors must be prepared to address issues that will run into non-tariff barriers, including things like growth hormones in beef.

“If we don’t address these issues we can’t access the European market, so you might see a shift away from those in the sector,” he says. Other barriers that processors must be prepared to hurdle include food safety certification, differences in labelling, regulations, allowable ingredients, product size and even non-tangible barriers such as pricing and marketing.

“It’s great that tariffs are eliminated, but we can’t take advantage of it if we don’t understand the market,” adds Le Vallée, emphasizing that the EU is not one but 28 markets, all with different subregional markets.

“It’s a mature, high-end market, so it’s great for premium or niche products. But you really have to understand the food culture, and what we can produce that meets those demands that they don’t produce themselves already. And don’t forget, we have strong competitors already accessing that market.”

Doing your homework Doing your homework well in advance is essential to success in the diverse and highly competitive EU market.

“It’s not at all a homogeneous market like the U.S., and you’re not facing one set of rules at the border,” says Danielle Goldfarb, director of the Global Commerce Centre for the Conference Board of Canada.

“It’s a question of looking at the different markets in Europe and understanding the types of opportunities you can leverage, rather than assuming you can just make your product and send it there.”

Goldfarb says having a face-to-face presence, and showing cultural understanding will help in navigating the market. “CETA won’t address market preferences, and the necessity to innovate and differentiate,” says Goldfarb. “As with any trade deal, those people who are going to benefit the most from it are those who are the most innovative and creative and who differentiate their products.”

“It’s a question of looking at the different markets in Europe and understanding the types of opportunities you can leverage, rather than assuming you can just make your product and send it there.”

European consumers prefer natural and easy-to-understand labelling Sustainability image continues to be big issue for EU government

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By Carolyn Cooper

The Global Commerce Centre’s repor t For Innovators Only: Canadian Companies’ EU Export Experience looked at more than 9,000 Canadian companies across industries exporting to the EU. It found that product innovation was critical to success in the market, regardless of company size (interestingly, it also found that while SMEs represent lower-volume shipments, they grew the fastest in the EU). “ We found a ver y clear causal relationship between exporting new products to the EU market, and remaining in that market and growing your sales,” says Goldfarb. “We also know from our research that a number of Canadian companies were not immediately profitable when they went to Europe, and that’s because they didn’t anticipate how different the market was going to be.”

In addition, the report found that success in more mature EU markets was generally easier than in emerging EU markets, meaning picking the right destination for your product is crucial.

Diversifying to other markets once you’re established is also smart. “To really succeed you’ve got to go to where there’s demand, and where you’re able to respond to that demand,” stresses Goldfarb.

The conference board is forecasting 13 per cent growth in agricultural products to the EU and nine per cent growth in food and beverage products annually over the next five years, mainly as a result of the CETA deal.

Clearly there are real opportunities for food and beverage operators ready and willing to take the leap. “You’ve got all that growth taking place in the export market, but we’re losing market share,” says Martin. “The world’s out there waiting for us to take advantage of what it offers.”

Companies that are considering exporting to the European Union must first get to know their customers.

Although similar to Canadian consumers in many ways, there are significant differences among European consumers that could make or break a product in the sophisticated, mature European Union marketplace.

Alan Rownan, analyst at Euromonitor International, said European consumers continue to seek out clean-label, nonartificial and “natural” products while also looking for more transparent, easier-to-digest labelling.

Genetic modification, in particular, is a “contentious and highly divisive issue in the EU,” said Rownan, noting that half of all EU member countries have already banned farmers from growing GM crops, although GM imports “have not been outlawed in the EU despite strong opposition.”

Not surprisingly, Rownan said organic packaged food “remains steady, with the biggest players being the western markets,” including Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Italy.

However, in some markets, such as the U.K., “third-party sustainability certifiers… appear to be attracting some organic consumers away toward other ethically conscious variants.”

At the same time, sustainability continues to be a key issue for EU governments, corporations and consumers, particularly the millennials, “leading to an increase in sustainably sourced product on the shelves,” said Rownan.

As a result, ethical sourcing labels such as UTZ Certified, Fairtrade and Rainforest Alliance are seeing greater prominence in categories such as confectionery, tea and coffee.

“In the coming years, we’re expecting to see these trends reach new heights, particularly clean label and sustainable sourcing as transparency and traceability become increasingly important to consumers.”

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Processors see more opportunity than negatives in CETA deal Ice wine, pet foods and jam makers are analyzing what potential the European market offers their businesses to grow

By Carol Neshevich Glacier FarmMedia staff

TRADE FOCUS: CETA

Q

If you do increase exports, would you make any changes to your operations?

A

It could open up some opportunities, which could eventually mean more production, depending on how much (opens up) and how fast. It’s one of these things that sounds good in principal, but I really don’t know when this will all take effect and what the actual impact will be in our industry.

Q

Do you think this is a good deal for Canadian food and beverage processors?

A

I can’t speak for all the markets, but if it can provide more competitive access, I can’t see why it would be a negative. Obviously there are certain sectors where they’re concerned about lower-priced products coming in – and I know Quebec cheese was one that they’re trying to exclude in some of these things. But overall – and again, I don’t know what all the tariffs and taxes will be – but I’m personally in favour of more open borders when you have an exportfocused business.

Q

Are you worried about increased competition from European goods in Canada?

A

No, not really. Right now we’re already being dominated by a lot of European products. In wine and spirits, there are products coming in (to Canada) from everywhere – products from Europe, products from Australia, South America… it’s a global business. I don’t know that CETA would make much of a difference in this respect.

Charles Crawford, founder and president, Domaine Pinnacle Producers of spirits and cider based in Frelighsburg, Que.

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What is the import/export situation between Canada and Europe for wine and spirits right now?

Q

A

What percentage of your sales currently are exports?

It depends on the brand, but in general it’s about 25 per cent of sales.

A

Do you export to Europe right now?

A

We do. We export several of our products: we’ve been exporting our Domaine Pinnacle Ice Cider line for over 10 years; and we have a line of maple liqueurs called Coureurs des Bois, a maple whisky and a maple cream liqueur that we export to Europe. Then we have our Ungava premium dry gin. So there are three brands that we’re exporting now to Europe on a regular basis. And we’re in different countries in the EU. It all depends on the brand, but we’re in France because one of our main partners is a French company; we’re in the U.K., we’re in Germany, Spain, Italy, and we even do (some business) in Eastern Europe.

Q

A

Do you expect new markets to open up once CETA comes in?

Potentially there could be new markets that open. I don’t know how it’s going to affect all the taxes and tariffs, but it might make us more competitive. One of the things we’ve seen is pricing becomes an issue in some of these markets. Our ice cider is competing against dessert wines, and by the time it gets over there to Europe, it becomes fairly costly versus what is produced locally.

A

If the tariffs go way down and… if it’s similar to NAFTA, I’m going to attack Europe in a hurry! I’m pretty sure we could sell Canadian blueberry jam very competitively. We could probably do it today, it’s just that we would be in a high-priced, smaller-volume market; whereas if it would be free trade, we would be competitive.

Q

A Q

How much of your current sales are exports?

About 70 per cent of our sales are exports. The U.S. is really our big market.

Would being able to more easily export to Europe change your business?

A

It would be an opportunity, definitely. You never know how it’s going to go, but I’m pretty sure that a Canadian flag on the label, selling wild blueberry jam – it’ll work.

Q

A

Would you be worried about the flip side: increased competition from European products in Canada?

No, because they already have it so much easier than us. The EU has a high level of protectionism in agricultural products.

Q

So would you consider Canadian jam producers to be on the “winning” side of CETA?

A

I’m sure every product is different, but for jam, we’d be on the winning side, there’s no doubt about it.

Q

There’s not a lot of wine going from Canada to Europe, but there’s a lot of wine exported from Europe to Canada. That’s one of the huge areas of trade imbalance, for sure.

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Q

Will CETA change this?

If you did increase exports, would you expand operations?

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It’s sort of already done. We just went through 2.5 years of madness. We’ve invested over $12 million in Parry Sound into a new plant.

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Did you have CETA in mind when you embarked on this?

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You know, it was one of those situations where you look at all the factors. We were already growing to capacity here. But what (CETA) did for us is it made me realize that we had to go really fast.

The original plan was sort of more spread out.

Q Gerhard Latka, president, Crofters Food Ltd. Producers of organic fruit spreads based in Parry Sound, Ont.

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Do you currently export to the EU?

Actually, we don’t. We did a little bit of playing around there in the past, but I’ll tell you why we can’t. There are two things: a 25 per cent duty on jam items, and on top of that a 10 per cent sugar levy. It’s kind of absurd.

Do you think CETA is a good deal for Canada’s food processors overall?

A

I’m not 100 per cent sure. I just think people should think back to before NAFTA came in and everyone said it would be a catastrophe.

I know for a fact that there are many Canadian food manufacturers that export to the U.S. right now. I know that from just the retailers that we’re dealing with, that there are a good bunch of Canadian companies that are on a good list of preferred suppliers for these people…

I think where it gets a little dicey is with dairy, and where they want to protect agriculture. Agricultural protectionism may be where it gets tricky. But for us, I can only see rosy.

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Continued from previous page

Q

Are you aware of CETA?

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Yes – Champion had the privilege to be invited and to participate in two CETA roundtables. Reducing trade barriers and shaping international trade is always positive policy.

We believe that the CETA is a comprehensive agreement that aligns tariffs, product standards, investment, and professional certifications.

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Do you expect new markets to open for you once CETA is in effect?

A

Frank Burdzy, president and CEO, Champion Petfoods A pet food manufacturer based in Edmonton, Alta.

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Are you currently finding success with exports to the EU?

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At Champion Petfoods, our mission is clear and strong — we make Biologically Appropriate dog and cat foods from Fresh Regional Ingredients Never Outsourced (BAFRINO).

We make our authentic and real pet food exclusively in our world-class, award-winning kitchens, for pet lovers worldwide. Our company’s European success is due in no small part to the image of Canada. There are lots of pet food manufacturers in Europe. But we aren’t selling a commodity; we’re building authentic brands that are trusted by pet lovers worldwide. Canada is regarded as clean, pure, modern and regulated, with the capability to produce high-quality food that is safe and trusted.

Understanding the customer base is also critical. We aren’t in the business of making commodity foods… we’re in the business of building trust with pet lovers worldwide.

The EU is the world’s largest integrated economy. Gaining preferential access to this rewarding market secures a key competitive edge for Canadian pet food makers. Champion brands are found in over 75 countries including all EU member states.

Q

Q

Is CETA a good deal for the food-processing industry in Canada overall?

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Improving the sustainability of the Canadian economy is important for the Canadian foodprocessing industry. Having a framework to facilitate co-operation and lower trade barriers is always welcomed by the majority of Canadians.

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Are you worried about increased competition from EU goods?

A

Do you expect production to increase due to increased exports?

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Pet lovers are found all over the world.

Globally there is a strong desire for trusted and authentic foods and ingredients.

People are concerned about the health and wellbeing of their beloved dog and cat. We expect our production to continue to grow due to increased exports.

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1) Have a compelling product or service and an authentic, powerful story.

2) Do not overcomplicate. Keep it simple and real.

Build strong relationships and stay personally involved – don’t outsource your growth.

3) Have true passion and belief. This will cultivate strong customer engagement, which is a key driver in international expansion.

Is there anything you will need to do in order to capitalize on these increased market opportunities?

We believe that when you focus on the competition, you might miss something important. That’s why we focus on creating innovative and unique BAFRINO foods to create a joyful experience that reflects our passion worldwide.

Q

What percentage of your sales is currently in exports?

A

Our growth portfolio is balanced – 80 per cent of our total sales are attributed to our export business: 40 per cent overseas, 40 per cent in the U.S., and the remaining 20 per cent in Canada.

A

At Champion, our international success is built on strong relationships focusing on trust, teamwork, loyalty and dedication. Here are a few things that we will continue to do to expand internationally:

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Pigs won’t fly — at least not to Europe The tariff-free quota access could be worth $400 million, but there are other complications antee that none of the products or processes banned by Europe are not in their pork products.

The CETA creates a tariff-free quota for 80,000 tonnes of Canadain pork, as long as it does not contain certain common North American feed additives and doesn’t involve banned packing processes.

That’s a big expansion of the present few thousand tonnes allowed, and might tempt some small processors to go through the European certification system and solicit EU-friendly meat from compliant hog farms, the industry hopes.

By Ed White Glacier FarmMedia staff

TRADE FOCUS: CETA

N

o load of hogs will ever travel from James Hofer’s Hutterite colony to Europe.

Nor will he likely know if any meat from his pigs ends up in Euro-bellies.

But he’s sure the Canada-EU free trade deal will bring more money to his westof-Winnipeg community hog operation.

“With the percentage of pork that we need to export, any trade deal that we can negotiate will ultimately benefit the grassroots farmer, because the demand for the product is there and we’ll continue to grow it if the demand is there,” said Hofer.

That mood is general amongst hog barn operators across Canada. The deal with Europe will create another outlet for a product Canada produces to world standards but often has trouble getting into overseas markets.

Presently almost no Canadian pork goes to Europe. Various small allowances

New exports

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for special types of Canadian pork exist in trade agreements, but few exporters attempt to reach the European market.

Because of extremely small tariff-free quotas for Canadian pork, most pro­ cessors aren’t willing to set up segregated slaughter and processing that can guar-

Ron Davidson of the Canadian Meat Council said the CETA could lead to $400 million in pork exports if the complications of the European market can be worked out.

However, whether CETA will ever go from providing apparent market access to representing real access depends on how the deal is implemented.

Davidson said the regulations around technical matters will be key, as will the attitude of European regulators in applying the regulations.

Canadian Pork Council president Rick Bergmann said gaining official access to Europe is important, whether or not people expect Europeans to be fair or reasonable in implementing the access.

“In order to catch fish, you have to put your hook on the line,” said Bergmann.

“Our hook is on the line.”

And he said every extra tonne sold beyond Canada helps drag up the value of Canadian pork, and that’s something that will feed right back to farm gate prices for pigs.

“None of us are on an island. We’re all in this together,” said Bergmann.

“If we’re able to help our exporters and processors enter new markets, valuable markets, it’s not that we would like a piece of the pie: we need a piece of the pie.”

Hofer doesn’t need to be convinced CETA will probably help him and his colony.

“Any trade deal that we can negotiate with different companies will absolutely help our position in moving our product and marketing it.” ed.white@producer.com

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Other Manitoba pulses may eat edible beans’ lunch Lentils and soybeans might push beans off some acres

BY DAVE SIMS CNS Canada

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s insatiable demand for lentils, peas and other m a j o r p u l s e s g r ow s louder, so do expectations for more pulses to be planted in Manitoba.

When it comes to edible beans, however, acreage is expected to go down slightly, not up.

“We’re probably going to be around the 110,000-acre range — a bit down from last year,” said Dennis Lange, a provincial pulse specialist at Altona.

Growers last year in Manitoba harvested 128,000 acres, primarily in navy and black beans but also pinto, kidney, cranberry, great northern and pink specialty beans.

Strong competition in Manitoba from other crops — for example, soybeans and lentils — is the main reason why edible beans will likely dip this year, said Lange.

“There’s been a resurgence in field peas in southern Manitoba and we’re going to see a few more acres in field peas than what we saw before.”

Edible beans tend to go in after most of the major crops, though, so it’s not a foregone conclusion that area will be limited to 110,000 acres, Lange added.

If some cereals or oilseeds don’t go in the ground for whatever reason, edible beans could be used as an alternative.

Yields for edible beans have improved significantly over the past 10 years, Lange added, as growers become more comfortable with them.

Nowadays, he added, edible beans tend to be planted in relatively better soil with superior drainage.

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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.

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland

AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Parkland FARM AUCTION SALE for Doreen Angus & the Late Wayne Angus Apr. 9th 10:00am Hamiota, MB at junction of PTH #’s 21 & 24 go 6-mi West on #24 to Rd 143W, 3.5-mi South, turn left into lane. Tractors: 2670 Case, 4WD, duals, power shift, cab w/heat & air, 5,257-hrs; 1270 Case Agri-King, cab air & heat, PS, 9-ft. blade, 1000 PTO, 6,604-hrs; 930 Case, Comfort King, stnd, NR; 800 4WD Vers, DSL, clamp on duals, 12-FWD, 4 rev, stnd shift, cab air & heat; 2470 Case Traction King, 4WD Tractor, PS; 1086 IH w/cab, torque amplifier, 540 & 1000 PTO, w/IHC 2350 Loader, bent bucket ram, 0848-hrs; 4490 Case, duals, crab steering, 5,531-hrs; 2290 Case 5,120-hrs; 547OS Belarus & 695 Allied Loader & 7-ft. Quick Attach Bucket & Bale Forks, stnd, cab, 540 PTO, 2,388-hrs; 2470 Tractor, NR; 870 Case w/Loader & Cab, NR; 9N Ford, 3-PTH, NR, not seized, good tin & rubber. Vehicles: 2006 Smart Car, convertible, 58,962-kms, safetied; No safeties on rest of vehicles; Ford Ranger XL Truck, 5-SPD Stnd; 1979 7000 GMC Grain Truck, full tandem axle, 20-ft. box, V8 gas motor, 13-SPD Road Ranger trans; 1974 Chev C65 Grain Truck, 8-cyl, 18-ft. tag axle 5&2, 38,117-mi; Fargo Grain Truck, single axle, 5&2, no TOD; 1975 Dodge 600, single axle Truck, grain box & hoist; F150 Ford Truck; F350 Ford Truck, auto, 9-ft. grain box, elect hoist; F350 Ford w/360 motor, box & hoist; 1977 Ford Ltd Brougham, 8-cyl. 2-dr, NR; 1978 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham, 8-cyl, 4-dr; 1970 Lincoln Continental, 8-cyl, 4-dr; Cadillac Deville Car; Thunderbird Car; Early 50’s Chevrolet Maple Leaf 1700 Truck, NR; School Bus, for storage; Allis Chalmers Grader, 4cyl, gas, NR, seized; 2007 Real Industries 18-ft. Gooseneck Stock Trailer. Tillage & Seeding: Liquid Fertilizer Caddy Wagon; 7130 Morris Grain Tank; 6130 Morris Grain Tank; 5550 Ezee-On Air Seeder; CCIL Discer w/Seed Box; Leon 2 bat Stone Picker; 247 Cockshut Deep Tiller; Terra Implements 16-ft. Tandem Disc; Bourgault Tiller w/Mounted Tine Harrows; 330 series Sprayall 60-ft. Tine Harrows, w/Tank liquid app; 50ft Tine Harrows w/Tank; Morris Ranger 2, 34-ft.

Tine Harrows & Coil Packers. Haying: Morris 14 bale Hay Hiker; Vicon, 3-PTH, 10-wheel V Rake; 357 NH Mix Mill; Gehl Mix Mill; 956 JD Mo Co Disc Bine, 4.5-m; Highline Bale Processor; 4865 New Idea Round Baler w/monitor; 4865 Agco Round Baler, for parts. Harvesting: 2, 400 Vers; Swathers; 6500 IH Swather; 852 PT MF Combine, (for parts); 2, 860 MF D Combines; 2, 760 MF Combines, DSL, PU headers & straw choppers; 750 MF D Combine; 24-ft. Straight Cut Morris Header; 9024 MF Straight Cut Header; Walinga 510 Grain Vac; Aeration Fan; Westfield 10-in., TR100 Auger, PTO, w/Swing Hopper; HD7-41 Sakundiak Auger, 13-HP gas, seized; 741 Buehler Farm King Auger, 18-HP Vanguard motor, hyd. mover; Westfield 707-36 Auger; Farm King 10-50 Auger, w/Swing Hopper; Auger Bottom Hopper. Shop Equipment, Tools & Misc: OxyAcetylene Cart, Hoses & Gauges; Powermatic Air Compressor; De Castar 100E Mig Welder; 3000W Honda Generator; Simoniz 2700 PSI Washer; Air Tank; Hyd Press; Vice; Air Impacts; Sockets; Chryco Metal Parts Cabinet; 6-in. Wissota Bench Grinder; Tool Box; Platform Grain Bag Scale; Fencer; Battery Charger; Chain Saws; Metal Cutoff Saw; Steel Shelving; Bolt Bins; Power & Hand Tools; Creep Feeder; Fuel Tanks; Mobile Home Flat Deck Trailer; Snowblower for front of JD 525 Mower; JD 525 Mower, as is; 5th Wheel Hitch; Alum. Tri-fold Ramp; Scrap Iron, etc. See sale bills or website listed below for details & photos or call for information.

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AUCTION SALES Manitoba Auctions – Westman COMBINED AUCTION for Neil & Agatha Neufeld and Quest Consignors Sat., April 16th at 11:00am in the Austin Skating Rink Austin, MB. Riding Mowers, Shop Tools, Antique Tools, Furniture & appliances, Antique & collectable Furniture and more check website for full listing www.nickelauctions.com Sale conducted by Nickel Auctions Ltd. Dave Nickel auctioneer (204)637-3393 cell (204)856-6900 e-mail nickelauctions@mymts.net

Unreserved Public Retirement Auction

W&D Papp Grain Farms Ltd.

Wes & Deb Papp Swan River, MB | April 15, 2016 · 10 am

2— 2015 New Holland CX8080

2012 Case IH 500HD

2014 Bourgault 7700

2012 Case IH 500 & 2012 Unverferth 1315 Xtreme

McSherry Auction Service Ltd

FARM RETIREMENT AUCTION SALE Don Cheslock

2— 2011 New Holland H8040 30 Ft

2013 Rogator RG1100 132 Ft

Saturday April 23rd @ 10:00 am St Andrews, MB Jct. Hwy 8 & Hwy 67 North 2 Miles on Hwy 8 then 1 1/2 mile Easton Rd 79

2012 Peterbilt 386 & 2009 Lode King Prestige 36 Ft

2011 Bourgault 9400 60 Ft

AUCTION LOCATION: From SWAN RIVER, MB, go 25 km (16 miles) West on Grid 275. Yard on North side. GPS: 52.115110, -101.635497 A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2012 Case IH 500 Quadtrac · 2012 Case IH 500HD 4WD · 1995 John Deere 8300 MFWD · 1991 John Deere 4555 2WD · (2) 2015 New Holland CX8080 Combine · (2) 2012 New Holland 94C 30 Ft Draper Header · (2) 2011 New Holland H8040 30 Ft Swather · 2012 Peterbilt 386 T/A Truck Tractor · 2001 Peterbilt 379 T/A Truck Tractor · 1992 International 9400 T/A Truck Tractor · 2009 Lode King Prestige 36 Ft T/A Grain Trailer · 2002 Advance 36 Ft T/A Grain Trailer · 1997 Wilson CFD-900 48 Ft T/A Trailer · 2008 Bourgault 5710 Series II 64 Ft Air Drill · 2014 Bourgault 7700

Tow-Behind Air Tank · 2011 Bourgault 9400 60 Ft Cultivator · 2008 Kello-Bilt 225 14 Ft Offset Disc · 2011 Bourgault 6000 90 Ft Mid Harrows · 2013 Degelman 7200 Hydraulic Rock Picker · 2013 Rogator RG1100 132 Ft High Clearance · Schulte XH1500 Series 2 15 Ft Batwing Mower · (2) Friesen 1412CE 70± Tonnes 14 Ft x 2 Ring Epoxy Hopper Bins · Sunrise 2100± Bushel 16 Ft x 3 Ring Hopper Bin · 2012 Unverferth 1315 1300± Bushel Grain Cart · 2006 Brandt 1370HP 13 In. x 70 Ft Grain Auger · 2012 Wheatheart R10-41 10 In. x 41 Ft Grain Auger · Caterpillar 60 10 CY Pull Scraper ...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Wesley Papp: 204.734.8383 wdpapp@gmail.com Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Darren Teale: 306.278.7373 800.491.4494

Aution Note: Be on Time Not Much Small Items Selling!

Main items Shedded & Low Hours as Don farmed only 220 Acres Per Year!

Internet Bidding @ Bidspotter.com

Contact: (204) 437-2842 Tractors: Case IH 7210 Magnum Cab A/C P Shift 3PH 540/1000 Triple Hyd. 20.8 R 42 Factory Duals 4752 Hrs. * 2010 Case IH 45A 3 PH Hyd. 540 PTO 283 Hrs. Like New * JD 5010 Dsl Cab 1000 PTO Dual Hyd. 24.5 32 * MH 44 Dsl Hyd. * AC B Pulley * Combine, Swather, Augers: JD 7720 Titan II Combine 4650 Hrs * JD 222 22' Straight Cut Header * Coop 722 Cab Dsl 22' Swather w PU Reel * 2012 Farm King 6640 1000 PTO Grain Vac Used One Season * Buhler / Farm King 8" 51' Gas Elec Start Auger * Westfield 7" 41'Gas Elec Start Auger * Farm King 7" 36' Gas Elec Start Auger * Trucks: 81 Chev Dsl 5 Spd x 2 Tag Axle w 20' Box & Twin Hoist Roll Tarp 105 860 KM Sft * 79 Chev C 50 350 Gas 4 Spd w 14' B & H Original True 22,373 Km Sft * 78 GMC 6500 366 Gas 5 Spd x 2 w 14' B & H & Roll Tarp 127, 414 Km Sft * 1953 GMC Military 6 Wheel Drive Truck Ind. GM 6 Cyl 3 Spd 4 Range Allison Trans w 12" Drill Fill Tote Tank * Seeding & Tillage: 2 Case IH 7200 28" Hoe Drill * Int 6200 20" Press Drill * 2) Int 310 15' Discer Seeders * Farm King 50' Diamond Harrows * Int 5000 18' Vibra Chisel w Mulchers * Coop 806 15' Deep Tiller w Mulchers * Wilrich 22 Cult * Coop 179 19' Cult w Mulchers * Coop 203 16' Deep Tiller * 3 Yard Hyd. Scraper * Bourgalt 540 Elmitre Sprayer 50' * Misc & 3PH Equip: Eureka Potato Planter * MH Single Row PTO Drive Potato Digger * MF 8' 3 PH Cult * Buhler / Farm King 620 6' Trailer Style Rotary Mower * H C 3PH 7' Blade * Trailer Hyd. Wood Splitter * Self Stand Saw Mandrel * Utility Trailer * Cub Cadet LT 2180 18 HP 42" R Mower 420 Hrs. * Pocket Rocket Mini Bike * 60 Gal Slip Fuel Tank * Gas Water Pump * 24.5 - 32 Rice Tires 90% * Farm Misc * Implement Parts * Shop Supply * Antiques: 1960's Suzuki 79 cc Mini Bike * Pedal Bike * Int 3 B Plow * Planet J R Seeder * Wheel Hoe * Wood Cook Stove * Wash Stand * Cabinet Radio * Oil Cans * Scale * Cream Cans * Medalta 5 Gal Water Cooler * Coil Lamps * Bells, School Bell * Trunk * Coffee Grinder * Antique Furniture: Morris Chair * China Cabinet * Oak China Cabinet *Rd Pedistal w Five Chairs * Dresser * Rocking Chair * Kitchen Cupboard * Stuart McSherry (204) 467-1858 or (204) 886-7027 www.mcsherryauction.com

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Unreserved Public Farm Auction

Lisa-Ag Farms Ltd.

Lampman, SK | April 8, 2016 · 11 am

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a farm equip auction for Glenn Swenson (306)861-4395 Wed., Apr. 13th, 2016 10:00am Directions from Weyburn, SK 19-km Southeast on Hwy 39 & 3 South. Watch for signs! Case IH 7220 FWA tractor; Case IH 7110 2WD tractor w/Allied 895 FEL; JD 4640 2WD tractor w/duals; JD 9500 SP combine w/2,430-hrs; 30ft. Prairie Star 4900 SP swather w/1,815-hrs; IH 1480 SP combine w/new sieves; MF 25-ft. PTO swather; 1989 Ford F-800 grain truck w/Cancade box; 1969 GMC 960 cab over grain truck; 1957 GMC grain truck; Flexi Coil 800 air seeder w/JD 787 air tank; Flexi Coil 60-ft. System 95 tine harrows & packers; Flexi Coil 70-ft. System 82 tine harrows; 35-ft. JD 1610 cultivator w/1655 Valmar & fertilizer kit; 42-ft. JD 1000 vibra shank cultivator w/1620 Valmar; Coop 33-ft. deep tillage cultivator; MF 360 12-ft. & 15-ft. discers; MF 360 2-15-ft. discers; Flexi Coil end tow diamond harrows; AC 14-ft. tandem disc; 70-ft. Flexi Coil 55 sprayer; Sakundiak HD 10-2200 swing auger; Sakundiak HD 7-37 auger w/Honda engine; Brandt 6-35 auger w/Power Ease engine & bin sweep; Sakundiak HD 7-1600 auger w/Kohler engine; REM 542 grain vac; Behlin 3,500-bu hopper bottom bin; Friesen 73-Ton fertilizer bin; Sakundiak 3,000-bu bin on wood floor; Westeel 2,000-bu bin won wood floor; Twister 2,100-bu bin on wood floor; Rosco 1,350-bu bin on wood floor; 2,000 & 1,350-bu round wood floors; Schulte XH-1500 Series rotary mower; Crown rock picker; Blanchard Flax straw buncher; Schulte fork type rock picker; IH 70 3-PTH snow blower; 3-PTH gyro mower; Hyundai 2000W invertor generator; Craftsman LT 1000 lawn tractor & mower; 1000 & 300-gal fuel tank & stands; floating slough pumps; Low Rider Ford truck topper; shop built building mover, plus much more! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter.

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

1996 New Holland 9882 & 2010 New Holland 2070 60 Ft w/P1060 430±

1997 John Deere 9400 & 1997 Flexi-Coil 5000 57 Ft w/1992 2320

2005 John Deere 9760STS & 2010 John Deere 9770STS

FARMING IS ENOUGH OF

2009 John Deere 4730 100 Ft

A GAMBLE...

2008 Peterbilt & 1998 Doepker AUCTION LOCATION: From LAMPMAN, SK, go 4.8 km (3 miles) East, then 2.8 km (1.75 miles) South. Yard on East side. GPS: 49.3555, -102.668

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A PARTIAL EQUIPMENT LIST INCLUDES: 2005 Case IH STX375 4WD Tractor · 1997 John Deere 9400 4WD Tractor · 1996 New Holland 9882 4WD Tractor · 2010 John Deere 9770STS Combine · 2005 John Deere 9760STS Combine · 2005 MacDon 963 35 Ft Draper · 2010 John Deere 615P 16 Ft Pick-Up · 2004 Westward 9352I 30 Ft Swather · 2008 Peterbilt Sleeper T/A Truck Tractor · 1997 Dodge 3500 Ram S/A Service

Truck · 2003 Chevrolet Silverado Z71 Crew Cab 4x4 Pickup Truck · 1998 Doepker 28 Ft Super B Grain Trailer · 2010 New Holland 2070 60 Ft Air Drill · 1997 Flexi-Coil 5000 57 Ft Air Drill · Case IH 41 Ft Cultivator · Delmar RCH84 70 Ft Heavy Harrows · Flexi-Coil 50 Ft Harrows · Schulte Giant 2500 Rock Picker · 2009 John Deere 4730 100 Ft High Clearance Sprayer · 2005 Schulte XH1500 15 Ft Batwing Mower...AND MUCH MORE!

For up-to-date equipment listings, please check our website: rbauction.com Kevin Lisafeld: 306.487.2721 (h), 306.487.7993 (c)lisaag@signaldirect.ca Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – Kevin Ortt: 306.451.7388

AUTO & TRANSPORT AUTO & TRANSPORT Trucks MACK AUCTION CO. presents a farm equip auction for Tom Webb (306)459-2731 Mon., Apr 11th, 2016 10:00am. Directions from Pangman, SK. from Junction of Hwy 6 & 13 go 5-mi West & 5-mi South on the Parry/Hardy grid! Watch for signs! Live internet bidding www.bidspotter.com NH 9682 4WD tractor w/5,240-hrs; NH 9682 4WD tractor w/6,205-hrs; Case 2096 2WD tractor w/4,175-hrs; Ford 4000 2WD DSL tractor w/3-PTH; AC 7G track dozer w/4-in-1 bucket; NH H8-40 SP 30-ft. swather w/only 1,009-hrs; Unverferth 9250 grain cart w/scale & roll tarp; NH TR98 SP combine; Koenders 8-ft. poly swath roller; 1991 GMC Topkick tandem grain truck w/115,400-km; 1988 GMC Kodiak tandem grain truck w/Detroit DSL; 2002 Buick Century Ltd. 4 door sedan w/leather & sunroof; 1988 Lincoln Towncar 4 door sedan; 1971 GMC 6500 grain truck; 1965 Ford 700 grain truck 5-SPD w/air brakes; 1989 Chev 1500 regular cab DSL PU; Morris Maxim II 39-ft. air drill & Morris 7240 air tank double shoot & Atom paired row openers; Morris Magnum 45-ft. II CP-745 cultivator w/2055 Valmar; Morris Ranger II 70-ft. harrow packers; Ezee On 6650 33-ft. tandem disc; Morris B3-48 Rod Weeder; Morris B3-36 Rod Weeder; Massey Ferguson 360 3-15-ft. discers; Degelman RP 7200 Signature Series hyd rock picker; Leon M850 PT Scraper; NH BR7090 round baler; Lypka flax straw buncher; Westward 3-PTH 30-ft. sprayer; Flexi Coil 65-ft. sprayer; Artic Cat 500 4WD quad; Ford 3-PTH angle blade; Kuhn EL23 3-PTH roto tiller; McKee Model 6 3-PTH snow blower; Farm King 3-PTH disc; AG Fab garden wagon; Poly 1,250-gal water tank; Sakundiak HD 8-45 auger w/Vanguard 35-HP DSL engine & Meridian mover; Sakundiak HD 8-39 auger w/Kohler Command Pro 27-HP engine & Meridian mover; Sakundiak HD 10-2000 swing auger; Sakundiak HD 6-33 auger w/5-HP electric motor; Vidor 105-Ton fertilizer bin; 3 Vidor 73-Ton fertilizer bins; Vidor 105-Ton fertilizer bin; 3 Vidor 73-Ton fertilizer bins; Meridian 83-Ton fertilizer bin; Univision 73-Ton fertilizer bin; 4 Bader 2,000-bu hopper bins; Twister 1,000-bu hopper bin. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter. (306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962

95 F SERIES SINGLE axles 24-ft. deck, 5.9 Cummins, A/C, hyd brakes, 169,000-mi, good condition, asking $5,900. (204)871-2708 or (204)685-2124

MACK AUCTION CO presents a farm & livestock equip auction for Cowan Bros. & guests. Sale info call Dave (306)736-2999 or Ward (306)736-7121 Sat., Apr. 23rd, 2016 Langbank, SK 10:00am. Directions from Langbank, SK go 2-mi North on Hwy #9, 2-mi West & 1-mi North. Live internet bidding www.bidspotter.com Vers 875 4WD tractor w/6,485-hrs; Vers 835 4WD tractor w/6,945-hrs; JD 4440 2WD tractor w/7,400-hrs; JD 4440 2WD tractor; JD 4430 2WD tractor; JD 4440 2WD tractor w/707 Leon FEL; Case 2290 2WD tractor w/3PTH; Case 1370 2WD tractor; Case 970 2WD tractor; JD 9600 SP combine w/3,440 sep hrs; JD 7721 PT combine; JD 7721 PT combine; 25-ft. Westward 3000 PT swather; JD 590 30-ft. PT swather; MF 25ft. PT swather; JD 590 30-ft. swather; MF 25-ft. PT swather; 2001 Western Star tandem grain truck; 2003 GMC 2500 HD extended cab truck; 1969 Chev C-60 grain truck; 2009 Trailtech Prospector flat deck trailer bumper pull; 36-ft. Bourgault 8800 air seeder w/Bourgault 2155 tow behind air tank; 82-ft. Bourgault 850 Centurian III field sprayer; 37ft. JD 1610 cultivator w/anhydrous kit; 35-ft. JD 1600 cultivator; Flexi Coil 50-ft. tine harrows; 37-ft.

Wilrich field cultivator; Case 27-ft. IH 5500 chisel plow w/Degelman harrows; 24-ft. JD 100 cultivator; JD 567 round baler shedded; Highline 1400 round bale picker; Macdon 5020 16-ft. haybine; Bale King bale processor; 2, 100-bu creep feeders; Farm King trailer type PTO roller mill; EZ-Guide 250 & EZ Steer 500; EZ Guide 250 & EZ Steer 500; Degelman rock pickers; 2 Leon 707 FEL w/JD mounts; Westfield 10-60 swing auger; Sakundiak 8-50 PTO auger; Sakundiak 7-41 auger w/Kohler engine; Brandt 7-33 auger w/Kohler engine; Brandt 7-33 auger w/Kohler engine; Pool 6-33 auger & Kohler engine, plus much more! Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter.

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

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We install: Feed Systems, Watering systems, Ventilation systems, Penning, Flooring, Heat mats, etc.

We also do structural repairs such as roof and wall tin, doors, ceilings, duct repairs, etc.

Serving Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

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CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

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

PARTING OUT AC 7060; White 2-155; Cockshutt 1250, 550, 560, 40; Case 800, 830, 900, 930, 1270; Kubota 120, 135; JD 7700 combine; Soft core balers; NH 116 & 495 haybines; various older Implement tires & rims, hyd components. (204)871-2708 or (204)685-2124

FYFE PARTS

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WANTED: OLDER DOZER D6, D7, D8 Cat or will consider other makes. Phone (204)278-3372.

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AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

Farm Retirement

LOCATION: From Georgetown, MN, 5 miles east on Hwy. 34, 1 mile north, west side

TUESDAY, APRIL 12 | 10AM AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

2016

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AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

CONSISTENTLY NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA’S LARGEST FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION Friday, April 8th, 2016 – 9:30 AM Location: Leeds, ND – 1 mile west of Leeds, ND on the south side of Hwy 2 Auctioneers Note: Each year this has been a huge auction that always features an outstanding line of well-kept equipment. COME PREPARED TO BUY AT TWO RINGS Internet Bidding: For live bidding the day of the auction, go to www.proxibid.com Pre-registration is required prior to auction day. Internet bidding starts at 10:30 am.

For complete list and pictures go to: midwestauctions.com/dakota

TRACTORS * COMBINES * HEADERS * PLANTING * TILLAGE * SPRAYERS * SEMIS, SEMI TRAILERS * TRUCKS * VEHICLES & PICKUPS & SERVICE PICKUP * TRAILERS AND GRAIN CARTS * HAYING AND LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT * SKID STEER & BOBCAT * FERTALIZER & ANHYDROUS * OTHER MISC. EQUIPMENT * RECREATION (Boats, Four Wheeler and Camper) * BELT CONVEYORS, GRAIN VACS, AUGERS & OTHER GRAIN HANDLING EQUIP. * SWATHERS * NEW SKID STEER ATTACHMENTS W/ QUICK ATTACH

Your North Central North Dakota Auction Leader For complete list and pictures go to our websites at www.midwestauctions.com/dakota OR www.globalauctionguide.com OR or call the Auction Company for a sale bill.

Dakota Auctioneers, Larry Swenson, owner/operator Lic. 508, 525 Main St., Cando ND 701-968-4224 Office or 701-303-0379 Cell

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Most equipment stored inside with excellent maintenance. Major equipment begins selling at 10:30 AM. Live online bidding available on major equipment. Registration, terms, & details at SteffesGroup.com TRACTORS

2009 NH T9050, 4WD, deluxe cab, buddy seat, powershift, 4 hyd., return flow, power beyond, diff lock, integrated auto steer, Trimble, HID lights, rear weight pkg., 2,257 hrs., 250 hrs. on engine OH, S/NZ8F205949 2006 NH TG255, MFWD, deluxe cab, buddy seat, Super Steer, MegaFlow, powershift, 5 hyd., return flow, power beyond, 3 pt., quick hitch, 1000 PTO, front suitcase weights, FM1000 integrated auto steer, AutoPilot II controller, OmniStar HP1XP unlock RTK, diff lock, radar, 2,536 hrs., S/N440153

II display, integrated auto steer, RTK unlock, variable speed feeder house, stone trap, heavy duty lift cyl., factory bin ext., concaves for beans & corn, 770 sep. hrs., 1,184 engine hrs., single owner, S/NHAJ111446 2013 MacDon FD75-S flex draper, 35’, dual knife drive, fore/aft 2007 NH 98C non-chopping corn head, 12x22”, hyd. deck plates

2005 Case-IH TigerMate II field cultivator, 40’, walking tandems across, wing stabilizer wheels Bourgault 9400 chisel plow, 32’, full floating hitch, tandems across

SEMI TRACTORS

2002 Mack CX613 Vision conventional, E7 Mack, 355-380 hp., Meritor 10 spd., jake brake, air ride, air slide, twin aluminum fuel tanks, 218” WB, PTO, shows 801,812 miles GRAIN CART Demco 750 grain cart, 750 bu., corner 1987 White conventional, integral sleeper, 3406 Cat, 8 spd., spring ride, auger, roll tarp, 1000 PTO air slide 5th, twin fuel tanks, 200” WB, PLANTER shows 161,743 miles 2003 JD planter, 24x22”, on Wil-Rich BOX TRUCKS & SERVICE TRUCK PT2200 front-fold bar, mechanical COLLECTIBLE TRACTOR 1978 IHC 2275 tri-axle, L10 Cummins, drive, dual vac, 3 bu. hopper, & IMPLEMENTS 13 spd., air up/down 3rd axle, spring half-width disconnect, liquid fertilizer 1944 IHC Farmall H, factory wide susp., Midland 20’ Unibody box, plumbing, John Blue monitor, JD 250 front, converted 12v, 540 PTO hoist, roll tarp, beet equipped, shows monitor, hyd. fold markers, 20/20 JD horse-drawn ditching plow 249,246 miles Horse-drawn walk-behind grain disc SeedSense & monitor, sunflower, 1970 Chevrolet C50 tag tandem, corn, & bean discs, single owner drill, 5-row, steel wheel 366 V8, 5&2 spd., 18’ Midland box, SKID STEER LOADER & ATTACH. DRILLS & TRANSPORT hoist, roll tarp, aux. fuel tank, beet 2010 NH L185 skid steer loader, cab, IHC 6200 press drills, (3) 10’s, 6” equipped, shows 65,302 miles heat, 2 spd., high flow, aux. hyd.

2002 IHC 4300 single axle service space, rubber press, dry fertilizer 2010 NH hyd. rototiller, 60” truck, DT466 diesel, automatic, PS, Kuhn drive over drill transport, 32’ Virnig snow bucket, 101”, SS loader A/C, 500 gal. fuel service unit, 20 gpm TILLAGE EQUIPMENT pump, Knapheide 11’ service body, 2’ HARVEST EQUIPMENT 2012 Case-IH 870 EcoloTiger disc extension, shows 197,486 miles, less 2008 NH CR9070, Terrain Tracer, ripper, 9 shank, 24” space than 1,000 miles on engine OH deluxe cab & controls, Intelliview Plus

TIM & COLLEEN GEMAR | 701.371.1616

TRAILERS

2013 Merritt aluminum hopper bottom, 36’x96”x68”, ag hopper, air ride, electric roll tarp 2010 Merritt MVT tender hopper bottom, 38x96”x66”, ag hopper, air ride, electric roll tarp, double row site glass, self-contained Honda GX670 twin motor & hyd. supply 1988 Fruehauf single axle van trailer, 28’, spring ride, roll-up door, (2) 1,650 gal. poly tanks, transfer pump Unverferth 4-wheel header trailer for corn head 2004 PJ gooseneck trailer, 36’ 2013 PJ tandem axle bumper hitch trailer, 20’, 2’ dovetail, flip-up ramps 2008 Ultimate enclosed tandem axle bumper hitch trailer, 20’, side door Single axle pickup box trailer

AUGER & SEED TENDERS

2008 Westfield auger, 41’x13” 2007 Friesen 220 bulk seed tender 2007 Seed Titan twin box seed tender

FORKLIFT

Daewoo G255 forklift, LP, 5,000 lb., 2-stage, 8,291 hrs., S/N12-01848

OTHER EQUIPMENT SHOP EQUIPMENT TANKS & TIRES

or Brad Olstad of Steffes, 701.237.9173 or 701.238.0240 Steffes Group Inc., 2000 Main Ave E, West Fargo, ND 58078

Brad Olstad MN14-70, Scott Steffes MN14-51, Bob Steffes MN14-09, Max Steffes MN14-031

701.237.9173 | SteffesGroup.com

TERMS: All items sold as is where is. Payment of cash or check must be made sale day before removal of items. Statements made auction day take precedence over all advertising. $35 documentation fee applies to all titled vehicles. Titles will be mailed. Canadian buyers need a bank letter of credit to facilitate border transfer.

Complete terms, lot listings & photos at SteffesGroup.com

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ROSS TAYLOR AUCTION SERVICE ESTATE FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION – ESTATE OF DARYL KAY FRIDAY, APRIL 15TH AT 11 A.M. CST

MARYFIELD, SK.

TO BE HELD AT THE FARM LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF LINCOLN FARM SUPPLIES AT MARYFIELD, SK. TRACTORS: 1986 JD 8450 w/ 18.4R38 factory duals, 4 remotes, return line,1000 pto, 5960 hours • 1982 JD 4040 w/ 2 remotes, 20.8 x 34 rubber, quad, 6562 hours • JD 2020 gas w/ 48 loader • Ford 8N w/ 3 pth TRUCKS: 1994 Ford F150 2 wheel drive 5 speed V8 with 225,000 kms • 1980 IHC F1954 tandem diesel w/ 200,000 km, 12R22.5 rubber, 13 speed Fuller • w/ 20’ Cancade box & hoist, roll tarp SEEDING AND TILLAGE: Morris 900 air seeder, 40’ w/ rubber packers and Morris 7240 tank SE # 7240401462 HARVEST EQUIPMENT: 2004 RotoThresh 9790 SP combine w/ 4000 Swathmaster header, chopper, hopper extensions,1100 threshing hours • MF 760 diesel SP combine V-8 hydro with approx. 3000 hours. With Melroe pickup • Plus a full line of farm machinery, shop equipment and recreational

FOR FULL LISTING AND ALL PHOTOS GO TO WWW.ROSSTAYLORAUCTION.COM

We are a full time, full service, local family owned auction company who will provide that personal touch to your sale. Book early to be included in our extensive advertising package…which includes Ag Days in Brandon, local trade shows and our full color Spring catalogue.

OUR SERVICE INCLUDES: • Guaranteed Same Day Settlement

WE WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE NOW BACK IN BUSINESS AFTER THE FIRE!

• Pre-Sale Set-Up • Multi-Parcel Land Auctions

Taylor Auctions is an Export & Assembly Yard, and will be providing export services for several different order buyers & feedlots, on many different classes of cattle.

Also we will be providing a service to all producers to help market your cattle. These services will provide producers (selling and buying) a number of different avenues to market all classes of cattle Taylor Auctions will be marketing Butcher cattle, feeder cattle (in large or small groups) as well as some Breds.

• Mobile Office

• Sound Truck

• People Mover

• Mobile Catering Service

• Licensed Livestock Dealers

• Free Consultations

• FCC Financing Available On Machinery Over

• Portable Washrooms

$5000 On Approved Credit

FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTIONS FOR SPRING 2016 Saturday April 15th Estate of Daryl Kay, Maryfield, SK. Monday August 8th Estate of Clarence Billard, Maryfield,SK

FOR INFORMATION CALL 204-522-3996 FOR BROCK, BARRY OR ROSS BROCKS CELL 204-522-6396 ROSS CELL 204-522-5356

THINKING OF AN AUCTION? CALL US! We Care Before, During and After Your Auction Visit our web site www.rosstaylorauction.com For a no obligation consultation please call Toll free 877-617-2537 Ross 204-522-5356 License# MB 1300 SK.# 909917

WE SELL SALES! SALES SELL US! LOTS OF SALE DATES LEFT!

ROSS TAYLOR AUCTION SERVICE 204-877-3834 | Toll Free: 877-617-2537

For full listing and photos www.rosstaylorauction.com Pl # 909917

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TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Equipment

FARM MACHINERY Parts & Accessories

2008 47-FT ST830 C.P. 5-plex, 650-lb trip, 8-in knock-on shovels, Anhydrous Raven Rate control, factory hitch, hyd winch, 9/16th heavy harrows, $82,500 OBO. (204)733-2446.

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

MACK AUCTION CO. presents a premium farm equip auction for Fortner Farms, Ken & Kathy Fortner (306)861-1006 Sat., Apr 9th, 2016 10:00am Directions from McTaggart SK go 1-mi East on Hwy 39 & 1-mi North on RR 2154. Watch for signs! Live internet bidding www.bidspotter.com JD 9630 4WD tractor w/Michelin triples w/only 766-hrs & Green Star Ready; JD 4640 2WD tractor w/5,450-hrs w/duals; 2004 Kenworth T800 tandem grain truck w/Auto shift & 78,600-km; 2003 Wilson 34-ft. aluminum grain trailer, shop built tandem dolly convertor; 66-ft. 2010 Bourgault 3310 PHD Drill w/blockage & Atom Jet openers; 2010 Bourgault 6550ST air tank 4 compartment 3 meter; 1990 GMC Top Kick grain truck w/3208 Cat engine; JD AR antique tractor; 2 Case DC-4 tractors; Case C antique tractor w/steel wheels; JD 9760 SP combine w/1,725 separator hrs Greenstar Ready; 30-ft. Premier 2950 Turbo SP swather w/1,311-hrs; 36-ft. Macdon 963 Harvest Header; Harmon Steel drum swath roller; 100-ft. JD 4830 sprayer w/only 1,018-hrs Green Star ready; 4 Goodyear 380/90R-46 sprayer tires & rims; Tridekon Crop Dividers; 4 JD Starfire receivers; 4 JD Starfire receivers; 4 JD 2600 displays; Outback Light bar; 80-ft. Degelman 7000 Straw Master heavy harrow; Degelman 7645 land roller; JD 1610 cultivator w/Degelman harrows; MF 360 18-ft. discer; Haukass side arm disc markers; Crown 6-yd scraper; 5,000-gal ground fuel tank; 300 & 500-gal fuel tank & stands; Crary 30-ft. air reel; 4 Behlen 12x14-ft.

Quonset doors; 2010 9-ft. Mainero 2230 grain bagger; Westfield MK 130-91 swing auger big 1000 PTO; Westfield MK 130-91 swing auger 540 PTO; Sakundiak HD 8-1400 auger w/mover & Wisconsin DSL engine; Sakundiak HD 8-1400 auger w/Wheatheart mover & Kohler 27-HP engine; Wooden 100bu grain box w/rubber tires; 13 Behlin 3,200-bu hopper bottom bins w/air & OPI; Twister 11,000-bu flat bottom bin w/floor sweep & unload auger; 2 Twister 5,500-bu hopper bottom bins; 7 Freisen 105, 72 & 50-Ton fertilizer bins; 14,000-bu condo storage at P&H Weyburn SK; 4 Westeel 1650 hopper bottom bins; 2 Westeel Rosco 1,900-bu hopper bottom bins; 2 Behlin 2,911-bu on cement; Westeel Rosco 3,300-bu bin on wood; Westeel 1,350-bu bin on wood; 2 Westeel 1,650-bu bins on cement; quantity of 3-HP & 5-HP aeration fans; Daryl Campbell Consignment (306)861-3141 Kubota B-2410 FWA yd tractor & Kubota LA-352 FEL w/350-hrs; Kubota 3-PTH Rototiller; Kubota B-2550C front mount snow blower, Landpride 3-PTH yd leveller; 40-ft. Sea Container; Kubota F2560 SP DSL front mount 72-in. lawn mower w/760-hrs; Yamaha Kodiak quad; Polaris Scrambler 90 quad; Zero Drift yd sprayer; Yamaha EF5200DE generator. Visit www.mackauctioncompany.com for sale bill & photos. Join us on Facebook & Twitter. (306)421-2928 or (306)487-7815 Mack Auction Co. PL 311962

Harrowbar: Laurier 80-ft harrow bar w/harrows.

11L tires. Good shape, no welds. $1,650.

(204)793-2435 cam@edgewoodmb.net Hit our readers where it counts… in the classifieds.

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

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

TILLAGE & SEEDING Tillage Various

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous

FOR SALE: 1985 IHC 7200 hoe press drill ,always shedded, very clean. For more info phone evenings (204)859-2724

1999 GM T8500 CAT towtruck, $14,500; Allis 6080 MFD loader, 3-PTH, $13,500; Ford Major DSL loader, snow blade, 3-PTH, $5,500; Vac Tank & pump for 1-tonne; Power parachute, Rotex SR7 as is; 1981 GMC 7000 366, 17-ft factory box & hoist, $8,500. Phone (306)236-8023.

Advertise your unwanted equipment in the Classifieds.

Call our toll-free number and place your ad with our friendly staff, and don’t forget to ask about our prepayment bonus. Prepay for 3 weeks and get 2 weeks free!

1-800-782-0794.

4700 VIBRA TILLER, 34-FT w/harrows; Degelman 3000, 36-ft, extra parts; Dual loader, complete w/pump, forks & bucket. Phone:(204)648-7222.

TracTors

7200 INTERNATIONAL PRESS HOE drill. 14-ft $1,000 OBO. Also for parts, NH 1400 combine.

Call:(204)837-1553.

TRACTORS Allis/Deutz

CASE IHC BALER 8575, Lites & extended chute; Forage harvester NH 892; Grain auger 7-in w/engine; Trailer 34x8 on 12 truck tires, radial 980; Swather Vers Hydrostatic 400; Sprayer, Valmar 80ft, 600-gal, seen working; Baler IHC, working order; Harrows, 90-ft, tines like new, needs 2 new tires; Drillfill fert. & seed, mounted on trailer, hose, hyd.; Corn drill 8-row; Auger, 6-in w/engine; Chinook planter, fitted engine, 16.5x16 tires; MF tractor w/PTO, no hyd.; JCB 230B loader, 40-ft boom tires, good; Gravity wagon, tires good. For more info, contact Eric:(204)878-4446.

FOR SALE: 1033 NEW Holland bale wagon. $5000. Phone:(204)638-5404.

FOR SALE: 2 ENDGATE drill fills: 1 Westfield, in mint condition; 1 Metal Industries, good condition.

Phone:(306)452-3582.

GRAVITY WAGONS- NEW 400-BU., $7,400; 600bu. $12,500; 750-bu. $18,250; Large Selection Used Gravity Wagons 250-750 bu $2,000 Up; Used Grain Carts 400-1050 bu. PTO & Hyd Drive Gehl 8500 500-bu. Feed Cart w/Scale $10,000; Little Auggie Feedmix Cart $5,000; Mohrlang 420 JD 780 Spreader Hydrapush $10,000; Dual Loader $2,000; Buhler 2795 Loader $4,500; Grain Screeners $250 Up. (204)857-8403.

IHC 6200 PRESS DRILL complete w/factory transport & grass seed attachment, always shedded.

Phone (204)526-2051.

MF 860 COMBINE; JD 6600; Moline G1000 tractor; IHC 660; Versatile 400 swather; Co-op 550; Hayland for rent; Standing poplar, plus much more.

(204)268-1888.

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

AUCTION SALES U.S. Auctions

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Miscellaneous TRAILER AXLE COMPLETE W/4 very good 10.00Rx15 tires, $1,500; Allied HD loader & dirt bucket in good shape, $950; 2 like-new 18.4x34 tires, tubes & rims, $1,050 for set. (204)385-2685.

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.

1-800-782-0794.

FARM MACHINERY Machinery Wanted WANTED: SIDE-MOUNT NH3 POINTS. Also wanted: 14-ft & 18-ft bin hoppers. Phone (204)655-3458

HAYING & HARVESTING HAYING & HARVESTING Various

Rebuilt Concaves

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

Penno’s Machining & Mfg. Ltd.

INVENTORY REDUCTION

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

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

Combines

OPENS: MARCH 29 / CLOSES: APRIL 7 @ 7PM AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: ND SALES TAX LAWS APPLY. Financing available on certain pieces upon pre-qualification, contact Charlie at 701.284.6316. Equipment is located at stores in Cando, Park River, and Rolla, ND. Please visit the “lot listings tab” for location details. Note there are several “New” pieces of equipment.

PREVIEW: Tue., March 29, 8AM–5PM. LOADOUT: Fri., April 8, 8AM–5PM & Sat., April 9, 8AM–1PM TRACK & 4WD TRACTORS 2013 Case-IH 550 Quadtrac 2011 NH T9.505, 4WD

MFWD TRACTORS

2011 NH T8.300, MFWD 2011 NH T8.390, MFWD 2013 NH Boomer 30, MFWD NH TS6.125, MFWD, air seat NH TS6.140, MFWD, air seat

HARVEST EQUIPMENT

2004 NH 970, small grain Case-IH 1010 rigid head, 25’ 2013 MacDon FD75 flex draper head, 35’ 2009 MacDon D60 S draper head, 36’ 1995 MacDon 960 draper head, 30’

WINDROWER

2006 Case-IH WDX1202 windrower, 25’

GRAIN CARTS

Parker 1039 grain cart Parker 1348 grain cart

DRILLS & AIR SEEDERS

NH P2070 precision drill, 60’ 2009 Flexi-Coil P2060 fold-back design air hoe drill, 70’ 2006 NH SD440 hoe drill, 45’ 2001 JD 1860 air drill, 42’ 1995 Concord 5710 air seeder, 57’ 1996 Flexi-Coil 5000 air seeder, 51’ Flexi-Coil 5000 air drill, 57’

PLANTER

Great Plains Y1625-32 Yield-Pro planter, 40’, twin row

TILLAGE EQUIPMENT

Wil-Rich Quad X2 field cultivator, 50’ 2012 Great Plains 4000TM vertical tillage, Turbo-Max 2012 Summers Super Coulter, 40’ 2010 Summers Superweeder, 70’ 2008 Ezee-On 4600 disc, 36-1/2’

2001 Summers disc, 38-1/2’ Krause 8300 disc, 37’ Krause 8300 disc, 34’ Ezee-On mounted 3-bar harrow

SPRAYERS

Hardi CM6600 sprayer, 132’ 2009 Hardi Commander 6600 P-T sprayer, 90’ Twin Force boom w/air Hardi HC950 sprayer, 90’ 2011 NH SP.275F front-boom sprayer 2008 Miller Condor A75 S-P sprayer, Spray-Air 90’ boom

EQUIPMENT LOCATED: Park River Implement, Park River, ND; Houtcooper Implement, Cando, ND; & Rolla Implement, Rolla, ND.

AGCO MF CAT flex platforms: In stock Models 500 Gleaner 25-ft. & 30-ft.; Model 8000 30-ft. & 8200 35-ft. MF; Cat FD30 flex; FD40 flex. Reconditioned, ready to go. Delivery in SK, MB, AB. Gary: (204)326-7000, Reimer Farm Equip, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. www.reimerfarmequipment.com

2012 NH BR7090 specialty baler 2011 NH BR7090 round baler 2008 NH BR7090 baler 2007 NH BR780A round baler 2006 NH BR780A round baler 1995 JD 1600A mower cond. 14’ NH 488 mower conditioner, 9’ 1997 NH 1475 mower cond., 16’

CONVEYOR & SEED TENDERS

Convey-All TCGN-1035 conveyor, 35’ Parker 3620 bulk seed tender, 18’x8” Parker 2620 bulk seed tender, 18’x6” conveyor

FOR SALE: JD 2750 MFWD, CAH, 3-pt, 2 hyd’s, w/245 loader; JD 2950 2WD, CAH, 3-pt, 2 hyd’s; JD 2950 MFWD, 3-pt, 2 hyd’s, w/loader; 2, JD 4050 MFWD, 3-pt, PS, w/o loaders; JD 4250 MFWD, 3-pt, 15-SPD, w/265 loader; JD 4640 Quad, 3 hyd’s; JD 6400 2WD, PQ w/RHS, 3-pt, w/loader; JD 6400 MFWD, 3-pt, PQ w/RHS, w/640 loader. Case MXM 140, MFWD, 3-pt, w/loader. All tractors can be sold w/new or used loaders. Now a Husqvarna Dealer, w/a full line of Husqvarna Equipment.

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

RED OR GREEN 1. 10-25% savings on new replacement parts for your Steiger drive train.

2. We rebuild axles, transmissions and dropboxes with ONE YEAR WARRANTY. 3. 50% savings on used parts.

1-800-982-1769 www.bigtractorparts.com FENCING S&D Custom AG Services

Ranching family business offering custom fencing.

Self propelled, all terrain fencing machine at $2,200/mile (we supply staples). Compact track loader with a wire roller & post puller. Get the old fence lines cleaned up at $1,100/mile. Mulcher head for the track loader to keep back the trees & brush at $100/hr. Daniel Leblanc (403)821-0502

HEAT & AIR CONDITIONING

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

Winkler, MB • 1-204-325-4433

GRANT MCDONALD TRACTORS

www.penta.ca

1-800-587-4711

WED., APRIL 6, 10:00 AM ONLINE AUCTION: WWW.AUCTIONTIME.COM

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.

LIVESTOCK Selling JD 730 Standard Gas [rare] #7302226. Very good condition, also 630 & 60 standards.

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

BILL KLASSEN AUCTIONEERS TRACTORS Massey Ferguson

NH FLEX PLATFORMS: In stock Models 973 both 25-30’; 74C 30-ft. w/air reel; 88C 36-ft. flex draper; 94C 25-ft. rigid draper w/trailer. Deliver in SK, MB, AB. Gary (204)326-7000, Reimer Farm Equip, Hwy #12 N, www.reimerfarmequipment.com Steinbach, MB.

TRACTORS 2-Wheel Drive

MF 180 3-PTH row crop, good tires, new clutch, $6,500. Phone (204)685-2124 or (204)871-2708

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.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions

LIVESTOCK Cattle Auctions THE 12TH ANNUAL “BEST OF THE BREEDS” Bull Sale Sun., April 3rd, 2016, 2:00pm at Heartland Livestock Services, Yorkton, SK. On offer 95 Charolais, Red & Black Angus, Simmental & Gelbvieh bulls. For catalogues or information contact T Bar C Cattle Co. (306)220-5006. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com (PL# 116061)

Pen of 5

Replacement Heifer Sale GLADSTONE AUCTION MART Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 Approx 2:00PM (Following Regular Sale) All Heifers Vet Checked Open Palpated & Ultrasound Approx 40 Pens Consigned For More Info Call Gladstone Auction Mart (204)385-2537 Terra Manager (204)870-9524 License #1108

traNSCON’S CattlE COuNtry SiMMENtal Bull SalE

TRUCKS

1996 IHC Navistar 8100 tri-axle 1975 Chevrolet C65 tandem axle cab & chassis, 427 1967 Chevrolet C50 tandem axle cab & chassis, 366

TRACTORS John Deere

MF 1085 CAB HEATER 3-PTH, good tires, new hyd pump, FEL avail, $10,850. Consider offers or trades. (204)871-2708 or (204)685-2124

Land Pride DTM55 ditcher Farm King Y960QL snowblower, 96” Land Pride ZST40 zero turn lawn tractor, 40” cut 1998 Caterpillar 2EC20 forklift Guidance system for tractor w/cylinders

STEIGER TRACTOR SPECIALIST

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JD FLEX PLATFORMS: 922, 925, 930, sever- al newer ones w/full finger augers & air reels; 630-635 w/wo air bars. Deliver in SK, MB, AB. Gary (204)326-7000, Reimer Farm Equipment, Hwy #12 N, Steinbach, MB. www.reimerfarmequipment.com

OTHER EQUIPMENT

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COMBINES Accessories

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CASE/IH FLEX PLATFORMS: MODELS 1020 25ft. & 30-ft. w/wo sir reel; 2020 30-ft. & 35-ft., 2020 30-ft. w/air reel; 2011 3020 35-ft. Can install new AWS air bar for additional $11,500. Deliver in SK, MB, AB. Gary (204)326-7000, Reimer Farm Equip, Hwy #12 N, www.reimerfarmequipment.com Steinbach, MB.

BALERS & OTHER HAY EQUIP.

ALLIS 1984 8050 4,437-HRS, original owner; 1981 8010 3,694-hrs, 2nd owner. Both stnd trans, shedded, no 3-pt, offers. Also machinery augers, cultivators etc., never winter use, no loader use.

(204)242-2221, Manitou.

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TIRES & PARTS

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or Dave Krostue at Steffes, 218.779.6865

FOR SALE: 42-FT, MODEL 7200 Case IH hoe drill, factory transport & carbides, good condition.

Phone: (204)745-7445.

Charlie, 701.284.6316, 701.331.9717, or John, 701.331.1577 Steffes Group, Inc., 2000 Main Ave E, West Fargo, ND 58078 Scott Steffes ND81 | 701.237.9173 | SteffesGroup.com Complete terms, lot listings & photos at SteffesGroup.com

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CONSiGNOrS: Antrim Simmentals • Big Hills Simmentals • Broken Oak Black Simmentals • Crest View Land & Cattle Co. Ltd. • Handford Simmentals • Dana, Megan & Terron Johns • J R Simmental • Peterbuilt Simmentals • Pure Country Simmentals • Sunville Simmentals • Tri-Star Cattle Co. • BSW Livestock

Catalog can be viewed on line at: for more info contact www.transconlivestock.com Jay Good: 403-556-5563 OffEriNG 91 yEarliNG BullS aNd Darren Paget: 403-323-3985 17 OpEN yEarliNG hEifErS glenn norton: 780-542-0634 Catalog can be viewed on line at: Cody Haney: 403-559-8809 www.transconlivestock.com

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2-YEAR OLD & YEARLING bulls sired by Silver Bullet & Specialist. For calving ease & yearling growth, Polled & semen tested. Martens Charolais & Seed (204)534-8370.

TRANSCON’S WINNIPEG SIMMENTAL BULL SALE

Cornerstone Charolais & Red Angus Bull Sale Sat., Apr. 16, 1:30p.m., Whitewood (SK) Auction Market. Offering 22 Charolais & 46 Red Angus Yearling Bulls. Semen tested, guaranteed with free board & delivery available. Plus, 36 Red Angus & Char X Red Angus commercial open heifers. View the catalogue online at www.bylivestock.com. Kelly Brimner 306.577.7698 or Phil Birnie 306.577.7440

FOR SALE: COMING 2 yr old Charolais bulls, grandsons of Bluegrass. Will be easy calving, good dispositions & guaranteed. K.E.H Charolais phone Keith Hagan (204)748-1024, Virden.

MB. Livestock Dealer #1111

PUREBRED CHAROLAIS BULLS, 1 1/2-yr olds & yearlings, White & Red factor, some good for heifers, semen tested in spring, guaranteed & delivered. R&G McDonald Livestock. (204)466-2883, (204)724-2811.

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

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Angus 20 RED & BLACK Angus 2 yr old bulls moderate birth weights. Will semen test & deliver when you need them. Phone (204)278-3372, Inwood, Mb.

PUREBRED CHAROLAIS YEARLINGS & three 2-yr old bulls for sale by private treaty, White & Red factor. Phone Brad (204)523-0062 www.clinecattlecompany.ca

ANDERSON’S CATTLE CO. Bull Sale, Wed., Apr. 13th, 1:00pm at the Farm, Swan River, MB. Selling 50 yearling & 2 yr old, Red & Black Angus bulls.

For a catalogue or more info contact Bruce Anderson (204)734-2073 or T Bar C Cattle Co. (306)220-5006. View the catalogue online at www.buyagro.com (PL#116061)

WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT selection of PB Charolais bulls, both Red & white yearling & 2-yr olds.

Pictures & info on the net www.defoortstockfarm.com. Call Gord or Sue:(204)743-2109.

F BAR & ASSOCIATES Angus bulls for sale.

Choose from 20 two-yr-old and yearling Red and Black Angus bulls. Great genetics, easy-handling, semen-tested, delivery available. Call for sales list.

Inquiries and visitors are welcome. We are located in Eddystone, about 20-mi E of Ste. Rose, or 25-mi W of Lake MB Narrows, just off Hwy 68. Call Allen & Merilyn Staheli. Tel: (204)448-2124 Email: amstaheli@inethome.ca

PHACKARY GELBVIEH& FLIEN’S GELBRVIEH Online bull sale Apr. 1-3. Hosted by www.livestockplus.ca. Selling 25 Red & black yearling & 2-year old bulls. Contact Ian, 306-861-7687 or Wayne, 306-793-4568.

RIDGE SIDE RED ANGUS has: 6 red yearlings, 1 black yearling; 2, 2 yr old Red; 1 Red 3 yr old. Yearlings from AI Sires: Toast BC Hobo, Travlin Express, New Trend. Pasquale, Imprint; 3 yr old Provin, Bodacious X BC Hobo; 2 yr old are virgin. All bulls tested, long, thick, deep, good disposition.

Can deliver call Don (204)422-5216

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Black Angus 2 BLACK ANGUS YEARLING bulls. PB, weight around 1,000-lbs, birth weight 87-lbs & 81-lbs, priced $2,700 & $2,500. Phone:(204)886-2083.

Teulon. MB. BLACK ANGUS BULLS YEARLINGS & Long Yearlings, some Heifer Bulls, semen tested & performance records avail. Call Don Guilford, Hereford Ranch (204)873-2430, Clearwater.

FOR SALE: REGISTERED BLACK Angus yearling bulls, moderate framed, good dispositions, EPD’s available, semen tested & delivered. Bloodlines include Kodiak, KMK Alliance, Pioneer & Brand Name. Also Registered open heifers. Phone Colin at Kembar Angus (204)725-3597, Brandon MB. YEARLING & 2-YR OLD Black Angus bulls. Holloway Angus, Gerry Williams, Souris. Phone: (204)741-0070 or (204)483-3622.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Red Angus Cornerstone Red Angus & Charolais Bull Sale Sat., Apr. 16, 1:30p.m., Whitewood (SK) Auction Market. Offering 46 Red Angus & 22 Charolais Yearling Bulls. Semen tested, guaranteed with free board & delivery available. Plus, 36 Red Angus & Char X Red Angus commercial open heifers. View the catalogue online at www.bylivestock.com.

Phil Birnie 306.577.7440 or Kelly Brimner 306.577.7698

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LIVESTOCK Cattle – Hereford 20 OPEN DE-HORNED YEARLING Hereford heifers. Call (306)743-5105, Langenburg SK. See www.vcherefordfarm.com FOR SALE: POLLED HEREFORD Bulls Yearlings & Long Yearlings, semen tested & performance records avail. Call Don Guilford, Hereford Ranch (204)873-2430, Clearwater.

PB POLLED HERFORD BULLS coming 2 yr old, developed slowly on a mostly forage ration, quiet, roped to tie, guaranteed, delivery avail. Herefords for over 75 years. Catt Brothers (204)723-2831 POLLED HEREFORD YEARLING BULLS. Vern Kartanson, Phone: (204)867-2627 or (204)867-7315.

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Salers POLLED PEDIGREED SALERS BULLS on farm and at Douglas Station. Red or Black. High performance herd. Can arrange delivery. Ken Sweetland, Lundar, MB www.sweetlandsalers.com (204)762-5512

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Shorthorn PUREBRED YEARLING BULLS PLUS 1 3-YR old herdsire for sale, all are polled, thick & easy fleshing w/moderate to low birthweights. We also have 3 bulls at the Douglas Bull Development Centre selling on April 2nd 2016. Call Uphill Shorthorns (204)764-2663, cell (204)365-7155 rgray4@mymts.net

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Blonde d’Aquitaine

LIVESTOCK Cattle – Charolais 2 PB CHAR 2 yr old bulls for sale, good dispositions, $4,000 each. Phone (204)843-2917, Amaranth.

WINNIPEG LIVESTOCK SALES Hwy 6 & Hwy 236 Offering 58 bulls • 57 yearling Simmentals and 1 - 2 yr old

• Wilcox Simmentals • Skyridge Farms • Triple T Diamond Simmentals • Twin Oak Livestock • Southam Simmentals • Dequier Farms • Homestead-T Simmentals • Twin Meadow Livestock Farms •

for more info contact Jay Good: 403-556-5563 Darren Paget: 403-323-3985 glenn norton: 780-542-0634 Cody Haney: 403-559-8809

Catalog can be viewed online at: www.transconlivestock.com 5W SIMMENTALS HAS FOR SALE: Reg Polled Yearling Simmental Bulls, Red & Blacks, Semen Tested, Will Deliver, Keep Until Needed. Purchase Sired Goldstandard, Mind Games, Skinner & Justice. Phone (204)868-5040 For More Info.

SIMM BULLS FOR SALE: 1, 2 yr old & 3 yearlings.

Phone (204)641-0660.

Triple R Simmentals (Haywood, MB) has three Registered Purebred Simmental Bulls for sale. Two black Drake Poker Face 2X sons (RXR 6C- BW 105; currently 1500-lbs and RXR 13C- BW 102; currently 1470-lbs) and a red KWA Big Time 86A son (RXR 20C- BW 104; currently 1440-lbs). Semen tested with scrotals between 38 and 40.5cm. Delivery arrangements can be made. $5000 each. (204) 771-0280 WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT group of polled yearling Simmental bulls. Your bull comes with a full guarantee, is semen tested, fed, insured until delivered (No later than June 1st), and delivered (Within MB.) when you need him, all at our cost. Call Ray Cormier at (204)736-2608. For more information, visit our website at www.riverbankfarms.com All bulls are sold out of the yard by private treaty.

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various 500 BRED HEIFERS. Reds, Blacks, Silvers & Tans. Start calving March 25th, 2016. Had all shots, preg checked, Ivomec, pelvic measured, weigh approx 1250-lbs. Phone:(204)325-2416.

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

FOR SALE: RED ANGUS Simm X Herdsire Bull, $3,250.(204)749-2033 Rathwell, MB.

BELLEVUE BLONDES HAS AN excellent group of performance & semen tested, polled Purebred Blonde yearling bulls for sale. $2800 each. Call Marcel (204)379-2426 or (204)745-7412, Haywood, MB.

LIVESTOCK Swine Wanted

THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1PM

YEARLING SHORTHORN BULLS, excellent growth, from big productive cows. Put some growth in your cattle, add to weaning weight, yearling weight & carcass quality. Two home raised bulls, have been shown. Also avail a roan polled bull, moderate frame & performance. Reasonably priced $3,500-$4,500. Herbourne Shorthorns, Bill Acheson (204)744-2525 Somerset, MB isabel.acheson@gmail.com

800-1000 LBS. Steers & Heifers Don: 528-3477, 729-7240

Contact: D.J. (Don) MacDonald Livestock Ltd. License #1110

FARM SALES: GRANT TWEED specializing in farm property. If you plan to sell, buy or rent, I can help.

Tel. (204)761-6884 grant.tweed@century21.ca

SELLING 45 SIMMENTAL ANGUS & Charolais Angus cross heifers, now 1.5-yrs old, will pasture & breed to your calving needs. Preg checked Oct 1st.

Call for details (204)345-8492, Lac Du Bonnet.

ROCKING W SPRING HORSE sale. Tack sale Fri., Apr. 22. For Sale Sat., Apr. 23. Keystone Centre Brandon, Manitoba. www.rockingw.com Phone: (204)325-7237.

Bar Punch Ranch Dispersal Sale Sat., Apr. 2nd, 3:30PM, Heartland Livestock, Virden, MB. Selling 26 Bred & Open Full French Yearling &2Yr old Heifers, many Polled. Plus, two Polled Full French herdbulls. For information, contact John Hoff 403.528.4150 or 403.504.8708. Catalogue online at www.bylivestock.com

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Acreages/Hobby

FOR SALE: 10-12 SIMM cows/heifers, Bred Simm/Angus to calve July/Aug. Call (204)585-5370, Sandy Lake, MB.

LIVESTOCK Horse Auctions

CHAROLAIS BULLS 1& 2 yr olds. Vaccinated and tested. Steppler and HTA genetics. Call or text (204)381-1240.

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

LIVESTOCK Cattle Various

WANTED: BUTCHER HOGS SOWS AND BOARS FOR EXPORT

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KELLN SOLAR SUMMER/WINTER WATERING System, provides water in remote areas, improves water quality, increases pasture productivity, extends dugout life.

St. Claude/Portage, 204-379-2763.

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REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Manitoba 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. 5) Excellent horse ranch in Erickson MB, Riding Arena & Bldgs in Fantastic condition. Jim McLachlan (204)724-7753, HomeLife Home Professional Realty Inc, Brandon, MB, www.homelifepro.com SELLING YOUR FARM. Some agents sell houses, some sell cottages, some sell stores, some sell condominiums, some sell everything, some nothing.

Some sell at half price. We @ www.manitobafarms Sell Farms, Land & Rural Property. Call Harold (204)253-7373 Delta Real Estate (204)223-8101.

REAL ESTATE Farms & Ranches – Wanted FARMS WANTED. If you are considering selling your farm, contact me. I have eight years experience selling farms and farmed all my life. All discussions are confidential. Rick Taylor, Homelife Home Professional Realty. (204)867-7551, rtaylor@homelife.com www.homelifepro.com

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES RECREATIONAL VEHICLES All Terrain Vehicles BEST PRICES IN MANITOBA on Kids/Adults ATVS, Dirtbikes, Dune Buggies, UTVS! 110 ATV$849.00; 125cc Dirt Bike- $899.00; 125 Dune Buggy- $1,799.00 (Check Out Our Ads @ www.kijiji.ca) (Go to Manitoba/Brandon/110 ATVS) Phone (204)724-4372.

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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 PUGH SEEDS LTD: Cert Cardale Wheat, Souris Oats, Certified CDC Sorrel Flax. Phone (204)274-2179 or Cell (204)871-1467, Portage, MB. REGISTERED & CERTIFIED AAC Brandon wheat; Registered & Certified CDC Glas flax. Please call Elias Seeds in Carman, MB:(204)745-3301.

SANDERS SEED FARM FOUNDATION, Reg, Cert, Brandon, Carberry, Thorsby, Elgin Wheat, Camden Oats. Phone (204)242-4200, Manitou.

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COMMON SEED Forage Seeds CANADA COMMON #1 MULTI-FOLIATE Alfalfa seed, $3.55/lb pre-inoculated in 50-lb bags; Canada Common #1 Timothy seed, $1.90/lb. Call (204)642-2572, Riverton MB.

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CERISE RED PROSO COMMON Millet seed. Buy now to avoid disappointment. 95%+ germination, 0% Fusarium Graminearum. Makes great cattle feed, swath grazed, dry or silage bale. Very high in protein. Energy & drought tolerant. Sold in 50-lb bags. 2000+ satisfied producers. 13th Year in Business! Millet King Seeds of Canada Inc. Reynald (204)526-2719 office or (204)878-4839, Cell & text: (204)794-8550. Leave messages, all calls returned. www.milletkingseeds.com reynald@milletking.com

Plumas, MB courtseeds@gmail.com 204 386-2354 courtseeds.ca

FOR SALE: ALFALFA, TIMOTHY, Brome, Clover, hay & pasture blends, millet seed, Crown, Red Prozo. Leonard Friesen (204)685-2376, Austin, MB.

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SAINFOIN SEED FOR SALE. Nutritious, bloat-free, perennial forage loved by all animals & honeybees.

Research from Utah University indicates better meat flavor & nutrition from sainfoin supplemented forage. Prime Sainfoin is certified organic. www.primegrains.com Ph:(306)739-2900 jhusband@primegrains.com

Phone: 204-526-2145 | www.zeghersseed.com Email: shawnz@zeghersseed.com

QUALITY PEDIGREE SEED: • AAC Brandon Wheat • Faller CWIW class Wheat • Cardale Wheat • Souris Oats • Conlon Barley • Lightning Flax • Meadow Peas - Sold Out!

COMMON SEED Pulse Crops GLY 1 SOYBEAN SEED. Early, mid, long season available. Top yields. Bulk or bagged. Keep your own seed, with the convenience of glyphosate! No contracts or TUAs. Dealers wanted. Call or text or Nate: (204)280-1202, Norcan Seeds (204)372-6552

SEED/ FEED/GRAIN Feed Grain

North Star Seed - Forages Red Proso Millet Zeghers Seed Inc. is also an Exporter! Flax, Mustard, Damaged Canola, Canary, Rye, Triticale, and other crops. We would be glad to help market your special crops.

Ask about our volume rates.

CERTIFIED SEED Forage Seeds CERTIFIED CANADA #1 MF5301 Alfalfa seed, pre-inoculated, $3.75/lb. Call (204)642-2572, Riverton MB.

CERTIFIED SEED Pulse Crops CERTIFIED CDC JET 95% germ (Black) & Certified CDC Super Jet 95% germ (Black). CDC Certified Pintium (Pinto). Martens Charolais & Seed.

(204)534-8370.

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NOW HANDLING: Black Oil Sunflowers, Striped Sunflowers, Canary Seed, White Millet, Red Millet

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CERTIFIED SEED Specialty Crops 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.

1-800-782-0794.

OAT OR SOYBEAN LAND wanted! Think quinoa!

Grow with us - Total production contracts available.

Premium returns, guaranteed markets & delivery. www.quinoa.com Phone:306-933-9525.

Contact Marc at 204-712-0440 www.delmarcommodities.com

Licensed & Bonded Winkler, MB.

Farming is enough of a gamble, advertise in the Manitoba Co-operator classified section. It’s a sure thing.

1-800-782-0794.

COMMON SEED Various CORN SEED $28 PER acre- Catt Corn, open pollinated seed, lower cost alternative for grazing & silage, high nutritional value & palatability, 7-9 ft tall leafy plants, 8-10 in. cobs, early maturing, 2250 CHU’s seed produced in MB, selling into SK, AB & MB for over 10 years, delivery avail. (204)723-2831

WE BUY OATS Call us today for pricing Box 424, Emerson, MB R0A 0L0 204-373-2328

SEED / FEED / GRAIN SEED/ FEED/GRAIN Hay & Straw 170 Hay Bales For Sale S/C. MB at Altamont 1st/2nd cut 1,900lb. 5x6 round bale. 15-21% prot.

105-128 RFV $.035-$.045/lb As Per Quality (204)744-2207 stockfor@cici.mb.ca 1ST & 2ND CUT Alfalfa, Timothy, 5x6 round bales, have some w/70% alfalfa & some w/30% alfalfa. No rain, 1,400-lbs.

Phone: (204)661-1091 or (204)427-2601.

5X6-FT HARDCORE ALFALFA BROME grass round bales for sale, 1500-lbs. Good quality & large quantity. First & second-cut. Feed test available.

Price negotiable. Loading available. Phone (204)967-2247 Kelwood, MB or Cell (204)212-0751.

FOR SALE: 1ST CUT alfalfa grass, hard core bale, no rain. Also 2nd cut alfalfa hard core bales, no rain, feed test available. Phone:(204)749-2194 or (204)526-0733.

FOR SALE: 65 ROUND bales, grass alfalfa mix, no rain, 3 cents/lb. Call Doug after 5:00pm (204)467-5093.

HEMP SENSE INC LOCATED in Gilbert Plains MB is sourcing quality hemp straw. Will pay $80/metric tonne for 2015 straw and $50/metric tonne for older straw. Phone (204)629-4367 LARGE ROUND BALES, Feed tested, netwrapped, no rain. Phone (204)723-0658, email colletfarm@gmail.com Notre Dame, MB. LARGE ROUND BALES OF wheat & oat straw; Large round bales of hay. Phone:(204)325-2416.

TAME HAY, EARLY CUT, no rain, 5x6 soft core.

Phone (204)886-2960, Teulon, MB.

Vanderveen Commodity Services Ltd. Licensed and Bonded Grain Brokers

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

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USED EQUIPMENT www.agdealer.com/raymorenh

‘10 New Holland CX8070

Combine, 1160hrs, Excellent cond., 900/60R32 TIRES/600/65R28 REARS, HD LIFT CYL, 76C

1989 JD 590 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500 1999 MB 9200. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $46,900 2013 NH H8060-36FT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$118,000 2012 NH H8060-36FT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $105,000 2008 NH H8040-36FT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $79,000

MISC

ATV 2009 CK 3100S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,250 Baler/Round 2009 NH BR7090 . . . . . . . $27,000 677742

Windrower, 298hrs, 190HP, Excellent cond., 36FT, DELUXE CAB, CAB SUSPENSION, DELUXE LED LIGHTS, 600/65R 677757

‘08 New Holland BR7090

Round Baler, Good cond., 1.5M PICK UP, LACED BELTS, 31X13.5-15 TIRES, HYD, PICK UP

190,000 $

744124

54,000 $

‘10 MacDon D60-35FT CNH

Header, Good cond., 35FT, CROSS AUGER, TRANSPORT, CNH ADAPTER

754170

54,000

33,000 62,000 $

‘00 Case IH 2388

Combine, 2730hrs, Good cond., 30.5X32 FRONTS, ROCK TRAP, HOPPER TOPPER

69,000

270,000 $

SWATHERS

Windrower, 635hrs, Excellent cond., 36FT, SCHUMACHER, UII, DELUXE CAB, CAB SUSPENSION

$

$

$

2010 NH T7040 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $129,000 2003 NH TM140 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $59,900 1995 CIH 9280 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $68,000 1980 NH 835 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$14,900

737592

$

$

‘13 New Holland CX8090

Combine, 682hrs, 449HP, Excellent cond., 520 DUALS, CAST, Y&M, SPREADERS, HIDS, 790CP-15FT

737582

190,000

344,000

738299

TRACTORS

‘95 Case IH 9280

Tractor, 4WD, 7725hrs, 375HP, Good cond., 20.8R42 FIRESTONE TRIPLES, SYNCROSHIFT 12F/3R, 4 REMOTES

Baler/Round 2008 NH BR7090 . . . . . . . .$14,900 Truck Semi 1994 FO LTL9000 . . . . . . . . . $6,000 Truck Semi 2003 IHC 9900I. . . . . . . . . . $37,500 Track Loader 2012 NH C238 . . . . . . . . . $54,000 Mower Conditioner 2013 NH H7460-16FT Rubber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,000 Mower Conditioner 2013 NH H7460 $38,500 Mower Conditioner 2008 NH 1475 . . . . . $28,571 Mower/Batwing 2014 SU XH1500 S3 SERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,900 Mower/Zero Turn 2012 CK RZT 54 KW $3,650 Mower/Zero Turn 2010 CK TANK 60 $4,000 Skid Steer Loader 2008 BCAT S205 $21,900 Deep Tillage 1984 FC 800 . . . . . . . . . . . .$10,000 Deep Tillage 1984 MR CP750. . . . . . . . . .$16,000 Forklift 2006 JC 940 RTFL . . . . . . . . . . . $40,000 Forklift 2004 SX SD 80. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $64,000 Grain Vac 2008 REM 2700 . . . . . . . . . . . .$14,900 Harrow Heavy 2001 BO 7200. . . . . . . . . .$21,900 Harrow Packer 1998 MR Rangler II . . . .$12,500

‘13 New Holland H7460-16FT ‘08 New Holland H8040-36FT ‘13 New Holland H8060-36FT

Header, Excellent cond., 36FT, DOUBLE KNIFE Header, 35FT, TRANSPORT, GUAGE WHEELS, Disc Mower Conditioner, Excellent cond., CHEVRON RUBBER ROLLS, MOMAX MODULAR DRIVE, 6 BAT UII 42IN DIAMETER ONE PIECE AHHC, X-AUGER DUTTER BAR, HYD TONGUE 733839

2001 FC 67 XL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10,900 2000 SPAIR 3200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10,900 2013 NH SP.240F XP 1200GAL 100FT $245,000 2012 NH SP.275F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $235,000

736163

$

‘15 New Holland 840CD-35FT

SPRAYERS

$

45,000 $

‘10 New Holland 94C-36FT

‘15 Versatile 450

Tractor, 4WD, 500HP, Excellent cond., STD, 800’s, 98GPM, 6 REMOTES, E-PRO STEERING

119,000

677851

89,000

736273

$

$

2015 NH 840CD-35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $83,000 2015 NH 840CD-35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $83,000 2015 NH 840CD-35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $83,000 2013 NH 840CD-35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $67,000 2013 NH 840CD-35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $67,000 2015 MB D65-35FT CNH . . . . . . . . . . . . . $85,000 2015 MB D65-35FT CNH . . . . . . . . . . . . . $85,000 2010 MB D60-35FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . $52,000 2010 NH 94C-36FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . $43,000 2010 NH 94C-42FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . $65,000 2009 NH 94C-30FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . $35,900 2009 NH 94C-40FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . $50,000 2009 NH 94C-36FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . $43,000 2008 NH 94C-36FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . $37,000 2008 NH 94C-36FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . $39,000 2005 NH 94C-30FT CR/CX . . . . . . . . . . . $23,900

747714

175,000

2000 CIH 2388 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $62,000 2015 NH CX8090 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $459,000 2013 NH CX8090 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $344,000 2011 NH CX8080. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$170,000 2011 NH CR9080. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $239,900

COMBINE HEADS

High Clearance Sprayer, 4WD, 865hrs, 275HP, Good cond., 100FT, 1200GAL SS, 2 SETS TIRES, FM1000, AUTO PILOT

‘14 Seed Hawk 8412

Air Drill, Good cond., 8RUN DOUBLE SHOOT FLEXI COIL AIR PACK, SETUP TOW BEHIND, LAR

$

COMBINES

2011 NH CR9080. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $267,000 2010 NH CX8080 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $209,900 2010 NH CX8070 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $190,000 2008 NH CX8080 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $169,000 2003 NH CR970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125,000

‘13 New Holland SP.240F XP

79,000

2008 BO 3310 65FT-10IN c/w 6550 TBH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200,000 2000 FC 5000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$19,000 2002 MR MAXIM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$19,000 2009 NH P2070 70FT X 12IN. . . . . . . . . . $65,000 2012 SEMST 8012 CT TXB w/300 Onboard tank and JD1910 . . . $295,000 2009 SEMST TXB66FT-12IN c/w P1060 TBH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $160,000 2014 SHAWK 8412 c/w P1060 & P1070 $355,000 2014 SHAWK 8412 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $190,000 1994 FC 2320 TBT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,500 2010 JD 1910 TBH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $55,000 1998 JD 1900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$13,900 2014 NH P1070 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $115,000

Grain Cart, Excellent cond., 1200BU, TRANSFER TRACKS, SCALES, AGRIMATICS, TARP, PIVOTING AUGER

690840

$

SEEDING

‘15 Elmers 1150 Haul Master

‘14 Seed Hawk 8412

c/w P1070 & P1060 Air Drill, Good cond., 84FT 12IN, 8RUN DOUBLE SHOOT, FULL BLOCKAGE (168 SENSORS)

$

21,900 ‘07 Morris FIELD PRO-70

Harrow, Good cond., 70FT, STANDARD TINE ADJUST $21,900

677738

677744

$

$

‘14 SeedMaster CT6012

Air Drill, Excellent cond., 60FT 12IN, TIRE N TIRE, HD FRONT CASTERS, DUAL FRONT WING

c/w 6550 TBH Air Drill, Good cond., DOUBLE SHOOT DRY, NH3 TO MID ROW BANDERS, PRIMARY BLOCKAGE, BT 3/4” OPENERS

269,000

716097

‘08 Bourgault 331065FT-10IN

110,000

737591

159,000

693358

‘14 New Holland P1070

Air Cart, Excellent cond., 580BU 3 TANK VR, DELUXE AUGER 900/60R32 FRONTS, REAR DUALS

14,900

C/W P1060TBH Air Drill, Fair cond., 66FT, 12IN, ANHYDROUS KIT, 8RUN DOUBLE SHOOT FLEXI-COIL AIR PACK, 2011 NEW

$

‘09 SeedMaster TXB6612

Air Drill, NH Opener, Double Shoot, Floatation Tires

741787

$

115,000 $

$

$

‘09 New Holland P2070 - 70’

750273

355,000

746610

215,000

746043

160,000

745457

65,000

618931

‘11 New Holland CX8080

Combine, 2260hrs, 360HP, Good cond., 520 DUALS, 600/65R28 STEERS, LARGE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY

‘12 New Holland C238

Skid Steer, 4WD, 3020hrs, 90HP, Good cond., 90HP, LIFT CAPACITY 3800LBS, DELUXE AIR SUSPENSION SEAT

Highway #2 South

Highway #6 North

Highway #10 East

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Ph: 306-946-3301

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Ph: 306-783-8511